The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-03 00:00:00

W.

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES

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'sham, and Exinouth (Daw's line), % p.—Ditto (Head's),
8 p.—Eastern Counties, 23—Ditto, New, 8%.
SHEFFIELD, Ocr. 1.
Srocx EXCZANGZ.—The sales are—Eastern Counties,
22%—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 231 Junction,
53'—Derby and Gainsborough, 4%—Direct Northern, 2%
--East Lincolnshire, 6%—Grimsby and Sheffield, 24%—
Ditto, Quarter Shares, Q. Is. 3d.—Manchester, Midland, and
Great Grimsby, 71. ls. 3d.—Nottingham, Erewash, and Am-
, • - bergate, 6%—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 814—Wakefield and
—'—'—'—'---- Harrogate, 5%—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 5%.
t. clos'd'Sept.isept. HULL, Ocr. 1.
~ —•
• ...._ —.— The Stock Exchange is closed for the remainder of the
8 3-0. week, in order to facilitate the settlement of accounts. So
- far as the settling has proceeded everything appears to be
- , favourable.

IN THE
PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND
SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

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NAMES or RAILWAYS. 1 : g _ a I
;74 4 " M
Oct. Oct. I Oct. , Oci

Aberdeen• • • • • • • • • • •
Airdrie and Coatbridge • •
Arbroath and Forfar • • • •
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Armagh, Colr„&Portrush
Bandon and Bantry .• • • •
Belfast and Ballymena • •
Belfast and County Down
Birknhd.Lan.&Ches.Jnc.
Birmingham and Glo'ster
Do. New (iss . at 7% dis.)
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Birminghm & Oxerd.Junc. 6 —2O
Bickburn, and Preston
• 21
Blckburn, Darwn,& Beltn
Bolton, W igaA, & Liverpl.
Boston, Stamfrd and Birm
Brighton, Lewes, & Haat.
Bristol .nud Exeter ••• • • -
Litto New............—
Bristol and Gloucester • •
Bristol and S. Wales June.
British and Irish Union
Caledon. and Ayrsh. June
Caledon.&Dumbar•Junc•
Cale&nian .. ••• • • 15% 15%
Ditto Extension 4%
Cambridge and Lincoln 5% 5% 5%
Chaster and Birkenhead 59
Ditto New Shares •• . •
Ditto Half Shares • — -
Chester and Holyhead 2l
Cheltenham and Oxford —2%
Chichester and Brighton
Churnet Valley ... ...•
Clitheroe Junction
Clydesdale Junction ....•
Cork, Blackrck & Passage
Cork and Bandon .• • • • • •
Cork and Killarney .• • • •
Cork and Waterford • •
Cork and Youghal .• • • • •
Canterbury and Dover.• •
Coventry and Leicester.• 4% 4%
Cornwall . —
Derby and Crewe .••• • • •
Direct Lon. and Manchstr
Dies, Beccles, & Yarmotla
DirectMan.(Remington's)
Direct Northern ••• . • 2%
Direct Norwich .•. .. 1
Dublin and Belfast June.
Dublin, iselfast, & Colrce
Dublin and Drogheda • • • •
Dublin and Galway . • . • •
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath ...
Dundee and Perth - . • • • •
Durham and Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. 1)
Ditto (No. 2) .. • . •
Eastern Counties . •22% 21% 23
Do. New. •••••••• • • • 7% p 13
Do. l'erp.s pr Ct., No.•• 1 p
do. N 0.2 p 68s9d
East Derehani & Norwich 2 %
East Union • ....• •

4%1 5

,3341 13%

40 39
2% 2%

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Ditto Extension ......
Edinbgh, Olas., and Dum.
Edinburgh and Glasgow..
Do. Quarter Shares •• •
New Quarter Shares 11%
Edin b. Leith, and Granton --
Do. I'ref. 5 per Cent . •
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebles..
Edinburgh and Perth—
Ely and Huntingdon ....
Enniskillen and Sligo.. • .
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr
Ellwood, l'rstn, &W. Rid.
Garnkirk and Glasgow ..
Glasgow and Ayr . .•
Do. Quarter Shares....
Glasgow and Greenock . • -
Ditto New.• .•. •. -
Ditto Preference • ••
Clasgw,Dnifries, and Car. -
(tlsgw, Kilmarnck, & Ard. •
Glasgow and Belfast Un.
Gorde and Doncaster • • • •
ltrand Junction
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Ditto Quarter Shares ..
Ditto New Quarters .-
Ditto Eighths .. •• • •
Grand union
Gr,at Eastern & Western
(:t Grimsby' &Dk Eaten&
GL Grimsby and Sheffield
lit & Wstrn.(lrlad)
Ditto Extension .. • • • •
Great Munster • •• • • •• • •
[ kit Northern of Scotland
Grt Northern of England 218
Do. New 401. Shares .•
Do. New 301. Shares ..
Great Western •• . • . 161
SAM Half :hares • • 93
Ditto Fifths .. •. • • ....
Ottilfrd, Farehm, & Ports. 4
. • • •. • • ........
Iludrstld &Man. R. &Canl
• ItuddersDeld and Sheffield
Hull and Gainsborough • • -
Jinn and Selby • • ••
Ditto Quarter Shares.. 21%
Vitto Half Shares • • -
Kin-on:fess and Elgin ....
lisle of Jersey • .........
Kendal and Windermere
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Kingstown and Bray
Killarney Junctions .....
Lancaster and Carlisle ..
Lancaster and Preston ~
Leeds and Bradford • •

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- 1 59

34%1 -
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4%1 4

3%1-

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7146
241 -

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22% -4%
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3% -
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13y. 24%

