The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-10 00:00:00

FRANCE. We read h the .Mouiteur—" Dispatches have 11 re shed Paris, dated the 30:h ult,, from the admiral in command of the i'dediterreneen squadron, which i • announce the settlement of the differences which had called fer the presence of the squadron before the walls of Tripoli. Two French deserters, it will be recollected, had taken refuge in that place, and it was endeavoured to compel them to embrace Islamism. They refused, and invoked the protection of the French consul-general, who claimed them. One of them succeeded in reaching the consulate, enit having been closely watched, he was, when leaving it, pursued by the crowd, and cruelly ill treated. Tee Turkish authorities only interfered to put him and his comrade in prison, where they were detained in spite of the energetic remonstrances of our consular agent. Such manifest violation of the law of nations could not be tolerated. On the `?7th ult. the French squadron left Toulon for Tripoli with orders to have the two prisoners given up, or to de stroy the town. On the 28th the squadron an chored before the place, and a communication took place between the admiral and the consul general. The Pacha left for the interior at the very commencement of the affair. A summons was immediately sent to the mudir commanding the place to give up the prisoners by sunrise the following day at the latest. At seven o'clock in the morning of the 29th no answer having been returned, the consul general struck his flag and went on board the admi ral's slip, followed by several Christian families of different nations, who were received on board the vessels of the squadron. The merchant vessels at anchor in the port hauled out of the range of shot. The squadron was about to open its fire after sending a seoond summons to the mudir, when at nine o'clock the admiral-was informed that the two deserters were about to be given up, and at four o'clock an agent of the mudir brought them on board the admiral's ship. On the morning of the 30th the squadron put to sea. If the Regency of Tripoli had not immediately given the satisfaction demanded, our squadron would have maintained the legitimate claims of France by force." The Minister of the Interior, by a letter, has inti mated to the General-in-Chief of the National Guards of the Seine that the Prince President will pass them in review on the 15th. The battalions will be drawn up from the Place de la Concorde to the Barriere de l'Etoile, on each side of the Champs Elys(tes. The Prince will arrive at eleven o'clock. Curious mistakes are frequently made with English names in French journals. The Patrie of Friday mentions, as amongst the English who were present at the funeral of Count d'Orsay, Lord Tishah It would be in vain to search for this name in the Eng. lish peerage. Lord Usbal of the Patrie is Mr. Hughes Ball. POLAND. A letter from Warsaw s tates that the cholera i s making great ravages at Sieradz. The deaths are very numerous. In the kingdom of Poland there exists an ordinance which enacts that men shall not wear bea r d s w i t h out perm i ss i o n of the authorities, and without p a yi ng a duty. At the l a st fair at Korieglow several persons with beards were summoned before th e M ayor to pro duce their permissions. Those who could not do so were placed in the hands of a barber, and the beards were shaved off. GREECE. It is stated in a letter from Athens that a Greco- French company has made propositions for establish ing a railway from Athens to the Pirmus. This will be the first railway in Greece. EXPERIMENTAL TRIP TO PARIS. On Saturday last an interesting trip took place for the purpose of ascertaini ng th e pract i ca bility of effect ing an improved system of communication between London and Paris by way of Dieppe. On the map this route is evidently the shortest, forming nearly a straight line, through Newhaven, Dieppe, and Rouen, from the one metropolis to the other. Hi therto this route has been little used, mainly on account of insufficient steamboat accommodation across the Channel, and incomplete arrangements for connecting the London and Brighton Railway on one side, with the Paris, Rouen, and Dieppe line on the other. During the greatly increased traffic of 1851 the di rectness of this route, and its cheapness, attracted crowds of passengers, but the steamboat and harbour arrangements were found to be such as called for decided improvement, in order to render it perma nently a favourite with the public. Since that time the attention of practical men has been a good deal directed to the subject, and efforts are now being made to place the communication on a better footing. On Saturday morning the chairman, directors, and officers of the Paris, Rouen, and Dieppe Railway left Paris by an express train, and reached Dieppe in three hours and a half; and on the same morning the chairman and officers of the London and Brighton Railway left London to meet them by an express train, with which they reached Newhaven in less than ali p hour and a half, the total railway distance being thus got over in five hours, excluding, of course, the sea voyage, which is the chief difficulty of the route. For the purpose of rendering this as perfect as pos sible, a new description of vessel was tried, possess ing qualities and arrangements of an unusual kind. Instead of the close cabins down in the hold of the ship, where passengers are usu3lly con• fined, the vessel carries her first-class passengers on deck in a large and luxurious saloon, surrounded with plate glass windows, where they are thoroughly protected from the wind and waves, and yet enjoy an extensive view, having abundance of light and the most perfect ventilation. Owing to the peculiar construction of the vessel the motion of the sea is much less felt than in steamers generally, a result which has been accomplished by making her of un usual length, so as to prevent pitching, and y a proportion of beam and height which diminishes b the rolling. With this vessel, called the Wave Queen, the Chairman of the Brighton Railway, Mr. Mng/ M.P., and several other gentlemen made the passage from Newhaven to Dieppe, with a strong south westerly breeze and a considerable sea, directly on the beam—circumstances regarded as exceedingly unfavourable for the voyage—in 5i hours. It i 3 believed, therefore, that the whole route from London to Paris may be accomplished in from 91 to 10i hours, excluding stoppages, and that, allowing time on each side for embercation and debarcation, it may, with good arrangements, be completed in from 10 to 11 hours. The joint meeting of directors already alluded to was to consider the mode of carrying out this object. The mayor and authorities of Dieppe— Messrs. Simon, Blount, Machete], Bailly, Cretu, and De la Peyriera—were present on the French side; Mr. Laing, alp., Mr. Slight, &c., on the other Captain Claxton, R.N., C a pt a i n F or d , Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. Farquhar, and other scientific gentlemen, were also present to make the passage in the vessel and test her seagoing qualities. The result of their deliberation is, we understand, the conviction that the arrangements which have hitherto existed are vary defective, and a determination to open the route with two or more fait steamers, h av i ng the im proved accommoda tion for passeng ers which the w av e Queen possesses,and , torun the m i n combina tion w i t h fast trains, so the', this route, w hi c h is the shortest in point of distance, may be r en d ered the shortest also in point of time. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S MEETING AT LE IVES. GLASS, &c.—ln no case were we more pleased than in the many new inventians in glass, introduced by Messrs. Cogan and Co., of 48, Leiceeter-square, who have at last succeeded in perfecting their original notion in producing every article of glass for the dairy. All who keep dairies are greatly indebted to Captain Stanley Carr and other gentlemen for their endeavours in bringing this cleanly material before the consideration of the society and the public at a cheaper price; and we think much credit is also due to Messrs. Cogan and Cc., fur the readiness with which they adopt any really useful and practical sug gestion. On looking at the German pans, recom mended by Captain Carr, and now imported by this house, we perceive they ar e ne...de of bottle glass , somewhat deeper, though of sma ll er di ame ter, than the English ones generally used, and are sold at 21s. Per doz., instead of 365. English pans were also sho meZl.' of s t tut h o esame size and price, of the light green rou g h pans, made of plate g la ss in its s tate, and now reduced to the same price, ap pear to „ substance durable, being the same thrtohumegyoeut. In different degrees of temperature the expansion seed must be less breakage, as out ; their stoutness contraction is equal through less liable to the eleeetsrsie must also make them respect, we should preferityof the air, and, in every t them for our own use to any other