The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-10 00:00:00

1,93-1,30.009.

Pg-f - 00

_
Ins of the branch banks payable by
the Bank ... 5,093,859 60

Ditto of tho Bark payable by branches..
Dividends payable ...
... .
Liquidatiun of the Algiers Bank ...
Pi,e-annts, interest, and expenses ...

1,961,741 CC
259,540 25
686,654 04
1,808,293 36

Ditto branch banks 1,758,577 CO
it-o.iscounts of the last six months 422,932 27

Ditto in branch banks
Miseelianecus

641,216 00
231,031 12

f. 6-10,818,406 C 7

Certificatn confirmed,
The Governor of the Bank, D'AItGOUT.

RAILWAY CASUALTIES—ASSUR.
ANCE AND COMPENSATION.
Our attention has lately been directed to a subject
a‘hicla, after much consideration, we are inclined to
think highly deserving the favourable notice of the
railway and mercantile world, and of the travelling
public in general. An association is now in course of
formation for the purpose of meeting the deficiency
existing in a new but not unimportant branch of
assurance. There has been no assurance company
hitherto organized whose operations extend to railway
casualties. The serious want it professes to supply is
its best recommendation to extensive approval. Ex-
perience has already shown the impolicy of trusting
to juries for damages arising from railway disas'ers.
Such a resource, in the first place, is always uncer-
tain and expensive. The many thousands of com-
mercial travellers and other persons in the employ-
ment of the great companies, and whose numbers
must still increase with the increase of " mileage" and
business, will be naturally regarded as amongst those
most likely to secure to themselves the advantages
offered by the society. The Railway Record has the
following remarks upon this subject
We are glad to hear that the proposition to form
an association of the whole railway interest, for the
purpose of extending the application of assurance
principles to railway casualties, in aid of railway
servants, companies, &c., has the approval of se-
veral chief officers of leading companies ; and that
it is likely to be carried into effect upon a gigantic
scale, commensurate with the immense interest in-
volved. The proposition is such, that, if all rail-
way companies would combine for their common
good, it could not fail to realise more than all the
advantages promised by Mr. Cobb, the promoter.
That gentleman has long been known to us as a care-
ful compiler of railway statistics, and as an able
contributor to railway literature. We should, there-
fore, have confidence in the accuracy of his calcula-
tions,, even had they not been certified by two
eminent actuaries. The novel and most attractive
feature in this comprehensive scheme is the con-
templated surplus profit flowing into the `Railway
Officers' Mutual Benefit Fund'—thus giving to all
railway servants a direct pecuniary interest in the
prevention of accidents; and securing (at a much
less cost) far greater advantages to the recipients,
than can be obtained from any ordinary benefit
club.' According to Mr. Cobb's calculations, it would
seem that the remoteness of the contingency is fully
met by the smallness of the premium to be paid by
the public. No doubt, therefore, can be entertained
that all constant railway travellers would be glad to
effect policies with the association at so tempting a
price. We repeat, that the whole proposition pro-
mises to realise invaluable advantages to the railway
interest, as well as to the public, and deserves the best
consideration of every railway executive throughout
the kingdom."
UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, OCT. 7.—A convocation was this day holden
at twelve o'clock.
The Senior Proctor having read the Chancellor's
letter, nominating the Rev. Frederick Charles Plumtre,
D.D., Master of University College, to the office of Vice-
Chancellor, it was submitted to the approbation of the
House. There being no opposition, the late Vice-
Chancellor, in retiring from office after the usual period
of four years, delivered a Latin speech suitable to the oc-
casion, and his successor was immediately admitted with
the usual formalities; he likewise delivered a Latin
speech on being installed into office, and appointed the
following heads of houses as Pro Vice-Chancellors to
act in his absence:—
The Rev. Dr. Wynter,President of St. John's College.
The Rev. Dr. Simons, Warden of Wadham College.
The Rev. Dr. Richards, Rector of Exeter Co/lege,
The Rev. Dr. Radford, Rector of Lincoln College.
The three first being present were admitted on taking
the usual oaths.
Tuesday next being the first day of Michaelmas Term,
a congregation will be holden for granting graces and
eonferrinc, degrees.
The Latin sermon previous to the commencement of
term will be preached by the Rev. A. Hackman, of
Christ Church, on Monday next, at St. Mary's.
The several Colleges and Halls are appointed to meet
Fs ander :
Oct. 7—Magdalen College ; Oct. 13—Merton Col-
lege ; Oct. 1 t—Balliol College, Brasenose College, New
Celle ;e, Christ Church, Trinity College, John's College,
Wadham College, Pembroke College, Worcester &l-
ine, Lincoln College, Alban Hall, and St. Edmund
Hall ; Oct. 15—Queen's College ; Oct. 16 —Corpus
Christi College ; Oct. 20—All Souls' College, St. Mary
Hall, Magdalen Hail ; Oct. 21—Exeter College, Oriel
College, Jesus College, New Ilan Hall ; Oct. 22—Uni-
versity College.
The Rev. James A. Park, of Oriel Col'ege, has been
presented to an Honorary Canonry in Durham Cathedral.
The Rev. Robert A. Rya s;oroe, of Erasenose Col-
leze, has been licensed to the curacy of Penwk,rtham,
Lancashire.
The Rev. Arthur H. Hamilton, of St. John's College,
has been appointed co the curacy of Shute, D
The Rev. William Powell, of Jesus College, has
been licensed to the curacy of St. John's Church,
Chatham.
The Rev. Thomas W. S. Langdon, of Pembroke
College,
has been licensed to the curacy of St. Jams's,
Alangtester.

