The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-23 00:00:00

THE sUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1847

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE,
e have received Cape of Good Hope papers to the
~f April iticlu.ive, from which we regret to lelra
he Kafir war if; not yet at an end. Although much
the hostile tribes carry on a bold deAultory
to the enntinligl :innoyanc:, ;!r.d logs ~f the colo-
als :
dyer -\ Uil 14 )
a,-.e ts I.VClliilg boil tne tins week, vxe,
go details that indicate a determination to resist to the
on the part of some of the Kafir tribes. Two
a have fallen, and some officers of rank, it is said, the
,eeenor and the Commander of the Forces amongst
ners have had narrow escapes from the balls of lurking
envies.
From Mossel-bay intelligence has been received of the
:eatable death of Dr. Syme. It appears that Dr.
,ne, son of Mr. John Syme, of this town, on his arri-
I at Alossel-bay, went in a boat to view a small rocky
net in the vicinity, accompanied by the maiter of the
asset, a young friend and a boy ; the weather being
nc,, and the sea perfectly tranquil at the tittle. Nothing
farther known of the party but that all have perished,
le body of Dr. Syme alone being found on the beach.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT
ON THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY.
On Monday the inqu'ry into the circumstances atten-
dant upon the deaths of Frederick Messenger and Mary
Twistleton, caused by the failing in of the arch of the
Gravesend and North Kent Railway (now in the course
f ..action), er,,ssing Gr,it street, Southwark,
a 4 -nt«,r.,d upon Mr. Witham Carter. The inquiry
w held in the board. room of St. John's workhouse, and
excited considerable interest, a large number of persons
officially connected with the railway being present to
watch the proceedings.
The usual preliminaries having been gone through, the
jury proceeded to view the bodies, and then inspected
the spot where the accident occurred.
Evidence was first taken for the identification of the

bodies.
Policeman George Hooper, lit 179, deposed that he
was on duty on Friday evening in Great Russell-street,
when he was informed that the accident had taken
place. Having ascertained the nature of the accident,
he forthwith sent to the station for assistance, and forty
men were immediately sent. The fallen materials were
removed, and in about an hour the two deceased persons
were found.
The CORONER—Was your attention directed to the
arch during the day? Witness—Nothing further than
that in my usual walks round my beat I stood looking
at the men striking the centres.
The CORONER—Did you take any particular notice of
them ? Witness Nothing beyond stopping a few
minutes to look at them.
In answer to a series of inquiries from the coroner

(From the Frontier Times.)

A letter from the frontier states—
" Things in Kafirland are i❑ a very unsettled state, so
that not a day nor an hour is to be lost; there is an
undercurrent working in Kafirland, the effect of which,
perhaps, will be seen when too late. Lately there was
a rumour that Sandilla's and Boatman's men were mov-
ing the Amatola; that Pato had sent a message to San-
dilla to say that if he had made such a stand against the
:English as he had, things would be quite different to
what they are; and that the Gaikas were going over to
Creli. The Kafirs are scarcely afraid of the force now
on the frontier. They care little for our English
soldiers. They will keep out of the way of the cannon
and Dragoons; they chiefly dread the Cape Riflemen
and Hottentots. I suppose all our eyes are now upon
.Sir Henry Pottinger, but he will be an extraordinary
!Tian if he be able to settle affairs without a larger force
on the frontier, and if this is required, where will he get 11
it? and in one day it may be required. Fires hare lately
been seen upon Gaika's Peak, which are considered as
signs for something. The Boers on the posts on the
north-east boundary have all dispersed sine Sir Andries
resigned. They were designed to keep tlif Tambookies
and Creli in awe, or to come to assist to subdue the
Gaikas, &e. The resignation of Sir Andries was one of
the greatest calamities that has happened to us."
SATURDAY.—lnformation received that Lieutenant
W. Hyde, Fingo Levy, with a party of his men, lately
fell ut'en some Kafirs at Hell Poort, capturing a gun
and three bundles of assagais. One Kafir was killed,
and another, it is supposed was wounded.
(From the Eastern Province Herald.)
'The following extract from a letter from the first divi-
sion of the army contain the latest particulars received
from the scene of the present operations of the troops.
It will be seen with regret that two more colonists have
fallen by the hands of the enemy, the result of their own
imprudence. There -ought to be a general order pro-
hibiting small parties from moving about the enemy's
country. It is *supposed that the " friendly" Kafirs who
visited the General's camp gave notice to their country
men of the march of the Uitenhage burghers, and thus
led to the attack upon them, and to the subsequmt loss
,of the two burghers above alluded to. The attack was
made in Nonibi's territory.

and jurors,
The witness stated that the men engaged appeared to
be labourers or carpenters, and that they seemed to be
fully competent to their work. The ropes from the
different poles upon the arches were so fixed that a cart
might pass through without being entangled, provided
the driver were very careful, but he did not believe that
two carts proceeding in opposite directions could pass at
the same time. There was a great deal of lime and
stone lying on one side of the road under the arch, so
much so, indeed, as entirely to block up--the customary
pathway. He saw two or three of the centres lowered,
and they were done easily and without any apparent
danger.
Charles 'Smith, shoemaker, of Maltby-street, Ber-
mondsey, said he was standing in his shop, contiguous to
the railway, on Friday evening. when he beard a noise,
and saw under the archway a cart, and a horse rearing
up on his hind legs. He ran and seized it by the.bridle,
and wasi assisted by some man who came up at- the
time. He saw some ropes hanging from the cart, which
was entangled amongst them ; the horse was endea-
vouring to effect his escape, and was plunging in the
most violent manner. The cart contained sand, or
something of the sort, and belonged to some of the-work-
people. He had frequently seen it up and down Maltby-
street.. He did not think the ropes belonged to the cart,
but to the tackle under the railway arch. He looked up
and saw the top of the arch rise, the light showing itself
through. It then fell with a fearful crash. The horse
and cart became released, but by whom he did not know.
William Houghton, who drove the cart alluded to,
said he worked for Mr. Dawson, who was connected
with the- line. He stated that at the time of the accident
he was going to the railway with some ballast, and was
passing through the arch for that purpose, walking in
front of his horse. Suddenly the cart became entangled
in the ropes, and the horse plunged violently in his at-
tempt to get away. The ropes were connected with a
pole in the middle of the arch, but he did not know what
was the use of that pole. -Shortly afterwards the arch
fell in, and the horse was released.
Thomas Dunner, a wheelwright, resident on the spot;
was examined at great length with iespect to the cause
of the accident. He expressed his conviction that it
arose from the loosening of the " ribs" and ‘‘ centres,"
consequent upon the entanglement of the horse with the
ropes. He considered that the arch was well constructed,
that the workmen were very skilful, and that the arch
would have been perfectly safe had not the accident
alluded to occurred.
A lengthened discussion took place between the jury
as to the desirableness of appointing some competent
person to inspect the works. This was eventually
agreed to, and the inquiry was adjourned until Monday
next.

" Wesleyville, March 31.

" The Somerset burghers arrived this afternoon. The
General, who was riding out this morning, was fired at
by the enemy, who have just fired into our camp. The
-.aggon train was attacked yesterday, but the Rifles kept
o Such s steady fire upon them that they soon silent. d
-m. Aboat 150 shots were exchanged in this affair.
Fingo was killed, and an ox wounded. '1 he El4firs
4ve tried frequently to burn the grass, but it was too

green."

