The Sun. — London, England, 1852-07-06 00:00:00

•••••••••••••--- THE EItaiCTIONS. BERKSEIIRE AND MR. PUSEY. Mr. Philip Pusey 'sprain offers his services as one of t h e Members for 11, rkshire, and though he is a low l e d proprietor of old family, and one of the first, if not the very first, of our agriculturists, the Tory squires are opposing 'his re-election. Several years ago Mr. Pusey introduced a Bill to give to tenant farmers ample tenant rights ; and when that was rejected by the landlord interest of the House of Commons, he brought in various modified Bills intended to effect as much of the same desirable ol'jects as landlord prejudices would admit. He was also the means of procuring Lhe Select Committee of inquiry into the agricultural ctestoms of England and Wales, by which a mass of evidence has been collected which will hereafter be used on behalf of the farmers whenever they shall have any real representatives in Parliament. Mr, Pusey has also introduced and promoted various measures for enabling the owners of settled estates to expend money in improvement and charge it on their property. That be has not accomplished more decisive good in this direction, is accounted for by the fact, that he stood almost alone in the House of Commons as the advocate of the farmer.' interests. The votes, if not the goodwill of the farmers, bave hitherto been given to the glib professors declining of "Protection," while Mr. P use y last year of fended some of his constitue n t s by lining to join them in an agitation for the revival of protection to agriculture, which be told them was hopeless, and could only end, as it has ended, in disappointment. And now the politicians who ex cited opposition to Mr. Pusey because he would not join in a wild goose chase which they as well as he knew to be hopeless, have abandoned Protection with the greatest It w as because Mr. Pusey . would not march through Coventry with the loud lunged Protectionist crew , that Mr. Vansittart was set up against him ; but if there be any power hire f a rmers of distinguishing real amongst the Berk," friends from false -41 practical improver in politics a shallw and in agricultu re from o f an impossibility, o the p re cannot to be the a performance will be re-elected by a decisive doubt that M r- 1311 'Y ripjority• . • Thc, following circular, which bas been issued by Mr. vansittert's committee, is a piece of the grossest impertinence which has come under our notice : Berkshire Election.—Maidenhead, 19th June, 1852.- 04, --The committee for conducting the election of Vansittart, Esq., will feel particularly Geo rge Henry obl i ge d by your signing one of the declarations on the ot her side, and returning the same as addressed at your „ r hea: convenience, to enable the committee to complete their returns.—.l am, sir, your very obedient servant, FRED. T. WARD. Appended to this is a fly-leaf, with Mr. Ward's address printed at the back, which is in these terms : Borkshire Election, 1852.—T0 the Committee for con ducting the electiond G. H. VANSITTART, I intend to vote for Mr. VANSITTART. Signed I do not intend to vote at all. Signed --. A more impudent electioneering trick was never perpetrated. Surely the people of Berkshire will not allow themselves to be used in this way without re senting the insult. Going infinitely in advance of Mr. Pusey in general politics, the sympathy of the Daily News must yet be strongly in favour of his re-etection—since be is an agricultural reformer ; whilst his opponents are obstructives of the most in tolerant class. No man deserves the support of the farmers as much as Mr. Pusey, for the decisive blow he has dealt at the syst em o f game preserving i n th e evi dence he gave before the Select Committee on the Game-laws. Mr. Pusey t o ld t h e C ommittee he once preserved game, but that observation had satisfied him that his tenants had suffered so much loss from his game, that he gave up preserving, and discharged his gamekeepers. The g following ouht passage from his evidence on th a t occasionto secure him the rote of every Berkshire farmer who dares to call hie vote his own. llr. Puce' said- 6, One of the points which mad e me come to the , determination of giving up preserving was, finding that my own gamekeeper, who had got three or four aores of land near his house in the covers, after cultivating it for eight or ten years, said at last he must give it up because it did not pay him ; it would ruin , him ; and then it occurred to me to consider what - was the case with my keepers' neighbours round the covers." That was a lesson to landlords, and the man who read it deserves the grateful support of all the tenant farmers. Then who stands higher amongst the practical ime provers of E:)glish husbandry than Mr. Pusey ? Who has done so much by his sound and rational treatment of agricultural literature, to disseminate, compare, and elucidate the best practices of the various rural districts ? Who has done more to vindicate the tenant enviners from imputations of want of enterprise or intelligence ? Look at his report to the Royal Commission on the agricultural implements of the Great Exhibition, Whin is at once an exponent of the triumphal progress of agricultural mechanics and a most judicious lecture on improvements in husbandry. He has tnarked how good implements enable the farmer to perform his work more cheaply and more effectively ; shown how rapidly the cost of these implements has decreased, while they have be come more and more perfect every year; that the rural implements in the Exhibition " afforded not the least conspicuous testimony to the advance of English skill in devi,ing mecbanical means for the abridg - unit of Ishour ;" and, though last not least, that modern machinery has given to farming what it most wanted—comparative certainty. Truly may it be said that Mr. Pusey is the most apt repre sentative of the progressive agriculture of the day ; and though doutvl-ss Berkshire will, as she ought, claim as her own his services in the next Parliament, yet, if there be any man who can be said to be the appropriate representative of the collective tenantry of England, it is Mr. Pusey ; and for such men there will be work to do in the next Parliament. The law of landlord and tenant—the landlord power of distraint—the want of security for the ten.nt farmers' capital —the game- laws—and a variety of similar topics, in which the farmers are deeply in terested, will all require the aid of such calm and reflective minds as Mr. Pusey's to accomplish the amendments so urgently needed. Surely, then, Mr. Pussy Inuit bere-elected.—A PRACTICAL REFORMER. —Daily News. R.A.ILWAY BILLS. On the last day of the late 5 , --eston the House of Lords passed a resolution altering the. Standing Order No. 185, known as " Lord Wharncliffe's," which re quired that incorporated companies promoting Bills in Parliament should at a certain stage prove before the Standing Order Committee of the Lords that such Bills bad been approved by four-fifths of the proprietors, present at a general meeting specially convened for that purpose. ,The alterations in the standing ord e rs r eferred to are :to the effect that on giving the usual ten days' notice by circular t, the preprie ors of such meeting blank proxies are to be inclosed for the use of such PmPtin:ors, and that on holding the m eetin g p roof be given that such Bill was submitted and approved of by proprietors present in person, or by proxy , holdin g at least three -fourths of the paid•up capital of the com pany repre sente d . at suc h meeting by qualified pro prietors. The alteration was male with the view of doing away with the practice of dividing stock among numerous persons, so as to obtain the largest number of votes out of a given amount of stock, an d thus, b y a comparatively mill amount of stock, to enable adverse parties to out vote the proprietors at a meeting. This was alleg e d to b e the cese in respect to the meetings of the S.nrewsbury and Chester, and Shrewsbury and Bir -121 ugnem Railway Companies, and in consequenc e these uowi)anies wire prevented complying with the standing Order of t h e the ce,nree Lords, after hieing that the ordeal of do Bill was and the result was, that the Amalgatna cueing e 'r t r o Jected, and the arrangement Bill tor se 'Western) e etn t n r a l 'are by railway (said the Great Liverpool, lat r k e el;: ° ' 9 .0 d the. South ot England to ' by steekieg cats etandatfued limaahester, was mutilated partiee in eanseauence r „ e c i ticd to the Shrewsbury cam standing order.' Great l ` l4 b compliance with Lb" greunds was felt with e di a e r a r ninlinela Publi° the litter Bill, and the the mutilation of of Lords to suspend th std, -- of the Howie ease, particularly as this est:ndin'e-- order in this required a majority of only prtetors to approve of a three.li t ar- ur originally Bill, end thluit of the pro the Biqa, as thlzaat heedahip lay withent proper investigation of inquiry, a ,,, ah6e quentlY four-fifths. This was considered a It el majority in,eteces: - mulled to the parties promoting ease was more than three-fifths of the p roprietors, sewed at the meeting. The alteration requ i res rep el . three feurthe bf- the capital re shall vote in favour of a Bill in order to pass e th in e e C et.nB PresePted at err" meeting mitten, so that instead of 30,0001. or 40,0001. of eta k divided among a large number of young men in th s e toc e sufficient to out vote of opposing interests, being vote the boars fide proprietors at a meeting, it will re qtaire a much larger am not of capital to effect the same ° eject, and at the same time, it acted on, will enable two or three persons to do at a meeting what would re quire 34 many handred persons to effect before the altera tion. k'crsoas seqesinted with the resources of large ,and powerful railway companies know that a very con siderable amount cL eepitel may be borrowed f or a s h ort time to e na ble thderectors or officials, as the case may be, to upset the votes of the proprietors of another cone. paasing of a Bill on st an d- PanY, arid tines frustrate the ing order s i n a ne o . e complete manner than bsfure, and less liable to deteeaiore • Then with respect to the shareholders of the company promoting an y Bill, the standing order, as anstuded, will, by means of th e p rox i e s a uthorised thereby, com pletely take the power out of the hauds of the shareholders. It is well known that i n aloe ist every case where the directors have the pav er apply to the great body of shareholders for - I ' 3 -- ei;poort of coy measure, good or bad, they are °piaci, to obtain tee majority of votes at any_me:Aiag. .Tiaa standing order, as amended , .4aee just t-he opposite e lect to that original l y in tended—vizi., to p-otect the minority and eneble them prevent 0 . 