The Rey. Holland Lomas, of St. Mary Hall, has been
licensed to the curacy of Farnwortb, Lancashire.
The Rev. Hugh U. Tighe, of Corpus Christi College,
has been appointed First Chaplain to the Lord-Lieute-
nant of Ireland.

THE FLOODS.
The valley of the Severn may now be aptly styled
the Severn sea, being flooded to a considerable extent.
Owing to the continuous and heavy rain which pre-
vailed in the latter part of last week, the river con-
tinued to rise for several days afterwards, until over-
leaping its banks, it has covered the meadows on
either side with an extraordinarily wide expanse of
superabundant waters. The valley of the Severn
now presents a very curious appearance; the river
forcing its rapid and troubled course through a sheet
of placid waters, which becomes all the more remark-
able, streaked as it is by the partially submerged
hedge-rows, and dotted by trees.
We are not aware that any material damage has
been caused by the flood in this locality, and it is now
subsiding.
On Monday, a young man, named Cooke, was
drowned near Maiseniore-bridge, by falling into the
current while trying to get ashore with a cable from
a long boat, which had broken adrift at the Upper
Parting.
At Tewkesbury, the Warwickshire Avon, which
unites the Severn at Tewkesbury, rose much more ra-
pidly and to a greater height than has been experi-
enced for very many years; and if the waters of the
Severn had run down with equal force with those of
the Avon, the flood would indeed have been a most
extraordinary one. The whole of the meadows
in the neighbourhood of Tewkesbury were entirely
covered with water to a considerable depth; and
three out: of the four principal roads which lead
into the borough were rendered quite impassable ;
but no material loss, except the carrying away a
quantity of timber, and removing some fencing,
occurred in the immediate vicinity of the town.
At Evesham Messrs. Burlingham, Malin, Hunt,
Gilbert, and indeed many others in the locality, have
experienced great losses. Mr. Holtom, of Cleeve, it
is said, has had 70 sheep washed away, and Mr.
Hopkins, of Offenham, 25 ; the latter has also lost a
cart colt.—Gloucestershire Chronicle.

