The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL. ' PRICES OF SHARES ,
Mary Pyne, a young woman, was placed at the bar
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Sept. 24. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM.
before Mr. Combs, charged by Mary . Pyne, her
(Before the CHIEF CommissioNea.) PANIES' STOCK.
IN RE GEORGE FYSON ROPER. mother, residing in Brighton-street, Somers-town,
This insolvent, described as an artist and designer, with having violently assaulted and attempted to From the Official List.
PUBLISEIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
strangle her. The prosecutrix, whose face was co-
applied to be discharged from prison upon his in-
LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24.
term order of protection, granted upon the filing of vered with marks of violence, and who was in a feeble
state, said that the prisoner lived in the same house
his petition under the protection statutes.
as herself, and was in the habit of leading a dissolute 3fOINT-STOOSI mamma.
Mr. DOWSE supported.
Mr. PHILP, a solicitor, opposed, and examined the life, staying out late at nights, returning home intoxi- Dividend Amount
per of
insolvent, who stated that ha was honorary secretary cated, and beating her in a cruel manner, but she Name of Company.
Annum. Share. Paid. Price.
to the Needlewomen's Society, but received no salary avoided a prosecution, to avoid the disgrace consequent --- ---- -
or emolument. He did not, as secretary, buy and upon exposure. On the previous night the prisoner .6 s. d. I a. d.
Australasia .... •• •• .. 245. 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
sell goods, nor did the society. Persons wishing to came home excited by liquor, and on being remon- BritshNorth American 51. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 --
have linen made up went to the institution, whence it strated with she became outrageous, raved at witness, Ceylon ...........• •• 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
was given out to the needlewomen. He was a de- and after beating her in a violent manner, seized wit-
' Colonial.
signer of fashions for ladies dresses, and bought the I -
ness by the throat, knocked. her down, and keeping Gloucestershire ...... 151 per cent. - - _
paper upon which he drew the designs, which he tight hold of her, swore she would strangle her, and lonian ••-•••• •• •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 o 25 0 0
Londn -
r -
sent to his subscribers. Mr. Philp contended that had it not been for the interference and assistance of Ditt and Westminsto
.• 61 '
per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0
- - 13 0 0 -
the insolvent was a trader (owing more than 3001.), the inmates of the house, who called in the police, she London Joint-Stock.. 61. per cent. AO o 0 10 0 0 -
consequently could not petition under the Protection would have strangled her. Provincial or Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New. -
Act. Several witnesses proved having heard the cries of National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. SO 0 0 22 10 0 -
The CHIEF Comeirsseoxen thought otherwise, and " Murder," and on proceeding to the apartment of sat. Provnciel of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
thes/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
granted the discharge. prosecutrix, they found the prisoner and her mo. Solt)tihttl'uNsterwan; 1: •.: :: 61 per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
IN RE HENRY EDWARD SUCKLING. ther on the flour together. Tne prisoner had the union of Australia •• • • Cl. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
t...
Ztoa or ...,
T...
This insolvent, a private tutor, lately residing at mother's hair twisted round her arm, and she had hold
0nd0n..... 61. per cent. - 210 0 -
.•• • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Southgate, was opposed by Mr. Macrae on behalf of of her throat tightly, and the old woman was black Union of Madrid ..... 1 - 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
several creditors, and by some in person. Mr. Sir- in the face and nearly insensible, and the prisoner's
good supported. violence would no doubt have proved fatal had not the INSURANCE COMPANIES.
The creditors opposing were chiefly tradespeople prisoner been forced from her mother. Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
for small amounts, and the Learned COMMISSIONER A police-constable confirmed the evidence. He Annum. Share.
recommended that some attempts should be made to took the prisoner to the station-house.
arrange their demands. Mr. COMBE inquired of the mother what she wished £ 5. d. I s. d.
Albion -•••••••• • • • • 3L 105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 82
The insolvent having omitted to describe himself as the prisoner to be done to : did she wish her to be Alliance Brit. and For. 71143 ad &bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 214
of Jersey, where he had been residing, the case was punished ?-She replied that she only wished to be Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 a
adjourned for an amended description. protected from her violence, not for her to be severely
e 'lritltt h Commercial •• 173e5..660d.. 5050 0
00 5 6 8 171
74
IN RE WILLIAM HENRY HOBBS. punished. Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20
The insolvent, a lighterman, was opposed by an Mr. COMBE did not send the case for trial, but l'untY"""" .. •• •.31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 62
14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 14%
old German named Arnold Jager, who complained fined her 405., or six weeks' imprisonment; and she Eagle •
that Hobbs bad been guilty of a breach of trust. The was bound over to keep the peace. European Life ••• • • • 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 10%
insolvent General •• .. .• ...... - - 50 0 54
,in 1835, was appointed executor to the will SOUTHWARK. Gl:cm - 130
cif Jager's daughter, under which the interest of 3401. Daniel H. Harrington, a young man working in a GJardlain ............ 51. 100 0036 10 0 54%
was left to the father during his life, and afterwards tanyard at Bermondsey, was placed at the bar,_ with Imperial
Fire
:: :: :: :: 121. ple2re.cent. 500100 00 00
501
0 0 23016 %
the property was to pays to the sisters of the testatrix. his face frightfully disfigured, so as to render it almost Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & Its. 100 0 0 20 0 0 41
Insolvent paid the interest regularly until about three impossible to distinguish a single feature, charged with Law. Fire,.
Law 1..ue:::::::: ::.: 11.-16 s 1001
0 0 120 10
0 423%
/4
years ago, and then it was discovered that the money committing a rape on Emma O'Donnel, a child be- Legal and General Life - ' 50 0 0 20 0 44
had not been invested. The insolvent acknowledged tween seven and eight years of age, the daughter of a Licensed Victuallers • • - 5 0 0 1 o o
London Fire .. •• •• •• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 174
that he had applied the money to his own uses in his man in the same employment. London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0012 10 0 17%
bHiiness. It was also stated that the insolvent's barges Mr. Binns attended for the prisoner. tarine ••••••• •• • • .. 155. per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 1
had been taken under a deed of assignment to a Mr. The circumstances which gave rise to the condition
11ed. Invlid&Gen.Life 01, per ct. 50 0 o 2 0 0 2
National Lean Fund.. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 27i
Christall, who was co-executor with insolvent under in which the prisoner appeared at the bar of this National Life....
a will, for property which the insolvent had realised court are as follow :-The prisoner and the father of Si.s/. per cent. 150 0 0 20 0 24
• 3/. p. sh. & bs. - - 145
and not accounted for. Mr. Christen was still a cre . the little girl, the subject of this case, have for some Professional Life .. ••••• 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 125.6 d
ditor for 900/. years worked together in a tanyard at Bermondsey, Protector Life........ 51. per cent. - - -
The insolvent admitted the facts, and offered no and on Saturday last the former went to lodge at the rirooceik azinfet Life ••••• • • • 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26
stock.
0 0 10 0
21624
excuse. He was sixty-eight years oiage, and had had house of the latter, who is a widower, occupying, %oval Exc•h•a•n•g•e•: . ••••••1 6/. per cent. kist
twenty-one children. with his three children, a small tenement in Noah's SuiliFirer..i. ..... - - 209
11. 6s. - - 48
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said it was a very cruel Ark-lane, Bankside. It seemed that there were two UnitettcleKinfeedom .... 41. per cent. 20 004 0 0 3%
case, and although he should not remand the insolvent beds in one of the rooms, in one of which the pri- Universal Life........ 10% pr cat. 100 0 01 10 0 0 -
for a breach of trust, yet it was a most fit case for the goner slept with the father of the children, while the briotoria Life.... - 412 6 44
application of the discretionary clause. The insolvent latter occupied the second. On Sunday night last
• DOMES.
would be discharged after the expiration of six months O'Donnel and his sister, the aunt of the children,
from the date of the vesting order. went out to visit some friends, leaving them at home Dividend
Name of Company. per Amount
of Paid. Price.
IN RE HENRY BLACKBORO. to mind the house. Between eleven and twelve Annum. Share.
Mr. Cooke, with Mr. Sargood, opposed on behalf o'clock the prisoner (the lodger) returned, and, -
-
x 5.•
I s
of Messrs. Pawson and Bradbury, assignees of Hugh having procured a candle from the eldest daughter, a East and West India... Cl. pr cent. Stock.d. -. d.-
1404
Swan, a bankrupt. Mr. Nichols supported. The girl about twelve years of age, he proceeded up stairs East Countr •2os per sh. 100 0 0 - 224
debts amounted to 7411. to bed, leaving her in a room below waiting for the (41031dtetno 8enda..................5i. pr cent. Stock. - 122
41. per cent. - - -
Tne insolvent said he was a linendraper, and had arrival of her father. The prisoner, however, in- et. Katharine. .... 4 per cent. Stock. - 80%
carried on business at Brewer-street, Somers-town, stead of going to his own bed, got into that where Ditto, Scrip , . - - 85 0 0 -
and at Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell. At the former the two children were asleep, and when the elder Soliutihttaomßonds.. •• • . 141. pr cent. - - -
ponds ,
.. .. •• 21, per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 934
place he compounded with his creditors for ss. in the sister afterwards went up into the room she found
pound on 400/. or 5001. of debts in September, 1848. Emma, her sister, crying piteously ; and when DRIDGES
He became acquainted with Hugh Swan in October, asked what was the matter with her she de- Dividend Amount
1848. Was now in custcdy at the suit of Swan's scribed the manner in which she had been treated Name of Compsny per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
assignees, upon an acceptance for 3501., given in by the accused, and, exhibiting her neck, showed
March, 1849, fur goods had from Swan. Had no in- marks of violence, which she added were inflicted by 4. a. d. Z. 8. d.
voices with the goods, but the parcels were all entered _ _ the prisoner to prevent her from making a noise or
Sjohtai trihnwgr-lcc - 15
- 100 0 0 - -
with the prices in a memorandum-book, which S wan calling out while he was assaulting her. Soon after Ditto Nw of 73 p.c.." 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16
gave him. That book was not filed, because his wife the discovery of the prisoner's brutal treatment of the Waterloo .... •....... -
Ditt) Old Ann. of 81 11 4s Od. 100 0 0 -
-
' 60 0 0 23114
had been unable to find it, although he believed it was child O'Donnel, the father, returned home, and the Ditto Nw ditto of 7i. 11: 15: od - 40 0 0 21
at his house and could be found. Could not say why circumstances attending it having been communicated Vauxhall .... .• • Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 18
Swan let him have so many goods. Did not know at to him, he immediately rushed up stairs in order to
WATER.WORRS
the time that Swan was in difficulties and about to be- inflict summary vengeance on his child's assailant. -
1 Dividend Amount
come bankrupt. A meeting of creditors was held at his At that time the prisoner was in his own bed, pretend- Name of Company.per of Paid. Price•
house on the sth April last, when Mr. Parrinton valued ing to be asleep, when O'Donnel, full of rage and Annum. Share.
the stock at 1411., besides furniture, fixtures, &c, vexation, ordered him to get up and get out of his --1
_
4 s. d.
The creditors wished him then to make an assignment house, declaring that if he did not, after his infamous East London. •• .• ! 81. per cent. 110 1 i di; - 160
or to sign a declaration of his insolvency, which he re- behaviour to the child, be should drag him out and Grand Junction .• •••• : 41. per cut. 50 0 0 - 72%
Kent.......... •• •• •• 3l. 10s. 100 0 0 - 78
fused to do unless he was allowed to retain his fur- throw him down stairs. The prisoner, finding that it Lambeth - 97
niture. He was then sued on the bill, and on the Gil was useless to remain quiet any longer, vociferated New ltivr Lndn Brdge 1 21.105. -
15. cat.- 57%
of May an execution was put in, but nothing obtained that he was innocent, and entreated the father to let Wes helaillatu-e.5.e.x.... ..• ..• , 6 1.1 os.p er
100 0 0
pr cut. - -
112 98
-
except a few fixtures. Between the sth of April and him remain there until the morning, and that he
the 6th of May his had sold about 601. of stock, upon would then explain all. O'Donnel, however, was not CANALS.
the produce of which he had lived ever since, and the to be appeased by such entreaties, and he at once car-
rest had been taken by the landlord under a distress tied his threats into effect by dragging the pri- Names of 10, IDlvldencll Price.
Companies. al Dividend
Names of
for rent. He offered 2s. in the pound at the meeting senor out of bed and inflicting such chastisement Companies. 4 1
4 perti per
4 Annu.. Price.
_ se Annum. c
and 3s. afterwards, but it was declined. upon him in the height of his passion as to - - _
Mr. COOKE contended that the insolvent had not render it a matter of difficulty to distinguish .e x
I
been a fair trader ; that the dealings with Swan were a feature in the offender's countenance after it Aslatn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100 i 21.105. 50
Barnsley...• 160 121. 180 Neatli ...... 1001 161. 340
very suspicious ; and that the account of the disposal was over. The prisoner was too ill after the punish- arknk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Oxford...-. 100 201. . 200
Birmingham 40,1 41. 874 Peak Forest. 7g , 3/. 18s. 70
o. f the stock of 1411. was very unsatisfactory. The ment he received to be conveyed to the station-house
taken into ctn.: Coventry.... 1001 251. 2C 8
insolvent had no right to make terms with his ere- but on the previous afternoon he was ' Regent's.... 33 11. Os. 18%
ditors, as he did when asked to assign his remnant of tody on the charge. Derby ••• •• 1001 61. 63 Rochdale.... g 5 41. 504
property to them, and therefore was not entitled to Mr. Caudle, a surgeon of Guildford-street, stated Ellsmre&Chs,l33 355. 41 Somrset Coal 150 71 10, 130
GrandJunctnooo 41. iclyi Do.Lk FdSt 12 61:p. c•• -
an immediate discharge. that the child was brought to his house, and upon the C!..rraannllBo
nrr:y i 100, 21. Os. 33 Stffr 4 &Wore 140 281. 405
1n \ 100 11. 108. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 161. -
Mr. Nicanaes replied, that nothing had been examination he had no doubt a capital offence was Grantham .. - : - - stourlorldgc. 145 201. 290
Flennt & AM' 39 75. 6d. - Severn and -1 prov al to show the trading of the insolvent had been committed. He described the particulars, which are, Lancaster . 100 4?. 324 Wyeßall. (26 21.05. 24
anything but fair, and submitted that as no centradic- of course, unfit for publication. Leole&Livrp 100 241. 1 315 Warwick& /
lion held been given to the insolvent's testimony, that Mr. A'BECKETT having duly cautioned the pri- Leicester .... 100 51. 66 Birming. j lOC 41. 644
Leicstr&Nthl 83 41. 48% Warwick& must be taken as correct. soner, the latter denied the offence, and said that he Lo.ighboroghil42 701. 510 Na t •} 100 31. 42
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER sail, the insolvent's got into his own bed the moment he went • v up stairs, inm tth " h 100 81. - WorcPst°rni:cl
..., o 1 5
7s 31. ' 404
Mntgernrysh 100 - - Blrming. j
mariner was straightforward, and he thought he had and never stirred out of it until he was dragged out dan MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wins & Brks - 115. 74 stated the truth. It was remarkable that S wan, cruelly beaten by O'Donnel.
although in court, had not been called by either The prisoner was committed •
on the capit d charge GAS-LIGHT AND CORM COMPANIES.
party. Tne bock which had been spoken of ought to to the next Central Criminal Court sessions.
h. ......t..... 1 __A l a , a I Dividend I A mnrmt . .

