The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-02 00:00:00

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NEW MODE OF PROPULSION. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, i
reBoULOGNE, OCT. 27.-A considerable degree of inte- Iti BANGS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM
e st has been excited within the last two days here by PANIES' STOCK.
ertain experiments made upon an entirely new system
of propelling vessels, which, if capable of being carried
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out upon a large principle, must not only supersede
ÜBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. cc
paddle-wheels, but also the Archimedean screw. It has
LONDON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30.
long been considered a matter of impossibility that the
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principle of the paddle wheel could be rendered of any
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useful effect when totally submerged. ' Dividend Amount
per of Paid. Price si
vention has demonstrated to a certainty that such a dis- Fame of Company.
Annum. Share. C,
advantage can be overcome. Tee xperimentsth yesterday
s. d. ti
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and to-day were effected by hand labour, e motive £s.d. .£
force being fitted into the stern of a pilot boat, and the . ilistralasia •• •• ••• • •• 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 o o - li
_spitshNorth American Si. per cent. 50 0 0 50
authorities of this town having, with great liberality,
ooimmonialerciai of London Si.
51 per cent. 10000 0o 0 20 0 0 - is
permitted the machinery to be used for the experiments 4 • 0 25 0 0 - ",
in the harbour, bond being given that it would, after a Londnand liei"''''' 6/.. perp cent.n 100 0 0 20 0 0 281 A 1
certain number of days, be exported. Upon the first Lond i stock•• 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 c
trial the captain of the port, M. Pollet, steered the Fsletropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0
boat, and to-day also, when there were present the de- rDovitituncia,sl,.eowf 1r.e.1.a n.d..... 8811.. perper cent.eent. 10010 00 00 2510 00 00 -
puty mayor of the city, M. Martinet, as well as the National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 201jq"
following official parties connected with the city i-M. Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 9 -
Demarle, president of the chamber of commerce - M. uniDnitnto, N
ofA-ensw 581 j. perper cent.eent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
25
0 0 25 0
'0 251 A
Birle, M. Pullet, captain of the port ;M. Coquet, bro- Union of London... - 51. per cent. i5O 0 0 10 0 0 -
ker ; Captain de Lattre, and other members of the
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chamber of commerce. Captain Tune, of the Emerald-
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steamer, was, with others, active in testing the merits Dividend Amount i
of the invention. The parties named entered the boat Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
in the presence of a great number of individals, who - _____-
showed much interest as to the result, French as well X s. d. £ s. d.
as English. To the French authorities on board the Albion ••••••• • •• • • • • 31. IN 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
Alliance.iito 3
_Ytrit. ande For. 610
per cent,o 0 0 5
per cent. 1001 0 0 11 0 0
5
0 181 i
trial trips were made most satisfactory ; and also to the,
patentee, Mr. Hodgson, and the authorities, civil and Atlas ....1.......... •• •• 8. •
•• • 13.
s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0
6 0 0 15 q
military, who witnessed' the trials. British Commercial •• 7s. per share 50 001 5 0 0 7%
As this may lead to a new era in the system of pro- Clericl,3led.&Gen•Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0
"an
31. 100 0 0 10 0 0
gelling vessels, the following outline of the modus ope-
Crown Y :::....... - ..
.....•••••• 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
