The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-20 00:00:00

TILE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1846.

and to its eloquent and pu tdic-.spirited representative.
In Mr. BRIGHT we have a a example of the efficacy of
courage, consistency, earner'; ness, and perseverance in
a public character, and of tthe certainty of ultimate
triumph to any •popular I no vement when it is con-
ceived injustice, advocated •varlth temperate enthusiasm,
and directed by men whos e al bilities are commensurate
with rectitude and disinteras tedness. Never was the
potency of moral force so 'brilliantly exemplified as
by the extraordinary as ociation of which Mr.
COBDEN and Mr. BRIZIIT • were the most conspicu-
ous leaders, and the most :acknowledged ornaments.
Never was oratory animate d by nobler intentions !
never did it wield u more -beneficent sway over the
hearts and imaginations of a community, than in the
instance of the once-despisrld, but now respected and
renowned Anti-Corn-law League. By no intimida-
tion, by no rhetorical c a joleries, by no specious en-
treatieJs, or deceptive -misrepresentations, did the
nawnil'Jers of that assoc-Jation win the attention, con-
qurix the prejudices, and elicit the acquiescence of an
i'aimical multitude. They resorted to none of the
claptraps usually employed by political innovators ;
they garbled no authorities ; they disdained to tamper
with the susceptibilities of their auditors. While
others might have descended to the embellishments of
rhetoric and the lures of passionate declamation, the
League orators won the applause, and at last the
coincidence of their antagonists, by divulging facts
with the clear light of common sense. They at-
tracted the ignorant among the protectionists by their
logical arguments—they shamed the designing
among the protectionists by their candid statements.
Their " unadorned eloquence " was not a phrase in-
geniously deb iced by Sir ROBERT PEEL ; it was a
beautiful truth beautifully expressed. The power
acquired by this honest means is something mar-
vellous and affecting in the history of modern
days, and the manner in which that vast
power was employed is no less admirable than
the mode of its acquisition. Second only to
RICBARD COBDEN in the accumulation of so much
influence and in the generous application of such
abilities, JOHN ;BRIGHT has long since acquired for
himself the approbation of his countrymen ; be has
now received the grateful acknowledgements of his
constituents.

protected by simply reducing the number of stripes
to fifty ? Before a single lash is administered, we
ought to have the most positive certainty that death
cannot ensue. Medical testimony has disclosed that
this assurance cannot be given ; we say, then, that
no man's life ought to be jeopardised by a punishment
which may be as fatal to his existence as though he
were shot for a crime of the highest magnitude. The
following is the emphatic language of Mr. WAKLET,
which yesterday elicited such sympathising applause :
" Why, they were told that a surgeon should examine the
body of the unfortunate culprit before his punishment was
inflicted, and that he should determine what amount of
suffering a fellow-creature should be enabled to bear before
life was in danger. For such a statement to be made in a
civilised country was in itself a miracle. Good God, let
them only conceive that a man should be required to test
beforehand the capabilities of endurance of a human being—
that he should gauge the strength of the human body—that
he should be required to ascertain by the application of his
scientific skill what amount of suffering, what quantity of
pain, could be endured by a fellow-creature before his life
was put in danger. it was an insult to the profession to
which he had the honour to belong.—(lmmense cheering.)
If he were in the army, whatever might be his prospect of
degradation punishmen t poverty—or deprivation—his
answer would be, that he would not be answerable for the
consequences of one single lash.—(Enthusiastic applause.)
He would—when the unhappy being under the lash had re-
ceived one—he would tell the commanding officer, standing
by, in as stern a voice as he could, that he would not he
answerable for the second. Oh, there was something in it
which was in itself so disgusting, and so repulsive, that
it was difficult to speak about it with common feeling or
patience."

It is dreadful to think what barbarity has been
suffered, and which never could have been resorted to
had the public been made aware of the extent to which
it has been perpetrated. This must be in a great
measure attributed to the secret system of punish-
ment adopted in the army, of immolating their
victims within closed barracks, whence many an
agonizing shriek has pierced the air in vain, till death
has wrapped the sufferer in his shroud. " A letter,"
continued Mr. %VARLET, " was that day published
in the Times, signed V.,' stating that the
writer had been thirty-six years in the army,
and was then in command of a regiment, and
could confidently speak from experience that the dis-
cipline of the army could be maintained without such a
brutal punishment. He had seen men flayed alive.—
(Great sensation.) He had seen a man receive seven
hundred lashes at once ; the last two hundred were
given while the mmn was in a state of insensibility,
and apparently dead, and for ought he could know,
dead in rea!ity."— (Hisses.) What horrors are here!
Yes, the Duke of WELLINGTON was right when he
told the House of Lords he might, and hoped he
might, outlive corporal punishment in the army. If
his Grace, with his experience and influence,
and at his advanced age, entertains this hope,
there is at once an answer to the arrogant
opinions of other officers, that the triangles and the
cat must be at their command. The Duke of WEL-
LINGTON must rest his hope upon the conviction that
England will raise her voice, trumpet-tongued, to
wipe off an indelible disgrace ; and that, in obedience
thereto, the Commander-in-Chief, whoever he may
be, will cheerfully resign his instruments of human
torture. Can it be wondered at that it has often been
found difficult to get men to enlist in a service where)
at any moment, from the mere caprice or vindictive
feeling of a subordinate officer, a well-conditioned
man, serving as a private, may almost in a moment
be disgraced for ever, and lacerated beyond the limits
of human endurance ? Our surprise is that, under
such a system, our army has hitherto presented so
creditable a body of men. No doubt, many excellent
citizens, from sentiments that redound to their honour,
have been deterred from joining the army. The fault
has been in the system. It has been framed to allure
within its meshes none but the worst characters, and
then the officers subsequently turn round with
the assertion, that whilst such men belong to
them the terrors of the lash must be suffered
to hang over their heads. How inconsistent
have we not been, and of what bloodshedding parsi-
mony have we not been guilty ! The munificent
sum of twenty millions was paid that our West In-
dian population should no longer writhe under the
planter's lash, whilst, from a dread of ex-
pense, we have failed to beget in our
soldiers a spirit of honourable bearing and high moral
sentiments, and have maintained in their place the
dread of the highest amount of physical excruciation.
But a change is at hand, and, to borrow the conclud-
ing language of one of their resolutions of yester-
day, it will soon be rendered manifest, " that to
allege that the means of bestowing rewards in the
army and navy for good conduct would not be cheer-
fully granted by the people of this country, is a gross
libel on the generosity and judgment of the British
nation."