The CHIEF CommissroNEß Fa i (I, the insolvent's
mariner was straightforward, and he thought he had
stated the truth. It was remarkable that Swan,
although in court, had not been called by either
party. Toe bock which had been spoken of ought to
bs produced, and for that purpose h 2 should adjourn
the case until to morrow (this day). At present he
saw nothing to call for a prolongation of the insol-
vent's imprisonment.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Alandester Guaidian of this day.)
111ANCLIESTER, TUESDAY.—The advices received
by the America sta`e that improved accounts from
Liverpool and Manchester had given rather more life
to a previously quiet market at New York. They
also speak as unfavourably of the growing crop as did
the last reports. luflueneed by these statements, the
aiditional II per
L tvhe r ptohoel market
requirementopenedbriskly yesterday morning,
wn
lb; but as the holders showed a disposition
to be realising, a tameness ensued, and ifully one-
half of the attempted gain was lost. But the ten-
dency of the raw material to rise in some degree has
helped to bring forward again some.of the buyers of
export yarns, who were already prepared to operate
from the actual want of supplies for their customers.
Large orders have been received from the European
continent, and the merchants have effected a fair
amount of purchases. The India hOuses have also
bought with some freedom in various numbers up to
60's, to which they have been encouraged by the im-
rhiseetho: r mule or water, and in i
im-
provement which is going in thol. per lb. in bundlessearticlesatCalcuttoaf.
all'inheosctonaslleqquueanlicteiesis a :
some kinds id. The home consumers of low and
medium counts, having a bad trade for their fabrics,
are working up their stocks, ard making only few
and trifling purchases. The value of the yarns they
use is, however, firmly maintained. Doubled yarns
continue dull; and the finer counts of single have
not been much called for, either by our own manu-
facturers, or by the Russian buyers, whose term of
shipment is nearly run out ; but the spinners
are in possession of ample contracts. In the de-
partment of goods there has been no response to
the movement in cotton and yarns. The home
buyers want confidence to Operate ; and the mer-
chants receive discouraging accounts from most
foreign markets. The letters which came to hand
last night, from Calcutta,; exhibit a serious loss upon
sbirtings and most other cloths. The Braz:lian
markets continue depresse'd ; and the malignant
fever was re-appearing in Bahia and Rio
de Janeiro. At Constantinople an unfavour-
able effect was producO upon prices by the
report of a decline in Manchester ; and there
were but few orders reaching the market from the in-
terior. With such advices, these several classes of
buyers have stood decidedly aloof from business to.
day ; and, as stocks have now rather accumulated in
the hands of the manufacturers, some degree of
weakness, and a:great deal of irregularity, have shown
themselves in prices. We understand that the stop•
page of looms, or the plating them on short time, is
now extending in varions districts; and the state of
thislday's market must cause a further adoption of
that measure. We do not hear of the return to work
of any of the self-acting spinners.
ROMIDALB, MONDAY.—We have had considerable
activity in the flannel market again to-day, and a
fair business at former prices. There has been a
rather better demand for wool, and the manufactu-
rers have shown a greater disposition to buy than on
the previous Monday. Prices are firm.
MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAv.—There is evidently
more doing this week, but our manufacturers still
complain of unremunerating prices. In thrown silk
there is also a good deal doing, but at prices inade-
quate to the present price of raws; the mills, how-
ever, are working full time, in consequence, we
presume, of orders for thrown silk from the conti-
nent being still on band. There has again been a
large business done in raws this week, at full prices,
and we understand some of the merchants are now
_hold -
ing for higher rates. The overland dispatches from
India and China are now in, and fully confirm the
accounts of short crop in the latter country, which is
now declared will not be more than that of last sea-
son, viz., a deficiency of one-fourth as compared with
former seasons ; but this scarcity may in some mea-
sure be counteracted through a considerable quantity
having been sent by the overland route, and conse-
quently will arrive here two or three months earlier
than by ship. By these means we shall have more
raw silk on our markets here for a time, and less on
the way.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Our market conti-
nues to be pretty brisk, though the amount of goods
that have changed hands has not been so large as the
previous weeks. Several foreign buyers are in town,
and have been during the week, but seem to be with-
holding their orders, in the hopes of buying job
stocks, although there has been an advance in the
wool market.

