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r*birtt lEtitton RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. MILINFORZSTER AND SOITT7IA.DIPTON. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Hoskins, one of the Tithe Commissioners, and for merly connected with the timber trade of the district, gave evidence in favour of the line, as also did Major White, Town Major of the garrison of Portsmouth ; Mr. Moreley, traffic manager of the Eastern Counties; Mr. Charles Baines, manager of the Clay-cross Collieries ; and Mr. Kent, manager of Mr. Endall's hardware works, at Birmingham. Mr. Bidder, the engineer to the line, was next examined— Estimate per mile, 18,000/. ; total cost, 1,600,0001. The wit ness repeated in detail the evidence given by him before the Committee of the House of Commons, which appeared at length at the time ; in fact, the whole of the evidence adduced was, with scarcely an exception, a repetition of that adduced in the Commons. The witness was cross-examined at length by Mr. Talbot, and the Committee adjourned until to-morrow. LONDON, BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of this Company was held this day, at the London-bridge Terminus; Mr. A. Wilkinson in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report, from which we extract the following : "In the present session of Parliament branches from the main line have been obtained to Wandsworth, East Grin stead, Steyning, Littlehampton, Newhaven, Hailsham, and Eastbourne, and also an important communication with the Thames at Deptford. A successful opposition has likewise been made to the schemes of the South-Eastern Company, for engrossing the whole county of Kent, and thus depriving this Company of their due share of that traffic which has hitherto passed over a portion of your line, and to receive which it was partly constructed. It is believed that your power of affording accommodation to that traffic, to that ex tent, and, consequently, your claim to it, is superior to any which has been advanced by the South Eastern Company "It will be proposed to you to sanction an application to Parliament, in the next session, for the confirmation of an agreement which has been entered into with the directors of the Direct London and Portsmouth Company, for a complete amalgamation of the two companies. A glance at the map will suffice to point out the importance of this agreement. By such amalgamation and the other arrangements which you havelately eomplet!ed, you will have at your disposal very extensive means of affording, to a large district, the most satisfactory public accommodation. You will have lines extending from London-bridge, on the one hand, to Brigh ton, Lewes, Hastings, and Newhaven ; on the other, to Epsom, Dorking, Petersfield, and Portsmouth ; with coast lines from Portsmouth to Hastings. The proprietors cannot fail to appreciate the advantage ous position which will thus be secured for this Company. It should never be forgotten, however, that your only title to it is an unceasing pursuit of the public welfare, as coincident with your own. With this view, and having thus far se cured a system of internal communication for the south of England, your directors feel that it would be incomplete without an effective method of foreign extension. The only obstacle to the more general adoption of the route yid Dieppe, the shortest between London and Paris, is the length of the sea passage, and your directors have deemed it their duty to do all in their power towards the removal of that obstacle, by the construction of excellent boats,' which will perform the pa-sage with certainty in a single tide. As the powers of your Acts of Parliament do not extend to the.accomplish rneat of this object, it has been found necessary to raise a separate fund for this purpose by a separate company— whose directors, however, will be the directors of this Com pany, and the dividend upon the capital of which will be assimilated to the dividend upon the capital of this Com pany. The shares will be distributed pro rail, amongst the proprietors. " Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, reports that the working of the atmospheric system on the line between Croydon and London progresses satisfactorily, and attains, daily, a greater degree of regularity ; and the directors beg to refer for details to his report, which will be read to the meeting. " It will be necessary to raise additional capital within the present year, for the pnrposes and under the powers declared in the Acts of the present session ; and with this view it is proposed to take a vote for the raising, by the creation of shares, the sum of 531,0001. " It is proposed to take powers at this meeting to borrow 738,6661., under the authority of the Amalgamation Act; and to consolidate the shares of the two companies into a common stock, as sanctioned by the Act of Amalgamation. " The directors have only to add, in conclusion, that their rule of action in the administration of your affairs will con • tinue to be, to afford the greatest possible amount of accom modation to the public at the lowest rates at which such accommodation can be fairly furnished." A resolution for amalgamating the Direct Portsmouth Railway was agreed to, the Portsmouth subscribing one third of the capital. The sum of 1,600/, was awarded to the joint board for their services. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE ROYAL NAVY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Captain PECHELL hoped that the Gallant Officer would not be daunted in his course by the observations which had been made by the Hon. Member for Montrose, and that in the next session he would be able to con vince that Hon. Member of the necessity of such reforms as he had pointed out. Captain CARNEGIE spoke in favour of the motion. Captain LAYARD said that great reforms were ne cessary in the army, and contended that no skill or assi duity could possibly obtain promotion in the army, and would advise any gentleman upon no account to send his son to the service, unless he had great interest or a large fortune, and he felt convinced that some change would be made before long. He was sorry to bear from the Government that no measures were intended to be brought forward to remove this great and crying evil. He thought the public would not long endure that their regiments should be entrusted to the command of young and inexperienced officers, while the older officers were passed over and neglected. He maintained also that those officers who had done their duty so nobly for the country should not be allowed to finish their honour able career unrewarded, and hoped that the period was not far off when distance of time would not be considered a bar to honour and promotion. Colonel VERNER thought, as an old soldier, that the Gallant Member who had brought this motion forward deserved the best thanks of the army and of the country for so doing. The subject of rewarding the officers of the Peninsula had been before the public some years since, but, as yet, that mea sure of justice had never been awarded to those gallant officers. He hoped that, even at this late period these officers would have some distinction awarded to them while on earth, and which their families might cherish when those who had earned and deserved them were gone to their rest. Colonel REID was sorry to hear that the Govern ment were not prepared to concede to the motion of the Gallant Member for Westminster. Mr. FOX MAULE said that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had not pledged himself in any way in reference to the motion of the Hon. Member. He (Mr. F. Maule) deprecated such a discussion in a House like the present. His Hon. Friend had desig nated the system of purchase as a bad one, and though in some respects he might agree with him, still he could not concur in such a sweeping condemnation. The distribution of the patronage at the Horse Guards had been frequently called in question in that House, but he believed that it was administered in as unexceptionable a manner as the system world admit of. It was very natural to suppose that there would be much individual dissatisfaction, as the number of applications frequently exceeded the number of vacancies that would be at the disposal of Government for twenty years. The question of going into Committee had been so fully answered by his Noble Friend at the head of the Government, that he would not enter further into the question. With reference to the question of decorations and medals, he thought that that subject should be left to the Government of the day, and it was now too late, he thought, to bring the latter part of the motion forward. Sir DE LACY EVANS replied. He was of opinion that the speech of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government would not be satisfactory to the House or the country. his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary-at- War had endeavoured to medify the speech of the Noble Lord, by saying that he had not pledged himself in any -way to the motion, but this would not in his (Sir De L. Evans's)opieion satisfy either the army or the public, and he would say in conclusion, that if the Noble Lord did not take the subject into his consideration during the recess, and bring forward a measure to place the army, with re gard to promotion, on the same footing as the navy, he would bring the motion on again early next session. The motion was then by leave withdrawn. RAILWAY BOARD. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the appointment of a railway department. The Bill was founded upon the resolutions which had been re cently come to by both Houses of Parliament. Its object was to constitute a board for the regulation of all mat ters relating to railways ; and as the common consent of both Houses was necessary to appoint it, the present Bill was introduced for that purpose. He would now briefly state it s provisions. It was first ;pro posed that a board should be appointed, consisting of five individuals—a president, who should be more or less connected with the Government; two paid members not connected with the Government; and two unpaid members connected with the Government. The reason why two of the commissioners were proposed to be connected with the Government was, that there should be a Member in either House ready at all times to answer questions that might be put nilative to rail ways. It was then proposed to enable them to have transferred to their control the whole of the business, officers, clerks, &c., at present in connexion with the railway department of the Board of Trade. It was also intended to impose upon them the duty of seeing that all railways at present existing should strictly comply with the provisions of their re spective Bills. There was a clause also to enable the Board to carry on any inquiry which might be referred to them by either House of Parliament, and to suggest to the House what course might be most expedient to adopt in reference to railway business in general. There was one subject which, thought not pare of this Bill, be thought it would be desirable to revise during the recess—he meant the standing orders of that House relating to railways. One thing in particular he thought should be considered—whether a longer ti me should not be allowed to elapse between the first proposal to construct a railway t. sad the bringing the Bill before the con sia'oration of Parliament, so as to afford time to maksuch inquiries_ as might be deemed nec essa ry e during tbq interval. He had now briefly ex plained the nature of the Bill, and he was sure there would be no objection to a measure which all must see to be imperatively necessary in the present state of the railway business of the country. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. Mr. MORRISON thought there ought to be some thing more than the mere transference of the present powers of the Board of Trade to the Commissioners, to do any amount of good. Be wished to know if the proposed Board would have the power to send for papers and records, because , without this, little good could be done? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that subject had not been considered by the Govern ment, but it would be. and an answer would be given in the next stage of the Bill. Mr. GREENE briefly supported the course proposed. Mr. P. BORTHWICK thought the Bill proposed was a step in the right direction, unly he considered the powers should be much more extended than they were proposed to be. After a few observations from Mr. MORRIS, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to what some Hon. Members had said, intimated that the Government only proposed now that which the whole House might consent to, and with regard to more extensive powers, the whole subject would be fully dis cussed and considered in next session of Parliament. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. The Bill was immediately afterwards brought in, and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. TUE SUN, LoI4DONt W EDN'ESD*II RYBibrinirG: A TIG TT S T 19,17:184er Mr. COWPER defended the proceedings of the precept Admiralty. He highly approved of the system of establish ing Sailors' Homes, and he hoped that every facility would soon be given for doing so. Mr. HUME wished that some general system or plan should be laid down upon the subject, so that it could be pro ceeded with early next session. After some further observations, The Report was then brought up. Captain PECHELL wished to know whether there was any power of altering the retiring pensions in the service without an order in Council ? _ Arr. COWPER said, that in ordinary cases there was, but such an order was sometimes required. The Report was then received. The Report of the Committee of Ways and Means was then brought up and received, as was also the Report on the Public Works (Ireland) Bill. The Report of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) Salaries and Compensation Bill was then brought up and received. The Report on the Income-tax Deduction Bill was also brought up and received, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third tin - e to-morrow. The Naval and Military Departments' Bill was read a third time and passed. NEW ZEALAND LOAN ACT AMENDMENT. The House then went into Committee on the New Zealand Loan Act Amendment Bill. The clauses having been agreed to, the House resumed, and the Chairman having reported progress, the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. COURT OF EXCHEQUER (IRELAND) BILL. The House then went into Committee on the Court of Ex chequer (Ireland) Bill. The clauses having been agreed to, the House resumed. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. The Public Works (Ireland) Bill was then brought in and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to morrow. The Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod here attended to summon the House before the bar of the House of Lords, to hear the royal assent given to several Bills (fur which see Lords' report). On the return of the SPEAKER, Mr. HUAIE moved an humble address, that her Maje•ty will be pleased to request from the Prussian Government copies of any report, and of any regulations adopted thereon, by that specially qu a l i fyi ng , exam i n i ng , or persons fo r th e p u bli c serv i ce i n previously to their app o i n t men t ; and testingeGi v o i v l e r a n n m dt h e ime n t iql , iut f aa o ri r iyfi e c d oaffi u t c i co a en t s i s n p g or , ef that her Majesty will be pleased to lay such information, or a tianslation thereof, before this House.—Agreed to. FLOGGING. Mr. HUME presented a number of petitions against the con tinuance of flogging in the army and navy. The Hon. Gen tleman also presented a petition avai ns t th e Bibl e mono p o ly. EJECTIMEN I'S (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill waN read a third time and passed. RATEABLE PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. . . . _ . This Bill was also read a third time and passed. CUSTOMS DUTIES' BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, the House resolved itself into Committee on this Bill. CUSTOMS DUTIES' (No. 2) BILL This Bill went through Committee, and the House having resumed, the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. PUBLIC WoRKS (IRELAND), No. 4, BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT BILL. This Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow. The Tithes Commutation Bill was postponed until to morrow. The Steam Navigation Bill was read a third time and passed. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords brought up several Bills, with amendments, which were ordered to lie on the table. The other orders of the day were then disposed of,. and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Seven o'clock. HOUSE OF KEYS, ISLE OF MAN. Dr. BO WRING moved for the correspondence, or extracts of correspondence, respecting the appointment of Colonel James Campbell to the House of Keys, in the Isle of Man, with copies of the warrant levying a fine for his refusing to serve, and his protest thereupon. Agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Four o'clock. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES). - . BRITISU FUNDS. ONE CLOSIN 0 O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. .. • . .. .. .. 209 209 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 96% 96 96 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 95%.% 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 9 8 9 7 A, 98 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 5-16 % 10% Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 10 1-16 10 1-16 South Sea Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. Ditto. Old Annuities .. .. .. 95% 95% Consols for Account .. • • ... .. .. 95% 95% Exchequer Bills. 1101. 11y d. 1,0001... .. •• .. 13 —— pm. 10 5001. . .. .... 10 13 pm. 13 Ditto, Small .... 10 14 pm. 14 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 891 89% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 40 Equador Bonds .. .. .. .. .. 3% 3% Mexican Bonds, Old, 5 per Cent .. llitto, for the Account .. .. .. 22% 22% Ditto, Small .. .. .. . • • 22% Portuguese Four per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 40% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account • • .. .. 25% ii 25% Ditto, 5 per Cent. '38,39, 40, div.lB4o Ditto, 1844 • • • • • . • • • • 21% Ditto, 1846 .. .. .. .. .. 19 19 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. .. —5% Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 36% 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 93% % 94% PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSING ram. DONE AT PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. .. .. .. .. 15 .... 8% ••••• • • • . • 8% Amber., Notting., Boston, and . _ Eastern Junction .. .. .. 2% .... 2 .. •••• • • • • 2 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 ...... 5 X 6 5% . • . 53i itrigtoi and Exeter .. .. .. 75 .. . 86%.. • • . 86% Caledonian .. .. .. .. .. 20 .... 15% .. • . 15% Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 2 1 4 .... I%.••• • • • • • • 1% Cambridge and Oxford .. .. .. 1% .. • • %..••• • • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. • . .. 27% .•• • ••• - • • • • 26% Cornwall .. .. • . .. .. .. 5 .• .. 1% • 1 .. 1 Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2% .... li4 . 1 Eastern Counties .. .. .. 141. 165..... 23% %exd... 23 x d Ditto New .. • . .. .. 10/. 165..... .......... 7% p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. • ......... X p Ditto, York Extension .. .. 10s. .. .. 2 1 414 Eastern Union .. .. .. .. 30 .... -...' . Do. Extension to Norwich .. 2% .. .. 2 . 7 .. . East Lincolnshire %% ........ Edinburgh and Northern .. .. 10 .... 9% • ...... 97 , Edinburgh and Perth .• Ely and Huntingdon Great Eastern and Western .. Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 .... 23% % ........ 28% Great North of England . ..100 .......... 230 x d Ditto, New .. . 1%.... 18%.......•.. 1814 Great Western .. .. 85 ..,.149% ex div.... 149% x d Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 .... 23% 24 23 ex. d. 23 xd. Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 33► A ex div.... 33 1 A x d Guildford, Fareham, &Portsmoth 5 .... 5% % Leeds and Bradford .. .. 26 .... 69 .......... 69 Leeds and Carlisle .. _2% .... ... • _ Leidester and Bedford .. 225..... 4 dis.• ••• .. 34 Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425..... die..... di.. Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Janet. 254 .... • ..... London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. . .. • • 854 Ditto, New .. .. 3 .... - .... London and Brighton .. 50 •• . 63% x d...... 63rd Ditto ditto Fifths .. 30 .... 42 ...... •• .. 42 London and Croydon • .131. lbs. 9d .. 23 3 .. .... 23 1 4 London and North-Western ..100 208% 207 x all 207 xall D tto ditto New Shares .. .... 16 p. ..... • . In p Ditto, Fifths • • .. .. 2 '• '• ** London and South-Western "411. Gs. 10d... 74 76 Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... 57 Ditto, New .. 17% .... 27 ...... . 26% London and York .. .... - 7 _ ...... • • Ditto, Half Shares .. 2g .. • . . Lynn and Ely 15 15% 15% Manchester and Leeds .. .. •• 82 ....116% 117• ll7 Ditto, Quarters .. • • • • 2 •• • • 8 14 . 834 Ditto, Fifths .. .. 3 .... 11 .. • ....... 11 Ditto Extension .. 425. p........ 2% p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 134 34 Midland ..100 ... 141 140 Ditto, New .. 24 ....37% 37.. •• .... 37 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 42y 4 .. Ditto, New . .1 .... 11 •.•• • - • ... 11 IA Newcasila and Berwick .. •. 15 .. •. 28 .......... 28 Norfolk .. 20 .... 26.? y x div.... 26%xd Ditto, Tenths .. 2 .... Ditto, Exteßsion . • • • • 2 •• • • 2!Z North British .. • . 25 . •• • •39 38 34 Ditto, Half Shares .. 8% • ... l 4 Ditto, Carlisla Extension .. l a .... 4 4 4........ 4 Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... .......... Ditto, New .. .. t ••••2114 . 22%•••••• 22% North Kent and Direct Dover .. 2%.... 1 7 % • • ::.. •• .. 134 North Staffordshire 425. .... p.. • • 3% p Northmpton,Banbury,&Chelthm. 2 .... 1% • ........ Oxford,Worcest., & Wolverhmptn. 12% .... 8 .......... Preston and Wyre 25 .... 353( .... 35X Richmond .. .. 10 .... 19 .......... 19 Scottish Central .. .. . .. 12% .... 19% % .... • . 1914 Ditto New . .. .. 2k;.... 9 .. ..... . Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 25y .... 3 -••—• • • • • • 3 Shropshire Union .. 425. dis d!s. South Midland .. 425. ••••• • • • • • % P South I;..sTernaudD ovor .. • • 33% .. .. 44 •-•.• • .. • • 43% Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No.l. 20 ... 25% • • ...• •• . • 25% Do.. New (d 0.331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... 17 Yi .. •• • . 1,0.. New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 196......... 19 % bo., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 23( .... 3% 1 4 ••.•• • .. 3 4 South Wales .. .... 44. ..•• . . • . 41, 4 Vale of Neath „ .2 .... Warwickshire and London • .. 425..... N, dis • ... .. • • %d is Waterfd., Weald., Wick., & Dub. I% .... % .......... % Welsh Midland .. .. .. .. 2%.... 5i ......., % West Riding Union • . • . .. 425. .. .. 3% p.... •• .. 