The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-18 00:00:00

It was then; resolved to adjourn the meeting till
Wednesday, the 21st, then to meet again in the Se-
cretary's office, to hear the result of the scrutiny.
Thanks were next voted to the Chairman, and the
meeting separated.—Glasgow Argus.

THE EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN.—We are happy
to say that this railway will be opened next week for
public traffic, as far as Cupar on the Dundee fork, and
Lindores on the Perth, thus leaving comparatively a
short portion of the journey to these two towns to be
accomplished by stage coaches, until the who, line
is finished, which will be soon. To-morrow the di-
rectors and a large party of friends will take a trip
along the line. Trains will start from the northern
extremity at ten o'clock, and from Burntisland at
twelve o'clock, the southern party leaving Cupar on
their return at half-past three o clock.—Caledonian
Mercury.

Mr. Dargan, the contractor of the Great Southern
and Western Railway, states that by the close of the
present year trains will run the whole way from
Dublin to Limerick.—Limerick Railway Examiner.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY, AT•
TENDED WITH LOSS OF LIFE.

The following, from a Correspondent, appeared in
our Third Edition of last night :
" I regret to inform you of a serious accident that
has happened to the express train leaving Manchester
for Leeds at one o'clock this day (Thursday), when
between Hebden-bridge and North Dean stations. It
appeared to pass over something on the line, which
caused the carriages to jump; and the last, a first-
class carriage, had one of the hind wheels broken,
and they travelled in this state for several miles, with-
out the passengers being able to give the least infor-
mation to the guard. There were, fortunately, only
four passengers in the carriage, two of whom, I re-
gret to say, are killed; a third has his arm broken,
and, being otherwise. very _much hurt, was left be-
hind ; and the fourth, who gave me this information,
expected every moment to be his last, for his hat was
completely broken to pieces on his head, and his life
was only saved by clinging to the seat of the carriage
till it stopped. Surely it is high time that the pas-
sengers were in possession of some means to commu-
nicate with the guard when accidents of this kind

occur."

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
HALIFAX, FRIDAY.—An accident of a most fear-
ful character happened yesterday afternoon to an ex-
press train on the Manchester and Leeds Railway, by
which the lives of two passengers were sacrificed, and
many others seriously injured. The facts are de-
scribed as follow :—The train left Manchester at one
o'clock for Leeds and other towns in the north of
England, with a large number of passengers, amongst
whom were Captain Ellis, connected with the Admi-
ralty ; Mr. Robert Weston, Surveyor-General of
Customs ; Mr. Thomas Moon, his secretary, and Mr.
Gillard, superintendent of the telegraph. These
gentlemen were in the last carriage (a first-class one)
of the train, which travelled at its ordinary rate, about
thirty miles an hour, until its arrival near the
Sowerby-bridge station, twenty-eight miles distant
from Manchester, and five miles from this town.
Here, from some cause, as yet not satisfactorily ac-
counted for, although it has been represented that the
high wind might have produced considerable oscilla-
tion, the last carriage got off the line. The repeated
concussions of the wheels in pa4sing over the gravel
of the permanent way and the sleepers imme-
diately apprised the engine-driver and guards
that the train had met with some accident,
and on looking to the rear they per-
ceived what had happened. At the rate the train
was then proceeding it was impossible to bring it up
suddenly ; as speedily as possible, however, it was
brought to a stoppage, but by that time the carriage
had struck the abutments of some of the bridges
with such force as nearly to demolish it, throwing
several of the unfortunate passengers out with con-
siderable violence. The train being stopped, all that
escaped material injury went to the aid of those who
were less fortunate. Mr. Gillard was found to have
been killed on the spot, his body was stretched on
the permanent way, having, no doubt, in being
hurled from the carriage, come in contact with one
of the bridges. In the wreck of the shattered car-
riage was Mr. Robert Weston, the Surveyor-Gene-
ral of Customs, shockingly injured, having sustained
compound fractures of the right thigh and left ankle,
and fracture of the skull. Mr. Moon, his secretary,
was also found to be seriously hurt, and the other
passengers in the carriage more or less so. With
every care they were removed to the nearest hotel,
and promptly attended by medical gentlemen from
all parts of the district. Unfortunately Mr. Wes-
ton's injuries were of so frightful a nature as to
preclude the possibility of his surviving. He lin-
gered in great pain for some hours, when death ended
his sufferings.
Captain Buistead, R.N., and other directors, on the
recipt of the melancholy intelligence, repaired to the
scene of the dreadful disaster, with a view of attend-
ing to the condition of the unfortunate sufferers, as
well as to inquire into the cause of the accident. As
before mentioned the positive cause has not transpired,
but it is probable that, owing to the strong:wind which
prevailed, the last carriage might have been cast off
the line. Prompt means were taken to stop all up
and down trains on the accident occurring ; in the
course of an hour, however, the obstruction was re-
moved, and the traffic proceeded as usual. Mr.
Weston, the Surveyor-General of Customs, was at
the time of the accident returning from an official
tour of the several ports in that part of the kingdom.
Ile was married, but has left no family. His melan-
choly fate has created the deepest sensation in the
neighbourhood.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
ITADLEIGH-, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.— Yesterday,
about two o'clock, this town was painfully excited by
intelligence of a most alarming accident at the rail-
way station, situate about a quarter of a mile distant.
The line, which is a branch of the Eastern Union
Railway, and branches off about four miles from
Ipswich, was opened fur traffic about a fortnight
since. As is frequently the case, the main efforts of
the company had been to complete the line, leaving
the stations and accommodation buildings to be sub-
sequently erected. These have since been rapidly
proceeded with, and in the case of this particular
station the outer walls had been carried to their proper
height. Beyond the station, at the east end, a wing
wall had been carried out a distance of thirty feet,
which was intended to support the roof over the plat-
form and the carriages when placed for starting.
On the day in question an excursion train had been
announced for the Ipswich regatta, and from the
novelty of railway travelling between 500 and 600
of the inhabitants flocked thither to avail themselves
of it. These had all assembled on the platform wait-
ing for the train being backed up; and at the eastern
end, being the upper part, they were the most thickly
congregated, under ithe shelter of the thirty feet of
wing wall above mentioned.
The wind had b2en blowing all the forenoon with
terrific violence, and was peculiarly felt at the station
from its exposed position. Just before the train had
been arranged to start a tremendous gust of wind
occurred, and the wing wall was thrown down in one
mass upon the passengers assembled beside, and who
must have numbered upwards of 150.
The scene is described by those who witnessed it
to have been dreadful in the extreme ; as it fell the
most violent shrieks rent the air, and were the next
moment exchanged for the cries and groans of the
wounded. The platform gave way beneath the accu-
mulated weight, and this circumstance, and the very
large number of persons assembled, made the con-
sequences far more serious than would otherwise
have been the case. As it was, the effects of the ac-
cident were most disastrous; more than 60 are now
under medical care, and it has been almost as much
as the surgeons of the town could do to pay attention
to the different cases. Among the most serious are
the following :
Mrs. Harriett Pittock, fracture of both legs and
severe wounds of head : she is an aged woman, and
there is little hope of her surviving.
Mr. John Staines, fractured collar bone and severe
wounds of legs.
William Sheldrake, fractured thigh and wounds of
head ; this is also a bad case.
Mrs. Maria Jaslyn, fractured ribs and general in-
juries.

