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THE BISHOP OF EXETER. (From the Western Times.) The exigencies of political events have compelled us to postpone a notice of Mr. Shore's case, and also that of Mr. Bowden, who has been shut out from Plymouth be cause he wont preach baptismal regeneration. The ec centricities of our Right Rev. diocesan have a dd e d i a new feature to the former case—by the light7he h the new debate throws upon the grounds of his displeasure with Mr. Shore. The Bishop has been the instrument up to a pleasnre i for closing the chapel at Plymouth, in w few weeks since, a minister of the Established Church was wont to discharge the important functions of his sa cred calling. It is now some e i g ht or nine years since. we first heard the Bishop lament the great spiritual des titution of Plymouth. He had then just discovered, or but just proclaimed, the " astounding fact" that thereiea were t 80,000 souls perishi n g for lack of spiritual nour i shment in the Plymouth district. He was t hen moved with a new born zeal, and determined , by the celerity wi th which delay. h e prepared to repair the defect , to make some am ends for his extraordinary oversight and We thought it extremely strange, to use the mildest term, to see the Bishop only then making the discovery of all this spiritual destitution. He had come to the diocese some years before, and received, from the very day of his taking possession, some two hundred pounds per week, as his wages for discharging the important duties which he took upon himself as the Bishop of the diocese. He had to conciliate the opposition, and overcome the contempt, which naturally followed his recent conversion to the measure of Catholic Emancipation ; which in spite of his pamphlets, he had just then helped to carry, by his vote for Sir Robert Peel at Oxford. We will suppose that the first hours of his official life were spent in prayer to a higher power to smooth the way for his ministry, and to overcome the prejudices which English men naturally feel against rats, one of which the per verse people of the diocese persisted in calling him. After having, as it were, adjusted the cushion of his episcopal throne, so that he might occupy his seat with ease and comfort, there arose the care of providing for his family. It took some time to quarter that son of his in Worcestershire. There was a squabble with the Chapter, who refused to appoint the young man Precentor. Then there was the time spent in thinking about the appointing of old Luxmoore, who helot the living of Bridestowe, which it was thought he would have to vacate into the hands of the Bishop, supposing that the Bishop should nominate him to the office of Precentor. Whatever was thought, (and something was said about it), no arrange ment took place in this quarter. The affairs of the young man were quite at sea, till the Rev. Thomas Hill Lowe turned up. This gentleman was the holder of a brace of fat livings in Worcestershire, Hollow-cum- Grimley. Him did the Bishop nominate for Precentor, and him did the Chapter accept, and the young man was hence forth transferred to Worcestershire, where as the rector of the united parishes of Hollow-cum- Grimley, he showed to an admiring world, how soon the merits of a young divine are seen, when his father happens to be a bishop. We cannot follow the Old Gentleman through all his arrangements, but there were some very clever. The Government were deprived of their patronage of the Deanery, after having possessed it for some 300 years, the Precentor Lowe became Dean. Then we have young Mr. Phillpotts made Precentor, and " our son-in-law," Mr. Stephens, made Sub-Dean, and since r, joicing with the substantial seal of the episcopal approbation set upon his labours, in the shape of the goodly living of Dunsford, which is situate within an easy walk of his commodious and beautiful residence at Culver—a location in short, worthy in every respect of the dignity and piety of one who has had the grace to woo and win the heart of a Bishop's daughter. Then there was our other son-in-law, De Bouilli. This reverend gentleman was for some years unprovided for. He was Bishop's son-in-law, without any consolation made to him in the shape of preferment for the sacrifice of that supreme fitness for the ministerial duties which celibacy imparts, save the barren business of Bishop's curate. He was the curate of the Bishop's own living at Shobrooke. How this young man came to be ransomed from that " inferior clergy" state of slavery—that was a clever affair ! The Chapter, on the death of Dean Landon, acting under the advice of the Bishop, resisted the Government in the exercise of /their patronage, which for 300 years they had enjoyed. Those honest gentlemen claimed by virtue of the Popish statutes, the right to administer the patronage themselves. By these statutes they were required to live in common—to preserve themselves chaste, and to keep their vows of celibacy. They permitted a Protestant Government to absolve them from those galling regulations, and as jolly priests who had passed many years in the solace of holy wedlock, they must have laughed at the folly of their predecessors, who had in their monkish nonsense, foregone the substantial blessings of matrimony. But notwithstanding that they have been well content to receive and enjoy the immunity from monkish slavery. which Protestant institutions gave them, they still fell back on the popish statutes, in resistance of the Queen's " authority spiritual" over all orders, civil and ecclesiasti cal, and refused to take the nominee of the Crown for their Dean. The old gentleman, who then as now enacted the part of Bishop of the diocese, patted them on the back, pre them council to prolong the litigation ; so they held the Crown at arm's length, and succeeded in carrying the election of their Precentor, by which Bishop Phill potts secured the appointment of a very good-natured man, much given up to the promotion of the Bishop's interests, to be their chief—and thus was Mr. Precentor Low now elected in secret conclave to the office of Dean of Exeter. What passed in the solemn conclaves of the reverend body at that time will probably never be re vealed to the present generation; but we will just glance at what took place out of doors. The dignitaries of the Chapter held in rotation certain pieces of patronage ; by virtue of their appointments, it is just as much theirs as any private property, subject to the conditions under which they are entitled to share their patronage. This patronage consists of certain livings, which are none of the worst ; and as the incumbents of these livings die off the patronage is distributed to the dignitaries in turn. During this contest, which was maintained with the Bishop's approbation and by his help, the living of Thorverton became vacant. It fell to the " ball" of the Reverend Chancellor Martin —(e Ball " is the technical phrase used by members of the Chapter). By the conditions annexed to the patronage, the patron dignitary is compelled to nominate his proteg6 within the space of six months. The Worshipful Chancellor Martin received his piece of patronage, and proceeded in due course to nominate his friend. The Bishop reminded him that the body was not yet complete, and therefore no nomination could be exercised till the Dean was appointed. The litigation proceeded—six months are soon passed over in law pro ceedings, much sooner than the suit is settled ; and when the Reverend Chancellor next proceeded to nomi nate, he was told that the living had lapsed to the Bishop by law. The Bishop by this chance came into the possession of the living of Thorverton, and all the world tho ug ht th e reverend dignitaries had been " jolly green" to have played his game, which ran the Bishop's chance against their patronage, without taking secu rity from him that he would not avail himself of any windfall which lapse of time might place in his way. For, be it observed, they made the lapse in fighting off the Government appointment, in which the Bishop was as much (if not more) interested as they were. They ought certainly to have stipulated with the Bishop that he should not take a d van t age of any lapse which might arise, through the want of a Dean, which want they had incurred in the pursuit of an interest common to both of them. But how did the Bishop act, having thus got the living through negligence of the "jolly green" Chapter? Why, he gave it to the Rev. Dr. Coleridge, of Lawhitton. Dr. Coleridge vacated Lawhitton, which by the vacation f« 11 into the hands of the Bishop, who Do Bouilli, and the Bishop's gave it to his son-in-law, living at Shobrooke was thus unencumbered of the pre sence of the son-in-law—for we may suppose that though the son-in-law had only a curacy there, yet as curate to his father-in-law, the Bishop, he got more for it than the old gentleman would give to an ordinary curate, But it must be observed here that the old gen tleman did not take advantage of Chancellor Martin's lapse, as he might have (lone, by giving the living to his own son-in-law. No—in order that he might be above suspicion, he gave it to that most exemplary divine and tolerably sound Tractarian, the Rev. Dr. Coleridge. Nothing can be clearer than that it was not till he got the lsaecwo,nadndliveixnagltoefdlOwhitte n th a t h e thought o f hi s son-in lanl;vl',Viiho can blame him for possessing natural affecti on ? baptismal regeneration but this time, where was te 80 fast. A man's missio n is Softly, tw good fld reader , as no t him self and his natural affection s ° to the outer world of mankind at large. lie ; who neg lects as his own family is worse than a heathen , a nd the'Bishop_deid not commit this unheathenish si n n , of neglect. w . pass over " one" nephew, then at Pinhoe, Jrawkina by name, an d who is now settled in some other part of England, but whether by some secret swop, or by virtue of his own merits, we will not say, though we will as' • s h t a m . e the w o la r tter . , and therefore say nothing more about meritoriom will we enlarge upon the case of that Young man, who, albeit he is nephew Y.'