The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-13 00:00:00

Berli,hEro hds., Mon., Coleshill House; Wed., Fox-
comb Lill ; Fri.. Hilton 1-I(Alse-ill.
Baron Rothschild's stag-hds., Mon., Liscombe Park

Bedale hds., Mon., Salutation Inn, Leeming-lane ;
Wed., Busby Stuop ; 'Fri., Seorton-101.

FATAL ACCIDENT-EXPLOSION
OF FIRE-DAMP.

It is our painful duty to record another disaster of
a fatal character, resulting from an explosion of fire-
damp, which took place at the colliery of John
Russell, Esq., Risca, near this town, on Sunday
last. The accident, by which one unfortunate indi-
vidual has lost his life, and three others have been
more or less injured, it will be observed, from the
evidence taken at the inquest, was caused by aninad-
vertence on the part of the poor fellow who has fallen
a victim to the explosion. It appears that he re-
ceived the injury on Sunday last, between seven and
eight o'clock, and lingered, in a state of great suffer-
ing, until Thursday morning, when death put a period
to his torture. The other men who were injured, one
of whom (Wheeldon) is in a very dangerous state,
are still suffering severely from the accident.
The inquest was held at the Albert Inn, Risca, on
Thursday (last) evening, before W. Brewer, Esq.,
Coroner, when the following evidence was adduced :
George Wilson, collier, who, from the injuries he
received, was obliged to be examined at his residence,
said—l went down the Black Vein pit, in Wain
Vawr Colliery, on Sunday morning last. Thomas
Crook, and Stephen his brother, and Thomas: Wheel-
don, a farrier, William Waller, and Abraham Carter,
went down at the same time. I went with Stephen
and Thomas Crook, for the purpose of opening
the doors and changing the course of the air.
After reaching the bottom of the pit, I went
with Stephen Crook to the side known as the
mountain side, and Thomas Crook and Thomas
Wheeldon went to the river side. They came back
to us, and we sat down a few minutes. At
this time we saw no fire, nor any sign of it. Wheel-
don, the farrier, and Crook went on towards the
stable, where there was a sick horse. They had gone
about fifteen yards, when I saw an explosion. I felt
the fire strike me, and I was much burnt on my arms
and face. Stephen Crook was much burnt, and
Thomas Crook came near us, and said he was burnt
to death. In a minute or two we were drawn up by
an engine, and all taken to our homes, where we were
attended by a surgeon. All the men had Davy's
lamps with them ; but the wire gauze was not on
when they left us. I worked in that pit on Friday
night; and on Saturday, when I left off, there was
no sign of fire-damp, neither did I think there was
any risk in the pit. We are all supplied with lamps,
if we ask for them; but the lamps do not give such
good light as a candle. We can earn more by the
light of a candle than that of a lamp.
Joseph Green, agent at the Wain Vawr Colliery,
said—Thomas Crook was the day fireman at the pit,
and was expected to see to the safety of the pit.
Stephen Crook was the night fireman. They always
performed their duty satisfactorily to the master and
men. I was in the pit on Saturday, when everything
appeared to me to be as it ought to be ; there was no
appearance of danger. The two Crooks went down
the pit on Saturday evening about six o'clock to try
to turn the draft, which, in consequence of the great
draft of the upcast shaft, they were unable to do.
They, therefore, left the pit until Sunday morn-
ing. On Sunday morning, at seven o'clock, the
Crooks went down the pit, in company with other
men, and soon after they had gone down, a man
carne to my house to say the fire had gone off
in the pit. I immediately went to the top of the pit,
and saw Thomas and Stephen Crook and another man,
who had just been brought up from the pit. On learning
that Thomas Wheeldon was still in the pit, I went
down and soon found him ; he was much injured, but
not so much as the Crooks. There were two men
walking about with oil lamps in their hands. I
brought him up, and after having seen the other men
who were injured, I tried to ascertain the cause of
the accident. There was no great quantity of bad
air in the pit, and it would not have exploded had the
men kept the gauzes on their lamps. The men were
not aware of the gas having accumulated, or, of
course, they would not have taken the tops off their
lamps, for they were very careful men.
No other witnesses were called, and the coroner
addressed a few observations to the jury, who, after
a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict of
" Accidental death."

[We understand that Thomas Crook, the deceased
and Stephen Crook, his brother, were firemen, who
had been employed for the last five years in inspect-
ing the works, for the purpose of detecting accumu-
lations of the explosive gas, and cautioning the work-
men in cases of danger.]
We have heard that five brothers and two grandsons
of Thomas Crook have lost their lives by explosions of
fire damp in collieries.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held at
the Albert Inn, Risca, on Monday last, on the body
of John Coleman, aged 10 years, nephew of Thomas
Crook, the unfortunate man whose death is recorded
above. This poor lad, it appears, also met his death
in the Black Vein Pit, by a mass of coal falling upon
him while he was at work. After an enquiry into
the circumstances, the jury returned a verdict of
" Accidental Death."—Monmouthshire Merlin.

