The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-28 00:00:00

11/XPAR'T URE OF THE FOREIGN MAILS. POST OFFICE NOTICE. jesterday the following notice of the next departure t he mails for China, India, Egypt, Greece, the a West ries, North and South America, New South Wales, li t. was issued and affixed at the General Post Office, ka rtia's-le-Gra n d %The Oriental Company's steam packet Erin will bi l tfe7 the mails of the morning of the 3d of September, 4t4_ Southampton, for Gibraltar, Malta, the Mediterra ae, Greece, Corfu, the lonian Isles, Egypt, Alexan eden, India, Hong-Kong, and China. to o ,„? Queen (Russell) will convey the mails of the Vh„ — ng of the 7th of September for Madeira, Lisbon, g ar° , oPorto, Cadiz, Corunna, Madrid, Spain, Portu ton ,_end Gibraltar. The Peninsular packets will not 1 , 0 ea at Corunna either on their outward or homeward b e ! enaberege duri ng the winter months of November, Decem jennary, or F e b ruar y, commenc i ng th e 7th o f N o - E Th e Overland Mail, via Marseilles, for India, China, Opt th e e , and the Mediterranean, will be despatched on of the 7th of S e pt em b er . maiIsWEST INDIES.—The Trent (Rivett) for the ktb; °f the morni n of the 2d of September, via South 11,;morning, for the British and Foreign Colonies in the Ithll id ica, Honduras, Havannah, Madeira, Venezuela, "inn, the T wee d, with next mail due on the 7th lcoPteraber. AMERICA.—The Cambria (Judkins) will con- L e Mails of the 3d of September via Liverpool, for Th e 3,!,North America, Bermuda, and the United States. ikitittutibernia (Kyrie) with next mail due on the 30th So t , 0 4 01'4 AMERICA.—Her Majesty's brig Crane (Lewis) S tiee e A4th of September, vid Falmouth, for Brazil, 1 44 8 ""Yres, Monte Video, Rio Janeiro, Bahia and Per t4e 2, 2 ' e t e. The Express (Howick) with next mail due on Pa t i t t° , instant (from August to January inclusive, the wa rd et touches at Bahia and Pernambuco on her out oi h P 4 ssage to Ri o J ane ir o , the rem a ining six months liter homeward). ep e SOUTII WALES.—The Walmer Castle, on the Nie l of th e 31 ~ e t instant for the mails for Sydney, Van ev v - ; 4 S Land, South Australia, New South Wales, and 'ealand. 0 - I ViIVILSSION OF LUNACY. ifil ab l3 nataissi on de Lunatic() lnquirendo was open ß e a d r y_ o e w s: %timing, at ten o'clock, before Francis serlen tt, one of the Masters in Lunacy, and a jury t _ of e Eyre Artnt,htleraen of the county ot Middlesex, at h 14: ,cavemen St. John's-wood, to inquire into the state ilkf t tk lof Mrs. Sarah Westbrook, of High-street, Port i,, widow. The commission was sued out by 411„`re!lch,othe heir-at-law, and cousin to the al sir unatie. tit at enAMBERS in support of the commission, stated 4 4 4 Present proceeding was taken by order of the It , through the Chancellor. ' L er e 1 ° ,, 4 , 12 1 seem that . the lady evinced imbecility during h er t"°110od. Having been at school she returned ° her father's house, who was a man of some • pro e°mba W I " whilst there she was most indecorous in her lo Nte r /1 ) - 1 -, It was thought a change by marriage would -t a t at o f •1 - and a person of the name of thel4,Btbr-`"' st ate introduced mint to her, and allowed to marry brother Mr. Edmund French, allowing them * b ife a nnum ito live upon. Westbrook and his 11, 11 : v a ;"‘ to live in a small cottage at Acton, Nrhere, t -4 ,t h not capable of attending to the domestic duties of .1t 111 113e • ner busband was compelled to sweep an 440.4 whilst she went about the village in the filthiest vNel), ° R one occasion she had been to London ~evvin(l because the driver did not stop opposite ln the t ii t klrd, e , t e she lived, she cried out at the top of her voice 1,1! and eral times. In the year 1841 her husband •at ° , 11 , e1 ; an hour efore his death Mrs. Westbrook ° ' ll hint tof bed, telling the surgeon, who ar rt_ op port. _ es u ly to prevent her, that he had better get rtrili to a walk. She appeared so imbecile, that ‘jt the 4 die she could not perform the proper offices . A i l.t 'srtl i d • eac i , and a neighbour was . called in to do it. e V h i s her brother took her to his own home, with a t tt ll l ,l l t -tti n v g' her taken better care of. The brother k r ilor thar isable i to have a person to take care of her, 'll Ptlrpose engaged a Mrs. Adams. With this bh °lll d remained until very recently, and the jury 1 1 'der -04 that she had been got out of her . custody er extraordi tul nary "circumstances. In April, 18 . 45, q trp eri ` ll l ;. Mr. Edmund French, died. He had lived ti; tk)( q. e t a l 'usly, and left property m nting tobetween 11.80Leit,'20,0001., Mr. Richard Kirkham aoa Lane being h ,7B ' ur • For some time after the brother's death, Wo ° , i trty lt a ill ii s s_till . had the care of Mrs. Westbrook, the ti en :/ye a , ,I s e yi n using into the h possession of that lady. A Pit,7l,laeZe, taken for her next to Mrs. Adams', and (if lii,stid n was not worth more than 301. or 40/., was 4 I ke I N , In Feb., 1846, a person of the name ti,„toas introduced to Mrs. Westbrook, and . from 4 Wes t b t his she has remained at the residence of 4 ttr B f li Prei t : ° °k, telling that lady she bad been sent . by h a d . fr 111 Power to take care of her ;" and having a e qt1,4 11 ., 1 O ver that lady. Th e un f or t una t e l a dy 4ame/ till ii R !'Y said that M rs . W oo d would not let her N t h Nh nla r :vvo young m en were introduced of the look other and Osborn ; one a journeyman saddler, , tith e taiw, 4 Waiter, who made love to Mrs. West ekif. pla e :l her to Crenaorne-gardens, Vauxhall,. and It: 44l aad of amusement. Before the witnesses were `t b rs Westbrook was introduced, and took her mi tt the side of the Learned Commissioner. She was vrtitt,ll4,llionably and elegantly attired. During the whole IkAkf` 4ll es she was very loquacious. Ntet''.. the evidence by which these facts were elicited, was adjourned. T 111, 4 t 4 ts:peainoons.—The accounts from the moors describe is \ ilhi r „ gof this season as a most propitious one. Inver t'," .‘„' would appear to lee for the present the head• guar- Vises."°ngst those there enjoying the sports of the season, l is ,t, ?lit Milton, Lord Gifford, Lord R. Grosvenor, .Lord s' i ßes' °r(l E• Hill, Sir 11. Meux, and several eminent i6,csNlaod solicitors, &c., from London. 141tes, Dl SEASE.—Apprehensions have for . some stSPessish'eell entertained of the failure of the turnip crops N ht i•'svfhich have unfortunately been realised in those IS, top, it rilti the last few days into the London markets. roo t rst become affected, the disease fast spreading to as i ks l ir• 4 A n the potato, Ny he r c ,'„,, It 'VEST IN WEST KENT.—The harvest may AV irossrtted as finished throughout West Kent, for NNo, 44 small portion of barley and a few beans (or e . : 1 4 l a stalks, for late-sown beans are a general fail . ur et ? 41 14 is s ,`" fields. Upon the whole, the corn has be... t sAy'sssk'd c ondition, both for the flail and for the mill. LI the 41 i - 1 7," Where the new wheat has been thrashed, n 'tt . trai s lt so great as expected, although the quality c o l 4 4 's good. The backward turnips are growing ;;lAl.ll4tlii..,P_roduce some feed •, those sown on the stubble *P'kii ^ t.k - ' i ng hoed out, and where the land is ingoo d d wills,l4.os' esysetY.Promising. Where the land is good an s s ks' s terpi s 'night extend with advantage the system of Ns u i lis' s on stubbles, particularly after early h . ar- , %s,itol, °l ,,sti .-„ainlginareful .to ;elect the early store, or as it is Litl:n'sasbrea the the six-weeks turnip, which is found to ; 4(1 is " 11 sown after a scarifier, or even by beir!g 11 s aiitnicli/v9ont ploughing. The potato . crop has again Oti t 'Stk 1 , With the same blight as prevailed last year. 4 t a a l sua kt l , l ll ll -.1 1 ,„ , ly aparent about the first or second 04.7eisiT: 8 ‘• In the conrse of about three days the oLitisae hoc looked green and luxuriant, changed ts. (4 reslras •"` e it and rotten, but in many cases, even where ' so s ," %%VII this state the potatoes have proved t . o be i . 11,4114,stilsas'date than ' generally resulted from similar ap , N‘'s qi " Year. The breadth planted this year is vela Nul ' e rops f , 1 1,.,.ea,, 0 mangold are impro n ving. The hops to,trio e th,,!Prous effort at the later s ol of their growth, t0 1 ,k4 the i' i n_ne has not suffered too much from the blight l tlei a ,..,tes e , `;Ps have grown large, and the crop is likely Nkliv2. a' expectation. Picking has now generally Cs essgsbs s , 1:• 1 46 .4 4 7, SEIZUR E or TonAcco.—lnformation has Nsysq, M tsi?., t he . Commissio . ne n rs ear of the seizure of Boston 0,, ) , els e, i steco in the leat, the coast, at , kle i l ` t i sco e u3' Mr. Glendon, of the coast guard station. ) li!'sts e .s rs l s.s found in a stable near the sea, supposed to i'4l4kttitelasshore from a small open boat, which ar . rive . d . S rio s h ess store from Holland. This valuable prize . , it s 4 ,sCs, l "- ' O' h ad been deposited in an outhouse unttl a a s sr is, he rtunitv presented itself of finding a market 44" 4 f I ill tl suppose q ll .4 l eft opesl ' dto h d av h e a b s ee s n in u ee se h d e l e 'n n bringing it a, f .., 3 , th.‘ ie harbour, an a _ cell, and if no deman d N I , l`:t It b7„Custom- house ffi Si t N t e cl eal 7re Monday next it will be condemned an kst,hei h tlas b "t3' of tobacco smuggled into England on vli o stre ss "livery great for several years, notwithstand- Il k Is t 'qo - Z ed vigilance of the coast-guard establishment i 4 1 4 150 Ai S authorities. tolt os n „stts,,, in his of t ilo s '' , Je ss :' 'LC CAT IN INDlA.—Mr. Jacob,when So AVM i a - ' 9 „ r. says, "The European do m estic cat, I,t, Noy iti as th, k mis country, seems endowed with . the power I sa ll ki is t (1 es as she would have done mice at home ; i, s it s ais s h e make make its appearance in a h.ouseoarwh awhile, "e i Pounces on it, and, after shaking it becoming k ` 4 t ess D ' a Ying with it if allowed, the snake siiti,tisi's ~,eVer to attempt to bite her." tlolltttkq the "I'LEGE, BIRMINGHAM.—The annual 141 N 3 :-irt s , gnvernors of Queen's College was held on_ % l ige ( ' ra,p sae theatre of that institution. Mr. G. , F a: 4' k ',Re, the p.'„°nenisied the chair. The report read cong t g os sasesivernors upon the successful progress of The I tit to ., csed4Partic ularlyeulogised the unwearied exertns gi5. 11 411 4 e ss e s °x, the Dean of Faculty, its founder. 