On returning thanks for the toast in which his
name was introduced on this most interesting occa-
sion, Mr. BRIGHT took a comprehensive retrospect of
the circumstances which had conduced to the realisa-
tion of free trade. In doing so the Hon. Gentleman
commented upon the numerous and powerful preju-
dices which bad to be overcome before the atrocious
system of mercantile monopoly could be abolished.
He observed that various sections of the community
were banded together to prevent the successful issue
of their undertaking ; he said that the League and
its upholders were opposed "by those who were in-
terested in the accumulation of rent, by those who
sought to maintain the supremacy of party, and also
by a large class of persons who suffered neither pecu-
niary nor political considerations to weigh with them,
but who were deeply prejudiced and ignorant, who had
not intelligence to examine the question, or public
spirit to arrange themselves with the popular party
for the purpose of overthrowing the great national
evil of the corn-laws." Nevertheless, despite the
virulence of this antagonism, the cause of right,
when aided for the first time by minds so gifted
and so remarkable for their integrity as
those of COBDEN, BRIGHT, VILLIERS, WILSON,
and their colleagues, have vanquished all difficulties,
and exceeded the most sanguine aspirations. Excel-
lent as was the opportunity thus presented for self-
gratulation on the triumph achieved by the League,
Mr. BRIGHT, with a modesty worthy of himself,
dismissed that consideration in a few sentences. One
observation, however, was eminently fitted for the
instruction of the Young Irelanders—supposing those
very fractious young gentlemen are not altogether
incapable of listening to instruction. Mr. BRIGHT,
one of the chief leaders of the Anti-Corn-law League,
declared it to be his solemn conviction, that "in this
country and in this age no beneficial reform can ever
bs effected by force!" Let Mr. O'BRIEN digest those
words of wisdom ; let him voluntarily seek the stool
of repentance and tender his submission to the greater
experience, the cooler judgment and the loftier
patriotism of the Liberator !

Mr. BRIGHT then took an admirable and thought-
ful survey of the consequences which had al-
ready, and which must inevitably follow from
the attainment of a free-trade policy. lie in-
stanced how the American Presidency had been
awed into obedience with reference to the Oregon
territories by the mere shadow of that great reforma-
tion. And, looking forward into the vistas of futu-
rity, he recognised the time when all the invidious
distinctions of nationality would be obliterated by
the freedom of commerce, when the population
of the globe would be kindred in senti-
ment as well as in reality, and when
all kingdoms would be bound together
by " a golden chain." The complacency with which
he looked upon the present Government was suffici-
ently encouraging, and the acceptation of office
under Lord Jonx RUSSELL by a distinguished mem-
ber of the League was adduced as a reasonable gua-
rantee that the cause had not fallen into incompetent,
or indifferent, or insincere hands since the secession
of Sir ROBERT PEEL from power.
One circumstance has, however, lessened our
satisfaction at this banquet to our eminent
reformer, JOHN BRIGHT, and that circumstance
is no other than the llonourable Gentleman's
declaration of his resolution not to appear again as a
candidate upon the hustings of Durham. We sin-
cerely and deeply regret this circumstance for a
thousand reasons—because, as the representative of
Durham, Mr. BRIGHT has acquired his very un-
sullied celebrity ; because, as the representative
of Durham, he has fought the good fight of the
people so gallantly ; and, because, as the representative
of Durham, the English people have come to look
upon Joust BRIGHT as one of the most trusty, and
stalwart, and right-minded, and gifted of her cham-
pions and legislators. When Jouri BRIGHT retires
from the British Parliament, the people will have lost
one of their most eloquent and generous-hearted
representatives.

