The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-17 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, WEDNES.DAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1845.

grievance. In Tunis itself, or in Fez, a more wanton case of
false imprisonment could not have occurred; and had it oc-
curred
,in either of those capitals or refined civilisation and
constitutional itutty, we, in England, should have been in-
yoking the free States of Europe to interfere, with a strong
hand, to check such outrages on the pttsblial freedom of
honest men. The magistratb instantly dismissed the men.
We shrewdly MA:lett that in a civil court the over-officious
fitnetioriary would have been invited to " conduct the case,'
by himself or counsel, against an action fir damages.

The other case on which we have a word to bfl'er occurred
on Monday, at the Marlborough street Police-office. A young
man was charged with having been " drunk and disorderly"
on the preceding Saturday night, and with using " abusive
language." The policeman who made the charge stated to
the magistrate that he found the prisoner quarrelling with a
female, and that on being requested to:go on peaceably, the
prisoner made use of "improper language." The young man
denied the charge in Coto, and complained, in his turn, that
the policeman had interfered vith him without the slightest
occasion, and that he (the prisoner) was quite sober at the
time. Now up to this point here was simply a conflict of
evidence. For aught we shall contend to the contrary, it
might have been quite open to the magistrate to decide on
the statement of the police-constable ; but Mr. MALTBY did
not do so. He not only did not act upon the denial of the
prisoner to the charge, but he would not listen to the excul-
patory admission of the constable himself, who had made it !
The following extract is at once curious and amusing:—

Mr. MAierar (to the constable)—Was he intoxicated or not ? C
27—No. He CERTAINLY WAS NOT•

..._ ...,_.
Mr. Muria—Why is he so charged on the police-sheet ? C 27—
He was NOT drunk, Sir.

Baker (Inspector C)—l took the charge. Prisoner certainly was
drunk, or I should not have locked him up.
C 27—But the man was not drunk, certainly.
Baker—Why, I read the charge over to you (C 27), and you
signed it.

Now, we will not pause to comment on the grave non se-
quitur of BAKER'S affirmation that the prisoner must have
been drunk, or he should not have locked him up—
seeing that, in police jurisdictions, locking up or un-
locking is like kissing, which is said to " go by
favour ;" nor at BAKER'S innocent attempt to cor-
roborate his own impression of the prisoner's drunken-
ness, by the statement that he had entered that fact in the
deposition, which thepolice-officer had signed after hearing
it read over—as if it was a thing unknown for a policeman
to depose to that which his own subsequent evidence would
show not to have been the fact. But what, we ask, was Mr.
MALTBY'S conduct under the circumstances? This magis-
trate, it seems, was " somewhat puzzled at such conflicting
testimony ;"—a human fallibility, this puzzling which even
police magistrates, it seems, are susceptible of, like ordinary
mortals. But what course did he take? Did he give the
prisoner the benefit of the " doubt," according to the equi-
table and universal maxim of our law? Did he estimate the
credibility of the policeman's evidence by his own ad-
mission of the previous falsehood •of which he had
been guilty in entering the charge, according to that
axiom of ethics as well as law, which rejects averments that
resort to falsehood even in aid of truth ; and holding truth to
be unity, discredits for truth whatever is intermingled with
falsehood ? Did he, on the ordinary construction of probabi-
lities, repudiate the accusation against the prisoner when it
was distinctly denied by the accused in toto ; w ithdrawn and
disproved, as to its gravamen by the admissions of the ac-
cuser; and utterly invalidated by the unseemly conflict of
asseverations thus bandied between the police-constable and
the police inspector ? Not a bit of all this I Because of
these suspicious incidents--iteause of these flagrant contra-
dictions in the charge itself; between its entry on the police-
sheet and its statement before the magistrate, and
in the evidence to support the charge ;—therefore,
Mr. MALTBY, by a process of logical induction, worthy
of VERGES himself " disposed" of the case, by order-
ing defendant to pay a fine of 10s. for using neither " abusive"
language, as charged in the police paper, nor " improper lan-
guage," as deposed to by the sensing constable, but " obscene
language." As far as we can judge by the report from which
we have been quoting, a fine of 10s. on the police-constable
for a false charge or for prevaricating in his evidence upon it,
and a rebuke to the inspector for taking it, would have better
met the justice of the case. But these, and other still more
flagrant exhibitions at our police-courts, are constantly sup-
plying cogent arguments against the principle of "centralisa-
tion of authority," carried to the excess in which it has been
applied to both our police magistracy and Executive.

