The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-10 00:00:00

THE SURREY ATHEN2EUM. pressed his readiness to aesist in the promotion of the object in view. He congratulated the assembly upon the day they had selected for the commencement of their purpose, on the auspicious day when the Prime Minister of the country was returned, unopposed, as the representative of the first com mercial city in the world on free-trade principles.—(Loud cheers.) They were assembled to commence a new era, and to vanquish the obstacles that retarded mental improve ment.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Institutions of this kind tended to advance not only man's interest in this world, but were most likely to advance them for a future state. Within his own experience, he knew hundreds of cases in which persons, competent ;in every other respect, were re tarded in their progress through life in consequence of a want of that education which institutions like their own were directed to afford. The subscription (something about 6d. per week) would afford a catalogue of the most refined pleasures, not purchasable through any other channels.— (Hear, hear.) The institution would open the intellectual eyes of its supporters, and afford them gratifications which a few years before were reserved almost exclusively for the elite of society—for the "common people"—as if any man could naturally be more comeion than another.—(Hear, and laughter.) In former years, "common people," or rather the bumbler classes, were taught to believe that they were formed solely for the purpose of working and keeping inviolate the laws of the country. Such was the antique doctrine; but he put it to them, whether it might not be well to instil upon the humbler, and the more useful classes, that they should also be able to understand the laws they were told to obey.— (Hear, hear.) After some other observations, Mr. Bucking ham concluded by offering to subscribe to the institution, and to deliver a course of lectures gratuitously.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was carried anwimously. The Rev. J. W. WATKIN proposed the next resolution : "That a committee be formed for the purpose of obtaining patrons, vice-presidents, and making such other arrangements as might be found necessary for carrying out the foregoing resolutions." Mr. Sraimosnas seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Winsixe (one of the proprietors of the Plate-glass Company) moved the third resolution—" That a subscrip tion be entered into, for defraying the cost of library, reading and class-rooms, and for defraying the necessary charges of establishing the institution." It was true, that the reputa tion which the building had unfortunately:gained rendered it a task of some difficulty to induce persons to subscribe, but when they were informed, through the instrumentality of the press, of the real object they had in view, he was convinced many persons would cheerfully lend them their assistance. He had much pleasure in proposing the resolution. Mr. A. W. HOGGINS seconded th resolution. Mr. GREENE, a gentleman who spoke from the gallery, suggested that the subscription should be 12s. instead of 245., but not, at all events, to exceed 16s. The 61AIRMAN acknowledged the pertinence of the recom mendation, but hoped that the question of arranging the terms of subscription would be left to the discretion of the . ........... —. ....... _ __ committee. —( H e ar, hear.) After an announcement by the Secretary that the total subscriptions collected in the room amounted to upwards .f 90/., a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. THE UNION CANAL. BURSTING OF THE EMBANKMENT. On Monday morning last, two portions of the em benkinent of the Union Canal gave way, to the seri c-t4 injury of some of the adjacent property. The first of tLf•se places was at Ratho, and was first discovered shortly after five o'clock in the morning. At that time the gap was only about two or three feet square, but as the rush of water was great it soon increased to a mighty chasm of about twenty feet d ee p and thirty in width. The embankment at this part is of con siderable depth, and when the pent-up water had fairly forced an exit, it burst forth with impetuous velocity and volume, so that in a few minutes the con tiguous fields were completely flooded. A field of oats, part b e i ng of the property of M r . B rown, o f As hl ey, quite continuous to the can a l, was t h e fi rst to suffer. The greater portion is embedded with sand and other debris, so as to present quite a devastated appearance. A house in which twenty . cattle were placed was enveloped by the torrent, and it was only by dint of ex traordinary exertions that they could be set free, and rescued from their precarious position. The grounds of Mr. Melville, of llanley, also suffered greatly, the water having flowed i n to the garden, where it swept away a great many valuable plants, and otherwise com m i t ted fearful ravages. The flood subsequently flowed into the Gogar Burn, which it swelled to a great extent, and caused the submersion of numerous fields along its course. A similar event took place about the same time at a part of the canal to the westward of Linlith gow, and near to the viaduct over the Avon. The mass of the embankment which gave way at this point wes even larger than that at Ratho • but it A ppears the damage which the water commi tted was not so extensive, as it soon found a channel la the A vo n. The cause which led to these occurrences, so far a s we could gather, were of a twofold kind. It seems that at Linlithgow the water of the canal, to a consider able distance, bas lately been drained off, in order that some improvement might be made. This act had com pressed the water into less than its usual space, and the immense quantity of rain which fell on Sunday night and yesterday morning had given to it an accumulated s trength, ender the pressure of which the embankment rat the two points above mentioned gave way.—Edinburgh Advertiser. THUNDER STORMS.—On Sabbath last, during the afternoon service in the churches, Ayr was visited by a vio lent thunder-storm. The day was very sultry, with a light wind from south-west ; but about half past two the sky ke. came ominously overcast. The storm was preceded by a violent whirlwind that tossed the dust over the tops of the houses. Its violence was remarkable—so remarkable that two or three vessels, leaning against the South Quay wall, and among them a large barque, timber-loaded (the tide befog at ebb), were blown over. The wind lasted about twenty minutes, but was not felt in the bay ; two smacks carrying a ll sa.il, and making for the harbour at the time, were nntouch.m l by it. The whirlwind was succeeded by vivid flashes of lightning and loud peals of thunder, continuing for more ti t in an hour. The thunder was accompanied by very heavy rain, that fell without intermission throughout tr , , p i et bs li forenoon of yest er d ay . S o heavy was the ... ii: . n . t , ~, o'clock on Sunday night the channel of the elv , by a raging flood. The vol u m e o f water • . . se till mid -day yeste r d ay , when i t sur tYr7araffunt;nuid o" /. t: ve 4 a ny preVio flood within the last two or th ree y ears. 4 a t h a ve not ~,.. of much damage being done. A number 71 %. , of tr i l l ing boils .. a pleasure boat, moored to the buoy in ( tiler n odi e a the. . ver, were carried off by the flood, and C ' - ,ore—. upon the north and south beaches, with trifling k (mar , ^az ..„:, bo w {e,....Ayr vincrver , ..,... 4 Y. terclay evening a meeting, most numerously and re al ...atended, of the inhabitants of the boroughs of S. I ;.wack end Lambeth, was held at the building formerly ki o as tile Socialists' Hall, in the Blaekfriars-road, for tl a ttip. se of founding a Literary Institution, to be called tf ley Athenmurn. It was expected that Lord John Russell would have been present, but the Noble Lord was Prevented from complying with the request of the originators engagements of an important character, and in his abler:co the chair was taken by Benjamin Hawes, Esq. The SIeatETARY read letters of apology from several dis tinguished individuals connected with the boroughs, express ing their hearty concurrence in the objects contemplated, and their anxiety to become subscribers and donors. The following noblemen and gentlemen were among the number:—Mr. Peto, 20/. • Earl Radnor, 5 /. ; Mr. A. Pellatt , 101 . 10 s.; Mr. Wilson, 5/ 55.; Mr. Parkinson, 5/. ; Mr. J. Parkinson, 5/. ; Mr. Hugh Bowditch, 5/. ss. ; Mr. B. Hawes, Si. 55.; Mr. J. Field, 5/. 55.; Mr. J. Bickerton, Si. 55.; Mr. J. M. Webb, 51. ss. ' • a nd many others. TheCUAIIIMAN opened the business of the evening by ex pressing his regret that circumstances prevented the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London from presiding. The object they were assembled upon on the present occasion had his most cordial approval. He had for many years lived in the vicinity of that building they now occupied. He knew the neighbourhood well, and he had a distinct recol lectiel that a literary institution of great importance once stood in their immediate vicinity. It possessed one of the most judiciously-selected libraries in the metropolis, with a theatre for lectures, and all the other appendages of a well._ arranged and useful institution. Owing, however, to certain causes, which it was unnecessary for him to allude to on the present occasion, but which were much to be deplored, the library had been sold, and the institution itself shut up. From that period to the present the injury which the cause of literature and science had sustained by permit ting so valuable an establishment to fall to the ground, had been visited on the very structure itself, in the shape of a judgment from Heaven, for never had an edifice once dedicated to high land 'noble purposes been so completely disgraced and polluted as that had been. Everything that was exceptionable had of late years found a ready reception at that building, which until very lately had been occupied by men who set little value either on literature or science, and who had nothing in common with the amiable and erudite persons who were original en gaged in the praiseworthy duty of founding the Surrey Insti tution of former days.—(Cheers.) But now a healthier and a better social tone had sprung up. The great and para mount advantages to be derived from literary institutions was now beginning to be understood and appreciated. The true value of knowledge was now appreciated, and he felt convinced that the day was not far distant when the inhabit ants of Lambeth and Southwark would see the necessity of redeeming their character from the dishonour which had at tached to it by permitting their Literary Institution to re main closed for so many years. He hoped that the time would shortly arrive when there would be again established an institution calculated to supply the mental requirements of the great body of the population.