The Express. — London, England, 1851-07-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING JULY, 19, 1851 REPRESENTATION OF SCARBOROUGH. THE NOMINATION. SCIRIROUOVOIT, FRIDAY KOILXIWO. This morning, at 10 o'clock, the proceedings in connexion with the nomination of a candidate fur the repre sentation of this borough took place on hustings erected in front of the Town-hall. The two candidates, Lord Mel grave and 0. F. Young, Esq., arrived at that hour at the hustings, escorted by a large number of their friends, wearing orange and blue :avours, and preceded by bands of The usual formularies having been disposed of, Sir WM. LOWTHROP proposed the Right Hon. Lord Mulgrave. He advised them not to be misled by Mr. Young's interminable calculations, and, if they wished to be efgeisntly represented, let them elect Lord Mulgrave. (Loud cheers.) T. WEDDALL, Esq., seconded the nomination. He had hoped Lord Mu*rave would have been elected without this I unseemly contest. (Cheers.) A cry had been got up that Lord Mulgrave opposed the shipping interest. He denied the fact. (Cheers.) Ile thought the shipping interest ought to be an exception to the free-trade policy of the day, and, as his lordship bad not opposed that interest, he asked them to return him by a triumphant majority. G. F. BROWN, Esq. proposed G. F. Young, Esq. JONATHAN HARRISON, Esq., of Pocklingtoo, se conded the nomination. Mr. Young was burn with an anchor ore cable in his mouth. (Laughter and cheers.) Was not he, then, the man to be elected, who knew the wants of the port? Their opposition was not to Lord Mulgrave's private character, but to his political creed. (Cheers.) There being no other candidate to propose, Lod ILULORAVE came forward to address the electors, and was received with loud cheers. He had resigned to them that trust which they kindly gave him when he last had the honour of addressing them 'from that place; and in looking back to that time, he could not accuse himself of having deserted may one of those principles which he then professed. (Loud cheers ) His lordship adverted to the important subject of free trade, for it was upon that subject, and that alone, that this oppo sition had been brought against him—(hear, hear)—and upon which a stranger had been brought amongst them, to rob him of the houour which had been formerly conferred upon him. (Hear, hear.) Upon one subject there was no difference between his opponent and himself. Mr. Young hail said, " his object was to promote the welfare ofhis coun trymen." So said he (Lord Mulgrave) ; _ but their means of doing it were widely different. Mr. Young would pro tect everything and everybody against everything and everybody. (Cheers, and a shout of " Let us have good bread and cheap.") Ho (Lord Mialgrave) would only give encouragement to those who produced articles with a desire to exchange with those who have not the natural advantage of producing • similar article. (Cheers.) Mr. Young had lately told some of his countrymen that protection is not dead. He would tell them that free trade is neither dead nor likely to die. (Cheers.) If he had to write the epitaph of free trade, he should follow the example of the person who wrote the epitaph on Sir Christopher Wren's tuutb—" If you seek fur his monument look around you." (Cheers.) Did they not see that whilst there were convulsicas in other countries there is peace, and happiness, and prosperity in this country? His conduct on the navigation laws, he contended, had been that which was right ; fur knowing the strong feeling enter tained by some of his constituency so that subject, he had always voted against it, except once, and then he paired off with a gentleman who would have voted for the repeal. lie entreated them, if they valued the principles about which he had been speaking, to return him by a triumphant majority, and thus set an example to the country. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) G. F. YOUNG, Esq., then proceeded to address the electors, and maintained that the only true policy the country, as an agricultural country, should follow, was to carry out moderate protection, because it was utterly impossible that the land could be cultivated with wheat at 38s. 3d. On a show of hands being taken, there appeared the largest show for Mr. Young ; and a poll was demanded for Lord Mulgrave. The contest will be a close one. the repu blic . Ile would resume all that be had Pentsittings but they soon meowed, and exhibited an iPle In one 'needs kin _„" improvement at the close. The Fives closed at 96.30, said of the monarchy of P rinciple. g a my was dead in France. „ But there was another class es With a nee of 30c the Threes rose 20c . and closed who ma st be co to diem. the opinions( . a. the t otem ,. their journal. hail the exclusive vikge a t being add in the streets ; who said. " True le• bk.--diviat right is dead but the other' f a i =7, eery-the empire-is not wily powible, ! b et aui p an amy." Where did this glory ezist ? lie wee heidett about for it. Ile found every liberty memoi ?ay sod hosind,.aniversal suffrage betrayed, socialist resulting in ajesuitical piny, and fur a govern meat one vast intriaue. (Murmurs.) History would say that it was a c ompiraey-(Great sensation) --tome incre dible u aderstanding, that the republic is to be the foundation , of the empire, and which has made a sort of lionapartiet foss-masonry of 500,000 plawoholders; every ssAem stilled se peaponed, banknsome tales maintained as re seta- Wetted, sea departments in a state of its refused, transportation aggravated, the mem Juries packed ; too little justice and too Emit Oho= at the foot, anarchy at the head, of the social state. the corpse of the Roman reoublic, Austria, that is gas pl• lows, with her loot upon Hungary. upon Lonsb!lliallt Milan, upon Venice, a latent coalition of kings, se opportunity. Our diplomacy dumb-he wonlit . " . "W ear an accompine-Turkey abandoned to the Czar. Maim* languishing in a dungeon in Asia Minor. Me le ass situation. France bows her head, Napoleon animas with shams M his tomb, and 6,000 copies shout " Vint Ilia perdu." (Bravos on the Left.) People might say, " But im bed, dreams of empire." His habit was to tear off masks. What was then the meaning of the cries of " Vice l'Empereur," and who paid the parties that uttered them ? What was the meaning of the ridiculous petition ing for a prolongution of the President's powers ? Prolongation meant eomulato for life, and that meant em pire. " Gentlemen," be exclaimed, " there is ea intrigue an intrigue, I tell you. I have a right to search into it. I do so. Come, let 111 day-light upon all this." France must not one day find herself with an emperor, without knowing the reason, lkeause there was once a man who gained the battle of Marengo, who reigned, is the man to reign who gained the battle of Satory ? (Laughter.) Because ten centuries era Charlemagne, after forty years of glory, let fall no the ram of the globe a sceptre and a sword of such proportions that none dared to touch them ; and bectuse one thousand year. later-for nature requires noises a period of gestation to produce such men-another genius caught up that sword and sceptre ; a man who chained revolution in Franee and uneliained it in the rest of Europe; who added to his name the brilliant synonyms of Itivodi, Jena, Fading, Friedland. Montinirail; because this man, after ten years of fabulous glory, at length exhausted, let fall this sceptre and this sword of Charlemagne, you are to take iii your little hands the giant's sceptre, the Titan's -word. What to du ? What ? after Augustus, Augustulus ? Because we once had Napoleon the Oreat must we now have Napoleon the Little? (Indescribable' uproar and conflicting cheers followed this eentence, and it was many minutes before silence was restored.) M. Victor Hug) claimed the freedom of the tribune. He would say a truce with parodies. To put an eagle on the flag then- must first he an eagle at the Tuileries. Where was the eagle? Lem FAI:CHER-The speaker insults the President of the npublie (.