Thomas Theobald, concussion of brain and severe
wounds.

Susan Eighteen, fracture of right leg and injury of
[eft.

Eliza Arms, concussion of brain.
Mrs. Susan Brooks, fractured ribs.
Mr. May, fractured leg, and various bruises. ln addition to the above, many received serious
wounds of the head, body, and limbs. Every exer-
tion was made by the inhabitants in sending vehicles
to convey the wounded to their homes, and the most
general sympathy is felt for their sufferings. At pro-
sent no fatal results have occurred; but at this early
period no assurance can be given that such will not
be the case. Indeed, in some instances the most se-
rious apprehensions are entertained.
From what we could learn of the general opinion,
not the slightest blame is attributable to the railway
authorities or any other parties. The occurrence
was purely accidental, and can only be attributed to
the strength of the hurricane and the wall being newly
elected.

The Sehastiani family, it is said, have just obtained
from the Government the use of the 1-'6,rouin steamer to
transport to Corsica the rernains of th© unfortunate
Duchess do Praolin.

LAWTIN'TELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 17.
W. THOMAS'S BANKRUPTCY.
The bankrupt in this case was a publisher carrying
on business in Catherine-street, in the Strand. The
principal of his debts have been contracted with the
London and provincial press, through whom he adver-
tised extensively.
On the part of some of the London papers an appli-
cation was made to receive proofs through represents•
tives, and to dispense with the appearance of registered
proprietors. _ _ _

The COURT intimated that it could not comply
with the request, but agreed to take the proofs by
affidavit.

On behalf of the Provincial Newspaper Press So 4
ciety an adjournment was asked, to allow the members
to put in nomination for assignee their President, the
Mayor of Cambridge, who is himself a newspaper pro-
prietor.

- As the applicant refused to pay costs for an ad-
journment, Mr James Wilson, newspaper proprietor,
of the Strand, was selected for assignee.

LORD M.-1 YOB'S COURT, Sept 17.
(Before the RECORDER.),

KINGSFORD V. B AKERY AND OTHERS (GARNISHEES),
SEYMOUR (DEPENDANT).
This was an attachment, issued on the 15th of July
last, on which day it was alleged that the garnishees
had in their hands the sum of 1,0701., the money of
the defendant.

