The Express. — London, England, 1847-08-12 00:00:00

I did, fur I should have a good hand-full of mono." Tb us wan. however, that appearance. justified the belief that the horse died by accident. He was suhject to ♦ diususe galled the fret," which caused him to lick and plunge, and it would seem that he had been suit:ring from that disease on tic night of the 2;th of November. On the fol lowing !morning, a ladder in the stable was found broken, .sd a long nail by which it wu Axed to the wall was ob served to be covered with blood and hair. The horse wee then alive, and a wound was discovered in hi hesd which c irresponded with the nail. It wu evident that the story told by Care wu a false one. He had not alcpt on his uncle's premises, hut under a straw wow, at a neighbeuring farm, and as to Healing and Comp tea, they hal slept at their own homes on the night In qeestion. The r:sult of the trial at the assizes at Taunton wee, that Belding and Compton were acquitted, and when the verdet was returned, Mr. Justice Creswell ordered the prisoner Cave, and his uncle, Thomas White, to be commit ted for perjury. Numerous witnesses were called to establish these facts, sad Mr. Slade (Mr. Stone and Mr. Hodge* with him) ad dressed the jury for the prisoner. Evidence was then ad duced o prove that at nine o'clock on the night of Nov. 27 the horse was safe in thy stable, and that on the following morning at an early hour he was found in a dying state. The nary who made a post modem examination of the horse stated that he found in its stomach a large nail such as had been described ; and a veterinary surgeon wu called to rove that it was quite possible to introduce a hard substance ef that nature down the animal's throat during its lifetime. Is ad , ~i on to this evidence, a Mr. Hill made a statement, to the effect that he would not believe the witness Francis ea his uath, as ho had been guilty of obtaining money from loisruelf and others under false pretences. The jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty ; and the prisoner was sentenced to seven years' transport.. tier. The trial c:rarnenced at 9 o'clock in the morning, and did not terminate until 7 in the evening. Tl.•onsas Itlite was then indicted upsn a charge of per jury, arising out of the same circumstances. The cue for the prosecution having closed, the court adjourned at half pat ten o'clock until to-morrow (Wednesday) morning. We defer our report of White's case until its completion. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Laneaeven. C,vo Sm.—Before Mr. labs Wiegman. ArT!ON •OAiNNT TWO MAOISTRATRa TOR FALSE 111- PaIsoNinINT.—BARON P. FFARINOTON AND ANOTRZR.— Yr. Cowling opened the pleading•.—Mr. Martin stated the are. The learned counsel stated that the plaintiff was a labourer, and the defendants were magistrates of the county of Lanemaer, and the action was brought for false imprison anent. The defendant did not seek for vindictive damages, the object of the prosecution being simply to have the opinion of his lordship upon an important point—a point involr:tig no less than the rights of the members of religions oximunities, not belonging to the establishment, to have possession of their own places of worship. The transaction which formed the groundwork of the present trial took place on the 15th of March, 1846, at the Roman ca tlaolic chapel, Brindle. The clergyman who officiated there was a gentleman of the name of Smith, and he had officiated there for a period of 17 years. The property of the chapel was invested in trustees, and Mr. Smith was one of them. The mode in which he obtained his remuneration (n his service was the same u that which pro vs i led in all dissenting places of worship. Pews were Lt to such persons as chose to take them, and in addition to that, there were sesta for the use of which those who did not ococupy pews were charged a penny a time. Two men were statasned at the door with plates to collect the money, and never, but in the instance in question, was the payment refused. This arrangement had existed for centuou, and until the late unhappy affair, the w ithal/re of which he would shortly detail, no dis pute had ever arisen. A gentleman, formerly resi &ait in Lancaster, Mr. Eastwood, had married a niece of au old gentleman of the name of Heatley. Mr. Heathy died in 1840 and left • large property to a Mr. Sherburne, a Roman catholic priest, residing somewhere in the Fylde. Mr. Eastwood attempted to set aside the will, bat its validity was established in a court of justice ; bat in 1845 that gentleman refused to pay the penny, and insisted upon his right to go into the church without yielding to the demand. Mr. Smith, the priest, conceiving that he was well advised, determined to prevent him from going in, and accordingly notice was given from the pulpit that no one would be permitted to go ut without such pay ment. Mr. Eastwood insisted upon going in, when be was prevented by two men stationed in the chapel for the pur pose. Mr. t astwood then brought up the men before the magistrates, on the charge of assault, but the magistrates took the right course of procedure. They stated that it appeared to them to be • controversy involving a question of religious arrangement, 'trod they bound over the com plainant to prosecute at the next quarter sessiocs. Mr. Eestwood was allowed to go in without payment till the nut quarter sessions ; but when they came, and no indict ment was preferred, Mr. Smith, naturally thinking that he was conviaced that the was in the wrong, and would not on that account try the question, again ordered the demand to be made upon him, and it was in the resistance of this de mand that the assault of being imprisoned, for which his client appeared in that Court, was committed. Mr. Smith, in order to prevent any intrusion, had had • bar placed acv ss the chapel, which he (the learned counsel) thought a judicious prteeeding under the circumstance,. Mr. East wood prevented himself with his wife and two sans, and was denied access. His two sons then jumped over tit, rail, and he remained till the communion service, when he stooped underneath, sad broke the bar in two. He afterwards took out a summons against Baron and the other man who was appointed to receive the penny, and the use came before the justices in petty sessions at Chorley, who convicted the defendant for the assault. There were four justices on the bench, and among them the two defendants in the present action; and though the opinion of two barristers, Mr. Seger and Mr. Cowling, was set be fore Om, intimating that the cue was not one that be longed to their jurisdiction, they came to the conclusion that they had to deal only with the assault, and fined his clients five pounds each, with imprisonment in default of the m ilieu:. The law of the case is this. If the matter in ques tion was one in which the magistrates had the right of ad judica• ing, not even his lordship on the bench could inter bre. An appeal might be made to the quarter Stf3:oCll, and there was tho only remedy. But if the complaint involved a question of disputed title, then the magistrates had no power, and were liable to punishment for interfering. The magistrates were fully warranted. Mr. Seger was one of the same religious faith as Mr. Eastwood, and could not be supposed to have any undue bias; and Mr. Cowling was notoriously one of the ablest lawyer' of his day ; and yet, in the face of all this, they proce ed ed with the guts boo of assault, and sentenced Berm and the other to pay M. No doubt existed oldie right of a man to make what arrangements be pleases with his own place of worship. Mr. Smith had perfect authority to exclude any one whom ha chose. It was competent to him to give cr withhold his as sent for admission to any part of the building. He (Mr. M.), was speaking now of dissenting places of worship. The house was his. It was assigned to him by contract. He did not wish to make any improper or profane allusion, but the right was analogous to the right of occupying • seat in a theatre or a stand at a race. The learned counsel then cited a case tried at the York Assizes, in 1844. A rule had been established at Doncaster that no one who had been a defaulter should he admitted to the Grand Stand. A person who was in this condition had paid a guinea for his ticket, and refused to leave, when he was removed by Leadbetter, whose name was familiar to all of them, and for that assault the officer was brought into court. Lord Eglinton was the steward, and the decision of the judge was that his lordship was for the time the owner of the Grand Stand. and could frame such regula tions as he thought proper. To make a right binding, it was ruled, it must be confirmed by deed. The ticket did not give a grant, and was revocable at the direction of the owner. The case of his client, he submitted, was exactly analogous, and it was on that account that he had instituted a parallel. Be knew that the idea prevailed thst a place of worship was open for all comers; but though it was regarded by law that the doors should be open, the statute did not extend to this length. It was well known that in the time of the Stuarts, a very great jealousy cadged of conventicles, and many acts agatest them were passed. Among other provisions was one that the doors should be open, but that, he humbly apprehended, w..a a mere police regulation, and did not in the slightest degree affect any of the internal regulations. The learned counsel con cluded by repeating that his client did not seek for vin dictive damages. The object was to have the ophian of his lordship upon an important right, end he confidently sub mitted that his view of the ease would be confirmed.