The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-10 00:00:00

• AN DER S and }IAMB URG 11 MAIL. la • tsseL s , Week ending on Saturday AUG. 4,—The avers ->- price of wheat in the ,e. and that of rye 17f. 43c. per h tl e e et Dielitt:l..kugust, -was 22f. 7iie., The exportation of rye flour is still prohibited- r : the Senate is convoked for Wednesday, the 12th August. i -. yea s E , n g li shman, named Ashton, a y o un g man 23 o r 24 ";"ge, arrived yesterday at Antwerp on board the Mo narch steamer, ironi'Hull s , l and rut 9. 1 B . te ar the , .0 at Riaage's Hotel, '6 ~ P.rt. In the course of last nig p tit ‘ h . e commi:ted sni- Ire 114 e1 1 ;' L , Y cutting his throat with a razor. The body of the I,thd..ny young man has been taken to the , hospital. 's; , t r. - i i,_ , it.eotato market at Brussels was well supplied 3es ,r -g; ; I :: _pout 300 sacks being offered for sale; the mean price rat ' De : ,a• for the 100 kilogrammes (2001b5.). The country 011 fr. prig. ot seem iatic ,mc •" d ° u . • h • lined to promote a fall in the v izue North ern Railway Company has just regulated pro .L ile r 11 1 ' 41 Y the speed of the' t ra i ns at 28 an d 33 kil ometres Th.oll ar op 71 'Ye ened e assured th a t, i n th e s h ort sess i on which is tt.s.be s-; e , Itill h un Thursday next, the Chamber of Representatives tippli c , a t. v e to consider, besides the treaty . with Holland, an Sable for extr4ordinary votes of creLit for laying down . I' . line: : ou several parts of the railway belongint; to the 1 j! and for other works. The necessity of public lines say loran long since acknowled i reJ, so that we do not expect p l i b ,2g discussio n on the subject, though a new man w . ill tratinY result from th e vote. We hope that the adminis so )y e : k u of the r a il way w ill enable the Minister to state what t e ,,,Quali thick of the sleepers proposed according to the pro liith:rft,(l?r• Bors c h er i s. I t i s we ll k nown that the sleepers fros i used rapidly decay, and that it requited taacie ex periments made in Fra:ec, fir' t sleepers tla eed .3( wood, prop ose d by Dr. Borscheris's proee.is, k red under gro un d, w i t h o th ers o f hea - c et oak, not pre of dec,:yere found a t t h e en d o f t h ree years to have no trace F ra hl 3'", whereas the others were very much decayed. In a. Di rt , on the railway, which has not beea laid down more D irt, three or four years, it has been necessary to replace a q t y,2t - the sleepers which are decayed. This circumstance i• ye4i7,a constant rise in the price of the slee . pers_. In the 1 84 4'4 1 they were four francs cash, and in Novembr, Rip > 6 f. 30e.; then 6f. 84c., 6f. 93c., 6f. 98c., and the rise a II continues. 44 Drurely the dnty of the G overnmen t t o ascer t a i n whe n If a sert4i. Borscheris'a process presents th e a d van t a ges as '; '4 144 ,, e should have double lines on all our railways they a. th at ° a mount to two hundred kilometres ; it is estimated t eett °lle , fourth of these sleepers (that is for sixty kilo ; ean,.„ e3 ) , Would want to be renewed every year, at an annual pare ss of 900,000 francs; whereas, if the sleepers were pre • thaWQI would not be necessary to repair them for more kil or ;eu kilometres, and instead of costing 15,000 francs per Per 4 1 ` e tre; they would cost only 7,500 francs; so that the v il'ule saving would be 675,000 francs per annum. tr - It E n.3 , L lx ! AUG. I.—His Royal Highness Prince Frederick ; t ottr es ' ia " appointed to the post of Military Governor of the r• At s of Luxembourg. of le T° l'A• AUG. 3.—We learn that Count Euginus Revent w, 1- 1 ,,_. r at hitriutsh Ambassador at the Prussian Court, who is now po st, hu n t at Al tendorf, has received orders to return to his servier he has asked to b e di sc h arge d f rom t h e pu bl ic Jr as Elberfrr t is:Ln , AUG. 4.—Accounts from a great many places, Id, mention the oc- F l u la rr oetinz of t f si C l ; o r e e i r , On o , f C a a n sse ea l. r L o : 4 n u d a au e , k S' on c" the29th of July. et 11 0 t a g p n t ,, h° ',hocks were in some places rather severe, it does uves iorst." te at any considerable damage was done, or any e• I).Ep ~. i'URE of FOREIGN MAILS. T h POST-OFFICE NOTICE. p o i m; ursday the Post-office authorities issued 'ng' the day s f or t h e di spatc h o f the nexteriema, Brazils, &c. a mails to notice p olnd u ia, Oa ! the W est Indies, the Pen i nsu i a, Am Mails to India vid ; Southampton—rhe nex t mails fur braltar, Greece , M a lta, the lonian Islands, Egypt, i4sins, o , e, will be dispatched on the morning of the 20th 'ant, via' Southampton. t. O verland Mail to India, &c.—The mail f or th e Medi 7ranean, Egypt, I n dia, China, &c., vici Marseilles, were Nepatched on the evening of the 7th inst. (last evening.) Peninsula M a il s— T he mails for Lisbon, Cadiz, Vigo, , u Porto, Corunna, Gibraltar, Spain, and P ortuga l , were dis -11 4t ehed, rid Southampt on , by the Royal Tar, on the morn pptbe the 7th instant (yesterday morning). The next mails dispatched on the morning of the 17th. t o j r ,",t Indies —The next mails for the British and Foreign v at ,"'n , es, in the West Indies (except Honduras and Ha (1(;-;,,.h) and for Bermuda, Madeira, Venezuela, San Juan Nutkicaragua, and New Granada, will be dispatched rid 17t0 : 411.1 Pton, by the Tay steamer, on the morning of the A mistant -.t ile • • a nd nea—The next mails fur the United States, Hali&x, et „kiritish North America, will be dikratched on the evening Qdacleira, re 18th instant • • °141 ( 1, — ,,, ei ra , „ Brazil, and Buenos Ayres—The next mails for tth:ceiTl'siuor!azil' and Buenos Ayres, &c, will be dispatched September. Her Mjesty's brig Swift was eje tvehin 0 sail from Falm , uth on the arrival of the mail of .hn clll3ivA!ii the sth instant. From August to January herl ?utw' r ine packet touches at Pernambuco and Bahia, n her h o 't Passarre to Rio Janeiro, and the other six months o svpewarepassage. Attai r n ; `-; Y and New South Wales—The next mails for ° llt:a"a9 Sydney, and New South Wales, will be dispatched BtHollaueVelliti,f of the 3lst instant. uin, ta he Ocean for the mails of the morning of the Via ' a t , of ill t i t 4t gh—Te Princess Royal for the mails of the even ue 7th inst. the ro tho leer ell ,ro- tetitin !Gar ON BOARD A STEAM-BOAT.—On Thurs n reiy was gone into berme Mr. C. J. Carttar, at the 4eLe ee Pu Lath blic liouse, Church -street, Greenwich, re'ative so„, of John Finly, aged 24, late a fireman on board si,e'r‘er Johnni e s t eam - tug, whose body was picked up in e t'd, oel e t e lingebv's Hole, off East Greenwich. John Rat reeee-adsee'er4ei te t Ratcliffe deposed that he is en 007rds. I t . h e e Souter J:ihnuie steam-tug. The t kYitl l e e d e ' v e S: fireman on board the same vessel. On Thurs- Wed te e t ," of July, they were on board getting a barque, w her A n ZtSan, out of the West India Dock, in order to V 3 ned e e - C l a the river on her passage for Quebec. Words `e.„,.ndre e . "ea the deceased and auother fireman, named B ray . it• About five o'clock they were abreast of test of Pier in midchannel. The master, mate, and It . atv t ue crew were on board. All of a sudden he ad I: ..eaS ed and Grant struggling together.. _ Deceased Grant clenched fists in an uprigtit position, and Ifte r‘ ,„ h ad him grasped in his arms. In a moment "haft -1.(18 both fell over the rail on the larboard side .ano h t he paddle-box, and rolled off the sponson ee 'eee river. They sunk and came up together clasped ilse;', 4 others arms. They ti e pin sank, and on rising a "" time they were about a yard apart, the tide running Bards, The deceased rose again, sank, and was not seen after he A boat from the barque put off and saved Grant h we e was sinking a third time. A boat from the tug was to _ r v e e d,_b t havin g no skulls in her nothing could be done .t.3a deceased. Captain Wiggins of the Souter Johnnie, tuterwards took Grant on shore in the boat. There had 'nee d• te e s es ' s Pates between deceased and Grant before leaving 1/;" est India Deck, as well as on previous occasions. atztlit gate4,.,`701 mate of the Souter Johnnie, corroborated tagernttlng_ :s, and added, that Grant had beforehandtanted deceased ing into trouble a few days drunk. After hearing some further evidence to the nee e ertect, the coroner adjourned the inquiry until Monday atel called upon And rew G rant, w h o had been r esent durin g the gre a t er part o f the examination, for ail 1001., and hi mse lf i n 40/ ., to appear at the adjourned ` l ltkes in t. 11 E LATE FIRE AT THE DUBLIN ROYAL EXCHANGE. great portion of the east ern s id e of the roof and fate t"t t arid lecture-room of th e M ec h an i cs ' Institution was th ntreYed, and that part of the roo f w hi c h covered the stair '4l3e leading to the board-room has also been entirely re %eyed. The damage clone has been estimated at 1.500/. or 2 ,000/., but we cannot und er t a k e t o say with any degree of ttcuracy what the real amount of the injury has been. We have mentioned what parts of this fine old classic structure have been ruined, but it is a more pleasing duty to enunie - rate what parts have not been touched by the fire. The board taom and outer room are safe; the floor and more than two thirds of the roof of the lecture-room have, as far as we tould ascertain, sustained little iejury ; the room where the mechanics meet, its roof, and the fan-light over the western a tetirease, have also been uninjured. The interior of the the on Tuesday morning (before the removal of 'e u e rubbish and the drying up of the water enabled the spec tator to estimate the actual extent of damage done) bore latTe resemblance to the ruins of Pompeii; and the statues ' 4 4 . il ea; Grattan, and Drummond, disfigured and covered e With dust, ashes, and water, appeared as if they had been .;.! I g out of the urning pile. The police were very active ‘" ettinguishin the fire ;indeed, • indeed, upon all such distressing "adg di dangerous occasions they spare neither time nor trouble p Th :barging th e i r onerous d ut i es. Colonel Browne was sPot- We understand that th e fire was not totally r yn otit till e i g h t o ' c l oc k , A.M. The Lord Mayor, Alderman tie u rie n , M.P., and several other members of the Corpora the Were at the Royal Exchange on Tuesd a y, i ns p ec ti n g (heir and rendering every suggestion and assistance tai n power to have the rubbish removed, and to ascer ee; Lee amount of injury done to the property. The pre sCrallet eete wre insured in the Royal Exchange and National In huijeeoffices for 2,5001.--bublin Paper. ` r risil Bormi.s.—The revenue authorities having aq under their consideration the reports of the principal an eplintending officers of the landing depaetnn ti t s , h up m o a n nu. facture ttion requesting that empty bottes of B tesi returned to this country may b delivered without ket betnt to the warehouse with the stores of the lea,,,ag of opinion that there appears to be no objection_ eePliance with the request, not only in this particular err ee tl ee, but also in all future cases of the kind, have issued thp out the several officers of the various departments ,itte l. er l."out the port of London to permit the same in future '„eiti - e , Hri glY, upon the condition of a declaration in each case ° 'lli.V .a cie by the master of the vessel that the bottles are niat e - n 4Bll manufacture, and upon the officers being satisfied, 'tirr ee 'i ll e i nspection and examination of the articles, of the st ate a e e se thereof. and of the bottles being of British make, k v i by the party. t tkct STE ,III O US DEATH OF A FEMALE IN RATHBONE -I.l', e" -~i nformation has been forwarded to Mr. Wakley, f°llogi °tier for West Middlesex, of the death of a 3 oung : 41 3' living in George-street, St. Giles's, under the :er e e adav'„ t nYsterious circumstances .