The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-17 00:00:00

GAME LAWS. The following is the report (,just i.suod by order of the House of COITITI10!1%, t , geti , Pr with the minutes of evidence taken (hiring the pre ,n; tv , , ,, ion) of the Select Committee appointed to inquir, into the operati , ;n of the game laws, and to report th-ir ob•ervatiot s an-i opinion thereon to the House, and who were empowered to re port the minutes of evidence taken before 'hem. 1. Resolved, that it in the opinion of this Committee, that the common law of England has alwas s distinctly recognised a qualified right of property in game ; and that from a very early period it has been found neces. eery, by statutory enactment, to make some sp. vial pro- Viet against the attempt to steal or dvstroy a p , cies property peculiarly exp bsed to depredation. z• , gesolved, that it is the opinion of this Commit'oe, that the "...tringpncy of the game-laws has been from time to time materially qualified and relaxed. 3. Resolved, that it is the a pinion of this Committee, that the recent Act Ist and 2d William IV., c. 32 vested the property in gsme in the occupier of the soil, and distinctly recognised in game, as the subject of sale, one of the essential qualities of private property. 4. Resolved, that under these c;rcunvitarces, the tenant has at all times the power to secure the game to himself, or to reject the tenancy, if the proprietor of the land insists on a reservation being made of the game in his (the proprietor's) favour. 5. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that to exclude game from the protection of the law would be inconsistent with a due regard to the secarity Of other property. 6. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that the taking of game by persons who have no right of property in it should continue to be the subject of penal legislation. 7. Resolved, that in reviewing the statues now in force with reference to the pursuit and sale of game, it appears to Committee that alterations may be suggested which, without impairing their efficiency for the re pression of crime, would prevent the uneval or exoes• sive punishment of pers .ns who vio ate their provisions. $. Resolved, that it is expedient to abolish cumulative penalties for poaching. 9. Resolved, that your Committee are not, however, prepared to recommend such an alteration of the law as would exempt from more severe penalties those who, in the illegal pursuit of game commit at the same time a breach of the revenue laws, or those who in the day time, being armed, and in numbers, are guilty of violen e. 10. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that the p.•t►alty imposed by the statute s•t Geo. c. 43, for spurting without a certificate, at pear; ex. cessive. 11. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that the space oot• three days allowed by section 44 of and 2 Will. IV., c. 32, for giving notic • of appeal against any summary conviction under this Act, should be extended. 12. Resolved, that it is the opinion o' this Committee, that it is expedient that so much of the sth an I 6 , 11 Will. IV. , c. 20. which allows a rn , iety of th:, p-nalty levied under the Ist and 2 I Will. IV., c. 52, to go to the informer, should be repealed. 13. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that no person convicted of night poaching. under see- 1, liith Geo. IV., c. 69, whose offecce is unattended by cir cumstances of aggravation, should be subjected to the punishment of transportation. 14. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that no person convicted of night poaching, and , r the first section 9th Geo. IV., c. 69, should be required to find sureties for not repeaticg such offence. 15. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that, apart from consideration of revenue. every owner or occupier of land having the right to kill the game on that land, should ha►e such right a ithout being re quire(' t4i tic. outs game certific itt'. 16 Resolved, that your Comm ttee rurther recommend the ablition of certificates as regards the pursuit and de struction of hares by means of packs of hounds, or by greyhounds ; and also to recommend the reduction to the duties on greyhounds to those proposed on common dogs. 17. Resolved, that your Committee regret to find that great facilities stilt exist for the disposal of stolen game. 18. Resolved, that it has been suggested to Tim- Com mittee, that by imposing additional legislative restric tions upon the sale of game, such facilities might be di minished if not altogether removed ; but the practical difficulty of enforcing any such regulations appears to your Committee to be almost insurmountable, and the regulations themselves would necessarily be of so strin gent and vexatious a character, that your Committee cannot recommend their adoption. 19. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee. that the powers of constables should be better defined and enlarged, in regard to the search and detention of persons found under suspicious circumstances with game in their possession; and that power should he given to constables to search public-houses and beer shops (licensed to sell off as well as on the premises) for came, it having been proved before the Committee that they are extensive receptacles for stolen game. 20. Resolved, that it is the opinion of' this Committee, that the present time fixed for the period at which feathered game becomes a marketable article, and sale able by the dealer, should be postponed , and they re commend, that the sate f each species of game should be deferred until one day after the season for shooting it has commenced. 21. Resolved, that yrur Committee has received evi dence to show that the preservation of large qtantities of game has bee* the frequent cause of damage to the neighbouring crops. 22. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that in cases where the damage done to the growing crops of the occupier is caused by game belonging to or reserved by the owner of the land, such damage may be made the subject of pecuniary compensation. 23. Resolved, that it is the op inion of this Committee, that although instances to the contrary have been proved to your Committee, evidence has been adduced before them which warrants the conclusion that. in g , •nPral, a tenant's just claim for compensation is complied with by his landlord. 24. Res.lred, that it is the opinion of this Committee. that great diiiculty must a:wairs exit in (let , rorning the great amount of darrE.g's which has been inflicted by game on growing moos, and that the estimAte OF such damage, however skilfully made, is rarely satisfactory to both parties. 25. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that where, from the vicinity of the preserves of ad joining proprietors, such damage must be attributed to ' the game bred and preserved therein, the reparation for such damage cannot generally be made the subject of previous agreement. 26. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee that, under these circumstances, cases of hardship may be expected to recur ; but the extreme difficulty of e4a. blishing the liability of any particular party for the damage done, or correctly ass-sting the amount of such damage, bare induc'd your Committee to reject the :Ingestion that an action on the case would he a fitting or practical remedy for damage done to growing crops by game. 27. Resolved, that it is the opinion of thi4 Committee that this species of damage is to be attrihtred if not entirely. to hares and r bbits, and th no appre ciable proportion of suet damage can be ascribed to feathered game. 28. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that the law in Scotland with regard to game cliff-I.s from that in England in many essential particulars. and but little evidence respecting that part of the subject has been adduced before your Committee. The followine is a copy of the resolutions proposed in Committee by Mr. Bright:— RESOLUTIONS. 1. That although the lawrec7gnises a qualified in terest in game, as resting in the owner of the land, it ap pears to your Committee that, among all classes of the community, a most important d atieetion is drawn be tween such interest in game and the right by which other property is held. 2. That this distinction is an insuperable obstacle to any general acknowlegment of the propriety of the stringent legislation by which it has been, and is now, sought to give protection to the qualified property which exists in game. 3. That infringements of the game-laws are not in general regarded by any class as violations of the moral law, and such offences are not considered of - thems9lyes to fix criminality upon the characters of those who com mit them. 4. That, except among the class whose sports the ',game-laws are intended to protect, there apt,ears to pre vail a strong sympathy- towards. individuals who cume under the penalties inflicted by ihose laws. 5 That the penalties thus inflicted appear wholly ineffectual to prevent infractions of the g-me-laws, or to reclaim those who offend against them, inasmuch as it is proved that very frequently the same individuals ere convicted ten, fifteen, or even twenty times during the course of a few years. 6. That the offenders against whom the game-laws are enforced do not admit the justice of their sentences, but rather deny the impartiality of the tribunal by which they are tried, and consider themselves as victims -of a harsh and unequal law. 7. That, although game offences are not by public sen timent deemed criminal, yet they lead the labeuring Classes, in towns as well as in the rand districts, by a Course of irregular habits, to offences of a more seri- ms character. 8* That Ina large proportion of cases, in almost every county, the administer the came-laws are preserver s of game, who and . very frequently passionately f on d of shooting t and th is circumst.nee gives rise to a suspicion of hiss magistrates themselves feel that ti administration t of e the law is regarded with ex treme jealousy. of un fairness t is increased by 9. That - this suspicion only witnet-s against • the fact that almost . invariably or 9. B,Vstant, one of the poacher is a gamekeeper generally lays the information: n ott i lo s r e, receiver whom es the secure a convictio n i4jv of a portion of the penaltl, whthit the only testimony required to pears, further, that it i- rare that an indiffwrent.or li i . ' "- terested party gives evidence in game cases ' Ish .' - ' except in Savour of the perion chstN l a w the game upon a f arm ed with the offence. 