The Express. — London, England, 1848-08-03 00:00:00

i1 -.1w-iii---- tie et, when he saw the Hey wood train come from undo r the Three-arch Bridge, he signalled with the red light for it to stop. as the road was out clear; and when the train was c o ming up, he sigirstled with his hand-lamp, by waving it about. Had it not. been for the driver of the Ashton train acting cautiowly, by putting more steam on when he saw the Heywood train coming up, and getting before it, the damage might have been more serious. Bake had always been • sober and well conducted man ; he ha never The heard of any charge againgst him before. d prisoner's solicitor said teat, when his client paced the signal post, there was then no red light up, it was nut until he was close to the station, end saw the watchman on his platform waving his light, that be was c ▪ are the line was net clear. He immediately reversed his engine, and shut off the steam. The fireman, who was on the train with Bake, stated that there wee no red light shown when they were comin g up ; them was a white light up, to let them keow that a was clear. When they were approaching to the signal post, Bake said at t to w he r ate e of, .• AU ten or tis clear, Toni." welve miles c a n h our were then . g na When they got within about twenty yards from the platform at the Station, they saw the watchman waving his lamp, and he then put the :',ranee on as tight as he could, and Bake re versed the engine —J. Hulme, in the employ of the Lanca shire and Yorkshire Railway Company, said that he was a passenger in the carriage which wet, struck. When he got out nt the cirri age he went to Simpson, and asked him how the accident happened. Simpson said, "Say nothing ; keep' it quiet." 'I he red signal was then up, but it was not up when the prisoner's train pulsednobody, however was at the lever. They might have turned the signal after the train p isa el, and before the accident happened. He thought, from what Simpson said, that the signal bad been neglected.—kle. Trafford said that it was quite clear that either the prisoner Or Simpson had been guilty of a most growl neglect, and the inquiry into the matter would be best answered theprieoner to the quarter sessions. lle should call up i n the prisoner f o r two sureties in NI. each to answer the charge at the sessions. STAVFORDsHIRE. INCOIIPORATION OF WOLVERHAMPTON. Mr. George Benjamin Thorncycroft, the first mayor of this newly-inc irporated borough, gave a dinner on a grand scale to his friend, in the town and county, at the Swan Hotel, at Wolverhampton, on Tuesday evening. About 160 gen tlemen were present. i,.cludiug Lord Ingestre, M.P., the Hon. Col. Anson, M.P., the Hon. C I'. Villiers, fel P., Mr. Thomely, M.P., and others of less note in the county. Mr. Thorne! croft, who is entirely the architect of his own for tune, has signalised his acknowledgment of the honour con ferred upon him ty an act of the noblest muailiceuce. In a letter read at this dinner he announced his purpose to iavest the sum of " one thousand pounds," in the names of trus tees, the interest of which to be annually devoted to the die tribution of II ninel and other articles of wearing apparel to the poor of Wola rhampton, without any reference what ever to their religious end political bias. The donor is him self a Wesleyan, and is the well known and eminent iron master of the same name. The esteem (say s nur correspond ent) in which Mr. Thor neyeroft is held emends to all who hare ever in any way hadoossorn with him. against Hs encrale• alone—that them deplorable doctrines should have been boldly presented before that tribune end subjected to thr ordeal of a micron disciceion. The great principles of fanztiles and of property on whilh social order rests aro not among those anti. quoted privil , ges which have no otti.r fo. cc than that derived from the time, or the silence that surrounds teem. They are principles— eacred, hidestructible ; which so human reasoning, however auda cious, cart overturn, and which may be argued in open day. It Is ever of importance that they nisould be so, sad that argument may re. Wabash all that It has shaken. We have a right to demsnri of these who out of this aerembly_are so daring In their denial of ail at principlen, the they should preserve in your presence a little of that hardihood, and produce before yourselves the doctrines which they reserve for a multitude too easy to deceive. The financial section of M. Proudhon's scheme is dismissed by M. Thiers with a very summary array of figures, proving that its anticipated profits were enormously , exaggerated. The author had estimated the value of the " one-third of all rents of lands and houses, of the interest on mortgages, on shares, pro missory totes, and public securities," as amounting to three milliards, of which the half accruing to the state would be 1,500,000,000 f. • nearly equivalent to all the actual receipts of the budget. The calculations in the report, founded upon the most recent returns, present a prospective return of only 200,000,000 from real propetty ; .12,000,000 from interest on mortgage and other securities ; .58,000,000 from the tenter d'etat ; and 20,000,000 from shares in industrial com panies. The total amounting only to 320,000,000 f. : That is to say, proceeds the report To WO millions from this new impost, which wog to hero been, we were told. 1,500,000 ; 1:00 ; and which should hove enabled us to re duce or suppress the la: of 45 centimes, the import on mortgages, on suclaaelotat, on patents, on malt meat, tamers, ice.; that It, to replace, perhaps, 3.0,0011,11e0 of rariorm contributions, to found disouunt banks, t erritorial hanks, and to give the sioal of production to the whole industry of Fr ante, by guarantainirailemand for its plualuctions equivalent to that of the periods of highest prosperity I 10,000,000 to replace more than 3410,000.0.0 of tato% end to perform all there marvels—such is the mode in which, In the new schools of Me pumice, the means ate attjuated to the end! 'the most incomprehensible section of the scheme t. nder review was that containing the author's singular notions on the subject of credit. The debtors were to go shares with the btatc in the reduction of rents and interests, and the amount, by whichever tariff we may choose to estimate it, is reprebented by M. l'roudlion as constituting " a reciprocal credit accorded by citizens one to another." The committee very naturally com plain of the difficulty they experienced, atter much trouble and many explanations from the author, in comprehending his meaning. Nevertheless they en deavour to explain it as fur as they have succeeded in LINOULNSHIRE. THE KIRTON MURDER AND RORBERY.—Withoat entering into a 6iscussion of the merits and demerits of capital punishment, we ( Lincoln Times) commend to notice a case just tried at Lincoln Amizes, as affording what seems a strong illustration of the manner in which that punishment sometimes defeats the ends of justice. At the Spring Assizes a man named Travis was tried for a murder at Kirton, and acquitted, much to the surprise 01 many, who thought that a clear case of circumstantial evidence was made out. On Fri- day he was arraigned for a highway robbery, accompanied with violence, aud on the very eccmion out of which the capital charge arose. Th • evidence in support of the laser charge was pr.:eist ly the same as that which had previously bet 11 adduced in support of the major one; and yet that , which before Paled to coi.vtnce a jury now sufficed to elicit aet rdict of guilty. We have noshing to do with the laxity of jurors' morality which takes into consideration the ulti. Vats consequences rather than the justice of a verdict. Our purpose is simply to point to a new edition of an old tact, namely, that a man accused of murder was acquitted, apparently for no other reason than that his conviction would have been followed by a punishment which many regard with no unconquerable abhorrence, while no hesitation is felt in leaving Lim to the mercy of the law when life is no longer in jeopardy. Travis has made a full confession that he. and .to alone, murdered Mr. C.pensan. Be admits robbing the deer ased of the enact amount stated, viz., four sovereigns ; that Fell a evidence as to his having placed his hand upuu the gate, of his having burnt his shirt, eke., it all true. BES.*L IloasnAm ELecnoN.