The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-19 00:00:00

1,41414:0014 -AND PLACKVVALL RAILWAY COMPANY. The twentieth half-yearly general meeting of the proprie tors of the London and Blackwall Railway was held yesterday morning, at the London Tavern, in Bishopsgate-street ; Mr. I. N. Daniel, Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The Secretary (Mr. Cannel) having read the advertise ment convening the meeting, the common seal of the Com pany was affixed to the register of shareholders. The following report was then submitted to the meeting:— "The directors have to report, for the information of the shareholders, that the available balance on the revenue account for the half-year ended 30th June last, is 5,0801. 10s. 2d., which enables them to recommend the declaration of a dividend of 2s. per share, clear of income-tax. " The following is a comparative statement of the pas senger traffic during the corresponding months of this and last year : 1845. Passengers. Amount. January 207,920 £3,225 12 9 February .. March April ... 258,546 4,407 9 0 May 293,373 5,033 7 10 June 372,024 6,116 14 2 1,524,077 £25,612 19 1 1846. Passengers. Amount. January February 166,551 2,688 10 7 March . 198,710 3,120 18 11 April May... 310,318 5,040 19 11 June 393,730 6,283 0 9 1,496,180 £23,731 15 4 "It will be observed that there has been a diminution both in numbers and receipts during the past half-year. This is attributable to various causes. The Great Britain' steam-ship was a great object of attraction for some months during the early part of last year. The issue of annual and season tickets will also partially account for the diminution. The receipts from this source, which amount to 7981., have been taken credit for in the revenue account, but ate not in cluded in the above statement of traffic. " The returns from wharfage, both on passengers and goods, exhibit a favourable. result, so that, irrespective of all adventitious sources of increase of traffic, the receipts from the regular traffic during the past half-year evince a pro gressive improvement. " The shareholders will remark, that though the ca pitalisation of the debenture debt is only beginning to operate, there is a saving on the half-year's interest account of 4731: " The directors are glad to report, that the arrangements with the steam-packet companies in connexion with Graves end and Woolwich are satisfactory, their boats frequenting the wharf on terms common to all. "The directors strongly represented to the shareholders, on a former occasion, that the interests of this Com pany could not but be greatly advanced by the con struction of the proposed South Essex Railway bringing a large traffic upon the line; and they found it imperatively necessary to take active and earnest measures to prevent the traffic being diverted to the Eastern Counties Railway by the North Gravesend, which was the competing line with the South Essex; and though the South Essex Company failed in their attempts to get a Bill, so also did the North Gravesend. Every effort will be made to retain for the Black Wall proprietary the traffic of the left bank of the Thames, so legitimately their own. "The Bill for uniting the Birmingham Railway with the East and West India Docks is yet before Parliament. It has passed the House of Commons, and is now in the House of Lords. Such arrangements have been made with the pro moters: as it is believed will secure the interests of this com pany, should the Bill receive the unction of the Legislature, and the work be carried into effect in the manner now proposed. " The negotiations with the Dock and Birmingham Junc tion Company led to the belief that it was prudent to delay for the moment the commencement of the works on the Ex tension line, lest any modification of the plan should have been found desirable. The works have, however, been con tracted for, and will now be proceeded upon with all possible dispatch. "The report of the Commissioners on Metropolitan Termini is strongly against the introduction or extension of railways within certain limits round the City. This restric tion, and the attainment of powers to widen the line, to give increased station accommodation, and for the use of loco motives at the London terminus, have placed the London and Blackwell Railway in a much more advantageous posi tion than it ever held before. And the directors venture to express their confident belief that this railway will, at no distant period, become the London terminus for all the lines north and east of the metropolis." The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders upon the improved state of their affairs, and expressed his conviction that the termination of the rivalry between the Company and the Gravesend steam-boats would be productive both of advantage to themselves and benefit to the public. On the whole, he thought their efforts in Parliament had been tolerably successful, and they came out of the contests they had lately entered into with as much success as they had, under all circumstances, reason to expect. The Bill for enlarging the station had been carried, and it would no doubt tend to increase the accommodation of the public as well as their own traffic. The business of the Brunswick-wharf was daily improving. The rope had worked well ; and on the whole their prospects were highly gratifying. Indeed he had no doubt that eventually the line would fall into the hands of a powerful neighbour, and become the leading entrance into the City for all lines. After a short discussion, during which it was elicited that there was no favouritism evinced by the directors towards any of the steam-boat companies, and that it was intended at a future meeting to reduce the number of directors from ten to seven, the report was adopted, and resolutions in accord ance with its recommendations agreed to. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and directors, and the meeting terminated. RICHMOND RAILWAY. The half-yearly general meeting of this Company was held yesterday for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Company, in pursuance of the provisions of the Richmond Railway Act and of the other general Acts of Parliament re lating to railways. The chair was taken at one o'clock by W. Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Company. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement convening the meeting, proceeded to read the report, which stated that the Richmond Railway was opened to the public on the 27th of July last, and the directors cordially congratulate their proprietors upon the favourable prospects which may be fairly anticipated ; that a sufficient time has not as yet elapsed since the opening to enable the directors to form an accurate judgment of the traffic to be expected. They are happy to report, however, that the result of the returns, as.far as they have been obtained, is most encouraging. The receipts for the first week to August 2d, amounted to 476/. ; for the second week, to August 9th, 5361.—making a total of 1,0121.: that the Bill for the construction of the Kew branch has been rejected for this session by the [louse of Lords; but the directors feel confident that the necessity of a speedy communication between the metropolis and the im portant towns of Brentford and Hounslow, and their neighbourhood, will induce the Legislature to afford some railway communication to this district, which can be procured in no other way so satisfactorily as by a branch line from some point on this railway. It is proposed to make a further call of 51. per share, which they feel as sured will be amply sufficient for the entire completion of the railway. It further stated that the directors have anxiously deliberated on the terms proposed by the South Western Railway Company for the purchase of this railway, and have communicated with the directors of that company upon the subject, in pursuance of the resolution of the last special meeting; and the South-Western Company has since consented to a modification of the former terms, whereby all the shareholders in this Company should be allowed the option of either taking the stock of the South- Western Company as before arranged, or the sum of 91. as premium in money. The receipts of the line up to the pre sent time, although worked under great disadvantages, have far exceeded the expectations of the directors—they" do not. therefore, feel justified in recommending the proprietors to concur in the sale of this railway on the terms now offered by the South-Western Railway Company; and that interest at 4 per cent. per annum will be paid on the sums contributed in respect of any shares in this Company, according to the provisions of the Act of Parliament, on and after the Ist of September next. The following summary of the balance-sheet of the Rich mond Railway Company was laid before the meeting:— DEBTORS. Land and compensation £57,813 14 4 Construction of the way and works, and rails and chairs for the permanent way 61,617 8 2 Engineering, surveying, and valuing, also Parliamentary, law, and arbitration ex- penses Furniture for the office Remuneration to the directors and auditors Salaries and allowance for services Rent and office charges Advertising, printing, and stationery.... Postages, travelling and miscellaneous ex- 4,308 9 5 182 12 8 770 0 0 1,17;5 10 7 238 11 9 891 11 9 199 7 9 penses . Sundry persons on account of works in pro gress, land, &c.. Deposits to await the settlement of claims for land 23,149 16 3 Shareholders for calls and interest 9,543 12 8 Cash at the bankers 13,951 11 8 Cash in the hands of the Secretary 2B 12 5 8,542 6 6 £182,413 3 2 CREDITORS. Capital stock, being 10/. on each of 13,000 shares £130,000 0 0 Interest on investments and calls .537 4 4 Transfer fees Sundry persons for land and compensation... 9,722 5 0 Sundry persons for rails and chairs, ser vices, &c 6,819 19 4 Loans and interest .... 