The Express. — London, England, 1847-08-11 00:00:00

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Balkeley L BRECON : Watkins BRECONSIIIRE: Ridley CARDI : Dr. Nickell CARDIGAN: CLIMA P TAiSN : TI;;;; - " CARMAN MEM : C Darks CARNARVON Hushes CARNARVONSHIBE Peasant DENBWegIGH : FLINT BOROUGHS: Hanmer lion. LLMostylL ...L IRELAND, 11 ARX.AGII : Col. Rawdoe L EtNDON BRIDGE: BELFAST: Tennant Lord J. Chishoster C CARRICKFERGUS: Hon. W. 1.1. Cotton C CARLOW .- fsadleir CASHEL : T. O'Brien L CLONMEL : Hon. C. Lawless I. COLERAINE : Dr. Boyd CORK ez, g b a n McCarthy DUBLIN, COUNTY: Hamilton CM. Taylor DUBLIN UNIVERSITY: Hamilton Shaw DOWNFATIUCH : Ker DOWNSIIIRE: Via. Castlereagh Lord E. Wit DROGHEDA: Sir W. Somerville L DUBLIN, CITY : E. Orogen DUNDIArr6 L °1 C C. istrith L DUNGANNON : Lord Northland DUNGA RYON R. L. Shell ENNIB: O'Gorman Mahon L ARG YLLSIIIRE D 111 4 Netll AYRSHIRE: Omid BANFF, COUNTY J. Duf BERWICKSHIRE : Hatt. F. Scott _ L &Lee • Trani kelt SIANNAN ♦nn KIN ROM : Gen. Marina jj,mr pa corms aim.. • Lord Drowlantli DUMFRIES, BU ROHS : W. Ewort DUNDEE : G. Duncan EDESBURGH Cowan W. 0. Craig L wrsrsueoastnit: Sir J. Rope . .... C ELGIN, B ff URGHS : Du FALKIRK, BURGHS: Lord Linsolo GLASGOW: WGresor Heade GREENOCK: . si; • IRELAND. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 11, 1847. LEICESTERSIIIRE, N.: Lord C. Mennen Farah=C LEICESTEIt 4 IIIRE, 8.: Belford Peaks lINCOLN . BtUNE, N.: Chr o b4 =7 LINCOLNSHIRE. SOUTH : Sir J. Trollog . . C NORFOLK. • • NORTIAZZIEHIRE, N.: T. P. Himmel! A. Stafford (O'Brien). C NORTHUMBERLAND, S.: IL Bell B. C. IL Ogle NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, N.: !pill IL Beam& .. NOITINGHAMSIIIRE, S.: _ fill :1; a7d — ''''' C RolleStal - 1 - 2U - dtiorreis -- • Harcourt RVTL ND4 IKE : - }W:a7ti;i:e — • Noel IHROPSIIIRE, NORTH. y!eet. Clive W.O. Gore 811E0Fsil1 RE, SOUTH: Lion. FL H. Clive Viret. Newport SOMERSET/FUME, EAST: Mlles Pinney STAFF - OEO3IIISE, SOUTH: l. Anon L Lord Imdr . e C SUFFOLK, Lord Rem E. $. Goo* C SUFFOLK. WEST: Weddieflw C strauv, WEST: Denim . SUSSEX, EAST: Fuller SUSSEX. WEST: Earl of Marth -- C Prime C WESTMORELAND: on. 11 C. Lowther C Hon. Mammon ... WILTSHIRE, NORTH: 1 Long Sotheron WILTS, SOUTH . Bennett Sidney Herbert C WORCESTERSH IRE, E.: C Ca Roehout k F WOW: ERSHIRE, W.: General Len C Knight C YORKSHIRE, EAST: Lord Nathan C Smedley C YORKSHIRE, NORTH: Carle L O. Dun y oomte C YORKSHIRE, WEST LID : lord Morpeth L Cobden. L Lord Adare Talbot HAVERFORDWEST: Evans I MERTHYR TYDVIL: Sir J.Goest ‘... i..i.l3lt••ritt L MONTGOMERYSHIRE : SIONIG II 37ERI .' • C Colmundeley Pugh C (A double return.) FEMBEOEE : _ C —..— ........ - . Sir J. Wallas RADNOR, sc. : Sir T. F. Lewis L SWANSEA I Vivian L me, • Cole OALWAY, TOWN: B.!lLke O'F` KILKENNI(aTY) .L J. O'Connell L KLNG'S COUNTY: Westenrs Aeutatroas KINSALE: R. L. Guinness LIMERICK, CITY : J. 01:nosell .L (.O'Brien LIBRE RN SR IL &row . . C LONDONDERRY (CIT Y): lalr R. A. Ferguson L MALLOW - - ir arrays L NEW ROSS : Talbot X NEWRY : Tibet. Newry C PORTARLINOTON: - •-" 15.17&;; -" L QUEEN'S COUNTY Hon. T. Vary ..... C Fitrbotrkk SLIGO : Boomers TRALEE : M. O'Connell ..... L WATERFORD, CITY T. Meagher D. O'Connell WEXFORD : Devereux WICKLOW, COUNTY: lard billion L OaL Acton YOUGHAL : Awn, INVERNESS, BERGIIS: A. Nlalheenn H. Ball. KILMARNOCK, &c.. Rourcrie . KINCARDINESHIRE. Hon. 11. Arbuthnot KIRKCALDY, Bc. : Cot. Pnnuron LANARKSHIRE L LEITH. fte Rutherfort___ Dividas PAISLEY: A. Untie PERTH: F. Wade PERTHSHIRE: Drummond Col. Mute ROTSURGIifiIITRE J. E. Elliot SELKIRESHIRE teekhart ST. ANDREW'S., tte . E. Ellice, tun Smith ...... STIRLING BURGHS L STIRLINGSHIRE Forbes WIGTON, BURGHS • Sir J. WlTsettort L 1111:161111C - L Capt. T. Da!rymple...L DUBLIN, ACOVST 9. The failure of Douglas and Co. is reported to have seriously touched some of our corn merchants. There were few more enterprising speculators in the food markets than the Sligo merchants. Some have made considerable fortunes by their judicious activity, while the unexpected fall in corn has come home to the " business" of others. The Sligo Mampion of Satur day mentions a very extensive failure in that town to the amount of 100,000/. The name is not given. The Fermoy guardians, under the presidency of the Earl of Monntcaehel, have rendered themselves very conspicuous against the payment or imposition of rates. At the last meeting Mr. Burke Roche moved a three months' rate under the new act, but an amend ment substituting six months for three was carried by a large majority. This looks like a return to common sense and humanity. At the same meeting a letter was read from the Poor Law Commissioners relative to the postponement of the three shilling rate in re payment of the advances under the relief act. The commissioners state that the guardians have no option, and peremptorily call upon them to strike the rate, or perhaps, prepare for the Queen's Bench in Michael mu Term. The Lords of the Admiralty have consented to the project of the commissioners for improving Lough Corrib ; namely, the formation of a navigable channel from the sea into Lough Athalea, and the connexion of the east end with Lough Corrib. The wheat is in progress of yielding to the sickle in the neighbourhood of Dublin. The late rains in terrupted the delightful pr.cess, but, with the return ing heat and sunshine, the work will be renewed. The country papers notice the falling of the early sown fields, and rejoice in a most abundant produce. CONCILIATION HALL.—The Repeal Association hell its usual weekly meeting on Monday. The chair was taken by Mr. Thomas Lamie Murray, the defeated rand:date for Drogheda. The meeting wu the largest since the day O'Connell presented himself there after leaving prison. A letter wu read from the Roman catholic Bishop of units,' enclosing 211., the subscription of himself and a number of his clergy. An address, exceedingly complimentary to Mr. Jahn O'Connell, was read from the Roman Catholic bishop and clergy of Derry. It was presented by a deputation of ten of that body, who attended for that purpose in the hall. The proceedings were enthusiastic, but had little else to re commend them. Several newly•elected repeal members were present. The repeal rent for the week reached nearly 601. KIMDER.