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TIIE ARMY. Yesterday the reinforcements that have been for some time under orders at Chatham to embark for Kurrachee were inspected at Chatham barracks by the Colonel Com mandant of the garrison. They comprised draughts for the 61st, 70th, 81st, and 94th Regiments, the service companies of which are neiw stationed in the Bengal Presidency. The reinforcements consist almost exclusively of young soldiers. They ate, however, a fine body of troops, and during th, time they have been at Chatham they have made consider able progress in their drill and in the use of the Eofielo rifle, with which weapon each man is provided. The rein forcements are under orders to proceed from Chatham to Gravesend this morning. Rein6)reements for the 7th Dragoon Guards and the 98th Regiment, from Canterbury, and the 27th Enniskiilens and 87th (Royal Irish) Fusiliers, from Buttevaat, also embark at Gravesend for Kurrachee at the same time. The following troops belonging to the East India Com pariy's service have received orders to move from the Com pany's depot at Wariev and embark a t G ravesend for India —viz., 300 men in the Jelewar, Captain T. 11. 11.-ellfor, fortaleutta • 130 men in the Glorian a, Captain 11. T oyobee, for' Madras ; and 150 men in the Vernon, Captain 11. H. Coasitt, for Bombay. Nesterday orders were received at the invalid establish ment, St. Mary's, Chatharn , for the discharge of nearly 100 sick and wounded troops belonging to various cavalry and infantry regiments serving i n India, who have recently been Invalided home from that country. Two of the Europea n and American Company's screw steamers have been re-chartered by the East India Company for the conveyance of troops to Calcutta. Th , LadvJocelyn is to take out 740 me n and 39 officers of tie 39.11 Regiment, and the Calcutta 790 i men and 40 officers of the 69th. The troops will embark n a few days. Brevet-Major Franklin, C. 8., and Capt. Brent, com manding the A and B batteries of Royal Artillery at Wool wich, yesterday took charge of a couple of 18-pounder complete batteries from the Royal Arsenal, fur conveyance to Aldcrahott. MILITIA. The Herefordshire Militia will assemble at Hereford for 21 days' training, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Rushout, M.P., on the 21st of September. The Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Kent (Viscount Sydney) has ordered the assembling for 21 days' training and exercise of the West Kent Regiment of Light Infantry Militia, under Col. Sir T. Wilson, at Maidstone ; and the Artillery Regiment, under Lieut.-Col. Cator, at Dover, both on Wednesday, the 13th of September. THE NAVY. The Channel fleet, under Admiral Sir C. Fremantle, con sisting of the Orion, Renown, Caesar, Brunswick, Diadem, and the Pigmy gunboat, arrived last evening, at Plymouth, from Tot bay. The Victor Emmanuel, 91, screw, Captain James Willcox, swung for the adjustment of her compasses at Spithead yesterday. The Dee, 4, steamvessel, Master Commander Thomas Pullen, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday fir Woolwich. The Russian Commodore Popoff visited the Victor Em manuel, 91, and the Euryalus, 51, screws, at Spithead, yesterday forenoon. The Russian corvette Boyar', Captain Istomine (16 guns, 8-inch), arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, from Cronstadt, and joined the rest of the Russian squadron at epithead. In the harbour at Portland are her Majesty's screw teamship Blenheim, the Growler, 2, gunboat, Lieut.-Com mander Crozier, and the Quail, 2, gunboat, Lieut.-Comman der oAorn ; the two latter arrived at Portland on Saturday last, and are bound for the Coast of Africa. The Prince Alfred steamer, in command of Capt. Jarvis, of 1,200 tons' burden, built by the Dumbarton firm of Denny B‘ others, anti carrying engines of 400 horse-power, by Tul lock and Denny, yesterday called at Woolwich dockyard, and took the surveying officers on board, for the purpose of witnessing a trial of her engines under steam. She then proceeded down the river to Greenhithe, where she will ad just compasses, &c., for the continuation of her voyage. She performed the distance from the London Docks in a very satisfactory manner in an hour and a half. The Prince Alfred has a full cargo of goods and passengers, and has been taken up by Government for the conveyance of the regular mails from Sydney to New Zealand. She is ordered to coal at Milford Haven, and it is expected she will be able to stow in sufficient for the voyage without the necessity of rurther stoppage. LECTURES AT THE INNS OF COURT. The following is a prospectus of the lectures to be delivered during the ensuing Michaelmas educational term by the several Readers appointed by the Inns of Court : CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND LEGAL HISTORY. The public lectures on Constitutional Law and Legal History will comprise the following subjects : The Reader will trace the history of our constitutional law and of our j❑risprudence from the reign of James I. to that of George I 1. In his private classes the Reader will take up the history of our constitution from the accession of William 111., and follow it to the reign of George 11. He will then trace its origin from the Norman Conquest. Books to which the Reader will refer in his lectures :—Blackstone's Commen taries, by Kerr, vols. 1 and 4 ; Parliamentary History of the Period ; Hallam's Constitutional History, chapter on the "Middle Ages ;" Appendices in Hume's History; Statute Book (of the period); Clarendon's History and Life ; May's History; Burnet's Memoirs; Hayes's History of Convey ancing (small 8vo.); Lord St. Leonarda' Preface to Gilbert on Uses ; Fortescue (Amos); Rapin's History of the Period; and Tindal's Continuation ; Ralph's History ; Millar's History of the Constitution ; State Trials (during the period) ; Professor Creasy's work on Magna Una• ta; Butter's Notes on Uses and Trusts, in his edition of Coke upon Littleton. EQUITY. The Reader on Equity proposes to deliver during the ensuing educational term a course of six lectures :- 1. On the Sources of English Law. The Origin of the Feudal System and the Judicial Procedure to which it gave rise in Normandy and England. _ _ 2. Ou the Office of Chancellor; its Connexion with the Common Law Courts. The Rise and Principles of the Equitable Jurisdiction. The Custody of the Great Seal. :3. On the Present Constitution of the Court of Chancery. The Principles of Equity Pleadings. The Recent Altera tions in the Procedure of the Court. 4. On the Jurisdiction in Lunacy. The Reader on Equity propotes to form two private classes, a senior and junior, acc3rding to the amount of preliminary knowledge possessed by the students, using in the junior Smith's Manual of Equity Jurisprudence as a text-hook ; and in the senior examining. in the principal branches of Equitable Jurisdiction, with a frequent reference to cases ; and also commencing the perusal of Lord Redesdale's Treatise on Equity Pleadings. _ LAW OF REAL PROPERTY. The Reader on the Law of Real Property proposes to de liver in the ensuing educational term a course of Fix public lectures on the following suojects : The Doctrine of Notice between Vendor and Purchaser. In his private classes the Reader on the Law of Real Pro perty will refer more particularly to the cases cited in the public lecturfs. He will also endeavour to go tbroueh a coune of Real Property Law, using the work of Mr. Joshua Williams as a text-bor,k. JURISPRUDENCE AND TILE CIVIL LAW. The Reader on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law proposes in the ensuing educatiunal term to deliver six public lec tures on the following subjects :- 1. The R.►man and Feudal Conceptions if Property. and the Consequences of the Difference between them. 2. The Roman Law of Contracts and Delicts. 3. The Roman Law of Civil Process. With his senior priva•e class the Reader will proceed through a course of Roman Law, beginning with the Law of Persons. lie will use as his text-book the Systema Juris Romani Ho4ie Usital cf MackPHey, and will commence at the section entitled " Jus Familiare." The Reader will also endeavour to form a junior class, for the purpose of going through one of the Roman Institutional Treatises. The yrivate classes meet at the Leetute-roetn in Gsrden court. COMMON LAW. The Reader on Common Law propo•=es to deliver during the ensuing Michaelmas educational term a course of Fix public lectures, as under : Lectures 1 and 2 will be-designed as Introductory to, and will exhibit the leading principles which govern, the Law 01 Contracts. Lectures 3 and 4 will be introductory to, and will exhibit the leading principles which govern, the Law of Tort?. Lectures 5 and 6 will in like manner be introductory to Criminal Law. lu these public lectures attention will specially be di rected to the leading cases which illustrate the three depart merits of Common Law above iudicated. With his private class the Reader will traverse the ground marked out in his public lectures, explaining minutely tt►e general principles therein stated, and examining the cases which have been cited in support or illustration of them. The Reader will principally use with hisprivate class Smith's Selection of Leading Cases (fourth edition), Warren's Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries, and Broom's Legal Maxims (third edition). By order of the Council, RICHARD BETH-ELL, Chairman. Council-cbamber, Lincoln's-ion, J u l y 23 , 1858. The following are the days and hours for the de livery of the public lectures by the Reader s ap pointed by the Inns of Court, and for the attendan ce of the private elassect during the ensuing Micha e l mas . ) educational term : The Reader on Constitutional Law and Legal History. --Public lecture 3 at Lincoln',-inn-hall, Wednesdays, at 2 p.m. First lecture, November 10. Private lectures, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 11 a.m. First and Saturdays, half-past 9ta half paste ass meets on the 11th of November. Classes meet In the E Be tiut ue hers' Reading-room. The Reader on , Y..V 3 ublie lectures at Lincoln's-inn ball, Thursdays, at 2 p.m. lecture, November 11. Private lectures, Mondays, quarteT.pwt 4 Wednesdays, and Fridays, a qu arter -past 3 and a on the 12th of November. Classes' p m' e rn ei in F i rtshte classß en c m h e e e r a t s ' Reading-room. The Reader on the Law of Rea l Property, l e ctures at Gray's - inn - hall , Fridays, at 2 P. T: Fi rst lecture&c.—Public , November 12. Pri v a te lectures, Mon de Fridays, a quarter to 12 8.01. to a quarter 39 wtoVnixestradaYs, and class meets on the 15 th November. Classes meet in the First North Library. The Reader on Jurisprudence and Civil Law.—rublie lec tures at the Middle Temple-ball, Tuesdays, at 2 p.m. Fi rs , lecture, Nov.l. Private lectures, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Junior class at a quarter to 4 p.m. Senior ela n at a quarter to 5 p.m. First class meets on the 11th Nov. Classes meet at No. 4, Garden-court, Temp le. The Reader on the Common Law.