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IRELAND. JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS IN IRELAND. DUBLIN, JULY 6.—Chief Baron Brady, whose ad mirable• conduct as a judge has won for him the un qualified approbation of all parties, yesterday received an official announcement of his appointment as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. This selection will give universal satisfaction. Mr. Pigot, the former Whig Attorney-General, is to be the new Chief Baron of the Exchequer, a station for which he is eminently qualified. Chief Baron Brady was to have gone the Munster circuit as one of the judges of assize, and it became necessary at once that a judge should be appointed in his place. Yesterday Mr. Greene, who still acts as Attorney-General , wait ed upon Mr:Sergeant Stock, the late member for Cashel, with an intimation that he had been selected as judge of assize, in consequence of the acceptance of the office of Lord Chancellor by Chief Baron Brady. Mr. Stock, sho is first sergeant, left town this morning for Ennis, accompanied by Mr. Edwin Battersby, as his register, to attend the Munster circuit. LAW APPOINTMENTS. It:is understood that Mr. Richard Moore, Q.C., has been appointed Attorney-General, and that Mr. Mona han, Q.C., is the new Solicitor-General. Mr. Hatchell, Q.C., or Mr. James O'Brien, Q.C., is to be the advising counsel to the Irish Government. UNDER SECRETARY FOR IRELAND. It i, stated that Mr. Redington, Q.C., is to be the new Under Secretary, and, of course, he is to vacate the re presentation of Dundalk. Mr. Corry Connellan, who had an appointment in the household of Lord Fortescue, is spoken of as the private secretary of Lord Besborough, the rew Lord-Lieutenant. DEPARTURE OF LORD HEYTESBURY.. His Excellency is to hold an undress levee at Dublin Castle, on Thursday next, previcvs to his departure for England. REPEAL ASSOC/ TION. The announcement that Mr. O'Connell would attend the meeting of the Association this day, coupled with the anxiety to hear the opinions of the lion. Gentleman on the present state of affairs, insured an overflowing attendance in Conciliation-hall. Amongst the leading members of the movement present, were John A. O'Neill, Esq., N. Maher, Esq., M.P., the Lord Mayor, John O'Connell, Esq., M.P. Shortly after one o'clock the approach of Mr. O'Con nell was announced by the band of the 'B2 Club striking up " See the Conquering Hero comes," and in a few minutes afterwards he entered the meeting amidst the most enthusiastic demonstrations of applause. When the cheering had somewhat subsided, he moved that Nicholas Maher, Esq., M.P. for Tipperary, should take the chair. The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting. and acknowledged the gracious reception he had met with, and the honour that had been conferred on him by calling on him to preside on that interesting occasion. That was his (the Chairman's) first appearance in Con ciliation-hall since the late victory in favour of Ireland. —(Cheers.) When last he had the honour of address. ing the meeting, he told them he would be in at the death of the Coercion Bill, and he conceived he had kept his word.—(Cheers.) The defeat of that iniquitous measure was owing to circumstances—strange circumstances — but he could confidently assert that without any such combination of circumstances it would necessarily have met with a like result, for the Irish Lib( ml Members, under their great leader and guide would have defeated the measure. The Irish Members had worked well, and deserved the gratitude of the country. Mr. O'CONNELL moved that the Secretary of the As sociation be directed to write to the repeal wardens in the north of Ireland, cautioning them against interfering with the Orange processions on the coming anniver saries. The following resolutions, adopted by the repeal i war dens of We x f or d, i n re f erence to th e di ssensions n the Association, were read by the secretary : " That the wisdom and experience of our Heaven directed leader, the Liberator of Ireland, never shone with more glorious lustre than when placed in contrast . with the indiscretion and rashness of those members of the Repeal Association who have for the last few weeks been attempting to disturb the harmony of the Associa tion, and thereby, as far as the attempt was tolerated, to injure the great cause of the Irish people. " That we implore the members of the Association who are in the habit of at'ending the weekly meetings, to discountenance and put down any attempt that may be made in future to propagate dissensions or to thwart the peaceful and moral-flaw exertions of the Liberator and his followers to work out the h gislative independ ence of our country. " RED NIOND DOWLING, Chairman. "JOHN COSGRAVE, Secretary." Mr. O ' CONNELL rose and was received with loud cheers. He said it was clear that they had arrived at a period which might be productive of much good or of much evil. Everything depended on their own exertions, and the real question was, whether the association itself would not disparage the great cause by any proceedings which it might institute itself. They witnessed the de feat of one of the most powerful ministries that England had ever seen. Sir Robert Peel, at the commencement of his career, had a majority of one hundred in the House of Commons, backed, he might say, by the entire House of Lords. Yet that Government, powerful as it was, had vanished, he might almost say, into thin air. The fall of Sir Robert Peel, strange as it might be, was certainly one of the most graceful acts of his whole political life, he might add dynasty. He resigned power not to ad vance any particular interest, or to promote any private motives; not to increase his own fortune, or to augment his titles or dignity. He lost power in a struggle to feed the hungry—to elevate the condition of the artizan. He took a stand on the part of the people, and against the combined aristocracy of the kingdom. The part which Sir Robert Peel took was a glorious part, and deserved the unbounded praise of the empire. It was certainly a cheering spectacle to witness such disinterestedness and philanthropy in a states man of the present day. What was their duty, what was the course which the Irish people ought to pursue under present circumstances ? The won derful success which had attended the persevering and Fairing exertions of the Anti-Corn-law League ought to inspire them with new hopes and fresh expectations that the object on which they were bent might not unreason ably be expected. The success of Cobden was the triumph of moral force—a principle which he might say was first acted upon by the people of Ireland. The Chartists, on the contrary, had adopted physical force. and what had become of them ? They were not in existence. The corn-laws then w ere repea l ed, and their repeal was mainly owing to tb.a Liberal Irish Members. The people of England were, therefore, bound in grati tude to assist the Irish 'eeople in obtaining measures of amelioration ; it remained to be seen whether they would. It shor,;d be remembered, that the repeal Members left '.:aeir duties in Conciliation Hall in order to assist the League in procuring cheap food for the people of England. Such disinterested conduct cer tainly merited a requital. The Hon. Gentleman then prJeeeded to review the proceedings in Parliament, con sequent on the Coercion Bill, and the circumstances which led to its defeat, and then dwelt at some length on the early history of the repeal agitation, and averred that his primary object in raising that cry was for the purpose of extracting justice from England. It was with a similar vi ew th at h e esta b lished the Precursor Society. But a ll hi s exert i ons were in vain— his overtures were rejected—his propositions were scorned—and then, as a last resource, he hoisted the flag of repeal in good faith, nailed it to the mast, and there it should remain. He repeated these facts, be cause they were not understood in England; but as there Aug a disposition at the present moment to hear the voice of Ireland, he was induced to repeat them. He was anxious that the people of England should tho roughly understand the nature and principles of repeal. But what ought they (the Irish people) to do under existing circumstances ? lie had a plan to propose, and it would rest with the people whether they would accept it or not. They (the people) might differ with him, but he would not differ with them. He came to Ireland for the purpose of telling them, first, that he intended, at the earliest possible moment in the next session of Parlia men t t o b r i ng un d er th e consideration of .the Legislature the question of the repeal of the union. Secondly, he required the association to declare what acts they conceived to be necessary for placing the people of the two co un t r i es on an equa l f oot i ng i n po i nt of civil rights. Thirdly, he required their sentiments on a law to alter the relations between landlord and tenant. Fourthly, he wished means to be taken for re• storing the influence of the asssociation throughout the country. Fifthly, he insisted on an immediate attention to the registry, particularly in such places as were likely soon to become vacant ; and sixthly, that the Committ ee of the ass oc i a ti on s h ou ld fi x u pon such candidates to fill the vacancies as they considered proper. A VOICE—Who shall be put in for Dungarvon ? Mr. O ' CONNELL resumed—He was delighted that the question had been put to him. If he had any influence with the electors of that town, no one but a repealer should be returned. The matter, however, should be referred to the Committee to decide. He would merely say, that perhaps at the present moment it would not be expedient to hara ss th e G overnment by any vexatious opposition, unless there was a certainty of success. The Honourable Gentleman concluded by stating the measures which he required the Government to pass immediately. They were the same a s th e H onourable Gentleman enumerated in his letter to the association on this day week. Mr. GRATTAN is addressing the meeting. The amount of rent up to post hour i s said to be 100/. Ttiz CORN TRADE.