The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-26 00:00:00

rt trlx Xbitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. LATEST FROM PARIS. STORMING OF THE CLOS ST. LAZARE, THE STRONGHOLD OF THE INSUR- GENTS. Thi; Clos St. Lazare, the stronghold of the insur gents in the neighbourhood of the Bastile, which had resisted for several hours the attempts of General LASIORICIERE on Saturday, and which prevented the troops from advancing into the Faubourg St. Antoine, was stormed yesterday, at four o'clock. This was announced in a letter from 211. AIIIMAND MARRAST, Mayor of Paris, to the Pre sident of the Assembly. All the strongholds of the insurgents, except the Bth mairie, are now in posseesion of the troops, but the carnage has been terrific. sever has anything like it been seen in Paris. ITALY. The Gazette of Milan, of the 18th, says that it is reported that DURAND°, having heard that the capi tulation of Vicenza was not executed by the Aus trians, had halted at the sound of the cannonade. Learning that the Duke of SAVOY, at the head of 14,000 men, had crossed the bridge at Ronco, General Dritatino had retraced his steps, and, in concert with the DUKE and General PETE, who brought from 4,000 to 5,000 men, be had beaten the Austrians, who in this affair had 8,000 men put to hors de combat. One of the Archdukes was reported to have been killed. The Risorg,imento says, that private individuals at Venice have opened lists for receiving the signatures of such citizens as desire to demand formally from the French Government the assistance of a French army towards gaining the independence of Italy. Notice of this step had been given, not only to the Venetian Government, but likewise to the Govern ment of Lombardy. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP, No. 9 11 --___ANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE (Station Approach at Manchester). — Preamble proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE (Cross ing Sheffield-street, Manchester). —Preamble proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. LEEDS CENTRAL STATION.—CaSe opened, and evi dence taken in its favour. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP S —TAW VALE RAILWAY AND Dom-- Case closed, but decision postponed. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY (Exeter and Crediton, Taw Vale Rail w ay and I) ek, and Bod inin and Wadebridge Railway Companies' Arrane_ ments).—Ca , e closed but decision postponed. g EXETER AND COWLEY• BRIDGE JUNCTI ON . C ase closed but decision postponed. ELECTION COlll/111TTEES. (THIS DAY.) SLIGO. The case for the sitting Member having been brought to a close at a late hour on Saturday, the Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, pursuant to arrange ment, to consider their decision, and, after deliberating for upwards of three hours, they came to the following resolutions:— " That the last election for the borough of Sligo was a void election. " That Charles Towneley, Esq., was not duly elected to serve in the present Parliament, as a burgess for the borough of Sligo. " That the said Charles Towneley, Esq. was by his agents guilty of treating." This closed the labour of the Committee. DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Roynolds' majority was resumed, and in the course of the day the petitioners succeeded in striking tiff four votes. LOUVAINE A LA SAMBRE RAIL W AY.— -(THIS DAY.) A meeting of the .hareholders in this undertaking was held this afternoon at the Queen's Hotel, St. Martin's-le-Grand, for the purpose of taking into con sideration the affairs of the company preparatory to the general meeting to he holden at Brussels, in compliance with the statutes. Mr. Barnes in the chair. The report stated that the call which was made payable on the Ist of May last, had turned out to be a complete failure, the directors only having received upon it about 1,000/. It also stated that the decree of the Belgian Government had appeared allowing the company until the month of May, 1857, for the execu tion of the main trunk line. After considerable discussion, in the course of which it appeared that 21,0001. had been already expended, and that the directors had no money in hand, and were unable, therefore, to proceed with the works, it w as ultimately agreed that the meeting should be adjourned until that day three months, the directors promising in the meantime not to be parties to the forfeiture of the unpaid-up shares. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. (TIIIS DAY.) The fourteenth annual general meeting of the proprie tors of this bank took place to-day, at the offices of the corporation, in Austin-friars, for the purpose of receiv ing the annual report of the directors, and for the elec tion of three directors, in tho room of those who went out by rotation. ( ILIV , FARRER, Esq., tcok the chair at one o'clock, ante.:. , upon the Sec re tary t o rea d t h e report. it ie- , •er entry then read the following report:— " .1 ,- tr , -t•bmitting this their fourteenth report to t h e ' propriet,r:e the directors proceed to notice the transac tions of the past year of account, ending the 11th of October last, and such other matters of interest as are connected therewith. The statements (made up to the above -mentioned period) from the various branhces in the colonies, exhibit, upon the whole, a satis feceory result, particularly at Hobart Town, Melbourne, Adelaide, and viewed distinct from the old accounts, may be considered as realizing the expectations entertained by the Directors. The proprietors will be pleased to learn, that no material loss has been incurred by Bills remitted trom the colonies on houses that have stopped payment, or on th ose h eld in the London-office as security for loans. The directors have to congratulate th , proprietors upon the successful issue of the appeal in the case against the Bank of Australia. The Privy Council has decided every point in favour of the Bank of Australasia. directing the costs of the action at Sydney to be paid by the defendants, together with in terest upon the origin in al debt. The dire c t ors h ave transmitted the ordercouncil to Sydanyemy , e n w t i t o h f t i h ri e structions to proceed at once to recover p debt; and they will, as soon as possible , plac e t h emselves in a position to fellow such a course, as circumstances may render necessary, with regard to the shareholders in this country. The labour question, on whi c h tha in _ a tercets of the colonists and of tonally depend, appears at last to have excited thel: five attention, not only of the Go v the bank, en ernment, but also of th e public generally. Einigratio nfrom this country has been resumed ; and the directors have substantial grounds for stating, that a further extension is in progress. If labour be itdeqnately supplied, a great improvement in the value of all Australian propearnt)t must follow, but, up to the latest advices, the w of hands was severely felt, particularly in the older settlement, and fo r m e d a topic of loud and general complaint. Whatever, th e r e fo r e, may be the well grounded hope for th e f u t ure , th e period embraced in the present report shows no amelioration in this re spect. The continued depreciation in the price of wool, the great staple of the Australian colonies, at the same time, operates powerfully to keep them in the state of depression from which they have so long suffered. And, under the joint influence of these unfavourable circumstances, the value of land and stock, and all depending interests, remains nearly in the same uncertain position as heretofore. The effect of this state of things has been to cause a serious falling off in the estimated value of the properties held in security for oM debts, as well as to affect the position of many of the old debtors to the bank, and to lead to the apprehen sion of a considerable loss beyond that already cal culated upon. The directors would have been well pleased, had they been able to arrive at any estimate satisfactory to their own minds, or which they could fee." justified in laying before the proprietors, as to the extent of_ such f urt h er l oss on the old accounts, but this has been found impracticable, in consequ ence o f t h e superinten -4.!mt,--Mr. Hart, and M r . A t h erton, taking such widely different views on the subject, that the joint report which they h a d b een directed to furnish, cannot now be looked for. Mr. Hart is of opinion, that by follow ing a course o f gradual liquidation, the properties may in most instances be made to realize the amount which they represent on the Bank's hooks, without leaving any serious deficiency. Mr. Atherton, on the other -hand, reciappatearentllyue basing his calculations o n th e present depreciated va of property, estimates that the loss on winding up these several concerns will be very considerable. It must, however, be borne in mind, that since Mr. Atherton's arrival in. the colony, bis oppojtunities of personally conferring with Mr. Hart had been few, owing to much of the short time he had been there, having been occupied in visiting all t h e branches of the bank, including the remote