— The Rev. Mr. Smith, examined by Mr. Cowling : Am the Roman catholic priest at Brindle. The chapel at that place is a very old one. I have been the priest there 18 years. I reside in a house net: the chapel. They both belong to me. I receive the revenuer of the chapel for myself. The pews are let half.yesrly. There are also benches for the use of which each one pays • penny during the service. There is also a place for the poor, where nothing is paid. This has been the practice ever since I was there. There was never any opposition till lately. I had an assist :nt till 1843, and, natil the assistant came, there was only one service. In October, 1843, I began with a second morn ing service. The assistant was paid by each one giving a penny who came to the early morning service. That service took place at hall-past eight. The penny was paid by those who occupied the pew, and benches alike. Mr. East. nod attended the chapel, and it was announced in his presence that a penny would be required. This penny was for the extra expense incurred. The penny was gene rally paid by the congregation. Mr. Eastwood and his family were the only parties who objected. I ordered a bar, in consequence, to be placed across the seats: it was out up and fastened by a hinge. This was put up on the 14th of March, 1840. I know the plaintiff, Peter Baron. He was stationed there to assist in enforcing the payment of the penny. Mr. E. came to the early service on March 15, along with Mrs. E., two sons, and a person named Baldwin. The bar was broken by Mr. Eastwood and liis party. Baron was summoned before the magistrates at Chotlev, on March 24,1845. The magistrates present were the Rev. Mr. Baldwin, • Mears. Masters, Ffarington, Sylvester, Cron, and . another. Mr. Eastwood charged the plaintiff with comm itting au assault. Mr. Eastwood gave evidence on oath. The plaintiff Baron stated that no further assault was committed than was necessary to hinder him from going up without paying. The magistrates refur d to go into the question when 'fisted that I was outer of the chapel. Mr. Yates, the solicitor, told them if they adjudicated on the result they would be adjudicating on a question of title, for if there was any assault it was committed in maintenance of a right. They repeated that they would not adjudicate on that point, but en the assault They then retired to consult. Or their return they said to me We shall Ene Earon, William Jackson, and Cornelius 51Mooes, the men whom Mr. East wood charged, five pounds each—in default cf payment to be imprisoned two mouths." Baton did aor /airy the 51. immediately, and he was given over to thir i pioEor. NNW/ was afterwards paid, and he was disehee-- • examined by the Attorney-General : The it. was paid within an hour and a half after. There were six magistrates pre sent. They all of them retired to consult, and when they came back, Mr. Masten said what I have stated. The doors of the chapel always coatinuedopen. The communion had begun when the obstruction took place. —Don't the canons of your church authorise any one to approach the altar while the communion is being administered ?—By Mr. Martin : Are the canons in writing ? —Mr. Knowles Written or not written, they are the law of Rome.—Mr. Martin • We do not acknowledge the canons of the church of Rome in a court of justice, and they cannot affect the question of general right.- 1 Mr. Knowles They have something to do with this in- ' dividual case and c hapel .—Cross.examination resumed: Is Mr. E. in communion . He does not communicate with our church.—ls he excommunicated ? lie has not been escorts- 1 marketed. I am not aware that he has done anything to deprive him legally of the right of approaching the comma- nion.—Re-examined by Mr. Martin It is a private chapel of my own.—Mr. Yates, the solicitor, deposed to his having taken the opinion of Mr. Seger and Mr. Cowling, and sub- I mined both the case and the opinion before the magistrates for perusal. Mr. Walker and Mr. Ffarington both read the opinions.—Miss Mary Brewer deposed to being attesting witness to the execution of the deed which conveyed from Vincent Glover the chapel to the Rev. Mr. Smith and two others, as joint tenants in fee.—Mr. Knowles here said that the only question for his lordship to decide was, whether he thought this case came within the proviso of the act 9. Geo. IV., c. 21, s. 27, cited by his learned friend on the other side. The learned judge said that he thought it did. Mr. Knowles said he anticipated that view from his lordship.—A verdict was then entered, by consent, for IL., with leave to move for • nonsuit. GAITSKILL AND OTHERS T. GARDNEII.—Mr. Atherton opened the pleadings.—Mr. Martin stated the cue. The learned counsel Bald the plaintiffs in this cue were the ad ministrators of the late Rev. J. Dawes, of Ambleside, in the county of Westmorland, and the defendant was an attorney, residing at Bonnets, and the act on was to recover certain sums of money, which he had in his possession, belonging to the administrators. Mr. Dawes was a bachelor, and he be:cud had risen from humble circumstances. He had, in the course of a long life, come into pos seasian of considerable property, and under the in fluence of feelings which were too common among per sons similarly circumstanced, avoided carefully all mention of his relation*, so that it was not known who they were, and he died intestate. After hie death, Mr. Gardner, it appeared, bad made himself very active in the matter, and bad succeeded in inducing a person of the name of Jack son to enter upon the landed property, under the plea that he was heir-at-law; and a few aye after the death of Mr. Dawes, the same party took out letters of administration, in virtue of which ho proceeded to dispose of all his goods. Among other acts, he took possession of his house, out of which he removed the party who was in occupation, and sold it. The real heir-at-law was a person of the name of Gaitakell, and upon his learning the death of Mr. Dawes, he awed a notice to be amt to Mr. Jackson, forbidding him to proceed any further in interfering with the property, and a revocation was made of the letter of administration, Mr. Gardner was waited upon by a party with the notice, and he expressed his willingness to accept it, but he showed himself hard to ba persuaded, and he obtained some money which he refused to give up, and the action was brought for the pur pose of recovering the money so received by Mr. Gardner during the interval between the grant of the letters of admi nistratica to Mr. Gardner and the present time. It was sought by this action to compel the payment of the balance which Mr. Gardner had in hand. His client, though entitled to the whole amount, was willing to allow for a fair legal ex penditure incurred by Mr. Gardner: he did not wish to go for his strict right, but would be satisfied with the balance. In the first place, a sum of 271. Bs. was found in deceased's house, and the sale of his effects fetched 701. or 8(1. At the time of his death, there was • large sum in his name in the bank at Kendal, and Mr.Gardnerobtained from Jackson a cheque, and bad 2001. transferred to himself. There were farther rums of 601., 301., and sums of smaller amount, reaching in all to about 4001., and the question was,whether or not the de fendant was bound to pay up that money. It would, he ap prehended, be entirely a question for his lsrdahip. An action of ejectment had been tried at the Appleby assizes mat ear, and the result had established the claim of the real heir-at-law, a minor, and if Mr. Gardner was wise, he (the learned counsel) begged to recommend him to band ever the money. A long conversation ensued between the judge and the I counsel on each side, in the course of which, Mr. Baines, who appeared for the defendant, said there were several very important points of law involved, and that was the reason why his client retained the money.