The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-13 00:00:00

Vbirti lattion AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. All the accounts of the flight from Raab are con firmed by the papers and letters received from Vienna, dated up to the 6th inst. General Haynau entered Szegedin on the 2d of August. The Kolner Zeiturg states that the head-quarters of the Austrian General Schlick are at Szolnok. The Ban of Croatia has again commenced his operations in the Lower Danube. The murder is out at last ! That very respectable and veracious person—that anonymous slanderer — signing himself "An Hungarian," has the audacity to make the following infamous cha r g es :—" M. Kos suth is accused of embezzling the property of some orphans ; and of Mr. Madarass it is even asserted that, at one period of his life, he pocketed certain silver spoons, the property of one of his (the said Mr. Madarass's) friends. Our correspondent adds, that he is induced by motives of discretion to suppress the rest of the alleged misdeeds of the Hungarian chiefs, because these charges are quite unfitted for the columns of the Times." FRANCE. The .Ilioniteur announces that the President of the Republic had authorised an English gentleman, Mr. Jacob Brett, to establish, on the coast of France, be tween Calais and Boulogne , a su b-marine electric telegraph, which is to cross the Channel, and com municate with the English coast at Dover. The treaty concluded with Mr. Brett guarantees certain advantages to the French Government. and leaves all the expense to the contractor, to whom it secures a privilege of ten years should the experiment succeed. The works are to be terminated on the Ist of Sept., 1850, at the latest. The 2vloniteur likewise promulgates the decree of the National Assembly, convoking, within two months, the High Court of Justice at Versailles, to try the authors and accomplices of the conspiracy and attempt of the 13th June last. The President of the Republic was being received everywhere throughout his journey with great enthusiasm. FESTIVAL AT HADDON HALL. T' is fine old remnant of the feudal ages was on Friday last, the 10th instant, the scene of the most joyous festivities. Permission had been granted by his Grace the Duke of Rutland to the committee of the Bakewell and High Peak Literary Institute, to hold their annual festival at his ancestral hall, and a most numerous and highly respectable company as sembled. Such was the attractive nature of the en tertainment, that more than a thousand applications for tickets had been refused. Amongst those present were Lord John Manners, the HOB. G. H. Cavendish, M. 1., and Lady Louisa Cavendish, W. Evans, Esq., M.P., the Bishop of Madras, Captain Underwood, Dr Condel, Captain Barker, R. Nerfeld, Esq., and Mrs. Nerfeld, Rev. H.R. Cornish, &c. An entertainment was provided for the guests at six o'clock, in the banqueting-hall, after which the company were addressed by the members and patrons of the institute. R NERFELD, Esq., the chairman, having made a few introductory observations, called upon Lord JOHN MANNERS, who was received with enthusiastic cheering. The Noble Lord said—The committee of the High Peak Institute, encouraged by the success of the fete held there last year, had thought it proper to allow them the opportunity of assembling there under the same circumstances on this occasion. He was sure he need not tell them that when application was made to his father for the use of that hall, that permission was granted not only with readiness, but with the utmost delight and satis faction. He was charged to assure them that but for his advancing years, and a hard day's work, which he thought it his duty yesterday to undergo, in support of an important public institution, he would have been there in person to give them a welcome to his old hall, and to express to them the pleasure he de rived from assemblages of this character.—(Cheers.) He must, however, ask them to accept from him (Lord John Mariners), as his father's substitute, the most cordial welcome. Those amongst them who were present at their last year's festival could hardly have forgotten the very remarkable speech then de livered by Mr. Ellison—a speech read and admired throughout the whole country. In that speech Mr. Ellison drew a contrast between the distressed condi tion of many great countries in Europe and the com parative peace which pervaded our own shores.— (Cheers.) It was still permitted them to draw a si milar contrast. Many of the continental states were now agitated with domestic convulsions, or fears of foreign invaders, while here in their own tight little island they had their hardy Queen coasting the pic turesque shores of the most unfortunate portion of her dominions, and receiving an enthusiastic welcome from an excitable, though, he firmly believed, loyal popula tion.—(Cheers.) Ireland was emphatically the coun try of ruin. Turn which way they would in that un fortunate land they could see nothing but ruin—cabin and abbey, castle and grange, cottage and farmhouse —wherever they directed their eyes, they beheld ruin. He did not think that any ore travelling in Ireland could draw a happy and hopeful augury from her ar chitectural remains. But here, while they wandered through corridor and court, they might trace without difficulty the hi4toryof that part of the country. They read in those old walls the representatives of their still older predecessors, raised from the same old limestone work, when Sir R. Vernon obtained from the Regent permission to build the house, provided it had no battlements upon it—the same Sir Richard Vernon obtained from the Pope, in consequence of the occa sional floods which from time to time ravaged the vale, permission to have a chaplain resident in his house, and Divine service had been performed in the chapel down to their assembling there on that beauti ful August evening in 1849—he said they might trace from those days to the present the fortunes and occu pations of the inhabitants of that part of the country. Not only in the higher classes of society, but in the ranks of the yeomanry and peasantry could be traced, through the present registers of Bakewell and Youl greave, the members of one family following each other's occupation down the long stream of years from generation to