branch of Adelaide, in South Australia: the directors arei how ever, induced to hope, that after he has had an *lvor- j tunity of duly weighing the reasons assigned for hi s calculations by Mr. Hart, who has had much local ' experience, - he may feel himself justified in forming a snore. favourable opinion of the value of those securities, than he entertained %when he addressed the Court. With such co n fli c ti ng op i n i ons b e f ore the Directors, it is obvious that some further time must be permitted tee , elapse, and greater progress made in winding up the old accounts, before they can hope to be able to submit any estimate of losses that can be relied upon ; and in the prudence of this course, they look confidently for the support of the proprietors. Were sales of Dr oper ties held by the Bank to be forced, there can be tiT doubt that a very serious sacrifice must be submitted to, in the present state of the colonies ; a course which the directors are not prepared to sanction, though they have given instructions, that no favourable opportunity of effecting realisations shall be neglected. The Secretary also read the following Abstract which exhibited the operations of the year of account em• braced in the Report : Nett Profits in the Colonies and in London, for the year ending 11 th of October, 1847, after deducting all expenses of munagement Deduct deficiency on Bad Debt Fund, at 12th October,lBs6, as shown in last Report... ... .£8,124 11 0 Law Expences in the suit against the Bank of Australia ... 1,261 5 1 Irrecoverable Debts writ ten off this year, in London and the Colonies 7,068 10 5 ... £50,369 17 10 Balance on Bad Debt Fund no yet ap propriated 16,454 8 6 ... £33,215 9 4 The directors cannot encourage the expectation, that this sum will suffice to provide for the whole losses that may hereafter arise on secured accounts and other de pendencies, which cannot at present be realived, or wound up ; neither, as already explained, are they in a position to form any eorrect estimate of the amount by which the fund may be exceeded by such losses, as that must depend on the future welfare of the colonies. They beg, however, to remind the proprietors, that the arrears of interest due by the Bank of Australia upon their debt, and not yet introduced into the accounts, as well as the costs of the action to be re covered at Sydney, will form a considerable augments. Lion to that fund. The assets and liabilities of the bank at the balance of October, 1847, stood as follows: ASSETS. Government Stock, Specie, and Cash £326,729 16 1 Bank Premises... ••• 23,516 3 11 Bills Receivable, and other Securities 1,472,984 4 8 LIABILITIES. Capital ... ... £900,000 0 0 Circulation ... ... 106,931 0 0 Bills payable, and other liabilities ... 226.519 7 9 Deposits ..• .•• 536,328 010 Suspense interest ac• count ... 19,536 6 Bad Debt Fund ... 23,915 9 4 £ 1 ,823,230 4 8 ---- ----X1,823,230 4 8 The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting at some length upon the present and past position of the Bank, as well as its future prospects, and after some con siderable discussion the report was agreed to. The directors that went out by rotation were then re elected, and the meeting separated. T ATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING GOODWOOD STAKES. 9 to 1 agst Crozier 12 to 1 agst Diplomatist 10 to 1 agst Chat 12 to 1 agst Hydrangea 14 to 1 agst Alpheia 20 to 1 agst Reflection 20 to 1 agst Chanticleer 25 to 1 agst Millwood GOODWOOD CUP. 7 to 4 agst The Hero 7 to 2 agst Van Tromp 12 to 1 agst Chanticleer Six o'CLocK. ST. LEGER. 5 to 4 agst Surplice JULY STASES. Even on Flying Dutchman. DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman 25 to 1 agst Elthiron 25 to 1 agst Iloneycctmb 33 to 1 agst Uriel 40 to 1 agst Montagu© QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) THE DUK:E OF BRUNSWICK U. BAKER. This was an actiOn brought by the Duke of Brunswick against Mr. Baker, an officer in the service of Mr. Slo man,' the sheriff's officer, to recover compensation in damages for certain slanderous expressions used towards him by the defendant. It appeared that the defendant, after great difficulty, obtained access to the dwelling of the Duke, Bruns wick House, New-road, for the purpose of levying an execution. A fracas ensued between him and the domestics, i❑ the course of which he said the Duke and the whole of them were a nest of After hearing the evidence the jury gave the plaintiff a verdict of 40s. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) James Simmons, a master tailor, was brought before Mr. Ilardwick, charged with cutting flowers in Kensing ton-gardens. Thomas Clayton, No. 5, park-keeper, said on Sunday morning, about half-past seven o'clock, ho was walking in Kensington-gardens, when he saw the prisoner in the act of cutting the flowers. He went up to him, and found that defendant had cut a large bunch of sweet william. Notices were placed up every twenty yards, requesting the public not to touch the flowers, and if the defendant had taken the trouble to have read them he would have known that he was acting wrong. In reply to the charge defendant said when he went into the gardens he had not the least intention of plucking the flowers, but unfortunately, at the impulse of the moment, he so far forgot himself as to commit the act described by last witness. He was now very sorry for what he had done, and deeply felt his degraded position. _ _ _ Mr. HARDWICK said it was very singular that persons could not walk in the gardens and enjoy the beauty of the flowers without destroying them. If every one was allowed to cut such flowers as pleased his fancy there v‘outil soon be none for the public to admire. As a warning for the future ho (Mr. Hardwick) fined him ss. over and above the value of the flowers. The money was immediately paid. IVIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lorthhips assembled at Five o'cloek. Earl FITZHARDINGE presented a potition from Bristol in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from Ayr in favour of alteration in the Scotch Law of Entail; also several petitions against the Scottish Registration Bill. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a. petition from Sin gapore, complaining of the local arrangements made by the Government of that colony. LORD G. BENTINCK'S CHARGES AGAINST THE COLONIAL• OFFICE. Earl GREY gave notice that he should to-morrow move for returns of certain dispatches from the Gover nors of the West India Colonies, and he should take the opportunity of alluding to what was reported to have occurred in another place on that subject. PETITIONS. The Marquis of LANt;DOWNE presented a petition from the College of Surgeons, praying their Lordships to withhold their sanction from any measure establish. ing a College of General Practitioners; also a petition from Lancashire praying for the establishment of a system of secular education. EVICTED DESTITUTE POOR (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, on the order of the day for the third reading of the Evicted Destitute Poor (Ireland) Bill, moved that the alterations intro duced into the Bill by the Committee on Thursday night should be expunged, so as to leave the Bill in the same state as it would have been left if those alterations had never been introduced. Lord MONTEAGLE supported the amendments which had been carried o❑ Thursday night, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSI-T,rI.OOIITIIONS. The SPEAKER ~took the Chair shortly befor o'clock. olEOwiler l e S Considered and agreed The following rep to:— Dunbar Customs, Water, and riarbour Dues Amend ment. Helmsdale, Little Ferry, and Leek Rowe arbours. Newry Navigation (Amendment of Acts). LORDS AMENDMENT& The Lords amendments to:the North British R •1 a 1 (No. I—lncrease and Division o f Capital 8i11,,,, e - c e read and agreed to. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time: Esdaile's (Orphan Working School) Charity Estate. Highland Roads, Bridges, &c. (Scotland). THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third tinie:-- Hamlyn's Estate. Londonderry Improvement. EXTENSION OF THE SUFFRAGE. Mr. GODSON presented a petition in favour of Par liamentary reform and a reduction of the national ex penditure. Mr. GREENE presented a petition from Lancaster, praying for Parliamentary reform. Mr. HASTIE presented a petition from Paisley, in favour of the Charter; also a petition against the navi gation-laws. Mr. G. BERKELEY presented two petitions from Bristol i❑ favour of Parliamentary reform, as exempli fied in Mr. Hume's motion. Mr. BROTIIERTON presented 150 petitions from Salford to the same effect. SLIGO. Mr. WRIGHTSON brought up the report of the Committee appointed to consider the petition against the last election, which stated that the last election was void, and that Mr. Charles Towneley was by his agents guilty of treating. — SEAMEN'S WIDOW'S FUND. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from the Cham. he r of Commerce in Dundee against this Bill. LUNATICS. Colonel MURE presented a petition from Renfrew shire against the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill. SUNDAY TRADING. Sir DE LACY EVANS presented petitions from the parishes of St. John's and St. Margaret's, Westminster, praying the House to pass an enactment to prevent Sunday trading. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented two petitions—the first from the principal fishmongers of London, and the other from their assistants, to the same effect, and to prevent the carrying out of fish on Sunday mornings after ten o'clock. _ _ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1848. the island, besides that one particular paper in the course of the year." The Under-Secretary of State answered, " Yes, certainly; but I am not aware of any dispatch from him of any importance, which had been withheld from the Committee. Well then, now they were to understand the lion. Gentleman to say that he had intended this dispatch to be laid before the Committee. Mr. HAWES—It had been ordered to be laid before the Committee. Lord G. BENTINCK wished now to draw attention to the next answer, which was, " We have received from other colonies very considerable details as to the state of the colonies and the prospects of agriculture, but from Jamaica I can find nothing of the kind. Except until very recently I think there has been no such general dispatch received. That dispatch is now pre. paring for this Committee. I ought, however, to state that the Governor has been in the island a very short time." That next answer placed the matter beyond all doubt, for it represented the dispatch which had been received to be not of the nature of that one to which the Right Hon. Gentleman alluded to, but still the Hon. Gentleman said it should be furnished to the Committee.—(Hear, hear.) Not of the nature to which the Right Hon. Gentleman alluded? Why, now it tarried out to be exclusively of that nature, and of all the dispatches which had been laid before the House or the Committee, it was the most important that could have been laid before the Committee at that critical mornent.—(Hear, hear ) Before that Committee the Under-Secretary ' for the Colonies (Mr. Hawes) stated that up to the sth of April no dispatch had been received with regard to the state of the island. The President of the Board of Trade (Mr, Labouchere) had also officially declared in the House of Commons that the Government had received no dispatches from the Governor of Jamaica explanatory of the political and social condition of the colony. On the Bth of February the Member for the University of Cambridge (Mr. Goulburn), inquired why Jamaica had been omitted in the statement of the affairs of the several West India colonies, which had been laid before the House; and also if the Government had any objection to lay the last dispatch upon the table of the House? In reply to that inquiry, the President of the Board of Trade stated that no dispatch had been received giving any account of the state of the island, but as soon as such a document was received it was the intention of the Secretary of State for the Colo nies to communicate it to the House without delay. —(Hear, hear.) Now he (Lord George Bentinek) was in a condition to show that a dispatch had been received at that time.—(Hear, hear.) On the 7th of February, which was the day previous to§ that to which he had alluded, Earl Grey stated that out of the many documents which passed ' through his hands connected with his department there was one which very much struck his attention, from a number of planters in the western part of Jamaica, who had invested 142,000 in their estates, which they bad (purchased since the Act of Emancipation. The speech of Earl Grey at that time concluded by saying that he knew of no place which appeared so va luable an investment for capital, or where a man was so likely to realise a fortune, as in Jamaica.—(Hear, hear.) But the House should see what information that Noble Lord was in possession of the time when he lamented the deplorable condition of the colony, and instanced absenteeism as the real cause of that condition. The colonists had intimated to him that [if the same state of,things existed, the production of sugar could not be carried on for another year. This was a remarkable and an important document, yet it was altogether withheld from the Committee.—(Hear. hear.) But more, at the time the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) stated, that the Colonial office came only in possession of general information as to the condition of the colony. lie should read a dispatch to the House which was dated on the 24th of September, and reached the Colonial -office on the 22d October, three weeks before he (Lord G. Bentinek) moved for a return with respect to the island of Trinidad. He alluded to a dispatch from Governor Grey, and stated that he felt it his duty to state that the low price of sugar in London withou t any corresponding reduction of duty, really threat ened to ruin many planters who were strug gling hard to keep their heads above water, and he beheld the germs of a movement towards supporting the party in the ensuing session who advocated the principle of protection. Ile said he should do this but to persuade them to a temperate course of action, but he could not deny that the low rate at which cotton was imported, and the duty of 14s. on Muscovado sugar, together with other anomalies, tended much to aggravate discontent in the colony. This was not the only instance of concealment, he alluded to the case of the Trinidad papers, which were moved for on the 20th of November, and were not pro duced until the night on which the debate was concluded. Returning to the month of April, he would make it clear to the House that there was a guilty keeping back of this dispatch. (LEFT SPEAKING.) LAW INTELLIGEN CE. ARCHES' COURT, June 24. (Before Sir H. J. FUST.) WILSON V. WILSON. This was a suit for divorce, by reason of cruelty, promoted by Mrs. Ann Wilson against her husband, who resides at Pershore, in the diocese of Worcester. The cause was brought to this court by letters of request. A libel was given in on behalf of Mrs. Wilson, and witnesses examined upon it. No de fensive plea was tendered by Mr. Wilson, but he interrogated the witnesses adduced by his wife. The parties were married in May, 1817, and cohabited together until September, 1833, when in consequence of Mr. Wilson's misconduct a deed of separation was drawn up, by which it was agreed that he should allow his wife 451. per annum ; but this sum, as alleged by Mrs. Wilson, not being regularly paid, notwithstanding he had received a large accession to his inco me , ma ki ng a gross amount exceeding 1,8001. a year, she instituted a suit in 1847 for the restitution of conjugal rights, and he was decreed to take her home. He provided her with a house next door to his own residence, and occasionally took a small portion of food there, under the sem blance, as was , p s leaded, of comp l y i ng w i t h t h e or d er of the Court. I.he charg es o f crue l ty em b race d two periods—thatinflicted prior to the separation in 1633; and that which occurred in the time intevening between the return to cohabitation and the final se paration in October, 1847. Dr. PHILLIMORE contended that the cruelty ante rior to the first separation was clearly and distinctly proved, and that from its aggravated character it mounted to legal scevitice. There was not only great harshness, and the frequent use of most insulting lan guage, but he several times struck h e r v i o l en t bl ows . On one occasion he jammed her head, according to a witness, against the cellar door, and caused the blood to flow from her nose. If those facts had been brought before the Co ur t, i n 1833 , i t wou ld h ave h a d no difficulty in granting the separation ; and the only question was whether there was not a sufficient revival of that cruelty by the subsequent acts. Mr. Wilson was . ordered to t a k e hi s w if e b ac k , an d t reat her with conjugal affection ; but what had been his conduct towards her ? Although he had an ad mitted income of 1,800/. per annum, he allowed her only one servant, who was entrusted with the entire management of the household affairs. His conduct was s o b a d th at t h e servant used to make a point of stopping in the room when Mr. Wilson was there, in order to protect the wife from his violence, and he sometimes said that he so treated her in order to get rid of her. When suffering from a bad foot, he deprived her of fruit in the garden, which was deemed necessary, and said he must sell it to pay for the servant. He shook his hands back wards and forwards before her face, and thrust a candle so near her th a t it was difficult to prevent him burning her, in fact, he kept her in a state of con stant alarm. He said he would not strike her, but would go as far as he could. He did not accompany that declaration with violence, but with threatening and most abusive language. Another witness de posed that he used to clench his fist and strike it on the table, but she added, that he did not shake his fist at his wife. It was impossible, however, that Mrs. Wil son could return to cohabitation without danger to her life. Insinuations were made against the wife of in