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they must yet succeed in recovering that compensation Which has been so long fraudulently withheld—l am, Sir, &c., 10th Jane, 1846. OBSERVER. PARLIANIEN TA Y DIVISIONS (From tl he Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons ) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. DANISII CLAIMS. Order for Committee read ; Motion made, and Question proposed i " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"—Amendment pro- Posed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Ques tion, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof : Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The Rouse divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 58. Aglionby, H. A. Forster, Mathew Palmer, G. Archbold, Robert Hanmer, Sir John Pechell, Captain Bagge, William Hotham, Lord Plumptre, J. P. BBailey, Joseph Hudson, George Plunaridge, Captain ain% l,n Walter Hume, Joseph It um b old, C. E. .13aldw, Barry Inglis, Sir R. Seyiner, Hen r y K er an'Ard, E. G. Irtou, S amue l Sibthorp, Colonel -.la ..okerville, T. B. K em bl e , IL Spooner, Richard rse resfo r d , Major Leng, Walter Stanley, E. Bowring, Dr. Mackenzie, T. Stuart, Lent J. Bridgeman, 11. M`Carthy, - , Alexander Trelawny, J. S. Broaclley, H. Mangles, R. D. Wakley, T. Christie, W. D. liiasterman, J. Ward, H. G. Chute, W. L. W. Matheson, James Wawn, JT. Craig, W. G. 3loiratt, George Williams, W. Cr awford, W. S. Norreys, Lord Wodehouse, E. Douglas, Sir H. O' Brien, Timothy Duncan, George O'Connell, Daniel Etwall, Ralph O'Conor, Don Evans, Sir De Lacy Ogle, S. C. Pita, George Ord, William TELLERS. Hawes, B. Buller, Charles MAJORITY—NOES, 85 . Acland, Sir T. Dugdale, W. S. Macaulay, T. B. A'Court, Captain Dundas, Admiral W.Neill, Duncan Acton, Colonel Dundas, J. C. Mahon, Viscount Adare, Viscount Escott, Blekh am 31 aule, Fox _: Arkwright, O. Estcourt, T. G. Molesworth, Sir W. Austen, Colonel Farnham, E. B. Neville, Ralph Barkly, Henry Fielden, William Northland, Viscount Baring, F. T. Fitzroy, Henry O'Bren, A. Stafford B aring, W. B. Fl ower, Sir James Peel, i Sir Robert Harrington, Viscount Forman, T. S. Peel, Jonathan Bodkin, 'William H. Frewen, C. H. Philips, G. 11. Bowles Ad miral Gordon, Hon. C a pt. R olleston, Colonel Boyd,John Goulburn, Henry Somerset, L.rd G. Bretherton, J. Graham, Sir J. Statisticid, W. R. laßuck, L. W. Greene, Thomas Strutt, Edward ttiter, Edward Grey, Sir G. Sutton, H. M. z'aller, Sir J. Y. Hamilton, W. J. Towneley, John Busfeild, William Hamilton, Lord C. Trollope, Sir J. Cardwell, Edward Hayes, Sir E. Troubriir E. Carew, W. P. H eneage, G. Wall, C. 8.. B Carnegie, Captain Herbert, Sydney Wellesley, Lord C. Connolly, Colonel Hope, Sir .1. Wilde, S. T. Coote, Sir C. M. Hope, G. W. Wood, Charles Darner, Colonel Houldsworth, T. Wood, Colonel T. Denison, J. E. Howard, CW. G. Wortley, J. S. Denison, E. B. Jocelyn, Viscount Dickinson,:F. H. Jones, Captain TELLERS. Douglas, Sir C. E. Law, C. E. Young, John Drummond, U. Lincoln, Earl of Baring, Henry Duckworth, Sir J. Lockhart, W. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. The following Railway Bills were withdrawn : Manchester and Poole (Luggershall, Salisbury, and Poole). Mold Junction. Great Munster. Bandon and Bantry. Cork, Macroom, and Killarney. STANDING ORDERS. Standing Order, No. 135 (3d April), read, and repealed. Resolved—That seven clear days' notice be given by the clerk to the Committee of Selection to the clerks in the Private Bill-office, of the day and hour appointed for the meeting of the Committee on sVery private BIM that shall have been referred to such Committee : —That, in the case of Bills not referred to the Committee of Selec tion, seven clear days' notice, and, in the case of a re-committed three clear days' notice, be given by the agents for the Bill to the clerks ',f the Private Bill-office, of the day and hour appointed for the Inee'ang of the Committee en every private Bill ; and that all the Plloceedlngs of any Committee, of which such notice shall not have been given, be void. Ordered —That the said resolution be a standing order of the House. Standing Order, No. 137, read, and repealed. Resolved —That notice in writing be given by the clerk to the Committee of Selection to the clerks in the Private Bill-office, of the ostponement of the first meeting of any Committee on a private "Ch u rn. Which Shall have been referred to such Committee, on the day Whi ch shch postponement is made ; and th a t i n th e case of Bills hot referred to the Committee of Selection, one clear day's notice be i rl jen by the agent for the Bill to the clerks In the Private Bill :"400,3 Of the postponement of the first meeting of any Committee on ,rivlste Bill. 'Neretl—That the said resolution be a standing order of the House. RAILWAY COMPANIES DISSOLUTION BILL. On the third reading of the above Bill, on Friday, Mr. Hudson to more the following clauses : And be it enacted, That where the dissolution of a company shall have been resolved under this Act, if judgment shall have been re rernend, or shall a ft erwards be recovered, in any action against any ~_ber of the com m itt ee for any debt due from such company or 0112 such committee, in respect of the undertaking, the member against whom such judgment shall have been recovered shall be en titled at law to a contribution from each of the other members of atlch c ommittee towards the payment o f th e moneys recovered b y sUch judgment, and of all costs and expenses in relation thereto, of such a Share of the whole amount of such moneys, costs, and ex- DollseS, as would have been borne by such respective member, upon 44 equal contribution by all the members of such committee, and ItotY recover the contributions to which he may be so entitled, or any of them, by action or actions of debt, or on the case, against all or Any of such other members of such committee, but so that no such tnember shall be liable in any such action as aforesaid for more than the share to which he shall respectively be liable to contribute under this provision. And be it enacted, That after the dissolution of any company shall /Wye been resolved under this Act, no action or suit shall be brought for the recovery of any fees, charges, or disbursements for any bust- I IOSS done for such company by any attorney or solicitor, whether in his character of attorney or solicitor or as agent or otherwise, until a „,, t124 eaPiration of one calendar month after a bill o f su c h f ee s, c h arges , st - ,,7, dil ibUrsements, signed by the claimant, shall have been delivered i7,,e committee or official assignee authorised to wind up the affairs aban e e,oolpany, or left at their or his place of business ; and it Exch,„ 4 Nvftil for the Court of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, or peti:'", er, or any judge of thecaeithr such courts, and they are re pt 8 ,, ,:eIY hereby required, on pplication of such committee, or a n ." 4 _ of assignee, to refer sack bill to be taxed and settled by .„;', "'Xing officer of the court in which such reference shall be made, ;31'; the court or judge making such reference shall restrain the L"..._mlitnt from commencing any action or suit touching his demand Y.` u 'llog such reference ; and such taxing officer may take such evl - in relation to such bill as he may think fit, and the costs of 440 1 reference shall be paid according to the event of such taxation, that is to say, if such bill, when taxed, be less by a sixth part than the bill delivered, then the claimant shall pay such costs, and if the bill, when taxed. shall not be less by a sixth part than the bill de livered, then the party on whose application the reference shall have been made shall pay such costs, to be considered and allowed, never theless, as part of the cots, charges, and expenses of executing the trusts and powers of this Act ; and every order to be made for such reference shall direct the officer to whom such reference shall be Made to tax such costs of such reference to be so paid as aforesaid, and to certify what, upon such reference, shall be found to be due to or from such claimant in respect of such bill and of the costs of such reference ; and after such reference as aforesaid no further or other sum t han shall be so found due shall be recoverable in respect of such bill. Viscount Palmerston has issued cards for assemblies OD Saturday next and the following Saturday. We very much regret to announce the death of Lady at i Nab, the wife of the Hon. Sir Allen M`Nab, Speaker of the House of Assembly. This lady, after a long and painful illness, died at JAlndurn Castle on Friday last.—New York Express, May 18. ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY To ANtstaLs.—Yesterday the twentieth annual meeting of the mem bers and friends of this society was held at the Queen's Concert Hanover-square—the Lord Bishop of St. David's, in the ab "'nee of the Marquis of Westminster, presided. There were present —Lord Dudley Stuart, W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., M.P., Hon. W. M.P., Rev. R. Burgess, 8.D., Rector of Upper Chelsea; I ,, ev _. J. Jackson, Rev. Dr. Spranger, John Wilks, Esq., J. S. " , oxingham, Esq., and other gentlemen. The Ri g ht R ev . Chair thman having opened the proceedings by some remarks eulogistic of e society, Mr. Thomas, the secretary, rea d the report, from which a PPeared that during the past year the oper a ti on s o f th e soc i e t y h ave been materially extended, and that numerous auxiliary associa tions have been formed with every prospect of success. The National Schools of the metropolis had been visited, with a view to instil into the Minds of the pupils the duty of gentleness towards the dumb * ration. Two hundred and fifty prosecutions had taken place, two D og Pits had been suppressed, and the towns of Ramsgate, Margate, er, Gravesend, and other places of general resort, had been Placed under the immediate inspection of the officers of_ the society. The usual prizes of 61., 41., and 21. were Offered to the scholars of the National Society's Training College, for the best essays on the means of preventing cruelty to animals. The receipts of the year had been 1,2171., the expenditure less by LW A legacy of 1,0001. by Jobn Orr, Esq. of Madras, was acknow edged. On the motion of Mr. Buckingham, seconded by the lion. ,„. • Cowper, M.P., the report was adopted, and several resolutions Were carried expressive of confidence in the result of the society's Operations. A RARE PLEASURE.—The last person Joseph Ady wrote to was Lord Stanley, for he made sure that his Lordship would send him twenty shillings if only for the novelty of " hearing some thing to his advantie.''—Punch. BTATITE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.—The beautiful white marble colossal statue, from the chisel of our eminent sculptor Mr. Steell, is now in such a state of forwardness , peda in that we understand it will be ready to be placed on its ann tlle monument in Prince's-street, on the 15th of August, th natal day of the great novelist and poet. We e have hadversr of the of seeing the statue, and we perceive that little remains thefor e'leasure pur e o e f Sir d to do. What is chiefly wanting is the finishing polish of the chisel beautiful stone. Mr. Steell has teen as successful with his ft Walter's favourite deer hound as he has been with that of hl master. Both are eminently striking. We understand that the ornamental parapet and railing round the monument has been con tracted for, and promised to be ready, as well as the promenade grounds, by the 15th of August ; on which day there will be a grand Procession and inauguration of the statue, at which public bodies bere, and the masonic lodges here and from many parts in Scotland, 1,11 1._ give their attendance and assistance. The proce ssion altogether expected to exceed in numbers and external show that which took Place at laying the foundation of the monument six years ago.