24 I 24%
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Ditto Extension .. •• . • -
Leeds and Dewsbury.... - 33% 37%
,mit -
\
'e sad Thirsk •. • • .... - 22% 2014 _
Leeds &W, Riding June. - 14% 14 _
Leicester & Birmingham 2% p 3% 3
Leicester Sad Bedford ... 3% p 4% 4%
Limerick and Waterford - - -
Limrck, Ennis, &lOL Jnc. - - -
Lincoln, York, and Lee& - - -
/Av. Man.& Gt N. of Eng. - - -
Liv erpool and Manchester - - -
Ditto Half Shares •• - - - -
Ditto Quarter Shares.• - - -
I.iverpi3Ormskrk,& Prstn -8% -
I,ondon and Birmingham 220 218
Ditto Thirds. ••••• •• • • 43
Ditto Quarters .• •• .... -
London and Blackwall • • '
Lndn. Oxill. & Chltnham. -
London and Brignton.... 71 xn
_Ditto Consolid. Eighths -
London and Croydon .• • • 24% -
Ditto .New . . ~.. ~.. - -
Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt. - -
London and Greenwich.. - -
Do. Pref. or Privilege • . - -
London and South Westrn 81 -
Do. New Cons. Eighths 36 - -
Do. New, 501. Shares • • 15% - 'l6
Do. New, 401. Shares.. 12 - -
London and 'York ••• •• • • 6% 6% 6%
Ditto (Bawtry) .••.. • • -
London and Windsor •• • • ,
Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl
Londonderry & Coleraine
Londonderry & Enuiskilln -
Lynn and E 1........... 7
Lynn and Dereham .•• .. -
:Manchester and Leeds • • - -
Ditto Half Shares .. .. - -
Ditto Quarter Shares.. - -
Ditto Sixteenths ••- • • • - -
Manchstr and Birkenhead - - -
Manchester &Birminghm 90 - 91
Ditto Quarter Shares.. 16% - 17
Ditto New Quarters .• - 15% 14% 14%
Do. Con. & Welsh June. -3% 3%
Wanehestr, Boltn, & Bury - - _
Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Meta -
Man. Shef. and Mid. June.
Alanchestr & Southamptn -
Midland ..•• • • ... •• • 171
Ditto Fifths ••• • • • •... - -
Ditto .New .. ••••• • • • • 26% -
Do. Con: Birm. & Derby - -
Midlnd Gt Westrn (Irish) - -
1)0. Extension to Sligo - - •
Newest' &Daringtn June. 67% 66 -
De. New (Brandling)• • 58% 52% -
Newcastle and Birrwick.. 20% -
Newcastle and Carlisle • • 111
Nwestie, Durham, & Lan.
Newport & Abergavenny -
Newry and Enniskillen.• -
Newark and Sheffield .• • --
North British ...• •••• •• 26% ..-
Ditto New Shares •• •• 6% -
Northern and Eastern • • 67
Do. Set ip (lss. at 5 dis.) -
1)0. Quarter Shares • • -
North Devon .. .
North Kent • • . •• • • • • • •
North Staffordshire • •
..:?Zerili Eastern • • •• • • • .
North enion (A)
Ditto ( )• • • • •• •
North Wdles Mineral • • • .
Ditto N:,:v Shares • • • •
Nof tk Western •••• • • • •
Nortk Wales ••••• • • • • •
Norwich and Brandon • •
A Ditto New .
Not., Bel••01r, & Cranthm
Nottingham and Boston •
Nutt., Er wsh. Val. & Man.
Nottingham & Mansfield
(Ixford and Birming.JUße
I,xford and Worcester . •
exford and Cambridge ••
Perth and Inverness • • • •
Portsmouth Direct.......
Preston and Wyre ••• • • • -
. Ditto half Shares •• • • -
• Do. Pref. 6 per Ct. Guar -
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & dlv. -
7)ok. ton & Wyre Extens. -
Itichtcond &W. End J une -
Rugby, W'orcestr, & Tring -
Scottish Central •• •..• • •• 11
Scottish, Midland •••• • • .. 4% -
Sheffield and Manchester - 148 1,.
Ditto Quarter Shares• • - 20% -
lilac) ditto (No. 2)•• - 17% 18
Ditto ditto (No. 3)•• - 12% 12%
!Sheffield and Lincoln •• • • -8% 8%
Sheffield and Rotherham - - -
Sit rewsbry & Grand June. -8% -
Slirewsb.. Wor., & Crewe 4% Bls6d 4%
Shrws.,Wolv., Dudl, &Mr 9 8% 9 .
Shrwabry & Trnt YaL Us. 2%p - - -
Slaws, Herefd,&N. Wales - - -
ISlamannan • .... .••• . • • • _ - _ _
Seuth Devon .••••• • • • .. - -
bowl, Midland ••• • • • • • 73‘p 334 8% 7)t
soutia Eastern and Dover 43% - 43% -
Do. New (iss. 321.) No. 1 20 - -
: 1)o. (i55.331.65.8d.) „ 2 - -
Do. (iss. 30/.) „3
Staines and Richmond • • •
Staffordsiiire& Shropshire -
Stirling and Dunfermline -
South Wales.. ... • • • •
Tenn and Dove Valley ..
'1 rent Valley .• • .•......,
Do. and Holyhead June. 2% 3% -
Vale of Neatk.. ••• - .. - - -
West London, Old Shares - - -
Ti.'st End Bc. Sothrn Conn. - -
Wea.ttord arid Carlow • . - -
Warwiett and Cheltenham 2%
-W at e rfor d and Kilkenny - -
Watrld,Wxtil,Wiek& Dub 2% ---
Wakefield and Bradford • . - -
Wakfld, Pontefret, & Gool - -
Ilraherwid and Ilarrogata -
Warwick and London ... _
West Lancashire •• • __
'Worcester and Tring -• • -_
Wfiltehaven and Furness -
Jio, New Half Shares..
'eliiiii Midland • • • • • • • •
West 'wall..:_
West Yofrollice u
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_. ••• • • • -
Wilsontwn, l). & :.u' ltness -
Wilt!, Somrst, & 7 eYnial 6% -
Wilts, Somrst, & South 23 -
Yarmouth and Norwich.. -•-
Dltto New • ..........-
Tort and Carlisle
-
York and North Midland -
Ditto ref Shar - -
p 4)ltto Searbio' Drench 58 -
Vitto Selby ,-. • • ..,, ~.. _..6
Ditto Extension p 3 , -
;r7.YOrkshire & Glasgow, Mit - -._