. T 1 nßishop, is now enjoying a comfortable living tu t 'wl4: r eighbourhood of Falmouth. Well, next we _son . John, appointed Bishop's chaplain and h= oz ..bitokeinteignhead. There was a swop here, h, T ;72_ 4 .cutg t ht, but that was a mistake. Dr. Col tute7,7_l,l 't for Farringdon, in order to get nearer the c h ar he had passed some pleasant days in Grin nn , A? of instructor of th e yout h i n the Free But been e h °l, as many of them probably recollect. his Right Rev, sonc John ' was comfortably located, near pleasant f a ther his guide and comforter, whose Stokeintei gri b ud LiNkrhopstoe is within easy access of elevation of you ng M r shall pass over in silence the some living of Kingst-eiWoolcombe to the very hand existed here on the sudden elevation 48 a since evation of this young man, popular delusion which delusion has been marriage; and we shall not dwaeoanaryadoef ell the transfer of " our manifest by his son " to the Archde position to the Bishop's has ty Cornwall, in op before the vacancy occurred, at the anci unripe conclusion, for one man's talents. This Willi am post was too great sion of the good living of St. G is also in posses round sum, as the clergy of CsrniwuviallaB know. w w orth han There annaurael some minor affairs of a family nature, which it is not worth while to go into but eve have given these details because the Bishop, h ; lately doctrines with great awllhenaof, pushed Tractarian andt having backed up 8.11 those ministers ,1,3 m the ee introduction themselves obnoxious to their parishiobneeirnasvge of obsolete customs, and worthy task of endeavouring to extrud w e as schism atical, in the those ministers who will not preach the doctrine o f the baptismal regeneration, it appears to us that this doe irine, by the Bishop's own showing, is of very secondary importance, and certainly net of importance enough to warrant him in thrusting out from the ministry any man who by his self-denying character, his practical be nevolence and his piety, has rendered himself acceptable to a wilted parish. For it is manifest, on tho face of THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, JULY 16, 1846. things, that if the doctrine had been .of much consequence, it would have been the Bishop's first care to have seen it enforced ; but for years he went on, attending to his own matters And the matters of his househe.d, es ting his sons and the husbands of his daughters in the Church, before he directed his attention to these things; and though it is no business of ours to interfere with the authority of our right reverend diocesan, and to discuss points of theology with the old gentleman, we must say we think he is pushing matters rather inconsiderately ; in making the enforcement of these doctrines a stum bling block in the way of the faithful. THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES. An ILLUSTRATION of the SPIRIT of HUMBUG, and of the way in which the great and .s: - - - all vulgar agree to cant about what they do not believe. (From "Danish Fairy Legends," by Hans Christian Anderson.) Many years ago there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes that he spent all his money in dress. He did not trouble himself in the least about his soldiers ; nor did he care to go either to the theatre or the chase, except for the opportunities then afforded him for displaying his new clothes. He had a different suit for each hour of the day ; and as of any ' other King or Emperor, one is accustomed to say, " Ile is sitting in council," it was always said of him, "The Emperor is sitting in his wardrobe." Time passed away merrily in the large town which was his capital ; strangers arrived every day at the court. One day, two rogues, calling themselves weavers, made their appearance. They gave out that they knew how to weave stuffs of the most beautiful colours and elaborate patterns, the clothes manufactured from which should have the wonderful property of remaining invisi ble to every one who was unfit for the office he held, or who was extraordinarly simple in character. " These must indeed be splendid clothes !" thought the Emperor. "Had I such a suit, I might, at once, find out what men in my realms are unfit for their office, and also be able to distinguish the wise from the foolish! This stuff must be woven for me immediately." And he caused large sums of money to be given to both the weavers, in order that they might begin their work directly. " So the two pretended weavers set up two looms, and affected to work very busily, though in reality they did nothing at all. They asked for the most delicate silk and the purest gold thread : put both into their own knapsack; and then continued their pretended work at the empty looms, until late at night. " I should like to know how the weavers are getting on with my cloth," said the Emperor to himself; after some little time had elapsed ; he was, however, rather embarrassed, when he remembered that a simpleton, or one unfit for his office, would be unable to see the manu facture. "To be sure," he thought "he had nothing to risk in his own person ; but yet he would prefer sending somebody else to bring him intelligence about the weavers and their work before he troubled himself in the affair." All the people throughout the city had heard of the wonderful property the cloth was to possess ; and all were anxious to learn how wise, or how ignorant their neighbour might prove to be. " I will send my faithful old Minister to the weavers," said the Emperor, at last, after some deliberation, " he will be best able to see how the cloth looks ; for he is a man of sense, and no one can be more suitable for his office than he is." So the faithful old Minister went into the hall, where the knaves were working with all their might at their empty looms. " What can be the meaning of this ?" thought the old man, opening his eyes very wide. " I cannot discover the least bit of thread on their looms !" However, he did not express his thought aloud. The impostors requested him very courteously to be so good as to come nearer their looms ; and then asked him whether the design pleased him, and whether the colours were not very beautiful ; at the same time pointing to the empty frames. The poor old Minister looked and looked, he could not discover anything on the looms, for a very good reason—viz., there was no thing there. " What !' thought he again, "is it pos sible that lam a simpleton ? I have never thought so myself ; and no one must know it now, if lam so. Can it be, that lam unfit for my office ? No, that must not be said either. I will never confess that I could not see the stuff:" " Well, Sir Minister," said one of the knaves, still pretending to work, " you do not say whether the stuff pleases you." " Oh, it is excellent !" replied the old minister, look ing at the loom through his spectacles. " This pattern, and the colours—yes, I will tell the Emperor without delay how very beautiful I think them." " We shall be much obliged to you," said the im postors, and then they named the different colours and described the pattern of the pretended stuff. The old minister listened attentively to their words, in order that he might repeat them to the Emperor; and then 1 the knaves asked for more silk and gold, saying that it I was necessary to complete what they had begun. How ever, they put all that was given them into their knap sacks, and continued to work with as much apparent diligence as before at their empty looms. The Emperor now sent another officer of his court to see how the men were getting on, and to ascertain whe ther the cloth would soon be ready. It was just the same with this gentleman as with the minister ; he sur veyed the looms on all sides, but could see nothing at all but the empty frames. " Does not the stuff appear as beautiful to you as it did to my Lord the Minister?" asked the impostors of the Emperor's second ambassador; at the same time making the same gestures as before, and talking of the design and colours which were not there. "I certainly am not stupid!" thought the messenger. " It must be, that I am not fit for my good, profitable office! That is very odd; however, no one shall know anything about it !" And accordingly he praised the stuff he could not see, and declared that he was delighted with both colours and patterns. "Indeed, please your Imperial Majesty," said he to his sovereign, when he re turned, " the cloth which the weavers are preparing is extraordinarily magnificent." The whole city was talking of the splendid cloth which the Emperor had ordered to be woven at his own expense. And now the Emperor himself went to see the costly manufacture whilst it was still on the loom. Accom panied by a select number of officers of the Court, among whom were the two honest men who had already ad mired the cloth, he went to the crafty impostors, who, as soon as they were aware of the Emperor's approach, went on working more diligently than ever ; although they still did not pass a single thread through the looms. "Is not the work absolutely magnificent ? " said the two officers of the Crown already mentioned. "If your Majesty will only be pleased to look at:it! What a splendid design ! What glorious colours ! " and at the same time they pointed to the empty frames ; for they imagined that every one else could see this exquisite piece of workmanship. How is this ?" said the Emperor to himself, " I can see nothing ! this is indeed a terrible affair ! Am I a simpleton, or am I unfit to be an Emperor ? that would be the worst thing that could happen." "Oh ! the cloth is charming," said he, aloud. "It has my com plete approbation." And he smiled most graciously, and looked closely at the empty looms : for on no ac count would he say that he could not see what two of the officers of his Court had praised so much. All his retinue now strained their eyes, hoping to discover something on the looms, but they could see no more than the others ; nevertheless, they all exclaimed, Oh, how beautiful !" and advised his Majesty to have some new clothes made from this splendid material, for the approaching procession. " Magnificent ! charming 1 excellent !" resounded on all sides, and every one was uncommonly ga7. The Emperor shared in the ge neral satisfaction ; and presented the impostors with the riband of an order of knighthood, to be worn in heir button-holes, and the title of " Gentlemen Weavers." The rogues sat up the whole of the night before the day on which the procession was to take place, and had sixteen lights burning, so that every one might see how anxious they were to finish the Emperor's new suit. They pretended to roll the cloth off the looms; cut the air with the scissors; and sowed with needles without any thread in them. "See," cried they at last, " the Emperor's new clothes are ready!" And now the Emperor, with all the grandees of his ';'ourt, came ; - ,o the weavers; and the rogues raised ,heir arms, as if in the act of holding something up, saying " Here are your Majesty's trOwsers ! here is the scarf! here is the mantle! The whole suit is as light as cobweb; one might fancy one has nothing at all on when dressed in it ; that, however, is the great virtue of this delicate cloth. " Yes, indeed," said all the courtiers, although not one of them could see anything of this exquisite ma nufacture. " If your Imperial Majesty will be graciously pleased to take off your clothes, we will fit on the new suit in front of the looking-glass." The Emperor was accordingly undressed, and the rogues pretended to array him in his new suit : the Emperor turning round, from side to side, before the looking-glass. How splendid his Maj est y looks in his new clothes! !" every one cried out. " What a and how well they fit design ! what colours ! these are, indeed royal robes !" " The canopy which is to be borne over your Ma jesty in the procession is waiting," announced the