" WAIT TILL YOU'RE ASKED."
(From the Man in the Moon.)
FolloWing up the sentiments of the letter which he ad-
dressed to the Times, and in which he declared his earnest
hope that the people of London would not be too hasty
and enthusiastic in loading him with honours and dinners,
M. Louis Blanc has written to us at length, repeating his
determination not to allow himself to be made much of
in England.
M. Louis Blanc therefore declares—
That he will not, on any account, accept of the Free-
dom of the City of London, enclosed in a gold box, and
accompanied by a magnificent service of plate—valued
at 5,000/.
That he will not on any account accept of any such
honorary distinction as being made a Knight Companion
of the Bath, of the Fleece, or of the Garter.
That he will not accept of any legacies which may
be left him, of houses, lands, estates, or vast sums of
money in the funds.
That he will not eccept of any public dinner from the
Honourable East India Company, from the Directors of
the Bank of England, or from any of the principal Clubs
in Pall•malI.
That he will not accept any invitaions to any pleasant
and brilliant parties, where he will be the lion of the
evening and the admired of all observers.
That he will not accept of any pension of 5,000/.,
10,000/, or 20,0001. a year from the Government of this
country, or from any other quarter whatever.
That he will not an i cannot for a moment allow him-
self to be made the object of numerous complimentary
and sympathising addresses agreed to at vast public
meetings, and presented by numerous deputations at the
head of tremendous processions, and amid the clang and
bang of trumpets and cannons.
And, finally ('and what is more extraordinary than all),
that he will not accept of the situation of Contributor to
the Man in the Moon.

HAMBURGH MAIL.
ITANBURGH BOURSE, CCT.5.—The funds were rather
higher to day, and Owed firm.

HAMBURGII FUNDS, Ocr. 5.
Bills. Money.
Hanoverian New Loan, 5 per Cent... • • 1011 A 101
Anglo-Russian Loan •••••••• • • • • • • • 97 96%
Russian 5 per Cents ................
Rusaian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 92 92
Ditto Ist series 1nacripti0n............
Ditto,3d and 4th series .............. 65%
Ditto, in Certificate • 88%
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • •
Ditto Stleglitz •• • •. .• ..... 78% 78M
Spanish New 5 per Cant..............
Ditto 3 per Cent .. • • • • • • • • 17 44 17
Swedish Loan .. • ..• .. • • •• • • 95
Ditto, 4 per Cent..................
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent..
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• ..
Ditto 3 per Cer.t. ••••••.•• • • • • • • •
Polish New 4 po: Cent. Loan, 1841..
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent • • • • 67
Nationaltlank Shares.. •••-••• • • • • • • •
RAILWAYS.

Hamb. Bergd. •.••••••..•• • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto, Priority Shares •• • • • ...... 95 93
Dorlhr and IlatzdZnarg - -- (S ‘11.4
Ditto, Priority Shares • • • •. 8895
Cologne and Minden ........ ....... 75 74N
Ditto, Priority Shares .. • . •.......
Mecklenburg ••••••• • • • .. • ........... 35;4 35
Altona and Kiel ................... 83 87
Glucicstadt • •
Hanseatic Steagi Company ....... .••
HAHBURGII CORN _MARKET, OCT. 5.
WNEAT —Polish .. ••..•• . • • . ,
Ant. Magd., Red .............. 133 152
Ditto, Whits .........• • • 138 152
Marks and Brunswick • • .... 136 132
Silesian yellow ...... • •
Mecklenb. Pm. ••.. • • ........ 136 1
Holstein ........ ..... ......... 134 130
Eider and Bosom .. • ...... 123 143
Lower Elbe .............. • • • 125 145
RYE—Silesian .. • • •• . 62 75
Ant. and Magd.• •.. • ..... 74 74
Marks., Meek., and Porn. .. •• . 67 97
r.saiEt - Stark. and Oder • • • • 53 66
Ant, and Slag& •... • • .. •• • • •• 75 92
Lower Elbe, winter
Ditto, summer .. • • • . 47 55
OATS —tildan.l •. ...... 40 48
Meek and Holstein ....... 40 43
Lower Elbe, White •. •
BEANS..... • • • • .......... ...... 80 93

PEASE • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • •
RAPE SEED • • ...• • . •• •• • •

