The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, *- LaND'ON, 'TUESDAY EVENING,,,.---4UGT,TST 10, 1817.

AMERICA.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 23. The
flour market opened to-day at 5 dolls. 25c. to 5 dolls.
311 c. for fair brands of Genesee ; but it soon appeared
that holders refused to accept those rates for any con-
siderable lots. Buyers appeared at the terms stated,
but sellers for better qualities demanded an advance,
and sales of good Genesee were afterwards made at
5 dolls. 431 c. to 5 dolls. 50c., including a lot of Troy at
the higher figure. Wheat was inactive. A sale of
Genesee was made on private terms. Corn opened
pretty briskly at yesterday's quotations ; sales of good
mixed, in shipping order, were made at 63c. to 65c. ;1
and of flat yellow, at 65c. to 67c. ; and one lot ditto,
prime quality, sold at 69c. A lot of handsome white
sold at 70c., measure. Holders of Northern round
yellow demanded 70c., but buyers declined meeting
them at that price, and a sale was afterwards made at
65c. The market closed with less firmness than was
visible in the forenoon. Meal—Sales of New Jersey
were made at 3 dolls. 25c.; and of Western New York at
2 dolls. 75c. to 3 dolls. A small sale of rye was reported at
76c., and a sale of oats at 43c. Provisions continued at
about the same prices. Sales of mess pork were reported
at 14 dolls, 62,}c. to 14 dolls. 75c.; prime do. was
worth 12 dolls. to 12 dolls. 25c. A sale of lard in bar-
rels at 9c. A lot of pork hams sold at 710., and shoul-
ders pickled, in barrels and in bulk, sold at 64c. In gro
ceries transactions were light, while quotations stood
about the same.

RECEIPTS DOWN THE HUDSON RIVER, JULY 22.
Flour, 29,849 barrels; cornmeal, 678 do.; corn, 20,916
bushels; Wheat, 7,553 do.; Rye, 230 do.
COTTON MARKET. The market yesterday closed
quiet, which has been attributed chiefly to the fact that
those parties who have been large buyers through the
week were engaged with their correspondence for the
French steamer of to-day. The sales of the day are es-
timated at 1,600 bales, which includes a list of 900 bales
now on shipboard for Europe from a southern port.
NEW ORLEANS, JULY 16, P.M.—Sales of 500 bales of
Cotton were made at previous prices, or at those which
were established by the Caledonia's news. Sales of 5,000
barrels Flour were made at $4 to s4l2i,consisting chiefly
of Illinois and Ohio brands, Wheat was dull; sales of
4,000 sacks Ohio and. Illinois red, including some lots
of white, were made at 89c. Sales of 10,000 bushels of
corn, including good sound mixed and flat yellow, were
made at 80c. Sales of 5130.bb1i: meal sold at 3 dolls.
Sugar Was somewhat firmer. The quotations ranged
from sc. to 70. ttcording to quality. Tobacco inactive,
but prices etee:dy. No change in foreign or domestic
exchange. Freights steady.
BALTIMORE, JULY 23, P.M.—Sales of 600 bbls.,
chiefly Howard-street, were made at 4 dolls.. 37kc. to
4 dolls. 50c., and 500 ditto, City Mills, at 4 dolls 75c.,
fresh ground City Mills was worth Si. Sales of 3,000
bushels, chiefly Pennsylvania, red wheat, were made at
112 c. Corn moved somewhat more freely, and sales of
2,000 bushels Maryland' white and yellow were made at
68e. In provisions not much doing. We quote mess
pork at 16 dolls. to 16 dolls. 50c., and prime ditto at
13 dolls. 50c. to 14- dolls. 50c. Lard 9c. to 9ic. Whisky
—Sales at t4c. to 25c.

ALBANY, JULY . 23, P.M.—Our flour market was
firmer, and 4,000 barrels good brands Michigan and
Genessee were sold at 5 dolls, to 5 dolls. 25c. Sales of
2,000 bushels western mixed corn were made at 60c.
Sales of 3,000 bushels oats were made at 39c. Wheat
dull. Provisions, no, change. Receipts by the cane
during the past 24 hours:—Flour, barrels, 12,100; corn,
bushels, 19,100; oats, bushels, 7,000; wheat, nothing.
Vessels rather scarce, and freights steady.
BUFFALO, JULY 22, P.M.—Flour dull; small sales of
Ohio and Michigan were made at 4 dolls. Wheat was
dull and transactions light; fair Ohio white we quote at
87c.. Sales of 5,000 bushels of corn were made at 31c.,
consisting of western mixed. Provisions, no change.
Whisky, dull. The receipts during the past 24 hours
were abcut as follows:—Flour, 3,800 barrels; wheat,
10,000 bushels; corn, 10,000 bushels. Freights to Al.
bany, flour 63c., corn 16c.
BOSTON, JULY 23, P.M.—Our flour market was some-
what firmer, and sales of 400 barrels of Michigan were
made at 5 dolls. 50c., and 500 ditto good brands Genesee
were made at 5 dolls. 50c. to 5 dolls 62ic. Corn was
also something stiffer, and 6,000 bushels western mixed
sold at 63e-, including some lots ordinary ditto, at 61c.
Sugar—We note sales of 100 hhds. Porto Rico at
6 dolls. 7c. Wheat., dull. Provisions, no change. Mess
pork, 17 dolls. to 18 dolls; prime, 14 dolls. to 15 dolls.
50c. Oil—Linseed held at 70c. Rather more doing in
spirits:of turpentine. Cotton continues to sell pretty freely
at the late advance. Freights steady.
ARRIVAL OF EMIGRANT PASSENGERS.—The number
of emigrant passengers arrived at this port during the
last four days, ending on Thursday last from foreign
ports, amounted to 1,157, the greater part of which
were from Liverpool.—New York Herald, July 24.

