The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-20 00:00:00

° je POP; ' SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. YORK AUGUST MEETING. (TI-11S DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) (Continued from our Fourth Edition,) The Tyro Stakes. Locket ... ... Catspaw Nerve ... „,„ Members' Plate. Bared&le ~ Priam the Third Don Carlos .. Match. Quiz beat Emma. ... 1 ... 2 ~, 1 ... 2 ... a FRANCE. The whole of the front page, and a part of the second, of the Constitutionnel are taken up with an other article of M. Veron on the finances. This gentleman has undertaken to show, in a series of ar tieles, how the Government may improve the revenue without imposing a single new tax. He recommends a more rigid application of the existing laws of taxation with a greater degree of equity to all parties, and in the present ar ticle attempts to prove that the proceeds from the starap•tax imposed on printed bills and circulars would yield a much larger sum than it does now, if the Government would keep a sharper eye upon in fractions, and propose new legislation for the correc tion of abuses. These two branches of taxation, how ever, if the proceeds were doubled, would not give a very large amount to the revenue, for the stamp tax on printed bills yields, for the whole of France, only 700,000 f. per annum, and yet it is a tax which, even in its present state, gives great dissa tisfaction. It is difficult to conceive how M. Veron could make it more productive, without at the same time rendering it more obnoxious. The article con cludes with a notice of a rumour that it has proposed to levy a tax on the advertisements t o Jour nals. M. Veron 'expresses a hope that this idea will be abandoned, if it has ever been entertained by the Government. It wouNI, he says newspapers, which are already 'heavily taxed, be ruinous to t and would at the same time be very in terests of commerce. injurious to the Some gentlemen who are taking the waters at ( sa ys the Moniteur) Bagueres went a few days e g o amon gst the mountains, to make an exeursion Having ascended some height the guide separated some distance from them, and to his surprise disco vered the dead body wi th snow. a man, partially covered snow. He communicated the discovery to them, and they insisted o n going to the spot, t e do. notwith standing, from the state of t -endwtashedsannogwerous so to h s of the precipices, it To their horror, they not only found the body seen by the glide, bu t on removing th e snow di scovere d n i ne o ther bodies. All the deceas e d were covere d w i t h bruises and cuts, and had near them sticks like those used in mountainous ascents. It was evident th a t they had fallen from so me height, and rolled f ro m rock to rock. Th ey were a l l about thirty years of age. They were conveyed to the bottom of the mountain and burled. PRUSSIA 2+ND POLAND. The cholera, accompanied by typhus fever, is pre- Talent in several places in Upper Silesia. The last account states that within eight days, in the town of Landshurg, out of a population of 800 there havo beeu 60 death' , while 120 were then suff erin g from the disease. In the neighbouring village of Krzisan 20witz, out of a population of 300 there had been from the appearance of the disease from six to ten deaths daily. In both places many h ouses are em p t y , the inhabitants having fled. The number of fatal cases is increased by the insufficiency of medical aid and the extreme poverty of the people of the district, of which the description, by a local authority, is ap palling. It says— " The destitution of the people in the present year has been increased by the unfavourable harvest of last autumn. Many have been starved, notwithstanding the increased contributions for their aid and a general re course to mendicancy. Even in the spring of the pre sent year the people were compelled to resort to food unfit for cattle. The frozen and half-rotten potatoes left in the field were gathered, dried and eaten, or boiled with the grass-like shoots of green vegetables into a filthy broath; the rainy winter had even at that time produced a great amount of disease." In the report, the number of deaths from typhus is not distinguished from those by cholera. The district is on the Polish frontier, within which the cholera is also spreading, but no official reports of the number of cases or their proportion to the popu lation has been made. In Warsaw the police autho rities publish the returns, of which the last are to the 11th and 12th August ; on the first date 479 persons had been attacked, of whom 175 had died and 199 had recovered. There remained 1,279 in the hospi tals under treatment. On the 12th the number attacked was 485, deaths 170, recovered 245 ; under treatment 1,319. A. committee had been formed to relieve the miserably destitute part of the popula tion es far as possible ; it distributes every morn ing 2,470 portions of tea, with bread,, and an equal number of more solid food at noon. The Jewish Congregation also distributes every morning 9,000 portions of tea, without any regard to distinction of creed, and 600 meals at noon to the destitute of their own faith. The progress of the disease in the eastern province of Prussia is watched naturally with con siderable e k uxiety, but it is hoped that so much of the mortality that can be directly, attributed to low and bad diet, or positive want of fodd, will be checked as soon as the present abundant harvest can be drawn on for suppl ies. COURSE OF EXCH. 0 Litt°, thrte months 12 12 1 Ibtterclam „if 12 1 Antwerp ..... 25 55 B mesas ..._ • • • . Ilimburgh 13 ; 9 m p,ris, 3 3 mondayeslght 25 32% ths • • 2S 52% mar2131.1:33 ••••••• • .• • • IS 52% Bourd.: , ==• • • •• F:sn,"orton kNGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. ••.....• ...I. --- Leghorn •••••• •• • • 30 65 Genoa ..•• •• •• •• •• ..25 65 Milan .. e • •• •• •• •• •• •• ••••• "saPi" •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 41 , Palenno,peroz ........ 123 3 4 ,Mesaina .............. 124 Giab0n................ 53 1 % Oporto .. . • • • •• • . • • • • • • 53 % itAe Janeiro ........ •• r •uenos Ayres .. . • .- !Rev, 10rk,60 days'aigh t Philadelphia .. •••• • - • • ProsoprlartePiii;b:g7itirell:diniinioßcobuji.a.tsra:. 7 . .... 1 00 3 : 040 17' I C OO 9 O E x . Silver in bar& ........ 0 5 0% iii% B• .••• • •• •• Vterira, flo•• •••• 12 to Tfieste, ditto.. •••• 12 12 rlterSbargb ••.••• • • •• 37% 3f IL:lid ••••••• • • • • • • 4 93 i. Cadiz ........... • 8ar , ....:T0n.s •••••• •• • • Seville . • •• ..... • BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account. porstrant to the Act ith and sthot Victoria the Week eliding on Saturday, the I 4tlr day of Auda l-p .12 fo r 817 DEIASTYLINT. , 1852. X. Notes biped 33,620,115 £35,620,1 15 Datad the 19th day of August, Government debt 11,05,100 Other securities 2,994,5 t0 Gold coin and bullion 21,G01,14a Silver bullion •• •• • • 18,967 £ 35,520,115 :yr. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1853. ,SPA3T3CEST• ( Government secarl ' ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .• 11,039 495 Other sceuritic3 10,740,1 59 Notes .. •.• . • • ...... 12,t,67,f,60 Gold and silver cola .• 306,012 37,803,226 M. MARSHALL, Chief C as hier. 1852. 3ANICING Proprietors'capftal.. 14,553,0 0 0 Boat •• •• • • • 8,287,265 Public deposits (In cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Salt 1114e-banks, andDl vidend accoitnos).. 4,828,920 Other deposits 13,803,533 a"en day aud other E 1123,„ 1,330,5 C 8 X 37,803,226 113 " 611 the t9th day of August. 1 ( In rrvai A- t /t h, ELET INTELLIGENCE. s r„GAT, _,, , , London New Price Current, Aug. with eau.: 4 '''' - day Wes- India , Pg. 20.) ..c..5 1 f,,,, „. _ . buga was operated in rates were tak,n v e nue consumption, and rather lower Friday of GI Tre : e in aking 546 hhds,with lart a decline Comnared ' icclutiAn , a t . auetio wt - The purchases are to 31s 61 for gooda 162 ,i l'ald3Triuicad which sold at &c., fine brown, nod 43 bb lo d:3 l a 4 o t t 3 4 B s 160 brls Berbadoev 4ll , yellow 31s to 345, and brown 299 to 001 6d, REFLNED.—To-day t: 71 4 "' ai d 35s 6d to 35s per cwt. ra d Refined Sugar for how, c g s Purchases were made in were obto.aable a; 135 to 433n6T 1 a Crashed: Pt r i n ° ' t l e u y s w e a t t r o e fine brawn grocery i a d m3 443 to 463 per cwt. limited for exportation, a n d„,4. Sugar , Ear sates aro Foreign. ra7:s a reluctance accepted for MAURITIUS _This afternoon there to op.)rate in Mauritius Sugar, an d per cwt. Of 8,500 bas at 3uction n ot :0: 70 Way 6d 6d to 355, low half sold, good to fine yel.ow at 333 31.- to 303, rod to fin) brown 233 to 303 edo c ,,,, t° mid Eerier 043 to 273 61 and rdning a orta 29 3 t o 34saad in. EAST INDIA.—This tiferr.oen there was a - m -7.rke,t for Betr;rl Suar, and rather lower rates re i r e ! talumf at auction 2,000 b' 43 io port sold, mid to good white Bsearea at,' 353 to 36! , 6i, low 333 6d to 34s 6j, grainy - whit e 41 s to 433 63, fine 1.:1 yellow ditto 39 3 to 4 , and low soft yellow 263 per cwt. FOREION.