—The effect of damming . up the grain and dour which has arrived in this country during . the last ten months, and of then suddenly liberating it in a single week, has been to depress the price of grain and flour very greatly, especially in Liverpool, where nearly all the flour is held. The decline, from the highest point, is not far from ten shillings a quarter for wheat, and six shillings a barrel for flour; but it is not yet possible to judge how much of this is the result of mere panic, and how much of present causes. The arrivals of flour from Canada and the States continue to be large. This is all sent forward, however, under the expectation of much higher prices than those which now exist, and will be attended with heavy loss to the im porters —a circumstance which will give a great check to fu ture importations. Like all other trades, this is likely to be much overdone for sometime. We understand that accounts have been received in Liverpool, from Marseilles and Leg- horn, which state that the crops have been greatly injured, both in the south of France and Italy, by long continuance of the drought, and announce that the grain was rising con siderably in those great depots fn. corn.— Liverpool Times. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 7.—The Queen, Prince Albert, the royal children, the suite, and attendants, are to be at Clarence-yard on Thursday next, at eleven o'clock, to em • bark in the Fairy steam yacht and cross to Osborne House. • The Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Bart. , Major- General the lion. Sir [I. Pak e nh am , the captainsid com =mop nt:the ships in the port, and the staff of she garrison, 'i r itfi eifielef honour from the 3d Buff s , w i ll be in attend via - . 41 re her Majesty aad the Royal Family. The • IS to haTe a small leak etc:ll)M, but will be 'l. la nom 1 s CONVICT DISCIPLINE. REGULATIONS OF THE PROBATIONARY ESTABLISIDIENT FOR FEMALE CONVICTS IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. The following regulations of the Pr•ibitionary Es tablishment for Female Convicts in Van Diemen's Land have been approved by 'his Excellency the Lieutenant- Governor, and are to be strictly carried out by all per sons employed in this branch of the convict department. M. FOSTER, Comptroller-General. I. All female convicts arriving in Van Diemen's Land will be placed under probationary restriction and dis cipline for at least six months previously to becoming passholders. 2. In this stage of propation th e a tt a i nmen t o f t wo ob jects is contemplated, "punishment and reformation." The first will be secured by the due application of coer cive labour and restrictive discipline ; the second, it is hoped, will be attained by means of religious and moral influences, and by the careful inculcation of industry and regularity. 3. The systematic employment of such means as in struments of reformation, it is expected, will pmpare the women for a gradual restoration to freedom, with benefit to themselves and advantage to socie'y ; but they must understand that, until they have afforded satisfactory evidence of amendment and improvement, they will not be permitted to emerge from this stage of probation into that of passholders, in which they will have an opportunity of obtaining wages in private service. 4. The entire management of the establishment will be guided in accordance with these principles, and it will be impressed upon the women that the c ercive and restrictive discipline they are undergoing is the conse quence of their misconduct ; but that, at the same time, their lasting benefit is the object in view. 5. Discipline will be most effi_ctually enforced by calmness and firmness on the part of the various officers of the establishment. Reproachful or harsh language can never be attended with advantage, and must be carefully avoided. Kird treatment and mild language are perfectly compatible with strict and systematic discipline. 6. One uniform system of discipline and system must prevail. Women of humble attainments and capacity are not on that account to be more rigorously dealt with than those of superior acquirements ; but women of a restless disposition will be placed at such description of work as requires the closest and most unvarying atten tion, and be kept under the separate system, whenever such can be enforced. 7. No female convict, whilst under probationary re striction, will be entrusted with power or authority over the others, nor be employed in any permanent situation of ease or trust, on account of her ability or usefulness, or from motives of expediency. 8. This regulation will not prevent the employment of women, as hereafter pointed out, in the performance of the daily duties of the establishment, or as ser vants to such officers of the establishment as are allowed attendance. 9. All articles of indulgence, such as tea, tobacco, &c., are strictly prohibited. Nothing in addition to the rations and clothing supplied by the Government, which are ample, will be allowed. CLASSIFICATION. 10. The discipline of the establishment—the efficacy of the system—and the present as well as the future comfort of the women, depend much upon proper classi fication. To this object, therefore, the utmost attention must be given by the superintendent and matron, who in their arrangement into classes of the women when first received into the establishment, will be greatly guided by the reports made by the surgeon-superintendent, as to the general character and conduct of each woman whilst under his charge. 11. There will be three classes—the first will be composed of the best conducted women who have been ongest in the establishment, and who are, therefore, nearest to emergence ; the second of those who, al though generally well conducted, are not so regular as the women of the first class, and have not been so long in the establishment ; and the third will consist of the disobedient and intractable. The superintendent is hereby ordered to follow this plan, and not on any ac count to classify by ships' companies. 12. Each class will be divided into messes of ten. The women of the Ist and 2nd classes will be allowed to se lect their own mess associates. One woman of each of the messes will have charge of its details, and will be responsible fur them to the warden iii charge of ttie class. EMPLOYMENT. 13. As a general rule, the woman will perform every description of work fur themselves and for the advantage of the establishment, which they can accomplish. They are to be kept in constant employment, and at such work as may be from time to time provided. In its perform ance, the officers under whose superintendence the women immediately are, will see that they are indus• trious and pains-taking, and that no intermission of work is allowed during the hours allotted for that pur pose. 14. The women employed in the daily duties of the establishment, such as cleaning, washing, scrubbing, &c.. which can be performed by the women generally, will be changed weekly. Bakers, cooks ' hospital attendants, store assistants and servants will be selected from such women as have been classed as passholders. In the event of passholders not being found for such employ ment, women who have finished two-thirds of their term of probation in the establishment, with uninterrupted goal conduct, and who are in the Ist class, may be em ployed. 15. Servants will not be allowed gratuitously to the superintendent, matron, religious instructor, or medical officer. A charge of 6d. a day will be made for such of the women as they employ as servants. The other officers will be allowed attendance, selected as already directed, in the proportion of one female servant for two officers. 16. The officers, however, will respectively be allowed washing according to the scale appended ; the same being performed by the women employed in that duty. They will also be allowed to employ women at the rate of Is. a day for each woman so employed. 17. Beyond this, the women are not to be employed in any manner whatever for the profit or advantage of any officer of the establishment, or of any other individual. The entire proceeds of their labour will be for the ad vantage of the convict service alone ; and all money received for work done for private indivividual s , accord ing to the scale annexed, will he p a id mon thl y by the superintendent to the assistant- comptroller. 18. The afternoon of Saturday will be devoted to a careful inspection of the clothing of the women, and of the messing utensils, and other articles of bedding and furniture. The women will, besides, repair their clothing and otherwise prepare for Sunday, so that it may be kept holy and as a day of rest. 19. 411 women who cannot read and write with tolerable ease and accuracy, will attend the schools:; will such others as may desire to do so. A cheerful obedience to the school regulations will be required, and great care will be taken that the iguorant are never so employed as to prevent their receiving daily school in ,truction. 20. The women will go to bed at nin•.o'clock in sum mer, and eight o'clock in winter, getting up throughout the year at sunrise. SUPERINTENDENT AND MATRON. 21. The position of the superintendent and of the matron of the probationary establishment for females is one of very great responsibility and trust. The bene ficial effects of probation depend chiefly on their judicious %rid careful management. Their whole time and atten tion, therefore, should be devoted to the duties of their respective situations. The introduction and maintenance among the women, and generally throughout the estab lishment, of habits of industry, cleanliness, order, and obedience, require their zealous an t unceasing care. In the performance of their dnties they have the aid of able assistants, who must cheerfully obey and zealously co-operate with them. 22. The superintendent will receive his instructions through the Comptroller-General. These are to be fully and fairly carried into effect. and no departure from them will be allowed. 23. The superintendent and matron must not be absent from the establishment during the night, and should avoid being absent together during the day. In the event, however, of necessity requiring them to be so by day, their absence must not exceed three hours. 24. The superintendent will prevent any communica tion with the women by unauthorised persons. He will also irevent letters or parcels being sent or received by the women through any other medium than himself or the matron. 