The Express. — London, England, 1851-08-02 00:00:00

Lab) intelligence. 1 pundr.... swami ba is. edhaire would not demand The hair was found lower than where the head 1 , note the& W. for the expo" and the costs to be paid in was found, which, with the marks on the moss, EQUITY LY/I/RTS.—YESTERDATs (such manner as the court *wad direct. went to indi.ato that the body (whether before or after Mr. Bethel' and Mr. Nader appeared for the plaintiff, death) was drawn up from the ground, and suspended to RIVOIIt TIM LOSE CEANCECIAII. and contended that as he had used the wall for 20 year', the tai. There were no marks of blows oa the boy when ' There was a list of 22 loaatk petitions. Ilia I s'. --- -v. d*".l ) the defendant hail no right so to use the adjacent property he left ..ele fem. Ile went away at • quarter before six, ' heard the unopposed only, the opposed petitions sver e ad. as to injure that wall. and l'' Mecca half-past six and oween o clock screams were jaunted to Tuesday next. I Mr. Stuart end Mr. Giffard for the defendant, contended hear Iby three witnesses at Chittleburne AU the witnesses le rata MATTE% OT SAKAI( ElXWoolgi 'WIDOW, A that this portion of the plainti ff ' s building had not been de' eribed the sounds as shrieks or screa ms which a person Lrgattc.—ALLoWAttelt OCT or LUNATIC . % ESTATE TO' erected for twenty years, and that it was improperly con- w ould utter in a violent struggle with another, or which a , RELATIONS. Istructed. and not calculated to resist the weight of the 'did would raise if being violently ill-treated. It was quite This lady was, under an inctuisitinn taken last spring, arches and stables, that consequently it was not the defen- !clear that there was a violent struggle going on at that found to be, sad to have been se-nee ISM, of unsound mind. ; dent's fault if any injury had been done to the wall. , time and place, for all the witnesses thought the screams She was formerly in very hueable circumstances, being first I Lord Cranworth said he did not think there vies proceeded from the wood, or from fend Orchard, which a servant and afterwards wife to a gentleman f consider- I sufficient evidence before him to decide the question be-' was in the same direction. It was an unfrequented neigh- able property, which he left to her o n his death. She our-' tween the parties, but if they would bind theraselees to bourhood, and they had been unable to find out that • I tied a second husb a nd, who is also dead. Iler fortune, con- abide by his opinion, he would state what he C,sought , struggle was going on anywhere else. The shrieks did not sating of Three 'er Cents. (81,0001.) and real and leasehold should be done. This he offered in the character of an 'last but a few seconds—not half a minute. Two unbroken PruPertrt fresit.ied together an income exceeding 4,0001. a arbitrator, for the mere purpose of saving the rArties the eggs were found in his pocket, which might have been put Year. Sbe has. no children, hut has three next-td-kin —Ann expanse of future litigation, and in order *At the time ' there to suggest the idea of the boy's having committed Garrett, ber si s t er ; S ara h P ar ki n , h er n i ece; an d Willi am wh i c h h ad been occupied by the court in hearing the ; suicide ;._ but from the position of his hands he might hare I Parkin, her ne ph e w an d Iseir•at-law. To the two females arguments might not be entirely thrown away. I removed the pressure of the rope by merely putting them she was iT, the habit of making small yearly allowances for The parties having agreed to be bound by the decision ~ forward. The medical evidence stated that there could be theircu'eport before she became lunatic. She never made of the court, his lordship went through the evidence no doubt, but that the boy died from strangulation, and any all °Waite to the nephew, who is at present a mission- and said that the only order he could make would be that . that a person strangling himself would only be able to any fr a propagating Christianity in Madras, with a salary of both sides should let by-gones be by nes, and stay all fur- I make a gurgling noise, and not such a shriek lOW a year, and wh i ch lour children. ther proceedings in the suit. The defendant had, in the .as described. It was proved by footmarks that the prh %dm petition, first prayed confirmation ef the first instance, committed a trespass, but if the plainti ff ' soner was the only person in the orchard on that day. On i t esetcr'oi report, approving of committees of the estate and could not show that the premises had been built for 20 , being questioned as to the fact, he at first said he had not ',arson of the ,lunatic, also praye d that a sum of 14)1. he years, he hail no care. That fact was not, in his mind, i been there for a fortnight, and then remembered that he paid annually out of the lunette's estate to each of the said sufficiently proved, but to prevent further litigation he I had been there on the Wednesday, but rain had fallen since female,, and that 200'. a year be paid to the nephew and thought the fairest way was to stay the proceedings' then, and the footmarks must have been made within 21 heir-at-law. Tlw sum applied for maintenanceoif the lunatic altogether. hours of the time of the murder. Some of the prisoner's herself is 1,500/. a year, so that 2,5001. a year remains for footsteps were also seen where the horse and cart were faa accumulation fur these same mirth". WESTMINSTER COUN IN COUItT.—TESTERDAY, tend, and also some inside the orchard gate. Blood had The petition was sumeneed by Mr. J. Parker, Mr. Stuart, Movie P. Baru; Est., Jesse. exuded from the boy's nose, and there was blood on the and Mr. Shepter, on behalf of the different eemits into- IlitalTitWAlTE r. WTLu, M.P.—VENTILATING TUE prisoner's coat. l'risoner accounted for thin by saying that rested, all approving of the above-mentioned allowances. "Genet." he had been killing sheep lately, but it was proved that , The Lord Chancellor said he had no lieeitatiom in order- This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mr. Augustus he wore a smock frock when he killed the sheep. The ing the increased allowances to the two females, whose Braithwaite, engineer, against the defendant, Mr. Wyld, rope was hanging upon the cart in the morning, and claims were recognised by the lunatic herself when she was M.l'., projector and pmprietor of the Great Globe, Eeices- could therefore only be got at by some inmate of the of sound mind. But, although the residue of the annual ter-square, to recover the sum of 321. 15s. ed., for work and establishment. Every member of the house could be ac-' income of the lunatic was amplbenough, his lordship dielfnot labour done and professional services. counted for that morning except the prisoner, and he could know that he was authorised to in dee the allowance proposed Plaintiff stated that in May last he had an interview with be accounted for before and titer the eventful period, but for the nephew. It did nut appear that the lady ever re- Mr. Wyld, for the purpose of introducing an invention, of not during it. On the evening of the murder the prisoner cognised any claim on her from him. He would take time which he was patentee, to ventilate the buildings in had some conversation with a boy named Vincent. He mid to consider the matter, and would give his opinion next Leicester- square. Having explaificel his plan Mr. Wyld the coroner would ask him (the boy) if he heel had any Tuesday. lie observed that in a 123.0 that was referred to approved of it, and a contract was mentioned which was not conversation with him (prisoner), and he was to say he had Lord Eldon, he said the court regarded applications of that carried out, it being arranged that he should charge for his had none. Vincent now said he would take his solemn oath sort with jealousy. work and materials. Al the work progressed Mr. Wyld that Bunker did not go out with the rope in his hand. IN Tut 31artme or EI.WEA, A LuNATte.