We have accounts from Madrid to the 9th inst. ThEi
Council of War was still engaged in inquiries relative to the
outbreak of the sth ; and it is said that they have con-
demned four persons to be shot. Several of the journals ex-
press great indignation at the conduct of the Government on
the occasion. " Even allowing the greatest number, it was
not possible," says one of them, " that six hundred men could
hope to obtain any advantage by attacking, -without arms,
five times the number of troops." The following remarks on'
the same subject appears in the Clamor Publico :

" When we reflect upon the pacific and paternal means which the'
Government had in its hands for preventing the conflict that took!
place, we are suffocated with grief and indignation. We appeal to,
the conscience of every good man, was that the conduct which be-'
came a Government capable of comprehending its protective mis-
sion ? Was it not its most commanding duty to prevent the efilision
of blood ? And will not this blood fall drop by drop upon their own
heads ? What a spectacle ! Two of the Queen of Spain's Ministers,
remain impassible witnesses—the curious observers of a movement
which they allow to take growth under their own eyes until it
bursts!—the authorities of Madrid adopting measures for the exter-
mination, by fire and sword, of those who could have been made to
desist from their enterprise, when nothing could have been more
easy than to have stopped the movement in its source."

The two QUEENS left Pampeluna on the 9th for Vittoria,
on their return to Madrid.

No business was done on the Bourse on the 9th.

Intelligence .has been brought by the Levant mail from
Constantinople to the 28th ult., Smyrna the 29th, and Alex-
andria the 26th. The letters from the Turkish capital give
a most flattering description of the reception given to the
Duke DE MONTPENSIER by the SULTAN and all his Ministers
of State. One of these letters, dated August 28, says
"The Pera world has been busy this week with the sayings
and doings of the Duke of MONITENSIER. His reception by
the SULTAN and the functionaries of Government has been of
the most cordial description; and the open bearing of the
Prince, and his liberal commendation of everything around
him, in the best vein of French politeness, has won for him
golden opinions. His Highness was not incognito, as was the
case with the visit of the Arch-Duke CONSTANTINE, a proce-
dure which, when the pretensions for respect are undimi-
nished is a slur on the courtesy due to the entertainer. The
standard of France was unfurled at the mainmast of the
Gomer steam-frigate, and the vessel on its arrival saluted
the Ottoman flag with twenty-one guns. I perfectly agree
with the notions of Turks on this subject, that when
the Arch-Duke CONSTANTINE lately crept into the Bospho-
rus with a bare mast and silent guns, and within ten
minutes of his arrival crossed in a boat to visit the stone
raised to commemorate the signing of the treaty of Unkiar
Skellessi, it showed alike bad taste and bad manners. The
Duke of MONTPENSIER has since attended high mass, where
he evinced most exemplary devotion, has dined with the
SULTAN, or rather in his palace, has given a dinner to the
diplomatic body, ►hen those personages were duly presented,
has reviewed the troops of all arms, and expressed himself
astonished and delighted with the efficient state of the
Turkish service. The Cuvier French steamer had arrived at
Constantinople from Athens, bringing M. PISCATORI, the
French Ambassador there, ostensibly to pay his respects to
the Due DE MONTPENSIER, but in reality, it is said, to invite
his Royal Highness, on behalf of King OTHO, to visit Greece
on his way home.
Accounts had been received from Odessa contradicting in
many respects the dispatches of Count WORONZOFF relative
to his victories in the Caucasus. It appears from them that
after some useless attacks on the brave mountaineers he was
compelled to retreat with the loss of 8,000 men.

The following appears in a letter from Alexandria of the
26th ult. :
" The last accounts from Constantinople have produced great sen-
sation here. We are lost in conjectures as to the real cause of the
fall of Riza Pacha, whose power was considered to be established on
a firm basis. The activity of the Egyptian Government in fortifying
Alexandria and repairing the fleet excites much surprise. The forts
on the side of tke Rosetta Gate are completed, and those on the side
of the Mahmoudie Gate are approaching towards completion. As to
the fleet, there are a ship of the line and five other vessels now in the
careening dock."

We find little in the Paris papers to interest the English
reader. In fact the most complete tranquillity prevails in
France. The Government, if it does not give entire satisfac-
t ion, is careful to give no great cause of offence ; there are
no repeal meetings in that country to vary the dull scene, no
great agricultural assemblages ; the war between the Church
and the university, not like our Puseyite war, is carried on
entirely by the pen and with but little asperity, and even
politico and national antipathies excite the most transient
notice. The Government journal, the Globe, to find matter
for a political article is obliged to travel back, not to the last
session only but to the decease of the Tmxns Ministry.
Its remarks nevertheless require attention for their
truth and for the insight they afford to the
tactics of the Opposition. "That party," it says, "does not
cease reproaching the Government with what it calls its in-
fatuation for the English alliance. Not only the Opposition
reproaches the Government with the good understanding
established between the two States, but does not cease to repeat
that England cloaks her jealousy and her with hypo
critical friendsnip. Is the Opposition consistent with its
former conduct and policy in this question ? Certainly not.
It plays here a new part, which it assumes to satisfy personal
ambition. Up to 1840, the Opposition did not cease to re-
present to the Government the evil intentions of the Con-
tinental powers. It foretold that a storm was to burst
on us from the north of Europe : it beheld the holy
alliance marching on our frontiers, and cried out—' To
arms!' At the same time it praised up the English alliance,
and endeavoured to prove that we could only count on the
friendship of the nation which first recognised the Revolution
of July. Every one remembers the speech which M. Mnv-
-6 then delivered with the applause of the whole Opposi-
tion. Every one remembers those afterwards pronounced by
M. Timms. What do we hear at present? The very oppo-
site to what was said five years ago. In fact, since 1840, that
is to say, since the accession of the Ministry of October 29,
the Opposition has declared itself to be inimical to the Eng-
lish alliance, or rather to the good understanding which
exists between France and England; and by the same altera-
tion a part of the Opposition has pronounced in favour of
an alliance with the Continental powers. In four and twenty
hours the enemies of the day before became the friends of the
morrow, and vice versa. One preaches for Austria, another
for Prussia, and a third for Russia. What is the secret and
main-spring of this change in language? Whence comes it
that the Hon. Members of the Left deem wretched to-clay
what they found excellent yesterday ? Nothing is more easy
to be explained. The policy, principles, and fortune of