— Caledonian Mercury. RATHER REMARKABLE.—AII along the east coast, during the last few days, there has prevailed a smell of turf smoke, a circumstance which occasioned considerable surprise, because the neighbourhood round us producecs but a comparatively small quan tity, and certainly not enough to produce such an effect. For some days the phenomenon was regarded as unaccountable, until it was suggested that it came over from Holland, the wind lying in the right direction, and the state of the atmosphere being peculiarly favourable to the floating of the smoky vapour across the German Ocean.—Cambridge Advertiser. A CARRIER PIGEON FROM PARIS.—On Saturday, the 30th ultimo, a carrier pigeon was found by a labouring man in the _Parish of Great Cornard, near Sudbury , q uite exhausted with its fight. Attached to it was a paper, dated " Paris, May 29," and containing the prices of the various French railway shares.— Zu.tiolk Merald. BASE INGRATITUDE.—At the grand review g iven at the PsatCeiclan l l 3 de Mars, is honour of Ibrahim Pacha , there were re that cries of " A bas lea Anglais." The French cert ainl y imagine e English still rule in France; and yet we wonder at their forgetfulness, f or our nt ' e was very different to Louis Philippe's. Ile IS continually building fortifications—whilst we invariably destroyed them.—Punch. Lady Georgians Fullerton, sister to Lord Grenville, and authoress of " Ellen Middleton," has been received into the Roman Catholic Church. The Rev. Edward Horne has resigned the rectories of St. Lawrence and St. l3 J i o sh h o n„Southampton, and his resig nation has been accepted by the was mentioned in our last week's irn rP of Winchester. Mr. Horne 77722,1 4 Isr er nz r about to embrace the Roman Catholic S UI CIDE BY JUMPING F ROM ItAMSGATE CLIFF. —On Tuesday morning, about a quarter before seven, a man, named Mil ler, who has resided many years at Ramsgate Jumped off the cliff, opposite the nag-staff at Liverpool-terrace, which' is near the top of the steps. lie must have got over the ace, rahs, for an accident o kind at this spot could not have happened. His age is said tof theb about 70. He was reduced in circumstances, and had been hi the e Union. It is stated that intemp erance has caused his misf or t une. lie formerly was possessed of co nsiderable property, and h ad three brothers. who are all in good circumstances. A FAMILY POISONED BY A GLAZED DISH. -0 0 Saturday last a family in Berwick were exposed to an alarming ac cident from a simple cause. The mother of three children bought In the market-place a large earthen dish, which she immediately put to use by sending it to the bakehouse with a quantity of fish to bake. After the meal had been prepared, the entire family (consist ing of the mother, two sons, and a daughter), partook of it, and Shortly afterwards they became seriously ill , a nd exhibited signs of being poisoned. Mr. Lilly, surgeon, being sent for, applied proper antidotes, and they are now recovering. The cause is supposed to have consisted in the material used for coating the ware not bein g Prop erly mixed, and too great a quantity of white lead being used In the compound.—Glasgow Courier. TEMPERANCE EXHIBITION.—In the temperance pro cession yesterday, two of the last individuals had a drunken man Clinging between them, of the following description :—he was with out hat or cap, had on a dirty check shirt, a black face, and old breeches, the tail—stay, the lower department—of his shirt hanging Out, a thumping pair of clogs trailing on the ground, but no stock • bugs. He went contentedly along with his sober companions, and Was Pointed at by them as he proceeded, more particularly when passing a public-house, to the great amusemen t o f t h e " b oys ," a nd the sorrow of the men. One of his supporters attracted nearly as Much attention from his bulk and solidity as the " between twe " did from his silliness. —Bolton Free Press. The New York Spirit tells of a parson who recently went to the south to open a jewellery store. His " capital" consisted § 010 71:*."."4.nitrtifill Men THE THEATRES. BA EVA RKET. Madame Anna Thillon made her first appearance at this theatre last evening, in the character of Juanita, in A über's celebrated opera of The Black Domino. The English public is already familar with the plot of Le Domino Noir, from the various dramatic versions of it which have been produced at almost every theatre in London, but no one can form the remotest idea of the capabilities of the character of the heroine who has not seen Madame Thillon in the part. The Haymarket is the theatre for this fasci nating actress. The play of her expressive features, and the deliente intonation of her delicious voice, can be much better appreciated in a theatre like the Hay market than in the vast area of a large theatre. It is useless to disguise the fact, but our so-called national theatres are too large, and the decline of the drama is more to be attributed to the enormous size of our na tional theatres which overtaxes the energies of artistes, and renders the delicacies, and consequently the beauties of acting inappreciable to all who are at a greater distance from the stage than the third row in the pit, than to any other cause. It is impossible thoroughly to enjoy a play in a theatre larger than the Haymarket. In the first act, which may be entitled the Masquerade, Madam Thillon gave us one solo and some delightfully executed concerted music in conjunction with Miss P. Horton and Mr. Hudson. Her burst at the conclusion of the act, when the clock strikes twelve, and she dis covers that she cannot regain her convent for the night, was magnificent, and drew down repeated rounds of applause. Her Spanish masquerade costume became her exceedingly, and she managed her mask in the most coquetishly fascinating manner imaginable. The second act passes at the residence of Don Alphonso (Mr. H. Holl), to which Juanita in her distress, has been at tracted by a light, and where Bona (Mrs. Caulfield), Al phonso's housekeeper, gives her refuge, pass ing her off as her niece, a peasant girl, from Arragon. Her, acting as the pretty peasant, to whom the rollicking roués assembled at Alphonso's make love, was an exquisite mixture of naiveté and espeglerie, and the concerted scene was rapturously en cored. Her acting, too, when among the guests she re cognises Felix (Mr. Hudson), whose heart she had captured, was admirable ; and then comes the castanet song, which she sang with the greatest taste and beauty, and acted most bewitchingly. This song created quite a furore; its repetition was loudly called for. The audience were completely carried away by it. Bouquets were showered upon her, and from that moment to the end of the opera every scene was for Madame Thillon a triumph. The gem of the opera, however, was her descriptive scena d'entree, in the third act. This scena afforded her opportunities of which she well knew how to avail herself: Irresistibly comic was her de scription of the adventures of the night, fascinatingly espiegle ; her description of her adventure with the gal lant captain, who having been permitted, in return for his defence of her from the rude insults of some ill- bred boors, to take one kiss, took advantage of his situa tion by taking two ; and when at the conclusion she sang the Ghana, her soft, sweet, clear, flute-like flexible organ seemed to revel in the melody, and, like some sweet bird, to shed an atmosphere of song around. Her fioriture was marvellous. Rich beyond the powers of description, yet most delicate and most tasteful, it adorned the melody tc the utmost possible pitch, without overlaying. Anything more graceful, more exquisite, more perfect, than Madame Thillon's execution of this scena it is impossible for a musician to imagine, even in his happiest , dreams. At the conclusion the stage was a perfect parterre, from the bouquets innumerable which were thrown to her. At the fall of the curtain she was called for, and led forward by Hudson, by whom, as Felix, her lover, and by Miss P. Horton, as Paquita, she had been most efficiently supported throughout. The theatre was crammed, and will con tinue to be crammed every night of the engagement of Madame Thillun, if there bo any taste for acting or music extant. VICTORIA. Another novelty, entitled Barnard, the Victim Pa triot; or, the Double Fratricide, was produced at this theatre on Monday. The author has founded his drama on the " Glorious Revolution of July," at that period when the self-willed Charles the Tenth endeavoured to bring back the monarchie of seventeen hundred, which had become obnoxious to the people. The hero of the present drama is one Barnard Donay (Mr. E. F. Saville) who is induced to join the insurgents. This he does, and in the melee which ensues he kills his brother; he is by this means unnerved, and in the course of the action is wounded. He appeals to the Chamber of Deputies for his boni; seated in the chair, and presiding over the Chamber, he finds Francois Bardin (Mr. W. Searle) a duelist and a coward, who insults the wounded patriot, and they are about to fight, when the cowardice of Bar din induces him to apologise ; this he does, but is obliged to leave the Chamber. Alter a variety of vicissitudes, hunger and the pain of his wound accelerates his death, and he expires in the arms of his wife, within an hour of the year, by which means she is entitled to the pension, as ordained by the Chamber of Deputies. Mr. Saville, as the enthusiastic patriot, acquitted him self in his usual style, and apparently much to the gratification of the company present. Mr. Searle, it is needless to say, was perfect in the delineation of the ferocious revolutionist, who is at heart a coward and a braggart. We have before spoke in terms of praise of this gentleman's acting, which is, if possible, becoming more successful every evening. The other principal characters were sustained by Mr. T. Fredericks (Pierre Donay), Mr. Ranoe (Valton), Mr. E. G. Burton (Theo dosius John Butler), Mrs. G. Lee (Madame Donay), Miss Treble (Mariette), &c., in a very creditable man ner. Some excellent scenery was also introduced, among the chief of which were " Suburbs of Paris, and Road to La Vendee, the Barrier, and distant coun try," " Hall of Deputies," &c. The house was well attended. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEA TRE. Frequently as we have seen Dejazet in the character of the young Duke, in Les Premieres armes de Richelieu, never did we see her act the part with more spirit than she did last evening. Every point told, and her manner of giving the couplets was pefectly epigrammatic. She was most efficiently supported by Mademoiselle St. Marc, as the Duchess, who looked and acted the part a merveille. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George, and attended by the Baroness Ahlefeldt and Mr. Edmund St. John Mildmay, honoured the performances with their presence. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. THE FOREIGN MAILS. The following notice relative to the foreign mails, was yes terday affixed at the chief office, St. Martin's le-Grand : India, &c., via Southampton—The next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, lonian Islands, Egypt, India, and China, via Southampton, will be dispatched from hence on the 20th inst. The Queen due 15th inst. India, &c. (Overland) Mails—The next mails for the Me diterranean, India, China, &c., via Marseilles, will be dis patched from hence on the 25th inst. The Peninsular, &c., Mails—The next mails for Lisbon, Madeira, Oporto, Vigo, Cadiz, Gibraltar, &c., will be dis patched from hence on the 17th inst. West Indies, &c.—The next mails will be dispatched on the 17th inst. The Medway, for the above mails of the 17th inst. The Clyde due 22d inst. Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres—The next mails will be dispatched on the 7th of July. Her Majesty's brig Pen guin arrived at Falmouth on the Bth inst., with the above mails. Her Majesty's brig Seagull, sailed the Bth inst. from Falmouth, with all letters posted in London up to the even ing of the 6th inst. Sydney, New South Wales—The next mails dispatched from hence on the 30th inst. America—The next mails for British North America, Ber muda, and the United States will be dispatched from hence on the 18th inst. The Britannia, due on the 15th, will con vey the above to Liverpool. NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL TO MR. COBDEN. The Times of Saturday contains a statement that a meet ing has been held in this town, for the purpose of setting on foot a testimonial to Mr. Cobden. This meeting was strictly r► es te and it was wished that what passed should not at present transpire through the press. But as the state ment alluded to is in some material points incorrect, we have been supplied with the following particulars, which may be relied upon. The following is the statement of the Times: " Letters from Manchester state that the principal mem bers of the Anti-Corn-law League held a meeting on the 3d, and decided that in the event of the Bill for the importa tion of corn being passed by the Legislature, their staff should be abandoned, a statement of their funds should be rendered, the League paper should be disbanded, their number should be reduced to six, and a subscription by the general public should be set on foot, to raise 100,0004 for Mr. Cobden." - - The meeting in question had no connexion whatev t er with. the League, and consequently could not decide a all re specting the proceedings of that association. Indeedthere is at present no committee or council competent to determine on the course marked out by the Times, though it m a y pro bably be recommended for adoption. The object of the meeting was simply to decide on the preliminary steps for a national tribute to lir. Cobden. There was a small number of gentlemen of this town present, who were met by a depu tation from Liverpool. An interchange of opinions took place upon the subject. A committee was named, consisting of gentlemen of all shades of political opinion, including some of the leading Conservatives of the town, who had ex pressed themselves favourable to the object. No ultimate amount was named as a sum to be raised, but an opinion was expressed that 150,0001. or 200,000/. might be obtained for this object, if it met generally with the hearty support of the Conservative as well as the Liberal party. Promises of con tributions, it was announced, bad been received from some of the most distinguished members of the Legislature.-111un chester Guardian. THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) whole, decidedly dull. TUES DAY . - The MANCHESTER, market to-day was, on the however, remain unaltered both for goods and yarn. ne" ' .ecrofusnatl sale of to-day. holidays ,he last has ROCHDA LE, MONDAY. 011 week, fewer goods were offered a an buy.e n rs t , h a e n w d e l e i l tt busi nessmarket. HUDDERSFIELD, a lso b h e a e s n h a e e v n e r y done. thin aTherettendi a s c o e HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY. Althot?get: have several buyers in the market, we cannot report much m favour ably than last week. In the foreign warehousesoroere pretty plentiful, but there appears great caut i on in purchrassaerres for the home trade. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—Our market to-day has been flat, and will probably continue so for a few weeks longer, June being what is termed " betwixt the seasons," and generally a very quiet month. At the German wool fairs now being held, the raw material fetches rather higher prices than were antici pated, a circumstance which cannot fail to check th e con - OMANI R99l diAncti THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY E VENING, JUNE 11, 1846. private one, consequently no extra saluting or ceremony has been observed. LITERATURE. WESTMINSTER RE VIE TV. No. LXXXIX. Our great living philosopher, Professor Faraday, whose researches upon the most primitive elements of the physical sciences have acquired for him a more than European celebrity, receives in this number of the Westminster Review an instalment of that approbation to which his genius and his labours have entitled him, c a o nd which, ntell if denied poraries,willbeby h u , n t sti e n t n in i g gg ly ar a d N l i y ar s d p t i d rit hy of his terity. Unlike many of his predecessors, Faraday has abstained almost entirely from theorising; an hypothesis, however specious, or however feasible, has possessed no charms to him in comparison with those appertaining to the acquisition of novel data. Acting upon the largest principles of inductive philosophy, he has tested the ac curacy of his suppositions before admitting them into truth thanthebrilliancyofth e advances admirablethescientific Pro fessor re admitted. Rejecting that impatience with which the immortal Kepler endeavoured to hurry an effect to some suppo sititious cause, Faraday has nevertheless partaken in some measure of the capacity for suggesting schemes as skeletons for first discoveries which so particularly cha racterised that most wonderful man ; in this manner I both philosophers possessed a hypothetical imagination. As we have just intimated, however, the imagination of our English experimentalist is in a great measure suc cumbed, or rather modulated by the interposition of a stern and inflexible prudence. Circumspect in the ac knowledgment of a conjecture, he has invariably given that conjecture some degree of form, and solidity and character by the most industrious analysis before he has even dreamed of venturing upon its publication. And from these very circumstances, from his captious treat ment of mere theories, from his repugnance to pro nounce upon any unfamiliar phase in natural philosophy, before it has been elaborately tested and scrutinised in all its bearings, an announcement from him, however startling, or however contrary to all previous experi ence, comes upon us with peculiar weight. Incredulity is seared away by a consciousness of the announcer's reverence for mathematical precision, and his intimate acquaintance with the rules of logic, as well as with the laws of matter. On these accounts our sentiments were restricted altogether to those of astonishment on the declaration of Professor Faraday, which started before the scientific and the general world towards the close of 1845, that a hitherto unknown affinity existed been light and electricity—that if those two great forces were not absolutely identical, they possessed a subtle correl lation with each other, and in proof thereof, he (Pro fessor Faraday) had succeeded in magnetizing and elec trifying a ray of light, and in illuminating a magnetic line of force ! Wonderful and prodigious as was the nature of this professed discovery, we were neverthe less fully impressed with the actuality of the truth, not from any blind credulity in the progression of science, but from a recollection of that cha racter for accuracy in the elucidation of philosophical fact which our illustrious countryman had acquired. For many long and arduous years of experiment and in vestigation, Dr. Faraday has been pursuing in silence his inquiries as to the nature of the analogy between these two marvellous departments of nature ; for years he had maintained silence; and not until a few years since, when the matter was throughout proven by experiments as simple and beautiful as the fact which they tended to demonstrate, did the discoverer divulge the nature of his discoveries. This we conceive to be a pattern to al A superintendent of the metropolitan police and as sistants are in attendance upon the Prince during his so journ here.. _ The yacht built for the Emperor of Russia by Mr. Joseph White ; of East Cowes, a splendid schooner, was to be launched this morning, named, by her Majesty's especial permission, " Queen Victoria." His Highness the Grand Duke and a brilliant party were expected to have been pre sent, but they were not. who would aid in macadamizing the road Co knowledge, to all those who have the real interests of science at heart, to all those who would expound even the smallest of those unnumbered mysteries with which we are sur rounded in creation, and the subtlety of which have as yet baffled the research of the most astute intellects. To these important events, the first paper in the TVest- minster Review is devoted, and the history of the disco veries which preceded, and relate in some measure to those of Professor Faraday, is given with singular per spicuity, while the manner of the writer evinces his hearty relish for the theme. With the intention of in troducing his commentaries upon the recent assertions of Faraday, the author prefaces them with a rather microscopic narrative of the progress previously effected in this division of science. From the time of Pytha goras and Pliny the loadstone has attracted, not only fragments of iron, but the attention of every successive philosopher ; nevertheless, it was not until 1200 that, according to Di Vitri, we find this strange phe nomenon applied to the purposes of navigation, through the medium of its polarity. Again, it was not until as recently as 1590, that a surgeon of Rimini, am bitiously christened Julius Caesar, detected the fact that all ferruginous substances contained a certain amount of magnetic power. That the magnetic fluid, or power contained in these bodies was composed of particles re pellant to each other, " inversely as the squares of the distance ;" and that the particles of this fluid and the principles of iron possessed a reciprocal attraction each to each was an hypothesis reserved for the ingenious mind of Epinus, in 1759. No further advances whatever towards the development of magnetism appear to have been made until 1800, when Coulomb defined, with the assistance of the torsion balance, " the correct law of magnetic attraction and repulsion ;" he proved that the magnetism of iron was merely superficial, and so forth. In 1820 tErsted discovered the connecting link between electricity and magnetism. Such are the broad outlines of that preliminary history to which we have referred, and from a perception of the somewhat narrow boundaries which had been overleaped in the organisation of data upon so wonderful a field in science, the advantages which must ultimately accrue from such discoveries as those of Dr. Faraday, are obvious. Having demonstrated " the magnetisation of light., and the illumination of magnetic lines of force," philosophy will not tarry long upon the mere threshold of one amongst her noblest structures ; she will advance boldly to its still hidden mysteries, cheered on by the success with which her votaries have been already crowned, and yearning for the practical employment of her revealed secrets, as a motor in some definitive manner. With the asserted discoveries of Baron Richenbach, to the effect that magnetic patients have beheld in darkened rooms " a luminosity like a moving flame at the poles of an electric battery, and around powerful magnets," we must acknowledge we have but a comparatively feeble sympathy ; and, but that the translation of these " Researches" bears the sanction of Dr. Gregory's signature, we should have rejected them as altogether fictitious. The paper under notice should be perused very generally ; it is teeming with informa tion, and is penned in a . generous and popular strain. " The Tendency of Puseyism" is a copious retrospect of the tractarian movement, but the dogmatism of many sentiments in the disquisition we conceive to be rather clumsy and inadmissable. "The Lost Senses" is a charming review of a publication, written by Dr. Kitto, upon the most melancholy calamities of body to which humanity is subjected. With all deference