master of the ceremonies. "I am quite ready," answered the Emperor. "Do my new clothes fit well ?" asked he, turning himself round again before the looking-glass, in order that he might appear to be examining his handsome suit. The Lords of the Bed-chamber, who were to carry his Majesty's train, felt about on the ground, as if they were lifting up the ends of the mantle, and pretended to be carrying something ; for they would by no means betray anything like simplicity, or unfitness for their office. So now the Emperor walked under his high canopy in the midst of the procession, through the streets of nis capital, and all the people standing by, and those at the windows, cried out, " Oh, how beautiful is our Empe ror's new clothes ! what a magnificent train there is to the mantle, and how gracefully the scarf hangs !" in short, no one would allow that he could not see these an impression as th ese i nv i s ible much-admired c l ot h es, because in doing so he would h ot a fi v c e e. dec c la e r r e t d ai h n i l m y, se n lf on ei e th oerf tahesiEmper simpleton, or ar or v un i fi o hsd ever made so great '° at all on!" But the Emp eror has nothing said a t us fo s r u h it i s s ones. little child. " Li s t en to the voice of innocence!" ex claimed his father ; an d what the child had said was whispered aanother.t , , all onl" at for r st cried out all tut he from has one noth te ing the people. The Emp eror was vexed, o the people were ri g ht ; b u t h e thought thehe knew that must go on no w ! A n d t h e l ords of the b procession took greater p a i ns t h an ever to appear edchamber holding up a train, although, i n rea li ty , there was no train to hold. Mr. Moreno, the Minister from Buenos Ayres, trans• acted business yesterday at the Foreign•office. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of public ,usiness. FREE TRADE. Mr. ASHURST gave notice of a motion for the next Court day, " That the thanks of the Court and the free dom of the city, in gold boxes, of the value of 100 gui neas each, be presented to Richard Cobden, the Hon. Charles Villiers, John Bright, and Colonel Thompson, for their eminent public services."—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Ashurst also gave notice of a motion, " That the thanks of the Court be given to Sir Robert I]leel, Bart., for his eminent public services in introduciiag and supporting the Bills for the repeal of the corn-laws, and for the re duction of taxation."—(Loud cheers.) THE ALDERMEN AND THE COMMON COUNCILMEN. Mr. ANDERToN called the attention of the Court to what he considered to be a gross breach of privilege. He alluded to the conduct of certain Aldermen who had thought proper, instead of attending to vindicate their conduct in the Court of Common Council, in which that conduct, in presenting a separate address to the King of the French, was impugned, had thought proper to stig matise the members of the Court of Common Council in unmeasured terms. The ball had been opened by Al dermen Copeland and Farebrother, who might have come to the Court in which the objectionable course pursued by the Aldermen had been reprehended, although their Court could not be entered by commoners, for the pur pose of vindication, or for any other purpose.—(Hear, hear.) He was determined to exercise the recognised principle of freedom of debate, and he had accordingly condemned those who had committed a breach of faith towards the Court in which they were assembled by slip ping in a separate address. Alderman Farebrother said, upon the occasion referred to that he was determined to assert the independence and maintain the dignity of the Court of Aldermen. Now there was no person in the Court of Common Council who was disposed to inter fere either with the dignity or the independence of the body, except in matters involving a violation of the rights of the former importance of the Corporation. The Lord Mayor would have interfered to put a stop to any abuse, if any had been uttered ; but what was sa id was uttered in language which Alderman Farebrother showed himself not at all qualified to estimate, when he desig nated it as part of the vocabulary of the fishmarket. He believed the manner in which the Court of Common Council generally expressed their sentiments and opi nions was as unexceptionable as the language in general use amongst the members of the Court of Aldermen.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He was sure the tone as well as the matter was quite as gentlemanlike ; and certainly, although the terms in which some members of the former had given vent to their indignation at a sig nal breach of faith were strong, there was not a wor said which could with propriety be retracted. The Al dermen, who were so anxious to vindicate that which was wholly indefensible, ought to be expected to have come to that Court where their conduct might have been fairly discussed and more generally reprobated. He hoped never to hear of any more absurdities of the kind. Alderman W oOD was surprised that Mr. Anderton should assume that expressions made use of by one or two members of the Court of Aldermen were adopted by the whole of that body. He was not present when the obser vations referred to were made, and undoubtedly nothing could be more unfair than to attribute to the Court the use of words for which the individuals who uttered them were alone responsible.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LAWRENCE said that he had, in speaking of the breach of agreement entered into by the two Courts, used very strong language. If he had stronger at his command he would not hesitate to speak it, and there was not one word uttered by him which he could think of retracting.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. R. TAYLOR and Mr. W. JONES said the Court by no means meant to cast an imputation upon the Court of Aldermen as a body. THE INTENDED VISIT OF THE LORD MAYOR TO OXFORD. The CITY CHAMBERLAIN having presented his ac counts, Mr. ANDERTON rose and requested to be informed by thr Lord Mayor whether the Court of Aldermen had not passed a resolution to the effect, that the Lord Mayor be requested to visit Oxford, with the view of holding a Court of Conservancy on the Thames? The LORD MAYOR—Yes. Mr. ANDERTON—I3 the expenditure limited ? The LORD MAYOR—No. MR. ANDERTON said the Court of Aldermen had no power of the kind, and he for one would sign and give a public notice to the Chamberlain not to pay expenses incurred under such circumstances.—(Hear, hear.) The Lord Mayor and the Corporation of London had no more business at Oxford than they had at Rotterdam, and it would be just as rational for them to go to the one place as to the other. The limit of the conservancy authority of the City was known to be at Staines, and it would be a most wanton expenditure of the public money to dispose of it by junketting at Oxford.—(Hear, hear.) That the Court had the power of stopping so unwarrant able and ridiculous a diffusion of the City means, there was no doubt. In the year 1769, 1001. per annum was the limit of the conservancy expenditure. Subsequently the sum was increased to 200 L, and at the present mo ment he believed the amount expended was something about 3,0001. He denied the right of the Court of Al dermen to give the Lord Mayor unlimited authority, to go where he pleased, and to give entertainment to any persons he might think proper to invite, perhaps to the tune of from 1,5001. to 2,0001. In 1826, Alderman Venables, as was well known to the world, from the brilliant account of his travels by his chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Dillon, visited the town of Oxford upon a similar pretext, and he hoped that the next Lord Mayor who should extend his visit to that locality, would take care and provide himself with a historian equally magnificent. Alderman SIDNEY begged to know whether they were to engage themselves in bandying compliments from one Court to another. There was no question before the Court. Mr. R. L. JONES said, there was a question before the Court, and a very proper one—and the fit time for dis cussing it was when the City banker presented his accounts. Mr. ANDERTON was astonished to find Alderman Sidney endeavouring to stop him in his attempt to check a profligate expenditure.—(Hear, hear.) When Alderman Sidney was a member of that Court he would not have given such an interruption, but such was the effect of keeping bad company.—(Laughter.) In 1839, a septennial visit was paid up the River, and the cost of that freak was 1,0991. 6s. 6cl. The visit, which used to take place but once in fourteen years, was thus be come septennial. He trusted the Court would support him in the honest endeavour to break down an inordi nate and useless expenditure. The Chamberlain, he knew, was a cautious and discreet man, who would take care how he paid a sum of money in the teeth of a notice from that Court. He meant, as one of the Li very, to give notice to the same effect to the Chamber lain.—(Hear, hear.) There were good men in the olden time in the Corporation, and he hoped there were good men to be found in it now. No man was more desirous than he to maintain the dignity of the Corpo ration, but no man more resolutely condemned a wan ton expenditure.—(Cheers, and loud cries of " Hear, hear.) Mr. Anderton concluded by moving the follow ing :—" That the Chamberlain shall not pay out of the Chamber any sum of money for any charges or ex penses for any visitation, or journey, by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, or any other branch of the Corpo ration, either for the purposes of conserveney, or other wise, when such visit or journey shall be beyond the boundaries of the jurisdiction of the City, without the previous authority of the Court of Common Council." Dr. LYNCH begged leave to intimate in the most polite manner that this was not the age for profuse and ex travagant expenditure. The Court had seen that the conservancy expenses had raised themselves at from 100/. to 1,1001., for an absurd and useless piece of ridicu lous pageantry, for a parade of gilded buffoonery, for the delight of aldermen's wives in general, and the glorification of the Lord Mayor in particular.—(Laugh ter, and hear, hear.) A. high-minded man would not condescend to cut a dash at the expense of the Corpora tion under such circumstances. It was only at intervals of one in fourteen or fifteen years they read of a man haviate brass enough to be guilty of such an enor m it y . A good ' instance occurred fourteen years ago; one alder man had a poet and historian to chronicle to the world, in bathos and bombast, the eventful day when such high personages entrusted their august bodies or corpo rations "to the broad bosom of the Thames, and the waters," in the words of the enraptured poet, "danced in delight and ecstasy at the honour conferred upon ,hem.