The appointment of Cardinal Gnu is officially no-
tified in the Diario di I?onza of the Bth, in the follow-
ing terms :
'• His Holiness Pope Pius IX. has deigned to nominate the
most eminent and most reverend Cardinal Gizzi, ex-Legate
of Forli, to the charge of his Secretary of State, adding to it
the charge of Home Affairs. His Eminence entered this
day upon the exercise of his functions. His Holiness has
also deigned to nominate his Eminence Cardinal Massino,
Legate of Ravenna, to be Prefect of the Roads and Bridges,
in the room of his Eminence Cardinal Gerafini, who has re-
signed."

Twenty-five refugees having availed themselves of
the amnesty, have returned to Sinigaglia from Corfu.
They were welcomed in the wannest manner by the
populace, and they immediately waited on Count
INIAsTAI, the brother of the POPE, and requested him
to express to his Holiness their gratitude. The KING
of the FaExcn has written an autograph letter to the
POPE, expressive of the high esteem which he enter-
tains for his Holiness. According to the Cologne Ga-
zette the Austrian Government has, at the desire of
the Sovereigns of some of the petty states of Italy,
remonstrated with the Court of Rome against the
adoption of the liberal measures proposed by Pius
IX. We hope his Holiness will turn a deaf ear to
these remonstrances, but we fear, from the following
passage, which we find in the Commerce, that there
has been some intrigue going on to circumvent the
beneficent intentions of Pius IX. :

" The Esprit Public says—' We learn from a certain
source that the Apostolic Nuncio has received orders not to
deliver passports to the Italian refugees who belong to the
Pontifical States, and who desire to profit by the amnesty to
return to their homes.' Our own information confirms this
news. It is now three days since the Nuncio informed the
refugees of the order not to deliver them passports. We shall
add here an observation which gravely interests our duties
of hospitality. Since the notification of Pius IX. the French
Government has ceased to accord the refugees of the Roman
States the allowance which no longer seemed necessary. If
the effects of the amnesty are suspended, these refugees wi►l
be in a cruel position. It is important that our Government
illbould, as soon as possible, ascertain the tenor of the order
hich has arrested in the hands of the Nuncio the deliver-
ance of the passports."
It is reported that the second son of Don CARLOS,
the Infante Don JUAN, is about to marry the
youngest sister of the Duke of MoDENA.

The question of military flogging was yesterday
subjected to the consideration of a numerous public
meeting in Exeter Hall, where the chair was taken
by Mr. WAIELEY, M.P. All the sentiments uttered,
the facts collated, the incidents that occurred, and
the resolutions adopted, pointed but in one direction,
and evinced an unflinching determination on the part
of the public never to rest quiet till the demoniacal
power of the lash shall have been wrested from the
hands of our naval and military authorities. It is
of itself a national stigma to feel, that in this civi-
lised, enlightened, and humanely disposed community,
any necessity should exist for attending meetings
where the object is to prevent the English soldier
and sailor from the hazard of being branded as a
slave. Truly painful as is the bare reflection that
our great services of national defence have been,
and are still subject to be tarnished by the frequent,
and, oftentimes, the most uncalled-for infliction
of the most horrible cruelty, yet to be present,
from a sense of duty, at such meetings as took
place yesterday, and have to listentois ousuecnhgi
re-
volting details as were there enumerated,
to- make one's blood boil, and harrow the feelings to
their lowest depths. The public movement has
commenced—the national mind is aroused. The
scene of yesterday will be repeated in every
part of the kingdom, and the Government and
the Commander. in-Chief will soon be convinced, that,
much as they have conceded by reducing the number
of lashes, and the enforcement of other regulations,
in order to mitigate the atrocity of military flogging,
the British nation will indignantly demand the abso-
lute and unconditional extinction of lashing our
patriotic defenders like beasts of the field. We have
got our " Cruelty to Animals' Act," we shall soon
have our " Cruelty to Soldiers' and Sailors' Act." It
is impossible to suppose that the national will, which
has so humanely protected from tyrannical treatment
the different animals, which we daily use for
our interest, comfort, and pleasure, will be baffled
in its efforts to rescue human beings from similar
torture. It was all very well for Mr. Fox MAULE
to state, in the House of Commons, that the Duke of
WELLINGTON, when consulted by the Government in
reference to the melancholy end of poor WHITE, ob-
served, that " this must not occur again—life and
limb Mint be protected: But will life au4 limb be

The Austrian Government is, it would appear,
about to relax the laws against the press. We find
the following in a letter from Vienna of the
2d August :
" The Emperor has issued an ordonnance for the creation-
of a High Court of Censorship, similar to that in Prussia, to
which appeals may be made against the decisions of the
censors. It is stated that a similar tribunal will be insti-
tuted in each of the states of Germany, thus protect-
ing writers against the arbitrary decisions of the censors,
whose scruples sometimes suppress productions which
the Government would have an interest in seeing published."

Madrid papers of the 13th have been received.
The Herald() publishes, as from a correspondent in
London, a letter, which states that ESPARTERO had
dispatched a confidential agent to Ostend, to concert
measures with Don ENRIQUE. " The young prince,"
says the writer—

-4-‘ Must have fallen into the snares laid for him by his
,
perfidious friends, who wish to make use of his name t,
effect a new revolution in Spain. The partizans of Espar-
tero, and of the revolution, easily persuaded the Infante Don
Enrique that he was wrong to conhne his views to becoming
the husband of the Queen, when he could aspire to a more
elevated position. In a word, the Infante, following the sug-
gestions of his false friends, has positively renounced all pre-
tensions to the Queen's band."