10. That although by is held to be the prope rt y of the occupier, except whe n sceGially reserved to the landlord, yet it is proved that the practice of so rest rving it is all but universal; and that, in reality, the control over the game is in very rare instances is the hacds of the occupying tenants. 11. That by an overwhelming mass of evidence it is proved that enormous danger is gustained by the c ultivators of the soil where game is prtaserved, greatly exceeding, according to the evidence of 'Deny practical and most .respectable farmers, the whole amount Of the poor-rare, county-rate, church rate, high way rate, and income•ta.%. payable upon 04 farm upon which the game is pre served, or which may be in the imme diate neighbourht:od of a preserve. 12. That it is prov-ed upon the evidence of most trust. worthy tenant-farmers and laadovueral that to compel). 're "..4 TRA SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, ATYGU 1,, UM, sate the cultivators of a game farm a diminution of rent, varyinz from 20 to 30 per cent. should be allowd. 13. That it t 1 's not appear to be the practice of the propri.'tors of 1 ind to make compvpsation for thy , deAruc td,,n of crop, causiid by game, although some 11.nourable instan..*.a to the contrary have Wen brought before y•air Commit•ee. - _ 14. That the system of game press rving ig proved to be a sou ce of great irritation to the tenantry, and of frequent dispute* between them and their landlor 4 s, as well from the injury sustained by the tenants from the destruction of their crrps, as from the interference and watchings practised upon them by the gamekeepers. 15. That it is proved that the prosperity of aerieul. Lure, throughout very many parts of England and Scot land, is greatly impaired by the preservation of game; that a vast amount of produce is destroyed ; that the fertility of the soil is el.mlnisheii; that less capital is ex p•-e d-d ant less labour employed; end that thug, by the same process, the profits of the tenantry and the wages of the labourers are reduced. 16. That, by a return presented to your House in the year 1844, it is shown that, in the year 1843, not less than 4.529 persons e ere c.mvicted of offences against the game-laws, and suffered fine or imprisonment ; that. trim the year 1833 to the year 1844. inquests were held on the bodies of 41 gamekeepers, and that, in not less than 26 cases verdicts of wdtul murder were returned. 17. That the extended and careful investigation which your Committee has made into the matters referred to them has forced th e m to the conclusion, that the very serous and widely-spread evils which are so fully proved to exist, are inseparable from the practice of pre serving game That it seems clear to your Committee that this practice, now so general, and of late years so much extended, is at variance with the interests of a country where population is rapidly increasing, where agriculture is improving, and where advancing civilisa tion is everywhere apparent. 18. That with respect to remedial measures, and to changes in the law, your Committee would recommend that in all future 1 gislaiori on the suhject of game it should be a primary object to discourage the practice of game , preserving, as incompatible with the successful pursuit of agriculture, hurtful to the morality of the I,.bouring classes, destructive of that kindly feeling which should exist between the different ranks of society, and generally disadvantageous to the interests of the country. The following is the substance of the report proposed by Mr. Bright, and rejected by the committee:— " Y-ur Committee have insrituted a very laborious inquiry into the operation of the game-laws, and for that purpose have examiner seventy-two witnesses, all of whom have either been practically accpainted with the oration of the game laws, the effect of pine and game preserves, or the administration or execution of the cri minal law in preserved district'. Such witnesses have consisted of landowners (including several peers and members of the House of Commons), land agents, tenant farmers, attorneys praf•tising at petty sessions, game salesmen. chief constables, and superintendents- of police in rural di:tricts, the governors of county gaols. inspec tors of pt i:ons, gamekeep-rs, farm labourers, and several persons who have be, n themselv. s offond , rs azainst the vatne-law:. Your committee have also examined S. M. Phillips, Esq. Under-Secr , tary of State for the Home I >epat Lemont. Mr. Grantley Berkeley, a member of 3.,,ur Committee, was also, at his own request, examined. The inquiry occupied the whole of last session, from the time of the appointment of your Committee, and has been continued throughout the session. "In order to . a . riange and classify- the results of the voluminous evidence %OWL has been given before your Committee, they propose to divide their observations Into seven branches:— " 1. As to the nature or game, the actual state of existing laws for its protection aid preservation, and the 2.eneral sentiments entertained with reference to game and the ewe., laws, by cliff •rent classes of the commu nity. 2. The operation of the game laws, arid the effects io game preserving upon the interests and feeling, of farmers, and the condition of agriculture. 3. The effect of game and the game laws upon the relations of landlord and tenant. 4. The operation of game preserv ing and the tame laws upon the morality and material condition of the labouring classes, especially those of rural districts. 5.. Th administration of the game laws, and its inflte-nce upon offenders. 6. The influence of game preserving and the game laws upon the general interests of the community. And lastly, the remedies For evils of great magnitude, and widely extended opera don, v‘hich are proved to exist as the consequences of game p.e.4erving." Such is in general the character of the evidence ad duced. From the statements made by several large farmers, it appears that damages to crops, to the amount of 2001., 3001, 40C/, 500/, 7001., and even 1.000!. have been caused on a sigle farm by these destructive vermin. One extract as an example:—" Mr. Wm. Marris, of Backhands, near Louth, Lincolnshire, in 1839, occupied a farm of 740 acres, near Briggs, under the Duke of Newcastle, for which he gave the full value of the land, without reference to game, and also had a verbal pro mise that the game should not injure him, soon found himself so seriously damaged that he embraced the first opportunity of leaving the farm. lii 1843, his loss upon a field of twenty. three acres of wheat was estimated by a competent and respectable valuer, at eight bushel, to the acre, amounting in value to at least 1501. He riceived much injury from game on other parts of the tarn, Lut selected that field as the worst, with the expectation of obtaining from his landlord some com pensation: compensation was, however, re 4 used. He es timated th 4 game damage over his able farm at ss. per acre, or 1851. a year, whilst his total direct taxation, in cluding the tithe, did not much exceed 100/. a-year." The report jusly lays great stress upn the evidence of Mr. Pusey, the eminent agriculturist:—" Mr. Pusey's evidence is not less conclusive than Lord Hatherton's. as to the 11.:tn:ige to farm produce caused by game ; and he is of opinion that the modern system of farming is not consistent with the preservation of wild animals, except by highly art-ficial means. Mr. Pusey expressed a dec tied opinion that the preserves of game should made liable in an action for damages for inj;.ry, done to th. is. neigh 'ins' trig, by their game, and that there would be no great difficulty in preying, to the satisfrc tion of a jury, from what pt esut yes the game complained o' haf' come." Wi h regard to the via en ce on the other side, the report says:—" The w:trii-sst s examined in support or the game-I.ms were land..wni rs and preservers of game, magistrates, and chief police co stables, and superin tendents and gamekeepers. With few exceptions, none of them had much practical acquaintance with hus blndry. The scope of this class of evidence was to show that poaching might, to a great degree, be pre vented by a sufficient f.,rce of eepers aid gunk). at,hers ; hut that unl-ss game is very strictly watched, and by a titnufer ot watchers proputtontri to the extent of the preserve, the protection of gan.e was difficult, and the eau , e of much local disorganisation. The tenor .4' the evidence of these wivne-ses has convinced your Cernmittee of the accuracy of Mr. Pusey's opinion, that gam, has in the cultiv ited districts ceased to exist as wild animals, and that where preserved at all, it is solely maintained by artificial means." itfrerthese and many more deters of' tt e injury sus tained by aari , !ulturil from the maintenance of large quantities of game, the report says Your :!ommittee, therefore, are unable to resist the conclusion, that having regard to the influence of game upon agriculture and the prosperity of faimers, game preserving, in the present state anti cultivation of the country, is injurious, and ought not, at all events, to receive any encouragement ft om the legislature." Under the s«-cond branch of the subject. the report sa3s :—'• The evidence is uniform that game preserves ()erasion very extensive destruction of agricultural pro dw-e, operate as most serious impediments to good fax ming." his been clearly demonstrated by practical farmers, Iron] so many diffcrents parts of the cotrany ,nnel wt o-e i•xp,rienee has been hoot upon all the v,rie ties of so.), that it is difficult to select from the mass Of evict nee on this point that which most completely proves the epe . . ation of game preserves upon the agri culture of the country. Various striking extracts from the evidence are given in support of these positions. Amongst the witnesses were Mr. James Smith, a farmer, near St. Alban's, Lord Hatherten, Mr. Pusey. and other emi r'r nt agrculturists !