" Mouth of the Buffalo.

Some of the waggons proceeding to this place were
`acked, and the party were obliged to retreat to an
2ri space and send back for a reinforcement. We have
,t two 'burghers, Mr. Blakemore and a Dutch burgher,
o were latelp shot. Major Smith, 73d,-Was fired at in
.
le vicinity of the camp last night, as he was sitting at
;e edge of a bush, and hit in the shoulder. He is con-
led to his bed in consequence, but is doing well. Stock
hi Nonibi left' this morning, having offered to protect
it dank and all along the Buffalo line. Captain Arm-
rong. C.M.R , and Lieutenant Gregory, RA., were also
:iot at as they were out shooting."
From another source we learn—

EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT
ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
An accident of a very extensive nature occurred upon
this railway last Saturday morning, and was attended with
great loss of life, not we are happy to state to any
human being,. but to a great number of sheep and calves;
the guards of the train, however, experienced a very
narrow escape. The accident resulted entirely from the
reprehensible practice of having an engine behind the
train to assist in propelling it. It appears that the up
goods train from .Bristol was running for the Swindon
station about two o'clock on that morning, and that after
it passes the Chippenham station there is a very steep
incline (1 in 90) through a cutting called the Wootton
Bassett incline. To assist the goods train up this in
dine it is the custom, in addition to the ordinary engine,
to *run another engine from the Box station, through
the tunnel, to aid in propelling the train. The train in
question consisted of nearly 40 waggons and trucks, and
amongst them were some timber trucks. These timber
trucks, in consequence of the length of the timber, are
coupled together by long chains ; one of the
timber. trucks was the fourth from the leading
engine ; and in going up the incline, it seems that
ne of the connecting chains of the first portion of this
timber truck by some means became unfastened, and
dragged on the line for some distance, until it came to a
crossing, where the end of the chain caught, and caused
a momentary check to the first part of the train. The
hinder part of the timber truck was forced by the behind
propelling engine on to the spot where the end of tl,c
chain had become hitched, and thereby caused a resist-
ance, when the leading engine broke away with the
foremost carriages, but the propelling engine being
driven at full speed forced the truck which had been
checked by the end of the chain, with several others
Which had also broken away, up a slope more than 12
feet high, and into an adjoining field. The last of the
trucks so forced up remained at the base of the'slope ;
and from the speed_ at which the engine was propelling
the train could not fall back on the line, but bumped
against the remaining waggons as they passed, com-
pletely cutting their side stanchions and timber as the
train brushed past. The rest of the waggons and.trucks,
with the propelling-engine, went past the trucks on the
slope, - and ran some distance, when it is conjeciured
that some of the timber which had been thrown from
the timber trucks caused a gon's truck to be thrown
over the rail's; and the propelling engine, still driving
at full speed, completely doubled up the waggons and
trucks before it, scattering them in all directions. Some
of them was literally smashed to pieces, and upwards of
90 sheep and some calves were killed. The .resistance
caused by the end of the chain falling into the crossing
gave no intimation to the driver of the propelling en-
gine that the first portion of the train had broken away
with the leading engine; therefore he continued driving
at fulrapeed, and iri a moment the waggons and trucks
were Scatteredabout. The officers of 'the Great West-
ern Rail Way CoMpany, with their Usual promptitude,
directly assembled .is number Of men, -and by great ex-
, ertion the-rail' was cleared without any detention to the
other• trains.' Until-tately it was the practice7of the
company to propel' ths -yassenger train& thrtiugh
the Bees tunnel 'by -an engine behind; but the public
raised 'inch' an outcry-(and very' properly so) itiainbt
that practice, that the company'were obliged to desist.
Had even the above accident occurred in the:Box
,
tunnel, instead of in an open cutting, the consequence
would have been much more serious; as it is, the
guards"of the luggage train escaped by a miracle, as
the waggons, both before and behind their truck, were
knocked to pieces. It has often been a matter of spe-
culation what would be the nature of an accident with
a passenger train with an engine at both ends propelling.
Should an accident occur to the leading engine the
effect upon the carriages will be shown by the above
accident; and it-needs no comment as to what the re-
sult would have been to the passengers had it been a
_
passenger train.

,* We moved from Wesleyville to within five miles of
he Buffalo. Just as we off saddled, the Kafirs fled,
Jter firing many shits. News was brought that the
Tear waggons had been attacked. A reinforcement was
immediately sent, wounding one Fingo. Two shots
struck the waggon, just missing a driver. This was on
ti:e 30th. A party remaitled behind after we started
from the outspan place (previous to the attack made by
the Kafirs), and shot one of the enemy.
" April Ist---WW' e crossed the Buffalo to scour the
country, and took sixty head of cattle.
" 2d. Received orders that the Albany Burghers
were to form a camp of their own 12 miles from the spot
where it was intended to pitch the General's camp, and
12 miles in advance of the one formed by the Uitenhage
Burgher?, who would be 12. miles from Wesleyvilte.
We, consequently, marched 85 strong, and took up the
best position we could. We passed a quiet night. In
the morning the Uitenhage Burghers passed us. Pre-
viously, however, some Kafirs, who had been to the
General's camp with Nonibi, passed us. Soon after-
wards we heard heavy firing. This did not attract at
toltion at first, as parties sometimes fire in a hose
manner. We were busy making our camp, but a party
of seven (the country being open in front) started to dis-
cover the cause of the firing. They proceeded to a part
of the road Nvliere there was a rocky hill running close
•to it, when a party of at least 200 of the enemy rushed
:from the bush and rocks. Two young men, Blakemore
nod Pixten, jumped from their horses to screen them-
seivps from the fire of the enemy, and fired at them.
The enemy, however, closed upon them,' and they were
both killed. The other five returned. Information was
immediately sent to the General's camp, and Colonel
Somerset soon arrived with a reinforcement, to see if

anything. had happened to the Uitenhage Burghers.
This party, lam happy to say, are safe. They had two
horses and one ox shot. They had two waggons with
them, and 150 men, and they killed four of the enemy."'
We are informed that two persons on their way from'
Block Drift. last Saturday, near a deep kloof about three
re- four miles from Fort Beaufort, observed two Kafirs
erred with assegais, driving eight oxen belonging to
Mr. Higgs into the bush. The colonists having no arms,
by a dexterous stratagem captured the cattle and
brought them to Fort Beaufort, the Kafirs following
thorn to within a short distance of the town.
His Excellency the Governor is about to issue a pro-
clamation prohibiting the colonists at their peril from
Eratlicking with the Kafir tribes, and persons contra-
vening the order will be considered as being engaged in
unauthorised and treasonable communication with the
et.4snv. Lieutenant-Colonel Johnstone has, we are
roevned, suggested that the restrictions thus imposed
• ~uld be related so as to allow the Kafirs to obtain
-wood. milk, Bce. This has been granted. The
n. lee of stoppage of intercourse with the Kafirs was
made known by the Government Commissioner, Mr.
A 'alderwood, at Fort Hare, a few days ago. Colonists
t.s, ho,A ever, to be allowed, under certain regulations,
employ " friendly" Kafirs as servants under certain
rt -illations, one of which is that they are to give in-
. nt notice of the absconding of such lisfirs.

