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OR • 1 to isly --------- MA4VeI JESTER, WIDNIRSDAY E•ENING. ---mosi-- STA 1 E OF TRADE. rate Earl ugh fun lon nted -tie Nfr. a t) )nlen eat at Lor :oun- pieta )why, 1 Vis- e the le Pa o the I been a anp ilH•rty. rejsrg. n Ire. 0 bad tcnert- it op was Trine er and ibrattar a visit Grcen- 'rincess ieincess Palace, terdity Depart- contains oh Ns king a to the it So"' matter of his probes. (11/011 ova OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Up to this evening every thing here has remained in the same quiescent state with that of the past week ; and but that we are daily approximating the period when our r.- lief fund will he at an end (a period anticipated with but too well pounded apprehension) , my present remarks would be little else than a mere echo. It is very vain to enter into elaborate and suppositious statements (for sup yositious at best they must be), regarding the causes of the present distresses here. Politicians and financiers, by Cation and habit, the mechanics of Manchester discuss wish shrewdness, and an ability which displays intimate anti long acquaintance wi h the subjsct, the ruinous hear ings of the late hulking system ; whilst others of them, again equolly fluent, dilate on the Corn Laws, and attri bute both as the causes of the present misery ; but though many of the mechanics espouse one or other, or both of these topics, as the ground-work of complaint, by far the gfeater number, and these I find have been the sober, steady, and in better days (if the term be not misapplied), wealth, part of the working people, tlicuzli now mingled in the same level with their fellow.sufferers—these, I say, attribute their distresses to the extreme depression in the trade both with reliant to America and the Continent In cotroboration of this, I have just been informed that 'deices have been received of the return of three cargoes of manufactured goods from America ; the intelligence of this, as might have been expect-al, has added to the gene nl distress: judging from past character and actual ob servation, those who now complain on political grounds, found something to carp at, even in their best and busiest days. Of their late employers, the poor working people speak in the highest and most feeling terms, confident that they have done all for them that was consistent with propriety ; and 1 am &sawed that many of the larger and more affluent manufacturers are now working at a loss of on an average from au!. to 70/. per week. The agricultural inter( sts in this quarter la:ar a corre:lnid leg depression with the manufacturing. Sir Robert Peel, whose principal landed property lies in the manufacturing districts, has, I am told, had the lease of stein separate farms thrown up to him, and they now remain in his own bands. I may say that the toldicry, horse and foot, of whom there are about eighteen hundred quartered in the town of Manchester alone, one and all of them, feel quite disconcerted and uncomlintable lecaute of their present duties. In a state of constant preparation and watchfulness.. with so much hunger and misery before their eyes, and that hunger and misery experienced in not a few instances by their friends and members of their own families, their situation is much less desirable than in a campaign in a foreign land. This, I assure you, is the feeling of two o r three P.ofinsular veterans. As a proof of the extrem e vigilance thought necessary, a troop of horse is continuall y standing saddled, with the riders equally prepared. I have not heard of a single failure nor stoppage among th e manufacturers since my last; and Mr. Huldsworth, whom it was said that be had stopped working altogether' has only done so for four days in the week. PAM-M-I'bn following is the substance of the Weekly Report of the Operative Relief Committee :—We are yet unable to report that there is any improvement in the si- tuation or prospects of the district. The number of novel and necessitous cases, which, after strict investigation, have been placed on our let for relief, during the last week, ex ceeds the number of those who have obtained employment elsewhere, and been struck off it. The sum of distress is therefore considerably increased, and our fund is again ra pidly thawing to a close. The harvest, which is now be coming general, may in some degree afford occupation ; but the great bulk of the dependents on the Committee are on atenstomed to the labours of the harvest field, and will con tinue to require public aid, until our manufactures revive, or some new and unfo►eseen means of employment is de vised for them."—Paidee.ideertisee. Deoexv.—On Thu•sday the colliers in the neighbour hood of Dudley and Tiptun left their work in a tumultu ous manner, in consequence of their masters having deter mined to lower the rate of wages sixpence a day, which the present state of trade demanded. The colliers' pay was three and sixpence a day, with sixpence for drink, and at this rate many of them earned, by working over hours, a considerable advance on these wages. They are determined that no colliers shall work at the reduced pay, and are go ing about the county in gangs, forcing those who are wil ling to work at the reduction out of the pits, and ducking them in t e canal. They intend going in parties about the kingdom to solicit alms, to enable them to stand out. Bo eroN.—lnstead of indicating any symptoms of amend ment, the trade of the town is in a worse condition than when we last addressed the public; the shops are almost deserted, and to such estate of destitution are the poor re duced, through the want of a proper supply of sustenance, that several persons fainted away during the last week, and some havedied, it is supposed from the same cause. These were working people, who, there is no doubt, would have viewed the prospect of employment u the greatest blessing that timid be bestowed upon them. Surely something should be done without delay, for the relief of the labouring classes.—Bollon Chronicle. BLACIBUILN.—TIiis week has, generally speaking, par taken of the dulness and stagnation which characterized is predvessors. In a few warehouses, however, we believe a little more activity was visible on Saturday and Monday. and some weavers obtained more work, in consequence, it is understood, of favourable reports having been brought from London by some mercantile gentlemen of this neigh bourhood. Still matters with shopkeepers and general tradesmen are becoming worse, and the greatest difficulty is experienced by them in collecting the usual Midsummer bills, even from persons who, to use a common phrase, are " sure as the Rank. We hasten to correct an erroneous impresaion which we find has arisen in the minds of per sons not resident in this town, with respect to our poor's rate, which we stated a fortnight ago to be two shillings in the pound. This, it should be understood, is for a quar ter, being after the tate of eight shillings in the pound for the year. DANWEN.