The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-27 00:00:00

. . f • r• - . . . , _ . . THE SUN, ` LONDON MONDAY - MORNING _ 3 JULY 2 72 1846. ~.... 2 , c*:,l s ..... __ --.........----- Ii101111M.....111•0 the time of the stab being given by the prisoner they had the prosecution ; Mr. Newton defended a c a t l n f e w o a n a fo e for trial I thiswov proved day, thatan t d h e occupied *nature wasC Court f t o h r a u t p o - f the Caledonian line he was under Mr. Locke. He had most important, an d th e t rus t ees were decidedly opposed to 3. Th e pro p er ty of the society is declared to be vested case, who stated that the men were very drunk, and that at I Mr. Keating and Mr. Huddlestone conducted the case for •! . A RE S RAILWAY C 0 M mryr EES. found it invariably the cheapest and best way to get effi- the Bill. cient works constructed, to let the works to responsible and This having closed the evidence on the part of the op- i n 4. theTh The trustee trustee or troera treasurersurerfor the a e y, time wi t being,h respectcase, to pru belabouring him very severely.e ~ , PANIES' STOCIi. -.e ase -- guarantee their proper execution. The calculations he had Mr. AUSTIN, Q.C. (who appeared for the Croydon Railway .5 Fraud committed with respect to property of so- Mr. Justice ERLE having summed up, the jury found the wards of eleven hours. - prisoner Guilty. He was then sentenced to twelve months'_...... -4,...._ HOUSE OF LORDS. furnished to the Committee, were calcu:ations made at leisure, Company), said he hoped he had shown the Committee that • • From tie Officiil List, • t . ciety is punishable by jus ices. vE l ' 3s°. Room A. with great care, which had been checked four times by four the Bill ought not to pass during the present session. He ar rtes -order transfer of stock secs, i erson 6. Re istr different persons. That, as compared with the hasty submitted that the whole of the subject of extensions and ,, • . 1 Ann White was indicted for having wilfully and feloniously neither was the name "Charlotte Farley" in he 't . CORNWALL. g it stands is of in whose name at eleven o'clock. calculation he had made in the box at the de- junctions of the Metropolitan Railway ought to have beenset fire to a certain cottage, the property of George Wedge, nor was the last will put forth (on which the This Committee re-assembled to-day indictment was ofthe •of M Sergeant B Ilas•showed this difference. referred to the decision of a Committee of the House 7. Application may be made to Court of Chancery the part founded) in the handwriting, as Ann Jones had alleged, of Mr. hems addressed the Committee on . at the course of the rai way e care uy 1 Th fll -made calculation of the cutting at the 20th of Commons. A question of such considerable importance petition, free from payment of Court or counsel's fees, Mr. Hodges conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was Thu mas N or th er) ; Dividend Amount i rice petitioners, contending that in'urious to that place, mile was at one-and-half to one 31,000 yards ;at half to one, as allowing this Company to make a viaduct &c. not represented by counsel. Tie jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both pri- dame of "' mPanY * per of pall through the town of Bodmin was so j ofpublicgood, which 22,000 yards. The hasty calculation he had made to-day at of four miles length, by which fifty metropolitan streets, and 8. Disputes settled by - It appeared by the evidence of the prosecutor that a part Boners, recommending An I n ...one:4 to mete 7 y• Annum. -hare. ....."" as to be tolerated only by an amount He also half to one was 33,000 yards. He adhered to the leisurely- three turnpike roads would be passed over, could not be fully tors • order of justices or award of arbitrators final, of the premises which were burnt down was rented by the The Learned JUDGE sentenced Richard Farley to trans- cf. a 'by any means established by evidence. . s d. X • n 20 was not . (notwithstand- made calculation, and his estimate of.price was founded considered by the present Committee. The plan altogether 9. ' Power to invest their funds with the Commissioners husband of the prisoner, and occupied by himself and his portation for fifteen years, and Ann Jones to • Australasia 4 . " 44 4 in, from its importance one year's im- ...... •• .. 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 contended that Bodm the sessions being held there, upon it. Very little malleable iron was made in Scotland. was bad, and most expensive, as Mr. Cubitt had shown, and for the reduction of the National Debt, and to receive wife, there being two cottages under one roof. On the 2241 prisoninent and hard labour. o 3 % Entsti North American 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 ~ 2 ing Mr. Branel's evidence), b of 'nes - transacted there, was the Mr. Wilson was the principal maker of it, and his tender for he submitted that his proposal, that the Committee should • of March last the cottages were burnt down. and a large amount us. e . t r st at the rate of 3/. 16s. 00. (except ' in e. e per cent.in With this case the assize for the county and sit of IV y or- „ . Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 ;,' 16 the line should be laid out if a central commu- rails for the Caledonian was higher than they could be sup- decline deciding upon this important question in the last certain cases mentioned in 9 and 10 Vic., c. 27.) A witness of the name of Martha Elacket was called, who seater ended. ~olonial. •25 v r 7 51. per cent. 100 0 0 0 A place where He then adverted to the gra- plied for in England. Mr. Wilson was a large holder in the week or fortnight of the session, and postone the matter till stated that on the day in question she had taken refuge in a Londn and Westminstr Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 Ile nication were contemplated. 11. Priority of payment of debts, in case officer, &c., . 37, which he felt assured would neverhave been Caledonian line. On account of the heavy en- the next session, was but fair andereasonable. The Learned shed near the house from the rain. While there she saw the London Joint-Stock .• • C 1 .6/ per cent. SO 0 0 1 0 client of 1 in _ . Of society become bankrupt, insolvent, has an execution, smoke coming from the thatch of the cottage occupied by the POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Metropolitan ......... 25 0071 0 IS - periodwhen legislation on glues now used, some companies were using rails as Counsel having concluded his address', sanctioned by Parliament at a pen. &c., against his property, or dies. Provincial of Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 l9 had arrived at its present perfection. heavy as 80 to 90 lbs. per yard. The estimate of Mr. MERREWETHER replied on behalf of the promoters of prisoner and her husband. At that time no one was near the WORSHIP-STREET. Ditto, New......• • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 „ 90 railway matters . deathof directing his the portion of the Nithsdale scheme, from Gretna D the Bill. He submitted that little attention should be paid 12. In case of members payment may be house but a policeman of the name of Godwi n . Mr. Cocienua.N followed on the same side,. . eme, to um- ATTEMPT TO POISON-Hannah Barker ,National of Ireland .. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 20 ; 26 .i a young wo- 20/ " d imperfections of the line, its fries, was 10,0001. a mile, or 240,0004 The Caledonian branch by the Committee to the evidence of Mr. Cubitt, because it made of sum WA exceeding , without the expense, William Godwin was then called, and stated that he was Nat Pr - ial , ON nc of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 3 5 0 ,11 observations to the allege man of very miserable and emaciated ap earance, was letters of low levels, and the opposition offered to proposed in the Commons, from Dumfries to Gretna, was was only on the previous day that he had seen the plans of &c., of obtainingadministration. a policeman, and on the day in question was on duty near Ditto New. ••••• • • • 10 , . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 0 9°,, circuitous route and placed at the bar before Mr. P ' Ile be population of the district through which it passed. almost an identical line, and he made the cost of that the company, and he could not, therefore, be supposed to . allowed to 13. Members are .. be witnesses in all pro- . the houses which were burnt. He heard an alarm of tire • . Broughton, charged with Union of Australia •• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 ► it by the having' administered a quantity oe oxalic acid to her Union " London... • • ' 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 - +•replied, and dwelt at great length 338,7614 He considered this latter a moderate estimate. fully acquainted with the merits or demerits of it. Ills eeedinge, criminal or civil, respecting property of society. b the lastd a the thatch given ywitness, and s w e Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKI on the decision of the House of Commons with respect to this With regard to the error he had made respecting the 89,000 1, earned earned Friend had opposed the Bill on behalf of f all doe over the window of the cottage occupied by the prisoner and husband, George Barker, a shoemaker, 1! • • eying in Holy -14. Exemption o documents, &c., from stamp INSURANCE COMPANIES. ae. .„/ Company, - - th )well-lane Shor .ffitch with intent t d h• - her husband. n going o the house e found the door , e ,wi o mur er im. 1 0 • to hf dd Bill. He said this Bill had been there discussed three times, yards of cutting at the twentieth mile, he thoughtit better to the Croydon but he (Mr. Merrewe that duty, except when an assurance is granted . on any oneprire Dividend Amount and had each time received the approbation of the Commit- make the explanation to the Committee this morning than hoped that the Committee would consider that life to an amount exceeding 200/. locked, upon which he broke open the window and got into The prosecutor stated that he way married to a • e pri Name of Company. per of p a id. tees of the Houses of Parliament. Mr. Brunel had told them alter the whole of the figures in the calculation, and so deface Company had no ground of opposition to the Bill, because the house. On going up stairs he heard a voice say " I sorer in the month of October last, but they had liv,.d 0.-- - Form of Affidavit to be annexed to Alteration or n ' Annum. Share. ____ ___-:--- that, in laying down this line the great object of the promoters the table. The result in regard to money, however, was this Company had proposed to insert in their Bill a clause Amendment of Rule 1. 4 and 5 Will. 4c. 40, a 4. avn t done nothing!' When he got up stairs he went into together on the most unhappy tet•ms, in consequence of -- - - had been to accommodate the district through which they Mile different, being 153/, more than the estimate made on which would enable the Croydon Company to forma junctiona bed-room, and found the prisoner under a bed on the floor, his discovery of her infidelity, and her own admission .t a. d. .£ s• ' /1,, of -- the clerk ofthe key ofthe front Albion .........• •• •• 31. 