The Express. — London, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

waled, forms a triangle, the be of which would be e line drawn from Romney to Appledore, sod the apse at Myths, and comprise about twenty-four thoursad acres. It is pr.. bible that this marsh wee caused fa the first instance by the formation of a natural hanks of shingle nearly where Dymehureh Well now which the sea we excluded ; and that the dm= weeks were executed by the Romans, when tbry hold puns gal of the country . They consisted of the meths of mom walls running from the natural barrier (" the Pal") to the hills, at the base of which the ancient river Llamas ma. The chief of thaw (the Rhea Wall) ran nearly in a steehrht line from Romney to Appledom: and it was at that spot where probably the main work was perforated. Upon the supply of shingle from the west being cut off by the extraordi nary accumulation at Dungeness Point, the natural bar rier at Ds meltnrch gradually became weakened, and It was necessary to take some steps to prevent its total de struction. The are measure adopted was the erection of an inland wall at ems little diabase at the hack of " the Fr!l ; " and afterwards the ersastructioa of large stone groins on the front or sea aide, at right weer to the line of coast, in order to increase the sak of ddesle. However, as the supply of shingle laallak &MINIM OS account of the constant movement to the esaboari—ead as all that escaped in that direr ke was pevarmeatly —theme means were found invalids's; sad a mama of " analog " with brushwood and timber Ohm was eiepted. This was found to answer the parpeee floe a ocaoaborathe period; hut it ale in the course - of time gradually loom ustuffteient, sad it was found necessary at 104111,4 e numerous experiment:, to adopt a stone Wing, with as avenge slope of about eight to one, up to high-water mark, gradually increasing in steepness from that point, and ter minting with a curve of seven feet radius. The stones, which were laid in a bed of concrete, where they were men affected by the waves, were of different size, a T from eighteen to six inches in depth—the Wrst I:li n = being in the middle, where the greatest wow sad tear leek place, and at which point rows of sheet pallg were aho driven for additional security. This plan was adopted by the author after mature deliberation on the reports of Mr. Rennie and Mr. Welker, end • very emend essatioaties of the locality. Part of the wall has new hem strain be tesyeers, and hie required • nay wain =meat el rrprk while the annual 'spew has bees aimed from 10,0001. to 4,0001. with every prospect of aatmfrter reduction being effected, as upwards of two-thirde of work is now per manently completed. inutile. SIX ENGLISH SONGS In NATIVE COMPOSERft— The title-page of this publication bears the following an nouncement "It being too often the cue that theorise of a living English composer on the tillepage of a seta is injurious to its success, the editor has published the above anonymously, preferring that they should stand or fall by then own merits." We believe the fact to be very much as Mr. Oliphant, the publisher of these songs, states it; but the question remains, which party is to Maim— the public, or the general body of Eng lish isompOssre ? We, for our part, have always held that these Is little or no foundation for the hackneyed moophilot Of the neglect of " native talent," which has less repwilsi till it has become a mere unmeaning cant. We mane dimmer that native talent, either in letters or art, las boss weiteeted in England ; and it has never been more warmbr omosraged, or more solidly rewarded, than at the present time. Nor does any exception present itself in the case of ors. Where English talent really exists, and is brought the public, it never fails to be spore. elated and ; and (to nee the language of a sied musical hi Z " we do not know an instance of a foreign opera, produced in an English dens, having gained unmerited popularity, or of an English opera having suffered unmerited neglect." Looking at the English operas which have appeared for some years past, there is not one of them which his needed its full weed of sums, and some of them have had a good deal more. They have had long runs at the theatre, and their favourite pieces have been found very saleable articles at the music shops. The public, indeed, in such cases, have shown a de , acted disposition to encourage native talent; and, on this account, have received some of those operas much better than they would hove done foreign ones of equal or superior merit. But have our dramatic composers justified this in clination towards them ? Have they been able to reach the present standard of the German, or even of the French school ? We do not speak of the degenerate Italians, to vanquish whom would be no glory. Have they ad dressed their compositions to the cultivated taste of the English public, or have they not rather courted the applause of the galleries ? Is not their music, without any style of its =ltpiebald mixture of the worst features of the present styles—the insipidaing•ving of the Italians, the harsh crudities of the Germans, and the noise which prevails everywhere—tie only thing English about them being ballads " for the million," of the meanest and most vulgar cast ? Of course, we speak generally, there being evident =ions; but these show that English music mabe ne on the stage without being necessarily bad. Barnes'sß beautiful " Mountain Sylph" has had as great and legiti 7 mate success as any English opera in our day ; and, had he continued in the same coarse , can it be doubted that moues would have still followed him, and that he would have had a great influence on the music of the Eng lish duo f As it is, our dramatic music is in a vitiated style ; and, though it may please amid the noise and glitter et a theatre, and gain a fleeting popularity with the multi tude, it is not esteemed by persons of cultivated taste nor doss it finkits way into those concerts and private circles which such persons frequent In sport, modern Baps), lauds does no honour, even among ourselves, to our national seised ; sad hewn an English name on the title-page of a aompleitioa has by no means the effect of a recommimda tbs. That this is hard upon individual artiste of merit is weep Wm ; but the blame lies, not with the public, but will tie artists themselves as a body. In vocal music for the dumber, the present public taste, where it is improved by sessatiem, inclines to the German composers. The 111.1114111111 seep of fichubertthrough the medium of English wailer setae wards, have acquired great popularity, which has lama best" dared by the soap of Mendelasohn, Spoltr, Pre* Ownesseas, Lochner, and other composers of the pass* der Their melodies are generally "married' to vase els mai superior order to that which is generally pied es Mailhh airs ; and they are in request in every ambit ails, in consequence of the elegant and refined en tertatuaseat which they afford. Mr. Oliphant himself has brought many of these songs before the English public ; his own poetical vein and musical skill enabling him to excel all other trandaton in the spirit and elegance of his versions, and in their adaptation to the original melodies. In the course of last year (as our musical readers know) he published three consecutive sets of songs with German and English words by Cxapek, which have become very popular. In noticing those songs with the admiration they deserve, we the public) were unaware that " Czapek" was a yaw, the real author being our countryman Mr. J. E 7 Hatton, who, though he had produced a sucoushil opera at Vienna. was almost unknown at home. Mr. Hatton has since published some fine English songs under his own name, which has gained due prominence in our musical world; but his English reputation was certainly due to the Gomm songs of Cupek. In the'present publication, Mr. Oliphant has given us six English songs by anonymous native COW posers, leaving them to " stand or fall by their ors merits ; " and he informs the public that the poetry is written, and the whole edited, by himself His own name, thee given, will now be generally received, d priori, as a guarantee of the quality of the production' ; and we find that they are quite worthy to appear under hie auspices. Their titles are :—." Twilight," " Hope," " The Nun and the Rose," " Autumn Reflections," " The Poet's Consolation," and " Meeting and Parting." All of them display imagination and feeling; the melodies are pure and expressive, anti the accompaniments rich, varied, and effeo tire. We cannot guess at the authorship of any of them; but certainly, if English composers generally wrote in such a style, it would not be necessary to depend, for chamber vocal music of a refined description, upon importations from Germany. Ur Wain. • BURS'S TillentE.