—APPOINT- was much pleeseel, offered to serve hint in any way, engag- and that, to quote his own words, " William Rowe said I YIENI us' CommurrEEs. big his son to fulfil a situation at the Exhibition, and, at should say that 1 teed Bunker go out with a rope in one Mr. L. Russell said that the parties to the di cussion in his request, as the ventilation of Guildhall was proposed, hand and a whip in the other." (Sensation.) Prisoner this matter (already reported in the Express) were not writing to the City authorities with a high eulogium upon told the boy he would thrash him if he did not tell this able to agree, but a pottered lull level put into writing by his capabilities, with a view of obtaining fur him the story. It was proved that prisoner also said, whencharged each party, and would be handed to his lordship fur his de- undertaking. At the suggestion of Mr. Wyld he toade with the crime, " Vincent can clear me." The boy was CED.,O. several alterations, to give • more free current of beaten by old Mr. Rowe after giving his evidence before Mr. J. Parker and 'Mr, Fleming slid the proposal on he- air, and after twentrone days the work was completed the magistrates. It was proved that the deceased had half of the lady's brother was not yet ready, but would be without any fault being found with it. Ili, bill was charged the prisoner with committing a crime of a disgust sent to his lordship. for work and labour done, with material,, 221. -Is. 6.1., and ins nature, and that the matter had been rumoured about HEATH r. eIIArNIAN.—DRIEDNETTI'A Witt.--Comots- fur superintending the work daily, 101. 10s. On applying the neighbourhood. Prisoner was engaged to the daughter sIOS TO TAKE EVIDENCE AEROAD. per note for payment, he received a reply from Mr. A% yid, of Mr. Robert Scolsell, a farmer living at Vaned. In eon. The Solicitor-General and Mr. M. James moved to dig- saying that hie plan had been a complete failure, and he sequence of this report Mr. Seobell told prisoner that unless charge an order made by Vice-Chencieler Lord Cranworth was not entitled to anything. On his first arrangement he cleared )cis character he could not allow him to visit at for issuing a commission to take evidence in Venice as to with Mr. Wyld, no one was present but that gentleman. his house. Primaer then left Mr. Scobell to go to Mr. whether there was any next of kits, or representative of In answer to the plaintiff, Mr. Miller, superintendent of Kelly, magistrates clerk at Plymouth. "to clear his cha next of kin, of Dont. nacho Dragonetti, living. He was a the Exhibition, and secretary to Mr. Weld, Raid that he was meter." A man called Samuel Nicholls stated that he saw native of Venice, left it in 1791, and Canis to this country, present at the first interview with the plaintiff and Mr. the prisoner at II) minutes past 7at the buck barn door. Ile, wilt re he died recently, leaviug et will, by which he be , Wyld, when the former agreed to establish a thorough yen- was on horseback. Real/id, " They liner a pretty story about queethed mute legacies, end left the residue of his property illations for 201., Mr. Wyld responding, "No cure no pay, me; I am going to ace myself righ.eil, lam determined for to hi. next of kin, fur whom be directed inquiries to be Braithwaite." The plaintiff's plan had so entirely failed, it ; they may as well takeaway nty life us sairthis." Thea made, and if there should be uo next of kin, then he gave that all he had done was obliged to he pulled down, and he said, " I strictly questioned our Jack about it last the residue to certain charities. 'I he hill was HIM by the ventilation procured on quite a different system; and it was night, and he looked very confounded as ever I saw a trade's named iu the will for administration of the testator's net till his UM, who was found to be' of nu earthly use, wee young chap in my life." Then he said, "I am going to estate under the direction of the court, and the Attorney- discharged, that any claim was wide. However, in din- get John Rogers and the boy fay to face." He General war made a party in respect of the Oft. to chantits. charge of the contract, Mr. Wyld had paid 101. into court, then lett and went up the road. Nicholls next The property was not considerable after payment of the and pleaded as a set-off'lol. Os. fief. wages he had paid his saw him at half-past one, and said to him, " Have you legacies, and would lie frittered away by the expenses of a own men and carpenters for assisting the plaintiff Mr. heard anything of the story now, sir ?" He said, " Yes, I roving coinmiedon like the 11111 C proposed. The proper Wyld was nut in London, having gone user to l'eris, to be have heard something about it. Jack loath hanged himself, course was for the maeter to whom, ise in this case, the present at the jo res. hathen he ?" Nicholls said, "Yes, he bath; and he is decree directed a reference, to Ml o,: who were test door's Ilk Honour e onsidered it indispensably nectesary that dead, toe." The prisoner then elued, and, turning from next of kin, to direct :telvertieements to be inserted in the Mr. Wyld should be examined; and to give time fur his him, said, " Then lie has hangeil himself ; lam clear of newspapers, calling on thus, claiming to be nest of kin attendance, the case was adjourned. it." He also said, "If they will hang themselves for tel. to come before. him. And so 111 this case advertisements ling lies, I cannot help anything about it." were inserted, and three persons came before the master, The court adjourned at seven o'clock last night, and the stating that they were nest of kin of the testator, but the ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. case for time pr,seeution terminated at eleven this morning, proofs of relation were not sati.ewtory. Th, trustees could at which hour Mr. Stone proceeded to address the jury fur not tell whether these were the next of kits, or whether the NORFOLK cilicurr.—lpswicrt, AVG. 1, the prisoner. The learned gentle man spoke for two hours, testator had any relations living. They, however, proposed NIA, PRI, Coca,. and contended that all the evidence showed that it was to maid this roving commission—no demist °pleasant revue- Cii A eNt.eet e. STEELE AND omens. Bunker who had propagated the caltuuttious reports against sion for gentlemeu during the vacetiou —to search through This cause, which occupied the greater part of yesterday, his young master; that these charges were traced home to Italy fur relations of the teetabw. There was no bone as well as more than half of toelev, anise out of the r.. him ; that on the night previous to his deaths he was ac raised on the pleadings as to who was the next of kin of the e i edings at a vestry meeting, held in the parish churc h of eased of this scandal, and told that he should be sent to testator, and the order was therefore erroneous and ought Sadbuuroe. On the 14th of November, a vestry meeting Bridewell fur it. This, he contended, made the supposition tu be discharsoil • was convened for the purpose of transacting some paria h more reasonable, that Bunker should heve destroyed him- Mr. Stuart and Mr. Elderton supported the order. business. at which snorting the plaintiff and defendants self through fear and apprehension of the punishment with The Lord Chancellor said if this question depended on the were present. A chairman, as usual un all such occasion., which he had been threatened, than that the prisoner pntetire of the court, lie would of course adhere to the pease- was appointed, after which the ole.enol int was told be had should have been guilty of wilful murder. tier, and would inquire further into it. And as he did not no right to he present, as he had not peel his