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SEPTEMBER 23, 1854. sons on 27th and 20th of July last, and in having been aiding and abetting in the destruction and re moval of the toll-gates across the Tweed; also with assaulting the officers of police in the execu tion of their duty, and with throwing stones at the toll-house, and breaking down and carrying away the Wooden porch. The prisoners pleaded not guilty, and several police officers and the tecksman were examined, all of whops deponed to the riot, and to one or other of the prisoners having been present and having taken part in the proceedings. The tacks man, in the course of his cross-examination, stated that, since Friday week, when the gates were re erected, the same rates were not exacted, and that they were only now one-sixth of the rate that existed when the riots took place. , A gig is now lid., and foot-passengers free. Mr. Boyd, the justice of the peace before whom the declarations were taken, stated in cross-examination that he thought the pri soner Rodger was weak in his intellect, although he considered he knew what he was about; and other witnesses stated that they saw him the worse for drink. The crowd on both occasions numbered from 1,000 to 1,500 persons. Exculpatory evidence was Also led. Mr. A. R. Clark, advocate-depute, addressed the jury fcr the Crown, and was followed by Mr. Gifford and Mr. Patton for the prisoners. Lord Cowan, in the course of charging the jury, said—" .It has been stated that this toll, which has been exacted for a length of time, was no longer eligible froth the inhabitants at the time when these disturbances took place. I shall most sincerely re ace if the inhabitants pf Kelso shall be found enti tled to pass along that bridge without paying any toll ; but what I want to impress upon you, and through you on the public, is, that be the exaction legal or illegal, neither you nor I are entitled, irre spective of the judgments of the law courts, by force or masterful means,. to prevent the exaction of a toll the revying of which has been sanctioned by statute for half a century. The remedy is to go to the court of law, and, when it is fixed that the toll is no longer , exigible, then the civil power can be called in to prevent the trustees from exacting any more toll. if a party unites himself to a mob with the intention of countenancing any lawless act they have in view, be must be responsible to the laws of the country for the consequences of the acts of the mob. It is always a question for the jury to consider in such a case, quo aninto, with what mind the party has united himself to the mob; and this will be con sidered by you at the present time. lam not at all moved by the remarks made by Mr. Patton, that probably a thousand people in Kelso united them selves to the mob. lam very sorry to hear it. lam sorry they did not feel It to. be their duty either to give their iud actively to the public authorites in ogler to restore peace, or at once to leave the crowd." e jury, then retired, arid were absent about half an hour. When they returned into court they gave in their verdict, finding the libel against APlntosli and Robson not proven and Wild and Rodger guilty, but recommended the latter to the leniency of the Court. Lord Handyside then sentenced Wild to six months' and Rodger to three months' imprisonment. The 'vase excited great interest, and the court was densely crowded. On Friday week the printer and the publisher of the felso Chronicle were summoned suddenly to the Cross Keys Inn, where they were ushered into the august pretence of the she'riff,deppte, the sheriff clerk, and the procurator fiscal of Kelio, who demanded to be informed who wrote such and such au article in the Chronicle of that day, and from what sources the information It contained was derived. One is at a loss whether td admire most the naive im pertinence of this inquiry, or the official silliness rihich it dlifilly l ed. If the article was seditiOils,or dingerouS the priipel• and th e only dignified Nurse WAS to indict OA Publisher; but, before thiS, it I . icii:fid have been necessary to constilt the law officets a the Vrown—and offiCioustiess, encite4 by local acrimony, could not, probably; brook to be delayed or thivarted by the cooler judgmefits in the Tim Bent. which the litike or eacra l , head of the R 4B sell faintly, so graciously bestowed on the church of Rosel, in the canton de Tilly.sur-Sealles, has been landed at Caen, and is at this moment at Mr. Barrow's, the Fog -Ish Consul, whence it is to be shortly transferred Ito Rose!. The church of this commune was built by the family of Lord John Riisse,ll, and on a recent occasion his lo , dship's brother and nephew (Lord Hastings Russell), when visiting the locality, left with the poor of the parish substantial proofs of their munificence. Tits HOTELS or NEiv YORK. -T NeW York Weekly Herald stat es th a t t h e v al ue o f the hotel, of all kinds in that city, exclusive of the large boarding-houses, is over twe vs million dollars ; their population about nibs thou sand persona, and their money receipts seven millions of do tars early. There are two or three hotels, it is added, now in contemplation, which will equal, if not surpass, in extent and inagniEcence any one of those in operation at present. it is the intention of Mr. Mormot, of the New Yolk Hotel, to erect a gigantic structure on the site of the Hippodrome. The building is to he constructed of marble , and will Costs When completed, upwards of A million of THE PRESS: ST. GEORGE'S HALL ; LIVERPOOL. Tins building, one of the grandest of our provincial architectural attempts, was