25. In any unavoidable absence of the resident reli- Oous instructor, the superintendent or matron will read morning and evening prayers ; but no minister or lay man, excepting the authorised religious instructors, will be permitted to officiate, or to afford instruction without special authority. 26. The superintendent and matron will visit the school daily, and afford every assistance to the religious instructors in conducti ng th em . Th ey w ill a l so, con jointly, make minute monthly reports of the conduct and disposition of each of the women according to the form annexed. To this point great attention is required to be paid. 27. Any misconduct on the part of the officers of the establishment, which the superintendent cannot him self properly settle, will be reported by him to the comp troller-general, for the Lieutenant-Governor's infor mation. . _ • 28. All orders given by the superintendent on points of discipline and management are to be entered in his daily order book ; and all matters of importance con nected with the health. discipline, and employment of the women, in his journal. In the journal of misconduct also are to be entered daily all instances of minor mis conduct which he or the matron may themselves deal with ; but the superintendent will be careful not to in flict any punisbniests illegally. These books will be laid before g a ;mxistr t a f te rom wh t e h n e e m v . er an h t e i visits from the establikihmtt v , ib at the magistrate's visiting book, will be forwarded by the superintendent to the comptroller- genera l on the last day of each month. 29. The superintendent will specially request the at tention of the religious instructors and medical officer to the case of any woman whose condition, mental or bodily, requires particular attention ; and, where the treatment or discipline in any case is found officersbythbeesemodfied, are to be , attended with injurious effects, it m ay port being immediately made to the comptroller-general and principal 'medical officer. 30. The superintendent or matron will visit once at lent every twenty-four hours, every ward, division, separate apartment, and cell in the establishment, an.l enter such visit in their respective journals. The super- , intendant will also satisfy himself daily that the provi- ' sions furnished for the use of the women are good in quality and correct in quantity, immediately reporting any deficiency in either to the commissariat. 31. The superitrendent and matron will also fre quently visit the women whilst at their med., and see the provisions are of the full allowance, wholesome, aril well cooked. 32. The superintendent will ascertain that the several branches of the establishment are securely locked up at nine o'clock at night in summer, and at eight in winter, i and the keys deposited with him; and these are to remain in his possessii.n till sunrise the following m,,,riti!.g. 33. During the night, in cases of emergency, ingress to the women's wards is to be allowed to the medical officer or religious instructors ; but on such occasions, the matron, or one of her assistants, is to be present. These visits, and the circumstances rendering them ne cessary, will be recorded in the superintendent's journal book. 34. The illness of any of the women is to be imme diately notifi , d by the superintendent to the medical officer, by whom daily lists of the sick will be furnished. The superintendent's daily lists of women under separate treatment, or in solitary confinement, will be furnished by the superintendent to the medical officer, as well as to the religious instructors. In the event of the dan gerous illness or death of any woman, the superinten dent will make an immediate report to the principal me dicalefficer and comptroller-general, and if the death be sudden, to th, coroner of the district. 35. The superintendent will read and explain weekly to the women under his charge, those parts of the rugu latiuns which immediately affect their condition. He will also have the orders stuper.ded, printed in legible characters, in each of the divisions and words of the stablishment. Lists of passholders, and their respec tive classes, will also be suspended for the information of the public. 36. All articles of provisions, stores, be:bling, 84e., are under the general charge of the superintendent. and he is responsible for the same. The immediate care of the stores will rest, however, with one of the officers, to be named by the superintendent. 37. The superintendent will afford every facility to the officers of the Commissariat and Ordnance Depart ments when their duties lead them to visit the esta blishment. ASSISTANTS. TEACHERS. WARDERS, AND OTHER OFFICERS, 38. The assistants, teachers, warders and other officers will strictly conform to the rules of the establishment, obey the directions of the superintendent and matron, and zealously assist them in maintaining order and disci plin .. They are not to be absent witlicut leave from the superintendent, and then only during the day, and never for more than four hours. 39. The general and special duties& each assi.tant and other officer will be determined by the superintendent. and will be entered in a book to be kept by each officer for that purpose. 40. Written reports will be made by the assistants and warders daily in a report book, with which they are all provided, on such subjects as may be necessary to be brought under the notice of the superintendent, more particularly as regards the conduct of the women imme diately under their charge. In cases of emergency, verbal reports will be made, but these must be afterwards recorded. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY , '9, 1846. who opened the closet, when the piece of tissue paper w* found, the two note,, and an (Tv_ kpe. W Peat, the other const..ble, saw the prisoner drop a pk-c , of paper iiaore trom his left hand, and with his right hand put something is his left waistcoat-pocket. The plumber was called, who corroborated the evidence already given, which closed the case. Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury in defence. Mr. Baron ALDERSON summed up the evidence, and, in the course of his remarks to the jury, expressed his surprise that any person, when they could obtain a Post-office order, should put people in the way of temptation. Much, very much the cruse committed in the world, would be pre vented by exereidng ordinary care not to throw temptation in the way, which all were surely bound to do by every Christian consideration of the interests of their fellow-men. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, who was sentenced to ten Years' transportation. Robelt Burke, aged 16, was convicted of uttering two counterfeit shillin4s, and it was proved that he had been before convicted of a similar offence, and that he had also been charged a number of times at the police offices with uttering bae. e in. Mr. Justice Wit.u,ols said that after what had been stated, he considered it was hopeless to expect that the prisoner could come to any good in this country, and the sentence therefore nec.s. a rilv was, that he he transported for ten years. Henry Hailey, 34, chairmaker, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Lucy Harley, with intent to murder her. _ - It appeared that the parties were man and wife, but they had separated, and on the day mentioned in the indictment, the prisoner went to the house where the prosecutrix Was staring, and, apparently without any provocation he seized a carving knife and stabbed her in the lower part of her per Lon, afflict ing a dreadful wound three inches deep. For tl•e defence slme witnesses were called to make out a case of insanity. The evidence, however, merely went to show that the prisoner, in one of his versions, had made use of some absurd and incoherent expressions. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS baying left the case to the jury, they deliberated a short time, and then returned a verdict of Guilty. _ . . The Learned JUDGE inquired of the jury whether they were of opinion that at the time the prisoner committed the act imhut.«•d to him, he was pertectly aware of its quality and the consequences likely to result from it. The jury replied that they believed he was quite sane when he committed the offence. The Learned JUDGE then ordered the sentence of Death to be recorded. POLIC' INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. EXTENSIVZ ROBBEZY Illff R 4. ACKIRMA NN'S.—RObei t Crawford Bartlett, a si , opman in the service of Messrs Ackermann, was brouLtht up for re-examination, charged with staling a quantity of prints, &c., of great value. Mr. Warr — en appealed ter the prisoner. Mr. George Ackermann stated that on the 29th June he was waited on be Mr. Williams, a bookseller, in the Strand, who informed him that an illustrated work, containing sketches of considerable value, bearing his initials and also bis foreign mark, had been offered to him for sale; and hav ing coinnup.icated his suspicions upon the subject, he went into a back parlour, and brought out the prisoner, who was convened to his house, and locked up in the drawing-room, w; , ile he ordered a constable to be sent for. On his return with his brother, he found that the prisoner had made his es cape by the window to the adjoining house, in consi,quence of which be was followed by the officer to his lodgings, in Antwell-tevia..e. Islington. * The nine books produced were the seine hich had been shown to him by Mr. Williams, and were his property. .Mr...A4.4!pbus Ackermann said that when the pris'aier was conveyed to 'his house he fell on his knees t.o beg fir mercy, as it was his first offence. On going to his lodging with the officer he found 116 grin value 691. 14s. 6,1., bearing his private mark, together with , Irawings, colours, brushes, &c., a nd also an album upon his person. r. Williams said that he had known the prisoner as being in the habit of interpreting fir a Russian gent leman. About a month back he mentioned that he had some books beltingiLg to an arti-t fir sale, and about a week of er porter in the service of the prosecutors brought them to his shop. lie also brought another parcel, which aroused the suspicion of his partner; and the prisoner having called for 20/. as payment for them, information was given to the pro secutors. who identified their property. Mr. Edward Gregory, a frame-maker, 28, Fleet-street, proved that on the 2ad March the prisoner called upon him, offering a quantity of engravings for sale, for which he agreed to give credit for a week. Witness subsequently went to his lodgings, and purchased some prints for 91., some of which were soiled, and which the prisoner said he had been col lecting fir years. He also sold him prints, the price of which amounted to 111., which were afterwards framed and disposed et by auction, and witness consequently could not say in whose ; ossession they were. 