toxication and infidelity in the interrogatories, but they had not been put in plea, so that the wif e was unable to answer them, and the witnesses had nega tived them. He (Dr. Phillimore) admitted that the former cruelty had been condoned by the return to cohabitation, but he submitted that i t h a d b een revived. The whole of the evidence tended t o s h ow that Mrs. Wilson was a la d y of great mildness and o ss g eh e le n f t ei l ne e u n al e d s fa s fvr o oo f unrl t a e eb m xlep p e e ps r o i nsi i i n oh d ;r b bhoufo by abstaining the ndhad placed as Court. c rt loil her self as- Ac cording to the principle laid down in " Westmeath v. Westmeath," (2 Hogg,) former deeds would be naturerev revived d than by the original subsequent u e ety. T misconduct l conduct a o slighter f Mr. Wilson had been outrageous, affronting, indecent, and insulting to an extraordinary degree ; the home of Mrs. Wilson had been wretched and miserable, and he trusted that the Court would not send he r back to cohabitation which must end in the ruin o f her health and the misery of her life. Dr. ADDAMS followed on the same side. Dr. JENNER said, that the simple question which the Court had to decide was, whether or not s i nce t h e return of Mrs. Wilson to cohabitation her husband hade entitle t le been the guilty of cruelty seten toee she now such prayed for. ast to n wife to then He submitted that he had not. What was it that in duced this lady to institute the suit for the restitution of conjugal rights ? Her object was doubtless to ob tain a larger amount of alimony than 45 /. a year. But whatever the reason might be the parties had lived together for a period of six months, and it was proved that Airs. Wilson had said that she wrote a letter to her attorney every day ; that she kept a re gular jo urna l, an d if she could procure an additional allow ance s h e wou ld pa y th e debts of a relative. The frequent absence of Mr. Wilson from the house occu pied by his w if e , an d the not partaking of his meals there, arose from his pursuits as a farmer. It ap peared th a t w h en t h e can dl e was put in the lady's face she only laughed at it, so that she could not have anti cipated a n y d anger . H e ad m itted that there might have been a want of affection on the part of Mr. Wilson, but it was not likely that after the parties had been separated for fourteen years they would live together very comfortably. Mrs. Wilson could not expect that her husband would be all at once converted into an angel. There had been harsh language used by him, and it was not his (Dr. Jenner's) intention to justify it; but hard words, according to a doctrine laid down in that court, broke no bones. Not the slightest fear need be apprehended that there was any danger to life, health, or limb. He refrained from entering into a consideration of the former cruelty, because he con tended that nothing had occurred during the renewed cohabitation to revive it. The dictum of the Learned Judge in " Westmeath v. Westmeath" had no bear ing on the present case. There the husband entreated his wife to remain with him, but here the return of the wife to cohabitation was voluntary. The life of Mrs. Wilson might have been rendered very uncom fortable, but beyond that the case did not go; and if the Court granted the wite's prayer, it would be car rying the doctrine applicable to these cases to a greater extent than had ever been done before. Dr. BAYFORD was heard on the same side. Dr. PHILLIMORE and Dr. ADDA:IISCrifIy replied. The Learned JUDGE said, it really appeared to him I that the case lay within a very narrow compass. With the deed of separation he had nothing to do. The Court could not inquire on what grounds Mr. and Mrs. Wilson had lived separate and apart, nor upon what principle it was that 451. per annum had been allowed her. The ill-treatment to which the wife had been subjected from the time of marriage up to the first separation was sufficient to create ap prehension that the same cruelty would be resorted to on her return to cohabitation, even if it fell short of absolute personal violence. It was impossible not to see that gross cruelty had been prac tised towards this lady from 1821 to 1833. One of the witnesses had seen the husband aim blows at her, and something strike her. Without the slightest provocation on Mr. Wilson's part he once struck her, wad a black eye supervened on the blow. On other occasions he struck her with his open hand. He was frequently in a violent passion, and had attempted to push her down stairs even when he was not in that state. There had been no denial of these facts, and no attempt to excuse them. The epithets applied by Mr. Wilson to his wife were most oppro brious. He (the Learned Judge) would say nothing as to the mode in which the lady had been received on her return to cohabitation ; the usual certificate was exhibited, and no complaint was made until after the final separation. Was Mr. Wilson emendatus nsoribus during the period that she resided with him the second time ? On the contrary, there was con stant abuse, unkindness, and harshness, and a series of acts of personal violence. There were reasons connected with his occupation which might, particu larly during harvest, prevent him taking his meals with his wife ; but he had by a variety of acts sought to annoy her. If there was any truth at all in the insinuations contained in the interrogatories, the facts ought to have been pleaded so that Mrs. Wilson might have had an oppor tunity of replying to them ; but in his (Sir H. J. Fust's) opinion there was no ground for them what ever. It was true that Mrs. Wilson some times laughed when her husband had recourse to conduct which was now charged against him ; but the reason she assigned for it was, that had she acted otherwise he would have subjected her to still greater cruelty, and the Court saw no reason to doubt the truth of her statement. The shaking of his fist in her face, and the striking of the table with the clenched hand, showed a malignant disposition on his part towards his wife. The holding of a candle to her face was not clearly proved. There was, however, enough in the'conduct of Mr. Wilson to excite terror and alarm. If the case had rested on what had occurred since the renewal of the cohabitation, there might have been some difficulty in ptonouncing that there was a sub stantive case of cruelty to justify the Court in ac ceding to the wife's prayer ; but, looking to what took place in the former part of the cohabitation, there was every reason to apprehend that Mr. Wilson would renew his violence. He had no hesitation in saying that the case was sufficiently proved, and in signing the sentence of separation. Sentence signed accordingly. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. T. Cromer, St. Mary-axe, merchant, July 14, at one—T. K. Thompson, Great Tower-street, wholesale grocer, July 14, at half past eleven—S. T. Taylor and W. Byers, Skinner-street, woollen and Manchester warehousemen, July 14, at half past one—M. Lewis, Oxford street, linen draper, July 14, at eleven—M. Merentie, King William-street, City, merchant, July 14, at eleven—J. Coates, R. T. Bartlett, and G. Beck, Wat ling-street, warehousemen, July 14, at eleven—W. Hughes, Chatham, and Stoke, Kent, grocer and cheese monger, July 14, at twelve—A. Campbell, Regent-street, army agent, July 14, at twelve—H. Tamlyn, Totton, Hampshire, coal merchant, July 18, at eleven. In the Country. W. Anderson, Chester-le -street, Durham, draper, July 20, at half past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—J. Graham, son., Alnwick, Northumberland, bookseller, July 18, at half past ten, at the Court, New castle-upon-Tyne—C. Dearlove, Knaresborough, York shire, grocer, July 25, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Baker and J. Baker, Fore-street, City, tobacco nists, July 14, at half-past one—ll. S. Searle, Queen's place, Kennington, dealer in surgical instruments, July 17, at twelve—Henry Roose, Salisbury -street, Strand, and Liverpool, merchant, July 14, at half-past two— J. Keymer, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, warehouseman, July 14, at twelve. I❑ the Country. J. Sargent, Beaufort, Brecknockshire, innkeeper, July 14, at eleven, at the Court Bristol—W. Anderson, Chester-le-street, Durham, draper, July 17, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—G. Cradock, Dar lington, Durham, ropemaker, July 20, at half-past one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Lee and J. Lee, Sunderland, ironfounder, July 20, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—C. Dearlove, Knares borough, Yorkshire, grocer, July 25, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Dickinson, Clayton West, Yorkshire, corn-dealer, July 25, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—J. B. Browne, Newcastle-under-Lyme, wine and spirit merchant, July 18, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Holt, Bury, Lancashire, rope manufacturer, July 18, at eleven, at the Court, Man chester. At the Court of Review, July 14. E. A. Taylor, Tottenham Court-road, licensed victualler—J. H. Adams and W. Adams, Samp ford Peverell, Devonshire, machinists—A. W. Hart, Liverpool, merchant—T. Morris, Maida-hill, dealer —G. F. Arnold, Apsley Guise, Bedfordshire, carpenter—D. Martindale, Star -court, Bread street, warehouseman —G. Clarke, Dunstable, common brewer—J. Kershaw, Brecon, draper—S. King, Cheltenham, dealer in cutlery—S. Timperly, Ashton • under-Lyne, linendraper—F. Waters, Church-street, Hackney, cheesemonger—F. Butler, StaffUrd, iron monger—W. I. Dawson, Lime-street, City, cigar mer chant—W. Wheeler, Adelaide -terrace, Notting-hill, builder—W. Beach, Salisbury, cutler—l). Gilby, Bores St. Mary, Suffolk, coach builder—Amos Potter, Peken ham, Suffolk, butcher—A. Duncan, Wilson-street, Fins bury, manufacturer of preserved provisions. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Hawke and W. Hawke, Billiter-street, City, and James-street, Covent-garden, builders—J. Greenhalgh and H. Greenhalgh, Manchester, watchmakers and jewellers—W. Ellis and J. Birks, York, law stationers and stock brokers—E. A. Starling and J. G. Atkinson, Norwich, warehousemen—A. Croysdale, J. Croysdale, J. Croysdale, and W. Croysdale, Leeds, dyers and ware grinders (so far as regards A. Croysdale)—J. Lowndsborough and J. Harding, jun., Liverpool, estate agents—T. Jepson and W. May nes, Woodley within Bredbury, Cheshire, wool carders and fur blowers—J. Gott and W. Exley, Rawdon, York shire, clothiers—J. Smedley and T. W. Whittaker, Manchester, cabinetmakers—F. C. Norton, Shrewsbury, and J. Morris, Knighton, Radnorshire, drapers and grocers—J. Dean, E. Dean, and J. Redhead, Liverpool, salt agents (so far as regards J. Dean)—.T. Fisher and J. Peake, Watling-street, City, clieesemongers—S. Woods, jun., A Woods, and I. Stubbs, Liverpool, stock and sharebrokers (so far as regards S. Woods, jun.)—S. Parker and W. Rayner, Birmingham, millers—l). Abbott and M. Swallow, Huddersfield, tobacconists and coffee housekeepers—F. Savage and R. E. Honeywill, Bristol, sugar refiners --J. T. Walker and H. Hill, Corn Exchange, City, corn factors—G. Rendall and A. Hen • drill, Cape de Verd Islands, and Bathurst, river Gambia, merchants—ll. H. Mason and J. T. Smith, Old-street, St. Luke's, chemists and druggists—T. B. Ayshford and J. Chamberlin, Drury-lane, wheelwrights—Mary Emily Kirby and Lucy Ann Maitland Hill, Surrey-square, Newington, schoolmistresses—J. Lord and P. Lord, Scarborough, ironmongers and hardwaremen—W. McClure, J. Booth, and H. Leigh, Manchester and Pa tricroft, silk manufacturers—G. Wheatcroft and J. Kendall, Darlaston, Staffordshire, coach and railway carriage smiths. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Fenex, Pensnett, Staffordshire, huckster. Henry Haaeldine, Am blecote, Staffordshire, horse dealer's assistant. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. D. Hawkesford and J. Hawkesford, Bilston, Stafford shire, ironfounders, 2d., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. W. 'Penn, Liverpool, licensed victualler, 6d., any Thursday. between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. Roberts and Son, Liverpool, ironmongers and ship smiths, 35., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. Roberts, Liverpool, ironmonger and ship smith, 205., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. D. Robertson, Aberdeen, hotel keeper, to meet June 28, and July 20, at twelve, within the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen, D. Davidson, Leith, corn merchant, to meet June 26, and July 17, at eleven, within the New Ship Hotel, Leith. N. Shaw, Johnstone, Renfrewshire, grocer, to meet June 29, and July 20, at two, within the Saracen's Head, Paisley. J. Davidson, jun., Dundee, flax spinner, to meet July 3, awl 19, at ono, within the British LLotel, Dundee. J. Gibbon, 11. Robinson, and J. Skinner, Glasgow, and Riverbank, Pullockshaws, calico printers, to meet June 29, and July 20, at one, within Carrick's Ruyal Hotel, Glasgow. J. Davidson and E. Davidson, Leith, merchants, to meet June 30, and July 21, atone, within the New Ship Tavern, Leith. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. OPENING OF THE METROPOLITAN EXTENSION. The extension of thi► line to Waterloo•bridge will be opened to tee public on Saturday next. It is understood that the first experimental trip will take place on Wednesday, and the Government inspector will survey the line on Friday. The following is a brief account of the works :—The undertaking was commenced in July, 1846, the contract having been taken by the Messrs. Lee, who engaged to complete the works by the Ist of July this year. Mr. Thompson has acted as sole superintendent on the part of the contractors, and Mr. Curlew, on behalf of Mr. Locke, the engineer. The length of the new line is nearly two miles and a:quarter. The first quarter of a mile is carried over an embank ment, then succeeds a viaduct, consisting► of six massive iron girder bridges and three hundred arches (exclusive of those forming the present station i❑ the Waterloo-road). These arches, which are expected to form a very considerable item in the receips of the company, have been so carefully con • strutted as to be easily applicable to various purposes, and their perpetual dryness has been insured by the application of the Seyssel asphalte, which has rendered them impervious to wet. There are four distinct lines of rail, and the quan tity of iron alone consumed in laying down what is technically called the " metals," is at least 1,200 tons, independently of about 800 tons weight con sumed in the erection of the bridges. In the con struction of the viaduct and station in the Waterloo road upwards of 80 millions of bricks have been consumed ; and the present terminus, which is all on arches, covers a space of three quarters of an acre of ground, its width being 260 feet. The major part of the present terminus has been coated with the asphalte, so that the arches on which it rests may with safety be made use of as storehouses, &c. The whole of the permanent way is laid down and ready for the trains to traverse ; but the stations, both at the Waterloo-road and Vauxhall aro not yot completed, although, being for the most part wooden erections, their completion may be considered as certain at the lapse of three or four days. To the present terminus in the Waterloo-road there are no less than four approaches for carriages and foot passengers, the pedestrians having in each ap proach footpaths eight feet in width. At Vauxhall station there will be only two entrances. The stations at both Waterloo-road and Vauxhall will be only temporary. The fares on the main line are to be increased as follows :—First class, 6d.; second class, 4d.; third class, 2d. The trains will run at the present fixed times. Nine Elms station is to be closed entirely to pas senger traffic. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—After an abundant fall of rain, we have had several days of favourable weather, in which great progress has been made in cutting, making, and securing the hay crop. A considerable quantity of hay has been housed on the early lands about Liverpool; and the hay grass is cut very generally throughout this country. In Lancashire the yield of clover and rye grass will be heavy, and that both of upland and meadow hay will be very good; but the accounts of the yield are not so favourable for the South and Midland Counties. The grain crops con tinue to improve, and give promise of a good and un usually early harvest. Potatoes and turnips now look very well ; and though we have heard of two or three instances of the appearance of the potato disease, yet there is no reason to believe that it is general, or even extensive. There is a great abundance of strawberries, raspberries, and gooseberries ; but only a moderate crop of apples, damsons, and the larger descriptions of fruit. —Liverpool Times. WEST RIDING OF YORIESHIRE.—NearIy five inches of rain has fallen up to this period in June (the 21st), so that the crops are recovering amazingly from the effects of the drought end heat of May. The corn crops are now safe, as far as regards moisture, and should July be warm and dry, the harvest will be very early. and one of the most abundant ever known. Potatoes never looked better; a great breadth has been planted this year. Small fruits, such as strawberries, currants, gooseberries, and raspberries, are an abundant crop; but the apples, pears, and plums have again tailed in many localities, from the attacks of insects.—Slieffield Iris. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—The wheat plant is looking very promising in most districts in this vicinity, and many broad acres are in full head; the straw is rather short upon clay lands. Barley begins to feel the effect of the genial showers, and the farmer may ex pect an average crop. Beans look very healthful, but are, in general, short upon the straw. The crops of scuds and grass are heavy, and considerable quan tities of both kinds have been cut during the present week. The farmer is busily engaged in getting in his turnip seed, and the weather is all ho could wish for such an operation. The potato plant is looking strong and healthful, and hopes are entertained that an abun dant crop will be gathered, as the diseaes seems to have worn itself out, and it much greater quantity of this useful vegetable has been planted this year.