The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, J UNE 20, 18 18. 1' Fbitt on SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP No. I.—LEEDS CENTRAL STATION.—PreaIII - passed, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be re ported. STRATHTAY AND BREADALBANE.—PreambIe passed, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. DRUMPELIER.—PreambIe proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. EAST LINCOLNSHIRE.—AIteration of Great Grimsby Branch.—Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. YonK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWlCK.—Deviation and Abandonment of Part of the Thirsk and Melton Branch. —Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. LEEDS AND THlRSlC—Harrowgate and Peeteley Branch.—Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. WATERFORD AND KIKKENNY RAILWAY ACT AMEND MENT.—PreambIe proved, and clauses agreed to. LEEDS AND THlRSK.—Alteration of Levels of the Leeds and Hartlepool Railway.—Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. EDINBURGH AND FORFAR.—Additional Capital.— Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW, No. I.—Branches. Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) DUBLIN. The rcrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' majority was resumed, and in the course of the day the petitioners succeeded in striking off two additional votes. CANADA COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) The half-yearly court of the directors and proprietors of this company was held to-day, at one o'clock at the offices, St. Helen's-place ; Mr. C. Franks in the chair. The CHAIRMAN addressed some prefatory remarks to the meeting, after which he read the following report:— " Since the general meeting of proprietors, held on the 23d of March last, the directors have received from the Commissioners a statement of all the lands belonging to the company remaining unsold on the 31st of December last, and of the value thereof according to the prices at which they were selling, which is as follows:- 523,421 acres in the Huron Tract worth (Colonial currency)... ... £268,378 3 502,738 ditto, in the Crown Reserves, worth ... 218,490 17 0 Together To this should be added :- 306,872 acres leased for ten years, and which the lessees are at liberty to purchase, on payment of the sum of .- £481,869 0 1 ... 218,302 0 0 £700,171 0 lf 1,333,031 acres, together worth sterling£s6o,l36 16 1i By the addition of this statement to the report, made to the proprietors at the last general meeting, the whole of the assets and liabilities of the company on the 31s of December last will be shown." The CHAIRMAN then intimated that the business be fore the court was to agree to a dividend. The court of proprietors recommended a dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum for the half-year ending on.the 10th of July next. A PROPRIETOR inquired how much the company owed? The CHAIRMAN said 125,0001. on debentures. There were, however, some other debts, but they did not amount to a larger sum. • A Paw-an Ton inquired if that amount would hare to be deducted from the 560,0000 The CIIAIR3IAN replied in the affirmative. The whole of the company's affairs were clearly explained in the different reports of the company. Hitherto the directors hrd not been enabled to give the prop r i etors t h e value o f their land. They could only give the number of acres. In the present report it would be seen they had been enabled to give the value of the land. The proprietors would be gratified to learn that the emi grants now g oing to C ana d a were of a superior class to those in the habit of going out. A PROPRIETOR said it would be most desirable if numbers of the destitute poor here could be induced to emigrate to Canada and locate themselves on the land of the company. The CHAIRMAN said the class of persons referred to would be found more useful in Australia than in Canada, because an experien ce d c l ass o f persons were required in the latter place. The directors had no inten tion to issue any debentures at present; there was suffi cient money in the hands of the Commissioners to pay the dividend. Their number of acres might have dimi nisherfobut it was to the interest o4.the company to sell as much land a, possible. The report and the proposed dividend having been agreed to, and a vote of thanks passed to the Chairman, the court adjourned. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAN.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELE.) TAXING AN UNDERTAKER'S BILE.—TIANDYSIDE V.WILSON. HANDYSIDE V. WILSON. The plaintiff in these actions is an undertaker. De fendant was in the first case sued as executor of his mother, sal 901. 3s. was claimed for funeral expenses, &c.. the other was for the funeral of his wife, for which 80/. 33. was charged. The bills were read and were rather remarkable for thsk terms employed, which would have been more applicable to a ticketing linen draper. A " superfine" burial dress was charged at 21. 135., and "rich" silk scarves, and "elegant," &c. &c. were prominent items. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said it was for the jury to say whether the charges were fair and reasonable. The jury gave a verdict for the first case, 60/. for the funeral, and 101. for extra work ; and in the next for 601. 9s. manifestly unjust, and he considered that no livings should be united or dissolved without the consent of the patrons. - Earl FORTESCCE defended the provisions of the Bill, which had been introduced under the auspices, and with the approval, of the Rev. the Primate of Ireland. Lord MONTEAGLE rose and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'Clock. SLIGO ELECTION. The minutes of evidence taken before the Sligo Elec• tion Committee was presented to the House, and or dered to be printed. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Helmsdale, Little Ferry, and Leek Robie Harbours. Whitehaven and Furnessid unction Railway (Extension or Deviation Line from Silecroft to Foxtield, &c.) The report upon the Leith Municipality and Police Trusts, Markets, Paving, and Sanitary Improvement Bill was considered and agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Colonel THOMPSON presented four petitions from Manchester in favour of household suffrage, and several petitions to the same effect from Aberdeen. SELLING INTOXICATING LIQUORS. Mr. GREENE presented a petition from Lancaster against the sale of spirituous liquors on the Sabbath. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Dr. BOWRING presented forty petitions from Man chester in favour of Parliamentary reform, and two from Bolten coinciding with the views of the Prime Minister, and praying that universal suffrage and annual Parliaments might be adopted in lieu of the limited mo tion of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR presented petitions in favour of Parliamentary reform. Mr. G. BERKELEY presented petitions from Bristol to the same effect. cheMstrerl o O otn W p A la T in T ing pr o e f se th n o ted pu f h o i r io ty ex p p e e ti n t d io i n tu s from tre,in Aa favour I n - ef Parliamentary reform, and stating that this would not be accomplished un t il the people were more fairly re presented. Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from the admirers of the late Richard Cartwright, praying for universal suffrage and the vote by ballot, and saying that if the House were so constituted that it would truly deserve the title of being a tribunal of virtue, wisdom, and justice.—(llear.) THE ORDNANCE SURVEY. Sir B. HALL gave notice that he would to-morrow present petitions from surveyors and civil engineers resident in the metropolis, praying that the services of the Ordnance department might be confined to the national survey; and he would take that opportunity of asking his Noble Friend the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests what arrangements had been made for the completion of the survey of the metropolis; and what would probably be the expense, including the military pay, and whether the whole ex pense was to be defrayed by the rate-payers of the metropolitan parishes? Mr. HUME presented a number of petitions from Glasgow, Berwick, and other places in the provinces, in favour of Parliamentary reform. NATIONAL EDUCATION. Mr. GROGAN presented a petiton against the na tional system of education. CUSTOM DUTIES. Mr. WAWN, pursuant to the notice which he gave yesterday, asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whe ther the Right Hon. Gentleman had made any calculation what amount will have to be paid out of the consoli dated duties of customs, in the event of the navigation laws being repealed, in respect of double dues on foreign shipping; and if so, what did it amount to (668,0001. hav ing already been paid on account of reciprocity treaties)? And if the Right Hon. Gentleman had not made any such calculation, whether her Majesty's Government, in the event before alluded to, intend to introduce a Bill to abolish the payment of double dues altogether? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to the question of the Hon. Member, said that the Bill that had been introduced during the present session did not make the least difference as to the question of double dues ; at d as to the other question, no increase would be entailed on the Exchequer. The parties who received double dues received them by Acts of Parliament, and would continue entitled to them until those Acts were repealed. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from the Bra zilian Association of Liverpool against any alteration in the Sugar Duties Act. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. In answer to a question from an HON. MEMBER, Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that he proposed to bring on this Bill on Tuesday next. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, seeing the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose in his place, wished to ask him whether, in the event of the adjourned debate on the Sugar question not terminating to-night, he had any objection to give up to-morrow night, and allow his re form motion to be resumed this day week ? Mr. HUME said he had no objection to give up to morrow night, but the subject of reform was one of im mense importance to the country, and he saw no reason why his motion could not come on on Monday.—(llear, hear.) He would take that opportunity of stating that he was sure the House bad come to the conclusion that -,,methin g must be done to forward the business of the House.—(Hear, hear.) They were in a condition that he never recollected to have occurred before. They had five adjourned debates.—(Hear, hear.) From the time which had elapsed since they debated the navigation• laws he was quite certain a good deal of time must be wasted in renewing the subject, and he would appeal to the chair whether something ought not to he done to get rid of this confused state of affairs.—(Hear, hear.) Formerly a rule prevailed that no debate should be adjourned, and if lion. Gentlemen had no objection to the establishment of a similar rule now, he thought the difficulty they were in might easily be overcome— (Hear, hear.) At all events if the business of the House was to be got through they must agree to one of two courses, either they must have no adjourned de bates or they must limit the length of speeches.—(Hear, hear.) The latter practice existed in another place. Several Hon, 1 1E3113E11s—where ? What place ? Mr. HUME said, in America.—(Cries of " Oh, oh!") His own view was that no Member ought to be allowed to speak more than half an hour, except the introducer of the question or the Member who rose to reply.— (Hear, hear.) They were now about to enter July, and yet scarcely one great question had been decided upon. Something must be done, or they would render themselves contemptuous in the eyes of the country. Lord J. RUSSELL was glad the Hon. Gentleman had mooted this subject. The time had arrived when it was absolutely necessary, for the sake of the public ser vice, that the House should use more dispatch in getting rid of the business berore it; and he would suggest that those Hon. Members who were in the habit of taking part in the debates should consult with the Speaker to see if any means could not be devised to effect that object.—(Hear.) Mr. HUME—WiII you allow me to take Monday ? Lord J. RUSSELL said there was a good deal of uncertainty about Monday, and he thought it better to fix the debate at once for Thursday. Mr. HORSHAM said, formerly it was the custom to decide each question in one sitting, and he thought such a rule ought to be adopted now.—(Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY said he hoped the House would follow that example, and decide on the sugar question to-night. Mr. BROTHERTON quite agreed that it was neces sary something should be done to regulate the proceed • ings of the House, so as to limit the duration of the debates. He would suggest, as one remedy, that Hon. Members should be required to cut their speeches short. —(Bear, hear.) On a late occasion, for instance, three Hon. Members occupied no less than six hours in de livering their speeches, and thus prevented Members who represented large constituencies, and who were expected to give their opinions on great questions, from getting up to speak.—(Hear, and laughter-) He would recommend that a Committee should be appointed to consider the subject, and to report to the Housp. THE COLONIAL OFFICE.—EXPLANATION. Lordaanli doe hG. BENTINCK said he wished to put a ques tion, to enable the President of the Boarrd of Trade, the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Government, ' and an om U nder-Secretary w of State for the Colonies, to out to them resneetivel here h to ad th g a iv t e o n h n n o ll t e i n ce o , o tow which he be explanation thrown had a number of relative to the concealment of dtoter-h—esYwhich had been received from Jamaica by th e Government. In answer to a question which was put utoouzL.rLnabouehere on the Bth of Feb ruary by Mr. rece , iv t e h? former stated that no d from Jamaica, giving dispatch had been nt s hou s ld ta b te e received, it was state of the Island• but y t asgse soon nral as s a n c o c h ou d n o t onern f , the the intention of the Secretary of y to the rol i • o th u e Cobenies to communicate it without dela raportaje with at that time he could prove that there were in the Now, The first session of the Colonial-office no less tha n fi n dis ate p h o e s: of March, which contained statements of great i respect to the general condition of Jamaica. three dispatches were dated on the 25th the 21st September, and the 6th of November, 1847. But with respect t o th e l as t dispatch—the most ire, portant one in reference to the answer given by t h e Right Hon. Gentleman—that from Governor Grey, en closing that remarkable memorial to which public atten tion had been so much directed of late, and upon which a discussion had commenced in the other House of Parliament. He wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman how he could come down to that House, on the Bth of February, and state that no such dispatch had been received, and that when it was re ceived it would be laid on the table of the House? Mr. LABOUCHERE could not understand why any attack was made upun him in reference to the matter, since, in replying to his question, he was merely acting as the organ of the Colonial-office, and he stated at the time that he believed his Hon. Friend the Under Se cretary of State for the Colonies would be much better able to do so, as he was, as a matter of course more conversant with the affairs of that de partment than he could pretend to be. He (Mr. Labou chere) had made it his business to inquire at the Colonial office, and he found that what he stated, with re spect to that office—that its conduct in the matter would be found perfectly honest, and was fully justified by that inquiry. He found his answer more correctly given in the Times of the 9th of February than in Han sard. The Hon. Gentleman then read the question and answer. It was to the effect that no dispatch had arrived from Jamaica containing any specific account of the island, but that dispatches had been received from some other of the West Indian islands, which, with any that might arrive from Jamaica it was the intention of the Secretary of State to communicate immediately to the House. On the 9th the Committee made an order for the production of all papers in reference to the colony, and they were prepared for presentation to the Committee before the House, as the Committee required them immediately. It was true that it was a month before all the dispatches which were very numerous, were communicated to the Committee, but it was not denied that the dispatch which had been so much remarked upon of late was communicated in print to the Committee. —(Hear, hear.) The only pretext of delay tfiat the Noble Lord had was, that a month had elapsed. He would put it to the House and the Noble Lord whether there was anything in the statement which he had made which entitled him to say, after the explanation he had made, that the course that bad been adopted at the Colonial-office was in any degree inconsistent with what he had stated some time since. He had no hesitation in asserting that his Noble Friend at tho head of the Colonial-office had acted on the present, as he had done on all former occasions, with undoubted honour and integrity.—(Hear, hear.) FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. Mr. URQUH ART postponed till to-morrow the asking of the following question of whi c h h e h ad g i ven notice for to-day :—Why the correspondence between Mr. Urquhart and Mr. Backhouse in the years 1837.8, moved for on the 19th day of April, does not, as laid on the table of the House, contain any letters of the year 1837, these letters being the part of the correspondence which is of importance. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. BARKLY called the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the fact that the sugar duties would expire on Wednesday next, and wished to know what course he intem - ed to pursue supposing that the resolu tions with respect to them had not been passed through Committee and reported on before that day. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was in hopes that the debate on the question of going into Committee would be concluded that evening, and that they would be enabled to go into Committee to-morrow, and discuss the resolutions, and have them reporteJ to the House on Monday or Tuesday ; in that event the usual Treasury order would be issued with respect to the duties. It the resolutions were not re ported before the expiration of the duties, he confessed be did not know what course to adopt. Mr. BRIGHT srid it would be in the recollection of ,he House, that when the corn question was under die cussion—when it was a matter of protection—it was held that the mere reporting; of a resolution to the Ho use was not sufficient to allow the new duties to be taken, but that had it been a question of revenue that course could have been pursued. Now, as the present was a matter of protection he thought the same rule that was observed on the corn question ought to be prevail now. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Honourable Gentleman was perfectly correct in his statement, but in 1830 an additional duty of 6d. was levied upon rum, and that duty was immediately levied upon the resolution being reported to the House. There was, however, a stronger precedent than this, in 1831, when an additional duty was imposed upon one particular description of wine, and lowered upon another. In that case the duty was levied imme diately upon the resolutions being reported to the House, and the same course was proposed to be followed in the present instance. Mr. BRIGHT wished to ask the Right Hon. Geatle man whether Government had made any arrangement with a number of parties who had cargoes of foreign sugar coming on 'their way to this country, which wete expected to be entered at 18s. 6d. after the sth of July, instead of 20s. It would be re membered that only three weeks ago an intimation was given by the Government that they did not intend to alter the Act of 1846, and it was upon the faith of that declaration that these cargoes were ordered. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, according to the present regulations all cargoes afloat would have to pay 20s. Mr. ROBINSON wished to know how it was proposed to enforce pay - merit of the 205., if on the sth of July the existing duty of 18s. 6d. were tendered. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, they should refuse to allow the cargoes to be entered. Mr. HILDYARD apprehended this was a question of law and not of precedent, and he put it to the Attorney- General whether, if a paarty on the sth of July tendered the duty which by law could be demanded, and Govern ment refused to receive it and detained the goods for it, would not be liable to make good the loss which might result from such detention. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that case would be met by the resolutions, as reported to the House, being taken to be the existing law. VAN DIEMAN'S LAND. On the motion of Mr. ANSTEY, the following papers were ordered to be laid before the House:—Copies•of correspondence and papers in the Colonial-office re lating to the decisions of the two Judges con stituting the Supreme Court of Van Diemen's land, against the validity of certain Acts of the Le gislative Council of that Colony, or to the removal of Algernon Montagu, Esq., the Puisne Judge of the said Court, or to any proceedings taken for the removal of Sir John Lewes Pedder, the Chief Justice of the said Court. COMMITTEE ON COMMERCIAL DISTRESS. Mr. NEWDEGATE wished to know whether it was true, as reported, that the Seeret Committee on com mercial distress had refused to hear the evidence of rwo gentlemen who were enabled to lay some important in formation before them ? The SPEAKER informed the Hon. Member that the report of the Committee had not yet been laid on the table of the House. TRINIDAD. Mr. FAGAN inquired of the Under Secretary for the Colonies whether Major James Fagan, who had been two years acting as stipendiary magistrate in the island of Trinidad had received his appointment from the Colonial-office ; and if so, whether under that ap pointimint he had authority to adjudicate between coolies and coolies, and coolies and colonists ? Mr. lIAWES replied that Mr. Fagan was nominated to the office at the instance of the East India Company, and Sir W. Macllougal, the Governor, at the request of that body, invested him with all the power of a magistrate, in which capacity he was acting at present. MR. lIUNIE'S MOTION. Mr. B. OSBORNE wished to know into what under standing the Government had entered into with the lion. Gentleman the Member for Montrose, with re spect to the day for which the adjourned debate on his motion was to be taken, as at present he did not intend to proceed with it to-morrow, and therefore appeared to be adjourned sine die. Lord J. RUSSELL said the debate on the Hon. Gen tleman's motion would be resumed on Thursday next. EVICTIONS (IRELAND). ➢lr. P. SCROPE inquired if the Government had taken any means to ascertain the extent to which evic tion had recently been carried out by some landlords in Ireland? Also, when the destitute tenants', or rather the landlords', amendments would be taken into consi deration ? Sir N. SOMERVILLE said the Government had taken no extraordinary means to do so. A Bill had been introduced for the purpose of providing for any extra amount for destitution caused by such proceedings. Sir G. GREY said the Bill in question had come down from the Lords with some amendments, which would be printed. (LEFT SITTING.) TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six o'CLocii. GCODWOOD STARER. 9 to 1 agst Crozier 10 to 1 agst Diplomatist 12 to 1 agst Chat 12 to 1 agst Hydrangea 13 to 1 agst Remembrance 15 to 1 agst Gaiety 15 to 1 agst The Tartar 20 to 1 agst Deloraine 20 to 1 agst Chanticleer 25 to 1 agst Millwood 25 to 1 agst The Baronet 30 to 1 agst Reflection GOODWOOD CUP. 2 to 1 agst The Hero 4 to 1 agst Van Tromp LIVERPOOL CUP. 20 to 1 agst Vampyre 20 to 1 agst Montpensier DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Elthiron 25 to 1 agst Honeycomb 33 to 1 agst Uriel 33 to 1 agst c out of Ailce Hawthorn's dam 33 to 1 agst Osterley LATEST FROM PARIS. From Galignani's Messenger of yesterday evening.) The death of the Archbishop of PARIS forms a topic of mournful comment in the leading columns of several of the Paris journals of this day, but our limits do not permit us to give more than two extracts on this subject. We must be per mitted to add to them the expression of our own grief, for although the circumstances under which the ARCHBISHOP met his death were of them selves su ffi c i ent to exc i te the most profound sensations of vwas one we do n o t f orge t th a t hi s prev i ous life one continued car ee r o f p i e t y an d v i rtue. The char acter of M. Amu' was remarkable f o r c h ar liberality, and fi rm n ess . Hi s entire income, deducting the l small portion that he after took for hi, the poor, and it is known ona was sa a t n a t f s ; e r twashe he revolution devoted f to f February; when his purse the use of the wountl.th. the platelittle exhausted,. that e gave av e u remainedp or He was a reformer rnut w oo h k en h e t x tl p e r p es a s r e t d in we th re e always or h politicsis domesticoo of the tli e day, u sbute. liberal shitds opinions e A . too of the best school, and by his energy carried into effect two measures against obstacles with which few men in his position, and with the ideas which he might have been supposed to have imbibed, would have had the courage to contend. It was M. AFFRE who, in spite of the resistance of the churchwardens of the churches of his diocese, insisted on the reduction in the price of seats, in order that the poorer classes might not be kept apart from their more fortunate fellow -wor shippers ; and he it was who also compelled the cures to bestow upon the poor a portion of what they re ceived. The Debats says— " This cruel catastrophe has plunged Paris into con sternation. Now it is that we begin to estimate the cost of civil war. Alas! only a few hours before he received his mortal blow, the courageous Archbishop passed through our streets amidst the benedictions "ii R) L of the people. As an apostle of the God of peace, clemency, and pardon, he bore the cross and the sign of reconciliation into the very centre of murder and carnage, and fell in the very heat of the battle. It may be said that God, in pity for mankind, concealed in darkness the hand that committed what was either a frightful crime or a most lamentable misfortune. On this sublime sacrifice, Christian hearts are di vided between a holy pride and an inconsolable sadness. The history of the Church does not con tain a more admirable page. On being carried bleeding over the barricades, the only thought, the only words of the martyr were May my bl oo d b e t h e last that is shed 1' In its flight to its creator, the immortal soul of the just, no doubt, demanded this as the price of his oblation and his holocaust, and his prayers arrests d the work of blood and expiation. Death, after having, among so many others, struck this innocent and holy victim, seemed to have become satiated. After two days of excruciating su&rings, the venerable pre late died full of calmness, resignation, and courage, the purest—the most admirable example of the passage of the soul of the just into the bo,onst of its God. We can not d escribe the extent and depth of the mourning which this egregious event produced in Paris —it was universal. In every street at every corner, the priests u-re questioned upon the subject with the utmost anxiety, and in this great blood-stained city even those who hail to mourn some of their own kindred reserved a portion of their tears for the holy martyr who died for all." The Univers says—. " This death is precious in the eyes of God; it is precious also to Paris and to France. It is a death, no doubt, to be ever lamented, but which at the same time fills us with consolation. A country in which such devotedness is displayed cannot be a coun try under the malediction of heaven. You who have lighted or sustained an impious