The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-16 00:00:00

VibtrZi Nrittion CAMERON'S COALBROOK STEAM COAL AND SWANSEA AND LOUGHOR RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the pro• prietors of the above railway was held this afternoon at the offices of the company, in Moorgate-street, for the purpose of receiving the directors' report. Only ten shareholders and two directors were present, and although they were sufficient to constitute a meeting, Mr. SMALLBONES, one of the principal proprietors, suggested a further adjournment. He objected to the report and past proceedings of the directors, but in the absence of the directors who had taken the most active part in the management of the under taking, he did not feel himself at liberty to make any observations, or submit any proposal to the meeting. Mr. WRIGHT usoved that Captain Northcote do take the chair, which was seconded and agreed to. The minutes of the previous meeting were then read and confirmed. Mr. WRIGHT wished to know if the accounts sent out to the shareholders included the amount due to the solicitors ? The CHAIRMAN said it did not. The solicitor's bill of costs was ready to be sent in, he understood, but he could not say what the amount would be. Mr. WRIGHT complained that the accounts had not been audited. The SECRETARY explained that the reason they had not been audited was this, one of the auditors had dis qualified, while the other had declined to act. Mr. STRELLY, the auditor last referred to, said he refused to audit the accounts because he could not understand them. Mr. WRIGHT said the account was illegal and could not be received. Colonel BAINES pronounced the proceedings of the company, from beginning to end, to be fraudulent and irregular. Formerly there were 150 shareholders in the concern, but sixty of them had been allowed to escape all liability by paying a trifling sum of money. That, he considered, was most unfair. Mr. ELDERTON said the money paid by the share holders had enabled the directors to pay off most of the liabilities, and now a very small sum only was required to discharge the remaining out- standing debts. All, then, that would be wanted would be the railway transit, and there were two modes of obtaining it. If the South Wales could raise the money to continue their line on to Swansea, an expenditure of 2,0001. would give their collieries a direct communication with the line, while, on the other hand, if the South Wales Company could not carry their railway as far as Swansea, an expenditure of 3,0001. would enable this company to make a short line of 21 miles over their own land to the port of Llanelly, and bring the col lieries into immediate and profitable operation. Mr. WRIGHT said the money amounted to 26,7791. Now, What banker would lend them money with that debt over their heads. He wished to know how the shares stood ? The SECRETARY said the shares of the company numbered 20,000, but only 4,000 were held by the public—the others were in the hands of the company. Mr. WRIGHT suggested that under these circum stances they had better resell the property to the vendor. After some further discussion, Mr. Ilownisa stated, that if the line to Llanelly could be made the collieries could be worked to yield 10,000/. a year. Now the expense of the company would be about 3,0001., so that, in point of fact, if once they obtained the railway they would receive an actual profit of 7,0001. It was ultimately resolved that in order to meet the exigencies of the company the board of directors be recommended, if possible, to borrow sufficent money to pay the debts that must be paid. The vacancies in the direction were then disposed of, and the auditors appointed for the ensuing year. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated. FRANCE. The Union says--" A report has been in circula tion that the Councils General intend to propose the revision of the Constitution, and that a great number of representatives, before leaving Paris for their departments, engaged to use all their influence to induce the Councils-General to assume the initiative on this occaston. It is also stated positively that petitions, demanding the revision of the Constitution, will, under the same influence, be signed throughout the whole of France." The Committee on the Budget, the only one which is to continue its labours during the prorogation of the Assembly, held a general sitting yesterday to deliberate on the various Bills submitted to it. The Bill on the incoeoe•tax was not in general approved of. The several members who spoke agreed that a necessity undoubtedly existed to augment the resources of the Treasury, in order to arrive at the equilibrium of the Budget, but they consi dered that this tax was objectionable in many wa3 s, and particularly in its mode of collection. Such a tax existed already, it was said, as the taxes on real property, on houses, on rent, even on patents, are nothing but a presumed duty on the profits arising from property, industry, or commerce. The mode of collection proposed in the new tax, it was observed, would give rise to acts of an arbitrary character, as a sort of inquisition would be exercised in each man's case, which would produce an impression on the public of a more objectionable character than could be made up for by an increase in the revenue. The committee, in consequence, appeared in general to prefer partial additions to each branch of the revenue to a single tax on the general appreciation of men's property. Some members spoke of a duty on paper, and others on the dividends given to shareholders in public companies. The c ommittee, without coming to any division, sent the matter to a sub. committee. The duty on potable liquors was considered indispensable. The 33111 relating to the concession of the Paris to Avignon Railway was favourably received, it being admitted that the state could not at present undertake the com pletion of the works. The Committee, before separating, divided itself into the five following sub- Committees : Income-tax—MM. Douhet, Bochet, Creton, Sau vaire-Barthelemy, and Gaslonde. Potable Liquors—MM. Benoist d'Asy, Gasc, De Charency, and Andre. Paris to Avignon Railway—MM. Gouin, Mathieu- Bodet, Giraud, Combarel de Leyval, and Sauvaire- BartUlerny. Registration Dues—MM. Andr4, Gasc, Druet- Desvaux, De Panat, and Loyer. Stamp Duties—MM. Buffett, Druet-Desvaux, Beaumont (de la Somme), and Fournier. HOLLAND. THE CHOLERA. AMSTERDAM, AUG. 13.—Here the cholera is greatly on the decline ; only three fresh cases were brought into the hospital yesterday, and three of the patients there died, while 34 remained under treat ment. . . Unhappily it has appeared at the Hague, where it is very fatal, as is generally the case at the commencement. Including Scheveningen, 105 persons have died and .51 recovered, while 160 were reported under treat ment. It is, however, not easy to give the numbers with entire accuracy ; other cases may have occurred which have not been made known. Only 14 cases are in the hospital. At Leyden 141 fresh cases occurred on the 10th ; deaths 5, recovered 16, under treatment 72. At Utrecht, from the 6th to the 12th, 263 fresh cases were reported ; recovered 120, died 164, under treatment 246. _ _ At Kampen, 35 cases occurred on the 10th; died 16, recovered 9, under treatment 40. THE HAGUE, AUG. 14.—The King has appointed Mr. Van Olimart Secretary for the Affairs of Lux embourg, at the Hague, in the room of Mr. Pagnet, who will resume his post of Professor at the Athe naeum of Luxembourg. The Cardinal Archbishop of Malines is expected at Thilbourg on the '23d, in Southern Brabant. On the 15th instant there will be a Family Council, composed of the heirs and relatives of his late Ma jesty King William 11., which will meet in the Palace of the Kneuterdyck. The Princess of Saxe Weimar will repair to the Hague for the purpose of being present at this Council, which is to discuss the final arrangements relative to the property left by his late Majesty. A. public sale of the splendid collection of paint ings belonging to the late King is very generally spoken of; at all events, they will he put up at a valuation. The Second Chamboe,reioofic the States General is to meet this day, at two prorogued. In the sitting , for the purpose of being the 1 lth Crownthe First Chamber of of the project of law for the States General on regulating the domains of the passed by —Tim 13ou u a g se . 14. 31 votes against I.—Dutch Papers, was AMSTERDAM, AUG. 13. e na tional funds were the only stock in which * Th- there was not some depreciation. Spanish were particularly flat, and Austrian had a downward tendency. (jf South America n stock the Peruvian was most ofered. Amsterdam Courant, Aug. 14. DUTCH FUNDS.—.A.MSTESDAN, Arc. 13. Money. Bills Actual Debt, V.; per Cent. •••.• •• • 52•3 5 3i Ditto, 3 per Cent •••• • • • • ••• •••• •• •• 61 i2 62 t •• •• •• ••'''' —Bl 814 Ditto, 4 per Cen . • • • • Am Syndic, 34 per Cent • • 4 •.,•• • • • • 84 84 ort Commercial Company, 4N par Cent •• 1531 i 155% Spanish New 5 per Cents. •••••• • • " '' _ Ditto 3 per Cent., Inland ••••• • " ' • Exchangeon London, at sight ••• • • • 12 02 Two months... ••• • • ....... 11 97 On llamburgh, at sight •• • • 3 34 87 Two months... ........ .. .. On Paris, at 5ight........ ~ b 7 --• Tw0m0uth5............... 