The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-16 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH-EASTERN. ~~. T = The directors of this company regret to have to report a decrease in the receipts as comparad with the corresponding period of last year. The chief cause they assign for this is , the great and continneus depression of trifle throughout the country, con , equent upon the commercial crisis of last au- ' Winn, which has mere or less diminished the traffic upon all railways. The prolonged competition between the London and North-Western, Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolonshire Companies has prejudicially affected this company, by diverting traffic from its ordinary rou'es. The directors, however, say they cannot regard the diminution in the receipts as otherwise than temporary, and they have little doubt that with the revival of trade the soundness of and vitality of the undertaking will again ma nifest themselves in an increase of traffic. The decrease the passenger traffic during the traffic past half-year amounted to £7,834, in the goods traffic to £21,830, in ., the . cattle2making to to £2,202, anti in the mineral traffic to £l en , t. decrease getlier a decrease of £41,31 5 , or 4•75 perc 397 or in the working and other expenses amounted 217 per cent., leaving the decrease in . the net receipts half ear £3 . 2,918, or 6.81 per cent. The gross receipts work ing t 6 s for and the the 7 ending June 3 0 amounted to 8 expenses and other deductions to £377,224, leaving the net receipts £450,124. The decrease in the passenger and gooJe traffic has extended throughout the entire system, and is clearly traceable to the general stagnation of trade. The filling oft in the mineral traffic has arisen prin cipally from the same cause, but Is to some extent attributable to the peculiar depression of the iron trade in Staffordshire, which has lessened the demand fur coke In that district. There has, en the other hand, been an increase in the quantity of coal carried for • shipment, owing in a great measure to the additional facilities afforded. The working expenses, exclusive of rates and taxes, show a decrease to the extent of £10,899, the rolling stock, permanent way, and works having at the same time been maintained in full efficiency. The receipts and payments of the Bedale and Leyburn Railway are in cluded in the general accounts. On the Berwick revenue account the disposable balance, after paying all preferential charges, amounts to £150,780, oat of which the directors recommend that a dividend be declared on the ordinary stock and shares at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, leaving£7,92o. On the York account the disposable balance Is £53,273, out of which the directors recommend a dividend on the ordinary stock at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, leaving £4,989. On the Leeds revenue account the dispos able is £12,621, out of which the directors recommend a dividend upon the ordinary stock at the rate of £1 12s. 6d. per cent. per annum, leaving £1,303. On the Thirsk and Mallon branch revenue account the disposable balance is £609, out of which the directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, leaving £59. An addi tional amount of the irredeemable 4 per cent debenture stock bag been issued. It is expected that the docks at Jarrow will be ready for opening in about three months. The capital account to the 30th of June showed that £14,836,689 had been received en shares, and £7,269,233 on loans and debentures—total, £22,105,222. The total expenditure amounted to £22,271,079 leaving a balance against the company of £165,157. MID-KENT. The report of the directors of this company states that the gross receipts earned upon the line during the past half year amount to £2,831, showing an increase of £766 as com pared with the corresponding period of last year. The com pany's net proportiva of the above will amount to £1,715. From this sum must be deducted the expenses of manage ment and the debenture interest, amounting together to £698 ; and leaving, with £165, the amount brow ;at from last year, a balance of £1,248, out of which the directors recom mend;a dividend of 11 per cent. for the half-year, leaving g 5 ,2 for next account. The traffic on the line has steadily impr,veel, and since the opening of the St. Mary Cray Railway to Bromley and S4uthborough-road, en the Ist of July, it has shown such a marked increase, that a considerably higher rate of dividend may he anticipated for the next half-year. Under the arrangement with the Brighton Company it is intended to construct a shot t line from the West-end of Lon don and Crystal Palace Company's Extension, near Penge. to the Brighton line at Notwood Station, and to form the western junction of the Mid-Kent line with the West-end line at Beckenham. Direct access will thus be given from all places on the North Kent Railway to Croydon and other stations on the Brighton Company's system, which will un doubtedly brieg a large accession of traffic to the Mid-Kent line. After the close of this year the arrangement for main tenance by the South-Eastern Company comes into effect. The capital account to the 30th of June last showed that £96,111 bad been received, and £94,264 expended, leaving a balance of £1,847. VALE OF MEATH. The report of the directors of this company states that the disturbance in the commerce of the country, occasioned by the late monetary crisis, has been and is still severely felt in the district traversed by the company's lines. This has been aggravated by the strike of the colliers. The receipts for the half year ending the 30th of June amounted to £42,852, and for the corresponding period of last year to £42,323, showing an increase of £5-29, or 1.2 per cent. The large increase of 28.2 per cent. in the iron ore traffic Is a gratifying feature, although all additions to that or any other traffic which has been worked up the line (over the most un favourable gradients), without a corresponding improvement in down traffic, is obtained only by considerably increased working expenses and unproductive train mileage. The coal traffic was the result of about five months' working, as prac tically the strike did not terminate until the end of January, and in no one week since that event has the coal traffic regained the pain t previously obtained. Fully 90 per cent. of the passen ger traffic of the line is derived from the workingclasses. The large expenditure involved in the maintenance of the perma nent way and its renewal bas caused the directors consider able anxiety. They propose, In the first place, that the outlay now required for the maintenance of the permanent way should, as far as practicable, be applied to the gradual re construction of the line ; and, in the second place, to appor tion any additional and extraordinary expenditure upon such renewals as might he found absolutely necessary over seve ral succetsive half-years, so as not to materially elect the dividend of any one half-year. The working expenses show an addition of about £784, of which about £645 are due to the maintenance of permanent way. The directors recom mend the payment of a dividend at the rate of £3 15s. per cent. per annum (less income-tax) payable on the 30th inst. The directors have made arrangements for providing such a number of waggons as will meet the more urgent demands of the local trade. The capital account shawed that £957,611 had been received and £946,272 expended, leaving a balance of £11,339. The revenue account for the half year ending June 30 showed, that £42,8.52 bad been received and £23,096 expended, leaving a balance of £l9, 755. KNIGHTON. The first sod of the intended railway from Knighton to Craven Artn4, it appears, will be cut on Thursday next at Knighton, by Lady Jane Walsh. The ceremony will he followed by a dinner, at which the Hon. R. W.Clive, M.P., is to preside. ULSTER. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday, at Belfast, Mr. Coates in the chair. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report was adopted, and a dividend for the past half-year of El 7s. 6d. per share, less income-tax, was declared. The retiring directors, Messrs. Allen, Dulling, Murland, and Mullhol land, were re-elected. The meeting was then made special, to consider an agree ment entered into by the directors of the Portadowia and Dungannon Railway Company for working the line. Mr. Sit ITII, the solicitor,read the heads of the agreement. Mr. WORXMAN wished to know whether the Ulster com pany would be liable for any accidents that might occur oil the Portadown and Durgannon Railway. The CHAIRMAN said that if ao accidtnt occurred in roa sequence of the neglect of their servants they would be accountable ; but if it were caused through any defect in the works the Portadown and Dungannon Company would be liable. Mr. ALLEN, in reply to a question from Mr. Stewart, stated that the agreement had been under the consideration of the board in various ways fur four or five months, arid they were fully satisfied with its provisions. The agreement had been approsed by the directors and sharelipjders of the Dungannon Company and by the Board of Trade. On the motion of Mr. Smith, seconded by Mr. Stewart, the agreement was sanctioned, and After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting sepnrated. CORK AND BANI)ON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at Dublin, Mr. V. O'B. O'Connor in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that a considerable sum had been expended on re pairs of the line and on the rolling stock during the half year, and the line was now in excellent order. The bonds of the company had recently been issued on mare reasonable terms than formerly, and there remained about £4,000 worth of the bonds to be disposed of. He recommended the shareholders to take them up, as they were welt secured. The report and accounts were unanimously adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the No. 1 preference shares was declared. After some observations in respect to improving the local management of the line the proceedings concluded with votes of thanks to the chairman, directors, and secretary. DUBLIN AND BELFAST. The report of the directors of this company states that there was an increase in the traffic receipts of £957 as com pared with the corresponding period of 1857. The total receipts for passengers and goods in the past half-year, ended June 30, amounted to £27,667, against £26,710 in the first half-year of 1837, and £25,958 in the same period of 1856 ; the working expenses being £10,378, £11,395, and £11,347 respectively. The directors consider the result very satisfactory, and that the working expenses were mo derate, being only 34 3-stbs per cent. of the receipts, The total income for the half-year amounted to £34,144, the working expenses to £10,377, and, including rates and taxes, interest, and all other charges, to 1;17.969, leaving