war—you who nourished against your deluded brethren an implacable anger. Oh ! if you had been present with us at his last moments—if you had seen the tears and emotions of the priests, the soldiers, the citizens of all classes, who were in attendance upon him—if you had heard the last and solemn prayers which sustained him till the end—if you had contemplated the sere nity of that countenance, about to render its last sigh —that sigh which was for you ! Oh ! we cannot doubt that you would have immediately cast away all your resentful feelings —your minds would have been elevated with a higher order of thoughts and ideas —you would at once have become what you are really in your hearts, much more than you believe—Friends, Brothers, Christians! This miracle will be accomplished. Such a sacrifice cannot be sterile. God has not imposed it upon you in vain. The hour of his mercy is marked— this hour cannot be far off." aThe number of troops in Paris is so great, from the reinforcements constantly arriving, that all the barracks are filled to overflowing, and added to this the military precautions imposed by the aut de siege render it neces sary that part of the troops should bivouac in the open air, and hence the Boulevards, extending nearly from the Porte St. Denis to the middle of the Boulevard du Temple, is turned into a vast military station, occupied by lancers, dragoons, artillery, garde mobile, and troops of the line. The various occupations of cleaning their horses and equipments, cooking, and amusing them selves, give this part of Paris a. most animated aspect, the novelty of which drew thousands to that quarter yesterday afternoon and evening. The soldiers, though much fatigued, display all that exuberant gaiety which is a marked feature in the French military character, and those of them who were asleep, with a paving stone for their pillow, seemed to enjoy a repose wh ic h t h e occupant o f many a b ed of down might envy. The whole scene gave a lively idea of life in a camp—the brighter aide of civil war, the gaiety of which was in melancholy contrast to the marks of devastation left by the recent conflict in the surrounding streets. On the Place de la Concorde and at the entrance of the Champs ElyE6es, troops of all descriptions are also bi vouacked, and present the appearance of a seat of war, which has not been witnessed in Paris since the memo• rable year 1815. --- HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—It is impossible for the hop bine to look more healthy, and it may be called quite clean. A few days ago there were a fly or two to be found, but the fly goldings are very numerous. We may, therefore, attribute to their industry the disappearance of the vermin. Speculations on the present appearance of the coming crop are very ex travagant, as they have ten weeks lo nger to h ang on the poles, subj ec t to a ll t h e i r enemies. With the refreshing showers of the last week, we may estimate an improve. ment 10 ,0001., making the total 200,0001. duty. YALDING, LINTON, FA.RLEIGH, CIIART.—The bine grows rapidly and looks healthy. The high winds have driven the heads off the poles and done some mischief, but still weather will enable them to catch again. Un fortunately many bines must be put right by ladder tying, which adds to the expense of cultivation. ULcoms.—Quite free from vermin. The weak bine has not made so much progress as the planters expected. The wind and the cold night of Saturday has much bruised the strong bine. The prospect altogether is not so good as last week; if we get a continuance of showery weather and oold nights it will affect the crop most seriously. STAPLEHURST.—Rine growing fast. Some grounds back ward. SEVENOAKS.—The thunder-storm of Monday week, and the succeeding showers, have done wonders in cleansing the bine, but although the hops generally are much im proved, and divested in a great measure of the vermin, the appear ance o f t h e gardens is anything but satis factory; the bine came away at first very unequally and unevenly, and has never recovered. Ira the beat planta tions in the neighbourhood may be observed a dozen hills with the binea nearly topping the poles, whilst close adjoining' the other hills (and at places to a great extent) the bine is not above two feet high Poor, spindly, and looking yellow; still, the last week has done wonders, but we do not augur a large crop. The bine on the Limestone and Blackstone Shatter is cer tainly more even than its otherwise good soil favoured neighbours. The same observations will apply to the whole of the districts through Westerham westward through Brasted, Sundrich, Chevening, and Seal, as regards the Sand and Limestone Ridge. In the Vale of Eden the hops appear to have suff ere d f rom drought; they however are much improved, but there is not (except isolated places) abundance of bine, and the gardens, as we before said, are very " platty;" this would more parti cularly apply to the sandy clays and still soils of Eden bridge, Hever, Chiddingstone, &c. Upon and till north of the great Chalk Ridge, the hops are perhaps as even as any we have seen, but still there is not, comparatively with the corresponding month last year, anything liko so good an appearance of a crop.— Maidstone Journal. AWFULLY SUDDEN D EATlL—Thursday the Lady of Capt. Hillier, in company with Mrs. Elizabeth Bran don, left her residence in Pittville Villas to attend the public meeting for the distribution of prizi.'s at the Col lrgß. Nothing of importance took place until they reached the College, when Mrs. Hillier complained of shortness of breath. She entered the largo room, but finding herself suffering so much Immediately went out and sat down in the hall. She asked for a little water, which was brought, but she was unable to swallow any. In a tew moments her face became discoloured, she lost all power, and falling into the arms of her friend, imme diately expired. — Cheltenham. Journal. LAW IN TELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMOiV PLEAS, June 28. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before the LORD . CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) NEWTON V. CHAPLIN. This was an action brought by Mr. Augustus Newton, a barrister, to recover from the defendant the deposit money paid upon certain shares allotted to the plaintiff in the Sheffield and Macclesfield Direct Railway Com pany. The defendant denied his liability. Mr. Newton (with whom was Mr.Atherton) conducted his own case; and Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Bovill were counsel for the defendant. The plaintiff, Mr. Augustus Newton, resides at St. Paul's Cottage, Cheltenham ; and the defendant, Mr. John Chaplin, is one of the firm of the well-known car riers of that name, and keeps the Spread Eagle Tavern, in Gracechurch-street. It appeared that, in the autumn of 1815, a railway scheme, designated the Direct Shef field and Macclesfield Railway, was projected by a Mr. William Chaplin, a brother of the defendant, and seve ral other gentlemen, who, with the defendant, Mr. John Chaplin, were registered as the provisional committee men. This provisional committee held their meetings principally at the Swan with two Necks, in Lad-lane, a house kept by Mr. William Chaplin, the brother of the defendant, and who acted as chairman of the meeting:. In due course of time the promoters adver tised their project in the Times. to which they appended the names of both the brothers Chaplin as provisional committeemen among others. Mr. Newton, the plaintiff, having seen the advertisement, and amongst the pro moters the names of men so respectable as the brothers Chaplin, applied to the company to have 100 shares allotted to him. I n answer to th at application the plaintiff had 40 shares allotted to him in f our allotments of 10 shares each. Th e company proposed t o ra i se a cap i tal of 80,0001. in 4,000 shares at 201. each ; and the deposit money was to be 21. 2s. per share. On having the 40 shares allotted to him Mr. Newton paid the deposit money of two guineas a share, amounting to 841. Eventually the scheme was abandoned by the projectors, and one- - half of the deposit money returned to the allottees of shares, and to Mr. Newton amongst the others. Mr. Newton now sought to recover the other half of his deposit money, which the promoters had thought fit to retain. statement to th e j ury, Ali. NEWTON, in his opening charged the promoters with not having meted out an equal measure of justice to all the allottees of shares alike in the matter of the return of the deposit money. To him and others they had only returned one-half, while to certain favoured persons they had thoughr, fit to return three-fourths of the deposits. He should be able to show that no regular account had been rendered to the shareholders, that the balance sheet, such as it was, was full of misrepresentations and falsehood, and that, in some respects at least, the money subscribed for this undertaking was deliberately applied by the Messrs. Chaplin and those acting with him, to the payment of debts for which they were liable, and not at all connoc ted with this scheme. Mr.lWilliamChaplin, the chairman of the company, Mr. Fry, the defendant's attorney, and Mr. George Fre derick Eyre, the secretary, were severally called by M r . Newton, with th e v i ew to fi x t h e d e f en d an t with having acted as a provisional committeeman in the proposed railway scheme, but nothing to the purpose was elicited from any of them, except the fact from the secretary. that the defendant had attended two of the preliminary meetings. lie had not been seen at any of the subse quent meetings when the company had been regularly embodied. The Lot Cam , JUSTICE interposed—Unica, Mr. Newton, you can show that this gentleman, Mr. John ! Chaplin, was acting as a provisional committeeman, it ' will be of no use your wasting the time of the Court. You are seeking to charge this gentleman with fraud, and you must show tome acts by a hieh it clearly ap pears that those who committed the frauds acted by his authority. It is very odd that you have selected a gen tleman who has really so little to do with the company. Here we are till two o'clock Mr. NEWTON—The real difficulty, my Lord, is to get at the real Simon Pute. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—But you have taken a Simon Pure who is a long way off.—(Laughter.) It is really of no use your wasting the time of the Court, unless you can call witnesses to fix the defendant with having acted as a provisional committeeman. We like to see that one is making way, especially as you made some remarks on the very slow course of justice.— (Laughter.) The defendant's name being on the provi sional committee will not lay a foundation fur this action. Unless you can go further to connect the defendant than by showing his attendance at a preliminary committee meeting, I shall tell the jury there is no evidence. Mr. NEWTON, nothing daunted, renewed the attempt, and called and recalled several other witnesses in order to prove the defendant's attendance at the meetings of the company, and the allotment to him of a sufficient number of shares to qualify him to act as a provisional committeeman ; but with as little success as before, which elicited considerable merriment as each failure to get over the difficulty became manifest and called down repeated expressions of impatience from the Lord Chief Justice, who besides had frequent occasion to reprove Mr. Newton for his disregard of the rules of evidence. Air. ATHERTON, on behalf of Mr. Newton, submitted to the Coo rt that the question was, whether there was not evidence that the plaintiff paid the money, the amount of which was not in dispute, upon a considera tion which had failed, the scheme in respect of whick ho subseribed it :laving miscarried ? The LORD CIIII.F JUSTICE was of opinion that there was no case to go to the jury. It seemed to him that the plaintiff had failed to make out that he had any locus standi in the court on the present occasion. It was in evidence that the defendant at one time consented that his name should be announced as a provisional committeeman; but they had in evidence also, that in order to quality him to act as a provisional committee man it was necessary that he should possess a certain number of shares, and it did not appear that he did possess any shares; but on the contrary, when he was called upon to qualify as a provisional committeeman he refused to pay, and he never, in tact, attended any other than a preliminary meeting. It appeared to him (the Lord Chief Justice) that he never became a member of the company. There was no evidence that he had re ceived the plaintiff's money, which was the foundation of the present action. It was the mere payment of money into a certain banker's, having an account with certain names, namely, the Direct Sheffield and Mac clesfield Railway Company. There was no evidence to go to the jury, and it seemed to him (the Lord Chief Justice) that the plaintiff must be nonsuited. The plaintiff was nonsuited accordingly. The trial lasted nearly eight hours. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 28. ,Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the Loan CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) GADDERER V. Hassle. This case, which was partly heard on Tuesday, was an action to recover 2001., the amount of a bill of ex change alleged to have been accepted by the defendant, who pleaded 17 pleas denying the acceptance and the several indorsements, as alleged, by James Lomas, Jabez Haime, Frederick Haime, R. Shires, and John Miles, and averrir b os that the bill was acce pt e d f or a spec i al pur pose, which had not been carried out; that there was no consideration for such acceptance; that it was obtained by fraud and conspiracy; and that the plaintiff and the various indorsees took the bill with full knowledge of those facts and without any consideration. This was one of those numerous actions, of which the public have beard so much, and which have arisen from applications made by various clergymen in answer to ad vertisements in the Watchman newspaper, to the effect that the advertiser had 7,000/ to advance for pious pur poses upon the personal responsibility of clergymen of the Methodist persuasion. Application to be made to Mr. Lomas, 53, Mount -street, Lambeth. Mr. Humfrey and 2,1 r. R. B. Miller appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. Montague Chambers and Mr. Dovvdeswell for the defendant. The case having been opened on the part of the plaintiff, Thomas Clark, who was the first witness called, said that he knew the defendant and his handwriting. The acceptance was his writing. Upon cross-examusination, he said he became acquainted with the handwriting of the defendant by going to Pengwelley under pretence of taking lodgings for an invalid, and called upon the de fendant as ti person recommended to minister spiritual consolation. The witness tied his arm in a sling, and by this means, upon application, the defendant wrote his address as the person to whom the invalid was to be re commended upon arrival. He obtained the handwriting of one of the indorsers, who kept a shop in Pengwelley, by watching when tho party was alone in his shop, and then going in to buy a bottle of pickles, as mate to a vessel, and requiring a receipt to be put to the bill. Langdale, another witness, proved the handwriting of Mr. Lomas, another of the indorsers; he had seen the party write three letters in the office of the plaintiff, he standing by his side and observing the signatures. The witness bad known this indorser a week only. He also proved the handwriting of Mr. Shires, another indorser. lie knew him by having done business with him; the business was applying for orders to the Lyceum Theatre. He had seen Mr. Shires in Panton-square. It was at a hill-discounting house. He did not know when it was He knew the handwriting of another indorser, Miles. He was a relation of his; but he did not know what he was k but he was of very respectable connexion. Mr. Shires was an elderly man, neither tall nor short, not dark nor fsir, greyish hair, neither light nor dark; he did not know him to a hair. Mr. Miles was neither young nor old, and neither tall nor short. Three letters were then put in, the signatures being turned back. He had never seen any of those handwritings before. Upon being re-produced to the witness, he said the signatures were those of Mr. Lomas. He had been an attorney, and was now clerk to the attorney for the plaintiff. The bill of exchange was then put in and read. Joseph William Snell—Mr. Gadderer, the plaintiff, had several times taken the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act, and bad been twice a bankrupt. He lived in Craven-street, in the Strand, and discounted hills very largely. The witness had a cause in the list ; it was an action on a bill of exchange for 1851. He had discounted it for Gadderer. He had no means of liv ing ;he resided at present with; his daughter. The bill upon which the action was brought was dis counted at the rate of 60 per cent. per annum. He paid the money to Shires, who indorsed to the plain tiff. The plaintiff had lived 22 years in his present resi dence, and had also at one time a country house at Streatham. His wife had a large property of her own -1,2501. a year. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. MONTAGUE CHAMBERS having addressed the Court on behalf of the defendant, William Wootten was the first witness called. He recollected Lomas calling, in January, 1847, for letters at his house (which was the post-office) at 53, Mount street, Lambeth. He had no knowledge of Lomas, and had not given him permission to have his letters directed there. About 30 letters were received. John Villsden knew a person of the mime of Tuckers' the bill was in his handwriting, and so were the signa ture and the endorsement in the name of Lomas. Three letters addressed to the defendant upon the negotiation respecting the bills of exchange, and signed " Lomas," were in the handwriting of Tucker. He knew a person of the name of Sidserf; the copy for an advertisement inserted in the ii'alchman on the 13th January, 1847, was in his handwriting. It was shown to him before insertion. He had known both the parties for some years. The letters from Lomas to the defendant were then put in and read. These letters contained the terms of the pretended negotiation, and were written in an affected spirit of the greatest possible piety, but dealing most freely with sacred names. The witness knew Shires; had seen him in company with Sidserf and Tucker, at the Bull Inn, Bishopegate, on many occasions. Thomas Marsden knew Richard Shires, who lodged in his house for some time at 6s. 3d. per week. He left, leaving a balance of 271. 