'Mr. JARDINE ordered the prisoner to be further remanded. WORKING STOCK OF R Retain were, on Sturtitcy, i,su:til t) k -,- ; - ,7,r th IL. , use of Loris, relative to the v+4;rling r,t,ck istihg railways. The following at%, extraeis th;:rk-:‘roni, describing the stock of some of the railways; but the return is not yet completed:— LETTER FROM D, O'BRIEN, ESQ., TO B. CURRY, ESQ. Railway Derartment, Board of Trade, • Whitehall, June 27. 1846. Sir,—With reference to the order of the House i,f Lords, outed the 6th of May, tOr a return of the " Wcrekir.g stock (engine-s, carriages. and waggon,) be lonjng to railway companies at present in operation," I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to transmit to you the accompanying returns, which have been received by their Lordships from various railway companies in compliance with a r(quest contained in a circular letter fr .m this depart ment. Shoup the remaining companies make returns they will be tr,insruitted to you without delay. I have, &c. D. O'BRIEN. B. Curry, E-q. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. Iteturn of Working Stock-128 locomotive engines, 1,854 waggons, 3 post-offices, 5 post-office vans, 16 mail carriages, 123 first class carriages, 92 second-class car riages, 105 third-class carriages, 7 composite carriages, 14 luvgage vans, 2 parcel vans, 49 carriage trucks, 51 horse boxes. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. RETURN uF LOCOMOTIVE AND CARRYING STOCK. Engines : No. Passenger engines Goods engines .. Total 66 Carriages, Waggons, &c.: — First-class carriages Mixed ditto Second-class ditto Third-class ditto 34 Luggage vans Hors, , boxes 36 Ctrrisge trucks Coke waggons 49 C, ad ditto l7O Goods ditto 5ll Cattle ditto Sheep ditto Brake ditto Timber ditto Total 1,346 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY_ A return of the working stock (engines, carriages, and wagg , ns) belonging: to this ciar.phy, at present in operation —127 engines and tenders, 107 fiat.-class car riages, 103 second-class carriages, 18 third-class car riages, 161 carriage t ucks, 96 horse boxes, 4 inaii carriages, 25 luggage vans, 637 wa,smol s. (1 - IAI4I.ES SAUNDERS, Secretary. London T,rininu=, Paddington, Juno. 1846. RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. 41. Divine service will be performed by the respec tive religious instructors in the morning; and aftrnoon of every Sunday, Christmas-day, and Good Friday, at such hours as may be determined on by the superinten dent. Prayer', are also to be read daily, in the morning and in the evening, by the resident religious instructor. 42. The religicVlis instructors will have the general superintendence and interior management of the daily and Sunday schools, in which they will be aided by the school-assistants. 43. The religious instructors are to make themselves acquainted with the women of their respective flocks in dividually, in order that they may be enabled to judge of the nature of the in:truction each may require ; and, with the same end in view, they will keep a record. bo , ,k of the age, occupation, condition, education, char acter, and conduct of the women, and of such other par ticulars as they may find useful towards the discharge of their duties. 44. The fundamental parts of education alone are to be taugl t; and, as the probation of thi, woman may be for so short a period as six months, it should be a main object to teach those to read who cannot alrea ly do so. All such women must receive instruction regularly in school. 45. The women in hospitals, in separate apartments and in culls, are to be ♦istted, and inspected daily by their respective religious instructors, who will enter their visits in their journals of duties performed. 46. In the performance of these duties much is of necessity left to the discretion of the religious in structors, on whose 'zeal and prudence every reliance is }laced. 47. The respective religious instructors will issue books on religion to the women under their care. The mamgernimt of the general library will rest with the resident religi. us instructor, and the books comprising it be under his care. MEDICAL OFFICER. 48. The particular duties of the medical ~ f ficer have already been laid down by the pri:icipnl medical officer; but it miy be att!rd that he is to visit the women in separate or solitary confinement daily, and twice a week to inspect every part of the establishment, reporting upon every circumstance which may be necessary as to clothing, diet, warmth, ventilation, &c., on which the health either of mind or body may depend, and which may require, in his opinion, revision or alteration. 49. When necessary, he may direct an increase of clothing and diet, as also of the time allowed, morning and evening, for exercise in the open air, to women who are in separate or solitary confinement; but on every such occasion he will immediately report the circum• stance to the principal medical officer. 50. Once a month at least, in presence of the matron, the medical officer will examine into the health of the women on the strength of the establishment. 51. On every point of duty he will make a record in his medical journal for future reference, if necessary. 52. In all cases of death, a special medical report will be required. VISITING MAGISTRATE. 53. The probationary establishment will be visited by this magistrate at least twice in each week. 54. He will investigate all charges brought against the women, and award punishment, as sanctioned by law. In the discharge of this duty care will be taken to regulate the description and amount of punishment by the temper, disposition, and understanding of the offender. The description of punishment which to one would be trifling, to another would be severe. Watt of attention in inflicting of punishment, on this principle, frequently renders it unequ .1 and unjust. 55. A distinction is also to be drawn betwef n of fences ; some in their nature are criminal, whilst other, are mere breaches of discipline or of regulation ; and it is not too much to expect that, under a strict syst em o f personal superintendence on the part or the in ers, of fences will not be frequent, and severe punishment sel dom required. 56. Advice, admonition, and kindness will in ;most cases be found eff , ctual ; but if these fail, and it should be found necessary to resort to punishment, extension of the allotted period of probation—or separate or soli tary confinement—will, it is hoped, in most cases be found sufficient. 57. It will, however, at all times be the magistrate's duty to explain the grounds of sentence patiently and calmly, and with clearness, and to point out the folly of persevering in a course of conduct, the inev table conse quence of which must be to delay the period of the of fender's emergence from probitton, even—if rendered necessary by her own misconduct—to the termination of her sentence of transportation. SS. The magistrate, accompanied by the superinten dent or matron, will occasionally it apect the various wards, hospital, separate apartments, solitary cells, the School, the messes, and the rations. He will likewise examine into the general management, and take care t•) ascertain that no illegal punishments occur. A correct record of his trials of offenders will be krpt, and a propk-r return of all the proceedings in e,tch case, autht nticatett by himself, will be made to the comptroller-general weekly. 59. He will record his visits in the magistrate's visit ing book. with his remarks upon any irregularities which may come under his notice or within his know lede-,e. He will also record and report all deficiencies, and every circumstance necessary to be brought under the Lieutenant-Governor's notice. 60. The visiting magistrate is authorised to require the perusal of all communications addressed by the comptroller general to the superintendent. 61. He will, accompanied by the medical officer, once a month at least, inspect every branch of the establish ment ; he will see that cleanliness, due ventilation and order are attended to, and that all the arrangements are complete. 62. He will also, with that officer, muster the women on these occasions, and record in the visiting book his opinion of their general appearance and health. 63. With the interior and moral discipline and ar • rangement of the establishment the visiting magistrate will not interfere; but he will do everything in his power to uphold the authority of the superintendent and ma tron. His duties generally will be to see that all orders are fully carried into effect, especially as regards proper classification; that the women are prop ?rly worked and not employed except in accordance with r. gulation, and fur the public benefit alone; that moral and religious instruction is duly and regularly imparted; that the schools are regularly attended; and that the women are advised and admonished by those under whose immediate charge they are. Information on each of the..e points will be included in his monthly report to the comrtroller general. 64. The visiting magistrate will at all times suggest to the comptroller-general any alterations or improve ments considered desirable in the establishment. FOOD, CLOTHING, BEDDING, WARDS, &C. 65. The charge of issuing the rations will rest with an officer 4,e3ially appointed by the superintendent for that purpose. No more than one day's supply of flour and meat will be issued on any one day. The officer to whom the duty of issuing rations is entrusted will see that the various articles of provisions are fairly and justly dis• tribnted; that they are good and wholesome, and of full weight, and according to the contract quality. 66. The various mess-rooms are to be regularly visited at m Ail hours by officers appointed by the superinten dent for that purpose. 