35,305 2 6 Total Several formal resolutions having been put and carried nem. con., the meeting was then made special, for the pur pose of considering the expediency of leasing or selling the Richmond Railway to the London and South-Western Com pany, and if such lease or sale should be deemed expedient, then for the purpose of considering and determining upon the terms and conditions of such lease or sale. The SECRETARY then read the terms of the agreement provisionally entered into with the London and South- Western Railway Company on the 20th of July, 1846, for a sale of this railway and all its works and appurtenances, with all the lands, property, and other effects of this Com pany, and all its earnings from the tine of the opening, and including also a further call of 51. per share (making alto gether 151. per share paid on 13.000 shares) to the London and South-Western Railway Company, in consideration of 195,0001. stock of that company, or 3,900 shares of 501. each fully paid up, to be placed in the hands of the directors of this Company for distribution shareholders, amongst the ac cording to their respective interests. The London and South- Western Railway Company taking up and providing for all the obligations of this Company, and the said stock or_ shares Richmond to be considered as the property of the Railway Company, from the Ist of July, 1846, for all purposes except dividend, which is not to accrue thereon, except from the Ist of January, 1847, the London and South-Western Railway Company admitting as an obligation of the Richmond Com pany, their li a bili ty to pay i nteres t, a t the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, from the time of the Richmond calls, being the paid-up capital to the Ist of July, 1846, and at the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum from this Ist of July, 1846, to the let of January, 1847. Also an agreement made on the 15th of August, 1846, by which the South-Western Railway have consented to modify the terms originally proposed, for the purchase of the Richmond Railway, as follows :--That all shareholders in the Richmond Railway Company shall be a (lowed the option of either taking the stock of the London an t .' South-Western Railway Company, in exchange for their m are s; as set forth in the terms first proposed; or the sum of 94 as premium upon each share, in money. The CIIAITMAN then proposed a resolution, "That in the opinion of this meeting it is not expedient to sell the Rich. mond Railway upon the terms proposed by the South- Western Company. , ' Mr. A. PELLATT quite concurred in the terms of that re solution, and thought that valuable extensions of the line might be made not only to Brentford and Hounslow. as stated in the report, but also to Staines and Windsor. Mr. TSTE wished to khow of the directors what was their reason for so stronglyrefusing the terms offered by the South- Western Company ? Mr. SALomorts said that he was sorry to differ from his brother directors on this subject; he thought the proposition a very fair one, and that as men of business, and having first opened the negotiation, he thought they were bound in ho nour to accede to the proposition. His friend Mr. Bouthby had, he believed, another proposition to make to the meeting, which he hoped would receive the sanction of the meeting. Mr. BOOTHBY then stated the terms of his proposition, which were, that the South-Western Company should take them into their Company at par, at 151. per share, and give them their stock at par, at 45/., which would be at the rate of three shares in the Richmond Railway for one South -Western, with the alternative of taking 10/. premium, if the parties chose to do so. ➢ir. SALOMONS was quite prepared to sanction that pro position. Mr. A. PELLATr said that he would oppose the resolution, and moved, as an amendment, "That this meeting do not consider that the time has arrived for the sale of the Rich mond Railway, and that the consideration of the question be adjourned sine die." A SHAREHOLDER, whose name we could not learn, se conded the resolution. After a few words from Mr. Wilson (the chairman) and Mr. Salomon, the amendment of Mr. A. Pellatt was with drawn. The original resolution was also withdrawn, in the place of which The CHAIRMAN proposed, " That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is not expedient to sell the Richmond Railway upon the terms proposed, but, in rejecting the present offer, are empowered to dispose of the Richmond Railway, upon receiving one South-Western share for three Richmond shares upon which 151. per share have been paid, or the option of receiving 101. in money, as a premium upon each share upon which 101. shall have been paid, provided these conditions shall be accepted before the 15th of September." Mr. D. W. HARVEY thought the proposed arrangement a very favourable one, it would give the shareholders in the Richmond railway not only an interest in the success of their own line, but also of those extensions of the South Western Company to Waterloo and to London-bridge, and also in those gigantic extensions to the West of England, to Salis bury, Exeter, Cornwall, and other places ; and without at all envying the receipts of either the Greenwich or Blackwell Railway, he could not doubt but that all those lovers of the country who had hitherto been used to exhibit their shapes not always in the most attractive I forms upon the hills of Greenwich would be found quietly en joying themselves by the side of the river at Richmond, which was a part of the country far preferable to the others. Ile hoped, therefore, that the resolution would be agreed to unanimously. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. A vote of thinks was then proposed to the Chairman, which was also agreed to. The meeting then broke up. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (Y ESTERDAY) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON, (continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Sir W. Gordon considered that a break of gauge was objec tionable, as delay would be occasioned in the transmission of troops, who were almost invariably attended with heavy baggage and women and children. A saving of 14 miles in distance would act two ways—viz., the saving of time and expense. If the conveyance of men was at the rate of Id. per mile per man, ls. 2d. would be saved on each man. There were a number of troops stationed in the manufactur ing districts, which this line would be useful in conveying backwards and forwards. He wished it to be distinctly un derstood that he did not come there to give evidence in favour or against any line, but simply to answer the questions their Lordships might think proper to put to him. In his opinion the best railways were those which were direct. Mr. Matthews, a farmer, between Cheltenham and Ciren cester, considered that the line would save to the owners of land within a radius of 7 miles of Cirencester,in the carrying of their produce to Gloucester and Cheltenham, 10,000/. a year. _ Mr. Mildmay, M.P., for Southampton, had had frequent communications with his constituents on the subject of the proposed line, whose feeling appeared unanimously in favour of it. He had presented petitions from the corporations and other bodies of the town in favour of it. He advocated the line on public grounds. By gr. TALBOT—Considered that the proposed and exist ing lines must be looked at as to the saving of money to the poor man, and the great importance to the man of business in point of time. It would of course be a great advantage to shorten the distance. By Sergeant ISTRANGmut—Thought a line very desirable which would obviate a break of gauge. Evidence was also given by Mr. Abingdon, carrying on an extensive business in the Potteries, and by Dr. Ghipney, of Cheltenham, in favour of the line, and the Committee ad journed until to-morrow. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 18. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given to-day by Commission to the following 34 public and private Bills : Sugar Duties (No. 3) Bill. Militia Pay Bill. Forms (Assessed Taxes) Bill. Court of Common Pleas Bill. Gauge of Railways Bill. Religious Opinions Bill. New Zealand Company Bill. Grand Jury Cess Bonds (Ireland) Bill. Prisons (Ireland) Bill. Books and Engravings Bill. Adverse Claims (Ireland) Bill. Deodands Abolition (No. 2) Bill. Highway Rates Bill. Loan Societies Bill. Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill. Stock in Trade Bill. Copyhold Commission Bill. Caledonian, Polloc and Govan, and Clydesdale Junction Rail ways Amalgamation Bill. flnciciers. eld and Manchester Railway and Canal (Oldham Branch) gill. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway Bill. West Riding Union Railways (No. 2) Bill. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation Bill. Salthouse Embankment Bill. Wolverhampton Stipendiary Justice Bill. Plymouth Great Western Docks Bill. Forth and Clyde Navigation and Bowling Bay Improvement Bill. Brighouse Sewering, Draining, and Lighting Bill. Wexford Harbour Improvement Bill. Norfolk Estuary Bill. All Souls College (Oxford) Estate Bill. Duke of Cleveland's ( Hardwick Hart, &c.) Estate Bill. Scott's Estate Bill. Booth's Charities (Cloves') Estate Bill. Horne's (Ferguson's) Estate Bill. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the Earl of Minto. When the LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack, after the private business, Earl GREY presented a petition, numerously signed by the inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land, complaining of the evil of the transportation system. In presenting it he could only say, that the subject would receive the best attention of the Government. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. The Earl of CLARENDON laid on the table the report of the Commons' House on the state of this bridge. IRISH GUILDS AND COMPANIES. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading' of this Bill for the abolition of the fraternities and guilds of Ireland. The object of the Bill was to assimilate the law of Ireland with that of England, where all the exclusive privileges of these guilds had been abolished, except in the city of London. A number of petitions had been presented against the Bill, but be trusted that they would not attach much importance to them, and that as their Lordships had abolished these guilds in Eng land and Scotland, that they would do away with them in Ire land also. The Bill was then read a second time. Several Bills were brought up by messengers from the House of Commons. THE WASTE LANDS AUSTRALIA BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to. CLONMEL LUNATIC ASYLUM. Earl FORTESCUE presented a petition from certain in habitants of Clonmel, praying for the assimilation of the Clonmel Lunatic Asylum, with respect to the superintendence of a resident physician. PATENT COMMISSION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. DRAINAGE OF LANDS (IRELAND) BILL. Earl GREY moved the second reading of this Bill. Lord MONTEAGLE thought some further information was required, but Earl GREY said, notwithstanding the extensive alterations that had been made in this Bill in the other House, he hoped that the measure would benefit Ireland. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday. THE NAVAL MEDICAL SUPPLEMENTAL FUND SOCIETY BILL. ._ On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON this Bill was read a third time and passed. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on Friday. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. August 18. THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP OF BOMBAY. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition) said—He thought he had stated suffi cient to entitle him to call for an investigation of the cir cumstances connected with that appointment ; and h e thought he had a right to ask why so great an infraction of the constitution had taken place, as well as to ask for all the correspondence which related to the appointment of Mr. Pollock as Chief Justice of Bombay. And when that corre spondence was produced, he thought the country would be dis posed to agree with him in believing that her Majesty's late Ministers were not the only men in the country capable of ad ministering the affairs'of government. He recollected that on the night which proved fatal to the existence of the late Admi • nistration it was observed by some that there were no other men in the country capable of carrying on the government—that they were the only men who could be trusted with the appoint ments to the bench. In reference to this he would observe that they had an opportunity of judging of this, from the un expected announcement which had been made by the late Chancellor of the Exchequer. He would now conclude by moving for the production of the correspondence relative to the late appointment of Mr. Pollock as Chief Justice of Bombay. Sir J. C. lIOBHOUSE said, in answer to the appeal which had been made to him by the Noble Lord, the best thing he conld do was to state the facts of the case, as far as he knew them. Shortly after he entered upon the duties of President of the Board of Control he had his attention called to the appointment of Mr. Pollock as Chief Justice of Bombay. On looking over the correspondence referring to that appointment, he found that certain irregulari ties had taken place in connexion with it, which made it neces sary for him to consult the law officers of the Crown. It ap peared that Sir Henry Roper, the late Chief Justice, had in the early part of last y ear wr i tten to the Earl of Ripon, expressing a desire to retire from kis situation, but requesting that his retirement should not be accepted im mediately, but from the 2d November following, at which time he would be entitled to receive the pension for seven years' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDATI EVIIINIIMG, I AUGUST 19, -~184e! , service, namely 1,0001., whereas, if he retired at the expira tion of five years, he would be only entitled to receive 700!. That letter arrived in England on the 27th March, and on the 4th of May following the Earl of Ripon, having taken her Majesty's pleasure on the subject, accepted his re signation from the time requested, so as to entitle him to the seven years' pension. Lord Ripon wrote in consequence to Mr. Gladstone, the Secretary for the Colonies, to make out letters patent conferring the office on Mr. Pollock from the 2d Nov., which fact was at the same time communicated to the Board of Directors of the East India Company. Mr. Glad. stone wrote to the Earl of Ripon, saying that the appointment could not be made in that form—that a judge could not be appointed in prospective. In reply to this the Earl of Ripon wrote back, desiring that letters patent should be made out, appointing Mr. Pollock Chief Justice forthwith ; and accordingly letters patent were made out appointing him Chief Justice from the Ist July, and a clause was inserted in the patent annulling the patent of Sir Henry Roper. The consequence of this was, that all the civil and criminal suits which took place before Sir Henry Roper after that were not legal, as he ceased to be Lord Chief Justice. For this state of things, by the advice of the Attorney-General, a Bill was brought 'in to legalise the proceedings, as an Act of Parlia ment was considered to be the only remedy, and a Bill for that purpose was now before the other House of Parliament. Illegal and irregular as these proceedings were, he was bound to state that they were not unusual, for a similar course had been fre quently adopted by former Governments. Having stated thus much, he did not consider it necessary to say more. When the Bill, which was before the other House of Parliament, came down there, the whole subject might be discussed, but at present he did not consider it right to go further into the question ; and if his Noble Friend (Lord George Bentinck) wished for any additional information which he could give him, he would be most happy to do so. Sir J. W. HOGG was bound to say that the course adopted by the late Government in reference to the appointment of the Chief Justice of Bombay was not an unusual one, for a similar proceeding had taken place during the last 100 years. The reason of it was obvious, for if the Judges in India did not notify to the Home Government their intention to resign, their successors could not be ap pointed in time to carry on the administration of justice. If this were law, then every other appointment of Governors- General in India had been done on the same principle. Every commission that had been issued in regard to India was the same, and they were worded so as only to take effect on the arrival of the party appointed in India. The provision of law in India invariably was, that the old governor should administer the law till the new one arrived, and produced his letters patent or commission, as the case might be. It was right that the House should know exactly how these matters had been conducted in India, and they were such as he had described them to be. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the observations of the Hon. Baronet required that he should say a few words. The Hon. Baronet had referred to the opinion of the late Attorney-General ( Sir W. Follett), but to that he would answer, that the opinion he was about to give bad the sanction of the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the late Attorney. General, the present Lord Chancellor, and he believed the late Lord Chancellor also. Now the law of the case was, wLen a new letters patent was issued to revoke the old one, under which a Governor-General or any other officer in India acted. The patent under consideration was issued in the usual form of all such letters patent. It was worded in the customary way, declaring the appointment of Mr. David Pollock to the office of Chief Justice, and containing the usual clause revoking the previous patent appointing Sir Edward Roper. The whole matter was, therefore, perfectly . regular, and accord. ing to the usual form in which such appointments were made. . _ Sir J. W. HOGG whiled to knov; . if it was lawful for the Queen to appoint the parties without the certificate of the East India Company? The ATTOItNEY•GENERAL intimated that it was. Mr. S. WORTLEY was not prepared to say at that moment that it was illegal to issue a patent for giving effect to an ap pointment on a future day, even though the office might be full at the time such issue was made. He trusted, therefore, the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, after what had been stated, would be satisfied that in this re spect the patent was issued in the usual way. He (Mr. S. Wortley), however, while speaking to this ques tion, would not allow the opportunity to pass without bearing his testimony to the high character and qualification of Mr. David Pollock and Mr. Phillips. From all the opportunities he had had of acquiring a knowledge of those gentlemen, he must say that the charges of the Noble Lord against them for the mode in which they had obtained their ap pointments were most unwarran'able. The Noble Lord seemed to think that public men, in obtaining particular offices, were always influenced by corrupt and improper motives. The Nob'e Lord, however, after what he had stated about the late Mr. Canning and other Members of that House, and the way in which these charges had failed, should take care how he made similar charges in future. After those affairs, he (Mr. S. Wortley) had hoped that he would not again have acted in such an objectionable manner. Mr. HUME thought the House had nothing to do with what the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn might have stated on previous occasions. What they had to do with was the present appointment, which he thought looked very much like a job. Looking at the patent making the appoint ment, it appeared to him to contain a downright lie.—(Cries of " Order.") He repeated a lie, for it declared that Sir Henry Roper had intimated his resignation, whereas he had drily in timated to the Government his intention to resign at some dis • tant day. Lord LINCOLN said the wording of the patent was the same as in all similar documents. The Hon. Member might call it an error if he liked. Mr. HUME—Then he would say an error if it was not a lie, though he could not but look upon the whole affair as a most suspicious and objectionable pro ceeding, and one which he must condemn. He thought the course that had been pursued by the late Government with respect to this matter deserved the highest animadversion. He could not, for the life of him, see the justice of a competent judge being superseded by one who understood nothing of the laws he would be called upon to ad minister. He thought the House and the country were in debted to the Noble Lord for bringing this question forward. Mr. BERNAL thought that all feeling of irritation ought to be set aside on this subject. Sir G. GREY said that the appointment of Mr. Pollock as Chief Justice of Bombay revoked the appointment of Sir H. Roper, and, therefore, it became necessary to have an Act of Parliament on the subject. Mr. GOULBURN defended the course pursued by the late Government. If any party was to blame, it was Parliament itself. The course the present Government had pursued was the right one. He complained of the Noble Lord bringing the subject forward without notice, and that he should have made charges against a man as honourable as himself of nefarious practices.—(Hear, hear. ) Mr. HENLEY hoped that the House would not be led away from their decision by the legal hare which had been started by the Hon. Member the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the personal matter introduced by the Hon. Member for Bute. Lord LINCOLN said, that a more unfair misrepresentation never fell from the lips of any Hon. Member in that House than the speech of the Hon. Member, and he was the more surprised at it as that Hon. Member was hahitu ally correct. The course taken by his Noble Friend the Earl of Ripon was to write to Mr. Gladstone to ask him to make out a reversionary appointment, to commence on the of November. Mr. Gladstone wrote, in answer, that such a thing could not be done; and the Earl of Ripon then re quested that the appointment should at once be made out. He thought that they had reason to complain of the course taken by the Noble Lord, for the notice was so worded as to induce the supposition that it was a mere ordinary question, and one upon which no discussion would take place. Mr. DISRAELI said that the late Ministers ought not to complain of being taken by surprise, for the notice was given that the question would be asked at a time when every Hon. Member in the House would be at liberty to express his opinion upon it, and of course such a course intimated that it was to be no ordinary matter. It was not usual to give any further intimation, unless it was intended to take a course adverse to the Government, and no such course was to be taken in the present instance. The defence as to there having been similar appointments would be no justification, for he denied that the circumstances of those appointed were similar. He believed that Lord Lynd hurst was perfectly immaculate as to the appointment in ques- tion, believing, as he did, that that Noble Lord was always influenced in his appointments-Ist, by what was due to his party ; 2d, by what was due to the public and to his friends. He believed that the whole transaction was to be set down to the account of the late President of the Board of Control. That Noble Lord commenced the transaction when the Government of which he was a member was in extremis, and completed it when it was only the phantom of an Administration.—(Hear,-hear.) The members of the late Government evinced such extreme sensi tiveness with regard to imputations on their character, as to remind him of the nervous irritability of certain females who had lost their character. He could not help thinking that there was a close affinity in the feelings with which they were respectively influenced. The Hon. Gentleman, after repelling the imputations of the Hon. Member for Bute, said that no answer had been given to the Noble Lord with reference to the appointment. The President of the Board of Control had fully confirmed the Noble Lord's statements; and he was very much afraid that though Lord Lyndhurst might come out clean of the disgraceful transaction, another noble, but not so learned, a Lord, would not be so fortunate. SMALL DEBTS BILL. On the motion of Sir GEORGE GREY, the House re solved itself into committe pro forma on this Bill, that the amendments might be printed. After a short conversation the Bill was ordered to be re committed on Thursday next. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK hoped that those who were to be appointed judges under this Act would have time to get rid of their common-law practice. The Bill was then ordered to be printed, and to be recom mitted on Thursday next. THE NAVY. On the order of the day for receiving the report of the Committee of Supply being read, Mr. BERNAL wished to ask a question of the Honourable and Gallant Gentleman opposite (Captain Berkeley), It was in reference to the naval supremacy of Great Britain. The question he wished to know from his lion. and Gallant Friend was, how the personnel of the navy was hereafter to be maintained—how, in fact, the ships of this cou n t ry were to be supplied with efficient men in case of any emer gency ? The best way for maintaining peace was to be prepared for war, and when they saw the ex ert i ons o f other countries to improve their navies, they ought to look well to this point. The present plan of dismissing men at the end of three years' service was Tot objectionable, an d h e w i s h e d to know if it was to be maintained? Captain BERKELEY said the t s h u e bje c c o t nsi c d a e m ra e tio u n nd o e f r ,t h h i e s more especial consideration, and he could a ssure th e H on. yw u bjee e t r e doing in all they could The to merchantplaee the A M d e m m i b r e a r lty, that , a n d the the s navy on the most efficient footing. navy at the present time contained some of the ° s most efficient men in the world, and the object of those w i t h such wh a whom he acted fdorwcoeuflrdambethtoespe,laicnecathsee of f er a s ny lce em in e rgpoesnseeyso as n of to turn out, in forty-eight hours, one of the most powerful and efficient naval forces in the world.—( Hear, hear. ) After a few words from Mr. HUME, Admiral DUNDAS 'aid; in addition to what had fallen from his Hon. and Gallant Colleague, he would do his best to place the naval service on the best footing, so as to meet any possible emergency. Mr. 'WILLIAMS complained that the system of three years' service had operated to drive great numbers of British seamen into the American navy. This matter ought to be remedied. He wished to know from the Hon. and Gallant Admiral (Dundas) whether the iron steamers were really fit for the service, as he had learned that when one of them received a shot it completely incapacitated it for use. He should like to know if it were se. Admiral DUNDAS said there were much fewer seamen going into the American service than hitherto, and the service was generally improving in this respect. With regard to the iron steamers, those referred to were constructed at the instance of the predecessors of the present Admiralty, and until the effi ciency of these steamers was better proved, it was not their in tention to construct any more. Captain PECHELL hoped the present Admiralty would look well into all the matters connected with the navy that re quired improving, and bring forward a definite plan on the sub ject which the House could understand. Mr. COWPER defended the proceedings of the present Admiralty. He highly approved of the system of establish ing Sailors' Homes, and he hoped that every facility would soon be given for doing so. Mr. HUME wished that some general system or plan should be ►aid down upon the subject, so that it could be pro ceeded with early next session. After some further observations, Th.. Report was then brought up. Captain PECHELL wished to know whether there was any power of altering the retiring pensions in the service without an order in Council ? Mr. COWPER said, that in ordinary cases there was, but such an order was sometimes required. The Report was then received. The Report of the Committee of Ways and Means was then brought up and received, as was also the Report on the Public Works (Ireland) Bill. The Report of the Court of Exchequer ( Ireland) Salaries and Compensation Bill was then brought up and received. The Report on the Income-tax Deduction 13111 was also brought up and received, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third tire to-morrow. The Naval and Military Departments' Bill was read a third time and passed. NEW ZEALAND LOAN ACT AMENDMENT. The House then went into Committee on the New Zealand Loan Act Amendment Bill. The clauses having been agreed to, the House resumed, and the Chairman having reported progress, the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. COURT OF EXCHEQUER (IRELAND) BILL. The House then went into Committee on the Court of Ex chequer (Ireland) Bill. The clauses having been agreed to, the House resumed. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. The Public Works (Irelatd) Bill was then brought in and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to morrow. . The Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod here attended to summon the House before the bar of the House of Lords, to hear the royal assent givea to several Bills (fur which see Lords' report). On the return of the SPEAKER, Kir. HUME moved an humble address, that her Alaje , ty will be pleased to request from the Prussian Government copies of any report, and of any regulations adopted thereon, by that Government, for educating, specially qualifying, examining, or testing the qualifications of persons for the public service in civiloffices previously to th e i r appo i ntment ; an d willthat be pleased to lay su c h i n f ormat i on , or a h a e n r d il m i a i j l e i s ta ty ry translation thereof, before this House.—Agreed to. FLOGGING. Mr. HUME presented a number of petitions against the con tinuance of flogging in the army and navy. The Hon. Gen tleman also presented a petition against the Bible monopoly. EJECTMENTS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. RATEABLE PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. CUSTOMS DUTIES' BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, the House resolved itself into Committee on this Bill. CUSTOMS DUTIES' (No. 2) BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and the House having resumed, the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. PUBLIC %V IRKS (IRELAND), No. 4, BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT BILL. This Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow. The Tithes Commutation Bill was postponed until to morrow. The Steam Navigation Bill was read a third time and passed. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords brought up several Bills, with amendments, Which were ordered to lie on the table. Tke other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Seven o'clock. THE BLIND FIDDLER. The itinerant musician may be considered as the le gitimate successor of the old Scottish minstrel of tuneful memory, who perambulated the country to the infinite delight of the people. Although the fiddler of the later days was more accustomed to frequent the houses of the farmers and the peasantry than the lordly halls where the harps of his ancestors were strung, it was more in consequence of the progress of modern customs, which had begun among the hither masses of society, than from any falling away in the profession. On the contrary the blind fiddler was a person in considerable note in the circle which he periodically visited. So regularly were those visits paid that the rural population could calculate the precise time of his coming, and prepare for the same. If those visits were in winter the blind fiddler was al ways sure of a warm nook at the fire-side, as well as a numerous and liberal auditory—if in summer, the village green was soon enlivened with busy feet by the notes of the Orpheus ; between the dances, his budget of jokes and wonders, the fruits of his wide wanderings and the varied society iu which he mingled, was op nod to the delight and astonishment of gaping rustics. if he held them not, like the ancient mariner, with his glitter ing eye, he did so with his t loquent tongue. Nature, who, when she deprives an individual of the use of one faculty, generally makes up for the loss by giving addi tional force to another, made this worthy a walking newspaper—a periodical of mirth, news, and music. Every house and family, for miles round, was as familiar to him as the tunes he played, and hence the aptitude of the well-known saying, applied to one we►l versed in local chronology, that he must have. led a blind fiddler. Unenviable, indeed, must have been the post of leader, subjected to the never ceasing volubility of one who lived both in noise and by it, and with no opportunity of retaliation but what the trick of a false jump might afford. The blind fiddler was the spirit of all merry meetings and penny weddings throughout the country. At all such festivals you were as sure to find him seated on a barrel-end as you are to find the Martello Tower in the Frith. With what swiftness his fiddle bow was plied—a very spirit was in his elbow and fingers—he seemed to play against time; a perfect sand-bag, too, was this old worthy, p.tions which were sufficient to make a stronger man stagger were drops in a bucket to him; the tankard came as readily to his lips between the (Inners as the rosin to his bow, and, in both cases, it improved the tone. We have scarcely a solitary specimen left of the original blind fiddler. Only one we yet hold delight ful intercourse with, and he seems to be, like a " bro therless hermit, the last of his race." That rare gift of time and tune for, which he was disting u i s hed is wor n out, and, although the ancient power of music sometimes makes his lip quiver with emotion, when, with a plaintive grace, he plays " Auld Robin Gray," yet, not unfre quently, he will mix up the cadences of " Satan among the Tailors" with a faveurite quadrille. Polkas and Mazurkas are wholly unknown to him, and he would scorn the idea of prostituting his fiddle to the work of playing an ovY.rture or a modern gallopade,—that fiddle which has given life to " bab at the bowster," may never thrill forth the compositions of a Julien. The fiddlers now-a-days, are no more like those of old than an egg is like an oyster. They want the peculiar twist of the mouth, the merry bob of the head, and stamp of the foot. No grease brightens their picket lids, no snuff begritns their visages, they are odiously clean—de generate sons of mighty Orpheus!—From " Old Scottish Characters" in the Leith Herald. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of August 18.) SuoAn.—To-day importers of West India Muscovado Sugar evinced firmness, and the home trade were inclined to further increase their stock; all kinds were in excellent re quest for the scale and pan ; the rates paid in several cases were even 6d per cwt above those of Friday. REFINED.—TO. day Refined Goods were much in request by the home trade, and hither rates were paid; brown lumps selling at 63s to 645, and standard lumps 64s 6d to 65s per cwt. The business transacted has been greater than for some time. Bonded Crushed Sugar is more w ,nted, and cannot be obtained under 34s per cwt. for first quality. Mauarrius.—This afternoon Mauritius was . in excellent request, and 1,640 bags, 123 casks, 244 tierces offered at public sale were sold at an advance on former rates of 6d to is per cwt. _ _ FOREIGN.—To-day slave-labour Sugar, imported by British ships, was much sought after by private treaty; but busi ness of moment was prevented by the stiff rates asked by holders. For Sugar received by foreign ships the market, however, has a tranquil appearance; but former prices are insisted upon. None of any kind was offered at public sale. MOLASSES.—AIthough all qualities of West India can be obtained upon lower terms, still there has been scarcely any business transacted : the supply is on the increase, and the value of low to fine quality is 19s to 25s per cwt. EAST ligni.k.