—Mr. John Reeve, son of the ram assailwa of the same name, apt:mired here last night in owe of which, " The Wreck Ashore," he saidiem.ossisi by the of of his late father. We aimasatts, that So ilisneaa Magog of the son comes near ty Martsarlats Nam of the hdter, but we can say, that we dimwit John Reeve much adaptation for becoming, wilt arairl study, the closest approximation we seem Bit* to attain to glorious John of the Adelphi. The labs Ms sot yet attained that roundness, that fullness et Woe, which told with such effect in all that gall Hem his father's full lips ; his eyes and his limits Mee net yet become fully practised in that rollicking roll whisk was wont to stir up such mirth all around ; but he is walidently open the right track in these and other matters, and ere cordially welcome in him, therefore, the prospect of am rase who will not only restore the pleasant name of John Hoge Is the play-bills, but who will not unworthily take the piss John Reeve on the stage. Blackstone be. ees~easihyweriasial et gagements for a week, in order as rid is M dish old solleseae.—His Jemmy Starlit, tom As a a *mil seer.—Mrs. Henry Vining filled the port of very ellisiently ; and Mr. flattop's Grampus yes seem the mop. MOOKIAL AND DRAMATIC Gossip.— Every hoar ,far ta t d i s ai l; rone M . us i c uten Wor to ld c;et o a f blgr :li t e erg :e t w ic noel Academy" at Drury-lane. Among those already for the vocal department are—Madame Pauline Birch, Pischek Reeve (the new tenor from La at Milan), Whitw orth (a new basso), Weiss, de. The ripertoirs of the new academy will comprise some ef the works of Gluck and Mozart never heard in this eamatry ; together with the more modem compen dia, of Lindpaintner, Reisiger, Harold, and others. NOW, " Faust " will be produced fee Pischek with pest splendour. Native operas will not be wanting. blew woeks by Macfarren, Bade, and Benedict, are spain of, awl ell will be produced in the completest memer pomade as regards principals, band, and choir. =l tie Mem, the lien pianist, arrived in London last em America. Thalbetg has been residing here for NM weeks, bat has refused all overtures to play in Cushman is engaged by Mr. Maddox to rrawith Mr. Maeready at the I rincess's ; and Mmeready has in his possession a new play by Biz E. Balser Lytton, which will be produced at the same thasibre.--Over this gossip a gloom le east by en mai des Ile the Manna of the theatrical world. Mrs. Biota, meee th teld •arl , ni =m osa ndurd as. M. T u esday, he Iridium! in Chaim. Mho was esatimpanwomi with Mn. Mama, Mho Ilardey, gad Mre. Powell. The diseased lady =down 17X. S he was a member of the Havewelearden Tod. Mr. Meadows, the wateary of the fend, pia bee the last quarter's smutty only three days before her death. Her remains were interred in Chelsea church yard on Saturday lot—One who had often prompted this lady, and may be remembered as an active pantomimist, bas paned from the scene. Parsloe, for many years the at Covent- arden Theatre, di last Friday aufferinip, both of aed mental and Way stated, that after the original project sou defeated be eon ' Witted he had the smoothie of Sir William Foster fur pwaiXti mesiati emoo mem the list of directors, and although the with his name attached to *Ma bill did to* the complaint w oul d in cross crandention, this osoussaan said ha not state that Sir MMus Vim singled to to join the new ramie, did not say moat positively that he would not do so. Some correspondence was also put in, by which it appeared that the defeedaat had made a oommumeation to the bankers with referents to the money that was paid in on account of the new scheme.—Serjeant Channell, on behalf of the de fendant, said that the answer he was instructed to make to the meant claim was, that he had nothing whatever to do with tfie new railway project, and gave up all responsibility when the original scheme was defeated. So far as the Nor wich Direct line was concerned he admitted his liability, and had paid into court the sum of 92f., which was part of the plaintiff's demand in reference to that project lie had taken any proceeding+ in connexion with the new scheme.—Evidence was then adduced to show that when the defendant was applied to to join the new scheme he posi tively refused to have anything to do with it, and, although repeatedly pressed, at the instigation of Mr, FAigle,•to allow his name to appear as one of the directors, he always refused, giving as a reason, that he would not connect himself with any new project until the affairs of the old one were finally eittbod.—Baron Parke summed up the case, and the jury beetediately returned a verdict for the defendant. OXFORD CIRCUIT.-oLoecuma, AUG. 7. Mist Pares.—Before Mr. Justice Coleridge. WILCR AND ANOTHER V. PEARCE AND ANOTHER. — A FLOOD.—Thin was an action brought to recover compen sation in damages for injuries done to a public-house, called "The Anchor," at Lydbrook, in the Forest of Dean, in this county. There the defendants have large rolling mills, worked by the stream at Lydbrook, and in order ta give greater power to the water-wheel of these mills had placed large " hatches" urea the stream where the waste water escaped, and the effect had been to raise the water in the brook to a much higher level (six inches) than in ancient times, which caused it to flow into the foundation and under the base of the house, rotting its floors, flooding the sewers, destroying the drains, and rendering the premises totally un inhabitable, even for the plaintiff's hogs. The defend. ants pleaded that they bad, by twenty years' usage, acquired a right to keep their dam or weir at the height complained of, and this was the gist of the case—Mr. Godson, Q.C., with Mr. Gray, appeared for the plaintiff; Serjeant fourd, Mr. Whatley, Q.C., and Mr. Keating for the defend ants. In the course of the cross-examination of the first witness for the plaintiff, a surveyor, it mme out that an adios respecting the irregular working of a mill belonging te the platelike, and situate a short distance higher up on the mem strum, had been brought by the defendants in this cue vadat the present plaintiffs, and was tried at the last Hum , gm ASA= for this bounty, and referred to Sir Thomas Phillip tier arbitration, who had not yet given his judgment. At the ekes of the cue upon the part of the plaintiffs. a sug gestion wee made by the defendants' counsel, that this case ought to be referred also; but Mr. Godson declined to accede to the pespenition, at the express wish of hia clients, who had before - tier eyes the remembrance of the prior arbitration, not over yet, and which had cast already some 5001.—His ' lordship directed the case to proceed, and witnesses were called on the defendants' part to endeavour to support the ease, and the right claimed in the plea.—The result, how ever, was, a verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages, 40e. The tout was occupied during the remainder of the day with the causes " Regina r. Inhabitants of Upton St. Leo nard's," a criminal information for the non-repair of a road. The as was presented for trial in this somewhat unusual form in consequence of the indictment preferred at the Spring Amises having been thrown out by the grand jury. Cron. Bioc.—Beiore Mr. Justice Coleridge. PRITCHARD , . ROSERTSON.- - Itio HT TO CHANGE VENUE. —MASTER AND SERTANT.—This was an action of Unser brought by the plaintiff, a joiner and cabinet-maker, to re- I cover damages for the wrongful conveyance of a quantity of tool., a chest, and other articles, left on the premises of the defendant, a builder, at Stokes Croft, Bristol, upon an occa sion when the plaintiff was engaged in rendering him assist ance in the way of his trade—Mr. Sorjeant Allen called several witnesses to prove that in the month of June,lB46, a dispute arose between the plaintiff, hie sons, and the defend ant, which terminated in their all leaving the defendant's employ : that the property had been seen at different times in the defendant's possession : that a demand had been made for a return of them, and a refusal had been given.