kind we have cream-pots ; Lord Carnyoe4s'seen. Then, they have syphon, for separat ing' milk from cream ; Y lac m to ß o Y in g P t eters, for testing the richness of m ilk ; a p a il, of of the ordinary size, ingeni ous g l ass protected tom with a loose basket, and with a the portable also exhibited . t o ted ; bale and hoop of wood, an accompaniment t i th e ir patent glass churn, which was the principle is the same as the one shown by hem at , the Great Exhibition, but much improved as to I . strength and working ; after which we were show n butter slabs, made of glass; butter presses; butter dishes, dairy shelves, g Ims ventilators. bee glasses, r'd a variety of other artic les, f or which we s r: not space. On the Castle - green a Flower Ales 7,,, ‘, was held, and here wa s erected th e *. ogan's glass pavilion , th a t attracted notic e of Palace. her Majesty so often at the Crystal from ls. Ontolthe counter were displayed flower vases, of all substances the pair ; glass for hothouses, and other gall s and sizes ; cucumber, grape, striking, Great Exhibit- u glass ; their small models of the ion, ' and th e g la s s pen, of which 20,000 TfT E SUN, LoNDON TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST _ 10, 1852. were sold in, 1851. Altogether forming a most ele gant and useful collection. It is their intention to exhibit the same at Me Yorkshire end other meetings. — From the Agricultural Magazine, Plougs, and Farmers' Journal. boats, overtaken, and two marines placed in charge - of each vessel— five in number. An application was then made to the inspecting commander of the coast guard at Southend; and the vessels were clelivz.sred over to his charge by Lieutenant Bullock, R.N., in order that the stores might be prop , erly secured end accounted for hereefter; that on the rell.iwibg day part of the boats from Southend returned to the schooner, and the crews of them cut away the masts and bowsorir, loaded their vessels with slores and cargo belonging to the schooner; and upon further application being made to the Admiral's ship, the Wildfire (steamer) was sent off to remain permanently by the schooner to pre vent further depredations being committed on her. Two vessels, with divers and apparatus on board, were ern. ploy ed for the purpose of lightening the vessel, by the discharge of the cargo, preparatory to her being raised. And these uppearers do protest, and I, the said n otary, at their request, do hereby legally and solemnly protest against the said bad weather, acci dents, and occurrences, and also against the said boatmen from Sou:hend for their illegal and piratical conduct, in taking possession of the said schooner, and for all other loss or damage occa sioned thereby, the same being owing to the facts and circumstances beforementioned, and no' by any neglect, misconduct, or delauit of the said master or any of the crew of the said schooner; the whole to be allowed and recovered from such person or persons, iu time and place convenient, as occasion shall be or require. " WILLIAM KINNEAR, master of the schooner Renown, of Allea. " ARCHIBALD DEWAR, mate. " SAMUEL HATCH, seaman." PIRACY AND GOLD ROBBERY. - - - --- (nom the Melbourne Argus of April 3.) Yesterday morning (April 2), at an early hour, two boats, with muffled oars, containing twenty-two men, armed to the teeth, proceeded from the beach at Sandridge to the barque Nelson, lying off the light house at Williams Town. This vessel, which has recently arrived from Geelong, en route to London, had on board 8,183 ounces of gold. Not withstanding so large an amount of treasure was deposited in her, no watch was kept, and the pirates succeeded is boarding her, and securing two men and a boy, who were in the forecastle, before they could raise any alarm. Having di 6 e versed themselves over the vessel, some went aft and seized the chief officer and a friend, together with the carpenter, who were asleep in the cabin, whilst others employed themselves in throwing over board all the small arms within their reach, as well as the swivel-guns mounted on the poop deck. Mr. Draper, the chief officer, received a slight wound in the thigh, from a shot fired by one of the robbers, before they succeeded in overpowering him and his companions, which they soon did, and having lashed their hands together, they com menced plundering the lazarette, of the position of which they appeared to be wel l acquainted. Captain Wright, the commander of the vessel, was ashore, and seven only of the crew remained on board. Having secured the treasure of which they were in search, and deposited it in the boats, they took the precaution before quitting the vessel of imprisoning all hands in the lazarette, where it is difficult to conjecture how long they might have remained had they not been released by a seaman, who, in the early part of the fray, during the confusion which ensued, succeeded in secreting himself, end who emerged from his hiding place when well assured of the departure of the assailants. So soon as the chief officer was liberated from his confinement he proceeded to Williams Town, and gave informa tion to the proper authorities of what had occurred. The harbour master's and water police boats were immediately manned and proceeded to sea, in the hope of overtaking the plunderers, but they could discover nothing until d ay li g ht, when they found one of the boats half a mile from the beach towards St. Kilda, broadside on the sand, together with the tracks of dray wheels brought there to convey away the plunder. Another boat was found on the beach at Williams Town. Upon the arrival of Mr. Level, the inspector of water police, in town yesterday morning, with in telligence of the occurrence, Captain Start started off with a body of the mounted police, and scoured the country, with the view of discovering what direction the dray had taken after leaving the beach. Up to the time of going to press last night, we regret to say, no tidings had been heard of them ; but it is expected that, in the event of their capture, some of their num ber could be recognised, though many of them had the lower part of their faces disguised in black hand kerchiefs, with caps over their eyes. (From the Argus of April 6.) There is little to add in reference to the daring act of piracy committed on board the Nelson. Yesterday morning as a compositor in our employment, named Mr. Masters, was proceeding to the beach, within half a mile of the hotel, at a short distance from the land, he stumbled over the empty boxes which had contained the gold, and which were concealed in the tea-tree scrub. They are now lying at the watchhouse. A fancy pipe was also found close by, as well as a blue shirt, which perhaps may afford some clue to the perpetrators of this daring deed. In the hurried division of the spoil, some of the gold had been spilt about the place, and several people were employed yesterday after noon in carrying away the sand for the purpose of washing it. A. bag of gold dust was found on Satur day morning, which is believed to have formed a portion of the plunder. The following is an extract from a private letter, dated Melbourne, the 19th April:— " Several persons have since been apprehended on suspicion of the robbery of the Nelson, and one man has been committed for trial." RACING FIXTU TIIE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. On Thursday we gave the details of a most me lancholy accident which occurred in the Bristol Channel off Clevedon, and which resulted in the deaths of four young men, three of whom were the sons of respectable tradesmen residing at this fashion able watering place, and the fourth had recently come to live there. One of the bodies has been recovered, arid an inquest has since been held on it by Mr. T. L. Whitmore, the deputy-coroner for the district, when, in addition to the facts already given, it was shown that on Saturday, the 31st ult., three of the deceased were engaged about some new build ings in the process of erection at Clevedon. It was then agreed on to make up a boating party to go to Weston-super-Mare the following day, to which altogether five persons consented —namely, the four deceased men, George Hurdle, mason, aged 28 ; William Laurie, 22, a carpenter; Samuel Fripp, 29, lime burner; James Davis, 25, baker; and also another young man named Charles Merchant, a mason. Hurdle undertook to steer the boat. They started early in the morning, and after about three hours' sailing they arrived safely at Weston, where they spent the day. In the afternoon they all re-em barked, except Merchant, who expre ssed his inten tion of remaining at Weston all night, and returning to Clevedon by the first train the next morning. The four deceased were never again seen alive. The body of Davis was discovered the next day on the sands at a place called Woodspring, in the parish of Chew stoke, about four miles from Clevedon, and the boat itself was found upset near Kingston W havi harf. The body of Davis presented a shocking sight, ng been much eaten about the face and neck by crabs, several of