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fiftb Xbition+ SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. YORK AUGUST MEETING. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) (Continued from our Foarth Edition.) The Tyro Stakes. Locket Catspaw Nerve ... Members' Plate. Barndale ~ Priam the Third Don Carlos . Match. , Quiz beat Emms. FRANCE. ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 ... 2 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 stamp 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. Vtron 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 bas been proposed to levy a tax on the advertisements in jour nals. 111. Veron expresses a hope that this idea will be abandoned, if it has ever been entertained by the Government. It wouln, he says, b e r uinous to the newspapers, which are a l rea dy heavily taxed, and would at the same time be very injurious to the in terests of commerce. Some gentl emen w ho are taking the waters at Bagueres went a few days ago (says the Moniteur) to make an excursion amongst the mountains. Having ascended some hei g ht the guide separated some distance from them, and to his surprise disco. vered the dead body of a man, partially covered with snow. He communicated the o tdhisecospveort,y ntoottwhietmh.., and they insisted on going Otanding, from t he i state of t the snow and th e ab ruptness of the precipice, it was dangero us so to do. To their hor ror, they notonly found the body seen but removing snow discovered nine on the d'scovered n i ne other bodies. All the deceased were covered with bruises and cuts, and had near them sticks like t h ose used in mountainous ascents. It was evident t h a t they had fallen from some h e i g ht, and rolled f rom rock to rock. They w ere a ll a b out thirty ars of age. They were conveyed to the bottom of the mountain and buried. PRUSSIA AND POLAND. The cholera, accompanied by typhus fever, is pre valent in several places in Upper Silesia. The last account states that within eight days, in the town of Lsndsburg, out of a population of 800 there have been 60 deaths, while PO were then suffering from the disease. In the neighbouring village of Krzisan- , zowitz, 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 houses are empty, 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 — Tee 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 lett in the field were gathered, dried and eaten, or boiled with the gram-like shoots of green vegetables into a filthy breath; the rainy winter bad even at that time produced a great amount of disease." In the report, the number of deaths from typhus is not distinguished frcm those by cholera. The district is on the Polish frontier, within which the claol'ora 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 th 6 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 48.5, deaths 170, recovered 245 ; under treatment 1,319. A committee had been formed to relieve the miserably destitute part of the popula tion as 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 anxiety, but it is hoped that so much of the mortality that can be directly, attributed to low and bad diet, or positive want of food, will be checked as soon as the present abundant harvest can be drawn on for suppl ies. COURSE OF EXCH, Anutel .......• .. 12 0 Dittc, three months 12 114 Itltterdara ..11•••• .. 12 1% Antwerp .• •••••• • • • • 25 55 1 1%mturgh 25 55 • • 13 9 !,‘ .4t.oaa laris, 3 days'aght 25 32% Mt.% a naantb.a 31 . 25 52% 9.rse.lllea ... t 2 x, Fran:lnnen Vienna, effee. 2 0...... 12 10 Trieste, ditto.... •••• .. 12 12 retersburgn „ :17% 15t irid ••• • • 493 Cad'" ........ 00000 • .• 4 rt - n' 0112 ••• • - • •• •• • •• • • •• 121% .NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Leglaorii ........ ••.. • • 35 65 Gorton .... •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 65 Milan .. •• •• •• •• •• Naples • .............. 41 Palermo, peroz •••••• .. 123% Unssina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• i 24 0p0rt0.... •....• •• •• •• 53 % Janeiro .........• llnenos Ayres .- •• " York, 60 days'sigl t I?hiladelphia .... • ... PIMPS O BULLION, OZ IForeign Gold P !nbars...i3 PER 17 9 . Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 3 P a ilabDoubloous .. 0 0 0 .I,Tow Dollars .... 0 4 10% :laver in bars .. ........ 0 5 034 ..----- BANK OF ENG -- 1 : - -AlsiD. (From this night's Gazette.) nrstrant to the Act ith and Rth 0 1 y ieto. . An ACCOtIllt. P the Week gilding on Satarday, the 14th day of A. __ 1... gyp. 3 2 for ugmzt, 1852. IPSUD DEPARTMENT. Notes ivied. . • . 35,b20,115 235,620, 115 Dated the 19th day of August, BANKING IY Proprletorx'utpital • • 14,5 5 3,00 0 Rest • • • • •• • • 3,187,265 Publik deposits (In cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accoluns).. 4 . 828,9)0 Other deposits • • • • • • 13,803,533 Eleven day and other Bills • • —l. • .... 1,330,508 £37,803,225 Government debt .. Z. 11,015,100 Other securities • • 2,984,9c0 Gold coin and bullion 21,601,148 silver bullion •••• •• 18,967 435 , 6 20,115 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1552. ~.srAusTxtx T. Government secnri ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • • 14,089,495 Ot h e r securities •• • • 10,740,159 Notes ••••••" • • • • • • 12,667,560 Gold and silver coin.. 306,012 37,803,226 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier• [852. *tied the 19th day of August. 1 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (Freon the London N ew Price Current, Aug. 20.) vith cauti ro-day West Icdia Sugar was op e r a ted in c'i rates wereti for home consum pti on, an d rat h er l ower Frid ay of 6 reo, making a declin e com p are d w ith l ar t inclusling a,t per cwt . Th e purchases are 546 hhds, &c.,to 31s 6a fopttion 162 hhds Trinidad which sold at 31s 160 brls %t a t and fine brown, and 43 hhds 34 trcs 'Yellow 31s to 3 4s 3 , brown 29s to 30s 6d, low to mid ' R EEINED _, IO ZI good mid 358 6d to 35s per cwt. Refined Sugar f or hl o ul anY purchases were made in were obtainable at lax t a o c onsumption, yet brown lu m p s 443 to 46s per c. t . l a s 6 1, and low to fine grocery limited for exportatio n Crushed Sugar s a l es are , a n q Foreign. easier rates are accepted for 1A 11 RITI Er S. This afternoon there was a reluctance to operate in Mauritius Sugar, a nd rates gave way 6d .. o wl , Of 8,500 bags at auction not above one half pe-,o ' good Bola, to fine yellow at 33s 6d t o low to mid and refining sorts 29s"to'ir and 31s to 303, good to fine brown 283 to ao s ° .