—The qui tam action against the Attorucy.General fdr bribery at a recent elec ion at Horsham, when his ton was returned (since unseated on petiticn) has been _withdrawn. The Cite was entered Mc " Newmarch v. Sir John Jervis, Knight," and was to hose been tried to-m - rrow at toe I,.wes assizes ; but the special jury were yesterday informed that their servici-s would not be reqvir, the matter having tone off for the present." DEVONSIIIitE. ALLEGED DEATII PROM SEA SICKNESS. The Hants Independent stake that Mrs. Fret r (who, together with her husband, Mr. H. Frazer, ban been fulti ling an engagement at the Portarnowh Theatre), • left South ampton on Friday afternu,n. in the Brurawick steamer, en route to Exeter, at which city they were en g aged to perform on Monday last. At her embarkation Mrs. Frazer enjoted her usual health, but during the voyage the became most furiously iffected with sea sickness. Partxyans succeeded paroxysm of that violent and distrtssing nausea, until, totally exhausted, this unfortunate lady expired in the arms of her husband at about one o'clock on Saturday morn ing. The body was conveyed to Plymouth, where a coro ner's inquest was held upou it. Mr. and Mrs. Frazer spent the evening of Thursd-y with the family of a highly respect able gentleman, on which occasion Mrs. Frazer expressed her dread of the Torino, from the invariable suffering which she had experienced on aimiler ocsaaiona. seizing its purport: The Foetal progress% according to Citizen Proudhon, woo emoted since the 21th of February lot want of credit. Capitil refuses its If to labour: by forcing capital to give, because it will not lend itself, the proemss will be reasstablisliest The proprietorof house", of land, of ties dins, In remitting a p ott ion of what team to him to the fanner, the tenant or the debtor will place them all in a condition to produce. it will be an advtuice w Inch he will make to them; and this IlliVllooo will is some measure be reciprocal, for every one in =dent is by [unto debtor and creditor, tenant and pntprietor. one will receive nil that he expected, but then he will not pay all that he owes. More than this : the debtor for rent or intereot, paying one-sixth less than was due real be able to sell hio produce cheaper, and the proprietor or the creditor =nay deprive s 1 tit a pert of hie revenue will Mid in the dim i t price of all commodities s reimbursement of the sacrifice which he will Aare made. latiniuvely no one will hove lost anything. This measure will have Moms by an attenuation of the rent lead for capitol, used or Coating, and ended by an attenuation in the met of all the productions of earth and of industry. It will he an advance made by capital to labour, and which labour will repay with profit Having stated M. Proudlion's case for bun far more forcibly than he could ever state it for himself, M. Thiers proceeds to examine and demolish in detail the assumed advantages of his project. One great objection to the scheme lies in the enormous injustice of its asaessment. capitalist who uses his own funds, or the landowner who farms his own acres, are exempt from any part of the impost. Those who lend their land or cash to another arc mulcted in a heavy fine—a circumstance anything but comer raging to the future " advances of capital to labour." Two householders who live in their own tenements escape scot free : but if convenience should induce them to change reciprocally their abodes, and dwell in one another's houses, both must pay the state moiety, at least, of the impost. But the absurdities of this description are endives. M. Thiers calculates that only a third of the land is let on farm, and chiefly that belonging to the poorest proprietors; and that of the investments :n the funds and upon mort gage the great mass belongs to — old servants, employes, and ua ill dealers, who have L.bourcd all their lives to 1.0tn1,1111/4: a few thousand francs, and who seek in them Investments the smut ity of their capital and the fixity of inmate. It is in sutras of 2,0011, 3,000, or 4,1=1 francs, and by tI•VeTIUMI of WO of 200 ft ones, that the capitals placed out on mortgages in the provinces must be recloned. All the objections it is possible to urge against the most oppressive income tax are applicable here, and we find besides in this project evils peculiarly its own in the irrational law by which its action is induced or withheld ; and its selection, or rather non selection of the classes who are to be injured or relieved by its operation. What are the chances that the creditor will recover all or any portion of his loss by the diminished cost of the commodities he purchases? Will the producer be enabled to sell cheaper; or, if able, is it hkely that ho may be willing? " When any sensible reduction," observi s M Is mule so the prime of the raw materials which simply induotry, or in the expenses of every kind which compose the prime coot of production, it sometimes but not always happens that the price of the articles produced is also lowered, and a cheap market may be the con'equence, because the producers, incessantly =Moult to attract home, are induced to cheapen their goods to the point when they COW.* to gain enough for toot subeiatence. But for this to be so the diminution of cost price nowt be rentable and general ; otherwise, if it be tralicg, or confined to iodividuals, the producer keeps tee profit to himself, and leaves no =are to the buyer. Suppoee you have • farmer who par% a rent of 12,001. f., and who must sell his crops lee 36,0tatt, to ply rent, taxes, inter, et, mid cost of production. If he should obtain. by the sudden abatement In the terms of his lease, ea advantage of 2,000 f., and conscemently the ability to eel! bis corn one franc cheaper per hectolitre, do you think be would be ill o hurry to reduce from 20f. to 19f. the price of his hectolitre Evidently he will retain for himself the whole of the advantage, especially if the new comlitlone given to him are not general, Lut limited to one portion cif the territor. leo you believe. again, that a dialer in one of the fashionable ou.rters of ! Par who piyl 4,0001, or 5,0a0f. rent yearly for the chop in which he I wil hi, his jewellery, or his furniture, who has expenses et 25,000 f. or 30,000 f., and is obliged to do burliness to the amount of 150,0e0t, 201tte1nf., or sometimes 300,000 f., and to whom you ha,. saved 100 or 1,00451. in rent, can afford to sell much cheaper the 200,000 f. or 300,0001 - . worth of merchandise upon which his the depend! Supposing nhe wished to give the lineal:user all the ad vantages you have granted hint, he could hardly reduce his pram one half per cent. "Although," continues the report, "such chimeras herdly drat ve to be discussed, it le not 11 4 e1C11 , to expose th mie-calculatione On which they are based. This pretended reciprocal credit, which wan founded upon an equal sacrifice imposed upon all, and upon a return of eneapnets from which all would equally profit, is then a pure foible ; tor the sacrifice is only %mimed on wou ld i, and is but slightly profitable to sonic few others, who share that profit w th nobody.' Lastly; will the scheme even fulfil its design as an advance of capital to labour? Will it set industry in motion, and stimula . e production? Transport yourselves into there rich quarters of Paris of which I have spoken, whore the merchant is obliged to make sales to 155,0001. or aoo,ooof. yearly, in order to secure a fair return, and must there fore diPpose of 10,0001. or 25,000 f. worth per month. Inquire of him about his present position, and he will tea you what some of them have told to myself within these few daps, that independently of the family misfortunes, for there ere street. where there are seven or eight dead and • dozen wounded, thanks to certain doctrines — he will tell you that sometime they have not sold I,ooof. worth of gaols in a month. I have heard of one who, during four months had scarcely taken a few hundred frame. What dais- renm eon the tariff of their rents or taxes make to these dealers, if their commerce could but recover come of eta Cornier activity! It Is not the want of a few hundred cranes to carryon his trade, or me dusa his agriculture, which to-day forma the ehtticulty of the dealer merchant discontinue hie purchaees from the manufacturer, and the manufacturer to stop working, for tear of finding no vent rOr his, gOO am: the operative, left without employment, to have difficulty j In paying for his foal; and the raw materiaß accumulating in the ! bonds retiehoume, to cease sup!'yhig dude , to the exchequer, that the credit , the kat is shake . and with that the credit of the whole world. Restore some Peck. ivy to taut oho papooses hours, lands, invests. capital; J. him be tid his rev,. nee, and he will first pay his taxes, a then a. I return hon him the taste for consuming when he shall I. :ve reoovs. ed the rn! ins of pa). tat and when, hiss prudence being el longer a armed, h, shall not la- prompted to hold hie money in reserve grains. thcre col tingenciee u. bah, Judging by what has happoied, every sae le only too well tat:tied in waist paling. ibis strange system of "reciprocal credit" is, then, exactly the reverse of what a, now required to istabliab w ind sublc and p irate credit. The author tells us that he wishes to up the ,ti ne clock, which Las etopped. We reply that he would break It. With much violence and the overthrow of every principle, he will barely extort st lew trifling sums to ex' end them in fraudu lent gifts to all those to whom they will not be profitable; and he will arrest in the same moment char abundant current which restored COOll4l nee would mum to thaw =roughen the channels or production. Consolidate property, awl secure it; and tone acting with the power and the universality 01 nature, she will pour out ber capital upon revi vified industry. On the contrary, alarm t; and she will vanish, she will eseape from all your violence, and will fly away, leaving you, with your misery, flatting but the disgrace of your odium, conduct. It seems strange that truisms and axioms like the above, fit only for the veriest children of civilisation, should furnish the materials for a grave state paper, and occupy the abilities of the ablest logician in France. But the explanation lies in the inexplicable condition of society at present exiseing in that country. The French are not children ; but at certain intervals they let children govern them. For some months it has been necessary to adapt to the most untutored and inex perienced capacities the arguments which were in tended to reach the minds of those who ruled the excitable populace of Paris. We perceive that the assembly has bat fulfilled the anticipations of the select committee by rejecting, almost unanimously, the confiscatory preposition of M. Proudhon. LITERATURE. Al. 