-....T0-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar. A cargo brown Bahia sold at 163. i°e"'—"To-day at - action 94 bags Guay .1. ,1 aquil were aolu at 34s to 343 61 for good quality; these are better prices. T • CoFFEE • his afternoon Co ton C o ff e e was in excel lent ticiaanil, and th e y previous currency we ll sustained. Afnc:ion 360 casks 27 brls and a ll G ,, posed Of; choice an d fin marks 450 went at 663 to 82 ,4 , good mid to good 593 to 65g, . low mid to 1351 d 555 to 583, 6d; other aorta 503 to 543 6d, ewe. Native is 9:i11 dull or _ and triage 403 to 48s p er e taken in at, 453 for velOy g6,a7rleds. and 400 bogs w ere there were buyers at 443. Of Mangalore 66 chests d a sol ord, being a moderate price. or moctha 6CO b a l e s were 463 for very goo d taken in at 70a for ord sma l l and i- Madras at 48s for good ord. -i (awash mixed; 60 cases n ed Rio too sound THE SUN, of 400 bags was taken in at 51s to 525, damaged selling at 36a 6d to 495. TEA.—An improvement has taken place in the de mand for Congou this wear, and stiffer rates are oh tatted for inferior, the better kinds fully sustaining previous valuations. Purchases aro to some extent, ord sound at Bd, good ord ditto Sid to qd, rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf 9d to 9i, strong and Pekoe kinds lld to is 6d per lb. In common and mid Souchong more has been done at 83 to is, and good to flee is much wanted at is ld to is 10d, but supply keeps so all. A good demand exists for Oolong and rates range firm; low to mid 8i to ltd , and better s o r t s is to Is Bd. Several buyers of clean Pouchong at 5d to 7id, and supply is limited. The demand has increased for Green, espe ciallS for fine Gunpowder; medium Hyson and true Young Hyson the late currency is well sustained the market being less freely supplied. Flowery Pekoe pur chased with more freedom; the rates obtained are for the is 9d to 33 3d, and common to good is 2d to Is 8d There is yet little passing in inferior. Scented Orange. Pekoe, and parcels are offering at 9d to lid, but of good and fine larger parcels have been sold at is to is Bd. For Scented Caper there is not a better demand or are supplies smaller. SPICES.—To-day Prices rather declined for Pepper; and at auction 373 bags Malabar sold at dto 3-7 1 -d for half heavy; 60 bags white bad to 6d for mid; but 22 bags pod were taken in at 453 to 50s for ord to mid. Mace is rather higher, and much wanted. A public sale of 12 cases Mace at 23 3d to 2s 9d for mid to good. SPIRITS.—There has been a good demand for Deme rara Rum this week, and merchants are less inclined to realize, but supply continues plentiful. Sales of 32 to 44 per cent over proof have been made at allon. 23 to 28 Ltd, and 28 to 39 over is 10d to Is 11 per geewnrd Island finds a more ready sa le, and prices are firm at is 5d to is s id , fine brown Is 6d proof. Ope rations in East In dia aro upon a more extended scale at is 4d to is 4id proof, and supply remains large. The terms obtained for superior marks, 35 to 38 per cent over proof, are 3s 4d to 35 10J; fine ditto, 2 s 2d to 3., ) 3d ; go od m id to good, 32 to 35 over, 2 s 2d to 2 d 8d; mid. 32 to 34 over, 2s to 2s 2d; and low 26s to 28 over , is 10d to is lld per gal. Havannah realised l a 3id proo f. An extensive demand exists for Brandy. Sales of Cognac best Brands of vintage of 1851 hay been made at 43 10d to ss, 1850 ditto 55 ld to 5s 3d, 1349 ditto 5s ld to 55 10d, older 6s 2d to 6s 9d, low to mid 3s 3d to 45 Gd, and Bordeaux 2s 2d to 2s 4d per gallou. British made Spirit is firm at 93 7d to 9s 8d 2 G 2 e u n n ev d a e , r 2 c , Ss 03 to 85 3d, 17 ditto 83 8d 2 ommon Is 10d to is 11d, and fine c L oa s sh l B d 's t 9 o Gd 2 i.il s 6d per gallon. Ram—To-day there was a reluctance to operate in East India Rice, and at auction 2,300 bags were taken in Madrasf atl°3 at 9 to I° s6d f s 6 d forcr c good white, wh g i r te a , in. with a small parcel COCHINEAL. This afternoon the public sales of 70 bgs Teneriffe Cochineal went at a decline of 2d to 3d per 1b; Silvers selling at 3s 9d to 4s Id, and Black 4s 2d to 4s 4d_ per lb. biDlGO:—Purchases have been again on a small scale for all purposes; but there are not sellers under last quarterly sale's valuations, accounts from Calcutta not being regarded as favourable for the crop. Spanish is in small supply, and full rates are demanded, especially for inferior sorts; at present little business is doing. The present value is for Floras 5s to 5s 4d, Sobras 4a 3d to 53 Cortes, good to fine 3s 10d to 4s 3d, mid 3s 3 d to 31 9d, ord and low 23 3d to 3s 2d per lb. SALTPETBE.—To-day there was a quiet market for Saltpetre, and at auction 558 bags Bombay were taken in at 24s to 24s 6d for 15 to 20 per cent., being above the value. , TALLOW.—This afternoon the Tallow market was firm. Old PY C 30s 6d, new 39s to 40s on the spot, delivery last three months 39s to 39s 3d. In auction the goods were held for full prices, which were realised on what sold, 16 bzs. 293 casks, 204 pipes, 205 hhda S. American, fine 38s, seconds 35s to 37s 6d; 133 casks Australian mutton 39s 6d, beef 37s to 38s; 30 casks Lilian 37s 3d to 38s 3d; 23 casks Belgian 373 per cwt. Oens.—Thia afternoon at auction 58 tuns Sperm and Headmatter brought 861 103 to 90/, 7 tuns Southern good 341 se to 35/, 41 hhda Teel Oil out 301, 10 hhds Groued Nut 321 12s per tun. PROVISIONS.—With Irish Butter the market is plen tifully supplied, .and dealers having operated with cau tion, prices have assumed a downward tendency, and rule as fellows:—Carlow, Clonmel, and Kilkenny at 75s to 78s, Cork 72s to 745, Limerick 66s to 70s, Waterford 703 to 723, Sligo and Tralee 64s to 683 per cwt. For Dutch the demand has much decreased, and having a more plentiful supply, prices have declined, Friezland, fine selling at 78s to 80s, surplus and seconds 62s to 745, Kampen and Zwolle, fine 74s to 765, Groningen, 60s to 645, Leer 64s to 703, Holstein and Kiel 74s to 783. English is plentiful, and met with a slow sale at 603 to 86s, and fresh 8s to 103 per dozen pounds. Bacon has been purchased with caution, and there is a further re. duction ; Irish sizeable selling at 59s to 635, heavy 56s to 603, and Hambrosizeable 575 to 60s. Bale and tierce middles are dealt in with reluctance, rates are on the de cline, and Irish rule at 55s to 58s. For Navy Provisions the market is inactive. There are sellers of Beef, Awe- 11••••.. rican India at 71 103 to 81 per tierce, prime mess 5/15s to 61 103, Irish India 71 to 81, mess Si 103 ; Pork 41 53 to 41 103 per barrel, and India at 71 lOs to 81 per tierce. Hams are cheaper: Irish at 64s to 70s, and English 72s to 76s per cwt. Lard is small tupply and much in demand, Irish bladdered at 63s to 665, keg; and firkin 55s to 595, Hamburgh 54s to 565, and blad dered d2s to 645. Cheese is in good request, Edam 32s to 41s, Gouda 9a to 375, Kanter 17a to 17s 6d, and American 32s to 403. nu LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 18th day of August, 1852, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that the Right Honour able the Lord High Chancellor of that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, do issue writs f or proroguing the Parliament, which was appointed to meet on Friday the twentietn day of August instant, to Thursday the twenty-first day of October next; and also for proroguing the convocation 3 of the provinces of Canterbury and York, from Saturday the tw en ty-fi rst day of August instant, to Friday the twenty-second day of October next. At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 18th day of August, 1852, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty h av i ng tie, n pleased to appoint Charles Cecil John M anners, Esq., commonly called t he Marquis of Granby, to be Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of th e county of Lincoln, his Lordship this day took the oat h s ap pointed to be taken thereupon instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy- A IIMIRALTY, AUG. 17. Corps of Royal Marines —First Lieutenant and Quar termaster John Huskisson to be Captain, vice Captai n William Gordon, to retired full pay; Second Li eu t enant Henry Fallowfield Cooper t o be First Lieutenant, vice Huskissen, promoted. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northampton, shire. Thomas Wilkins, Eq., to be Deputy-Lieuteunnt• William Harcourt Isham Ma ckworth Do'ben, Esq., tc; be Deputy-Lieutenant; Allen Allicock Young, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Aug. 12. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Rid, _ a ing of Yorkshire. John Lawson, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire. Lord Methuen, to be D e puty Frederick Henry Paul , Lieutenant; Henry I)anby Seymour, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; James Wilson, E,q., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Robert Parry Nisbet, E4q., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; John Neck], Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Francis Crowdy, Esq , to be Deputy - Lieutenant; John Bird Fuller, E s q., to be Deputy - Lieutenant; Thomas Luce, EN , to be Deputy - Lieutena nt ; Ambrose Leth bridge Goddard, Esq., to bo Deputy-Lieutenant; Ed mund Lewis Clatterbuck, Esq., to be Depuiy-Lieute denrtieikyEaTizhwkiealtEdymonds, jun., Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu tenant, A ug ,l7 12.0 --•• • iltp:-nsalcoent Cavalry—Lord Henry Fro- I met e d ; T r o n: t" r C a o n r r n y et, vice Watson Taylor, pro withal:a , r , z Fraser Grove. Esq., to be Cornet, vice cetntn "L : _ n a s leen e Perry Kaene, promoted, Aug. 17. West Rent _by the Lord-Lieutenant of Kent. Gybbon Mo li n ' n 13st, deceased, p u ,_Y_ _t? Wilson, Bart., Aug. 17. of Militia—Major Thomas ha Lieutenant-Colonel, vico to ,_, .9 8. , Captain Sir Thomas Maryon be .5a jor, vice Monypeuny, promoted, ecgc,inTreanotnlyor°llll - by the Lord-Lieutenant f • H u ntingdonshire 11 : Drogo Montagu.M.P. dui?, William Huntingdonshire. to Aug. i called Viscount Mat , - appeared in d[erchiiialPa' i 2 31: is Major, tiu_bstitil , ted , l 7 u . r' that vhi a j i Tuesday 'a Gazette by the Lord-Lieuteriaut of the of Yorkshire. `Vest Riding Captain Edward l a 3d Regi en 14th Foot, to be Adjutant, • Commissien: vice Rawson, "'other°, late t of West York Militia— A u g, 11. BANKRUPTS. deceased, dye, and Oct. 1, at two, at the 28, at t!c:„. 7 ,_, surrender Aug. vr eitinore, official assignee, Ba. William Bfarshall, provision agent, Tooley-street, t o Court of Bankruptcy. nt, Scotland -yard, Aug. 27, George Morton ,coal Ineren a Court of BS Theca at eleven, and Oct. 1, at one, at the singball-street; Ashurst and . Son, Ohl Jewry. M:cheson, Lincoln's Inn-fields. B - not, Sept. 3, at Thomas Secret, common brewer, ..- the Court of Cann", official assignee, Aldermanbury; Selby and half past eleven, and Oct. 1, at twelve, at Green, South Molton-strce«, Oxford street. Bankruptcy. annan, official assignee, Alderman bury; Thomas Franklin Nichol', auctioneer, Poole, Sept. 2 at half-past eleven, and O c t. 1, at eleven, at the Co urt ,. , of Ba n k ru pt c y. Whit moee , official assignee, Basingl-11,1 street ; Barber, King-street, Cheapoide. John Bell, draper, Ludgate-hill, Sept. 1, at two, and Oct 5 , at one, at the C.)urt of Bankruptcy. Edwards , ,_fficial asaigaea Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Miller, official assignee, Cobb, Gray's lon-square. Thomas Townsend, hat manufacturer, Bristol, Sept. 3 , arid Lona Oct. 4, at eleven, at . the Bristol District Corut. .n, at Martin, e on; Abbot and Lucas, Bristol. Willi% na 17, at ten, at :,ton, cffiAal assignee, Birmingham Nottingham; St. NS',ry Axe,Bristol; Linklaters , Sise-lane, rocer,Stamford, District Aug. 27 Court.a nd i3 S it e t p i e t - . London Hill and Matthews, woniain J . , l c. . ,s alr i ! Bray and Bridges, Birmingham. Aug. 26 and Sept. 2 Williams, hosier, Wolverhampton, Birm ingham; Chambers, Sheffield. ham District Court. Christie , at half-past eleven, at the Birm official assignee, Birm- William Mole, victualler, Szpt. 7, and Sept. 21, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whiptmßolrce, c o ffi v ci s a u l assigne e, ee, n B. and 11. Wright, Birm t in g h a ,. Birmingham; Muscovado Sugar, coi -1 Th e average price of Brown or LONDON, puted from returns made in the week ending August 17, 1852, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British possessions in America 21s. 111 d. per cwt From the Mauritius ... ... No return.; „ From the East Indies ..• ..• 273. 6d. ~ Average price of the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty 22 ,. u By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKN ALL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company Grocers'-hall, August 20. INDIAN DISPATCHES. (From the London Gazette of this Evening.) INDIA BOARD, Aro. 20, 1852. The following dispatches have been received at the East India House. LI THEE II TE FORCESe 1 PROVINCES,. t I T - G TO IN E CA R . avnal A H . GoDwIN, C B , C O MMANDING AL a L R E A N e , a E rn ND s4 A .,SE ` C I R E E N T A A S R SE Y RI T 3 O I THE GOVERNMEMT OF INDIA. (Extract.) Head-quarters, Rangoon, June 9, 1852. I have the honour to report, for the information of the Government, th a t, on t h e morn i ng o f the 26th of m ay, Manahan was attacked by a Burmese force of 1,000 or 1,200 men, which was gallantly driven back by the Madras Native Infantry in garrison there, under the command of Maj o r H a ll. Th operations are re ported to me as follows: At half-past six A.M. of the 26th of May, the pickets at Manahan were fired on. in a desultory manner by the enemy for npwards of an hour, when a strong skir mishing party led by Captain Stewart sufficed to dis lodge them. Our loss has been very trifling; 1 private killed, and 1 subadar, 1 naick. and 11 privates wounded. During the day a party was sent oat by the officer commanding to scour the country around, but they met with no opposition, and the place had been unmo lested up to the time of the last report. On the opening of the fire of our guns, the steam frigate Feroze, which had 200 men of the 51st Light Infantry on board, landed part of them at Manahan, to aid in the defence of tho place, and the remainder proceeded in boats up the river, and took the enemy in reverse and caused them consi derable loss. The troops appear to have behaved very well, and the exertions of Major Hall, who commanded the post; of Captains Rickards and Stewart, of the 49th Madras Native Infantry, who commanded the party that went to scour the country; and of Lieutenant Purvis, who commanded the Artillery, were very meritorious. Cap tain Lynch and the troops on board the Feroz-, under Captain Anderson, were as usual prompt, and the good judgment displayed by the former officer tended to the complete confusion of the enemy. I have had excellent accounts from Bassein, of the 31st of May,:from Captain Darrocb, whom I left in command of the place, till the arrival of Major Roberts, of the 9th Madras Native Infantry. These are highly creditable to that officer, and to Lieutenant Craster, of the Bengal Engineers, and show what a few: days' well-directed exertions may do in placing a post in a state of excel lent defence. Captain Darroch further reports that everything is quiet around Bassein; the enemy had left the neigh bourhood. and the inhabitants were coming in in num bers to seek protection under our rule. The head-mon of twenty-six villages had come to tender services, and to bring provisions of all sorts for the troops. I have also the honour to report, for the informtion sation of of the expedition whichGovernor-General detached n Council, a the op 67th Regiment Native Infantry, tgo op Pg 3d instant, under the command of Major Cotto n, of the a small era op e era u te on w t i h th e Captain Tarleton, of her Majesty's frigate Fox, in driving out a strong force, either from Sitang or Baling, who had taken possession of that city, so lately filled with a friendly population, and where there was a large granary. lonclos great promptitude,eMajorCotton'sow own report good t d of his operations, which shove judgment, and brave conduct, in himself and the troops he commanded. The parricutars, as to the conduct of the officers and men, and also the cheerful assistance given by Captain Tarleton, and his naval contingent, I feel assured the Governor-General in Council will appreciate most favourably. In concluding my dispatch, I have only to congratu late the Government on tne continued good conduct of ifs troops, on their excellent health, and perfect state of discipline for any duty they may be called on to per form. I have, &c. H. GODWIN, Lieutenant-General. MAJOR H. COTTON TO CAPTAIN MAYHEW, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT•QENERAL OF THE BIIRMAH HELD FORCE. Rangoon, June 9, 1852. Sir,—Agreeably to instructions furnished me by Lieutenant-Colonel Start, commanding the 67th Regi ment Native Infantry, I embarked on board the East India Company's steamer Phlegetkon, Captain Neblett, on the morning of the 3rd instant, in command of a detachment of the strength mentioned in the margin,* to co-operate with Captain Tarleton, her Majesty's fri gate Fox, in command of the naval portion of the expe dition, in carrying out the instructions detailed in Lieu tenant-Colonel Sturt's letter, and I have the honour to make the following report for the information of Lieu tenant-General Godwin, C.B , commanding the Burmah field force. We reached the village Peinkeong the same evening, and anchored; the next morning the troops were em• barked in boats, and we proceeded up the Pegu river; when within a few miles, heavy firing was heard a head, and from information obtained from ,the Peguers, I learnt that the enemy were in force on the right bank of the river opposite the town. I immediately landed my detachment at half-past nine o'clock AM. to attack them, and Captain Tarleton agreed to take the naval force, and co•operate on the right. I shall leave Captain Tarleton to detail to Commodore Lambert his part of the engagement. I proceeded in skirmishing order with the detachment along the right bank of the river, for nearly two miles through heavy swamp and jungle, and drove the enemy completely across the river, in the direction of the Great Pagoda; when, hearing heavy firing from the direction of the boats, I returned to render my aid to Captain Tarleton. I found, on crossing the river, he had had a smart en gagement with the enemy, and repelled an attack wade by them on the boats, and I was mush gra tified to bear from Captain Tarleton, of the admirable conduct of a section of the Rifle Company 67th Regi ment Native Infantry