—This afternoon the quantity of Madras Sugar submitted to public competition amounte 1 t 7,231 bags, a fair part of which found buyers at prices exhibiting a rise on those previously current of 6d per cwt. TEA.—The market has assumed a dull appearance for Tea, and by private contract few purchases have been made in black or green ; merchants do not show much firmness. At the public sales held today, consisting of 30,000 packa4es, little desire was shown by the trade to operate in any kind, although there were sellers of nearly all sorts rather under the rates that previously existed. COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was in excellent demand, and 1,400 bags at auction were all sold at firm rates. 140 bags of Company's Java were sold at easier rates. 232 bags of East India went at low rates. Cocoa.—Foreign is little wanted, and prices have slightly given way, although the quantity brought to market has been small. At auction 33 bags of Bahia were sold at 32s for fair red. In West India the business transacted has been extremely limited by private contract, and none has been submitted to public competition. COCIIINEAL.—HoIders have more confidence, and refrain from offering any at public sale ; the demand is improving, and the parcels disposed of by private contract were at rather higher rates. SPICES.—To-day Ginger met with little attention, 837 bags of Malabar at auction were nearly all taken i n at 20 s for rough export sort; 103 cases of Cahcut at 45s far b rown home consu uption kind; 49 brls of Ja maica sold at easier more rates in ,at de 3 m s a s n t d o , a 3 n B a s, 7 middling 42s Singapore 42 sold at auction.s to 51s. Nutmeg s were - FRUIT.—It having been ascertained that the stock of currants is considerably less than w as calculate d upon, with an increased consumption, has induced the grocers to purchase more freely at advanced quotations, and there being now only a very small portion in the importers' hands, they have advanced their price for Patras to 50s. Of Valentias there are scarcely any remaining, and are much sought after. SmarEraaL.--To-day rough only was in limited demand, and 682 bags of Calcutta at auction were chiefly taken in at 27s for good strong white 2y per cent. refraction , being the• full worth. Smurrs.—Jamaica R um canno t be obtained upon lower 2 terms, but little business has been transacted, and only small parcels have been taken by exporters or the home trade, 30 or 38 per cent, ov er proo f at 3s 8d to 4s 2d, fine 4s 3d to 53; high flavoured sort s wou ld b r i n g above the latter rate, but of such there is little i n th e market. Dem erara is wanted , and prices rule fi r m. T o d ay there wa s but little desire evinced to operate in any kind of Rum, and holders experi enced difficulty in keeping up prices for East India or West India. INDIGO.—The accounts being very favourable from Bengal and Madras for the Indigo crop, cause the demand here to be extremely limited for all descriptions of East India from ex porters and the home trade, iu some cases there are sellers rather under the rates of the last quarterly sale. Spanish has met with little attention, and previous quotations are not to be obtained. Otts.—For Southern Oil the demand has been active, and prices have risen for all descriptions. Seal has not risen in value, but the demand has been good. For Cod few buyers are to be met with. Importers of Sperm are unwil l ing to i farther reduce their prices. American Lard Oil has declined in value, and few buyers are to be met with. Olive 1 has hew in extensive demand, end prices ere 911 the fid Rape Seed Oil has been in excellent request, and prices have advanced. Linseed Oil has attracted more attentior, and prices have improved. For Palm the demand has fallen off, but lower prices are not accepted. Cocoa Nut is still in small supply, and there are several buyers. Hors..Lthe business transacted was extremely limited in all descriptions, and prices are looking down. The accounts from the plantations are highly satisfactory, and the duty for the kingdom is estimated as high as :70,0001. TALLow.—Prices have ruled firm for Russian on the spot, and a good demand has been experienced; fine Petersburg yellow Candle has brOught 41s to 41s 6d ; at auction 50 casks went at these rates. For delivery many contracts have been entered into, and 41s to 41s 6d are the rates given for the last three months of the year. Australian is wanted, and prices are firmer, several par cels having been sold privately on the spot at 37s to 42s 6d of low to fine 'quality. Of Odessa 92 casks sold at 40s 9d to 41s 3d for ox, and 40s 6d to 41s for sheep tallow. The value of American is 38s to 425, but at present little is to be had. Home made has been in' excellent request, and prices are firm at 40s 6d to 4ls per cwt net cash. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. [The following article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette. , f Friday, the 7th of August inst.] ST. JAMES'S PALACE, AUG. 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Earl of Liitowel to be one of the Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of George Lora Rivers, resigned. FOREIGN OFFICE, AUG. 18. L..! Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the most Hon. Constantine Henry Marquis of Normanby to be her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the King of the French. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the light Honourable John Viscount Ponsonby, G.C.8., to he her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenopten tiary to the Emperor of Austria. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Auo. 17. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentlemen Cadets to be Se cond Lieutenants—F. J. Soady, vice Waller, promoted ; M. Stewart, vice Freeth, promoted, May 1; (Second Lieutenant Soady to be placed above Second Lieutenant llyneley, and Second Lieutenant Stewart between Second Lieutenants Margesson and Street); O'Bryen B. Woolsey, vice Grey, pro moted ; A. W. Drayson, vice Ommanney, promoted; C. W. Elgee, vice Palmer, promoted; E.. J. Carthew, vice Vansittart, promoted ; G. H. A. Forbes, vice Paget, promoted ; W. H. Blair, vice Phelips, promoted ; L. Martineau, vice Mercer, promoted ; C. Hunter, vice Colclough, promoted ; R. J. Hay, vice Milward, promoted ; A. J. Alacbougall, vice Chermside, promotei; J. Spurway, vice Blakeley, promoted ; G. R. C. Young, vice Craufurd, promoted ; H. T. 13,,ultbee, vice Ord, promoted, Aug. 6. Corps of Royal Engineers—H. T. Siborne, vice Inglis, promoted; C. S. Akers, vice Martindale, promoted; B. A. Wilkinson, vice Hutchinson, promoted; L. Nicholson, vice Wray, promoted; G. E. L. Walker, vice Pasley, promoted; J. T. Burke, vice Stokes, promoted ; F. E. Cox, vice Hickey, promoted ; S. B. Farrell, vice Clarke, promoted, August 6. ADMIRALTY, JULY 27. Notice is hereby given, that medals for the officers and men of her Majesty's Marine Forces who were engaged in the war in China, belonging to the undermen-, tioned shipi, have b; en received at this office, viz. : Apollo, Alligator, Algerine, Belleisle, Cornwallis, Cho, Childers, Dido, Jupiter, Plover, Pylades, Nimrod, Starling, Vixen, Blenheim, Blonde, Calliope, Columbine, Conway, Cruiser, Druid, Endymion, Hyacinth, Herald, Larne, Melville, Modeste, North Star, Samarang, Sulphur, Rattlesnake, Wellesley, Hazard, Wanderer, Sapphire, Harlequin, which will be delivered, on application, at the office of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Somerset House, and the parties applying for them are to produce their respective certificates. By command of their Lordships, H. G. WARD. Commission by the Lord 'Lieutenant of Northumberland. Northumberland Militia—B. Falder, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, July 21. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire. The Queen's o;vn Regiment of Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieut. R. Temple to be Captain, vice Sir 0. Y. Wakeman, Bart., resigned; Lieut. R. Hemming, to be Cap tain, vice Sir Francis L. 11. Goodricke, Bart., re signed ; Cornet Walter Hemming to be Lieutenant, vice Richard Hemming, promoted ; Cornet Sir Wil liam Smith, Bart., to be Lieutenant, vice R. Tem ple, promoted; E. L. Campbell, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Sir W. Smith, Bart., promoted ; Hon. and Rev. W. W. Talbot to be Chaplain ; T. W. Walsh, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Sheward, resigned, Aug. 11. WHITEHALL, Atm. 15. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Bowen, of Stafford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. John Patterson, grocer, Tonbridge, to surrender, Aug. 27, at half. past eleven, and OA. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 'Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Townshend, solicitor, Ilowland-street. Thomas Evans Jones, linen-draper, linightsbridge•terrace, Aug. 27, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 2, at one, at the C ,, urt of Bankruptcy. Atager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Lloyd, Milk-street. John Teasel, carpenter, Norwich. Sept. 2 and 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Jay, Bucklersbury ; Jay and Pilgrim, Norwich. William Norris, builder, Camden New-town, Sept. 2, and Oct. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Haynes, Camden-town. John Hartley Butterworth, hotel keeper, King-street, Cheapside, Aug. 27, at eleven, and Oct. 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Ashley, Shoreditch. Josiah Harris, grocer, Mevagissey, Cornwall, Sept 1 and 29, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Bristol ; Cadyon, St. Austel ; Bell and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields,; Moore, Exeter. Joseph Carne, sen., provision merchant, Truro, Cornwall, September 1 and 29, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Morgans, Old Jewry; Smith and Roberts, Truro; Turner, Exeter. Rufus Parkinson, currier, Ashton-under-Lyne, Aug. 28 and September 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court, Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Clarke and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields; Brooks, Ashton-under-Lyne. Peter Bury, calico printer, Manchester, Sept. 1, and 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fras3r, official assignee, Manchester; Cunliffes, Charlewood, and Bury, Man chester; Keightley, earth& and Beaumont, Chancery-lane. Edward Ward, corn dealer, Medbourn, Leicestershire, Sept. 10, and Oct. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Rawlins, Market . Harborough ; James, Birmingham. William Ballinger, maltster, Swansea, Glamorganshi:e, Sept. 3, at one, and Oct. 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; David, Swansea; Bridges, Bristol. DIVIDENDS DECLARED.. E. S. Harley, grocer, Birmingham—first div. of 3s. in the pound, any Thursday after Oct. 3, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. T. Wenman, merchant, Birehingham—second div. of Cs. in the pound, any Thursday after Oct. 3, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. T. Sutton, jun., draper, Athenstone, Warwickshire—first div. of ss. in the pound, any Thursday after Oct. 3, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. V. Barber, banker, Walsall—third div. of 6d. in the pound, any Thursday after Oct. 3, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. T. Feaver, mercer, Ludgate-hill—final div. of 4d. in the pound, any Saturday after Oct. 31, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. F. Cannell, bookseller, Liverpool—first div. of 6s. 6d. in the pound, any Thursday after Oct. 5, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. W. Bull, cloth merchant, Leeds—first div. of 2s. in the pound, Aug. 20 and 21, or any Friday after Oct. 3, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basino-hall-street. W. B. Lemon. ironmonger, C - rOycion, Sept 11, at half past one—J. Miller, painter, Whittlebary-street, Hamp stead-road, Sept. 11, at one. In the Country. 