which were hanging about it when it was recovered. The boat, it was stated, was a very small one, and by no means fit to ve nture to sea in. It is supposed to have capsized o ff a very dangerous point, known as Fiddler's-poin t, or to have or rose nat e h a s c o n l s e i f deceaseddt e r a - struck a sand bank imm ediatel y be y ond wasand turn edververy gusty, n o s v t eyr: and It thes wind e ee ins that the night ki iv le , l e y st a n f n t . er 4 lt o' i c s lo s c a k id , th th e at tim tn e e u t h e party started from were fully warned of the dang er they incurred by venturing across so dangerous a p art as Fiddler's. point, where there is a strong current and two tid es meet. All four of the decease d were much respected at Clevedon. The jury retu rned a verdict of acci dental death. One of the young men widowed mother, who is a respectable shopkeeper at Clevedon, to deplore the loss of an only son. proposed BRITISH A RCHzEOLOGICAL ASSOClATlON.blieneheelfd tahteNewark, a6t—tMheeeCtinlignton August e o f n Arms; proceed in g T s h o o f f theollo w c i o n n g g i r s e i s l s n , t o o u t general o l o th mi t t o tee 2 evening meeting in the T own-hall; p resident's address; o o n t d a o y r , d A i n u a g r A. 1 ; II i d t i : n — n e M r papers; order of business. Excursions will be made on the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to Newstead Abbey, Lincoln, Worksop, Clumber, Belvoir, Ilawton, Southwell, Thurgarton, Nottingham, and other places, which, when arranged, will be announced in a future programme. On Friday there will be a public dinner ; and on Saturday, a closing meeting in the Town-hall. Amongst the papers already announced are—Mr. Ll. Jewitt, on Ancient Customs and Sports of the County of Nottingham; Mr. Bateman, on some of the Contents of the Nottinghamshire Barrows ; Mr. Wickes, on the Churches of Nottinghamshire and Lin colnshire; Mr. Pettigrew, on Newstead Abbey; Re , . J. F. Dimock, on the History of the Collegiate Church o: Southwell; Mr. Ashpitel, on the Architecture of the same; Mr. Halliwell, on the Era and Character of Robin Hood; Mr. Gulch, on Robin Hood and the Bal lads; Mr. Bridger, on the Mint at Newark; Mr. Dues bury, on Newark Castle and the Siege of Newark; Mr. O'Connor, on the Painted Glass in Lincoln Cathedral, &e. --Builder. RES FOR 1852. UST. A ETC Wolverhampton 9 Great Yarmouth lO Gloucester (Frog Castle) 10 Hazel Grove Tonbridge Reading Coventry l2 Lynn ... l2 Lichfield l6 Plymouth, Devonport, and Cornwall l7 York Pinner lB Radcliffe 23 Taunton Barnsley • .. 23 Barnet 23 Westbury Egham Derby Tiverton 26 Canterbury 26 805t0n..... 26 Stonrbridge 3O Eccles Lincoln dIIER. Morpeth Stirling Marlborough 3 Bridgnorth Cheadle Warwick 7 Whitehaven . Southport Weymouth 8 Rochester and Chatham 8 Airdrie Weston Zuyland and Bridgewater OCT( Chester Royal Caledonian Hunt and Edinburgh Club . 6 Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Wrexham Newmarket S. 0. Doncaster ...... 14 Redditch 2O Tenby 2l Eglinton Club Bedford Leicester 22 Liverpool 11. (iloy121o) 22 Manchester Autumn 23 Newmarket F. 0. Chesterfield ,. 29 Western Meeting 30 SEABORNE DTA IL S. IN algnifie3 that the mils are sent frorq the General Post-o.llet by the -light—and M by the morning--dispatch.) When made up in From what Whe ri GeneralPost-Oilice port die- London: patched. „I /net -Ica (by Brit. pkt.)NlAug. 13 Liverpool .. Aug. 17 AllluriCa (by U.S. pkt.) N •• • • Liverpool ..'Aug. 15 America (by U.S. pkt.)M'Aug. 10 .. ! Southampt. ! Aug. 24 Australia (via South ampton) • • • • •• M • • .. Southampt. Ditto (via Marseilles) N , Plymouth.. Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N: 2 d of August ..Plymouth.. Nov. 30 Africa (West coast).. Nll4th of the month :Plymouth July 29 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo.lDover .. Aug. 18 Belgium • • .. •• N Daily ..iDover .. Daily Brazil .. - • .. Ml9th of the month (Southampt. Aug. 16 Buenos Ayres 1119tli of the month Southampt. Aug. 16 Callfornia(viaCkagTee)M 23 & 17th of month , Southampt. Aug. 16 Cape of Good Hope Nl4th of August • • IPlymouth. „Arrived Cape de Verde N2d of the month .. Plymouth.. lArrived Constantinople* ...• N 7th 17th 27th of mo , Dover .. Aug. 10 Central America .. 1142 d & 17th of mon. iSouthampt. Sept. I Channel Isles .. NI Mon., Wed., & Fri. ISouthampt. Tu. Th. Sat Chili • • .. Ml2d & 17th of mnth ISouthanipt.lAug. 16 Franco .. Tvvice daily ..'Dover .. Twicedally Greece * • • • . . N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Aug. 10 Hamburgh N, Tuesday & Friday 'London Tries. Sat. Holland .. Wodnes. & Satur.,London Moc.Thur Honduras .. 17th of the mouth Southampt. !Aug% 16 Ireland &N: Twice daily .. 'Holyhead —lTwicedall) India(via gouthamp.) M 20th of the month'Southarapt. !Aug. 28 India (via, fioseilleo) N,Bth& 24th of month I Dover .. India, via C. of G. Hope N 15th of month !Plymouth .. !Arrived Mauritius .. 15th of month 'Plymouth .. !Arrived Mediterranean (via Southampton) M 20th of the month Southampt. July 28 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) N'Bth&24tis ofmonth Dover •• I Mexico Ml2d of the month.. Southampt. Sept. 1 Madoira .• Mi9th of the month Southampt. Aug. 16 Malta* • • .. f 7th,17th,19th,27th, Aug . o Dover g. & 30th of month I j &tries* .. •••• N 6th 15th 25t1, of me Dover 'Aug. 12 Papal States* N '6tlllsth 25th of Imo: Dover .. Aug. 12 -ininsula MB7th 17th 57th ef moi Southnmpt. !Aug. 16 Peru • • •• •• & 17th of ninth, Southampt !Aug. 1G Tuscany* .. N 15th 15th 25th of mol Dover .. 'Aug. 12 Nest Indies M 17th of the month 'Southampt. 'Aug. 16 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 22 of the month .. Southampt.i The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are conveyed by French packet via Marseilles. NOVE, Worcester Autumn ... 2 I Epsom .................. 4 IRISH RACE AID Phcenix Park............ 10 Roscommon ............ 11 merick ............... 1 Carragh .................. 7 Johnstown ............... 21 Curragh .................. 12 I Down Royal Corp ...... 20 Perth .................. l4 Holywell Hunt Richmond .... Lanark .................. Newmarket Houghton 25 IBER. Cowbridge Rant ... 10 ]S TO COME. ,lIST. Tuara . Ballinrobe ..... 31 :FIBER. Cashel Kilkenny 2B BE R. Carlow THE WRECKERS AT THE NORE. The subjoined protest has been entered by the master of the schooner Renown (which vessel was pillaged by wreckers on the Nore Sand), with a view to ulterior the Admiralty Court : , , That at; steering a coarse W.N. W. i N. proceedings l 1 p m ,while hil e in the ship struck on the Nore Sand, end immediately filled. It being then the last quarter ebb, and, after repeatedly striking heavily, the water flowed in from the atter part of the vessel. The pumps were reit on, and continued pump ing. Finding the leak increasing on the pumps, and also finding no hopes of keeping her, they made preparations for getting the beet out. That at twelve o'clock at mid night they git the boat off, and hung by the ship till two o'clock A.M., when, in consequence of the boat being loaded with the clothes and provisions, and beginning to make water, and the sea running heavy, they (the crew) were compelled to leave the ship and take to their beat, and pulled into Sheerness to procure assistance. That at about four AM. they reached Sheerness, and applied to Mr. Edgcumbe, a ship-agent there, and received from him the assistance of a boat and two hands, in which three of the crew, namely, the mato and two seamen, returned to the ship, and this ap pearer, Archib a ld D ewar (th e mate ), f ur ther states return Mat he, a n d S amuel Hatch and William M 'L azen, sea men, togeth er w i th the two boatmen provided by Mr. Edgc-Anb e , ce came on officereight Afound andan asked appearer by what au thoritythey board the vesse l ? Th e mate re plied, he had returned from Sheerness, where he had been for aesista nce ; and the, master who remained there on other d u ti es, had delivered , elivered to him the cer tificate of registry of the schooner, be produced to the chief officer of which document the production of which h e said he the coast-guard; on loft the vessel in charge of the appearer, wassatisfied, and Dc war; that appearer then gave directions to the Archibald men employed to unroeve the running gear and unbend and the sails, in order to save the stores in as perfecta a state THE COAST DEFENCES.