10,ti i 's h e is;, 9 eil of last wear were re-appointed, and a vote I ' l , ase4r Passed to` Mr. Muntz tor his conduct i to n ! r il e : bi Ilts`l. lag broke up. The proceedings were al Ok n 1 t, s q t i, ° tlt b tl , Stijl-, a fire '°e'ses - `4 ths --w ELL.—Yesterday morning 1 1 . dist-Nee -Premises of Mr. Charles Watson, a gro w c a er s isi,i'llsiiesedge,hr, :.\-e. 6 9 , High-street, Shadwell. It 'l!"t A ee l s t in tb -37 , t he Policeman on the beat, l who saw m a e ,k,tl;l(lll,,ariah:B,-.op, and gave an immediate aarm w ' r n 4 1 or th e soe i gnie, and the brigade engines from ex e e l r i - - s, Ds , th, s Ratel ifshortly arrived, and by the „'th glo b Ure,,, 1 N tips`r, an d the mischief was confined to the shop t:itial'er Part" t he flames were prevented from extending . l'' ‘t" (t 'o Nr eilo °C t he house. The stock in trade le in the ktil'o D ' os i n . nee was either destroyed or spoi , ... ss y q11 11 ( 1 sisn'Y Was done by the immense qurtity m " .. ' fIsS ,fti(soilesr,lthe house by the engines, and which co ur o % 44, house ‘ apartrnerds over the sho and arlo t _ e • tlflqisi4lsiell atone, no other way of extinguishing . h siNs,"ous e , ne time threatened the destruction of the .e T 6, s 1 ' l 4 o r s : Mr. W ats on is fortunately insured to tn , sts, his 1 „ sae s ' Sts l ; ss ' sch at °tie, sag e --s•-•- •LivErtrooL THURSDAY.--The q,'4 la 4 shein Turley, arrived here from Philadel likpos, 4asieiptd therefrOrn, on the Ist inst., he! new . s 4 sl s 4 cl s "era si ." h3' the Great Britain. The Hihernia N . all y it, tat,h_ax and Boston, now out 17 days, is ex ilt b 1 , v., s, s. 01, '' morning ; she will bring 15 days later d 4 41, es h , lv 'lst - oa held —4,ITAL O FFICER.—Last night an in bvh Pr 4eNvi. l:!eso2trteth.e.,Windnsill publc-house, Robert-street, ss ici th e illiaill Dar. W. Baker, junior, concerning th , e tes„,llcetttlssplace Co r3 ' Marlow, aged 39, residing at No. • , 94014 food 'lat the rinaerelai- road. It appeared from the Ish.'at had b een eceed was a captain in the West India h04 4 4:t Yes sa out of employ for some time past. tt i! b....lves co _ago the deceased was wrecked in a ship of totilltitis4'siittl elzniatFillaanesdpearn, r i d g, e h v a er vi s n in g ce that period he has been disappointed in ziski', op Pon his mat of two or three ships This appeared es .te It N.lreslie:":fl, and on Wednesday . he purchased an Iv 'ti t i ll% n h e cl estr t o "r * Frederick Elsom's, a chemist, and 13 0 , l 4::pas aid 'randn board a ship. On the same ga l Sas _013,t in his bed-room, quite dead, ty. 41144 itrisenic by his side. Verdict,--Tem- COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Privy Council yesterday at Osborne House. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the First Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. At the Council the Queen's Speech, on closing the Session of Parliament, was arranged and agreed upon. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The — Cabinet Ministers and the Lord Chamberlain travelled from town to attend the Council by a special train on the South-Western Railway, landed at East Cowes, and arrived at Osborne House at half-past twelve The Master ()Nile Horse arrived to attend the:Council from Arundel, Sussex. A dejeuner was served at Osborne House to the noble men and gentlemen attending the Council. Lord John Russell and the other Ministers took their departure in the afternoon on their return to town. The Queen and Prince Albert rode out in a pony phaeton on Wednesday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Captain Gordon on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, rode in the plantations on Wednesday afternoon, and her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing. The Royal dinner party in the evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady A. Paget, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, and Sir George Couper. The band of the 74th Highlanders was in attendance during the dinner, and also performed a number of favourite pieces in the course of the evening. Yesterday morning hex Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent went in a pony carriage to the beach. Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice also went to the beach in the forenecn. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Helena took their usual airings yesterday. The tradesmen of his Royal Highness Prince Albert had their annual dinner, on Wednesday, at Willis's, Thatched House, in honour of his Royal Highness's birthday, Mr. Graves in the chair. Two fine bucks were presented by his Royal Highness. The Milbank Prison Commission had a meeting yes terday at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. Lord Monteagle had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Marchioness of Hastings, and Captain Hastings Henry, R.N., left Farrance's Hotel yesterday, for their seat, Efford House, Lymington. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. COWES, AUG. 27. PRINCE ALBERT'S CUP.—One of the members having protested against the cup being given to the Heroine, on the grounds that she started before the second gun was fired,:and that she had been foul, the Committee decided that neither the Heroine nor the Drift could claim the cup, and that it should be sailed for again. Both declared not to start again, and the Duke of Beaufort's yacht the Intrepid, of 55 tons, sailed alone and won the cup. His Grace does not intend to hold it, and it is said it will be again contested for on Monday next. Things do not seem to go on very pleasantly amongst the nauticals. Some troublesome folks will always, some how or other, introduce themselves into the best regu lated societies. Lord Cardigan's splendid yacht the Enchantress is on White's patent slip to be coppered. Lord Fitzhardinge gives an elegant silver cup to be sailed for by the yachts of this squadron on Saturday next. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. The St. Leger betting again showed a falling market, and more especially so with regard to Sir Tatton Sykes, who caught it right and left, and in the end receded to 8 to 1, offered currently. A good deal of money was also laid agst Brocardo, at 7 to 1, and similar odds in two or three instances agst The Traverser; the latter, however, leaving off very steady, and indisput a bly fi rs t f avour it e . l ago an d P oynton were - in favour, at improved prices, and about 200/. was laid Out upon Erin-go-bragh, at 30 to 1, a fall of five points; but with the exception of Free Lance, who was not mentioned until near the close, the other favourites were on the decline. Last prices:— . LEAMINGTON STAKES. 9 to 2 agst Mr. Drinkald's Mongrel—taken Roderick is disqualified by the death of the Hon. F. Ongley. ST. LEGER. 13 to 2 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—taken 7 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes 12 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago 15 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy—taken. 16 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Grimston 18 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poynton—take 20 to 1 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting 30 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Erin-go-bragh—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First 50 to 1 agst Col. Synge's Mount Callan 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Nunn's Joanna colt—taken 1000 even between Dolo and Pyrrhus the First 1000 even betwen Sir Tattoo Sykes and Brocardo 200 to 100 on Traverser agst Fancy Boy. kRECEIVED THIS DAY.) CANTERBURY RACES.—THURSDAY. The Sweepstakes of 1 soy. each, and 20 added, two miles, were won in three heats by Mr. Wotton's br f by Leander, out of Susan Watch, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b, beating Mr. Minter's Lap Dog, 3 yrs, ist Blb ; Mr. Sherrard's Petrowna, 4 vrs, 9st 61b, and Mr. Rowe's Th e H aunc h , 6 vrs, lOst 31b, after a dead heat between Petrowna and Lap Dog. The Members' Plate of 50 sovs. Heats, one mile-and-a-half. Mr. Cooke's Auld Lang Syne, 6 yrs, 9st 61b Mr. Sherrard's Petrowna, 4 yrs, 7st 2 2 Mr. Minter's Lap Dog, 4 yrs, Est 71b Mr. Rowe's The Haunch, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b 4 dr IPSWICH RACES—WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Lord Lonsdale's Jericho, 4 yrs, 9st 11b (Bartholomew) 1 1 Mr. W. S. Stanley's Vakeel, aged, lOst 21b Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss, 5 yrs, 9st 111 b 4 3 Mr. Abel's Vakeel, aged, lOst 21b The Town Members' Plate of 50!., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soy. each. Heats, two miles. Mr. Arber's Caroline, 4 yrs . ....(Bartholomew) 1 1 Mr. Argent's Alvanley, 5 yrs Mr. West's African, aged Mr. Theobald's Chemise, 4 yrs 3 4 The Gentlemen's Purse of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, &c. Heats, two miles. Mr. Howlett's Libation, 3 yrs Mr. Theobald's Pigskin, aged THURSDAY. The County Members' Plate of 50/., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Heats, two miles. _ Mr. Arber's Caroline, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ...(Bartholomew) 1 1 Mr. Argent's Alvanley, , s yrs, Bst 71b Mr. Theobald's Chemise, 4 yrs, Bst 71b The Ipswich Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 25 added, two miles, were won in two heats by Mr. Howlett's Libation, 3 yrs, 7st. 51b. (Clarry), beating Pigskin, aged, Bst 71b, and Fancy Girl, 4 yrs, Bst 71b. _ _ Tice Hunter's' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added, were won in two heats by Mr. Sparrow's Tincton, aged, list 71b (Mr. Fortescue), beating Mr. Dixon's Sir Fretful, aged, list 71b, Vakeel, aged, and another. HEREFORD riACES.—WEDNESDAY (CONCLUDED). The Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, and 20 added. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Davenport's Florine, 4 yrs, Bst lib (Denman) 1 2 1 Mr. Charlton's f, by Tallyrand, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b...... 0 1 3 Mr. Wall's ch c, by Coronation, 3 yrs, 6st I lib ... 2 3 2 Mr. Powell's Miss Susan, 6 yrs, 9st Bib .. 0 dr The Farmers' Stakes of 501. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Hawkins' Teresa, 5 yrs, list 81b (Hawkins) 0 1 0 1 Mr. Turner's Charity, 6 yrs, list 101 b ... 