randi may be esteemed of interest :- Eagle .. • ... ...... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 sy,
The principle is based on the well-known properties Eng.& Scot. La,W .. .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3
of the parabola, as respects light, and the same proper- EFuropean Life ...... 511 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
reemasons' .•••• .• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
ties are proved to be true as respects hydrostatics. The Globe - 135
Guardian •••••• • • • • .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 483 i
blades are sections of a paraboloid, and are so con- I
In p e r i
Imperiala Fire Life .
.. .. .
.. . ... • • 61. and 510000
00 0
5010 0
00 230
strueted as to impinge on the concave surface, whereby
the water is grasped and compressed to the centre of the Indemnity Marine- :: I/. eh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 31
-
axis, and thrown off in a direct line with the plane of Law Life.. ••• • • • .... I/. ss. 100 0 0 10 00 _
50 0 0 2 0 0 . 614
the vessel's course, thereby rendering the propulsion tif,encaitorkelrGeeneral Life
IN. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1514
superior in efficiency to the common paddle-wheel, being London Ship •• • • • 10s. 25 00,12 10 0 1514
uniform and continuous, without drawback in respect ot marine.. .•• •....... 51. per cent. 100 0 0I 15 0 0 -
Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 4%/. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
back-water.
Another advantage exists in the area of surface as rational Leanie..F.u. n..d.... 5811..lpseerr cent.eent.
10020 00 00 26 100 00 -8
compared with the screw, as less than one-half of pa- I alladium Life. ..... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. 0%5
rabolic area will work more efficiently with the same Phcenix
Protector Life.... -
power. Provident Life ••• • • •
Rock Life.. ••••• • . • • • 4s. 5 II 0 010 0 4%
MYSTERIOUS CASE.-A burglary of a mysterious Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock.
nature is reported to have been committed in the course Sun Fire •••• .-•• • • • 61. 10s. - - 210
of Sunday night, at Lawfield, near Dalkeith. Between Ditto Life
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ii -
five and six o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. Walker, Universal Life • •
tenant of the farm before named, was found by his grieve LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
in bed with a napkin tied over his mouth, both his hands Dividend Amount
- pinioned to his sides, and his legs fastened to the bed- Name of Company. per of Paid. ' Price.
post. Mr. Walker says he felt something restraining Annum. Share.
him in his sleep, but he has not the slightest conception ---
X s. d. £ s. d
haw or by whom he was thus so completely and deli- Bank of Scotland - 100 00 , 176
berately bound. At a short distance from the dwelling- Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 i 159
house a desk belonging to Mr. Walker was found broken British Linen Company Si. per cent.
- 100 0 0 i 220
Commercial
rt.
13, ank .. • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 162%
open, and, it is said, 801. abstracted from it. The ex- National
k ... • • 6/. per cent. ••••• 10 0 0 14/.14s
planation of this extraordinary case, so far as we have Union Bank of Scotland 7111. pr cent. - 50 o 0 903
been able to learn, is, that some perscn, by means of a Western Bank.. ••• • • • 6/. per cent.
- 50 0 0 844
ladder,-had effected an entrance into the attic story of North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 1 - 50 0 7%
Clydesdale Bank ••• • • • 6/ per cent. ' - 10 0 0 13%
the house, and after descending to Mr. Walker's bed- Eastern Bank • ..... • • 5/.• per cent. 10 0 0 11%
room, perpetrated the theft. However, from the state- Caledonian Bank • ..• •7%i. pr centl -
- 2 10 0 1 41. 4s.
ments current yesterday as to the result of the partial F.dinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. ' -