—We have frequently stated the distressed condition of this place, which twelve months ago was mak ing most rapid strides in prosperity ; but a fact lately came to our knowledge, that conveys a much stronger idea of the extent such distress than any yet related. A week or two since, a farmer residing in the township, was sum moned by the Overseer for non-payment of the poor's rate. The fanner stated himself to be at that time totally unable to pay it, but requested the Overseer to allow him to get his crop of bay off the ground, when Ire might take and sell it; and lie stated the amount of the rate to be et. lee. per month, which supposing it to continue for twelve months, would considerably exceed the amount he paid for rent. Rt Liar or ins Pnoa.—A few weeks ago, we stated that the Committee for the relief of the poor in Blackburn were under the necessity of withdrawing their aid from those poor whose legal settlement was not in this town ship. The reason of this was not merely the rapid dimi nution of their funds, but the increasing number of the Nor belonging to the township, who were continually ar riving from other places, where they hail before re sided. We are, however, happy to learn that the Com m t e have been induced to modify their resolution by re-issuing tickets to all those who have been resident in the town for five years, though their legal settlement may be elsewhere. Monday was the day appointed for the delivery of such tickets, and we learn that by far the greater pbrtion of those who had formerly had tickets, again received them, so that the number now to be relieved by the Committee is nearly equal to what it was before the resolution was adopted. Meanwhile the funds at their dis posal decrease, and as there yet seems to be no prospect of sufficient employment to enable the poor to maintain them selves, renewed exertions will be necessary to preset ve them from the horrors of starvation. Duaux.—The workmen of the different trades in this city, have turned out this day for payment of their wages in Ensslish money ; that is, tl.ey require that the man who received 201. Irish per week, shall now receive 20s. Eng lish. We have heard that some violenee has been adopted by those persons against their companions who were Killing to work at the old rate of wages.—lrishman of Monday. A Paragropit appears in most of the morning papers of this day, professedly extracted from the Stockport Adver tiser, in which it is stated that another cotton mill hr stopped at Stockport, and that from six to seven thousand hands have been thrown out of employment. The para graph in question was given by us. from the Stockport .4,/r,riis,r, on Saturday last, correctly, Rod word for word as it now appears in the morning papers, with one excep tion—the tarnber of hands thus rendtred idle was six to seven Itundr,tl.—Wolv. _ —...... ..... . The number of estates brought to the hammer in Lon don within the last month has been considerable, and the prices generally has been low. The number of sales of household furni:ure and stock in trade has not far exceeded the usual average, but in most instances the amount realized has be;•tt forcibly demonstrative of the state of the times. The furniture brokers say the trade was never before so dull, and that they are crowded with goods even to their cellars, for which they find no purchaser.. " TO THE GENERAL COMMITTEE OF SUBSCRIDERS TO THE FOND FOR THE RELIEF OF THE NECESSITOUS l'OOtt OF MANCHESTER. s• The Sub-Committee of Management have agreed upon the Cll•wing as their seventh Report • " Your Sub-Committee, conceiving it to be of the utmost im portance that you should be apprised of the nearly exhausted state of the funds entrusted to their management, in sufficient time to enable you to adopt such further measures, if you have the means al to do, as the exigency of the case may require, have requested your attendance. in order to lay before you a summary account of their rec.•ipts and expenditure since the commencement of the sub- Script ions. " They are aware that a more enlarged state :tent, embracing a comprehensive devil of their proceedings since the last report, may be required from them ; but as they deem the financial portion of the subject of sufficient magnitude to occupy the undivided atten tion of this meeting, they will not trouble you at present with mat_ tens of less urgent concern, for which an equally convenient op portunity may hereafter present itself. " The balance of the fund raised in 1020 was 9361. The first *of the present subscription, up to the 28th of April I tat, 6,6•h''l. ; and the second subscription, up to the 22t1 inst. 7.4761. ; making the whole sum raised in Manchester, anti front persons connected with the town and neighbourhood, 15,0471. ; to which must be added, 2,000/. remitted by the London Committee, and his .lajesty's Royal donation of 1,000/. Of this sum of 113.0a01. more than 16,000/. have been expended and distributed in provisions among the poor, and there remain still unpaid to the Treasurer of .he first subscription about 70/., and of the second about 2661. ; a balance, therefore, of about 1,800/. remains ; and as the expenditure at the now reduced rate of about fourteen pence to each family per week will amount to nearly five hundred pounds, the present will not furnish a supply for more than four weeks. To those who will be at the trouble of fairly Investigating the subject, the Sub Committee are satisfied it will appear that every particular economy has been adopted; but they have also the painful conviction that great numbers in Man chester and the associated townships, to whom the Committee have nit had Vie means of affording any assistance, are suffering grievous privations; whilst many. who partake of the charity, have literally nothing for their support but the scanty allowance which it supplies tie n. Your Sub.Comtnimee are not prepared, nor would they f•sel themselves warranted in recommending any precise measure fur your adoption ; the expedients that have been suggested seem all to be more or less objectionable; but they are not without hopes that ' somewhat may arise from the discussion of this day, whereby the diaress which they fear is still undiminished may be considerably alleviated. (Signed) " Wm. JOHNSON, M.A., Chairman. " July 24." HARVEST. CHICHESTER, JULY 26. I am just returned from a tour of about 500 miles. The wheat crops look Ixee.