rates fur the The learned judge then summed up. lie said there were know what view Lord Cranworth had taken of the point to marshes. The defendant said, " Nounense," and refused only two questions for the consideration of the jur'. One order the commissiun, he would speak to him about the to leave the church. The parish constable was requested was—slid the unfortunate ;deceased come to Isis death by matter. If the matter depended on the discretion of the by Mr. Steele and the other defeielmits to remove the plaits- his own hand. If the jury believed he did then there court he would not be inclined to interfere where there Was tiff from the church, which they did, and hence the present would be an end of the case as far its the prisoner at the bar the Master's certificate recommending the commission, 1.1- ~,tio n. waeconcerned. But if they believed that Bunker cone to lowed by the order of the Vivo Chancellor. lie mould, - a violent mot untimely death by the hand of another per however, consider the question, and state the result very son, it would be for them to inquire whether that person soon. was the prisoner at the bar. Ilis lordship was proceeding with a recapitulation of the evidence when our parcel was despatched. r• VOL' TINS MILITIA Or TIC a„,LLP. TUE LANC.O•lill471.;;i ; 711:17111 - 1K . E COMPANY r. ANeI.—_RIGIIT to C4/111.ENSATIoN. .. - The Master of the Rolls granted the motion of the ds fcnilants, to dissolve the injunction obtained by the plaintiffs to rtstrain the defendants from proceeding under the coax puleory clauses of the Lands Clauses Cuasolidation Act, I+4l, to 1.1-Seas by arbitration the amount of &outages sus tained by the defendants in consequence of the water in the reservoirs attached to their bleaching mill being fouled by the materialr used by the plaintitts in the construction and reparation of their railway .and work.; but, under the cir cumstances, he (limited the injunction without costs. Ran.nr MD CS. r. Noll.\Y.—lul•Y monis. Mr. Bacon, Mr. Burke, and Mr. It. Moore, appeared for the defendant, the proprietor of the Illustrated Londme ,Veirs, and said that the defendant was willing to submit to the injunction sought by the plaintiff, Mr. Murr ay , the publisher, of Albeinarle•street, to restrain the publication by the defendant of Boawell's " Life of 1/r. Johnson," with any notes, copied or eulourably altered, from tee notes of Mr. Cruker, to the edition of Boswell's " Lite of Johnson," published by the plaintiff. The learned counsel stated that the defendant Mr. Ingram had, since the motion was made, czamineil the work published by him, and found that the persous whom he had employed to edit the work, and had paid fur preparing original notes, hail availed them seism of Mr. (Taker's notes in a way which the defendant would never have sanctioned bad he been aware of it. As Mgt as he became so he communivatel to Mr. Murray •• . . that he did ant atm to iihr eprisitisa Is sh Injunc tion being isatatit. Mr. Ilitliert, for the plaintiff, soul that Mt. Murray felt stuck pleasure in saying that the defendant Mr. Ingram bud act the ease iu the laireat manner. oIiTTNII his Miatse!ion that the nutter was amicably arraiged. The injunction would be granted as submitted to. KtY C. KICT.—NIPEI.CHON 1%. Mr. iiart .• the appointment of a quurdian, and an allowance for mainte nance and education. _ . . _ . - • • Mr. llialop Clarke consented for the ileknilanta, and mid that the bill had been tiled this day, and the answer put iu without oath or signature. so that publication had passed, and a decree would be obtained in one day, the court Ikea being 1,1. 19a. only. The Vice Chancellor made the decree, but said that no one would believe that what had beeu , stated had really occurred. itWts contended for the defendants that the plaintiff' had no right to he present at the meeting, as he had not paid his rates. Rums Leas NAN WORT' (Yin&Camwouts.) IN RE 1111tat . 0 TIICST.—SEPARATE USX Cursz AS The learned judge left it to the jury to determine upon, the evidence adduced, whether the plaintiff had been rated ' and, if n,, whether or not he had paid the rates. If the plaintiff had paid the rates, or if his name was on the rate honk, the jury must find a verdict fur the plaintiff; if on the contrary, they must find for the defendant., 'Che jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 151., afrainat two of the defendant.; but a verdict in favour of Horace Mayman, the third defendant. Counsel for the plaiutiff, Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Couch ; for the defendants, Mr. Worllethre and - Mr. Daseut. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LEIcEsTER,Ly 31. 1"1'LIC.1111.16 TO IItMAKRIED W 031131. - - - - • George Roster Hirst, late of Leeds, by his will be questheil to his executors 2,000/., payable at his decease, upon a policy effected upon his life in the Mutual lnsur anee Office, upon trust to lay out and invest the monies to be received on the policy in the purchase in their name► of a government annuity for the life of Anne Charlesworth, the daughter of Edward Charlesworth, of Leeds, and to pay such annuity to her from time to time as the same should become due, but not by way of anticipation, fur her sepa rate use, exclusively of any husband with whom she might intermarry. Anne rharlesworth was not married, and being desirous of receiving the money herself, instead of having it laid out:in the purchase of an annuity, she gave notice of her wish to the trustees who received the money payable in respect of the policy, and paid it into court under the Trustee Act. Mr. Robson now appeared in support of a petition by , Mi. Cheri...sword) asking for payment of the money out of court to her. and submitted that the law of the court was now settled that the separate use clause would not prevent a single woman from deposing of property by way of anti % cipation. This lady was, therefore, in the same position as if she had been a man, and a gift of a sum of money to pur chase an annuity was the same thing as a gift of the money itself, and if Miss Charlesworth preferred having the money she was entitled to it. • lii tome Ma. it nrwr. MAUI. C. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action to recover 3,0031. for damage done to I some land belonging to the plaintiff, at Thorpe Langton, in ' the course of the formation of the Rugby and Stamford Railway. Mr. fiumfrey ob,erved, in his opening, that the cast was one of the simplest possible kind ; but the special pleaders in London hod dune their utmost to render it us unintelli gible as possible, and had succeeded. The defendants had t 'ken part of the plaintiff's land in Thorpe Langton, under proper notice, and had paid for it at the rate of 320/. an acre; but tiny had also taken considerably more, which wan very valuable, being full of gravel, and had dug a water course in another Held, which the plaintiff had not objected to, provided they would pay him at the some rate ; but they had not done 130 : and when the surveyors on both sides had not been able to agree, had refused to pay their share of the cost of a reference to Mr: Atteuborough, than which he never knew anything more penny wise and pound foolish, fur ten times the amount ten times told had already been spent in law. Now they were attempting to set up the shabby defence, which railway companies very often did, that the land was not taken by then, but by the contractor, who might be bankrupt and gone to America or California; but he thought this would not avail them against the (acts of the case. Mr. Kenyon Parker appeared for the trustees, and agreed with this •ww of the law. A number of witnesses were called to prove that more. land had been taken than that which defendants had given notice they should take ; that it contained a good vein of gravel ; that gravel was estremely scarce in that neigh bourhood, and consequently was very valuable ; that 10,079 yards of gravel had been taken, and Is. a yard would be a moderate price for it ; that a watercourse had been deep ened to carry water from the kite dug fur getting gravel, so that if cattle got in they could not get nut ; and that the, occupier of the laud had had a beast lamed by it. For the defence, it was contended that the gravel was got by Mr. Upon, the contractor, and that the defendants were not liable for the damage thus done. The jury, after consulting three quarters of an hour, gave a verdict for plaintiff, damages 5031. 