—A shocking murder, deliberately planned for the purpose of more securely plundering the victim, has just been discovered in Galway. The victim was named Lowry, a pig-jobber, and the murderer a man named Monahan, in whose house Lowry took lodgings fur the night. SCO TLAND. EDINBURGH, AUGUBT 9. With two or three exceptions the parties injured by the fall of the hustings at Peebles are now doing well. The election for that county is ex citing considerable interest, particularly as many of the conservative votes are said to be fictitious, and as the opposition have intimated their intention of scru tinising them thoroughly. Distress generally shows itself early in Paisley, and while fever is elsewhere abating, it is keeping eta , tionary there, if it be not icdeed increasing. In order to settle his exclusive right of roadway along the banks of the Don, Lord James Hay is about to institute an action against an Aberdeen citizen foe trespass. The Aberdonians are indignant about the matter, and how much soever his lordship may gain at law he will suffer dearly in popularity. STBANHAER, AUG. 7. Considerable excitement has been occasioned in our district of burghs by the proceedings at the nomina tion and return of Sir John M"raggart. Strong doubts are entertained of their legality. At Wig ton, on the 2nd inst., two candidates were put in nomination—Sir John and Mr. Macaulay. The show of hands having been declared by the Sheriff (with considerable hesitation), to be in favour of the former, a poll was demanded by the gentleman who proposed Mr. Macaulay, and appointed to take place on Wed nesday the 4th. The sheriff immediately left the hustings, and the assembly dispersed. After the sheriff had returned to his residence, and while he waif engaged making arrangements for taking the poll in each of the tour burghs which compose the district, the gentleman who had nominated Mr. Macaulay waited'upon him and intimated a wish to vrithdmw hiscandidate. The sheriff thereupon returned to the hustings, the withdrawal of Mr. Macaulay was formally announced, and Sir John M'Taggart declared duly elected. No person suspects the inte grity of the sheriff; it is admitted that he was actu ated solely by a desire to prevent inconvenience to any one. As tittle doubt is entertained that, seeing the late hour at which the idea of starting Mr. Macaulay was entertained, the result of the poll would have been in favour of Sir John M'Taggart; but it is thought that proceedings so irregular, if allowed to pass without challenge, may form a dangerous pre cedent. Though the original nominator of Mr. Macaulay was persuaded to withdraw bim, other electors might have nominated hint afresh had the meeting not been previously dispersed. If Sir J. MTaggart's election is sustained, nothing more will be required in future to secure the election of an unpopular candidate, than to get his opponent nominated by a voter who will consent to withdraw him after the electors have dispersed, when the sheriff may return to the hustings, and go through a form , by which the unpopular candidate may be declared member. The impression here is, that the sheriff, after declaring the day on which the poll was to take place, was, as our lawyers would term it, funrtus officio :—that he could not legally interfere to prevent % the poll taking place ; and that Sir John's return is ,; irregular and invalid. And, with a view to the pos sible consequences of conniving at such an irregu larity, the election ought not to be sustained. THE FISHING TEADE.—Tho following important para. graph occurs in the Fishery Board's report, recently pub lished, and strikingly shows the vast importance of this de partment of national industry : " In calling attention to the boat account for this year, the commissioners have to point out, that whilst 14,649 boats, manned by 60,279 fishermen and boys, and 99,065 persons of all descriptions, were em ployed in the shore curing department of the fishery, daring the fishing year 1845, the return for the fishing year 1646 contains 15,076 boats, manned by 61,224 fishermen and boys and 99.833 persons employed, showing an increase of 427 beats, and 915 fishermen, and 768 in the total number of persons employed. It does not appear to be unreason able to anticipate that them numbers nay be permanently aalrdeenPtclisrnoeuaeli year tie bV e h r e i. ch charitable a the dicastsisLi)eud:ncizbailty. ante of the West Hig hlands threatened with starvation, arising from the failure of the potato crop, individuals having been in this way converted into fishermen, who were previously utterly ignorant of the mysteries of that calling, and who may now be led, frem a due regard to their own intertsts, to prosecute it in future. The account of the ton nage and number of hands employed in Great Britain, in conveying Liverpool and foreign salt for the fisheries, and in exporting herrings, as well as embracing other statistical in formation, presents this year the following returns : the amount of tonnage employed in carrying salt is 32,271, and the number of hands 3,sB4—the tonnage employed in ex porting amounts to 36,4701, and the number of hands to 2,9l9—the tonnage of fishing boats amounts to 128,919 — the number of square yards of netting used in the fisheries is 98,076,355—the number of yards of lines 5.5,172,903—the value of boats 683,3941.—the value of nets 473,744/. 10s., and of lines, 98,9104 4s. and the total value of boats, nets, and lines, amounts to 1,2.56,0181. 14e. INCREASE op FEVER.—Fever, which seemed in Glasgow and its vicinity to have met with a check, again appears to be on the increase, more cases having been reporkd than last week. The hospital, however, which has been erected is new in full operation, and by the immediate removal of the infected, and the fumigation of the houses, which is regularly attended to, we trust that this dispensation may soon be alleviated. The hospital has accommodation for about 170 patients.—North British Mail. WALES. LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN THE PRINCIPALITY.