-dimly well everywhere; peas may be considered a total failure; beans very indifferent; bar ley and oats in some parts very light; grass crops every where much below an average. The rains have been very pat tial. In some parts of Shropshire there was a succes sion of fine shows rs about a fortnight ago, which had the desired effect of changing the appearance of the country moat completely, and as it were, instantaneously ; Worces tershire at the same time, in general, exhibited the sad ef fects of the drought; the rain had been partially felt in Gloucestershire and Somersetshire ; Wiltshire had scarcely been visited by the rains (at least, the parts I passed through) ; the same may be said of Hampshire. The har vest is in full progress in the two latter counties, wheat was carried its some parts about the middle of last week, as were some oats; there is an abundant crop of fruit in many parts of IVOrcestershire; the hop vines also look remarkably well, and are very clean • cherries were selling in Ludlow at 2(1. per pound, very go od ones; fruit scarce round !Iris tol, cherries 54. per pound, all sortsof fruit proportionably dear; butter at Birmingham, Wolverhampton, &c. is. Gd. and Is. Sd. per pound. The artisans in general, complain of not having employ for more than half their time, and that at reduced wages; the glove trade exceedingly bad in Wor cester and Ludlow, in the latter town may he seen groups of glove-cutters, who, when in work at dick trade, could easily earn 30s. per week, now breaking stones in the streets, to M'Adarnize the town, as a tlernier ressort ; good men's gloves may be bought there at Is. per pair.—Brigh- Non Ga; elte. TuNsaloos WE u.s.—The reports of the harvest in the neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells are of the most fa vourable kind, especially hops and wheat. Bets are freely taken on 190,0001. duty. An early harvest will .R made. The hop binea in many gardens are in burr, clear from lice and blight. Strong hopes are entertained of great re lief from the present pressure on the farmers from the growth of hops this year. SCOTLAND.—The rain of Thursday and Friday has been seconded by clear unclouded weather, and a north-west wind. All speculations with respect to the crop may now terminate. In a dozen instances on the road between La nark and Glasgow the harvest is begun, and will be general in about a week. The oat crop is everywhere deficient in straw. In some places it has totally failed, and there can be little doubt that the ports for foreign oats will soon be opened. Barley is very short in the straw ; but well eared. Wheat is universally good. Potatoes have greedy improved by the rain ; but the crop is likely whit short of a good crop.—Glusgou, Chronicle. EAST LOTHlAN.—llowever surprising it may appear in these times of extreme distress, shearers yesterday were so scarce at Linton, East Lothian, that there was not one at the market for ten who would have been requited. Al though offered two shillings per day, those who presented themselves declined, at mid-day, engaging at that rate. The crop is ready for the sickle, and hands emnot be got for cutting it down.—Edinburgh Observer. We yesterday conversed with a Gentleman who has just returned from the tour of Galloway, and learn 11-om him that wheat, barley, and oats, throughout the whole of that country, were quite ready for the sickle. Wheat he repre sents as a very fair crop, and barley and oats as extremely short in the straw, and also rather doubtful in regard to grain. We hope, however, that in the latter particular the farmers' fears will be in a great measure disappointed; and as to the deficiency of fodder, our friend assures us that the prospect of a second crop of grass was never more promising. This is a remark which applies to every quar ter where rain has fallen ; so that should the turnips, rape seed, &c. come well forward, and the winter prove open, we may yet escape the extreme scarcity of fodder which has beeu anticipated. In Dumfriesshire the crops, from being more late, have derived great benefit from the rain ; we hear also of some tolerably good fields of clover, and everywhere the grass is becoming excellent. Nature is yet only putting forth her first effort of strength fur the season. and the result may perhaps be more salutary than, in the late period of gloom, we were led to believe. The great quantity of rain which fell here during the latter part of last week, has completely descended to tire roots of the potatoes, and given certainty to our hopes of an abundant crop of that indispensable esculent. Shearing is now quite general in all quarters around us, and the weather promises to be in every respect favourable for securing the fruits of the earth.—Dumfries Courier. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSILL'S, JULY 27. Brighton is now all the go, the Races being fixed for Saturday next, consequently the room wan but thinly attended ; yet amongst the few some brisk firing took place. 1.000 to 300 was taken, more than once, against Belzoni; and 500 even, four against the field—Belzoni, Bedlarnite, Pirate, and Fanny ; besides many small engagements on various horses were made. The odds have changed considerably, on sonic, since last Monday, and the following is the actual state of the bettings, as regularly booked : DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 1000 to 300 apt Belzoni (tak.) 25 to 1 apt MarAdani (taken' 7 to I apt liedlamite 20 to 1 apt The General (tak 12 to 1 apt Pirate 3.1 to 1 apt Swiss Guide (tak 12 to 1 apt Fanny 40 to 1 apt 4:ratnfeager 14 to 1 apt Cruaader (taken) 40 to 1 apt Barefoot 20 to 1 apt Euxton 45 to 1 apt Shortwaist 20 to 1 apt The Dragon a 1 to 1 apt Ilarataria THE BRITISH PRESS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. SI R,—Some time ago, in your Paper, giving an account of the proceedings in the case of " Winnington v. Win nington," my name was introduced ; and in a manner to cast an imputation on my reputation. I write to you, to request your insertion of this lettev, that I may now have an opportunity of contradicting as false and malicious, what was asserted in that case regarding myself, and of stating that it originated in a cruel attempt to create an un merited imputation against my honour, and for which the parties in queition will be shortly brought to an account; when the chief object of this calumny will appear to have been to gratify the purposes of a person against whom I hare instituted a suit of divorce, and which is now ac down for final judgment in the High Court of Delegates, and whose duty it was to have stoodforward to have de fended my honour and reputation. The judgment given in the cause of " Winnington n. Winnington," has been appealed against in the Court of Arches, into which Court the same has been removed. 