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

SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENTING, OCTOBER 10, 1849,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

After the business of the court was concluded a
Mr. Fowler, of the firm of W. L. Nicholls and Co.,
16, Aldersgate-street, London, entered the court, and
addressing Sir Peter Laurie said, that knowing his
desire at all time to expose anything like fraud or
deception, he had thought it most advisable to call his
attention to a person in Dublin who was now trying
tovictimize the tradesmen of London, and whohe could
prove was nothing better than a swindler. If Sir
Peter had no objection, he would read the letters, and
it would then be seen what sort of a person the indi-
vidual was to whom he had alluded. The first was as
follows :

"Dublin, August, 20.
"Mr. Nicholls : Sir,—Please to send me a sketch and
prices of Fairbank's weighing machines.
" I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
" JOHN CRAWFORD, Merchant.

"Mr. Nicholls, 16, Aldersgate-street, Dindon."
Mr. Fowler said, that on the 24th of August an
answer was sent, stating the prices, with 15 per cent.
discount, and an extra 5 per cent. for prompt cash
with good references, or cash before delivery. On the
25th they received the following letter :
" Dublin, August 24.

"Gentlemen,—ln reply to yours of the 22d inst.,
please to forward, per British and Irish Steam-packet
Company, six weighing machines, 5 cwt., 51. 55., with
wheels, and one ditto, 10 cwt., 81. Bs., without wheels.
"Discount, 15 per cent., and 5 per cent. off net for
prompt cash.—l am, gentlemen, yours respectfully,
"JOHN CRAWFORD.
" Messrs. W. L. Nicholls and Co."

He (Mr. Fowler) answered this letter on the 27th of
August, requesting some references, or a banker's
order, before the goods could be sent to a stranger.
Sir P. LAURIE—A very proper precaution.
Mr. Fowler—On the 28th we received the following
communication :

"Dublin, Aug. 28.
"Messrs. W. L. Nicholls and Co.
"Gentlemen,—Agreeable with your request, I beg
reference to Mr. Maurice Nolan Cordwood, merchant,
/1, Hawkins-street, or Mr. James Clancy, discount office,
10, Anglesea-street, both of this city.
" I am, gentlemen, yours respectfully,
"JOHN CRAWFORD.
_ _

" Mews. W. L. Nicholls and Co.,
16, Aldersgate-street, London."
lie might here remark that neither the first or third

letters were paid, although there was something like
the appearance of a stamp having been on. His sus-
picions were aroused, and he wrote back to Mr.
Crawford on the '29th of August, saying that he
should prefer references in London or cash, and also
should like that he paid for his letters, and would
forward four postage stamps for those unpaid. Not
receiving any answer, and seeing the report in the
papers, which came before Sir P. Laurie, respecting
the attempt by Gilmour to obtain goods from Mr.
Tidmarsh, of Eyre-street hill, Holborn, under similar
circumstances, he suspected that his customer might
be in some way connected with that person, and
therefore he called on Mr. Tidmarsh for the purpose
of comparing the handwriting. They, however, did
not agree ; and by Mr. Tidmarsh's advice, he wrote the
following letter to the Mayor of Dublin :-
16, Aldersgate-street, London, Sept. 29.
"My Lord Mayor,—ln consequence of some proved
swindlers having within the last few weeks attempted to
obtain goods from London tradesmen, but which attempt
was frustrated and exposed by Sir P. Laurie and the
Mayor of Liverpool; and having also received an order
from a stranger (to us) of your city, whose letters bear
suspicious appearance, we have taken the liberty to
address your Lordship, thinking you will feel happy in
protecting the characters of respectable parties from
unfoundQd suspicion, and equally willing to expose to the
world all trickery and fraud. .

" Herewith is enclosed three letters from the party
who has written to us, with our answers at the head of
each. You will please to observe that the postage of
two of the letters was unpaid, and for which we had to
pay double-4d.; also, that we have received no answer
to our letter of the 29th ult., which was a.reply to that
dated Dublin, Aug. 28, 1849.

" We remain respectfully,
"Your Lordship's obedient servants,
"W. L. NlcHou.s and Co.
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor
of the city of Dublin."
On Saturday last they received the following letter
from the secretary to the Lord Mayor of Dublin :
"Dublin, Mansion-house, Oct. 5.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Lord Mayor to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your enclosures of the 29th ult., and
in reply, to inform you that his Lordship, on inquiry,
has learned that your correspondent, Mr. Crawford, of
Dublin, is a person of no means or character as a trader,
and there is much reason to suspect that his referees,
Mr. Clancy, of Anglesea-street, and Mr. Nolan, of Haw-
kins-street, are in collusion with him for the purpose of
defrauding London merchants.
" The affair is in the hands of the proper authorities
here with the 'view of identifying those persons with
these malpractices.
"I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,
"TIMOTHY O'BRIEN, jail.,
" Secretary to the Lord Mayor.
" Mr. W. L. Nicholls, 16, Aldersgate-street, London."
Sir P. LAURIE observed, that the tradesmen of
London ought to be exceedingly obliged to the Lord
Mayor of Dublin for the promptness with which he
had attended to Mr. Nicholls' letter and the informa-
tion he bad forwarded respecting the parties. He
(Sir P. Laurie), however, did not see how he could
be of any beneficial good.
Mr. Fowler said, that he merely called for the
purpose of publicly exposing such a person before
tradesmen should be taken in previous to his charac-
ter being known, as there were many tradesmen who
were most anxious to execute an order speedily, with-
out taking the very necessary precaution of making
inquiries. He held in his hands some numbers of
_ _

.he Trade Protection Record, and he there found

that from the 30th of June his name was published as
being a bad character, and well known to all the
protection societies, and there could be little doubt
that he was carrying on a regular system of swind-
ling.