Yesterday se'nnight a boy, named Earl, whose
parents reside in Everton-court, Norfolk-square, picked
up a brown-paper parcel which was lying on the pave-
ment on the east side of :_\'orfOlk-square, took it home,
and gave it to his father, who did not open it till the
following Sunday evening, expecting every day that it
would be cried; but not hearing anything further about
it, he removed the brown paper, and a small box was
exposed. On taking off the lid there was some wadding,
and under the wadding a dead female infant, which was
wrapped iu an apron stained with blood. He imme-
diately took the box and its contents to Superintendent
White. On one side of the box the words " Piqued
Cloth" were marked in pencil. There was a figure son
the lid, and a figure 4 on the other side of the box, with
the letters " Cqua." On Monday a coroner's inquest
was held on the body, before F. H. Gell, Esq., when evi-
dence of the above facts was given. It appeared also
that Mr. J. Cordy Burrows was called in to examine
the body. He could discover no marks of violence. He
had tested the lungs; the whole, with the heart and
separate portions, floated in water; and he believed that
respiration could not have continued for any length of
time. He could not undertake to swear that the
child had been born wholly alive. From the appearance
of the mouth he had no doubt it had been pressed to pre-
vent its breathing, but this might have taken place be-
fore the child was fully horn. The jury returned a
verdict to the effect that the child was found dead in
the box, but by whom it had been there placed there was
no evidence to show, nor was there any evidence to
show that the child had been born wholly alive.—
Brighton Gazette.

WI.REEIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—We have
to-day a good arrival of wheat and barley. There is a
fair consumptive demand for wheat at a reduction of Is.
to 2s. per quarter. Barley meets a slow sale at Is. per
quarter decline. Oats are more inquired for at id. per
stone more money; and shelling at is. per load. Beans
and other articles without alteration.
ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH DEVON LINE, BUT
UNATTENDED BY ANY PERSONAL INJURY.—A collision
took place near Weir ,Engine Houle, between Teign-
mouth and Newton, on Wednesday morning, about half-
past two, but which was fortunately unattended with
any injury to the men employed. The ballasting trucks
which had left Newton, and the contractors' night train
coming down with materials—in consequence cf some
misunderstanding with the parties who had the night
occupation of the line—came in contact with each other.
The train was heard approaching at some miles distant,
and a man was sent on from the trucks with the red
signal, but, from the dense fog which prevailed, it was
not seen, and the engine ran into the trucks, forcing one
under, and the engine was also thrown off the line by the
concussion. No accident occurred tothe persons engaged,
although the engine was considerably damaged, and one
of the trucks was greatly injured. The driver and
stoker were not shaken from their position. A great
number of men were soon obtained, and the line was
cleared for the 7,50 a.rt. train. The London mail train
was stopped at Teignmouth, by telegraphiccommunica-
tion, and the bags and passengers were posted to Totnes.
—Plymouth He; aid.

A- STRANGE PETITION.—A person at Ulverston,
who was fined by the magistrates for nothing, as he says,
has been hawking about the following not very flattering
petition, which was written by a quizzical friend of the
petitioner, and is said to have been very successful :
" Dorn vivimus vivamus.—Ulverston, Nov. 2, 1847.
The bearer, J. M—, is one of the most confirmed
drunkards in Ulverston, and therefore highly deserving
the charity of those individuals who procure a subsist-
ence by the vendure of Bacchanalian potions."
The heaviest gooseberry grown in England in the
year 1847 was of the red species. The following is a
correct statement :—Red, London, 28 dwts., grown by
Mr. B. Holland, Huddersfield, and Mr. J. Jones, London,
same weight at Torporley. Yellow, Leader, 27 dwts.,
grown by Mr. Abel Slack, Deighton, and Mr. James
Rodes, of Oldham, seedling, also to the same weight.
Green, Thumper, 25 dwts., grown by Mr. John Winter-
bottom, Glodwick. White, Tally-ho, 23 dwts. 10 grains,
grown by Mr. J. Coppoek, Tarporley.—Cowity, Herald.
We announce with regret the death of Mr. Mat-
thew Coleman, of the War-office, a gentleman long
known to the :ervice as the editor of the " Army List."
The good•service pension at the disposal of the
Government by the death of Captain Willes, has been
conferred on Sir John Ross.
SCOTCH LEGAL ArPOINTMEN rs.—We understand
that E. F. Maitland, Esq , advocate, has been appointed
Advocate Depute, in room of Archibald Davidson, Esq.
now Sheriff of Kincardineshire. And that under the
new service of Heirs Act, which comes into operation
on the 15th instant, Patrick Shaw, Esq., advocate, has
been appointed Sheriff of Chancery.—Caledonian Mer-