27; I_ , York and Carlisle .. .. .. .. _2%.... % ..... , , % York awl North Midland .. .. 50 Ditto, Half Shares .. 25 .... 45 4631 46 Ditto, Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 45 . ........ 45 Ditto. Extension .. 20 .... 39 38% 39.... 39 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 •••• .. • • 12y, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Direct Bombay and Madras .. 58. .... .......... Dutch Rhenish _6 .... 6 •• • 6N East In .. . 55. .... •,' , A•••••••• Luxembourg 1 qi Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .... 12%.......... 12% Orleans and Vierzon .. 10 .... ..... 14% • Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... ...... • • Rouen and Havre . .. 20 .... .......... 27.. Sutnbre and Meuse .. .. 8 .... 4 !C, .......... 4 West Flanders . 6 .... 4 .......... 4 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland • . • • .. 25 .. .. 47% .. .. .. .. .. 47% MIRES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. • 334 EBRATIIM.—In yesterday's List, read South Eastern and Dover (No. 4) 3%, instead of 3%. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. August 18. When the LORD CHAncELLos. took his seat on the Wool sack, after the private business, Earl GREY presented a petition, numerously signed by the inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land, complaining of the evil of the transportation system. In presenting it he could only say, that the subject would receive the best attention of the Government. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. The Earl of CLARENDON laid on the table the report of the Common' House on the state of this bridge. IRISH GUILDS AND COMPANIES. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of this Bill for the abolition of the fraternities and guilds of Ireland. The object of the Bill was to assimilate the law of Ireland with that of England, where all the exclusive privileges of these guilds had been abolished, except in the city of London. A number of petitions had been presented against the Bill, but he trusted that they would not attach much importance to them, and that as their Lordships had abolished these guilds in Eng land and Scotland, that they would do away with them in Ire land also. The Bill was then read a second time. Several Bills were brought up by messengers from the House of Commons. THE WASTE LANDS AUSTRALIA BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to. PATENT COMMISSION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on Friday. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. August 18. THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP OF BOMBAY. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition) said—He thought he had stated suffi cient to entitle him to call for an investigation of the cir cumstances connected with that appointment ; and he thought he had a right to ask why so great an infraction of the constitution had taken place, as well as to ask for all the correspondence which related to the appointment of Mr. Pollock as Chief Justice of Bombay. And when that corre spondence was produced, he thought the country would be dis posed to agree with him in believing that her Majesty's late 111inisters were not the only men is the country capable of ad ministering the affairs of government. He recollected that on the night which proved fatal to the existence of the late Admi • nistration it was observed by some that there were no other men in the country capable of carrying on the government—that they were the only men who could be trusted with the appoint ments to the bench. In reference to this he would observe that they had an opportunity of judging of this, from the un expected announcement which had been made by the late Chancellor of the Exchequer. He would now conclude by moving for the production of the correspondence relative to the late appointment of Mr. Pollock as Chief Justice of Bombay. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE said, in answer to the appe a l which had been made to him by the Noble Lord, the best thing he conld do was to state the facts of the case, as far as he knew them. Shortly after he entered upon the duties of President of the Board of Control he had his attention called to the appointment of Mr. Pollock as Chief Justice of Bombay. On looking over the correspondence referring to that appointment, he found that certain irregulari ties had taken place in connexion with it, which made it neces sary for him to consult the law officers of the Crown. It ap peared that Sir Henry Roper, the late Chief Justice, had in the early part of last year written to the Earl of Ripon, expressing a desire to retire from his situation, but m ed a e a u v e t b i n u g t t f h r o a m t his the r e 2 t d i r e N m o e v n e t r a s b h e o r o n w o i t n bge, aatcweehpicthedtiimnie be would be entitled to receive the pension for seven years' service, namely LOON., whereas, if be retired at the expira tion of five years, he would be only entitled to receive 700/. That letter arrived in England on the 27th March, and on the 4th of May following the Earl of Ripon, having taken her Majesty's pleasure on the subject, accepted his re signation from tke time requested, so as to entitle him to the seven years' pension. Lord Ripon wrote in consequence to Mr. Gladstone, the Secretary for the Colonies, to make out letters patent conferring the office on Mr. Pollock from the 2d Nov., which fact was at the same time communicated to the Board of Directors of the E3ast India Company. Mr. Glad. stone wrote to the Earl of Ripon, saying that the appointment could not be made in that form—that a judge could not be appointed in prospective. In reply to this the Earl of Ripon wrote hack, desiring that letters patent should be made out, appointing Mr. Pollock Chief Justice forthwith; and accordingly letters patent were made out appointing him Chief Justice from the let July, and a clause was inserted in the patent annulling the patent of Sir Henry Roper. The consequence of this was, that all the civil and criminal suits which took place before Sir Henry Roper after that were not legal, as he ceased to be Lord Chief Justice. For this state of things, by the advice of the Attorney-General, a Bill was brought in to legalise the proceedings, as an Act of Parlia ment was considered to be the only remedy, and a Bill for that purpose was now before the other House of Parliament. Illegal and irregular as these proceedings were, he was bound to state that they were not unusual, for a similar course bad been fre quently adopted by former Governments. Having stated thus much, he did not consider it necessary to say more. When the Bill, which was before the other House of Parliament, came down there, the whole subject might be discussed, but at present he did Not consider it right to go further into the question; and if his Noble Friend (Lord George Bentinck) wished for any additional information which he could give him, he would be most happy to de so. _ Sir J. W. HOGG was bound to say that the course adopted by the late Government in reference to the appointment of the Chief Justice of Bombay was not an unusual one, far a similar proceeding had taken place during the last 100 years. The reason of it was obvious, for if the Judges in India did not notify to the Home Government their intention to resign, their successors could not be ap pointed in time to carry on the administration of justice. If this were law, then every other appointment of Governors- General in India bad been done on the same principle. Every commission that had been issued in regard to India was the same, and they were worded so as only to take effect on the arrival of the party appointed in India. The provision of law in India invariably was, that the old governor should administer the law till the new one arr►ved, and produced his letters patent or commission, as the case might be. It was right that the House should know exactly how these matters had been conducted in India, and they were such as he had described them to be. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the observations of the Hon. Baronet required that he should say a few words. The Hon. Baronet had referred to the opinion of the late Attorney-General( Sir W. Follett), butte that he would answer, that the opinion he was about to give had the sanction of the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the late Attorney. General, the present Lord Chancellor, and he believed the late Lord Chancellor also. Now the law of the case was, wLen a new letters patent was issued to revoke the old one, under which a Governor-General or any other officer in India acted. The patent under consideration was issued in the usual form of all such letters patent. It was worded in the customary way, declaring the appointment of Mr. David Pollock to the office of Chief Justice, and containing the usual clause revoking the previous patent appointing Sir Edward Roper. The whole matter was, therefore, perfectly regular, and accord ing to the usual form in which such appointments were made. Sir J. W. HOGG wished to know if it was lawful for the Queen to appoint the parties without the certificate of the East India Company ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL intimated that it was. Mr. S. WORTLEY was not prepared to say at that moment that it was illegal to issue a patent for giving effect to an ap pointment on a future day, even though the office might be fu!l at the time such issue was made. He trusted, therefore, the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, after what had been stated, would be satisfied that in this re spect the patent was issued in the usual way. He (Mr. S. Wortley), however, while speaking to this ques tion, would not allow the opportunity to pass without bearing his testimony to the high character and qualification of Mr. David Pollock and Mr. Phillips. From all the opportunities he had had of acquiring a knowledge of those gentlemen, he must say that the charges of the Noble Lord against them for the mode in which they had obtained their ap pointments were most unwarran'able. The Noble Lord seemed to think that public men, in obtaining particular offices, were always influenced by corrupt and improper motives. The Nob'e Lord, however, after what he had stated about the late Mr. Canning and other Members of that House, and the way in which these charges had failed, should take care how he made similar charges in future. After those affairs, he (Mr. S. Wot tley) had hoped that he would not again have acted in such an objectionable manner. Mr. HUME thought the House had nothing to do with what the Noble Lord the Member fur Lynn might have stated on previous occasions. What they had to do with was the present appointment, which he thought looked very much like a job. Looking at the patent making the appoint ment, it appeared to him to contain a downright lie.