—(Great laughter.) The old horses," he said, • became young again, and danced and pranced when he aldermen were lifted into their saddles." They were proud of having so much wisdom and civic grandeur on their back. The sylvan songsters warbled their wood notes-wild, in a melodious strain peculiar to the par ticular day.—(Laughter.) His Lordship had no poet or historian in his train, like Alexander the Great sighing for a Homer—he had no one to perp e t uate the glory o the event. An old story was told of an c ccur. rence which took place on the last visit to Oxford, when the saddle of an alderman's horse was rubbed by some wag with mustard, and the trowsers of his wor ship were, when he alighted, anything but white. Dr. LYNCH called upon the Court not to justify the wanton extravagance proposed and adopted by the Court of Aldermen ; the present question was a monetary question, and the members of that Court were respon sible; for the:conduct'of the Court of Aldermen was de cidedly an usurpation. The Court of Aldermen were exceeding the authority of the House of Lords, who never meddled with the purse. He was anxious to have the question decided, if necessary, by an appeal to the Courts of Law.—(Cheers.) 3r e r. to the discussion of such a question witho ut thoughtdGuoebjeneottied notice. - Arr t the subject one of such ilon j s O T I H V E i N t p h H O I would im mense importance that he thought it to discuss it except in a full Court ; but „ in order to discuss the point, it would be necessar y to it n was not suggested, be ~ p e r s e t p e e d, r suspend the standing order. sta M nd r in order. A g sfiURST opposed the idea of suspending the Mr. W. LAW RANGE said that general reasons did not always apply to particular occasions. There were ex traordinary occasions, in which delays were not only dangerous but fatal, and the present was one.—(Hear.) Mr. R. L. Josies thought the more crowded the Court the greater would be the number of opponents to the expenditure. These were not times for prodigal expen diture. They were times in which the Corporation was threatened with reform by the Government, and the Court should be cautious how it sanctioned such a mon. strous waste of money with such a menace over the Corporation.—(Hear, hear.) The LORD MAYOR intimated he should appoint an early day for the discussion ; and the motion was then ordered to stand as a notice for that day. The feeling of a vast majority of the Court was most decidedly opposed to the trip to Oxford. The arrange ments have, we understand, been all made ; and the Lord Mayor has already received an invitation for his party from Mr. Morrison, of Baselden Park, to an en tertainment at his House and grounds. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY). HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. IMPORTANT DECISION. MIDLAND AND EASTERN COUNTIES (CAMBRIDGE AND WEEDON). The Committee on the above Bill met this morning in Room A, at the usual hour ; Lord Beaumont in the chair. All the members were present. The general evidence on the part of th e promoters was continued. Several witnesses were called from Cambridge, Weedon, St. Neots, &c., and spoke to the existing traffic between those places, and the increase of traffic that might be expected from the formation of the li ne . Mr. Miller, engineer in chief to the line, corroborated the evidence of Mr. Blyth. Mr. Horil cross-examined the several witnesses on the part of the petitioners. On the conclusion of the case for the promoters, the Com mittee, without calling on the petitioners for any evidence, declared the preamble of the Bill not proved. They then separated at an early hour. Room B. The Committee met this morning at eleven, the Earl of Lonsdale in the chair; Lord llawarden, the Earl of War wick, the Earl of Ellenborough, and the Duke of Grafton, were also present. LEICESTER AND BEDFORD. Evidence was continued this morning in favour of this line, for the most part respecting the effect of the railway on the supply of coal to districts of very considerable populousness. Mr. Rantsom, an owner of flour mills at Hitchen, said, in giving his evidence, that he calculated that the proposed line would accommodate from Bedford to Hitchen, 16 miles, by 105 miles of country, and that that land would yield a yearly produce of 602,112 bushels of wheat, out of which, taking the yearly consumption in the district at 264,000' bushels, there would be a surplus of 338,112 bushels for ex port. This surplus would yield 7,400 tons of wheat, and if that were sent up to London, the railway would effect a saving of 7,4001. He calculated that 10,500 tons of malting. barley was sent up to London from the district, and that the saving on the carriage of that would be 10,5001. Other witnesses were examined, and gave evidence to the same effect, but the evidence in favour of the Bill had not been concluded when the Committee adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow. Room D. The members of this Committee re-assembled to-day at eleven o'clock. IPSWICH AND BURY ST. EDMUNDS (NORWICH EXTENSION). Mr. Locke (engineer to the line) was examined by Ser geant Wa,txwm3r---The works were 2,749 yards, which would cost 121,3881.; the bridges would cost 610,070/. ; the permanent way would cost 202,6911., and the stations and sidings would amount to a sum of 47,3941. Cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS, on the part of the pe titioners—There were six miles of railway at the next station to Norwich. There were six miles of single railway. Could not state the cost of maintaining a station at Norwich ; but the whole cost of maintaining the entire railway was much the same as any other line. Mr. Watson was next examined as to the correctness of the estimate of the population a l ong t h e l i ne, and in his cross-examination admitted th a t h e d er i ved his knowledge of the same from the map. Mr. Pilch was examined by Mr. TA LBOT, Q.a., and stated that he had been employed to make out the traffic tables of this line, which he stated included the revenue derived from passengers, and he calculated that there would be an increase in the amount of revenue from these sources, which were dis tributed along the line. There were four stage coaches running between Norwich and Stowmarket last July, upon which he based his calculations with respect to passengers. The gross revenue would be 55,001., from which he deducted 40 per cent., which left a net revenue of over 33,000/. Mr: AUSTIN cross-examined this witness with a view to test the accuracy of the modes operandi in which he pro ceeded, which he stated was in the usual way, and on the same data as such calculations are usually made. After examining two other witnesses in corroboration of the preceding evidence, eluded. Mr. TALB OT s t a t e d t h at the case f or th e Bill was con- Mr. ANDREWS then proceeded to address the Commiktee, and in the course of his observations said that the pre sent line, whether considered in reference to its connec tion with any other line, or solely with respect to its own merits, was not entlitled to' the favourable considera tion of the Committee. He would not follow his Learned Friend (Mr. Talbot) into the details into which he had thought proper to enter, nor would he trouble their Lordships with any lengthened observations. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to analyse the evidence, which he contended was the most vague, general, and uncertain that had ever been submitted to a Parliamentary Committee. Mr. Bidder, engineer, was then examined, and stated that the present lin e was tota l ly unava il a bl e f o r the purposes o f agricultural traffic ; that the establishment of double termini at Norwich would lead to an unwarranted outlay of money, and be productive of considerable inconvenience to the inhabitants of that t own ; an d th a t taking the minimum cost as set forth by Mr. Locke, and looking to the want of the necessary ci rcumstances to ren d er th e speculation pro fitable on this li ne, i t could never pay th e p ro prietors at the estimated cost. Cross-examin e d b y M r. T ALBOT Was of opinion, without even seeing the signatures to the petition in favour of the Bill, that he himself could obtain signatures in Norwichto the same amount for a different line. Did not think that there was any reasonable ground of complaint against their station at Norwich. After the examination of this witness the Committee ad journed till eleven o'clock to-morrow. LA.W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 15. (Before Mr. C omm i ss i oner F or ri.ANgen.) IN RE J. T. M. BAETLETT. This bankrupt, ivho is an attorney and bill discounter, applied for his certifi ca t e . He was opposed by Mr. Stephenson, counsel for Mrs. Casse, who h a d di sco unted bills for the bankrupt, and sup• ported by Mr. Cox. vouched. There were creditors without It appeared that his balance-sheet commenced in 1841, and ended in the present year. His profits were stated at 8,1911, and his capital was only 200/. His ex penses (1. 6 e n x o t t e o n n t e o i f t 4 7 B :: security to the extent of 7,245/., and those with security to bill discounter, and had been solicitor were not vouched. Warner, about the year 1843. He stated d e t h h a a n t k h ru e p w t as wa a s then examined by Mr. STURGEON, and to the British Hollands Distillery Company, which was con cocted by Colonel (Warner) resided at 31, Orchard-street, Portman-square, and his wife was not living with him. Mrs. Casse was a chief promoter of the above company, and wrote articles (as we understood) in the Court Gazette for the purpose of " s h ov i ng the shares.' He (the bankrupt) was a loser t o some thou sands in this company. The company had got his bond for 7,0001. Henry Goldsmith, Sir James Anderson, the well known steam-engine inventor, and a Mr. Mansell, were also engaged in the company. Mr. STURGEON—Do you believe Mansell contributed 100/. to the company ? Bankrupt-4 do. Mr. STURGEON—Was he not in the habit of sen di ng t o you for Si. at a time for the uses of this " g rea t" company ? —He was. time?—Sometimes, Th e company was l o cated in Broad- s t reet and Whitechapel. Mr. STRUGEON—Was the rent ever paid ?—N o . Th e direc tors all ran away. SunGxox —D id when Mr. Man se ll was short of money. he not cont r ib ute thirty shillings at a Mr. STURGEON — And did Colonel Warner run ? H away c went abroad. Mr. STURGEON—I believe Mansell is about another com pany ?