generation—tilling the same beautiful valleys, or as miners winning from their wealth-producing banks the valuable minerals with which these mountain districts were stored ; and at this day there were to be found men pursuing the same occupations as that followed by their fathers at the period when the parish chronicles were commenced. —(Cheers.) In the course of such an investigation they would find that no very great change had oc curred in the social, civil, and religious policy of the people, nor, perhaps, that what changes had taken place were for the better. If the spirit of the laws had become more humane, let them hope that they had not therefore become emasculated—if religion were less superstitious, let them also hope that it was not more dull and more cold—if the ties which bound men to men and class to class had become more re laxed, let them hope that they had not grown more selfish—if learning and knowledge had increased, let them hope that they had not brought evils in their train.—(Cheers.) Let them hope all this, and let them endeavour to prove that they were justified in the expression of that hope. He was aware that all instruction was not education—that all knowledge was not wisdom; and it was because he had perused a catalogue of the library, and was satisfied that the management of the institute was sound and judicious, that he rejoiced in its success, and commended it cor dially to the support of all present. Although he had drawn a distinction between instruction and edu cation, and although he thought all branches of know ledge were not synonymous with the acquisition of wis aom, far be it from him to throw the slightest impediment in the way of those who quitted the Highways of learning to saunter in the by-paths of literature. On the contrary, he abominated most heartily the system that would teach only the exact sciences, and he detested most cordially that system which would substitute Mrs. Somerville for Mrs. Hubbard.—(Cheers and laughter.) "It likes me not that mortal bands have sounded Each inlet of the Hyperborean main, And traced, and mapped, and tracked the sinuous bends Of Niger's weird unfathomable stream.' In these materialistic days let them, on the con trary, train up a spirit of fancy, of poetry , and of enthusiasm ; and then they might depend upon it that i n no law u useful art, in no common-place manu otboaf m an fitne re, not e ven i n th e mos t un romantic trade, v u who took an occasional flight into the ]regions bran c h 15, be without his reward in that parti cularY which he earned his daily bread. How was it that in industry we depended more great branch of English mvoarse.or less upon foreigners for patterns ? How Government was obliged to establish schools olttdteht It was owing to the want of that spirit wh o i f ch s s u St e lLb o z s essentially them those promoted by the reading to which he had just alluded. Let imagine, then, that lie wished to throw any eimm not ment in the way of an occasional flight into the realms of fancy, because it was in them, rather than in the stricter kingdom of science, that beauty of pattern and excellence of design were to be found. For the direct benefits which institutions of this kind afforded, they ought to rejoice in the success of the Bakewell Institute; but they had also reason to con gratulate themselves on its indirect influences. He must have a cold heart and a calm head, who, on all occasions like that, could not cast aside all thoughts of its direct benefits, and congratulate himself on the indirect benefit s suc h i ns ti tu ti on s conferred. Within these very halls, in olden times, the knight, the guest, the pilgrim, the forester, t h e huntsman, were wont to carouse perhap s w ith ruder and doubtless with heartier cheer. In the fair gallery up stairs, THE SUN, LONDON,' MON DA .Y EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1849. where they would soon enjoy a more gratifying amusement than listening to speechmakers, many a stately coranto or dignified pavane, or the more pic turesque dances which prevailed under the dynasties of the Tudors and the Stuarts, were wont to be seen; or, in later times, many a hoop had there sailed sti ffl y —more stiffly, perhaps, than gracefully—( g -down the merry dance. Again let them make the old walls re-echo with the sounds of boundless merriment. And he hoped they would enter into the festivities with as joyous a spirit as in olden days they were wont to bring to their revels. Let them be at once merry and wise—let them have the wisdom to look back to the past with gratitude that they . were still sitting under the shelter of those great Christian insti tutions which just a thousand years ago King Alfred was born to inaugurate; let them look to the future with hope that their descendants might be permitted to enjoy the same institutions, and then the evening's enjoyments would not have been altogether thrown away.—(Cheers). The Noble Lord concluded by again welcoming the company to the halls of Haddon, and trusting that nothing would occur to diminish their pure and entire field of enjoyment.—(Cheers.) The assembly was afterwards addressed by the Bii , hop of Madras, Mr. Cavendish, M.P., Mr. Evans, M.P,,, and other gentlemen, and at ten o'clock ad journed to the ball room. A grand display of fire -1 wor k s wa s exhibited about midnight, and the festivities continued until a late hour. NAVY AND MARINES, &c. The following return has been presented to the House of Commons (moved for by Mr. Ewart), " showing what examinations, or tests of qualification, are re quired on admission into, or on promotion of officers in, the Navy and Marines." No. 1.-QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR APPOINT- MENT AS NATAL CADETS. A naval cadet must not be under twelve years of age, and must be in good health and fit for service ; that is, free from impediment of speech, defect of vision, rupture, or any other physical inefficiency, which must be certified by the surgeon of the flag ship at the port where the ship to which he is appointed is fitting out; he must be able to write English from dictation, and be acquainted with common arithmetic, including the Rule of Three. The examination upon these subjects is to be made by a naval instructor or some other competent person, in the presen ce of the captain or commander of the flag- sh ip at the port a t which the ship to which he may be aprintoa: fitting out; and every cade!, whets r t eceiv o e the ship commanding towboiffichcehret hiss app a t endt, or r s s o ex p ta r n t u o . c n e to the MENT AS MIDSHIPMAN. NO. 2.—QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR APPOINT.. When a naval cadet shall have served long enough to entitle him to be rated as midshipman, and a vacancy may offer for him, he is to be examined by the captain and commander, when both are borne in a ship, and in other ships by the captain or commander, and the first lieutenant of the ship to which he shall belong, assisted by the naval instructor, if there be one on board; he must produce to them logs for the period he has served as cadet, and a certificate of his good conduct during that period; he must also afford to them satisfactory proof of his being fourteen years of age when he is to be examined by them, to ascertain that he has a due knowledge of arithmetic, geometry, and trigono metry, and a practical acquaintance with the use of the quadrant, and the manner of making observations for ascertaining the latitude and longitude therewith, and that he can keep a ship's reckoning by the common rules, usually called a day's work; also that he has a due knowledge of steering and managing a boat under oars and sails, and of knotting and splicing, - &c. If his proficiency in the said points be such as to prove satisfactory to the examining officers, they are to give him a certificate to such effect, and the cadet may be afterwards placed in any midshipman's vacancy offering for him; but should there be no vacancy, he may be rated and borne as extra mid shipman until a vacancy occurs for him in the com plement of midshipmen ; but his vacancy as cadet is not to be filled up so long as he remains an extra midshipman. When he shall have served two years as midshipman, he is to be examined by the same examining officers, of the same rank, assisted by the master, as to his progress in the knowledge of rigging masts, bow sprit, &c. ; in getting tops over and placing a lower cap ; in setting up rigging, and especially as to the precautions required in staying lower masts ; in hoisting a quarter or stern boat up in a strong breeze with a sea on; in making up a course and topsail for bending at sea; in shifting topmasts, yards, and sails at sea, and the effect of the sails on the ship, both in tacking and wearing; and also as to the progress he may have made in navigation ; a certificate whereof is to be given to him by the ex amining officers, and a report thereof is to be made to the Secretary of the Admiralty, in the quarterly re turns. He is also to be examined by a gunnery lieu tenant as to his proficiency in the gunnery, musket, and cutlass exercises ; and at this examination the midshipman is to show to the examining officers that his quadrant or sextant is in good order. No. 3.—EXAMINATION or CANDIDATES FOR LIEUTE• NANTS' CuItIMISSIONS. Whenever a candidate may be desirous of passing the necessary examination to qualify him for promo tion, the commander• in•chief may give orders for his being examined by the proper officers, according to the following instructions ; enjoining the examining officers to be very particular in this im portant duty, and to grant the required certificate to the candidate without partiality or favour. A candidate for a lieutenant's commission is to be examined by three captains or commanders ; but as a midshipman is allowed to take rank as mate from the date of his passing his examination for lieutenant, and as a ship to which a midshipman, having com. pleted his time of service, shall belong, may be sepa rated for a considerable period from the commander irt-chief, the captain or commander of the said ship or vessel in which such midshipman may be serving, with the senior lieutenant or second otilcu., and the master or second master (according to the class of ship and the rank of officers on board her), assisted by the naval instructor, if there be one on board, may proceed to examine such midshipman as to his qualifications to perform the duties of lieutenant of her Majesty's navy ; and if they find him to be, in their opinions, duly qualified, they are to give him a certificate to that effect, dated on the day of such examination ; and the captain may forthwith give him an acting order as mate ; and if, on the first oppor tunity that shall afterwards offer for his being re examined, under the commander-in-chief's order, by three captains or commanders, as before required, he passes successfully, he will receive from the commander-in-chief, or senior officer, an acting order as mate, to take rank according to the date of the first certificate ; and if he pass his examination successfully at the Naval College, within two months after his return to England, or shall prove to the satisfaction of the Admiralty his having availed himself of the first opportunity open to him for passing such exa mination, he will be confirmed from the date of his first certificate, according to the Queen's regulations, chap. 2, art. 4, page 13. When a candidate for the appointment of lieutenant , is to be examined, the examining officers are to see' that everything required by the Queen's regulations has been complied with, as regards the candidate, and that he produce certificates of good conduct from captains he has served under, for six years, and log books kept by himself for the corresponding period ; and they are to satisfy themselves of the ability of the candidate to take charge of a watch at sea, to manage a ship in all situations, to steer her, and to rig her, to get tops and caps over head, to raise and secure sheers, &c., and to keep a reckoning, to ascertain her position by observation ; that be has a due knowledge of the elements of mathematics, and of the theory of naviga tion, and of ascertaining the latitude and the longi tude, the variation of the compass, &c., by all the modes in use ; and also a competent knowledge of practical gunnery, and can generally execute the various duties of a sea officer. In the exami nation, however, of a candidate while in England, his knowledge of navigation, astronomy, and gunnery need not be inquired into by the examining officers, as he will have to undergo those branches of his examination at the Naval College and on board the Excellent. No. 4 is the form for the passing certificate qualifi cation for a lieutenant. No. S.