67. The duty of these officers will be to see that the provisions are equally distributed t the several messes ; that they are of full allowance, wholesome and well cooked, an d t h a t th e con d uc t o f the women at their meals pptsis ola r ri e tus gu w l mi a l r la . biee On these points, as well as on an y com plaints the to regards t w h o e m s e u n pe a ri s ntenden. t diTeht,esdearieplyorrets muNq be so full as to enable the superintendent to judge of the duty having been properly performed. 68. The various wards, dormitories, and places of con finement inus be frequentiy visited (luring thi: day by the chief aiststant, who will be particula , ly careful that proper ventilation is attended to, so that there is no damp. 69. Thi officer will also inspect the bedding at least once :a w.ek ; and whenever the weather permits, have it hu:!g out in the open air. . 70. The m:s4ng of the vl omen, and all mess utensil: and furniture, will be uuder this offi,!er's general super intendence. The immediate charge will rest with the officers of the several wards. STOREKEEPER. 71. In the manatrPrnent and issue of clothing and. ston . s. the siriete,t eeon.,my mint b.. ex.:rei,t i. and (Jut' care must be takt-n to have everything :Alieh admits of mending properly repa:r“.l. All articles will bear the mark of the establi.bment, and be numbered from No. 1 onwards. _ _ . 72. Unserviceable stores, when condemned by the superintendent and visiting magistrates, will be received into store and remain fur survey and disposal by the orditance.authority. 73. The officer in charge of stores will be allowed the assistance of one or more of the women, waiting to be hired, when requisite : but the supertendent will limit the number to what may be absolutely necessary. IFIISC ELLANEOUS. 74. All communication to the comptroller-general from officers of the establishment will be forwarded through the visiting magistrate, who will inquire into the points referred to, and will request the superintendent to transmit the necessary information respcetiag thcm, in any case of uegiqicy, a statement may be made to the comptroller-general direct. 75. Visitors to the officer:; of the establishment must be furnished with an order of admission from the Lieu tenant-Governor or the Comptroller-General. They will enter their names and ad iress in a book to be kept for that. purpose. They ate not to g.o over the establish ment unless accompanied by an oCer. Visits made to the superintemi , nt, matron, or religious instructor by their rrsonal friends, are not included in the regulation rendering previous permission necessary ; but the names and address of such visitors are to be recorded in the book referred tr 76. No female convict is to be allowed to leave the establishment, unless under a contract for service, Without the Lieutenant-Governor's sanction being pre ♦iously obtained. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, July 7. (Nisi Prius Sittings at Guildhall, before Chief Baron Por, Liam and Special Juries.) BANKS v. 11111. This was an action by an advertising agent, carrying on buiness at Wellington-street, in the Strand, to recover from Charles Popham Hill, the defendant, who resides in Devon shire, a balance of about 1001., for advertisements of the prospectus of the Salisbury and Leamington Railway Com pany, inserted in forty-three different newspapers, between the 25th and 29th October last. The facts connected with this project were brought before the public in a case of " Banks v. Goode," tried some ten days ago at Westminster Hall, when the verdict was taken for the defendant. In the preser.t case it app-arcd that the defendant authorised his name to be inserted in " the direc tion," through a Mr. Downes, on the 20th October, and his name accordingly was published in a prospectus dated the 25th October. The defendant never attended any meeting of the committee, or acted in any manner; bat on the 7th November it was agreed to abandon the project for the present session, and the defendant, in answer to a letter from the secretary, wrote to say, that if the other members of the committee sulyeribed their pro portions to defray the bond fide preliminary expenses, he should willingly do the same. The debt in respect of which thi s action was brought was incurred under the express orders of Messrs. \Veall and Berkeley, the solicitors of the company, and who had taken an active part in establishing it ; having, as it appeared, given indemnities to several re spntable persons, Neil() had therefore allowel their names to be inserted as provisional committeemen. It was now con tended that the credit was given in this instance, not to the defendant, or even to the whole body of provisional coimnit teemen, but to the solicitors, %Veal! and Berkeley, as provyd by the fact that the , had inserted advertisements, through the instrumentality of the plaintiff, before any provisional committee was appointed. The CHIEF liAaoN left it to the jury to say if they be lieved the defendant had authorised his name to be in serted as a committeeman, so as to wedge his credit for preliminary expenses; and also whether the plaintiff, in in sera% those advertisements, a':•ted up,n the . credit and re sponsibility of the defendant. If they found ether of those questions In the negative, their verdict should be for the de fendant. The jury, after an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict for the defendant. WILD V.IIOPKINS. Mr. MARTIN, with whom was Wallis, for the plaintiff, stated that this was an action brought by the well-known map-seller at Charing-cross, to recover from the defendant, .Ir. Douglas Hopkins, ose of the provisional committeemen of the Peterborough and Nottingham Railway, the balance of a bill of 1,9001. for engraving maps and plans for the use of the company. The defendant had given a written autho rity to one of the promoters of the line, to insert his name in the provisional committee, and the letter having been handed to Mr. Gridley, one of the solicitors of the company, the defendant's name was printed in a prospectus with several others, which prospectus was shown to the plaintiff at the time the orders were given to him to execute the work in question. The plaintiff did the engraving for the com pany, upon the faith that the persons named in the pro spectus were li a bl e t o hi m , and there was no doubt that those who had authorised the insertion of their names were liable. The company Was not proceeded with, because a sufficient sum of money had not been subscrils - 41, but several of the provisional committee, feeling their liability, had sub scribed to pay proportionate shares to defray preliminary expenses. In this way 1,000/. had been paid to the plaintiff. The defendant was one of those who declined to meet his fair share of the responsibility accruing to a provisional commit teeman, and this action was brOught against him to compel him to bear his share in common with others. It appeared upon the examination of Mr. Gridley, one of the solicitors of the proposed company, that the pro spectus containing the defendant's name was shown to the plaintiff when the orders were given for the execution of the maps, plans, and sections. The witness also stated, on cross-examination, that there was a managing com mittee appointed, but that the defendant was not one of that body. Mr. WATSON, for the defendant, contended that his client, who had taken no part in the management of the company, was not liable, more especially as there was a managing committee appointed, under whose authority the order was given and the work executed. The Learned Coun! , el re ferred particularly to the case of Low v. Wi.son, tried last term, in which Baron Parke was reported to have laid it down that a provisional committeeman, who did not inter fere, could not be held liable for merely lending his name where there was a managing committee. The Lo:-to CIIIEF lbaex - thought the question in this, as is other cases of the same nature was,—did the defendant, by sanctioning the publication of his name as one of the provisional committee, bold himself out to the plaintiff as a person pledging his credit as liable to the reason able and bond fide preliminary expenses of the company? It wound be difficult to say in this case that the mere tact of there being a managing cummittee should exempt he defendant from responsibility. A managing commit!** wa. often nothing more than a body of persons *elected by and from the provisional c_aninitiee, as persons who were more likely to able to give their personal at tention to the business of the company. It would not be fair to say the members thus selected should be exclusively tor all preliminary expenses. But in this case there was another important fact A prospectus was shown to the i thew cages plaintiff when the order was given fur the work, in which the defendant's name appeared as provisional committeeman, but nothing was said in that prospectus of a managing com mittee, nearly estl:ere appointed, were and x Thieniecisubesettei question w h o was to be liable f or i h o , e expenses if ' u a-r o ty uld ina be the pro vi i ona l committee was not. In this case the only que s tion was, co all e mm te a' as was, whether the defendant held himself out as liable for preliminary expenses by authorising the insertion of his name us a committeeman. The jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a ver dict for the plaintiff— Damages 757', 3s. 9d, Mr. MARTIN stated, after the verdict had beet recorded, that if the defendant paid his quota of the ex ; ,enses, as others of the committee had done, tl:e judgment against him on this verdic: would not be put in force. SECONDARIES' COURT, July 6 (Before Mr. Secon a , y PorrEtt BARLOW - BKoWN7EESPONSIBIL IT I ES OF 'EXECUTORS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a clerk in the London and County Joint-stock Bank, at Bishop's Stortford, against the defendant, who resides at Manchester, to recover the sum of 61. 