---It appears that on h i; "3ly, , nng the deceased visited a friend residing at Sl ime nt at clione-place; there wa' a small party at the este -,a,te hol e :" Which, she joined. The deceased remained until a few hoe r ' when she suddenly became unwell, and died in a ?Isom insafter. Some strange conversation .. having gone s ordered a d dicing considerable suspicion, the Coroner h ve t y P o st mortem examination. Aa re -41 % MARQUIS OF HASTINGS.—A tablet to the 4 ,,ar e V i , of this lamented nobleman has (by order of the e4llll, Bess of Hastingbeen recently executed by M . r. E. m ilt Herbs and on Wednesday_ last it was placed imme 'lwihtiglit4ncevehr_rtbe family Rew in die chancel of Castle Don which the Church. l a t rin co s ns a is n ts d. ecfraesltarageblac_k marble slab, on re raised in fine white Boman ar s marble,. beneath which the following is inscribed in eaPital gilt letters. viz. :—" Sacred to the Memory of f l 4stiri he tor.snt Honourable George Augustus Francis Rawdon ir i niten c. , t 2 of Rawdon, and Viscount Loud d ow . n t _ a o r f l th o e f j eado wn '!getorn of Great Britai•l and Irelan 'cotli tad; tut Baron Loudown, Tarrinzean, Manlilei . re in N tt , a „. Earl of Moira and Baron Rawdon of Moira, in the 'ngs "own, in the kingdom of Ireland; Baron Hest- Bortrcaux, Moels Moleyns and Newmarch wo e s Baron R aw d on, of Rawdon, in the county of Vile peerage o f G reat Britain, and a baronet of Eng b departed this life ap b r ie January 13, A.D., 1844, unive,r -411 3pr and regretted, in the 36th year of his age.' /eeer clll. WiIootionr,,.o,IIIEARuQuEBXP7LOSION IN THE ROYAL AItsENAL. Th e rocket ex Ttod . — Yesierday morning, at eleven o'clock, a ?4- 40a P i r i e ee , of d i i ! , , ing er i l n at t fh e rocket sheds, Royal Arsenal, during The compositio nexol ll3 by occurredm ans fromo' t a th c e u r l ' oc t e r a t i i : r xp e io ll sai a oz otik e y e )ort that the rocket explo4ed from on the previous day. The re a the ma c s h a i m n e e aausedrm ha h v untheds of the workmen to hasten to C O CK oteket sheds, the course of a few minutes then ,esuicid,o,ll,e scarcely any Been given . That the shed was on CO CIt4: 4 damage g, discoveredatoestiliewbasuildin that the he and the men t r esoek et, j u ao ttir t l e y e r. The man who was employed moulding , e vr w as severely burnt about the head and lace Zyrtea be t as ordered home by the surgeon, but it is "s 7-• SIM 9 resume hie work in the 4911110 of a few NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Portmtlo .IFI.IDAYe—The Comet etealller, tieutensnt- Connitanuing Johnsuu,retur nal-to-day. fts.nuPlymonth. This indefatigable Beer has actually made two voyages to Ply Mouth and b ck in two hours uuder four days, including a stoppage in this harboUr of seven hours. The distance traversed is about 650 miles, Lnd this has been accomplished by one of the oldest steamers in the service, and one generally had to be a very slow coach. The Athol tro9p- ship, Master-Commanding E. Pearce, was towed into the harbour last evening, and is to be grounded, we believe, along,ide the dochyard, to have her copper ex amined and repaired, there being no dock vacant. The sii ,, ht repairs required .by the royal yacht in conse quence of late accident have been completed, and she was hauled off to the buoy opposite Clarence•-yard this mcrniug, ready for her Majesty's use, should she think fit to employ her. I'he ;hips dressed in flags this afternoon at a quarter past one, and the pier at Clarence-yard has been decorated in like manner, as from the lateness of the hour at which her Majesty has appointed: to arrive, it will be low water, and she will be obligA to use the barge. In Harbour—Excellent, Victory, Victoria and Albert, Nautilus, Athol, and Seafluwer cutter ; Gladiator, Dasher, Comet, Fi.iry, and Echo steamers. At Spithead—Coutest and Aurora, Sardinian corvette. In Dock—Prince Regent, Leander, Cambrian, Naiad, Rattlesnake, and Rifleman. _ _ _ _ lir the Bi4n—Neptune, Edinburgh, Penelope, Trincoma lee, and Amphitrite. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, AUG. B.—Wind S., moderate breeze, and cloudy. 1 EAL, Ara. 7.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. New York, New York, for Bremen ; Sailor, ltichibucto ; - Royal Briton, Pearson, Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, Ara. 4. —Arrd. Ann and Elizabeth, 31owatt, Prince Edwa. d's Island, and not the Anna Liston, from Quebec as previously reported. WESTPORT, AUG. 4.—The Sylvanus, Robson, for Quebec, t)ok the ground in the River to-day, and remains. CROOKHAVEN, AUG. I.—The lther, Usher, from Cork to Limerick, has , ut in leaky, and is laid en the beach tbr repair. Sroartowar, AUG. 3.—A brig, with only foremast standing, was , passei off cape Wrath 27th ult. by the Mary Mackenee arrd. here. Caommt, AUG. 7.—The Mary Ann, Gordon, of Dundee, from Hull to Bristol, went on skore at Weyboarne lastnight dnring a fog, but was assisted off this morning, after throwing part of cargo overboard, and has proceeued for Yarmouth, leaky. Ltvzapoot., AUG. 7. —Arrd. Maria, Smith, Alexandria. Sll. Fa vourite, Kezey, Mauritius ; Challenger, Edwards, Cape of Good Hope ; Sarah, Graham, Demerara ; Viola, Jamieson, NOV Orleans; Trenton, Cutting, ditto; Rochester; Brillon, New York; Sunbeam, Winsor, Boston ; Aberfoyle, Wil , on, Quebec. OFF SHIELDS, AUG. 7.—Choice, Cram, Quebec; George Guilford, Seurneld, ditto. SUNDERLAND, AUG. 6.—And. Portia, Wrightson, Quebec. Sid. Mary Alice, Pattison, Montreal. WEITBY, AUG.7.—The Sultana, of Jersey, and the Clipper schooner, repo: tel yesterday as being on shore near here, came off soon idler, appareuty without damage. SALE OF THE DRAWINGS, &c., OF THE LATE MR. lIAYDON. The sale of the effects of the late unfortunate Mr. B. R. Haydon was continued on Thursday, and consisted princi pally of his drawings, sketches, and unfinished paintings. The room in which the sale took place was densely crowded, principally by artists. Of the numerous lots sold the follow ing are deserving of notice :—The palette, maal stick, and crayon holder, used by Mr. Haydon on the morning of his death, sold for one guinea. An octagon colour stone and two muliers, belonging to Mr. James Barry, R.A., and after wards in the possession of Hoppna. at whose sale, the auc tioneer stated, Mr. Ilaytlon gave 3.51. for it, sold on Thursday for only I/. 133. A small bronze cast of the head of Pauline Bonaparte, by Canova, sold for 355. Au etching sketch book, healing date 1807, and called by the deceased " Ideas in Embryo for Composition," told for five guineas. The coat worn by Earl Grey at the R.iform Banquet, and pre sented by that nobleman, at his request, to the de• ceased, was put up," but only 7s. being offered for it, the auctioneer withdrew the lot. A small print of George IV., with the following written beneath, "The only monarch who felt for me—B. R. Ilaydon," sold for 10s. Four small • pen and ink sketches of Anarchy, Democracy, Justice, and Despotism, by Haydon, sold for 31. 7s. A small drawing of Haydon asleep, by Wilkie, sold for 17s. An unfinished painting in oil of "Copenhagen," the charger rode by the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo, was purchased by his Grace for 17 guineas. "A Study for the Peasant Woman in Alfred—B. R. Haydon, June 9, 1846," done only nine days before his death, sold for 5/. 10s. A design by Haydon for the Nelson Monument, which he sent into the Committee of Selection, sold for Si. ; it represented the interior of a mausoleum, having in one corner a colossal statue of the naval hero, with the following inscription be neath :—" A little man with a mighty heart." Of portraits of political and other characters, two unfinished in oil of Earl Grey sold for five guineas; one of Sir George Cock burn in crayon, a very excellent likeness, was bought by the Right Honourable Baronet for 6/. A portrait of Lord Burghersb, now Earl of Westmoreland, in crayon, was pur chased by the Countess of Westmoreland for three guineas and a half. A portrait of Jo=epla. Hume, Esq., M.P., which the auctioneer said was a good likeness, but which the Honourable Member repudiated, sold for 1/. Portrait of the Duke of Richmond, in chalk, sold for 10s. Study for Napoleon's hat, in Sir R. Peel's picture, consisting of several hats of full size in various positions, sold for 195., and the study for the Duke of Wellington's hat, 10s. A sketch of the Duke of Wellington's sword which he wore at the battle of Waterloo sold for three guineas and a half. The large pic ture (unfinished) of Satan and Uriel, sold for 5/. 105. The last lot put up was the large picture of "Alfred and the first British Jury," upon which the unfortunate deceased was at work shortly prior to his death. Before any bidding took place a person who was present handed to the auctioneer a written paper, at the same time saying, ' I give you notice not to sell the large picture, for if you do you will do it on your own responsibility." The auctioneer took no heed of the document, but said he had a commission to purchase it for 2001. At this 6111Z1 it was put up, and there being no farther advance, it was knocked down for the 200/. It was understood that Sir Robert Peel was the purchaser. The other lots sold, although in an unfinished state, fetched good prices. SALE OF GREEK AND ROMAN COINS.—On Thursday a sale of Greek and Roman coins, which has lasted 11 days, the property of Cavaliers John Peter Campana, of Rome, from which city they were brought for sale in this country, was concluded at the auction-rooms of Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, Wellington-street, Strand, many of which fetched high prices. They belonged to the circulating medium of almost all the periods of the existence of those empires, many of which have been, bought for the British Museum, while agents attended from France, Italy, and other parts, to purchase. There were 1,538 lots, the sums at which some of them went for being as follows :—A bronze medallion of Annius Verus et Commodus, of which there was only an- other specimen known, and which is in the Bibliotheque Royal at Paris, 36/. ; a ditto of Hadrianus, 30/. ; a small gold coin of Platina, on the reverse was the laureated head of her husband, 20/. 10s. ; a ditto of Domitian, with the head of the Empress on the obverse, a most rare coin of the Empress, of which there are only three known, 27/. ; a large brass coin of ditto, of which only two are ex tant, 16/. ; a middle brass of ditto, 101.9 s: sd. ; a bronze me dallion of Geta, on the reverse the Emperor standing in the midst of live military standards, from the Gabeleur collec tion, 13/. ; a bronze ditto of Faustina, sen., one of her most rare medallions, 10/. ; a large brass coin of Hadrianus, re lating to Britain, on the reverse the Emperor on horseback , addressing the British soldiers, 14/. 14s. ; a small silver coin of Claudius Macer, the head of Africa on the obverse, on the reverse the Roman legionary eagle between two military standards, 91. 12s. 6d.; a gold coin of Sextus Pompelius, on the obverss the head of the Emperor encircled by a garland of oak, on the reverse the head of Pompey the Great, and Cneins Pompey, his eldest son, 121 10s. ; a large brass coin of Caligula, on the reverse the Emperor is addressing five soldiers, 10/. •, a large brass dit o of Marcus Aurelius, on the obverse the Emperor on the eagle, going to Olympus, &c., 91. 