a balance of £16,176. To this SURI was added the balance of £8,681, brought from the preceding half-year, making the available sum £24,836. Out of this sum the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, less income-tax, on the paid-up capital of the company. The directors state that the construction of the Banbridge line, which had been for some time sus pended for want of funds, has been resu me d, an d it s com pletion within the next lute months might be expected. For the advances made to the Banbridge Company, not ex ceeding £lB,OOO, the Belfast Company received preference shares, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. An extension of the Dundalk and Enniskillen line from New bliss to Lianasitea was opened during the half-year, and a further extension to Lisbeliaw (only four miles from Ennis killen) waS ready for the inspection by the officer of the Board of Trade. A new line of railway from Portadown to Dungannon bad also been recently opened. The seco n d line of rails on 10 addit i onal miles of the line had been re cently During the half-year the com pany received from opened for traffic. the Dublin and Drogheda Company avan Branch £15,000 on account of the N and the amount was being applied in reduction mortgage debt, of the com pany's debenture debt. The capital account to June 30 lastshow-dleathvaintg a balance £1,102,111 bad been received and £901, 147 exp ended, of £110,964 . The revenue account for t expended fee the half-year showed that X 34,144 had been received, and £l o , 9oo working, leaving a balance of ,f 23,244. Mr. Bart on , t h e eng i neer, s t a tes in his report that , h permanent way has been sa f e ly and e ffi ciently mai n at t a . i d_ during the h a lf- year at a reduced cost as compare d with the two !receding half-years. DUTC. The receipts on this line for d the or night tni H ght ending the 31st of July last amounted to £9,328, and for the corresponding period of last year to £8,244, showing an increase of £1,084. The receipts from the Commencement of the present book year, on the Ist of May to the 31st of July, amounted to 1:43 , 05;2, showing an increase over the corresponding period of last year of £3,616. The wo r ki nz expenses for the fort night amount to .E 3,133, or 33 37 p er cent of the receipts, and from the Ist of May to the 31st of July to D 6,547, or 3844 per cent. The accottnta for the last year having been THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAN EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1858. kept upon a different system, a correct comparison of the expen diture, it appears, cannot be wade with the corre spondhg period. OSWESTRY AND NEWTOWN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at Welshpool—Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P., prt sided. The SECRETARY (Mr. Stephens) read the report, which stated that the expenses in obtaining the Act of Incorpora tion had been increased during the half-year by the sum of 2,.,505, of which £.2,433 was attributable to the award on Mr. Piercy's bill for engineering services rendered before the passing of the act. The engineering, since the Act of Incorporation, had during the past half-year been increased .C 3,700. by the settlement (under arbitration) of Mr. Bar low's bill. From the amounts awarded in these cases the sums due on shares of the respective engineers had been deducted, and the balance only paid to them in cash. The arrear on account of deposit and calls on the 30th of June was £13,463. From the state of the com pany's finances, the directors Lad not yet been able to order the extension of the works beyond Pool Quay, except the two bridges over the Severn. The deposit of £18,750 with the Court of Chancery was not available until recently, under a bond given to the Treasury by Mr. David Pugb, M.P., the deputy-chairman. The report of the engineer (Mr. Joseph Cubitt) shows that the works of the line between Oswestry and Pool Quay, a distance of 12 miles, were progressing satisfac to; ily, and might be opened by Christmas next. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. PUGH. A lengthened discussion followed, and finally Mr. JOIIN NAYLOR (banker of Liverpool) expressed his readiness to join the directors in borrowing money on debentures. The report was adopted. A subsequent resolution declared forfeited certain shares. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. SUNDERLAND DOCK. The half-yearly report of the directors states that the total receipts for the half-year amount to £2:2,073, and the total di s b urse ments to £15,465, leaving a balance of £6,608. A dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the £l2 10s. shares ; of £5 per cent. per annum on the £6 55 shares; and £1 lOs per cent. per annum on the ordinary £25 shares is roposed to be declared. The directors congratulate the shareholders on the steadily-increasing traffic of the dock and of the warehouse department. The coal traffic has also greatly increased. The directors announce the loss of a law suit at the Spring Assizes, which cost them £1,681. In order to increase the revenues of the company and pay better dividends to the original shareholders the directors since the 19th ult. have increased the charges to vessels using the dock, and instead of paying on the register tonnage, they are now charged on the ton burden. They anticipate that this will increase the income of the company considerably. RIVER SEVERN NAVIGATION WORKS. The WorcesterBhire Chronicle gives the following de scription of the important works for the improvement of the Severn navigation, on the occasion of the opening of the new lock and weir at the Severn Ham, near Tewkesbury, on Tuesday : These great works have been in course of construction during the past two years; their progress towards coraple tion has been watched with no little interest, and now that we have the consummation to which all classes amongst us have been looking forward, we must endeavour to make the utmost of the means of commercial improvement which they will place at our disposal. Tuesday's inauguration, properly followed up, cannot fail to prove the harbinger of good times for our Severn navigation. It may not be the forerunner of a state of things which was at one time dreamt of, whea the Severn should be a sort of inland sea, but without doubt it is the first great step in advance. The lock is truly of gigantic proportions, being capable of containing a vessel 300 feet in length. It may almost be called a double lock; for manifestly convenient purposes the cutting is divided. At each end there is a pair of huge folding gates, and the ordinary construction is supple mented by the insertion of another pair of gates, the object of which is obvious. By this plan a single vessel will be ena bled, without loss of time, to pass through using the single lock, while if a steam tug with a number of vessels should come up, the central gates can be thrown open, and the whole fleet taken into the lock. The depth of the lock is 30 feet. The walls are of brick on a substratnm of concrete, while the bottom of the lock is formed of an inverted arch laid upon a bottom of concrete. The sill is of stone from the quarries of Upper Areley, and the copings a hard grey stone from the Forest of Dean. The facing of the walls is of an ex cellent blue brick. Between the twolocks there is this pecu liarity, that while the walls of the smaller are perpendicular, the larger has a " batter" of from one to one and a half feet. In width the upper leek istso feet, and the lower 30 feet. The approach to the lock at each end is about 70 feet in width. The gates may be called a marvel in themselves. Each ap proaches a weight of 18 tons, while the aggregate cost of them is stated to be about £3,000. { The great object of the works, as has been freqnently men tioned, is to raise the level of the river to such an extent that vessels of considerable tonnage might navigate with ease be tween Tewkesbury and the city of Worcester. In carrying out this object it was necessary to make two great cuttings, 1 the one for the lock, to which we have referred, and the other for the weir, which is formed of grey Bristol stone, deposited 1 on a foundation of concrete. In length it is 500 feet, and its base is 36 feet. It la calculated that the water will flew over it in a sheet of six inches deep at ordinary periods, though on some occasions, of course, the depth will be considerably more. The depth of water will be sufficient to allow of the unimpeded progress of the fish over, while the construc tion of the weir itself is favourable to their free passage. The position of the weir is diagonal, and in consequence the action of the water is rendered feebler than if the erection were placed at right angles with the course of the river, while the weir itself obtains a greater power of resist ' ance. Besides, the water leaves the weir in a direction favourable to its subsequent course, and in a manner less liable to wash the banks. In the new course of the river below the weir the banks have a slant " batter" of one and a half feet towards the bottom, and of four feet to one to wards the top. Between Diglis and the Upper Lode the fall of the river before the erection of the weir was about four and a half feet. It is calculated that the raising of the water at Tewkesbury six feet, which has now been effected, will i raise it from a foot to a foot and a half at Diglis. The cost of the whole works, including the filling up of the old channel of the river subsequently noticed, and the erection of houses and offices for the lock-keepers will not ex ceed the original estimate, which was £34,750. Up to the present time the expenditure has been from g3:2,000 t0X33,000, and, taking into account the value of the materials and ma chinery which are to be disposed of after the whole of the work has been completed, Mr. Williams calculates that the original estimate will not be exceeded. To Mr. Leader Williams, whose admirable plans have been so successfully carried out under his owe guidance, and the able management of his son, Mr. Alfred Williams, there is no small amount of credit due. When we consider the diffi culties with which he had to contend at the very outset; when we know the great obstruction which was presented by the loose nature of the subsoil, and the ingenious manner in which it was overcome, and reflect upon the extraordinary tact and talent displayed in combating each arising difficulty, it is impossible to award to Mr. Williams more praise than is justly his due. The opening of the leek was effected without accident, and, according to the opinion of others more competent than ourselves in such matters to judge, with the most com plete success. Ceremonial, properly speaking, there was none. The whole affair might be summed up in half-a-dozen lines. There were people collected from all parts. half-a dozen be ats and barges sailed down the old channel, which was then closed. The