City ofi Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 50 0 1 71. Os.
investigation into the circumstances made by the autho -10 0 0 113/. 6s
tErtetnishesliTnnsitotrnalnnese.Ccon.. 51.1. per cent.et.
100.20 0 0 1 0 0 1245. 6d
rides, and which is alleged to be altogether of a contra-00
AlllO paid,
1,10. 104%
dictory and mysterious eliarae:er, it appears doubtful Enser. Co. of Scetlnd 5/. pereer cent.'i , 10 0°
North British Incur 5 y 2/. pr cent. ,200 0 0 10 0 0 2714
whether any burglary has in reality been committed.
czadliVoga,hn FireLb Insur.n 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24
The matter, which has created great sensation in the
neighbourhood, is, in the meantime, undergoing judicial Eant.
8,
inneg.
Ranwsuary.
161./.laric,eettiet.. i 15000 00 00
5012 100 00 182
investigation.-Edinburgh Advertiser, Oct. 26. Ditto, 14 Shares.... 7s. td. p. s. l2 10 0 All paid. 17
WHEAT, &C., DUTY FREE.-A. Parliamentary E(ll.l,n;.,.,,,,lltAhy,,th7rriatnaT v - 120 0 0 '2O 0 0 18
ppeerr ceeenntt.. 1 1;205 00 00 Allil
upaid.nd . C1,8)14
paper was published on Moreiay, of twenty-four folio Glasgw & Green& itail. 2/..
pages, showing the operation of the Act 5 and 6 Vice, t.tlsgei-eeße Giarntkirkh Rail. Si. per cent. !25 0 0 All paid. 3914
.r got Rail. 6/. per cent. i 25 0 0 All paid. 37
C. 92, from the :oth of August, 18-P, to the sth of Dundee & T
stan,lan Me Assernce.l 51. per cent. 50 0 0 I 2 10 0 9
January last. From the summary of the accounts given
CANALS.
in the return, it appears that the wheat delivered from
the warehouse or vessel, duty free, numbered 192,543 •
e .i Dividend
Names of e , Dividend price. Names of
quarters and 7 bushels. Of the flour and biscuit de c, per Price.
Companies. i 3 per Companies.
posited, 193,370 cwt. 3 qrs. 271 b. were fine wheat flour, , 7)-: Annum. .c Annum.
T.,
34,937 cwt. 2 qrs of captains' biscuits, 135,973 ewt. 6
---
qrs. llb of biscuit of the seindard of that supplied to the
_
iishtn& 014 h, 57 51.55, c 70 Monmouthsh 100 81. -
navy, 376,790 cwt. 3 qrs. 3:b of common ship biscuit, Leib dI Z' 113 4/ p'7o • -.1 100 5.. -
and 14 cwt. 3 qrs. 141 b. of fancy biscuit. Of the flew Aa`rnsYl7eyla. -.. 160 12i. ' 180 Macclesfield. 100 ___l -
-
and biscuit mentioned, only 8,983 cwt. 2 qrs. 8:b. was Basingstoke.. iOO - - Heath ...... 100 171. 340
Brknk&Abrg 'l5O, 5/. )85 Nottingham. 150 121. -
retained for home consumption, and the remainder taken
out for exportation, either us merchandise or as stores. LD'ruodmletybrd...: : :1110000, 1441/. 1
_--
RPeeakenkt',oerest..
3738
113/5.5. 40
The quantities remaining in warehouse, or in the course Derby ;100, 61. 73 Rogchdale .. •• 85 41. --
Ellsmre&Chs,l33 4/. 65 Shropshire - 125 Si. -
of removal, under bond, from port to port, on the sth of
of January last, were 14,643 cwt. 2 qrs. 211 b. of fine =O4l-.1,6;(.11°0°0 321.
--
Somrset Coal 150 71. 105. 130
wheat flour, 1,228 cwt. 3 qrs. 211 b. of captains' biscuit, GrandJunetn 100 71. 82- SDt
ff r° di '3l; IV° sr
c 1 14012 "i18);.°. 2;;
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5,403 cwt. 2 qrs. 61b. of biscuit of the standard of that Grand Union 100 I/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 15/.
Glamorgnsh. 172 13h1. - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 315
supplied to the navy, and 8,224 cwt. 3 qrs. 171 b. of cora- g-listr&Brkly, 'OO - - Strtfrd on Av 79 1/. 10s. -
mon ship biscuit. Grantham • . 150' 12/. - Sevens andl
DEGRADATION OF AN AUSTRIAN GENERA.L.-We Huddersfield. 57 - - Wye Rail. j 26 11. 85. 32
Kennt & Avii, 39 7s. 6d. 611 Trnt & Mr../ 50 30/.
give the following particulars of a recent affair which has Lancaster .• • , 47, 1/. 10s. - soy, sh.e
scandalised society in Vienna :-Field Marshal Lieute- Leeds&Livrp 100, 341. 520 Thams&Medl 19 - -
nant Count de Tisch had betrothed his only daughter to Leicester 140' 10/. 105 Worestr &'j t -
mthiettl!yot_n d,,e,.....5--.,_78 2/. 43
Leicstr & Nth, 83; 4/
, a Lieutenant of Hussars, who re- - . 52 Birming. j
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__ _ , Louehboroeh i 142 701. 850 Wilts & Brks 67 it. 11