11. B. Preston, coal dealer,Leigh,Gloucestershire, Sept. 28, at one, at the Bristol District Court—W. G. Taylor, hosier, Liverpool, Sept 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court—C. Pope, copper manufacturer, Bristol, Sept. 11, at one, at the Bristol District Court—J. Garsed, sen., and J. Garsed, jun., flax manufacturers. Leeds, Sept. 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Marsh, grocer, Brewood, Staffordshire, Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. _ _ CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. B. Kent, lodginghouse keeper, Rosherville, Kent, Sept. 10 —J. T. Burton, wine merchant, Piccadilly, Sept. 10—W. B. Lemon, ironmonger, Croydon, Sept. 8--J. Smith, grocer, Stratford-upon-Avon, Sept. 8. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Cryer and G. A. Vitty. timber merchants, Manchester —T. F. Dickinson and J. Falkhouse, plumbers, Newcastle upon-Tyne-11. Bowden and N. Marshall, ale merchants, Plymouth—G. T. Bradbury and D. Armitage, cotton spin ners, Ashton-under-Lyne—J. and J. Copland, drapers, Barn staple, Devonshire—J. W. Whitmey and J. Webb, curriers, Birkenhead, Cheshire--T. and D. Pratt, thimble manufac turers, Birmingham—•J. Vaughan, J. Clemson, and J. Jones, silk dyers, Horrocks, Lancashire—J. Welch and J. Barnett, chemists, Birmingham—J. Taylor, J. Plews, and T. Shaw, millwrights, Stockport, Cheshire (so far as regards J. Taylor) —N. Whitley and J. B. Blenkhorn, woollen-cloth manufac turers, Huddersfield—T. E. White and 0. Luck, die sinkers, Macclesfield• street, Soho—J. Madden and F. Malcolm, book sellers, Leadenhall-street—S. Owen, J. Hughes, W. Jones, R. Parry, and W. Owens, limeburners, Anglesey—H. Thompson, J. Mellor, J. C. Thompson, P. Hope, W. - Pugh, J. Hunt, and A. Mayor, brewers, Liverpool—E. A. Deudney and H. Hurst, jun., coal merchants, Hastings—T. Howard and G. Wardlaw, cotton spinners, Glossop, Derbyshire—T. and B. Shirley, china-ware manufacturers, Longton, Staf fordshire—W. H. Bullman and J. Grant, grocers, Mildenhall, Suffolk—S. and L. Johnson, booksellers, Manchester—J. Roby, jun., and G. Hadfield, colour manufacturers, Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Barr and M'Nab, engineers, Paisley, Aug. 22 and Sept. 12, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Reid and Henderson, Paisley. William Moffat and Company, corn dealers, Leith, Aug. 24 and Sept. 15, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Beveridge, Leith. • Norman Macqueen, Orbost, island of Skye, Aug. 25 and Sept. 15, at one, at Ross's Inn, Portree, island of Skye. William Mustard, Blairgowrie, Aug. 26 and Sept. 16, at twelve. at M'Laren's Inn, Blairgowrie. Russmx.—The account of the gran mae, , tro's present doings are so contradictory as to deprive each other of all credit. According to some, the visit of the delegates from the Paris Italian Opera has revived his all -but extinguished musical ardour, and having long been without a piano, he goes every morning to a friend's house, and thumps his instrument for several hours a day, composing newtatanew and splendid work for the Parisians. Others say that opera will be all a humbug, a piece of i patchwork made up of pieces from the Donna del Lago, and . some of his forgotten operas, with nothing new but the title and the libretto, which is to be manufactured after the musi c has been put together. We arp, moreover, told that arrange ments have been made for producing this new work (what ever it may be) at her Majesty's Theatre next season. We must wait patiently till time shall solve this great mystery. The Milan Gazette says that anew chorus has been corn posed by Rossini, aniollsitua w i t h enthusiasm at Bologna, in p celebration of th e amnesty granted by the new Pope; but another journal (the Pirata ) asserts that this was merely a chor us f rom one o f hi s old operas,. to which he put new words. • NEW SIGN OF DEATII—The following important discovery is calculated to be of great service in cases of suspected death. The communication was lately made to the Royal Academy of Sciences, Paris, by M. Ripault, who, in directing the attention of members to the discovery, observed, that it consisted in perfect flaccidity of the iris when the globe of the eye is compressed in two Opposite directions. If the individual be living, the pupil retains its circular form, notwithstanding the compression ; it dead, the aper turg become 3 irregular, and the circular form in lost. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 18. The Rouse sat to-day to hear appeals. The Lords present were, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Campbell, and the Bishop of Oxford. PATRICK V. KUNG . The arguments in this part-heard appeal were concluded to-day, and Their LO ILDSHIPS gave judgment, affirming the decision of the Court of Session. It is the last appeal their Lordships will hear this session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE.—MichaeI Downey, an Irish labourer, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with inflicting two wounds on the person of John Sullivan, by stabbing him with a knife. Mr. John Swayne, landlord - of the Dolphin public-house, in Oxford-street, stated, that between five and six o'clock on Monday evening, having some repairs going on in his house, he gave directions to Sullivan, the foreman, respecting the removal of a quantity of bricks, telling him, that if he could not accomplish the work himself he might procure another person to assist him ; but he replied, that he would prefer working over the usual hours than to engage any other per. son. In the forenoon he had mentioned the prisoner as a person likely to suit him, but Sullivae objected to him, say ing that he was a lazy fellow, and that he would have no thing to do with him, which expression the prisoner, who was at a short distance in conversation with another man, seemed to have overheard, and, rushing over, he pushed Sullivan, who was in a stooping position at his work, for ward, upon which he asked the prisoner " What the - he was about?" The prisoner then went away apparently in a sulky humour, but after a short delay returned, and rush towards the foreman with the knife produced in his hand, swearing at and threatening him, he plunged it int• him immediately above the left hip, and again into his side, saying, " Take that and be -- to you." Witness cried out, " Murder ! help ! police !" while the foreman seemed not to be aware that such a desperate attempt had been made upon him, and the prisoner continued brandishing the weapon in his hand, threatening to skewer witness if he attempted to interfere with him ; but perceiving the blood flowing co piously from the foreman he ran away towards the toll-bar in Oxford-street East, followed by witness and the foreman. In the pursuit he kept a pipe in his mouth, and repeatedly turned round with the knife still open in his hand, threaten ing to drive it into witness unless he desisted in pursuing him. They had got to Bloomsbury-court, where the prisoner took up a brickbat to knock him down, and, seizing the op portunity, he rushed at him, and pinioning him by the arms he held him in that position, calling out for a constable, who soon arrived, and the prisoner was secured, after which the wounded man had himself attended to at a druggist's shop in the neighbourhood. The foreman and the prisoner were both sober. Mr. Bagster, a medical gentleman, said there was a wound under the blade bone and another near the lower rib, upon both of which he placed a plaster, to enable the wounded man to be conveyed to the hospital. . . A certificate, of which the following is a copy, was handed to the Court : "King's College Hospital, April 18. "I certify that John Sullivan was brought into this hos pital last evening, having received two stabs on the left side of his back, one of which has penetrated two inches and a half, and the other five inches. The larger one is a danger ous wound, and it is impossible to say at present with what result it may be attended. lie is going on as favourably as can be expected. (Signed) " HENRY SMITH, House Surgeon." The prisoner being called upon for his defence, said, that he did it because the man deserved it, for he injured him on another occasion, and he aggravated him to do what he did, which he told him he would do if he was to be transported for it. Mr. JARDINE said that such a serious offence, supported as it was by the most undeniable testimony, required no com ment from him, and he should order the prisoner to be re manded for a week. STEALING :GOLD LEAF.— Walter Baird, a middle-aged man, was charged with stealing a rhoda of gold leaf, value 10/., the property of Messrs. Seymour, gold-beaters, of Long acre, his employers. It appeared that the prisoner worked for the prosecutor, and received 355. a week as wages. On the 16th of July he absconded, taking with him the property in question, and nothing was heard of him until information was received by Phillips, F division, who apprehended him, and he admitted having committed the robbery through distress. The pro perty was subsequently found pledged at a pawnbroker's in Frith-street, Soho, for 208., and the prisoner having nothing to say in his defence, was fully committed for trial. ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE BY A SOLICITOR.—ShortIy before the closing of the Court, James Hall, described on the police-sheet as a solicitor, carrying on business at 16, Bos well-court, was brought up in the custody of police-constable 40, F division, charged with attempting to commit suicide, by cutting his throat with a razor. The constable said that about four o'clock in the afternoon he was called into a lithographic establishment, in Gate street, Lincoln's 113 w-fields, where he saw the defendant in the parlour, with his neckcloth loosened and covered with blood. ➢ir. Houseman, 163, Strand, said that on passing through Great Queen-street with his brother in-law, a gig with two persons in it passed by at a rapid rate, and at a short dis tance was the defendant, with his throat apparently cut, and his hands smeared with blood. There were some persons folio wing him, and upon his inquiring of the defendant what was the matter, the mob collected and they got him into a lithographic establishment, where, upon examining, he found a mark at each side of the neck, and, upon reasoning with the defendant, he said he had made up his mind to destroy himself, that he would not return to his family, and that he had made up all his papers, as nothing would induce him to alter his determination. Mr. George Johnson, 37, Burton-crescent, who was in the company of the last witness, said that the defendant was in a very excited state, in consequence, as he stated, of having experienced some ill treatment from his brother. After a short time he became tranquil, but persisted in saying he would commit the act. The defendant during the examination held his hand to his face, and declined saying anything, except that it was a family difference, and it was his brother who drove away in the gig. The proprietor of the house in which the defendant was found said, that from inquiries he had ascertained the bro ther refused to supply the defendant with some money he required, and he borrowed a razor to destroy himself. Mr. JARDINE ordered him to be remanded until his friends could be sent for to take charge of him. MAR YLEBONE. • laxsn Rows.