The Sun. — London, England, 1848-07-17 00:00:00

91Iittton SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. Six o'Cwal. GOODWOOD STAKES. 9 to 2 agst Reflection 5 to 1 agst Pillage 7 to 1 agst Chanticleer 12 to 1 agst Gaiety 12 to 1 agst Hydrangea 15 to 1 agst Bantam 16 to lgst Plaudit DERBY. 25, to 1 agst - Uriel 25 to 1 agst Borneo 30 to 1 agst Osterley 30 to 1 agst Nunnykirk 30 to 1 agst Meal colt EDDA HANDICAP. 8 to 1 agst Meaux 10 to 1 agst Sylvan RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. LORD SHAFTESBURY'S COMMITTEE.—EDIN BURGH AND BATHGATE EXTENSIONS.--PreaMble proved, and clauses agreed to. GROUP NO. 4.--LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY (Power to Purchase Steam-boats, &c.)—The case for the promoters having closed, Mr. Sergeant WRANGuent was heard against the Bill on behalf of the existing steam-packet companies, whose boats ply between Southampton and the coast of France; After which the room was cleared, and, after a short deliberation, their Lordships came to the resolution that the preamble of the Bill was proved, and that for fourteen years from and after the passing of the Act the South-Western Company should be at liberty to purchase and run steam- boats between certain ports on the western coast of England and certain ports on the opposite coast of France. The CHAIRMAN intimated that it was the opinion of the Committee that the reason the Bill had been allowed to pass without any of the railway shareholders appear ing to oppose it, arose from the circumstance of the nature of the measure not being fully known to the general body of the South-Western proprietary, and the Committee had therefore deter- Aimed to introduce a clause, requiring that before the capital should be raised to purchase the steam-boats the consent of three-fifths of the shareholders should be ob tained, to the step. It was then agreed that the ports to be inserted in the Bill should be Southampton, Portsmouth, Gosport, Lymington, Poole, and Weymouth, on the English coast, and Havre, St. Malo, and Granville, on the French coast. The clauses of the Bill as amended were then agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be reported. GROUP No. 6.--OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOL• ITERHANPTON (No. 2).—The object of this Bill is to au ti orise a deviation in the line at Wolverhampton, and the r aising of additional capital to build a joint station there. Preamble proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN (Deviations and Ex tensions at Leamington).—Case opened and evidence taken in its favour. ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS D AY.) DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the valiuity of Mr. Reynolds' majo rity was resumed, but the petitioners did not succeed in atriizing off any additional votes to-day. ITNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA. _ (THIS DAY.) The annual meeting of this company was held to-day at one o'clock, at the offices, Old Broad-street. The at tendance of proprietors was large; Mr. Robert Carter occupied the chair. Mr. JACKSON, the manager, having read the adver tisement, The CHAIRMAN said, as the report was an ample one, it would be unnecessary for him to make any observa tions, except such as might be elicited by any questions that might be addressed to him with respect to the affairs of the bank. The Hon. Gentleman then read the following report: — "In presenting their tenth annual report, the directors feel that they may without hesitation congratulate the proprietors of the Union Bank of Australia upon the position which the bank has attained both at home and , in the colonies. _ _ "The system of business which they have adopted, and which their inspector has very ably carried out, has been tried during the occurrence of many of those vicis situdes in the commercial world by which banking insti tutions are more or less affected, and it has stood the test. The capital has been reserved for the purpose of aiding the legitimate wants of trade, and the bank's ac teAuce. reairietea within such prudent limits as are calculated to guard against any very heavy losses. The events of every day have connrmeit Lam minds of Lhn directors the importance of a steady adherence to these principles. ' "In their supplementary report, presented in January last, the directors briefly commuuicated the substance of WLaren's very satisfactory report of inspection, made on his return from visiting the branches in Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales. " The accounts since received from the managers fully justify that report, and although the depressed state of the wool market in England, in addition to the high price of labour in Australia, must for a time press heavily upon the colonial settlers and the trade, yet the directors are glad to be able to state from their recent advices that the inspectors and managers are prepared for the events that may arise, and are prudently adopting measures to protect the interests of the bank. " The steps taken by Government to promote emigra tion will afford most timely and important relief to the colonies, and it is very gratifying to the directors to find 'that the value and necessity of a well-regulated system of emigration and colonization is fully recognised by the Legislature at home, and felt by every one who under stands the mutual interests and relative circumstances of the colonies and the mother country. " The improvement which has taken place in the internal condition and general circumstances of the New Zealand colonies has induced the inspector to open a branch at Auckland, the seat of Government, to which Mr. Alexander Kennedy has been appointed manager. The branch had only commenced its operations at the date of the last advices. " Of the present position of: the affairs of the bank generally, and the zeal and prudence manifested by our inspector, the local directors, and the managers, the directors are gratified in expressing their entire satis faction. " James Bogle Smith and B. E. Lindo, Esqs., two of the present directors, retire by rotation, and offer them selves for re-election at this general meeting. "The directors now proceed to submit their annual statement of accounts, the general result of which enables them to declare a dividend, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the entire paid up capital of the bank, to be payable in London on the Ist of August, and in the colonies as soon as the ,inspector shall fix after receipt of advices. " The dividend will be paid free of income-tax, and in order to equalise the division, sevenpence in the pound will be added upon such dividends as are paid in the colonies." The following balance-sheet was also submitted to the proprietors Bills payable 107,072 5 0 Sundry balances 4,358 5 7 Reserve fund (10percent.)Z56,384 16 1 Profit and loss 45,863 13 2 LIABILITIES. 120,248 9 3 Paid up capital £1,033,678 19 1(1) ASSETS. X. d . B ra nch accounts (balance) Bills receivable Investments, Government stock, and loans on security Insurances and open policies , &e. Cash £1,033,678 19 10 PROFITS. £ S. d. Balance of undivided profit at June, 1847 37,677 10 11 To which are now to be added, profits for the year ending at the branches 31st December, 1847, and at London Office, 30th June, 1848, after deducting amount of bad debts to the above-mentioned date £63,762 6 11 Deduct one-tenth for re serve fund 6,376 4 8 57,386 2 3 95,063 13 2 Deduct dividend paid at Midsummer, 1847 24,600 0 0 Ditto, ditto, Christmas 49,200 13 2 Balance:of undivided profit at this date 45,863 13 2 RESERVE FUND. S. d. At June. 1847, as per st a t ement Add to June, 1848, as per contra 6,376 4 8 £56,384 16 1 Mr. DE SALIS moved the adoption of the report with great pleasure, inasmuch as d ur i n , a residen ce a t Sydney of some years, and a visit to the seats of h all t branches of the bank, with the exception of New 'e Zea land, he had found that the bank was steadily 1 creasing in the confidence of the public ; and'fr,,7; the experience which he had had of the past, he co u ld ' state with the utmost confidence, that under the guidance of the Central Board, to w hum they were so touch indebted, its business would continue to increase until it occupied a position which Jew banks could hope to obtain.—(Cheers.) The motion having been seconded, The CHAIRMAN stated, 11.1 reply to several questions, that this was the second year they ha d paid income tax to the shareholders residing in the colonies. The shareholders at the previous meeting unanimously agreed to do so. The subject of opening a branch at Adelaide had occupied the attention of the board, but the matter was yet undecided upon, and therefore it would not be well to give any further information at present upon the mat ter. The expense of their colonial establishments was 11,820/. ; in London, 3,100/. •, total, 14,9201. ,f Hear.) 5,0001. had been written off on bad debts dur ing the past year, and the estimated loss on the profit And loss account for the same period was 8,4441. The retiring directors named in the report having been re-elected, and a vote of thanks awarded to the Chair man and directors, the meeting broke up. THE SUN, LONDON, LATEST FROM PARIS. The Moniteur publishes the following decree of the National Assembly, authorising the Treasury of the Republic to borrow 150,000,000 francs from the Bank of France : " FRENCH REPUBLIC. " LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY. " In the Name of the French People. " The National Assembly has adopted the following decree "Article I.