12s. 6... • a small silver coin of the Brutii, their caps orna mented with laurel leaf, CZ., &c. The entire property realised above 3,000/. SALE of THE MISSAL OF MARGARET OF ANJOIL- 1 On FrLlay a sale by auction of a collection of curious and rare manu tshcr,imptswaasn labrologlihsbf_oporkespelryacee,iastnAdlbeessartsa.ift,Solityh.eflitsifedoommsan, vellum of the fifteenth century, adorned with flay-one prae twenty-four ;r.baok o r m a a ll rg i a n r i e n t l a o t f a A re w oa, Q paintings,a eenof sHacidary VI. tohar t e isc b a e m en po t se i' d e of 235 leaves beautifully illuminated. Prefixed to some prayers in the French language is the portrait of Margaret at her devotions. The first offer was 301., and it was eventually sold for 115/. In ad dition to this, there were some other raro books sold, of which the foLowing are worthy of notice :—“Flodden Field, hereafter ensue the treMe Encauntre or Batayle lately don betweene England and Scot land, in which Batayle the Scottish Kynge was slayne," a tract of only four leaves, extremely rare, sold for 13/. 10s. Two volumes, the first of the second edition, and the second volume of the first edition of " Spencer's Fairie Queens," sold for 5/. 17s. 6d. A beautiful Italian manuscript upon vellum of the works of Petrarch, the first page of each work being delicately painted with borders, sold for 81.; and a similar manuscript of the works of Boccacio, bearing the name of the scribe and the date of its execution, 1431, sold for V, 10s. A small Missale Romanum, upon vegum, dated 1417, last page orna mented with an arabesque border in gold, and coloured, sold for 151. PARISH OF .MARTLEDONE.—At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the vestry on Friday, it was resolved that the board would cheerfully co-operate with the vestry in raising another _ _ 500/., to be added to the 500/. given by a nobleman, to be applied in augmenting the am )unt of out-door relief to deserving poor through the instrumentality of the rota of guardians. It was also resolved, seine complaint having been made of the insufficient spiritual care of the sick poor, that the time of the chaplain ought to be occupied four hours per day in the wards, and two in the schools in spiritual duties, and that a committee be appointed to make arrangements to that effect. . _ . ;SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—A few nights ago, as a gen tleman of the name of Deale, the author of " Crockford's, or Lire in the West," and other usefld productions, was crossing the road by the Elephant and Castle, a cab suddenly and rapidly drove round the corner and knocked him down with great violence. when he miraculously escaped from being ran over. As it was, his trousers were very much cut, and his left knee shockingly mangled in two places by the tall. The cabman immediately drove on with in creased speed towards Vauxhall, and was out of sight in a moment. The reckless mode of driving cabs and omnibuses round corners can not be too much deprecated, and in all cases of accident the drivers deserve very e severe punishment, for the lives and limbs of Majesty's lieg subjects are constantly in danger from the practice.her From a Correspondent. THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 7. The Oriental Company's steam-ship Royal Tar, Captain Ilamilton, left the dock at three P.M. this day, with the outward mails for Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Sec., a full cargo of bale goods, and several passengers. The Company's boat Tagus, Captain Brookes, from Trebizond and Constantinople, is due on the 9th instant at the Metherbank. She will bring the East India and other mails from Malta. The Queen steamer, Captain Russell, with the Peninsular and other mails, is expected on the 15th from Gibraltar. There is nothing of any interest moving in the dock or port. Low WATER AT PARlS.—Within the memory of man the waters of the Seine were never so low as at the present moment. They are only fifty centimetres higher than they were in 1719, which is taken as a basis for the water-mark at the Pont Royale and the Pont de la Concorde. The navigation of the river is completely stopped for laden vessels. As the navigation of the canals will be stopped in a few days, if there is not a change hi the weather, the river will, in all probability; be as low as in 1719. OPENING OF MANCHESTER PARRS.—W. B. Watkins, Esq., the Mayor. and Malcolm Ross, Esq., the deputation from the Public Parks Committee, to solicit the presence of Sir R. Peel and Lord Ellesmere at the spelling of the parks, proceeded to London, to wait upon Sir R. Peel, on Wednesday, and returned to Manchester by the expre ,s train last night (Thunday). We understand that the deputation succeeded in obtain:no' ' an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet, anti were received withgt eat courtesy ; hut Sir Robert de clined compliance with the invitation, on tile ground that his health had suffered ~o severely from the pressure of public business, that he was physically unequal to the task, however flattering the accepta tion of the invitation might be to his feelings, from the manner and under the circumstances in which it was conveyed. We have plea sure, however, in announcing, that at a previous interview with our distinguished neighbour. Lord Ellesmere, his Lordship signified his willingness to attend. if the day of opening could be fixed between the 15th and the end of the present month. We believe that the day of opening is to he determined upon at a meeting of the committee this day.—Mancliestrr Times of Friday. DARING SHOP ROBBERIES BY A. GOAT.—Yesterday afternoon a large goat belonging to some person in the neighbour hood of Drury-lane, which i 3 generally allowed free perambulation of the streets throughout the day, went into a pastrycook's shop, where a board with pastry of the previous day's manufacture was displayed for sale. The goat took a liking to the tarts, and having demolished no small quantity, he was discovered by the mistress. She, of course, endeavoured to start the animal off, but the latter, as 'the owner of the property approached him, attacked the frightened woman with his horns, anti she wisely withdrew into the parlour. After remaining a minute or two longer, the goat travelled into the shop of Messrs. Mumford, the corn chandlers, of Newcastle-street, Strand, where corn, beans, and other things had been left outside the counter in boxes. Finding no opposition he made,the most of a short time in helping himself, but having been seen by the shopman, the man laid on the cart whip well, and thus with no difficulty soon got rid of the trdot: TEE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 184.6. LITERATURE. composed of biographies, or essays, or disquisitions, or criticisms, as of the agreeable outpourings of a heart and head, stored with refined sentiment, cultivated by the pure3t taste, animated with the most spontaneous enthusiasm, nerved with the most tender sympathies. In b' The House of Titian," " Washington Alston," and "The Xanthian Marbles," various departments of the Fine Arts—pictorial, sculpturesque, and literary—are commented upon with inimitable evidences that the writer can appreciate the Beautiful, reverence the True, lova the Pure, and abhor the Meretricious (not only in the abstract but) especially in Painting, Sculpture, and Literature. As a freth and not incompetent exponent of the spirit of High Art, Mrs. Jameson cannot fail to arrest our attention. Her dissertations also cn " Woman's Mission and Woman's Position," as well as "On the Relative Social Position of Mothers and Governesses," merit the most earnest consideration of every female in the empire : they are fraught with beautiful principles beautifully propounded : they are nobly conceived and bespeak both amiability and cou rage. Admirable, however, as are these portions of the volume, the most acceptable paper in the collection is in our estimation the one entitled " Adelaide Kemble, and the Lyrical Draws," it breathes of friendship, musical taste, verve, dramatic partialities, And . a thousand appo site reminiscenses interspersed with most welcome allu sions to the personal advantages and charactertstics of our celebrated cantatrice—the last of the Kembles ! We are individually rejoiced that this memorial of the brief but brilliant career of a very superb vocalist has been written by Mrs. Jameson ; firstly, because it is the memento of a vision we would not willingly forget, and, secondly, because that interesting narrative has pro ceeded from a narrator so capable of doing it justice. Those who have, like ourselves, listened to the voice and watched the countenance of Adelaide Kemble in Semiramide, (that voice so full of passion half-womanly, half-tyrannical, that countenance so troubled with the torment of contending emotions, now beaming with a glimpse of gentleness, now terrible with a glare of hatred), will feel grateful to Mrs. Jameson for the beautiful record she has left in this performance. MARY LEBON E VESTRY. THE ADVERTISING VAN NUISANCE. • THE HAI? VEIAN 0 RATION, delivered before the Royal College of Physicians, London, June, 18 4 6, by John _Elliotson, Cantub, F.R.8., ic., with an English Version and .214 es. Die publication of the " Harveian Oration," with an English version and notes for the benefit of the non• professional world, might of itself mark au era in the progress of the College of Physicians, if there were no thing else peculiar in the circumstances attending the last anniversary. In accordance with the will of the Institutor, this annual oration is delivered in Latin, and, until the present year, it has not been deemed worth while to present it to the general public in the vulgar tongue—if, indeed, any such oration before this contained matter that could be edifying or interesting outsid-e the walls of the College. Dr. Elliotson, in a short preface, thinks it necessary to defend the " unusual" course of pulkshing an. English version, on the ground that " it is but justice" to himself. But no such defence or justi fication would have been required. The mere English reader would be sufficiently well pleased, without re garding the usage, to find so much instructive matter placed before him, in so agreeable and graceful a form -- with such simplicity, and yet with so much wit and shrewdness. Attractive and elegant as the oration will appear in the English version, the scholar will be surprised (if not delighted) to observe that it is far surpassed, in beauty of style and expressii e diction, by the original Latin. In the catalo i oe of illustrious men, whose memory, as benefactors of the College, the oration was designed to celebrate (and who have been, in their re spective periods, the parents, or the guardians, or patrons of the institution, rather than its offspring), several are distinguished for the purity and eloquence of their Latin works. Caius, Harvey himself, Hanley, and others have been lauded by contemporary and succeed ing men of learning for Latinity comparable to that of Cicero, and, in one instance, reseenking that of Terence. Their merit, in this respect, was certainly of a high order. It was as high as would be the merit of Elliotson, should we say that he wrote English as well as Addison, or that his style resembled Ches terfield's. With the renowned subjects of his dis course Latin was more .familiar than the vernacular, and in this work, and in this age of neglected classics, it is a greater praise than can be claimed for any of them, that, in every particular of elegant compo sition, his Latin is equal to their best. Nor must we say that such scholarship is useli ss in these days. For, besides that the question would open up a difficult con troversy, Latinity is an essential condition of the orator's quality, in our present case, according to the express command of Dr. Harvey. 