—lt was ulti mately sgreed to refer the cage to Mr. Addison, who should be required to raise the points of law wished for by the defendant —On the announcement of this ar rangement, Mr. Baines said that he had a word to say in behalf of his client, upon whose character Mr. Martin had reflected in his cpening address. Mr. Gardner was a highly respectable professional gentleman, and the son of a former member of that circuit, of whom his lordship might have heard, even if he had not been per sonally acquainted with him. He (Mr. B) was anxious that his client should go away without impu'aticn on his character. So far from Mr. Gardner having persuaded Jackson to take out letters of administration, he had been applied to twice by Mr. Jackson, to whom he had acted as solicitor; and it was solely in that capacity, and believing Mr. Jackson to be in the nght, that he had taken the part he had done. Mr. Jackson had acted without any solicitation from Mr. Gardner, and Mr. Gardner'e only anxiety was that justice should be dime. Mr. Martin said he had spoken in conformity with his instructions. He had no personal know ledge of the merits of the case. and in what he had said, had been guided by no private feeling against Mr. Gardner. POLICE. —YESTERDAY. MANSION.HOUSE.—Bttt DISCOUSTING.—John Bull was finally examined, charged with having, under false pre tences, obtained two acceptances of John Alexander, draper, of Koko. The first examination was reported in our paper of Aug. 9. The prisoner had obtained two acceptances for 2001. each from Mr. Alexander, having applied for the second, in consequence, as he said, of some irregularity in the firm, which rendered it unavailable as an instrument to be discounted.—Mr. A. Adam., drug and general broker, of 6, Great St. Helen's, proved receiving a bill accepted by Mr. Alexander from the prisoner, as security for some Otto of roses. Witnees remarked that the indorsements on the bill were not as they were usually made in London, to which he replied that they were as they were usually made in Stet land.—Croes-examiaed by Mr. Wolff, for the prisoner : The prisoner said at first that he did not wish the bill to ;be dis counted, but afterwards he gave leave to hare it discounted, provided I should get the full value. I said there was a difficulty about the indorsement, and that if he would get another bill from Mr. Alexander done in the usual way I I would undertake to return the one deposited with me.— Jacob Anvil said he received a bill for 2001., with the prisoner's indorsement on it, in May last, accepted by Mr. John Alexander, of Kelso. 'I nought it was payable to John Bull. He received it from Mr. Ascoli, of Nichola.equare, in the Hackney-road. Was applied to by Mr. Ascoli to discount it. Told him he had no money, but had some pictures. The priesner came and looked at the pictures with Mr. Aecoli, and witness subsequently received the bill from Mr. Ascoli, and paid it to Mr. Watt, of Bartlett's- buildings.—The prisoner was then committed to Newgate. CHARGE OF ErFINSIVB EKBZZZLEKEICT. William Henry Thompson was finally examined, charged with having embezzled his employer's property to a considerable amount, and with having stolen a cheque for 351. — Mr. H. B. Parsons, clerk to Messrs. H. and J. Johnston and Co., of 15, Bush-lane, said he received the cheque signed W. H. Thompson," and the letter with the same signature, and in exchange drew the cheque for 501. on Smith, Payne and Smith, and signed by Mr. Butler. one of the firm.—Mr. J. P. Judd, a partner in the firm of Nathaniel Johnston mud others, said that on the 13th Jane, 1846, the prisoner was in the merrier of that firm, and had been so for six years previously. His duty was to receive monies, and to enter them in the cash-book. They had cash transactions with H. and J. Johnston and Co., of Bush-lane, and for the pur poses of business, when witness was out of town, it was occasionally his duty to use a letter of credit given him on that house. It was also occasionally his duty to write a cheque to enable them to send a ceuntercheque. The letter without date, and the cheque, dated June 13, were in the prisoner's handwriting. The cheque of the 13th of June, 1846, drawn by H. and J . Johnston and Co., in favour of Nathaniel Johnston and Sons, on Smith, Payne and Smith, had never been entered in the books. Oa Friday, the 12th of June, 1846, witness had a coaversatien with the priaouer, and told him to come on the following Monday morning, not being satisfied with the way in which he had made up the honker,' books. He did not come, and witness never saw him after that day, till he was apprehended. The amount of the prisoner's deficiencies were, to the best of his belief, upwards of 9001.—The Lord Mayer said he was per- feetly satisfied with what he had heard, and would commit the prisoner for trial. The next case against the prisoner was one of robbery.—Mr. W. B. Butler, clerk to Messrs. Greenwood and Butler, of 110, Fenchurch-street, said that on the 13th of June, 1946, he took th_ cheque produced for 35/. 13s. to the house of Nathaniel Johnston and Sons, snd paid it to a clerk there, not the prisoner.—Mr. T. Whitlock, clerk to Nathaniel Johnston and Sony, said, on the 13th of June, 1946, he received the cheque produced from the last witness, and gave it to Mr. C. Thompson, the prisoner's brotSer.—Mr. B. Morris, cashier to Sapte and Co., Lombard street, bankers, said that in June, 1346, the prisoner kept an account at their house, and en the 13th of that month the cheque produced for 351. 13s. was brought to witness, and paid in on the prisoner's account. Had no doubt that the prisoner was the person who paid it in.—Mr. Judd, partner in the house of the prosecutors, said, in June, 1846, they had en account with Greenwood and Butler ; neither the cheque produced, nor the amount, was entered in their books. If the prisoner had received it, it was his duty to enter it in his cash-book.—The prisoner was committed on this charge also. BOW-STREET.—FORORIITES ne A CLERK TN THE INCOME-TAX-orrice.—Willians Gates, chief clerk in the become-tax-ofges, at Somerset-house, was finally examined, charged with committing seseral forgeries, with intent to defraud the income and property tax commissioners. The lint charge, and the only one upon which the prisoner hu been hitherto examined, was for forging an order and re ceipt for 1371., purporting to be signed by the commissioners for special dolma under the income and property tax, and by If r. Lsmford, solicitor to the Drapers' Company, on be half of the charity connected with that company, claiming ex emption. The particulars of this cue appeared in our paper of Aurust 6, and the evidence haring been repeated, the prisoner was fully committed for trial on that charge.— With regard to the second charge, Mr. Darwell, solicitor to the Salford and Stanley Barn Charity in Lancuhire 7 deposed that the printed form produced, purporting to be signed by him, for the receipt of 78!. 191.. from the commissioners to - .AT returned, the charity being 'lf e had • claim, but not for this sum, nor for dividends to which the 1 sum had reference ; nor had he authorised any one to do so on his behalf. He had never received the money.—Mr. John Durran , register of claims in the special commissioners' department, stated that he had carefully searched his re gister, and could not find any entry having reference to the order. Claims had been made by the charity, but they had no reference to dividends nor to the sum mentioned in it. He was well acquainted with the writing of the prisoner, having seen it daily since May, 1844. The body of the order was undoubtedly in the handwriting of the pisoner, and the &limitere, though feigned, he certainly believed to be also in his handwriting.—Mr. Henry King stated that he paid the order produced to the prisoner on the 2nd of Sept., 1846, by a 501. note, No. 57,154; a 201. note, No. 57,053; and the rest in gold and silver. Wittier received the money from Mr. Rem, another clerk in the office. The prisoner gave him the order.—Mr. Joseph Bines Gibbs, of the firm of Gibbs and Co., Pell-mell, said the prisoner came to his shop on the 3rd of September, and he gave him change for a note, part in • cheque for 401. He had no doubt about it, as the name " Gates " was on the counterfoil. He could not tell the amount of the note, or the number of it; it was not his practice to keep the amounts or the numbers of notes; he, however, usually wrote his name and the date on them. Gave the balance of the note in cash. He had cashed notes , for the prisoner frequently. A note was handed to the wit- 1 nee, and he at once identified his name upon it. He had no ' doubt about receiving it from the prisoner. He could net positively swear that the rote produced was the note re ceived from the prisoner. The note bore the number 57,158. The prisoner was committed for trial on this charge.