—Mr. Alexander, Q. C. (for the defendant), endeavoured to get off his client: by a aide wind; and urged that a nonsuit ought to take place, because originally the venue had been laid at Bristol, and the plaintiff had changed it to the county of Gloucester, he assumed, upsn the usual undertaking to give material evidence here, which was not done. Mr. Justice Coleridge disagreed in the view of the law taken by the learned counsel ; and laid it down that either plaintiff or defendant had a right to change She TORSO if they thought proper L but in the ease of • defftadant doing so, then the plaintiff could only bring it back to the original county, upon an undertaking to give material evidence therein, which, if he failed to do, would entitle the defendant to a nonsuit, but this was not the case in the present in stance, DA it was upon the sole motion of the plaintiff that the change had taken place. Ilia lordship, however, gave leave to move the court at Westminster to enter a Renault, if the court should be of opinion that his ruling was wrong.—Mr. Alexander declined to address the jury, and they found for the plaintiff—Damages 101. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Aso. 7. Before Lora Denman. ErIIELL V. MIREDITIL—BIEACK Or PROMISE or Malt -11•013.-8OIKO • FIXALE.-34r. Whitehtuvr, in stating this case to the jury, said, the plaintiff, Mr. Stephen Ethell, was an upholsterer of Ann-street, Birmingham, and the de fendant, • lady, residing with her brother in the village of Yardley, near that town. The action was brought to recover damages for breaking a promise of marriage. The parties were not acquainted with each other until the July of last vear, when ea intimacy was formed at t h e house of Mr. Thomas Ethel], a nephew of the plaintiff. Mr. Stephen Ethell was • widower of 45, baying a daughter about 21, and the defendant, Miss Meredith, was about 30. From this it would be seen that there was no great or improper disparity of age. After an acquaintance of some few weeks an attachment sprung up between the parties, and Miss Meredith intimated to Mr. Thomas Ethan, the nephew, that she contemplated a marriage with Mr. Stephen, his uncle, and requested that be would cow. munieate with her brother upon the subject. He did so. The brother of the defendant at the time approved of the connexion and it was subsequently arranged that the mar riage should take place in the month of October. The de fendant provided her marriage clothes, and the plaintiff pro ceeded to make the necessary arrangemeots for the nuptials, A short time afterwards Miss Meredith declined to fulfil her promise ; and when requested to state the grounds of her refusal, she stated, in the tint instance, that her brother would not give his consent ; and that the plain tiff was too old ; and she did not like to marry • man of such en age. With respect to the plaintiff's age, he (Mr. Whitehouse) presumed she knew that at the time she entered into the engagement, but it was evident there was something behind. The plaintiff, in consequence of the con duct of the defendant, had been the object of derision and laughter; and thought that under the circumstance he could do ne otherwise than bring tke subject before a jury. The de fendant had simply pleaded that she had not made any pro mise. That would be seen by the evidence he (Mr. White buret) should produce. Miss Meredith bad secured the assistance of his learned friend (Mr. Hurnfrey), wham, perhaps, they had frequently heard, or heard of, in cases of that description. His friend would, no doubt, attempt to laugh the cape out of court, and, if possible, he would get the jury to laugh with him. He (Mr. Whitehurst) was fond of fun, and he had no doubt they would have a great deal of fun on that occasion . (Loud laughter.) His learned friend would elk them what wounded feelings a man of 45 could possess ? How it was possible that he could sustain damage by the loss of a mat:bimetal connexion with a woman of 30? Every case most, however, be judged by its own merits. The plaintiff did not ask for extravagant damages ; but although a man's feelings were not so strong as theme of a woman, still he had his feelings ; and when in jured and wounded, as they were in the instance now before them, it was the duty of the jury to award reasonable damages. There would , he believed, be no dispute &bent the facts. The only consideration would be the amount of damages to be awarded to the ei ti bitiff. The learned conned proceeded to call the follow witnesses :—Mr. Thomas Ethell said he was acquainted wi Miss Meredith. She was on a visit at their house last summer. Mr. Stephen Ethell visited there, and he and Miss Meredith became acquainted. The 'plaintiff became attached to her, and Miss Meredith received his addressee favourably. He continued his attic time. At the musical festival, in August, Mir Meredith was on a visit to the plaintiff's daughter. din is 21. The plaintiff is from 40 to 45, and the defend ant fbll 30. During the time the defendant was as • visit to the plaintiff she told witness that she was alma to marry the laintiff, and that there was only one obstacle, th a t was her . She requested him to s. to her brother upon the subject. Accordy, one nig ht at au , after they had been to a meeting o the Church Pastoral Aid Society, the whams, addressing the defendant's brother, who was present, end in reference to the intimacy then misting between the plaintiff and defendant, said, " You see how comfortable they ere together--(eughta) ; now's the time to speak—(continued laughter) ; if you have any doubt. now mention them." Defendant's brother said he had none a nd that he was quite willing, if they were.—Mr. Miller : What did you do then ?—Witness ; I got up and said, " cod bleu you both together." (Loud laughter.)—Mr. Miller : What did the brother say ?—Witne,» u So say (Rom of laughter.) it was afterwards arranged that die mar riage should take place in October, on the plain tiff's birth-day, as both birth-day and marriage-day might then be kept together. (Great laughter.) Sub sequently the defendant mid it would be too soon, and the day _remained unfixed.— Crass -examined by Mr. Hum frey : Why, you do your respected uncle injustice, don't Witness: ? Was he not the son of William and Mary Ethe ll ? Witness: Ile was.—Mr. Humfrey : Is he not near 50 ? Witness : No, I believe not.—Mr. Ramiro, Is it, then, the custom of your family to be baptised before they are born ? (Leughter.)—Witness: No, I believe not. How can they? (lAughter.)—Mr. Hundrey Why, was not your re spaded uncle, according to the registry I hold in my hand, baptised in the year 1800 ?—Witness : I don't know. I don't believe him to be 48 or 49 years of age. I went to school with him, and I am 40.—Mr. Homfrey : 'This thought less young man became acquainted with the lady in July, and made this proposal after • meeting of the YasWnl Aid Society ?—Witases: Yes ; that was on the In of Sept., and the marriage was appointed for October. I do not believe Miss Meredith a more than 30, became my wife went to school with her, and she is 29.—Mr. Humfrey• Yes; but you know that is no criterion. You went to school with your respected uncle (laughter). —Wither : I do not know that my uncle got 301. out of the poor girl for her weddinq clothes. I belle's two other ac tions bars been brought arising out of this affair—No. 1, for an assault; No. 2, for slander; and, now, No. 3, for • breath of promise of marriage. Ido not know that the girl is of weak intellect, or different in mind to other young women. She has, I believe, some property.—Mr. Humfrey I thought so. After some further evidence the cue for the plaintiff was closed, and Mr. Humfrey addressed the jury. He never remembered, in his practice or reading, • case in which a man brought an action against a woman lot a breach of promise of marriage in which the action .was not dictated by cupidity. Was it likely that such a marriage would ever have been a happy marriage % He asked them, as fathers and brothers, having wives and sisters, whether they would, by their verdict, sanction such on action ? The plaintiff hail come there to get money out of the pockets of the defendant, which he knew be could not get by marriage. Her frienr's had interfered to prevent that abomination. He (Mr. Humfrey) admitted that if a promise had been made and broken there must be a verdict for the plaintiff ; but he hoped, for the credit of the country, it would be of the smallest possible coin known in the circulating medium of the realm—that would be a hundred thousand times more than he deserved.