THE WEATHER AND CROPS IN THE HIGHLANDS.-
The weather, though on the whole agreeable, is for the
niiddl. of June rather coldish, and in the evenings and
miings it even feels chill. This year seems intended
• , statnp some truth on the description given by a
,rtivell4- whose prejudices were not in favour of Scot-
ri(l, when he remarked- of her seasons that they con-
sisted of nine months of winter and three of cold weather.
We have had hail, and it is believed frost within the
Ist few days. It rained considerably on Tuesday, and
ver since the air has been cold. This morning it rained
again, but the afternoon brought gloomy, soft-skyed
fair weather. The crops, however, continue to

Fesent a very good appearance. On some cold
thin soils they seem stunted, compared with the
tad thick crops waving over deeper earth, and
found in warmer Licalities, but even there they
,-schibir. better than an average growth. Wheat, Barley,
Ores, Peas, and Beans are, to the utmost limits of a
reasonable ramble out of town, in a very cheering state
of advancement. Over all Ross-shire the crops are
beauti:til, and in Moray, Nairn, Sutherland, Caithness,
in this county, they present one general idea of plenty.
It is plain that rain alone can now mar them as with the
thick covering over the ground, the warmest rays of the
stir cannot penetrate to it, so as to produce injurious
cons- vences. Turnip sowing gees on with spirit, in-
terrup:ed only by the rain of Monday and Tuesday,
wlsicil has thrown the preparation of ground a few days
lit bind. To-day's rains will have a similar effect. The
hay crop continues to be prosperous, and there is no
dec'w in the potatoes.—lnverness Journal.
We are happy to be able to state that the alarming
rumours which have been circulated respecting the health
2... the King of the Belgians, are greatly exaggerated.
I.l,leMajesty has been suffering from a billions attack,
t,)rnpt3nas of which were aggravated by the use of
the Wiesbaden waters, to which he had resorted for re-
11.ef, but which had the contrary effect of producing con-
siderable derangement. of the system. Although not
entirely subdued, .he
symstoms had yielded to the usual
reatinent. There was
userious appre-
hension of danger, andttje:ty time,s rumours,alt any
hreso respecting any
further affection of his Majesty's
beyond what
we hare here stated, are utterly groundless,-- Observer.
The Observer of Sunday morning gave the parti-
culars of the rneeting at Dee's Hotel, Birmingham,ofthse
shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway eon
pane, nearly to the extent of one of the Observer folio
columns, and h:cli meeting did not commence at Dee,,
Hotel until atter two o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday,
and appeared in the Observer published at six o'clock On
Shad :v mornini4-. The Observer also gave an account of the
Milenli.l Waterloo banquet, including tLe names of most of
"lc gm llant surviving heroes present, with a summary ex.
one of the Observer folio columns; nearly two folio
.01tint.,,4 of her Majesty's Ther.tre and the Loyal Italian
pera.:. a folio column of critique on the British Institution
.cures.; nearly two folio columns of the state of the funds
prices of railways; the horticultural meeting at Chis-
?-ck nra Saturday—the prizes awarded, and to whom ; Fox
.2iat) dinner at the Trafalgar Hotel, Greenwich, on Saturday ;
cards of a colurnn and a half of births, marriages, and
• ; rive columns of miscellaneous advertisements, in-
ito a folio column of public amusements for the coming
week. The Observer also contained twenty-six columns of
nev-i, foreigis and domestic, chiefly original. Price of the Ob-
co Ter There is scarcely a Club-house, Institution, Library,
,41)ielesiroorn in all England, Scotland, Ireland, the Conti-
• .L.r.j.last and West Indies, America, &c., in which the Ob-
• is pot taken in, and frequently duplicate copies. The
calve publication of the Observer commences at six
eorcludes at ten o'clock on Sunday morning Monday
. ',ion of the Observer, best adapted for the country and
,acl, is regularly published at four o'clock on Monday alter-
••,r.

THE LATE ACCIDENT AT
WOLVER FON.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

-
SIR,—Conceiving it to be the bounden duty of every
one to offer any suggestion that may occur to him for
the prevention of accidents on railways, and more espe-
cially a recurrence like the lamentablelone in question, I
would at once propose that strong and substantial posts
should be erected on each side of the line—say a quarter
of a mile apart, but so arranged that there should be
one or more at the terminus of every station, and an
officer attendant at every post, and that the guards,
engineers, stokers, and other officers, of every train
should have at their command—the same being R ell
braced to some part of the carriage—strong ropes or
cable chains, with a large noose at the end, so that in
an emergency it might be thrown to the officer, who
would instantly affix it round the post, similar. in fact,
to the mode now adopted in bringing steam-boats to a
stand-still, on nearing a pier or other place of embar-
kation.
Had this plan been in use at the time of the accident,
your readers would, in my humble opinion, never have
had cause to deplore the fatal consequences.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,,
THOMAS SLOAN.
Mitre-court, Temple, June 21, 1847.

„
ti,AGGED SCHOOL is CLARE BliKKET.—Monday
a meeting, numerously and respectably attended, was
held in the vestry rooms of St. Clement Danes Church,
with the view of opening a ragged school in Clare-
market. Lord Ashley presided on the occasion, and in
strong terms urged upon, the meeting the destitution,
misery, and ignorance of many children in that locality,
aT ti the necessity and duty which existed for extending
u
hem the blessings of education. The meeting was
then addressed by several speakers in support of reso-
lutions
f the
cifaera,
s rec )gnising the success which has hitherto at.
lution
tended the formationco of ragged schools, and approving
cares Court Ragged School about to be opened
near Clare
of
St. a, as worthy the support of the pa•
g.
4ClementA Danes and the inhabitants of
' the surrounding
vote
rort.h The resolutions having been
adopted, and
the meeting broke up:
wrought aa
thanks passed to the chairman,
greatm
wiranactle.
---pT4'veateT''thl
ii,fle; the following extract from
Pores LAST AIIILACI
letteret pf
ruobm-
it oEne:• : • ” The Pope has
to Subiaco, and as there waa a lie went
of rain the
people asked him to pray for it. He accordingly-
went
to the shrine of St. Benedict and prayed there an hour,l
and immediately the rain came and lasted six hoe rs'
The letters from Paris received on Monday
denote much uneasiness regarding commercial prospects.
The disasters at Marseilles originated the unfavourable
feeling, and a number of small failures which have been
taking place for some days in the capital have subse-
quently tended to increase it.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 17.
COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEUES.

PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—This morning the Undine
steam-yacht, Master-Commander Allen, was laid on the
graving slip alongside the dockyard, in order to afford
the Commander-in-Chief, and other distinguished
officers, an opportunity of inspecting her bottom and
examining the state of the composition with which it had
been put on to prevent the adhesion of rubbish. One
side of the vessel is coated with red lead, and the other
with this composition, which has now been exposed to
the action of the water since the 12th ult. On inspect-
ing the bottom of the vessel this morning, we found the
red lead covered with weeds, grass, barnacles, muscles,
and such like adhesive matters, the red lead acting as
nourishment to the growth of such obstacles to the vessel's
speed; whereas the composition side was clean and free
from all rubbish, except such as would immediately come
off on being slightly touched or acted upon by the water
when the vessel is in motion. The result, therefore, was
deemed eminently satisfactory, as far as all trials of this
new composition for the bottoms of iron vessels have
hitherto extended. The Undine was taken outside the
harbour when the tide floated her, and came in with her
composition quite clean.
We are happy to state that the young seaman Patten,
who fell from the topmast crosstrees of the Howe, 120,
at Spithead, on Saturday, while manning yards for Prince
Albert, is alive and well, havinc, sustained but trifling
injuries by his tumble of upwards' of 200 feet.
Retired Commander Henry Cradock, many pars
assistant to the Master-Attendant of this dockyard, died
on Friday, the 18th inst., aged eighty-two. He was an
officer of the Queen Charlotte in Howe's action of the
Ist of June, 1794; was Master of the Glory (Admiral
Stirling's flag-ship) in Sir Robert Calder's action, 1805,
and was actively employed for a period of upwards of
thirty-seven years. He was considered a most valuable
war officer, and was universally respected.
The Diligence naval transport arrived here last even-
ing, from Woolwich.
To-morrow the.Deputy-Adjutani- G eneral of the Royal
Marines makes his annual inspection of this division. A
grand field day at Fort Cumberland will be included in
the day's events:
WOOLWICH, JUNE 21.—The Garland steam-vessel,
Captain Smithett, is placed under orders to proceed to
Ostend to convey his Majesty the King of the Belgians
to Englandi It is expected his Majesty will embark on
Wednesday, and land at Woolwich in the course of •the
afternoon of that day. It is gratifying to learn that the
health of King Leopold of Belgium is greatly improved
within the last week, and that he is now able to travel
without any apprehension of danger from the fatigue he
may have to endure.

Their Llrdships sat to-day in a Committee for Pri-
vileges. The peers present were, the Lord Chancellor,
the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Brougham, Lord Lynd-
hurst. the Marquis of Fleadfort, the Earl of Scarborough,
the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Caledon, the Earl of
Wicklow, the Earl of Runfurly, and Lords Beaumont
and Bolton.
TILE CRAWFURD AND LINDSAY PEERAGE.

Counsel ;ere further heard and witnesses examined
in behalf of the claimant to this peerage, and the further
consideration of the claim was adjourned sine die.
MARQUIS OF TWEEDALE V. MURRAY AND OTHERS.
JUDGMENT.

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave the judgment of their
Lordships to-day in this appeal, which came before their
Lordships yesterday. The case came before the House
upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Session.
The question in the case arose upon the construction of
a lease of the farm of Corsbie, in the county of Berwick,
belonging to the appellant, and of which the father of the
first named respondent had been during his life the
tenant. The question was, whether the respondents (the
son of the late tenant, and the personal representatives)
were entitled, under the terms of the lease, to regain
possession of the farm from the death of the tenant,
which happened in March, 1845, until the Whit Sunday
after hi: death, and, in consequence, to plough, sow, and
cultivate it, and to reap the crop of that year. The
Lord Ordinary decided against the respondents, Rho
took the case to the Inner House, where his Lordship's
decree was reversed. The appellants then brought this
appeal against that reversal. The Noble and Learned
Lord, after going shortly through the facts of the case.
recommended their Lordships to reverse the decision of
the Court below.
Judgment reversed accordingly.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 21.
HILTON V. LORD GRANVILLE.
This case was resumed at the sitting of the Court this
morning, and occupied the whole of the day in hear-
ing evidence with respect to the working of mines, and
in hearing cases cited in which parties had recovered
cqmpensation for injuries caused to their property from
the working of mines.
iThe ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the Court on be-
half of the Crown, and witnesses having been called in
support of his case,
'The Court adjourned until to-morrow.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, June 21.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.)
IN RE SIPPINGS.

This bankrupt, who had carried on business as an
hetet keeper at the Hotel de Paris, at Cromer, came up
for his certificate.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
£ a. d. a. d.
eustralasia •• .. •• • • 40 0 0 40 0 0
i3ritehlrorth American 51. per tent. 50 0 0 50 0 0
3omraercial of London 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 —7•olonial. bl. par cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0
Londn and Westminetr 61. per cent. 100 0.0 20 0 0
London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0
Metropolitan • 25 0 0 TlO 0
Provincialof Ireland.. 81. -per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0
Ditto, New... . • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0
National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0
Ditto, 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia.• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
Union of L0nd0n..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0

C. 8.2111.1.8.
Names of E !Dividend • Names of E per Price.
Companies. per -• Dividend
Companies. 2 Annum.
Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.53. c! 70 Monmouthsh 100 101. -
Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. - Mntgomrysh 100 51. -
Barnsley.. ll6O, 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - --
Basingstoke-1100 - - Neath •• • ... 100 211. 340
Brknk&Abrg 150, 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. -
-Jromford 100! 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40
Dudley lOOl 41. - Regent's .... 33 11. 4s. 20
Uerby 100' 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 54
Ellsmre&Chs 133 41. b 1 Shropshire • . 125 81. -
E:ewash - Somrset Coal 150 71.10. 130
Forth & Clyd 1601 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. -
GrandJunctn 100! 61. 79 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 275
Urand Union 100 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. -
Glamorgnsh .1172, 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 305
41str & 131'kb-1,001 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 1/. 10s. -
3rantham ll5Ol 121. - Severn and]
26 11. Bs. -
Huddersfield.' 57 - - Wye Rail.
Kennt & Avii' 39 7s. 6d, 5 Trnt & •
50 30L -
Lancaster 47 I/. 108. - sey .
Leeds& Livrp! 1001 341. 505 Thams &;led 19 -
Leicester 1140! 101. 75 Worestr &} 78 2L 41
Leicstr &Nth 83, 41. 36 Birming.
Loughboroghil42! 701. , 530 Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11

DOCKS.
•
Dividend Amount
Name of Comptuty. per of Paid. Price.
Annuin: Share.
X s. d. X s. d.
Dmmercial .• .......' 31. per cent. ; Stock. 71
ast and West India... 6/. pr cent. Stock. 130

Commercial ••• •• •••
East and irrat Indla...
East Cbuntry
(radon •.•• • • • • • •
St. K atharfne • • • • • • • •
Southampton • • • . •• • •

X s. d.
31. per cent. Stock.
6/. pr cent. Stock.
It. persh. 100 0 0
51. pr cont. Stock.
5 per cent. Stock.
21. per cent. 50 0 0 , 0 0