—A survey, under tathe as the case would admit of , knowing that a b arge had Board of Ordnance, b y C a pt a i n Fanshawe, R:E , and Captain b ee n been engaged by Mr. Edgcombe, and w hi c h was then Gambier, R.A., is now b e i ng ma d e a l ong the Sussex' coastpin c oming down to receive them. She then succeeded in as far as Fairlight, to ascertain the capabilities of the several saving six sails. That between nine and ten o'clock, forts for the national defence. A similar survey by Captain A .M.,f ro m ten to twelve vess e ls and boats cam e Gambier and Captain Gordon, IRE., has been m a d e f rom aloweside, and the crews of which came and took Littlehampton (Sussex) to Hurst Castle (Dorset), with " of both masts and rigging, and immediately the same object. Oa Wednesday last a board of military possession using sharp hatchets for the and scientific (civil) officers, presided over by Colonel Sir commenced cutting away, Frederick Smith, C. 8., M.P., Commandant of the Royal the mate, told them not to purpose. That appearer, Engineers in Portsmouthgarrison, made a tour inspection touch . of inspection engaged assistance, but they touch anything, as he had . along the Gosport shore, with the object of selecting sites for to avoid • still continued cutting away, and in order t injury a chain of new fortifications. from the falling rigging and materialsey away by those The reports of the state of trade in the • obliged to go aft for for the provinces persons over their heads, they were were also ma d e by some activity. safety on the taffrail. Attempts At Manchester business has been on a smaller ' b o at lorgsidc, l persons to crush or smash appearer 's aArchibald scale, in ii consequence of lessened shipments, but the home de which had in it their stores. That appearer, tinned thatascontinued large. From Birmingham it is men- Dewar, finding himself overpowered, sent the boat d with hat in the ironworks, owing is expected among a large class of men the stores into Sheerness, and remained on board. That in that it will wing to the late improvement in prices, probably be met in th at about ten A.m., appearer, William Kinnear, and Mr. strike of the engineers was met in Londeonsaame the as the Edgcombe came on board, and the boatmen were of the year. The inconvenience from the distturtbaenboeginantinhg cautioned that they were acting illegally—that their ser- copper-market is still felt, but in all other branches o e f m i anu e vices were not required, as preparations were made, and facture there is full employment. The constant appearance . sufficient assistance engaged to save the property without of articles of new design is stated as MO of the consequences their aid; that they replied, 'We do not care w het you of the Exhibition of 1851. In the woollen districts the say, we shall do as we like ; we are at work for the transactions have been numerous, although not quite to the same extent t as o in the preceding week, and prices are firm. underwriters;' that finding all remonstrance was useless, appearer, the master, and Mr. Edgcombe, applied to the The exg a r n t is u r su e al e . considerable,. t.utrini and the American orders admiral's ship for assistance; and an arrangement was lrger alteration, but the Aijrarlantthere has been no par- ' titular . shipments create stea made for a man-of-war steamer being sent out to pro- The Irish linenmarket has 13 an rather dull. diness. tect the property, and take charge of the stores and cargo which had been plundered from the skip; that on THE AMERICAN WHEAT ElauvEsT.—The harvest the approach of the man-of - war steamer , at between, t w o is i n gre at part gathered even as far north as Wisconsin ; and three p.m. of the 25th, the vessels which had plan- and in quantity and quality the wheat generally exceeds dared the schoonerunder weigh, and sailed towards got Southend. merely local, and in the estimate of the aggregate crop hardly " They were chased f , wort h cona idering.—New rork'Journal of Commerce. by the 111 au - o awar s steamer ' s - RAIL WAY SHARE MARKETS'. BRISTOL, AUG. 9. &mac ExcllAxnx.—The market was somewhat firmer to-day, but there was little business doing. Great Westerns were done at 93. LIVERPOOL, Atm. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share market appears to-day:to have recovered from the depression of Friday and Saturday, but still is not strong. The unfavourable half-yearly state ments and diminished dividends of the leading railways have ' (riven a shock to public confidence, which has a depressing effect upon prices. The transactions were as follow :—East Lancashire, 17?}—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 8 ) 1 4 —D i tto, Preference, 6 per cent., 15 1 1 —London and North- Western, 125 1 / 2 —Ditto, New Quarters, 31N—Ditto, Fifths, 4!, p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 321 —Midland, 73 4 —South-Eastern and Dover, 20 3 4. MANCIIESTER, AUG. 9. STocr: EXCHANGE.—The share market opened well this morning, but declined in a slight degree towards its close. The transactions reported were—Leeds, 803!,—Sheflields, 33:k--Midlands, 73 1 4—East Lancashire, 17 1 4—Ditto, Pre frence, Quarters, 9 1 4—Eastern Counties. 10: 1i—Caledonians, 2014—Leeds, Fifths, 4y 3 dis.—Manchester and Birming ham (C), Quarters, 1 15.16 p. South-Eastern and Dover, 20 -- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOITTIT, MONDAT.—The Fire Queen steam yacht, Lieutenant Mason, of the Victory, Acting- Conammder, proceeded to Ryde this afternoon, and brought to off the pier, where she embarked her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Catherine of R us sia and her royal consort the Prince George of Mecklenberg Strelitz, and brought them to this har bour, with the Russian Imper;al Standard at her main, which the fllO.-ship Victory saluted. The illustrious visitors landed at the King's-stairs in this dockyard, where Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs and staff was in waiting to receive them, and proffered his carriage to convey them to the railway terminus at Landport, en route to London, leaving by the 2.15 px. train. Their Highnesses will return to the Isle of I.Vioht in about a week. • The Harpy iron steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander Williams, removed her ammunition at Suit head this morning, and came into harbour this after noon to be paid off. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—G;oucester, Auq. 7, CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) MASTERS V. JOIINnON. Mr. Whateley, Q.C., and Mr. Phipson appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Keating, Q.C., and Mr. Gray for the defendant. The Wasp, 14, steam-sloop, Acting-Commander Pritchard, whose arrival at Spithead we noticed yesterday, left the Bights on the Ist of June, and Ascension on the 19th, at which date the Pene lope, 16, Captain Ly s ter, car ryi ng th e b roa d p en d a nt of ommodore (now Rear-Admiral) Bruce ; Cygnet, 3; Bloodhound, 2; Tortoise, 12 ; were lying at that island. Iu the Bights were the Volcano steam-sloop; Water witch, 8; Myrmidon steam-tender; Hound, 10 ; and Polyphemus steam-sloop. On the south coast were the Alecto steam-sloop, Prometheus, and Firefly (senior officer) steam-sleeps; Harlequin, 12, and Dolphin, 3 ; and on the north coast the Crane, 6, and Spy, 3. The Wasp brought home Mr. James, mate of the Spy, as Lieutenant of the Wa-p ; Dr. Wallin g , joined from the P e nelope ; Mr. Blakely, mate, ieting-Lieutenant of the Volcano ; and Mr. Phillips, mate, Acting-Lieutenant of the Cygnet. She reports the Firefly and Prometheus each having lately made a prize, but the slave trade was effectually checked. Lieutenant Cartright of the Sealark, and Lieutenant Spencer, also Lieutenant Bent, on pro motion, have come home in the Wasp ; also Mr. Green, second master, invalided. Dr. Cockburn, sur geon of the Wasp, died on the coast The foremast of this vessel is very defective, and will have to be taken out, and she needs a new after cylinder. She was officially inspected by Flag-Captain G. B. Martin, C. 8., to-day for the Port-Admiral, and her crew exercised in gunnery. She sails for Woolwich. The Niger, 14, screw-sloop, Commander Heath, was inspected at Spithead,this afternoon by the Flag- Captain Martin, and her crew exercised in gunnery. She is ordered into this harbour to be paid off. The Leopard, 10, new steam-frigate, has been masted to-day, to be fitted out as one of the advanced squadron in reserve at this port. The Edinburgh, 56, is in the Angle Dock, with sails bent. She is to come out again on the 12th inst. Her catheads require to be raised, as her two fore most ports on her lower deck cannot be opened, as the best and small bower anchor stocks come just before them. She is coaling in dock. This ship in her prac tice cruise fired away in day and night practice no less than five tons of gunpowder, and a corresponding allowance of shot and shell. In a night exercise at a floating lantern the gallant Captain Chads himself knocked the lantern away, but the half-crown (awarded to such practice) was given to the captain of the gun from which the shot was fired. The ships at Spithead, the Blenheim, the Tiger, the Wasp, and the Niger, got the man ropes on the yards this morning, in anticipation of the royal squa dron passing through the anchorage. The 7th Royal Fusileers leave this garrison to morrow and the next day, in two divisions. An Irish steam-boat is now alongside the dockyard, embarking baggage. She will sail to-morrow with the first di vision, returning back for the second. The Sprightly steam-vessel, Mr. George Allen, acting master R.N., commanding, left this evening for Plymouth with supernumeraries. The Marlborough Indiaman (one of Smith's fleet) sailed from St. Helen's to-day, for Port Philip ; Australia, with emigrants. The Vimiera emigrant ship sailed from Spithead this afternoon, for Australia. DEVONPORT, AUG. B.