Mr. Ryland and Mr. Randall appeared for the
plaintiff.

It appeared that the plaintiffs were Messrs. Kings-
ford and Goodall, corn merchants, of Mark-lane ; the
garnishees were also connected with the Corn Ex-
change ; and the defendant, Horatio Nelson Seymour,
was a corn merchant, lately carrying on business at
Liverpool. Between the defendant and the garnishees
there was a kind of running account, and on the 15th
of July the garnishees were his debtors to the extent
of 5871., in addition to which they held ninety-seven
quarters of wheat belenging to the defendant, the
value of which was included in the attachment; but
it was proved that the grain was not sold until the
Bth of September, one day after the plea had been
put upon the record. A discussion ensued upon this
point, whether the plaintiff could exercise any claim
in respect to the produce of the wheat; but the Re-
corder ruled that he could not, and that a fresh
attachment must issue, observing that if he ruled
otherwise it would involve the commercial world in
difficulties, as it would be rendering that positive
which was merely speculative.
The jury were directed to find for the plaintiff for
5871., the amount proved to have been held when the
attachment issued.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday, Madden, Griffith, Jacobs, and Coliner,
men in the employment of Messrs. Silver and Co.,
the extensive clothiers and outfitters in Cornhill and
Bishopsgate-street, were charged with having stolen
from the premises of their employers large quantities
of cloth and linen.
Mr. Watts, of the firm of Goodman and Watts, of
Coleman- street, conducted the prosecution, and stated
that Messrs. Silver and Co., having had a contract
with Government for 40,000 garments for the use of
the dockyard and battalion, had occasion to employ
8 hands in the cutting department alone. Having
sustained serious palpable losses, they were induced
to watch the conduct of the prisoners, all of whom
were found to be committing plunder, and they were
apprehended by the active officers employed in the
business of detection.
Joseph Huggett, City policeman, 484, made a state-
ment, of which the following is a summary :—ln
consequence of information I went with policemen
Thain and Russell to Bishopsgate-within, at seven
o'clock on the evening of the 14th inst. I saw Mad-
den and Griffiths come out of Mr. Silver's warehouse,
No. 4i. We followed them to the Marlborough
Head public-house, Bishopsgate-street. Griffith had
a paper parcel partly concealed under his coat, and in
a quarter of an hour Colmer joined them. At about
8 o'clock Jacobs came in, and they all sat together in
one box. Soon after they all came out together, and
Jacobs went in the direction of Shoreditch, followed
Iby Policeman Russell. Policeman Thain and I fol-
lowed Griffith and Madden, who went on to the Strand
and turned up a passage, when Madden took some-
thing from his pocket, and handed it to Griffith. We
observed that it was cloth. Griffith took the cloth
into a shop in Stanhope-street, and Madden went
down a street on the opposite side. Having seen
Griffith through the shop window untying the parcel,
I went in, found him in possession of a piece of blue
cloth, and asked him from what place he brought it.
He did not reply. The man of the house said he only
knew Griffith in consequence of selling some trim-
mings to him as a customer, but Griffith had never
brought cloth there before. I took Griffith into cus-
tody, and I afterwards found at his lodgings two
pieces of waterproof tweed cloth. I accompanied
Policeman Thain to Colnier's lodgings, where I found
several pieces of goods, afterwards s worn to as the
property of Mr. Silver.
Policeman Thain confirmed the above evidence in
all important particulars, and added—l followed
Madden, who was in a street next to Stanhope-
street, and told him who I was, and that I would
take him into custody for having robbed his em-
ployers ; and he said that he knew nothing at all of
the sort. I afterwards searched his lodgings, and
found there a great many pieces of gainbroon, black
lining, &c., and a duplicate relating to some cloth.
Policeman Russell said, I apprehended Jacobs and
Colmer in Mr. Silver's warehouse, and I afterwards
searched Jacob's lodgings, and found there some
lengths of cloths, trouser pieces, waistcoat pieces, &c.
John Davis, foreman in the service of Messrs. Silver
and Co., said, " The prisoners were in the employ-
ment our house in the capacity of cutters. It was
their duty to cut and prepare all their work upon the
premises of their employers, and they had no right
to take the slightest thing off the premises. The
witness then identified almost the whole of the pro-
perty as Messrs. Silver and Co.'s.
On his cross. examination by Mr. Wolff, for the
prisoners, the witness said, that Messrs. Silver and
Co. had the Government contract for the supply of
the dockyards. There was a peculiarity about the
cloth. He knew it as well as he should know his
own child, and did not believe there was any like it
in London.