—(Loud cheers.) The present was the second institution of the kind which within a very short time he had assisted in forming, and be begged unaffectedly to assure them that he felt the warmest in terest in the success of such undertakings. That which they were now engaged in was one worthy of all praise, and it would be very little to the credit of the people of Southwark and Lambeth if they did not make a cordial and enthusiastic response to the call made upon them. It was exceedingly delightful for him to reflect that there was every probe bilitg of the library which once existed there being soon restored. The presence of that respectable assembly was in itself a great encouragement, and redounded very much to the credit of the neighbourhood. Three things were essential to success—a sense of the necessity of such an in- Aitution—a disposition on the part of those who would be themselves most benefited to come forward and contribute their subscriptions—and a resolute spirit of perseverance on the part cf those who were more immediately engaged in the formation of the institutien.—(Hear, hear.) One of the greatest arguments in favour of popular institutions of this kind was that they afforded to the humble classes facilities of consulting books of a valuable description. It was with a view to place education within the reach of the many that the combination of the many was called into action, and he urgently implored of all his hearers to co-operate enthusias tically in an effort to establish an extensive and a well selected library. No less than 300 persons had already come forward to testify their interest in the project by volunteer ing to pay their subscriptions in advance—(Hear, hear) — and if the promoters of this undertaking could reckon on perseverance and sustained action on the part of those who now professed to feel an interest in the project, there was no doubt but that the happiest results would follow. The Hon. gentleman resumed his seat amid loud cheers from all parts of the building. Mr. APSLET PenLarr proposed the first resolution, which wag io the following effect Insolved, that this meeting, impressed with the importance of the diffusion of knowledge, as tending to the moral and social improvement of all classes, :ews with extreme pleasure the proposal to establish an In ec,:.:)tion to be called the Surrey Athenaeum—such Insiitu- Lion Lso embrace reading-room and library, and to afford op portunities for literary and scientific instruction by lectures and classes, and being convinced of the necessity of the same in this populous district, pledges itself to use every exertion to effect its establishment." Mr. SILK BUCKItiGHAM seconded the resolution, and ex TREATMENT OF AGED PAUPERS IN BARROW WORKHOUSE. The following are extracts from correspondence, &c., just laid before the House of Commons, relative to the inquiry into the treatment of aged paupers in the Bar row workhouse.— Poor-law Commission Office, Somerset House, May 22, 1846. Sir—l am directed by the Poor-law Commissioners to state, that they have had under their consideration the report of their assistant commisssoner, Mr. Weale, who was instructed by the Commissioners to inquire into the case of James Jarvis, late an inmate upon the Barrow upon-Soar Union Workhouse. It appears that on the 17th day of March last, the master of the workhouse reported to the board of guar dians that on that, and on the previous day, James Jarvis, aged seventy-six years, refused to perform a task of work, in company with some other of the aged men who were required to pump water for the use of the workhouse establishment. It appears that on the occasion Jarvis was brought before the guardians, who reasoned with him on his im proper conduct, but that, being unable to prevail on him to perform the work required of him, the guardians made the following order:— "Ordered that James Jarvis shall obey the master's directions to pump, as far as he is able, unless the medical officer directs to the contrary ; and that if he refuses, to be placed upon refractory diet." The master subsequently sent for the medical officer, and he pronounced it to be his opinion that Jarvis was quite equal to do the work which he was set to perform. The master then called upon Jarvis to proceed, and to employ himself on the task assigned to him ; the man refused, and persisted in his refusal, notwithstanding the remonstrances and representations of the master and matron, who endeavoured, but in vain, to prevail upon him to comply with the directions which had been given. Finding that Jarvis was determined not to work as required, the master, as he states, " put him on spare diet ;" that is to say, he confined him to an allowance of half-a-pound of bread for breakfast, the same quantity for dinner, and the same quantity for supper ; and on this diet James Jarvis was kept by the master, from Tuesday evening, the 17th of March, until the following Thursday, the 26th of March, on which day Jarvis was committed by the justices to the House of Correction. The Commissioners desire to point out to the guar• dians that the punishment inflicted upon James Jarvis was not authorised by the workhouse rules. It further appears that the provisions conta'ned in the 41st Article were not complied with in Jarvis's case, that article directing that no pauper whe may have been under medical care, or who may have been entered in the medical weekly return as sick or infirm, at any time in the course of the seven days next preceding the day of the commission of the offence, or who may be reason ably supposed to be under twelve or above sixty years of age, or who may be pronounced by the medical officer Air the workhouse to be pregnant, or who may be suck ling a child, shall be punished by alteration of diet or by confinement, unless the medical officer shall have pre viously certified in writing that no injury to the health of such pauper is reasonably to be apprehended from the proposed punishment ; and any modification, diminish ing such punishment, which the medical officer for the workhouse may suggest, shall be adopted by the master. The Commissioners think it probable that the master of the workhouse misunderstood the order of the board of guardians, and thought that if Jarvis refused to work, it was the intention of the guardians that he should be kept upon " refractory diet" so long as he continued to refuse. But the Commissioners, nevertheless, consider that this error on the part of the master was inexcusable ; he ought to have been guided by the regulations, which are clear and -precise, and to which he should have re ferred, had he entertained any doubt of the legality of the punishment which he inflicted upon James Jarvis. Looking to the whole of the circumstances, and to the very serious violation of the regulations which the mas ter has committed, the Commissioners do not see how the care of the inmates of the workhouse, and the super intendence of the establishment, can be properly allowed to remain any longer in the hands of Mr. Derry ; and they therefore request that he will tender his resignation to the board of guardians. (Signed) GEORGE COODE, Assistant-Secretary. The clerk to the board of guardians of the Barrow-upon- Soar Union, Barrow-upon-Soar. Barrow-upon-Soar Union, Barrow-upon-Soar. May 27, 1846. Gentlemen,—l beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d instant, No. 6902 146; and to state that the contents thereof was duly communicated to Mr. Joshua Derry, the master of the workhouse, but that he has not as yet tended his resignation to the board of guardians. The letter was also read at the meeting of the board of guardians, and the opinion of the board was expressed thereon, as follows: The clerk having read the letter from the Poor-law Commissioners respecting the master of the workhouse, and the guardians having taken the same into considera tion, were unanimously of opinion, that the single instance of misconstruction of the rules, unattended by any bad consequence to the pauper, does not call for so severe a punishment as the resignation of the master (followed as it would necessarily be by that of the matron his wife), who have been distinguished, during 15 years' service, for their humanity, and their uniform attention to the duties of their office.—l am, &c., (Signed) THOMAS FEWKES, Clerk to the Guardians. The Poor-law Commissioners. Poor-law Commission-office, Somerset House, June 5, 1846. Sir,—The Commissioners desire to state that the matter has received their careful consideration; under all the circumstances of the case the Commissioners regret that they cannot consent to Mr. Derry retaining his office of master of the Barrow-upon-Soar Union Workhouse.—Signed by order of the Board. (Signed) E. CHADWICK. To Mr. Thomas Fewkes. Barrow-upon-Soar, June 11, 1846. Gentlemen,—ln reply to your letter of the sth inst.. No. 7,456 146, I beg leave to inform you that the eon tents thereof was duly communicated to the master of the workhouse, and it was read to the board of guardians, when they directed the following to be entered on the minutes:— " A letter from the Poor-law Commissioners to the clerk having been read, it was resolved in compliance therewith. The board, though they extremely regret the necessity for such a course, but, under all the cir cumstances, recommend the master and the matron to resign their offices; but they earnestly request that a sufficient notice of removal may be given them, as a testimony in favour of their long-tried meritorious services. The above res)lution was read to the master of the workhouse, and he tendered his resignation of their offices. The guardians are therefore desirous of knowing how long they may continue to perform the duties of their office, as their resignation has been accepted. (Signed) T HOMAS FE WKES. To the Poor Law Commissioners. Poor Law Commission-office, Somerset House, June 18, 1646. Sir,-1n reply I am to state, that the Commissioners can only consent to the master and matron retaining their offices for such a reasonable time as will enable the guardians to elect fit persons as their successors. I am, &c., (Signed) E. CHADWICK. To Mr. Thomas Fewkes. The Great Western, which was to sail from New York on the 25th ult., may be hourly expected. She was out thirteen days on Wednesday. VENTILATION OP THE NEW HOSPITAL AT BROMP TON.—The system adopted by Dr. Arnott, in conjunction with the designs of Frederick J. Francis, Esq., the architect, bids fair to assist greatly the eflorts of medical science; each compartment or room is so arranged, that the poor con sumptive sufferer will be enabled to breathe an atmosphere most suitable to the stage of the malady. The wards are very lofty and commodious, and the beauty of the site has in itself a health -breathing influence. The finishing of the buikling, for the reception of the patients from Chelsea, is progressing as rapidly as the funds will permit. The grounds surrounding the edifice are laid out very tastefully, and when the eastern wing and the remaining portion of the ceritre is erected, accommodation will be effected for upwards I of 200 patients. AWFUL THUNDER STORM—MELANCHOLY EVENT.