—Public lectures at the Jnner Temple-hall, trondays, at 2 p.m. First lecture, Nov. 8. Private lectures, Tuesdays, Thursdays, an d Fatur days, a quarter to 12 a.m. to a quarter to 2 p.m. First class meets on the 9th of Novembar. Classes meet at the Inner Temple-hall. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—About twe lve months since, Mr. H o l me , 'W oo d s id e , H or sforth, was seized with an illness, by which he was completely prostrated; be was as "weak as water." Six months afterwards an erup tion took place in his leg. He immediately placed himself under the treatment of the most eminent men in Liverpool and Manchester; but, to use his own words, "gradually got worse, and was prevented following any employment during the whole time : " H e removed to Horsforth; a f r iend there induced him to try the effect of Holloway's medicines. He purchased them; followed the instructions, and was cured in a few weeks. He wishes Mr. Hollings, druggist, to make his case known. N.B.—These pills are es eats as they are efficacious. LAW INTELLIGENCE. counT OF PROBATB.—AUG. 31. (Before Sir C. Cresswell.) IN RE JOIIN lIENNET, DECEASED. Dr. Tristram applied to the Court to grant prchate to the last will of the deceased to the executor named therein. Mr. John Bennet sailed in November last from New Orleans fbr Liverpool, but the vessel had never arrived, and under the -opposition that she was lost the underwriters had paid the policy. There was an affidavit of the agent of the ship that tie had heard nothing cf the captain or crew. Sir C. Cresswell said the vessel might have been lost near New Orleans. The agent was at Liverpool. It appeared that no inquiries had been made in America. The fact of the underwriters having paid as for a total loss of the ship was no proof that the crew were dead. He could not with pro priety grant this motion without some further affidavit as to inquiries made at New Oilcans into the fate of the crew. COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES.—Ato. 31. (Before Sir C. Cresswell.) DECK T. DECK. Mr. C. W. Wood applied to the Court on behalf of Mrs. Deck, the petitioner, that she might be at liberty to prove her ca , c by means of affidavits. It was a suit for a dissolu tion of the marriage under the following circumstances : After the marriage of the parties they lived toge ther until the month of March, 1848, when the husband, having committed adultery, a deed of separa tion was drawn up, and the husband then went to America,where, i° 1 653, be married the daughter of a clergy man at New Yor' whom he had a son. In 'March, 1854, the second aving heard that he had been pre viously married in Eng.and, instituted proceedings in the United States' Courts, which ended in the marriage being annulled. In June last a citation was personally served upon Mr. Deck in the present suit, but no appearance had been entered. The learned counsel submitted that the fact of the second marriage would be the whole of the evidence necessary in the case, and that it would be a great saving of expense to his client to have the matter heard upon affidavits. Sir C. Cresswell said he could not consent to a suit for a dissolution of marriage being determined upon affidavits, and therefore there must be oral evidence. He might observe that when the case came on for hearing it might be pleaded that the husband became domiciled in America, and that would certainly raise a rather curious question as to the jurisdiction of the Court. M`KECIINIE V. M‘YECIINIE AND MENZIES. This was an application to dispense with personal service of the citation on the co-respondent, upon the ground that the petitioner was unable to discover his place of residence. An affidavit had been made in support of the motion. The Court said it appeared from the affidavit in the case that the mother of the co-respondent knew where her son was, for he had written to her, telling her not to let any one knew his address. The citation might therefore be served by leaving a copy at the mother's house, and the Court would consider that good substituted service. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-AUG. 31. Mr. Commissioner Phillips on Monday heard a number of motions, and en its rising, the Court adjourned to the 13th Sept., when the hearing of cases will be resumed. MAKING A PROPOSAL-IN RE JOHN R. HAWLINS. This was a rule to enforce a proposal of £3O a-year. Mr. Reed appeared for the assignee, and Mr. Dowse for the insolvent. The case was heard under the Protection Act. The in solvent alleged that he withdrew his proposal, but it had not been taken off the proceedings. Mr. Commissioner Phillips refused to enforce the proposal, as a final order had been granted. Creditors should take care that when proposals were made only adjournments were ordered. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, AUG. 31. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury.) GIBES AND ANOTHER V. THE TRUSTEES OF THE LIVER- POOL DOCKS. Mr. James Wilde, Q.C., Mr. Cleasby, and Mr. Lushing ton appeared for the plaintiffs; Mr. Edward James, Q.C., Mr. Forsyth, Q.C., and Mr. Quilt' for the defendants. The declaration stated that the plaintiff's were the owners of a cargo of guano on board of a certain ship, that defen dants were proprietors of the Wellington-docks, and that they did not take due and reasonable care in cleansing it, whereby the ship struck against and became imbedded on a large bank of mud, and the property of the plaintiffs became damaged. Mr. J. Wilde, in opening the plaintiffs' case, said the action was brought by Messrs. Gibbs, who were owners of a very valuable cargo on board the ship Sierra Nevada, and Bross out of a very serious aceittent which occurred to her upon the occasion of her being taken into the Welliugton-dock upon the night of the 14th of April, 1835. The vessel was a large ship, and was built at Ports aaouth, New Hampshire, in May, 1834. She sailed thence on her first voyage to the Chinchas Islands, where ske took in a caro of guano, mount :Low or 0,000 tons ; men went back to New Hampshire, and thence to Liverpool, arriving in the Mersey on the 12th of April, 1855. She lay outside the dock for some short time, and upon inquiry being made as to what water she drew, it was suggested that it would be best to lighten her, as sbe drew somewhere about 23 or 24 feet, by taking out some 200 tons of guano, which was accordingly done by means of lighters. The spring tides being upon the 16th of April she was ordered by the har bourmaster to come i❑ upon the high tide that night. She was accordingly ready, and lay outside for about an hour before she was ordered to come in. She was then towed by a steamer to the gate and was warped in. SLe was going through the gut when, without any apparent cause what ever, she suddenly stopped. There was every effort made to force her in or to force her back, but without success. She had come in just at the turn after high water, and the tide was rapidly falling. As the tide receded her keel came upon the dock sill; she then rolled over on her side, and it was impossible to remove her. There she lay for 12 or 13 days, and, in technical language, she broke her back, the ship suffering damage to the extent of some £lO,OOO or 112,000, together with the cargo, which also received seri ous damage from the water coming in. The following day after she struck an inspection was made, and it iyas as2er tained that there was in front of the vessel a considerable hank of mud—ti at she went into the mud and that it stopped her. The monthly reports furnished by the dockmaster showed that during the months of March, April, and May, there was mud in the dock, which had increased up to two feet. - - - Mr. Pearce Wentworth Penhallow deposed that he was master and part owner of the ship Sierra Nevada. She was an American ship, and was launched in May, 1854. Her carrying burden was about 2,500 or 2,600 toes. Saw the building of the vessel going on, and looked to it all the time. It was built at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was well and strongly built. She was built with a perfectly straight keel. Her first voyage was to the Chinches Island, where she took in a cargo of guano, and went back for orders. She pro ceeded to Liverpool. She behaved well during the voyage. There was not the least straining, there was no settling amid ship, she made no more water at the end than at the com mencement of the voyage, and very little at any time. The model produced was a very c)rrect one. The mode of fas tening employed in her was very strong • she arrived in the Mersey on the 12th of April, 18.55. Applied to the harbour, tna.ter's office about the docl , ing of the ship. She drew, with her full carga, 24 ft. 2 in., when she came into the Met Rey ; she diseharged 300 tons on coming into the river ; she was ready fir docking on the 16th April ; she them drew 22 ft. 10 io. Reeeiled from the dock-master a direction to have the vessel brought up in good time; Was waiting about an hour before the vessel wds let in at the Wellington half tide basin, into which the harbour-master ordered her to be taken. Witness was on the quay all the time, and saw all that took place; a steam-tug brought her to the dock wall, and afterwards assisted her into the outer basin ; the steam tug left jest as the ship's head was pointed to the gates in the usual way. It was the west gate. The line from forward to the buoy was taken to the capstan, and she was warped in. The dockrnaster gave the directions. She went straight is till about the middle of the gateway. ller forefoot entered well into the dock, when the bow sheered to starboard, and the ship stopped all at once. When she sheered her bow was brought against the pier. The stern, which was to port, twang to starboard. The order was given, " heave away again, the stern is all free." Besides the bow line another was taken from the port quarter to the capstan. The ship did not go ahead any more, but her stern was swung again towards the port side. See did not move forward frem the time she first stopped ; that is, not perceptibly ; the lice from the port side was broken, and she swang again at the stern ; the bow did not move; a lantern was lowered over the bow, and a boatman sent to examine the draught of the ship ; be reported it 22 ft. 9 in., and that the marks on the side showed 23 ft. 9 In. of water ; they again attempted to heave theship ahead, butwithout success. The tide then must have been ebbing. Mr. ll , dgmn, the harbour master, advised her being shored in the lock. As the tide fell she listed to port, and her rail and main channel were broken against the stonework. During the night, after the tide had fallen, the ship began to break, the keel having taken the sill. She broke between the main and mizeninasts. It was after wards ascertained that the heel of the mainmast was just over or inside the dock sill; the next high tide the ship filled with water. It was about 15 days before they got her away from this position into the graving dock, where it was no'iced on what part she was broken. There was a large mark on her port side about three feet high, and about 20 or 30 feet long. Cross-exaMined by Mr. Edward J 225 feet long. He was not a shipbuilder vessel was r ltitnself. Ile had no difficulty with regard to setting u coming to England. It was only once L his tlt daring the w g whole voyage, and that was when the ship was being loaded at the Chinches Islands. It was admitted by the witness that the rigging was set up several times during the voyage from the Chinches. They had dunnage for the purpose of unloading, hut not a regular platform. He did not say it e was the iasufficieney of the water on the dock sill that any cause. the accident. Ile had no recollection of a ,, signing a correc a t a i se ou . . settl e on li h e is sp fo o r ke to one of the gatemen to the effect that the mud was the cause of the accident. He made this s'ttled down on the 18 1ne' IfitelY. it own i m m er statement. i The bows of the vessel did not d Re-examined.