The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-24 00:00:00

Vbirb Nbitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LONDON AND CROYDON RAIL WAY COMPANY (THIS DAY.) The general meeting of this Company to Wilkinson place th is The is day, at the o ffi ces of the Company, A. ok the chair. The SECRETARY read the following report, which was unanimously adopted : "The amalgamation of the late Brighton and Croydon Companies being now completed, and a report having been already made to you in your new character as proprietors in the London, Brighton, and South Coast Com pany, your late directors have merely to remark that, at the close of your existence as a separate company. your affairs are in a more flourishing condition than they have ever yet been. "The short traffic on your line has steadily and rapidly in creased. During the present session of Parliament, the Direct Portsmouth line which has been a source of so much anxiety to your directors, and is expected to be a source of so much profit to your line, has received the sanction of the Legislature. The short coal and goods line to Dept ford, which was alluded to in the last report, has likewise passed successfully through Parliament; and, although you have not obtained your Bill for a line to Tonbridge and Maidstone, you have succeeded in defeating the schemes of the South-Eastern Company, which would have diverted the traffic of Kent from the Croydon line; and you have again successfully resisted the attempt of the South- Western Company to obtain another line to Epsom. "The atmospheric system, although it has not been free from those difficulties which usually attend the first intro duction of all inventions, is satisfactorily progressing, and there is every reason to believe that it will fully realise the expectations which have been entertained of its ultimate success. " The working expenses of the last five months are neces sarily very great, on account of the mixing of the two systems of traction, each having cost almost as much as if the other had not been employed; but the receipts from passenger traffic for the five months of the present half-year have exceeded those of the six months of the corresponding half-year, although the best month (that of July) is omitted, the accounts having been closed a month earlier than usual, for the sake of uniformity with those of the late Brighton Company—some of the payments, however, being necessarily referable to the whole six months. The accounts thus presented show a disposable balance (including the profit of 2,1301. lls. Bd. derived from the sale of third shares) of 17,6001. 15s. 3d., out of which your directors recommend a dividend to be paid of 7s. od. per share. A vote of the proprietors will be taken as to the disposal of the sum remaining after the payment of this dividend. "The directors cannot close this report without recommend ing to the favourable consideration of the proprietors some acknowledgment of the valuable services of Mr. Young, so long and so zealously rendered in the office of Secretary to this Company." The CHAIRMAN then moved that a dividend of 7s. 6d. per share be paid to the shareholders out of the divinable fund, now in the hands of the directors. The resolution was seconded by Mr. BARNES, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then moved that a testimonial should be presented to Mr. Young for his valuable services, and that a subscription should be entered upon for that purpose, and that the directors be empowered to pay over the balance of 1,1881. 9s. 3d., which will remain after the payment of the dividend in aid of such fund. Mr. SLERRY seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS• (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS' BILL. The Railways Commissioners' Bill was then read a third time and passed. MEXICO. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, that the other orders of the day be now proceeded with, Lord G. BENTINCK said he would take that oppor tunity to call the attention of the House to the present state of the relations between the United States and Mexico. The annual amount exported by this country to Mexico was some half million per annum. The number of mining and other companies in that country, conducted by British merchants, was above sixty - five. The capital involved was about ten millions, and the debt owing by Mexico to Great Britain was 10,200,0004 It was therefore evident, that anything that affected that country was of the first importance to England. It would be in the recollection of the House, that it was now from ten to fifteen years that the majority of land speculators called the attention of the American Government to the propriety of forming settlements in Texas. The desire of speculating in land became enormous till at last the Government of Texas transferred, for the sum of 2,000,000 dollars, a tract of country to the extent of 400 square leagues. Mexico, the sovereign country, refused to sanction this annexation, and from that time it was the purpose of America to stir up rebellion in the former country. An army of 800 men was subsequently organised, which army consisted of 760 Americans, and only about 40 Texans. Yet this was called the efforts of Texas for freedom. It would be also recollected that 'when Mexico threw off the domination of the elder country, it was determined that no slaves should for the future be im ported, but that slavery should be altogether abolished. Matters went thus on till the year 1845, when a further manifesto of independence was issued at the convention of Austen. The number of persons who signed that convention was sixty-one, and of these forty-nine ware Americans, yet this convention was made the excuse for further demands on the part of America. The designs of the United States of America did not, however, cease with the annexation of Texas, fbr they were at present seeking to aggrandise their power by the annexation of Mexico and California. There never was a more flimsy pretext urged for aggression than was put forth by the United States for entering the territory of Mexico. Never was there a case more unjustifiable and less provoked ; and unless some inter ference took place Mexico must succumb, and be also annexed to the United States. The state of Louisiana sent 5,000 men for the invasion of Mexico, and 2,000 more afterwards followed. As the question of the an nexation of Texas was the electioneering test for the Presidency of the United States at the late elections, so would the annexation of Mexico be the cry in 1848. The great object of the Americans was to extend their domi nion and to so great an extent did this feelingprevail, that it was not unusual to hear this sentiment—" May the stars that bespangle the flag of America be so thick as to leave no room for the stripes." Eis object in calling attention to this subject was, that her Majesty's Govern ment might be fully aware of the necessity of giving their best attention to the movements of that country. The organ of the United States' Government, the Washing ton Union, denied that there had been any offer of mediation by this country, and as this conflicted with the statements made by the late Government, he wished to know from the Noble Lord at the head of foreign affairs, whether any mediation had been offered, and what had been the result. Lord PALMERSTON said that he would not follow his Noble Friend in the various topics to which he had referred, and it was not necessary or useful for him to do so, as the annexation of Texas and the other matters connected therewith, had now become matters of history. He fully agreed with the Noble Lord, that it was impossible for two great coun ties to be engag ed in war without doing great detri ment to the commerce of any other nation that might be then engaged in trade with the belligerent powers. He hoped, however, that as commerce would be ext ended, and as nations would be bound together by re ciprocal interests, and by the interchange of their respectiv e pro ducts, a barrier would be thus raised against the inter ruption of friendly feeling and the chances of war. With regard to the position of Mexico and the United States, he did not think there were good grounds to sup pose that the former would be united to the latter. There were no less than eight or ten millions of people inhabiting the country of Mexico, who were different in religion and language from the people of the States, and that being so, the question of annexation became, he could :Izmir! the Noble Lord, more difficult. With regard to the question of mediation, he was glad to have an opportunity of assuring the Noble Lord that he was mistaken in sup posing that no such offer was made by her Majesty's late Government. The offer was made both to the United States and to Mexico; but that offer merely was that, in the event of it being acceptable to the United States, Great Britain would give her mediation between the two powers. In conseq uence, however, of the posi tion of this country with the United States respect ing the Oregon question, America did not accept the offer. He had, however, instructed Mr. Paken ham, the British representative in America, to renew the offer since both to the United States and to Mexico, and he would be shortly in a position to say what would be the result of that offer, and whether the mediation of this country would be accepted by those powers. Mr. DISRAELI said British merchants were more deeply interested in this question than his Noble Friend thought, and he could assure the House that th ose , merc hants entertained a conviction that the politi ca l existence of Mexico was at present at stake. It would, therefore, bare been some consolation to them had the Noble Lord, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, informed them that his negotiation had been accepted.—(Hear, hear.) That was, in fact, the only ans wer from the Treasury which could g ive any consolation or hope to the British merchant. He could not find either hope or consolation in the vague statement of the Noble Lord, that in the development of the principles of free trade they would find the best mean s of sto pp ing foreign wars. He did not credit that theory, and, under present circumstances, he was less willing to credit it w hen the Noble Lord told them in another part of his observations that the reason the commercial duties of America were reduced was to increase their means of prosecuting war.