• Yes, yes, on the Hight.) M. V term Ilunio • -1 am unable to understand the ob servation which has been mule. It cannot be an insult to the President to say that he is nut great. (Laughter.) What we ask of the President, and what we confidently expect from him is not that he should retain power like a great man, but that he should quit it like an honest one. (Applause on the Left.) The ureter then, at touch length, accusal the majority of relying upon Russian cannon to support their principles, which accusation prod used violent outcries, and M. Victor Hu tt o was called to order by the President. Ile concluded hi. spesch amidst mush intermpt:on, by alluding to the approach of Ird2, dwelling upon the dangers of the law of May 31, but confidently predicting that, let the struggle come o hen it might, two combatants only would finally be left standing -God unit the People. (On descending, he was enthusiastically congratulated by the whole of the Left.) In thesittingof today Nl.Carnot rose to explain the words used by him, and alluded to yesterday by M. do Falloux. He had said that he preferred having the Cossacks at Patin to having the Jesuits; because the Coosacks would become republicans ono day, which would never be the case with the Jesuits. M. de la Nterskowa explained the motives which had de tertnined him in accepting a seat in the' Chambers of Peers, notwithatanding the execution of his father. The debute on revision was resumed by Ilakewite, who was surprised that after having bitterly trainee-el the constitution, M. Hugo had emeleided against envision. Ile then showed, by quoting the chief arguments of the speakers of the Left, that the main ! round which they assigned for resisting revision was the policy of the ni a jocity in passing a write of repressive laws. By this argument N. ltaroche sought, with a certain de gr., of dexterity, to unite the whole majority a. on a q uestion of center against the Left. lle then attempted to show that the constituent to be appointed would be as free and as truly the expression of public opi aim as the Ilest constituent, appoint. d under the stress of • commercial - and the pressure of commissaries and circular.. The constitution he represented an having been inipirc el by a feeling of distrust and personal hostility amend the eau Mite pester. (At thane words M. Haze and 11. Intranet ikmanded to speak, with great vivacity. Great agitation aneeeeded the remark of M. Bareche, the Mountain seeming eadient with satisfaction. Groups formed, and en gaged in wiry animated conversation. A vehement altercation hook gime between General Beeline and at Leon Faucher. Oenseal Lantorwiere signalseed himself by the animation of his metana. General ravaignac quitted the bench of the eriausittee to sps,ah to 1411•10tIVIVIre. The silting wl.l. roiled for a quarter of en hour. in the midst of an inde scribable agitatien.) Selene.• hating hero re-established, M. ltereche said th et he had tether expreued himself ill, or that his language heel been misinterpreted. Had it been imagined that lie had meant to question the power. of the constituent to frame the comaitution ? Such an idea was ea remote ea poribk from his mind. The question was, whether they would appoint a fresh constituent, in consequence of the circum stances %hie?. laud meonapanied the elections of 184:4. Ile had spoken or personal distrust. Well ; he appealed to all me WWI, 01 ther constituent who were' present whether, upon the third reat!ing of the constitution, there had not arisen propositions which mini-wed distrust, not nuked against the meow of the President, hut against the designs attri buted id bun. M. liariele- then proceeded to make a per- Maul attack upon M. V. Hugo; but, busing been neullall to the question, he prigested that the intentions of the President anal of his go, rument wen to obaerve the' limits of legality. Ile enlarged upon the claims of the President to the grati tude- of the country and the respect of the Assembly fur having reoateldisheel order ; and he concluded by adjuring the Amenably to vote the n vision. (N. Victor Hugo then offered • no words eu justifivation of hilusidf against the attack of M. ILiniehe, which provoked the jeers and ame nities of the Right.) M. Beret ea, leaving suacerdeel to the tribune, expresseal surprise at the words or !Laroche, who, while protesting his respect for the constitution, attempted to undermine its base. lie related the Allegations of the Minister of Foreign Affairs with read to the illegal preamire which bad been exer- 1 eised at t he' election of the tint constituent, and reminded Y. linnielir that he hall been the candidate of the commit series of his deportee ut, while he fat. Defame) hail net been so. Ile maintain, el that Art. 45 of the constitittios had not been framed, as was said, in a spiri t of dis trus t against M. Louis against Bonaparte, since it was made lon g hefore there was t ie r least question of his candid:Man for the maid. my. M. Oufaure then entered into can ample develomod i t of his arguments against revision, which he l' erttr i ersirtrerw rt il l ir we ' ll:I M e t e e r ihuv,ia. expected to cow- General Mittman was installed in his command at the Tuillerien ou Woluoithly evening, when the re ception of Whereat took place at the pavilion Nlansan. General Itarnguuy &Hillier' has addnieed an order of the day to the troops under his late com mand, reit l i ~, hug them that their most dangerous enemies tare those who would sap their discipline. The ifundkur publishes a decree, dated 16th inst., approving the treaty between the Minister of l'ub• lie Works and the company of Peto, Betts, &c., fur the construction of the Western Railway. The Minister of Finance has just submitted to the Assembly a recouel colketiee bill of supplementary crodile applicable to Hie estimates of 1831. Among them is a sum of two millions for the purpose of completing the credit of six millions, appropriated to • the execution of the Tours and Bordeaux comprised between l'oitiers and Angouleme. This stun is considered 'ugh:lent to push on the work, during the present season, in each a ntanner as te give a hope. of their completion by . the end of 1832. This is the only break at present in the line. The establishment of a bunk at Algiers appears to be decided on. Hitherto the only institution of credit there hiss been the discount bank. The di rector of this hitter establishment, M. Lichtlia, bon been suenntoned to l'aris to be consulted on the nab jest of the new bunk, the statutes of which, it is said, have been drawn up. anti will be very shortly submitted tee the examination of the Council of !hale. The erctroi receipts for the first six months of the resent veto have amounted to the stun of 17.653.000 ti. being 177.000 f. more than in the corresponding period of the previous year. The present annual revenue, after deducting 1,093,000 fr. the amount of new taxes. exce e d s by 90,000 fr. th at of the year which preceded the revolution of February. 'The revenue front wines, liquors, and provisions presents a marked increase, but on building materials there is Coextx COURTS.—Yesterday a return, by or d er a large di m i nut i on . 