9 'pasties of iaj w i measures, It - TOM - 41%ttle`difflt:111 terry en o 7e 5. 112 - e ; 441 they tlesie - deft/ince - of - the - active portion of the share holders. This will probably raise the whole ques tion with regard to the conduct of railway meetings and the objectionable use of proxies belonging to parties who are not only necessarily ignorant of the arguments used at the meetings against the measures which the proxies are sent to support, but they are fre quently ignorant of the nature of the measures they thus vote for, and to this source may be traced the sanction by the shareholders of improvident leases, guarantees, and worthless branch lines, by which in many cases the original capital has been rendered wholly unproductive. It is believed that there is a large section of proprietors in railway companies who never vote on any question, either in person or by proxy, and it is calculated that they amount to one-third of the whole. These per sons i t a ppears trust entirely to the directors, the Lords, and the Commons, and many of them have suffered wofully for their confidence. If proxies are to be used in a ccordance with the standing order as altered, t h e publication of the list of , shareholders repre sented at each meeting, with the amount of stock, an d its circulation among the shareholders, may prevent misrepresentation and enable the Committee to ascertain the correctness of the return. Then, again in sending proxies to proprietors, officials will naturally take care that those shareholders who invariably vote in favour of the directors shall have proxies sent them, but some of the other shareholders may not be fortunate enough to receive either a notice or a proxy; they may complain, but can have no redress unless they attend the meeting, should they happen to know of it. The chairmen of the Great Western, the Great Northern, and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Compa nies, have represented to Lord Derby the propriety of restoring the majority to three-fifths of the proprietors present, and of rendering an investigation imperative in stead of permissive, as to the bond fides of the parties voting, whenever complaints be made by petition from either party to the House of Lords. THE• i , SUN, ATTEMPT TO MURDER A POLICE. CONSTABLE. Shortly before twelve o'clock on Saturday night great excitement was caused amongst the inhabitants of Lam. both-walk, in consequence of the following desperate attempt being made by a party of Irii-hmen to murder a police offieor of the Lor Lambeth division. It will be remembered that several months back a policeman named Chaplin was murdered by a number of men in the same spot as the present unfortunate occurrence took place, and ever since, owing to the bitter feeling evinced by some of the parties towards the police, the constables have invariably gone on duty in couples, so as to protect each other when patrolling that particular district. Oa Saturday night, at the above-named hour, a female was violently assaulted by one of the men, and having given an alarm, police constable Si L ran to the spot, when be was in the act of taking into custody the woman's asiailanr, but before he could do so a cry of " Down with the police" was raised, and some eight or ten fellows immediately made a terrible onslaught upon the officer. Not content with brutally beating and kicking him, they actuslly threw him down on the ground, and whilst some held him on the earth, the others jumped upon him, causing three of his ribs to snap asunder and otherwise seriously injuring him in ternally. Police-constable 178, of the same division, on hearing the noise, went to the assistance of his comrade, when the mob attempted to serve him in a similar manner. The ef&er, however, had the pres e n ce " o f m i n d to d raw his trunch eon , which he was forced to strike indiscrimi nately over thd heads of the crowd ; but in spite of which they continued to strugggte with the police, and e eventually the t wo truncheons were b ro k en over n the heads of th e mob. When the pieces werefound y were covered wi t h bl oo d, an d h a ir was adheri n g them. but Two of th e f e ll ows were f or tunately er a p pre h ended,isto d t however, no the others e ff ec t e d their escape. todyhey could hardly have escaped be, as wounded dur ing the conflict which happene d . doubt but they will all be takinegn seriously Ti ahto e ti EXTRAORDINARY CAPTURE OF TWO I'HIEVES. aames Lennox, alias Percival, and George Mills, two notorious sieves, belonging to the London swell mob, and formerly connected with Hackett, the expert thief, who is now undergoing a long term of imprisonment in the United States, were brought before James Deane, E q, at the Town Hall, Tunbridge Wells, on Saturday, for final examination, charged with stealing a gold watch and appendages, worth 501., the property of Mrs. Maria Hollingsworth. It appeared from the evidence which was taken at some length, that the prosecutrix lodged at Mount Ephraim Cottage, Tunbridge Wells, and on the morning of the 231 ult., she quitted the house for the purpose of taking a walk, leaving her watch on the table in the front sitting-room. She returned ho me a little after one o'clock, and missed it immediately. She then went and informed the superintendent of her loss. Mr. Mor ton, the head of the police, returned to the house with her, and feeling satisfied that the robbery was committed by L , ndon thieves, he procured the assistance of one of his officers, and proceeded in a vehicle down the London road, When he arrived at Crowhurst, 23 miles from Tunbridge Wells, he perceived Lennox standing in front of a public-house, and, knowing him to be a Lon don thief, he followed him into the house, and ascer tained that both'prisoners had just arrived from Tun bridge Wells, with an extraordinary swift horse and chaise. He took the prisoner Lennox into custody, and Mills was apprehended in the stable by the consta ble who accompanied him, He (Mr. Morton) searched the prisoners end their chaise, after which he went into the stabl-, where the horse was standing, and in a few minutes the watch and appendages were discovered. Other corroborative testimony having been given, the mag,isisce committed them to Maidstone Gaol for trial. THE BATHS OF HOMBURG. A letter from the baths of Homburg of the 28:h ult. says—" Our summer seasons has never been more animated or brilliant than it is at present. Balls and concerts succeed each oth-r every day, and the aristocracy of every nation fl ick hither to partake in the pleasures and a muiemvnts of the baths. The opening of the new salons of the Casino took pla ce recently ; these two magnificent rooms, the work of the celebrated Belgian architect, Cluysenear, are much admired for their rare, elegance, for their spa cious extent, and for the luxury and sumptuousness of their decorations. The Casino of Homburg has nothing, to envy at any bathing establishment in Eu rope. It now appears to be the finest and the most comfortable resort of fashion. The official list of foreigners contains the names of more than 1,500 fa . - rallies who have come to Homburg since the opening of the season. Among the visitors of high distinction we remark their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duches of Schleswig-Holgteln-Augustenbourg, with the Princes Frederic and Christian, and the Princesses Louise Auguste, Caroline Amelia, and He n ri e tt a , their sons and daughters ; his Serene Highness P r i nce Ghika, from Bucharest ; his Excellency Prin c e de Wittgenstein ; the Marquis and M , archiones..: of Lon donderry, Earl Munste r, and Earl of Morton ; the Countess of Morton, with her family; the Hon. Sir W. Melville and Str Augustus Vernon; the Duke and Duchess de R zan ; the Countess Gourieff • Baroness de Cetto ( nee de Doux-punt s ) ; hi s Ex cellency the Count de Briey, Envoy of t h e Ki ng of the Behiians to the Germanic Confederation ; Count de Pourtale‘, Chamberlain of his M a j es ty th e K ing of Prussia, from Paris ; his Excellency President de Muaset, of Wiesbaden ; the . Marchion ess d e S an Milan, from Mexico; his Excellency Count de B-rnstorff, ex. Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Countess de Bernstorff, from Ber lin ; the Hungariau Count do ROVHCZ Count Frederic d'Erbach-Erbach ; Baron 0 member of the Belgian Chamber of R epresentat i ves Cunt d'lnciss,.from Turin; Baron de Blirtersd o rf, ex-President of the Council of the Grand Duchy or Count de Szmbeck, from Baden, from Mahheitri Warsaw ; Count de Mo rgenst j erna, C ham b erla i n of his Majesty the King of Sweden, and Superintendent of,the Government in Noratiy; the Baron de Belle froid, ex-member of the States-General of Holland, from the Hague." THE SEWERS COMMISSION AND THE GOVERNmENT. The last step taken in the Sew ers not a wise one. The moat eminent of tea Cum— o'n-ie- i.