The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-04 00:00:00

,roc I,lllliset inform thc Iron. Gentlemen that it was a part of ! t‘, collee that none but iiriti%tt sub--4 could bola utiicia,i nitnatio 4 0av ve u r t,4 what had fallen fr tQat Ag'Ain,h Asa'' pfl t , sl Atakid stand un th r ill: trar 0)n, IV be.. tt PPrObai ; o i l CI th:e". -'ho fact w:t?, People ouAt -, to -got the sanction of the iit'enor before masvin , during the carnival ; io ta t hat s nitetion had not been obtained, and e the lowest of the people masqued notwithstand th; was, tne consequence of which the interference tnketi place. He said. he had risen merely to us(' tilt, rnicds of Members on the stibj,et. li't4ag on ers Were en ordered to withdraw, and the "" divided, when there appear Against the motion.-- Per ; tu - 1 int(Tt in it 11A(1 ii Tii is v Hon. Gen zed vend si 110 «•oaild have vaet Catholic clergy then- it had been stated, 50 12 -38 11. ) , a,7,aittst the motion... 14. ' 4 our re-admission into ;hr, allery, we four l d k r ARMY AN!) NAVY ESTIMATES. Ik t h . WILLIAMS tin his legs, addressing the House tir at : s t'bivet of the increase in the army and navy es. ' - the year 18 . 35. the estimate for the army th t (l was 11,457,0001, while for the present year ,V i . t , H tlate was 16,840,00 a. being an increase of 144),'"001, or a f,tnn equal to the whole amennt of the 1 /tC e "tax: The Itnount of teen for the arm y and navy • " • .......... ... embodied 1845 108,743 26,500 150.284 40,000 loo)() Increase. . 41,541 13,500 10,000 lip,. faking' . a total increase of 1 4 8 1 4 4 slid not krolw what necessity there WrIS ful -1 itti e .,r4e incresS4 in the pesent year, when there was 51r; .t}l7.oughout the world, with the ex?epti : m of , 1 14 41. a. ...Again, if he 'add e d t o toil number i1:-.• 4o r liY 6 er4l. 4. the 'tnilitia-,.• the half-ray, and the various kle: s t'f Toiii,e, /here was an av_:tilzit4•: firer! of 274,000 t 4 St) he supported h: ) . this country. He would call N rd li tentik.M of ',.h0, - 110113t*: to tb.e horse and, foot hp,„" 3 • There - W: a total :stnount of 6,568 men. the 4 t( ;"' of which 'was equal to 12,000 infantry. There Gls ttl - fi•_•ers, and 150 n.n-cominiisioned officeFs, eon -44,;4 with this body; n. log in the proportiOnr of-l - sne t N•t v t ,',' ten. men. and one non-commisiimed officer to tht" L . • :•"Sttir inen in the Ist Light D r agoons. In 41,1°4 guards, and in the ;regiments of the line, tit: t i ; :ftl nothi ' ng like Cl:is enormous disprepnrtion. phi,; 'lot know why this body, who: had not seen , t frae k :' should be Able to lbt - dt clown upon tbo;e veteran lot — Wh9 had soon all. kinds of service. He hoped ttitt„-1111nent, would inquire into the subject ; he was in l , L ti fth„ I .• was a :natter seriously felt by, the other officers No fO l luY. fie had brought the matter before the 4ti,,',l)verinettt, hut he knew" it was perfectly useless t.• Itlitt''rore them any kabject with reference•to the cur l:l443A of expenditure. They bad, during three yeais 14 4 1 ) 1 401 0f their adtninitration created 600 places, 11, .stoweil tip,m these: plseeitnin 24,500/. per annum, ' 1 4.1 1111 aft..) call the attention of the House to the to j- ' 4l ls • f 3 414 000/ fcr half-pay and pensions p t : • 34 , 1% 0 „ . , Tjle army. - • ' k t Iikt n t e ,. ,., CIIANTIELLt)R of the EXCHEQUER sai,l, 5.1 1 ,.• (3 P.yernment would not. he could assure th ertp a — "w'aber, propose any vete which they were not 41.1•0 defend unon th, itricte,t ground of economy. i 1 40.',. • nt)ULBURN justified the conduct a the late ttarnment in the course they ha•l pursued in the ap iirll'lll.„:uf amitiA n i t ofi c e r s in the Post-office, in the 11:i t. 9 ,.k , ... w . titlik ,, o 0 4, t 4'• F a., ~ , r l its - ".. ' . /_-_lti, Wa l s quite , : prepared I) tqt*.l.tie*itisii'Ai those. n s ppotittments tv.th the: .. .:;. 4 . , ,,, ' Akb"iiiiii.ptit 4iiii — ocea for thiti he might think tit. .i' ,, : - . , !';i. - 'O3 - Am.,klrEt oF SUPPLY.' . ~ ii:r , oltse then t forrued its_. l .o iur9 fa CoVii'..liiii,- , 17 . rterY 772,'091. for the - unite,F serVeni.giitland ‘••=',Zti was agre4 to; a,i were also • '-' : . '''' `-k -h, ~A.,M9it.40,4-3Di.ft.ilk expenser -e....,.,, t ‘7,) , l 4 , l 7atroo2l:ll;'r'the pof Ihe liiyal'inilliary . 11t14,. following sums were voted, as portions of the li6,0• 7 0( , estimates :-36.50 IL ; 12,0001. ; 49,0001. ; l'is ,cli ) . ; 2 6,000/. ; 38,0004 ; 4,0504 ;,52,000/. ; 34,606/. ; l'h ° I. ; 2 0,000/. ; and - 500,0001. • : Ti l e 111411 was then ordered to - report progress. Ike„ r lil C/14 otise having resumed, the CHAIRMAN reported ' il l % tr),: ti g l Y, and the -repo r t was or d ere d t o b e b roug ht et iv? This b4ASOLIDATED FUND 4,000,000/. BILL. ' , 'Ail W. real a third time and passed. : qii tcp .,4`, - /INT STOCK BANKS BILL. ,„,47 ),1 was real a third time and passed. ° ~,tho tRIT Ii i ikaINSE.,AN.D. DUTIES BILL, . 5 taj,,'Port on this Bill wa; brought up antfie,_J. - -ed to, i ,114',,11i1l ordered to be engrossed. h,,• 1 11,' ' k ) , ABLE PROPERTY (IRELAND) mu.. ; =l,,,:isill went trirough Committee pro forma, for the b El ; q havinq amendle.ents introduced int. , the Bill. ~ i;itemt,'UNits (Ireland) Bill, L e a se s (Ireland) Mil, and Niii' tiesl,-y roperty (Ireland) Bill were postponed_ till k O k , FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. ; NtC4III.JONES objected going into Committee at llih„`",''' of the night.. A, ..1 . . ; - . ; ;' ".- f .4 1 -I':''' 'i.,' tit was postponed till WeuuSsuiy.• _ ~ ,-"!..- ‘, ~ '''' 1 tlAgirp,istriet Lunatic Asyrures.Bill was postpOstet , , 4 1 , 1 r AND WASIIHOUSES (IRELAND) BILL., k k. , r ;aging up the reportofif this Bill, ' • • 'qe i • "ROGAN moved - the omission of clause 4, and. tket tiseetion of the following clauses:—And be it en i N t i (j A, that the expenses of carrying this Act into exe• t IV in any such borcuigh, or such city or town in 1111,p th e Council or Town Commissioners respectively , i t,, b are resolved to adept thi s A c t f or th e i r b oroug h, i 44 1 . "I' town respectively, shall be chargeable upon, tl l,,, , ,iPtid out of the funds to be raised under, the au l't,,;,'Y of this Act ; and for that purpose the Council or tofte'''.4 C ommissioners may cause a separate rate, not ' 4 4 4 .,:ing in the whole, at any one time, the sum of one SIP" Poland sterling, upon the rateable property of ; 4 4 ~,.11 .? ‘0 4 h, city, or town, to be levied. paid, and re !.tti r1: 4 7 an like manner, and with the like powers and *J' t , -- ' , t's in all respects .as the borough 7 rate or town-rate, ' ttl "Plied in payment of the expenses of carrying this i nt e rn' execution, as if such expenses were necessarily 4 4 1 ;,"'l in earning into effect the provisions of the 4 la l - ,, l ht - t third and fourth years of the reign of her pre- Ahl,7 l .lPsty ' or the said Act of the ninth year of his ~lic , r - ti King George the Fourth, or of such local or 4 ':i - qor Acts as aforesaid, as the case may be; and 'h i rle arising from the 'baths and washhouses and 1 ‘444 h 4thinic. places in any borough, or city, or town, ,Itt i ,"" Paid to the credit of the separate account of such :is - std washhouses. And be it enacted, that when ‘, tl l‘ t own Council of any such borough al • (1, .:1-id, or the Town Commissioners for any S,, g uy or town as aforesaid, shall have ea ps '`‘`', this Act for their bor , eieh, city, or town, `hti• ', "wdy they shall cause their treasurer, or, where 11 Pp, - • % hall be no treasurer, such person as they shall t , it b : l 4t., to keep a true and regular account of all sums i , 1 / 4 4(r )^4 'Y expended by them in the purchase of any t lea i ` k r buildings for the impose of erecting baths or ei the " I 'llses thereon, or in the purchase of any baths e` q t 9reet 'ols and of all sums of money borrowed by :_tti 43 4 ,2 l ,nder the owers of this Act, and of all ex # v gltt " l,ettrred by them for or on account of the pur- • ' ,N, ~°' this Act : and the said account shall be tee " t' , l and audited in like manner and at the same ' ':, t i; as all other accounts of receipts and payments of ‘l 4 ; horongh, city, or tows, respectively, are ex Al ~,,'"'ti and audited : and the said Council or Town tss% l4 isiioners shall, before the first day of February in ii• Y , transmi to the Ld Lieutenant or other le,i„'L Go a vernor or t or Governots of Ireland for the time ll:g , a true and correct copy of such account : and tktilgaid Council or Town Commissioners shall also 't,r t e '''. c"PY of such account to be deposited in the office .;:alh Gown Clerk, or of such person as they shall ap it teesexiecutes tlie-deties-ofe Town Clerk,- within one `'nth after the same shall have been audited, and the said ' swot shall be ope n to the inspection of all inhabitants t i s uch borough, city, or town, and copies thereof shall t, clelireited to all inhabitants of such borough, city or li * h. applying fer the same, upon payment of one shil 'T for each copy. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS BILL. tl 1,, gig Bill went through Committee, and the several '4 4 , 1 ,,1'a were agreed to. I, u e House resumed. t h ` u hs Copyhrild Coriimission Bill, Turnpike Act Con- . ktict 4 ",• n ee Bill, Stock in Trade Bill, Highway Rates Bill , op t i cialin Societies Bill, were read a second time, and et ed to be committed this day. ~ MILITARY FLOGGING. i r. E It t h SCOTT moved for a return of persons flogged 1 4 ; 1 ° army in Great Britain and Ireland, in C.:e years qr ; a nd 1846 to the end of July ; specifying : 1. , I'he 4 ‘ -.4 .- 2. The regiment, the place of station, the time. sentence. 4. The order for execution. 5. % , e, 'Nher the trials were open to the public, or only Oti k - h tl the r eg iment, or with closed doors. 6. The after of lashes inflicted, and the day. 7. How soon ‘,llq Punishment the man was able to return to his duty, ' - 't, t 4 t what pace he was then quartered. 8. Whether hhehas f o ll owe d w i t hi n twe l v . months of the flogging, sins the date of such death. 9. Whether the punishment or I,:"ieted, if in cavalry regiments, by the trumpeter , 11 ,4 4 -rri ers ; if in infantry regiment, by the privates or t he ,`"rs, and with' what instrument. 10. Copies of 4 41), - ,„ 4 "gcton's.minutes of all such punishments, and any 4;1 . 7, , nt observations on their consequences. '• ~,k, ~‘-, X MANTLE objected to the returns. . 'hat. e i . 'SCOTT consented to postpone his motion till ', .. Nk.„ -ma Y next. - • ' . - ' 4 1, MEDICAL -SUPPLEMENTAL - FUND ~ . kr, - - SOCIETY. `° e • B ARD obtained leave to bring in a Bill relating . :t ' -h„ .v Bill lit-dical Supplemental Fund Society. t em : • u ill was ten d a first time, and ordered to be '‘ . - second time this day. '''Sir": LUNATIC ASYLUMS. ' .ti e - ,; -7 . GREY obt a i ne d leave to bring in' a Pill to . . - 11* a t y-D -11 ' ,,t he law e eicerning Lunatic Asylums, and the "- -- •-,4ett , 1. urier Louaties, in England. .;„- „, T RIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY. h i : ". NORREYS' moved for a Select Committee on l' lyi':!,gress -of the Trigonometrical Survey of Ireland. 17...,n agryed to. trkLKoTIONS IN THE CITY OF CHESTER. loi n ": ,A T rORNEY-GENERAL obtained leave to eto.Z.,'" a Bill regulatinet EleCtions in the City of Thy r, 0 re, d Bilks s then read a first time, and ora:red to be 4 tiMe'this d • ae. (>0 th .- NEW WRIT. . . ' ,, rd, motion of Mr. TUFNELL, a new writ w" .rim f th, v , ur th 4. borough of St. Albin's, in the room e. - 1 , , e.il „E .