1 remain, Sir, your moat obedient humble Savant, SARAH BRISCO. RAISING OF THE COMET. [From the ChiTgozo rourkr.l This unfortunate vessel, which has go long and so highly ex c ited public attention and sympathy, was fine Ily and completely hauled upon the beach on Sunday evening. The work of the contractor and the superintendence of the Sheriff were both finished at that period. In addition to the details contained in the following letter from a gentle man in Gourock, who had the best information, we have only to add, that two trunks were ;pt out on Sunday even ing, but as they hail not been opened at the date of our ac counts yesterday, it is uncertain what they contain. A fowling-piece and a military cap, belonging, it is supposed, to Captain Sutherland, have also been found The follow ing is a correct account of the money which has been re covered : _ _ In Mr.Rollo's hsg Piper's chest, about Csmain's`money And small sums £t32 13 0 76 0 0 15 0 0 8 0 0 730 13 0 The notes are wet., but not materially damaged. Several law papers (leases, &c.) belonging to Mr. 11.110, were found in a good state of preservation ; and the crockery ware in the steward's cabin was in gent ral found unin jured. The vessel is a most complete wreck, but it is quite certain that nothing belonging to any of the ill-fated passengers can remain on board, so closely has the wrecl been searched. Sunday being a beautiful day, the wreck was visited by a peat number of people from Greenock and the neighbourhood. A gentlenaan counted 1,130 pass ing his home from Greenock to Gourock, within one hour in the evening, and the number who visited the spot where the Comet was drawn from the water is estimated to be little short of 10,000. The following is an extract of a letter dated Gourock, Saturday evening, July 22: " Mr. Brown has fixed his chains down to-night for the last time, as lie expects to have the Comet dry at low water to-morrow morning's tide. As yet there has been no access to the principal cabin. AU that I;.as been found therefore hes either been on deck or in the steerage. This morning the body of a female was found on the quarter-deck, in a state of very great decay. so notch so that the remains of the dress alone indicated that it was probably the corpse of Miss Mslntosh. It was carafally put into a coffin and interred immediately. " With regard to private property, not mirth has yet been re covered. The piper's chest was found yesterday. and bank notes to the amount of about 751. enclosed; none of which were in the least injured, though completely saturated with water. A pocket book lay on deck, containing W. in small notes, all entire ; some silver and copper also were picked up on deck. A number of bottles, supposed to have originally contained whisky. were found full, but the spirit was invariably changed for a liquid of a hitter taste. " The vessel herself is so complete a wrack that she must be broken up; she can never again float. It rdlerts great credit on the ingenuity of Mr. Brown that be sti:c.. , eded in bringing her ashore. Both stem and stern are quite smashed, and the deck planks torn up. This must have been done chiefly by the chains last winter, in the first attempt to raise her. " The copper boilers have collapsed in a surprising manner ; and, as boilers, are useless. The sudden condensation of the steam must have produced a vacuum, and the pressure of the surrounding water on the outside caused this effect. Engineers have already set to work to take the machinery to pieces, under the direction of sonic of the proprieties. " It is a remarkable circumstance that the body of the female found floating from the wreck on Tuesday, and supposed to be that of Mr. M`Donahl of Borrodale's cook-maid, was in a better state of preservation than any other vet found ; and it has been freely asserted that she was in a state of intoxication at the time the acci dent happened. " The Sheriff, Mr. Marshall, has been indefatigable in his atten tions to the preservation of property. It was found necessary to prevent so many people from coming on board as presented them selves for admission, and orders accordingly were issued to a boat's crew, from one of the revenue cutters on this station, under the command of an officer, to admit none on board. Still curiosity prompted ninny respectable gentlem.n, and even ladies, to appeal personally to the Sheriff, who was thus placed in the disagreeable predicament of being obliged to make special refusals; for had all been admitted who applied, there would not have been standing room for them, and none at all to work. " 'unday Morning.—Owing to an accidental circumstance the Comet has not been moved so far in as to ebb the cabin at low water, yet a number of articles have been got out, among other things, Nlr. Rollo's travelling bag. I saw it opened, and the money so much talked of recovered ; it was tied in a pretty large parcel by itself, without any wrapper, but perfectly unruffled and fresh_ looking. The Sheriff is now engaged counting it, but it is a tedious operation, aril I cannot say how much there will be of it. " A silver tea-pot belonging to Capt. Sutherland, an Andrew Ferrara sword of Sir Joseph Radcliff's, some shooting and fishing apparatus, and a few small baskets and parcels of wearing ap parel, have all been got from the wreck this morning; but no more bodies. " Nothing farther can be done from this time (nine o'clock) till seven in the evening, when it will he near low water again." EXPLOSION OF A POWDER-MILL AT HOUNSLOW HEATH. On Tuesday morning last, at a few minutes past ten o'clock, a powder mill on Hounslow Heath, situated about three quarters of a mile to the south of the road leading to Staines, and about the same distance, or a lit , le more from the town, blew up with a tre mendous explosion. The report, and the volume of smoke issuing from the spot, were seen and heard at the distance of fifteen miles. Fortunately, only two men were at work in the mill at the time— Ilmjamin Hersey and William Inns—the former a widower, who has left tire children ; Inns has left a widow and three