— (Hear, hear.) Now he had said that it was the opinion of British merchants that the political existence of Mexico was at stake, and that was, perhaps, the best authority for his Noble Friend bringing forward that subject almost on the last day of the session. Cir cumstances of the most fatal character might occur in Mexico before they met again ; and it was the knowledge of this no doubt which had irduced his noble Friend to call the attention of Government and the people of England to the present position of that kingdom. The Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Atliurs had remarked that t.kre case of Texas was a matter of history. It was bevaos: it was a matter of history that his Noble Frio* had referred to it. It was an illustra tion of a system which had already proved most prejudicial to the interests of the English nation.—(Hear.) Now just the same system was being pursued with regard to Mexico, and his Noble Friend and himself, and the merchants of Eng land, were anxious that the case of Mexico should not become a matter of history.—(Hear, hear.) When the merchants of England lent their capital to Mexico they received in return a mortgage upon two Mexican provinces, and when the people could not pay the interest, at a subsequent period, in the year 1837, passed a law of compensation, which was both equitable and just for the English creditor. — (Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who understood the question well, had referred them to the very satizfic tory arrangement which had been come to be tween this country and America upon the sub ject of the Oregon treaty, but, in his opinion, that treaty was only a step in advance to the con summation of the United States' plans with regard to Mexico. The policy of the United States had been to surround Mexico, and this treaty would be the means of extending the territories of the United States so the Pacific. Now, without meaning to com plain in any way of this treaty, the question with the British merchant was, whether the Govern ment of this country saw a fair probability of preserving the political integrity of Mexico l• They, therefore, wished, at the close of the session, that the attention of the country should be called to the sub ject, in order that the Minister of the Crown should be held directly responsible for what might' o ccur, as far as he could legitimately be so —(Hear.) - No countrfsin the world was so fertile as Mexico, and it might be said, while it produced every vegetable of other countries—while ;it, produced sugar, coffee, and to bacco, at the same time its mines produced the circulating medium of Europe to the extent of 20,000,000 of dollars—(Hear, hear.) What alarmed the British merchant was, that there existed no power of self-government in Mexico, and every state was making overtures to different countries for protection. There was a large trade carried on even now between this country and Mexico, and therefore it was, independent of the loan, that British mazhan a were anxious to have this state of uncertainty removed.—(Hear, hear.) In 11342 he moved for returns which showed that, upon the average, the trade between this country and Mexico amounted to half a million sterling per annum, while if they went back to those years, such as 1824, when poace and tranquillity prevailed in Mexico, it exceeded one million sterling ; and had this country preserved that tranquillity the trade by this time must have exceeded two millions sterling. Ministers, however, had made use of a weapon which, when applied by an ancient monarchy, was always strong. They had made use of diplomacy ; but where was the use of holding a diplomatic intercourse with such cabinets as had latterly existed in Mexico, at which the commandant for the time being of the capital was at the head, and which seldom or never lasted more than a month ?—(Hear, hear.) Diplomacy proved exceedingly effective when it was resorted to between this country and such Courts as those of St. Petersburgh and the Tuileries. Now Government had made use of treaties and resorted to diplomacy, but still without effect. There was yet a third course for them to pursue. Would they act towards Mexico as they acted towards other states under similar circumstances ? Would they protect Mex ico ? Would• they do for Mexico what they had done for Greece ? Would they come for ' ward in combination with other great powers who had particular interests in Mexico and establish a pro tectorate which should give Mexico ten years of tran quillity ? This was the question the merchants of England wanted answered, and unless it were answered favourably, unless they pursued a determined and vi gorous policy with regard to Mexico, their North American empire would in the end be subjected to similar attacks.—(Hear.) Mr. BERNAL said he was the last man to underrate the importance of this subject, or the valuable state ments of the Honourable Member for Shrewsbury, but he, at the same time, did not believe that any Government would be justified in adopting the course suggested by the Noble Lord on the data that he had put forward. The views of the Noble Lord were most chimerical, end if carried into practice would be most dangerous to thiscountry. Did he wish the British Government to parade the Pacific with our fleet for the purpose of demonstrating to America our wishes and demands concerning Mexico. Let the House wait until the next meeting of Parliament before they adopted the motion of the Noble Lord ; because in the meantime the United States might very probably re trace their steps with regard to Mexico. The English Go vernment had interfered, as they were, with Greece, and he must certainly admit that the result of that interfer ence was not such as to induce him to sanction a similar interference with Mexican affairs. Mr. P. HOWARD said that although the Mexicans had not hitherto been successful in those pitched battles which they had fought with the United States, he was not without hope that every well-regu lated mind would side with those who were de fending their homes and homesteads, and that the long suffering tenacity of the Spanish character would be able to maintain themselves against the well disciplined forces of America. He hoped that the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston) would be successful in his efforts to settle the differences between Mexico and America. Mr. WAKLEY said he always considered the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs to be a man of peace, and he (Mr. Wakley) must say that he had now been put in a very anomalous position, and the Noble Lord must now feel very much struck at the complaints now brought against him, that he had not sufficiently interfered between two contending foreign powers. He begged of the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston) to pursue his old policy, notwithstanding the complaints of Hon. Members. SMALL DEBTS BILL. The order of the day was then read, and on the re port being brought up, Lord G. SOMERSET asked the Right Honourable Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, whether it was intended that the judges to be appointed under this Bill should be allowed to sit in Parliament ? Sir GEORGE GREY said, that the Bill would in capacitate the judges from sitting in Parliament ? Mr. WAKLEY said that it was with great regret that he saw that attorneys were to be excluded from the office of judges in the courts to be formed under the present Bill. He did not think it wise to exclude attorneys from these offices, and to fix upon the public an inferior class of professional men. He thought the best course would be to encourage in attorneys a feeling of emulation, and give them admis sion to the judgeships to be appointed under the provisions of this Act. No arguments had been advanced to show that this class were disqualified from holding these offices. In consequence of the great patronage created by this and other Bills there would soon be no such thing as independence at the bar, for all those persons connected with it would seek, by their obsequiousness and obedience to the ruling powers, to obtain those situations ; and it was most unjust, cruel, unwise, and impolitic to exclude those parties, and he would therefore beg to renew the pro posal which he had made on a former occasion, namely, to admit attorneys as judges in the courts. On the motion of Sir G. GREY, several additional clauses were proposed and agreed to in the Bill. Mr. WAKLEY then rose to move the insertion of the words in the 41st clause, after the word " barrister," " or as attorney-at-law." Sir G. GREY said that, after the decision which had already been come to on the subject, he was not prepared to concede the proposed alteration. Mr.WAKLEY said that in consequence of the intima tion of the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State, he would withdraw his motion. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. The report, with several verbal amendments was then agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to morrow. The reports upon the District Lunatic Asylum (Ire land) Bill, the Pawnbrokers' Bill, and the Waste Lands (Australia) Bill, were severally brought up and agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time to morrow. , THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENIN'er, AUGUST 24 , 1846,1 Mr. Sergeant WiuuNs addressed the jury for the defence, , and they retired to consider their verdict. After a consultation of three hours, they returned a verdict of Guilty. To be transported for 14 years. Charles Greenwood, Thomas Lawley, John Greenwood, and Joseph Mills, were indicted for having robbed James Green wood at at Todmorden and Walsden, on the 17th of May. Mr. Brandt conducted the prosecution ; the prisoners were not defended by counsel. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, who is a very old man, that he was watchman in the service of Mr. Robertshaw, who has a mill near Todnaorden. While going the round of the premises, he hoard some one kick the coal house door. He went out into the road, and he there saw four men in white smockfrocks, and asked them who had been knocking They said they had not. The old man said it could have been nobody else; on which high words ensued, and one of the prisoners, Lawlev, said, " D-n him, smash his lantern," The men then attacked him, One broke his lantern, another knocked hint down, and they beat him as he lay upon the ground, until he was nearly insensible. He cried out "murder," and some young, men who were in the neighbourhood running up, saw four men in smockfrock, beating some person who was lying upon the ground. The men ran away. The old man was then found to be seriously injured ; his face was touch bruised and covered with blood, and his hat was gone. This, however, was found at some distance, where it was supposed it had been taken by his assailants, The prosecutor spoke very doubtingly as to the identity of the prisoners. It appeared, however, that a short time before, the four persons fit the bar bad been all together at the beer-house of a Mr. Green wood, at Clough, near Walsden, where they had a quantity of ale, for which they did not pay. They had all white smock frocks on when they left, and they went in the direction of the mill of Mr. Robertshaw. They left about eleven o'clock. A sergeant of police, who was at Mr. Robertshaw's soon after the attack, went to the Navigation Inn. where he found the prisoners. They had come in very shortly after eleven o'clock. There was then blood on Charles Greenwood's smockfrock. He said he had been wrestling, and he added that they had punched Robertshaw's coal-house door as he passed, and he bad knocked down a man who came out. The officer who apprehended the prisoners found blood upon Law ley's smockfrock, as well as on Greenwood's. Greenwood said the blood was Tom's (Lawley's), with whom he had had a scrimmage. At the close of the case for the prosecution, it was intimated by Mr. Brandt that he did not think the evidence could sus tain the charge of robbery, but he submitted the parties might be convicted of the common assault. His LORDSHIP thought that this was not the case, and that to convict the prisoners of the assault there must be evidence of an inchoate attempt to commit the felony, which fails, or in which they were interrupted, before the felony is complete. It never could be the intention of the Legislature, where a party had committed an assault, and there was on the evidence no pretence for saying a felony had been 0 intended, that the party might be charged with the felony and convicted of the assault, by which course he would be exposed to a very different punishment from that which would have been inflicted on him had he been charged with the assault alone. _ _ _ His LORDSHIP, after consulting with Mr. Justice CRESS WELL, ruled according to the opinion so expressed, and the prisoners were Acquitted generally. Matthew Sherlock Hilton, aged 19, a young man of very respectable appearance, and who seemed throughout the trial to be in the greatest agony of mind, was indicted for uttering a forged receipt of one John Woodcock, knowing it to be forged. Mr. Brandt conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was defended by Mr. J. Pollock. The prisoner, it appeared, was in the employment of the British and Foreign Copper Company, at Sutton, near St. Helen's. It was the prisoner's duty to check the weekly accounts. He was so engaged on Saturday, the 4th July, and among other accounts handed one in from John Wood cock, for 7/. 9s. 2d., a mark, which purported to be the signa ture of John Woodcock being attached. The cashier refused to cash it, as he had no proof of its being Woodcock's mark, without an attesting witness. The prisoner went out with it and came back with the signature of John Shenton, the fore man, attached as a witness to the mark of Woodcock. It appeared from the testimony of Woodcock and his partner that the amount of his account in the week in question was only 21. 7s. 2d., and this sum he received from the prisoner. He had never signed the account in question, and knew nothing of its being presented. Mr. You.ocx, for the prisoner, contended that the charge of uttering with intent to defraud Woodcock must fall to the ground, as the prisoner had actually paid to him all the money which was due to him. As to the uttering at all, with a guilty knowledge of its being a forgery, he submitted that without the testimony of Shenton, who was not called, they could not be satisfied of that fact. There was no question as to the genuineness of Shenton's signature ; he, at all events, believed the mark to be Woodcock's mark, and attested it accordingly, and he submitted it was imperative upon the prosecution to have called him to show the circumstances under which his attestation was appended. His LORDSHIP in summing up commented on the absen of Shenton, who it was clear was a most material witness. Verdict—Not Guilty. The prisoner was then indicted for obtaining money under false pretences. It appeared he had handed in a list of per sons to whom wages were due, amounting to 4/. lls., re ceived the money, and appropriated it to his own use, there being in fact no such wages due to the individuals in ques tion. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence deferred. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) RAWSON V. ANTHONY. This was an action by the plaintiff; formerly a hosier in Manchester, but now a sharebroker, to recover from the de fendant the value of fifty shares in the North-Eastern Rail way Company, which had been sold to him in October last.. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Tomlinson fur the plaintiff; Mr. Martin and Mr. Cowling for the defendant. It appeared that on the 13th of October last the plaintiff ordered his brokers, Messrs. Barton and Birchall, to buy 50 shares in the North-Eastern Railway at 4/. 10s. per share, 1/. 7s. 6d. having been paid as a deposit, and they being at that time at 3/. 2s. 6d. premium. In obedience to these in structions they purchased 50 shares from Messrs. Ridsdales, and the usual sold notes passed between the parties, but no specific time was mentioned for the delivery of the shares, which were purchased generally " for the account," the shares being in fact at that time called'in by the provisional committee of this company, with a view to an issue of new shares. On the 15th Mr. Rawson directed his brokers to sell the shares, - which they accordingly did to the defendant, who was then, and is now, a broker; and who, as usual, made the purchase without mentioning the name of his principal. It appeared he several times applied for the shares, but it was not until the middle of December that an invoice of the shares was sent with the usual intimation that they were then ready for delivery. Previous to that time he had written to Messrs. Barton and Birchall stating that unless the 50 shares were delivered in three days he would buy in the shares against them, ac cording to the rules of the Manchester Stock Exchange. It appeared, however, that after the receipt of the invoice, he sent his clerk with the money to Messrs. Barton and Birch. all's office, but they were not prepared to hand over the shares. On the evening of the 235 of December he called at the office and tendered the money, demanding the shares. The principals had then left the office, but he accompanied a Mr. Williamson, their clerk, to the office of the Messrs. Ridsdales, for the purpose of obtaining them • but, it being after five o'clock, his application was unsuccessful. He then wrote to say he would not have the shares at all. They were tendered to him the next morning, but he refused to accept them. A good deal of correspondence between the parties was read, and in one of these letters, after the defendant had re pudiated the shares, he says, " I am advised you have no claim against me, either by the rules of our society or by the law of the land. If you think otherwise, you will take your own course; but you have a clear case against my principal, Mr. Dixon, and you may summon me as a witness." For the defence it was contended that the shares were not tendered within a reasonable time, and a number of witnesses were called in support of this view of the case. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, said he had never sat with so little satisfaction to himself to investigate the facts of a case as he had done in some of the cases which had been tried during the present assizes. The jury had been occupied a long time in the investigation of some of these cases, but if the disclosures which had been made would have the effect of bringing people to their senses, the time of the Court would not have been uselessly employed. His Lordship commented in strong terms on the letter of the defendant respecting Mr. Dixon, and observed that it might be very distressing to the jury to investigate such matters as these, but lie hoped the public would be the gainers. The jury, after being about an hour in consultation, found that the shares were not ready to be delivered within a rea sonable time.—Verdict for the defendant. THE POTATO DISEASE. TOTAL FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP IN WARWICKSHIRE. BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY.—" The potato crop has failed, totally failed. Three months Bence we doubt much if there will be a good potato in England." Such was the startling statement made to us yesterday by a gentleman most extensively engaged in the corn trade, and inti mately acquainted with the state of the crops in every part of England. In as far as regarded the condition of his own crop, he said, "I have tried them, and found that two out of every three were gone." Such a startling announcement has been confirmed to day by several of our most extensive potato growers; and the high and increasing price of potatoes in our market affords another proof that it is but too well founded. _ _ . _ _ _ In almost every case the destruction has been rapid and general. We have examined several large fields in the district, and found the roots in most cases reduced to a pulpy mass. Previous to the late rains the stems and branches were luxuriant and promising—now they are lying dead on the ground and appear as if they had been killed, not so much from any taint from a poisonous atmosphere as from the effects of some cankerous dis ease at the roots. The smell emitted from the fields, in several instances, is most offensive, and sufficient in low lying marshy grounds to produce a pestilence,. This was more particularly observable to-day, when there was strong sunshine and heat, the action of which on the ground, saturated as it has been with rain, produced a species of fermentation among the diseased roots, and a kind of smoke which rose from the surface like a thick ground mist. The only potatoes in this neighbourhood we have yet seen that have entirely escaped the disease are growing in a field in South Staffordshire, from seed which lay in the ground all winter. The farmer iu this case did not lift his last year's crop at all. A good many of the po tatoes were then diseased, and he thought if he left the whole in the ground, those that might withstand the frost in winter would be free from disease, and grow up in the spring. The field in May was covered with early plants. These he carefully cleaned and hoed up ; they now promise an abundant crop, and should the experi ment succeed, it may prove highly useful. Concurrent with the progress of the disease in this quarter has been a growing increase of English cholera amongst the population, not in the town merely, but in the country around. The impression now is, that the bad quality o f p otatoes i n use oc casions English cholera. This is a difficult point, and should be carefully con sidered. One thing i s c lear, there has not be en so much English cholera in Birmingham for many years as at the present time.