- , , --. e . , to,stowel, who, since his election, had I, ' • 9 ' , . the tither • „ . . . , er ma. of one of the Lords in 14 aiting to ~.. eSty. 1 , 6 SU GAR DUTIES BILL. Lai tv_re.pe(!rt 01' th e resolutions was brought up, a I Le u t :s r first time. 4.14 1441 404 4t glahafiti Owe SUN, LONDON, TELeSDAY MOANING, AtIdIJST 4, 046. statuary of Gibson, paintings of the old and modern masters, are placed in his galleries, and add to the beauties of his garden palace. The taste - and munificence of the bene volent Hinder) are spoken of far and wide. - Truly may it be said of him that such faults as he had were of his country's pre judices, but his virtues were his own: in the words of Cicero,. " Tu frater, tu pater, tu amicus,tu bones ciris, tu were princeps." His country has sustained a moral loss, which in some generations may be retrieved; but in the opinion of those who know India, it is considered doubtful if ever there "be his like again." It is said by those who know his affairs well, that the landed property of the late Baboo is next in extent to the dominions of the Rajah of Burdwar, and pay nearly ten lacy of revenue to the East India Company yearly. We understand that the mortal remains of the departed Baboo will not be embalmed preparatory to being conveyed for interment to India, but that a vault will be purchased in the cemetery at Kensall green, where his remains are to be deposited. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 3. Tbe Housesat to-day:to - hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Leeds, and `the Wiwi) Che6ter. BOWEN V. EvAils.• The further arguments in this part-heard appeal occupied Leir Lordships the whole morning. ASSIZE IN TEI4IGENcE. Ii'OII7IIERN CIRCUIT.--Arfuthasile, Aug. 1. PR IZ B-FiatlT AND MANSLAUGATI4:. , WiIIiam Gleglwrn, a placid-looking young man, a blacksmith by trade, and aged twenty years, and James Renwick, aged thirty-oue, who acted as bottle-holder in a prize-fight between Gleghorn and Michael Riley, were charged with having committed man slaughter upon Michael Riley,,on the 10th of March last., -. The following witnesses were called : John Balmbr; ' a publican, and an apparently respectable man, said he had been present at a prize-fight on the 10th of March, at Blythe Links, between the prisoner Gleghorn and Michael Riley, who is since dead. He never heard why these men were to fight. A ring was made. The men stripped and struck violently at each other, and they fought for abaft two hours and a WI: The decea , ed appeared the fresher man of the combatants till near the close. Roth - Merl were distressed. Gleghorn was declared victor, and Riley then appeared greatly punished and distressed; at last per fectly insensible. jle Was still put , to fight till unable to stand. Renwick was there as bottle-holder inside-the ring. Cro-s-examined—Gleghorn Was the taller and apparently stronger man. The fight was fair. and the men shook hands at setting to. The deceased appeared to have the best of the tight till at the close, when- he received very heavy blows. The combatants were cheered on by friends and the crowd, which consisted of from three to four hundred persons. At tempts were made to induce the deceased to stop Lighting, and he would n,,t deist. He said fie was able to fight three hours longer. They attempted to make deceitsed shake bands with the victor,. but he was" unable. The witness took notes of the fight for the Belts Life newspaper. Could not say how many rounds were fought. NVitness is a publican. _ _ Ater some corroboratory evilence, R. Swith, surgeon at Blythe, said he saw the deceased at the Ridley Arii.s, who was labouring under severe contusions about the head,-nrid very extensive injuries abOnt: the neck. lie shortly after wards died; no doubt from the effects of the plows. Saw some blows given at the close of the Aght, *lnch appeared to have great effect. .. Verdict of Guilty against both prisoners. Gleghorn to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months, and Renwick, who had already been in confinement since March, to be imprisoned with hard labour for two months. . IlEalt - rpEss Fottamot.—.7olin Thompson, aged 32 years Altzander Henderson, aged 51, and John Smith, aged 3.3 were charged with feloniously uttering two forged orders for payment of money, with intent to defraud Elizabeth Gran dam of 61. sterling, on the 16th of March, 1846, at the parish of Tvnemouth. Mrs. Elizabeth Grandum, a sailor's wife, about thirty-five years old, keeping a lodging-house at South Shields, said she had for some time known Smith, the prisoner, who came to her apd introduced the other prisoners (Alexander Hender- . son and John Thompson) to her as sailors engaged to go out in a vessel from Newcastle to America, who were in want of some 6/. to outfit them for the voyage. They said they, had advance notes from their owners fOr 3/. each, - which they asked her to cash; and she gave the two prisoners each 21. 155., reserving ss. on each note for the advance and the accottimodation. Subsequently. she ascertained that the notes were forgeries. The prisoners were, then apprehended. Verdict, Guilty.—Sentence, twelve..moßtha' imprisonment with hard labour. Aug. 3. CROWN SIDE. • (Before Mr. Justice Henry. Rage, 40, *as indicted fer feloniously wounding Stephen Ings, with intent to maim and disable him, and, in other counts his intent was laid to be to prevent hi 3 • . . n'fol apprehension. . .. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Locke defended the ,rhoner. It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor is a gameknew in the serVice of Mt.llitrvey Combe, of Cob- PaEi, and on the 29th March "fed was in a wood called Muggeridge wood, in the middle of the day, and in consequence of seeing pheasants fly about, he was in duced to believe that some trespassers were in the wood, and he waited for a short time, when he saw the prisoner come out of the wood, and the moment he observed hini, he ran off. The keeper pursued him, and as they' Were running along the prisoner threw two live pheasants from his coat pocket, and also a number of snares. After running some distance, the prisoner asked the keeper whether he meant to take him into custody, and on his replying that -he did, he said be should swim across the river, and the keeper said that if he did he should' follow him. The prisoner then picked up two flint stones, and &land that if the keeper followed him he would smash his shins. It seemed th4t - they' then closed with each other, and both fell to the ground, and the prisoner struck the keeper repeatedly upon the head with the flints he had in his hands, inflicting very se vere wounds, anti he was nearly covered with blood, and in the course of the struggle the prisoner bit the nails off three of the keeper's fingers. Having committed this brutality, he asked the keeper whether he would still persist in taking him into custody, and on his re plying that he would, he pulled a knife out of bis pocket, and opened it, and attempted to hamstring the keeper as he lv:s above him, but was fortunately prevented from doing so by his having on thick trousers and overall►. Notwithstanding these desperate proceedings on the part of the prisoner, the keeper persisted in struggling with him, and endeavouring to secure him, and it was highly creditable to him that having a loaded pistol in his pocket, although he had been so cruelly treated, he did not make any use of the weapon, and at length the pri soner finding he had a determined opponent to deal with, confessed himself beaten, and the keeper than gave an alarm, and assistance arriving, he was secured. Mr. Locke, in behalf of the prisoner, urged that the attempt to apprehend the prisoner was an unlawfull act, inasmuch as the trespass having been committed in the day time, the statute required that the party should be called upon to give his name and address, and it was only upon his refusing to do so that power was given to apprehend him. No demand had becn made upon the prisoner for his name or his address, but it appeared that the keeper had at once endeavoured to apprehend him, and this bring an unlawful act, the prisoner was justified in resisting it. Mr. CLABKSON admitted that there was a difficulty in the respect pointed out; and the question was, whe ther the running away of the prisoner the moment he saw the k?eper amounted to refusing to give his name and address. Mr. Justice COLTMAN expressed ant opinion that it did not. He said the statute expressly required that a demand should be made upon the party trespassing to give his name and ad3re, before he could 'be appre h•_nded.,- He was,' therefore, of 'opinion that the. charge of felony could not be entertained... Theaury eventually found the prisoner Guilty of a common assault, and he was condemned to be kept to hard labour for six calendar months. Julia Egan; 19, a pod-looking young woman, was indicted for feloniously intermarrying with Charles Wells, at the parish of Croydon, her husband, William Egan,' being alive. Mittbcke,defended the pcifione"rt.• The_circurnstanees under which this charge was made appeared to be of rather a singular character. From the testimony adduced, it seemed that on the 14th September in last rear the prisoner was married to a man named Egan, at St. Sepulchre's Church, in:London, and the ceremony was performed in the presence of a man named SteVens, who said that he met the prisoner and Egan by accident on that morning, and they asked him to go with them to church, and give the bride away; anti the sexton's daughter acted as bridesmaid. The second marriage took place on the sth July. and to prove the fact, Charles Wells, the second husband, who ap peared to be quite a lad, was called as a witness; and he deposed that on that day ho was married to the p7i otter at Norwtiod Church, hut could ;,not state with certainty the name of the clergyman who performed the ceremony, and would not speak tothe fact that he really was a clergyman, and no eertifi cate of marriage was produced. The prisoner, it ap peared, had all along denied that she was the person with whom the first ceremony of marriage had been formed, and a good deal of amusement was caused by. the cross-examination of the witnesses by Mr. Locke i.p - on this point. The Learned Judge, at the close of the evidence, ex presscd an opinion that the marriage had not been proved with sufficient legal strictness, and under his direction, therefore, the jury returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." The prisoner was immediately discharged, and she left the court arm in arm. with her second husband, both of them apparently very much delighted at the result of the trial. more quarrelling, and the son say, " Oh, father, don't." There was a blow and a fall. The prisoner then said to some one, "G.) to be with you." All was still for about twenty minutes, when the son came in and said his mother was dead. The prisoner stated to one of the witnesses his wife had fallen out of her chriir and never spoke since. It was proved, however, that she was not a person , subject to fits. The evidence of the tneLlical men went to show she had re ceived blows upon her be which might have caused a con cussion of the brain, cf \aid' she died. The prisoner ad mitted he had struck his wife. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.—Sentence defirred. Augu , t 1 • . . PoisosiNG.