— On Sunday last, between nine and ten o'clock in the fore noon, this town and neighbourhood were visited by a very heavy storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by rain. At Stoke St. Mary the electric fluid struck a poplar, containing nearly three tons of timber, in a field belonging to Mrs. Jetnima Mayne, and shivered it into fragments, scat tering several heavy portions of it to the distance of fifty yards. At Galmington a large oak was struck down by lightning. At Wellington, we lament to state, the Indepen dent Meeting School was much injured by the storm, and a tine boy, fourteen years old, was killed on the spot, and four other boys sitting near him were struck off their seats and se riously injured. The escape of the other children was most providential. Several persons were knocked down in their houses and in the streets, and the pillar on the Blackdolvn hill, erected to commemorate the battle of Waterloo, was considerably shattered, and large masses of stone fell from it. —Taunton Courier. FOURTEEN HOUSES BURNED DOWN.—A dreadful fire broke out on Saturday afternoon in the village of Ted dington, in Bedfordshire, about two miles distant from Woburn Abbey, which in a short time consumed no fewer than fourteen dwelling.houses, besides other buildings of much value. It appears the flames were first seen issuing from a cluster of barns at the back of Dunstable-street, and on inquiry it was found to have originated by some children hich empty, The Vi kindling a bonfire in one of th em that was and which being excessively dry, burnt with great rapidity. blowing a brisk breeze from the westwa r d, soon wafte d dt in h d e flames in the direction of the houses belonging to Mr. King, Mr. Horn, and others , in Dunstable - street,eventually eke:gilt, and all attempts to check its progress proved abor tive. ° o f the adjacent houses, and those on th e ppo- S ite side, being theched, the inhabitants set to work vigor. oust y - to strip those ner.r.sst to the fire. In this they par tially failed, for the destrisefia plement extended on a ll sides, and 'Within an hour after its outhreal; nine houses were levelled to the ge f l3nd. So fearful was it at eria time, that the lower end of the s7;:lage was in the most imminent dan ger of being destroyed. Fortunately, the engines came up at the time, and being well supplied with water, were brought to bear in the proper quarter, and with desired erect. In all fourteen houses were destroyed, and several others were greatly injured. The buildinis were insured, but the (Ten pants are savere sufferers, none of tue,..i I.;.eing insured. They are chiefly poor labouring families, and are' in gonsequence thrown into the greatee - t distress. One poor woman, who was in the last stage of consumption, died while being removed in the height of the fire to a place of safety. On searching the ruins on the miming after, the remains of a youth ten years of age were discovered hnrned almost to a cinder. It has been ascertained that he is the snei of a woman named Burrows, and the boy who made the bonfire the barn. It was sup posed he was U44ble to find the door of the b. - an to escape, on account of the thicitucsa of the smoke, and thus lost by life. An inquest was held yesterday PA the body, and a verdict of "Accidental death" returned. TILE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAr MORNING, JULY 10, 1846. LACY INTELLIGEN CE. ROLLS' CuURT, July 9. THE ATTORNEY - GENERAL v. ISIORISIS. This case was mentioned to-day by order. HODGKINSON v. WYATT. This was an exception taken to the report of the Master by the defendant, to a Bill to the effect that the defendant was bond fide mortgagee to the plaintiff for a sum of 6001. The Master's report found that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in a sum of 530/., while the defendant alleged that he owed the plaintiff but 330/. The debt was proved by the evidence of a porter in the employ of the plaintiff, which, it was also alleged, was an insufficient proof of debt. Mr. Roupell opened the case, and was followed on the same side by Mr. Collins and Mr. Kindersley; and Mr. Turner appeared for the plaintiff. The cause occupied the whole of the day, and had not con cluded at the rising of the Court. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 8. (Before Mr. Commissioner Foximmique.) LORD HUNTINGTOWER'S INSOLVENCY. Mr. LEWIS applied to his Honour in this case this morning to name a day for the final order. Twelve months had ex pired since the insolvent appeared before the Court, and after his Honour had read over his notes, he would, perhaps, be pleased to fix a day for the order prayed. Mr. Commissioner FoNnuxQuE (who was busily em ployed with other business at the moment), said—Take an other opportunity to speak to me; to-day or to-morrow, or when you are here, will do just as well. Mr. LEIVIS thanked his Honour, and left the Court. SMITH, MOLT', AND NEALE'S BANKRUPTCY. The sitting in this case was for the proof of debts, and ad journed choice of assignees. The bankrupts were the pro prietors, printers, and publishers of the Iron Times, and carried on their business in Fleet-street. 'We have reported the former part of the proceedings under this fiat. The first proof opposed and rejected for the present was a claim made on behalf of Mr. John Smith, of Birmingham, for money lent to carry on the paper. The bankrupt Holt was the only person who could give evidence of the advance, but as the sum appeared nowhere in the books of the estate, it was ordered to stand over till a better case could be made out. Another proof was tendered on an affidavit for Mr C. W. Burman, of Salop, whose claim, 901., was also fur money lent. The bankrupt Holt said this advance was entered in the books, and the cashier, George Neale, could speak to the re ceipt of the money in Wolverhampton notes. Mr. Lee said this proof was one like many others about to be brought forward, concocted for the purpose of influencing the choice of assignees. The Mr. Burman, who it was said had advanced this money, was the secretary of a company called " The Circulating Omnibus Company."—(Laughter.) Instead of being a creditor under the estate, he (Mr. Lee) should say h e was a de b tor for a , great number of advertise ments having been inserted respecting that company. He also very much doubted, from what he knew of Mr. Burman, whether he really was in a condition to lend money. Mr. Cross (solicitor to several creditors)—And we under stand that he is not resident in Shropshire, but in Arundel street, in the Strand. Mr. Lee confirmed this statement. He had called on Mr. Burman, in Arundel-street, and there was a brass plate on the door of the house in which he resided. The bankrupt Holt denied that there was a brass plate on the door. It was true Mr. Burman occasionally lodged there ; his proper and continued residence, however, was in Shropshire. The fact was he (Holt) projected the Circulat ing Omnibus Company himself, and prepared an advertise ment of a column, which was to be inserted and left as stand ing matter to save composition. That, he said, Mr. Lee knew very well. Mr. Commissioner FONILANQUE said, as it appeared Mr. Burman was frequently in the habit of coming to town, it would be more satisfactory to the Court to see him than ac cept his affidavit. The proof must stand over for personal attendance. The proof of George Carter Neale, one of the clerks and cashiers of the Iron Times office, was also ordered to be ad journed, some allegations respecting erasures and mutilations in -the books requiring explanation in connexion with his claim. A person of the name of Edwards sought to prove for 1001., as salary for services in the office of secretary to the Iron Times Company. It appeared that he was engaged by Holt and other persons not included in the present partner ship, and the objection raised of its not being a joint debt, as far as concerned Holt, Neale, and Smith, was therefore fatal to the claim. A bill for the hire of a barouche was also resisted, the debt being incurred individually by Holt, although it was admitted that the vehicle was used is the business of the paper and other railway concerns. The creditor, however, having sued Holt for the amount, and obtained a judgment against him, believing him to be the sole responsible party, the Court de• cided that he could not prove against the joint estate. This concluded the inquiry into debts. Upon the question of choice, it was said by the bankrupts' solicitor, that they offered no one for the appointment. Mr. Cross, for the creditors, said they proposed for the office of assignees, Mr. D. Baufer, of Creed-lane, gas-fitter, an d Mr. J. Elkin, rep or t er. Th ey had signatures to the amount of 1,0001. in favour of these parties. The bankrupt Holt—That is very satisfactory. We only want parties who will be of benefit to the estate. These people are well calculated for the duty; one is a tradesman, the . other understands the business of a paper, and its accounts. The choice of assignees was made accordingly, and the case was then adjourned. SHERIFFS' COURT, July 9. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCLIELL.) WAKEFIELD AND DINGLEY V. BROWN. This was an action to recover damages for dilapidations. The actual plaintiff was a Mr. Bingley, a licensed victualler, at the King's Arms, Shoreditch. The defendant is a livery stable keeper. Mr. Crowder and Mr. Corrie appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Maynard for the defendant. Mr. CROWDER stated the case. It appeared that in 1826, Mr. Bing:ey erected extensive stabling, &c., which he leased in 1830 to a Mrs. Brown, and on her decease in 1840 the premises fell into the possession of the defendant till 1843, when the defendant, who considered that if he got rid of the lease, he also got rid of his liability under the covenants of the lease; and he therefore assigned it to a person named Hardwick, who was a mere pauper, and could neither pay rent or• put the place in repair. The action was therefore brought to recover for the damage clone during the time the defendant held the lease, and for which he was clearly liable. Witnesses were then called for the plaintiffs, whc esti mated the damage at about 120/. ; but after a consultation between the Learned Counsel, it was agreed that a verdict should be taken for 401. 110BERTS This was an action to recover the sum of 111. 15s. 4d. on an attorney's bill. Mr. 