—The next was a charge of forging a receipt, signed e' Benjamin Hurst," for the return of 931. ss. to the Christian Faith So ciety.—Mr. William Rea, clerk in the income and property tax-office, deposed that he paid the amount to the prisoner on the 26th of July, 1846, on his presenting the order pro duced, which was marked for payment, and purported to be signed by the secretary. Witness inquired it Benjamin Hurst was in the office to receive the money, and on prisoner replying in the affirmative, he handed him the money. Witness followed him into the other rcom, end seeing no person pre sent except another clerk, he requested the prisoner would return him the notes, that he might take their numbers, which he did. He subsequently asked for the order and re ceipt, which were also given up, the prisoner saying that Mr. Hurst would call on witness the following day, which he did not, nor any person from him.—Mr. - William King stated that he save the money paid to the prisoner on the 26th of July. He subsequently endorsed the receipt.— Mr. Christopher Hodgson, treasurer to the society, said the order had reference to property poisoned by the society at Boroughbridge. There was no person of the name of Benjamin Hurst connected with the society. A person named William Hunt was appointed the agent for the estate of the satiety at Boroughbridge, in Yorkshire, in Feb ruary, 1847, but he bad no authority whatever to make any claim to the commissioner. on behalf of the society. A claim for a return of money, with respect to dividends, was made by him in 1843, and the amount, 271 tte. 41, was paid on the 12th of August in the same year. No claim had since been made with his knowledge and commie—By Mr. Jardine: Knew no one of the name of Benjamin Hunt, at Boroughbridge, at which place he had several times visited. Mr. Timm, solicitor to the Commissioners of Stamps, said be had made diligent kepi ' , but he could not find any one bearing that name.— Mr. Durrant, clerk to the Bank of England, at the income tax-office, said he heed searched the register, and he could find no claim made by a person named Benjamin Hurst. He found the claim alluded to by Mr. Hodgson for dividends on the 27th of January, 1843. No claim for dividends had been made since, neither by that nor any other society bearing a similar title. He had searched the books of the Bank of England at Somerset-house, and he found that the funds of the society bad been discharged from the payment of pro perty and income tax since the dividend of July, 1843. The body of the order was filled up by the prisoner. Believed the signature to be in the prisoner's handwriting.—Mr. Matthewson, a cheese-factor, who bad resided at Borough bridge, for twenty years, and was assessor of the incense tax in that locality, proved that no one of the name .of Benjamin Hurst resided there or in the neighbourhood. This completed the emu. Mr. Seaman, the prisoner's soli citor, said he bad no questions to ask the witnesses, and the prisoner was then fully committed to take his trial. He merely nodded and retired. _M A RLBOROUGH -STRE ET. —TH z Rao Rey-reamer ROMANCE CONCLUDED.—Mademoiselle Esther De • young French girl of very considerable personal attractions, dressed in showy ball costumed la Franewise, was sum moned before Mr. Bingham by Jules Check, for detain's''s . volume of the "Memoirs of the Countess of Wolfeabutesi.'• —The defendant is sister to Leona* De Villain, who ass peered at this court under circumstance* which were lately detailed in this paper.—The complainant, whose age and appearance were a counterpart of his friend Ellans, who, it will be recollected, dated his love epistles Ikea the " office of the commander-in-chief," proceeded be rant s that in the course of his visits, he had lent moiselle De Villas the volume in question. The meg to this by the defendant—who darted looks of merrisseellind I scorn at her quondam admirer —was, that the book, smug other love tokens, had been given to her by the com plainant. Bhe further stated, that a liaison of the most intimate description had occurred between them.—The com plainant, lifting up his eyes, swore by the "tomb of his father" that nothing beyond innocent friendship had passed. He begged to be permitted to read a statement of the whole of the circumstances for the purpose of show ing how he and his friend had been choused out of their money and property by the two girls, who had since proved themselves neither so innocent nor high born as they had appeared in the first instance. The MS., which would ham made a respectable volume, was here produced and real. It commenced " Statement of Jules Check, of Great Pal , teney-street," and went on to my that, while walking dews ' Regent-street with his friend, one Sunday evening, sear the Quadrant, they met two well-dressed and very good s young ladies. They followed these young ladies, an i tl7 lri a rag they were French, walked with them till they came M their residence in Foley-place, the door of which wee opened by a servant in livery. After some letters had bow ea changed, complainant and friend obtained permindem to call, which they afterwards did. They were shows into the drawing-room by the butler, who said his young mistresses were at their toilette, but would be down directly. They came down dressed superbly, in the French fashion, received them with great politeness, and altogether made the visit so pleasant as to induce com plainant to beg permission to send for wine. Port and sherry were too strong, and a bottle of French wine was procureel, for which, said the complainant, "they charged me a sovereign." Told the young ladies, on taking leave (the young ladies having let them into the secret of their distinguished birth, their mother being the Countess De Villars, and their family estate the Castle of the " Isle " of Bonn), that the wine was deer and bad, and that be (com plainant) would send them some better wine. Called the next evening ; had another bottle of French wine, and paid another sovereign. This time complainant was shown a letter signed " your mother, the Countess De Villas." Believed all the young ladies said ; had a third bottle of French wine (another pound); and on taking his leave had his cane detained by Esther, and that of his friend by Lsoline. Called th e nex t evening, found the young ladies very dull: implored them to disclose the cause. Learned that the cause was the neglect of a lady, to whom they bad leat 2,0001., in not repaying the money; and that they feared their valuable property at the Custom-house would be lost, for want of • sum of 3-51. to pay duty. Agreed with his friend to raise the money. Did raise it, and want with the young ladies to the Custom-house to release their valuables. Complainant's friend told the young ladies be had an uncle in the Horse Guards. At the russet Cl the young ladle, took them over th e b u ndi ng , b u t did set stop many Minutes there. Had a bottle of ehampotise (pound the founts). Next day, sent the young ladies six bottles of hermitage and three bottles of chambertin. Beat, also, his portrait with a letter. Th e rep l y, w hi c h cases is after the payment of the 3.5/. and the receipt Cl the portrait, was in French, and in substance as MOVE: Mr rEnzaizia . Mon Fan, o, me also t he ine . h.m. main *man of Meeks • few line. es promin ay dmy malmadsof aster you. M of s net at find eight teas Ism Y mealed—it le is mpsrleneins the and aerie calms of se& as mallateass le smile to feelleie Now nary atatiler *teal webs indeicetywa. Oestrous Mead, sae alisseMet of whaeteae ame le my aid t Itbtus tbest Wag herb are UmMt to appeeleassmbstbar. ft soured that vim Ss day moo liat ,me girt sitow Ilmaimes Warm of WOW, ber end of no MU seseser her tavewie spew rot= I Min a the Madam Alia Am yo u do. valailbrimma has WO at ate. At tab ssstt theashla of 79u AI hark sal Ibis letter will mom to yea se must et all the luillwima which I am_ !gals af. tsar pertrait! —Ole* amine le us been, and ease Ns sa the vela et Jew dame! Ah II en tan at tannest I via I wen well rid sr Al CulairAme; ad esee Saturday —or .tea earaerrwe, V were petedde—the w t Cl my lows should be EMI year kind* wawa I less sae Sham, and whota have lead wee wen this Sok yeas sot wisest all yours. Sas% 4=ilrll ,o Ida my bort, a Ain allardox on par ro l nra Mywell think of me often.