IN RE RUGLI SWAN.
This insolven', the person alluded to in the fore-
going case, applied for his.dileharge.
Mr. CooK stid the insolvent hid been adjudged
bankrupt, and had been examined, but his last exanai-
natiozi had been adjourned sine die. A 9, howe7er,
the proceedings were still pelf ling in the Gnirt of
Binkruptcy, the creditors hoped this Curt would re-
mit it b &el; to th, other tribunal.

Tile CHIEF COMMISSIONER said the rule of this
Court w4F, th it where a bankrupt had b2en adjourned
sine die, application Inuit be made to the Think-
rupt Commissioner to rehear the matter, and only
in case of his refusal would this Court entertain a
petition.

- The case was then adjourned ; the insolvent to
apply to the Bankrupt Commissioner to rehear him.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
1;1 A R YL EBOA E.
Mr. Alexander Slav( r, jun., a draper residing at
Ch&enhain, was brought. before Mr. Broughton by
Mr. Collard, Superintendent of the Great Western
Itail way Company's police, upon the charge of hav-
ing, by throwing a glass bottle out of the carriage in
which he was riding, inflicted injury of an alarming
nature upon James Wise, one of the company's
guird4, and who, in consequence of the hurt he has
sustained, may probably lose his life.
James Winchcombe, a p :rter in the employ of the
company, deposed that on the same morning he was
standing on the platform at the Farringdon-road sta-
tion just as the excursion train from Cheltenham
was p.isir,g towards London, at the rate of
nearly forty miles an hour, and while he was count-
ing the nuinb:!r of the carriages he saw a bottle
thrown fr nn the hand of a person in the carriage No.
17 ; it struz:k Wise upon the head.
Mr. BROUGHTON—Da you know who flung it out ?
Witness—l do not, but lam certain as to the num-
ber of the carriage it came from.
Mr. BROUGHTON—What was the effect of the
blow ? Witness—The-guard, who as well as myself
was on the platform, was knocked down as if he bad
been shot, and when I picked him up I first thought
he was dead. He remained quite insensible for a
quarter of an hour. The bottle was by the force of
the blow broken to pieces.
Mr. BROUGUTON—What was done with the poor
fellow after he was raised from the platform? Wit-
ness—He was lifted into a gig and conveyed to a
surgeon's at %Vantage. While I was wiping the
blood from his face he fainted several times. He
seemed very ill indeed, and I felt quite alarmed about
him.