1 The oration abounds in matter of universal interest displaying extensive learning awl research in its col lection—admirable skill, tact, and lutidity in its expo sition. The notes are very curious, and illustrate the ingenuity and boldness, as well as the profound and ex tensive observation, of the author. The publication, we say, would mark an era in the progress of the college, if it were by this alone, that a commemorative address is made, in the simple fulfilment of its purpose as a lauda tory commemoration, a vehicle for conveying whole some instruction to the learned auditors, and reminding them and the more forgetful world of a series of facts relating to the history of the college and its benefactors, which, thus skilfully linked and connected, form in the whole, perhaps, the most impressive and important lesson that has yet been laid before inquiring and pro gressing man. The New Era in the progress of the college is marked by other peculiarities. In the whole of its history to the latest day, from Linacre, Caius, Gilbert, and Harvey, prejudice and folly have triumphed long over truth, and in each particular case persecuted or crushed its dis coverer. The life of every one of the great men here enumerated by the orator was no more than a series of practical illustrations of the dishonesty or ignorance of the majority in the learned professions at all times, and of the stupid confidence with which the public at all times echoes the cry of " fool, imposter, humbug," against every man, in succes sion, and without exception, who has had the wisdom to perceive, the industry to explore, and the courage to promulgate a neglected truth. Now, in the beautiful peroration of the discourse before us, Dr. Elliotson slightly and modestly refers to the puny persecutions with which he also has been assailed during the last ten years. Is it not a New Era in the history of the pro fession that the presumptuous and disingenuous have given way, and that this sagacious and indefatigable philosopher; remarkable as much for the purity of his life, as for the depth of his researches, and the courage of his avowals, has been selected for the honourable ditty of delivering to the assembled body of his college—the highest in the world—this periodical commemoration of the deeds and doctrines of all that were illustrious, and therefore persecuted, amongst its departed members ? The enthusiastic applause which followed the delivery of the oration convinces us that the truly Ciceronian ap peal with which the orator concluded will not have been addressed to his auditors in vain. " QUM cum ita sunt, ego vos magnoperl oro atque obtestor, ut tantam vim tot arguinentis humans natura inesse compro oatam, si unquam apud vos veritatis error, si professionis nostrx dignitas, si denique omnium hominum salus et felici tas valet, diligentissime investigetis." Dr. Elliotson's English version of this fine passage by no means does it justice. For the benefit of the general reader, to whom we earnestly recommend the pamphlet as a curiosity and a treasure of history and science, we give the author's own translation, inadequate as it is:— " In the name, therefore, of the love of truth, in the name of the dignity of our profession, in the name of the good of all mankind, I implore you carefully to investigate this im portant subject." The dignified and touching letter of Frederick Mes mer to this college, when he presented his books to it, as the most learned and liberal in Europe, is amongst the curiosities which fill the notes, and gives the reader a very different impression of tnat ardent physician's , character from that which is generally received. After Mr. Williams had been called to the chair, Mr. Flood laid before the vestry the following communica tion from the newly-appointed Secretary of State, Sir George Grey, on the subject of the advertising van nuisance, in reply to a communication from the vestry on that subject : " Whitehall, sth August, 1846. " Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th inst., to inform you that the nuisance arising from perambu lating street vans will be considered in any future amend ment of the police law ; but Sir George Grey does not think it would be expedient to introduce into Parlia ment a Bill at this late period of the session, merely to remedy this particular nuisance. I air, Sir, your obedient servant, " WM. M. SOMERVILLE. " To the Vestry Clerk, St. Marylebone." This communication was entered on the minutes THE METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS AND THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS.—The vestry then considered a report presented on the previous Saturday from the joint com mittee of vestrymen and guardians, as to the recent pro ceedings in Parliament with reference to the establish ment of metropolitan district asylums. The report is of a very luminous nature, and will be better understood by the remarks of the different speakers. Mr. G. DANIELL moved the !adoption of the report. He felt no doubt the disclosures made in it, the arbitrary and unconstitutional course pursued at Andover, and the speeches uttered within the walls of Parliament, would tend to the ultimate reorganisation and revision of the poor-laws. These circumstances alone had in duced the committee not to recommend the immediate expulsion of the existing commissioners. Mr. H. C. WILSON seconded the motion, and stated that our ancestors were governed by written laws, and he saw no reason why we should not imitate that ex ample.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ST. JOHN Observed that it mattered little which Government did away with the obnoxious poor-laws, so that they were obliterated from the statute-book. He hoped an Anti-Poor-law League would be formed, which would be as powerful in its effects, and as successful in its results as the late Anti-Corn-law League.—(Hear.) Mr. Nicholay, Mr. Nisbet, and one or two other gentlemen, then addressed the vestry, when the report was adopted unanimously. It was then agreed to for ward a copy of the report to each of the 28 metropoli tan unions. The vestry then separted. RAVENSNEST, or the REDSKINS. 3 vols. By J. Fenimore Cooper. Mr. G. P. R. James, though notoriously one of the most prolific and popular novelists of the day, can scarcely claim a superiority in either of these charac teristics over that singularly prolific and popular Ame rican author whose name is above inscribed. To those who have revelled in the incidents of the " Water Witch," the " Red Rover," the "Spy," and the " Pilot," any fiction from Mr. Cooper will prove most welcome, however unattractive its title, or however mo dulated its style. But when his powers in sketching the scenery in the back-woods, in delineating the appear ance or habits of Indian tribes, and drawing poetry out of the prairies, and their sons with the copper complexion, ay con,pieuously evidenced in his " Last of the Mohi cans," the "Pathfinder," the " Chainbearer," cum caterzs paribus, is remembered, what will not be the curiosity of his readers nn the publication of a romance so en gagingly christened as the present? " Ravensuest, or the Redskins 1" It is suggestive at once of a thousand literary beauties: it evokes pleasant memories of La Longue Carabine and his companion shades: it breathes of the pine forest and the primitive inhabitants of North America, with their painted limbs, their shorn scalps, their diadems of fea thers, their grotesque ornaments of shells and teeth. Such were our anticipations of the contents of these three volumes; but while we have not been absolutely disap pointed on their perusal, we have found our anticipations to have been altogether erroneous. " Ravensnest is un like the majority of Mr. Cooper's former productions; it is divested of his usual picturesqueness, if we may so designate it ; it contains searcaly a single startling oc currence ; its characters are especially unromantic ; two-thirds of the production consist of very serious dialogues and very sober conversations ; and yet, with all these deficiencies and drawbacks, it is one of the most excellent performances of the great American novelist. And we are induced, contrary to the opinion which we had formed of it on the first blush of our perusal, to style " Ravensnest" one of his ablest per formances, because it is animated by a nobler and more practical purpose than any of his previous productions. It advocates justice, and casts opprobrium upon a grievous social and political immorality. What is lost in mere sparkle is gained in earnestness; what is wanting in pleasantry is abundantly obtained in wisdom ; what is deficient in amusing romance is flowing-over with in structive reality. Mr. Cooper has long appreciated, and has repeatedly described, the virtues and excellencies of his countrymen ; but he has also recognised their many vices and imperfections, and in the present romance he affords them an admirable correction. Loving the great principles of the institutions of his native land, such as they were modelled by the master spirits of Washington and Franklin, his f?elings have neverthe less revolied at the unconscionable grievances which have polluted and degraded that already venerable Go vernment. Long a patriot, he is now ambitious to be a regenerator. In " Ravensnest" the author boldly protests against a very execrable injustice which is unhappily too popular in the United States. There the tenants on estates, coveting the possessions which they have rented for possibly a long series of years and generations, abuse the landlords as rank aristocrats, and maintain that the various farms which are thus distributed amongst the tenantry should belong to their occupants by right. By what right they do not very explicitly define! They insist that these wholesale landlords should be stripped of their possessions, because, say they, such an accumula tion of property in the hands of individuals is "con trary to the spirit of the constitution!" Thus making that noble constitution a kind of paliation to the most infamous injustice. Nor do these envious tenants content themselves with uttering these things; they actually endeavour to enforce them, by calling out lawless gangs of desperadoes, called " Ingins"—some thing like the Rebecealtes of Wales. The exposure of this atrocious iniquity is the object of " Ravens nest," and that object is to our mind, so ex cellent, and so forcibly conveyed in the novel that we consider the work as pecu'iarly valuable. The meet ing of the Redskins, as described towards the conclusion of the second volume, is admirably drawn, and the ora tions smack of the true Indian eloquence. Mr. Hugh Litt] -page, who is the hero, and who is loquitur through out, is a right gallant wight, and an agreeable corn danion. MEMOIRS AND ESSAYS. By Mrs. Jameson. Mrs. Jameson always writes forcibly because she thinks and feels forcibly. Every one who has had the gratification of reading her very charming analysis of the "Female Characters of Shakspere" will coincide in this opinion, and every one who has had the gratifica tion of devouring that beautiful book will rejoice at an opportunity of renewing his intimacy with a mind so delicately and nervously constituted as is that of this accomplished authoress. In her present work she has not ambitioned so much as in her " Memoirs of Female Sovereigns" (a production, by-the-way, almost super seded by the voluminous pages of Miss Strickland), or iu her " Characteristics of Women ;" but, possibly from the very circumstance of not having adventured so much, she has succeded so signally. The volume be fore us is a delightful group of thoughtful, keen, gene rous, lonstrout pieces cf writing. It is 119 t 80 0111011 RESPONSIBILITY of ENGINEERS. The following important trial, which lasted two days, at the Shrewsbury .Assizes, establishes the