'liners' Report on l'rowihon. The Communist writers of France, remarkable as they are for their vehement advocacy of what they term the " rights of man," are yet more remarkable for the obstinacy .with which they deny him the chiefest of these rights— that of enjoying the fruits of his labour in his own way and time. According to their doctrines all saving is anti-social. Accumula tion, therefore, becomes criminal, and property " theft." That quality which, for want of a better term, Mr. Senior calls "abstinence," they utterly re pudiate. It i the quality by which the man who has created or produced a value, is prompted to postpone its consumption. Nothing, of course, but the expectation of sume higher enjoyment can occasion this act of self-denial, and as the results are generally considered beneficial to society, few theorists at leapt, on this side the channel —but have admitted the justice of satisfying, within repair:able limits, this expectation. In virtue, consequently, of the " abstinence that must have been previously exercised, the capitalist is considered a lawful creditor for the interest of his loan ; and the landlord for the rents of the field and the house he has enabled his tenants to enjoy. We are justly grateful to the power that has cultivated the waste and peopled the desert, covering land and sea with the storehouses and the trophies of wealth. M.Proudhon 'tea in abstinence an unmitigated evil. It destroys the beautiful simplicity of his theory of equality. It complicates his system for present action with so many perplexing consequences of the past. He would have every man start fair in the race, not only once in his life, but daily ; and he finds every day some new apportionment of the various clogs or aids among the individual runners. As an impartial umpire he has recommended the readiest possible method of adjustment. But the time was not yet ripe, and the ethics of Le Peuple Reprgsentant being somewhat too strong for the national digestion, that journal was included among the number suppressed " temporarily " by the rescript of General Cavaignac. Superseded as a journalist, id. Proudhon fell back upon his privileges as a representative, and forced upon the national assembly the consideration of a scheme in which his old doctrines were nerved up in a diluted form. His old quarrel with "abstinence," and its heritage of recompense was still urged, but he mo dified his plan of confi.cation into a tax of 33 per cent. imposed only upon some of its forms, and of which a moiety only was assigned to the injured, that is, the indebted party. Special reservation was made of the right to consider, hereafter, the whole question of pro perty, and determine what the laws of natural justice required to be done with it. M. Thiers, as the reporter of the committee ap pointed to examine M. I'roudhon's scheme, laid before the assembly the elaborate julgment of himself and 116 colleagues upon the whole subject. This paper is rendered especially interesting by the circumstance that it has occasioned M. Thieve' first re-appearance in pubhe life since the memorable 24th of February. But excepsing on account of the extraordinary vogue hich the dectrir.ee had obtained,the inquiry was wholly unworthy the talents of the eminent " reporter." He appears himself ashamed of the task he had to perform in detecting fallacies so transparent, and combating propositions so absurd. And he complains, withmuch Justice, that the author has not treated the committee fairly. Ilia scheme was presented to them under dis guise and misnomer. It was prepared for one pur pose and labelled for another. A design against the rights of property was concealed under the title of a mere project of finance; and, unfortunately, the eti quette of the assembly obliged the members to consi der it as nothing else. The scheme must be treated as what it pro'eased to be, not as what it vu. Your cduunittee have much !Incited that the true ground whereon this question ehould lave beer, dl cursed was thus abandoned. They would hays wished. and you no doubt participate in that desire, that the antisocial doctrines by which a blinded multitude are excited, by mans of whicbthey are rooted to abed the blood of Miaow and to Wit slab* their ccantrl the Wealth that °velum ho dreaded CLERICAL. PREPERMENTI3.—Rov. F. Henson, to Ridlington C., Rut land, des. Peterberough.—Rev. R. Leggett, Claydon C. and Coddes. ham C., Suffolk, dio. r. —Bev. J. Tidemore, LLB., to St. Mary's C., Leicester, die. Peterborough. VACANCY.—Kirkstall P.C., Leeds, dio. Rip., 141. ; pat., truateeacd vicarage; J. Ware, dec. • NAVAL. idovrmiwre.—At Gibraltar, July 24 Polyphediue, et.— July : ILe Merlin wag at Lisbon, expecting to be relieved, to pro ceed to the Mediterranean on the pwket service. Powramourg, Avo. I.—The Dragon, et: frigate, under lbe temporary ermunand of r.Upt. the Ike. 0. Deathly% left lipitheed this morning, far Dublin, with the Coet Defence &tide. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1848. and fro with a light, in front of what he then considered we. • dead wall. He WM induced to watch the ligh t and the person, front believing he Out DO one lived . at the sIT:t immediately am presently, ga e an saw A.tmes ,pr i nt up. squint of the prosecutor weat to the spot where t thinhe fire wa bluing, and found the wheat stack one mass of e, Thiss stack was wholly consumed. A stack of reed also had just caught fire. Mr. Jeffery and the servant went outside the kedgd and saw the prisoner standing in the road. On their corning up to within a few yards of him, he said, " I did it," and ran away. They, however, re-took him, and brought him to the house, where a constable searched him, and found in his pockit some paper and a Inciter match. It appeared that, earlier in the day, the prosecutor's son had seen him sitting under a shed near Torpoint, with a ben of lucifer matches in his hand. The prisoner, mere than once after his apprehensi .n acknowledged that he did it; and, on his being conducted to gaol, said that there were others bvsitles hint. self engi ged in t tho deed, but that be must hear the blame. No motive for the commission of so diabolical an act was suggested or hinted at throughout the trial. The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. Ni , . putts CM.RT. MAOO' AND ANOTH EDO. VICC—TRURO AND ST. AGNES RAILWAY. —The plaintiffs in this cue are solicitors residing in London, the surviving partners of the firm of Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, et Delahay-street. The defendant is a merchant of Truro, and the action was brought to recover Net , as the cost of proceedings adopted by the plaintiff', as snlicitors, in furtherance of a scheme of railway between Truro and St. Agnes. This railway was proj e cted in the autumn of 1845, at a time when the whole country was rife with schemes of &similar description. The length of the line, with branches, was about 15 miles, and the cutal of the corn pony we. intended to be 150,0001., .o be subscribed in 15,000 shares of 101. each, depo.sit 11. Is. per share. The deposits, how ever, were not paid up to any considerab.e amount, and therefore in the early part of 1846 it was resolved to give up the scheme for that s-ssion. The plaintiffs now brought this action against the defendant a. a provisional and ma naging committee min. On the part of the defendant, how. lever, it was submitted that plaintiffs were among the ori ginal coneuters of the line, and that they Linked to the <ie poAt money as their Pource of remuneration ; or that if they were retained as solicit irs it was by the original promoters of the line, and the co.nmittee men were not liable.—Verdict for the defendant. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Dsititut, Aeo 1. Isefore Mr. Justice IMPORTANT TITRE CAUNE.—This was an bails directed by the tithe commissioners, to ascertain the right of the rector of the parish of Middleton.on-Teesdsle, in this county, to the tithes of the hay in certain pert! of the township of Eggleston, in that parish, or whether the claim was not de feasible by a modus which had been paid in lieu of the hay tithe for a period t f 120 yearn —For the defendant it was Ilium that a snafus of 161. 