Mr. Carter, jun., woollen warehouseman, of 65,
Basinghall-street, stated that he supplied Silver and
Co. with cloth, and he believed that produced to be
part of what he had supplied.
Cross-examined--lie sold that description of cloth
to no other house, and there was a difference in the
finish as well ai in the substance.

Mr. Silver identified the various parcels of pro-
perty produced as his, and said he entertained not the
slightest doubt upon the subject.
Mr. Wolff said his clients would reserve their de-
fence for their trial, as the Lord Mayor seemed de•
termined to commit them.
GUILDHALL.

Yesterday Ellis Jones, who was understood to be
a builder's foreman, was charged before Mr. Alder-
man Hooper and Mr. Alderman Wood with commit-
ting an assault while under the excitement of in-
toxication.
The complainant, John Torrance, a labouring man
residing in Sycamore-street, Old-street, stated, that
about twelve o'clock on the preceding night he was
returning home with his wife, in company with a
friend and his wife, when they met the prisoner in
Aldersgate-street. The two women walked together
a few yards in advance, while he and his friend followed,
talking over some trade matters, without having ob-
served anything had happened hefore he saw the prisoner
in the act of kicking his friend's wife. He stepped for-
ward and remonstrated against such unmanly conduct,
andwas immediately knocked down. His wife interposed
to prevent a disturbance and was herself knocked down.
Witness was knocked down twice afterwards by the
prisoner, who kicked him on the back part of the
head while he was lying on the ground. Blood flowed
profusely from the wound, and he had been obliged
to have all the hair shaved off the back part of his
head, that the wound might be properly dressed.
When the policeman came up the prisoner ran into
his lodgings in Aldersgate-buildings, but the officers
secured him.

Eleanor Prescott, residing with her husband in the
same house in Sycamore-street as the last witness,
confirmed his testimony. She was walking with Mrs.
Torrance, and the prisoner tried to push against them.
She pulled Mrs. Torrance out of his way, and, with-
out giving further offence, the prisoner made a kick
at witness. She avoided the intended violence by
bending forwards. Mr. Torrance interfered, and was
almost immediately knocked down by the prisoner,
who also knocked Mrs. Torrance down.
John Prescott, the husband also confirmed the
complainant's evidence. ,
In answer to questions from the prisoner, he ad-
mitted he had struck the prisoner in the face, but he
had first received a blow from him. The prisoner
had got his hat, and he attempted to take it from him.
He and his friend both attacked the prisoner after he
had ill-used them.
Neither of the witnesses was at all a match for the
prisoner in respect to size or age.
The policeman stated that the prisoner was drunk.
There was a considerable flow of blood from the
wound on Torrance's head.
The MAGISTRATES ineuired how the prisoner ob-
tained his living ?--Ile said he was a carpenter, and
alleged that the women wanted to be friendly with
him, and he merely repulsed theta, and then the two
men attacked him together. He had no witnesses.
Mr. Alderman HoorEa, after consulting with Mr.
Alderman Wood, said, they were determined, as far
as possible, to prevent peaceable persons walking
through the streets by night from being molested,
and they adjudged the prisoner to pay a fine of 51. or
be improoned two months.

the prisoner raised the amount of the fine in the
course of the afternoon.
BOIV-STREET.