—" They all agree that the da mage done to the grain crop is v, ry great, and that the full amount of injury is very difficult, if not im possible, to be estimated, while green and root crops, the foundation of all improved husbandry, can only be grown tinder great disadvantages where game abounds. indeed, the cultivation of winter tares, the wain dependence of many farmers for manuring the strong land, and everywhere a most valuable crop, has in numerous instances mentioned to your Committee, been given up by farmers, whose farms have been much overrun by game. Here, then, we find a large head of game strikes at the very foundation of fertility ; for if the root and green crops are injured, every subsequent crop in the rotation is thereby diminished, indepen dently of the direct damage each of such subsequent crops may receive from the game ; nor is the actual damage the lull measure of the injury the farmer suffers from game, for the agricultural witness. s, W i t h o ut exception, sreak strongly as to the vexation and irritation of a farmer, who, in spite of all his efforts and all his outlays, sees his crops ravaged by wild ani mals over which he has nn kind of control." After eiving extracts from Lord Ilathertot's evid , nce, the report says:—" Lord Hathertoe's statement, that no mere reduction of hares and rebhits will protect the crops from damage in all t•easons, but that the destruc tion of these animals ought to be total, is either directly or indirectly confirm d by most of the other witnesses, and perhaps by none more so than by some of the witnesses called by those favourable to the game pre serving." Mr. Gayford, an occupier of about 1,300 acres of land, near Thetford, gave the details of an exreriment by which he ascertained that the consumption of four tame rabb tts, estimated to 13.- equal to four hares. is within; a fraction the ssme as that of one sheep. The following is an extract from the evidence as to the damage caused by game :—‘‘ Assuming that four hares consume as much as one sheep, and also supposing that I was to keep the hares all the year round, I would rather keep one sheep than I would keep two hares ; for this reason, I would rather keep 600 or any number of half the quantity she e p on my fartn'to feed, fold, and pasture them where I Please, and to provide food for them, than I would k and to have tae of sheep to runover he whole produce, ep else. And, there v ro er r wheat,freeover range of my farm, over my barley, Over my Swede turnips, and everything have the range of the 1 say I would rather a with respect to hares, I should one sheep than two hares to hares would be suite as destructive At least, I think that two prevent the tgoroawth of the crops." r tre ti h v a e r t e o s w in o e u as ld run one about sleep upon that calculation, because where they please, an d And he afterwards adds. in reply as to t:;e influence of game preserving q u esti ona rcu I ( 8 6 8 2 ) an art or science, " I think, wherever hares or - rabbits are are extensively preserved, it would be a bar to spirited farminz, and to improvements which raitzht otherwise go on. Speakirg for myself, if hares w,re strictly pre served upin my farm, I should not expend so much money in firming as I do n..w, particularly in artificial manure." Under the first head, after a summary of the principal pro,isiens of the exiting laws for the pre,ervation of gime, the report goes on to say :—"lt wi l be si en that one offence miy be visited with three, possibly, in some cases, with four, cumulative punishments. For instance, killing game on a Sunday or Christmas-day is punish able, on summary conviction before two justices, by a fine not exceeding 51., and the costs of conviction ; and in the event of non-payment, imprisonment for any term not exceeding thr, e months, and with or without bard labour, at the discretion of the convicting justices. Then, if the came was killed out of season, the off , nder may be fined 20s. and costs ; and if the fine be not paid, imprisonment fur two months. Killing game with out a certificate subjects the offender to a penalty of M. and costs, or three months' imprisonment ; and, whether convicted or not, to be surcharged by the surveyor of taxes for double the certificate duty, which, if charged, cannot be remitted ; and to a penalty of 201., which may be mitigated to 101. These latter penalties are recoverable before the commissioners of assessed taxes. The certificate duty is a crown debt ; but in the event of ton-pay ment of the 201. penalty, the offender is imprisoned for six months. Though in name a fiscal tax and penalty, and enforced by the surveyor of taxes, the surcharge and penalty are in practice only enforced at the suggestion of preservers of game, and as a cumu lative penalty. All the above penalties might be enforced against a person killing game on a Sunday or Cnristmas day, and out of season. When more than five pe-sons trespass in pursuit of game, and any one of them, being armed with a gun, shall offer violence or threats towards the owner of the land, or his servants, another and additional penalty of Si. and costs, or three mon hs' imprisonment, is imposed upon the offender, and on every person aiding and abetting him. Various subsidiary powers, such as right to apprehend tres- as secs re using to give their names and places of abode, a right to seize the game in their possession, and so forth, are given to the preservers of game, and their game keepers, to carry out the provisions of the law." The light in which the game-laws are regarded : " Your Committee find, from the concurrent testimony of all the witnesses examined, whether favourable or unfavourable to game-preserving, that infracti,,ns of the game- laws are not regarded by any class, from the landowner, who preserves the tame, to the poacher, in the same light as breaches of other laws. A spirit of adveeture and f , ncliess for sporting seem to form the inducement, with many of the labouring men, to become poachers, while others are led into it by the occasionally large, though precarious, gain of a successful poaching adventure. And though all classes deplore the effect of poaching upon the characters of the men addicted to it, causing them eventually to commit gayer offences, none regard poaching as a moral offence or a sin. Labourers and farmers deem the game-laws harsh' and uvjusr, and, although the magistrates in general consider that they administer that law leniently, the large proportion which game offences hear to other of fences in the rural districts, and the punishment of poachers with extreme severity, occasionally insisted on by game preservers, have created a very general im pression in the public mind that the game•laws are harshly administered. LAW INTELLIciENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, August 14. (Before Mr. Ganmissioner FANa.) IN RE TAYLOE.—NON-LIABILITY OF " ALL" FUTURE AC QUIRED PROPERTY TO THE PAYMENT OF OW DEBTS. Tue insolvent in this case was an attorney, and an appli cation had been made by Mr. Reed, on behalf of the official assignee, to " claim and obtain" certain property to which the insolvent had become entitled upon the demise and in pursuance of the will of a Mrs. Watts, of Brighton. A lengthened argument upon that application having take❑ p 1 ,ce, The Learned COMMISSIONER said the case was one of too much nicety and importance to be decided without mature consideration, and now proceeded to deliver Lis judgment. "This insolvent petitioned the Court in 1843, and obtained his dial order in the same year. In 1845 he became en titled to a legacy and other property, under the will of a Mrs. Watts, who died in that year. No creditors' as signee was ever appointed. Mr. Whitmore, the official as signee, having accidentally heard that the insolvent bad ac quired property, ' claimed and demanded' such property from the insolvent personally, pursuant to the 9th section of the sth and 6th Victoria, chapter 116, on the 20th of July last; and, on the same day, filed a copy of his claim. Mr. Whitmore now asks that I should make an order authorising him to take possession of the estate and effects which the insolvent acquired under the will of Mrs. Watts. Mr. Whit more's application was opposed by Mr. Nicholls, as counsel for a Mr. Bertram, to whom the insolvent assigned his inte rest under Mrs. Watts' will, by way of security for a loan of 200/., by a deed dated the 15th of January, 1846. It was also opposed by a Mr. Edwards, as attorney to some trustees, to whom the insolvent on the 18th of July last assigned his property in trust for creditors who had become such since his insolvency. The question is whether I ought to give to Mr. Whitmore the authority asked? Taking the view I do of the state of the case, I cannot authorise Mr. Whitmore to seize any property which came to the insolvent after the date of the final order which was not his property on the 20th day of July, when the claim was filed It is represented to me that the insolvent had heard in Jun, or July that the official assignee was going to make and file a claim under the 9LII section, and that he lost no time in making the assignment of the 18th of July, expressly to de feat Mr. Wt.itmore's claim; if so, his conduct was most un fair towards his former creditors, and it is possible that the official assignee might, by proceedings in Chancery, set aside the as-ignment by the insolvent as fraudulent; and t • assist him or any creditor in making out smelt case, I would execute an authority to Mr. Whitmore, in general terms, authorising him to take possession of any estates or effects acquired by the insolvent, not effectually assigned away b) him before the filing of the claim, subject, if necessary, to proper qualifications. The official a-signee or creditors un der the old insolvency might also psocure redress against the insolvent for his improper conduct, by procuring a rescind! ing of the fin-il order under the 12th sec., 5 and 6 Vic., c. 116, on the ground that he had not given due notice to hi , assignees of property acquired by him after the date of his final order." Saturday, Aug. 15. IN RE REAY AND REAY. A question of a n , ,vel character was brought bef)re the Court in tin matter of Rea} and Rear, the wine mr,rchan . , of Mark-lane, in whose estate a dividend has recently been declared of 2s. 6d. in the pound. On the part of a creditor for 5,0001., an attorney applied for the payment of a dividend on bills of exchange to 4,8004, notwithstanding that since the bankruptcy payment had been made by bills to 2,670/. The original debt was 5,000/. money advanced, and bills of exchange were deposited for 7,0001., being drawn and indorsed by the bankrupts. Since the proof of the deb', which was for 5,0001., when the bits were exhibited, 2,6701. of the sem ities had been paid, and it was insisted that the party who tad proved was entitled to a dividend on 4,8907.. being the amount of the bills he held, notwithstanding that his actual debt was much under that sum, he having been