The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-15 00:00:00

LONDON. SATURDAY _EVENING, -SEPTEMBER 15, 1849

opened for traffic of all descriptions, and a reasonable
period allowed for the fair development of its re-
sources. A change in the accounts will then take
place, and distinct capital and revenue accounts will
be kept in the usual manner, dividing correctly the
two classes of expenditure. The directors have
within the last few weeks concluded and affixed the
company's seal to an agreement with the London and
North-Western Company, for the use in per-
petuity of the London and North-Western
line between Walsall and Birmingham, and
of ample station accommodation in the latter
place at a graduated rental. The directors announce
that an offer has been made (not by a public com-
pany), to take the line upon a lease for 91 years, at a
rental equal to 4 per cent. upon the expended capital,
except that for the year 1850.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, stated, that their prospects were brightening,
and he believed that their railway was established
upon a sure foundation. He admitted that their Bill
was obtained during the railway scramble in 1845,
and that they were injured by the extravagant pro-
fu,ion of the Legislature of 1846. In reference to
the offers of a lease of the line, then in a state of ne-
gotiation, it did not at present become him to speak.
He might, however, say that the offer made was a mi-
nimum offer, and the only alternative was improved
conditions. Looking at the present state of their fi-
nancial affairs he at once admitted that 8/. 10s. would
not be sufficient to complete the line. They
were, however, in good credit, and he recommended
unanimity.
Mr. P. WILLIAMS, one of the directors, said there
was only a deficiency of 30,0001., and if they made
another call of 103. per share they would not owe a
farthing.

Mr. bAINBRIGGE, of Derby, thought the share-
holders would generally prefer paying a 10s. call
than owe a single farthing,
Mr. CHANLER was of opinion that the line could be
completed without further call.
Mr. J. WILLIAMS complained of the price paid for
rails. They had given 4/. per ton more than the mar-
ket price. He intimated that a committee of investi-
gation might be necessary.
Mr. CHAWNER said he had the means in hand of
answering Mr. Williams's opinion, that large amounts
of traffic must necessarily pass along the line and
would, in all probability, pay 6 or 7 per cent.
Mr. WRIGHTSON a.ked the Chairman if it might be
understood that the directors would not require any
further call from the shareholders ? He recommended
the directors to carry on the undertaking with
economy and energy, and he had no doubt the result
would be successful.
The CHAIRMAN replied, that no further call would
be required for the completion of the line.
The result was that the meeting disapproved alto-
gether of the leasing at present of the line to any
contractors until the capacity of the line was fully
developed.
The meeting broke up after a vote of thanks to the
chairman.

EASTERN COUNTIES.
DISPUTE BETWEEN THE ENGINE-DRIVERS AND
THE COMPANT.—During the last two or three weeks
considerable interest has been manifested by the
employes in the locomotive department of the Eastern
Counties Railway, in consequence of the 'engine-
drivers, at least a large portion of them, employed on
the line, intimating their intention of leaving the
company's service, unless an injustice which they
consider is done them is forthwith remedied. Their
principal complaint is that several of the old expe-
rienced hands have been discharged, and young fire-
men created drivers in their place. This step, it is
alleged, is simply introduced for the purpose of ob-
taining cheaper labour. The old hands, although not
in age—the discharged servants averaging in age
from thirty-five to forty—have, according to the
scale of wages when they entered their employ,
Is- 6+-1- per day, while the newly-created
drivers from thefiremen only get salaries
ranging from 4i. 6d., 55., to ss. 61. It is this new
system that has given rise to so much alarm among
the old hands of the company, it being su,pected that
in due course of time they will be discharged ; not
that their conduct is complained ot, but because their
pay is 7s. 61. a-day, a scale of wages which can be
considerably reduced by the more numerous employ-
ment of firemen as drivers. The old hands, however,
maintain that even with the new drivers the company
does not allow them salaries which they had fixed in
their scale of wages. With a view of inducing the
board of directors to reconsider the unfair position
this new scale of remuneration places the old engine-
drivers in, they yesterday placed in the hands of Mr.
Hunter, the locomotive superintendent, a memorial
for presentation to the board.

GREAT NORT II or SCOTLAND.--The Duke of
Richmond and other landed proprietors interested in
the construction of this line, from Aberdeen through
Elgin, Furres, and Nairn to Inverness, held a meeting
a fear days since at Gordon Castle, with the view of
carrying the project into execution.
OXFORD, WORCESTER, ♦ND WOLVERHAMPTON.—
Meetings of the inhabitants of places along this line
have been held, at which its present position was taken
into consideration, and memoriAls in accordance with
the suggestions of Lord Redesdale to the Railway
Commissioners aKreed to.

