The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-16 00:00:00

..'", ...... ....,. [ ..------- •- 51, 1 x.d , . 7 MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) [.. il Ax.d. 0 ,.... CORN EXCHAN GE— WEDNESDAY. Th A full average time of year supply of English Wheat 3idera —. has been received up to our market this week. Still, Secre _ 41 however, the show of samples here to-day was by no Come 234 means large. Although the demand was not so active and v as on Monday, it may be considered steady, at prices ) and n fully equal to those paid on that day. All kinds of I to b e Foreign Wheat, the supply of which was tolerably good, of the were is moderate request, and the quotations were well of Er supported in every instance. Barley, the supply of Tayl' Which was moderate, moved off freely; but we can notice rte further i m p rov ement in value. In Malt , a steady quirii busin ess was doing, at late rates. Oats were in good th onr0( request, at fully the late improvement in value. Beans, .... sever Peas, and all other articles, were quite as dear. ARRIVALS. point Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Fl o ur. i ng, ... I 11,7115 h ...... 2,220 qrS. -- qrs. 410 q ..rs. I 1,350 sio . etude .. Irish. ... ..... -- -- 1,760 I -- -- Foreign ...... 10,150 12,500 46,710 -- notic 17.THITECHAPE 3 .. opera 4 We had only a moderate demand for each kind of able stock, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 8d to " Lel ---• . as ad; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s to sw; Veal, is on _ 35 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork,3s 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the of w carcase. 807ZOU'GII SOP MARKET.tion, 10 Several unfavourable accounts having been received "Th --- from Kent and Sussex, tho demand for all kinds of Hops is way steady, and prices are well supported in every instance. and usua The duty is called 195,0001. Sussex pockets, 21 2s to ‘ 13a 2/78; Weald of Kent ditto , 21 45 to 2/ 10 ; Mid and Eas t .... Kent ditto, 21fis to Si ss. teres -. IPSWICH CORN EXCHANGE, AUG. 15. Harvest goes on slowly; the. weather continues very 97 unsettled. Yesterday it rained the whole day, and it Cr -- now looks heavy. A large portion of the Wheat is cut, of " ' 124 but cannot be housed at present. Our supply was —th 72 pretty good, but not large, to-day. Wheat was in re- Goo( 116% quest, and prices improved 3s per quarter; Flour ad- spor t Y anced 3s per sack. Barley and boiling Peas, i s i s 5( higher. Oats and Beans are firm. Malt full as good. . syste PER QUARTER. ...- PER QUARTER. nwii Wheat 478 to 57s Bean s 29 s to 365 "; " -41 Barley.. 258 to 32s P eas 3os to 37s `ll'lll e-e Oats R to 28s.Flour, per sack, 4os to 45s the .. AVERAGES FOR TILE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 12. in Wheat Barley ..... Oats ‘.... 20 24s Od. whit a.. If Beans 7 „ 37s 6d. Bro( ..., Peas 33 „ 33s ld. nit, .... . used ._ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. rend 62 ters -- (THIS DAY.) ruin Els. have HOUSE OF COMMONS. nian - i The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve 44 H, . o'clock. 2041 engr ... Mr. THORNELY brought up the report of the Com- and mittee on Petitions. -- stilt --- NAVIGATION BILL. ~... This Bill was ordered to be read a third time this day .... three months. T 84 MILITIA PAY BILL. the This Bill was read a third time and passed. --- OUT-PENSIONERS BILL. amu This Bill was read a third time and passed. Swi ..... REPEAL OF THE UNION. two Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from Youghal whi -- calling upon the House to take the question of the repeal in 1 2.3 .-- fi of the union into its most serious consideration, and shot having done so, to declare by an enactment that it M a , should be treason for any one to agitate for the repeal 1.3 tt of the Union i n an y part of the United Kingdom here. ~ , --. after. -- TEMPLE OF JUGGERNAUT. _Me, -.. The RIGHT HON. BARONET also presented a petition qua ...... „...„ from a place in Warwick, against the granting of 23,000 the rupees to the Temple of Juggernaut. Cra „.... THE FACTORY ACT. Eel Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from Liver- " .1V ..... pool, praying for an alteration of the Factory Act. t 4 .... PATENTS. " S ....:' Mr. HUME presented a petition from nearly all the t i m A% scientific men of London, praying that all the patents thr( r• might be properly classified and made more easy of Tht --se refer eeee . ,•, 24 ti r i but 4 . SELECT COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE BILLS. ~.. On the motion of Mr. HUME, Mr. Henley and Mr. valt 11 , Hudson were added to the Committee.. dab DROPPED NOTICES. rua( 61i Lord G. BENTINCK postponed a motion which was on lati .... the paper for last night until Tuesday, as also did mit: Mr. BERRIES on the commercial distress. Thi ..-- MARRIED SOLDIERS IN BARRACKS. tim In reply to Major BLACKALL, the .... Mr. FOX MAULE stated that the subject of we ...- providing proper accommodation for married soldiers his ..... and t h e i r w i ves i n barracks had occupied, "A' tra( .... • and continued to occupy, the attention of the ~.„ Government. Every accommodation would be given to ...„, which the barracks could afford for the separation liar Of the married men and their wives from the sleeping was ` .. place s of the single men. The Government hoped soon ing to be enabled to provide for the residence of married ela ...- soldiers out of the barracks.—(Hear.) pos .„„ THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY. if t In reply ..... to a question from Mr. G. THOMPSON, '' on -r . Mr. F. O'CONNOR stated that no day was open to -sr him to proceed with the Bill which he had ser . Prepared with respect to the company. The corn- w e •••• Party fully intended to give a conveyance of the sew allotments to the tenants. They also considered pet ..... that the enrolment of the society according lift to l a w was the cheapest, speediest, and most effective Th 18 of - Way giving the company a leg alised existence. th( - ANNUITY-TAY (SCOTLAND). alt ...... M r , FUME said he had intended to move an address Br 29 to th e co a en, praying the appointment ofa_ Lo Co t m a nsi_ssio l n f bel 16 4 in - to inquire into the operat ion of this tax S • 1u a te- the N o bl e .Lord would state that the matter would be lit; 84 inquired inSo during the recess, he would not proceed in 63 with the motion. 44 ....-thi Lord J. RUSSELL assured the Honourable Gentlbee man that the attention of the Government would 294 devoted to the matter during the recess. A gentlemando Would be sent to Edinburgh to collect formation.—(Hear, hear.) t h e urequisite in• g idi 4 ..... THE ENGINE-DRIVERS OF THE NORTH- th WESTERN. Pt ....• Mr. F. O'CONNOR, seeing the Attorney-General in , e -...- place, wished t o as k whether persons who had taken 6 . , E ....* steason tickets, and who had been afraid to g o b y the line ,F., '... hi consequence, using other conveyances , cou ld recover lui ... the loss they might sustain from the company? ...- Sir J. JERVIS said, when the matter came before him tl , .... in his official capacity. he should give an answer. lit ...• The• subj ect was one that required some consideration, fc ... , and .lo notice having been given of the question, he it ... could not then reply to it. c .... UNLAWFUL SOCIETIES. I .0 Ofi Sir (1. GREY l a id on t h e t a bl e the continuation of d .... the Act' with respect to unlawful assemblies. n ...- OUT-PENSIONERS BILL. v .... This 8.31 was read a third time. .••• ' PAROCHIAL DEBTS AND AUDIT BILL. 1 ' ... . This Bill' was also read a third time. tl ...-- SHEEP, &c., IMPORTATION PROHIBITION t' 24 BILL. I 2 4 On the mot ion that this Bill be read a third time, a Lord G. BCNTINCK said it was not often he had to a compliment the Government; at any rate he had seldom •7 ..-• the pleasure of thanking the Board of Trade; but, on t ..-- . behalf of the farmers of England, he begged to thank the c Right Honourable Gentleman for this Bill. If there .... was one thing on which the Right Hon. Baronet the i .... .... Member for Tamworth used to self-glorify himself more ...., 'than another, it was the adoption at his instigation of t 10 the principle of free-trade.—(Hear, hear.) Looking at ( ..--- this, and the free trade opinions entertained by the Go- I ...-- - vernment, ho was glad to see the Government now coming 1 ... • forward with a measure of prohibition. And why did , ..-- they do so? Because their free-trade measures had 1 .... been the means of bringing into the country a foul and ... contagious disease, which they had been told by the ; .... iloisourable Member for Westbury h a d a ffli c t e d .... the flocks of Germany for many years; and ' also ,by the Government Inspector, that it was un- ' O f.) r known in England until September last, and that it bad afflicted flocks from twenty-five to eighty per cent. ; 10, 06 , - . that Mrs. Larpent bad lost eight score of sheep in ' ' four days, and the Marquis of Westminster 1,800. O !A' He begged to thank the Government, therefore, O. , W. - for this first .step towards the repeal of their free-trade measures. Se hoped it would nut be the last measure ueb eC " . r s ooV for the repeal of the obnoxious enactment of free trade, . which had accomplished so much mischief. s g" Mr. LABOUCHERE said any compliments from the Noble Lord were so rare, that they had a very agreeable Son y` sound to his ears. In bringing forward this measure the Government had no intention to depart from the 1 4th' free-trade principles which they had adopted. He Ile° thought no free-trader would say that its principles 0-- of were to be carried the extet of admitting diseased animals, should th f i e enter this country. —(Hear.) The • 3 8 " , Government hoped to be enabled—by the assistance of Isr 6l4 ' their consols abroad, and custom-house officers at ;hio °4 how, to prevent the disease spreading into OA , this country 'to a greater extent than it NO' ' bad snore effectually than could be done by any WO' Act of Parliament. He believed innoculation was the only th ing that: could prevent:. the spreading of the to ° II disease, except the absolute prevention of the importation lebef of sheep. 