Sir P. LAURIE said, that cases like the present
could not receive too much publicity; and he
al ways was of opinion that the vigilance of the
press in exposing such persons did more good
than all the trials at the Old Bailey in defeating
the schemes of such parties. Although he had no
control over the matter, still he was exceedingly glad
Mr. Fowler had come forward and made the state-
ment which he had done that day.
Mr. Fowler thanked Sir P. Laurie for his atten-
tion and withdrew.
MARYLEBONE.

James Cavanagh was brought before Mr. Brough-
ton, charged on a warrant with having made an
atrocious attack upon police-constable Leonard, 50
D, with a shoemaker's knife. The outrage took
place on the 21st of August, since which period the
accused has, until the last day or two, kept out of the
way, knowing well that proceedings would be taken
against him.
The MAGISTRATE, after remarking upon the nature
of the charge, and considering whether he should not
send the prisoner to take his trial for the offence,
ultimately came to the determination of dealing with
the case summarily as an assault of a serious descrip-
tion, and inflicted a penalty of 51., in default of pay-
ment, two months' imprisonment in the House of
Correction.

did walk before me, holding my hand in his. He
stopped three times, and appeared to be listening, and
then went on again. Going along he put bis arm
round my neck several times and kissed me, and at
last he put his arm round my neck, kissed me, and
then stuck something sharp into my throat. I put
up my hands directly and fell on the ground, and
while I was down he kneeled on me and put his
fingers on my throat, and held me down. I tried to
speak, but could not. I also tried to bite his hand,
and succeeded in doing so slightly, but he held my
throat so tight that I could not close my mouth to bite
him hard. I tried to say " You wretch," but could
not. I got his hands away and got up on my knees,
and then he knocked me down with a pistol. I saw
it was a pistol. I got on my knees again and got
hold of his right hand, and found there was some-
thing sharp, I thought a knife, in it. I got hold of
it, and as I held it he put his hand to the back part of
my head and his knee to my back, and so held me
down while I had hold of the knife. I held it until
it snapped to pieces. I felt something sharp cut the
side of my neck. I got on my knees again, and then
found he was gone. I did not hear or see him go.
When I got up to walk away I felt that my throat
was cut, and took up my gown and held it to the
I, wound in my throat, but every time I breathed I
'felt the blood rush out. I got back over the
same stile, and walked and ran until I got to a small
cottage, and afterwards I was taken to the house of
Mr. Ray, a surgeon, at Dulwich, where my wounds
were dressed. I had no quarrel with the prisoner,
but on the Monday before this happened I wrote to
him because he had not come to see me as he had

promised, saying I should write to my grandmother
and go home to my friends ; that I had forsaken all
for his sake, and that he ought not to serve me so;
and, as we were walking together, he said—" What
did you send me such a threatening letter for; did
you mean it ?"—and I said " No, I didn't mean it."
Ile said, " Well, I thought not." I told him I only
did it to frighten him ; and it passed off then, and he
said nothing more about it. Going through Dul-
wich, he said he had only got three halfpence more
than was necessary to pay the train, but asked me
to have a glass of ale, which I refused, saying
I should do without it until I got to Croydon. He
said there was something there for supper that
he knew I should like, and some brandy also.
There were no angry words between us at all.
I knew he was in the habit of carrying pistols
about him. I recollect every word in the letter
I received that day from the prisoner. I gave that
letter to him when I met him at Brixton, as he di-
rected me, and I have not seen it since. The letter
said—" My dear Sarah, meet me at Brixton Church
at eight o'clock to-morrow night. Don't come if you
don't bring this letter with you. lam going to take
you to Croydon. Don't tell Mrs. Chapman where
you are going. If you don't bring this letter don't
come. I remain, yours for ever,—S. Jordan." I
read the letter over so often that I am sure that was
what was in it. I read it over so often because I
could not tell what might be meant. He had dated
it the 17th, but it came to me on the morning of the
19th at nine o'clock, and so I thought he meant that
night. The letter was written in pencil. I was in
service until the 25th of July, when I left, by the
prisoner's direction, to be married to him. I had
given notice at the Registrar's office at Lambeth
workhouse by his directions, and on the 25th of July,
when I left my service, I went to Mr. Fraser's chapel,
in Regent's-street, to be married to him, but he did
not come at the time appointed. I saw him on the
same evening, and be told me that his master had
taken him out to work at three o'clock in the morn-
ing, and he could not come to me.
William Hunt, a labourer, residing in a small lodge
on Dulwich-common, within fifty yards of Dulwich-
wood, deposed that, on the night of the 19th ult.,
at about a quarter to ten o'clock, he heard a noise
resembling that of a person wheezing, or who had
been moaning and was out of breath. The noise
came from the wood in the direction of a stile leading
to Dulwich-wood. He was in the back garden at the
time, and heard the sound of footsteps come to the
front door. His wife opened the door, and on doing
so screamed aloud, upon which he (witness) went to
the door, and saw a person whose face was covered
with blood. He was somewhat alarmed at first, but
thought it was a trick to frighten himself and family,
and pushed the person, who by this time had entered
the house, out of it. Observing, however, that it was
a woman, he followed her, and came up with her at
the toll-gate. He then got a light and looked at her,
and perceived that she was bolding her dress to her
throat. He asked her if her throat was cut, and she
replied it was, upon which he took her to the house
of Mr. Raye, the surgeon.
Mr. Edward Raye, surgeon, of Dulwich, deposed
that on the night of the 19th ult. the prosecutrix
was brought to his house, and on examining her he
found her bleeding from a wound in the throat, and
other wounds on her face and hands, and her whole
person was covered with blood. The wound on the
throat was three or four inches in length, and pene-
trated the windpipe just below the root of the
tongue. On the right side of the neck there was
another wound of about the same length, but only
skin deep. Those wounds were produced by a cut-
ler's instrument. Her head and face were extensively
bruised, and upon the scalp were several small
wounds in the centre of the bruises, which were pro-
duced by blows of a blunt instrument. There were
several wounds on her hands, made by a cutler's in-
strument, one of which laid open the joint at the
root of the forefinger of the left hand. He dressed
her wounds, and bad her conveyed first to the police-
station at Camberwell, and next to Guy's Hospital
The young woman's life was in danger from the
wounds in :the thrOat, and also from the blows
on the head, which appeared to him to have been
given with great violence. A pistol-stock would in-
flict such injuries, and a razor would make such
wounds as those he saw on the throat and hands of
the young woman. •
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blade of a razor and the stock of a pistol which he
found near the spot.
Sergeant Pritchard, 22 P, said that On the night
in question he went to the house of the prisoner's
father, and from there to a house in St. Ann's-road,
Brixton, where he found the prisoner in bed. Oo
entering his room, and before he (Sergeant Pritchard)
spoke, the prisoner said, "It's all right, I know what
you have come for, admitted that he had been to
Dulwich-wood, and that he knew all about it. On
examining the fire-place he found some paper, which
had recently been set fire to, and beside it was lying
a small portion of a postage-stamp.
John Plowman, a labourer, said the prisoner lodged
in the same house with him at the time of his appre-
hension. The razor, or rather remnants of a razor,
produced was his, and be had seen it safe in his
room on the day of the night upon which the pri-
soner was apprehended. This witness also identified
the pistol-stock produced as belonging to the prisoner.
Mr. Charles Sanders, assistant to Mr. B. Cooper,
the senior surgeon at Guy's Hospital, under whose
care the prosecutrix has been since the 19th of Sep-
tember, described the injuries she received, and said