France interest the Opposition but Middlingly. They place
their bwn interests in the first line, and thOse tif the
country after. There is in such tondhci ncitl€ir
Patriotism, prudence; talent—Nothing but mean
Pia*, but miserable and sterile ambition." Even
the intimate friendship between the Sovereigns of England
and France, and the late visit of her MAJESTY to Eu par-
ticularly are regarded rather in a favourable light by writers
not much disposed to praise the Ministry. " The Queen of
ENOLAND," says the Revue des Deux Mendes, " came a
second time to visit the Kino of the FRENCH at the Chateau
of Eu. That short but gracious visit has been presented by
the Ministerial journals in its proper light.; On this occasion
they did not foolishly make it a subject of triumph ; they did
not describe it in the style of an epic poem or romance; they
adopted -a simple and true language, the best suited to cele-
brate that happy event. France may feel flattered by the
testimonials of esteem and affection given by the young
QUEEN of the three kingdoms to the crowned representative
of the Revolution of July. To confer that mark of friend-
ship, Queen Victoria, sailing from the coast of Belgium, pro-
longed her sojourn on board .by thirty-six hours—a circum-
stance which enhanced the value of her affectionate visit.
On that account was her MAJESTY welcome to the coast
of France, and saluted with a sincere enthusiasm by the
people."
The Royal Family, from all accounts, seem to take great
delight in their residence at Eu, and will not return to Neuilly
till about the middle of October. On Friday, the KING and
QUEEN, with the Prince and Princess of SALERNO, and most
of the Royal Family at Eu, took carriage exercise in the
Great Park, returning to the chateau by Treport. They
were accompanied by the Count DE SALVANDY, General
GOUROAUD, the Prefect of the Seine-Inferieure, the Mar-
quises DE STRADA and DE BRAUCACCIO. On Saturday the
KING and her Royal Highness Madame ADELAIDE, accom-
panied by Generals AmALI3I, GouEGALTD, and FRIANT, and
the Marquis DE STRADA, took carriage exercise for three
hours in the environs of Eu.

The following are miscellaneous extracts from the Papers :

" The Minister of Public Works has left Paris on a tour to the
South. He will visit the centro of France by the line of Vierzon,
follow that of the railroad bet keen the Ocean and the Mediterra-
nean, and, having inspected the great works now in execution at the
ports of the Mediterranean, and particularly Marseilles, will go by
the railroad to Avignon and Lyons, returning through Burgundy to
Paris by the Lyons railroad. The Minister is expected to visit
Marshal Soult at Soultberg. _ _

" A letter from Leghorn, of the Bth, informs us that a successful
operation had been pertormed upon Ibrahim Pacha by Dr. Toni,
and that strong hopes are entertained of his perfect recovery.
" Marshal 13ugeaud arrived at Soultberg on the 9th, and left on
the 11th. The Moniteur Parisien says, If we are well informed
the interview of the two Marshals was of a nature to show a satis-
factory accord as regards our colony in the views of Marshal Bu-
geaud and the well-known intentions of the President of the Council.'
" The Phare dela Manche quotes a letter from Cherbourg announcing
the arrival in that port, on the 6th !mt., of Admiral Napier, who
visited the breakwater and all the naval and military establishments.
"A letter from Venice informs us that at the late regatta there the
ex-Empress Marie Louise and the Duchess de Berry were present
Marie Louise saw the regatta from a balcony ; the Duchess de Berry
remained in her gondola. . . .

" A commission has been appointed at Algiers to examine and re-
port upon various questions connected with the marine, particularly
the following points :—The means of defence for the coasts, road-
stessis, and harbours ; the organisation of the naval administration
in fke different localities, and the means of increasing the maritime
trade, and obtaining from it, in case of need, a supply of men for the
royal navy."

