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THE NEW AMERICAN TARIFF. A Bill reducing the duty on imports, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of: Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of De cember next, in lieu of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereafter mentioned, end on such as may now be exempt from duty, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the goods, 'wares, and mer chandise herein enumerated and pre vided for, imported front foreign countries, the following rates of duty—that is to say : On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in schedule A, a duty of one hundred per centum ad valorem. On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in sche dule I, a duty of forty per cent. On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in sche dule B, a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem. On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in sche dule C, a duty of twenty-five per centum ad valorem. On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in sche dule le, a duty of twenty per cent. ad valorem. On goods, wares, arid merchandise mentioned in sche dule E, a duty of fifteen per cent. ad valorem. On goods, wares, and metchandiee mentioned in sche dule F, a duty of ten per cent. ad valorem. On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in sche dule G, a duty of fire per cent. ad valorem. sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the first day of December next, the goods, wares and merchandise. mentioned in schedule H, shall be exempt from duty. sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, from a-A after the first day of December next, there Shell be levied, collected, and paid on all goods, wars,, and mer chandise imported from foreign count-Acs' and not specially provided for in this Act, a du'„y o f twenty per centum ad valorem. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in all cases in which the invoice or entry not contain the weight or quantity or measure oi goods, wares or mer chandise now weighed, or meas'ared, or gauged, the same be weighed, gauged, or measnred, at the expense of the owner or consignee. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of December next, in lieu of the bounty heretofore authorised by law to be paid on the exportation, of pickled fish of the fisheries of the United States, there shall be allowed on the exporta tion thereof, if cured with foreign salt, a drawback, equal in amount to the duty paid ow the salt, and no more, to be ascertained under such regulatiovs as may be prescribed by alp SQcretary of the Treasury. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all goods, wares and merchandise imported after the passage of this Act, and which may be in the public stores on the :second day of December next, shall be subject to no other duty upon the entry thereof than if the same were imported respectively after that day. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the twelfth section of the Act entitled "An Act to provide re venue from imports, and to change . and modify existing laws imposing ditties on imports, and for other pur poses, approved August thirty, eighteen hundred and forty-twJshalthe, and the same is h :reby so far modified, that all goods imported this side the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn may remain in the public stores for tae space of one year, instead of the term of sixty days prescribed in the said section ; and that all gods im ported from beyond the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Ham, may remain in the public stores one year instead of the term of ninety days prescribed in the same section. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for the owner, consignee or agent of imports hick have been aclially purchased, on entry of the same, to make such addition in the entry to the cost or value given in the inv o i ce , as i n hi s o pi n i on ma y raise the same to the true market value of such im ports in the principal markets of the country whence the importation shall have been made, or in which the goods imported shall have been originally mann fitctured or produced, as the case may be ;and to add thereto all coats and charges which, under existing laws, would form part of the true value at the port where the same may be entered, upon which the duties should be assessed. And it shall be the duty of the col lector, within whose district the same may be im ported or entered, to cause the dutiable value of such imports to be appraised, estimated, and ascertained in accordance with the provisions of existing laws ; and if the appraised value thereof shall exceed by ten per centum or more the value so decl a red i n th e en t ry , i then, in addition to the duties imposed by law on the same, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem on such appraised value: Provided, nevertheless, that under no such circumstances shall the duty be a ssesse d u p on an amount l ess t h an t h e invoice value; any law of Congress to the contrary not withstanding. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the deputies of any collector, naval officer, or surveyor, and the clerks employed by any collector, naval officer, surveyor, or ap praiser, who are not by' existing laws required to be sworn, shall, before entering upon their respective duties, or, if already employed, before continuing in the dis charge thereof, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation faithfully and diligently to perform such duties, and to use their best endeavours to prevent and detect frauds upon the revenue of the United States ; which oath or affirmation shall be administered by the collector of the port or district where the said deputies or clerks may be employed, and shall be of a form to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That no officer or other person connected with the navy of the United States shall, under any pretence, import in any ship or vessel of the United States any goods, ware, or mer chandise liable to the payment of any duty. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, that all Acts, and parts of Acts repugnant to the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. SCHEDULE A. Brandy and other spirits, distilled from grain, or other materials ; cordials, absynthe, arrack, curacoa, kirsehen wasser, liqueurs, maraschino, ratafia, and all other spi rituous beverages, of a similar character. SCHEDULE I. Alabaster and spar ornaments ; almonds, anchovies, and all other fish preserved in oil ; camphor refinea ; cassia, cloves, composition tops for tables, or other articles of furniture, comfits, sweetmeats, or fruit preserved in sugar, brandy, or molasses ; currants ; dates ; figs, ginger root, dried or green ; glass cut ; mace ; manufactures of cedar wood ; grana dilla ; ebony, mahogany, rose-wood and satin-wood ; nutmegs, pimento, prepared vegetables, meats, poultry, and game sealed and inclosed in cases, or otherwise ; prunes, raisins, scaglio tops for tables, or other articles of furniture ; cigars, snuff, paper cigars, and all other manufactures of tubacco ; wines, Burgundy, champagne, claret, Madeira, port, sherry, and all other wines and imitations of wines. Argentine, alabatta, or German silver, manufactured or unmanufactured; ale, beer, and porter in casks or bot tles; articles embrci iered with gold, silver, or other metal; articles worn, by men, women, or children, of whatever material composed, made up, or made wholly or in part by hand; asses' skins; balsams, cosmetics, essences, extracts, pestes, perfumes, and tinctures, used either fur the toilet, or for medicinal purposes; baskets, and all other articles com pesed of grass, osier, palmleaf, straw, whalebone, or willow, not otherwise provided for; bay rum; beads, of amber, composition, or wax, and all other beads; benzoates ; bologna saus age s ; b race l e t s , b ra id s , c h a i ns, curls, or ringlets, composed of hair, or of which hair is a component part; braces, suspenders, webbing or other fabrics, composed wholly or in part of India rubber, not otherwise provided for ; brooms and brushes of all kinds; cameos, real and imitation, and mosaic, real and imitation, when se t i n go ld, s i lver, or other metal ; canes and sticks for wa lki ng , fi n i s h ed or unfinished ; capers, pickles and sauces of all kinds, not otherwise provided for; fire crackers; flats, braids, plats, spartere and willow squares used for making hats or bonnets; glass tumblers, plain, moulded or pressed, not cut or printed; hats and bon nets for men, women, and children, composed of straw, satin straw, chip grass, palm leaf, willow, or any other vegetable substance, or of hair, whalebone, or other material, not otherwise provided for ; caps, hats, muffs and tippets of fur, and all other manufac ture* of fur, or which fur shall be a component mate rial ; caps, gloves, leggings, mits, socks, stockings, wove shirts and drawers, and all similar articles made on frames, worn by men, women, or children, and not otherwise provided for ; card cases, pocket books, shell boxes, souvenirs, and all similar articles, of whatever material composed ; carpets, carpeting, hearth rugs, bedsides, and other portions of carpeting, being either Ambusson, Brussels, ingrain, Saxony, Turkey, Venenian, Wilt on , or any other similar fabric; carriages and parts of carriages ; cayenne pepp:•r • cheese ; cinnamon ; clocks and parts of clocks; clothing, ready made, and wearing apparel of every descrip tion, of whatever material composed, made np or manufactured wholly or in part by the tailor, sempstress or manufacturer ; coach and harness furniture of all kinds; coal; coke and calm of coal; combs of all hinds; compositions of glass or paste, when set; confectionery of all kinds not otherwise provided for; coral, cut or manufactured; cotton cords, gimps, and gallops; court plaster ;crayons of all kinds; diamonds, gems, pearls, rubies, and other p rec i ous stones, and i m i tations of pre cious stones, when set iu gold, silver or other metal ; d u ll s and toys of allkinds; ep inlets, galloons, laces, kncts, stars, ta.,sels, tresses, and wings of gold, silver, or oth er me t a l ; f a ns and s creens of every description , ' of whatev er material composed ; fe athers and flowers , artificial or ornamental, a n d p arts thereo whatever material composed ; frames and sticks' u of f umbrellas, d parasols and sunshades, fi n i s h e d or unfinished furniture, cabinet and hous e h o ld ; g i nger, ground grapes; gum benz9in, or benjamin; hair pencils • hat' bodies of cotton ; hemp, unmanufactured ; honey • human hair, cleansed or prepared for use ; ink and ink p, tier ; iron. in bars, blooms, bolts, [cops, pigs, rods, slabs, or other form, not otherwise provided f or ; cas tings of iron, old or scrap iron ; vessels of cast iron ; japanned ware of all kinds, not otherwi se pro vided for ; jewelry, real or imitation ; jet and manu factures of jet, and imitations thereof ; lend p enc il s ; maccaroni, vermicelli, geletina,jellies, and all simi lar preparations ; manufactures of the bark of the cork tree, except corks ; manufactures of bone, shell, horn, pearl, ivory or vegetable ivory ; manufactures, articles, vessels, and wares, not otherwise provided for, of brass ; copper, gold, iron, lead, pewter, pletina, silver, tin, or other metals, or of which either of those metals or any other metal shall be the component material or chief value ; manufactures of cotton, linen, silk, wool, or worsted, if embroidered or tambored in the lcom or otherwise, by machinery, or with the needle, or other pro ess ; manufactured articles, vessels, and