Yesterday a middle-aged man, named John Robin-
son, who was tolerably well dressed, and had no
occupation assigned to hi:n, was charged with having
incited Charles Bennett and Thomas Whittaker to
commit a robbery and murder at the house of an
elderly lady named Parkeas, residing at Stepney.
The prisoner and Bennett, according to the state-
ment of the latter, met in a public-house on Friday
evening, the 10th inst., when the plan detailed below
was first proposed by the prisoner, with an intimation
that he would have to get an accomplice to assist him
in its execution.
Thomas Whittaker, on being sworn, said—l ama
porter. I was at the Upholder Arms public-house in
Poland-street, Oxford-street, on Monday morning
last, and saw Bennett there. Ho said, "Do you see
anything in me that would lead you to suppose that I
could commit a murder or a robbery ? because a man
named Robinson has offered me 2001. or 3001. to do
it, and I mean to knock the fellow down when I see
h:m again." I told him to tell me all about it, and
he then said that Robinson (the prisoner) said there
was a rich old lady living alone at Stepney, who
never suffered anybody to go near her, and kept all
her money in hard cash tied up in rags, about the
house, and that she had an annuity of 301. besides
401. from her son, a colonel in the army, who had not
seen her for 20 years. Bennett was to get a rope
and sack, and break into the house. He was then to
tie the rope round her neck, and if she made any re-
sistance to draw a knife across her throat. This
conversation, he said, had taken place at a
public-house on Friday night. The prisoner
came in, and he appointed to meet us at
the bottom of Ludgate-hill the next morning at
ten o'clock. I said, it would be better to tell the
police, and I sent for Sergeant Morris, of the E divi-
sion, and told him what had passed, arranging to
meet him on Ludgate-hill at the hour appointed to
see the prisoner. On Tuesday morning we all met
before 10 o'clock, and waited till after 11—Morris
being in private clothes—but the prisoner did not
come, so we went to Covent-garden and had some
bread and cheese together. At two o'clock Bennett
and I went to Mr. King's in Hart-street, and there
we saw the prisoner again, Morris being outside.
The prisoner then appointed to meet us at the same
house, at 11 o'clock the next morning (Wednesday).
We went there at 11, but found the prisoner had
been and left a strip of paper, directing us " to go on
down Holborn, where he would meet us." We went
on, and the prisoner overtook us. He led us through
Smithfield to Whitechapel and Mile End-road, and
proceeded on to Stepney, on reaching which he said,
" I will show Charles (Bennett) the house," and then
gave Bennett a letter, which he was to take to the
old lady's house, and say that it came from her son,
who had not seen her for so long. The prisoner
pointed out the house to us, and Bennett and I
went in. We found everything just as the prisoner
had described it to us, and we left the letter. We
met again at King's on Thursday, and gave the pri-
soner into custody.
By Mr. JARDINe-I do not wish to keep anything
back as I am on my oath. We did receive some
money from the old lady for our trouble, but not then.
When we were at the old lady's house on Wednesday
morning, she gave us six crown pieces, and a letter,
saying that it was for her son. We told this to Morris,
the constable, when we got back to Hart-street, and
he said we had better mark the money before giving
it to the prisoner. Bennett, Morris, and I, all agreed
to go up to the old lady's house again in the evening,
and we went together. We told her what the pri
soner had been inciting us to do, and offered to return
her the six crown pieces. She refused to have them
back, and said she would give us more for our time
and trouble. She then gave me a sovereign and four
half-crowns, and we divided the money between us.
Mr. JARDINE—Who had this money ? Witness—
lam here to speak the truth, and I will do so. Ben-
nett had 105.,-I had 10s., and the constable had the
other 103. We saw the prisoner at the Yorkshire
Gray on Thursday, and Morris took him into
custody.
Sergeant Morris, of the F division, No. 8, said—
About the middle of the day on Monday last Whit-
taker sent fur me to the Upholders' Arms in Poland-
street, where I found him and Bennett together.
They told me a man had been inciting them to commit
a murder and robbery at Stepney. I said, " Where
is he ?" and they replied they did not know, but be-
lieved they could find him. I accompanied them to
another public-house in Hart-street, and waited out-
side while they went in. Whittaker told me they had
appointed to meet him on Ludgate-hill, and I pro-
mised
.to be there. The prisoner did not come to
Ludgate-hill on the Tuesday morning. We met
again at the Yorkshire Gray in the afternoon, and
they told me that the prisoner was to meet them the
next morning to go to Stepney and see the place. I
ascertained on 'Wednesday that the prisoner and
the witnesses had gone to Stepney, and .1 heard
no more until I accidentally met Bennett and
Whittaker in the afternoon, when they told me
they had been at the old lady's, and she had given
them six crown pieces for their trouble. They
wanted to give the prisoner into custody, but I said I
would have nothing to do with it, but would mention
what had occurred to the inspector. I agreed to go
with them over to the old lady's in the evening, and
we did so. I saw the old lady again, and told her what
the two men had been invited to do by Robinson.
She said she had nothing there for them to steal, and
she was greatly obliged to us for telling her. On our
going away I saw her give some money to Whittaker.
I said I would'take the prisoner, if they liked to give
him into custody. I believed they marked two of the
crown-pieces at my suggestion, and gave them to
Robinson. I took the prisoner into custody on
Thursday. With regard to the other money. I told
Whittaker that if I took any of it, it would be for my
expenses, such as cabs, drink, &c. ; and he gave me
the 10s. upon this understanding. I considered that I
had nothing to do with the lady's giving them money,
and they might pay me my expenses if they liked. When
I apprehended the prisoner, he wanted to see Bennett
Whittaker, to make it up with them. The two
marked crowns, he said, were given to him by Ben-
nett. He also produced a piece of writing to show
that he had instructed the men to use no violence.
'The prisoner denied ever proposing the robbery or
murder. When he met Bennett, he treated him to
some drink, and said he might get a few shillings by
taking a letter to a certain party for him. He never
saw Whittaker till Bennett introduced him, and then
he (Whittaker) showed him a large dissecting knife,
saying, that " this will do the trick," adding, " tha
he was a resurrection man and used the knife to dis,
sect the dead." That's all he knew about it.