The Herald() further states that it was rumoured
in Madrid that Don ENRIQUE intended to invade
Spain from Portugal. It adds, that it disbelieves
the whole story, and doubtless, the Hertzldo has
good reason for disbelieving it. The alleged London
letter was no doubt concocted in Madrid, and the
writer in the Heraldo knows well the bureau in
which it was concocted, and the purpose for which
the story was invented.
MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 13—The Three per Cents. closed
at 33% for cash; the Five per Cents. at 22%; the Four per
Cents. at 21%; the Debt without Interest at 6%; and the
Coupons at 20.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The King's Speech, on opening the Chambers, is
the subject of comment in all of them. ,The Minis-
terial journals speak of it in terms of high praise.

The Presse, which rarely expresses an unqualified
approval of the measures of the Government, says—

for although the re- opening of the warehouse would perhaps
afford the most immediate and general relief, a decla-
ration that advances would not be resumed for a specific time
would eventually prove almost equally efficacious, as parties
at home would doubtless take every advantage of the scar-
city here, and remit freely were they certain that their cal-
culations as to the probable returns were not liable to be de-
ranged by the interference of Government; everything there-
fore appears to depend on the period which may elapse before
the decision of the Court of Directors is made known, as in
the interval we fear the remittances by draughts on this Trea-
sury will continue on a moderate scale.
Our Exchange on England has continued to advance, and
we would now quote 2s. 2d. to 2s. 3d. as the rate for gool
10 months date paper, with numerous drawers and but few
buyers.

" We have nothing but approbation to give to the speech
that the King delivered yesterday on opening the legislative
session. It says all that ought to have been said on the oc-
casion, and says that in well chosen terms."

The foregoing remarks will sufficiently account for the con-
tinued inactivity observable in our markets for both exports
and imports ; as regards the former, business has been almost
exclusively confined to sugar, whilst in the latter, although
sales have been to a comparatively fair extent, they have
only been effected by submitting to a considerable decline,
which, however, has been in a measure compensated for by
the unprecedentedly favourable rate at which the proceeds
have been remitted.

Government securities have, as might have been antici-
pated, experienced a further material decline; and although
but few parties seem disposed to sell out at the present cur-
rency, those compelled to do so find considerable difficulty
in effecting their purpose, a further reason for which may be
found in the circumstances of the Bank of Bengal having
again raised its rates one per cent., the interest now charged
on deposit of Company's paur being 11 per cent., and on any
other security 12, which are, we believe, above those charged
at any period since the establishment cf the bank.

Nolwnithstanding that shipments have been going forward
somewhat slcwly we find the rates for dead weight fully
maintained for first-class ships, and as produce is now ar-
riving freely from the interior we do nut louk for any imme-
diate decline.

The Government express vui Bombay came in on the 17th
ultimo, and put us in possession of London dates to the 7th
of May; but although the accounts for some of our export•
staples were rather more favourable than by the previous
opportunity, this was fully counterbalanced by the insignifi-
cant extent of remittances.

• Upwards of 100 of these cases belonged to her l'ilajesty's
86th Regiment.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

There was a steady market for Cotton at Liverpool yester-
day. Sales about 7,000 bales, including 500 American on
speculation. American and Surats were firmer, and Mexico
lid. per lb. dearer than last Friday. American 4d. to 5%d.
per lb.—Shares were cheaper generally.
By an advertisement which appeared yesterday in The
Sun, it appears that a subscription has been commenced for
the purpose of assisting those florists and gardeners who have
so severely suffered by the late tremendous hail storm. No
doubt many an industrious man has been all but ruined by
this visitation, and to the most needy ought the funds raised
to be promptly given. There is, however, as we are credibly
informed, claimants for losses beyond the actual damage done
by the storm, all old dilapidations in frames, &c., being in-
cludi din the =omit sought to be obtained. The Committee
therefore ought most scrupulously, on this ground, not to
admit heavy claims, which would go far, if acceded to, to
swamp the poorer sufferers, by carrying off nearly all the
money raised on the occasion. The most careful scrutiny
ought to take place to prevent fraud on the public bounty—
a case of unwarrantable claim is to be set up, by a party
who a few weeks back offered his houses, stock and all, for
1501., out and out. He modestly asks 1501. now for the
glass broken alone. We mention this to show that the
Committee must, as no doubt they will, look carefully into
all claims before aid is given.
A considerable pnrchase was made in Consols to -dav on
private account, by which the price was raised from .96%
to 9634, and tt e same value was paid for the Account.
There has been a great deal of business done this morning.
Exchequer-bills advanced to 13s. premium early in the
morning, but they are now at 10s. Bank Stock is firm,
at 209.

A small failure has taken place in the settlement of the
half-monthly account.
To-day very little business has been transacted. Mexican
Five per Cents have receded to 22%; Portuguese Four per
Cents. have fallen to 391/i (owing in all probability to the
Bliguelite proclamation), which is a reaction of full 4 per
cent; Venezuela Bonds (the Two per Cents.) are at 42.
In the Shares Market the transactions to-day have been of
little importance. The latest prices are annexed.