paid 2,6701. off his original claim of 5,0001. On the part of the assignees, several cases were cited, bearing on the point. His Hostipuft said it was a very nice question. He was impressed with the opinion, that under the circumstances. the creditor was entitled to a dividend on the securities be held, but it was a matter fur the official assignee, and he would suggest that the point had better be br oug ht before another Learned Commissioner before the matter was taken into the C. urt of Review. As at preient advised, he was in favour of the creditor. SMALL DEBTS ACT. Several summonses, grant( d under this Act, were heard, and in twa or three, warrants for commitmen's were issued, the Court authorising the parties to take the defendants. In one case, a defendant asked for costs, on account of the non-attendance of his plaintiff. The COURT said, there was no power to grant costs in the Act. The summons would be dismissed, and no lurther sum mons would be granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WESTMIArSTER. On Saturday, John Walker, a young man was charged with being found iu the house of Mr. W. Spires, the Grosvenor Arms, Flolywell-street, Milibank, shortly after midnight, and stealing the contents of the till, and a pair of sugar tongs. Mr. Spires, stated that having, as usual, fastened the house up, he retired to bed at ten minutes past twelve on the previous night; he had scarcely been there twenty minutes when his wife thought she heard a noise, and they listen, d to ascertain whether it would be repeated. Being shortly convinced that there was somebody stirring in the house, complainant struck a light, and having par tially dressed himself, opened the room door, and ran down stairs, when he saw the prisoner rush out of the bar into the tap-room. Complainant laid hold of the fellow, when he muttered something of having a " pal " (companion) at hand; upon which prosecutor told him tie did not care how many he had, and gave him a sound shaking, upon which prisoner became very quiet. On an examination of the premises the bar door had been forced open, some copper and silver money, which had b-en left tbr change in the morning, and a pair of sugar tongs, stolen. The back door had been unfastened, and Was propped open ready for the escape of the thief. The fellow made no defence, and was remanded until Tuesday. FATAL ACCIDENT ON CITIZEN " A" STEAM-BOAT.— J O ad al tnt ihSi their Saturday Davis,unr: n d t eatry, moorings o, n lona i ff n rb g oaTanr b add e r v t t w inehr F , sl between cit s iit e elz v oe lensynh circumstances. ship-breaker), a s,nkt eighteaernt)c, withe as o . ' o'clock, o T c hh k i s e boat was lying with others belonging to the same company Bat tersea. Deceased, who was assisting in cleaning the deck, was rinsing a mop in the river, when it became entangled in the chain which is fixed to the hull of the boat for the pre servation of life; and in endeavouring to disengage it de ceased lost his balance and fell overboard. Lines were thrown out to the deceased, but none of the crew of that or the other boats were courageous enough to jump in and at • n te e t a n r p lv t to fl% la e ve ni t i l l i l e nt d e e s e . ea l se t d, in i boat was procured, and then all efforts to recover possession wasl who half is s a s n i d hour h a v b e e h fi e ) e r e n small of the body was useless. The deceased was forty-five years of age, and has left a wife and eight children. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT ON CITIZEN " D" STEAM BOAT. —On Saturday afternoon, between twelve and one o'clock, the following dreadful accident, attended with fatal results, occurred on board the Citizen " D" steam-boat, whilst that vessel was holding on to the Nine Elms Pier, waiting fur the train. Richard Lewis, the engine -driver, had, as it is stated, unknown to those in command of the vessel, descended into the larboard paddle-box, for the purpose of oiling the bear ings of the wheel; he had done this, and was in the act of getting out of the paddle-box when the captain gave the order to "go on." The engines were set in motion by the stoker, and, before the wheels had completed a revolution, an obstruction to the way of the boat was felt by all on board, and several asserted that they heard a shriek. The dreadful fact that the engineer was in the paddle-box then flashed upon the crew, and the boat was stopped instantly. Upon looking into the paddle-box a horrible sight presented itself. There was no sign of the engine driver, but that he had seen instantaneously killed there could not be any doubt, as the top and sides of the paddle-box were splashed all over with his brains. His body had after vards dropped between the floats into the river, frord *hence it had not, up to Satur day evening, been recovered. MURDEA AT THE GUILDHALL COFFEE-HOUSE On Saturday. while the Lord Mayor was engaged in the routine business of :he Marsi,,n House, In,pector Woodruffe, of the City police, informed his I... , rd , hip tha; the cook at the Gui dhall Coffee-house, had just cut the throat of the kitchen-mold, and that she was dead. • Soon after ' John Smith, the person ac , used or th. 4 murder, was. brought in to the justice room and placed at the bur. He is about thirty years of age. He seemed to be in a state of excessive m , ntal agony.. The following witnesses were then calls d : William H. zin stated as follows : I s►n boots at the Guil shall Coffee-house. The prisoner was cook in the same service, and tne deceased, whom we called Susan, was acting as kitchenmaid. About half pint twelve o'clock this day I was cleaning one of the windows of the folding doors of the front entrance of the coffee house, in Gresha►n street, when I saw the kitchenmaid come screaming from the kitchen up to the corner of the stair., with the blood run ning from her throat. I ran towards her, and she fall before I got to her. She had a knifs in her hand. She said nothing, and died almost instantly. There is a back entrance to the kitchen, as w , ll as the one from which she came. I had not been in the kitelvn for an hour before. At that time the prisoner was in the kitchen, dressed in a brown jacket and apron (his cook's dress), and the deceased and two other persons, nanaf , ly, the scullery►naid and a lit'le girl who assists in the kitchen. Immediately upon the deceased falling, I went into the kitchen, leaving her upon the ground, and there I saw the prisoner alone. He walked from the table (upon which I observed the cook's dress, and also a knife covered with blood, lying) to meet we, and I said, " Dear me, what is the matter ?" He said to me. " I have done it, and I wish you to give me in charge." He looked very pale and ghastly. The LORD MlYon—Did you hear whether there had been any quarrel between the prisoner and the d, ceased? Witnes.,—l heard that there !nail been a previous quarrel between them, but I heard nothing of it myself. The LORD MAYOR—Did you hear that there had been a quarrel between them recently ? Witness—l heard that there was quarrelling between them on the previous night. I have heard them quer relline• together. Sometimes they were on good t, rms together, and sometimes the reverse. The prisoner is a married man, and I am not aware of any intimacy be tween the prisoner and the deceased. The prison-r has been in his situation several years, and had served his apprenticeship to Mr. Withers, the proprietor of the Guildhall Coffee house. The deceased was in Mr. Walters's service about twelve months. I have heard that the deceased was some relative to the prisoner's wife. When I saw her come along, I call , d out as hind as I could for Mr. Walters, our master, awl s nme of the servants carne down. Before the prisoner came up to where the deceased was lying, he said. •' I was drove to do it." A policeman came in immediately afterwards, and the prisoner gave himself into custody in the pas sage, near the spot on which the deceased was lying. The prisoner said to the p rliceman, " I have done it—l have done it," and he was then taken into custody. The deceased was not touched t ll the d, ctor came. The Lord MAYOR —Prisoner, do you wish to ask the witness any questions ?—The pris_mer heaved a deep sigh, and said. "No." Tlnspector Woodruffe said I am an inspector of the City of London police. This day, about half-past twelve o'clock, the prisoner was brought to the staion house at Bow-lane on a charge of murder, in the custody ot . John Dillon, No. 433. The prisoner said to me, " Mr. Woodruff', you know me very well," (at that time I knew .the nature of the charge against the prisoner). I said it was a bad job ; and he replied, " I did it." I asked him in what way ? He said, " I cut her throat with a knife." I asked him whether they had been quarrelling ? He said, " Yes, we h id." I asked him where the knife was ? He said, "I have left it in the kitchen." I then went to the Guildhall Coff-e-hon,e, where I found the dec,iased lying on her back at the bottom of the staircase, near the fry nt entrance. I then went into the kitchen and the constable (Gel!atly)g,ave me the black-handled knife I produce, which Ni as then quite wet, and covered with blood. I thin left the kitchen, and went to the deceased, and from her ri,:ht hand I took a knife (a white-handled blunt kni e). which she had firmly grasped. At that time she was dad. The doctor was then present. The prisoner, upon being asked whether he had any question to ask of Mr. Woodruff., replied, shaking his head, " None." John Dillon: I am a city of London cons'able (433) About twenty minutes past twelve this day I was called into the Guildhall Coffee-house, and I saw the deceased lying at the le , tiom of the staircase in the passage. Prisoner, who was standing close by, said, " I have done it, and I give myself in charge." I then took him to Bow-lane station-house. In going to the station-house I asked him the question, how he came to do it ? He .aid, "I was drove to do it." She had been calling me all the rogues she ceuid think of all the morning. I hare a wife and tour children, and was afraid I should lose my place at night from what see had said." When I got him to the station-house I heard him address the in>pe aor. He said .