.......... 80 107
.......... 136 144

SAPIENT JUDGES.—The Bedford Times states that
at the recent horticultural show in that town the judges
decided that a bundle of white carrots were the best
parsnips, and gave the prize accordingly.
NEW IRON MlNE.—Preparations are now making
to raise iron ore, a vein of which has just been dis-
covered, on the estate of Mr. John Shepherd, High
Brow, Millom, and within a short distance of the White-
haven and Furness Junction Railway.— Carlisle Journal.
THE ADTANTAGII OF KNOWING WHERE TO LOOK
FOR A HUSBAND !—A woman living in Ashby inquired
the other Sunday of one of the poliee, if he could give
her any tidings of her "mon" (meaning her husband),
and said she wished " Parliament was fur enough for
altering the lea" (alluding to the Act now in operation
compelling publicans to keep their houses closed the
whole of Sunday morning), " she could always find her
mon till the last Sunday or two, for he always got drunk
in the morning, and was in bed the remainder of the day;
but now she know'd no more where to look for him than
the mon in the moon. But Parliament folk cared nout
what trouble they gee poor craters."—Derbyshire Courier.
SINGULAR BEQ,URST.—Mrs. Jane Thompson, who,
with the exception of a short period, has held the office
of the nurse at the Cumberland Infirmary since the
opening of that institution, died on Monday last after a
short illness. A few days before her death, feeling that
alerts was no prospect of her recovery, she presented
the whole of her savings, amounting to about 201., for
the benefit of the infirmary. This is a very pleasing
example of devotion to the interests of an institution,
of the merits of which the deceased must have been a
competent judge. We know of no higher compliment
to the infirmary than such a bequest as this.—Carlisle
Patriot.
MURDER.—The Autumn Circuit was opened at
Ayr on Wednesday. The only case of importance was
that of James M'Wheelan or M'Queen, accused of the
crimes of murder and robbery, in so far as on the 26th
or 27th of May, 1848, he did (on the Backhill-road,
leading from Fort Acres, or Forty Acres' toll-bar to
• the turnpike road from Ayr to Kilmarnock, at a spot
about nine miles- from Ayr) attack and assault James
Young, servant with Mr. Joseph Smith, farmer,
Forty Acres, and did strike him with a stone on the
head, and severely wound him with a chisel on the neck,
so that the said Jomes Young did immediately or soon
thereafter die. The libel also charged the prisoner
with abstracting from the murdered man the following
!articles :—A silver watch, a watch chain and watch
:key, a watch guard, and 15s. in silver. There were no
fewer than 93 witnesses cited for the prosecution in
this case, which, from the peculiar barbarity and wan-
tonness of the crime, excited great interest. The trial
lasted two days, and the prisoner was unanimously
found guilty, and sentenced to be executed at Ayr on
the morning of the 26th instant. The prisoner, who
throughout the trial maintained an air of stolid indiffer-
ence, became nervously anxious towards the conclusion.
On judgment being given, he with an excited voice pro-
'tested his innocence, saying ho had received the watch
,from a man named Hall, in Kilmarnock. The last exe-
cution in Ayr was that of the unfortunate Waugh (some
16 years ago), who shot a man during the Orange riots
at Girvan.—Ayr Advertiser.
VALUE or LIFE.—In the West Indies, a colonel
was ordered to disembark his corps to attack one of the
islands. In stepping-in tea a boat he fell overboard, the
current carried him rapidly from the ship, when an honest
tar jumped after him, kept him afloat till a boat was dis-
patched to his assistance, and put him safely on board.
One of Jack's messmateiobserving the colonel put some-
thing into the harels of his deliverer, stepped up to him,
exclaiming, " Demme, Jack, you arc in luck to-day ;"
and eagerly opening his hands, expecting to share in
:a can of grog; but on discovering. the reward, a six-
pence, the tar uttered a prayer; and whispered his mess-
! mate, " Never mind, Jaclt, every man knows the value
of his life be t."