SUICIDE OF COUNT BRESSON. i

(ADDITIONAL PA RTIC ULARS.)
We copy the following details of the suicide of
Count Bresson from ditierent Paris papers. The
Debuts says—
" We have received very few details on the fright.
ful event which has deprived France of one of her
most noble children, the King's Government of one of
its most distinguished agents, and a family, honour-
able in every respect, of a brother, of a husband, who
justly formed its glory and its happiness. It is,
however, certain that M. Bresson has destroyed him-
self. What can have been the cause of this fatal re-
solution ? Those who have known M. Bresson,
those who have been able to appreciate the affection
so true and so tender that he bore to his worthy father,
to his wife, so distinguished in every respect, to his
brothers—those who know how much he was the
slave of his duties, are obliged to evoke their souvenirs,
and to call to mind that some years ago he nearly
died of a brain fever, and that after this terrible
malady he remained subject to intermittent attacks
which caused at times violent paroxysms of the brain.
Everything, however, caused it to be hoped that the
end of these crises would shortly be seen,
every one appearing to lose in intensity.
On 31st October M. Bresson was received in
solemn audience by the King of Naples, who treated
him with peculiar grace and distinction. The next
day, after having occupied himself in his study in
drawing up the dispatch which gave an account of
his reception, he went to pass the evening at the
theatre of San Carlo, returned to his hotel about
midnight, and went to bed. It appears that about
the end of the night he was seized with an attack of
brain fever, that he rose, took a razor, and cut his
throat before the chimney-glass. The noise of the
fall of his body on the floor awoke the Countess
Bresson, who ran to the spot, where she found her
husband bathed in his blood. Our readers may judge
of the dreadful grief of Madame Bresson. All assist-
ance was useless—M. Bresson was dead."
The Conservateur says—
" A telegraphic dispatch, addressed to the President
of the Council by the Charge d'Affaires of France at
Naples, leaves no doubt as to the cause of the me-
lancholy death of Count Bresson. This dispatch is
thus worded :

" 'Naples, Nov. 2.
" Count Bresson died last evening in a fit of
brain fever. The Countess will embark, in three or
four days, on board the Magellan, with the mortal
remains of the King's Ambassador.'
"It results, besides, from the folk wing extracts of
letters from Count Bresson, that he felt himself for
several days attacked with the malady of which he
was so unfortunately the victim. Count Bresson
wrote from Naples, on October 25, to the President
of the Council :---` I arrived here the day before yes-
terday. I cannot say whether it is the effect of the
fatigue or of the Pontine Marshes, but I have expe-
rienced some symptoms of fever, and I have not yet
been able to recover my sleep. Fortunately my wife
and my son are well.' On the 28th, after having
written a letter, in which he treated of a number of
subjects with great clearness of intellect, he added,
I have been constantly suffering since I entered
southern Italy. From the time I left Florence I
have had neither appetite nor sleep. It is a nervous
over-excitement, which will be necessarily followed
by a great loss of strength. I see now how wrong I
was to complain of the climate of Madrid ; it did not
treat me so ill.' The letter written to the President
of the Council by M. de Montessny, our Charge
d'Affaires, informs us that from the time of the arrival
of the ambassador at Naples he was really ill, but
that he always refused to pay attention to his health."
The Constitutionnel says—
" We have sought with the greatest care for details
calculated to throw some light on the tragic end of
Count Bresson. We can guarantee the exactitude of
the following :—Count Bresson, after having accom-
plished the Spanish marriages and returned to Paris,
made known to M. Guizot that he could not return
to Spain as ambassador; and that he considered the
influences which surrounded the young Queen as
powerful and lasting. Count Bresson did not the less
insist with the Minister of Foreign Affairs on his
claims to an eminent political position, He demanded
the embassy to England, but this was refused him
from political motives easy to understand. M. Bres-
son then went to London, and saw Lord Palmerston,
who gave him an excellent reception. M. Bresson
on his return again claimed the embassy at London,
and dwelt on the favour which the English Minister
had shown him. The pretensions of N. Bresson were
again rejected, and he was obliged, notwithstanding
his very great reluctance, to accept the embassy
to Naples. M. Bresson had no fortune. On arriv-
ing at Rome he learned the revolution which
had been accomplished in the circle of the Queen
of Spain. He then greatly regretted having consi-
dered his return to Madrid impossible. He even
wrote immediately to M. Guizot, asking him to be
allowed to return to Spain as ambassador. He at the
same time wrote to several of his friends at Madrid to
announce his early return. Vain hope ! M. Bresson
received a formal order to proceed to Naples. All
the letters written by M. Bresson since his departure
from Paris display great excitement. The persons
who have seen Count Bresson in private, and who
have had long relations with him, concur in saying
that he was of a violent passionate character, and
easily discouraged. It is certain that at Madrid he
was attacked by a somewhat intense brain fever. Still
his suicide has not the less profoundly surprised and
afflicted all those who have had the opportunity of
becoming acquainted with his rare qualities and his
great intelligence. M. Bresson leaves a father of an
advanced age, for whom he entertained the most
tender affection. M. Bresson leaves a widow and a
young son, who, after the celebration of the Spanish
marriages, was created a grandee of Spain. The
brother of Count Bresson is Advocate General at the
Cour Royale of Paris."

MEETING OF -PARLIAMENT.
The following circular has been sent by Lord John
Russell to his supporters in the House of Com-

mons :

" Downing-street, Nov. 8, 1847.
" Sir,—l take the liberty of informing you that
the House of Commons will proceed on the 18th inst.
to the choice of a Speaker, and that the Address, in
answer to the Queen's Speech, will be moved on the
23d inst.