LLAIELLY. The half-yearly meeting of this
company was held yesterday at the office, Old
Jewry, but, in consequence of the peculiar position
of the company's affairs, reporters were not admitted.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD
V.A.NCEMENT OF SCIENCE.
BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY.--Tbe Town-hall was last
night opened for promenade and conversation. It
presented a crowded and brilliant assemblage. The
electric light (Mr. Gassiors battery being used for
its exhibition) was extremely effective. There was
also a considerable display of Birmingham manufac-
tures, and various successful experiments were per-
formed upon metals. The whole of the proceedings,
which were of an exceedingly interesting description,
passed off with great éclat.
This morning the sectional meetings of the associa-
tion were well attended. Of the papers read and
discussed the following may be mentioned :
Sir R. H. English—On an Atmospheric Phenome-
non seen in Switzerland.
Admiral Sir C. Malcolm--On an Extraordinary
Sate of the Weather in India during the latter half
of February last.
Sir David Brewster—Account of a New Stereos-
cope; description of a Binocular Camera; and on a
New Form of Lenses, and their Application to the
Construction of two Telescopes or Microscopes of
Equal Optical Power.
Mr. G. G. Stokes—On a Mode of Measuring the
Astigmatism of a Defective Eye.
Rev. Professor Powell—On a New Equatorial
Mounting for Telescopes; on De Vico's Comet.
Mr. R. Rawson—On the Friction of Water; on
the Oscillations of Floating Bodies ; remarks on
Elliptic Integration.
Mr: T. Hopkins—On the Mirage ; on the Quan-
tity of Vapour in a Vertical Column of the Atmo-
sphere.
Mr. Claudet—Researches on the Theory of the
Principal Phenomena of Photography in the Daguer-
reotype Process.
Dr. Andrews, F.R.S.—Report on the Heat of
Combinations.
Mr. Bantempi—lnquiries nn some Modifications
in the Colouring of Glass by Metallic Oxides.
Professor Scnrceter, of Vienna—On the Allotropic
Conditions of Phosphorus (with experiments).
Dr. Gladstone--On the Compounds of the Halo-
gens with Phosphorus.
Mr. M. Ebelmen—On Artificial Gems (with illus-
trations).
Professor Forchammer—On a New Method of
Determining the Organic Matter in Water.
Mr. W. West—On the Presence of Nitrogen in
Mineral Waters.
Dr. Daubeny—Report on the Action of Carbonic
Acid on the Growth of Plants.
SECTION C.--GEOLOGY AND PHYSIC AL GEOGRAPHY.
Sir R, I. Murchison—On the distribution of Gold
Ore over the surface of the globe, and a Comparison
between the A uriferous Products of the Ural Moun-
tains and California.
Mr. R. Mallet—Report on the statistical and
Dynamical Facts observed as :the results of Earth-
quakes, prepared at the resuest of the association.
Notice of experiments in progress for the Direct
Measurement of the velocity of Transit of Earthquake
Waves.
Mr. J. Hogg—On the Geology and Geography of
Mount Sinai, and the adjacent counties.
Mr. H. E, Strickland—On vegetable remains in
the Keuper Sandstone of Worcestershire.
Mr. J. Plant—On the discovery of Beds of Keuper
Sandstone containing Zoophytes in the vicinity of
Leicester.
SECTION D.—NATURAL HISTORY, INCLUDING PAY •
SIOLOG Y.
Mr. A. Hancock—Notice of the occurrence on the
British Coast of a burrowing Barnacle ; being a
Type of a new Order of the Class Cirrhipedia.
Mr. C. S. Bate—Notes on the boring of Marine
Animals ; on the Tubicola.
Mr. C. W. Peach—On the Luminosity of the Sea,
with sketches of some of the animals ; some new to
the British coasts.
Mr. H. E. Strickland—On additional Bones of
the Long-legged Dodo or Solitaire, recently brought
from Mauritius; also, Report of Experiments on the
vitality of Seeds.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sykes—Contributions to the
statistics of the production of Sugar in the British
dominions in India.
The Chevalier Bunsen—On the relative amount
and extent of the different races in Prussia and Ger-
many ; and on the statistics of Prussia with particu-
lar reference to Railways, and the system of Public
Instruction, according to the Pstest rmturns.

Professor Handcock—On a Form of Table for
collecting Returns in Ireland.
Mr." Heaton—On the Cause and Prevention of
the wcillation of Locorn4ive Engines on Railways.
Mr. Roberts—On a Machine fur forming Mould-
ing out of Sheet Metal.