- 9 .' ferior 243 to 278 6d, EAST INDIA.---This afternoon there was 42 ' market for Bengal Sugar, end rather lower rataeos were taken; at auction 2,000 bags in part sold, m i d white Benares at 35s to 36.3 6d, low 33s Gq tc , t 3l r .. osi grainy' white 41s to 43$ 6(3, fine yellow ditto 38 3 to 4 % 4 2 , and low soft yellow 263 per cwt. FoasioN.—To-day there w a,, no p ublic sale of Forei gn Sugar. A cargo brown Bahia soil at 163. CocoA,—To.day at atleicil 94 bags Gcaysagrueilbewteterer sold at 348 t o 34 s 6i f o r good quality; these prices. COFFEE. —This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was in excel len.ternand, and th e p rev ious currency well sustained. At notion 360 casks 27 brls and 450 bags were nearly all disposed of; choice and fine marks went at 668 to 82s, good mid to good 598 to 655, low mid to mid 55s to 589, 6d; other sorts 503 to 543 6d, and triage 40s to 48s per cwt. Native is still dull of sales, and 400 bcg,r3 were taken in at 453 for vein/ good ord; there were buyers at 445. 5L14 6 14 -N-PiStests sold at 46s for very good ord, brag j e ~Ktt"l 4 Of Mocha 604 bales were 4 irsilt taken -.i- lie - 7 ,s fovtsta Idck- gnat 4Bsior t ci al! and mixed; 60 ca good'ur: , 1 liv 11 d Rio the sound . • ‘ tu e ! . 7 . , • _ -_, - '.l- i4 i ____:.`./ ..0 m 'V vtly THE SUN, of 400 bags was taken in at 51s to 525, damaged selling at 36s 6d to 495. TEA.---An improvement has taken place in the de !nand for Cocgou this week, and stiffer rates are ob tained for inferior, the better kinds fully sustaining previous valuations. Purchases are to some event, ord sound nt Bd, good ord ditto Bid to 8 4 1 d, rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf 9d to 91r, strong and Pekoe kinds lid to is 6d per lb. In common and mid Souchong more has been done at 8d to Is, and good to fine is much wanted at is Id to is 10d, but supply keeps so all. A good demand exists for Oolong and rates range firm; low to mid 8d to lid, and better sorts is to is Bd. Several buyers of clean Poucbong 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 3s 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 11d, 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 34d to 3 1 0 for half heavy; 60 bags white 6id to bid for mid; but 22 bags pod were taken in at 45s to 503 for ord to mid. Mace is rather higher, and much wanted. A public sale of 12 cases Mace at 2s 3d to 2s 9d for mid to good. SPIRITS.—There has been a good demand tor Deme rara Ruin 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 2s to 2s 2d, and 28 to 39 over Is 10d to is 11 per gallon. Leewnrd Island finds a more ready sale, and prices are firm at is 5d to Is sici, fine brown is 6d proof. Ope and supply remains large. rations in East India aro upon a more extended scale at is 4d to ls4tiorproof, Tne terms obtained superior marks, 35 to 38 per cent over proof, are 3s 4d to 33 10,i; fine ditto, 2s 2d to 3s 3d; good mid to good, 32 to 35 over, 2s 2d to 2d 8d; mid. 32 to 34 over, 2s to 2s 2d; and low 26s to 28 over, la 10d to Is lld per gal. Savannah realised 1331 d proof. An extensive demand exists for Brandy. Sales of Cognac best Brands of vintage of 1851 hay been made at 4s 10d to ss, 1850 ditto 53 Id to 5s 3d, 1349 ditto 5s ld to 5s 10d, older 6s 2d to 6s 9d, low to mid 3s 3d to 4s 6d, and Bordeaux 2s 2d to 23 4d per gallon. British made Spirit is firm at 9s 7d to 9s 8d cash. Gin 22 under 22, Si Od to 8s 3d, 17 ditto 8s 8d to 8s 9d. Geneva, common is 10d to is 11d, and fine 2s id t E o . s T 6 o d . d p a e y r there gallon.was a reluctance to operate in 6d an f d or al g in Eastat lOs lndia to o c s e, good d et w io h n 2 ite ,30 ,w 0 bags were ithusmalip t a a r k e e e n l of Madras at'93 6d for Coringa grain. COCHINEAL—This afternoon the public sales of 70 bgs Teneriffe Cochineal went at a decline of '2d to 3d per lb; Silvers selling at 3s 9d to 4s ld, and Black 4s 2d to 4s 4d per lb. INDIGO. —Purchases have been again on a small scale For all purposes; but there are not sellers under last quarterly eale's valuations, accounts from Calcutta not baing 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 4s 3d to ss, Cortes, good to fine 3s 10d to 4s 3d, mid 3s 3d to 3s 9d, ord and low 2s 3d to 3s 2d per lb. SALTPETRE.—Today 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 403 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. 298 casks, 204 pipes, 205 hhds S. American, fine 38s, seconds 35s to 37s 6d; 133 casks Australian mutton 39s 6d, beef 37s to 38s; 30 casks Italian 37s 3d to 38s 3d; 23 casks Belgian 373 per cwt. Ou.s.—This afternoon at auction 58 tuns Sperm and Headmatter brought 861 103 to 901, 7 tuns Southern good 341 5s to 351, 41 hhds Teel Oil out 30/, 10 hhds Ground Nut 321 12s per tun. Paovisioiss.—With Irish Butter the market is plen tifully supplied, ,and dealers having operated with cau tion, prices have assumed a downward tendency, and rule us follows:—Carlow, Clonmel, and Kilkenny at 75s to 78s, Cork 72s to 745, Limerick 66s to 703, Waterford 703 to 725, Sligo and Tralee 64s to 68s per cwt. For Dutch the demand has much decreased, and having a more plentiful supply, prices have declined, Friezland, fine selling at 783 to 808, surplus and seconds 623 to 745, Kampen and Zwolle, fine 74s to 765, Groningen, 60s to 643, Leer 643 to 703, Holstein and Kiel 74s to 78s. 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 593 to 635, heavy 56s to 60e, and Hambrosizeable 57s 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, Ame- ricart India at 71 103 to 81 per tierce, prime mess 5/153 to 61 lOs, Irish India 71 to 81, mess 51 103 ; Pork 41 53 to 41 10s per barrel, and India at 71 lOs to 81 per tierce. Hams are cheaper: Irish at 64s to 703, and English 72s to 763 per cwt. Lard is small supply and much in demand, Irish bladdered at 63s to 66s ' keg and firkin 55s to 595 , Hamburgh 54s to 563, and blad dered d2s to 645. Cheese is in good request, Edam 32s to 41s, Gouda 93 to 375, Kanter 17s to 17s 6d, and American 32s to 403. [HE LONDON GAZET TE. (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 for proroguing the Parliament, which was appointed to meet on Friday the twentieth day of August instant, to Thursday the twenty-first day of October next; and also for proroguing the convocations of the provinces of Canterbury and York, from Saturday the twenty-first 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 having been pleased to appoint Cha rles C e cil John Manners, Esq , commonly called the Mar q uis of Granby, to be Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Lincoln, his Lordship this day took the oaths ap pointed to be taken thereupon instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 17. Corps of Royal Marines —First Lieutenant and Quar termaster John Huskisson to be Ca p t ain, vice Captain William Gordon, to retired full pay; Second Lieutenant Henry Fallowfield Cooper to be First Lieutenant, vice Huskisson, promoted. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northampton, shire. Thomas Wilkins, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieuteuant; William Harcourt 'sham Mackworth Dolben, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Allen Allicock Young, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Aug. 12. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Rid. i - ng of Yorkshire. John Lawson, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire. Frederick Henry Paul, Lord Methuen, to be Deputy Lieutenant; Henry Danby Seymour, Eiq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; James Wilson, E.q., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Robert Parry Nisbet, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; John Neeld, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Francis Crow3y, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; John Bird Fuller, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Thomas Luce, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Ambrose Leth bridge Goddard, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Ed mund Lewis Clatterbuck, Esq., to be Denuiy-Lieute nant; Ezekiel Edmonds, jun., Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu tenant, Aug. 17. deßeco.yal Wilts Yeomanry Cavalry—Lord Henry Fre atotsbone Taylor, cornet, pyriecie onoaneastoFbraesCerorGnreotv, e. vi E ee sq W , Thomas Keene Perry Keene, promoted, Aug. 17. Commissions by , woit l ieli k daL T T h_ h y . West Rent Gybbon Regiment of Militia—Major Thomas Best, Monypennydeceased, Aug- to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Wilson, Bart., to t. 13; Captain Sir Thomas Maryon Aug. 17. be Major, vice Monypenny, promoted, Commission by the L' Lord- Huntingdonshire Lord-Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire. Drogo Montagu, Regiment of Militia William M.P., i commonly called V Man deville, to be Major, A ug . 17. Viscount [This article is substituted for that which appeared in Tuesday's Gazette.] Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding 3d Regiment of West York Militia —Captain Edward 14th Foot, to be Adjutant , Prothero, late vice Rawson, deceased, Aug. 11. BANKRUPTS. W illi am Marshall, provision agent, Tooley-street, to at twelve, and Oct. 1 , at two, at t h e Court of Whitmore, official assignee, B a . t• and Son, Old Jewry. surrender Aug• Bankruptcy 2 8y singhall-street; Ashurs, George Morton, coal mer chant, Scotland - yard, Aug. 27, _e „ las. at eleven, and Oct. 1, at "e' at the Court of Bankputcy. German, official assignee, A - Id erm anbury; Selby and Acheson, Lincoln's Ins-fields. Bil r n ho Se c p o t. o 3 rt , at f twelve, Thomas Secret, common brewer , half-past eleven, and Oct. 1, at assignee, AldermanburY ; Bankruptcy. C annan , official f . Green, South M o lt on - s t re et, Ox ord-street at the Court at halt-past elev en , an d O c t. 1, at eleveThomas Franklin Nicholl, auctioneer, n a e t t i , 0, Basingln.:l- of Bankruptcy. Whit moee , offi c i a l assign street; Barber, King -stre e t, Cheapside. Poole, Sept. 2, John Bell, draper, Ludgate-hill, Sept- 1 , at two, and Oct. 5, at one, a t th e C ourt o f Bankruptcy. Edwards, , eat (Ificial assign e:?, Sambrook-court, Basieghs ll- ; Jtr Cobb, G ray ' s I nn - square. Thomas Townsend, hat ma nu f ac t ure r, Bristol, Sept. , 3, and O c t . 4, at eleven, at the Bristol District Cort.t. Miller, official as signee, Bristol; Linklaters, b'isc-lane, London; Abbot and Lucas, Bristol. W illiam Martha, grocer, St am f or d, A ug. 2 7 an d S e pt. 17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittle- Nton, c ff ie i al assig ;nee, Aug. William Nottingham; Bill a n d Matthews, St Mary Axe, L on d on 1 B ray an d Bridges, Birmingham. Jon Williams, hosier, olverha m p ton , h .26 and Sept, 25, at half-past eleven, at th e Birm- am Distri c t Court. Christie, official assignee, Birm ingham; Chambers Sheffield. William Molfi, victualler, Birmingham, Sept. 7, and Sept. 21, at ba2if-past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict H Court. W 'A 'hitraore, official assignee, Birmingha m; B. and . 4 ght, Birmingham. PRICE OF SUGAR. ; The a v e rage pr ice of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com- 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 .. 275. 6d. „ Average price of the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty 2 25. lid. By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKNELL:CIark of the Grocers' Company Groccrs'-hall, August 20. INDIAN DISPATCHES. (From the London Gazette of this Evening.) INDIA BOARD, AUG. 20, 1852. The following dispatches have been received at the East India House. E IN NE CA R . A I H, H. ALLEN, Lu o EA D Ne w ,A EN N ,B , Q C A. s ß p: , ,SECRETARYCOMMANDINGENA ss E R T,m L THEEia E FORCESet AN - G t o h v e x h a o N n a o tE u a r i T t 0 0 F report, r r A t: PROVINCES, TO Head-quarters, (Etra Rangoon, (Extract.) T l H h E ave G the Government, for the Juneinfo information a l t i 805112. of that, on the morning of the 26th of May, Martaban was attacked by a Burmese force of tt l iah ,O ee o c O mom o a r dmraa nd 1,200 s men, which was gallantly driven back by Native ma j l o n r f Infantry in all. he operationsgarrison there, areu n d r eer ported to me as follows: At half-past six A.m. of the 26th of May, the pickets at Martaban were fi re d on in a desultory mariner by the enemy for upwards of an hour, when a strong skir mishing party led by Captain Stewart sufficed to dis lodge them. Oar loss has been very trifling; 