" I hope it may be consistent with your convenience
to attend on those days.
" I have the honour to be your obedient servant,
" J. RUSSELL."

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Royal Family took wa!k-
ing and pony exercise this morning in the grounds
adjacent to the Castle.
Prince Albert rode out on horseback this forenoon,
attended by his Royal Highness's Equerry in Wait-
ing, Captain the Lion. A. Gordon.
The Earl and Countess Spencer, Sir Robert and
Lady Gardiner, and the Rev. Dr. Philpott, took their
departure from the Castle to-day.
Mr. Moon, this morning, was honoured with her
Majesty's commands to Mr. Samuel Cousins, A.R.A.,
to engrave the " Royal Family Picture," by Mr. F.
Winterbalter.
Sir William C. Was, R.A., by command of her
Majesty, is in daily attendance at the Castle, taking
the likenesses of their Highnesses the Prince cf
Wales and Prince Alfred, in full length, in the beau-
tiful Highlaul costume.

Mr. MlD"nell, Governor of the Gambia, had an
interview with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial-
office. ffi

Lord Ashley had an interview with Sir George
Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood returned to their residence in Downing-street,
on Thursday night, from Mickleton Hall, Yorkshire.
The Rev. Thomas Eyre Poole, D.D., Colonial and
Garrison Chaplain of Sierra Leone, had an interview,
yesterday, with Earl Grey, at the Colonial-office.
The nomination of Sheriffs for the ensuing year
took place yesterday, in the Court of Exchequer,
before the Lords of her Majesty's most Honourable
Privy Council. The Lords
present were—the Right
Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer ; the Lord Chancellor, the Right Hon Sir
George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment ; Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy.
of Lancaster; Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice of
Queen's Bench ; the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde,
Lord Chief Just ice of the Common Pleas ; and theßight
Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, Lord Chief Baron of
the Exchequer. The other Judges of the Courts of
Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and the Exchequer,
also assisted at the nomination. Mr. C. Greville was
the Clerk of the Privy Council in Waiting.

AILWAYS IN J THE WEST OF
ENGLAND.
(From the Plymouth Herald of this day.)

The'South-Western Company have wisely- Allan•
doned the " Devon and Cornwall Central Scheme,"
but they intend to renew the application to Parlia-
ment for the Yeovil and Exeter line, and they fur-
ther mean to apply for permission to make a line from
Exeter to Cowley Bridge, to join the Crediton line.
The Bristol and Exeter Company will also renew
their application for the Taunton and Castle Cary
branch, the Bill for which passed the Committee of
the House of Commons last session. This will give
.the public a broad guage line from Exeter to London,
shorter than the one contemplated by the South-
Western Company, the latter having to make nearly
100 miles of their road, provided they get their Bill
while the former have but about thirty miles to com-
plete the entire line. The Bristol and Exeter directors
have further given notice of their intention to apply
for a Bill to make branches from Bleaion to Wells,
Glastonbury, and Street. This measure received the
sanction of the Committee last session.
THE SOUTH DEVON LINE.
In the course of a few days the timber for the rails
will be permanently laid down to within a few hun-
dred yards of the intended station at Laira, the erec-
tion of which, we learn, will take place forthwith,
the earth works for the site being finished. The
works at Laira—the turning of the turnpike road,
and the formation of a new road to Saltram, carried
by an elegant bridge over the railway—are rapidly
approaching completion. The enterprising and zealous
contractors, Messrs. Carpenter, are doing all they
possibly can to expedite this part of the road,
.
which we have no doubt be finished, as far as
they are concerned, by the time specified. The via-
ducts near Ivy-bridge are to be partially laid with
American oak, a stronger and firmer material than
fir, and a short delay has taken place, we learn, on
that part of the works, in consequence of the timber
not being prepared. The line from Totnes to Ivy-
bridge is rapidly proceeding towards completion, and
we learn from good authority that, if not ready as
early as was hoped, viz., Christmas, that a short time
after we shall witness the opening of the line to Laira
—a mere omnibus ride of a couple of miles from the
heart of the town of Plymouth.
THE ATMOSPHERIC MODE OF TRACTION

We have much pleasure in stating that, on Tuesday
last, the first experimental train was run to Newton,
and though it was but fair to anticipate that some
difficulties might arise in the trial, from water which
must have accumulated in the pipes and from other
causes incidental to a first attempt, yet the distance
was accomplished in grand style, without the least
difficulty or delay.
The carriage was started from Teignmouth at five
minutes before ten, A.M., and at eight minutes after
ten it arrived at Newton, having stopped at Wear
engine-house four minutes. The train came back in
twelve minutes, having stopped four minutes at Wear
on returning. The distance is five miles.
Our readers who take an interest in the progress of
practical science wilt also be glad to hear that the
trains from Teignmouth to Exeter—four each way—
propelled by atmospheric power, ran most admirably,
keeping their time far more regularly than those
driven by locomotives; and the most perfect confi-
dence is felt as to the system finally superseding the
now common mode of traction.
The power is exceedingly great, and it is said that
light trains could be propelled without difficulty at
60 miles an hour. The engineer who ran for the first
time to Newton had the breaks on down and up.
We trust to be enabled to announce, in a short time,
that the locomotive engines are to be dispensed with
on the South Devon line as far as Newton.
The engine-houses on the line towards Totnes, and
at the stations, will soon be finished, and, as we stated
a few weeks since, the tubing, of a large calibre, is
being laid,—aud not the least doubt is entertained
that the steep gradients on that part of the line will
be run over at a swift pace with much ease. If these
expectations be realised, of which we see no doubt,
the triumph of Mr. Brunel and Mr. Samuda will be
complete, and another " great fact" will be estab-
lished in the scientific world—the triumph of air over
steam.