Dr. C. Finch—On the Disease and Causes of Dis-
ability which incapacitate the Native Soldier for mi-
litary service in the Indian Army; and
Mr. Phillips—Notes on Tumuli in Yorkshire.
Tonight the great dinner of the association takes
place in the Town-hall. Between 700 and 800 tickets
are said to have been issued. To-morrow arrange-
ments, upon an extensive scale, are made for excur-
sions to Dudley, the iron districts, Leamington, and
the castles of Warwick and Kenilworth.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
LORD MAYOR'S COURT. Sept, 14,

CRABTREE V. SIR PETER LAURIE AND OTHERS, GAR
NISHEES, THE " WEST INDIA BANK." DEFENDANTS.
The defendants in this case were indebted to the
plaintiff, and the latter i►sued an attachment against
certain moneys which stood to the defendants' credit
in the Union Bank, of which Sir Peter Laurie and
others were the trustrees. •
Mr. Locke appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Randall
for the defendant, and Mr. Ryland for the garnishes.
The RECORDER aske I whether the " West India
Bank" were a chartered or incorporated company,
because it it were proof mu4t be given of the fact ?
Mr. RANDALL said, he was not prepared with the
proof suggested by his Lordship, but there was no
doubt of the bona-fides of the company, and the records
of the court would show that it had been sued simply
as the " West India Bank."
The RECORDER said that might be, but it was ne-
cessary, from the general laxity of evidence given in
that court, that proof should be given that it was an
incorporated company, or that the names of the mem-
bers should be set forth in the declaration.
Mr. LOCKE submitted, that if the garnishees ad-
mitted that this money belonged to the " West India
Bank," it was sufficient proof that it had a bona-fide
existence.
The RECORDER said, as far as the present proceed-
ing was concerned such admission would be sufficient;
but if it subsequently appeared that the " West India
Bank" had a right to recovery back the money, they
might find themselves in a very uncertain position in
respect of their right, for where was the proof before
the Court that there was, or ever had been, such a
company ?

Mr. LOCKE said, that a verdict in favour of the
plaintiff would not prejudice any future claims of the
bank ; and he submitted that it was not requisite that
such bank should be formally proved to have been
constituted pursuant to Act of Parliament.
The RECORDER was of opinion that the fact should
appear on the records of the
_court to show that the
bank was properly sued.
Mr. RANDALL would remind his Lordship that the
institution was well known to the public by the title
of the " West India Bank."
The RECORDER had never known a banking firm
sued simply as a banking company, without proof of
the legal constitution of the company being given.
He never heard of Hoare and Co., or Childs and Co.,
being sued simply as described by the title—it was
usually shown who the company were, or that the
company was instituted according to law.
Mr. RYLAND said that the Union Bank, for whom
he appeared, had not instructed him to make any ad-
mi-sion, nor could he do so, unless it were proved
that the " West India Bank" was properly sued.
The RECORDER said that he would not encourage
that great laxity of evidence which appeared in the
case before the Court. He could not allow the case
to go to the jury without such proof. They might
as well sue the " Pump at A ldgate," as the " West
India Bank," one had as much reason as the other.
Mr. RANDALL could assure his Lordship that the
bank was incorporated by royal charter, but the
charter itself was now in the West Indies, and utterly
inaccessible to the parties. The bank had no place
of business in London, which certainly placed him
in a position of some difficulty, but it was clear that
the plaintiff would not have sued the West India
Bank, unless the debt had been credited to the West
India Bank.

After some delay, Mr. RYLAND said that as the
parties were not prupired with the necessary proof,
he was ready to admit that in the books of the Union
Bank there was a sum of 3001. placed to the credit of
the " West India Bank."
The RECORDER said that, under these circum-
stances, the jury would find a verdict for the plaintiff;
but, had the objection been persevered in a di&rent
result must have followed. His Lordship then ex-
plained to the jury the nature of the proceedings, and
said that as they had admitted that such hank was
properly sued, they would find for the plaintiff for
the sum which the garnishees admitted to be in their
possession.

- The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff-3001.
NUBROYD AND ANOTHER V. BARING AND ANOTHER,

GARNISHEES, BATHURST, DEFENDANT.
This was also an attachment issued by the plaintiffs
against certain moneys held by Baring and Co.,
merchants in the city of London, belonging to the
defendants.

Mr. Locke and Mr. Randall appeared for the
parties. _ _ _

It appeared that the plaintiffs were sadd:ers in the
City, and that Mr. E. Bathurst, the defendant, held
a Government situation. He formerly lived in the
City, but had removed from the jurisdiction of the
Court; and, a. it \Nes supposed that Messrs. Bating
and Co. were in possession of 3001. belonging to the
defendant, the present attachment was issued to re-
cover a debt of 1571 34. 4d.