‘ You know me, Mr. Woedrutfe ; I ha e done it." I th n reefrned to the Guildhall Coffee-house, where Ce flatly (policem,n) was. Thomas Gcliady policeman, 137) said, about twenty minutes past twelve o'clock to-chy I was called o the Guildhall Coffee-heuee or, entering 'he hues, I. saw the deceased lying at the bottom of the stairs, with her throat cut. I then went into the ki!chen With itozin (the boots) and saw the black-handl. d k ife lyii g on the table covt:red with wen t blood. Blood had spirted over the table, and there was a track of blood from the Table to the place in which the deceased was lying. ['here were some French beans lying on the table in a ;leap. There did not api:ear to be any confusion in the urniture o' the kitchen, or in anything about. I ob served the conk's dress, consisting of two aprons, marked J. P. 5.," a jacket end a cap,- spotted with lying on the table, an I I took posse-shin of them showed them to Inspcctor oodeuffe when he came in. I gave th knee. an I I took the clothes. Here H win (the hoot ) st , ce I that when he saw the prisoner before the deceased was knied he did not ap pear to be excited. Mr. Coulson, the eminent ;roe, was matt ex amined. He said—This day, about a q .art -r-past teelve o'clock, I was sent for to the Guilohall C ff e house. I went thither without a moment's delay, and upon entering the house I saw, at the foot of the main staircase, a woman lying on her back, with her clothes .11 covered with blood, and a t' , W,l put across her neck to staunch the blood, and in her right hand a dessert knife. She was quite dead. On removing the Iowa! I found a laree and deep gash across the throat, begiening fie in the extreme rigor, and extendmg actress the neck. The carotid artery and jugular , ein were divided, which would leave caueal alines. instantaneous death. It. was too deep a gash, I should think, to have been infhwee by the deceased herself. There was a smaller wound under the wound I have des ,rib:d, but that did net divide any importaut vessel. Two wounds had, it was quite evident, been inflicted. The black.han.led knife which had been produced would have caused such wounds. The white-handled knife (that found in the hand of the deceased) I should think would be mu-•h le.s likely to cause them. I applied some brandy and oth- r things, but she was quite dead. Thomas Phillips, waiter at the Guildhall Coffee house, said—l was in the ;:itehen about five minutes beto e the catastrophe occurred. At that tme there were in the kitchen the prisoner, a little girl who occasienelly as sists, and the deceased, who was sit:ing on a stool at the table, preparing Some vegetables. The deceased was cutting French beans. I was there but about a minute, and I did not hear anything unpleaeant between the pri soner and the deceased. The prisoner had some ducks, but I did net observe any knife in his hand, and he had his cook's dress on at the time. I left the kitchen, and the little girl was then in the kitchen with the prisoner and the deceased. The LORD MAYOR—Did you hear any quarrelling be- tween them ? Witness—l did nut. The Loan MAYOR—Have you heard that there ex isted a bad feeling between them ? Witness—l have, but I never saw an) thing of it myself. Ab , iut five minutes afterwards I was coming along the passage, and saw the deceased running out of the kitchen. 1 ran up to h«r, and as she fell I laid her on the mat, and placed my towel on her neck, to staunch the bl,eding. About ti minutes afterwards I saw the priloner standing in th‘• passage, and I heard him say to :he policeman, i• I ha% e done it, and I give myself into your charge," and he svus taken away by th- p liceu an. The LORD MAYOR : Did you hear of the cause of any dispute or qtL rrel between them 2—Witness : The deceased told mo before the prisoner came this morning, that she had bought a i;ound of tea for her mother. and she believed that John (meaning the prisoner) had taken it the night before. The LORD MAYOR : DA you remember anything else that she said ? Witness : She told me that she would tax him with it when he came. _ The LORD MAYOR : Did you hear anything of th e kind between them ?—Witness : I did not. The LORD MAYOR : Nor any quarrel between them ? —Witness : I did not. _ The LORD MAYOR : Prisoner, have you any questions to put to this witnr.s. ?—The prisoner, without rai ing his head, replied that he had no question at all to ask. Emma Gr. en, barmaid at the Guildhall Coliee-hous , . said—A after twelve o'clock. the little girl aho assists in the kitchen came to me at the bar de ectly after Phillips went into the coffee ro,.m. and she stood at the bar waiting for sums egg- , ail ut thrt e or four minutes. Direetty after I gave them to her, stir went towards the kitchen, and as she vv4s going, she screamed out, and I &lit ectiy atterwat ds ,t L a th deeeised, Susan Tolloday, rushing towards the paige, ldeediuz, and lifting up her hands. She m. rely said, " 01," seal I was so alarmed that I ran back into the bar. I have never heard the deceased and the tirisooer quarrelling but once. The Loan MAvon —Was it this day jot heard them quarrelling? Witness —Oh. tear ! no. Inspector lVoodrutfe sa d the lit tie girl who had been spoken of as I ving b- en present in the kitchen for same time during the morning had been taken weuld home not ill from the coif e room ;she had fainted. and , in all probability, be able to give evid ence during the day. The LORD MAYOR. Prisoner, as it will be necessary to know exactly the name of the deceased, and also to hear the evidence of the little girl, who is now unable to attend, I shall not commit you this evening. I shall remand you till Tuesday next, and I advise you, in the meantime, to get legal assistance, for the charge against you, as you must be aware, is one of the most serious nature. The prisoner, who seemed during the examiration, which was very long, to kry)w nO remis.ion of mental suffering, was then c ,nvereti to the Compter. THE CORONER'S INQUEST. On Saturday ni4ht an inquest ,4as held on the body of the deLeased, in the Guildhall Coffee-house, before Mr. Payne, the City coroner. One of the witnesses, a young girl, had not been examined at the Mansion House. Her evidence, as will be st-en, was very im portant. The evidence of the other witnesses, with one exception, was the same in substance as that which given at the Mansice. House, and therefore it is unneces sary to repeat it here. • Fanny Wettenal, a girl of twelve years of age, ex amined—Resides in Thlf Moon-alley, Whitecro , s-street, Came here to help deceased Was in the kitchen about five minutes before. She saw deceased with her throat cut. She was cutting beans. The prisoner was trussing ducks. They were quarrelling at the tame. There was no one in the kitchen hut witness. They were quar relling about a Mrs. Riley, who had been here some time before. The prisoner said to Mrs. Riley that she had not paid him the amount of some things she had bought from him, and that he would t , ke them away. She said ,he, h-id paid for the thinto. Deceased • o•d he khe was not a ,ting lice a man in talking to the poor wom.in in that manner, and he would find it out, perhaps, before many months were over his head. He said, She would, pet haps, before many days were over her held." Wit•tess went for some lard by prisoner's directions, and the la ly at the bar told witness to tell him to come for it himself. Prisoner then told witness to go out for some milk and ergs. Had been gone a few minutes, and on her return saw deceased running from the kitchen, bleeding ve,y much from the throat, and she fell at the foot of the stairs. Deceased was sitting down when cutting the beans, and prisoner was standing at the table, about a 3 and at.d a half from her. William Rozin—Lives at Mrs. Allmon's, 15, King street. Cheapside. Is 21 years of age. Is boqs. Knew the deceased ; she was his cousin. Thinks she was about 22 years of age. Her Lther is a mason, and livei at Cambridge. Deceased was single. Prisoner had married the deceased's aunt. The ConoistEtt then briefly I id down the law of the caw, and tht jury at once return d a verdict of '• Wilful murder against. John Smith." THE LATE MURDEROUS ATTACK AT THE MAIDENHEAD NTA rioN. MAIDENHEAD, FRIDAY EVENING.— The third adjourned examination of Anthony Thomas Ryves, a police-constable ( but since suspended) in the service of the Great 1V esters Railway Company, at the Maidenhead station, charged with having stabbed Mr. Henry Plumb, an articled clerk to Mr. Ward, solicitor, of this town, on the evening of Monday, the 3d instant, took place this afternoon at the Orkney Arms Inn, in the parish of Taplow, Bucks, before the following magistrates of the county :—Caleden George Dupre, Esq , M.P.; Mr. R. R. Clayton, M.P. and the Rev. T. Carter. The magistrates commenced their sitting in a room below stairs. but in consequence of the number of respectable per sons desirous of obtaining admission to hear the ,rot eedings. which excited the greatest interest throughout the neigh bourhood, the Bench adjourned to the large room on the first floor, which was crowded during the lengthened inves tigation. Mr. J. J. Williams, barrister-at-law, and Mr. Ward, solicitor, of Maidenhead, attended on the part of the prosecu tion, and Mr. Boson, solicitor, of Bucklersbury, London, de fended the prisoner. Mr. Bozos having requested that the deposition of Mr. John Mahori Williams, which was made at the prisoner's examination, might be read, Mr. J. J. Williams said he should offer no objection on the part of the Crown, and assured Mr. Bozo i that no impedi ment should be thrown in the way of the solicitor fur the prisoner. The prisoner, who was then brought in in custody of Mr Larkin, the superintendent constable of the Stoke and Iver districts, left his case in 't he hadds of his legal adViser . Mr. Henry Plumb, the gelid( man upon whom the attack had been made by the prisoner, was then assisted into the room, and placed in a chair near the magistrates. He looked extremely pale, and appeared to be suffering from great weakness. Upon b ing sworn, he deposed as follows: —On Monday evening, the 3d instant, I and Mr. John Mahon Williams wailed with Mr. Williams, sun., from Maidenhead to near the railway station, where we left Mr. Williams, sea., and proceeded on our return to Maidenhead. On passing by the Dumb Bell public-house, hearing some music, we looked in at the parlour window to see what was going on. While we were standing there a boy, who I have since ascertained is a son of the prisoner, came up and looked at us will an impudent grin. I said to young Williams, " Here is Buttons." Williams said, " Who do you mean ?" I replied, " Don't you'. know the famous Buttons?" When Williams went up to him, and the boy ran a little way towards Maidenhead bridge. He then turned round and said to Wil liams, " You had better come