Mr. Collard, the superintendent above alluded to,
stated that in consequence of information received
at Paddington by Mr. Saunders, the secretary, upon
the arrival of the express train, as to the serious oc-
currence to the guard, he (witness) awaited the arri-
val of the excursion train, and when it came in he took
gtod care to prevent the egress of the occupants of No.
17 carriage until after he had made the inquiry which
he considered necessary. lie mentioned what had
occurred at the Farringdon station, when several of
the passengers denied all knwledge of the affair, and
asserted positively that the bottle was not thrown from
their carriage at all. Presently one of the gentlemen
said that it was not thrown maliciously, and directly
afterwards defendant admitted that he threw it at the
request of a gentleman who had passed it to him, but
it was not aimed at any one, and the unfortunate oc-
currence was therefore quite unintentional.
The defendant, on being asked what he had to say,
remarked that to the best of his belief it was not at a
rai!way station that he threw the bottle.
Mr. BROUGHTON—I can't allow you to be at liberty
until I have some information as to the condition of
the guard; he may for aught I know have by this
time lost his life through the injury he bas sus-
tained. I don't for a moment believe that you in-
tended to do the poor fellow any harm, but under the
circumstances I can't let you go w ithout good security
for your re appearance.

kr. Collard said that he would proceed at once to
4,JE-I,i,FarTinsoo4-road station and obtain a properly au-
TtbitlitcaV:4ettificate as to the wounded man's con-
-Ira.ti4-';4\ N
4.44_ 1 ,0 , ,
_,,,,,
it-.:•,44- 11 e Ottdalit was, prior to the closing of the court,
.1,%7%
,linsit.. ti ' : two highly-respectable persons put-
' .. , . esum of 801. each for his being f0rth-
,.....
it
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N. a s

THAMES.
Elizabeth Harding, an elderly woman, was brought
before Mr. Ingham, charged with committing a
savage assault on a German woman, named Mary
Bobias, whose head was covered with adhesive plasters.
It appeared that both women lived at 5, New
Phillip-street, St. George, alongside the Blackwall
Railway, and that the prisoner was relating to the
prosecutrix some scandal about the landlady of the
hoarse, which the other did not wish to hear, and a
row ensued. The women struck each other, a regular
fight ensued, and both tore each others' hair out by the
roots. An Irish woman, named Elizabeth Lumley,
after interfering and making the parties "fight fair,"
separated them. The prisoner then went up stairs,
and filled a teapot from a kettle of water, which very
fortunately was not boiling, and after throwing it
over the complainant, broke the teapot over her head,
and in doing so inflicted two severe wounds, causing
her to bleed profusely. Harding left the German
woman weltering in her blood, and went up-stairs
again and brought down a candlestick, with which
she struck her victim another violent blow on the
head and inflicted a still more serious wound than she
had done before, and she was under the necessity of
going to Mr. Ross, a surgeon in High-street, Shad-
well, who dressed her wounds. She was in a very
weakly condition from loss of blood.

The prisoner, in her defence, said she was nearly
strangled, and her hair was torn from her head by
Bobias, who was the first aggressor.
Mr. INGHAM inflicted a penalty of 31., or imprison-
ment for one month.

CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT,
NEW ZEALAND.
A numerous and respectable meeting was held last
evening at the school-room, Lambeth-green, for the
purpose of hearing from the Rev. T. Jackson, Bishop
Designate of Lyttelton, an account of the spiritual.
condition of the diocese 'which is to form the scene of
his future labours, and of the principles and plans of
the association propounding the settlement in New
Zealand. Among those present we observed the
Rev. C. B. Dalton, Rector of Lambeth; the Rev. W.
Curling, Chaplain of St. Saviour'e, Southwark; Rev.
A. Clissold, Minister of Stockwell Chapel; Rev. S.
Statham, Incumbent of St. Peter's, Walworth ; Rev.
A. Nugee, Rev. J. C. Brown, Rev. W. Bowyer,
Rector of Clapham, &c. The Rev. C. B. Dalton,
having taken the chair, opened the proceedings by
prayer, after which he informed the meeting that the
bishop designate would leave England on Tuesday
next, for New Zealand, and was expected to return
in the course of a year, in order to be consecrated.
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attention to the erroneous principles upon which
England had lately been
refusestead ooff
carryingh on the work of colo-
nisation, and observede t expatriat-
ingthose whom we found troublesomepeople,
ultdo us—instead of
doing what Mr. Charles Buller
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have
call "a hete-
rogeneous shovelling out of paupers," w
sent out those who represented the industrialestsrllld iaoluenGentlemanl
the intellectual and moral power, and the religious
principle of the country. The Reverend Gentleman
reviewed in a masterly manner the history of colo-
nisation from the earliest period down to the present
time, and observed that in all cases where colonisa-
tion had been successful the best classes of the parent
country had been represented, and that, in any effort of
the kind which England should make, the religious
element was too essential to be omitted. Mr. Jackson
then described the geographical position of the settle-
ment as most favourable to the purposes of coloni-
sation, and spoke in terms of enthusiasm of the natural
advantages of the soil, the general character of the
climate, and the certainty with which every indus-
trious man might provide himself and his family.
The address was listened to with attention, and the
speaker was repeatedly applauded. A collection was
made on behalf of the mission, and the rector an-
nounced his willingness to receive contributions for
the same object during the year.

How TO INCREASE THE STRENGTH AND UTILITY
OF THE AF MY WHILE DIMINISIILNG ITS NUMEXII.S.-At the
Seaford Cliff explosion, Government allowed the Sappers and
Miners to excavate and prepare the works. " The men," it
is said, "like the work, and prefer it to being shut up in
barracks and garrisons,"—a good hint to Government what
to do with the waste power of the soldiery in the forwarding
of other great public works that might never otherwise be
undertaken, at the same time, also, strengthening the force
physically and materially, instead of letting it run to waste.
—Bui.'cler,

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
.1 nnum. Share.
-
IE. s. d. A. s. d.
British ••••••.. • • • • •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 13
Ditto rrovincial- •• 11. 83. 20 0 0 20 0 0 1834
Brighton -....• • • • 5l. 20 0 0 - -
City of London .. •• •• 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 -
Continental Consolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0
Equitable - ....... - -50 s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 28
Imperial ...... -•• •• 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Independent ....... • • 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 48
London• •.... - - • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Ditto
- 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 210 0
i'hxnix . 4341. 50 0 0 49 0 0 29
Ratcliff..... .„ 5/. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75
United General II. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15y,
Weatmins tor Chartered 3/. 50 0 0 - 4834
Ditto, New •• -- -12 s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9U
tasT OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of i Paid. Price.
Annum. Share. E
s. d. £ s. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company Si. per cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 195
3aledonian Bank
City of Glasgow Bank . Cl. per cent. 10 0 0, 10 0 0 1134
llydesdale Bank •.. - 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 1314
Jommercial Bank
Eastern Bank .. •••• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 914
Edinb.Sc Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 4 X
Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 12
Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 -
National Bank 634 per cent. 50 0 0 10 ( I 15
Northof Scotlandßar.k 41. percent. 20 0 0 5(. 0 2X
worth British Bank • • - - -
Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 3 0 13234
Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 ss
Western Bank .. .. .• • • 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 b 0 0 0 731,4
Alliance Fire and Life 8%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 1 0 20U
B. Accord. Lif eaad Fire - 20 0 0 10 0 -
British Guarantee Ins. 41. per sent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 14J 6d
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23
Colonial Life ... ... - 50 0 0 1 0 0 11. 4s.
City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 17s
Edinburgh Life. Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 20
East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 -
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 234
Hercules Insurance Ce. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
['astir. Co. of Scstlnd 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 18s
Mercantile Life
National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 223.6 d
North British Insur.
North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 -
Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 , -
;cot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 j -
Scottish Union Insrnce. 61„0. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 !248.0d
Standard Life ...... • . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 I 9%
United Dep. Assurance 51. per gent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 116 s 3d
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- -
A. s. d. A. a. 4.
Auction Mart •••• • • • • 21. 55. 50 0 0 - 25
Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 lb
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20
Ditto, Half Shares.. - - I 210 0 5
Canada ............. Gl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 89
Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per_cent. - - -
filty Navigation .... - - - 9434
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.&bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Equitable Reverslonry 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 106
Gen.SteamNavigation 11.8 s. 15 0 0 l4 0 0 2734
London Institution ... - - 178 15 0 -
Russell Institution .. .. - - 126 5 0 -
Penlnslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 01 50 0 0 79
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 96
Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18.4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 62
South Australian ....• 11. per share. 25 0 0; 25 0 0 -
Van Dieman's Land.. - ,100 00,29 0 0 34