10, 500 0050 0 191 passed, and that district, namely, about St. Austell and the first or erroneous data. with the line proposed. The secret of their opposition to this I -- e, , (or secretary, or one Truro, was inferior to none in importance, in population. The Mr. Foster, civil and mining engineer, examined-He had scheme was their wish to prevent this Company having a officers), of the -- Society, held at - • the her to come out but she would not an e -, in e county , , d h was obliged to Alliance Enid.and For. 0 !: ii per cent. 100 0 0 11 h d ' e - make oat an sa tha • ull her out b force Thar 1 1 Learned'Gentleman then went over a large portion of the had considerable experience in making railways. He had western extension, so that they might mono lice the whole o - . 3', tin the making the y e were only two room in the younger of her two children, an infant four months old Ditto Marine. •. On the preceding afternoon the prisoner's mother call, d 13s. 6u. pr alt. 50 0 0 5 ° 7 , 4 7 evidence, which he contended was conclusive of the merits been engaged in constructing the London and Birmingham of the traffic of that district. Now he submitted that such a alterations (or amendments) in the rules of the said house, and l no other person was in the cottage. In the down- British • Commercial at his house, and conducted herself with so much violence. of the line, and was proceeding when the room was cleared. line. He was now the acting engineer on the western poi- reason ought not to induce the Committee to decide against society, the provisions of the Act under which the rules room set there was a fire in the grate. The fire commenced deriel,Med.&Gen.Lite si. per cent. 100 0 0 2 1,, .... The CHAIRMAN, on our re-admission, said, that the Com- tion of the Chester and Holyhead line. From his experience this scheme. of the said society are enrolled have been duly complied in . the thatch just over the bed-room window in which the towards him, ' of his differences with on account 0 64 mines would postpone their decision on the preamble for the of making railways, the mode of letting the works named by The Learned Counsel having concluded his reply, the room with. prisoner wits found. The roof was quite within the reach of daughter, that he determined at once to separate ' 1 ,:i!" fes. 50 0 0 5 -agle .. ...... purpose of hearing the clause of amendment which it was Mr. Collister was the best one. Competition was not was ordered to be cleared. Sworn this day of ,18 , 1 S any person who might be on the outside to reach- to the from the latter, and proposed to divide the furni- E.g.& Scot. Law .. • • N. per cent. 50 0 0 2 o d. 10 proposed to introduce into the Bill. lapse of a few found a good mode. On the Chester and Holyhead line they On our re-admission, after the minutes, place were the fire commenced. The policeman then took tune between them, and allow her ss. a week for European Life • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 o An 0 „ 51 a said the Committee had resolved before me the prisoner into custody, and charged her with having set her maintenance. The prisoner assented to the Freemasons' ......•: ••• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 . - IP Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE said that he had no clause to had let the works (No. 9) to a responsible man, who agreed The Noble CHAIRMAN A Justice of the Peace actin siren e- d d h d desired him t to complete the works, with all extras, at the price named in that the preamble was notprove ,an t eyaim o g the house on fire. She made no reply. Both the c - 49 for cot went, and they soon after sat down together to partake of 6/. per cent. Stock. a 0 al that determination they d did not de- were burnt down. Guardian .•••-• • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 1- a 1.• ~ Mr. HUME then proposed that in the 28th section of the the schedule. The work by this means, he believed, would intimate that in coming to . tea, which be prepared himself ; but after filling a half ion adverse to a west-en extenssion. Mr. Justice ERIE having summed up the case to the jury • t imperial Fire .. • ..• • • 6/. and bonus : s°o 0 0 50 o', 16S Act there should be inserted a clause to specify the point be done cheaper than almost any line in he kingdom. He had sire to u n essz t y opinion pin mug he was in the habit of using from the teapda, he imperial Life .•••.. •• 12s. 100 00100 1 19 E For the South-Eastern c om p any ? E x t rac t f rom 7 and 8 Vic. e. 110, entituled "An Act they found the prisoner Guilty, and she was sentenced to be to which the railway at Bodmin should be allowed to come, exatninedtheplansandsectionsof the Nithsdale Company,and M had occasion to retire for a short time, and fcund on his indemnity Marine- • • I/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 0 ' l ll The Noblr CHAIRMAN-Quite so. - - for the Registration, Incorporation, and Re • • transported - for - gistration seven years. and also to provide against any injury that might be done had gone over the country. The quantity of cutting, he con- Law Life.. ......• Companies." sidered, had been under-estimated 300,000 yards ; and, taking LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN (LONDON. of Joint Stock lt was stated in Court that the prisoner had three times return that his wife had put some milk into his tea, ,i Legal and General Life 50 0 0 2 0 10 - to the town by the cutting off of the water. portion of which he poured o t 12 to 0 ne Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE called attention to the general similar prices as those named by Mr. Miller, there would be BRIDGE EXTENSION), This Act applies to every joint stock company as before attempted to fire the cottage, and that a bill had been . off, . u into a saucer and drank London Fire .. .. .. • • 10s. 25 0 0 •,.- 0 .4 it Act by which companies were bound to construct their works here a deficiency of 35,000/. Th - therein defined, (except banking corn anies schools preferred against her at the last assizes for this county, but The peculiarity of its flavour, however, instantl London -,hi 10s. 25 001210 0 I d -1, el. the • day)adopted, A d literary institutions, with as little detriment to public and private property as calculated, would cost 15,000/. more than the company's dare- to be prove on previous was then scientific an ions, and, also, rrienciay so , „! , was ignored. attracted his attention, and he accused the ' f prisoner e a , d Marine .. 2 0 g, estimate. The estimate of masonry, he considered, propor- after which the Committee adjourned till Monday... citifies, loan societies, and benefit building societies (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) having mixed something in it, which she at tirst r• el ' e oluvlid&Gen.Lite 4141. per ct. 50 0 0 0 i ii ain_ y National Lean Fund 5l per cent 20 0 0 2 10 0 ~. possible. John Eldridge was indict; • d for having threatened to shoot denied having done, but on repeating the accusation, she National Life.-- •• Si. Per cent. 1 0 l• '- The clauses having been formally proposed, tioiaably small. Ile was sure it would be double the sum. The Committee decided that the first, relating to the car- He had never known a line with so little masonry, or so few clasped her hands together, exclaiming-" Oh, God i•alladitun Life ..... ... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 - '') •should be referred to the occupation bridges. He had also gone over Mr. Collister's ruing of the railway to Bodmin, GREAT NORTHERN - DIRECT • . . statutes in force respecting such societies, ether than Mr. Edwards conducted the r . p osecution. what have they persuaded ire to do !" and burst into 9. 4 • Vlicenix 3/.p.ct.& bs. - - 0 lb, - •and that the latter, with reference to the water, estimates. With tlieexception ofthe cuttings,which he thought such friendly societies, as grant assurances to an extent It appeared that'on the 2d of this month the prosecuteix,Protector Life-. .• • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 4) 0 1 :4 engineer, RAILWAY-LONDON TO- YORK. tears He then • • . insisted upon searching her, to discover Provident Life•••• .. • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 - - was provided for by the general Act, and that the preamble estimated rather high, he generally agreed with that witness. upon one life, or for any one person to an amount ex • an old woman, was at home in her cottage, at Hampworth, if eh 0 a Cross-examined-He had not been able to go over the We are unable to lay before our readers an account of the seeding 2001. And if before a certificate of provisional in this county, when the prisoner came there, and asked her , • ehadany poison in her possession, end having forced duck Life ;opal Exchange . .. 4s. 5 0 0 01 0 • I •''' was proved. his hands into her picket he discovered there a nuantity ' - 4 0 WEST CORNWALL. whole line. In examining the tunnel near Thornhill, he had proceedings of this Company, as our own reporter was_refused registration shall be obtained, the promoters, or any of if her husband was at home. She said, "No but asked e .• un Fire. - --- a of loose white fi Mr. TALBOT opened the case for the promoters of this been prevented going over the ground of the agent of the admittance. them, or any person employed by or under them, isoner to wait. He went into the house a the pr se and sat down, . powder, which she admitted to be oxalic Ditto Life . . - Bill; and stated the expense of the project was 500,000 L, and Duke of Buccleuch. He went along the highway from " What should Ibe frightened at?" Upon which he took a hastened to the residence of a neighbouring surgeon, who that it was supported by the greater number of the Gretna to Dumfries, and thence to Sanquhar. He was in a HIGHLY INTERESTING. TO either of shares or of any interest in the concern, or by • • • proprietors along the live. Some of the petitions g • a twist carriage, and got out perhaps about three times. He was not way of deposit for shares to be granted or alloted, or is pistol from his pocket, and said, "If you don't give me all administered a powerful antidote, and he was afterwards CA.NAI.S. ..-- the Bill had been withdrawn, and the remaining petitions able to . get over the exact route of the line, on account of the FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. ! !!! sued in the name or on behalf of the company, any note e • your money, I'll blow your brains out," The prosecutor, taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where further re- - I .: I . 4 Divide igi il ice. were of a very unimportant character , ' it being a curious fact opposit ion he received. With respect to the expense of any the loth Geo 56 amended the 4th • • p wouldk By ' • 4, c. (as • 1 f• by or scrip, or letter o allotment or other instrument or eing very much frightened, was going to leave the medics wcre resorted to, which had the effect of neutral room, when the prisoner said, " I'll only give thee {zing the • Names of 2 'Dividend p rice Names of 2 per . • Companies. A per n Companies. Is m own. ~., that among the names appended to these letters, there was tunnel, he could not say what it wou cost without a onno and sth Will. 4, 4. 