56 42 THE SUN, --- A SAIL ON THE DEAD SEA. At 3.25 passed the extreme western point, where the river is 180 yards wide and three feet deep, and entered upon the Dead Sea ; the water, a nauseous compound of bitters and salts. A fresh north-west, wind was blowing as we rounded t he point. IN e endeavoured to steer a little to the north of west, to make a true west course, and threw the patent log overboard to measure the distance ; but the wind rose so rapidly that the boats eould not keep head to wind, and we were obliged to haul the log in. The sea continued to rise with the increasi n g wind, which gradually freshened to a gale, and p resented an agi tated surface of foaming brine; the spray, evaporating as it fell, left incrustations of salt upon our clothes, our bands, and faces ; and while it conveyed a prickly sensation wherever it touched the skin, was above all exceedingly painful to the eyes. The boats, heavily laden, struggled sluggishly at first; but when the wind freshened in its fierceness, from the density of the water, it seemed as if their bows were encoun tering the sledge-hammers of the Titans, instead of the opposing waves of an angry sea. At 5.40, finding that we were losing every moment, and that, with the lapse of each succeeding one, the danger increased, kept away for the northern shore, in the hope of being yet able to reach it ; our arms, our clothes, and skins, coated with a greasy salt ; and our eyes, lips, and nostrils, smarting excessively. How different was the scene before the submerging of the plain, which was " even as the garden of the Lord 1" At times it seemed as if the dread Almighty frowned upon our efforts to navigate a sea, the creation of his wrath. There is a tradition among the Arabs that no one can venture upon this sea and live. Repeatedly the fates of Costigan and Molyneaux had been cited to deter us. The first one spent a few days, the last about twenty hours, and re turned to the place from whence he had embarked, without landing upon its shores. One was found dying upon the shore ; the other expired in November last, immediately after his return, of fever contracted uponits waters. But, although the sea had assumed a threatening aspect, and the fretted mountains, sharp and incinerated, loomed terrific on either side, the salt and ashes mingled with its sands, and foetid sulphurous springs trickled down its ravines, we did not despair ; awe-struck, but not terrified ; fearing the worst, yet hoping for the best, we pre pared to spend a dreary night upon the, dreariest waste we had ever seen. At 5.58, the wind instan taneously abated, and with it the sea as rapidly fell ; the theg a water, i t f a r t o i m n g its ponderous causehadceased quality, to act. v settling as l_ i!tohoi n as n t wen ty minutes from the t ime we bore away from a sea which threatened to engulph us, we were pulling away at a rapid rate, over a placid sheet of water, that scarcely rippled beneath us ; and a rain cloud, which had enveloped the sterile mountains of the Arabian shore, lifted up, and left their rugged out lines basking in the light of the setting sun.—Lynch's Expedition to the Dead Sea. MR. PIPS HIS DIARY. (From Punch.) TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1849.—Finding Fault with my W ife, for that she do not use enough Exercise ; whence her continual Headach, and Faddell, the 'Potticary his Bill of 51. She replying that I would never take her out, I said I would whenever she liked ; whereupon, we agreed to go a Walk forthwith, and my Wife did propose Regent Street. So we thither, pleasing ourselves with observing the Passers-by and the Carriages, though their Number do now begin to diminish, and the streets do daily blaze less and less with fin• Ladies and flaming Liveries. Going by Lindsey and ,Woolsey's, my Wife's eye taken with a Scarf in the Window, and would stop to look at it with a crowd of other women gazing at the Finery, which Mr. Skitt do call Baits, and a Draper's Shop a Lady-Trap. Presently she recollected that she wanted a Collar; so we into the Shop, where some sixty or eighty Ladies sitting before the Coun ters, examining the wares, busy as Blue-Bottle Flies at a Sugar Cask. Behind the Counters the Shopmen and Assistants, showing off the Goods, and them selves also, with mighty dainty Airs, every one of them almost, Narcissus his Image. But I. fear me they owe their pale delicate Looks and Languid Ways in part to the Want of sufficient Air and Exercise ; which is a sad Consideration. One of these dapper young Sirs did help my wife to her Collar, cost 3s. 6d ; when she thought she had better get another while about it, cost 3s. 6d. more. Then, says he in his soft condoling Voice, " What is the next Article ?" as though taking for granted that another was wanted—which was too true. For hereupon, my Wife bethought her of lacking some Lace Cuffs, four pair : cost 12s. " And now, Mem," (meaning Madam), says the young Fellow with a Simper, " allow me to show you a Love of a Robe, a Barege, Double Glace, brocaded in the Flouncings, and reduced to Twenty-one-and-Six from Forty five." But she professed that she needed it not : whereat I was glad ; when he did tell her he would do it at One-and-Four less : and she then saying that it was indeed a Bargain, which I find is a Woman's Word for anything cheap whether wanted or no, I let her have it : cost 1/. Os. 2J. But, to be sure, the Pat tern was pretty, and my Wife being well-dressed do please my Taste, and also increase my Consequence and Dignity. The Robe bought, it comes into her Head that she could not do without a new Shawl to match it, blue and scarlet, cost 21. 25., but will look mighty fine, and, I hope, last. Here I thought to walk her at once bodily away ; but seeing a stout middle-aged Gentleman doing the very thing, and how mean it looked, did forbear ; and in the Meanwhile the Shopman did beg, as he said, to tempt her with a superior Assortment of Ribbons. She rummaging over this Frippery, I to gaze about the Shop, and with Fellow• Feeling did mark an unhappy small Boy, while his Mother was comparing some three-score different Pieces of Satin, perched on a Stool, out of Patience. My Wife would have ss. worth of Ribbons, and here I hoped would make an end; but the shopman did exhibit to her some Silk Stockings ; and I telling her they were un necessary, she declared that then she must wear Boots, which she knows I utterly hate; and con cluded with buying half a Dozen Pair, cost 245. , with this my Martyrdom finished; and we away, bowed out of the Shop with Conges by the smirk ing Shopwalker, rubbing his Hands and grinning, as obsequious as could be ; and so Home ; I mighty serious, having laid out 51. 10s. 2d.; and the next Time I take out my Wife for a Walk, it shall be in he Fields and not in Regent Street. Lord. John Russell will leave London on Monday the 20th inst., on a visit to her Majesty in Scotland. — Scotsman WEATIIER AND CROPS.—On Saturday evening Edinburgh and vicinity was visited with a violent storm of thunder and lightning, and so heavy did the rain fall, that many supposed a waterspout had burst over us. The storm seemed to have been general, and must have seriously flattened the crops, particularly heavy wheat and barley. Ever since the beginning of the present month there has scarcely been a day in which thunder was not heard, or on which rain did not fall, yet except on Saturday the injury was partial and unworthy of notice. Several fields of barley in favourable situations have been cut within these two or three days, and various farmers speak of commencing cutting in the beginning of the week, but generally harvest will not take place till about the end of the month. This day three years (15th Aug.) did the potato disease manifest itself in its greatest virulence—it seemed as if on that day the pestilence passed over and destroyed that crop. This year we would fain hope the country will be spared from a similar visitation, though there are accounts or the disease having appeared to a small extent. We havo not heard of any symptoms of its appearance in this vicinity. —Scotsman. LIFE ASSURANCE IN FRANCE.—It is conceded on all hands that the great extension of life assurance in this country is one of the best signs of the times. Every man that assures his life renders the state a service, since the state is thereby saved the cost of keeping his family when he is gone; besides, the man that assures his; life is an enemy to tumult, since he must thereby lose all ho had saved. No wonder, then, that the President of the French Republic is desirous that a law should be passed for " the institution of aids and insurances, so as to insure to the laborious classes a refuge against the , consequences of the suspension of works, of infirmities, and of old age." In France life assurance is all but un known.—The Reporter and Assurance Chronicle, FISHING WITH CORMORANTS.