'l'. B. Iftatuns stated the case for the plaintiff. It appeared that, in 1814, the plaintiff spoke to a Mr. Wood, who had acted as his attorney, to bring an action on a bill of exchanue, but as the parties were friends he declined, but, at the request of defendant, retained the plaintiff to bring an action in the name of Trapp, as plaintiff did not wish his own name to appear. Wood was &led, and swore positively to this fact, At the present time he was not in practice, as he had not taken out his certificate. lie admitted that Trapp was a client of his own. _ _ Mr. THOMAS contended that Wood had employed Roberts himself, and was paid as the cause went on—that in this case Roberts did not see Foulkes, and Trapp was his own client, and set up by him against the defendant in that suit, who was also his client. He considered this was most dishonour able in itself, and ought to throw great doubt on the whole of the witnesses' evidence. The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF REVIEW, July 8. Mr. Walpole, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Rolt took their seats within the bar, upon their appointment as Queen's counsel. EX PALTE JOH)? (OR YAKOB) SOLOMON, IN RE soLostaal. This was a renewed application by the bankrupt to have a fiat, issued against him on May 27, annulled, on the ground of its illegality, he being a minor during the period of trad ing. Against this it was urged by the assignees that the minority was an unfounded pretence, and that the bankrupt had held himself out to be of full age. The business as an outfitter was carried on at Bristol, and afterwards at Exeter. ML: BACON, for the petitioner, stated the birth of the alleged bankrupt took place at Pinchauf, in Poland, on 8 Ab, 5585, in the Jewish calendar (July 23, 1825), and that the ceremony of circumcision and naming at Ylikob, the son of Joseph and Getal Solomon, took place on the following Sun• day, in the synagogue of that town. Affidavits, in support of this statement, were made by Zena Rothschild, Catherine Wolfe, Joseph Solomon, and Lazarus Glans. The decision in " Benton e. Hodges" (9 Bingham), by the late Chief Justice Tindal, following previous decisions by Lord Eldon and others, held a commission against infants void. The CHIEF J talcs said, evidence of infancy was sufficient, unless the conduct of the bankrupt had been such as to in duce the Court to refuse aid for relief from process. Mr. SWANSTON (with whom was Mr. C. C. Barber) op posed the application, on behalf of the assignees. If any doubt existed, it was hoped the Court would leave the bank rupt to his remedy elsewhere. There were discrepancies in the affidavits, in place, time, and circumstances. He had the affidavits of various creditors who had known the bankrupt several years, and who believed him to be at least 25 years of age. Two other creditors, Mr. Hathaway and Mr. Cousins, alleged that some considerable time past the bankrupt had said that he should aVala Isis majority in the course of a few months. There was also evidence to show that the bank rupt had undergone some personal change in order the better to support his juvenility. Mr. Samuel Thompson identified the bankrupt. Had known him two or three years. When last he saw him in Exeter he had whiskers, and was surprised by his altered appearance on meeting with hi m i n L on d o n. Did not thi n k t h e w hi s k ers he had seen were art ifi c i a l . and there ent ere d a hair of being shaved, wh en th e whiskers without his miss diN)vareeJrebsokaelesirrna,saghSfa v l hf o oeo m drp o Novf n f , oetrs t ht h etoh e nlev b .hs a puo n npl k ere r u pro..of p 3s i t ie , i3s e r x:m ined—L e ft E xe t er th ree the extent of them. i of being examined as to t n , g a s themheh had dt then the time, n o Gave no such directions, and could have had no motive for i his age. Could identify the barber if at Weston, but did not remember his name or address. Had shaved himself since the loss of his whiskers. The identification of his birthday was chiefly attributable to its occurrence on a particular day, which was a black fast, in universal observance. Was mar ried in January, 1842, being then little more than 1G years of age. There is no difference in the ceremony where parties are minors. In some cases parties marry at the age of 13. The shaving operation took place three weeks back from the present day. The CaW, JUDGE said, he never heard of a sober barber shaving off a young gentleman's whiskers, for there must be a risk of being knocked down for damaging perhaps the whole of what constituted a stock-in-trade. Mr. SWANSTON urged the inconsistency of treating this bankrupt as irresponsible, after carrying on business on his own account for yearQ, occupying a house at a rent of 1501. per annum, and advertising for 2,000 journeymen tailors. Mr. BACON replied. The Cum], JUDGE did not think he ought to annul the fiat upon the evidence of Mr. HathawilY and Mr. Cousins by their affidavits filed against the application, but that evidence was the only circumstance which could have induced him to take that step. T -t appeared that there was a pending action, which would serve the of purpose. inquiry; and, being an action commenced by one of the assignees before the fiat, might be conveniently adopted. On Mr. Swanston's application, and an offer to pay the expectations:tiliin was difference in the expense, the Court directed the bankrupt to test his minority and the validity of the fiat by an action against the assignees, to be tried at Bristol, for illegal seizure of goods, wearing apparel, and household goods. EX PARTE BASTARD, IN EE - . WISE AND Mr. MA LI (s app li ed relative to an a lterationin an acti on pending betw een the representat i ves of the Newt on an d 4ND CO. Totnes Banks, which was opposed by Mr. Shapter. The CIIIX F JUDGE declined altering the order at so dis tant a date without re-hearing the case. It might be true that the creditors were agreed, but he was n ot prepared to give it judicial f orma li ty. Th e names of creditors selected by the meeting pa.* was u2w4e.might be added, as contemplated when the ST. LUCIA. (Frcm the St. Lucia Independent Press, June 4.) At length the weather has become such as to satisfy even the planters. The ht.tely costive firmament is dis charging, freely, showers of water and electricity. In a word the wet season has fairly set in. But let it not be imagined by those abroad that the effects of the recent protracted drought are to be thus easily rerai •,l. Such damage has been done both to this year's crop, and to that of next year, as the present rains, however season able, cannot remedy. Favourable to agriculture, the weather is not the most, wholesome for individuals. Hooping•cough has not en tirely disappeared, and dysentery is prevalent. Those unexplained curses, the mosquitoes and sand-flies, dflict the inhabitants, especially such as occupy low-tene ments, surrounded with shrubbery and stagnant wa ter, and cut off from the free action of the wind. Let London cockneys complain of bugs and fleas. Happy will they be if swarms of our inter tropical insects never assault their domestic comforts. You sit on a cane-bottom chair. You are, literally cupped in consequence. In a warm climate, the veins of your ample forehead swell. In an instant the winged and buzzing tormentors settle on the choice spots with the skill of practised anatomists. It is said that the old system of bleeding for all disorders has beon ex ploded. Pray blow up our sand-flies and mosquitoes, and a statue shall attest your merit to a liberated pos • terity. M - oney has seldom been more scarce than it now is. The peasantry, having none, cannot buy goods, and, cons€ quently, the shopkeepers cannot make remittances. Wages have fallen at least 33 per cent. The combined court, however, which is irresponsible to the tax payers, has resolved to re- impose, for another year, those exorbitant taxes on the common necessaries of life, the effect of which is that wages, however de scribed as high, are only high nominally. This body has not yet brought its most unpatriotic labours to a ter mination. There have arrived 260 coolies by the Britannia, and 139 by the Raymond ; and, to-day, 261 by the Sir Robert Peel. Numbers of those people are to be seen wandering on the streets and highways, scantily clad and filthy. About a daring riot among a portion of them on the west coast of Demerara we shall say nothing until after the termination of pending law proceedings. The coolies, when industrious, are clean workers, but weak. For the heavy labour in cidental to the rainy season they are not by any means fitted. But were they first-rate shovel men, which they are not, they would still be a bad bargain under the con dition of re-transportation, at the public charge, at the end of five years. Mr. Secretary Gladstone would con fer a solid benefit on the country, if he were to inter dict coolie immigration altogether, and thus rescue the colonists from the misgovernment of their rulers ere it is teo late to interpose with advantage. Africans and Ma deirans, so much more cheap of introduction, excel the coolies incomparably in every qualification which our plantation tasks require. Of the projected railway between Georgetown and Mahaica, a neat sketch is in the colony, drawn by the talented engineer, Catherwood. The line, some 21 miles long, is divided into three portions, each quite straight, and all united together at angles so open as to form nearly a straight line throughout. Towards the City, the buildings of the plantations are generally to seaward of the line, towards Mahaica, mostly to landward of it. The City terminus is at the northern end of the city, that is, at the river's mouth ; from which, however, a branch is to run up a main street to the market and the public buildings. This arrangement seems to be unexceptionable. A long way above the spot at which the line strikes the little river Mahaica, an expensive bridge has just been constructed, the cost of which is to be defrayed by a loan, redeemable out of the tolls. As soon as the rail way is completed, this bridge, as a matter of course, will be deserted and unproductive. Notwithstanding this, the public authorities are contracting for other bridges on other small rivers, nearer Berbice, quite ir respectively of what stations the railway company may decide on. Thus we shall have handsome and costly erections, four at least in number, which neither man nor brute will ever use. A TIGER HUNT. The following account is taken from a letter written by an individual at Goonah to a relation in Edin burgh : " On the evening of the 16th of December last word was brought that a tiger had killed a buffalo and a cow, and had carried them to a deep glen. It was too late to start that night, but off I went by peep of day next morning, got about a hundred beaters, with fellows to beat drums and blow horns, enough to make Old Nick bolt. A number of native gentlemen came, we put the beaters into a likely-looking hill, and those armed with guns took up their position : no tiger came out. A hyena stole out opposite to where I was : I knocked him over. Another consultation was held as to the pro• bable place the tiger was in : agreed, off went the beaters. "All the Sirdars begged me not to remain upon the ground, but to get up a tree, like them, and I should be quite safe if the tiger came out. I humoured the poor fellows, but had not been perched there ten minutes when bang, bang, bang went the matchlocks. I w a rush of men, swords flashed in the air, and spears were bran dished, ar.d I heard the roar of the tiger as he was hit. I saw the people driven back in all directions : he had charged them. To remain up the tree when all this was going on was not my nature, so down I jumped, calling to my servants to bring my spare guns. They followed me very well, and we rushed to the ravine. The tigress (for it turned out to be one) had gone off to a dense thicket on a rising ground, standing by itself. She was seen to go in, and no one saw her coming out. Thither we went, and all stood fifteen or twenty yards outside, stretching their necks and straining their eyes. At last I was sure I saw her watching us, just a small red patch among the green foliage. I pointed out to the men what I felt convinced was the tigress, put the rifle to my shoulder, and fired. I was right ; she gave a roar and fell. It was impos sible to see her for the long grass and underwood, but we distinctly heard her growling. But how to get her out was the question, for no one seemed desirous of being better acquainted with the scenery inside. " There were at this time upwards of 100 men assem. bled, but the noise was such I could not make myself heard. I lost all patience and moved towards