that for some time her life had teen in great danger.
This was the whole of the evidence, and the prisoner,
under the advice of Mr. Games, his solicitor, offering
nothing in defence, was fully committed for trial.
The prisoner, who is of small stature and very
juvenile appearance, seemed to treat the serious charge
against him with the most perfect indifferenee. In
fact, while the evidence was being taken against him,
he seemed much less moved than any person in the
court, and since his apprehension he seems to have
very much improved in his appearance. At the con-
clusion of the case the unfortunate young woman,
who so miraculously escaped from the assassin's
hands, and the doom for which she was marked as the
victim, was directed to be taken back to the hospital.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF TUESDAY.

At the Court at Osborne-house, Isle of Wight, the
6th day of October, 1849. Present, the Queen's Most
Excellent Majesty i❑ Council. Her Majesty in Council
was this day pleased, upon the representation of the
Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Council on
Education, to appoint the Rev. John Pilkington Nurris,
M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to be one
of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools.
ADMIRALTY, OCT. 3.

Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant and Adju-
tant William Stratton Aslett to be Captain, vice Captain
and Brevet-Major Charles Robinson, deceased; Second
Lieutenant Charles Roberts to be First Lieutenant, vice
Aslett, promoted.
Commission by the Lord• Lieutenant of Durham.
Augustus Sussex Milbank, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant, Oct. 2.

WHITEHALL, SEPT. 6.
The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt., Lord Chief
Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at
Westminster, bath appointed Henry Bunny, of New-
bury, in the county of Berks, Gentleman, to be one of
the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknow-
ledgments of deeds to be executed by married women,
under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and re-
coveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes
of assurance, in and for the county of Berks.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
William Henry Bell, woollen draper, Leeds.
BANKRUPTS.
Reuben Michael, merchant, Bury-street, St. Mary-
Axe, to surrender Oct. 18, at one, and N0v.23, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee;
Gresham, Castle-street, Holborn.
Daniel Slater, cabinet maker, Preston, Rutlandshire,
Oct. 15, at twelve, and Nov. 26, at half-past two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street; Barber, Furnival's-ins.

Thomas Tidy, cheesemonger, Woolwich, Oct. 15, at
half-past one, and Nov. 26, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-
chambers; Fitch, Union-street, Borough.
James Bickerton, jun., hat manufacturer, Bread-street,
Cheapside, Oat. 16, at eleven, and Nov. 15, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street; Luttly and Batt, Dyers'-hall.
Daniel Holttum, sen., and Daniel Holttum, jun., car-
penters, Westbere Kent, Oct. 18, at two, and Nov. 22,
at eleven, at the dourt of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official
assignee, Basinghall street; Buchanan, Basinghall-street.
Henry Clark, cabinet maker, Leicester, Oct. 12, at
eleven, and Nov. 16, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham
District Court, Nottingham. Bittleston, official as-
signee, Nottingham; Hardwick and Davidson, Weavers'-
hall, London • Hodgson, Birmingham.
Joseph Birley, grocer, Doncaster, Oct. 27, and Nov.
24, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman,
official assignee, Sheffield ; Lammin, Adelphi; Collin-
son, Doncaster.

Edward Brien, cabinet maker, Bristol, Oct. 25 and
Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; White, Eyre, and
White, Bedford-row ; William and Charles Bevan,
BristoL

Thomas Knight, silversmith, Bristol, Oct. 23 and
Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol; King, Bristol; Jones, Blax-
land, and Jones, Crosby-square.
Georgo Bodington, chemist, Birmingham, Oct. 23,
and Nov. 14, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Vain', official assignee, Birmingham; Mot-
teram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham.
Joseph Jones, licensed victualler, Liverpool. Oct. 26,
and Nov. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Keightley and Co.,
Chancery•lane; Woodburn, Liverpool.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.