present at it, under the command of Captain E. W. Hick.. The men were by this time (one o'clock) much fatigued, and I resolved to remain for a couple of hours, and then proceed to attack the Great Pagoda, whither the enemy had been seen to re treat, having arranged with Captain Latter, that he should guard the boats with a party of Peguers. We had not, however, rested very long, when a report was brought from the picket that the Burmese were coining down upon us in great numbers from the pagoda. I went down and ascertained that such was the case, that they were coming down in skirmishing order, I should say at least 1,000 men, and amongst them 30 or 40 were mounted upon ponies. I could plainly dis cern their leader from his dress and gold chattah. I immediately got my party under arms in extended order, Captains Tarleton and Neblett, the former with 30, and the latter with 20. seamen, joining, When the enemy had got well across the plain, in extent about three-quarters of a mile, consisting of rice fields par tially covered with water, I advanced with the whole detachment, and after a smart fire, drove them into the jungle which surrounds the pagoda. I then formed my detachment into column of sections, and, steadily ad vancing, stormed the south gate with the 80th and Sap pers, when the Rifles under Captain Ricks extended to the left, and -rushed in at the west gate. So sudden was the assault that the enemy had not time to fire their guns, which were found loaded, and covering the entrance to the gates. At the west gate were four guns, two brass and two iron, and at the south gate two guns and two gingale. We drove the enemy through the pagoda, and suc ceeded in killing and wounding a number of them as they retreated down the gateway. It was impossible to pursue them, as the men were much knocked up, having been under arms since one o'clock in the morning, and all overcome by the excessive beat and fatigue encoun tered during the day. I am happy to say that no soldier was killed, and only two eepoys and one dooley bearer wounded; this small loss is to be attributed to the fact that the enemy, for the most part, fired too high. My eetachment occupied the pagoda during our stay, and I employed the time in carrying cut the wishes of the Lieutenant-General in destroying some parts of the fortifications surrounding the pagoda; this was done by Lieutenant Mayne, Field Engineer, whose report I beg leave to attach. In the town, on the river side, there. was a great quantity of rice, which I permitted the Pegaers to carry away in boats. Surrounding the pagoda there is also another town, in which much rice was found; this I caused to be burnt, after allowing the inhabitants to carry away as much as they could. The co-operation of the naval force under Captain Tarleton, her Majesty's ship Fox, and under Captain Neblett, East India Company's ship Phlegethen, was most active and efficient, and I would beg my most sin cere thanks and congratulations for success should be to mention my report, I hope I may e a n e v a e ,.` l to ne th_ them, officers and men, through the proper be permittedzfore mancluding this union, cordpiarlaiz,, gal lantry displayed by ell comprising my detachment, in cluding the naval" against any one dating admiration at the parties, officers and men. The and ad good feeling which . existed are beyond all for the information not th a single complaint was made j th e whole time. I beg to notice, tt C o Lieutenaet-General, Captain Ormsby, commanding and Lieutenants Amtel anod'urrany of her Majesty's 80th, inent, and Dr. M'Kellar, East India ad e di C ti o , mpany's Service, se7, of the same Regi in Jeattutto,diehis to e r 1 ( i i n a t i ni es s , di d e i a , l pi ch y a e r d ge g , re w at he h , um i nanity wounded Burmese ; Lieutenant Mackintosh, attending the ;2;ime , t m. N A tive Infantry, Second Lieutenant Ma y ne, l - Assistant Field Engineer, who entered the pagoda it the sappers and 80th, Regimentand' Captain N a t h i l v i e c k l s tn , hfea n 6 t 7 r y t h , i L t i Q commandingegut: Regi ment, Rifle C01111)3133'9 6 Lieu tenant Clarke an d Ensi g n Thom p son, of ail o f whom render ed me t h e greatest assistance, e ndue . ; I was mueh plea se d. I l ef t and with who se c Pegu, at twelv e o 'clock, A.m. on Saturday last, with my d etac h m ent in progress . to Rangoon, and — l have, &c , IL COTTON, 67th Regiment. P.S. I beg to enclose c a list of casua l t ies— of guns and arms captured—also a pLana OrClat:ona drawn by Lieut. Assistant Field Engineer, Mayne, Madras Ergiueers, . __ June 4, 1852. ed at l'egu, Return of Ordnance cap tor destroy e d ; . Small c a libre-2 brass gun's/ red carriages,, 1 6 iro n guns, 2 goo d, 4 very bad, carriages aestroyed. 10 gingals, 3 sunk in the rir..r at e e o n : tt 4 00 to eoolb s . o f p ow der: 100,.... Is used in blasting. List of Casualties in the Detachment under the corn. FRIDAY EVENING, wand of Major Cotton, 67th Regiment, at the capture of Pagu, June 4, 1852, Wounded-1167th Itf-giment Bengal Native Infantry—. 2 rank nod file; I camp f.,llo,ver. 100 men, her Majesty's 80th Foot, under command of Captain Ormsby. 100 Rifles, 67th Regiment Native In fantry, under Captain Hicks. 30 Madras Sappers, under Lieutenant Mackintosh. Lieutenant Mayne, Madras En gineers, Field Engineer. Dr. WKellar, East India Com in Medical ch arge . pany's service, CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY) OLD COURT. (The trial of Henry Harrison continued from onr After noon Edition.) The jury returned into court with a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to ten years' transpor tation. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. The following candidates have lately passed the re spective examinations far degrees:— MASTER OF ARTS. BRANCE I.—CLASSICS. William Giles, University College Edward Steane Jackson, University College E q ual ' BRANCH IL—MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. R. Braithwaite Batty (gold medal), University College. John Bridge, University College. BRANCH lII.—LOGIC, MORAL PHILOSOPHY, PHILOSOPHY 07 THE MIND, POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL ECONOMY. Robert Ainslie Redford (gold medal), Spring-hill Coll. Joshua Girling Fitch, University College. DOCTOR OF LAWS. Thomas Trevethan Spicer, University College. _ . ... BACHELOR OF LAWS. PASS EXAMINATION. First Division. Francis Guthrie, University College. John Hutton Taylor, Manchester New and University College. Richard Wright, King 's College. Second Thomas Spencer Baynes, Baptist College, Bristol. Edwurd Bousfield Dawson, University College. William Thomas Greenhow, University College. Philip Meadows Martineau, University College. EXAMINATIONS FOR HONOURS. Principles of Legislation. Francis Guthrie (University Law Scholarship), University College Equal. J. Hutton Tayler (University Law Scholar ship), Manchester New and University Coll. Edward Bousfield Dawson, University College. The subjoined is a list of candidates who passed the Matriculation Examinations for Honours and the First M. B. Examinations respectivdy:— MATRICULATION EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Thomas Savage (exhibition), University College. Hoary Srewart Drewry. King's College. Thomas Henry Candy, King's College Z Eq ual. John Lane Evans, University College John Field Deck, University College 1 Edward Nath, University College Edward John Hayward. University College. Charles James Barry, King's College Equal. Henry Ma son B ompas , pr i va t e t u i t i on John Dennis Tucker, King's College. Swinton Henry Boult, Manchester New College. Alexander Doull, private tuition. CHEMISTRY. William Turner (prize of books), St. Bartholomew's Hospital. William Stanley Jevons, University College} Alexander R o b ert Kil ro y, London Hospital E q ual. Frederick Hall Robartl, University College. George Martineau, private tuition. Adam Clark M‘Lean, Wesley College, Sheffield. Edward Henry Jackson, Guy's Hospital. BOTANY. William Stanley Jevons (prize of books), University College. William Turner, St. Bartholomew's Hospital. ZOOLOGY. William Newman (prize of books), St. Bartholomew's Hospital. CLASSICS. Alfred Bache (exhibition), Edgba'ston Proprie tary School. Equal. Robert James Donne (exhibition), King's Coll. Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing, King's College School. Frederick Hall Robarts, University College. Charles Alabaster, King's College. Swinton Henry Boult, Manchester New College. William Henry Hyde, King's College John Martineau, University College Robert Steen, Royal Belfast Acad. Inst. John Lempriere de la Garde, Devon and Exeter Hospital. Equal. Beversham Harman, King's College FIRST EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MEDICINE. PASS EXAMINATION. First Division. John Crown Agnis, 8.A., University College. John Beddoe, 8.A., University College. George Buchanan, 8.A., University College. Henry Bullock, adj. St. George's Hospital. Wilson Fox, 8.A., University College. Sydney Jones, St. Thomas's Hospital. John Zachariah Lawrence, University College. Frederick Moon, Guy's Hospital. Henry Power, St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Henry Robert Silvester, 8.A., King's College. John Kent Spender, King's College. Arthur Umphelby, adj. St. George's Hospital. Second Division. John Henry Bartlet, University College. Samuel Athanasins Cusack, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Alfred James Dale, London Hospital. John Footman, University College. - CheanrrlyesL!laocore Jessup, Ki ng ' s C o ll ege . Henry Leach. Guy s Hospital. John Allder Vincent, Queen's College, Birmingham. William Joseph W illiams, St. George's Hospital. ES,-„ADIINATION FOR HONOURS. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.— Henry Power (exhibition and gold medal), St. Bartho lomew's Hospital. J. Zachuriah Lawrence (gold medal), University College. Sydney Jones, St. Thomas's Hospital. John Crown A g nis, B .A.,University College. Henry Bulloc k, ad j ., St . eorge's Hospital 1 Henry Robert Sylvester, 8.A., King's College Equal. George Buchanan, 8.A., University College. umphelby, adj. S t . Arthur George's Hospital. C HEMISTRY. G. Buchanan, B.A. (gold medal), University College. J. Z. Laurence (gold medal), University College. Henry Power , St. _ Ba rtholomew's Hospital. F re d er i c k Moon, uuy's Hospital. H. IL Silvester, B " Ring's College. J. C. Penny, St. ‘jeorge's Hospital. MATERIA. IYIEDICA. AND PHAHMAcEIITICAL CHEMISTRY. Frederick goon (gold medal), Guy's Hospital. J. Z. Laureoce (gold medal), University College. J. C. Penny, S. GeOge's Hospital. 11. B. Silvoter, 8.A., Ring' s College. Sydney Jones, St. Thomas's Hospital. DoTANY. power (gold medal), S t. B artholomew ' s H os pit a l. Henry George Buchanan, 8.A., U n i vers i ty College . James Champion Penny, St, George's Hospital. LIVERPOOL THEATIcALS. Th ose old. estab lis hed public favourites, Madame Celeste and Benjamin Webster, h ave been playing a round of their favourite characters during the week at the Roy al Amphitheatre. The attendance has been large, and t h e gratification very great. Madame Celeste's pecu li a r style of a ctin g is as much admired as formerly ; the same gracefuland appropriat e action, perfect ease and expressive pantomime, wanting, perhaps, a littl e of that extraordinary vigour that 20 years wear and tear may bp suPP°sed to have m o d erate d. Her eff orts in pctiie comedie,however, amply compensate for any pre sumed falling o ff in her founer exclusive line. Th ey are distinguished at once for correctness, grace, and origi nality, t o which la st the peculiar charms of her French t co ntribute not a l i ttle.—Li ve rpool Mercury. accent Th e pontoon f o r the Great Western Dock s way launched on 'Wednesday morning, at six o'clock. it it 300 feet long by 45 feet wide, and will contain 4,000 tons ofil cool, its depth being 16 feet. be will be moored about 180 bet in_ side the pier, and will connected with the shore in" iron bridges. Outside the pontoon there will be lacBrossfeetit : I f water, and 14 at low tide i side. will accommodate two large steamers, one on either The coffer-dam Bay will be commencedin e! t i ew days. ANTIGua.---The Lpgi t s . a a t t ure of Antigua have and Mr. Joseph L ' ap pointed as delegates from that colony the Hon. William Byam, Mr. Francis Shand . , m iggins, ALL Tur. Dirrsit""' r. Pollock —Speak like* , ; 01 s not used to it ; it's his . Sir. Witness—Oi thinks of speaks .a up enough. Baron Al , aron A l . derson —You don't speak so , to d ., s the Learned Counsel Witness—Nos, it's not trade.—(Laughter.) , A 011 AUK IN THE T BARNSTAPLE. --,- —Aw,—_.r. shark, about four feet vn Tuesday morning a young ion, was taken alive at the confluence of the . T . aw and Torrid "' and exhibited to the ge. It was brought to this town , e curious at one penny each. It sof " stuffing the • skin.— gun _ smith, purchased by Mr. Frai ne, „„__ smith, with the design Devo nshire Chronicle. p : INCREASE OF BUSINESS AT THE .OST-OPEICE,___In consequence of the recent extraeor_rrnaahrK increase of duty at the Post-office, in St. Martin's -1 -Grand ill b asse ugers i n the Inland-office, upon the middle scale of wages, have received notification from the Postmaster -General, of the intention of the Lords of her Majesty's Treasurdyo increase their salon ries. A considerable number of ad 1 ton_l messengers are also to be appointed. at 651. per an h num. Some of the senior men in the London District-officehave in their informed also that a slight increase is to be made 1 weekly pay , These changes, however, by no means affect the interests o f the general body of these useful public servants, many of whom are much disappointed in consequence. A WRACKER.—There is a man in New York who was so large when a babe that it was impossible to n ame him all at once. lie was laid on his left side, w h en a s they could side him over he they called him Sam, and as soon was named Snobble. A middle name was intended for him, but his body was so roun d it woul dn't stay on. TEE C OUNSEL ruzZLED.--A witness exami ne d i n one of our cou r t s th e o ther day, u pon a trial concer n i ng a horse, was asked by the couneel for the defendant how the Plaintiff' generally rode? "He generally rides a-straddle, 'ir'-" " How does he ride in company ?" asked the cmnsel. " If he has a good horse be always, keeps up," was the re ply. " How does he ride when he is alone?" was the next inquiry. " Really, sir, I cannot say, replied the witness, Mass,, before a t, for 1 naver was in company with him when he rode by himself." , 6 You may stand afide, sir," said the counsel snappishly. pose, between the self- At a recent trial in Springfield, committee appointed for that Pur and the second raking machines of M'Cormick, DiDSMore, and Hassey, th e first premium was awarded to Dhasai°r e ' s, to Hussey's. = AUGUST 2O, BILLINGSGATE MARKET. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) When any great public building, public market, or public thoroughfare, &e., is to be razed to the foun dation for reconstruction, it is invariably the custom that most of the material for the new building is either already prepared, or easily accessible, before commencing to pull asunder the old structure. These previous preparations are made with the view that no time might be lost in the reconstruction of the build ing, that public business might not be hindered by the necessity of transacting it in temporary places ; and that that part of the town where the construction is being renewed may not be allowed for years to look like a wilderness of ruins with scaffoldings, &c. Billingsgate, as a public market, it appears, must be an exception to the general rule. It is just now about three years and nine months since the demo lition of old Billingsgate market and the recon struction of the new one on its site commenced; and at the present day, on viewing the market from Lower Thames-street, it may yet be seen that a great deal of work has to be performed before its final com pletion. It becomes rather an awkward affair at times to lay aside an old machine, and wait until the materials for the re-construction of a new one are manufac tured. An Irishman, who depended pretty much upon the ready use of a good musket, seems to have been aware of that fact. When Pat wanted his musket renewed, he went to a gun-smith and said, in accents as broad as his countrymen are famed for— " Arrah, my honey, this musket of mine requires a new stock, a new lock, and a new barrel ; but I must have them almost immediately." The gunsmith having plenty of the material on hand already manu factured, of course was very soon able to supply Paddy with an entire new musket. There was a Scotchman, too, who could not get on without a sharp-edged instrument; he went to a cutler and said, "Please, sir, this knife of mine requires a new handle and a fresh blade; but as I can't well do without a knife I will just keep this one by me until you have completed one exactly similar to it, or you may im prove upon it if you can." Billingsgate-market may be assimilated to an old boot, that bad been given to a cobbler with directions to put on it anew top, new front, new heel, and new sole ; but the artist has not yet bean enabled to finish more than the top, heel, and sole—the front building next to Thames-street has yet to be erected. The reasons for the market not being in a more forward state after such a lapse of time, it is difficult to conjecture; but there are other public grievences and eyesores in and about the market that ought to be exposed. That part of the building facing the river has been finished now upwards of nine months, but the rudely constructed, unsightly gangway at the middle of the quay is still there, thus preventing the vessels from being properly berthed and arranged along the quay, and thereby prevent confusion. The old grievance that the oyster smacks lay in one tier alongside of each other, stretching right out into the middle of the river, obstructing a passage for barges, &c., is this day as prominent as it was three years ago. Another grievance that should be exposed is the unwarrantable filthy state the market has been kept in of late. The reason assigned for this neglect is stated to be the 16-horse power engine, situate below in the shellfish-market, is not yet in fair working order. When it is so it will heave up a stream of water through the fountain that will fill the large basin which stands in the