this way and we will give it to you." The boy then ran off towards the cottage in which the prisoner lives, followed by me and Williams. When we got to the cottage, Williams stopped and I walked an. I told Williams he had better come on with Ma. I then heard the boy cry out, "Mother, mother!" and I also heard him mention the words, "Young Wart." We gave hint the mane of " Buttons" from the page's livery he wore. Atter Williams had stopped there hir about half a minute, he came running to me, saying, " There's a man running atter us. We raw on together for a little way, when Williams disappeared by creeping through the hedge on the railway side of the road. The prisoner then came running up to me, seized hold of me by the collar in front with both hands, shook tne violently, and threw me violently on the ground. When I got up, he rushed at me again. At that moment I saw. for the first time, that he had of a. knife in his hand. 1 dodged away as lie was in the attitude of striking me. I then felt the knife enter lily body, under the shoulder-blade on the left side. I then tell a second time from the force of the stab upon a heap of stones. When the prisoner first seized tne, he asked why I had insulted his boy ? I told him I had not touched his boy. Atter I was stabbed the pri-oner s:ood over me, with his arm lilted up and the knit- in his hand. I then said to him, "Don't. hit me—don't stab me with that.", The prisoner then turned towards his cottage, and I ran on as well as I could to the bridge, where I saw two men who assisted tne to the toll-house. I was then taken to the King's Arms, where Mr. Bellis, the surgeon, shortly afterwards arrived. . . Sexton, constable of Maidenhead, who produced the clothes worn by the last witness at the time he was at tacked, and which were completely saturated with blood, was then sworn. lie said, I apprehended the prisoner about twelve o'clock on the Monday night. He was in bed when I went to his house. I called his name in front of his house several times. At last he came to his bedroom window, and asked me whit I wanted wiih him? I told him he was charged with stabbing a young man at Mr. Ward's. He replied. " Pooh. p ott, nonsense; he is not stabbed, and if he is. I didn't do it.' lie then came down stairs, and gave himself into my cip , tody. When about a hundred and filly y'ards from his house, on our road to Maidt nhead, he pointed out a spot in the road and said, "That's the place where the struggle wax' Het hen said "As to striking - him, I did not strike hint at all; and if lie is injured as you say, it toast have been done by falling on the stones, for I had no weapon at all with me " The next morning his w.fe came to see him while in my custody. She said to him in my presence, "It is a pity you had the knife." " Yes," he replied, "I had the knife in my hand, certainly, for I bad just been cutting the honeysuckle. I should not have pursued them had they not used very bad language towards, and otherwise insulted me." His wife rem ,rked he had 'nought. the knife in in his hand, and laid it down on the table. He replird, " Yes. I know I did." On the sante day witness cutlet upon the prisoner's wife, who gave hint toe knife (produced) as the weapon used by the prise ter. After the examination of a man named Williams, who as sisted Mr. Plumb to the toll-house at Maidenhead Lodge, Mr. ilenjainin Bellis, surg...on, who acten ted Mr. Plumb, was sworn. He stated that the wound was inflicted on the lett side of the back. four inches below the inferior angle of the scapula, and three inches and a half irom the spine. It was five-eighths of at inch long, 'extending obliquely Ircin above downwards, arid psne:rating under the inte gument to the extent of nearly two inches. He could not say positively• that he was free from danger at the pre sent time This being the whole of the evidence, Mr. Bozon said, if the magistrates had made up their minds to commit the prisoner, he should advise him to reserve ins defence until the period of his trial The magistrates said, that from t-he clear nature of the evidence which had been brought before them, they ha C-1116 to the conclusion to commit the prisoner to the county gaol to tAce hi• trial at the next assizes for Bucks, f.,r stab bing the prosecutor. Henry Plumb, with intent to do him some grievous bodily It- rm. The prisoner was then given into the custody of Mr. Lar kin, the supert ,, tencleht constable, to be conveyed to Ayles bury Gaol, and the witnesses bound over to attend and give evide ce on the trial. The pr, ceedings, which excited considerable interest, lasted several hours. BRUTAL iIIURObR IN HULL. (From the 11 , 4 7 1 Advertiser.) INQUEST ON THE BODY, AND COMMITTAL OF THE MURDERER. Considerable consternation prevailed in the neighheur hood of filanket-row at an easily hour on Wednesday morn ing, in consequence of a rumour that Thomas Green, a mariner, had murdered his wife. Policeman Gordon entered Green's apartment, which is en the second floor of a hctile in Hatter's square, Martin's-alley, where he found Green seated in a chair. with a handkerchief before his face, and apparently very me!a4icholy. A short distaLce from hint his w ir,• was laid a corpse on the floor, beirigcovered with a blanket. Gor don numediati-ly sent for Inspector Dorsey, who was on duty at the Blanket-row station.. arid, on Green being asked if his wife was dead, he answered in theatlirmative, and. without any further interrogatories being put, entered into a statement oft he. circumstances connected with the dreadful tragedy. It seem that his wife was an habitual drunkard, and on that account they frequently quarrelled. On Tuesday evening his brother called at his house, tied invited him to accompany him to Drypool feast, to which he consented, but. previ:ms to leaving home, he placed in the hands of his wife about 50s. He returned %%me about two o'clock next morning, and,, in ascending the staircase, he stumbled over his wile, who was laid drunk, and unable to proceed any • further. Perceiving the state she was in he took the dow-key from her pocket, and, having obtained admission to the room, he returned to the unfortunate woman, and then commenced a succession of acts of violence which trodaced death. The first inquiry of tie husband was with respect to the money. but his wife was unable to answer him, from the combined effects of the drink she had partaken of, and the injury she had sustained, about two hours n, fore the arrival of Green. by falling heavily down stairs. Her husband became enraged; he dashed tier head several times against the stairs, and then, seizing her by the hair of the head, dragged her into the roam, where he searched for his mosey, but old not succeed in finding it. He then left hold of her, and she fell on the floor. Whilst in that position the husband got into bed alongside his two sons, the eldest of whom is not more than 12 years of age; but after being there about half an hour. he darted out of bed, and again attacked his unfortunate victim, by jumping upon her body. He likewise struck and kicked her, and eventually knocked her head-foremost down stairs, where she lay moaning for a length of time, when the husband carried her up stairs, laid her on the floor, and then retired to rest. On rising shortly before six o'clock he was horror-struck on finding that his brutality had ended in the death of his wife, and his eldest boy called in a neighbour. H e was soon after: wards taken into custody. An inquest was subsequently held, and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Thomas Green." DEATH FROM BURNlNG.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. Baker, jun., held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of .ilary Anne Rotheram, a ed eight years, the daughter of a labouring man residing in Split's-terrace, St. G , orge's-in-the-East. It appeared in evidence that on the 11th of March List the deceased was stAnditif, on the fender in the ki'chen, reaching for a candlestick, when her clothes caught fire. The flames rapidly spread, and she was soon in one mass of fire. Her screams br .ught the assistance her mother and sister, who with great difficulty extinguished the flames. She was admitted in the above hospital on the same day, where she lingered.until Thursday morning, when She expired. Verdict, " Accidental death," FRIDAY NIGHT'S dAZETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Hook, carpenter. Wandsworth-road—second div. of Is 6,1 d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. • W. Gilpin, army, clothier, Villiers'. street, Strand—sixth div. of 90. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. %V hitmore, Basinghall-street. J. Lathbury, draper, Burton-upon-Trent—fourth div. of is. sd. in the pound, on Thursday next, or any Thursday after Oct. 8, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. C. H. Waters, dealer in paintings, Queen. row, Pimlico— first div. of Is. bid. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at e office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall street. J. Cooper, wheelwright, Ston e y-lane, Sonthwark—second div. of bid. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall street. J. Balmer, merchant, Hartlepool—first and final div. of 6d. and two-thirds of a penny in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Cooper. hardwareman, Burs St. Edmonds—first div. of Bs. 6d. in the pound, on Saturday next, or any Saturday after Oct. 31, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. Frost, goldsmith, Grafton-street—final div. of lid. in the pound, on Saturday next, or any Saturday after Oct. 31, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. Berry. draper, Paddington—first div. of 3s. 1 0d. in the pound. on Saturday next, or any Saturday after Oct. 31, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldernianbury. J. and J. R. Reay, wine merchants, Mark-lane, City— second div, of ls. 6d. in the pound, on Saturday next, or any Saturday after Oct. 31, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanburv. J. Reay, wine merchant, Mark-lane, City—first div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, on Saturday next, or any Saturday aster Oct. 31, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. E. Arnatt, baker, Oxford—fina l of ad. in the pound, on Saturday next, or any Saturday after Oct. 31, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.. J. W. Pitsch, tailor, Sackville:stredt, Piccadilly, Sept. 4, at two. In the Country. C. N. Cutliffe, surgeon, Pilton, Devonshire, Sept.lo, at one, at the Exeter District Court—T. Jacksoo, worsted spi.,n , r, Halifax, Yorkshire, Sept. 11, at eleven. at the Lee , ts Distr'ct Court—J. rd Z Wilkinson, worsted stuff mannfactnr, rs, Bratiforol. Yorkshire, Sept. 