On the Paris Bourse on Monday the Three per Cents.
closed at 83f. 90c. ; the New Loan at 84f. 10c. ;
the Five per Cents., 118 f. 30c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares,
1,290 f. ; Rouen, 1,107 f. 50c. ; Havre, 912 f. 50e. ; Avignon,
1,061 f. 25e. ; Vierzon, 792 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux,7l7f. 50e ; Bou-
logne, 655 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 535 f. ; Basle, 292 f. 50e. ;
Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 59f.
The following are the quotations for the new lines :

Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 35f. premium; ditto (Calon),
12. f. ; ditto (Ganneron), 15f. ; ditto (La Pinsonniere),
811 Northern Line (Laffitte), 85f. ; ditto (Rosamel), 41f.
50c.; ditto (Wothschild), 360 f. ; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 32f.
50c. ; ditto (Decan Lebeauf), 32f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron),lsf. ; ditto (Haing,uerlot),ls£ ; ditto (Bechet),9f. ;
ditto (Isot), 4f. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 17f. 50c. ;
ditto (Drouillard), 7f. 50c. ; ditto (O'Neill), 15f. ; ditto (Le-
fevre), sf. 11c. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 45f ; ditto
(Lecointe), 20f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 14f. ;
Bourdeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), sf. 50c. ; ditto (Espelata),
17f. 50e. ; Creil and St. Quentin ( Kysaens), 9f. ; ditto (Carette),
9f. 50c. ; ditto (Colbert), 4f. ; Charleroy (Kysaens), 55f. 50c. •
Maubeuge (Kysaens), 2f.; Dijon and Mulhausen
2f.; ditto (Allegri), 2f.; Dieppe (Selliere), 75f.; Caen
(Delamarre), sf. ; Fampoux, 35f.
MARSEILLES, SEPT. 11.-Marseilles and Avignon, Lone ;
Boulogne, 638 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 805 f. ; Orleans and Bor-
deaux, 7211. 25c.
LYONS, SEPT. 12.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,077 f., end
of September; Paris and Orleans, 1,307 f., ditto; Paris and
Rouen, 1,130 f. ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 807 f., ditto. ;
Orleans and Bordeaux, 730 f, ditto; Boulogne, 647 f., ditto;
Montereau, 530 f. ditto.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 16.

Anglo-Belgian
Boulogne and Amiens ll3/4
Bordeaux &111editerran
Bordeaux and 'l'oulouse

Namur and Liege
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux
Over Yssel ...

Do. & Cette (Espelete)
Do. (Mackenzie's) —
Central of Spain .. —
__ ..

Paris & Lyons (Lafitte)
Ditto (Ganneron's). 2%
Ditto (Calon's).... 2%

DendreValley ......

Paris and Orleans.--

Dutch Rhenish ...... 11%
Dieppe & Paris Junct.
Dijon and Mulhouse ...
East Indian
Grt Northern of France
(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's)
Do. Peppin le Halleur
Great Paris and Lyons. 2%
Great Western Bengal
Jamaica Junction

Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron's)
Do. (Compte de L'Est)
Paris and St. Quentin.
Rouen and Havre —
Royal North of Spain 2%
Sambre and Meuse
Strasbourg and Basle .
Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
_ dent, and Hasselt —

Do. North Midland
Jersey
Louvain and Jemeppe —
Lyons and Avignon 25
I;uxembourg

Tours ,and Nantes
(M'Kenzie's) 3
Do. (Lefebvre's) —
Verona and Ancona —
West Flanders 5%

CRIMINAL' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT'.
James Steptoe was indicted for stealing a quantity of peaches and
nectarines, the property of Mr. George Gunner, who stated he was a
market gardener residing at Wimbledon,.and that he had packed up
such fruit for market.

John Whitehad, police-officer, stated that he stepped the prisoner,
and after taking him to the station-house, he searched and found
some peaches and nectarines on his person, and a large quantity in
his handkerchief. The prisoner stated that he had found the property
on the road. . .

31r. PAYNE addressed the jury for the defence. and called seTeral
witnesses to character.

" The BECORDBB having summed ap
The Jury consulted, and found the prisoner Not Guilty, on the
ground that it was doubtful whether the fruit was really the property
of Mr. Gunner. _

(Before Mr- Justice WIGIITMAN and Mr. Justice ERLE.)
OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—WiIIiarn ViCkerJ, a
respectable-looking man, surrendered to; take his trial on a charge
of having obtained under false pretences, from Mr. Silvester Foster,
of Tokenhouse-yard, a cheque for 500/.