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2 YORK, OCT. 1.
6% STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Union Ex-
- tension, 5-Newcastle and Darlington Junction, New
(Brandling), 57%-Axholme, 31. 125.-.Caledonian Exten
_ sion, 4%-Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leices-
ter, 4A-Grand Union, 434-Great Grimsby and Sheffield
- Junction (Quarter Shares), 5%-Leicester and Bedford,
- 4L 6s. 3d.-Newcastle and Berwick, 20%-North Stafford-
- shire, 84-Welsh Midlands, 45/-York and Carlisle, 5%.
EDINBURGH, SET'T. 29.
STOCK. EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 4/. 155.-
- Arbroath4nd Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151-British
- and Irish Union, 41. 25.-Caledonian, 15/. 55.-Caledonian
Extension, 4/. 95.-Clydesdale Junction, 221.-Direct Northern,
31.-Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. 55.-Ditto, New, 181.-Dun-
dee and Perth, 81.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 31.--Edin-
- burgh and Glasgow, 751.-Ditto, Quarters, 211. 155.-Ditto,
- New, 15/.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. 145.-
- Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 241.105.-Ditto, Preference,
- 191. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 31. I Is.-Ditto, New,
1/. 188.-Edinburgh and Perth, 4/. Os. Bd.-Glasgow and
Ayrshire, 731.-Ditto (Quarter Shares), 211. 12s. 6d.-Glas-
- gow and Garnkirk, 451.-Glasgow and Greenock, 221. 10s.-
- Ditto, New Stock, 101. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 21. 58.-
- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 21.-Great North of Scot-
- land, 31. 125.-Inverness and Elgin, 1/. 10s.-London and
York, 71.-Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 331.-North Bri-
-
tish, 27/. 105..-Ditto,:Halves, 91. 155.-Perth and Inver-
ness, 2/. 155.-Scottish Central, 101. 155.-Scottish Mid-
- land, 4/. 153.-Slamannan, 191.-Stirling and Dunferm-
-2 line, 21. 10s.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-ROUSE.
An elderly man, who stated his name to be James Wyatt,
and was reported to be a Lieutenant-Colonel, and a young
man, named Jonas Quested, were brought before the Lord
Mayor, charged with a misdemeanour of the most revolting
description.
George Foster, policeman 425, stated that in consequence
of informatidn which he had received, he had watched Wyatt
sometimes- three or four times a week, and had seen quite
enough of the conduct of that individual to show him that
there was strong ground for the very worst suspicion about
him. At last witness saw Wyatt and Quested, who met in
the street, go into a public-house together, and observed what
confirmed him and two other witnesses in the opinion he had
formed of the character of the old man.
The evidence of Foster was corroborated to the full extent
by. Arthur Finn, policeman 276, and the waiter of the house.
A solicitor cross-examined the witness for the prisoner
Wyatt.
The prisoner Quested, upon being asked by the Lord Mayor
whether he wished to say anything, stated that he first saw
Colonel Wyatt in King William-street, at a shop, where the
Colonel called as a cuk tomer' about two months ago, and
where he (Quested) served behind the counter; that he
afterwards saw the Colonel in the street, and was invited by
him into the public-house, and that they were not long to-
gether before he discovered what sort of person the Colonel

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
DURHAM AND SUNDERLAND.
SUNDERLAND, WEDNESDAY.—Yesterday the annual meet-
- ing of the proprietors of this railway was held in the Corn-
- mission-room, Exchange-buildings, C. Brainwell, Esq.,
- Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. There
- was a very numerous attendance of the proprietary.
Mr. Timm:a*, the law clerk of the Company, read the
- annual and half-yearly statements of the accounts. For the
5 ha'f-year ending the 28th of February the receipts were
19,3284, and the disbursements 16,4801., leaving a profit of
- 2,903/. A dividend of 10s. per share on 4,830 shares was
- then declared, which left a balance of 4881. In addition,
- there had been received during the half-year ending the
- 30th of August, 11,088/. for the loading of coals, and 4,1761.
revenue from the conveyance of passengers and merchandise,
":. making a total of 15,748/. The expenditure amounted to
- 14,970/. Of this sum 3,387/. was for wayleave, quay, and
- damaged ground rents, and 3,381/. for interest charged on
- bonds, mortgages, scrip certificates, loans, and bankers'
accounts, leaving a profit on the half-year of 7771.
The report of the directors stated that there had
been a decrease of 4,095/. in the receipts from the traffic
- of the coal department during the first half-year, corn-
- pared with the previous one, which had been produced by in-
- cidental causes which could neither have been foreseen nor
prevented, inasmuch as the revenue of the former half-year
was considerably augmented by the great demand for coals
which existed in the London market, consequent on the
- termination of the pitmen's strike, and from the coal-owners
2 on the line, during the first half-year, having greatly reduced
their vends, owing to the low prices which followed the
breaking up and abandonment of the regulations by which
the coal-trade in the north of England had been so many
years governed. A total saving of 1,509/. had. been effected
in working the line, including way-lease rents during the
last half-year. The total receipts of the half-year had been
15,7481., and the total expenditure 14,9701., leaving a net
profit of 777 i. Notwithstanding the smallness of the
amount of profit, yet as the traffic in coal had lately much
improved, and was gradually recovering its former steady
condition, together with the circuinstance of several new
collieries now loading and shipping coal by means of the
Company's works, the Directors did not doubt of having
sufficient funds applicable to a-dividend, and they therefore
submitted to the consideration of the Proprietors the ex-
pediency of declaring a dividend of the sane amount as the
last half-year, payable, clear of income-tax, on the Ist of
November next. The report stated that the attention of
211,z Mr. Robert Stephenson, the celebrated civil engineer, had
been directed to various extensions and improvements f the
- line, but his report had notyet been received. The Directors
- were of opinion that the proposed construction of the docks
- on the south side of the harbour, and contiguous to the line,
- would benefit the line, and the port of Sunderland, by the
numerous facilities it would give the shipping.
The report, on the motion of Mr. Price, of Gateshead,
- seconded by Mr. Singers, of Newcastle, was carried; and,
- on the proposition of the Rev. Mr. Kenncotte. four per cent.
- for the half-year, payable on the Ist of November, was
declared.
After some opposition from Mr. D. Jonassohn, Mr.
- Charleton, and Mr. Wright, who thought no dividend should
- be declared until next half-year ; Mr. Smith Bright, of
- Hull ; Mr. Singers, of Newcastle ; and Mr. Forster, of
- Haswell Cottage, were appointed Directors, and the meeting
adjourned.
SOUTH COAST JUNCTION RAILWAY.

was.
The prisoners were committed for trial at the Central
Criminal Court, and the Lord Mayor directed that the City
Solicitor should be instructed to prosecute.
GUILDHALL.
- - -