MYSTERIOUS CASE.-A burglary of a mysterious
nature is reported to have been committed in the course
of Sunday night, at Lawfield, near Dalkeith. Between
five and six o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. Walker,
tenant of the farm before named, was found by his grieve
in bed with a napkin tied over his mouth, both his hands
pinioned to his sides, and his legs fastened to the bed-
post. Mr. Walksr says he felt something restraining
him in his sleep, but he has not the slightest conception
haw or by whom he was thus so completely and deli-
berately bound. At a short distance from the dwelling-
house a desk belonging to Mr. Walker was found broken
open, and, it is said, 801. abstracted from it. The ex-
planation of this extraordinary case, so far as we have
been able to learn, is, that some person, by means of a
ladder:had effected an entrance into the attic story of
the house, and after descending to Mr. Walker's bed-
room, perpetrated the theft. However, from the state-
ments current yesterday as to the result of the partial
investigation into the circumstances made by the autho
rides, and which is alleged to be altogether of a contra-
dictory and mysterious character, it appears doubtful
whether any burglary has in reality been committed.
The matter, which has created great sensation in the
neighbourhood, is, in the meantime, undergoing judicial
investigation.-Edinburgh Advertiser, Oct. 26.
WHEAT, &c., DUTY FREE.-A Parliamentary
paper was published on Iv:Eon:lay, of twenty-four folio
pages, showing the operation of the Act 5 and 6 Vice,
c. 92, from the :oth of August, 1342, to the sth of
January last. From the summary of the accounts given
in the return, it appears that the wheat delivered from
the warehouse or vessel, duty free, numbered 192,543
quarters and 7 bushels. Of the flour and biscuit de
posited, 193,370 eve t. 3 qrs. 271 b. were fine wheat flour,
34,937 cwt. 2 qrs of captains' biscuits, 133,973 cwt. 6
qrs. lib of biscuit of the standard of that supplied to the
nary, 376,790 cwt. 3 qrs. 3:b of common ship biscuit,
and 14 cwt. 3 qrs. 141 b. of fancy biscuit. Of the flour
and biscuit mentioned, only 8,983 cwt. 2 qrs. B.b. was
retained for home consumption, and the remainder taken
out for exportation, either us merchandise or as stores.
The quantities remaining in warehouse, or in the course
of removal, under bond, from port to port, on the sth of
of January last, were 14,643 cwt. 2 qrs. 211 b. of fine
wheat flour, 1,228 cwt. 3 qrs. 211 b. of captains' biscuit,
5,403 cwt. 2 qrs. 61b. of biscuit of the standard of that
supplied to the navy, and 8,224 cwt. 3 qrs. 171 b. of com-
mon ship biscuit.
DEGRADATION OF AN AUSTRIAN GENEE.A.L.-We
give the following particulars of a recent affair which has
scandalised society in Vienna :-Field Marshal Lieute-
nant Count de Tisch had betrothed his only daughter to
the Baron de S--, a Lieutenant of Hussars, who re-
mitted to bine the sum of 6,000 florins (15,600 francs)
in state securities by way of recurity for the fulfilment
of his engagement to marry Mademoiselle de Tisch. Two
months afterwards all parties amicably agreed to wave
the marriage entirely. The Baron of course claithed
his cash, or rather his securities, but M. de Tisch had
the effrontery to deny having received them. An action
was immediately instituted for the recovery of the pro
perty, but, as the Baron could bring forward no positive
proof of the deposit, the tribunal d,creed that in case
Field Marshal Count de Tisch would affirm on oath that
he had not received the bonds, the Baron de S-
should be cast, and condemned to pay the costs.
This :oath was gulped by Count de Tisch without
hesitation, and ho at the same time accused M.
de S- before the Criminal Tribunal of defaming
his reputation. The Court sentenced the poor Baron
to pay a heavy fine, and to one year's imprison-
ment, which compelled the young officer to leave the
service. His relatives, however, strained every nerve to
obtain proofs of the deposit made with Count de Tisch,
and they at length discovered that that officer had
secretly sold the securities in question. They imme-
diately denounced the guilty reprobate to the Aulic
Council of War, and the " worthy Count" having been
clearly convicted of perjury and embezzlement, was con-
demned to be degraded as infamous, and sentenced,
besides, to ten years' hard labour by way of appendix.
The Emperor, however, considering that M. de Tisch
bad been his preceptor, commuted the first penalty to
that of simple degradatioa, and annulled the other en-
tirely. The sentence thus modified was executed on the
15th inst., at noonday, before the Aulic Council of War.
The Field-Marshal Count de Tisch was led into the hall
before the judges, general officers, and all the colonels at
Vienna. The usher having read the sentence, the pro-