—Elizabeth.Clarke, a respectable looking woman, aged 48, was charged with having, on the 14th of September last, caused to be taken by one Ann Richmond, her husband and child; a quantity of arsenic, with intent to kill and murder. It appeared from the evidence that pri soner and her husband lived in a lodge behoging to a Mr. Holmes; that the prosecutrix, her husband and child, lived under the same roof, but in different apartments; both men were in the service of Mr. Holmes, as farm labourers. On the Easter eve but one, Mrs. Richmond borrowed some oat• meal of Mrs. Clarke to make gruel, her Jisband . and herself were sick and ill after taking it ; that. in August last the prisoner borrowed of the prosecutrix three quarters of a basin of flour, and returned the game quantity with her own hand on the 11th of September, and it was put in a jar where flour was kept, there b•Ang a small portion therein at the time. Mrs. Richmond noticed its dark colour, but took no further notice, and, on the 14th, it was made into a pud ding, of which the three partook, and all were taken seriously ill, exhibiting symptoms common to those who have taken arsenic. The remains of the pudding was _analysed, and arsenic found therein. No ascribable motive could be urged for the commission of the deed, - save that Mrs. Clarke had expressed herself dissatisfied with the Riehmonds coming to live there, as she had to given!) an apartment On the other hand, it was shown the two families lived very neighbourly together, that the prisoner was very fond of Mrs. Richmond's child, and was [rood of showing it to strangers. Several witnesses of great respectability spoke of her in high terms as being a most humane person. The jury returned a ver dict of Not Guilty. . RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHEtITEIt, 'AUGUST 1. STOCK 'ExcitANGE. -- The sales are-.Ambergette, Nottingham, &c., 11 dis.—Blackburn and Preston, 9p. —Clitheroe Junetionj3s. 6d. dis. —Direct Northern, 9-16 dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1 p.—East Lancashire, 8 3 1„ p.—East Lincolnshire, i t dis.—Edin burgh and Glasgow, Halves, 81 4 p.—Exeter and Exmouth, % dis. —Great Grimsby and Dock Extension, 1% dis.—Huddersfield, Hali fax, and Bradford, 2 9-16 p.— Ditto, Extension, 9-16 p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, ifs. 6d. dis.—Liverpool and Bury, New, 2% Orniskirk, :nal Preston, 2% p.—London rnd Man chester (Rein.), 2% dis.—Manchester, Buxton, and Midland, 1 p.-- MAichester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), tli p.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 3 1-16 p.—North . Staffordshire, 4—North Union (B), 154—Okiham, Birkenhead, &c., 1-16 Ms. —Preston and Wyre, Halves (11), %p. —Shettield and Lincolnshire Junction, p.— snenield and nmehester, Quarters, N0..3. .p:—Shrewsbury and BirMineham, 9-16 p.—South-Eastern nod Dover, Halves, No. 4, 1 p. —4(lllth Midland, p.- South ,tatrurt:shire Junction, 34 dis --- west !tiding Union, 274 p. _ . • LEEDS, AUGUST 1. STOCK ExcuAstne.-On reference to the Share List sent here with it will be observed that the Most material advances have taken place in the valve of shares, with attexceeaingly it .creased extent of im>in - s4 "i he (-cuss of this iniPros•ement is to he traced in some incasure to a renewal of that spirit of speculation which proved so disastrous last year, although no qctot the plenitude of muney, the thvouratile appearances of all foreigh relations, Bic settlement of strong party political questions, and the prospect of an abundant harvest and a good trade, exercise most material influences on the ii,dings of capitalists, and render railway investments more earnestly sought after. The advances at an early period of the account strengthen the Opinion that further improveinett will take place. North British, East Lancashires, Dewaburys, and Huddersfield end Sh , •tlleos, continue favourite stocks in Leeds. The character and tone of the London market yesterday is reported as continuing very good. Direct Portsmtiths, Manchester and Leeds of all kinds London and Yolks, Birmingham and Oxfords, and Caledonians being perhaps most earnestly sought after. Foreign Shares are steady and firmer than of late. The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Extensions, 365. p.-Ettst Lancashire, 9 p.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 2% p.-Ditto, Extensions, 75.:6d. p.-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 9 p.-Leeds and Bradford, 463{ c. p.-Leeds and Dews bury, 7% p.-Ditto, Branches, 21 % p.-Ditto, Extensions, 4s. 6d. p.- Leeds and Thirsk, dis.-Ditto, New, 1% dis.-Manchester and Leeds, 35 p.- Ditto, Fifths, 914 p.-Ditto, Extensions, '2% p.-Man cheater and Birmingham ' Quarter Shares (C), 10% p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 14% p.-Ditto. NeWeastle and Darlington Junction Extensions, 10% p.-North British, Carlisle Branch, 2% p.-Amber gate, Nottingham, and Boston, 235. 6d. dis.-Buckinghamshire, 10s. dis.-Clitheroe Junction, 17s. dis.-East and West Yorkshire, 245. dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 13s. 6d. dis.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 21s. (Its.-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 335. 6d. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, I3s. dis.-Liverpool, Manches ter, and Newcastle Junction, 1 dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres ton, 23a p.-Loudon and York, % dis.-Manchester; Buxton, Mat lock, and Midland, 21s. p. -North Staffordshire, 41. is. 6d. r.--North Western, % p. -South Midland, 13s. 6d. p.-West Riding Union, 5. HULL, AUGUST 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--North British, 384-Ditto, Carlisle Branch. 4-York and North Midland, East and West Riding, la Darwen, and Bolton, 7 k-Hudtierslield amef itlan. chester Railway and Canal, 131. ls.-Lecds and Dewsbury, 243¢ - Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 255. 9d.-Buckinghamshire, as. dis.-Dewsbury Extensions, 3s. 6d. p.-Leicester and Bedford, Bs. 3d.-Leicester and Tamworth,.273,-Lontlon and York, 425.- Manchester, Buxton. Matloek, and Midland, 34-North Western, 7s. p.-North Staffordshire, 61. 45.-South 111161 and, 16s. 6d. p.- Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Si 65.-West Riding Union, 4%. SHEFFIELD, AUGUST 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Grimsby and Sheffield, 2% dis.-Ditto, Extension, 21s. dis.-Ditto, Rail Way and Dock, 1% dis. -Huddersfield and anchester, 11. 19s. bd. p.-East Lincolnshire, 16s. 6d. ilis.-Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 14s. 6d. dis.- North Western, 2s. 6d. p.-Sheflield and Lincolnshire, ss. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AUGUST 1. STOCK Excliastoc.-The sales are-Caledonian Extension, 19s. 6d. dis.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 1 1 4 dis.-Manchester and Leeds Extension, 234 p,--Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, p.- North Lritish, Halves, Hawick, 5% p. -Newcastle and Berwick North Shields, 12% p.-SOUtit Midland, it p.-York and Glasgow Union, 1% dis. some Fro u tween Lewisliam-bridge and Lee-bridge was so effectually under water that it was with some difficulty horses could ford it,.particularlY if attached to carriages. The market gardens at Lewisham, Lee, Deptford, and Woolwich road, have suf fered immensely, not only from the hell, which at Lewisham fell in flakes an inch long, but from the flooding of the growing crops. Throughout the whole district of Bleck heath the hailstones fully averaged the size of large hazel nuts. .The gardeners wee have suffered most are Mr. Tyler, near the Greenwich Union; Mr. Shepherd, Lewisham; Mr. Palmer, Lewisham ; and Mr. Loft, Greenwich. Tile quan ti! ies efesand and gravel which have been washed from the rubbish-hills into Greenwich and vicinity is astonishing, leaving the hieh roads bare, and presenting nothing but a surface of lerielit and broken granite. On the Eliham road, a mar. with a scythe in his hand was struck by the electric fluid, and fell insensibly to the ground. The poor fellow however, luckily recovered so as to be able to proceed home. Peusigreen.—ln the midst of the storm the electric fluid struck one of the chimneys belonging to a house in the oc cupation of Mr. George Kimber, stone-mason and marble cutter, next door to the Plume of Feathers e oppoeite.to the church, at the village of Plurnstead. From a conversation held yesterday with Mr. Kimber's son, by the reporter, it appears that at the moment he, with his father, was en gaged in preparing for polishing a marble tablet, and that, whilst thus engaged, a stream of fire passed through the shop, which is in the first floor on the back of the house, en tering at the ceiling, which it tore down with great violence, as it also did the plaster of the side walls. Thence it passed through the floor to the cupboards below, the woodwork of which was demolished, and the crockery and. miscellaneous. contents therein destroyed. It then appeared to pass through a chink in the wall to a butt in the yard, which was broken up, and after playing in sportive fury for time in the roadway it appeared to pass into the d e rising out again at a distance from the house. Full __ _he chimney was torn down, and the bricks fell into .e yard among several gravestones, in a course of prepare- Two large holes were made in the tiles, which pene. ~rated the roof from the rafters through the ceiling. Mr. Bingham, the landlord of the Plume of Feathers, states that he was standing in front of his bar, serving customers, at the time when the flash of lightning—or, rather, the stream of fire—appeared. So fierce was the flame, and so appalling the report arising from it, that he was for a few minutes uncon scious where in was, or what he did. The next moment he heare the crash of the falling brickwork, and, upon looking out et the window, after his stupor was in :some measure sub sided, lie saw a volume of dust proceeding from the roof of the premises in Mr. Kimber's occupation. At Erith, Crayford, and Dartford, the storm Was. very severe, and at Chatham it is said to have been excessively violrnt. In the midst of this visitation and loss of pro perty, it is gratify ing to state that the hop bine has much improved since the storm, one of the largest growers in the west of the country having discovered, upon an exami net ion of his crreis that, Although on Friday last they were covered with fly and lice, the thunder and lightning had cleared the majority of the arms from these destructive vermin. Exp.—The damage that his been unstained by the had-storm which fell on Saturday is tremendous. The direc tion the storm took being from south to north, the hot-houses and green-houses presented a fair mark for its fury, and the destruction that fbllowed it is most extensive. Mr. Samuel _ Forster, of Southend, " has his - beautiful hot-houses - com pletely riddled, there not having been lett more than one tenth of the panes whole. The number of broken squares amounts, in this place. it is said, to over 4,000. Mr. Hill, of the same place, has had the front of his house completely disfigured, nearly all the beautiful plate-glass windows having been broken. The violence 'of the storm extended itself to the neigh bouring counties :—ln the neighbourhood of Reading, Ox ford, Newbury, Forringdon, Cirencester, \Vantage, &c., the storm was of a most awful description, and the damage sustained to vegetation generally is incalculable. At Ciren cester two sheep and an ox were killed by the electric fluid ; and at \Vantage two sheep and a valuable horse were struck dead by the same powerful agency. At Oxford the electric fluid did great damage to building property, hot houses, and gardens. The roof of the house of Mr. Dudley, situate near the river, was struck by the lightning. At Letcomb , near Vantage, the lightning entered the roof of a cottage, shattered a bedstead, and threw a child that the mother had just laid in bed on the floor, but unhurt. At Highworth, the servant of a Mr. Boyne got under a tree, with his horse, for shelter; the horse was killed, but the man miraculously escaped with a slight scorching of the forehead. At Henley on:-Thames the flashes were awfully vivid and forked. The house of Mr. Musgrove was struck by lightning. Mr. Mus grove and a portion of his family were at the moment stand ing in a passage, through which the bell-wires passed, and were all struck to the ground, but happily without serious injury; the damage to his outhouses, plants, &c., contigu ous to the dwelling-house, is very considerable. Some parts of Hampshire, &c., were also visited by the above storm, and(' serious damage was sustained by the electric fluid. At the Swan Inn, Inkpen, a small village about three : miles from: Hungerferd, the paper on the walls was in many places com pletely stripped (iff. The 'lightning then followed the bell wire to the kitchen, where the maid-servant was at work; her clothes caught tire, but her screams speedily brought as sistance, and the flames were happily extinguished withput her receiving much injury; and a boy, who was itanaing in a barn near the house, was knocked down by the light ning, but escaped with a few slight scars on the cheek; a great portion of the barn, however, was destroyed by the electric fluid. THE STORM IN BIRMINGHAM.—BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY. —This afternoon Birmingham and its neighbourhood were visited by a dr4dful thunder-storm which lasted upwards of two hours. The wind blew gently from the south-west, from which direction the tempest came. The rain descended in torrents, and in some parts of the neighbourhood the flood rendered the roads impassable. Fortunately, although at one period the storm was of the most fearful description, no serious damage was done in the neighbourhood. • ALLEGED DEATH by MILATARAt FLOGGING, AT HOUNSLOW. The inquiry into the cause of the death of Frederick John White, a private in the 7th Hussars, or " Queen's Own,'' whose death is alleged to have been caused by severe mili tary punishment, was resumed yesterday morning, by Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the George the Fourth, Hounslow-heath. The interest in the death of the unfortunate man hactin no degree subsided, for, notwithstanding the inauspicious state of the morning, the inquest-room was crowded, and several . persons had' gathered about the doors of the inn. Mr. Clark attended, as en last Monday, on behalf of the officers of the regiment. Mr. Mills, the Deputy...coroner, assisted Mr. Wakley. Mr. WAICLICY asked Mr. Clark if he had any witnesses to call? Mr. Clark said he had not ; at any rate he was not aware at that moment that it would be necessary to du so. • Mr. WA N.LEY said he had received a letter from a person liv ing- at Oid Brentford, giving some information en the sub ject, and as lie gave his name, he -thought, in justice, that the jury should hear it. Mr, Mills then, at the 'request of the coroner, read the following letter Sir,—With a view to the furtherance of - the ends of justice, by a searching investigation, I submit the following circumstances to your consideratien, knowing that I cannot place them in - betser hands.. On Monday morning last, at eight o'clock, 27th instant, the son of Mr. Gobfn, a newsman of Brentfiwd, was in Fleet-street with his papers in his cart, coming towards Brentford, when a soldier of the 7th Hussars, or Queen's Own, asked him to give him a lift, as he wanted to get to Hounslow in time for the inquest. The bay told him to get into the cart, and hastened his speed, seeing the soldier was afraid he should be too late. On the road the soldier told young Goom that about the com mencement of the inquest he was told he might have a furlough of five weeks, if he liked, to go and see his friends, which he accepted. When he arrived in Kent among his friends, and told them what he knew about the flogging of White, his friends told him he ought to be at the inquest to state what he knew to the jury, and they made a subscriptions to turnish him with money to defray his expenses, and he came to London from Kent on Sunday by a van. During this conversation they had got to Kensington Barracks; a soldier seeing the other soldier in the cart called out, saying, ' Well, how are you getting on ?' The answer was, lam going to the inquest. But as they were coming into Hammersmith, a sergeant from Kensington Barracks, on horseback, cane after them at full speed, and called out to young Goom to stop, I command you to stop, or 1 will immediately give you both into cus tody. The sergeant then, after he had stopped the cart, inqaired ef persons passingby where the station-house was, and was informed up the lane He then ordered young Goom to turn out of the road and drive up to the station-house, which the boy did, but•when they had got near it, the sergeant told the soldier, if he would go quietly back to the barracks he would not give him in charge to the police, butlf he at tempted to run away, he (the sergeant) would gallop over him.' The boy was then permitted to come home with the cart and papers. The sergeant and soldier, lie supposeF, re turned back to Kensington Barracks, and I have not heard anything further v hat became of the soldier, whetherhe is in prison or at large, and 1 have just heard the scidier at the barracks call him by the name of Simmons.'—Yonrs, &sc. " Old Brentford, Aug. 1,1846. T. NOI:3IANTON." James How, the private of the 7th Hussars referred to, said, he went away without leave to see his mother in Kent ; he had a ride in the cart, as stated in the letter, but he said nothing to the boy about the flogging. He got up at St. James's-park and rode to Hammersmith, where the sergeant stopped him. lie was not present at the flogging, because he had not received his clothes. By a juror—Was punished fourteen days by solitary con finement for deserting. Witness—Had only been seven weeks in the regiment. Saw White go into the hospital after receiving punishment from one of the windows of the barracks ; he saw him also in the hospital, but he did not hear White speak, neither did he see his back. Mr. Normanton, who was in the room, said he received the statement from the boy's father, and that a part of the statement which the letter contained had been corroborated by the evidence of the witness himself. Colonel Whyte here entered the inquest room, and the ,letter was handed to him. John Goom, the boy alluded to in the letter, was then •called—lle said; on Monday last; as he was getting his papers in Fleet-street, he was asked by a soldier to give him a lift to Hammersmith, which he did. On the way the soldier stated that he had been present at the flogging of White. • .On passing through Hammersmith, a sergeant came galloping after them, and asked the soldier to go back with him, or if he refused he woulcrgive him in charge, but he would not do so if he went with him. The soldier accordingly left him, and went with the sergeant. (The witness here iden tified the soldier How as the person who came in the cart with him.) How stated that he was going to the George the Fourth, at Hunslow, to give evidence. C o lonel Whyte said How was not attested until IN bite had been punished. Sergeant John Parley was then called and examined— He stated that he was a lance sergeant in the 7th Hussars. He did not make any complaint against the de ceased until he was confined. He complained of him on the let of June to the orderly officer, Mr. Russell, for being struck across the breast with a poker. He (White) struck him on the evening of the Ist of June, about a quarter past nine, in the barrack-room at Hampton Court. Was orderly sergeant at the time he struck him. Went into the room at eight o'clock. On going round the room, calling the roll the first time, White answered to his name, and he saw him on going round a second time, on account of some of the men being absent, and observed White standing near the bed, partly dressed, with a poker in his hand. His hand was be hind him—the one which held the poker. I ordered him to put it down, but he did not do so. I ordered him a second and third time, bat he did not obey. I ordered the orderly corporal of the troop to take a file of men and confine him. As soon as I had given the order he knocked me down with • the poker; the blow struck across the chest. I r ecovered myself, and ran out of the room, and I saw no mere of the deceased until he was in the custody of the guard. I con sidered the deceased drunk. I was hurt by the blow, and was in bed two days under medical treatment in consequence of it. He did not say anything to me before he struck me with the poker. I had had no previous quarrel with him, and I was on friendly terms with him, nor had there been any previous dissension. I never spoke six words to him except as matter of duty. I bad not been long in the troop with him. In fact, thee was no ill will between us. He never got into that state without knowing what he was about. He was often the worse for liquor, and was, I under stand, a quarrelsome man. I considered him a respectable man lam not acquainted with his writing. I did not raise my hand to strike him before he struck me. I gave evidence before the court-martial. White pleaded guilty to the charge. -Alex. Wright, a sergeant in the 7th hussars, said he knew the handwriting of the deceased, and had seen him write. Had a letter in his hand (a letter was handed to the witness) which was in his (the deceased's) handwriting. Ir was dated the 25th of June. and bore the Iloun , low post mark, and was addressed " 31r. W. K. White, Poct office, Leeds, Yorkshire." The following is a cm' of the letter: — Barracks, Hounslow, June 25, 1846. Dear. Brother,—l am really . ashamed to write after so long a silence, , hut conscience pricks me for neglect to you and mothes, and tells me to..say something, adding to the case of necessity of sending to you a letter to Tom, who wrote to me, .and of course requires an answer, and how to send it bothers me confoundedly. Be kind enough to dispatch it when the • mail leaves. He states to me that you received a letter for me, and I think you - might hare sent in. , more, but I suppos' you thought to punish in for not ..writing. If the , direction is not rigSo, please alter it for me. lam unwell, aid have gone through a great d al of trouble since you heard from me last, and feel disgusted with the service, but you need not tell mo ther so, for she would only fret. I hope you are well by this time. Give my best love to sister and mother. I had formed a resolution to commit mis chief; but, thank God, I have for the present al tered my mind. I have not that confidence in myselt that I used 'to, have. My star of destiny frowns at me and everything goes - wrong. Your letters give me a conso hewn generally, but I have not resolution to read then, always, for I am very near approaching lunacy at times. am an old man now to what I was, and what a taw more years will make me I am afraid to, guess at: Write to me soon, and give me word how matters are in Leeds, for you are the only parsons I correspond with now. I have not seen London yet, nor shall I unless I change my mind. Every one of them is lost to me now. Again I hope you will keep quiet to mother that lam ill, for her sake. Give my respects to Machin, , and Whitfield, and Keppell. You must excuse my faults and forrev'e my feelingl." I cannot help their fate in the proceedittge;ihd 'I, must go frith the will. My paper is short, and I must cut short my letterof woe, and resume my most hard and wretched duty of a soldier. God be with you and prosper you, and in your prayers remember Your affectionate brother, FREDERICK JOHN WHITE. Mr. Waxmir, addressing the jury, said there could be m, doubt that White received 150 lashes. It was Lis duty to deal with the law on the subject, and his opinion was (In did not know whether they were of the same opinion), that according to the Act of Parliament and the article of war, White rendered himself liable to receive let ) lashes for striking his superior officer. There cc uld be no doubt of this; therefoie, he considered they bat arrived arthat stage of the inquiry when they might hear the depositions read over in older to determine the cause of the deceased's death. A juror desired to be informed how the ladder was fixed on which White received punishment. Mr. WatiLav said his wishes should be gratified. Sergeant Potter was called by Mr. Clark, and deposed that White came into the hospital on the 15th and left his bed on the 20th, six days after the italic , ion (4' the punish ment. He got up on Saturday, the punishment having been inflicted