—He is, but I am not. Mr. STURGEON—No ; you are only waiting for your cer• tificate. Bankrupt—Mr. Mansell was the manager. We did not manufacture spirits. Mr. STUROZoN—WiII you swear that you were worth 20/. in 1843, beyond a reversion of 1,900/., which has now a mortgage upon it to the extent of 4,0001. ? Bankrupt—l was. Mr. STURGEON—Was not a release of the mortgage of fered, upon paying five shillings in the pound? Bankrupt— Not to my belief. I believe it was put down under the head of losses ; but Mr. Lloyd made out my accounts, and I do not understand them in the least. The witness was here pressed as to certain policies of in surance, and, upon the balance-sheet being handed up, His HoNoun observed that he never saw a balance-sheet worse made up, and if it was intended for the purpose of con fusion, that intention was answered. Mr. STURGEON—Your Honour, the accounts were all guess work. After a very lengthened discussion, His HoNoun said—The case resolves itself into one of reckless trading and insufficient accounts, and there is no allegation that he has misapplied any of his clients' moneys. If such had been the case, I should havo at once refused the certificate. He has entered into that speculation of bill dis counting which is a most despicable branch of business, but it does not appear that his transactions hare been very great as a bill-broker, and there is only one single transaction of eight gallons of gin in the other speculation of the British Distillery Company's, the very names engaged in which would have been enough to frighten any man, if they had ever applied at this court. One had been an unfortuuate brickmaker. Under all the circumstances of the case, having regard to the youth of the bankrupt, and the protection of the respectable branch of the profession, the Court must suspend the certificate for eighteen months. (Before Mr. Commissioner Houtoyn.) EM ExPARTE IDLNRY EJLiNUEL, IN - immANUEL AND ANUEL. His Hoxona. JUDG said--I have now to ME NT. on the give judgment up application made by Henry Emanuel f or certifica te. No opposition was made by the assignees or an y other p ers on , and it was th ereupon suggested by M r. Lawrence for th e bankrupt, that th e C ourt was boun d to grant the certificate as a matte r o f course, and it was int i ma ted that there was no difference of opinion amongst the Commissioners on thig point. I thought it right to mention the subject to my brother Com missioners bef ore I finally dispose d o f the case. I am now authorised by my brother Commissioner s to state that the y entirely c o ncur i n the opinion that it is the dut y of the Court, on the question o f th e a llowance of the certificate , whether opposed or not, to have regard to the conformity of the bankrupt to the laws of bankruptcy, and to his con duct as a trader, as well before as after his bankruptcy ; and that in the absence of any objection brought forward by assignees or cr e di tors, the conformity and conduct of the bankrupt m us t b e tested by e , in which the ass i gnees the b a lance-sheet and exa minations. I n case; therfor express themselv es sat i s fi e d w ith the bankrupt, and assent to th e allowance of the certificate, the Court will no t be astute in discover ing impropriety in his cond uc t ; but wherever fraud or g ross mis conduct are apparent, t h e b a nkrupt cannot be al lowed to hav e hi s certificate forthwith. N o w in this case, the bankrupts carried on a very extensive business as goldsmiths ' and jewellers, and the father and a brother had both retired with ample fortunes, and the circumstances of this case would have led one to believe that these bankrupts would have realised an independence in a few years. The miscon duct of one of the bankrupts (Henry Emanuel) caused a sad reverse. Ile did not confine his attention to his own lucra tive business, but unfortunately embarked too deeply in spe culation and in accommodation, and as one false step often suggests a second more faulty, under the delusive hope of ob taining the desired end, he allowed himself to have recourse to means which must since have been to him the subject of bitter regret, involving in their consequence not only his own ruin, but that of his partner and brother, as well as a great diminution in the amount of assets which might have been applicable exclusively to the payment of the bond fide part • nership debts. The b an k ruptcy was then occasioned by Henry Emanuel accepting bills in the name of the firm to a very large amount (somewhat exceeding 50,0001.), for pur poses not connected with the partnership, and this was done without the knowledge or consent of his partner. The greater portion (about 30,0000 of the money raised on these bills was for the purposes of Henry Emanuel himself; and part of it, about 6,4004 Wail taken for the We of a oPeculation in ‘ the exportation of preserved provisions, in which Henry Emanuel was engaged with two other persons of the name of Blogg and Lyon Samuels, and the remainder (about 14,000/0 was a balance of liabilities incurred for the ac commodation of this same Lyon Samuels. Thus the joint estate, by the act of Henry Emanuel, without his part ner's knowledge or consent, is charged with the 50,0001. Such is the misconduct of Henry Emanuel appearing upon the face of the balance-sheet, and how is it answered? It is said, on his behalf, that the assignees believe he was the dupe and tool of others. Whatever palliation of his conduct such an excuse might afford in a poor, doltish, ignorant offender, it can have no weight in the case of one of the first traders in the city of London. Looking to the position of Henry Emanuel in the mercantile world, the Court must of necessity assume, that when lie used the name of the firm for purposes foreign to the partnership, he was acting in direct contradiction to the clear evidence of his own understanding. He must have known and felt that he was committing an act of gross injustice and fraud to.,vards his own partner, and the creditors of the partnership. The con venience of commerce may require that in certain cases one partner in trade should be able to bind another without his previous knowledge or consent, but the incalculable mischief which an abuse of this power may effect, and the facility with which a partner may create such obligations on a firm, make it imperative upon the Court, in regarding the conduct of a bankrupt, to visit severely any breach of the confidence thus unavoidably reposed in partners. Having then duly considered all the circumstanc es o f thi s case, an bearing in mind the previous good conduct of the bankrupt, and the course he pursued in conjunction with his brother, for the general benefit of the creditors, as soon as he found the irre trievable ruin which he had brought upon the house, the Court does not feel called upon to refuse the certificate alto gether, but " to do even law and execution right to all," the case is one which demands a long suspension. The judg ment of the Court, therefore, is, that the allowance of the certificate of the bankrupt, Henry Emanuel, be suspended for three years from the day of passing his last exam.iation. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. , HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsford, July 15. The Commission for the county of Essex was opened on Monday, but owing to the pressure of business at Hertford, it was postponed from the usual hour, and as neither of the Learned Judges were able to leave Hertford until very late in the day, the ceremony of opening the Commission was performed by Mr. Sergeant Dowling. Both Courts commenced business on Tuesday morning; and Mr. Justice Coltman, who sat on the civil side, was occupied the whole of that day, and the greater part of yesterday, in disposing of a case which was made a remnant from the last assizes, and in which the only question involved was the title to a small piece of green sward by the road side at Brentwood. Mr. Baron Parke was engaged nearly the whole of yesterday in trying charges of criminal assaults upon females, the details of which are of course unfit for publication, NORTHERN CIRCCIIT.—York, July 14. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) John Holmes, aged 30, was indicted for having, on the 13th of December last, at Sheffield, forged a bill of exchange for the sum of 39/. 12s. Gd., purporting to be a bill drawn by George Harpur and Co., of Liverpool, upon James Simpson and Co., of Chester, and endorsed by the former party to the prisoner, with intent to defraud one William Carlile. There were counts for uttering the bill with knowledge of the forgery. Mr. Overend and Mr. Phillips appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Bliss for the defence. The prosecutor, William Carlile, is a table knife manufac turer of Sheffield, and the prisoner, with whom he had pre viously had dealings in business, was at the time of the offence a buyer and seller of the same kind of goods. On the 13th of December last the prisoner, being then indebted in a balance to the prosecutor, sent for him to the house, and told him that, having been buying some goods, he (the pri soner) was short of cash; but the prisoner then showed a case, which he said contained the goods, and told Mr. Carlile I that if he would cash a bill which he (the prisoner) had, that would enable him to pay for those goods, and at the same time pay something towards the prosecutor's debt. The bill was accordingly given to Carlile, who, looking at the name Harpur and Co., asked prisoner if that was " one of their old houses." The prisoner replied, "No ; it was one of his own finding." He added that Mr. Harpur was a gen tleman, and showed Mr. Carlile a printed card, on the back of which, in manuscript, there was " George Harpur and Co., ship-brokers, Fenwick Chambers, Liverpool." Being sa tisfied with this, the prosecutor took the bill, and procured cash for it at the Rotherham and Sheffield Bank, where he kept an account. He then returned to the prisoner, and paid him the whole proceeds, deducting only the sum of 1/. 195., which before had been agreed on between them. This bill was at two months, dated the 10th of December, aad would come due on the 13th February. The prosecutor heard nothing more until the 14th of February last, when the pri soner's daughter called upon him, bringing another bill from her father for 45/. 