FLANDERS MAIL.
THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.
BRUSSELS, AUGUST 7.—The return of their Majesties
the King and Queen is expected to-day. It is said that
M. Rogier has at length succeeded in forming a Cabinet,
and that the following is the list which he intends to
submit to his Majesty:—
Rogier—lnterior,
De Haussy—Justice,
De H o ffsc hna id t—Foreig n Affairs,
Veydt—Finance,
Frere—Public Works,
General Chazal—War.
M. De Haussy, it is positively affirmed, has accepted
the office of Justice; alt the 0bj....,Wyw0 which he raised
having been overcome by his future colleagues.
If we express our satisfaction at the combination
which M. Rogier has formed, it can only be with reason-
able hope that this Cabinet will put an end, for the
moment at least, to the provisionary faction which has
continued to the present moment. But we cannot, at
the same time, help expressing our regret that the Hon.
Deputy of Antwerp has not met with a more favourable
issue to the difficulties which he encountered when
charged by his Sovereign to form a new Ministry. We
cannot here discuss the individual merits of each of M.
Rogier's colleagues. If M. Von Veydt or M. Frere
Orban have been too presumptuous in accepting the
posts offered them, this is owing less to them than to
those men who seemed to be naturally called to these
posts by their position as well as by their previous line
of conduct. Whatever or however honourable may be
the motives of the leaders of the Opposition, such as M.
Lebeau, D'Elhounge, M. Lehon, M. Delfosse, and M.
Le Bronckere, for playing a passive part in giving
counsel and advice in the Ministerial negotiations, so
much is certain—their party cannot find any sufficient
justification for their reserve. It the new Cabinet does
not contain within itself elements sufficiently powerful to
be successful in the Chambers; if it begins to waver and
to fall, the honourable representatives whom we have
named may impute to themselves, in a great measure,
its want of influence and its fall, whatever efforts they
may then make to hold it up by giving it the support of
their word and of their influence. We hope that ad-
vantage will be taken of the interval which still remains
before the opening of the Parliamentary debates, in
order to give the Ministerial combination, which must so
soon be definitely settled, some elements of more
authority and stability. We hope also that M. Rogier
Kill see, in the kind of abandonment in which his friends
have left him, an additional motive for carrying on the
affairs under his direction with ideas of moderation and
conciliation, without which obstacles he will encounter
will increase twofold. Notwithstanding the honourable,
it is true, but yet weak assistance which he has com-
bined to second him, certainly it would not be the height
of prudence to have recourse to those measures of state
which are propounded to him by the " exterminators"
of party. _ _

,An eclipse of the sun will take place on the 9th
October next. It will be the most remarkable visible
Belgium throughout tne whole of the country.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRussELs, At7GusT 7.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •• •. • • •••• - •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent • • • • • •
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • •
Ditto Three per Cent • •••• • • • •
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto
Ditto, ditto,lB4o •• ••••••• • • • • • • • •• • 99%
Ditto,ditto,lB42 • • ...... •••••• • • • • . • 997,
Ditto, 1844.. •••• • • • • ... 95%
Ditto, 1836.. .......... .. •••••• • • • • • . 93%
•. • Ditto, 1838 ••••••••• • • • • • " •• 6831 Ditto of the City, 1832 ••• • • • -
Bank ofßelgium...... . • • • • • •
—B• russels Papers. Aug. 8. •. 8534

AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JOLT 3L
5 per Cent. Metalliques• ••••••••• • • • • • • 106
4 per Cent. - -
3 per Cent. auto
Loan, 1834
Ditto, 1839
Bank Shares .......
Eiterhazy's Loan

• •• •• 155%
1223(
........... 1592

RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand 168
Glovnltz • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ....... • • •• • • 122%
Vienna—Milan • • •••• • " • • ..... ••• • • 109%
Sienna .............
Pesth Bridge .. • ....... • • • • • • •
Apenninen