— was probable they had o f the ship. The seGttairerghett.ttpwoaf" something to do With the emp loyed ti for the setting up ,e,nansdtiateiar ef er t r h i e gg y i e n s g sel. [night li e h w a a ye s rigging voyage.positiie the It once during the l a t ta u v p e it set up tfflo or three times. It was not possible sagged without making more water thant a vessel could have make m"re water than usual. She was a usual. She did not she had sagged six inches she must have leaked ve r y ship. If v The cargo was in goo d c o n d i tio n up to the time o f badly. the acci dent. The platform did not strengthen the shi p, It kept the cargo further @LI the wa , er arising from leakage. H e gave a carpenter directions to ascertain the quantity of mud and the measurement of the bank at the first opportunity, and to take a person along with him. This was about the second day after the accident. The carpenter reported to him on the next day. lie saw the carpenter take the measurements. Various other witnesses were called to the flame effect. Among others Mr. Green, a abipbaildcr 'lad famerlysgrveyor to goyd' 0 THE StJA, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1858. and the Board of Trade, who proved that he examined the vessel in the eraving dock, and found that she had broken her hack abaft the mainmast. She was a very strong ship, and, indeed, he had never seen one with so strong a kelson. She could not have sagged, for a vessel of her construction would rather have hogged. A long ship would nut have a greater tendency to sag than a short one. Mr. Edward James, upon the part of the defendants, said this case was one of very great importance to the port of Liverpool. They were not simply inquiring whether the plain tiffs had damage done to their vessel and the guano that was i❑ it, but their verdict would have a considerable bearing o❑ the shipping interest of the port as to vessels being allowed to go into the docks. Because, if the harbour-masters were 'o be told that there was danger in docking a ship when there were only 14 inches of water under the keel, it might he that they would not und-et ike to dock a vessel that entered when the depth of water between the dock sill and the ship's keel was only six or eight inches. The question was whether the vessel should lie i❑ the river until some state of the tide which should render it undoub•edly and perfectly secure to enter the dock. Now, the point lay in a very narrow compass, and it was a very cear aed simple question indeed—was there or was there not upon the 16th of April, 1853, when the vessel was attempted to be docked, a hank of mud upon which that vessel was propelled '? If there were no such bank there, then unquestionably the de fendants were not responsible. The question was whether, on the 161 h of April, 1855, a mud hank of such a nature as to be likely to touch the vessel, and when she was likely to ground, was there, and that with the knowledge of the clock trustees. lie would not dispute there was mud there, and that the vessel settled clown in the mud, because when the vessel struck on the sill her head and stem went down, and her head, of course, settled in the mud at the bottom of the dock, and upon the point of the marks of mud upen her bow when she entered the graving dock he and his learned friend agreed. On the night in questio❑ they were agreed as to what was the height of the tide upon the dock sill. The vessel, which had been lying in the river, was brought round to the south entrance, with her head to the tide, and as she went round by the direction of Mr. Corley, the dock-master, she rested upon the pier for some little time. He asked them to consider that, and for this reason, because it showed that the tide was flowing, and the vessel continued there for some ten minutes. They then got her round, and the steam-tug got her under way, towed her till she got to entrance, and then left her. The Sierra Nevada bad way upon her, and she went on right through the centre of the lock until several d( ck-gatemen and three of the dock-masters heard a grating sound. That sound was caused by the vessel, according to the evidence for the defence, striking or grating upon the dock sill, which want' stone. With that grating noise she came to a stand ; there was no longer way upon her, and the dock-master then considered what was the matter. Ropes were got out from the port and starboard quarters, and the vessel got right into the centre of the lock. There was likewise a spring rope out, and as the men aboardship were heaving away upon her quarter the port rope broke. If at that time the vessel had been stuck in the mud in the svaydeseribed by the plaintiffs' witnesses, of course she would have hung by the bow. If the bow held, it was obvious the ves sel could not have stuck there, but must have grounded on the sill. When the rope broke, the vessel clewed round with her head to the eastward, according to Corley, the deck-master, several of the dock-gatemen, and two other dock-masters of adjoining docks, who, when they found that the disaster had occurred, went up and saw the bow of the vessel round to the eastward. Witnesses were in court who had seen the bow move four times after the vessel struck, and that was ample proof that the bow was not stuck in the mud. The movement of the bow was three and a half feet on either side, describing an arc of seven feet, and it was plain, there fore, that unless the ship rested with her centre on the sill she must have been got out of the lock by towing her astern. A large body of witnesses were called iu support of the de fendants' case, including the dock-masters and gatemen at tached to the docks, and various shipbuilders, who insisted that the vessel had " sagged" on entering the docks in con sequence of her heavy cargo midships. It was also proved that the mud which had been deposed to was on the south or west side of the dock, and not in the entrance to the desk. Mr. Baron Martin, having carefully summed up the whole case, reading over the whole of the evidence, The jury retired, and, after an absence of an hour, re turned the following verdict :—" We find the evidence very conflicting and unsatisfactory on both sides, but, as the proof of ' sagging' has failed, we find for the plaintiffs." The trial commenced on Saturday afternoon and termi nated this morning. and wearing apparel, which was of the value of about L•. 2 1:".1s. She also gave her Gs. for the previous week's washing. The next day the person who came from Mrs. Poole occasionally called for the linen. Inspector Cummings said that there were several other charges against the prisoner. Mr. Paynter observed that there was no necessity to take any further charges, and lie asked if the pr:soner was known. _ . _ Inspector Cummings stated that she had been carrying on similar depredations f. r years past in all parts of the town, and had obtained a deal of money. The City as well as the Metropolitan police bad a description of her, and had been for some time in search of her. Mr. Punter—lt is a pity that her place of abode cannot be found out. Bellehamber remarked that she had given a false address. Dennis, the gaoler, stated that he was told by a City officer that he believed her last place of abode was in Whi , cchapel. The prisoner was committed for trial. SMASHING A VALUABLE PANE OF PLATE GLASS AT A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S. —J. 111 1 Sweeney, aged 15, and Hannah .31‘.S'weeney, aged 20, were charged with breaking a pane of plate glass, of the value of £3, the pro perty of Mr. Paul Pusey, licensed victualler, of the George and Dragon, Queen's-road, Chelsea, and the latter was charged with endeavouring to effect his re_cue while in the custody of the police. It appeared from the evidence that the previous evening the prisoner called, when the lad asked for some tobacco. Mr. Pusey refused to serve him, seeing he was so intoxicated. He put him (prisoner) out of the house, as he would not go. When in the street he broke the glass, upon which be was given into custody. Pwliceman Newman, B 153, said that en his way to the station-house with the male prisoner his sister attempted to rescue him. In the attempt she was assisted by a man and some other persons. Their brother also struck him repeatedly and kicked him. They both fell several times. They (pri soners) were both eventually taken to the station-house. Mr. Paynter—How came he in the state he is?—(The male prisoner's smock-frock was saturated with blood, and he had a thick bandage round his head.) Constable—When he was pulled away by some of his com panions he fell, and the back of his head came in contact with a nail. Inspector Prior said that it was a very bad wound, and bled profusely. He was obliged to be taken to the hospital. Mr. Paynter (to the male prisoner)—Where had you been to get so drunk Prisoner—l was at my mother's. The mother came forward, when the magistrate told her that she ought to be ashamed of herself. The male prisoner was fined £3 for the glass, or in default one month's imprisonment, and his sister was fined 205., or fourteen days. She said, upon hearing the penalty, "Then I will go for fourteen days." ➢I;ARYLEBON'E.