'the entra nce duties levied at of. the House of Lords, relating to the County Courts, was Paris for the public treasury issued. In undefended cases the cost. would be simply the have increased as well fees paid, which vary in , according " the °On* 4ber amounted during the last tor. to the sum sued s would be 3a in the pound on the months to 6,804,000 fr which • w la 107 0001 i more !ban 111 t sued for , or admitted. * The coats in eases above 201 in the same period of 1830, and 023:000gr: morn thorn are the same as in cams for 201. only. There are no judg- * in 1847. meats by default in County Courts. In ease a defendant The funds were somewhat depressed at d r op en _ I does ~ en t and the cons would be the same as l a as a d e f ea d e d a" appear , on proof, the plainti ff would obtain judo ! . log of the Bourse by the agitatiaa o f falltay's nit SPAIN. MADRID, Inv: 19. The division on the bill for the settlement of the debt took place in the Chamber of Deputies. The result has been already received by telegraph. One of the ministers, Arteta, the suocessor of Negretc, abstained from voting. DEN MARK. The following, aooordin' g to the Allows Mercury, is the odoeanec of the report of the deliberations of the notables stlissoisag :—The propositions in which all the Danish and pure Ihhhovris notables have concurred. which in feet have 'ebbs* the approbation of two-thirds of the Assembly, mesa moldy with those of the government. Some amend ing" however, have been suggested, the principal of whisk w will name. Article 1 has undergone important mitensaisso. A common system of commerce and navigation, of coinage, of postage, and customs for the whole kingdom of Denmark, including the Duchy of Schleswig, is recent seeds& The tariff and Peat-office arrangement to be bsessist Most by a treaty. The common custom-house ad ministration is somewhat doubtfully proposed ; on the con trary, on the subject of finances, on which the government project speaks very dubiously, the report says: an exposi tion (issifmodusay) of the common state debts and common state resources for the kingdom of Denmark and the Duchy of Holstein should take place. The relations between the kingdom of Denmark and the German duchies which are spoken of in the 2nd and 3rd articles of the government propositions, have something obscure about them, which is hardly removed by the amendment of the notables. The ll nonce question is so far made clear, that a minimum, it is proposed, should be established, which the chambers of the Duchies are not to be allowed to refuse for common ex penses; but another point, the co-operation of the two legislatures, is not settled. Yet the notables reject the proposal of the government on this head, whereby the free dom of the legislature is somewhat restricted. The fourth article treats of points peculiar to the duchy of Schleswig. The majority of the notables propose that worship and edu cational instruction should be uniform throughout the king dom of Denmark, but that there should be in Schleswig a separate ministry of worship. The conclusion of the pro ject No. 6, in Article 4, is to the following effect Inadtag decides the manner in which the contribution of the duchy, which it has to furnish in common with the kingdom, inasmuch as it may not be covered by the cons- IMO income, is to be levied—the amount of contribution to be seconding to population. The conclusion of the fourth wedge, on the subject of the two nationalities, has been slonged into • new article, the 6th, which lays it down, AIMS ss champ can take place in Danish aiml fhassa share& • Mg school language without the comma ieeaaetdto DM* and Schleswig chambers. The 6th Mids aim gowaresnent proposals on the subject of the eenneetkm between Holstein and Schleswig has become now the 7th article. The majority proposes that the forced union with respect to fire insurance institutions should MINP, that Schleswig, as long as Schleswig students enjoy the same advantages in Kiel as the Holstein students do, should contribute yearly to the University, and that nothing should he pronounced about the nesse smash*. By this means the Eider Canal would be subject to a common Danish and Schleswig custom-house administration. The ith article necessarily becomes the Bth, and provides that changes in th- foregoing articles can only be brought about by the consent of the legislative power in the locality where the champ.* may be proposed. There are above three amendments of the notables, and the government propositions thus modified have been adapted by two-thirds of the Assembly. The two entirely new =seems from the Holsteiners and from Prehn. The go bark to the state of things before 1848. In ens respect they come nearer to maintaining the integrity et the nomarchy than the majority, inasmuch as they speak of so portion of the national debt, but Schleswig and Hol stela, by their plan, are so strongly fastened to each other, that though their inseparability be not formally expressed, sad • conjoint Schleswig-Hohtein formally proclaimed, their separation from Denmark is made as complete as can well be. ITALY. NAPLES, JI:LT 7. Before this communication reaches England, you will no doubt have received intelligence of the arrival of hi► Neapolitan Majesty in the Roman S•ates. The king leg Naples with the utmost seertsy ; indeed, it was nut known that his Majesty intended to go any further than Gaeta by the most confidential officers of the court. I have informed you, in former letters, that for some time past preparations were in progress at Gaeta for the reception, as it wee then supposed, of his Sicilian Majesty ; but 1 am inclined to believe the king anticipated a visit from Pio Nono, and that the vigilance of the French has thwarted some runaway plan, suggested, I am told, by Cardinal An. ,! tonelli. If I am rightly informed, for more than three months the l'ope has been anxious to leave Rome, "to bring about • crisis." The advisers of his Holiness have always looked to Naples as a sale retreat, whilst Austria was solicited to do the di plomatic work. That cabinet, it was argued, having so much interest in the tranquillity of Italy, and being so faithful an ally of the Pope, had a right to come forward mid press the Frenehgoverriment to withdraw their forces from Rome, that no domestic ilisa.ter might change the Gallic devotion to the throne of Bt. Peter, either in a spiritual or temporal erne. The French, however, appear to have kept their eyes open, and anticipated the intrigues of the Vatican. The l'ope has been, and is, closely watched. l'io Nono, therefore, sent fur the King of Naples that he might receive his personal advice. If his Holiness can slip through the fingers of the French, he will no doubt do so, and we shall hear of his arrival at Oae•ta in some new costume, as 1 presume "the infallible" will not adopt the same them as that which concealed him when he ran away last time from his luring children. TURIN, JULY 1.5. The Senate has approved the commercial treaties with France, the Low Countries, Switzerland, and the Zullecrein. Dlt. MERLE D'AUBIGNF.. Reply to an Address tonrarded from the Metro politan Church Reform Association to the Rev. Dr. M. D'Aubigni, in which was expressed regret that a more fraternal welcome and an unqualified recognition of equal ministerial functions had not been given by the metropolitan clergy to the Foreign Evangelical Futon : Sirs and Reverend Brethren,—l have had the pleasure to receive your letter of the Sth of July, wiitten in the name of the Metropolitan Church Reform Association. While the !sentiments which that letter represses do honour to the church or Englund, they must be gratifying to the minister* of the reformed churches of the continent i The faith of those churches is the sane with your I own. The doctrines of the Thirty-nine Articles are dear to my brethren and to mys..ll Though in the continental churches several have set aside portions of the Word of Life, and fallen into rationalistic errors,—though . in the church of England several add to the things written 'in that Book, and fall into the superstitious ecclesiastical errors of Rome,—there are still in England and on the continent a considerable number of ministers 1 and members of the church who wish to lay no I other foundation than that which is laid—Jesus Christ, —who look to no other authority in matters of faith than that of the word of God, no other salvation than grace justifying by faith, no other regeneration than that which the spirit works in those that believe. The unbelieving or superstitious can make any sect or party, for the essence of human opinions is diver sity and contradiction ,• but the members of the body of Christ, whatever be their nation and language, are one, because they have the same Head. In spite of • that sectarian spirit which you reprobate in your let ter, yet which breathes so strongly in England, let us always recognise this union—this unity—let us truly be the different members of one and the same body. leaeoauni eireAsisi erfror maraorla. (The catholic church, the com munion of saints.) Life can only proceed front life. It is the living mem- 1 hers alone of the church of England that can renovate and reform it. The church has constantly need of reformation' by the word and by the Holy Spirit, on the ground that it is subject to a constant deformation by the principle of sin and darkness, which is naturally in man. It is with great joy that I see an association propose to itself the end which yours has in view. Remembering. , then, that it is the Lord alone who reforms his church and panties the sons of Levi. I pray him to be with you, sin, to give you much faith, much prayerfulness, a powerful and pure confession of his name, his divine and vivifying presence, since it is essentially by these means that a true reformation can be accomplished. Have the goodness, gen- ' tlemen, to ezilrera to your conference, at its neat meeting, my sentiments of gratitude and Christian affection. Dashing, as you request me, to make known to my bre- 1 thren on the Continent the sentiments expressed in your letter, I have communicated its contents to two journals. I hope that it will be announced here as in England. and will rejoice and strengthen the hearts of believers. Never ! was It more necessary than now fur them to think and act SS 0011 I am, dear sirs, your devoted humble servant, MERLE D'AUBIGNE. Cieneve, July 11, 1831. To the Herds. G H. &ratchet, O. G. &ado's, Chas. D. Johnson, Esq., London. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Thursday a court was held for the despatch of public bwiness. TEE LATE ENTERTAINMENT TO lIER MAJESTY. The LORI) id AYOR rose and said, I have had the honour to receive a cuanmunieation from Lord John Itu.selLwhich, as it refers W the IstaY era tq the elr: gyration to her Majesty, I propose May be reiid to the court. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Wootyrnuart, the clerk of the court, then read the letter, of which the following is a copy : " Downirupstreet, July 10, " My Lord,—l have received her Majesty's command to . ezpress to the Corporation of the City of London, through your lordship, her Majesty's cordial thanks for the manner in which the corporation received her Majesty yesterday even ing and for the splendid entertainment at the Guildhall. The hearty, kind, and enthusiastic gr.etiugs which accom panied the progress of her Majesty through the City, both in going and returning, have affonled her the highest gra tification. The Queen and the Prince Albert were deeply affected by those spontaneous marks of attachment. Their only anxiety has been lest any incident s' , uuld have occurred from tier pressure of the crowd. The Queen has been pleased to direct that the dignity of a baronet should be conferred upon your lordship as a proof of her satisfaction and an enduring testimony of her regard fur the citizens of London.—l Lave the honour to Ir., my lord, your lordship's faithful and obedient servant, _ (Signed) " J. Ruser.u.. " Right lion. the Lord Mayor. " Mr. DAK IN, ii, moving that the letter be entered on the journal. of the court, remarked that it was an ample answer to the reflections which had been east, whether by the 'imes or m the Court of Aldermen, on the arrangements of the entertainment. The motion was agreed to. ALLEGED INVASION OP CONVORATE PRIVILEGES. Mr. Deputy STACY wished to call the attention of the court to a bill which had been brought forward by the go vernment with reference to the cool whippers of the port of London. Since he had been in his place that morning he hod received a copy of that bill, and upon perusing it he was astonished to tied that in it a clause was inserted which I was calculated materially to interfere with the privileges of the corporation, and which, if passed, would reduce the power of that court from four-ninths, as given to them in the existing act—which every one admitted had worked well—to the minimum portion of one-fifth. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Story then moved that the bill be referred to the parlia mentary committee fur immediate cunaideration and report. Agreed to. ELECTION •CT AMENDMENT ACT. Mr. Deputy HARRISON (the chairman of the freedom committee) brought up a hport, of which the following paINLICI are extracts:— " That we have agreed to recommend to your honourable court the following amendments of the Election Act Amendment Art of 1849. That every person who shall oc cupy premises iu the City of London fur a period of a year and a day, and shall pay scut and hear lot, shall be a free man and citizen, and shall be entitled to all the benefits sad privileges, and be subject to all the duties thereof, provided every person so occupying shall within 21 days days next after the operation of such period of a year and a day, pay into the chamber of Loudon the amount of stamp duty theu chargeable by law upon the admission of freemen, together with the further sum of two pounds six shillings and eightpenee, to ho applied to the funds of the City of London Freeman's Orphan School, recently esta blished. That every freeman and citizen must be rated to some municipal, parliamentary, or parochial rate, to an' amount of ten pound... That all reference to the register of voters for members of parliament be repealed. That the roll of freemen and citizens should be made out in the first week of October, to be revised by the aldermen and common council in wardmotc, in. the first week of November fol lowing, with a provision that due notice should be given in each ward of times when, and places where such revision shall be appointed to take place. That in the absence of the alderman, the Lord Mayor should act in his stead. That the qualifications fur candidates for the common council be the same as those of the electors, and that provision be made to prevent any person being • candidate for the offices of alderman or common-councilman I who may not have paid his debts in full in the event of his having been bankrupt, insolvent, or haring compounded with his creditors. That the qualifications for aldermen be these of the freemen and citizens as idoresaid. And we also recommend that the act of 11 Geo. 1., c. 18, should be farther amended as follows: ' That freemen occupiers should be entitled to vote in all elections in common ball, in addition to the liverymen; that the poll at elections in common hall be limited to one day ; that no person be eli gible to be a candidate at elective. :n common hall for the utßees of chamberlain and bridgemaster without seven days' notice of his being a candidate ; that all enactments of the present election acts inconsistent with the foregoing pro cations should be repealed.' We therefore recommend this honourable court to give the necessary notices accordingly." Tnz FAILURE OF Mka.ilts. itl:FrOlte3 BANK.—A meeting of the creditors of the Messrs. Buford and Co., bankers, was held at Stoarbridge on Tuesday, and, in coo -1 sequence of its being quarter-day in that town, it created considerable interest. About 120 creditors were present. The object of the meeting was to consider the propriety of appointing fit persons for the office of trade assignees, but differences of opinion existed as to the proper time fur making these appointments, and ultimately the object fell to the ground. The liabilities of these banks were said to b e — t h,,,,, of stevebridge 350,0001., and those of Brorasgrove 200,0004 With regard to the assets it was found impos sible to obtain any information apinoisching to accuracy. Messrs. Glyn and Co,, of London, are creditors to the amount of 90,0001., but these claims are covered by the most valuable of the securities belonging to the firm, in cluding a large amount of the landed property of Mr. P. Ruffurd, and 4,000 shares of the British Alkali Com pany, of which 600 belonged to Mr. Wragge, and the re mainder to Mr. F. Ruffurd. The cash found in both banks did not amount to 1,0001. The good debts due to the Stourbridge bank are estimated by Mr. Percival, the ac countont, at 2.5,000/. This is exclusive of 90,0001. doe from the Bromsgrove bank. The whole of the latter sum had been lent within the last two or three years. Mr. Rut. ford's connexion with the Patent Disc Stoma Engine works on the banks of the Thames was inquired into, but nothing , appeared to be known with regard to his cease:kw with that caseera.—CAeltaiAaes Examiner. Tig CASE OF ANN HICKS.