THE SHAMROCK STEAMER.—On Thursday last,
the new iron steam-ship Shamrock, of 700 tons burden,
and 350 horse-power, intended for the Glasgow,
Londonderry and Sligo trade, made a trial excursion;
and, we are happy to learn, gave entire satisfaction to
her builders and owners, a party of whom were on board.
The
.._ vessel was constructed on a model so as to combine
e en vibration
light draught of water with steadiness and capacity for
Stowage—objects which seem to have been completely
realised. Her
n i n
es
feltwork remarkablynian) pa rtof the vessel;
and,
being littleor no
and, judging from the trial that has been made, her
she is equal to any steam-ship afloat. Altogether
an admirable
higher the fame veasel, and bids fair to raise still
Caird and C0.,0f her celebrated builders, Messrs. s,
o. of Greenock,•
strutted the engines, and fittedwho built the hull, con
ready
for
:ea.
We
observe
and completed the vessel
herth on the station on Wednesdayvethe Shamrock takes her
her and the enterprising company, the
next, and we wish
Londonderry Steam packet Company, the Glasgow and
be-
longs, all success and prosperity. Paula, to whom she
BURGIARY.—On Saturday informationsw Examiner.
that in the course of Friday night the l was
given
Noble, Foxley -road, North Brixton, had malt of
Mr'
into and robbed. amongst other property, of 141. e brokenls
gold and silver moneys, belonging to Mr. s.
in
Benjamin
Currie. In the ilver money was a rupee, which had
been taken for a half-crown, and there was also a coun-
terfeit half-crown. The thieves had made their way to
the house over a wall seven feet high.
FALL IN THE PRICEifor BREAD.—Yesterday
morning the bakers of the metropolis reduced the price
of the 41b. loaf to Bd.; second flour bread of most ex-
cellent quality was also procurable for 7d. in the neigh-
bourhoods of Lambeth, the Borough, Whitechapel,- and
other placoa., ..,,....,...,.._ ~.,,, . _., ...,,_.. . - ,

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIRCUIT.—Croydon, August 9.
(Before Mr. Baron PARKE and a Special Jury.)
GREEN AND ANOTHER V. FOSTER,
Mr. Montague Chambers and Mr. Rodwell were for
the plaintiffs; Sergeant Channell and Mr. Peacock for
the defendants.

This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, who are
the proprietors of the Bury and Suffolk Herald news-
paper, and advertising agents, to recover from the de-
fendant, Sir W. Foster, a solicitor at Norwich, and who
was formerly mayor of that city, the sum of 3001. odd,
for advertisements inserted in their journal, and by their
order in different London newspapers. The case occu-
pied the Court the whole of the day, and was not con-
cluded until 7 o'clock in Ahe evening, but the real point
at issue was a very simple one.
It appeared that during the railway mania in 1844,
Mr. Francis King Eagle, a barrister, living at Bury,
projected a line of railway, joining the Eastern Counties,
called the Norwich Direct Railway, and the defendant, who
was at that time mayor of Norwich, took an interest in
the project, and was appointed chairman of the board of
directors, and he advanced 5,0001., in order to put the
company in a position to go to Parliament. After a
hard struggle in the Committee, the project in question
being opposed by several rival lines, at length, in June,
1845, the Bill was rejected. It seemed that after this
Mr. Eagle projected another company, under the title
of the Norwich Direct and West Essex Extension Com-
pany, and the greater portion of the present demand was
incurred in advertising the new scheme. The only ques-
tion in the came was, whether the defendant continued
his connexion with this new project, or whether he had
not ceased to bear any further liability when the ori-
ginal project was rejected by the Parliamentary Com-
mittee. The case for the plaintiffs rested merely upon
the evidence of Mr. Eagle, who stated that after the ori-
ginal project was defeated, he considered he had the
sanction cf Sir William Foster for placing his nams
among the list of directors; and although the advertise-
ments appeared with his name attached to them, he did
not make any complaint; but on cross-examination this
gentleman said he would not state that Sir William when
applied to join the new scheme., did not say most posi-
tively that he would not do so. Some correspondence
was also put in, by which it appeared that the defendant
had made a communication to the bankers with refer-
ence to the money that was paid in on account of the
new scheme, and this closed the plaintiffs' case.
Sergeant CHANNEL, on-behalf -of the defendant, said
that the answer he was instructed to make to the present
claim was, that he had nothing whatever to do with the
new railway project, and gave up all responsibility when
the original scheme was defeated. So far as the Nor-
wich direct line was concerned, he admitted his liability
and had paid into court the sum of 921., which was part
of the plaintiffs' demand in reference to that project.
With regard, however, to the extension scheme, he re-
pudiated it altogether, having never taken any proceed-
ings in connexion with it, and, therefore, he was not an-
swerable for the present claim.
Evidence was then adduced to show that when the de-
fendant was applied to join the new scheme he positively
refused to have anything to do with it, and although re-
peatedly pressed at the instigation of Mr. Eagle to allow
his name to appear as one of the directors, he always
refused, giving as a reason that he would not connect
himself with any new project until the affairs of the old
one were finally settled.'
Baron PARKE summed up the case, and the jury im-
mediately returned a verdict for the defendant.

PEMBERTON V. COLLS.
This was also a special jury cause. It was an action
for slander, which came before the Court as a new
trial. The parties are 'the Reverend Dr. Pemberton,
the rector of Wandsworth, and Dr. Coils, formerly his
curate.

Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. E. James, and Mr. Peacock
were for the plaintiff ; Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bovill for
the defendant.