John George Theobold, a clerk in the service of
the g4rnishee, proved that all the money standing
to the defendant's credit at Messrs. Barings was
431. 3s. 4d.

Verdict for the plaintiff, 431. 34. 4d.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Mrs. Bennett, alias liemsley, alias Griffiths, was
brought up for final examination, on the charge of
obtaining 601. worth of goods from Messrs. Wilkinson
and Co., Ludgate-hill, under false pretences ; and two
more cases having been established against her, the
depositions were maid out and read, and she was con-
veyed to Newgate, she having, by advice of her
solicitor, reserved her defence.
LAMBETH.
William .Myers, a cabman, and Michael Murphy,
a suspected character, who have been in custody since
Monday week, on a charge of robbing Mr. Satcher,
a master tailor, of fifty sovereigns, were placed at the
bar before the lion. G. C. Norton for final exami-
nation.

The witnesses who had been previously examined
in the case were subjected to a lengthened cross-ex-
amination by Mr. Binns, who attended on behalf of
Myers, the cabman, but nothing favourable to the
prisoners was elicited.
Mr. Evans, the landlord of the Watermen's Arms
public-house, Bermondsey, deposed that on the even-
ing of Sunday week the prosecutor and the prisoner
Murphy entered his house, and the former called for
a pint of beer, which the latter drank. The prose-
cutor, while in front of his bar, threw a small leather
bag on the counter, and said it contained fifty sove-
reigns, his property. He (witness) recommended him
to leave the tnonay in his care, and offered to give him
a receipt for it, but the prosecutor said he should take
care of it, and put the bag in his pocket. Suspecting
that Murphy, who was with the prosecutor, was a bad
character, and intended to rob him, he requested the
witness Cronin, who was a customer ot his, and who
was in his bar at the time, to follow the parties, and
see that the prosecutor was not robbed.
Police 'constable Scott, 245 M, was next called,
and said that on the evening ot Monday week he saw
the prosecutor on a brewer's dray, near Bermondsey-
square, and the witness Cronin told him that he had
some property about him, and that he was followed
in a suspicious manner by the prisoner Murphy, who
was close by. The prosecutor at the time got off
the waggon, and attempted to go into the public-
house, but being tipsy at the time, the landlord pre-
vented him.

Mr. NORTON—You were told by the witness,
Cronin, that the prosecutor had property about him,
that he was followed by a suspicious character, who
was pointed out to you, and you yourself saw that
he was very much intoxicated. Now, I wish to
know, after all this, how it was that you did not look
after and prevent the man from being robbed ?
Scott—The fact was, sir, he ran across Bermondsey-
square and I lost sight of him, while the two men,
Cronin and Murphy, were quarrelling together. The
quarrelling continued for a quarter of an hour,
and I concluded that Murphy would lose sight of
the man.

Cronin—The quarrelling, as you call it, did not
last many seconds, and it consisted in Murphy say-
ing he should mark me and serve me out another
time for following and pointing him out as a thief.
Mr. NORTON—Did you tell Scott, the policeman,
that the prosecutor had 501. about him ? Cronin—
Of course I did, and told him I saw it; and also told
him that unless he looked after the man. and that the
gentleman was robbed, he alone would be to blame
for it. He asked me how I knew the gentleman had
property about him, and I said because I hid seen it.
Scott—When I asked the prosecutor myself whether
he had any properly about him or not, he said he had
only a watch, and nothing else.
Mr. NoßTokt—My own impression is, that the
prosecutor was in such a stite of drunkenness at the
time that you would have been perfectly justified in
detaining him for safety, particularly after you had
been told that he had 501. in money about him.
Your conduct at least was exceedingly careless and
indiscreet.

The prisoners were fully committed for trial.
John Percy Hening, Henry Roberts, and Thomas
Crotax, who have been so frequently examined on

charges of victimising the public, by collecting sub-
scriptions fora sochty which had no existence, but
which they called the " Animals' Friend Society,"
and putting the money so collected into their own
pockets, wire placed at the bar for final examination.
One additional case was taken against the prisoners,
where they received ss. from a gentleman named
Hubbard, and the prisoners were fully committed for
trill. -

Mr. Norton received the following donations for
the poor-box, viz., the remaining half of a 51. note
from " D. T. ;" the remaining half of a Reading hank
note for 51., No. 11,041 ; one sovereign from
"M. A. D ;" the remaining half of a 51. note from
"M. B of Exeter ; the remaining half of a note,
No. 96,237 ; and half a 51. note from " A. R."