—From the report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. it appears that the asylum at Haverfordwest, which in 1842 was in a most defective and disgraceful condi tion, has been much improved, both in and to the condi tion of the house and of the patients. The commissioners state that the patients appeared to be kindly treated, their clothing good, and their persons clean ; and that the diet had been much improved, and was given in sufficient quan tities, and no patient was under restraint. A remote patient who was formerly kept naked in a dark and filthy room during both day and night was at the time of the last visit clean and neatly clad, and was sitting out of doors free from restraint and amusing herself. A boy, who formerly slept on loose straw, on a stone floor, in a small dark cell, now slept in a comfortable bed, was clean and well clothed, and nearly restored to his eriginal healthy state. Of the asylum at Burton Ferry, in the county of Glamorgan, the commis sioners report as follows . " The paupers are lodged in out buildings, and the apartments appropriated to their use are cheerless and uncomfortable, and the single cells are defec tive in construction, being small, damp, end incapable of perfect ventilation. At the last visit, it appeared that the roof and windows were not water-tight, and that although the asylum is situate in Wales, and nearly all the eighty-eir pauper patients confined therein were Welsh, and a large proportion of them could understand English but imperfectly, there was not one attendant capable of speaking the Welsh language in the whole establishment." PROVINCIAL. PENALTY UNDER THE TEN HOURS ACT.—Yeeter day Mr. Graham, sub-inspector of.factories, came before the magistrates at Manchester to prefer a charge, under 10 Vie. r. 29, roiled Mr. Robert Fairweather, Kenyon-street, of having employed in his factory sir females for the week ending on the 24th July more than 63 hours per week. The amount of penalty to which Mr. Fairweather had rendered himself liable was not less than It, and not more than 31. in each ease.—Mr. Fairweather's brother, the manager of the mill, appeared to answer the charge, and admitted the offence, but pleaded it was committed in ignorance of the law.—Mr. Graham explained that what Mr. airweather meant was, that the machinery in the mill had done running, but that in reality "employment in factories" bad been defined by one of the older factories seta to include denting the machinery.—Mr. Fairweather said, in answer to a question, that his brother had carried on business 6 or 7 years.—Mr. Maude thought he could not well plead ignorance then.—Mr. Maude said it MU well for Mr. Fairweather that there were only six persons in the room ; for the lovreetpenalty being 1/. in each case, it would bays amounted to a heavy suns if the room had been full of hands when Mr. Graham entered.—Mr. Graham said the room was full, but he bad thought it sufficient, as a first offence, to take six cases.—Mr. Maude: Then the penalty will be 61. DUEL BETWEEN Two SAILORS.—A conflict of a most sanguinary and voyage character took place on Sunday evening last, near the Dingle, between two Neapolitan sailors. From some inquiries made in the neighbourhood we have been enabled to gather the following particulars About five o'clock In the evening six men, in the garb of sailors, were obierved standing in the road which leads towards the Dingle ; they appeared perfectly sober, and on good terms, and nothing took place to indicate that any thing of a hostile nature was intended. In a abort time, however, a person who was purring saw the six men in a hollow, or excavation, a short distance from the road, and on' going up ascertained that they were just terminating a duel, which bad been fought between two of them. The combatants were then engaged with large clasp knives, and the other four appeared to be acting as seconds. The contest must have been a most desperate one, as the men were almost covered with blood, having received several wounds about the head and face, and other parts of the body. We ucilt•rstt.al that no pto.ice officer was at hand, and that all the parties retired int mediately after the occurrence. One of the duellists, it appears, was taken to the Southern Hospital, where he now lies in a dangerous state, although not considered beyond the reach of recovery. He has one or two wounds on the head, and one of his arms, near the elbow, is almost cut to pieces, so much so that amputation of the limb will be necessary. His opponent made hie way down to the vessel to which he belonged, at the Prince's Dock, and his condition being ascertained, be was sent in a car to the Northern Hospital. He has a wound on the side of the head, tannin g in an oblique direction under the chin, about seven or eight inches in length ; it le of em siderable depth, and the head is partially severed from the body; the jugular vein has, however, escaped with only a slight scratch. He has other injuries on the neck and arms, and when brought to the hospital presented a frightful spectacle; his recovery is considered doubtful. The two men, whose names we have not been able to ascertain, are sailors, and belong to the ship Regina Cteli ; it is supposed they had quarrelled on board ship, and had, after the custom of their own country, resorted to this method of settling their disputa. Neither of them can speak a word of English. The knives used on the occasion were sailors' clasp knives, but unlike those in use by our English seamen, having long blades, and pointed. The police are on the alert to discover the men who acted as seconds on the occasion, so that some light may be thrown on the affair, and the guilty parties brought to justice. YORKSHIRE. CHARTER OF ,INCORPORATION FOR WAKEFIELD.— The following appears in the Louden Gazette or last evening: " The inhabitant householders of the borough of Wakefield, in the West Riding of the county of York, having presented a petition to her Majesty in council praying that a charter of incorporation may be granted to the said borough, her Mejesty wsa this day pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the said petition be taken into consideration by a committee of the Lords of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, on Saturday, the 28th day of August next.". WORCESTERSHIRE. THE ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGHAM AND BRIS TOL RAILWAY. —On Monday as inquest on the body of Warburton, the unfortunate engine-driver who was killed on Friday night, commenced at Kingsnorton. Mr. Sanders, of the Midland Railway, was in attendance to watch the proceedings. The first witness examined was Thomas Fletcher, who stated that he resided at 13u1saie heath, and was a fireman in the employ of the Midland Rail way Company. He knew the deceased well, and he was an engine-driver. Deceased left Gloucester on Friday evening last with the mail train for Birmingham. There was only one engine with the train. No accident or break-down occurred until the train arrived near the lodge at Kingsnenton. The train was proceeding at the rate of 36 miles an hour. On its arrival at the above place witness felt the engine