—Lord Denman supposed the jury would agree with Lim that there had been a promise, and that it had been broken. The only question therefore was as to the amount of damages. He need not trouble thew with any observations upon that point. The evidence they bad heard would direct them.—The jury found a verdict — Damages, one farthing. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.--LANCASTErt, Aro. 9. The commission for North Lancashire was opened at the Castle, Lancaster, on Monday, before the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Wightman. The calendar contains the names of 16 prisoners. The cause list is light, only ten cases being entered for trial, and none of them important. The Chief Baron presided in the Crown court, and Mr. Justice Wightman at nisi Arius. Mr. Heywood, the liberal member for the northern division, and Mr. Gregson, of London, the literal member for the borough of Lancaster, were on the grand jury, In delivering his charge the Chief Baron expressed his regret at the sogravated nature of some of the ewe enumerated in the calendar; and cen sured very strongly, in one of them where the cause of death was doubtful, the omission of a post mortals examina tion. lie wished it to go forth, for the information of coroners generally, that an every case where the slightest doubt canard as to the cause of death, it was their duty to avail themselves of medical skill and science for the purpose of solving that doubt. The grand jury had only just re turned into court with a true bill when our parcel was despatched. Ammer, Ann. 6. fiat Parra—Before Lord Met Baron Pollock DOA DEM RITBON V. RITSON.—A DVIPCTED This was an action of ejectment to recover the possession of a public-house, the Hatters' Arms Inn, Market-street, Hee haw, Northumberland, of the annual vela. of leaf. The question at issue was between heir-at-law and devisee. Mr. William Riteen, deceased, formerly a hatter at liembara, had been married thrice, end had two sons by his first wife, and one by his second. In 1813, he mode his will, dividing his property amongst his three children; the houses in ques tion felling to to the share of William, the second son. The will was prepared by Mr. Ruddock, of Hexham, solicitor, and attested by himself and two clerks, one of whom was Mr. Meths, the present Deputy-sheriff of Westmoreland. As Mr. Hawn advanced in life he gave up business to his two ions Joseph and William. Joseph was the father of the defendant, and William the father of the plaintiff. Joseph was accidentally drnwned in 1833, and on that occurrence Isaac, the third can, was admitted into partnership with his brother William ; and it appears they afterwards, by their ill conduct, gave great dissatisfaction, and were the source of much uneasiness to their father. In the MIN year Isaac went to Skates, where his father resided, and used personal violence to his parent, who was obliged to procure assistance to put him out of the house. Owing to this fracas, and previous ill treatment, Mr. Miami then expressed his determination not to leave either William or Isaac a penny. This was said in the pretence of his wife and Amos. He spent a sleepless night, and nest morning carried his deter mination into effect by burning the will, and seemed pleased when he had done so. After this he frequently spoke to Mr. Stokes, a solicitor in Ilexhain, who bad latterly been his pro fessional adviser, as to making another will, and so late as a fortnight before his death, he went to that gentleman's office, and stated that be bad come to give instructions for his will, but seeing Mr. Stokoe was busy he would all again another day, but this he never did. Mr. Stokoe recollected deceased frequently making mention of a will he had executed at Mr. Ruddock's office several years ago, but that, he said " was good for nothing ;" and when asked why, replied " that it was destroyed." On another occasion, Mr. Stoke. met Mr. Ritson in Hexhamstrect, and, in conversation on the sub ject of his will, said, that if he died intestate, his grandson, the defendant, would get all he bad, but he intended to leave his property to his wife and his grandson, the plaintiff. Other witnesses also spoke to having heard Mr. Ritson make tinnier mention of his intentions. He died in 1843, and no will being forthcoming, his heir-at-law, the defendant, took possession of the property. An unsuccessful search was in stituted at Mr. Ruddock's office, at the time, for a will, but some time afterwards a clerk accidentally met with the duplicate, in a box where nothing of any value was ever kept. In consequence of this discovery, this action was commenced by the plaintiff, the eon of the de visee in the will of the property in question, and judgment signed by default against the casual ejector. The circum stance of the destruction of the will, however, by the de ceased, in the presence of his wife, being told by her to her attorney about a month se, when she was turned out of the house, an affidavit of the facts was made, upon which the judgment was set aside.—Mr. Martin, for the defendant, cited a case from " Haggard's Ecclesiastical Reports," p. 266, in which it is laid down, in con fi rmation of the pre vious law, that where a will is executed in duplicate, and the testator destroys the part in his possession, he also vir tually destroys the duplicate. This was acceded to by the plaintiff's counsel, but they denied that the destruction of any will had ever taken place. On the will produced by Mr. Haddock being pat in and read, it was evident that two parts had been executed. as the testator expressed in the attestation clause : " That he had set his band and seal unto this and unto another part ;" and on the back of the draft, also produced by Mr. Ruddock, was en dorsed, " Engrossed in two parts, Anthony Charter." Charter was then a clerk in Mr. Ruddock's Knowles, Q.C., for the plaintiff, in his reply, sought to con vince the jury that the story of Mrs. Ribbon, the widow of deceased, was unworthy of belief.—His lordship summed up, and expressed in unmeasured terms his disapprobation of the line of defence pursued by the plaintiff's counsel in charging the defendant's witnesses with perjury; and he told the jury that unless they were prepared to believe, which in his opinion they could not do, that Mrs. Ritson and Mr. Stoke. had told downright falsehoods, the defendant was clearly entitled to their verdict —After retiring for a few minutes, the jury brought in a verdict for the defendant. 4 . THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, v 1847 . IL. POLICE. v - .E.STERDAY. GUILDHALL. Tug HEIR-AT-La SOCIETY.—Mr. Ross, the manager of the above society, appeared to answer the charge of obtaining money . from Mr. Parkins under false pretences.—Sir Peter Laurie stopped further evidence by stating at once that be should adjourn the case until the middle of September, as the evidence of Parkins on the last occasion was so much confused, and there was so much pre varication about it compared with his former statements, ' that he could not rely upon it to send the case to a jury. He had received a number of letters from the country, one in particular from a Mr. Fitzgerald, of Manchester, who stated that he with three others subscribed 201. for a case, and that about Stockton and that neighbourhood nearly 1,500 persons had subscribed for similar objects—that of discover ing their affinity to parties deceased, who bad left money. He cSir Peter Laurie) was of opinion that the society bad received such a blow by the late exposures that the mischief woo at an end. The ecciety . was established in the year 1839, and he held a paper in his hand published by that society, in which they boasted thatthey had taken up 220 cases; but it was a remarkable fact that in no case had relief been given by it,. or they would certainly have published it —The case accordingly stood over till neat month ; and Mr. Roes, after daring Sir Peter to commit him at once, left the court with the other parties. - - CLERKENWELL. MURDSROVS ASSAULT. John &WV was charged with inflicting a desperate wound upon the head of Mary Donoghue, whereby her life is en. dewed. A constable stated that as he was passing Ones& Peigtietart on Sunday morning, he saw a female lyksilmeshis in a pool of blood, with a dreadful wound it the sided bee bad, and several others on her face and seek. the nes taken to the Free Hospital, Gray's-inn road, whin bee wounds were dressed, and she partly re- Mind but and stated that she bad been alleshei by the prisenee. The constable found him in bed in a date of intmdcotion : he said the female and he had hem drinking together, until both of them got quite drunk, lend that he bail no recollection of anything that occurred. A eartificate IMO headed in from the house surgeon of the Royal FM stating that the wounded female was at to in a state. Mr. Combo remanded the flunky. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ITTTZHINO COUNTER pm Colo.—Edward Miller and Thomas Humphreys, two eehoss, were chimed with uttering a counterfeit half mown, and with semosg the police-constable in the exe cution of his duty. On Ste previous night the prisoner, entered the St. Aftenes Heeel, Clunkeedreet, St. James's, and, in payment Ike some drink, tendered a half-crown, which Mrs. Smith, the landlady, immediately detected as bi n g a counterfeit, On her requesting the prisoners to give dmoney in payment for what theyhad, they abused her, g and created such a disturbance as to draw the attention of a constable who was posing, who entered, and the prisoner were given into custody.—The constable said he heard the defendants making use of abusive language. In taking them ' out of the house they struck him several times. He pro ' cured assistance, and eventually conveyed them to the sta tion, where, on searching Humphreys, another bad half ' crown was found upon.him.—The prisoners denied all know ledge of the coin being bad, and said if the constable received any violence it was his own fault.—They were remanded till this day, for the attendance of the Mint solicitor. MARYLEBONE.—SXTORTION BT A CABWAN.—Eduard Clarke, a cabman was charged with extortion. A few days ego two sons of fir. Platt, of Hyde-park-gardens, went in defendant's vehicle from Oxford-street to their father's 'dwelling, a distance of no mere then a mile. The defendant demanded Is. 6d., which they paid.—Defendant denied having made any demand, and said that the sum was volun tarily given t• him.—He was fined 40s. and costs. SOUTHWARK.—IInt:raL ASSAULT.—Richard Haines was reexamined, charged with inflicting a kick on the lower part of the person of Jane WCaskilt, 14 years of age, thereby endangering her life.—Complainant was still labour ing under very considerable indisposition. She stated that about three months ego she left home to fetch a jug of water. She saw the prisoner leading a drunken woman , along, followed by several girls and boys, who were laughing iat the sight. She stood for a moment looking on, but did CLERICAL Paartimiwro. —Re;. S. R. Valley, to St. Matthew, Bir =o& VlC:4'7r°' CntiOrt b oriywriefror. 6 ! to rb i l ArtrOlastkoll ‘illibikt F SV. M WI l irw= Iltia•aatiOnwib Closet" P . C., Moults.—Ben. J. C. Wood, to tba Wamdiely away et Arseakstas Leacualle. VooANT.--Proptwiok R., Lase.. dio. Cheap.; value, 1,1301., Id& Tgaillil, j pat., Earl of Wilton; vacant by death of Rev. T. Bisokbazus. NAVAL Pointe° cTif AVO. S.LlhtiVirolf; IS, Can. N. Vassittart, arrived frees the Zest Indies and the Caps of Osal Hops. Ohs salted boa the Cepe, Jew LS, barbg then with the Beg at lionAloiril Desist Uaregot. the with tho lb Mono Oadirsar sod Bidri4 KG The Drasswel hsd lo ft the (Ig. ler twoor days affar Os Weirsailog st 111. Mira sal Moiselea. On Seeithislores soled at tollewid‘ the Wit he wood sod in. hy the esommalswilanhiet sod On prooesil to la eff. The Welt =MA Mb la to PtsmoolliTrpd: ra. The hooklato. N. Is. at ligillark miler grams to hare at • armaces Man lift &WWI. esaposil kw limbs • Babalio s 44. embred ham kegs Ko`Mart ladies is lave ✓ats raniimi attain. The Olosek an low snivel ben Itio, will is old of at Charm The ltegerd, sa her aural tom the Pad& *he Masan mks =MI hew the Wag Indira st Wordwich ; and the PaawrSaa tai Snit% ea *Or mobil boa the sad at Alba ; ho peal it dhlapot, TM Comahrisn,a, st this part. woo semeb•lesal sa Meg lar the_ pmant dOod. liwarldge. who easssels 0* Porlons4. Doto ml alla Per s eampbce of the eon& dose el the swar and Iliiena, IS, at this pat, ins oared to be Woo lab do* mg Ileogla for ward be roorobisa. llosyleare say to widow MOW end will he tam sot al Auk la daft ob. woks. The 11coL ba r i fi rs , Capt. Hall, snivel yesterday boa the seetwerd. squadron Imbeds* hr the ORO d the Grand Doke Clcalteallso ea his return to Iftirsia antral at =l .a. yestarday millabg, sod nor fists of • Moils, strierne, tai Ave. 9. =The Oirgr st. sorbed tido isseialva tow twat te Litheriond Kw Mara KM. la. at the .5W Oen Ow Ohba R. L. Clot. shoat to Si in bel It he Mien at Azsrass. On Rai leig.of-war Cape. a 'pi\ Mg" at a Datergaso sorwals. The Geyser left Chessmaaa as 11l lot, sal hos brae* lens Ilut Olken of the TAW. obi assieled is the lemersag Otbrafter. Wok& WOW year% el Os end Z. B. Bawl in- Onteritt, lowans losai Kraiiial. Geyser sat and Vthaessah NIL oittWlta l t havM bus WNW to the raphdo imam went dews the neer logo sa sa b the third of a batch avow. bies al M at=U Whim engineers, the two haw hie the =isl aObersa Trident st. Lout. Bina was paid og said woolesisa Kb afternoon. ADMTIALTT, Ave. 9:APPOINTK sre.—Canamda H. 0. Korb; lieolomle. J. D. Sullivan and W. P. O. VW; Nester, llama Mower, W. Ptddell ; Mead N" 11. W. C. Wits ; Plow, J. Beal; Clerk., T. Krim sad Onewe ; Clerks. loslotoot, T. H. O. Mitchell; Omer, M. Warner ; and Boabsabt, W. A. B. weight, have all lona ansiated to the Camteiaa—Usabsast J. P. Branch, to Enwilaet ; _ L. Wainteek to stagy ft Ks loyal Nasal College.—Maia Y. N. Font, to Thaw wilio.—Onsoot W. R. Dalton, J. 0. liskond A. Bren i l d. o CT: flio—Adlog lloond Masters, J. Wage, to Wagers, ; to Plrsey.—Mserees Assiatears , O. A. P. Doty sad H. H. Dyer to Trapoono ; Boars to Pholly.—Aeting E r , S. B. Igaredith, rbelssad.—Astiog an W. Odeahil to Owen. —W. .111111111, Meet Lasting Man of starebraws, an P. George, Smoot Issilbg Kan of Store/omm to St oolwish yard. SPORTING. TATVERSALL'i—fIONDAr. None of the parties who were miming on the settling day for Goodwood hays m yet made their appearance at the earner, and although one or two of them promise fairly enough, we do not we much prospect of their coming to Omit. Is Justice, however, to their creditors, we abstain, for the present, from noosing them ly name. The betting yesterday afternoon was wretehodly dulk at the waders menonedp_rlcee EB ti oll HANDICAP.-9 to 4 &est Mathematician (t); to 1 aged Sir Martin (t) ;10to 1 net Grimace ;10to 1 agst Lime stone. Sr. Lnoza.-6 to 5 agst Cossack (take sto 4) ; 7 to I eget ft7X (taken to 1001, and aft. off.) ; 11 to 1 *get Van Tramp (take 12 eo I) ; 14 to I apt sm. Nunn (t) ; 40 to 1 apt Limestone ; 1,000 to 15 apt Mr Liberator ( t); 1,000 to 10 agst Red Hurt (t); 9,000 to 20 sew Jovial (t). Dauer.-13 to 1 on the field ; 20 to 1 and Loadstone (take 23 to 1) ; 23 to t seat Flateateher ; 3,500 to 100 apt Beveriae (t) ; 2,000 to SO Met The Stinger (t); 2,000 even between Surplice and Loadstone. ILO) Intellteinte. EQUITY COURT. Before the Ea- Chancellor of England. 01117118 o. SHITII.—PITITION rose THE REMOVAL Or A OtrAnnuat.—Hr. Gude* appeared in support of a peti tion in this ease, for the removal of a guardian who had been appointed by the court to the guardianship of four female iamb., upon the ground that the (and to which they were entitled had not been properly expended for their benefit.—Mr. Selwyn opposed the petition. —The Vice- Chancellor, after having seen the infants, and questioned them as to the abduct of their guardian, refused to inter fere, anddlemined the petition with costs. CLAIRE IL WTATT.—BRIACH OP AN INJUNCTION.— This was an application for the committal of the defendant, for breach of an injunction, granted a short time since, to restrain him from pulling dawn certain water-closets at Bethnal-green.—His Honour said the order for committal should be made unless the defendant desisted from the breach of the injunction. WALTER V. BRETNTON.