— blue De VILLAS'. Up to this period all went smoothly, and without nerkion. A note directed to his friend, which was shown to him (com plainant), soliciting 261., aroused the first suspicion. A similar note, directed to himself, for the same object, In creased the suspicion. A watch on the movements of the young " countesses" was kept, and the result was, accord ing to the manuscript, that himself and friend became per fectly satisfied that the young ladies were certainly not better than they should be, and that they had been diddled out of their cash, and sundries of considerable value. They Milled on the young ladies to restore their property the ring ladies laughed in their faces, and complainant's friend resorted to a magistrate, with what mimeo need not here be told. The complainant handed to Mr. Bingham a whole bundle of love epistles. Mr. Bingham said he need not reed these letters, as Mademoiselle Esther De Villan bad placed the answers in his bends, and complainant's letters appeared to be counterpart ., in style and warmth, to the lady's letters.—The complainant said he was only anxious to have the whole mater tulle explained to show how egregiously his friend end Witold!' had been duped.—The defendant retorted the charge. The com plainant had introduced himself under a false name and address.—The complainant admitted this to be true ; but he had afterwards given his correct name and address.—Mr. Bingham said, as the complainant was a foreigner, and unac quainted with the rules to be observed in an English court of justice, he had been permitted to read the long history or novel which he had brought with him, and to travel into all manner of matters not immediately connected with the question before the mutt, which was simply whether a book had been lent or given to the defendant. The complainant's case resembled closely the case of his friend, which had been recently beard and decided by Mr. Hardwick. In Mr. Hsrdwtck's decision he entirely acquiesced, and as his col league had refused to interfere under the peculiar circum stances of the case, he should adopt a similar course, and make no order with respect to the book. It appeared to be a case of mutual deception, and he should dismiss the sum mons aceordingly. SOUTHWARK: pearance of the notice, that no bills would be taken in below the higher minimum term denoted. There are theorists so obtuse of intellect, as either to be blind to the most palpable, because practically demon strated, truism., or so hardened of heart, as to be re gardless of, and insensible to, the terrible consequences which have flowed, and are flowing from doctrines self convicted daily of most pernicious heresy: as to exclaim with the statesman of a former day, " Perish industry rather than abate one iota of our princip!es." Con sistency has not been usually counted among the many special accomplishments of the Times hitherto, and, therefore, perhaps it may be that the City writer is the more anxious, at whatever cost, to esta blish that sort of reputation for one department of the paper at least. Gold is the idol of his idolatry, and the currency doctors he worships as the high priests of the molten calf. Honest working folks are cast out of work and on the parish by thousands ; manufacturers impoverished by scores or hundreds stop their looms and shut up their mills; fundholders see their property depreciated by fourteen or fifteen per cent ; railway and other proprietaries of industrial enterprises are fleeced continuously of their properties ; gigantic insolvencies are multiplying day by day among merchants and factors ; yet the follower of the golden calf looks on all with moot admirable calmness and stolidity. The Times writer in didactic mood questions the " morality " of those who would " clamour for an expansive action' of the Bank" as the "panacea for all existing evils." But what may be the " morality " of those who urge—who have succeeded by law in enforcing—restrictive action, precisely and in proportion with the necessities of accustomed credit ? What the " morality" which spreads bankruptcy and ruin on every side for the sake of maintaining an almost useless mass of fifteen millions sterling in the vaults of a Bank ? Is this then the immutable " base " on whieh " alone a healthy and rational progress can be mourned ? " Has this been the basis of national progress and prosperity hitherto? The time has been, never theless, when national industry made its most gigantic progression with perhaps not snore than one-fifth the metallic amount in bank, and scarcely more than fifteen millions of gold in the whole country. The kingdom is now " saturated," as Mr. Cardwell would say, with some fifty or sixty millions of gold coin alone, according to competent authorities, exclusive of the nine or ten milhons in the Bank. Surely here should be enough to satisfy the most devouring thirst for gold. It is still pertinaciously repeated that to railway enterprise, and the demand upon capital for its prose cution, the still existing monetary embarrassments are altogether referable. There can be no question that the immense sums called for on that head are a serious aggravation of existing difficulties, but that railways are the original, or chief, cause of present embarrassments is readily susceptible of disproval by dates. For the railway mania, and railway., were in the field long before short food crops were heard of, or suspected ; and in fact, but for the enormous disburse ments occasioned by the imports of food for a starving I population, amountuig probably to some thirty millions in all, freights included, during the last year and the present, the capital required for railways might all have been supplied with little comparative inconve nience. It argues therefore much unfairness, or a most absurd conclusion, to challenge present evils exclusively upon the minor instead of the major cause, as if the latter could or should have been fore seen, when the former was already in operation with out any particular derangement of money values. Buk Stock, Ips T a-4a New Apse ,33 3 per Cs am. A.m., el I I 'c0.444 ter Lett , 371 3 per Cl. Coma. Anse., 474 3 Ms. 111111 e. 0113/0. M. I pns, par,. sat. New 1/3 pee Ct. Axes, 694 t 4 Dltte. 1.500. 4,0, 3, t pas Leas hash, tsp. 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Tooke, • 01 1 4; amok 71 ; Oftestto. 07 641 10 345 60 1 . 75 ID MEETING.—CHESTER AND HOLY IIEAD.-11alfisarly Mertiog,Aug. 11.—Mr. W. Thome let the eimOr.—The eel ir e ake directors rxproseed a mediemetexperlettles that *elbow, throughout, with the et tie lettepeesue NNW to FoNvary neat, sad the Meth Or wens et the streedles ouser. 'Provided the perepe we the Own &le See Br may be ready for *Me se hr in Oslear. Ikelebeisee arrangements hare bees Node with the Lair eel Jetart*Walies for the ..h0 :211 of locometre TI Wipe. rewsury neat, and the bridge Meath. the course et VW emenneme ww . "' a similar course , last week to St . per cent. the Bank was ahead of the usiTer• r l hylded the same. over the CowweY he Sr Mr w Lavaca return they said to ice, 11 We shall fine Baron, Willians With regard to the secono cnarge, parweii, solicitor to stances of the case, be should adot • tie S. Oter o .. aritort ... Ware G. Worm, Le. W.i Owes Jeclteon. Lad Cornelius bl'Mosos, the men whom Mr. East- the Salford and Stanley Sam Charity in Lancashire, deposed make no order with respect to the book . It appeared ' to be market. The ks and discount houses were selling wr 'L ww be reedy for a.m. fer w s i a Ilen=October. woommv.--as s . mg, Wower, or LesalsetasEWo,lClAGertr , wood charged, five pounds each—in default of payment to that the printed form produced, purporting to he signed by a case of mutual deception, and he should &sew and North:Wenn as.a to ba Imprisoned two mout*.s.' , Baton Wl4 S at 2.0 y the 51, hint, for the receipt of 78 /. 191.. from the CeMMiasioners to mono accordingly. th e ' um ' accommodation fractioliallY rather below than at the for tfi — e supp l y of been eeometi ma t att th :errym. m e ,.. Th. w ow. and he was given over to the'pedice. The the charity, as money returned, the charity being exempt SOUTHWARK.—Au.roen ROIII3EIII. or A Btu. or full rates of the institution. Th ey were, therefore, sheet showed the cash in hand to be 1115,11061. • the total w eezegarma W. ...L.. ..... WW.O.W.e.eelltent 051 105 , / • the totH te:eAlto Ow parie atilt Bede Is 110 tat, sr Landes. Mow w Ike allow Tal.•7 WY afterwards paid, and he was daebarged._c. • from income and property tor, was a forgery. lie had made EXCHANGE rots 5001.—John Alen . , was re-examined, taken as much by surprise as the public on the ap- directors recommend ' that of a . sumo( 601,53 V. yet e unpnytkied Th aw s Baum. sad gm, le Legatee...rem o. er w saw CHF el lowAse.catiati ltAllarrs.—Tst assay. Amor IA WM • • -- - - • -1 THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1847. charged with detaining a bill of exchange of 5001. alleged to have been given to him to get discounied.—The com plainant, Mr. W. Clarke, an inmate of the Queen's Bench, stated that on the let of April, being in want of ready money, he applied to the prisoner on the subject, and it was arranged that he should give that person his acceptance fur 5001., which the prisoner promised to get discounted, and to hand him over the money. Having waited for some days the prisoner sent a Rote, stating that he should either obtain the money at once for complainant, or deliver up plemasion of the 5001 bill of exchange. He had not done either, and complainant found that the prisoner had negotiated the bill.