—Notting. ham Journal. LEICESTER.—We have had some fine rains during the week, with rather a high temperature; these circum stances will accelerate the growth both of corn and grass crops. Haymaking has commenced, and some fine weather would be very acceptable. Rain fallen in the week ending on Wednesday evening, the 21st, 0.99 inches. Barometer, lowest, 29.73; highest, 30.10. Thermometer, lowest, 50; highest, 76, in the shade, be tween 8 A.M. and 8 P.M.—Leicester Journal. THE WEATHER AND CROPS IN Z s COTLAND.—Too ranch of ono thing is said to be good for nothing, and farmers say that we have certainly had too much rain of late to be good for anything. Still th e cro p s l oo k well, and with favourable weather would undoubtedly, in our district, be above an average in respect of ,bulk. The winter wheat will not be so bulky as it at one time promised; but oats and barley, where the braid came well away, have seldom looked better. Beans arc decidedly better. Potatoes have come up well, and have a vigorous appear ance, but of course that is no security against the old disease at a future stage of their progress. It is somewhat singular that, prior to the introduction of the rot, great difficulty was experienced in getting the po tato to vegetate freely, and farmers were put to consi derable trouble and expense in procuring seed from all sorts of outlandish districts, as it was found that those grown in late and high localities, and if among peat so much the better, throve best, and were less subject to curl. Now, however, provided the seed be sound and good, little attention is paid to whence it comes, as all seem to grow equally well. Turnips have not brairded very readily, and in some localities have been much in jured by the fly.—Scotsman. PROSPECT of ..TLIE CROPS.—After about a fort night of heavy and continued rain, with slight thunder, there is, at the time we write, a prospect of fine settled weather. The barometer indicates " fair," and the at mosphere is dry and warm. This will enable parties to proceed with the hay making, which has been retarded, whilst the crops already cut, have been discoloured and injured. The autumn sown wheats have burst into ear, but are certainly not generally looking so well as last year; at the same time, a great breadth having been sown, we do not apprehend any deficiency; on the contrary, humanly speaking, the favourable prospect in the United States and Canada renders it probable that the price of this important article of sustenance will in the autumn be even lower than it is at present. The Lent grain has recently improved beneath the genial in fluence of the recent showers, and beans and pease pro mise well, which, after the total failure of last year, is cheering. Apples will not be so abundant as was at ono time expected, but pears will probably offer a plentiful crop. Potatoes offer a plentiful crop. Potatoes look as well as we ever remember, although there is a slight talk of the disease here, arid our Presteign correspondent, who gives us a very minute detail of prospects in that neighbourhood, says that there has been a great cry out about it in that quarter. He trusts, however, that it will turn out to be nothing more than talk. Tho hop yards of this county look well, and we observe, as well from the state of the markets as the reports, that the same is the case in the other extensive hop growing dis tricts.—Hereford Journal. ROYAL NAVAL FEMAL E SCHOOL, Ricnmortn.— The annual examination of this excellent institution took place on Tuesday, the 20th instant, in the presence of the Right Hon. Earl Manvers, President; Vice-Ad miral Lord W. Fitzroy, Sir Henry Baker, Bart., Ad miral Hope, the Hon. Captain Maude, Commander Beechy, Captain R. Williams, the Countess Manvers, Lady Fitzroy, Ladies Baker, Phipps, Scott, Maude, and the gentry of the district. The pupils, 82 in number, were examined in history, geography, geometry, French, and drawing, principally, by the Rev. J. Hales, minister of the parish, and acquitted themselves with great credit to their teachers. But one of the most striking features of the examination consisted in the performance of the musical classes under the direction of Mr. W. C. Solle, illustrating the results of a system of simultaneous musi cal tuition invented by that gentleman, which has been attended with the most pleasing results. About forty young ladies, after having passed through a rigorous examination on the theory of musical composition, pro ceeded to its practice, and performed in class with re markable precision and neatness of execution, from the works of Osborne, Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Czerny, and we cannot but regard the effectiveness of their performances as indicating the complete success of Mr. Selle's system, which seems to promise the most splendid results whenever it can be adopted in accord ance with circumstances auspicious to its full develop ment. After short addresses from theaßev. J. Hales and the Hon. Captain Maude, the proceedings termina ted with prayer. ILLNESS OP THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE.—M. Pasquier, late surgeon in ordinary to the Orleans family, has just been summoned to Claremont to give an opinion as to the health of the Prince de Joinville, who is said to be labouring under a disease of the liver, the origin of which is referred to his stay in Africa. A great aggra vation of his malady has lately occurred, produced, it is s a id, by suddenly hearing of the decree of banishment lately issued against his family. DIABOLICAL ATTACK BY A. GANG OF BURGLARS ON TWO mrsEßs. DEATH OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS. YORK, SATURDAY JMORNING.—In the village of Warthill, about five miles north-east of this city, 6 most atrocious attempt at double murder has been perpetrated. The unfortunate victims of the brutal outrage were a quiet, inoffensive, and respectable widow lady, named Newlove, upwards of seventy years of age, and her son, Thomas. Newlove, an un- married man, between forty and fifty years of age. Jointly and separately they were possessed of con sidereble property, and adopted the foolish plan of being their own bankers, as much as 1,500/. being kept in their miserable abode. They lived in the most penurious manner, so much so as to follow the practice of seldom, if ever, retiring to rest until their neighbours, in the natural course of things, would be getting up; the strange object of their strange life being to watch their hoarded wealth. About eight o'clock on Monday morning, a labourer, who was in the habit of milking the cow and doing other little jobs for Mrs. Newlove and her son, called at the house as usual. The back door was opened, and on entering a passage leading to the front kitchen he was horrified on perceiving her lying on the ground, apparently dead, and a quantity of blood about her. The man immediately raised an alarm, when, upon the neighbours assembling, a search was made for the son, who was shortly a fterwards found outside. Hi s head was sadly beaten in, And blood was copiously flowing from the wounds. i\l" dical aid being procured, the extent of their injuries was in some degree ascertained. An iron candle stick was found in the passage, which had evidently been used in the murderous affray. It was covered with blood and hair, and had apparently been bee t by the force of the blows inflicted with it upon the heads of the poor creatures. On a further examino• nation, it was quite clear that they had made a vigo r. ous effort to escape from their murderous as sailant which the state of th e p assage con fi rme d , po ol' blood being visible in several parts. Mrs. Newlove in some degree subsequently r ecovere d h er sense s, and from what could be gleaned from her, the ruffian s were three in number. They had contrived to ote tam an entrance into the house by a back wincloW, and the robbers, believing that the son had fled to the village to give an alarm, decamped without obtaining any of the hoards they coveted. The police, her" ever, discover e d 1,8001., c hi e fl y i n notes, in different parts of the house, and 1731. secr e t e d i n a s h av ing' box. In one of the rooms were several rolls of notes tied round with thread. This morning the police received intelligence of the death of Airs. Newleve, who had sunk under the dreadful injuries sbe re' ceived. No trace of the ruffians has yet b een . obtained, although th e p o li ce h ave b een scour i n g b e country for miles round. ELECTION OF SHERIFFS. On Saturday a C ommon H a ll was held f o r tn e election of sheriffs. The assemblage of liverymen was unusually small, the office of the shrievalti having stirred up no man's ambition in the present, excited and unpromi s i ng ti mes . O n the contra ry, a ll applications to gen tl emen to serve have, it is sa id ' failed; and the two who were elected will, ac cording to the general opi n i on , ra th er su b m i t to the s everal penalties ann exe d t o re f usa l , t h an enter upon duties of the office. At one o'clock the Lord Mayor, accompanied bY several of the aldermen, the sheriffs, an d the prince; !. pal city officers, proceeded from th e C our t o f Aln e men to the hu s ti ngs , an d t h e b us i ness of the da y d .' immediately commenced. The COMMON-SERGEANT came forward to offic iate in the room of th e Recorder, in consequence of d heavy family affli c ti on . The Learned Gentleman having addressed the livery upon the nature and iin a . portance of the privile ge th ey were a b out to exerci se ' Deputy SELSON stood forward for the purpose 7 3 requesting that the meeting should not call 0% Alderman Finnis to ser ve un til next year, on accoun t of the recent electi on o f th a t gent l eman to the A ce of Alderman. The livery very readily excused Alderman Fiu l) r and Alderman Lawrence, upon the ground of Ole i c late appointment to the mag i s t racy o f the city °' London. Their were several names of high commercial eni i ‘ nence then put up, but, as if by previous arrant of ment, scarcely a hand was held up until the names Mr. C. P. Bousfield, citizen and weaver, and Alr. R. Mills, citizen and fishmonger, were raised nr 9 . 