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W. Hoole, leather dresser, Sheffield, Sept. 11, at eleven, at t he Cutlers'-hall, Sheffield. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to _ the contrary. on-the day herein mentioned. . . ... . . J.. Blatkburn, cloth manufacturer, Gomersall, Yorkshire, Sept. 15—E. Soul bookseller, Tabernacle-walk, Finsbury, Sept. 5—C. Pitt, licensed victuller, Bristol, Sept. B—W. Bradley. flax spinner, L-eds, Sept. I—J. Smith, cheese monge.., Wellington -street. Newington-causewoy. Sept. 8— W. Wood, fl t-rope manufacturer. Liverpool, Sept. 11—G. Bury, surgeon, Hand worth, Staffordshire, Sept. 17—J. Ir vine,. ironmonger, Liverpn.,l, Sept. B—E.. Glover, publican, Shelton, Staflordshire, Sept: 15 —W. Taylor, sharebroker, ‘Vorce , ter, Aug. 17—W. Collins, taiior, Rugby, Warwick shire, Sept. 4 —J. Taylor, merchant, Liverpool. Sept. 4—J. R. Holme brewer, P. , p!ar, Sept. 4—W. J. Haddan, brewer, Totten , am, Sept. 4—J. 11. Suckling, ironmonger, Birming ham, Sept. 4, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. °Myer aid W. J. (Pad, carpenters, Brighton—F. H. Tucker and T. Harrison, sur,_,eotis, Halifax—H. P. Hake wilt and E NPl.ellan. dres4- makers, New Bond-street—J Oliver, M. Stobart, J. C. Hopkins, D. O'Brien, J. Robin- 00. R. Cur dell, S. Rowland-cn. W. E. Dennis , n, J. Barnes. J. Shields, J. Rouinson, J. Middleton, and F Humble, brewers, West. A ckland (so far as regards J. Oliver)—W. Willytts and J. Roger, tile-makers, Brlston, Stnif,rdshire— H.. H Allen and E. J. Tint.all, law stationers, Chancery-lane—T. Baxter and G. Roberts, rulers and twist makers up, Man chester— W. C` . and J. J. Gray, ' oilmen, Bridge-road, Lam b th—l and J. Foden drapers, Fox-hill bank, Lancashire—Cr Shelton, sen., and G. Shelton, jun., hosiers, Nottingham—R Leigh and T. Warden, attorneys, Bardon, homer,etshire—T. H. Forrest ant! J. Walter, corn merchants, Earl-street. BLckfriars—A. A. and E. D. Mencei Argyle street, Regent-street—S. Squelch and T. Bonnell, ironflninders, Birmingham—J. Carrail and J. Blake, adver tising agents, Strand-J. Gardner, J. Nicholl, and G. H. Pettigrew ' wholesale ironmongers, King street, Snow• hili— J. and T. AP.51.-;ster, drapers, Abergavenny, Monmouth Shire —W. J. and F. P. Bays, chemists, Clapton-square, Hack ney—D. and W. Adcock, woodendrapers, Watford—W. Wood and T. Borman, booksellers, Featherstone -street, City-road—H. W. Lowry and J. Brown, general brokers, Liverpool—G. Knight and T. Droy, Little Saffron-hill—M. Major and J. Wallace, merchants, Cotton's wharf, Tooley street—T. and A. Brereton, rnaltsters, Frodsham —G. A. Mills and C. Jay, coal merchants, Northumberland- wharf, Blackwall—W. Perry and E. Jackson, corn dealers, Swindon, Staffordshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Ewing, jun., flesher, Glasgow, Aug. 21 and Sept. 11, at two, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. Ogg and 31•Alidan, watch-makers, Aberdeen, Aug. 19 and Sept. 8, at twelve, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aoerdeen. James Brown, sharebroker, Glasgow, Aug. 19 and Sept. 9, at two, at the chambers of Messrs. Tayler and Kirdiand, Gl4sgow. William Hackney, merchant, Dundee, Aug. 22 and Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Royal Hod, Dundee. Robert Bninie, merchant, Falkirk, Aug. 21 and Sept. 11, at one, at the Red Lion Inn, Falkirk. THE POTATO DISEASE TOTAL FAILURE OF THE Pi/fATO CROP IN WARWICKSHIRE. BIR3IINGRAM, FRIDAY.—" I'he potato crop has totally laded. Three months hence we doubt much if tLere will be a good potato in Eng;and." Such was the startling statement made to us yesterday by a gend, , man must ex tensively engaged in the corn trade, and intimately ac quainted with the state of the crops in every part of England. In a s far as regarded the condition of his own crop he said, " I have tried them, and found that two out of every three were gone." Such a st4rtiing announcement has been confirmed to-day by several of our most extensive potato-growers ; and • the high and increasinp price of potatoes in our market affords another proof that it is but too wull founded. In almost every case the destruction hai been rapid and general. We have examined several large fields in the district arid found the roots in most cases reduced to a pulpy mess. Previous to the late rains the stems and brunches were luxuriant and promising—now they are lying dead on the ground and appear as if t“ey had been killed, not so much from any taint from a poisonous atmo sphere as from the effects o' some cankerous disea-e at the roots. The smell emitted from the field., in several instances, is most off-nsiie, and sufficient in low-lying marshy grounds o produce a pestilence. This wis more particular.) , obs, rvable to day, when there was strong sunshine and heat, the action of which os the ground, saturated as is has been witri rain, produced a species of fernueutaion among the diseased roots, and a kind of smoke which rose trom the surface like a thick ground mist. The only potatoes in this reigbbourhood we have yet seen that have entirely escaped the disease are growing in a tt. id in South Staffordshire, from seed which lay in the ground all winter. The termer in this case did not lilt his last yea, a ' crop at all. A good many of the po tatoes were then diseased, and he th, ught that if he left the whole iu the gtound, those that might withstand the .frost in winter would be tree from disease, and grog up. in the spring. The . field in May was covered with early plants. These he ca efully cleaned and hoed up ; they now promise an abut - 1(11'A et 13, and should the experiment succeed, it may prove highly us,,ful. colicUt.r. , nt with the ,progress of the oi,,t-ase in this quarter has been a growing increase of E:iglish cholera amongst the population, not In the toe n mi-rely, but in the country around. The impression now is, that the bad quality of the potatoes in use occasions English cholera. This is a ditiii.ult point. and should be care. sully conslered. One thing is clear, there has not been so much English cholera in Birmingham for many years as at the present time. BERKS, HANTS, &e. EXTRACT us • LETTER, DATED AUGUST 13. After leviviug Lia3ingstoke I came to a thickly popu laikd village, it.,out two miles and a hull from Newbury, named SHERBOURNE, abound:rig with poor, where information was given me of a very fatal fever raging in end arout,d there, thirry-tour deaths having taken place %win the last few e ks, out of a population of less th 500 souls. The disease am ng the potatoes was da,ervabb thise much earlier than in other parts of the country, there scare ly being a a.:un i one now t b e found. Tne poor ate them trout ti.e first, n..t know a t u ng i tli t cpl bmt s e . e n a ious , na.t.ire of such food. Ftr-t the aged d infirm alaimingly ill, several d, aths following each other itl quick sumtesbion, then healthy women slid children sick cited and died, it•nd lastly the in, u becurn.l so ill that many had to house toe harvest field, aod are yet softer ing, till at o , de of use fatuity unhesitstit.glt d , — ciart-d it at his opinion that Eh.• min:: of dist ailed po tatoes is the pr m try cause of the fatal as there, they (the pot4t , rs)a,•ittig on the human trance us a slow poi -on, which eve;.tuady destroys me. Ev, ry family around there is strictly requested not to use potatoes, it the least tbs. wed. as tool for themselves or fa s. At PAMBES and TADLEY every garden and plot of grouu , t, hi,,n or low, wet, or 'dry, planted with early or Into pwatoe., has this pestileotiat ~iisea e. AL WINCHMLLD Usti (Lor d the gar dener ou d , e id el p alS 16 15 Witll S LI L d i 1 I L • g *Crquantities disease. supply prog re even s his I,,eus , urine the ihtahveasa(ghoinoed du ri ngpo t o ~,a x i t r tow i gi t il it n a o s t reft. many acres of potatoes rapidly y t fourteen days, they hi .re are to h• seen the scorched plant, and A t E e Y v - e a c o .} W * there are leaves r< is black hams ; the stench is intoleraht, and is there to be found a single garden without Lilts fatal malady. At lIECKFIICLD, in the Right Hon. Shaw Lefevre's Karel , n, t,ottr t he. earl) di.d lute potatoes are all rotting —in frames and on the "mud ground, At tirRATHFIELDSAYE, his Grace the Duke of Wel lington's gardens base not escaped the disease, and how to prevent its spreading the gardeners know not ; every scheme, "scientific and chemical," has bet n resorted to, and yet the infection spreads, and that so quickly as to level to the round in the short space of twenty-four hours the most green and healthy looking tops, like a nipping frost d.stroying, or lightning borniog hem up. At SWALLOWFIELD, and other hamlets on to Reading, the same melancholy faits were on& rvalde. 'IhA pour have been rt quested by the medical gentlemen not to eat the diseased potatoes I even it' but sligletry touched they are poisonous, and their opinion it; the prevailing English cholera is tottinly uttr:butible to euting them. At WHITE K:7touTs, near Reading, the principal gardener sbowetl the various kinds of potatoes planted there, both early and late ; all appear to be infected, some to the extent of ose-nalf and others two-tt:irds are rotten. At CAVERSHAM (one mile from Reading), the disease is increased, not one garden has escaped. In READING every greengrocer or retailer of vege tables has potatoes standing at his door for sale, but on the slighvst ir.specti , m they are found to be more than half toutthed with the disease, though assorted daily, still they cannot keep them free. Proceeding on to NEWBURY, through Gret-nham and several other villages, the di,ease, if p amble, is still more virulent ; acre a fter acre planted there is on e mass of putrefaction, infecting the air in every direction, f ' .10 # causing sickness, 'ever, and death to those breathing the pestilential atmosphere. Vacs being market day at N..whury, the country people bad some potatoes for sale, all more or less diseased ; they were willing to sell them at any price—one person offering them at 1,1. 6d. per sack, rather than have to take them home again. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES , I IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From tie Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TURADAY AHD . FREDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Per Name of Company. Amount of !. hare. Aiintim. 