17s. 6d. for money had and received to and for the use of the plaintiff, under peculiar circum stances. It appeared, front the evidence, that the plaintiff and others were entitled to shares in a legacy left by a Mr. Grantham, of Hind, near Wigan. A Mr. way was appointed one of the executors, but he being, from some unexplained cause, unable to attend to the duties of the office, spoke to his son-in-law to carry out the object of the testator. It further appeared that the defendant did so, and the question now arose whe ther he had any claim against the legatees its obtaining evidence of their rights. It was contended by Mr. PETERSDORFF that the executor was bound to make all those inquiries at the cost of the estate, and that he could not delegate his duty to an agent, so as to render the legatees liab'e to the agent. The SECONDARY was of the same opinion, but a verdict was taken fur the plaintiff on the point of law. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OLD COURT. (Before Baron ALnicasos, Mr. JaBticeLuams, and the LORD M A YOR ). John Bannister Falkner and Bentham Fabian, merchants, who were remanded from last session, were placed this morn ing at the bar, indicted for the forgery of railway scrip to a large amount. Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the prosecution, applied to have the trial postponed, on account of the absence of Richards, a principal witness for the prosecution, who, t ed T t h h e e each, and four though not examined before the magistrate, had yet given an undertaking to appear. s, and admit- Mr. BALLANTINE, as counsel for the prisoners, opposed the application, unless his clients were admitted to h a ft, surdies in 40/. each. CopriusonnTerresmtoitbteadil,thteheclansseeltvoensexint sse6sosito.ii POST-OFFICE ROBBERIES..... william Lee, a letter carrier at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, was placed at the bar, indicted for stealing a post letter, containing a sovereign, addressed to Miss Ebhar d, Chelsea College, Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarkson prosecuted; and Mr. Bal lantine was retained for the defence. Elizabeth Ehhard, who resides at Cheltenham, being sworn, said she was staving in June last, at Exmouth, whence she sent e lett er to her sister ioclosing two small notes, and a sovereign tehled in tissue paper. The witness identified the envelope, the two notes, and the tissue paper produced in Court, as the same which she had folded up. Thirr i Lew, th e servant maid, proved putting the letter in the post-office. Wei. Stevenson, a clerk at the General Post-office, said the prisoner was a letter carrier there. Witness was at the tact on the 26th June, when the Exmouth bag came, which he opened, and deposited the contents on the table. These letters should have been carried by the prisoner and four other persons to the stamping table. Six persons in all had access to the letters. Robert Tyrrell, one of the constables at the Postri)ifice, said he was stationed at the basement of the office, watching at the close wired grating over the water-closets, to see what might b..• going on. This grating gave him the perfect conn • mind of all that was trans:aetA there. The prisoner was seen going into the wa t er -closet about eight o'clock, and after being there a short time was obierved to drop before him a piece of writing-liver. lie again put his hands in his coat-pocket, and brought out a =mall piece of white thin paper, roiled up in shape of a coin, which he unfoldtxl once or twice, and put something in uis pocket. The constable signalled to hit neighbour, who took his lit ,ce the grating, and he went down and laid hoed id the primmer, asking him sit the same time, .what he hat! put down the water-closet Tie poisoner answered, " Nothing, except what he had been. using." Ile was then searched; when, besides some small -change, a sovereign was found in his waistcoat-pocket, and is the' pocket of his coat a canvas -bag tightly tied up contain ing a 60Yoreiga and thirteen obilliDgs. A plumber, Iva: got CLERKENWELL. Tin , : NEW BUILDING ACT.—Thomas- Scott, the owner of some low lodging-houses in the neighbourhood of Somers• town, was charged with having violently assaulted Thomas O'Connell, and he was tined 50s. In the course of the investigation, it appeared that the plaintiff occupied a kitchen in the house of the prisoner, where he slept with his family, whilst the upper part of the house was crammed by numerous distressed persons. The prisoner, it was stated, formerly kept houses of a similar de scription in St. Giles's. Mr. GREENwoon, addressing the prisoner, said it was im• portant that he (the prisoner) should know that the recent Act of Parliament, passed for the immediate protection of the poor. and to prevent disease and fever in the town, came into operation on and after the Ist day of July, 1846, and forbad the letting of kitchens, &c., unless built peculiarly and constructed pursuant to the directions laid down in the statute. The parties letting out such places to the poor were liable to a penalty of 20s. for every day it was used. Scott said his kitchens were formed according to the Act of Parliament. Mr. GREENWOOD—If so, all the better. He directed the police to look after the place; and Mr. Wilkes, the overseet, being also present, was desired to attend to the case. THE ALLEGED MURDER NEAR NO ['TING HAM. NOTTINGHAM, TUESDAY.—TIN prosecution of the inquiry into the mysterious circumstances connected with the death of William Robinson, whose body was found in a mangled state on Popplewick Forest, took place to-day, before Mr. C. Swann, coroner, and a respectable jury. The facts deve loped, though leading the jury to return a verdict different to what was anticipated, are not so satisfactory as could be wished, as the principal witness on the occasion, Henry Shepherd, who accompanied Robinson from Nottingham, has evidently been telling untruths, owing to some cause not easily to be defined. Perhaps he was too mnch in liquor to recollect what occurred, supposing he was entirely free from causing, by any means, the death of Robinson ; and if not, his dissimulation renders the case still more mysterious. After giving the history of his proceedings on Saturday, prior to meeting Robinson in Nottingham, and setting out with him for Mansfield, he related several particulars dif ferent to what he had stated on the previous day, and denied that. any quarrel had taken place between himself and Jane Widnall, wife of Robert Widnall, said, that about half-past nine o'clock on Saturday ❑ight last, she saw a waggon drawn by three horses going along on the Mansfield road, and heard a man say, " What are you reproaching me fltr?" ami another man replied, "I am not reproaching you ;" and then the first man said, "If you aggravate me any more. I will get off the waggon and walk," and the man then got off the waggon and unfastened his dog, after which he got upon the waggon again, anti they drove on. It was about half a mile before they got to Sherwood-lodge-farm. The principal witness affecting the verdict was Dr. Thomas Lig' tfoot, of Not inghan•, who said—l have this day examine•: the body with Mr. Frost, and externally we found the back part of the right ear considerably lacerated; there was al-o a brui-e above and below the ear about the size of half-a-croan. On the left side of the face we ob• served three bruises, varyiog from two to three inches in length; slight ecchymosis on the under surface of the left eye; there was a number of scratches nn the forepart of the right shoulder, as likewise one or two bruises. The second and third fingers of the left hand were broken at their first joints; the hands were clenched. On the right and left side of the abdomen I observed considerable ecchy mosis extending down each side of the fore and inner surface of the thighs to the peritoneum. There was a con tused grazed wound, three or four inches in length, on the forepart of the right thigh, running in an oblique direction, and commencing from about three or four inches from the bend of the body. He then described the internal injuries. The second, third, fourth, fixth, sixth, and seventh ribs, on the right side, were broken, and other parts affected. He thought the fracture of the ribs might be caused by some great force, produced either from before or behind the body; a severe crush would produce such, a carriage-wheel would have the same effect; but there was no external mark on the surface of the body; they might be produced by being jammed between two bodies, such as being squeezed between the wheels and body of a waggon. There was a mark of a wheel on the right thigh and the right side of the belly. I ant of opinion that some great pressure upon the abdominal viscera has caused death, and that the deceased has been run over. I do not think it possible the deceased could have walked from the spot where his jacket and whip were found to the spot where his body was afterwards found—a distance of upwards of half a mile. I should think the deceased would faint away immediately after receiving the injury, and that he could not have moved many yards. No other evidence could be brought directly to bear upon the case to show how the deceased received the injury on the face and the marks on his shoulders; and, although the evi dence was not conclusive, the jury, after a long consultation, returned as their verdict, "That the deceased has been acci dentally run over and killed by some carriage or carriages unknown passing along the highway." Au accident of a remarkable nature occurred at Daw lish a few days since. A man in the Preventive Service, while looking from the cliffs overhanging the cutting of a railway, his foot. slipped, and he fell a depth of thirty feet. and in his descent a pistol which he had in his pocket by some means exploded, but, wonderful to relate, he escaped this double accident with only a slight scratch.— Denonport 1 ekgraph. THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT THE DROITWICH SALT - WOR.KS.—DROITWICIL TUESDAY.—The shocking affair which happened here on F. Way last, turns out to be at a much more extraordinary character than even appears d at the time of its occurrence. Yest,rdsy afternoon, the_ coroner for the city of Worcester (where one of the unfortunate sufferers died at the hospitsl), cninmenced an inquiry at that institution, before a respi.ctcble jury, touching the origin of the accident, but in the absence of necessary witnesses the praceedings were adjourned until Thursday next. Since Friday. the pr.,prietors of the works where the acci ,l,•tit happetnA hare surveyed the ruins of the premises ; and ti: id that at the Inwest computation it would take a thousand pound.. to put them in sufficient repair for use. The origin of the thsas , n.us airtir cannot ascertained with Any d e g re e of . nev , r havinz been a similar at cid,nt at thes e or ,my oti,e;• s4lt .verks a!, Droitwich within recollec tion. The 101'e' the exi.b. , sim, ma y b e j,, ( ; ge d f rom t h e tact, that two carts, with the horses attached to them, were actually blown into the river Satwarpe, and the scalding brine, escaping from the tanks, rushed into the stream, and rende:ed it too hot to bear the hand in, besides destroying the fish. DOMESTIC SEA GULL.