TH A .11E S.
Mr. William Champion, mister of the ship Roman
Emperor, surrendered to his recognizinces to answer
a charge, under the 10th section of the Merchant
Seamen's Act fur harbouring and secreting four men
who had deserted from the Navarino, at Port Ade-
laide, in December last.

The facts ofthe—case were partly heard On
Wednesday last, on which occasion Mr. Frede-
rick Pelham, for the defence, took an objecion
under the 2d section of the Act, which r,,quirei that
no seamen shall be' taken to sea without a written
agreement; and argued, as there was no proof of their
having signed articles with the Navarino they could
not be considered deserters.
Mr. YARDLEY said, that as the case was a very
important one he would take time to consider the ob-
jection. This cloy, in pronouncing his decision, he
said, though I had little doubt on the former occasion
I have still less no N. It has been distinctly proved
that these men were engaged illegally, and there was
ample evidence to show that they were desr.lrters.
The only question is, whether there is suffici-nt proof
of guilty knowledge on the part of the defendant, and
that there was, any person who heard the evidence
could not have the slightest doubt. As regards the
penalty, I hold it to be my duty to inflict the heaviest
in my power.
Mr. Pelham—Perhaps I may be permitted to sug-
gest the imposition of a fine in one case, and the sus-
pension of the other summonses for a month, to show
that my client has not offended in the same manner
before.

Mr. YARDLEY—No ; I will assume that this is
his first offence; and even then I should not feel in-
clined to remit the penalty. Such an offence once
committed requires ample punishment. The practice
must be put a stop to. You may if you please apply
to the proper quarter, but I will not back the appli-
cation.

Mr. Pelham—My client is left in the lurch by the
owners, whom he intended to benefit.
Mr. YARDLEY-1 cannot help that. He has no
claim on the owners, and must take the consequences.
The defendant was then fined 101. and costs in
each of the four cases. The amount was immediately
paid.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Charlotte and James Jackson, the female a smart
and very good-looking young woman, and the male
a well-dressed young man of very respectable appear-
ance, were placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold for
re- examination.
They had been remanded for robbing the house of
Mr. Tullet, a tradesman in Whitechapel, whose ser-
vice the female prisoner had entered on Tuesday
se'nnight. On the following Sunday she was left in
charge of the house, while the,family were at church,
when the house was plundered of a very large
amount of property, consisting of plate, jewellery,
apparel, &c. The prisoners were apprehended some
days afterwards, when there was found in their pos-
session a box containing much of the stolen property,
and upon the person of the female a shawl and other
articles of dress belonging to her late mistress. Upon
the man also was found a very valuable gold watch
and appendages, besides other articles, subiequently
ascertained to be the produce of other similar rob-
beries.

Mrs. Martha Standenwick, a widow lady, residing
at Tollington-park Villa, hornsey road, now identi
fled the gold watch. The female prisoner entered
her service on the 7th of August, and absconded on
the llth, on which morning, having rung in vain fur
the attendance of her servant, she arose and discovered
that the latter was gone, and she missed her watch
and its appendages, together with the plate, some
j-wellery, a shawl, linen apparel, and other property.
She identified amongst the articles now produced by
the police a coral necklace, a coat, and parts of several
dresses.
Sergeant Kelly said the male prisoner, when appre-
hended, had the coat on his back, and the gold watch
in his pocket.
Mr. ARNOLD asked the prosecutrix if she had ever
seen the male prisoner at her house ?
The lady replied, that on the 9th, two days before
the robbery, she was returning home about ten at
night, when she met in the road leading to her house
a man who she bad no doubt was the prisoner. She
at first mistook him for a gentleman whom she had
expected to call, and approached him in order to
:peak to him, but he put his hand before his face and
walked away from her. The.fonale prisoner had en-
tered her service in the name of Caroline Davis, with
a written character purporting to be from a lady whom
she had served three years.
Mrs Emma Matthews, whose husband is a printer,
residing at Walthnrn Cottages, Warner-road, Cam •
herwell, next identified the female prisoner, wh) had
entered her service on the 16th of August, and ab
sconded on the following evening, when she went out
on pretence of going to the post-otlice, carrying off
two silver watches, a number of silver spoons, two
brooches, and other articles, several of which were
now produced by the police, who had found them
upon the prisoner.
Mr. ARNOLD asked if she had received a character
with the prisoner ? Mr. Matthews replied that the
prisoner, who then called herself Clara Watts, referred
to a lady at Ware, in Hertfordshire, in whose service
she had been, and witness having written to the given
address, received in answer the note now produced,
giving the prisoner an excellent character.
Mr. ARNOLD, after some further inquiry, again re-
manded the prisoners until next Friday, when other
charges will probably be preferred against them.