61. per cent. 5/. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 81. per cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. Si. per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. IMVAriT Amount of Share. A s. d. 600 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 600 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 23 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. Australasia .......... Brush .North American Commercial ut London Colonial .. Londn ar..l Westminstr London Joint-Stock ... Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New.... • • • • • National of Ireland Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New......... Union of Australia.... Union of London IZCSITRA.NCE C uivraend j.er same of Company. Annum. Albion ........ •• • • • • Alliance ISM. and For. Ditto Marine.. • • • •• Atlas .• • • • • • • • British Commercial .. Clericl,Med.&Gen.Lite uounty • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • own • • • • •• •• •• • • • • i‘agle • • • • • • El ig. & Scot. Law •• • • European Life • • • • reemasons'..• • • • • • • ;lobe • • .• • • Guardian .. • . • • • • • • •• Imperial Fire .• • • • • • • imperial Life • • • • • • • • Indemnity Marine. • • • Law Life •• • •• •• Legal and General Lite 1,011,101 a Fire • tmedon Ship Marine . ....• • . • • Med. Invlid & Gen. Life National Lean Fund. National ,•alladiuni Phoenix •• Protector Life.• • . Provident Lite • • . • • Rock Life ••• • • • ...• itoyal Exchange. -tun Fire.. Ditto Life .......... niveral Life .. 31. 108 6 per cent. sg. per cent, 13s. 66. pr sh. is. per share 1. per cent. 10s. 6s. 51. per cent. 5% per cent. M. per cent. 6/. per cent. Al. per cent. 6/. and bonus 12s. 11. sh & bs It. Ss. lOs. 10s. per Cent. per et. W. per cent. 8/. per cent. 51. per cent. 31. p.ct. & bs , 51. per cent. 11. ss. 4s. 51. per cent 61. 10s. 11. 69. 1040. pr cm 100 0 Paid. I Fri°. A a. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 . 0 0 All paid. 3 0 0 19% 531 16% 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10. 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 13 5 4$ 20, 52 3 21. Os' 203 11.g' 23. 4% 193 '2lO 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 6 15 0 CANALS. .Names of ti Dividend PrioNames or Dividend) pric e. per Companies. , g per com p anies. p anies ' 4 Annum. mAnnum. £ £ 160 Ishtn & 0141 h 97 51.55. p c 70 tfonmouthsh lOn 81. Ashby-d-la.-Z 113 .41. 70 .lntgomrysh 100 . 51. 38 Barnsley •. • • 160 12/. 180 Ilacclesfleld. 100 , 0 Basingstoke 100 Heath ......100 171. 3. Brknk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 12/. 40 Cromford • • 100 141. 150 Peak Forest . 78 31. 2b Dudley lOO 4/. Regent's •• • • 33 11. ss. Derby ..• • Ellsinre&Chs 133 4/. 55 Shropihire •• 125 81. 3 Erewash •• • 100 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 1 0 Forth & Clyd 100 41. D o .Lkld St 12 61. p. P. .015 grandJunctn 100 '7l. 95% . Stffrd &Wore 140 281. Grand Union'loP l 1/. 10s. sShrewsbary.. 12" 154. :Th ° , llamormish .172 1 ;• 5 4,1. 210 'Stourbridge.. 145 201. . . Cromford ..• • 100 141. Peak Forest Dudley lOO 4/. Regent's •• • • Derby ..• • Ellsmre&Chs 133 4/. 55 Shropihire .• Erewash •• • 100 321. 300 Somrset Coal' Forth & Clyd 100 41. Do.LkFdSt grandJunctn 1001 71. 95% .Stffrd &Wore Grand Union'loP l 1/. 10s. iShrewsbary.. , llamorunsh .172' 1 210 !Stourtrldge.. Brkly 00 'Strtfrdon Av Grantham ll5O 12/. 100 :SeVern andl Finddersfleld. 57 Wye Rail. Kennt & Aviv 39 7s. 6d. 9% Trnt & 111r-1 1 Lanca , •ter 4 7 I/. 10s. sey, 14 sh. Leeds& Livrp!loo 341. 520 Thams &Med Leicester !140 10/. 105 Worcstr I,4cstr &. Nthl s 3 4/. 60 Itirming. Loughborogh' IV 70/. 850 Wilts Sz Fit kg Name of Company. DOCKS 71. 10s. 61. p. c. 281. 201. 11. 10s. It. Bs. ' Dividend j Amount per of I Paid. Annum. Share. s. d. I X 5. d• Commercial East and West India East Country Lyndon •• • ... tt. Katharine .... •• .• 5 per cent. Stock. Southampton • • ...... 47. per cent. i 5 0 0 0 50 0 0 price • 1:1 1 Si 11 4 , 101?! 27!; WATER-WORKS Dividend Name of Company. per Annum. Amount of j raid. Share. East L0nd0n.......... 81. Grand Junction ...... 31. 10s. Kent • • • • • • • • 21. 10s, Vauxhall 51. per cent West Middlesex pr ent, scolcTisa co: Name of Company. Dividead per Annum. Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Commercial Bank • - . • National Bank Union Bank of Scotland Western Bank • • • North of Scotland Bank Clydesdale Bank.. • Eastern Bank .•• . . • Caledonian Bank Edinb.& Glasgow Bank City of Glasgow Bank . Scottish Union Ins. Co. Hercules Insurance Co. Insur. Co. of Scetlnd • • North British Insur. • . Caledonian Fire Insur. Edinburgh Life Insur. Edin. & Glasg. Railway Ditto, 4 shares • Edin., Leith, Sc Grantn Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. Glasgw & Green ck Rail. Glsgw & Gamkirk Rail. Dundee & Arbroth Standard LifeAssurnee. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. sl. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 7%1. pr cent. 6/. per cent. 6/. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 7%1. pr cent. 61. per cert. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 5/. per cent. 5%1. pr cent. 101. per cent. 6!. per cont. 1/.los. pert. 73.6 d. p. 5. 71. per cent. 21. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 1 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 1 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 IDl l,l ' raid. d 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 All paid• 10 10 0 0 12 11 0 50 0 e All paid• 0 0 All paid' All paid. All paid. All Paid• 2 10 0 Frio' MARKET NE WS—(SATURDAY 4 COVENT-GARDEN. h ditto Pines, 6s per lb ; Melons, 2s to 4s each; Dutc- t o 18s per dozen; Peaches and NeCtarines, lOs to 205 per du t . o34 Plums, 6s to 8s per halt sieve ; Hothouse Grapes, Ss toil per lb ; Apples, 6s to 18s per bushel; Currants, ` l ,, s ., o otir per half sieve; French Beans, is 6d per half sieve; v 'NO bers, is to ss, and Artichokes, Is to 2s per dozenf 'co; 3s to 4s per bushel; New Potatoes, 5s to 163 Per, doses Cabbages, is 6d per dozen ; Green s i s 6d t o 2s PeL o dlel bunches; Celery, ls, a n d H orsera di s h, 2 s t o 3s per bat, i t sch , Mushrooms, 2s per Pottle; Onions, 4s per bushel ' Sl s per 3s 6d 'per junk; Carrots and T urn ip s (n ew ), 45 ' to dozen bunches; Mulberries,4d to 8d per pottle. RUN GERPORD. tO' ds A The supplies of most articles of produce on offer were not to say extensive. Generally speaking, the uu ruled steady, at but little variation in prices. NE wcrawrla gusto IaiIa.DEIZELAZIr 410 0 Prime meat commanded a steady sale at fill" pol , In all other kinds only a moderate busines% Loa transacted. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton , 4d; to 4s; Lamb, 4s Sd to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 6d to 43 0 0 e, and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase- eit ohi 3s 6d to 6s; Ducks, Is 9d to 2s 3d ; Pigeons, 6d to 8. 4od Surrey Fowls, 7s to 10s; ditto Chickens, 48 to 6s;. Oa Barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d to 68 per couple. Fresh Butters. to is 2d per lb. NEWPORT. 10 14 Beef, from 2s 104 to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 33 to 4 5 ;,, 45 49 10d to os 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and F or ' 4s 10d per 81bs. ZUCLIAEN GS (LAMM. Turbots, 8s to 16s Brills, 2s 9d to 4s ; Cod Fisbl 39 IS to 4 (3r i ab to s, 8 4 d d ; to Ma L kar ea e C l ll 6 ; l pair; Salmon, 8d to is; and Eels, 4d to 10d per lb' Beef from 2s 6d to Ss 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 49 ; 1 1 3 : 1 to 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, Ss 6d to 4s 4d; and Pork, a s 4s 8d per 81bs. ' BREAD. polio are frora Soles, o le V ;6d Lo t b u sTppet The prices of. Wheaten Bread in the illet r fiL. 41ns lo af ' 7ct to 8d; Household ditto, 5 1 -Ad to 7d P" 6 411) to HIDE MARKET. lb; , sPlb Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2 3 4 to 3d per , A dO. 721 O, 3d to 4 , 4 d ; do. 721 b to 8016, 3 1 4 d to 3`,%2' 961 b 0.1 to 881 h, 3t4d. to 4d; do. 8816 to 961 b, 4d to 41 / 2 d ) 6 d ; Horn 10411 t, 4 1 / 2 tl to 5d ; Calf Skins, each, 3s 6d to u s i od to 04 Hides, 13s ; Pulled Sheep, 6s to 7s 6d; Snearlings, • 11,111.01.11C.Sieri.. 21 59 , S. t'Ettr E Ll..—Old Meadow Hay, 3. 5 s t 4 '; NeW 0 b s l 0 to 31 153; Old Gov , r, 4 / to 5i 15s ; New ditto, 'it 143 4/ 16-4; Oat Straw, Ns to 1/ 14s ; heat Stray , ' to 1/ 16s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. N a ir I C i t (611:,:t o :5: s i :t:o n p ri e r I O 6 I ( 6 ) 1 a d t d .5011ed:iwl full Clover, a Hay, lera / g 3 teol supply ,p 1 t 4 1 :3 , : 4 . 1- N4ells; r i o t t y , ° : 3/ 5s to 4/ 14 , ; Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ I6s • Wn eat ibish t m E a ct - Old Meadow Hay, 315 s to 41 : 115devia c15 3 1 ; 6°; 2/ 58 to 3/ 15s; Old Clover, 4145 to 5/ 184; to 41 16s; Oat Straw, 11 128 to 1/ 14s; Wheat Straw , I to 1/ 16s per load. Trade dull, at late rates. • „idea The cdcbrated Danish limiter Holm. died suAi e dist at Rome at the commencement of the month. 05 the Holy City during the last two years. New ditto,l 140 811 S. On the 7th inst., at Market O 071 verton, Rutland, th e *Wife °f the Rev. Henry Green, of a son. fob° On the 10th inst., at Camden-row, Camberwell, DI-1.• Smith, of a daughter. the On the 12th inst., at Tiverton square, Southwark' of George Bennett, Esq., of a son. ~Yestmia On the 13th inst., in Great George-street , the wife of Commander Boyle, R.N., of a daug_hter,_. Fr aser ' On the 12th lust ., at Siough, the wife of the Kay* of a son. MARRIED. - Chaf eli n f t On Thursday, August 13, at St. Andre w ~_„da r y Plymouth, by the Rev. T. Trevenen Penrose, L rreuTisfilliso l LimAilti, William Henry Prance, Esq., eldest sun oolf Prance, Esq., of Plyinouth, to Elizabeth Penr °9 ' bier daughter ufeaptain Gode, R.N. , g randdaug c of the late Vice-Admiral Sir C.V. Penrose DIED. Son lerl widow of the late Ca Oa the 6th inst., at Inner -hill House, near From'' , Err O'Coa li set, Miry Ann, ptalll • B. I. L. of the Royal Navy. 4 this On the 9th inst., at Woodhouse, n ear Leeds, Margare wife Of William Gott, Esq. 11 S r On the 11th firm , a 1 C berwe , Ebi engall• grove, are bath, the wife of Ed ward • Pilgrim, Esq. Des t°ll g On the 12th i nst ., i n M on t e u-bquare, Charles Nevinson, M.D., age d 72. Blalic erl' °lithe 13th in s t., J u li a , se cond daughter of Mr. It. II ac'en of ....z.... ,.... 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