—A clerk to the complainant's attorney stated that the bill in question was now in the hands of a tradesman named Hart, in Re ' gent-street—that witness's employer had received instruc none to defend an action now pending at the Bristol Arsizes relative to the bill in question.—The accused admitted that he received the 5001. bill to get discounted, but that it mss given for the express purpose of renewing another acceptance of the complainant's, which was not paid when due. This he had a letter to prove. He had had transactions with the complainant to the amount of 3,6001.—The complainant declared that the accused had awned a falsehood in saying that he was concerned with him in money transactions to the amount of 3,6001. He only had had one previous transaction with him—Mr. Cottingham said that the note produced showed that the accused promised in it either to send the money for the bill, or the bill itself, if he could not get it discounted. This wanted explanation. —The accused said that the complainant wrote a letter authorising his solicitor, Mr. Maws, to retain any money in band belonging to him, in order to meet payment t f the bill in question when it became due.—The complainant, however, denied that he had given any such authority.— Another clerk of the complainant's solicitor was called to prove the prisoner's allegation, and, in giving his evidence, he said that the letter in question was either lost or mislaid, but that which the accused had asserted was the purport of it. The witness added that he had also been informed that the parties bad extensive transac tions with one another in bill discounting.—Mr. Cot tinithem said that what had just been stated gave a different complexion to the case ; that instead of eating on the accused to find surety he should adjudge him to enter into his own recognisance of 1,0001. to appear at that court on Wednesday next, two days after the next sessions com menced, and in the interim the complainant could indict him if he thought proper. STEALING DRESSED SKINS, Edward Keefe was charged with being concerned in breaking into the pre mises of Mr. Jenkins, a skin merchant at Bermondsey, and stealing upward of 3001. worth of dressed skins. The com plainant's warehouse was broken into about a month since, and plundered of dressed skins to the above amount. Shortly after the robbery some of the eking were traced is the pos session of a tradesman in Bermondsey, who was taken into custody. He gave such information as led to the apprehen. Lion of two men, who have since been convicted and sen tenced to transportation, and as it appeared that he was exonerated from the charge of knowingly purchasing the stolen articles, he was discharged. In the course of the in vestigation it turned out that besides the two men already convicted another man was also concerned in the offence. Evidence was now adduced to prove that the prisoner was the man who drove the cart containing the plunder from the complainant's premises. He was also observed lurking about the neighbourhood in the vicinity of the complainant's premises the night they were broken into.—The prisoner was committed. LAMBETH. ROBBERY BY • SOLDIER.— IVilliam Cullamore, a private in the Grenadier Guards, was charged with robbing a Mr. Gibson. On the preceding evening Mr. Gibson had been drinking with the prisoner, who afterwards proposed that they should go to Aatley's Theatre. They get into a cab, and when the vehicle approached the theatre a man, who was on the box with the driver, leaned back and saw the prisoner with his hands in the pocket of the prosecutor. A policeman was called, and the prosecutor, who was rather tipsy, being aroused, found that he had been robbed of nearly 21. The prisoner denied the robbery, and said he had not more that a few pence about him, but on being searched 11. 9s. lOil. was found on him.—The sergeant of the company to which the prisoner belongs gave him a very bad character, and said he had been frequently punished for petty theft in the regiment.—The prisoner was remanded. THAMES.—OVERCROWDING STEAMERS ON THE RIVER. —Three captains of steam-vessels belonging to the incor porated Blaekvrall and Star Companies attended to answer summonses issued at the instance of the Wateriness Com pany, for an infringement of a by-law made under the company's act, for having navigated certain steamers be. tween Windsor and Yantlett-creek, the said steamers not being licensed boats. The proceedings were instituted at the instance of the Lord Mayor, communicated through Mr. floodman, the chief clerk at the Mansion-house, in conse quence of the innumerable complaints made to Ilia lordship concerning the overcrowding of the river steamers, as, if the captains were compelled to take out a license, such license would specify tke number of passengers they were severally entitled to carry. The first ease gone into, and which governed the rest, was a summons against Captain Stephen :Main, master of the Brunswick steamer, one of the Gravesend boats, for that he being a freeman of the Water men's Company had navigated that vessel from Blackwell to Gravesend, the said steamer not being a licensed boat, having thereby incurred a penalty not exceeding 51. The case having been proved, Mr. Joseph Manyon, chief clerk of the Watermen's Company, proved that the defend ant had been admitted a freeman of the company on the 3rd of October, 1815. Re then read the by-law constituting the enactment before specified, providing that it should be illegal for freemen to navigate unlicensed boats, and that the license should mention the number of passengers they were entitled to carry, aced that such licenses should be granted on the payment of a fee of Is.—Mr. Cooper, the solicitor for the prosecution, stated that the object was not so much the recovery of a penalty, as, if possible, to put a stop to the present highly dangerous system of overcrowding the boats.— Mr. Yardley was clearly of opinion that the law had been violated. As a high penalty, however, was not sought, he should inflict the minimum fine of 40s.—Similar charges were then preferred against, and the same fines inflicted on, Thomas Holten, master of the Satellite, and Wm. Joh?, Pa tient, master of the Railway.—Mr. Catterns gave notice of appeal ; and, as the Police Act does not allow of an appeal where a fine' of less than 31. is inflicted, by consent of all parties the fines were ultimately fixed at 31. Is. each. It appeared that no less than 40 similar summonses had been taken out by the Watermen's Company. WOOLWICH.—DESITITETE CONDITION OP SOLDIERS' Wives.—Sarah Anne Buckley, the wife of a 'runner of the Royal Regiment of Artillery stationed at Gibraltar, was charged with stealing several articles from her lodgings, which she had left without notice. The case was clearly proved.—The Prisoner, who stood crying during the hear mg, with an infant in her arms, admitted pledging the arti cles, being driven to do so from want, having received no remittance from her husband since be left Woolwich for Gibraltar, and she could find no means of going out to him. —Mr. Jeremy said that was no excuse. She should have applied to the relieving officer. She must pay a fine of 205., or go to prison for 14 days.—Mr. and Mrs. Oleneston, the persons she had robbed, paid the fine, and added some other relief, they having only given information of the robbery to SITS the woman from starvation. MONEY MARKET. WEDNESDAY EN/ININO. Notwithstanding the confirmation of three more large failures in the corn trade this morning, and sinister rumours of more threatening embarrassments in the same and another commercial interest, the funds have considerably improved to-day. Consols opened 1 better than the last quotations of yesterday, and with slight reactions continued to advance to the close of business, when they were marked 87,1 to 2 for money, and 87' to 3 for account, having been actually done 2 higher. The rise was said to be partly owing to some of the larger operators for the WI buying in their accounts- A report was afloat too that the Bank was or had been lending upon stock, which under present circumstances would seem scarcely credible. Money was easy in the Stock Ex change, and was said to be more easy also in the dis count market, notwithstanding theincrease in the rates demanded. Reduced Threes were 872 to 2. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 89,1- to 1. Long An nuities, 9 1-16 to k. Exchequer Bills par to 4s. pre mium. Bank Stock, 193 to 7. Attention was directed as little as usual to foreign stocks, in which few bargains took place. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were called 561 to ; the Fours, 891 to 1. A parcel of Three per Cent. French Benter aas done at 76f. 25c., at exchange 25E 50e. Spanish Fives were quoted 201 to 1 ; the f hrees, 301 to 1. Portuguese, 2t to 31. Mexican, 171 to 181. Brazilian, 84 to 8. The further failures in the corn trade adverted to, and known to be impending yesterday, were publicly reported to-day. The amount of liabilities in the largest case, of Messrs. Coventry and Shepherd, was stated at 300,000 E; that of Messrs. King and Mel ville at 180,0001. ; and in a third case, 120,0001. The most extensive of the three houses, as measured by the sum of failure, was blown upon by rumour several days since; but was kept afloat in hopes of weathering the storm by the assistance of wealthy connexions, which, however, on examination of its gain, failed it at the last. Doubts are expressed in some quarters about the Bank's minimum rate of discount being raised to morrow. If, however, there be any truth in the assumption of a writer in the Croniele, some days since, that in dealing with the value of money the Bank must be ruled by, and follow in the wake Of, the state of the general money market, then, as of course, to-morrow should appear the usual notification of a rise. For in the open market the rate of seven per cent. may now be considered as established for paper with more than two months to ran. The assump tion, however, that the movements of the Bank are so governed is, as • general rule, altogether falla cious. Even in the instance of the official advance last week to Si per cent. the Bank was ahead of the market. The banks and discount houses were selling - --"nation fractionally rather below than at the institution. Poe A—.. PARIS, Av.*. 7., Mow. 1 Opoolag. Mob., I Lwow. CI .e. 3 per Ont. . . 74 141 54 44 711 54 74 10 71 to 6 D. . . . 117 II 117 PO 117 91 117 711 117 10 „ • 4 Do. . . . 105 TS s. . .. 6 Do. . . 101 40 - .. Ibelwage Go U.N. (6470, 10 SO. . N.M. ory. Dalsionk 5, DO ...014 ' Woploa Mateo . . . D 1 $0 Da. 4,1412 . . . 160 - Mamas Lau . . . D. 3 743.,,.7ewry Ikea . .110116. D. 4 . . . . .. Dooms., Aro. 0. - 17,41.. i0n, 1040, 1211 t Do. 1542, D., Do. 1911, 17, De. of the Clty, 1913, 07. Doak of Delgtmoo, 911, Do. lone, 1041, 109. Parbwe es 13.44., 21 174. kortesar. Aeo. 11.-1120.40 44 Lwado., 23.4 674. Alleezzoom, Ago. 2.—Deteo Am Debt, Two-0.4.-Holf - pm Owe., 571 money, 664 tll, Thom per Owns., 44 atomor, 70 bale: boor per 0tat4..454 n0mer,91461114, Avow. Syne., Poor .N..-11.51 per Crow, 574 wary. 471 bel ls; Co.ms Comp.. F00r....1ta1l per Do t., 01 , 11 ~7, 170 6111. 2. 0* 1.44 1.44, 464 63. tzebsageo• Loadoe,ll 07 tow bowl., 114. 344.0001,01.00; two notetbs, 34.11. Purls, 5667 , two •16611t0, KM. _ it;;;4.Aro. 3 —Monism Five p. Orars 1041 ; Tom pm Cml4., TM. ymit Ora, MN. Two-..d-a-lialf Cats, 141 Lou, 1534, DSC Do. 15311.1234 ; 15444 k I. IPA 030,000?. be raised by the creation of 42,m10shirea being one new alone for each original share; and that the remaioi 34,538 f. be raised b. loan. That these new shares shall be issued as preference shares, to receive at all tame a dividend at the rate of per cent per annum, and to participate with the entire stoek in any increased rate =double:l which may he declared. That three shares be paid upon as follows .--1/. deposit on the Ist of =menthe, neat ; 4/ , first call an the Ist of November next : 1f second all on me lock offanetery, 180; and 5f., final cell on the 28th of March. 1818. That interest at the rate of S per ant be payable on all calla In armor after the respective dates, and that 5 per cent. inter= be allowed, and pay. .thieco the 10lb of April next, on all call* paid in ed ranee. That the scrip be sent in foe registration an or before the Bth of November next, on abide day the registration will be completed; and that ia order to their being registered la the name of thy other these the party to whom they shall Ma been originally allotted, it be indispen sable that the call due on the Ist of November shall h ire been paid, others tar the original &Hotta. to be rc-siateredl. That the lest dlri. dead be calculated from the Ist of .tprit. 164 x, upon all shares paid up U. full at that date; and that as regards tho.e that may not then be paid up in full, the dividend be esicelat= from the neat succeeding period of three months from the Ist April, upon which the same shall have been =it up with inte rest; that el to say, If paid between April 1 and June 30, the dividend to be calculated from the sucaesting Ist of July; It paid =tem July I and Sept 30, from the succeeding fiat of October, ends. but this arrangement Mall not preclude the directors Lean putting In force, at their discretion, the powers of the act with roped to fs g . fattier. Should these recommendations of the directors he tlevered and adopted by the sharchnlcierst, the future remaining cells upon the original sheen, on which 311. 10a, has been aild , will be—M. per share on the 21st of October next; 54 per Mare on the Mat of April. 1849; 51. per share on the 21st of July, ISIS; and 21. 10a. per share on the 21st of October, 1618. After adverting to the calamity of the Dee-bridge, the following remarks are made relative to the Camay and Menai-bridges : 4 ' Your directors cannot but feel, of aurae, that the circiamitabces to which they have referred will naturally tend to enhance the in terest with which Use public In general, and men of science in parti cular, will be dispared to examine the principles upon which th e stupendous bridges intended to span the Conway and the Menai Shahs are now being carried out. The shareholders cre aware that those bridges differ altogether, bogs in the it mode of dinstrui Lion and their materials (rtaLth are exclusively wrought iron), from that which has unhappily failed near Chester. Mill it cannot bet be expected that the strength an I safety of the novel and remarkable structures that are conteistelsted, will be subjected to strict investigation. Tie result of all the usquirica which have been instituted, your directors arc assured, ha. given the utmost confidence in the sucoessof the pro. posed plan. It will be brought to a prat-ticsl test when the bridge over the Conway is erected, which will be within three months from this time : and your director. have every reliance that the hem will be such as completely to justify the expectations of Mr. ittepheneon.. The chairman, is answer to a proprietor, said there wa. no doubt of their Whig able to open the line by October as far to Conway. The resident director, Captain Moorrom, Iran in the habit of reporting to the boats on all matters submitted to him. As to the unpaid calls, he was happy to my that the only deficiency on their capital, of 2,000,0001., was 17,100/. The locomotive carriages agreed for were ddivered over to the London and North-Western. As to the traflie, the directors fully expected that it would vastly exceed their expecte- Cons —M r. Hobert Stephenson (the engineer) stated that the complaint ' of Gen. Palley, as to the erection of the tubes at the Conway and tln. tannia bridges cowld not be replied to, for the general agreed with his (Mr. timpbenson's) principles, but be was totally Ignorant of the mode of raising those tubes. He was afraid of their falling into the straits, but he (Mr. Stephenson) saw no danger, I andwould take every means of providing for the public aafety. —Captain Mooriom ALN., thought the mode of raisin the tubes very ingenious, and that it would, no doubt, be quite ell , dent for the purpose. Ile had [inopportunity of examining a section ! of one of those tuber, and he had no doubt that Mr. Stephenson had rendered it fully efficient, for Its purpose.—A proprietor mled if, on contributing the 2tia,00../. towards Holyhead Harbour, they would to exempt front harbour dues!—Toe Chairman mid that it would be a free hat boor, and that the 200,00 q. would be paid by them for certain privileges, and in ram of any other line =alas to the port, they could insist on compensation.—After some other observations the re. port was adopted unaninioudy. A resolution for raising 630.000/. by the creation of 12,003 &area of ISt. each was then pared Omni moody. A resolution, which emanated from a proprietor, but met with the approval of the directors, for renewing the application to parliament for theemployment of steam-owlet., in coons Mon with this company, between Holyhead and Dublin, was passed with only two or three diasentients. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. ------- -- PRODUCE.—MINCINO-LANB, Auo. 11.