- VESTED •v•ronceva TO Till IDITOR Or THE txritru. SlR,—Valuable as your own time and space in your journal must be, yet I think you will not refuse to spare a little of each for the cause of the helpless and in jured, and therefore beg to call your attention to the case of Ann Hicks, which appears in the police report of Marl borough-street, in your paper of Thursday. From her statement it appears that, about a century ago, her grandfather helped George the Second out of the Ser pentine, and was royally rewarded with the privilege of selling eatables in Hyde-park, which privilege has been per mimed to become hereditary, and has descended to her. Further, that about seven years ago she, with the permis sion of Lord Lincoln, expended 130!. (her whole capital) is building herself a residence, within the park, for the purpose of carrying on her trade there. Further, that last autumn, the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, wishing to remove her cottage, gave her notice to quit; and she, having no other means of getting a livelihood, being be tween 40 and 50 years old, and having invested her all in the building, refused to surrender her "vested rights," and resisted the commissioners; upon which they compelled her to give up the cottage, which they have since pulled down, giving her about 131. "compensation," and turning her adrift upon the world. Thus reduced to poverty, she endeavoured to gain a scanty living by offering " three-a-penny" cakes for sale outside the Crystal Palace ; for which offence she is taken into custody by the police, but discharged by the magis trate, wi'h an injunction not to offend again. Now, sir, even supposing that Ann Melts was not suffi ciently submissive to Lord Seymour and the Commissioners, I think that they might have shown a little more leniency and forbearance towards a friendless and helpless woman whose whole livelihood they were taking awry ; and when I think of the different style in which our rulers "compen sate" a rich sinemarist, when public outcry compels them reluctantly to deprive him of an office or emolument which common honesty ought to have prevented his ever receiv ing, I confess I am bitterly indignant at the contrast; and ' I trust that the power of the press may in this case be so' well used, that Lord Seymour may be obliged either to disprove the charges involved in Ann Ilicka's statement, or to pay her a sufficient amount to compensate her fur her cottage and for the privilege of which she has been depriveil.—ltespectfolly yours, S. S. T. WOODS AND FORESTS EVICTIONS. THE CASE OF ANN HICKS. The magistrate at Marlborough-street Police-court received the following letter yesterday : Sir,—The cue of Ann Hicks as reported in the papers of this morning appears so harsh, cruel, and unjust, and de serving ..f relief, that I am induced to ask you kindly to allow the enclosed sovereign to be forwarded to her, it being unlikely I could find her residence. " I am, Sir, reepectfully, "F. H. S'l EWART. "J. Hardwick, Esq., 24, Great Marlborough-street, July 17." In addition to the above 10a. and 2s. 61. have been sent for Ann Hicks. IRELAND. LL DUBLIN, JULY 18. At the Meath assizes, the Rev. P. Ginty, a Roman catholic priest, was, on Wednesday last, put on his trial fur a misdemeanour, in threatening a crown witness, to prevent him from attending to give evi dence against persons charged with a whiteboy offence. The following evidence was produced: James Finnegan sworn—Lives in Moynaltv, in this county. The parish priest is the traverser, kr. Ginty. Remembers the 9th of January last. Had been examined at Moynalty sessions on the 7th of that month, in respect of the attack on Carolin's house. On the 9th of January Mr. Ginty came to the house of witness, and asked him to come down to his (Mr. Ginty's) house. It was between 10 and 11 o'clock in the morning. When he came down he saw Mr. Sheridan, the curare, in the parlour. Mr. Ginty then, addressing Mr. Sheridan, said " Here is a man who works itir the gentlemen of this neighbourhood—he is urged to hang these boys, for his oath is dreadful." Mr. Ginty then asked witness how long he had been in Moynalty. Witness replied, " Since the ear 1832." He then said, I " \Vail, then, you can't but know that Caroline character is • bad one, for he would have killed his own father in the bog where he was working, but that Pat Family saved his life—he also brought a party of men to beat the friend of a girl whom he wanted to marry him, and refused to do so, and he defamed her character.' Wit. ness said, in reply, " he believed that the opinion of the neighbours corroborated with Mr. Ginty's character of him." Mr. (linty then said, '• Will you not swear on the j table that his character is bad?" Witatats, in reply, said, " When the book is put into my hand I shall tell the i truth." Mr. Ginty then pushed witness out of the parlour, saying, " that the language which passed then should not go further." He appeared to be angry with witness. "Fin negan," said he, " don't attempt to speak of what has taken place here" Remember last assizes. A week before that time Mr. Ginty's boy came fur witness, and said Mr. Ginty wanted him down. Mr. Ginty, Mr. Sheridan, and the boy (llinnings) where all in the stable when he went down. Father Ginty was the first that spoke. He:stretched out kis arm, mid said, " There is a man whose ears will be cut utf for perjury—his oath is dreadful—he is going to prosecute them that he knows arc innocent of the charge." Witness said "it was a damnable thing to say so for it was • lie," and witness retired front the place at that word. Was examined at the last assizes, which took place about a week atter. On the Sth of April witness mut Mr. Ginty coming from Kens. It was on a Saturday. This was after the awaxes. Counsel for the traverser objected that what took plates after the assizes could nut be evidence. Chief Justice Monahan—l think it may be used as a cots ruborative evidence of what took place facture. Examination resumed—Witness and Father Ginty were on the road together. There were two other men present. It was between three and four o'clock in the day. When witness passed out before Father Ginty, the latter called to him, and said, was he able to meet the call ou his shares in the bank ? Witness said he was not. "I don't believe a word of it," says Father Ginty, "or anything you say. You said first that you were in Bailieborough, at the market, on the day of the attack on Carulin, and you after wards swore against the buys who were transported. I'll prove you a perjurer. 111 prevent you from drawing the breath of life." Crosa.examined by Mr. Battersbe—Mr. Ginty did not at any of the times desire me nut to tell the truth, but only nut to go forward. Mr. Ginty bore a good character in the parish. In the time of the famine and distress he was active there. Was implicated in the bank for 171. Mr. Ginty interfered, and got him time to pay it at 11. a month, but he asked tat. from witness to take his shares. It was not for nothing he got witness time at the bank. He gave Mr. Ginty value and workmanship far it. Gave evideuce last assizes in regard of the outrage on Carotin. Got only 30s. from the crown on that occasion. Never knew that Carotin got 50'. until this day. Witness was accused at one time of breaking a press and taking meat out of it, but there was no proof against him. Patrick Costigin and Joseph Lanigan (policemen) were examined. They stated they were at the chapel of Moy. nalty on Sunday, the 12th of January last, and heard W. Ginty, from the altar, read from the Meath Herald an account of the attack on Carolin's house. lie said the statement in it was untrue; that it said 40 men were con cerned in the attack, and that there were only sic or seven there, and that he could prove it; and also that the persons who were charged with it were persons of good character. He also said that the people who hunted those poor boys through the country, and persecuted them, were nut as good characters as those they were persecuting. The jury ultimately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The only son of Mr. Henry Grattan, M.P., died this week. TILE DERRY FAMILY AND Tow!, OF PRESTON. —When the late Earl of Derby entered parliament for Preston, 1796, this town was the winter residence, as I well as the resort at other times, of