5 the board, and then every one raised his hand and t voice too, and the two uncon s cio us citizens We re elected amidst loud applause and laughter. The Chamberlain was then re-elected, as were sane of the inferior officers. A statement of the Corporation accounts was then read, which, however, want of space precludes us from publishing. The Sheriffs having made their return to the Court of Aldermen, the hall was dissolved. COURT OF ALDERMEN. A Court as held. After the return by the Sherifii of the proceedings of the Common llall, the Court proceeded to consider the petition of Mr. Thom' Wood (late Alderman of Cord wainers' Ward), s P ,' I\lr. George Martin, chief clerk in the City Solicitor, office for the situati on o f c hi e f c l er k i n t h e G u ildhal l Police Court. M r . L ew i s , o f El y - p l ace, h a d a l s o Pe% tinned the Court f o r th e office ; but he withdrew uP!„ being informed th a t h e wou ld not b e perm itted practise in his pr o f ess i on if e l ecte d . Mr. Wood Nil, elected by a majority o f th ree over M r. Martin.--- 1 ° journed. The Chairman and Court of Directors of the 9: India Company paid an official visit to the Chinese 3 0fi r on Friday last. The directors arrived in their respe,., tive carriages, attended by several of the officers of t: ra company, about five o'clock; they remained on k n° t o about an hour, and appeared highly gratified Will' novelty and interest of the exhibition. tile s TYE KELLYS AN D T UN O'KELLYS.--A tO Irish novel has long been a rarity, and we are g isci b s see that Mr. Trollope, whose kn ow l e d ge of Irish I g ne been amply man if es t e d b y hi s previous pro d uc tions, lis t he announced one under the title of " The Kellys an ts d t he O'Kelly's, or Landlord s an d Tenants," from Tilli e " public may be led to expect a picture of so ciety a lio , manners as they exist in th e Si ster Ki ng d om whiciti, the not fail to amuse, a nd i s very likely to astonil the reader. The p eer an d t h e peasant, the heiress an the beggar, the rich agent and the poor p r oprieter% d sporting pa rson an d t h e gentleman blackleg, are 551 es figure in the story w i t h suc h vividness of portra itur e e %, to excite the impression that they are taken free' isting originals. The fire annihilator is a small machine of the else of a common pail, containing several iron encaser n . ,, ell ia and in the middle 7lbs, of nitre, carbon, and gYPa n ,7,; ft the proportion of six, two, and two, and also one .1 1 - 10 14 0, water; at a touch of the finger on a of w • so d charged with a small quantity of chlorate of pnta ss i n to sugar, the compound is in a moment converted t he steam to an amount so enormous, that it equa ls is quantity produced by a fi ve -h orse steam boiler, al i o t equivalent to a b r i ga d e fi re - eng i ne. Th e w h o le mac is can be made for 1/. of which the combustible 0 P 51:1 worth only 14d.—Builder. a 1110 The Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot has close too visit to the D u k e o f W e lli ng t on , a t A ps l ey Houle' proceeded to his seat in Northamptonshire. a 0 [ADYERTISE2riENT.]—Another Person Cu r e ns ife Dropsy by H o ll oway ' s P il ls.— M r. D uncan, an ext e ",, for farmer residi ng at t h e E lms, near Boston, had beep years in a bad state of health, the disease prodecrided swelling in his feet an d an kl es which gradually esel until the whole of hi s b o d y was affected; convineeu he he was labouring under a confirmed case of drops Pod consulted some of the most eminent of the fon nitY „' e 6" h used their remedies, f rom w hi c h h e derived nortflo but became worse ; in thi s state h e determined "eria Holloway's Pill s , an d, t o th e won d er o f a ll, this stl e , of medicine cured him in an i ncre dibly s hort sPa o lle time. Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor way's establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. gUw e, On the 23d inst., at Grosvenor-street, TiscounteSs of dale, of a daughter. idoW On the 18th inst., at Lee Park A , Blackheath, th B - w „, of '- the late C. A. Lushington, E sq ., Bengal Civil Sett — ' daughter. ort On the 21st inst., at Clapham-road -place, Dirs. Fr W ebb, of a dughtr. 0 On the 22d a inst., •! at North-bank, R ege nt's-Polk'itk iCif of Lieutenant-Colonel Kitchener, of a daughter. F jor d At Clifton, on the 23d inst., the wife of the ger. W Onatrd, M.A , of a daughter. the 22d inst., in York-street, Portman-square , the lifif6 of H. Rodwell, Esq., of a daughter. Mrs. -1 GI On the 22d inst., at Lark -h a ll-l ane, Cl ap h a m, Perkin of a daug , hter. ill onneP On the 23d inst. at East Sheen, the wife of F. Om Esq., of a son. _..../ MARRIED. 0 ' On the 22d in s t., at St. Nicholas Church, Great -ja r-10 foci! by the Rev. W. C. D avie M.A ~ Samuel W. riesling' J. Y. of the city o f Norwich, to Mary relict of the late o ' l ' Sparke, of th e same city. lie a On the 22d inst., at St. Sohn's, Paddington, by the or' S. Stu rges , M.A.,Henry Smith, Esq., of Upper ST - te r ' street, Portman -square, to Elizabeth biortlock, daup J. Sturges, Esq., of Connaught-square. • DIED At Hightield, near Southampthe 18th inst. ,ll , ( l. t , Louisa, the w if e o f Li eutenant -t onlonel E. J. Crabbe , "• daughter of the late J. Crabbe, Esq., of Shidtield, On the 20th inst., at Downton, Radnorshire, Mary b oy field, fourth daughter of Sir William and Lady Oc/c aged 17. At Plastings, on the 21st inst., aged 74, Mary, relic t ci the Rev. W. Whistler. Or e ' On the 22d inst., J. Peppercorne, Esq., of Thu rloe-01 Brompton. aged 74. On the 22d inst., at Wallington, near Carshalton, Sarre Hannah, the wife of Mr. T. Rymer, aged 43. e On the 22d inst., at Eaton-place, aged 19, Gertrude. therine, seventh and youngest daughter of the Hen. Law, M.P., Recorder of London. o° l On the 23d inst., at Montagu-square,aged 77 , Di ar Y t° of At te late J. Henderson, Es. Shoe At Holloway, on the 23d inst., R. Stillwell, Esq. , o f ditch, aged 74 London: Printed and Published by MITRDO OUN°' 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ofileet Strand, in the Precinct of the Savey, is tb Pl*" Monday, Juag 26, 1848. SPANISH AFFAIRS. Mr. BANKES gave notice of his intention to-morrow to move that the circumstances attending the expulsion of a Minister accredited by the Court of Great Britain to the Court of Spain, and the interruption of the amic able relations between that country and England, conse quent upon them, are circumstances immediately calling for the attention of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) INDIA RAILWAYS. Lord MAHON wished to know from the Right lieu. Baronet the President of the Board of Control how far the railways in India had been affected by the financial distress in India as well as at home. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE had no other answer to make to the Noble Lord than had appeared in the public prints, in which all the circumstances connected with Indian railways had been stated. The Madras Com pany had dissolved itself. The Bengal Company had not been able to find the amount required by the East India Company, but brighter prospects he was in hopes were in store for the Bombay Railway. ST. ALBAN'S. _ _ Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from an elector of St. Alban's praying that that borough might be included in the schedule to the Bill of the lion. Member for Flint Burghs. Mr. RAPHAEL wished to say a few words upon the subject of the petition. The SPEAKER said the petition had been ordered to lie upon the table, and it was out of order to do so. Mr. RAPHAEL said in that case he would move that the petition be printed.