SUUTHWARK.
Ellen Grant, a very respectable looking young
woman, was brought before Mr. Seeker, charged
with murdering her infant child.
The prisoner, who was in a very weak state, was
accommodated with a chair during the examination.
John Slow, constable of the parish of Bermondsey,
stated that on the 26th of August last he received in-
formation that a child had been made away with in a
house in Crimscott-street. He accordingly proceeded
to No. 10 in that street, and on going up stairs into
the prisoner's bed-room he found her in bed. He told
her that he understood she had delivered herself of a
child, and destroyed its life. She turned round her
head and told him it was all wrong. Witness then
left her and went into the parlour, where he saw the
body of a dead child, wrapped up in a cloth. Witness
had it conveyed to his house, and afterwards he buried
it. On the previous morning, finding the prisoner
sufficiently recovered, he took her from the house and
conveyed her to the police•station.
John Chalice, surgeon, of No. 4, Alscott-terrace,
Grange-road, Bermondsey, said that on Saturday
evening the 25th ult., he was sent for to No. 10,
Crimscott-street, where he found the prisoner in bed.
In answer to his questions she said she was unwell
from a female complaint. Witness then left her, and
returned to see her on the following morning. She
WAS then very ill, and frotn symptoms he observed
he was of opinion that she had recently been delivered
of a child. He told her his opinion, when she de-
clared that she had not been delivered of a child, and
on his saying that he was convinced that she had, she
acknowledged such-to be the case, and pointed to a
box in the corner of the room. She gave him the
key, and witness handed it to the mistress of the

house, who unlocked the box and searched it. At
the bottom of the box witness discovered the dead
bldy of a female infant under a quantity of clothes.
The box was taken out of the room, and the dead
body was placed in the parlour. Witness then gave
information of the circumstance to Slow, and after
the coroner's inquest he made a post mortem examina-
tion, but he did not find any external marks of
violence.

The prisoner having declined to make any answer
:o the charge, she was remanded until Monday.

NOTTINGHAM.—The hosiery trade in all branches,
with only one exception, is in a fair and healthy condi-
tion. The excepted case is that of silk gloves, which is
much depressed, but the season of the year is decidedly
against them. The bobbinnet trade is this week very
dull, most of the foreign houses having completed their
goods for Leipsic Fair, which commences on the Ist of
October. It is at this fair that the lace principally finds
a vast for the Russian dominions. There is a general
opinion that an improvement to some extent will take
place in the lace trade at the latter end of next month,
and in January for hosiery. The rapid improvement_ in
the manufacture of threat nil! have a very bene-
ficial effect on the trade of England. Belgium, Western
Germany, and Northern France. Large fortunes have
been amassed by the manufacturers in consequence of
their superiority in preparing that material.—/Votting-
ham Journal.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO M. DUMAS.-111. Alex-
andre Dumas, the celebrated romance writer, narrowly
escaped destruction a few days ago. Acs was returning
with his family from a hunting excursion, in a two-
wheeled carriage drawn by one horse. In di scending a
steep declivity near Compihne, the horse Was unable
to sustain the weight of the chaise, and endeavoured
to throw himself on one side into a valley some 40
feet below the level of the road. Happily the drag
of the vehicle acted as a sort of anchor ; but the sud
den shock threw the four travellers to a distance of
10 or 12 feet. Poor Alexandre Dumas escaped with
some severe bruises and a broken gun; his son, with a
torn pantaloon, and their friend with a long swoon frcm
sheer fright.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
WAKEFIELD, SEPT. 14.—The supplies arc good of all
grain. Torre is rather more mutation in the "hest
trade, and a moderate busies passing in both old and
the finest descriptions of new at an improvement of la
per quarter. Very little doing in spring corn, and au
descrip:ions are the turn cheaper.
New. Old
WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel : s. e, s.
Sullolk,Essex, and Kent, red ... 44 to 47 43 to
Ditto, white ... 4S —52 47
Norfolk and Hunts., red ... 43 —46 41 -'4g
Ditto, white ... ... 47 —5O 45
Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 41 —45 40
Ditto, white ... 44 —4B 44
Yorkshire, red .., 41 —45 40
Ditto, white ... .. 44 —43 44 .0 '',,
Dantzic and Konigsburg, white 43 -I
Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 39
Mediterranean, red ... 34 "'
BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:
Norfolk and Suffolk...
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire
Smell
•• ••• •••
Grinding per 80 stone ... ... 20 —22
Foreign
••• ... 24 28
BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631b:—
~rnail,
fine ... ——
Foreign ...
OATS, per stone :
Mealing • ••• 9d to 100 31 to 121
Feeding —d to d 8,1 to „Yi
Foreign
•• ..• —d to —d 8d to .-4
SHELLING, per I°4l of 2611 b. —25 23'26
MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels
PEAS, per Imperial Quarter:—
Blue and white boilers
Grey and Fced

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CRP,.