roll, and the deceased made some observa tion is to their position, when instantly both engine and tender fell to the ground. Ile (witness) held by the bottom part of the spring balances , but the shock did not compel him to lose his hold, and he became wedged in between some poetical, of the engine, so as to be unable for some time to extricate himself. When he had recovered a little be called out for the driver, but received no reply, whereupon he jumped upon the engine and tried to find the regulator, but could not succeed. lie then attempted to put the fire out, but could not find any of hie tools. Messengers were then sent up and down the line to prevent luggage or any other trains from pro ceeding either way. After some time the fire was put out, and then witness took a lamp from a guard (named Har vey) and commenced a search for Warburton. He was die covered in a few minutes quite dead. About 40 yards from where the engine lay witness found either one of the chairs had been broken, or one of the keys had come out. He was inclined to think the chair was broken. It was the outside part of the chair which was broken. The metals he believed were straight over. He was quite sure the engine ran off the line at the broken chair. There were he thought four carriages and the van, and all but one were thrown off' the rails. He did not see deceased after he was found, but he heard that he was dead. Witness escaped with a few severe bruises on his back, knees, and hands.—By a juror : It was one of Long ridge's engines. She was a six-wheel engine. He thought she was too heavy for the train she took. He did not attri bute the accident to any fault in the engine. She has been running for some time. Witness passed the manse spit going towards Gloucester about five o'clock, but no impedi ment was observable. He did not see any plate-layers at work near the spot. Had been a stoker for about twelve months. Knew nothing of engineering until be came to work on the line. Did not know whether the axles were broken or not. Before he (witness) became a stoker he had been three years at sea. Was now nearly nineteen yearn of age, and was in receipt of 3.. 9d. per day from the railway company. The drivers had not watches or time pieces with them. Before he was placed on the engine as stoker he was employed about eight months in the engine shed. In case the engine-driver should be thrown off the engine, or anything happen to him, he (witness) had suf ficient knowledge how to manage the engine and take the place of the driver, [The jury here expressed a desire to see the spot where the accident occurred, and have some expla nation given them, as the witness who had just given evi. dence could not give the information required. The coroner immediately assented, and the jury proceeded to the spot.] On their return, Mr. Matthew Kirtley said that he resided at Derby, and was the lo comotive superintendent to the Midland Railway Com pany. He knew the engine which was driven by the deceased at the time of his death ; it is No. 37, and was built by Longridge and Co. It is a six-wheel engine, with two outside cylinders. The height of the driving wheel is five feet six inches. The engine weighed 21 tons when in work ing trim. It had been in use four months only frees the time it was sent out from the maker's. It was his duty to inspect and examine the company's engines before they were put on the line. He inspected the en gine in question, and was perfectly satisfied with her, and had no reason to object in any respect. He had never received any complaint respecting the engine from those parties whose duty it was to report to him. Shortly after the accident on Friday night he proceeded to the spot and found the engine on her broad side on the up line. The connecting rods, the gearing, the wheels and axles, were uninjured, and the gauge of the wheels correct. Relative to the cause of the accident he could not account for it except by looking at the whole of the circum stances. The speed was no doubt excessive, the oscillation while running round a curve must have been great and the I road too light for that class of engines. All those circum stances combined might have caused the accident. The sleeper which was on the line at the time of the accident was certainly not a very good one. He did think, taking the road as it is constructed, a light train ought not to travel taster than thirty-five miles an hour. lie was of opinion that the engine in question was too heavy for passenger trains, and under that impression he intended to cause the Ne. 37 engine to erase running pas senger trains and convey heavy goods only. The driver re ceiver 76. a day wages.—The next witness examined was Mr. \V. Barton, the resident engineer, who add that he, some time since, recommended that new and heavier rails be laid down. The inquiry was then adjourned until Wednesday, to enable this witness to produce his letter to the company. gbe anut. ASTLET'S AMPIIITHEATILL—On Monday night a new piece was produced at this establishment. lb title is "The Prince of Cyrus ; or, the Horse of the Elements." The Prince and the Horse are of course the heroes, and to work out the plot the Horse of Me Elements literally goes through fire and water to arrive at the cl.'nouement. In one act a very brilliant series of fireworks is displayed. The second act is chiefly devoted to the element of water, which is vehemently agitated to imitate a !storm in which a barque is loft, with a successful simulation of all the horrors of shipwreck. The scenery throughout the piece is very gorgeous, and the mechanical coatrivanees unusually ingenious. The drama is interspersed with those lime and deadly combats, hand to hand, which appear so necessary to the entertainment of tranepontine audiences that they are never omitted. A few devils also appeared, by long usage, to do the magical business of the piece. The acting made a more than ordinary impression on the house. Mr. Barry, the comedian, as the squire of the hero, gave very general satisfaction, which was ex pressed in laughter sad applause, both frequent and von- SISSOIN4 To the mock vicissitudes, premeditated chances, and verileaftil escapes planned beforehand, unfortunately was ANA a real accident. Miss Henry, who acted the part of the Primers, dislocated her uncle at the close of the first act, by a false step in descending from her horse, and her part had to be assigned to another actress. The feats in the circle were exceedingly attractive. CLERICAL. LAST Min's Gazette contai naa.rorder in °cornea, imbed • money payment to the treasurer of the cathedral of Bt. ta tt le, la cammensatton for certain property beretokee== La la Art of his office, but now vested to the Ommaisakmera. Toe mama Gazelle cantatas • smart ceder, &Mho. 