children. The mills were the property of Messrs. C. and T. Curtis. After such an explosion. ft is hardly necessary to say that not a vestige of the mill was left st nding. An ann belonging to one of the suffe rers wan afterwards found in a field of oats, at a considerable dis tance from the fatal gym. As every proper precaution was known to be exercised by the propriet.4s of this concern, and as the only persons on or near the spot were the two sufferers there is not the most remote chance of accounting fcr the cause o the fatal tatas- trophe. An inquisition was on Wednesday taken before Thomas Stir ling, Esq. at the office mtailted to the powder-mills belonging, to Sir Charles Bate Curtis and Co. at noun:sow Heath, on the bodies of the unfortunate men : when the Jury having viewed the bodies, the following witnesses were examined : William Simsome, of Hounslow, labourer, deposed, that on Tuesday morning he Paw the deceased men at the mill, and deli vered to the workmen the materials on which they were to work. They were both perfectly sober. They were employed in the ope ration of corning or granulating the powder. The materials deli vered to them were perfectly correct, and in proper .condition. Witness had not proceeded three hundred yards from the mill when be heard the explosion, and saw the fragments of the mill flying in all directions. As soon as it was safe, he went hack, and assisted In searching for the bodies. It was some time before they could find them. They had been blown 300 yards Irene the mill, and were dreadfully mutilated, and scorched and blackened all over. 11'itness cannot account for the accident. Atl the machinery was perfectly clean, and free from grit. When clogged with grit there is great danger, and the men therefore always look to that for their own sakes. Does not euppose that any thing had been done mali ciously, to occasion the explosion. There were about seven bar rels of powder in the mill at the time. George Noakes, another labourer employed at these mills, gave similar testimony as to the proper state of the machinery. Mr. Goster Harvey, of Hampton, the manager of the mills, de posed that on Monday last, being the day previous to the explo sion, he had examined minutely all the works, which were then in a perfectly safe and clean condition. Witness cannot account for the occurrence, but should consider that it was purely accidental. Every precaution is taken to prevent accident, by keeping the ma chinery free from grit or dirt, and by not suffering any article of steel or iron to be introduced into the works; the men are not al lowed to have even the smallest brad in their shoes. Verdict--Archlostal Drath, occasioned by the explosion of the mill; but from what cause, from the evidence before them, they were unable to say. The effects of the explosion were moat powerfully felt in the town of Hounslow and the village of Twiikenliam, both of which places are distant about three quarters of a mile from the destroyed mill. The noise was appalling, and was accompanied by a per ceptible vibratory minion of the earth. The casement!, of the houses rattled violently. and in some instances smali . articles of fur niture were thrown down. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. WAuwicx. JULY Joreph Elwell, Edward Taylor, and Edward Hynes, were ca pithily indirted fora burglary in the dwelling-house of Tbomas Irons, at Alcester, on the night of the 13th of my last, and steal ing thereflom severs' silver hatches , gold pins, rings, seals, and other articles of jewellery, together with a quantity of old silver coin. Elwell pleaded guilty, theu,,li advised not to do so, and in formed at the same time that should he be found guilty it would make no difference as to the nature or extent of his punishment. The two other prisoners pleaded not guilty. Thomas Irons examined—l am a watchmaker, living at Alces ter, in this county. On the night of the 4th July my windows and doors wen fastened. About half-past one o'clock I heard a noise in the shop, like the breaking open a door; I awakened my brother, and we both went down stairs, and saw two men in the shop. fine with a dark !anthem, and the other taking gold seals out of the show-Osten I ran into tha shop, when the man who had the dark lanthorn rushed by and dropped the lanthom. A shot was fired at me ; I received no injury from it, and locked the dose upon Tay lor, who fired the pistol. Elwell dropped his hat and Taylor hit him a blow on the temple. A and& ensued, and Elwelrs coat was vrri. After this I found some gold seals partly in and partly out of the shop, two hate, as iron bar ' and a dark lanthorn. I immediately searched, and missed eighteen watches and different other articles of jewellery. Since then 1 have discovered some of the property of which I have spoken. Cross-examined by Mr. liemettutars—l only more to Tailor's clothes when he was ateprihended, and I was so much agitated at the time that I Quilt' not speak to his person, although now I have no doubt about it. I em now quite positive that Taylor was the man vf fin attacked me. I was for two days be fore the Magistrates. and swore to the dark trousers of Taylor. I have a perte et recollection of Taylor's features ; in tact, they have been present to my mind for several successive nights, on my going to bed. V. Turns, brother to the last witness, fully corrolmated his statement. . Wm. Penn !Misted in punting the prisoners. The night Wan I very wet, but footsteps were traced as far as the house of Mr. Pearinan. They vcarclief the hay-loft, and there found two of the prisoners de. ply covered with straw and chaff; their hats and cravats heittg off, and their clothes very wet. Witness heard that they come from Bit niingham. They were all immediately apprehended. Nothing was elicited from the cross-examination. The conntahle, in whose custody the prisoners were placed, swore that he found two different articles upon their persons: amongst which wan a watch, identified by the prosecutoen brother an part of the stolen property. This was found upon Taylor. George Parks met Taylor and Hyles at the Red Lion public house, in Alcester, on the night of the 4th July. Cooke alth 5111/ the prisoners in the neighbourhood of Alcester, on the night of the 4th July. ,John %Veils corroborated Cooke ; he identified Hynes and Tay lor. and added, that he saw Taylor pull out a pistol, and put a lint to it. J. E. Platt saw three strangers going towards the prosecut ir's shop on the night in question. lle shortly after heard the barking of dogs. The men wete talking in a low toe of voice. The prisoner Taylor, in his defence, relied upon the circumstelc! of the prosecutor's not being able to speak to lus person when twice before the Magistrates. Hyne', in bit defence, said, that having no money to par for a bed, he sought shelter from the inclemency of the night in the hay loft. SV.I.