Sergeant SHER addressed the jury, and said he appeared
for Dr. Coils, who_ had_ had an action brought against
him by Dr. Pemberton for using expressions concerning
him which affected his character, both as a g ntletnan
and a man of honour. He was instructed, on the part of
the defendant, to state that he never intended to convey
such an imputation, and to state that his observatioes
had been misunderstood, and that he never intended to
insinuate anything against the honour or reputation of
Dr. Pemberton ; and, under these circumstances, he be-
lieved the jury would not be troubled with any evidence.
Mr. CHAMBERS said that, on behalf of the plaintiff, he
would add nothing to what had been stated by his
Learned Friend. All . Dr. Pemberton required was to
vindicate his character. He did not seek for damages,
and as the imputations had been withdrawn, and he was
placed in a proper position before his parishioners and
before the_world, it was all he required.
The jury were then discharged.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug. 7.
The business in the Crown Court to-day was of a
most uninteresting character.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
WILDE AND ANOTHER V. PEARCE AND ANOTHER.
Mr. Godson and Mr. Gray appeared for the plaintiffs;
Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Whateley, and Mr. Keating,
for the defendants.
This case occupied the Court during a great part of
yesterday and the greater part of to-day. It was an
action on the case by the plaintiffs, who are the owners
of a public-house, called the Anchor, at Lydbrook, in
the Forest of Dean, in this county, against the defen-
dants, who are the owners of a mill, situate on a stream,
called the Lytlbroolc, some. distance below the plaintiff.'
house, for having raised the dam of their weir six
inches higher than it anciently was and lawfully might
be, and so pinning back the water in the Lydbrook, and
thereby injuring the plaintiffs' property. The -defen-
dants pleaded that they had, by twenty years uninter-
rupted and undisputed usage, acquired a right to keep
the weir at the height of which the plaintiffs complained,
and on this question issue was joined. On the close of
the plaintiffs' case an intimation was thrown out by the
defendants' eounsel, which met with the approbation of
the Court, that the case was one which ought to be re-
ferred to arbitration ; but
Mr. GODSON said he could not on any account accede
to a reference. The subject had been mentioned that
morning at consultation, and his elienti particularly re-
quested that there should be no reference. They had
had a case referred a twelvemonth ago—it was not over
yet, nor could they know when it would be so, and the
expenses already incurred eould not be less than 5001.
His LORDSHIP was sorry to hear that such a case had
occurred, and directed the defendants' counsel to pro-
ceed with their case.
In less than four hours the case was brought to a
termination—Verdict for the plaintiffs—damages 40s.
Had it been referred it could not have been disposed of
in less than a month. The expenses would have been
increased by, at the very least, 2001., and there would
have been a fair and reasonable prospect that the award
would please neither party; that it would be set aside
on the ground of some technical irregularity, and that
the whole litigation should ha►e to be gone through
again. It may be laid down. as a general rule that one
reference costs more than twenty trials before a judge
and jury.
The Court was engaged during the rest of the day
with a criminal information for the non-repair of a
highway. An indictment had bee❑ thrown out at the
Spring Assizes through the influence of the defendants
with the grand jury.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
The LORD MAYOR said that communications were
pouring in upon him daily from Ireland, and other part,
of the United Kingdom, on the subject of Joseph Ady's
incessant correspondence arising from imaginary claims
upon the Bank. It appeared from the different hand-
writing in Ady's present communications, and a slight
change of style, that he was associated with some other
party, and that it had been con►idered expedient by
him, probably under the impression of extending his
business, to establish a " C 0.," although no other name
than his own had as yet been seen in any of his trans-
actions.

Sir P. LAURIE (whose presence led to those observa-
tions) said he had, amongst many other letters, received
one from a clergyman, to whose wife Ady had sent a
communication, assuring her that if she did not trans-
mit to him the sum of twenty shillings for pointing out
the disease and the remedy, her children and herself
might incur serious liabilities; her husband might be
dragged from home and plunged into a felon's cell, and
her house stripped of all that was valuable in it, so that
the family would be left to the mercy of the wide world.
Already the press had done infinite service by the nume-
rous cautions which it had given to the public to beware
of the imposture, but it would really appear as if there
were multitudes who gloried in being imposed upon,
otherwise the trade would have long since completely
failed..
The LORD MAYOR said the following letter resembled
a great number which he had received from Ireland :
"Banaghar, Aug. 3.
e
cwp
eehi
libertyv' a
retAsi whatever.
vt3to,
elhtLr
ome.
take odeernedAofe,
defraud
aoyi
lusnel
edradtymirmfnurdet somort
mouu
otdbyf
tat your
gnoari
London,
eonh,nao without
a.fpoiretuuohtLordship
purchasing
uth:
at
amawnspaeitien.nil
rigyws
ohlequivalent
oi pardonshi
who
hvvsoeahl
inten-
tionaaetr hnpre
e
in a lottery to entitle me to a prize, I must naturally con-
sider Mr. Joseph Ady in the light of an impostor. Under
these circumstances, I will feel an everlasting debt of
gratitude to your Lordship if you will be so good as to
take the trouble of looking after it, and see if that gen-
tleman can be brought to punishment if he wishes to
defraud me. The sum he demands, though small, would
be a great means to assist in relieving the poor starving
people of this town, where I officiate. Hoping your
Lordship will forgive all this trouble, I have the
honour to remain, with sentiments of sincere esteem and
respect.
"Your Lordship's obedient humble servant,
"JAMES SMYTH, H.C.C.
" Banaghar, King's County."
The letter enclosed one of Ady's promises of upwards
of 1001. to the person who will forward him 20s.
In another letter, directed to the Lord Mayor, from
Tramore, in the county of Waterford, the writer says—
"l am here for the benefit of my health with my fa-
mily. You will see by the enclosed that it has travelled
through a great many posts ere it arrived here. This is
too palpable a scheme to catch even the simplest Irish-
man, and I trust that this wolf in sheep's clothing (Mr.
Ady in the attire of a Quaker) may be arrested in his
unholy project. I write this that justice may take its
due course by your ordering the arrest of this consum-
mate humbug, and punishing him according to law, which
course will not be without its due reward on this side of
the grave, as well as in the next, and which will oblige
your most bumble servant,