0 OA . In reply to Mr. HUME, eye d ' The HON. GENTLEMAN stated that there was another fro° Mill, which gave the Government the power of confis , 00d • eating the sheep brought to our shores in a diseased are° state.. Th, s Bill was then read a third time. 14' THE SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE. sbect Lord' J. RUSSELL intimated that it was his inten- PO' ' tion to i stove Committees of Supply on Monday, Wed glo' deo; nesd a y, and Friday. The Hous e would sit to-ni g ht after five aelOCk. riot' THE GRANT TO SIR CHARLES TREVELYAN. , a ilte Mr. SPC)ONER then rose to call the attention of the bee; House to Ws' grant of 2,5001. to this gentleman. , S OO, (LEFT SPEAKING.) --------- .-. TIIE GnrEIIAM PiorEssousuar OF GEOMETRY.— Edkitis, Esq., M.A., second master in the City of Lyndon School, has been appointed Professor of Geo metry in the coNege founded by Sir Thomas Gresham, in the city of Lot\don, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. 15 r.Birch. The duties of the professor are to de liver two t )r three lectures each term, in the Gresham Hall, Basil ighall-street, in conjunction with other pro fessors in 1% tw, rhetoric, music, history. and divinity. Advioes front Newfoundland to the 26th of July have cow *-; to hand, which continue to furnish favourable reports of the progress of the fisheries. The French had b een e , wally successful with our own crews, and the only drawbl >rk experienced was the scarcity of salt, the supply being ' insufficient to carry out effectively the Pr9COll o f cur , •%,,-14., b. Lant, 00' 61 11. the , of let THE SUN, MAGAZINES (CONTINUED). BANK ER'S. There is a supplement this month, in which a con siderable portion of the evidence taken before the Secret Committee of the House of Commons on the Commercial Distress and the Bank Charter is given, and we are promised the conclusion of this interesting and most important evidence in another supplement, to be published next month, which will include that of the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, and Messrs. Samuel Jones Loyd, Tooke, Taylor, and Birkbeck. No person desirous of ac quiring information on this, the most important ques tion of the present day, should omit to make himself thoroughly acquainted with this testimony. The several answers of each witness relating to the same point are given together under the appropriate head ing, which will afford great facility to the inquiring student. The first paper in the magazine itself is a notice of the report of the Lords' Committee on the operation of the Bank Charter Act, in which that able document receives the praise it so justly merits. " Letters to Branch Managers," the fifth of the series, is on the subject of overdrawn accounts, the mischief of which, if permitted as a permanent accommoda tion, are forcibly depicted. There are also papers on " The Preferable Mode of Raising Additional Rail way Capital," " The Exchanges with India," " Facts and Suggestions respecting Savings' Banks," and on " Banking and Commercial Law.' We have also the usual amount of information on various topics of in terest to the mercantile body. SPORTING RE VIE TV. Craven opens the Number with the usual sketch of " The Racing in July." The Newmarket Meeting —the Liverpool Meeting—and last, but not least, the Goodwood Meeting, are commented on by this keen sportsman with the ability and judgment for which he is so remarkable. The extent to which the sweep system is now carried on has excited his ire in no ordinary degree. Maxwell contributes one of his inimitable tales, " The Reminiscences of a Grouse Shooter." Although the denouement is melancholy, the naive and original manner in which it is related, in the peculiar style of the gifted author, -Li mingle a smile with the sadness oc casioned by the result. The manner in which Phil Martin is caught by Amelia Sophia Brodigan, is richly comic. He is captured at a pic nic, which is described as " a sort of out-o'-door trap 3ed by she adventurers to seize on a disjointed sen xnce uttered by some simpleton, when three-quar ters slewed, refer him to mamma, and regularly ruin him before he has time to bless himself." We -,ve also several clever contributions from " Oxo " nian," " Gelert," " Harry Hieover , " " Linton, " Hawthorn," and other worthies ; and two excellent engravings, one of Cymba, the winner of the Oaks, and the other, " Once more upon the Moors," con stituting altogether a very excellent number. MISCELLANEOUS. The Metropolitan Magazine for August opens with the second chapter of " Swissiana," which is an amusing narrative of a traveller's wanderings in Switzerland. Besides the ordinary instalments of the two novels, " Clarendon" and " Marmaduke Hutton," which have for some time occupied a prominent part in the Metropolitan, this number contains several short and amusing tales, the best of which are " The Man Monster" and " The Inspired Poetess." The latter conveys a not insignificant lesson to would-be " Sapphos." Poetry, as usual, abounds in the )Metropolitan—poetry of various kinds and various qualities, from the lengthy drama of " Pharoah," to the light and agreeable verses of Mrs. Abdy and Mrs. Crawford. The most interesting article in the Eclectic Review is that which criticises Lord Hervey's " Memoirs of George II." The recently published " History of Chevalier Bayard," Staughton's " Sketches of the Puritans," and Davis' " Es timate of the Human Mind," give occasion to three able papers on those diversified subjects. The last article in The Eclectic on the " Re-distri bution of the Representation," contains some very valuable remarks upon Parliamentary reform, eluci dated by facts and figures which enable the reader to form an accurate idea of the re lative political position of the metropolitan, mining, manufacturing, and agricultural counties. The article on " Sabbath Economies" is well timed and well-written ; but, much as we appreciate the religious spirit and liberal opinions of the writer, we cannot but consider him as mistaken in some of his premises. For example, he condemns Sunday trading (such as the petty " trading" referred to in the Bill recently introduced into Par liament), on the ground of its injustice to wards the working classes, whereas it is the work ing classes, chiefly and almost solely the working classes, who would suffer by the passing of the pro posed measure. What does it matter to the rich man if the public-house or the chandler's shop be closed on Sunday, he has only to ring his bell and order his servant to bring a fresh supply of provisions from his well-stocked cellar, whereas the poor man, not pos sessed of such a resource to fall back upon, must perhaps go without some of the common comforts of life on the very day he is most able to enjoy them. This is only one instance of the practical injustice of the proposed measure. The Belle Assembke is as attractive and agreeable as ever. The portrait of Rose Bradwardine adorns the new number of this magazine, besides the indispensable plates of "fashions." The literary contents are a melange of poems, tales, sketches, and other various specimens of " light read- ing." 'll'he opening paper, a letter from Italy, on " Cathedrals," gives a description of St.. Peter's—a theme upon Which travellers, from Childe Harold downwards, have almost exhausted the powers of lan guage, but apparently without conveying an adequate idea of the "ark of worship." The writer of this letter throws an entirely new light upon the interior of St. Peter's. It has been left for him to tell us that " You go round and round the tremendous building, and are penetrated with the same lively emotions as on view ing the stock of a great London upholsterer ! " In penning such a sentiment as this, we think the writer might, in common courtesy, have employed the pronoun I instead of you, for we doubt not he is as solitary as he is original in his opinions. One of the most interesting, be cause one of the most appropriate papers in the Patrician for August, isAthe biography of the Arch duke John of Austria. Under the head a mantic Heroes of History , " this magazine contains very attractive memoir of Cola Rienzi, a memoir not rendered less attractive because the opening scenes of the great Tribune's career are taken from Gibbon and the closing scenes from Bulwer. Sharpe's London Magazine is visibly improved . The present number is adorned by two steel engravings, and a fanciful portrait, and the other a view of Yere-Batan-Serai, in illustration of a tale of that name by Miss Pardoe. The Yere-Batan-Serai , or Swallowed-up Palace, is, Miss Pardoe tells us, the great subterranean wonder of Constantinople. It is an juonense cistern, supported by columns of marble, and floored by several feet of water. The engraving of this singular scene is most effective. The dim recesses of the cavern in the background, and the marble pillars in the foreground, revealed by a vivid light carried by some solitary boatman, have a most enthralling effect. The Farmer's Magazine contains "portraits" of Van Tromp, the winner of the St. Leger, 1847, and the " Baron of Ravensworth," a short-horned prize bull. Besides a variety of articles valuable and interesting to the farmer and agriculturist, the Farmer's Magazine fo r August gives a full report of the great Agricultu ral Meeting at York, and some account of the first formation of