the thicket. All called out to me not to venture, but go I wou'd, my mind was made up, so I looked round if there were any volunteers—a fineyoung Rajpoot sepoy was at my back, with his matchlock. We went to the end, and entered the dense thicket of high grass, creepers, and underwood, and some difficulty we had in making our way. When we got in about fifteen yards, the tigress must have got sight of us, for she growled in the most savage manner. We could not see her. It was now most exciting, at the same time the feeling most intense, and, I must say, most ticklish work. My faithful Raj poot comrade kept side by side with me. There was a dead silence among the people outside. " We had got about twenty yards into this labyrinth, guided by the growling of the tigress, when we got sight of her, not ten paces in front, sitting up, her eyes flashing fire, and growling at us most intensely. She seemed all ready for a spring. The rifle was up in an instant. I took a steady, deliberate aim at her head. Yes, although I say it, who should not say it, I do give myself credit for that affair. My hand was as steady as ever it was in my life firing at a hare. Well, the ball penetrated the centre of her head. She gave a roar. No; I shall never forget it! She made one spring at us, and we were driven back. I could almost feel her warm breath. My clash tent-pitcher, unknown to me, had followed with a spare gun. The stump of a tree caught his foot, and, before the poor fellow could recover hinuelf, she seized him, and died at the instant with him in her mouth. Had she lived a quarter of a minute after seizing him, she must have torn him limb from limb. No; in the whole course of my life I never saw or heard of such an escape. His arm was a good deal lacerated by her claws—one claw had penetrated through a thick silver charm, which he wore on his arm, to the bone. She had seized him by the back with her teeth ; but, most fortunately, the clashy had on my ammunition bag, containing powder flask, bullets, and a little of everything, and her teeth went through that. "It was some time before I knew whether the brute was really dead, or only shamming ; for she did not move, and her eye still flashed fire ; but she was dead, and no mistake My sallant Rajpoot comrade and I carried home my poor clashy, and I am glad to say he is doing well. Now, you have had my tiger adventure. It had long been my ambition to kill a tiger on foot, face to face ; and I have done it, and the skin is in pickle." DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT BRITAIN.--LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING. —The Great Britain sailed hence for New York at a late hour this evening, taking out 103 pas sengers and an unusually rich freight list. Of her passengers one has been out in this remarkable vessel no less than three times ; two others are now making their second passage. It is anticipated she will accomplish the passage within the space of fifteen days. ANOTHER CAPTAIN JOHNSON.—In last week's paper, our readers were informed that a vessel had arrived at Kirk wall, the captain of which had been bound by the crew, in consequence of his cruelty to them when in a state of intoxi. oat ion, The following additional particulars have since been furnii , hed i--" The vessels name is the Ariadne of Arbroath, Captain John Stephens. She has on board a cargo of railway sleepers from the Baltic. According to the state ment of the crew, the captain had been drunk four weeks, c d r u e r N i v n — g s w t i chkicshantr o e th h e e r s a t , r e u ar c ) k, ons ki h c e k i e n d g , a a p n p d threatened hed,andl the naded pistols being held to their heads. At last the crew, unable any longer to tolerate such cruelties, bound the fellow hands and feet, brought the vessel to Kirkwall, and upon their arrival, lodged a complaint of assault against him. The officers, on receiving the warrant for his apprehension, pro ceeded to the vessel, where they found the captain in such a beastly state of intoxication, that they had to haul him out of the cabin by means of ropes, and then carry him on a burly to prison. Being in such a condition, he was not in a tit state to be examined, and it was expected to take several days to make him sober after such a long 'speel' at the bottle." The Procurator-Fiscal went on board the vessel and sealed up his cabin, which, according to our correspon dent, who saw it, " was in an awful state of filth, and contained a 'beggarly account' of empty aad broken bottles and..rum casks. There was also a pair of pistols shown, one of which the captain had threatened to fire at one of the seamen, John Hewgs, an Irishman. He after wards broke the butt end of the pistol on Hewgs' back. On Thursday Captain Stephens was tried before Sheriff Robertson, for assault to effusion of blood, committed within the jurisdiction of the Sheriff of Orkney. The cap tain pleaded guilty, and was fined 51., which he paid on the s pot. The glieriff, in passing sentence, said, he was glad the panel had pled guilty, which saved him the exposure which would have been made had the witnesses been brought for ward to give evidence- The captain denied some of the accusations preferred against him by part of the crew, such as that about the pistols. He admitted, however, having " assaulted and repeatedly knocked down and kneeled upon 1114 breast when down, and otherwise maltreated Michael faat# of the Ariadue."—John o' Groat Journal. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT—Hcrijord, Thursday. July 9. The Commission for the county of llerts was opened this morning at eleven o'clock by Mr. Baron Parke, and his Lordship and Mr. Justice Coltman afterwards at tended divine service. At one o'clock both Courts pro ceeded to business, Baron Parke presiding on the Civil Side, and Mr. Justice Coltman in the CJown Court. The cause-list is heavy for this county, there being 23 entered, seven or eight of which are special jury cases. The criminal calendar is light, there being only 14 pri soners. None of the cases disposed of during the day contained any feature of public interest. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OLD COURT. Mr. DOANE, in the course of the day, took occasion to allude to the subject of the railway scrip forgery, and said, as it might be considered from the report of what took place in this Court on Wednesday, Chat the gentlemnn who was stated by Mr. Clarkson to be absent, was unwilling to give his evidence, he begged to inform the Court that this was not the case. He was in the country, and did not receive any notice that his attendancejwould be required until only the day before the trial was fixed, and this alone prevented him from being present. The cases disposed of during the day were entirely desti tute of interest, and the Court at its rising adjourned until Monday, August 17. NE TV COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGIEAXT.) Ellen Love, 18, and Sarah Beedle, 18, two well-dressed young women, were indicted for breaking into the dwelling house of Robert Cox, and stealing 24 silver spoons, value 35/., his property. Mr. Robinson prosecuted, and Messrs. Payne and Huddle stone defended the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence, that on the 13t1r of June the servant of the prosecutor, who resides in Albany-road, Camberwell, was walking in the garden, when she observed the prisoner Love come out of the house with the plate basket on her arm. She asked her what she had got, and she re plied, " Nothing," and at the same moment the other pri soner came up and said it was all right. The servant said she thought it was all wrong, and they had got the plate , basket, and the prisoners then forced themselves away; but, upon her giving an alarm, they were pursusd and taken into custody. The jury found the prisoners guilty of stealing the pro perty, and negatived the charge of breaking into the house. The moment the verdict was announced a terrible outcry arose in .the gallery, and an elderly well-dressed woman began, in almost the same breath, and with the utmost volu bility, to utter imprecations upon the witnesses and beg for mercy from the Court, and it was with great difficulty that she was removed. Evidence was then given to show that the prisoner Love had been before convicted for felony. Both the prisoners impeded the business of the Court for a considerable time by their frantic cries, and when silence was at length obtained, the Court sentenced Love to be trans ported for seven years; an the other prisoner, who appeared to have been drawn into the offence by her companion, was sentenced to hard labour for nine months. William Graham, the commander of the ship Grainge, was indicted for assaulting Thomas Singleton and James Barn, upon the high seas, and within the jurisdiction of the Admi ralty of England. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Evans defended the prisoner. The circumstances under which this charge arose have been detailed within the last few days in the police reports, and it will, therefore, be unnecessary to repeat them at length on the present occasion. The complainants both deposed to various acts of violence being committed upon them by the defendant while the vessel was off the Cape and other portions of the homeward voyage, and their evidence was confirmed by some others of the cr ew . Mr. BALLANTINE, on behalf of the defendant, said he did not deny that some punishment had been inflicted upon the complainants, but he said that they had brought it upon themselves by their own insubordinate conduct and their in solence to the captain. Some of the seamen engaged on board the vessel were called on behalf of the defendant, and they deposed that on various occasions the complainants had disobeyed the orders of the captain, and had behaved in an insolent manner to him. The jury. after deliberating for half an hour, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The defendant was then arraigned upon another indict ment, charging him with assaulting the black cook on board the vessel. In this case the jury returned a verdict, finding the de fendant Guilty of a common assault. The COMMON SERGEANT said the Court was aware of the great responsibility that was thrown upon the commander of a vessel, and it was always anxious to extend 'the fullest protection to a person placed in that situation. At the same time it was equally necessary that the persons under their control should be protected from any undue exercise of authority or violence ; and in this case it appeared to him perfectly clear that excessive chastisement had been inflicted upon the poor men ; and, however painful it was to the Court to pass a sentence of imprisonment upon a person in the defendant's position, he felt that he had no alternative but to take such a step as a warning to other persons in the defendant's position, not to abuse the trust reposed in them, and treat with cruelty those who were placed under their control. He then sentenced the defendant to be confined for six months in the Milbank Prison. • THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON, &C.) William Wooye was indicted upon three counts :—First, with intending to assault a constable when in the discharge of his duty ; second, with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm ; third, with, by