responsibility of civil engineers, for the due execution of the surveys, plans, and sections entrusted to them by the directors of railway com panies. COLLINS AND OTIERS V. GILES. (Special Jury.) Sergeant Talfourd, Sergeant Allen, and Mr. Whitmore, for plaintiffs ; and Mr. Whateley, Q.C., Mr. Phipson, and Mr. Waleaby, for defendant. Mr. Wiwi-awns opened the pleadings. It was an action brought by the :managing committee of the Dudley, Madeley, and lronbridge Railway against Mr. Francis Giles, engineer to the company, for breach and neglect of duty in preparing certain sections, &c., the line, in order to do before Parlia ment in proper time to obtain the required railway, and also what were done were in a careless and negligent manner. The defendant pleaded that he was not guilty of neglect, and that the sections, &c., had beseti properly prepared, and correct. Sergeant TALFOURD addressed the Jury. The plaintiffs in this case were the committee of the Dudley, Madeley, and Ironbridge Railway ; and the defendant, 1 4 .4 r. Francis Giles, an eminent engineer, whose talents had b'en everywhere spoken of very highly, and deservedly so, as .he believed. He had been employed on the line as engineer, but by a breach of duty he had brought utter and inextricable vain on a company whose line of railway would have been of teat importance to all parties. Out of the great number of schemes started last autumn, the Dudley and Madele,v line was one of the best, being brought out under We happiest auspices, and having the support of very influential parties. Mr. Giles was recommended as a clever engineer: had been connected with the South-Eastern Railway, and was an as sistant to one whose name could not be mentioned without feelings of profound respect—Mr. Robert Stephenson. Mr. Giles, however, when the time came, did not fulfil his en gagement, whether he could have done so he could - ant say; but, in consequence, they were prevented going to Parlia ment, and utter ruin to the company ensued. The solicitor, Mr. Collis, was very urgent to have the plans and sections ready in time, and wrote various letters to Mr. Giles on the subject. ( Mr. Talfourd here read a number of letters from Mr. Collis to Mr. Giles—in which the former urged the completion of the sections, and the latter assuring him all was going on in the most satisfactory manner possible, and everything would be ready in due time ; and asking Mr. Coll 's for remittances of money, which were sent at various periods till the amount reached 4,0001.) The Learned Sergeant then went on to say that no visible pro gress was made, and at last the eventful day arrived, " big with the fate of railways"--not the 29th, but the 30th. Mr. Giles met the various solicitors on that day—but the sections and plans were delivered too late to arrive at the Board of Trade, Whitehall, to deposit, and when Mr. Wainwright got there the door was closed, and all his efforts could not procure its reopening—there was no hope, and it was like the place described by the Italian poet, Dante, where hope never came. Mr. Anstice was only seven minutes behind time at Shrewsbury ; but, alas! too late there. It was discovered shortly after that various omissions and errors of a serious nature were in the sections and plans—some not in at all, and others exceedingly im perfect. 'What was to be done? They could not go before Parliament—they were quite chopfallen. The committee met, and decided that to go on would be a gross violation of duty, and a waste of the shareholders' money. They were determined to abandon the scheme, and eventually amalga mated with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway, as some little was to be gained by that. It would be painful to remark on the palpable omission of whole lines or parts of lines in the sections, &c., and which would require no scientific engineer to explain; but as to the amount of da mages sustained, that could not be exactly estimated. Even 30,000/. or 40,000/. would not be compensation for the actual loss incurred. Witnesses were called to prove the statement of the Learned Sergeant ; but the real state of the case may be best gathered from the summing up of Mr. Justice Maule. The Learned JUDGE remarked that the plaintiffs in this case were Mr. Collins and others, as managing committee of the Dudley and Madeley line, and the defendant, Mr. Giles, engineer to the same. It appeared that, to prepare the plans and sections was the duty of the engineer ; and according to the plaintiff's showing, he had not prepared them in time—some were not prepared at all. This was im puted to his negligence. The plaintiffs did appoint the de fendant as engineer in a formal manner, on the 9th of Octo ber' and he was retained to prepare everything, in order for the line to go before Parliament. It was an important duty ; and the question was, whether the defendant, by a want of due diligence, which the plaintiffs had a right to expect, and by his carelessness, had not prevented the plan being car ried out to its full extent. There was no difficulty about it. The evidence was substantially the same on both sides. The plaintiff's evidence said the sections were not ready in time, and the defendant gave evidence of the hurry and confusion which took place at the last extremity. From the 9th of October there was plenty of time for the work to be done by the 30th of November. It was impossible to get over the defects before standing orders. The sections were net completed till the 30th of November, and hence arose the mistake and confusion. Things, which ought to have been done days before were left to the last moment, and thereby subject to all kinds of accidents. The clear duty of defendantwas to have used due diligence to per form his work. The sections were not deposited in time, neither were they proper sections. One branch line, all the cross lines, five or six miles of the main line, and also all the cross sections—in which public and private parties were deeply concerned—were not deposited. The defendant had assured the plaintiffs they should have the plans to deposit in proper time. 'The confusion complained of was caused by two companies having the same room. Frederick Giles took the responsibility of delivering the sections; that was omitted by him, and therefore the defendant was responsible for it. The case was quite clear. If in I delivering such sections and plans as were delivered at nine o'clock on Sunday night, Mr. Giles had used due and proper diligence in the execution of his work, then all would be well. From six o'clock on Sunday night Mr. Giles exerted himself wonderfully, for he walked away at that hour, leaving Frederick Giles and others to do the work. From the evidence it did appear that he was in a very debilitated state, extremely nervous with anxiety, amounting almost to anguish. He had four railways on his hands at the same time, and he was completely broken down according to witnesses' evidence. It appeared there were 'twelve copies filled up, and only seven wanted. The en graver had sent twelve, but that was no reason why they should have been filled up. Two hours and a half were lost in this manner, and for which Mr. Giles was responsible. Was that due and proper diligence? In consequence of sonic suspicions afloat that the levels were not correct, Mr. Giles had them retaken—a work of two days, which were wholly lost by so doing. Mr. Giles ought to have had more con fidence in himself, and said the levels were taken by com petent persons, and he would stand by them. The two days' loss was fatal; was that due and proper care and diligence? He was working and grasping more than he could perform. The evidence was not conflicting on either side. There was an extraordinary hurry at the last. The correspondence with Mr. Collis and Mr. Giles was remarkable. Mr. Collis had various misgivings on the subject, and inquirel of Mr. Giles repeatedly about the line, and he assured Mr. Collis all would be right. The affair failed. On the 3d of December there was a meeting of the managing committee, which Mr. Giles attended ; and on being asked then respecting it, said it was entirely his own fault, and that there was a fatality about it. He was asked if the sections, supposing the informality could be got over, could be relied on; his answer was, they could not, he was sorry to say. Afterwards he said he was convinced they were correct, and wished the plaintiffs to make a re -deposit, but they did not. They amalgamated with another company. It appears the plaintiffs do not wish to press any one to the ground ; but what was the liability of the defendant? Engineers were not paid by hundreds, but by thousands—they were persons of skill and energy, or ought to be so. Due diligence ought to have been used, as the interest at stake was considerable. The 40,0001. that had been expended was not thrown away. They had amalgamated on fair terms with another company, whose shares were up in the market., They could not do so on the same terms as if their line had passed, but the terms were still fair ones. The negotiations had broken off before the 30th of November, and the company was thus free from that clog. One hundred and thirty-three thousand pounds had been paid by the shareholders, in deposits of 21. 12s. 6d. on their shares, of which they had received back 2/., at least those who did not throw their shares into the amalgamated company, reserving the other portion to meet the expenses. One gentleman had estimated them at 18,0001. The plaintiffs have said they hare no wish to press the defendant down to the ground. The plaintiffs had dealt in a mild manner with the defendant, and whichever way the jury may give their verdict, a proper amount of damages would be necessary. With these observations he would leave them to consider their verdict. Intense interest was felt during the consultation of the jury, which lasted about a quarter of an hour, when a verdict was returned for the plaintiffs. Damages, Four Thousand Five Hundred Pounds. SUSPECTED MURDER.—NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, WED NESDAY NlGHT.—Three men, named Thoburn, Bell, and Douglas, and a girl named Ann 111‘Cartney, having been apprehended, charged with being concerned in the murder of Mr. Robert Lowthin, late registrar of births, marriages, and deaths for the Gateshead district, and whose body was recently found in the river Tyne, under extraordinary cir cumstances. Ill•Cartney was first taken into custody, it having been ascertained that she was one of two girls with whom the deceased was seen on the night on which his death occurred. Immediately on her apprehension she made a confession, the full extent of which has not been allowed to be made public. Her statements implicated the three men, the first of whom surrendered to the police yes terday, and the others this morning. Thoburn, as soon as taken to the police -station, made a confession to the in spector present, in which he unreservedly admits that he and the other prisoners are guilty of robbing the person of the unfortunate deceased, bat he as strongly denies all knowledge of the way in which the unfortunate man came to his death. his fellow-prisoners admit the accuracy of the confession, the substance of which is, that late in the night in question the prisoners were in the company of the deceased, whom they found insensible in the streets. They contrived to rob him of his watch and money, to an amount exceeding 51., and left him, they say, under one of the sheds which stand on the quay here. Of his further pro ceedings, or how he came into the Tyne, they profess them selves ignorant. The deceased's watch has been recovered, and the police are busily endeavouring to elucidate still further this mysterious affair, which is causing great excite ment in this town and neighbourhood. At the Windsor Petty SessionsonThurwsidtahy,hammi.rg edical gentleman, named Earingey, was charged as saulted a midwife, and turned her o ut of the room whilst at tending a lady, because she was interfering with his practice. The magistrates, however, did not think the assault of a very graLvoesnsatuorFe, aTnadEdistimiAssi4eNdAtu._hecosnufpplapionst.ED MURDER OF THE CREW.