40, and 9th and 10th Viet. c. 27), nig e poison. writing to denote a right or claim or preference or pro- two minutes to fetch it." Upon this the old woman n Annum. rr: ledge of the strata. The works he named were the ----a' not a tieg le proprietor, they all being occupiers. There was Societies may be formed :- , . . Police constable Leary, H 129, stated that, having re mise, absolute or conditional , o any shares , or a ver- gave him . s. . e prisoner thenleft the • • • td h• 2/ 7 6d The • - 160 Chester and Holyhead line. The contract he spoke of X X e , a petition on their Lordships' table from every . inhabitant 1 F the lawful • For elnsurance of money to be paid onceived information of the occurrence, he hastend to the : about • hmiles in length . The extras he spoke of • along the line, from Truro to the Landei End, in favour of was eig t . - cottage; but as he was going away said to the prosecutrix ho . Ashtn& Oldh 97 5/.55. pc 70 Monmouthsh 100 :',' . 91 use, where he found the risoner seated on a chair in included extra bridges, and making good any defects arising pany, or make any contract whatsoever, for or in the name, that if she told any one before the next hour her house should „ . P AshLy-d-la-Z 113 1 4/. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 '" 0 the Bill.children, kindred or n • f defraying• nominees, or or the ex- a state or extreme excitement, and took her into custody. Barnsley-. 160 12/. 180 from defective foundations and too thin walls. Competition or on behalf of such intended company, then every such be burnt down. She, however, gave information to the po • Macclesfield. 100 , - ," 1. Some evidence as to traffic having been heard, the Com enses of the burial of the members,) their husbands, lice, and the prisoner was shortly afterwards apprehended On learning the nature of the charge, she admitted its Basingstoke.. 100[ - - Heath ...... 100 i'' . 0 was the usual way of letting large contracts, and the other P person shall be liable to forfeit, for every such offence, a . Tattoo adjourned. works on the Cheater and Holyhead were let in that wa}. wives, or children' e Provided that no under the sum not exceeding twenty-five pounds; and that it shall within a mile and a half of the cottage, with the money in h entire truth, and said that she had intended to destroy Itrknk & Abrg 150, 1 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 1 :" 4 ~ Cromford •••• 100' 141. 150 Peak Forest. 78 0 " a I , i 6 1 Room C. He considered there should have been about four times as age of six shall be allowed to become remember of such p^ person o sue or an recover e same be lawful for an t f d the his pocket. On being asked how he came by the money, he erself and her two children, as well as her husband. Dudley too 4/. - Regents .... 33 11 s° ' , SOUTH EASTERN (CHART BRANCH). many occupation bridges, and he should think they would society, and that no insurance shall be effected on the by action of dbt (7and 8 Vic. C. 110, S. 2, 24, 4 e • an - said he had borrowed it of Mrs. Rice, and that he was sorry Mrs. Hayward, the searcher of female risoners at Derby ...• • • 100 61. 73 Rochdale ...• 85 41., 20 The Committee re-assembled this morning, the Earl of cost 5 00 L each. He had executed no works in Scotland, but life of any child under six years of age. Every information respecting the establisment of i had frightened her. On being further searched some but- the Featherstone station-house, said that P • the prisoner Ellstnre&Chs 133 41. 55 Shropshire .. 125 s';,, ; i t lets and gunpowder were found in his pockets and the next subsequently repeated the above c • • her 1 . Eyewash •• • 100 321. 3 55 m Coal 150 71. 1 e , . th Devon in the chair. he had in Wales. He was quite satisfied that the masonry 2. For the relief, maintenance, or endowment of the friendly • ' ' ' banks , annuity • • societies, savings societies, and morning a loaded pistol was found near the place where the in and added th t h confession in oer hear- Forth & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.LkFd St 12 6/;,. 1 1) ' - a o' Mr. ALEXANDER opened at very considerable length, and could not be done for less than 2,000/. per mile. It was twice members, their husbands, wives, children, kindred, or g, a s e was tired of her life in con- GrandJunctn 100 71. 95% Stffrd&Worc 140 r a • i r t b benefit building may be obtained and instruc- prisoner was apprehended, which Mrs. Rice identified tl societies, - Shrewsbury.. 125 1 "•• ''• to the village of Chart, so as to form a communication through Re-examined-He felt firmly persuaded the masonry any other naturnl state of which the probability may be lions published by order of the Lords of the Treasury, one which he had presented at her. It was also shown that hadsubjected her. The witness had since examined the2ol. ' Lan i. l9rgnsh. 172 13%1. 210 Stourbrldge.. 145 , , oa . Thou hhe did not with a form of rules and tables applicable thereto, will he had purchased it on the same day.. 1 t senrklY 'OO - - Strtfrdon Av 79 le - P . the middle portion of Kent, and to cut off the large_ angle at could never be done for 1,0001. a mile. through g the calculated by way of average. Mr. Baron PLATT having summed up, the jury found the Prisoner's person, the appearance of which certainly went Grantham .• 150 121. 100 ' country, be forwarded free of expense, on application by the . Severn andl 11. 55, Red Hill, going on by Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells, and leave his carriage often in the journey . far to confirm the truth of her statement. Huddersfield. 57 - - . Wye Rail.,s 26 the sections, what 3. Towards making good any loss sustained by the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to be transported for a connexion would then be made direct with Ashford. The he saw sufficient to estimate, along with. general post, pre-paid, directed to the "Registrar of Kennt & ATLI 39 7s. 6d. 9% .Trut & Mr-1 He had previously been through eb bfi flood,shipwreck, by • m m ers y re, or or any contin- - • ten years. Mr. Thomas Vale, assistant to Mr. Bower, a surgeon 301- ~ whole cost of the line would be 1,400,0001., and the engineer- the masonry would be. 1 riendly Societies, in England, London." All letters Lancaster 47 I/. 10s. - 0 sea, 4 sin .3 50 Scotland several times before.ofwhich the probability becalculated gency Leeds& by andpackets b must e pre-paid. NORTHERN CIR C UT T.-York, Jul , 23.Livrpi 100 341. 520 I Thams &Med 19 --- 4 1 ing difficulties, though considerable, would not be anything m - Wood, civil engineer of the Newcastle and Carlisle way of average , whereb the shall have sustained anafternoon the prisoner called at the surer y, and asked Leicester ...•1140 10/. 105 iWorcstr & - I , like insuperable. The chief of them was a tunnel of consi- .r. .Y. e Y Y No friendly society, unless duly certified, can legally The business on the civil side was concluded last evening. f or a evidence to the same effect as the r•us l pennyworth of oxalic acid, g • Leicstr &Nth! 83 4/. 60 IBi j*- 2 1 1. / II upon which he handed ruling. derable length, In which there would be a rise Railway, gave witness. He had a good knowledge of the district which invest its funds in a savings' bank. This is the commission day for Durham, but there still re- to her a k t Loughborogh!l42 70/. 850 Wilts & Bits 67 ..;.:±.---- stock in trade, or of the tools or implements of their pac e containiny half an ounce, which was maining some cases to try on the Crown side, for the county each incline to the apex from both ends, the gradient upon this tunnel the line traversed, and he was satisfied it could not be made labelled trade or calling. of York, Mr. Justice Cresswell sat for the purpose of dis- "Poison." The prisoner then left the shop, and DOCKS. .-----''< would be one in eighty. It was proposed to pass for the sum named by the company. Hegenerally corrobo- LAW INTELLIGENCE. by the use of smaller wheels than those usually employed. / a mile, while that rated Mr. uollister s ,-, • , estimate. 4. For the frugal investment of the savings of the posing of them. One cause on the civil side has been made about half an hour afterwards her husband hastily en- Vi c " COURT 0 F CHANCERY, July 25. Dividend Amount The cost of this line would be only 23,000 .members for better enabling them to purchase food,a remanet. tered, declaring that he had been poisoned by his wife, red. Of its opponent was estimated at 26,0001. a mile. Cross-examined-He had gone over the estimates of M r . Name of Company. per of - The Lord Ch sat ancellor in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, to - Croydon Com- Collister in detail, in doing which he took the quantities and firing, clothes, or other necessaries, or the tools or imeThe following prisoners have been called d up an ten - and vltness accordingly administered an effective anti- Annum. I Share. L ........... ..„..'" Mr. Tat.so.r, who appeared for the b the whole morning with . (I , 0 Reny, contended for Ws right to . be ea rd fo; th ' h' t f h kfr I • H e Mid- c arac er ot e wor s om Are Collister. e had executed plements of their trade or calling, or to provide for the day. His Lordship was occupied tensed :---George Thompson, manslaughter, seven years' dote, and directed his removal to the hospital. The lunatic petitions. trans ottation • Matthew Har £ s. d. X -' a Rent Atmospheric at the close of tine case. about 100 miles of railway of the Newcastle and Carlisle and education of their children or kindred, with or without p , bron, feloniously wounding, prosecutor's father afterwards arrived with a jug con Commercial .... - I twelve months' imprisonment ; John Falshaw, 4I T o this Air. Aaaxmeuzr. objected, and an argument en- branches in that district. He was director of that line of the assistance of charitable donations ; provided always, VICE- CHANCERY sued, at the close of which railway as well as engineer. that the shares in any such investment society shall (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) nine months' imprisonment; John Langstaff, same offence, strongly • impregnated with oxalic acid; but he required East Country • . 11. per sh. 1100 0 , 0 " ase nine months ; John Greenwood, manslaughter, three days' f h • L mdon ...... ••.• • • • S i. pr cent. Stock. .--- )IL The Committee decided that Counsel for a line not before Mr. Davidson, civil engineer, followed to the same effect. not be transferable, and that the investment of each RAILWAY DEPOSITS. urt er time to complete the analysis. 4 1 /' imprisonment •; James Vance, pleaded , Rine St. Katharine .... •• • • 5 per cent. Stock. .o_2/ . them could not be heard. He had had experience of the works on the Grand Junction member shall accumulate or be employed for the sole His HoNotm orde r ed the deposits paid into Court, in the months. imprisonment; Smith, burglary, eighteen Sir Edmund Elton was then called, who spoke generally line, and had been acting-engineer of the Greenock line, on benefit of the member investing, or the husband, wife, Manchester and Midlaied Junction Railway, and the Leedsof the prisoner, and said that he had numerous wit months ; James Melder, housebreaking, seven years' trans- - WATER-WORKS. ____..