J. Paarsa, Andover, Hants, ironmonger, Nov. 1, at
two—A. Bohte, Sackvillo-street, Piccadilly, jailor, Oct.
30, at twelve.

In the Country.
J. Adams, Staplemead, Somersetshire, fuller, Nov. 2,
at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—R. Milner, Darlington,
Durham. timber merchant, Oct. 31, at eleven, at the
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. Butterworth, Green-
booth Mills, Lancashire, woollen manufacturer, Nov. 2.
at eleven, at the Court, Manchester-11. Lister, Far
Newland, Lincolnshire, miller, Dec. 5, at half-past ten,
at the Court, Kiston-upon•Hull—T. Barraclough and
J. Everett, Bottoms Mi!l, Yorkshire, woollen spinners,
Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Fairclough,
Leeds, cloth merchant, Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court,
Leeds.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
W. Holliday, Chatham, Kent, carpenter, Oct. 30, at
half-past twelve—J. J. Weston, Cranbrook, Kent, cattle
dealer, Nov. 1, at one—W. Hardwick, Great Russell-
street, Bloomsbury, laceman, Oct. 30, at eleven.
In the Country.
J. Jackson, South Shields, Durham, brewer, Oct. 31,
at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T.
M. Adams, Holton-le-Beckering, Lincolnshire, corn
factor, Dec. 12, at half-past ten, at the Court, Kingston-
upon• Hull—J. Longbottom, Leeds, machine and engine
manufacturer, Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—
T. Davis, J. Glossop, and J. Brankley, Morris-mill,
Lancashire, dyers, Nov. 1, at twelve, at the Court, Man-
chester—J. Hickson, Greengates, Yorkshire, apothecary,
Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Court. Leeds—W . Ramaden,
Wakefield, Yorkshire, painter, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the
Court, Leeds—G. Brier, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, stone-
mason, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds.
By the Vice-Chancellor, Oct. 30.
G. S. Corley, Oundle, Northamptonshire, music
dealer—D. Allan, Coleman-street and Lothbury, mer-
chant—J. Philip:on, North Shields, Northumberland,
printer—S. Bayly, Folkestone, Kent, cheesemonger—T.
Christmas, Says-court, Rent, brewer—C. Shackell,
Bridge-street, Bristol, tailor—T. Potter. Sheffield, printer
J. Hutchinson, River-terrace North, Islington, apo-
itnhneckserepy—er—SaE. Moody,rshGrea jun., vesEyrlw
eioltoeyasew
Royal Hotel,
el,
oYorkshire,merset
shire, ironmonger—W. Blacknell, Plumstead, Kent,
baker—J. Greenshields and M. Strang, Liverpool,
merchants.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
R. Pendlebury, sen., S. Walker, and R. Pendlebury,
jun., Manchester, cotton manufacturers (so far as regards
R. Pendlebury, sen.)—T. Bunter and H. Whaley, Man-
chester, grocers—G. Packer and R. Packer, Duraley,
Gloucestershire, linendrapers—G. Johnson and E. Gar-
rington, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, timber dealers—J.
Horrocks, C. R. Jacson, and J. Atherton, Manchester,
cotton spinners—G. D. Hedley and C. E. Prior, Bed-
ford, surgeons—J. Watson, and T. Taylor, Barbican,
silversmiths—G. Knowles and W. Knowles, Salford,
Lancashire, stone and marble masons—A. C. Veley, J.
Cunnington, and A. Cunnington, Braintree, Essex,
attorneys (so far as regards J. Cunnington)—Hannah
Moxon, B. P. Moxon, and J. B. Moxon, Kingston-
upon-Hull—E. Ingall, H. Ingall, and S. Ingall, Sheffield,
merchants—J. Holland, sen., and J. Holland, jun., Lei-
cester, builders—D. West and H. Foster, Penshurat,
Kent, farmers—J. Chell and H. G. Hill, Manchester,
oil and colour merchants—T. S. Tickell and R. Rendell,
Wadebridge, Cornwall, surgeons—J. Ward and T.
Ground, Birmingham, machine manufacturers S.
Fisher and S. G. Fisher, Bungay, Suffolk, drapers and
grocers—B. Andrew and 11. S. Andrew, St. Austell,
Cornwall, linen and woollen drapers—J. Lambert and I.
Walton, Halifax, carpenters—J. Settle, IL Tbrelrall,
and J. Hoyle, Wheelton, Lancashire, cotton spinners (so
far as regards J. Settle)—C. H. Skinner, W. Skinner,
G. Skinner, and J. Diggle, Stainton, Yorkshire, iron-
founders (so far as regards J. Diggle.)
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Adrian Lowe, Birmingham, metal dealer.
George Bowes, Birmingham, journeyman slater.
Samuel! Hall, Manchester, clerk.
John Glen2ross, Manchester, joiner and builder.
William Tindell, York, coal dealer.
Joseph Cattaneo, York, watch and clockmaker.
John. Stevenson, Durham, sawyer.
John Siddle, Black-hill, Durham, grocer.
John Fryers, Carnforth, Lancashire, wheelwright.
Joseph Gawith, Worming Bank, Yorkshire, beerseller.
John Edgar Robbins, Langport Eastover, Somersetahire,
licensed victualler,
Richard Gerard, Sr. Asaph, attorney's clerk.
Richard Millen, Minster. Isl© of Sheppy, farmer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
P. Rattray, Glasgow, builder, to meet Oct. 12, and
Nov. 2, at twelve, a ithin the Globe Hotel, Glasgow.
G. Finlay, Glasgow, wine merchant, to meet Oct. 15,
and Nov. 5, at one, within the Star Hotel, Glasgow.
W. M'Ewen, Edinburgh, jeweller and watchmaker, to
meet Oct. 13, at ten, and Nov. 3, at two, within Cannon's
Temperance Hotel, Edinburgh.