—On Friday week Mr. Salvin, accompanied by Mr. Brockholes, Mr. Dillow, and other friends, took the birds (tour in number) to the Wyre, and continued the sport for several hours, but in consequence of there being too many eels in that part of the river where the fishing was carried on, the take of trout or other kinds was only inconsiderable. On Satur , day the party fished the Calder stream, end on Tuesday the Brock, when the success was of a much more marked character, particularly on the latter day, the trout being many of them of large size, and in excellent order for table. In order to prevent the gratification of their glut tonous inclinations, and- to secure the fish which they succeed in catching, a strap is placed round the lower part of the throat of the cormorant,which aegrec o tbulk, hinders but the swallowing of a fish of a tolerable not of eels; and that is the reason why the sport cannot be pursued with satisfaction where eels are found in any considerable quantity. The birds appeared to bo only imperb-ctly trained, artificial means having to be used to induce them to fish, and to entice them to bring the prey when caught, in order to its being disgorged from their throat, down which they never fail to force it as far as they possibly can. This want of more perfect training to bring the fish to land after having caught them occa sions at times no little inconvenie,ce, and the risk of s personal eb injury t o t h e person who d i rects the sport, as h e seize t g b e e tt o by w tabdee bill into to sat the :. rautetrb,eamn, ho din bhuiss needat tem t p u t s t ex ercise great caution and expertness, to avoid the savage strokes and bites which they are so capable of inflicting. —Preston Pilot. There is something in the last hour of the day, if it have been itself a happy one, which seems to concen trate all the pleasant things of the past. It is like a fin© evening sky, calm and sweet, and full of rays, that are all the rosier, because they are the last, —Eliza C'ook's Journal, LONDON, THURSDAY TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six O'CLOCK. EBOR HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Giselle $ to 1 agst Ellerdale 8 to 1 agst Glen Saddel ST. LECER. 2 to 1 on Flying Dutchman STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TUESDA.T.—For most numbers and qualities of yarns some further advance has been re quired to-day. In this upward course spinners have felt themselves urged on by the continued rise in cotton. They have found it very difficult, however, to carry the buyers along with them. The ma nufacturers hesitate ; the India merchants are waiting the arrival of the mail ; and the continental houses are disposed to watch the effect of the large shipments of previous purchases, which are now going out, before committing themselves to extensive operations at much higher prices. There has been some degree of irregularity in the market, however ; for, while most parties agree in stating that little business has been done, there are others who report a fair amount of transactions, on the whole, for the German, the Russian, the Mediterranean, and the home markets. In what has been done the full prices of last week have at least been paid, and, to some extent, more or less of an advance. The goods market has also been, for the most part, inanimate. It has, indeed, been easy to dispose of printers' cloths, and the lower qualities have shown a tendency to still higher prices. But the wider skirtings, particularly of the lower qualities, and various other articles suitable for India, are expe riencing a diminished inquiry, and the prices of some of them are not fully sustained. Long cloths, T's, and domestics are still neglected. We have advices from New York to the 31st July. The operations of speculators had raised the price of cotton t c to kc. per lb. Spinners were buying from hand to mouth. Little was doing for France, and nothing for England. The manufacturers of heavy cottons were still labouring under large stocks, with little demand and deressed rics. The accounts of the wheat crop were very good, and prices were still rather declining. go ß od oc in u a nrAkLeto-day,El MO AT.—There has been another and the flannels were eagerly bought up before noon. Heavy goods, such as ker seys, have been dull of sale, and the transactions have been more limited than on the previous week. In wool prices remain steady, with little business doing. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Stocks continue very low, and middling class of goods meet with ready , sale, especially those adapted for the foreign markets. Prices remain firm, and the late advance seems to be fully maintained. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—We have no particular change to notice this week, in our report of the state of trade, either in wools, in yarns, or in manufactured goods, everything remaining about the same as re- ported in our last. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—LittIe business done in the Cloth-halls to day, and we can quote no alteration in prices. THE DANISH BLOCKADE. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN SWITZERLAND. The Paris papers give the following details of a fearful tragedy recently enacted in the town of Ber thoud, in Switzerland :—Jacob Moser, of Gondisweil, in the district of Kulm (Argovia), was 45 years of age. lle had long inhabited the town of Berthoud, where he was generally beloved and esteemed. He was a widower and the father of five children ; his conduct was regular, and he supported his family by exercising his talents as a musician at public balls, and as a teacher of the art. The eldest child was a girl eighteen years of age, who at six displayed so much talent for music that she was already famous as a concert performer ; she had latterly resided in French Switzerland, where she earned her livelihood by teaching. Besides supporting his family, Moser had to maintain his aged parents. All these burdens caused him to contract debts which he was unable to liquidate. These burdens, an unfortunate attachment, the wretched condition of his children, despair, blighted affection, and the prospect of a debtor's dungeon in the distance, proved too much for the poor man's fortitude. The four children residing with Moser consisted of two sons, aged seventeen and thirteen, and two daughters of fifteen and seven years of age, all idiots, and three of them dumb. The boy who escaped was ten years of age. The family slept in two contiguous chambers. In one lay Moser, one of the girls, and one of the boys ; the other three slept in the adjoining apartment. The surviving son deposed that at about two o'clock, on the terrible night in question, he was awoke by his sisters, and perceived that his father had ari s en. The father, on being called, replied that he was writing in the next room. On returning he knelt down by the side of the bed, prayed aloud, and gave the children to understand, in a few broken sentences, that he was going to Berne. Young Moser soon afterwards went into the adjacent room, and found the four children lying dead. They had all been strangled with a small rope, found around the neck of one of the girls. A letter in the handwriting of Moser, sen., was dis covered, announcing his design. lie wrote— " I ask pardon, in the name of God. I can no longer endure e xistence, and I cannot resolve to leave behind me, abandoned to their fate, the poor children who are not yet brought up. Those who know me will be convinced that I could not. Once more, I suppli cate for mercy and pardon, for lam not actuated by vengeance or ferocity, but by despair." The following additional lines, written after the perpetration of the unfortunate act, indicate the regret of Moser at its accomplishment, but betray no doubt of the forgiveness of God:— " Now," wrote the poor wretch, " now I have done all ; but were the deed not done, I could not do it. May God in heaven be merciful, and grant me pardon !" Moser consummated the tragedy by blowing out his own brains. The body was discovered under the bridge of the Emme ; it appeared to have been so placed as to fall into the river after the commission of the suicide. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY EVENING. — The United States mail-steamer Washington, Captain G. W. Floyd, arrived here at 6 r.m. from Bremen. She left Bremerhaven on Sunday morning, and has encountered a tremendous gale from the south-west during nearly the whole of the passage. The Washington brings the intelligence, so welcome to the mercantile interest, that, in conformity with the stipulations of the armistice between Denmark and Prussia, the blockade of the German ports, including the rivers Elbe and Weser, was formally raised on Saturday, and that the Danish blockading squadron has been withdrawn, the three frigates heretofore cruising off Heligoland having departed for Copenha gen, thus permitting free ingress and egress to the respective ports. This measure liad already produced its favourable effects at Bremen, and ships under all flags were crowding to their various destinations, laden with produce from all parts of the world. A number of merchant ships had entered the Weser, and commerce was resuming its activity. The Washington saw a number of ships pressing forward with a fair wind for the Elbe and Weser. The American frigate St. Lawrence, 44, Captain Paulding, had left Bremerhaven fur a cruise in the Baltic. The Washington has on board 200 tons of cargo for New' York, and brings 57 first. class and 104 second-class passengers for New York, and 6 for Southampton ; total, 167, exclusive of children. The following was the cargo delivered at Bremen by this steamer :—Specie, value 1,600/. ; 74 bales of furs, 126 boxes of manufactured tobacco, 10 cases and 4 hogsheads of manufactured tobacco, 153 packages of whalebone, 50 bales of sarsaparilla, and 203 packages of sundries. She will sail hence for New York on Monday with upwards of 200 passengers. BALLOON ASCENT. - ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. lIOME CIRCUIT.—Croydon, Aug 14. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Special Juries). HARRIS AND OTHERS V. COLONEL FOX, M.P. This was an action to recover from the defendant a very large sum of money upon six bills of exehangedrawn , by him. Mr. Sergeant Channell, Mr. Sergeant Shee, and Mr. Peacock were for the plaintiffs; Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Bramwell for the defendant. The plaintiffs in the action, it appeared, were the part ners in the Plymouth Naval Bank. The pleas did not disclose any substantial ground of defence except that there had not been due notice of dishonour. The jury in this case returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. The CHIEF BARON inquired what amount the plaintiffs went for? Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL said the sum total of the bills was 6,7881. A verdict was accordingly recorded for that amount. Application having been made for immediate judg ment, Mr. CHAMBERS said he trusted the Court would not allow immediate judgment. He was instructed that for these bills and others, to a very largo amount, not more tha❑ 2,0001. had been given, and a bill in Chancery had been filed in reference to the whole transaction. After a short reply to the statement of Mr. Chambers by Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL, The CHIEF BARON said he should not grant imme diate execution. HARRIS V. FOX, ESQ. This was another action by the same plaintiffs against Mr. George Sackvilla Lane Fox, the son of the former defendant, to recover the amount of 16 bills of exchange, some of which purported to have been drawn by the Colonel and accepted by his son; others to have been drawn by Leon Solomon and accepted by the defendant, and the whole of which bore the endorsements of Solo mon and a person named Benjamin Joseph, and so en dorsed by the latter to the plaintiffs bank. The same Learned Counsel were engaged in the cause. Mr. PEACOCK opened the pleading., and read a number of pleas that had been made by the defendants, some of them being want of consideration and fraud. There were also the usual pleas denying the endorsements. Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL having opened the plaintiff,' case, called the following witnesses: — Mr. J. Dolby, a clerk at Cox and Greenwood's, the army agents, said—The signature to these bills is that of the defendant. I know that ho is an officer in the Royal Horse Guards Blue. By Mr. CHAMBERS—Mr. Fox is quite a young man. He has a very youthful appearance, and looks quite like a youth. Mr. T. Pegler, a clerk in Messrs. Dixon's bank, proved the signature of Colonel Fox, the drawer of the bills. Henry Joseph said, I am the son of Abraham Joseph, of Plymouth. I know his handwriting, and also that of Leon Solomon. 'The endorsement to these bills I have no doubt are their handwriting. By Mr. CHAMBERS —Leon Solomon is in court. He is my brother-in-,l a w, I do not know where he carries on his business, but he lives in Maddox-street, and I suppose he carries it on there. Abraham Joseph is my father. He lives at Plymouth, and is a bill discounter. This was the case for the plaintiffs. Mr. CHAMBERS said the defendant in this case was an extremely young man, an officer in the Royal Horse Guards, and it happened in an evil day that he became connected with Joseph and Solomon, and having some expectations, it appeared that Solomon resolved to make a terrific example of him. His Learned Friend, Mr. Peacock, had gone through the pleadings very elaborately, but he had omitted altogether to tell the jury what was the amount of the bills which were the subjects of the present action. He would, however, tell them; and the tact was, that though the defendant, a cornet in the Royal Horse Guards, bad only come of age in the beginning of the present year, the total amount of these bills, for which he was now sued, was 14,7201., whilst, as ho was instructed and hoped he should be able to prove, not more than 2,0001. had been advanced upon them. His instructions were that this money had been advanced w bile the defendant was under age, and that the bills had been obtained from him upon the representation that a larger sum should be ' advanced; but he had never received one farthing, and he was now called upon, under these circumstances, to pay the large sum of money he had mentioned. lie begged the jury to consider who were the plain tiffs in the present action. They were described as the proprietors of the Naval Bank at Plymouth, and in their presence he did not shrink from expressing his opinion that it was perfectly clear they must have known that this was not an honest mercantile transaction, and he felt some confidence that the jury would entertain a similar opinion. He would ask them whether they considered that a bank of respectability would have discounted the acceptances of a cornet in the Horse Guards, who had only just come of age, to the amount of 14,0001., without making some inquiry? He felt certain they would agree with him that no respect able bankers would have discounted such bills; or, if they had done so, they would have shown clear and satis factory reasons for such a proceeding, and, at all events, have produced evidence to show that they were no par ties to any fraud. His Learned Friends had not called Leon Solomon, although they bad heard he was absent, but he should do so; and, notwithstanding his being a hostile witness, yet as he was aware that a bill in Chan cery had been filed, and as he should now inform him, in addition, that a shorthand writer was engaged who would take down every answer he gave, be believed he should be able to getlsome truth out of him. The Learned Counsel again remarked upon the conduct of the Naval Bank, and said he was assured that every respectable banking firm would shrink from the suspicion of being connected with any dishonest transaction, and would feel it their duty to produce their books and their clerks to clear themselves; but here nothing of the sort had been done, and there was not the slightest evidence of the plaintiffs ever having given any consideration for these bills. LEEDS, AUG. 14.—Mr. Charles Green, the veteran aeronaut, made his 422 d ascent in the Royal Victoria balloon, from the yard of the White Cloth-hall, Leeds, last evening. The day was very unfavourable for an ascent; the wind was very high, and during the after noon there were several slight showers of rain. The inflation of the balloon commenced at half-past three, and terminated about half-past five. About half-past six the car was attached, and at seven, the hour an nounced for the ascent, Mr. Green seated himself in it, accompanied by his brother, Mr. Henry Green. The balloon was then removed to a more favourable spot for the ascent; and precisely at twenty minutes past seven Mr. Green cried out " Let go," and the balloon ascended very beautifully in a north-east direction. In five mi nutes it disappeared from the view of the spectators in the Cloth-hall, and although raining heavily at the time, hundreds of people rushed from that place into Kirkgate, the market- place, &c., where another view of the beautiful machine was obtained. It now appeared to be rising more rapidly, but owing to the cloudy state of the atmosphere, it totally disap peared about fifteen minutes from its ascent. Mr. Green states that they met with different currents of air during their voyage, and after being up about half an hour they descended about three miles beyond the city of York, and 28 from Leeds. The voyagers slept at York and returned to the Crown Inn, at Leeds, at half-past nine this morning. This was Mr. C. Green's fifth ascent from Leeds, and was announced as his farewell visit. The first balloon ascent made from Leeds was by Sig. Lunardi, who was the first aeronaut in England. He ascended from the White Cloth-ball, Dec. 4, 1786, and descended at Thorp-arch. The bells of St. Peter's, St. John's, and Trinity Churches were rung and the avenues to the Cloth Hall were guarded by the military and civil power. Half a guinea was charged for admis sion. Since that time nineteen balloon ascents have been made from Leeds by different persons, viz :—Mr. C. Green, Mr. G. Green (son of the veteran), Mr. W. W. Sadler, Mr. W. Russian, Mr. and Mrs. Graham, and Lieut. Gale. PIIENOMENON IN Ross-suiRE.—A curious phenome non occurred at the farm of Balvullich, on the estate of Ord, occupied by Mr. Moffat, on the evening of Monday last. Immediately after one of the loudest peals of thunder ever heard there, a large and irregularly shaped mass of ice, reckoned to be nearly 20 feet in circumfer ence, and of a proportionate thickness, fell near the/arm house. It had a beautiful crystalline appearance, being nearly transparent, if we except a small portion of it, which consisted of hailstones of uncommon size, fixed together. It was principally composed of small squares —diamond shaped—of from one to three inches in size all firmly congealed together. The weight of this large piece of ice could not be ascertained; but it is a most fortunate circumstance that it did not fall on Mr. Moffat's house, or it would have crushed it, and undoubtedly have caused the death of some of the inmates. No appearance whatever of either hail or snow was discernible in the surrounding district,—Ross-shire Advertiser. BOY DROWNED IN THE ARTESIAN WELL, ORANGE STREET.—On Tuesday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the board-room of the workhouse of St. Martin-in - the - Fields, relative to the death of Samuel Ensor, a boy aged ten and a half years, who was drowned in the artesian well which supplies the fountains of Trafalgar square. The deceased was the son of the engineer of the works, which are under the direction of Messrs. Easton and Amos, and situated in Orange-street. About six o'clock in the evening of Monday, during the tem porary absence of the men, he, in company with an other lad, went into the engine-room to look at the works, when Mr. Amos entered, and deceased, having been previously forbidden to go into that place, from fear, stepped backwards to hide, and in consequence of the well being at the time partially uncovered, ho fell through the aperture, descending a depth of no less than 140 feet from the flooring into the water, which is 60 feet deep. It was some time before he could be got out, when he was found to be quite dead. Ver dict, Accidental death." WESLEYAN METHODIST CONEERENCE.