---' 7 ... to the convenience of shortening the line, and giving ac- which there had been large cuttings. He thought Mr. Mil- children, or kindred of such member, and that no part and Thirsk Branches and Extension Railway, to be paid out portation ; W. Brown, same offence, ,six montfis' im • prison- nesses who would be able to establish a strong case of - fr''' • commodation to Mid Kent. teed estimate too low, and Mr. Collister's fair and accurate. thereof shall be appropriated to the relief, maintenance, to the parties. merit; George Caw, robbery, seven years' transportation; systematic cruelty and neglect on the part of her hue- Dividend Amount The Rev. Mr. Blackball, vicar of Seale, gave similar tes- He agreed with what had been said respecting the advan- BLAKE v. WALLSCOU RT. Name of Company. per of Paid' or endowment of any other member or person whom- Jane Gregory, Sarah Stocks, and Hannah Grunwell. band towards the unfortunate woman, but he considered timony, and expressing the favourable opinion of the Marquis tape of the works being let to large contractors. He stated The further arguments in this part-heard case occupied Annum. Share. ............„... s ever and that the full amount of the balance due o , robbery with violence, the former fifteen years; it most expedient to reserve their evidence for a future Camden and his other neighbours. this from what had taken place in the construction of the his Honour the whole morning. --' et! line. according to the rules of such society to such member transportation, and the two latter twelve months' occasion. Mr. Douglas, M.P. for Rochester, also gave similar testi- Greenock ..... - -- - - HIGHLY INTERESTING. TO FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. By the 10th G,eo. 4, c. 56 (as amended by the 4th and sth Will. 4, 5. 40, and 9th and 10th Vict. c. 27), Societies may be formed :- 1. For the lawful insuranee of money to be paid on the death of the members to their husbands, wives, or children, kindred or nominees, or for defraying ahe ex penses of the burial of the members,r their husbands, wives, or children' : Provided that no person under the age of six shall be allowed to become simember of such society, and that no insurance shall be effected on the life of any child under six years of age. 2. For the relief, maintenance, or endowment of the members, their husbands, wives, children, kindred, or nominees, in infancy, old age, sickness, widowhood, or any other natural state of which the probability may be calculated by way of average. 3. Towards making good any loss sustained by the members by fire, flood, or shipwreck, or by any contin gency of which the probability may be calculated by way of average, whereby they shall have sustained any loss or damage of their lives or dead stock, or goods or stock in trade, or of the tools or implements of thei trade or calling. 4. For the frugal investment of the savings of the members for better enabling them to purchase food, firing, clothes, or other necessaries, or the tools or im plements of their trade or calling, or to provide for the education of their children or kindred, with or without the assistance of charitable donations ; provided always, that the shares in any such investment society shall not be transferable, and that the investment of each member shall accumulate or be employed for the sole benefit of the member investing, or the husband, wife, children, or kindred of such member, and that no part thereof shall be appropriated to the relief, maintenance, or endowment of any other member or person whom soever and that the full amount of the b a l ance d ue according to the rules of such society to such member shall be paid to him or her on withdrawing from the society, and that no such last-mentioned society shall be entitled or allowed to invest its funds, or any part thereof, with the Commissioners for the Reduction of. the National Debt. 5. For any other purpose which shall be certified to be legal in England or Ireland by her Majesty's Attor ney or Solicitor-General, and in Scotland by the Lord Advocate, and which shall be allowed by one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state as a purpose to which the powers and facilities of the said Acts ought to be extended ; provided that the amount of the sum or value of the benefit to be assured to any member, or any person claiming by or through him or her, by any so ciety for any purpose so certified and allowed as herein before mentioned, shall not exceed in the whole two hundred pounds ; and that this limitation shall be in serted in the rules of every society established for any purpose so certified and allowed ; and that no such last mend( ned society shall be entitled or allowed to invest its funds or any part thereof with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt.—(9th and 10th Vic. c. 27, s. 1.) When a society is formed, under the provisions of the said Acts, for any purpose in addition to that of provid ing relief, maintenance, or endowment, in case of infancy; old age, sickness, widowhood, or other natural state as aforesaid, the contributions or payments for every such other purpose shall be kept separate and distinct, or the charges defrayed by extra subscriptions of the members, at the time such contingencies take place.—t 9 and 10 Vict. c, 27, s. 3.) The rules of every friendly society established after the third day of July, 1846, shall provide that a book or books be kept, in which all moneys received or paid on account of any particular fund or benefit for which the rules of the society provide shall be entered in a separate account, distinct from the moneys received and paid on account of any other benefit or provision.—(9 &10 Vic. c. 2',', s. 4.) The returns of the rate of sickness and mortality re quired by law to be sent by every friendly society at in tervals of five years, to the barrister or advocate by whom the rules of the society may have been certified, shall be henceforth sent to the registrar of friendly so cieties in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, according to such form as shall be prepared for that pur pose by the said several registrars, under the-direction of one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State •, and with every such return shall be sent a report' of the assets and liabilities of such society ; and this provision shall be inserted in the rules of every society which shall be established after the 3d day of July, 1846.—(9 and 10 Vict., c. 27, s. 5.) . . The treasurers, trustees, stewards, or other principal officer of every such society, who by the rules of such society are or is bound to prepare or cause to be pre pared the yearly general statement of the funds and eff..cts of such society, shall be the persons who shall be respectively bound to make or cause to be made, and send to the Registrar of Friendly Societies, the said re turns of the rate of sickness and mortality, and the said report of the assets and liabilities of such society ; and every such person who shall refuse or wilfully neglect to make or cause to be made or to send the said returns of sickness or mortality, or the said report of the assets and liabilities of such society, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the said Acts, or this Act, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding the sum of five pounds, to be recovered, with costs, before any justice of the peace having jurisdiction where such society shall have its place of meeting, and on non-payment thereof the same, with the reasonable costs of conviction, shall be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender or offenders by warrant under the hand and 3:1t1 of such justices.—(9 and 10 Vict. c. 27, 3. 6.) After the third day of July, 1846, the registrar of friendly societies in England, Scotland, or Ireland shall not certify the rules of any friendly society established after that day for the purpose of securing any benefit depending on the laws of sickness or mortality, unless such society shall adopt a table which shall have been certified to be a table which may be safely and fairly adopted for such purpose under the hand of the actuary to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, or of some person who shall have been for at least five years an actuary to some life assurance company in London, Edinburgh, or Dublin ; and the name of the actuary by whom any such table shall have been certified shall be set forth in the rules, and printed at the loot of all copies of such tables printed for the use of the society.—(9 and 10 Vict. c. 27, s. 13.) The fee payable to the registrar for his certificate is ono guinea, but he is not en titl e d t o a f ee i n respect o f any alteration or amendment of any rules, upon which one fee has been already paid within the period of three years, nor for any certificate to rules, &c., which are copies of any that have been certified by him an ddu I enrolled.—(4 and 5 Will. IV., c. 40, s. 4,5.) y Two copies of the rules, alterations or amendments, written on paper or parchment, signed by three mem bers and the clerk or secretary (accompanied in the case of an alteration or amendment of rules with an affidavit of the clerk or secretary, or one of the officers of the said society, that the provisions of the Act underwhicihth) mustthe rulesb e sent are enrolled have been complied with) the fee of one guinea, by a post-office order) to the Registrar, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the said rules, or alteration or amendnient thereof, are calculated to carry into effect the intention of the parties framing such rules, &c., and are in con formity to law, and the provisions of the statutes in force relating to friendly societies, and the registrar is to give a certificate on each of the said copies, that the same are in conformity to law, and to the provisions of the statutes in force relating to friendly societies, or to point out in what part or parts the said rules are repug nant thereto. The registrar is to return one of the copies to the society and to keep the other, and the rules may be legally acted upon from the time when the same are certified by the registrar.—(4 and 5 Will. c. 40, s. 4., and 9 and 10 Vic., c. 27, s. 12). For the important provisions contained in the Friendly Society Acts, reference must be made to the 10 Geo. IV,, c. 56; 4 and 5 Will. IV., c. 40; 3 and 4 Vic., 0- 73 ; an d 9 and 10 Vic., c. 27 . i The following are among the benefits derived from friendly society being enrolled:- 1. .. , The rules are binding, and may be legally e* forced. , 2. Protection its given to the members, their wi ves , and children, &c., in enforcing their just claimkanil against any fraudulent dissolution of the society. The following prisoners have been called up and sen tenced :—George Thompson, manslaughter, seven years' transportation; Matthew Harbron, feloniously wounding, twelve months' imprisonment; John Falehaw, same offence, nine months' imprisonment; John Langstaff, same offence, nine months; John Greenwood, manslaughter, three days' imprisonment; James Vance, pleaded guilty, burglary, Rine months' imprisonment; Richard Smith, burglary, eighteen months; James Melder, housebreaking, seven years' trans portation ; W. Brown, same offence, six months' imprison ment; George Caw, robbery, seven years' transportation; Jane Gregory, Sarah Stocks, and Hannah Grunwell, robbery with violence, the former fifteen years' transportation, and the two latter twelve months' imprisonment ; John Gillet, street robbery, fifteen months' imprisonment; Martha Duck, exposing her child with intent to murder, eighteen months' imprisonment ; Jane Briggs, concealing the birth of her child,,six months; Jona than Cordingly, assault on a female child, two years' impri sonment ; William Atkinson and Edwin Hammill, larceny from a shop, the former seven years' transportation, the latter twelve months' imprisonment; James Aspinall, em bezzlement, six months' imprisonment; Charles Parker, Mary Ann Lee, Thomas Curtis, and George Hargraves, coining, each seven years' transportation. The Rev. Mr. Blackball, vicar of Seale, gave similar tes timony, and expressing the favourable opinion of the Marquis Camden and his other neighbours. Mr. Douglas, M.P. for Rochester, also gave similar testi mony, and stated that the length of this branch, which is in. tended to run from Maidstone to Chart, would be between 16 and 17 miles. Dividend Amount Amount Name of Company. per of DO' Annum. Share. ____„....