—(Cries of " Order.") He repeated a lie, for it declared that Sir Henry Roper had intimated his resignation, whereas he had only in timated to the Government his intention to resign at some dis tant day. Lord LINCOLN said the wording of the patent was the same as in all similar documents. The Hon. Member might eall it an error if he liked. _ Mr. HUME—Then he would say an error if it was not a lie, though he could not but look upon the whole affair as a most suspicious and objectionable pro ceeding, and one which he must condemn. He thought the course that had been pursued by the late Government with respect to this matter deserved the highest animadversion. He could not, for the life of him, see the justice of a competent judge being superseded by one who understood nothing of the laws he would be called upon to ad minister. He thought the House and the country were in debted to the Noble Lord for bringing this question forward. Mr. BERNAL thought that all feeling of irritation ought to be set aside on this subject. Sir G. GREY said that the appointment of Mr. Pollock as Chief Justice of Bombay revoked the api ointment of Sir H. Roper, and, therefore, it became necessary to have an Act of Parliament on the subject. . Mr. GOULBURN defended the course pursued by the late Government. If any party was to blame, it was Rir'lament itself. The course the present Government had pursued was the right one. He complained of the Noble Lord bringing the subject forward without notice, and that he f.hould have made charges against a man as honourable as himself of nefarious practices.—(Hear, hear. ) Mr. HENLEY hoped that the House would not be led away from their decision by the legal hare which had been started by the Hon. Member the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the personal matter introduced by the Hon. Member for Bute. Lord LINCOLN said, that a more unfair misrepresentation never fell from the lips of any Hon. Member in that House than the speech of the Hon. Member, and he was the more surprised at it as that Hon. Member was habitu 'ally correct. The course taken by his Noble Friend the Earl of Ripon was to write to Mr. Gladstone to ask him to make out a reversionary appointment, to commence on the 2d of November. Mr. Gladstone wrote, in answer, that such a thing could not be done; and the Earl of Ripon then re quested that the appointment should at once be made out. He thought that they had reason to complain of the course taken by the Noble Lord, for the notice was so worded as to induce the supposition that it was a mere ordinary question, and one upon which no discussion would take place. Mr. DISRAELI stid- that the late Ministers ought not to complain of being taken by surprise, for the notice was given that the question would be asked at a time when every Hon. Member in the House would be at liberty to express his opinion upon it, and of course such a course intimated that it was to be no ordinary matter. It was not usual to give any further intimation, unless it was intended to take a course adverse to the Government, and no such course was to be taken in the present instance. The defence as to there having been similar appointments would be no justification, for he denied that the circumstances of those appointed were similar. He believed that Lord Lynd hurst was perfectly immaculate as to the appointment in ques- tion, believing, as he did, that that Noble Lord was always influenced in his appointments—let, by what was due to his party ; 2d, by what was due to the public and to his friends. He believed that the whole transaction was to be set down to the account of the late President of the Board of Control. That Noble Lord commenced the transaction when the Government of which he was a member was in extrernis, and completed it when it was only the phantom of an Administration.—( Hear, hear.) The members of the late Government evinced such extreme sensi tiveness with regard to imputations on their character, as to remind him of the nervous irritability of certain females who had lost their character. He could not help thinking that there was a close affinity in the feelings with which they were respectively influenced. The Hon. Gentleman, after repelling the imputations of the Hon. Member for Bute, said that no answer had been given to the Noble Lord with reference to the appointment. The President of the Board of Control had fully confirmed the Noble Lord's statements; and he was very much afraid that though Lord Lyndhurst might come out clean of the disgraceful transaction, another noble, but not so learned, a Lord, would not be so fortunate. _ SMALL DEBTS BILL. On the motion of Sir GEORGE GREY, the House re solved itself into committe pro firma on this Bill, that the amendments might be printed. After a short conversation the Bill was ordered to be re committed on Thursday next. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK hoped that those who were to be appointed judges under this Act would have time to get rid of their common-law practice. The Bill was then ordered to be printed, and to be recom mitted on Thursday next. THE NAVY. On the order of the day for receiving the report of the Committee of Supply being read, Mr. BERNAL wished to ask a question of the Honourable and Gallant Gentleman opposite (Captain Berkeley), It was in reference to the naval supremacy of Great Britain. The question he wished to know from his Hon. and Gallant Friend was, how the personnel of the navy was hereafter to be maintained—how, in fact, the ships of this country were to be supplied with efficient men in case of any emer gency? The best way for maintaining peace was to be prepared for war, and when they saw the exertions of other countries to improve their navies, they ought to look well to this point. The present plan of dismissing men at the end of three years service was most objectionable, and he wished to know if it was to be maintained? Captain BERKELEY said the subject came under his more especial consideration, and he could assure the Hon. Member that the subject was under the consideration of the Admiralty, and they were doing all they could to place the navy on the most efficient footing. The merc h ant navy at the present time contained some of the most efficient men in the world, and the object of those with whom he acted would be to place the service in possession of such a reserve force from these, in case of any emergency, so as to turn out, in forty-eight hours, one of the most powerful and efficient naval forces in the world.—( Hear, hear. ) After a few words from Mr. HUME, Admiral DUNDAS said, in addition to what had 'fallen from his Hon. and Gallant Colleague, he would do his best to place the naval service on the best footing, so as to meet any possible emergency. Mr. WILLIAMS complained that the system of three years' service had operated to drive great numbers of British seamen into the American navy. This matter ought to be remedied. He wished to know from the Hon. and Gallant Admiral (Dundas) whether the iron steamers were really fit for the service, as he had learned that when one of them received a shot it completely incapacitated it for use. He should like to know if it were so. Admiral DUNDAS said there were much fewer seamen going into the American service than hitherto. and the service was generally improving in this respect. With regard to the iron steamers, those referred to were constructed at the instance of the predecessors of the present Admiralty, and until the effi ciency of these steamers was better proved, it was not their in tention to construct any more. Captain PECHELC hoped the present Admiralty would look well into all the matters connected with t h e nav y that improving,re and bring fo rwar d a d e fi n ite plan on the sub yui ect re w d hiobthe House could understand. THE BLIND FIDDLER. The itinerant musician may be considered as the le gitimate successor of the old Scottish minstrel of tuneful memory, who perambulated the country to the infinite delight of the people. Although the fiddler of the later days was more accustomed to frequent the houses of the fanners and the peasantry than the lordly halls where the harps of his ancestors were strung, it was more in consequence of the progress of modern customs, which had begun among the hither misses of society, than from any falling away in the profession. On the contrary the blind fiddler was a person in considerable note in the circle which he periodically visited. So regularly were those visits paid that the rural population could calculate the precise time of his coming, and prepare for the same. If those visits were in winter the blind fiddler was al ways sure of a warm nook at the fire-side, as well as a numerous and liberal auditory—if in summer, the village green was soon enlivened with busy feet by the note.> of the Orpheus ; while, between the dances, his budget of jokes and wonders, the fruits of his wide wanderings and the varied society iu which he mingled, was opened to the delight and astonishment of gaping rustics. If he held them not, like the ancient mariner, with his glitter ing eye, he did so with his eloquent tongue. Nature, who, when she deprives an individual of 'the use of one faculty, generally makes up for the loss by giving addi tional force to another, made this worthy a walking newspaper—a periodical of mirth, news, and music. Every house and family, for miles round, was as familiar to him as the tunes he played, and hence the aptitude of the well-known saying, applied to one well versed in local chronology, that he must have led a blind fiddler. Unenviable, indeed, must have been the post of leader, subjected to the never ceasing volubility of one who lived both in noise and by it, and with no opportunity of retaliation but what the trick of a false jump might afford. The blind fiddler was the spirit of all merry meetings and penny weddings throughout the country. At all such festivals you were as sure to fitld him seated on a barrel-end as you aro to find the Martello Tower in the Frith. With what swiftness his fiddle bow was plied—a very spirit was in his elbow and fingers—he seemed to play against time; a perfect sand-hag, too, was this old worthy, p. -, tions which were sufficient to make a stronger man stagger were drops in a bucket to him; the tankard came as readily to his lips between the dances as the rosin to his bow, and, in both cases, it improved the tone. We have scarcely a solitary specimen left of the original blind fiddler. Only one we yet hold delight ful intercourse with, and he seems to be, like a " bro therless hermit, the last of his race." That rare gift of time and tune for which he was distinguished is worn out, and, although the ancient power of music sometimes makes his lip quiver with emotion, when, with a plaintive grace, he plays " Auld Robin Gray," yet, not unfre quently, he will mix up the cadences of " Satan among the Tailors" with a favourite quadrille. Polkas and Mazurkas are wholly unknown to him, and he would scorn the idea of prostituting his fiddle to the work of playing an overture or a modern gallopade,—that fiddle which has given life to " bab at the bowster," may never thrill forth the compoitions of a Julien. The fiddlers now-a-days, are no more like those of old than an egg is like an oyster. They want the peculiar twist of the mouth, the merry bob of the herd, and stamp of the foot. No grease brightens their pocket lids, no snuff begrims their visages, they are odiously clean—de generate sons of mighty Orpheus!—From " Old Scottish Characters" in the Leith Herald. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Neu, Price Current of August 18.) SuGam—To-day importers of West India Muscovado Sugar evinced firmness, and the home trade were inclined to further increase their stock; all kinds were in excellent re quest for the scale and pan • the rates paid in several cases were even 6d per cwt above those of Friday. REFINEI).—To. day Refined Goods were much in request by the borne trade, and Maier rates paid; brown lumps selling at G3s to 61s, and standard lumps 64s 6d to 65s per cwt. The business transacted has been greater than for some time. Bonded Crushed Sugar is more winced, and cannot be obtained under 34s per cwt. for first quality. MAURITIUS.