Mr. Luees appeared to oppose, principally on the
ground that the bankrupt had attempted to conceal a
great portion of his property. In the course of the
Learned Counsel'S address he said that the opposing
creditors had had great difficulty in making out a case in
conseqnence of the expense of bringing up witnesses
from Norwich and elsewhere, but when they had done
so at their own expense, and made out a prima facie case,
his Honour had ordered the assignees to take up the case;
and although ultimately his Honour appeared to be of
opinion that the bankrupt could hardly be con-
sidered liable for the attempted concealment, as he
was not proved to have been present, yet his Honour
thought it a case in which the costs of the opposition
should be allowed. He (the Learned Cou,nsel) would
take the liberty of mentioning to the Court a suggestion
of the members of the Chamber of Commerce at Norwich
on this point. The Chamber of Commerce was com-
posed of bankers, merchants, and gentlemen of the legal
profession in that city, and they had come to the con
elusion that the object of the Act was frequently frus-
trated by throwing the expense on indiGidual creditors,
where they had to take witnesses a distance to London,
and they had urged on the authorities that it 'would
facilitate the proceedings, and lessen the expense, if in
certain cases, such as inquiring into concealment of
propeily, the Commissioners of this court should
have it in their discretion to appoint the judge
of the county court, or some other compe-
tent person, to act as their deputy, and take the
examination of witnesses, except in large estates, and
when the subject was intricate. The. Chamber had, he
was intbingd; made it Caniiiitinickitioti to" the Lord' han:
cellor on the subject, and had entertained hopes 'that in
the new Act some clause giving such discretion 'to the
commissioner would have been inserted.
His HoNoun said, that as the matter had been men-
tioned he would remark that seven years .ago he had
taken a great deal of trouble at Norwich to impress this
on the minds of gentlemen there, but as the evil was
only then coming_they had not then thought it necessary
to take any steps, and they were now feeling the conse-
quences of their neglect. Many of those gentlemen
were wholesale dealers and large warehousemen, rind if
they did not continue to look into the matter they would
still continue to have a very indifferent legislation.
The subject was then dropped, and the case was
proceeded with. •

person who must not be allowed to remain in this
country.
Sentence—Seven years' transportation.
(Before the COMMON-SERGEANT.)
EMBEZZLEMENT.—Thomas Freeman, aged 39, de-
scribed as a wig-maker, was charged with embezzling a
sum of 481. 18s., the property of the overseers of the
parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn.
From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was
one of the poor-rate collectors, and in that capacity ob-
tained the money in question, for which he neglected to
account.

Mr. Robinson conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Huddlestone the defence.

There was nothing of interest in the case, but during
the examination of one of the witnesses a question was
raised as to the correctness of the indictment, it being
contended by the counsel for the defence that the money
in question was not the property of the overseers, but
of the guardians, whose servant the prisoner was. In
this opinion the Common-Sergeant concurred, and con-
sulted Mr. Commissioner Bullock, who took the same
view of the law on the question. The case, however.
was permitted to proceed, and the prisoner was found
Guilty, but sentence was not passed, the point contended
for by his counsel being reserved for the decision of the
judges.
This being the last case on the calendar terminated
the business of the court.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
A young woman, whose name appeared upon the jus-
tice-room list as Ann Mills, was brought before Alder-
man Gibbs upon the charge of bigamy.
Thomas Blake said, that having been given to under-
stand that, whilst he was necessarily absent from home,
the prisoner, who was his wife, had married a policeman,
he investigated the matter, found it to be a correct
report, and caused her to be apprehended.
The clerk of the parochial church of St. Edmund the
King and Martyr, in Lombard-street, produced the
marriage register, in which an entry appeared that John
Cooke, bachelor and policeman, of 8, King-court, was
married to Ann Mills, spinster, on the sth of March,
1846, of the same place. Ann Mills stated on the occa-
sion that her father, Henry Mills, was a labourer.
Thomas Birch, policeman 563, stated that he was
present at the marriage on the sth of Marcb, 1846,
between the policeman and the prisoner, Ann Mills.
John Perkins, a weaver, stated that he was present at
the marriage of Thomas Blake with the prisoner on the
29th of September, 1834, at Stepney Old Church, in
Stepney-green. The prisoner had been frequently at
witness's house since that time, and her husband, Thomas
Blake, was present in the justice-room, and had just
identified her.
The prisoner said, she did not wish to say anything
upon the subject of the charge.
Alderman GIBBS asked Blake, the first husband of the
prisoner, whether the policeman Cooke knew that she
was a married woman when he married her? Blake—
I cannot positively say that he did. When I saw her
on Saturday she at first told me he did, and afterwards
she told me that he did not.
Alderman GlBBS—Where did Cooke live? Blake—
He lodged in my house before I got into the difficulty
that caused my absence.
Alderman GIBBS—What was that difficulty? Blake
—I was taken into custody about same wine which be-
longed to Mr. Day, and I was tried at the Central Cri-
minal Court, and while I was in confinement Cooke mar-
ried my wife.
Alderman GIBBS—By whom were you taken into cus-
tody? Blake—By Cooke.
Alderman Gums—ls Cooke here?
The policeman was called, but did not answer.
Inspector Todhunter said, the moment it was known
to the police authorities that an imputation of such a
kind was cast upon one of the force, the person accused
was of course required to make an explanation. As,
however, the man took no trouble to clear his character,
he was informed that he was no longer one of the body,
and he left the force on Saturday.
Blake said that Cooke was in possession of his goods,
which remained in the house after his committal to
Newgate; and hoped that the the magistrate would order
that they should be delivered up to him.
Alderman GIBBS said he could not give any order of
the kind, as the sheriffs were entitled to the property of
a convicted felon.
The prisonserivai
LAMBE7'H.
Mr. Wood, a pawnbroker, carrying on business in St.
John-street, Clerkenwell, appeared before Mr. Elliott,
in compliance to a summons taken out by a young lady
named Louisa Nutman, in which he was charged with
detaining a gold watch that had been illegally pawned
at his shop.
The bearing of the case occupied the magistrate for
some time, but the short facts were these. On the 20th
of April last, the watch belonging to the complainant
was left at the shop of a watchmaker, named Thomas
Kemp, then residing at 58. Oakley-street, Lambeth, to
be repaired. Soon after Kemp absconded, taking with
him, or previously disposing of, upwards of twenty
watches, which had been left with him for repair, and on
the 10th of May Mr. Nutman, the brother of the com-
plainant, received a letter from Mrs. Kemp, in which
was enclosed the duplicate of his sister's watch, which
was pledged at the shop of Mr. Wood, for 51. He subse-
quently called at the shop of Mr. Wood, and upon pay-
ing ls. 3d. interest, and 4d. for a fresh ticket, he was
shown the watch, which he identified as his sister's, and
the shopman made a fresh ticket in his own name. An
application was subsequently made at this court. and a
warrant was granted against Kemp, but he has managed
to elude the vigilance of Sergeant Goff, an active officer,
who holds it.
Mr. Humphreys attended on the part of the defend-
ant, and raised several legal and other points against the
proceeding. He also read, from the Pawnbrokers' Ga-
zette, the particulars of an application made only the week
before last to Mr. Hardwick, at Marlborough-street, for
a summons against a pawnbroker for detaining two
watches under precisely similar circumstances as in the
present case, and that magistrate refused to grant it, as
the person pawning had not been proceeded against.
Mr. ELLIOTT, however, was of opinion that the pro-
ceedings in the present case were in strict conformity
with the law ; that the case had been clearly established,
and ordered the defendant to deliver up the watch to
Miss Nutman.