middle of the market in about ten minutes, besides driving a large fanner which is to ventilate the shellfish-market. The ex pense of keeping up this engine it is supposed will be about 1,0001. per annum. As regards the reason as signed about the engine not yet being in working order, it is correct enough, it having been inquired into ' • but that is no sufficient reason why the market is allowed to remain unscrubbed and unwashed for several days together during summer weather; water might be carriechfrom the river in buckets, if no other method is conveniently at hand. Another eyesore that seems to puzzle a good many visitors to Billingsgate is the row of houses that stand betwixt Darkhouse-lane and the market, and which it was supposed would be pulled down, and thus leave an open space for carts and waggons to stand, and prevent the overcrowding of Thames-street. It would seem that instead of those houses coming down, they are making erections and building about them, which has all the appearance of an intention that those houses are to remain as they are for a number of years at least. After all the expense that will have been incurred in reconstructing Billings gate-market, unless the whole of those houses which stand betwixt Darkhouse-lane and it are swept away, and an open space left for carts, waggons, &c., the market itself will be but a very poor looking affair to the eye, nor will the inhabitants along Lower Thames-street be relieved in the smallest degree from their present grievance, an overcrowded state of the street in the morning and great confusion. 1852. His LORDSHIP summed up with great care, going through the evidence, telling the jury if they relied on the Irish witnesses' testimony the case seemed conclusive against the prisoner ; but if they bd.- lieved the policemen who had been called it was im possible the prisoner could have been the man who struck at the deceased, as he was never in the de ceased's house. The jury, after a short consultation, Acquitted the prisoner. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGELTMAN.) SAUNDERS V. STAVELEE. This was a feigned issue directed to be tried by Mr. Justice Erle, whether or not the plaintiff was entitled to a wager for 501. betted on a trotting match, or only to the stakes deposited by himself. Mr. Watson , Q.C. and Mr. Kemplay appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr . Knowles, Q.C., for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff is the owner of a mare called Flying Wonder, and the defendant was th 9 owner of another mare called Winifred, and that the plaintiff backed his mare to trot one mile against the defendant's mare f or 501. Th e match came off i on the York. road, near Pocklington, on the 21st of last June. By the agreement for the match, each party was to appoint an umpire, and a referee was to be appointed on the ground, the money to be paid over according to the decision of the referee. A gentle man named Mr. William Brown was appointed referee on the ground. The mares were started, and the plaintiff's mare did not break trot once during the match; the defendant's broke twice. It was agreed that if either mare broke she should be pulled up and started again. The defendant's mare was pulled up the first time, but the second time she was allowed to gallop 100 or 150 yards before she was pulled up. Both mares came in together, and it was difficult to say which was first. The referee gave his decision in favour of the plaintiff's mare, which had not broken trot, on the ground that the defendant's mare had not been immediately pulled up, as she ought to have been, the second time she broke trot. Mr. KNowLES took several legal objections, which were overruled. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN held the race to be a legal race, and the decision of the referee to be binding. He therefore directed a verdict for the plaintiff for 1001., the amount of the stakes deposited. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY, Q.C.) Henry Davidson, 17 ; George Davidson , 12 ; and Georgiuna Davidson, 20, spin s ter, we r e indicted for burglary in the dwelling-house of Frederick Vien nois, and stealing a watch, ,cash-box, six sovereigns, and other moneys belonging to him. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Dearsley de fended. The case was one of a very painful character : the prisoners were brothers and sister, and, although, ap parently very poor, had a decent appearance, especi ally the girl, who was rather genteelly dressed, and seemed quite overwhelmed with grief at the position in which she was placed. It appeared that both boys had been in the service of the prosecutor, who is a confectioner in John's-row, Hoxton, but had each left of their own accord, the eldest boy about a week, and the youngest on the 14th of July, the night before the robbery. On the following morning, about four, a Mr. Pettifer, a neighbour, was awoke by the barking of his dog, and, looking out of the window, saw the bigger boy put the small one over the wall. He watched them some time, and then called the police, but before they got into the house the prisoners had escaped. They then roused the prosecutor, who found that his cash-box and watch were gone, the thieves having got in by the back window. The police instantly went to the house of the prisoners in Henry's-place, Hoxton, and found them in bed, when they told the boys what they were charged with, and said they should search in a tank for the produce of the plunder, when the girl said, "If you want the money you had better look in the yard." They, however, did look in the water-tank, and there found the watch and money. A fire had been recently lighted in the kitchen with some wool that resembled the broken portions of pro secutor's cash-box, and, upon searching the water closet, the part that had the lock to it was found, the wood round it being charred. His LORDSHIP, after hearing the evidence, said there was no charge against the girl. The jury Acquitted her, and found the two boys Guilty. A person named Pitt, a watchmaker, said he had known the family for years. The children were orphans, and the girl had worked very hard and most honestly to support the family, earning from 6s. to 17s. a week as a milliner. The COMMISSIONER said that it was but just to let it be known that her character was not affected by what had now occurred. She was then carried out of the dock, crying most piteously, and begging for mercy for her little bro ther, who also was crying bitterly, and the scene was a most painful one. tak Mr. Pitt told the Court that he would Ely e the little boy if the Court would deal mercifu with him. Mr. GURNEY said that he might take him away on Saturday morning; with regard to the elder prisoner, his offence was a bad one to lead his little brother into crime, and he sentenced him to twelve months' im prisonment and hard labour. The Under-Sheriffs, after the case had concluded, made a most minute inquiry into the poor girl's cir cumstances, and found that she had a severe struggle to keep the family. Her father had died about four teen months ago, when she had to pawn her bed to pay for his funeral, and had not since been enabled to redeem it. They, therefore, humanely ordered that a sum of money should be given her for her present wants, and promised that either by security or money they would do all in their power to keep her in her business. Frederick Weston, 25, carver, was indicted for an attempt to murder George Yates and Peter Yates Mr. Platt prosecuted, and by the dirdetion of the Under-Sheriff, Mr. J. W. Payne watched the case for the prisoners. The facts disclosed were of a most horrible nature. The prisoner was son-in-law to one of the prosecu tors, and brother-in-law to the other. On Sunday, the 16th of May last, he went at half-past eleven at night to their residence, and began to throw stones at the window, and the father went out and told him to go home; he would not, and shortly after the bro ther-in-law went out to get some beer, and spoke to a police-constable, and prisoner then came up and said, " I have you now," and instantly stabbed him in the belly, so that his bowels protruded, and he then cut him in the face. He then attacked the father-in law, stabbing him three times under the arm, once in the face, and then with such force in the head that the knife broke and left several inches of the blade sticking in the skull, from which it was with difficulty pulled out by the police-constable. He did not at tempt to escape, and when the police had secured him he coolly said, " I have had my revenge ; I shall be happy now. Tapping was hung, and so shall I be." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 19. CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL.) John Slaney, aged 25, was indicted for the wilful murder of Margaret Baines, at Liverpool, on the 6th of July last. Mr. Blair and Mr. Aspinall prosecuted, and Mr. Monk and Mr. T. Atkinson defended the prisoner. The prisoner, on the 6th of July last, was in the fire brigade police force, and appeared at the dock in his uniform. The 6th of Jnly, being the eve of the election, there were disturbances in Grosvenor-street , and the prisoner and several other of the police force were sent to keep the peace there. A number of Irish lived in the courts leading into that street, and stones and brickbats had been flyicg about, one of which struck the prisoner. The deceased woman kept a lodging-house in No. 6 court in that ',street, and had several lodgers. Five Irish witnesses were called, some of them lodgers with the deceased, who swore that they saw three policemen rush up the court and go to the house of the deceased, where a woman named Hughes, one of the witnesses, then was. One of these policemen struck the deceased with his staff and knocked her into the house, bursting open the door. In the house was the deceased's mother-in-law. One of the police men—the prisoner, according to their testi mony—then struck the old woman on the head, and knocked her down. The deceased cried out that they had killed her mother, and the prisoner said that she was not killed, but he would kill her (the deceased), and he immediately struck the deceased on the head, knocking her down, and while she was on the ground he punched her with his staff. The police then left the court, and shortly after a witness (Ellen Baines) went into the house and found the deceased speech less, and she died about a quart er of an hour after wards. Several Irish witnesses who lived in the court identified the prisoner as the man who bad done this. One of them, named Gallaghan, when called on to point the prisoner out in court, looked in every direc tion but towards the dock, and said he did not see him ; that he ought to have been dressed in the same clothes ; when, suddenly turning toward the dock, he said, with theatrical effect, pointing to the prisoner with his finger, " That's the man. Several police men were called, who stated that on the night in question great excitement prevailed among the Irish in that street, and that there had been a succession of rows. They proved that the witness Gallaghan was the man who threw the brickbat at the prisoner, and that the prisoner immediately chased him into a house, and took him prisoner. This was after the deceased had been killed, and the witness never mentioned then anything about the prisoner having been the man who struck at the deceased. They also proved that the prisoner was not one of the policemen who entered the house of the deceased, A policeman named Doane had been one of the police there, and he had absconded, and the police had in vain endeavoured to have him apprehended. Another of the Irish witnesses, named Patrick Hughes, who swore positively to the prisoner's identity as the man who struck the deceased ; it appeared from the evi dence of the inspector of the division of police, had gone to the station-house the night the deceased was killed to identify the man who did it. All the policemen were drawn out in file before him, the prisoner among them, and he twice walked up and down their front, and halted before a man named Little, differing altogether in personal appearance from the prisoner, and said " That is the man. The inspector told him he thought it right to inform him that Little could not be the man, as he had been on duty at quite another part of the town at the time. The witness again went up and down before the men, and again said, "If Little was not the man, he did not know him. The prisoner received an ex cellent character for temper and forbearance from his inspector. He had saved on one occasion the lives of three children, at the risk of his own, by rushing into a house on fire to save them after their parents had been compelled to fly to save themselves. Mr. Morax, in a very able speech, in which he spoke of his experience of Iris h witnesses having pre pared him to expect evasion, prevarication, and un truth when a case depende d u p on their testimo ny, drew attention to the con duct and manner, and evi dence of the witnesses in this case, es p eciall y to that of G a ll ag han, whom they cou ld no t but believe to know well enough where the dock was in co ur t , and where the prisoner wo uld be p lace d , and who affected to look all round tha court wit h a manner of the greatest anxiety to be cautious in his evidence . e and then, as if by accident , p o u nci ng en the paison when he saw him in the dock. Th e trick, and c er ofth b is een co p u r ld ov very d that thi s v not have deceived t n b i e n m g, , a e n v i e i n hu h tn i b d ug it not man wus actuated by mali g nan t motives against the prisoner for having taken into him custo dy that night after the death of the deceased, and that he then said nothing about this charge against the ' prisoner which ha now came by his evidence to est ablish. He was convicted, and transported for 15 years. POLICE INTELLIGENC E. THAMES. A. gentleman named Stockwell came before Mr. Ingham and stated that, being desirous of sending his son out to Sydney, he agreed with Messrs. Marshall and Edridge, shipbrokers in the City, to p a y them 201. for a berth in the ship General Hewitt, and they stipulated to provide his son with a place in which only two were to sleep, but, on visiting the ship, he discovered that in the berth appropriated to his son five others were to sleep. The berth was badly ven tilated, and he would not allow him to go out in the ship. He waited on Messrs . Marshall and Ed ridge and asked them to return 101. which he had paid as a deposit, or to provide his son with a properly ven tilated berth, in which only two they were to sleep, ac cording to their promise , refused to do e ither, and he was under hu the necessity of engaging a passage in another ship for his son, who was now on his way to Sydney. Under th ose c i rcumstances be wished to obtain a summons against th e b ro k ers f or them to show caus e why they should no t b e com pelled to refund the 101. which he had paid them. Mr. INGRAM asked the applicant if he had brought the usual contract paper a with him ? Mr. Stockwell w said, the contr ac t verbal one, and put in a re ceipt for the 101. h e had paid, and which receipt ex pressed that it was in part payment of 201. for a pas sage in th e General Hewitt. Mr. INGRAM thought the applicant's son ought to have applied, and, if he had done so, the law would have been put in motion at once. Mr. Stockwell said he was anxious for his son to arrive at Sydney at a certain time, and he c ould not have remained in England without disturbing many important arrangements. He ought to state that he had received a letter from the agents, offering to pro• vide his son with a berth in which only one other person was to sleep, as originally agreed upon, but it was then too late. He had sent out his son with an other captain before he received the letter. The Ge neral Hewitt sailed two days ago, three weeks after the time originally agreed upon. Mr. Iteuuma—Did you tender the remainder of the passage-money to the brokers ? Mr. Stockwell-a. I did not, Sir. Mr. INGHAM, after reading over several clauses of the Passenger Act, said he did not think any of them applied to this case, and he must refer the gen tleman to th e Count y Court, where he would no doubt obtain r edress far the breach of contract. 11is ° op inion was that t he mon ey ought to be returned, but, under al l the circumstan ces of the case, he did no t think he had jurisdiction, and must decline grant ing the summons. Mr. Stock ell—l asked for a portion only of the 101. lIIGEIN — I think you are entitled to the whole. If you bring an action it must be for 101., on the ground that tha agents of the ship have refused to perform their contract. Lir. Stockwell thanked the magistrate and retired. _Matthew IlayesB,o U H WARK. a powerful and determined -looking Irishman, employed as a journeyman plasterer in Newington causeway, was brought before Mr. Combo for examination, charged with causing the death of John Evans, aged 54, by wilfully kicking him in the abdomen. Sergeant Gardner, of the M division, informed his Worship that an inquest was concluded before Mr. Payne, the coroner, on the previous evening, when the jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter against the prisoner. Mr. COMM said that he must hear something of the evidence, as the prisoner was before him ; there fore the constable must produce the witnesses. George Humphries, potman at the Alfred's Resat N e wington-causeway, stated, that about 9 o'clock on Saturday night, the 7th inst., be saw the prisoner and another man fighting in the public-house. Eva° , the deceased, was standing close by, looking on. Witness and the prisoner's wife pulled prisoner out of the house, and endeavoured to get him away; but be broke away from them, rushed into the house, and recommenced the fighting. He shortly afterwards heard that deceased had been kicked by some one, but he did not see who did it. Mr. COMBE—Did you see deceased interfere with the the fight ? Witness— did not. He was n ot the persons, so far as I could see. Mr. COMBE—Did you see anything pass the prisoner and deceased which might have causal his death ? Witness—No, I did not. The barmaid at the Alfred's Head was next exa' a nother mined. She said she saw the prisoner and between. man fighting. She also saw the deceased in the house on the night in question, but she did not see any thipg occur