— Warwick Advertiser. THE POTATO CROP IN WALES.--It iS with extreme regret that we are obliged to add to the testimony of many of our contemporaries, that the disease, which was so destructive to this vegetable last year, is again making sad ravages. Until last week, we were sanguine in hoping that the Principality had escaped the infliction. On inspecting the crops in Anglesey, Carnarvonshire, Denbighshire, Merionethshire, and Montgomeryshire, they then appeared healthy and luxuriant ; now, in many localities, whole patches of the earlier crops are blackened and withered; and, from indications which show themselves in the later crops, we fear the result will be more disastrous than last 4012.—Carnarron llerald. SLAVE TRADE. In the absence of Mr. Hutt, an HON. MEMBER moved for returns of the number of ships of all classes, includ ing steam-vessels, employed in any way for the suppression of the slave trade during the year ending the Ist day of August, 1846, stating the number of men and guns,with an estimate of the charge to the public for such service, in cluding stores, coals, and wear and tear of the equip ment, together with every other expense, distinguishing the charges incurred by the vessels expressly employed in suppressing the slave trade from those incurred by the vessels incidentally engaged in that service. An account of the number of men and officers, dead and invalided, in the squadron employed in the suppression of the slave trade, on the African coast, during the year 1845; oiftheesetxapbel establishments e o n f t all s o connected establishments and refitting with the suppression o f the slave trade in this country, on the east and west coasts of Africa, at the Cape of p su r m op s e and elsewhere. An account of the appropriation of all and Hope, the island:. of Ascension and . St . . Heena ll , money onde m received n ed in e o e f d a s d o m f v .ir e af s . s t e 4. l , s orother ortfyctheas the courtspo vice-ad miralty, or mixed commission courts, for violations of the laws or treaties prohibiting the slave trade. Account of all sums of money paid in each year since 1807 to cap tors of vessels condemned for violation of the laws and treaties prohibiting the slave trade, distinguishing the sums paid as head money, bounty for slaves taken, bounty per ton register of ships taken, and as captors' shares of the proceeds of ships and property condemned. Acconnt of all sums of money paid by the Crown to or on behalf of cantors, in satisfaction or indemnification of expenses or damages arising from the prosecution or seizure of vessels alleged to be engaged in the slave trade ; also, of sums paid to Foreign Governments, or to British or foreign persons, for losses caused by the seizure, destruction, or condemnation of vessels, barracoons, or other property, alleged to be en gaged in the slave trade, distinguishing, as far as pos ,ible, the names of the persons receiving such compensa tion, the dates of payment, and the nature of the injury or loss for which compensation was made in each case, from the year 11i07 to the present time. Account of all the expenses, as far as they can be estimated, incurred i n p g l o m th a e tic su services o n i n o f e ac t h h e eTa e v a e r, tr si a n d c e e , i l n Bo t 11 7, e f o n r a naval promoting t d t which are not comprised in the foregoing returns. Motion agreed to. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION. The SPEAKER informed the House that the recog n'zances entered into by the sureties to prosecute the p tition against the return of Benjamin Bond Cabbell, E 3q., for St. Alban's, were found to be unexceptionable. The House then adjourned at a quarter to Four o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Four o'clock. NEW PEER. Lord HOLLAND took the oaths and his seat. EXPLANATION. Lord LYNDHURST said that in consequence of an erroneous report of what he had said on Saturday—no doubt from the inaudible manner in which ho spoke— but nevertheless, from whatever cause, there was an erroneous report in the newspapers, and especially in the Standard a misconception bad arisen. The result bad been, that he had received a letter, written by the Right Hon. Baronet lately at the head of her Majesty's Government, part of which was quite of a personal na ture, and to which be would ndvert presently. Before, however, he said anything as to these misconceptions, he would advert to what the statement really was. Before, however, touching on that, he might observe that in consequence of that misrepresentation he had had a communication with the Right Hon. Baronet, not, however, with any view to seek his concurrence in the course which he now pursued, or with any idea of asking his sdvice as to that course, but simply that he might make that Right Hon. Baronet acquainted with the course which he had decided upon adopting. In his last statement he confined himself simply to what he said and did himself . . He had no opportunity of communicating with the Right Hon. Baronet, and he did not consider that without such a communication be had any authority whatever to state bow the Noble Lord received his statement, or what answer he made . He confined himself simply therefore to the' statement he had made himself, and the part he acted in that transaction. Having referred to this, he would now refer to the letter which he had received from the Right Hon. Baronet. The Right Hon. Baronet thought it right to state actually what took place between them, and he (Lord Lyndhurst) was quite satisfied and pleased that he had been disposed to do so, because their Lord ships would find that, so far as he (Lord Lyndhurst) was concerned, the statement of the transaction was a correct one. That letter confirmed distinctly and clearly everything that bad fallen from him. The Right Hon. Baronet said this :—" You arc reported to have said, that after the dissolution of the late Government he (Lord Lyndhurst) communicated with several friends of the other House, in order that former difference might be forgotten, and the Conservative party be reformed, and in order not to be subject to any misrepresentation, he communicated with some of the members of the late Government, and that the proposi tion which he made to the Noble Lord had no reference to any particular measure." He had already stated to their Lordships that his object was not at all to obtain the concurrence of the Right Hon. Baronet, and that he did not wish even to obtain from him any advice as to the course which he was about to pursue. The Right Hon. Baronet in his letter said, that his (Lord Lyndhurst's) taking office under the new Government that might be formed from the coalition was quite out of the question, and that he (the Right lion. Baronet) had declined being any party to the proposed combination. The Noble Lord said he confirmed the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said, in the absence of Lord Brougham he had been requested by that Noble and Learned Lord who had observed that the appointment of Sir David Pollock was said to have been to make way for a frier.d of his, to say that that Learned Lord had recommended Sir David Pollock for the ap pointment after having heard him practise before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Counil with great ability, and that it was only after the vacancy bad oc curred that a friend of that Learned Lord's had been selected for it. NEW ZEALAND iEALAND GOVERFMENT BILL. The NOBLE EARL presented a petition from Mr. W. Brown, merchant, and late of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, agains the Bill brought in by the Go vernment. Earl GREY stated that upon his accession to office he had found the draft of a Bill prepared on the subject of the legislation of New Zealand. The subject was one which deserved the greatest consideration upon the part of ony Government entrusted with the affairs and management of that distant colony. There was a distance of between 400 miles between Auckland, the present seat of Government, and Wellington, the most populous town in the island, which rendered communi cation between those places very difficult, and made it desirable to establish in the island a Legislative Council in each of these places. There was a difficulty, however, connected with the existence of such a state of things which should be overcome, which was the discrepanpy which might exist in the amount of du ties levied at the different places by different authorities. From the latest accounts, he believed that there would be no more difficulty in extending legislative represen tation to one part of the island than to the other. As the Bill was, he should be inclined to propose that the clause which referred to it should stand. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Drogheda Steam-packet Company, against that clause in the Steam Navigation Bill which enforced the neces sity for carrying steam paddle boats. Lord MONTEAGLE presented similar petitions from the London and Bristol and other steam-packet corn panies. WRECK AND SALVAGE BILL. The Earl of CLARENDON moved the third reading of this Bill. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH objected to that clause which made it necessary for the boats to be of a certain length and breadth, and considered that it would cause a great deal of inconvenience, unless a more ex • tensive margin were allowed. The Earl of CLARENDON said that the same ob jection had occurred to him, but the table had been carefully revised by the Admiralty, and they had ap proved of it as being sufficient for safety. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH hoped the Noble Earl (Clarendon) would postpone the Bill to-morrow, that this point might be considered in the interum. The Bill was postponed accordingly. RATEABLE PROPERTY (IRELAND). The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in moving the order of the day for going into Committee on the Rateable Property (Ireland) Bill, said that he wished to call the attention of the House to it as a Bill having reference to the present unfortuate prospects in Ireland. The value of the property was to be estimated by the grand jury, in order to hinder two or more different systems of valuation from prevailing in Ireland. Two clauses, 36 and 37, have been omitted, and those he proposed should still continue so. He should also move that clauses 75 and 76 be omitted. The clauses were accordingly omitted. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then moved the second reading of this Bill. Their Lordships were aware that the expense of the force for several years past had been very severely felt. Lord MON rEAGLE said he entertained several ob jections to the principles and provisions of this Bill, but he had no wish to throw any impediments against its being read a second time, as it was so thoroughly interlaced with the other Irish measures that lay on the table of the House. He thought it would be but fair to postpone all these Bills till to morrow, without wishing in the least to throw an im pediment before the progress of any cne of them. The Earl of WICKLOW said he admitted with the Noble Lord the importance of the Bills brought in, and the number of them ; but he had never seen a session when it was better, especially with Irish Bills. He did not see any great reason, however, why a few days should not be allowed. But in respect to the present Bill, he did not feel the force of the Noble Lord's remark, as on the second reading the principle merely was involved, and details would come after to be considered when they went into Committee. Lord MONTEAGLE said that the present wat a great national crisis for Ireland, and their Lordships would be guilty of a gross misapplication of public money, if they gave their sanction to the present Bill. LZIPT SIT/114.3.) TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING ►SLY O'CLOCK. ST. LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Brocard—taken 6 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes 7 to 1 agst Traverser 10 to 1 agst Fancy Boy 12 to 1 agst Sting 14 to 1 agst lago 20 to 1 agst Poynton 30 to 1 agst Mount Callan 25 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the First 30 to 1 agst Dolo—taken 30 to 1 agst Erin go bragh—taken 30 to 1 agst Cranebrook ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 21. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WICIIITMAN. ) Charles Lyon was indicted for maliciously shooting at John Wainwright, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. - Mr. Brandt conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Sergeant \V it It appealed from the statement of the prosecutor, who is assistant game-keeper to the Earl of Derby, that on the night of the 15th of April last, he, in company with anoth er man, was drinking at a public-house in the neighbourhood of Knowsley, and about a mile from Prescot. The public house is known by the name of the Eagle and Child. About half-past nine he heard several shots fired, and went out shortly after by the back door, for the purpose of ascertain ing the cause. As soon as he got through the gate some one fired a shot at a distance of about sixteen yards, and he was immediately struck by several shots, one of which pene• trated his hand and the other his leg. The landlord of the Eagle and Child ran out immediately on hearing the shot, and saw a man making off along the Liverpool-road. He pursued the man, but the latter got over a wall into one of Sir Thomas Birch's plantations, and escaped. On searching the wood the next day, some footmarks were found, which were said to correspond with the shoes found upon the pri•• soner when he was taken into custody. Some time after a small gun, the stock of which was moveable, was found in the same plantation. It appeared from the testimony of other witnesses, that at an earlier part of the evening the prisoner was in company with another man at the Rose and Crown public-house a little distance from the Eagle and Child. He had a gun, which was, by a crack in the stock, identified as that which was afterwards found in the plantation. He produced it in two parts from his pocket. Ile loaded it. While he was putting the shot in his companion said, "Put some of the others in, they'll tell a tale." He put in two kinds cf shot. He said he would shoot game in spite of any body. When he was leaving the house he said, "Let either Birch or Wainwright molest us on the road, and we'll do their job for them." Another witness, while on his way from Prescot" to Huyton, saw the prisoner leaning against the wall of Sir Thomas Birch's plantation, and asked him, what he was doing there. He said he was looking for a hare. The wit ness told him that Birch, the keeper, was out, and he replied that he did not care—he would have a hare, and do Birch afterwards. It appeared that in a door near which the pro secutor was standing when the shot was fired were found as many as 25 shots, which had apparently formed part of the charge. THE DAGENHAM MURDER. On Thursday morning a more minute examination was made of the spot where the murder was perpetrated, in the presence of the reporter, and the facts elicited are most important, as showing that the murder must have been cool and premeditated, and the spot selected admi rably calculated for the commission of the crime. 'The field in question is situate about a quarter of a mile from the Dagerham Road. It is an extremely large one, and on the western side there is a gre a t b en d i n t h e high blackthorn hedge which surrounds ft, forming a perfect nook. In this nook the body was found; and, as if it were planned, the spot selected is the farthest point from either of the three farms in the vicinity, and upwards of a quarter of a mile from the main road, and the same distance from the deceased man's beat. The question arises how Clarke came there, It is absurd to suppose that single handed he would have ventured to follow vmagglers or depredators to such a spot, while on the other hand he would be compelled, as an act of duty, to follow his sergeant or any brother officer who ex pressed a conviction that something might b 3 going on wrong there, An absurd statement made its way into ere of the morning papers of Friday, that Clarke was known to have a quantity of sovereicns in his box at the station, and that the failure to obtain the key by some of his comrades induced the murder. If' the author had read the evidence of constable Stevens who came with Clarke to Dagenham from th© Arbour-square station, he would see that there was no key to Clarke's box, for being , unable to find it when he left Arbour-square, he him self burst it open to show his comrades that he was taking nothing away but his own. Although not in evidence, it is a fact that a handker chief stained with blood was picked up in the field ad joining that in which the murdered man was found, and it is thought likely to lead to certain and tangible re sults. However strong the suspicions may appear against Sergeant Parsons, it is considered that the strongest point is that of his not accounting for his time on the night of the murder, and his persisting in the as•. sertion that he was on duty, although all the constables admit that, in the first instance, they committed perjury in saying so, and now declare he was not. There appears to be an absence of motive. unless it could have arisen from the simple circumstance stated in the first day's evidence, namely, that on the evening of the murder, while Clarke was talking to Parsons, who was at the time on horseback, Mrs. Parsons came along with his sister, and on com plaining of being tired, the deceased Clarke jocosely of fered to lift her on the sergeant's horse. _ The conduct of the constable Butfoy throughout the affair, together with his anxiety to cross examine all the witnesses as to his being on duty on the night of the murder, has also excited great suspicion; and he, as well as the sergeant, are closely watched. It is under-. stood that steps are being taken by the authorities of the Home-office and the Commissioners of Police to in dict the whole of the constables who have sworn falsely for perjury, but it will not be carried out until evidence is adduced, which is supposed to be in train, for bring ing home the more atrocious crime of murder to the right parties.—Obser ver. AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER AT LEEDS. A case of manslaughter of a most appalling character occurred in the Old Post-office-yard, Kirkgate, (the resort of the lower class of itinerant Irish, English ped lars, and low travellers), on Wednesday night. The offender, who took away the life of one woman, and placed in imminent danger that of another, is a man named Wm. Walshaw, 29 years of age, who is a hawker of hardware from town to town, but whose chief places of residence have been Pontefract and Leeds. He co habits with a woman, and has children. On Wednes day evening he went to his lodgings in a state of intoxi cation, and commenced a quarrel with the woman who lives with him, and shortly afterwards he began to ill use one of his children. The cries of the mother aroused the neighbours, one of whom went and took the child from him. Walshaw then went away, hooted by a large body of women who had assembled in the yard. He was absent for about an hour and a half. In the meantime his wife got all the women around her, and began to expose his cruel treatment. The women resolved to mob him, and on his return two of them entered his lodgings, while others outside were calling for him to be turned out. At this moment he pulled a parcel of knives from his pocket, took one in each hand, and with the blades open made towards the door. On the steps were two women named Elizabeth Smith and Kitty McLoughlan. He made a rip at each. and stabbed the former in the abdomen, and the latter in the thigh. Smith's wound proved fatal within about two hours afterwards ; and McLoughlan was removed to the in firmary in a dangerous state. Apprehensive of the con sequences, the desperate man attempted to escape from them by flight, but was secured by policeman Ruddock, who was at that time proceeding to the police-office to resume duty. Both Smith and McLoughlan are the wives of pedlars. The latter has a numerous family. Smith had one child. Walshaw is generally known by the title of •‘ Sheffield Bill." An inquest was held on the body of Elizabeth Smith, and a verdict of man slaughter returned against Walshaw, the jury express• ing their opinion that it was a very aggravated case. Walshary was then, committed to York Castle, for trial at the next assizes. McLoughlan is still in a precarious state at the Leeds Infirmary.—Leeds Mercury. BANK ROBBERY. BERWICK, Auo. 21.