wares of glass, or of which glass shall be a component material, not otherwise provided for ; colored, stained, or painted glass ; glass crystals for watches ; glasses or pebbles for spectacles ; pain ings on gl-t.s poro-dain g l ass ; ma nufactures and articles of marble, marble paying tiles, and all other marble more advanced SCHEDULE C. Buttons and button moulds, of all kinds ; borax or tinctal ; Burgundy pitch ; calomel, and all other mer curial preparations ; camphor, crtvle ; feather beds, feathers for beds, and downs of all kinds ; floss silks ; grass cloth ; hair cloth ; hair-seating, and all other manufactures of hair not otherwise provided for ; jute, Sisal grass, coir, and other vegetable substances not otherwise provided for ; baizes, bcckings, flannels, and floor-cloths, of whatever material composed, not other wise provided for; cables or cordage, tarred or untarred, cotton laces ; cotton insertings, cotton trimming laces ; cotton laces and braids ; mannfacturea composed wholly of cotton, not otherwise provided for ; manufactures of goats hair and mohair, or of which goats hair or mohair shall be a component material, not otherwise provided for ; matting Chinese, and other floor-matting and mats made of flags, jute, or grass ; manufactures of silk, not otherwise provided for ; manufactures of worsted, or of which worsted shall be a component part, not other wise provided for ; slates other than roofing slates ; wollen and worsted yarn. SCHEDULE D. Acids, acetic, acetous, benzoic, boracic, chromic, citric, rnuriatic, white and yellow, nitric, pyroligenous and tartaric, and all other acids of every description, used for chemical and medicinal purposes, or for manu facturing, or in the fine ar.s, not otherwise provided for; Angora, Thibet, and other goat's hair or mohair un m'lnufactured ; cedar wood, ebony, granadil I a, mahogany, rosewood, and satinwood, unmanufactured ; cream of tatter ; extract of indigo ; extracts and decoctions of logwcods and other dyew oods not otherwise provided f. r; extracts of madder; flaxseed ; green turtle; gunny cloth ; alum ; amber ; ambergris ; anniseed ; animal carbon ; antimony, crude and regulus of ; arrowroot ; articles not in a crude state, used in dyeing or tanning, not otherwise provided for; asafeeteia; bacon; bananas; barley; beef; beeswax; berries, vegetables, flowers and barks, not otherwise provided for ; bismuth ; bitter apples ; blankets of all kinds ; blank books, bound or unbound; blue or Roman vitriol, or sulphate of copper, boards, planks, staves, lath, scantling, spars, hewn and sawed timber, timber to be used in building wharves; bronze liquor; iron liquor; lac spirits; manna; marble in the rough slab or block, unmanufactured; Dutch and bronze metal in leaf ; needles of all kinds for sewing, darning, or knitting ; ozier or willow p re p are d f or basket-makers' use; paving stones; paving and roofing tiles and bricks; boucho leaves; breccia; bronze powder; butter; cadmium; calamine; cantharides; caps; gloves, leggings, mits, socks, stockings, wove shirts, and drawers, made on frames, composed wholly of cotton, worn by men, women, and children ; cassia buds; castor oil; ca storum chccolate ; chrom a t e o f l ea d ; c h romate, bichrornate, hydriodate, and prussiate of potash; cobalt; cocoa nuts; coculus indicus; copperas or green vitrol, or sulphate of iron; copper rods, bolts, nails, and spikes; copper bottoms; plaster of Paris when ground; quick silver; saffron and saffron cake; seppia; steel, all than otherwise provided for ; copper in sheets or plates, called braziers' copper, and other sheets of copper not otherwise provided for; cuhebs; dried pulp; emery; ether; felspar; fig blue; fish, foreign, whether fresh, smoked, salted, dried, or pickled, not otherwise provided for; fish glue or isinglasss; fish skins; flour of sulphur; Frankfort blk; French chalk; fruit, green or ripe, not otherwise provided for ; fulminates, or fulminating powders; furs dressed on the skin; gamboge; glue; gunpowder; hair, curled, moss, sea-weed, and all other vegetable substances used for beds or mattresses; hams ; hats of wool; hat bodies, made of wool, or of which wool shall be a competent material of chief valne; hatters' plush, composed of silk and cotton, but of r. hich cotton is the component material of chief value ; hempseed or linseed and rapeseed oil, and all other oils used in painting ; Indian corn and corn meal ; ipecacuanha; iridium; iris or oris root; ivory or bone black; jalap; juniper -berries; lac sulpher; lampblack; lard; leather, tanned, bend or sole; leather, upper of all kinds; lead, in pigs, bars, or sheets; leaden pipes, leaden shot; leeches; linens of all kinds; liquorice paste. juice or root; litharge; malt; manganese; manufactures of flax, not otherwise provided for; marine coral un manufactured; medicinal drugs, roots, and leaves in a crude state, not otherwise provided for, metals, un manufactured, not otherwise provided for; mineral and bituminous substances, in a crude state, not otherwise provided for; musical instruments of all kinds, and strings for musical instruments of whip gut or catgut, and all other strings of the same material; nitrate of lead; oats and oatmeal; oils, neatsfoot and all other animal oil, spermaceti, whale and other fish oil, the produce of foreign fisheries; opium; oranges, lemons, and limes; orange and lemon peel; patent mordant; paints, dry or ground in oil, not otherwise provided for; paper hangings and paper for screens or fireboards; pearl or hulled barley; periodicals and other works in the course of printing and republication in the United States; Pineapples; pitch; plantains; plumbago; pork; potassium ; Prussian blue; pumpkins; putty; quills; red chalk; rhu barb; rice, or paddy; roll brimstone; Roman cement; rye and rye flour; saddlery, common, tinned, or japan ned; sago; sal soda, and all carbonates of soda, by what ever name designated, not otherwise provided for; salts, prom, glauber, Rochelle, and all other salts and prepa rations of salts, not otherwise provided for; sarsaparilla; shaddocks; sheathing paper; skins, tanned and dressed, of all kinds; skins of all kinds, not otherwise provided for; slate pencils; smalts; spermaceti candles and tapers; spirits of turpentine; sponges; spunk; squills, starch; stearine candles and tapers; stereotype plates; still bot toms; sulphate of barytes, crude or refined; sulphate of quinine; tallow candles; tapioca; tar; thread laces and inserting; type metal; types new or old; vanilla beans; erdigrls; velvet, in the piece, composed wholly of cotton; velvet, in the piece, composed of cotton and silk, but of which cotton is the component material of chief value; vermillion; wax candies and tapers; whalebone, the pro duct of foreign fisheries; wheat and wheat flour; white and red lead; whiting, or Paris white; white vitriol, or sulphate of zinc; window glass; broad, crown, or cylin der; woollen listings; yams. manufacture than in slabs or blocks in the rough ; i pi S see of their growth or production, in American vessels, manufactures of paper, or of which paper is a compo- t• it. in foreign vessels entitled by reciprocal treaties to be nent material, not otheraise provid e d f or ; manufac- , ixempt f i rom eo teriminating duties, tonnage, and other ff of , the growth or production of the tures, articles, and wares of papier mule; manufactures ' r eh e a s r hie g a e s s ions of wood, or of which wood is a component 'part, not the Netherlands, imported from otherwise provided for ; manufactures of wood, or of the Netherlands in the same m anner ; co i ns, which wood shall be the component material of chief I gol e d n , inslilv7,:nd copper ; copper ore ; copper when value, not otherwise provided for ; medicinal prepara- I - prated for the United States Mint; cotton; Lions, not otherwise provided for ; metallic pens ; mine- s fe e lt, , arms ; nuts, not otherwise provided for oil-cloth of tr stePilesive, for sheathing ; garden se e d s , an d ot h er ral waters ; molasses ; muskets, rifles, and other fire- eos not otherwise provided for ; goo d s , wares an d : erchandise, the growth, produce or manu f acture of the - every description, of whatever material composed ; United States exported to a foreign country, and brought ochre and ochry earths used in the composition of back to the United States in the same condition as when exported, upon which ro drawback or bounty has been painters' colours ; whether dry or ground in oil ; oi' ,s, volatile, essential or expressed, and not otherwise - vided for : olive oil, in casks, other than salad oil ,P. allowed: Provided, that all th e regu l a ti ons to ascerta i n •.; olive the identity thereof, prescribed by existing laws, or salad oil, and all other olive oil, not otherv',- .se provided which may be prescribed by the Secretary of the laws, for ; olives paper, antiquarian, demy, drawing, ale- sury, shall be complied with; guano; household effects, phant, foolscap, imperial, letter, and all . and *gilt n other paper not old and in use, of persons or families from foreign coun otherwise provided for ;paper bozo ; , o , wared c.f sun-shades a 1 l kinds ;; par „ ,solp •, :t ri all other fancy tries, if used abroad by them, and not intended for any other person or persons, for sale; junk, old; models boxes ; paper envelopes ; parchment ; pepper ; plate.a of inventions and other improvements in the arts: playing cards ; plums ; fiotates , s ; red chalk and pen- Provided, That no article or articles shall be cite ; saddlery of all .I•,.thcis, dot silk otherwise provided for ; deemed a model or improvement which can be salmon preserved ; sewin vholly g Ind ,. in the gum or purified ; fitted for use ; oakum ; oil, spermaceti, whale, and shoes composed -, silk twist and ~ ilk co-,, of , ua s. rubber ; sealing wax ; other fish, of American fisheries, and all other articles po t se of . ilk and mohair ; side- the production of such fisherii s ; paintings and arms of ev cry z es . a crip ion ; silver plated metal, in statuary, the production of American artists residing sheets or s• Alf ,- , , f, rm ; soap, Castile, perfumed, Windsor, abroad, and all other paintings and statuary • Provided, g and all ‘ ' ~ or.ner kinds ; sugar of all kinds ; tobacco, UE- the same be imported in good faithobjects . as of taste, Illan v .eaetured ; syrup of sugar of .;twines and pack thread, and not cf merchandise ; personal and household effects whatever material composed ; umbrellas ; vellum ; (not merchandise) of citizens of the United States dying , vinegar ; wafers ; water c o lour s ; fi re - woo d an d woo d abroad ; plast e r o f P ar i s , unground ;plating, unnaanu manufactured, not otherwise provided for ; wool manu- factored • , cheating copper, but no copper to be coral factured. tiered such and admitted free, except sheets forty-eight - -.• inches long and fourteen i nc h es Wid e , and weighing from fourteen to thirty-four ounces the square foot ; sheathing metal ; specimens of natural history, miner alogy or botany ; trees, shrubs, bulbs, plants and roots, not otherwise provided for ; wearing apparel in actual use, and other personal effects not merchandise, professional books, implements, instruments, and tools of trade, occupation, or employment, of persons arriving in the United States ; Provided, that this exemption shall not be construed to include machinery or other ar ticles imported for use in any manufacturing establish ment or for sale. rICII.B SUN, _LONDON FIUDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1846. 