his lonlship's and th e other aristocratical families of Lancashire, although, from the recent introduction of the cotton trade, it WWI beginning ; to lose the character for exclusive gentility which it had so long enjoyed, and which obtained for it the name it yet bears of " Proud Preston." The earl's tither was a native of Preston, and received a portion of his education at the ga r school in this town. His grandfather w a s a l so born in Preston ; and his street grandfather, the eleventh earl, served the office of mayor of l'reston in the years 1731-2. The inhabitants of Preston, at the time the lato earl first represented the town, numbered about 7,000 or 8.000; the introduction of the cotton trade had just given an impulse to the population, which had been almost sta tionary at about 6,000 for nearly two centuries. Th e corporation, allying itself with the new interest, was strong enough in • few years afterwards to divide with the Stanley family the representation of the town ; their joint nomination, though often assailed, was triumphant until the year 1818. The small genteel borough has now risen to be an important manufacturing town, of 70,000 inhabitants ; and its representation, though gained some times by very questionable means, is at any rate no longer a t the disposal of a peer or a coterie of aldermen. Great, indeed, are other changes. The extension of trade and the rapidity of communication with the gay metropolis have displaced the nobility and gentry from the ranks of our ne *ideas, the Earl of Derby being one of the last to leave: and tho completion of the change from the old to the new p'yinte was characteristically marked by the razi ng of th e ancient mansion of the Stanley family in the town, to make way for a row of shops.—Presten Manias. THE LATE LORD Gamma BENTINCX.—The ground has just been marked out in Cavendiah.square, opposite Holler-street, for the bronze statue, erected by sucriP tion, to this lamented nobleman. Much delay has been oc casioned by the tedious process of polishing the huge block of red granite which is to form the pedestal, and weighs' near a donne tons. Raba intelligence. HOUSE OF LORDS—YvATERDAY. LLSWELIWN DIVOILCR Btu.. Mr. Barnard, the counsel for Mrs. Llewelyn, appeared with her agent at the bar, and being asked by the Lord Chancellor what was the nature of the opposition ho had to ' make to the bill, said it was this:—Some time after her marriage with Mr. Llewelyn ' a relative of hers left her a legacy of 400 1 . She received but 200 f. of that sum. The remainder was vested (as we understood the learned coun sel to state) upon house property, and payable to Mr. Llewelyn. This lady was without any money. She had received, under an order of the Ecclesiastical Coort,s sum of •year for alimony. She had been left wholly without mosey si'ce the voluntary separation in 1846, except two sums of U. each sent to her by the husband. All she asked now was that a clause might be inserted in this bill if it was to pass their lordships' house, to the effect that she should have a claim for the 200!. ;Mr. Warren and Mr. Macqucce, counsel for Mr. Llewelyn, said at once that there was no objection to the proposal now made, provided the insertion of such a clause was consistent with the rules and practice of the house. So far as Mr. Llewelyn was concerned, there was no objection to the clause. ! l'he Lord Chancellor asked them if they offered any fur ther evidence in support of their ease ? Mr. Warren said that in addition to the evidence given the other dayof the adultery, he had the lady's brother and sister, but delicacy to their feelings prevented him from calling them. If, however, it appeared to the house that the ease was not strong enough. he would, though with greet reluctance, call those persons. Ile and his learned friend were of opinion that there was sufficient evidence. The Lord Chancellor said it was not for the house to give any opinion on the matter a. present. The learned counsel would exercise their own discretion. Mr. Warren. after conferring with Mr. Maequeen and the agent for the bill, said that rather than reject the relief which this gentleman asked by the bill, lie would request their lordship. to give hint time to consider the matter, whether he would rest the ease on the evidence already given, or call further witnesses. The Lord Chancellor repeated that it was for the learned counsel to judge, and lay whether he would give further evidence or nut. Mr. W.irreu, after further conference with his colleague and agent, said the evidence which the brother and sister would give was a confession to them by this lady. Know ing how painful it would he to their feelings to be witnesses in such a matter, he would ask to rest the case on the evi dence so it stood. _ . The Lord Chancellor then addressing the house, said their lordships had heard the evidence given on a former, day, which has been since printed. lie had not himself , had time yet to read it, and was not therefore prepared to state the effect of it. The proper course would be, he i thought, to postpone the further consideration of the case. He would, to the meantime, read the evidence, and confer with other noble lords about the elfect of it. The second rending of the bill was postponed accordingly ; no day was named. EQUITY COURTS.-YENTERDAY. bine. Tu. LOW, CrIANCRLIDC. His Lordship heard and made orders in eleven petitions in lunscy, which were not opposed. RUSSELL V. THE EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAt COMPAYT. -ARRANOEMENT OP DIFFERENCES. Mr. Teller reminded the Lord Chancellor of the motions which were argued sometime ago before his lordship in this case (and then reported in this journal), in respect to the execution of the judgment which Bowes and Co. had ob tained at law against this company. The final result of the orders then made Wllll, that the receiver had paid the profits made by the company into court, and it was now arranged, with the consent of all parties, that the amount of their judgment be paid to Bowes sod Co. out of the fund in court, with the costs. There was no other charge on the fund. That was all that the petition now before the court asked. The Lord Chancellor assented, and the order was made. Iv RR HOLBORN POOR-LAW UNION. Mr. Daniel Faid a testator had left to Elizabeth Hall an annuity of 171., and another of 10'. to her daughter, both charged on houses which were since taken down by the Commissioner. of Metropolitan linprovements, who paid into tuurt 9701. for compensation. Elizabeth Hall had bete fur some time in the workhouse as a pauper lunatic; but some one, probably the daughter, went regularly to the Accountant-General's office, and in her name received the annuity. That was lately discovered by the clerk of the union. What w.ts now proposed was to make an order fur the clerk of the union to receive the annuity, and as all of it was nut necessary for the support of the annuitant to pay the balance over to the daughter or as the court might direct. The Lord Chancellor said he would look into the Metro politan improvements Act to sec if any direction were there given fur the appropriation of the money. IN RE. THE Rl.llll T, WARWICK, A.ND WORCESTER RAIL WAY COMPANY. - WINDINO•EP ACTS. - A SOLVENT COMPANY. Mr. Daniel asked that an appeal in this matter might be advane,d for hearing. Ths company was in the course of being wound up. It was one of the few of those companies in which there were funds to be distributed, but not enough to make a distribution among all the shareholders without making a call on somo who had not paid anything. The Master threfore made a call of 4s. per ',hare; but the Vice- Chancellor Lord Cranworth doubted whether the Muter had jurisdiction to du that. There were decisions one way and the other. It was therefore considered right to take the opinion of this court as early as possible, as there were other cases of the same nature pending in the Masters' other, The Lord Chancellor, after sotto hesitation, said he would not be doing justice to the other business of the court if he granted this application. Ile considered that the winding up cases had received a fair share of the time of the court. TUE SOUTH STAProIIDAIIIILE RAILWAY COMPANY V. HALL.