vost of the general staff approached M. de Tisch, tore
off his_ decorations, stripped him of. his Field-Marshal's
uniform, and dragged him from the hall, this last act
signifying his expulsion from the army. The sentence
of the Baron de S- Ins since been quashed, and he
has returned to his military duties.-Paris paper.
AMERICAN PRODUCE.-The following are the latest
arrivals of provisions and articles of general consumption
from the United States of America into the ports of
London and Liverpool, the enumeration of which in this
especial manner at the present these cannot fail to prove
interesting to the public generally, and of the highest
importance to ail parties concerned. The line-of-packet
ship Toronto brought from New York the large number
of 2,848 boxes of American cheese, 150 barrels of pork,
100 of beef, 1,796 kegs of lard, 54 casks and 248,5701 b.
weight in bulk of oilseed cake for feeding cattle, with a
variety of other productions ; the Sheridan, from New
York, 30 packages of apples, 1,678 barrels of flour, 1,912
of lard, 203 barrels of pork, 657 boxes of cheese, 7,000
bushels of corn, 9,000 bushels of wheat, 335 barrels of
corn meal, and 3,400 bushels of Indian corn; the
Wyoming, from Philadelphia, 1,301 kegs of lard, 40
tierces of beef, 6,400 bushels of wheat, 100 barrels of
flour, 563 barrels of corn meal, and the large quantity
of 14,700 bushels of Indian corn, all the produce
of the United States ; the ship Sea, from New York,
brought 3,605 barrels of flour, 650 barrels and 76 tierces
of lard, 81 firkins of butter, several barrels of hams and
bacon, 21 packages of beef, 270 boxes of cheese, 4,603
bushels of wheat, and 4,115 bushels of Indian corn; the
Southerner, from New Orleans, 3,033 barrels of flour, 9
packages of biscuit, 250 barrels and 22 tierces of beans,
and 16,025 bushels of wheat and other produce ; the
Henry Pratt, from New Orleans, 620 sacks of wheat,
and a variety of other articles; the Washington Irving,
from Boston, 1,89'2 barrels of flour, 100 boxes of onions,
660 barrels of pork, 14 packages of hams, 161 packages
a
of beef, 3,099 kegs and 1,422 barrels of lard, with
variety of other productions ; and the Great Western
steam-ship, from New York, brought an unusually large
quantity of American cheese, comprising 4,969 boxes of
the article, 730 barrels of apples, several packages of
flour, 70 kegs of butter, 92 casks and other pack-
ages of hams, 28 of pork, 37 barrels of beef, and 82
barrels of biscuit, the whole the produce of the United
States of America. The Henry Clay, subsequently
arrived at the port of Liverpool from New York, has
brought 2,856 barrels of flour, 532 barrels of apples, the
large number of 2,794 boxes of cheese, 462 barrels of
beef and pork, 40 barrels cf general provisions, 70 of
biscuit, the large quantity of 80 firkins and 100 kegs of
butter, 10 barrels of vinegar, 2,630 quarters of wheat,
and other productions, which need not be more parti-
cularly mentioned, altogether forming a cargo of an ex-
tensive
nature. This list includes the arrivals at the
port of Liverpool up to the 27th, and the port of London
to the 29th inst., inclusively, according to the latest
official and current returns, and will doubtless be read
with interest by the general pahlic, as they will form a
subject of importance to the numerous parties concerned
is the importation of provisions from foreign and distant
parts of the world for consumption in this country.
A LESSON FOR GOEMANDISEES.-On Friday morn-
ing a kingfisher was found dead on the banks of the pool
:atcAllenraorp, near this city, with 'a perch about two
itehe and a half long in its throat. The bird had at-
mpted to swallow the fish whole, but the dorsal fin of
the latter appears to have alike prevented descent or
fixed,
return ;
caused the death o consequently in the gullet, the victim
by suffocation. its The plumage
beautiful but voracious destroyer
plumage of the kingfisher is fur-
nished with a sort of metallic surface resplendent with the most brilliant hues-hence action of water pro-
duces little ofd et upon it, and
amanner in which the
bird will dart beneath the surfsacreemarkal.vleer or stream
and se;z..i its prey transversely i
to its position on a tree or bank, it comme. Returned
tres the de-
struction of the captive. Without losing its hold it
g
passes the fish between its manibles until it has aD, ea
it f.irly by the tail, and then erds the struggles the
prey, by beating its head against the place where it sits.
The bird next reverses the position, and if it has no
young to which to bear off the prize, swallows its prey,
head-foremost. This appears to have been the case in
the present instance, but the repast being too bountiful
proved fatal. Mr. Baker, of Bye-street, has ingeniously
stuffed the bird just as it was found, with the fish in its
mouth.-1-fen,ford Journal.