9 --- SCHEDULE E. Arsenic; bark, Peruvian; bark, Quilla; Brazil paste; brimstone, crude in bulk; cork tree bark, unmanufac tared; codilla, or tow of hemp or flax; diamonds, glazier's, set or not set; dragon's blood; flax, unmanu factured; gold and silver leaf; mineral kerms; silk, raw, not more advanced in manufacture than single tram and thrown or organzine; terne tin plates; tin toil; tin in plates or sheets; tin plates galvanised, not otherwise provided for; steel in bars; cast, shear, or German; zinc, spelter, or teutenegue, in sheets. SCHEDULE F. Ammonia; annatto, rancon or Orleans ; barilla ; books printed, magazines, pamphlets, periodicals and illustrated newspapers, bound or unbound, not otherwise provided for; bleaching powders or chloride of lime; building stones; burr stones, wrought or unwrought ; cameos and mosaics, and imitations thereof, not set ; chronometers, box or ships, and parts thereof ; cocoa ; cochineal ; cocoa shells, compositions of glass or paste, not set •, cudbear ; diamonds, gems, pearls, rubies, and other precious stones, and imitations thereof, when not set; engravings or plates, bound or un bound; hempseed, linseed, and rapes ee d ; fullers' earth; furs, hatters' dressed or undressed, not on the furs, un dressed, when on the skin ; goldbeaters' skins ; gum Arabic; gum Senegal; gum Tragacanth; gum Barbary; gum East India; gum Jedda; gum substitute or burnt starch; indigo; kelp; natron ; terra japonica or cate chuihair of all kinds, uucleaned and unmanufactured; India rubber, in bottles, slabs or sheets, unmanufactured; lemon and lime juice; maps and charts; music and music pap: r, with lines, bound or unbound; nux vomica oils; palm arm cocoa nut; orpiment; palm leaf, unmanufac_ tured; poliAing stones; pumice and pumice stone; rat tans and reeds, unmanufactured ; rotton stone ; sal ammonia; saltpetre (or nitrate of soda, cr potash), re fined or partially refined; soda ash, sulphuric acid, or oil of vitro]; tallow, marrow, and all other grease and soap stocks and soap stuffs, not otherwise provided for; watches and parts of watches; watch materials of all kinds, not otherwise provided for; woad or pastel. SCHEDULE G. •h br e a n ss ol i d n , or A b l e c l o l r n rn o e ci t u a e l fi a t r g n o n c y o t r: C b r e iid r e e t in a r a t n a n r l ; a n b t e n l r l , d pigs or bars; Brazil wood, and all other dye-woods in sticks; brass, when old, and fit only to he remanufac tured; bristles; chalk, not otherwise provided for; clay, unwrought ; copper in pigs or bars; copper, when old, and fit only to he retnanufactured ; flints; grindstones, wrought or unwrought ; berries, nuts and vegetabies used exclusively in dyeing, or in composing dyes, but no article shall be classed as such that has undergone any manufacture; ivory, unmanufactured ; ivory nuts, or vegetable ivory; madder root: nutgalls, pearl, mother of ; suitable for shoes, bootees, or buttons, exclusively; in mufactures of mohair cloth, silk twist, or other manufactures of cloth, suitable for the manu facture of shoes, boots, bootees, or buttons exclusively ; horns, horn-tips, bones, bone-tips, and teeth, manufactured ; kermes, lac dye ; lac spirits ; mad der ground ; nickel ; pewter, when old, and fit only to be manufactured ; rags, of whatever materill ; raw hides and skins of all kinds ; whether dried, salted or pickled, or otherwise provided for ; safflower ; saltpetre, or nitrated of soda, or potash, when crude ; seedlae ; shellac ; sumac ; tin, in pigs, bars, or blocks ; tortoise and other shells unmanufactured ; tumeric ; waste or shoddy ; weld ; zinc ; spelter, or tutenegue, unmanu facturcd, not otherwise . provided far. S . ` . El)li LE Attimah f.,i 6.et d ; billilvil, gold, Libel silver; cabinets of coins, medals, and other collections of an tiquities ; caw and tea when inTorted direct from the WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. The piers of the bridge were built on caissons without bearing piles under them. The bed of the river for a consi derable depth under the caissons is loose gravel. The exist ing foundations were designed and calculated for much smaller piers with a light wooden superstructure for a bridge. The third pier from the centre began to sink, so that two arches lost their circular figure, and some of their principal stones fell into the water, before the bridge was finished. The quality of the masonry is bad, and the superstructure never can be made a very solid and secure work. In the course of ninety years however the fabric had comparatively consolidated. The removal of old London •bridge again dis turbed its repose. Between 1823 and 1833 the river fifty feet below Westminster-bridge bad deepened its chan nel six or seven feet by its own action. To a certain extent, the same operation had been in progress under the bridge, and the piers being thus deprived of their liberal support, again became unsteady. In 1844, the 17- feet east pier had gone down nine inches, and was three inches off the perpendicular. Between the 7th May, 1845, and the 19th May, 1845, this pier sunk 13! 1 inches; and the 16-feet east pier about 1% inch. In the beginning of July, the 17-feet pier was found to have sunk 2-10ths of an inch additional; and the 16-feet pier 1-10th. The continued sinking of the two piers has affected the stones of the 72- feet arch which rests upon them ; an open joint is percep tible in the soffits, and one of the south-face stones has dropped down about half an inch. The palliatives recontse mended by various distinguished engineers are all objecjon able ; one would cost 120,000/. ; another would obstruct the na vigation; and even were they carried into effect, none of the proposers will guarantee the stability of the bridge. In addition to its insecurity the bridge is very i nconven i ent. Its inclination is greater than that of any bridge over a tidal river in England; for 10 yards at each end it is one in 14i, and about lin 33 for the remainder. The surface of the road is five steps below the footpaths on both acclivities; and near the ends of the bridge the carriage-way is only 22 feet. Sir James M`Adam stated, in 1844, that 6,600,000 horses passed Charing-cross annually, and of that thoroughfare lie con sidered the largest proportion, particularly the heavy car riages, passed over the bridge. The annual expense of management in salaries is 1,4871. ; from sth April, 1810, to sth April, 1838, 83,097/. were expended in repairs; from sth April, 1838, to sth April; 1844, 81,341/. ; front sth April, 1844, to sth July, 1846, 25,782/ ; in all, 190,220/. There are some arrears due for works during the same period on the bridge, which will raise this sum to not less than 200,0001. The repairs still remaining to be made, and the proposed widening of the bridge to equal the width of London-bridge, would cost 100,0L0/. more. The bridge estate consists of 10,000/. in Consols, and lands and houses esti mated in 1843 at 172,5211. The following are the resolutions of the Select Committee appointed to consider the present state of Westminster bridge, of the new Palace at Westminster, &c. " "That the majority of the witnesses who have been examined on the point concur in the statement, that the foundations of Westminster-bridge having been originally vicious, the bridge can never be permanently sound. "2. That the expense of completing the alterations and repairs now in progress or in contemplation, according to contracts and designs under the superintendence of the Bridge Commissioners, will be very considerable, amounting at the least to 70,0001. " 3. That this expenditure will still leave the bridge in a state requiring constant attention in respect to repairs, and without any certainty of permanent security; while it will likewise leave the water-way far less adequate to the re quirement of the navigation, particularly when the con traction of the stream by the embankment in front of the New Palace is considered, than would be the case under a new bridge. . _ _ " 4. That, irrespective of the approaches, the expense of a new stone bridge near the site of the present bridge, and retaining the present bridge for tempor ar y use, would not exceed 360,0001., according to the highest of the estimates for that object which have been furnished to the Committee, either in 1844 or in the present year. " 5. That the bridgeestatea would probably furnish a clear surplus of at least 100,0001. in aid of the funds for the erec tion of a new bridge. " 6. That Parliament having by direct grants from the Exchequer (the remaining expenditure having been pro vided by money raised in lotteries, under Acts of Parliament) furnished a large part of the expense of erecting originally the present bridge, and having constituted the commission under which the said bridge was erected, and has since been administered, and having, by sec. 20 of the 9th Geo. 11., c. 29, declared that the said bridge shall be extra-parochial, and by sec. 21, that it shall not be a county bridge, main tainable as such bridges are, by county rates, has recognised and sanctioned the princip:e that this bridge, which is thus by law excluded from other support, shall be maintained, and when needful, repaired, restored, and rebuilt, at the expense of the State. _ 7. That, in these circumstances, a sufficient case has been made out to justify this Committee in recommending to the House, that the present bridge be pulled down, and that a new bridge be constructed ; and that a Bill be brought into Parlia ment next session to transfer to the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, &c., the estates and property of the Bridge Commissioners, due consideration being bad to the claims of the officers of the Bridge Estates, if their services should be discontinued." BLOCKADE OF FLEET-STREET. Another blockade of Fleet-street, being the second within the last twelve months, commenced a day or two ago, and it is announced that from six weeks to two months will be the duration of the stoppage. The enormous tide of traffic kept out of its ordinary course will have to force itself into narrow and circuitous channels. The little out-of-the-way streets will be flooded with a stream of public vehicles, brought to a state of stagnation every now and then by some obstruction, which will no sooner be removed than they will drive on with fearful impetuosity, till they find as it were their level by getting once more into a broad thoroughfare. People ignorant of the obstructive proceedings of the pavers will get into a conveyance for the Bank, and find themselves whirled through the intricate mazes that aboutgel in the neigh bourhood of Chancery-lane ; while an occasional " jam ming up"will afford the oprortunity of witnessing the process of emptying, and perhaps weighing, the entire contents of a coal waggon. As to the unfortunate tradesmen of Fleet street, our pity for them is greatly modified by the con sciousness of their having been so frequently treated in this unceremonious manner that they must be now quite used to it. The owner of a shop between Temple-bar and Farring don-street must look to be hemmed in by the pavers once or twice a year as regularly as the gardeners may expect to be " frozen out ' in the depth of winter. The seasons are, indeed, frequently more merciful, and always less certain, than the city blockaders, who assume a variety of shapes for the persecution of their victims. A few months ago the enemy appeared as the genius of sew age, whose emissaries were employed in undermining the street as well as the prosperity of its inhabitants. Sometimes it is a river demon, who comes to lacerate the heart of the City tinder the pretext of laying down new pipes for a sup ply of water. After two of th,.: elements have sent their representatives to harass the passengers and householders they are tormented by the agent of fire, in