The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-23 00:00:00

THE S tTN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, N'OVEMBEI,3,,

a ton. So great is the expense of coal,which fluctuates
in price, that in some of the English mail contracts t e
government engage to compensate the packet
owners when the price of coals advances beyond a
certain limit. Hence the desideratum for steam-
ships to be able to carry sufficient fuel for the out-
ward and homeward -voyage. It seems an oppro-
brium to this age of enterprise and skill that we
cannot reach our Australian colonies from Eng-
land in much less than 60 days. We can get to
New York- from Liverpool or Southampton—a dis-
tance of 3,000 miles—in 9 days ; but we cannot get
to Australia, four times the distance, in 36 days.
How is this 1 Four steam-packet companies have
attempted to run from Southampton to Sydney in
eight weeks, and all have failed. Almost every
route has been tried—the Cape, the Singapore
route, and the Ceylon route—without success.
Enormous rewards have been offered to steam-ship
owners to carry the mails from England to New
South Wales in 60 days punctually. The present
Australian Mail Packet Company receives nearly
200,000/. a year, and scarcely a mail has been taken
out, or brought home, in time. Yet the Australian
colonies are our choicest possessions ; and they are
filled with a population that have the most inti-
mate relations with this country. Glutted
markets, bankruptcy, and ruin in Australia have
been the result of a defective mail communication
with the mother country. There cannot be a doubt
but the Imperial Government, and the local
governments of New South Wales, Victoria, South
Australia, aryl Tasmania would subscribe at least a
quarter of a million of money annually forany steam-
ship company who could establish a mail commu-
nication between England and Sydney, say in 50
days. Twelve millions sterling of gold is exported
yearly from Australia to England, which would
m, st probably all be sent in the mail Fackets. The
freight of this at 3 per cent. would be 350,0001. a
year; a vast sum is lost in interest of money and
insurance on this Australian gold, in consequence oi
its being sent in sailing ships. If such a mail com-
munication were established, so that persons could
run to and from England and Australia in the same
time proportionately that they can run to New York,
hundreds, if not thousands, of wealthy passengers
would travel by the mail packets, payin r, very high
fares. But it is vain to expect that any such -om-
municattou can b 3 established by any of our pre-
sent steamships. To attempt it would be like placing
our Peninsular packets on the Atlantic service. The
fact is, when the distance of a voyage is materially
increased, the magnitude and driving power of
steamships must be increased in an almost geome-
trical ratio.

The steamship Levi ithan is about twice the length,
three times the horse power, and five times the ton-
nage of the largest mail packet in existence ; but this
is scarcely so great a contrast as that between the
steamers employed by the great mail packet com-
panies 20 years ago and those employed at the pre-
s,ut time. The re,son why the Leviathan has ex-
cited such intense interest and curiosity as tempered
wiih that caused by such ships as the Persia and
Atrato, is the gradually increasing size of steamships
up to the time those ships were hunched. Taus,
fir instance, in the Ripon, Indus, Oriental, Nia
gam, Canada, Europa, Asia, Tamar, Tyne, Nubia,
Alma, Africa, Arabia, La Plata, Orinoco, Magda-
lena, Parana, we have steamers ♦arying from 1,300
to 3,000 tons burden. But. between a 4,000 ton
ship and the Leviathan of 25,000 tons there is no
intervening magnitude to mitigate the wonder with
which the latter is looked upon. There cannot be
a doubt but that the Leviathan, with her beautiful
model, her immense length, and enormous engine
power, will average 20 miles an hour, nearly 500
miles a day ; and that she will run to Lisbon from
England its a day and a half, to Gibraltar in 2
days, to Malta in 3 days, to New York in 6 days,
to Rio de Jaueiro in 8 days, to the Cape of Good
Hope in 10 days, to Australia in 20 days, and
round the world in two months. One such ship,
starting from England for Alexandria, and another
waiting for her arrival there in the Red Sea, could
take out 10,000 troops to Calcutta in less than
three weeks, or to Bombay in a fortnight. The
Leviathan will be able to carry coals sufficient to
go round the world, and fully freighted, for a couple
of months' voyage, with mails, specie, passengers,
troops, and cargo, her earnings would be enormous.
For months past the attention of all people in-
terested in maritime affairs has been directed to
the Leviathan, as if she were destined to mark some
important epoch in steam navigation.
It is on the sea that Englishmen have had their
greatest struggles and won their most glorious vic-
teries, and it is well that they should be foremost
is ruling the waves in peace as well as in war. In
ship 'lidding, at least, they maintain their unex-
pected superiority.