to the amiable Doctor, we regard the comparative wretched ness resulting rom blindness or deafness as peculiarly afflicting, according to the idiosyncracy of the patient, not from any inherent preponderence in the one or the other. Deafness to Beethoven must have been a more horrible privation to that musical Titan than possibly the loss of all his other senses combined ; whereas blind ness to Milton, who had loved the glorious phases of creation through his visual organ, must have possessed a proportionate intensity. The argument, however, in either instance is solemn, and of ineffable melancholy. " The Oregon Question," with " Railways and Metro politan Improvements," are singularly elaborate and in structive articles : in both the writers are intimately versed in their different subjects, so that to all who are ignorant of the merits of our American squabble, the former will prove a most comprehensive informant, while to those doubtful as to the influence of railway specula tions upon our large towns, but especially upon our vast metropolis, the latter will enable them to form a definite opinion. .Number eighty-nine, though not quite so glorious as the ninety-eight of the Corn Bill majo rity, will be welcomed as of a kindred spirit. THE ROBBER. By G. P. R. James. " The Robber" forms the eighth volume of Mr. James's works. This series, every volume of which is orna mented with an engraving, is wanting in some of the necessary adjuncts of good paper, type, printing, and " getting up." It will be very acceptable to the author's admirers, who will be able to procure all his works in a compact form, and when we consider his prolific power, it must certainly be an advantage to have them in one volume instead of three. THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS. By Albert Smith. Standard Novels. The history of the celebrated " poisoner of the seven teenth century," which for many months interested and appalled the readers of the Miscellany, now appears in the neat and attractive form of a standard novel. The name of the author will be a sufficient passport to many who are acquainted with his more genial and attracti ve compositions; and the title itself will charm, and the contents will not disappoint, the lovers of the horrible, from which class, however, we beg to be excepted. COURT CIRCULAR His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the Benchers of Lincoln's Inn with his company at dinner yesterday evening at their new Hall His Royal High ness was attended by the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord G. Lennox, Colonel Wylde, and Colonel Bouverie. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their accustomed exercise yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Captain the Hon. James P. Murray, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with her presence yesterday evening. The Bishop of Barbadoes had an interview with Mr. Secretary Gladstone yesterday, at the Colonial-office, The Metropolitan Railway Termini Commission had a meeting yesterday, at the office in Whitehall-place. The Commissioners present were Viscount Canning, the Lord Mayor, and Sir Frederick Smith. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Win chester, Bangor, Bath and Wells, Chester, Gloucester and Bristol, Lichfield, Norwich, Oxford, Peterborough, Rochester, Salisbury, and Worcester, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Besaborough, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Dean of Westminster. Mr. Leslie Foster had an interview yesterday with Mr. Secretary Glad.tone. Mr. Denison, M.P., had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. IBRAHIM PACHA. His Highness the Prince of Egypt rose at his accustomed early hour yesterday morning, and breakfasted alone in his private apartment. His Highness was engaged in transacting business with his private secretary until nearly twelve o'clock, at which hour the carriages were ordered to be in attendance. At half-past twelve o'clock his Highness, accompanied by the members of his suite, in two carriages, left Mivart's Hotel, for the purpose of making a tour of inspection. The illustrious party first drove through the City, and crossing Tower-hill made the Thames Tunnel their first object of ex amination. The visit having been an unexpected one on the part of the authorities, only the secretary of the com pany was in attendance to receive his Highness. Accom• panied by that gentleman, the Pacha and the members of his suite descended the entrance shaft, and traversed the tunnel to the southern shore. The modeofits constructionwas clearly explained to his Highness by the secretary, and the questions suggested by the Prince were also answered by the same functionary, to his Highness's evident gratification and astonishment. The Pacha purchased several small articles in the tunnel, and, after devoting more than half an hour to a complete examination of this ingenious absurdity, took his departure. The Tower of London was next visited by the illustrious party. In carrying out the express desire of his Highness to inspect the institutions and exhibitions of the country as a private individual, on arriving at the fortress gates one of the Pacha's English attendants was sent forward to procure tickets of admission. This person had already done so, and the carriages were about to enter the precincts, when a group of warders, observing the glittering uniforms of the strangers, ran off to the Deputy-Governor's residence, and gave him information of the fact. Major Elrington was soon in attendance on his Highness, and, having been in troduced by Major Dickson, the gallant officer led the way first to the Jewel-house, where the crown jewels were shown and explained by Mr. Swifte. His Highness exa mined the crown with especial interest, and remarked on the beauty of the collection generally. From the Jewel house the party proceeded to the Armoury, of which they made a minute inspection. His Highness subsequently viewed the collection of ancient and modern guns preserved within the fortress, several of the former of which are of Egyptian manufacture. The Mint was the next point of attraction. Here the Pacha was received by the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, who conducted his Highness over every part of the establishment. The method by which the bars of gold were rolled out, and the subsequent operation of stamping the pieces, as well ss the die machinery, were successively inspected by the Pacha. The coin in process of manufacture during his Highness's inspection was exclusively of copper, intended for circulation in Calcutta. To give his Highness a more pleasing oppor tunity of seeing the transition from a dull metal bar to the bright coin, a silver medal was struck in his presence, to commemorate his visit. One side bore the profile of her Majesty, while on the obverse a war trophy was struck. Round the outer rim of the coin were impressed the words, "Ibrahim Pacha, June 10, 1846." His Highness accepted this mark of attention and respect very graciously, and having thanked Sir George Clerk for his courtesy, took leave, with the intention of proceeding to The Bank of England, where the party arrived precisely at four o'clock. Mr. Heath, the Governor, and Mr. Robin son, the Deputy-Governor, with two or three other members of the board of direction, were in attendance to receive his Highness; and, the carriages having driven into the inner court, the Pacha and the members of his suite alighted and accompanied the governors to the Bank parlour, where a ddjeuner had been prepared. His Highness having partaken of some slight refreshment, was then conducted over the whole establishment in the greatest detail. The party first inspected the bullion cellars, where the gold bars are de posited, and in which a very large quantity of Sycee silver, paid as• ransom money by the Chinese, is stored. His Highness was subsequently shown the method of printing Bank notes and dividend warrants, with the whole of which he appeared greatly amused. While in the cash-office Mr. Heath placed a small bundle of notes in his Highness's hand, which were explained to represent the money value of up wards of 1,000,0001. sterling. The dividend office and other departments were subsequently visited by the illustrious strangers, and it was nearly six o'clock before they had com pleted their tour of the building. On taking his departure, the Pacha shook hands very heartily with the Governor and Deputy-Governor, and expressed himself much indebted for the attention which had been shown him. The party returned to Mivart's shortly after six o'clock, and dined together privately at half-past seven. It was ex pected his Highness would have honoured Drury-lane Theatre with his presence last night. Dr. Bowring, M.P., had an interview with his Highness last evening, and we believe the result will be that the Pacha will visit the House of Commons this evening after returning from Ascot Races. The Queen's carriages have been ordered to be in attend ance at the Slough station this morning to convey his High ness and suite to Ascot. His Highness was yesterday enrolled a member of the United Service Club. The following names were yesterday inscribed in his High ness's visiting book iu the order annexed : Mr. W. F. Ainsworth, Secretary to the Syro-Egyptian Society, and late of the Euphrates expedition ; the Earl of Ellenborough, First Lord of the Admiralty; Viscount k gestre, Captain R.N. ; Lord A. Lennox, Ordnance Depart ment ; Mr. J. S. Buckingham, Lieutenant-General Sir H. Douglas, Mr. H. W. Masterson, Sadi Ombart, of Bombay; Colonel P. Campbell, R.A. ; Colonel Rain ey, Lord Howden, formerly Envoy to the Pacha of Egypt ; Mr. C. Cornellan, Lord Blayney, Viscount Pollington, Captain Shea, Mr. A. Galloway, Mr. G. W. Galloway, Mr. G. J. Jackson, Mr. J. L. Phipps, the Earl of Jersey, Sir J. Hansler, the Duke of Leeds, Mr. B. Botfield, M.P. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sims, Lieutenant-General Sir J. Buchan, Captain D. Price, R.M. ; Sir A. V. Corbet, Bart. ; Mr. V. R. Corbet, Earl Somers, Captain E. Carpenter, R.N. ; the Right Hon. H. Ellis, Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde, Royal Horse Artillery ; Lieu tenant-Colonel Colquhoun, Royal Artillery ; the Earl of Morley, Viscount Strangford, Mr. R. Coates, Captain Glad stone, R /s. ; his Highness Hassan Mohun Lal, Major- General Russell, Bombay Horse Artillery ; the Marquis of Londonderry, Colonel of tho 2d Life Guards ; the Marquis of Huntley, Sir J. M. Blakenbury, the Earl of Wilton, Sir C. Forbes, Sir A. Clifford, Gentleman-Usher of the Black Rod ; Mr. G. A. Hoskins, Lieutenant-General Sir A. Pil kington, Viscount Hinton, Lord Worslev, Count D'Orsay, Lord Kinnaird, Mr. R. Mayne, Mr. J. P.'Muspratt, Director of the East India Company ; Sir R. Campbell, Bart., Director of the East India Company ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir E. A. Campbell, C.B. ; Mr. R. Campbell, Mr. J. Cotton, East India Director ; Mr. J. Sheppard, East India Director ; Mr. H. Shanks, East India Director ; Captain Sir T. Hast ings, R.N. ; Hon. Colonel Lowther, Sir Henry Pottinger, the Earl of Clare, the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, Hon. Octavius Duncombe, M.P. ; Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. George Lyall, M.P., East India Director ; Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household; Right Hon. H. Corry, M.P., of the Admiralty. THE GRAND DUKE CONSTAN TINE OF RUSSIA. POIMMOUTII, WEDNESDAY.