THAMES.
Thomas Jones, a tall, powerful, young fellow, was
charged with the following assault on a man sixty• four
years of age, named James Trusty:—
From the poor man's statement, corroborated by his
son and daughter, it appeared that ou Monday afternoon
the prisoner followed the prosecutor's daughter, whom
be had never seen before, to her residence, No. 6, Buckle-
street, Whitechapel. Of course her father remonstrated
with him on such a proceeding, and at last her brother
told him if he did not leave the house he would be given
into custody. After some persuasion he left, and the
old man and his son also quitted the house shortly after
together, and as they were passing down Alie-street,
Whitechapel, the prisoner rushed out of a public-house,
knocked the old man into the gutter, and then beat his
head about. _ _ _ _ _

In his defence the prisoner declared that the girl had
been drinking with him all the afternoon. Her father
abused him shamefully. He certainly struck him, but
it was in his own defence.
Mr. BALLANTINE said, that for such an atrocious
outrage he should inflict the highest punishment the
law allowed him. His sentence was that the prisoner
pay a fine of 51. to the Queen, or go to gaol for two
months. He was locked up in default.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 21.
STOCK EXCKANGE.—The sales are—Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction, 7% p.—East Lincolnshire, :3/4 p. ex int.—
Edinburgh and Northern, 1, p.—Lancaster and Preston,
Quarters, 13%—Leeds and Dewsbury, M p.--Leeds and
Think, Preference, % dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and South-
port, 263. 3d. p.—London and North-Western, 179—Ditto,
Quarters, 17 p.—Ditto, New Quarters, 10% p.—Ditto,
Quarters (G.. J.), 163/ p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths
(late West Riding-Union), ls. 3d. p.—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire. Eighths, 1% dis.—Ditto (late Grimsby
and Sheffield), 7'% dis.—Midland, 124—Ditto, 401. Shares,
5% p.—Ditto, New, 38 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New,
21/8 p.—North-Western, dis.—Scottish Central, 7% p.
—Shrewsbury and Chester, New, Is. 3d. dis.—South-Eastern
and Dover, New, No. 1, p.—Ditto, No. 4, % dis.—York
and Newcastle, New, 5% r.—Ditto, Preference, 3% p.--
Belfast and Ballymena, 101/2 dis.
MANCHESTER, JUNE 21.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire, 2 dis.—Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, 7 5.16 p.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal, Thirds, 3-16 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentills,
dis.—Manchester and Leed., 191/2 p.—Ditto, 321. Shares
(late Extension), par—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding
Union), 1-16 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
Quarters, No. 1,2% p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 21A
p.—North Staffordshire, 2 9-16 p.—North-Western, 1%—
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 14 dis.

LEEDS, .TUNE 21.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—East Lancashire, New,
14s. dis.—Ditto, New (scrip), 6d. s. p.—East and West York-
shire, 31s. 6d. dis.—lludderstield and Manchester, 6s. 3d. n.
p.—Ditto, Thirds, 2s. 6d. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference,
15s. dis.—Manchester and Leeds, West Riding Union, le.
6d. p.— Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2s. 6d.
dis.—Newcastle and Berwick, 8% p.—Ditto, New, 214 p.—
North British. Thirds, 1% p.—North Staffordshire, 13s. 9d.
p. —North .Western, 28s. dis.—Sheffield. Rotherham, and
Goole, 28s. 9d. dis.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 3'
3d. p.

HULL, TUNE 2l.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—East Lancashire, New,
14s. dis.—Manchester and Leeds (West Riding Union), Is.
6d. p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 445. p.—North Bri-
tish, Thirds (scrip), 51s. 6d.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 275.

SHEFFIELD, Rutz 21.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 24s.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
Midland, 4s. dis.—Manchester and Leeds (West Riding
Union), ls. 6d. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
(Grimsby and Sheffield), 73/4 dis.—Ditto, 20/. Shares, 565.
dis. ex int.—Ditto Sheffield and Lincoln), 58s. dis.—North.
Western, 275. 6d. dis.
EDINBURGH, JUNE 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Dundee and Perth,
Quarters, 66s.—Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters,
123. 9d.—Edinburgh and Northern, New, 71s.—Ditto,
Newport, 71. 9s.—Ditto, ditto, New, 48s.—Edinburgh and
Perth, 22s.—North British, 32%—Ditto, Thirds, 525.
Stirling and Dunfermline, 51i.
GLASGOW, JuNI 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 29%—
Ditto, New, 425. 6d.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, C7s.—
East Indian, 2s. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (5 per
cent. guar.), 411/2—Ditto, Halves, No. 2,6/. 12s.—Glasgow,
Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51A—North British, Thirds, 525.
Stirling and Dunfermline, 51/4—York and Newcastle, Pre-
ference, 111/4.

JOSEPH ADY DEFEATED AT LAST.—A summons
was heard on the 18th inst., before Mr. Sergeant Man-
ning, the Judge of the New Court at Whitechapel, in
which the notorious Joseph Ady was the defendant, on
the plaint of Mr. G. R. Dodd, a solicitor, of New Broad-
street, City. It appeared from the statement of Mr
Rhodes, the clerk to the plaintiff, that the latter, some
time back, received from Ady one of his circulars, pro-
mising, as usual, some valuable information on the re-
ceipt of a fee of 11., which was afterwards paid to him
on his giving a receipt in writing, coupled with an ur
dertaking to return the money in case the promised in,
formation proved erroneous or useless. In return for
his fee Joseph sent the plaintiff a number of papers, con-
sisting chiefly of lists of unclaimed dividends, and re-
ports of cases in Is hich he had figured as defendant be-
fore the magistrates, and, as he asserted, proved his
innocence of 'the fraud imputed to him, together with
some absurd cautions against joining certain public
companies, all of which were utterly useless to the
plaintiff, who, in consequence, demanded the return of
his money, according to the condition upon which he had
paid it. This being refused by Ady, the summons was
taken out against him, and the Judge, after hearing
Ady's solicitor, who made the best of his bad case, de-
cided that the money should be repaid to the plaintiff,
with all his expenses, within a week from the hearing of
the summons.
STAMFORD, JUNE 21.—FROM A CORRESPONDENT.
—John Rolt, Esq., Q.C., arrived in Stamford on Wed-
nesday evening last, and addressed the electors from $
window of the George and Angel Hotel, and the next
day proceeded: on his canvass, which has this day been
completed, and with better success than could have been
anticipated by his most sanguine friends. Many of the
former supporters of the nominees of the Marquis of
Exeter having, on account of the late railway business,
come forward to support Mr. Rolt, who is of such moderate
opinions that neither Whig or Tory can object to him.
The addresses of the Marquis of Granby and the Right
Hon. J. C. Herries were published on Saturday, but it
is said to be a very difficult job to find an active com-
mittee, and although the Marquis of Granby will have
tough work to answer his insulted and injured constitu-
ents, he may still be elected, but Mr. Herries will have
no chance whatever.
LAMENTABLE AND FATAL OCCURRENCE AT MILL
DANK.—On Saturday a youth named Tripp, whose parents
are said to reside in Chelsea, met an untimely death by
semi-decapitation, at Messrs. Cubitt's, where he was
employed in the steam-sawing department. It appears
he was at the time in a position with the works he had
no right to occupy, when, unexpectedly, a part of the
machinery that vibrates perpendicularly fell in its de-
scent, guillotine like, upon the neck of the unfortunate
youth, by which the vertebra was cut completely asun-
der, and death all but simultaneously ensued.
POISONING AT CARLISLE.—In the late poisoning
case at Carlisle, the Coroner's jury have returned a ver-
dict of " Wilful Murder, by administering poison,
against John Thompson, who was committed for trial at
the next assizes.
AMERICAN BISCUITS.—The vessel Susquehannah,
recently arrived at the port of Liverpool from Philadel-
phia, has brought, in addition to 1,298 barrels of flour,
1,163 barrels of corn meal, 43 boxes of beef, 36 hogs-
heads and 24 boxes of bacon, 10,800 bushels of wheat,
no less than 1,260 barrels of bread (or common biscuit),
and 369 barrels of soda or fancy biscuit, being, if we
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mistake not, the,
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imported from foreign countries, other than fancy biscuit
or confectionary, are free of duty until the Ist of Sep-
vteemrybelarrngeexitm.
importations, comprising
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been
whole cargoes, have
issued, several
taken place from the Hanseatic and other of the German
states of Europe, but none that we are aware of, in com-
parison with those above mentioned, have hitherto token
place from the other vide of the AtlAutie.