0 0 1 2 Mr. BoAey's Miss Susan, 6 yrs, list Mr. Pulling's Eve, aged, llst 0 0 2 dr Mr. Davis's Mermaid, 6 yrs, lOst Mr. Vever's Visc oun t, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b 0 0 2 dr THURSDAY. The City and County Gold Cup of 601., added to a Sweep stakes (Handicap) of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de clared. Three miles. (17 Subs., 5 paid.) Mr. Copeland's Arthur, 4 yrs 7st 31b Mr. Day Named Regalia, 3 yrs, sst 51b 2 Mr. Griffith's Foxwhelp, 4 yrs, 7st 91b Handicap of 3 sovs. each and 30 added. Heats, once round and a distance. (7 Subs.) Mr. Wall's Zeta, 5 yrs, Bst •• .04 3 1 1 Mr. Bosley's Miss Susan 6 yrs, ist 41b Mr. Pearce's Foxberry, aged, Bst 71b 2 dr The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs. each and 25 added. Heats once round and a distance. (8 Subs.) Mr. 011iver's Teresa, 5 yrs, lOst llb Mr. Vever's Very Bad, late Colbeiress, 6 yrs Mr. Waller's g by Coronation, out of the Maid of Hampton, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b Mr. Pearce's Foxberry, aged, llst 31b Mr. Holman's Chevy Chase, 4 yrs, lOst 31b 2 3 dr A hurdle match tor 1,000 guineas, between Captain Neville's The Miser's Son (011iver) and Captain Williams's Limerick (Scott ), was won by the latter by a head. The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added, one mile and a half, 4 subs., were won easily, in three heats, by Mr. Marshall's Gipsy Queen, 6 yrs, llst 101 b (011iver), beat ing Thurgarton, Very Bad, and Sparta. The re-sale of Ford Abbey estate next Thursday will insure Mr. George Robins a famous audience at the Auction Mart. The form er d e f au lt er w ill come un d er t h e las h o f our friend of the hammer; but it is generally believed the monastery was will very badly sold, and that at least ten thou sand guineasbe the increased result at the second sale. , If the Catholic body, who ar e represen t e d as b e i ng upon th e qui vire to possess it, are in right earnest it should realise at least 80,000 guineas, and then be a bargain; as it is, the sale is by the trustees directed to be p eremptory. THE RECORDERSHIP OF BRISTOL. We understand that Mr. Berkeley has written to Mr. Cockburn (who is a candidate for the Recordership of Bristol), promising to use his influence on behalf of that gentleman with Government. Mr. Crowder is also spoken of; and we have heard that Mr. Joseph Grace Smith is likewise an aspirant for the post. It is said that Mr. Romilly may have it if he pleases ; it is, we may say, in the gift of Sir George Grey, to w h om M r. Romilly is related. His father, Sir Samuel Romill y , was once Recorder of Bristol. It is a berth not to be slighted-- about 600/. a year—for some fourteen attendance out of the three hundred and sixty-five.—Bristol Times.—[The appointment is vacant by the death of Sir C. Wetherell.] COMPLETE STOPPAGE OF WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.— Yesterday, notwithstanding the many repairs and doctorings which this venerable structure has undergone, not only in carriage but foot way, it was found really necessary for future safety of lives to stop up one side of the foot p as s a g e, and it is expected that in another forty-eight hours the opposite side will be placed in the same state. The imperfections of the first five arches from the Surrey side cause this step, which, of course will prove very inconvenient to the trades men situated in the Westminster-road. It is expected that, as far as foot-passengers are concerned, arrangements will be made by the Charing-cross-bridge Company, but of which nothing was definitively settled yesterday. LORD STANLEY.—Lord Stanley arrived at Douglas' Hotel on Monblay night, on his way to Drummond Castle, which has been placed at his Lordship's disposal for the shooting season by the noble proprietor, Lord Willoughby D'Eresby.—Edinburgh paper. y,, ; :._, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1846. PLYMOUTH ROYAL WESTERN YACHT CLUB REGATTA. FIRST DAY. PLYMOUTH . , AUG. 27.—As usual, our regatta com menced yesterday (Wednesday), being Prince Albei birthday, under the immediate patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty and her Royal Consort, the Commo dore being the Right Hon. the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, and Captain Charles Bulkely Vice-Commodore. Amongst the yachts were—The Petrel, Earl of Ilchester ; Anaconda, Sir Charles Ibbetson ; Noran, Sir H. B. Haughton ; Gulnare, Peroth, ; Transit, Knight, Esq., Stormfinch, Colonel Brewers; Fawn, Hon. Captain Hare ; Psyche, Tickell, Esq. ; Viola, J. Tolekin, Esq. ; Grand Turk, T. Fox, Esq. ; Petrel, W. Beamish, Esq. ; Dryad, W. Delafield, Esq. ; Secret, J. W. Smith, Esq. ; Kate, R. Bell, Esq. ; Dolphin, F. Perkins, Esq. ; Avenger, J. Saunderson, Esq. ; Ganymede, J. H. W. P. S. Pigott, Esq. ; Frisk, Hon. William H. Hare ; Brilliant, George Holland Ackers, Mg. ; Osprey, G. S. Curtis Esq. ; Therese, Richard Wake, Esq.; Hydra, Hockin, E:q. ; Rover, Herbert Phillis, Esq. ; Caroline, J. Congreve, Esq. ; Gipsy, R. Sherlock, Esq. ; Lily of Devon, W. Moore, Esq. ; Adelaide, Sir Gore Booth, Bart. ; M e n a i, & c . The course for the yachts was starting from buoys moored off the committee's marquee, the vessels pro ceeding through the western channel of the Breakwater round to a mark vessel, moored off Penlee Point, thence to another mark vessel off the Mew Stone, leav ing both on the port hand, returning through the eastern channel of the Breakwater, rounding the buoy of the Cobbler, then round a boat (having a pilot jack flying) moored opposite the Hoe, about 15 miles, the vessels going twice or thrice round, according to regu lations. I fAt a quarter-past eleven the preparatory gun was fired, and the vessels took their stations for the follow ing prizes :—The Fancy Ball Plate, 50/. p.p. Time race. For yachts from 45 to 80 tons, bons fide the property of members of a Royal Yacht Club. Time, 15 seconds per ton. Yachts. Tons. Rigged. Owners. Gondola 77 Cutter T. Woodhouse, Esq. Frisk 47 Cutter Frankland, Esq. Victoria 57 Cutter Conner, Esq. The start took place precisely at half-past eleven, the wind at the time blowing easterly. The Victoria was first off, followed by the Frisk, the Gondola last, the vessels running for the western end of the Breakwater. The Victoria sot her square sail, and tried by pressing canvass, to keep the lead, but she was soon passed by the Gondola, the Victoria and Frisk being abreast of each other opposite:the Lighthouse, at the Breakwater, and the vessels rounded the first Hag-boat at Penlee Point ; the Gondola at eleven minutes past twelve ; Vic toria, thirteen minutes past twelve. The vessels then commenced beating to windward for the east of the Breakwater, the Frisk passing the Victoria, and the three vessels sailing well to the Cobbler, and then round ing the mark boat under the Hoe as follows : Yacht. H. ar. s. Yacht. H. M. S. Gondolo Victoria, 2h. 16m. ss. The three commenced running for Penlee Point, and the Gondola increased her lead, but in beating to wind ward outside the Breakwater, the Frisk gained on her, and the Victoria lost considerably by steering to the east. The yachts rounded the Cobbler buoy, and pro ceeded the second time to the winning boat, not being able to sail round the third time, in consequence of the lightness of the wind, they rounded in this order:— Yachts. H. 31. s. Yacht. H. M. S. Gondola Victoria A Piece of Plate, presented by the inhabitants of Ply mouth, for all pleasure vessels under 15 tons. Twice round, about 30 miles. Yachts. Tons. Owners. Contest Gipsy l2 .. R. Sherlock, Esq. I la Red Rover The start took place at twelve o'clock, Red Rover showing the way, Ida second, Contest third, and Gipsy last, but the Contest quickly luffed her sails, went to windward and rounded the other boats, by which she ob tained the lead, round the Penlee flag-post, closely pressed by the Ida, the Rover and Gipsy being near to gether, but the Rover at the time shifting her topsails, by which she lost much in bearing to the east of the Breakwater, and the Gipsy changed places with the Contest, leading the way, all proceeding well for the rounding the first time, which they did in this manner . Yachts. H. N. S. Yachts. H. M. S. Gipsy 3 23 30 Ida. 3 29 45 Contest The first three vessels again proceeded, sailing over the course, but the Red Rover gave up. From the rounding to Penlee Point it was running, which suited the Contest, and she overhauled the Gipsy at the Break water, being two minutes in advance at the mark vessel at Penlee Point, and the wind becoming lighter she still improved her lead, but the Gipsy gained a little in beat ing, again losing on their coming under the shore to wards Mount Batten, running being resumed by the yachts. They passed the Cobbler buoy and arrived at the winning station in this order:— Yacht H. at. s. Yacht H. 31. s. I Contest 6 35 55 lda Gipsy The timing of the yachts in the matches we have taken from the Committee's books. Shortly after the above match, Mr. Sherlock (of the Gipsy) entered a written protest against the contest, stating he believed she was not properly " fitted," which will be immediately decided by the Committee. On Tuesday evening the Royal Yacht Club dinner took place at the Club House, Millbay, Captain Bulkeley, Vice Commodore, acting as president, and J. W. Peard, Esq., vice-president. The usual loyal toasts were drank, and " Success to all the yacht clubs of England," with nine times nine. The dinner was well attended, there being present Sir H. Haughton, Bart., Major Courtney Phillips, Major Fraser, Gerald De Courcy Hamilton, Captain Croake, R.N., J. B. Glegg, Esq., Captain Basden, R. Bell, Esq., &c. The first night of the regatta (Wednesday) a very excellent ball took place, at Elliott's Royal Hotel, under the immediate patronage of the Commodore, Vice-Com modore, Committee, and members of the Club. It was exceedingly well attended, and dancing was kept up with much spirit until morning. 'FIE BERWICK BANK ROBBERY.—After Mrs. Thomp son had been placed under the surveillance of the matron of the gaol, the directors of the bank determined to suspend Mr. Thompson, the bank-agent, who on Monday night de livered up the keys of the office, and has since taken no part in the bank business. The circumstances of the case, as far as he is concerned, are considered open to suspicion. He has been employed as the bank-agent at Berwick about four years, and in connexion with the bank-agency he did busi ness as a general commission-agent. He is a native of Scot land, but has lived some time in Yorkshire, where his wife belongs. His family consists of two children, his wife being at present enciente. Mr. Thompson's connexion with the bank up to the time of this transaction had been highly satis factory to his employers. POLITENESS OF A WIDOW.