the shape of some gas company, which begins to pick to pieces the pave ment from which the emissaries of water or the slaves of earth may have very recently retired. Whatever may be the necessity for the works of which the City thoroughfares are so frequently the scene, there can be no doubt that pre vious arrangement would prevent the inconvenience that is caused by a saries of consecutive stoppages of the most important lines of metropolitan communication. Ad mitting that the alteration in the sewers was imperative last year, surely the authorities might have exercised sufficient foresight to have seen that the street would soon require fresh paving. The same time that was occu pied in replacing the old pavement would have sufficed for putting down the new, and thus two birds might have been killed with one stone—or rather the stone need only have been laid down once instead of twice, to the great incon venience of the public. Perhaps those who under stand the mystery of these things may tell us that the alteration in the sewers is a job of itself, and that the restoration of the old pavement forms a regular part of it, while the repaving is another "job of itself," in which the removal of the old pavement, so that the business may be done ab initio, is a principal in gredient. If this is really a consideration, it would be for the interest of the inhabitants to pay com pensation to the parties who have, by inheritance or otherwise, succeeded to these several " jobs," so that the whole nuisance could be got rid of at once, instead of its being a prolonged operation, to be repeated at brief intervals. An attempt is made in the present instance to amuse the public by an intimation that the pavement about to be laid down is calculated to last for twenty years; but who is sanguine enough to expect that the gas or water people—to say nothing of those trouble some sons of the soil who represent the sewers—will let it alone for ore quarter of that period ? It is all very well to make a "new bottom of concrete," but who can undertake to say that the agents of the gas or water com pany will not abstract the concrete before another month has expired ? That a pavement might be constructed to endure for tw en t y years, if i t i s allowed to rest from the pickaxe, h as b een proved i n the case of Blackfriar's bridge. Thi s , however, can scarcely be hoped in a thorough fare, where the temporary derangement of a shop-light, or the bursting of a domestic water-pipe, may afford an excuse for scarifying half a street, and shutting up one half of it fur a week or a fortnight. Surely some plan might be devised for conducting gas and water pipes in such a man ner as to prevent the necessity for plucking up the car riage pavement and rendering the way impassable whenever repair may be needed. Why are the light ing and other companies to occupy the middle of the street, to cross a n d ' recross at pleasure, and, indeed, re ricul its the nlctropt,!i. with an twitPrgr,tin I rirtw.r% m unog about in every direction so that all traffic must be stopped where exam i nat i on i s requ i re d? Th e con- J gut repetitiu of the block/44 irlisow9 =dealt A §criotti evil, not only to the inhabitants of the doomed streets, but to all in the habit cf frequenting them. We think we have a right to insist that all persons who have a design upon the Fleet-street pavement should now come in and prove their right to interfere with it, or be precluded for the next five years, at least, from taking possession of that much used and ill-used thoroughfare.— Times. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Po SISSMOUTII, W EDNESDAY.--TheComet steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Johnston, is ordered to take dispatches to Lisbon, as soon as she can be got ready. The Mariner transport, Lieutenant W. Still, agent, arrived this morning from the Cape of Good Hope, with invalids and old naval stores ; but having left some days before the Mutine, she has brought no news from that colony. She left Ascension on the 29th of June, at which time the Tortoise store and guard ship, Commander Morrell, the Ac txon, 26, Captain Manse], the Ferret, 10, Commander Sprigg, and the Rolla, 10, Commander Simpson, were lying there. When the Mariner left Ascension, dysentery- was very prevalent ; on her passage home, six of the invalids died from that disease. She brings home, as passengers, Captain Broke, promoted from the Thunderbolt steam•sloop at the Cape; Commander the Hon. Mark Kerr, late First- Lieutenant of the President, 50, flag-ship at the Cape; Lieutenant Krovstra, late of the Bittern, invalided ; Dr. Bradford, irvaliaed, from the Actaeon ; and Assistant-Sur geon Walter Parsons, of the Hecate steam-sloop, on the coast of Africa. _ _ The Alban steam troop-ship. Master Commander Burney, left Cork o❑ the Bth inst. for Devonport, to embark Marines for Pembroke, with whom she proceeds to the latter place. After disembarking them she will return to Devonport with the relief; thence she proceeds to Cork. The Dido, 20, Captain Maxwell, left Dublin on Monday for Cork. _ The Dee steam-transport, Master Commander Driver, left Cork on Monday, to transfer the reliefs of the R o y a l A r till ery between Liverpool and Dublin. 'Two transports from Deptford were expected at Cork to embark the 6th Regiment of Foot for the Cape of Good Hope, to sail on the 10th or 11th inst. The Contest, 12, Commander M'Murdo, has unmoored preparatory to sailing this evening for the coast of At r i c a. Some absurd statements having appeared with respect to the armament of this vessel, we give the fact as it is " officially" vouched for by the Government authorities, viz., two 32- pounders, 39 cwt., 7ft., 6in. long, tea 32-pounders, 25 cwt., 6f t. long. RE PORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY ENACTMENTS. The SELEcr COMMITTEE appcinted to inquire whether, without discouraging legitimate enterpri,e, conditions may not be embodied in railway Acts better fitted than those hitherto inserted in them to promote and secure the interests of the public, have considered the several matters to them referred, and agreed to the following resolu tions : This case, by which, as we stated, considerable interest has been created through this county, and more especially in Cheltenham, came on (as appointed) for trial this morn ing. From an early hour a great many persons crowded into the town with the intention of being present, but several must have been disappointed, as the court, crowded as it was, could not contain them. The total absence of ladies on the bench, the small number of women in court generally, was highly creditable to the sense of propriety of the fair sex in this county. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Alexander, Q.C., and Mr. Greaves appeared for the prosecution ; the defendant's case was conducted by Mr. Whateley, Q.C., Mr. Tyrrwhitt, and Mr. J. G. P. Smith. Mr. GaEAVES opened the indictment, and stated that it was presented against the defendant for a libel on the cha racter of Mrs. Barker, the prosecutrix, contained in the superscriptions of two letters; and that to this indictment the defendant had pleaded "Not guilty." Mr. Sergeant TALYOUiIO opened the case, and stated that the defendant, the Rev. Disnee , Robinson, was a clergyman of the Church of England, who had borne an excellent and irreproachable character, which he had never forfeited ex cept in this one transaction. The presecutrix was a married lady, of a mo-t respectable family, the wife of a member of the musical profession, and the mot her oft hree children. She had during the autumn of 1844 lived at No. 2, Pittville parade, in Cheltenham, where Mr. Barker had been with her; but some unfortunate differences having arisen between hem, they separated, and she went to Acton-hall, near Dureley, intending to reside in Cheltenham again with her children, whom her husband had lett in her charge, and their governess. Before she arrived there from Acton-hall, she received two anonymous letters, which he (the Learned Ser geant) would read, as notice to produce them had been given by the defendant, though they were not the subject of the present indictment. These letters would be proved to be written by the defendant, and the intention was to induce Mrs. Barker not to return to Cheltenham. It was impos• sible to conceive a reason why a man in the defendant's po sition should scruple to avow what he did not scruple to write. He was no way connected with Cheltenham, except as residing there for health or amusement, and not possessing any spiritual power. The first of these letters was not dated, but bore the post-mark of the 12th of October, 1845. It was directed to Mrs. Barker, and its contents were what the jury would now hear : " Madam,—lt is rumoured that you purpose residing in Cheltenham during the ensuing winter. It is thought that after what occurred last year this outrage on common de cency would not be repeated. Allow me to urge the re consideration of this step. I know that means will be taken to cause reflection, should you come after this friendly warning.e-I am, yours faithfully, W. P." These were not the initials of the defendant, and therefore the letter might, like its successor, be considered anonymous. On the 24th of the same month a second letter was received by the prosecutrix, in these words:— " Madam,—l know not what effect my former friendly warning and communication may have had, but I deem it better to repeat it, and to beg that you will reconsider your intention of coming to reside in Cheltenham. Let the me mory of your departed father, and regard for your brother, both ministers of the Holy Gospel, have some weight with you. I hope you will receive in kindness the admonitions of one personally unknown, but disposed in a friendly manner towards you. W. p." Mrs. Barker, purposing to reside quietly in Cheltenham, and neither to disturb the morals nor the public peace of the town, did not think it necessary to attend to these letters, and accordingly went to her old house, at No. 2, Pittville ' parade, on the 3d of November, 1845. Soon after the sth of the same month she received the letter the superscription of which has the first libel. It was addressed, " Mrs. Barker, under the protection of Lord Fitzhardinge," which words were underscored. In this envelope some religious tracts only were contained On the 11th of November the writer returned to the charge, and sent another letter, also containing nothing but tracts, the address of which was the second libel complained of. This letter was directed to " Mrs. Barker, Sabbath-breaker and adulteress." These letters had both passed through the post, and the latter was not pre paid, in order, no doubt, that the attention of all those through whose hands it passed, both in the post-office and Mrs. Barker's house, might be directed to the address upon it. Inquiries were now made, the lady feeling she could not quietly live in Cheltenham or any other town if such conduct were permitted, which resulted in its tinning out that the de fendant was the writer of all the four letters. These letters had certainly not a tendency to induce a breach of the peace as far as the lady was concerned, but most certainly would have provoked it if she had had any male friend with her. In this proceeding, if the defendant had meant to rely on the truth of his statement, he should have pleaded it, as he might now by a recent statute, and prove that his publica tion of it was for the public benefit. He (Mr. Sergeant Tal fourd) should not call Mrs. Barker before the Court, be cause he thought no such precedent should be established as that any man had a right, by his own wrongful