sail boats then got in the lock when the water became high enough, and they went in and c ime out again, and a g ain did the same, and there were firing of ba:teries and loud cheering of the people, and " there's an end on't." But fellowing the usual custom, we must be somewhat more particular in our account of the opening and the proceedi ngs by which it was acc om p an i e d, for although the ceremonial was so meagre its its character, still its signification was large and the thing signiflei, we dare say, more than the thing itself, was uppermost in the generality of reflective minds. The Worce,ter party, which comprised many of our local authorities and eminent citizens, including the Severn Com missioners, was to start from the Esplanade at the bottom of Diglis-street, at half-past eight o'clock. Before that hour their state barge was in readiness, fitted up in proper style, and waited on by a steamer, the Enterprise, which was to tow her down to the works. At the same point there was also the trim little steamer, and the pretty-looking barge of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Company, whose directory were to have sailed down the river, but did not. They preferred the more speedy conveyance of the rail, and joined their state barge at the Ham. The Worcester party were as punctua l as might have been expected. A f ew o f Them having been taken on board, the barge was towed up to the bridge to have the compliment completed. In the meantime the Canal Company's steamer and barge started down the river, anti by a long distance took the lead of the Enterprise—which,by the way, is reported not to have o i n n s. he i rp ie ro s g a r t e l ss d — ow ar n id , w th h e te lshar o g n e en o ! p f m r o e s y s e r d s . very s ta ill e uotretrhp and i n s g e p h i e a d r a u o p t e w r a . r d The h o e f s t k w y o w h a o s u r n s l , o nwdays in nf theth e e p a l r e l a y s a nte st period possiblemorning, and the heat was consequently less oppressive than it would otherwise have proved. Before the distance, however, had been half gone over, and shortly after the cathedral tower, from which the grey mist was being gra dually uplifted, had been lost to view, the sun shone out with full meridian power, and during the whole of the day the warmth continued excessive. Our (the Worcester) party was not very numerous, but our enjoyment on our passage down between the willow-lined banks of the beautiful Severn was by no means small. The perfection of the natural scenery which has so often been descanted on by everybody, the state of the river which has been praised by nobody, the importance of the new works not unacknowledged by any body, a b g u r e t e m taeb a di n ien y .n o s other topics we re p asse d i n rev i ew , and the otherwise A sa t il se w ve a ri onlys a not eintson renderedthe river banks i bu t very were, as there h a d b een at startingp from crowdsWorcester, te re of people who had had for ii r nowledge of our intentions and had assembled to witness oen however, get many cheers until we progress. We didn't, reached nde the Ham, and these, perhaps, were quite as much Tnte of out r thenvi provided thei Tewkes burytheir party as for us. This party ha fi d tte e d l ( s i " state " barge, which was gaily freighted. It contained the authorities of Te nt ke a s; : i ld I fully in cluding the mayor, the magistrates, and the town w c lerk, ur , :' and some said Mr. Humphrey Brown, late M.P. for t he nie little town." Mr. Brown was there, for we had js a u n- 1 demonstration of the fact, but whether he honoured fl a w mayor with his presence on board the barge we cannot with certainty aver. The Tewkesbury boat awaited in the Avon the arrival of the Worcester party, which it followed up in its progress down the old bed of the river. Before coming to the spot where, for " unnumbered ages" the Severn has "flowed gently past," but will now flow no longer, the Canal Company's party had reached their barge. This party consisted of Lord H a th erton, L ord W rottesley, the Hon. E. R. Littleton, Alex. Hordern, Esq.. Thomas Salt, Esq., the Rev. J. Salt, Thos. Evans, Esq., Wm. Tarratt, Esq., Henry Ward, Esq., Matthew F r o s t, E sq., c i v i l engineer, Thomas Waters, Esq., solicitor, and Mr. Butter, secretary to the company. The closing of the old channel was effected by Mr. Williams with extraordinary celerity. The place had 1 previously been prepared. The channel h a d b een Inarrowed to the width of 70 feet, and all that remained to shut out the stream for ever from its time-honoured course was to sink a loaded barge and drive in the centre planks of the timber sheathing. The operations were witnessed with g reat interest by the cro wd of well-dressed p eo p le w ho lined submerged the banks. The boat wasiu the most appro ve d fashion, and cheers andthc an fi d ri a n g g a o in fs t r h x e g re un w s t froelleohweeedrs; andthe last plank was inserted, firing, and sundry the singular agrullyargr success s L s Ladies and gentlemen, descant' with which Mr. Williams had accomp l i sh ed lock, where, on board the various oa , day's work, now turned their steps in ttshelduinrechetiownxioftotbhee served. The lunch over, there were entering and re-entering the lock by the various barges, that of the Canal Company being supposed to pass through first. The performance was gone through as well as the state of the tide would admit, a battery was fired, there were loud and rt peated huzzas on all bands, or, mote properly speaking, from all mouths, and the lock was formally opened for traffic. In Tewkesbury the day was kept as a general holiday. The shops and other places of business were closed, and during the proceedings at the Ham the town wore quite a deserted aspect. From an early hour in the morning the population had begun to move towards the scene of attrac tion. Many of them got on board the gaily-trimmed small craft which floated on the bosom of the Severn, others took up positions on the banks add the gigantic mounds of earth around, lending to the whole vicinity a most animated ap pearance, enhanced not a little by the " fields of floating bunting," in their brilliant and variegated colours. There was rejoicing in Tewkesbury in the afternoon. The rejoicings became Tewkesbury, for these works will make of Tewkesbury what she has never been made before. Amongst other details of the Tewkesbury festivities, we may mention that 1,‘2.00 of the Sunday school children were feasted on tea and cake, the funds for which had been raised by public subscription. The commissioners and their friends afterwards dined on board their boat. After dinner, Sir Thomas Winniugton ' klatr., M.P., proposed, in a highly-complimentary speech , the health of Mr. E. L. Williams, which that gentlema n aptly and pertinently acknowledged. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—GUILDFORD, AUG. 14. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell and a Special Jury.) HILLS V. THE LONDON GAS LIGHT COMPANY. The Attorney-General (specially retained), Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Hindmarsh (specialty retained), Mr. C. Pollock, and Mr. Watkin Williams, were for the plaintiff. Mr. Bovill, Q C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., Mr. Webster (specially retained), and the Hon. G. Denman, were counsel for the defendants. This cause began on Tuesday morning, and was not brought to a conclusion until late thi s a ft ernoon . It w as a n action brought by the plaintiff against the defendants to receive damages for the infringement of a patent taken out by him for a mode of purifying coal gas from sulphuretted hydrogen by means of hydrated oxide of iron. The decla rationmos ac e ti n o t n , a w nd as pr e a o y m e m d e a n n e a e c d c ; ou a n n t d o t f ha th t e t h p e r also claimed an injunction against further infringe dfieftendmaandt e s m sin ia c i e a th b e e ordered to pay the amount found dne. There were a great number of pleas, but the substantial defence was, that the plaintiff was not the true inventor, and that the invention was not new. It appears that after the gas is separated from the coal by means of heat, It con tains two impurities, which it is necessary to remove before it can be used—namely, ammonia and sul pharetted hydrogen. The ammonia is removed by passing the gas through water, and the old method of removing the sulphuretted hydrogen was by means of lime. The disadvantage of this was that there was a large residuum technically called " blue billy," which was in its nature very offensive and dangerous to health and life, which had to be disposed of, and in order to do without it chemists turned their attention to the discovery of other substances that would effect the same result without the same injurious consequences. In the years 1847 and 1848 Mr. Hills, the plaintiff; who is an operative chemist at Deptford, per formed some experiments on the subject, and in 1849 he took out a patent for the use of hydrated oxide of iron for this purpose, which he made use of by mixing with saw dust, so that the gas passed through it, the effect thus produced being that the iron retained the sulphuretted hydrogen, and the gas passed on quite pure. This pa tent also included a mode of removing the hydrated oxide of iron after it was thus charged with the sulphuretted hydrogen, so that the same material might be used over and over again for l 5 or :20 times, some process of re vival being absolutely necessary in order to make the use of the oxide of iron of any practical value, in consequence of the expensive nature of the material. Mr. Hills' process of reviving the oxide appeared to be a very simple one, bein g merely exposure to the air, and if possible , by the with drawal of the pressure of the atmosphere from its surface. This plan, it appears, has been found perfectly successful, but the originality of the invention was disputed, and this action was in fact brought in order to establis h Mr. Hills' claim as the true and original inventor. It appeared that,a s early as 1840, Mr. Croll had patented a process of purifying gas from sulphuretted hydrogen, and had in his specification . mentioned, amongst other things, the oxides of iron:, and it was contended that this was a disclosure of that which the present plaintiff sought to patent. In answer to this it was said that there were several forms of the oxides of iron, some of which were hydrated, and others anhydrous ;. and that Mr. Hills had specified and patented the hydrated form only, and that, as the process indicated by Mr. Croll for the revival of his oxides only referred to anhydrous oxides, his specifi cation could not be taken to have divulged , as a fact, the use of the hydrated oxides. It was also said that Mr. Laming had discovered and made known the use of the dydrated oxide in 1846, and had spoken of it under the name of car bonate of iron, and upon this part of the case there was a great deal of learned discussion