—For several weeks much anxiety has prevailed regarding the fate of the crew and passengers (the latter four in number) of the Hannah, belonging to Sydney, the wreck of which had been discovered on the coast eastward of North Caps, under circumstances which have caused considerable suspicion. by the last accounts received, it appears the Hannah left Port Nicholson for Sydney in the early part of January last, having on board a very valuable cargo, also 600 sovereigns. She was a vessel of 200 tons burthen, and her crew amounted to 15 seamen. From the period of her sailing nothing was heard of her until the discovery of the wreck twelve miles from North Cape. Five bodies in a shocking decomposed state were found on deck, one of which was that of a female, with an arm and leg broken. The stern board of the wreck had been knocked off, evidently in order to prevent the vessel being recognised. Part of the cargo had been saved, consisting of 80 casks of oil ; but the boxes containing the gold were gone. The opinion at Sydney was that a mutiny had broken out among the crew ; and after disposing of many of the men, they ran the vessel on shore, and took to the boats, taking with them the sovereigns. The authorities fat Auckland have dispatched a vessel in search of the supposed offenders. Some workmen at Vienna, on the 30th ult., broke into a baker's shop, who had sold bread short of its legal weight, and, before the armed force could arrive, broke and carried off all its contents, amidst the applause of a crowd assembled on the spot. The authors of the outrage were afterwards arrested. AN INTERESTING MEMORIAL. The bronze lamp which is said to have first suggested to Galileo the theory of the pen d ulum, is still suspended in the nave of the Cathedral at riga. It i Of ale Yfintl4AUblAP.:727l4 BMW. THE SHOOTING SEASON. As the 12th of August draws nigh, great numbers of sportsmen are wending their way, to be comfortably housed among the mountains before that auspicious day —as eagerly longed for by many as the coming off of a Derby or St. Leger race; and, like the points of favourite racers, the good and bad qualities of moors are estimated and criticised. The reports which we formerly gave, as to the strength and abundance of the grouse, areconfirmed by later testimony. Generally speaking, the birds will be strong and plentiful. Many beats will present the singular appearance of broods, too young to shoot at, and others not to be distinguished from old birds. On a few moors there are barren pairs, their young having been destroyed by thunder-clouds, which, falling in torrents, drowned the cheepers among the heath. We heard an instance of this from a keeper who rears a number of pheasants by hand-feeding. At meal times, five or six, which had their broods in the neigh bourhood, brought them regularly to feed ; but after a storm of thunder and rain, though the dams re turned, all their chicks were gone. Tape-worm has also been spreading its contagion, not much as yet in this county, although it can hardly escape this eccentric and little-known disease. For such shoot ings as are unlet, inquiries are still made ; and among the last taken are—Kilmorack, by E. J. Collingwood, Esq.; Dalmally, H. Brooke, Esq.; Diebdale and Sal lachie, M. W. Forde, Esq.; Cantray, J. S. Hodgson, Esq.; Knocky, J. W. Perry, Esq.; Auchinault, T. Garde, Esq , and W. 0. Jackson, Esq.; Dalmigavie, J. La Touche, Esq. Several sportsmen, who have formerly been in the north, are to be located a step southward. Richard Winsloe, Esq., is to be at Blackhall and the forest of Birze; Mr. Caldwell at Skellater: and H. Call well, Esq., and party, at Finzean. Some good shots have already been made in the deer forests. At Inver broom, Sir George Gore, IBart., began his stalking by killing two; the Master of Lovat and the Hon. Fraser, three, in Glenstrathfarer ; and one very fat stag, with thick antlers, on Fairburn, the property of H. M. Fowler, Esq. We saw yesterday two fine heads from Fasnakyle, one of them royal—horns very strong, nearly palmated at the top, three long tines on each, the inner ones ap proaching each other to six and a half inches. Another splendid, wide-spreading royal head was sent from Rhidorrach. It had the well-known cups formed on the top branches. At Loubcroy, J. M. E. Jones, Esq., shot his first stag of the season some days since.—lnver ness Courier. PILCHARD FISHERY. GERAANS BAY.—On Friday night last, a sean shot in this bay, and caught about eighteen hogsheads of pilchards. CHARLESTOWN.—The drift boats continue to take from five to six thousand fine fish every night, and the seans are all under pay, but nothing has been done by them yet. FOWEY.—The drivers continue to take fine pilchards, which have been sold here at Is. M. per 120. The seans are getting ready, and two have been out several nights, but without success. ST. IVES.—Several large shoals of pilchards have been seen from the hills during the week, and the drift boats are bringing in 5,000 to 10,000 per boat. Four or ffve Beans are already put .n board, and if the fish draw nearer the land it is expected the men will be put in pay next week. Most of the boats are returned from the coast of Ireland, the herring fishery having been a complete failure. Some of the boats have not taken enough to pay their expenses. FALMOUTH.—The Falmouth boats this week have not been very successful, the catches averaging from 500 to 2,000. One of the St. Mawes seans shot on Tuesday, but the fish taken were few in quantity and small in size. PORTLILEAVEN.—The largest number of pilchards ever known to have been taken by the driving boats at this port, was landed on the beach on Wednesday even ing last, and at once disposed of at from is. 9d to 2s. per hundred.— West Briton. PASSENGERS STORES.—The Revenue authorities, in order to enable the accountant of petty receipts to submit the regulated amount of fines to be imposed on the admission of cigars in illegal packages, the property or remains of stores of persons arriving in this country from abroad, have directed that the detaining officers report to them, in every instance, on the application of the parties for the delivery of the goods, whether the cigars be included in the master's manifest or report, containing a specification of the cargo on board his vessel, and are consigned to parties in this country, or whether brought in baggage by passengers arriving from the continent or other short voyages, or by passengers from the East or West Indies, or other distant voyages; and if in baggage, whe ther the proprietors have been allowed to enter or pay duty upon the usual quantity without fine, together with other particulars in reference to the subject, more particularly of an official I and departmental character ; and that this practice be duly observed from the present time accordingly. It may be observed that, according to sanctioned and established regulation, passengers arriving from abroad, having a quantity of cigars, being their surplus private stores, re maining unconsumed, are permitted, on their arrival in this country, to clear them for their private use, on payment of the proper duty due thereon, and on payment of a certain regulated fine, when exceeding the specified permitted quan tities, viz., under 31b., when arriving from the continent of Europe, and not exceeding 71b. when coming from the Indies or other distant parts of the globe, no fine being attachable when the total quantity does not in either case exceed the allowances specified. If they be unaccompaniel and con signed to a private individual, and the package be under the weight (100 lb.) which is legally admissible to entry, the amount of fine is lessened if they be duly reported by the captain in his list of cargo, and this order, directing the re venue officers to state these matters fully in future, in order that parties may not be required to pay a greater amouat of fine than legally attaches to them, is considerate oa the part of the authorities, and of very considerable importarce. REPORTED DEATH OF VAN AXBURGH.—A letter from Voonsucket, United States, dated June 16, appearing in a French paper, says —" The celebrated Van Amburgh perished hero on Monday, in a most frightful manner. lie had been exhibiting his feats with his animals in a meadow, near Scituate, and a young lady having asked him whether he dared to enter the tiger's cage at feeding time, lie assured her there was no danger, and immediately ordered an enor mous piece of beef to be thrown in. After a long contest the meat was taken possession of by a fine tigress, who retired with it to a corner. Three times Van Amburgh vainly endeavoured to take it from her. The tigress roared furiously, and lashed her sides with her tail. The audience began to be alarmed, but Van Amburgh reiterated his assurance that there was nothing to fear, and continued his struggle with the tigress, who at last (feeling herself woundedrthrew her self on her rash antagonist, knocked him down, and buried her claws in his throat. In an instant the theatre was deserted, leaving Van Amburgh at the mercy of the mad dened animal, who continued to vent upon him her rage until he became a lifeless corpse. After much difficulty the tigress was shot, and the mutilated remains of the beast tamer recovered." CONVEYANCE OF GUNPOWDER BY RAILWAY.—During the thunder-storm and while the electric fluid was flashing in all directions, the passengers by the half-past six o'clock train, A.M., Great Western Railway, for Bristol, on Saturday, were terrified for their safety in consequence of the luggage box being laden with barrels of gunpowder weighing 501bs. VESTRY MEETING OF ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS. —On Thursday morning a vestry meeting was held for this parish, for taking into consideration two letters from her Majesty's Commissioners for Metropolitan Improvements, one relative to the formation of a new street from the junction of Cranbourn-street and Long-acre to the Strand ; and the other to improvements by widening St. Martin's lane, at the corner of Hemming's-Tow. A plan had been proposed by the parochial authorities, showing a probable expense of 28,6001. The Government have, however, pro posed their line frcm Cranbourn-street, through King street, &c., the whole expense of which will be about 29,1161., of which his Grace the Duke of Bedford has offered 10,0001, and the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, 3,0001. For the second improvement about 9,0001. will be required, but her Majesty's Commissioners are disposed to recommend a contribution on the part of the parish of one-half of the expense. As to a further improvement in St. Ann's, Soho, that parish had offered to contribute one-third of the whole expense. The inhabitants of St. Martin's were therefore re quested to say what amount they were willing to contribute ; but it was to be understood that this proposition did not in volve the concurrence of the Government, as the Commis sioners were only empowered to make inquiry ; but in the event of its being agreed to, the funds would be provided in the first instance by the Government, and the rights of all parties would be secured by a Bill in Parliament. Resolutions were unanimously adopted, rejecting the proposition of paying any amount out of the rates. THE CHOLERA IN LONDON.