• —.'.---- 0 0 X s. d. 3 0 East London...—. •• • • , 8/. 100 0 0 ••••• 10 X :...I. d. SO 6 g ~I bilp Grand Junction ...• •• : 3/. 10s. 41 13 4 ....„ 31 sl. Annum. Commercial c . i . a . 1 . 8 . . a . n . k . 66ll..2ppLeerrlOcceesnn. cent. 100 ....." 0 0 ...., 1 30 Vauxhall 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 ......_.___/', Arn z ount West Middlesex ••• 5l. ss.pr cnt. 63 12 9 , e r' liipili l LIST OF SCOTTISII COMP./MIX/5 Bank North Br N it a is m h e L o in f e C n o C m om pan pany of Pal ~, o Royal Bank of Scotland :I: par ptv lepreireeeßndt cent.. Share. ....—.-----' , , d ill of f s S e c o o u tl an an d d ßank 300 0 0 "il 100 ° 0 liii 100 0 - l i . , National Bank.. 0 0 ° 91 61. per cent. -.• r 0 ~, 4 ", Union Bank of Scotland 7}6/. pr cent. 50 0 `,.; 4 Western Bank-- -6/ per cent. —50 u 10 0 0 11,i Clydesdale Bank 61 per cent. 10 0 0 47' Eastern na"k• •"' • • • at: r cent. 61.. per cent. 210 0 1 Caledonian Bank .... •,, 7541. pr cent. — 50 Of /P Edinb.& Glasgow Rank 6 , - 44. rt. 10 oi3 ~ 2ity of Glasgow Bank. at: per cent. ...... 0 I TI Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51, per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 97 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 s o, 13 [noun Co. of Scetlnd. • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All 0 0 gl a North British Incur 5% 1. pr cent. '2OO 0 0 10 0 0 ISil Caledonian Fire Insur 10/. per cent.!loo 0 0 10 10 0 /4 Edinburgh Life Insur 61. per cent. 100 0 0 1 0 0 I#,L Edin. & Glasg. Railway 1/.los. per c. 50 0 0 °, 441. 1 57 ' Ditto, Shares 72.6 d. p. s. 12 10 0 A" ..6 0 gb! Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 00U° P 4 aid' 1 6 Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All, ~,,1 • 4 00 Glasgw& Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 A id. 81 Gisgw &Gamktrk Rail. 8/. per cen t . 25 0 0 A ll s ild. * Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 11 .4 .. Standard LifeAsurno. bd. per cent. 80 0 0 2 ^ Cross-examined—He had recently been engaged in con tacts, and had not laid down any railways in the present year. He had contracted to keep the works in repair on the Glasgow and Greenock line, and was now engaged in making a pier in Rosenegth: The repairs of the permanent way on the Greenock line last year was 150/. a mile ; the year before it was 2001. He was aware that the half-yearly statement of the Ayrshire line represented the repair of the permanent way to cost 80/. a mile, but the statement did not afford the means of testing the accuracy of these items. A pause here took place from the Committee waiting for Mr. Bidder, civil engineer, to be examined, daring which, Mr. COCKBURN wished to know whether the Committee had yet decided upon going into the question of compe tition ? COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 25. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) IN RE GILES. Mr. BROUGHTON said that nothing whatever could justify the atrocity of the offence which had been so clearly established against her, and he should order her to be committed on the charge of attempting to poison her husband, but she would be brought up next week for the completion of evidence. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Miller, a smart, well- dressed youth, was charged with picking the pocket of Wm. Johnson, Esq., barrister-at-law, residing at the York Hotel, Blackfriars-bridge, of a hand kerchief, under the following circumstances:— Between 7 and 8 o'clock on Friday, as the prosecutor was passing along Holborn, near to St. Giles's Church, the prisoner lifted up his pocket and took out his handkerchief, which he secreted about his person. The prosecutor was un aware of having been robbed, but a gentleman who had witnessed the transaction having informed him of his loss, the prisoner was seized on the spot, and the stolen property found in his possession. Mr. HARDWICS (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to say anything in your defence? Prisoner—l have nothing to say. Mr. Johnson said, that as he had a great pressure of pro fessional business coming on at Winchester, Hampshire, he should wish that the prisoner might be summarily dealt with. He believed the prisoner was not known to the police. Wilks, the gaoler, said lie had been committed from this Court, and convicted of felony at the Old Bailey. Mr. HARDWICK said, as the case was so clear, and with the fact of the former conviction, he must send him for trial, and no doubt he would be sent out of the country. FORTUNATE PRESERVA2/ON OF A LARGE SUM OF MONEY. —A person, who gave the name of Francis Garland, of gen tlemanly appearance, not wholly recovered from a heavy de bauch, was charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. • Mr. Baldmin, a landed proprietor between Maidstone and Ashford, and whose property is chiefly near the proposed line, expoessed himself in favour of the line, and stated that it would be very convenient for all those who had to attend the assizes and sessions in the county towns. It would also be very convenient for the transmission of hop-poles and bark, there being a wood, chiefly coppice, three miles in length, near the line. INTEREST ON MORTGAGE DEBTS:—In this case the bank• rupt had carried on business as a lodging-house-keeper, at Worthing, Sussex. An application was made for the Learned Commissioner's opinion as to the interest payable on mort gage debts. It appeared that the money had been taken with interest, which had not been paid for years, and in making up the account a rest was made each year and interest charged thereon. Mr. Powell, a landowner and farmer near Maidstone, tes tified to the general feeling of the district, and stated what it now cost the inhabitants to bring coals or manure from Maidstone. There would also be an advantage in the carriage of lime, a trade which had been lost by the di version of the Folkestone line. He also spoke to the advan tage to the proprietors of the flour mills and paper mills, and in his opinion if this line were to be sanctioned, the popula tion of the district would increase, and other mills would be required. The town of Ashford was already very much in creased by the passing of the South-Eastern line. Mr. Mellor cross-examined on the position of the station at Hollingbourn and the number of mills on the line, and stated that the cultivation of hops and fruit would be in creased by the facility which it would provide. Colonel Millington, commandant of the military depot at Maidstone, where there are at present depots of five regi ments, besides the riding-school, where there were always detachments from every cavalry regi men t.The number of troops at present there is about six hundred. Large numbers of men were enlisted in London and sent down there. He had marched the troops which were drafted far foreign service to Headcorn, a distance of eight miles, and there put them on the railway in preference to going the roundabout route of the present line. In every way the proposed branch would be a benefit, but he believed the barracks and other public buildings were nearer to the opposing atmospheric line. Mr. Wylde, a solicitor, and for fourteen years deputy clerk of the peace, testified to the great inconvenience of getting to Maidstone from the east part of Kent. So great had been the change in the feeling of the inhabitants of that place, that instead of being opposed to it, they would have made the line themselves, if the South Eastern Company had not included it in their group, and so • general is the consent of the landowners, that the line might almost be made with out an Act of Parliament. The expense of conveying pri soners to the county gaol was, in 1842, 2,5461., and en an average of seven years it was 2,8921., which by the construc tion of the railway there would be a saving of at least 1,0001. a year. The witness also spoke generally as to the conve nience to the immediate district, and stated that so great is the inconvenience at present, that goods between Maidstone and Ashford are now sent by the road Instead of the railway. Mr. George Ward Norman and several other witnesses were called, who gave similar testimony, after which their Lordships adjourned till Monday. The Learned CommisswifEn held that compound interest could not be allowed. An application was then made for the bankrupt's certificate, which had been suspended by Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, until a sum of money which had been paid in preference had . been refunded, which had been done. The Cummins said they wished the other evidence first to be gone into. In case that broke down, it would render the latter unnecessary. Mr. Bidder having arrived, was next examined—He said, assuming the quantities of work given by Mr. Collister to be correct, he thought his estimate fair and reasonable. He had not been over the line, but he had gone carefully over the plans and sections, and he thought the line proposed could not cost less than 16,0001. a mile. The witness here went over a number of items in the estimates which, judg ing from the plans and sections, he considered to be much Cider-estimated, The effect of the answers was a corroboration of the evi dence of the previous witnesses. Cross-examined—He had not gone minutely into the details, and therefore he could not speak accurately of the occupation bridges. In a general estimate they could ap proximate pretty nearly to the cost of a line without going actually into details. Parliament required details to test the accuracy of the general principle. He was not aware that the North British cost but 13,0001. a mile, or that Mr. Robert Ste phenson, on examining Mr. Miller's estimates of that line, stated they were very ample. The Committee then adjourned till Monday at eleven o'clock. The Learned COMMISSIONER said he could not grant it on a mere application, but must have the minutes of the Com missioner. The case was ultimately adjourned to go before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd. 11), n A MARKET NEWS—(sATUK COVENT-GARD. gs New Potatoes, 5s to 12s per cwt; Zl P N ines, r° to 9s per lb ; ditto Colonial, Is to 43 each ; to ite r ; o o Ode ns Plums, 8s t o 10 3 , ditto Green Gages, 73 00 03 ,400 , punnet; Raspberries, 6d t o 10d per po ttlei Peak' Grapes, 3s t o 6 s , an d C herr i es, 4d to 8d per 1 , 13 i, P; 1 1 ; 353 to 45s per d oz . ; L emons, 7s to 103 per tloso4 Beans, 8d per ba s k e t ; C a bb ages, 6 d to is PIA; Greens is 6d t o 2 s 6 d per dozen bunches; celerf:er c o; Horseradish, 2s t o 3 s per b un dl e ; S p i nach, 6 d to Sd rig 0 0 0 Cucumbers, 2d to Is each; an d M e l ons, 2 s 6d t° bleb to Carrots,3s to 4 s , an d T urn i ps, is 6d to 3s per doye n 1s TO' Apples, 2s to 3s ; Pears, 2s to 4s ; Gooseberries' 0 2s 9d ; Currants, 2s 6d to 5s Od ; Peas, 2s to 4s; nuts, for pickling, 3s per half sieve. RUSTGED.WORD. r Each kind of Meat, th e supp l y of which was te.el d moved off i steadily, at full pri ces . Otherwisethe was in a sluggish state. A yfa. 0 16 NE'W - GATE AND LEADENM.