—(Cries of " Order, order.") Mr. COBDEN reminded the Hon. Gentleman that he had already given notice that to-morrow he should move that the petition be printed. Mr. RAPHAEL said he would take that opportunity of saying what he had to say upon the subject. ILISH POOR-LAWS. Mr. STAFFORD wished to ask the Home Secretary, whether it be the intention of the Government to intro duce a declaratory Bill in reference to that clause in the Irish Poor Relief Amendment Act, commonly known as the quarter acre clause ? Sir G. GREY said it was not the intention of the Government to promote any alteration of the law, but the subject was now under the consideration of the Poor law Commissioners, with the view of making an order in reference to it. THE ST. LAWRENCE. Mr. SPOONER said he had received a letter from an eminent house in Montreal, stating that the Board of Trade of Canada had memoralized the Home Govern ment on the subject of opening the St. Lawrence, and representing that if the policy of the present Go vernment in reference to that question were persevered in, it might lead to the annexation of Canada to the United States. Seeing the Under-Secretary of the Colonies in his place he wished to ask whether such a memorial had been received. Mr. HAWES stated that the papers alluded to by the Hon. Member would be laid on the table to - morrow. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. BRIGHT said the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had stated last December that the Bill for promoting the sale of encumbered estates in Ireland was ready to be proceeded with, but up to the present time no communication had been made to the House with respect to it. It was a question of great importance, and should, if possible, be disposed of this session, and he wished, therefore, to know when the Bill would be brought forward ? Lord J. RUSSELL replied that the Bill would be proceeded with before the other Irish business. JAMAICA.—MR. HAWES' EXPLANATION. On the order of the day being read for proceeding with the adjourned debate, Mr. HAWES said he was anxious to make a statement in accordance with the pledge he made to the House on Friday night last, so as to enable the House to judge of the correctness or incorrectness of certain accusations made by the Noble Lord the Member for King's Lynn. In the first place, he wished to put himself right with the House, and to state that if in the course of Friday evening he did use any expressions which were con sidered objectionable, he wished now to withdraw them. He could not allow the statements of the Noble Lord and the imputations which he had cast both upon the department which he had the honour to serve, and upon his Noble Friend Lord Grey, to pass without the most direct and positive denial on his part. The Honourable Member then went into an explanation relative to the dis patches of Governor Light ,and Lord Harris, whisk the Noble Lord had alleged were suppressed, in order to show that the Government had nu intention what. ever to withhold the documents from the Committee. The dispatch was preparing for the House. On the 16th of June, Mr. Goulburn asked him in the House, (he was spewing from the Times of the following morn ing,) if he had yet received from Jamaica any account of the state and prospects of the island; to which he (Air. Hawes) replied that he was sorry to say the Government had not yet received these papers. which were usually published in a blue book, and thatthe accounts he had received were only of a general character At a later period he put a similar question to which he gave a similar replS. This was the explanation he had to give with respect to the first part of the charge, and he asked the hon. gentleman and the House to put that generous interpretation upon it to which he believed his. con duct in the matter entitled him. He now came to the mattter which was entirely personal to himself, and though labouring under strong feelings in relation to the charges which had been made against him, yet, as his public character was entirely unsullied, he would not allow himself to be betrayed into the use of heated and intemperate language, he had so keen a sense of the impropriety of the altercations which had recently taken place in that House, and if their effect elsewhere, that he should not use any expressions cal culated to give the slightest offence. Having read the charge made against him by the Noble Lord in the very words he used, the Hon. Gentleman proceeded to say that he declared at the time he did not recollect that any important dispatches had been received from the Governor of Jamaica, and in the Committee (a portion of the evidence ho gave before, which he read), he stated in reply to the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Goulburn), that dispatches of an important character had been received from other colonies, but that he could not find any thing which could bear that interpretation from Jamaica, adding, that whatever had arrived should be laid before the Committee. He asked, [therefore, whether his conduct in the matter justified the accusa tion of the Noble Lord ? The dispatch alleged to have been withheld occupied a single page of the blue book, in which the Governnor suggested a protective duty of 2d. upon foreign sugar as against colonial sugar— giving, in fact, an opinion in favour of protection. Now he confessed be did not attach that importance to the do cument which the Noble Lord did; but at the same time the Goverment stated that the representatives of the colonial planters, with respect to the cost of the pro duction of sugar must be treated with great caution by the Noble Earl at the head of the Colonial Department. Taking, therefore, the view he took of that document, there could be no motive for withholding it. He would now come to the other horns of dilemma, the other dis patch which the Noble had alluded to. That dispatch came first to the Colonial-office on the 27th of March. It went first to Arr. Cox, who was in that office, after wards to Mr. Elliott, then to himself, and then to Earl Grey, all of whom had made different statements upon them; and Earl Grey directed that they should be laid before the Committee ; but Mr. Cox had ne glected to d o so . If t h e error had taken place on his (Mr. Hawes) part, he would be most ready to have borne all the blame.—(Hear, hear.) Now, having made this statement, he called upon the Noble Lord to state whether he meant to adhere to the charge he had made against him, because if the Noble Lord did adhere to that charge, he should ask the House to institute the most searching inquiry into the subject, as he was determined either to be convicted of the charge imputed to him or stand fair before the House and the country upon the serious charge that had been thrown upon him by the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.) Lord G. BENTINCK was sure that every Member who had listened to the statements of the Hon. Gentle man would be satisfied of the perfect correctness of these statements.—(Hear, hear.) But he thought that the Hon. Gentleman had not made out any case to show that the Colonial-office did not withhold the in formation from the Committee.—(Hear, hear.) He (Lord George Bentinck) had made two distinct charges, the one was that the Colonial office had systematically kept back the information which Parliament in February oughto have been in possession of, and which the Com mittee, of which he was Chairman, ought to have been made acquainted with. He had made another charge against the Honourable Gentleman, which was, that in his evidence befor e the Committee on the sth of April he had displayed a very short memory until matters were recalled to his recollection. He confessed he was still lost in surprise that the Hon. Gentleman should have given the answer ho gave (Rmigrh.tono before the Committee after the statement he had made to-day ; because, though it was true that ,1 1 the course of that evidence he said that he v?! not aware of any important dispatch that very dispat e u t r , n) had been withheld from the Commmittee, yet the uoinh. Gentleman, a Member of the Committee his (Lord G. went distinctly to the character of this vvhi ? h the Hon. Gentleman, in answer to and whilst first he reminded was not the Bentiuck's)character last question, distinctly stated then preparing, before the Committee he reminded the let there be no mistake ut )f the dispatch which was House of the evidence take leave to ask the a ttention of the R ouse whilst he showed own'xiY ed to them that there had been th e greatest ri April d about the dispatch from Jamaica both b e f ore the sth and after sth of April. Repeated inquires e w e relative to this information from Jamaica, but ' On e every ma occasion the representative of the Gove rnment were he the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Trade in the absence of the hon. Under Secretary for the Colonies, as the Honourable Under Secretary himself distinctly denied that there was any information of this nature. Now, then, let them weigh well the spirit of the questions, and the spirit of the answers given by the Hon. Gentleman opposite. The Hon. Gentleman has asked for a :particular blue-book, and he replied, " You allude to the blue-book containing an annual accout of the state of Jamaica ; and the fact is, we have not received it. The Eight Honourable Gen tleman, who put the question, was not satisfied with this answer, and ho said—" Does not the Governor wrote dispatches on the subject of the state of