Mr. JARDINE remanded the prisoner till Tuesday.
Morris inquired if the presence of the old lady, who
was very infirm, was necessary ?
Mr. JARDINE would let him know.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A young French girl, assuming the name of Leoline
de Villars, who, it will be recollected, represented
herself and sister as daughters of the Countess de
Villars, whose family castle was situated in the Isle
of Bonn, applied to Mr. Bingham to assist her to
recover her clothes, which she said had been taken
away from the house No. 30, Foley-place, in which
she lodged, by a person named Fossard, who rented
the house. Mr. Bingham directed the complainant to
have a summons against the party who unlawfully
detained her property, and the summons, which was
granted to her in the name of Rose Leroy, was ap-
pointed to be heard yesterday.
On Thursday a foreigner, who gave the name of
Adolphe Block, complained that the same individual,
Alexander Fossard, had also carried off a quantity of
clocks and other valuables to a considerable amount,
together with a bill of exchange for 2,000 francs,
which he alleged was his property. The complainant,
however, in the course of his examination, gave the
magistrate reason to believe that a sort of partnership
existed between himself and Fossard; consequently,
the magistrate did not grant the application for the
summons.

Yesterday the defendant Fossard came forward and
stated that he cleared the house, 30, Foley-place, of
the property in it, because he had reason to believe it
was in contemplation to indict the house. The clothes
of the young French girl were at a place of safety,
and would be given up to her immediately on appli-
cation. With respect to the other charge, he was
willing to give up any property that could be fairly
claimed ; but with regard to the bill of exchange, he
could not restore that, as he knew nothing about it.
Police-constable Scott, C 119, was authorised to
see that the property in question was brought into
Court and given up to the parties who claimed it.
This was done, and Leoline de Villars, alias Leroy,
went away very well satisfied, her sister (Esther de
Villars) going off in a different direction with the de-
fendant Fossard.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday John Press, drayman in the service of
Messrs. Truman and Hanhury, the brewers, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, for final exa-
mination, charged with having stolen a kilderkin of
ale, the property of his employers ; and Mr. Richard
Pratt, a licensed victualler in Cheshire-street, Beth-
nal green, was charged with having feloniously re-
ceived the same, well knowing it had been stolen,
arid also with having in his possession two other
casks, of which be was unable to give a satisfactory
account.

Mr. Hobler appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Vann for the defence.

Shepherd, another drayman in the prosecutors'
service, deposed that the prisoner Press, after obtain-
ing the signed delivery notes from the storekeeper
for a certain number of butts of porter and ale he
had to deliver to different customers, backed his dray
up to the ale store, and having loaded it with the kil-
derkin in question, in addition, drove to the house of
the other prisoner, Pratt, where, after depositing it
in the passage, by the letter's directions, he handed

Pratt a folded order, and, in a tone intended to escape
'he witness's hearing, asked him to endorse the de-
livery note with the name of the witness (Shepherd),
instead of his own, and that Pratt thereupon took it
into his bar, and having endorsed the note as re-
quested, returned it to Pratt, who then drove off.
Mr. Charles Cooke, one of the out-door clerks, and
Mr. Andrew Marr, the storehouse clerk, proved the
prisoner Pratt's possession of the stolen ale, and the
discovery of two more barrels in his cellar, with the
marks and numbers of the prosecutors' firm upon
them ; and Mr. David Hunter, foreman of the ale
department, stated that he could positively swear that
the contents of at least one of these butts, which the
prisoner asserted had been in his house for about
three months, must have been in the prosecutors' Fr?'
mises so late as the 11th inst.
The rest of the evidence now adduced was chiefly
confirmatory of that previously given, and
pri-
soners, through their legal adviser, having expressed
their intention to reserve their defence, were both
committed for trial ; but the magistrate consented to
allow the bail already put in—Press and two sureties
the
in 2001., and Pratt and two sureties in 600/.—W. De,
extended for their appearance at the Central Criminal
Court.