• The Loan CHIEF BARON summed up the evidence, and the Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, found the thaee prisoner. Guilty—Death. ft'ESTERV CIRCUIT. EXETER, WEDNESDAY, JULY S. Trillion: Dodd, who was convicted yesterday at an assault upon Sarah German, with an intent to commit a capital offence, was this day brought up for judgment. Mr. Justice GasE LEE said, if it was admitted that the off , nc • with which the prisoner was charged was not made out to 'he fu'l extent, yet there were many circumstances ofan aggravated tharae• ter connected with his conduct. Ile was betrothed to a young womate whose affections had continued undiminished for a numbe of years, whilst he was absent in a foreign country. To this worms', he had engaged to be married on the very next morning after tha on which he was proved to have committed the offence for whi he was found guilty. The prosecutrix was only fifteen years of age ; the prisoner was old enough to have been her father, and if she hal consented to all that occurred, his moral guilt was little diminished, for when he met this unfortunate girl, and accompanied her at suc'i an hour, he should have only done his duty by seeing her safely home to her master's, instead of leading her into crime. and it sh was disposed to do that which was improper, it was his duty as a Christian and a man to save her from herself. Under all the cireum• stances, he telt it his duty to sentence the prisoner to be conlinct and kept to hard labour for the period of six months. The prisoner, who is a man of decent appearance, seemed much troubled upon hearing the sentence of the Court. The Crown business being disposed of, Mr. Justice Gaselee entered upon the Nisi Prius cases, a great number of which yet remain untried. CIVIL SIDE. ACCIDENT TO A VESSEL. TEED V. LAWSON. This was an action brought by the owner of a brig against the master, to recover compensation in damages, for alleged negli gence and misconduct on the part of the latter. The defendant pleaded the general issue. Mr. COLERIDGE (with whom was Mr. TEED), stated that the defendant had been in the plaintiff's employment for several years, as the master of a brig named the Two Brothers. This vessel was ling in the harbour of Plymouth on the 10th of June, 1824, and finding it necessary to go from Sutton Point to Mutton Cove, the defendant hoisted his sails, and although the direction he had to sail was straight and free from all obstruction. he fin down a vessel called the Nelson, which was moored in the harbour. The Nelson was greatly injured, and in consequence her owher+ brought an action against the present plaintiff, and recovered t'a• 'lieges, which with the costs amounted to 1501., the amount whic'i the plaintiff sought to recover by the present action. %%Then the action Was brought, Mr. Teed gave notice to Lawson that such at action was to be brought, and invited him to come forward an•l give evidence in his defence; but Lawrin declined. and Mr. Teed. after making as good a defence as he could, had a verdict agains . him, the unskilfulness of the present defendant having b en fully proved. Under these circumstances the plaintiff brouAt this action. If there was a defence to it, Lawson was unjuAifiable in not coming forward and giving Mr. Teed the benefit of that de fence in the former action. But his want of skill had bent fully proved, and the Jury need not be told that when a man undertook any employment he ought to be competent to discharge the dudes of it properly. If it was said that Lawson was a gocd seaman, but not acquainted with the navigation of the harbour, that was no justification; for, if he was ignorant of the navigation, he ought to have procured a pilot, and acted with the more caution_ If he chose, however, to hazard the property of his master, and an acci dent was the consequence of that hazard, he was bound in law as in justice to pay for it. John Nettleby is a clerk to Mr. Teed, who was then owner of the brig Two Brothers, in June 11124. Edward Lawson was then the master of the vessel. .... Edward Butler was mate of the Nubian in June, 1824. Clarke, Rose, Thomas, and Shepherd, were her owners. In June, 1824, she was lying along Mutton Cove Quay, delivering her cargo. There was no other vessel in the Cove. She was fastened with ropes ►nd chains along the west pier. The Cove could contain from ten to twenty vessels. Between sic and seven o'clock in the morning an accident happened to the Nelson. The brig, Two Brothers, was coming into the Cove in full sail. The master was steering ;he did not take the proper course. He should have opened the Cove, and then run direct in ; instead of which he kept too much to the East; his vessel became unmanageable, and he ran against the Nelson, stove in her bows, crushed her boat, and drove her against the rocks. The keel of the Nelson was injured, and the whole vessel strained. After the accident witness said to Lawson, see what you have done, and Lawson repliA, " It can't he helped, we must set it to rights again." An action was brought by the owners of the Nelson tor this damage. Witness was examined on that action. There was no witness examined for Mr. Teed, then the defendant. John Ball, a boatswain. was at Mutton Cove on the day of the accident to the Nelson. Observed the Two Brothers off Devil's Point. She was making such way that witntss thought she well going up the harbour, and did not think she was coming to Mutton Cove, until she came near the quay. There was an eddy tide, and the Two Brothers did not properly answer the helm, which was hard sport. There had been trifling accidents at Mutton Cove. Ships frequently ran foul of each other. 