'sham It newly wanes; the rural deanerks within the el Bath, and for anhing permller and exempt Jude. istina — Zra Mame of Bath and Wells. NAVAL. Pauli Moozy.—Notice is 'riven In lame se s is m assette to the oaken and company of her Ibtjeetre imp 014 sells Ilaketta, Bart., 40•21•11tkr, who ware prawn at age= of the elm dhow llasseet an ties Inlay et age. Iso,llst they wdl Is poll emir awes et dm slave and Moo beenties gesstedsir the any en lie lea by of IMOinbre rd. et No. 13, Illtentent'atan, 81ml ; wars ibe sesells will he iris,* thaw months, agreeably to eat at ISt les. OK; enantander, 31/. td.; init = id & sexed alms, U. 18s. lid.; third claw, I. lee. Oid.: tool& asee, I/. 18e. aid.; fifth claw, lea. a jd. ; math elms, lie. lid. ; sersnlik dame, Q. 3 jaw PORIIMOUTH, AUGUST 10.—Her , In the royal ynelitotettst Its Resign smarm at thane" at lwar {Mak an stink swain the mewetseer dread In tame, sawed and whited. isebs im Nadrah 8103 saluted her es antral. Tho Areoe, sashed this day at frees Quebec. Tbs nye raw ell ready for her Misty% departure, add* however, bap *epeeist (tlre oclock Thai thick, mini-, and blowiest weather, it act un likely may be ashwed for diy or too. llgroorost, Au°. 9.—Birkeoheod, Com larram. Twerada bow l'orbetesth, aid shied shortly Mr ler Den. drum lay, babe th em e yam and stresstelesdial Mls eseveyed in the Oandesee, that sandderedi unit kr the vamp. Ow horse. at. guard 'hip, wee rinsed Is heraesslegallidearestegi and the Thundercr, 84, brought 11011016 die ollsipord to to Mild kr commladon. ADMIRALTY, AVG. 10.—APPOiNTIIIINTIL-4/611K O.K. Saab, to Penelope. Kw/ter). Penn to Roam . Bea. rasa Hatching. to Amphitrite. itaater's Aremtant E. Haim to Tellemalim. shipman H. 11. Morgan to Crocodile. Aerlarrat Iketsaar R. C. Thunder to Fury. Naval Cadet P. F. Waßibigien Clerk'. Aesimant 0. Lowe to Scourge. Masa Y. Raw soalnand to Moline. Bentawalna H. Small =kneed to Victory; T. YOGI (acting) cordirmcd to Ceylon.. MILITARY. _ ----- PORTSMOUTH, Auo. 10..--The 62nd Itegt. arrived this day, in the Apollo, tenop.ehin, from Quebec, and will be landed on We 1214 Wet. at Porta..AL, rap...able tiaetleb.chtnent of the tieput Natant" which will return on that day to the Isie of Wight-1W 43rd Beet- will orders Fort Cumberland, Timor, leaving two rem. panics in Portsmouth; and the 53nd will occupy Cambridge BarrarJcs. MORTALITY or 1111ITUIR TIO:101.8 ABIOAD.—The fol lowing from the Patriot n en account of the annual mortality per 1,000 troop., natives of the British Isles. serving In fordgn counts* dining pesos : New eolith Wales Cape of Oood Hope lBlB to 1408 l3 Nova Ikeda and New Brunswick „ „ .-- 18 /oLdta Canada, Upper and Lower Gibraltar Ica* hies Maulin@ 64 Helena Madam Preddesay lBl6 to 1830 ......... it I c.2loo ßasaltac m Feetemew 1811 ~lel{ Bengal Presidesay . Windward and Leeward Comma* 1817 ~ 1836 I Jams* l9 99 Haag Kong The above statistics are madly from Marshall and Tallock's Repots -mav en by " Surgeon Balfour on the health of Troupe. The marpTlty la Odode la not included in the above. Nor the deaths among W6Olll 011 as Magee. It appear that in the Windward and Leeward Commands, via., Itarbadoes, Trinidad, &e., there hare died, sins 1817, upwards of 10,308 British addiers. In the Jamaica garrl mini sine 1817, upwards of 11.800 British *diem have died. Bar racks Dave recently been erected In Jamaica, and the health of the troops Is much improved—Ali a mein. of eimpasison the average annual mortality per 1,000 men in civil life in Britain is appended: Mortality at the age 29 -30, bythe Carliale tables . Mortality by " Finlay* on Gormantent Annuitants" llortalit) in 17 of the lamed towns In Britain, where troop are statiorad l5-7 Mortality among the But India Company's /shearers ...... Mortality among the Foot Guards 2l Mortality among tamps serving In the United Kingdom Mortaray among parties ineared In the Equitable Office, between 20 And 40 Mortality among parties insured in Me Temperance l'ovictent Olice, Landon 4 SPORTING. LAWTON RACES.7TvceDAT.. Tal&L STMILEB of 6 SOTS. mob, and 60 added. Once round, and a diatenoe. Lord Warwick's Yardley ..........e..-......--...(Whicseounel 1 Mr oirre Prestwic k .L Pr (Denman) 2 (G..oatee, ‘, 3 Mr. CopeMad'. Cheeps/de PHODUCB STAXES of 10 love. each, and 25 lidded. Once round. Mr. E. Gri lth'a Lady Lift (Marlow) 1 Meeson's George Stephenson (Templeman 2 St!. C. Cockerell's Congress (Darling) 3 . WOLVERHAYPTON STAKES of 25 901 , 11, each, 15 ft, and a only if declared, with 100 adied. Twice round and a distance. (16 tuba, 27 of whom declared.) Lord Chesterfield's Cherry (0. Oster) 1 Mr. Isaac Day's Wilma (Edwards)) 3 2 (Brooker) Mr. Clarke's Lyme.. LUSPOftD RACIM-IU szDAT. .... -- —.— —.. HWEEPSTAXES of i SOTS, each, and 50 added; for three-yr olds, 7st Sib ; four, Set 71b ; fire, at; all and aged, Mt Sib. Heats. The New Mile. The winner to be sold ler 1201. Pin she. Mr.. 7. W. Perry rid tilt Nibble (Thiakenyi 1 0 1 Mr. ghetto's Sharpshooter (Bardsolmiew 0 1 2 Mr. Smith's Dun. m 0 2 3 Mr. Pettit ad any Chase Capt. Maynard ad Back Cat (sea) 2 dr First ben won pry: second heat yea by a head ; third hest wan by a length. CHELUSFORD STAXES of NM. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. Thirteen subs., nine of whom 2•111 5 'ova each. Mr. Honevaood nd Tarela (Peale) I Lord Stradbroke's Lyneeus (Nat) 2 Mr. Combes' flia to the Nob (Chappell 3 Lynoeus the favourite. Won by a neck, after a Sal race; the Nub a Sister beaten off. HYLAND STAKES of 10 soya. each, and 50 added, for two yr,lds. About ball-amide. Seven sate. Mr. Stevenson's Whipper Snapper (Nat) 1 11r. Coape ad Embrace (W. Coleman) 2 Lend handbrake nil Prattles. Mr. 0. llonoa's Passion Flower (Crouch) 4 Mr. P. Booth's The Maid of the MOI (W. - Marian) 5 Mr. Shelley's ch cby Redshank (S. Mann) G Woa easy by two lengths. No race for the Steward's Plate, two eat of three boned catered for it belonging to one person. tab) Entelligente. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Before the Cithf Commiroioner. Ix RE U. LAMBERT.