and evidence, which would be almost unintelligible to non-scientific persons. A mass of scientific evidence was adduced on both sides. On the part of the plaintiff Professor Taylor, Mr. Dugald Campbell, Dr. Miller, and a number of other eminent chemists and scientific men, were examined to prove the or i g inality and value of the invention; and on behalf of the defendant there were Dr. Herapatb, Dr. Redwood, Mr. Croll, Mr. Laming, and several others, whose evidence went to show that the process of the plaintiff was similar to that which had been specified in earlier patents. The examination of the witnesses on both sides occupied nearly four days, and this morning the Attorney-General proceeded to reply upon the whole case in a speech which occupied more than four hours. Mr. Baron Bramwell then summed up the whole of the evidence with great care and minuteness, and the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff upon all the material points raised—namely, that his inven tion was new, and that it was not identical with any of the other processes that had been previously patented. A number of points of low were, however, reserved, upon all of which leave was given to the defendants to move to have the verdict set aside ; so that it is not at all unlikely that there will be a good deal more litigation before the question is finally disposed of. (Before Mr. Justice Wines and a Common Jur y .) CESARINI V. RONGANI. This was an action to recover a balance of £4O 3s. 4d., under an agreement made by the defendant to pay the plaintiff a certain sum of money for singing at the Royal Theatre at Turin, of which theatre lie was the principal director. Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Joyce appeared for the plain tiff •' Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins were for the defendant. Sergeant Shee, in opening the case to the jury, said that the plaintiff, Adelaide Cesarini, was the daughter of an gentleman who had settled for some time in London, and kept a private boarding-house in Golden-square, and she was possessed of considerable talent as a singer and teacher of mtode. The defendant, Dominico 'toward, was also an Italian and a resident at Turin, but in the year 1856 he was engaged at the Italian Opera as ballet master, and he became acquainted with the !wirer of the plaintiff and the plaintiff herself, and was on friendly terms and fre quently visited the family. The plaintiff at this time desired to appear upon the stage as a singer, and she mentioned the subject to the defendant, who advised her not to make her debtit in London, but to go to Italy, and when she had acquired some reputation as a singer in that coun try to return to England, and make her appearance at an English theatre. The defendant at the same time suggested that she should go and sing at one of the theatres of Turin. The defendant left Eng land about this time, and went to Turin, and some cor respondence passed between him and the father of the young lady upon the subject of her having an engagement to sing at one of the Turin theatres, and in November, 1856, the defendant offered to give the plaintiff 2,000 fr. if she would come to Turin and sing during the season, from lie crusher to March. The engagement was accepted, and the defendant then wrote to the plaintiff and requested that she would study the part of Violetta in an opera of his own composing, called "II Bravo." She did so, but she dis covered that her voice was not suited to the part, and her fattier wrote to the defendant and informed him of the fact. The defendant still expressed his desire to carry out the engagement, and the plaintiff accordingly proceeded to Turin, accompanied by her mother and her sister, and they arrived there in the br ginning of December. The defendant at this time had the management of two theatres in Turin, one called the Reggio or Royal, and the other the National Theatre ; and it was understood that the young lady was to be introduced as first singer at one of these establishments. The defendant, it appeared, after the plaintiff had arrived at Turin, again requested tier to study the part of Yioletta. Site consented, and went to a rehearsal, but found it was clear that her voice did not suit the part, and the de fendant at len'th admitted himself that this was the crse, when he engaged the services of another lady to per form it ; but although the defendant was so very anxious to have his opera of " It Bravo" brought before the public, it appeared that it was not successful, and was withdrawn, and the plaintiff then played the part of Fenena in another opera called " Nabuco." She conti tinned to play in this character during the whole season ; and he was instructed that the defendant denied her the indulgence of being absent on the day her mother, who had been taken ill, and died in Italy, was buried. During the period of her performing, all the money she received was 8:20fr., about £33, and the present action was brought to recover the balance due to the plaintiff under the agree ment in question. The learned counsel concluded by stating that he did not anticipate a very fair defence would be set up, and that he believed that an attempt would possibly be made to show that the young lady'e performance was not satisfactory to the public, and that she was not competent to undertake the position of prima donna; but if this were done he should show that the de fendant himself in one of his letters had spoken in a very favourable manner of her performance of the character of _Pendia, and stated that she bad given great satisfaction to the public; and he should also be able to show that the defendant engaged her to sing at the St. James's Theatre at a salary of £4 per week, after she had returned from the engagement in Italy. Madlle. Adelaide Cesarini, the plaintiff, was then exa mined. She stated that she first became acquainted with the defendant in the latter part of 1856. He was at that time ballet-master at the Italian Opera. He was aware that she had a desire to go upon the stage, and he advised s h r e a r s o t o n s t t h u e d yd defendant o L d 'E a o l i t s i leftd ' A L t o o r t e i 0 . ' o ' At for the Ital e y n , d a o o f d the o c p o e n r a . tinned to study. Soon after this she received a letter from the defendant requestinß her to study the part o s of Violetta, in an opera called " II Bravo," and she did so. In. four mouths' Novem ber she received the offer a 2,oooft.for season at Turin, and she went there, accompanied by her mother and sister, and arrived at Turin on the 9th of December, when the defendant provided her with apartments in the National Theatre. The defendant wished her to play the part of Violetta, and she told him she could not do so, and lie knew it; but he insisted and she went to rehearsal, and the defendant shortly afterwards told her that he had engaged another actress to perform the part, as he found it would not suit her voice. She made her first appearance in January, 1857, in the part of Fenena in the opera of " Nabuco." Her mother wa s taken ill and died, a n d the defendant insisted on her performing on the day she was busied, although she asked him for the in dulgence of being absent on that evening. She received alto gether from the defendant about £34, and when the theatre closed, she asked him for the remainder of the money, but he said lie could not give it her then, as he had so many expenses. She left Turin on th e I s t of April, and came to England, subsequently, with her sister; and the defendant, who had p b g e r,i c ie o ,ni m ttel e yd o t vv‘ l n i i,s e eniretee m idi oaaanndtatgheer same ethe salaryS t . J . ames's Theatre, engaged her to sing th ere at a salary of £ 4 a-week. A ll th e o th e r ' Cross-examined by Mr. J ames —H er f a th er and the de fendantv e their r house.intimate cott and the t t h p e l a latter t t thee p r fr a e r - t of Violetta at all. It did net suit her voice. It was too high. While she was at Turin she signed some paper at the request of the defendant, but she did not know the nature of it. It very likely was the same now produced. Mr. James here a*,l, a written paper in Italian, which was signed by the plaintiff, and which purported to state that she bad received the sum of '230 lire as a final settle ment of her claim upon the theatre. Cress-examination continued—The engagement at the St. James's Theatre only lasted about six weeks, and Mr. Brehm made up a portion of the salaries that were due to the singers. She was not aware whether any application for the balance due to her was made to the defendant after he returned to this country. Her mother was taken ill at Suza, about two hours' journey b y railway from Turin, and the defendant advanced some money for her use, and also to redeem their luggage. She had never performed anywhere but at Turin. The audience at that place were very critical. They generally hissed all the time of the performance. (A laugh.) Mr. James—That must have been a nice treat for the actors! (Laughter.) The witness then said she believed the reason they hissed was, that Rongani was not a very great favourite with the public of Turin, and that they were dissatisfied with the en gagements he made. She added that the audience did not hiss her—she was an exception. (A laugh.) In re-examination the plaintiff said that the reason the defendant was not asked for the money was, that they were on such friendly terms with him, and they thought be would pay it without being asked. She also said that if she had been aware that the p a p er she w as asked to sign at Turin was a receipt, she certa inl y sho uld not have signed it. The defendant always profes s e d g reat affection for her. Constance r s e i d s t t e l i r aa o tn fds She he she played three or was very well received by the public in the cha racter of Fenena. four e that plaintiff, proved that s h emonths .accompanied C She n b e sa her r c i o o i t ti Turin, e e By Mr. James—She did not play any other character. The reason for this was that she was not asked to do so. Mr. James asked the witness whether "Nabuco" was not a species of Nebuchadnezzar ? (A laugh.) The witness said it was. By Sergeant Shee—The opera of " Il Bravo" did not suc ceed at all. Mr. James here said that the only answer he was instructed to make to the action was the receipt that had been put in, and the only question was whether his lordship thought such an instrutneat was binding upon the plaintiff. Mr. Jessica Willes said that, under the circumstances, he thought it was not. Mr. James then said that he could not call the defendant to give his explanation of the matter, because lie was not in this country, and he must therefore consent to a verdict. The jury consequently found for the plaintiff. The business of the assizes was brought to a conclusion about six o'clock. OXFORD CIRCUIT—GLoUCESTER, AUG. 14. These assizes were brought to a close at six o'clock this evening. b ablhtba o noteel T d a