— , INJUNCTION TO REPrrIAIN THE SAILING or • SHIP DIESOLVEIL—Mr. Money moved to dissolve en injunction which was granted on the 28th of June, to resersin the sailing of a steam-vessel called the Novelty, which was about to proceed to the French coast. The injunction was granted on the ground that the plaintiffs were interested as second mortgagees, and that they would run great risk of losing their security if the ship were allowed to sad. It was now contended that, as the plaintiffs were not the registered oilmen of the ship, under the Ship's Re gistry Act, they had no right to the injunction; and, fur ther, that as model risk was shown to tie likely to happen. —Mr. Nicholls appeared in support of the injunction.—The Vice-Chancellor said ha did not see that any peculiar risk had been proved, and he did not think, under the circum stances, that the plaintiffs were entitled to maintain the in- junction. It must therefore be diasolved ; but the defendants must undertake to deal with the Teasel under the direction of the court. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Ix as VANDER VERE.—The bankrupt, • merchant in Crotched-friars, applied for his certificate. He had been in badmen three years, and owed about 3,5001., with no thing for his creditors. He was opposed on the part of three French houses and one American house. The complaint was, that when he was in embarrassed Cir cumstances he had obtained clovereeed and linseed cakes to about 2,0001. from his foreign creditors, on which he had raked money, and only mad* payment to one house, in order to obtain other goods. It appeared that all the capital the bankrupt possessed when he commenced busi ness was 1531. It was urged against him that he had cheated the foreign houses, and that the interests of commerce required that his certificate should be re fused. On the part of the bankrupt it was admitted that it was a case for a suspension. The inexperience of the bankrupt (22 when he embarked as a me t) was relied upon in mitigation.—Hr. Commissioner Hoiroyd said he had serious doubts about refusing the certificate. Almost a rob bery had been committed, and the exeura offered would not avail. As it was, the case required a long suspension, and his judgment was, that the certificate be suspended from the present occasion, without protection, for a period of three years. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. (Before D. C. Mc/lan, DA, judge.) WIXTI2 e. Tun Hot:. Ar.onimox GRETILLIL—Fuamvs Daivtan.—The plaintiff in this cue, a cabman, sought to recover of the defendant, the Hon. Algernon Ogevillo, the sum of 61. 10a. for injury done to a cab through the negli gent end furious driving of the defendant's servant —The plaintiff stated that on the 14th of June last he had turned his cab from the stand and had drawn it tip close to the kerb in Wellington-street to let a gentleman in, when a brougham, driven at a speed of from nine to ten miles an hour, belonging to the defendant, tried to pass between the cab and the herb ; the consequence was that the cab was turned over and much damaged.—The plaintiff's statement having been confirmed by two witnesses, Mr.C. Dod, for the de fendant, said the accident was not caused by the miasmas of the defendant's servant, but solely through the plaintiff turn ing out of the rank at the moment the defendant's brougham was al ong .— Two witnesses swore that the brougham was not at a greater speed than six or seven miles an hour that the driver did all he could to prevent coming in collision with the cab, but was unable to do so in cones quenos of the cabman drawing his vehicle across the road when the brougham was only six or seven yards from him. —ln answer to the court, the plaintiff's witnesses said there was plenty of room for the brougham to have passed between the cab and the cab-rank, instead of being driven on to the near side, which no experienced driver would have done.— Alter lasting a considerable time, the learned judge made an award in favour of the plaintiff for the sum claimed. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NOME ClRCUlT,—Csoinots, Ave. 9. Before Baron Porte and a special Jury. ReliwAY ADVIRTIBING.—GZEIN AND ANOTHER V. Foam.—This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, who are the proprieton of the Bury and Suffolk Herald news reper, ad also advertising agents, to recover from the fendant, Sir Wm. Foster, a solicitor at N a the sum of 3061. odd for advertisements Inserted in t heir jo urnal, and by their order in different London neapepers. Daring railway mania in ldt4, Mr. Francis Bing Eagle, a living at Bury, projected a line of railway joining the Eaten; Conadise, called the Norwich Direct Railway • and the delladent, who was at that time Mayor of Norwich, was spplieted chairman of the board of director ; and he &d -eemed he thousand poands in order to put the company in • prides is go to parliament. After a hard struggle in Kellidttse, the project in question being opposed by mead rival lines, at length, in Jane 1845, the bin mu rejected. It seemed that after this Mr. Sigh projected another company, under the title lbe Norwich Direct and West Ewen Matemiem =and the greater portion of the preemie domemil wee' in advertising the new mamma Tice only hthe cause was, whether the delbadoett matiemedW i lt a notion with this new project, or whether be bed mot owed to bear any further liability when the original ppleat imam jetted by the parliamentary oommittee.—The oleo ihr the plaintiff rested merely upon the Mimeo of Mr. lyla, eil• not interfere in any way, when the prisoner let the WOMII6 fall down, and ran up to the complaisant, and, without uttering a word, gave her a violeat kick on the lower part of her person. The kick he gave her was inflicted with such severity that she fell to the ground and screamed that she was dying, end immediately afterwards became quiteiin eettrible. She added that she had been confined to her bed ever since, and was still so bad that she was unable to walk, and was obliged to be carried into the court.—Mrs. Mary:Edney corroborated this statement. Clue. Humphery deposed to t ie facts of the assault, and said that after the kick was inflicted he ran and picked up the complainant, who was lying on the pavement in agony, and the blood streaming from her. He added that the prisoner appeared to be quite' ober, and when he saw the condition of the girl he ran away. Since the occurrence be had been threatened by the prisoner's friends if he appeared at this court in support of the charge against him.—The prisoner said that he was drunk at the time, and had no recollection of kicking the complainant ; that it had been stated that she was going for a jug of water at the time, and he believed she fell down and cut herself with the broken jug, and that the witnesses out of spite had asserted that the wound she re ceived wu from a kick.—bir.Cottinghamsaid that he should commit the prisoner for trial for felony. Tll A M ES. E n err tem trr. -- David Edwards was charged with having embersled sums of money to a consi derable amount, the property of his employers, Messrs. Scott, wholesale china and glens merchants, No. 249, High-street, Whitechepel. The prisoner had been in the above employ as collector and town-traveller for about 15 months ; about five weeks since, his employers had occasion to suspect his honesty. They had since instituted an icquiry, and the result was that it was fully proved by various witnesses that he had received on Messrs. Scott's account, on the 16th of February last, the um of 31. 12s. 6d. ; on the 14th of June, 21. ss. ; and on the Bth of July, 11. 12a. Ild. The several receipts for the above rums in the prisoner's handwriting were produced by the respective parties. Mr. Septimua Scott, one of the partners, proved that it was the prisoner's duty to account to him each day for the sums received on the preceding day. He had not accounted for these KIM, nor were they entered as received in the cashbook. Ti.ey had reason to seapect that he had been guilty of other defalca tions.—The prisoner made ao defence, and was fully com mitted far trial. RAILWAY NEWS. The chief business yesterday was in Brighton and North Stafford lines : In the former, prices gave way; in the latter, they were fairly supported, but rather, as supposed, from a scarcity of the stock than from any other cause. SHARE LIST.-Lowoox, Luaus, 9. N.. -AA soft actions . /Lifts of Awls Am. ebsrosides dfteft Wood Ass. Wm of Woo is /taw oftiera* prima. PM D !MD. 1$ MorMas 1 . 1 . 4 AL.ALisSore . .4 .4 AW4IOI . p d.. Woborgoto 1 i Ap.oli.o .../ Ostio.eag 33 tome a/ boradwo..... ft. wr • 1/W.M. Ira.