t3lr. Clarkson and Mr. Charnock appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. James for the defence.
Mr. Ciamrsos opened the case, and from his statement and the
evidence, . which was very voluminous, it appears that
on the 9th of June last, the defendant called upon the
prosecutor and represented that he was about to change
his account from the Westminster Bank to another,
and requested the loan of an exchange cheque for 5001., which, as
his references were highly respectable, the prosecutor unhesitatingly
gave him, receiving one of his in return. The cheque for 5001. was
drawn on Prescott and Co., and the defendant, on presenting it, at
once got it cashed ; while, on the contrary, the prosecutor, on pre-
senting defendant's cheque at the Westminster was refused, they in-
forming him that they had never had an account with the defendant.
The prosecutor, on being cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant SLIEE,
iadmitted that on the 10th June, even after he had ascertained that
!there were' no effects" at the Westminster, had bought for him,
land transferred into his hands, railway scrip in the London and York,
!amounting in value to 1,2.56/. 55., for which the defendant handed
over a cheque, leaving a balance of 781. still owing to the prosecutor.
The defendant subsequently gave him a cheque for 5761. to cover the
lOne first dishonoured and the balance remaining upon the railway
'ansaction,. which was satisfied by Mr. Fitch. It unfortunately
turned out, however, that the paper with which Mr. Fitch had satis-
fied the debt turned out to be of no value at all.
. .

vGeorg
eiusli examined by Mr. CiiAallocJlle was a clerk in the
London and Westminster Bank. They had no account with Mr.
Vickers on the 9th of June. He knew Mr. Vickers, but be had never
had a shilling in the bank. gime cheques of his had been produced,
but they were dishonoured.
Robert Banks, clerk in Prescott's, said that Mr. Foster banked
With them. He paid a cheque of 5001. when presented.
John Banks, jun., was also a clerk in Prescott's. He presented a
cheque of ➢ir. Vickers's at the Westminster Back, which had been
dishonoured. . .

Mr. Sergeant SHEE submitted to the Court that the allegations in
dhe indictment bad not been proved. In the first place, there was no
vidence that the defendant had stated that he had an account with
the London and Westminster Bank, and with respect to the remain-
ing charges of false pretences, they were in like manner unproved.
The Learned Sergeant quoted cases to show that, if the charges in
file indictment were inseparable, and if one of the false pretences
were insufficiently proved, then no judgment could be passed upon
of of the allegations.
The objection was, however, overruled, on the ground that in the
indictment before the Court the charges were not inseparable.
Mr. Sergeant SHEE then addressed the jury. Be represented the
defendant as a member of a most respectable family, his father having
been a partner in the well-known American house of Maynard and
Vickers, of Sheffield ; his brother then being a head of the firm, and
the defendant himself an alderman there. He (Mr. Sergeant Shee)
would not conceal that, when he entered that Court, he felt the re-
sponsibility of the task which devolved upon him ; but new he felt
certain that he should prove with the greatest certainty, that through-
out the whole of that transaction the defendant had conducted him-
self like an honest man. The Learned Sergeant then analized the
eVidence adduced on the other side, pointing out the weak points
against his client, and dilating upon the circumstances which were in
his favour.
Witnesses were then called to character.
Thomas Dunn, Esq., Mayor of Sheffield, knew the defendant as
bbing a merchant and Director of a joint-stock bank, and he knew
him always as an honest and upright man.
' Mr. Ellison, agent to the Duke of Norfolk, and other highly re-
spectable witnesses, gave a similar character.
Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN then summed up, and said that the jury
would have to throw aside all extraneous matters, and to decide
simply upon this—whether the prisoner obtained the cheque, in the
first instance, with the view of defrauding the prosecutor.
)The jury, after consulting, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
THEFT FROM MADAME FORGEOT.--MarY White Was charged with
having stolen three yards of ribbon, a bracelet, and a bank note of
501. value, the:property of Eliza Forgeot, the inimitable French actress,
taondhaJvaemebese Mn 'lifah" for having received the same, well knowing them
stolen.
Mr. Clarkson was retained for the prosecution, but no Counsel
appeared for the defence.
Mr. CiaaxsoN, after stating the case to the jury, called
Madame Forgeot, who stated that the female prisoner had been
in her service at the time of robbery. She (the prosecutrix) had a
jewel-box in her bed-room which contained, among other things, a
50/. note.
(The case was proceeding when our report left.)

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
Edward Afallasser, a young man engaged on The Sun newspaper,
was charged with furious riding in the Strand on the previous evening.
The charge was made by a person iwhom we understood to be
connected with the press, who said, that on passing along the Strand
last evening his attention was attracted by the furious riding of a man
on horseback, which he understood was an express from an evening
newspaper, and at the same time observed a female lying prostrate
in the road. His motive for coming forward on this occasion was
that he had so repeatedly observed the same conduct from the other
servants of the establishment that lie considered it a duty he owed
to the public to bring the case before his worship.
The magistrate said he was aware an evening paper was making
great exertions to give the earliest information relative to railway
matters, &c., but the safety of the public must not be compromised
on that account. .