unlawful interference, effecting the escape of a prisoner from lawful custody. Mr. Clark was counsel for the prosecution, and stated the case to the jury at considerable length, glancing at the lead ing facts. It appeared by the evidence, that on Tuesday, the 2d of June, Win. Ching, the prosecutor, who is sergeant in the D division, went with Inspector Thornton, 109, to a mews in ilarylebone, in order to quell a disturbance. A man of the name of Pickley, who had been fighting with the pri soner, was taken into custody, whom the prisoner tried to rescue, and urged others to aid him. The prisoner succeeded in getting Pickley away, but be was soon recaptured. The prisoner then renewed his threats, and told Ching he would either rescue him again, or have his (Ching's) life ; and he attempted to fulfil his threat by hurling a brick-bat at his head, the force of the blow rendered him senseless, and Pickley again escaped. Mr. Randall Vickers, the surgeon of the D division of me tropolition police, deposed that he examined the head of the prosecutor ; there was a lacerated wound on the top of the cranium, two and a half inches long, and the bone was laid bare ; there were also other wounds on the head and face which were likely to bo of serious consequence, but for timely and proper treatment. The Learned JUDGE said that the evidence was not suffi ciently strong to warrant a conviction on the first count ; with respect to the second count the evidence was very strong, for it was proved that grievous bodily harm was done by the prisoner ; and that he was guilty on the third count there could be no doubt, for the man Pickley had got away from his captors through the intervention of the prisoner at the bar. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty on the second and third counts, acquitting him on the first. Mr. CLAItK informed his LordThip that Woolfe had been three or four times convicted of assaults, and in 1844 he was found guilty of a sanguinary assault on a constable of the name of Kay, who died shortly afterwards. His LonDsttir said the case was one of a very serious de scription. Such outrages were getting v er y common, b ut the Court would try to stop the evil by making an example of the prisoner. After some very impressive remarks his Lord ship directed that the prisoner be transported and be sent beyond the seas for ten years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Ann Sarah Grundy, a young woman about twenty years of age, rather smartly attired; was charged with intending to drown herself at Blackfriars-bridge. The officer said she went down the steps about two o'clock the preceding day, and suspecting her object, he followed and questioned her. Being satisfied of her intention, he took her to the station, where in the course of the night she made an attempt to strangle herself. Some duplicates and a tally-shop account showed that she was struggling with pecuniary difficulties, and it was stated that she had made an attempt to poison herself a few days ago. Mr. Alderman MINTER said it was not necessary to in quire into her private affairs. She might send for:any friends who would be likely to take charge of her, but he could not trust her with her liberty at present. She must be detained for a day or two, that she might reflect upon the guilt of the crime she had contemplated, and that the chaplain of the prison might reason with her on the subject.—She was re manded till Friday. BOW-STREET. An idler in Hungerford-market,named Forder, was charged with exposing indecent prints for sale in that locality. It was proved by an officer in the employ of the Society for the Suppression of Vice that the prisoner was offering his filthy productions to persons of both sexes in the market, and sold one of them to witness for Id., upon which he gave him into custody. It having been proved that the prisoner was in the habit of dealing in such commodities, Mr.JARDINE committed him to hard labour for six weeks. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mr. Jifiusinghant, of John-street, Golden-square, was sum moned by Mr. Pratt, trunk-maker, Bond-street, for detaining a portmanteau, value, 81. 10s. Mr. Pratt said a portmanteau was ordered by a Baron d'Ebro last week to be sent to his lodgings, in John-street. The portmanteau was left on Friday at the defendant's house for the Baron, and on the following Saturday, when application was made for the money, it was ascertained that the Baron had been excluded from his lodgings, and that it would not be advisable to trust him with the portmanteau. Complainant having ascertained that the portmanteau, which of course bad never been paid for, was in Mr. Massingham's house, applied to have it restored to him, but met with a refusal, and consequently he was obliged to take out the present summons. Mr. Massinghara justified his refusal to return the port manteau on the ground that the Baron was in his debt for lodging. He had taken the advice of his solicitor on the sub ject of detaining the portmanteau, and he had been advised that he could keep possession of the property until his claim against Baron d'Ebro was discharged. Mr. MALTBY said it appeared to him the defendant was not justified in keeping the portmanteau, and he should there fore order it assingham said he should not part with possession to be delivered up to Mr. Pratt. Mr. point mon TiceThe Marquis of Normanby will receive tohet,anaoswiatncise M of the prope r ty, alway s grante d to am b assa d ors for fitting u Mr. MALTB Y sa id, h e s h ou ld ma k e an or d er on hi m f or the term e d, hi s esta bli s h ment at P ar i s. The a bde in appointment has delivery o f th e portmanteau, and if t h at order was not adbrded great satisfaction to the C our t and eau the French capital, where the Ma rqu i s and M archioness are obeyed, a di s t ress warrant f or t h e amount would be issued. T Mr. Massi ng h am sa id t h e goo d s were t h e property of e steemed. mu A ch clu T IcsA ETON.—The re w ill b e Baron d'Ebro, an d h e h a d a l ega l r i g h t to detain all Baron d'Ebro's p ro p er y un til th e arrear o f rent due to him was dis- morrow for silver oars, &c., t o b e ke by boat racing to charged. Th e R ev. C . P . Wilbraham pt thewinner. , vicar of Mr. Pratt said MM r. assingbam h a d d e p r i ve d hi mse lf f or d s hi re , met w i t h a severe accident last week, usll As y he was of all remedy against Baron tiThro by turning him out of riding near Scot Hay his horse fell, and rolled upon him recovery. his lodgings. He did not know w h ere t o fi n d B aron d'Ebro gHoeinb;rooknefaovnoeuorfabhliys thighs. towar. T he reverend gentleman is now now. Mr. MALTBY directed that evidence of this allegation sho u ld TILE IRONMASTERki OF SOUTH STAFFORDszuRE.—The be taken down in writing, which having been d one , th e ord er . ir itm onn p i t a oi wassitero' held quarterly meeting f or the die,triet near Wolver. on the defendant was m a d e ou t f ort h w i t h . h oft Wednesday. The attendance on the part Eliza Cross, a remarkablygootWooking well-dressed female, of the ironmastera was unoanally large, and though it is diffi about twenty-five years of age, was charged with feloniou,ly cult to ascertain re stealing there is little doubt but the former stealing a silver watch, a go ld watc h- c h a i n, and t h ree g.dd prices will be adhered to, and will be coutirmed at the more watch seals, the Property of Mr. P. Beambine, of No. 29. extenstirs meeting at Birmingham, Some rumours were Windmill- street, Haymarket. It appeared from the stet( punt ailoat iat some of the ironmestere of the district had broke(' of the prosecutor, that a month or five weeks age, betwam faith since the last meetirif, and had sold iron below the price nine and ten o'clock in the evening, he met with th e prisoner, fixed L upon, by taking off a discou it from the nominal price. who was a perfect stranger to him, in the neighbourhood of A yonug actress of the Baton Theatre, at Madrid, the Haymarket, he got into conversation with her, and she repai-al to lately commited suicide in the fallowing horrible manner. o f phosphorus in vinegar, and drank accepted his arm for a walk. Ultimately they She mixed a quantity some oyster rooms in the Haymarket, to partake of 4 Pper ; the infusion. She su rvived a week in the most horrible they drank rather freely, and on leaving there walke s d u about agony, and then expired, it the eftbrts of medical art to for some time, and then had some more wine. Eventually cure or relieve her having failed. The suicide was OCC4- the prisoner consented to accompany If to his 104. nu signed by A disappointment is bine. DUELLING IN GERMANY. A letter from Munster, Westphalia, of the 30th ta' pu')lished in the Journal des Debuts, contains the 1 0. lowing : " Tne day before yesterday we were witnesses of as afflicting spectacle, and which to a certain degree trans; ported us to the middle ages. The spectacle was tlitP of a duel under the sanction of justice. The following is an account of this strange affair : "Two young officers, the Baron de Deukhaus, a lie; tenant in the 11th R eg i ment of Hussar's, and M.,, A Bonnhart, a l so a li eutenant in the 13th Infantry, 11'4 whilst playing at billiards in a coffee-house at Munster, a violent dispute, in which M. de Deukhaus.made us e of several offensive expressions towards his adversary. " These words having been entered in a public Pin e !' and before a gre a t num b er of witness's, M. de BO?'; hart felt himself under the necessity of demanding public satisfaction, an d to t hi s effect cited M. de Dell"; kaus to appear b e f ore t h e tr i bunal of hononr sittino Munster. It is known that:for the last two years bunals of this description are instituted in all the dire' sions of the Prussian army. " This tribunal, conlormably to the law, used all its efforts to induce the offending party to retract the cut sive expressions, and not being able to succeed, came a dt cision that, considering the words in qnestion nC tacked the honour of of M. de Bonnhart, the latter could no longer c ont i nue i n the army without havi ng obtain .,l r public sati s f act i on ; and considering that M. d e Deo' haus obstinately refused t 4, grant him such satisfactio n the tribunal authorised a duel between the two parties' according to the military rules. " The duel took place on Monday, June 29, at thre e o'clock in th e a f ternoon, in a plain situate to the nor th of the city of M unster. A platform was erected in t h e middle of the plain, on which was seated the tribal ) " the judges of the combat. " Before the tribune, a large space, surrounded bf ropes,supported by staves, was reserved for the comb ants. Some detachments of infantry and cavalry o w ;,. placed round the enc l ose d ground and tribune of tu judges. At an early h our au i mmense crowd filled the vast plain, in order to witness the strange contest wipe was about to take place. " At three o'clock precisely the Judges, wearing uniform, took their places in the tribune. They eg7,B attempted to effect a reconciliation, and this attelnx also failing, authorised the combat to take place. a ta " It was agreed upon by the two adversaries, with sanction of th e t r ib una l , that the combat should isw o l place with ca va l ry swords, and be continued until one_g the adversaries became hors de combat, and that 1 " should fight w ith t h e i r heads uncovered and in O." shirt sleeves. " A certain num b er o f sa b res were then brought. for ward, and th e two adversa r i es , a f ter h aving boun d tue,. / eyes, took by c h ance the i r weapons. Then taking!, the handkerchiefs from their eyes, as well as their e: and hats, they p u t th emse l ves in an attitude of defew_a and at a si gna l g i ven b y t h e President of the Tribuv ' the combat began. • h tb "MM. de D eu kb as an d d e Bonnhart fought wit . j greatest obstinacy. The latter successively received two slight wounds in the arm, but soon aftervii" wounded his adversary so severely in the thigh &Li, render it impossible for the latter to continue the con " When the surgeons had dressed the wounds_ A the officers, the pr es id en t o f t h e tribunal 6%';s attempted to reconc il e t h em. This time he Ai , immediately ob e y e d, an d t h e two adversaries em' opi braced eac h ot h er. The public, which had throng the co m b at o b served the profoundest silence, hialose. the reconciliati on w i t h loud and continued apple Two coa c h es too k away the late opponents, and Bonnhart assisted in carrying M. de Deukhaus to,m tt The tribun a l th en separated, and the crowd V ie.. dispersed. i$ "It is the first time that a tribunal of honour Prussia has ever authorised a duel. All the disbu d which had b een hi t h erto brought before the tribuw had invariably terminated by a reconciliation." MARK ET NE WS.