—The Treasury of the Republic is au thorized to borrow 150,000,000 f. from the Bank of France, subject to the clauses and conditions announced in the annexed treaty. which has been concluded be tween the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Bank of France. " Article 2.—The Minister is authorized, in order to realize the guarantees stipulated in the treaty-Ist, to transfer to the Bank of France the sum of rentes to be taken from the sinking fund sufficient to cover an ad vance of 75,000,000 francs under the conditions determined by the ordonnance of the 15th June, 1834. 2d. To execute a deed of sale to the Bank of the state forests described in an appendix annexed to this treaty granted is lieu of another sum of 75,000,000 francs. " Article 3. All derogations, whether to the statutes of the Bank of France, or to the conditions imposed by existing legislation, which may be the consequence of the clauses and conditions of the treaty, are approved. " Considered at a public sitting held in Paris, the sth of July, 1848.8 " The President and Secretaries ; Aug. Portalis, Vice-President ; Peupin Leon ; Robert Lan drin ; Berard; Emile Peau ; Edmond Lafayette." The conditions of the treaty concluded between the Minister of Finance and the Directors of the Bank of France stipulate that the Bank of France engages to lend the Treasury 75,000,000 f., pay able by thirds during the months of July, August, and September of the present year, and 75,000,000 f. to be advanced in portions of 25,000,000 f. to be paid monthly from Jan. 1, 1849. Previously to the advance of the first 75,000,000 f. by the Bank, the Minister of Finance is to transfer to the directors of that establish ment an equal amount of rode., to be taken from the Sinking Fund. The Government is, moreover, to sell a portion of the state forests to the directors of the Bank previous to the advance of the remain ing 75,000,000 f. The Directors of the Bank are to have a right to sell those forests at any period after the Ist of January, 1849, but on condition that the sale shall take place publicly and to the highest bidder. In case there should be a profit on the sale of the forests, the Directors of the Bank are to pay the surplus into the Treasury, -or, in case of loss, the Government is to indemnify the Bank of France. The Moniteur publishes, moreover, the decree of the National Assembly, authorising the Minister of Finance to convert the amount of the deposits in the savings' banks into rentes, bearing 5 per cent. interest for every 80 francs deposited in the savings' banks. Much pleasure is expressed in those journals at the announcement that, although his recovery would be slow, the wound of General BEDEAU was progressing favourably. The Ere Nouvelle contains the following incredible statement :—" M. LUCIEN MURAT, a representative of the people, when crossing the Champs Elysees on Thursday last, received two balls in his carriage. N. LUCIEN MURAT was, it is said, one of the representa tives devoted to the poiguards of the insurgents had they succeeded. The Deputies on quitting the Na tional A 6 issemtly stopped to examine the holes made in the carriage by the balls." MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA. The French National gives the following narrative of the recent revolution in Moldavia : Prince Bibesco was at Campo Longo, a town :of the mountain, when he learned that a movement was preparing at Bucharest. He returned in great haste on the 7th June (the 19th, according to our calendar), and immediately the authorities proceeded to search the houses of several known patriots,' and among them that of the artist Nagoulitzi, of several members of the family Galesco, and of M. Galistiano. These searches led to no discovery. The next day, the Bth (20th June), the Prince returned from the promenade, accompanied by the Minister of Finance, Villara. As they were passing three shots were discharged from a ♦ehicle, and one of them struck the epaulette of the Prince, but neither he nor bis Minister were wounded. Whilst the vehicle went off at a gallop, the Prince entered tho hnn.o of hie son-in•law Philippeseo, and he caused himself to be escorted by a aetAduuleufr by return to the ratace. Immediately after the poet C. A. RosAti, Major Voinesco le Genne, and M. Alexander Cocoresco, were thrown into prison as suspected persons. On the 9th (21st of June), the authori ties arrested the students of the college of St. Sebes tien, who, headed by an archdeacon of the cathedral, displayed agitation on the Promenade Philartke. Meanwhile the Prince received from Caracal, a town of Little Wallachia (the old barrat of Craiova, an address bearing a great number of signatures, among which were remarked those of the priest John Znagoviano (of the monastery of Znagow), of John Ellard, of Stephen Golesco, of Gregory Plechoiano, and of Major Tell. This document made known to him that a revolutionary committee had just been formed at Caracal, and he was summoned in the name of Roumania, and of the sovereign people, to prove himself a true Rouman, to sign the new Constitution, of which the text was sent him, and to place himself at the head of the movement. At the same time the young people of Bucharest spread themselves over the streets, distributing the new Constitution. The people went in a crowd to the Palace to demand the signature of the Prince. lie requested time for reflection, and prayed the people to withdraw, and to return the next day. But they recalled to mind that the movement in Moldaria, two months previously, had failed for want of firmness, Stoursa having demanded a day's reflection, and having during the night incarcerated, tortured and pro scribed the best patriots. The people accordingly remained firm. Bibesco then hastened to the principal barracks, sounded the disposition of the soldiers, and tried to se cure their services, but all declared they would not fire on their brethren. The prince accordingly returned to the palace, and signed the new Constitution. On the same day, June the 21s, he composed a new ministry, in which the chiefs of the move ment entered. The Russian general Duhamel witnessed this revolution. It is even stated that, before ceding, Bibesco consulted him, and that Duhamel replied, I ,have no advice to give you ; the country is under mined by revolution ?' Immediately after Dubamel left for Leova (on the Pruth, in Bessarabia), and ordered the Russian troops to advance.": The Emancipation of Brussels has the following from Jassy, dated 29th ult. :—" The standard of li berty floats in Wallachia. The Turkish cross has been raised, and Death to the Russians! Long live the Sultan!' is the general cry. Couriers have been sent to Constantinople to solicit troops. Gen. DUHAMEL and the Russian Consul have fled to avoid becoming victims to the fury of the people." The Independance of Brussels states, on the authority of a letter of the 30th ult., from Cronstadt in Transylvania, that "in consequence of the abdication of Prince BIBESCO, and a sort of defiance thrown out to Russia by the new Government, three regiments of Cossacks and thirty-two pieces of cannon had passed the Pruth." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. APPEALS IN CIVIL BILLS (DUBLIN) BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, this Bill was read a second time. Lord BEAUkONT presented several petitions from various lodges of Odd Fellows in favour of the Bill legalizing their societies. IRELAND. Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of the Go. vernment to the recent field-day of the clubs in Ireland. These clubs should be taught that it was useless to wrestle with the law, and if the law is not sufficiently strong to put th em down, it should be made sufficiently strong. The answer of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE was inaudible in the gallery. RETURNS FROM THE BOARD OF TRADE. Lord BROUGHAM complained that a merchant had applied to the Board of Trade for th e usua l monthly re turns, and had beeninformed that ho could not obtain them until the next day, yet that very day he had seenthem in a newspaper. He complained that the Govern ment acted unfairly in not giving their advertisements and their information to all newspapers equally without favouritism. SPAIN. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to know whether the Government kept up any communication with Spain, so as to remonstrate against the renewal of such atrocities as the shooting of General Alzaa, and the reprisals which had taken place on the part of the Car lists by the shootingof certain of the civieguard. He com plained that the whole of the recent correspondence with the Spanish Government had not been published? Ile wished to know in what state we were with respect to our relations with Spair.? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he would not take upon himself to say that the Government was in a state to answer all questions that might be put with regard to Spain; but he could state, with regard to the outrage alluded to, that one general had been put to death by another general, both of those generals having been formerly in the Carlist service; but this had oc curred before there had been time for any diplomatic agent of a toretgn power to interfere. A NoBLE E ARL rem i n d e d t h e G overnment t h at t h e Pretender to the Spanish Crown was in this country, and that the Government should call upon him to recal all his partisans from Spain. The Marqui s o f LANS DOWNE reminded the Noble Lord that the personage alluded to was living here as a private gentleman; that the Government had no right to interfere with him; that it did not appear that lie was holding himself forth as a Pretender to the CroTin of Spain, and that if he did so hold himself the Government of this country could not recognise him by holding any communication with him as such. After a few words from the Marquis of LONDON DERRY, the subject dropped. CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the third reading of the Criminal Law Amendment Bill. . (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF-COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. Mr. Sheriff HILL appeared at the bar, and pre- sented a petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the city of London, praying for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Recovery of Small Debts Act, so far as it related to the city of Lon don. CONSIDERATION OF LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Branches Bill. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Ash ton Canal Purchase) Bill. Midland Railway (branch to Ripley, &c.) Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed Herrick's (or Hale's) Estate Bill. New Grand Canal Company (Ireland—No. 2) Bill. Richmond and Reeth Road Bill. River Nene Improvement and Drainage Bill. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition, signed by 3,000 clergymen and members of the Church of England, praying the House not to pass into a law the Bill to esta blish diplomatic relations with Rome. • POOR-LAW. Mr. E. DENISON presented a petition from officers in the Maldon Union in favour of the Bill granting su perannuation allowance to officers of poor-law unions. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from New-town, Manchester, to the same effect. REPEAL OF THE UNION. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from Grey Abbey, in Ireland, in favour of the repeal of the legisla tive union with Ireland. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Mr. ROBINSON presented a petition against the Mi nisterial proposition for the repeal of the navigation laws. POOR-LAW. Mr. S. DAVIES presented a petition on behalf of the officers of the Llandover Union, praying for superannua tion allowance. BEER BILL. Mr. S. CHRISTY presented a petition from Broom field, in Essex, in favour of the Beer Bill. MONTREAL PROTECTION. Lord G. BENTINCK inquired if the Colonial-office was in possession of a letter from the Secretary of the Montreal Emigration Board to the Canadian Govern ment stating that great danger could not fail to result from the abandonment of protecting the mother country, unless such a step was accompanied by measures of com pensation; and if so, why it had not been produced with the other papers ?—(The buzz that prevailed in the House prevented the question from being very accurately heard in the gallery.) Mr. HAWES was understood to say that no such letter had reached the Colonial-office. TBE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. Lord LINCOLN asked if any inquiry had been instituted into the way in which the Hudson's Bay Company bad managed the district assigned to them, and, if so, whether the result of that inquiry had led the Government to feel disposed to grant them the additional district of Vancouver's Island ? He also wished to know whether the Noble Lord would undertake that no cession of Vancouver's Island should be made to the Hudson's Bay Company until the papers on the subject had been laid on the table? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the Govern ment, considering the length of time required for communication between that country and England, had thought it better to proceed with the arrangement that had been made with the Hudson's Bay Company. He could not, therefore, make the pledge the Noble Lord asked. The Government of Vancouver's Island would be entirely free, and such as had been granted to other colonies. The agreement when made should be laid on the table of the House. The Earl of LINCOLN was much disappointed with the answer of the Noble Lord, and he would therefore give notice of his intention on the first opportunity of going into Committee of Supply, to move an address to the Crown upon the subject. RETURNS. Mr. NEWDEGATE wished to inquire when the re turn moved for on the 19th day of April last by Lord George Bentinck, relative to the articles imported during the first four months of the years 1845, 1846, 1847, and 1848 respectively, which articles are not included in the returns usually furnished by the Board of Trade, will be presented to this House; and whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to afford the whole of that information to the House which has been sent to the Treasury, under the above return, by the Custom-house authorities, before or on the 13th day of the present mouth. Mr. PARKER said the returns had already been laid upon the tablo. SUNDAY-TRADING- BILL. In answer to a question from Sir BENJAMIN HALL, Mr. HINDLEY stated that he was reluctantly com pelled to withdraw the Sunday-trading Bill for the pre sent session. INDIAN COTTON. Mr. BRIGHT brought up the report of the Select Committee on Indian cotton. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. HUME said he had a notice on the paper to the effect that the Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica be heard, by their agent, at the bar of this House, against the Bill for admitting slave-grown sugar, and against the breach of faith and tbe injuries inflicted thereby on the island of Jamaica, as prayed for in their petition, printed in the Appendix to the 55th Report on Public Petitions, No. 1,153. Since giving the notice, he had ascertained that the parties ought to have petitioned to have been heard against the Bill of 1846, and that they could not be heard against the present measure. The SPEAKER said the information the Hon. Mem ber had received was quite correct. This was not a case in which petitioners could be heard. Mr. HUME said, under those circumstances he must withdraw his motion. MONDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1848 proceeded to do so when the lamentable event took place. That was the answer, and he anxiously looked for an acquittal. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict of—Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK. Margaret Courtnay, alias Black Meg, and Thomas and Mary White, the keepers of a low house in Essex street, Gravel-lane, Southwark, were placed at the bar before Mr. Seeker, charged with attempting to murder Thomas Fletcher and robbing him of fourteen shillings, under the following circumstances : The prosecutor, whose face was covered with bruises, said that on the night of the Ist inst. he saw the pri- soner Courtnay in the Red House Tavern, at the corner of Ewer-street. Hearing her make some observations respecting Buckinghamshire, they got into conversation, and partook of some stout and gin together. A little before twelve o'clock he left the house, followed by Courtnay, who told him she was a married woman, and lived in Ewer•street, and that if he would accompany her home she would introduce him to her hus band. Believing from ber statement that she was a respectable mechanic's wife, and that he might know something of her husband, he went with her, but as soon as they entered she ran out and in a few minutes returned with the male prisoner, who came up to him and in the most insolent manner demanded what business he had in his house, and before be could return an answer he was knocked down by him, and kicked most violently in the face. The other female then came out of au adjoining room, and assisted in ill treating him, and while on the ground the prisoner Courtnay took 14s. from his pocket and ran away. The other prisoner brutally kicked him, and exclaimed, "Let's murder the —," at the same time he was thrown with great violence into the middle of the street. His cries brought some persons to the spot, when he was taken to the hospital. He was certain that the priso ners were the persons who so brutally attacked him and robbed him. Police-constable 44 M, said that on the night in ques tion he was informed that a murder bad been committed in Ewer-street, and on hastening to the spot he found the complainant lying in the middle of the street in a pool of blood. He procured assistance, and had him conveyed to the hospital, after which he traced the blood to the house occupied by White, and on entering he found blood scattered about the floor, but he could not find anybody there, or gain any information respecting the parties who had committed the outrage, until the complainant reco vered, when complainant called at the police-station, and gave the names of the prisoners. Witness had been on the look-out for them ever since, but they eluded pursuit until the previous day, when they were apprehended in their " old haunts." In answer to the charge, the male prisoner said, that he knew nothing whatever of Courtnay, but the other female was his wife. On the night of the first of July, he returned home a little before twelve o'clock, and on opening the door was much surprised at seeing the pro secutor sitting on his bed. He demanded his business there, and requested him to leave, and on his refusing to do so he took hold of him and carried him into the street He denies using any further violence or any knowledge of the robbery. He had seen the prosecutor since then, when he told him that he would have acted in the same way had he been placed in his situation. He never intimated any intention of giving him in charge then. Complainant said it was true he had seen the man, but he had been advised not to give him into custody until he found Courtnay. The latter prisoner denied the robbery, but said no. thing about taking the complainant to White's house. Mr. SEcJER said that he had no doubt they would have murdered the man had they not so easily succeeded in robbing him of his money. It was quite clear they were all implicated in the affair, therefore he should feel it his duty to commit them all for trial at the ensuing summer assizes at Guildford. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. E. Evans, Dorking, Surrey, stonemason, Aug. 7, at twelve—B. Spikins, Lichfield-street, Sr. Ann's, Soho, timber merchant, Aug. 7, at eleven--J. Russell, jun., Whittlesea, Isle of Ely, builder, Aug. 4, at one—H. Monson, East-street, Manchester-square, builder, Aug. 3, at eleven. In the Country. J. Hurley, Halesowen, Worcestershire, victualler, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—R. Woolston, Stamford, Lincolnshire, brickmaker, Aug. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—J. Meads, Nottingham, grocer, Aug. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham--T. Bate, Rugeley, Staffordshire, brewer, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Burbury, Leek, Wootton, Warwickshire, maltster, Aug. 8, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—C. Williams, Liverpool, victualler, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—T. M‘Tear, W. Had field, and E. Thompson, Liverpool, merchants, Aug. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—H. Hollis, Liverpool, tea dealer, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool— G. Cappur, Nantwich, Cheshire, cheese factor, Aug. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—R. Capper, Nant wich, Cheshire, cheese factor, Aug. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool— W. H. Osborn, Sheffield, wine and spirit merchant, Aug. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Shef• field—J. S. Austwick, Bradford, Yorkshire, draper, Aug. 11. .t eleven, at the Court. Leeds—J. Morris, Walsall, Staffordshire, saddler's ironmonger, Aug. 10, at half past ten, at the Court, Birmingham—J. J. Ferens and R. Ferens, Durham, drapers, Aug. 8, at half-past one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DUTIES ON CORN. Lord G. BENTLNCK asked whether the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) had any objection to lay on the table of the House the minute under which the remission of duties on corn had taken place. He also wished to know, assuming that the course taken by the Govern ment in remitting those duties was illegal and un constitutional, whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord to ask the House to pass a Bill oflndemnity. Lord J. RUSSELL replied that he had no objection to lay the minute in question before the House. He did not consider that the course taken by the Government was either illegal or unconstitutional, and, therefore, it was not his intention to bring in any Bill of Indemnity. THE SPIRIT DEALERS' WAREHOUSING BILL. In reply to a question, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that he proposed to take this Bill as it stood on the paper, but merely pro forma, in order that the suggestions that had been received from various parts of the country, and which had been embodied in it, might be printed ; the Bill would then come before the 'louse in an amended state, in which he hoped it would be adopted. ARTERIAL DRAINAGE (IRELAND). In reply to another question, The RIGHT HON. BARONET stated that the whole of the information on this sui)ject would be contained in the general report of the Board of Works. It was in the hands of the printer, and would be laid before the House with as little delay as possible. THE BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. Lord J. RUSSELL then rose and said—Mr. Speaker, in answer to a question from the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Ripon (Sir J. Graham) I stated that I would on this day follow in the usual course which has been adopted of late years, and state to the House what Bills the Government purpose pro ceeding with during the present session, and those which they intend to abandon. I can only state their intentions with respect to the principal Bills, those only which are of great importance; it is not necessary, I think, for the Government to go into any statement with respect to the Bills which are of minor importance, with the details of which it is unneces sary for me to trouble the House. With regard to these Bills, the first that I shall mention is the Public Health Bill, which has passed through if this House. It has been read a second time in the House of Lords and now stands for a third read ing. 'With respect to that Bill, the Government in tend to press for the definite opinion of Parliament upon it during the present session. We hope to place that Bill in a position to enable it to receive the royal assent during the present session. The next Bill I have to mention is the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill. That Bill has come down from the House of Lords ; many amendments have been intro duced into it by this House, and it has gone through Committee with the general assent of the House. I shall press on that Bill, and endeavour to receive the assent of the House of Lords to the ameudmends made in order that it may pass into a law during the present session. I think that is a Bill of the greatest importance, and one which ought speedily to be passed into a law. There is a Bill which I. introduced the other night, and which .1 propse shall be read a se cond time on Thursday next-1 allude to the Bill relating to corrupt practices at the :elections for buroughs.—(Heat.) Tnat is a Bill likewise or great importance, as it refers to inquiries into the practices, into the conduct of the electors of such boroughs with regard to which the House has heard much during the present session. I think that that Bill is of too important a character to allow that it should be postponed. I shall therefore proceed with that Bill on Thursday next. There is another Bill with respect to which many ques tions have been frequently asked—the Diplomatic Re lations with Rome Bill. That Bill has come from the other House of Parliament ; it is in the hands of the Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs, and he will, on the first open day, move that it be read a second time, with the view of proceeding with it in the present session. I come now, Sir, to a Bill of the utmost importance, founded on a recommendation of a Committee on the navi gation.laws, and on which various debates have taken place. Owing to the debates that have taken place on the propriety of increasing the force of the army and navy, and on the expediency of the renewal of the income-tax, we were prevented from intro ducing that measure early in the session. I mean the resolutions on which we intended to frame a Bill for an alteration of the navigation-laws. Since the mea sure was introduced in May, another measure has like wise been proposed with respect to sugar, on which long debates have taken place. We have, therefore, been disappointed in the hope which we entertained that we should be enabled to go on con tinuously with that Bill as soon as it was introduced. As matters stand now, considering the late period of the session to which we have arrived, the great importance of the qnestion, and that it cannot for some time go up to the House of Lords, we have come very reluctantly to the opinion that we cannot proceed with that Bill during the present session.—(Surpriste) Having stated that we shall not proceed with this Bill during the pre sent session, I trust there will be no objection on the part of the House to go into Com mittee on the Bill with the view of assenting to propositions of my Right Honourable Friend, so 'that the nature of its provisions, and the de bate upon them may be placed before the country for consideration before the ensuing session. Sir I feel that while this measure has been the sub ject of great discussion in this country, that the failure of its passing in the present session will be a great disappointment in some of our most important colonies.