BEITISII FUNDS THIS :DAY AT 018 O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock .. • . .. • • • • • . 209
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 96!4 95%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • 95,76%14
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 98 97%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 5-16 7-16
South Sea Stock ..
Ditto, Old Annuities . • • .. 951 i
Ditto, New Annuities .. • • .. 94
Consols for Account .• 953/83,1
Exchequer Bills. d. 1 y 2 d.
1,000/. 13 10 pm,
500/. .. .... 14 —— pin,
Ditto, Small .. • • .... 10 14 10 pm.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Equador Bonds .. . • • .. 3%
Mexican Old, 5 per Cent . -
Ditto, for the Account
Portuguese Four per Cent .. --
Ditto, for the Account .. 498 391;
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent . • .. 42
Dividends on the above payable hi London.

.. 22%

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHAWL
Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jii. 2 .... to 1%
Birmingham and Gloucester .. ..100 • • l2B .. •.to
Birmingham and Oxford Junction . • 2 .• • • 51A • • to
Bristol and Exeter .. .. • • .. 75 .. • • 87 .. • • to
Euchingliainshire • • .. • • • • • • 425. .. • • 1 die. to
Caledonian • • .. . • • • •• 20 — to
Ditto Half Shares .. • • • • • • 2% •• • • 1% • to
Ditto Extension' •• • • • .. 2 ... • 154.. ••to
Chester and Holy-head • • .. • • .. 27 .. • • 26h, to
Churnet and Blythe .. .. 2 2 .... to 134
Direct Northern • • .. • • 21A, . • X3l •i, •to
Eastern Counties .. .• • • 14/. 16s. Od
Ditto, New • • • . 10/. 16s. 0d... • • 7% pto
Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, G 1 13s. 4d.• •

Ditto, ditto .. N 0.2; 61. 13s. p.. to
Ditto, York Extension .. • • • • 10s. .... to
Eastern Union • • .. .. 35 •• • • 481 ••to
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. .. 50 .... 72 to

Ditto, New Quarter Shares • •• 12% .... 17 . to
Edinburgh and Perth • •. • • • • 3 .• • • 3 ...• to
Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) 1%.... to
Great North of England • • • • • • 100 •• • • 230 ex die to
Ditto New .. • • • • • • 5 .. • • 59% xdto
Ditto, New .. • • • • • • 15 .... 50% .... to
Ditto, New .. .. • • • • 1% 46. 18% .... to
Great Western .. • . • • • • .. 85 ....150 x. d.. to 149
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. •. 10 .. 23% •. to 23 x d
Guildford, Fareham, and Portsmouth 5 to
Hull and Selby .. .. • - . • 50 .... •• • • to
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • .. 15 .. • • 39% 4.. to
Leicester and Bedford • .. 225. .... % dis. to
Leicst., Tam.,Bir., & Trent Val. June. 425. .... %IA dis. to
London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. •• • • 8% .... to •
London and Brigiiton . .. • • .. 50 .... 63 x d.. to 62%xd
Ditto ditto Fifths . • • • 30 .. • • 41% • • to
London and Croydon .. .. 131. 155. 9d. .. • • 22% %.. to
London and North Western • • 100 .. • .203 • • to 206 ex all
Ditto ditto New Shares • • .. • •• • 15% p.. to --
Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 21% 34 pto 21 p
London and South-Western 411. 6a. 10d. .• • • 74 to 75
Ditto, New .• .. • . • • 17% •. • • 26%.... to
London and York .. .... 2 to
Manchester and Leeds .• • •• 82 ••• • ••.. to
Ditto, Extension .. .. • . 425. .... 2% p.. to
Manchester and Birmingham .. • • 40 .... 79 x all.. to
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 • • ..9 Mix all to 9 xall
htanehester, Buxton, and Matlock - • 425. •• • • % p.. to
Manchester and Southampton .. • • 2 •• • • 1% •• • • to
' Midland •• •• •• .. —lOO ..••138 137.. to 138%
Ditto, New • • • • • • 24 .... 36% .. • . to
Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 .... 42% •. • • to 42
Ditto, New .. .. • 1 •• .. 10% .... to
Newcastle and Berwick • • • • •• 15 .. • . 27% ••.. to
Norfolk • . .. • • • • .. • • .. 20 . .... to
Ditto, Extension .. • • • • 2 .. • - 2 .... to
North British .• • • • • .. • • 25 .. • . 38% .... to
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 8% .. • • 14%1,4 .• to
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. • . 4 .. •• to 3%
North Kent and Direct Dover .. .. 2% • • 1% • • to
North Staffordshire .. • • • 425. .. • • 3% pto
Portsmouth Direct • • • • • • 3% •••••5%• • • • to
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate • • 425. .... 1 dis..• to
Richmond .. •. .• • • •• •• 10 • 18% •.•• to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .• • • 2% •• •• 3 .... to 2%
Shropshire Union • •• • • 425....: % % dia. to
south Midland * .• .. • • .. 425. .... 38 p.. to
South Eastern and Dover •. •• • • 33% 43% .... to 42%
Ditto, New, No. 4 .• • • • • •• 2%...• 31A.. • • to
South Wales .. • • • • • • • • 5 .• • . 4 4 % to
Waterford and Kilkenay .• • • 8 .• • • 2% to
Welsh Midland .. • • • . • • • • 2% % .... to
West Riding Union .. .. • • .. 425..... 2% pto
York and Carlisle • • .- • • 2%.... %.... to
"Ditto, Selby .. .. • • • • •• 30 .. •• 72% .. ••to
Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... 12 to