the Agricultural Society. The London Repertory of New Inventions, in addition to its ordinary monthly catalogue of new patents, contains some in teresting remarks upon the "Organization of Labour." The Church of England Magazine, as usual, furnishes a series of religious and interesting reading for the several Sundays of the month. Lowe's _Edinburgh Magazine contains several interesting articles, the best of which is on " European Politics—France, Germany, and Austria." The following explanation of the causes of the rapid disorganization of the Austrian empire are well worthy of general consi deration :—" Last February the Emperor Ferdinand ruled over thirty millions of subjects, the greater portion of whom were believed to be peaceful and well affected ; and his vast territories, which included s ome of the fairest provin ces of Europe, were de fended by a numerous, highly-disciplined, and faithful army. Life and property throughout his dominions were rendered secure by an admirable though de spotic system of police, and the material prosperity of the people, as evinced by the progress of industry, was upon the increase. The empire was at peace with all the world, and could boast of the firm alliance of the two greatest of the continental powers, France and Russia. Abroad it was represented by diplo matists eminent for their experience and their rank, and at the head of the civil government at home there was placed a statesman inferior to none of the present age in the splendour of his reputation. There were many elements of human grandeur, and much promise of stability in this fair and complicated struc ture ; but the event has clearly shown that there was something wanting to ensure its safety in the hour o f danger. What which was affected. th e fatal source the p oe o political tweakness, frameo the hidden f thisas simply this, great empire throughout its vast peoportions ? It w aloud that man w a s t hat the unworthy, n the w rh Austrian y entirely upon a false foundation. frem It proclaimed re pnraotculalm, e ed f civil liberty, r a e n p d l i e d with the dust." voice.by levelling of outragedsystempublic opinion has .ine is, as usu a l, exelSuusizi2vneollnterests. In spe a ki ng o f the y ids' Colonial Maga z devoted to colonial Van couver's Island, one of th e writnereswf colony at magazine this I very justly observes, " The settlement of the North American coast will determine the future empire of Great Britain in the Pacific Ocean, and so it becomes the duty of Parliament to LONDON, exercise a vigilant watchfulness over the arrange ments that are made, and to guard against an unwise or ignorant step in the formation of a colony." Politics for the People has reached its third part, and closed its brief career. The object for which it was commenced, and the causes of its cessation, are satis factorily explained "to the reader," and that object was so good that we shall be glad to see it more suc cessfully carried out on some future occasion. As a parting memorial of this little publication we quote one of its aphorisms, which is not the less true for appearing in a somewhat homely dress :—" How seldom, in the midst of any trial, do we look on it as anything else than a thing to be hurried over with much repining. How little do we carry ourselves forward in imagination, and think that the time may come when we shall see that the passing away of this trial was a loss to us, and when we may long for it to return, like the young soldier who would almost die to have the day of battle hack again in which he behaved at all unworthily. _McPhail's Edinburgh Ecclesiastical Journal is, as its name imports, wholly occupied with eccle siastical subjects, and the Colonial Church Chronicle is in like manner chiefly devoted to missionary in terests. The best sentence in this volume is un doubtedly that on its title-page, from Bishop Butler —" Christianity is to be considered as a trust de posited with us, in behalf of mankind, as well as for our own instruction. No one has a right to be called a Christian who cloth not do somewhat in his station towards the discharge of this trust." We have left Chambers's Journal to be nearly the last in our cata logue. It is unnecessary to say that it is anything but the least ; and it is almost as unnecessary to say that the contents of the number for August are instructive, entertaining, and interesting, for such are inseparable characteristics of Chambers'. One of the tales in this number, " A Honeymoon in 1848," is an amusing account of the strange adventures of a newly•married couple who endeavoured to make a tour of Europe in the midst of revolutions. Every month we express our admira tion of the very beautiful illustrations of Le Follet. The number for August is fully as attractive as its predecessors. These plates may not only serve to pourtray the ephemeral fashions, but are worthy of being transferred to the album. The Family Herald, as usual, contains a variety of highly amusing sketches and anecdotes, original and select. Many of the latter, the selections, are taken from Punch and other periodicals and journals, and are well worthy of being thus amassed and treasured up, but of some of the " original" matter we can say no thing in commendation. Here and there, in the Family Herald, we are sorry to find silly sentimental tales and trashy verses, which ten years ago might have been tolerated, but which are now quite un• suited to the fastidious taste of the reading public. SIR JAMES ANDERSON'S STEAM CARRIAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln The Sun of the 4th inst. I observe a commu nication from Mr. Thomas Motley, C.E., upon the sub ject of Sir James Anderson's steam-carriage for common roads, in which he states that Sir James had arrived at perfection, or very nearly so, and that he has no doubt of the success of the invention. It would have been de sirable if Mr. Motley had given in detail the results of his inspection of the "steam horse;" for without this it will be difficult, if not impossible, to convince the public that this attempt on the part of the patentee will not end like his former ones—in failure. An advocate myself for steam on common roads, I am far from desirous of detracting from the merits of Sir James Anderson's inventions ; on the contrary, his un conquerable perseverance under so many discouraging circumstances deserves support; yet I cannot but think that, however perfect his contrivances are, they must fail, from the enormous amount of friction to be over come, from the imperfection of the road surface, and consequent wear and tear of the working parts of the engine. To succeed with steam on common roads, the subject must be dealt with in a manner different from that to which inventors have hitherto turned their attention; the effort must be to reduce friction, and not to create a power to overcome it, for even if power can be created in the requisite apace, the cost attending it must at once put the subject out of consideration in a commercial point of view. More than this, lam of opinion that the following objects must be accomplished:- 1. The condition of the road surface must be of small consequence to the economical action of the engine.. 2. The arrangement of the springs should be such that there cannot be any violent strains in the working parts of the engine. 3. Inclines so steep as 1 in 15 must be overcome with out the necessity of creating extra bite, by the addition of more weight than would be required upon the level. Now, Sir James Anderson's invention does not accom plish these conditions, nor am I aware of any invention, yet publicly tried, that has done. I believe, however, that these objects have been attained and patented by Mr. Henry Wrigg, C.E., who did me the favour of show ing a large-sized model of his:invention, which was put through various severe tests. This model was afterwards exhibited, and its properties illustrated before the insti tution of civil engineers, of Dublin, in May last, and I believe is on the point of being submitted to trial on a larger scale, which I am of opinion will be attended with perfect success. Mr. Wrigg seems to have devoted his attention alto gether to the essential conditions which I before stated were, in my opinion, necessary; and, to illustrate them, I cannot do better than give you an extract from the pa tentees description of his carriage, which is as follows: "The principle of construction which I use is that of making every description of carriage carry its own rails, but instead of the wheels (as in ordinary carriages) mov ing on rails, I reverse the condition, and make the rails slide upon wheels, which are supported on pedestals, attached to, and forming part of an endless chain or belt, revolving upon drums in such a manner as to present to the rails a continuous succession of bearing wheels; the rails being immovably fixed tolthe bottom of the carriage. The bases of the pedestals can be constructed of such an extent, without any increase of friction, (except so far as the additional weight is coneerned,) as to present an area to the surface on which it rests, incapable of being forced into it, by any ordinary weight placed on the carriage; in this way the passage of enormous loads over imperfect roads is accomplished with the same facility as if the surface was perfectly sound. " I am also enabled to ascend steep inclines without t t o ot n al , a a t m 2 ou i n o il f es fri a c n tio h n on l r ; ca il l i c i u s la b t e e in s g o e l o o n w s t a a the necessity o f a ddi ng we i g h t to create bi te , an d t h e n i g s i t n o re m p r a . ir m o o r t n lo o y t. s n t l Gl b s per whether ther Now,oad ac su c rf o a rd ce i " this friction is about half of that which Sir James Anderson has to deal with under the most favourable condition ; yet I am aware that Mr. Wrigg does not pretend to ascend an incline of 1 in 23, with a gross load of 21 tons, at a greater speed than one mile an hour; the power of hi s eng i ne being 2,2501b5. How limitd then must be the load which Sir James Anderson's engine can convoy at 4 miles an hour, upon an incline of 1 in 20, with an imper fect road surface, notwithstanding that the engine, water, and fuel are to weigh only 3 tons and its power equal to 3,0001b5. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, London, August 1848. CHAS. WEEKES, C.E. --- THE CONSPIRACY in LIVERPOOL LIVERPOOL, TCESDAY.—To-day the prisoners, John Cuddy and James O'Brien, who have been in custody f o r the last few day s on a charge of supplying arms to the Irish rebels, and being in other respects mixed up with the physical-force repeaters, were again placed before Mr. Rushton and the sitting magistrates, when the evidence which had been taken against them was read over to the prisoners. It was of a most voluminous character, and occupied a cons iderable time in reading. The evidence went to prove, in a variety of ways, the connexion of Cuddy with the Irish clubs and the leaders of the rebel party. It exposed an organized system of correspondence between the Confederate clubs in Dublin and those in Liverpool, connec ting the priso ner Cudd y and Dr. Reynolds (for whom Cuddy sold pikes) with them in their several movements. The fact of Cuddy being discovered with a bag full of pikes, was followed up by evidence proving him to have regularly attended the confederate and club meetings in this town, and the public meetings generally where Dr. Reynolds was in the habit of speaking sedition. Other evidence of a corro boratory nature was added, which represented the ac cused to be prominently mixed up in the entire proceed ing connected with the intended outbreak. The evidence having been read over, the prisoner, who was represented by Mr. Yates, solicitor, of this town, was asked what he had to say in his defence; when, by the advice of his solicitor, he declined to say anything. Mr. Rushton then told him that it became his duty to e cr le mit him to take his trial at the assizes for a treason aonspiracy, by supplying arms to the disaffec ted in Ireland. ' prisoner was then removed in charge of the pol ice, and the the assizes several commence m and o od pr t o he se t c r u ial te : which The prisoner O'Brien w as remanded until Saturday. The it is expected will divulge some of the princip • •a designs of d • ns of the rebels on this side the Channel, is looked forward .o with much interest. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT NOTTINGHAM..... On Monday evening, a rumour was current in this town, that a young woman, named Frances Green, had been murdered by her lover, Thomas Ball, a youth of nine teen. Upon inquiry, it appeared that the female men tioned had sustained a wound in the neck from a pistol ball, and that Hall (by whom she had had a child) had been taken into custody. Yesterday (Tuesday), the prisoner was taken before the borough magistrates, when he made a statement in effect as follows;—" About half past eight last night, I :was standing in Cross-street, when a man came up to ,me and said he was in great distress, that he had walked a long way and had no thing to eat, and that he should be obliged to go to the workhouse if he could not obtain some money for a pistol, which he drew from his pocket. The pistol had a flint lock; I was not told that it was loaded. After some conversation, I agreed to give the man eighteen pence for the weap on. Immediately afterwards I went to the house of Frances Green; she, her mother, and a little boy were in when I got there. I took the pistol from my pocket, shoed it to them, and told them how much I had given for it. I then cocked and snapped it, when the pistol exploded and proved to be loaded with ball. The contents en tered Frances Green's neck, and she instantly fell." The prisoner was remande . d. The unfortunate young woma n now lies in the hospital i n a very dangerous elate, the ball not having at present been extracted. EVI4'_:NING, AUGUST WEDNESDA Y SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.. WOLVERIIAMPTON RACES. - MONDAY (CON- CLIIDED). The Ladies' Purse of 501. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. Sharratt's Egret, 3 yrs, 7st (Sharpe) 1 1 Mr. Pettifer's tby Martin Chuzzlewit, 3 yrs ... 0 2 Mr. Hart's Miss Stephenson, 3 yrs, 7st 0 0 Mr. Frost's Yard-arm, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ••• 0 0 Mr. Robbins's Shrewsbury, 3 yrs, ist 31b ... 2 dr Mr. Green's Haida, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ... ... 3dr Mr. E. Lord's Clairvoyance, 3 yrs, 7st ... 0 dr Mr. Jacob's Dunlavan, 6 yrs, Bst 81b ••• 0 dr TUESDAY. The Patshull Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 if declared, with :30 added. Mile and a halt. (22 Subs., 9 of whom paid 5 sovs. each.) Lord Caledon's Wanota, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Taslier) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Distaffina, 3 yrs, sst 91b... ... 2 Pottinger, Est 31b; Cheapside, Est 61b; and Never Mind, 4st 101 b, also ran. Even on Distaffina, and 5 to 2 agst Wanota. Won cleverly. The Chillington Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 50 added; for two yrs old. T.Y.C. (12 Subs.) Mr. E. Peel na The Iron Duke, Bst 71b (Templeman) 1 Mr. Copeland's Aldgate, Bst 51b ••• ••• 2 Weston, Bst 91b; Woolwich, B s t 91b, and Lady Bar bara, Bst 51b, also ran. Even on Westow, and sto 1 agst The Duke. A fine race, Westow beaten off. The Cleveland Cup of 100 sovs., with 50 added, by Subs. of 10 E ovs. tech; the second to receive 20/. Three miles. (12 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged, 9st 61b (Templeman) 1 Mr. Sharratt's Egret, 3 yrs, 6st .51b —• •• • 2 Mr. Clark's Lady of the Lune, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (pulled up). 2tol on Inheritress. Won easily. The Albrighton Hunt Stakes of 5 sove. each, and 25 added; fOr four yrs old, list 4lh; fire, 12st 121 b; six and aged, 13st; mares and geldings allowed 31b, and half-bred horses 71b; winners extra. Twice round. Gentlemen riders. (7 Subs.) Mr. W. T. Riley na Haida, 5 yrs (Mr. E. Parr) 1 Mr. Moseley's Dr. Phillimore, aged ... ••• ••• Mr. James Stubbs's Hyacinth, 5 yrs ... ••• ••• Won by two lengths. The Borough Plate of 60 soya.; for all ages; the winner to be sold for 2001., &c. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Fowler's Ranthos, 4 yrs (Denman) 1 3 1 Mr.Pettifer's ch fby Martin Chuzzlewit, 3 yrs 2 1 3 Mr. Jones's Smuggler Bill, 5 yrs 0 2 2 Mr. Marshall's Wolverhampton, 3 yrs ... 3 0 dr Mr. Williams's Marlow, 4 yrs... . ... odr BETTING ON THE HANDICAP. 51 to 1 agst Meaux 6 and 7 to 1 agst Dough. EGIIAM RACES.—TVESDAY• No one had reason to complain of the bill of fare pro vided for the first day's entertainment; it was not so prolific as at places where money is more pl en tif u l, but it was quite up to the Runnymede standard, and it de rived an importance rarely found in two yrs old running at Egham from the appearance of one of the Derby favourites, Borneo, who, it will be recollected, ran El thiron to a head for the Triennial Stakes at Ascot, and who has recently been sold into the Goodwood Stable for the large sum of 1,500 guineas. The defeat of this high-priced animal, created quite a sensation, and, at the same time, proved quite a godsend to the betting men, whose operations on the previous races had been alike dull and unprofitable. For tunately for the legitimatists, the Members' Plate, origi• nally advertised for the first day, was somewhat irre gularly, it appears, transferred to the second, and thus there was only one race in heats; this, however, by a laxity for which the fineness of the weather was an ex cuse, kept a company, not remarkable either for number or rank, on the course until half-past five o'clock. The Railway Plate of 20/, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for all ages. The . winner to be sold for 150/., &c. three quarters of a mile. (7 Subs.) Mr. Drinkald's Man of my Heart, 5 yrs (501.), ist I Duke of Richmond's Nectar, 3 yrs (50/.), sst 41b 2 Mr. S. Scott's Daughter of the Star, 3 yrs (801.), 7st 91b 3 Mr. J. H. Peart's Ennui, 5 yrs (801.), ist 91b The following also ran :—Mr. C. J. Sadler's Moodkee, 4 yrs (50/.), Est 41b—Mr. Thornton's Plenipotentiary filly (11 b), 3 yrs (50/.), sst 41b—and Mr. Gibb's The Countess, aged (1001.), Bst 21b. Betting-6 to 4 agat Nectar,. 3to 1 agst Man of my Heart, and 4 to 1 agst Ennui. Man of my Heart made all the running, and won easily by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 16 sees. The Gold Cup of 701., by subs. of 10 sovs. each ; three yrs old, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; 5 yrs, 9st ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 31b ; mares, allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 600/. &c. Two miles. (7 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Tophana, 3 yrs ••• (J. Sharpe) 1 Sir G. Heathcote's br f by Velocipede, 3 yrs 6 to 4 on Tophana, who led from end to end, and won by a lengtb.Zßun in 4 min. 2 secs. The King John Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 50 added, for two-yrs olds. T.Y.C. (15. Subs.) Mr. Dixon's b f Philippa, Bst 31b (W. Day) 1 Mr. Gordon's Borneo, Bst 41b... 2 Sir G. Heathcote's b f by Velocipede, Bst 31b 4 to 1 on Borneo ; 25 to 1 offered agst him for the Derby. The favourite made strong running all the way, Philippa waiting on him until within a few strides of the chair, and winning very easily by a length ; the Veloci pede filly a bad third. Run in 1 min. 15 secs. The Egham Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added. Heats, one mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. Osbaldestone's Bucketone, 3 yrs, 501. 