—QUALIFICATIONS AND REGULATIONS RE SPECTING TILE ADMISSION or OFFICERS INTO THB ROYAL MARINES. MEMORANDUM. Admiralty, December 10, 1839. The following qualifications are required in candidates for commissions in the corps of Royal Marines: — Every candidate will be required to possess a com petent knowledge of 1. Common and decimal arithmetic. 2. First six books of Euclid. 3. Algebra, as far as simple equations. 4. A portion of plane trigonometry, and the use of logarithms. And to write English correctly from dictation. By command of their Lordships, JOHN BARROW. QUALIFICAT IONS REQUIRED FOR PASSING CANDIDATES. ROYAL MARINES. Age not l ess than 16, not exceeding 21 years. Height not less than 5 feet 4 i nc h es . Constitution app roved by the director-general of the Navy. A IEMORANDUM. Admiralty, 223 April, 1841. The under-mentioned sums are to be paid by each marine cadet to the accountant-general of the navy : Cadets under ordinary circumstances, 301. per annum. Sons of officers dying upon full-pay, or of officers upon half-pay with large families and inadequate means, 151. per annum. Sons of officers killed in the service, or of officers dying on full-pay, whose families are left in great distress, gratis. MEMORANDUM. Admiralty, March 23, 1843. MARINE CADETS. 1. No candidate will be nominated a cadet who is under 15 or above 19 years of age; and he must be prepared to pass such examination as the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty may deem fit to _ _ . kach candidate will be expected to give se curity for the payment of such a sum to the accountant. general of the navy as may be fixed upon, and to bring with him, when he appears for examination, a certificate of bis age, a certi ficate of good conduct from the masters of the schools at which ho studied the last three years, or (in the event of his having been privately edu cated) from the clergyman of his parish, or some person competent to judge of and to certify to his general good conduct. A solemn declaration by his nearest of kin that, to the best of his or her belief, he does not sutler from, nor has been subject to, any disease or infirmity of mind or body which may incapacitate him from the perfect performance of his duty as an officer in the Royal Marine corps, and a certificate from one of the medical officers of the Naval Hospital at Haslar of sound bodily health, and that he does not stammer, and has no other physical defect. _ _ ------- 2. No cadet will receive a commission unless he is able to go through, at least, the examination now required, together with , the short course of theoretical and practical gunnery now established in the Excel lent, with a knowledge of the great gun exercise, the use of the sextant; nor unless he has acquired a competent knowledge of field fortification and me chanical drawing. 3. Cadets will not be permitted to remain more than two years on board the Excellent, or at the college, unless they have passed their final examination ; but they will, during the second year of their cadetship, provided they can pass the requisite examination, be eligible for such commissions as may become vacant during that year. If appointments , are made before the examination at the end of the second year, the half-yearly examination immediately previous to the occurrence of the vacancy shall be the test of ability ; but in all oases the candidate must have reached the points fixed in paragraph numbered 2 to entitle him to an appointment, and will be placed on the list of officers according to the ability shown at such examination. No cadet will be allowed to proceed to the college until he has passed through the whole plan of intro duction laid down for marine cadets in the Excellent, and he will not be received at the college unless he produces a certificate of good conduct from the cap tain of the Excellent. All the examinations proposed are to be carried on by the professor at the Royal Naval College, under the direction of the captain of the Excellent. 4. Cadets during the first year of their appoint ment will not be eligible for a commission if there are any cadets, in their second year who can pass the requisite examinations. 5 Cadets are to be subject to naval discipline, to receive the same pay as mates, and to be considered in all respects as quarter-deck petty officers. G. Cadets are to wear the dress-coat of the corps of Royal Marines, without lace, ornament, or epaulette, in lieu of which they are to wear shoulder straps of plain gold cord, trousers accordirg to regulations, and dress caps (in undress they are to wear the blue cloth shell jacket, with red cuffs and collar, by order 27th August, 1842), with shoulder-straps, gray cloth trousers, or white drill trousers, according to re gulation. Forage cap with cover. N.B.—Each cadet, on presenting himself for ex amination on board her Majesty's ship Excellent, should be prepared with a sum not less than 401. for outfit, and 101. for mess, washing, and other expenses (September 20, 1843) GROUSE SHOOTING. Shooters who boast of their acquaintance with London gun-makers, and who talk of their feats in the shooting galleries, and of having slain pigeons at Battersea, and pheasants in my Lord Battue's pre serves, are wofully disappointed on their arrival in the north. It may not be out of place to enumerate some of the causes of their disappointment,— all of which cannot be provided against, but the mention of them may put the stranger on his guard, and he will do well to provide against such of them as he may think will else inconvenience himself. He is out of training and cannot walk. His equipment is incomplete. His pivots are choked up. His caps will not fit. His wadding and cartridges are cut for a gun of very different gauge. His dogs, never having seen any other winged game than partridges and pheasants, will not point grouse ; they are wild, not being any longer under the eye of the keeper ; one of them scours the country half a mile in advance, and the other will not suffer a bird that can be put up to remain on the ground; on being thrashed, one of them turns sulky, and the other dashes away full cry