—THE SANITART ACT—PARISH PROSECUTION. — James Buller, 5, Adams-row, Hamp stead-road, was charged on a summons which had been obtained against him at the instance of the parish autho rities of St. Pancras, under the Sanitary Act, with having unlawfully used and prepared for sale fish in such a state as to be unfit for human food. _ _ _ Mr. G. W. F. Cook, vestry clerk of the parish attended for the prosecution ; and Mr. Keene for the defendant. Mr. Curtis, a sanitary inspector of the parish (examined by Mr. Cook), stated that on the 25th August he went to defendant's premises and there saw some fish being fried, others were already prepared for cooking, and some more were lying upon dishes, all of them ready for frying as soon as these which were in the pan were done. The whole of them were in a stinking and nearly putrid state. By Mr. Keene—l don't know tha'i defendant buys bad fish. I can't tell whether the fish I saw might have been fresh in the morning, although they were bad in the even ing. He told the he didn't intend to sell it. In reply to Mr. Cook, Curtis said that he took the fish which he brought away to a medical gentleman. Mr. Foster, 4, Adam's-row, said that he lived next door to defendant, and that the smell of his fish was at times intolerable. Dr. Buchanan said that the fish brought to him by Curtis stank very much, and he considered it would be highly in jurious to any one partaking of it. Mr. Cook reminded the magistrate that defendant had upon a former occasion been fined for a like offence, and that he then promised not to offend again. Mr. Keene's answer to the charge was, that when defen dant purchased the fish in the morning they were per fectly good. The close packing might have caused them to become otherwise in the course of the day. Mr. Long, considering the offence to be one of a very serious nature, convicted defendant in a penalty of 15. He had rendered himself amenable to double that amount. He was allowed, upon application, 14 days for payment. WORSHIP-STREET.—VIOLENT DRUNKARDS.— Yesterday two persons of decent appearance, named Wil liam Taylor and George Needham, were brought before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with having, while drunk, created a great disturbance and committed several assaults. Policeman Cogar, 88 11, stated that between twelve and one that morning Taylor was drunk and making a great noise in the Hackney-road, and as he could not be pre vailed on to go away, he was of necessity taken into custody ; but he then struggled violently, threw himself down, after striking witness, and kicked him twice at the side of the head, and in the result both he and Needham were taken to the station-house. _ . Inspector Constable, who was on duty at the station-house at the time, said that Taylor behaved like a madman when brought in, making a terrible disturbance. When locked up, he knocked so violently at the wicket of the door as to break it open, and then attacked the inspector himself, striking him several blows and giving him a black eye. The other defendant, Needham, was quiet in the station-house. Chapman, 80 11, who took Taylor into the cell, said that after having broken open the wicket and assaulted the inspec tor, he threw himself down on his back, kicking about him in the most violent manner, and kicked witness twice on the forehead, which was much swollen. A constable of the N division, on the opposite side of the Hackney-road, said that a mob being assembled he went to the spot, and found Taylor on the ground in charge of the other constables, but Needham dared the witness to inter fere, telling him that it should be worse for him if he did. Mr. D'Eyncourt ordered Needham to pay V, or be im prisoned 21 days; but sentenced Taylor, without the option of a pecuniary penalty, to imprisonment for his assaults upon the officers, seven days fur the first, and one month for each of the other two assaults. In the case of Wm. Shaw, a constable of the City force, who was charged with furious driving and rssault in the Lea-bridge-road on Sunday evening, the magistrate did not convict him of the offence of furious driving, but required him to pay for the mischief he had occasioned, to the amount of 255. SOUTH WARK.—WHOLE , ALE UTTERING OF FICTI TIOUS Cu EQT Es.--LimbergEde,arespectable-lookine man, 52 years of ego. but who appeared much older, whose connec tions are in affluent circumstances, and who formerly car ried on business at Pinner's- hall, City, as a merchant, was brought before Mr. Burcharn for final examination charged with uttering forged or fictitious cheques on the London and Westminster Bank to several tradesmen in various parts of London, from whom he obtained goods to the amount of near £3OO. The court was again crowded by persons who had been defrauded by the prisoner, and a clerk from Mr. Hobler's office defended him. It appeared from the evidence given on a former occasion that a few years ago the prisoner had resided in good cir cumstances at Peckham, and afterwards in Stamferd-street, where he was supplied with goods which he paid for on de livery. On Saturday, the 14th of August last, the prisoner called on Mr. Chamberlain, brush manufacturers, 71, New ington• causeway, and selec..ed goods to the value of £4 10e., which he ordered to he packed up ready to be fetched away. On Tuesday, the 17th, he came for the goods in a cab, and filled up a cheque for the amount, pee able at the Southwark Branch of the London and Westminster Bank. Believing that he really had an account there, he let him have the goods, and lie left the warehouse. On the following morn ing the cheque was presented, hut there were no effects. On the 16th of the same month he also visited the shop of Mr. Robert Maney, floor-cloth and carpet dealer, in the London road, end ordered goods of the value cf £lO 19s. Having formerly transacted business with him, Mr. Maney let him have the goods on his giving a cheque for the ailment on the London and Westminster Branch Bank, near London-bridge. On the following n.orning he pre sented the cheque, and was told it was fictitious, as there were no effects. Witness afterwards ascertained that the goods bad been sent to Southampton, to which place he hisan i sf n o ram c p l r t a a rt r ieo g hn e e n o v ‘d f , ea ds the authorities. police,t o r n a t ar h ne e t d m u t nha the t d o p r l Lon e is o f otnnder themw i g b i y ven ser to gea th n e t Warr, G division. On him were found two pairs of gold spectacles, a geld watch (which the prisoner had obtained from Mr. Mylne, of Great Percy-street, Claremont-square), £6 17s. 10d., three silver and one gold pencil-case, and some other trifling articles. In his portmanteau was found a cheque-book, from which all the fictitious cheques had been torn. In addition to the above evidence, Mr. Bent, an inspector of the A division, employed by the South-Western Railway Company, said he was applied to by Mr. Maney respecting his goods, and he stopped them at Southampton. Witness had two ieques which the prisoner had given to Messrs , . Slacks and another tradesman in the Strand for goods supplied to eim which were also fictitious. The parties, however, did not want to prosecute, as they had got their property back. Mr. Douglas Smith, blind maker, Alfred-plaoe, New Kent-road, said three years ago he supplied the prisoner with blinds at a house in Peckham, for which be was paid. He heard nothiug more of him until the 28th of July, when he received a letter from him, dated from " Four Pos t s , Southampton," ordering goods of the value of £5 18s. 4d. They were packed up, and on the 17th of August the pri soner called for them, and handed witness a cheque on the London and Westminster Bank for £6. The cheque was presented on the following day, but there were no effects. He had not seen his goods since. Mr. Burcham here asked how many more charges there were against the prisoner? Sergeant Coppin, P division, replied that there were nearly 20. The prisoner had obtained j ewe ll e ry from Mr. and tradesmen all over London. Several wore in c ourt to Savory, and Mr. SaHe, Cornhill, Mr. Puckeridge , S trand, prove their cases. Mr. Burcham observed that the most of those parties car ried on business in Middlesex, therefore those cases occur red out of the di s t r i c t o f the Surrey Sessions. They could, how ever, lodge det a i ne rs against him after his conviction. H e must have some ev iden c e as to the presentation of the cheques. Mr. George Sweet, one of the cashiers of the South wark Branch of the London and Westminster Bank, said that the prisoner had kept an account wish them, but it was closed seven years ago, and ho had not transacted business with them since. The whole of the cheques produced were in the prisoner's handwriting, and had recently been presented and dishonoured. He added that a vast number of similar cheques had also been pre sented. The prisoner's solicitor here stated that ell the pas ob tained by his client were ready to be givcn UP- lii fact, most of the parties in court bad no wish to proceed further in the matter. Mr. Burehatn ordered the depositions of the witnesses to be taken, and he fully committed the pri.oner for trial. Mr. Hobler's clerk asked if his worship would accept bail Mr. Burcham said that it was a bailable offence, but it was of such a serious nature that he should require two sureties in £250 for each charge, and the prisoner's own recogniiances in the sum of £3OO, with 48 hours' notice to the police. As for the gold watch found on him by Sergeant Warr, as there seemed some doubt as to a conviction, he should order it to be restored to Mr. Mylne. The prisoner was then removed by the deputy-gaoler. CRUELTY TO A COW.—George 211‘George, a licensed Smithfield drover, was charged by Guest, an officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruelly torturing a cow . Guest stated that about five on the previous afternoon he was on duty in the Blackfriars-road, in company with Sea man, (Another officer of the Roy 4 Society, vamp he saw the prisoner in charge of a number of beasts and cows, which he was driving towards the Borough. One of the cows was extremely lame and loitered behind. The prisoner went up to it and beat it most unmercifully on the hind leg, - and one of the hocks, which was diseased. At that time aca ttle conveyance came up, and in getting the cow in the prisoL'er again beat the poor thing in a dreadful manner, twisted h s tail, and so cruelly tortured it that he was compelled to take him into custody. The prisoner denied torturing tim cow in the manner described. If he had done so, why did not the officer inter fere at first ? Guest replied that he thought he would have desisted when the cattle conveyance drove up, but he acted more ct uelly, and the cow cunt have suffered dreadfully. Mr. Burcham fined the prisoner Ns., and, in default of payment, committed him for 10 days. LAMBETH.—CRUELTY TO A VAT,ITATIT.F. HORSE.