DOCKS.
\ Dividend 1 Amount
same of Company. per i of Paid
Annum. I Share.
,--
L s. d. ; £ s.
'Ammeretil ......... al. ner cent. Stock. I

Paid. Price.
I X s. d. £ s. d.
Commercial •• •• ...•• 131. per cent. Stock. 80
East and West India... 6/. pr cent. Stock. 142
East Country ••.•• • • . 1./. per sh. 100 0 0 21
I 3mion ............. M. pr cent. Stock. 113
St. Katharine •• •• .... 5 per cent. ' Stock. I 99%
Southampton •••• •• .. 4/. per cent. 50 0 0

Name of Company.

"V‘T.A.TER-IWO &KS .

East London•••• •• .• ••
Grand Junction • • • • ••

Dividend Amount
per of
Annum. Share. r

SI.
10s.

£ s.
100 0
41 13

Kent .......... .. •• • • 21. 10s. 100 0 0 1
Vauxhall ............ 5/. per cent. 100 0 0
West Middlesex •.• . •• 51. ss.pr cnt. 63 12 9

50 0 0

Paid.

Price,

DEATH OF SIR GEO. WOMBWELL.
This, the second baronet of his line, whose name in
many respects may be familiar to the reader, expired on
the 28th instant, at the ancient family seat, Wombwell,
in Yorkshire, aged 70. For some months back the
Right Hon. Baronet's health, owing entirely to his ad-
vanced age, bad been declining, awl the event now an-
nounced was not in consequence altogether unexpected,
Sir George was born on the 14th of March, 1769, being
the son of the first baronet, an extensive merchant and
East India proprietor, and for a considerable period
chairman of the East India Company, by Susanah, only
daughter of Alderman Sir Thomas Rawlinson, Knight,
of London. He had the misfortune to lose his father
when not more than eleven years of age, and in conse-
quence the estates were held in trust for upwards of ten
years. Tha deceased was twice married, viz.—first, on
the 19th of July, 1791, to Lady Anne, daughter of the
second Earl of Fanconberg (title now extinct), by Char-
lotte, sister to Deniston Lambe, first Viscount Mel-
bourne, and by that lady he had issue George Womb-
well, so well known in fashionable circles, born in 1792;
Henry William, born in 1795, died in 1335 ; and Fre-
derick Richard, born 1797, died in 1807; and secondly,
he was united to Eliza, daughter of T. E. Little, Esq.,
of Hampstead, by whom, who survives, he had, amongst
other children, a son and daughter, both dead ; a son,
Charles, born in 1813.