0 1 1 Duke of Richmond's Nectar, 3 yrs, 501., sst 1 0 4 Sir S. Spry's ch mby Sir Hercules, 6 yrs, 100/. 0 2 2 Mr. T. Smith's Fugitive, 5 yrs, 501., 6st 51b 0 3 3 Mr. Drewitt's Blind Hookey, aged, 501., ist 31b 0 0 5 Sir G. Heathcote's bf by Astracan, 50/. ... 3 odr Mr. Drinkald's Man of my Heart, 5 yrs, 50/. 2 dr The first heat was won by two lengths, the second by half a length, and the third by a length. The winner was claimed. BETTING ON THE EBOR HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Dough—taken; 5 to 1 agat Meaux; 6 to 1 agst Maid of my Soul. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1848. WEDNESDAY. Mr. Payne's Farthingale, Bst 71b, asst 51r. Drinksld's Dark Lady, 7st 121 b. First half of Ab.M. 100, h ft. DONCASTER.-TUESDAY. Acceptances for the Cleveland Handicap. Miss Sarah, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b ; Lady Wildair, 6 yrs, Bst 81b; Sharston, 5 yrs, Bst ; Saddle, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b; Yard ley, aged, 7st 91b; Reminiscence, 4 yrs, 7st 71 b; Vanish, 5 yrs, ist 71h ; Wanota, 4 yrs. 7st 51b ; Clcraentina, 4 yrs, ist 41h; Goodboy, 3 yrs, sst 71b. TituRsDAY. Acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap. st lbi st lb 6 6 Miss Sarah, 6 yrs ... 8 8 Gaiety, 4 yrs Lady Wildair, 6 yrs... 8 6 Alli anc e, 5 yrs ••• 6 5 Lightning, aged ... 111 Sheraton, 5 yr s 6 3 4 Caurouch, 5 yrs ... 7 1 11Ciamphine, 3 yrs .•• 6 Plaudit, 6 yrs ... 7 7 Lola Montes, 3 yrs .. 510 Yardley, aged ... 7 7 of Kildare, 3 yrs 510 Vampyre, 4 yrs ... 7 4 Harriet, 3 yrs .. 51 0 Executor, 4 yrs „. 7 3 1 m a id of iny Soul, 3 5 yrs 5 8 Vesta, 4 yrs... ... 0 Oscar, 3 yrs ..• ..• Reminiscence, 4 yrs 7 0 Spaniard , 3 yrs ••• 5 3 Meux, 4 yrs .. 13 I Goodboy, 3 yrs ••• 5 3 Mirmillo, 4 yrs ... 612 Snuffbox, 3 yrs ... 0 Maid of Motherwell, Prince Charley, 3 yrs 5 0 4 yrs ... .. 6 10 1 Slug, 3 yrs ... 13 Keleshea, 4 yrs ... 6 B'Satnpson, 3 yrs ... 411 F..by The Provost, out Contessa, 3 yrs ... 4 7 of Miss Whip, 4 yrs 6 7 The remainder of Lord Goodwood for Newmarket. Clifden's horses have left HER MAJESTY THEATR Independently of the ordinary c rowd, the theatre was honoured last night with the presence of her Gracious Majesty, of the Queen Adelaide, and of their illustrious relatives. Jenny Lind is unquestionably entitled to the motto of " Crescit eundo." This is the second year of her appearance in England, and her power of attraction defies all the rules of fashion. With her there is no dead season at her Majesty's Theatre. What at first was deemed a " Lind mania" is now proved to be the most reasonable and the best founded judgment. Last night she elicited loud murmurs of applause where before the exquisite passages of her performance had not been ob served—for example, where she says to her truant lover that his absence has been three ages, the words " tie secoli" made the audience thrill with the pathos of thei r u tt e rance. She is the most elaborate of singers, and no dramatic thought remains unexpressed ; she carries research of dramatic action beyond what h as ever been witnessed, and still the flow of her v o i ce is never interrupted in her hits" as an actress. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe, honoured the performance with their presence. In attendance upon t h e r __ ,a , party were the Viscountess Canning, the Earl of Morton, Colonel the Hon. C. B. PhiPPs , and Colo ne l W ylde. Her Majesty the Queen Adelaide, accompanied by t h e i r Serene Highnesses the Princesses of Hohenlohe and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar and attended by the hioness .of TWestmeath, the ' Hon. William Ashley, M a rc and Captain _ aylor, also honoured the theatre with their presence. There were also present his Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Naples (Count c 0. o f Syracuse),: his Grace the Duke Wellington, the I Duke of Newcastle and the Ladies Clinton, the Duchess of Montrose, the Prince de Crony, his Excellency the Russian Ministera the Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, and the Baroness Rehausen, the Marquis of Clanri carde, the Marchioness of Dou ro, the M arqu i s o f Titeleld, the Count Ludolf, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers, the Countess Fortescue, the Countess of Lichfield, and Lady A o . on , the Countess of W es tmoreland, the E arl of Pembroke, the Earl of Car digan, the Count Jean Tolstoy, the, Count de B ar k, t h e Ch e valier Colonna , the Baron Nicolay, the Count and Countess de la Chatre, the Marquis de Crouy, Lord B a t em an, Lord F. Go rdon, Lord Burghersh, Si r T. B. Lennard, Bart., L ad y L ennard ' and Miss Lennard, Sir , G. Wombwell, Bart., Sir 11. Webb, Bart., General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Lady D. Charteria, the Hon. Julian Fane, the Hon. C. Cavendish, Sir John Bayley, Bart., and Lady B ay l e y, Sir Richard V ivian, Bart., Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., my., and Lady Howard, Major-G enera l Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart-, General Sir Archibald Maclean, Bart., and Lady Maclean, Sir John Mackenzie, Miss Doyle, Mr. Cecil Forester, Ml', C o l onel Wildman, Lieutenant Bedford, and the officers of her Majesty's yacht the Victoria and Albert, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. Conway, Al. C. de lioudriuffsky, Mr. Dodd, M.P., Mrs. Dodd, Major Bark ley, Mr. Montague Gore , Mr. Sturt, 1t1.P., Mr. Lane Fox, &c. Letters from Trieste to the 6th instant - state that the markets generally, with the exception of wheat, which had latterly become extremely active, remained unaltered. The principal purchasers of grain were acting on export orders, and hence prices were well maintained, IRELAND. ARREST OF MR. J. HARNETT, ONE OF THE INSURGENT LEADERS. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING.—A dispatch from Limerick, dated last night, announces the arrest of Mr. J. Harnett, who is charged with leading the party of armed insurgents that attacked the Kerry and Limerick mails at Abbeyfeale. It has been stated that Mr. Harnett, who is a Protestant, and a person of some consideration, had been acting in concert with Mr. Richard O'Gorman in the mountain district, near Abbeyfeale. Harnett was brought into Limerick last night, on an outside car, handcuffed, and escorted by a party of Dragoons. He was lodged in the county gaol at Limerick. At first, it was supposed that O'Gorman was the person arrested. MORE ARRESTS. The Dublin Herald has the annexed letter from Moy, in the county of Armagh. It will be seen that the emissary to the north from the head-quarters of sedition is a member of the "Protestant Repeal As sociation :" AUGUST 12.—A young gentleman was arrested and held to bail this day, in Moy. It is said that discoveries of some importance have been made on the occasion of this arrest. For obvious reasons it is better not to make knoWn any particulars of this information. The party arrested is a student in the University of Dublin and a member of the Protestant Repeal Association. " Mr. Eugene Martin, brother of Mr. J. Martin, pro. prietor of the Felon, was arrested at Edenderry on Sun day, under the Act for suspending the writ of habeas corpus. One of fourteen shopboys, who fled from Messrs. Pim's haberdashery establishment to escape arrest, was taken at Trim on Saturday last." Yesterday Mr. James Lawlor, late a resident of Summer-hill, was committed to Newgate on a:charge of treasonable practices. Inspector Entwistle searched the lodging of Mr. Lawlor, and in a carpet bag under a bed he got seventy ball cartridges, with about 2lb. of powder, a quantity of percussion caps, and two belts. _ THE POTATO BLIGHT. After just forty-eight hours of dry weather, the rain set in again last night, and this day it has fallen in one uninterrupted shower, accompanied by a cold ungenial wind from the north-east. The fact cannot be blinked that the potato crop is a failure to an enormous extent, and there is not the shadow of a doubt that there will be a fearful deficiency before the close of the year in the staple food of the Irish peasantry. What is to be the result of another season of famine Providence can alone foresee. From the accounts from all quarters which arrived this day, there is scarcely one to afford any hope of a mitigation of this additional calamity. The Earl of Roden arrived in Dublin on Saturday from a tour in the counties of Tipperary, Limerick, Kerry, aNd Cork; and it is said that his Lordship's report of the condition of the crop in this wide range of country is of the most distressing nature. THE STATE TRIALS. DUILIN, Auc. 14.