19s. This case, which occupied about eight hours, closed the business of the assizes, and the court rose about a quarter before nine o'clock in the evening. Lord Cranworth said he was aware that the law used to be as stated by Me Robson, but hie impression was that it had been altered by Lord Cottenham in the case of " Tul lett v. Armstrong. Upon looking at that case, however, he did not fled that his view was correct; lie would, there fore, make the order for payment of the 2, 000 J. to the peti tioner. iii ; o - O — L . LET V. ELK :COSTS or ril0,71:10110;4 TO ♦Y DONA TO ♦K ZI7EIIIO/I WALL. ,ND NIIDSEMNIER ASSIZES. It is long since a Cumberland midsummer assize has given rise to so much painful interest us that which com mences on Monday neat has already awakened throughout the country. In both courts, civil 'and criminal, the busi ness will be heavy, and there is every reason to suppose that the important nature of the investigations will protract the sitting of at least one of the judges beyond the appointed period of two days. On the civil side there will be several special jury cases of great public importance. Among them there is a trial from Northumberland, in which Sunderland shipowners dispute the right of the Trinity House at New castle to levy upon them dues which amount to some thousands a year; and Mr. Clarke, the architect, whose plan for a new church at Cockermouth was selected by a majority of the building committee, but afterwards rejected by the vestry, brings his action Inc services against General Wyndham as the most prominent of the parties concerned in that rejection; and there is also a fishery case arising out of the forcible removal of a stake net on the shores of the Solway, near Drumburgh. The judges will arrive here on Monday evening from Newcastle, and open the commission. An injunction had been applied for in this caw., sad certain terms were agreed upon between the parties. A question was now raised as to who should pay the costs. ft appeared that the plaintiff was the owner of • house in ./dargaret street, Cavendish-square, at the back of which, and i n Titchiield-street, were certain stables ; these stabl. n were built upon arches, and approached by a platform, the ground floor being used as a coach-house. The di:fel:dant was a builder, and had been employed by Mr. Hope to e.'eet a church; and in laying the foundation for the church, an excavation had been made close against the plaintiff's wo U so as to cause it to crack. The plaintiff complained of this, and a shoring was put up to support the wall ; but when it became necessary to remove the shoring, a correspondence took ;dace between the parties, and the matter was referred to a barrister upon arbitration. The negotiation not prov ing satisfactory the plaintiff filed his bill for an injunction against the defendant, who gave an undertaking to snake the wall safe before he removed the shoring, and that if the THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1851. CANNON O. A special jury was sworn in this ease. Mr. Serjeant Byles and Mr. Keane appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Andrews, (4.C., with whom was _Mr. Work ' ledge, represented the defendant. This was an action of trover, brought by the plaint fl' one of the ascignees of a bankrupt now deceased, o: the name of Garnham, and who, in his lifetime, occupied a farm at Roughant, near Bury St. Edmunds, to recover front the defendant property of the value of between 7001. ' and Ma, which it was alleg.al hail been taken by the de fendant, to his own use, in liquidation of money due to him from Garnham. The appropriation of the property in ques tion by the defendant was deemed a fraudulent preference, thereby preventing the other creditors participating therein; hence the present action. The plaintiff was nor/suited on the understanding that a motion he made in the court above relative to the question of the alleged act of bankruptcy. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—EXETER, Jel.Y 31. QUM. BCFOitlt Ma. Jeri ■ C01..1.11. CLIARGE or WILFUL MURDER. This was the day fixed for the trial of Win. Rowe for the murder of John Bunker, and the court was thronged with people anxious to get a sight of the prisoner. The trial lasted two days. The clerk of arraigns delivered the abstract of the indict ment as follows :—" William Rowe, you arc indicted for the wilful murder of John Bunker, at the parish of Brix ton, on the 4th of March last, by tying and fastening a rope about his neck, thereby strangling and suffocating him. " There arc other counts in the indictment varying the charge. Are you guilty or not guilty ?" The prisoner, in a firm voice—Not at all guilty, my lord. Mr. Collier, on the part of the crown, stated the case. The deceased, John Bunker, was 18 years of age, and a firm servant, living with a Mr. Rowe, a wealthy farmer of Halwell Farm, in the parish of Brixton, in the county of . Devon. Mr. Rowe has a house and farm-yard. In the farm yard opposite to the house is a stable, on the opposite .ids of the yard where the carts arc kept. On the other side of the yaral are some pent homes and shipper. Immedi- i ately outside the yard runs the public road, and tothe right of the road is an orchard called Pond Orchard. On the 7th of March last, flanker, the deceased, got up at his usual hour, was gent upon an expedition to carry lime, harnessed his horses to the cart, lit his pipe, and proceeded on his journey. Ile was at that time in perfect health. The + family of Mr. Rowe consisted of himself, an old man of 80 years of age, two sons, John and William, William being the prisoner at the bar :. a daughter, Jane: a female ser vant, Hannah Couch; four boys—Bunker, 18 years old; Vincent, 14 ; and two other little boys, James and Stevens, 10 years of age. Bunker started off at about a quarter . before 6; between 10 and 11 o'clock he was found in the r orchard, dead, stiff and cold. He was found tied to the centre limb of the tree. A rope was fastened round his • neck, and also round the branch by a single half-hitch • knot. The knot rofink his neck was called a bowling knot. Ile was found with both his legs on the ground —one under the other, and resting on the ground, and both his hands ' on the ground. He was found in a sitting posture and , almost, but not quite, touching the ground—and he was : I sti ff and cold, indicating that he had been suspended for i *OW considerable time. His hands and legs were on the ground, and it seems almost impossible for him to have strangled himself without a very determined resolution to keep his hands in front of him, for he had nothing to do' ' ' but put his bands on the ground and free himself from the pressure of the rope. There was no fall from an height, which might have dislocated his neck or produced sadden insensibility. It is not likely or probable that he would have been hung up higher and slipped down, for this was an old apple tree, covered with moss, which shows where the rope was tied round the branches, but which presents no in. ' ' dications of its having been tied higher up, and slipped down. The crown of the boy's head was about a foot from the fork . of the tree. The legs where he was hung hardly touched the ground—one leg was under