7 he notice served on the present defendant, previous to the for mer action, together with the amount of the damages and cots in that action, were fully proved. The damages were 501., the casts M. The boat of the Two Brothers was destroyed, which was valued at 10/. Mr. WRIGHT, for the defendant. reminded the Jury that the action was not between the owners of the Nelson and the owner of the Two Brothers, but between the owner of the latter and the master of the vessel. He contended that the former action had not been properly conducted ; there was no evidence for the de fence, and it was nothing to say that Lawson had not come for ward, because the other men belonging to the Two Brothers, who were in Teed's employment, might have been produced. The me rlons action had been shamefully miscotiducted on the part of .tlr. Teed. The costs amounted to 1001. but if the case had been tried be. fore the Sheriff 's.lury, the coat would not have exceeded W. As to Lawson himself, he was interested, and could not have been ex amined in the former case any more than in this. He should prove, however, that Lawson had acted with the greatest care and skill. and that the accident occurred through circumstances which no man could control. The Learned Judge would tell them that unless gross negligence was proved, the plaintiff was not entitled to a verdict, but if he was entitled to a verdict, it could only be for the damages in the former case and not for the costs, which had been unnecessarily increased by the improper line of defence taken by the present plaintiff's attorney. James Rashly, the mate of the Two Brothers, was on the deck, and observed the circumstances which led to the accident. He conceived that the captain of the Two Brothers had acted in a sea man-like manner, and thattintler ordinary circumstances, the vessel so conducted would have got in safe; but the eddy and the state of the wind rendered the ship unmanageable. In witnewee opiniont triwson did rot take an improper coarse. W. Tilolllll, a pilot of his Majoety'sdock.yards, was salusinte 4 with the harbour of Plym for sixteen ;we. Saw the Twit ISrmhers entering Mutton Cove. The ship and *4OB were cons domicil in a proper ,oaten-r. Tit+ accident was occasioned by the Pratt. of the ebb tide, which Is vety irregular ; varying in its course+ No man could foresee the varialio. without being especially ate quainter, with the place. air. COLERIDGE replied; Air. Justice IiasELLE summed up, and left it lb the Jury fld decide between the conflicting evidence of the witnesses. After deliberating fur some time. the Foreman said the Jury were desirous to find for the tilintiff. to the amount of the dn. mats wren against hint, and aiso the value of his boat; but they conc , ivel that the defence might have been comiucted In a cheaper toann , r, and were therefore unwilling to oblige the defendant to pay the full amount of the costs. The I.( timed Jurtog said that the only cheaper way in which the icon could hare been managed was, byletting judgment gn by I defaultond in that case a jury Would beitnpanneiled in the Sher' . 'e Court to 'mesa the da•tiages. Stich a circumstance would have shut nut the question whether the Captain had evinced negligence or unskilfulness. It was ultimately arranged between the parties, that a stra ; Cl should be takes fir the dmages, ;he value of the boar, and half the amount of the roses. A verdict was therefore taken for the plain. tiff—damages 1101. flit -re Mr. Justice LITT tr.nat.r..l roscuov L. DADDELEY AND OTHERS. This was en Issue front the Court of Chancery, to try the vali dity of a Dmirunistion of Bankrupt issued against Rogar Ponr.eroy, of Brixham, hanker. The rate Was tried at the last assizes, but ors that occasion the plaintiff had failed to prose the petitioning credi tor's debt. This point w.'a now fully proved ; and the only question vat, whether a lams fide act of bankruptcy had been committed or not. John Catkin (a clerk in the Brixham Bank) stated that, on the stoppage of the Dartmouth bank, in 11124, the defendant, one Of the partners in the Brixham hank, went to London. In his ab. Fence the creditors became Very impatient. 111 r. Pomeroy again returned to Brixham, but not liemg able to meet his engagements, he net off next day back to London, where a commission Wlll taken out against hint. The petitioning creditor was the plaintiff's father. Witnetsel were called at the other tale, to prove that the plain tiff had not 'wen denied to his creditors. The Learned JUDGE left it to the Jury to find whether the alleged acts of bankruptcy, or any one of them, was or ma not concerted with the petitioning creditor, Mr. Pomeroy, ten. The Jiiry found for the defendants, thereby setting aside the commission. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. DURHAM, ruur 2U. SPORT AND °Titres v Bnions. Mr. INGHAM opened the pleadings. The declaration stated that the plaintiffs carried on the business of grocers and linen.drapert, at u tderland. and had always hitherto been considered to be in good and solvent circumstances; but that the deferdant wishing mslici. tinily to injure the plaintiff's, did on the 28th of March lut, say to ORR Thomas firsy, of end cone ming the plsimiffs, " the Spores have stopped payment, and have offered 7s. Cpd. in the pound to their creditors." The definition then weut on to allege special damage. Plea, Not Chatty. _ Mr. SCAR ISET T stated t' c case. The present action had ben brought by the plaintiff's to recover a compensation in damages 'or a most wantoi and unju tillable attack which had been made in their credit by the defe dam. The plaintiffs were partners resi ling in Sunderland ; and they possessed two establishments thee, one in the grocery and the other in the linen-drapery bure t eas both of which had been carried on with stability and credit until the peel- d when the words had been spoken which were the fo deletion of the' present action. The Jury would krow that nothing was attacked more easidt or was more likely to saffer in eo ivelience from the attack. of malice, than the credit of a com mercial establishment. That was the case under ordinary et corn stances and in ord nary times; but at the period when the slander to which he should immtdiarely advert had been directed against . th • pl tintiffs, the state of the commercial world had been so h. that there had scdreely been a commercial establishment in Et gland, the credit of which might not have hem ruined by the whisper of n slice. The defendant was a shiptroker, at Sunderland, and he (Mr. Scarlet° would be under the necessity of calling some of his friends as witnesses, and from them, he doubted not, he should be sh'e to extract the truth. although he expected that the truth would be told reluctantly. What could have been the origin er occasion of die slander. lie was at a loss to imagine. Certainly, no hing had occurred between the par t ies to justify or explain the conduct of the defendant, but they would find that the dea andant's slander had led to consequences, which, but for the activity of the matters, might have ended in the rum of the plain tare.' house. It had been in March last, at a period when a ge neral panic had