The examination of Daniel Garratt, the railway thief, was
resumed before Mr. Alderman H. Hughes. The Lord Mayor
elect and Mr. Alderman Challis were also on the bench.
The justice-room was crowded with persons interested in
the case.
Mr. Clarkson, for the prosecution, began by calling a wit-
ness to complete the first charge, that the prisoner stole, and
Maynard, the estate agent in Howland-street, received, the
letter-case, containing bills to the amount of 2,0004 the pro-
perty of Mr. Vaughan Prance, of Nether Stowey, Bridg-
water, solicitor.
John Rowland Wilson, the landlord of the Blossoms Inn,
Lawrence-lame, stated that he knew the prisoner Garrett ;
he became acquainted with him eight years ago by lodging
in the same house. On the 7th of August a friend left town,
and witness went to see him on the 4th or sth. On which-
ever day it was, the prisoner came to the Blossoms Inn,
which he had not visited before, or since, and stayed a short
time. It was about noon; he asked the prisoner to wait till
after dinner, and then he would accompany him to the west
end of the town, where he was going to see a friend. The
prisoner declined, saying he was waiting for a friend.
It was on the sth of August that Maynard attended,
about noon, at the Guildhall Coffee-house with Mr. Prance's
desk, when he was given into custody, and it was presumed
Maynard was the person the prisoner said he was waiting for.
Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES committed the prisoner on this
case.
Mr. Clarkson then proceeded to a new case.
William John Winter of 47, Jewin-street, said he came
from Barnstaple to London by the Great Western line on the
26th of August. His luggage consisted of a carpet bag,
containing apparel, and a hat-case, containing a hat. On
reaching the terminus his luggage could not be found. He
valued it at 12e and claimed it from the Company. His
name on a card was sewed to the bag, and also was on the
handle of the hat-case.
The carpet bag, bat-case, shirts, and other articles were
produced, and identified by the witness. The marks had been
removed from a part of the linen.
Collard, the superintendent of the railway police, stated
that he found a part of the property at the prisoner's lodgings
at Lisson-green, where he apprehended him. The carpet bag,
hat, and hat-case he received frorn Mr. Hawkins, a wine-
merchant, at Kennington-green, who purchased them from
the prisoner while he was lodging at the Cock, at Kennington,
and the rest lie received frora Mr. Clarke, the landlord of the
Cock.
Mr. Clarke, of the Cock, Kennington-common, said his
sister-in-law assisted him in his business. He received the
six shirts produced from her. The prisoner lodged in his
house from the 14th of August to the sth of September.
Mrs. Mary Ann Clarke corroborated his evidence. The
prisoner used to be away for three or four days at a time.
About the end of August he called her into his bed-room, and
asked her to buy a half-dozen of shirts, the collars of which
buttoned behind, instead of down the front. He said he was
going abroad, and had more luggage than he wanted.
While she was looking at them she was called down stairs,
and he rolled them up; put them in her hand, and said,
" There, take them." She should have returned them, if
she had not been in the country on the day the prisoner left.
She gave them to her brother when the officer and Mr. Nash
came to inquire about the prisoner.
Mr. Thwaites, the prisoner's solicitor, declined to cross-
examine the witnesses.
Mr. Clarkson submitted that he had clearly shown a pos-
session of the property recently after it was stolen.
Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES asked Mrs. Clarke if the pri-
soner brought in fresh luggage from time to time while he
was staying at the house ?
She said she saw none brought in.
The Alderman asked whether three shirts produced by
Mr. Clarke, and which Mr. Winter did not identify, were
owned?
Mr. Nash said they were part of the large quantity of arti-
cles found, and which were almost daily advertised, but
which had not yet been claimed.
The prisoner was then committed on this charge.
Mr. Clarkson then proceeded to a case of robbery on the
South-Western Railway. At present the gentleman who was
robbed, a Mr. Bedingfield, was too ill to attend, but he should
offer some evidence. Mr. Bedingfield was on his way from
Gosport to London, after witnessing the sailing of the expe-
rimental squadron, when his travelling case was stolen, con-
taining apparel and money to the amount of 501. He adver-
tised and received by the Parcels' Delivery Company a parcel
containing his pocketbook, and any papers that could not be
converted into money.
Mrs. Isabella White, carrying on business as a hosier in the
Strand, said Mr. Bedingfield had lodged in her house for seve-
ral years. She, with a friend, met him at Gosport on the 15th
of fuly, and returned with him to town. She saw his travel-
ling case at the Red Lion, at Portsea, and on reaching London
it was missed. They were told it had been put along with
witness's luggage, and it was " all right." This, however,
turned out to be otherwise. She identified a blouse, shooting-
jacket, a stock, and some other articles. Mr. Bedinzfield
brought home a day or two afterwards a parcel he had re-
ceived, addressed to No. 50, Old Change. The wrapper was
the same now produced.
Mr. Wilson, of the Blossoms Inn, was examined as to the
handwriting of the direction. He believed it was the prisoner's
but he would not swear to it.
The prisoner asked permission to look at it, and then.
much excited, exclaimed, for 'a thousand pounds to a
penny it was not his handwriting. He would call a friend
who would swear it was not, and he would re-write the
direction to satisfy? the Alderman.
Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES-said his writing the address
differently now he had seen it would have no weight with
him ; and it was awkward to pitch on a scintilla of evidence
out of a mass to which he made no objection, for that was
like an admission of the rest
The' prisoner wished his friend to be examined on the
point.
Mr. Clarkson recommended Me Thwaites to advise with
his client, or he must take the consequences of calling some-
body who could swear to his writing.
Mr. Thwaites with some difficulty appeased his client.
- Collard, the officer, proved that the articles produced were
found at the prisoner's lodgings at Lisson-green.
Mr. Clarkson hoped to complete this case on a future day
by calling Mr. Bedingfield. He said there was a case of
stealing from the Brighton Railway, but the gentleman who
had lost his luggage was obliged to go to China.
Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor, stated that he appeared on
behalf of the Birmingham Railway Company. Much of the
evidence which had been taken at length in the previous case
applied equally to his charges, and might be admited into the
depositions upon being sufficiently referred to.
Mr. Price Lewis, of Jermyn-street, and Llandlear, in Cardi-
ganshire, said he came to London from Blisworth by the
Birmingham line on the 28th of March, and lost his port-
manteau, containing a writing-case, a pair of leather breeches,
and various other articles. He identified the writing-case, the
leather breeches, two waistcoats, and some other articles,
which Collard produced. He believed the portmanteau pro-
duced was his property, but he would not swear it.
Collard said he received the writing-case from Mr. Nash,
who in his presence received it from Mr. Roberts, the land-
lord of the Dolphin, in Oxford-street. The leather breeches
he received from Mr. Broom, the landlord of the Rising Sun,
in Air-street, Piccadilly, and the other articles he found at
the prisoner's lodgings at Lisson-green.
Mr. Roberts deposed, that the prisoner lodged at his house
from the last week in March to the beginning of June. He
was in the prisoner's bed-room one day and observed, "What
a many things you have here." Prisoner said, " Yes, I have,
I want to dispose of some. What will suit you?" The pri-
soner recommended him to buy this writing-case for his
children. Witness observed that the lock had been forced.
The prisoner explained that he had lost his keys, and was
obliged to break it open. When Mr. Nash and the officer
came to inquire if he could give them any information about
Garrett he produced this writing-case to them.
Mr. Broom, the landlord of the Rising Sun, next accounted
for the possession of the leather breeches. He saw the pri-
soner; sell them in his parlour to a customer, and witness
purchased them of the latter.
The evidence of Mr. Nash and Mrs. Noble as to the find-
ing of the rest of the property in the room occupied by the
prisoner was added.
The prisoner was committed on this charge.
Mr. Keep, a lace manufacturer, at Newport Pagnell, was
then examined as to the loss of a carpet bag. He travelled
from Wolverton on Dec. 18. It was stolen at the Wolverton
station, and he was told by the bell-ringer that some man
had seized it, and taken it into a seeond-class carriage. He
heard no more of it till he found it in the hands of Collard,
the railway officer. The bag had a new lock now.
Mr. Alderman IL HUGHES asked if he was quite sure he
could recognise his old friend with a new face? Mr. Keep
said he was sure; for he had travelled thousands of miles
with it. Mr. Keep also identified a shirt collar. (What
other property the bag contained did not transpire.)
Collard deposed to finding the carpet bag and collar at the
prisoner's lodgings, in North-street, Lisson-green, and the
prisoner was committed on this charge.
Mr. John Jones, of Kingstown, Dublin, solicitor, was next
called. He stated he was a passenger from Chester to London,
by the Birmingham line, on the 2d of August, and arrived in
London about 10 o'clock at night. Amongst his luggage was
a portmanteau, the same now produced by Collard, and the
articles of apparel produced were part of its contents. He
identified a black dress coat, two pairs of trousers, a satin
waistcoat, and other articles. The contents of his portman-
teau were worth 20/. He missed it at the London terminus.
Inspector Collard proved the finding of the property at
Garratt's lodgings.
Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES committed the prisoner on this
charge also.
Mr. Webb, merchant, of Huddersfield, was examined rela-
tive to the loss of a portmanteau on the Birmingham line on
the 25th of July. He said this was a part of his luggage.
He identified the articles produced, consisting of a dress coat,
four white waistcoats, a shirt, and several other articles.
Witness had four ladies with him, and had a strong recollec-
tion of seeing the prisoner standing near him at the terminus.
On the prisoner's spectacles being removed, and his hat put
on, the witness was further convinced he was the same per-
son. His luggage was safe on reaching the Euston Station,
but on setting the ladies down in Torrington-square, and
giving them their luggage, he missed his own.
Inspector Collard said he found the whole of these articles
at the prisoners's lodging.
The prisoner, who appeared to be even cheerful, was com-
mitted on this charge.
Mr. Humphreys said that concluded the charges he had to
support.
Mr. Nash then prayed that the prisoner might be remanded
upon a charge of stealing from the Brighton Railway, as well
as to offer further evidence in the case of Mr. Bedingfield.
It was arranged that the prisoner should stand remanded
till the 17th instant.
Mr. Nash complained of a scurrilous attack which had
been made upon him by name in one of the railway papers,
but which he was told was intended for a person of a dif-
ferent name. It had given his friends great pain, as they
could not conceive how Mr. Nash had committed himself in
this proi4eutioli:

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A meeting was held at Lyme, on Monday, September 22,
in conformity with two requisitions sent to the Mayor, one
signed by Sir Dudley Hill, and other gentlemen favouring
the South Coast Junction line, and the other from Sir Henry
Bayley, requesting a meeting to consider which of the con-
templated railways would be most beneficial.
The Mayor, C. C. Benett, Esq., presided, the Town-hall
being crowded with a very respectable, but rather excited
assemblage. There are two contemplated lines immediately
affecting this town, the South Coast Junction, and the
Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction, and in addition
the Yeovil and Dorchester line is to approach within five or
six miles of the town.
Sir D. HILL opened the business by proposing a resolution
in favour of the South Coast line, which he asserted to be a
better line for the interests of the town than any other. Lyme
was not a large manufacturing • town, but it was a pretty
watering-place, and it was desirable that it should have faci-
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resolution gave rise to an animated discussion, some
speakers asserting that the line could never pay, and others
advocating the opposition line. There were a great many
gentlemen present from the neighbouring towns, and when
it was seen that the decision of the meeting would be con-
tested, an objection was raised to their voting upon the occa-
sion. Several Lyme gentlemen addressed the meeting pro
and con for nearly two hours, when the Mayor decided that
the non• inhabitants could not vote.
Mr. HUSSEY, M.P. for the borough, moved the adjourn-
ment of the meeting, it being, in his opinion, in too excited a
state to come to a calm decision upon the qtrstion. . .

Sir H. BAYLEY moved the appointment Of a committee to
consider the respective'raerits of the rival lines.
This was strongly opposed by the promoters of the South
COa3t Junction.
The meeting was addressed by Sir H. Bayley, Mr. Hill-
man, Mr. S. Osborne, Mr. H. Templer, Mr. Ritchie, and
others; and, after a protracted discussion, a show of bands
was taken, and the resolution, proposed by Sir D. Hill de-
cl i• ed carried by a majority of five only. Several other
r solutions in favour of the same line were afterward.s carried.

I lIPORTANT FROM THE RIVER

PLATE.

FALMOUTH, Szvr. 30.—8 y the Martha Jane, arrived off
l',..mance, from Buenos Ayres, we have received still later
ac,:ounts therefrom, to the 26th of July. The acconwinying
particulars of an interview between the British residents and
lti r. Ouseley will give an idea of the position of affairs at the
al,ove period. For some days previous great uneasiness had
fisted among the British residents, but which, it seems, was
c.,asiderably allayed after the conference.
It was thought the demands of England and France could
t be mere moderate or disinterested, and that they would
:1 last be admitted.
The deputation of the committee of British merchants
aited on W. G. Ouseley, Esq., her British Majesty's Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary, this morning (26th July), when he
c.itered upon the following relation of the present state of
tie negotiations with the Argentine Government :--
" That the Argentine Government has been in the com-
mencement of the.. joint negotiations, and repeatedly after-
wards, requested by the Ministers of England and France to
agree to a temporary suspension of hostilities, so as to give
opportunity for negotiation to be gone into without any use-
less loss of life in the meantime.

.....
" This proposition was not accepted by the Argentine Go-
vernment ; on the contrary, it required the rigorous blockade
01 Monte Video to be acknowledged, and meanwhile the siege
of that town.was pushed more vigorously than before by
General Oribe.