—Orders have been received here to hasten the CornwEllis, now in No. 5 Dock fitting for a military depot at Hong-Kong. Ship wrights will be taken from the Havannah and Brisk, and from such other works as they can be best spared, and the ship will be complete about the middle of October. The Savage brig is to be prepared and fitted for a chain lighter for Malta. Jury masts and sails are to be prepared for her, and report w h en she is ready. When sawyers fall back as labourers in the dock yards, they are to be paid as skilled labourers, at the rate of 2s. 6d. per day. Aid lighter arrived to-day with stores from Chatham. SHEERNESS, MONDAY. -- Her Majesty's ship Daphne, 18, Captain E. G. Fanshawe, made her number off the Nore yesterday at 2.50 P.m., and saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy, Commander-in. Chief, which compliment was acknowledged by the Waterloo, 120. The Daphne then beat up to the Little Nore, where she anchored. She has been in commission since the 28th of October, 1848, and was designed by Sir W. Symonds, launched at Pembroke in 1838, and is of 726 tons burden. She is to be paid off at Chatham. Her Majesty's brig Nerbudde, 12, has been taken into dock at Chatham-yard for the purpose of being got ready for commission. She was built at Bombay i n 1847 from designs of Sir W. Symonds, and is of 445 tons measurement. Her Majesty's brig Daring, 12, at Chatham, has been docked for the purpose of having her bottom ex amined and defects made good. She was built in 1844 from designs of Mr. White, at Cowes, and some y ears since formed one of the experimental brig squnaddsr,osni,ising Fish,consistin g (with herself) of Sir W. Sy inoMr. Bake's Osprey, Mr. Fi n - M cha utine, and M essrs. R ea d , Ch a tfi e l d, and eg l e Daring I andlaunched Ep about e e leo nly the a a e nowperiod. on t he list of the navy, th e O sprey an d th e M ut i ne hav ing been wreck e d, t h e former at N ew Z ealand, the l a tter in the Adri a ti c, and the Flying Fith is con demned as unfit for further service. The Dari ng , we e O f f e t u h z e 6 ; s e E the sPI b e ar, will be shortly put in commission. Flee Majesty's ship Nankin, 50, of 2,049 tons, laun ched at Wo o l w i ch in 1850, and b u i lt from designs o f Mr. 0 . W. Lang, i s b roug ht f orwar d for actives men belon g i ng the Leander, 50, whos e t erm o f commission n The placewill of expire the latter end cf the ensui ng to the Coast Guard at thi s p o rt h av e attained a great degree of proficiency in the great gu n exercise, Sec. A short time since, while firing with a reduced charge at a target placed in the sea at a distance ?f BO O yards, th e s h o t s were di rec t e d w ith much precision, striking the bull's eye more th an one of th em, rather a young man, previous to u l d t tine away each neca suc cessively. l s of she taking target h arn, d ha would The plaintiff was a commercial traveller, an d th e defendant a wholesale draper at 13irmingiaam, and the action was for 1661., the balance of a three-quarters of a years' salary at 2501. a year. The chief question in the case was, whether the plaintiff was engaged by the week at 41. 103., or by the year at 2501. Both plaintiff and defendant were examined, and they swore point blank against each other, the plaintiff swearing that it was a yearly hiring at 2501., and the defendant swearing that it was only a weekly hiring at 41. 10s. Each was corroborated to a certain extent by other witnessc, , e and evidence. Hii 14021)3111P, in summing up, expressly told the jury that, whatever way they might decide, it would be impossible to arrive at any other conclusion than that either the plaintiff or the defendant came into the wituess-box with a deliberate iWentioa to forswear himself and deceive thvai. The case commenced about two o'clock yesterday, and did not close till ten o'clock to-day, when The jury, after a few miautes'consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed. The following case was tried before a special jury : CHESSHYTLE V. NORMAN. -LIBEL. Mr. Alexander,' Q.C,, Mr. liating, Q.C., and Mr. Fallon appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Whateley, Q.C., and Mr. Pigott for the defendant. This was an action against the publisher of the Cheltenham Examiner, for a libel on a Cheltenham attorney. The libel appeared as an advertisement, in the shape of a letter from " A Looker-on" to the editor. After alluding to two cases of alleged ob struction and assault, brought by a Mr. Blagdon, a county magistrate, and the Rev. Mr. Shute, against a man named Hill, end heard before two magistrates at petty sessions at Cheltenham, when plaintiff ap peared as Hill's attorney, the libel stated that he, " after most unnecessarily having attempted to brow beat Mr. Shute, and seeing that the case was evi dently against his client, got up, and instead of making a defence, commenced a most bitter and un provoked attack upon the character of Mr. Blagdon —assailed him with the vilest epithets, and charged him with the meanest motives, by no means re straining his observations to the truth or the evi dence before him. This conduct, though extremely bad al disgraceful in itself, I do not so much find fault with, and doubtless Mr. Chesehyre thought it was his proper line of business ; and, not pretending to be a gentleman, of course he cannot be supposed to have any respect for the feelings of a gentleman. So this point I dismiss. But really, Sir, I think any right minded man must feel exceedingly indignant that the presiding magistrate could allow an attorney to vilify and asperse the character of a country gentleman, a member of the bench on which he was sitting, and, I may add, who has been a member of that bench for a number of years—that be permitted such slanderous and disgraceful language is most lamentable. Such violent language as Mr. Cliesahyre used ought to have been checked at the outset; or, is it come to this, that a gentleman cannot appear as a witness in a case with out being insulted to his face by an insignificant at torney who may be entrusted with a vagabond's de fence. The presiding magistrate's duty was plain. No such language should have been permitted • if such infamous conduct were universal our cour t s Of justice would soon be converted into bear-gardens, and any gentleman who might happen to thwart the views of a paltry attorney might be called upon to listen to lan guage which, according to the established rules of society, he evidently could not resent. In conclusion, I am sure you will agree with me when I say that it augurs badly for our town, when a bench of magi strates will listen to the insulting tirade of a vulgar demagogue, who would court popular favour at the expense of truth and justice. As Mr. Blagdon very wisely remarked, such conduct as Mr. Chesahyre displayed may win the applause of the mobility. But, Sir, is the bench to be mobb e d ? are ou r laws to b e hoodwinked? are the ends of justice to be defeated by impudent blusterers ?" Immediately on the appear ance of this document the plaintiff desired that the author should be given up • but the defendant de clined to do so, and said he should be legally respon sible for it. Thereupon this action Ras commenced. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and a justification to the effect that Mr. Chesshyre's conduct at the petty sessions warranted the description given of it. The evidence of the two magistrates who presided on that occasion completely disproved this justification, and showed that the plaintiff's conduct was most pro per and becoming, and that the utmost that could be said against him was, that he was irritated as well as Mr. Blagdon, and that he did say that the charge was a trumpery one, and that he used the word partisan in reference to Mr. Blagdon. Mr. WIIATELEY, in addressing the jury in mitiga tion of damages, urged that the libel was an excellent advertisement of the plaintiff, for which he ought to be thankful ; that to publish of him that he browbeat a county magistrate was very likely to make his for tune ; that he must feel so in his heart, and that he would never have thought of bringing the action if it were not for the temptation of costs. The jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff-' -Damages, 403. His LORDSHIP granted a certificate for the costs of a special jury. SOUTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Chester, Aug. 9. CROWN COURT.