ydeet :tindsi-T,i °s namedw was n boy rup G t eo p r e g rj e u ß ry t . alock, farmer, was charged with wilful and cor - Mr. Lapps and Mr. Sawyer prosecuted; Mr. James de fended the prisoner. i ve i r i i• g gross case. The prisoner was a farmer and at Leigh, a village between Gloucester etvkeer a il sbury. At Michaelmas, 1856, he hired a servait ' Samuel Nash, but so cruelly beat him that the uncle, finding he had received some injuries about the b r ought an action against Bullock, which was to have tried at the last Gloucester summer assizes, and of course would have been brought forward as a witness. A week before the trial, however, the boy disappeared, and was absent for some time. Sub sequently Bullock obtained a summons against the boy for absconding from his service, and on the hearing of the information be swore that the boy ran away from his ser vice in July, 1857, that his (Bullock's) son Robert was not living with him at the time, and that he did not sleep in his house on the night before the boy left him. It was now proved that all these statements were false, and that the boy had actually been kidnapped by Bullock and his son Robert anti kept in a boat for a fortnight by Robert. The boy Nash swore that on the night of the '26th of July he slept in Bul lock's kouse, in the same room as Robert Bullock (who is a ticket-of-leave), that at half-past 12 o'clock that night he was roused out of bed by Robert, put upon horseback, and with the assistance of another brother taken to Worcester. There they met the prisoner, and he was forced on board a boat, and taken up the Worcester and Birmingham Canal to a place called Cakemore, in the South Staffordshire mining district, whe re h e was kept under surveillance for a fortnight. An attempt was made when he wes released to induce the youth to enlist as a soldier. The prisoner was found guilty, and his lordship (Mr. Justice Hill) in sentencing him, remarked on the import ance of keeping the source of justice pure. He sentenced him to twelve months' imprisonment. -- - MANSLAUGHTER BY MISADVENTURE. Edward 111ann was charged with the manslaughter of James Coombs, at Tewskesbury, on Tuesday last. Mr. Bubb prosecuted ; Mr. Powell defended. This was an unfcrtunate case. On the occasion of the in tended opening of the Severn Improvement Works at Tewkesbury last Tuesday (which was itself a failure), a booth was erected, and in the evening the prisoner was em ployed in removing the booth, when a pole fell on the de ceased, and killed him. When the case for the prosecution had been heard, his lordship put to the jury whether the prisoner had not used all diligence, and whether the death was not the effect of pure accident. The jury thought so, and acgaitted the prisoner. SINGULAR CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER. John Daniels was charged with the manslaughter of Robert Wizard at Berkeley, in this county. The ill-fated deceased was carter's boy in the service of Mr. Giles Holbrow, who occupies some saw mills near Berkeley, and the prisoner is a carter in the same employ. On Monday night, the 19tb July, he was seen by his master for the last tune, and on Wednesday morning, the 21st, Daniels reported he had found the lad dead in the tallet, or havlolZ. Henry Cordy, to whom this fact was communi cated by the prisoner, went at once to the stable, and found the body of the boy on the hay rack, with some hay over and under it. It appeared to him as though the body had been thrown into the rack from the hayloft and the hay thrown over to conceal it. lie had latterly once or twice slept in the hayloft when his work had detained him late at his master's, ins;:ead of going home to his father's to sleep. Early on Wednesday morning, ht tween 5 and 6 o'clock, the father went to Daniel's house, and asked him where his son was, as he had not seen him since Monday morning. Daniels replied that on Money night lie had told him to go home, 20 that he had not seen htm since. The father had complained to Daniels a few days before of his beating the boy in a violent manner, so as to leave bruises on his body, and the prisoner had replied that he would do so again if he deserved it, on which the father threatened to appeal to the court at Durs ley. The body, when found, showed that a stream of blood had flowed from it Into the manger. The boy's cap could not be found, but there was a gun-stock and a large stick like a spade-handle near the rack. Mr. Hicks, surgeon, of Berkeley, deposed to the nature of the injuries which he had found on making a post ?no? tern examination of the body, by direction of the coroner, at the inquest. Death had been caused by a severe contusion on the head, which he thought could not have been caused by the mere falling into the bay rack from the tallet. The great point against the prisoner was the contradictory statement he bad made as to the last time when lie saw the deceased. The jury found him not guilty. NISI PItIUS COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) WILLIAMS T. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. Sergeant Pigott and another were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Skinner, Q.C., and Mr. Phipson for the defendants. This was a special jury case. The action was brought by a farmer living at the Grange, about six miles from Glou cester, against the railway company, for damages for the destruction of a bull belonging to bim which had strayed feom one of his fields adjoining the railway on to the line and been killed by a passing train. It seems a neighbour's bull on the other side of the line had challenged the plaintiff's to combat, and that it had got over the fence, and a regular taurine combat bad taken place on the line. The plaintiff's bull was left the conqueror, but a train came by soon after, and while endeavour;ng to move off the line be was killed. The jury found that the fence had been kept in good repair by the railway company, but it appeared that the driver of a train in the other direetton had seen the buil on the line, and had given notice at Gloucester, from which place a telegraph had been sent to the Grange, but too late. Under these eir cumetances the jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, £:23 . . This was the last case. R°NY OF LOVAT.-It is ancient family of Fraser of TIIE is likely to appear said Lo A v a t thatCc exists i x s a t i :( l l e :s:c (Tn o d , :a r n d t h BA rect l e i ne, aml shortly as a claimant of the barony of Lova', in the peerage of Scotland. Tbis claimant, whose name is John Fraser, asserts that be can trace his pedigree from Thomas, the twelfth lord, through his eldest son Alexander Fraser, who, having killed a man in Scotland, took relbge from justice in Wales, where he lived in obscurity, and married, leaving Simon, the thirte •nth lord, in possession of the family honours. 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Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, Lon don, and through all chemists and grocers in town and country.—lmportant Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations:—The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page wood granted an injunction on the lOtli March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating " Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." POLICE INTELLIuENCE MANSION-HOUSE.—CHARGE BY AN OMNIBUS CON D UCTO R.—Joseph Spencer, a gentleman residing near Spitalfields, was summoned for assaulting William Fitz gerald, a conductor of an omnibus. Complainant stated that on Thursday week the defendant rode in an omnibus from Cornhill to Union-street. 'When he got down he offered a threepenny piece and asked for a penny change, the fare being twopence. Complainant re fused to give the change, considering that he was entitled to the penny for the cat riage of a large carpet bag and box, which the defendant had on the roof. Upon this the defen dant called him a thief and a vagabond, and attempted to pull him off his board, in doing which complainant's coat was very much torn. Defendant said he considered that the man had ne right to retain the penny, and thinking the omnibus was going on he took hold of his coat to see his number, and this led to its being torn. The defendant was fined 55., and ordered to pay ss. for the complainant's time, and 3s. costs, making 13s. BOW-STREET.—John Cook, a police-constable in the City force, residing in the section-house in Moor-street, and Emma Cook, his wife, were charged with indecency in the enclosure of St. James's-park, on Friday afternoon. The complaint was made by a park-keeper named Isaac Chamberlaine, who stated that the offence was committed within a few yards of the public walks, where a great many persons were congregated. Witness saw the defendants lying on the grass, and watched them for five cr ten minutes, before making the charge. He did not know they were man and wife till after they were in custody. The occurrence appeared so incredible that his worship closely questioned the witness as to the possibility of his having been mistaken ; but he adhered to his statement, and added that the defendants " confessed their wrong," and offered him money not to press the case, while on their way to the station. The male defendant said, having got a holiday, he went out for the day with his wife, and, having just got off a steamboat, they laid down in the enclosure to rest them selves. No indecency took place, and the park-keeper was mistaken. Mr. Henry asked the park-keeper if he had been long in his situation, and whether lie had been previously a soldier'' The park-keeper (who wore two medals) said he had been in the army, and had held his present situation about 12 months. He had never had a similar charge before. It was stated that the defendants had been married about a year, and bore a good character. The wife was near her confinement. The case was remanded to Monday. WESTMINSTER.—FRAUDS orr TIIEBENEVOLENT NY MEANS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS SEAL.