—(YESTERDAV NEWGATE AND IMADENIIALL. vo ff The supplies o f eac h ki nd of Meat on offer in o#:se niafr o d to-day were moderate. Generally speakin!;, the de ruled heavy, at b are l y stat i onary prices. .r)eef, from 2s ldld igei l l 3s 6d ; Mutt on , 2 s 10d to 45; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; 'tbi 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 43 10d per Bibs, by carcase. WIMAT 31+13.1tICET. /Ai SOUTHALL, JUST B.—The supplies of each kind o ' 4 l stock being somewhat extensive, the general d e mand "0 in a very eluggish state, at drooping prices. Beef, fr °l3l 6o 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 33 10d to 4s 8d per Si t l'oi ROMFORD, JULY B . —Prime Mutton and Beef nieve` h o ff freely, at full prices, otherwise the demand was in 1 4 .t0 sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton , 4s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10c1 ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; 0 Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, Ho to Li t ii quarter-old store Pigs, 163 to 19s; and Mach Cove, " their small Calves, 161 to 191 each. for HAILSHAM, JULY B.—W e h ad a very slow inquirf stock here to•day, on the following terms :—Beef, fr ( l4o to 4s; Mutton, 38 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s; V to 4s 4d; and Pork, 48 to 4s 4d per 810 s. ARUNDEL, JULY 7,—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s; - -114 ; 1t a t l 33 2d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to bs 10d ; Veal, 3s ,„olff 4s fid ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per Sibs. A fair average s " r ' and a heavy demand. CHICHESTER, JUL Y B.—P r i me stock was in fa i r req-ne st °t so d full prices, otherwise the trade was in a very dept y. state. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d; .","„ji 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d; and Pork 3 s iod to t ni i per 1 1 %8. 3 t o S Suckling n a g n Calves,and mi l 011 ICB:wtso, 11v/i.thBsthegiruaszurtgiern-eclaif", to 191. each. TEAY BIATUILIETS. tilt: SMTRFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41 ; Clover 41 5s to 51 16 s • Oat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s; l lr t n i Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s per load. A full average supply , "" a heavy demand. CUALBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 41 4s ; e it ditto 4l 6s to Si 15 s; O at Straw, 1/ lOs to 1112 s; W / 0s Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14 s per load tr load. Supply good, and rather dull. W nrrEctraPEL.-111eadow Hay, 31 O s t o 41 ; Clover ditto, 4/ 5s to Si 17s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 10s to 1/ I2s; Wheat St.'; o , 11 12s to 1114 s par load. Trade dull at the above quota° New Meadow Hay V. ss. to 3/. ss. per load. CORN AVERACES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN 000 For the Week ended July 4, 1846, made up from the Returns ;APO Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In Eagland and per Imperial Quarter. SO WHEAT.. OATS. PRICE ••: 1 520 10d ' 27s BARLEY ' RTE fid 23s 8d 33s 3d 36s 5d 3 ' 56 0 3 45 DUTY... 4Od4sOd I s 6d . 1 I4sOd4s Od WEANS. 1 0 _,,0 . ` COMPLETION OF THE WALPOLE MEMoUts.--vr 43 . 11 ••, deratand that Mn. C OLBURN h as purchased the "I;0 01. 0 1 copyright of HORACE 'WALPOLE'S " MEMOI RS OF THIS n •.•• 0 1, OF GEORGE Tun SECOND," Edited by the late LonD mod LAND—and that it will be published fbr the first time i o ,,ii, octavo form in the course of a few days, printed u niforw with the " Memoirs of George the Third." ..,/ HUMOROUS INCIDENT IN THE HOUSE OF COME (11 ", : - , fe r On Monday ni g ht wee k , when the ex-Premier was de l lfr• ing hi 4 valedictory speech in the House of CommonL t $ O'Connell sat b es id e a M ember whose name we are 1 1. tlie liberty to give, but who vouches for the authenticity 0 Ot following statement :—Mr. O'Connell sat listening to , a ,i Robert for some time in deep attention. At length her pe . his glass to hi s eve , an d l ooked at him for a minute or ?" through it. "And is that Pale," said h e , " th a t i s spa kieV , Not receiving an y answer, he listened a while longer,..o more distinctly , puting h is b h e a r n e d p e e t o te his h his question asif to stillc a moretehtheemekii tally, " Is th a t P a l e , I say, t h at i s spaking? " and boa, scene, satisfiedce powers,"e, h th e ddaatitedwir the " fellow will ro Pale that wasb mep sa o k f in re g p , a " b3 " : b/ 2 ; t e n e are assured, was e x t reme l y graphic. The ' o tot brogue and earnest gesti cu l a ti on of the Hon. Member : 0 ., • Cork contributing greatly to its inte r est.—Li verpoo l Cot o f IMPROVEMENTS ON THE COLCHESTER LINE f r , THE EASTERN COUNTIES. -011 Monday last workmen ° tot tb r ihi enne e eeo n j n c ioui e fan d tvtchb: peineougsntat Easternmobinfeegetnphur found oncuet t oniw h pud e olnel ntl e ii aelnoesssectstt the effective. ecfrt Railway, e t owe e tt l hi e ave g t erf la bru p da. h T; iho o cen n sh i tntitbtehcleewee telegraph tlrahl o aro l pej c :Lib b ; im.. e:; 4.00 , ,,i,ti, melicement of the present month a new station has the , opened at Forest-gate, between Stratford and Ilford, _ A w r acco mmodation of perso ns res idi ng at Wanstead, f o rdt W . 0"" pre Lavtonstone, &c., who previously had to 'walk four 0r ( ce miles to th e stat i on at Stratford. The traffic in coal e 7,4 the openi ng o f t h e Thames Junction) between Stratforair sox Hertford has a l mos t d estroyed the trade of conve:sitret the river Lea ; an d i n or d er to increase that traffic the ford station is to be considerablj enlarged. sra :, ~, I C TEW LIGHTHOUSE AT SCILLY.—The Trin. ,v m.i Sod v have determin e d on erect i ng a lighthouse upon the on • Rose Veer, aft er comp l et i ng which, the present lig ht ~ be St. Agne s w ill b e ra i sed thirty feet, in order that it WSJ ti distinctly seen to the eastward of the isiand.—F Packet. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A G ENTLEMAN EIGHTY YgA,- ILO OF AGE CURED OF A VERT B AD LEG nit HO LLOWAY'S Pru ; i ~,,f folk, had a very b a d l eg, which he was apprehensive would cos t D .. 0 7 OINTMENT,—Mr. Richa r d St ephen, residing at Saxmundharo, F".. P.- w et his life, although attended by an eminent surgeon; yet the c1an . ,,,, became s , , great that it was deemed necessary to use Hollow, Pigs and Ointment under the surgeon's inspection. By these cio, brated rein dies alone a perfect cure was effected in a few W e l it it The his we age ll known of the g, and theentleman fact Makes the case most extraordinary: 0,0 e ma inuired into, as he Is g a* new a clerk t o th e commissioners of be tax q es. These medicines t, sold by all d rugg i sts, and at Professor Holloway's EstablishO,,- 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 15th ult., at Xerez de la Frouter a , th e l ady of J. B. Dui ' Esq., of a daughter. On the 21st ult., at St. Thomas's-street, Port smou th , t he l aw Li eutenant C. 11. Lapidge, R.N., of a daughter. a r On the 30th ult., at Cromarty, the lady of Captain A. - -alo° of a daughter. On the Ist i ns t ., at Glendaruel House, Mrs. Campbell, o f 1 0 ell' - darnel, of a son. era' On the 4th Inst., at Leicester, the wid ow o f th e Rev. John 11- re late Vicar of St. Mary's, Leicester, of a son. 9 4 ' On the sth inst., at Camberwell, the lady of R. R. Robinson, surgeon, of a son. On the 3th inst, at Brighton, the wife of th e Rev. Joseph ljrf Jerrsrd, 1.1.C.L., of a son. On Ishe sth:inst., th e w if e of D r . C . B rodie Sewell, of Walbroo ,, et s , twins, one still-born. On the sth Inst ., the lady of T. B. Hildyard, Esq., M.P., o f - A SO' On the Gth inst., at Highgate, :11rs. A. W. Block, of a son. On the 6th inst., at the Rectory, Dean-street, Soho, Mrs. 2 Wade, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Bright on, the wife of John Muggeridge' v a, of a son. MARRD. On the Gth inst., at Penn, Bu IE cks, the Rev. W W illiam eti o Harvey, 31. A., Rector of T ruro, to Miss Frances Fox, 01, r Cottage, near Beaconsfield. DIED. On the 30th ult., at Cli fton, Mrs. llamilton Lambart, age d 90* , On the 30th ult., a t Th e Knoll, near Torquay, T. Sergeant On the fith inst., a t Folkestone, the Right Hon. Sir Nicolas i-;?; r t 0 ' ham Tind a l, K n i ght, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Cu Common Pleas, aged 69. ° On the 11th of M ay, at Mominabad, Captain Charles F. Tr OW' the 33d Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry. Adel' 10t On the 20th of M ay, at Bombay, Captain P. C. N. Grenadier Regiment Native Infantry. th On the 30th ult., a t P au, Lucy Anne, wife of the Rey. j o bla pr ay Rector of Stourton, Wilts, aged 55. On the 6th inst., at St. Leonard's, Walpole GeorgtEYreP E.,.10104 On the 7th inst., in Gl oucester -road, Victoria-gate, Fanny ''''' the infant child of J. J. Kinloch, Esq. .......e- London: Printed and Published by AA:MD° YOUNG, of 2.4" ,4 4 • Strand. Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Stramd, in the of the Savoy, ix the C ounty of ktkullemei, Fll,lB/0 /1114 10, 1846. ings, and pass the night with him. He let her in with his latch key unknown to the inmates of the house. He awoke about five o'clock in the morning, and found the prisoner had left the house; he also missed his watch and appendages from off the dressing-table, where he had placed it over-night. He gave information of the robbery at the police-station in Vine-street, Piccadilly, but no trace of the prisoner could be obtained. Between six and seven o'clock on Wednesday evening he met her at the end of Great Windmill -street, and gave her into custody. The constable stated, that on taking the prisoner into cus tody she at once asserted that the prosecutor had given the watch to her. She also stated that she was a married woman, and gave the address of her husband, who is butler in a gen tleman's family in th e ne i g hbourhood of Covent-garden. Witness called on him, and on his being made acquainted with the nature of the accusation against his wife, he pro duced two pawnbrokers' duplicates, which he said his wife had given him, alleging that she had found them. He denied most strongly any knowledge of the watch affair, sad seemed most painfully shocked at the untoward discovery that had taken place. One of the duplicates was of the watch pawned for 1/. 