MONEY MARKET—The premium on gold at Paris
is 7i per miße, which, at the English Mint price of
3/. 17s. lOid. per ounce fur standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25.34; and the exchange at Paris on London
at short being 25.30, it follows that gold is 0.16 per
cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from
liamburgh the price of gold is 4331 per mark, which,
at the English Mint price of 3/. l7s. lOid. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.91; and the ex-
Fhange at llamburgh on London at short being 13.81,
it follows that gold is 0.35 per cent. dearer in Ham-
burgh than in London. The course of exchange at
New York on London for bills at Co days' sight is 110/
per cent., and the par of exchange between England and
America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the
exchange is nominally 0.67 per mit. in favour of Eng-
land, and after making allowance for difference of
interest and charges of transport, the present rate
leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the
United States.

FATAL TERMINATION OF A SHAM FIGHT. —A
letter from Cologne of the 19th, in the Independance Beige,
says, " The manceuvres of the troops collected here termi-
nated yesterday by a sham fight. The 18th regiment, com-
posed almost exclusively of Poles, was opposed to the 34th,
mostly Prussians and inhabitants of the Rhenish provinces.
The fire having opened between these two corps, at the first
discharge three fell mortally wounded. The 18th had, it
appears, loaded with ball. -Orders were at once given to
cease firing, but it was with difficulty that the officers could
get the order obeyed. Amongst the three victims is a young
man named Dietz, formerly the editor of an opposition jour-
nal. An investigation has been ordered, but it is not likely
that it will be attended with any result."

HALIFAX, SATuaney.---There were but few mer-
chants in the Piece-hall to-day, and the inquiry for
goods is riot so brisk as it has been, but there is a

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1850.

pretty fair business doing, chiefly to order. The ex-
port houses are not giving out fresh orders for yarn
SO freely as they were; but the spinners have full em-
ployment, and there is no change in the quotations.
The wool market is not very active, and the sales that
are made ere at full late rates.

LEEDS, TIMSDAY. —We continue to have good
average markets at the cloth halls, and the woollen
trade generally is in a satisfactory state. The clothiers
are well employed by direct orders from the mer-
chants, and business is good in the warehouses, both
for the home and shipping trade.

AFFAIRS OF CALIFORNIA.
(From the Pacific News of August 1.)
Since the sailing of the last steamer the condition
of the overland emigration has taken the strongest
hold of public attention. The immense crowd who
are coming to California by the route of the plains is
beyond the capacity of that region to sustain their
teams ; and towards the latter end of the journey,
when within about 300 miles of the Pacific siae,
about the sick of Mary's river, the teams have given
out, and there will be an utter inability on the part
of thousands to pass the Sierra Nevada, unless assisted
from this side. This is already prepared to be done
by private enterprise, and there is no probability of
fatality from destitution before the end of the journey
is reached.
Another great object of public interest has been
the great number of murders and assassinations
which have lately taken place in the San Joaquin
mines, most of which have been traced to the fo-
reigners of Spanish descent, and but one opinion is
expressed—namely, that they shall and must quit the
country, or abide, perhaps, extreme consequences.
Meetings have been held to that effect, and some of
the first citizens of the country are appointed to see
the undertaking carried into effect.
The foreign miners' tax has worked well, either
compelling aliens to pay for their intrusion upon our
treasures or compelling them to leave the placers for
our daily- arriving fellow-citizens.
The mines are yielding largely at present, but
there is more associated labour in the forming of dams,
&c., than formerly, as isolated enterprise has not been
so successful as heretofore. The gold region has
. scarcely been scratched yet, but the surface of the
richest places has been:superficially dug:over, although
not a tithe of the mineral deposit has been extracted.
A settlement has been formed on the eastern side of
the Sierra Nevada, in the upper end of Carson Valley,
by the Mormons, and, from its agricultural capacities,
is likely to flourish, although the gold on that side
has not been found in great abundance. A perma-
nent settlement there will be of great importance to
future emigration, overland, 23 they will be within
a short distance of that desert where all real danger is
apprehended by the belated or exhausted emigrant.
There has been no further news of collision between
the American settlers and the Indians on the Trinity
river. The mines there have not turned out well so far.
(From the San Francisco Herald of August 1.)
The numerous murders in the southern mines have
exasperated the citizens of Tuolumne county to such
a degree that, assembled in mass meeting, they have
issued peremptory orders for all foreigners to leave the
country fortwith. Fifteen days is the limit allowed
by this mandate for their preparation to depart. A
committee of citizens has been appointed to determine
what foreigners shall be permitted to remain, and all
the Americans in the county have been called upon
to lend their aid to carry the order into effect. Bands
of foreigners are already leaving, and it is highly pro-
bable the expulsion will take place without any dis-
turbance. The four Mexicans that were found in
the act of burning the bodies of two Americans near
Sonora have been acquitted of the charge of murder.
The waters have fallen in the upper and lower
mines, and already the miners are availing themselves
of the advantages of the season for the prosecution of
their operations. In most instances the average yield
is greater than in any former season, and there is
every prospect that more gold will be collected this
summer than ever before. Several crushing machines
are being put in operation in the Mariposa and other
mines where the gold bearing quartz is found in suf-
ficient quantity to repay the outlay. Exploring par-
ties have found gold farther up the slope of the Sierra
Nevada than it has hitherto been sought for. Parties
are every day extending their explorations, and while
the dry season lasts the miners seem determined to
employ their time diligently.
The law for the collection of taxes from foreign
miners, although carried partially into execution in
some of the counties, has generally been inoperative.
The amount of revenue derived from it is very small,
and it has had a very injurious effect in the southern
mines.

A development has recently been made in the Pro-
bate Court of this county which has taken our citizens
by surprise. The judge has been charged by Captain
Folsom, one of our most respectable citizens, who is
agent for the large Leidesdorff estate, with having
sought a bribe for deciding in his favour a suit com-
menced by the public administrator, to gain posses-
sion of the estate in virtue of his office. The charge
implicates the counsel of the public administrator,
Messrs. Dwinelle and Holland, whose fees in the
transaction were fixed at 5.000 dollars each. The
case will be brought before the District Court for in-
vestigation.
The most gratifying activity prevails in this city at
present. New buildings, mostly of brick, are going
up in every quarter, and the most extensive arrrange-
ments are being made for the fall trade. It is ex-
pected that a very large amount of business will be
transacted during the coming season, and the prepa-
rations for it are on a scale proportionate to its antici-
pated extent.

THE NICARAGUA ROUTE TO
CALIFORNIA.

SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 23.—We understand that
the Nicaraguan route to California was to be opened
fur traffic on and after the 15th of September. Grey-
town (the ci derant San Juan de Nicaragua), the
Atlantic port of the new route, can be reached direct
in 26 days by the West Indian mail steamers from
Southampton twice a month, and also by the Liver-
pool and New York steamers. We extract from the
.New York Herald the following description of the
route referred to :

" The States of Central America are too little
known, even to our own countrymen, who are daily
becoming more immediately connected in unity of in-
terests, politically and commercially, with them, and
with their prosperity. It appears almost self-evident
that our population will soon prefer the route to Cali-
fornia by Nicaragua to that by Panama. Companies
of men travelling to California will find the latter
route much less advantageous than the former. The
whole state of comparison between the two may be
comprised in a few words. In passing from one
ocean to the other, by the way of Panama, an econo-
mical person will have to pay, in the way of detention
and other incidental expenses, about 75 dollars. By
the Nicaraguan route, 15 dollars will suffice to trans-
port him across the country. Tolerable accommoda-
tions may be obtained for about nine dollars, and one
may go across in a cart for seven dollars. When the
steamers of the Nicaraguan Company are running, the
passage will be made, through Nicaragua, in 23 hours,
or in ten hours less than by Panama. ven were the
advantages of speed greater over Panama, the sa-
lubrity of the climate by the Nicaraguan route must
be deemed an advantage that Panama cannot possess.
The Nicaragua route is, also, by many a mile, nearer
to all the ports of the United States and Calafornia,
and this is an important advantage in shortening the
passage. So much:interest will be taken in this new
route that we will look at it more closely. The first
point on the Atlantic is the port of San Juan del
Norte. This is a neat town, having large houses, ca-
capable of containing from 30 to 50 persons, and we
are informed that large companies can obtain these
shelters for about a dime a day each :person. From
San Juan to Grenada the river is ascended for about
90 miles to the lake, through which, to Granada, 90
miles more have to be passed. On the lake, at nume-
rous points, provisions are abundant and very cheap,
while fine hunting and game give charms to the tra-
veller. At Granada, a city of /2,000 inhabitants, all
the comforts of life are to be found. From this latter
place to Realejo, on the Pacific, which may be reached
by a good cart-road, there are a number of towns
and cities. The scenery in this region is full of tro-
pical grandeur and loveliness, such as Humboldt has
recently described with such vivid earnestness of
colouring in his Cosmos. Beautiful valleys, magni-
ficent,mountains, extensive lakes, clear skies, luxuri-
ant vegetation, delicious air, and a healthful climate
invite the traveller, and designate it as the country
which will soon furnish the popular path to Califor-
nia. The railroad across Panama will thrive in the
course of two or three years, and will carry over much
freight, but the passenger traffic will be chiefly car-
ried on by the new steamers of the Nicaraguan route.

Totals... ..... 1,948,369
Males ... ...
Females ... ...

Males
Females

". 1,981

BIRTIM IN TIIE WEEK.

Oats -
Beans ...

is annually exported. Gums of different kinds enter
largely into commercial transactions. The house re-
ferred to above imported, in three years, into Liver-
pool, of gum senegal, nearly 600,000 dls. Dyes of all
shades and hues are abundant, and they have been
proved to resist both acids and light. Gold, which is
found at various points of the coast—from the Gambia
to the Bight of Benin, and probably to a much
greater extent—is obtained by the natives by washing
the sand which is brought down from the mountains
by the rivers. Besides these may be specified wax,
hides, horns, pepper, ginger, arrowroot, ground nuts,
copper, mahogany, teak, and Gambia wood. Cotton of
a very beautiful stap!e, yielding two crops a year, is
indigenous, and thrives for twelve or fourteen years
in succession without renewal of the plant. Coffee,
of a quality superior to Java or Mocha, is raised in
Liberia, and can be cultivated with great ease to any
extent. It bears fruit from thirty to fourty years,
and yields ten pounds to the shrub yearly.- A single
tree in the garden of Colonel Hicks (colonist), at
Monrovia, is said to have yielded sixteen pounds at
one gathering. Sugar cane grows in unrivalled
luxuriance, and, as there are no frosts to be dreaded,
can be brought to much greater perfection than in
our southern stater. Indigo, caoutchouc, tamarinds,
limes, oranges, lemons, and many other articles which
are brought from tropical countries to this, might be
added to the list. Indeed there is nothing in the fer-
tile countries of the East or West Indies which may
not be produced in Western Africa.—Colonization
Herald.

obtainable. Barley, beans, and peas, met with a slow
sale at late rates. Flour was in improved demand at tho
full prices of Tuesday last for Ami,rican, but rather
lower terms were taken fur French. Yellow Indian corn
was neglected, but there was some Equiry for white at
27s to 27, Gd per quarter.
CORK, SEPT. 23.—Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s ; extra 14s 6d;
seconds, 12s Od to 12s 6d; households 9s to 105 6d; thirds, 6s to 85
per cwt. Oatmeal lOs to lOs 6d; Indian meal 6s 9d to is Od; wheat-
meal, 10s to 10s 6d per cwt. Indian corn 6/10s Od to 611550 d per
ton. Bran 4/ to 4/28 ea per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s to 335; average
30s; dealers 32s to 40s Od; average 36s per ton. Straw—Farmers
1 I s Od to 2 s Od ; average 185; dealers 255 Od to 005 Od;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to od;
household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to
9J per lb. Eggs— 4s 10d to 5s Od per hundred. Coals--
Newport 14s; Lydney 15s Od; Smiths' 14s Od ; Culm
13s Ott per ton. Tallow 38s Od to 008 per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 6d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 4id ; mutton 4id to 6d; veal 4d to
bd ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb.
Hops 710 s to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 315 s per
ton. Bark—Barbary 71 5s to 815 s; Valonia 15/ tool; French
61; Spanish 9/ to 10/ per ton. Fleece Wool 155 to 00s per stone.
Hemp 32/ to 341 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 13s to 14s; red
ditto 15s to 2Us per barrel ; Newfoundland 8/ lOs to 9 10s , er
ton. Timber—Memel, BCs per ton; red pine,
ditto, 21 15s per ton ; deals, 13/ to 18/ per 100.
Market 205 to 325; salted 21s to 32s per cwt ; calf. skins
3d to 30 per lb. Potatoes, white 5d to 9d; Meier!
Od to Od ; Guano— Peruvian, 11/; Ichaboe, 8. 10s per ton;
Tar—Archangel, 19c per barrel. 1(1x; yelloW

HIGHWAY ROBBERY byMISTAKE
The following singular adventure is related in the
French journals :—A party of gentlemen met a few
days since for a day's shooting in the neighbourhood
of Montereau. The house in which the sportsmen
spent the night was situate half-way up a declivity
overlooking the high road. At about two o'clock in
the morning one of the inmates hearing a noise, raised
a cry that their vehicle was being stolen. The party
were soon astir, and hearing a noise of wheels as
of a coach going off; seized their weapons and rushed
out in pursuit of the thieves, whom they soon suc-
ceeded in coming up with, thanks to a cross cut.
The first of the party on the spot immediately seizad
the horses' heads and stopped the carriage short. The
people inside the carriage upon this immediately be-
gan to cry " Thieves !"—a degree of audacity at which
our sportsmen grew exasperated, and cocking their
guns they levelled them at the driver. The latter per-
sonage, together with the individuals inside the car-
riage, were seized with terror at this demonstration,
and precipitating themselves from their seats,
rushed off into a neighbouring coppice, where they
were presently lost sight of. Congratulating them-
selves on the recovery of their carriage, the sports-
men returned with it in triumph dead beaten, but
swelling with pride at their exploit. It was now
determined the carriage should be safely secured in
the coachhouse, but what was their surprise at finding
the place already occupied by their own carriage,
which the servant had placed there the night before
without their knowledge. The cry of " thieves,"
which they had considered as the height of audacity
on the part of the travellers, was now accounted for,
and the gentlemen thus interrupted in their journey
were the bonis fide owners of the carriage which they
d been but too glad to abandon, in order to save
their lives threatened by a band of armed ruffians.
The affair was serious, and in order to avoid the accu-
sation of robbery on the Republic's highway, accom-
panied with violence and other aggravating circum-
stances, it was deemed expedient before retiring to
rest to knock up the authorities and apprise them of
the circumstances on which they relied for their
defence.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 1550.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*196
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 40
Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 162
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 118
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 28
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ...
„. 88
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ..•
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• ..•
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations... ...
Premature Birth ... •• •••
A truphy
Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• •••
Sudden ... ••• •••
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not specified ...