—The sugar market hasbeen steady, 550 hlads. W. India sold ; these Us not been public sale brought forward to-day. Reined, standard quality, dull, at 565., 56a. 6d. Coffee 1.3 f 0 bap Ceylon, the largest portion plants• bon kind, which went off heavily at ls. to 2. decline ; good ordinary native add at 375. Gd., 38a., which was nearly Id. under the precious public sale. Rice very dull; the public sale of 1,330 bags Armen was nearly all bought in, 15. ; a put sold 14s. 6d., which was Is. lower. The large public sales of R.I. tin were bought In ban., at tffe. ; Straits, 655, 844. Cochineal went off heavily, sisterly sup. porting previous rates. Camphor, bought to, 6.55., his. 6d. tattoo has been out of demand. Tallow Needy, without alteratan In pram. Tea dull. In other articles no altera.ion. The quantity of produce offered in public mak has been to.. than usual, and the market has been thinly attendal to-day. Duty paid on sugar to last week : Lagoon, Liverpool, Brfatol, Hull, and the Clyde, 3,162,527 cat; to the same period last year, 2,416,546 cwt; Increnec, 663,981 cwt. Duties paid on tea In 1817 to last week:—London, 15,342,541 los; Liverpool, 3,290,311 lbs.; [triad., 437,005 ; Mu 11,149,193 Do.; Clyde, 1,238,93 n lbs.; total, 20,453,148 lbs.; same time in 1 9 16, 20,904,095 ; decrease, 448,827 lbs. COTTON.—LismtrooL, Afro. 11.—The market has been arm th.clay again, and the asks were 4,500 bales, I,(00 far taped and on speculation. OOLIAI, Aroodr 11.—sun. la, 4444. 67. 11 , N.CASTI.11. ••• Hawn. Addlr6ll6l2 SHAW. Rem Hartley .. . 176 fd Waal Zed EY% Mew. .. %I all'• lad if eddrertb SHIPPING INTSLLIGENCE.-111Arra. Ot t.Ot . D C n. •••. SIM 'Lit PCB •9115 . - Meeks sat Nrsierford 71500••• . . sap. . s 11•••••,11eprt Do•s•ha•e• . I Imam . . .00 Da anneals. On Waftel•Aue. 22 1 Chian a Jen. 0 0 taboo Ans. 10 • Beam nal 0 Tina, 641.1. 14 • Hamburg . .00 atieliterriui. . 0 Henan. /ma. 13 GIAVG.D, A.. I I.—Arritcd Margaret, Odessa ; Pearl, Sines; ArkL Teste, Alexandria ; Echo, Mantilla ; Torto Orego, St. Michael's • Utley, Permed:are ; Cris Daataic ; Aurora, Marseilles; Wavier, Rot: terdam ; Emerald, Bouloßue • Venexcula, Ostend ; Minna, New York; Europe, Grenville Bay, Quebec; Janet, New York; N Cherbourg; Marebionness Quecnahoro, Quebec; Levant, Balt il ote a : James MUM., St. Lucia; Antionette Marie, New York; London, Madras ; Victory. Quebec; Blanche, Boston ; St. Filler, Newkanami. land; St. Joseph, Havana; Red Port, Oporto; Hannah Baltimore; Emma, Memel; Nadeschda, Odessa; Duke of We2 ra tigt g :, St. John's; Athenian, Jamaica; Portia, Arno, Montreal; Looks, [Jardine ; Jubilee, Odessa; Coleritus, Marseilles; Isabella, Quebec; Thos. Ilarrissn, Trieste; Emma, Smyrna; Ceres, Sierra Leone; Tanjore, Calcutta; Curlew, Havre; Hormone, Bremen; Mary, Goers. any; Pius 9th, Mantilla.; Frederick, Memel ; Tory, Orition; Mary., Victorie Adelaide, Cultitaterer, Hauteur; Alfred, Tamerlane, Calcutta; Henry. Bombay: Harriet, Tnede ; John Bull, M.intreal; Warrior, Port ; Letitia, Rio; Countess of Lonadals Hamburg ; Sir E. Banks, Ostend ; Star, Dollops; Priatirme, Galati; Ocean, CAT of London, Rapid, Rotterdam; mag net, Harlingen ; Laurel, Fortitude, Quebec. larmarom.„ Aro. ll.—Arrived Bonin; Sophia Cervantes, N. Orleans; Queen of the Tyco, N. Yost; Rose, St. John, N. B. • Ads, Itichibucto ; Sedulous, Percy, Fourteen, Great Britain, Montr eal; R. Watt, Cow:Seas of Lincoln, Scotland, Orman Queen, Quebec; Choice, Smyrna; Elie, Palermo; Oporto; Fran. Drake, St Petersburg; liarnionie, Riga; Europe, Ryon Prins, Alexatdrins Dantsic ; Compton, Anna Thornton, N. York; True Blue, Ptictou ; Elinabetk, Yarmouth, N. S.; Lanark, Alexandria. Egypt ; prom, St. Petersburg; Charlotte, Philadelphia; Good Intent, Baltic ; Margaret, St. John, N. B.—Sailed Stunatra, Trieste; Sir R. Pel, Naples; Antony, liordt; Aurora, Stettin; Georgina, Rotterdam; galarkes Tanabe:it ; Juno, Bergen; Oregon, Emigrant, Quebec; Thomas Banality, Pernambuco; Garrick. N. York; Charlotte, Charleston; Gov. Davits Boston; liebrila, Ales. undria, Egypt ; Libya, Sierra Leone; Molson, St. Petersburg; British Monarch, Alexardria, pt;Egy Pet, Bordeaux ; John, Quebec; }Wismar, tialtimote ; Dandy. Rotterdam ; Tapley, Calcutta; Armtek, Bamiona ; Twentyninth of May, Bombay.—Olf the Port : George, W. Ferric, Trusty, Philadelphia ; Forester, Alexandria. (Advertisement.] UNPRECEDENTED CURE BY HOLIMIV Al . B PIII.I.—TbMIIIS Ilymemds, formal yet Mahan. Dock yard, residing in Grassi-leen bad hs usable to do to. work for titres years. His limp we apposed le bsallbsiM, baring a distressing comet, wit/ het mid legs ; MM. flldt, Ss could marsh erer Ms. tonna ea mel ins paseelly so week sad ill as to beedylem - peeme Is - emi, yet l• =MU aswisell slime • nwer emsmi by Mate Zees sed le mew se Insmegbly Wain mg wiles Se be ski* nisi sem Mlawlem degles of • armee" ms herd mewl about wake to New Beath Wales. fl oe invaluable Pllls an sales Progesese Helloways Eitabilshment, 244, Strand, Latin, ad by dealers L medicine. _Pityl4 6, lIOFORD.—kag.O, at 11e010rt40,7.14:0t Wien. it.* ife of ko bosd. C1a N 1111.1 ".6 .-.Aoto 7, at MoIllocIt•boost, Postarokito, Yn. J. I. Chats.. of • moo._ Col:171i9701'0N —Les. 11. at Haypere, ea. 13/144water, Mrs. 1. C. Marley on. of • gamester. COOTT. —Aug S. of Wermouth. Ilte Rile et C. T. Coote, Zee., 1•54 of de 34 Dreg. of • mos wed kW. DA LIVN.—Aug. a. et Wlaltrhavoe, tie wife of toe Rev. T. Melt v. of • vv. J 0 DitELL.-4sr. 9, at Pettiest Woo, the "rife of sir It. P. deka, But , of oat. park, Norfolk, .f. daughter. MATHIAS —keg... at the views*, nem/ley, (Woe, tie •Ife of [be Ker. W. II S. Itatelaa, of a Sea. SCOTT —Au. 9. at the Loa Marstos, Wavrioluddre, ta• 4.4 the ler. T. Scott. at a so,. BADDILIT—CUKTIB.—Ara( 0, at 00. oe. T'.. lianerer.qatre, . J r. 00 00007. IM.I Arttllen. youagest eon of the Use bloyer Barldelo. anntintsedeabgeseral of use burnt deparonat Irtical te tmly ibar t t , er $ Kn. Canto. of benana, Imo., and of the IN. la. Cants. ■ UNTON.—Aug. 0. at Mans. tbe Rev. W. linmeoed. leyn Walt., of Chinn. Norma, to *man l 0.0 fen Ealet ter of lir. A. Ontoa. IL‘EY—WETHBAALL —AN, 10 at Bt. James.. Plionlily, by doe See. I lepton, peebind of Wommlaeset, blahr filmy, of 1.1. C.. dens as Worley, to E. H. Honer... of 09110. been, leamlNHal wiWw' W late Cap. Haber... 4 let Peel FiRSAND-11TrAlT.—Aag. HI, at Pt. Jansen Cb.reit, by the ligki 70 Hes. nal lee. Iree. G. Horny. W. B. Ferratid. Itag.. et Huns 0.4 9 . 000 t o the Hon. Palmy 000•8 , mond da.ghter of o.a ne late Lord Illautyre. FIaNIL—ANTHON 9 —An. 11. at Marla. Kings, Clieltanam. 11- a. Fusin. BIN., boa or G.. law Be.. E. Fran. ef Cam.... 11 TorWW w s to gama. eideat daughter of IL Astboey. b..w, of Dreamed/a. 0011lic JANSON —TOZII9. —AOO 11. at Kwitny. by Gm liar. Job. 14 retbrf. Presterkk Halsey J anon. Coq.. of iMetagball ore. and Cpper arlenr to 'label. Ana, eldatt daftdbler of £OO W m Toter, Dn., of o.ore. IdtNH. Hann,. LIN)llT—hUltilOWll....-Aag. 9. at Pt. P.ter. Om Co 00 Due de Hrlfort. &c., to SM.. Hewlett., widow of 00. e late lmal Burro... OLDFIRLD—WARN 21 A. 14 10, n Karr. . Lewlob.m. bY RW . A. IL Warn.. II A. T. 0100., I . of the Istictlle Temp., b.G. 0 . 9 .. .,_Y w ' la.. olden en of T. B. Oldflrld, , of Clmardn•klii w. "" f, thin dank," of Wafter, ,O. Marabout, int. POCILLIXOTON—IkOOMFIIII.D.Aug 9. of L.mslaguia PA, by ilk 1.9..1. J. Campbell. vicar of Or Tew. Oasse, Capt. Porillagtest, I. Old Light lanty, to barbers Campbell. 0.17 tbild of In ham 4. I. lumeneld. tteemof 0, Clare, cad 11,14 wmai. IsWw W WI LLIAIIIII-3111111.—Aug. N. at th. Church of the Holy Ts laity. o eabam by the ley. H Dyes, ream of Gress War ban, Ere, P.a. la . inime. M.A., of Trlalty Orilert, Custieder. and of !Junta a be% rl 7 atv.at oo. to Kest Ella., tincbter of J. Smith, DiATHIS. BIOVOHTO7I.—Aag.O. last Farm, war K.ptea.oll•Tbnitdr o " . Mr J. D. Bro . Bart , Doddlagin pork. Clester. aged 79. C 11•1919 IC[.—Aog. 10, at Bootle, J. Chadwick, IN., late of lira/Milts Itrisdelo, aged N. CilkaLTON.—AtN.ll, at giontlemptoa, H. Charlton. lint. la H. 119 70t Rays! Ihmablen, 7oaNMt boa of W. J. Mayan. IN. late M 100.0010'. NM SI. 0•1//l1C1.—Aad.7. at lin..mg Cbriatepher Philip Garrick. 11.1., /LielMool, Gamy, nd Clean, Sonsereetalare, a anglatrate ot tire tent/ of inney. HRH DHIUDOW.—A... I. at Parbgate, Ass. Rebecca, wife of Lint:Col. J. Hrodersen,Z.ll., Untmens.d..nd sisagliter of Use Late J.I. Wow., 14‘.. et tbe Low., Shropahl... [ll.lBLlY.—Aag. 9. at Mall, J. Insley, PA., WW W 7• inorruse of tbe Ontaianto nmdleal departalin 0, and 01. 14 at Nowtm.oo, the in. J. Krandf. pew.. OiI WWW Wine. Ned 30. LAIIVPOOO —An. 7, at algal, MIL An, relict af Or Laa 11. Ewa . formerly of the Wang*, Illemeur, LIVILST.—A...g at g Alpha plan, Violet 00111 a gm, yoaageft daub/ rf ef 0. Inlay. lab.. Noll 11. LOiItAIN.—AO(. dolt Oteegew, Jamie, daagliter of Dr. Lerful., aged II wan. llA.—J•se 11, at New Ontaaa, IL lea, fonoeGy or 1(.11na. Oesin. aged 411 Aug. I. after a alsort Mom, 0. Warm e r..., of wont Coker • Toon. nil sof New na. Loorke. WOOLLIT--Abd. 10, 0.0. W. 51.7, 1.0,a LamlagtOogMe, leddiefres, aged 71