LADY FRAIVKLIN.—We have received the follow

ing interesting communication from a gentleman at
Orkney. His letter is dated Kirkwall, the 29th of Sep-
tember:—" Lady Franklin has been here and in Zetland

for the last three months, with a view of having the
earliest opportunity of seeing
parties returning from
the whale fishing. Her Ladyship was in the northern
isles of Zetland about the beginning of this month,
and on her return here she proceeded to the northern
isles of Orkney. While there, on Thursday last,
two captains—Paterson, of the Lady Jane of Newcastle
and Lee, of the Prince of Wales, of Hull—with part of•
the crew of these two and another ve,sel, which had
been wrecked at Davis' Straits, arrived here, and as
they were understood to have the charge of some
papers connected with Sir John Franklin's expedition,
byw omhicshhe Esciui
adbeenmapuicxk, and addressed picked up, acroensed considerable
thblete Aime
damgoi:
ralty, her Ladyship was immediately apprised of the
circumstance, when she remarked, " that from the place
at which the case containing the papers was said to have
been picked up, they could not contain any account of the
expedition later than the year 1845;' but as she was
anxious to see the man, she immediately came here, when
Captain Paterson, who had charge. of the papers, told her
that he was informed by the parties who entrusted him
with them, that they were dated in 1845; and as he left
this on Friday for the south, the exact date, and any parti-
culars communicated, will doubtless be in a few days made
known by the Admiralty to the public. Captain Lee, who
is an old weather- beaten seaman, and has been in the habit
of going
to the Straits annually for upwards of forty
years, thinks it probable that Sir John Franklin and his
party may yet be safe, though locked up in the ice, as
they had four years' provisions with them, which, he
says, they would eke out to last for six years; and he,
on going several hundred miles further up the Straits
list year than usual, observed several land marks,
which had been evidently erected by Sir John's party.
Lady Franklin looks remarkably well, and she is always
cheerful and hopeful, and much gratified by the kind
sympathy she meets with from all classes."—Edinburgh
Paper.

The Bishops of Norwich, are it seems, " mitred
abbots of Holm," which, it is argued, entitles them to a
seat in the House of Lords, independently of the recent
Act limiting the number of bishop who are Peers of
Parliament.

THE PASSENGERS ACT.
(From last night's Gazette)
At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the
6th day of October, 1849. Present : The Queen's
Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas by an Act passed in the session of Parliament
held in the twelfth and thirteenth years of the reign
of her Majesty, intituled the "Passengers Act, 1849,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for her Majesty,
by any Order in Council, to be by her made with the
advice of the Privy Council, to prescribe such rules
and regulations as to her Majesty may seem fit, for
preserving order, and for securing cleanliness and
ventilation on board of passenger ships proceeding
from the United Kingdom to any port or place in her
Majesty's possessions abroad, and the said rules and
regulations from time to time in like manner to alter,
amend, and revoke, as occasion may require;
And whereas it is expedient to revoke an Order in
Council made at a Court held at Osborne House,
Isle of Wight, on the 15th day of April, 1846, in
virtue of the provisions of an Act (now repealed)
passed in the eleventh year of the reign of her
Majesty, intituled " An Act to make further provi-
sion fur one year, and to the end of the then next
session of Parliament, for the carriage of passengers
to North America," and to make a new Order in
Council which shall extend to passenger ships pro-
ceeding from the United Kingdom, not only to North
America, but to any port or place in her Majesty's
possessions abroad, out of Europe, and not being
within the Mediterranean sea ;
Now, therefore, her Majesty doth, by and with the
advice of her Privy Council, and in pursuance and
exercise of the authority vested in her by the said
"Passengers Act, 1849," order, and it is hereby or-
dered, that the said Order in Council of the 15th of
April, 1848, be, and the same is hereby revoked ; and
that the following shall henceforth be the rules for
preserving order and for securing cleanliness and
ventilation to be observed on board of every passen•
ger ship proceeding from the United Kingdom to any
port or place in her Majesty's possessions abroad, out
of Europe, and not being within the Mediterranean
sea.