VESSEL FOUNDERED.—.SIX. MEN DROWNED.-By
the Lyonesse, s.r4:ivtd-at 1-11,,nainee from Scilly, on Mon-
day, we learn that,on Siturday lest, the schooner. Caro-
line, Captain C.7,thio, froth Newprt, with coali; bOund to
Tarragona, struck on the,Seven Stones, at 10 , and
soon afterwards went down. We regret to add, that all
the crew perished, except the mate, who Supported him-
self by laying bold of a I odder that floated 'from the
vessel, until he was picked up by a I?dat, from the light
ahip.--Cornwall Gazette.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
A boy about twelve years of age, named Joseph
Bowman, one of the charity boys of St. Botolph,
Aldgate, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged
with having wounded with a penknife Richard Mor-
ken, who is about the same age, and belongs to Sir
John Cass's charity school.
Between eight and nine o'clock on Sunday evening
the complainant had been quarrelling with other boys,
and the prisoner interfered. As it was considered by
the former that such interference was unnecessary, he
said he would pitch into the intruder, and followed
for the purpose of carrying the threat into effect. The
prisoner had an open penknife in his hand at the time,
and on finding that he was likely to be pitched into,
he gave his hand a sudden direction towards the head
of the complainant, and split open the thick part of
the boy's ear.
The prisoner protested that when he held up his
hand in which his knife was grasped, upon being at-
tacked by the complainant, he said, " You see I have
a knife in my hand," and that he had no notion of
doing any serious injury, and that.the stab was merely
accidental.
The medical man who examined the wound said it
was not dangerous.
The Loan MAYOR, desired that the prisoner should
be taken to the master of the school to which he be-
longed, with directions that he be soundly flygged for
having used his penknife on such an occasion.
William Wynne was brought up for final examina •
tion, upon the charge of having attempted to shoot
Cornick, the City policeman, at Queenhithe, some
nights ago.
The only additional evidence brought forward was
that of the person fired at, who said, in answer to a
question from the Lord Mayor, that he had attended
several times at Chartist meetings in plain clothes, by
the direction of his superior officers.
The prisoner added nothing to what he stated be-
fore, which was, that he had been pulled or knocked
about either by the policeman at whom he snapped
the pistol, or by some other policeman.
He was committed for trial at the Central Criminal
Court.

Thomas Ellis was charged with haring stolen a
parcel from the top of a travelling cart.• -
The prisoner had been observed by a policeman in
the neighbourhood of Bishopsgate-street, following
the cart, while two accomplices kept up with him.
When they got close up to the cart, one of his com-
panions said, "On to it, Tom, it's all right." Tom
then dexterousuly slipped the parcel, which contained
3/. worth of buttons, off the cart. Upon hearing a
whistle, however, and a sudden call from his accom-
plices, he flung down the parcel and began to run.
Off his companions ran too, and they were more suc-
cessful than he, for they got clear away, while he ran
into the arms of the policeman, by whom he was con-
ducted to the station-house.
The prisoner said he had never seen any parcel or
cart. All he knew was, that as he was going along a
policeman, for the want of business he supposed, took
hold of him, and lugged him to gaol.—Committed for
trial. _ _ _ .

•
Henry Rose was committed for trial upon a charge
of having robbed his former employers of ten empty
oil casks. The prisoner had been carman to Messrs.
Houghton, who have premises in Whitecross•street
for their empty casks, and he was perfectly well ac-
quainted with the whole of the concern. He had
taken a van to the premises, deliberately loaded it
with the casks, and he conveyed them to a person
who purchased them, but without suspecting how
they had been obtained.
A young girl named Margaret Steil was charged
with having attempted to destroy herself.
A policeman, in passing over London-bridge, was
applied to by two gentlemen who were holding the
girl in one of the recesses, and said they were trying
to prevent her from leaping into the river, into which
she seemed determined to fling herself. The police-
man advised her to go home, but she said the water
was her home, and she would go to it.
The unfortunate creature, whose age did not appear
to exceed fifteen years, seemed to be in the deepest
affliction.