SOUTHWARK.
Yesterday John Marshall, the man charged With
attempting to poison his wife by infusing tobacco io
a glass of ale of which she partook, was brought be
fore Mr. Cottingham for final examination on the
charge.
Since the last examination a portion of the snul
purchased by the prisoner on the night it was allege
he had mixed the article in the ale which he gave his
wife to drink was analysed, and was found to he
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adulterated with other ingredients as to render
comparatively innocuous. It was impossible,
ever to to discover what quantity of the snuff had been
infused in the ale, as only a small quantity of the
dregs were left in the glass, not sufficient, it with
peered, to produce the test necessary to prove o
,
any degree of certainty its deleterious effects; b
at all events it was stated by the medical men
tae
had that
had not the stomach-pump being promptly use,es
consequences might have resulted in the woman
death. '
'I he wife, whoa ppeared as an unwilling witness in
the case, and who, it will be recollected, was com-
mitted in default of appearing to proecute, now
stated that she had no wish to press the charge, and
that all she required was that the prisoner would ke,er:,
away from her, as she never intended to reside under
the same roof with him as lon as she lived.
The prisoner asseverated thagt he never had any hoci
tention of injuring his wife, and added that hei has
only purchased a halfpennyworth of snuff, °l,' (hat
small pGrtion of which he put into the ale, gnu to
it was done more out of a foolish freak when he 11.
intoxicated than to make her ill ; that if such
as poisoning his wife had entered his head, it cool
not be supposed that he would merely have droPPe,_.
a pinch or two of snuff into the ale which she d
As she had expressed a wish not to live with him,,,
again, he was perfectly ready and willing ton'sk'u
her a promise never to go near her again.
The wife said that was all she required, and Abe
notto.n.
complained of the trouble and loss of time to wbrch
she had been subjected owing to the affair, and that
she wanted to have no further to do in the busineF9,_
adding that she should take good care in future nth
accept of any invitation either to eat or drink wit'
the accused.
Mr. COTTINGEIAM, having remarked on the disin:
clination evinced by the -wife to come for
throughout, and the difficulty that would be en cow,
tered in proving the case, said that, instead of in
itting the prisoner for trial, he should adjudge him
i
to find sureties to appear at the next sessions to so'
swer the charge, if the complainant thought proper to
prosecute, and that he should also make him enter
into his own recognizance to keep the peace.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS'
BRISTOL, SzprEsinEsr. 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and E,!te,r'
New, 114 dis —Great Western, Quarters, 234 la.—Ditto. e,"
1/.. 13s. 9d. p.—Midland. 40/. Shares, 3 p.—Ditto, 501• Sblif,T4
1% p.—North Staffordshire, 1% p.—York, Nevi-castle, and
1%
Extensions, No. 2,2% p.
LIVERPOOL, SEPTEMBER 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancasbire,Nr,
dis.—Ditto, New Quarters, % dis.—Great Northern,w%l
diE.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths 1% p.—Ditto,lisive3l
(late L. and B.), 214 dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preferencek_
dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport,
and North- Western, 1601,4—Ditto, Fifths, 10% I).—L°4nr2:ll.
Manchester, and Birmingham, 611,(—Manchester, She--
and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 2% dis.—Midland Stock,
Ditto, New Halves, I p. —North Staffordshire, 14, I'l'
North Union ( B.), 140— Shropshire Union RailwadaleCT.
3 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,
—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, New, 2% P.
MANCHESTER, SEPTESIBaa 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—ThesaIes are—East Lancashire,Ne
3s- 9d, p,--Load ons.
Quarters (5 per cent. till 1850), % dis.—Great Northert!...
New, dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 32/. Shares (111011.9
sEix,atreenssiol%), dis.—Ditto (late West Riding VIIi°11)'
Eighths, 2 , Preference, - •
• 1 5-16 p.--
and Southampton, c. dis.—Dlar.chester, Sheflieildl,6anpd_Lsiniaconlcnisieslntrere•
1-;ii die.—North Staffordshire,
York, Newcastle,.
South-Ea.,tern and Dover, No. 4, 11,4
dis
and Berwick; Extension, No. 2, 2 3.16 p.
LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The salesare—Ambergate,
ham, and Boston, 375. 6.1. dis.—East Lancashire, 3
Grew
Ditto, New, 31,4 dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 16s. Gd. dis•
Northern, Extensions, 1% dis.—lpswich and Bury
ti
niunds, Scrip (late Cambridge and Elv), par—Lacaselel;
and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), :18s. Os. dis•—„l" dis.
and Dewsbury, Halves, ss. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 15Ys -
—Leeds, Wakefield, nd Midland, Is. 6d. Band Leicest:
and Beclord, 6s. dis.— -Manchester, Sh6effield, Linciorlasds
shire, Preference, 2s. 6d. p. allotintnt—North
3s. p.—Ditto, Extension, ls. dis.—North Staffordshire,
9d. p.—North-Western, 755. dis.—York, _Newcastle, andßer
wick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), p.
SHEFFIELD, SEPTEMBER 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Lancashire and York'
shire (West Riding Union), 1% dis.—Manchester, SlieftSel7.l
and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Lincoln), Preference, Is. 6°
p.—North Staffordshire, 11,42 p.—York, Newcastle, and Ber*
wick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 21,
P.