—The Court sat at ten o'clock to day► when John Martin was arraigned at the bar, charged with having published in the Felon newspaper certain articles of a felonious character, to deprive the Queen of her style, honour, and title, &c., and levy war against her Majesty. Mr. BUTT, Q.C., applied for a copy of the indictment, which, after a long argument, in which the Attorney- General and Solicitor-General opposed the motion, was promised to the Learned Counsel by the Counsel for the Crown. ♦PPLICATION AGAINST THE PROPRIETOR OF THE " DUBLIN ETENING POST" FOR QONTENPT. Mr. BUTT, Q.C., applied to the Court for permission to have an affidavit sworn by Mr. Edward O'Rorke, attorney for Mr. Kevin Izod O'Doherty, to enable him to make an application of a very important character. Mr. BUTT, Q.C., said that his application was for an attachment against the proprietor and editor of the Dublin Evening Post, and that he be required to attend that Court to answer for the said contempt. The affi davit of Mr. O'Rorke stated that ho purchased a copy of the .Dublin Evening Post, which was published on Satur day evening, at the office in Suffolk-street; that paper, he alleged, circulated extensively amongst the persons who served as jurors for the city of Dublin; and the publication of the evening to which lie referred con tained what purported to be a report of the trial of Mr. Kevin hod O'Doherty, accompanied by comments which were calculated to intimidate jurors, and obstruct the due administration of justice. The CHIEF BARON said the Court were not prepared upon a single publication to adopt the summary pro ceedings suggested by Counsel, but they would direct, in the same manner as had been observed in the case re ferred to by Mr. Butt, that no comments should be made upon any of the proceedings connected with the present Commission. His own strong opinion upon the subject was approved of and coincided in by Barou Pennefather, that there could nut be a greater offence against public justice than for a publisher to apply the means at his disposal to influence the persons before whom the trials were to come, and who were to be the judges of the im portant question at issue, by the insinuation of any mo tives of an improper character, or to intimidate them in any way from discharging their duty fairly and properly. PROSECUTION OF MR. MARTIN. Mr. BUTT then applied to the Court to have the trial of Mr. Martin postponed for a day, on the ground that he was not yet quite prepared to defend him, owing to the statement made by the Attorney-General, on Satur day, to the effect that he would put Mr. O'Doherty on his trial once more on this day. Another ground for this postponement was to be found in the fact, that a variety of new matter had been introduced into the in dictment which did not appear in the original informa tions, being articles published in the Felon since the periA of Mr. Martin's arrest. The Crown would not, he thought, be inconvenienced it the application was grant. d, as Mr. Ferguson was then prepared to defend Mr. Williams, the other proprietor of the Irish Tribune, whose trial might therefore be proceeded with, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL Stated that the Crown were not prepared at that moment to go into any case with the exception of that of Mr. Martin. Baron PENNEFATRER was of opinion that there was abundance of time for Mr. Butt to read over the now matter i❑ the indictment before he would be called on to defend his client. The jury panel was then read over by the clerk of the Crown, each juror being called upon a penalty of 501. However, a considerable number of jurors absented themselves, notwithstanding the largeness of the fine. On the name of Mr. 'John Baggot Oldham being called, Mr. BUTT challenged the juror on the ground that he was one of the jury in the trial of Mr. O'Doherty. Baron PENNEFATHER—That is not an objection that we can attend to, Mr. Butt. Mr. BUTT—Then, my Lord, I challenge him for another cause, namely, that he has already expressed an opinion in this case, to the tffect that he (Mr. Oldham) thought Mr. Martin was guilty of the offence charged against him, and that he ought to be convicted. Two triers were then appointed (Messrs. William Tilley and George Studdert) to try whether the juror had expressed such opinions in the case as would dis qualify him from serving on Mr. Martin's trial. Mr. BUTT said he would ask Mr. Oldham this question —whether he had ever stated that if he was placed on the jury he would convict Mr. Martin? Mr. WHITESIDE said that Mr. Butt was not entitled to put such a question to the juror. Lord Tentorden had given an opinion that it was a most disparaging thing to a juror to suppose that he was capable of acting against a prisoner because of a difference in his political sentiments, and that it was necessary for those who ob jected to the party to prove him to be disqualified by adducing extrinsic evidence to show that he ought not to be permitted to serve, Baron PENNEFATHER stated that the Court had de cided on relying OR the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in England in the case of " the King v. Edmonds," which was quite conclusive against the propriety of put ting such a question to a juror. Mr. Charles Mathews, one of the jury on the trial of Mr. O'Doherty, was then sworn and examined by Mr. Butt. Mr. BUTT (to the witness)—llad you any conversa tion with Mr. Oldham in the jury-box on Friday or Sa turday on the subject of the State trials generally? Witness—l had. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL Did that conversation occur while the jury were locked up in the last case? , Witness—lt did. We chatted on the merits of that case, and the jury expressed opinions as to the probable effect of these trials on the country. Mr. BUTT—Did Mr. Oldham take part in this con- versation? Mr. HATCHELL, Q.C. (interrupting), !Submitted tha communications occurring between jurors in the jury box were to be regarded as privileged communications, and should not be inquired into. Mr. BUTT contended that cases might arise (and the present case was one of them) in which it was necessary to ascertain the fitness or unfitness of a juror to serve, although the expressions which were objected to had taken place in the jury-box. For example, if Mr. Oldham had declared in the jury-box that be would con vict every single prisoner to be tried during the state trials, ho considered he was entitled to examine him as to whether be had uttered such a sentiment. Baron PENNEFATHER differed from the opinion ad vanced by Mr. Butt. In the case of" the King v. Ed monds," already alluded to, it had been decided that unless proof was given that the juror entertained malice against the prisoner the Court could not order him to be set aside; and he did not think that the Court could re ceive evidence of any other declaration. Mr. BUTT observed, that although he was unable to prove the evidence of what the law would term malice, yet if the party said " that he believed it would be es sential to the public peace that every one of these pri soners should be convicted," he would be prepared to act from a motive which ought not to influence the judgment of a juror. Ile therefore contended that he was entitled to ask Mr. Oldham whether he had made any declaration to the effect he had stated. Baron PENNEFA'FHER stated, that there was no doubt that if a juror declared, while in the jury-box, any opinion unconnected with the case of the prisoner on trial, he might be examined in reference to it; but if such opinion was made in reference to the case then on trial (as was the fact iu the instance of this gentle man), he did not see how the Court could allow the matter to be inquired into. A hue must be drawn be tween discussions which a jury have one with another and discussions which take place between them on mat ters which are not intimately connected with the subject of the trial. Mr. BUTT—In that case, my lord, we will challenge Mr. Oldham peremptorily. On the name of Mr. John Phayre being called, Sir C. O'LQaultgli said that be had been informed 16, 1848. that Mr. Phayre was a Government contractor, and that FROM THE LONDON 'GAZE"' if such happened to be the fact he would challenge him for cause. Mr. Phayre having been asked whether he was ever a Government contractor, stated, with great vehemence of manner, that he never received a single sixpence from the present or any other Government. Sir C. O'LoGHLEN—Then, Mr. Phayre, we challenge you because von appear to be such an energetic indivi dual.—(Laughter.) Upon the name of Edward Bassett being called, the Clerk of the Crown was proceeding to administer the oath (neither counsel for the Crown nor for the prisoner offering to challenge), and had proceeded as far as the words " juror, look upon the prisoner ; prisoner, look upon the juror, you shall well and truly try," when the Crown Solicitor said, " Stand by." Sir C. O'LOGITLEN submitted that the words " Stand by" had been used too late, and called on the Court to allow the juror to be sworn. He stated that it was de cided in the case of " The Queen v. Frost," that if the words "you shall well and truly try" had been used, it was too late either for the Crown or the prisoner to put in a challenge, and order the party to stand by. There were several persons at the witnesses' table prepared to swear that the words in question had been uttered by the Clerk of the Crown before the challenge was given. The Clues. BARON having questioned the Clerk of the Crown on the matter, stated that he had been informed by him that the state of the facts was as follows :—ln the first instance the juror was called. He (the Clerk of the Crown), then asked the prisoner whether he chal lenged or not, and, no challenge having been made, be proceeded to administer the oath to the juror without asking the Crown Solicitor whether he should order the party to stand by, who thereupon said " Wait," for the purpose of preventing him from putting the oath ; and that, having rather hastily spoken some of the words of the oath, the Crown Solicitor inter rupted him by saying " Stop." Now, such being the state of the facts, it was evident that the Crown Soli citor used the words " wait " and " stop," for the pur pose of delaying the administration of the oath, and, as the Crown should not suffer by the mistake of the offi cer of the Court, the Court were of opinion that the Crown was entitled to tender their challenge in the case of this juror. Baron PENNEFATIIER concurred in the decision of his Learned Brother, and the juror was accordingly or dered to stand by. Several other challenges having been put in on behalf of the prisoner, until he had exhausted his power of challenging peremptorily, and also a great many per sons having been ordered to "stand by" by the Crown, the following jury were sworn:—Samuel Waterhouse, foreman; Edward Barrett, Richard