1 private killed, and 1 subadar, 1 naick, and 11 privates wounded. During the day a party was sent out by the offloer 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 Martaban, to aid in the defence of the place, and the remainder proceeded in boats up the river, and took the enemy in reverse and caused them consi derable loss. The troops app , ar 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 Perez 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,lfrom Captain Darrocb, whom I loft in command of the place, till the arrival of Major Roberts, of t he 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 e le x n e t rt d i e o f n e s nc m e. ay do in placing a post in a state of excel- Captain Darrech further reports tha t 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-men 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 information of the Governor-General in Council, the operations of 6eg t a suzall expedition which I detached agai nst Pegu on the 3d 7 tihust Regiment im uenndter N thecommandative lnfantry,of Major Cotton , of the to co-operate with Captain Tarleton, of her Mejesty's f r igate 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. I enclose Major Cotton's own report of his operations, which show great promptitude, good judgment, and brave conduct, in himself and the troops he commanded. The particulars, 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 toe continued good conduct of its troops, on their excellent health, and perfect state of discipline for any duty they may be called on to per form. I have, Sac. H. GODWIN, Lieutenant-General. MAJOR H. COTTON TO CAPTAIN MAYHEW, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE BURMAH FIELD FORCE. Rangoon, June 9, 1852. Sir,—Agreeably to instructions furnished me by Lieutenant-Colonel Sturt, commanding the 67th Regi ment Native Infantry, I embarked on board the East India Company's steamer Phlegethen, Captain Neblett, on the morning of the 3rd instant, in command of a detachment of the strength mentioned in the margin,* to cc-operate with Captain Tarleton, her Majesty's fri gate Fox, in command of the Bevel 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 larleton to detail to Commodore Lambert his pia 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 made by them on the boats, and I was much gra tified to hear from Captain Tarleton, of the admirable conduct cf a section cf the Ms 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 coming down upon us in great numbers from the pagoda. I went down and ascertained that suoh 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 chattab. 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 Hicks 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 guna, 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 gingals. 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 heat and fatigue encoun tered during the day. I am happy to say that no soldier was killed, and only two sepoys and one dooley bearer wounded; this small loss is to be attributed to the fact that the enemy, for tho most part, fired too high. My Cetachment occupied the pagoda during our stay, and I employed the time in carrying out 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 Peguers 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 Phlegethon, was most active and efficient, and I would beg my most sin cere thanks and congratulations for success should be ce!mvey,gedttho them, officers and men, through the proper .nannel. Before cnncluding this report, I hope I may claulenuidpoinenrmitted to mention my admiration at the gal lbaenytornyddiasipllayed by all comprising my detachment, in . wasc a made The taadine any o man n e a sa e v t di a oul and ni p nd a gf r n t t oh i et the a, Lieutenant-General, singleOe u ffi t e e e n r n t G n against commandingcordiality,. A e n a n and e ag the tcooeddrnwFpfhe whole time. g for the information which existed are and n complaint e m ra e l I eg to notice, end Lieutenant s Ormsby, Maßella w r a h n t E , East India Company's Service, company of ohferthe Majesty'sae Regi ment, r r ia i n i t u e t n ie t, s, an ( d iis l p )r la . yed great who, n anity attending to the addition. Mackintosh, to his s 2 n d other ite. in medical charge, wounded Burmese ; Lieutenant Infantry, Second Lieutenant Mayne, giment M. Native lnf Assistant Field Engineer, who entered the pagoda with the Seppers and 80th, and Captain Hicks, commanding Rifle Company, 67th Regiment Native Infantry, Lieu tenant Clarke and Ensign Thompson, of the 67th Regi ment, all of whom rendered me the greatest assistance, cud with whose conduct I was much pleased. I left Pegu, at twelve o'clock, A.M. cn Saturday last, with my E COTTON, 67th Regiment. detachment in progress to Rangoon, and—l have, &c., P.S. I beg to enclose a list of casualties —of guns and blasting. destroyed.la plan of operations drawn by Lient arms captured—also a p Assistant Field Engineer. captured at Pegu, June 4, 1852. Return of Ordnance gl op, good, carriages destroyed ; Small calibre-2 brass to gingals, 3 sunk in the river b a s t u P , ting. • 400 to 5001 h,. of powder: 100 t ' 6 l Y o nn Madras a g s o E o good, g 4 i n v e e e r r s y bad, ca List of Casual t ies in the Detachment under the nom. LONDON, FRIDAY mend of Major Cotton, 67th Regiment, at the capture of Pcgu, June 4, 1852. Wounclud-67th lt.gtmont Bengal Native Infantry -2 rank end lie; 1 earnn 4 iOO men, her Majesty's 80th Four, under command of Captain Ormsby. 10 . 0 Rifles, 67th R ? giment Native In fantry, under Captain Hicks. 30 Madras Sappers, under Lieutenant Mackintosh. Lieutenant Mayne, Madras En gineers, Field Engineer. Dr. 11‘liellar, East India Com pany's service, in Medical charge. CRIMINAL COUR.T.—(THIS DAY) . OLD COURT. The trial of Henry HarriEol continued from our 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 for degrees:— MASTER OF ARTS. BRANCH 1.