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

CORN AVERAGES. WAVEN.EY VALLEY and GREAT
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN YARMOUTH RAILWAY COMPANY.
For the Week ended Aug. 15, 1846, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales (THIS DAY.)
per Imperial Quarter.A meeting of the proprietors and shareholders of thie
company, took place this day at the London Tavern, for the
purpose of determining on the dissolution of the company'
W. Wilshire, in the chair.
The SECRETARY read the advertisement convening the
meeting.
The CHAIRMAN said that certain negotiations were
de-
pending between the directors of the Waveney Valley, and
other companies, and that he would therefore entreat the con-
fidence of the shareholders, and request that they would Ott
desire to enter further into them at present. They Ware°
such a nature, however, as to be most satisfactory to in'
shareholders.
To this proposition there was not a dissenting party, and
resolution that the company should not dissolve was unani'
mously adopted.

1 WHEAT. BARLEY. 1 OATS. RTE. BEANS. I PEAS.
PRICE .. 45s Id 27s 3d 23s 3d 30s 7d as 6d 36s Od
DUTY... 9s Od 4s Od Is 6d 4s Od 4s Od 4s Od

CRI&LINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY)
. OLD COURT.
(Before Baron PLATT and Alderman Huones.)
Hannah Barker was indicted for feloniously adre
to George Barker a quantity of oxalic acid, with intent °
murder him.
Jitch,
George Barker, a shoemaker, in Oliver-lane, Shore
to
being sworn, said he was the husband of the Pr's Friday,
whom he was married in October last. He said 011,F;rni to
the 24th of July, he poured out some tea for himse2-. iota
mug, the mug being clean previously; and he nut sugars inisteriett,
it, but no milk. Immediately after this he was called n
to answer the door, his wife being in the room at the titsitc
On returning he found that his wife had put all the %el
into his tea, and he asked her why she had done so, niie.
she asked if he did not want it. He filled a saucer IOW:: to
tea, and drank it up, when he felt a sharp burning Pala ife
his throat as from a very strong acid. He asked his olio
what she had put into the tea, and she said it was
acid. He demanded leave to search her pocket, and
wiPe.:mouthfingers into it, and pulled them out again, covered the
d '
white dust. -He cut off her pocket, and took it the
mug of tea to a surgeon, Mr. Bell, who told Min the
powder was oxalic acid, and administered an antidote t° he
witness. Before giving his wife over to the constabkleiher
the asked her for what purpose she bad bought acid, Wue
she
it was to destroy him, herself, and her children?
answered " Yes," to the three questions. to the
By the JuDGE—They had lived happily together 11P hed
last fortnight, and they were not then in distress.
_Ae
never wanted a day's work since they had been marri',.. heft
Cross-examined by Mr. DoaNE—He had never atrue.dos
never to hurt her. He had never ill-used her, but he 118,,01
one occasion torn the clothes off her back because she hriovtad.
go to her mother's, and he was unwilling that she ,_e"'" jle
She had pawned her clothes when he was outiof veers,.
Ovoi
had never sent his wife into the workhouse; she bad,ertbs
herself to avoid starvation, because he had no work. v;byti
Friday morning in question he had been to the shop, 1111,,,,,B"
got no work, and she had gone and pawned the chileTol
clothes. He never used to call her by foul names.
called her ab— He had never kicked her. es
ha Mr. Bell, the surgeon, said the prisoner bought h - fly
ounce of oxalic acid about four o'clock that aftersooe', the
saw the packet which the husband brought him, fieu The
mug of tea brought him by the husband's father-
acij,
packet contained about a quarter of an ounce of oltalii,c wed
the tea also contained that acid, and the husband sLiti
symptom of having taken of the same poison. The Vail
he
By tak would not killed .
a JURtn
YMAN—Had hehave dra
nk uphim all the tea it ovilici
have been fatal to him. _
Police-constable Seery said he took the prisoner into 51'1;
tody, and he heard her say, in answer to the husbae", es'
she intended the poison for the whole. She did not
plain what she meant by the whole.
The female searcher at Shoreditch station-house' sisel
on examining the person of the prisoner, she found 11: 00
at the bottom of her back, and on her limbs, whi;t'efore•
said her husband had inflicted upon her the'daY ato
The prisoner said she intended to have given the Pel.rfirst
all of them ; and she was sorry she had not taken !..„,a
herself. She was at that time so weak that the lOU'
to support her. ihrle°
Mr. Doane, who was employed only after the first v/
had given his evidence in chief, defended the prisoner.i the
Mr. Baion PLATT summed up the evidence, and sere(' jet
case to the jury, who found her Guilty, and recpolmacideednice
to
to mercy. ,the
The JUDGE, who appeared to compassionate deeP,:vlthe
unhappy condition in which she had been
brutal conduct of her husband, said, the highest sente°o the
Court could pronounce was transportation for, life ; bse-A"
Court acceded to the recommendation of thejarb an
tenced her to Transportation for Ten Years.