act, to call on any one to come and deny the offence he chose to allege the prosecutor had committed. There was no duty imposed en the lady on whom these insults were heaped to present herself at the call of the defendant and invite any scrutiny. No doubt it would be alleged that the defendant was actu ated by good motives in taking the course he did. It was, however, impossible to conceive what motive could justify his indulging in such detraction. If he had even believed the reports respecting the conduct of the prosecutrix, and the rumours of a guilty connexion between her and Lord Fitzhardinge which might have been current in Chelten ham—a town the business of which was pleasure, and where, therefore, persons were accustomed to pry into matters which did not concern them—this was not the course which, as a Christian minister, he should have adopted. If he had possessed any of the spirit of Knox, or of those heroic martyrs who had at their own risk and peril denounced "spiritual iniquity in high places," it was not by anonymous libels sent through the post-office he would have remon strated. Be would and ought, not to have gone to her, but to Berkeley Castle, to Lord Fitzhardinge—not to a defence less woman, but to the man; for the crime which, though society treated it lightly as regarded the man, and most se verely as respected the woman, was, in the eyes of God, equally guilty in both. Why had he not followed in the same course as the Great Author of our faith had, who said to the woman taken in adultery, " Neither do I condemn thee," when the law of the land, as well as that of Christianity, would not allow us to erect ourselves as amateur judges, as we had no means of examining wit nesses, and to become at once judge, witness, and exe cutioners? Against such a self created tribunal, which the defendant, influenced no doubt by some soeiety in which he had moved to forget the Christian life he had previously led when vicar of Woolley, in Yorkshire, hal constituted, the prosecutrix now claimed protection from the jury. They would, however, in this case have only to consider whether the superscriptions were libels, and whether they were, as he (the Learned Sergeant) would prove, in the handwriting of the defendant. The following witnesses were then called and examined : William Dyke examined—l am a letter-carrier at Chel tenham. It is my duty to deliver letters in Pitville-parade. I know the prosecutrix; she lived in Pittville- parade, both in November last and the year before. I delivered on No vember the 4th this letter (the letter constituting the first libel). I delivered on the 12th of the same month this un paid letter, for which I received postage (this was the letter directed to " Mrs. Barker, adultress."). Mr. Robinson lived at No. 5, in Pittville-parade. Cross-examined—Mr. Robinson took pupils, who resided in his house. They were young gentlemen. It is two years since I recollect Mrs. Barker living there. She came about the end of October. I delivered letters in the morning and evening. Ido not know Lord Fitzhardinge. I know his livery. I never saw his horses or servants at Mrs. Barker's door. At this stage of the cross-examination a legal discussion arose as to the right of the Learned Counsel for the defendant to inquire whether the rumours alluded tO actually were cur rent in Cheltenham. His LORDSHIP said, that the existence of rumours could not now be any element in the decision of the Court, what ever their effect when the defendant came up to receive jud e g r m os e s n -e t x m am ig i h n t a b ti e o . n question _ doubtless with the view nedl k w n o o u w l d Mr. takea Robinson note o f the h n e WINDOW GLASS,—Several arrivals of window glass married man. I delivered the first letter to a servant of Mrs. are now taking place from Belgium, Barker's, named Elizabeth Molloy. I have heard of the of partly meeting the required supplies in consequence of the Female Refuge, but Ido not know that Mr. Robinson took t however,in late storm. very great iuterest in forwarding it. I never d elivered any NARROW ESCAPE.—On Saturday the Scotia steamer letter for Mr. Barker. made a trip to Ailsa, from Ayr, with a bumper cargo of Elizabeth Mulloy—l lived as cook at No. 2, Pitville pleasure-seeker., chiefly brought by a special train from parade. I remem b er t h a t i n November last Mrs. Barker Kibuarr.o.. , k. ' About a third of the number of passengers came to live there. I received some letters delivered by the went on ele re, th e rest preferring a sa il round the rock. All last w i tness. (Thi s w itness identified the two letters.) I was gaiety and delight, some c l a mbering up the precipice, delivered both letters to Mrs. Barker , b y the l ast of which and others anjeying themselves quietly at their picnics below,, she was very much affected. when an unlucky wight, of the name of Cuninghatne, from Cross-examined—l lived with her in November, 1844. Kilmarnock, lost his balance nearly 300 feet above the level She came at the beginning of November, and left in April. of the sea, and, bounding from cliff to cliff halted not till he L or d Fitzhardinge used to call sometimes. H e somet i mes , lay apparently dead at the base. He had, ie appears, lain di ne d once , sometimes twice a week. H e s t aye d till about p potations may be eleven or twelve o'clock at night. They dined alone himself down, whether from fatigue or deep to imagined, in a recess on his perilous way upwards; and n gether. Lord Fitzhardinge lived at German-cottage, in again rising, fell backwards nearly 30 feet, till he l e ie e n ni c e e he Cheltenham, which is about ten minutes walk from Pitville contact with a jutting portion of the rock, from_ln the descent parade. I never saw her go out with Lord Fitzhardinge. rolled downwards with appalling rapidity. When she rode out there was a servant with her. Ido not one thought know his head and face were severely cut, and every whether it was Lord Fitzhardinge's livery. The and he was dead. He was brought to Ayr with the steamer, groom's name is Pick. Ido not know that she ever went in and taken to the infirmary, where his wounds were dressed,• Lord Fitzhardinge's carriage. Ido not recollect that I ever every attentien paid to' him, and he is now in a fair way of re- said she constantly went out in Lord Fitzhardinge's ' carriage. covert'.-4yr Observer. Ido not know Lord Fitzhardinge's horses. He came once [ArivEensEeiENT ] —THE PREVALENT DISEASES OF in his own carriage. She went always but once • h mes.--leersons findingthem- with four THE SEASON CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S r horses when she travelled. When she Ilft Pit • salves the least out of order should take ten of these pills imme- believe she went to Acton-hall,l t h e r e . I diately, no matter the hour as they directly act on the liver, heard from the was never there. I have stomach, and bowels, and In ' se searching and effectual a manner, prosecutrix that it was Lord Fitzhardinge's. that bowel complaints are soon stopped, at the same time correcting W hen Lord Fitzhardinge dined at Mrs. Barker's his servant any disorder of the liver or stomach. Thus it is that officers or waited. She had no man -servant. I have seen Lord Fitz others fro m or in the West Indies derive such immense benefit from 1 hardinge riding but not Pick afterhim. He had servants this fine medicine, which vigora , es iinpii!r,(l const: t _ s , clueing feelings of youthfulness and energy. The Santo et,red the I.t.n how 1L.L..1`.1:a.. liad his red ceet Earl of Aldhorough of a liver and stomach complaint. These me- I on when he used to call. dicines are sold by all druggists, SO rroresoor 1191loway's Este, Re-examined—When she first went to live there, Mr. 1 4 44 Rt . ; ttio PIO; amlgun. George Darker, her husband, was there tQr a wok. I was 1. That it is expedient that a department of the Execu tive Government, so constituted as to obtain public con fidence, be established for the superintendence of railway business. 2. That all proposals for the construction of new lines of railway, or for extensions or branches of existing lines, or for the amalgamation of lines already authorised with other lines or with canals, or for leasing railways or canals to rail way companies, or for any other purposes relating to rail ways, for which the sanction of Parliament is required, toge ther with plans, sections, books of reference, and other papers required by the standing orders, should be laid before such department. 3. That the department should test these plans, sections, &c., through its own engineers and officers, by means of local examination or otherwise, as it may think fit, awl should inquire into and report to Parliament upon the particulars required by the standing orders to be specially reported upon by Committees on railway Bills; and that no Committee on any railway Bill should inquire further into such particulars, airless by the special order of the House. 4. That this department should also inquire into the com pliance with the standing orders, and how far the same, if not complied with iu any particular cases, ought to be dis pensed with, and should report thereupon to Parliament. 5. That the department should receive representations from local bodies, or from individuals, for or against any proposed line, whether such representations have reference to matters of public or private interests, and should hear the parties, and should make such inquiries, on the spot, or otherwise, as they may think necessary, and should report the facts, and their opinion thereupon, to Parliament. 6. That the department should report in each case what in its judgment would be a proper tariff of fares and charges. 7. That all Bills for effecting any of the objects enume rated in the foregoing resolutions should be submitted to the department for examination and approval ; and that it should be part of the duty of the department to enforce uni formity in the preparation of such Bills, as far as circum stances will allow. 8. That no Bill for carrying any such proposal into effect ehould be introduced into Parliament without having the previous sanction of such department. 9. That the department should be charged with a general supervision of all railways, and canals in any way connected with railways ; and that for this purpose it should possess all the powers and execute all the duties now possessed and exercised by the Board of Trade, and such additional powers as may be necessary to enforce any regulations made from time to time for the accommodation and interests of the public. 10. That the department should require from every rail way company periodical returns, according to a uniform plan, apzioved from time to time by the department, and that it should annually lay before Parliament a report, giving the above returns, or abstracts thereof, together with such details and observations upon the state and pro gress of the railway system as it may deem useful. August 7, 1846. RAILWAY StiARE MARKETS MANCHESTER, AUGUST 12. STOCK Excaatsaz.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, Re., 13-16 dis.-Birsaingham an d O x f or d Junction, 5% p.-Blackburn and Preston ' 8 p.-Direct Northern, 1 dis.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1% p.-East Lincolnshire, % dis -Grand Union, % dis. -Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1% p.-Lan cashire and North Yorkshire, dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man chester, ex int., 4 p.-Liverpool and Bury, 8 p.-Ditto, New Shares, 1% p.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% p.-London and Winesor, 1 dis.-London and York, 7-16 dis.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1-16 p.