—MANCHES TER, Auc. 15.—The sittings of this religious denomi nation were closed yesterday evening, the Conference having sat to the latest day it could legally continue, under the poll-deed of the late Rev. John Wesley. According to the official returns of the number of mem bers in the connexion presented to the Conference, the total net increase within the past year in Great Britain, Ireland, and the foreign (missionary) stations, was 8,787 members. The Conference for 1850 will be held in London. MONET MAREET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 9 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 178. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives au exchange of 25.37; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.35, it follows that gold is 0.08 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Ham burgh the price of gold is 437 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of Si. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.11; and the exchange at Liamburgh on London at short being 13.111, it follows that gold is 0.11 per -cent, dearer in London than in llamburgh. SEAHA3I.—Arrd. George, Smith, Rio Janeiro. L EISMITIABA, Auo, 10.--Sid. Maria, Quebec, The Learned COUNSEL then called Leon Solomon. The witness got into the witness-box, but declined to be sworn to give evidence until he was paid his expenses. The CHIEF BARON inquired who he was subpceiaaed by? Ile replied by the defendant. The CHIEF BARON—Then ho must pay your expenses, or else I cannot compel you to give evidence. Some discussion took place as to the amount that was to be paid, and at length a sovereign was given to the witness, and ho was sworn. Fle was then examined by Mr. CLt AmnErts—He said, I am a capitalist, and I am in the habit of advancing money to gentlemen for their accommodation. I live in Midden-street, and carry on my business there. I was formerly a "capitalist" at Plymouth. lis my custom to travel about to different parts of England, to supply the officers of the army with plate, jewellery, .and money. Mr. CHAMBERS—Then you are in the hablit of going to the places where the cavalry regiments are stationed for the purpose of lending money to the rifficers? l',Tit ness—Yes; but I sin ,not particular wh ether they are cavalry or infantry officers.—(A laugh.) Examination continued—l have kept a banking ac count with the plaintiff for twelve years. I also bank with the London and Westminster, and Sir John Lub bock's banks. I have known the young g watleman, who is the defendant in this action, for two piears, He is a cornet in the Blues, and ho was not of age when I first did business with him. I advanced hir A a small amount before ho was o f age. I cannot say hr f w m uch ; it might have been 5001., or a little more. I Can not :ecollect if it was 1,0001. He owed me money w h en he came of ag e, but it is impossible for me to reco:Alect...t_ll , e gognt, it w as not 5,000 L It was 1,0001,, but I cannot recollect if livered. On the 13th of February last the mill took fire, it was 2,0001. My name is upon all the bills, and their in consequence of the spontaneous combustion of some amount is nearly 15,0001. Some of the bills were ac- " strippings," and the mill was burnt to the ground. cepted at my house, and others at the House Guards, The West of England Insurance Company paid the where the defendant was on duty. The six bills for amount of the insurance effected with them, but the tie -7,5001. were all accepted at one time. fendant's company refused all payment, alleging various At this stage of the case, it being seven o'clock, the grounds of objection embodied in their pleadings. further examination of the witness was postponed. For the defence, it was contended that the mill was August 15. described in the policy not as a " waste" mill but as a HARRIS V. YOX. The above trial was resumed this morning, when the witness Leon Solomon was again called, and further ex amined by Mr, CHAMBERS. He said—l cannot recollect whether these bills for 7,5001. were accepted at the Horse Guards, or at my house. I have so many similar trans actions that I cannot recollect them all. When I took them defendant owed me money. It was not 10,0001. that he owed me, but he did owe me more than 4,000/. He owed the money jointly with his father, Colonel Fox. I cannot say how much he owed me when he came of age. I swear that when he renewed any bills I always gavo him the old ones. When he gave me these bills I was to have advanced some more money, but I cannot recollect how much. _ Mr. CHAMBERS—SureIy you can tell us how much more money you were to give for these bills of 7.5001.? Witness—l really cannot recollect. I dare say I gave him some money. I will swear I did give him some. I cannot recollect whether It was 1001. or 1,000/. My books would have enabled me to speak correctly to that transaction. The CHIEF BARON inquired if the witness had been subpcened to produce his books? Mr. CHAMBERS said unfortunately he had not. Examination continued—l know I gave the defendant several hundred pounds on this occasion. Mr. CHAMBERS—Did you make any inquiries re specting the circumstances under which all these bills had been drawn by the father and accepted by the son? Witness—l dare say I did. , Mr. CHAMBERS—And were you not perfectly aware that they were accommodation bills? Witness—l dare say they were. Examination continued—l sent all the bills to my father-in law Abraham Joseph, at Plymouth. Joseph and I are not partners, but we do business together in the discount way. The bills were all sent to the Naval Bank, and Joseph gave me some money, and I also had some from the bank. The bank paid the full value for the bills, less the discount. They gave me credit for all the bills that were endorsed by me and Joseph, and credit for those which ho endorsed. I cannot tell how much money came to my share. I have no recollection of the nature of the settlement with Joseph. I have no letters or cheques referring to the transaction. Some letters passed between us on the subject, but Ido not know whether they are destroyed or not. The way in which we do business is, that I send Joseph all the bills I receive, and he gives me half the amount; and when they are paid into the Naval Bank credit is given us for the amount of the bills, less the discount. We usually divide the profit upon every transaction, but I cannot say how much Joseph had for his share of these bills. I swear that the bank placed the full amount, less the discount, to my credit. I do not know how much discount they charged. That depends upon circumstances. I will swear it was not 50 per cent. (Two bills for 2001. each, drawn on the 2d April, at one month's date, 'were here shown to witness.) Be said—l discounted these two bills for the defendant, and gave him 1001. in cash and 3001. worth of jewellery for them. These bills were discounted for me by the bank, and at that time they held the defendant's dishonoured acceptances for 3,1001. Mr. CHAMBERS—Did not the bank make any inqui ries with regard to these two additional bills, when so large an amount of dishonoured acceptances were already in their hands? Witness—They made no inquiry of me. In continuation he said that' he paid in the two 2001. bills of the defendant's with two of Colonel Fox's ac ceptances for 5001. each, and he produced his banker's book to show that credit had been given him for 1,391/. 15s. on account of these bills ; Si. ss. only having been, as it appeared, deducted for interest. The witness was pressed a good deal upon the subject of the transactions with the bank, but he persisted in the statement that the plaintiffs had given full value for the bills. Mr. CHAMBERS asked the witnees whether he had ever got any bills discounted by his London bankers? —The witness said he would rather not answer the question. The CHIEF BARON asked Mr. Chambers if he could carry the case any farther? Mr. CHAMBERS replied that he was afraid he could not. " cotton" mill, and thit'a waste mill was a far more dan- gerous property, and it was also provided in the policy that "No bought flyings or strippings, nor any other waste than that produced by the owner of the said mill, should be spun therein." To this it was answered, that the defendant's agent, who effected the policy on their behalf, himself saw what kind of a mill it was, and that if this defence were intended to be relied on, the defen dants knew at the time the policy was effected with them that it was void. It was eventually agreed to refer the construction of the policy to his Lordship, who decided in favour of the defendants, reserving leave to the plaintiff to move the Court above to set aside that judgment, if in their opinion it should be erroneous. Verdict accordingly for the defendants. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) Owen Divine and Peter Livine, aged respectively 19 and 28, were indicted for the manslaughter of George Brounou, at Manchester, on the 20th of last January. Mr. Joseph Pollock appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Atkinson for the defence. It appeared that about half-past ten o'clock on the night of the 20th of June last the prisoners were drink ing at the Spread Eagle public-hiiuse, in the Rochdale road, Manchester, when the deceased entered the room in which they were and joined the pirty, and whilst passing the prisoner Owen Divine accidentally trod on his toot, on which the prisoner Owen immediately jumped up, and struck him a violent blow on the lace ; and a fight thereupon ensued, in which the deceased Was knocked down, the prisoner Owen Divine falling upon him. The other prisoner then came up and kicked the deceased, whilst on the ground, on the body, he at the time having on a pair of heavy clogs tipped with iron at the toes. The deceased was at length dragged away from them, and then cried out to the person assisting him, " Oh, Billy, either my heart is kicked, or my ribs are broken." Ho was carried to a surgeon's, 'where his face was dressed, and he was then taken home. He remained in bed a few days, and then got up to obtain some one to do his work for him, but was obliged to return to bed, and he lingered until the 25th of April, when he died at the workhouse, to which he had been obliged to b, removed. A post mortem examination showed the cause of death to have been abscess in his side, where he had been kicked. His LORDSHIP, at the close of the case, said there was no evidence against the prisoner Owen Divine, and as to him directed an Acquittal. Mr. ATKINSON having addressed the jury for the other prisoner, His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury found the prisoner, Peter Divine, Guilty. The sentence was deferred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Elizabeth Vickery, a young person of respectable ap pearance, and believed to be well connected, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with. having attempted to destroy herself. She had been given into the custody of a policeman by the persons who saved her life at one o'clock on Tuesday. The defendant, it appeared, had been seen at nine o'clock in the morning loitering about the stairs at London-bridge, at which some labourers were em ployed. There was a wildness in her counte nance which the labourers attributed to gin, but which was supposed to proceed from excitement of a dif ferent kind. At a little before one o'clock she was observed again on the stairs, and then she suddenly slipped off her shawl and bonnet and flung herself into the river, out of which sbe was, however, soon dragged by Perkins and Simmons, two of the workmen employed in the neighbourhood. By medical treatment she was so far recovered as to be able to attend before the chief magistrate, but it was evident that she suffered much in mind and body. Alderman Ginns (locum tenens for the Lord Mayor) asked whether any one was present who could give any account of the defendant ? Scott (the Mansion-house officer) said that the unfoi tunate woman had been tried three or four years ago for bigamy and convicted, and that since that event she had acted in such a manner as showed that she was deter mined upon self-destruction. In answer to the Alderman's question whether she wished to say anything, the defendant shook her head, add bid her face in her hands. The ALDERMAN directed that her friends should be communicated with, and that she should be brought up again when more perfectly recovered from the almost fatal effects of her attempt upon her life. Namara Ryan, a moaning beggar, was brought up. She was heard long before she ascended from the cage to the justice room, crying in the peculiar style called the " allagone," .so well calculated to touch the pockets of the tender. hearted. It was not until she was threatened with immediate imprisonment that she stopped her music to allow the charge to be heard. It appeared that she had called at the relief office Of the city of London Union, and insisted upon being re lieved, declaring that she could get no work, and that she was starving. As the officer to whom she applied had grounds for believing that a little delay would not prove fatal, he directed the female searcher to perforjn her office, the defendant protesting all the time that she did not know what the colour of English money was. The officer's sagacity was rewarded. The searcher found, upon a very close examination, that the applicatA had the sum of ss. l l id. in her possession, and it was considered necessary to send the case for adjudication, particularly as at the present time the means of supply. ing the real wants of the poor are much diminished by the skill of the impostor. Alderman GIBBS—WeII, Mrs. Ryan, what have you The CHIEF BARON then addressed the jury, and said that the formal evidence which had been given on the previous day entitled the plaintiffs to a verdict; but the defendant had endeavoured to make out the pleas he relied upon by calling Leon , Solomon. There was no doubt that he was a hostile witness, but the defendant was entitled to call him, and it was to be regretted that he had not also been subpa:teed to produce hts books, the contents of which he said would have enabled him to speak more clearly with regard to the matter. It was im possible not to see what was the nature of the transac tion between the defendant and some of the parties, but the plaintiffs sued as bankers and bona fide holders of the bills, and upon the evidence that had been adduced they were in law entitled to the verdict. At the same time he felt it his duty to state that it was not customary for respectable banking firms, and there was nothing before him to lead to 'a conclusion that this bank was other than respectable, to bring actions in this manner upon their customers bills, and it certainly was the habit of the eminent London bankers to return such bills, when they were dis honoured, to the parties from whom they received them, and never to bring actions upon them except under par ticular circumstances. He must, therefore, admit that he concurred with most of the observations that had been made by Mr. Chambers upon this point, and he would add, if respectable parties did not lend their as sistanc3 in this manner, persons would not be able to scramble through dishonest transactions so easily as they often did by such means. He did not impute to the Naval Bank at Plymouth that they had done so in this instance, but he did hope the present proceedings would be a caution to them ; for, upon some future oc casion, they might meet with a jury who would take' a very unfavourable view of their conduct. It was highly important to the mercantile community that the law re garding bills of exchange should be strictly enforced, notwithstanding some unfortunate persons who had been swindled out of their acceptances might occasionally be the sufferers, and he felt it to be his duty, therefore, in this case, to tell them that in law the plaintiffs were en titled to a verdict. The jury, after consulting a short time, asked hits Lordship if they were to understand that they were bound to return a verdict for the plaintiffs? The CHIEF BARON said he thought they were. The plaintiffs bad done all that the law regarding bills of exchange required of them, by proving the signatures of the endorsers and acceptors. It was then the duty of the defendant to impeach the instrument, and the jury must understand that it was not only necessary for him to show that the bills had been fraudulently dealt with, but also to show that the 'plaintiffs were cognisant of it, and he must impeach the bills in their hands. A good deal, no doubt, had been proved in the case, which told its own story; but he could not see anything to impeach the title of the plaintiffs, and they were, therefore, by law entitled to recover. The jury, after a short consultation, said they were sorry that, under the direction of his Lordship, they had no power to return any other verdict than one for the plaintiff. A verdict was theii reCOrded for 14,4701, the jury refusing to give, any, interesp, for the period the bills had been overdue. to say in answer to this complaint, that, with money about you, you said you were starving and utterly desti tute? The defendant replied in the tone already de scribed, and, with a crying face not touched by a tear, that the money found upon her was not hers, but her poor mother's. Alderman Gums desired that the mother should IA called. The defendant—She's at home in Tipperary, and there's no use in calling her. How the money which the searcher's hands reached became the property of the defendant's mother was ex plained in the following statement, which she made in substance:— WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Bristol, Aug. 15. The bUsiness of the • assize was brought to an abrupt termination this morning. Never was so uninteresting an assize known, and never was a cause list on this cir cuit run through so rapidly; no doubt the fear of cholera 'entertained by all parties • had something to do with it; but independently of this the cause list was a very rotten one; nineteen common • juries were got through the first day (Monday), and eleven yesterday. Scarcely a single case has gone to a jury: In the undefended causes, of course; proper verdicts were taken; but nearly all the other ac tions were referred; and it was amusing to see the anxious countenances of the different barristers who had friends as counsel in the causes, hoping that they might be appointed arbitrators to decide between the parties, and thus obtain, in the long vacation, good fees to make up for a very bad circuit,—for such, as regards emolu ment, it has been to most parties. Whether the heavy expense of a reference will be the means of increasing' a love for litigation is extremely questionable. We never recollect a circuit in which-there has been matter of so Ruin - interest. - Three -causes were left last night, but they were all referred this morning, and. Mr. Justice Cresswell left the court, and the business was all over by ten o'clock. • - • NORTHERN CiRCCHT. - -Liverpool, Aug. 15. CIVIL SIDE .