—Two members of the Academy of Medicine has just set out for London, in order to watch the progress of the sporadic cholera, many cases of which have shown themselves in that city. it is said that several peculiarities are observable in the complaint in Lon don, which renders an examination interesting and useful to medical §cieuce.—Galfgnanes Messenger. THE DEBATER. This is a very useful Bvo. b37lreCleric Rowton. It contains, first. a series of debates upon r-ell-chosen topics; neat, outlines of debates upon other interesting subjects; and, thirdly, questions for discussion, to all of which are added references to works best calculated to assist the student in forming sound opinions upon the various topics suggested. The author wisely considers that the practice which has long prevailed of attempting to teach youth the art of speech, by simply committing to me mory and reciting hackneyed pieces of declamation, is based in error. It merely clothes the mind with the liveries of other men's thoughts, and when the suits are worn out, the intellect is left in an unfruitful condition. The mind is best educated by teaching it to think—a fa culty best developed by discussion, in the place of reci tation. Mr. Rowton, by the arrangement and style of his work, has illustrated the value of this proposi tion with much felicity. The rising generation may very profitably peruse ibis publication. FLOGGING AT HOUNSLOW. TO THE EDITOR OF THE. MORNING! CHRONICLE. have hitherto abstained from all defence of my conduct with reference to the late court-martial and inquest on private Frederick White of the 7th Hussars, trusting that when the mass of false reports and distorted facts had been cleared away by time and inquiry, the good sense and feel ing of the public could not fail to do me justice ; but deli berate false statements made by a recognised authority, such as are presented by Mr. Wakley's address to his jury, can not be slurred over without personal denial. I pass over the question as to whether flogging was the cause of the man's' death. I leave that to be treated by surgeons in general and the Medical Times (vide Medical Times of Saturday, August 1). I pass over the question as to whether it was fitting and decent that Mr. Wakley, utterly throwing aside the opinions of the other uninterested medical men, should recommend the jury to abide by the single opinion of Mr. Erasmus Wilson. I pass over whether it was right that even after Mr. Erasmus Wilson's discovery, it was proper that the body should be re-interred without at least giving the other me dical gentlemen an opportunity of seeing whether it really was a fact that such a change was there or not; and lastly, whether the most general mode of obtaining correct evidence on any point is to question and admit the evidence of the criminals themselves, as was done throughout, in the vast mass of irrelevant matter brought before the inquest. On all these points I say nothing, but leave them to the world and the medical profersion to deal with, and pass at once to the broad statement made by Mr. Wakley, in his address to the jury, that in this case there had been a deliberate attempt to hold back that investigation due to the law, to the regiment, and to society. We will now see how far this statement is justified. On the morning of the 11th July, it was reported to me by Surgeon Warren that private White was in a state of danger, from an acute attack of inflam mation, that the progress of the disease was rapid, and he feared it might terminate fatally. I immediately desired Dr. Warren to report the facts to Sir James Macgregor, the head of the medical board, and on this report Dr. Hall was sent down. The man died that night. A post mortem exami nation was then made on the 13th, of which the following is a [ Thi copy. s document has already appeared in our columns. ] On the receipt of this I forwarded it direct to the Adju tant-General. The ordinary course in the service is to bury men the second day after death, whereas this man died on a Saturday, and the application was made on the Monday to bury him. On the Wednesday following, or almost five days after his decease (and that in the hottest weather ever ex perienced in this country), the arrangement for his burial was made, as is usual in the service, by his troop, and an attempt is made to fasten a charge of misrepresentation and concealment on the authorities, because the troop sergeant, who bore the application (utterly ignorant of the case), in answer to a question of what the man died, says, " Of his liver ;" although in his ignorance he ap pears to have been as near the mark as Mr. Wilson, in the opinion of other medical men. Still, to prevent any misconception arising from this statement, as I found there were various reports afloat, I sent - over to Dr. Trimmer a copy of the medical certificate on the post mortem examination the following morning. It was during the period between the Saturday of his decease and the Wednesday of his burial that the speculation of public curiosity was attracted --not from any suspicions (as the co roner states) in the regiment as to the cause of the man's death, nor from any supp resse d pu bli ca ti on o f the medical examination that had take n pl ace , b u t f r om mischievous misrepresentations, for which I can scarcely be supposed answerable, as there were no circumstances regarding this man's death that could embarrass a commanding officer. It is quite clear that there could be no necessity for concealing it on the part of the " people in the barracks," and it is equally clear that the mystery which the coroner alleges to have hung round the report of this man's death when men tioned at the registrar's office, and to the clergyman, was a mystery that could be tra ce d no f urt h er t h an t h emse l ves, an d solely of their own creation. N or am I aware that the i n quest has elicited any f ac t s , w i t h t h e excep ti on o f M r . Wilson's discovery, that th e pu bli c m i g ht no t h ave b een in possession of had they applied to the proper source. From the time of the post mortem examination, I further beg to say thatl placed no bar to the free communication between the soldiers and civilians. The usual ingress and egress to the barracks went on between both parties, which would scarcely have been the case had I been anxious to suppressinformation. Before the inquest sat I desired Captain Thurley, the senior officer of my regiment, to wait on Mr. Wakley, and give him every information in his power, which was done. And 'further, I wrote at the same time to Mr. Wakley myself, to the effect that my most anx i o us wish was to afford the public, the coroner, and t tmo i h foy e the andrYstedta, although not summone d, I was t h ere i n readi ness,'every aid in my po wer t o ass i s t th e i r investiga tion—stated, anxious to answer any question that any member jury might wish to put, an d reque st e d hi m t o rea d letter to the Court. It, however, suited his purposes b e tter to put it m his pocket, and not name it until the end of the examination of the second week, when he made casual mention of it. Mr. Wakley appears to think that I ought to have reported and made statements on the c ircumstances of the man's death, directly to himself and other civil authorities, and by no means seems to divine that my duty, as a soldiQr, was simply to give a full and clear statement to superior military authorities, and having done so, to act afterwards solely on their orders. Be this as it may, I trust that I have made clear to the public that there was no attempt at concealment on my part or that of the regiment ; and, therefore, that his statement on the opening of his address to the jury was utterly unfounded, and calculated to bias most unnecessarily the minds of the ury and the public at large.—Your most obedient, (Signed) J. WHYTE, Lieut.-Col. 7th Hussars. Hounslow Barracks, Aug. 5, 1846. Thursday morning, just before ten o'clock, a portion of the roof of a range of stabling and workshops in the oc cupation of two or three persons, fell with a fearful crash in Addle-hill, Doctors'-commons. The whole of the lead gut tering was ripped off, and the major part of the tiles fell into the street. Several persons who were passing at the time narrowly escaped. VICTIMISING EXTRAORDINARY AT WORCESTER:Our city has been visited during the last week by a couple of accomplished swindlers, who have managed to victimise a number of our fellow citizens to a very unpleasant extent. Under the names of Thompson and Harris they obtained from Mr. Nash, house agent, the possession of Trimmer's late Brewery in Quay-street, where they said they intended carrying on the business of dry salters, engaging workmen to make the necessary alterations. For their abode they took a house in Chesnut . walk, and commenced furnishing it at other people's expense. Messrs. Sparkes and Thompson, ironmongers, and Mrs. Niehools, furniture agent, High street, Mr. Brimmell and Mr. Moseley, rope-makers, Mr. Davis, cheese-factor, Mr. Bevan, hatter, Mr. Wood, " honoured" with y ad sa n y ot actually Bthleaierkfriars, commands, fand a m n a d ny th o e t y hers, thus we go re t together a large quantity of furniture, spi rits, al e , and other that requisites for for nothing housekeeping, ie r ea d a y n n d we on e needmoney. A s t e h a e r y c e h l com menced their residence at t he house, Mr. Holmes employed his gardener to see the pr emises fast ened up at night, and wheuh e le thehfte. o place n on Tuesday evening, everyth i ng w as as it should going to the hous e t h e next morning, co w n aa ten r ts oh t hed ransf o er f red to more portable his surpise may be better conceived than described to find that it had been stripped of everything it formerly contained ; &c., more than half the grapes, not at all the furniture was all removed, the head of the ale barrel had been taken off, vessels, its apples, wall fruit, filberts, &c. ripe, were removed from the hot-house, and all the things, together with the gentlemen tenants, had mysteriously disappeared. It seems probable that a horse and cart were used for the more speedy conveyance of the articles, as a g al a i r d d e its n quantity of oats and beans were found in the m anger , b ut, as the canal runs hard by, they might very easily have been put into a boat and avisked off conveniently enough. 11l news flies apace, and the unfortunate dupes of the swindlers besieged the police office in the morning filling the Inspec tor's ear with their numerous complaints, but, as yet, nothing that we can learn has been done towards their pursuit and apprehension. Both the men had a respectable and trades men-like appearance, were very stout, Thompson being about the middle height, and Harris, who was tall, made use of the Staffordshire brogue in his conversation. It seems that they had been lodging f or a fortnight in the Lowesmoor, and had not paid any rent. We trust they may be caught.— Worcester Herald. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CM:M.—The monthly meet ing of the above club took place on Thursday evening at the Piazza Hotel, Covent-garden, Captain Harwell, the vice -commodore presid ing, in the absence of Lerd A. Paget, the commodore. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the Marquis of Stafford'and seven gentlemen were bailotted for, and elected mem bers of the club. Captain Wheeler, the treasurer, announced that, in obedience to the vote of the club, 3001. had been invested in the Three per Cent. Consols. Several gentlemen were proposed for bal lot at the next meeting, and after thanks had been awarded to the Marquis of Anglesey and Lord Paget for having sent the band of the Blues to the recent sailing match, and the same compliments having been given to the vice-op:Li:Uodore, a 8 enairmau of the evening, the pruceediugo torminAted! ASSIZE INTEL HOME CIRCUIT.