the other, the right leg a little across the left leg; the right leg was lying upon the ground, and the knees just touching the ground. The . horse and cart were found fastened to a gate in the road near the orchard. The boy's cap and whip were found at a little distance from the tree. Some blood was seen on his hand and also on his temple, where there was a 1 severe blow, such as would have been produced by a fist, and would have produced insensibility. There were marks of two or three other blows on his body. There were patches of road dirt on the knees of his trowsen and on his hands, indicating that he had been down on his hands and knees. The grass in the orchard was short and would not receive the print of footsteps, or make any dirt upon the clothes. The apple tree was covered with moss. There was the mark of a rope round the centre limb and also r.luad the fork of the tree. The mom indicated that on the side of the tree where Bunker's body was found the mme seemed to have been pulled upwards, and on the oppo• site aide to have been pulled downwards. There were some excresc.snces , or " nobs," on the tree, to which human hair like that of the deceased was found attached. THE POLICE COURTS. GUILDHALL. Isaac Thomas Welshman, of Hunter-street, Brunswick square, Henry ,Sl. John HuHen, of 24, Judd-street, Bruns wick-square, and John Vickers, of 42, Trinity-square, Tower-hill, were charged with conspiring to defraud Henry Charles Newton, commission agent, of 14. Lodge road, St. John's Wood, of two bills of exchange fur 240/. each. Mr. Newton said, I am acquainted with a Mr. Scott. On the 10th of July last Mr. Green handed me two hills at three and four months' date for 2.50/. each, drawn by Mr. I James Fell, of 19, Darnell-place, Islington, and accepted by Mr. Lamplough, of 8, Skinner-street, Snow-hill. I gave them to Scott to get discounted, and about a week ago I found they were in the possession of the defendants. Cross-examined by Mr. Cooper—Mr. Green's name is not on the bills, neither is mine. Mr. Green is a private gen tleman, living at 8, Crawley-place, Onslow-square, Bromp- A NEW MODE OF COCNTERACTING DISSENT.— ton. He i. a justice of the peace in Ireland, and lives on As the Rev. C. Robinson, incumbent of Holy Trinity his income. He merely acted as an agent in this matter, Church, Blackburn, was going to his schools on Thursday and received the bills from Mr. Fell, the drawer. Mr. evening last, he saw a crowd of persons near the wall of Scott is not here, I wish he was, for 1 have been with a de- the church, and ascertained that they were " Ranters," tective °dicer looking after him for the last two days. Scott about to commence • service. Mr. Robinson waited till lived at Myrtle-street, Holston, but during the lust three a hymn had been sung, and then informed one of the party weeks he has absented himself from that address. lam who was mounting a chair, that he was the authorised not the prosecutor in this ease. The summonses were taken nester of the district, and would not, if he could help it, out in my name and in my absence, but I sane- allow others to take his duties outof his hands ; andante the Coned the proceedings when I was told of them, as I people had congregated he would address them. He then am liable to Mr. Green for the amount of the bills. got on the chair, and preached a sermon with which all the About a week previous I gave Scott a 54:1W. bill, drawn and people appeared much pleased. On his back being turned, accepted by the same parties, to get discounted; but he one of the voluntary labourers praised him, but another returned it to me as being too large an amount for his con- found fault with Mr. Robinson for having deprived them of nexion, and requested two bills for smaller amounts, and I an opportunity of completing their design. Blackburn obtained the two in question and gave him with written Standard. Mr. Hardwick recomn the matter to the police. Mr. Burrell gave his judgment in the Duke of Cabbritta's claim upon Jesse Cooper, who detained his livery a.; pre viously reported. Mr. Burrell decided that the livery remained the pro perty of the duke, not having passed to the coachman, who was properly the servant of the job-master, either by right of custom or by gift ; the clothes must therefore be restored, • nd an order was made accordingly. instructions. I cautioned him against placing them in the hands of the defendants. I never gave the bills to Mr. Clarke, the solicitor, who lives at 19, Portsca.place, Hyde park, but meetly instructed him to conclude the negotiation with Scott with regard to them. The money not being ' forthcoming at the time appointed, I called several times upon Scott, at Garraway's, but could get neither the money nor the 'Ala hack. Mr. Fell said—l am a gentleman. lam the drawer of the bills on Mr. Lamplough. On Saturday last I saw Mr, Vickers at his office, and told him that I understood he bad discounted the bills. He said he had, and I asked him who he discounted them for, and when, at the some time show ing him the undertaking I had received from Green. ' After some hesitation he said he had discounted them for Balton about a fortnight ago. I told him that Scott, to whom the bills were given by Newton, had absconded, and that I was robbed of the amount of the bills. I asked him what consideration he had given Bullen, and he said he had given value for them. He promised to arrange an appoint. I ment between Mr. Sullen and myself ; but having some suspicions about tho matter, I started off to Mr. Bullets's. I told him who I was, and that I had heard he had ad vanced money upon two bills for 2501. each. He denied having the bills in his possession, or ever having lent a single shilling on them. Ile said the 5001. bill had been in his hands. I told him I had just left Mr. Vickers, and Irelated to him all that Vickers had previously told me about the bills. When I mentioned Vickers' name, ho (Bullen) turned deadly pale, and remained silent for several minutes, after which he refused to answer any more ques tions on the subject, telling me that I was quite abroad upon the matter. I said I would put the affair into the hands of the police, and then left him. Cetus-examined by Mr. Cooper.—l live on my pro perty, consisting of freehold property and mortgages. I am the mortgagee and have a claim upon certain estates to the amount of 30,000/. and upwards. I have lately sold it all under the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill. Mr. Brace, of Surrey-street, and Mr. Lister first introduced me to Mr. Green. I have given bills to other parties, but they have all been for amounts varying from 1,500/. to 2,0001. I never drew IL bill for 501. on Mr. Lamplough. I gave : hall value for the bills in question. That value consists in • my mere word. I gave him an undertaking to pay them wh-ti they fell due. Vickers, when seen in his office, ap pears a respectable man ; but I have been told a different I tale since, for I understand that his wine cellars are kept open by means of my bills. A man of the name of King told me that Sullen had advanced 2001. on them. King : said he knew Vickers well, and that he had been concerned in a similar transaction on a previous occasion. King also r told me that the bills passed from Scott to Welehman, and from him to Bullen and Vickers Mr. Cooper here submitted that the evidence did not show any concert or agreement to commit a fraud in respect to these hills. The position of his client, Mr. Vickers, was of itself sufficient to show that such a charge was altogether unfounded._ The chief clerk said the bills were accommodation bills, and the only thing that had come out savouring of conspi racy, was the concocting and circulating among the public such bills, which were of no value. Even if there had been evidence of a combination amongst the defendants, a jury