........----
A cabman was brought forward, who swore that the prisoner was
riding very fast at the time, and that he (the cabman) observing the
accident, laid hold of the bridle, and insisted that the primmer should
come off. The prisoner, in doing so, assaulted him by knocking his
hat off.

here addressed the magis-
-iii—Finch, the publisher of The Sun,
trate, to point out that the horse could not have been going at the pace
and 40s.
mentioned by the witness, for the moment the rider was unhorsed,
the animal very quietly walked to the stables ; but lie Was inter-
rupted by the Chief Clerk asking if he (Mr. Finch) was a solicitor.
The MAGISTRATE, in giving his decision, said that as the prisoner
had no witness to prove the contrery, he had no other alternative
for
ratian teoasinsfligt penalty,otnhetheusuctuian,
which a 3 immediately 4oSw.,for furiouslyt riding,
ely

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CIP 7, .1. QUARTER TO THREE.
Tile Coda' Matta at Li*-erpobl :yestgida.y was tolerably
good, and prices were steady. Sales, 8,000 to 4,008 bales)
including 1,000 American on speculation.—A good business
was done in New Shares, but the demand for Old Stock was
limited.

Following up the subject (and a most important one it is)
of the construction of railways in Canada, it is useful to quote
the following from the Kingston (U.C.) Chronicle :
" A Canadian railroad, to produce the most beneficial effects
which can be produced, provincially considered, must com-
mence at the extremity of Canada west and terminate at its
eastern extremity, and be continued on to the sea coast. We
published a long and interesting letter in the colums of this
paper, addressed to Lord Sydenham, on this subject, when he
first came to Canada, earnestly recommending such a work,
previously to the vast outlay on the St. Lawrence. We
had reason to believe that his Lordship agreed with the
writer of that article as to the comparative advantages, but
there were political objects and old pledges, as well as old
prejudices, which intervened, and which put the object aside.
That it will be accomplished we entertain no doubt, and at
a much earlier period than some of our contemporaries seem
to think, nor will it fail to be a profitable undertaking when-
ever it is done—of this we are perfectly certain."
The arrivals to-day bring no intelligence of general in-
terest.

The weather has the effect of exciting a little uneasines
still, and rather checks business. Rice and similar articles
are held at very full rates.
The Funds are very dull again, and prices have been flatter.
Consols realise 9814 for Money, and 98% for Time. Ex
chequer-bills are 465. to 48s. premium. East India Stock is
worth 268 only, and Bank Stock has receded to 213 and 212%.
The Foreign Investments have been poorly supported, and
in fact there is nothing doing in them. Portuguese Con-
verted have been 623/ and the Four per Cents. 62. Chilien
Bonds have been marked 54. Belgian Four per Cents. are
100%, and Dutch Four per Cents., 99%.
Shares have been very good again, and it would appear
that the Bears are not able to complete their deliveries very
promptly, so that a large number of accounts are partially
carried over.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Anne
Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 —
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 ll%
India Stock 268
Bank Stock for Account. 212% 213
Consols for Account 98%
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 11411.
1,000/.
500/. ......
Ditto Small — .. 49 pm.
?RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Chinni Bonds, 6 per Cent .
Ditto Deferreu
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent B3
Ditto Converted
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Belgian 4% per Cent 1001,4
Dutch 214 per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9914
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE
O'CLOCK.

RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% ...... to
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ..... 130 ...... to
Ditto Extension
__.

Birmingham and Oxford
Junction

2% 6% to

Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New ... 2 ..... 10
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
1 v ,1

Cambridge and Lincoln
Canterbury and Dover 1%... .. 21A to
Chelmsford and Bury ..
Cheltenham and Oxford
Cork and Waterford 1%...... 21,4 to
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.,
and Leicester 1
1.5/

Cornwall
Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staff'd 2% 3 to
l'irect Northern
'Dublin and Galway 4
Eastern Counties , 141. 16s. 19% to
Edinburgh and Perth ll% 3% to
Gloucester, Aberystwith, and
Central of Wales l,‘ 2% to
Goole and Doncaster l% 5% to
Great Eastern and Western.. 24(
Great Western BO l7O

- Ditto % Shares .... 50
Hounslow and Great Western 2
Hull and Selby ... 50 lO 5
Leicester and Birmingham... 225.
Leicester and Bedford 22s. 3l4— p to
London and Birmingham lOO 222 • to
London and Blackwall 16%...... 9%yg ... to
London and Brighton.--
London and Croydon 131. 15s. 9d. 243/4 ...... to
London, Cheltenham, Oxford,
Gloucester, and Hereford... 1%
London and Soutk Western.. 41%...... 79% to
Ditto New ..
London and York.... ...... 2% 6%%... to
Lon.,Warwck, Kidderminster 2% 4% to 5
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% 33/4 to
klanchestet and Leeds 76 ..... ..... to

Ditto% Shares
Manchester and Birmingham 40
Ditto Quarters
Ditto New Quarters......... 2
Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 225.
Midland ' 100

Newcastle &Darlington Sum. 25 ...... -
Ditto New Brandling
Newcastle and Berwick
, Newcastle Durham, and Lan.

cashire Junction l% to
Newark,Sheffield,and Boston 2% 5% to
North Devon

North Kent & Direct Dover 23/4 4AI to
North Staffordshire
Norwich and Brandon
Ditto, New 1
Northampton, Banbury, and
Cheltenham
Oxford and Worcester 2l/ 11%%... to
Oxfrd, Witney, & Cheltnham 1% l3/4 to
Preston and Pyre
.. ..