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ...
Population Deaths in corm-
Enumerated, spondina week
1841. of 1849.
West Districts... 301,189 . . 215
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 277 .
Central Districts 374,199 ... 271 .
East Districts ... 393,067 ... 449
youth Districts.. 503,346 ... 769

... 44

GITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.
Yesterday a Court was held; Mr. Deputy Peacock
in the chair.

... 30
... 24
... 43

... 36

858
Deaths
in the
Week.
119
167
132
213
227

TIM GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' COMPANY.
Some of the members having complained that the
contractor for the works had not taken care to replace
the large stones which had been removed in the pro-
gress of the works, and that much danger and incon-
venience to the public had been the consequence, Mr•
Chadwick, the contractor, was called in and ques-
tioned upon the subject.
The contractor stated that the most laborious ex-
ertions were being made to finish the extensive works,
and that he had had to encounter the greatest diffi-
culties ; that in several places it had been necessary
to take up the pavement four or five times ; that it
was impossible, at times, to get the men to work ; sea
that the masters complained of the conduct of the con-
tractor in monopolizing the employment of labourers
all over the City. He said, however that he expected
the whole of the enormous works would be completed
by Saturday next.—(Hear, hear.) He believed it
would then be acknowledged that the greatest PaYe•
ment operations ever undertaken were finished to the
satisfaction of the public.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Heywood, the surveyor of the Court, presented
a report to the following effect :
"It has recently been reported to me, that within the
last few months several loads of fish-shells and other
refuse have been thrust down the gully gratings in the
vicinity' of Billingsgate-market, by which not only bee
a serious impediment at times arisen to the proper eel°
of the sewers, but expense has become chargeable upon
this Commission for the removal of the:obstruction.
certain courts, in which sewers of small diameter bore
been laid, the gullies have been constructed in such
manner as to intercept solid substances thrust dowe,th:
gratings, and prevent any thing but liquids passing oil,
the sewers. In one instance, a gully so constructed 107
been obliged to be cleansed twice a week, such has bee!,
the quantity of rubbish thrown down it, and the Whole
of such gullies in the poorer neighbourhoods are fre;
quently choked up, and require constant attentiov•
have before mentioned to your Hoe. Court. that the
practice which exists in the poorer neighbourhoods, of
throwing shells of fish, cinders, and every imaginable
refuse down the gullies, is fraught with great evil to the
sewage, and consequent expense to this Commission, a°d
I am induced to bring the subject again before Yee, f 0
after the best and constant attention for the last 1-0
years, it is found almost impossible to keep the serieto
in certain districts clear, the inhabitants appearin,, to
consider each street gully as a proper and legitiula,,a:
dust-bin. By the 69th clause of the City of Load wes
Sewers Act, the act of throwing improper substace
down gullies is consituted an offence, and made Pnish.
f
able by fine, and protably the detection and conviction''.
one or two offenders would do more towards its Pre'
vention than anything else, and it aears to me tbat,
be
is by the agency of the police that this detection ea°
best accomplished; for, as the police are at all hours_re
duty in the public thoroughfares, the offence must,.' Le
quently come under their observation, and I beg to sub
mit for your consideration the question as to the exP5
diency of calling the attention of the Commissioner
Police to this nuisance.''—(Hear, hear.)
The report was agreed to, and a copy was orders
to be sent to the Commissioner of Police.—Adjourneu

... 858
... 460
... 398

... 702
... 672

Total ... 1,374
*ln this number are included 30 by Scarlatina, 38
by Typhus Fever, sti by Diarrhcea, and 2 by Cholera.

SUBURBAN VILLAGES.—A correspondent of the
Builder says—Being a working man, and moving amongst
that class continually, I hear a great deal about the desira-
bility of early trains on some of the lines of railway, that for
a small sum would set a man down in London a few minutes
before six in the morning, and in like manner remove him
from this Babylon in the evening. I feel assured that were
this the case, suburban villages would grow up of themselves;
and a great deal of the hard-earned money of our artizana,
instead of finding its way into the doctor's pocket, would, if
not "saved," at any rate serve a more satisfactory purpose in
providing for increased appetites, and rearing a more healthy
population. The speculation (as far as the railway is con-
cerned) would probably not succeed at once, as it would take
some little time for a sufficient number of mechanics to
" move," to ensure full trains : but depend upon it an arrange-
ment of this kind would soon be taken advantage of. Pro-
bably a better "spec." would be for a few of our capitalists
to secure a piece of land ten or a dozen miles out, and build,
says 800 or 1,00 houses, and lay down a single line of rails
for the use of the new town only, with trains every hour
from five in the morning to ten at night. The sum paid for
rent to include a ticket for a free passage on the said railway;
and, by the way, a town laid out at once in this way would
form a rare opportunity tnr what is now so much needed—
perfect sanitary arrangements, water supply, fsc.
ONE OF ALADDIN'S JEWELS FOUND.—Sacra-
mento (California) Transcript notices a discovery in the
Auburn dry diggings of a beautiful quartz crystal, as clear
as amber, and about three inches long and five inches in cir-
cumference, of which the following description is afforded :
—ln the centre appear the most beautiful variety of forms
and shapes ever presented to the eye. A cluster of green
metallic moss—an enclosed formation like an amethyst—
streaks of varigated hues and colours, perfectly transparent;
and from the centre to the circumference of the crystal innu-
merable shoots jut out of some metallic substance, bearing
an exact resemblance to the shining blue steel hair-spring of
a watch.

HEALTH of LONDON DURING the IVEFI.
(From the Registrar-General's Return.) ;4
In the week ending last Saturday, the deaths regli
tered in the London districts were 858—a resu
which, comparatively, must be considered as a favetiTril
able indication of the state of the public health. ':,;
the same week of 1846, there were 863 deaths; 1,1"
that of 1847, 1,169 ; in 1848, 1,038; and in I:ee
same week of 1849 there were 1,981. The avereed
of ten corresponding weeks, corrected for increase
population, is 1.105 ; and the present return sbeiv::
decrease of 247 on the estimated weekly mortal.
In last week seven deaths were registered from sreti;
pox, and four were persons of 25 years and °d,
wards. Of these, a seaman brought from the Dre6ii,
nought hospital ship, aged 28 years, died in the SrOb„
pox Hospital (which is now removed to the west to
district of Islington) of "small-pox, confluent, 013)77
tected (11 days' illnes) ;" and a mail driver, age",eta
years, brought from the Marylebone workhouse, uldi,
also in the hospital of " small-pox, confluent, unnie,b
feed (I'2 days)." He had been vaccinated in Yell;e;
but had no cicatrix. A man died of the same dice ho
in Henry-street, Marylebone, at the age of 261 Ives
is stated to have been vaccinated. Two fatal
.c one
also occurred in the sub district of Cripplegate, je eel
of which a woman of 28 years, who had not be of
vaccinated, died in child-bearing, after an °Mackie,
small-pox. Measles was fatal to 10 children, seatn.
tins to 30, hooping-cough to 29. Of these three cove
plaints the two former exhibit less than the livtegy
mortality. Typhus was fatal to 38 persons; -ena
mittent fever, remittent fever, infantile fever, the
rheumatic fever, were each fatal in one case- 111 the
corresponding, weeks of four years (1846-9) end
deaths from typhus were respectively 34, 111,5' ia
73. Diarrhcea and dysenter continue to declivecier,
the last four weeks the numbers have been 'tic is
sively 128, 85, 85, and (in last week) 61. Chnleril
ber, et
P--m
returned in two cases ; on the 13th of Se eon,
6, Tarlington-street, Paddington, an omnibus (20
ductor, aged 30, died of " spasmodic cholera en,
hours)." On the 19:h of September, at 35, Queers,
square, the daughter of a drum maker, aged 3AYbeen
died of " cholera (2 days)." The deceased ha bilious
ill for nine months, suffering frequently from 111'
headaches and disordered bowels. Last vvee-
:ll ep-
prsons died of phthi-is or consumption, wh'efroni
proaches very near the weekly average number. IA
other diseases of the respiratory organs the deaths
other
were 88—about the usual amount. The svide,W,,uses
law-clerk died in the Metropolitan Alres""m;d 11
Ball's-pond, at the advanced age of 100 years
months. wean
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the •nebes
daily reading of the barometer was above 30 lof the
on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday; the Ineeenmeea•
whole week was 29.851 inches. The daily te.""ierdS
ture varied little during the week ; it rose ediffers
the end; the mean was 58.4 degrees, whic" .eko of
not much from the average of correspondinghvvevot o_o
seven years. The wind blew from the north the
the first four days ; afterwards, generally Ir°
tn
south-east. •