-CLASSICS. William Giles, University College Ed war d Steano Ja c k son, U n i vers i ty College EquaL - BRANCH II 7 - MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOS' PRY. R. Braithwaite BAtty (gold medal), University College. John Bridge, University College. BRANCH 111-LOGIC, MORAL PHILOSOPHY, PHILOSOPHY OF THE MIND, POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL ECONOMY. Robert Ainslie Redford (gold medal), Spring-hill Coll. Joshua Girling Fitch, University College. DOCTOR OF LAWS. Thomas Trevethatt Spicer, University College. BACHELOR OF LAWS. PASS EXAMINATION. First Division. Francis Guthrie, University College. John Hutton Tayler, Manchester New and University Collegos, Richard Wright, Ring's College. Second Division. Thomas Spencer Baynes, Baptist College, Bristol. Edward 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 respectively;— MATRICULATION EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Thomas Savage (exhibition), University College. Henry Stewart Drewry. King's College. Thomas Henry Candy, King's College) Equal. John La ne E vans, U n i vers i ty C o ll ege John Field Di ck, University College t Eaual. Edward N u th, U n i vers i t y C o ll ege S - Edward John Hayward. University College. Charles James Barry, King's College Eaual Henry Maso n Romps. private tuition - John Dennis Tucker, King's College. Swinton klenry Boult, Manchester New College. Alexander Dotal', privatt? tuition. CHEMISTRY. William Turner (prizeot books), St. Bartholomew's Hospital. William Stanley Jevons, University Colle g e Equa l. Alexander Rob ert Kil ro y, London Hospital Frederick Hall Roberts, University College. George Martineau, private tuition. Adam Clark *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. a. ZOOLOGY: William Newman (prize of books), St. Bartholomew's Hospital. CLASSICS. Alfred Bache (exhibition), Edgbaston Proprie tary School. Equal. Robert James Donne (exhibition), King's Coll. Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing, King's College School. Frederick Hull Roberts, University College. Charles Alabast,r, King's College. Swinton Henry Boult, Manchester New College. William Henry Hyde, King's (.3( liege} n Eo' John Marti neau , U n i vers ity 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 Agnie, 8.A., University College. John Beddoe, B.A. ' University College. George Buchanan, 8.A., University College. Henry Bullock, adj. St. George's Hospital. Wihon 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. Sr. George's Hospital. Second Division. John Henry Bartlet, University College. Samuel Athanasius Cusack, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Alfred James Dale, London Hospital. John Footman, University College. Charles Moore Jessup, King's College. Henry Leach. Guy's Hospital. John Allder Vincent, Queen's College, Birmingham. Will i am Joseph Williams, St. George's Hospital. EXANIINATION FOR HONOURS. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. Henry Power (exhibition and gold medal), St. Bartho lomew 's Hospital. J. T en h c o e tn (g a o s l ,s d Hmoesdpailt)a,) University . College. a cariah Lawrence J Sy oh d n ne Cow y r joll n es Agnis , B.A., University College. reorge's Hospital Equal . B u chanan, 8.A., U n i vers i ty C o ll eg e- I 3 u o l b l e o r c t k s , y a d i v j . e , s S t e t ; Kings BA'College Ei n e e n n r r y y R George's Hospital. Arthur Umphelby, Umphelby, adj. st. CHEMISTRY. G. Buchanan, B.A. (gold medal), University College. J. Z. Laurence (gold medal), University College. Henry . Power, St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Frederick Moon, Guy's Hospital. H. R. Silvester, 8.A., Ring's College. J, C. Penny, St. George's Hospital. MATERIA MEDICA AND PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY, Frederick U.oon (gold medal), Guy's Hospital. J. Z. Laurence (gold medal), University College. J. C. Penny, St. George's Hospital. B. Silvostor, 8.A., Ring's College. Sydney Jones, St. Thomas's Hospit,l. LOTANY. Henry Power (gold medal), St. Bartholomew's Hospital Georg: , M 1 01111313, 8.A., University College. James Charopir Penny, St. George's Hospital. LIVERPOOL TREATICALS. Those old established public — fa;ourites, Madame Celeste and Benjamin Webster, .have been playing a round of their favouri te characters during the week at Amphitheatre. The attendance has been the Royal large, an d the gratification very great. Madame Celeste's peculiar style of acting is as much admired as formerly; the same graceful and appropriate action, perfect ease an d expressitm pantomime, wanting, perhaps, a little of that extraordinary vigour that 20 years wear and tear may bo supposed to have moderated. Her efforts in petiie comedie, however, amply compensate for any pre sumed falling off in her fo.imer exclusive line. They are distinguished at once for correctness, grace, a n d origi _ nality, to which last the peculiar charms of her French accent contribute not a little.—Liverpool Mercury. tons is o - - The pontoon for the Great Western Docks wa launched on Wednesday morning, at six o'clock. I t i 0 - 0 11 feet long by 901 wide, and will contain 4,000 its depth being 6 feet. It will be moored about 180 feet e i al, side the pier, and will . be connected with the shore by two there • iron bridges. Outside. the pontoon will b e 18 n" feet of water, and 14 at low tide; and will accommodate two large steamers, one on e ither side. The coffer-dam ac ross Mill B a y will be COlDDlencedin a few days. ANTIGUA.—T he Legislature of Antigua bay ap pointed as delegat es from that colony the Hon . Williame By a m, Mr. Francis Shand, and Mr. Joseph Li gg in s. Counsel.mu Al- ALL THE DIFFERENCE. —Mr. Pollock —5,,," Sir. Witness—Oi thinks of speaks up enough. Baron uP, derson —You don't speak so loud as the Learned Witness—Now,not it's likely; use to it; it's his trade.—(Laughter .) ..-A ,SHARK IN T HE T a young shark, about four feet I BARNSTAPLE. -- ...Avv....-0, the curious t Tuesday morning to "g, was taken alive at the confluence of_ exhibited and Torridg e . I was brought to this town, and purchased one penny each. It .WaS _ by Mr. skin.'Fraine at smith, with the design of ,‘ stuffing " the gull- Devon shire Chronicle. INCREASE Or BUSINESS AT THE POS T - OFF ICE. —.In conseque nce of the recent extraor di nary increase of duty at the Post-office, in St. Blartin' s -le-Grand, the messengers in the Inland-office, upon the m iddle scale of wages, have receiv e d notification from the Postmaster -General, of the e intention of the Lords of her Majesty's Trea a sur d y to messengers ala ries. A considerable n umber of d 'tonal are also to be appointed, at 63/. per annum. Some o f th e senior men in the London District -office have been informed also that a slight increase is to be made in their weekl y pay. ' Th ese c hanges, however , by no means affect the interest s - of the general body of these useful public servants, many of whom are much disappointed in c onsequence. A WRACKER.