" PAT COYNE."

LDIGUHALL.—
Mr. George Ross, the manager of the Heir-at-law So-
etsty, again attended the further hearing of the cora-

plaint against him. Mr. Horry appeared as his counsel.
Sir PETER LAURIE, on taking the chair, announced
that he intended to adjourn the hearing for a month.
He had received some letters from various parts of the
country, containing information respecting the society,
which led him to expect that much more useful intelli-
gence might be obtained if sufficient time were allowed.
One of the letters he had received was from a Mr. Fitz-
gerald, at Manchester, a claimant of the supposed Barber
property. He stated that 51. had been paid by Mr.
Barber, of Rippingale, and party; the like sum by Mr.
Stubbs, of New Bridge-lane, Stockport, and party; the
same by Joel Bates, of Whaley, near Disley; and, he
believed, by a good many others. The writer had not
a pecuniary sufferer, as he placed no confidence in
the society; but there were, in a circuit of 15 miles
round Stockport, 1,500 poor people who had spent
hundreds of pounds in the case, and had never got it
into court. Many of them lived in cellars and worked
in factories, and if Mr. Ross had no ground for his re-
ports to them he had much to answer for. The writer's
own branch of the family had expended 2501. upon the
business in the c ,urst of the last forty years. Sir Peter
thanked the writer. It was a duty to the public to pre-
vent poor people from being deluded by designing men.
The trustees of this society were now said to be Captain
Sir John Rosa, R.N., C. 8.; Sir Joseph A. Douglas,
R.N.; and John Barron, Esq. The society was formed
in 1839, and, according to their printed circular, they
had had above 200 cases in hand. There was a list of
80 cases in which opinions had been taken lately, but
it was a remarkable fact that no single instance was
given in which the society had succeeded in recover-
ing a sixpence for their clients. The manager was
too clever not to boast of such a case if there had

been one.
Mr. Horry begged Sir Peter to consider that if there
had been no result yet it might not be their fault. Was
seven years enough for a Chancery suit?
Sir PETER said, Mr. Ross himself had alleged in a
letter before that he had 400 clients in this Barber case
If he had obtained 400 fees of 2/. 4s. 6d. he had reason
to be gratified. The blow had been now hit, and the
public would take warning. The charge appeared to
take the shape of a conspiracy, and by the September
sessions the defendants would be better prepared.
Mr. Ross stood up and exclaimed, why not bring on
the case now? Why not commit me? I dare you to do it.
Sir PETER :replied, he did not commit him then be-
cause he expected to have a stronger case if he waited a
little.
Mr. Ross said the witness Champ had been tried and
convicted at the Old Bailey of perjury and conspiracy.
He produced a copy of his conviction. And the other
witness had committed perjury in this case by swearing
he saw Mr. Williams sign the name of Mr. Boyle, the
counsel, to the opinion. Mr. Boyle would disprove this.
Sir PETER said he was not going to rely on either of
the witnesses. Their 'evidence was no longer part of
the case.
Mr. Champ complained that it was unjust so to use
a copy of his conviction, when Mr. Ross knew he had
received her Majesty's free and unconditional pardon on
the ground of his innocence. The Recorder stopped
the case five times, but the jury were determined to con •
vict. The Recorder feeling assured the decision was
unjust had interceded with the Government, and pro-
cured his liberation.
Mr. Horry claimed that the character of Mr. Williams
should be at once relieved from the imputation of forgery.
Mr. Williams said, wherever he went he was taken to
be a forger. The charge was as false as hell, but he ex-
pected no justice at Guildhall.
Mr. Boyle, of Lincoln's Inn-fields, was then called.
Upon being shown the two signatures he said they were
written by him. If any one had received opinions and
doubted whether he had given them, he would satisfy
them if they would write, giving the date and particu-
lars; or if they sent the document itself, and he found his
name had been forged, he would assist the parties in
prosecuting.
Sir P. LAURIE said he was satisfied there was no ground
for imputation on Mr. Williams's character in respect to
this signature.
Parkin re-asserted that he saw Mr. Williams write the
name.