—COMPENSATION.—LANDS CLAUSES CONSOLIDA. TOPA ACT. Mr. Itolt, with whom was Mr. Speed, for the above com pany, arid this motion was by way of appeal from the Vice . Chancellor, who dissolved en injunction which he had I granted ex parte to the plaintiffs to restrain the defendant from proceeding under the above net to have a jury sum intoned to assess compensation fur the injury which the railway would, as the defendant supposed, do to his property. The railway did not pass through defendant's property, but he alleged that his property would be injuriously affected" by it to the amount of 550/. da wages, and he claimed that sum. The company, believing that its injury would be done to the defendant's property, : refused t n pay him. He then proceeded under the 68th clause of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act (ft & 9 Viet., C. 18). The company tiled their hill for an injunction to restrain the defendant, and the Vice Chancellor, on their ex parte application, granted the injunction, which be ha s since dissolved. There was no complaint of the dissolving ' of the injunction, but the company submitted that terms I should be imposed on the defendant. When the injunc tion was granted the law was that a party in defendant's position could not proceed to enforce any compensation under the above act, but should resort to his ordinary action at law for damages. That was the law laid down in this court by Lord Cottenham in the case of the "London and North-Western Railway Company o. Smith" ; Macnaghten and Gordon), and it was considered good ilaw on the 22nd of January, when th e i n j unc ti on was ' !granted, and up to the decision of his lordship (Lord ;Truro) in " The Blackwell Railway r. Gaitkee " in Feb , ruary last, when his lordship held "that a party whose property was injuriously affected by a railway, although it did not pass over the property, was entitled to proceed for compensation under the tkith section of the act." His lordship would see that that provided several modes of proceeding for compensation. (Ile read it.) " If any party shall be entitled to any compensation in respect o any lands, or of any interest therein, which shall have been taken for or iojuriuu.ly affected by the execution of the works, and for which the promoters of the undertaking shall not have made satisfaction under the provisions of this or the special act, or any act incorporated therewith, and if the compensation elaimed,in such case shall exceed the sum of fifty pounds, such party may have the same settled either by arbitration or by the verdict of a jury, as he shall think fit ; sod if such party desire to have the same settled by arbitration, it shall be lawful fur him to give notice in writing to the promoters of the undertaking of such his de ; s re, stating in such notice the nature of the interest in such lands, in respect of which he claims compensation, and the amount of the compensation so claimed therein, and unless the promoters of the undertaking he willing to pay the amount of compensation claimed, and shall enter into a written agreement for that purpose within twenty-one days after the receipt of any such notice from any party so entitled, the same shall be settled by arbitration in the manner ; herein provided ; or if the party so entitled as aforesaid desire to have such question of compensation settled by jury, it shall be lawful fur him to give notice in writing of such his desire to the pro moters of the undertaking, stating such particulars as aforesaid, and unless the promoters of the undertaking be willing to pay the amount of compensation so claimed, and enter into a written agreement for that purpose, they shall, within twenty-one days alter the receipt of such notice, beam their warrant to the sheriff to summon ajury for set tling the same in the manner herein provided; and in de fault thereof they shall be liable to pay to the party so entitled as aforesaid the amount of compensation so claimed, and the same may be recovered by hint, with costs, by action in any of the superior courts." 'The 21 days mentioned in this clause had expired on the day the injunc tion was granted, and all that the company now asked was to replace them en the situation in which they were on that day, so that they may issue the precept to have the jury summoned. If the court had not, on a mistaken view of the law, granted the injunction, the company would pro ceed under this section, and would be able to prove before a jury that the defendant was not entitled to 5501. com pensation, or perhaps to any at all ; but not the 5501. become a penalty, or liquidated damages recoverable in an action without any inquiry into the real damage done. The injunction was dissolved on the 22nd of March, on a different state of the law of the court. The company acted on the law as it was at the time, and they ought to be put in the position they were in. Mr. J. Parker and Mr. Willcock opposed the application, and considered that the provisions of the said section of the act should be strictly followed. This company had no claim for relief or indulgence on the ground of an erro neous decision of the court. Their case was distinguish able from Smith's and Gaitkee's cues. Besides that they allowed a long time to elapse before they caw to the court. Though the inkeirtion was dissolved in March last,the company did not r ueae to ask this indulgence until The Lord Chain, liar retie its , 1 what ho had said in the COW , * of the nrunoe•nt, that no ini-take of law by the court could or •inght to have the iffeet of puttirg either party in a better or worse position than lie wall in before the mistake. It was laid down by the House of Lords, in the " Marquis of Waterford r. Knight" (Clark And Fins nelly, 853), "That a party who mistakes his right, and sues in a wrong form, is not entitled to an order that would deprive the defendants of the benefit of any alter.itions made in the law in the meantime." That doctrine applied here. The company took the wronz course, or the law was found to be different from what it was supposed to be. The defendant's remedy under the act was delayed. That was a dis a dvantage to him. Beside', the company have not explained why they have allowed four months, ' from the 22nd of March, when the vice-chancellor di!. solved the injunction, till this day, to elapse before they complained of the vice-chancellors order. till lordship thought the motion should be refused, with costs. Burnam Loan. (Vicit-CiuscrmnaL_ LOFTUS V. B t Rett.—INJUNCII[O; TO UE.411141:I AN ACTION AT LAW DISSOLVED. This was a bill filed by the plaintiff, who was a major in the Norfolk yeomanry, and it prayed an injunction to re strain an action at law and to set aside certain deeds alleged by the plaintiff to hare been obtained front him without his knowing the contents. It appeared that the plaintiff had got into difficulties, and the defendant had undertaken to assist him and to pay a sum of 1,:i001. for that purpose. The liabilities turned out afterwards to amount to about 7,0001. The plaintiff alleged that while he was ill in bed in Italy the deeds in were brought to him by the solicitor of the defendant, and he signed them without being aware of what they cont. • •1, believing that t hi•y were only fur the purpose of carrying out an arrangement by which he had agreed to set apart 3001. out of dtis wife's estate for the benefit of his creditors. An injun,ction had been granted. Mr. Bethell and Mr. Pryor now moved to diewdvc that injunction; Mr. Cotton appeared for the plaintiff. Lord Cranwfwth said he did not see any proof: that the plaintiff did not know the nature of the deeds. It was evident he knew lie was liable for something, and he hail himself commenced the transaction by misstating the amount of his liabilities. He should, therefore, dissolte the in junction, but reserve the costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. : — . YEsTmtDAy. aI.PORR vß,Commasovrt FANR. Is RE JOHN MARSHALL. The bankrupt, an emigration agent and coal merchant, of Southampton, applied for his certificate. llie account% prepared hy Mr. Maynard, extend from June, 1813, to March, 18.51, and show : To creditors, 12,8311.; ditto, se cured, 1881.; capital, June, 1843, 1.50/. ; profits : . in trade, 5,6921. ; emigration depot n. the reception, lodging, and maintenance of emigrants at I'lymouth for the government, (ruin June, 1813, to March, 18.31, 2,2661.; osnigration ships chartered, including agency, 1,6441. By cash and bills receivable, 6111. ; sundry property given pp to the official asdgnee, 4131. ; consignment of coals to W. l ll. Smith, my agent at Malta, 1,7911. ; property held by a. creditor, 1121.; good debts, 3821.; doubtful, 2871.; Ineree, 1,728/.; trade expenses, 13,737/.; domestic ditto, 3,6371. Included in the list of creditors were some three or four coun try newspapers for small sums for advertisements; also the Southampton Dock Company, (claim in full* 36/. 