-: who s accepted the unpaid offices of CoMmisaioneri Sewers we re on the point of res i g nin g , w e believe, on the occa sion of the refusal of S ir Cha rles W ood , the last C of the Exchequer, to remove the technical : culties to the borrowing of money, which prevented the execution of the large drainage works for the metropoli s' o f which the plans ha d been a pp roved. The conditio n Of things at that time was fully pointed out in the speech of Lord Ebrington at the close of the lest session, on the Sewers Bill, which we have before now quoted. The Commissioners were then persuaded to remain in office. On the accession of the new Government, some annoy ance w as expressed at the mode in whioh the present Sew ers Bill was brought firward, without consideration ti - the Commissioners' propositions. On the death of r. Lewes we understand that the expression of a hope ‘ 6 al Y w4"Save e d to the prop er authorities that no one drh alit, to 6 appointed chairman who would not be accept the r; to sdorn it,is_sioners. to the c the o l'atitry ~,,) l 4 furnish In this respect they appear, upon the rman is have been as little consuLeci as they were h 2 r l:llnsed Bill. No eers4nal objection is test ste s n a ,, to th e who has just been appointed: he is alike indeed t o the Ift e w eemmi.sioners and to the works, and fionrw li o t- mi tanatter with which' h their own !era se llnd practice on the subject. But, as if sub'e a legal ch at the Commisiiaogn4le• a superior pow cri.ant and wanted on the 0 _acaluissionnu. a4pnpootiatedwhltfiweihenatt law, was ra could place confidence, not and Ze ' c w tio ' fi b ril f i t t ' i t ; 'hi 7 5 W a o would have well t v o er d s e e a d l, —in the who would ar,ist thio7cimmiatdouedr7l:,re3al°t fttrmhuets7,rifeptet:Drmtefditi they may be required to assist . This not one whom position of the Comtr&aion, and th ..5 is or som-i ce 11.-r cause, that Sir w . iV ia. r w, " ll ,, i _t,i.s., from ih's Stephenson, Mr. Pet°, and sent in their w re h s o ig ,% nions, bort which have, w e uu b e l i . ll ..ave how m r. i c . , _4,%it . t, tar. Ho accepted. purified?-13 • , 111 say when the Tham es' Y e , been purified?—B u i l d er. is to be ART EDUCATION or CHILDREN.--Let' 113 h ere mentiqn, in a pare nt h es i s, that we have found the children of the S )vereign at nine in the morning at the Museum of Practical Art; and on another occasion, at the same hour, amidst the Elgin marbles —not the only wise hint to the mothers of England to be found in the highest place. Ac castom.your children to find beauty in goncinesa and goodneaa itt basatyv:43uitrior. •~(yL»...•1 LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1852 FRANCE. A decree in the Moniteur announces several judi ciary appointments in the departments. The Moniteur announces in a communicated note that the President, having been informed of the in tention to give banquets in his honour during his ap proaching tour in tne departments, has resolved not to accept any, however touched he is by these kind attentions. The Presse has commenced publishing a series of letters on the state of England. Three have already been given ; and the following extracts are not a bad specimen of the sort of information communicated, and of the writer's knowledge of the country, whose habits and manners, as well as institutions, he assumes to describe : " In England," be begins, " every one knows that the whole of the land belongs to the nobility, and that it is inalienable. Thus, in the immense augmen tation each day of the city of London, you must not believe that the builders of houses purchase the soil as complete property—they pay a rent to the lord pro prietor, and the concession of the ground is only for 99 years. Thus the nation is the guest of the nobility —it lodges with it. " These ' guests of the nobility' ar e , it seems, divided into three classes—the agricultural popu lation, who are farmers of lords; the middle class, which devotes itself to trade, and forms what is called the gen t r y ; ao d, l astly, at the lowest step of the l a dd er , th e sa l ar i ed and poor work men—the mobility. Of th ese t h ree classes of guests the dearest to the no bilit y i s t h e agricultural popula tion. This is ea s ily un d erstood; if the farmers d o good business mor e money must enter into the cash box of the lords. If commerce is restrained b y the laws, if, for instance, the importation of corn is bur dened with a high duty, the English their produce with more advantge, a nd all goes on It is true for the best in the eyes of the aristocracy' destroyed—it is that the gentry will see its commerce deetr e 'Y true that the mobility may die of hunger , IScc * " • t " The intention of the nobility is obvious, v iz., to annihilate this laborious gentry, that is, the binde fatigableLiverpool—to kill the real English farmers sell people of London, M anc h es ter, B irmin g fl a o m m i mounts the e h (still meaning the gentry) which Inntin— ea oh of day, invading Great Britain, and carrying the cease the State!' different classes After so accurately definin g the divided an into which the English pe op l e a re 'oppressed citing our compassion on behalf ef thSig e says gentry, tradesmen and manufacturers, the nation, that— London that count " There are imme nse quarters in da „ outy t o Par -30,000 inhabitants, but do not sendfauiear five classes liament. There are in Englan d of electors. The constitution 0. tdicuious—on usage, on reasons the most absurd and r' will of the on a bit of parchment, on the arbitrary Lords, &c.' ondent who thus classes reposes la bids fair to • cr and w r ° ,l enlightens M. Ensile Guar to, f is ..r-au. It Was The name of this accurate oo c rre b sP :Be . outstrip M. Ledru Rollin himsel f, seriously spoken form in England, the treadmill was d u's lucubrations of as an article of dietary. M. Er a by parchment, &c., in the Presse that, in an article on penitentiary re on the "gentry" and the voting beat the treadmill hollow. Y. GERMANA letter from Wi es b aden, of the i , ving that the KIN G o f t h e BELGIANS wag 3 re:ired a uno ntri that had not his arriv there in so al been an• 28th ult. states flounced, no one would • • • imagin e that he was in the town. THE STucKpoter itIOTS. that the Iri s h are vet bad mo b The only c onc l us i on which a contemporary thinks it necessary t o d raw from th i s atrocious outrage is, y et had better k eep qui, because they are cure to be " thrashed." If th i s i s to be j () t he high-minded tone fi g hters, and that they adopted b y English unlade, every man who has the misfortune t o think with the sand Rom an Catholics are to culsr qu es ti on ought to lose no t i me in providing him self with a b race of Cole s revolvers. I f fourteen thou minority on any parti and their altars profaned, simply because they happen, under th e pressure of fam i ne and distress, to have subjects, h av e their houses gutted, sought work an d wages among their Protestant fello w• of the R ea l m for the Institutes o f Lynch, and ask Lord Campbell to undert a ke the execution o f the Summary j ur i s di c ti on . In Italy, or i n Spain, such a we had better at o nce exchange t he Statu t e s justificatio n of the violence of the majority may be safe enough, because the majority for toe tune being is secure from retaliation. But in an empire like that of Great Britain, where the population is composed of different races and religious communities, and where parties are more equally matched, it is by no means certain that the game will he altogether one-aided. The English Protestants may have it all their own way in Lancashire, but if Roman Catholics are to be chal lenged to a war, literally pro aris et focis, what is to become of the Protestants in Tipperary ? Are the in signia of an " alien" Church less obnoxious to the Irish Roman Catholic than doves and crosses to tba Stockport Protestants? Our con temporary may think it cowardly, but we are stoogly of opinion that it would be most unwise for a statesman to act upon the as sumption that Irish " Papists" are always easily to be thrashed. Surely Lord Derby might have picked some little sect or two out of the "Protes tant Association," on which he might have exer cised his taste for persecution with far less danger to life, property, and the public peace. It has been ingeeiously suggested that the riot at Stockport was a drama enacted entirely by Irish men for their own amusement—that, for some un explained reason, they sacked their own houses, and burnt their own chapels. But the evidence given at the coroner's inquest seems hardly to bea 1 out this extraordinary hypoth es i s . T he chief wit ness found the deceased lyin g h a lf dead upon te ground, and went out to f e t c h a d octor. " When, " he adds, "we got outside , another m an came. up with a piece of wood, and, sayin g 'C ome, let u look at his head, to s ee if h e is an Irishman,' hues struck him with his weapon on the left side of the bead. on which the deceased cried out ' Oh dear, I'm done,' and never spoke again." We Protesta nt m "notan Catholica other Irishman.-- Chronicle. m en Englishmen have certainly good right to con grat u late n ot ourselves even a thisth atpwooerarßeomare '— not BEABOttNE MALLS. Of signifies that the mails are sent Cron% the General Poet-otho, by the night—and M by the morn mg-41sPateb.1 When ot.tde up to iraou whae PLACES. General Po3t-of/Ice! port dis• When London. ! patched. due. —_---..........—_, ............_ America (by Brit. pkt.) N July 9 .. .• 'Liverpool .• July 15 America (by U.S. pat.) N .. .. Liverpool .. July 8 Aftwriea (by U.S. pkt.) Si 'July 7 .. .. Southampt. July 27 Australia (via South- I ampton) .. .. .. 11 .. .. .. .. ISouthampt. Ditto (via Marseilles) N .. .. .. . Dover .. Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N 2d o f August ..'Plymouth.. Atnea ( West Coast ).. N lath 01 t o. month ! Plymouth June 29 Alexandria* ...... .. Nll9th & 30th of mo.' Dover .. June 18 Belgium .. .. .. NiDaily .. .. ..!Dover .. Daily Brazil.. ~ .. M '9th of the month /Southampt. June 16 Buono. Ayres .. .. M 9th o f th e month ' Soutbampt. June 16 Callfornia(viaChagres)M ! id & 17th of - montt I South am pt. July 5 Cape of Good Hope N 115th of July .. Plymouth.. June 29 Cape de Verde .. .. N2d of the month .. Plymouth.. dune 29 Constantinople* .... Ni7th 17th 27th et mo Dover .. July 10 Central America .. hi id & 17th of mon. Southampt. July 5 Channel isles .. .. N Idon., Wed.. & Fri. Southampt. Tn. Th. Sat Chili .. .. .. .hi 17th of the mo n th S out h ampt. July 5 France .. .. Mt NI Twice daily .. .. Dover ..., Twieedaily Greece* .. ... . • NIT th 17th 27th of mo , Dover • . July 10 Hambnrgh .. .. N Tu es d ay & Friday 'London .. Tues. Sat. Holland .. .. .. d Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mou.Thtu Honduras .. .. . N,l7th of the month Southampt. July 20 Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead.. Twieedall) India (via Sionthamp.) hi 20th of the m on th SouthamPt. July 28 Indt a ( via %families) N *thik.lsth i•ttnoutb De... - . July 17 India„ via C. of G. Slope N 15th of \ moom, Plymouth.. June 29 Mauritius .. .. .. N 15th of month Plymouth.. June 29 Mediterranean' OA* soottlitwron) •. M 90th of the month Southampt. July 28 meilitetr...nean (via hfarseilles) .. .. N Bth&24thofmonth Dover .. July 17 Mello() .. .. .. hi 2d of the month.. Sonthampt. July 5 M a deira .. .. .. hi 9th of the month Sontiuunpt. Jane 16 Malta .. r lth,l7th,l9th,27th * ~ i &30th of month 1 Dover Jul y 10 , Naples ' .,. .. .. N sth 15th 25th ofme Dover .• July 2 . : .. M . 1,1,5 th 15th 25th of moi Dover .. July 2 7th 17th 27th ef In& Sonthampt. July 6 .. •• M l7th of the month Sonthampt. July 5 an . .. N Sth 15th 25 tit ofmo Dover .. 'July 2 West Indies .. 31 17th Of the month Southampt. (J uly 5 • • r; P eruuse a n p eins al . S aiy__. t ar atet3 ..... .. .. Naples* •• •• •• Ni Papal States' •• Peninsula.. • • • . M Peru •• •• •• 34 Tuscany* •• • • • • N West Indies • • .. M West Indies (except !layering. & Nassau) M • The mails to those o French Packet viit 12d of the month .. I °nutrias thus marl Southaaapt. Lad (*) are conveyed by CITY ELECTION.--We are authorised to announce that there is no foundation whatever for a statement put in circulation yesterday, through a circular, to the effect that Sir James Duke had resigned. ROYAL COLLEG E or SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 2d inst. :—Messrs. Edward Augustus George Louis Lundy, Hon. East India Company's service; Albert Massey, C imberwell ; Tom Smith Hewitt, Nottingham ; John Thomas Muriel, Ely ; Richard Bird Mason, N uneaton, W arw i c k s hi re ; Ch srles White, Doncaster, Yorkshire ; Benjamin Godfrey, Romsey, - flints; Robert Taylor, Botesdale, Suffolk; Timothy Doyle, Kilkenny; and William Mitchell Firth, Army. At thesame meeting of the Court Mr. Henry Crocker passed his exami nation for naval surgeon. This gentleman had previously been admitted a member of the college, his diploma bearing date July 25th, 1845. A " COMMERCIAL CREDIT MUTUAL ASSURANCE SoczEnr."—A society for mutual assurance against bad debt i s nor in opera ion in the City. It is said to be based on pri uc iples simila to those which hav e a l ready b een i n ope rlaitshinegparemcaipuimtasi! r ation for s o m e years in Paris. The s ociety gives to the assured h an tb d us g d iv iff in e g rin t g o from a proprietary full rie benefit shareholders,A instead of the assured, all the profit ar i s i ng therefrom. reser ved ford, however, is to b e accumu l ate d ta efit society of al to a certain am ount wherewith to aid assured in times of commercial pressur e, and a oremium fund for the reduction the of future premiums to the previously assured. An y exce ss, every five years, is t o be divided proportionably amon g st the assu re d. The practical rules of the society are said to have been laid d ow n with a view , amon g st other p ur p ose s , to pre vent fr au d Qr i mpro per speculation on the part of the assured, to T"tri C V • d i v id u al rights to mutual advantage, and to afford 11 14 f mot i on as to the commercial stabilitv o f tad %geared ui or Siagdora.—Bui/der. ugliout the baited POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Beeman, a private in the Coldstream Guards, an d mary Ann Bacon, were brought before Mr. Bing ham for final examination, charged with having stolen a cashbox. containing upwards of 1201. in banknotes and gold, from the house of Robert Townsend, landlord of the Grapes public-house, No. 14, Porter-street. Several examinations have occurred, during which much evtdeoce has been brought forward, of which the following is a summary:— Bacon Mr. Townsend had his m at orn th in e Grapes. On the 7th o f breakfast oaenbs vins a v n room w hich he had placed his cashbo x . B acon c l eare d away the breakfast things, and had oc cas i on to go to the j r u e a t o tl i tatsienrvtahn where ther e was a cup b oar d , in et cup board where the box was placed. The prisoner asked to be allowed to leave for an hour, in order to get some clothes washed. She then folded up a gown, and it was noticed, though without any suspicion at the time, that she folded something in the gown. Bacon then went out, and in about ten minutes after wards the cash box was missed. Mr. Townsend immediately commu nicated with the police and went in search of tier. Ou his return, about two o' c l oc k , he found the prisoner had made her appearance and had been given into cus tody. Police•inspector Monckton and Pulice-constable King, C 39, were employed to trace the movements of Bacon during her absence, as the prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery. The police succeeded in tracing her to a coffee-shop with a soldier (the male prisoner), and afterwards got information which led them to believe that the girl had gone to the barracks, sent for the soldier, given him the box—that the box had been opened, the bank notes destroyed, and the gold divided among the prisoner and several of his comrades. The only evidence, however, which could be placed on the depositions was that of Mr. Townsend, who proved the loss of the cash-box; and of Mrs. Townsend, who proved that she visited Bacon in the House of Deten tion, and that Bacon told her she was a good mistress, and it she was sure not to be punished she would tell all. • Mrs. Townsend said it would no doubt be better for her if she told the truth; upon which Bacon asked to have her master sent to her the next day. In the meantime a relative of the prisoner called to see her, and had some conversation with her, it was presutned, on the medi tated disclosure. When M r . T ownsend called the pri soner made no communication to him. A. woman, named Margaret Donovan, proved she was in the same lockup cell as Bacon. She heard Bacon call out to a companion that it was cleverly done. William Dobby, coffee-shop keeper in Tothill-street, saw the two prisoners together on the morning of the robbery. There was a parcel like a box lying between them. Thomas Stokes, private in the Coldstream Guards, said he visited Reeman in gaol. The prisoner asked him to go to 8, Forster -street, Whitechapel, and see a person there and tell him to hide the cashbox which was in the water-closet. The prisoner asked him if he could trust him. Witness replied " Yes." The prisoner said they must have made some mistake about the that was in the c a shb ox; the sum was not 1201money_ ; a very good thi ng t h ough, for there was 80/ in the box. it was As the witness w as a b out to step down from the box, Reeman, who is a tall powerful man, suddenly rushed to the front of the bar and aimed a furious blow at him. The blow, however, did not take effect, owing to the activity of Welsh, the gaoler, and other constables. The prisoners, who denied the charge, were fully committed. WESTMINSTER. Henry Mortimer. a rough looking fellow, was charged with assaulting and wounding Margaret Stanton, the wife of an eating-house keeper, at 69, Orchard -street, Westminster. The accused entered the shop on Sunday afternoon, g r t ro t o li s silee a p n Prosecutrixdterhaving pe e toldrushed whichus him dround ee h u e anbdn s could he de and, after ta ki ng some refreshment prepared himself for te l length. n e n a h o e n r t a i npb bethe e r v i m u d l i e l t s t counter seix d a carving knife, and advancing towards her swore he would cut her throat, and fieding him about to carry his threat into execution, she put her hands up to protect her throat, when he cut her hand so severely that one of her fingers was nearly amputated. A. servant came to the prosecutrix'a assistance, and eirenchea the knife from Mortimer's hand. The ac• cused then left the shop, but was captured in the course ut the evening. Prisoner said he had no recollection of what had oc curred, but he had no doubt all he did was in his own protection. Mr. BRoDERIP said, it was a very aggravated assault, and committed the accused for trial. William Eastern, a carman, was charged with having caused the death of Henry Hobbs, a child 18 months Ad, by running over it, This cage was one of a most painful description, but it was perfectly clear. from the evidence of the witnesses exa mined, that no blame attached to the defendant. the child had crossed York-street, Westminster, on Saturday afternoon, to a sweetmeat shop, and on re •urning suddenly stepped from the kerb -stone into the road at the moment defendant's cart, laden with bay, was passing. The result was most lamentable. The wheel suddenly knocked the child down, and the poor little creature's head was literally crushed under it. Th e appallin g spectacle created a thrill of horror among he bystanders who witnessed, and, from