—(Hear, hear.) I think it my duty, however, to declare that, without blaming any one, or without im puting delay to any one, that the Government will pro pose to introduce the measure at the very earliest period next session, and after the discussion it has received, and the approbation of the principle ex pressed by a large majority of the House, that the important province of Canada, and the foreign powers to whom we have held out the prospect that the Naviga tion-laws would be repealed, will feel confident that' next session a measure will be passed taking away the restrictions on navigation—(Hear, hear)—and that they will entertain no doubt that such a measure will receive the assent of Parliament. It is also, as a conse quence upon that, the intention of the Government to withdraw the Merchant Seamen's Service Bill. There is another measure which I consider of very great im • portance with respect to Ireland, namely, the Bill with respect to the Elective Franchise of Counties in Ireland. That is a most important measure ; but lam not disposed at this time to begin a measure of such im portance, and I, therefore, propose to postpone that mea sure to another session. There is another mea sure of great importance with regard to Ireland— the Landlords and Tenants Bill—which we shall endeavour to obtain the assent of the House to in the course of the present session. There are various other Bills of minor importance in the long list of to-day, many of which the Government have no thing to do with. I have, however, now stated the intentions of the Government with regard to the principal Bills, and I shall now conclude by proposing that the order of the day for the second reading of the Merchant Seamen's Fund Bill should be now read for the purpose of its being discharged. Mr. GO ULBURN said the repeal of the navigation laws was held out to the House as being calculated to confer immense benefit upon the West India colonies, and ho therefore wished to ask the Noble Lord whether, in abandoning the navigation-laws, he had any other measure in contemplation to compensate the West Indies for the loss of the benefit that would have been conferred upon them by the repeal of the navigation-laws. Mr. BERRIES entirely concurred in the course the Noble Lord proposed to pursue with respect to the navigation-laws, and he could state that his party would offer no obstacle to the preliminary step the Noble Lord proposed to take this session in reference to their repeal; but it was not to be understood by this concession that the protectionist party had at all changed their views upon the:subject, or that they would not as strenuously oppose the repeal next session as they had this.—(dear..) Mr. BRIGHT considered this was a fitting oppor tunity to make one or two observations with respect to the progress of business this session, and with regard to what he considered to be the unfortunate course Government had pursued.—(Hear, hear.) He was not going to enter into a discussion of the merits of navigation. laws, but he was certain that they were mentioned in the Queen's speech, and the great manufacturing and and commercial, and shipping towns were in favour of their abolition.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") the Noble Lord had introduced the Bill on the Naviga tion Laws in May last, but he (Mr. Bright) confessed it was his opinion that the Government did not appear to be very anxious to have it passed. He knew not what was the reason of postponing it, b u t no doubt they were afraid of the hostility which the measure would encounter from lion. Gentlemen oppo site. He now thought it necessary to call the attention of the House to one or two facts which were calculated to create in the minds of the people out of doors the conviction that during this session their representatives had- not attended to the duty which had been committed to their charge. The House met before Christmas for the express purpose of considering the Bank Charter Act, and also the afflicting state of Ireland; but the only measure of importance which was then passed was one avowed for the protection of the rights of property in Ireland, but in reality to disarm a certain portion or the Trish people. Atter Christmas another Irish question was brought before the House and he begged to observe that Irish questions had always afforded a constant dish for discussion within the recol lection of the oldest • Member.—(Laughter.) Measures had been passed, with the unanimously concurrence of the House, for the purpose of putting down apprehended or existing disturbances in Ireland, and it was with re ference to Ireland that his Observations were chiefly intend ed to:apply. There was also another Bill which had been introduce, of great importance for facilitating the sale of encumbered estates in Ireland. The Bill for extend ing the franchise in Ireland, and for improving the re gistration, was not to be proceeded with this session. Thu session was now about to terminate, and the Government had given no information as to what they intended to do with that country. It was the duty of the Government to have considered the question of the Church. The day was rapidly coming when the Irish Church must sink, and if he were an English churchman, he should be one of the first to get rid of the Irish Church question. If they were to believe the newspapers, they were on the eve of an insurrection in Ireland, and Government ought to allow Parliament to separate till steps had been taken to convince the Irish people, who were not anxious for insurrection, some hope for the future.—(Hear, hear.) The Irish representation was a fraud and a delusion, and having warned the House of what his opinions were with regard to Ireland, he must wash his hands of all responsibility for the evils that were commencing in Ireland.—(Oh, oh.) After a few words from Mr. J. YOUNG, Mr. VERNON SMITH said he did not think Govern ment was open to the censure which the Honourable Member for Manchester had cast upon them for not proceeding more rapidly with the business of the session. It had always been the custom to bring in a number of measures at the commencement of the session, and to throw over many of them towards the close of the session; but he confessed he thought there were less Bills thrown over this session than he remembered to have been thrown over at former periods.—(Hear, hear.) He should, however, have been more satisfied with the termination had 'the Poor-law Settlement and the Emigration questions been disposed of. (LEFT SITTING.) DOVER REFUGE HARBOUR.—This great national work is now progressing with much spirit, and begins to show symptoms of What it will be, The first por tion, as our readers are aware, 800 feet of a massive sea wall, has been contracted fur by the Messrs. Lee, of London; and the works are carried on under the super intendence of their active agent, Mr. Scott. The plan is, we believe, that of J. Walker, Esq., the eminent engi neer; and the execution of the engineering department also devolves on him and his partner, Mr. Burgess. The works now extend 130 feet into the sea, and the curve to the eastward has been commenced. One diving bell was put into requisition on Monday last, in the process of levelling the rocks for the foundation, and another will be brought into use next week. Of the immense quantity of stone (8,500 tons) which has been landed here within a few months, nearly one-half has already been put down.—Dover Chronicle. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Abingdon, July 15. James IVeybury, aged 33, Was indicted for the man slaughter of Edwin Wiltshire, valet to General Sir Alexander Mackenzie. _ _ The catastio2l-e oat of which the ground of indict ment arose occurred at the Shrivenham station of the Great Western Railway, on the afternoon of the 10th of May, when the up express train came into fearful colli sion with a horse box and cattle truck, which had been put on to the main line from a sliding at the above mentioned place. Eight passengers were killed, amongst whom were Captain Blair, 8.N., the inspecting com mander of the Ccast Guard at Penzance, Rev. Mr. Phillips, and Rev. Mr. Sandys. Mr. Carrington, with Mr. Skinner, conducted the pro secution, and Mr. Williams defended. The whole facts having been so recently before the public it is not necessary to repeat them. We may state, however, that Weybury, with Willoughby, a labourer, placed the horse box and cattle truck partly on the main line, in order to get another truck under a crane, in order to unload it. Whilst so employed, the express train, which was twenty-one minutes behind its time, came up, and the station signal being all clear, it went on to the station, and came in fearful collison with the obstruction. The train was travelling at sixty miles an hour, and some idea may therefore be formed of the violence of the shock. Weybury had been eight years in the service of the company. It was shown that he was perfectly aware of the signals, and that he ought not to have placed the trucks on the line when the signal indicated all clear, or, at least, he should have communicated with the signal-keeper (a policeman) to have put it on. On the other hand, it was stated that the policeman could have seen the obstruction, and ought to have put on the signal. In the course of a quarter of an hour another train would have followed the express. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Weybury and Willoughby, but the grand jury ignored the bill as regards the latter, consequently Weybury was tried alone. Mr. Williams then made a plwerful address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner. To convict him it must be proved that he had exhibited a felonious amount of neglect. They had heard that the express was twenty one minutes late. The prisoner believed that it had passed, and knowing that another train would follow it in the course of a quarter of an hour considered that the signal " clear" bad reference to the latter train, and knowing that he would have time to move the trucks, PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. S. Langdale, jun., Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, and Yarm, Yorkhhire, corn dealer and flour merchant, 9s. 6d., any Saturday, between the hours of ten, and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon. Tyne. G. Fletcher, Egremont, Cumberland, tanner, 2a. 9d., any Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. J. Flitch, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, leather dresser, 55., any Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Trewick, jun., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, draper, first dividend of 4s. 6d. upon new proofs, and a second divi dend of Is., any Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Bromley, Kingston-upon-Hull, glass and china dealer, 2s. 9d., any Friday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. W. Lombardini, Huddersfield, carver and gilder, 2s. 9id., on any day after July 17, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. E. Green, Huddersfield, brewer, 2z., on any day after July 17, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. W. Round, Hammersmith, grocer, 7d., on Wednesday, July 12, and two subsequent Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall chambers. R. Parker, Ludgate-hill, woollen draper, 45., on Wed nesday. July 12, and two subsequent Wednesdays, be tween the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr, Turquand, Guildhall-chambers. J.H. Brownlie, Richmond-street, Princes-street, St. James's, cabinet maker, Is., on Wednesday. July 12, and two subsequent Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall chambers. F. E. Morrish, Leicester-square, draper, 2s. 6d., on Wednesday, July 12, and two subsequent Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers. R. M. Herbert, Reading, Berkshire, tea dealer, 7d., on Wednesday, July 12, and two subsequent Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers. J. Oliver, J. York, and R. Harrison, Tipton, Stafford shire, coal and iron -masters, ls. on any Wednes day, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. Messrs. Robinson and Ferrand, Huddersfield, fancy cloth-manufacturers, 34d., on Tuesday, July 18, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. W. Howard, Leeds, cloth-merchant, 2s. 93101., on Tues day, July 18, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. R. Charles, Leeds, commission agent, lid., on Tuesday, July 18, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and two at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. W. Ashton, Pickering, Yorkshire, spirit-merchant, 2s. 14d., on Tuesday, July 18, or any subsequent Tues day, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. S. Davis, Pimlico, coal merchant, Aug. 4, at eleven— G. Hallett, Ryde, Isle of Wight, draper, Aug. 4, at twelve—R. Turtill, High Holborn, saddler, Aug. 8, at one. In the Country. T. Smith, Bristol, timber dealer, Aug. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Elorsfield, Sunderland, merchant tailor, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle. upon- Tyne—J. Roughtou, Leicester, wine merchant, Aug. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—J. Jowett, Lough borough, boot and shoe manufacturer, Aug. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—C. Crudgington and T. Southall, Lea Brook Iron-works, Tipton, Staffordshire, iron masters, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Notting ham—R. Woolston, Stamford, brick maker, Aug. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—W. Blount, Ripley, Derbyshire, grocer, Aug. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—W. Prytherch, Ty Maiur, Anglesey, cattle dealer, Aug. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool. At the Court of Review, Aug. 4. R. Britton, Bradford, Yorkshire, grocer—T. Dubber ley, Monmouth, watch and clock maker—G. Harris, Chaxhill, Gloucestershire, carpenter—G. Dogmas, Bruns wick-place, Old Kent-road, linendraper—J. F. Isher wood, Holland-place, Clapham•road, painter and glazier —J. Nokes, New Ormond -street, St. George the Martyr, builder—M. Workman, Upton-on• Severn, Worcester. shire, brazier and tin plate worker—A. A. Lackersteen and W. H. Crake, Moorgate-street, merchants—S. Knight, Primethorpe, Leicestershire, hosier and grocer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Gatliff, R. Hutchinson, and S. Elliott, Leeds, stuff and blanket merchants (so far as regards S. Elliott)—J. Stoddart and George Carley, Red Lion-street, Clerken well, watch manufacturers—J. Hoppey and H. King, Norfolk -street, Middlesex Hospital, marqueterie workers and cabinet makers—T. Daws and T. S. Leake, Syden ham, carpenters and builders—G. H. Clarke and C. Gar lick, Norwich, manufacturers—Mary Anne and Sophia Summerfield, Seven Oaks, Kent, schoolmistresses—J. B. Hopkins and W.G.Wood, Leadenhall-street, accountants —B., G. M., and E. M‘Leod, and F. Adams, Stockwell, brewers (so far as regards G. M. M‘Leod and F. Adams) —C. Broaks and G. Long, Kingston-upon-Hull, printers —F. A. Jones and J. Q. Rovvett, Liverpool, ship brokers —H. Barfield and T. Wood, Milton next Gravesend, tallow chandlers—W. Tipping and N. Hill, Derby, cur tiers—J. Woodiwis and 0. Ashworth, Manchester, dyers —W. Allan and J. Wilkin, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, iron merchants—J. Stevens, I. D. Edwards, and N. Twigge, Liverpool, rice dressers and chocolate manufacturers (so far as regards J. Stevens) —Hannah and John Farrar, Wood-top, Yorkshire, ..vnitesruiths—J. Riley and D. Clegg, Castleton Factory, Rochdale, doffing plate makers —J. Adams and E. Young, Matlock, Derbyshire, sur geons—J. Swallow and A. Dale, Manchester, painters— H. C. Mather and J. W. Adkin, Bristol, wine merchants —W., J., R., and E. R. Turner, Manchester, woollen manufacturers (so far as relates to E. R. Turner)—C. Mullins and M. Redgrave, Moorgate-street, auctioneers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. David Wright, St. Sidwell, Exeter, travelling dealer in tea. John Mainwaring Parsons, Cold•lanes, Staffordshire, coal master. Benjamin Grosvenor, Wolverhampton, file cutter. Henry Glover, Birmingham, fire-iron maker. William Knight, Small-heath, near Birmingham, butcher. Richard Easthope, Birmingham, steel toymaker. Isaac Turner, Birminghair. John Alibut, Lee-bank, Warwickshire, retailer of ale and bear. Frederick Davies, Birmingham, horse dealer. Edward William Wright, Birmingham, surgeon's as- Mstant. Abraham Whitehouse, Darlaston, Staffordshire, brick Maker. John Green, Walsall, Staffordshire, coal and timber merchant. John Stuthard, Beckside, Yorkshire, nail and patten maker. Stephen Pritt, Preston, Lancashire, house and sign painter. Robert Joel, Preston, Lancashire, tailor. Amos Loxley, Shctikld, warehouseman. George Rhodes, Wolverhampton, carrier's clerk. Henry Gowing, sen., Ipswich. Richard Carrick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, manufacturer oi British cordials. Matthew Towns, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, labourer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. _ J. Garden and 1). Garden, Edinburgh, tailors and clothiers, to meet within Ferguson's Ship Hotel and Ta vern, Edinburgh, July 17 and Aug. 7, at twelve. T. Aitken, Glasgow, spirit merchant, to meet within the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow, July 17 and Aug. 7, at one. D. Cuddie, Corstorphine, innkeeper and farmer, to meet within the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edin• burgh, July 20 slid Aug. 9, at one. SUSPECTED MURDER. On Friday last, Mr. William Payne, the City Coroner, held an inquest at the Welsh Harp, Essex street, Whitefriars, on the remains of two persons found in a cellar under the following extraordinary circum stances:— Patrick Eadon, of 9, Angel-court, King-street, St- James's, said that on Wednesday Idternoon last he was at work in the cellar of No. 7, Pleydell-street, White friars, and whilst digging under the stairs for the pur pose of forming a sewer, he found, about a foot beneath the surface of the ground, a great number of human bones. The bones were lying close to each other, and they appeared the perfect skeletons of two persons. The earth where the remains was found was about two or three inches lower than any other part of the cellar, which induced witness to believe that the flesh on the bodies had decayed, and the earth afterwards fell in. Mr. George Cooper, surgeon, of Fleet.street, said that he had seen the bones. They appeared to have been those of two skeletons. The greater portion evidently belong to a female. He could speak on that point from the bone of the pelvis. The thigh and leg bones belonged to a male, apparently about 25 or 30 years of age. The female was also a young person. It would be impossible to tell how long they had been in the place where they were found. Being only a foot below the surface of the earth the atmosphere would be able to act upon them and cause decomposition much sooner than if they were buried deeper. In answer to a question from the Coroner, the wit ness said that he had no doubt when the hones were de posited in the teller they had the flesh on them. Had they been used for anatomical purposes no one would have taken the trouble to have buried them there. Ske letons used by the faculty have the bones wired together, but such was not the case in the present instance. The CORONER read the names of the occupiers of the house since 1791, from which it appeared that in 1830 it was a notorious house of ill-fame. Verdict—`•That the bones found in the cellar of No. 7 are the remains of two human beings, male and female, but under what circumstances, they were placed there there is not sufficient evidence to show." MURDER OF A FATHER BY HIS TWO DAUGHTERS. The inhabitants of this town were at noon on Satur day, thrown into a state of unusual excitement, by the reported murder of an old man, named Joseph Stubbs, by his daughters, Sarah and Abigail Stubbs. On has tening to the spot, we were shocked to realise the truth of the rumour. The following are the particulars gleaned horn Mrs. Stubbs, widow of the deceased; and as we do not design to exaggerate the real facts of the case, whatever they may be, we shall give her statement to us. 