on the preceding Monday. Atter he could wear his shirt he was allowed to get up and walk about the ward and assist in cleaning it. Ile appeared then quite well, with the exception of his back. White assisted in . cleaning the ward on Saturday, the 4th ef July. He was not asked to clean it, but he volunteered to do so. He went out every day after the 20th. Mr. WAXLZY inquired how the evidence of the witness to-day contradicted that given by him on the last occasion. when he stated.that White was in bad fourteen days? lied any one complained of the evidence he had given? Witness said no one had; no pne had reprimanded him; lie bad considered the evidence he gave on the last occasion, and he was now more positive. The surgeon did not tell him that it would be dangerous if White should go out. White made no complaint up to the sth of July. The entries in the medical book were made on the days they bore date, and generally in his presence. Sergeant Hooper, of the 7th Hussars, saw White in the hospital. Went there the same day, an to the same ward. Only came out of the hospital today.sites was removes from the ward into another. The rest of the evidence Can= prised that of Potter. Some men take longer to get yell than others, and Witch depend' upon theirfleah. . Mr. Clark said it was right that he should inform the Co roner that he had had no coranninication with any 'Soldier on the subject.of.the.inquiry. In reply to the CORONER, Mr. Clark stated that he had been unable to obtain. a -copy of the court-martial froth the 04001141thirilki9**04-10 RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (1 EST ER:DAY) iiOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. ST. -S. laira NS, LUTON, .5.1N7D DUNSTABLE The Committee on skis Ltill met to-d=y at eleven o'eluek, Lord Winchester in the chair. This Bill w is opriosed by the London and Birmingham Company. Mr. Wass oast opened the ease for the promoters. lie said, he tra-;,••i t hat lit ,could tire to show the Coannitieu that the present Bid was entitled to their Lordships' favourable consideration. There was a it ge population at Luton . , which had latterly increased ; there was an immense manufacture in the art'ele of. straw plait, •-• hill was imported timn the princitral houses id that place to ttny, America, mid New York. The presatit sonv,yeace of that niche to London was peculiarly disaitvantageous, bang compara• tively slow and dear. in the house of Commons they were opposed only by the London mid Birmingham Company, who, however. did not appear against the Bill. They did, however, appear on the pre sent occasion; and accordingly there was a petition from certain latidowaers along the line, complaining of injury, but he would be able to show their Lordships that there was no residential injury in flicted. There was also a petition from the inabitants of St. Albans; but as his Learned Friends on the opposite side had already obtained a locus standi, be tbotight it unneceasaty to observe on that subject any thi tig furthertlm in that a untsiber of those who had petitioned had withdrawn their mums, and among those was the mayor of the town. In fact, there was a petition of some fifty individuals against the Bill, while the number who signed petitions in favour of the Bill amounted to four !maitre,' and fifty. With these observations he would leave the • a- , i a the hands of the Committee, and would pro ceed to - call wtt ncsses to prove the preamble of the Bill. 31r. Vyse was examined, and stated that he was a straw bonnet manufaeturi , r, resident at Luton. He employed Maisel( 300 parsons in making straw bonnets, while the entire number of persons em ployed in the same manafacture at Luton, and for a radius of three miles, way 4,530. 'rids was quite exclusive of themanutiteture of the plait, which he would not attempt to estimate. The money turned at 'mull iu th:s article amounted to 500,0001. per annum. Tee whole monetar, tran , aetions carried on at Luton was upwards of 2,000,0001. In 1539 there was hut one bank at Luton, Is Melt was attended but twice a week, but now, at that town, there were two banks ,which were attended every day. The population of the town at the last census was 7,748, while from the calculations r he lied made, wtilch were deduced front flt. increase in the number of buildings, there was at present a populanau of 11,248. There Were a variety of matters used in the manufactures carried on at Luton, and the present mode of transit to and trout London, was most inconvenient, as wellas be twee t St. Alban, mid Luton, at the former of which towns there was also a large trade curss. on. The feeling of Luton was in favour of the railway, which wa- evinced not only by petitions but by public meetings. Cross-examined by Mr. Ars•rts—The plait manufacture centered in Luton. Was seventeen years resident Luton ; during that period there had been an increase in the nunibez of manufaetories to forty-seven. 31r. Vyse, cross-examined by Mr..% OSTIN - Had an•establishment in London, and his proportion of the outlay at Luton, or 500,0001., was 45,072!. Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant WRANGUAM — The rejection o f the Oxford and Cambridge line would he of great benefit to this line, for the traffic which would be diverted from this line must flow in this direction. His calculations with respect to the popu lation were made from actual observation and inquiries of those persons qualifled to give him correct information, and he adhered to his statement. The number of money orders aistritaned • 1 Luton was 20,000. • Mr. Willis, of Luton, was called, and stated that he concurred fully a the evidence of the preceding witness. He also stated that latt.'n vas far superior in the staple trade of the town to Dunstable, atEd hat the proposed railway, by effecting a saving of from 7.000/. -to 0,000/. in the article or coal to Luton, and by forming a communi ation between Luton, Dunttaide. and St. Albans, would be 01 the l'eittest advantage to these t , wns. Several other witnesses were examined in support of the 11111, to prove the traffic, after which the Perninitteo adjourned. WEST SIDING UNION. The Committee met at the u,ual hour, present Lord Camoys ,hairrnan), Lord Vernlam, Lord Culthorpo, the Duke of Norfolk, and le Earl of Caledon• Mr. ItiNEs, Q•u., opened the case on behalf of the promoters of line. The first witness called was Mr. Hawksbaw,.•the engineer to the iine, who Was ex.,m!ned by Mr TALBOT —The line proposed to effect a junction with every railway north (it' Leeds. The descent into Bradford by the proposed line was by an incline of 1 in 50. By adopting this severe gradient they would be able at once to get on to the main line, upon wnich time steepest gradient was I in 120, and the remainder of which was a perfect level. They were also enabled to accommodate ermulation of 40,000 per sons more than by the line as laid out last year. - There would be no difficulty • whatever in working the gradient of 1 in 50, as by its proximity to the station there would alWays be abundant assistance at hand. The total length of railway to be constructed was 22 miles 211 yards ;. the tunnelling upon the line would be about 000 yards. There was a branch proposed to be constructed to connect Elland with Huddersfield and Halifax, the length of which was 5 miles 51 yards, and the steepest gradient was 1 in - 103. By the proposed lines there Would be-three modes of communication between Huddersfield atitr i Aradfordl- , 1. •By Halifax, via Miami. 2. By Brighouse, via Cesiper'S Bridge. 3. By Milted and Leversedge, via theCleckheaton Cleckheaton Valley line would h a constructed -eery.kaSiii, , -;1M-tvitdild.:Orecon'unolate an immense population, in cluding Dewsbury, If eckmondwicke, Leversedge,Cleckheaton, Oaken thaw, stud other places,- and would afford direct communication -tween Wakefield and Bradford. The length of the line would be 7 chains. The Brighouse branch would bring minerals by • --rending gradient from Low Moor to Brighouse, a large station i:e Manchester and Leeds Railway. The length of this branch as 3 miles 72 yards: There was also another branch for the par :of afford is conimunication with Pinisey and Staningley and cool=flel 3; - Glldersome and Farnley Moor. The length of the was abeu • tires tones. The estimate for the construction of ~.! 11 . ; the branches, was 1,27,3971. This sum was • • of all the works. • m .7 , - ,17 Mr. Hawkshow, several witnesses were Atter the ned in favour of the Lill. Committee then adjourned . STANDING ORDERS'. COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at three o'clock, Lord Shaftesbury in the ..hair. Lord itetlesdale and several other Noble Lordswere present. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN (LONDON-BRIDGE EX TENSION). Their Lordships decided that the promoters of this Bill had com piled with the standing orders. SELECT COMMITTEE 'ON. MERITS-. The list which came before their Lordships in this capacity con tained twelve Bills, of which only one was a railway Bill. This was the • EASTERN COUNTIES AND THAMES JUNCTION BRANCH. In respect of which Bill their Lordships came to the decision that the,ptquiotersitad,Orovett their : preamb/e. • , Th pie -Wiles of the ibilowing BillS,were also &dared proved BCtibin Ceineteriest Canabcito;Wit Harbour, Waterworks, and ?eying ; .Ardll Canal; Andover Canal Navigation ; Australian Agricultural C.:innpany; Sligo 'Ship Canal. 'The remaining Bills were adjourned till to-morrow (some having been part heard), did their Lordships rose shortly after four o'clock. PETERBOROUGH AND NOTTING HAM JUNCTION RAILWAY. A special meeting of the shareholders of this Company took place yesterday at the London Tavcrn, under the provi sions of an Act for the purpose of facilitating the dissolution of railway companies. The meeting was advertised for one o'clock, but it was not until long after that hour that the proceedings commenced. About two o'clock the chair was taken by Lord Thomas Clinton. The Ctraramix said that the directors had deeply to re gret that they appeared before the shareholders without having an opportunity of going before Parliameut, and being obliged to announce that the funds of the Company were not in as nourishing a state as they could wish. Their failure was entirely owing to the refusal of those to whom hares had been allotted to perform' their part of the con tract. The directors had never gained a single shilling by the scheme, in fact the contrary was the case, nor had there been any unfair course adopted. . There had been no " rigging of the market." The directors had hopes to the very last moment of amalga mating with other companies, and thus have been enabled to place the shareholders in a better position. The SECRETARY stated that there were twenty-nine com mitteemen who had not paid as yet, and that the balance in hand was 4,7111. 