—" FAST " LIVING. —This was an unopposed case. The insolvent had been out of business since 1842, when he married a lady with 4001. a year. His debts amounted to 2,7001; while 2,5001. was ewinir to him. Since his marriage he had paid 7001. for clothes, 300/. for a tour through France and Italy, 7001. law charges, 600/. dis counts. and 2301. for the hire of carriages. The learned Chief Commissioner said the mode of living adopted by the insolvent was very luxurious, and that his career presented a most reprehensible exhibition of recklessness and extrava gance. The creditors had not, however, thought proper to oppose, and the insolvent must be discharged—Discharged ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCIIIT. 7 -CaoToox, Aro. 10. Before Mr. Baron Parke and a Special .Im7. 14 °ARE r. DICKSOIC—ACTION FOIL MANI:MR.—This was an action for dander. Mr. Chambers, for the plaintiff, stated the cue to the jury. The plaintiff, he Najd, was Miss Sarah Mary Hoare, the daughter of a lieutenant in the royal navy, and the defendant was a commander in the royal navy. At the death of her father and mother, Miss Hoare was left fa reduced circumstances, and she employed herself in literary pursuits ; but finding that she was unable to sup port herself in respectability, she was compelled, in the year 1838, to apply to the Royal Naval Benevolent Society, of which the defendant was the secretary, for assistance, as the daughter of a deceased naval officer. Ever since that period, as he was instructed, Capt. Dickson had been her open and avowed enemy, and ho bad uttered the most gross calumnies against her, and the effect of his conduct was to prevent her from obtaining that assistance which she would no doubt have otherwise received from the society, end of most seriously injuring her character in the eyes of the world. The plaintiff had never been able to obtain from the defendant any explanation of his conduct, or the grounds for the calumnies he bad uttered, and even upon the present record he had not ventured to plead a justification, and they were therefore prevented from hearing the utter groundlessness of the charges that had been made against the plaintiff. Finding she could not obtain redress, the plaintiff at length applied to Earl Cadogan, Sir Edward Codring'on, and Captain Saumarez, who were members of the society, and they took up her ease, and at one of the meetings of the society the defendant was asked to state the grounds upon which be had made the charges against the plaintiff, and he shrunk from doing so. Captain Richard Saumarez said be was formerly a member of the Royal Naval Benevolent Society'; he was slightly ac quainted with the plaintiff's father, and knew her as being in distress and applying to the society for assistance. The object of the society is to give temporary relief to the rela tives of naval officers who were not subscribers, end more permanent relief to the relatives of those who were sub scribers. In 1843, the plaintiff presented a memorial, pray ing for assistance. Capt. Dickson said it could not be attended to, as the applicant was unworthy of relief. On Jan, 26,1845, there was a meeting of between .50 and 60 members of the society, and Miss Hoare's claim was again under discussion. ti yon that occasion he heard the defendant ray that Miss Hoare was an impostor, that she was a woman of vitiated character, an abandoned woman, and that she had been de serted by her friends. The defendant made other statements regarding the plaintiff which witness took upon himself to inquire into, and he found they were incorrect He left the society in consequence of what he considered the continued persecution of Miss Hoare by the defendant. The charges referred to were made continually between April 1843 and Oct., 1845, and Captain Dickson always appeared extremely excited whenever the subject was under discussion. The winnow underwent a long examination by Serjeant She, with regard to the different motions and resolutions that were come to, but the only material fact elicited appeared to be that a committee which was appointed to investi gate the case of the plaintiff, cams to a revolution that she was not a fit object to receive the funds of the society. The witness also said that at the time the statements were made by Captain Dickson he had some letters in his hand, and he would not state positively that he did not say the charges were made in the letters, but he said that he did, on some occasions, certainly make them him self. Recollected the defendant saying that he had seen a letter from Miss Hoare's brother, in which it was stated that in consequence of her wicked conduct abs had been aban • domed by all her friends, but after the Wass hail been pro• duced they ordered a ents of 61..t p o po b issi ce um So tie ' tiff. A number of letters were palmed the and when the select committee was to i , eire Mee the case, he deemed it right to predate erial "noshing testimonials" which be mid he bad neelved ham Plymouth. Serjeant Shee dem attempted to pave a porde* of the contents of the books el the erdeby, and rietdations that were oome to in refennos Is the ems of Mir Hoare.—Mr. Chambers objected to such imam bebm made evidence, as the book was under the control se He sndant, and all the entries were made by his own beml—flufsent Shoe mid his object was to show that there MU to MAW on the part of the dehmdant, and that he had week perlarmed his duty as secretary of a charitable institatisa In endeavouring to' prevent the funds from being Captain Houghton, sas•at= i tt li V s sesty, heard the defendant say, in October, 1543, Met the was an shortened and vitiated character, and that lin trade of the =ought not to be given to such apamen. He also Captain Dickson say that the plahM. bed bassigeted a puma to make a representation to the sainly that dr was died se on the point of death, and by that same bed ob tained money for her funeral expenses. Ho IfYswise rid that she had been living at an improper holm whisk was elegantly furnished, and when she wanted money eh* need to hire a garret and apply to the society. Lieutenant Bedford deposed also to bearing the defendant make use of the expressions about the funeral expenses ; but he said be must do Captain Dickson the justice to say that he believed he referred to another person and not to the plain tiLE He, however, said that on several occasions he heard the defendant speak in a disparaging manner of the young lady, although he could not recollect precisely when it w eaned. He had heard him call her an abandoned woman, a vitiated character, and also insinuate that she had kept a limes Millfasee, . . TlesE;7l of 'adogan deposed that he was formerly a