- Blanchester and Leeds, Extension, 2% p. -Manchester and Southampton, 4 dis -North Eastern, 325. dis.- North Staffordshire, 3% p.-North Western, 3-16 p.-Oldham, Bir kenhead, &c., 4 dis.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 3-16 die. -Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 1,4% p.-Ditto, No. 3, p.-Shronshire Union, 155. dis.- South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, 13-16 p.-South Midland, 14 p.-West Riding Union, 3% p. LEEDS, AnonsTA 2. STOCK Excnatrox.-The sales are-East Lancashire, 8% p.- Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 2 dis.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 6s. dis.- Huddersfield and Manchester, 245. p.- Huddersfield and kiheffield, 6% p.-Leeds and Bradford, 42 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 3 p.- Leeds and Thirsk, dis. - Manchester and Leeds, Fi th Shares, p.-Ditto, Extensions, 2L 16s. p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 12% p.-Newcastle and Darlington Junction Extensions, 1034 p.-North British, 38-Ditto, Carlisle Branch, 465. p.-York and North Mid land, East and West Riding, 121. as. 6d. p.- Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 17s. 6d. dis.-Boston, Newark, and Sh e ffi e ld, 14s. dis.-Direct Northern, 12s. 6d. dis.-L ee d s , Y or k, an d M i dland, 33s 6d. dis.-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, 1% dis.- Lei cester and Birmingham, 18s. Gd. dis.--Leicester and Bedford, I Is. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% p.-London and York, 9s. dis.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15s. dis.-Halton and Driffield Junc tion, 9s. 6d. p.-Manchester, B uxton, Matlock, and Midland, 205. p.--North Staffordshire, 3% p.-Nortr, Western. 1,4 p. -Sheffield and Lincoln, 3s. dis.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 15s. dis.-South Midland, 15s. p.-South and Midland Junction, 17s. 6d. dis.-West Riding Union, 5 1 4 -Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 395. dis. SHEFFIELD, AUGUST 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are - Grimsby and Sheffield, 254 dis. -Ditto, Extension, 17a. dis. - Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Janction, 21. 19s.- Sheffield and Lincohishire, 3s. 6d. dis. HULL. AUGUST 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are- North British, Carlisle, 675. 6d.-Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 7 %-Huddersfield and Shef field Junction, 20 IA -Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 355.- Buckinghamshire, dis.-East Lincoln s hi re, 14s. Gd.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 313.-Grand Union, 155.-Leicester and Bed ford, 9s. 9d.-Leicester and Tamworth, 325. 6d. -Liverpool, Orms kirk, and Preston, 3% p.-London and York, 2 1 4-London and Manchester (Rein.), 10s.-Malton and Driflield Junction, 13s. 3d". p. -Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1 p.-North Western, 24s - North Staffordshire, 3/. Bs. 6d. p.-South Midland, 15s. p.-West Riding Union, 41. 19s. Gd. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AUGUST 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Tice sales are - Caledonian Extension, 18s. 6d. dis.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1% p.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% p.-London and York, 6s. dis -Manchester, Bux ton, and Matlock, 21s. p.-North Staffordshire, 3% p.-South-Eastern and Dover, New (issued at 151.), No. 4,19 s. p. YORK, AUGUST 12. STOCK EXCILINGE.-The sales are -Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 2/. 45.-Ipswich and Bury, 9-London and York, 21. 3s. 6d.- Melton and Driftield Junction, 21. 125.-Manchester, Buxton, Mat lock, and Midland, 31. 25. - . Newcastle and Berwick, 28-Newcastle and Darlington, New, 113-North British, 38-Ditto, Half Shares, 13% -Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 31. Bs. 6d.-North Western, 11. 4s. 6d.-West Riding Union, 51. Is.-York and North Midland, East and West Riding Extension, 11%. EDINBURGH, AUGUST 11. STOCK EXCUANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 101.-Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 1/.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 155.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Hall Shares, 151. 103. -Armagh and Port • rush, 145.-Ayr and Galloway, 11. ft.-Banffshire, 165.-Belfast and County Down, lhs. 6d.-British and Irish Union, 2/. 2s. 6d.- Caledonian, 161.-Ditto, New, It. 85. 6d.-Caledonian Extension, 11. 12s. 6d.- Caledonian and Dumbarton, 1/. 25.-Caledonian and Northern Direct, 21.-Clydesdale Junction, 23/.- Cornwall and De von Central, IL 1 ls.-Deeside Railway, 2/. 10s.-Direct Northern, 1/. 18s. 6d.-Dublin and Enniskillen, 31.-Dundee and Arbroath, 371.-Ditto, New, 211. 55.-Dundee and Ferth, 251.-East Indian Railway, 17s. 6d.-East of Fife, 1/. 65.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. las.-Edinburgh and , Ilasgow, ;41. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 181. 2s. 60.- Ditto, Quarters, 181. 12s. 6d.- Ditto, ditto, New, 18/. 10s.-Edinburgh, Leith, and (iraaton , 171. 155.-Ditto, Pre ference, 21/. 10s.-Edinburgh al 1 Norttier:l, Cl. 10s.- -1)!t to ew port, 16s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Pasta, 31. 2s. 6d.- Forth and C;yde Junction, It. !Ga.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 75/.-Ditto, New Stock, 321. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 181, IN.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 21.45.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 11. 17s. 6d.-Glas gow and Dundee Junction, 11. 125.-Glasgow and Garnisirk, 401. 10s. -Glasgow General Terminus, 81. 10s-Glasgow and Greenock, 161. IN.-Ditto, New Stock, 81. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 155.-Glas gow, Kilmaruock, and Ardrossan, 1/. 1 48 .-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 21. 175.-Granton Junction, 105.-Great County Down, I/. 155.-Great North of Scotland, IN.-Inverness and Elgin, 1/. 25.-Lanark and Lothians, 21. 4s. 6 d. - Larne, Belfast, and n 2B t r . s c ' aon Scottish . h CaledonianMidland, Ballymena, 95.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, J. 3s. 6.1,- - London and York, 2/. N.-Ditto, Half Shares, it. IN.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 155.-Newcastle and Berwick, 291.-North and s Hereford, Bs,- Shrewsbury, 37.. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 141. -Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 3 . I Is. Gd.-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 71. 10s.- North Stafford shire, Cl. 25, 6d.-North Wales Mineral, 16/. 12s, 6 d.-Ditto, New, Junction,7l. 1 8 . t 71.-Scottish c 5 i 1 15a.-Ditto, southern, New, hse crno t 1 8 .1h1 / 91. 17s. 6d.-Perth and Inverness, 1/. 11 1 ; 5 6 . 6d.-Scottish Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 51. Stir ng and Midland, 21. 16s. IN.-Stirling and Dunfermline, IL B s. - -Strathern Junction, 21.-Wishaw and Coltness, 471. 10s.' Grand S s J c h u ° r t n e t c s i s y t Junction, n u e3l. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 13. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers in at tendance were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. ROBERTSON V. PARTINSO:I. The arguments in this part-heard appeal were resumed to-day, and Their LORDSHIPS gave judgment, affirming the judgment of the Court below, with costs. CUNNINGHAM)! T. M`LEOD. Their LORDSIIIrg gave judgment in this case to-day, affirming the decision of the Court below, with costs. MACPHERSON V. CRAIOIE. Their Lot/Dmitri also gave judgment in this case, affirm.. ing the decision of the Court below, with costs. MURRAY V. PINKETT.-JUDGMENT. Their Lornsnirs also gave judgment in this case, affirm ing the judgment of the Vice• Chancellor Wigram, with costs. PATRICK V. KING. The arguments in this case occupied their Lordships the remainder of the morning. SHERIFFS' COURT, August 13. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) DAVIS AND ANOTHER V. TUNS. The plaintiffs in this case are bankers in Shoreditch, and the action was brought to recover the sum of 201., on a bill of exchange discounted by them. The defendant pleaded that he did not accept the bill. A clerk to the plaintiffs was called, and proved that the defendant had admitted to him that he had accepted the bill for the accommodation of a person named Ward. The de fendant's solicitor put one or two immaterial questions, and the jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. WHESSEN V. RAND. The plaintiff in this action is a pianoforte key maker, and the defendant a pianoforte maker, and the action was brought to recover the sum of 9!. los., for some keys made. The question was simply whether the keys were well and properly made. The case lasted three hours, but was not o: general interest. The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug. 12, CIVIL COURT.—(Before Lord Chief Justice WILDE and a Special Jury.) TIIE QUEEY AGAINST ROBINSON, CLERK.. put in by the agent. I have been subpoenaed by the de fendant's attorney. I was for some time examined by him. Frederic,Lumb examined—l am an attorney in Wakefiele,,,, in Yorkshire. I know the defendant, who resided there about four or five years since. He was in orders then. I have had correspondence with him. I am well acquainted with his writing. (The letters were put in the witness's hands.) I believe confidently that all of these letters and addresses are in Mr. Robinson's handwriting. Cross-examined—l knew the defendant in Woolley Par sonage. Ido not know he ever dated W. P., nor that he referred to such initials in an advertisement. He had bad health. I heard that he had haemorrhage in the lungs. He is a gentleman of considerable attainments. While in my neighbourhood he was mainly instrumental in getting a church built there. The letters are not written in a dis guised hand. - The Rev. Henry Dawson examined—T am a clergyman of the Established Church, living at W-kefield. Defendant lived at Woolley, seven mile from Wakefield. lam very well acquainted with his writing. (This witness also identi fied the handwriting.) Cross-examined—Defendant has always been exemplary in the discharge of his duties in his parish. He was obliged from his health to give up duty, in consequence of rupture of a bloodvessel in his lungs. He has published a few sermons and other little works. Mr. am the town clerk of Worcester. I was pre sent at the marriage of Mrs. Barker. Cross-examined—Mr. Barker was not horse-whipped on corning out of church. No occurrence of the kind took place. I believe lie was teaching singing. She had been living in Worcester, where she met Mr. Barker. They lived after their marriage in Cheltenham, and at Brompton square in London. He was not a rich man, and was occa sionally in difficulties. He lives now, I believe, in Bromp ton- square. I last saw him performing at the Princess's Theatre, London. He is a singer. I believe her family were not agreeable to the marriage, at which none of them were present. There were none present but myself, the clergyman, and the clerk. Mr. WIPATELEY addressed the jury for the defendant. He said it was now quite obvious that it was not by her husband, a poor player, that the prosecution was maintained. She had married a man much beneath her in rank, and who clearly could not support her in the luxuries of a carriage and four horses, in which it appeared she usually, and in fact, always but on one occasion, travelled. It was alleged in this indictment that the defendant had wickedly, wilfully, and maliciously published a libel, with the intention to injure Jane Barker, and to deprive her of her good name. It was quite clear that her good name was lost long