— J antes Smith, a servant to Mr. John Freeman, foreinan to Mr. Round!, M.P., and employed in the brickfields belong ing to the latter gentleman at Brixton, was brought before Mr. Elliott to answer to the charge of abusing, torturing, and cruelly ill-using a valuable horse. William Wood said he was servant to Mr. Freeman, and on Friday last was employed with the prisoner in Mr. Roupell's brickfields. On that evening they took their horses to the stable, and on the prisoner taking the harness off his horse, the animal went into a different stall to his own. The prisoner in consequence took down his whip, and lashed the horse round the chest and body in a cruel manner. The horse then ran out of the stable, and on galloping over the yard fell, and cut both of its knees very badly. William Miles, another servant, and the horsekeeper of Mr. Freeman, corroborated the testimony of the former witness, and the latter, in reply to the questions of the ma gistrate, said the prisoner lashed the horse three or four times in his presence, and also followed the animal into the yard. - Mr. Freeman said that on Saturday morning he examined the horse in question, and found his knees much cut and swollen, and also two deep cuts of nine or 10 inches long across the chest—evidently caused by the severe lashes of a whip—in which matter was beginning to form. The horses employed by them were of a valuable description , be in g worth from 80 to 100 guineas each, and of all t h e ant mats at work on the estate there was not one more remark able for its gentleness and docility than the one so abused and injured, and therefore the conduct of Smith was the more reprehensible. In the first place, it was his duty to have tied up the horse in his proper stall before taking his harness off, and had he done so there would have been no necessity for the exercise of his cruelty. Besides, had the horse gone into another stall, he could have easily taken him out of it, and placed him in the right one, and not have deliberately taken down his whip and cruelly tortured him. Prisoner—l did not cut him on the chest at all. I merely lashed him on the loins, and the cuts you describe on the chest were those he received in the fall. Mr. Freeman—They were no such tking. They were evidently done by the whip. Mr. Elliott—Are you enabled to state that the cats are those caused by a whip, and not the fall ? Mr. Freeman—l am, sir. They would be in a different position if they were caused by the fall, and I can with con fidence say they were done by the whip. lam sorry to say also that the present is not the only instance I have had to find fault with the defendant for hia cruelty. On one occa sion I was obliged to discharge him, but took him back a,gaits on his faithful promise not to repeat his cruel conduct. lle seems, however, to have soon forgotten his promise, and the injury he has caused the horse has lessened the animal fully Do in value. Mr. Elliott remarked that valuable animals were fre quently spoiled or ruined by such persons as the prisoner, and convicted him in a penalty of 40s. or 20 days' imprison ment. ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE BARON BAILLOT.—James Upton, a gas-engineer, addressing Mr. Elliott, said that he had been engaged by the French Baron Baillot, with two other men who had attended at this court last week, to pro ceed to Russia to manufacture and light the chief cities and towns in that country by a new description of gas, but was left without the slightest hope of the baron fulfilling his engagement. Like the other men Ball and Beal, he said he had been taken out of a good situation, and by the conduct of the hams obliged to part with what he had to support himself. In reply to a question from the magistrate, the applicant said the last time be had heard from the baron was by letter dated Paris, but he ascertained the writer was in London at the time. Mr. Elliott considered tke case of the applicant a very hard one, and was sorry he could afford him no redress. THAMES. DARING ROBBERY. J(4I7ZCS Conway, a well-known and impudent thief, aged 21, and dwelling in Joseph-street, St. George-in-the-East, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a table-cover and three volumes of a work called the "Gallery of Illustrations," value £3, from the residence of Mr. Dennis Moore, No. 34, Arbour-square, Stepney. Elijah Long, a police-constable, No. 386 K, stated that he met the prisoner in Charles-street, St. George-in-the- East, on Monday morning between 11 and 12 o'clock, with a taole-cover and three books, now produced, under his arm. There was another man with the prisoner who said "Here's a peeler, Jem, step it, step it." The prisoner im mediately threw down the table-cover and books, ran away, and escaped.lllek new the haunts of the prisoner well, and took him into custody that afternoon, and accused him with stealing the table-cover and books, to which the prisoner made no reply. Mr. Dennis Moore, of No. 34, Arbour-square, identified the books and table-cover. They were stolen from his parlour on Monday morning, between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock. The street door was left open for a minute only, and a thief stepped into the parlour and swept the cover from the table and the three books with it. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Long said, if the prisoner was remanded, he could bring three or four other cases against him of a similar nature. Mr. Selfe—This case is complete; there is no occasion for another. These robberies are so daring and frequent that I shall inflict a severe sentence upon the prisoner. He is convicted of larceny, and sentenced to six months' imprison ment and hard labour. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—John Knox, a cigar maker, aged 40, was brought up on a warrant, having refused to appear to a summons se "red upon him, and charged before Mr. Selfe with committing an aggravated assault on Ann Moulstead, an elderly woman, the wife of a sugar refiner, employed for many years at the manufactory of Hall and Boyd, St. George-in-the-East. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, of Arbour-street East, Stepney, in opening the case for the prosecution, described the con duct of the prisoner to be most base and cowardly, and calling for severe punishment. The complainant, who was very lame, and suffering from the brutal treatment of the prisoner, said she lived in Pell-street, St. George-in-the-East, and the defendant was her next door neighbour. He was in the practice of insulting her when he was intoxicated, and upon two occasions he had beaten her very severely, and without any provocation. On the evening of Sunday, the 22d August, she was seated at a foot-stool at her own door while the people were going to church and chapel, and th e p r i soner , who was inebriated, used the most opprobrious language towards her, and made use of some taunts relating to a soldier and his wife who formerly lodged in her house for five weeks. She replied to the prisoner, "John Knox, why do you disgrace such a name as that? Why do you insult me in this manner? I never asked you for the money you owe me." He immediately knocked her down by a blow on the jaw, and when she got up he felled her to the ground again, and said "Take that, you —" He then kicked her about the legs and body, and left her senseless on the ground. She had frightful bruises on her person, and had been lame and ill ever since. Mr. Stoddart—And you have been assaulted twice before by this man ? The complainant—l have sir, and can now scarcely walk. Mrs. Bolton, a respectable woman, confirmed in full the statement of the complainant as to the last assault, and added that after Mrs. Moulstead hid been insulted and called very bad names, she said the prisoner was a thief. The female searcher at the station-house was sent for by the magistrate to examine the complainant, and she deposed that she found severe bruises on the person of Mrs. Moul stead, who was in a state of great suffering. The prisoner in his defence said that Mrs. Moulstead had necused him to his employers of being a thief, which was denied, anti he then said that the complainant had demanded money of him to compromise the assault, and pat in a docu ment written by an illiterate fellow, named Taylor. Mr. olio, after perusing it, said it was the most extraordinary piece o f C0 1 1 11)0,ition he had ever read. Taylor was endea vouring to make a business of this matter, and framed an agreeinept which, if it meant anything, meant this—that the complainant was to pay Knox £1 and expenses, and Taylor three half-crowns and expenses. Mrs. Moulstead said that, when Taylor called upon her, she would have nothing to do with Lim. Mr. Selfe said the prisoner hal got drunk and com m itt e d a brutal assault on the complainant. He could not say it w as a deliberate assault, and that there was no provocation, but the prisoner gave the first provocation. Such brutal outrages as these must be repressed by s vere punishments. lie sentenced the prisoner to one month's hard labour in the House ef Correction. NEW STrE,v Diews v HVOLENT AND PRO UD ENT INSTITUTION. The nineteenth anniversary meeting of the above institu tion_took place yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern ; C.D. Walter, Esq., in the chair. _ The report stated that the institution had experienced great fluc.uations and vici,situdes, and although at tirne3 its prospects had been anything but cheering, and its best friends bad sometimes been depressed at the little way it had made amongst the trade, they had never lost heart. The receipts for the last 12 months had been as follows:—Donations, £lO7 Is. 6d.; subscriptions, £39 ; dividend on 11,725, £5O in come-tax returned, £4 15s. 2d.; a n d there was a alight: increase in the subscriptions and donations over those oflast year. Although a larger amount had been distributed during the past year in temporary relief, the committee have been enabled to purchase another £lOO stock, making a total in vested of £1,825. The balance-sheet showed a balance in favour of the insti tution of £46 12s. 6d. The CHAIRMANJR opening the business, said he re gretted that they had not more pensioners, as then they would have more subscribers—not that he wished them to require the benefit of the fund, but still it was high time that they looked about and helped themselves. Mr. TERRY moved that the report be received, and al luded to the fact that no less a sum than £l7 had been dis- tributed amongst deserving individuals not members of the society, and altogether £63 had been paid during the year. Mr. GRAVATT seconded the motion, which was put and agreed to. Several vacancies in the committee were then filled up. Mr. TERRY made a suggestion that publishers of news papers should be eligible to become members of the society, a suggestion which met with considerable favour, and will be discussed at a future meeting. Charles Dickens, Esq., was elected treasurer, and some other otr:ers were appointed. In the evening the members and friends of the institution assembled in the great hall, where an entertainment was provided in aid of the ftind , t. The chair was occupied by James Grant, Esq. who commenced the proceeding s b y preposing " The health of the Queen," followed by tha t of ‘ The Prince Consort and the Royal Family." " The Army and Navy" was ne x t d run k , an d responded to by Colonel Addison, :who, after eulogising the British soldier, spoke in grateful remembrance of the gallantry evinced by the blue jackets in recent campaigns. In giving the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Newsvenders' Benevolent and Provident Institution," the chairman briefly pointed out the objects of the charity ; and, having shown, h o w much the public were indebted t o th e newsmen as a body, made a forcible appeal to the company. The entertainment was enlivened by a selection of vocal music, performed by Messrs. J. Howe, T. Young, and Buckland ; and Miss Eyles. CIIISTAL PALACE.