—(BeforeMr.Justice CROMPTON.) The assizes for the county of Chester commenced to-day. Mr. Justice Crompton presided in the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice Taifourd at Nisi Prius. Numerically the calendar was lighter than usual, but several of the cases, including the Stockport rioters, were of a serious character. The grand jury having been sworn, Mr. Justice CROMPTON proceeded to deliver his charge. He said he was afraid that he could nut congratulate them as he had had the pleasure of doing the grand juries all around the Welsh Circuit, as to the state of crime in this county. Although there were not so many cases in the calendar as there had been on former occasions, yet it contained a con siderable number, and many of them were cases of a serious description. Among them he found that there was a very frightful case of the murder of a mother by her son, which would very likely involve the state of mind of the individual charged with the offence. After alluding to some of the general cases in the ca lendar, hie Lordship dwelt at considerable length on the charges arising out of the Stockport riots. He lamented extremely the disturbances which had re cently taken place in the large manufacturing town of Stockport. Religious animositios seemed to have arisen between the Roman Catholics and her Ma jesty's Protestant subjects in that town, and in some measure also a feeling of hostility between the English and the Irish existed. It was very much to be lamented that these dissen sions should occur, but it would be for the grand jury minutely to inquire into the charges preferred, to see if the law of the land had been violated and the Queen's peace broken. Pr o b a bl y they might find that the law had been violated on both sides, and that both these parties had brought themselves within the terms of the statute bearing on the offence. He should not think of reminding gen tlemen like themselves that they must look at each individual case in order to see how it was made out against the respective prisoners, without any regard to what might be the individual feelings of each. Should they find the charges brought boon to any of the prisoners the law must be vindicated, and the parties must be taught that we could not yield to those outrageous mobs which the laws of England so strongly deprecated. Oue of our late Judges had said " he thought it right to show the abhorrence with which the laws of England viewed the riotous assemblages of the people." If any portion of the community feared that their religious rights were interfered with they must be protected. The law protected them in their parsons and property and in the exercise of those religious rights which were, perhaps, dearer to them than their lives—the right to worship their Maker in the form they ha , l inherited from their fathers. In this respect the law of England placed the Roman Catholic on the same footing as the Protestant, and protected their places of religious worship. There were statutes in force particularly bearing upon their religious places of worship, and it was of importance that they should have every confidence in the just administration of the law with regard to themselves. The Roman Catholics should have confidence that the Govern ment would not interfere with them in the exercise of their religious services, and, indeed, there was flit pledge of the Crown to that effect, for, on a rt,:cent occasion, warning the Roman Catholics against the violation of some particular statute, the Queen was advised to say, " We are resolved to protect our Roman Catholic subjects in the exercise of their reli gious rights." While they kept within the law the rights of the Roman Catholics would be as much re spected as the rights of Protestants themselves. In these cases their duty :would simply be to inquire whether there had been a violation of any particular law, either on the one side or the other. The Learned Judge, in continuation, proceeded to point out the bearing of the law upon the subject. They were, perhaps, allj aware that where two or three persons were assembled together, and a riot took place, the law was violated, and such a - peered to have been the case as regarded the charges in question. He had not had an opportunity of making himself acquainted with all the details of these alleged outrages, and, indeed, had he done so, he should not have considered it necessary to dwell upon them before the grand jury. If they found, as was alleged, that the persons charged had been en gaged in pulling down and , demoli s hi ng p l aces o f re ligious worship, then in that case the persons who APPOINTMENTS. WooLwicir, AUG 9.—Captain Thomas W. Cartc , r (1831), to the Britannia, 120, flag-ship of Rear-Ad miral J. W. Dundas, C. 8., on the Mediterranean station, vice Goldsmith, returned to England by the l as t mail packet. Lieutenants--John A. TI. 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Lacon (1842), having completed a knowledge dge having o!' the 7:JI o passed of study of steam at the f a ct or y a t W oolwich Dockyard , the y Were examined by Mr. Charl es Atherton , chief-engineer, e g i in e s rkw , n they h ave rece i ve d t h e i r certifi cates accordingly Sayer;fn u i u l o n w e s e da thirdt a session of council, on Saturday UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. I o I b e(rPtr (Professor s e r i s l . s vir . The prizes and certificates of honour of the classes for t h„ um mer term of the faculty of medicine were an .—Senior class : Gold G. Clarkson. last, as • Hillier. 8.Yr.1:41. J ra c e r d m a e l, r, M M r. . D s . t ) . M - r. jc.er (Professor jti.ficate, L m in r d . le v y . ) Godfrey; silver medal, Mr. F. W. ..... medal,G lr imedal, PATHOLOGICAL iitihr third r dNvirA certificate , l: oR MIDWIFERY (Professor Murphy, m .D. ).—Gold medal, Mr. W. Roberts; first silver medal, Mr. H. B. Smart; second silver medal, Mr. T. Hillier. Certificates: fourth, Mr. R. W. Carter; John Edwards; fil t h, Mr. A. Tronsdale; sixth, Mr. J. W. Wilson. OP/ITELA.LIIIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY (PI OfeSROT Wharton Jones). — Silver med al , Mr. F. W. Sayer; second certificate, Mr. W. Roberts. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE ( Professor Carp en t er , ( M D.)—Prtz-s (equal), - c Mr. W. Roberts and M r . T. Hillier; second cartificate, Mr. J. J. Godfrey, MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS (Professor Garrod, M.D.)—Gold medal , Mr. G. Bucha nan; first I diver medal, Mr. S. Nesfield; second silver medal, Mr. 11. m au d es i e v. Certificates: fourth, Mr. J. p uwe , s; firth, Mr. H. Edwards; sixth, Mr. A. Trensdale; seventh, Mr. J. I'. Parker. be d thecre Peerage, and a created in North RUMOURED DEATH OF LORD TANKERVILL E .-- Saturday's Gateshead Obstreer states t hat intelligence rea c h e d that office just as the paper wasgoing to press,• announcing the death of the venerabl e Earl of T ankerville. sho u ld this intelligence prove correct , Lord Ossulston, his Lordshi p ' s N e , l a d c e a s n t c y e o n i n , w t i h l e l succeed rep rs en o Northumberland, where Lords Odaulston • and Lovaine w ere returned at the recent election. e t ttt t t i h o en lel I had so outraged the law must undoubtedly be pun ished. In considering the cases of rioting which weuld be laid before them, the grand jury would ascertain how far the prisoners had gene m pulling down and demolishing any places cf worship. With the view of guarding the religious rights of the Roman Catholics, the statutes to which he had re ferred ware in force for :the purpose of protecting their religious places of worship. Now, if they should find that any of the prisoners charged proceeded so far in their rioting as to begin to destroy and demolish the chapels of the Roman Catholics then they would come within the statue, but they must be satisfied that there had been an intention to demolish, either by fire or some other mode. It was not necessary that the places of worship should actually have been de molished, because it might be that the presence of the police had prevented the demolition being com pleted. The intentional beeinning of the w o rk o f demolition was sufficient to bring' the prisoners within the meaning of the statute. Li the year 1730 they all knew what dreadful excesses took place by in furiated mobs pulling down houses and chapels, and it was frightful to contemplate such la wle , s proceed ings taking place in the present day. Fur the pro , tection of society, no less than for the honour of the country, such disgraceful outrages must he checked, and the authors of them severely punished. These proceedings at Stockport appeared to him to be no less an outrageous violation of the laws than the riots which took place in the time of the late Lord George Gordon, and he repeated that it was of the greatest importance that such outrages should be effectually put down. Ha did not wish to address them on the question of religious differences and animosi ties, neither did he wish to allude to the acrimonious feelings which he feared existed to too great an extent between certain classes of Englishmen and Irishmen who might be residing in such places as Stockport ; but he must remind them that as Ireland was a portion of the United Kingdom, the Irish had as great a right to take up their resi dence in Stockport as any of the gentlemen before him had to reside in the county of Chester. With regard to the charge of homicide which had arisen out of these charges, the coroner's jury had returned