10s. in arrears. C. T. Lewis—Was an officer in the Queen's Prison. Sidserf, Dadderer, and Shires, had been in the prison together. Gadderer had been in the prison five times, between the years 1829 and 1839. John Henry Newdiman—Miles was a tenant of his at 4s. 6d. per week. His wife went out washing. Mary Curling—Was the housekeeper at No. 9, Pan ton-square. Miles had an office there at 12s. 6d. per week. She had seen Gadderer put down the money to pay the rent. Six schedules of Gadderer's insolvency were then put in, from 1826 to 1843. This closed the defendant's case. Mr. Humfrey replied—He did not deny the fraud prac tised upon the defendant; the question was whether Mr. Gadderer had bona fide given a consideration for this bill. At one time it was held that a man was not justified in taking a bill under suspicious circumstances, but that doctrine had long been exploded in Westminster-hall, and a man had now a perfect right to take a bill under any circumstances, because the original doctrine was found very much to embarrass the mercantile interests in the circulation of bills of exchange ; but it cannot be supposed that, under such circumstances, a bill would be discounted at 5 per cent. ; the bill is bought, perhaps, for 50/., upon the faith of the names upon it, and the plaintiff is at least entitled to recover the amount he has paid. Is the person guilty of the indiscretion of putting his name to a negociable instrument, or the person who, upon the faith of that name, advances money, to be the sufferer? There was no evidence whatever of any acquaintance between Miles and the previous indorsers. There was no evidence of fraud on the part of Miles or Gadderer. Why did not Mr. Haimes give some notice of the fraud practised in obtaining the bill ? No suggestion even of this was made until the pleas were put upon the record ; and Mr. Gadderer having paid a valuable consideration fur the bill was entitled to recover. The Loan CHIEF BARON, in summing up, said this was the first time in which ho had ever known such evi dence as in this case given of handwriting. The only knowledge the witness had of the defendant's writing was such as he had obtained upon a most fraudulent and wicked representation, and he did not know whether the jury would not have been justified in dismissing the case upon that evidence. There is no doubt the law of usury in respect of bills of exchange is wholly repealed, and they may now be discounted at any rate of interest ; but, though legal, it does not follow that a conclusion may be drawn by the jury of the knowledge of the facts under which the bill was obtained. It is true, as ob served by the counsel for the plaintiff, that a person is not bound to inquire into all the facts of the bill, but it -- must have been upon a bona fide transaction. The plain tiff must have taken the bill honestly ; and if the jury believed the plaintiff had so taken the bill, he was en-- titled to their verdict. Ile must advert to the evidence of the handwriting of Lomas, who turned out to be Tucker. The only evidence was that of Langdale, who had seen him write three letters in the office of the plain tiff's attorney. The purport of those L-tters, of which the witness knew nothing, could be easily conceived ; and he must say that he thought there was some evi dence to connect the plaintiff with all the other parties. The jury immediately returned a verdict that the bill was obtained by fraud, of which the plaintiff was cog nisant. BENT V. FORSTER. The plaintiff is an attortie:v. ---; iiieaction was brought to recover 9/. 105. 6d. for professional services. De. Pendant pleaded that he was not indebted. Mr. Joyce appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hill for defendant. On the part of the plaintiff it was shown that the services were rendered in• 1842 and 1843, and that the charges were fair. Mi. HILL said he would call witnesses to prove that the defendant merely retained plaintiff on behalf of his son, and that plaintiff said he would trust to the honour of the son to pay when he came of age. The Learned Counsel said he would give credit to attorneys generally for a weakness in allowing their bills to stand over for a considerable period, but he did not think their proverbial weakness would bear out the presumption that in this case plaintiff would have allowed the bill to stand over for four years. The fact was, plaintiff in the first instance undertook to bring an action on speculation. After the son came of age plaintiff wrote to defendant, and said that as " Joshua" (the ~ o n) had come of age, and had received his money, it he (d , fendant), who was trustee, would get the amount lie (plaintiff) would make it answer his purpose. The letter wa s p u t in, and a witness called to prove the handwriting. Mr. JOYCE—have you been insolvent? Witness-- Yes, once. Mr. BILL—And how often has plaintiff been insol vent? Witness—Ti,at I can't tell lam sure, but a good many imes, m i .. fovc,EThat is voluw ary, and no legal proof. . Filea people th at live in -glass-houses epresse er and clappi ng Pressed by the Under should no: if_ row stones.—(Great laught of hands here occurred, but was r Sheriff) -minded, Mr. JOYCE said that a more respectable, hi gh or honourable man than plaintiff did not exist in the profession. He did rot believe the jury could consider such a conspiracy could have existed between p l aintiff and defendant to injure a third party. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to detail a conversation between plaintiff and defendant, when Mr. HILL said he a lways felt pleasure in hearing hi s Learned Friend's eloquence in a good cause, but in this he must object to statements being made which could not be proved. His Learned Friend might say that there was a man in the moon, the jury might believe him, but he (Mr. Hill) would take an objection that, as the fact could not bo legally proved, his Learned Friend would have no right to make the assertion,—(Laughter.) Mr. JOYCE—After that I will leave the case to the jury, The UNDER -SHERIFF summed Hp, and said that the letter was an important feature of the case. If the plaintiff had offered to share his costs, he had acted very wrong. The question was to whom the credit had been given. The jury gave a verdic for defendant. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. COMMONS ENCLOSURE BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of the Commons Enclosure Bill. The Bill was then read a second time. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCAS TLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved for the appointment of a Committee of inquiry into the conduct of the directors of this company. Lord BEAUMONT opposed the motion. After a short conversation the subject, as we under stood, dropped, we could u n d No question was put, ne i t h er, so tar as The Earl erat H and, Was the mot i on w i thdrawn. of ARROIVBY presented s evera l pet i t i ons for th e repeal of the legacy d u t y paya b le on pray jug bequests left for charitable purposeS. BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT BILL. Lord BROUGHAM laid ob i the table a Bill to amend the laws relating to bankruptcy, which was read a first time. The Earl of RODEN presented several petitions from the north of Ireland in favour of scriptural education. ECCLESIASTICAL UNIONS (IRELAND) BILL. BilOn the motion f or t h e b r i ng i ng up the report on this I, Lord STANLEY, while concurring in th e great ad vantage of aff or di ng facilities for the dssolution of large unions, thought i t matter wort h y of serious co sideration whether such dissolution should be carried out without the consent of the patron of the benefice. This Bill also proposed to authorise the Lord Lieutenant and the Privy Council of Ireland to consolidate small livings with the consent of patrons, that he thought Was 3 UDGES' CHAMBERS. kr. Justice ERLE directed the writ to issue forthwith, POLICE INT LLIGENCE. MANSION- 110 USE. BOW-STREET. Alfred Grogan, the young man who has been under remand upon the charge of forging several free admis sions to her Majesty's Thmstre, was placed at the bar for final examination. The case has been already published. It appears that the family of the prisoner had been for many years con nected with the Opera-house and other theatres, and from their respectability, Mr. Lumley was anxious not to press the present charges. Mr. HENRY could not accede to Mr. Lumley's wishes, as the matter was one of considerable importance to the public, as well as to managers. He was fully commited for trial. CL ERKEIV WELL. William Shields and Mary Poole were finally ex amined, charged by Mr. Samuel Charles Whitbread, of the firm of Whitbread and Co., the brewers, of Chiswell street, St. Luke's, with having been concerned in the following robbery:— On Thursday last Mr. Whitbread was proceeding up a narrow flight of stairs to one of the cash departments when he encountered the male prisoner, for whom he made way, and on pa,sing by he ran away. Mr. Whit bread's suspicions were aroused, and subsequently 2531. in Rotes and gold was missed from the room. Informa tion of the robbery was given to the police, when, through the active exertions of Harvey, 115 G, the prisoner was traced and apprehended, and nearly the whole of the property recovered. The female prisoner, it appeared, was kept by a gentleman, but allowed the visits of the male prisoner ; and on the day after the robbery he paid her a visit, when she intimated to her landlady that the gentleman, her protector, was about to send her into the country, and offered her an advance of rent, saying she had plenty of money, and was not in want of SOL The prisoner was formerly a waiter at the