the suddenness of the occurrence, had been unable to prevent it. De fendant's horse was walking slowly at the time. Mr. BRODERIP said it was quite clear, by the account that the unfortunate occurrence was purely acci dental, and discharged the defendant upon his entering ,nto his own recognlzances to appear again on Wed nesday to abide the decision of the coroner's jury. SOUTHWARK. Timothy Connor was charged with a violent assault on Charles McGowan. Mr. Binns said that he attended for the complainant. who was formerly a Roman Catholic, but bad since be come a convert to Protestantism, and was now, and h a d la , en for some time past, engaged asa scripture read er which Mr. Amstrong was the t. , P e a se u n r , s, B ir e ic r u m m on he d n se t. y, ofT eheomplainant lived in Castle-court, a‘rmondsey; an d, • itho had himself at o ne seems, had excited t he displeasure of the defendant , : ion, and become a convert to thechanged his reli me been a Protestant, but h e d l w . isteh. of the went eh Catholict to Wednesday last the d'-fend an t , com pared with the compl a i nant, as a perfect Hercul es in strength o, it would be seen, gth and stature when tatter, and without assigning any reason, commenced an 'sta ck upon him, in whi c h he was assisted by a man e arned Tim Hearn, who w as heard to eclaia2, " Connor, he has had enough; come away , " d This expression was used after the complainant was struck about the head tad face by Connor, who beat him in such a manner as to cause the blo, d to flow from his nose and mouth. Mr. Binns thee called Charles M Gowan, a diminutive man, who, on b e i ng s worn, deposed that ho was a scripture re r ader under th e Rev. Mr. Armstrong, of St. Paul's, i mondsey, a n d lived at 5, Castle-court, in th a t parish. Be s being a Catholic, and having witnessed the a3 ti e years ago he ypocrisy of i he priests and the gross er rors o f P oper !convert to the Protestant Church, andh y a , d became a been since eng aged as already describ e d. O n Wednesday afternoon last he was at home; the house he lived t• avo adjoining, were nhabi te d b y persons whoh,as wellas the bad, like tionself, renounced Popery, and become members of t h e Church of England. fie was standing at the of his house when he saw the defendant, whometreet door he had know n before, approach. H e therefore went ill• and was about to close the door, when the defendant• rus hed into the passage, collared and pushed him up a wail, and began to strike him with his clenched gala fists shout the head and face, while a man named Tim Hearn h e ld him in such a position that he co u ld notdefend l h•m-' ' way described, elf. After bea t ing him in the He xc l a imed, "Connor , you have him are given enough. ,, The .lefendant and the other man then ran out of the house tod escaped. The complainant added, that he gave the .letendent no provocation, and that be was convinced that differing with he had attacke d him on account of his on points of religion. Mr. Binns (to complainant)—Do you apprehend danger from defendant? Complainant —I certainly do. kr. Salomon, on behalf of the defendant, said that the facts had been very much exaggerated, and he would show that instead of the circumstance arising out of a religious feud, it was simply a case of assault, in which the complainant himself was the chief aggressor, for he struck the first blow. He then proceeded to cross examine the complainant, who said that the defendant did but inquire for one Tracy, who lived in the house, et the time of the assault. He (complainant) certainly obje c t e d to permit Connor to enter the house, and th at the l atte r then struck him. He did not strike in .return. Mr. Salomon said that the defendant wanted to see Tracy ; an d it was for that purpose he wont to the house, when the alleg ed assa ult took place. John c onni ell, a near-sighted man, stated that be was in the passage of the complainant's house when the defendant rushed in and assaulted him. Witness, al though he could not distinctly see the blows given, y e t heard them, and knew Connor's voice, and heardtTim Hearn say that the complainant had got enough. After wards saw the complainant bleeding from the nose and month. This witness, in his gross-examination, said that h e heard the defendant say that the house belonged to Tracy and not t o complaivant. This was before the assault. Witness was a convert to Protestantism—had formerly been a rigid Catholic. but had left it off.—(Laughter.) In reply t o Mr. COMBS this witness said that he could not expl a i n w h a t Connor called at the house for, exc e p t 3 was to give the complainant a "bating;" and he (wit ness) did not know wrist for. Tim Hearn was next called, and stated that he ac companied defendant on the afternoon in question, and that their only otiject in going Were was to inquire for Tr acy. That they did not go there to be revenged on the complainant for turning from Catholic to Protestant, but to see Tr a cy; that the complainant, however, in• stead of gi v i ng t h e m a civil answer , s truck the defend ant a bl ow on the breast, and tried to shut them out; that a acth e ea a did then take place between the parties, and witness interfered to put a stop to it, and that it was untrue that he attempted to hold the complainant while the defendant was beating him. A l i. * CoMBE said that after all it was not satisfactorily explained for what purpose the defendant called at the house, and as the evidence was so coefl.cting, instead of decidiag the case himself, be would leave it open for the complaining parties to go before the grand jury, who were then sitting, and prefer a b ill of iuoictment a g ainst the defe n d ant. - Mr. anus intimated that be should proceed at once to the Sesaions.house for tbat purpose. SUBURBAN committee of thi s i nst it u tion intend to hold a s oi r ée in con. ARTISAN SCHOOLS —The p resident and nezi°l2 with it on the 6th inst. at Univermit y Colle g e, Lon. don. To th ose who have not se en it, the Flaxman Gallery there will be an additional attlactionewSuiMer. INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. The annual general meeting of this institution was held on Saturday, at the society's rooms, 12, Cha tham-place, Blaekfriars. Charles Jellicoe, Eq., took the chair. Mr. Samuel Brown, the hon. secretary, read the notice convening the meeting, and afterwards the re port of the council on the general progress of the soc i e ty during the past year, which, among other matters stated : raautdi o members tti hnh elected, t' institute, nibt D u) u ,t}t es, During nibwgo by distinguished tit h a ishett the institute aeh s inn e esy s i s : , ci) i et o fosua n uewtenee thc4tueii.B council whom have noet e ae:hve w weoue rsi2i,b i n o:mseb4 e e iimnd, managers b e genny r ea s hrbas ihseoadbfv additione f e etonn. h t a e pi gdeut retirem ents foreign and death amounted to 13 only. The total number on t h es e, four honorary members have been elected by the to the list of corresponel , ng members no less than 42 of ion with 27 of the leading cities in Bel- France, Germany, ffillancl, Russia, 8 tve idgctoirlunew,7):::C4iwe'iastuz:nt,ircillaa:nd, and the United States of America. geslots: ehiinitods. oeci : csegn ' acimlini T etiso:chfetth l eyerrar en e aana4i ocrtngst I fi enumerate 961 r b GuAoetfl r hri ado4eaoraretnigtnesyei volumesici :erg , BeEcaan o w tol ilEan h aerave i dt c ue h,hdnt the Surveyor 0 Statisticalpae i fl snii societiesh climates,, inconvenience r t r tr t fvmah w avaeedr anaythisietpamphlets. Society,Eei becomingrpnutfchharising country Pharmaceutical ~rttHcefhta ersesei l.shsßo2rtt, e:hi important, :ehciyaeeoi niseißoyal Royal xispicoe truons,. ;rpe,y.lfla,,Scottishavrarntairlt calculated it ns, dls) hast: risks. nhintsgsngeo...,. donors o ce ,n n o : s o c o r f e t ta h s e e s d e , d t u b r i i , th ncgout the council e a s t: i° g u ra b t y i fi , d a t presentation s bein g b o ' o f no to t.hien Lunacy,eßr 1...:y ta t hl h e c AG C s oter,non,:i General Astronomical s iß i c o ao n al e r r d s soo o ci f . i CommitteeHßeveai:liwths,ylsh,ethHeorneo Office, o the Inspectors of Factori , s, the Poor Law Board, the In stitution, the R iyal Society of Edinburgh, the Geolo gical, The council having long had under their considera tion as to the proper rates to be charged for re and believing that data existed amongst the records of afford the means, when collected, of ariving at the value of such risks, took measures at the early part of the session to obtain the data in question. They are happy to say that fifty-two companies, at much cost of time and labour, readily supplied their experience, compris ing in all 6,151 cases; and the council are now engaged in the laborious task ot classifying and arranging the data thus obtained, with a view to deduce from them the required information. " The members will, no doubt, have noticed that a Committee of the House of Commons has been engaged during the session in the consideration of the subject of the property and income-tax with a view to determine the true principles of direct taxation. It is gratifying to the council to observe, from the remarks of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, that the evidence given before the committee by members of the institute has tended to throw much light on that intricate question. The council are glad to perceive one of the most important n te o e f Friendly o e subject, Societies b eing functions of the institute so soon called into exercise. " Some months back a petition to the House of Com mons was prepared in reference to the privileges claimed of the insti tute of opinion that the prayer of the petition . was not quit e b A y eti a few T be ecompaniescouncil, o o enrolled ooo std under e in accordance with the liberal views which the institute caused it to be presented. Both were referred to a Se lecttit o a have solely, not been but have been examined at great length upon them. has ever sought to uphold, framed one themselves, and Committee of the House, have extended to almost all the points which bear upon the condition and prospects of friendly societies. have had under ben " fi T u h od e i t n o qu tb ir e ies q o u f es t t h t e on sel o e b c o t v c e om u m llu it d t e ee d satisfactory manner than has hitherto been done, the papers read before the institute. " Lastly, the council have to announce that they have their "The consideration c o uncii iotrhe"mineeantismced past, in a more completed a negotiation with the Statistical Society, in accordance with which the institute will, after Michael tillas next, be admitted on moderate terms to the use ot to - the rooms i n S r. J ame s's-squire. Mr. Cheshire, they are most happy ssy, h as been appointed assistant secre tary to the Statistical Society, and will act in that capa city for both parties, very much, it is believed, to the advantage of each " The amount of receipts and disbursements was , , read, Which gave th e following results :—Total amount of r ece i pts, i nc l u di ng su b sc riptions in 1850- 51, and f or 1851-52 &c. 683/. 