She was remanded.
Jane Driscoll and Eliza Williams were charged
with having robbed John Allen of three sovereigns.
The complainant had, although acquainted with the
tricks of the town, consented to treat the two pri-
soners. He pulled out his purse, in which were three
sovereigns, to pay, but finding that he had coppers
enc ugh to clear the score, he pocketed his purse, and
paid dow n his halfpence. His companions soon gave
rim proof of their skill, for he suddenly missed his
purse, and the two women disappeared at the
same time, but they were quickly picked for by
a policeman. The money was all gone; but the
compiainant said that when he went home to his wife,
and pulling off his coat, the empty purse dropped
upon the ground. One of the prisoners having been
apprehended before the other, the latter, in the excess
of friendship, called at the station-house, declared
that she, and not her companion, was the thief, and
heroically requested to be taken as the substitute. It
was, however, thought most prudent to combine the
two in the charge.
Both prisoners deuied all knowledge of the robbery
they were charged with, and were committed to pri-
son, the one for 14 days, and the more experienced
thief, Eliza Williams, for six weeks.
Edward Linforth, a person who had been in the
employment of Messrs. Alsop, ale-brewers, was
charged with having embezzled several sums of
money, amounting in the whole to about 201.
The prisoner Rent to a station in a different part of
the town on the night of the Ist of October, and said
he was desirous to give himself up to justice, as he
had robbed his employers.—Fully committed for trial.
GUILDHALL.
Thomas Congreve, a cattle-dealer in Smithfield-
market, was summoned for cruelty to a bullock, under
the following circumstances :
George White, 24, one of the police•off'icers attend-
ing the market, said that on Monday morning, the
25th of September, he was on duty in Smithfield,
when he saw the defendant strike one of the bullocks
such a severe blow on the hock, that the animal's leg
became immediately contracted, and compelled him to
stand on three legs; at the same time two other
drovers struck him on the nose and made it bleed.
The animal appeared in great pain from the blow on
the hock, when another drover gave him a blow on
the other hock, which forced the poor thing to stand
at once or fall down, however painful the operation
might be. He went to the defendant and asked him
why he acted so cruelly towards the animal ; when he
replied that he had been aggravated by the beast, and
he would do so again if it annoyed him, as it was his
own property. It was a common practice in the
market for drovers to treat the bullock in that way,
and if anything was said, the owners generally came
forward, and said they had a right to do what they
liked with their own.
Alderman LAWRENCE asked the defendant what he
had to say in reply ?
Mr. Congreve, who treated the matter in a very
cavalier manner, said the bullock was a nasty and
unhappy animal, which would not allow any of the
other cattle to stand still, in consequence of which he
caused a great hindrance to their sale. He ordered
the men to strike him, and did so himself, but without
any cruelty, and he
.thought the present charge
brought by the officer a most frivolous one; besides,
it was his own beast.
Alderman LAWRENCE—But that does not justify
you in using cruelty. I know there is a great deal
of trouble with them, but still they must be treated
with some moderation.
The officer said the drovers had been fined ss.
each, on Saturday, before the Police Committee.
Alderman LAWRENCE observed, that if the officer
had been one not long in the force, he might have
imagined he had been mistaken ; but when it was
considered that he had been appointed to attenclithe
market, had been there for many years, and was a
most intelligent officer, he must give credence to his
testimony. lie should, therefore, fine the defendant 103.
Mr. Congreve immediately paid the fine.
SOUTHWARK.
James Tilley, a tall powerful young man, was
brought before Mr. Cottingham for re-examination,
charged with indecently assaulting Elizabeth Chess-
nutt, a child eight years of age, the daughter of the
Rev. Mr. Chessnutt, late incumbent of Trinity Church,
Newington.
On the previous examination the little girl, who was
accompanied by her mother, stated that her parents
were living separately, and that she was with her
mother until taken away by her father, who took her
to live with him at 41, King-street, Soho. That
while there, during the absence of her father, the
prisoner had behaved in a very rude way to her, and
that she mentioned it to her father when he returned
home ; but he desired her not to mind it, and that the
prisoner, who lived in the house and had his meals
with her father, was in the habit of assaulting her in
the same indecent manner, until she was taken away
by a gentleman to her mother's residence. The com-
plainant, on being desired by Mr. Cottingham, de-
scribed with minuteness the manner in which the
prisoner had acted towards her on the various occa-
sions, and which is unfit to describe—that on her
return home to her mother she mentioned the facts
to her.

.
Mrs: Chesinutt stated thaf.she had been living apart
from her husband since the 25th of last March—that
she separated from him inconsequence of his immoral
conduct-41iat he had spent 8,0001. of her money in
extravagance-,-.that since then had 2,0001. more to
pay off his debts, all of which was her own money ;
and that he was in the habit of associating- with low
company—that he otherwise so conducted himself to-
wards her that she found it impossible to live with
him, particularly es she had a young family of chil-
dren, who, were set such an example by their parent,
and that she therefore left him, and, with her-chil-
dren, placed herself and them under the protection of
her father. She added, that the Rev. Mr. Chessnutt