before these alleged libels had been written. It was asserted that under a recent Act of Parliament the defendant might have pleaded that the charge was true, but this would have availed him nothing, unless he could also have pleaded that it was for the public benefit. Why had not the prosecutrix taken a different course ? She had two others open to her. An action might have been brought, and then the truth alone of the libel would have been a de fence. An information might have been filed, but then to obtain it the prosecutrix must have negatived on her oath the charge against her. Why had not the prosecution called Lord Fitzbaroinge, as a witness, to prove that the intercourse between him and the lady was of a pure and innocent cha racter? To show that he visited her, and dined with her, twice a week, and remained with her till eleven or twelve at night during the absence of her husband, to comfort and console her, and to guide and instruct her in the paths of morality and virtue? The defendant was, it had clearly been proved, a most exemplary pious clergyman, who had not only attended zealously to the spiritual wants of his own parish, but had mainly been instrumental in building a new church in his neighbourhood. For one season lie, a married man, with the charge of young men whom he was preparing for the university, had endured the scandalous conduct of his neighbour the prosecutrix, one celculeed to corrupt the morals of pupils, and disturb the comfort of his wife. He found that she was a b ou t to return, and t h en t h at. i n spite of the friendly, but perhaps injudicious admonitions he had sent her, she actually had returned; he, no doubt irri'ated by her conduct, and desirous at all risks to get rid of such an intolerable nuisance as her residence within three doors of his house, sent the letters in question, in tending to drive her away. He did not knew the prose cutrix personally; he could have entertained no malice against her; he. in fact, acting perhaps most injudiciously, had merely wished to guard the murals of his servants and pupils against the contaminating influence of the mode of life of the prosecutrix, and to restore comfort to his wife. These were the real facts. No malice could have existed; and he (Mr Whateley) was sure that the jury would understand, what is hopeless to expect such people as those who were the instigators of this prosecution could understand, the high and the pure feelings which caused a zealous clergyman, at all hazards, to interfere, and abate any nuisance which threatened to injure the morality of the neighbours, and more especially to corrupt the morals of those young men who might be under his care. The Lout) CHIEF JUSTICE then summed up to the jury. His Lordship said that the questions fur their consideration simply were whether the defendant had published the super scriptions in question, and whether they were libels? The facts relied on by the Learned Counsel for the defendant formed no excuse. No imaginary or fancied sense of duty, no high-flown regard for the general moral conduct of society, could justify even a clergyman in setting himself up as a censor of his neighbours, and publishing anonymous libels respecting them. His Lordship most fully and clearly stated the law of libel and the evidence to the jury, who re tired, and in thirty-five minutes returned into Court, and delivered a verdict of Guilty. The defendant will have, if brought up, to appear in the Court of Queen's Bench next term to receive sentence, and may file affidavits of any facts he considers may induce that Court to mitigate his punishment. WESTERN CIRCUIT.— Wells, August 11. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE. ) Alfred Green was indicted for maliciously setting fire to a stack of hay, the property of Nathaniel Hodder, at Frotne Selwood. Mr. Bayley was counsel for the prosecution; and Mr. Ed wards for the prisoner. The only evidence that really affected the prisoner was this, that two days after the stack had been burned the pri • soner, a lad only seventeen years of age, met a constable in the town of Frome, and told him he wanted to speak to him concerning the rick that was burned. The constable asked bim if he had any information to give? The prisoner al,- swered, " A little." The constable said to him, " I sup ' pose you are aware there is a reward offered ?" The pri soner said, "It was a bad job, but no one would ever have it, for he had done it." The constable said, " What could induce you to commit such an act ?" He said, it was through a disturbance he had had with his friends on the Saturday night; he wished to get transported and to leave the country; he had done it with a lucifer match—he had two in his pocket—with one he had set the rick on fire, and the other he had thrown away; and he had twice thought on the Sunday of giving himself up. The boy had always been considered a good boy. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of his youth and his previous good character. Mr. Justice EaLE then sentenced the prisoner to be im prisoned for six months, with hard labour. Louisa Harvey and TlTilliam Brown were indicted for stealing several silver spoons and other articles, the pro perty of Joseph Hoddinott, and burglariously breaking out of the house. Mr. Prideaux was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Edwards and Mr. Salmon defended tile prisoners. This was a sad case of profligacy. The female prisoner was a very pretty, delicate-looking girl, only fourteen years of age. She was the granddaughter of the prosecutor, who was in too infirm a state to attend at the assizes, and had been brought up by him. On Saturday evening, the Bth of April, the house of the prosecutor was locked up, and the next morning it was discovered that six silver spoons had been taken out of the cupboard of the parlour. It was proved that on that evening the prisoners, together with a girl named Caroline Smith and a man named Daniels, were at a public-house called the Pineapple, which was in the neighbourhood of the prosecutor's house. The two pri ' sowers went out about eight o'clock, and returned there again about half-past ten o'clock the same night. Harvey an:l Smith had been sleeping at that public-house for two or three nights, but on that evening the landlady said she would not allow them to remain there that night. Daniels then went away, and shortly afterwards the two prisoners and Smith followed together. About five o'clock the next morning Harvey and Smith called at the house of Mary Bishop, who lived at Frome. She got up and let them in, and they remained there a good part of the day. This part of the case was es:ablished beyond any doubt, but the wl.ole of the evidence to connect the pri soners with the robbery was given by the woman, Caroline Smith, who gave the following extraordinary account:—" I was in service at Frome. I was about to leave my place, and had another place to go to, in Bath. I did not know the prisoner, but one day she called upon me and made her self known to me. She asked me to go with her to Taunton assizes. I consented to go with her. I had upwards of 34 and Harvey had I/. We went by cart to Bath, and from thence by railwa.y to Taunton. We went to a public-house and took beds. I slept with the woman servant, and Harvey slept with the landlady's daughter. We accidentally saw John Daniels at Taunton. I had known him for twelve months. I bad not passed as his wife. William Brown, who was a stranger to us, came into our room. Daniels frequently came, but he did not sleep with me. We stayed at Taunton about a fortnigh t . W e th en a ll f our starte d for Frome. We walked all the way—forty miles. We were a day and night doing it. Harvey and I went to the Pine applc• public-house. On the night in question I recollect the two prisoners going out of the Pineapple, at eight °Meek. They returned again about half-past ten. As the landlady would not allow us to sleep there that night, we left the house. Daniels left us. The three then walked about during the night. Brown said, the steam is up, and I must be off.' Harvey said, ' I'm afraid the sp-ons will break the glasses of the spectacles.' Brown then pull if ed some spoons out of his pocket. He asked llare ro so. n would meet him in the morning, and she promised . She said to him, Mind, Brown, Ishfeattelh.e,xpßecrtowanpatihreonf boots out of the money the spoons went away. Soon afterwards . she told me she had been to her grandfather's house that night. The door was open, she pulled off her boots , an d went throu g h the house. Her uncle wa's there paying some rent. She waited till the servant went to bed. She then vent to the parlour cupboard, ex pecting to find some money, but there was not any. She took the spoons. She then went to the door and opened it, and called Brown, who was standing outside. He came in, and she asked him to put the spoons in his pocket, which he did. She then gave him some bread and cheese, and took some herself, and then they went away and returned to the Pineapple. After she had told me this I took her to Mary Bishop's. After Brown was in c us t o d y , h e sa i d he had been led into a pretty scrape through two b----s. Harvey bad gone into the house, and had brought out the spoons and given them to hitn." For the defence, it was urged upon the jury that the wh o l e case rested upon th e ev id ence o f the vromanSnu . th, and that it was impossible they could believe her. Witnesses were called who gave Brown a good character, and it was stated, with regard to Harvey, that she had been living with her grandfather and had conducted herself well until just before the Taunton assizes. Mr. Justice ERLE, in summing up, told the jury that there was no evidence upon which they could convict the pri soner, except that of the woman Smith; therefore the whole question was whether they could place any credit in her testimony. The jury, after a very short consultation, returned a ver dict of Not Guilty. Thomas Collard was indicted for cutting and wounding Thomas Burston, with intent to • kill and murder him, or to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Salmon conducted the case for the prosecution. Collard and Burston were inmates of the Wellington union workhouse. On the 18th of April Burston asked the prisoner to give him up a steel which belonged to him, but he refused to give it up. Burston then took the prisoner by the collar, and gave him a good shake. The prisoner then drew a knife from his pocket ; another man, who was standing by, had a stick, which Burston took from him,' and gave the prisoner a couple of cracks below the knee. Burston went indoors, but returned again, and met the prisoner at the door still holding the knife. Burston begged him to put it up, but he said he would not, as he would try to do for him ; and then he commenced an attack upon him with the knife, and inflicted several wounds Oil his arras, hod, aid 49uider, The knife was a dinner knife, which all the paupers carried with them. The prisoner was nearly 80 years of age. The jury found the prisoner Guilty with intent to do grievous bodily harm. MARKET NE WS-(YESTERDAY) MEAT MARKETS. SOUTIIALL, AUG. 12.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs moved O steadily, at full prices. In all other kinds of stock exceedlingly little was doing. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4r; Mutton, 3s to 48 4d ; Lam b, 4s 8a to 5s 8d; Veal, Is 61 to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 45 per 81bs. 'WATFORD, AUG. 12.—We had a steady trade here to-day anti prices were well supported. Beef,from 2s 6d to 4s; Mutton, 25 to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s to 4s 2d; and Po rk, 35 c t " to 4s 8d per Blbs. Suckling CalVes, 13 to 29s ; Quarter -old Store Pigs, Iss to 18s ; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to each. 4d: LEWES, Aug. 11.