—Yesterday Dennis Corcoran and John Cal laghan were placed at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson, charged under the following circumstances : On the previous - night, at a late hour, there was a great disturbance amongst Irish labourers in Horace-street, Edge.. ware-road. There were two hostile parties assembled, deno minated the " three-years-old" and the " four-years-old" boys, and for a considerable time they kept fighting in a determined and savage manner. There were not fewer than from 500 to 600 persons assembled, and bricks and stones were thrown in all directions. The prisoners, who seemed to be the ringleaders in the riotous conduct alluded to, were very drunk, and after a determined resistance they were con veyed to the station-house. , ...... .... ____ ______. ............ They were each fined 20a., and in default of payment were committed to prison. SOUTHWARK. A young man of respectable appearance, whose name did not transpire, but who described himself as next heir to a Scotch earldom, entered the court in a hurried manner, and ascending the witness-box, made an application to Mr. Cot tingham relative to the elopement of his wife. The applicant's statement was to the following effect : That some time ago being present at one of the theatres, he was captivated with a young lady who belonged to the corps de ballet, and having been introduced to her they were ultimately married. Previously, however, to their nuptials, it was agreed that she should remain at her father's house, in which also he took up his abode, having expended a considerable sum of money in furnishing that portion of the dwelling which he and his wife occupied. They lived in perfect harmony up to within the last few days, when his wife began to exhibit symptoms of displeasure, although she did not communicate to him, any cause for such feelings; and he was the more surprised at the circumstance, as he could assure the magistrate he uniformly treated her with great tenderness, and attended with the most scrupulous care to her wants, always supplying her with all the necessaries she required. To his utter astonishment, however, on his proceeding home a day or two ago, t.e found that she had quitted the house, and, on examination, he discovered that she had taken !away considerable property with her. He added that he had strong grounds for believing that her family perfectly well knew wiser, she was, although they denied that such was the fact, and refused to give him any information on the subject. Such conduct on their part was calculated to excite an impression upon his mind that they acquiesced in the step their daughter had taken. Mr. COOTINGHAM asked him what assistance he could render him ? and said that he could not find his wife and com . cifher to return to him again. The magistrate then i nqu i re d if he had any reason to believe she had gone off with any man ? The applicant said, that since his wife's departure he had ascertained that a Frenchman used to be seen in her com pany when he was from homy and engaged in matters con nected with the title and estates to which he aspired, and to which he was the rightful heir. He, however, did not in tend to impute infidelity to his wife, but he considered she acted imprudently in forming such an acquaintance without iris knowledge or concurrence. " If, however," added the applicant, "my wife will return, I will, forgive and forget everything that has happened, and never allude in anger to the subject." Mr. Corrmaram said, that it did much credit appli cant's feelings. The manner in which he spoke of his wife a h ff a ed n e t a i c foredv, i a n w a m r e a m a a who k h a e b 1 e seemed d egre e, u the wo r t s h t r y e n mioe g fai t gn u i htt:to haveal Tshh to The s He, how ever,wmagistratee t w h e a s n , r n s p r o e n p s l i y h Ito fora r q t u ha e e: dd t i e o hb n et s f w n r h o ai m ss naop wifet. contracted after her elopement, ti s dn order to guard against such a eon t w i n o g u e l d n c a 3 d . v t i o s e n a p p p p r l i i s c e an ti; tradesmen not th to er g w iv a e h w e r h c e rd, either d h i t e , Tu e applicant having thanked the magistrate, withdrew. tei i ito h uegrh y b p es u t b a li d c a a p d ted ver f t o i r se t m he en p t u , rp o o r se ry y WESTMINSTER. Just before Mr. Burrell left the court, at 5 o'clock on Mon day evening, Mr. Henry Walter Parker, late an Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, who conducted the Andover in uwsaerdd s b . y mr the William Hon. in quiry, applied to the magistrate, and inform e d hi m that he John Thomasfrom Manners Sutton Dougal Christie, M.P. for Weymouth, of the Andover inquiry, and of which they both form mem bers, that he intended to challenge him to fight a duel. In structions were accordingly taken on the oath of Mr. Parker, and a warrant granted • against Mr. Sutton. Instead of this instrument being placed, as usual, in the hands of the sum moning officers of the court to execute, it was, after a great deal of private conversation, handed over to an inspector, with certain instructions of a strictly private nature as to the course he was to pursue. It is quite obvious that the intention of the authorities was to hush the matter up in secresy ; but the reporter, having from a private source received information that this court was to sit half an hour earlier at least than usual yester day morning, was in attendance before the specified time. What had occurred between the inspector and Mr. Manners Sutton it is of course impossible to say; but that the warrant had not been executed upon the gentleman was evident from the fact of the Hon. Gentleman being driven up to the private entrance of the Court at ten o'clock in the morning, accompanied by Mr. Frere, his solicitor. and another gentleman. Mr. Frere, having been admitted by the magistrates' entrance, was ushered into the justices' private room, the two others being left in the carriage. After the lapse of four or five minutes Mr. Burrell arrived, and was engaged for a short time in conversation with Mr. Frere, when Mr. Burrell advanced into the Court, and with an air of embarrassment hastily called for the clerk, and on his appearance motioned him towards the private room, whither they repaired, and in a moment afterwards Mr. Sutton and the other members of the party. In such haste was the matter conducted that the hall door was left open and remained so for five minutes, when Mr. Frere, Mr. Man ners Sutton, and the other gentlemen, precipitately left. it • . was alleged hat the matter ended on .. Mr. Butreire assured that there was no hostile iboling on the part ta ;1h Sutton, and there being no necessity for a hearing. THAMES'. THE USE OF TIME KNIFE. MURDEROUS ASSAULT. Yesterday, a well-dressed young Irishwoman, namegl Margaret Hayes, was brought before Mr. Broderip, charges with feloniously cutting and wounding Willi am Thom Ball, her paramour, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The prosecutor, whose nose was slit, is an 0 112111 b? driver, and he had been cohabiting with the pris oner re ! the last four months. They lived at No. 19, Gil l-str .T Limehouse, where, it appeared, very frequent quarrels n (!. taken place between them, arising from the jealous the the woman. On the 10th instant -she stabbed him in t arm with a fork. She was given into custody for the o utrage ! but her paramour did not appear against her. On ,Monday night several friends visited the parties, and the prison er came jealous of a female, one of her visitors. After Bal±; had parted with them at the door, the prisoner commence; abusing him, and said, " she saw his doings," whict h e bis sisted of nothing more than a friendly parting vri". e d, guests. The jealonsy of the woman was, however. emu s and after Balls had undressed himself and was about to ge,. into bed, she threw a candlestick at him, and cut open. head; and before he had time to recover himself, sh e A l tacked him with a knife in her hand, and cut his nos e mouth. The blcod flowed very copiously from the wain and the prosecutor exclaimed, " For God's sake, dent 11,. me, what have I done ?" and called for a polic e° d• The prisoner begged of him not to give her in charge, !no. said that what she had done was in the height of past e d The man, however, had been so often annoyed and assanric. by her, that he gave her into custody of p oliceman 9 ' ~1 who found the man all over blood. The prisoner condi," herself in a waw—closet, where she was discovered by ;i t constable, who dragged her from her hiding place. On he way to the station-house she stated that she was eating so d supper and her husband (Balls) pulled her off her chai r e r, struck her several times with his fist; that he fell upon h ec k and that she, having a knife in- her hands, cut him by s lo e dent. She made a similar statement in her defence be re . the magistrate, and added that he had threatened to be tr vetiged on her on Monday night. The whole of her ° to meat was denied, and the evidence clearly made out Os'• was a passionate woman, and deliberately threw the can e stick at the man d wunded him with a knife. Mr. BROD ERIP an commi o tted the prisoner for trial for cil i g and wounding Balls, with intent to do him grievous b lf to harm. The worthy magistrate then expressed of the following effect :—Not a week elapses without co, o t• this description being brought before me, and it is bo n ' ta v able to observe the frequency of resort to the knife in 'P o t. rels even of a most trivial nature—a practice which wa s be merly termed un--English ; but that epithet will, 1 fear, at inapplicable if these murderous acts are not speedilq ( , ) t r down. I am glad t o see th a t th e L earne d R ecor der of ere don has expressed his intention of visiting with made against punishment every case of s t a bbi ng or cu t t i ng mad e° against any delinquent." The prisoner was then sent to Newgate. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' BRISTOL, ArOUST 18. _ 10 1 ' S. 'E - e orot Srocit Excniansx.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter, -- ; to; Bs. 9d.-Bristol and Gloucester, 223 p.-Cornwall, 1 %,,, SIT Western, Quarter Shares, 24-Midland, New, 38'-Newca s- „, e sse“ Berwick, 2836-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 3-Wilts, S""" and Weymouth, 6. MANCHESTER, Aocassx 18. te . ' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Amb erga t e , Notting ll l)sr 34 dis. -Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 436 p.-Blackho T TErer wen, and Bolton, 1 4 dis. -Ditto, New, % dis.-Blackburn f o r avid tsm, 834 p.-ClitheroeJunction, dis.-Eastern Counties , s'''," B tension, p.-East Lincolnshire, 9-16 dis.-Great EO N ' O s " Western, 28s. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railwa ) ;_ 3,5 1 , Canal, 234 p. -Ditto, Extension, 7-16 p.-Leeds and Thir s ni : sils dis.-Leicester and Bedford, 34 dia.-Leicester, Birming s lia arest ° , ll ; Trent Valley Junction, % c. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, a„,ou S e bet`" 3 9-16 p.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1 3-16 p.- 1 . 3 " 1 -,ster, and Leeds, Quarters, 634 p.-Ditto, Fifths, 8% p.-Disto, cto te , sion, p.-Manchester, Midland, and Grimsby, 1 dis.- 313n b and Southampton, 34 dis -North Eastern, 15-16 dis.-1-48°Eretrioi3O)5;e1J fordshire, 3 11-16 p.-North Union (B), 153-North p.-Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 13s dis.