— ON E SBILLING D AY.—Yes terday the admissions on payment were 7,098 ; do. by season tickQte 018; total, 7,710. HEALTH of LUN DON during the. WEEK. (From the Official Report.) The deaths registered in London, which in the first week of August rose to 1,200 have continuously decreased to 1,147, to 1,112, and last week, ending Saturday, August 28, to I,ICB. In the ten years 1848-57 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,261. E'er comparison, this average, if raised in proportion to in crease of population, would become 1,387, and omitting from the comparison the epidemic years of 1849 and 1834, it w ill pf eee,et the state of the public health in a still more favourable ..!ja . ,bt. The deaths last week were considerably be!ow the nuire'er th,at would have occurred if the average rate of mortality .:2ad _vrevailed. The mortality frotht liseases of the zymotic order was last week 419; in the pro vious week the number was 379. Small-pox was fate! in 6 cases. Measles, which was the cee ,,, e o f 22 d eat h s in the former week, last week caused CO. Scarlatina in the previous s!!-: weeks averaged 81 deaths weekly, the number last wet k was 92, but t,ll,wt, aAi )t tendency to decrease, the preceding week being 103. Whooping-cough was fatal to 34 children. Thirty-nine deaths were registered from typhus and contin ned fever, which is much less than the averaee. The disease most fatal at the present time is diarrhoea, the deaths from which in the last two weeks were 113 and 146, although these numbers are below the weekly average of the season ; the deaths from clic)! ara decreased from 10 in the previous week to 6, and 5 of these 6 were those of children under two years of age ; the 1 11th case was that of a girl, aged eight yoars, who died at Poplar after two days' illness. Diarrhoea was most prevalet It in the dis tricts of Marylebone. Pancras, St. Luke, E ast London, Shoreditch, Bethnal-green, Poplar, and Greene , (rich. The deaths caused by diseases of the tubse cider order, which in the former week were 169, receded ; last week to 163 ; from the respiratory organs the deaths las t week were 80, the previous week 81 ; f the digestive ears 45, the previous week 47 ; of the urinary organs 22, t. he previous week 16. Nine children are returned as havi at ; died from inanition and the want of breastmilk. Thirty- fi ye persons, whose deaths are recorded, attained the age of A3O or more yews; two widows were aged respectively 91 a a d 92 years. Last week the births of 852 boys and 844 girls, in a 111,696 children, were registered in London. In the ten a orrespond ing weeks of the years 1848-57 the average nu ember, cor rected for increase of population, was 1,635. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the n mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.842 in. r.,[l , e highest reading was 29088 in. and occurred on Tuest lay. The lowest occurred on Saturday, and was 29.627 in.. ; the ex treme variation was rather more than three-te n the of an inch. The mean temperature of the week was .59 - 2 deg., which is very near the average of the last 43 ye ars, but is much lower than at the same period last year, , when the mean air temperature was 66.9 or 7 7 deg warmer. The air temperature last week, compared with the week preceding, was 4.1 deg. cooler; the extreme rat kge during the week wes 293 deg. The difference betwet u t the dew point temperature and air temperature was 10 . 4 e'eg. The average temperature of the water of the Thatil' !s was 65.4 or 6.2 deg. higher than the temperature of th a air. The direction of the wind was chiefly from the north- vest. The sky was for the most part during the week freerr , orn cloud. On Friday and Saturday the sky was overcast .till about noon, and rain for a short time fell on Saturday morning. From the LONDON GAZETTB of Yesterday. WHITEHALL, AUG. 30. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters pal tent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Ire land unto Frederic Hughes, Esq., late a Captain,:in the 7th Regiment of Madras Light Cavalry. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION - HOUSE.—William Delia, engineer on board the Stadt, a steam-vessel running between London and Dordrecht, or Dort, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with smuggling one pound two ounces of cigars. William Atkins, a Custom-house waterman, said—Upon the arrival of the Stadt, that morning, at Brewer's-quay, I searched the berth of the defendant, which was in the engine-room, and in a sort of false beam I discovered one pound two ounces of cigars. The prisoner was on board at the time, and I called his attention to the matter, when he said that he knew nothing at all about the cigars. The Lord Mayor—Had other persons access to his cabin ? Atkins—Not at the time I was there. I asked him for the key and he gave it me. Prisoner (through the medium of an interpreter)—l have been acting for another engineer, who has been absent from his duties for a month. I know nothing of the cigars, which must have been placed in the hole before I became connected with the ship. Thomas Lewis—l am a tide surveyor. I produce the cigars which were given to me by the last witness. They are of foreign manufacture, their value being is. id., and the duty 105. 7d. I claim them on the part of the Crown. The place in which they were concealed is a kind of false beam. I spoke to the prisoner upon the subject, and he denied all knowledge respecting them. He said he had been engineer on board the ves-el only a month. The Lord Mayor—The cigars appear to be in a very sound state. Could they have been secreted in the engine -room for a month and suit ne in ineir present condition ! Witness—No, my lord ; if they had been there for a month they would have been dried up, instead of which they are in a sound state. Considering their present condi tion, I should say it is impossible they could have been there more than a few days. The heat in the engine-room is very great. Prisoner—They were concealed in a thick beam, and that place is not at all hot. The Lord Mayor—Were the cigars warm when you saw them, witness? Witness—No, my lord ; but they had been lying on the bards some few moments before I saw them. Prisoner—l am perfectly innocent of this charge. I knew nothing absut the cigars or the hole in which they were discovered till Atkins pulled them out. Having been damp when placed there they would retain their dampness for a long time. I have been connected with steamboats for upwards of 20 years and never had a charge made against me before. The Lord Mayor—lt is quite clear that the cigars would not be as fresh and good as they are if they had been secreted in the beam in the heated engine-room for a month. It appears that other persons besides yourself had access to the engine-room. It is not quite clear to my mind that you knew they were there. I shall, therefore, give you the benefit of the doubt, and discharge you. I, however, advise you to be careful for the future. The cigars will be forfeited to the Crown. _ _ ..., „._._,..... The prisoner, who seemed overjoyed at the decision at which the magistrate had arrived, thanked his lordship, and left the court. Mary Leader, who had been remanded upon the charge of having assaulted a Jewess named Pauline Josephs with a flatiron, was again brought up. The prisoner had been remanded on account of the violent temper she exhibited when at the bar on the previous day. The Lord Mayor—You are a very violent woman, Mrs. Leaser, but you are not so violent as you were yesterday. Defendant—l can't help it. How can I when they force me to it? The Lord Mayor—Had you not better get away from the neighbourhood where you and the prosecutrix have been living ? Defendant—l can't do tLat ; but if they let me alone I'll let them alone. I am near my work there, and I like to stick to it. The Lord Mayor—You must not use violence against either her or anybody elite. I mu , t restrain you if you are violent. You must not take the law into your own hands. Defendant—lf she lets me alone I won't interfere with her, hut if any of them meddle with me I'll let them know a bit of my mind. The other day she threw a pint jug at me and cut my head open. The Lord Mayor—ls your husband here ? Defendant—No; be is better employed. lie is at -"lom ford at work: The Lard Mayor—You must find somebody who will be answerable for your future good conduct. The constable wile had charge of the case said that the complainant and her witnesses had moved from the place last night. The Lord Mayor—l am very glad to bear that. The de fendant must find two sureties for her good conduct for the next three months in 15 each. Prisoner—l can find 20 if you want it, but the next time that any of them interfere with me, I'll have three swings at Newgate for them. I may as well tell you so first as last. The prisoner was committed to prison in default of find ing sureties. The Lord Mayor said he wished through the medium of the cress to call the attention of the public to the fact that he ►tad received a variety of documents relating to prize lotteries, at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, which had been in closed to him by a gentleman, who subscribed himself a "Country Parson," to whom they had originally been sent. His lordship added, that he felt much obliged to his cc rre spondent for having forwarded him the papers, and wished to take that opportunity of warning the public against having anything to do with German prize lotteries. WESTMINSTER: WITOLESALE ROBBERY OF LINEN BY AN AssUMED LAUNDRESS.