14s. 4d., and that there were bills for 1,8624 more, which were in course of payment. The following gentlemen were then appointed as scruti neers :—Mr. Alton, Mr. Whitecombe, and Mr. Travers. Mr. F. L. Cour. moved the dissolution of the Company. Mr. Routs seconded the resolution. It was also resolved that the act. should not be taken as an act of bankruptcy. The numbers voting were— For the dissolution 1,830 shares As an act of bankruptcy The meeting was then adjourned, there being nearly 400 more shares requiring to be represented to constitute a meeting. DEATII OF DWARKANAUTH TA G ORE. - . We regret .to state that this distinguished personage ex piled oa Saturday last, at his residence in Albemarle-street From the' tenor of the paragraph which appeared in our caluinns on Saturday last, announcing his serious illness, the reader is somewhat prOpared for the painful announcement we have now the duty to promulgate. As we then stated, the disorder which led to so fatal a termination of his valuable existence was an affection of the liver, which had so far advanced as to baffle the united skill of Dr. Chambers and Mr. Martin. - Through the kindness of a gentleman intimately con • necte with the Baboo, we are enabled to supply the sub joined inadequate memoir of that much lamented man.:.f We give the annexed particulars as supplied by our informant. It may be as well to state that lie expired at. twenty minutes past six on Saturday evening, at the age of fifty-one years . In a rapid memoir of this distinguished native of Ilona, there will be found much to. interest the reader. His claim of high descent from one of the five Brahmins who several centuries back visited Bengal to celebrate rites which their inferior brethren were unable to perform, is a fact well authenticated in the books of the religion and laws at present believed in by the Minim's. It has, therefore, never been doubted that Dwarkanauth Tagore was a liol_ile of the highest rank in his country; and if any other proof was requisite, it. is in the acknowledged fact that he refused the title of Rajah or Prince, offered by a Governor- General of India, because it,only nominally added,.rank in the eyes of foreigners. He likewise declined a knighthood on his first visit to Europe. It is necessary to allude to those facts, inasmuch as, through misapprehension, the late lamented Hindoo had been styled with the attn.- butes of Royal Highness, Prince, &c. The claim that this illustrious personage has on the present generation is for his unbounded philanthropy. No reference to creed stayed his purse in the cause of charity—in the advancement of education= - in the promotion of colleges, whether for native or Christian ; and his name will be proudly associated with all the noble institutions - flourishing in Calcutta. He had an extraordinary ' degree of self-control, far beyond those participating in his own religion, to illustrate which we have only .to instance his devoted encnurage:neut to surgery. When the college for Hindoo youths for the study of anatomy was opened, Dwarkanauth was personally present, and witnessed the dissection of a subject, an abiiorrence of the gravest nature in the eyes of the bigot portion of India, and nobly stayed, though sick at heart and body, he instinctively felt, for no other motive than that be conceived he was furthering the advancement of science, and doing a duty to mankind. He went through the ordeal with an Unflinching nerve, which had its weight with those of his own particular religion who were there on the occasion. "He lived just long enough to witness the fruits of his triumphant energy in the brilliant success of his two native (Hindoo) students in the University of London. who last week passed through the College of Surgeons. They were sent to this country and wholly maintained at his sole ex pense. "To conclude this brief notice cf a man so distinguished by universal application towards good, and who will be long remembered as the greatest ornament of civilized India under British rule, we have but to remark that, not merely content with the pleasures of travelling and sight-seeing to extend his already extended information, he laboured hard to acquire the language of France as a passport to those of Europe, and also took delight in the various accomplish ments of society, especially that of singing, and more parti cularly Italian and English music. Had his life been spare& he promised to become no mean amateur. In the town-hall of Calcutta the. inhaoitants„ both native and European, in testimony of their regard , had 'hi.portrait MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Leicester..l74ly 31. painted by Say ; and in further honour to the illustrious de- CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) ceased,at the same time they voted his portrait by public M"skatvont4P- -. --Th 4 leas Pant. aged 4 W4B charged 'with manslaugnter, in killing his wife. Maria Pallet. The subscription authorised . a marble bust of their benefactor to facts were shortly , these :—The prisoner and his wife and their be execnten ' byWeekes to grace that hall which the public l family lived at Loughborough, but the man and his wife virtues and talents of Lord Metcalfe caused to be erected to his memory. No public undertaking was ever broached in India were unon very indifferent terms. On the evening of the third of June last they were heard to be quarrelling by a without Dwarkanauth Tagore being a large contributor ; t no mercantile establishments ever required aid in .money, neighbour who had a right oranad through their garden. or counsel in their transactions, that he did not come foi. He heard a female scream, and the sound of. blows. Some. warn—civilians and military men can attest his generosity— ' strangers can testify to his ymbouaded hoaptfaliti , short after, on goina through the garden, he saw the a4 d prisoner's wife, and observed one, of ,her eyes to be,yery much arAte*OPRO COO WW1 1 .4044 010100.44P49 1 /0 4 ' 4 . 6414/1 0 1-464 - 44,4116 - W il ak; 4 OA ° 00- (l .q- OS. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Shrewsbury, July 31. COLLINS AND OTHERS v. GILES. The verdict in this case passed for the plaintiffs—Damages 4,5001. 1 30211 F ClRCUlT.—Guildford, Aug. 1. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) ALLIGKD CHILD-MURDER.—Mary North, 19, was indicted for the wilful murder of a child tour months old, named Mary Anne Barker, by administering to it a large quantity of oil of vitriol. The whole of the facts connected with this charge have been given within the last few days. It will be recollected that the prisoner was in the service of an om nibus proprietor at Wandsworth, and had the charge of the infant in question, and being desired to give it some aniseed, it appeared that she had given the child some oil of ♦itriol, from the effects of which it died. It appeared in the course of the case that the two liquids were in bottles very much resembling each other, and there was consid , irable ground fhr supposing that the prisoner had administered the poisonous liquid to the child by mistake. Verdict, Not Guilty. TO THE EDITOR OF Till TIMES. Sir,—As many of your readers may feel an interest in cir cumstances connected with the hailstorm on Saturday, I beg a coiner of the Times for a few observations that may amuse the..,. The small garden of the house in Camberwell New-road, in which I'Was when the storm commenced, has an easterly aspect. There was no wind at the moment, and there was no perceptible drift in the shower; the hail seemed to fall in a direction nearly vertical ; and, from the nature of the sur face of the garden, it rested where it fell. From a spot measuring three superficial feet, and which was selected as a fair average of the general surface of the garden, I gathered 947 hailstones, the smallest of which weighed 9 2-10ths grains, and the largest 84 grains. I was ansiotß to ascertain the number of the different sized hailstones which fell on a given space, as I observed they varied greatly in their dimensions., more so on this occasion than in any other hailstorm that I ever witnessed. They were five sizes; there were 61 of the • largest size. Five of them hastily selected, as far as the eye could judge, nearly of the same size, weighed 405 grainy, which gives 81 grains as the average weight of each. Five others, ap parently the smallest of the number, weighed 394 grains which averages 78 grains each. One of the first five mea sured 9-10ths of an inch in length, 6-10ths of an inch in breadth, and was about 5-10ths of an inch in thickness. It had, like most of the others, the shape of a flattened pigeom's egg. A dozen had a shape approaching a flattened sphere. In general, it may be observed, that no two hailstones, al though nearly of the same size, had nearly the same form. or seemed to have been produced understhe same circumstances. 417 hailstones were of the second size. 10 of these weighed 519 grains, which gives 51 9-10ths grains for a single one. The 10 smallest that could be selected from the whole num ber had an average weight of 50 2-10ths grains each. The uniformity of size and shape throuL,hout this large number was very remarkable; they were mostly like flattened spheres, with a thickness of half their diameter. They could hardly be distinguished from small white turnip radishes trimmed of their root fibres and leaves. 285 hailstones were of a much less size than the preceding. 17 of therm weighed 651 grains, which gives 38 2-10ths grains to each. The smallest that could be selected from the whale number, by the eye, weighed 31 grains. Their forms were all imperfect; some were roundish lumps, others like short contorted cylinders, others had an almondform. • Of the fourth size there were 159 hailstones; 36 of these weighed 828 grains, or 23 grains a-piece. The smallest of the whole number weighed 18 . graips. The largest of the 16 hailstones of the fifth size weighed 13 grains, and the smallest 9 2-10ths grains. The shapes were most irregular ; they had much the appearance of being chipped from larger pieeesi with their - sharp edges rounded by the warm rain in which they 'descended. . 9 hailstones of the largest size had a squarish fot.m.• One of them was nearly an inch long, 7.loths of 'an inCh 'bread; and was fully 5-10ths of an inch thick. Two of its edges were ragged, and looked as if it had been part'of au-irregular. cake composed of several thin plates of soft ice pressed toge ther. and then broken off; the other two edges had a similar appearance, but their arrises were somewhat rounded. It weighed 87 grains. Of a similar shape and appearance were four others, the average weight of each of which was 76 grains. Of the remaining four hailstones it is difficult to give an idea. They had the appearance of a portion of snow that had been firmly pressed and flattened in the hand, and then dipped in water, but they nevertheless seemed as dense as the hailstones of a more regular shape: Many of the largest sized hailstones had a portion. as much as a third or a fourth, broken off. Thie, in some in stances, might have been produced after they had fallen, by the impact of those falling, but not in other instances. I ob served the same thing in some large hailstones which fell into a tub of water, and where an impact with others could not have taken place. The disruption of these must there fore hive been produced in their descent through the at mosphere. lu general the largest hailstones seemed to hays the greatest density, sevcral of those which I have described as of the fifth size were spongy, like pressed snow. I have no doubt but that the tall of such large hail will have occasioned much damage to gardens and windows, but I scarcely remember a hail-shower where the momentum of the hail was felt to be so small. Perhaps the falling tor rents of rain may have, in many cases,' diminished the im petus, by deflecting the hail, and by occasioning an upward current of wind from the ground, like that produced by the fall of water in .the chamber of a wind furnace, and which neutralized, in some degree, the effect of the de scending hailstones. I am, air, your obedient servant, August 2. M. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—A special Court of Alder men was held on Saturday for the purpose of receiving a deputation from the committee appointed relative to the building of a new criminal gaol in the room of the present Compter. Mr. Wire, the chairman of the committee, said, that finding that it would be impossible to purchase land in the city, except at an enormous rate, they had come to the resolution that the proposed gaol ought to be built out of the city, and that Holloway would be the best site. The cost of the ground for the intended building, on the site of the old Fleet Prison, would be 132,0004 while the building would be 78,0001., and then only three acres would be obtained ; whereas the spot fixed on at Holloway, consisted of ive acres, and could be purchased for 17,0001.