—A respectable correspondent tran. , n,t , to us the troll,,,vi!:_t scrap a,f natural history " There is the posessiou of a geialeni:lq re,tdiog in Garnet hill, a s'a gill! , of ffe large species, from AliA3 Craig, , !:,.. • 1 from the nest. and which has proved se•vic•.able 1., it.,stroyieg the snails and slugs in his r-r I , n : h.,t .11 addition to th;s description feeding, he has acq.nrot ta..te tor sparrows, :sod scarcely a day passes on which h e no e s INA regale himself with tour or five ut them. His ,vst :In carchi-g th..m is this:—He is upon the best terms nu mber ut pigeons whielt this gentleman ha s; and, as the sparrows fed al ng with them, he m i xes i n the assumes as much as possible their ' a pp, , ,nance, and ;hen 'sets at the sparrow as a pointer dog would do his game; the next instant he has his prey by the . b ac k, an d w.,llows it witheut giving it time to shut its Qtavow aorakt LONDON AND 131..A0KW ‘I.L RAILWAY. Ile working stock .rI . thii cAnpany is a., .ollows. viz.:—Two pairs statonary engines (220 le. , re-power pa7r) A t the Minories staiion, 2 pairs staConary ev gines (120 horse power each pair)at Blackwall, 9 first class carriages, 28 cifirp,site cAtriagi,s, or first and see , II I c!ais conibitied, 10 scc .nd-class carriages, 9 goods trucks. JOHN F. KENNELL, Stcr. tary. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. VV,:rkihg stock engines, carriages, and waggons he kriging io the '.b we company-44 locomotive engines and renders, 45 firs-class carriages, 12 first-.assn cou p, es, 47 scco , :d-,Maas carriages, 14 composite, first and second, 6 third-class carriages, enclosed. 40 ditto, open, 35 horse boxes, 31 carriage trucks, 21 luggage boxes, 161 coal waggoos, 15 coke waggons, 93 goods waggons, 14 timber trucks, 20 cattle trucks, 2 sheep trucks, 6:stone trucks, 8 cov,red vans, 4 brake waggons, 13 ballast waggons. T. J. BUCKTON, Speretary. LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY. Statement of the working stock of engines, carriages, and waggons bt longing to the above company-8 loco motive engines, 6 piston carriages, 5 heater carriages, atmospheric, 12 first-class carriages, 12 second-class carriages, 19 thiri-class carriages, 2 composite carriages, first and second class, 2 parcels vans, 70 coal waggons, 6 goo+, waggons. 5 timber trucks, 6 coke wazgonq. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Locomotive Department-40 pas-enger engines, 7 goods engines. Carriage Department-80 first-class carriages, 100 second-class carriages, 32 third class car riages, 40 carriage trucks, 26 horse buxes, 13 luggage vans, 420 waggons, 9 slue; , trucks. P. LA URENTZ CA MPBELL, Secretary. MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Return -of Working Stock, May 22, 1846—Engine 27, tenders 25, carriages, first-class 30, ditto, second class 32. ditto, third-class 34, ditto, first and second class composite 4, carriage trucks 12, milk trucks 3, horse boxes 14, parcel vans 7, parcel carts 4, goods waggons 492, cattle waggons 20, goods boxes 35, ballast waggons 32, coal and iron waggons 337, platelayers trucks 4, portable crane 1. JOHN LATHAM, Secretary. CORONERS INQUESTS. On Tuesday. Mr. W. Baker, the Deputy-Coroner, held an inquest at the London- Hospital, on the body of Mary Ann Dee, aged sixteen, the young woman who lost her life by jumping out of window, at th• fire which occurred ; on Saturday morning last, at the premises of Mr. Powell, King's-place, Commercial road East. One of the house surgeons said, that deceased was admitted at an early hour on Saturday morning last, with a fracture of the skull, which was so severe that the brain was forced through the ear. She survived till Monday morning. Mrs. Rosina Powell said that the deck-ased was her ser vant. She slept in the top room of witness's pr. mises. On the morning of Saturday last, about a quarter-past two o'clock, witness was alarmed by h, aring the deceased screaming violently. On opening her bedroom, witness found that the house was on fire. Deceased was at that time on the tipper landing. She called to the deceased to come down, but she replii d, -‘ Oh, I can not " At that time there was very little smoke in wit, ness's room, but she supposed that deceased's room was filled with sm•:ke, from herhaving slept with thedoor open. Witness, her husband, and child, got out of the first floor front, and by walking along the ledge over the shop front, escaped. A ladd, r was called for, but before it could be adjusted, the deceased threw herself out of he window. On leaving the premises, witness found that th..o place Has all on tire at the back. She did not know how the fire occurred. There was a great quan tity of straw in the b ick cellars, used for packing art het,ware articles. Nearly the whole of the property was destroyed. It was insured, but not to the full value. —Mr. H. Powell said that a neighbour brought a ladder .o the premises, which was too short to reach the top flour, in which deceased was. Whilst he was fixing it ..n the ledge over the shop, deceased threw herself out and fell on the toot pavement. He could not tell how the fire occurred.—ln answer to a Juror, it was stated that the nearest fire escape was stationed at A ldzate, too great a distance off to have been of any assistance. — Verdict, " Accidental death." _ _ _ The same Coroner afterwards held an inquest at the same place, on the body of David Bates, aged seven years. Emma Robt.rts, of 14, Crown -court, White chapel, said that the deo'ased was in the care of its grandmother, who lived next door to witness. On the morning of Saturday last, about two o'clock, the child attracted the attention of witness, by screaming most violently. On going out to ascertain the cause, she found the deceased's clothes in a general blaze, the child at the time wes rolling itself on a bed in which a female lodger was sleeping. Witness procured a couple of pails of water, which she threw over the bed and child, and by that means succeeded in getting the fire extin guished. The deceased was taken by witness to the above hospital. The grandmother at the time was in the court, in a state of intoxication. Had it not been for witness's arrival at the house of deceased, she believed that the lodger would also have perished, fur the room was filled with smoke, and the woman appeared nearly suffocated. Verdict, " Accidental death," and the Jury requested the Coroner to censure the gross conduct of the grandmother, for leaving the deceased unprotected at that early hour of the morning. EXECUTION of Tar., TRABU- CAIRES. We learn from Perpignan that the four Trabucaires who were condemned to death on the 28th March last by the Court of Assizes for the Pyrenees of Orienteles, and of whose trial we gave a report, were executed on the 27th ult. They seemed to have fully anticipated the failure of their appeal to the Court of Cessation, and of their petition to the King for pardon, and received the announcement of their fate without any apparent emo riiun al the bravado they displayed at the moment when they received their sentence having subsided into complete resignation, and they received the last offices of religion with all due humility and respect. They asked pardon of all the world ; and Pojade, the accomplice who turned informer, and was admitted as a witness against them, being brought•to them, they said, " You are the cause of our death, but as you said nothing. but the truth, we pardon you, as we hope you will forgive us." About tour in the morning hazes and Matheu, who were to be executed at Perpignan, were brought out o f o o ft,he street t o to be conducted to the scaffeld. A long procession of Black Penitents fret') Spain was waiting in receive them, bearing a crucifix covered with hire+ cloth. and carrying lighted torches or red wax, which, with the doleful sound of the telling death•laill, made the scene utmeuatly solemn. The two men walked on through a &use crowd. On rcischin;t the t,,„ t „ 1 , the latNer, Icezes mounted without :tny hut ,with 74 face so pale that his emotions were evidently ' sev.re!y W hen his fa te wa :se , !tled, Ma thens T urn ean n:: ; leo nature a.stuned her empire ever him, and he s4utik from the fatal ladder, and ask,.d for soFnething dii ; t hi4, however, was refused Win ; then, to the instances of the executietter zttld tho exle , rta bons of the confessor, he went slowl,- up the ~ !ers When on the rlatform, he first begged chat a Sp,,lti:-h priest who had been in attendance upon the pris ner might be allowed to come to him once more. TM:" ve as assented to, and they embraced each ether. The eriete ' having retired, 7vfatheu entreated that the hlo , -d sea. which still stained the ele., night he washed cif ; axef this being clew, the executiener his man seizrA fAsieeed him to the performed the last act upon hoii, `vie two bod.es t:oilius, and carried to the church, ~tttended by tb , • Black Peni tents, who recited tlee site-re; service es., , r ti:eni. A s all persons coudenaned to de.ttli who have avaiioti tl, th - selves of the servick s of . the Penitete. become :Nienthers of the fraternity. the names of leezes Mathtu are inscribed as sech in ..he re • ; i-ter of the congregation. Halt-an-hour after :xone Siinon and Sagal, the other two victim it a e j st jodgee lit, wore taken in a celluler tan to Ceret, where they te ere to undergo capital punishment at f9lll* in the afterueon. MARK ET NEWS.-(YESTEIO)`- COnzz r,:tcliAlgOZ. 1 iri tl :rho f'rri-,1- oi .i:figii-. , 11 IVl;eat fur our market,tit ir li g Altb ° present ',itch, have here_on a very limiter" scale. (w o the show of samples of that article was small, the yill was somewhat inactive, at Monday's quotations . .40 Foreign Wheat we were heavily supplied; hence. the P P M .. . ~, DP it was in a very depressed state, at barely stattonflir ;it, Barley was in moderate supply, and in active req n . 