NE IV COURT.
(Before the RECORDER and Alderman Wo0D.)600
of
Charles Read, a youth, apparently about eleven Ya
ege, was indicted for stealing a note of 51. and soM
property from the residence of his master.
The prisoner pleaded guilty. oaten°
The RECORDER said, that in consequence of the „ren
youth of the prisoner, he would not inflict a very
punishment. •
10'
°
Sentence, three months' imprisonment, with bard
Some other equally unimportant cases followed.
SHERIFFS' Cu URT.—( DAY,)THIS
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BUIZCITELL.)
3LIDDLETON for one
This was an action to recover the aunt of Di.
Old ben
tr
quarter's rent of a house in Marlborough-street,
road. d called a witnesl
Mr. Tiforadis appeared for the plaintiff" and a qUeStiOil
to prove the occupation by the
detfelvitahout showing soma
arose as to whether that wassufficien •
not
in ultimately held that, as the defendant title that the house occupied belonged to thtehpalsintr,
in denial, it was sufficient.
A verdict was then given for the plaintiif.
MYERS U. KNIGHT.
This was an action on a bill of exchange for 20/.
defendant had pleaded that he accepted the bill t•J
accommodation of the drawer, who had indorsed it) d•
the plaintiff without any consideration. The defendantb
jg
however, been summoned under recent rules before Ain 10
and being unable to show reasonable ground of defencebct.4
Learned Judge made an order for him to admit the
stated in the declaration.

The defendant did not now appear.
/7 The UNDER SHERIFF Said, by this course bad I,OE the „led
very much simplified, and the plaintiff was CU
verdict.

The jury gave a verdict occordingly.