—This morning his Imperial Highness, accompanied by Vice-Admiral Lutke and Captain Loutkowsky, of the Ingermanland, and attended by Baron Friedrichs and Captain Mofet, was conducted over the dock yard by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., and the officers of the establishment, commencing with the testing-house, thence proceeding to the rigging store, present use store, and thence on board the Amphitrite razee corvette, where his Highness remained sometime making minute inquiries as to her qualifications, intended armament, service, and other matters, which were explained by Mr. Traplin, the machinist of the establishment (who attended the Royal party through out their inspection). From the Amphitrite the party pro ceeded to the dock in which the Rattlesnake, 28, is fitting for surveying service, thence to, the Rifleman gunboat, upon the screw propeller principle, 200-horse power, where the Prince made very particular inquiries as to her fitness for the duty for which she is constructed, and in which he showed himself well conversant with naval tactics and con struction, conversing very intelligibly in English the whole time. On leaving the Rifleman Reard-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm was presented to the Grand Duke and the Russian Admiral by Sir Charles Ogle. The metal mills were the next offices visited, where Mr. oocsa s a htfofnt steam-hammer beating nemmn s na t; anchor inhoin t inca h :ghser n e fhdoror n r ooruw o mpte y % veri a ltaardo l Owen, their superintendent, explained the process of run ning the copper fluid into pigs for sheets for the bottoms of partythe blacksmith'sthen shop, through whereth e metal N a sm mills yt hs s l o w : nnd t a gr h s aa e nii t vdrawn ffittohco exhibited, eeusrthms oopuwf re ehts the whichmhneetof.orcontrast ogAnee a xtf t rtfip t a se attracted thistti expeditious odnudtst that at a aeht r n particular mode mua lesslndea shank laborious mode by the steam-hammer. From the black smith's shop th e party proceeded to the' saw-mills, and wit: nessed the process of sawing the timber by the steam-saws, and thence to the block machinery ; but the strap of the shape-machine having broken after a few turns of the cylin der, prevented the further exhibition of blockmaking. The Imperial party then proceeded aloft, and witnessed the formation and finishing of the sheaves for the blocks, polishing the bolts, fixing the cogs, &c., with which they expressed great satisfaction. By the time the finishing de partment had been gone through the strap of the shaping machine had been readjusted, when the party descended to witness the manufacture of blocks. The plan of manufacture, as patented by Mr. Brewer , of Bermondsey , was shown as the plan upon which all future blocks will be made in this dock yard, and the old plan was also pointed out to the illu s t r i ous visitors. It being now nearly one o'clock the party retur ne d to the Admiralty - house to lnd uncheon. Grand At half-past one the G Duke and party, accompanied the King's-stairs in the dockyard, and proceeded to embarked in the Admiralty barge from the Excellent gunnery - ship, witness to some " ex cellent" Malcolm, practice. His Excellency Baron Brunnow, the Russian Ambassador, on their arrived at th ree o ' c l oc k, an d me t th e I mper i a l party return from the Excellent, and at fifteen minutes past three the whole went on board the royal yacht, which they left at half-past three, and again landed at the dockyard, and pro ceeded to the Admiralty-house, where (after visiting some friends at the George Hotel) the Grand Duke and suite will be entertained this evenine• M MEOW, a . I • • § PAlt t 9 be considend otrictly A THE PRYINGS OF A POSTMAN. The Postman of Stolcgate, with unblushing effrontery, does not scruple to inform us that every l e tt er w hi c h passed through his hands, was, in opposition to all rules of honour and propriety, by him duly examined and pe rused. He has even gone so far as to transcribe the most interesting, which furnish a volume of considerable amusement. The affairs of individuals of all characters, good, bad, or indifferent; their various thoughts and feelings, hopes and fears, are freely unfolded to us, in the most easy and natural manner possible, by the perusal of their private correspondence. Many of the letters follow en suite, and furnish a little history of themselves; and however much we disapprove the conduct of the postman, we must confess that.his peccadilloes afford con siderable amusement. A BOOK OF HIGHLAND MINSTRELSY. By Mrs. D. Ogilvy. With Illustrations by R. R. M'lan. A book of Highland minstrelsy! Is not the name enough? Does it not bring before us the wild and simple ballads, the mournful melodies of the mountain land? The fanciful and heart-stirring legends of the north are peculiarly the poet's theme; and the High landers, with their fierce passions, clinging superstition, romantic chivalry, generosity, and devotion, are the Heaven-made heroes of minstrelsy. Such are the ma terials from which Mrs. Ogilvy has formed her book. Many an old custom or wild tradition is here converted by her pen i n t o a poem. T he metre i s ver y various, but but well assort e d t o t h e su bj ects . O ne of the_ most beautiful pieces is the fi rs t, " The Exile at Culloden." The long lines of many syllables ha theme; adeg mournful majesty ver y a ppropriate to the r and of the picture of the h ea rt-broken exile, hiding his brow in his the his bonnet, i s among th e mos t interesting adorned. The illustra tions with which the work is bountifully binding and " g e tting up" of the vo lume are unexcep tionable, and the crimson co leaning ye r , bordered with thistles, over his " Harp of displays an ancient minstrel on ivacl ofection. 049 North" with a haizture of 4,411 LA W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 10. (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. SHARP. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) At the close of the argument, the COURT, after reviewing the whole case, agreed that it did not come within their urisdiction, the vicar being an ecclesiastical officer, and in virtue of his office sole scrutator and presiding officer in all matters relating to the Church. He was, therefore, in that capacity not amenable to th e j ur i s di ct i on of this Court.— Rule discharged accordingly. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 10. The Court was engaged all day till half-past five o'clock on motions, none of which presented any matter for a report. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Mr. Baron PARKE and Common Juries.) RAILWAY COMMITTEEMEN.—LAW V. WILSON. This was an action for goods sold and delivered and sup plied to the defendant as a member of the provisional com mittee of the Southampton, Petersfield, and London Direct Railway Company. The sum sought to be recovered was 581. 17s. 6d. Mr: Jervis and Mr. Cole conducted the case for the plain tiff, and Mr. noggins (with whom was Mr. Rawlinson) ap peared for the defendant. - It appeared that in the month of September in the past year a scheme was got up by Mr. Duncan, the solicitor, to construct a railway from Southampton to Petersfield, and then on " direct" to London. On the 30th of that month Mr. Duncan and the other solicitors wrote the following letter to the defendant:— " " 72, Lombard-street, Sept. 30, 1845. Sir,—At the request of Mr. Bradley, we forward you a prospectus of the Southampton, Petersfield, and London Direct Railway, and shall feel obliged by your informing us the e p t r h o e v r Lsi y o o u n a d l e c s o i e m t t h t eaeve of y t o h u e r co n a m m p e a i n nr e lv d e i n a r t e h , e f In reply to this letter the writers obtained no written an swer; but a few days after it had been sent, although the party to whom it had been addressed had removed from his former habitation, the defendant called at the office and stated that he should have no objection to be a director of the company. The clerk thereupon endorsed on the letter, " Agreeable to be a director." The company went on, and presently an allotment of 50 shares was awarded to the defendant as one of the provisional committee. The defend ant, however, not only never took up the shares, but never took any notice either of the numerous letters and official reports and papers which were constantly being for warded to him from the company's office. By-and-by the railway market became under the influence of the panic, and then the managing committee—for there was a managing committee, consisting of some 16 or 18 parsons—thought it useless to proceed with the undertaking, and at once turned their minds to the consideration of the ques tion as to which would be the best way of winding up the concern, and liquidating the debts which had been incurred. The result of this deliberation was a resolution to return 255. per share out of the 21. 2s. deposit to the shareholders, which was subsequently done, and that each provisional committeeman should be called upon to contribute the sum of 354 as his fair proportion of the expenses incurred. Accordingly a letter, containing the resolution, and solicit ing the payment of the 351., was sent to the defendant, but of that communication he took not the slightest notice. In the end, however, the present action was brought by the plaintiff, one of the creditors of the concern against him in his character of a member of the provisional committee of the company. On behalf of the plaintiff's case there was, under these cir cumstances, a failure in proving that the defendant had given his written consent to become a member of the pro visional committee, and that he had, upon any occasion, acted in the cond uc t or managemen t o f the affairs of the company. Thus far the case had proceeded, when the Learned Baron was compelled to rise on Tuesday. Mr. HOGGINS now addressed the jury on behalf of the de fendant, and at the outset denied the statement made by his Learned Friend, that his client had, like the other members of the provisional committee, been in the habit of receiving his two guineas per day for his attendance at the of f ice, and for the best of all reasons, that, except upon the day when he had given his consent to become a director, he had never been near the concern. Neither had he, like those who had taken part in the proceedings of the company, be nefited by the premiums which had been gained upon the shares. He should throw himself back upon the question which had been left to the jury in the case of "Barnett v. Lambert "—namely, 1 ‘ did the defendant render himself liable for the goods supplied in consequence of his having given an express consent or an implied consent by personal communication or in writing" to become a provisional com mitteeman, and to become, in common with others, responsible and liable for the debts of the company ? or did he give such an authority to the secretary of the company as could bind him to the consequences of any acts of what now appeared to be a select managing committee? But he contended that in the present case the question was not as between the creditor of the company and the defendant, but between the managing committee, who, in strictness, were liable to every claim, and the defendant. The use of the plaintiff's name was a matter of form—a mere blind, for the real plaintiffs were the managing committee. The main question in the case was as to what was the meaning of the consent which the defendant was stated to have given? Was it not that he consented to become a director, and in which character it was quite clear he meant to become one of that body which was to take the control and management of the affairs of the company, and not ene of a provisional committee, whom, without having any control over either the arrange ments, or the incurring or not embarking in large liabilities, it was now attempted to render liable? That was the simple question, he apprehended. Well, then, it was quite clear that he had not given any consent to become a member of the provisional committee, and, therefore, that being so, it was beyond all doubt that he was in no way liable for the debts which the managing committee had thought proper to incur. He submitted, therefore, that the defendant