--This afternoon Mauritius was in excellent request, and 1,640 bags, 123 casks, 244 tierces offered at public sale were sold at an advance on former rates of 6d to is per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day slave-labour Sugar, imported by British ships, was much sought after by private treaty; but busi ness of moment was prevented by the stiff rates asked by holders. For Sugar received by foreign ships the market, however, has a tranquil appearance; but former prices are insisted upon. None of any kind was offered at public sale. MOLassEs.—Although all qualities of West India can be obtained upon lower terms, still there has been scarcely , any business transacted: the supply is on the increase, and the value of low to fine quality is 19s to 23s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Madras Sugar submitted to public competition amounted to 7,251 bags, a fair part of which found buyers at prices exhibiting a rise on those previously current of 6d per cwt. TEA.—The market has assumed a dull appearance for Tea, and by private contract few purchases have been made in black or green; merchants do not show much firmness. At the public sales held to-day, consisting of 30,000 packages, little desire was shown by the trade to operate in any kind, although there were sellers of nearly all sorts rather under the rates that previously existed. COFFEE.—'Phis afternoon Ceylon Coffee was in excellent demand, and 1,400 bags at auction were all sold at firm rates. 140 bags of Company's Java were sold at easier rates. 232 bars of East India went at low rates. Cocoa.—Foreign is little wanted, and prices have slightly given way, although the quantity brought to market has been small. At auction 33 bags of Bahia were sold at 323 for fair red. In West India the business transacted has been extremely limited by private contract, and none has been submitted to public competition. COCIIINEAL.—HoIders have more confidence, and refrain from offering any at public sale ; the demand is improving, and the parcels disposed of by private contract were at rather higher rates. Staclis.—Today Ginger met with little attention, 837 bags of Malabar at auction were nearly all taken in at 20s for rough export sort ; 103 cases of Calicut at 45s for brown home consuaiption kind; 49 brls of Jamaica sold at easier rates, at 353 to 335, middling 42s to 51s. Nutmegs were more in demand, and 7 chests of Singapore sold at auction. FRUIT.—It having been ascertained that the stock of currants is considerably less than was calculated upon, with au increased consumption, has induced the grocers to purchase more freely at advanced quotations, and there being now only a very small portion in the importers' hands, they have advanced their price for Patrai to 50s. Of Valentias there are scarcely any remaining, and are much sought after. SALTPETRE.—To day rough only was in .limited demand, and 682 bags of Calcutta at auction were chiefly taken in at the full worth. 27s for good s t rong w hi te 21/2 pe r cent. refraction, being Snxierrs.—Jamaica Rum cannot be o btained u p o n lower terms, but little bu s i ness h as b een transacted , and Only small parcels have been t a k en b y exporter s or the home trade, 30 or 38 per cent. o ver proo f a t 3s 8d to 4 s 2 d , fine 4 s 3 d to ss; high flavoured sorts would bring above the latter rate, but of such there is littl e i n t h e ma rket. Demerara is wanted , and prices rule firm. T o d a y there was but little desire evinced to operate in any ki n d o f Rum, and holders experi enced difficulty in keeping up prices for East India or West India. INDIGO. —The accounts being very favourable from Bengal and Madras for the Indigo crop, cause the demand here to be extremely limited for all descriptions of East India from cas es t Lere are sellers ex porters and the home trade, in come - • q uotations are not to be obtained. rather under the rates of the l as t quarterly sale . S p anish has met with little attention, and previous Otts.—For Southern Oil the demand has been active, and Seal has not risen in prices have risen for all descriptions. value, but the demand has been good. For Cod few bu y ers are to be met with. Importers of Spurn are unwilling to Oil further reduce their prices. A merican Lard has declined in value, and few buyers a re to be met with. Olive ha been in exteneivo demand, and pricer} are on the ad maw. ' Rape Seed Oil has been in excellent request, and prices have advanced. Linseed Oil has attraeted more attention, and prices have improved. For Palm the demand has fallen of, but lower prices are not accepted. Cocoa Nut is still iu small supply, and there are several buyers. Hors.—The business transacted was extremely limited in all descriptions, and prices are looking down. The accounts from the plantations are highly satisfactory, and the duty for the kingdom is estimated as high as 170,0001. TALt.ow.—Prices have ruled firm for Russian on the spot, and a good demand has been experienced; fine Petersburg yellow Candle has brought 41s to 41s 6d ; at auction 50 casks went at these rates. For delivery many contracts have been entered into, and 41s to 41s 6"d are the rates given for the last three months of the year. Australian is wanted, and prices are firmer, several par cels having been sold privately on the spot at 37s to 42s 6d of low to fine quality. Of Odessa 92 casks sold at 40s 9d to 41s 3d for ox, and 40s ed to 41s for sheep tallow. The value of American is 3Ss to 425, but at present little is to be had. Horne made has been in excellent request, and prices are firm at 40s 6d to 41s per cwt net cash. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. [The following article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette,,f Friday, the 7th of August inst.] ST. JAMES'S PALACE, AUG. 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Earl of Listowel to be one of the Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of George Loru Rivers, resigned. FOttEIGN OFFICE, AUG. 18. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the most Hon. Constantine Henry Marquis of Normanby to be her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the King of the French. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the R•glit Honourable John Viscount Ponsonby, G.C.8., to be her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenopoten tiary to the Emperor of Austria. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Avo. 17. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentlemen Cadets to be Se cond Lieutenants—F. J. Soady, vice Waller, promoted ; M. Stewart, vice Freeth, promoted, Mai• 1; (Second Lieutenant Soady to be placed above Second Lieutenant Dyneley, and Second Lieutenant Stewart between Second 'Lieutenants Margesson and Street); O'Bryen B. Woolsey, vice Grey, pro moted ; A. NV. Draysoi', vice Ominanney, promoted; C. W. Elgee, vice Palmer, promoted; E. J. Carthew, vice Vansitiart, promoted ; G. H. A. Forbes, vice Paget, promoted ; W. 11. Blair, vice Plielips, promoted ; L. Martineau, vice Mercer, promoted; C. Hunter, vice Colclough, promoted; R. J. Hav, vice Milward, promoted; A. J. 'MacDougall, vice Chermside, promoted; J. Spurway, vice Blakeley, promoted ; G. R. C. Young, vice Craufurd, promoted; H. 'l'. Boultbee, vice Ord, promoted, Aug. 6. Corps of Royal Engineers—ll. T. Siborne, vice Inglis, promoted; C. S. Akers, vice Martindale, promoted; B. A. • Wilkinson, vice Hutchinson, promoted; L. Nicholson, vice Wray, promoted; G. E. L. Walker, vice Pasley, promoted; J. T Burke, vice Stoke A, promoted; F. E. Cox, vice Hickey, promoted; S. B. Farrell, vice Clarke, promoted, August 6. ADMIRALTY, JULY 27. Notice is hereby given, that medals for the officers and men of her Majesty's Marine Forces who were engaged in the war in China, belonging to the underinen tioned ships, have•-bten received at this office, viz.: Apollo, Alligator, Algerine, Belleisle, Cornwallis, Clio, Childers, Dido, Jupiter, Plover, Pylades, Nimrod, Starling, Vixen, Blenheim, Blonde, Calliope, Columbine, Conway, Cruiser, Druid, Endymion, Hyacinth, Herald, Larne, Melville, Modeste, North Star, Samarang, Sulphur, Rattlesnake. Wellesley, Hazard, Wanderer, Sapphire, Harlequin, which will be delivered, on application, at the office of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Somerset House, and the parties applying for theta are to produce their respective certificates. By command of their Lordship, H. G. WARD. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant, of Northumberland. Northumberland Militia—R. Falder, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, Ally 21. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire. The Qneen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieut. R. Temple to be Captain, vice Sir 0. P. Wakeman, Bart., re.:igncd; Lieut. R. Hemming, to be Cap tain, vice Sir Francis L. 11. Goodricke, Bart., re signed ; Cornet Walter Hemming to be Lieutenant, vice Richard Hemming, promoted ; Cornet Sir Wil liam Smith, Bart., to be Lieutenant, vice R. Tem ple, promoted; E. L. Campbell, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Sir W. Smith, Bart., promoted; Hon. and Rev. W. W. Talbot to be Chaplain ; T. W. Walsh, - Gent., to be Assiitant Surgeon, vice Sheward, resigned, Aug. 11. WHITEHALL, AUG. 15. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Bowen, of Stafford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. John Patterson, grocer, Tunbridge, to surrender, Aug. 27, at halt. past eleven. and Oct. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; T.wnshend, solicitor, Howland-street. Thomas Evans Jones, linen-draper, hnightsbridge•terrace, Aug. 27, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 2, at one, at the Curt of Bankruptcy. Al , ager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Lloyd, M i k-street. ' John Teasel, carpenter, Norwich. Sept. 2 and 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Jay, Bucklersbury ; Jay and Pilgrim, Norwich. William Norris, builder, Camden Nev-town, Sept. 2, and Oct. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. • Groom, official assignee, A bchurch-lane ; Hay nes, Camden- town. John Hartley Butterworth, hotel keeper, King-street, Cheapside, Aug. 27, at eleven, and Oct. 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Ashley, Shoreditch. Josiah Harris, grocer, INlevagissey, Cornwall, Sept 1 and 29, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Bristol ; Carlvon, St. Austel ; B e ll a nd C o ., Lincoln's Inn-fields, ; Moore, Exeter. Joieph Came, sen., provision merchant, Truro, Cornwall, September I and 29, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtz.:l, official assignee, Exeter; Morgans, Old Jewry; Smith and Roberts, Truro ; Turner, Exeter. Rufus Parkinson, currier, 'Ashton-under-Lune, Aug. 28 and September 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court, Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Clarke and Co., Littcoln's Inn-fields ; Brooks, Ashton-under-Lyne, Peter Bury, calico printer, Manchester, Sept. 1, and 23, at twelve, at. the Manchester District Court. Fras?r, official assignee, Manchester ; Cunliffes, Charlewood, and Bury, Man chester; Keight ley, Curiliffe and Beaumont, Chancery-lane. Edward Ward, corn dealer, Medbourn, Leicestershire, Sept. 10, and Oct. B„at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Rawlins, Market Harborough ; James, Birmingham. William Ballinger, maltster, Swansea, Glamorgansbi:e, Sept. 3, at one, and Oct. 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; David, Swansea; Bridges, Bristol. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. E. S. Harley, grocer, Birmingham—first div. of 3s. in the pound, any Thursday after Oct. 3, at the office of Mr. Yalpy, Birmingham. T. Wenman, merchant, Birmingham—second div. of 6s. in the pound, any Thursday after. Oct. 3, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. T. Sutton, jun., draper, Athenstone, Warwickshire—first div. of ss. in the pound, any Thursday after Oct. 3, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. V. Barber, banker, Walsall—third div. of 6d. in the pound, any Thursday after Oct. 3, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. T. Feaver, mercer, Ludgate-hill—final div. of 4d. in the pound, any Saturday after Oct. 31, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. F. Cannell, bookseller, Liverpool—first div. of 6s. 6d. in the pound, any Thursday after Oct. 5, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. W. Bull, cloth merchant, Leeds—first div. of 2g. in the pound, Aug. 20 and 21, or any Friday after Oct. 3, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. B. Lemon, ironmonger, Croydon, Sept 11, at half past one—J. Miller, painter, Whittlebary-street, Hamp stead-road, Sept. 11, at one. In the Country. R. B. Preston, coal dealer, Leigh, Gloucestershire, Sept. 28, at one, at the Bristol District Court—W. G. Taylor, hosier, Liverpool, Sept 18. at eleven at the Liverpool Dis trict Court—C. Pope, copper manufacturer, Bristol, Sept. 11, at one, at the Bristol District Court—J. Garsed. sen., and J. Garsed, jun., flax manufacturers. Leeds, Sept. 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Marsh, grocer, Brewood, Staffordshire, Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. B. Kent, lodginghouse keeper, Rosherville, Kent, Sept. 10 —J. T. Burton, wine merchant, Piccadilly, Sept. 10—W. B. Lemon, ironmonger, Croydon, Sept. B—J. Smith, grocer, Stratford-upon-Avon, Sept. 8. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 11. Crver and G. A. Vitty. timbrr merchants, Manchester —T. F. Dickinson and J. Falkhouse, plumbers, Newcastle upon -Tyne—H. Bowden and N. Marshall, ale merchants, Plymouth—G. T. Bradbury and D. Armitage, cotton spin. ners, Ashton-under-Lyne—J. and J. Copland, drapers, Barn staple, Devonshire—J. W. Whitmey and J. Webb, curriers, Birkenhead, Cheshire—T. and D. Pratt, thimble manufac turers, Birmingham—J. Vaughan, J. Clemson, and J. Jones, silk dyers, Horrocks, Lancashire—J. Welch and J. Barnett, chemists, Birmingham—J. Taylor, J. Plews, and T. Shaw, millwrights, Stockport, Cheshire (so far as regards J. Taylor) —N. Whitley and J. B. Blenkhorn, woollen-cloth manufac turers, Huddersfield—T. E. White and G. Luck, die sinkers, Macclesfield. street, Soho—J. MAden and F. Malcolm, book sellers. Leaden hal I-street—S. Owen, J. Hughes, W. Jones, ' R. Parry, and W. Owens, limeburners, Anglesey—H. Thompson, J. Mellor, J. C. Thompson, P. Hope, W. Pugh, J. Hunt, and A. Mayor, brewers, Liverpool—E. A. Deudney and H. Ilurst, jun., coal merchants, Hastings—T. 'Toward and G. Wardlaw, cotton spinners, Glossop. Derbyshire—T. and B. Shirley, china-ware manufacturers, Lot:gton, Staf fordshire—W. H. 13ullman and J. Grant, grocers, Mildenhall, Suffolk—S. and L. Johnson, booksellers, Manchester—J. Roby, jun., and G. Hadfield, colour manufacturers, Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Barr and M'Nab, engineers, Paisley, Aug. 22 and Sept. 12, r t one, at the chambers of Messrs. Reid and Henderson, Paisley. William Moffat and Company, corn dealers, Leith, Aug. 24 and Sept. 15, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Beveridge, Leith. Norman Macqueen, Orbost, island of Skye, Aug. 25 and Sept. 15, at one, at Ross's Inn, Portree, island of Skye. William Mustard, Blairgowrie, Aug. 26 and Sept. 16, at twelve. at M‘Laren's lan, Blairgowrie. doings are so contradictory as the visit of the delegates from the Paris credit. According to some, revived his all but extinguished m e a ric e h cer o ° t 's he P r r o es f P a n i t l been without a piano, lie musical ardour, and having I g friend n 's house, and thumps his y morning to a e goes ever splendid work ilercaohu has s t o . to h deprive gran ill be all a humbug, a piece of patchwork made up opera. w from the Donna del Lag°, and some of his of pieces RossINL instrument for several fo the h p o aarrs, Parisians. Others y,Octchmeirpsossianyg that a n t e ) a v n a e ri l c v l Italian — T h Opera forgotten operas, with nothing new but the title and the libretto, which is to be manufactured after the music has been put together. We are, moreover, told that arrange- rnents have been made for producing this n ew wor k (what ever it may be) at her Majesty's Theatre next season. We must wait patiently till time shall solve this great mystery. The Milan Gazette says that a new chorus has been com posed by Rossini, and sung with enthusiasm at Bologna, in celebration of the political amnesty granted by the new Pope; but another journal (the Pirata) asserts that this was merely a chorus from one of his old operas, to which he put new;words. NEW SIGN OF DEATIL—The following important discovery is calculated to be of great se - vice in cases of suspected death. The communication was lately raade to the Royal Academy of iClences, Paris, by M. Itipault, who, in directing the attention of members to the discovery, observed, that it consisted in perfect flaccidity of the iris when the globe of the eye is compressed in two opposite directions. If the individual bo living, the pupil retains its circular form, notwithstanding the compression ; it dead, tile aper ture become irregular, mad the circular final is lost. LAW TNTELLIGEN CE. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 18. The House sat today to hear appeals. The Lords present were, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Campbell, and the Bishop of Oxford. PATRICK V. KING. The arguments in this part-heard appeal were concluded to-dav, and Th - eir LOKDSHIPS gave judgment, a ffi rming the decision of the Court of Session. It is the last appeal their Lordships will hear this session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE. —MichaeI Downey, an Irish labourer, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with inflicting two wounds on the person of John Sullivan, by stabbing him with a knife. Mr. John Swayne, landlord of the Dolphin public-house, in Oxford-street, stated, that between five and six o'clock on Monday evening, having some repairs going on in his house, he gave directions to Sullivan, the foreman, respecting the removal of a quantity of bricks, telling him, that if he could not accomplish the work himself he might procure another person to assist him ; but he replied, that he would prefer working over the usual hours than to engage any other per • son. In the forenoon he had mentioned the prisoner as a person likely to suit him, but Sullivan objected to him, say ing that he was a lazy fellow, and that he would have no thing to do with him, which expression the prisoner, who was at a short distance in conversation with another man, seemed to have overheard, and, lashing over, he pushed Sullivan, who was in a stooping position at his work, for ward, upon which he asked the prisoner " What the he was about ?" The prisoner then went away apparently in a sulky humour, but. after a short delay returned, and rush iog towards the foreman with the knife produced in his hand, swearing at and threatening him, he plunged it into him immediately above the left hip, and again into hist side, saying, " Take that and be -- to you." Witness cried out, " Murder ! help ! police!" while the foreman seemed not to be aware that such a desperate attempt had been made upon him, and the prisoner continued brandishing the weapon in his hand, threatening to skewer witness if he attempted to interfere with him ; but perceiving the blooit flowing co piously from the foreman he ran away towards the toll-bar in Oxford. street East, followed by witness and the foreman. In the pursuit he kept a pipe in his mouth, and repeatedly turned round with the knife still open in his hand, threaten ing to drive it into witness unless he desisted in pursuing him. They had got to Bloomsbury-court, where the prisoner took up a brickbat to knock him down, and, seizing the op portunity, he rushed at him, and pinioning him by the arms he held him in that position, calling out for a constable, who soon arrived, and the prisoner was secured, after which the wounded man had himself attended to at a druggist's shop in the neighbourhood. The foreman and the prisoner were both sober. Mr. Bagster, a medical gentleman, said there was a wound under the blade bone and another near the lower rib, upon both of which he placed a plaster, to enable the wounded man to be conveyed to the hospital. A certificate, of which the following is a copy, was banded to the Court : "King's College Hospital, April 18. "I certify that John Sullivan was brought into this hos pital last evening, having received two stabs on the left side of his back, one of which has penetrated two inches and a half, and the other five inches. The larger one is a danger ous wound, and it is impossible to say at present with what result it may be attended. He is going on as favourably as can be expected. (Signed) " HENRY SMITH, House Surgeon." The prisoner being called upon for his defence, said, that he did it because the man deserved it, for he injured him on another occasion, and he aggravated him to do what he did, which he told him he would do ithe was to be transported for it. Mr. JARDINE said that such a serious offence, supported as it was by the most undeniable testimony, required no com ment from him, and he should order the prisoner to be re manded for a week. STEALING :GOLD LEAF.— Walter Baird a middle-aged man, was charged with stealing a rhoda of gold leaf, value 101., the property of Messrs. Seymour, gold-beaters, of Long acre, his employers. It appeared that the prisoner worked for the prosecutor, and received 355. a week as wages. On the 16th of July he absconded, taking with him the property in question, and nothing was heard of him until information was received by Phillips, F division, who apprehended him, and he admitted having committed the robbery through distress. The pro perty was subsequently found pledged at a pawnbroker's in Frith-street, Soho, for 205., and the prisoner having nothing to say in his defence, was fully committed for trial. ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE BY A SOLICITOR.—ShortIy before the closing of the Court, James Hall, described on the police-sheet as a solicitor, carrying on business at 16, Bos well-court, was brought up in the custody of police-constable 40, F division, charged with attempting to commit suicide, by cutting his throat with a razor. The constable said that about four o'clock in the afternoon he was called into a lithographic establishment, in Gate street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, where he saw the defendant in the parlour, with his neckcloth loosened and covered with blood. Mr. Houseman, 163, Strand, said that on passing through Great Queen-street with his brother-in-law, a gig with two persons in it passed by at a rapid rate, and at a short dis tance was the defendant, with his throat apparently cut, and his hands smeared with blood. There were some persons following him, and upon his inquiring of the defendant what was the matter, the mob collected and they got him into a lithographic establishment, where, upon examining, he found a mark at each side of the neck, and, upon reasoning with the defendant, he said he had made up his mind to destroy himself, that he would not return to his family, and that re had made up all his papers, as nothing would induce him to alter his determination. Mr. George Johnson, 37, Burton-crescent, who was in the company of the last witness, said that the defendant was in a very excited state, in consequence, as he stated, of having experienced some ill treatment from his brother. After a short time he became tranquil, but persisted in saying he would commit the act. The defendant during the examination held his hand to his lace, and declined saying anything, except that it was a family difference, and It was his brother who drove away in the gig. The proprietor of the house in which the defendant was found said, that from inquiries he had ascertained the bro ther refused to supply the defendant with some money he required, and he borrowed a razor to destroy himself. Mr. JARDINE ordered him to be remanded until his friends could be sent for to take charge of him. MAR YLEBONE. - hum Rows.