- tog re Prime Beef, Mutton, and V ea l commanded a c o tt e. at very full prices. In a ll o th er ki n d s of gee d; 14° tively little was doing. Beef, f rom 2 s 6d t o 35 L ' A A tO „ ae tr 2s lod to 4s; Lamb, 4s 8d t o 5 s 8d ; V ea l, 3s '" tr.,40 and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs, by the carcss e 'sj 4s to 6s; Ducks, Is 9d to 2s 6d; Pigeons, 4d r 6s; 10 4 Surrey Fowls, 6s to 10 8; ditt o Chi c k ens , 55 i° utter, Barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d to 6s pe r cou pl e . Fresh P to is 2d per lb. Inspector Aggs, of the C division, stated that between twelve and one o'clock on Saturday morning, the defendant was brought to the station-house by two gentlemen, perfect strangers to him, who had found him insensibly drunk, lying on his back in Regent-street, surrounded by prostitutes and bad characters. His right hand was full of sovereigns, and about him he had thirty-nine more, and also some flank of England notes. The defendant said he had drank till he completely lost his senses. _ He was fined 55., which of course he paid with alacrity. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. DISFRANCHISEMENT OF 1,600 ELECTORS BY NON-PAY MENT Or TAXES. On Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, Mr. Daniell said he was desirous of calling the attention of the vestry to a subject of very great im portance, which was, that inconsequence of the rate paying clauses in the Reform Act, no less than 1,669 persons in the parish of Marylebone had been disfran chised this year, by reason of their not having paid their taxe- , . The vestry were aware that by the Reform Act it was necessary that all rates and taxes should be paid before the 20th of July, due on the previous Lady clay, to qnalify a person to vote. He had this week gone over the various collectors' books, and had ascertained how many had been disfranchised through the non-payment of taxes. lie thought this a fitting opportunity for showing to the present Government the evils of the ratepaying clauses of the Act, with a view to their abolition. He, would, therefore, move--" That Sir Ben jamin Hall,. one of the representatives for the borough of Marylebone, be requested to move in Parliament for a return of the number of persons throughout the king dom, who have been disfranchised through non-payment of assessed taxes, by the ratepaying clauses in the Reform Act, between the 20th of July, 1845, and the 20th of July, 1846." After some discussion, the resolution was carried unanimously. NEWPORT. Voi 4‘; Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s ad; Mutton, 3sto 4 9 tO Ss to ba 10d ; Veal, 3s 6d t o 4 a 6d ; an d Pork, 4 5 per Blba. 1 0 21ILLIIVIZSGATE. ° Full average supplies o f Fi s h were on sale here, 1 demand was steady, at but little variation in p r ices. i„ Wil/TECECAPEL. 0 11 $ 4 Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 45; 4s 8d to 5s 811; Veal, 33 6d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 51 4s 10d per Blbs. 41 . 4 : 0 ,1 1 ; 8 dTt to e 8 prices ,d ; oof fHousehold the o 7 m 4 e d t roppeorl is P; lOr HIDE MILIZIEET • do 641 b to 5 4 Market Hides, 561 b to 64117, 3d per lb ; • 81 17, ,At i 3d; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3 1 ; 0; do. 80117 to P i ; Of to to 4d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4d • do. 961 b to 1 04 ' ir ;b, If sd; do. 104 lb to 1121 b, 5d to 5 1 , 4 d. Calf Skins► ea d . 51/ 6s ; Horn Hides, 13s ; Lamb Skins, 2s to 2s 9 ' lings, 10d to is. Sir B. HiLL observed that he perfectly accorded with the resolution, and would move for the required return in the House of Commons. THE NOBLE DONOR OF FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS TO THE 0 ° IltAir MAISLHETBt, ditti'so i f, d i o o s w t a 5l 15s 3 15 1 5 t ; 4 1sT r; ew IsTe d w ittt, Y ii Ir l 6 a s n d ; tr W ad h a ea y t er S y tl a r il ; di t o i CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 4 ',,Toic, ditto, 2/ 6s to 31 15s; Old Clover, 4/ to 51145 ; . t Pr it i, 6138 par e p r e l r o a l o d a , dA. full laadvee average supply, at but and little_ 411 " ; HWHlTECAPEL—°ldOldMeCaldoovwer,H4layeo Si 32 1 3 7 5 .js " t l efi . . d l ,o 6l 3/ 5s to 4/ 155; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 15s; W i r - pOr r , to 11 813 : 5 1 1:1 1 :2 :3 ( 1;;I ; OBt e per Straw, load. t.Clover,—raw° 1 dl S l2 : 4l : 2l p s ly :to good,li in prices. he eadrbeotenrmr Ghrleariceo,ii has roce a b e a d d in l g eg th o E f ditto, 215 s to 3l 14s; 315 s to 4116 s ; Oat Straw, I/ 12s to 1/ 14s ' II -, el" l i t i 1 1 4 6 s s to to 11 1 demand. 111 _.____._ .___ .me....,........................a•0•a1a le 4 [ADvERTISEMENT.]How„owaY'a OlNltrerri:4l,o4.' PILLS IN NEWFOUN DLAND.—Charies Thorne, DK , , - /r " ee ° ' V for which the medical aid of the island afforded no re l l e. e . ponore get it soundly healed; but as a last resource, and lr_ D iclif,;(lo - p s such a Course, he used Holloway's Pills and Ointment , " r e? 1 0 ,1 effe ted a cure of '•is leg. The particulars of this su r i e tor e pf.o Were received by the last packet from Mr. Spry, prop po c ei ,, DIO oli " Mercury" newspaper, Carbon( at, Newfoundland. i .'osibb ore n a g f l e a ar nd7to na t t r u y re it and lt sv:i t :::::::: medicines, whic , t are sold at Professor Holloway's! 04 244, strand, Loudon, and by every de a le r i n me dicine.. skin diseases. wounds, sores, and ulcers. 4 BIRTHS, Fe eble * On the 18th inst., at D u bli n , th e l a d y o f A. mi jiert Captain in the 59th Re g i men t, o f a d aug h ter . . F. 6 4" On the 21st inst., th e l a d y of the Rev- 't o r. „A On the 22d inst., at Chippi ng O ngar , E ss ex, "'" " Min.ster of St. Mark's, H orse l y d own, o f a dauglir le' s. vv" Baker, of a son. Ob it* On the 23d inst., at Bowd en H a ll , Gl ou ceste liiitchi•.s..n Swinny, of a son, still-born. ~; 9cl; e m MARRIED. as ipt b lot rZ At. St. George's, Ramsgate, C ons t an ti n e Gec-- O " e , ot J of Upper Ciapton, t o S usanna E l i za b eth, young st , or' of ..i:e late J. P. Leigh, Esq., of Clapton. isfo rtonpraff t . On the 21st inst., at Brighton, the Bev' marls iric" M.A., of Arley Chapel, Cheshire, to Margaret,. ~ Galt" mond, youngest daughter of the Rev. Philip l''' of Marilen, Kent. De tfil DIED. Be' job ' Go the 19th i ns t., a t S out h ampton , the elle Gooch, Rector of Binegar, Somersetahire. ~...i re lkf A gl:, On the 20th inst., at Kingstown, Rear-Allmo n. age d Pm Oa the 21st inst., at Gravesend, R. Mose -'2 A . o lsca tot rt 'a' George Foreman. r. 8 °126 to On the 22d inst., at Stoke-Newington, M f Oa 10 Evans. On the 23d inst., at Brixton, Mrs. Biggs, On the 22d inst., at Beaumont-street, Porttaus' ' ~ Mr. R. Biggs. ---.—...,....-......... liß r of 3110% Strand, PriitNr, at The Sun Otti,c, /s - 0 0CS mndon: Prititeo alio tlitsltsuc us 1:,D0 'avoY, ill the Couuty of IfiddleseX. 37, 16 46. . 112, 5tre4 141 .4 • - 0 4e Y • , h. Room F. ZIXRININGIIAWS AND ozroun JUNCTION. IMPORTANT DECISION. The Committee met at eleven o'clock; present, the Earl of Ripon (chairman), the Earl of Wynford, the Earl of Sondes, the Earl of Montford, and the Earl of Eldon. At the commencement of the proceedings, two witnesses were called. and gave general evidence in favour of the Warwickshire branches. Mr. HOPE addressed the Committee at some length on be half of the Warwickshire branches. Mr. TALBOT having replied, the room was cleared. On our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN delared that, in the opinion of the Com mittee, the preamble of the Birmingham and Oxford Junc tion Bill was proved. The Committee then adjourned at half-past four o'clock. Worn H. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER BRANCHES. (HALESOWEN BRANCH.) DECISION. The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, Lord Strafford in the chair. of e th n e thr b a ra a n n c e h on , Mr. HILDTARD opened the case on the part of the pro moters. The object of the Bill was s i m ply t o construct a branch • from the Bi rm i ng h am an d Gl oucester Rail way, at King's-N or t on , i n t h e county of Worcester, to Halesowen, whi c h i s situated. in the midst of a n i m p or t ant mineral district in the same cou n ty: The length would be ,eaty dis a t n r d ict ee:p gave dy evidence 5% mile's, and its cost 130,000/: ' ' M st r ü ß c e t i s o t n , a g b n y ect g e i d vin w g ith ati 'the moms of transit for coals to Droitwich and other places on the line and contiguous to it. Mr. M'Connell, superintendent of the locomotive depart ment of the Birmingham and Gloucester line, said he resided at Bromsgrove, where the locomotive station of the line was situated, and that he used a great quantity of coal there, and that the Halesowen coal would be much in request to show that great advahtage wo u ld r e su l t from the con fat that and other places south of Bromsgrove, if the branch were made, as it would cheapen their cost. It would bring a great deal of new traffic on the main line, and would place Cheltenham, which consumed a quantity of coals, within forty miles of this great mineral district. Mr. Matthews, land agent to Lord Middleton, through whose property the line would run for three miles and a half, stated illat his Lordship assented to the line, and that it would be advantageous. Mr. Humphrey, the proprietor of a Halesowen colliery, gave evidence in favour of the line. Mr. Evans, proprietor of salt-works at Droitwitch, said the consumption of coal in the salt-works there exceeded 2,000 tons a week, a great portion of which came from Halesowen and that district, but which would be used in geater quantities if the line were made. Much interruption was frequently caused to the work 4 on account of the delay in getting coals at the present moment. The cost of coals would be materially reduced, which would have the effect of increasing the trade, by cheapening the cost of manufacture. Mr. Sturge, an extensive corn merchant at Gloucester, considered that the salt traffic would be considerable. Mr. Berkeley, an engineer had laid down the line under the direction of Mr. Robert gtephenson. Its length was live milei and a half, its cost 130,0 001 ., and the steepest gradient 1 in 64 for one mile and five-eighths. It had a tunnel of 960 yards in length, which would cost 39,000/. There were gradients of I in 64 on main lines, which had a great amount of traffic, and, therefore, could not be fairly objected to in a branch, as it could be worked without inconvenience. Unless the line had this gradient, the cost of its construction would be quite disproportionate to the revenue which the Company expected to derive from its construction. There would be some passenger traffic. This closed the case on the part of the promoters. Sir T. PHILLIPS addressed the Committee against the branch, on behalf of the petitioners, and contended that the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton i n t ersecte d a more i m portant part. of the mineral district than the portion more contiguous to Halesowen, and therefore did away with the necessity for any additional line, and called on the Commit tee to reject the preamble of the Bill. The Committee having passed the preamble of the Bill, the clauses, with some additions respecting the property of certain petitioneis, were agreed to; and the Chairman hav ing stated that he should report their favourable decision to the House, the Committee separated. ROUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP LXVII. This Committee re-assembled at the customary hour this morning in Room 22 (Grand Corridor), Lord Lincoln in the chair. BOUTS-EASTERN (PROM ' nuNozaroun- BRIDGE TO GREENWICH). Mr. Qubitt, engineer, was heard in opposition to the line which he said appeared to involve considerable difficulties, was badly laid ont, and required a careful revision. Mr. Drew, clerk to the trustees of the Bermondsey, Bother hithe? and Bedford Roads, was also called, for the purpose of showing the great injury to those roads by the line which it was proposed should cross them. The thoroughfares were Room D. GLASGOW, DIISIPRIES, AND CARLISLE. The 'Committee met today at eleven o'clock, the Earl of Bt. Germans in the chair. Other Members present, Earl Duck, Viscount Canning, and Lord Charleville ; Lord Orford absent through indisposition. The Committee having obtained leave to sit without Lord Orford, the further examination of evidence for' the oppoai tion te the Bill waa.resemeat.