would be sure to take into account also the character and origin of the bills themselves. Sir Oeorge Carroll said no charge had been made out, but it appeared that somebody who was not before the court had obtained value through the defendants fur the Nil, and had not handed it over. It would be useless to attempt to carry their case any further, for the bills were alleged to be valuable securities, and might turn out to be nothing but accommodation paper, and the person whose nom- appears as the prosecutor disclaims the prosecution. Ile therefore emridered that the wisest course to pursue in this matter would be to disunite the summonses, and leave the complainants to their own remedy. Mr. Hassell suggested that detbndants should give up the bills upon payment of whatever had beta advanced upon them. _ Mr. Cooper said he, on behalf of defendants, courted the fullest ins estigation, and he would with pleasure accede to the offer made b)• th, solicitor for the prosecution. Mr. Russell asked defendants to name the amount. Mr. Cooper required him to go to Mr. Vickers's office, and satisfy himself from that gentleman's books. Mr. llussell said, if defendants declined to mention the suns in court, he would perhaps deem it necessary to prefer an indictment against them elsewhere. Mr. Cooper said, if Mr. Brawn threatened his clients with an indictment, they would enforce payment of the bills when they became due, instead of returning them. Sir G. Carroll suggested that the most honourable course for respectable men to adopt, was that of naming the amount advanced upon them in open court, and then there could be no mistake about it afterward+. Mr. Cooper declined to do this, and Sir G. Carroll advised the parties to withdraw and settle it among themselves. WORSHIP-STREET. Police-constiede OYU iaia Itillington, of the II division, was charged by order of the police commissioners with the ftillowing violent and unprovoked assault upon Mr. Samuel Devine, a trimming manufacturer in Sarah-street, Mile-end. The facts of the case were very fully detailed in the Express of the 22nd ult., the complainant having been charged on the previous day with resisting the police. It transpired in the course of that inquiry that the policeman, who was new to the service, had stopped Mr. Devine just by his own door, and insistedon searching him, and subse quently his wife, who was with him, and whom he seised round the waist for that purpose, only swearing and threat- ening in answer to the husband's entreaties and semen ; strances. The policeman attempted to take both into ens- I tody, and finding some trouble from their amnipts to es cape, h.: struck Mr. Devine on the head with his rattle three heavy blows, causing his face to stream with blood. Yesterday witnesses were called on both sides with out altering the complexion of the case, and at its con clusion, Mr. Hammitt said that, after a mature consideration of the evidence, he could come to no other conclusion t han that the defendant had been guilty of a gross violation of his duty, which in his opinion rendered him wholly Unfit I to fulfil the situation of a constable, and he had no hesita tion therefore in punishing him to the full extent of his power, by ordering him to be committed for the term of one month to the MUM of Correction and kept to hard Labour. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Captain Swinney, a gentleman of remarkably good natured aspect, applied to Mr. Hardwick for advice in the following dilemma. Ile was walking down Regent-street when his attention was casually attracted to a fine showy horse which a man was leading. At that instant an honest-looking fellow, dressed like a gentleman's coachman, came up to him and said, " Ah, sir, I see you arc looking at that horse; it's just the horse I want for master. One of our horses is dead, and that horse just matches the one left. Now, I bought that horse for atg., but when I went to pay for it the rascally dealer said it was guineas, not pounds, and so we had a wrangle, and he won't let me have the anitnid at no price. Do, pray sir, try and get it for my master, and here's the money." The coachman showed a hag of sove reigns, and applicant feeling much concern for the distress of the coachman, and his honest anxiety to look alter his master's interest and wishes, consented to do what he could to serve him. lie offered the 52/. 10s. to the nephew of the dealer, who canto un at that moment, but when he pro posed to close the bargain, by tendering the coachman's ntoney, the nephew refused to take it, assigning as his rca son that his uncle had made a vow not to take the coach man's money, on account of the row that had taken place, and he would not make his uncle break it. Applicant, who continued in his goodnatured disposition towards the coach man, got over this difficulty by stepping into Hopkinson's, the banker's in Waterloo-place, and procuring a cheque for 521., which he handed over to the nephew. The horse was to be placed in a stable in Regent-street, and while room was being made for the animal, by the removal of a carriage which stood in the gateway, the honest wachman diaap peered with his bag of money, and applicant found himself, to his great chagrin, the undoubted owner of the horse. Feeling some kind f misgiving that he had been taken in, and had paid 52/. for a horse not worth as many shillings, he thought the best course he could take was to seek maga- Writs' assistance in his difficulty. Mr. Hardwick expressed his surprise that a gentleman of Captain Swinney's position and information should have been imposed upon by a trick by no means uncommon, yet hitherto successfully practised only on country visitors or very inexperienced people. Captain Swinney said he was completely deceived by the manner of the pretended coachman, and the natural appear ance which was throughout given to the transaction. Mr. Lcadley, the chief clerk, recommended Captain Swin- ney to take the precaution to ascertain the value of tie horse, before he gave the parties (provided he could meet with them) into custody for fraud. Captain Swirmey left the court for that purpose, and shortly afterwards returned with an evident addition to his inquietude. He had caused the horse to be inspected and valued by an eminent dealer in Bond-street, and the value of the animal was pronounced to be not less than eighty guineas. He now feared he had bought stolen property, AIN It was difficult to believe the biter had been bit in this transaction. Captain Sarinney to refer WESTMINSTER._ MONEY MARKET. [For this day's City News, see sth page.] FRIDAY EVININO. The committee of Spanish bondholders have re ceived the subjoined communication from Mr. NVeisweiller, the intelligence conveyed in which, however, has already been anticipated: Madrid, July 26, 18.51. My dear Sir,--I beg to inform you that the senate has voted to-day definitively the law for the settlement of the debt by 69 against 19 votes. The law is to be immediately sanctioned by her Majesty the Queen, an as to relive prompt esceution.