—Edward Clarke, a respectably-dressed man, was brought up, en re mand, before Mr. Poynter, charged with obtaining chari table contributions from several benevolent persons under false representations. Mr. Lewis, jun., attended for the prisoner. On Friday, the th inst., the prisoner, who was in the com pany of three other persons, was observed by a police con stable of the B division, named Brown, on Elizabeth-bridge, Pimlico, who, not liking their appearance, kept his eye upon them, and being in plain clothes be was not suspected by the prisoner or his companions. He watched them, and saw the prisoner go to the house of Capt. Fuller, 13, St. George's-road, Pimlico, where he represented that he came from Sir T. Drake, and in consequence of a communi cation purporting to have been written by Sir T. Drake, the prisoner received ss. Upon receiving that information, the constable (Brown) followed the prisoner and his companions, and tcok the prisoner into custody. A man, named John Orchard, endeavoured to rescne him, but both were safely lodged in the station-house. By the exertions of Brown and a Mendicity Society's o:Ecer named Webb, the following cases were brought against the prisoner. Sir Travton Drake said that on Friday morning (the 6th) the prisoner, who was a stranger to him, called and stated that he came from the same place as he (Sir Trayton) did in Devonshire, and he read to him from a written paper details of the loss of a ship bound to Australia in which 20 persons perished, including his (prisoner's) father and mother. He and four others who were saved had in con sequence been is great distress. He wanted £2 to pay his expenses to Exmouth. The prisoner mentioned the names of a clergyman and other persons whom he said he knew at Exmouth, when he (Sir Trayton) gave him a sovereign. He did not tell him to call on his brother, Capt. Fuller. Prisoner—l did not say you did. I have known Sir Trayton many years, though perhaps he does not know rite. Mr. Paynter—You said your mother and father were lost at sea. Prisoner—So they were a few years ago. Sir T. Drake—l understood that this calamity had recently befallen him. The Mendicity Society's officer produced a document which purported to have the signatures of some magistrates of Sussex, and bearing (late the 27th of July, 1858, which referred to the wreck of the barque Adrian, bound for Col lingwood, on the 19th, when 15 out of 48 persons on board were saved, and brought into Shoreham harbour by the barque Mountaineer. The losses amounted to £1,1575. The account concluded by an expression of a hope on the part of the magistrates that their losses might be compensated by voluntary contributions. This document had been left with a benevolent gentleman, who gave £5 Sir T. Drake said that the statement just read resembled representations made to him by the prisoner, with the addi tions he had stated. Webb said that there were other charges against the prisoner, who had attempted to impose on the benevolent by means of letters which were sealed with the House of Commons seal, and he called Frederick Jones, butler to Capt. Layland, Hyde-park House, who stated that on the 20th of July the prisoner brought a note. It was produced, and was as follows : " Mr. George Cornwall Leah, M.P. for North Cheshire, presents his respectful compliments to Capt. Layland, and begs to recommend the bearer's case to that gentleman's kind consideration. G. C. L. takes more than ordinary interest in this matter, knowing several of the sufferers, natives of Birkenhead, and trusts the motives which actuate him will be seemed a sufficient apology." The envelope in which the note was enclosed was sealed with the stamp of the House of Cominons seal. Major Legh said that the letter purporting to have been written by him was not in his handwriting. He did not know the prisoner. Mr. Robert Bray, inspector of police at the House of Commons, prcduced the authorised signet used by mem bers in the committee rooms of the House of Commons, the impression from which on seals was similar to that on the envelope which contained the note sent to Capt. Lay land. He stated that there were three signets used for various departments of the House of Commons. That from which the impression was used on the envelope produced must have been stolen from one of the committee rooms of the House of Commons. . . Mr. Bray produc:d a note, which was given to him by Mr. S. Warren, and which was addressed to the Earl of Egmont. It was as follows : " S. Warren, M.P. for Midhurst, presents his compli ments to the Right Hon. the Earl of Egmont, and begs to recommend the case of the unfortunate sufferers whose case will be fully explained on the perusal of the memorial. It would appear that they are natives of Eastbourne, &c., and that they are persons of good character, &c." It was dated ac House of Commons, July 26,1858," and had the seal of one of the committee rooms. Mr. Lewis argued that there wrs no evidence to show that his client sought so obtain money under false pretences. Mr. Painter said that be had no doubt upon the case, and tent Etc prisoner for three months to the House of Cor rection. John Orchard was next charged, on remand, with attempting to rescue the prisoner from the castody of the police. Evidence being given, he wPs fined 10s., or in default seven days. WORSHIP-STREET. — EXTRAORDINARY CASE or CHILD DESERTlON.—Elizabeth Bartrain, a young married woman, resident of Birmingham, extremely good looking, and of respectable appearance, wrs brought in cus'ody before Mr. Hammill, and charged with having un lawfully deserted her child, a ❑ice little girl, six years old, who had in consequence become chargeable to Shoreditch parish. The case was first brought under the magistrate's notice a week previously, by Mr. Ross, the relieving officer, the child having been consigned to the parish from the house of a gentleman named Masters, in the Queen's-read, Dalston, with a statement that, during the absence of the family, some unknown woman had called, and left her there with a female servant. All knowledge of her was disclaimed. The child, when first brought to this court, could only say that her name was Louisa Turner, and that the person PC lin had left her as described was her " mamma," who Lad beoughi her a long way on the railroad, but she knew nothing of the place she had come from. The prisoner, however, was, some days since, taken into custody at Birmingham, and the child, on now seeing her in court, rushed towards her with an exclamation of delight, and, throwing herself into her arms, an affecting scene occurred between them. The prisoner herself, who has an infant only a few months old, evidently suffered much mental distress. Henry Evans, one of the Birmingham police, said that his suspicions of the prisoner having been excited by seeing in one of the London papers an account of the desertion, be went to her and asked her if she did not go to London on Wednesday week by an excursion train, and what had be come of the child that she took with her. She replied— " I took her and left her at her father's, No. 24, Barlow villas, Queen's-road, Dalston." The officer added that the prisoner had been married 13 or 14 months. Mr. George Ross, relieving officer of Shoreditch, said be believed the child had been left at the house of Mr. Masters, as has been mentioned. Mr. Hammill—ls Mr. Masters here? Mr. Ross—No, sir, he is not, nor is the servant who took the child in. I will take charge of both mother and child for the present. Magistrate—Very well, then; let them be taken care of at the workhouse. The prisoner was accordingly taken thither under re mind for a week. A HORSE-STEALING SAILOR.—A powerful young man, calling himself John Brown, dressed in a sailor's blue Guernsey frock and duck trousers, with a cap which had borne the name of " Royal Albe r t," was placed at the bar for re-examination upon a charge of stealing a horse, a cart, j and harness, belonging to Mr. Thomas Atkinson, a publican and ohmaster at Turnharn-green ; and upon a fresh charge now preferred against him of stealing a horse, the property of George Jones, at Blackheath. John Jeffreys, in the empl o y o f th e l at t er , sa id th a t last. Wednesday three weeks, the pris oner came t o hi m a nd hired a horse for an hour's ride, for which he paid Is. 6r1., face tiously observing that he " didn't know whether he could steer a horse although he could steer a ship." He however mounted and rode off but never returned, and no more was heard of the animal until Friday, when the prosecutor found it offered for sale at Smithfield, and found the prisoner in custody upon another charge. Mr. Thomas Coombs, of Cambridge - heath, proved that the prisoner drove to his place on the sth inst. with a horse and light cart which he wanted to have " put up" for sale. When a s ked where he got them from, he replied that he had b oug ht th e m for 35 at a sale in St. Martinlane, hut etas willing to take £l5 for the m then, as he wanted th e money , a ddi ng , however, that he should want the horse for a rid e o n the Friday if witness could lend him a saddle, its Ire was going to sea on the Saturday. The witnes s pl a i n l y t o ld hi m that he believed be had stolen them, and he said, . " Wril, you can keep them and use them till I retu rn from sea." Wit n ess told he would go with him to St. Martin's-lane, where he said lie had bought them, and a ccor di ng ly drove there with him, but upon their arrival he said, " It's of no use, for I did not buy them here—you mast drive me to Chiswiek." Instead of that, however, he was h an d e d ov er to the police. He had at the time a stripe of re d c l o th round his arm and a silk but he baud round his cap with th e w ords " Royal Albert , " then tore them both away. Witness, however, forced them from him, and now produced them- Solomon Hall, a labourino• man, said that on the day mentioned be was at the' Traveller's hest, beershop, Turnham-green, and th ere got talking with the prisoner, who said lie had been in the Crimea and had a medal with two bars, which he only wore once a week, I.ld thlt be wanted to fetc't Ili , luggage from the Waterloo-rota railway station if he could get a Lone and cart. Witness obtained them on hire from Mr. Atkinson, to whom he was known, and they drove to the Westminster-road, and while witness was making a call upon a niece there the prisoner drove off. The prisoner, who had evidently been used to the sea, heard the evidence with a broad g rin, and when asked for Its defence replied, " I wish to sa3 , nothing." He was committed for trial for stealing the horse and cart, but further remanded upon the other charge, and with the probability of other matters also being brought against him. MARYLEBONE.—CIIARGE OF CONCEALMENT OP Brimi.--Anne Hudson, aged 23, was brought up from the Marylebone Infirmary, and placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with having concealed the birth Hof her infant. Mr. Wolf, from the office of Mr. Herring, solicitor, attended for the prisoner. She seemed exceedingly weak, and was seated during the inquiry. Mrs. Buckland, residing at 39, Craufurd-street, deposed that the prisoner was her housekeeper, and that on the 30th of July she saw her in bed in her room. She also saw a newly-born child lying on the floor. She did not at first =peak to the prisoner; but subsequently did so, when she admitted that she had recently given birth to a baby. Mr. Jackson, surgeon at the infirmary, said that he was called to the house on Friday last, and there saw the pri soner, who said that she had delivered hcrelf, and that she had placed the child in the water-closet. Barbara Carroll, a nurse, living at 21, Charles-street, Lisson-grove, deposed that she found the child in a box, with a piece of ribbon tied round its throat so tightly that she could not get her finger between. Mr. Wolf—Did you try to do so ? Witness—l did not; Mr. Jackson did. Mr. Edward Terrett Smith, surgeon, said that the child was born alive. He considered that death was caused by a fracture of the umbelical vein, and net by the ligaturm. Mr. Wolf—Then it is your decided opinion, sir, that the pressure of that which was tied round the throat was not of itself sufficient to cause death ? Witness—lt is. _ _ _ Police-constable Taylor, 77 D, said that, from informa tion which he received, he went to 39, Craufurd-street, and there saw the prisoner in bed. The child was on the floor, covered with a cloth. Mr. 