'Mrs. Stubbs says—" My two daughters, Sarah and Abigail, who live with me, had been doing some wash ing, which came to a few shillings, and I gave each of them H. shilling as their share. This did not appear to a.attsfy them, for they commenced übuail,g me in a most shameful manner. Their father, who was present, in terfered and took my part, when I told my husband to put their boxes in the street and to let them go after them. On hearing this, Sarah and Abigail went up stairs, and my husband followed them, but he had scarcely reached the top of the stairs, when he was hurled down, and fell violently on his right temple. I was just turning in at the door from the street, when it took place, and hastened to my husband, who died in a few minutes. I was much confused at the time, and hardly know what took plau. My husband was very kind to me, and we scarcely ever had an ill word." The foregoing is Mrs. Stubbs' account, who may have spoken to the best of her knowledge ; but as she was almost deprived of all consciousness at the time, and as other statements are put forth, we are bound to say the general opinion is that great violence was used by the daughters after the old man fell. The word of a per son, who, if he waa not present, had the means of gain ing every information, confirms several statements made to us, but for the accuracy of which we cannot pretend to answer—that the old man was, while lying at the bottom of the stairs, kicked and beaten with a poker, or some such instrument. The two daughters generally bear a bad character, and have done so for some time past. Their conduct to their parents has been uniformly bad, and those who have any knowledge of them are barely surprised at this dreadful act, which, though, perhaps, not premeditated, displays an amount of hardened feeling such as we have seldom met with. The unfortunate deceased was about sixty years of age, and earned a livelihood by letting out donkey and mule carriages. The accused have been taken into cus tody by Inspector Young, and an inquest is expected to be held on Monday.—flarrogate Advertiser. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. SAILING OF REAR-ADMIRAL NAPIER'S SQUADRON. The Earl of Ana:lan:l, accompanied by Captain Milne, arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on Friday evening, and dined with the Port Admiral Sir Charles Ogle. Rear- Admiral Sir Cherie* Napier, the Lord De Ros, Mr. Fincham, and some of the captains of the fleet, formed the dinner-party. On Saturday morning Lord Auckland and Captain Milne were early in the field; and, attended by Mr. Fincham, went through the dockyard. At nine o'clock, his Lordship, Captain Milne, Lord De Ros, with several other persons, embarked from the new landing-place on board the Lightning steam-yacht, and proceeded to Spit head and on board the St. Vincent, where the Rear- Admiral and Captain Dacres received them. The Lightning then returned in time to receive Rear-Admi ral Deans Dundas, Crptain M. F. Berkeley, the Hon. Mr. Cowper, Mr. Ward, the principal Secretary of the Admiralty, and about thirty other persons, their friends, including several ladies, who arrived from London by the express half-past ten train. Rear-Ad miral Prescott, with the barges of the Victory and Illustrious, conveyed the party to the Lightning, and she immediately proceeded to Spithead, and on her arrival there Lord Auckland and Captain Milne joined them. The Admiralty flag was now hoisted in the Lightning, and was saluted by the Victory with nineteen guns. Breakfast had been provided on board the steamer for all the party, and as soon as it was over the Lightning proceeded to the Prince Regent, 92; the Admiralty and nearly all the party paid ,that splendid ship a long visit. Early in the morning the ships of the squadron had made preparations for sea. At four o'clock they un moored, and afterwards hove short. At eight crossed top-gallant and royal-yards. Rear-Admiral Napier, with his secretary, Mr. Ozzard, embarked at nine o'clock, and the boats were all hoisted up and secured, excepting one belonging to the St. Vincent, that was by some circumstance detained on shore until the signal was made and enforced with two guns. At eleven the signal was made for steamers to get up steam, when the Blenheim, Amphion, and Sharpshooter lighted their fires. At 1.30 the St. Vincent made the signal to weigh and make sail, and cast to starboard; the St. Vincent took the lead, and had her sails set first; she was soon fol lowed by the Bellerophon, Tweed, and the whole squad ron, excepting the Prince Regent, who did not follow this manceuvre on account of the Admiralty being then on board of her; but they soon after left, when she also made sail and prepared to weigh. The wind was very favourable for the ships to get a way; it blew a moderate breeze from the eastward, but like all easterly breezes was fitful, sometimes blowing a good breeze and sometimes a light wind. aw i e r e e d d The ships set single-reefed, tops a il s , ga ll antsails, jib and spanker and fore and main-course, w hen Helens, 8 r , eq , u The Amphion, the Prince Regent, Pilot, being the easternmost ships of the squadron, got their anchors first, but all the ships, except the Bellerophon, on account of the tide making to tho eastward, cast to port instead of to starboard, and were in consequence obliged to wear round to port tack. As soon as sail was made the Board of Admiralty and their friends proceeded on board the St. Vincent, in which vessel they remained during the day; but the Admiralty flag was struck in the Lightning, and not twisted on board her, consequently Sir Charles Napier was Commander-in-Chief. The Amphion was the first outside the Nab. She ap peared to distance all the other vessels of the squadron, and went round the light•vessel without having to make a tack. She was followed by the Pilot, Tweed, Helena, and Sharpshooter; but the latter vessel had to tack, and by some accident the Sharpshooter and the Pilot (we' 4 believe) got foul of each other, when the Sharpshooter lost her jib-bouni, and received some damages but she proceeded. - The Prince Regent followed the Anaphion and small craft, and worked out under topsails, topgallantsails, jib, and spanker, under which sail she stayed remarkably well. She also got outside the Nab in a short time. The St. Vincent, the Bellerophon, the Blenheim, and the Frolic, worked out together in almost close order of sailing —the St. Vincent and Blenheim setting their royals and flying jibs, the Belleroph on spar i ng them these sa il s , an d also her mainsail. The wind at this time drawing in from the south-east, these ships had to make several tacks. They were all perfectly well han dled. These evolutions, with the occasional necessary making and shortening of sails to keep the ships in sta tion, with the numberless signals (or there was no lack of bunting) made by the flag-ship, and which were promptly answered and obeyed by the several vessels of the squadron, altogether rendered the spectacle highly interesting; besides which, a myriad of vessels, of all de scriptions of rig, held their course with the squadron. The Rolla, 10, tender to the Victory, indeed might well be considered as one of the squadron, as she got under weigh with, acd performed all the evolutions with the larger ships. The royal yacht, the Fairy, was also steam ing amongst them (Capt.Crispin taking the opportunity of the sailing of the fleet to test the engines and vessel after repair). The Commander-in-Chief, in his yacht, the Fanny, with a party on board, including the Rev. Mr. Ogle and family, Rear-Admiral Prescott and family, in his yacht the Portsmouth, with a very large party, in ducing Admiral Sir John Ommanney and family, Ladies Leeke and Stirling, and the Very Rev, the Dean of Exeter, &c., a whole fleet of vessels belonging to the Royal Yacht squadron, amongst which vessels were many beautiful schooners and cutters, the Gem, the Anaconda, Camilla, Maud, Gipsy Queen, Marriage, Osprey, Merlin, &c.; all these vessels accompanied the fleet into the off ing, and did not return until sunset. When the squadron got outside the Nab the order for sailing was formed, the Amphion leading, fol• lowed by the Prince Regent, the St. Vincent, the Bellerophon, and Blenheim. The Blenheim seemed the worst sailer ; she could not hold way with the