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29 - 34
26 -31

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'ALS.

245
rs
Rapeseed ..• ••• 711
Shelling ... •••
Linseed
Malt ... • • ..•
Flour ... •••

AZAL
Qrs.
Wheat ... ... 9,897
Barley ... ... 1,546
Oats •.. 553
Beans... 1,5`18
Peas ... ••• 032
NEWI3URY, SEPT. 13 —The supply of' wheat to es,,,v 1i
a fair average, by far the larger porthin being of the De
crop, at a decline of about Is per quarter. We hare°
more lively demand than for sem.. weeks past, and !
pretty good clearance has been eff.ctud. Barley but 101
in offer, and late rates supported. Beans, Oats, and
peal:, short supply, with a dull demand, and late rate,
bvrely supported. Winter tares plentiful, and sell front
5s to 53 6ti per bushel.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 14.—Since Tuesday there has bee°
a liberal arrival of foreign wheat, flour, barley, and pas'
Several small parcels of grain, meal, and flour of the neW
crop arrive doily from Ireland. The market this morning
was well attended, and a fair extent of business 066
• ransacted in wheat and fLur,itt fully the prices of Tiler
day. Oats and oatmeal supported late rates, with a 031);
iterate demand for each. Grinding barley was Id to
per bushel cheaper. Beans and peas were without chant;:
in value. Indian corn is firmly held, and buyers ttl'•
inoreing bad to pay an advance of 6d to is per Taller'
but there were not many sales effected.
EXETER, SEPT. 14.—Cattle—The market was Mode:
rateiy supplied to-day. Prices remain nearly the sar°'
as for several weeks previous. Fat beef, 8s to 8,6 d Ili
score, ar d in a few instances 8s 911; cows and ealves,v%
to 13/ e. ch; barreners, 4s 6d to 5s 6J per sc re. :
noticed no Irish or foreign bullocks. Butcher's calYe'
4id to 511 per lb; fat wether sheep, 5d per lb; eves'
eid. A good lot of mixed maiden ewes and wethers
were al.o sold for 5d per lb. There was a very lore
supply of store pgs in the market. Pork Carcases---
pretty good supply larger than that of last week, b 1
tid
prices were nearly the same, ragging from 7s to 83 v
per score. Pannier—Turkeys, 4s 6d to 6s each; 01,4
5s to 6s titl; ducks, 3s 6d to 5. 6il per couple; forT,
2s 61 to 4s; partridges, 2s to 2s 6,1; hares, 2s to 3s OP"
roasters, 43 to 5s 61; butter, 10d to lld per lb; egg'
18 for 1,.; ppotatoes, 7d to 8d per score. Corn Excharly.
—The market has been dull to-day, and but for the
evident pressure on many of the growers, but little
*heat would have been offered at the present low Price.
English wheat has been sold at from 55 to 5s 3d ,
bushel. In foreign wheat not much is doine; sortie of
the merchants still ask 403 to 42a for red French, sad
47s for white, but this price is only nominal, and 0113:
infetior red has been sold at 363 to 38s per quart
(6 )lbs to the bushel), and white at 42s to 435. Barle,r,
3s 6d to 3s 10d per bushel; Few oats, 2s to 2s 2d Per
bLiciel; old ditto, 2s 64 to 2s Bd. Fine flour, 293 P 3
3ls Per sack of 280,b-30e being the more general figure'
BARNSLEY, SEPT. 12.—A moderate amount of butt;
has been done today in wheat, without much
change in price. Butter has changed hands at 14d Per
lb; eggs at 9 for 6d; and potatoes at from 8d to 9LI pc.
peck.

.. ... ..
....,

WETIIERBY, ►SEPT. 14...—The following are the price/
of corn, &c., in our market of this day;—new wheat, 180
to 20s; whit,. ditto, 19s to 21s; rtd ditto, 17s to 19s per
load; oats, 9id to 114 d per atone; barley, 294 to 323;
lat-arit,, 12s to 14s per I.,ad.
ENNISKILLEN, t'EPT. 12.—Wheat, 17s to 18s per bar'
rel; oatmeal, Ils to 12s per cwt; oats, 8d per stone;
beet; 4d to 5d per lb; mutton, 5d to Sid per lb; butter,
7d to 7il per In; fiikin, 304 to 225. No. of firkins 11$
new market, 860.