12s. 6d. This bill the prisoner wished Mr. Carlisle to procure cash for. It bore the name of R. Harri son and Co., Liverpool, as drawers, and that of James Baker and Co., of Hereford, as acceptors. It was dated the sth of February, and made payable in two months. Mr. Carlile at first would not take it; but the daughter again came with it on the 16th of February. He then took it, and carried it to the same bank, where he learnt that the former bill had been returned unpaid, and of that he went and informed the prisoner, who said he was very sorry for it, but that if Mr. Carlile could get the second bill cashed, the first might be taken up ; that he, the prisoner, was going to Liverpool i n a few days, and wo u ld th en make it all right. On being in formed that the people at the bank said it was a forgery, the prisoner said that was owing to the difference in writing caused by the difference in steel pens when used to sign with, and took several pens to show Mr. Carlile how much variety they would occasion in a signature. Referring to Harrisons, the drawers of the second bill, he said they were respectable persons, and shippers in Liverpool, and he exhibited a news paper, saying that their name was in it. Evidence was fur ther given, by which it was shown that all the names used on the bills were those of fictitious parties. Mr. BLIS3 submitted whether it was right to lay the facts touching the second bill before the jury, they forming the subject-matter of another indictment now pending against prisoner;the but His Laumine considered the evidence to be proper, and coincided in the opinion of Lord Denman, who had already decided the same question in the same way. Mr. Biss then, in his address to the jury, insisted that there was not only an absence of proof as to any act of forgery, but also of any guilt in the fact of uttering. In the first place, it was not at all improbable that the prisoner, being a factor, and constantly buying and selling, might be imposed upon by some other person, the real sharper representing himself by the name of llarpur. The desire of effecting a sale of goods very often induced the seller to accept a questionable security for the money. llarpur was the only person with whom he had pretended any acquaintance, and to verify such acquaintance he had produced a card, which very probably he might actually have received from some person in whom he was induced by that means to put confidence. Secondly, it was unnatural for the prisoner, if he had known the first toll to be a forgery, knowingly to send his daughter with another forged bill on the 14th, the day after the first be came due, and again to send the same bill on the 16th. His Loßnsmi said, there had been no evidence of a forgery by the prisoner, and left it to the jury as a case of uttering with a guilty knowledge. The prisoner was convicted.—Sentence deferred. Jane Gregory, 21, Sarah Stocks, 17, and Hannah Grun well, 20, stood jointly indicted of having, on the 14th of June last, at Leeds, feloniously and violently assault e d J oseph Lund, and stolen from his person a half-crown, 35., and two sixpences, his property. Mr. Ellis and M. Hill appeared for the prosecution; the prisoners were undefended by counsel. Joseph Lund, a dyer, of Bramwell, near Leeds, stated that on the night of the 13th of last month he came to Leeds along with two others, a man named Duckworth and one Leopold George Frederick Monks. They went to several public-houses in the course of the evening, and finally to a house in Mill Garth-street, where they saw some women at the door. The prosecutor, who is a married man, went into the house along with his companions, but finding it to be one of disreputable character, he went out again, and re mained for some time in a yard adjoining. They were then looking for a lodging. A policeman came up, and in con sequence of what he said, Lund again entered the house to see his companions. He found them there, and also two other men, and the three prisoners at the bar. Lund, and the two men with him, were invited to go to bed there, and had rooms shown them, h u t h e did not go to bed. He did go up stairs, however, and while there the prisoner Grun well came into the same room, and wanted him to go to bed, which he declined to do. Gregory followed her in, and en deavoured to put her hands into his pockets, and on his re sisting her attempt, she demanded sixpence of him, which he gave her. Grunwell had then left the room, and then the prisoner Stocks entered it ; and the latter and Gregory both made attempts to pick his pocket. They said that they would let him go if he would give them another six pence, which he gave them accordingly. Gregory then called out for the poker, which was immediately brought into the room by some female, and Gregory took it, and after doing so, demanded a shilling_from Lund. He ref use d th a t, an d she struck him Eur or five times across the breast with the poker, the other two pri soners being present, one on his right and the other on his left both beating him and pulling his hair. He was then stand ing against the wall, and while in that position Gregory got her hand into his waistcoat-pocket, and took from it the sum mentioned, which was all the money he had then left. They then pulled him about the room, and pitched him upon the bed. Having got up again, and towards the door, they pushed him down stairs, and then he went out of the house to seek a policeman. His face was covered with blood from the ill-treatment he had received. The companion, Duck worth, proved that Grunwell was the person who brought the poker into the room, and that Stocks pushed Lund down the stairs. The prisoners were all convicted.—Sentence deferred. WESTERN CIRCUIT.— Winchester, July 15. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) Thomas Sharmer was indicted for having feloniously shot at Thomas Brealy, with intent to kill and murder him. There was a second count charging the intent to be to do grievous bodily harm. Mr. Poulden conducted the prosecution. Mr. Missing ap peared for the defence. Mr. POULDEN stated the case to the jury, and it is one of so singular a character, that it has been thought best to set out the evidence at length. The first witness called was Thomas Brealy—ln February last I was working at that time with Mr. Boverstock as time-keeper. He was erecting a mansion. The prisoner also worked there as foreman. I lodged with the prisoner, in New-street, Andover. I remember the 7th of February. On that day I got up at half-past five, and I think asked the prisoner for a light. I had been in the habit of going to my work with the prisoner, but did not on that morning. I first saw him about half-past twelve. I was at my work on the landing of the mansion ;he came to me twice. He said, "Brealy, I want to speak to you." I sa id, " V ery well," and accompanied him into the clerk of the works' office. When I got there we went into a room, and the prisoner locked the door and took out the key. I stood by the fire-place. He then said, " Now, Brealy, I want that 321. that you have of mine—that you have taken out of my cupboard drawers in my room." I said, " What 321. ? I have never been in your room but once in my life. I have only Is. 9d. in my pocket until to-night." He said, " You have it." I said, " No, I have not.' He then said, " Will you tell me where it is ?" I replied, " I cannot tell about a thing I know no thing at all of." He then said, " Very well, then, I have something for you." He immediately put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a pistol, and said, as he presented the pistol, " You are a murdered man." He then fired directly, and I fell. The next thing I remember is that the door was broken open, and a man named Dyer, who had been working in the next room, came in to my assistance. I tried to get up, and fell into the passage. I was supported by a man named Serrage. I heard som one say (I think Boverstock, my employer), " Good God, Brealy, you have shot yourself." I said, "I have not," and pointed to the prisoner, and said, "He has done it." I was then taken int o Sh armer ' s office. After..l had been there some time, Sharmer, the prisoner, came to me. I said to him, " Sharmer, I freely forgive you- -- I for what you have done to me, and as I s h a ll h ave to appear before God in few minutes, I proclaim Ply owu inucceuce, and say I know nothing of your money." He then said, " Very well, Brealy, then I shall be hung, and you will be saved." This is all I remember that passed at this time. Mr. Smith, the surgeon, attended me. I have been laid up for some time ; pieces of bone have constantly been working out of my jaw. I had never taken any money from the pri soner. Cross-examined by Mr. MISSING—I had been seven months at Red Rice before this occurred. I first came to Red Rice as a labourer. My father was chief clerk at the Old Bank at Marlborough, and I have a brother a clergyman. Before I came to Red Rice I was living with some young friends at the London University. I had no means of getting my living until my friend Mr. Boverstock took me by the hand. I was not on terms with my friends. Sharmer first told me to keep the time. I was only one day a labourer. I lived three months at Red Rice before I lodged with Shar mer. He first made the proposal. ,He always treated me with the greatest kindness under every circumstance. He has lent me money on many occasions. His conduct both to me and all the men has always been of the kindest character. I remember a man named Horne breaking his leg while at work there. Sharmer was the means of getting up a sub scription for him. I am in the habit of taking laudanum, sometimes every day, from thirty to forty drops. I take it to procure sleep. The prisoner has never shown me large sums of money. I remember before the door was broken open see ing Sharmer strike the door with a poker, or a bar of iron. I do not remember Sharmer crying out, " Send for a doctor." I remember him saying, " I did not intend to hurt him, but only to frighten him." He was very kind to me after wards, and appeared very sorry for what had happened. By the JUDGE—When he was asking me about the money we were looking at .each other. This was so until he pulled out the pistol. I then turned my head. This was with a view of avoiding the pistol. It immediately went off. Re-examined—Sharmer was about three yards from me when he fired the pistol. Wm. Boverstock—l am a builder, and was engaged on some buildings at Red Rice, in February last. Brealy was time-keeper, and Sharmer clerk. I remember Sharmer tell ing me that he had lost a sum of money that he had bad of me to pay a person. I asked him if he knew how he had lost it. He said he thought Brealy had got it. I said I hoped not. I asked him to walk into the garden, where we had some works going on, and had some conversation as to the best way to get it back. I made various suggestions, one was that some one to whom Brealy owed money should ask him for some. I advised him to tell a man named King to go to him. agreed to meet him the next day at the Mason's Arms. I remember West pressing him to go home and search for the money, as it might have been mislaid, and then ordered him to go to Red Rice the next morning and see Brealy, take him into a room, and ask him to allow himself to be searched; and if he would not to lock him in and keep him until I came. I advised him to take him into the room where he was afterwards shot. I afterwards saw Sham mer the next morning between eight or nine, and had some conversation with him, and again about twelve, and then asked him if he had seen Brealy about the money, as I had the men to pay and a good many miles to go home. I then heard Sharmer call Brealy, and heard them go into the cleric of the works' office. About ten minutes after I heard a ratt ling. I ran out and saw two of my men breaking open a door. I never heard any report of a pistol. I then heard Brealy crying, as if some one was beating him. The door was then broken open, and one of the men brought Brealy out in his arms; his face was bleeding as if a knife was stuck into his face. I then saw the smoke coming out of the room. I said, "You are a guilty man, and have shot yourself." The men and Brealy fell on the floor. Brealy said, "lam an in nocent and a dead man." Sharmer then came out of the room and stepped over Brealy. He