1. All passengers who shall not be prevented by
sickness, or other sufficient cause, to be determined
by the surgeon, or in ships carrying no surgeon by
the master, shall rise not later than seven o'clock A.M.,
at which hour the fires shall be lighted.
2. It shall be the duty of the cook, appointed under
the 26th section of the said " Passengers Act, 1849,"
to light the fires, and to take care that they be kept
alight during the day, and also to take care that each
passenger, or family of passengers, shall have the use
of the fireplace, at the proper hours, in an order to be
fixed by the master.
3. When the passengers are dressed their beds shall
be rolled up.
4. The decks, including the space under the bottom
of the berths, shall be swept before breakfast, and all
dirt thrown overboard.
5. The breakfast hour shall be from eight to nine
o'clock a.m. ; provided that, before the commencement
of breakfast, all the emigiants, except as hereinafter
excepted, be out of bed and dressed, and that the beds
have been rolled up, and the deck on which the emi-
grants live properly swept.
6. The deck shall further be swept after every meal,
and after breakfast is concluded shall be also dry
holystoned or scraped. This duty, as well as that of
cleansing the ladders, hospitals, and round-houses,
shall be performed by a party taken in rotation from
the adult males above fourteen, in the proportion of
five to every one hundred emigrants, and who shall
be considered as sweepers for the day. But the single
women shall perform this duty in their own compart-
ment, where a separate compartment is allotted to
them, and the occupant of each berth shall see that
his own berth is well brushed out.
7. Dinner shall commence at one o'clock P.M., and
supper at six P.M.
8. The fires shall be extinguished at seven P.M.,
unless' otherwise directed by the master, or required
for the use of the sick, and the emigrants shall be
in their berths at ten o'clock P.M., except under the
permission or authority of the surgeon ; or, if there be
no surgeon, of the master.
9. Three safety lamps shall be lit at dusk, and
kept burning till ten o clock P.M. ; after which hour
two of the lamps rosy be extinguished ; one being,
nevertheless, kept burning at the main hatchway all
night.
10. No naked light shall he allowed at any time or
on any account.
11. The scuttles and stemports, if any, shall,
weather permitting, be opened at seven o'clock a.m.,
and kept open till ten o'clock P.M. ; and the hatches
shall be kept open whenever the weather permits.
12. The coppers and cooking utensils shall be
cleaned every day.
13. The beds shall be well shaken and aired on
deck at least twice a 'Week.
14. The bottom boar of the berths, if not fixtures
shall be removed and 'ry-scrubbed and taken cn
deck at least twice a week.
15. A space of deck-room shall be apportioned for
a hospital, not less, for vessels carrying one hundred
passengers, than forty-eight superficial feet, with two
or four bed-berths erected therein; not less, for ves-
sels carrying two hundred or more passengers, than
one hundred and twenty superficial feet, with six bed-
berths therein.
16. Two days in the week shall be appointed by
the master as washing days ; but no washing or
drying of clothes shall on any account be permitted
between decks.
17. On Sunday mornings the passengers shall be
mustered at ten o'clock A.M, and will be expected to
appear in clean and decent apparel. The Lord's day
shall be observed as religiously as circumstances will
admit.
18. No spirits or gunpowder shall be taken on
board by any passenger; and if either of those arti-
cles be discovered in the possession of a passenger, it
shall be taken into the custody of the master during
the voyage, and not returned to the passenger until
he is on the point of disembarking.
19. No loose hay or straw shall be allowed balow
for any purpose.
20. No smoking shall be allowed between decks.
21. All gambling, fighting, riotous or quarrelsome
behaviour, swearing, and violent language, shall be at
once put a stop to. Swords and other offensive wea-
pons shall, as soon as the passengers embark, be placed
in the custody of the master.
22. No sailors shall be allowed to remain on the
passenger deck, among the passengers, except on duty.
23. No passenger shall go to the ship's cook-house
without special permission from the master, nor re-
main in the forecastle among the sailors on any

account.
24. In vessels not expressly required by the said
" Passengers Act, 1849," to have on board such ven-
tilating apparatus as therein mentioned, such other
provision shall be made for ventilation as shall be
required by the emigration officer, at the port of
embarkation, or in his absence by the officers of
customs.
25. And to prevent all doubts in the construction
of this Order in Council, it is hereby further ordered
that the terms " United Kingdom" and " passenger-
ship" shall herein have the same significations as are
assigned to them respectively in the said " Passengers
Act, 1849."
And the Right Hon. Earl Grey, one of her Ma-
jesty's principal Secretaries of State, is to give the
necessary directions herein accordingly.
WM L. BATHURST.

RAILWAY Sti ttb ti A ICKETS.
BRISTOL, OCT 9.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share ma, ket was m^re active
to-day, the sales being—Midland, 50—Great Western, 58
Ditto, Quarters, 11% dis.
MANCHESTER, OCT. 9.
STOCK EXCHANGE. - The transaclunA to-day were as
follow :—Manchester and Bi‘mingham (C), Quarters, 1% p.
—North Staffordshire, 774,—Caledonian, Prete_ence, 91/8—
North Union (B), 156 —West Riding Union, 61/2 0 d. Dover
(No. 4), Scrip, 5 15-16—Great Northern, 12% n. d.— Fleet.
woods, 7 did.

BIRNIINGIIAM, OCT. 9.
Srocx ExcHANGH.—Altho ,gh there was little variation
in prices to-day, greater confidence existed in our share
market. The prices of the principal lines of railway main-
tained the quotations of yesterday, but both buyers and sel-
lers were scarce. There appeared to be little inclination on
the part of either the one or the other to speculate.
YORE, Ocr. 8.
STOCK Excrrams2.—The transactions to-day were as
follow:—Caledonian, 133/4 Great Northern, 71. 13s. 9J.__
North British, Preference, 5/. Is. 6d.—York, Newcastle, and
Berwick (Newcastle Extension), i itA,
GLASGOW, OCT. 8.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol-
low :—Aberdeen, Preference, 6% —Clyde-dale Junction, 62
—Monklands, 59—North British, Halves, s—Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 5/. Os. Gd.