`"On the refusal of the temporary suspension of hostilities,
a note was presented by the Ministers requiring the Govern-
ment to withdraw the Argentine troops from the Estado Ori-
ental, and the squadron from before Monte Video, the Minis-
ters binding themselves on their part to the disarming of the
foreigners who have taken part in,the dissensions of the Es-
tado Oriental, thus leaving the native inhabitants to choose
their own Government -
" This ultimatum was made fixing the 31st instant (July)
for orders to be given for the withdrawal of the Argentine
forces, warning the Government that if such orders were not
given on or before the 31st, the English and French Ministers
would leave this city. •.• ••
" Measures would of course be subsequently adopted to
carry out the requisitions of the English and French Govern-
ments for the fulfilment of the treaties."
Mr. Ouseley also stated that England and France mutually
and totally disavow all objects of territorial acquisition in the
River Plate.
At the conclusion of the interview the deputation requested
Mr. Ouseley's advice as to the conduct to be pursued by
British residents in the event of diplomatic relations with the
Government being interrupted.
Mr. Ouseley stated that the interruption of diplomatic re-
lations did not necessarily imply war, but in any event he
recommended them to avoid any irritating demonstrations,
and all occasion of differences with the people, to obey the
laws and regulations of the country, and rely on itsprotection,
on that of international law, and on the stipulation of our
treaty for the security of their persons and property.
Mr. Ouseley added, that when he had determined upon his
own family leaving Buenos Ayres, he had conceived it his
duty to offer the same protection to those who might be desi-
rous of embarking.

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ENGLISH JUSTICE.—The Stick, in an article upon
the partiality with which justice is administered in England,
remarks :—" Summary justice in England is expeditious and
3% sure. A person arrested during the night, or the pravious
evening, is on the following morning taken before the judge.
The court is public, and the case is consequently tried in
2% presence of a numerous auditory. The witnesses are heard,
after which the party accused states what he may have to
say in his defence. The policemen make their charge, and
the judge passes sentence. In a few minutes the affair is
finished. This mode of proceeding combines at once sure
justice with promptitude of judgment. A magistrate is thus
enabled to get through from fifty to sixty causes during the
day. This system would be perfect if it had better organs;
but the police magistrates, who are generally chosen from
areong the most able lawyers, belong to a class of citizens in
which rank Bald fortune are held in high esteem. They have
their share, and a great share, of the national weakness;
their equity, which does not vary in ordinary cases, wavers,
and trequently yields, when they are (tailed upon to try
mil n'
faults.inlsioet rra
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they look upon poverty tirstothctir aristocratic the aristocracy. The law, as they ad,
asAalsinpagg;aivEaptliengALse
rsogeniedtyindinulwgehniotbf:arthteh; nrivehe:
ppulence Ewa one which lessens the odium."
Tun HOSPITA:i; circumstance,
OOL and
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Lo v Dos.— Wednesday being tne Ist of October, the :tin
in the various medical school* attached to the public
4toesr
.stestsioin
the metropolis was commenced at each by the delivery of Pi a 1 n
an intro.
du tort' address to the pHs,

EXETER, Ocr. 1.
STOCK EXCHANOie—The sales are—Exeter andzeter Cre
To diton,
A,Bl/4--Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, 1 p. E,

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SUPPLEMEN'T TO THE MORNING SUN., PRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1845.

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Mr. Alderman H. Huonza said there had beer_ nothing in
ry
his conduct :to justify any such obseations. He had dis-
played an ability and discretion in pursuing t,e investigat ion
for which the public were infinitely indebt, l to him.

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aUbeGfollre-S R T.
Walter itlr. Hardwick, charged
stealing a valuable print from the shop of Mr. Pizzali, of
Regent-street. 3LBbr(o)ußg
The prisoner was seen to go into the shop and take up the
print and walk away with it on his shoulder. He was pur-
sued, and stopped with the property in his possession.
The prisoner, when asked to state what he had to offer in
defence, burst into tears, and said he had taken the print
through distress. He had formerly been in respectable cir-
cumstances, but latterly had become so much reduced, that
he had no settled place of abode, and procured a scanty living
by carrying loads for those who chose to give him a job. He
was well known at that court from the circumstance of his
father, a baker in the parish, having for many years supplied
the resident magistrate's family with bread. The prisoner
added that he bad been an inmate of more than one lunatic
asylum.
The evidence being complete, the depositions were taken,
and the pri,2oner was fully committed.
Wiltianz Barnes, a young man of respectable appearance,
and William Wright, a person well-known to the police, were
charged, the former with stealing 116 sticks of Indian ink, a
quantity of hair-drawing pencils, and other articles of the
value of 51, the property of Messrs. Rowney and Co., of
Rathbone-place, artists' colourmen.
The prisoner Baines has been in Messrs. Rowney's employ
for several years past. Latterly the firm had reason to sus-
pect that a very extensive system of robbery was being car-
ried on by some of their workmen. Last evening the property
above-mentioned was missed from a part of the premises
where it had purposely been placed as a trap. Barnes was
accused of stealing it, and after some hesitation admitted
lie had done so, and pointed out where he had secreted it in
one of the kitchens. The evidence against Wright was to
the following effect :—Sergeants English and Adams of the C
division having for some time past noticed that Wright, who
is the general associate of well-known thieves and bad cha-
racters, was very flush of money, resolved on ascertaining
the source from which it was derived, and after narrowly
watching him for upwards of three weeks, traced out that he
was nearly in the daily habit of disposing of large quantities
of the goods usually sold by artists' colourmen, at different
shops about town. Some of the property he had so
disposed of Messrs. Rowney identified as having been
stolen from their premises. On being confronted
with Barnes this morning, the latter declared that
he was the receiver of the property he had robbed his em-
ployers of. Messrs. Rowney have not as yet been able to
discover the extent of their loss, but it is supposed to be very
great, and no doubt similar depredations have been com-
mitted on other houses in the same line, as Wright is proved
to have disposed of a considerable amount of carmine,
varnish, brushes, pencils, &c.
The prisoners were fully committed on two charges, but
are to be brought up again to give the opportunity of pre-
ferring other cases against them.
LAMBETH.