LAUNCHISG 01" BIG SHIPS.

The following letter has been addressed to a con-

.emporary_

Sin,—the difficulties and dangers incidental to
the launching of the Great Eastern are essentially
inherent to the sliding system, as applied to the
hunching of ships of so ext,aordinary a bulk.
The real interest that I take in the success of an
un&rtaking which, it is to be hoped, will contribute
to the progress of navigation as well as to the
honour of Eng'and, prompts me respectfully to sub-
mit, through your influential columns, a ,ystern of
launching founded on different pi inciples.
It substantially consists in fib tting clown the great
ship fi (u lafr actuil place to the river, through a
temporary lock of colossal dimensions, yet of an
easy and comparatively cheap construction. This
sort of lock should be formed with piles rising to a
sufficient height above the gr amd, with sail canvas
spread against them. Water should be introduced
with steam pumps till the ship can float and be
bulefl et sc, to the river side of the lock. Then by
lifting up a part of the canvas a portion of the in-
aide water is let out, and a level is es7ablisned be-
tween it and the river at high water time. Agate
is now opened by lowering a few piles and props,
which were not driven into the ground, but simply
screwed, and leaning to lower and firmer supports,
opposite either to tie aem or the stern. Through
this Opening the veisel may be lougitudinal?yheuled
out into the broad Thames.

In 1843 I made an extensive set of experiments,
in the canal sf Bologna, and in the river Re le, on
this system as applicable to preventing or stopping
inundations. Several useful applications of tuis
hydraulic system have since bier: made in Italy—
one of them even in the river Po. It may possibly
not be amiss if I add a few general statements.
The length of the canvas must be greater than
the length of the row of piles to be covered ; for
the horizontal section must consist of a series of
convex circular errs, in all the intervals between
the piles The ratio of 10.7 is nearly the most
proper. The breadth, also, or height of the sail,
must be greater than the intended height of the
water; because not only the canvas should rise
more or less above it, but it wants also a consider-
able superabundance at the lower hem. When the
water is flowing througa the row of piles, if you
wish to cut it off, fasten the upper hem of the sails
at the top of the piles, then spread the sail over the
water, and let it drop. As soon as the water begins
to be higher ou the inside of the sail, the pressure
brings it close to the piles, and to all the siuuosities
of the bottom of the river, in an admirably regular
and prompt manner, so that the water soon pre-
cludes altogether the issue to itself, When a suffi-
cient extent of sail is overlapped to another sail
properly supported, or to the embankment of the
river, the pressure fastens it sufficiently, witheut_
sewing or any other provision.
The strength of the canvas must be in the com-
pound ratio of the height of the water and of the
radius of curvature of the canvas in the intervals
between any two piles. The diameter of the piles,
if isolated, must be in the compound ratio of the
height of the water and of the distance between the
centre of each pile and that of the next; the
depth to which it is driven must be in the
ratio of the height of the water. A row of
fir piles, driven three yards deep into a soil of
criimry consistence, with 9-inch diameters at the
ground section, at the mutual distance of one yard
from centre to centre, and with ordinary sail can-
vas applied to them, can well stand he pressure of
water as high as three yards, and a little more. If
the water is to be held coasiderably higher, the
canvas must ba s•ronger or double, and the inside
piles properly strengthened with one or more rows
of piles, connected with them through horizontal
and inclined props.
Under the peculiar circumstances of the Great
Eastern, instead of erecting the river-side row of
piles to the great height of 14 yards, which would
be nearly requ'red to float down the vessel imme-
diately to the river, it might be found- easier, as
well as cheaper, to subdivide the space and the ope-
ration into three successive stages.
If the launching succeeds with the means already
tried, so much the batter ; if not, I am confident
the method which I have had the honour of placing
before you might satisfactorily answer. At all
events, my modest and well meant suggestion may
possibly find SJIIIC other useful application.—l
am, &c.
L. FILOPANTI.
(I:ate Professor of Hydraulics at Bologna.)

IS .REFOR:If TO BE POSTPONED?