3s. 7 1 ; expenditure, rent, and general charges, 3691. 14... 4d.; extraordi nary expenditu re 871. 12s 61. ; leaving a balance i n favour of the society of 2251. 1 65 . 21 . On the m ot i on of the CHAIRMAN , seconded by an associate p resent, the report an d account of r ece i pts and expendi ture were approve d and c o nfirmed. Various a l terations were agreed to in several clauses of the rules and regulations, and while the scrutineers were engaged in ascertaining the result of the ballot f or a president, council, and officers for the year ensuing, Mr. BERRIDGE moved, and CoLvire seconded, a vote of thanks to the six retiring directors. Mr. PORTE R moved, and Mr. CoLvIN seconded, a vote of thanks to the council generally. The CHAIRMAN, in appropriate terms, acknowledged the compliment. Mr. doLvtriMoved a special vote of thanks to Mr. Jellicoe, for his able conduct in the chair that day, and for his unremitting attention to the business of this institution. Mr. JBLLICOE again shortly expressed his sense of the kindness with which his efforts had been met. Tne list of gentlemen proposed by the council in. eluded, as president, John Finlaison, Eq. (late Go vernment actuary); vice-presidents, Messrs. Peter Hardy, Francis G. P. Neison, J. J. Sylvester. Wm. Thomas Thomson; as treasurer, Jahn Lawrence ; as hon. secretaries, Messrs. Samuel Browne and John Hill Willi ims ; and 14 other getlemen es members of the council, All these gentlemen were unani• mously elected. CONS PITUTIoN AND LAWS OF THE INSTI TUTE OF ACTUARIES OF GREAT BRI FAIN AND IRELAND. Chaplain and Naval Instructor—Ray. William White marsh, 8.A., a naval instructor of 1841, and a chaplain of 1843, to the Sans Pareil, 81, screw steam-ship, at Ik vunport. Chaplain—Rev. J. E. Meredith, to the Meander. Da — son (1850), from the Exe.llent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, to the friucomalee, 24, at Dcvonport. Assistant Surgeon—J . .l3les S. Ayerest (1847), from the Queen, 116, at D.voeport, to the Meander. ELECTION BRIB RY and CORRUPTION. Such questions us the following m b- put to the petitioners and sitting members in Election Commit tees of the I - Luse of Cumulous. Eve❑ if there is no petition by a candidite, or even if there has been no contest (ls any voter mly petition), the same ques tions may be put to the sitting Member:— " 1. Who were your agents at the eleclion? " 2. Will you swear that there were none other em ployed by you or by your solicitors? " 3. Who were %our solicitors, and what clerk of theirs attended tho election? " 4. Will you swear that A was not your agent? " 5. D you not koow that A was actually engaged in protn,iting your election?—( All porticulars as to cc quaintAnca and connexion with A will be inquired into). " 6. Will you swear that you do not believe that A acted for you? " 7. ilive you never spoken of him to any one as either employed, or at lea-it acting on your part in the election, or immediately previous to it? _ "8. Do you believe that B n , ver received any money, or any promise of money, to act fir you, from your com mittee, or from any one else taking part for you; .9. Who were your committee? "10. Will you swear that your never spoke to or com municated with any of your committee during the elec tion, or during the immediately precedicg days? " 11. How did you happen to stand for the borough? " 12. With whom did you commucicate on the sub ject before agreeing to stand? " 13. Who besides were present? 14. Was anything, and what, said about the cx pensea? . . _ "15. How much did you undertake to give, or to be come answerable for? "16. Did any person, and who, on your behalf, com municate with persons having interest in the borough? .617. What passed betweeu you and that person be• fore the communication? " 18. What report did he make to you after the com munication? " 19. What agreement, or undertaking, was finally come to? " 20. Will you swear that nothing further was said or written about expenses? 2t. How much dtd you suppose the legll expanses to be? "22 What were the particulars sated of those ex penses? What steps were taken by you, or dirt cted to be taken, in order to a , certaiu whether or not the ex • penses stated to be required were real expense,? (All the details of the alleged expenses will then be minutely gone into.) " 23. Will you swear that you did not believe more was paid by some persons on your behalf than the sum you had agreed to pay? " 24. Will you swear you had no suspicion that more was paid by some one, and by whom? " 25. How much have you paid in all? " 26. Has any more been demanded, and by whom? Do you not believe, or at least suspect, that some such demand has been made on your solicitor, or agent, or on your committee, or on some person connected with you in some way? " 27, Will you swear that you do not apprehend or expect to have more to pay ? " 28. Who were your barkers before the election? ''29. Had they any correspondent in the b.rough? Pin examination ot the bauk-r's account, and of each item which could by possibility have relaiian to the elec tion, will then bm g ice into, and the pie y will be called on to explain evely psrticular, and state his knowledge, his belief, his suppositious, his suspicions, his conj .ctures as to each item, and the proceedings of the persons found to have received mrine pesons ot and e,totie mon w i t y , and as to his knowledge h th oie '' 30. Do you believe,suppose r cot , j. urure,or suspect tb at any of your committee or any other person taking au in terest in your elec,ion ever promised any one that you would use your ieflaenca to obtain any place or favour from the Government tor him or any of his relations? (This question will be divided into several, of course.) " 31. Hive you been applied to, either immediately before or since the election, tor your ii.fl ience to obtain any place or favour for persons connected with the borough? " 32. Do you believe, suppose, conjecture, or suspect that any one, and who, gave or promised any money or other valuable thing to any person olnnected with the borough with a view to secure your election?—(Question divided as i n 30.) " 33. Have you, or has any one connected with you, or acting in your interest, promised to pay any money on account of the election after the trial ot the petition is over? , "34. Has there been any undertaking of this kind come to by you or your friends? "35. Do you not balieve or apprehend that you will have to pay money on account of the election after the trial is over? " 36. Do you not believe, conjecture, or suspect that some- person on your behalf has been called on since the election to pay for your expenses connected with it? " 37. Do you not believe or suppose that some person has engaged to pay, or come to an understanding that he will pay something on your acJount after the trial is over, and who?" The whole particulars of such payments may be them closely exemined by calling the persons named and examining them in the absence of the party, and then examining the party before any communication can be had between him and these persons. Similar examinations may be had of the parties and their agents as to the expenses of public houses and the attorneys' bills. in Tne bar ga i ns of the part i es w i th attorneys belong !3 to the borough may be sifted in like manner, and if the parties have seen no such attorneys themselves, they will have to declare on oath their belief, or con jecture, or suspicion as t 9 who saw them on their part THE RIOT AT STOCKPORT. , Yesterday morning the inquiry into the - events con , nfoercetedthe With recentatgherat, s, riot at this pl ace was resumed be when the evidence of Thomas Picken, servant to Alderman Graham, a surgeon, was to in the effect that, o n Tuesday ni g h t l ast, on hearing a row the square, he opened his master's gates and looked down Rock -row. It was about 8 o'clock. He saw stones flying in all directions. Some Irish had broke all the front-windows of his master's house. He saw about 20 women running up High-street throwing stones; some of them had stones and bricks in their aprons. He was struck with a boulder stone, aid was knocked down, and was then taken to a surgeon's. The crowd was armed with scones, b e s„m h an dl es , po k ers, and such like. The man who knocked him dawn was an Iri,huasn. A basketful of stones, which were thrown through the win dows, were picked up by Mr. Graham. Mr. Dooley (wno was examined on Saturday) was a4ain examined—On VVedn.sdly morning ho sa w the word '6 English" written on several doors of houses in Rock-row, some of which were inhabited by Irish; he did not notice that these houses had been bri,ken into. The crowd continued shouting for some time, and he could hear them smashing gls.s. He was at the toll-bar three times; the second and third times he saw (li mes at Rigelly Chapel. lie did n,t give any inform 4tion to the police, and did not offer himself for a vpecial con stable. Mary Ann Dooley, the wire, and J , ha Edward Dooley, the sun of this wt;aess, corroborated his evi dence. The following placard W 55 handed to the magistrates by Mr. Gibson:— " To THE PROTESTANT ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH cl , "Brother P ro STOCICP.AtT. testants and Electors.