—Considerable excitement was early this morning created by a rumour, which gained a ready currency, that an entrance had been effected into the offices of the North of England Joint Stock Bank in Bridge-street here, and that they had been robbed of a considerable sum of money. The police were early astir, and were seen to be in communication with parties in the bank. The reports were thereby accredited, and a variety of rumours were immediately in circulation. The particulars of the case, so far as we have been able to ascertain them, are these :—Mr. Thomson, the agent of the bank, is at present from home on a leave from the directors of absence for a fortnight, During his absence Mr. Burdiss, one of the directors, has resided here aed attended to the business. As Mr. Thomson was to return home this afternoon, and this being only a half-day at the Bank, Mr. Burdiss termi nated his residence here yesterday afternoon and returned to Newcastle. In the absence of both of these gentlemen, Mr. Short, the senior clerk, took up his residence in the dwelling-house attached to the bank, and slept there last night. All the usual precautions for security were at tended to. At the usual hour the business was suspended and the doors locked; the bolt which communicates with the sitting-room to the safe in the office immediately below, was put down, and all parties retired for the night in confidence. At five o'clock this morning, a female engaged as an occasional servant in the house rung the street bell, and the resident servant on going down stairs to admit her was surprised to see the door leading from the lobby to the bank opened, and still more surprised on observing the cash-box of the bank also lying open in the yard. Having admitted the female, she immediately alarmed the inmates of the house. Mrs. Thomson having procured the aid of an intimate acquaintance, an inquiry was instituted. It then appeared that the door in the inner lobby of the house had been unlocked, that the safe had been similarly opened, and the bolt which pressed upon its door from the sitting-room had been raised. The cash-box had been carried to the yard and there left opened, but part only of its contents carried away. From the safe 1,0001. of Bank of England notes were abstracted, 1,8001. of Scotch notes, and about 2151. of silver. The cash-box contained about six hundred pounds of gold, but part only of this was carried away. All the bills running duekat the Bank were left, as also some letters of credit which were there deposited. The only cause which can be conjectured for thus leaving the cash-box in the yard is that the parties must have taken alarm. None of the locks which secured the pro perty are broken, nor does the least violence appear to have been applied to them, and how the safety bolt had been raised appears a mystery. Nor can any trace be found of the manner in which the depredators gained admittance to, or made their exit from, the premises. It must have been by the back of the pro perty and by scaling several walls, but no trace or marks are left behind. A slender ladder stands against the wall which partitions the house from the adjoining pro perty, but the parties engaged in the inquiry are of opinion that the depredators had not used that ladder, for if they had, their pressure should have caused an impression from the ladder to be made on the soil on which it rests. Messengers were immediately dis patched to communicate the occurrence to the different police stations in our neighbourhood, but up to the present moment the whole affair is involved in the greatest mystery. The entire loss, it will be observed, is a little above 3,oool.—Berwick Advertiser. DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF A POWDER MILL. GREENOCK, THURSDAY NIGHT.—We regret to say that most distressing intelligence reached here this after noon of a dreadful explosion of the powder mills, at Millhouse, the property of Mr. M'Cullum, situate on the Kerryside of the kyles of Bute, in Argyleshire, by which nearly the whole of the works, which were con sidered extensive, were destroyed, and, melancholy to relate, nine persons lost their lives. As far as we have been able to learn, it appears the workmen entered the mills at the usual time, six o'clock, on Tuesday morning. The duty of the unfortunate men, e t o r e a m t t o e v n a d l tool tthe e eared somewas n distance ope o hno r , powder ir a dng t l rea e g a k s too t i f , n p db a at r orh t free o l f a t, store,magazines, preparatory r t w s ht e hoo e ui m csth s eh: from the working part of the works, when, from some cause or other, the nature of which will probably never be known, an explosion took place; and, when we state that a very large quantity of powder, about four tons, was deposited in this building, the conse quence as all may suppose, was'mostawful. The ware house, and all the surrounding erections, were blown to atoms, and the poor fellows met an instant death. Their bodies were hurled to an immense distance, but their identity was utterly impossible, so horribly were they mutilated. The blast is described by the inhabi tants of the adjacent towns to have b een o f a terrific description, It burst into the air with a tremendous force, shaking every building within two or three miles of the property, while, for the moment, the whole at mosphere appeared filled with flame of an i n t ense nature. By many it was believed to be the approach of an earthquake ; and people were to be seen running from their dwellings in a state of the greatest excitement and terror. It i s reported that five other workmen 'attached to the mills, who were in another part of the works, were dreadfully burned, two of whom were not expected to recover. The Greenock Advertiser adds, that the event has created the greatest sensation in the county. So dreadful was the explosion, that it is said to have been heard and felt at a distance of twenty miles. It is also stated that a woman living in It house one mile off, wag standing beside one of her windows at the time, and the effect of the casualty was such that the glass was broken at a moment, and her face literally blackened with the powder. It:is altogether inexplicable how so many men were in the warehouse at cne time, as we understand it is a peremptory regulation that no more than two shall be on any account in these hazardous premises, but the reason must remain unknown. We believe this is the second time the mills have been blown up within the last four years. Most of the unfortunate sufferers have left females to deplore their loss. BAND OF ROBBERS IN CANADA. EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPMENTS. We learn from the Toronto Colonist, that some thieves belonging to a notorious band of robbers, known as the " Markham Gang," have been arrested, tried, and con victed ; and that their arrest is likely to lead to the in carceration of others, and possibly to the breaking up of the gang. The existence of this horde of robbers was first discovered in the township which has given its name to the combination, but it is ascertained that their operations extend through the entire province, from the townships of Lower Canada in the east to the State of Michigan in the west, with branches in the States o Vermont, New York, Illinois, and lowa. The Colonise says, that the long impunity which this association en joyed gradually magnified their power, by increasing alike their numbers and their daring, until they became a terror to the communities in which they resided ; the whole country was held in a state of intimidation. Some (if the magistrates, and constables, and jurors, were alike afraid to do their duty ; and even their victims were de terred from taking proceedings against the robbers from the tear that the greater evil of fire or murder would be inflicted upon them. During the examinations, many facts, such as the following, were disclosed:—A country magistrate refused to grant a warrant against B-- and (two of the most formidable of the gang), for breaking into and stealing goods from a shop, on the ground that he was afraid to do so I A constable of Markham, in whose hands a warrant was placed for the apprehension of one of the gang (now in the peniten tiary), immediately sent private information to the culprit that he had the warrant, and would not execute for four or five days, evidently for the purpose of giving the man ample time to escape ; the rogue, however, more courageous than nis rural official, refused to run, and sent word to the con s tabl e th a t h e h a d no fear of being convicted. He was subsequently brought before the neighbouring magistrates, the burglary was proved, the prisoners's identity sworn to, and the magis trates discharged him on bail ; an accomplice in the bur glary* being one of his bail. The culprit was again ad vised to run, but again refused, declaring his belief that the jury would not convict him, and even if they did, and if he should be sent to the penitentiary, he would soon " get out again on petition.' Contrary to his expecta• Lions, however, the prisoner was convicted—is now in the penitentiary, and he has not yet " got out on peti tion." These, and other similar facts, sufficiently demon strate the influenceofintimidation upon some of the officers of justice in the country ; while it is well known that several of the gang, who were convicted at the late As sizes, openly boasted that had the jury been from their part of the country, they durst not have convicted them. A singularity of this association is, that the parties to it are all apparently in fair circumstances, and in a condition of life which divests them of the plea of necessity for their crimes. They are all persons (saving phrenological developments) of good appearance, and as well dressed as the generality of the better class of our farming population. Some of them are owners of farms; many of them are the sons of freeholders, strong, able bodied, well dressed young men ; some are tavern keepers; some are owners or lessees of saw mills; and all of them are in a condition of life, to be able to earn an honest livelihood. Some of them since their convic tion, have confessed that they have " never had a day's good luck" since they joined the gang; that pre , viously they were well off and well respected, but that since their own rightful property has gone to wreck, while that acquired by dishonest means was always quickly dissipated; and that they are now, even in a pecuniary point of view, in a much worse condition than they would have been had they pursued an honest career, while their characters and their liberties are sacrificed for their crimes. From what we have learned of the gang, we should be disposed to divide them into two classes—the cavalry and the infantry. The former, who are generally mounted on the best horses in the country, figure only in the higher branches of roguery, such as burglary, horse stealing, and in the wholesale dissemination of " boodle." Boodle being the flash term of the gang for counterfeit money. To the infantry is delegated the lower order of thievery. Some of this infantry division are occasionally intrusted with the retailing of boodle, which they pass off upon the