—There is a man in New York w h o was so large when a babe that it was imp oss ibl e to name him all at once. Ile WAS laid on his left side, when the called him Sam, and as soon a s the y could turn him ov er he y was named. Snobble. A middle name was intended for him, but his body was so round it wouldn't stay on. Tug COUNSEL PUZZLED. —A witness examined in one of our courts the other day, upon a trial concerning a horse, was asked by the counsel for the defendant how the 1 plaintiff generally rode? "lie generallyrides a-straddle sir." " How does he ride in company ?" asked the counsel'. "If he has a good horse he alw a y s 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, ! " for I never was in company w i t h him when he rode by himself." " You may stand afide, sir," said the counsel snappishly. At a recent trial in Springfield, Mass., before a committee appointed for that purpose, between the self , raking machines of BrCormick, Dinsmore, and Has sey, the first premium was awarded to Dinsmore s, and the second to Ramsey's. 20, 1852. EVENING, AUGUST BILLINGSGATE MARKET. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) When any great public building, public market, or public thoroughfare, is to be razed to the foun dation for reconstruction, it is invariably the cu3tom 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 iu 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 teen 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 fur 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 gunsmith 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 beadle 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 if exactly similar to it, or you may im prove upon it you can." Billingsgate-market may be assimilated to an old boot, that bad been given to a cobbler with directions to put on it a new top, new front, new heel, and new sole; but the artist has not yet been 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 carried from 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. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 19. CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL.) John Blaney, aged 25, was indicted for the wilfu 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 July, 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 flyirg about, one of which struck the prisoner. The deceased woman kept a lodging-house in No. 6 court in that 'street, and bad 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 quarter of an hour after wards. Several Irish witnesses who lived in the court identified the prisoner ss the man who had 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 priso ne r with his finger, " That's t he 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 o f his own, by rushing into a house on fire to save them after their parents had been compelled to fly to save themselves. Mr. MONK, in a very able speech, in which he spoke of his experience of Irish witnesses having pre pared him to expec t evasion, p revarication, and un truth when a case dep ended u p on their testimon y , drew attention to the c onduct and manner, and evi dence of the witnesses i n this case, especially to that manner :lthis d ev u e of cun ning, of Gallaghan, whom the y could not but belie ve to know well enough w here the (lock was in cone-, and where the prisone r would be p laced, and who affected to look all rou nd the court with a h a a t the greatest anxiety t o be cautious in his evidence, and then, as if by a ccident, p ouncin g on th e paisoner when he saw him in the dock. The t ping, and humbug of this could no t have deceived them, even had it not been proved h man was actuated by malignant tmctivesnto custody that night against the prisoner for havin g taken him i , after the dea th of the deceased, and that he then slid not hi ng about this charge the prisoner, which he now came by his evidence t o establish. His LORDSHIP summed up with great care, going through the evidence, telling the jury if they relied on the Irish witnnses' testimony the case seemed conc!usive against the prisoner ; but it they be lievcd the policemen ho been cJled 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 WIGHTMAN.) 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 fur 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 the owner of another mare called Winifred, and that the plaintiff backed his mare to trot one mile against the defendant's mare for 501. The match came off on the York•rond, near Focklington, 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 wero 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 WIGIITMAN 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 Georgiana Davidson, 20, spinster, were indicted fur 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 141 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 bad 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 lock in the yard." They, however, did look in the water tank, and the►e found the watch and money. A fire had been recently lighted in the kitchen with some wood 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 seeue was a most painful one. ink Mr. Pitt told the Court that he would lije 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 direction of the Under-Sheriff, Mr. J. W. Payne watched the ease 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." lie was convicted, and trinsported for 15 years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THAMES. A. gentleman named Stockwell came before Mr. logham and stated that, being desirous of sending his son out to Sydney, he agreed with Messrs. Marshall and Edridge, sbipbrokers in the City, to pay 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 t o 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 Edridge 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 were to sleep, ac cording to their promise, but they ref used to do e ither, and he was under the necessity of engaging a pass age in another ship for his son, who was now on his way to Sydney. Under those circumstances he wished to obtain a summons against the brokers