Green-gate public house, and had been in the habit of attending at the brewhouse. Several witnesses identified the prisoners and part of the notes. Mr. Robinson attended for the prisoners, by whose advice they reserved their defence, and were fully com mitted for trial. Patrick Croley, a ruffianly-looking fellow, was charged with a mur-lerous assault, upon Mary, his wife. The poor woman, whose head and face were shock ingly bruised and mutilated, and who was in so weakly a condition that she gave her evidence with difficulty, deposed that the prisoner was in the habit of using her i❑ a most brutal 4nd savage manner. On the previous night he returned home and quarrelled with her without the least provocation, when he knocked her down by a dreadful blow on the head from a broom. She became inseisible, and bled profusely, and was covered with bruises from kicks and blows given by the prisoner. Policeman Ayliffe, of the G division took the prisoner into custody. The prosecutrix entreated the Bench to separate her from the prisoner, as she telt satisfied that he would eventually murder her. She had three children, and she would endeavour to support them and herself as well as she could, as she was unable to bear with the prisoner any longer. The prisoner, with cool indifference, denied the charge. _ The MAGISTRATE sentenced him to ten days' impri sonment with hard labour in the House of Correction, without fine. SOUTH IVA RK. Edwin Smith, a respectable-looking young man, was brought bef ore M r . C ott i ng h am c h arge d with forging a cheque for 571. 10s. on the London and Westminster Bank, and uttering it with intent to defraud the above banking company. Mr. Edward Grattan, one of the cashiers of the Southwark branch of the London and Westminster Bank, said, that on the previous morning, a little after ten o'clock, the prisoner entered the banking-house and presented to him a cheque for 571. 10s. purporting to be drawn by Mr. James Dobson, a tradesman residing near the spot. Witness examined the cheque, and was sa tisfied it was not genuine. He accordingly asked the prisoner from whom he got it, when he replied he was sent by Mr. Matthews, in whose favour the; cheque was drawn. Witness then took him into the manager's room, when a police - constable was sent for. As soon as the officer arrived, the prisoner said that he knew no thing of Mr. Matthews; the fact was, a gentleman at Wallis's beer shop gave it him, and promised to pay him a shilling to get it cashed for him. He produced a can vass bag, and said that the man who handed him the cheque gave it hint to put the gold in. John Frederick Sheriff, also a cashier in the same bank, said that he knew the prisoner by sight. On the 23d inst. he came to the bank and produced an order fur a cheque-book signed by Mr. James Dobson, ore of their customers, residing at 127, Iligh-street, Southwark. Knowing him to have been in Mr. Dobson's employ, he delivered a cheque-book to him, and the cheque now produced was one of them. Mr. James Dobson said, that the cheque was not in his handwriting, nor did he know anything about it. He had an account open at the Southwark branch of the London and Westminster Bank, but he never drew a cheque to that amount on the day in question. Tho prisoner was several months in his employment, during which time he was sent to the banking house with cheque s and money, an d h a d every opportunity of examining them. The signatures to the order and cheque were both in the prisoner's handwriting. Michael Cregan, 145 M, said that he took the pri soner into custody. He said that he received the cheque from a man at Wallis's beer -shop, who promised to give him Is. Witness took him to the place, but no person could be found answering the description. Mr. COTTINGIIAM asked the cashier whether the order for the cheque-book was similar to Mr. Dobson's hand writing. Mr. Grattan replied in the negative, but customers were in the habit of ordering their servants to write out such orders, which were always attended to. Mr. COTTINGIUM considered that he had not acted with proper caution, as the possession of such cheques was a great temptation to such a lad as the prisoner. Ile was astonished that more forgeries were not com mitted, when ch eque -b oo k s were so easily to be ob tained In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that a man gave him the cheque to get cashed, under a promise of giving him a shilling. Mr. COTTINGHAM observed that he had been several months in Mr. Dobson's employ, and ought to have taken the cheque to him as soon as be got it, if what lie stated was true. But such he could not believe, and, as the case had been clearly made out, he should commit him to Newgate for trial. MR. ZEPHANIAH WlLLlAMS.—Relative to the re port which has recently gone the round of the papers respecting Mr. Williams, the following has been received by Mrs. Zephaniah Williams, in reply t o a l etter ad dressed by her to Sir G. Grey No report h as b een received at this office from the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land with regard to the alleged circum stance of Zephaniah Williams havino' been sentenced to labour in chains at Port Arthur, for ' having attempted to make his escape." THE CHARTIST LEADERS. Yesterday, before Mr. Justice Erle, in chamber, hail that was deemed satisfactory having been tendered on behalf of the prisoner Vernon, his liberation was ordered until the time appointed for his trial. THE COLDBATII-FIELDS MURDER. THE QUEEN V. WILLIAM JOHN lIEWSON. Mr. IIAYWoi , D said, in this ease, he had to apply for his Lordship's fiat,-directing a writ of habeas corpora to issue, directed to th , e keepers of the Coldbath•fields prison to bring no the bodies of Alfred Waddiluve and Henry Young, prisoners, confined in that prison, to ap pear and give evidence at the next Central Criminal Court Sessions, on the trial of William John Hewson, who stands charged with the wilful murder of William Woodhouse, one of the turnkeys of Coldhath fields prison. Mr. Hayward stated that the Secretary of State had directed Mr. Matile, on the part oc the Crown, to prosecute. Elizabeth Robinson was charged with having plun tiered her employer, Mr. Nairn, sack maker, of Tower Royal, NVatling. street. The prisoner, who had worked for the prosecutor for some years, was seen by a policeman on Saturday even ing at the corner of Wa!brook carrying 14 new sacks upon her head. She carried them into a public house in Budge•row. About three quarters of an hour after wards she came out with them on her head, and was taken into custody as she was going towards Cannon street, having made a very lame excuse about them. She subsequently gave a wrong address, but the police man having ascertained where she lived searched her lodgings, and found there six more sacks and a quantity of twine and sackcloth, all of which property was iden tified as having been stolen from Mr. Nairn, who stated that he had been, within the last 12 months, plundered of upwards of 1501. worth of goods of a similar descrip tion. Part of the goods had been sent to a booking office kept in a public-house, at the bar of which the prisoner had been see❑ with a man drinking, when they were brought in to be transmitted to Ealing by the carrier, and soon afterwards were missed. The prisoner said that she never for an instant con templated robbery; that she was in the public-house after the sacks were brought in, and, seeing them on the ground, took it into her head that they had been stolen from her employer, and determined to carry them off to his warehouse; that she accordingly got a porter to lift them on her head, and took them to the warehouse, but; that was closed, and she was soon after wards taken into custody. She solemnly declared that she had been a pattern of honesty. The LORD MAYOR said that he had no doubt that she knew of former robberies upon her employer as well as that of which she was accused, and committed her for trial. Philip Clew was committed for trial upon the charge of having robbed his master, Mr. R. H. Bowen, wine merchant, of 101, Fenchurch-street. The prisoner said, all he could say was, that he used to sell wine to a marine store dealer, who gave evidence against him, for is. 3d. per bottle. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. _ WOOLWICH. JUNE 28.—The Myrmidon steam-vesse l is ordered to be commission, d immediately to serve as s tender to the Ganges, 84 flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Dunford King, K.C.H., at the Nore. The It-ynard steam-vessel has been commissioned by Commander Craycroft, who recently studied steam at Woolwich Dockyard, and he will hoist his pendant,on his return from Scotland. One of the crew of the Shirakies, Egyptian steam• frigate, was brought before the magistrate at the police court, at Woolwich, yesterday, on a charge of stealing a piece of leather from Mr. Colebroke when he went to purchase soles for his shoes. The magistrate fined the offender 20c, and he received 70 lashes to-day on board the Nymph receiving ship, where the crew are at present stationed. The officers are very strict in punishing of fenders of that description. The Royal standard was hoisted at an early hour nt the Dockyard, the Royal Arsenal, and the garrison, this morning, in commemoration of the day on which her Majesty's coronation took place, and a royal salute we s fired from the mortar battery at twelve o'clock. Th e Royal Horse Artillery, the field batteries, and artillery , were under orders to assemble on the common, at half past nine o'clock .at., but the order was counter manchd in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 28. Srocx ExcsrANoe.