The titles and estates are succeeded to by George,
eldest son above mentioned, who married, in 1824,
Georgiana, the youngest daughter of 0. Hunter, Esq.,
of Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire ; and an elder sister
of that lady is the wife of Charles Wombwell, E q., step-
brother to the present baronet.
This family is of ancient and honourable extraction,
and deduce their descent from Robert de Wombwell,
who lived in the time of King Stephen, and who derived
his surname from his place of residence, Wombwell,
county of York. The estates were out of the possession
of the family for some years, having been alienated by
an heiress, but were purchased and brought back by the
first baronet.

ATROCIOUS CRUELTY.—LLANDILO.—This place
was greatly enlivened on Friday last with the perform-
ances of a few of the crack shots of the place in killing
a bull at the Half-moon slaughterhouse. The customer
in hand being rather an ugly one to contend with, the
usual method adopted at Llandilo of slaughtering beasts
was abandoned, and the call was sounded for the cracks
to turn out, when, in a very short time, a pretty fair
sprinkling was in attendance. Preliminaries being ad-
justed, shot one stood forth, and let go—no visible effect
on the beast, except a slight contemptuous toss of the
head; 2to 4, ditto. No. 5 shot through the nostril—
snuff-taking spoilt; 6 to 8, harmless. No 9 advanced,
cautious, and, deliberately taking aim, bang smash goes
the left eye of the bull. The animal, in his agony, made
a lurch forward snapped the rope which was fastened to his
horns, and passed through the bullring into the hands of
certain gentlemen volunteers outside, who, in the ecstacy
of the moment, and in admiration of the last feat, simul-
taneously threw their heels overhead. The bull, being
now free, went into the yard behind the slaughter-house,
and while there a stone of about 401bs. weight
was thrown at him from the King's Head Inn gar-
den, which is divided from tae yard by a wall of twenty-
four feet high. The stone dropping on his head, he
bellowed in the most hideous manner, and rushed back
to the slaughter-house. The crowd outside, deeming
prudence the best part of valour, although there was no
danger, cut in two divisions, one down Bridge-street, and
the other up, at that pace generally known by the name
of " the devil take the hindmost." In a short time
order was restored, when No. 10 (who ought to have
'oven there early) fired and knocked a piece of the
hull's horn off; of course, the fault was that he never
practised with a flint-gun, or the bull winked at him.
No. 9 havirg spoilt his squinting, Nos. 11 to 17 hit all
parts of the body but the riAht place. No. 18, John
Richard, glorious John, finished his career. The bloody
affray began at nine o'clock A M., and ended about ten
minutes to twelve. The owner ran away on the fourth
shot to a house about three hundred yards from the
slaughter house, whence he sent boys to bring him news
of the state of the game; and when he heard the bull
was really dead, he jumped off his chair, and said,
Thank cod, he is dead now; I thought they would
never have killed him; but he always was a stubborn
bull."— Welslanaa.

The sham parcel impositon was played off on
Friday night and Saturday morning upon two re.spect-
able firms in Threadneedle-street. A fellow m the
dress of a porter, called on Friday night at each office,
and presented a parcel, with a printed bill, as if from
Scorell's wharf, and by steam packet and railroad. The
housekeepers at once paid the demand, and the trick
hiving so easily succeeded on Friday, in walked a couple
of parcels, as neatly bound up, and with all the usual
forms, next morning. The thing was managed before
any of the clerks arrived, and the principals had to pay
between fifteen shillings and a pound for pieces of board
and waste paper.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oetoher 31.
THE TRING, READING, AND BASINGSTOKE RAILWAY

COMPANY.

The Court was much crowded during the investiga-
tion of this case by shareholders and creditors of the
company.
Mr, Lawrence appeared as the solicitor to the fiat of
bankruptcy, Mr. James as counsel for the directors, to
dispute various claims ; and Mr. Sergeant Allen for the
shareholders, who contended that th directors had ex-
ceeded their authority, and varied from the terms of
the subscription contract deed, and that they only were
liable to the debts incurred.
Mr. Blunt, their engineer, claimed a balance of 4501.;
his examination was not finished when the Court rose.
In one item he charged five guineas for attending the
committee to receive 1001. on account.
The case was adjourned to Friday next.