after sheep. Birds are wild, and the shooter has no shot larger than No. 5. His shoes are thin, and cling to his feet like so much whit Leather. It is excessively hot, he is overladen with shot, and his India-rubber gaiters will not absorb the perspiration nor suffer it to evaporate ; his stockings are consequently soaked with wet. His hat is heavy—it will neither resist wet nor is it ven tilated. He is, when the sun shines, half roasted, and, when clouded, half starved; or he is lightly clothed, and caught in a thunder-shower. He wears thin stockings, and is footsore. He is lost in the mist for want of a guide, a pocket compass, or a previous intimate knowledge of the localities, and inadvertently becomes a trespasser, when a glorious row ensues, ending, perhaps, in a struggle fur the encroacher's fowling• piece ! The beau-ideal of a sportsman, as regards dress, is often times carefully studied—the new-comer is inevitably marked by some absurdity in this way, but his tout ensemble is soon metamorphosed amongst bogs, berries, and peat holes, and he is too late made aware that hs ought to have bestowed a thought upon his comfort and convenience, rather than on his dress. It he does not tire himself by Walking beyond his strength, probably over useless tracts, in the early morning, he most effectually ac complishes that object in the hot sun at noon, and is not only rendered incapable of following up the sport in the afternoon, but he feels exhausted the next morning.—From the Rod and the Gun; by Wilson and Oaldeighi UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. MATRICULATION EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS-1849. The following candidates have obtained honours:— IN CLASSICS. Dicey, Edw. Jas. Stephen (Exhibition) Heath, Richard Child ..., University College Janson, John William University College Franks, Henry James MATIIE3IATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. French, H. (Exhibition) Wesley.Coll.liut .' Taunton Gibsone, Burford Waring King's College Gurney, William Powell, Joseph Ambrose, William i Dendy, William Saffery AsnershamGrammarSchool Murgatroyd, George AmersharnGrammarSchool Bleby, Henry William Langford, William Private tuition Parfitt, James Rossiter Olive, Eustace Henry CHEMISTRY. Money, Fred. John (Prize of Books) Wilkinson. Richard Hadow, Edward Ash Bristol Medical School Roberts, William Roscoe, Henry Enfield University College Lambert. Henry Stone Queen's Coil., Birmingham Franks, Henry James BOTANY. Laurence, John Zacharias (Prize of Books) University College Wilkinson, Richard ZOOLOGY. Fry, Edw. (Prize of Books) University College Flower, William Henry University College Mooney, Frederick John Moore, George The Examiners in the respective subjects were— IN CLASSICS.—Rev. Dr. Jerrard and T. B. Burcham, Es lN q. MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Rev. Professor Heaviside and G. B. Jerrard, Esq. IN CHEXISTRY.--TrOfeSSOr Graham. IN BOTANY.—Rev. Professor Henslow. IN ZooLocY.—Dr. Carpenter. The number of candidates for matriculation was 179, and the number that passed the examination was 167. CHARGE OF FORGING A WILL.—The magistrates of Croydon. on Saturday, were engaged for a consider able time in investigating a chlige against the reputed vti:e of Jacob King, a man who died at Addiscombe, on the 25th of July last, of cholera. It seemed that Mr. King, some hours before his death, asked for his cash box; but the key could not be found, and the brother of the deceased broke it open. One of Mr. King's labourers, Amos Gower, was in the room at the time rubbing the unfortunate genth man with brandy. Deceased asked him whether he could write, and being answered in the affirmative, Mr. King directed him to sign the will, which was taken out of the cash box, and he did so, the other sub:,cribing witness being " Dick," his brother. This will could not be found, and it was suspected that the reputed Mrs. King had concealed or destroyed it. On applying at Doctors Commons it was found that another will, dated September, 1841, had been deposited there, the witnes•ses to it being two persons named Tomlin and Church, and by which the whole of Mr. King's property was bequeathed to Emma Church, the defendant, to the exclusion of the deceased's daughter. The magistrates said there were sufficienl grounds to justify them in remauding the defendant; but they al lowed her to depart on entering up hail, herself in 1001., and two ether sureties in the like amount. SOUTHAMPTON.—THE FOREIGN MAILS.—We stated in our second edition last week that the Government had refused to accede to the requisition of the Liverpool merchants to make Plymouth the West India Mail Packet station, and that the Government authorities were about to remedy the inconveniences at present felt by the inhabitants of the northern towns, in conse quence of the occasional delay in the delivery of the foreign mails beyond London. This delay a r i ses prin cipally when the mails arrive at Southampton on Satur day afternoons, and which could be remedied by dis tributing the foreign mails at Southampton and forward ing them to the north via Basingtoke, Reading, Oxford, and Wolverhcmpton ; or by having them sorted in the General Post-office on Sundays, and dispatching the northern foreign letters by . the Sunday night mails, in stead of detaining them until the departure of the Mon day mails.—We understand that the Government authorities have been at Southampton to ascertain the time taken to dispatch the foreign mails.— Hanapshi re A deo tiser. The thunder-storm on Thursday did great damage at Altrincham, Todmorden, and Holmtortb. A storm of thunder and lightning, followed by heavy rain, raged round Portsmouth, between the hours of nine and el even on Saturday evening , and fro m the intense vividness of the electric fluid it is to be feared considerable damage must have taken place. The storm appeared to fall with great force over Ryde, in the island. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 12.—A1l the vessels detained hero on account of the blockade are proceeding fur their respective ports of de,,tination. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six O'CLOCK* BT. LEGER. 15 to 1 sgst Uriel—taken DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Voltigeur--taken EBOR HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Giselle 8 to 1 agst Ellerdale—taken. 