existed in the commercial world—when every person engaged in trade held his establishment by a precarious tenure—when no banker or meridiem had been so secure as that malevalence might not have whispered his credit away; it had been at that period that the defendant had thought fit to circulate the libel. for which he had that day to answer. The very terms of the sifted r had been calculated to convey a belief that the slander had had some foundat.on in fact. To say of a man thin his credit was bed, or that he was likely to fail, was only to use a vague expression, which gave no circumstance as a warrant for the assertion; but to say that he had offered a certain sum in the pound to his creditors as a compensation fbr his debts, implied that tire pewit staring the circumstance necessarily knew the fact, since he spoke with such particularity of the terms 'of the offer. The Jury woul d find that a person of the name of Gray had had a negoti ttian with the partner of the defendant about the purchase of a ho-se. and on the 28th of March last had called upon the defendant to make same inquiries on that subject. The defendant had to d Mr. Gray that he need not be in a hurry to purchase the horse of his partner, because two good horses would soon be offered for Sal a Mr. Gray had naturally asked what the . defendant meant, and the !a ter had replied, " Why the Spores have failed, and have offered a composni m of 7s. Q. in the pound, and &lc two horses will now be sold." It had happened that after leaving the des ndant, Mr. Gray ated had °elision to go to the Sunderland Rank and had there seen oae of the nlr. Spares tender one of his own checks, fee which he had immediately received cash in ex change. Surptised at an act so little consistent with the truth of the story he had just heard. Mr. Gray had returned to the dc. fendant, anti after narrating what he had just witnessed, bad cautioned the defendant against giving a further circulation to the report. The Jury would find that, note ithstaudirg that caution. the defendant had on the same day ctlied upon a person of the name of Andrews, who lived near the plaintiffs and was en gaged in the a rme trade, and had to him repeated th •t the Spores had stopped payment, iced had offered a composition of seven shillings and sixpence in the pound. Here there was an ex traordinary example of a determination to injure the reputation of the alatntiffa against his (the defendant's) better knowledge. But the slander had not rested there. The defendant had thought proper to carry his information to a Mr. Smith, an auctioneer, the most likely person in the world to propagate a slander, because he was accustomed to talk freely, to cultivate acquaintances, and to keep a sharp look-out after insolvencics, because they generally led to sales by &action (a laugh); and the defendant had endeavoured to put the auctioneer on the scent, by telling him that the circum stance might turn out to be something in his (the auctioneer's) way. The defendant had afterwards, at his own office, which was in the neighbourhood of the Exchange. repeated the slander to several persons, some of whom would be produced as witeessea. Not. where had the defendant got his information ? Who had told him ? It would be proved that if any body had told him, he had never given up his author, for in all his communications he had never adverted to any one. He (Mr. Searlett) believed that it would now be said that the defendant had not been the author of the slander, but had only repeated what he had heard from others : but it was clear to common sense, as well as to law, that if a man propagated a slanderous report, which he had heard from another, and did not mention that he had only heard it, he made the slander his own, and became liable to die consequences. Indeed, it formed no excuse fur propagating a slander to say, that the person propa gating had heard it from another; but that, certainly, was a less aggravated case titan one in which the party had both been the inventor and propagator of the slander. 11 'tether the defendant had actually been the author of the falsehood which he had so wi lely disseminated, he (Mr. Scarlet[) could only conjecture ; but if lie had not, let him then produce the author. If he did not do so, the plaintiffs had a right to look for large damages at the lands of the Jury. He (31r. Scarlet[) had now stated the leading facts of his case; and he asked them what thedcfentlant ought to pay for KO industrious a propagation of such a falsehood, at a time when it was most likely to cattail ruin upon the parties to whom it related. That extensive injury had resulted to the plaintiff's there could be no doubt, although they could not accurately trace it. He would not pay that the plainti% had been ruined—their own sta bility and credit had enabled them to overcome the consequences of the slander ; but that they had received damage the Jury could • not doubt, and for that damage they now appealed to the Jury for a compensation. John Gray examined by Mr. BROUGHAM-1 am a shipowner in Sunderland. I know the plaintiffs. I recollect going into the de. fondant's office on the 211th March last. He was then a ship broker, in partnership with Mr. ‘Vatson. I had been in treaty with Alia Watson for a mare, and I asked defendant if' Mr. Watson was going to take the price 1 had offered him. Defendant said. " There will be two good horses for sale in a few days, anti you may have them cheap." I said, " Whose are they." Defendant said, " Spores have failed. and are offering seven shillings and sixpence in the pound to their creditors." I went to the bank the same day t I there saw Mr. Richard Spore present one of his own checks[, and receive change for it. I then went again to Mr. Briggs, and told him what I had seen at the bank, and cautioned him against circulating reports at such times as those. Cross-examined—The first time I saw the defendant was about eleven or twelve, the second about half-past twelve. The defend ant is a very young man, abont 21 or 22 years of age. I don't know whether be is not now a clerk to Mr. Watson, hts late part ner. I am sure defendant did not say that he understood the Sports to have retied. He stated it positively. For any thing that I know, the plaintiff% have continued in as good credit since that time as before. Joseph Andrews.-2 am a grocer, and live near the plaintiffs. / remember the defendant calling upon me a little after eight in the evening of the 28th March last. He asked me if I had heard the report. I *gel, " What report ?" and he then said, that Sputter,