the Green Park. Witness was about leaving the MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDAY.)
prisoner, when he (prisoner) said " I must have some- HAT IVIAN.NNTS.
thing before you go." Witness asked him what he SMITHFIELD.---Meadow Hay, 2/5s to 3/ 1.5 s ; Clover ditto
meant? The prisoner rejoined "You know what I mean. 315 s to 41 15s; and Straw, 1/ 10s to 11 14s per load. Stole
I want some money." Witness replied that he could not sold steadily, at more money; but the sale fur both Meadow
have any from bim, as he had none about him. The and Clover Hay was dull.
prisoner then said, " That be d—d. I have given a CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 16s; Clover.
fellow three months this morning, and he told lie that djettoio,l
3/ 8s to 4/ 12s ; and Straw,
as talt/tlaldse•
to 11 15s per load.
be bad no money about him, and I'm d—d if Ido not wll
rr averagezemA supply, r
Ei,
eado w
Hay, 2l 5s to 3/ 15s; Clover
give you three months also without you give me some."
Witness said that he (prisoner) must be a bad base ditto, 31 8s to 4/ 17s ; and Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 14s per loai.
Supply good, and trade rather deli.
fellow to make such a threat. The prisoner replied that COLONIAL.
he wanted the money for indecently assaulting whilst in SUGAF..—The public:sales have likewise offered 9,100
the screen, and said he should give him (witness) bags and 33 casks Maulitius, and 1,240 bags Bengal, whichte
in charge to the first constable that came up. Witness chiefly sold in some instances at rather easier prices, the
then walked towards Berkeley- street, and was about former. brought 40s for very low soft to 47s for
Sallow, andlow 4t9osfitnoe
turning the corner when the prisoner came andsd3ist ditto,
stood in front of him, and would not let him 43sfor ditto*rdoctlotosfilsne6d.
Tchrfilsetal
quantityisd
of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West
pass. Witness then took him by the collar India Docks was 2,300 hhds 802 tierces 424 barrels; there
and told him that he would not let him ga were taken for home consumption 1.676 hhds 157 tierces 419
till he had given him in charge for attempting to extort barrels. The stock in the same places is 13,379 hhds 1,929
money from him. The prisoner then said, " Now I will tierces 3,274 barrels.
give you another quarter for collaring me," and added, COFFEE.-153 bags East India at auction sold readily at
" that he (witness) might bounce and tell the magistrate, 26s 6d to 27s 6d for ord mixed Batavia.
as the other fellow did, but it would be of little avail.—
,as RusrThe quantity landed last week at the East and
the magistrate would not listen to him at all." Subse- West India Docks was 350 puns 85 hhds. There were taken
ii!..n
quently a police-constable came up, when the prisoner for lsio7m4ehriodnssumrphte stock in the same placion, 297 puns 38 hhds,
es i
exported,ands993
3 puns
out to him, "I give this man into custody, 111151156 hhds. •
for indecently assaulting me." When the con- RICE.-790 bags and 960 pockets Bengal, and 6.750 bags
stable was about to take witness in charge, the Java, only partly sold at a further decline of is per cwt.
prisoner said, " I have not charged him yet." Wit- SPICES.-1,575 bags Black Pepper were chiefly taken at
ness then requested the constable to take the prisoner the full value, viz., 21Ad to 2d for fair Eastern.
in •harge for attempted extortion, and that he TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 50s 9d per cwt on the spot, and
(witness) would accompany him to the station. The Town, 535.
constable then proceeded towards the station in Vine- TEA.—The market is quiet, Lut with a fair consumption.
street, but before they arrived there the prisoner wished
the constable to let him go to Pimlico to speak to his
" mates," and then he would come to the station. The
constable told him if he attempted to go away he would
take him into custody, as he would not be trifled with
any longer. The prisoner then went to the station, and
gave witness in charge. On the following morning wit-
ness was brought to this court, and was discharged in
consequence of the non-attendance of the prisoner.
Witness met the prisoner in Castle-street last night and
gave him into custody.
Mr. Emanuel, artificial florist, residing in Hounsditcb,
proved a similar charge against the prisoner.
The prisoner, with the greatest effrontry, denied the
charge, and said the statement of the first witness was
false from beginning to end. He hoped the magistrate
would look over it and let him go.
Mr. BINGHAM said that he (prisoner) was likely to be
kept in pretty safe custody for some time. He should
remand him till Wednesday next.

The amount received by the Government on the
new loan up to the present time is understood to be
about 6,000,000/., leaving 2,000,000/. to accrue betweell
this and the 15th of October.
SUTTON WASH, WISBEACII, JUNE 19.—The Ida, Wheaj:
1,
hill, Commerce, and Emblem, all ran foul of the bridge '"
morning, and each received considerable damage. T? CO
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as to supercede every other kind for the waistcoat for
shooting, military anti sea purposes ; and upon stall so,
Astronomtcal observations. Opera and Race-course Glasio..
with extraordinary great powers—a minute object Call be dl9
tinctly seen at the distance of 10 to 12 miles, THCIO v"
newly-Invented Glasses may be termed convenient Telescoott.
for both eyes, anti have now become general for carriage awl .40
door purposes. Naval officers, sportsmen, tourists, and ses'n'„d
visitors, should not be without one of those valuable Telescopes
o_t",,t
Glasses. Also, a curious very small powerful Waistcoat-p.,::;,
Glass, only the size of a walnut. to discern objects at the diiiisne
of from four to five miles. Newly-invented Spectacles. I Too.
ately they are placed before imperfect vision, either by day o' ;$ At
dlelight, that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes
,;io,t
once removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, kt to
brouir. of
aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is
its youthful, natural, and original state. Invisible and all k.
Accoustic Instruments, for relief of most extreme deafness.
tion.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, are not in any ,lAto
connected with a person of the same name in their inunfTui,...
neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent
takes, be cautious, and observe—only to be had at 39,
street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel

BIRTHS. Nie Of
On the 18th inst., at Ifyde-park-gate South, the I
Charles n
the RR. Haford, un., Esq., of a son •
18thr inst.,j at the Lorn-road,. Brixton, the wife of
Mr. James Robinson, of a daughter.
On the 19th inst., at West-green, Tottenham, 31i e•
Nevill, of a son.
On the 19th inst., at Farnham, Surrey, the wife of Alfaj
Stevens, Esq., of a son.
On the 17th ult., at Port-au-Prince, Hayti, the wife ofJO,llll.
Newman Tweedy, Esq., Swedish and Norwegian Nrice
Consul, of a son.
On the 18th inst., at Camberwell, the wife of Henry
lleYer99
Esq., of a daughter.
On the 19th inst., in Great George-street, lirestminster,
the wife of the late G. B. Barlow, Esq., of a son.
On the 19th inst., at Kentish-town, the Lady of J. -
Warren, Esq., of a son. G.
On the 19th inst , at Farnhatn, the wife of S.
Esq., of a son. srick;
On the 19th inst., in Hyde-park-square, Mrs. Fred
Lewes Austen, of a daughter.
On the 19th inst , Mrs. Paton, of Grandholm, of a daughte..r;
On the 18th inst., at Bentinek-street, Alarehester-squ'"
Mrs. James Benham, of a son.