cul y.
DEPRESSED STATE OF MANUFACTURES,-"We re-
gret to be informed that this week two or three exten-
sive band-loom weaving establishments in Glasgow
ceased working, and in consequeP.ce several thousand
people are thrown out of employment. The cessation
of operations in these large factories is likely, we under-
stand, to be followed by the stoppage of others in the
-Glasgow Argus.

(FURTHER PARTICULARS.)
As we feel assured that the inhabitants of these
towns are deeply concerned in the progress of this
system of propulsion, we subjoin some further parti-
culars, obtained from another quarter, which corro-
borate the above statement :
" You will be pleased to hear that the first atmo-
spheric trip was made from Teignmouth to Newton
on Tuesday, leaving the former place after the twenty
minutes past eight o'clock A.M. train had passed up.
The piston carriage ran down without the slightest
interruption, with a vacuum of eighteen inches,
which was exceedingly good for a first trip. It came
down in about fourteen minutes, including four
minutes stoppage at Weir engine-house. The car-
riage was brought up at the Newton station with
great exactness. The breaks were kept on the prin-
cipal part of the distance, fearing what might be en-
countered in the tubes. The engines worked well,
and all concerned were highly delighted. It is ex-
pected that the traffic trains will be worked by this
system to Newton in the course of a few days, as the
preparations are nearly completed in the Newton-yard
station. The atmospheric trains between Teignmouth
and Exeter are so regular that any comment is quite
unnecessary. If the locomotive trains are a quarter
of an hour after their time, the atmospheric can make
up the loss for them."

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AN ARTFUL WIDOW.
OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE
PRETENCES.
At the Borough Court, Manchester, yesterday
(having been remanded from Saturday), a middle-
aged female, habited in widow's weeds, who gave the
name of Mary Jane Lloyd, was charged by Mr.
Chief Superintendent Beswick with obtaining goods
under the following extraordinary and false pre-
tences :
On the 14th of August, the prisoner, in com•
pany with a lady, whom she represented to be her
sister, called at the shop of Mrs. Cameron, up-
holsterer and furniture-dealer, of 8, Albert-place,
and there bought a sofa, for which her sister
paid. In a day or two afterwards, the prisoner
visited the same shop alone, informed 'Mrs. Cameron
that she was about to settle in Manchester, and that
she would require her house furnished throughout.
She stated that she was a Mrs. Lloyd, widow of
Captain Lloyd, late of the 10th Hussars, who had
fallen in Afghanistan ; adding, that as her friends
resided in this neighbourhood, she and her daughter
had determined to settle near them. She spoke most
affectingly of her sufferings in the East, informing
Mrs. Cameron that she had shared in the captivity of
Ladies Sale and M Naughten, and along with her
husband had experienced the vicissitudes of that sad
and disastrous campaign. She also represented her-
self as in the receipt of a pension of 70/. per ar.num
as a captain's widow, and stated that her (laughter
had been allowed a pension of 50/. Added to this,
she said she was entitled to about 7501. prize-
money due to her deceased husband. She told Mrs.
Cameron that she was not just then in possession of
any money beyond what would suffice for her imme-
diate wants, and, under these circumstances, asked
for credit. She produced a number of papers and
documents in support of her story, stating that she
had been recommended by Mr. Maude, stipendiary
magistrate, who had himself bought some chairs
there, and thought them exceedingly cheap. On the
faith of these representations Mrs. Cameron under-
took to furnish the house, when the widow selected
and gave orders for furniture, &c., to the amount of
1501., Mrs. Lloyd undertaking to pay half the
amount in a given time, and the remainder
when she received the amount of her husband's
prize-money. A great portion of the order was exe-
cuted, the goods being sent to a house taken by
the widow in Withington-street, Pendleton, and
in order to be assured that all was correct, Mrs. Ca-
meron went to the residence of Mr. Maude to make
inquiries. Unfortunately that gentleman and his
lady just then happened to be out of town, and the
servant was unacquainted with the precise period of
their return, when, fearing that any delay might
offend Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Cameron did not await