aware the officers were in search of him, and had seen them '
on the preceding night making inquiries at Mrs. Spriggs's,
but that he would foil them all in their attempts; that he
was aware a reward of 401. hail been offered to discover the
writer, but that if it was 1,000/. it would not have the desired
effect. The writer then expressed his determination not to
stop until he had sacrificed some of the inhabitants of the
parish, whose names he inserted, for their officiousness in at-
tempting to discover the author of the letters.
Another note was also produced, the writer vowing ven•
geance against Mr. Clouter for preventing his daughter from
taking the powder.
A. copy of prisoner's handwriting, with the words, " Miss
Elizabeth Spriggs," written that morning, was compared with
the superscription on the above letter, and was found to bear
a very close resemblance.
Sergeant Kendall said, in reference to one of the epistles
just read, where the writer said he had seen two men making
inquiries about him at Mrs. Spriggs's, that he (the Sergeant)
and another officer named Smith, of the detective police, had
been making the inquiries alluded to, and that Smith's
attention was particularly called to the house where the pri-
soner's father resided, which was nearly opposite Mrs.
Spriggs's, and that the prisoner or some one very like him
was observed peeping from one of the upstairs windows. The
very next day Mrs. Spriggs's daughter received the letter
*hove-mentioned on the subject.
Several anonymous letters were also produced, which had
been written to Mr. Humble, a hop-merchant, of a threatening
nature, and one of them containing poison was addressed to
his wife while he was in the country. The letter purported to
be from a clerk in Mr. Humble's employ, describing that his
employer had directed him to inclose Mrs. Humble some
powders of a very efficacious description, which he recom-
mended her to take as soon as possible, and that they would
benefit her health. The chief part of the letters had been
dropped in Mr. Humble's own letter-box until the writer
found a watch was kept there, and then he regularly posted
them. Of course, Mrs. Humble did not adopt the advice con
tained in the note, and other threatening ones were sent
when the infamous writer found his plan frustrated.
Mr. Bowling, chemist and druggist of Kent-street, pro-
duced some threatening epistles which lie had received in
consequence of his being one of the parishioners who had re.
commended a reward of 401. for the discovery of the writer.
The language in the letters was of the most infamous de-
scription.
Sergeant Kendall stated that the letter directed to Mr..
Stead, threatening to set the church in flames, was posted
last Monday at the east end of the town, and that it was
since ascertained the prisoner was seen near the office at the

time the transaction took pl- ee.
Mr. Cormott desire; the sergeant to describe what
occurred on his taking e.e prisoner into custody?—The ser-
geant, in reply, said. that on his meeting the prisoner that
day at his father's house, he informed him of the nature of
the charge, and the only reply he made was that he knew
nothing about it.
Mr. COTTLNGIIAM (addressing the prisoner) said—You
have heard the statement made against you. The case is not
ripe for my decision, but evidence has been adduced which
throws considerable suspicion on you that you have been the
writer of the letters produced. It is, however, my duty to
caution you as to what you wish to say, that you are not
bound to say anything if you do not like. Probably it wil
be better that you reserve what answer you have to giv
until the whole circumstances come before me. You are

Mr. Vickery, a solicitor, attended before Mr. Henry, at the
request of that magistrate, to give an explanation in refer •
ence to a statement which he had made respecting the con-
nexions of the Rev. James West, and also to hear the state-
ments of Ferguson and Horsford, officers of the Mendicity
Society, in reference to the prisoner.
Mr. HENRY, addressing Mr. Vickery, reminded him of his
appearing at the examination of a rrieoner who had given
the name of Fletcher, and his making a statement relative to
the prisoner's high connexions, and also giving the names of
distinguished persons as his near relations. Since the publi-
cation of the case, he (Mr. Henry) had received several
letters relative to the prisoner, and one from Earl Delawarr
denying the accuracy of his $Mr. Vickery's) assertion that
the prisoner was a nephew of his. He (Mr, Henry) was
anxious to hear from Mr. Vickery whether the statement he
had made about the prisoner was from circumstances which
were personally known to him, or were merely derived from
the prisoner's own representations ?
Mr. Vickery replied, he would state the whole of the cir-
cumstances, and all he knew about the prisoner. About the
year 1830 or 1831 he first became acquainted with the pri-
soner, through his applying to his (Mr. Vickery's) brother
to dispose of some shares in au insurance-office, and the mat-
ter was referred to hint to ascertain the value of the shares,
&c. The result was that he advised his brother to have no-
thing to do with the shares, but, notwithstanding, an ac-
quaintance commenced between himself and Mr. West,
whom he then considered to be a person of great respectabi-
lity and highly connected. West had not only represented
himself to him as the nephew of Lord Delawarr, but he had
frequently seen him write notes which he represented were
intended for the Noble Earl, written in the most familiar style,
and beginning "My dear uncle ;" but he (Mr. Vickery)
could not take upon himself to say that they had ever been
posted.
Mr. HENRY here remarked that the Earl Delawarr had no
brother, and it was' impossible, therefore, that the prisoner
could be a nephew of his.
Mr. Vickery proceeded to say, that besides the prisoner's
representationg, there was another circumstance which led
him to believe the prisoner stood in the degree of relationship
to Vie Noble Earl he stated, and that was, he was present
when West gave an order to Mr. Holder, of Battle-bridge, to
execute the arms of Lord Delawarr in stained glass, for the
purpose of his presenting it to " his uncle ;" but Mr. Holder
•had fortunately neglected to attend to his directions. From
about 1834, until two years and a half ago, he lost sight of
the prisoner, and the first place he saw him was close to the
London-bridge Wharf. He then represented that he had not
long arrived from the Continent; that his wife was at the
Spread Eagle Hotel ' • that he was in want of some cash, and
asked him (Mr. Vickery, )'to get a small bill done for him.
Such was his opinion of his respectability and honour, that
he actually got a bill of his for 40/. discounted by a friend,
and that bill he had since to pay himself. After his first
examination at this Court his wife called upon him (Mr.
Victory), and requested he would interfere in her husband's
behalf, and having clients to visit at Horsemonger-lane gaol,
he saw the prisoner there, and he also requested he would
assist him professionally. The evidence against him was,
however, so conclusive of his guilt, that he told him he could
be of no service to him whatever, and that his best defence
would be the fact as he had represented, that he had been
driven to the commission of the offence through distress and
that alone. He (Mr. Vickery ), however, promised to attend
his examination, and did so, but it was not his intention to
have interfered in any way. His Worship would recollect
that what he had stated was after Mr. Henry had committed
the prisoner for trial ; so that his statement had not influ-
enced his worship's decision. He wished also to add that lie
had not the least idea, when he made the statement, that it
would find its way before the public; and he regretted ex-
ceedingly that he should have been unintentionally led to
make a statement calculated •to give the slightest pain or
annoyance to any one. Indeed, upon seeing the contradic-
tion in the papers, it was his (Mr. Vickery's) intention to
have written to Lord Delawarr, and also to have waited upon
his worship to exonerate himself from any intention to mis-
lead or misrepresent.
Mr. HENRY was quite satisfied that Mr. Vickery bad been
himself imposed upon by the prisoner's representations, which
were so well calculated to mislead. The publication of the
case afforded additional proof of the beneficial results of the
publication of cases at police-courts, as it had brought forth
many facts relative to the history and crimes of the prisoner
ndu ee publicity,
a
beneficial to the ends of justice. In the first place the pri-
soner gave the name of James Fletcher, and had it not acci-
dentally transpired that his name was different, and that the
statement of Mr. Vickery
been tried for an offence which before a jury might be made
h e
distress,would havend
htoe
appear
would
perhaps have been acquitted or let off with a slight
ti and obtainedi dby actual
punishment. The publication of the case, however, attracted
the attention of the officers of the Mendicity Society, two of
anodffietheresn stated to the ma-
,
whom were then present, and the consequence was the dis-
closure of his being a notorious begging letter impostor.
Irwas
pre-
sentggi
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s t oha at rtasenftridti :he
handed
pfirioanncs
teean coce
of his
prisoner's
,r7tldhi
which
Mendicity.ehi
inconviction,cgh
ahe bon a notorious efoundng letter impostor. He
im-
postor who called himself the Hon. Mr. Stafford, who had
been examined before the Lord Mayor, upon which was
written " The Rev. Mr. West, M.A., 1/.," which, he said,
showed the connexion between him and the prisoner.
The card was here shown to Mr. Vickery, and he at once
recognised the writing to be that of the prisoner West.
Mr. Vickery declared he had not the slightest idea that
West was the character he had been described. He was per-
fectly satisfied that the father and mother of the prisoner
were respectable persons, and he had in his hand a letter
from his mother declining to do anything for him, and
stating, that for some considerable time his father and bro-
ther had ceased even to open his letters to them.
Mr. HENRY expressed himself satisfied with the explana-
tion of Mr. Vickery, and directed Ferguson and Horsford to
attend the trial of the prisoner at the ensuing Surrey Ses-
sions, and if found guilty to put the Court in possession of
all his previous misconduct.
The reverend delinquent still remains in prison, and it is
very likely he will remain there until his trial, as from his
previous character and conduct it is not likely he will find
. bail.