—Mrs. presents her kind compliments to Mr. —, and much regrets that she cannot show the pictures to-day, as Major died yester day evening of apoplexy; which Mrs. -- the more re grets, as it will prevent her having the honour of seeing Sir Walter Scott and Miss Edgeworth.—Lockhares Life of Scott. tEMOVAL OF THE COLONNADE FROM THE QUADRANT. —Twenty-eight of the shop-keepers of the Quadrant have presented a petition to Parliament praying permission to cause the colonnade in front of the shops to be pulled down, which they offer to do at their own expense, provided they be allowed to sell the old materials. They give several rea sons in support of the petition. The numerous pillars and the dark roof of the colonnade impede the light and give a gloomy appearance to their shops, besides hiding them from those who ride or drive along the carriage way. The shelter afforded by the covering has had the effect of making the Quadrant a rendezvous for idle and dissolute persons of both sexes, who cause so much annoyance that extra constables have for some years been employed to preserve order, and who have earned for that part of Regent-street, a reputation which deters many ladies from visiting the shops, and other persons from taking lodgings over them. This inability to let the upper parts of the houses has driven some of the pro prietors to admit persons who employ them as billiard and gaming-housep, and such other purposes as tend very much to depreciate the value of the premises. Although the colon nade is considered an ornament to this splendid thorough fare, the reasons urged by the petitioners appear to be suffi ciently strong to prove the expediency of removing it. THE PAVILION AT BRIGHTON.—A deputation from the committee appointed by the commissioners had an inter view last Monday with Lord Morpeth, in whose hands, as First Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, the manage• ment of this question is placed. The deputation were re ceived by his Lordship with the greatest courtesy, and every disposition was manifested to meet, as far as possible, the wishes of the inhabitants ; but the deputation left the, Noble Lord with the impression that it is the full determina tion of the Government to carry out the design of selling the palace.—Brighton Paper. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.—PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY. —Now that the court-martial on Captain Gordon has ter minated, it is expected that orders for the America to refit will be sent down. The Inconstant, in the Mediterranean, has been in commission upwards of three years, and will pro bably be relieved by the America. The North Star is to go to Chatham, unless telegraphic counter-orders arrive. The Hound brig, destined for the coast of Africa, is on her pas sage from Sheerness to be paid, and receive her sailing orders. The Admiralty have ordered the Lively lighter to be sent to Guernsey, to lay down moorings for a sloop of war. FIRE ON SAFFRON-HlLL.—Last evening, between eight and nine o'clock, a fire that caused considerable alarm broke out upon the premises in the occupation of Mr. Shaylor, skin-dresser and furrier, No. 21, Little Saffron-hill, Clerken well. It commenced from some cause at present unknown, in the drying-room. Before the fire was discovered it ob tained such a firm hold of the premises, that for some time fears were entertained for the safety of the entire building. Information of the outbreak was without delay sent to the engine stations, and forthwith the parish and two brigade en gines attended. The inmates, neighbours, and police having exerted themselves to the utmost, succeeded in getting the flames extinguished, but not before a considerable quantity of the stock was destroyed, and the building severely injured by the fire and water. Mr. Shaylor was insured in the Phoe nix Fire-office for the contents, and the building, it was un derstood, is insured in the Sun-office. SEWER ACCIDENT AND NARROW ESCAPE.—Yester day, just prior to the labourers returning from dinner, at one o'clock, a large portion of the earth of a new sewer exca vating in Whitefriars-street, at the back of the Temple, fell in. Happily there was no persons below at the time ; but a bricklayer on a ladder had a very narrow escape. Work men were immediately employed in shoring up the earth to prevent further danger, which was the more apprehended, from the fact that a large portion of that which fell in be longed to the foundations of the houses of the Temple, the street being very confined and narrow, and the road very rotten and unsubstantial. THE LATE ROBERT LowTnm.—George Thoburn, William Douglas, and John Bell, the three persons in custody at Newcastle. upon-Tyne on suspicion of being concerned in the death of Robert Lowthin, whose body was found in the river Tyne some time ago under very suspicious circum stances, were on Tuesday last committed for trial on the charge of robbing the deceased. There was not sufficient evidence obtained tolvarrant their committal for the capital charge. The coroner's inquest terminated with a verdict of "Found drowned." TRIAL of the FRENCH REGICIDE . COURT OF PEERS, PARIS, TUESDAY. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) Francois Fontein, aged 43, manufacturer of articles of polished steel, deposed that he had known the prisoner for many years ; he always was speaking of his misfor tunes. Witness lent him I,IOOE, which were to be re turned on August 15. Jacques Cereleron, aged 46, schoolmaster, residing at Paris in the same house as the prisoner, deposed that he for some time was upon good terms with Henri, but afterwards quarrelled with him because he behaved li outrageouse j v e . d ( l l L i i e m i s n e t 1 , h t t go u er id b e e ss6n a ,b g au e n n ti n i u rae s n , l a go n iro d np f ra t- o e np q de u ru e tn n y t i,v l ill. Henri had an incr e dibl e degree of presumption, be te:ln i ce n ne e .r d i ye knew maintained outrageous theories about religion and univers a e a l n p for 25 or 26 ears, but was often a lung time without seeing him. During the last twelve months he had seen him frequently, and particularly since January 1 ; he was incessantly talking of his misfortunes and the embarrassment of his affairs, asking witness to accommodate him with his signature to bills, which witness declined. He frequently declared that he should be driven to blow out his brains. Wit• ness deposed to Henri's seeking a wife, whether de formed or otherwise, who could bring him a fortune of 25,0001, and requested to refer to him (the witness) for his character, in order to conceal his design from his family. Henri never mentioned any other conception than that of suicide, and never talked upon politics, but appeared to entertain the best feeling towards the person of the King. Caroline Baequet, aged 33, a woman of some means, deposed to living in the same house with Henri, and had known him six. or seven years. She said that he was a weak and gloomy man, frequently subject to headachq, which prevented him for the time from following his business. She never heard him talk of suicide or politics. Widow Lefranc, aged 28, who had been Henri's house keeper for eight years, deposed that he had great confi• dence in her, but he did not talk to her about his busi ness. He latterly appeared to be greatly depressed, and expressed a wish to die, but never mentioned suicide or any other means of getting rid of life. Aims"! Fonsard, aged 58, a journeyman employed by Henri for the last three years, stated that his master always behaved kindly to him, and conversed freely with him about his domestic misfortunes and the embarrass ment of his affairs. Since the beginning of the present year witness perceived that Henri was losing his mind, and it pained witness to see him. For several months he repeatedly said that he could not bear his miseries any longer so that witness imagined that he contem plated suicide, but at the same time believed that Henri had not resolution to carry the idea into execution ; the prisoner never read the journals. On the 16th of April last Henri, in conversation, said that he could not con ceive how any man could fire at the King. He was full of self-conceit, and at times, striking his forehead, would exclaim, " Ah ! there are three fortunes in this head !" He was gloomy and reserved towards his family ; but, so far as witness knew, without cause. Louis'Mercier, aged 32, another man in the employ of Henri, gave evidence to the same effect as the above. The case for the prosecution here closed, and the ex amination of witnesses for the defence began. J. Chartron, aged 45, an ironmonger, had been on terms of intimacy with the prisoner; considered him as a person of a most mild and inoffensive character. L. Sanguinade, aged 52, a merchant, had become ac quainted with Henri from his being in the National Guard. Considered him a man of probity, but with rather a weak head. F. Destibaux. aged 47, a banker, had seen the pri soner several times. Two months since he had come to him to ask for money, and as witness could not acqui esce in his demand, the prisoner complained.bitterly. His words and ideas appeared to be somewhat incohe rent, and had given witness reason to suppose that his reason was a little disturbed. S. Fontaine, aged 62, formerly engaged in the steel trade, said that the prisoner had once worked with him in his business. He was then a very industrious man, attended to nothing but his work, and conducted him self well. F. Legrand, aged 38, a vinegar merchant, also deposed to the morality of the prisoner, but knew nothing of his private habits. L. Dediot, aged 37, had been on terms of intimacy with Henri ; considered him a man of great suscepti bility of feelings, and having a great deal of originality in his character. He thought or said nothing from the influence of any other person.. His theories were perfectly his own. Setting aside this peculiarity he thought he possessed every quality in which honour and confidence might support themselves. He thought that all his mis fortunes had been caused by dreadful machinations against him. He considered the prisoner would rather commit suicide than become a bankrupt, but he at the same time knew that he never would have the courage to do so, for he was in fact a pusillanimous being, Witness thought that he never had any serious idea of killing the King, and if he might be permitted to express his opinion, he would add that he did not believe that the pistols were loaded. According to the prisoner's known character, and to use an expression which he was fond of, he would have said to himself, " Lying alone triumphs on the earth, let us then lie in order to die."