—Guildfo COOKE O. WETHER .41: 7 The above cause was resumed ail E N, o'clock. Elizabeth Revell deposed that, in September, 1843, she was in the service of Mr. Wetherell at Byfield, and her husband was engaged as coachman. While she was in the defendant's service, several little things were ob served between Mr. Wetherell and Mrs. Cooke which excited attention, and at three o'clock on one Sunday morning she saw them both go into Mrs. Cooke's room, and they remained there in the dark for twenty minutes, when• they came out and went down stairs.. Witness had frequently seen Mrs. Cooke go from her own bed-room early in the morning to her father's with her dressing-gown, and after she had gone to bed she had heard their bed-room doors open and shut. Upon another occasion she went into Mrs. Cooke's bed-room in the morning, and distinctly observed upon the bed the appearance of two persons having lain upon it. The witness then gave similar testimony to the other wit nesses with regard to the appearance of Mrs. Cooke before her departure for the country and upon her re turn. Soon after Mr. Wetherell was in the Queen's Bench prison. She went there to see him, and he asked her if she had heard any thing about what Mr. Russell and his wife had to say about him and his daughter, and she told him that she had. She saw the defendant out again a cbiy or two afterwards, and he brought up the subject a second time, and asked what Mrs. Russell had said. She told the defendant what Mrs. Russell stated, and that she suspected Mrs. Cooke had miscar ried. She likewise told him what the washerwoman said, and he became very red, and turned his face away; and he then said, " Well, if I choohe to wash my linen before I send it away, what has that to do with my daughter?" Witness remarked that his daughter's linen also appeared to be washed, and to this he made no reply. At this time Mr. Wetherell owed her husband some money, and upon his saying that he did not care about what the-Russells said, but he wished she would go out of the way, she told him that if he paid her what he owed them she would go away the next day. Cross-examined--The defendant generally came down to Byfield on -Saturday night, in order to be ready to perform divine service the next Sunday. Mrs. Cooke always went to church on the Sunday. Before the esta btishment was broken up, there were four male servants and three females kept at Byfield. She was aware that the defendant was in difficulties, and that he used to ,ravel in different directions in order to avoid the sheriff. Proceedings had been taken by her husband against the defendant to recover his wages, and latterly Mr. Cooke had acted as his attorney against defendant. llq Serjeant SHEE —She only knew that from what had been told her, and did not know it of her own knowledge. Margaret Langridge, lady's maid in the family, de posed that she had frequently seen the defendant aad his daughter kiss one another in, as she considered, an improper manner. She had seen them do this when - - Cooke had nothing but a dressing-gown over her night-dress. She remembered Mrs. Cooke coming down to Byfield after the marriage, and witness slept with her; and she remembered one night, after she had un dressed her for bed, she told her that she (witness) might go to bed, as she was going to her papa's room, and she went oat of her bed-room. Witness went to sleep, and was awoke by Mrs. Cooke coming into her bed-room, and from the appearance of the fire and the candle she should say she must have been away for three hours. She did the same thing another night, after she was undressed, but she was not away so long, and not more than half an hour. She had repeatedly seen the father and daughter embrace each other when they had nothing but their night-gowns and dressing-gowns on. They did this both at night and in the morning, and as she considered in an indecent manner. Mr. Wetherell had no trousers on—nothing but his stockings and slip pens ; and both before and after the marriage, she had seen him put his arms around his daughter's neck, and press her to him in an indecent manner. Cross-examined—Witness went into defendant's ser vice in March, 1842, and she noticed the familiarities very shortly afterwards, and always thought defendant's conduct very indecent ; but, notwithstanding this, she assisted in promoting the runaway marriage with Mr. Cooke, and was quite aware for some time before that secret courting was going on. Mr. Cooke used to come to the house when the father was out. She thought what she had seen was very indecent and improper, but did not say a word about it to Mr. Cooke. The wit ness admitted, in further cross-examination, that she did not make so full a statement when she was before summoned at Croydon ; but she accounted for this by saying that the questions were not put to her. She said that after Mr. and Mrs. Cooke went away from Byfield, they took up their residence in fur nished apartments in Welbeck-street ; but she declared that Mr. Cooke never staid out all night while they were there ; but on one occasion he did stay out till three in the morning. She had been to No. 29, Seymour street, and saw a lady there, but did "not know her name She had heard it was Mrs. Bayton. Elizabeth Cranford deposed that she was engaged by M`r. Wetherell to make his bed and wait upon him while he was in the Queen's Bench prison. Mrs. Cooke was in the habit of visiting him every day, and she was in and out until the evening. In consequence of what she had heard relating to the connexion between Mr. Wetherell and his daughter, she used to make the bed in a particular manner, and she frequently remarked that the sheets had been turned from the top to the bottom, and she also observed other appearances which excited her suspicion. She also said that she several times found Mr. Wetherell's room door locked when Mrs. Cooke was there, and sometimes when she knocked she was'kept two or three minutes before the door WEI opened, and sometimes she went away to another room because she could not wait. She spoke to Mr. Wetherell about the door being locked, and he said he looked it because he was afraid Mr. Cooke would send some one to insult his wife. Cross-examined—Mr. Cooke was a prisoner in the Bench before Mr. Wetherell came there, and a lady used to come there and walk about with him on the parade. She generally came to the prison on a Sunday, and they used to call her Mrs. Cooke. She could not say whether Mr. Cooke was twice in the prison, be cause "so many gentlemen came in and out."—(A laugh.) She was dismissed from attending in the prison because the governor suspected she had brought spirits into the prison, and she refused to be searched. She had taken spirits into Mr. Cooke's room, but did not see the lady who was called Mrs. Cooke in the room at the time. By the Jury—The door was not always locked when Mrs. Cooke came to see her father. William Hammerton, a person employed at the Sheriff's lock-up house, in Chancery-lane, deposed that while Mr. Wetherell was confined there, he had seen Mr. Wetherell sitting by the side of his daughter with his arm round her neck and his hand on her breast. He had also seen her sitting upon his bed in his bed-room. By the Court—The bed-room was the only private room that Mr. Wetherell had. Mr. Young, a clerk at the Weedon station upon the Birmingham Railway, deposed that he knew the defend ant, and in the autumn of 1843, he directed him to for• ward any letters that might be brought to him by his coachman, to the address, "T. C. Mills, Esq., Post-office, Gloucester." He identified some envelopes that were produced, as those he had sent in pursuance of the direc tions given to him by the defendant. Cross-examined—Believe he told Mr. Wetherell at this time that a " gentleman" was waiting for him on the other side. He afterwards heard that person was a sheriff's officer. Evidence was next adduced to show that letters, ad dressed as stated by the last witness, were sent through the post-offices at Chepstow, Gloucester, and other places, and that they came into the possession of the defendant. The statement, made in pursuance of a judge's order, of the places where the adultery was charged to have been committed was then put in. The act was charged to have been committed at Eaton-place, at Gloucester, Chepstow, Monmouth, Bath, Bristol, Clifton, and lastly at the Queen's Bench prison in the county of Surrey. This closed the case for the plaintiff. A great number of letters were read in the co urse Of but t t h h e o f p o following tiff nwseurpeptohret onlyofthe action. material Ones reliedcase, tipoo by first was a letter dated 20th October, 1642, a week after the marriage of the plaintiff. It was as fol- lows : " My dearest Mary,—Oh how terrific is that storm which has arisen against your unhappy father ! Where will these things end? My health is marvellously good, tint my peace of mind is like the steam from the vessel, gone for ever. Pray write one line to say you are well. Alas ! you cannot say you are happy. We fall together. i Give it to our friend Hutchings, who will send it to Nisbitt, who will soon know where to address. "THE WRETCH." The next was a letter from the daughter to her father : "My dear Father,—lf you do tell my husband all, he will, I fear, not return to me. I wa s advised to give back the papers and key I took from the office, and I have done so, The writs I still hare. I should like to see you, and would come, but will pray and strive to be quiet.—Your unworthy child, " M. E. M. COOICE. " P.S.—lf you give in, and John does not return, it will be the greatest folly. I fear only for YOU." The next was a letter relied upon by the plaintiff as a proof that the defendant was aware of his daughter being in the family-way in April, 1843, and that he was taking measures to procure a miscarriage. It was ad dressed by the defendant to Mrs. Cooke:- 4 ‘ Byfield, April 1, 1843. " My darling will be pleased to hear that a kind Pro vidence has once more brought me to this quiet retreat. On a former occasion I travelled to London with a clerical schoolmaster, and he accompanied me to-day to Blissworth. It helped to beguile the way, though it de prived me of the pleasure, perhaps of the pain, of reflec tion. All here is quiet; not any letters for you, and only one for me. I have not said anything to Roby, for the chief difficulty will be in her travelling with me, which is certainly very objectionable, and I fear you will find it difficult to obtain the assistance of a certain coachman's wife, as she has children. It may be best to obtain the assistance of a regular surgeon, if possible, but take care to avoid any such connexion as may bring former servants to the house, or bring you in contact with any of those families you wish to avoid. I hope it will not be required for any long period of time, but that we may soon let the house. This will be the most im portant step we can take at present, and we must endea vour, through this troublesome year, to remain as snug as we can, and a good let would materially assist us to shake off a certain party. Prayers can do wonders for us! Should it not bring relief in greatest straits, it pro motes resignation and acquiescence in the Divine will; and, after all, this should be the object of our principal aim, that God's will may be done. God be with you to morrow, and with your affectionate wpaErernat, said that De citu For the defendeat. Se ERELL." Mr. Sergeant CHANNaLL .then rose toy asroesTes e t i e ju.r4 S 17 N „ --- "N\ „,,,,- Ntt- tw,- . t, .... thituniFsgmtio--