19s. 2d. had been paid by Mr. Hutchinson, the principal landowner in the township of Egglestoo, in lieu of all hay tithes within the towie,h' p, ex. cepting a farm railed Fogireytheaite, some glebe 1 inds, and some 400 acres inclosed undt ran act of parliament. A sub sequent iiielosure act had bete obtained, under which abut 1,200 acres had been recoverd from the moorland ; and somewhere about 6,000 acres yet remained to I.e inelescd The payment of the modus for the ancient ene!o‘urts was satisfactorily proved, and was partly admitted by tke plain tiff; but the real question in dispute was, whether the modus wu to be considered to cover or to regulate the proportionate demand for tithes on the new enclosures. The whole case wu one rather of law than of fact. All the mi terhil facts were that the modus had been paid for above sixty et art, and during three sueccuive incumbencies, and that the rector had never re fused to acknowledge the validity of the moduli until the uwistent tithe commissioner had made some decision which I qualified the rectorial title.—Mr. Manisty, for the plaintiff, contended that the issue as framed bad net lie-u proved ; and alh-ged that if the matter at issue had been oth.s than it au—the validity of the mains no far a. regarded the ancient lands alone—he should have been fully pr pared to go into the case, and establish his right to a deciiiion.in favour of his client —A long discussion arose as to the ad. missiliility of certain documents, and the bearing of the evi donee on the issue; and Mr. Know:es requested the judge to amend the hews or receive a special verdict, both of which propositionithis lordship declined to accede :o.—Ultimately his lordship recorded a verdict on the issue in favour of the plaintiff, hut, at the same time, took the opinion of the jury ' OR the facts, and they returned a verdict that the payment of the modus for the ancient lands lied been made (or above sixty year, and under the incumbencies of three succeeding ' rectors ; but on the latter was endorsed • protest of Mr. ManiMy, to enable him to bring forward his evidence in any r 'cue to which other decisions of the assistant commissioner might give rise. MIDDLE'EX SESSIONS. Before Mr. serjeant Mara, Irritriat. Istratooommasa.—J. Bond, whose rime has frequently been before the public is connexion with gaming. house prosecutions, was brought into court in the custody of an officer of Whitecross street Prison, an order to that effict having been issued by the learned judge.—Bond, aas . sted by a Captain Riley, had preferred indictments against several persona for keeping Raining-houses. In consequence of matters already reported at length in this Aper, the court directed Bond's recygniiencia to be entreated ; but at that time the trial of the last o! the indictments had been. fixed for the adjourned session it, the present month, and Bond wan under recoenisances to prnseoute. The usual process on an admit was issued from the officb of the clerk of the peace. and the sheriff took Bond into custody upon it about ten days ago. A writ of habeas corpus was obtained, and a judge at chambers was applied to to discharge Bond son the ground that the recognisance by which he woo bound to ptosecute at the August adjourned session could nut be estreattd before the day fixed for the trial. The judges referred the matter hack to this court ; and as Mr. Serjeant Adams had no power except when on the bench in erasion, Bond had to remain in risen until the present sittings of the court.—Mr. Serjeant Adams now told Bond that it was quite clear that the arrest could nat be made before the d.iv of trial, and that the court had never intended that it should be.—The court regretted that the arrest should hare taken place in error, and all it had to do was to order his imme diate liberation. The court had no power to require him to crier into a fresh recognisance to appear at the adjourned 'tension to prosecute, the arrest and imprisonment haring re leased him from the original one.—Bond was then set at liberty. this 1 gen thec —b . will cow beet i a la lam ena tot ~ the and i I 1 It c eqe wit He i onl 1 1 aia UM I me rip BO! j°t 1 w t up up acl di] its dil 11 im 11 I i iv ril Pe I rel i \ Us P 0 hi' i re CI in Bt 'al 1 an i L tV in P r I hi Jo Wi PP ni ino I I I We Y 1 Iththisl f t`o the . no ins 41 14 . POLICE.-YESTERDAT. MANSION HOUSE —BANK Itonanay.—Francis Char mart, on • of the cashiers in the banking house of Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co.. in Lombard. street, was brought up in custody of Daniel Forrester, the officer, charged with having stolen a Bank ot England note for 101., the property of the firm. Mr. Muttons, of the firm of Bush sod Mullens, solicitors to she emmittee of bankers for protection against forgeries and frauds, attended for the prowcosion. Mr. William Deane, clerk to Messrs. 11 irclay and Co., stated that on the '24th of July, a Bank of England note for 101., numbered and Baud 61.221, 4th of April, 1848, was in his halide in the house, and he entered it, together with other notes which he received on that day. He made the entry from the note itae.f, and deposited it with the other note s.—Mr. J. B. Cavalier, also a clerk in the house, said he recollected having tondo the balancing of the notes en the day in question, and found the helance short by 101. He had examined the books himself, and taken the parjculars of the whole of the notes received, and he accounted for all with the exception of the 101. note, No. 61,321. The pri soner was one of the shiers, and hal access to the bank notes, —Mr. R. Bevan, a partner in the firm of Barclay and Co. stated that he had that morning spoken to the prisoner on ti e subject of the missiug money, and told him that he was sus pected of having taken it. At first the prisoner denied that he was the guilty person, but upon being afterwards told that the 101. note had been traced to his brother, he said it was of no use to deny it any longer, and be confessed that he had taken it. No prnrnise had been at all made to him —Tee prisoner, upon being asked whether he was dvirous to say anything, made no observation. lie was then, at the re quest of Mr. Mullens, remanded for a week. WORSHIP-STREET. — DESPERATE. ATTACK. Anne Conway was charged with having attempted to stab Mr. William West, a broker in the Hackney-road, and also with violently assaulting Joseph Palmer, one of his men. Pursuant to instructions he had received from the landlord of a house in which the prisoner's husband occupied apartments, the complainant West went there with two of his men that morning to levy a distress for rent, but had no slitter communicated the object of his visit than the prisoner, in a state of great excitement, taught up a table knife, and threatened to stab them with it unless they instantly left the premises. W itlout further parley, she commenced a furious attack upon them, and made a sudden stab at the broker's breast, which he fortunately parried with his stick, and knocked the weapon out of her hand. The prisoner then made towards the tire-place, and, seizing hold of the poker, renewed the attack with such im petuosity, that they were compelled to make a precipitate retreat, and having obtained the assistance of a policeman, they returned to the house and gave her into custody.— Police-constable Lee stated, that upon entering the room he found the prisoner brandishing a poker, and declaring that she would dash out the brains of the first man who ap proached her ; but he succeeded, with some difficulty, in dis arming her, and conveyed her to the station-house.—Mr. Hacamill ordered the prisoner to pay a penalty of 61., or to be committed in default for two months to the Roue of Correction. LAMBETH. —llEooll4o-LETTIM IMPOSTORS. Jfary Clark, alias Madden, a notorious begging-letter impostor, was finally examined on a charge of attempting to obtain from Mr. Jones, a gentleman residing at Surrey-place, Ken nington, some money under false pretences.—Mr. Jones stated that an Saturday last the prisoner called at his house, and sent to him, by his ;arrant, a note, of which the follow ing is a copy: The bearer, Mrs- Mary Clarke, is the widow of the late Mr. James Clarke, tin was flannelly to the wine trade, but on whose decease his affairs were in a very embarrassed state, and by a succession of subsequent misfortunes the poor woman has struggled bard, as a laundress, to support tire children, until afflicted with rheumatic fever In her bead and limbs, rendering her for the last four months Incapable of attending to her industry, her goods were seized for rent, Ind to prevent their loss she now reluctantly seeks com miseration and assistance. Any donation will he gratefully acknow bilged by MAST Cuutiz. To this note were attached the names of several persons, with alleged subscriptions, varying from twenty to five shil• line, and by way of confirmation of its truth it was soma psoied by a regular broker's warrant, partly printed and p a nty written, to levy and seize the goods of the said Mary Clarke, for rent alleged to be due to her landlord ; but the writing in the note bore so close a similarity to those pre sentod but a few days before to him (Mr. Jones), and on the same subject, that he suspected that all we not right, and therefore sent for a constablo and gave the prisoner into cus tody. The prisoner subsequently aehrnwledged that there was no truth in the repres , ntatioos in the note, and gave a very unsatisfactory account of how she got it.—Hors ford, the mendicity officer, was in attendance, and at once recognised the prisoner, whale real same is Madden, as a very old aaintance of his, and cne who had been c ommitte d u to prison Inc nearly a dozen times for charges similar to the present. Her son had also been frequently committed to prison, sod a man named Dennison, who wee the most notorious impostor and successful cheat in Europe, was on Friday week last sen tenElliotte months' imprisonment by the Lord f ortor.