their return, but continued to send in goods until
F her account amounted to about 125/. When the
time arrived for payment of the first instalment
of the debt, Mrs. Cameron, wanting money, applied
for payment; but the widow, it appeared, was
fertile in expedients, and contrived to put her off.
At length Mrs. Cameron's rent-day arrived; but
in consequence of her having sold so largely to
the widow on credit she was unable to pay it ;
and she told her landlord, Mr. Fleming, when he
called in his carriage, that the non-payment arose
from Mrs. Lloyd's having disappointed her. Singu-
larly enough Mrs. Lloyd happened to drop in at the
time, and by some means fell into conversation with
the landlord, when she contrived so to impress him
with the truth of her story, that he left quite satis-
fied. About the same period another creditor of
Mrs. Cameron's became pressing—Mr. Kearsley,
timber-merchant, &c., of Stevenson-square, which,
coming to the ears of the officer's widow,
she volunteered to give him his quietus, as she
had already done the landlord. Nothing loath,
Mrs. Cameron assented; the widow and herself
paid Mr. Kearsley a visit; and a pressing creditor
(if not a ruthless one) was bewitched by the " cap-
tain's widow " into a most obliging and kind friend.
Such magic influence did the widow seem to exercise
that Mr. Kearsley ceased to press for his money, and
positively, on the strength solely of what she had told
him, allowed Mrs. Cameron more goods. Unfortu-
nately, all things have an end, and so it turns out
have the spells of the " captain's widow," for though
she contrived to blind both the landlord and the
timber-merchant, she could not effectually calm
the uneasy qualms of Mrs. Cameron. Naturally
enough, she (Mrs. Cameron) began to yearn for
a sight of the widow's money, not a mite of which
had ever blessed her eyes, and a restless conviction
that in some way she was victimised, led her to
seek an interview with Mr. Beswick at the police-
office. From that gentleman she was doomed to
receive little comfort, as he recognised the " cap-
tain's widow" at once, not as the companion in
captivity of the heroic Lady Sale, but as the wedded
wife of a humble bricklayer, now living ! He had,
it appeared, had the widow to deal with before,
and knew her from the description given by Mrs.
Cameron, and on seeing her, for he paid his de-
voirs at her residence, recognised her as an old ac-
quaintance. When apprehended and told the charge
against her, she no longer assumed her title to be a
captain's widow, but confessed, as she said, to save
Mr. Beswick trouble, that all her representations were
false. When brought up in the dock witnesses were
called to disprove her story, amongst the rest Mr.
Maude, disclaiming her acquaintance, and she was
fully committed to the sessions to answer the charge
before a jury. We should state that on Saturday
she sold the whole of her furniture in her house for
441. to a broker from Bolton.—Manchester Courier
of Wednesday.

HERRING TRADE.—WICK, Nov. 4 —Four vessels
are presently taking on board cargoes of herrings at
Putteney-town harbour—three of which are destined
for the Baltic, and one for Ireland. There are still a
good many cargoes to ship, and vessels for charter arc
in demand. Stettin and other continental markets con-
tinue to manifest a healthy tone. The entire stock on
hand by the various agents in the former is compare
tively trifling, and the extent of further shipments, at
this advanced period of the season, cannot now be
great. As a consequent, prices will not be expected to
decline in the least. A good many vessels arc now on
their passage there, but ere their arrival the quantity
presently on hand will be either entirely exhausted, or
diminished to a mere fraction. Irish markets are not
falling, but are, nevertheless, low, although they pre
sent considerably higher quotations than at the same
date of last year.—lnverness Courier.
A NEW ANGLING FEAT.—A blacksmith, living
at Belladrum-bridge, had occasion, the other night, to
fetch in a bucket of water. After setting it on the floor
he went to bed, but was awakened in a short time by
strange noise in the room. Lighting a candle to enable
him the better to battle wilh the evil spirit, he discoverd
to his surprise, that the noise was occasioned by the at-
tempts of his cat to capture a large trout which had been
caught in the bucket.—lnverness Courier.
WESTMINSTER COURT OF SEWERS. A special
Court of Sewers was held yesterday at the Court-
house, Greek street, Soho-square, Captain George
Bague, R.N., in the chair. The clerk, Mr. Hertslet, re-
ported that he hal waited upon Mr. Wingfield, the se-
cretary to the Lord Chancellor, to remind him that a
petition had been sent to his Lordship for a new com-
mission for the Westminster jurisdiction of sewers, as
the present one expired in December next, and to hear
his determination. That gentleman, in reply, said that
it was not the intention of the Lord Chancellor to renew
the commission until the Metropolitan Sanitary Com-
mission, sitting at Gwydyr House, had made their re-
port. The clerk said that unless the commission was
renewed by the sth of December, the present one would
then run out. The effect of this determination will be,
to throw the business, after the expiration of the com-
mission, into the hands of the county magistrates.
GOLD FROM RUSSIA.--HAMRURGII' OCT. 9.—On
Saturday the steamer Naslednik arrived at Travemunde,
and landed here nearly 300,0001. sterling in gold, of
which we sent yesterday nearly 100,0001. by the extra
steamer Wilberforce, and a similar sum by the mail
steamer which leaves to. day for London. A similar
sum was sent from St. Petersburgh to London, by way
of Hull, by the Rob Roy steamer, and a considerable
sum is still expected by way of Lubeck, by the steamer
Nicolai, likewise for transmission to London.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.—READING, Nov. 12.
The following are the facts of a horrid attempt at mur-
der and suicide which was committed here this evening,
about five o'clock:—A man of the name of kiercey, a
smith, residing in East street, in this town, from jea-
lousy, struck his wife on the head several times, and
dreadfully fractured her skull, so much so that there
are no hopes of her recovery. He then cut his own
throat, and died. About two months ago he was taken
before the magistrates for ill-treating his wife, and was
bound over to keep the peace. For the last four days
he had not been to work, having been abouthome watch..
ing his wife, and no doubt premeditating the dreadful
deed.

