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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, July 18. The LORD CIIA.NCELLOR took his seat ou the Wool sack at Five o'clock. EDUCATION. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Pres ton praying for the extension of education. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Lord BEAUMONT presented petitions from various lodges praying for the legalization of their societies. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from a per son named Dugdale complaining of the abuses in these BiRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES REGIS TRATION BILL (SCOTLAND). Lord CAMPBELL moved the Committal of this Bill. The Bill consequently passed through Committee. DISEASED SHEEP. The Duke of RICHMOND, in moving, according to the notice which he had given on Monday, for a re turn of the number of sheep, and the quantity of wool i m ported into the United Kingdom in the year 1847, andnaking what precautionary measures had been taken by her Majesty's Government with respect to the conta gious disease in sheep, supposed to be of the nature of small-pox, said that the excuse for the last tariff which had been passed was, that the people of England should have their mutton cheap. Well, it was true they had brought in foreign sheep, but with them they had brought in a disease that would destroy more English sheep than the whole number of foreign they were importing. It was the duty of the Government to send over some medical man to Germany, to study the disease, and make himself acquainted with the remedies employed to cure it. Custom•house officers knew nothing of -beep ; they could not tell a diseased sheep from a vend one, and the disease was dormant sometimes for a fortnight after the sheep were landed. He there fore thought the Government should either prohibit the importation of sheep for a time, or should take mea sures to enable the veterinary surgeons of this country to make themselves acquainted with the curative mea sures to be adopted for the cure of this disease. The Noble Dake concluded by moving for a return of the number of sheep and cattle imported since the alteration in the tariff. Tho Marquis of LANSDOWNE was not called upon to argue the merits of Sir Robert Peel's tariff, for which he had voted, and of which he approved. He felt obliged to his Noble Friend for having drawn the atten tion of the House to the existence of this disease in sheep, because it was of importance that farmers should be put upon their guard against it, affecting, as it did, one of the great staples of the country. It was only during the present year that it had given any just cause of alarm. Instructions had been given to examine the sheep that were landed, and in only one instance bad it been discovered that disease existed ; but he was sorry to say that it had broken out in sheep after they had landed, and had infected sheep in this country. In structions had been issued to the officers of Customs to keep the whole cargo of sheep in quarantine, in every casejin which there was reason to suppose that disease existed in any one sheep of that cargo, and those officers were to be assisted by veterinary surgeons in forming their judgment. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, the subject then dropped. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. Earl GRANVILLE gave an explanation of the cir circumstances respecting the distribution to the news papers of the Board of Trade Returns. Lord BROUGHAM stated that it was his opinion that the explanation of the Noble Lord was perfectly satiafactory. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved that their Lordships should go into Committee on this Bill, and stated that it was his intention to propose in Committee that certain amend ments should be printed with the report. Their Lordships then went into Committee, and the clauses, with the amendments, having been agreed to, their Lordships resumed, and the Chairman reported progress. THE LAW OF BANKRUPTCY. Lord WiARI4CLIFFE said he rose to present a petition, of which he had given notice, relative to the laws of bankruptcy and insolvency, and in doing so he felt called upon to trespass on the attention of the House for a short time, while ho meds some observations on the contents of the petition. Ho regretted that the matter had not fallen into better hands, and more especially into those of his lamented Friend Lord Ash burton, whose long connexion with the commercial world, and whose great sagacity on all matters connected with commerce, entitled his opinion to peculiar attention. As, however, the petition had fallen into his hands, he would shortly endeavour to describe the contents of it. This petition was entitled to peculiar weight, signed as it was by upwards of 300 of the most eminent merchants, bankers, and traders in the metropolis, and they came to that House to ask for an amendment of the law in a mat• ter which peculiarly affected them. After stating that it was the peculiar duty of the State to maintain credit in its integrity, and effectually to discourage and p finish its fraudulent and wilful abuse, they add—" That c-sm rnercial credit, so far from being sustained by the laws is, on the contrary, almost wholly unsupported by them ; and that dependence oa the mercantile honour of the country, which has contributed so much to its greatness. is, from is. defective system of legislation, almost extinct." On this matter the petitioners were more likely to be acquainted than any other class, and after their exten sive and long experience of the law they had no hesita tation in saying, that they affect the mercantile honour of the country. It that was the ease under the present system of the law, and if the effects of its operation mere such as in any degree to jiraily such observations as these, surely it was a matter which required the atten tion of the House. The petition originated in the earnest desire of the mercantile classes to attract the attention of the Legislature to the subject, and its allegations were founded on resolutions agreed to at various public meetings held during the present and previous years. The petitioners state— " That at a public meeting of merchants, bankers, and traders of the metropolis, held in the month of February in the year 1847, it was unanimously resolved, that the existing bankruptcy and insolvency laws were a disgrace to this commercial ago and country ; that under their shelter, deceit, reckless trading, extravagance, disho nesty, and every species of fraud might be practised with impunity ; the debtor was demoralized, and the creditor unprotected; that this impunity was steadily and surely undermining the commercial morality of the country; that it was unjust in reference to society in general, and to the industrious classes in particular ; that under this protection, a profligate dealer, after destroying the fair trade of a district, and ruining all in his neighbourhood, might, in effect, recommence business and repeat his course in another or even in the same district, with scarcely a possibility of his reckless career being stopped by the arm of justice. or of any punishment being inflicted upon him for the ruin he had entailed upon others. That the opinion then expressed has been unhappily strengthened by the numerous and disastrous failures which have since occurred, and which are mainly attributable, as your petitioners confidently assert, to the absence of adequate and certain punishment for reckless and fraudulent traders." He had in his possession certain returns as to the extent of bankruptcy, and also as to the amount of dividends; he, however, would not go into them at length, but would merely refer to• ono or two matters connected with them. He had before him a list of forty-eight consecutive cases of bankruptcy, which had been given by one of the Commissioners of Bankruptcy, in a pam phlet which he had published as to the cost of bank ruptcy. In these forty-eight cases, the amount of the debts due to the bankrupt was 15 4,5571., and of these . the total amount collected was 41,8264 Before this sum could be divided amongst the creditors, many deductions had to be made, such for instance as prefer ence debts, the expenses of going before the Court, the solicitor's bill , the fee s to the offici al assignees, and other charges. When these deductions were made from the 41,8261., not more than 23,1381. was left to be divided among the creditors; that was giving them about 3.. in the pound. He had been assured that these cases might be taken as a fair specimen of general cas es . I le would take the year 1844, which he was informed was a favour able year, when he found the total amount of dividends paid in the Ban kru p tc y Court was 1,213,0001. Sun posing this to r e p i rege nt 3s. n the pound, i t would give 8,083,00 01 . as t he amount of debts, end 6,870,0001. as the amount of the loss. Under the head of i nso l vency the loss was much greater. H e had,. seen Som e calculations as to the g ross amount o f bad d e b ts yearly contracted in this g reat mercantile country, one of which stated that the amount was not less than 65,000,0001., while another said that the loss was tintless than 49,000,000/. On this p oint the petitioners state— " That the annual loss susta ined by the country from bad debts has been under-estimated at fifty millions sterling. That this vast amount is exclusive of the serious injury to the industrious classes by the reduc tion of wages, resulting from the system wohof se trust lling at a loss, practised by dishonest dea lers, to the protection and exemption from punishment now afforded them. That the present laws appear to have been enacted for the purpose of dealing with insol vency after it has taken place, and not with the view to prevent that course of trading which leads tt it—a principle of legislation which your