-Preston and WYr e, DitO , (B), % p.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 3-1 6 dls '3, 1 4 1 !," Extension, % dis.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, 55,`",. 0 0, , Y5: -Shropshire Union, % dis.- South-Eastern and Dover, if' 14 Pr 4, 13-16 p.-South Midla n d, % p.-T ren t Valley Midland, es e " West Riding Union, 3 34 p. LEEDS, AttousT 18. oe s 4,ljir STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, 4 dis. E ss cashire, 8% p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 325. dis._Ditto,_•-dferdt 1% dis.-Huddersfield and Manchest er , l 2% p.-Leeds and iir; 42% p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 4% p.-Ditto, Branches , „s e w, 3 " Ditto, Extensions, par-Leeds and Thirsk, 3% dis.-Ditto, s's_sserr dis.-Manchester and Leeds, 35 p. -Ditto, Extensions, 231 P j s, n etie rb castle and Berwick, 133 p.-Newcastle and Darlington Seri„ ps; Extensions, 103 p.-North British, Carlisle Branch, 595. sJua Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 12s. 6d. dis.-Clithern Duel' Lion, 17s. 6d. dis.- Grand Union, Ils. 6d. dis.-Glasgo w fries, 15s. dig. s.-Great Eastern and Western, 295. dis. - ' La d, Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, 1% dis.-Leicester and Desn'd'os sa d ni dis.-Liverpool, Orskirk, and Preston, 31. 9s. P. satine l n York, 6s. dis.-Malton and DritSeld Junction, 7s. 6d• I ) .Z - um ber's's ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1 S. 3513 and Lancashire Junction, 145. dis.-North Staffordshire, pss. North. Western, 6s. p.-Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenba nh __Wes', dig.- Shropshire Union, 14s. dis.-South Midland, 55. g"s" I ss . s or Midlands. 345. dis. -West Riding Union, 5% 5. --- Y (slasgow Union, 38s. 6d. dig. Er HULL, AUGUST 18. yor it STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are- Eastern Counties,. „ta gs tension, 234-North British, Carlisle Branch, 84s. 9,1. -- s M` Delto v Nottingham, and Boston, 385.-Blackburn, Darwen , 71. 18s. 3d. -East and West Yorkshire, 335.-H u ddersfield , 34s• r chester Railway and Canal, In-Leicester and Tin v " ri ti c o North Western, 7s. 6d. p. -North Staffordshire, 3 1 145 . JO* " shire Union, % dis.-Bandon and Bantry, ft.-Grand Dow Leicester and Bedford, 11s.-West Riding Union, 51. 45. SHEFFIELD, AUGUST 1 8 . , s STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are - Midland, Sh e , s a dim 3d. d "s,'";is therham, 34;4-Grimsby and Sheffield EXtenSiOn, molt, +7 Ditto, Quarter Shares, Bs. 6d. dis.-Ditto, pl u r t gand Dooe ase " as chests:, dis.-North British, Carlisle Extension, 31. I ) ; 6d , dis.- - --an 155. dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, " North Western, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 1/. Os. 3 d . titto, Extension, Y 4 di -Sheffield and Lincolnshire, ft. 6,l„disao.- Sheffield, Rotherham,llo' A"- Leicester and Bedford, Wakefield, and T11e4.11. dis. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sa.,es 'reh-ster Buxton, Matloelt, 70", anc e ad.-London and York, 234 - 31 Midland, 3% scrip -Newcastle and Darlington Western, 11. I is. -West Riding Union, -As - British, Carlisle Extension, 41,4 -NorthmiStaffyoo'rrdkshairned, liIIIINTULYI2,III, -AUGUST 17. A O r -York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), ' sxocx EXCHANGE.--The sales are-Aberdeen, 8/. 17s. 6.c: Ar, deer, Banff, and Elgin, 11.-Airdrie and Bathgate, W. l 51• sr" breath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 10s.-A_ J„ - s , Galloway, 1/. 95.-Banffshire, 165.-British and Irish tj' s , "sten; 2s. 6d.-Caledonian, 161.-Ditto, New, Si. Bs.-Calcdonlan .""8 snS sion, 1/. 135 .-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 1/. 23.-Caledts!! h r i tbers' Northern Direct, 21. 25.-Clydesdale Junction, 231.- Direct 53/, 11. 14s. 9d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 371.--Ditto. New , 2 1,0, 6 0 Dundee and Perth, 241. 2s. ad.-East of Fife, 1L 3s. - ,1 1 and Bathgate, W.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 741. 105.- D P t t l° , dl i t t l i ch ts Shares, 181. 25. 6d. - Ditto, Quarters, 181. 7s. 6d. - 15 ' t 3 to , New, 181. 104.-Edinburgh, I,eith, and Gra Iton, 171. • -I.oBs Preference, 211. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 9/. 2 1 - o rth,,%sf rsewport, 19s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 21. 15 t_Ditto, C yde Junction, IL 155.-Glasgow and Ayrshire. 7 51 . _wase os , Stock, 321. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 181. 10% To ett , Dumfries, and Carlisle, 11. 17s. 6d.-Glasgow and Dunde,:4,ooe" 11. 125.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 401. 10s. ad. -Glasgow an d 15t,s 161. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 81. 155.-Ditto, Preference,.nscrlL'4 Great North of Scotland, 10s.-Granton Junction, Ids . ; rit ssli, and Elgin, 11. ft.-London and York, 2/. ft.-North „S' s, 41. 2s. ad.-Ditto, Halves, 151.- Ditto, Extension to Car o. : : 6d.--Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, W.-Perth and Invernetstis'b -Scottish Central, 201. 7s. 6d -Ditto, New, 91. 108.-_,Se,°,/80 1, tral and Caledoni an Junction, 11. 10s, 6d.-Scottish Scottish Southern, 11. 175.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 11. • s a PETERSBURGH AND MOSCOW.-Another fili - tib P noble house is soliciting the suffrages of the re's- ciev through the medium of a book of travels of unusond lifo i t; ness and interest. We allude to " St. Petersburfl i cheil i v i i ? cow, a Visit to the Court of the Czar," just P m 1,3 1 ' Richard Southwell Bourke, Esq. (nephew t0..10[ P.( Mayo)-a work likely to excite a considerable sh7stste It 1:o attention, from the new lights it throws upon t „tore Russia and the Russians, and the equally novel Pri:; displays of the Emperor and his Court. The wr it ,l f or e g g lineage procured him immediate access to the BOY - 40- bll ' DP the Empress-to court banquets and fashionable fig as -and the account he gives of them is as ato lifir chapters on graver Subjects are instructive. 101110P'7,01 , C,; (ADVERTISEMENT.] -DEAFNESS AND - r eC4 l - o te. VISION RELIEVED, No. 39, ALBEEMARLE-STREE I, _, Iv illyw y ost -Sent into the country free, by post.-Se' ' a nd , e , " acoustic tubes, for relief of extreme deafliess , „sserl e sf• inserted n the ear cannot be perceived by the nearot a iiest as they are entirely different from all others, and are the s u f s o (ti " ing instruments constructed-measuring only a quarter ors Cr;r their widest part; they may be securely adjusted in th e c litY. 0,0 served, and removed therefrom with as great ease and fit m ar o af sons are enabled to join in general conversation, and L ' g r distinctly in a place of worship, &c., and what 2110111 a, _050p,, considered, a natural expansion of the cavity o ; the ear Is!, is 5 •4,- -a thickening or contraction of which in many insta!leac;ot tlally the cause of deafness-and by their use the unP,7 ,A,lO O f po sation of singing noises in the ears is entirely obviatq. di ,telt io o, proved hearing trumpets of every description. 7 111 r ne s e t newly-Invented spectacle lenses are placed before iniperi sppij either by day or candlelight, that mist and dullness wilt' Ae str before the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes :;",,dir s te. distinct, so that the most aged defective sight beeorneS biTas o ,,,j brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and origT, t i re Also the most powerful achromatic telescopes, opera gls,"AsS,," the microscopes. Caution-Messrs. S. and B. Solomon s , opticis t not in any way connected with a person of th e same nal,os D oes"'," 4 l , immediate neighbourhood, nor in ally part of the countrP mistakes, be cautious, and observe-only to bo bad at 39. dl street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. ArD [ADVERTISEMENT. j -A NOBLE RUSE c ured tbile Lowsr's Pmts.-Professor Hollo ay has lately bee!' ( Me o f s ; j et the personal thanks of one of the most renown ` of 11 " it p realm, who (like the Earl of Aldborough) hos:7 g , a tteVetrated and stomaeh complaint of some years' st i a guowa DroPsf , great weakness and debility, by the means ss ° t , ri b ed ay i e n o v es T r u jy . t he ss ir Pills, and this after physician's skill w- time dos"- paralysis, asthma, and diseases of the jun y g ich few e, origin in disordered livers and stomachs , II (Leers in medicines of Holloway's Pills will cure.-gold by 1 4' A ," at Professor Holloway's Establishment, „, nA N's.--R l 9„his CHARGE OF BRIBERY AT ST. 1.•"`" Lord LiStOW el' five 111 Lis towel' Manlove, jun., who went up to town NVI ,,,1 carriage, immediately after the declaration of the poll, e n sovereigns alleged by him to have been given him in Tiring, committee-room for his vote, returned on Wednesday ece Toll P 'r the a mob of the very lowest description, connected with the 8 in created an uproar. Mr. Manlove prudently took refugtoos pro-e. Strand, London' police-station till the morning. On Thursday evening but o il A r si . ceedings were again commenced, by rough music, &c. ; presentation being made by some of the inhabitants to the „edi3te,a he, with great promptitude, issued orders to the police s s s to suppress the disturbance by their personal exertions, did so r as pressing assistants. It is presumed that these riot e 3ofst; volunteer their services. Some one paid them.-Ifesff or 's, 0 t y ; AMERICAN BAR ELOQUENcE,--,. May it P' - " S s's' s in tins Hon. Court and Gentlemen of the Jury the defendah-- ,I' r 4 wilfully and maliciously, with all the fry of a fiend, e n ':li e ett, the wild wilderness with all the terrific frenzy of a re ara I . e with his gigantic st reng th h e di d t h en an d there se w - oar, offensive client by the collar-and tore his shirt ,------- , BIRTHS. On the 15th inst., at Bath, the wife of J. B. Neil* , 94 of a daughter. ilS tr On the 16th inst., at Swanscombe-cross, OA yard, of a daughter. narh On the 16th inst., in John-street, Berkelerscl , lady of W. F. Beadon, Esq., of a son, still-born- the Ow On the 16th inst., at Barnsbury-park, Wine s "' of the Rev. Daniel Wilson, of a son. IgrSi ieß.. On the 16th inst., at West-hill, Wandsworth , _ .....tif Rucker, of son. if e of 34°1— On the 16th inst., at Welbeck-street, the w , y, Pearson, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a girl, still-born ;,/,.§, ti.• Kent, 10 ' On th, 17th inst., in Sydney-place, Bromptopt - Freake, of a son. Ef 4e°' MARRIED. On the 15th ult., at the parish church of upna insterto L s Charles William Potts, of the city of Chester , EgOrevely Mary, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Wil liam Fox Hall, Essex. - _ - -- -- ----E:., aged 91 D . lED. ...—....---- • , i , co dos ll4 On the 13th inst., at Everton, tear Liverpool, ' h widow of the late Rev. W. Ewbank, M.A., aged 6 13 . f t he bi t. • 0 0 n n the the 1 1 3 4 t t h h i i n n s s t t .., , a a t t S T t u o ri w b m ri a d rket w , Esther, eur,rre. B. t ir ° 4ol6o..ie Samuel Birch, On t h e 14th 14th i i n i a u t t „ ., at jo S h o n ut p h ryce, Lambeth, Mrs. Sar a ' . Vo l° On the 14th inst., at Greenwich , Mr. Lewis Seto' lace' On th the 14th inst., at U Marden E li sq. o . Manchester. . T Ch le. On • Clarke, Esq., aged 58. P „Vice' Cho •al On the 14th inst., at As all Hall, the Rev. Pr- , v illia gr. ,' On the 15th inat., in Grafton-street, Brighton, Rowe, aged 72. 0 l OO „,,.., G t of 2 41 05• Condon: Printed and Published by MURDO YOuJm, ' s Pr77,,,,A Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offloe, N 0.114, Strand. ilia., of t he SeVe7 . l La the County 91 . lifiddlolo. l l Wetit t 0, 1846, :uslae,testisofa_YO,rlt-Par ,-"4 . ~ ~- ~.