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
IPS WICH, SEPT. 24.
We had an increased supply of all corn at market this
day. Wheats sold on same terms as last week. Barley
did not find ready buyers. Beans and peas dearer.
PER QUARTER.! PER QUARTER.
Wheat, red 403 to 44s Beans 3os to 328
Da., new oos to 00s Peas 3os to 31s
Do., white 4ss to 498 Oats o)s to 00s
Do., new oos to 00s Rye.. ....... . 00s to 00s
Barley, malting 22s -to 278 Malt oos to 00s
Do., grinding... 00s to 00s Flour, per sack oos to 00s
AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT 21.
Wheat 1,314 quarters at 44s Od.
Barley
„ 00s Od.
„ oos od.
29s 7d.

Peas..... 2B
HULL, SEPT. 24.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states:—The
weather has been rather broken since our last, but the
rain would be very acceptable to the farmers, who have
lately complained much of so long a continuance of dry
weather. There has been a fair business passing in all
articles of the trade, and at full prices. To-day we had
only a moderate supply of wheat from the farmers, con-
dition not quite so good as last week: the millers were
only slow buyers at last week's currency. More inquiry
for red foreign; some of the present import goes to
granary. A continued good sale for barley, of which
the arrivals are now more moderate. Beans and feeding
peas find a consumptive demand. Arrivals of linseed
increase, but the market is well supported, as is also the
advance in cakes noted last week. The bulk of the
rapeseed goes direct to the crushers ; only one parcel of
cake on the market, and held at 92a 6d per ton.
The following are the present prices of grain
Wheat, English, red 41 to 44 Peas, white and yel. 27 32
Do. white
Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea 46 48
nigsberg 42 47 Do. Petersburgh ... 40 44
Pomeranian and Do. Riga & Archngl. 38 42
Hamburgh . 4O 44 Do. Konigsberg .... 38 40
Danish, Holstein, & Per ton.
Friesland . 36 40Lins. c,Hull 7/10s Od tooosod
Russian and Odessa 35 42'Do. fine foreign ... ...... 61 108
Oats, English
Do. Danish l6 18 Rapeseed
Do.Friesland l6 19 Rape cakes...92s 61 to 00s Od
Do. Russ. & Odessa 16 18 Tares, English .4os —00 s
Barley, malting 2 t 26 Do. foreign 20s —26 s
Do. grinding........ 21 22 Guano 6/ to 1010.
Beans 26 30 Bones, do 90s Od to 00s Od
Do. foreign 26 28 Rye meal .. 6103
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 24.—At this day's market there
was a good attendance of the town and country trade,
who, however, bought very sparingly of wheat at about
the prices of this day week for old granaricd parcels, and
a reduction of 1d per 701bs on fresh arrived foreign and
Irish new. Oats were in moderate demand at 2s 5d per
45Ibs for the best new mealers. New oatmeal was
rather lower, and 22s 6d per load was the extreme price

[ADVERTISEMENT.I—A dangerous Case BrVf3ii°
pelas, attended with Swelling and Inflammation,
loway's Pills and Ointment.—Extract of a letter,
Kiel, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, October 8, 1845 :—" be elf 11
nounce to you a most wonderful care wrought upono3‘?fserysi,
your pills and ointment. I had a very severe attack 0011'
pelas in my right foot and ankle, with swelling and in,t'at
tion to art alarming extent. I was unable to move witu.geis, to
assistance of crutches. I consulted an eminent Pb.rn.,,, of
no purpose. However, in less than two weeks, by the ji oho
your ointment and pilh, I was cured, to the surrise 07,4 $ll
knew me. Si.ned, Joseph Gildon, a farmer. '—'sol w:344,
Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, °—
Strand, London. ;430
c r edfda the idys:::
pubi. an
The Carlsruhe Gazette of the 19th
decree, prolonging for one month more the state a siege
martial law proclaimed in October last.

BIRTHS. gaital
OF A SON.
On the 22d inst., at Horncastle, the wire Of
P'.
Sketchley, Esq. " 0. the Wife
On the 2:d inst., at King-street, Finsbury-gill--e'
of D. Hutchins, Esq., of Upper Tulse-hill, Brixton.
OF A DAUGHTER- Aro crieffei
On the 23d inst., at Brighton, the Lady Louisa ----Ellsq., of
On the 23d inst., the Wife of Alfred Keyser'
_.....-----
Norfulk-crescent, Hyde-park,

MARRIED Tlloll3.ail
On the 21st inst., at Lewisham 'Church, Henry Amehilt
Moore, Commander of the Emerald steam-s 1111), wt. ~,. of
youngest daughter of the late William Wybournt Esq •'
Greenwic 'Ts'
On the? Ist inst., at Bishop's Castle, Mr. AlfredoN\id'
dlese/ci
eldest son of Roger Williams, Esq., of Brentford, „ o
to Mary Ann, second (laughter of Samuel 13604 A'ss'''
Bishop's Castle, Shropshire. „ E: hard
On the 21st inst. at Lianbadarn raver, Cardiga,.!,--r:geliter
J. Dickins, Esq., of Croydon, Surrey, to Caroline, ,A -
of J. Maitland. Esq , of the East India-house.

WED ter
On the 21st inst., Louisa Susannah Thorp, eldest da
of the late Sir William Plainer, Knight, and ughhe
late Alfred Thorp. Esq., of Cambridge-terrace, wt.° k•
Hyde-I,:a taia
WiOnniatmheclr4utichkisnhttn.,knill.lEia.mixD.so.n:lgdesdonl,9o.nly son Of "P
On the 17th inst., at Monzie Ca'stle, Robert Findlay', 1:544
of Batturich, Dumbartonshire.
On the 17th inst., at Chepstow-villas, ~... gre,
Eda, wife
wife of'Thomas W. Rough, E`q• E‘q. of
On the 18th inst., at Brighton, HenrY Trewhitt, - ,
Sunbury, Middlesex. relict of
On the 21st inst., at Werfield, Salop, Elizabeth,
the late Rev. E. S. Davonport, of Davenport, aged 73' wife
On the 22d inst., at Rosenthal, Lewisham, Elizabeth,
of Alexander Rowland, Esq., aged 72. , Ilant°'
On the 21st iust., at Frogmore-house, Blacocater,
Ann, the wife of Jonathan Miles, Esq. Bayswater, v.,

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