however, now charged with being the author of the letters
containing the poison, as well as that threatening to set fire
to St. George's Church, and, from the similarity of your own
handwriting to those letters, the officer has had sufficient
grounds for acting as he has done on the occasion, and bring-

ing you before me.
The prisoner's father wished to be informed by whose in-
structions his son had been apprehended, whether by the
parochial authorities of St. George or by whom else?
Mr. COTrINGHAM replied, that complaint had been made
in the first instance by the parishioners, and that the Com-
missioners of Police had given the necessary directions to
discover the offender.

The prisoner's father said that his son was not prepared
with any legal advice, owing to the unexpected and hurried
manner in which he was taken away from his business.
Mr. CorrixottAm then repeated-the question as to whether
the prisoner wished to say anything at the present stage of
the inquiry ? and his reply was, that he did not wish to make
any statement at present.
CorriNGHA3t said thafhe stould remand the prisoner
until Monday, but that he had no objection to accept of two
sureties of 100/. each for his appearance on that day.
Charles Soames and his wife were charged with an assault
on an old man.

The prosecutor's head was frightfully lacerated, and the
side of his face was swollen and bruised very sadly. _ _ .

He stated that in the evening he went to the defendant's
house and asked for payment of a sum of money that was
due to him. The woman answered him at the door, and firs
abused him in the coarsest manner, and then fetched a poker
and beat him with it about the head. A police-constable was
brought to the spot, but the prisoners had escaped, and it
was some time before their retreat was ascertained. Before
being captured they made a desperate resistance,- and the
the woman kicked the officer so severely as to incapacitate
him from duty for some days to come.
The man's defence was that the prosecutor bad induced his
wife to get drunk in his house, and spend between 81. and 9/.,
and this caused her to become exasperated when she saw him
in her sober moments. He denied having done more than
endeavour to save his wife from being locked up.
The MAGISTRATE said he could not think of fining the de-
fendants, but be would commit them to the House of Cor-
rection.
The prisoners cried very much, the man imploring the
Magistrate to fine them and set them at liberty.
Mr. CoMaE refused to do so, and committed them for four-
teen days.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE
AT THE HOUNSLOW BARRACKS.

HOUNSLOW, WEDNESDAY EVENLNG.—The interest excited
in military circles by the late unfortunate affair at the
Holieslow Barracks is great, and during the day most
numerous have been the inquiries as to the state of the
wounded man.
From the statements made in reference to the circumstances
which led to so serious an occurrence, it would appear that
the officer between whom and Lieut. Kirwan the disagree-
ment took place was Captain Lane, of the same regiment.
The dinner, it has been already stated, was given by Lieut.
Colonel Masters (unattached), on his promotion from the
rank of major in that regiment ; and it appears that a quan-
tity of champagne was presented by Captain Megan,
in consequence of his promotion (by purchase) from
the rank of lieutenant in the same corps. Most
of the officers present drank freely; and while in
that state it was that thb altercation took place
between Capt. Lane and Lieut. Kirwan, which led to so
serious a result. It is also gated that on Lieut. Kirwan
finding that Quartermaster Tarleton would not allow him to
leave his apartment, with his naked sword in his hand, he
shut the door, and, pointing to another sword which was
hanging up in the room, told him to defend himself; but be-
fore the unfortunate man could do so, he received the
wound from the lieutenant's sword, under which he is now
suffering.
The surgeon and assistant-surgeon of the regiment have
been ever since in close attendance on Tarleton, and Mr.
Frogley, who takes great interest in the case, has been inde-
fatigable in his attentions. The answer at an early hour
this morning was, that the favourable symptoms which pre-
sented themselves on Tuesday morning had continued
during the night, and there was no diminution in them that
morning. .

Quartermaster Tarleton is a married man, and has a family
of three children. His father was quartermaster of the 18th
Light Dragoons for many years.
Lieutenant Kirwan is believed to be single, and is stated
to be highly. connected.

During the day several of the officers of the regiment have
been to Tothill-lie!ds Bridewell to visit Lieutenant Kirwan,
and from all that has transpired on the subject it would ap-
pear he strongly expresses his regret at the melancholy oc-
currence, and his earnest wish for the recovery of Tarleton.
No day has yet been named for the next examination, as
that must depend upon the condition of the wounded man.
Upon inquiry this evening, the wounded man is stated to
have continued in much the same state throughout the day;
but the case, from the nature of the injury, being a very
precarious one, it is impossible yet to pronounce him out of
danger.

dated May 6, 1845:=" We have just received intelligence
from Auckland of the intention of "Captain Fitzroy to re-
establish Customs' duties in New Zealand, as before the im-
position of the income-tax ; and are daily looking fur official
information, and the arrival of the collector from Auckland."