'Wolf, who cross-examined the witnesses at some length with much ability, stated that an inquest bad been held on the body, and that the verdict returned by the jury was that death was caused by the rupture of an umbilical vein, but what occasioned the rupture there was no evidence to prove. Some further proceedings were gone into, and Mr. Long said it was a clear case of concealment of birth, and one be was bound to send before a jury. He remanded the accused till this day (Monday), when the whole of the evidence will be read over by Mr. Tite, the clerk, and the prisoner will then be committed for trial. THAMES.—A BLACK SWINDLER.—CREDULITY OP TRADESMEN.—Peter Brown, a black seaman, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with obtaining clothes and money several outfitters and boarding-house keepers by false and fraudulent pretences. The modus operandi of the prisoner was as follows :—He called upon outfitters and boarding-house keepers, and represented he had just finished a long sea voyage on board a merchant ship either as steward, or cook, or steward and ceok, that he had £:10' or £4O to take as wages, and required a new rig -out, a little money to spend, and board and lodging until he was paid off. As he had all the cut of a seaman about him, his story was credited wherever he went. He obtained goods to the amount of 19s. from Mr. Rose, shopman to Mr. Wm. Stout, of No. 1, Victoria-place, West India-road, and said he was cook of the Princess Royal. After he had been supplied with the goods inquiry was made on board the Princess Royal, and it was ascertained he had never be longed to that ship. Mr. Fergusson, of the firm of Fergusson and Baaty, Lime kiln-hill, Limehouse, said he gave the prisoner credit for 16 on similar representations. Mr. Selfe—And made the ingairy about the ship afterwards! lam surprised at the credulity of tradesmen. I know that there is great competition among tradesmen for the custom of seamen, and that the profits of outfitters are large, but I am surprised that any tradesman should part with his goods so easily. Police constable, No. 383 K, said the prisoner went to Mr. Sanderson, in High-street, Shadwell, and said he had just come on shore after a long voyage, and that he had E5O to take. Mr. Sanderson gave him a few shillings and a supper, and next morning made inquiries and ascertained that the prisoner was an impostor. The prisoner then stepped it. Mr. Selfe—The prisoner had better step it altogether in stead of going about swindling tradesmen. A policeman—He has been knocking about Ratcliff-high way for the last three weeks. Mr. Selfe would not put the country to the expense of prosecuting ,the black man, but if his dupes would under take to pay all the expenses, he would commit the prisoner for trial. The tradesmen said they had already lost enough, and would not incur any further expense. Mr. Selfe—l doubt if any judge would say this was a false pretence within the meaning of the statute. The pri soner told a lie. There is no doubt he is a great scamp, and if he is brought here again under similar circumstances, I shall consider the propriety of committing him to prison for three months as a rogue and vagabond. He is discharged. ALLEGED ASSAULT BY AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN. — Mr. Davis, clerk to Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, applied to Mr. Selfe for a warrant to apprehend Capt. Lewis, master of the American ship Belle of the Sea, for assaulting and beating a man of colour named Charles Pope, in the East India Dock. Mr. Selfe—l have already granted a summons for the attendance of the defendant. Has that summons been served upon him ? Mr. Davis—The summons has been properly served by an officer of this Court, and the defendant has not thought proper to attend to it. The facts of the case are these : The complainant Pope was engaged as steward of the vessel, and had been 41 days on board in the East India Dor.k up to the 10th instant, when some little conversation took place between the mate and steward about a sovereign which the steward bad received of a boy on board, and who it was alleged owed the steward 14s. The mate told the steward to give the boy what be claimed, which the steward refused to do. The mate immediately took off his coat and ran towards the steward, but did not strike him. The mate then spoke to his father the captain, who abused the steward, and told him to go on shore directly, at the same awe threatening to split his head °pelf with a broad axe if he did not obey orders. The steward not having exhibited much alacrity in leaving the vessel, the captain took up a royal studding sail yard, and endeavoured to poke the steward with it, and aimed several blows at him. The steward being an active fellow evaded the blows for some time. The captain, however, at last punched him with the studditigsail-yard on the thigh and hurt him very much. The captain made many blows and thrusts at the steward's head. The steward, who was in the galley, or cook-house, upon deck, had no chance of escape except lie came out and exposed himself to the fury of the captain, who repeatedly exclaimed, "Come out of that, or I will try to murder you." The steward then made his escape from the galley, and ran towards the gangway as hard as he was able. The captain, however, caught him, and taking a mug from him tried to strike him with it. The mug fell upon the steward's hand, and was broken to pieces. The steward then left the ship, and as he was doing so the captain said, " If I rze you on board my ship again I'll split your head open." Mr. Selfe granted a warrant for the apprehension of Capt. Lewis. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Birmingham Journal of Saturday.) BIRMINGHAM, Friday.—The trade of the town has at length begun to exhibit some symptoms of improvement. Within the last few days we have reports to this effect from nearly all parts of the country, and although the factors' orders still continue light they are undoubtedly better, whilst the adviccs to hand are of a more encouraging cha racter as to the future. Stocks of goods are everywhere so low that the country shopkeepers are compelled to keep ordering goods, if it be in ever such small quantities; and as the long-existent disturbance in monetary and trading circles wears off, the beneficial influences of a reaction will gradually become more visible. It is not anticipated that the general trade of the country will thoroughly recover dais year; but there are circumstances which make it not unreasonable to assume that a hi:111(r progress townrd-; the restoration of mercantile prospects will be made in the course of the autumn. One of the most favourable circumstances recently noticed in connection with the country trade is the more satisfac tory manner in which accounts have been liquidated. For many months this year the number of returned bills was unusally great ; the factors experienced the utmost difficulty in getting in accounts; and the travellers left large amounts on their journeys, which it was impossible to get in. So long as this scarcity of money continued the shopkeepers would not increase their liabilities by further orders, and the saute indisposition to contract fresh en gagements appears to have been general—hence the stagna tion which has so long prevailed. With the return of confidence in commercial circles this feeling will subside, and no more healthy indication as to the future could be manifested than that more prompt liquidation of indebted ness which has lately been exhibited. The orders given out in the course of the week have been sufficient to impart increased activity in some of those branches in which the languor has been most felt; and although there are still instances in which the depression continues, the opinion appears to be general that a re action has taken place. The reports from the metal rollers are more favourable, and the demand for metal itself is brisker. These and other circumstances, all more or less satisfactory, are pretty good indications that there is more life in trade just now than there has been for two or three months at least, and as soon as the harvest is over it is most probable that we shall experience increased activity. At the present time orders from the agrictltural districts are inconsiderable, in consequence of the markets being but thinly attended. In some of the fancy trades there is more business doing, and in the plating trades more animation prevails; in gas fittings and in some departments of the bra,'sfoundry trade business continues slack ; the metallic bedstead makers con tinue busy, the bulk of the orders bei ng f or t h e foreign markets. In reference to other branches no change has taken place to call for a remark; upon the whole the work: people at some of the principal manufactories have been making more time this week, and we have reason to believe that the out-workers are more fully employ e d th an th e y were two or three weeks ago. In the foreign trade there is also a slight improvement; buyers for the American and other foreign markets have been in the town this week—their purchases have not been large, but they have contributed to that impetus to trade which has been experienced. In the East India trade there is very little stirring. The delivery of the letters by this mail was expected this afternoon. An order for about 1,000 tons of Dutch coinage is expected to be given out shortly; deliveries to extend over twelve months. The accounts as to the state of trade In the district are not satisfactory ; but on the whole things are a shade better. Its the iron trade there has been more doing since the fall of 10s. per ton became general, and at the 131comfield and Gold's-hill works they are pretty well off for orders, but in the present state of the trade it is quite impossible to quote prices with any degree of accuracy ; as matters have turned out, however, it seems to be pretty certain that it would have been better for the trade had a reduction of L 1 per ton been declared at quarter-day. Consumers arc now buying more freely, but more cautiously, in the belief that the other 10s. will yet come off. In Wales the trade is more active than it is in Staffordshire, and the price of Scotch iron has advanced. The great sale at the London Works, Smethwick, of the effects of the late firm of Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co., commenced on