,- - -
LLANIMST, SEPT. 11.—We had but a small market
to-day, the prices scarcely maintaining the currenci
quoted h.st week:—Wheat. from 14s to 17s; barley'
8s 6 1 to 10s; oats, 6s to 7s 6,1 per hobbet.
RH YL, SEPT. 11.—The harvest being nearly over, w•
had a better attendance at this day's market. Farmer.
and dealers appeared in good spirits, although priceB
were low. Quotations—Wheat. (r.ww.) 145 ad to 14i gds
ditto old, 15s; barley, 8s 6d to 9.; oats, 61 3d to 7s per
tt obbet.

MOLD, SEPT. 12.—The average prices of grain to-dai
were—new wheat, 143 6d; barley, 9s 6d; oats, 6s pit
hobbet, with not a very full attendance, and business
rather slack.

INVERNESS, SEPT. 11.—New wheat, per quarter weighl
62:b per bushel, 45s to 50s ; barley, 541 b per bobs
23, to 0 's; oats, 421 b per bushel, 21s to 22s Od ; seed oats, per
qr, 421 b per bush, Os to Os Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 160 6J,
second, 15s; barleymeal, 1 Is 8d; peasemeal, 14. to 15s;
per stone, Od to 8d; first flour, per 2501 b, 36s to 375; second'
vi
28s ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, Is 8d to Os "
second, Is 6d ; barleymeal, Is 4d ; peasemeal, Is 6d; first flour'
2s 9d cash, 3s credit; secona, 2s 3d cash, 2s 6d credit. pota-
toes, per stone, 4d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4d to 7d; veal, 4°
to 6d; mutton, 54 to Ed; pork, 4d to 6d; fowls, each, 00,1,
00d; chickens, per pair, 00d to Gil ; ducks, each, OA ,;-
00(1; eggs, rr dozen, 7d to Od ; butter, fresh, per lb, 10d '-
Ocl; salt, 12d to 00d ; croudie (curds) 21d to Od ; fourpoul
loaf, cash, 6d to 7d, credit, 6id to 7fid; coals, per ost, 9"
hay, per stone, 7d.

COAL MARK E'
Bate's West Hartley 14s 6d:
Carr's Hartley
East Adairs Main l3s Od
Hasting's Hartley lss NI
Holywell Main l4s 6d
New Tanfield
Ravensworth's W.Hart 14s 6dl

TEl.ras—aciwYdelErijairEstarr.
B
165 odi
Hetton
16s 91
Lambton
Russell's Helton
Stewart's
IWhitwell ...
Hartlepool I6.A
Ihornlsy
Whitworth l4s uu
Adelaide Tees
Pease's West l3s 91
Seymour Tees
'St. Helen's Tees
Tees ..... ..........
Howard's W. H. Neth 153 0,
Ships at market, 79.

l'anfield Moor .... l4s 6d
West Hartley
Wylam lss Od
Wall's End, &c
Bensbam ...... ........ 143 6d
Gibson
Morrison IN 3o 1
Northumberland
Eden Main I 6s Od
Lambton Primrose
Belmont l6s WI

ME 8. JERMY.—We understand that on Saturday
last Mrs. Jermy and her servant Eliza Chestney passed
through York towards the south, on their return frog
the Lake district. Both were in an improved state of
health, though traces of their sad bereavement were •
still visible to the most casual observer.-IVakeilsid
Journal.
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BIRTHi.
On the 13th inst., at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Mrs. George
Crawshay, of a daughter
On the 9th inst., at Aix-la-Chapelle, Mrs. Otte Wilden-
stein, of a daughter.
At Chichez ter, on the 10th inst., the wife of the Rev. I'.
Lowe, of a daughter.
On the 10th inst., at Wenvoe-castle, Glamorganshire, the
lady of R. F. Jenner, Esq., of a son.
On the 11th inst., at Dedham, Essex, the wife of the
Rev. Colin Campbell, vicar, of a .on.
On the 11th inst., the lady of C. R. Gordon Canning, Esq.,
of a daughter.
On the 12th inst., at Albert-square, Clapham, Mrs. J. P.
Phill ps, of a daughter.
On the 12th inst., at Porchester-place, Blandford-square,
the wife of the Rev. R. Belli:., of a daughter.
On the 13th inst., at Craven-hill, Bayswater, lira. John
Taylor. jun., if a son.