—Yesterday Dennis Corcoran and John Cal lajhan were placed at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson, charged under the following circumstances : On the previous night, at a late hour, there was a great disturbance amongst Irish labourers in Horace-street, Edge ware-road.. There were two hostile parties assembled, deno minated the " three-years-old" and the " four-years-old" boys, and for a considerable time they kept fighting in a determined and savage manner. There we.e not fewer than from 500 to 600 persons assembled, and bricks and stones were thrown in all directions. The prisoners, who seemed to be the ringleaders in the riotous conduct alluded to, were very drunk, and after a determined resistance they were con veyed to the station-house. They were each fined 205., and in default of payment were committed to prison. SOUTHWARK. A young man of respectable appearance, whose name did not transpire, but who described himself as next heir to a Scotch earldom, entered the court in a hurried manner, and ascending the witness-box, made an application to Mr. Cot tingham relative to the elopement of his wife. The applicant's statement was to the following effect : That some time ago being present at one of the theatres, he was captivated with a young lady who belonged to the corps de ballet, and having been introduced to her they were ultimately married. Previously, however, to their nuptials, it was agreed that she should remain at her father's house, in which also he took up . his abode, having expended a considerable sum of money in furnishing that portion of the dwelling which he and his wife occupied. They lived in perfect harmony up to within the last few days, when his wife began to exhibit symptoms of displeasure, although she did not communicate to hint any cause for such feelings; and he was the more surprised at the circumstance, as he could assure the magistrate he uniformly treated her with great tenderness, and attended with the most scrupulous care to her wants, always supplying her with all the necessaries she required. To his utter astonishment, however, on his proceeding home a day or two ago, be •found that she had quitted the house, and, on examination, he discovered that she had taken laway considerable property with her. He added that he had strong grounds for believing that her family perfectly well knew when she was, although they denied that such was the fact, and refused to give him any information on the subject. Such conduct on their part was calculated to excite an impression upon his mind that they acquiesced in the step their daughter had taken. Mr. COOTINGHAM asked him what assistance he could render him? and said that he could not find his wife and com pel her to return to him again. The magistrate then inquired if he had any reason to believe she had gone off with any man ? The applicant said, that since his wife's departure he had ascertained that a Frenchman used to be seen in her com pany when he was from home and engaged in matters con nected with the title and estates to which he aspired, and to which he was the rightful heirs He, however, did not in tend to impute infidelity to his wife, but he considered she acted imprudently in forming such an acquaintance without his knowledge or concurrence. "If, however," added the applicant, "my wife will return, I will forgive and forget everything that has happened, and never allude in anger to the subject." Mr. COTTINGIIAM said, that it did much credit to appli cant's feelings. The manner in which he spoke of his wife had evinced, in a remarkable degree, the strength of his affection for a woman who seemed un worthy of it. The magistrate then, in reply to a que , tion from appllcFlt , as to whether he was responsible for the debts his wife might have contracted after her elopement, said he was not. He, how ever, would advise applicant, in order to guard against such a contingency, to apprise tradesmen not to give her credit, either by public advertisement , o r any other way which lie thought best adapted for the purpose. Tae applicant having thanked the magistrate, withdrew. WESTMINSTER. Just before Mr. Burrell left the court, at 5 o'clock on Mon day evening, Mr. Henry Walter Parker, late an Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, who conducted the Andover in quiry, applied to the magistrate, and informed him that he apprehended, from certain expressions used by the Hon John Henry Thomas Manners Sutton towards Mr. William Dougal Christie, M.P. f or W eymouth, in the comm ittee-room of the Andover inquiry, and of which they both form mem bers, that he intended to challenge him to fight a duel. In structions were accordingly taken on the oath of Mr. Parker, and a warrant granted against Mr. Sutton. Instead of this instrument being placed, as usual, in the hands of the sum moning officers of the court to execute, it was, after a great deal of private conversation, handed over to an inspector, with certain instructions of a strictly private nature as to the course he was to pursue. It is quite obvious that the intention of the authorities was to hush the matter tip in secresy; but the reporter, having from a private source received information that this court was to sit half an hour earlier at least than usual yester day morning, was in attendance before the specified time. What had occurred between the inspector and Mr. Manners Sutton it is of course impossible to say; but that the warrant had not been executed upon the gentleman was evident from the fact of the Hon. Gentleman being driven up to the private entrance of the Court at ten o'clock in the morning, accompanied by Mr. Frere, his solicitor. and another gentleman. Mr. Frere, having been admitted by the magistrates' entrance, was ushered into the justices' private room, the two others being left in the carriage. After the lapse of four or five minutes Mr. Burrell arrived, and was engaged for a short time in conversation with Mr. Frere, when Mr. Burrell advanced into the Court, and with an air of embarrassment hastily called for the clerk, and on his appearance motioned him towards the private room, whither they repaired, and in a moment afterwards Mr. Sutton and the other members of the party. In such haste was the matter conducted that the hall door was left open and remained so for five minutes, when Mr. Frere, Mr. Man ners Sutton, and the ether gentlemen, precipitately left. It was allesrd hat the matter ended on Mr, Tiurrell'; assured that there was no hostile feeling en the part of ge Sutton, and there being no necessity fur a hearing. THAMES: THE USE OF TIM KNIFE. MURDEROUS ASSAULT. Yesterday, a well-dressed young Irishwoman, named. Margaret Hayes, was brought before Mr. Broderip, cha r et with feloniously cutting and wounding William Tb o ) Tr_ Ball, her paramour, with intent to do him grievous le U , ... 1 Y harm. The prosecutor, whose nose was slit, is an orma ° ,."_'.. driver, and he had been cohabiting with the prisoner I" the last four months. They lived at No. 19, Gill-strbeest! Limehouse, where, it appeared, very frequent quarrels d taken place between them, arising from the jealousYthve the woman. On the 10th instant• she stabbed him i n e arm with a fork. She was given into custody for the outra,g_.: but her paramour did not appear against her. On 11 03° ,?,. night several friends visited the parties, and the prisonef,"; came jealous of a female, one of her visitors. After Da_, 4 had parted with them at the door, the prisoner commeuu; abusing him, and said, "she saw his doings," which obis sisted of nothing more than a fri e ndly parting arouse' guests. The jealousy of the woma n was , h ow ever. ar and after Balls had undressed him se lf an d was about to f; into bed, she threw a candlestick at him, and cut open" au as head; and before he had time to rec o v e r himself, she „ tacked him with a knife in her hand, and cut his no se ..7,1 5 , mouth. The blood flowed very copiously from the and the prosecutor exclaimed, " For God's sake, don't ma e. d me, what have I done ?" a n d ca ll e d f or a Ivii ce— e - e The prisoner begged of him not to give her in clierg e :; e e. said that what she had done w a s i n th e h e i g ht of P e i t d The man, however, had been so o ft en annoyed and ass aii by her, that he gave her into cust o dy o f policeman 9i .i e d who found the man all over bl oo d. Th e prisoner col:i ce- t o herself in a wa e—closet, where she was discovered by be constable, who dragged her from her hiding place. 9 11 her eatingway to the station-house she stated th a t s h e was 0 1 supper and her husband (Balls) pulled her oit her ehe' r bpr, struck her several times with his fist; that he fell upon and that she, having a knife in h er h an d s , cu t him by t"ote dent. She made a similar statement in her deferce be re. the magistrate, and added that he had threatened to be ten venged on her on Monday night. The whole of her st3 .he ment was denied, and the evidence clearly made out thetTe, nea was a passionate woman, and deliberately threw the - stick at the man and wounded him with a knife. cu t Mr. BRoDERIP committed th e p r i soner f or tr i a l for e 'll and wounding Balls, with inte nt t o d o hi m grievous et rf i to harm. The worthy magistrate then expressed hit of of the following effect:—Not a week elapses without this description being brought before'me, and it is 13 " r able to observe the frequency of re s or t t o th e knife in rels even of a most trivial nature—a practice which wi w be merly termed un English ; but that epithet will, I r../ptO inapplicable if these m ur d erous acts are not speetli3Jlo down. I am glad to see that the Learned Recorder of le e don has expressed his intention of visiting wit h : B B oS punishment every cas e o f sta bbi ng or cutting nia— ag dna any delinquent." The prisoner was then sent to Newgate. • RAILWAY SH MARKET S ' BRISTOL, AUGUST 18. ,t STOCK EXCHANOr Ore sales are—Bristol and Exeter, `":;tlte i 85. 9d.—Bristol end Gloucester, 22%p.—Cornwall,1.sla to, Western, Quarter Shares, 24—Midland, N ew , 33—Newcnowg Ben, ick, 2s%—Sh rews b ury and Birmingham, 3—Wilts , and Weymouth, 6. MANCHESTER, AUGUST 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Th e sa l es are-Ambergate, Notues „t. % dis. -Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 4% p.--Blackl W a etc' . wen, and Bolton, % dia. -Ditt o , N ew , % dis.-Blackburn to' ric ES ton, 8% p.-Clitheroe Junction, yi dis.-Eastern Counties, V„ 9 . 4 tension, 1% p.-East Lincolnshire, 9-16 dts.-Great Ea, Ste „ .) , Western, 28s. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester Rzi os "4, Canal, 2% p.-Ditto, Extension, 7-16 p.-Leeds and ' ll 4 - iit -- Av ' e ster i ri ffd t `i eg o , dis.-Leicester and - Bedford, .",* dis.-Leicester, Birming.,“rre ' st ° , Trent Valley Junction, % C. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, er 3 9-i6 p.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1 3-16 Oft and Leeds, Quarters, 6% . p.-Ditto, Fifths, sion, 2% p.