could not be held liable, Mr. Baron PARKE, in leaving the case to the jury, said, it was in the first instance necessary for the plaintiff to make out that there had been an express contract entered into by the defendant in person, or by his agent, and that it was only upon such ground that he could recover. The question was, whether the person who entered into the contract with the plaintiff was the authorised agent of the party who was sought to be made liable? There was no doubt that in the first instance the claim was upon Brooks, the secre tary, but if that party contracted the debt as the agent of another, then the question arose as to whether the defendant was that other. In the present instance the plaintiff, there was no doubt, could have brought his action against Brooks, or against the managing committee, but he had not chosen to sue either of these, against either of whom he could have had no difficulty in proving his claim, but rather chose to select a member of the provisional committee. The acting committee had abandoned the concern, and had then made a claim upon the provisional committee. But the managing committee had clearly made themselves liable for these debts, for they it was who had conducted the concern, and had authorised the contraction of debts. But, so far as the jury as concerned in the present ca se , th e quest i on was, whether it had been made out to their satisfaction that the defendant had rendered himself liable by consenting to be come a director. That consent was clearly not in the terms of the present form of action in so far as the description was con cerned. The defendant consented to become a director, not a provisional committeeman, and the promoters of the company or the managing committee had thought proper to make him that which, as far as the evidence went, he had not con sented to become. The jury, before they could make him liable to this claim, must be satisfied that he had given his consent, or had meant to become a member of the provisional committee; and, further, that in that capacity he had in tended to take upon himself all the responsibilities which the managing committee might think proper to incur. Then there was another matter for them to take into consideration. The defendant, it was admitted on the part of the clerk of the company, had not only not taken up shares, but had never acted as a committeeman, or had taken the most re mote participation in the business. He did not accept the settlement of 50 shares • he had in no way interfered in the , concern nor had he attended any meeting, and he had re fused to answer or take any notice of the numerous letters which had been sent to him from the office of the company, It, moreover, appeared that the provisional committee had had:no power to interfere with the managing committee. If the jury were of opinion that the defendant had not given his consent to become a provisional committeeman, there was then an end to the case. There had been no evidence offered to show what the duties of the provisional committee were, but all had gone to establish the responsibility of the ma naging committee, and that those parties were responsible for all acts and debts they incurred, either by themselves or by their agent. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Baron PARKE then said, that it was not to be sup posed that, because a man allowed his name to be inserted in the list of provisional committeemen, he made himself re sponsible for every act or every liability of a managing com mittee, unless it could be proved that he had acted in the conduct of the concern. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. The widow of Thomas Blewitt, the unfortunate man who died a short time since from the effects of the gun-shot wound inflicted by John Graham, in Drury-lane, applied to the sitting magistrate, Mr. Henry, to relieve and advise her in her present distressing situation. The applicant, who was attired in respectable mourning, stated that she was dependent upon the wages of her hus band during his lifetime, for the support of herself and child —a girl about seven years of age—and had now no means of living ; she was therefore anxious to get a little money to place herself in a small way of business. Owing to the suggestions of Mr. Mace, the chief usher, and a police inspector in Court, his worship was induced to question the woman at some length as to her habits and general character, it having appeared that she was convicted and fined at this Court, about four months ago, for mis conduct. She denied that she was in the habit of drinking, but admitted that for a considerable period she did not live with her husband. This, however, she attributed to his misconduct, and not her own. She stated that they went to Hong-Kong together, about five years ago, and that her hus band, after getting into debt, absconded from her, and left her in China unprotected. A subscription was there got up for her, and she returned to England by the ship Tory, Captain Johnson, at whose trial, in November and January last, she appeared as a witness at the Old Bailey. At this time she again became acquainted with her husband, who called upon her at her lodgings, but it did not appear upon what terms they lived together, if at all, up to the shocking occurrence in Drury-lane. It would be unfair to state the allegations on either side at present, but enough transpired to show that they did not live happily together. Mr. HENRY, therefore, deputed the usher to make a full inquiry into the matte r , and re p or t th e r esult of his investi gation next week. HAMMERSMITH. After the night charges were disposed of, Mr. Hardy Hislop, of No. 3, Lansdown-villas, Fulham-road, was placed at the bar before Mr. G. Clive, the sitting magistrate, on a charge of having violated the person of Caroline Mathews, his servant. Mr. J. Todd, solicitor, of No. 23, Thavies Inn, Holborn, attended for the prisoner. Caroline Mathews, a rather pretty-looking young woman, deposed that she was now living in ,On Friday Friday last she was James-street living in the service of the prisoner, O ne;, at No. 3 Lansdown-villas. On that night she retired to bed about eleven , o'clock, leaving the prisoner, her master, down stake. She undressed, and had been in the room about twenty minutes before she got into bed. She had not been in bed above two minutes before the prisoner came into the room. He was undressed with the exception of his shirt. Mrs. Hislop, the prisoner's wife, had left home, and gone into the country on the previous day (Thursday). The prisoner said to witness, "As we are in the house together, we may as well sleep together." Wit ness told him that he should not, and that she would tell her mistress. Witness had, on seeing the prisoner enter the room, jumped out of bed, and was trying to run out of the room' but the prisoner would not let her, and said he did n o t care for her mistress. Witness struggled with him, but he took hold of her and threw her on the bed. The Witness then stated circumstances tending to show that he suc ceeded in attaining his objeet. By Air. CLrYz--Witneie tried to push hiE ewer and ASCOT HEATH RACES WEDNESDAY. The public, having reserved themselves for the Cup and Ibrahim Pacha, a brilliant day's racing was left to the ex clusive enjoyment of the epicures of the turf, and was got through with a closer attention to time than was observed on the first day. It is known that the Queen however, ,ori will wnec n ‘e, eo Consort t b o:n e s oprrte her a present aj t et h tse i t s 3n, d,s loving wi l I beub is some doubtful day,. and it cthoants orders consolation, tdi e t o h rn s e , have been received at the Royal Stand to provide for the t r u e c a e r p r t i i v o e n a o b f o u l t brahirn The length to which our details of the running extend sjec prevent our adding more than that the weather, one o'clock. His Highness is expected ha gloomy, was favourable, and the day's gratifying description. sport of although e ho m u o g s h t A Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for three yrs old, colts, Bst 81b ; and fillies, Bst 41b ; the second saves his stake. (6 Subs.) Swine 3 Course. Lord Exeter's St. Demetri, Galata colt Mr. C. Scott's Ohio Lord Lonsdale's Joy Betting-5 to 4on St. Demetri, and sto 2 agst Ohio. St. Demetri made the running at a good pace, followed at an interval of two lengths by Joy, the mare a length from the latter. They severally maintained their positions to the distance, where Joy reached the favourite's quarters ; Ohio came at the stand, and a fine race ensued, Lord Exeter winning by a neck, and the same between the other two. The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 soya. each, 5 ft, with 50 added; two years old, 7st, and three, 9st; fillies and geldings al lowed 31b. To start at the Cup Course post and run in, about half a mile. (20 Subs.) Lord G. Bentinck's Blackcock, 2 yrs (Abdale) 1 Mr. Coape's Rufus, 3 yrs Mr. A. W. Hill's Burlesque 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Death's Camelia, 3 yrs—Lord Exeter's Lebanon, 3 yrs—Lord Lonsdale's c by Bay Middleton, out of Miss Milner, 3 yrs— Mr. Mostvn's f by Lanercost, out of Miss Clifton, 2 yrs—Mr. Wyatt's I:aundrymaid, 3 yrs—Lord Chesterfield's Snake, 3 yrs—Baron Rothschild's The Daughter of the Star, 2 yrs— Betting-3 to 1 agst Laundrymaid, 4 to 1 each agst Miss Milner colt, Miss Clifton filly, and Burlesque, and 10 to 1 agst Blackcock. Blackcock made nearly all the running, and won easy by a length ; Burlesque an indifferent third, Miss Clifton colt fourth, and Snake fifth. The Royal Hunt Cup, a Piece of Plate, value 200 sous., by subscription of 10 soya. each, with 100 added. New Mile. (41 Subs.) Mr. W. S. Stanley's Leaconfield, 3 yrs, sst 121b...(Carter) 1 Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster, 4 yrs, Bst 61b ... 2 Lord Milltown's Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs, 7st 51b The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Robinson's The Cure, 5 yrs, 9st 71b—Mr. Merton's Evenus, 6 yrs, 9st 51b—Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 5 yrs, B s t 111 b Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, aged, Bst 111 b—Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon, 4 yrs, Bst 61b—Mr. E. Dyson's The Devil to Pay, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—Lord Albermarle's Beaumont, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Queen Pomare, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Mr. Godwin's g by Advocate, out of Dexterous dam, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Mr. Thompson's m by Monarch, o u t o f Si s. to Clare, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Sir S. Spry's fby Sir Hercules, out of Taglioni, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Col. Anson's Rowland Hill, 4 yrs, 7st 31b-- Count Batthyany's Gannet, 4 yrs, 7st—Mr. Watt's Young Eclipse, 4 yrs, 7st—Mr. Mostyn's c by Phcenix, out of L'Hirondelle, 3 yrs, 6st 121b—Lord Alb ermarle ' s Nell Cook, 3 yrs, 6st 21b—Mr. Drinkald's Farthing C an dl e, 3 yrs, 6st— Mr. Waller 's Regalia, 3 yrs, sst 71b. Betting-5 to 1 agst Wood Pigeon, 10 to 1 agst Beau mont, 10 to 1 agst Queen Pomare, 10 to 1 agst Colleen Bawn, 10 to 1 agst Rowland Hill, 10 to 1 agst L'Hiron delle colt, 10 to 1 agst Farthing Candle, 12 to 1 agst Gannet, 13 to 1 agst Ironmaster, 15 to 1 agst The Cure, and 15 to 1 agst Leaconfield. Beaumont took a slight lead, followed by Farthing Candle and Colleen Bawrz, the others so close up that we cannot attempt to specify the order in which they laid. No altera tion of any moment occurred until they were half-way up the distance. Ironmaster then went in front, followed by Colleen Bawn and Leaconfield, but swerved near the end, took Colleen Bawn out with him, and lost his lead; Lea confield taking his place, and winning by a length. Wood Pigeon was fourth, and Lightning fifth. The Coronation Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for three-year old fillies, Bst 71b each. New mile. (11 Subs.) Mr. Ford's Guaracha (Howlett) 1 Duke of Bedford's Taurina Colonel Anson's Ellipsis Lord G. Bentinck's Dawdle *** •••• Sir R. Pigott's Birthday 5 Betting-5 to 2 agst Taurina, 2to 1 agst Dawdle, 4to 1 agst Birthday, and 4 to 1 agst Guaracha. Guaracha took the lead, made all the running, and won very easy by two lengths. A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, with 100 added ; for four yrs old colts, Bst 81b; fillies,Bst 21b. To start at the last half mile nost on the New Mile. Once round and in. (13 Subs.) Lord LOnsdale's Jericho (Bartholomew) Mr. St. Paul's Mentor Even betting; Jericho made all the running, Mentor lying a couple of lengths from him, until they came round the turn into the straight; he then drew up, and at the distance reached Jericho's shoulder, but dropped off near the end of the stand railing, and was beaten cleverly by a length. Great excitement was produced by the unlucky exhibition of Mentor's number, as the winner, and several bets were laid before No. 6 took precedence of No. 5. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs ;each, with 50 added, for three years-old, 7st ; four, Bst; five, Bst 41b; six and aged, 71b. The winner to be sold for 300 sow. if de manded, &c. T.Y.C. (8 Subs.) Mr. Merton's Evenus, 6 yrs ...(F. Butler) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Cherokee, 3 yrs Mr. Micklam's Philip, aged Mr. G. S. Ford's Prudence, 4 yrs Betting-6 to 4 agst Evenus, 7to 4 agst Cherokee. They ran abreast to the Stand, where Evenus quitted his horses, and went in a clever winner by a length, Philip a respect able third, and Prudence a bad fourth. The winner was claimed. The Windsor Town Plate of 50/. ; two yrs old, sst 61b ; three, 7st 101 b; four, Bst 81b; five, and upwards, 91b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Lord G. Bentinck's His Serene Highness, 2 yrs (Kitchener) 1 Lord Lonsdale's f by The Saddler, 2 yrs Mr. Payne's c by Jereed, out of Kalinia, 2 yrs 3 The following also started, but were not placed ;—Mr. Smith's The Orph an , by Camel—Mr. Cooper's Cain, 6 yrs— Mr. Death's Slanelf, 3 yrs—Mr. Collin's Brunel, 5 yrs—Mr. Drew's Concealment, 4 yrs—Lord Exeter's Brainless, 3 yrs— Mr. Kilton's Honeysuckle, by Stockport, 2 yrs—Mr. Pearce's Link Boy, by the Dean, 2 yrs—Mr. Jaques's Headsman, 3 yrs—Mr. T. Smith's Conrad, 3 yrs—Mr. May's Honey Dear, 2 yrs Betting.-7 to 4 agst Caen, Bto agst Barbakin f, 10 to 1 agst Jereed c, and 12 to 1 agst His Serene Highness. They started abreast and ran in close array to the road, where His Serene Highness took up the running, went on with it to the end, and won easily by two lengths. Kalmia a bad third, Headstnan fourth, and Orphan fifth. The winner was claimed. A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1842 ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 31b. The second to save his stakes. One mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. Coombe's fby Glaucus, out of Octave (Bartholomew) 1 Lord Albemarle's The Little Vulgar Boy 2 Betting-6 to son the mare, who took the lead, kept it, and won by four lengths. The Swinley Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, with 50 added ; for three yrs old, 7st 41b ; and four, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Swinley Course. (8 Subs.) Lord Orford's Footstool, 3 y rs (Mann) 1 Count Batthyany's Tragical, 3 yrs 2 Betting-3 to lon Footstool, who made all the running, and won easy by a length. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. TilE MPEROR'S VASE. 3 to 1 agst M r. E Greville's Alarm 9 to 2 agst Col. Peel's Orlando (t) 11 to 1 agst Mr. G. IL Moore's Wolfdog 8 to 1 agst Lord Lonsdale's Jericho (t) 9 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's The Baron (t) 9 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Miss Sarah. THE JUBILEE OF THE CRUSADERS.—The fiftieth re presentation of Benedi c t' s C rusaders is to be commemmorated on Friday evening, by the additional talents of Monteriego, Cassello, Dulken, Wallace, Richards, and though last, not least, the favourite Carlotta. LONDON COFFEE AND EATING HOUSE KEEPER'S ASSOCIATION. -At a Committee meeting held at Anderton's Hotel last night, Mr. Binmore, the President, in the chair, it was resolved to have an excursion to the fashionable and favoured watering place, B r i g ht on , i n J u ly nex t, i n aid of the funds of that e xce ll en t i ns tit u ti on , w h en an opportunity . will be presented to their friends of enjoying that delightful trip at a very moderate charge, at the same time, through the extreme liberality of the railway Company, yielding a surplus to the funds. The magistrates of Newcastle last week imposed a fine upon a female in that town for throwing orange peel on the causeway. FETE HISTORIQUE DE SAINT ONER.—Great pre parations, we understand, are being made to celebrate the above fete on the 15th and 16th instant. M. le Comte de Flandre will enter St. Omer, seated on a superb car, and will afterwards occupy the throne of judgment, at the splendid tournament about to take place. Magnificent combats on horseback will ensue, the parties being dressed in the cos tume of the time, when the different events which they will represent, happened. The Comte de Flandre will have by his side la dame de beaute, personated by the elegant Comtesse de Guine, whose pleasing duty it will be to present to the various victorious knights the gorgeous insignia of conquest. This Fete Historique will be the g ran d est a ff a i r, it is reported, that has occurred in St. Omer for years past. The principal towns in the north of. France, and a l arge portion of Belgium, contribute their aid to render the scene magnificent, and worthy the occasion. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—Our readers will recol lect a few weeks since we briefly alluded to a marriage in high life, which was on the moment of being solemnised, the interested parties being Lady Anne Elizabeth Mary Grenville, only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, and Mr. W. H. Gore Langton, grandson and heir.,of Colonel Gore Langton. In evident answer to a paragraph which was inserted in our columns that the marriage was only deferred for a short period, a counter-statement was made by a respected contemporary. The assertion on our part is fully borne out, and therefore we need not make further remark. Yester day morning, at the unusually early hour of eight, the nuptial cere mony was solemnised at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, between her Ladyship and the Hon. Gentleman, the Rev. Henry e r yb r theoo k e m , who ate r n in i Howarth, the rector of St. George's, officiating at the solemn r it e . t T h h i e s fair del i bride f w a m a s i ly taken a t t t o e r t h h e a c s h u r e o c, n h s t b d y Lad y ately 13 acted r part. The marriage was priyate, and singular to state the Duke notice f P t o h B e A C L o . m -- es h s i ners following the e and Duchess of Buckingham and the Aent.Marquis of Chandos were AN HONEST PP 0 Yankee paper of 31.6 y 18 :---" State Loan 0 . of 3 0,000 bollars.—lt will be seen by the newspaper evidently makes one mistake proposals will be received until We perceive It was intended that the bonds three hundred thousand dollars at 5 odenodocist June. 3, o u l redeemabled next,(n' appears ap b f l ol a r Fa rf aurteednsireod redeemed that n 1 hi 1864, eaoadtf the public Works." The for arrearages to contractors and otitk e DROWNED WHILST BATIIIN G Jonathan Herrind, a labourer on the South -Wes in the above paragraph. at any time. On Tuesday evening, drowned whilst bathing in a reservoir tha t the - railway. The de mill, at Nine Elms, and which is contiguous ceased remained raore than half an hour in tern Railway, was e in Yvviter before any as sistance was rendered him, and then a forem his body to shore, but life was extinct. The d m Ped in and brought eceaued had committed a trespass by bathing in the reservoir. It has been calculated that nearly one-h Ifof a the non commissivueil officers and Privates of the American is rin desert every yen. i i i,, o i t au/Tiles Mr. Hutton's slapped his face, but although she continued struggling with him and screaming out he did not desist. Afterwards her stood by the side of the bed for a few minutes,' and then tapped her on the shoulder, and put his hea -ilowtt to her to kiss her, but she would not let hip]. He t m aid he should 4 s, leave her, and went out of the room. W' then got out of bed and locked the door. Witness regained in the holm .:-. all that night. The next morning (Satuiday) She got up . about seven o'clock, and got the prisoner's ireakfast, aria he_._ ~.., went out about rime o'clock. Witness thekfleft the house, ;1. . j and went to Mrs. George, her laund res s, and\teld.her_what ------' the prisoner had done, and :31aas advised witnese i tniwri !Pk ,W,i,lk: inform her (witness's) brother-in-law of the 0 - Madder's Mil." duct, which witness did. On the same morning witness also told Mrs. Symons, a publican's wife, of it. Witness went out for the purpose of quitting, having no relations about there, but Mrs. Symons persuaded her not to leave until she heard from her friends. On Sunday her brother-in-law came with her sister, and took her away. Her brother-in law saw the prisoner on the Sunday afternoon, and she heard him tell the prisoner that she had written to him to tell him that the prisoner had been to her bedroom and acted impro perly to her, and she heard the prisoner reply that it was quite right, and that what she had stated to him he (pri soner) would not deny. Cross .examitipd by Mr. Todd—The bedroom door was not closed, as witness was in the habit of leaving it open, in order to hear the clock strike. Entered the prisoner's ser vice on Easter Monday, eight weeks ago, and left on Sunday last. Mrs. Hislop had given her warning to leave on Tues day fortnight. Had been visited once at the prisoner's house by a journeyman baker, whom she had known for eighteen months. Told Mrs. Hislop that her brother was coming, but it was the baker. Had not been intimate with the baker, and she was not enciente. On her oath she was not. Asked the prisoner before she went to bed if he wanted any foSrhebdiindi n in ot t a ell fe h w im m th in at ut e es he . w t ‘ h v o i o u n u l g d l d more . b e undresseds w e ar H thate sa id a s n h and neither was she on the top of the stairs' waiting for hint. ready for inzite him to her room, Would swear that she did not meet him .in thetop of the She at led aboutll e ct s ir s t ra be a d n s d te e a lu d for he. Witness screamed,but the prisoner was too powerful 2 p eu h ffi er ei ar en m t s fo ro r u o n n d e h p i e s rs n o e n c . k. Sh , e rtigslepgt_o. an d swear that thatwas discharged anonymona b le e t c t a e u r s e e b s a n d e b h ee a n d asenstveteotheatbl. house her. Mrs. Hislop showed her one. Would sh e _ heard the prisoner tell her brother-in-law that what she had told him be (prisoner) could not deny. Mr. Todd, on the part of the prisoner, submitted that the evidence of the witness was not worthy of belief, and that coasthmerpelewte showedel 1 ifi s e e xr v e e tdo r a t l hbee discrepanciesexp capitaleen chargee inexperien c e d d ihern uponz4l ilh e st atements. Her evi dence had also been given with such c oolness and clearness showed her malicious dispositi on. com plainant out of rev enge pre pared to contend, was altogelher concocted by the previously tried all she could to induce his client to be inti mate with her, in order that she might make that charge, p p l r a i i s n o a n n er t The com alone, ,i s 'e o tahnadt the case depended entirely on whatever evidence she chose to w ha ae vin in g a give, without any pr3bability of his being able to disprove it. Caroline Mathews was then recalled by Mr. Clive, and in answer to his questions, explained that she had made up her mind on Sunday not to stay another night in the house; had her brother-in-law not come, she would then have gone over bme oe snietri unfortunatenh er thbeei being house ohupe discharg ed.ecshitai rog pr i soner, mat ters, neh e ws She aNaveshhsihca had to him in the evening. She certainly did agree, on the Sun day, to wash the prisoner's stockings out on the Monday morning, but she did that as a blind to deceive the prisoner. Mr. CLIVE said there certainly were one or two extra ordinary circumstances in the case which would require inquiry, and for that purpose the prisoner must be re manded. Mr. Todd applied for the prisoner to be admitted to bail. Mr. CLIVE inquired what was the prisoner's position in life ?