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FEVER IN GREENOCK.—We are sorry to say t"'"
fever is continuing to prevail in this town as exiensivell'
and of as virulent a character as ever,
amongst the
lower orders. The numbers in the infirmary and in th°
house that was opened for patients in a state of cones"
lescenee have been about 150 on the average for the 10.!
fortnight. There never was, during any epidemic fell.:
in Greenock, such a number under hospital treativen%
and we are told that a great many cases are scat 78
throughout the town, treated privately. Nor ha j'ho
fatal character which this fatal malady presented st ~
beginning been at all abated. The number of cleat° '
taking one week with another, is proportionstely is greibt,
as when the community were first alarmed at the , °,,u,,,,
break of the disease, and the unprecedented per centee
of deaths in which it issued.—North British election of
CONVOCATION OF THE CLERGY.—An to
Proctors to represent the clergy of this diocese in the
convocation, summoned to be holden at St. Paul's Aenitay.
22d instant, took place on Friday. The lion. 50". sod
Somers Cocks was chosen to represent the Chap te" lls
the Rev. Henry Arthur Woodgate, 8.D.,
broughton, and the Rev. Robert Chapman Salbe.
1N1.A., vicar of Nuneaton, the clergy generally air
dean and two archdeacons attend in person.--13`r171-
ham Advertiser. . . WI
PORTUGUESE OsroNs.—The arrival of 0121011. f tbs
the Southern States of Europe have commenced for so
completely
polls, o n
a,
nadndttoaoroseb t
heo takingac%ko.have
obtainable
the
ktani
season, quantitis:o.
price which n
brought
occasions. One vessel, the Tyro, from
onpawlmarketsabncl eet
hianet
msaboutu andctho shoe'lcaoornangewe ost fbrr
do recurb
Ape 001: metro'
of
itei3efr
theo ir
er:
bo,r,poxouergst,oh
Oporto, 810
nBBdsloo24b2obxoebxsae,
baskets
n;e dt
stb;leotoh
eAbgAabsnake,emt sof:no:It: eori o n , 148
from from
frotoo
Orr
255 boxes, and 230 half-boxes ; the A
_ utast ,cce,
Oporto, 354 boxes, and 58 half boxes; and the Provlartret,
from Oporto, 600 boxes, and 80 baskets of the_aniaee,
Numerous other arrivals of the kind have tsk.elf.rto il•
but these will be sufficient on the present erasion
lustrato the subject under notice. 'rafter'
SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT BERIVIONDSET.---.ea , with
'
day afternoon an accident, unfortunately alienaoed John
serious consequences, happened to a mann gaslzephon-
Saunders, aged forty-four years, residing i that he and
street, Long-lane, Bermondsey. It seems ''
several others were employed in Inakin,.o an
Bermondsey' und
for a new sewer in the Grange-N(01+,4"-k' be missed bia
whilst in the act of walking aloug a Plan the Ws"-
footing and fell a depth of thirty feet downi
, bleeding
lion. He was brought up quite insensw et ~ Ito
was taken
from various wounds, in wich state he iv ~eed to
the nearest surgeon's.and
subsequently was reree ,a,r,
it WaS 11S‘sld
the accident ward of Guy's Hospital, where 1 vicla 11-
tained that he had fearfully injured the left ctith we.
upper cervical vertebrae of the neck, together •
la e veil
Ue lies ,
excavation
rations and contusions on his body.
precarious state. week
....This' we-,
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDA.• ..eatiti
there is a fair supply of wheat reported, yet the ct Hof
t readyhe d esma
la:: da,t wa lni i ci
improvement
offering to-day is small and scarcely sufficient luuce of
3s. per quarter is obtained on old and new. fiatsa steel
lingb 2s. per load higher. New barley comes als
,41r,
FORGERY ON THE SHEFFIELD Per
and, and makes full prices. Beans are quite a ar_A•v
ye terutli
piarorvaetmheernut rogfe:dt., and an
nod •
the police in London received information that tner,
...d
fiery of a 5/. bank-note of the Sheffield and Rothe l'olit;
Joint. Bank Coman has been discovered. Those n h
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which have, beenalready dated "
Aerrigst.oneisns:_itffor:
seen are
July, 1847."
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Shefseld,

•••••••••.....11.1.111=1.111•11•10MMEM........1•11
lIIICTIM.
On the 13th inst., at Villa Etruria, St. John
lady of James ~.PAdarn, Esq. of a daughter.
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On the 13th inst., at Edinbur I the lady of the
g ~
John
On the 14th inst., at Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire'
wife of Captain Stephenson, of a son --
'9-I►'OOdr the

MARRIED. ricX
0 the 1h inst., at St Pancras Church, Mr. Fre&
lleathfield,st to Charlotte,. eldest daughter of Mr. Ge°46
Hodges, Mablidon-place.

DIED.
On the Ilth inst., at Gravesend, 3liss Wootton, aged 5C1(61r
On the 12. th inst., at Cheltenham), Lieutenant-Genefto
Henry Sheehy Keating, K.C.8., Colonel of her
33d Regiment of Foot, aged 70,

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