---(Befiiielir. JUStiCo WIGIITMAN.) HULL V. THE STAR FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. The defendant came over from the other side of the This was an action on a policy of insurance against fire, effected by the plaintiff for 2841. 16s. Bd. with the defendants. To which the defendants pleaded—lst, That they did not make the policy; 2d, That the policy was made by fraud and covin, and that there was a mis description of the kind of goods spun in the mill on which the insurance was effected. Mr. Martin, Q.C., and Mr. H. Hill appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Knowles, Q.C., Mr. Mathews, and Mr. Atherton for the defendants. It appeared that the plaintiff, Mr. Bichard Hull, was a commission agent at Manchester, and the defendants were a company called " The Star Fire Insurance Com pany," carrying on business in London. The plain tiff had a mortgage for three hundred pounds upon a " hardware mill,' and in manufacturing " cop-bottoms," at a place called " Goldshaw Fold." In this mill a quantity of what were called " strippings " of cotton were made and worked up, in the process of the manufacture, in which articles by themselves there was no danger of fire; but they were apt to get mixed with the oil of the machinery, and when so mixed and teazed by a machine called a " devil" they were liable to become inflammable and burst into flame. The plaintiff was anxious to insure this mill to protect his interest therein, and he therefore applied to a gentleman named Bird, the Manchester agent of the Star Fire Insurance Company, and that gentleman accompanied him and made a survey of the mill for the purpose of having an insurance effected upon it, and at that time there were six or seven "devils" at work in his presence teazing " strippings." In September, 1846,.a policy for 5001. on the mill was granted, and that pOlicj having lapsed, the plaintiff effected another policy for 5001. in the West of England Insurance. office. , 'Mr. Bird afterwards cache to the plaintiff, and representing to him the superior cheap ness and adiantage of insuring in the Star Fire Insurance Office, and the great value of the mill; the plaia - tiff was induced to effect a further insurance for 3001. in the star Laurance Company, and the policy was duly de water to work, and by chance, after wandering about, she met a lady, who, upon hearing her story, gave her 63., upon the promise that she would get home to her own country as fast as she could and hand over the money to her mother. As she was resolved to keep her word with the lady, and not break in upon the property con fided to her, she stitched it up in a rag, all but ono half penny, which she kept for her own trouble, and put it out of the way, as she thought, of everybody. She found, however, that she could not act honestly, even to her own parent without being put in prison for it; ,so because she was not a bit of a rogue she was treated just like as big a thief as ever came out of the country. Alderman GIBBS—How long have you been here? Defendant—Five weeks; and it is I that wish I never saw the place in all my days. Several of the police force said the defendant was one of the unfortunate beggars who were rather encouraged than repressed by denial, and spurned the idea of labour. Alderman Gross=-I sentence you, defendant, to font.- teen days' imprisonment in grideeell, where you will receive' some notion of the labour to which you have been unaccustomed. Defendant—Give me back my mother's money, and let me go home. Alderman . GIBIIS—Y our mother's money must go t o pay for your supportin prison, and you shall be sent home the moment you come out. The defendant then set up a "pallalu," and appealed to the tender hearts of all present in her usual style, but finding that she was disregarded, she turned round and walked in custody down stairs, muttering " Arrah, then bad luck to you all." GUILDHALL. A well•known burglar, named William Ash, vas charged, before Mr. Alderman Canien, with stealing upwards of 250 pair of boots and shoes, of the value of 1001. George Reid, aged 14, the son of Mr. William Reid, of 21, Finsbury-pavement; boot and shoe manufacturer, stated that about half•past ten or a quarter to eleven o'clock, the, previous night, he; in company with another person, went to his father's shop, into which they were rernOvirig;and on putting the key •in the door, to his astonishment found that- it was bolted inside. While wondering whO could hive done it, the door was sud denly opened, the prisoner with another man rushed out, and the former felled the witness with a blow, and both darted off in different directions, but' ultimately Ash was overtaken after a smart chase, and conveyed to the sta tion-house. _ _ James Donohoe, in the employ of Mr. Reid,'corrobo rated the testimony' of the prosecutor's son, and said that he started in pursuit of the prisoner, and Over took him in South -street, Finsbury, and there gave him into custody. On returning • to the house with the officers, they found 'three large sacks of boots , and shoes - packed up ready to be taken away. They had been taken down from the pegs all round the shop, and he never saw the sacks before. The desk was broken open, but there happened to be no money in it. Frederick Nelson Johnson said he was passing along Moor-fields, and saw the prisoner and another man run out of Mr. Reid's shop and run away. He followed the prisoner, and during the race did not lose sight of him. William Bryant, shopman to Mr. Reid, ide ntified the property as belonging to his master, and which was safe on pegs and in boxes a short time before, as they were moving into the house, and had only gone out for a short time to get some refreshment. Police•constable 125 said he heard a cry of " Stop thief !" and on running to Finsbury-pavement saw a man running, followed by another. He hastened after them, and received the prisoner in custody from a me tropolitan officer. On searching Mr. Reid's shop he found a piece of candle, which had been recently lighted, and the three sacks of boots and shoes ready done up to be carried away. On the prisoner were found some lucifer matches. Mr. Reid, sen., deposed that the property, which was packed ready for removal, was worth from 1001. to 1201. Alderman CARDEN asked the prisoner whatlie bad to say to the charge. Ash replied that he knew nothing about the affair. He was quietly walking along with his hands in his pockets, when stopped by the second witness. He was neverin the house: • - Alderman CARDEN said it had been distinctly sworn that he was in the house, and when he ran away he was not lost sight of. Ho should like to be informed whethe the prisoner was known. George Trew, of the City police, said he knew the prisoner well, and had had him in 'custody oft suspicion of being concerned in the robbery at Savory's, when so many watches were stolen. Alderman Carden committed him for trial. EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1849. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 14.—The demaiid for . wheat - has been very moderate, and prices generally Id to 2d lower than this day week. Flour sells slow at a reduction of 61 per barrel. Oats and oatmeal are each in moderate request at prices in favour of buyers. Beans, peas, barley, and malt, without change. Indian corn not so lively as on Friday, still prices are about is per qr higher than this day week. LEEDS, AUG. 14.—The arrivals reported of , wheat to day is moderate, but there is a large show" of samples, and the demand is slow at is per quarter below Friday's prices. Barley nominal. Oats, shellings, and beans, steady. The weather te-day is fine but very little rain has fallen. Arrivals—Wheat, 5,945; oats, 1,391; bar ley. 838; beans, 244; rape seed, 244, linseed, 1,273. NEWCASTLE, AUG. I4.—At this morning's market we had a small supply of wheat from the farmerS, with fair arrivals coastwise and from abroad. HoWever, the busi ness was only limited, though Saturday's prices were supported. Oats met with rather more inquiry at late rates. Barley nominally as before. In the value of other grain no change. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 14.—We have again to report a small supply of fat beasts, 'which are of a very indifferent quality. A falling off in sheep, hut a large show of lambs; in point of quality the former is about an average, while the latter is decidedly in ferior. The supply comprises 364 head of beasts. There is a better feeling pervading the beef trade to day, and though we do not alter our quotations, yet they are making more money, and little remains unsold. The number of sheep and lambs is 6,500 head. The mutton trade is more animated than for some weeks past. Small wedders haVe improved about is per head. In the lamb trade there is no alteration to notice, prices being fully equal to last week. Prices—Beasts, 5s Od to 6s 3d per stone of 141bs; sheep, 4d to is per head above sd; lambs, 5d to 51d per lb, sinking offal. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, AUG, 14. 