— Mr. Ellot committed the prisoner to gaol three months THROWN OUT or Wisnow.—Anselio Glover, whose TRW on a charge of throwing a man out of the first floor window, appeared in the Express of Tuesday last, was finally exarnmed.—Mr. Hooper, of the Lendon-road, de scribed the injuries which the prosecutor received, and which were of a severe character- The prisoner was com . mined for trial. SOU fswAßK.—Nose BEGGING IMPORTP.RS— W. {Va li:amen was charged wi' h obtaining various sums of money by means of a fictitious petition.—Mr. Knight, a tradesman in Lambeth, stated that on the previous efternoon the prisoner called at hie house and described himself as the sou of a mechar.ic who a few days before had met with a severe acci. dent, which incapacitated him from work and compelled him to become an inmate of Guy's Hospital. With the view to strengthen his application for relief for his father, the V prisoner produced a written petition describing the circum stances attending the accident, and stating that the unfortu nate petitioner while crusting the Kent road with a heavy load on his head was thrown down ands. horse and cart pass. ing at the time he was run over by the vehicle, and suvained such a serious injury of the spine that it was uncertain whether he would ever recover. The prisoner further described that in consequence of the accident the peti tioner's family, which was large, was thrown into a state of great destitution, and it concluded by an urgent appeal to the humane. Then follo wed the names 20 of several persons residing in the locality who had sub- t T f scribed various sums for the petitioner. The witn. as, how - ever, having ome suspicion that the tale of misfortune was fabricated for the purpose of procuring money, expressed his intention to call at the hospital to see the patient and then to relieve him if the statement was correct. This step 4 on the part of the witness was strongly opposed by the pri- fl loner, who pointed out the impropriety of stringers calling on a patient in such a condition, and added that he (the pri toner) would prefer taking back his petition without the wit ness's signature and contribution rather than that he should make any inquiries at present on the subject. This ',shier- , tugs of the prisoner's convinced witness that it was a ficti tious petition, and his suspicions were strengthened from the fact of the prisoner attempting to leave the shop in a hurried manner, when he was prevented and given into custody. The witness added that he had since caused inquiries to be made, and had ascertained that the petition was untrue. — Mr. Seeker committed the prisoner for the full perLd of three mouths allowed by the act, with hard labour. MONEY MARKET. VEDSE DAT ECENINII. Thit funds exhibited no remarkable fluctuations to day, except as compared with ordinary quiet times. Various undefined rumours were current about the capture of Smith O'Brien, and the finale of Irish in surrection consequently supposed, which assisted in carrying the prices of Consols to 871. Realisations of profits by jobbers reduced the rates subsequently to 87 1 - to ,„ at which they closed for money an d account. The apprehensions of a French interference in Italy, in consequence of the successes of the Austrian army, had a depressing influence on the market. Reduced ,1 Threes were 87k to . 1 . Three-and-a-Quarter per 2. Cents., 87' 'to Long Annuities, B'-B'-•; to 15-16. , Exchequer Bills, 375. to 41a. premium. India Bonds, 325. to 355. premium. Bank Stock, 1964 to 81. In the foreign market there was an uncommon i ; laxity of business in the after part of the day. Mexican done at 171 were quoted 174 to 18. Brazi- . 2 lian, 68 to 71. Chilian in advance at 82 to 5. Spanish Fives were 11 to ; the Threes, 211 to ; Passive, '24 to 34. Portuguese, 18 to 19. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 43 to 4 ; the Fours, 69' to 71. Russian, 98 to 100. Danish,66 to 70. The Manchester Courier has the following particu lars about the Glasgow and Liverpool failures re ferred to this morning under this head : The liiiture in Glasgow to which we have alluded above is that of Me•srs. Dunlop, Rmand, and Co., a highly-respect able house in the foreign trade. We learn, by an extract of a private letter with which we have been avoured, that the houses of the firm are in Buenos Ayres and Sydney. The debts are variously stated at from 150,0001. to 300,0001. Mr. Michael Rowand, the father of Mr. Rowand, cf this firm, is a banker in Glasgow, and is stated to be a creditor to the extent of 70,0001., of which 35,0001. is uncovered. One firm in Glasgow are it is stated, creditors to the extent of 10,0001. and another 5,0001. The firm hail a branch in Liverpool under the title of Rowand, Dunlop, and Co. Upon the state of business in Manchester the same paper has the following observations : MANCIIESTES, TI;E:. , DOY EVENINO.—We acre agree ably surprised at the firmness exhibited in this market to day. The news from Germany, announcing the non-com pletion of the armistice, and the evident math, ring together of hostile forces, preparatory to a renewal of the struggle be tween Denmark and Germany, and the renew al of active hostilities in Italy, between the forces of Austria and the combined Italian and Sardinian armies, coupled with the present state of Ireland, seemed causes enough to account for a considerable depression; but when we find added to these the announcement of a large fa lure in G.asgow, and also a rumour of a similar disaster in the metropolis, we should hardly have expected to have to record so slightly unfavourable an alteration as was visible to-day. To say the least, the firm feel'ng that was generally to be ob served is • strong proof that both spinners and manufacturers find themselves in a better p 'salon than they have lawn able to count upon for a leneth of time. The revival of business which took place at the beginning of last month has cleared off stocks to a large extent, and many parties, both spin ners and manufacturer, are working to order; thus these parties not only themselves are placed but the whole market in a more favourable position. Tne market to-day was quieter universally. but there was little disposition to concede any reduction in price, either fox cloth or yarn, and those cases where reduced rates were accepted were the exceptions, and only in cases where stocks were hi Id to an inconvesient extent could the slightest con cession he obtained, In the yarn market, notwithstand'ng the unfavourable news front the continent, the German houses continued to be buyers at general rates. The amount of business doing both for India and China is especiaily as regards the former. Nevertheless, micas of those numbers are maintained; a good demand at present exists for the Russian market, and many of the spinners are gone on to the qualities suited fur that quarter ; the market is therefore saved from being pressed upon by accumulating stocks. In the cloth market, although the demand is moderated, there is the same indisposition on the part of producers to give way, and from the advance which has actually been established upon the late low prices there is very little secession. The demand fur the Greek market, as well as from the home trade, is more moderate. In shirting' for China some trans actions can still be noted. Oa the whole, considering the today 'arable causes which we Lase enumerated above, and the c ntinued unfavourable weather for the ingetring of the cereal crops, the market is less unfavourably acted upon than migh: have been expected. E2i011911 PliN Irk Rol: Stock...D/7i RS Ditto 2 0 l'ear, exp. Jan. 5, 180, 6 11 13 3 per Ct. Con.. Awe, 67* - , euuth set St.ek, 07i 3 pet Lt. Itod. Atm.., 67i !. £4.00. 34 pm. N" 34 e '" •) Dank st.st for Amt., 198 Annuitie4, e.p. att. 3. leka. 8 13 16 i l'on.ola for AOCt . 671 t 6 000. 1623 J, t _ 4,1 301 , Jane , 331 Ditto 23., June, 37 6 Di s tto tll 3o lB Yeara, cap. Oct. 10, !FUNDS. per Ct. Itureian Ltonila,lB2 - 1, .£ St., vJ 21 31, 4 per Ct. M_ _ uth Eschauge.l2ouiL, 4 _ TOILED)! 6 pm Ct. Baal Han Bowls, 7I Ditto, New Boma., Int.' , mot .D. 70 5 per Ct. Matictit, Acct., Aug. Id. ABROAD. ADMIItALTT,A I . 7O . 2 —APPOINTKIIIITS :—Surtteon, J.J en - king, to Wateurach.—Amlotant.Surgenos: D. 0. West. to Linnet. C. 11u O, confirmed to Trutoornalre O. 11. Edward., confirmed to tauten; J. FAtooneton and Y. H. Smith (hottor), to Victory.--Cterks : Y. Steld, C. D. Liodhan sad 0. lAolditt to Raleigh. MILITARY. iIOIIIII.I3IfARDS CIRCULsI2.. — The annexed copy of a cir cular letter from the Beeretary.at-War to general officer,' command ing districts resonates an important discrepancy between a clause of the Mutiny Act for this year end the 122nd article of war, respecting the reduced period of solitary confinement of soldiers: "'f be .2tith clause of thy Mutiny Act having presetibol that a court-martial may direct that a soldier sentenced to imptithnmint Shall he kept in solitary oonfinement for any portion of such Imprisonment no. ex. ceetUng 14 days*/ a time not fit in any one year, with intervals be tween the periods of solitary confinement of not leas duration than such periods, and the 122nd snide of war not hoeing been altered to accord with the provialoas of the Mutiny Act, 1 have tho honour to signify her Majesty's plthaure that the word • twenty-eight' be clench out slot the word • fourteen . be inserted In manuscript in each copy of the 122nd article of war in your 1.10614.i011, or in pcesereion of the oaken of staff, or of any regiment under your commend. 