—the prison to con tain 400 persons. Several of the aldermen spoke against this proposition as being directly at variance wit h the former resolution of the Court of Aldermen, which wis that the prison should be built in the city. After some discussion upon the sub.), et, Mr. Alderman Musgrove suggested that the deputation should write down their propositions, to be submitted to the Court. The deputation then withdrew, and the remainder of the business was conducted with closed doors. THE APPROACHING PARTRIDGE SEASON.—The ac counts in Surrey and Sussex are very favourable to the ap proaching partridge season. The broods are very strong in the wing, and the coveys are large, and the prospect of an early harvest will enable the sportsman to enter the field on the Ist of September without the usual restrictions with re spect to standing crops. ACCIDENT THROVOU THg BUILSTIVG OF A CANNON. ..On Friday afternoon the Mercers' Compaq made an excursion to 'nehmen& and when off the Wandsworth Distillery were saluted by ring some small cannon. One of them btirSt. inftieting such in jury on William Goodge, the matt Who fired it, as to deprive his friends of all hope of his ultimate recovery. His nose was lite rally cut off, and he received sevei n g.severeecalp wounds. He wee taken, in a state of groat agony, to St. George's Hospital. ~,Astpordttig . to letVs from Rome, his Highness..the . =tends stictrtAY-ta Makia Wit - thrOWlg the tea, Ilitetah . 'YORK, .AilcusT 1 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales aro—Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 2L 2s.—Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), %—Leicester arid Bedford, Bs. London and York, 2/. U.—Mahon and Drittield Junction, 2/. Bs.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3' —Newcastle and Berwick, 293(—Newcastle and Darlington, New, 11% —North British, Half Shares. 15—Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 3/. 18s. 6d.—s orth Staffordshire, OA —North Western, 11. 7s. —West Riding Union, I—York and North Midland, East and West Riding Extension, 13%. EDINRURGH, JULY 31. STock EXMANOE. -The sales are-Aberdeen, Si. 155.--Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin; 11:38.6d.-Ainlrre ant Iluthgate, 31.'10x.--Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Halt Shares, 15/. 10s.-ArMagh and Port rush, 145.-Ayr and Galloway, U. N.-Banffshire, 165.-Belfast and County Down, 12s. 6d.-rtritish and Irish Union. 21. Is. 6d.- Caledonian, 141. 55.-Ditto, New, 16s. 6t1..-Caledonian Extension, 1/. 135.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, D. 25.-Caledonian and Northern Direct, 11.- Clydesdale Junction, 221. 10s.- Cornwall and Devon Central, 1/. 125.-Deeside Railway, 21.55.-Direct Northern, I/. 14s. -Dublin and Enniskillen, 2/. 10s.-;Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. -Ditto, New, 21!. 5a.-Dundee and Ferth, 22/. 10s.--East Indian .- , Half Shares, 181. 2s. Railway, 10s.-East of Fife, Na, 6d.- Edinburih and Itathgate, 2/. 155.-Edinburgh 1.1 ( 11(1,7,0W, 751 Ditto 6d. - Ditto, 't t g - ; er.. N . 10s,- Ditto, ditto. New, 181. 10s.- Edinburgh, L. 1 , I l!':1 , ton, 161.-Ditte, Preference, 201. 55.- Edinburgh 2,113 Nort' +r-c, 9/. 95.-Ditto. Newport, 12a. 6d.-Edin burgh and Perth, 3'. -ForCI and tlyde Junction, IL IN.-Glas gow and Ayrshire, 75e.-Ditto, New Stock, 321. 10s.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 18/. 10s.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 21. 3s. 6d.- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. 194.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 11. 1 3s:-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 40/. IQs.-Glasgow Gene ral Terminus, 71. 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 16/. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, U. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 155.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 11.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, it. 65.--Glas gow, Strathaven, and Lestnahagow, 2/. 175.-Granton Junction, 102,.-Great County Down, 11. 158.-Great North of Scotland, 65.- Inverness and Elgin. 11. Is. 9d. -Lanark and Lothians, 2/. 4s. 64.- Lame, Belfast, and Ballymena, 10s. 6d.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 11. 33.-London and York, 1/. 13s. 6d.-Ditto, Half Shares, 12s. 6d.-Midland and Eastern Counties. 155.-Newcastle and Ber wick, 271.-North British, 36,. IN.-Ditto, Halves, 131. Extension to Carlisle, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 71. 3s.- North Staffordshire, 51. N.-North Wales Mineral, 1 5 1 64. -Ditto, New, 91.85. 9d.-Perth and Inverness, I/. I ls. 6d.-Scottish Central, 81.-Ditto, New, 81.-Scottish Central a , d Caledonian Junction, 1/. IN.-Scottish Grand Junction, 12s.- Scottish Mid land, 61. 10s.-Scottish Southern, 11. 178.--Shrevesbury and Here ford, 2s. 6d. -Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 5/.- South Mid land, 21. 12s. 6d. -Stirling and Dunfermline, IL N.-Stirling and Midland, 3/.-Strathern Junction, 11. 12s. 6d.-Wishaw and Colt ness, 471. 10s. THE LATE THUNDER-STORM WINDSOS, SENDAI EVENING.—The storm of yesterday, which appears to have been general throughout the country, commenced about halt-past_ two o'clock, and continued up to past tire. The hailstones had done consider able damage in the neighbourhood, especially in the vicinity of Datchet and Horton. At Litton park; the residence of the Duke of Buccleuch, upwards Of 2,000 panes have been. broken ; nearly the whole of the extensive :hot and green houses having been totally demolished. At-Slough also, and the neighbourhood of Burnham, the hail which accompanied the thunder and lightning has done . very. considerable damage. A great portion of the :standing corn. has been beaten down, and much injury has been sustained by the market-gardeners in every direction. At one o'clock yester day, shortly before the storm commenced, the tlierrnometer, in the shade, in the niyal gardens, at Frogmore. stood at 85 degrees. CAIiDEN Towx.—During the violenee ,of the storm the electric fluid struck the house of Mr. Corvan, No. 17, Mornington-road, Camden-town. This took place about four o'clock, the shock causing the utmost alarm to the neigh bourhood. The fluid entered the chimney, which it shat tered to pieces, and then passed down the chimney flue into the kitchen, in which was the female servant, who was at the time occupied in cleaning some .plate. , She became sense less, and was imrrediately attended to, by Mrs. Corvan, who had her removed, as it was not possible, in consequence of the strong smell of sulphur, to remain there. In the mean while numbers of the nth Isitants hastened to the house, as it, was reported that it had caught tire, and there was a strong smell of wood burning. Upon an examination of the roof, the timber under the slating WAS found exten sively charred ; but a, it was raining in torrents at the time, the progress of the fire was soon extinguished. A quantity of lead was also melted. The houses on each side were also slightly damaged. In the Regent's-park. above the Zoologi cat Gardens, a portion of the bank of the Regent's-canal was washed away, some trees being forced down. In the New-road, between King's-cross and Judd street, in conse quence of the sewer being overflooded, it gave way, causing a considerable extent of damage. The tLoroughfare was, of course, instantly stopped. In BROMLEY and the immediate neighbourhood very much damage has been done to the several nurseries by the hail, several thousands of panes of glass being demolished. One of the hailstones, or rather pieces of ice, which fell at the latter place, when measured, was found to be of an angular shape, and upwards of three inche s in , circumference, the greatest width at the top bei n g one i nch and a half. So far as can be ascertained, no lives have been lost i n th e range o f locality previously described. Gum:swami, De men, LEW &c.—The coming storm was indicated by very heavy and Cark clouds from the south-west, about thre e o 'c l ock , followed in a few minutes by vivid lightning an d cla ps of thunder, resembling r a park of artillery in the distance. Then came torrents of rain. succeeded by a fall of hailstones, which continued with a few intervals of short duration until six o'clock. As the storm advanced over these placee, the lightning increased to an awful extent, and between the flashes the clouds were so heavily charged that there was the appearance of approach ing night. About an hour after the storm commenced, the lower parts of Greenwich and Deptford were inundated. The food which poured from Shooter's-hill and Blackheath, down Croom's-hill and Royal-hill, completely choked up the drainage, and caused London and Church-streets to be com pletely under water. The kitchens and cellars in this line down to the Roval Hospital, and alongshore to the creek which divides Greenwich from Deptford, were in a most de plorable state from the same cause. The lower part of Black heath-road, Deptford-bridge, and Broadway,were impassable for foot-passengers during two hours. The vicinity of the dock and victualling-yards, the General Steam Navigation yards, Penn's boiler manufactory, and other extensive works, were surrounded by water at least a foot deep. The devastation caused by the extensive and heavy fall of hail is very great. Numerous skylights and windows were demolished in the dock and victualling-yards. At the Greenwich Police-court, the police-station, and premises attached, much glass was broken, and damage done by the water getting into the apartments. The skylights and windows in the factory of Messrs. Penn and Son, engineers, Blackheath-road, suffered severely, upwards of 204 squares being smashed in, together with portions of the *outwork. Moro than 100 squares 'of glass were destroyed at Messrs. Weelhouse's distillery, Dept ford-bridge ; and nearly the whole of the glass frames and. greenhouses in the market garden and nursery of Mr. Loft, near the Kent Waterworks. Much damage was done also to the glass work and choice Productions of Mr. Cormack's bur ger)', at New Cross. At - the police-station, Rushey-green, Lewisham; • much..glass emir broken, 4ogatitr with the. UitirssOVO4 416:04tri0 ai".4 14 4 ;Owti . Ot-te W.;agalro, ......0 e 0 neceasary before it eottid be obtained; but he understfod tha it wag in the possession of the Judge-Advocate. At this range of the proceedings, a gentleman from Vie itide=Advocsites- office sent his card to Colonel Whyte, and he was Ushered into the L'quest-room. Mr. W. H. Thxghes, second clerk in the Judge-Advocates General's-office-1 eras desired ley the Judge-Advocate to at- s tend here, and I protlua tit e origiria; ( court martial and sentence, in short, the whole of the proceejtings on the trial of Frederick White, of the 7th Ilussars;. as well as the ap proval and confirmation of the Commander-in -Chief, which was signed by Sir John M'Donald, the sidjatannGeneral. (The witness here read the whole of the pro,set`ding s w hich wore very voluminous.) The deceased pleaded guilty it the charge, and in his defence the deceased attn'buted to drunkenness, and threw himselt in consequence On the to mercy of the court. Mr. Mills then read over the statements of the meoa‘clil . treatment of the deceased, and the pain he was stated 'A" have suffered, in order that the medical gentleman, all!of whole were present, might immediately state their opinion of the deceased's death. The following are the officers who comprised the district Court-martial :—Captain C. Hogarth, Captain T. Peestcitt,. Lieutenavt.J. Hely, Captain C. Wyndham, Lieutenant J. 