(Prom the Saturday Review.)
The recent monetary crisis and the violation of
the Bank Act are, it is true, subjects more pressing
than any reform bill ; but we have an extra session
expressly for the purpose of considering these im-
portant matters ; and even though that alone
should not suffice, it is absurd to suppose that 650
gentlemen can keep up a discussion on the currency
for the greater part of a year. We have no objec-
tion to the bank charter taking precedence of every
other topic ; but really, to assume that it will leave
no time for the consideration of a reform bill
savours overmuch of a foregone conclusion that
time shall never be found for the only measure in
favour of which the constituencies expressed any-
thing like a unanimous opinion. In fact, there is
very little disguise affected in the matter, for the
parliamentary reformer is kindly advised to wait
until he can get a session to himself. Can any one
guess how long that period of expectation will
prove ? An absolutely vacant session has never
occurred in the memory of man ; and if reform is
to be laid aside until so very convenient a season,
we are afraid that Mr. Roebuck will have time to
advance to universal suffrage and weekly parlia-
ments long before the question shall be considered
ripe for discussion. It may be true, as the Times
cynically observes, that men in office and men in
parliament are not fond of interfering with patron-
age, and offending persons of influ,nce and social
position, and that they will infallibly shirk the duty
if they can. But, if so, there is the more reason
for pressing on the disagreeable discussion before
the remembrance of promises, as yet recent, shall
altogether fade away. At any rate, it is a strange
way of encouraging honesty in public life to tell our
representatives that they are disposed to shirk their
pledges, and that that is an excellent reason why
they should not think of fulfilling them.
If those who were returned to the present Parlia-
ment as reformers are in earnest in the matter, there
never was a session which promised a fairer oppor-
tunity for carrying out their principles tha❑ that
which is now approaching. Such of them as desire
only to escape from an irksome duty will, no doubt,
find want of time as good an excuse as any one of a
thousand o hers.

(From the Leader.)
Reform is once more a topic of the day. The
working classes are agitating i t, and we have received
many declarations of sympathy with the sentiments
we have expres,ed as to value of an open and cordial
association of all classes of reformers. They have one
grand point to gain ; it is before them ; they now
know that the Government will avoid concession
until it is wrung from it ; they have seen toryism
disgraced until it has been bestridden by an adven-
turer like Mr. Disraeli ; and they have only t or-
ganise their own resources and apply them. . .
Even the Tory prints—although abundantly en-
dowed with the attribute classically ascribed to the
fly—will not affirm that every cmydderable town
does not contain at least ten men interested in the
promotion of Parliamentary reform. If these ten
would unite and act—in concert, perhaps, with a
London committee—the questi,qi might be taken
out of Lord Palmerston's hands. It is not for the
Liberal party to receive the dictations of any cabi-
net. All the Ministerial objections amount to r o
more :than special pleading, and an artful attempt
to confound the third session of 1857 with that of
858. Are both those sessions forestalled ? TLere
is now a programme before the country. What
towns will set the example of appointing commit-
tees to vote whether the principles set. forth are
deserving of adoption ?

,m the letter of " Publicola- in the Weekly Dispatch.)
Having done its utmost to burke the question of
reform, the Times breaks out in a startling anxiety
and tenderne4s for its success. Something, it
thinks, may be male of that for the purpose of pro-
crastination. " Will not the parliament-11. y refor-
mer himself be better satisfied with having a ses-
sion, though a later one, to himself ?" A session
to himself? There's a bait. Only think of seven
whole months to make reform speeches in ! What
an effort to win the long-winded ! Unhappily this
"later" session is what we have been promised
again and again. We have run after it like boys
after a rainbow. And when is it to come ? The
siege of Sebastopol stopped it once. The Bank
Cuarter and India stop it now. Want of prepara-
tion stopped it in the session of last spring. There
will never be wanting something or other, at home
or abroad, by which it may not be stopped. Now,
we have a promise to claim ; an express, absolute
promise. We may •never have such a thing again.
Our facetious Premier may warble the old song,

I told her Pd marry her,
Bat never told her when.

We cannot afford to let him slip. The a.lsocialed
parliamentary reformers are dealing rightly and
wiely. They start no great public auitvion. No
movement is Cilltemplated like that of the Anti-
Corn-law League. They want no popular excite-
ment. Their own views are calmly propounded,
and they invite the people to say whether they coin-
cide, and thus confirm the verdict of the last ses-
sion. Such a quiet refresh wid, it may be hoped,
tell ssitfi greater power on the Premier than a more
noisy demonstration.

THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN

BELGIUM.