a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner. It would he their duty to see whether the charge of murder was fully brought home to the prisoner. The depositions in this case were very long and very con fused. It would appear that the prisoner struck the deceased with a poker. Now, should they be of opi nion that the blow with the poker was deliberately inflicted, then it would be a case of murder. If, however, they should be of opinion that the blow was struck in the heat of the moment the offence would he reduced to manslaughter. After some further general remarks his Lordship dismissed the grand jury to their duties. The bills in the Stockport case were before the grand jury when our report left. The case excites the most intense interest, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. John Thomas Parry, a compositor, was brought up by Ware, the pierman, at Blackfriars-bridge, on a charge of attempting to commit suicide. John William Ware said, at about .5 o'clock in the morning his attention was called to the prisoner in the water, and on rowing to the spot indicated, he saw the prisoner roll over into deep water. Witness, however, succeeded in rescuing him, and having taken him to the receiving house ashore, searched him, and found only a farthing and soire trifling articles of little or no value. Prisoner told him he had been driven to desperation by poverty. Alderman FINNIS asked if the officer had made any inquiry at the prisoner's place of abode ? The officer said he had done so, and the prisoner' s wife and other friends were in court. The wife then stood forward, and in answer to in terrogatories from the Alderman stated that her hus band had had very little work to do lately, and some times did not earn 53. in the week. She had ten children, and eight of them were young and at home with her, and in great distress. Her husband left home on Friday morning to seek for work, and find ing he did not return on Saturday, she applied to the West London Union for relief, when she was told to send her husband. Alderman FINNIS inquired whom she saw at the West London Union ?—The wife said she saw the relieving officer and the overseer. Alderman FINNIS then asked if she stated her chil dren were actuelly without bread, and on receiving a reply in the affirmative he commented with some warmth upon the cruel neglect in leaving the children to starve until the husband could be found to make a personal application for relief. He would remand the case, in order that the relieving officer and overseer might attend and explain why they omitted to relieve the distressed family and the prisoner. The prisoner, on being asked what induced him to contemplate committing such a fearful act as self destruction, said that not being able to obtain work on Friday, and having no money to take home, he could not return to see his children wanting bread. He had no means to get a lodging elsewhere, and at last he was reduced to such a distressed state of mind that he scarcely knew what he:did. The prisoner was remanded. BOW-STREET James Donaldson, who has been two or three times in custody for "smashing," although never convicted, was charged before Mr. Hall with passing two coun terfeit half-crowns at the St. Clement-Danes' Savings Bank, in Norfolk -street, Strand. Mr. Bellamy, a clerk from the office of the Solicitor to the Mint, begged to inform the magistrate that the charge could not be substantiated; but as the gentle man who attended from the bank appeared anxious to have the case gone into, it might be more satisfactory to proceed with the examination. The prosecutor, a gentleman connected with the savings bank, stated that a short time back the pri soner applied at the office for a copy of the rules and regulations, which are supplied at 2d. each. He ten dered half-a-crown in payment and received the change from a gentleman who was acting at the time as manager, and who pla ce d t h e co i n in the drawer with about 101. worth of Silver. It was afterwards found to be a bad one, and was consequently put aside, in case the prisoner, who was immediately remembered and su‘pected, should present himself at the bank again. Last week the prisoner made another application for the same book, and again tendered a bad half crown in payment. He was at once identified by witness, who produced the former coin and placed it on the counter, at the same time taxing the prisoner with having passed it, and stating that he should send for a constable. The prisoner, without saying a word, took up the halfcrown and swallowed it ; but the counterfeit piece which he tendered on the second occasion was retained. Mr. HALL thought that this appeared a proper case to send to a jury. Mr. Bellamy begged his worship to bear in mind that there was no evidence of the first halfcrown being the same that the pri over tendered. It was not marked at the time, but placed in the till among other change —not by the witness, but one of the managers of the bank. Mr. HALL—If that is so, then the prosecution cer tainly fails. The prosecutor—But if that fails with respect to the first halfcrown, surely there is evidence enough to convict him of tendering the second ; for the co was retained on th e spo t, an d th e pr i soner given into custody. Mr. Bellamy contended that the prosecution in the second case could not be supported because there was not the requisite evidence of a previous tendering or of the prisoner' s h av i ng other bad money in his pos. session. The prosecutor—Why, I understand he has been repeatedly in custody at this court for the same offence. Mr. HALL—Very likAy, but we cannot place that fact upon the depositions. It might be stated to the judge after the trial, but no one would be allowed to go into the witness-box and tell the jury of these cir cuinstances. You see, you are compelling us to let the prisoner know the secrets of these things. The prosecutor—l am afraid, Sir, that the " se crets" are already known too well from the facility which they seem to afford for the commission of this class of offences. Mr. HALL—I cannot detain the prisoner on this evidence. The prosecutor—Then what is the use of giving a man into custody for passing bad money ? Mr. HALL —The prisoner is discharged. MARYLEBONE. John llollingshed was charged with having stolen a quantity of silver plate, value 1301., the property of his master, Mr. James Tilyer Blunt, of 3, Dorset square. Prosecutor, on being sworn, said—The prisoner has lived with me as footman, and as I was about to leave town I was anxious to look over the plate, and proposed that I should do so last Thursday. At the prisoner's request I postrned it until Saturday, on the afternoon of which day, upon my going home, I ascertained that the prisoner bad absconded. I imme diately went to the plate chest and missed therefrom a great deal of the valuable property which it had contained, and upon making the discovery of my loss I gave information to the police. _ _ Mr. BROUGHTON (to the prisoner)—Have you any question to put to your master ? Prisoner—l hope he will forgive me as far as he can. I intended to have got the articles out again as soon as I could. Sergeant Kelly, 8 T—At six yesterday evening I was on duty at Brook-green, Hammersmith, when the prisoner told me that he wanted to give himself up for pledging Mr. Blunt's plate, at the same time alleging that he was very sorry for what he had done. He had with him a wotnan whom he said was his wife. I told him that the plate was valued at 130/. lie made no observation upon my mentioning that, London : Printed and Published by Ph 0i 04 3 „ n or/ ,N'o. 112, Strand, Printer at Tit, Sim J., 'h , Precinct of the 8 -- Ofidcilesor, Tuesday, August 10, 1852. IBER. and I conveyed him in a cab to the Molyneux station (D division), where he was locked up. Sergeant Bushell, 9 D, produced no fewer than 43 duplicates relating to the property which had been pledged. Mr. BROUGFITON—Where did you get these dupli' rates from ? Witness—From Mr. Blunt, your wor ship. Mr. BROUGIITON (to Mr. Blunt) —How did they come into your possession, sir ? Mr. Blunt —I found them in a dr awer i n th e pan t r y. Fourteen pa wn b ro k ers were i n attendance, bring in g. with them th e va l ua bl e ar ti c l es u p on which they bad advanced mon e y. Th e proper ty co nsisted of sp oon. % forks, ladles, candl es ti c k s , wa it e r s , &c., the who le ol which was identified by the prosecutor as being his property and that which had been stolen from his Pre' wises. The prisoner, on being asked if he had anything to say, replied that he much regretted what he had done, and that he should be able to pro-dace money in a short time so that he might take the things out. Mr. BROUGHTON told him that he would be coo' nutted for trial for the robbery, but he would be brought up again on Tuesday next, the 17th inst., when the whole of the depositions would be read over. The prisoner's wife, who was in court, WSB in tears during the inquiry. While the prisoner was being conveyed from : f ° mersmith to Molyneux station-house he told we officer, wh o did not, however, state it in hi s eviden : before the Ma g i s t ra t e , th a t b e tting upon rac es b a brought him into all this trouble. Timothy Lane, 2 homas LAMBETH Linn, John Roach, 11161 f; garet Connor, and Johanna Connor were brouglei_ before the Hon. G. C. N or t on , charged, t he 113 tb u e with fighting end assaultin , the police, a nd woman with attempting to rescue them from cti st li; Mr. Games attended on behalf of the In 2 l e l o g soners, who are a powerful bet of fellows, resi , .e near the spot where so many murderous attacks /35 recently been made on the police. sa id John Meadows, p o li ce - cons t a bl e 160 as on About twelve o'clo c k on S a t ur d a y n ight he L a ne, duty in the Vauxhall-road, when he B ri-ening Roach, and two o th er men not in custo d y - e r i e ed along quarrelli ng i n th e roa d. When they 61 , 0 61 in Glasshouse-street they stopped and comtni be e, quarrelling again. Witness then went UP ° c oon% and said, " Now, my lads, cut away home, s e rj ett elee annoy the i n h a bit ants ." T hey went a little u, ". 