-Manchester, Midland, and Grimsby B% lls - . --Dsl % a rt6 . slot , ba and Southampton, % dis -North Eastern, 1 5-16 dis. fordshire, 3 11-16 p.-North Union (B), 153-North p.-Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 1% dis.-Preston and WYr e '...43l (B), p.-Sheffield and Lincol ns hi re J unct i on, 3-16 , dis 's, r Extension, % dis.-Sheffield an d M anc h ester, Quarters, ef;iyes,•., - Shropshire Union, % dis.- South-Eastern and Dover, 0 . 0 4, 13-16 p.-South Midland, % p.-Trent Valley Midland , West Riding Union, 3% p. t Lee LEEDS, AUGUST 18. . co s, v g, STOCK EXCHANGE .- The sales are-Caledonian, 4 die. • por' rd , cashire, 8% p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 325. dis.-D i A tt i 3roo, 1% dis. -Huddersfield and Manchester, 2% p.- Leeds sn" IS t 1 '" 42% p.-Leeds anti Dewsbury, 4% p.-Ditto, Branches, ,eis,.. Ditto, Extensions, par-Leeds and Thirsk, 3% dis. dis.-Manchester and Leeds, 35 p. -Ditto, EXtellSlollf, 2% Piot"' cftstle and Berwick, 13% p.-Newcastle and Darlington n sc.-. ,„ P s -- ; Extensions, 10% p.-North British, Carlisle Branch, 5- k ro e J'a. Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 12s. 6d. dis.-Clit ue on d I)" ife , lion, 17s. 6d. dis-Grand Union, .11s. 6d. dis.-Glasge",. oca s lei , files, 15s. dis. s.-Great Eastern and Western, 295. fo rd, 0 1 Be d Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, 1% dis.-Leicester and r „doll dis.--Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 31. 9s. York, 6s. dis.-Malton and Drlffield Junction, 7s. tki. P. .- ttcriai ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1% s. p.-/orthn'ihi e.6j. and Lancashire Junction, 14s. di s . - N ort h Staffordshi r . „,, e ' 16 t 4 sti North western, 6s. p.-Oxford, Wit ney, a n d Cheiten ll .7_,Si '0 dis.- Shropshire Union, 14 s . di s .-S out h Midland, 1580.rlobire Midlands. 345. dis. -West Ridi ng U n i on, sis 8 • -Y Glasgow Union, 38s. 6d. dis. AUGUST 18. Counties, 10 ~„ite, STOCK EXCEANGE.-The sales are- Eastern Coun--',trabe tension, 2% -North British, Carlisle Branch, 84s. 9cl-- and polt or Nottingham, and Boston, 385.-Blackburn, Darwen. , a d n oti 71. 185. 3d. -East and West Yorkshire, 335:-Hudderadei_.o, 3 f or chester Railway and Canal, 13% -Leicester and TAM"' North Western, 7s. fid. p. -North Staffordshire, 31 1 40 1 0 , 16 8 • shire Union, % dis.-Bandon and Bantry, 49. Leicester and Bedford, 11s.-West Riding Union, Si. Sheffield, nd SHEFFIELD, AcGUST 18. dis" STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are -Midland, , 35. 3 a. therham, 34% -Grimsby and Sheffield Extension, and VoC', t er, Ditto, Quarter Shares, Bs. 6d. dis.-Ditto , Railway Goole and Doncass Manche tt dis.-North British, Carlisle Extension, 3 1 . P . 6d. dia.- es. __Grand 15s. dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, : 0 7 . 3. Nor te Western, 7 0 ,‘,idiand, and Great Grimsby, 1/. Os. 3d. -Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3s. 6d. dl .' o - 0 1 e , 11 . dis. Sheffield, Rotherham, Wakefield, and 18.10. YORK, itaure"-BLeicester and Bedford, STOCK FCCHASOE.-The sales -It. Buxton, Ma t ,'" 'Manchester, 6d. -London and York, 2% -- dis •_e, Extension, % Midland, 3% scrip- Newcastle British, Carlisle Extension, 4% -North Staffordshire,and Ca i3,' 11. Its. - West Riding Union, 514 -York tens . and Darlington, New, 1I 7e -York and North Midland (East and West Riding Ex EDINBURGH, AUGUST 17. .1 0°. 6d , " . STOCK EXCHANGE .- The sales are-Aberdeen, Si. 175 . 55. -- dee'', Band, and Elgin, 11.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 1 .rl a breath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Han Shares, 151. 101. -- ,? ,oat 1 „ . Galloway, 1/. 90.-Banffshire, 165.-British and Irish t''''f,sie"; 2s. 6d.-Caledonian, 161.-Ditto, New, U. Bs.-Caledonian,, a" sion, 1/. 135.-Caledonian and Dumbarto n , 1/. 29.-Caled °i ri 'r ,' tn eril Northern Direct, 2/. 25.-Clyd es d a l e Junction, 23/.- Direct , 1/. 14s. 9c1.-Dundee - and Arbroath, 37/. - -Ditto, New, „ . FdaitA",,,ll Dundee and Perth, 24/. 25. 6d.-East of Fife, IL 3, • - :,-;ino, Ito, and Bathgate, W.-Edinburgh and , Basgow, 741. 10s. -- - 1 , 0 , a to , Shares, 181. 2s. 6d. - Ditto, Quarters 181. 7s. Gd. - New, 18/. 10s.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Gra iton, 17 1 . 6s . - L h od Preference, 211. 10s.-Edifiburgh and Nortilera, ..: 1 -t o rt s ,,r e il Newport, 19s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 21. 155 L0tt0,:1, C ytie J unction, 11. lbs.- Gl asgow an d Ayrshire. 75 / - ,,,,.....01Pt00, Stoc t, 32/. 17s. 6d. -Ditto, Q uar t er Sh ar es, 18/. I , "jasr7o, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. 17e. 6c1.-Glasgow and Dundee ur el v ., 1/. 125.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 401. 108. 63. -Glasgow 11. 1 000 16/. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Prefereneet_prer39l. Great North of Scotland, 10s.-Granton Junction, 05 ,, and Elgin, U. 25.-London and York, 21. 55.-North Brit 1 1 % 2s. 68.-Ditto, Halves, 15/.- Ditto, E x tension to Csr ll ,„ss, Ile 6d.-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, W.-Perth and InYerifiriiii 1. - Scottish Central, 20/. 7s. 6d-Ditto, New, 91. 10s.-s c i 'd' u od, ' tral and Caled on i an Junction, 1/. 10s. 6d.-Scottish 0 . 3d• Scottish Southern, 11. 175. -Stirling anti Dunfermline. f 80 1 biiC , PETERSBURGH AND Moscow,-Anothe r . „ noble house is soliciting the suffrages of the read llib i s us through the medium of a book of travels of unn o d o r ness and interest. We allude to " St. Peters cow, a Visit to the Court of the Czar," just 1 1 %:, P r o p- Richard Southwell Bourke, Esq. (nephew to ,%,. 8 Mayo)-a work likely to excite a considerable evi, i 7 - 9 0, 0 it lic attention, from the new lights it throws upon n ictoh b ie Russia and the Russians, and the equally noveqie 0;4 displays of the Emperor and his Court. The 101 ' ror Vane bll lineage procured him immediate access to the --,- 00 0 , hi 3 the Empress --to court banquets and fashionatue 0 14 -2nd the account he gives of them is as era _ 4l ll chapters on graver subjects are instructive. . n . f ,g Ou' o r,r; [ADVERTISEMENT.] -DEAFNESS AND -.' c eep en te VISION RELIEVED; No. 39, ALBEILIWILE-STSEET , 10/01 0 -Sent into the country free, by post.-Ne l %ed acoustic tubes, for relief of extreme deafness' , serer „est' inserted n the ear cannot be perceived by the ileare%thoi':ool they are entirely different from all others, and are the s T I - ',010 . , 5 01r In instruments constructed-measuring only a quarte!_r e ars " - ger, their widest part; they may be securely adjusted in t ff c iotl... served, and removed therefrom with as great ease and sons are enabled to join in general conversation, and ,7 Ds B' r distinctly in a place of worship, &c., and what shro'",. pra e ar considered, a natural expansion of the cavity o the ear is ie ' O O- -a thickening or contraction of which in many illst a „011 0 _ pir tially the cause of deafness-and by their use the unP': - cation of singing noises in the ears is entirely obviateu edia tello, proved hearing trumpets of every description. Itro n feet sisal p. li r newly-invented spectacle lenses are placed before imp tiP either by day or candlelight, that mist and dullness "' c iesr, o 4l before the eves is at once removed, every obj ec t becomes .. . t pt,: o , distinct, so that the most aged defective s i g ht become 0701 brilliant, and is brought to its youtliftil, natural, and oriV s est Also the most powerful achromatic t e l escopes , opera St, o,o s, h eit microscopes. Caution-Messrs. S. and B. SoloinOns, ';old not in any way connected with a p erson of the rains (i pi e r ie• immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the countrY.:itio" mistakes, be cautious, and observe-only to be bad at 3 9, street, Piccadilly, opposite th e York Hotel. 001'' vi [ADVERTISEMENT 3-A NOBLE DUKE A N- oa red t o LOwaY's PILLs. - Professor llollos ay has lately been It o of .or the personal thanks of one of the most renowned ds'", realm, who (like the Earl of Aldborough) has been curteeanc.ci si ng and stomach complaint of some years' standing, at ' 1 ' 0 00 . 7, great weakness and debility, by the means oft oftrHiedellionwvaay;ns."Fleir, Pills, and this after physician's skill was have nearly v 1 vs"' paralypis, asthma, and diseases of the lungs, h a few time!, origin in disordered livers and stomachs, w ile i n raediciss ° ' of Holloway's rus will cure.-C o ld leall dealers d° . "' at Professor Holloway's Establishment, d 244, Strati Loa iv eiS CHARGE OF BRIBERY AT ST. ALBAN ' S',,,eI. eve Mr. Manlove, jun., who went up to town with Lord Ids;ftri , ol l „ e il's carriage, immediately after the decl ara ti on o f th e poll, (- w ee' sovereigns alleged by him to have been given him 10 ‘ aing',,,rtY , committee-room for his vote, returned on Wednesday TorY r„ tee a mob of the very lowest description, connected with t , '" e '" 0- reftig sPr created an uproar. Mr. Manlove prudently took - f l o tou - re police-station till the morning. On Thursday evening t 0, 9 :or, ceedings were again commenced, by rough music, So. " t u ne ely presentation being made by some of the inhabitants ta%ater.',,ren he, with great promptitude, issued orders to the police as a ' o ot to suppress the disturbance by their personal ex ert"' rs dis- in er " as pressing assistants. It is presumed that these rint e or- be volunteer their services. Some H riford -e t one paid them.- e ;t 4e' AMERICAN BAR ELOQUENCE.--" May P -pis e a t Hon. Court and Gentlemen of the Jury -th e defendan-nage wilfully and malicio us l y, with all the fury of a fiend, „ the wild wilderness with all th e t err ifi c f renz y of a roar' izo . with his gigantic strength he did th en and there offensive client by the collar-and tore his shirt 1” -Ain`" _ ----_______ __________, BIRTHS. ,Thvile) 9l9 On the 15th inst., a t Bath, the wife of J. B. Kent' "" • of a daughter. ors. On the 16th inst., at Swanscombe-cross, Ole yard, of a daughter. On the 16th inst., in John-street, Berkeley's(' o4 ,ife lady of W. F. Beadon, E sq ., o f a son, still-born. the ' On the 16th inst., at B arns b ury - par k , I s lington , of the Rev. Daniel Wil son , o f a son. Aire' °cod i On thQ 16th inst., at W es t-hill , W an d swo rth, Rucker, of son. - of lierjj' On the 16th inst., at W e lb ec k- s t reet, th e wif e ~, ,f, Pearson, Esq., barrister- a t-l aw , o f a g i r l , s till-bore: fro . V On the 17th inst., in Syd ney - p l ace, Bramp ton, '"' Freake, of a son. ilt On the 15th ult., at th e parish MARRIED church of Upulin s Charles William Potts, of the city of Chester, B s qa'reatift Diary, youngest daughter of the lat e R e v. Iyilliiel Fox Hall, Essex. te i r o , frstoof —.---. • ' '''''... 0 f DIED. ..... co p On the 13th inst., at Everton, near Lirerpool , .I ' 4 widow of the late Rev. W. Ewbank, MLA., aged 6 S- f the •-- iatO On the 13th inst., at St owmar k et, E st h er , relict 0 Samuel Birch, Esq., aged 91. vt . 11 0 P p i On the 14th inst., at Tunbridge Wells, Mr. B. T h i Lov-g, On the 14th inst., at South Lambeth, Mrs. Sara Tea " On the 14th inst., at Greenwich, Mr. Lewis Seton ivpioe. On the 14th inst., John Pryce, Esq., late °f Ir°r - 0 Manchester. . s. , CP I( Onthe I4th inst., at Up Mardeu House, 5119 ' -- . Aver, Clarke, Esq., ag e d 58. On the 14th in s t., at Aspall Hall, the Rev. Dr. Ob e rolo lll3 On the 15th inst., in Graften•streety DrighteDt Rowe, aged 72. g -r• .2,............—............... n o f P 1 .014 London: Printed and Published by 1111:711D0 TOM T . ~,— ' the 7 0 01110 Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand , A ~,„, of the Savoy, ill the Count?: o Middlesex, Wednww' 19, iS46. Kepi . 44t i 1,1 44,1 kln i kra VlC't