Mr. Boyle mentioned that he had not given opinions
for the society to anything like the extent named by Sir
Peter. He had drawn some bills for them.
Sir P. LAURIE' asked if he had known the society to
recover for a client in a single case.
Mr. Boyle cenfeSsed he was not acquainted with one.
Sir P. LAURIE told Mr. Ross he should expect him to
he prepared to proye, on the next occasion, that he had
benefited some of his clients.
Mr. Ross said. Sir Peter had no right to look into the
affairs of the society. The parties who had been bene-
fited would not like to have their names exposed, and he
should not give any account.
Mr. Williams also said Sir Peter had no right to go
more than a year back.
The hearing was then adjourned sine die.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday a thick-set powerful man, named Henry
Hobbs, stated to be a cabinet-maker in the Curtain-road,
Shoreditch, was charged with an outrage upon Susannah
Payne, the wife of a copper-plate printer in Canterbury-
row, Spitalfields.
The complainant, a delicate-looking woman, in an ad-
vanced stage of pregnancy, and one of whose eyes was
shockingly contused and swollen, stated, that while on
her way home, at half-past ten o'clock on Saturday
evening, she had occasion to turn the corner of Holy-
well-lane, Shoreditch, to cross to Spitalfields, when the
prisoner; who was somewhat intoxicated, but apparently
knew very well what he was about, name suddenly be-
hind her, and, seizing b old of her by the shoulder with
one hand, with the other assailed her in the most grossly
indelicate manner. She resented the insult as well as
she could, and endeavoured to push him away from her,
telling him that if he did not instantly go about his busi-
ness, she would call a policeman and give him into cus-
tody ; but this remonstrance was no sooner uttered than
the prisoner turned round, and, using a disgusting ex-
pression, struck her such a terrible blow in the lace that
her dress was instantly covered with blood, and, had she
not been caught in the arms of a man and woman who
were passing, she must have dropped to the ground.
Upon recovering herself she was assisted to her own re-
sidence, and having subsequently learned where the
prisoner (who immediately disappeared) was likely to be
found, accompanied the- constable and her husband to
identify him, when he said that he did not know the
witness was a married woman, or he should not have so
acted, and offered to make compensation ; but her hus-
band indignantly rejected the offer, and the prisoner then
assailed him with the vilest abuse, and threatened to
break his nose, but was secured and carried off by the
constable. She had been very ill and debilitated ever
since the occurrence took place, and was somewhat
apprehensive of the ulterior consequences likely to result
from the violence to which she had been subjected.
A woman who saw the outrage, and a policeman, to-
gether with Richard Payne, the husband of the com-
plainant, confirmed this evidence, and proved the threats
the prisoner had uttered against the latter upon being
taken into custody.
When called upon for his defence, the prisoner said
that he was drunk at the time the circumstances took
place that were alleged against him, and, although he
had not the slightest recollection of anything that had
occurred, he had no doubt he must have shamefully rnis-
conducted himself, and could assure the magistrate that
he regretted his behaviour sincerely.
Mr. ARNOLD severely commented upon the prisoner's
conduct, describing the case as one of the most gross
and atrocious that had ever come under his notice, and,
expressing his regret, that his powers were wholly in.
adequate to deal with an outrage of such a description,
was about to send the prisoner for trial at the sessions.
when

The complainant's husband interposed, and requested
the case might be disposed of summarily, as it would be
extremely inconvenient to him to carry the matter any
further, and it was highly improbable that his wife, in
her delicate state of health, would again be able to attend
and give evidence; upon which
Mr. ARNOLD said that, under the circumstances, he
felt bound to accede to the request; but he should mark
his sense of the prisoner's conduct by ordering him to
pay the highest amount of penalty he could inflict,
namely, SL, or in default to undergo two months' impri-
sonment in the House of Correction; and for the effec-
tual protection of the complainant and her husband,
against the latter of whom some violent threats had been
uttered, he should further order the prisoner, at the
expiration of his term of imprisonment, to find sub-
stantial bail, namely, two sureties in 301. each, to be of
peaceable behaviour towards both for the next three
months.
The prisoner could neither pay the penalty nor find
the bail by the time the court closed, and was conse
quently removed in the van.
SOUTH WARK.
Yesterday Richard Haines, a tall powerful man, a
railway labourer, was re-examined on a charge of in-
flicting a kick in the lower part of the abdomen of Jane
M'Caskell, a girl of 14 years of age, and thereby endan-
gering her life.
On the former examination the complainant, owing to
the serious nature of the injuries inflicted on her, was
unable to attend, but she was brought forward yesterday,
although labouring under very considerable indisposition
owing to the brutal attack of her assailant. On being
sworn, she stated that she lived with her mother, a
widow, in Mint-street, Southwark, and that about three
weeks ago she left home for the purpose of fetching a jug
of water. ' As she was walking up the street her atten-
tion was arrested on observing the prisoner leading a
drunken woman along, followed by several boys and
girls, who were laughing at the sight. She stood
for a moment looking on, but did not interfere in
any way, when the prisoner let the womac fall,
and when she was on the ground ran up to where
she (complainant) was standing, and without uttering
a word gave her a violent kick in the lower part of the
abdomen. The kick he gave her was inflicted with such
serverity that she fell to the ground, and screamed that
she was dying, and immediately became quite insensible.
She added that she had been confined to her bed ever
since, and was still so ill that she was unable to walk,
and was obliged to be carried to the court.
The other witnesses corroborated this evidence.
Mr. COTTINGITAM said, that instead of sending the
prisoner for trial for the misdemeanour, he should feel
it his duty to commit him for the felony, as by the
surgeon's evidence it appeared that a wound had been
inflicted on the complainant by the force with which the
kick was given by her assailant.
The prisoner said that he was drunk at the time, and
had no recollection of kicking the complainant in the
way described. That it had been stated that she was
going for a jug of
water at the time, and he believed she ,
fell down and cut herself with the broken jug, and that
the witnesses out of spite had asserted that the wound
she received was from a kick.
The witnesses were recalled, and adhered to the
accuracy of their statements, alleging that the jug the 1
complainant carried was broken in the fall when she was
kicked, and that one 4her hands was out by the broken

pieces, but that she received no other injury from that

cause.