'legate, Lieutenant N. Russell. They are all officers of the' 7th Hussars or " Queen's Own." Ist charge—For bei drunk at the cavalry barracks, Hampton-court, on the' evening of the Ist of. June, 1846, and for having then and there offered violence to and struck with a poker Lance sergeant John Darlev, of the 7th Hussars, his superior officer, he being at the time in the execution of his duty. 2d charge—For having, when in confinement in the opera haute, on the said Ist day of June, made use of insubordideta andthreatening language of and to his superior officer* hi the following instances :-Ist instance—ln having declared that " lie wished he had beat the b—y brains of the ser geant," meaning thereby Lance Sergeant John Darley 2d. instance —ln having said to Corporal Thomas. Hollis, of the 7th Hussars, " and you, you I will serve the same." The prisoner pleaded guilty to both the charges. Evidence was then adduced. Sentence- - The court having found the prisoner' guilty of both the charge* . preferred against him, which beings a breach of the articles' of war, and taking into consideration his general badl character, particulary towards his superiors, does now sentence• him, the prisoner, Private Frederick White, No. 689, of the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, to undergo a corporal punishment of 150 lashes.—ARTHUR SHIRLEY, Captain and President, 7th Hussars. Hounslow Barracks, June 10th, 1846. " Approved and confirmed by order of the Commander-in- Chief, " JoHN MACDONALD." The following certificate accompanied the finding of the court-martial:— " I certify that No. 689, Private Frederick White, of the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, is in a good state of health, and fit to undergo -corporal punishment or itnprisonment, solitary or et herwiserand with or without hard labour . SAMUEL WARREN, M.D.. Surgeon, 7th Hussars. "Hounslow i'arracks, June 10, 1846." White handed 1 . . e the following statement to the court martial before the ver,7iiet : '-Gentlemen—liki-ing* pleaded guilty to the charge pre ferred against me, it only J:kmains for me to urge some exte nuating point by << hfch I may become entitled to some de mencv at your hands. "I - am sure th,it it. cannot be U. that the unfortunate affair was premeditated. I never had . ..."( word- of any kind but such as should pass between a pries‘te and his superior officer, having &was s borne myself towa:d3 Sergeant Dar'ey with that respect which was - due to his .rank, and I must deeply regret that the drink which I had talcs's'. deprived rite of all constraint over my*, and obliterated tiSoln my me mory those feelings of respect which had up it,that time alwap , influenced my conduct. " I am well aware that an action committed under the in fluence of drink obtains bttt little consideration on that head, yet, from the absence of all vindictive fe elin g on my part, added to the unconscious state I was in at the time of the committal of the crime, I have to hope you will deal leni ently with my case, and allow what I have urged to Jaave. , some weight with loti:;n coming to your decision. " I ant, Oentleazen, yvur obedient servant, "FRED. WHITE. " A. S: ides:, Captain and Preeicisaet. 7th Hussars." Colonel Whyte stated, at an earlier Dart of the proceed ings, that Matthewson seemed to consider that Dr. Warren had given evidence which would injure lic.s character. lie wished to be informed of the nature of it. Who' the evidence of Dr. Warren wa s read °Ter, Mat thewson was called into the room , and repeated shat Dr. Warren said in his presence, that the pains of which the oeceased complained whilst in the hospita l were attri butable to the flogging he had received. It will be in t he recellection of our readers that Dr. Warren flatly denies -1 having made . any such remark. The witness further added, that he could bring forward persons to prove that he did say this-Ho/lea,: Melseod, Hooper, and Skinner. Alr. WM:Lir -Withdraw, and have your witnesses In at tendance. The witness then withdraw. After the evidence of Cuuke had been read over LI big presence, Mr. WAKLEY asked him if he had been reprimanded its consequence of the evidence which he had given? Witnesa 4 •I have been, reprimanded. Mr. Vatilev-By whom? Witness-By Lieutenant- Colonel Whyte. Mr. IVasz.Eir-When? Witness-Last Friday morning on parade. Mr. Waxeer-Were you called out from all the rest? The witness said he was, and, in reply to questions, made the following deposition :-On Friday morning whilst ore parade for muster, at which every man in the regiment an. Hounslow was present, on my name being called-(we salute and march off after answering to our names)-Colonel Whyte ordered me to stop, and called me before the ranks. He said. " Now, Mr. Cooke, I wish to speak to you with regard We the testimony you gave on the late inquest. ' He commence& by saying that my statement that trumpete r s flogged in ca-' valry regiments was not the case. The first Adjutant, Ire-- land, remarked, " No, sir, and never was." Colonel Whyte said, " Yes, and I find upon inquiry that such a case took place about fifteen years ago to to which 1 said, that " the Ist Dragoon Guards flogged by trumpeters, and 'that I had been told that other regiments had done the same." He said," such had not been the care, and that I was as near cenunitting perjury as damage." Then, turning towards some of the trumpeters, he said, "Die you call Trumpeter Luke Bust a boy, or Taylor?" and the e djutant said, "or Youle?" I replied, "I. spoke generally, ans. did not refer to. particular men." Thisconversation had reference ment which I made before the,jury, that whole in cavalry regiments." Col. Whyte said ;:ed zt:ei:sitahfin,i7gsteceeiei that t endeavoured to throw misconception the affai'. Ile also said, "You have spoken of severe ptu:'ish tnent in the Hussars, and! find upon inquiry that there bees been less punishment in .the 7th Hussars for the l:st four years than in any other regiment." Colonel Whyte used no threats or intimidatior. Mr. Wafanve-ls it reputed that there is less punish ment in the 7th Hussars than in other regiments? Wit ness-I believe it is. I replied to Colonel Whyte, when he spoke thus-" That is what I stated." That was all 1 believe that pass: d ; he ordered me then to fall back. Mr. Wm:Ler-Was this in the hearing of all the soldiers? Witn-ss-Of a great number. Colonel Whyte had made use of no intimidation. Mr. WAhLEY-Did you hear any other man spoken to on the same staject ? SV it pese-Yes ; Mattliewson was also. called out, but as I was not near I did not hear what was said. Mr. WAKLEY-Mr. Clark, do you wish to examine the witness on this subject? Mr. Clark said he had, on his own responsibility, advised Colonel Whyte not to make any statement then. Colonel Whyte said he had not the slightest objection to explain the circumstance, but not then, as he considered • they ought to hear aletthewson first, as the observations re ferred to arose out of some conduct on his part. Mr. WAKLEY said he had just received a letter from the / brother of the ,teceased, in which he expressed a wish that the chaplain of the barracks should be examined before the jury. tie thought it was a wish that should be complied with. Mr. Clark had not the slightest objection. He lived close to the house. After the testimony of Skinner had been read over, he stated in reply to the Coroner, that he had seen 18 or 20 men flogged. After receiving punishment they sometimes comptairted of a heaviness bete een the shoulders. On the sect nti , atorning after being flogged be (witness) asked him how he was? To which he replied, that he bad a'btitning pain in his chest trout the punishment be had received. Mr. WAKLEY-Y ,, u are confident those are the words he used? Witness -Yes. Mi. \\ AKLEY-Have you a shedew of a doubt what were the words I used? 11 itlicss-Is;ti, sit, nit the least. Mr. WaKLEr-Did he put Iris hand 911 . ‘ where? \Violeta , - Yes, here (applying the paint of his baud to the noodle of dheetdiesti. Charles Cooke corrohorated the statement that Dr. Warren said, in reply to an exclamation of the deceased three days e before his death, that the lash was the cause of the pain b suffere 1, " I knew it." Skinner, Matthewaon, and .ilarper were present. Matthewson was next reined, and stated, in addition to his c to e r a n se re d e e v i ile t n c b e ; that n t g l e his Doctor han ti t d o i n t o b t ef e o x r a e m ie l l ne re i de 'scheeh.ed punishment, but simply :.eked him if lie had any complaint. , He had his drew , and gloves on. Neither did he examine his. In his case he was tried, sentenced, punished, and sent to the hospital a itbin five hours. But three officers were present at the eturt-maitial which adjudged hint to receive 100 lashes ter insolence to Colonel Whyte. 'I heir names were Captain 11 agart, Lieut. Eden, and Cornet Cooper, all of the 7th. When White was punished the farrier. , major took up one cat and the adjutant took up another, which was dark handled, and which was changed after the first 100 lashes for another, which also had a dark handle. When Dr. Warren asked me if I had any complaint. I said "No." 1 was pretty well. He immediately signed the certificate, and I was taken off to the court - martial. He did nut ask me it I bsd a pain in my chest, or if I spat blood. A private named Bilings was present when the doctor examined toe. 1 have not receiv.d any punishment for the evidence I gave here; in fact, I was iu cwitinement at the time I gave . evidence, and Geonel Whyte liberated - me two days before my term of insprieeineent had expired. White slid 1 were often together, because e had been leeh puoistird. I was punished only avt tcrii titter W late. Ile (noted trey attentiOtt t• a singular pain in his sheet, at•d said iris shirt was moved by it. A week to tree he thee, en tile 4th ..1 Juts. he bead he had a bail pain in Id- sirle, and st; ippel off bis shirt, and st.oe ea the place to 1)r. Warren, wno aai.i it would go off, and ordered him -mite cooling medicine. On the Saturday after lie was punished, there was a review ; the deceased was apaaretaly ruined Hint did not go, because Dr. Warren thought the knapsack would injure his back. Mr. Watit.EV called the attention of Dr. Warren to an entry in the medical book of that date, which stated " back altogether well, and will be tit for duty in the course of to usorow." This was an important consideration. Dr. Warren said. the deceased was out ot bed on Saturday and Sunday ; and was apparently well. The jury then retired for retreshinente, an hoer and a half living allowed by the Coroner for that purpose. the jury re-asset/114d shortly after half-past four o + elc , eke Before proceeding with the business, they, iu a bri'lP spected the. ladder on which the unfortunate man reoeiVed 150 lashes. It was placed at the rear of the inn, and F.,rrlf' Major Craton, at the request of the jury, described the posi tion of the man whilst undergoing punishment. floe of flak_ juryinen asked Crition, if a man could move the truselee of his back whilst suffering from the lash? Ctitton, rather ime pertinently, said, he was not bound to answer the question. Adjutant lreland. who was present, was then asked the same Question. and he replied, that in his opinion, a man could move. He had seen men get loose during the infliction of the punishment. Mr. Drewaith, one of the jurors, remarked, " Yes ; no doubt many men have been brought to the ladder through yoar means." A soldier remarked that be had seen a rum run up the ladder on receiving the first lash. Some reerireination =tied of a personal character. and the jury returned to the inquest room.. No sooner had they dope so, than Coionel Whyte complained of the statement of Mr. Drewaith. and co: sidered that such a remark was n" it in" proyer, and uncreoltable at such a time. and showed am animus which ought not to exist in the breast of a juryman. Mr. WW,EY said it was an unbrtunate, remark. and. .0110wel tiPa:4l4; o o 4 o' 01 7 9 11 9 b l at 4 111 71 6 4 titing 7ftigl 1