Collier, Daniel Law rence, William English, Timothy O'Brien, Thomas Johnston, William Duffy, Henry Wharton, George Halpin, Joseph Parsons, and Thomas Walsh. Amongst the objections made to the jurors were the following:—Upon the name of Mr. Thomas Stewart being called, Sir C. O'LocneEN objected to him on the ground that he held an office under the Crown, and proceeded to ex amine him on the subject. The juror, in reply to the questions put, stated that he held a situation in the Four Courts connected with the Court of Common Pleas, under the Hon. David Plunket, who appointed him. The COURT having considered the objection a futile one, the prisoner's counsel challenged Mr. Stewart peremptorily. Sir C. O'Locannte next objected to Mr. W. Duffy, upon the ground urged in the case of " The Queen v. O'Doherty," namely, that he was a burgess of the city of Dublin, and that by the charters granted to the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Dublin, in the reign of Henry V., and other Sovereigns, burgesses, as part of the Corporation, were entitled to the property of persons convicted of felony, and that consequently Mr. Duffy was interested in Mr. Martin's conviction. The Learned Gentleman then referred to the case of " The King v. Law and Maguire," reported in the fourth volume of Howell's edition of" The State Trials," pages 668 to 670, which was not in Court upon Tuesday. when Mr. O'Doherty was on trial and handed in his challenge. The Crown having entered a demurrer, The Gonna. ruled in favour of it, reserving the point for the prisoner. The Clerk of the Crown having then given the prisoner in charge to the jury, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proceeded to state thecae() for the prosecution, which, he said, was very similar to the case of " The Queen w. Doherty," tried during the previous week, although it differed in one point ma terially, and that was, that the prisoner, Mr. John Martin, was not only the solo proprietor of the Irish Felon, but was likewise registered as the sole printer and publisher, whereas Mr. O'Doherty, the prisoner in the other case he alluded to, was only registered as joint proprietor, and was neither the publisher nor printer. The Learned Attorney-General then went on at some length to state the law of the case under the late Act of Parliament, and to mention the circumstances under which Mr. Martin originally ;started the Felon, namely, after the conviction and transportation of Mr. John Mitchel, the proprietor of the United Irishman, whose steps he professed to follow in the very first number of his paper. He then read the several articles relied on for the prosecution, from five separate copies of the Felon, and contended that under the statute, if the jury believed Mr. Martin to be the proprietor, printer, and publisher of that paper, they could not hesitate to convict him upon the indictment, for the articles them selves could not bear a second interpretation. At the conclusion of the statement of the Crown case, evidence was given to prove Mr. Martin's proprietorship by Mr. Vernon, of the Stamp-office. The Court ,was then adjourned to ten o'clock in the morning, when Mr. Butt, Q.C., will address the jury for the defence. SERIOUS RIOTS IN ASHTON UNDER-LYNE AND LOSS OF LIFE. ASHTON, TUESDAY—This town was last night thrown into a state of great alarm, by the intimation received by the authorities, that it was the intention of the Char tists and Itepealers to create a disturbance, and draw out the plugs from the various factories round the dis trict, so as to obtai❑ a general turn-out of the hands employed. About a few minutes before twelve last night a police constable, named James - Bright, was walking down Bantinck-street, and when about fifty yards below the Chartist meeting-room, he was shot through the breast by some person not yet discovered, although the perpe trator was surrounded by at least fifty persons, armed with guns, pikes, &c. Two other policemen were after wards pursued, but they managed with some difficulty to reach the Town-hall in safety. A messenger was then sent to the barrack, but on his way thither he was met by an armed mob, who compelled him to turn back. Another messenger was next dispatched, and gained the barrack by a different road. In a very few minutes the military were under arms, and on the spot where the mob had been collected, but previous to the arrival of the military a large body of special constables, the bo rough police, and several mounted special constables had attacked the mob, whom they soon put to flight, taking two of them prisoners. They also found a pike on the road, the shaft of which is about eight feet long, and the blade about twelve inches, sharpened on both sides. An immediate search was made for arms, and they arrested a man named Wm. Healey, of Newtown Moor, a weaver, who had in his possession a loaded pistol, a butcher's steel, powder, slugs, Chartist Manual, shot bag, pike-head, wadding-purse, a slater's pick, shar pened knife. &c. A man named Wm. Penny was in his company, and had some gun caps ; a third; named Thos. Lees, cotton spinner, had two boxes of lucifer matches; a fourth, named Win. Eden, a shoemaker, had a pike handle, two knives, and two hall tickets. There were, in the whole, twenty-two persons taken into custody on the occasion. A quantity of ball cartridges have since been found in the garden of Mr. Binns, of Dukinfield, past whioh place a number of the Chartists moved on the road to Hyde, where they succeeded in drawing the plugs from the boilers of Messrs. Hibbert and Messrs. Thor niley's mills. Here also the police and specials were promptly on the spot, and prevented any further outrage. TUESDAY NooN.—Siuco writing the above, we have learnt that a person named George Shawcross was shot through the calf of the leg with some slugs, while pas sing the end of Bentinck-street, at half-past ten, and that a man who works at Mr. Fowler's (the potter's), was stopped in the street, because he had a muffler round his mouth. The mob thought he was a policeman in dis -1 guise, and pierced him through the thigh with a spear. This morning a number of pikes which had been found in a field were brought to the Ashton Town.hall by the police. The handles of many were quite new, and of others the beads appeared to have been recently broken. On their way to Hyde, about two o'clock this morning, the mob stopped at the residence of Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P., Dakinfield-lodge, in front of which are placed some small pieces of cannon. Ono of these pieces they carried with them, but finding it too heavy baggage on their way they left it on the road behind them. Another man, named Bradshaw, has been wounded in the thigh by a pike. He was attacked in a square near the church, and the weapon was driven a lmost q uite through his leg. The mob called themselves " the National Guards," but when the military made their ap pearance they had departed. Great fears were entertained by the authorities in Manchester that some attempt might be made to disturb the peace of the town ; every precaut ion , however, had , been taken. and there is not the slightest probability that any attempt will be made there. The Confederate . clubs met last night in Manchester with closed doors all of them were said to be crowded. GOVERNMENT RETRENCHMENT. —We understand that it is the intention of the Lords of the Treasury to place the business of the Stamps and Taxes under the Board of Excise, by which arrangement the salaries of a chairman, deputy chairman, and commissioners will be saved to the public purse. MURDER NEAR NEWCASTLE.—The village of Birt ley, about four miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was, on Saturday last, thrown into a state of commotion, caused by . the commission of a murder by one of the workmen in the Birtley Iron Works. It appears that on Sunday morning, George Watson and Thomas Reid, who were employed in the above-named establishment, w ent to their work as usual; something passed between them in the course of the morning which led to a quarrel. After several angry words had been spoken by both par ties, Watson raised a bar of iron and struck Reid on the head, which laid his skull open. Reid immediately fell, and expired in a few minutes. Watson was seized, and has since been committed to Durham gaol on the coro ner's warrant, charging him, on the finding of the jury, with wilful murder. ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS. — Four companies will be added to th e existing strength of the corps, making 23 companies in all. company is 100 rank and file. The strength of each OF TUESDAY. FOREIGN-OFFICE, AuG. 14, 1848. It is hereby notified, that Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from Count Reventlow, the Danish Minister at her Majesty's Court, a note, dated the 10th instant, of which the following is a translation : (TRANSLATION.) In conformity with the orders which he has received from his Government, the undersigned, Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of Denmark, has the honour to notify to his Ex cellency the Viscount Palmerston, Principal Secretary cf State for Foreign Affairs of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, that the Government of the King has decided to blockade, from the 15th of this month, the rivers Elbe, Weser, and Jande, as well, as the eastern entrance of the port of Stralsund, and of Griefswalde, and to solicit him to have the goodness to cause the usual notification thereof to be made. The undersigned has been instructed to observe to his Excellency Viscount Palmerston, that neutral packet boats will be able freely to keep up the regular postal communications heretofore established, upon condition that they do not carry contraband of war. The undersigned, &c., (Signed) REVENTLOW. Danish Legation, August 9th, 1848. WAR-OFFICE, AUGUST lb. 2d Dragoon Guards—Cornet Thomas Belsey Tomlin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ridley, who retires ; John Clements, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Tomlin, Aug. 15. 