Mr. COTTINOHAM said, that he should deal with the
charge S 5 he had stated, and commit the prisoner for
trial for felony, and he desired at the same time that if
any of the witnesses were threatened by the prisoner's
friends for appearing against him, they should lose no
time in giving the necessary information on the subject
at that court, and that care should be taken to punish
the parties whoever they might be.

THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION
AT FEVERSHAM.

FEVERSIIAM, MONDAY.—The adjourned inquiry
into this disastrous accident was resumed this morn-
ing before Mr. Hinde and the jury empannelled on
the 16th ultimo.

Messrs. W. and P. Hall were in attendance, and
Mr. Bathurst, solicitor, of Feversham, was again pre-
sent to watch the case on their behalf.

Mr. Sheppard, also a solicitor of the same place, waA
in attendance on behalf of the friends of some of the
deceased parties.
Robert Cheesman, a workman in the employ of
Messrs. Hall, who was at their marshwork factory
when the accident took place, said—l had charge of
the fires in Nos. 3 and 4 stoves. The temperature I
was directed to keep up was 120 for No. 3, and 110
for No. 4. As near as I could say those were the
degrees of heat in the stoves the morning of the ac-
cident. Mr. William Hall, proprietor, and Mr.
Topping, the manager, were both at the works from
an early hour in the morning, and neither of them
complained of anything being wrong. Ido not know
where the explosion first occurred, whether in No.
3or 4. I was buried in the ruins of the weighing
room of No. 3. The instructions as to working the
stoves, given by Mr. Hall and Mr. Topping, were
carried out in every particular, as far as I am able to
say. _ _

By Mr. Sheppard—l ascertained the heat of the
drying room by means of self-acting thermometers,
placed there for that purpose. No other person ex-
cept myself had control of the fires.
By the CORONER—My wife (since deceased) was
employed in the works on the morning of the acci-
dent. She made no complaint on the subject of the
heat. I have been in the employ of Messrs. Hall
during the last fifteen years, and perfectly understand
the dangerous nature of the occupation I was engaged
in. I cannot attach blame to any person in connexion
with the accident.

Thomas Stringer, George Wraight, and•one or two
other of the injured parties, severally declared them-
selves wholly unable to account for the accident, or to
give information likely to throw light on the subject.
The Court was cleared for some time, and it ap-
pears to have been agreed to proceed to the residence
of the woman APEwen, in Feversham, for the purpose
of ascertaining whether she persisted in the statement
she was alleged to have made, to the effect that she
had warned Cheesman on the morning of the accident
not to overheat the stoves.

The Coroner and the Foreman of the Jury, to-
gether with the Messrs. Hall, Mr. Bathurst, and Mr.
Sheppard, accordingly proceeded to the residence of
the party referred to.
Our reporter applied for permission to be present at
the examination of this witness, but was refused by
the Coroner. From another source, however, he was
given to understrnd that she denied having said any-
thing to Cheesman relative to the heat of the stoves
on the day of the accident.
John AVE wen, husband to the last witness, who
has worked in the establishment since its formation,
in confirmation of his wife's statement, said he had
known Mr. Hall from the commencement to have
been constantly on the works from morning to night.
He could also speak most highly as to Cheesman's
steadiness and correctness of conduct.
On the return of the jury to the inquest-room, Mr.
Bathurst (addressing Mr. White, the chemist), said—
You have heard the evidence as to the heat of the
stoves. Will you inform the jury what is the tem-
perature of the human body ? Mr. White—The
healthy temperature of the human body is about 98
degrees.
Mr. Bathurst—So that the temperature kept in the
stoves No. 3 and 4 would only exceed that of the
human body by about 18 or 20 degrees ? Mr. White
—The hottest stove would be 22 degrees.
Mr. Bathurst—What would be the degree of heat
shown by a thermometer placed in the sun on a hot
day ? Mr. White—About 110 degrees.
The CORONER said, by a memorandum which he
had preserved, he was able to say that the thermome-
ter attained 120 degrees on the 14th of July, the day
when the explosion occurred.
The CORONER having summed up the evidence, the
jury remained in deliberation about half an hour,
when they agreed to the following verdict :—" That
the deceased Henry Topping was killed by the explo-
sion of a certain gun cotton factory, but how that ex-
plosion arose no evidence appears."
In reply to Mr. Bathurst,
The CORONER said, the jury attributed no blame
whatever either to ~essrs. Hall or any other person
employed in the factory.
The sufferers are going on as •avourably as can he
desired ; with one or two exceptions, all are approach-
ing convalescence.