said to me, "I did it, sir; I did it, if I die on the scaffold; but I did it to frighten him. I shot at the door, but it took a differert direction." I was much alarmed, and said, " Take my horse and go for a surgeon." I ran down stairs, as I was afraid Sharmer had another pistol and would shoot me. I was alarmed at his appearance. He appeared much agitated —out of his senses. He followed me about the building, but I was afraid to speak to him. Cross-examined by Mr. MISSING—I did tell Sharmer that if he could induce Brealy to admit that he had had the money he should be no loser, and that whether the money was found or not, I had that confidence in Sharmer that I believed he bad lost the money. I told Sharmer that as Brealy had been going on so badly he should be discharged on the next Saturday. Sharmer had reported Brealy as having been absent from his work on several occasions, and that he had gone to Whitchurch with a female; he gave this as one of his reasons for suspecting Brealy had the money. Mrs. Robinson—l am the wife of William Robinson. I live at Andover. I knew the prisoner before this took place. He called on me on the morning of the 7th, and asked me to lend him a pistol. He knew my husband had one, as he had had it before. I lent it to him, and he took it away. He said he would return it again in the evening. Cross-examined—The prisoner was in the habit of carry ing large sums of money on the Saturday nights. Thomas Fothrop—l am a gunsmith, living at Andover. The prisoner called on me on the morning of the 7th, and brought a pistol to my shop. He told me to oil it, take the rust off, and put a flint to it. I did so, and he returned for it in half an hour. He asked me if I had done the pistol. I said, " Yes." He then told me to load it. I did so in the usual way, with powder and ball. The ball was rather small, and I wrapped some paper round it, which I asked the prisoner for. By the JUDGE—I do not know whether he saw me wrap the paper round the ball, his back was towards me, but I asked him for some, and he said he had none. When he was leaving the shop, he said he was going to frighten a fellow who had done him out of 301. I said, " Mind, it is a dangerous thing to play with." He then left. John Dyer, a workman, was then called, and stated that he worked at Red Rice, and was in the house close to the room where Brealy was shot, on the day in question. He stated that he heard the report of the pistol, and then broke open the door. His evidence confirmed Brealy and Mr. Boverstock in all material particulars. He also stated that, in clearing out the room, he found the ball on the floor. There was a mark on the architrave of the door, where the ball had gone. The policeman who apprehended the prisoner was called, and stated that when he took the prisoner into custody he gave him the pistol, and striking him on the shoulder, said, " I done it, I done it, and I'll die like a man on the scaffold." 1 • Mr. W. Smith—l am a surgeon living at Weybill, five miles from Red Rice. I was sent for to see Brealy. He was suffering from a gunshot wound. The ball had en tered behind the left ear, and then passed round the jaw and out at the cheek. He was in a very collapsed state—in great danger. He continued in danger for five or six weeks. The jaw -bone was shattered. Pieces of bone have come away from eifoliation. This heing the case for the prosecution, Mr. Missnea addressed the jury for the prisoner, and con tended that the whole had been the result of accident—that the pistol had been obtained for the mere purpose of frighten ing Brealy, and with no intention of injuring him. He also called numerous witnesses, who gave the prisoner an excel lent character for honesty. Mr. Baron PLATT then summed up the case with great minuteness, and told the jury that if they thought the injury was caused by an accident, and not with the intent charged in the indictment, they might still find him guilty of the common assault. The jury immediately found him guilty of the common as sault, and the Learned Judge sentenced him to be imprisoned for one month. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Oxford, July 15. CRO WN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice MAULE.) Jane Cross, aged 30, was indicted for having on the Bth of May last, feloniously set fire to and burned down a certain dwelling-house, at Shipton-under-Wychwood, with intention to injure Elizabeth Cross and Thomas Lee. Mr. Dovvdeswell conducted the prosecution; and Mr. Pigott and Mr. Huddlestone defended the prisoner. For some time back, it would seem, there bad been dis putes between the husband of the prisoner (who was, how ever, indicted as a single woman, there being another indict ment for the same crime against her husband) and his mother respecting the dwelling-house in question, which was lor property. Some time since there was an attempt made by Mrs. Cross to dispossess the prisoner's husband, and to turn him and the prisoner out of the house. The parties who aided in so doing were indicted for the forcible entry and convicted. The house in question had been, it appeared, mortgaged by Mrs. Cross to a Mr. Lee, an attorney. An ac tion of ejectment was brought, and judgment having been obtained, a writ of possession was sued out and placed in the hands of Whitelock, an officer of the Sheriff of Oxford, to be executed. He proceeded on the Bth of May last, about eleven o'clock in the morning, to the prisoneN house, and afterwards left it, and returned soon in eompany of a con stable named Franklin, and his own servant, North. On going back, he saw Cross in the garden, and the prisoner at the first-floor window of the house, the door of which was locked. The window was open, and she continued at it while he was talking to her husband. He asked the pri soner's husband to deliver up possession, but the latter re plied that he would sooner die than do it. Whitelock went to a carpenter, leaving North and Franklin at the house, to borrow an axe and a pair of pincers. On his return he called out to Cross, asking whether he was still in the same mind ; he made no answer, but the prisoner said from the window, " Don't let them in, let them break in." Whitelock immediately called to Franklin, saying, "H e does not mean to open the door, or to make any resistance," and then proceeded to draw out the staple by which the door was fastened, and at the moment heard some one cry out " The house is on fire." He looked up, but the prisoner was not at the window. Having forced the door, he went in, but did not, owing to the flames, go up stairs. He went in search of a back door, but found none , ne ith er did h e see any one in the house. Franklin noticed that as they were breaking in the prisoner was at the window, though, when the fire broke out, which was in about a• minute after they began to force the door and break the window, she was gone from it. When she came out she denied any knowledge of the cause of the fire. The house was burned, and 1001. damage done, which, however, the Royal Exchange Assurance Com pany paid to Mr. Lee. The prisoner and her husband fol lowed the trade of shoemaking, and one of the implements of that business is a sort of iron tool inserted in a wooden handle, and called a " polisher." To make us e of this tool it must first be heated in a candle or the fire, and then applied to . the leather; and so frequently is the handle set on fire in this operation that it is always covered with a tin plate. That produced in court had its handle completely converted into charcoal by the action of the fire and heat to which it had been subjected. It was urged for the prisoner that it was most probable that this tool had just been taken from the fire when the first alarm of the attempt to eject the family was given ; that she or her husband might have been at work, and that in the fright of the moment it was thrown either on a bed or on the floor, and that the weather having been previously both hot and dry, the result had been that the wood of the floor, or the bed, ignited. The prisoner was seen at the window till within a minute of the cry of fire, and that cry of itself would make her leave it to effect her escape. It was contended that all her words, " Let them break in, meant meant was, Let them do as th ey did before, and we can indict and punish them for their act. It was most improbable that she would risk her own life and destroy her own property by committing the crime alleged. . The Learned Judge summed up, and, in a minute, the ju Acquitted the prisoner. ry pressed Mere was applause in co ur t, which was instantly sup . (Before Mr. Sergeant GAZ ELBE. ) A PRIZE. Wm. Gill and Thomas Oliver surren dered to take their trials on a charge of riot, and of assault ing, on the 12th of May last, George Hall alias George Norley, in a prize-fight, and for other misdemeanours, in the parish of Shipton-under-Wychwood. Mr. Keating and Mr. Phillimore appeared for the prosecu tior, and Mr. J. J. Williams conducted the case for the de fendants. By an arrangement made by the gentlemen of," the ring," who appear to h ave patronised this county of late, a contest for the "championship of the light weights" was to take place at Northleigh, for 2501. a side. The heroes who were to struggle for the honour above-named, and the trifling pe cuniary advantages attached to it, were William Gill, of Coventry, and George Hall. Some intimation of the pro posed " pas sage o f arm s" having reached the authoritie s , a constable went to the spot, and thus the contest was pre vented there; but the combatants repaired to Witty-green, near Ramsden, where the fight actually came off. The county magistrates detemilled.not.to let the pugilistkesiape so easily, caused indictments to be preferred against the de fendants William Gill, John Brown, and Henry Brown, two worthies of "the fancy," and who appear to have made themselves very conspicuous in the matter, and also agains t the ringkeeper or " commissary," Thos. Oliver, the other de fendant. For a very strange reason (when the administration of justice is concerned) no proceedings were taken against Norley, it being considered that as he lived somewhere in the north, it would cost a great deal to f o ll ow , a pp re hend, and bring him to Oxford to take his trial. There were pres ent at this fight upwards of 1,000 persons, who appear, except as regarded huzzaing and s h ou ti ng , t o have behaved in an or.! derly manner. The constable said that there were maul d vehicles there, and several "good i m it a ti ons o f l a dies an gentlemen."