(From. Galignani's Messenger.)
The electoral committee appointed by the repre-
sentatives of the right in the late Chamber of Repre-
sentatives of Belgium has published an address ex-
plaining the conduct of the party which has just
been deprived of place. This document, which is
written with great moderation, affirms that the in-
tentions of the conservative party—thet which has
lately been in power, have been systematically mis-
represented by its political opponents, and par-
ticularly with respect to the bill 'for granting
assistance to the poor, which a short time back
caused so much agitation in the country. That
measure, the addr-se declares, which was made a
cause for agitation and a pretext of opposition,
contained nothing whatever of a nature t) justify
the resistance it met with or the storms of indig-
nation which it had to encounter. The address
denies that a bill so completely in harmony with
the principles sanctioned by foreign legislative
bodies, and in accordance with the national tradi-
tions of Belgium, could be in opposition to modern
rights and civilisation. Ignorance alone, it
says, could credit such an affirina'ion, which
passion alone could dare to bring forward.
But above the law on charitable foundations,
thus alluded to, was the political situation of pertieu,
and it was that circumstance which led to tumult.
in the street, and to distrust among the masses at,
the very moment that the King, 'in his wisdom,
was recommending prudence, tranquillity, and mo-
deration. It was by the majority in the Chamber,
the address affirms; that the bill was supported ;
and yet the minority, by the aid of popular pas-
sions, had not only led to the withdrawal of the
measure, but, by the dissolution which was lately
decreed, had for the moment put an end to the
majority. The address then terminates as follows :
The majority, which is now called to the bar of pub-
lic opinion, is declared to be factitious, and not repre-
senting the country. Let us just examine how the con-
servative majority has been formed, how it has grown in
strength, and what extreme means the opposition must
have recourse to, in order to endeavour to pat it down.
When in 1847 our adversaries arrived at power, they
employed, with persevering energy, all the political
means that appeared calculated to establish the supra.
macy of their opinion—dismissals from public offices, not
practised before, and notinitiated by the conservatives ; the
electoral reform, destroying without compensation the
equilibrium established by the Congress ; parliamentary
reform, the dissoluti on of the Chambers, and the renewal
of the comrnunalcouncils and administrations, in the midst
of anxiety arising from external dangers ; at a later period
the dissolution of the Senate, the law decreeing im•
mense public works, a vast electoral organisation com-
bining its action with administrative organisation ; and
a pressure on all the springs of parliamentary govern-
ment. Noth withstanding so many and such strong
precautions taken against the return of a new majority,
the Conservatives returned to power some years
afterwards by the mere movement of public opi lion,
by regular elections, naturally, without convulsions,
surprises, dissolutions, or violence. Never had Pailia•
mentary majority a more legitimate course or constitu,
tion..l origin, and never did it represent the country
more faithfully. When tranquillity reigns in the public
mind, the conservative opinion requires preponderance
and spreads, because it lives by tranquillity and ad-
dresses itself to the calm reason of the country. When
agitation is excited and populations are disturbed,
the opposition naturally triumphs, because it addresses
itself to the passions and lives by them. By what
means can this majority, constitutional in its ori-
ginand formation, and moderate in its conduct, be over-
thrown, were the opposition to triumph ? The ministry,
in imposing art immediate dissolution as a condition of
its acceptance of office, has sysumed all the responsibility
of that me 'sure. A dissolution, a measure to which the
left alone has had recourse since 1831, and which the
right has never felt the want of, is destined, in extreme
cave., to restore the balance between the powers
of the State, and ou4ii, never to be used to break
it ; it is a weapon kept in reserve in the hands of
royalty, free in the eyes of all, and not an instru-
ment to he used by one party to crush anuthcr.
The cabinet of the 9th Nov. applies an unjust electoral
system, under conditions which are still more unjust ; it
makes an appeal to the ciliary at au epoch in which
access to the electoral urn is difficult and often im-
possible to the rural population. The electoral law of
1848 is privilege organisel against the country districts,
and an appeal to the country in such conditions is
the exclusion of those districts. A dissolution thus
wade by a minority,, by such means, and with chances
so unequal, is not an honest and prudent carrying
out of constitutional institutions—it is the despotisel

of minorities erected into a system of Government. In
such a situation, which nn antecedent justifies, the first
idea to which the exceptional circumstances give rise :5
that of a general and absolute abstention, a refusal to accept
the conflict under conditions which are devoid of since-
rity ; it is to count on the prompt reaction of the public
conscience, which in Belgium may deceive itself some-
times, but never goes astray long; it is to confide to the
future the task of avenging the injustice of the pre-
sent. But this idea has not prevailed. The retreat of
the conservative party might cause a grand national
perturbation. Its attachment to our free inttitutions,
its unchangeable devotedness to the throne, and its
love of nationality, impose on it the duty of ac-
cepting the electoral conflict with the unequal
arms allowed to it, and with its present protest,
which will remain. Belgian nationality is established
on the conservative bases of constitutional institutions,
Catholicism, and the throne. Belgium is free by her in-
stitutions, Catholic by her character, history, and manners,
monarchical by her inviolable attachment to the sovereign.
If one of these national bases be weakened or ruined, if
Belgian liberty were to lose the Christian character which
is the support and salvation of them, the establishment
of 1830 would be profoundly changed, and the country
would drift towards the breakers on whicl the po-
litical liberty of so many nations has been destroyed.
Whatever may be the fate which the future reserves t
parties in Belgium, the Conservative party will main-
tain its character and the national traditions. It will
remain in the service of the Belgian cause, of the cause
of the constitution, of religion, and of the throne.
Adopted at the meeting of the 13th of November.
(Signed) Count DE THEUX, Count DE AIuerANABRE, A.
DESCHAMPS, J. MALOU, DE NAEYER, Count DE LIEDE-
KERKE."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 21.