00 previous currencies. The best Malt was quite as dear, knots itrxt to nothini,. - was di - ing. Oats, 13ettliS, peak Flour were a slow inquiry, at late rates. • ARRIVALS. rip( i!, S Wfwat. i Barley. _ r• tq 609 , _•a. rlnglish ~.., Irish ........ , --- 4,030 ~,, Foreign •••• •• ` 5,770 ' 15,580 7,540 Malt, 3,300 ars. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of each kind of meat being on the increffl, r, general demand ruled he av y, at barely late rat to ff from 25 6d to 3s 6d; utt, , n, s 10d to 4s; Lamb. us i b ' Veal, 3s 6d to 45 6d ; and P or k, 3 s 4d t o 4 s 10d pe r S the carcase. 11.6.1 r 11711.ZZICZTE. iivErnirrmn.—Meadow Hay, 31 t . 4/ ; Diover 4/ 4s to 5/ 15s; Oat Straw. 1/ 10 3 t o 11 12s ;A ct , Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s per load. Trade dull, at guy 1 week's quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 41 45 l ditto 415 s to 5/ 14s ; Oat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 12s; ~, Straw, 1/ 128 to 11 14s per load. A f u ll a v e r age suPl 3l 4' a heavy demand. 0 WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 315 s to 41; Clover at 4/ 8s to 51 16 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 10s to 1/ 12s ; Wheat o w , 1/125 to 1114 s per load. Supply good, and trade iltu" New Meadow Hay 2/. ss. to 3/. 7s. per load. STATE OF TRADE. di MANCHESTER. JULY 7.—Since the middle 1)1 1 week, some of the home trade houses have been 10 ::0 goods rather more freely than before; bnt Old parative absence of shipping demand keeps the 11 quiet. Prices are, on the whole, w e ll sustained. r ,- 0 yarn market there has been little demand, and are not quite so firm. ROCHDALE, JULY 6.—There has been an extej dull market to day; few buyers have attende°l those few have purchased sparingly. The wool El s j has been much the same as that on the p Monday. la l ;,/ HUDDERSFIELD, JULY 7.—There is cons....ers provement in our market to•day. We have ht" 1 .,;10 attendance of buyers, and many sales might in, eff,cted, had the manuf ac t urers b een i n clined ° o o concessions; but as the stocks are low, there 1 0 y ducement to sell until remunerative prices can tained. LEEDS. JULY 7.—Although no actual irnPr°,: t .; has taken place as yet in our markets, a deocledil oi feeling, indicative e,f confide nee. is daily g l 'Ai ,trenath; and, from the t: -, tal absence of every 17 6, excitement, as w‘ll as from the cheering proste e 4 good hlrvest, we may safely infer that a good ," is clove at hand. The reduced tariff on bioad. o3 o Russia cannot fail to prove beneficial to our 1 01 turers, and it is looked upon as a precursor of ' mf , .. t ignros ~ , ,,(I, l llnatry of restrictions in trade che4,ter Guardian. „ T E E LATE FIRS AT SO/ I ,i n APPREHENSION OF THE SUPPOSP Y INCENDIARIES. btl• The hand of incen , ?iary Wl° b has been e this distr7et, Which suffered so much during i tel reign ..t Svting.” We have already publiso4 account ff the fire, which, comtnenCing ou the P.g of'Nirs_ Pei , chey, of Hall-street, on Friday tnor lll 7, eonsumPd. pry erty which, now that a calculo ti A '6i b,-en ma.!e, is fouA to have been of the value of. besides .13, rcnderi ring hotnele-s 79 persons. • $ 0 :fore entering on the ,:ultject of the appreb the 0 I • the parties ies charged. we may state that during two months no less than five fires have occurred immediate neighbourhood, viz..— h • Ch First, on the premises of Mrs. Staples, w- 1 entirely destr..yed. Next, on Mr. Morley's premises, which we re surf d. Then, on those of Mrs. Gawtrey ; this latter ° pressed before it had occasioned much &Mae' miscreant, however, who caused it was not to be and the house was again fired on the succeeding , evening. The prtmises were, on this occasi°, ll o 4l consumed, and involved also the destruction 0 ' A Mr. But the climax was not reached until rriclelo3 Such was the illumination produced by the _.fir c e firf night, that it was distinctly seen at St. Ives, it itiO ) Cambridge, Huntingdon, and other places l ofj miles. It is consolatory to know that the vgb e ,e. losses are covered by insurance, chiefly in te` ..) _ Fire-office. cO V I An active inquiry into the origin of di ° s idj was instituted. It resulted in the apprebelpri Cornelius Harvey, and his nephew, dames 014 the former is a man of independent pro Per the latter a grocer and drarer of the t ore °; ( 1, e premises of the younger prisoner were bur ° i p the charge preferred against them was th e t e of the house of Mrs. Peachey with a vier i t ° . struction of that ofJa mes Harvey. The stock arl ° 5 be. gi, of James are stated to have been over-insured, o.° I indebted to his uncle 3001., the desire for the re e, ig' f l of which, by defrauding the Suffolk Fire-offi c e IV I seem to have led them to the commission 0' with which they stand charged. u e def Y i The prisoners were examined before J. Do m 1.4 resident magistrate, at the Cr.wn Hote ri f.;,: w ict Mr. Wilkia attended for the parish ; M.,r• ; ,.. - e offic e ; Mr. Sparkes, of Bury, for the Suffolk 1 :';, -- n ers. Messrs. Isaacson of Mildenhall, for the Pets yOO It appeared that although the whole of - f r o prisoner's stock was saved, he had claimed oh office the full amount of its insurance. S l af og i evidence was adduced as warranted the rem prisoners, and they were conveyed to the count/ Cambridge. It is e.timat4d that on Sunday 5,000 striated the scene of the fire. The most vigilant nig h t t y are kept up. The tim ly assistance rendered 01, fire was owing to the 'igilance of some VW watchers who were afraid to go to bed. corps has since been organised. 4? 4 rig REVIEW OF THE 2 D L IFE GUARDS...-- , O ."- 11A :0111 Guards, commanded by the Marquis of Londonderitio reviewed by Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick I. 4( to-morrow, in Hyde. park, at 11 o'clock. 'opt TEH SUFFERERS BY THE FIRE AT ST. J° 1111 „ti011i FOUNDLAND.—We are glad to learn that sub4rwati the relief of the unfortunate sufferers have alg a l"; commenced both in Liverpool and Manchester• col pool, where the commercial connexion with the o f considerable, a very spirited effort has been ille tle ' ll 2 believe the subscription already amounts to near ) o 0 sand peund-i. A deputation front Liverpool waited 0 T,l of our principal merchants and manufacturers 0 0Pi. day last, but the weather was so wet, that little ,il done hereon that day. We have, however, heen fie r dS understand, that a subseription has been o P e 'ol`ll which is healed by Messrs. Henry Bannerman - 0 4? who have contributed 1001, and have agreed to 4 00, , duties of trea-urers of the fund. A committee is 111- 11l greys of formation, and we are assured that no 0700 lest in appeaiing to the public on behalf of the Ode sufferers. No fewer than from eight to ten thoust, ill are houseless and destitute, and compelled to l' ' fo r, woods until the military can erect tents and sheds g oer shelter. We have heard of one individual, whose, '; 0 1 4 caped the ravages of the flames, giving shelter in it dive' forty poor houseless sufferers. Their distressed c° l loB o I described as heart-rending, and we need only direct 4, to the statement in order to induce our fellow-to A li come forward on this occasion with their usual Übe . "' . Manchester Guardian. f6 ss* THE' MURDER OF THE POLICEMAN DI - 0 bAGENIIA3I, TUESDAY NIGHT.'---Up to a late hoar O l e o oil , ing, although the police have exhibited the green il lance, the murderers of Clark, the policeman, had lee I apprehended. No reward has yet been ofered foe v ei covery of the parties by the Government. In 4 ,, clu eili the local police. Superintendent Pearce, of the r A geo i and Whicher and Kendall, active officers of the i've i i force, are engaged in tracing out the murderers. 4;/ ' fortunate deceased, it has been since ascerta ined' i si have been married in a few days to a young wore4lo9 Howe, residing near his native place, Woburn. v ) last day or so, it has been the subject of der,eenversati , the inhabitants of the neighbourhood of the snor t ,. le the police-constables who have to perform night du d , OP rural districts, are the most inadequately armed. . 4 ., 1 ,,,it 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]. EXTRAORDINARY ? rit OF nOLLOWAY'S PILLS IN INDIA.—The reputation of t_,li p ers,, universal. They may Ise had in every part of India, 'lnd '; i 4 virtues are printed in the native tongues. Their deA s e s to ~,, ntense. They cure diseases of the liver, the lungs, and 0.., se, and other dangerous complaints so prevalent there. The/ D r h a e t a or th g t in a truly aAonishing manner in eases where Pow" hair,, , ,, A, with in'c I n strength a 'veak amid ti,td deetcelrignyin,g state, as they quio. v . o f el lj where every means l ia tfli r We ohs should consider his case as hopeless until he hal, r • t ablishment, 244, Strand, power's of this admirable medicine. Sold by all druggis` - ' ?softener Holloway's E and, London . BIRTHS. On the 2 7 th ult. , a t Hanover , the lady of George Thom' "" of i i jun.. of Diddington. Huntingdonshire, of a son. A On the let inst., in Cranbury-place, Southampton, the l ad Alexander Weir, Esq., of a daughter. cl, C On the 2d inst., at M ount H ouse , Braintree, Mrs. E. —. a daughter. SP On the 2d inst., a t B orough C o tt age , B r i g ht o n, Mrs. ,r- - lict of the inst Spalding), of a son. g t et i, On the 2d at Dudley, Mrs. W. E. Johnson, of a d 4.0 °" On the 3d inst., at St. Vincent-street, Glasgow, the v , - . i Hervey, Esq., of a son. 1 01/ On the 3d inst., Mrs. F. Capes, of a daughter. tlf° On the 4th inst., at ileavitree V.estrage, near Exeter' • o.' t C. D. Osborn, Esq., of a son. „f a ° • f• On the 4th inst., at the Grove, !Wham, Mrs. S. Nix, mop 4 , On the 4th inst., in Bernard street, Russell-square, ' OS t Young, ‘,.:*a daughter. of pe J O On th , 4th inst., in Dean's-yard. Westminster, the wile w W. ennmt, of a daughter. olletti- O T tt the a sth inst., at Horfold Hall, Cheshire, Mrs. W. - ATI of a son. o p, On the sth inst., at ii, gent-strict, Mrs. J. Beaumont , o f 0 0 On the sth just- at Welltigttt-t , t - rao, St. John's-vvo'' ' of T. H. 'fottke, Esq., (it a chiles 5 ill . b.rn MA!: I . . 11:1 On he 25th ,i' nt ;:ortr ,, nronah, NVo.t t tlAi A lonl .1 !4•. , •rela' , 0. that 1,1 4 . e Ot t, 1.• I ,j r J . . , „ IT , 111.1 Y chatle , ; •`," tO' lt t E-q., C:tptahi in her +iaj..st y's 37th lte younge,t ti twitter o• the tat.. J. 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