inaugurated on Monday with great ceremony. The civic authorities appeared in more thin usuld splendour, and a musical enter tainment was given, counting Viardot Garcia, Miss Clara Novell°, Miss Dolby, Sims Reeves, and Formes, among the soloists, but without either orchestra or chorus worthy of the natne. The building was originally purposed to find ac commodation for the musical festival driven but of house and home by the refusal of the rector, Mr. Brooke, to alter the parish church to be used for their performance. In consequence of this a public meeting was called by those who felt an interest in the charities, and it was then resolved that a hall should be built expressly for the festivals, and entitled " St. George's-hall." A subscription was set on foot, and a large sum gclaranteed, to be paid by instalments. The first instalinent was duly forthcoming, hitt the the second wail leas easy to obtain. Just at this time the mayor and corporation of Liverpool, having also come to the determination of building a hall for judicial purposes (with the arriere pensie, no doubt, of drawing the Lancaster assizes, to Liverpool), proposed to the festival committee that their two plans should be incorporated. This *as agreed to; what remained of thg instalment which had been paid was refunded, and the committee of St. George's-hall was forth With instituted. From =tong El great number of designs that of Mr. Henry Lonsdale Mines a London ar c hitect, was accepted; in 1841 the build ing was commenced, and 1851 was far enough advsnced towards completion to be honoured by a visit from her Majesty. Havltig accomplished a greater ptut of hie design; Mr. limes went for the benefit of his health, to Madeira, where he died of consumption, and Mr, • Cockerell was appointed to succeed him. Under the superintendence of the last-named gentle man St. George's-hall has been completed. • The following account of the building is from Liverpool publibittioh • • it must Isolating the building, from turroundipg objects, it must be pronounced one a the most imposing combinations of beautiful, massive, classic designs existing., The com position is a unity of several styles, the Corinthian order being carried out throughout. The northern aspect is semicircular, the columns the eight in number, and attached. Viewing it front the north-east, a very striking effect is produced by this projection, and the lung row of pillars of the eastern facade . This is the longest aspect of the building, and is 140 lards ; the columns rising to the height of 45 feet, each four and a half feet in thickness. The central colonade advances 26 feet, and extends 200 feet; on either side the subordinate portion of the façade is extremely effective, and a striking contrast has been pro duced by the introduction of square pillars and pediinents for statuary on the screen which rises between thein. Looking upon the building now from the south-east, another change presents itself, and .it is the must com manding view which can be obtained. The eye t..lies in the Whole range of columns in the eastern façade and those of the southern entrance. The south front is u noble design and specimen of workmanship, and were, it not that the ground sinks rapidly the effect would be complete. A terrace, however, has been constructed, from which the portico and its stylobate ( carried onward to the eastern side) arise. The height from the ground-line to the pedi ment is 05 feet. In this portico, which recedes 21 feet, there is adouble row of massive, lofty pillars, eight in front and four within ; and above these is a piece of emblematic sculpture, specially worthy of careful inspec tion. The Mot to On the hall, under this fine design is Artibtis, Legibus Copciliis, locum Municipes conatitue runt. Anzio doinini 1841? The figures in this sculpture are large and numerous, the weight of the whole being about 50 tons. They were executed in Caen stone by Mr. W. G. Nicholl, from a design furnished by Mr. Cockerel). The uncovering of the sculpture in this pediment took place in the autumn of P 350. The western side is different from the other three, yet similar in style. Corresponding ytiAb die projecting façade at the opposite side we i have a lofty .screen, with square Corinthian pillars, extending upwards. In this screen windows light up, the numerous sinall apartments connected with the courts of law; and above, receding several yards, are the side windoivs,. which throw light into the interior. The workmanship within is massive, like that without, much of the carpentry bring of oak, and all highly finished. Within we find many apart ments, most of which are subordinated to the grand pur. poses of the hull—the courts of law." Tire RIVER-TR4VEi.LIN4 Politic !Aim recently had their cariosity somewhat excited by the presence of three iessels-of-w it in the Thames. They are the Navarre screw steam-frigate, 3i; guns ; the lindetzky, also a screw steam frigate, carrying the same number of guns ; and the Elisa beth paddle-wheel steamer. The Navarre has been lying off tireenbithe for .the last mouth or so. She visited the Thames fur the purpose of rawlplug the other two vessels, the Radetzky and Eiizabeth, both of which were built fur the Austrian Government by Mr.. Wigram, of Blackwell. The Nadetsky frigate was towed down to Greenbithe oix Moriday ' ' the Elizabeth remains off Blackwell, with her pennant flying. The three are expected to nil in a few days. Ir hes been resolved to confer a grant of qtlarter sessions upon Brighton, which has long been sought for by the in habitants of that increasing and prosperous locality. si r . t...dwin James; ta.C., of the Bowe Ctreuit will be the first recorder of Brighton tinder this new arrangement. Volittcal anb 63tatral. 