other ships with all sail set, nor did the St. Vin cent appear to move much faster. The Amphion, Bel lerophon, and Prince Regent appeared to sail well, and had to take in royals, mainsail, and occcasionally top gallantmasts, to keep their proper position in line. The fleet continued to manoeuvre in the offing about three miles outside the Nab until late in th%evening, the Blen heim occasionally furling all her sails and using her stream. At:a little before sunset, about half-past seven o'clock, the squadron hove to, and Lord Auckland and his colleagues having partaken of an early dinner with the gallant admiral, Sir Charles Napier, now bid him adieu, and, having returned to the Lightning, where the Admiralty flag was again hoisted, the St. Vincent fired a parting salute of 19 guns, and made all sail down Channel with a light breeze from the E.S.E. The Lightning returned into Portsmouth Harbour, when Admiral Dundas and Captain Milne landed at Ports mouth. Lord Auckland and the rest of the Admiralty party proceeded at nine o'clock by the special train which had been previously ordered, for London. The Sharpshooter returned with the Rulla to Spitheid on account of her accident. She came into harbour on Sunday morning. The Rifleman was not able to get ready to join the squadron, although every attempt to get her ready was made. It is supposed that both the Rifleman and Sharpshooter will proceed after the squadron on Tuesday, and in about a week the Dragon will also follow. CHATHAM, JULY 14.—The Venus, 42 guns, will be undocked on Saturday, the 15th inst., when she will be navigated to Woolwich, there to be fitted up as a ship for the exercise and instruction of boys belonging to the Marine Society. The Blossom, 26 guns, will be taken into dock to• morrow for the purpose of being taken to pieces. The Cleopatra, 26 guns, having been r e p a i re d an d fit ted for commission, will be put out of dock on Monday, the 17th, when the Castor, 36 guns, will be docked for repair. • The Wildfire steam-vessel, at Sheerness, is ordered to have her defects in the machinery made good at this yard. The Hermes steam sloop sailed on the 10th inst. for Woolwich. Mr. J. White, late boatswain of the Trafalgar, is ap pointed boatswain of the sheer hulk at this port. Robert Pickard, shipwright, has been superaßnuated OR a pension of 221. per annum. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The account to-day passed off very well, and the market remains very firm, there being buyers of Great Western and other stock, but holders were unwilling to sell at present prices. LIVERPOOL, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-There was but a limited business done at to-day's market, although it was the first day of the new account. Prices were well maintained, and we close at the following prices :-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares, 71. Bs. 9d. dis.-Fleetwood, Prestc and West Riding Junction, 5!. 3s. 9d. dis.-Great Northern, 81. 13s. 9d. dis.-Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and B.), Fifths, 1% dis.-Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extension), 7 dis. c. -Ditto, 101. Preference, Bs. 9d. p. c.-London and North. Western, New Quarters, 1% p.-Midland Stock, New Halves, 5% dis.-North British, New Thirds. dis.-- South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 2% dis. c.- York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 31. MANCHESTER, Juror 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares, 7 7-16 n. dis. Eastern Counties, 14 13-16 c.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 10 1 , 2 -Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junc tion, 5 1-16 c. dis.-Lancashire and Yorkshire ( West Riding Union), 3 13-16 n. xis. -Ditto, Preference, 7-16 c. p.-- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire' Preference, 10%-- .North Staffordshire, 2 5-16 c. dis.--South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 2 9-16 dis. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-There was little doing to-day; many sellers but few buyers. We heard of the following sales Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 58s. 9d. dis.-North Staffordshire, 2', dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Newcastle and Car lisle, Scrip (red), 4 p.-North British, Thirds, 365. 6d. dis. YORK, JULY 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The business transacted to-day was as follows : -Great Northern, 61. ss. 6d. c.-York, New castle, and Berwick, 31-Ditto (Original Newcastle and Berwick), 31-Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 9 1 / 2 . GLASGOW, JULY 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Dundee and Perth, 25 3 / I -Eastern Counties, New Guar. 6 per cent., 645.-Edin burgh and Perth, 165.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 72-Ditto, Halves, No 1, 71. 19s. 6d.-Great Northern 6%--• North British, Thirds, 545. 6d.- Scottish Central, 241,4. A BULL IN A Fix.—There is a neat white thatched cottage on the right hand, as we enter the village of Rampside, near Inverston, and very near stands the ancient hall, peculiar for its structure, and its twelve chimneys all in a row, denominated the twelve apostles, for what reason we cannot conjecture, except that the estate and edifice have long been the property of A divine of the Church of England. Some time ago the farmer of the above hall had a very unruly bull, which for the sake of security, he kept in a well walled coppice or inclosure, at an angle of which stands the neat white cottage aforesaid, wherein reside the clerk of Rampside chapel. One morning ju, after the pious clerk had left hia domicile for his usual occupation in the fields, the aforesaid bull, on seeing some of his sisterhood pass on to the other side of the fence, took it into his head to join their com pany, but found he had no chance of exit except right over the low thatched cottage, and, at a single spring, he bounded upon the roof, when, much to, his consternation, down went his legs through the thatch, directly over a bed, where four or fire little urchins were wr a pt i n repose, but who were instantly roused from their slumbers by this untoward intruder. Imagination can hardly depict to itself the shrieks and yells of the juvenile tribe below with the bull's massive body suspended on the rafters, and his legs waltzing over the bed like a most energetic dancing master! In an instant the alarm spread like wildfire, when all the women of the village, old and young, rushed to the scene of disaster, armed with mops, broom sticks, and every available weapon, in order to repel the invader, but without effect, when fortunately for the inmates, the bull, finding further progress impossible, tried a retrograde manoeuvre, and threw a back somer set in first-rate style, but not without coming down upon and demolishing, at one fell swoop, a pig -sty belonging to one of the officers of her Majesty's Customs, as much to the consternation of its occupant and its owner as the former part of the tragedy was to the whole village.—.. Westmoreland Gazette. BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., at Upper Montague-street, the wife of the Rev. A. B. Hemsworth, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., the wife of A. de Horne, Esq., of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at College-'terrace, Islington, Mrs. J. F. Adams, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Springfield Villa, Exeter, Mrs. W. W. Whitchurch, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Bedford-square, Mrs. F. Lloyd, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Highbury.park, the wife of E. Sax ton, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., at John-street, America-square, Mrs. 11. A. Bevan, of a daughter. AfititßlED. On the 11th inst., at Clapham Church, George E. Hillier, Esq., Captain in her Majesty's 53d Regiment, to Catherine Elizabeth, eldest daughter of W. Hawkins, Esq., of Sans Souci, Clapham -park. Also, on the same day, at Clapham Church, John P. Bowling, Esq., youngest son of J. Bowling, Esq., of Hammersmith, to Charlotte, third daughter of W. Hawkins, Esq., of Sans Souci, Clapham.park. On the 11th inst., at Upper Deal Church, the Rev. W. M. H. Elwyn, Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the late Captain Kittoe, H N. On the 12th inst., at Warblington Church, Hants, Captain Arthur Lowe, R.N., to Katharine, youngest da_ughter of Vice-Admiral Sir J. A. Ommanney, K.C.8., of Warbling ton House. DIED. On the 12th inst., at De Beauvoir-square, Kingsland, aged 35, the Rev. J. K. Kershaw, B.A. On the 12th inst., at Gillingham, Kent, Georgina Eliza, daughter of the late Captain H. G. Ord, Royal Artillery, of Bexley, Kent. On the 13th inst., at Hartley House, Hampstead, William Hughes, Esq., aged 76. On the 13th inst., at Hampstead, aged 39, Harriet Isabella Katherine, the beloved wife of Major Duncan Montgomerie, of Hamilton-terrace, St. John's -wood. On the 13th inst., at Glebe -cottage, Woolwich, Amelia Gertrude, the beloved wife of Mr. T. W. Miller of her l.- jesty's Dockyard, Devonport. , At Wellington, aged 40, Mr. G. Suart, eldest son of th. late G. Suart, Esq., of Sutton House, Sutton. - London: Printed and Published by MUDD YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The thus Office, No. 112. 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