to him. Mr. COMBE observed that, according to the evidence of the witnesses, there was no pretext for chargiog the prisoner with causing the man's death. Lie in. e quired whether there were other witnesses before t'e coroner. Sergeant Gardner replied that there were several others. Mr. COMBE—Can any one prove that the deceased was The suck or kicked by an ? struck son o f the deceased came one f o rward, and said be was with him at the time, but he did not see ' lll° injured. He led his father from the house, w hen be told him that he had been kicked on the abdomen be one of the two men who bad been fighting. WI he got a little way he exclaimed, " For God's 55 let me lie down and die !" He then fell down , al e was afterwards conveyed to the hospita l, where ee died on the Wednesda following. Mr. COMBE—Did he tell you which of the Ine ll a injured him ? Witness—No, he did not , S ir; he Wau suffering too much. Robert Skimps, a labourer, said he was in the booede when the fight was going on, ande prisoner kic ee at him, but missed him. He must have kicked deceased. Mr. COMBE—Did you see him kick the deceased Witness—l did not see deceased at all. w ho Mr. COMBS, after hearing other witnesses, A, gave similar testimony, said he was surp rised in nt coroner's jury returning a verdict of manslaughter L e such a case. There was no more evide nce to pr°ve that the prisoner inflicted the injury on deceased OP' that he did himself. Mr. Roberts, who attended on behalf s of the Ilr is i ; soner, concurred in his worship's opinion. He have a'tonished that Mr. Payne, the coroner, should issued his warrant for his client's apprehension nr such evidence. • g Mr. CONDE told him that he could do nothin the case. The coroner's inquest had brought larth; verdict of manslaughter against the prisoner, 0400 must be tried on it. He should discharge hini from this court, bat the constable would immediately."' ed him to Newgate on the warrant. He only that he had the power to take bail, under the eir stances, as there was not a tittle of evidence eg°l him. yak' Mr. Roberts said he was aware that his s'; ° , could not take bail, but he should apply to a itTg e i o r Mr. CosasE said there would be no necessity v si; that. The prisoner could be immediately convecete,.! to Newgate, and, if the circumstances o f the were mentioned to Mr. Clarke, the clerk of the B ' r _ r_ reigns, be would be tried direc tl y , as ther He couldwas n of necessity to go before the grand j ur Y • •nd t h e coroner a, help expressing his surprise bot h at ve rdict he boa jury. It was the most extraor dinary to e n ever heard of. There was not the least evidepce, show that the prisoner was the person who inflierT: the injury, or that he was near t he deceased at Du' time. was then discharged by the trate, The an p d risoner conveyed by Sergeant Gardner to el el gate on the coroner's warrant. SEABORNE MAILS. al POlt dil [N signifies that the mails are sent from the Gene by the night—and M by the morning--tlispatch.] When made up in From what whst PLACES. General P os t-ofilce port dill- due. London: patched. ------- America (by Brit. pkt.)N l Aug. 20 „. Liverpoo l • A u g' .3 l America (by U.S. pkt.) N Aug. 18 louthampt. Aug. • America (by U.S.pkt.) . .• " • •1 Australia (via South- I • D a i rn tt p o t ( o v n i ) a Ii;a•se • il • les) • M NI •. Dover th:: Nov 3cr Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N, • • •• ' • 'PlyMou Aug. 26, Africa (West coast)... N 14th of the month Plymouth Aug. 19 SovuethrP:pi Aug. 32: Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of 010. Dove' Da ily Belgian' .° DanY " Dover Brazil Ne9th of the month SOUthamPt. Sept l6' Buenos Ayres • • .. 9th of the if mtb ISouthampt California(viaChagres)M 2d & 17th of month Southampt: ?7,. 2 6 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of August •• Plymouth.. It u ;, 26 Cape de Verde N2d of the month .. Plymouth.. A u g. 20 Constantinople * Nl7th 17th 27th ot mo Dover • " Q ",„t. 1 A Central America .. M2O & 17th of mon. SoutharePt. Tll.O 0 ' Channel Isles •• •N Mon., 17th of ed., th &Fri. SouthaMP! . 1 1 chin M 2d & ninth SouaMPI: Si .• M 1C N Twice daily Dover Aug. 2 0 , • Greece* • • • • • N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover Tse s. BS„,' Hamburgh N Tuesday & Filday London • • ge ,,Th" Holland .. •• MlWednes. & 'Au. 'London •• S e pt. 1 , Honduras .. . N 17th of the mouth Southfunpt. Ireland .. .• M& N Twice daily .. H o lyhead • • ;g, 2g India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month SouthantP t ' India (vlaMarseilles) N itth& 24th efmonthiDover kug. 2 '; India, via C. of G. Hope N 15th of month Plymouth. • Mauritius .. N 15th of month 'Plym. Aug ' Mediterranean (via Aug. 95 Southan' Von) M 1 20th of the month SentharnP ., Mediterranean (via 1 , Marseilles) .. N 8 th 24th ofmontb Darer c o nt. , Mexico of the month.. Southa M e t• Madeira M k 9th of the month SouthanWt. 29 Malta* .. I 7th,17th,19th,27th Dov er & 30th of month 3 „ Aug' • Naples* .. .. •• N sth 15th 25th ofmo , 14-14 Dover •• 92 e • • Papal States* N 5 th 15th 25th of mo I Dover • ug . Peninsula .. •.. • .. M 1 7th 17th 27th ef mo' S o uth amPi- 1 0 Peru lit I2d & 17th of muth Southan 3 P t. - ' 22 Tuscany* .. IC sth 15th 25 th ofrao Dover .* f en t. 1 West Indies .. 17th of the month SouthaMPt• " West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) Al 2d of the month .. SouthatePt•veyed ' The mails to those countries thus marked (ser ) e C Ouu French oacket via Marseilles. RAILWAY SHARE MARKET'!" LIVERPOOL, AUG. 19. Jo H tea • S TOC K EXCANGE. —The share market presen a prov ed appearance to-day, and prices generally' h a an teak irked ' dency upwards. The transactions were as follow 20- head, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 9Ys dis.—Caledo nian ' East Lancashire, 17 1 / 1 c.—Lancashire and Yorkshi re 4o elc 4 —London and North-Western, 121 1 / I —Manchester , and Lincolnshire, 28%—Ditto, GI. New Preferenc e, " Midland, 73 1 4 c.—Ditto, New 14eference, 414 pe e r an t 3.16 p. North British, 7 Y a C. SOUth-EAS Iril Dover, 21%. MANCHESTER, AUG. 19. „ or b e tte r STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The prices to-da were ....n ra i e w " doinP than yesterday; but there was not much &t i re - - The transactions were as follow :—Blackburnpitt o,, ,Lii, Caledonian, 19 —Lane Lancashire , I_.,, 7 ei r e, ference, Quarters, 99 —ashire and Yorlitie, Preferen chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,, a 28- - . ; "/ n d —MI l c 12 1 / 2 n.—Ditto, New Preference, die a tad Staffordshire, dis.—London and 1 6 Preston Nor 5 121 %—South-Eastern and Dover, 2° ru Sto, Wyre (A, Halves ). p. .. ccirA Bl , lt GHASI, AUG• 19• t d' STOCK E The sales reported were—Birmingham , h Wolverhainp 0 9 Stour Valley, 11 y ar" ' d i g• ~Shrew sbu ' t3 and • • B—North 8 — North Staffordshire , Birmingham ( N"—lhe market was more acti vet no- A), 914 --------- It has been mentioned that the Post-office authorities are charging at the Pael_e; as an anomalous proceedi.rig. rate of Is. per letter, if not exceeding half an ounce, for tn . , mails to be dispatched by the Great Britain, Which is to L0. , 1 ; on the 21st from Liverpool for Melbourne and Sydne,Y, le mails those dispatched by the Peninsular and Oriental steanle are only charged as shi p -letters at the rate of Bd. Nelrs.., papers are, however, to go fi_______ . ____ ________-------- B RiTli 8. OF A SON. On the 18th inst., at Hemingford-villas. Barnsbury.432rl" the wife of William Noble, Esq., of an heir. On the 18th inst., at Park-place villas, Maida-hill 18relIVI the wife of William Henderson, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 18th inst., at Torrington-square, the wife o f W. Crosse, Esq. On the lith inst., at North-end, C r oydon, the wife of Mr. W. S. Masterman. MARRIED. On the 17th inst , at St. Mary's, Leamington Priors, the Rev. J. Crane Wharton . ,8,A., vicar of Waldersbare-with Whitfield, Kent, to Frances Elisabeth, only child of Henry C. Goude, Esq., of Stourton_vine, Leamington. On the 17th inst , at Thentor d, Charles Henry R. Brough ton, EQ q ., eldest son' of Sir N. Rouse Broughton, Bart., to Mary C second daugbter of J. M. Severne, Esq., of Thenford, aroline Noribamptonshire, and Wallop-hall, Salop. DIED. On the lith inst., at Ashley Rectory, Northamptonshi re? the Rev. Richard Farrar, aged 76. On the 16th inst., in Walton -place, Chelsea, Thomas A. Douce, Esq , late of West Mailing, Kent, aged 73. On the 15th a t Bangor, aged 5 7 , the Rev. John Warren, M.A end F.R.S., chancellor of the diocese of Bang ° and rector of Gravley, Cambridgeshire. Oa the 15th inst., at Albert-street Mornington-cres cent, Frances Blatilda, widow of the late Captain M. Walker, for merly of the 16th ancers, On the 11th inst., at Boroughbridge, J. Thompson, Egg.' of Sherwood-hall, Nottingliams±rl, aged 6 London: Printsd and Published by WEIRDO YOUNG, of N o . IV, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No-1 1 , s t" strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cosaigy Aliddleoes,:Friday, August 20i.156L The 14 net, Lequir, In call t he pia wa has ei Eve , 144 3' t x.eti I] `rth, 1 . , tat and Cl l , *na, Pa Cir ars P aa e O'l •403, Yr( 14 0 tit 1 1% til Ott, tioil