for them to show cause why they should not be com pelled to refund the 101. which he had paid thorn. Mr. INGHAM asked the applicant h if he had brought the usual contract paper with Mr. Stockwell said, the contract was a verbal one, and put in a re ceipt for the 101. he had paid, and which receipt ex pressed that it was in part payment of 20/. for a pas sage in the General Hewitt. Mr. INGuAM 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 Syd ne y a t a cer t a i n ti m e, and he could not have remained in England without disturbing many important arrangements. He ought to st ate 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 a greed 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. Istunam—Did you tender the remainder of the passage-money to the brokers ? Mr. S tock well— I did not, Sir. Mr. INGHAM, after reading over several clauses of the Passenger Act, said he did not think any o f them applied to this case, and he must refer the gen tleman to the County Court, where he would no doubt obtain redre:,s far the breach contract.of His opinion was that the money ought to be returned, but, under a ll the circumstances of th e case , he did not think he had jurisdiction, and must decline grant ing the summons. Mr. Stock well—l asked bra portion only of the 101. Mr. INGHAM—I think you ltre entitled to the I I —_ -- . whole. If you bring an action it must bP for 101., on the raund that the agens of the ship have refuse.ci to I) , er:orm their contract. e tired. ;..t :r. Stuelawell thanked tl-,e mag istrate and r S 0 U i if Wii 3./C. rilleilicjill'ilew Hayes, a powerful and determined•Joaking I ,ao, employed as a journeyman plasterer ion N_oevvor. r, ii b igt for , examination, charged w ith causing the death of John Evans, aged .54, by wilful l y kicking him in the abdomen. ' Worship Sergeant Gardner, of the M div ision, informed his that an inquest was conc l u ded before Mr. i 'ayne, the coroner, on the previous evening, whhte en the jury returned a verdict of " Mauslauge againA the prisoner. Mr. COMBE said that he must hear somethieg f o the evidence, as the prisoner was before him; there fore the constable must produce the w itnesses. George Humphries, potman a t the Alfred's l o ck on Head, Newington-causeway , state d, that about 9 o'c Saturday night, the 7th inst., he saw the prisoner and an other man fighting in th e p ublic-bon use. Evane, the deceased, was sta ndin g close by, looking en. Witness and the prisoner's wife pulled prisouer out of the house, and endeavoured to get him away; but he broke away from them, rushed into the house, and recounnenced the fighting. He shortly me one, a but rd' beard that deceased had been kicked by so he did not see who did it. Mr. COMBE—Did ou se deceased interfere with the fight ? Witness— y I did not. He was no t near the persons, so far as I could see. as s between Mr. Comm—Did you see anyth in g p the prisoner and deceased which might have caused his death ? Witness—No, I did not. The barmaid at the Alfred's Head was next exa'' mined. She said she saw the prisoner and another ma n fighting. She also s aw the deceased in the hous e on the night in question, thing but she did not see sny occur to him. Mr. Comm observed that, according to the evidence of the witnesses, there was no pretext for Clutrgi.ng the prisoner with causing the man's death. lle in' qu i re d whether there were other witnesses before M e coroner. Sergeant Gardner replied tha t there were s everal others. Mr. ComnE—Can any one pro ve that the deceased was he struck or kicked by an ca y ? son of the deceasedcame forward, and said be was with him at the time, but h e b did not see hiul injured. He led his father from t h e house, when be told him that he had been kicke d on the abdomen down one of the two men who bad been fighting.odw's n ,1141 Ba ke ili he got a lie little way andletexclaimed,bediel''He then ' was afterwards conveyed to the hospital, w here U° died on the Wednesday follo win g . ' F o fell G do me Mr. COMM — Did he tell you which o f the men injured him ? Witness — No , he did not, Sir ;be was suffering too much. Robert Skimes, a labourer, said he was in the ill when the fight was going OD, and the prisoner kicked at him, but missed him. He must have kicked the deceased. Mr. COMBE — Did you see him kick the &eased? Witness—l did not see deceased at all. w ho Mr. COMBE, after hearing other witnesses' gave similar testimony, said h e was surprised at tbis e coroner's jury returning a verd ict of m r oveans such a case. There was no more evidence to p.. that the prisoner inflicted the in j ur y on deceased Do' that he did himself. the tae Mr. Roberts, who attended on behalf of soner, concurred in his worship's opinio n. li e h W ot , astonished that Mr. Payne, the coroner, s hould , stt i s s u s e u h ed ev h i i d s e w ne a e r . rant for his client's ape such op Mr. COMM told him that he could do aatb i g ill . the case. The coroner's inquest had brought icirVe verdict of manslaughter against the prisoner, and must be tried on it. He should discharge biro te ka this court, but the constable would imuneditely,.bed him to Newgate on the warrant. He ooly . "__ or that he had the power to take bail, under the cireL!...6t stances, as there was not a tittle of evidence agiliu him.worship Mr. Roberts said he was aware that his dge. could not take bail, but he should apply to a i ii (or Mr. Comm said there would be no neceaslleye d that. The prisoner could he immediately ceP v J oe to Newgate, and, if the circumstances of the , f the al . were mentioned to Mr. Clarke, the clerk o _. no raigns, be would be tried directly, as there vinint necessity to go before the grand jury. He cou ld r _,. 1 help expressing his surprise both at the coroner .0 11 °7 jury. It was the most extraordinary verdict be 13 . _u_ t evidence to ever heard of. There was not the leas- inflicted show that the prisoner was the person who ‘the the injury, or that he was near the deceased at ASeg is. time. The prisoner was then dischared by the _ IN° trate, and conveyed by Sergeantg Gardner to 'ate on the coroner's warrant. __-.......... SEABORNE atabbamiera rost. (N signifies that the malls aro sent from the by the night—and Mby the morning—dispatch.] When made up in ; From what PLACES. General Post-officol port dis- London. 1 patched. Wan ale* ....