3%, dock charges). The bankrupt had returned no ksa than 117 p. mins as being debtors to the estate. The trade account showed the purclmse of coaLs to have been 8,664/. ; sties of cals, 20,4361. By the purchase of a. 'quantity of guano there had been a load of 2...1d,. and 1,1371. by book debts. The trade expenses included salaries, 13,6961.; interest and discount, .66/.; rent of pr , inises, 1,329'. ; charges fur printing, coal, rent, dock charges, etc., 6,7831. Mr. Lawrence supported the bankrupt. 1 Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, did not oppose. Mr. Duncan appeared as counsel for several creditors to oppeac. Mr. Linklater said the hank rupt hail carried on the business, fur some years rather in difficulties, but a gentle man had lent him 1,0001., which might he mouldered as a gift, and no proof in respect of which had been tendered. Ili. Honour—lle holds sonic hills. Mr. Linklater —Not as security. Mr. Duncan said the first ground of ebjrrtion was reek less trading, and the next ground was wider the 256th section of the tel as re. anted Mr. Dale, one of the credi tors, for having cm.tracted a debt with that gentleman wailer false pretences, and without reasonable means of payment. In examination hr Mr. Duncan, the bankrupt said he had before been bankrupt in 1811. On or about the 10th of April keit year 11141 not ask Dale for a loan of money. Mr. James Dale, shipowner, at Newcastle, deposed that in April, 1850,bankrupt asked him to advance - 128/. Ito told witness he had given a bond to a colliery company, and, unless he met that in a few day., everything w•oild bu taken away from him, even the bed from under his wife. He said he expected remittances from abroad, and a -cute meat with the government respecting certain contracts. Ile said he was it • g a good business, and had a geoid con nexion sat Plymouth with the emigrants, and that he Was worth 2 400 i. ur 3,0001 a year. iiis flommir thought that, if this couversatian was to have been relied upon by Dale, it ought to have been taken in writing. Examination continued.—Bankrupt stated what his pro perty consisted of. Marshall hail applied fur a further loan 01'600/. on or about the 27th of April. Ito advanced tho money on an acceptance of two months. Bankrupt had asked further time respecting the bills, and ho was then sus picious us to them. lie granted further time on the bank rupt's stating that he would lay down 1,000 tons of roils at Newcastle, over which he (witness) was to bare control, and It: was also to be put in posse.sim of some aces ptances. The bankrupt had nit so deptssited the coal,. Had not Lad one farthing on account of the two bills,one fur 428/., the other GOO/. Upon application (or ptyment bankrupt was always waiting fur remittances from Malta, but the result had been that he was not paid anything. ermosevunimil by Mr. Lawninee—Bankrupt did not say he had the coal, by 1' upon asking for a renewal of the bills. Was very anxious to have the coals deposited. Mr. Lawman. 3:1111 he did not dispute the loan, or the inability of the bankrupt to deposit the coals. In answer to Mr. Laurance bankrupt said that hail he deposited the coals with Mr. Dale it would have been to I contract a debt with another person. Ile had been busily I engaged in promoting emigration with the view of realising sufficient to pay all his creditors in full, but upon discover ing that he lied liei•n un , ueeessful, he put himself in the hands of his creditor,. It was his intuition to have paid Mr. Dale. Mr. Duncan submitted that the warning of a previous bankruptcy ought to teach a man caution for the future, but the bankrupt now owed nearly 13,1haW., the asset" being 1,14 It. Ile had in fact COMlllelleCli without capital, and therefore it could not said that he was worth 2,3001. or 3,0001. a year. His Honour did not think that the observations respect ing the former bankruptcy had any application, fur tho very fact of a certificate being granted was an allow ance to a bankrupt to again cuter into trade. With regard to his general conduct, the most particular point was that the official assign. es had received I,fi3tf., and there was a quantity of unsold coals at Malta from which funds would be derived. lie was not like a man who had been struggling and breaking with no thing. and had his emigration movements been successful 'he would have paid all. Ile had a right to endeavour to get a living for himself and family, and with respect his general conduct there was nothing to condemn. lie had considered the complaint of Mr. Dale, and did not think there was anything in it to justify the suspension of the certificate. fhe bankrupt said that Mr. Dale first con sented to advance money. He (the Commissioner) was 01 opinion that at the time of Dale receiving the bill. tl.e bank rupt believed he was in a position to pay. The bankrupt was entitled to a second-class certificate. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—HERTroRn, JULY 18. The business of these nuires was concluded this aft,r noon. Mr. Baron Alderson got through the gaol calendar about one o'clock, and he then proceeded to town. Thera was only one special jury cause remaining to be tried by Chief Ju, tice Jervis, involving a right to irrigate certain land+, and this concluded the at.sizer fur the county of Herts. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Anismxm JULY 16. Bir a. Ma. ItAkov Iturot. Two Buys Simi.. James Ilunnor was charged with having maliciou,ly and unlawfully mig n Jatnes Spratley and William Sable, with intent to du theta some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Lawrance appeared fur the pruliecution, and Mr. William, for the defence. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner wus in the em ploy of Mr. Cava., a farmer, residing in the parish of Linty, near Maidenhead. On Sunday, the 22nd of June, Spratley and Sable, two boys about 13 or 14 years of age, found their way into a field of peas, which the prisoner was c:uployed to watch, and plucked several pods of peas; but upon being spoken to by the prisoner they lett the field, and preeeeded in the direction cf Holyport-green. After a akin time they returned home, and passing Mr. Cater's field, Sprat ley jumped upon the bank which divided the field from the road, when the prisoner approached him, levelled at him a gun which he W•licarrying, and deliberately fired at him, from a distance of about 20 yards. The shots took effect by striking Spratley on both his legs, and the other boy, Sable, was also wounded in the fire and hand,. Upon seeing what he had done, the prisoner said he was very sorry, and told the boys that if they would say nothing about his shooting be wo u ld no t tell of their taking the . _ . After an observation from his lordship, Mr. Williams said he could not resist a verdict for an assault, which was accordingly almost immediately returned by the jury. His lot, ship then told the prisoner that he had committed a very serious offence, but from what took place in the court yesterday (alluding to the trial of Mr. Caudwell, for shoot mg at some Oxford graduates), he believed that there was much popular misconception r es p ec ti ng th e right to use fire arms in defence of personal property. Having investigated the law on the subject, he repeated that no trespass on laud or attack upon personal property would justify the use of offensive weapons. Ho had no doubt the prisoner bad