• His act could not be understood in any other light by any one who knew the prisoner as well as he (witness) did. The prisoner—l summoned witnesses in order that they might point out the person who has caused all my misfortunes, but those witnesses have said nothing. I must therefore do it myself. The person I allude to is Caroline Bacquet. She promised to lend me 25,000 f., but she did not give them to me. I signed a bill for a smaller sum, and payment of it was demanded at a time when I could not pay it without compromising my credit. When I wanted 6,000 f. only 3,000 f. were given me; and the calcul a ti on o f that woman was, " When he can no longer hold out, his house will be sold, and his protector, who gave him funds, will pass it to me." You ask the if I had any accomplices? I had no other be sides that woman. It was she who drove me to despair, and despair has led to what you are aware of. S. James, aged 28, hairdresser, knew the prisoner. Had never remarked anything extraordinary in him. Was not aware that he ever meddled with politics. E. Perigaux, aged 28, steelworker, had worked for four years for the prisoner. He was constantly employed in devising means for improving the condition of work men. Had heard him sometimes complain of the conduct of Caroline Bacquet. A. Chatemond, aged 33, clerk, had know the prisoner; he was a weak man, and incapable of managing his house. Witness expressed his conviction that the pistols were not loaded. The prisoner here observed that some of the witnesses had said that both pistols went off at the same time, and others that there were successive reports. His own con viction was that there was but one report. The examination of witnesses being concluded, the Procureur-General was called on for his requisitory, but, as it was then six o'clock, the Learned Gentleman proposed to . defer it till the next day, and the Court broke ep. WEDNESDAY, Auo. 26.—The President opened the Court at a quarter-past twelve o'clock. The prisoner, brought in between two gendarmes, looked much paler than during the preceding day. Be fore taking his seat he bowed respectfully to the Court, and was observed to take several pinches of snuff before the Procurer du Roi began his speech. In comparison with the former trials the case of Joseph Henri seemed to excite but little interest among the public, and the Chamber of Peers was by no means crowded. The Pro cureur du Roi, upon the invitation of the President, then opened his requisitory, and said— He did not think it now necessary for the Court to seek the causes of the crime in cynicism and perversion of political passions, nor did it appear either that the crime ensued from any personal revenge. The prisoner had declared that he respected the person of the King, and this certainly seemed true as regarded the previous life and opinions of the accused. He had been then in spired by other motives. What had induced him, he said, to commit the crime was the despair he felt at the bad state of his affairs and his domestic unhappiness. If that was true, another source of crimes must be found out, and it would be necessary, for the sake of society, at once to discover it. But, admitting this to be true, it was also necessary to lay before the Court the irregular conduct and the unbounded pride which characterised the prisoner before them. No, the ac cused had adopted a line of defence, which was not an unskilful one—viz., wishing to represent his crime as a simple and harmless demonstration to attract attention. The Procureur du Roi afterwards dwelt on the fact that had been urged in favour of the prisoner, which was, that the balls had not been found, and there existed no proofs that even the pistols were loaded. He contested the value of this argument, and cited several - cases, and in particular the attempt of Quenisset, where the balls had never been dis covered, and yet no one ever doubted the guilt of that wretched man. What had been the private life of the accused? He had exhibited the most un governable passions. His affairs, in consequence of his extravagance, became disordered. His great horror was to become again a workman, although by his skill the accused was capable of earning 101' a day. No, his pride was in question, and Joseph Henri endeavoured by a second marriage to retrieve his a ff a i rs; and not being able to succeed, the wretched man slandered the woman who fortunately refused to marry him. He repeated there was nothing in the private life of the prisoner that could excuse him. Had not the accused even threatened to kill a person who had refused to lend him a sum of money he was in want of, to restore his affairs to their former prosperity? The Procureur du Roi afterwards examined the plea of insanity, by which the prisoner's crime was endeavoured to be accounted for, and spoke of the danger which would result to society if such a pre text was put forward whenever a murder, or attempt at assassination, was perpetrated. No, it was impossible to excuse crime in this manner. M. Hebert then cited the English jurisprudence incases of high treason. He denied that the same decisions could be taken in France, where the laws on this crime entirely disagreed. He denied also that every attempt on the Queen's life had been treated as an act of insanity. Oxford, indeed, had been declared • a lunatic, but Francis had not. The English laws, therefore, could not guide nor determine the de cision of the Court. The Procureur du Roi then con cluded by repeating his former arguments that the Court should declare the prisoner guilty of the crime of high treason; and said that the country awaited with anxiety the decision of the Court, which he (the Procureur du Roi) was sure would be in unison with all the acts of a Chamber that had ever shown so great a devotion to the great interests of the country. M. Baroch, charged with Henri's defence, afterwards replied to the Procureur du Roi, and contended that the attempt of Henri could not be considered as a serious one. The whole life of the prisoner was against the supposition of his being actuated with a desire to attempt the King's life. It was an act of folly, which he had committed under the influence of despair at the wretched state of his affairs, the desire of being talked of in the world, and of getting rid of an existence which was a burden to him. Tho Court of Peers would not, he was assured, sanction such a suicide. M. Baroch afterwards related at length the attempt in the Tuileries, and endea- voured to prove that the life of the King could not have been' endangered by Henri's attempt. He insisted that the pistols were not even loaded, notwithstanding Henri might have asserted the contrary. He maintained that the bullets must have been fouad if such had been the case. M. Baroch then replied to the charges of immorality which had been reproached to the pri soner, and insisted that they had been exaggerated, or caused by the bad conduct of his former wife. A great number of letters were then read by M. Baroch, written by persons who had known Henri. They all spoke of his morose disposition and the extravagant nature of his opinions, which were treated by his friends as absurd, and betraying a very weak intellect. Some of Henri's extravagant lucubrations were also read by his counsel, as confirming the fact that a man with such an intellect, and who had evinced such imbecility of conduct, could not be considered as a very dangerous person. He im plored the Court, in conclusion, not to condemn the wretched man before them. The crime of regicide had of late descended very low, and would descend still lower after the senseless attempt of the miserable man they were called upon to judge. No, Gentlemen, said M. Baroch, the attempt of such a man cannot be considered as serious. The President then ordered the audience to be sus pended, which was not resumed at the time the dispatch was closed. The prisoner listened very attentively to the speech of the Procureur du Roi and defence of hi; counsel, ex pressing by shakes of the head his approbation or dis approval of what was said of him. THE SMALL DEBTS' BILL. The following petition from the Incorporated Law Society has been presented " to the Right Hon. the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament as sembled :" " The humble Petition of the Incorporated Society of Attornies, Solicitors, Proctors, and others, not being Barristers, practising in the Courts of Law and Equity of the United Kingdom. " Showeth,—That very late in the present session of Parliament, a Bill was introduced in your Right Hon. House, and is now pending, entitled An Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in England.' _ _ _ "That it is intended under such Bill to create vari ous courts for the purposes thereof, and to vest the ap pointment of judges of such courts in the Lord Chan cellor. " That various Bills have from time to time been in troduced into Parliament for the above purpose previ ously to-the present session of Parliament, and that in such Bills it was proposed and intended that the judges to be appointed should either be barristers-at-law or attornies-at-law. " That, by the Bill now pending in your Right Hon. House, the Lord Chancellor is so restricted in the ap pointment of judges as to be prevented in future from the appointment of any attorney-at-law, however well qualified to be a judge of any court, to be created under such Bill in case the same should pass into a law. " That new clauses have been introduced in such Bill in the other House of Parliament, and various restric tions in the jurisdiction and powers of such intended courts, and of the judges to be appointed under such Bill. "That your petitioners humbly represent to yourßight Hon. House that many attornies-at-law are qualified to be appointed judges under such Bill. " Your petitioners humbly pray that in such Bill the Lord Chancellor may be empowered to appoint