Monday. The building is not sold, the highest price offered not being up to the reserve ; one or twe parties are, however, in treaty for a private purchase. The sale of the machinery and tools attracted a large com pany, and, as is invariably the case when really good ma chinery is offered for sale, high prices were realised. The sale has not yet concluded, neither has the exact amount of proceeds been ascertained. The metal market has bean in an inanimate state for a month past, and although it is reported that business has now somewhat revived, buyers do not evince a dispositieu to purchase, except for present wants. With respect to iron, Scotch pip,' has rallied a little under the influence of specu lation and increased exports, and a rise of ls. to Is. Gd. per ton has been established. A little more inquiry has also sprung up for Swedish iron. As regards copper, a fall in English having been generally anticipated, fine foreign receded to £104105., and slab to £o'2 per ton, at which prices a moderate demand' was exhibited, and holders were enabled to advance their quotations. A good quantity of both descriptions has been cleared off the market, and most of the commodity held is for higher prices. Orders for both raw and manufactured English are more freely given out, and the market has assumed a firmer tone. The inquiry for English tin continues steady; immediately after the Dutch sale, on the Gth ult., a large business was done in English common and refined, consumers and exporters hav ing waited until then, in order to see what course the article would take. Banca has been sold in Holland at 69f1. and 69!,f1., and a small quantity fetched 7011., being an advance of 111. to 211. on the sale average; at the same time the quotations were 118 s. to 119 s. This rise has not been sup ported, athices received a few days ago from Holland giving the quotations at 67f1. to 670., equal to about 115 s. to 115 s. 6d., in warehouse here. The demand for Banca and Straits is trifling. The following shows the position of Banca in Holland : 1858. 1857. Old stock on 30th June (slab) Quantity sold at public sale in J uly 190,842 190,559 213,387 197,509 Delivered in July Stock on warrants, 31st of July 166,437 157,944 Do. with the Trading Company for net sale 16,934 5,859 For tin-plates the demand it inconsiderable, but the price is unchanged. The principal transactions in spelter last month were for export, £24 in warehouse being paid. Consumers are only purchasing sparingly, and at present quotations there is said to be little disposition to operate. The imports to London from the Ist of January to the 31st of July amounted to 7,020 tons, against 3,422 tons in the same period of 1857 ; to Liverpool 973 tons, against 831 tons ; and to Hull, 2,785 tons, against 1,602 tens in the cor responding months of last year. (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) MANCHESTER, Friday.—There has been a steady busi ness doing since Tuesday at firm, and in many cases im proving prices, both for cloth and yarn. Producers are generally well engaged, and refuse to make any concessions upon prices last obtained. A more sanguine feeling exists as to our future prospects, founded upon the favourable prospects of a bountiful harvest and gradual recovery of distant markets from recent difficulties and depression. The difficulties of a well-known and highly-respectable house, which are no secret to anybody, have been the subject of conversation on 'Change. Nothing definite is yet known, but it is generally expected and rumoured they will be sur mounted shortly. We have heerd an intimation to this effect, but cannot vouch for its correctness. (From the Leeds Intelligencer of Saturday.) The improvement noticed in our last still holds. A good many buyers have been moving about, and have made tolerable purchases, while at the same time country orders have been received more freely, thus showing a genuine im provement in the demand. The Hall markets do Not show so much activity as the warehouses, but manufacturers have considerable orders on hand for immediate delivery, and are well employed in consequence. Generally speaking, fancy goods meet with a good sale, but hair mixtures as sealskins, deerskins, and the like, seem to have been quite overdone, and only find purchasers at a low figure. At the wool sales prices are gradually creeping up, and for good marks the competition is keen at the advance, and as stocks in the staplers' hands are only moderate, and this is the bulk of the year's supply, present quotations are likely to be fully sustained to the close. BIRTHS. BAIRD.—On the 12th inst., at 8, Forres-street, Edinburgh, the wife of T. C. Baird, Esq. (late Capt. 39th Regt.), of a sot. DOUGLAS.—On the 13th inst., at Cranborne Lodge, Dorset, the lady of William Douglas, Esq., of a son. GRANT.—On the 12th inst., at Oakfield House, Hornsey, Middlesex, the wife of Alexander Grant, Esq., of a son. GUILDING.--01 the 13th inst., at Burton-on-Trent, Mrsal. Wingfield Guilding, of a son. HARFER.—On the 13th inst., at Reigate, the wife of Z. Norton Harper, Esq., of a son. HeATif.—On the 13th inst., at Thurlow-park Villas, Lower Norwood, the wife of H. H. Heath, Esq., of a daughter. HVGIIES.—On the 12th inst., the wife of Mr. W. W. Hughes, of York-place, Clifton, of a son. RAWSON.—On the 12th inst., at Bromlcy-common, Kent, the wife of the Rim A. Rawson, of a daughter. WILDASII.—On the 10th inst., at Hythe, Kent, the wife of 11. C. Wildash, Esq., M.D., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. EATES—BAKER.—On the 12th inst., at the Parish Church of israx ham Royal, Bucks, by the Rev. F. S. Marshall, Rector, assisted by the Rev. E. Batas, of Wold Newton, Lincolnshire, Felix Batts, Esq., of Claretta Lodge, Woolston, Southampton, to Marth% Baker, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Baker, Esq., 01 Calcutta. DUCIIESNE—GULLICK.--On the 11th inst., at the Church of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, by the Rev. John Lakes, Incumbent of St. James's, in the arid Island, Robert Duchesne, Esq., M.R.C.S., of 16, Mount-place, London Hospital, to Eliza Maria, daughter of J. Gullick, Esq., of New Ground-terrace, Guernsey. GEORGE —IIAYDON.—On the 12th inst., at St. Nicholas Church, Guildford, by the Rev. W. Ilaydon, Curate of Langley, brother of the bride, :misted by the Rev. T. G. Hatchard, Rector of St. Nicholas, the Rev. P. E. George, Rector of Comte Hay, eldest son of Philip George, Esq., of Bath, to Mary, youngest daughter of I'. Haydon, Esq., of Guildford. GUI LDING—TUCKEII.—On the let Wt., at St. George's, Beinuda, by the Rev. M. K. Frith, the Rev. J. Melville Guilding, Government Chaplain, Bermuda, to Emma Louisa, only daughter of the Rev, R. T. Tucker, Ecclesiastical Commissali and Rector cf St. George. HENDERSON—COATES.— On the 12th inst., at St. Mary's, Paddington, by the Rev. J. W. Buckley, Incumbent, assisted by the Rev. Thos. Nightingale, the Rev. henry Glr.xs Henderson, only son of tho late Henry Henderson, Esq., of Calcutta, to Emma Ge r t ru d e, t h e second daughter of Edmund Coates, Esq., of Park-place Villas Paddington. lIENDRIE—LANCE.—On the 12th inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell by the Rev. Daniel Moore. Robt. James Hendrie, Esq., of Leyton Essex, to Charlotte, elder daughter of Williem Lance, Esq., of Peckham. LEGIT—GRANT.—On the 12th inst., at Bradford Abbas, Dorset, by the Rev. E. P. Grant, brother of the bride, assisted by th e Rev.' W. J M. Ellison, John P. Legh, Esq., of Norbury Booths Hall, Cheshire eldest son of the late Rev. E. Dawson Legh, to Jane Emily, second daughter of the Rev. R. Grant, Vicar of Bradford Abbas. MAILTIUS—LEVITY.—On the 10th inst., at St. Luke's Church, Chee tham-hill, Manchester, by the Rev. E. R. Brooke, Mr. Henric E Martins, of 7, Hanover-street, Hanover-square, London, to Emma youngest daughter of W. Levitt, Esq. WAISII—OLDLAN D.—On the oth inst., at St. Margaret's, Westmin ster, Mr. James Walsh, of Elam, near Canterbury, to Mary, third daughter of the late Mr. W. Oldland, of Kingshill, Berkeley, Glou cestershire. DEATHS. BELL.—On the 22d May, on board the Royal Mail steamer Emu, on her passage to Australia, Susanna Elizabeth Hester, the wife of Edward Rell, Esq. BL....XLAND,—On the 12th inst., at 26, Osborne-terrace, Kennington, in the twenty-seventh year of her age, Fanny, the fourth daughter of Edward Maxland., Esq., formerly of Preston next . _ Feversham. BOTIIWAY—On the 12th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Bothway, the wife of Mr. J. Bothway, R.N., at his cottage, 12, Bowers, Maidstone. BOTTEN.—On the 12th inst., at 22, Clarendon-gardens, Maids-hill, Adelaide Caroline, wife of Charles Botten, jun., Esq. BROWN.—On the 11th inst., at the residence of her son-in-law, G. W. Sheppard, Esq., Fromsfield !Louse, near Frome, Mary, daughter of the late Rev. Samuel Sneade, of Ludlow, and widow of the late Joseph Thomas Brown, Esq., of Winifred House, Bath, aged seventy-eight, CA T.T.ON.—On the 13th inst., at Bideford, William Callon, Esq., aged sixty-seven. COPE.—On the 12th inst., at Old Trafford, Monchester, Mr. C. G. Cope, aged eighty-two. Dc MALET.---00 the 10th inst., at Bordeaux, Eleanor Frances, wife of Count Victor De 3lalet, and daughter of Richard Snort, Esq., of Charlotte-street, Brighton. DE MEDEIROS.-011 the 7th inst., at Oporto, John Carvalho be Medeiros, Esq., in the fluty-ninth year of his age. DuNnAs.--On the Bth inst., at Inveresk, Edinburgh, Major-General William Bolden Dunda.Q, C. 8., Royal Artillery. ELtisoN.—On the 12th bast., at Iluutspill Rectory, the Rev. Noel T. ofll u Inytsp ells,i 11 a , n ß d u r f a o l rin D e e r a l n y , 1 1 , t e e l e l o t o vi r o ft f n ZT e t u t t l o e and ltA r" r it e b e c c n t ° a r o y f of Balliol College, Oxford. —•- - - - G RIPFITII.—On diatith inst., at Ealing, Elizabeth Griffith, younger surviving daughter of the late Rev, Meredith. Griffith, formerly of Rochester, Kent, aged forty-Ax, IvEss.—On tho sth inst., a.t Lutterworth, Alfred Johnson Ivens, second son of Mr. Thomas Ivens, in his twenty-eighth year. Lr.wis.—On the 12th inst., at her residence, Westfield-grange, IVesterham, in the eighty-first year of her age, Dorothy Frances, widow of the late John Wenhain Lewis, Esq. AIARLEY.—On the 12th inst., at Eowdeh, near Manchester, Wm. 8. Marley, eldest son of the late Gabriel Marley, Esq., aged thirty three. Minis.—On the 19th June, killed in action before Gwallor, Cornet William Mills, of the Ist Begt. Bombay Lancers, aged twenty years and au months, second sou of Edwd. B. Mills, Esq., Weston Lodge, 3fannansead Villas, Townsend-hill, Plymouth. PRATT.—On the 4th inst., Ann, the \life of George Pratt, Esq., of Fort Pitt, Chatham. SARGYIiT.—On the 25th ult., at Malta, Rose, the wife of Major Sargent, ad Itegt., aged twenty-sir. SEARGEANT.—On the 12th inst., Mary, the wife of John Seargeant, Esq., of Middle-hill Box, Wilts. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, August 16, 18,55.