* D.A '''. tr. tt Maselseotor ood Lefts. go s 111n0.M41. •IL Yallm 171 M A. 1 Aorta 43 1 M.. 4 Aloft J05et...311 iq D.. 1 .A.... 1 Op. 1 Awes\ 4 Ch. Dol3 M. De. lirthe 111 m., • Dino.,3• Do. 110044•Ao I Dili am* , II/. ir. r b.rsint, (.. 4 „ L: .i. 464. o ,le. Ip. ID D• 111 Id. 1111 D0... j r(WM;ri.11,44 10.. mi f 4 31•4•11., Mu., a WNW. b"....... •lf M. 3 lisorlol. 4 6wogropftm Id. • 4 0464,41 I MAW IN 161 1 '' Not mer 1•461.. IL 19 n.. 400. skarn 'l4l 43 I Do. Sg Wares it; 1 ja. 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A 406.. E M. lk 8 641 6 Awls • 1.4 Ask. ..1 41 U. Ds lOLA., M 4 I. • 1 3p. I LespoSporp a e I Do. IN 474. • M. 41. t 36 1 p. II Namur os,l Li 0511 . I Ds. 141.41.,21.• IL c 6 10 Sonless of /moor._ 111 AL. OTT* 4 CAW.. 1 014 4 Drifts. awl Bordeaux II I {lLaxedea 4 S.Modors.. 44 4 1 1 ram Mid L•ea 4441. A. Nor Au. kW... 3 lop. 10 Arid oft 0tt0... ., 4O SO Do. New, SOL . 331 1 to lorio mod Bowe Me 376 Do. low, 401.. ... .... par Op. 1 Ports ma 1. 010 ••./ 4 4 NO. Do. Cos.. AWOL.. . Sle • awn deul :An l3l 040 DA do. TWIN- 24P. 14 3.41 ft 4•1 N0wi...... 71 414. Do. Scrip, 301 II 61 1 1 Ilftft Do. ft 4l 1 6 Wm Moselore ..... .• .'ll 35 _ _ " SI 110 _ . MEETlNG.—DaxnnE.—Disiolution Ilfeeting.—Brusaels Aug. I.—lt was molted to dissolve the company, and petition the Belgian government for the restitution of the deposit money, about two milllsa arcane& MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.—Yosic AM) Nowric lin,- tAyD (aAIIOOIITZ 13amice.)—Testerda (Mcmday) the liarregate branch of tie Perk and North Midland Hallway, extending from Church Fenton on the male line to Spogorth. within Ire mike of Har rogate, was formally opened by • train of the centraeton, oflleen of the company, and their friends, and is to be opeeed tads, for the use of the piiblie The pareesigets wal be conveyed between Ila,ro gate and OpWorth In °caches and =Abases, by penons employed by the company, until the remaining portion of the line Is Fanxca RAILWAY TILL/FIC, for the weeks enTagire speetively July 30 to Aug. 4 : Miles Corresponding Alerted. g week, 1816. Paris and Rouen Bonen and Macre 39 ... 3,273 feria and Orleans B2 ... 7,542 ... 6,969 Centre (Vienna) Orleans and Bordeaux (see. I ) il ... 3,023 ... 1,434 Northern .. 22Bi ... 13,473 ... 6,783 1 Amiens to Boulogne (sec. I) baited, or it was an object to conciliate an opinion abroad. They were a convenient theme for declamation on show days, no more to be remembered, nor the fine promises expressed and implied, when the oratorical candidates became ministers themselves and in possession of the keys of the Hacienda. Now, indeed, the case is so far altered, that parties are all unanimous. Senor Mon, ex-minister of finance, and the Faro journal representing his party and opinions, aro as zealous in discrediting the rights and opposing the reclamatiods of the bondholders, as Salamanca, now chief of the exchequer, is ingenious in insidi. ously evading, and the rorreo, his organ, in treating them with reproach and bravado. It is surely time then now, as the bondholders urge, that Lord Palmerston should addr(ss to the Spanish government direct, or rather, as suggested, to his excellency Senor Isturitz, the Spanish envoy here, some of that vigorous language, of re monstrance at least if not of menace, which at the close of the late session made such en impression at home and abroad. Senor Isturitz should be all the more earnestly disposed to co-operate with energy in promoting a satisfactory arrangement of the claims of the creditors, inasmuct-t us the bulk of the debt consists of the loans authorised and contracted by that Cortes from 1820 to 1823 of which he was hems qt an active member, and were destined, if not appropriated, to the support of I that constitutional cause, he final results of which have elevated him from his former comparatively ob 'cure position to the post of prime minister fist, and lastly to the highest diplomatic honours of his country; to say nothing of the grand crossts of various distinguished orders with which by hie own and other sovereigns the quasi republican member of Cortes of 1823 now stands by contrast so curiously decorated. It seems the more necessary now that Lord Pal merston should re-open the subject to the envoy, seeing the reproaches heaped upon him in the official and other journals of Madrid, for the " insults and threats " with which, it is said, he assailed Spain in his late speech, and to which, the Correo odds, Spain will net be brought to yield. Moreover, the some official journal expressly repudiates for the govern ment any connexion with the project sent home by Mr. Henderson, the agent of the bondholder.' com mittee. " Mr. Henderson," that paper observes, " ad vances, in the letter to his constituents, opinions which are his own, a plan which he has proposed, and about which our government has neither indicated nor re solved anything, not even, as we understood, having applied themselves to its examination." INOLISI Book Mott, 191 3 per Ct. Reel. *lat.. 91 St 3 per Ct. Camas Atm., 9911 Now 39 per C4Amu, PI i I Lout Amu., exp. 34 Jaz , 9 1.15 ► 1109. India Rack, ?4O lad la Bes4A seder 1.0241 . par Dreask Ow Arca. Sy 7 61 i f Ba. 808. A 4 .00. IL. pAr 2 444.1 pm. Ditto, thoo, I 3 pm. 4 pa. Mae. Boa, 3 4 pa. par "MIDS. 3 per Cl. Spaeiall Dow% Dlr. from Na.. 1044.21 24 par Cr. Dwelt Bac , 13 0•11.,141 4 Ii 4 per CI. lilla Carat., 89 y f AND eaTOCTS ABROAD. Orate. mentos tra. C l . g116 ,, 4711.‘ I per Cl Parta,seta DIU>, Aret.,ilk Wassip. Anne, 2 —Three per Perim. Oreperr, II Seek nt 144. Zaeleesge ea Loseloe. 44 4 C.<444., 13. St. 41. Nallmai, 140 14•145 of St . 10-14 MONEY MARKET. MONDAY EVENINO. The very important suspension of the highly re spectable firm of Lesley, Alexander, and Co., corn merchants, naturally caused a great sensation in all quarters this morning, as being a house of the highest' standing and credit. The liabilities are variously es timated at from five to six hundred thousand pounds. It is believed, however, that the suspension, arising from the occurrence of sudden pressure at a time when credit has become so restricted in a deranged money market, will be but temporary. The head of the firm is understood to be in possession of a large landed pro-', pert,' in Ireland. The unfortunate event can hardly fall notwithstanding to subject numerous parties to much inconvenience or damage, supposing nothing worse to result. The extensive connexions of the house in the corn-growing countries, more especially in the north of Europe, and the Black Sea perhaps as well, are likely to be severely visited with bills re turned for non-payment, with all the heavy charges of exchange and re-exchange upon them, noii quently reaching to five and even ten per cent, upon the principal NUM. This untoward circumstance had its effect on the funds. Prices opened a fraction in decline upon the last quotations of Saturday. From 86 to 7 for account, at which the first bargains were respectively marked, Consols gradually declined to 861, but subse quently rallied to, and left off at, 861 to 1 for account, and for money 861. Reduced Threes, 861 to „. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 881 to a. Long Annuities, 9 to 1-18. Exchequer Bills, 38. disoouut to 2s. premium. Bank Stock, 193 to 7. India Stock, 2401 to 21. The few transactions which took place in foreign stocks were effected only by the sellers submitting to lower prices. Mexican were called 17 to 18 only. Portuguese, 29 to 30. Spanish Fives, 20 to ; the Threes, 301 to 1. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 92 to 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 331 to 61; the Fours, as; to 91. The rates of exchange at New York on the 24th ult., which are brought rather lower at 1051 to 61, and looking down, by the Union steam-ship to Havre, are uneasily viewed as leading to anticipations that specie may again be called for. If the language of the Madrid journals may be trusted, those bearing an official character in the num ber, it might be inferred that the case of the foreign creditors of Spain was hopeless; that neither from the press have they to look for real sympathy, nor from the government, nor from public men of whatever opinions and pretensions have they to expect repara tion of the wrongs and the faithlessness of which they have been the scarcely-complaining victims for a quar ter of a century. From ex-ministers, or pretenders to office, and from opposition journals, the claims of the bondholders have sometimes derived some lip and pen service when an obnoxious minister was to be map COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. PRODUCE.