— Isabella Reed, a middle aged woman of short stature, was brought up for final exa mination before Mr. Poynter, charged with stealing a large quantity of linen and wearing apparel from various persons, under the pretence that she was sent for the things by the laundresses who washed for them. The particulars of the former examination have already appeared, in conse qwence of which a large number of females attended to iden tify the prisoner, and who stated that they had been robbed by her in the manner alluded to. The evidence on the previous occasion went to show that on Monday, the 23d Aug., the prisoner called upon Mrs. 13ellehamber, the wife of police-constable A 283, who has the care of a house in St. George-square, from whom she obtained the washing for the week, and the money for the former week's washing, by representing that she called from Mrs. Stephens. who washed for her. As the prisoner was going down the steps of the door, Mrs. Stephens arrived, when Mrs. Bellchamber compelled her to return the pro perty, with the money. The prisoner went away and called at No. 18 in the square. This was noticed by Mrs. Bell chamber, who sent for her husband. lie went after her, and saw Mrs. Reynolds, who resided there, from whom he learnt that the prisoner had applied to her for her w eek's washing, by representing that she was Mrs. Mackay, her laundress. The constable questioned the prisoner. Not feeling satisfied with her answers, he took her into custody, when the prisoner was brought up to this court, and was remanded for a week. The following additional charges were preferred against the prisoner : Martha Plumstead, laundress, 30, James-street, Pimlico, said that about a month ago the prisoner stated that she came for the linen to mangle. She asked the prisoner Is n_o p yt in t w rly a tb s uA t; n e nete matter with Mrs. Gosler, who mangled for her. The aw prisoner re o p lf l r i vi e i d inne t en h , a oh t fo s u h ths e ee h mv ad the diarrhcea. She took George - str eet, August the prisoner called for the washing. housemaid e t o o f m a r b . o about Portman -square, prisoner a scin since ate , tl s l l a t s d h e thatsaw hoenr the e custody. 2 d o f Ma why Mrs. Poole, who i s Mr. Derby's laun oW d ir r b6 e iet' ss tnt , e h Dh a aee d srkh n beay o dd t , sent a dress she had to wash. Prisoner said that Mrs. Pooh Was ill. f3ll 9 gave the Prisoner a quaatity of Hap WHITEHALL, JULY 31. The Right Hon. Sir Alexander Edmund Cockburn, Bart., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Corn coon Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed the following Gentlemen to be Perpetual Commissioners for taking the ark nowledg ments of deeds to be executed by married women, .under the act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries . , and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance : John Basset Collins, Bodmin, Cornwall, in anti for the county of Cornwall. Robert Dugdale, Marshfield, Wareham, Dorsedshire, in and for the county of Dorset. WHITEHALL, AUGUST 17. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John George Har greaves, of the city of Durham, Gentleman, to be a Com missioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chan cery in England. AUGUST 19. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Abrahall Wilsun, of Worcester, i❑ the county of Worcester, Gentle man, to be a Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery in England. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUG. 30. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, reporting that the Board of Health of that capital has issued an edict, declaring the port of Ferrol to be infected with yellow fever, and that the other ports of the province of Corunna are considered as suspected. Her Majesty's Minis ter at Lisbon further reports that another edict of the same board declares the port of Alexandria to be considered in fected with the plague, and the port of Gibraltar to be suspected. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. M. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Brevet-Major Cook Synge Hutchinson to be Major, by purchase, vice Keene, who retires; Lieutenant George Eden Jarvis to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hutchinson. 2d Dragoons—Surgeon Augustus Purefoy Lockwood, from the Bth Hussars,, to be Surgeon, vice Llewelyn, who exChanges. 41.1 a Light Dragoons—Sergeant-M.1 , 30r -James William Kelly, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Brooke, pro moted. _ _ _ _ Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Thomas Richards to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Reilly, killed in action; Regimental Sergeant-Major John Pickworth to be Riding Master; Surgeon Jenkin Homfray Llewelyn, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Lockwood, who exchanges. 15th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Henry Horne to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lord W. C. M. D. Scott, who retires. 16th Light Dragoons—Walter P. Bagenal, Gent., to be Cot net, without purchase, vice Atkinson, promoted. Military Train—Lieutenant Robert M. Hornby, from the 99th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Wood, who retires. let Regiment of Foot—The promotion of Lieutenant- Colonel A. B. Montgomery. C. 8., to he Colonel in the Army, as stated in the Gazette of the 28th May, 1858, to be antedated to 13th January. 7th Foot—Brevet-Major Frederick Ernest Appleyard to be Major, by purchase, vice Gilley, who retires; Morris James Fawcett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fol lett, promoted. 10th Foot—Lieutenant George C. Bartholomew to be Captain, by purchase, vice Milner, who retires; Ensign P. W. Matthews to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bartho lomew. 13th Feet—To be Captains, without purchase : Lieut. Samuel Head, from 24th Foot ; Lieut. John Peyton, from 87th Foot; Lieut. A. C. Bogle, from 78th Foot. To be Lieutenants, without purchase • Ensign W. S. Cunning !lame, Ensign George Turville, Ensign A. G. Wynen, and Ensign E. Bolger. 14 t h Foot—Ensign Francis Fox Robinson has been super seded, being absent without leave. I.sth Foot—To be Ensigns, by purchase: Charles Clifton Tabor, Gent., vice Burden, promoted ; Charles Samuel Chapman, Gent., vice Heaton, promoted. 20th Foot—Lieut. John Carden to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Hewett, who retires. 21st Foot—Gorge Henry Shuttlewortb, Esq., to be pay master. 22d Foot—The Commission of Quartermaster George Wohlmann to he antedated to sth March, 1838. Foot—Lieut. Charles (YI.. L. Prenih , :rgast, from the 3 , 1 West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice J. 6cott, who exchanges._ _ Foot—Ensignpurchase, icv l e G. il lenryl: s./111merdeewrso, who retiresodtobeLeu p te u nan o t n , without 3o th half-pay. 39th Foot—Ensign C. Francis Oldfield to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arbuckle, who retires; Francis Ernest Kerr, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Oldfield. 43d Foot—Joseph Hogarth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Talbot, promoted. 46th Foot—Major Arihur George Vesey to be Lieute nant-Colonel, without purhase ; Brevet-Major Algernon Robert Garrett to be Major, without purchase, vice Vesey ; Lieutenant Thomas John Barlow Connell to be Captain, without purchase, vice Garrett; Ensign Vesey Daly to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Connell; Ensign Allan Joshua Kentish to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coote, promoted. 48th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Jean Valleton de Bois siere, from the Staff, to he Assi,tant-Surgeon, vice Hemp hill, appointed to the 66th Foot. 49th Foot.—Ensign Frederick Platt Blackmore, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maule, who retires; Wtn. John Gillespie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blackmore; Lieut. Robert Hall Spratt to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Chaplin, retired. 54th Foot.—Ensign M. W. E. Gosset to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edwards, whose promotion by purchase on the 13,11 July, 1858, has been cance.led ; Ensign C. S. Chapman, from the 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Gosset. 60th Foot.—Edward Digby O'Rorke,Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Heathcote, promoted. 64th Foot.—Henry F. Scobell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice George Thompson, who resigns. 65 , 11 Foot.—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Thomas E. White, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Marshall, who exchanges. 79th Foot—Ensign G. W. Coventry, from the 84th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Simpson, who exchange'- 84th Foot—Ensign nias S w ir o p e s x o c n i , in f p ro g m es. the 79i h Foot, to be Coventry,Ensigjna,mveisceMl'ho 91st Foot—Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel B. E. M. it G bo o u rd t o p n ur t_o be Lieut.-Colonel, withou t purchase ; Brevet - Major Henry J. Savage to be Major ,w i t h ou t purchase, vice Got do n ; iceßtoobretCP"otwaienli without to be e L l i j e a u se ten v a i n c t e AslAlexanderC• Br Ensign be '1 Lieutenant, without p urchase, 2d West India Regiment—Ensign A. E. Pierson h as b een vie Bruce. permitted to resign his commission. 3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant James Thigh Scott, from the 24th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Prendergast, who exchanges. RECRUITING DISTRICT. Brevet-Colonel David Russell, from the 8-10 Fost, to be Inspecting Field Officer, vice Brev e t-C o l onel Kelly deceased. HOSPITAL STAFF. soff..Surgeon of the First. Class, with local rank, Thomas Patrick Matthew to he Staff-Sorgeon of the First Class, Surgeon Thornt.m Marshall, from the 6th Foot t 9 be Staff surgeon of the Second Class, vice White, who ex changes. To be Acting Assistant-Surgeons : John Goodrick Campbell, Gent. George Palatiano, M.D. Thomas Henderson Somerville, Gent. Thomas Howell, Gent. Thomas Lightfoot, Gent. Acting Assistant-Surgeon Richard Robinson Alderson has been permitted to resign his appointment. MEMORANDUM. The second Christian name of Quartermaster John Croker, on half-pay 6th Feot, is Charles. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. -- The Duke of Lancaster's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry —Adjutant Charlie Berkeley Molyneux to be Cap tain, and to serve with the rank of Captain from the date of his Adjutant's commission, viz., the 11th Dec., 1856. Oxfoldshit9 Regignot of Militifi—Lioutoupt NY. Frede. rick Raitt to be Captain, vice Cole, resigned ; Ensign Henry Olivier Lloyd to be Lieutenant, vice Raitt, pro moted. 2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Walter Alexander James Wakeman, Gent., to be Ensign, vice J. D. Barnes, resiened. Resignation—Lieut. James Broil' Byers. Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Resignation— Captain Archibald Edmund Bromwich. BANKRUPTS. Eiward John Cook, late of East Bergholt, Suffolk, wine merchant, now of 1, Hall-street, City-road, commission agent, to surrender Sept. 9, at half-past 1, and Oct. 15, at 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Official assigner., Mr. Whitmore, 2, Basinghall-street. Attorney, Mr. Jones, 14, Gresham -street. George Rose Bircher, 13urton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, innkeeper and brewer, to surrender Sept. 10 and Oct. 1, at halt-past 11, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Birming ham. Official assignee, Mr. Whitmore, Temple-street, Birmingham. Attorneys, Messrs. Richardson and Sma 1, Burton-upon-Trent; and Messrs. James and Knight, Bir mingham. Tnomas Dawson, Birmingham, printer, to surrender Sept. 13 and Oct. 4, at half-past 11, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. Official assignee, Mr. Whit more, 19, Temple-street, Birmingham. Attorneys, Messrs. Harrison and Wood, Birmingham. Edward Brereton Baldwin,Walsall, Staffordshire, saddler, to surrender Sept. 10 and Oct. 1, at half-past 11, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. Official assig nee, Mr. Kinnear, 37, Waterloo-street, Birmingham. Attorneys, Mr. S. Wilkinson, jun., Walsall; and Messrs. James and Knight, Birmingham. John Aladin and Richard Webster, Newark, Nottingham shire, brewers, to surrender Sept. 14 and Oct. 5, at half-past 10, at the Districtj Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham. Official assignee, Mr. llarris, Middle-pavement, Notting ham. Attorneys, Mr. Unwin, Sheffield; and Messrs. Hodg son and Allen, Birmingham. William • Nicholas Johns, Newport, Monmouthshire, stationer, bookseller, and printer, to surrender Sept. 13 and Oct. 18, at 11, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol. Official assignee, Mr. Acraman, 19, St. Augustine's-place, Bristol. Attorneys, Messrs. Brittau and Son, Small-street, Bristol. William Arnoll Bailey, Bideford, Devonshire, wine and spirit merchant, to surrender Sept. 9 and Oct. 12, at 1, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter. Official assignee, Mr. Hirtzel, Queen-street, Exeter. Attorneys, Mr. Hooker and Mr. Base, Bideford ; and Mr. Terrell, Exeter. Henry Earnskaw, Mytbolmroyd, Halifax, Yorkshire, corn miller, to surrender Sept. 10 and Oct. 8, at 11, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds. Official assignee, Mr. Young, Palk-row, Leeds. Attorneys, Messrs. Scholey and Shipworth, Wakefield ; and Messrs. Bond and Bar wick, Leeds. William Parsonage, Liverpool, steam packet agent and auctioneer, to surrender Sept. 7, at 12, and Oct. 8, at 11, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool. Official assignee, Mr. Bird, South Castle-street, Liverpool. Attor neys, Messrs. Francis and Almond, Liverpool. Joseph Roberts, Liverpool, ironmonger, to surrender Sept. 13 and Oct. 8, at 12, at the District Court of Bank ruptcy, Liverpool. Official assignee, Mr. Cazenove, Eldon chambers, South John-street, Liverpool. Attorneys, Messrs. Ridley and Jackson, 21, Fenwick-street, Liverpool. EXAMINATION. At the Disfrict Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds—Sept. 10, at 11. J. Hanson, Halifax, Yorkshire, grocer. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street—Sept. 21, at 12. T. Slade and T. Slade, jun., Bartholomew-close, Smithfield, oil merchants—Sept. 2.5 at 12. G. Barrow and G. Hammond, Basingliall-street, wholesale st ationers. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham—Oct. 9, at half-past 11. W. Timms, Grandborougb, Warwickshire, farmer, grazier, and horse and cattle dealer. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Kingston-upon- Hull—Sept. 22, at 12. W. Groundrill, Eastrington, York.; shire, farmer and corn factor—Sept. 22, at 12. R. Briggs, Burgh, in the Marsh, Lincolnshire, brewer and spirit mer chant—Sept. 22, at 12. W. Poole, Kingston-upon-Hull, provision merchant—Sept. 22, at 12. G. Tindall, Wickenby, Lincolnshire, wheelwright and blacksmith—Sept. 22, at 12. S. G. Kidd, Kingston -upon-Hull, seed crusher. CERTIFICATES. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street—Sept. 23, at 11. J. Way, Oxford-street and Edware-road, grocer-- Sept. 21, at 2. A. Spark, late of Hunter-street, Brunswick square, now of Rathbone-place, manufacturing jeweller. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester—Sept. 22, at 12. T. H. Bowker, Manchester, commission merchant and calenderer—Sept. 21, at 12. A. Guttman, Manchester, lace manufacturer, woollen merchant, and importer of foreign goods. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds—Oct. 5, at 12. W. Ingham, Bradford, innkeeper and builder. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham—Sept. 21, at half-past 10. D. Widdowson, Nottingham, lace manufacturer—Sept. 21, at half-past 10. J. While, Lough borough, Leicestershire, miller. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Leak and G. Lynn, Hulme, Lancashire, cabinetmakers, upholsterers, and undertakers—R. Atfieck and J. M'Ker row, Manchester, warehousemen—M. smith and E. Hinch- Holbeek, Leeds, cloth manufacturers—W. Upton and W. Berrall, Gerrard-street and Nassau-street, Soho, leather sellers and shoe mercers—J. Brown, G. Miller, and A. Mitchell, Manchester, merchants—l. Hadley and W. Tay lor, Birmingham, timber merchants—G. W. Wild, G. Lowthian, and J. M. Ferguson, Carlisle, drapers and tailors —F. Quarton, jun., and L. Challands, Nottingham, en gravers and lithographers—J. C. Jerome and T. Checkley , Great Bloxwleh, Staffordshire, coal masters—G. H. Gardner and W. H. Clegg, Manchester, bookbinders, stationers, and printers—D. Norton and H. Lorenz, Fenchurch-street, City, commission agents and merchants—F. W. Donaldson. and M. A. Russell, Birmingham, platers—J. frown and H. Booth, jun., Bankside, Southwark, stone masons—R. Beach and A. Beach, Bristol, grocers aed tea merchants. SCOTCII BANKRUPTS. James and Thomas Steven, Burtibank, Loudoun, Ayr shire, coalmasters—John Alexander, Dutton, late of Glas gow, plumber, tinsmith, and saddler—John M'Kenzie, 169 and 243, High-street, late of 82, South-bridge, Edinburgh, clock maker and eating-house keeper. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LlvEaroor,, Aug. 31.—The market was flat nearly all day, with little doing, closing at a slight improvement from the lowest prices. Eastern Counties, 12 t —East Lancashire, 91 I—Berwicks, 91 /--• Blackburns, 11 3-16 5-16—Birkenheads, 66 661—Great Western, 50 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 93 931—London and North Western, S 9: ;—Sheffield, 331- ,—Midland, 9 8 s—Dovers, 21r —Caledonians, t2l ,—Leeds Northern, 44/ 54—Grand Trunk of Canada, Si 8 Great Western of Canada, 17i I—Chester and Holyhead, 341 El—North British, 521 53—Dutch Rhenish, 44 e Ms.—York and North Midland, 711 I. MANCIEESTER, Aug. 31.—There wrs a rather quiet market to day, and the little business done was at lower prices. Grand Trunks were at 9 coin 0. P.—Ditto Dividend Debenture, 105. — Midland, 011—Leeds, 93—SheMclds, 3 :4—Eastein Counties, 12 1-16 Dovers, 21—Laacashire and Yorkshire, 911—Matloeks, 21—District Bank, 10, p. -BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 31.—There was a brisk business done in this market to-day. Closing prices :—Great Westerns, 504—Londons, 921 931—Great Western Birmingham and Stour Valley Guaran teed, 501 I—Do. Birmingham Guaranteed Stock, 73—Midlands, 961 971—Birmingham and Derby, 68—North Staffords, dis— South Staffords, let—Birmingham Canals, 92—Worcester and Bir mingham Canals, 17. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL CORN—Arc. 31. At our corn exchange to-day holders of wheat demanded higher prices, but millers and dealers would only sparingly give the full advance of Id. per bushel over last week. Sack and barrel flour commanded extreme rates, with a healthy demand for the passing consumption. Egyptian beans were Is per qr. dearer, but in no other article of the trade was any alteration of quotation observ able. CHELMSFORD CORN-AtG. 27. Cur market today was steady, with a fair supply of new wheats and prices ruled about the same as last week. Spring corn steady and price's ttualttred. COLCHESTER, COP.N-AUG. A short supply of wheat, but the trade was slow. at fully last week's prices. Malting barley comes more freely. Beans and peas •cry scarce, and fully as dear. LEEDS CORN-AiG. 31. The supply of wheat is small, and . old And best dried finalities of new are held firmly and met a fag* sale at Friday's rates. B ar ley as before. Beans and oats fetchfull prices. Other articles with out alteration. KIRKCALDY GRAIX-AuG. tS. We had trifling supplies of all kinds of grain to-day. The new barley was in much better cmdiaon than last week, and a ready sale at an advance of Is. Wheat at previous rates. Old wheat. New barley. Old oats. First "Ss Od Y 53 Od 26s Od Second 41s Od 29s Od --y od Third 17s 61 31s Od —s Od BIRTHS. CirAßD.—On tho 27th ult., at Mount Tamar, near Plymouth, the wife of W. W. Chard, Eeq., of a daughter. Du PEE.—On the 29th ult., at the Parsonage, Temple Guiting, Glou cestershire, the wife of the Rev. Edward Du Prd, of a daughter, DE BRISAY.—On the 30th ult., at Barnes, Surrey, the wife of the Rev H. D. De Brisay, of a daughter. F AxsnAwE .—on the 29th ult., at 22, Chester-terrace, Eaton-square, the wife of T. G. Fanahawe, Esq., of a daughter. GENET.—On the 28th ult., at 2, Ovington-terrace, BrOMpton, the wife of Fred. J. Genet, Esq., surgeon, of a son. MARRIAGES. ARMYTAGE—BRANDLING.—On the 26th ult., at St. George's, Han over-square, by the Yen. Archdeacon Coxe, Prebend of Durham. Colonel Henry Armytage, late of the Coldstream Guards, to Fran ces Sarah, daughter of the late Wm. Brandling, of Low Gosforth House, Northumberland. DRIVER,—KEMPSTEX —On the 26th ult., at Lambeth Church, by the Rev. C. L. Alexander, Charles Henry, youngest son of the late F. W. Driver, Esq., of West-square, Lambeth, to Caroline, the eldest daughter of Mr. John Kempster, of Kenningtou•lane, Lambeth. EMERSON—WEBB.—On the Slat ult. by licence, at Bt. Pancras Church, W. Emerson, Esq., surgeon, Kentish-town, London, to Mary, only daughter of the late James Webb, Esq., of Newcast'e upon-Tyne. DEATHS. ARTA.—On the 25th ult., at Scarborough, aged forty-eight, after a abort but severe illness, Lewis Aria, Esq., late of Tavistock- square. BENNETT.—On the 26th ult., a;ed seventy-seven, John Bennett, Eeq., of Addlestone, Surrey. Boycz.—On the 21st ult., at the residence of his dssghter•in-law, the Park-place, Mitcham, Surrey, Henry Pitches Boyce, Esq., of No. 2, Upper Wimpole-street, London, in the seventy-second year of his age. ritsrmax.—On the 31th ult., at Herne-bay, Miss Fre:man, or John street, Pentonville, aged eighty-two. GRANGER.—On the 20th ult., at Chertsey, Mr. W. Granger, sen., into Supervisor of Excise, retired. Mnii,—On the 20th tilt., suddenly, at Tunellan, Argyllshire, John Muir, M.D., late of Johnstone, ltenfrewshire. SMITIL—On the 21st ult., drowned in Einsworth Harbour by the swamping of a pleasure boat, Joseph Smith, Esq., solicitor, aged tweuty-seven. Sraoxo.—On the 24th ult., at Tunbridge-wells, Richard Henri Strong, Esq., late 26th (Cameronians) Regt., aged fifty-two. VIEUSSEUX.—On the 26th ult., at his residence, 31, Alfred-place West, Broropton, Andrd Vieusseux, Esq., aged sixty-eight. WALESBY.—On the sth ult., at Oxford, in his sir ieth year, Francis I'eerson Walesby, Esq., 8.C.L., Recorder of Woodstock, and 11 Magistrate for the county of Middlesex, and formerly Fellow of Lincoln College, and Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Oxford. 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