The total number of deaths resulting from the ac-
cident has been twenty-one. Only eleven bodies
have been discovered, the remaining ten having been
blown to atoms.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' FANCY FAIR AT VAUX-
HALL GARDENS.—Yesterday a grand fete al fresco and
nocturnal gala was given at the Royal Gardens, Vaux
hall, in aid of the funds of that truly excellent institu-
tion, the Licensed Victualler's' School, Kennington-lane.
The programme of the entertainment was varied and
attractive, but the principal feature was the first day
ascent this season of a balloon. The doors were opened
at three o'clock with a salute of 21 guns, and in about an
hour afterwards the children of the school, accompanied
by the governor, committee of management, Mr. W.
Smalley the secretary, and a host of patrons of the in-
stitution, with Mr. Robert Wardell, the lessee, and Mr.
T. R. Lewis, the secretary of the gardens, preceded by
the band of the Hartz Mountains in costume, arrived in
procession at the " Royal Property," where they were
welcomed by a numerous company. The healthy and
cleanly appearance of the children and their general de-
meanour reflected the highest ;credit on the authorities
of the school, and it was frequently remarked that the
dress worn by the boys and the girls did not at all re-
semble the garb of charity. On the contrary, that their
attire was similar to that of the children of respect-
able tradesmen without any distinguishing badge or
mark of degradation. There were several stalls in the
quadrangle at the back of the grand orchestra, pre-
sided over by young ladies, at which were displayed
fancy and useful articles of every description and
most elegant biiouterie, while the " Post-office" for the
delivery of billets, containing amusing charades and
conundrums, formed another prominent feature of the
entertainment. The amusements commenced with the
herculean feats of Herr Kist on the ballet stage, followed
by those of M. Rochez, the bottle equilibrist. The com-
pany then returned to the Waterloo-ground to witness
the inflation of the Royal Albert Balloon, under the
direction of Mr. Gypson, which having been completed,
that gentleman, with several visitors, stepped into the
car, and after the arrangement of the usual preliminaries
the "liberating iron" was pulled, and the balloon rose,
taking a direction towards Kent. The concert then
commenced in the grand orchestra, after which a panto-
mimic sketch from the old and well-remembered panto-
mime of Mother Goose was given on the ballet stage,
Mr. T. Matthews, the celebrated clown, appearing as
Mr. Merriman; Mr. Milano as the Motley Hero; Mr. F.
Hartland, the colleague of Grimaldi, as the lean and
slippered Pantaloon; and Miss Yeller as Columbine.
The equestrianism in the circus of the Rotunda Theatre
followed, and, subsequently, the second part of the con-
cert. The illuminations and fireworks were unusually
brilliant. At half-past eleven o'clock the aeronauts re-
turned to the gardens, after a pleasant voyage of forty-
two minutes, having descended at West Heath, Erith.
Among other distinguished visitors to the gardens was
the Grand Duke Constantine and suite. The festivities
of the evening were kept up till a late, or rather an early
hour this morning. Thefete will be repeated this day.

THE DEE BRIDGE : REMAINING Rms.—The direc-
tors of the Chester and Holyhead Railway are now
making preparations to test the fellow rib to the one
broken by the late lamentable accident. It has been re•
moved from its original position to the abutment on the
Saltney side of. the river, and placed upon supports of
masonry erected for that purpose, and they are now en-
gaged collecting railway bars to weigh it with ; the test
as recommended for bridges of this character in a former
number of this journal. We believe it is intened to test
this rib to its breaking weight ; but we also want data
to calculate the effect of vibration, oscillation, and con-
cussion, occasioned by the transit of heavy loads at
varying velocities. Cast-iron is a material so brittle in
its nature, that girders are frequently broken by the
motion of the carriages upon which they are being con-
veyed, as frequently in the course of erection by sudden
jerk, from the slipping of the chains or otherwise ; and
if accident should occur, and the girder fall, a fracture
is the inevitable result. Under these circumstances, it
may be asked, is cast-iron fit for bridges of this charac-
ter at all ?—The Builder.
LADY IMPOSTOR.--A well-dressed middle -aged
woman has been occupied in this neighbourhood
for a few days past, endeavouring to obtain money from
respectable families by representing herself to be a
person reduced from competence to destitution. At one
place she stated that she was a cousin to the Marquis
of Breadalbane; at another that she was a cousin to
Mr. Baillie, of Jerviswood ; and at a third that she was
a daughter of Colonel Hepburn, and wife of Major
Paget, who is at present in India. At one house at
hich she applied in the latter character, a relative of
the family happening to be present, inquiries were made,
and the result was that an officer was sent in pursuit of
her, who apprehended her at Mellerstain House, where
she was in the act of representing herself as a relative of
some other party. She was taken before Captain Scott,
J. P., at Stichell, where she gave the name of Elizabeth
Irving, or Spalding, and was, after an examination, com
witted to Kelso prison for ten days. She appears to be
an adept at her calling, being able, when questioned, to
give many minute particulars of the families with which
she represents herself to be connected. Edinburgh
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