—M Iu ciao -LANE, Avo. 9.—There has not 11p pared any disposition, to purchase byprivatecontractany article of to,. porZanee to-day; the general aspect of commercial affairs continues to be gloomy. Refined sager dull at the late decline brown lunits of fair quality, 53e. ; standard quality, Me. Bd., sellers.—Tallow remains at 465. 3d. on the spot; la the last three months; town, 525.• rough fat, 2s. 10d. • arrived during the week, 76 8 casks; delive re d, 7oo casks; the p resent stook on hand, 1413 casks; at the same period hot year, 7589 canks.—Provisions.—Butter : amount of Mims dote last week was mall, but prim have been firm.—n- eon : Itiedemand continues good, and prices have been fully sustained for good quali. ties.—Haros dull of sale.—Lard, fine bladdered, scarce, and commands a high prise • inferior nearly unsaleable.— Oils steady; seal, pale, 10!.; Maw, 96!. 10..; brown and 3•610vr, 21/. to 251. 10o.; sperm, 851. to 661.; hcadmatter, 871. ; nod, rt. lo..; south sea, 241.105. to 251.105. ; olive, Gallipoli, 481. ; Spanish and Sicily, 41!. to 461.; palm, 37/.los. to 381.; cecoa.nut, SOL to 24.; seed rape, pale, 3.; linseed, 271, 10s. to 97/. IS.. — - - 1...6ND0N WIRILY DOCK RETURNS, Arc.:. I lsoperte_t d Dolivaasi.i R. M. I Weot LAU mks 114.16c.1as Aron] and htsOnia Oise /*M ir b•11. by r.., F en loan casks 1,578 CM 10.4:$ HAM sa VI& !T! • to i• Mocha Web bur, B. P. NY* Porno% ►~ L. Wan 1M pun. upw moo l's." IMAM C . 11 7 HS T OM, 7MM 2.519 NAM 30,111 NAN 160.131 203,701 1.661 /1 647 13.6 N CRIS 11,23 11,131 COTTON.—LiroarooL, Aro. 9.—The market was very steady today, and the sew were 3,000 bile., 300 of which were for export. COALS. Acoorc 4.-1174144, 74 : mid, 07. VIWCYTLS. lII.MLAINI. (Amster Male Amok Pftretb....... ....... IS. U Walls Nal Ituvr.4l ..... l9l 04 Walls Es 4 lle.. /eke aC. ... 175 M Walls F. 4.1 }team 194 94 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—Maus. 4.. 1117. , •••• res. lam, DV!. Da1,112 .. • 1 McB.Y. . 010 . Neagh- 0 Maxim amid Waterfowl .01 Tanana . . 0 amp*. . .0: Harmia.Rept 7 Doaagliadee . 01 lnoca . . Da karaelllaa 0 0 W 1.41a.aa, Grew 47 Jan. 0 0 Ltaboa Asi.l6lo Boma mai 1 ,0 Hfaao, &apt a Matsui . .0 0 Nelluirraa. . 0 Halifax. Aug. la. GIACTAIND, Aro. 9.—Arrleed E7lOOOl, Baltimore; Deux Herr Nantes; Industry, Caen; Vigilant, Cope ; John Cooper, China; Myo nth., Manta ; EInI, Newkiandland ; Lady Eight, Quebec: Macrae. ter, Porto Rico; Matador, Quebec; Kron Prin Hanover, New York; City of Loudon, Rotterdam; Scotia, Bombay; Victor Marie, Nalltta ; Proeidanoe, Caen ; Leedom, Jamaica; York, New Orleans ; Symme try, St. John's; Allwal, °turnery ; William T. Wheaton, New Ge rm; Rapid, Rotterdam; Sir P.. Peel, Magnet, Harlingen; rho, Antwerp ;- Triter, Ostend ; Columbine. liavre ; Prince,. Royal, Haim burgh; Emerald, Roarer ; Water Hen, Qbec Beaufort, Cuts; Susan, Peter:ring ; Ha li fax, Calcutta ; Ruke by , ew York ; WU rine, Oder; Agnes, Goebec : Frowning Beauty, Oderas ; Christiana, Graft', Quebec ; Veda, Montreal ; Catharine, Dantlic ; Helen, Mauritius Parretti., St. Mtchael'a ; Marvin Bute, Charante ; Arra, St. John's; Robert Ranker, Ghent. —Sailed : Grecian, Bom bay); Jane, Quebec. Livreeroor., Aro. 9.—Arrived: Globe, Callao; John B. Skiddy, °reword, Good Latent, Pacific, Mortimer, New York; Euterpe, Montreal; Liverpool, Jenny Jobnstau, Quebec; J. How, Jamaica; Si. A. Parke, Ilanduras ; Wumbus, Mobile; Plymouth, Millar; Jenny Lied, Mirsaricbi ; H Trleate; Courier de Mern, Mes sina; Britain's Pride, Oonstan ; Jumna, Calcutta; Fairfield, Jamaica; Far West, New Chileans; Solway, Baltimore; Orpheus Sarah Boyd, New York; Dove, Pictou; Mountaineer, Pufixar ; Watkins, St. Ann, Montreal; Ganges, Quebec; Diligence, U. Sh arer.; Royalist, Alexandria; Active, St. Pert %burg ; Elsinore, New (Mean; Cromwell, John Bolton, Fingal, Quebec; Berbice, Mini orldit —Off : Thames. Dan. Grant, St. Isateratiurg..-Saded : Maser Mary Ann Purdy, Hardt; Ban Loon, Gijon; Setera, Barrow; Dolores, Gulf of Mexico. Binh Banda, hews, at New York, 19th ult. [Adyertiaement.)—A CURE FOR ALL KINDS or BWILLIVOS AND 'TUMOURS ST HOLLOWAY'S OISTMILIST AND PTLIA.-- Mr. John Young, of Worcester-street, Kld&nwslaater, bad hen alined for nine years with a tanner or Waft as his Igo white at times prevented him from attending to his sin Ha Ind aged everything that could be nought of, but only get WOW tuned sf better. In two montha he was perfectly cared by PO and Ointment. Messm.Pennell and Murk, the vsgp book sellers, Kidderminster, will youth for the eansdris of Ibis slab. merit. Any glandular swelling, unnatural ansimposent k seelessln or stiff joint n, might speedily be cured by Chas eisbablsb usilibbb Sold by all d=a, and at Pretence Holloway% iimbilmit, 24e, Strand, M BAOO7I.—AU.. S. at Wawa laws, YR& Waterord, the talk et B. 11•111. J.P. , d. aattablae. DONSBY —Aug. 1, at Illoaalt,Dveldttahaooltre, the ff. dW. X. MYR. 11:12 , 06f 1 A•il 4, at LAID, PM, Um toll* of D Dtligs, , at I daaabtet. DROWNIL.—./alo la, at Hohlelbarg, lira Browne, Of Ktlllagtea.hon, Y.. M, of &Wow, DlttlOW...—Aag I, at Ludo. et resat, Bath, the wife of W. A. DM% Bap., of • daughter. COLLIS —Aug I at Amoy Wm. the alto of the Soo. IL A. Wad. ei;cet DUMB —All. C the Oat Ate .of a son NADDO —Aeg. C at Relabarith, the lady NNW., of • toe. NAHOOD.—Aeg 3, at Ilzestowa, the edge et Dr. Nampa, of a sea. NORTON.—Aar 3, at 111. lasemeationsd, laestbeera.greve, liarmitar, tha wife of R. Nceient. Let., senate, el • easalttar. = H Ell 3, at Wise, sear Monaca, tle arthiof the 114, N. Raveablll. of Le:mauler, Rear Amok!, of • we. NEVILL —Aug. Cheltealtass, the trlla of N. Revell, Rye , Deflate law, seat Raraeley, of • Ilea. at Cardyahaa Rectal), penes W, the wife of tba At. J. V. Violas, t fa eansbtes...• ••••• • AN DIXION—HORSPI.LL 1, stet. Oeuire's Ltow74X. Ir7lM R. D Asderaeo, M A,, T D dederoso, Pad., to Deo r i tt l e i r=to oo tb ß e I alo — C 4. . 1 .%;r:os e. tae sermems Wax teas gameaoalr performed seallist )o Ore Mx el M Rama Oodrsos Clearea, Cox t X de L. Dess/arm aO7 Ye Tourer N L Prombox, X Chains Ikaadaogg, Bavaria, Is 11•147, Tourer "V .. XxXXXXX,st liferdx-gark, Norilmotlatrad. CAT —COLS.—Aft. X. at XIX, X.I. Caves. XX., Pragaw. to Sena Mahe. trial dasedoe XX. Me X C. 4.. XX., rftera, flaapesat. 311131-I—XXXXAX.—Ax. I, at XL Stoplootes. sex dlolisX, I Wok.. 0. Mealy.*. a. Ilsorto, 104 earteltos. Redneta. 0.. . h. to X. L. ar,==rmiLlest. Nep,s, H.M.S. CAD dais. —AtigCastletos cottage, rgyhottlre, J... XsaMr, bq .6e nwatos. to Illtary ass, XXX , . X IL or tla limaed OM/My. LVILLO—KaItIIVST.—Ateg. 7. at 110. osooge . s. Xxxee , essare. by tis lard Wean Zeotered, 0. W. XelelLle, Mx, await. la Us Orldowsa Ossrde, n tie Kea. Mutate Sett.. Huhu, wand WOW W tote, sad dam rrt the strabre, Lord Mums.. PICLISSOILL-1100/L—Ax. 11, et St. XX% Dow 8.10+07. llt MT. O. W. ildakosame. P. a Pleteregill. - XX.. X Wet May N. Z., eldest wears et Ur Xs. J. irmiTii;• - •. - ......er—FIA/TD..—Am. 3 at Ilta Yeetlag.hounal Meal, by U. En . J. Dorian.. Ma Zee I. Stewart. to lase, weal isalltaaa al S. Floyd, Zoe. WATIIIO—TATLOI6..—Am. 6, at Dllbste, Notion. I D. W atm be, Onat Tarmoallo, to Burke, eldest dam/ter of I. T. Taylor, lop , of Its Samar place. DEATHS. DALY.—,kag. 9, at Tallman, liamoth, tae balovel Mt, ei IL Daly, NA., banister at.law. MINN.—Am. 4, at Ma reddest% la Um'. 'Ammar-street. T. Vasa, LK aged 79. POSHES —Am. 1, at Ida glabble“.oatagaesd. D 0... Tteda ,al . " " aged 67. MA•ll2ll..—Mag. 6,5911d0rig11 0911egs, Ncealadge. lus7 g" , of Ow Her. A. O. ~N. OU 1101190 N.—• 1. aa Idath, leaviabass el W6l:yort Da , lll:B.ls. ogegaegadi . :a. wik /da:tbe i—L bale K" Ted bk :Ua l".4" T. Knees, Beg., T.C.. aged Y. P•MILOII.—Am. 6, W. Pante, for tau? Pada rowan. , c.""'' esteem ?testae. ".. 141011 —Mae 4, fa lb eat, Prldseas, Cameral!, •Ir J. C. La , teat., aged 71. aTiMa3(^anl.l, of Wait gami. /I- /tapes. Est. 11 D. Ella Moat eat mleiebel by kta mama eaertkes lasprebar ad litfartat dignots la Ns sae* Ili Inland Mn Um , .w#•• - day% en of R. lymt. ".... 14.3 7.7.A.1 8.01 fkOniells-pkoi, Waal da•gten of a smut. TOWlia—avg. 7. laftb ismoula. Buell. Üb• .1k of W. Mande Taussl.dablo 6 .l•li•• ,-, • , k• "^"..a4.4 10. tr." •NiPtaba Wear re 6 . •••.• J. ••. ot Mo. dr.. T1e.e.....1• 1.14.17( .., in Woe.. Maw, st OM.* di NOW. Iv Jo proldset Whimfirlar% • 16re=14.64% 1 11 ° W Imam Aim? at 31Nr•