GUILDHALL—IsabeIIa Baker and Sarah Pea-
cock, two respectably-attired females, were charged
with the following robbery :
Michael Haydon, a detective officer, said—About
a quarter to twelve o'clock yesterday I saw the
prisoners in Bishopsgate-street, and followed them
into Cheapside, where I saw Peacock enter a jewel-
ler's shop, kept by Mr. Pearce. In a few minutes
she came out and joined Baker. They then went to
Mr. Pearce's, at the corner of Bow-lane. Pea-
cock went in and then came out, and they both then
wont to the shop of Mr. Spence, St. Paul's-church-
yard, where they stayed a few minutes, and then
came out and proctedel to Messrs. Allens', where
Pe 'cock went in and sat down in front of the counter.
I entered at the back and saw her hands over a box
of ribbons placed before her. She went out shortly
after and joined Baker, who was waiting outside
for her. They then went to Mr. Spence's shop, and
on coming out they went to Willett's, on Ludgate-
hill, where Baker remained while Peacock went
in. They then went to Harvey's, whet e Pea-
ce& again took the lead and went in, after
which tliey went to Simpson's, in Farringdon-
street, Baker following Peacock into the shop
about five minutes after. Biker came out first,
and they went to the corner of Finsbury-square, at
which place I stopped them. I told Baker I bad
been watching her for upwards of an hour, and
that she must accompany the to Bow-lane station.
She made no reply ; but Peacock said she had never
seen Baker until that moment, and knew nothing
at all about it. At the station, on being informed
they would to searched if they did not giVe up all
the property, Baker gave up a pair of jet bracelets
and eight pieces of satin ribbon. Nothing was
found ou Peac ,ck, who said to the other prisoner,
" Young woman, you know nothing about me ;"
and Baker replied, "No ; I alone am guilty." I
have been to all the shops I saw them visit, and I
have persons here to identify three of the pieces,
containing about 40 yards.
Alfred Read said—l am assistant to Messrs.
Simpson, of Farringdon-street, drapers. Peacock
came into our house about half-past 12 yesterday,
and asked to look at some ribbons, and I
showed her a box containing ribbon pieces.
The three pieces produced are our property, and
were in the box at the time I placed it before her.
She did not buy any, but left the shop. lam quite
sure those three pieces had not been sold to any
one else, because they still bear our private mark,
which would have been destroyed if sold. I remem-
ber seeing the green, blue, and white ribbons in
the box when I showed them to the prisoner. The
value of the ribbons is about 183.
The prisoners were committed for trial.

BOW-STREET.—Charles Baker, porter to Mr]
Slack, ironmonger, of the Straud, was charged with
robl!ing his master of property to the value of 201.
It appeared that the prisoner had been some time
in the service of Mr. Slack, who had behaved very
kindly to him, on one occasion advancing him 31.
to pay out an execution which prisoner's landlord
had put in for rent. His salary was 30s.
per week. LAtely suspicion of pilfering had
fallen on Yin, and on Friday evening this suP-
picion was increased by the extreme care with
which he put on his coat to go out upon some
trifling errand, for which, under ordinary circum-
stauces, he would have gone wi,hout any coat at
all. Constable Holmes, of the F division, was then
si to watch him, ani perceiving that he was fol-
lowed, the prisoner took from his pocket a pair of
nutcrackers and flung them away, in'ending to
throw them over into an area, but they lodged on
the hor;zoutvl bat of the area railings, hanging
' with one leg each side. They were the prope•ty of
Mr. Slack, silver plated, and worth ss. Hohnes
then charged him with having some of his master's
property in his pocket, whicu he denied, but on
searching him, several articles were found, and a
further search at his lodg.ngs led to the discovery
of a quantity of coffee mills, stewpans, and other
portable articles, nearly all bearing Mr. Slack's
private marks. This accumulation of small articles,
to the value in all of about 20/., must have been
the result of a long-continued system of pilfering.
From so extensive a stock they could not possibly
have been missed if this discovery had not been
maple as it actually happened.
The prisoner admitted that the majority of tho
articles were stolen from his master ; but said that
a few, which he would point out, were honestly
come by. . _

Mr. Jardine said it was extremely painful to see
a man in the prisoner's position, in regular em •
pkymerit at a fair salary, guilty of such base
ingratitude to a master who had behaved so kindly
to him. He must be committed fur trial.