farmers, tavern keepers, &c., of the back townships. This they manage with great dexterity and caution. They never carry more than one bad note about them at a time; having at the same time several good notes. If the note, when offered, should be detected or suspected, the fellow who offers it, with expressions of surprise, regret, doubt, &c., immediately offers a good note, and all is right. Or, if the parties should proceed so far as to have the fellow searched, all the money about him is good exct'pt this one note, and he is usually discharged. But if the bad note, when offered, be taken without suspicion, which it generally is (among the class of persons to whom such notes are usually offered), the fellow gets his change, supplies the place of the note which he has just passed with another from the boodle bank, and repeats the experiment somewhere else. There is one precautionary measure of the gang which is never departed from—the thieves never take the property which they steal home to their own houses. Hence search warrants, which have often been immediately issued against the premises of the right persons, have always failed. If the stolen arti cles are bulky, and not easily removable to a distance, they are always taken to a hiding place, previously pre pared, generally in the woods, where they are kept " until the storm blows over." Articles of considerable value, and easily removable, such as horses, watches, bank notes, which it is feared may be identified, &c., are often taken to Lower Canada, to the townships of Shefford and Dunham, where there is a wholesale establishment for issuing counterfeit money of all sorts, and for receiving stolen goods, and where the stolen articles are disposed of in exchange for boodle, at the rate of 100 dolls, worth of boodle for ten dollars worth of valuable property, or for five dollars of bankable paper. This boodle is brought back and dis posed of at an advance of one or two hundred per cent. to the small fry of the gang, by whom it is put into cir culation about the country. Tne boodle, or counterfeit paper, which is thus put into circulation, is of different descriptions, but a large proportion of it purports to be of the Bank of Kingston, Hudson River, " New York Safety Fund," in small letters, being engraved thereon. The "operation" of horse stealing is skilfully performed, and is always done "in duplicate." The horses to be stolen, and the places where they are to be found, being previously well known, the two thieves start simul taneouslyin opposite directions in pursuit of their prey ; one, perhaps, to the States, and one to some distant part of this province. Each obtains possession of his horse, and they meet each other with all possible dispatch, at some intermediate point, where they exchange the stolen horses, and each returns to his own neighbourhood on an unknown horse. A very curious circumstance of this kind was disclosed during the recent examinations. Two of the gang (whom we will designate as A. and J.) agreed to steal two horses, which were previously known to them ; one in the Newcastle district, and one in the western part of the province. A. proceeded to the . latter point, and J. to the former. Each obtained his horse ; A, a fine grey, and J. a fine black horse. They then proceeded with all possible expedition, through the back conces sions (these gentry never travel on the main road on business of this kind), to a place of meeting near Brantford, where they exchanged horses ; A. re turning towards the west on the black horse, and J. returning on the grey to the very neighbourhood where he had stolen the black horse. J. having dis posed of the grey horse, and having learned that A. had sold the black horse to a farmer beyond Brantford, proceeded to the spot, claimed the black horse as his property, which he said had been stolen from him by A., and threatened to take out a warrant against the farmer. The poor farmer, somewhat frightened, offered to give up the horse, if J. would " prove to it." J. ac cordingly made affidavit that the horse was his property, and had been stolen from him by a person answering the description of A., upon which the poor farmer gave up the horse to J., who rode it off to the westward, and sold it again in Michigan. There is one plan of operation adopted by this gang, which is somewhat more scienti fic than any to which we have yet alluded—that is, the employment of avant couriers, who go before, to ob tain information. These gentry consist of tailors, who go about to farm-houses to work at their trade, for a certain sum per day, and their board and lodging ; of pedlars who visit farm-houses, under pretext of selling small articles of finery to women and children ; and in one instance, of a rascal who professes to have the gift of prayer and "psalmody," which he dispenses liberally in exchange for provender and lodging. These rascals respectively avail themselves of the opportunities which these visits afford them, to ascertain who has money, where it is kept, and at what point of the premises an entry may be most effectually made. There is but one other matter concerning this gang which we propose to advert to at this time ; and that is, their obligations to each other. It does net appear that any oath is now or ever has been administered in the association. But on the first introduction of a novice to the leaders or "old hands" of the gang, he is required to pledge him self that he will adhere to their rules, and never betray their secrets, on pain of certain death. In the event of any one of the gang being arrested, the other members are bound to do all they can for him ; to procure him bail, to give evidence for him at his trial, and to " prove him clear" (as they term it) by swearing to an alibi. These are the only obligations which we have heard of, and these are generally understood and adhered to among the " Markham Gang." * This fact was not known by the magistrates at the time, but it was known by them that this man was one of the gang. THE CROPS —We regret to say that, in consequence of the changeableness of the weather, a great portion of the wheat crop will be materially injured, in some instances the grain has begun to grow in the ear before the crop has been cut. The sample of barley will be very bad. In most cases, the grain in our field presents three different appearances — one part nearly dead ripe; a second, just coining to hand, whilst the third is quite green. The potato crop is nearly, if not quite destroyed ; and from the early appearance of the disease, the effect upon the neighbourhood will be much worse than last year.—Sonierset County _Herald. THE LATE SCULLERS' MATCH FOR THE CNAMPION SHIP OP THE TirAmEs.—The friends of these celebrated scullers have appointed to meet on Wednesday next, at the Ship, Fore-street, Lambeth, when Coombes will receive the stakes, 200/., as winner of the recent match. The friends of Campbell are not satisfied with his defeat, and a new match is likely to be made. FLOGGING IN THE NAVY AND ARMY. The following petition from the City of London was presented to the House of Lords, on the 17th of March, 1836 : " To the Right Honourable, the Lords Temporal and Spiritual, in Parliament assembled, " The Humble Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, " Shevveth,—That your Petitioners, as the represen tatives of the citizens of London, deem it to be an inz portant duty to express their opinion to your Lortlshipe on any subject materially affecting the rights, liberties, or happiness of the community, or deeply involving the character and honour of their country. " That the punishment of flogging in the navy and army, which for a long time past has engaged a large share of public interest, and excitid the abhorrence of all classes of society, has been especially forced on the at tention of your petitioners by two recent instances of military punishment at Wool v‘ ich, which were speedily followed by the death of the victims. " That your petitioners believe that the inefficiency of flogging, for the promotion of naval and military disci pline, is susceptible of the strongest proof which fact or argument could furnish on any subject. " That your petitioners are nevertheless of the opinion, that the cruel torture, and debasing tendency of this system, could not be palliated, much less justified, by any appeal to expediency—they recognise in it one of those flagrant outrages on the national morale against which the best feelings of our common nature in stinctively revolt, and they therefore most sincerely a nd earnestly hope that a concern for the honour of the, country, and the reputation of th e nav y an d ar my of England amongst neighbouring nations—combined wit h a regard to public opinion—f requent ly, strong ly, and without distinction of party, very generally expressed ---- will prevent any attempt to defend and maintain a mode of punishment, demoralising and degrading to those tau award, to those who inflict, to those who suffer, and to those who witness it. " That the instance, to which your petitioners baps alluded are only two of many in which death has speedily followed the infliction of the punishment. That however heinous the offence in some of those cases may /ev e been, they were not such as, OR any principle of jus tice or morality, could be visited with capital punish ment even in its ordinary form, unaccompanied by Pro tracted suffering ; and that this destruction of human life has been accompanied with a species of torture utterly at variance with the general spirit of our 1 9 ' 11 ' the feelings and habits of our countrymen, and the pre cepts of Christianity. "Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your Let ships to repeal the laws which authorise the punishmeew of flogging in the navy and army." POST-OFFICE NOTICE. On Saturday the following notice was placarded in the vestibule of the General Post-office, St. Martin's -le" Grande:— On Monday evening will be dispatched the next 11 1 0: for the Mediterranean, Egypt, I n di a , an d China, I g' Marseilles. A mail bag for Madeira, Lisbon, Spain, and Gibraltar, will be made up on Thursday next, the 27th instant, and on the 7th, 17th, and 27th of every succeeding month. For Sydney, New South Wales, a mail will be Mad e up and dispatched the last day of this and every su e ' ceeding month. For Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadi z , Gibraltar, mate! ranean, Eypt, India, and China, on th e morn ing of th e 4th of the ensuing month. For Mexico, Hond u r as , an d H avanna h , on th o 2d of next and each succeeding month only. For Bermuda, San Juan de Nicaragua, New Granscl * Chili, and Peru, on the 17th of every month only. For Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, on the Sd 411 20th of every month. The Peninsular steam-packet will not call at Corona e either on the outward or hom ewar d voyage during winter months of November, December, January, * 113 ,, February next, commencing from the 7th of Novetabe' RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' MNCESTER, Arians'. 