—(Laughter.) He also identified the defendants. , Other witnesses confirmed the evidence of the constable. At this stage of the case, Mr. J. J. WinuAms said he should advise the defendants to withdraw their pleas and plead guilty. His LORDSIIU", having first conferred with Mr. 3 .1136 ;1 Maule, , that without going the length of saying that a. parties psent at a prize-fight as spectators were equal l t guilty with the principals, yet this he would say, that if anY of the gentlemen assisting at such a lawless transaction as this had been brought bef ore hi m , h e s h ou ld h ave ma d e Inns" . severe examples of them. The defendants had committed it offence of by no means a light character; but that of which those gentlemen were guilty who had stimulated them on was much more grave i n it s na t ure. H e s h ou ld deal leniently with the defendants, and should therefore ord er them to be imprisoned for three weeks; and at the te." mination of the imprisonment to enter into their own re cognizances of 1001. to keep the peace for one year. ,„ The business of th e coun t y h as t hi s d ay terminate d . T he commission will be opened a t W orcester on Friday ttV morrow). £HE SILVER MINES OF MEXICO . The following anecdotes of the secrecy with which the Indians of Mexico preserve the knowledge of the silver mines with whi c h t h e i r country a b ounds are WI" by a German traveller :—The Indians have discovered that their silver mines have made their condition rathe r worse than better. They determine, therefore, to keel secret their knowledge of so me r i c h ve i ns o f s il ve r not yet explored by Europeans. T ra di t i ons o f t h ese mines have been handed down, it is supposed, from father to son, through centuries. Even brandy, which will oPe. ll the Indian's mouth on any other subject, fails in tin: case. A few years ago, there lived, in the large villa!, of Huancayo, the brothers Don Jose and Don Pe__,°'" Irriarte, who were amo ng th e wea lthi es t m i ne prePrle: tors of Peru. As they b a d reason to suspect t h e exist' ence of rich unexplored veins among the neighbouring hills, they sent out a young man in their employ to ex alpin e the country, and use the likeliest means of discovery Accordingly, he repaired to a village where he foun d lodgings in the hut of an Indian shepherd, from Nvhe he concealed his object. I n th e course of a few moritur an attachment had grown u p b e t ween t h e young venturer and the shepherd's daughter ; and, at last, w e young man succeeded so far in his object as to win fro. , the girl a promise that she would paint out to him the. mouth of a rich silver mine. She directed him to follor a her, at some distance, on a certain day when shs go out to tend her flock on the hills ; and to notice wile!. she dropped her manta,' (woollen shawl). There 51 told him, he would find the entrance of the mine. 112 , young agent obeyed her directions ; and after al t. digging, found his way into a moderately deep sh i t"' which led to a rich vein of silver. He was busily, should engaged in breaking off some specimens of the 01 " when he was surprised by the old shepherd, who e° ll. gratulated him on the discovery, and offered assistance' After working together f or some h ours, t h ey re st and the Indian offered to the young man a cup of eb i , c i t which he drank. Soon after drinking, he felt unw i.; , and, as a susp i c i on o f b e i ng poisoned flashed upon V. mind, h e i nstant l y packed the specimens of ore in 9;0 wallet, hast ene d b ac k to the village, and thence ro d e Huancayo. He had only time to explain his adven tl kt to his employers, an d p o i nt out, as well as he colf„ . the locality of the mi ne ; f or h e di ed in the night. other exploring party was immediately sent into t m s neighbourhood, but with ou t success ; the Indian an d hi family had vanished fro m th e p l ace, and no trace of tile mine could be discovered. Another story is the following : r A certain Franciscan m on k, a pass i onate gob t . , , e lived at Huanc a y o . By hi s friendly o ffi ces he had v e l ; ' come a favourite amo ng th e Indians, to whom he of te be applied when in want o f money. One day, when 0 had suffered losses at th e h azar d- ta bl e ,_ he begged of s o Indian, who was hi s relative, to help him out of b,, poverty. The Indian p rom i se d ass i stance on the f o lln ing evening, and arrived punctually at the appoil o time, with a bag full of silver ore for the monk. process was repeated several times, until the still nee l l, monk earnestly prayed that he m i g h t b e favoured !J na view of the source from which hi s wants had ; b i d 0 so often supplied. This request also was grits by the friendly relative; and, accordingly' the the appointed night, three Indians came to old house of the Franciscan—desired that he O w allow them to bandage his eyes—and, he , senting, carried him away, on their shoul d 10 some miles along the mountains. There, th ey lifted ° b i l e down—conducted him down a shaft of considers iA depth—and displayed to him a rich and shining i s e o 4 of silier. When he had a m pl y feasted his sight, fos had taken ore enough for hi s present necessities, his el were again bandaged, an d h e was carried home on 4154 shoulders of his g u id es . On the road, he slily ulwbs his rosary ; and dropped a bead here and there, tha t h a might have a c l ue to the mine. Arrived at horne,..;l; lay down t o rest, in the comfortable hope of exPlo 11 1 0 the path to wealth on the following day ; but in : ye, course of about two hours, the' Indian hi s relate " came to the door, with his hand full of be ci —" F E4--r tir , said . he, as he gave. them to the monk, a c. s you I ° 5C y o u r RAILWAY on the road 1" RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS., BRISTOL, JULY 15. Oi Srocx ExcilANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, , e,;;)„,.• —Caledonian, New. Ts—Great Western, Quarter Shares, Midland, New, 39%. MANCHESTER, Jur! 15. Eastern Junction, 1% dis.—Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction', STOCK EzellAmax.—The sales are—Ambergate , Nottingha m ' dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, %P. •`:, 160' 6d. dis.—Clitheroe Junction, % dis.—Derby and Crewe, 3% C• otVi c i burn, Chorley, and Liverpool, 1% dis.—Chelmsford arid 1 311 r ,” Derby, Stafford, &c., 1% dis.—Eastern Counties, New, 7% P . r dis.—Grand Union, 16s. dis.—Great Grimsby /5 0 ' York Extension, 1% p.—East Lincolnshire, % dis.—Eact e an d d th' Extension, 2 dis.—Lancashire and North Yorksh/r e, on E d S it hxm s e . fa — oel L u iverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 14 p.—Liverpool, rre sst" lock, an Manchester. idland Southport , 19 8. dis.—Manchester, Baxton, Seri d,% P . — Manchester and Birmingham, ,Q t 2 , 34 (A), 10 p.—Ditto, Quarters (B), 10 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C.,),:;:ivd: —Manchester and Leeds E xtension, 2% p.—Manchester, ~`";,rortP and Grimsby, 21s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 3 1-16 c. tisP Wales, Mineral, New, and Mansfield, % p.—Oldhana, Birkenhead, &c., % dis • — ,, Sl lll s . - ; I p.—North We s te rn , % di s. —N o tting; and Lincolnshire Jun c ti on, Ss. 9d. dLs.—Shropshire Union, 1 79 . 0 00 P South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, 9-16 p,—west Union, 2% p. LEEDS, Jut 15. STOCK Excuewaz.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, YOr . ' s pef' tension, 295. p. —E as t L ancashire, 4% p.—Great Grimsby an( IC4' field, Quarter Shares, 19 s . di s.— Huddersfield and Sheffield, U' 68 , p.—Leeds and Bradford, 40 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, Branch , D, p.—Leeds an d Thirsk,s% dis.—Manchester and Le e ds Extens' Wt. 21. 3s. 6d. p.—Newcastle and Darlington Junction Extensions , co ls. 3d. p.—Nort4 British, Carlisle Branch, 225. p.—Oxford, . s " r pi4 ter, and Wolverhampton, 5 dis.—York and North Midland , ot and West Riding, 12% p.—Cli t h eroe Junction, 18s. 6d. v and West Yorkshire, 225. dis.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire , 0 4 dis.—Leeds, Wakefield and Midland, 18s. 6d. dis.—Leicester 01, Bedford, 10s. dis.—Lincoln, York, and Leeds, 22 5. dis.—Live";ed Ormskirk, and Preston, 255. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, 4 0. Midland, 13s. p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—North Western, dis.— South Midland, 9s. dis.—West Riding Union, 4%. SHEFFIELD, JULY 15. g6t4 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian E x t e nsion !sro f dis.—Grimsby and Sheffield Extension, 31s. dis.—Ditto, (24iir Shares, 20s. 6d. dis.—East Lincolnshire, 15s. dis.—Sheffield and colnehire, 12s. 6d. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 15. &roux Excrierion.—The sales are—Caledonian Extension, ,11 "01 dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1% p.--Lancashire North Yorkshire, 21s. dis.—Newcastle and Berwi c k (N or th Silly' 10 p.—West Riding Union, 2 p. iiUTS., JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—N or th B r iti s h , Half 511rie, IVA—Ditto, Carlisle, 46 5 . 9d . -- Chelmsford and Bury, 128.—u 6d..., Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 15 s . di s. — Leicester and Bedford, 128. „tat. A. Mallon and Driffield Juncti on, 48s. — Manchester, Buxton, and ,A, lock, 21. 168.—North Western, dis.—North Staffordshire, Si. 109. —South Midland, Bs. 6d. dis.—West Riding Union, 4/. 9s. 6d. YORK, JOLT 15. STOCK Excnewoz.—The sales are —Clitheroe Junction, 11. I , 3 ;yr, Eastern Counties, York Extension, 2—Great North of England,Li 53—Leicester and Bedford, 13s.—London and top arid Driftleld Junction, 2/. 75.• —Manchester, Buxton, , Matlock , L l 3 d, Midland, 2/. 14s. 6 d. — Newcastle and Darlington, New, 111. is iter —North British, Carlisle Extension, 6s.—North Staffor o 5% —York and North Midland, East and west Riding Exten s 131. 1 ls. 3d. NOTICE TO MARINERS. PORT OF LANCASTER. The following has been posted at Lloyd's : a 4 Tonnage O ffi ce, Lancaster, June 4, 1,,, `"j0 The Commissioners of St. George's Quay, Lancaster, hereby give notice, that on and afte r 10th d ay of Sept . erab er, 1846, the light on the island of W a l ney , will revo lve in lo ur _, minutes, showing a bright light every minute i n place of heretofore—one every four and twelv e m inutes. They al i : give notice that a stationary tid a l li g ht ( re d)' be place on the south point on the said island of Walney. Tbeii 8 alterations are sanctioned by the Board of the Trinit y Hotl By order of the C j e co m a m N issi vi on A er L s K o E f R S:. George's. : er. Quay trir We mentioned some time bk the doara yeller named Mazure, whose body ac was found in A WOO , ' ° to the Lyons-road. The conductor, who, after allowing hill' is alight in consequence of sudden indisposition, had refused_ wait a few minutes, and gone on without him, was last w o 7O condemned by the correctional police of Moalins to t ba month's imprisonment, 9,000 f. damages, and costs. Aftel hA d diligence had driven on the unfortunate traveller was rouw and murdered. BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., in, Guernsey, the wife of Captain gsd lib Royal Engineers, Of a daughter. On the 10th inst., Mrs. P' uzey, of Surrey-square, Old Kat road, of a son. On the 10th inst., at GoitreweniHouse, Carmarthenshi re ' the wife of Dr. John Morgan Hopkins, M.D., of a daughte r i, On the 11th inst., at York House, Croydon, the wife - of G. 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