1 have further to request that in any instance In which, Once the tossing of the Mutiny Act of the present year, a soldier may have been sentenced to solitary confinement, you will take care that this puniithment be indicted according to the provision, of the 3fith clause of the act." SPORTING. BRIGIITON RACE.4.—Wnottesnov. PAVILION STAMM of 30 eons. each, 20 ft; for 2-yr olds; colts, Out 7lb ; dlli,v, Mot 31b. T.Y.C. (6 subs.) fluke of Flichmonil`p Buffalo Oil (Nat) I Mr. J. VerrulEs Britioh Consul . (F. huller) 2 2tol on Buffalo 11. d. Won by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 33 Pee. ButeitteoN STAKE,' of 25 sues. each, 15 ft., and 6 only if declared, Re., with 100 added, the pecond to rave his take. The winner to pay 15 tuns. to the j ud g e. 2 tu ll es. (37 nubs, I 6 of whom declared.) Mr. Crawford's the Cur, 3 yrs, let 121 b (S. Rogers) 1 Mr J. liawley's Millwood, 4 yrs, sst I Ilb (U Sheep) 2 Mr. Flwrs'ot Antagonist, 4 yro, fiat 121 b (Crouch) 3 Lord Clifden's Footstoo l, 5 yrp, hot 1014 ...... tE. Butler) 4 The following oleo startol, but wore net plead :—lord ('tmelet . - field's Lady Wildslr, 6 yrs. Sot 11115 (Nat), Mr. Ilargreave'n ki4hina, 4 yro, ftst 101 b ( l'eorl) : Mr. Drlnkold'e Maryttin Conytighem, pa, but 111 h (Rodney); Duke of Richmond's Reflection, yra,i sat 7lb (Ciao). 7 to 2 eget Lady Wildair, 4 to I apt The Cur. 5 to I &gat Foolotool, 13 to 2 rock toot Morquts of Conyugham aml Millwood. to to 1 iisot Reflection, and IS to I agst Antagonist. Won by a length, • min.tween second and third, Footstool a bad {mirth. Run in 3 30 KO. TRADEAII Etett PLATE of 30 soya, added to • sweepstakes of 9 eons. each. Thrce.yr.olds, 7st 4lb ; four, apt Mb; occ atm up wards, IMAM; mares and geldings allowed Slb. Winner once thi. year to carry 410; twice, 7lb extra. Maiden three-yr-old. allowed alb; four, 71b. Tire winner to he mo l d for 150povs. if d e manded, 6:c., and allowances, if to lie roll for leos. Heats. 1 mile. Mr. Maughan's Martingale, 4 yrs, Out 12Ib —(6. Brown 0 1 1 Duke of Richmond's Nectar, 3 yrs, 1.41 71b ..(Kitchener ) 1 0 3 Mr. E. It. Clark'o 4elf Defence, 3 yrs, het tilli(Dockeroy) 0 2 2 Mr. Niruher'o Tenney. 4 yra, Mt 92, (A. Diy) 0 3 4 Mr. Taylor's Dean Swig, b yrs, Oat Ilb (F. Bolchin) 40 5 I Mr. Mover's Lovelace, 3 yr*, Got alb (0. sharp) 3 0 dr hil.T.Lyce'st by Denercost, nut of YAWN 3 yrs, GA Gib (R. Sherwood) 5 odr Mr. Drlnkald'e Man of my 11eart, 5 yr0,70611b (J. Sharp) 2 dr Souritoown STAKES handicap, of 10 sons. each, gentle men riders. Beata. The New Course. Mr. k twee . * Conveyancer, 3 yro, lost 41b (Owner) I 1 Mr. Wei , Bibury, agent, llst 11Ib ;Owner; 2 2 Bibury the favourite to both heats; the Bret heat won by a head, the second by a neck. Lab, inttlhgenct. EQUITY COURTS. Before Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce. BANKREETCY.—Es PAKTE STOKE* HE CL tEK E.— SCKETT—CONTHIBUTION.- 111 t. Bacon and Mr. De GPI supported the petition, which was presented on behalf of the estate of one of three sureties, who hail joined a princi. pal debtor in a bond. The other two sun, ties had become bankrupts, and the affairs of the principal debtor were wound up under a trust decd. The credit,,r under the hood had made claims against the separate eaten!! of all four obligors, and had proved against those of the two b.nkrupts for the full amount of his demand. He had by these means been paid the full amount of his debt ; but the estate on be half of which the petition was presented hod paid twice as much as its fair contributive share of the deficiency left un paid by the estate of the principal debtor, while the estate of one of the bankrupt sureties had paid nothing. The petitioners prayed that they might he at liberty to stand in the place of His principal creditor against tho estate which bad paid nothing, and to have the benefit of his proof against the estate to the ext. rat of the contributive share which the estate ought to pay. In support of the petition, " Es parts Atkinson" (Cooke's Bankrupt Law, 2101," Es parte Rush&rth" (10 Vesey, 409), and other cars were cited, and it was argued that the prin ciple, which long before the 49 Geo. 111., c 121, s. 8 was paced enabled a surety to stand in the place of a creditor who had proved as a:alma the debtor's estate, would also entitle him, independently of any statutory enactment, to the saute equity against the estate of a en-surety which had not in.id its contributive share.—Mr. Russell, for the as signees, submitted that the cases were not similar, and that a surety was never held to he entitled to stand in the place of the principal creditor, unless he had paid the whole debts; and he referred to " Waltz n. Seinhurn" (1 Exche quer Reports), and other cases.—The Vice-Chansellor, alter hearing Mr. Bacon in reply, reserved his judgment, which he now delivered, saying that, at the hearing of the petition, the case did not appear nor slid it now appear free from difficulty. His Honour had, in the meititime, however, con siihred the 61010TitiCI referred to, and hail consulted Mr. Pitman's valuable work on " Principal and Surety," end tne cases of " Es pate Helene" (Montagu and Chitty, 311), and "Greenside v. Benson" (3 Atkins, 213). Assuming the correctness of the decision in " Wallis o. Swin burne," bin Honour did not conceive that it defeated or was inconsistent with the cairn of the peti tioners. The creditor had a right to resort to ell the estates liable to his demand, as he thought fit, but the mode in which he er reised this right was not stiff, red in a court of equity to affect unjustly the relative liability of the different estates as between one another ; and, on the whole, his Honour was of opinion that the petitioners were entitled to the benefit of the proof to the extent of the contribution due to their estate trom that of the bankrupt, and that the coats must come out of the bankrupt's separate estate, as •"ht by the petition. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Before Mr. Commimloner Phillips. IN RI ILIALLS.—ItEN•NI).—Mr. SlrjeNNi, for two cr , di tors, named Greene and Bailee, opposed the immediate re lease of this pethioner, on the ground of a vexatious defence to actions brought by each of the parties. Balls, it appeared, petitioned the Court of Bankruptcy in 1845, owing at that period, 2971. An inquiry was instituted before the learned commissioner regarding the disposal, by insolvent, of two vessels, to a Mr. Wiscott, who, upon examination, declared he had purchased and paid f.r them in a regular way. The truth of the declaration was, however, doubted by the corn ' miasioner, who adjourned the case sine dio. Shortly after wards the amignees brought an action against \Vincott, and recovered the vessels, which they sold for 2101. Upon this • day was named for the rehearing of the cue. Upon the day appoint. d an extra creditor proved a debt of 101., which ex tended the full amount to beyond 3001., the utmost allowed to • trader, and the case was consequently thrown out of court. The insolvent immediately commenced proceedings against the assignees, and recovered trona them the whole of the money they had received from the estate. Instead of distributing the money proportionably among his creditors the insolvent favoured certain claimants, particularly his attorney, to whom he pail, it was said, the whole of the I costs for bringing his action against the assignees, besides the come for defending the two actions brought by the opposing creditors against himself, and by which proceedings he put Messrs. Bailts and Greene each to 401. additional and unne cessary expense. The debts set forth in the present schedule reached the sum of 3901. The Commissioner considered the conduct of the petitioner to have been highly reprehensible, and ordered a remand for four calendar mouths tram the vesting order. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—SitstEwanuitv, Auo. 1. Nin Pura Corta.—Odors Mr. Huron Plitt. The special jury cause, "Chamberlain o. Wall," for alleged breach of covenant by a tenant in the management of his farm, which, as we stated yesterday, occupied the court up to poet-hour, concluded at seven o'clock in the evening, the jury finding a verdict for the plaintiffs fur C2l. the quarter's rent, 261. for repairs of house, &c., and 1001. damages Rune v. ETTON.—Excgastvg Diavarsa.