—The depression apparent in the market last week has again begun to exhibit itself,. and we,. have not a good ma r k e t t o -d ay. A considerable quan ity of stock is offering. The sales are—Great Northern, 9 1 4 di ' - 7r . Lancashire and Yorkshire. 101. P re f erence, 6 per cen t., 33. o p.—London and North-Western, 119 1 4 2 —Ditto, New Quari ters, p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 10 Preference, par—Midland Stock, 99 1 / 2 —Ditto, New Halves , 7 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 9/. 12e. 3d. Shares, (B), 336 dis.—Shropshire Union, 2/. 18s. 9d. die—South- Eastern and Dover, No. 3,9% dia.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. a n d 13. E xtens i on, No. 2), .1 1 4 i c. P. -- D u blin and Drogheda, 32. MANCHESTER, JUNK 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The males are Arnbergate, Notting barn, and Bost on , 3 dis.—Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire (A), 9 1 4 dis.—London and North-Western , Quarters (C), 214 p. -1 1anchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, Qu ar t ers , N o. 1, 51/ dis.—Ditto, Preference, i 11" North Staff or d s hi re, 2% dis.—South-Eastern and Do)-or, No. 4, Third s , 2% d' ItIqINGLIAM. JUNE 28. STOCK EXCII.!-NOE.--The sales are—Noilli Staffordshi re, dis.—Sh rews b ury and Birmingham, 5 , 4 dis. —Ditto ( 3, 4—Shropshire U n i ons, dis. 5Ss. 9d.. dis.—South Staffordshire, ARRESTS FOR UNLAWFUL TRAINING.-011 Satur day last two other men were apprehended in the neigh' hourhood of Bingley, and taken beforo Mr. Busfella Ferrand, J. I'., who committed them to York Castle for trial at the next assizes, on charges of unlawfully train ing and drilling to the use of arms and vises. I3oth Bradford and Keighley have been very' peaceable since the mag,istrates took decisive measures to prevent large and illegal assemblages of the people. 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On the 24th inst., at Milton-street, Dorset-square, M rs ' Spear, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at the Grove, Hertford, Mrs. A. Young, of a son. On the 25th inst., Mrs. Lewis Day, Salisbury-squa re, of daughter. On the 26th i ns t . , th e w if e of Mr. D. Co l na ghi, of Pall mall East, of a so n . On the 26th inst., i n D evons hi re -street, t he lady o f J • Glennie, Esq., of a da ug ht er . On the 26th in s t., a t Hi g h- s t reet, Camden -t o wn, the wife of J. Scott, Esq., of a son. On the 26th inst., at P ec kh am, Mrs. J. W . Gull, oft dtt RALED. On the 28th inst., at St. Mary's, Brvanston-square, byf t the Rev. J. H. Gurney, rect or , Major George Balfour , o f Madras Artillery, to Charlotte Isabella, third daughter Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P. On the 23d inst , at St. J o h n ' s H ackney, by t h e Bey T. Henderson, M.A., the Rev. W. Denton, M.A., of Worcel' er C o llege, Oxford, t o J ane, youngest daughter of W. 113 " t Ashpitel, Esq., of Clapton-square. At Clifton Church, on the 26th inst., by the Right H on ' and Rev. Lord NV. S omerset, Captain 11. B. Savile, 8.A., t° Mary, eldest daughter of the late Cornelius O'Callag haj ' Esq., of / 3 allynahinch, county of Clare, Ireland. At Putney, b y t h e R ev. E. East, A.M ~ James Layton, Esq" of the Grove, Tooting, Surrey, to Catherine, daughter of C. Shillito, Esq., M.D.. of the former place. DIEB. On the 21st inst., at Birmingham, W. S. Green, Esq" King's Dragoon Guards, aged 43. On the 21st inst., at Malvern Wells, Margaret Louisa, daughter of the late S. Fyler, Esq., of Twickenham. On the 23d inst., aged 74, W. A. Ashby, Esq., of Queer' ll Hall, Leicestershire. On the 23d inst., at Lewisham, Mary Anne de Montmo rency, relict of the late Edward D'Alton de Montmorencit Esq., of Greenwich Hospital. On the 25th inst., W. M. Barron, Eeq., of Aveley, Essex. On the 25th inst., at Dunrnow, Essex, aged 74, DI M "' relict of the late Hollis Clayton. On the 26th inst., at Braemar-street, Bethnal-green , J• Ferguson, Esq., aged 66, thirty-eight years Lieutenant of th e 55th Regiment of the Aberdeenshire Militia. On the 26th inst., at Highbury-grange. Jane Kellar, the wife of J. H. Mathews, Esq., of the Middle Temple. On the 27th inst., at Finsbury-place North, Finsbury square, Mr. T. Self, aged 53. London : Printed and Published by MIIRDOYOUNG• 1 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11$' Strand, in the Precinct of th e S avoy , i n t h e ooluitT g h Middlesex, Thursday, June 29, 1848, PORTSMAJTH, WEDNESDAY. —This bring the anal . versary of the Coronation, business was suspended in the borough and the Government offices. The squadron at Spithead and in harbour saluted at twelve o'clock. In the afternoon Lord Frederick Fitzclarence reviewed the troop s in garrison on Southsea-common, in the pre sence of an immense number of spectators. The 141° of Wight and Southampton steam-packets have been running all day at one-third the usual fares, and cons° . quently have been well patronized. The South-Wester n and South Coast Railway Companies have been run ning :express trains to Brighton, Salisbury, Dorchester' &e., and have brought a great influx of visitors ft' these places to see th e fleet, &c., her e . O w ing to th° ,, high state of the wi n d, t h e s hi ps could not " dress' , In the evening the theatre was thrown open at ! ilt. price to all p ar t s o f t h e house, and the General e nteri tamed a large p ar t y i n h onour of the day - . Aflrni" Prescott entertained the Commander-in-Chief, the COP" tains of the fleet, and a brilliant circle ; and a ll the other heads of departments similarly contributed to the general hilarity by entertaining those in their depart:, thetas and their fri en d s . A grand ball, attended b y all the nobility and gentry and the elite of the united seel- vices, took place a t t h e Ki ng ' s R ooms, Southiea, w hi c h conclude.l the festivities of the dal'. THE CAPE OF GOOD 11,PE COMMAND,—CaptaiD9 Nicholas Cory (1810), who was some long time With Captain Lord John Hay ( now o f t h e Ad miralty Board) , in the North Star frigate, and William Griffin (1542.), are each reported as likely to be flag-captains to Rear - Admiral Reynolds, the intended Commander-in-Chief ° the above station. HER MAJESTY'S ANNUAL CRUIZE. - The royal steam yacht Victoria and Albert, the Hight Hon. Lord Fiszclarence, R.N., captain, w ill receive her officers and cr ew for her autumnal service on Saturdays at Portsmouth, when she will be ready for use. W e believe the report is well founded that her MajestY intends to visit Ireland, accompanied by a squadron. The Medusa, a steam packet, Lieutenant Bathurst, commanding, will sail from Portsmouth on Saturday night for Malta, with dispatches for the Governor of Gibraltar, and Sir W. Parker, the Vice-Admiral cow' manding-in-chief at Malta. 'We may presumes these are of consequence, by the haste with which the Medusa is ordered to complete for the service. Sho is ordered to ship her powder and shell in the harbour (a very Wl' usual circumstance), and make straight out for h er , destination. A s a pac k et i n her last service, she carri ed but two 9-pounder brass guns ; she has had added tour 32-pounder guns. The Merlin, a similar vessel, com manded by Lieutenant Turnour, will follow the Medusa shortly after to the same station. The Ganges, 84 guns, Captain Smith, is at anchor at the outer Nore, where she awaits sailing orders. Ii the , her purser, steam sloop on board on SaturdaWoolwich, after having been to after being put out of commission at Sheerness, to recei ve new engines, has returned to Sheerness to be thoroughli repaired. The Formidable, 84 guns, the Wellington, 72 gins' Captain Price, and the corvette Modeste, 18 guns, are in . dock at Sh eerness ; t h e Wellington waiting for ne xs spring tide to go out. The Southampton, 50, is daily expected to be COw missioned at the eastward by Captain Cory, for the fl o g of Rear-Admiral Barrington Reynolds, for the Cape station. Wind, W.S.W., fresh gales, and squally weather. A PPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant—S. Lilburn to the Coast Guard Service. Mates—W. B. Elphinstone, T. B. Lethbridge, and T. D. Atkinson, to her Majesty's steam yacht Victoria and Albert, at Portsmouth ; F. Peet, to the Tweed corvette at Devonport. Second Master—T. 11. Julian to the Agincourt depot ship at Devonport. Acting Assistant-Surgeon —H. C. T. Wilson to the Hastings, 72 guns, flag ship of Rear-Admiral Sir F. 5 ' Collier, at Portsmouth. Midshipman—W. T. Moule to the Ranger brig, pt Devonport. Masters' Assistant—J. M. Ockly to the Ocean, 80 guns, flag ship, at the Nore. Naval Cadets—T. G. A y l mer, to the T wee d ;w rt • q. Bosanquet, to the Helena sloop, fitting out at Ports mouth. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 27.—Her Majesty's ship BeHero' phon, now lying in the Sound, has entered all her hands , mid will soon be ready for sea. Arrived yesterday, the Royal yacht schooner Ondine , from Gibraltar, on the 12th instant. Her noble coal" wander, the Marquis of Stafford, accompanied by Mr' E. Harcourt and the Rev. J. S. Howson, landed from her, and proceeded to town by the South Devon Railway. This rnornia ! _:- the ship Severn, Captain C. Danes" , with a general catg, from Colombo, for London, passed up Channel, havi ng l an d e d h er passengers from tne Cape of Good dope, Mr. A. M'Kenny and Mr. Bor radaile. t I