THE LATE D. NDELSSOUN.—The Algemeine
Preussische Zeitiaig of Tuesday contains a report of the
funeral of the late Dr, Mendelssohn in Berlin. The
mortal remains of this Mozart of the 19th century
arrived in the Prussian capital from Leipsic by special
train, at six o'clock on the morning of the Bth instant, in
order that they might be interred near those of his
sister, in the family vault. In Leipsic the greatest grief
prevailed, and all kinds of funeral honours were paid to
the memory of the departed. At the various stations
on the route between Leipsic and Berlin the hearse was
received with musical solemnities by the arthtes of the
locality. Arrived at the place of destination, the bier
was adorned with palms and chaplets, and escorted by
a numerous procession to the old church of the Holy
Trinity, where a funeral sermon was preached by M.
Berduscheck. Solemn music accompanied the affecting
ceremony of interment.

.110SPiTAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND D. ISEASES OF
THE CHEST, BROMPTON.—Yesterday evening a meeting
of the committee of management took place at the board
room of the hospital, for the transaction of general
business. It appears to be a source of considerable re-
gret that the amount at present subscribed does 11,4
warrant the immediate erection of the proposed new
chapel, as by th is means a large ward at present appro
priatifd for divine service would be available for the in.
creasing number of patients.
The guardians of the Witham Union are about to
build sixteen rooms for the use of married paupers oyer

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THE CHARIN G:CROSS BRID dE
COMPANY.—(IIIIS DAY.)
A Special Meeting of the Shareholders of this
Company was held to-day, at their offices, Villiers
street, Strand,:at one o'clock, for the purpose of con.
firming the resolutions passed at the last meeting, for
raising 20,0001. by the creation of new quarter-
shares.

The resolutions to-day submitted for confirmation
were those which have caused so many protracted,
violent, and adjourned discussions, and which were
at one of the former meetings rejected altogether.
Mr. W. Hawes occupied the chair. The attend-
ance of shareholders was not large.
The advertisement having been read,
The CHAIRMAN simply intimated that the meeting
was a special one, called for the purpose of confirming
the resolutions agreed to at the last meeting.
Mr. BROWNE stigmatised the conduct of the
chairman and directors in the whole proceeding
as totally opposed to the interests of the company.
The chairman by endeavouring to sell the bridge
had put several of the shareholders to considerable ex-
pense in opposing what they considered a wanton act,
and one instituted for the purpose of depriving them
of their property, and although they had sent a copy
of their bill to each of the directors, none of them had
had the courtesy to acknowledge its receipt, or to
propose any mode of liquinating it. Mr. Browne
repeated the statements which he had made at the
last meeting with respect to the affairs of the company
and the conduct of the directors, and concluded by
blaming the shareholders for succumbing to the
chairman and directors in the way they had.
The resolutions were then confirmed.
Mr. ELKINS wished to be afforded an opportunity of
perusing the reports of the committees on which the
chairman and directors had based their recommenda-
tions, and which had induced the shareholders to
accede to the propositions contained in them. He
also wished to know whether the solicitor
of the company was there ex ollicio, or as a
shareholder ? He asked this question, because it ap-
peared to him that the business they had been called
together to transact did not require his presence, and
therefore they ought not to be put to the expense of
his attendance.—(Hear, hear.) The act was deroga-
tory to the character of a professional man. It was
true there had been occasions on which the atten-
dance of a solicitor was necessary, but this was not
one of them. It further appeared to him that the
accounts should be further investigated. He wished
the directors, however, success in their endeavours to
obtain the money they had been compelled to raise.
Mr. STITTELEY, the chairman of the Market Com-
pany, regretted extremely that the chairman had
allowed this conversation to take place, because it was
altogether irregular. The meeting was merely a
special one, and the simple and only question the
shareholders had been called together to decide was
whether they should or should not confirm the reso-
lutions referred to. Beyond this they could not
proceed, because the new matter had no reference to
the business of the day. It would, however, have been
otherwise if the advertisement had stated " and for the
consideration of other business ;" but as this was not
done, and prcperly so, and as no second meeting had
been called of a general nature, the gentleman who
had spoken was clearly out of order. It was unne-
cessary for him to make any remarks on the demand
made by them to have the accounts further investi-
gated. Such a demand should have been made at an
ordinary general meeting, and not at a special one.
Besides, the small attendance showed the shareholders
considered that no extraneous subject like this was to
be discussed. He felt bound in honour, after what he
stated at the last meeting, to attend to-day to support
the confirmation of the resolutions. He came to
transact no other business beyond this; and if any
other matter had been submitted to the meeting, he
should have been taken by surprise, and could not,
therefore, have given it his support. He felt it his
duty to rise and protest against the proceedings which
had this day taken place on the part of the two gen-
tlemen who had addressed the meeting being con-
strued into a precedent.—(Hear.) If it were so
construed, motions might be brought forward with-
out any previous intimation, and carried without the
consent of the body of the shareholders.