—On Friday next you will be cilled upon to select two candidates to repre sents you in Parliament. Before the time comes lwh to draw y our attention to Mr. J. B. Smith ' s votes in the House of Commove. " You are, perhaps. consequence of such vo t es h e the Stirli ng burghs, but in . td aware that he was the M.P. f or oira t w iy ar h e asre solved to trythat , here. an A co re nse ) qu . has received Pope's bull, our belov e d Q ueen on one during the two last sessions of Parliament (i n f act, ever since thesetting his ntie fOr t t o u ncleut side), he has not only I done all that l a y i n h is power to injure the Protestant cause, but h e h as d one all to assist the Papists in oustructing the progress of the Ecclesias tical Titles Bill and the i nqu i ry i nto the Maynooth grant? Do not take my word f or it, but make a li tt l e inquiry, and you will find it to be so. Are we to be ridden rougbsttod over by a pack of blood-thirsty Papists and , vote forethe m an t h at encourages them? No the sample of th e ' B r i t i sh lion' die la . Alter yed the other night I am per sua d e d your hearts are still in the right place. Let Father Frith recommend him to some place in Connaught., where they will jump at him. Do not let us disgrace ourselves by sending him. These are not the times to mince matters, Who knows what there is brewing at the present time? Let us send tried men. Lot us rally round Mr. Heald and Mr. Kershaw, who have both voted in direct osition to the motley Soci nian, Papist, Anythingarian about.and sen hun to t e rig ht d ' h• " I am, brother electors, yours respectfully, " Stockport, July 2. " A PROTESTANT." THE INDUSTRIAL EXEIIBITION IN Coltli.—Tbere is one advantage connected with this exhibition of the in dustrial resources of Ireland, up on which we cannot lay too much stres s; i t will be a new inducement to the English to visit Ireland ; they will thus rub off prejudices by actual contact with a p eople alway s hospitable and " pleasant" to stran gers; they will thus learn to cultivate those kindly feelings and generous sympathies which are ever engendered by acquaintance with the Irish " at home;" they will see a people f u ll to overflowing of original power; and a coun try rich t o exuberance in natural advantages and scenic beauty; they will travel at all times in comfort and security --security from the insolence, the impositions and annoy atic"s, which continental travellers invariably encounter: for every stranger who enters Ireland, Ireland will obtain a new friend! All who desire the improvement of Ireland, all who have affection for its people, hopes in their on-progress, and faith in their future ' must therefore rejoice a t an y even t which may bri©g the Irish and the English not re often to. getber—when the demon of nolitics is kept afar off; and we verily believe that the exhibition we are noticing is full of good promise that will be soon succeeded by fulfilment. W e earnestly advise those of our Englisb friends who desire a summer month's enjoyment, to visit Ireland now ; th e i r pleasure will be unalloyed by any deleterious influence (at all events as soon as the elections have termin sled) ; and the ease and cheapness with which the tour may be m a d e, I are not smong, the least of its recommendations. -.Art Journal . COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MONDAY. rrer M'zi'sety, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Princ e of Wale• the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice attended Divine service in the House, at Osborne , yeiterdr„v morning. The HOD. at, d Rev. G. Wellealel efficiatt d. Tito Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and the do mestic household were also present. Her Royal Highness the Duches , of Kent visited bet Hoist Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday' at Gloucoster House, Piceadi ly. as Mr. John W oo d, Chairman the Board of In la Revenu., had an interview with the Earl of Derby Ye s ' terday, at his official re.idence in Downing-5 rest. The Eirt of B ever l e y h a d an in.erview with Mr. Fe . cretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Board of Covotti., had an interview with the Chance!tor of the Exchequer yesterday, ac his official residence is Downing -street. Sir John H-rschel, Master of the Mier, had also au interview with the Right 11°U. G. ntlecnan. Mr. Warren had an iwerview yesterday with Mr. Se cretory Walpole. D soatches were rt ceiv. , d at the Colonial-officerL gter ; day trom the Guvern ors o f N ow B runsw i c k an d 11 °' , The Judicial Commi , teri of her M.j..?sty's Most 11 : i i nourable Privy Council sat )esterday in the G iur : oll Chamber, and heard the petition 01 James Beri n fr for an extension of hi s parent (knapsacks). The L ords present were the Juega of the ki!gh Court of Adintralti' Sir J. Pattesor, and sir Edward It)an. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. 0 The followin g i s th e o ffi c i a l statement of the quan tities i 0 corn, &c., received in the port of London from the por t 42, Essex, from the 28th June, 1852, to the 3d July, , both inciusive Colchester Harwich Leigh. Malden m 227( - 8)l; 15 al 21 o t 4 , isl 0° 11°W.f 0 CHELMSFOR D , JULY 2.—Prices to-day were as rind; Wheat, white, 42s to 48s ; r e d, 87 s t o 425; barley, 27s to go chevalim 28, to 33s ; grinding 22s to 28s ; malt 55° to 511 chevalier 558 to 588; oats 19e to 258; peas, partridges 50 to 348; white, 31s to 32s ; boiling. 32a to 355; de l4 o 1 to 33s ; beans, ti c k, Ws to 33 s ; harrow ticks, 30s to mszagan, 288 to 324. ref° COLCHESTER, JULY 3.—Whe a t, w hit e 46 s t o 48s; .das to 424; oats, 21s to 238; beans, mazagan 31, to 325; and small 335 to 3nB; peas, white 36s to 88s, greys 348; barley, 00s to 008 per qr. KIRKALDY, JULY 3.—The following are the qui t° for grain:— Wheat. Barley. First 438 Od 9s Ud Second. 42s Od 28s 6d Third 3Ss Od 27s Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HADDINGTON, JULY 2.—Thy grain at our market to-day:— Wheat. First ... Second ...40s 8d Third .......... .. 38s Od i Total quantity of Wheat in Do. Barley Do. Oats Do. Beans COAL, X ARK E Prices of Coal pert;;;t7l Bate's West Hartley 13s 6ri buddle's W. Hartley 14s 00 Chester Main 13.4 3: Hastmg's Hartley Holy well Longridge'sW.Hartley Its 0 New Canfield Ravens worth'sW. Hart 14s 0 Redheugh Main antield Moor Cantield Moor Butes l2s 0 West Hartley West. Wylam Wylam Wall's End, &c. Brown .... Harton Heaton Ships at ,-,4rket. Oath. 22s Od 21s ed 183 6d imperial, followini Barley. 29s Od 278 7d 21e Od market Beans. —s Od peµd 109 01 of prices Oats. 86639. 04 23s Od 32 , 0 id 21s 6d 3 1 s pd 20s Od 3 " Id 426 qrs., 426 so su i d 61 qrs., 47 o ld 268 qrs., 22 6 50 0 38 qrs., 35 —s Od —s Od 30s Od to z are the :T.-YESTSRDAT• he close of thehiarket :••• Nlorthumberland l3B sa Vatker West Harton I,,irsont 1 46 0 1 Aaswell 1 69 Russell's Hetton ... Cassop 4artleponl ............. 153 6d Pease's West.— ........ 12 1 s i -outh Durham l4' c a ~v bodbdila cogi. iJer %len t t Hartley I:: 6a Ramsay's Gareslleld.• Niizon's Merthyr and 0 4 Cardiff . 21 0 Seymour Harvey Coke I (3° O d Lockgelly Parrot .••••• 193 ..Sold, 82. RAILWAY SHARE MARKET g ' BRISTO, 5. _t o e in STOCK EXCHAN GE .— There L was JULY little or nothing the share market to-day. The only sale reported Great Western, 99. LIVERPOOL, JULY 5. & ners oat Excna.nois.— A co ns id erable amount o f bt 151 ., was transacted in our sh are market to-day at firm 0 The sales reported w ere — Eastern Counties, 101i--"e" e 4 3 cashire, 19% Lancashire and Yorkshire, 84—Midland , 1 00 , —Ditto, Consol., Bris , ol and Birmingham, New Pr efer s e bef' 4 1 / 2 , per cent., 1,1 P. — South -Eastern and Dover, 22— A - 10' fiel 1, Rotherham, and Goole, N. D., 223/ Belfast and /—Belfast 34%. CHSTER, Jura- 5. r STOCK EX CIiAR M GIL AN Th e business to-day was rathe fo y mited, but p r i ces were firm. The transactions were as, low :_Eastern Counties, 10 3 —East Lancashire, 20- - ;;! tto , cashire and Yorkshire, 83 7 43—Ditto, Fifths, 3% dis.--v a l oi 10/. F Shares, 1 15 p.—Lundon and North-Westerb , I ' o2 / --Blackburn (No. 1), 7—SJuth- Eastern and Dover, ,td Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (No. 1), 10 3 / 4 " —P. land, 7 4 3 / 4 —Shrewsbury and Hereford, 2% dis. 13 1.10.11NtiHAttt, JULY 5. TOCIC EXCHANGE,. —We have no improvement to nett to-day. The transactions have been very l i mited, and Pr; d t varied little from th ose w hi ch have been quo t e d for the ] 8 few days. The only sales reported were—Midland (Shill ham and Derby), 40%2—Shrewsbury and Birmingbain 61. Ils. 3LI. NO' MARYLEBONE SAVINGS' BA WELBECK-STREET.—EstablishedJuly 5, 183° ; r iti COMPARATIV E STATEMENT OF PROGRESS, AT SW.- PERIODS, DURING THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. Open Deposit Accounts. Sums Invested With 66 0 tionalDebteorntnissi°/ On July 5, 1846 . „ 1847.. „ 1848... t, 1849.. PP IP 1830... PP PP 1851... „ 1852... £16,729 .E 346,9 . 7 17,939 319,340 18,564 284,75 7 19,848 301.663 20,866 315,638 21,878 334,073 22, 4 443 358,706 D. FINNEY, Secretary and Acttlau ' THE NEW C OPYHOLD ACT.