-1 remain, my dear sir, your most obe dient servant DANIEL IV EISW FILLER. James Capel, Esq., Chairman of the Committtee of Spanish Bondholders, &c., London. The dividend on l'ortuguese Bonds, due the Ist of January, 1830, being this day in course of payment, we are glad to hear that Mr. Thornton, chairman of the bondholders committee, has formally renewed his protest against the arbitrary deduction of 25 per cent., for which no consideration is given. It is much to be wished that the new I'ortuguese adminis tration will see the erroneous policy of its predeces- Isom, and accord justice to the foreign creditors, as the only means of retrieving the credit of the coun try, which now stands lower than that of any other European state, with the single exception of Spain. The market for foreign exchanges presented no great alteration this afternoon. The rate upon Ham burg was a shade higher, whilst other places fully maintained former quotations. The gencraltendency of the market is upward. Short Paris was done at 23 to 21; do., 3 months, 25.20 to 23. Hamburg being rather offered, left off 13.8, bills. Amsterdam found takers at 11.18 and upwards, but sellers not being inclined to accept that rate, did not negotiate their drafts. Frankfort was a trifle higher, leaving off 1191, money; sellers, however, insisting on 1104, several amounts remained unsold. Bills on Italy were as high as last post, with the exception of Genoa, which was a shade lower, at 25.37; to 42,;. Leghorn ruled at 30 40 to 43. Naples was in favour of sellers, a demand for paper on that place being shown. Bills on Spain were in request and done in favour of sellers ; but the reverse is to be observed of Portugal, which was very difficult of sale,: and consequently buyers obtained better terms. On Austria the demand was not so great as of late, bankers having stopped specu lative purchases for the moment; however, several orders to buy having arrived from the conti nent, the rise was not considerable, Vienna leaving off 11.11 to 43; and 'Trieste, 11:14 to 46. The rates negotiated arc as follows ; Time. Prices negotiated. From To Amaterthon per* Short I Id. Mtge. ... liL Piptv. Ditto Rotterdam ltanlotte and Altana „ Lintea.7jeall. 13mm. melt. ranlifurt.on-thealaine „ I tint. IS,. 111111 E Vtenna Irit.te 441,erp ..„.» .. 23fr. 21.1 a. ... 231 e. 2 t,e. „ Shine 25fr. —e. ... 2,1 r. 24e. :OW, .... —.„.... 11.Lere ...... 99 „ 231 r. 22. e.... 241 r. 23e. crow ........• 1 eghora ..„ ....... Nap1e........... ........ per duet ~ 41/ pence ... 41i pence Palermo ...... per ounce „ 1231 puma ... 124 prune 12i ... 1244 pv ... NI „ .....c pe nce .„ .g Penc e Arid per do „ llar „ 49', ... pence t edut ......, „. 5.,. perm ... SOI pcnre lA.3an per it . threi „" 531 pence .. Sif pc.to. Oporto Quotations of liullion remain as before, but the price of silver evinces rather more steadiness, and bar silver containing gold is quoted 4d. per ounce higher, at ss. 1;d. The specie brought in by the Meander, which consisted chiefly of gold, has all been sold. Letters received by to-day's Hamburg steamer report no alteration in the exchange or price of gold. The price of gold yesterday at Paris was 41 per mille discount (new tariff rate), which at the English mint price of V. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives un exchange of 25.031, and the exchange at Paris on London ut short being 23.021, it follows that gold is 0.12 per cent. dearer in Paris than in Loudon. Ity . the latest advices, the price of gold at liam barg 425! per mare, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per oz. fur standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.51,, and the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.3, it follows that gold is 0.117 per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. _ By last accounts the course of exchange at New York on London, for bills at GO days' sight, is 1101 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.92 per cent. in favour of England. Upon taking into consideration the difference of interest and charges of transport we find that the present rate leaves a profit on the im portation of gold from the United States. The meeting of the Royal British Bank was held to-day, when a report was presented, showing that the profits of the halt-year allowed a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, besides an increased sum for the reserved fund. The directors claim that, under the head of cash credits, they have saved their customers stamp duties equivalent to nearly 5,0004 At the annual meeting of the London Reversionary Interest Society, held this day, a dividend was de clared of 5 per cent. on each share, free of income tax, payable on the 11th inst. The moonlit of the position of the Bank of Eng land for the week ending Saturday, the 26th of July, published pursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Viet., c. 32, is as follows : BASK 01 , EN(.11..t N U.—Accooirr for the week en4la,t July 20, 1851. 1111WS Nola knee L"7.25.445 thr , ertori,ol, /11,01 Int otter 50nata,.... ... (1.1.1 (loin tn.l Milk* 13,198.810 I linter Baton 11.375 147,225,485 /10 a. 6 I, rj IWW".C.9.. 3,3 5.1111 rublio Depooltallnelod. Csoto4.. haat& Cloutults. of Naow.,l Debt. I hr. Aeotcl 4.215.4 M Other Du! ants noveo.layaudotlxB IIW 1,19:40017 132.388 July 31, 1851. 13 1.365.3 1 it SI Chef . a 365, . The above returns, when compared with those for the week preceding, exhibit the following changes: Circulation ilattle Circulation active 20,516,010 Decrease 118,005 Public deposits 4,295,495 Increase 338,489 Other deposits Government securities in banking department Other securit ies in banking department Coin and bullion in both departments Seven day and other bills 1,195,667 Increase 12,774 The Rest The Reserve 7,300,696 Increase 71,694 These returns do not exhibit any variation of great moment. The effect of the smaller payments cm account of the dividends, which may be considered as now nearly concluded, is seen in the further small decrease in the stock of bullion. According to the official returns published in the Gazette of last Tuesday, the total note circulation of all the private banks of England and Wales during the week ending the lOtii July last, was 3,412,094/. ; in the week preceding the amount was 3,450,4621. There is consequently a decrease of 38,3681. The note circulation of the joint-stock banks during the same week was 2,719,069/., and the previous week's return being 2,730,025/., the decrease is shown' to be 10,934/. On taking into consideration the active circulation of the Bank of England, which in the week in ques tion was 20,634,015/. (being 443,070/. more than the week preceding), we find the aggregate note circula tion of England and Wales to be 26,763,2087., which shows an increase of 393,746/. as compared with the returns for the previous week, ending the 12th of July. As regards the fixed issues, the private banks were 1,308,858/., and the joint-stock banks, 690,918/. be low the amount authorised to be issued, making a total of 1,999,776/., below the fixed amount. 127.=5.4M 7o,4TNIMP. ou..4ud.ldot Atand , 4l Z 13.464.021 ,idterzeclaritios 11.60).0)5 !iota • ioid awl elliret Oftn /01.251 NEW MONEY ORDER OFFICER.—The undermen tioned offices will be opened as Minor Money Order Offices on the following days, vis., on the lit of August—Ensham, Oxfordshire ; Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire ; Ripley, York shire; Slaithwaite, Yorkshire. On the 4th of August— Ombersley, Worcestershire. On the Bth of August—Rag land, 'Monmouthshire. On the Bth of August—Bleenavon, Monmouthshire. On the 11th of August —Talgarth, Bre conshire. On the 13th of August—Llandrindod, Radnor shire. On the 15th of August—Trecastte, Breconshire. On the 18th of August—Tregaron, Cardiganshire. The Vi HIM (Fran the D&y News.) At a half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Copiapo Milling Company held to-day, it ay pearcd from the directors report that since the last meeting the Acacia had arrived at Swansea,: bringing 427 tons of cooper ore, 21 tons of silver leavings, and 3 tons of silver ore from the Santa Ava mine. Tho copper ore averaged 224 per cent. copper, and rea lised The silver leavings averaged 159 oz. of silver to the ton, and' at present remain un sold; whilst the ore had not been assayed. Tho quantity of copper ore raised at the mines during the six months, ending 30th April, was 407 tons, showing an increase of 75 tons as compared with the preceding six months, and the reports from the manager still continue highly satisfactory, particu larly of the new copper mines at Tres Pumas and Flamenco. The total