• Mr. Collister, civil engineer, was recalled, and cross-ex aminee by Mr. Sergeant BELLAsJS—IIe furnished last night all the details. respecting the estimates that had been made. He had made the calculation from examina tion of the plans and sections of the line. The plans and sections from which he calculated the estimates were not larger than those deposed in the Parliamentary office. Taking the cutting of rock at twenty miles on the line deposited, the greatest depth was twenty-five feet, and the average was twenty-four feet. (The witness was here requested to show the mode he had adopted to arrive at the average of the cutting, and • the calculatihn Le had made of the cubical contents of the cutting, as a test of the accuracy of his general evidence on theengineering.) There were, he said, two portions of cutting near to each other at this place on the line included.in the calculation. The one cutting was twenty-five feet at its greatest depth and sloped down to no thing; the other was twenty-feet and sloped down to eighteen. He made the total of_ the cubical contents at 33,000 feet. That was the conclusion he had come to from the data he had ►von. The cutting at the twelfth mile was 60,000 yard 4 at one grid a half to one slope. lie calculated this on Thursday to be 89,000 yards of sandstone cutting, but that was a mistake. He found it out the night before last. He believed it was mixed cutting, about one third of it being sandstone. Allowing the cutting now to be a slope of a half to one, it would bring the expense to about the same. This 89,000 yards was included in the 221,000 yards of sandstone cutting he gave the other day. The correction he had made would reduce it about 60,000. With respect to the crossing of the Crawick water, he thought a viaduct over the whole of the valley, such as he estimated, would be the best midmost economical way of doing it. He was sure that Mr. Blyth could not cross the water at the price he named for his bridge and embankment.... There was a difference of 2001. per mile for the permanent way : between Mr. Miller and him. 'Mr. Miller's was 5,5701. per mile, and his 5,3701. 75/. per yard was the price he assumed the rails would cost. At 701. per yard, the price per mile would be about 1761. per mile less. He was not aware that the Ayrshire Rail way had rails of 68 lbs. per yard; 75 lbs. was the weight used on the Grand Junction and other lines in connexion with it. The price per ton he esti mated at 91. 10s., delivered at the works. They had tried both Wales and Staffordshire for the Caledonian line, and could not get the rails for less. Bails could be got in England for lea; than in Scotland. He had received a letter from a gentleman who had been sent out to inquire about the price of rails, and the lowest offer was 9/. ss. per ton at the works. These were rails of an inferior character. The best were 9/. 155., and the carriage to Ar nan would make them ill. He was not aware that Mr. Blyth had also estimated them at 11/. per ten. He was not aware that iroa rails were in the course of making on the route of the line. The witness was next examined respecting the prices he had set on the turn pike and other branches. Ile was not aware that bridges on the North British line had been constructed at similar prices to those stated by Mr. Blyth. Mr. S ergeant BF:LIASIA was about putting a contract of the works of the North British line into witness's hands in order to examine him on the bridge estimates, when Mr. Sergeant W RANGHAM o bj ec t e d to any such contract being used. as it had been executed before the passing of the Consolidated Act. The contract was accordingly withdrawn. An estimate for the execution of the works on the Kilmar nock and Cumnock line, and a further offer by the same con t ractor to execute the bridges on the Dumfries line, was next submitted, but this was also objected to, on the ground that it was not a contract or deed, but merely an offer to do cer taia works, which had not been as yet accepts& Witness's cross-examination continued —H e had estimated the bridges in agreement with the provisions of the Consoli dated Act. He bad taken Government duty on the gross passenger traffic. He was not aware that a great proportion of the passengers would not have duty paid on them. R e -examined by Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM—He had thnself superintended the execution of railway works. On TINE FOR GIVING NOTICES UNDER THE BANKRUPT ACT. In a case where a party was summoned under the Bank rupt Act, with a view of making him a bankrupt, an objec tion was taken as to service of the notice. It was urged, that by the 29th Rule 'of Court four days' notice must be given, which, it was contended, must be taken to mean four clear days. ' The Learned COMMISSIONER said there was another clause which appeared to be frequently overlooked. in which it was declared that in all cases where any particular number of days was mentioned in the Act they should be taken exclu• sive of the first and inclusive of the last, except it should fall on a Skinday, Christmas-day, Good Friday, or other day ap • pointed for a public fast ASSIZE INTALLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRCLUT.—Devizes, July 23. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Enna.) Frederick Satrkins was indicted for the manslaughter of Job Gale, at New Sarum, on the 3d of June. No learned gentleman was instructed on the part of the prosecution; but Mr. Ball defended the prisoner. The first witness called was James Lacy, who said—l am a bricklayer at Salisbury. I purchased a pony on the 3d of June. The prisoner was there. About half-past nine in the morning Sawkins asked Gale to bring him some mortar up, but he refused, and said Sawkins was only there for a few days, which I thought irritated him. Sawkins said, "If you say that again, I'll break your neck." Sawkins then went to Gale, and put his hands on his shoulder, and they both fell together. Gale then said, " You've broken my thumb, and I'll make you pay for it." They had been working together for a long time. I never knew the prisoner quarrel. Cross-examined—There was no blow struck. Robert Vining—l am a blacksmith. On the 3d of June I heard Sawkins and Gale swearing at each other very much. Sawkins called for mortar, and Gale said he should not serve him. Something was said, and then Sawkins said he'd break Gale's neck, and he jumped off the scaffold and pushed Gale ou the shoulders, and they both fell. George Senior—l was surgeon to the infirmary. Gale came there on the 3d of June. The soft part of his thumb was much lacerated. I recommended a poultice. It went on well till the 6th, when ha was admitted an in-patient. 011 the 9th, matter had formed, and it was opened. On the 11th he said he could not open his mouth, but I found he could; but on the next day there was lock-jaw, and on the 16th he died. The lock-jaw was occasioned by the wounded thumb. Cross-examined—He died of lock-jaw. Mr. BALL then addressed the jury for the. defence, and contended that the whole of• the evidence showed that the death of the unfortunate man was purely the result of acci• dent, and that the intention of the prisoner was to make Gale carry him on his back. Several persons gave the prisoner an excellent character. Mr. Justice ERLE, in summing up, said if the jury were of opinion that the prisoner, in the prosecution of an illegal act, inflicted bodily injury, and that the man died in conse quence of that injury, the prisoner was guilty. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned in the common gaol for one week. John Webb and Alfred Webb were placed at the bar, charged with having feloniously ravished Charlotte Bernell, at Westbury. Mr. Hodges conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Ball defended the prisoners. It appeared by the evidence of the prosecutrix, who was a modest-looking girl of seventeen, that she lived with her grandmother at Westbury, but worked as a weaver at a factory about two miles off. On the evening of the 16th of March she was returning from her work, at about nine o'clock, when she was met by the prisoners, who are both married men. They spoke to her, and wished her good night, and then Alfred took her round the neck, and got her to go into the yard of the Anchor Inn, which was cl ose by. John then went in and got some beer, and they pressed her to drink. She, however, would not, and they then let her go on her way home. She went on some way until she got into a lane, when she found that'both the prisoners were following her. John Webb got hold of her and pushed her down the lane, while Alfred stayed at the top of the lane and watched. John Webb then got her down and accomplished his purpose, after which Alfred came down and also committed a felonious assault on her, assisted by his brother. -She screamed and cried murder, but no one came to her assistance, when both the prisoners, hearing a noise, ran away. The prosecutrix Immediately went home and told her grandmother what had taken place; and witnesses were called, who stated that they had seen the men trying to make her drink at the Anchor Inn, and also that they heard cries in the direction of the lane, at the time the girl stated that the assault had taken place. A surgeon was also called, who proved that a capital offence had been committed. Mr. BALL then addressed the jury for the prisoners, an d Mr. Justice Bute having summed up, the jury, aft er a short co nsu lt a ti on , ret ur ned a verdict of Not guilty. The verdict caused the greatest astonishment and indigna tion in the court. James Franklin was indicted for maliciously stabbing Henry Mobbit, with intent to murder him. There was a second count, laying the offence to be, to do grievous bodily arm. Mr. Swayne conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Stone de fended the priso ner . It appeared by the statement of t he witnesses f or the prosecution, that the prisoner was going along the road to Trowbridge on the night of t he 16th of Ma y , ac companied by a young woman, when he was overtake n by four or five young men, of whom Mobbit was one. The young woman struck one o f the men on the shoulder, upon which he said to her, " If you do t hat a g ain I will knock y o u down." Upon which the prisoner t urned round and kn ocked so hi n m er do t w he n n . cl p ied U a on thisou where's my knife? where's my a genera l fight took place. The pri knife ?" He then put his hand in his pocket, took out a clasp-knife, and struck Mobbit in the head near the left temple, dividing the temporal artery , and inflictin g a wound nearly an inch in depth. ten A d i e r. d S th I.l°:tE thetandedrsetsasbedwasg juivryenfobry the prisoner in the prisoner, and self defence,con- to prevent his receiving a serious injury from the violent attack which had been made on him by the five men. Ile also called two witnesses in support of this view of the - MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Nottingham, July 23. CRIMINAL COURT.