WILFUL MURDER AT SoOTHILL.—On the 30th of
November last, James Buckley, son of Abraham Buckley,
a manufacturer, sought shelter in the house of John
Watkinson, a person residing on Leeds road-side, at
Soothill, about halt-past seven o'clock at night, saying
that he was shot. Watkinson went into the house with
him, and helped to take off his j icket-sleeve. The
sleeve had holes in it like those made by shot, and some
shot fell on the floor. Buckley said there were three
young men on the road in the deep cutting leading down
to Dewsbury, and when he passed them they said, " This
is the man we want," and he turned round and saw one
of them bad a gun raised to his shoulder, which was fired
at him. Watkinson's house is at the bottom of the cut-
ting, about 200 yards below where Buckley had been
shot at, but the report of the gun had not been heard.
Dr. Hemingway was called in, and has attended the un-
fortunate young man until his death, which occurred on
the 26th ult. There were 29 perforations in the right
arm, and seven in the pack. Inflammation of the lungs
came on with relapses, in May and July last. The
deceased did not recognise any of the persons who
attacked him. Mr. Lee, the coroner, held an inquest on
the body of the deceased, on Saturday last, when the
jury, after hearing the evidence of Watkinson and Dr.
Hemingway, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder
against some person unknown."—Leeds Mercury.
Mr. De Saila had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday at the Colonial-office.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
IFS WICII, Ocr. 9.
Farmers are unwilling to submit to a reduction in the
price of wheat to-day, and millers not inclined to pur-
chase only at lower pric:,.s. The sales made were not
extensive, at prices scarcely so good as last week.
Barley and peas rather cheaper. Oats and beans no
variation in price. Malt a little upon the decline. Flour

PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER.
Wheat 36s to 45, Beans 2ss to 32s
Barley... 22s to 29s Peas.. 2ss to 32s
Oats., l6s to 21s Malt 4ss to 52s
Rye.. ....... .. . 2is to 24s Flour, per sack 3ss to 404

AVERAGES FOR TEE WEEK ENDING OCT. 6.
Wheat 2,510 quarters at 42s sd.
Barley
Oats
Beans
Peas 177 30s 5:1.
Rye .
HULL, OCT. 9.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states,—The
harvest, with the exception of a few beans, is now
secured throughout the whole of this district, and it gives
us much pleasure to be able to report without hesitation
as to its general good character. As regards wheat, there
perhaps never was a year when draining and general good
farming reaped so marked a reward. With hardly an
exception such farms show a good crop, both in quantity
and quality, while on naturally wet strong soils, and un-
drained, this is not tee case; but any deficiency here is
more than c. mpensated by the superior character of
other land, and on the whole we have no hesitation in
writing the wheat crop at least a full averame; weights
are various, say from 60Ib to 651 b. per imperial bushel
Barley is less ;town iu this district than in former years,
and is not of so general good character as reported in
other parts of the kinglom. Oats are good in colour,
condition, and sc.-iglu, but generally thought to be defi-
cient in y ield. Beans. though not full harvested, are
likely to turn out the best crop this district has known
for some years, both as regards quality and yield; the
same applies to peas, which are secured in good condi-
tion. As reeards the all-important article of potatoes,
we feel great difficulty in writing with any degree of
confidence, opinions are so various, and (yen from the
same districts so very contraeictery; we fear, however,
that they are to a considerable extent affected with the
disease of former years, but the quantity planted was less
than usual. The importations of foreign grain, seed,
and cake into this p ‘rt during the twelve months ending
from September 29. 1849, were as follows:—Wheat
298 803, barley 304.579, oats 5 440, beans 83,158, peas
57.780, tares 10 732, linseed 291,644, rapeseed 31,549,
oil cakes 13,405, bones 12,730. It might naturally be
thought, that with such imports the stock on hand at the
present time would be considerable; but such is by no means
the case, indeed we hardly ever remember commenciug
on the new crop with so little old grain in warehouse,
and we believe the same remark applies to the stocks of
farmers also. It is indeed astonishing, how rapidly our
large imports have gone into consumption, and how very
small a portion has found its way into the warehouse.
The import of the week has been small of all articles,
and but for the dulness of different inland markets,
partly owing to increased deliveries from the fameris of
new wheat, we should have obtained more money for
fresh old, which is comparatively scarce. Grinding
barley has brought Is more money. Our farmers
brought a good supply of wheat for to-day's market,
chiefly new, and such was free sale at fully last week's
prices ; an improved demand for best runs of old foreign,
with but little offering, except from warehouse, and that
is held for 2s to 3s above current prices. We have lit-
tle inquiry for malting barley, but for grinding sorts a
large sale at fully the advance noted. Good con
ditioned beans and also peas, meet a fair consump
tive demand at our currency. Indian corn is more in-
quired for at the currency of last week. A good sale
for linseed at last week's rates, and for cakes a fair
demand, chiefly confined, however, to English make.
Rape cakes go off at 85s to 87s 6d, as in quality. No
transactions in bones are rt ported.
The following are the present prices of grain i—
s. s. 5. ta
Wheat, English, red 40 to 421 Peas, white and yel, 25 27
Do. white 42 45'Do. grey ... 24 aO
Danizic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea. 40 42
nigsberg 44 47iDo. Petersburgh ... 37 41
Pomeranian and Do. Riga&Arcbngl. 36 —3B
Hamburgh . 4O 4J Do. Konigsberg .... 35 37
Danish, Holstein, &
Per ton.