8 to 1 agst Ma:ton—taken 12 to 1 agsi, Glen Saddel—taken 12 to 1 agst Cockermouth—taken ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—Croydon, Aug 11. CIVIL COURT. THE SWANSEA DOCK COMPANY V. LEVEINE. In this cause, which was mentioned in Saturday's paper, it appeared that, after the parties had agreed to nave the question disposed of by the Court as a special case, some difference arose as to the points that were to be reserved, and the result was, that the matter stood over till this morning. The CHIEF BARON, who had several times intimated his opinion during the case, that it was perectly useless to occupy the time of the Court, when, in the result, there would be no facts to leave to the jury, the whole question being one of law, again this morning urged upon the parties the propriety of settling the matter by a special case, fo r r the t'r th e i a s n i t h c e I L t e A a N r N n E e L d L C , Counsel who, w e i o t n a su m l t r e . d p t e oth a g e e nek e an ,r, wasd Upon u plaintiffs, said he was so satisfied with the pro priety of thu course that was suggested by his Lordship, that he should take upon himselt to accede to it. A discussion then took place as to what points were to be reserved; and Mr. CHAMBERS, who was for the defendant (with Mr. Bovell), said the principal point upon which he relied was, that the plaintiffs had not the legal right to make the calls in question; but he would not bind him self to state any particular ground upon which it was to be supported. Sergeant CHANNELL said he would not consent to any such general proposition, and he considered the plewitla ought to know %hat particular pleas were re lied upon, as they might be turned round when they went to the Court upon a technicality which they were not prepared to meet. lie was willing to render every facility to an arrangement, but he must take care, at the same time, that the interests of his clients were protected. Seine further discussion then took place, and there appeared a probability of the case going on. The CHIEF BARON, however, interfered, and asked the Learned Counsel whether they would consent to this —that the general point relied upon !should be that stated by Mr. Chambers, and it should be left to him (the Chief Baron) to state to the Court the points of law involved in the pleadings, upon which they were to give their decision. The Counsel on both sides expressed themselves con tent with w foritht hhtise plaintiff, arrangement, and at length a verdict was entered subject to a special case to be submitted to the Court above. ROBINSON V. PRINGLE. This was a special jury cause. The action was one of ejectment, to recover possession of a piece of land at Norwood, by reason of an alleged breach of one of the covenants of the lease granted to the defendant. Sergeant Channel' and Mr. Bramwell were for the plaintiff; Sergeant Shee, Mr. Gurney, and Mr. Ogle for the defendant. The plaintiff in this action, it appeared, was a gentle man carrying on business in the city of London, and who had a country residence at Norwood. The defendant was a gardener, and wine yeai o b v the plaintiff, it. rip. grunted him a lease of four acres of laud, adjoining his own residence, for the purpose of his convert big it into a nursery garden ; but, in order to prevent annt , ytsnce .. to himself and family in his own residence, by reason of the proximity 01 the land in question to it, he stipulated in the lease that the place in question should be strictly used for the pur pose specified only, and that it should not be converted into a public tea-garclen. or to any similar purpose likely to cause annoyance to the plaintiff. The alleged breach of covenant consisted in the defendant having built a summer-house and pigsty, and what was most com tibined of was the erection of a sort of hovel, or cottage, which it was represented he intended to make use of as a residence for himself and family. Several witnesses were called to make out that the erection in question was intended as a permanent resi dence, but the evidence did not at all clearly establish that tact. The CHIEF BARON remarked, during the examination of one of the witnesses, that he did not think the mere circumstance of a person occasionally sleeping in the place ought to be considered as constituting it a dwell ing -house, any more than if the defendant had chosen to bivouac on the ground all night, and the one act would no more justify his ejectment for breach of covenant than the other. Sergeant SUER, in addressing the jury for the defen slant, characterised the action as most harsh and arbitrary. lie said that the defendant , at great pains and expense, had converted au almost barren piece of ground into a luxriant garden, and t his was an attempt to deprive him of the possession of it upon a most frivolous pretext. The erection in question, instead of being intended as a dwelli..g-house, was solely used for the purposes of keeping the tools in, and the fireplace was for drying the seeds, and he said that such places were always erected in nursery gardens, and it would be idle to attempt to contend that they would constitute a breach of covenant, such as would justify turning the defendant out of pos session. Witnesses were then examined who proved the state ment of the Learned Sergeant with regard to the mild. ration of the garden, and who also expressed their opinion that the building complained of was not intended for a cottage, but was merely a seed and tool-house, ne cessary for the purposes of the defendant's business. It was admitted that a man occasionally slept there, but it was only for the protection of the property. The CHIEF BARON having summed up, the jury, who, on Thursday had, upon the application of the defendant, been to take a view of the locus in quo, after a very short deliberation, returned a verdict for the defendant. The business of this court continues very much in arrear. Mr. Sergeant Dowling having concluded the business of the circuit upon which he had been specially employed, joined this circuit to-day, and upon his being applied to, he consented to try some common jury causes. Should the Learned Sergeant continue to du so, it would be a great relief to the suitors, to many of whom the expenses of an assiz! trial must be almost ruinous. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug. 10. NISI 1 - )B1US COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) Charles Davis, 17, was indicted for having, at Hor field, on the .29th of July, feloniously and maliciously shot at George Ward Nash, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Skinner prosecuted, and Mr. M'Mahon defended the prisoner, who. it appeared, was keeping the birds from the wheat, when the prosecutor and a roan nsmed Lock entered the field. lie called out to them not to go among the wheat; they came up to him, and Nash struck him, on which the prisoner discharged his gun at Nash, burning his hair but providentially doing him but little injury, most of th e c h arge passing by him, except two or three shots, w hi c h struc k him on the back of the head. The jury acquitted the prisoner of the felony, and found him guil ty o f an assa ult, for which he w as sen tenced to three mont h s ' i m p r i s onment. Thomas Pe r ki ns, 16 , was indicted for cutti ng an d wounding James Na s h, at South Hamlet, on the 4th of May, with int ent to d o h i m some grievous bodily h arm . It appeared t h at t h e prosec utor was in the em pl o y o f Mr. Guest, a contractor on the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, and he went into a stable to get a strap, where he encountered the prisoner, who said, " If thee'st take that strap, I'll stab thee." Suiting the action to the word, ho drew a knife out of his trousers pocket and instantly struck Nash with it in the middle of the right arm. The wound did not appear to have been of a very serious nature, and it was dressed at the Glouceeter in. firmary. The jury convicted the prisoner of an assault, and ho was sentetced to three months' imprisonment. Margaret lifultate, 21, was brought up by a writ of habeas corpus fro:a the gaol of Bristol, and indicted for maliciously stabbing George Br.) ant, at St. Ste phen':., on the 29th of May, with intent to maim and disfigure him. Mr, Powell prosecuted. The prisoner, who was undo fended, cried most piteously throughout the trial. The prosecutor is a labourer, at Bristol, and on Whit- Monday last went with another young man to the theatre. Bryant, after leaving there, was walking along the quay with a female, when the prisoner came up, and, using abusive language, struck him in the arm with a knife. He felt down, and the prisoner again struck him in the right side with the knife. He was confined in the hospital for a fortnight. The prosecutor conducted hi mse lf with so much levity in the witness box, that the J u d ge threatened to commit him. In her d e f ence , t h e prisoner said Bryant's brother kept comp an y w i t h h e r, but the prosecutor was jealous, And had beaten and kicked her several times because she would not yield to him. Ile had dune so on the night in question because she had resisted his solici tations. The jury found the prisoner guilty of an assault only, and she was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, on which she fell down in convulsions, and was carried out of court. Julin Millard, 40, removed by writ of habeas from Bristol, was indicted for cutting and wounding Elizabeth Millard, his wife, with intent to kill and murder her. The following are the facts of this case : On the 13th of July last, about eight o'clock in the morning, the prosecutrix went out to work, leaving the prisoner at home. Feeling unwell she returned home at ten, when she missed a gown and a shawl. She asked her husband what he had done with it, and he commenced abusing her, threatening her, and saying, " I will be your murderer." She was alarmed, and ran from the house, but Millard fetched her back, dragged her into the parlour, locked her in. and went into the kitchen, where he sharpened a knife, with which he returned, and again swore he would murder the woman. He knocked her down, and cut her Mice across the nose between the eyes, so as nearly to sever that organ from hcr face. She was taken to the hospital, where her wounds were dressed, and she was found to be much bruised about the body. It appeared that he had beaten his wife at inter vals from ten until three o'clock, when he used the knife. On the policeman going to the house, he found the prisoner lying on a bed, quite unconcerned at the horritile outrage he had committed. There was a pool of blood on the parlour floor, and also a knife. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and Mr. Baron RuLFE ordered judgment of death to be re corded against him. NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Lancaster, Aug. 10. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) The court was densely troweled to hear the trial of an indictment preferred by Mr. John Richardson, a member of the Lancaster Town Council, against Mr. John Battersby, of that town for an assault. The in dictment was preferred at the last Spring AiSiZ3i, and the defendant had traversed to the present assizes. The case excited more than ordinary interest, on account of its having arisen out of some electioneering dispute. Mr. M•Aubrey was counsel fur the prosecution; and Mr. Segar for the defendant. His LORDSHIP threw out a suggestion, that the parties ought to come to some amicable settlement; and after this hint from the Judge, the counsel engaged in the case having conterreci with each other, _ _ _ Mr. SEQAR, for the defendant, said that . he was ready to admit the fact of the defendant having committed an assault on the prosecutor, Mr. Richardson, under the influence of excited feelings, from his having been mis informed as to some alleged expressions of Mr. Richardson, which were said to be disreipectful to his father. Mr. AVAIIBREY, after calling his Lordship's attention to the aggravated nature of the assault, and especially to the circumstance of Mr. Richardson having been as saulted at his own door, and struck several severe blows with a whip by the defendant, said that he could not recommend his client, Mr. Richardson, who was a gen tleman of great respcctAbility, to COMe to any arrange ment, unless on the condition of the defendant publicly apologising for his offence, and presenting such a sum of money as his Lordship should think proper to the Len caster Dispensary. His LORDSHIP thought that Mr. M'Aubrey was quite right, and had exercised a judicious discretion in offering to bring the matter to a friendly conclusion upon such terms. Mr. SEGAR thereupon said, that the defendant was sorry for what had taken place, and that he publicly ac knowledged his error. The defendant then pleaded Guilty, and was fined 101. z be raid to the dispensary. CIVIL COURT.