MARRIED. LB
On the 17th inst., at Wyndham, Isle of Bute,
Francis
Grix White, Esq., to Cecilia Catherine Charlotte, secong
daughter of the late Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford, D.C.L,Oi°

On the 20th inst., after a protWEB.
racted illness, Miss Elizlbeyi
Ann Roper, of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury,
regretted. !, re.On the 13th inst., at the Isle of Wight, Mary Ann, the
maining daughter of the late Mr. P. O'ltyan. A ri°
On the 16th inst., at Bath, the wife of Major Froa
Brownlow.
On the 16th inst., at Calais, Henry Augustus Dalton, Es 4"
late Lieutenant 3d Regiment ( Bu AV
silica 'IY
On the 17th inst., in Upper Seymour-street, Fortra
square, Harris Dunsford, Esq., M.D., aged 39.
On the 17th inst., at Byde, Isle of Wight, G. Pole, Es l'

Los n;on : Printed Published by kit YOUIG, 141°,04
u amt. Print rd an
, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the ri7--ais
of the Savoy, in a• County of bilddlesez, WOllOl4l •
23, 1847.

(From the London New Price Current of June 22.)
SUGAR.—To-day holders of Raw Sugar appeared
desirous to realise, and pressing large quantities for
sale caused a decline to take place in the value of every
sort. There was a good business transacted in West
India both for the scale and pan, in consequence of
merchants accepting prices is under those of Friday.
The total purchases amounted to 900 hhds and trcs. in-
cluding at public sale 167 hhds Barbadoes.
REFINED.—To-day prices declined for Refilled oods,
and only small purchases were made by the home trade:
for brown grocery lumps 59s to 59s 6d was accepted, and
60s per cwt for Standard Lumps. Bonded Crushed
Sugar is cheaper, but at 32s to 32s 6d a fair business via'
transacted.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the quantity of Meal'
6,966
tius Sugar offered at public sale amounted to
bags; merchants were anxious sellers, and submitting to
a reduction on the rates of Friday of Is to Is 6d, owl"
sioned the whole to be disposed of.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was not much de..
sire evinced to operate in Bengal Sugar, and 3,577 bags
47 chests at public sale went at a reduction on former
rates of is to is 6d per cwt, but the whole found buyers,.
FOREIGN —This afternoon at public sale 217 hhde
25 barrels of St. Croix sold on lower terms. Privatelldi
a floating cargo of yellow Havannah has been so
at 465.
MOLA.SSES.—There are few buyers of West
whilst the stock is on the increase, and prices are on the
decline, the value of low to fine qualit is 19s to 23s Od
per cwt. For East India Treacle theydemand has been
only for small parcels. There are sellers of kloasi
lower terms, but few buyers to be met with.
COCOA.—Holders of West India have shown more
firmness this week, and have refrained from offering any
n shown
at public sale. Privately little desire has bee
to operate in the low and middling kinds, and there are
sellers at former rates, but a good demand has been ex-
perienced for the better sorts, and full rates are pal"
Foreign is little wanted, and the tendency of prices IS
downwards.
COFFEE.—This afternoon there was no public sale y
of
any kind of Coffee; and by private treaty there was onl
a limited quantity on offer. Ceylon of all kinds met
with attention, and a further improvement in the value
took place, it is difficult to purchase good ordinary
Native Ceylon under 38s per cwt.
TEA.—There has been no improvement in the Yalu!
of Congou since our last report, but the demand Is
brisker, and privately a good business has been
transacted at the previous currency the middling
and finer kinds having been the most in request.
There is, however, a plentiful supply, and holders
are still willing sellers. A fair quantity of Green ball
been disposed of, but upon previous low terms, an:
there is a large quantity on offer ; whilst merchants sr.
desirous to realize. Scented Teas can be obtained $
low prices ; still few purchases have been made. Non
has been offered at auction since this day week.
SAGo.—There are sellers at a further reduction .
prices, still the contracts entered into have been
little moment by private treaty. Sago Flour ie
wanted.
RIcE.—To-day there was little business transacted
privately in East India Rice, and the rates aceepted.were,
rather under those that existed previously. At public
sale 588 bags Bengal were only in part sold 6d under
previous prices.
FRUIT.—At auction 43 barrels 65 crtls CePhal°nsiss_
Currants, damaged, were only in part sold at 47s
to 5!
for barrels, and at 48s to 49s for crtls, which are retire
under former rates. By private treaty there was
little
business done in any kind of Fruit, and prices are
the decline.
SPIRITS.—To-day there were sellers of East Itldla
Rum at 2s 9d proof, Leeward Island at 3s and Jansag!
at 4s 6d to 5s 3d for common to fine quality; but UT
desire was shown by exporters or the home trade to v
business.
nian
SALTPETRE.—Rough has been in excellent de
d
n
since we last wrote, whilst the rates obtained have bee
fully equal to those previously current; indeed the sur
ply is not sufficient for the demand. 1,240 bags of
the
COI.
cu'ta were submitted to public competition, when
whole were sold. For British refined the demand hs.
been in
active. Nitrate of So has been less dealt ;
some parcels, however, haveda arrived, and others are Ileac
at hand.
WooL.—There has been brisker demand for colonial
at the public sales, and which are still in progress; Po!
prices show a decline as compared with those of the Ito
auctions, as the quantity to be offered amoreet large.
.11
other kinds the operations are upan extend
scale, but not at higher rates.
beeOnm s.—F
submittedo r
to Southern
occasioned Oil
the
deni
areducedn
taus
ratesbe ohoday,inlg
private treaty for all qualities, and 64 tuns a pub
sale were disposed of. For Pale Seal reduced castes
having been submitted to caused extensive purchit
be made on the spot. For Cod the demand has ase
on
be
only for small parcels at 261 lOs to 27/; the trade 4.1
take in sufficient for their present wants,
fair stock. Sperm dull of sale. Rapeseed Oileotnetvilth. 5-4
reduced terms, still there are fewer uyers to b
d freedom
Linseed Oil has been purchased th increase orders
on the spot for home consumption, whilst export _
and tnh
further
to a fair extent have been sxscuted, and the supplY
small. There is still little disposition evinced toion.e oprtte
in Olive Oil for home consumption or exportat
the value of Palm no further improvement has taken
place, but a good business has been transacted, &Ilea);
by the home trade. Cocoa Nut is wanted, and
stiffer
rates are offered, but the supply is yet small.
TALLow.—There has been less demand for Russian oa
the spot, but at present there is little variation to record
in the value, there is, however, more desire shown W
sell fine Petersburg yellow Candle at 50s 6d to 515 per,
cwt. For forward delivery prices are rather lower, ana
only a small amount of business has been transacted at
47s 3d to 47s 6d for the last three months of the year.
Other sorts of tallow have slightly fallen in value, but
the parcels offered at auction were all disposed of.
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