any at tornies-at-law to be judges in the court to be created thereunder whom his Lordship may consider duly qua lified to be such judges." THE LATE COLLISION ON THE BRIGHTON AND HASTINGS RAILWAY. INQUIRY BY THE 'NSF ECTOR-GENERAL. HASTINGS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—This forenoon Major General Pasley arrived at Pevensey station, ac companied by Mr. Clarke, the managing director from Brighton, to inquire into the circumstances of the recent collision on the Hastings or South-coast line, on Monday last, for the information of the Board of Trade. The gallant General's first proceeding was to inspect the spot where the collision happened. The railway in this part seems far from being complete, only one line is laid down for the transit of trains, and hundreds of excava tors are working day and night constructing the ballast ing for the second line of rails. From the evidence collected it appeared the company's contractors had several locomotives employed on the line to assist in carrying ballast trains to various parts of the works, and to prevent delay occurring to the passenger trains, sidings had been made by the contractors at various parts in order that the ballast trains might, as it is termed, " shunt" off, to allow the ordinary trains to pass, and it was in one of these sidings at Pevensey where the col .. . _ lision took place. A lew' minutes before the Brighton train, which leaves Pevensey station at two o'clock, was due, one of these ballast engines, which was coming up in the opposite direction, stopped at the siding in question, and backed into it for the purpose explained. Shortly afterwards the train came up at a speed of about twenty-eight miles an hour, when on its arrival within six or seven yards of the points of the siding, the engine -driver, Stephen Clarke, discovered that the " switches" were not properly adjusted, and a violent collision with the ballast trains was inevitable. He instantly shut off his steam and reversed the engine, and jumped off, leaving his stoker at the tender break. Scarcely a moment elapsed before the engines met. As regards the switches, which are on the self-acting principle, it is difficult to say whether any party is to blame. A youth, it seems, had been appointed by the contractors to attend to them, and he has since ab sconded ; but, according to the statements of the differ ent parties examined to-day, there does not appear to be any fault attributable to him. The switches are worked by leverage, and the duty of the party under whose charge they were placed was, when a ballast train required to pass out of the sliding, to connect the points with the rails of the permanent line. This is effected by pulling forward an iron handle, to which the leverage is attached, and the moment it is let off the points fly back to their original position, and disunite themselves from the permanent rails. They were found in good working order after the accident, in consequence of which it is presumed that some shingle, of which the line of Pevensey is made, or some other hard substance, must have got between the points and prevented them acting, unknown to the party employed. Considering the serious character of the collsion, it was astounding how all parties, particularly the stoker and guard of the pas senger train, escaped with their lives. Both engines were much damaged. The tender of the ballast engine was thrown on the top of the earth waggons, and pre sented a dilapidated appearance. The engine-driver and stoker of this train were, a moment before the collision, standing on the tender ; both escaped by throwing them selves off. At the conclusion of the inquiry at Pevensey, General Pasley, with Mr. Clarke, left for Brighton, to examine the carriages that composed the train, which had been taken to the Company's depot adjacent to the terminus in that town. The following are the names, as far as Mr. Clarke, the manager, has been able to learn, of the sufferers, with their injuries and actual state up to eight o'clock this morning:— The itev. Mr. Brown, of Tonbridge, Kent, severe frac ture of the leg below the knee, face cut, and other external injuries ; progressing favourably at Hastings. Captain Nightingale, his lady, and his two daughters, much cut about the face and head, besides bruises about the body. No serious injury. Mr. Dyke, of Brighton, injury to the head. He was a passenger in a first-class carriage, and was looking out of the window at the moment of the collision, and was thrown completely out by the concussion. Three ladies (names unknown) belonging to Hastings, much cut about the face; also a gentleman (name un known), one of the fore-fingers taken off. George Ragg, the stoker of the passenger engine, lying at the sluice-house, Pevensey, scalded and burnt. When discovered he was found insensible alongside of the furnace of the engine, with the boiling water pour ing on him from the broken guage-pipe, and his clothes on fire in various parts; recovering. Stephen Clarke, the engine -driver—internal injury, but expected to resume his work in a few days. Several others are reported to be hurt, but their names cannot be ascertained; the injuries, however, are be lieved to be confined to bruises. It is stated there were about forty passengers in the train. It will be observed that most of the persons injured were first-class passengers. This arose by the first class carriage being placed next to the tender, and no luggage van intervening. The medical gentlemen who were in the train, and relieved the suffering of many of the sufferers, were Dr. Hamilton and Mr. R. H. Walton, of Fitzroy-square. They were, we understand, sitting in the same carriage with the Rev. Mr. Brown, but fortunately escaped injury. Mr. George Robins sold at Lincoln, a few years since, the valuable estates of Lord Monson, which realised good prices ; he has now announced the only one that he did not sell, the Ingleby Wood, a very valuable property, only seven miles from the famed city of Lin coln. It comprises, as we see by the announcement, sixty-five acres of splendid oak timber, besides a large quantity of oak poles of twenty years growth, and what materially adds to its value and its importance is, the easy shipment of the timber, the estate being less than a mile from the navigable river Foss, which connects the Trent and Witham streams, and opens a market for the timber in the dockyards of the Humber and the Thames. It is expected at Lincoln that this sale will cause a lively competition. About the period of Lord Monson's sales Mr. Robins sold the famed Riseholme estate, within a mile of the ancient city of Lincoln, for sixty thousand guineas, to the late Lord Bishop of the diocese. The neighbourhood is accounted a favourable situation for investing securely. REASONS FOR PULLING DOWN WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—The following is the report which has been lately published by the committee appointed to inquire into the state of Westminster-bridge: —The foundation is giving way, and the bridge sinks every year—there is never more than one arch passable at a time—it is blocked up every other month —it is decidedly dangerous—it is anything but ornamental —it is no longer useful—if it is not pulled down, it will either fall in, or else be carried away—it will cost a less sum to build a new bridge than to keep the present one in repair. We must say we never recollect reading a report more con vincing than the above.—Punch. The environs of Gironville, in the Meuse, have been lately greatly infested with wolves, which have frequently made their appearance in the streets of the village. A short time ago, a person going from Fremereville to Saint Martin, was attacked on the road by one of these animals, but having a stout stick in his hand, Ile attempted to beat it off. The combat lasted several minutes, when at last the man struck ~the beast so severe a blow on the head, that the latter turned tail and went off, howling with pain. Fortunate it was that it did so, for the man was nearly exhausted by his exertions, and his staff was broken by the force of the last blow. LAW INTELLIGENCE. JUDGES' CHAMBERS, August 27. IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM CROWTHER, A PRISONER IN YORK CASTLE.-IMPORTANT DECISION AS TO POWER OF COMMISSIONER OF BANKRUPTS TO COMMIT FOR NON PAYMENT OF COSTS. This was an application to discharge the above-named prisoner, who was the baliff of the Honour of Pontefract, in the West Riding of the county of York, out of the custody of the gaoler of York Castle, he having been committed to that prison upon a warrant issued by Mr. Commissioner Burge, the commissioner of the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy, fur contempt of Court, in not obeying and observing the order of that Court. The circumstances are, as shown by the affidavits used on both sides, as follow : " That Mr. Crowther was the baliff of the Court of the Honour of Pontefract, in the West Riding of the county of York, and in that capacity he, in pursuance of a warrant of execution duly issued out of that Court on a certain judgment recovered therein by one William Cole against John Pickles, a hairdresser, residing at Bradford, proceeded to levy 121. 