CLERKENWELL.—Two well-known thieve.,
who gave the names of Henry Walls, aged 24, and
Alfred Lee, aged 19, describing themselves as pfas-
lerers, re-iding at 20, Watson-place, Sooners-town,
were charged with burglariously breaking and en-
tering the dwelling-house of Mr. John Chappell,
brushmaker, of 5, Junction-villa, Junction-road,
and stealing therefrom four silver spoons, and other
articles of considerable value. They were further
charged with breaking and entering 'the dwelling-
house, on the 10th inst., of Mr. Cavendish, 17, St.
Paul's-road, and stealing therefrom four silver
table spoons, one silver sugar tongs, nine silver tea
spoons, two silver cruet stands, and other article.,
of the value of 501. Owing to the numerous rob-
beries that have taken pace lately in the neigh-
bourhood of Kentiih-town, Mr. Superintendent
Loatrat, of the S division, has ordered some men
specially to do duty at the backs of the houses which
are contiguous to the fields.

Piiice:constable Farr, 144 St, was passing along
the Junction-road, when he saw a light in the scul-
lery of No. 5. He at once procured assistance, and
then, entering the house, found that the thieves had
gained admittance by breaking down one of the iron
palings in front of one of the windows.
When they
had pissed into the kitchen, they stopped the clocks,
muffled the hells, and breaking the wine-cellar door
open, proceeded to rega!e them' elves with wine,
g;n, beef, bread, and jam. They had packed up
nearly everything moveable when they were appre-
hended. Upon Ming taken to the police-station,
Inspector Fidge, finding that they had very fine
linen sLirts on, sent for Mr. Cavendish, who iden-
tified them as his property, as well as two siik hand-
kerchiefs.
The prisoners, who had nothing to say in their
defence, were remanded.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Maik Nicholas Powles,
a young man of gentlemanly exterior, was brought
to this court on a warrant granted by J.
Esq., charging him " that he did unlawfully and
feloniously =knowledge certain recognisauces, and
become bail in the name of another person, to wit,
one Thomas Powles, the said Thomas Powles not
being privy or consenting thereto :" an offence
punishable under the act of William Dr.,- cap. 66,
with trinspoit4tion for life, or mt less than an im-
pfsonment for two years.
Mr. George Marwick Stizetcbury, City Solicitor's
office, Guildhall, who attended to prosecute for the
corporat'on, explained the circumstances out of
which the charge arose. On the 18th of July last,
two men, named Nathan' Wootwan and Davis
Gould, journeymen in the employ of Messrs: Lynes,
tailors, of Shoreditch, were, after several remands,
fully committed for trial at 'he Centr.il Criminal
Court; for having f road a certain order for the
payment of money with intent to defraud the firm.
Mr. Hammitt consented to adept b.il, and the
prisoner, together with another person, named Sax,
tendered theunelve3,
and became joint sureties for
their appearance to answer the charge.
Thomas Powles—The prisoner is my son. I re-
side at 6, Portland-terrace, Victoria-park-road. I
did not attend a; this court on the 18th of July
last, nor authorise any one to beconio bait for any
person. I know nothin of Gould or Wootman.
Prisoner never told me
he had become bail. The

first I knew of this matter was in consequence of a
letter I received from a solicitor in Bow-lane, re-
specting the non-appearance of Wootman. I have
another son, named Thoin.is George Powles, who
resides with me. He is only 17 years of age.
The case being complete, prisoner was, in the
usual way, asked if he had anything to say in an-
swer to the charge, but he declined doing so, and
the depositions were then taken by Mr. Stafford,
the second clerk, the accused being fully committed
to the Central Criminal Court for trial.