7 --There were in the market to-day 70 sacks oatmeal, each vieighing 2801bs imperial, whereof .63 sold thus:-8 at 1/ los Od, 13 at 1/ 9s 6d, 21 at I/ 93 Od, 6 at it 8s 6d, 12 at 11 8s Od, 3 at 11 6s Od; average price of the whole 11 8s 10d 2-12thi. 3 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 325, and lat 31s. 1 sack barleymeal, which was not sold. 1 sack peasemeal, which was not sold. 25 sacks pot barley, whereof 11 sold thus: —3 at 119 s Od, 3 at 114 s 6d, 1 at 114 s Od, 2 at 113 s 6d, and 2 at 112 s Od. 2 sacks brosemeal, none sold. EDINBURGII HAY AND STRAW MARKET, AUG. 14. Supplies of all kinds small. Oat straw, from 7s Od to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stones Iron ; wheat ditto, 7s Od to 8s Od; barley' ditto, 6s 6d to 7s Od. Old hay, from 7d to 9d; new ditto, 6d to 8d per stone. COAL MARKET.—YEamnDAY. HolywellMain = 155 - 6dlStewart's Ord's Redheugh Townley l4s 6d Heugh Hall Walker's Primrose ... 13s o(l l Whitworth l4s 04 Wall's End, &c: - • 'South Durham l6s 3d Riddell's lss 6d St. Helen's Tees ..... 15s 3d Gibson ..... . 16s Cd Garnaut Stone 23s Od Eden Main l7s Od Hartley Braddyll Hatton RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, AUGUST 15. STOCK ExcnAwor.—The share m arket was more active to. (lA/ although prices are still lower. Great Western, Quarters, were done at 8 dis., and Gteat Western New 171. .hares at 15.16 dis. LIVERPOOL, AIIGUST 15. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share market was more active to dal'. The Wes are—Great Northern, Preference, 5 per cent., 1% c. ells. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3% dis.—Lancaster and Preston. Quarters, 13 1 ,4—London, Brighton, and South Coast, 37 1 ,(—London and North-Western, 128%—Ditto, New Quarters 21. Bs. 9d. p.-- - Ditto, Fifths, 5 I.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 2% p.—Midland, 62-Ditto , Halves, 14% dis.—Skrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference, 10% South-Eastern and Dover, 2114—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 4% c. dis. 2,IANC HESTER, Auousr 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as 'follow :-- Mahon and Driffield, 14 1 dis.—Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6%—North. Staffordshire, 5% dis.—Sheffield, Preference, 11%—East Lancashire, Preference, 7%—Leeds, Fifths„3% dis.—West Riding Union, 4 dis.—Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 2 15-16 p.—North ern Counties Union, 10s. - BIRMINGHAM, AuousT 15. STOCK Excnancia.—The transactions to-day were as follow: — North Staffordshire, 6 dis.—Birmingham and Stour Valley, 105( — ' South Staffordshire, 43( die. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—MS Imperial High' ness the Duke of Leuchtenberg honoured the per' formances ut her Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday evening with his presence. His ,ImPerial Highness was accom panied by his Excellency the Russian Minister, Made moiselle Olga de Lechner, Prince Richard Metternich , and the Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and At tended by the Chevalier Roux Damiana. Her Majesti, Queen Adelaide's box was occupied by Prince Edwa r d of Saxe Weimar, the Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Miss Wheatley, Miss Seymour, and the Hon. Wiling!' Ashley. Amongst the visitors were the Marqui s. of Bristol, the Marquis of Clanricarde, his Excel lency the Swedish Minister and . the Baroness RAI: sen, his Excellency the Portuguese Minister, his 8°.,: 0, lency the Austrian Minister and the Countess CoDorm. a his Exellency the Brazilian Minister,, and Madame ' 4 Marques de Lisboa, his Excellency the Neapolitan Am' bassador, the Chargé d'Affaires of France and Madame de Montherot, M. de Berg, the Count de Berke, the Baron Roller, Lady Mary Bentinck, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord George Gordon' Lennox, Lord Saltoun, Lord San dys, Lady Keith, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington , Bart., and the Misses Codrington, General the Hon. Arthur Upton, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, the lion. Mrs. Villiers, Sir Frederick Trench, Bart., M.P, Sir J. Bayley, Bart., and Lady Bayley, Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard, Bart., M.P., and Lady Barrett Len" nard, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., and Lad)? Howard, Sir Philip Acland, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Barnard, Bill., Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Barr l Lady and the Misses Woodford, Mrs. Dodd, Mr. Mrs. Tudor, Mrs. Henniker Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. u• •,T. Palmer, Major Buckley, Mrs. Vivian, Lieutenant" Colonel Ellis, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT•GARDEN.--- T he following were among the visitors who honoured the per" formance at the Royal Italian Opera on Tuesday evening with their presence :—Prince and P r in cess Czartorysid 9 the Duchess of . Cleveland, the Marquis of Titchfield, the Marquis of Douro, the Marchioness of Westmeath el the Hon. Mrs. Henry Murray, the Earl a nd C o untess Tankerville, the Countess of Glengall, Earl Granville' Earl Compton, the Countess of Norbury and the Ladies Charlotte and Isabella Graham Toler, Lady Mary Den" tinck, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel and Mr. Bulteel, Viscount and Viscountess Newport, Viscount Clifden, Viscoun t Malden, • Viscount Cantilupe, Lord Brownlow Co n ' Lord Arthur Hay, Lord Churchill, Lord Ernest Bruc e ' Lady and the Hon. Miss M'Farlane, Hon. S. Cowper' Hon. John Fortescue, Hon. Colonel Arthur Upon, Hon; Henry Coke; Hon. Theobald Dillon, Chevalier sou Madame -do Horta, Lady Lawley, Sir T. Hare, Bart.. Miss Burdett Coutts; Marchese, Brancaleoni, Sir C' Army tage, Bart., Sir J. Talfourd, Sir Isaac Lyra , Lady and the Misses Goldsmid, Sir William Abdy, Bart., Sir John and Lady Antrobus, Miss Burgoyne' Lady Davie, Sir William Molesworth, Bart., and LAY Molesworth, Lady Webster and Mr. Webster, Mr. Henri Greville, Mr. Gerard Sturt, M.P., Mr. Charles Greville' Mr. Claude. Wild; Colonel Wingfield, Captain 001 3 ; E nd MURD ER that the OF s wood, Captain: Q., Ellison, Captain Hamilton, M. 0 ' j il oh n n in G n i i e c e x so s i crt lv . Mad. de LizardilMr. F. L. Mulcaster, &c. &c. d e ;Ts t i on MRS. prisoner, is to be tried at the present South Lancashire As 3 i°", for the murder of Mrs. Heinrichson, in Liverpool, !It s : spring, will be defended by Mr. Josept Pollock. l u n i "TiWsone, accounts which have recently appeared in the Liverr", papers with respect to a friend in Scotland having co ° forward to supply him with mone y f or hi s d e f e nce, or e ' we believe, correct.—Manchester Guardian.. . A He who is not loved, is alone everywhere, an With every one.—Eliza Cook's Journal. ' [ADVERTISEMENT.]—;-Dreadful Bad Legs cured bl Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a letter fr ° ,: John Eastman, Esq., of 'Buenos Ayres, dated,April 3,1 84 ", i "To Professor Holloway. My dear Sir;—Your 'Pills an" Ointment are in very great repute here, and many wonderfi cures have been performed by their use ; one in particular will relate. A Portuguese farmer, who had been eonined t o the house with sore legs for more than live years, which re'l: dered him incapable of following any kind of work, is now?: perfectly cured by the use of your Pills and Ointment that!! can follow the plough and attend personally to the most DO:, rious farming operations." Sold by all druggists and at Ft" fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., at Gayton, Cheshire, Mrs. John Bask et' vyle Glegg, of a son. • Aff ls ' On the 11th inst., at 19, Artillery-place, Finsbury, n Joseph Freema, of a daughter. On the 11 hinst., at Liverpool, the lady of Lieutenso Robert Hall, of her Majestyler ship Centaur, of a son. On the 12th inst., at'Hornsey, Mrs. Charles Price, 01 daughter. On the 12th inst., at Herne-hill, Mrs. Lane, era son; , t he On the 13th inst., at the Royal Crescent, Notting - hi ll, wife of the Rev. Thomas Gronow, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Lyndhurst-roid, Peel:ham, Mrn• Grimwade, of anon.. • JIARRYAW. On the 31st ult., at 24, Stafford-street, Edinburgh, or; Willi am Mackenzie; printer and publi s h er , Gl asgow , to 'Y.' garet, eldest daughter of William Law, Esq. obel i On the 14th inst., at Bexley, the Hon. John Can' l ip Lees, Chief Justice and President of the Council of the m o l llamas, to Ellen, second daughter of Francis Rivaz, E s q . ' The Hollies. vvi lie ° On the 14th inst., at St. G e orge' s , Hanover-square, "00, Noel, eldest son of John S a i n sbury, Esq., to Emily Sri, second daughter of Andrew Moore, Esq., of Pelham-cre ic Bromp ton. AO ' On the 14th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, „off, ander, third son of John Sim, Esq., of Coombe-wood, burr of to Agnes, second daughter of Archibald Billing , Grosvenor-gate, Park-lane. DIED si to On the sth inst., George Frederick Hoppe, son of the Joseph Hoppe, Esq., of Larkfield, Kent, a ed 21. taill On the 6th inst., at Penrith, Ann, gwidow of Or William Buchanan, R.N. ~ s.cll On the 10th inst., at Paris, James Tlibinns Caldvrem,,irsi commander in the Royal Navy, grandson of the late st"'"" Sir Benjamin Caldwell, G.O B. 10 104 On the IA th inst., suddenly, Sylvia, relict of D r. D°- , Al. D., late of Suffolk-place. -0,,,,, I On the 1i th inst., at Richmond , Surrey , Ann , daugu" Major Richard Gardner, Bengal Service, aged 29. oat On the 12th inst.,Atergare Jope, eldest daughte r of il Hichens, Esq., of East Dulwich -.1 0 London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUSGiig 04 , Stiand, Printer; at The Sun. Oific" -144). H i 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the Sovey , in t he WA' aiddleatix, Thursday, August 16,1849.