—Mr. Todd said the prisoner was secretary to a public company, at a salary of 200/. per annum. Mr. CLIVE said he would then take bail ; the prisoner in 200/., and two sureties in 100/. each, for the prisoner's ap pearance on Monday next. Mr. Todd and Mr. Henry Rumball, civil engineers, of Seething-wells, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, entered into the required sureties. On the application of Mr. Todd, the brother- in-law of the complainant, was called in and examined, in order to see if his version of the interview he had with the prisoner would differ from the complainant's, bat he used the very words she had. Mn OLIVE directed Inspector Morgan to summon the two witnesses the complainant had told of the affair, and also to have her examined by a medical man. THE SUSPECTED MURDER AT SHADWELL Yesterday the adjourned inquest on the body of Anne alias Jane Sloman, who was found dead under such suspicious cir cumstances,on Tuesday, June 2d, at the house,No. 6, Labour in-Vain-street, Shadwell, was resumed at the Half Moon, Lower Shadwell. It will be remembered that Gibbins, the man with whom she cohabited, was at first charged with the murder, and was examined at the Thames Police-court, and is still in custody. After several witnesses had been heard, the court was ad journed till seven o'clock, and was resumed about eight. The principal facts have been already ver y f u lly s t a t e d. Thejury retired at a quarter past eleven o'clock, and after an absence of nearly two hours, at five minutes to one o'clock this morning, returned an open verdict of—" Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." The interest excited was intense, and the verdict appeared to give general satisfaction, leaving the inquiry still open as regards the parties guilty. THE LATE FATAL COLLISION ON THE MERSEY. (From the Liverpool Courier of yesterday.) Yesterday the inquest on the thirteen persons buried in Liscard Chapel-yard, who were killed by the late awful steam boat collision, was resumed at the Royal Hotel, Magazines, before H. Churton, Esq., the Cheshire coroner. Mr. Harden appeared for the captain of the Sea-Nymph, and Mr. Myers for her owners ; Mr. Haqsall and Mr. Duncan appeared for the owners and captain of the Rambler. Mr. Askew, Captain Sarsfield, Captain John Jones, and other professional gentlemen, were present. The evidence taken at the former inquest only related to the identification of the bodies; on this occasion the follow ing witnesses were examined as to the facts of the collision : George Hunter, chief mate, and Peter M'Farlane, second mate, William Jones, seaman, and James M'Gregor, en gineer, all of whom belong to the Rambler, and David Ko vanah, a passenger. Their dep6sitions substantially agreed with what they bad previously stated before the borough coroner, which we gave at great length in our last publica tion. No new facts in elucidation of this terrible event were elicited. At a quarter to six o'clock the Court adjourned until this day at ten o'clock, when Thomas Evans, captain of the life-boat, it is expected, will give some important testi mony; and John Hughes, one of the life-boat crew, who was on the shore, and saw the whole transaction, will be examined. FATAL ACCIDENT AT RICHMOND.—On Tuesday even ing Mr. Carter held an inquest at the White Cross Inn, waterside: Richmond, on the body of John Standy, aged eighteen, a shopman to a cheesemonger at New Brentford. On Sunday afternoon last the deceased and a young man named Parsons hired a boat at Isleworth, and were en the river nearly opposite the Marquis of Allan's resi dence, when the:Vivid steam-boat, which was proceeding up the river, and against tide, passed them, and had left them between 80 and 100 yards astern, when the deceased asked Parsons to row into the surf that they might have a rock ; be did so, and the consequence was the boat filled. Parsons jumped out, and swam on shore at Richmond, and the deceased, who was lying at the bottom of the boat, sunk. Several boats put out after him, but forty minutes had elapsed before his body was recovered, and then he was quite dead. The jury re turned a verdict of " Accidentally drowned." THE LAUNCH OF THE RECRUIT AND ERIN•GO BRAGS. —The launch of these two vessels took place yesterday from the yard of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, at Blackwell, at three o'clock, in the presence of some thousands of spectators, and with the ho nears usual on such occasions. They are both beautiful vessels of their respective classes ; they are built of iron, and with all the mo dern improvements of naval architecture. The Recruit is not It steamer ; she is a gun-brig, and will have when rigged and com pleted an armament of twelve guns. Her length between the per pendiculars is 113 feet; her length of keel for tonnage 94 feet 10 inches ; her breadth for tonnage is 30 feet 3 inches ; and her depth lin hold, 14 feet 2 inches ; the burden being 482 tolls. She is a splendid model of a man-of-war. The ether vessel, the Erin-go- Bragh, is a very fine steam-boat of 810 tons burden, and is designed for the Peninsular service. The length between the perpendiculars hi 201 feet 6 inches ; her length of keel for tonnage is 184 feet 3 inches ; and her breadth for tonnage, 28 feet 9 inches ; her depth in hold,' 17 feet 4 inches. The ceremony of giving names to these vessels was performed by Lady Adeline Paget. After the launch they were moored off Blackwell, and to-day will be taken into the, basin of the West India dockyard, to have their rigging and paddles and so forth p fl a tt r e too d. k of the regaled at an elegant . Ditchburn av the and Mr. kareHowteler,e Afterwards w hese they Provided Brunswick v" 3cl Lovegrove, and drank the healths of Messrs. Ditchbum and Mare , an d other appropriate toasts. lhefrie good nd so t f lii cWf3 n i g efis s snerrs p ro M EXICAN PREPARATIONS.—We are informed, from a reliable source, that within the last year and a half , or two years, they Mexican Government has been receiving, from time to time, schooners, powder, cannon, and ball from the city of New York. Within this periodthere have been built, by our shipmasters, 12 strong schooners, of sufficient strength and capacity to act as privateers or vessels of war. These vessels were built with an eye to strength, (combined with swiftness of sailing. These vessels were dispatched to Mexico (under American colours and under the captainship of Americans) from time to time, as they were built, and were paid for by an eaten. sive Mexican house in this city. Each of these vessels =Tied, like wise, from eight to ten tons of gunpowder as cargo, and likewise a number of guns, amounting to 180 in all, which were cast in a foun dry in this city, and proved by an American of skill in such matters. At one time, it is said, the Mexican Government were indebted to this Mexican house in half a million of dollars for these supplies. A shipmaster, lately from Vera Cruz, reports that when he was there he inspected the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, and saw a cannon of 162 pounds calibre, which, with 40 or 50 Palxhan guns, are now mounted on that fortress. The beach where the French landed is likewise completely fortified. We have the names and dates for all these facts, which we suppress for the present.—New York Herald. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FRANCE AND Elseeetip.—lt was) stated some time ago, that a submarine telegraph was to be laid down across the English Channel, by which an instantaneous communication could be made from coast to coast. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, with a view of testing the practicability of this undertaking, have been of the projectors laying down a submarine telegraph across the har bour of Portsmouth from the house of the Admiral, In the docky a rd, ,___ to the railway terminus at Gosport. Bypleased to approve these means te will of b e direct communication from London to the official residence _ the that her not extend beyond the terminus at Gosport, obstacle. This deemed an insurmoun table by ear vooenspoordrteratennifornucztinning Port Admiral, having been at u Portsmouth, whereas atpr theseenctrothzingteleogrfatp:e her. inatttehnedieeresith pf so co m nl i - e ch Yin in g co o n ffi v e e i ni al en o m rders to the th M e aj lin est e y' o s f Ge the vernm e bour, want of continuity a distance of sin or seven miles The dockyard has been electric telegraph arrange had Pmwreenvifrot°alsmalYatthg:once obvious, as there . ta no railway, or railway police, to protect the lines from accidental or ma. licious injury, after they leave the terminus. The sub-marine tale graph is to be laid down in the course of the ensuing week, and if disadvantage ro tag un e d a t this he the working of the plan is found to be successful, this mode of tele graphic communication will be adopted in preference to the morn exposed one. The telegraph will be conveyed from the terminus to the water-side under ground, and after crossing the harbour will again be conveyed in a similar manner to the Admiralty-house, It being a subterranean as well as a submarine telegraph. In a few days after the experiment has been successffilly tested at Portsmouth, the submarine telegraph will be laid down across the Straits of Dover, under the sanction of both the English and French Govern ments. - - - - . RAGGED ScHOoLS.—On Sunday last the Lamb-eOurt Sabbath and Day Free Ragged Schools, Clerkenwell-green, ware visited by the Lord Bishop of Norwich, who was introduced to the. schools by the Rev. Hugh Hughes, 8.D., rector of the parish of st. John, Clerkenwell, the patron. His Lordship spent a considerable time in examining the children and the general arrangements, with which he expressed much satisfaction. The Hon. Arthur Petre, fourth son of Lord Petre, sailed on the 3d of June, in the Trafalgar, for Sydney, where he will ombark for Wellington, New Zealand, to try his fortune in that In• teresting colony. Mr. and lifts. Charles Kean's return to this country is postponed until next year. Their success, both at New York and throughout the States, has been so great as to induce a general re. engagement by all the managers. OXFORD, JUNE 9.—The Rev. David Lewis, Fellow and Tutor of Jesus College, Oxford, who last week conformed to the Catholic Church, has declined resigning his Fellowship at Oxford. PILL -BOXES AND LUCIFER MATCHES.—In the Com mittee on the Oldham District Railway Bill, yeate he rd x ay ee , , M e r t . N N ig ev, h . tin tot; gale, a manufacturer of lucifer matches and pill year ; Australia, h: es ezts ' to an t d h h er e e lan w d aS . Heath, states so st n at:: m th a a n t a h v e er u ag se e s t6ittugonhsehoft the Year: and that he employs all parts of Europe and North America and A AN APOLOGY.—At an ing large quantities to every part of E n gl and, agriculturalof Richmond and the Proteo• recently given the tout—" The Duk e - „ A man's „ man f or tieniltB." it was followed by the *Ong— nS Scotland,dinner IbAttuZINFINKA \`- - 4 f i red . ~it the Mr the to ame rea the DOVr., '.M.. .Slin.