Friesland 3l —381 Linseed cakes, Hull 715 s Od
Russian and Odessa 32 38,D0. fine foreign
Oats, English
Do. Danish l3 15 Rapeseed
Do. Friesland l6 18 Rape cakes.. 85s Od to 87s 6d
Do. Russ. & Odessa 14 —lei Tares, English OOs —00 s
Barley, malting 24 25 Do. foreign 20s 249
Do. grinding........ 19 21 Guano 6l to 9/ 103
Beans 2B 34. Bones' do 85s Od to 87s 6d
Do. foreign
Coax, OCT. 8. - Flour—First 13s 6d to 14s Od; extra 15s;
seconds, 12s Od to 131 ; households 103 to I Is; thirds, 6s to 81
per cwt. Oatmeal 10s Od to 111; Indian meal tie 9d to 7. Od; wheat-
meal. 103 ud tolls per cwt. Indian corn 6/ to 6/ 15s Od per ton.
Bran 3/ 030 d to 3/ 15s per ton. Hay—Farmers 20s to 30s; average
28s ; dealers 303 to i4s Od; averaue 32s per ton. Stt am—F.ll=er';
16s Od to 25s Od ; average 22s ; dealers 26a Ott to OOs (Id ;
average 231 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to bad ;
household loaf 5d to bad per 41b. Fresh butter, 7d to
93 per lb. Eggs -5s 6d to 5s 8d per hundred. Coals—
Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neath
Cohn 13s per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 00s per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 4d to Sad; veal 4d to
Od ; pork 4ad to 5d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages bd per
lb. -Hops Si 10s per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 315 s per
ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8/ to s; Valonia 14/ 4)04 French. 71103; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s. per stone..
Hemp 34/ to 35/ per tou. Fish— Scotch herrings 175
to 18s ; re
ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ 10s to 12/ per
ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first quality, Mai
second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 12s to 18s;
salted 12s to 18, per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 245 l per lb.
Potatoes, white 6d to 8d ; Minions 10d to 00d ; Guano—
Peruvian, 11/ 108; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel,
191 per barrel.

A SINGULAR DUEL.—The following anecdote,
narrated by a Bromberg paper (Grand Duchy Posen),
cannot fail to gladden the hearts of the University
Peace Association. It is to be regretted that the
names of the parties are not given in order that the
actors might receive the Association medal: —" Two
young men, members of a political club at Bromberg,
fell into dispute upon the German question. One, an
uncompromising German unionist, istgued that, much
as he loved his native land (Prussia), he loved
Germany infinitely more ; that unless German unity
could be accomplished, Prussia would be lost ; and
therefore he declared himself against all specific Prus-
sian-doms, and consequently against the Prussian cock-
ade, its symbol. The other, who is what is called, a
stock-Preussier (Prussian to the back-bone), took fire at
the last words, which he regarded as an insult to the
Prussian cockade and colours, and so, in lieu of
argument, he retorted by saying, Sir, you are-
a pitiful fellow. Whereupon the Unionist, thought
sorely vexed at seeing his argument thus uncivilly cut
short, bowed calmly and said, ' I never reply to an insult
by insults; but you shall hear from me.' After twenty-
four hours' consideration, and in perfect harmony with
the maxims of universal peace, he sat down and ad-
dressed the following letter to his antagonist:—' Sir,
your yesterday's insult demands satisfaction; but
as I am a married man I do not choose to set
my life on a chance. I therefore propose that
we shall fire with pistols at—a mark—in the pre-
sence of our seconds, and whoever makes the best shot
shall receive a one hundred duller share, bearing five per
cent. interest, in the Voluntary Loan. By this means
you can satisfy your patriotism and my honour. Yours,
&c." The Prussian laughed in his sleeve at this singular
challenge—more singular than the beer duels of univer-
sity students—and accepted it; little disposed, however,
to change his pitiful' opinion of the challenger. Well,
out they went, seconds and all, to the shooting ground,
.nd as it was declared that both were unpractised shots,
the chances were equal. So, after measuring distance
and loading pistols, with ail the gravity of a murderous
conflict, pop went the challenger, and hit the bull's-eye,
and bang went the challenged and missed the target;
whereupon the seconds interfered, and condemnee the
loser to hook up, and there the affair ended, to Chet
universal merriment of the otherwise pugnacious tows
of Brew uerg. "
SUICIDE THROUGH A SMASHER —For some time
past a peer, but r.-spectable, man, named James Horatio
Nelson Miles, aged forty-three, endeavoured to procure
for himself and family a subsistence ey basket making.
One day last week he came across a smasher, who passed
off upon him a bad halt', crown, which greatly affected
his spirits, tor, trifling as it was, it was to him a severe
Leas, Speaking of the occurrence, and of his poverty, he
said, " That when he died his body would be carried to
the grave in one of Nir. Derice's dust carts." On Monday
he was found dead in his workshop, with his throat cut.
and a razor, the blade of which was secured to tee hsndle
ay a string, firmly grasped in his hand. A coroner s
jury return 'd a verdict of Insani' y.

BIRTHS.
On the 6th inst., at 12, Bryanstone-square, the Hon. Mn.z
Charle, Lennox Peel, of a son.
On the 2d inst., at Great Marlow, the fife of Robert Ham-
mond, Esq., of a daughter, stillborn.
On the d inst., the wife of Joseph Lucas, Esq., Upper
Tooting, of a daughter.
On the Fill inst., at Edinburgh, the lady of the Rev. T.
Coombe Williams, of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Barnet, the wife of the Rev. T. Tun-
stall Smith, M.A., of a son.
On the 7th inst., at Castelnau-villas, Barnes, Mrs. Richard
Stonnill, of a son.

MARRIED.
On the 29th ult., at Epsom, Mr. William D. Taylor, of
North-end, Croydon, to Esther, only daughter of George
White, Esq., of Arthur-street, Landon-bridge, and Ashley-
house, Epsom.
On the 6th inst.. at the Congregational Church, Middleton-
road, Edward Mackley, Esq., f 18, De Beauvoir-square, to
Jane Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Captain William
Crowe, of Yarmouth.
On the 3d inst., at Warender-lodge, Edinburgh, Alexander
Gibson Bowie, third eon of Robert Bowie, Esq., of the General
Register-house, Edinburgh, to Georgina St. Clair, third
daughter of rchibald Millar, Esq., Medical Staff; British
Army, H. P.