—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, Os 44 to 4s Lamb, 4s 104 to 5s 64 ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, . 4 s to 46 per Sibs. A moderate sitt,ply, and a steady trade. NZWG&TE 11.2 it '4D 1.1311.113111VLE5.X.1. Ce We had a fair delim for prime meat at full prices. In all 0 — kinds very little was doing. Beef from 2s 44 to 3s 6d ; 2s 84 to 4s ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 84 ; Veal, 313 Gd to 4s 4d ; and roe -30 6d to 4s 8d per Ribs, by the carcase. CORN AVERAGES. GEIs.TERAI, AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CONN . a the For the Week ended Aug. 8, 1846, made up from the Returtif Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In Ezgland and /' per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. BARLEY. °AI& paw RYE. I SEAM , . 1 - ad PRICE •• 45s 2d 26s Ed 24s Od 29s 8d 39s Ed 3 5 ' od DUTY... 8s Od 4s Od Is 6d 4s Od 4s Od 45 . THE POTATO CROP in SCOTLAND From every quarter accounts confirming the e xtensiv e ' existence of th e p o t a t o di sease h ave b een rece i v ed, an all agree in statin g th a t the c ro p thi s y ear may b e looked on as almost an entire failure. The following extracts will show the state of the plant in various localities: -- • RoxnuticusrunE.—We have received the most die astrous account of the potato crop from all parts of the district. We are sorry to s a y th a t th ere i s n o doub t whatever that the disease has spread in all directi oos ' and that with a degree of virulence which threatens ton e ; stroy the greater portion of the crop. The disease has 11 2 t only shown itself much earlier this than it did last year it already prevails to a far greater extent; so much so tb il the most serious apprehensions are entertained for the coo' sequences. Nor does the scourge appear to be confin to any particular district ; from all parts of the Idef; dom the same di s h ea rt e nin g accoun t s are r e ceivedl. short, it is but too t ru ly l oo k e d u p on as a grea t natiri.„ calamity, to miti ga t e th e su ff er i ngs certa i n to ar ise Irs which the most active measures cannot be t oo 2ly commenced. In many fields th e p o t a t oes have auL tr ; become so putrid as to give out a mos t offensive o d our I become so putrid as to give out a most offensive T5O and the most healthy and luxuri an t crops, i n the ws of thirty or forty hours, become as black in the ib„,',o as if they had experienced an intense.. frost. greatest dismay prevails, and the remedies suggested f l e i numerous, but we very much doubt the efficacy of ar2 r ., h them. Some people are drawing out th e s h a ws, very easily separate from the potatoes ; others are n' - 'a ting over the shaws as close as possible to the gre iiil with the scythe. COLDSTREAM.—The appearance of the disease in r e ; toes this year again, and p ar ti c l u l ar l y a t a n Off to period of the season. has occasioned muc h a l a rm. -7 t o b-yond all doubt that the evil was commun ;cnte" . is the ground last year, and that it still l u rks tbe r "ot equally certain. Its attack, therefore, need be wonder. of DUNSE.—The potstoe crop in this nei g hb o urhood r , to the latter end of July, had a very healthy alW e b 6 ot since, and promised an abundant crop ; b u t about time the rot began to make its appearance, and week almost every field in this quarter is tainted wit've WsGrowst.—Potatoes are, to all 'appearance lost- to es stem in moat places i s w i t h ere d an d hl ac k ; the pota'ho small, much tainted, and many o f t h em so f t, an d rot nearly consumed them. t WIIITHORN.—We regret to sa y th a t t h e po tato ' a m in this district is all but universal, and the aspect of crop is such as to justify the most serious alarm. f e A DUMFRIES-SHlRE.—Potatoes, until within the la st a te days, looked particularly well, b u t we regret At t he that dist ase has already m a d e it s a p pearance . . 4 o r beginning of last week, indications of disease w er e tW o parent, but at this date it is not confined to One fields, but may be traced to hundreds. Some indir`" a te have begun to cut off the shaws. Where the tubers hay nearly ready for raising, this method is a good ouei ti die where tubers are scarcely formed, it is certainly iO R, s is cious, and more especially so as cutting off the Oa not an entire preventative of the disease. —July districts BERWICK.—Reports from all the surro unding n ot confirm our fears that this destructive plague is g e r e n , and severe. The early sorts, which last year ei th a, ore a ef e ctee tirely escaped or were only very partially already quite diseased. e l F‘ h PERTHSHIRE.—MUCh has b een sa id (says t he _ rees Courier, in its Agricultural Report for July) by onc e table physiologists about the potato disease c u om o 37 the ing in the leaf and descending to the tuber; t b ra t any die theory we are led to doubt, by observin.g.. .tpathen3 to the eased tubers have the rootlets that attach quite sound and fresh, while the embryo point is a bloated mass; but whate ver . I and deadll o f a genera be, the disease is this season would har e weeks ago nature—rnany fields which a few w be sold at ph e brought 161. to 201. an acre, cannot no rt pcoattai t s o e a l:0 0 s t; sou parts of fields, that still retain fresh foliage and „ If, however, our theory is correct, those fields, or eves tubers, should the weather throughout this month ye t( ii- gust) and next continue ordinarily dry, many may i v escape un Affected, and potatoes may yet be sat e cultivated in future years. We would conclude 0 1 1 ; part of our report just by asking, when, in th e a nnals of meteorelegy, 10-i inches of rain fell b e f ore in t he short space 431 days, while potatoes were in a growl state ; and what was the result ? A disease in some P a e r t l e ara-ngst cattle has also produced an uncer t a inty in e a ",i t markets. Dealers prefer purchasing from healthy atn at pasture. in FORFARSHIRE.—The disease made its appeara nce , an d various situations about the middle of last gienti'l the since then it has been gradually extending both 1 _., 00 gardens and fields, and to all appearance a large Eor! t h e d, of the crop will be lost. The kidneys were first atieu d i s e and in many cases are literally destroyed ; but th l e tiea ease does not seem confined to them, as other Ye!' a, , r „I to are sharing the sa me f ate . I t i s reporte d t o prev at considerable ext en t i n t h e ne i g hb ourhoo d o f Stonen Fettercairn, Laurencekirk, Arbuthnot, Auchinblae• bid. Some fields have been or are immediately to be P lcm , g the' up. It app ears to a ff ect t h e crop very rapidly, to get; most healthy lookin g cro p s h ave b een observed t into a sickly state in a few days. DUNDEE.--It is now hut too certain that the cro ps: cover d fee which spread hav oc among the pots"' The of last year has again commenced its ravag,e s ' ; „ visitation is e,rti, r this year than f or merly ; 'b e oral evident that it is far more extensive. We b a . s ve in already not merely o f fi e ld s , b u t o f entire ptutshes u be 5 • which it is scar c ely ant i c ip a t e d t h at t here v II than single sound potato. Another peculiarity !Pothers. hereas it ens s t a t e d by P ro f essor J o h ns ton 0 " n orth . that last year the disease was not found f a rther a t hat , than Montrose, it h as now ma d e i ts way bernashire" latitude, and is ravaging th e fi e ld s o f Aberde e op ting: In some extreme cases we are t o ld th a t the l us illoy shaws emit an offensive and unw h o l e some e „ st ole' which taints the atmosphere a t a cons iderable u` from the fit 1d ARBROATH.—The potatoes in thi s district afie r,° ei d - iteer fearfully affected with the di sease — eve ry field ) s Of its• to its destruction, according to the forwardnee_ deve-* crop. Early planting has only tended sooneritubegite lope it, which, with those planted in March an d th e ning of. April, or previous to winter, begal t i n g, ° to r second or third week in July. The latest Planb gun those planted about the end of May, are just %owl show the disease ; and in one or two inatann es ' ea v f vigorous, are barely yet affected. It would oPPaitioll e no kind is exempt either from itself, or from e° ll soil or manuring. he potg BERDEEN.—We are sorry to learn that t ," s tae" e t .. disease, hitherto unknown in Aberdeenshire, ha exter'" its appearance in various places, and to such a s - r i t ed s et : as to excite very general alarm. It was r e r,nari , " e d - Deeside last week. It is now to be seen in t ' - h'ere, 4ll- f of Udny, Tarves, Auclater.ess, Fyvie, ant i els e e: tr uctio its ravages seem to be utterly and rapidly de gym. this valuable root.—Aberdeen Journal. that' in t l a nd, MORAYSHIRE.—We are sorry to lear:, h s°. - e d Iron with the other counties in the e? t oiy aPP ea ,"dave. symptoms of murrain have at last por tl i n Ma*" t is the potato crop in various quarter s „tmost interes his Hitherto free from the scourge, the the crop i n , t ,: u . now attached to the future condition 0 ' " form er 1 11 5 . the . tbes ea 9 district. Where disease has appeared, pect—the flower changing into a blackish hue. lines limit blossoms have assumed a blanched and wit o n 0' amiuing the roots, no disease is it, on the ; es o r dark brown oleo . ng ln Mile cases, both b (riirntghse era clearly r ; ly b bus, c b e y rn c i u b t l t e i and field produce are affected,--Elgin Courant ICE FRO3I GREEN LAND. —A n impirtation o f ice hasgdger Just taken place from Greenland. by a ship nanlet t agu iar ar cumbe, having on b oard 110 to n s weight of this Cole of merchandise. A u l a n y the a fi c t a h u l i a n y sy . E , s a g t , N o V f a a r it m i da u aster, h : ------ ---,--- On the ith inst .wife of John Attlee , at Richmond, the Clark, of dau h • ter. % the On the 9th 8 - inst., in Sun Tavern-fields, St. George lady of Catain Edward Underwood, of son. a Bev. Tholne e Wiltshire, the lady of On the 9th • inst., at Reading, the wife of the Gronow, of a daughter. ..re the la d / On the 9th inst., in Park-street,Grosveno r-s q ll.. ' of Dr Manson, of a daughter. hire, ths On the 10th inst., at Rushden Hall, Northamptoni of • lady of Macdonald Bourchier, Esq., L' eitenant ie daughter. ..re, the On the 11th inst., in Park-street, Grovenor-s4— lady of Andrew Wight, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at Sunderland Church, by the ' ley. I. yrr Skipsev, A. 8., the Rev. Augustus Frederick M.A., Curate of Sunderland, to Mary Frances Anne, ewe' daughter of Joseph John Wright, Esq., of Sunderland. b the On the 12th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Islington, Y, E• Rev. Daniel Wilson, M A V* • -, mar, George, second son of .r., Eliaabetn, Bryant, Esq., of Compton-terrace, Islington , , of ton. of Con l P younger daughter of Charles Woodward, Esq., terrace. _____...---------------° Fettle) 4 DIED. On the 3d inst., at Tapton lio ineer, ag cuse, Derby-s h i re , Eliza e b i e 6 t 7 b: the wife of George .' Stephenson, Esq., civ il eng Tbanet, Job On the 4th inst., a t Minster Abbey, Is le of Swin 2a ford the , Bth aged 80. C. Finch, inst at W Wood Wandsworth, Ernest, 6°n uo f F• Esq., M.D. On the 10th inst., Reginald Blackwood Grant, second t : r il . of Dr. _Nathaniel Grant, of That street, Manjles square, aged 18. ----- - ------- f O. 119 , London: Printed and Published by 2,11:1RDO YOUNG, 0 . 2 ; d u et o St . raud,Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the 'Loot r the savoy , in the County of Xicldloses, leriasti, 14, NM • r'''