petitioners consider of vital importance to the safety of commerce." After this he was sure that their Lordships must admit that this was a matter which required the serious con sideration of the Legislature. Some years ago there was a strong feeling in favour of an alteration of the law of debtor and creditor, and Parliament applied itself to the subject, and applied, as it was thought at the time, some appropriate remedies. He thought, after the ex perience of the last few years, he might express a doubt as to whether Parliament had taken the proper a course. He did not think that the c h ange which g advan tage to the debtor was at a ll more advantageous a than the old law, which gave the adv an t age to the creditor. (Hear.) The petitioners said—" That your petitioners have long entertained the opinion that where insolvency has arisen from wilful miscond uc t or extrava gance, or where debts have been contracted in fraud, dishonesty, or without the• reasonable t expectation of ability to pay them, the debtor should be subjected to punishment for the injury he has inflicted upon society, vy imprisonment in the common gaol; they therefore bailed with satisfaction the recognition of this principle in the County Courts Act, and aro most desirous of its extension to debts of larger amount. That, notwith standing certain acts of fraud committed by bankrupts are by law punishable as felonies or misdemeanours, yet the difficulties and obstacles in the way of conviction are such as almost entirely to deter creditors from their prosecution. That your petitioners are of opinion that upon nonpayment of his demand, the creditor Ought to have every possible facility of obtaining an im mediate distribution of his debtor's property, without the risk of further loss by its being made away with. That the evils which the trading community have suffered by the abolition, in the year 1838, of arrest for debt on means process, have convinced them that process against the person in the first instance is a remedy which ought to be again accorded, but accom panied with precautions against misuse, and with in ducements to the debtor to surrender himself to the Court of Bankruptcy. That it is the opinion of your petitioners that all creditors whose debts shall have been proved, and also the assignees, for the whole amount of the bankrupt's debts, should have the rights of judgment creditors against his person. That the Court should have discretionary power to refuse, suspend, or withdraw its protection, now granted as of course to the bankrupt upon his surrender to the fiat ;land that such protection should be absolutely refused or withdrawn whenever the debtor shall fail to show that his bankruptcy has arisen otherwise than from fraud, gambling, wilful misconduct or extravagance, or in case of concealment of, or making away with, his property or books, contracting debts with out reasonable expectation of ability to pay them, or of his commission of any offences now punishable as felo nies or misdemeanours. That inithe event of the bank rupt being taken in execution after having been thus declared unworthy of protection, he should not be entitled to his release for three years (the maximum pe riod of remand possessed by the Insolvent Debtors' Court), except by order of the Commissioner by whom his protection should have been withdrawn. That trad s ing by uncertificated bankrupts should be punished by severe penalties. That the fees now paid to the Court of Bankruptcy, and which press most heavily upon small estates, should be reduced. That the fiat, which your petitioners deem an unnecessary source of delay, trouble, and expense (and which was declared to be so in the report of the Parliamentary Commissioners made in the year 1840), should be abolished. That the remu neration to the official assignees throughout the country should be upon one scale, to be declared by Parlia ment; and, as a great preventive of fraud, that they should prepare the bankrupt's balance-sheet. That upon the deaths of traders, and in default of appoint-. ment of executors or administrators, the Court of Bank ruptcy should be empowered, after proper notice, to distribute the effects of the deceased. That where come positions and other arrangements between debtors and their creditors cannot be otherwise carried through, the concurrence of three-fourths in number and value of the creditors (above 51.) should be binding upon the re mainder, provided the arrangement be effected with the sanction of the Court of Bankruptcy ; and that an efficient registration of all such deeds, as well as of bills of sale and mortgages to creditors, should be kept. That full annual returns should be made to Parliament under I every bankruptcy, of the amount of the debts and liabilities, the available assets and dividends, and other particulars. That a consolidation of the numerous statutes relating to bankruptcy is most desirable." The petitioners then stateed :—" That your petitioners under stand that the propriety of the union of the laws of bankruptcy and insolvency is now under consideration : they beg to submit their opinion as favourable to such a measare, and to the removal of the distinctions which now prevail between the trader and the non trader, and between the protections respectively granted by these Courts—provided due and certain punishment be insured to the fraudulent, dishonest, and extravagant: at the same time, from the experience which your petitioners have had of the serious inconve. niences resulting from the administration ot cases of in solvency, where the debts are of small amount, in the Court of Bankruptcy, they deem it most desirable that this class of cases should be kept altogether separate from those of greater importance. That your peti tioners, in asking for these improvements, declare it to be their opinion that the operation of the law of bank ruptcy ought to be such as to provide the greatest facili ties for the early distribution of the bankrupt's pro perty: that while it offers, on the one hand, a boon to the honest and unfortunate debtor in releasing him from the obligations he has volun tarily incurred, it should, on the other hand, make it incumbent upon him to prove, as a pre liminary condition for obtaining that discharge at the expense of his unfortunate creditors, that his previous conduct and course of dealing had been such as to en title him to it ; failing which, he should be subjected to punishment suitable to the wrong he has committed. Your petitioners consider the above amendments in the law of debtor and creditor to be absolutely necessary in order to secure this country against the recurrence of mercantile panics, which they believe mainly to arise from the impunity attendant upon reckless trading and the consequent loss of confidence amongst the trading classes ; and that this impunity will render abortive all endeavours by the Legislature to give stability to tho currency, to protect trade from violent fluctuations, similar to those which occurred in the years 1825, 1836, 1841, and 1847 ; and will ultimately effect the destruction of the middle and industrious classes." He believed that he had now stated the contents of the petition he was about to lay on the table. He believed himself, and he trusted the House concurred with him in opinion, that this was a subject most deserving the atten tion of the Legislature, and that nothing could be more desirable in a great commercial country like this, than that the law ot debtor and creditor should be placed on a sound and effective footing. and that this should be done not only for the protection of commerce, but with regard to the moral character and conduct of the com munity. Lord BROUGHAM thought that this petition should be received with the greatest respect, and that it should be taken in:o speedy and serious consideration, bath as to alleged matters of fact, and as to the opinions ex pressed on points of law, although it contained some recommendations to which he was nut prepared to ac cede. In consequence of the changes recently effected the law of bankruptcy, no less a sum than 2,400,000/. had been distributed, which had boon lost si,fht of under the evils of the previous system, and in many cases 20s. in the pound had been paid, and commissions had been superseded. There had, in fact, been introduced almost a new code of bankruptcy and in- solvency. The mercantile law with regard Co debtor and creditor had undergone so great a change within the last sixty years, that if Lord Mansfield were now to rise from the grave, he would hardly know that he was in the same country. The new law was, however, like all human legislation, to a certain extent experimental, and different opinions prevailed as to the success with which the experiment had been attended. Some persons thought the new law perfect, which was not in the nature of human legislation. He (Lord Brougham) held that it was more perfect than the old one; that it had done a great deal of good; and that it came as near perfection as any reasonable man could expect. He agreed with his Noble Friend, that it was desirable that the petition should be referred to a Committee. After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR, which were totally inaudible in the gallery, it was ordered that the petition should be laid on the table, and referred to is Committee. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 18. HIGHWAYS BILL (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. BROTHERTON thought this Bill a great im. provemeat upon the present system. The measure was simple, and not expensive, and he trusted the House would allow it to proceed, as he had no doubt it would be acceptable to the country generally. Mr. BUCK supported the amendment, considering the Bill highly objectionable. This measure, like all that were introduced into that House, added to the burdens of the agricultural interest. He trusted that his Hon. Friend the Member for Oxford would persevere in his amendment. After a few words from Mr. Davies, Mr. C. Lewis, Sir J. Duckworth, Mr. Slaney, Mr. B. Spooner, and Mr. Ormsby Gore, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For going into Committee BB Against it 34 Majority for going into Committee -54 The House then resolved itself into Committe on the Bill. The preamble and clause l were postponed. Clause 2 (the interpretation clause) was then pro posed and agreed to, with a slight amendment. On clause 3 boing proposed, Capt. PECHELL proposed after the words "Knights of the shire," to insert the words " the Members for the several boroughs." Sir J. TROLLOPE opposed the amendment on the ground that the majority of Members for the different boroughs had very little connexion with the localities which they represented. After a short discussion, the Honourable and Gallant Member consented to postpone his amendment. Mr. GRON'E proposed that the words in the clause appointink ckte/iord-Lieutenant, and Deputy-Lieutenant, and the M.Sers for the county ex-officio members of the connt'Tboard, should be struck out. After along desultory discussion, the amendment was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and ob tained leave to sit again. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. The House wa s informed t h at t h e L or d s h ave agree d to the followingßillst—County Cess (Ireland)—Newry Navigation (Amendment of Acts), without amendment— Plymouth Great Western Dock Act Amendment, with an amendment—Middle Level Drainage Acts Amend ment—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Humber Ferries Improvement at H u ll and New Hol land, &c.)—Chester and Holyhead Railway (rower to purchase, &c.), with amendments. The House then adjourned to Five o'clock. The House resumed at Five o'clock, when an Hon. Member observed that he did not think there were forty Members present. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and there being only thirty-one Members, the Speaker adjourned the House till Twelve o'clock to-morrow (this day). THE " COUNT OUT" LAST SIGHT. The following Members were present when the House waii counted out on Lord G. Bentinck's motion: — Lord G. Bentinck Mr. Frewen Mr. Robinson Mr. Clive Dr. Bowring Mr. Sturt Mr. J. Haywood Mr. Pilkington Mr. F. Mania Mr. Wodvhouse Mr. Wakley Mr. Godson Mr. J. A. Smith Mr. Pattison Mr. Kershaw Mr. Rice Mr. Jackson Sir R. Ferguson Mr. G. Thompson Mr. Hamilton Lord Lincoln Mr. H. Russell Mr. W. E. Gladstone Mr. Wrightson Mr. P. Wood Mr. Moffatt Lord R. Grosvenor Mr. Boyle Mr. Brotherton Mr. Packe , Mr. Thornely _-- - The pitmen at Monkwearmouth tolliery are now on a strike in consequence of the owners having re solved to make a reduction in their wages. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, JULY is. HIGHWAYS BILL. Order for Committee read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 88. Abdy, T. N. Fertescue. Chichester Parker, John Adair, R. Shafto Freestun, Colonel • Perfect, R. Alcock, Thomas Greene, Thomas Finney, W. Armstrong, R. B. Grenfel , Charles W. Pusey, P. Barrington, Viscount Haggitt, F. R. Ricardo, Osman Bernal, Ralph Hardcastle, J. A. Rice, E. R. Bow ring, Dr. Hastie, Alexander Rich, Henry Boyle, Colonel Hawes, Benjamin Russell, F. C. Brotherton, J. Hay, Lord J. Seynser, 11. K. Brown, W. Hayter, W. G. Shell, R. L. Browne, R. D. lleathcote, Sir W. Shelburne, Earl of Buxton, Sir E. Hobhouse, Sir John Sheridan, R. B. Campbell, W.F. Hobhouse, T. B. Simeon, John Cavendish, G. H. Hood, Sir A. Stoney, R. A. Childers, J. W. Howard, P. 11. Thicknesse, R. A. Christopher, R. Ingestre, Viscount Thompson, Colonel Clifford, Henry M. Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Townley, R. G. Compton, H. C. Kershaw, James Trollope, Sir J. Davie, Sir Henry Langston, J. 11. , Tynte, Colonel Deedes, W. Lascelles, E. Verney Sir U. Drumlanrig, Vis. Lascelles, W. S. Villiers, Viscount Drummond, Henry Lewis, G. C. Villiers, F. W. Duckworth, Sir J. 3l'Cullagh, W. T. Wawn, J T. Duncan, George Ma, heson, Colonel Wilson, Matthew Duncuft, John Milner, W. M. Wood, rir Charles Dundas, Sir D. Moffatt, George Wyvill, Marmaduko Elliot, John E. Moody, C. A. Emlyn, Viscount Morison, Sir W. TELLERS. E wart, William Morris, David Tiffnell, Ilenry Foley, J. H. Nugent, Sir Percy 11111, Lord Marcus Forster, Matthew Paget, Lord Clarence MINORITY-NOES, 34. Arkwright, G. Farnham, E. B. Newdegate. N. Bateson, T. Floyer, John Palmer, Robert Bentinck, Lord G. Frewen, C. H. Pechell, Captain Bentinck, Lord H. Fuller, A. E. Pigott, Francis Beresford, William Galway, Viscount Pugh, David Boldero, Henry Gore, W. R. 0. Stafford, Augustus Bremridge, Richard Gwyn. Bowel Waddington, H. S. Buck, L. W. Heald, James Willoughby, Sir H. Carew,lW. P. Heathcote G. J. ...... _____ HenryColes, HB. Hodges, T. L. TELLERS. Cubittt, William Hudson, G. Henley, J. W. Davies, D. A. Keogh, William Spooner, Richard Egerton, W. T. Manners, Lord C. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, July 17. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Edwin Turner and Henry Turner were indicted for unlawfully and maliciously setting fire to a stable be longing to one Henry Holloway, with intent thereby to injure the said Henry Holloway. Mr. Missing prosecuted, and Mr. C. Saunders defended the prisoner. The principal witness for the prosecution was a girl named Mary Ann Amos, the daughter of a dairyman in the service of Lord Palmerston, and who resides within his Lordship's grounds at Oatlands, near Romsey, in the county of Southampton. The witness swore that she resided with her father, and that her duty was to milk the cows and attend to the dairy. On the night of Sunday, the sth of March, or rather at one o'clock on the following morning, she was out by herself in the streets of Romsey, when a policeman named Hammond came and spoke to her, and told her to go home. She thereupon moved towards her home, and when she got to a bridge which she had to pass on the way, she loitered about there for a considerable time ; at length the policeman came up to the bridge, where he reproved her for not having gone home, and advised her to go at once. At some little distance from the bridge, and nearly opposite the lodge gate leading into Lord Palmerston's grounds, is an inn called the Fox, kept by Holloway, and to which is attached the stable in question. When being spoken to by the policeman on the bridge, the girl said that she bad seen some one lighting some lucifer matches and placing them under the .thatch of the stable. The policeman told her that he did not believe her, and desired her to go home. She then went to the lodge gate, let herself' in with a key which she had, and went home; but whilst she was at the gate she again saw two men, whom she swore to be the prisoners at the bar, setting fire to the stable with lucifer matches. She knew the prisoners at the bar; they were both dressed in smock frocks. Cross-examined by Mr. SAUNDERS—I was not out at this time of night on my father's business. I decline to say whether I was out with his consent. He knew I was out. I was not dressed in this fine dress then. I was never out so late before. I decline to say for what purpose I was out. I let myself into the grounds with a key which I had. I decline to say how I got the key. I have said all which I mean to say. Hammond, the policeman, to considerable extent con firmed the evidence of Mary Ann Amos, but it appeared from his evidence that although he told her that he did not believe her when she told him that she had seen some one placing matches under the thatch of the stable, he forthwith went to the Fox and examined the premises, without discovering anything suspicious at that time. It further appeared from the evidence for the prosecu tion that the the broke out about half-past two o'clock. Mr. SAUNDERS in his address to the jury contended that the young woman was entirely unworthy of credit; and that she could not have spoken the truth, as the po liceman must have been examining the premises about the time when, according to her evidence, the second act of incendiarism was committed. He also called evidence to show that Edwin Turner was in bed before one o'clock, and that he had not a smock-frock on that night. It further appeared, from witnesses who had known them many years, that the prisoners had borne good charac ters as amiable and kind-hearted men. They were the sons of a man who had been one of Lord Palmerston's gamekeepers for nearly twenty•nine years, and Edwin had for some years heel an assistant gamekeeper under his father. The jury immediately acquitted the prisoners. Nothing of the slightest interest has occurred in the other court, where they have been occupied all day in trying a case against the Southampton and Dorchester Railway Company for having diverted water from the premises of a Mrs. Pilgrim at South%mpton and other wise injured her property there. TUE SUN, _LONDON, WEDNRSDAY JULY 19, 1048 NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Bedford, July 18. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice MAULS.) Robert Fenn was indicted for having, on the Ist of April last, set fire to two stacks of straw, the property of George Thompson, at Sundor. Mr. Prendergast conducted the case for the prosecu tion; the prisoner was undefended. From the evidence it appeared that about two o'clock in the morning of the Ist of April, two ricks in the pro secutor's strawy and were discovered to be on fire. The prisoner, who was in the prosecutor's service, was found at the spot without his hat by some of the persons who went to the fire, and after wards went away. A witness whom he met as he went home, observed that he looked very dejected; and to another person with whoit be had some conversation respecting the fire, ho made some observations which were construed to signify that he was glad that some sheep had been destroyed by the flames. The words used by the prisoner, however, would more naturally bear the construction that he wished those who had caused the fire had been burr.t instead of the sheep. A police constable further stated that the prisoner admitted having caused the fire. The jury found the prisoner guilty. It was then shown that the prisoner had been con victed two years ago of stealing wheat, the property of the prosecutor, in whose service he then was, and by whom he had since been taken back. The Learned JUDGE then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for ten years. The business of the assizes was brought to a close in the course of the day. NORTHERN CIRCO.' V.