18s. 3d. and costs. Upon the levy being made, Pickles stated that he had obtained an order of protection from the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy, whereby all his goods and chattels were protected from all process, upon which Crowther (the prisoner) demanded to see the order, which was re fused by Pickles, and as no messenger was in possession under the insolvency, he (Crowther) proceeded to exe cute his warrant, and ultimately removed the goods immediately after which a complaint was made by Mr. Harle, of Leeds, the solicitor to the insolvent Pickles, to Mr. Commissioner Burge, who issued a summons on 13th of August, directed to the prisoner, to show cause why he so seized and carried away the goods and chat tels of Pickles, he being protected from process by the order of the Court. This summons not being obeyed, a warrant was issued by the Commissioner to apprehend and:bring;him:before the Court totanswer;to the complaint, and on the 15th of August; he having been taken in custody, was taken before the Commissioner, who, after hearing all parties on the subject of the complaint, or dered and adjudged the prisoner to have been guilty of a gross contempt of his Court, by seizing and taking away the goods of John Pickles, and also ordered the prisoner to nay the costs occasioned by the application (amounting to nearly 201.) or, in default, to stand com mitted to York Castle. Mr. Crowther protested against the authority of the Commissioner to make such an order, and refused to comply therewith, upon which he was taken into custody and to York Castle, there to remain until he had paid the costs and purged the c,n tempt. Under these circumstances, an application was made to the Lord Chief Baron, on Saturday last, for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the body of the pri soner in order to his discharge;out of custody as to such commitment, when, after perusing the affidavit in sup port of the application, the Learned Judge granted his fiat for the ieauing of the writ. In pursuance of this writ Mr. Crowther was brought up in custody of Mr. John Noble, the keeper of York Castle, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Erle, when that Learned Judge, after hearing Mr. Serjeant Chadwick Jones, who appeared in support of the commitment, and the solicitor for Mr. Crowther, made an order directing Mr. Crowther (the bailiff) to be discharged out of cus.. tody, on the ground that the warrant and commitment were bad on the face of them, the Learned Commis. sioner, Mr. Burge, having assumed a power with which he had not been invested by the Bankrupt or Insolvent Acts,—i. e., of awarding costs in the shape of damages for the improper, or, as it might be contended, illegal seizure, and in issuing his warrant of committal fur the non-payment of such costs. The Learned JUDGE said he should give no opinion whether the seizure under the circumstances was a con tempt or not, or whether the Commissioner had the power of committal which he had exercised ; it was clear, however, he had no power to commit for non payment of costs upon the authority of all the cases that had been brought before the courts of law. Mr. Crowther, who, of course, was in custody of the keeper of York Castle, was at once discharged. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTH ERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool: ;rug. 26. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) Cornelius Cone was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Patrick Branan, at Manchester. Mr. Cross was for the prosecution ; Mr. Pollock for the defence. It appeared that the prisoner and Branan lodged at the house of a Mrs. Kirk, and, on the night in question, they both carne home at a pretty late hour. The pri soner's brother was with them. The parties had some ale, and while they were discussing it, a person of the name of Kelly, who was upstairs, came down and sat with them. The prisoner then began to sing a flash song, of which Branan disapproved, and told the pri soner he was not fit company for anybody. This, it would appear, had irritated the prisoner, and he'retorted that he was better reared than Branan, that he had more money, and that he was better company into the bargain. Kelly recommended them to drop the subject, on which, turning on Kelly, he said—" I have had it in for you for seven years, and I will stick you before I leave the house." He sumo time after said, " Martin, you are a pig -butcher, aid I'm one too, and I'll open you and Pat Branan before you leave the house." Branan was then putting on his shoes to go away,expressing his dislike to this disturban:.e, when Mrs. Kirk inter fered; and after a sort of scuffle, all parties got to the door. The policeman came up and advised them to he quiet. They all then went back into the house, on which the prisoner ran up the stairs, and said he would cleave any one who followed him. Mrs. Kirk was at this time insisting on his leaving the house, and called to Branan to assist her in putting him out. Branan took hold of him by one arm and Mrs. Kirk by the other, and all the parties got together in a kind of mai in the hall, in the course of which the prisoner struck Branan with a knife on the left side of the neck. The knife proved to be a case knife, which a short time before had been in the kitchen. The wound inflicted was a very serious one, being three inches long and two deep, wounding the windpipe. Ile was for some time in danger. Verdict—Guilty. His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said that he per ceived with disgust and horror that the practice of using the knife in quarrels was increasing, and so far as lay in his power he would endeavour to put it down.—To be transported for 14 years. (Before Mr. Justice CRESWELL.) BELL V. HARRISON. This was one of several actions in the cause list by the public officer of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Joint- Stock Bank, against the customers of that concern, the affairs of which are now in course of being wound up. The present action was to recover a balance on a banking account. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Unthank were for the plaintiff; Mr. Martin and Mr. Warren for the defendant. It appeared, that in August, 1845, the defendant entered into an agreement for a partnership with a per son of the name of Kirk, in the Farnacre colliery. F or this he was to pay 7,0001. Kirk had had previously an account with the bank, under the name of Kirk and Co., which, after tho partnership, was altered into Harrison, Kirk and Co. It appeared that the bank, at the time of the partnership, had a mortgage on the colliery for 20,0001., and on the 10th of October the defendant sent notice to the bank and to Mr. Kirk, that he would not carry out the agreement, as he had been led into it by misrepresentation and fraud. The question in dispute was simply whether the payments made during the part nership by the firm were made to the general account, or were applied, as the bank alleged, to particular items. In the former case they would be applied to the first debits in the account, and would therefore reduce the gross amount of the credits previous to the 10th of October, when the notice was given. The defendant had paid 202/. into Court ; the balance claimed beyond that sum was 734/. The jury found that the payments were made on the general account. There was, however, still a balance of upwards of 2002 due by the defendant. Ver dict accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. MRS. BLEWITT AGAlN. — Yesterday morning Mary Ann Blewitt, whose husband was shot by John Graham, in Drury-lane, on Saturday, April 25, was brought be fore Mr. Jardine charged with being drunk and disor derly, and also with committing two assaults under the following circumstances : A young female, named Ellen Kilday, stated that about eight o'clock on the previous evening she was standing at her door with her mother, in White Hart yard, Drury-lane, when the prisoner came up, and, without the slightest provocation on their part, com menced abusing them. The landlord happened to pass at the moment, and the prisoner, addressing him, used a gross expression with regard to witness. Find ing that no notice was taken of her observation, she went away, but, returning in a short time, she renewed the abuse, making use of the foulest language, upon which witness desired her to go about her business, as she did not wish to hold any conversa tion with a blackguard, when she flew at her mother, accusing her of having sent in papers to the magistrates of this court to induce them not to allow a public sub scription to be raised for her, and assaulted her, but there being no policeman in the way, she left, and in a few minutes came back and committed an assault upon witness. Her disorderly conduct created the greatest confusion, and the house was obliged to be closed. Constable 52 F division said, that on one occasion he found the prisoner drunk, and on trying to get her away she abused him very much. He then went his rounds, and in ten minutes, having found her again creating a disturbance at the door of her lodgings, he took her into custody. On the way to the station she threw her self down, and caused a mob to assemble. She had been twice previously at the station, but was discharged on promising not to return to the same place, or cause any further disturbance. Inspector Logan said, that when the prisoner was brought to the station she was not only drunk but very violent. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said, that the witness's mother threatened to give her a " leg up" with the magistrate; and whenever she passed she called her foul names, although she never offered her the slightest offence. She was merely taking a bottle of ginger beer in a shop, when Mrs. Kilday assaulted her, and tore the bunch of hair produced from her head. She admitted having been convicted and fined at this court about seven months back fur an assault, but that had nothing to do with the present charge. Mr. JARDINE asked the complainant if she was appre hensive that the prisoner was likely to repeat the offence? The complainant replied that she had no doubt of it, as she was constantly keeping the entire neighbourhood in an uproar. Mr. JARDINE said that she should be protected; and ordered the prisoner to find two sureties in the sum of 1 101. each, to keep the peace for three months. SOUTHWARK. Yesterday James Smithson, a tradesman in Kent street, was charged, before Mr. Cottingham, with corn mitting a violent assault on Eleanor Brag, under curious circumstances. Miss Brag, a lady to whom the words " fair, fat, and forty," might be justly applied, stated that she was in troduced to the defendant by friends, who assured her that he would make a very comfortable husband for a woman possessed of a mild and amiable temper. Know ing that she possessed those qualifications in an eminent degree, they carried en a courtship for some time, and she had no reason to repent of her choice until within the last few days, when the banns for the celebration of their marriage were put up at St. George's Church, and they were to have been united on Sunday siext. On Thursday last sho was visited by her lover, who for some unaccountable cause began to abuse her, and ulti mately struck and k'cked her, and she could assure the magistrate that she was still suffering from the effects of his violence, as she could prove by the marks on her person. The defendant, who seemed to be suffering a good deal of mental anguish during his sweetheart's statement, at its conclusion declared that he was ready and willing to marry her that day, if she only promised to curb her temper. He then stated that a few evenings since he called upon Miss Brag rather later than usual, having been detained taking a parting glass with a friend. The moment, however, he entered her apartment she began to abuse him, and, in fact, took more airs upon herself than a wife would presume to do ; and, not contented with that, she flung some crockery articles at his head, from which he had a narrow escape of sustaining serious injury. He did seize her arms to prevent further mis chief; and there might be marks of his grasp in securing her, but he could declare he did not do it in anger ; and as a proof that he still retained a strong affection for Miss Brag, he only anticipated the happy day when she changed it to Mrs. Smithson. He repeated that he was prepared to lead her at once to the hymeneal altar, and had purchased the wedding -ring, which he pulled out of his waistcoat pocket, and holding it between his finger and his thumb, exhibited it to the gazing multitude, whose attention was excited by the singularity of the case, exclaiming at the same time, "See there, that is a proof that I mean what I say. No other woman shall have the honour of wearing that ring on her finger ex• cept Miss Brag."