stenther of the society, but had now ceased to be so. He attended the meetings in July and October, 1846, when the caw of Miss Home was under discussion, The matter had Bret been brought before his notice in Jane 184.5, and' upon hearing Misa Hoare's statement he conside red: that she had bees ill-used, and be endeavoured to obtain an inquiry into the circanntances of the charges made against her. He proposed that a select committee should be appointed for the purpose. He wished the committee to be balloted for, but after a very warm discussion that was positively refused, and he then observed that they must take the responsibility of such conduct, which he considered unworthy of a public chard:VA" inst:tnion, :.td left the nom. Ia the course of that discussion he tad the society that he should confine the Inquiry to two specific charges, that of ld:w Home being an improper character, and to her having obtained money for funeral. expenses by causing a representation to be made that site was dead. _ Admiral Sir E. Codrington said that the plaintiff applied to him to assist her, as a member of the society; laid as she represented that all she wanted was to meet ber securers face to face, he felt it to be his duty to interest himself in her behalf. He subse9uently attended the meetings, and wanted Lord Cadagan in endeavouring to obtain a com mittee. The committee came to a resolution that Mini Hoare was not entitled at that time to receive any relief from the society. Mr. Montagu Newland, a solicitor, deposed that in Sep tember, 1646, he went to the office of the society, in the Adelphi, to apply for 101., which he understood had been voted to Miss Hoare. He saw the defendant; and, on making hie application, he said that Miss Hoare had no claim on the seelety, and that the sum in question had been voted to hir as an outfit, upon her getting a situation; and, as she had not got use, the mosey had been returned by Captain Saumaree, to whom it had been entrusted. Upon that occasion the defendant said that Miss Hoare was • very dangerous and unprincipled woman, and the greatest liar on the face of the earth ; and he advised him to bare nothing to do with bee—This closed the case for the plaintiff. Serjeant Shea, for the defendant, said that if the character of the plaintiff was seriously affected by the present in quiry, that of Commander Dickson was equally so. It was a moat serious imputation upon him to be charged with uttering foul slanders against a young lady, and particularly when that young lady was the daughter of a deceased brother officer. He bad no doubt, however, that when the jury had beard all the circumstances that he should lay before them, they would be perfectly satisfied that there was us foundation for the charge that WAS made against the defendant, and that during the whole of the transaction he had done nothing more than the duty be owed to the society required of him. It was clearly an Important duty on the part of the secretary of such an institution to take are that the funds were not given to those who wets entirely unworthy. According to his instructions, Capt. Dickson had acted throughout the whole affair like • just and honourable man. When this young lady first applied for relief she was treated with kindness and attention, and a sum of money was granted to her, and this was repeated on other occasions ; but, alter this, upon some information that he received, he was induced to doubt whether she was a proper object for the relief of the society, and his duty compelled him to make those inquiries which resulted in his feeling it to be his duty to advise the society not to grant her any further assistance. Mr. John Atkinson deposed that in 1639 the plaintiff came to lodge at his house at Cemden-town she was to pay 301. a year for her board and lodging. In consequence of not being able to obtain any money from Ter, he was induced to write to one of her brothers, and received a letter ie reply, in which it was stated, that the plaintiff, in conseqta nee of her misconduct, had been abandoned by her family, and that if, at the eleventh hour, she would chaege her conduct, and Pprefer honour to dishonour, he was still vv,lling to do all that ay in his power for her. He afterwards saw one of the plaintiff's brothers and told bins of her conduct, and that she had made a charge of being robbed in his house, to which her brother replied that he was not surprised at it for it was her general custom. He handed the letters he received to Captain Dickson, and told him all that had occurred with regard to the plaintiff. Mr. W. Devereuc identified • letter that was produced as the hand-writing of the late Rev. Mr. Dotelney, curate of St. John's chapel,Portua The letter stated that the plaintiff had introduced herself to the rev. gentleman, under the pretence of' having some doubts upon the subject of religion tending to infidelity, which she wished him to remove, and that af terwards she bad very much misconducted herself, and ex pressed an opinion that she was an unfit person to receive assistance from the society. Various other letters were put in, in some of which the plaintiff was described as an adventurer. Upon one occasion it was stated that she had courted a sect of methodists, and had ieduced a leader among that sect to visit her upon religious subjects, and after the interview he gave her M. The letter purport ing to have been written by one of the elaintif'a own bruthers spoke of her as a person who had by her conduct compelled her family to abandon ber.—Mr. Chambers ob i jetted to the reading of these letters, and contended that they aught not to be received as evidence.—Baron Parke. i however, rated that they were admissible, not as any proof of the truth of their contents, but as offering evidence that i the defendant was not actuated by malice. The Rev. W. Valentine deposed that he was the incum bent of the district church of St. Thomas, Stepney. In August, 1844, he became acquainted with Miss Howe, in consequence of receiving a letter from her, stating that she was in great distress, and he gaye her tome money for bar immediate necessities. She afterwards told Mm she was the daughter of a naval officer, and be was induced to interest himself in her behalf, and endeavoured to get her into a training school, to render her competent to become a governess but she refused to go, saying that she would rather be at the footstool of the great than be at the head et the lowly herd. (A laugh) He afterwards re ceived some information which induced him to decline to have any further intercourse with the plaintiff; and after that she brought an action against him for slander. He subsequently bad an interview with Capt. Dickson, and told him all he knew concerning the plaintiff. The witness added that, from all he had heard of her, lie considered she was a person living by her wits.