—York, July 17. The cause lists are not yet published. Th e li s t f or the North and East Ridings, however, is said to be com pleted, and to contain about twenty causes which is considered small as compared with the generality of for mer lists. It is probable, therefore, that there will be a small total of causes for trial, as there has been at the last two preceding assizes for the county of York. The crown calendar is, on the contrary, heavy, and, including all cases of offence, perhaps there has never before been a calendar exhibiting so large an amount of crime. There are 170 persons named, 160 of these being in custody, two charged with manslaughter, six rape, twenty-three burglary, two sacrilege, eight felo niously cutting or wounding, one arson, three horse stealing, two shooting with intent to murder or maim, one robbery, one oattle stealing, two forgery, seven coin ing, twenty-six 'stealing from the person, three embezzle ments, two sheep stealing, one perjury, four stealing in a dwelling house, four bigamy, three concealments of the birth of children, one sedition, and fifty-five riot, or riot accompanied by military training. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Max.) William Wrigglesworth, aged 36, was indicted for the offence of wilful and corrupt perjury, in having, upon his oath, falsely informed against John Foster and John Hawkins, and accused them, in his examination before justices, of the orime of larceny. Mr. Hall and Mr. Pickering appeared for the prose cution. The prisoner, a man of very decent appearance, was undefended. It appeared that Mr. Holmes, the prosecutor, who is a farmer near Sherbourne, having, on the 25th of Octo ber last, lost two balks, or chains, and two plough scathes, which had been left in one of his fields, he took the precaution to advertise those articles, and some handbills were printed and posted up, offering a reward of Si. to the person who might discover the offender. The prisoner was present when one of these bills was posted in a public-house., and he was heard to say that he knew who had committed the theft. On being told that he would receive 51. for the information, and that he ought to tell if he knew, he said he would, and pro ceeded to state, that it was the two men before named, and who, on the 27th, were accordingly brought before the magistrates. He let drop the expression, that "he had a malice against Foster; that he now had an op portunity, and would do him." On being asked the ground for his malice against the man, he said it was about a load of teazles that he (prisoner) had bought of Foster. The T statement made before the justices by the pri soner, and put into writing, was read. It contained a circumstantial account of having seen Foster and Haw kins in a field in possession of the lost property, and of Hawkins having asked him not to mention what he had thus observed. Several witnesses were called to prove the utter false hood of the prisoner's statement. The accused them selves (Foster and Haw kins ) deni e d t h at they ha d b een near the field at the time in question. They said, on the contrary, that they were at that m oment a b out fi ve miles off, attending a Metho dist meeting ; and th e y were corro b ora ted by a Mrs. Bunting, the housekeeper of Foster, by Mr. Matthew Banks , Methodist minister, and several other persons. The prisoner had said that he had met his own brother just after seeing the alleged thieves, and spoken to him respecting a sum of money which he asserted the brother owed him. But the bro ther, on being now called for the prosecution, denied the fact of the meeting, and said that nothing of the kind had ever occurred. Verdict—Guilty. His LORDSHIP addressed to the prisoner some words of comment on the seriousness of the offence and the atrocious motive by which he had professed to have been prompted in this perjury—a crime the nature and ten dency of which called on him (Mr. Justice Erle) to make the punishment such as would be a strong example. Sentence—To be transported for seven years. MIDLAND CIRCUIT, Northampton, July 17. CIVIL SIDE. (Beforo Mr. Justice PATTESON and a Common Jury.) EDWARDS AND OTHERS (ASSIGNEES OP PETER MARTIN) P. JOHN HIGGINS. This was an action to recover the sum of 4081. on the ground of the fraudulent preference of the defendant by the bankrupt. Mr. Humfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Mellor, were counsel for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Whitehurst, Q.C., and Mr. Macau lay, conducted the defendant's case. The bankrupt. Martin, had been a corn-dealer, miller, and baker, in Bridge -street, in this town. Some years ago ho had borrowed the sum of 200/. of a Mr. Whit. worth, giving as a security a promissory note, in which his two brothers-in law, Messrs. John and Thomas Hig gins, joined. More recently the amount of the debt , and a fresh note, in lieu of the i i n n c rm re e a r S , ed into which 4oC'l also the brothers-in-law joined, was given for that amount. Mr. Whitworth, to whom the bankrupt owed 1601., beyond the amount of the note and interest, became pressing for the pay ment of the note and interest, which he insisted upon having by the 25th of March. The bankrupt promised that he would see that paid, and in the months of Fe bruary and March made extensive purchases of different species of corn, from Saturday to Saturday, frona nume rous farmers, saying in each case that he was short of money just then, but would pay ou the following Satur day, The great bulk of the corn so acquired was imme diately sent off to Coventry and converted into money, in order, beyond doubt, to discharge the claim of Mr. Whitworth upon the note, and the bankrupt presented to the present defendant the 4051., with a request that he would go and take it up. To this the present defendant replied, " that whatever transactions he had with him he wished him to have it through Mr. Arrowsmith, his soli citor." The money was then accordingly, by the bank rupt, given to Mr. Arrowsmith, who therewith took up the note. The dpped farmers then, to the number of nearly a dozen,. called upon Martin, whom they found with his friendb, drinking and smoking their pipes. Martin invited them all in to have pipes also, and they went. One of them said to Martin, " Why didn't you send me back my sacks ?" To which he made answer, "I'm afraid it's not the sacks you want; I'm afraid you want the money." The farmer replied, " Yes, I do ;" and then they were all informed, "It's of no use to put off the ball ; the trap's down, and I'm done. I've got nothing." He told them also that he was obliged to pay the note, as his brothers-in-law were in for that, and that as soon as he had paid that note it was all up with him. Martin was then made a bankrupt, surrendered, and ran off to America or elsewhere. His LORDSHIP left it to the jury to say whether Mar tin paid the money by way of fraudulent preference, or honestly under the pressure of Whitworth, and to find their verdict accordingly. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs for the full amount sought, that is, in effect that it was a fraudulent preference. The Counsel for the defendant had leave to move the Court above to enter a verdict for him on the ground of his non-liability under these circumstances, he never having been a creditor or received the money. July 18. CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN.) John Hadley, labourer, aged 26, was indicted for a rape, in the month of June, 1846, in the parish of East Haddon, upon Lucy Hasler, a girl of 15, daughter of his wife by a former marriage. Mr. Macaulay conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Miller appeared as counsel for the prisoner. The prosecutrix deposed that she was now nearly 18 years of age. She was delivered of a child about two months ago. Her father was dead, and about seven years ago tier mother married John Hadley, the pri soner. She lived at home with them. On a day in the month of June, 1846, the prisoner asked her to go down to the garden, not saying for what, beyond working on the ground. He then took hold of her and threw her down. and committed the offence charged, threatening to kill her if she did not submit. He said that if she told any body he would flog her. She called out, but nobody came ; and she said no more about it. He used force and violence to her, and hurt her very much. She went home and left him in the garden. Did not tell her mother, because she dared not, for fear be would beat her. The connection had taken place several times since without resistance on her part, and the child was his. She had never had connection with any other man. Had always been in fear he would beat her if she told. The question was, whether on the first occasion in the garden, which was at some little distance from the house, but adjoined the. public road from Raventhorpe to East Haddon,. force and ♦iolence, and threats had been used ? - The prosecutrix now deposed to the em ployment of et • three. She had, however, gone a year ago to visit her grandmother for a week, and made no cotnplaint to her, or to any one until recently, and ad mitted tine consent on all the subsequent occasions. The prisorTr, when taken before the magi'trates, stated, " Indeed, I don't know anything about it, no further than what she said herself. She has said, before her own mother, that I was not the father of the i." The second statement of the girl was, however, now admitted to be true, with the exception of that part of it relating to the coercion in the first instance. The prosecution arose after so great a lapse of time in consequence of the birth of the child, and the clergy. man's then going to see and question the girl, and being by her told the whole story as she stated it to-day. The jury returned a verdict of Acquittal. The Learned JUDGE then stated that he felt it to be his duty to ask them whether they were of opinion that the prisoner, in any the slightest degree, laid his hands upon or touched the girl against her will, as by threats or otherwise. If they should be of such opinion, they would find him guilty of a common assault. Such verdict was immediately returned, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for two years. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Sergeant ABAlus and a full Bench of • Magistrates.) John Jones and John Smith were convicted of picking pockets at Drury- lane Theatre, on the occasion of her Majesty's state visit on the 11th inst. Jones was sentenced to six, and Smith to eight months' hard labour. Henry Johnson, aged 30, a discarded coachmar, was indicted for stealing a shawl, value 101., the property of Miss Caroline Matilda Sarel. Edward Pinnock stated that ho was a coachman, and on the night of the Spitalfields Ball at Drury-lane. he drove the Rev. H. R. Sarel, of Balcomb, Sussex, Mrs. Sarel, and their daughters, to the theatre. While wait ing to take them up near the theatre at three o'clock in the morning, the prisoner opened the carriage dour, and stole the shawl from the seat. The prisoner's defence was that it was all done out if a lark, to see if the coachman was " wide awake." The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to three months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Thomas Hawkins, of No. 5, Charlotte-street, Portland•place, applied to the Lord Mayor upon public grounds, under the circumstances stated in the following narrative: —I consider it to be my duty to wait upon your Lordship, knowing your anxiety for the protection of the public, to complain of the conduct of the captain of the Syren steam-boat, which plies between London and Woolwich. I went on board at Greenwich yester day with some others, for the purpose of coming to town. We were amongst the first who went on board, and we found that the captain was shipping such multi tudes, that if he continued to do so any longer imminent danger must be incurred. We requested that he would discontinue the crowding, and he did so, and we pro ceeded on the passage. The boat was at this time so crammed that we were all standing up, and a female was seized with violent hysterics. When we reached, another pier, n otwithstanding our condition, the cap tain took on board more passengers. I again repre sented the hazard of human life, and I solemnly de clared that if the vessel did not immediately go on with out increasing its numbers, I should represent the case to the Lord Mayor. The threat had the desired effect at that pier, but when we arrived at the Commercial Dock Pier, at Rotherhithe, the captain, in spite of all I could say, began to take in more persons. I wanted to leave the boat, but was thrust back by one of the men, and I they leaped from the vessel to the pier, followed by others. The man who had thrust me back then asked me for my ticket, but I refused to give it up, as I considered it might be necessary to produce it as evi dence. He then said I should not leave the pier with out delivering my ticket to him, and ho pushed me and struck mo ; but, as I could not patiently stand the blow. I returned him, at any rate, as good as he gave ; but there were four or five men with him, and I considered it necessary to send a friend who accompanied me fur a policeman. The moment the policeman appeared the man who assaulted me, and acted in other respects so outrageously, said I might ge, but I was determined not to let the matter end is that way ; so, after some consi deration, I took the number of the police inan, who said he should produce my assailant when called upon, and I made up my mind to complain of the whole transaction to your Lordship. The LORD MAYOR—You considered the danger great from the over-crowding before the vessel arrived at the pier at which you were assaulted ? Mr. Hawkins—Certainly. My great object in ap plying to your Lordship, as I have been advised by my solicitor, is to prevent the dreadful catastrophe which those who now daily witness the overcrowding of the steamers are constantly predicting. The LORD MAYOR—There is a clear case of assault against the man who thrust you away when you wanted to go ashore, and afterwards struck you, and I advise you to complain of that outrage to the magistrates of the district in which it occurred. As to that most se rious part of your complaint, which refers to the over. crowding of the vessel, I am afraid that question will only be settled by the intelligence, ono of these days, that 400 or 500 of our fellow-creatures have been hur ried into eternity. Mr. Hawkins—l have been given to understand, my Lord, that the bye-laws passed by the Court of Alder men inflicted a penalty for the admission of every indivi dual above a certain number for which each vessel is registered. The LORD MAYOR—Such is the meaning of one of the bye-laws, but many difficulties have occurred in the legal construction and application thereof; and in that dilemma we are placed with regard to the overcrowding of the vessels. The Court of Aldermen has not been in attentive to the important subject which you have so properly brought forward; and within the last few days the question has been again introduced to the special notice of a committee. Mr. John Hotson. who stated himself to be one of the proprietors of the Fire King steamer, here presented himself, and said it was quite impossible to keep the public out of the steam vessels this fine weather. It appeared as if they cared nothing at all about the danger, which certainly was great, and if the authorities did not adopt forcible measures it would he quite out of the question to think of checking multitudes from risking their lives. That very morning presented several exhibitions in steamers which might seem calculated to deter people from crowding on board, for females lost their shawls and bonnets, and part of their dresses were torn from their backs, all occasioned by the rush to get on board. Some opinion might be formed of the public appetite for steam from the fact that one of the vessels landed 1,140 passengers. The proprietors and the persons employed in the steamers had made the most active efforts to keep the vessels within the limits of the registration, but were completely overwhelmed by the multitude. The Lotto MAYOR sail he had received a letter that morning from Greenwich, stating that the Fire King steamer had 1,000 persons on board on Sunday, when the machinery breke down, that the persons employed in the engine-room were drunk,. aad the general con sternation was dreadful in the extreme. Mr. Hotson said titer° was no foundation for the report. He had himself wen the accurate return of passengers on board the Fire King. and the number did not exceed 753. It was true the stoker had been made drunk by some of the passengers, and it was to be regretted that the fellow had not been given into custody at Greenwich, but the statement was a gross misrepresentation. The LORD MAYOR said he believed the statement to be correct, and he referred to the following letter, to which he had just made allusion, as confirmatory of some of the material allegations:-- " Surveyor of Steam-ships office, Greenwich, 17th July, 1848. "My Lord,—The crowded btftte of the steam-vessels on the Thames yesterday imperatively calls for some immediate regulations. " The steam-vessel, Fire King, under a new name (a very old vessel, and properly named the Prince George, according to register), to which vessel I directed your Lordship's attention a few days since, had double the number of passengers on board a vessel of her class should be allowed to carry, crowding the tops of her paddle-boxes and bridge. I counted ten persons crowded on a short bowsprit projecting beyond the stern of the vessel, and every other projecting part equally crowded. " In the confusion such a state of things occasioned in the vessel, the machinery broke down, caused, it is said, by the drunken state of those in the engine-rcom; and the cries of females and children might be heard ' from one side of the Thames to the other. The vessel was so deep that in this dilemma sbe could not be got alongside the pier at Greenwich. which she had reached in this distressed and dangerous state, after four hours and a half passage from Gravesend. The consequence was, that small boats were called into requisition to land the passengers, whose proper destination was Hunger ford-pier, and boats licensed to carry only eight passen gers, took in sixteen and eighteen persons, thus consti tuting another danger by the over-crowding of those boats, to the risk of life. And the only wonder is, my Lord, that if, as reported, owing to the drunken state of those in charge of the machinery, a proper supply of water was not maintained in the boiler, a much more fearful sacrifice of human life did not occur than took place when the Cricket blew up, as there were between ten and eleven hundred persons on board.