expenditure at the different silver mines to 30th December last, including the purchase money of 5,250 L, had been 15,720/. ; and the proceeds of the silver shipped to England amounted to 12,470/. ; and the amount of charges had been 10,4701., leaving a surplus of 2,000/. The returns were principally from the two mines of Al-fin Hallada and San Jose del Carmen, in which the company have only a small in terest, whilst the expenditure has been in developing the six other mines in which they are interested. The total expenditure at the gold mines, including the purchase money of 300!., amounted to 4,070/. up to 31st December last; and the returns had been only :3•i0!. The present working is confined to the les Cubridom de Oro Mine, and the manager hopes that it will eventually repay the expenditure on these mines. A dividend of 514. per share, amounting to 2,500/., was declared payable on and after the 10th October next. A very interesting report has just been presented Ito the l.nited States House of Representatives by Messrs. J. W. Foster and J. D. Whitney, who were deputed to make examination into the geography and topography of Lake Superior Land district, in the state of Michigan. A number of highly valuable details arc given relative to the copper region and the yield and prospects of the nuns, besides a auras of useful E tat tst ica I information, with a view to contrasting the produce and consumption of vari ous countries. The mining interest in North Ame rica may be fairly assumed to be as yet only in its infancy, for in addition to the vast mineral wealth already disclosed, as the country becomes opened and the means of exploration increased, new sources will undoubtedly be revealed, as indeed daily experience shows. Fur certain purposes in the arts, the copper of Lake Superior stands unrivalled; and, according to the present report, it surpasses all other copper ores in density and tenacity. Its per centage of silver, though too inconsiderable in most eases to justify separation, still enhances its value by protecting it in a considerable degree from the corrosive action of 'salt water. The average value of the copper annu ally imported into the United States exceeds 1,700,000 dots., or say 3.51,01101. Assuming the price of pig copper to be Is cents. per lb., and that of sheathing 22 cents., the annual consumption would he rather less than 5,000 tons. 'lite produce of the l atko Superior Mines for the year Mal will probably reach one-half this amount, or 2,+4111 tons. According to the estimates of M. Leplay, tho secretary of the Commission of Mining Statistics in France, the whole amount of the copper produced in the world is 52,100 tons. 'this, however, does not include portions of the Asiatic continent, with regard to which we have no statistical knowledge, though none of the produce of these regions is exported. The estimate of the amount consumed by various countries is as follows. viz.:—Great Britain, 10,000 tons; France, 0,200; the German Customs Union, 5,400; the Austrian Empire, 2,1k)0; the Russian Empire, 2,000; Sweden and Norway, 400; other European states, 0,000; the United States, 3,1100; other states of America, 1,1(H); the Asiatic continent (India and Oceania), 3,300; and Joist'', 1,204). The evidences of ancient mining and excavations in the Lake Superior region, which are very fre quently met with in particular districts, constitute a very interesting feature. The high antiquity of this rude mining is partly inferred from the fact that the existing races of Indians have no traditions by what people or at what period it was carried on. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Males opened. 18.10. Name of Itathwor. Reoelpt.. 1850. ; 1841 1:ItIT1811. Aberdern 1,632 1,905 37f Belfnst and Ballymena 17 Belfast and County Down 33 Birkenhead, I.ane., & Cheshire 261 Bolton, Blackburn, & W.York 841 Bristol and Exeter 160 Caledonian_ 24i; lAMI 1,567 .641 . 8,1:31 5,381 6,59'2! 7,689 3,1.02 1,284 911 Cheater and lliilyheud • 49 Dublin and Belraq J unction d Dublin and Drogheda 6 'Dublin and King,town IGI Dundee and Arbroath 31 !Dultiler,l'ertli,Abenleen J unc 19 'Dundalk awl Enniakillen 68 ;East Anglian 347 '7lO 1,001 1,084 1,211 1,004 601 612 738 713 l:ri; is 79 'East Liaiediire I 322 Eas.ern Counties and Norfolk' 9.5 Eastern Union 891 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1 78 'Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee* G E x eter and Crediton 19 Furness 1712 Glasgow and South Western 21} Glioguw,l'aisley,tind Greenock 236 I Grout Northern& 11.Lineolnsh 188 ;Great Southern & Western( Ilr) 261 lOteut Westent 2.5 Irish South Eastern 90 !Lancaster and Carlisle 260 ILaneashire and Yorkshire 39 Leeds and Thirsk 121 ,Liverpool,Crosliy, & Southport 626 'London and North Wiagern 1 5 'LOIIIIOII and Blitekwall 173 'Landon, Brighton, and S. Coast 244 'London and South Western 15 'Londonderry and Enniskillen 111 `)lan., Buxton, & Matlock, &c. 167 •Man;hester, Shelf., &. Lincoln.' 9 IManclie , terand South' unction • 28 ';Nlaryport and Carlisle 4961 :Midland 40 Midland Great Western (Ire ) 37 'Monklands 3,504: 4,413 13,913 17,067 2,419, 2,446 3,10.11/1 4,995 3,018 i 382, 2,624, 4,:r21 1,2(13 1,382 3,369:15,149 4,6241 4,756 17,177 27,512 - ! 134 4,023; 4,941 16,405' 17,179 1,199, 1,481 332 000 49,022 63,239 1,14,4 1,427 12,401 13,807 13,02.5 17,033 282. 203 6,393 7,40.5 629 GM 24,006 23,148 1,134 1,194 .G 0 !Newa.istle and Carlisle 618 804 2,352 2,241 3,772, 3,803 6,027! ;MYR 149 iNorth Itriti%h I!1 Worth 47 Nth-1h Western 45 IScottish Central 32 Scottish Midland 29i 'Shrewsbury and liirminghurn 17 Shrewsbury and Chester 311 Shropshire Union South 261 !South Eastern .620 . ; '661 1,660' 2,616 1,623: 1,691 - 470 621 1,10. 1,929 16,010 20,014 7.i :South %Vac% _ _ 69 I SoutltYork.,Duoesetert Goole 30 ;Taff Vale 978 1,262 1,070 1,130 2,103 2,273 3_6 kjt.ter _ _ 24 iVaterfunl aad Limerick 13 !West Cornwall 12Whitehaven Junction I 291 York, Newemstic,c!nd Bowiek 911 1,016 - : 2140 2W2 289 217 186 14,418 16,241 9,188. 9,0 a n 9 I York'aud North Midland .... Fouriom. 761 Amiens and Boulogne 152 ',Central of France 571 Dutch ltheniah 63 Nlontereau and Troyes 336 Northern of France 71 .Orleans and Bordeaux 240 Paris and Lyons 82 ,Paris and Orleans 84 Paris and Rouen 194 ',Paris and Strasburgh 59 I ltouen and Havre 67 !Tours and Nantes 1,651,' 2,288 2,719 3,044 1,934. 1,666 '991 1,001 20,440 21,650 3,018 3,556 6,693 11,806 7,633 7,880 8,428 7,671 4,478 7,219 3,548 3,055 1,228 1,359 • The cause of the mileage for 1850 being greater than that for 1851 is that, since the opening of the ferry across k r the Tay, the traffic has been sent over the Dundee and Arbroath front Droughty to Dundee, instead of by the co m - D pa u o n y d 's ecAs own tkamou ntsteam-vessel direct f fromthotr affic. Ferry l b e fort - on -Craig rec -on le a d igb to len this company under a recent agreement with the Scottish Central and other companies cannot be ascertained till two weeks hence, the usual weekly return is necessarily post poned. The East Anglian line is now worked by the Great Northern Company, Company, and the traffic returns arc furnished to ' us by the Great Northern Company. The aggregate traffic on railways in the United Kingdom published weekly, from the Ist of January to the 26th of July inclusive, amounted to 7,901,1281. • corresponding period of 1850, to 6,926,356/. ' • corresponding period of 1819, to 6,077,3151. ; and in 1648, 5,440,548/.; showing an increase an increase in 18,50, over the corresponding period of 1849, in 18.51, over the corresponding period of 1850, of 974,7721., of 849,0411., and in 1819 over the same period of 1818, of 636,767/. The traffic receipts for the above period averag in 18,51, 1,2551. per mile; in 1830, 1,270/. per mile; in 1849, A5l 100 144 .2 2 7; 322 181 t2l 143 188 231 2iiii 256 761 152 671 63 336