Richmond.
Rugby and Huntingdon
Scottish Midland
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2 %
Shrews. & Trent Val. Union. 225. ...
South Midland
South Eastern and Dover
Ditto New, No. 3 2% 9 ... .. to 8%
Staines and Richmond........ 1
Teen and Dove Valley l% 34%... to
Trent 'Valley ..... ............ .. 2
Trent Val. k Holyhead June. 1% 3!,‘%3/41to
Welch Midland 2% ...... 4%%.. to
Wilts, Somerset, & Sthamptn 1%.„ .. 2% to
Wilts,Sornerset, & Weymouth 2%...... 41
Wrster, Shrews., & Crewe Un. 1%...... 4 A to
York and Carlisle 23/4 5 A ...... to
York and North Midland ... 50
Ditto. Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 6 ...... 1114%... to
Dutch Rhenish
Great Northern of Francs

(Laffitte's)
Do. Do. (Rosamel's) ..... ... 2 ...... 3%14 to
Great Paris and Lyons. 2
Louvain and Jemeppe ... 4
Luxembourg
Paris and Lyons( Laffitte)
Paris and Lyons(Ganneron's) 2 ...
Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 .
Paris and Orleans...
Paris and Rouen ..
Paris& Strasburg(Gannern's) 2
Do. (Comps de L'Est)
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse
Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 2
West Flanders
JOINT STOCK BANK.
London and Westminster ... 20
MINE.
Real del Monte,Unrogistored

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, SEPT. 17.—Wind this day at noon S.W., fresh breeze,
cloudy, with much rain.
DEAL, SEPT. 16.—Wind S.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Arachne, Sydney,
New South Wales ; Branken Moor, Caer, Port Philip ; Geo. Buck-
ham, Sim, China; Chusan, Laurel, ditto; Emu, ditto;; Beulah
Munro, Macao; Cinderella, Purvis, Singapore; Sumatra, Calcutta •
Agnes, Bombay; Entry, Mauritius; Duke of Wellington, Cubitt
Sierra Leone ; African, Franklin, River Gambia ; Emily, Dring,
Africa.

LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 15.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. 14th, Jane, 3111.
ligan, Quebee, and not the Jane, Potts, as reported. 16, Murray,
Hughes, Bombay; and Allpee Superb, Saldanha Bay; Jarrow,
Marshall, Carisco; Jersey Tar, Pennell, Rio Grande; Walton, St.
Domingo.

PENTLAND FIRTH, SEPT. 9.—Arrd, St. Andrew, Penny, Davis'
Straits, for Aberdeen, with 27 fish.
GRANGEMOUTH, SEPT. 13.—Sld. Glasgow, Somerville, Dalhousie.
STOCKTON, SEPT. 13.—Arrd, Allison, Proctor, America.
HULL, SEP•r. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Gironde, Here, Quebec.
Sld. Fergus, Martin, St. John's, N.B.
DEAL, SErr. 16.—A vessel, apparently a brig, waterlogged and
abandoned, only bowsprit standing, was passed lat. 27, N., lon. 26
W., by the Fantome, arrd. is the Downs.
LONDON, SEPT. 17.—The Fifeshire, Mann, arrd. in the river from
Kirkaldy, picked up on Thursday last, 10 miles N.N•W. eff the Dud-
geon, a boat painted black, and one green stripe outside, and all green
inside, ironbound about the gunwale, marked, " Snardlow of Hull,
James Wright, master."

MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAT.)

CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY

The quantity of English Wheat left over from Monday's market
being very small, and the arrivals fresh up on that day rather
limited, the show of samples was unimportant, owing to
which, the unfavourable change in the weather for harvest opera-
tions in the north, and the increased attendance of both London and
country dealers, the demand for that article was active, and, in
some instances, rather more money was obtained by the factors for
selected qualities of both red and white. Several orders having
been received from Belgium and Holland for the purchase of Wheat
under lock for immediate shipment, holders were firm, and would
not sell except at an improvement of quite is per quarter.
The show of fine parcels was small, and a full average amount
of business was doing, at a trifling improvement in value.
The supply of all kinds of Barley on offer was small, while the trade
with most descriptions was rather active, at full prices. The best
Ware Malt was in better request, bat other kinds hung heavily on
hand. For the best Potato Oats the inquiry was steady, at an ad-
vance of 6d per quarter, other kinds ruling about stationary. Beans
were steady, at late rates. A large quantity of Peas having been
taken for shipment to the Continent, prices advanced is to 2s per
quarter. Flour ruled steady, at full currencies.

ARRIVALS.
Barley.
130 qrs.

Wheat.
2,190 qrs.