--The I jury here interfered, and said they were perfectly sstithed, and did not require any . more evidence.—Baron Parke said that, after the strong opinion expressed by the jury, he sup posed Mr. Chambers would not wish to go my further.—Mr. Chambers said he should not occup y the time of the court any longer • bat he must say, in justice to Capt. Saumarts and the other gentlemen, that if a proper inquiry had been granted the present action would not have been brought.— Baron Parke said there °odd be no doubt that the defendant had done no more than hie duty, and he would have neglected the interests of the society if he had not acted so ho did.—The plaintiff was then nonsuited. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—OLoucrstr.o, Auo. 9. 001,17.—Before Mr. ItIMICC Erie. . ',— EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF MURDER.—JoIos S.Finoser, a pale and weak looking young man, was charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Sarah Skinner, on the 2nd of June last, at the parish of Clifton, in the city of BristoL From the statement for the prosecutioo, and the evi dence, it appeared that a few days before the evening in question the prisoner and his wife had some Went!, which ended in blows. On the evening of her death, while drinking tea, John Irwin, her brother, came into the house, and ob serving some bruises on her arms and that she seemed much indisposed, asked her what wax the matter. The prisoner bring present at this time, she answered that she hail fallen down a ladder a few days ago, but at the same time gave him a wink, which induced him to suspect that the prisoner had been ildusing her. Upon this he remarked that if people could not live happily together as man and wife they ought to separate in peace. To this espresaion of opinion the prisoner replied to the effect that Irwin did sot know who was in fault, and that some people were so fond of quarrelling that it was impossible to live on good terms with them. To this the brother-in-law answered, " Any how, that is not a characteristic of my flcaily." Upon this the prisoner rose from his seat and told Irwin to leave the room. He got up to comply with the order, but his sister seized him by the sass and besought him to stop, or the primmer woad kill her. Yielding to this solicitation, he was about to sit down again, when the prisoner attempted to push him out. He resisted, a struggle ensued, and both fell on the bed. The prisoner seized hold of a knife, which he presented, at the body of his relative, and drove Lim through fear of it to the door, and, as soon as he was outside, he dealt him a blow witk the left hand. which precipitated him down two or three stairs. Here he paused to listen, to ascertain if possible what the prisoner was at ; but all was still, untff, all in a moment, he was startled by a dreadful " smash ;" at the same time reeople who were walking in the street below saw the deceased falling headlong from the window to the ground. It was a window on the third floor. The poor woman was immediately raised from the ground, but her skull was fractured she sighed heavily once or twice, never spoke, and breathed her last in a few moments. One of the passers by, who saw her come flying out of the window, heard her at the same instant utter a piercing shriek ; a second noticed that the window was closed imme diately afterwards • whilst a third declared that he saw a hand draw the window into the casement, close and fasten it. The room was then opened, the window was found shut, and made tight with the button attached to it; the keife before referred. to was on a shelf, in an open cupboard, and the prisoner was lying at full length on the bed. Upon asked by a peace-officer what was the mat ter, he said that a quarrel had arisen between himself and his wife, that her brother had interfered, and that he had driven hint from the room and then laid himself down ; and that on turning himself round he saw the hair of his wife's head loose as she fell Irani the window ; that h s then got up and shut it. The policeman further said, that when the prisoner was informed that his wife lag dead on the ground, he sniffed, and fell back again on the bed. Mr. Iluddleston, who appeared for the prisoner, got ea' on crou-exantination, that the deceased was a strong, fully developed woman; that the window was so small that at would have required very considerable violence to have forced her body through ; that the primmer was himself in bad health at the time, and was by no means a powerful person. The learned counsel then called a child, Daniel Clonally, aged about seven years scat a half, who stated that he and two other boys were sleeping on the " leading " of the prisoner's room on this night; that he was aroused hy the first noise, got up, saw the man Irwin forced out, and while the door was open noticed the deceased go to the window, open it, and throw herself out; that the pri soner, on returning to the room, saw r.t once what Lad happened, and after a short pause went and buttoned up the window. This evidence, both as to the position of the parties, time, and circumstances, wan very closely tested by the entasel for the prosecution, but the lad did riot waver; his demeanour and mode of giving his testimony, in fact, drew down an expression of approbation from his lordship, who remarked that it was improbable that any amount of tutoring could prepare so young a raven for coucceting such a story, and so well supported, if it were not true. Mr. Justice Eric summed up most carefully, ani toad the jury that if they believed the evidence of the boy they Look! acquit the prisoner altogether.—The prisoner was flucd Ara NUN Pans.—Before Mr. Janet Coleridge. Tir rmation filed against the inhabitants of two parishes abutting upoa each T l s D ' e n eß / 1 . . 0 1— SA. were E* 4 N N : separate ai I l i NoN- RoA en of c c a ci ow l: c a; : r other in this county for the non-repair of a highroad therein. The usual promos to bring such cat.es to trial is I y meat iusieed this course was adopted originally, but Mende influences prevailed, and the bill was thrown out by th