—(Before Mr. Jtistice PArrEsoN., Btae.my.—Robert Thompson Hardie, aged 25, was charged with having, at North Clifton, on the 30th of May, 1844, married Mary Hammond, his former wife being then alive. It was proved he had married his first wife in 1841, and had lived with her some months, and that she is still alive. The second wife stated she first became acquainted with the prisoner in 1843, and they were married in the May of 1844. She had never heard whether he was married or single, but took it for granted he was a single man. The prisoner stated he did not consider his first marriage lawful, because he never took au oath, or said anything after the clergyman, or even put a ring on the woman's finger. It appeared he was married to his first wife in Scotland, ac cording to the forms of the church there. The JUDGE overruled the objection the filioner took, and stated if a man married in a country where the form differed from that practised here, he must be governed by the form existing in the country where he married his wife. He was found Guilty, and sentenced to one year's impri sonment, with hard labour. July 24. CIVIL COURT.--(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) THE QUEEN v. LORD HARROROUGIA AND OTHERS. This was an indictment for conspiracy. Mr. Humfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Macauley were for the Crown. Mr. Whitehurst, Q.C., and Mr. Hayes conducted the defence. This indictment, which was found by the grand jury at the Oldham Spring Assizes, was tried at Nottingham, by con sent of both parties. The indictment arose out of the following circumstances :—The Midland Counties Rail way Company had in the year 1845 projected a branch from Syston to Peterborough, a portion of which line would go through the lands and a small portion of the park of Lord Harborough, at Stapleford. This Lord Har borough objected to, and was, if possible, determined to pre vent. Accordingly, on certain days mentioned by the wit nesses, between the .10th of October and the 30th of No vember, the noble defendant and the others joined with him, to the number of twelve, who were all more or less his de pendants, did everything they could to prevent the surveyor for the intended line from making the necessary surveys, and this they did by causing men with two, poles, with sheets of calico affixed thereto, to go before the man with the theo dolite. Lord Harborough interfered with the surveying by driving at one time a gig, and at others a break. up and down the highway where the surveyor was at work. Carts laden with tree-tops were also brought on the road, and every possible means were adopted to prevent proper levels, &c., from being taken. The hitch in the case was the absence of any agreement or concert between the Noble Earl and his co-defendants, much of what was done evidently arising out of what was dictated on the spur of the moment. During the time this contest was going on between the two parties, and which was, more or less, from the 12th of October to the 28th of November inclusive, the village of Stapleford and the different parts around were kept in a state of agitation. The Learned JUDGZ seemed to think that it would have been better had the matter been allowed to drop ; and that at all events the charge of conspiracy did not seem to be made out. The jury returned a verdict of—Not Guilty.' NORFOLK CIRCUIT.--Norwich, July 23. The commissions for the county of Norfolk and this ancien, city were opened yesterday afternoon by Mr. Sergeant Byles, in the absence of the Learned Judges of Assize, who, having attended Divine service this morning at ten o'clock in the time-honoured cathedral, repaired to the County-hall at twelve o'clock. The entry on the civil side falls below the average, there being only thirteen causes, and on the criminal side there are but forty prisoners, whose alleged offences are of a lighter complexion than is u-ual in this county, there being four cases of arson, four of rape, two of felonious cutting and shooting, one of horse stealing, one of robbery, one of burglary, three of housebreaking, one of uttering a forged banker's receipt, sixteen of larceny. and one case in ' which the prisoner, a woman, aged 33, is charged with ad ministering cantharides to a female with intent to murder her, but in that case the grand jury threw out the bill. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WlLLiams.) Sarah Kastings, aged 32, stood charged with uttering a forged order for the payment of 95/. at Great Yarmouth, on the 2d, of September, 1844, with intent to defraud Messrs. Gurney. Mr. Palmer and Mr. Drewry were counsel for the pro secution. It appeared that in June, 1844, the husband of the pri soner, an illiterate and frugal man of 54, deposited the sum of 951. in Messrs. Gurney's bank at Great, Yarmouth, and received the usual " accountable receipt" from them in ac knowledgment of the paper. In the September following the prisoner took this instrument to the bank, and stating that she was the wife of the depositor, demanded the payment of the principal and interest due thereon. The clerk told her that the signature of her husband was required, and she took away the paper, which she returned in a short time, bearing for endorsement the words, " Mr. John Miller Hastings," which she said was her husband's signature, adding, by way of explanation, that he was a "Mister," and as she conceived had a right so to sign himself. The clerk, however, struck his pen through the word " Mr.," and then paid the sum of 951. 6s. sd. to the prisoner, who was not seen after that day in Yarmouth, or elsewhere, for twenty -two months, though information was given to the police, and Mr. Hastings in sisted on the bank repaying the money to him, on the ground that Hastings as t d i n o document md died, was a nd a after r e t r h y In h a . t event te themon t prisonerh of Ma r y e - l a a p s_t peared in Yarmouth, and she was taken into custody on the charge. Tue jury having deliberated together for some time, re tired to consider their verdict, one of them, the brightest of the lot, observing that " they didn't exactly know what to say to it." After the lapse of half an hour, they returned into Court with a verdict of Guilty, whereupon His LORDSHIP, having expressed his entire concurrence with the verdict of the jury, sentenced her to be imprisoned for twelve months. Eliza W ar d, age d 25, was c h ar ged with setting fir e t o an outhouse at Stow Bardolph, in this county. Mr. Cooper c on d uc t e d th e case for the prosecution, w hi c h was of the clearest possible character, the prison er h av i ng repeatedly acknowledged her act, while she justified it as a retribution on her master, the prosecutor, for having refused to pay her journey home after he had discharged her from his service without just cause. The jury having found the prisoner Guilty, sentence was deferred. OXFORD CIRCUIT.— Worcester, July 23. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant GA ZZLEE .) Richard Farley and Ann Jones were indicted for forging a will, purporting to be that of William Welch, of Llantillo pethlow, deceased, with intent to defraud the heir-at-law of the said William Welch. DESERVING POOR. The report of the Joint-Committee of Vestry and Guardians of the Poor, appointed to ascertain the practicability of adopting the offer and carrying out the intentions of- an anonymous nobleman to give 5001. towards the deserving poor, upon condition that another 5001. was raised for the purpose,_ was brought up and read. It recommended that the offer be accepted, arrangements made for rasing the other 500/, by sub scription, and , that the guardians be requested to provide a site for a building to carry out the contemplated classification.—This report having been adopted, the vestry separated. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND NEW ZEALAND.—POST OFFICE NOTICE. — The following was on Friday issued at the chief office, St. Martin's-le- Grand.—Notice :—Mails will be made up for the Cape of Good Hops and New Zealand, to be forwarded by her Majesty's ship Inflexinle. All letters in tended to be so forwarded must be addressed " by her Ma jesty's ship Inflexible," and will be liable to a packet rate of postage of one shilling not exceeding half an ounce, and so on in proportion. No charge will be made on newspapers. The Inflexible is expected to sail from Devonport about the 29th instant. A SURVIVOR OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.--Several aged seamen have lately died, for whose memory it has been claimed that each was the last survivor of the fearful tragedy of the sinking of the Royal George, at S p i thead, in 1782. Notwithstanding so many " last survivors," however, we have the satisfaction to state that another yet lives,—that a hale and worthy tar, 87 years of age, named Michael Gould, now residing in Poole, was on board the Royal George at the moment of her going down, and with several others was most providentially preserved by escaping through a port-hole. The circumstances of Gould, who has no pension, have re cently been submitted to the Board of Admiralty, and Cap tain Hamilton, the secretary to the First Lord, was promptly instructed to forward a guinea for the immediate necessities of the worthy old sailor, which he did in a letter full of kind remarks and inquiries. —Poole Herald. The Lower House of Bavaria have voted 24,000 florins (2,000/.) as an instalment towards the purchase and trans port of the Numismatic collection of the brothers Longo, of Messina. It contains some of those unsurpassed gold me dals (basso-relievos) of Agrigentum and Syracuse—pat terns of the finest -art-taste ever exhibited by man.—The Builder. EXPORTATION AND CONSUMPTION OF EGGS. —A curious account is given in one of the French papers of the French export trade in eggs. In 1844, the number exported from France, as shown by the Customs' returns, was rather more than 88 millions, on which the Government r ece i ve d an export duty of 11-1,000 f.; of these 88 millions of eggs, 82 millions are stated to have been exported to England. The consumption of eggs in Paris is about 128 eggs each person, ' making a total of nearly 120 millions annually in that capital alone. The consumption of eggs in Fr ance i s rec k oned at , 9,300,000,000 eggs asmually.