Oats. I Flour.
15 ors I 2,010 ske.

English • • • • • •
Irish •••• • • • •
Foreign.• • • • •

1,510 1 -
4,630 I ----

I . 490
Malt, 1,410 qrs.

WHIT ECM AP EL .
We had rather an extensive supply of most kinds of Meat. Gene-
rally speaking, the demand ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices.
Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s Bd ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s
6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 104.1 to 48 2d per Sibs, by the
carcase.

DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINYING.—Last evening
Mr. J. Payne held an inquest at the Fountain Tavern, Redcross-
street, Cripplegate, on the body of John Ford, aged thirty-one years.
The deceased was a carpenter, but had not followed his trade for the
last three years. He obtained a scanty livelihood by hawking brooms
about the streets for sale. He generally spent the whole of his money
in rum and beer, and was in the habit of leading a dissipated life.
On Monday he went into a beer-shop in Whitecross-street very much
intoxicated, and soon after was taken ill. Mr. J. W. Mason, sur-
geon, was called in, but life was quite extinct. The surgeon was of
opinion that the deceased's death had been accelerated by hard
drinking, The jury returned ft verdict of "Death from excessive
drinking."

REGISTRATION COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)
CITY OF LONDON.
ThE itetishig Barrister resumed his sitting to-day at the Court
of CoinineM Pleas] Ctilildhall, at the Usual hour, when the further
consideration of the Livot list was gone into.
The only case of importance brotight ttp was in reference to
Mr. Pegg, of Old Barnet-road, Finchley. In support of the ob-
jection taken to his being on the register, it was proved that his re-
sidence was opposite to the six mile-stone on the road to Barnet,
and therefore three-fourths of a mile beyond the boundary laid
down by the Act of Parliament.
The REVISING Beaulnuit decided that the objection which was
urged by the Liberals was good, and therefore Mr. Pegg's name was
struck off the list.
The Court then adjourned till to-morrow, when the Fishmongers'
list will be gone into.

APPALLING ACCIDENT AT THE
ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH.

SEVEN LIVES LOST THIS MORNING.

One of the most frightful occurrences that haslately occurred,:hap-
pened this morning in the Royal Arsenal, at Woolwich. A few
minutes before 10 o'clock a loud explosion was heard in the laboratory
department, at a building known as No. 1 breaking-up shed, and as-
sistance was immediately at hand, the men rushing from
various parts of the department to the spot. As soon
as ingress could be obtained a fearful spectacle presented
itself. Immediately behind the do.r, crowded together in
a confused heap, lay tile scorched bodies of five men and two
boys. These were immediately removed to an adjacent shed on
stretchers. The building being on fire, the alarm-bell was rung,
and the engines from the different departments, with the Royal
Sappers and Miners and Royal Artillery, were speedily on the spot.
The flames, by the exertions of the men, were soon subdued,
their ravages being confined to the building, the roof of which
had been already blown off, and some slight damage done to the
roof of an adjacent building. It would appear from what has been
gleaned in other parts of the same department (for not on• of the
unfortunate beings in the devoted building has escaped to flunish
any information), that the men and boys were at the time em-
ployed in breaking up rockets, and, through some friction, the
whole mass accidentally ignited, thus at once consigning
seven unfortunate individuals to instant destruction. The
names of the persons who thus lost their live. are John Craig (master),
an aged man, and one of the oldest servants in the department,
Henry Butters, an aged man with a large family, and his sou Henry
Butters, a young married man, Robert Burbage, and Michael
Purtell. Four of these were what 'is called laboratory men.
In addition to these, two boys, named Robert Leonard
and Henley, lost their lives. Purtell was a labourer
belonging to the storekeeper's department, and was engaged at the
time in loading rockets. A man named William Reed, who was
engaged with him at the same time, had a very narrow escape.
It would appear, that when the fatal occurrence took place, the
unfortunate persons made a simultaneous rush towards the
door. Unfortunately, the doors opened inwards, and to this cir-
cumstance some of the chief officers of the establishment attribute
their destruction. By the side of the door out of which they had vainly
endeavoured to escape their blackened corpses were found. The
writer visitedfthem shortly afterwards, and they presented a fearful
proof of the dreadful agent to which they had been exposed. Their
clothes, and even their boots, were either wholly or partially con-
sumed, their bodies literally roasted, and the flesh in many cases deeply
inci ed ; every vestige of hair was consumed off their heads, and
their features so disfigured as to render identification almost impos-
sible. As soon as the fire was subdued, a party of the Royal Sappers
and Miners, under the command of Colonel Barney, R.E., one of the
heads of the department, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Webb, R.E.,
proceeded to pull down the remaining parts of the shed, many of
which were in a dangerous state. The remains of a dog were dis-
covered in one corner of the building. It was the opinion of a me-
dical gentleman who viewed the bodies, with the writer, that death
took place frcm asphyxia, suffocation by carbonic acid gas.