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A If .13u A
ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE CITIZEN STse----.„e Cte'tet
Last evening Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the !Angel ‘`.^ seeee„s•
ewe,. • se,
Tavern, Strand, on the body of Richard Davis, an Wet Or ele
his lie on Saturday last under the following frightillsolreee
stances :—John Bush, pierman at the Nine-elms static:ll,lo'
deposed that on Saturday, about half-past twelve s'cje 'eats' tD
s&
standing on the outer dummy, the Citizen steam-boat i pesi
lake in passengers for London. Several penons eardice,,eocdstearre,
alter which the captain, who was on the starboard pa „„1130
out "Go on." At the same moment witness observed decea-os ri
an oil can on the larboard paddle-box, the top of ethYltee ellet,tl
open. Immediately afterwards a scream was heard, ands Fir
which bad gone about half a turn, was stopped. The 'eat Odes,'
several persons looked into the paddle-box, but the deceits pet toe
appeared. Drags and boats were used to recover the btslY,ees at
were unable to find it. Charles Manning stated that he eeceeA at
helm at the time of the accident, but did not observe the re, polo
go down to oil the wheels. He had often gone down het°,
sortot
was the usual custom to make the wheels fast with a ropesse
had neglected it on the present occasion. Richard Ileartee.sluPeito
man, said that he discovered the body near the Pt)" w '
as
Arundel-stairs at an early hour on Tuesday morning, It tyteo
fresh, and seemed free of injury. Verdict, Accidental Dee for
,tior
THE LATE MR. 1-IAYDOIC—The subseriptl°-i ;Ave
relief of the widow and children of the late Benjamin BOK'
the historical painter, now amounts to upwards of 2,000 t" ter'
of the annuity of Lady Peel already fixed on the relict. siff9-
toiSoNOUS BERRIES.—An inquest was he'', on to
day at the London Hospital, before Mr. W. Baker, juier'.sll°Psial
body of Thomas Barker, late proprietor of the Veteran he 0 efolt e 0
the Whitechapel-road, who died in the above institution' t'eieil °ged
last, Irem the effects of eating poisonous berries, sthsrreonesmilSf.
those of the deadly nightshade. A child named Saatesei a 0,„-- th;
three years, died in the same hospital en Tuesday treeeeteter se°
cause. There are three other persons in a dangerous rtee eses'
hospital, who have partakeu of poisonous W.f. inquire' tee
greatest excitement prevails on the subject. A 10° ettertWa s 0
nt
gone into, from which it appeared that on Saturday gem a la
wife of the deceased purchased a pint of berries 'OO,O doe
in the garb of a countryman, which sloe 5011,50
a pie, of which her husband and herself partook
tehe eeceoe
While they were eating the pie the child at a customer ( hour' cis*
Jones) came in, end they gave him some. About two
were. ,
eating the pie, tile witness, her husband, and the Child, oyaiWtej
lend), affected with pains in their limbs, drowsiness, and ceedeeeteee
A medical gentleman was called in, who attempted to 4 the
4
emetics to the sufferers ; but Parker was unable to swallow leemeetruf
became delirious. The unThrtunate man died on the 11-04°,,,,,
morning, after enduring great agony. The child expired tivea,,r
hours afterwards. Airs. Parker, in answer to questions, `;',tD
coroner, said the man who sold them called them nettle beg, pee,
was a countrywoman, but never heard that name before. IV tr
discussion took place, and it was agreed to adjourn the Wee, ye/
afford the police an opportunity of finding the man who sold
senors berries.
yes erdii
FALL OF THREE HOUSES IN THE MINT.— la -
afternoon considerable excitement was created in the 1,41.114t2:
Southwark in consequence of the fall of three houses je the „nap
of the Mint. On the west side of high-street, Burette;
fle',l,leand •of
site St. George's Church, is a place called Birdcagoes-ces, 'three stoF!,,
extreme end are about six very old
high, adjacent to which is the Old Buwlr Pdele
Part of The int, and
ire
Birdcage-alley runs into the most intricate Parsm whole of 5
formely the hiding-place of thieves, outlaws' hundred years,
fallen houses have been standing near three
Were condelnts,
were in such a dilapidated condition that they wee/sil,
some time ago, but, notwithstanding, they have Deete of the
each with as many as eight families, chiefly C 011515970,5,
Irish. Yesterday afternoon, shortly before five t' alt got inmates of the house in the centre were alarmed DY ot got,og
balirbonse in the 37,
loud cracking noise proceed from the roof; they had n via, 3,
the till eshold before the immense, stack of chimneys fell tie, slid
down the whole of the interior of the houses Nos- l'e 'tee 'pis,
Fortunately, at the time when the catastrophe took Pisceeree
were almost all at work, and the females and their Olie, Jet
sitting outside waiting for their husbands, or the loss c'f,s-lace' -e°o-
- inspectoratste.
bi.geleman6xmtt
enterede
rePedian ra,.entlelly'
habitants
aoae
tuve
tt e
ao
.beir
lteY
sTnahmtg
ee
heavy;aaaf tnt
and
great
atehabet
do;
hazard, eoufr
tr
he ne
acid c
It
t 010.
p,ooosoe
five
,reefud
iei
on the spot, when some children were heard screaming mps'-'oeci
little girls from the ruins. Tim loss of property CO the
apparel, &c., lies buried in the ruins. At seven o'cleeKeirleir
men came from their employment, they rescued some °L et for t"g.
perty, but what they saved was so injured as to be elle t,l
The houses are the property of Mr. IVhittle, of Steele-sue:levet
lane, Bermondsey, rind they formerly belonged to the late c
_e
silversmith, Sir Yorke Hatton. C le;
all their furniture, lee in
ARRIVAL OF TROOPS FROM CEYLON. 11„ie A 4,0
Austen 18.—This afternoon some detachments of regimeeetig of 'iee
at the invalid depot, Fort Pitt, from Gravesend, eoltsies'tte prilos
corporals and nineteen privates of the 95th Regiment, telt peageea
of the 90th Light Infantry, and one private of the 00'700
Guards, with lour women and four children of the 95th, etetaistrgoe,
Y
to the 58th. These troops were in charge
pariah raits); of
P. Daly Murray. These detachments came by the elariethe 17teetec
on board which ship they embarked at Colombo 00 of tbe 'tee
February last, taking on board also the head-quarters,ed et
10,
Light Infantry; and on the 14th of April the ship a Peep o'4o
noth to tbs r
Cape of Good Hope, and the head-quartets of the ee „roe 0
barked for the purpose of strengthening the militarY ee ee
stationed. During the passage between Ceylon and '7,00- _Ol
France the wife of Dr. Robert Ellson, of the 90th, died 00_ "eel eeafiee
the Island of Ascension the vessel put in and received seLesterit 1700
of the Royal Navy, and between that island and the "'dotes eels
two of them died ; and the 95th during the voyage lost by - the f
sergeant, five privates, one woman, and one child. go
ii(t coften
diem that! have come home embarked with the regilnetel was tei"
the year 1838. The private of the 7th Dragoon Guards Fe!
on board at the Cape.
FATAL STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT.—DEATO OF ,I,n o'clot;
moos SMUGGLER.—On Tuesday night, between nine and ;;;„ rivear.,
a waterman, named James Hogan, was proceeding clowet:e'ees ste eeit
his boat, which was towing astern of the Sir Edward Betney. st;o
ship, when his boat began to fill with water, from the 011,`,0
raised by the steamer's paddles, and he was about cast right
rope and set his boat free ; before he could do so the bee! "Dy
over, with the unfortunate man underneath. Although 01,1 f
dark at the time, several wherries put off to his alSsiStifin hntit,
the time many persons reached the boat it was free, uo,ired for de
having cut the tow rope as it was turning over. The,Yeecmains 'fps%
waterman, but be had disappeared, and his body at.; ~,e,
water. Tho deceased was about thirty-five years mTilansib
to ere 00 lest a wife and three Children. Hogan was enown
,v ,oge
Kingston, .6_,viedous,,d,
police as one of the most expert smugglers on the 'lend el:10%0
been repeatedly committed to Clerkenwell,
gaols, for running contraband tobacco. His frequent Goa esr
itrebane
imprisonment did not deter him from pursuing the contra preetiee it wee
until the unfortunate termination of his existence. His
froj
to follow in the wake of the foreign-going steamereo tes,et _ ,„8
down the river, and re:eivc any tobacco thrown
tiriet
the stern windows which might have escaped nimmagit'g,Dreigli
seat.ch„ after
revenue officers on the way up the river, or the _ tbei;olo36
M*
steamers on their arrival in the river, Or P
the vessel was moored. Hogau was also in attendance e

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