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, " Eli SMITH, Surveyor of Steam-boats." The LORD MAYOR said he was convinced there was no foundation, for the statement of the proprietors of the Fire King, that it was impossible to prevent the public from overcrowding. He believed prevention to be quite practicable, and the conduct described by Mr. Hawkins appeared to him to be a sample of the general practice of the steam-vessel commanders. It should be his study to adopt the best means of protecting the public ; but he could not forbear from expressing his apprehension that an effectual remedy was not likely to be administered until imperatively called for by the voice of some awful calamity. GUILDHALL. Yesterday a young man, named George Lynd, a grainer by trade, was charged before Alderman Gibbs with having assaulted his wife and brutally ill-treated her. Jane Lynd, the wife, said that the'previous night she went by the cons',nt of her husband to a raffle for a tea caddy, which was to be held at the B mvl and • Pin public-house, in Bath-street, Bartholomew-square, and that after it was over she was proceeding homewards, when her husband came up and struck her a violent blow over the eye, and afterwards kicked her. She was so knocked about by him, that the police conveyed her to the hospital. Alderinan GIBBS asked the prisoner what he had to say to the Charge. He replied that he had been married for about ten years to the complainant, but, unfortu nately, she was much given to drink. He certainly gave her leave to go to the raffle, and about half-past twelve o'clock, finding she did nut comehorne, he went to the pub lic-house in question, and watchE d until a quarter to three o'clock in the morning. She was quite tipsy, and laugh ing and talking with several men, which so ag;ravated him that he certainly did strike her. The wife said she only wished that her husband should be bound to keep the peace. Alderman GIBBS accordingly bound him over in the sum of 201. to keep the peace, and also to answer any charge that might be preferred against him at the ses sions. THAMES. George Greene, a ballast heaver, 40 years of age, re sidicg at 23, Black wall-harbour, Poplar, was charged with cau,ing the death of John Doherty, a lad about 19 years of age, and also a ballast heaver in the employ of the Trinity corporation. Michael Scully, also in the employ of the Trinity House, stated, that on the previous afternoon he and the deceased, with several others, went in a boat to Black wall to see a boat-race, and made fast to a Trinity bal last barge, No. 18. The deceased man's father, mother, sister, and brother were of the party. The prisoner, who was in the barge at the time, was taking the wash boards out of the hold to make scats for a party who were with him. Doherty told him ho had no right to touch the wash •boards, and was about to put them back. Some words ensued, and then the prisoner challenged the deceased to go down and fight in the hold. Just then witness stepped into the barge, and saw the prisoner strike Doherty on the side of the head and the latter fell into the Thames. Wit ness at once jumped into his boat and casting off rowed after the body, which floated motionless for a little way, and having come up with it, Doherty's father, who, together with his mother, had remained in the boat, grasped at the lad's :hair, saying " I hare him," but the hair being too short to have any hold, the old man lifted up his empty hand and said " He's gone." In spite of every exertion the body could not be regained nor has it since been found. The prisoner in his defence said ho was sorry such a melancholy accident should have occurred, but it was not of his doing. Pearson, who was acting sergeant at the Poplar sta tion-house when the prisoner was brought there, stated that another man who represented himself as the priso ner's brother, attended at the same time, and said that he was the party. The prisoner was remanded until Friday. wagg on oved to the belongingt LAMBETH. Mr. Thomas Jones. residing a t 101, Revnt-street, Lambeth, applied to Mr. Elliott , and entreated the ex ercise of his power as a magist rate to remove a nuisance which was a source of terr or to the inhabitants of a crowded neighbourhood. Ho s tated that at seven that morning he saw three b arrels, which he had no doubt er the pre mises of Mr. Willia m Henr y Darby, the firewor k manu facturer, 98, Regen t -street. This circumstance, coupled tain Dartfordcdgunpo Powderwder taken Mills, from and a rem with a fact which c ame to his knowled g e, that a v m e r y been nstdshort time ago seve n barrels of g un p ow der had be re cieved on the s ame p remises, had create d aco • erable alarm not only in his mind, but in the mi • nds of his numerous neighbours. Mr. ELLIOTT, on referring to the statutes, the 12th of Geo. 111 ., c ap. 61, sec , 11, that dealers in gunpowder were not permitted to have more than 2001b3. weight of gunpowder in their possession at a time; that persons not being dealers could not legally have more than 501bs. He directed the information of Mr. Jones to b e taken, and granted a by the statute, which was placedwarrant as directed Saunders, one of the cumina • in the hands of Adam ling officers for execution. 1 DINNER TO TILE H ERO OF SINLE.—,..A compli mentary dinner was given last week, at the United Service Club, in Pall-m a ll, to Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Napier, on hi s return from the conquest and pacification of Sinde, in India. The company sat down to a magnificent entertainme n t . at eight - o'clock—General Lord Strafford in the chair. The usual loyal toasts having been di s p ose d of, the health of the Gallant General wns drunk with heartfelt enthusiasm,' and re sponded to in his own sincere and manlystyle , expres sive of the gratitude he felt for the honour then con ferred on him, and his affection for the noble service of which the company—upwards of fifty in number—were members in common. Amongst the company present were—Sir Charles's brother, Sir William Napier, Lord Hardinge, Lord Ellenborough, Lieut.-General Sir John Macdonald, Lieut.-General Sir Hercules Pakenham, Lieut.-General L'Estrange, Major-General Wemyss, Major-General Macneil, Major-General Sir William Herries, Major M'Murdo, aide-de-camp to Sir Charles Napier, &c. MONEY•MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 12 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.45; and the exchange at Paris nn London at short being 25.42 k, it follows that gold is 0.10 per cent dearer in Paris than in London.. By advices from Ham-, burgh the price of gold is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.10 f ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.91, it follows that gold is 0.46 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in London. SMALL-PDX HOSPITAL COMPETITION.—Fifty four sets of designs for the new Small-pox and Vaccination Hospital have been received, and are now under the consideration of two architects appointed by the com mittee, in pursuance of the printed regulations, to select five designs for the committee's choice. We understand that many of the designs are very good.-13nilder. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 17, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert Clax. ton, E.g., to he Chief Justice; James George Pignenit, Esq., to be Puisne Justice; and Henry J. Woodcock, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General for the island of St. Christopher. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint 'William Fergusson, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for Sierra Leone. WHITE i ALT., JULY 17. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Robertson to the united churches and parishes of Mains and Strathmartin, in the presbytery of Dundee and county of Forfar, vacant by the reAgnation of the Rev. David Cannan, D.D., lab, minister thereof. WAR-OFFICE, JULY IS. Ist Dragoon Guards—Charles Edwin Wyatt, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Errington, who retires, July 18. 9th Light Dragoons—Alexander James Hardy Elliot, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Hoghton, whr retires, July 18. 12th Light Dragoons—Troop Sergeant-Major Michael Blake to be Quartermaster, vice Charles Armstrong, who retires upon half-pay, July 18. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieu tenant and Captain Edward Goulburn to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Hudson, who re tires; Ensign and Lieutenant Henry Frederick Ponsonby to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Goul burn; Charles I'ierrepoint Lana Fox, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ponsonby, July 18. 24th Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Acton Wood gate to'be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Stainfortb, deceased, April 7; Gentleman Cadet Alexander Penny cuick, from the Royal Military Cone:4e, to be Ensign, vice Woodgate; Assistant-Surgeon James Grant, M.D., from the 28th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Donald, promoted on the Staff, July 18. 51st Foot—Lieutenant Blackman Chichester Graham Crookshank to be Captain, without purchase, vice Richard Thompson, who retires upon full pay; Ensign Samuel• Gorge Carter to be Lieutenant, vice Crookshank; Ensign Richard Pilmer, from the 57th Foot, to be En sign, vice Carter, July 18. 57th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles William St. Clair, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Pilmer, appointed to the 51st Foot, July 18. 70th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Wil liam Ogilvy M'lsliven, from half-pay Unattached, to he Major, vice John Doyle O'Brien, who exchanges; Cap tain Thomas Charles Timins to be Major, by purchase, vice M'Niven, who retires; Lieutenant George Alfred Schreiber to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tirnins; En sign John Creagh O'Brien to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Schreiber; Richard Townsend Gray, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Brien, July 18. 98th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Henry Dagg, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Maddock, deceased, July 18. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon John Donald, from the 24th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice James Millar, M.D., who retires upon half pay, July 18. UNATTACLIED.—Captain Hector Harvest, froni the 97th Foot, to bo Major, without purchase. July 18. GARRlSONS.—Paymaster Francis Edward Leech, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster of the Invalid Depot at Chatham, vice Charles Grimes, who retires upon a military allowance, July 18. BREVET.—Captain Christopher Vaughan Foss, Staff Officer of Pensioners at Hudson's Bay, to have the local and temporary rank of Captain in the Hudson's Bay Company's territories, while so employed, July IF.- ' Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey. James William treshfield, Esq.; to be Deputy Lie utenant. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire. The Right Hon. Robert Dennett Lord Rodney to be Deputy-Lieutenant. Commissions by the Lord. Lieutenant of Mid-Lothian. John Trotter, Esq.,:to be Deputy• Lieutenant, July 5 Royal Mid-Lothian or Edinburgh Yeomanry Cavalry. —Lieutenant Stewart Bayley Hare w be Captain, vice Sir David Dundas, Bart. resigned ; Cornet William Mlle to be Lieutentent, vice Bayley Hare; promoted, July 6; Alexander Cochrane, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Wauchope, promoted, July 5; Andrew Gillon, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Baillie, promoted, July 6. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Edward Norris, cornznission agent, Manchester. John Cates, jun., apothecary, Marylebone. BANKRUPTS. John Gloge, tailor, Portsmouth, to surrender Aug. 1 and 25, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan,_ official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho. Henry Ellis, baker, Ebury-square, Pimlico, July 25, at half-past one, and August 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Ford, Bloomsbury-square. Richard Brown Addison, engineer, Sumner-street. Southwark, July 28, at half past twelv,, and August 25. at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Holier, Cheapside. Henry John Ker, innkeeper, Footscray, Kent, July 26, at eleven, and August 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfield, official assignee ; Martin, Gracechureh-street. William Beck Hills, shipping grocer, Maidstone, July 27, at half past ten, and Aug. 30, at hall-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, uiliciul assignee; Stevens and Satchel l, Q wen•street, Cheapside. George Henry Haworth and Robert Archbutt, iron founders, Manor-street, King's-rood, Chelsea, Aug. 2, at eleven, and Aug. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bank rurcy. Follett, official assignee, Smnbrook-court, Ba singhell-street; Lawrence and Flews, Old Jewry•charn hers. Thomas Woodfield, plumber, Little Ebury-street, Pimlico, July 25, at one, and Sept. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam hrooke•court, Basinghall-street; Innes, Billitet- street, London. _ _ Mark Guier Rose, innholder and victualler, Moreton in Marsh, Aug. 1, at twelve, and May 31, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Dupleix, Lincoln's Inn-fields. John Michell, merchant, Feock, Cornwall, Aug. 2, at eleven, and Aug. 31, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Ilernaman, :official assignee, Exeter ; Stogdon, Exeter ; Keddell, Baker, and Grant, Lime-street, London. Joseph Yewflall, currier, Snap, Yorkshire, July 31, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 1, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Lever, King's road, Bedford-row, London; Barker, Huddersfield. James Sothern Tonge, coal proprietor, Liverpool, Bird,and 25, official at assignee,eleven, oo l ; Liverpool o w District A Court. ug. 4 L t i h v e e r Chan cery-lane, London; Cross, Liverpool. Henry Alexander Stewart, ship broker, Liverpool, August 1 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Smith and Co., Bedford-row; Greatley, Liverpool. William Harris and Henry Harris, paper manufac turers, Wrexham. Denbighshire, August 3, and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, of ficial assignee, Liverpool ; Milne and Co., Temple, London ; Robinson and Bateson, Liverpool. Joseph Hirst, flour and provision-dealer, July 31, and Aug. 24, at eleven, at the Manchest r District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Bower and Son, Chancery-lane; Jenion, _rlancbester. DIVIDENDS. In the Country. J. Gainer, Bridgend, Gloucestershire, dyer, Aug 11, atvictualler, eleven, A a t u g t h . e IS C , o a u t r t t h , e ß c ri o st u o r l t — , B G ris l - to l l a — wl it ans o. B E ri v s . a t n o s l : Wrexham, Denbighshire, draper, Aug. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool —J. Mackay ' Liverpool, tailor and draper, Aug. 11, at e l even, at the Cou rt, L. Roberts, Manchester, and New York, merchant, Aug 10, at eleven, at t h e C ourt, Manchester — A. M•Donald, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, confectioner, Aug. 9, at halt-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. Storry, Scarborough, printer, Aug. 11, at ten, at the Court, Leeds--J. Greenwood, Haworth, Yorkshire, worsted spinner, Aug. 11, at ten, at tha Court, Leeds—M. Ca wood, Leeds, ironfounder, Aug. 11, at ten, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Dove, Darlington and Sunderland. tanner and leatherseller, Is. 6d., on Saturday, July 22, or any sub sequent Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J Hudson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, dealer in marine stores, 25., on Saturday, July 22, or on any subsequent Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. G. Duglas, Brunswick-place, Old Kent-road, linen draper, 75., on Thursday, July 20, and three following Thursdays, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stausfeld, King's Arms-yard, Moor gate-street. S. Parker, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, lamp-manufac turer, Bd., on Thursday, July 20, and three following Thursdays, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stausfeld, King's Arms- yard, Moor gate-street. W. North, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant, a first and second dividend of IF. 4d. and sid. on Tuesday, J uly 18, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. C. Faint, Blackpool, Lancashire, hotel keeper, 48. 4d., on Monday, July 17, or any subsequent Monday, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Banks, Liverpool , tallow chandler, id., on Monday, July 17, or any subsequent Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Napier, jun., She ffield, oil, salt, and tilla ge mer chant, 6s. Bd., on Saturday, Aug. 5, or any subsequent Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. G. Garton, Sheffield, stock and share brokers, 65., on Saturday, Aug. 5, or any subsequent Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Free man,Saturday, of Mr. between Sheffield. T. B. S oA l f l u u eg t l t .e l v e se7no or ra t na n dn , shopk ee p er,lt, : s, h tt e ,b ffi satt e ci ld ttlh , eento t Saturday,the hours Free man Sheffield. A. Faulds, Stainsborough, Yorkshire, coal agent, is. Bkd., on Friday, Aug. 4, or any subsequent Friday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the oifize of Air. Freeman, Leeds. _ T. Holmes, Pendleton, Luncashire, bleacher, ls. on Tuesday, July 18, or any subsequent Tuesday, oc tween the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. J. Wright, Pendleton, Lancashire, dyer, 35., on Tues day, July 18, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Man chester. G. and H. Schonswars, Hull, Mauritius, merchants, 41(1, on Friday, Aug. 4, or any subsequent 'ridgy, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mt. Freeman, Leeds. A. Langdon, Knottingley, Yorkshire, schoolmistress, 10 , . 7d., on Friday, Aug-. 4, or any subsequent Friday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. W. Hurst, jun., Baker-street, I3agnigge-wells-road, licensed victuallor, 2s. 7.-}d , any Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whit more, Basinghall-street. H. Watson, Wilson-street, Finsbury, stove-grate maker, 6d., on Saturday, July . 15, and two subsequent Saturdays. between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. R. Got.dwin, Eton, ironmonger, 4,1., on Saturday, July 15, and two subsequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch lane. C. Blackmore, Cork-street, tailor, 5d., on Saturday, July 15. and three subsequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch lane. J. Stanford, Cranborne, grocer and farmer, Is. 3d., on Saturday, July 15, and three subsequent Saturdays, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ahehurch-lane. W. 13. Pcrry, Croydon, draper, 2s. 2d., on Saturdal, July 15, and three subsequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abeburch-lane. J. B. Pye. Berkeley-square, milliner, Is., on Monday, July 24. and two subsequent Moni•lays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Bir chin-lanc. E. C. Blackwell, Newbiggen, Northumberland, brewer, ss. 6d., on Saturday, July 22, or any following Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon Tyne. J. N. Dunsford, Newbiggen, Northumberland, brewer, 205.,'00 Saturday, July 22, or any following Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Waleley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. Biglands, Monkwearmouth, Durham, grocer, 6s. 6d,. on Saturday, July 22, or any following Saturday, between the hours of ten arid three, at the office of Mr. Wakleyr Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Donaldson, Wigton, brewer, 4id., on Saturday, July 22, or Buy following Saturday, between the hours of ten and thre9, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle upon-Tyne. B. Peck, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer, 3s. 6d., on new proofs, in part of first dividend of Bs. 6d., on Saturday, July 22, or any following Saturday, between the hours of ten and threa, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle upon-Tyne._ - NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basmghall-street. L. Samuel, Bury-street, St. Mary-axe, silversmith, Aug. 10, at one—C. L. Jones and IL Cole, Oxford street, cheesemongers, Aug. 10, at twelve—J. H. Parker, Castle and Falcon-yard, Aldersgate-street, carrier, Aug. 10, at eleven— J. Parker, Oxford, brewer, Aug. 16, at twelve. In the Country. J. Mayer, Cheltenham, printer, Aug. 14, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—J. Wood and H. Wood,_ Hudders field, woollen manufacturers, Aug. 9, at eleven, at tbe Court, Manchester—H. Bentley. Salford, roller-maker, Aug. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—E. Phillips, Shrewsbury, baker, Aug. 10, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Lowe, Lenten, Notting hamshire, lace-maker, Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingharn—J. Harrison, Nottingham, stove- grate manufacturer, Aug. 11. at eleven, at the Court, Notting' ham—T. Rooney, Liverpool, tailor, Aug. 8, at eleven, et the Court, Liverpool. At the Court of Review, Aug. 8. J. Sargeant, Llangynider, Breconshire, innkeeper—J. Keymer, Lawrence-lune, Cheapside, warehouseman—W. Ridgway. Hanky and Shelton, Staf f ordshire, manufac turers of earthenware—E.. Evans, Dorking, Surrey, stonemason—J. and J. Baker, Fore -street, City, ma chinists—H. Neay and J. Reay, jun., Mark-lane, city, wine-merchants—B. B owen, B r i stol, coal-merchant— J. Clarke, Hinckley, Leicestershire, hosier—E. Rogers, Liverpool, licensed victualler—G. Evans, Tallyllim Merionethshire, cattle-dealer—H. S. Searle, Queen's place, Kennington, dealer in surgical instruments—W. A. Barton, Coventry. surgeon. PA RTNE RS HIPS DISSOLVED. B. Ramsden and S. Hemingway, Dewsbury, rag and bone dealers—J. P in k an d Fitz William Wickham, Bris tol, tea dealers and coffee roasters—E. Brown and W' Brown, Rosemary-lane, Miuories, potters and glass and china warehousemen—H. Balfour and J. Balfour, Great Winchester-street—J. Harding and W. Harding, Wel' lington, and Dulverton, Sornersetshire, farmers—F. S W. Ford and J. C. Jones, South-row, St. Pancras, bur" goons, chemists, and druggists—H. Patchett, B. Patchett, and J. Coates, Clayton, Yorkshire, stone merchants-.- - M. Sawyer and W. Sawyer, Great Cheverell, Wiltshire, millwrights and smiths—S. W. Saunders and J. C. Corneby, Castle -street, Southwark, engineers and pat ten makers—J. Longmire and R. Longmire, Troutbeck hridge,-Yestmoreland, butchers and farmers—W. Grime and W. LeVer, Bolton- le Moors, Lancashire, flour dealers—S. Mallory, Warwick, and W. Mann, Leamington, wholesale and retail grocers —T. Tubbett, Manchester, and J. }{awes, Oporto , merchants and commission agents—J. Jeffs and V. L. Monnerat, New Bond-street, huir dressers e nd perfumers—T. Taylor and J. Taylor, Ovendon, York' shire, worsted spinners and manufacturers—M. N. Baynes and W. Crowe, Birkenhead, Cheshire, timber merchants—T. Garner and W. Garner, Appleton, Ole' shire,'tanners a nd f armers —B . S alt and J. Smith, Brad' ford and Manningham, Yorkshire, spinners and wool' staplers—C. T. Coathupe, 0. Coathupe, J. R. Rudbard, IL L. Bean, and J. 11. Homer, Nailtea and Bristol, So nierv.tshire, sheet and crown window glass manufactu rers (so - far as regards J. E. Homer)—ll. S. Gilling atA P. Clerc, Upper Charles street, Northarapton-tquare , watch ease and dial manufacturers—S. Thompson. s ee., and S. Thompson, jun., Weston , under-Lizard, Stafford' shire, builders and cabinet makers—J. Mooney and 1 47 ' Mooney, Liverpool, corn brokers—L. Engstrom, r• Luck, and A. Sim, Bishopsgate-street, merchants. INSOLVEN't PETITIONERS. Ralph Bolton Edmundson, St. Helen's, Lancashire' working glass stainer. Thomas Job, jun., Kingston-upon-Hull, house painter. John Wheat, Kingston-upon Hull, eating housekeeper. Hannah Bottomley, Soyland, Yorkshire, flour dealer. Thomas Pullen, Kingston-upon-Hull, journeyman joiner. Thomas Carroll, Kirkdale, Lancashire, grocer. Richard Robinson, Manchester, provision dealer. William Gibbins, Manchester, green grocer. John Fox Carter, Oakhill, Somersetshire, surgeon. James Hyland, Headcorn, Kent, tailor. Richard Pack, Maidstone, boot and shoemaker. Joseph Cornhill, Whitstable, Kent, baker. Mary Elizabeth Homersham, Canterbury, perfumer. Robert Whinham, Kingston•upon-Hull, bat and caP maker. Abraham Abbott, liingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, beer seller. Marshall Dunn, Kingston -upon-Hull, fishmonger Robert Wright, Kingston-upon-Hull, cottehmaker. William Gent, Chorley, Lancashire, tailor. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Taylor, Arbroath, brewer, to meet within the, White Hart Hotel, Arbroath, J u ly 24, a nd A ug . 14, 05 twelve. W. Abbott, Mary-hill, near Glasgow, coach proprir tor, to meet the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, July 25, and Aug, 15 at twelve. _ _ _ A. Black, liott's ironworks, Lanarkshire, storekeert to meet within the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow, July 24, and Aug. 11, at one. Johnston, Glasgow, baker, to meet within the Slat Hotel, Glasgow, July, 25, and Aug. 15, at two. Public curiosity will be doomed to disappointments regards the will of the late Pri n c e s s S o phi a . H er R a ys; Highness left no document sufficiently complete as cola legally be considered a will and testament, but at the same time it is known that the Princess made th e most liberal provision for Captain Garth during her life. The residue, therefore, of her property would give a m( o ° erroneous notion as to the extent of her accumulations. Latterly, the extent of the Princess's expenditure could not have been more than ?.,000/. a year, while her inconle was probably not less than 16,0001.—t he Cheltenhan i Looker on. THE POTATO CROP.—The early potato crop is so abundant in the Isle of Wight that the very best sorts are selling at Cowes and in other parts of the island at 3d. the gallon and Is. 9d. the bushel ; and they are per reedy free from disease. BIRI2IB. On the 12th inst.. at Gwynne's-place, Cambridge-hestb. Mrs. W. R. Blukeslev, of a son. On the 12th inst., at Cheadle Rectory, Cheshire, the vri l6 of the Rev. C. J. Cummings, of a son. On the 13th inst., at WeTaStead, Essex, the wife of Richard Horn. Req., of a daughter. . . On thetth inst., at Blackdown-house, Sussex, the wife of J. Henry, Esq., of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Edmonton, the lady of the Rev. C• Jeafl'resou, of a son. On the 14th inst., at Walthamstow, the wife of N. Powell , Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., at Tottenham, the wife of the Bev. G• B. Twining, of a son. On the 15th in►t., at Carshalton, the wife of V. B. Corrier Esq., of a son. On the 11th i nst., at West II.AWRIED Cowes, Isle of Wight, T. Edwards, EN , of Wootton-house, Bedfordshire, to Mail eldest daughter of Mr. J. Edwards, Glanranell, South Wales. On the 12th inst.. at St. Giles-in-the• Fields, Mr. W; Banks, of Bethnal-green, to Mary, th e y ounges t d aug hter of the late T. Card, of Store. street, Bedford-square. On the 13th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Stewart, the youngest son of the late Major James Gibson, formerly of tl? Irish Staff, to Eliza, daughter of J. Barnes, 'Esq., of Tor stock-place. DIEB. On the 14th inst., at the Rectory, Depden, Suffolk, Mari, Ann, thewife of the Rev. Martin J. Lloyd, A. M., rector 0 1 Depden,near Bury St. Edmund's. On the 15th inst., at Montagu-square, A. W. K. S. Law' rence, the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrence, coin' mantling 6th Madras Cavalry, aged 19. On the 15th inst., at Devonshire-place, William Amory , Esq., aged 60. On the 13th inst., at Kennington, Frances, relict of 'W Leacock, Esq., formerly of the Island - of Madeira. On the 14th inst., at Greenwich, Captain Christopher Kymer, H.C.S., aged 81. On the 14th inst., Caroline, the beloved wVe of the Rev. W. H. Stevens, curate of Stoke-next-Guildford, aged 32. At Brighton, on the 16th inst., aged 29, John, eldest soil of J. J. Harcourt, Esq. On the 15th inst., at East Bergholt-lodge, Suffolk, Sarah Perring, relict of the Rev. Sir Richard Hughes, Bart. On the 15th inst., at Cheeseburn-grange,, Northumberland , Margaret Riddell, of Montague -square, London, widow of T. Riddell, Loq., of Swinbourne Castle. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e S un Office, No. 1 1 h Strand, in the Precinct, of the _Sway,_ the count,' tiliddleses, Wednesday, JulY 19, 1848. 11E1 ter the sui General i next Samples tion at thi Tenders ?al." with at the lie August ne quired for General F TION. - This ac to give Funds for tion and I fully info] CONTC the3lstl Full Pi for Ticket borough ( Will recei, Tickets Ticket fc inintediati 1111eugage4 R . Notice ACADVN in.stant, a Ad] Exhibit the 26th, S ° The Ir, 29. Opel SCA.RBO MR CI lit FIC enjoyed b 11 - MU JR AU expense c W. SILI TRACTE have heel lin. Male or less • nrstioN M w. S the Outfit Erni ran( commies!, so that ti expense ; obtain th, Itepresett Clothhag ixpense. Naval Ladles, & fitting W Outfitting London. POOL. A S INVAI CILIIII DZPUT tow i ASC E 2 ALTE] per cent. INVAT NAVA LOAN: FORM: PLETEL Prospi; UN] Cl George -al lege-tree lb Baronet A lia►nilton F.. Lenno Charles I Charles G This C the most success is Ixcessu !. In 1841 the sum time the that date added at The be Decembe Sum Assured. S5OOO bOOO 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000 The Pi *MY one aurae ce No En Every Director, This r Lsndon City add sllk Two It eau ► the smal town. ar, Worth-st street, L niluZkar hurgh, bn Jost pail Ylsecf forwal pbsen Skerou A f t ItEsTa - - A MI t ulamiti tomes, sufferer on liar bi lltY. Rhioh e reach with m u tax the auctive serrosp4 N.B. Eight 1 DM. L. AN[ STE Jut Itn"Yi