897 THE ELECTION FOR KING% LYNN took place on Saturday last, when Mr. G. H. Gurney was elected without opposition. There was a total absence of excitement; and nothing of importance in the speeches made on the occasion. -------- TilE ANNUAL DINNER of the Stow-on-the-Wold AgricultUral SoCiety was held on Friday week. A large number of influential gentry and yeomen were present. The speech of the evening was delivered by Mr. Henley, in responding to the toast, " The Members for the Comity' The right hon. gentleman observed that meet whoa they might, and wherever they liked, the first thing each man said to another was this—" Thank God for what fine weather we have, and a fine harvest.'"rwice within the apace of seven years had this country been almost in some degree, if not quite, on the verge of famine. Twice within that time had pestilence raged among them ; and some people thought it had been most fatal in its con sequences 10 those years when there was a short supply of food, when the force of the pestilence would in consequence necessarily fall upon the poor with large families ; but, be that as it might, this fact would come fairly home to the minds of all men—that if the produce of our own country, our native land, should be deficient, we should, therefore, have to pay so much the more enhanced prices for that. which we got from abroad. He was not going to reopen the controversy which had been carried on upon that sub ject, for that was now at an end, but they could not shut their eyes to the fact of how great a duty, how great an obligation, was imposed upon them, and not only for their own personal gratification, but alsothe great and important duty, that the feeding of the people of this country must depend on the eneritt, on the skill, on the resolution of the agriculturists of this country,—to go on as they had hitherto gone on, More and More keeping pace with the increasing population for the vast supply of food, both corn and meat, which recent circumstances had succeeded I in bringing into the market, because on that alone would depend whether the people of the country obtained their food at reasonable and tit prices. He believed that all great and important improvements which had taken place during the last forty years had taken place front the skill and energy, from the ability of the working owners anti occupiers of the soil of this country, deriving great ad vantages, no doubt, from coming together to see the work of others in societies of that kind, which had enabled them to produce the vast-increasing supply of meal. That there had been an increase iu the production of corn there could be no doubt, for where three quarters of corn used to be produced thirty years ago four quarters were produced now, and where 11b. of meat w a s formerly produced now 21b. were produced. The manufacturers might scoff and sneer at the owners and occupiers of the soil, but he (Mr. Henley) should like to know, if they had been confined to the same number of mills for the last thirty years, whether they would have doubled the amount of their produce in the same way the farmer had done? A number of other toasts were given and responded to in the course of the evening. MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION.-TRE CONHERVATITE LAND SOCIETY.—Mr. Lancelot Shadwell, the revising barrister, held a court at BrentfOrd, On Tuesday, for six parishes in that district. A htimber of claims were made in respect of the Ealing rettOry estate, purchased for the members of the Comiervitive Land Society, which were opposed by the Liberal party. Amongst the claimants were Viscotiht Maidstone, Sir C. W. Codringtoh, Bart., M.P., the lion. Colonel Lowther, M.l'., and many other eminent gehtlemen. Mr. C. E. Lewis, one of the solicitors to the Conser vative Land Society, and Mr. JorieS, Supported the claims. The first case taken was that of Lieutenant- Colonel Abdy, who claimed as the owner of a plot of ground in Ealing parish by deed of cenvieyance dated 6th June, 1853, in consideration of 501. Proof of vette having been demanded by the Objector, Dlr. Lewis said the extent of the plot was twenty-seven feet frontage by 110 in depth. There was no One plot of the whole area worth less than 501., and some had been sold for 701. Messrs. Pritchett and Dent, independent surveyors, had gone over the whole estate and measured the land. Mr. Pritchett gaie evidence to the effect that the estate consisted of a great many plots, each of which, judging by his ex perience; was of the value of 3s. h foot frontage of twenty-seven feet, which, computed, Would give 41. per annum. Good roads and drainage had tended much lo improve the value of the property. As the ground stood uncovered it was worth twenty years' purchase; but, if covered, it would be worth twenty five years' purchase. Plots for which 501. had been given frere now worth 801. It was stated that four houses had been built on the estate. Ultithitely, the whole of the claims in respect of the Ealing rec tory estate, ninety-one in humber, were placed on the egister. THE GRINNELL ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—The second expedition sent out by Henry Grinnell, Esq., to the Arctic seas, under the command of Dr. Kane, was last heard from on the 23rd of July, 1853, when he was at Upperiiiiie, on the vest toast of Greenland ; but he is expected to report himself in New York in the coin-se of next mouth. Should he not be heard from at that time; it will be surmised that he has de cided upon spending another *inter at the North. 1