—(Laughter.) Mr. COTTINGIIAM said he thought if a reconciliation ) could be effected between the parties it would be more prudent than punishing the defendant for the alleged assault, especially as he had evinced by his behaviour that day that he still retained a strong regard for the lady who had adopted the present proceedings. The magistrate then appealed to Miss Brag, the complainant, to know if she was willing to forego the present pro ceedings, the defendent having expressed his willingness to be married to her forthwith. Miss Brag, with emphasis—No, if he was hung with diamonds I would not marry him after such conduct. I feel thankful to your Worship for the kindness you have expressed in endeavouring to bring about a recon ciliation between us, but I should endanger my future happiness if I consented to be that man's wife (pointing to the defendant) after the manner in which I have been treated. Here a scene occurred, the defendant on his knees im ploring the complainant to dismiss from her memory the trifling circumstance of Thursday night, and only to think of the happiness that was in store for them if she availed herself of the magistrate's kind advice. Miss Brag, however, was obdurate, and refused to listen to the defendant's entreaties ; upon which the magistrate said, that under the very peculiar circum stances of the case he should let the matter stand over for a week, and probably before the expiration of that time the complainant would alter her mind on the subject. The parties then withdrew, Miss Brag flouncing out of the Court, and not noticing the defendant. WAaVDS NORTH. William Johnson, an assistant at a shooting-gallery in tßattersea-fields, was charged before Mr. Paynter with unlawfully firing off a loaded gun in a public thoroughfare, and thereby wounding Major-General Parlby. Mr. George Stanley Hinchcliffe, of Hope-cottage, St. Peter's, Hammersmith, paper-stainer, stated that on Thursday last, between eleven and twelve o'clock, he was on board the Bride iron steam-boat, Major-General Parlby being also on board, and sitting by him. The boat, which had come from Chelsea, was making for the pier :at Thames-bank, and had nearly come alongside when three men fired at a snipe on or near the beach. The shots were sensibly felt by several of the passengers, who were naturally alarmed. Major-General Parlby and another gentleman exclaimed that they were shot, and upon examination it turned out that a shot had struck the former below the left eye. The Major- General was reading a newspaper at the time, or the con sequences might have been serious. Upon looking to wards the shore, a distance of a very few yards, witness saw three men with guns, who had just been firing. The defendant was one of them. Witness had Mt the shots strike on his hat and coat, he being with his back to the fields. Whe❑ the boat got alongside the pier witness disembarked and went in pursuit of the defendant, whom he saw run into the British Flag beershop. The de fendant did not deny having fired a gun when taxed with it. Cross-examined by the defendant's solicitor--The boat was not more than fifty feet from the shore when the guns were fired. Ile could swear that the shots that came to the head of the boat came from the piece discharged by the defendant. Major-General Parlby stated that on Thursday last ho was seated on the Bride steam-boat reading a news paper, when he suddenly heard three distinct firings, and immediately felt that he bad been shot in the cheek, some of the shot rattled against the paper he was read ing, and which he verily believed saved his eye. Upon looking towards the shore lie saw three persons with guns in their hands, but he could not swear that de fendant was one. Ile afterwards saw the defendant in the shooting gallery, and when taxed with the offence lie denied it. The General observed that it was only the other day that a friend of his in the India board had his hand injured under similar circumstances. The defence set up by the solicitor was, that a mistake had been made in the identity of the party, and he called two witnesses, who both positively swore that only one man had fired, and he had discharged a doublo barrelled gun at the back of the shooting gallery, and afterwards ran away across the field. The defendant, who was employed to load the rifles in the gallery, only came out when he heard the report ; he was then clean ing a rifle. Mr. Hinchcliffo said the defendant was blind of ono eye, and that made him so positive as to his identity. Mr. PAYNTER said that he had not the slightest doubt but that the defendant was one of the parties firing on that occasion, and that it was he that had wounded Major-General Parlby, and had there been a charge of shooting the General brought against the defendant in another court, he was sure the jury would convict. He should inflict the full penalty of 405., or three weeks' imprisonment, and he recommended the shooting-gallery to be done away with, for it was evidently a most dan gerous nuisance, and could be indicted as such. Mr. Dore, the proprietor, begged to assure the magis trate that he did not, as it had been previously stated, let out guns, and that several gentlemen had told him the gallery was a great benefit, inasmuch as it cleared the fields and lanes of many who would otherwise be popping about them. Mr. PAYNTER was still of opinion that the establish ment of shooting-galleries, especially in such public places, was a nuisance, and they all ought to be abol ished. The fine was paid. THAMES. MURDEROUS A SSAULT. —Y esterday John Stevens, alias Gipsey Stevens, the landlord of the Mulberry Tree public-house, on Stepney-green, and the proprietor of the Crown and Anchor booth, erected at various subur ban fairs, appeared before Mr. Ballantine, to answer a charge of assaulting and wounding his wife, Trinity Cooper Stevens. _ On the first examination of the prisoner, who is a powerful man, about fifty years of age, it was proved in evidence that he beat his wife in a very savage manner, that she was covered with blood, when a gentleman rescued her from her husband's grasp, and that she had received a severe wound on her head. She was taken to the hospital on the night of the affray, and a certificate was put in, when the prisoner was brought before the magistrate last week, stating that she was in great danger. The prisoner was, therefore, remanded to pri son, but subsequently another certificate was put in, to the effect that Mrs. Stevens was out of danger, and her husband was brought up on Monday and admitted to bail. Yesterday, on the prisoner being placed at the bar, Mrs. Stevens, a dark swarthy gipsey, was sworn, and, to the astonishment of every one, she said that her husband was not in fault at all, that she was in liquor on the night in question, and fell upon a fender and cut her head open. Mr. BALLANTINE—There was evidence last week that your husband was standing over you and beating your head against the ground, and it was also stated that he beat his daughter too. Mrs. Stevens repeated that her husband never hurt her at all. Mr. BALLANTINE—He was caught in the act of ill using you, and now you come here to save him. Your head was cut open, woman. Mrs. Stevens—Yes, sir, I fell upon the fender; ho did not hurt me at all. Mr. BALLANTINE—WeII, I don't believe you, but I must discharge this man. Take care, Mr. Stevens, you don't destroy this woman. This is not the first time you have been committing a similar irregularity, and if you do not mind what you are about, you will not only be committed to prison, but lose your license. I believe indeed, but conduct to this woman h as b een ver y b a d but as she declines to make any charge against you, I cannot detain you any longer. Mr. Robinson, the prisoner's solicitor, promised there should be no further cause of complaint, and then alleged that while Stevens was sitting in the kitchen on Wednes day night a police-constable entered and squared at him and challenged him to fight. The constable remained in the house some time, and tried to induce Stevens to com mit a breach of the police. He hoped the Magistrate would not tolerate such conduct. Mr. BALLANTINE—CertainIy not. I suppose the charge will come before me in the regular way, and then I will hear it. 111 r. Robinson said he intended to make a written complaint to the inspector, and the Magistrate would probably hear of the case again. All the parties then proceeded to the office of Mr. Macquard, the superintendent of the K division, when Stevens said he had no charge to make, and it appeared the constable had not been guilty of the conduct im puted to him. UNEMPLOYED SEAMEN.—Labour in the vicinity of the docks is very plentiful, as well as employment for seamfm, so much so, that the average number of inmates at the Dusti- Cute past e S x a c i l e o e r d s e ' ( A t t s w y e n w l h V o e l l a s r - e s t r e e h e i t e fi h ) a , s i n n o v t a I f i o ds r m o a r n pe y r mre te c e t k i s destitute. • . ...._ 4i 1.1 '64 .-.1 1 ktl: < „ •?,. ,.I ' , ',m4 i t 2 4 illy 5 ~ ,: -- ,v \ , Trßi en,: • '~~' l ~1~ A . t) -jam '' ~~ ~-~'