Mr. BROWNE wished to explain, in reply to Mr.
Stuteley, who.had characterised his conduct as irre-
gular. He begged to state that he conceived he had a
right, as a shareholder, to ask any question of the
directors, though the subject to which it had re-
ference might not be set down in the advertisement
calling the meeting. If he had had anything to ask
with respect to the Market Company--
The CHAIRMAN—That is not in order. You have
explained.

Mr. BROWNE-I have not yet done.
The CHAIRMAN-Will you terminate what you
have to say at once?
Mr. liaowNE—l conceive you have no right to
dictate to ins the nature of my explanation.
The CHAIRM t - Undoubtedly, s henever you,
or any one else, steps beyond the strict line of expla-
nation, it is my duty, as chairman, to put an end to
it. I appeal to the meeting. I am in your hands.
If you think this gentleman has entered sufficiently
into his explanation, you will be good enough to
say so; if you think he has not, it is my duty to hear
him.

➢ir. BROWNE—Do not take his advice—do not
believe him; he wishes to keep you under his foot as
he has done for year;.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.")
The meeting voted that Mr. Browne should not be
heard.

The CHAIRMAN then said, as the business was over,
he might merely say, in adjourning the meeting, that
during the whole period he had had the plea-
sure of holding the office of deputy chairman
of the company it had not been his lot
to have such gross statements and charges made
against him, to be exposed to so many undeserved
insinuations and aspersions, as those to which he had
been subjected at the last two or three meetings—
charges which all who were acquinted with him and
his colleagues who surrounded him knew to he unjust
and untrue. He did not trample upon his colleagues
—for that was made a charge against him—because
they were too independent to truckle to him
or any man. The shareholders were not
wanting in independence also, for they had
out-voted him on more than one occasion.
This proved to demonstration that they supported him
when his opinions coincided with theirs, and that
they did not hesitate to oppose him when the contrary
was the case. On such occasions he, as their deputy
chairman, felt in duty bound to succumb to their
opinions, and to carry them out to the best of his
ability, and neither he nor his colleagues wished to
possess any power but that which they derived from
the shareholders.—(Hear, hear.) He felt, therefore,
called upon in his own defence to deny the
truth of the charges and insinuations so
improperly indulged in by the gentleman who had
spoken. In reply to the demand of Mr. Elkins he
begged to state that the reports to which he referred
were merely that of sub-committees, which were not
in a state to be presented to the proprietors. 11e
must, therefore, seek them on some other occasion.
With regard to the solicitor, he had to state that that
gentleman was a shareholder; but if he were not he
(Mr. Hawes) contended that the legal officer of a com-
pany generally attdnded its public and other meet-
ings.— (Mr. Brow:: e—" No, no ; it is too bad.") But he
took it on broader grounds : the directors had had
an important meeting which was attended by the so-
licitor, and it naturally followed that he should attend
the meeting of the shareholders also. Besides, since
the commencement of the company, the presence of
the legal officer had always been recognised at the
meetings. With respect to the accounts, and in reply
to the statements made respecting them, he bad to
refer the shareholders to the ample financial
statements laid before • them at previous meetings
in which:it was stated that the law and Parliamentary
proceedings, and with the Market Company, would
be about 1,0001. That sum would cover the ex-
penses incurred. lie pointed to these statements, as
a reply to the charge that the directors had never
rendered an account of the law charges. They all
regretted that they had been put to such expenses,
but he trusted that the support the company was now
receiving from the Market Company—and the in-
terests of the two bodies were identical—would pre-

vent any similar expenditure.
A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chair-
man and directors, the meeting separated.

CO.IIIIIION PLASTHIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi
stPiceruCs'RESS WELL.) a—(
iGuildhall, before Mr.
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LODER
DoEflitAhNisDaAcNtiOoTn:lEwß
hVi.cl'hUßWDaAsr
brought to
recover .
The
trial
damages for the alleged infringement of the
in
'At of a musical composition, called " Pestal"
copyright of
this morning.
Mr. Sergeant BYLES, fir the defence, said the de-
fendant (Mr. Purday) had never before been charged
with pirating the copyright of any person, and in the
present case he was confident that he should clear his
character from any imputation, if the jury, would
give the statement he should make, and the evidence
he should produce, the favourable consideration with
which he was satisfied they had heard the case
of the plaintiff. It had already, he presumed,
been proved almost beyond dis that the
melody, or air of Pestal,
to which thepute words and the
accompaniment were adapted by the plaintiffs, was
not a matter of copyright. The statement of the
plaintiffs' counsel, therefore, that the melody was a
mere stray thing about the world when Mr. Bellamy
adapted it to a song, was entirely incorrect
been known
by its present name, and was
ect; and
h
should show that for many years it had
the same key and on the same notes.
It
with piracy,
arranged
wprasec alisleelgye odn,
as one reason for accusing the defendant