—This was an action to recover damages for an irregular and excessive dis tress. The plaintiff is a farmer, who occupied a farm called Ryton, in this county, from 1840 till 1847. The defendant is rector of the parish. in 1847 plaintiff left the farm, and was succeeded by a tenant called Chandlin. Tihre was an arrear of tithe rent charge due be the farm, and the question in dispute was, whether the defendant was right in taking a rick of wheat which the out going tenant bad left upon the land to pay the rent charge ; and if he was right in so taking it, whether it wail not an ex cessive distress. The defendant had got one rick of wheat out of three duly appraised by competent judges, and told it at a private sale for its full value, without putting the plain tiff to any expense ; the plaintiff himself subsequently agreed to repurchase the wheat for what it sold for, but afterwards declined doing so, and then brought his action. .Verdict for the defendant, with leave to move the court above for nomi nal damages—This concluded the business of the Nisi friars Court ; the criminal business finished at an earlier hour. The cues were all very light. WESTERN CIRCIIIT.—BODIZIN, JULY 31. Ceows COVIa• This morning Mr Justice Coleridge took his seat in the crown court, and in his charge, after some observations on particular cases for trial, spoke of the proofs which the statistics of the calendar afforded of the inefficacy, as a means of present good, of that imperfect education, religious and general, which is bestowed on the lower orders. He said such imperfect education is valuable only as a step in the right Uirection ; but for immediate practical improvement, religiously or morally, it is ineffectual. This imperfect education was attended, both to the individuals to whom it was given and to the public at large, by much the same kind of inconvenience which resulted to a man in a state of dim, imperfect light. Such imperfect light served but to dazzle and mislead ; whereas the man in perfect darkness at all events would stand still and do no harm. lie thought, if we looked around us, we should see that many of the social ills we suffer are attributable to a state of imperfect education. AusoN.—M. Miners was charged with having maliciously set tire to a stack of corn, the property of Charles Jeffery, a fanner, at Borough near Torpoint. It appeared that about 10 o'clock on the night of the 23rd of April, Mr. West, an ironmonger of Torpoint, was paulng at about half-arffile from Borough Farn-place, and saw some person walking to EXCHANGES AND. Barsrace.Arot. 184. 744 75 744; Ditto. 1442. 742; Ditto, 1844. CO ; Ditto, 1533, C; Ditto. of the City, 1443. 74; Bank of Deigium. d 3; Exchango 1....1.61, 24.524 ANTWILIP, Art, I.—Ex.:Nino on London at etcl.t. 33.4; t. fiagat, gem( 26.—Aurtrlan Floe per Cents., 744 ; Ditto, Four per Dente., .11; Ditto, Three per Cents.. 44; Ditto, 'l'h+, -:end Cents., 353. Loan. 1534. 122; Ditto. Mk. it ; Bonk 51an..6. 1,631. RAILWAY NEWS. fAID. - - We had a good business in shares in the morning of yesterday, but towards the close of the market priors flagged, and were called rather lower. MEETINGS. LEEDS AND BRADEORD.—Meeting ce Shar.h.Mers.—Lontlon, Aug.:.—Mr. Ilarford in the chair.—The o ject of this meeting was to urge on the directors to expedite the com pletion of the works in order that the shareholders might obtain their dividend of 10 per cent., guaranteed to them under their agreement with the Midland Company from end atter the opening. Until the line was opened the shares only bore interest at 5 per cent. It was stated that there was no reason why the line should not bare been opened last year, and that though several applicatiocui had been made to the directors, through the secretare ' to account for the delay, hitherto no satisfactory explanation bad been given. One gentleman dated, and the opinion appeared to meet with general concurrence, that the works were purposely kept back to save the Midland Com pany the extra 3 per cent., amounting to 450001. a year. Resolutions were paused exprewsing the opinion of the meeting that the works had been unnecessarily delayed, and declaring that an explanation should he demanded at the next belf-yearly meeting of the company, and it not satisfactory u special meeting should atterwerds be called to take such steps as might be advisable to secure the inure/Its of the share holders. It vas Mao determined that Mr. Itarford should be deputed to receive proxies to be used at the halLyearly meeting in accordance with the resolutions. READING, GUILDFORV, AND REICIAT B.—Half-yearly Merting.—Lnadon, Aug. 2.—D. &l , Fag., in the chain—The report was read by the secretary, and stated that great prosoess hail been made in the works on the line, the whole of which were under contract, whilst two lieetns of greet importance were fast advencing towards completion. The directors had endeavoured to Introduce such improvements on the line as are calculated to promote the strictest economy consistent with the substan• icet nature of the works. They had the moisfaetion to elate that they have been enabled to carry on the affairs of the company with the capital placed at their disposal from the call made in August hot tut the present state of the works rendered a further call of 21 . 10 s. per sh a re nec essar y , paysble on the sth of September. Front the belaw-shert it appeared that the re ceipts of the company amounted to 162,1031. es. Bd., whilst the ex penditure come to 101,372/. Si. 4.1., leaving a Wince of 60,3301. Its. 4d—The Chairman made a speech in favour of the pro ject, and its connexion with the line to Porteniouth.—A Proprietor asked if the lint would 4,14 more than 157. per *here, and whit the thrtanee —The 1.!.• torn replied that it Or Reigate hoe . 3 7, mom, It would not sr et the guarantee, but would be supp Led by South It...stern Comp ay.—Alter • brief COLvensUllui alt Opted. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.—CM/ATER AND Hoy! nun.—On Tueeday last this line, with the exception of three mi and a half adjoining the Meant titraits, was opened throgp x ,,,i7f goods and passenger tragic. This event will materially the communication between I.ondon aid Dublin; the mails either capital will now arrive in both eine. at I a.m. TYE OPENING OP THE DAMIEN A NI) DIEPPE DAILhoi,, took place, as announced, on Saturday. Tau trains kit Pato ip morning, .me at seven, and the other at nine o'clock, with the imQ' punks, among whom wire the two mintstrrv, &wide and hcz. curt. On arriving at Rouen, the runts partook of a splendid lea' fast, after which they proceeded In a special train to Ikep m. — , their arrle.l they were received by the national guards of b,,,,,- ail the surrounding communes, ant an irolMmose toncourft of of all clergy, and at three o'clock there was a grand dinner of ;i./0 laid out in the SLIAKki 1.151.-LONDON, AvousT 2 Ni pu—Tle quotction• of hoes to Roman Cluvart.... klen. te ust..."rttimas thou of liar In 'AID. HYU .•14414100 — • 2123 3i .1040trie•4 4 .4.1 It INK. 3* 3 1 6. so Ilirne•lVo4.* • 341 410. 12* tor. 11' el. de &Yeas! iti 340.. :4 aina. a Oxford Jn. 221 5 Fiume, 55115.4,1**r.'11 0 1 6 . 45 04•410 , ore.* Ander.. ' 3W. 25 Pv.Th into. ~.... II 10.1. 141 /000404//540041.1nr .. .46. 50 o•322konlan 21540 n 81 Do. 4 ares . 2 n 174 Chatter ash llolylkuoL.27 18 04.1'n/orris, • !ld. per 1 SU utt,iodielif , tr•Jonc 10 216.• SE ClailltdL*Ed:lo*l , b 7 II Do. 1.41. E.* II.). t 44 31 D0.131.1 , 1•16d:Pri 2* 34 211 awleroUotimaer . • 1 141 1 5 Do.Norrbt.gmet Cl 31 54 100. r:stot.44l.Nol par 1p • 61 De. do r.* ... Kda .... Gpq 1 lboaCui pl. Do. du. 5 per Cod Do. 'ao &Miro Dohs' 171.4 LA, 40 ..... .. .. .is .0 thsr.dooditr:4PC Do. do.. a... , •• • , East l.da. orii•Wel • • o 4 Do. Pi.es.i Morro 2...1 16.' o, 0. Isr(/•ish. '.3 • Etat Lsneolruh , rs . . 5) ilialinburodt dr DOW. 6 . Po. 4s. roe i2ll Do. 4 Alma .. V .. 45 I &law.. dr 2Cortre 24 /isefer. Eorrit. llore. 1 R 5 lOreox Norillern.., k, Do. Lon. dr 1 crit .24:1 oLeoutht•Waltare 10.16m5! N,,rth rtek'ell. 15 Do. Nero, ild SO lA, Soc., 30f. ..• • 1 14 D.,. .c....., 151.. ••• • Ye Great Pane= 21 Do. I Moroi 23 UP. rif•ltti .. 13 Do• litso.l7l. • b. 'that ami &Soo •• -•• 124 PO. $4'.. 44 ' 0, ..... 0.. Lune. 411 I,slrinir • • Iv Lo•Toirde *.• fee.e4xsira A lor4 , 174 Ho. stoves ....• • E 1 Do. .`.. , tx feesiii_ .... • . 13 M. 2 Asrdre/240 1 . , 2 Do.N es Guar.6 PC* 3 44 Do. Mot ,i 1..• ',dr. ..'d ikrilmd tors.i.ts4 50 Do IV IV rwido+o- R.Uoine - 2 i 25 110.1.(0004/54 rim 34 94 D• 34 do , * ~ • ,3 4P. 50 Leeds and r.d(ford..2o OS 45 Ladd diel •I .so r.ir 14 ... 23 216. A ~ 1, Grarld.osPCL 2 1 145 - 34 r.t1..c...1„& ••••., ~• 13 1.114011 a lneekna. 41 454 Do. E•rtensio o . . 40 UM., lined., SI 311 Ix 3 IV Do. Clout. E.0.M., 20 144. 5 Do. d0•G00r....0: 1 A, Do•Prtf•Dob.6l'.a. 46 4 8 3 /5,0* Ma ._.• „. 46 Do•Newrier.6so.B. 24 534 I. )erio • WWI - • T,r4V. i.s. Do. /1-fj . .tre4o. 4 t 0 i 1...104J 10. Weown o i li 34 Do. A a.. Ht. ...• . o af t al Do. 1..', as. Texas. i 40 /... do. Taw, ~ . -- 111 Do. Ilitrds • ILI i. ) I ts o N.Se.l'rrf.7 p (,•,-. • to Dr 4, ..../.4....uneWhij It Lolet..est.l4., fused] 4 1122.12.12242,231.2.,0 VA Mon.. &w it., Lhert ip ‘,. IV Do. New 11.4. ,(/'. 100 ~..7. * Mutch.d.dor2.2 — •• 1, Do. SOL gores L „.9 3 1 Is IN. hit A. Lorre & . k D...C.lirt.ekhr.gyt ;,..,"., :11 Do. briot..ttil.t.r.l — '••••& 121 , Slid.f1l. V 552(1.1.1 1.2412,,n94.0. .. (....4 4 •V I IN-vv64.14, ' ._ .... a Furth firi:,ot l, .. lye ID:. ; :,,,,*;:: I. ....-,,.:, :,-,. 4., Do. Tidra4 .. '• "" yi LW Norfol2 10 Do. Nero. I'o. . 2. !Pi • I D...D00r1. 51,... 4 23 P 4. Et. L . 1.: 4 4 ,. 1 " 3 I Do. do. Wo r m...', 4 .N.CPSN:ite Um 1 North & 614.;..r0i., of Li .N44th ii..... 14.1 .L., .1 • SI Ner:4 Wutern... 