-- The new Act extend the provisions of the Acts for the commutation of manorial rights, and for the gradual enfranchiseinee t o ts land 3 of copyhold and customary tenure, passed in tke.,d 0 seson, has just been printed. It 'contains 54 clauses anent schedule of forms. It declares the manner in whicli o ia frauchisements are to be effected, and the appointree t be valuers. The Commissioners are empowered to requi r , e , for production of books, and have the right of entry on lan d s be • the purposes of the Act. Questions of law or of fact 01 100 referred to the Cominissioneis, and an appeal is to be h e- f i , a . matter of law on a case stated. There are several proo sions in respect to the payment of the expenses attendant if enfranchisements. Agreements, valuations, &c., under th e Ac t are to b e exempt from the &amp duty. Arivng gel clauses of th e A ct, which is to be deemed part of the o t ~, CooYhold A cts , s one to the effect that any per obstrtw ing or hi ndering any Commissioner, assistant-commission ' valuer, or umpire, acting under the powers of the presr o f or recited Act, being convicted thereof before two justief e s the peace, sh a ll f or feit the s um of The Act took e u from the 30th of June, when it received the Royal assent- ail [ADVERTISEMENT.] H o ll oway ' s Oi ntmen t Pills, a certain Cure for Scurvy, Leprosy, Scrofula, o° 6 o o Diseases of the , kin.—The heaviness, weariness, and dejecwbo of spirits and other oppressions usually attendant on those t he suffer from diseases of the skin, are speedily removed 1 5, 1,.. e0 use of Holloway's Oi n t men t an d P i ll s. T he eff i cacy o f medicines, in correcting the bad habit of body, and in cur ii complaints of the class above mentioned, stand unrivai t To and in m an y p l aces a b roa d , where the malady is so prevnba the cures are wonderful. The purifying properties of Lip, Pills, and th e pecul i ar effect the Oi n tment has on the e . render them superior to any other remedy. -- Sold by all VII gists and at P rofessor Holloway ' s Establishment, 244, Stral" London. The reports of the state of trade in the proviace6, during the past week show di m i n i s h ed activity in all descr i Po tions of busi ness, ow i ng to the preparations for the gen er electron. Prices, on the whole, however, h ave been O r l firm, and the indications with regard to t h e future pe/Li i t satisfactory. At Manchester there hag been a qui et mint, b h e e e a n ith le y ss m t a h r a k n e t. usual, A B b i u r tm the i oham confidence the number in a ofgooorddesrus have trade is undiminish e d. I n t h e nail manufactor i es wor k suspended in consequence of a strike. In the woollen al 6 • tricts the remarkable scanti ness o f the existing stocks o f goods causes holders to be fi rm i n demanding prices th at compensate them for the i ncrease d cost of the staple. F r ° 4 Nottingham the account s are conflicting, tome of the larg e r houses being unusually b usy. while others complain theo there is no improvement. The Irish linen markets 013° little alteration, trade being moderate and quotations steady' QUICK PASSAGE TO SONNING.--A very quick Pa:: sage to the ab ove ment i oned place has been performed the steam-yacht the Ware Queen, which arrived at n_ ., destination on Tuesdey, th e 29 t h o f J une l ast , a t fi v e from Lowestoft, bringing with her papers of the 28tb,„,,, June, to be f orwar d e d to Hamburgh, Copenhagen, &c. 1 a Ware Queen is a fine model of 80-horse power. She is el' o f of the fastest ve-sels e ver b ui l t , an d steams at t h e ra te eighteen miles an hour. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 29th ult., Mrs. Edmond St an l ey, Charlton-,--o ar thorne, Somerset On the 25th ult., at Hanover-terrace, Notting-hill, the w ife of the Rev. J. A. Leakey, late of Eaton Chapel, Pimlico. OF A OA LIGIITN R On the 27th ult., a t t h e Rectory, Rowner, the wife of th e Rev. R Foster Carter. On the 2d inst ,at Streatham -hill, Mrs. R. B. Swinseovi. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at Trinity Church, Holborn, Mr. G. Bryer to Miss Mason, of Kindersly-hall, Bayswater. • ~ At St. Michael's Church, Chester-square, on the 30th 111 ‘ ," Colonel James Craufurd, late of the Grenadier Guards, 1 " Elizabeth G. Harriet, widow of the late W. B. H ar c.aut, of St. Leo nar d' s . hill, and eldest daughter of Major Ga el. " the Hon. Henry W. C. Cavendish. At Newcastle-on-Tyne, on DIED the Ist inst., Noel T. Smith' DI • M.D , aged 83. • 0i) the 21th ult., at Sr. Stephen's, near St. Alban's, Mr s ' Elizabeth Hinley, aged 77. At. Attillery-plece, Finsbury-square, on the 29th ult., Mr ? " Elizabeth Schooling, widow of the, late James Schooling' Esq., age d 85. • On the 24th ult.. aged 33, Alfred Westmacott, ESCF, of Broomfield..hou e, Herne, Kent. — London: Priuttd and Pr:Wished cy MURDO YOUNG , No. 112, btrand, Printer. at Tli Sun Office, No. 1 Strand, in .1 , 6 Precinct of the Savoy, in'the anal" 471 SlAdflhaat UeadikTi Aar 18 # 2 . ' ►SECTION I. THE OBJECTi OF THE INSTITUTE AND ITS CON3TITUTION. 1. Tne Institute of Actuaries of Great Britain and Ireland is an association founded for the purpose of elevating the attainments and status and promoting the general effici e ncy of all who are engaged in occupations connected with the pursuits of an actuary; and for the extension and improvement of the data and methods of the science which has its origin in the application of the doctrine of probabilities to the affairs of life, and from which life assurance, annuity, reversionary interest, and other analogous institutions derive their principles of operation. It embraces as its peculiar province of in quiry all monetary questions involving a consideration of the separate or combined effects of interest and pro bability, _ _ • 2. It consists of contributing members, viz., fellows and associates (those of the latter who aro or may be come princip a l o ffiars of any life assurance, annuity, or reversionary i n terest society, being distinguished b y the title o f " official associates"), and non-contributing, viz , honorary, foreign, and corresponding members. 3. It i s governed by a president and council, ele c t e d by and &abject to the control of general meetings. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY. —Rear-Admiral the Duke of Nortbutn ierland, KUL' First Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by the Duchess and Captain the Hon. F. T. P e lh am, his private secretary, arrived at this Port at aIZ o'clock this afternoon, and embarks this "ening in the Admiralty steam yacht Black Eagle, Master Commander Petley, for the Channel Islands. His Norwe g i an Majesty's war brigantine Sleip ner , 4, " Captain-Lieutenant" Fleischer, arrived at Spithead Yesterday evening from Frederieksvaern, last from the North Sea, where she has been cruising and practising great gunnery, accompanied by the corvette Ellida, which vessel has 60 cadets on board studying practical seaman. s hip, &c., and with whom the Sleipuer parted company Yesterday morning, the corvette proceeding for Brest. Captai n Fleischer (accompanied by M. L. A. Venden b. orgb, his Norwegian and Swedish Majesty's Consul et t hia port) paid his respeets to the Port-Admiral, Sir T homas G.O M.G., this morning at the Ad• i ralty-house, where he will have the honour of dining co,e.linorrow evening, accomp an i e d b y his Consul. Tee Paer has been supplied w i t h water from the victual ""g establishment, and will take in a stock of provi solicfincis- She will remain here a few days to allow of her th °era inspecting the d oc k yard, &c., which a party of d _e,M have done to-d a y, under the escort of M. Le Comte ''Lki eases. Hence she proceeds to Cherbourg. io t a Highness S a id P ac h a , accompan i e d by M. Z o bli a t, c n mul Consul General Captain Claremont, of the -h adian Rifles, and suite, left the Portland Hotel, South, bapir,, es, yesterday afternoon, in open carriages, and em --vu at a quarter to five o'clock at the town sallyport in th —6 port Admiral's barge, which conveyed him to the E gyptian,, : st em yacht Caaidcaida, in the harbour, on ula k boardin g which the Victory hoisted the Turkish flag a Lii,k er fore, and saluted it with 21 guns. To-day his 0 - r h ess, under the pilotage of Captain Henderson, of the Blenheim, has taken a cruise in his yacht as far aS the S out h ampton water , w ith the v i ew o f g i v i ng Captaiu Henderson a good opportunity of ascertaining her seaworthiness in the engine department, the yacht having professedly come to this port to obtain a refit in that particular. The Jackal steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Bed dingfileld, arrived here yesterday afternoon trona the coast of Africa last from Plymouth, and came into h aroour. She nrought supernumeraries and seamen paid off from the Queen,• 116, at Devonport. She proceeds to-morrow for Woolwich (to which place she carries supernumera ries) to be paid off and refitted. The Vulcan iron steam troop-frigate, Commander Von Donop, left Spithead this afternoon for Qaeen a t own, where she will embark troops for Melbourne and Syd ney. South Australia. The Basilisk, 6, steam-sloop, Commander the Hon. F. Egerton, hauled off from her hulk to the stream this morninz. to have her compasses adjusted. The Edinburgh, 58, steam-gunnery ship,C.,atpo-d tai any u zi lett (a ct i ng), went out o f harbour at 1 anchored at Spith ea d. , p.m The Sharpshooter, 8, screw steam-vessel, pas taken into the s t eam b as i n t h is morning, and the F- --`" taken our, a f ter re fi t. lre Que en Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Al . 014 , Captain Lord Adolphus Frizolarenc,,, G. C. H., god °- Fairy tender, went out of harbour to ...owe' this mo in attendance upon the Queen', e . mo rning, to remain APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICU, JULY I.—urtgoon (1840, to the Meander, 44, at Chalhatbn Andrews (a) j` ~ -. i , , ~~ ~