003 e down Glasshouse-street, whe n witness hear° • ther e one say, " There's only one b--- p o liceman 6 be we can do f or him." When a little distance °down heard cries of " Police," and on retur ning eeadt the street h e saw Lane and Roach on the 6' lie and the latter being kicked b the former . i n to took hold of Lane, when Roach gave billl into custody for assaulting him. While ~,b en ot Lane in custody he said that he wow , . - unless he took Roach also. With that h e v et menced shouting, an d i n l ess t h an a minute t he :bold was crowded with low I r i s h. L ane then ca u g h b e 0.4 of his coat, and tore it from the buttons, when d eP° ° , immediately surrounded by a mob, them. Margaret Connor came up at the tu l3 ,: tr ecit seized hold of the tail of his coat, when be vv l9 ,,' s nob by some one several times in the ribs %OP o de violence that be was compelled to pull out,hihat of ed and spring it for assistance. lie still kePt, a Live Lane, and was attempting to get him along w' b e ie came up and attempted to rescue him from 00 as who close tody. Roach helped him a little way, butg B T w ere the mob collected he turned against hi:co• j ",l' ej ad l3cit both drunk. Linn was extremely violent, an aentl a other constables come to his assistance th e y have seriously injured him, Ch Mr. NORTON asked him whether he wa s -11 jured ? ePatn ye° The constabl e rep li e d t h at h e f e lt a deal °' his ribs, but it was nothing serious. h a t the Mr. Games—Why did you not take Rog" same time ? cis for The constable sa id h e t oo k him afterev er 0 the being drunk. He saw Lane kick 13-eacilie°l/ head while he was on t h e groun d, and a - down nutes afterwards he saw blood ruonivg his face. a be en s° Mr. NonToei observed that lately there h a polic e many of these I r i s h fi g ht s , h e thought tu e , Let ought not to be quite so prompt in interfer ia 'but be them break each other's beads if they lik e n f lives did not see w hy the police should risk tue-tieg to among such a brutal set of fellows in a ttemP quell their riots. Wi led Mr. Games thought so too, but Lane had r 13 ,ta• two or three severe cuts on the bead from the CU bins' staves. The constable denied u s i ng hi s s taff, neither did b e ble 47 L said, be , a a;searbanc! s ee r a ol s ic ta e ff -co u n se s d ta . and cries of " Police" proceed from L a ne teen Glasshouse-58 and and on proceeding towards the spot 11; snijkann°el'ecif Roach fighting, him down. Police L how L took acc ord' a c n o e nst s a t b ru le ck l6 R o o Lane, wh o b ecame extremely violent. He ck i ogle? went his assist a n ce , w hen Lane str '' e .13h33. seized hin t by the collar, and attempte d to thr sta ble Margaret Connor had hold of the other c en t i v g t e coat, While Johanna had hold of Lane, little% came get him away. Police-constable 110 1, 4 t ieta i e e up and took the women away, while they do their Lane and Roach until other constables ca me assistance. tbel Police-constables 110 L, 29 L, a nd :31 L, g- nd s e° went to the assistance of the other ofne e „ ",eal b ° cured Lane and the women. A m ob of B e ll Ore °. dred surrounded them, and used most drea' seici towards them. 0 ere , ea d Mr. Games, on behalf of the male Pr' s-P e eeni'",be that no less then s i x constable s had bee : r in pg about this trifling affair, while, bad the nu' e d e ifferee' ne first instance allowed them to settle their . 0 B ° , a and break each other's head,,they would 11i 4 40,7 0 home as well satisfied as if they had had ba d a brcw' given to them. But Lane bad receive: f e llec i c i head; and from whom? Not from , bl t a a elee b e e prisoner, but the p o li ce , a lth oug h the c° ll9 i, s d sworn they used no t runc h eons . They he hope d 10 - locked up sinc e S a t ur d ay n i g ht, find " - level' - Worship would l oo k on th e a ff a i r with leu poi"' deal with them a c cor di ng l y , {ally tbei The Hon. Mr. NORTON sa id, a fter cer e obi]; ing into all the circumstances, he did r` e i i it was any premeditated attack on the P e ;"ale mere fight between a lot of drunken " .1.- " 13- fie 11° fa however, looked upon Linn as the worst- n e l et attempted to rescue Lane, and create 11- t ti• t d against the police, but he tried to thre w „" t3 b isbr_ ° e - e P r: own. Therefore he deserved more P - 2 . 5 1 eed There had been, he was sorry to say, l' e fi litY , l a for derous attacks on the police in the same sef yo'o on Saturday last he committed three men ° to il; t nearly murdering a police officer in V t li bit still he did not think this was a g eneral ale - re ot fight among themselves. Th e re was ne,l i o sse u , it , Roach did anything to the police, but v e „ c le Lane, which was the beginning of the v i :i e e• of Therefore he should fine him 205., or :2 0 711e,bio should also tine Linn 205., or 20 days; Laei c peo ' ate 10 days, and discharge the women ; but b e t to c re Po' leniency would be a warning to th e m 0°„0 the' such disturbances, or assist in any attac'e , e lice while in the e xecu ti on o f their duty lace welsh,The riot took pl ace near the samer the Chapman, the constable, was murdered by who are densely located about there. CO' id Wiv e 400 i ti FA , s Prlla Nei' DVERTISEMENT.--Hollowa an affection o f th e Liver] and Kidneys Y at ° f sir , ' Wales. —E x t ract o f a letter from Mr. 3' J l ' - u - 11 - $ 0 1 A)0 ney, dated Sept. 30, IS47:—" To Professo r .0 1 00° I have the pleasure to inform y that Stuart wog Esq. an eminent merchant and oaur'culturist, also.,,,aociicsooes o f your w co oecl ef of the town, purchased of me 14/. g w l orth est forward to his sheep stations in New Englan d ', il' ori of the extraordinary cure performed in ten Jay' overseers of an affection of the li ver and kidoeY'iiig" o r 11° medical advice, tried for m on th s , had failed. ofeo K. Ileyden."—Sold by all d rug gists and at rr OW loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London . ' D 441') VALUE or L A N D .—W e insert the f c)ll :l ° itic i ls graph for the consolation of any antiquate d P ort ri :od er ; still clings to the notion that one effect of the , r se 0 13 : A t be to throw land out of cultivation, and of e ° in , sor t : I d18 - tf worthless :—On Wednesday last, Mr. ll e ,g g as, ' e, 6 , l ' 0 11111 sold at the George Inn, in this town, two Li f e ;,, a eslei, f 'sru'i ° 6 Pennytine Farm, situated in the parish of L a i n g n Pperb,lio L r of Durham, containing 25 acres, for 1,630 L, our ,gfoti 49 years' purchase upon the rental. We en tre- h of e°- contemporaries to copy and publish this crt 101 '_ .....00 desponding souls.—Newcastle Guardian. ~---- ~..401 BIBTIIB. . A , a t pl.- OF A SON. ,;10. - 40 On the 9th inst., at 47, Russell-square, I-"" g o" Morton Peto, Esq., M.P. A O, tang till & On the sth inst., at Hanover-terrace, No of Leonard Carew G wyn , E sq . _ goo Ore A f, On the 6th inst., a t E aton-square, t he LA ,,., r oll" OF A DAUGHTER.. f G c. On the 6th inst., at. Rugby, the wife ° . Esq. • St er t, 0, bn MARRIED. ~ D ow — i j inna, On the sth nit , at the parish church, o r '', rh was 0 gart', 4 ney, Thomas Lin . tott, Eq., only son 0 1 --- a sh nne; to a' al f ' er Esq., of Colebrooke-terrace, Islington, _ 4a , o of second daughter of the late Mr. George A- 5 ' 111 0 .c A s ,- green. qbeflie l m 'gs, I °o On the 3d inst., at the parish church, dd, - of second son of the late John Tennant, Esq. , ° l oo ght' Skipton, to Frances Elizabeth, youngest Rev. John Gibson, M.A. _ _ -Aid ,---.1-vt , u, w r rances nu4auut,u, j....-0 - K .di ey. John Gib son , M.A. "*""" reo Or DIED. io ns- • On the 80th ult ,at Boulogneur-ger, ,' .he li t Tupper. Esq., M.D., late of Paris, aged 78. iso4:;00 On the sth inst., at Arno's-grove, Sarah, 97 _ , , e, 1 i John Walker, Esq., of Arno's•grove, Southge roJ aco .l a On the 6th inst., at Brighton, the Lady Lrriste P of Sir Peter Pole, Bart., and daughter of " i 3(0 00 Limerick. Jl o3el On the 6th inst., at Camden-road-vil las Esq., aged 84. ___,- ----: e r ____..,—.....f..- -vnii- ;1,1