--•'..... America (by Brit. pkt.) :Valuta. (ty U.S. pkt.) Al I NiAug. 20 .. .. I Liverpooi •• America (by U.S. pkt.) N Aug. 18 .. Liverpool • • .. .. .. .. SouthaMP l • Australia (via South- 1 1 Ditto,Dai n i P o t (via n i a c : . o . i Marseilles) G.. Hope . l i ..• ••• ••• .: .... .... Dover •• Plymouth.. Africa (West coast)•. N 14 t h of the month Plymouth Alexandria* •••• .. N ,19t14 tir.. 30th of Mo. Dover • • Belgium .. .. .. NiDaily •• •• • Dover i: Brazil •• .. M 9th of the Month Southarop Buenos Ayres .. .. M 9th of the 0-ontb Sonthampt California(viaChagrer)M Id & 17th of month SoutharoP Cape of Good Hope N 14th of August •• Plymouth .• Cape de Verde .. .. N 2d of the month .. ,Plymouth • • C ons t an tinople* .... 77th 17th 27th et ow Dover 1: N Central America .. 31 2 d & 17th of neon. SouthanlP!. Channel Isle s .. N Mon., Wed. , &Fri. SorithiUDP!. Chili .... .. • • M2d & 17th of moth SoutharoPL. France .. •. Mk N Twice daily .• • • Dov er .. Greece* • • • • . • N 7th 17 th 27 th of mo Dover Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Fr.day London •• Holland .. •• .. M Wednes. & i :tur. Loudon ••••• Honduras .. .. . N 17th of the mouth ,SouthsroV• .. Ireland .• ••fc M N Twice daily .. ..H N', India (via Southamp.) M 20 th of t he month SouhP'• India (via Marseilles) N Sth& 24 th Afmonth Pove ara r I m n a d ur ia, it vi tu a s C..o . .. of 0. 15th h h of of monthmonth 'Prliy-rayinootuitho.•.• Mediterranean (via 1 Seuthan- pten) .. hi 20th of the month Mediterranean (via 1 Marseilles) .. .. N Bth& 24th of month Dover Vlsept. I exico _ .• ... M 4,1 of the month.. SouthardP S ep t, 1 6 m Madeira •• • • ..M 9th of the month S o Utb eraPt• 26) • 17th,17th,19th,27th i Doer Aug 0 fl 1; 30th of month , 3 Aug 2 ";sth 15th 2.5 th ofmo Dove • " I Au g, 2 . 'sllllsth 25th of mai Dover •I . Au g. 3e 7th 17th 27th of me. Southa ra P, s e pt I 2d & 17th of moth SonthaolP; i A u ,. 2 sth 15thlath ofmo Dover t g - ep - t. 1 . 17th of the month SclutluunP ' , I,kug• 26 lAug• 31 iAug' 23 s o utttlat°P t. N 3O 0 , .6 Au". ;" s Aug' DOi,LY 1 6 Sep' 1 6 Se j seP. lAtig* 26 Loft. " it SePt• SeP„,Oll/ T !!' Mei" r 1 3 16 s c ePt. cm a Aug' e,B 26 Aug. 26 LAMS. Aug• 26 Malta* .. .. Naples* .. N Papal States* .. N Peninsula Peru •• .. .. M Tuscany* N West Indies .. West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) 3 A I The malls to those c French packet via Marsei 2d of the mon •. iSonthampare conv l e. A ~o nntri e s thus th► martod (*) e Ines. -------------...„, yr -17 111 4 . RAILWAY SHARE 3 1 A itiv r4 .i. . LIVERPOOL, AVG. 19. , ~,, ten • , ci tor STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share market Ares 1. , . proved appearance to-day, and prices generally un:4oo - upwards. The transactions were as follow: . L'",0... head, Lancashire, and Cheshire, East Lancashire, 17% c.—Lancashire and Yorkshire4oeldt —London and North- Western, 12114 —Manchester, P , ~... and Lincolnshire, 28%—Ditto, 61. New Preference, ' S c ot•t Midland, 73% c.—Ditto, New Preference, 4 1 4 P er O a 3.16 p. North British, 7% c. —South 9% dis.—Caledonisoy ,7,4 Dover, 21%. MANCHESTER, AUG. 19. better rathe r STocx ExcHAHGE. — The pr ices to-da y were Do doing* than yesterday; but there was not much hu, sin i), 64 , • -- The transactions were as follow:—Blackburn 0" ° 1 " ) . i t ,_ f l f Caledonian, 19 11.16—East Lancashire, 17Y , . ---- - S 7- -° 1 " -. ference, Quarters, 9 :)g - Lane ash ire and Yotkepire'referell; chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 28 —Dit an t° 'd, 73- -s°r l,, 12 1 /), n.—Ditto, New Preference, 1 / 2 dis—Mitestera a and Staffordshire, 5 dis.—London and Nortll:l6,,,preste 121 1 / 2 —South-Eastern and Dover, 20 16 Wyre (A, Halves) 10/ 2 p. A „ a 19 , • day. BIRNIINGHAg. -t" .tnore active STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market wmasilrolverhatupton, et_.!.: The sales reported were—Birmingba,---,% .1 dig.— Shreivebt" Stour Valley, 11 %—North Stafford eu' r " - and Birmingham (A), 9 1 %. Stock' ------------- . 0 needing, It has been mentioned as an anon 3Bl°u- tTo loarlhee that the Post-office authorities are charging at of Is. per letter, if not exceeding half an o unce ' to sail mails on to be dispatched by the Great Britain, which 3 b ile the 21st from Liverpool for Melbour❑e and Sydney, ;so those dispatched by the Peninsular and 014001 stesers• are only charged as ship-letters at the rate of Scl. papers are, however, to go free. 1na m05m••••••••.=mm ...... ' ............., BIRTHS. arl 4 : , SON 0 F A . On the 18th inst. , at Hemingford-villas• Barnsburrr ot, the wife of Willia m Noble, Es q , of an heir... ~4- bin On the 18 th inst. , at Park - place villas, it 011" the wife of William Henderson, Esq. f OF A paucurrita. _y e of On the 18th inst., at Torrington-sq uare , the of W. Crosse, Esq. th e wife On the 17th inst., at North-end, Croydon, Mr. W. S. Masterman. 1-111 Oa the 17th MA X Priors, h, C. Goode, Esq., re-w it " Rev. J. Crane Whitfield Y Wharton ,1; A., vicar of Waldersha,. fiertry AS4tl.lbßllaEryp's:Leamington ' , ‘.ent to Frances Eliabeth, only child of P. T l h a e r r y fo C r a d r , oline,second Or. the 17th ' of Stouiton-villa, Leamington. all' i ton, l'. -'-1. , eldest ;on of Sir W. Rowe Broughton, Bar"' o f and or J. M. Severne, Escl" d Wallop-hall, Salop• Northamptonshir e,daltti DIED. ilshire" On the 11th inst. , at As,hley Rectory , NorthaXOPto the Rev. Richard Farrar, aged 76. ao A' On the 16th inst., in Walton -place, Chelsea, in a 8 Es q , late of West Mailing, Kent, aged 73. .00 On the 15th ins - ., at Bangor, aged :57, the Be. .__,, o r Warren, Di. ..4. and F.R.S., chancellor of the diocese of 13 0 E, and rector of Gravley, Camsridgeshire. „ c ot, On the 15th inst., at Albert-street, Alornington-Cr`" for- Frances Matild,,, widow of the late Captain Al. Wailter• me rly of the 16th Leers. f : s q., im O n the 1 1 th inst., at Boroughbridge, J. 1 hornp son, of Sherwood -hall, Nottinghamshire, agf! .. 1 ,....., ; 0 ............/, ..,..,,,:,,,,,z,,,,,,,,,, s:--,.,..';...''''..r.Maa-....- - mar ______------- --- YOUS°' ° Landon : Printed and Published by MURDO . n ,„_ 112, No. 112, Strand, Printer, et The Sun Office, o . ..n t y of strand, in . tho Precinct of the Elam?, ill to Q"' raiddlesex,-.Fricilih Allaitla 20,41862. I T. aad 144 8 4 Ott 11 44 1.1 34' 1 41:1 1),7 5 R an -411