1 -17 . . actet..ll'ore..:•ll . ..id.ls lid ne.td.c.iodd. & Ac., 1 --• 11 Scottish and nildgll i 1. Scottish ernirel ... lg . fit 800 l Do.tisklifilktod Dv . 4 &1 ii7,.... 1 1.f 4 1. 1 4' I. SI Shrew.. 0 . 1.12.414.42.3# . _l4 , L.,. d 0..... L. u a, Jo& I 12 Bor. telst,lteetit 4SJ ir''' I' 2 . Do. Mimi . .... I Q ."' 1/0 I Do. Woven;• • • I, — fr I I D.. New.. . • '— 111 Do.i , pert.'eni:l'ir:oil l ior l ini 4 . bllmiAtiln. l'alo.. •!--' -. .60 South /), e..h. • - 1 2 ., * I Do. i',.trre.o. -- I 6 4 N6vlP. e.,. un:St'•e .a 4 Voy.th 2...44.22. „.. . ir L,4 ! Ito. ev.......A0 - Us , Do. do.. 1t'0.2.11 ft ILS I Do. do No. a, , • ell 110. do. Thirtlo. .1.6 : 13 ,Soath N ale.. .. ....IT . 4 18.1urk.s/, 2 : 01..I . -. 174127t.vn v Nur, : h• , 433•Waterf.r4 & Lisner. 0e •421.11'edi roll.' ir;041.90.' 25 I Do, tio. du. ~.....274 3.".. 111 W 1 . 41 . , 0h 1, 3 4 ..11 1.14. 04 if !Yorik, Newc.,.2 127..34 'l4 po ! ix..Xul Y sin Y , +I N 110 ' I 3 I riot?.:".:i.,'..,i' it i It •Yarkal'iort.3lA . 1 26 i 1.3.14.162:'.2:- • • . 2 • '' I I ' 1....1.0.. :tail., • , ', - 120 ;i6...,......, ... a A.a.. !.., , IS C... 4.6, fr.•6,.l 6 ... ...j . .1 Ds oh fi1..hi04.... -! lots. ..,.. • . • - 74 LIM' 4, n 'et e., 1 Idumbourg. ......li i N/ N haulm autl Lire ....3 10 Fiorillo, oof Frower.! it 41,.. t 441.224 P. lice4a223 11 Pad. lad L>ols —441 2) forts mot °Heine 1 25 D 2. Forken.l &1114.., . 1. 11 o Par , .. 4 •2r.soway . . 6 14. 2/ lito di N 4 fi.,li, ..; 9 C- Ana Ire• : 1 /. 24r 1211 9 inv., ~..., Nma 4 Gl. ni..11 est ,11 . .1,j1 .... u. I 50 :3 . ad. par 13 10+4d 7 q'zi ii z a . Col I ;iid ' 22T 236 al l au 61y. u d 311 4uy. c d illlir. ed. =..+d 4.1 1 11 ltd. 17. 1 d - u . ,L I.i. d. IT. "Ace , 227 Ito.! shares L.dt Ire. .to. New qi Do. .... Si tip. lig.. LI. re.. L. &AL .t; I, a 24 le. witgal LAI et I. 11 ip. 0.1 Jlb II ea* 3p. COMMERCIAL .AND MARKET& PRODUCE. MINCIOO•LA.Nfi, Aco. 2. Tbe asp market continues artier, and although so whence can be solid day en the West India market, yet 97n hbds. have been cull. Wow nah advanced fully nth la public sale; 1,101 busts wIJ eel 31s. td. 41s. Pernambuco did not chow any 4 dimes., but the onsiithe as soft and but ill suited for echoing ratio:cc Ito fired ctead,, etaedat quolitc, Si... lid. to Sts. Coffee, good and tine-cnotha-ing coaling sold at high prices ; other decriptians went elf aracily. Rice goer, 9s. Set. paid for a parcel ot good cargo Oulu in in good 4 mend, a ad prices are a shade higher. Tallow, new, 4M. td. to 4ff. In other srticies no material alteration. On nrerring to the WNW of importatinna, &lice lee, and sticks of re° ice :uto londen Item Jan. I to Aug 1, we find that the importation ef We 4 ludiasa h at decreased 1,000 casks; the deicer's' increased 7,100 eacke Ike Mock on hand ineres.ed 10,8410 make. The imp flatus <1 M4urials sager has decreased 102.400 bags; the (hider:. d. emcee 30.340 bags ;_ the stock on hand decre,-eil 9.:UU impnrtatthe of Bengal sugar has nee:reared 37,e00 huts; it, series decreased 32,100 bags; the stuck. increaral 2ry3tio nab. the importation of Ceylon cottee has increased 21.1,ite i.r.; the ile.. , c!es increased 12,0040 oags; the stock incrtiard 44,00 bap. Tat imports. tion of West ILtlia rum has increased 3,3 , 41 ch.k4; the deliTer.ei de. creased aou casks ; the stock increased 3,700 cuk, The imperialist of West India cocoa has ileerearied3::oo bog.' lac deli - eels leaned I,3nobigs, he.; the stork decreased 1,2,114 1,2 , 11.;5. The iniportstiowd Britiah haat India rice has decreased 4,40 b•irs; the degrades des eueaal 7,100 Was • the stock has incren.ed tom: the *ma. tion of pimento has increased 6,1034 hags; the deliveries tam." 2,090 bags ; the stock lure raced 972 ham. The import:gime( sib petre have increase) 810 tens ; the deliveries lacreuatd ICJ tier; Os stock increased 2,200 tow. Duty paid an Sugar to last week in booboo, Limp* eat liriatol, Hull, and the Clyde 3,41%,100 To the same period lust year Increase DCTIZN Pain oS TtA IN 1848 ro LAST tram Total Same time in 1847 „. ^t,51r3,09 1,702,851 COTTON.—Livearom., AVG. 2.—!he market o.dly was steady, and the asks were *bout A bales. SHIPPING INTBLLIGENCE.—MAua Lai. D 03.4.111. oCe.' OIL XE 3 Dublin ~... 0,0 lloGiand .... 0 0 VALI e. issue .0 sal 2 Waterfont .. rianskin .... aturtoit. Aug 2s. 11nr..100 1 IN4rwt.lee. 0,1 T4lacs.. ... 00 MaNcilks U 0 w.11 ,1 / 1 Aug 0 Onero./Jers. 0,1 Liston.. 'Aug.Sil ss Co.l ma Ila u 0 Ilainburr .... 010 5ida,31.13.W. 01 'Pi, —l%; 3 GYAVI,VND, At a. 2.—Arrived: Blatik Nyttiph, o.lcso : Nests* Guernsey; Kertch; Agnes, Quebec; Sir Edw. BOA Ostend; Rover, Atlas, Guernsey; Apollo. ~,A aA4 3; Lola. , LON Teuser, liasimu; Venus, Tonsburg ; SL George, Guernsey; Leer; Ealing Grove, Dominica • Greco, Arundel; Covenhla Quebec; Rainbow, llusiumah; JaMalea, Antigua; Jublier, Gaio* Douglas, Montreal.—SAilttl Carolinida, Coin; nil in, NOVA SO , Gem Smith, Petersburg; Comics. of Lonsdalti, I limthure ; Gash, Itotterdam ; Triton, Ostend; Lion, Sir It. Peel, Balinsee: Ranee, Swan River; !MOUT, Hobart Tom; America, Ranger, Bremen; Tudor, Cape, tee.; Promise, QWO Mary, Cape; Japan, Mauritius. LIVKIALVOL, Aso. Jno. Bright, rio Grande; 'IA Laguna; J. It. skickly, New York; Lively, .it. John's, N.li.; Rant T. Metcalf, Emma, Odessa • Elisabeth, Putrid , ; Snphia, Nen; Rostock;Violet. Argo, Braliestadt; Ozetorg, Hennturk; Pictou; Brilliant, St. Petcraburg • At (hue, prince 2.= Island; Caledonia, New York and Halifax.—Orf sughillan, China. The liindostan cleated at New Orleans for I isernool em GU if July, and haik tire sanw evening. Ilex Inwir hoi.t was tiled rid away, and she would discharge. The vessel ucad car:e are suppose to be much thunagivL ebe bad on baud oalis, nal 3,7 . '2 ads, 4 of corn. BIRTHS. AN DERSON.—.InIy 2a, at Edinburgh. Mrs. Ants mon, of a .latithis AN DElthUN.—July It, at Park House, coot Waltdia.ll, the sgett the Res. W. It. Anderwtn, of a daughter. ATK IN S.—Aug. 1, at Kingston Lisle, to wind of M. AtliaaNgt of a son. BEAL—JuIy 30 at Boyle sietrare. mar Norwich, the wired M Rev. W. Dud LL.D., of a &waiter. CA RTER.—J uly 30. at Glasgow. Mrs. F. A. Cortcr, of a dautelals , COLES.—Aug. 1. at Oalfteld, Clapham Now.tark. Mr, G. Csist•A daughter. 171:TC11.—July 30, at Hornourch, Egret. Mr, J. J. W. Chock, of daughter. LIN lihAV.—Aus. I, at Montagu ttrcet, Portman ,quart. slifd F. It. Lindsay, Esq., of a daughter. Pf)LIJM . K.—JuIy te, at Ball) mute, the wife of E. Puteck, ABDO clan,htcr WARM—JuIy 'O. at Chester, the wife of Mr. J. Want, of a duttlaw,..., W OATN.—J WY IP. at Mr , A. MARRIAUNS. Iltl—LAllND.—Joly Z., at kidlialurch, by Or Res. Pr Kugel St. Stephen 's, 0. Fry, erg., M.D., D.R.c rs. London. so., 'goo , on-Sat. Susses, to Isabella MM.. daughter of A. Lit , ...11d, 'JAW-0 NLL.—J 123, at tit. "bow. , }i_oisugsat Cb.tpel, Etlattert l by the Itev. T. D. N. Drutionsi Hai nl, 0. A. l. A , tits Elg4 negond daughter N. the hto Capt. M. N. Fell. HAIIIINS-110LIN F:.—Aug. 1, at Lee Church, by Bo stew. Prichard. Robert 'bongs, Eel M.ll, Iwo. Ear! India Cutsfati' havice. to AM., eldist daughter of Boisert ,NOk n ' street, Groinwich. DOPE— et PEN S.—Aur. I, at Holy Trinity Church, Cleder. t.y the F t. W. Ilutehtowto,ngtor of CheektcY• L. 11 0 Vo. Essi.. burl , h." Sr P J. Hone, Dart— M... of Cniigliall. to C,J.ltiertai, vane amour of the late Lit:at...lot. A.. Spens, 11.E.1.C.5.. of Manor Howe. Br wreak. Edinburgh. Yr MACK ARN kinel—YOU NO.—Augi._ 1, at St. John's, Taddiagim Rev. T. Ilunt MA., reitor Wog Felton. Salp, the •• Mack:mow. of Merton Oxford. to Mary Atm, Ohs MAW of tho late C. Ynung, Erg., of Layard, colon. M'Kli 1(111T-11UKRAY —July 31, at tilargow, h,. the Ref. w. Berson, Mr. J. Mlinight, illmgow, Mar,,iaret, mitt tol West Murray, Fay , Glasgow. RLIMSLY-1 OCKN El'.—stag. 1, at ht. Paueruf Church. EDNA youngest eon of the late Dr. N. Rtunicy, of 'leaky unlearcea Octavio, Alth laughter of S. F. Tockney. Esq. NN —J 011 K STUN N.—Aug. 2, at St. Litz-Church, George Stephen, Esq., of Hollord ignore, to Emily, third datthhtts John Johnstone. Neg., of NewDood•rtreet. SUMNER-11K1 • WOOD.—JuIY 70. at Colwall, IlerefordDr . . b il! Bishop of Winchnitsr, the tier. O. 11. humner, ,tuth .srp lee)Dishonor Winchester. to Mary Elizabuth, YoUnitht sI.W.; /W wood. Erq., of llopogad. DEATHS. DRODHURST.—Aug. 1, Sarah, wife of Mr. 0. Bredhutd. Telt aged 33. CHU Z, at Cupar.Fife, Mr. G. Chsleti^. m g, CLARK.—JuIy 24 at Portland Cuttage, Hamilton, Mr. ic• MoINS.d 7A IDD—Jtey 30, at the Woodrow. Brom...Tose, Worce-ter,lll7. 0. F. 'dittos, Egg., aged Go. O f the • fasiifar LA M R.—July 31), ..ttreth, wife °III. W. Lamb, Erg., ebtors' Cotut. MA D CK LlN.—July he, at Lokenark, Wicklow, 0. MaelJla 1 • atYe surgeon. aged A OWN ON' EN.—July 31, at Norlandterrage, Nottlng4llll the lot late =aloof Gawsworth, Chesture. aged 4 2 . SMITII.—JuIy Moats relict of the lota J. South, Est., of A lder ' atestroet. and N acid 74. wb SM ITH.—July 31, Stoke at Orasigend,eginglort, H e l en Burnett, oak da fer tleorgo Roche Smith, kvoq,, stoff.surgeon. aged 7 ihsi" tp. SOK Elto3.—J uly 31, at Cliffordstreet Londoo, bugaers. of Mendip Lodge, Sumersttshire Ufa 66. W WT.—July 20, at Albert-WOK , kagent•k. w av "'- k re f . WRlrTizAos.l.l...!‘ LIN^ IllaMtert vin •• , see Prinent w rabliebell by linabbal lire. eau. n • lirCay or Loam hi.eseo at sby peas ti lasubabYaraY,o r Y WWl*, riars.—Tbeabb...Ageggy; ,--, A S