22. .„, STOCK EXCHANGE. -The H sales are— Ambergate, NottingliaT,„' q tellr ton, &c., dis. - Blackburn, Darwen, and B o lt on , 1. 4 dis. —, "yor% Stamford, and Birmingham, 12s. 3d. dis. —Eastern Countiet4ol. Extension, 134 p.—East Lancashire. 91 4 p.--Fleetwood, r_,7914 and West Riding, dis.—Huddersfleld, Halifax, and Bradfroda p.—Huddersfleld and Manchester Railway and Canal, 114 p• - •isl e and Thirsk, 314 dis.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 214 cliestnr, Midland, and Grimsby,-19s. 6d. dis.—North-Easterut —Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 6s. 3d. dis. sion, dis.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 1, 4 1)- -S bury, Wolverhampton, &c., dis.—Shropshire Union Canal, 12s. 6d. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 43 No. 4, % p.—Trent Valley, Midland, &c., p.—west Riding 2 15.16 p. 43—Ditto Sion. LEEDS, AUGUST 22. eat 'flea" STOCK Exert/mem—The Share markets are ruled in 7i - i noneY or sure by the appearance of the weather, as th e cheaPne sB in the early the contrary depends much on the present liarve bt. r ices were part of the week, and indeed until yesterday rn°r;el i tadvance Wag lower, and au absence of all spirit of speculation revenient was n" noted ; at the second meeting, however, some improvement This has been the CASO visible, and prices closed generally higher. again to-day, and a better tone prevails. PortsMolltitl raising of fresh capital and amalgamating the Direct e dull, an is not looked upon favourably. Manchester and Leeds ar Midlands continue heavy. The sales are—EasteM Counties,_ Extension, 325. Gd. p.—East Lancashire, 8 Manchester,2% p.— Ditto, Extensions, ss. p.—Buddersfleld and Brightens ar lower, as the p.—lludderstela_t e r, field, 7% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 4 p.—Ditto, Branches, 14_4, Ditto, Extension, ls. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, dis. -Ditto, 3 dis.—Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 2/.lls. p.—Newcastlen Darlington Junction Extensions, 10 p.—North British, Car l io% Branch, 549. p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 15s. 6d. —Buckinghamshire, Bs. 6d. dis.—Great Eastern and Western, t,, dis. —Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 13s. dis.—Lancashire,l° - n d, shire, and North-Eastern, 265. dis.—Leeds, Wak e fl e ld , an d Mi'L - 0 1 4 15s. clis.—Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry, &c. , Ms. dis.—Live"; . ..... Onnskirk, and Preston, 34 p.—London an York, 85. di s ' o ci. Mallon and Driffield Junction, Bs. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Ma i ,:i be r and Midland, 17s. 6d. p.—North Western, 6s. p. —Sheffield, 14 ' 4 ,00 ham, and Goole, 20s. Ms.— Shropshire Union, 12s. 6d. clia•__,"" — gat Midland, 13s. 6d. p.—West lidding Union, 51. 2s. B.—Yorkon" Glasgow Union, 395. dis. SHEFFIELD, AuntrsT 22. sToca Excluxesx.-The sales are-Grimsby and 5he 0, 9 . 4 dis.-Ditto, Extension, 15s. dis.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 1,-,004 East Lincolnshire, % dis.-Manchester and Lincoln Union an 19s. dis.--North Western, ss. p.-Sheffield and Lincolnshir e . -Ditto, Extension, n din. HULL, AUGUST 22. Dr se, Sissex Erse/um/E.-The sales are- North British, Carlisle _se, 775. 6,1 . -Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, N ew , 3s. 6( 1 . ' US ' si ton, Stamford, and Bi rm i ng h am, I i s. di s. -B uck i ng h a mshire' -Leicester and Tamworth, 355.-M anc h es t er , B u xton, (le t lock, 1 P.-North Western, 4s. p.-Northern Counties Vtai s ."4o 4 ' York and Glasgow Union), nth-Shropshire Union, 13s. ( 10 * - iss jcar Riding Union, 474 -Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, ter and Bedford, 12s. 3d. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AUGUST 22. dis plllo' STOCK Exenastax.-The sales are-Caledonian. 5 row ter New, 1 dis.-Ditto, Extension, 20s. dis.-Lancashire an and Yorkshire, 17s. 6d. dis.-London and York, IS-Marlab e s:d D 0": Leeds, 2% p.-Newcastle acd Carlisle, 104- Newcastle t s, 11A Wigton Extensions, 91i -York and Selby, East and West RO L "' YORK, AUGST 22. yorlt STOCK Exenarrox.-The sales are-Eastern Counties , 641. -f ird, tension, 2!4--Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 138 S peat:l, with and Bury (Cambridge and Ely), 1%-Leicester a"'lserT, s l( 1I s. 6d.-Leicester. Tamworth, &c., 11. (b.-Newcastle an_ s u si o, 0 1 7,, 28-Newcastle and Darlington, New, 11% -North 13 B si : visl ta lu sa Shares, 14%-Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 4/. 3s. Ga.-5 0 '1 - (P° 1%--Wost Riding Union, 5 -York and North Indian,' West Riding Extension), 13%. e e* EDINBURGH, AUGUST 21. Ab erd AU' STOLE EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Aberdeen, 81. 155. -- obro ss s„ Banff, and Elgin, 11.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 15 5 %, an d Y's'; and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Halt Shares, 15/. 101.-Armag h --1, rush, 14s. Gd.-Ayr and Galloway, 11. 95.-BanffBhire , 91. „ fast and County Down, 12s. 6c1.-British and Irish Union,F., 6d.-Caledonian, 161.-Ditto, New, U. 9s. 6d.--calV: a s 2 e slota' - _, sion, Gel.-Caled niaon and Dumbarton, and Northern Direct, 2/. 25.-Clydesdale Junction, '2l. lOs.-1;" 11 ' 231. 10S.- c u r s ; wall and Devon Central, 1/. 11 s.-Deeside Railway Iss ' Dundee and Northern, 1/. 155.-Dublin and Enniskillen, 3 1 - ---- 241. 7 0. d broath, 3n-1)11'o, New, 211. 51,4-Dundee and Perth, asi -East Indian Railway, 155.-East of Fife, B. 10s. Dim' s ss Bathgate, 2/. 165.-Edinburgh and Gla4gow, ditto' -77 Shares, 181. 2s. 6cl.- Ditto, Quarters, 18'. 10s.-Ditto, __ A . Ps . 181.-Edinburgh, Leith, and k; r t ton, 181.-Ditte, PrefereasßstS 17s. 6c1.-Edy.uni,,, , 155.-Edinburgh and Northern, 91. 15s.- -Dille, Newportl, oo , Edinburgh and a P n e d rtt A i, y 3l hir . 7s. e 6 7 , 1 5 . 1. - - } D so i r t t t h o, an N a ew Cte ei l , nr 3 lW . li as . 80 : Ditto, Quarter Shares, 18/. 10s.-Glasgow and Belfast Unia ll 'ound ss s ees -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. 15 5 .- Glasgow and 'ile: Junction, 11. 135. -Glasgow and Ga rn ki r k , 40/.-Glasgow s's /sir Terminus, 8/. lOs-Glasgow and Greenock, 16/. 10s. 1/. 155.-Glasgow, 1011 20se _Ditt o ; oo o4 Stock, 81. 155.-Ditto, Preference, and Ardrossan, 11. I3s.- Glasgow, Strathaven, and Les, lg. 2/. 195.-Granton Junction, 1 0s.--Great Count ' s , Down, ' 1 "/Aris": Great North of Scotland, lls.-Inverness and Elgin. 11 . ~" *„ .- -o d -' and Lothians, 2/. 55.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, a sr a •„i s , Bristol, anti South Wales, 11. 3s. 6d. -London and 'Z s .' It s , Ditto, Half Shares, 1/. 155.-Midland and Eastern Cenn' s ,,` - ' IS ssin i" Newcastle and Berwick, 291.-North British, 38t. 125. o '' ,3 * , -pit, oi l, Halves, ls/.- Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 31.7 x. 6d. lid 71. 14s.- North Staffordshire, 5/. 9s. 6c1.-North Wales 1 4 , in scet s l i p 155.-Ditto, New, 10/.-Perth and Inverness, U. I is. va si ,a (s ss a Central, 191. 10s.-Ditto, New, 91. 10s.-Scottish Central seen; donian Junction, 1/. lOs -Scottish Grand Junction, 12 'S -- burss s i Midland, 71. 10s.-Scottish southern, 1/. 175.-Shrewsosir Hereford, 6s. 6cl.- Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 51 ; .80 .-- 9 , 0 4 South Midland, 21. 15s. 6d.-- Stirling and Dunfermline, . I `sif ling and Midland, 2/. 165.-Strathern Junction, 21.- -I ''" Coltness. 471.10 x. GLASGOW, AUGUST 21. STOCK Exenssax. -The sales are-Caledonian Nes s. h ire „it dollish Extension, 335. 9c1.-Caledonian and D um barton°' 2 4 • lion, 225. 6d.-Direct Northern, 35 5.-Dundee and Perth,.et, 46 o. Indian Railway, 15s. 3d.-Edinburgh and Northern, N e aon , an d -Glasgow General Terminus, 8%- Glasgow and Belfast 430' Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 355.-Glasgow, Klin' ss " - dotssc -Arid,criolshsaanl,,d29lsn.,6edrri.-esGs,l43s2gso._ws, cuAitrtdisrhie,CaenndtrMaloanikldlacndaittrizeiss;:l:.o4. tion, 345.- South Eastern and Dover, New (issued at ""siw. 675. 6d.- South Midland, 55 5.-Stirling and Duniersrain e, [ADVERTISEMENT.]-LIVER, STOMACH, A kS. ; at . 0 0 COMPLAINTS CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.-In close, lo s lsinn s af weather the food on the stomach frequently ferments anu s o el o st bowel complaints, which is at all times dangerous to We ak a nd► persons. When the liver is out of order, it induces heavy poP , sensations, the forerunner of direful diseases, as drelvOces are le paralytic strokes, &c. Such and other baneful consequens,llloll;lo mediately prevented by a few doses of these searching s is v t v 0 they speedily and surely banish disease when the sYst e T h eal g a l asth under its direct influence. Persons at the turn of life sii dr critical a period take Holloway's pills, which are sold b3 s r s 7 oo . and at the Proprietor's Establishment, 244, Strand, I,°" ,k, gr /s BIRTHS. On the 20th inst., at Clarence-terrace, Regent's - P th e Macready, of a daughter. ;fig tolif On the 17th inst., at Middleton Hall, near Da r I ' . . _ lady of Captain R. H. S. Jackson, of itdaughter. 5 OO. ~,, On the 19th inst., at Kensington, Mis. bleek, ( ' 9 ' orniv'' On the 20th inst., at Bath, the lady of Cap t3A g ba 46 Indian Navy, of a son. On the 20th inst., at Dover, the lady a John - of I, Phillips, Esq., of a son. lady On the 20th inst., at Newcastle-on-Tyne , the Grote, Esq., of a son. Air- illir 11° ( On the 21st inst., at Norwood, the lady o f Quiltei, of a daughter. MARRIED. 0 0114 1101 05 a On the 18th inst., at Wanstead CI urcb, , tbe 1 - Esq., Wanstead, to Charlotte, second daughter cm 01111 John Allen, Esq., R.N. On the 20th inst., at St. Chat's, Li c hfield, the Ete' 1L o l solp ir, S. Cerjat, Rector of WestHorsley , Sur.,,, re ii' go. J t " Perceval. (22r l ()Ite'sec"ddal)e'll°ll.'—‘ll ; DIED. ~. ibingtoll,l3 oo, On the Bth inst., at the Vicarage, 038 ' --- - itl t ' Rev. Phipps Long, aged 75. On the 12th inst., at Moffat, Captain Ja , hl7 G le a l r, l° R.is Wa r: On the 16th inst., at Bruges, tish.tOWll. On the 19th inst., Mr. John Wills, a ICert rn w l low On the 2lst inst., at Stamford Villas, Flan 9 J 4 -" -- Kempe, Esq., F.S.A. 11P Captain C. London: Printed and Published by AilTB lz its Strari . .__, Asa y Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, ..0.- Pi of the Savoy, LA the C9Ortti 9( 11°:::::11°) 24, 1846. 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