18s. and the other of the chain and three seals for 18s. on the same nay, at the shop of Mr. Ravener, of No. 18, Queen's- build ngs, Chelsea, pawnbroker, by the prisoner, who was then living in the neighbourhood, and gave her right name and address. Mr. IlAnDwfac asked the prisoner if she wished to say anything? The Prisoner, with much firmness—lt is true I met that gentleman as he had stated, and he persuaded me to take supper with him; after which he produced the watch, and asked me if I did not think it very pretty. I said I greatly admired it. He said he would give it me if I would pass the night with him. I was tempted by the watch, to my shame I consented. At his lodgings he wound up the watch, and, putting it in my hands, said, "There, it is now your own." He knew when I left in the morning. His money and things were lying on the table. I did not pawn the watch until four or five days after. Mr. HARDWICK asked the prosecutor if there was any truth in the prisoner's statement about his giving her the watch. The prosecutor said—Certainly not." The prisoner was fully committed for trial. WORSHIP -STREET. 11Iary and Jeremiah Roscoe, mother and;on, who already stand committed for trial upon the charge of stealing mis cellaneous property of the value of nearly 1,500/. from the premises of their late employer, Mr. E. Rowlandson, a car p e t warehouseman, in Whitechapel were again placed at the bar, charged with stealing articles of a similar description, of the value of nearly 20C1., from the premises of Mr. Joseph Jack son, an upholsterer, in Shoreditch. The prosecutor stated, that both prisoners had been in the habit of calling at his warehouse to purchase goods,to manu facture at the house of the female prisoner's husband, who was a mattress maker, and that on entering the warehouse early one morning in March last, he found the younger pri soner in the act of packing up a large bale of cotton; but seeing his foreman with him, and being assured he was mak ing a purchase, his suspicions were then lulled, and he went away. Having subsequently received information, however, than the shopman in question was deeply implicated with the prisoners in an extensive system of robbery from his premises he examined his stock, and discovered that amongst other property which had been stolen, were four feather-beds and a writing-desk, which had been since found at the house of the prisoners, and were now in the care of the police. He bad since discharged the shopman who had been in collu sion with the prisoners, but he was afterwards seized with a severe illness, which precluded his proceeding against him also. A cabman named Norman proved that he had been em ployed by the male prisoner to remove the property in ques tion front the prosecutor's premises at an early hour in the morning, before they were opened, to the house of the woman Roscoe, who received them ; and Smith and Day, two policemen, deposed to finding it there, with a large quantity of other goods since identified ; the latter officer adding that he had seen the m a l e p r i soner i n conversation with Norman after the last examination, when he begged him, "for God's sake, to know nothing of the beds." The prisoners, by the advice of their solicitor, Mr. Pelham, reserved their defence, and were then fully committed for trial upon both charges. SOUTHWARK. Several respectable. looking young men attended before Mr. Coningham to solicit his advice and assistance under the following circumstances : One of the applicants, a Mr. Bailey, stated that he lives at No. 20, King-street, Tower-hill, and that about ten days ago he saw an advertisement in the Times stating that several assistant surveyors were required for the York and Carlisle Railway, and that inquiries respecting the same were to be made at his (applicant's) residence as abovementioned. Applicant not having given any person permission to refer for information on the subject at his dwelling, was much sur prised ; but in the course of the day he was waited upon by a person giving his name and address Mr. England, No. 11, Queen's-row, Spa. road, Bermondsey, who said that he was the author of the advertisement alluded to, and that he availed himself of the liberty of requesting the persons who wished to answer it either to call at, or write to, the address in King- street, it being more centrally situated than his own residence in the Queen's-row, Spa-road. He further stated that he was principal surveyor of the York and Carlisle Railway, having had hi s a pp o i n t ment f rom a D lr. William son, of Cannon-row, Westminster; and as there was consi derable work to be done in his department of the company's service, he was authorised to engage a number of assistants, and that his terms would be at the rate of three and five guineas a week each tor their services. Applicant, from the re spectability of the man's appearance, and the apparent truth of his statement, saw no reason for preventing inquirers calling there; and having a son of his own that he was anxious to provide with a situation, the advertiser, on being spoken to on the subject, readily undertook to employ the young man, and claimed a guinea for placing him in the si tuation. Applicant readily consented to the agreement, and accordingly handed over the money, and the " surveyor " promised to call on Monday last to take the young man down to the scene of operations in the north, together with several others, whom he had engaged under similar circum stances. On inquiries being made it was found that England had been employed by Mr. Williamson, but was afterwards dis charged, and that the company knew nothing of him or his transactions. Two other persons, named Roughton and Young, stated that they had paid England a guinea under the same repre sentations. Mr. CornsGrum stated that he regretted he could not grant the applicants any redress, as the false pretence could not be sustained in either of the cases. The man complained against, it appeared by what Williamson said, was engaged on the line, and for some reason had since been discharged from his situation. There was no doubt that the applicants had been deprived of their money, but they had parted with it of their own accord, and without making such inquiries as they were bound, for their own sakes, to do beforehand. He (the magistrate) added, that the applicants could recover the money they had given the person complained of by pro. ceeding against him in the Court of Requests. He again regretted that he could not assist the applicants in the re covery of their money. The applicants then withdrew. THE MURDER in W ARWICKSHIRE. KINETON, WEDNESDAY.—The magistrates of this division of the county held a special meeting here yesterday, which was very numerously attended, and at which it was re solved that an application should be made to the Home Secretary of State to offer a reward for the apprehension of the person or persons engaged in this di abolical is a t ff ra li c i y r. t E ,f ve th ry e possible exertion has b een use d b y neighbourhood to unravel the mystery in which the transac tion is involved, and one or two circumstances have trans pired since the Coroner's inquest to confirm the opinion so decidedly given by the surgeon, Mr. Brown, upon his exami nation—namely, that the deceased had died of an extensive fracture of the skull, occasioned by several severe blows from a blunt instrument, such as might have been inflicted by the piece of timber found under the person of Chater when he was discovered in a senseless state, bleeding from the mouth, near to Pittern-hill, which is about half a mile from Kineton, a very quiet secluded market town, containing a po• pulation of about 1,400 inhabitants. It has already been stated that near the body of the murdered man a quantity of coffee was found spilled about the ground, as though in the course of a struggle it had fallen there, from the bursting of the paper in which it was wrapped ; but it has only just tran spired that this piece of paper, upon which are printed the name and address of the tradesman from whom the coffee was purchased (Meddoms, Kineton), was very carefully folded up in the deceased's pocket, as if put there after an attempt had been made to rob him, and with a view of pre venting any clue being given by it to the guilty parties. With the exception of a few spots upon the piece of timber spoken of, no blood was found near the body, or anywhere in the vicinity, and this goes far to strengthen the supposition that, being a man of spare frame and weak habit of body, the deceased was carried to, and placed on, the spot where the carrier's son discovered him after the outrage had bee n perpe trated. It has also been s t a t e d that onlY a few pence were left in the pockets of the man, and there is no reason for sup posing that he was in possession of more than a very few shillings throughout the day, notwithstanding the attempt since made by rumour to give undue weight to the affair in this respect, in the conjecture that he had raised money that day by mortgaging some cottages belonging to him at the village of Cornbrook, where he resided. It appears, how ever, his real object in coming to Kineton was to procure an under-bailiff's situation, which had fallen vacant by death, on Lord 11 ill oug hb y d e B ro k e ' s estate, at Compton Verney. Mr. Roby, the well-known and active superintendent of police, has arrived from Leamington, and is now engaged in a thorough investigation of the whole circumstances, in the chain of which there is apparently one link to be suppliea, namely, where the deceased, who was last seen in th e town by a groom, named Fennell, about a quarter w pastve o'clock, ten at the top top of Pittern night, had spent his body w time between as t;l . f soon ? after ar which his found thena t two individuals connected with the Warwickshire kennels passed the spot at half-past eleven, and described the night to be so light that they " cou ld see rabbits run across the road," but saw no man lying down, which they consider they must have done had any one been there, as they had to drive a horse which shied at any dark object In the road. Suspicion has fallen upon some inmates, on the night of the murder, of a lodging-h ouse , k ep t b y a bli nd man, who lost his sight in Egypt 45 years ago, under the military generalship of the celebrated Sir Ralph Abercromby, and now enjoys a pension ; he also keeps a lodging-house in King-street, Drury- lane, from which metropolitan establish ment one of the suspected parties married his wife. It is thought that the inquiries now in course of being made by Mr. Roby will terminate in a result that will materially lessen the excitement which the melancholy occurrence has occasioned for several miles around the neighbourhood of Kineton. . w Lg 44 'rd, tt bit )erit nte i btilc 16, bf i l i T too ti: al. t Q % p E thrl ska h. t