SOUTH W ARK. —ln the course of the day, Thos.
Stowell, who was tried and convicted at the Surrey
Sessions twelve months ago for perjury, attended
before Mr. Combe, to apply for summonses agaicst
Mr. Bingham, a solicit Jr, and Mr. Watson, the
landlord of the Newington Arms, King-street,
Walworth, for perjury. S,.owell, who had a bundle
of papers before him, stated that twelve months ago
he was tried at the Newington Sessions and sen-
tenced to twelve months' imprisonment for perjury.
At the trial he tried all he could to produce evi-
dence to prove his innocence, but unfortunately it
had no effect, and he was unjustly convicted. The
charge against him was as follows :—Mrs. Penny,
the landlady of the Newington Arms, wished for a
license fer music, &c., and applied to Stowell to
transact the legal portion of the business. He
undertook it iu the name of a solicitor of the
name of Bingham, who practised at the Lam-
beth police-court, but when the sessions• took
place Mrs. Penny was not represented, and after-
wards Stowell was prosecuted for perjury and con-
victed Stowell now appeared before his worship
to state that he had been unjustly convicted; that
the perjury was committed by other parties, and
not by him. At the time he was a lawful clerk to
Mr. Bingham, and served the notices for Mrs.
Penny. He produced copies of them signed by
Mr. Bingham. The latter, at the sessions, swore
he was not his clerk, and that he never authorised
him to receive the 2/. expenses, and now he could
prove the authority.
Mr. Combe, after carefully examining all the
documents, and hearing Stowell's complaint upon
oath, granted the summonses.

LAMBETH. From information received on
Saturday morning there is every reason to believe
that John Blair Wills, the pLincipal actor in the
very romantic and singular case of double marriage
and bigamy, sailed from the port of Liverpool, in
the Great Western steam-ship, for New York. The
&Unguent gave, and sailed in, the fictitious name
of John Goddard, described himself as a surgeon,
the profession he first adopted, and was Ace >mpa--
nied by a female, answering the description of his
second wife, Ann Good, and also a child, about 3
years old.

THAMES.—John Richmond, a man about 55
years of aaa, was brought up on remand before Mr.
Yardley, charged with atteinpting self-destruction
by cutting his throat with a knife.
The prisoner's history is a very singular one.
His second wife, a most respectable and intelligent
woman, who was in court, was nearly murdered by
him in 1848. He put his arm round her neck and
asked her to kiss him, and while she was in the act
of doing so ha cut her throat with a razor, and she
fell weltering. in blood. The unfortunate woman
was for a long time under medical treatment,
and her husband was convicted at the Old
Bailey sessions for the attempt to murder his
wife, and was sentenced to fifteen years' trans-
portation. He served six years of his time
in a convict prison, and was then liberated with
a ticket of leave. His wife received him with kind-
ness when he returned from prison, and he lived with
her for about twelve month. In the course of that
time be behaved with the greatest brutality towards
her, and his tyranny at length becoming insupport-
able she left him and sought refuge with her hus-
band's daughter by his first wife. Mrs. Richmond
was then in a bad state of health, and her head and
face ware much swollen and bruised from the effects
of blows inflicted upon her by her brutal husband.
Since he left his wife he had frequently threatened
her. The prisoner was living with Mr. Isaac Rich-
mond, his brother-in-law, at No. 4, Church-street,
Poplar, ten weeks ago, and the attention of the
prisoner's relative was called to him by a woman,
and the prisoner was found lying upon his back with
his throat cut. He appeared to be almost dead,
and was covered with blood. A surgeon was sent
for, who sewed up his wound, and he was removed
to the London Hospital, where lie remained until
Saturday the 14th inst., when he was brought be-
fore Mr. Yardley, and, after a short examination,
remanded for a week.
The prisoner was now committed for trial.
Samuel Wildbore, surgeon, of No. 1, Back
Church-lane, Whitechapel, was charged. with as-
saulting Benjamin Bonfield, his assistant.
The complainant and another assistant stated that
while they were making up the books in the sur-
gery, with the gas lighted for the purpose of seal ng
up the parcels of sand used as " dummies" in the
shop window, as well as of warming the room, the
defendant entered, and abusing the complainant for
burning the g ts, told him to go into the shop and
pack up his things and go. On complainant's going
into the shop, deft:ndant followed him and beat him
violently over t! e head with the handle of a long
clothes brush, inflicting ver3l wounds on his head
and laming one hand wilieL he held up to protect
himself. He then threw him put into the street,
where a crowd had collected in, consequence of
complainant's calls for help.
The defendant denied the assault ;and his soli-
citor called Geo. Macgregor., defendant's errand
boy, who said that his master had only t‘.ll€l Mr.
Bonfield to shave himself, and on his rei‘ling
" walked" him to the o-her end of the shop, whs.n
Mr. Bonfield struck him, whereupon defendant
turned him out of the shop.
Mc. Yardley said he was afraid the boy had not
told the whole truth, and he should sentence the
defendant to pay 51., the highest fine ho had the
power to inflict.
The defendant paid the penalty, and left the court.

INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ a. d. £ a. d.
Albion .... • • .... •• .. 71. per c. 500 0 0 50 0 0 95
&Manz:a Brit. and For. 71. 145. 6d. 100 0 0 11 0 0 163£
Ditto Marine ...... .iL p.c. & be. 100 0025 0 0 -s.thenmurn -.••• • • • • - 10 0 all -
Atlas ..
Argus Life -
British Commercial .. 71. 105. 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
Church of England .. 71. 105. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
City of London .. •• .. 51. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
Cleriel..sled.& Gen• Life spr ctSchs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 213$
County ...... •• ...... I/. per share 100 0 0 10 0 0 85
Crown ......•• •..... I/ 181. 50 0 0 5 0 0 19%
Eagle •. - ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6%
Equity and Law.-- 514 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
European Life it. 20 0 0 all -
Family Endowment - U. per cent. 100 0 0 4 0 0 -
General...-. . ..... -
Globe ........ 51. per cent. Stock. all 92
Gresham Life - - 47 5 o -
Do. Do.. - 20 0 0 50 0 0 -
Guardian
Imperial Fire... •• -
Imperial Life -
Indemnity Marine-. Si, p. ct. &bs. 100 0 0 13 0 0 130
Law Fire ............ 25 &7s bons 100 0 0 210 0 -
Law Lite.•• •• ........ 241. per sh. 100 0 0 12 10 0 63
Legal and General Life 4s. per share 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
London -
London & rrov. Law • • 3s. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
Marine ..... .... •• • •
Med.lnviid & Gen. Life 1% per cent 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
Minerva .• ...... •• -
Monarch -
New Equitable -
Pelican .....• .• - - -
Plicenix - - -
ProfesF!onal Life•• •... 5/. per cent 6 5 0 010 0 -
Provident Life........ 123 y per c. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Rock Life.......... „ 7s 5 0 0 010 0 75,/,
Royal Exchange ...... 14 pc.& bs Stock. all 277
Sun Fire ...... i% p. c &bs - •• -
Ditto Life ..... 11 14s. - -
United Kingdom .... 4/. & bonus. 20 0 0 510 0 -
Universal Life ... ..... 5/. & bonus. MO 0 0 10 0 0 -
Victoria Life' ........ 51. & bouul - 5 0 0 -
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. share.
--- -- --- -
£ a. d. £ a. d.
Australasia........... 101. per cent. 40 0 0 all 74
Bank of Egypt .... • . - 25 0 0 18 15 0 12N
b:lik of London ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 -
Bt.h.:sti North American 9 per cent. 50 0 0 all 53
Ch 13},-. Ind. Aust & Ch. 4'. per cent. 20 0 9 6 0 0 -
51. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 58
City „, .
1100 0 0 25 0 0 -
.•
Colonial ...• • • • - • • " • •
b.f London. V. p. c. & b5.,100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Commercial
Eng. Scot. & ~
A •st. Ch. 4c per cent. 20 0 0 all -
173 Pt
.Aus. 51. percent. 20 0 0
20 0 0 .
lel. per cent. 50 0 0 20 7) 0
LoDnd... Gear.s e
.B. r. .. o. : ,
,/. per cent. :100 0 0 50 0 0
_Der cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 27
1288, pc r cent. 100 0 0 2O 0 0 433
iflnd&onEaanstiCoßu,nktgy:
c.:
rL,oonnddonnaJnoainwt-eSsttornciknii;
Nat. Provincial of Eng. 16 p c..& be
1100 0 0' 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New ••••• • • • f t 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
Ditto ditto -
Natio'it..l Bank - 0
-
New -outh Wales -
Oriental Bank Corpora. 101. per cent. 25 0 0
•. 3.5
Ottoman Bank - 20 0 1.? 15 0 0 17
Provincial of Ireland" 4i.p.ct.&bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 GO
Ditto, New. •• , Bl. per cent. 10 0 0 all -
10niftn........ • M. per cent. 25 0 0 ei -
South Australia •. - lO/. per cent 25 0 0 all -
Union of Australia.. • 211. per cent. 25 0 0 all 49
f I .--• 210 0 -
Union of Hamburg - 3 0 0 --
Union of London...- l5l. per cent. 50 0 0! 10 0 0 23

15 0 0I
50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0

2 10 0
3 0 0
10 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0

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