3d Light Dragoons—Frederick Thomas Ongley Hopson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dims dale, appointed to 10th Light Dragoons, Aug. 15. 7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Edward Henry Cooper to be Captain, by purchase, vice Peel, who re tires ; Cornet Francis Arthur Farrell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cooper ; Frederick Myddleton West, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Farrell ; As sistant-Surgeon William Baker Young, from 50th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Wardrop, appointed to the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, Aug. 15. 10th Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry Fraser Dims dale, from 3d Light Dragoon, to be Cornet, vice Dury, who retires, Aug. 15. Bth Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant William Bayly to be Captain, without purchase, vice Holder, deceased; Ensign Horace Ximenes to be Lieutenant, vice Bayly; Ensign Alexander Ross Bayly, from 85th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Ximenes, August 15 ; Lieut. Robert Stuart Baynes to be Adjutant, vice Bayly, promoted, May 29. 10th Foot—Ensign Thomas Planta Denne, from 55th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Goodfellow, appointed to 22d Foot, Aug. 15. 13th Foot—Colour-Sergeant Duncan M'Naughten, from the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Quartermaster, vice Bryan Hanrahan, who has been superseded, being absent without leave, Aug. 15. 17th Foot—Captain William Edwards, from the 86th Foot, to be Captain, vice Welman, who exchanges, Aug. 15. 19th Foot—Lieutenant John Margitson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sir Mark Anthony Henry 'suite, Bart., who retires, Aug. 15; Ensign and Adjutant Richard Barrett to have the rank of Lieutenant, Aug. 14; Ensign William Harris to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Margitson ; Thomas Goodricke Peacocke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harris, Aug. 15. 22d Foot—Ensign Joseph Charles Goodfellow, from 10th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Fead, who resigns, Aug. 15. 32d Foot—Captain Harry Wainwright Hough, from 50th Foot, to be Captain, vice Weare, who exchanges, Aug. 15 ; Lieutenant George Samuel Moore, to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Gardiner, deceased; Ensign Alfred Bassano, to be Lieutenant, vice Moore, May 24; William James Anderson, Gent., to be Ensign, vino Bassano, Aug. 15. 33d Foot—Brevet Major Charles Allen Young, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice John William son, who exchanges; Lieutenant Charles Mills to be Captain, by purchase, vice Young, who retiree; Ensign Nathaniel Kemp to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mills; Walter George Nugent, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Kemp ; Lieut. William Pretyman to be Adjutant, vice Mills, promoted, Aug. 15. 34th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Frederick Burton Phillipson, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Johnstone, who exchanges, Aug. 15. 35th Foot—Captain Neil Suodgras Buchanan, from 93d Foot, to be Captain, vice Ewart, who exchanges; Lieutenant Sussex Lennox Aubrey Beauclerk Messiter, from half-pay 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Chat terton, promoted, Aug. 15. 43d Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant Joseph Denton to be Quartermaster, vice Samuel Rand, who retires upon halt-pay, Aug. 15. 45th Foot—Captain Henry Downe Griffith from 77th Foot, to be Captain, vice Fellowes, who exchanges, Aug. 15. 50th Foot—Captain Henry Edwin Weare, from 32d Foot, to be Captain, vice Hough,who exchanges, Aug. 15. 55th Foot—Gladwin John Richard Wynyard, Esq., (Page of Honour to the Queen Dowager) to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Denne, appointed to the 10th Foot, Aug. 15. 59th Foot—Frederick Anthony Trevor, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Coghill, who retires, Aug. 15. 61st Foot—Lieutenant John Patrick Redmond to be Captain, without purchase, vice Stewart, deceased; En sign William Henry Wall to be Lieutenant, vice Red mond, May 20. 77th Foot—Captain James Butler Fellowes, from 45th Foot, to be Captain, vice Griffith, who exchanges, August 15. 86th Foot—Captain Harvey Wellesley Pole Wellman, from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, vice Edwards, who exchanges, August 15. 87th Foot—Lieutenant James Bailie to be Adjutant, vico Cobbe, promoted, August 15. 93d Foot—Captain A. Ewart, from 35th Foot, to be Captain, vice Buchanan, who exchanges, Aug. 15. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Oliver Nicolls Chatterton, from 35th Foot, to be. Captain, without purchase, Aug. 15. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Francis Charles Annesley to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Alexander Smith, M.D., deceased; Asistant- Surgeon Richard Carew Anderson, from 82d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Annesley, promoted ; Assistant-Surgeon William Smellie John stone, M.D. from 34th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Phillipson who exchanges, Aug. 15. MEMORANDUM. The commission of Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald Campbell, as Adjutant of the 60th Foot, has been ante dated to the 12th May, 1848. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Denbighshire. Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry—John Edward Mad docks, Esq.,.,to be Captain, vice Naylor, resigned; Robert Lloyd, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Peers, resigned, Aug. L WHITEHALL, Auc. 10. The Lord Chancellor has aPpointed Foskett Saver], of Bristol, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be • Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Thomas Waldron, grocer, Old- hill, Staffordshire. Charles Gough, ironmonger, Manchester. John Coutts, iron ship builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. BANKRUPTS. John Speller, cheesemonger, High-street, Shoroditch, to surrender Aug. 24, at two, and Sept. 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannel), official assignee, iirehin lane ; Hilleary, Fenchurch-street. Henry Colenutt, baker, Portsea, Aug. 24, at half past one, and Sept. 25, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Low, Chancery-lane; Messrs. Ford, Portsmouth. Allan Gilmore, merchant, Stamford-hill, Aug. 25, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Oliverson, Denby, and ,Lavie, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. Thomas Burt, grocer, High-street, Newington-butts, Aug. 24, at eleven, and Sept. 29, at two, at. the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Chester and Son, Church-row, Newington-butts. Matilda Sarah Oxley, and Margaret Oxley, hotel and boarding and lodging-house keepers, Norfolk-crescent, Hyde-park, Middlesex, Aug. 26, at half-past one, and Sept. 29, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee Basinghall-street; Paterson and Son, Old Broad-street , Henry Francis Sefton, stationer, Worcester, Aug. 29, and Sept. 26, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, South ampton-buildings, London; Daniel, Worcester. Robert William Godwin, ship-builder, Lincoln, Aug. 30 and Sept. 27, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Messrs. Rogerson, Lin. coin's Inn-fields; Brown, Lincoln; Shackles and Bon, Hull. ocer, Stanwix, Cumberland, James Rutherford , gr Aug. 24, at half-past ten, and Sept. 28, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Capes and Stuart, Gray's Inn, London; Hough, Carlisle ; Hoyle, New castle-upon-Tyne. Thomas Stokes, tailor, Nottingham, Aug. 25 and Sept. 22, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Bowley, Not n"Daniel Hill, seed merchant, riorncastle, Lin colnshire, Aug. 30, and Sept. 27, at ten, at the Leeds Hull ; Hicks, District Court. Carrick, official assignee, G r m ay a ' r s t - i i n n n Challenger, a o l n l e d n o g n e ; r , grocer,Bell, Hull. Sheffield Aug, 6and Sept. 23, at ten, at the L ee d s District Court. 'g ireeman, P ow heed Samuel Sheffield ; s tre e official t, Covent assignee, garden; and Co., Henrietta.. Samuel Mocatta, merc h ant,L l District Court. Upton, Liver s p . ool, Aug. 25 and Sept. 19, at el even , at the Liverpool official assignee, Liverp oo l ; Sh arpe an d C o., Bed ford-row, L on d on; Bird, Lowndes, Robinson, and Bateson. Liver i p ilm o ia ol. William St. and Albin, musical instr umen t d ea l er , Liver pool, Au g . 25 at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. ' Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Low, Chancery -lane ; Cross, Liverpool. HOLYHEAD Ihnuoun.—The Government interests and those of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com pany having co me somew h a t i nto co lli s i on , Captain Fraser, R.N.. in charge there, has been ordered not to allow of any assumption of authority, but to take and keep in his command all the arrangements theite of the outer and inner harbour; the railway company, how ever, are to be allowed every facility consistently with the public service. Cur SEWERS CONIMISSION.—Yesterday ti ie gen tlemen connected with the City Court of Sewers did not sit, this being their vacation. Mr. Daw, the chit if clerk, however, attended at the office, where he transacted the current business. During the recess, special courts will be held, should circumstances require the I Wend auca of the Commissioners. . . ~~