—(Bk.fore Mr. Justice WIGIIT3IAN, and a Special Jury.) BROCILLEBANK V. RAWLINSON. This was an action on the case for obstructing a wa tercourse, to which the defendant pleaded not guilty, and denied the plaintiff's right to the water, as stated in the declaration. Mr. MARTIN (Mr. Cowling with him) stated the case for the p:aintiff, from which it appeared that he was the occupier of a corn-mill, called Little Mill, on a stream or creek of water rising on the moors above Dalton, and he complained against the defendant that by the erection of saw-mills, and a steelmanufactory, and diverting the water to supply them, be had diminished the supply, which the plaintiff and his predecessors had enjoyed from time immemorial ; and that the quality of that which did still flow was rendered less useful by sawdust and rubbish from the defendant's works. The plaintiff's mill was one of three formerly belonging to the Abbey of Saint Mary, and when the domain was seized by the Crown, it was granted to the predecessors of the present owners. One of those mills was called the Orgreave-mills, and was about nine years ago converted into the steel works complained of, the saw-mill being a modern erection, and in 1840 the defendant made certain " cloughs," for the purpose of diverting the water to his works, and thereby got the command of the water entirely; and Mr. Martin said that as this was ancientwatercourse, he had clearly no right in law to do that. The law was quite clear that all persons having works on the banks of such a watercourse had a right to the free use of it; but they must permit all that was not so used to flaw freely forward, and no man had a right to assume the command of the water, and suffer it to"flow or not, as he might think proper, by erecting reservoirs or otherwise. The derendant had done that, and by forcing it down au ()Yu' Cl•iw tlr. rc ha.l boo.a an onatrwhali loss of water, and the plaintiff's mill was thereby entirely deprived of water three months in the year, and he was therefore entitled to a verdict. Mr. Justice WIGnTMAN here interposed, and sug gested that as a verdict was all the plaintiff could get there, which would leave the injury still unredressed, it would be better to refer the n atter to some one, giving him power to decide how the water should be enjoyed in future,. and the injury cotnpluintd of redressA. After a little demur on the part of the plaintiff's attor ney, that suggestion was finally adopted, and a verdict was entered for the plaintiff, subject to an award. The business of this assizes nded here before five o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Catherine Murphy was brought before Alderman Gibbs, charged with having co mmitted the desperate a ssault described in the following evidence: — Mr. William Reynolds, of Nu. 39, Bishopsgate-street, draper, said Friday night, about seven o'clock, the pri soner came into my shop and said she wanted to buy a dress. After the dress was cut off she declared that she had paid for it. My wife, who had been serving her, called me forward, and the prisoner repeated that F. be bad put down the money on the counter. I said, "If so it must be here; I'll clear the counter and look for it." I did so, bat no money was to be found. I then said I would send for a police-officer. The prisoner said, " What, send for a police-officer for me? I'll soon put a ear the e a violent stop to that." I said certainly I would send for one, as f m ey blow was. on S t h h e e i h m ea m d e . d hid ey turned ust and learn wherestruck m then no notion that she was armed with a knife; she ran back and came towards me again, and I then observed a knife in her hand. I seized her wrist, and found that I was wounded in the hand. I called my wife, and she wrenched the knife from the prisoner's hand, and in the act got a slight cut in her own hand. The prisoner then turned and bit my arm severely. I found that I was wounded on the back of the neck, that I had two wounds on the back of the head, and one on the left temple. The back of my shirt was cut through, and I bled a consi derable quantity for about half an hour. I sent for a neighbour, who dressed the wounds, and afterwards I sent for a surgeon, who said the wounds were dressed so well he would not disturb them. _ _ Mrs. Reynolds (wife of the last witness) said when the prisoner came into the shop she pointed at a particular piece of printed cotton, and said she wanted six yards of that article. I cut her off the dress, and the prisoner then asked for three yards of calico lining. As I was folding up the goods I said to her they came to 4s. 3d. She said she had paid me. I said " I have never seen your money. Where did you put it?" She replied that she had laid it on the counter. I looked for it, but there was no money there. Alderman GIBBS—Were you so near to her as to be able to observe her closely? The witness—Certainly I was. I was close to her all the time, and had never seen any money in her possession, and up to this time there was no one in the shop but the prisoner and myself. I then called my husbaud, and told him what had taken place. and then he said he would send for a policeman. She flew at him, attacked and struck him. I ran to the door and called for assistance, and my husband called out, " She has a knife." I ran and took the knife from her. He was bleeding from the head at the time. A policeman arrived, and she was given into custody. I assisted in washing the wounds. I found one on the back of the neck three inches in length, and two on the head, one of which is about two inches long. That wound bled profusely, as did the wound in the temple. Martha Murray said, I was sitting, about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, in Bishopsgate-street, taking care of my father's oyster-stall, when I observed the prisoner sitting on the kerb-stone, at the corner of Two-Swan yard. After two or three minutes I saw her sharpening on the stone a black-handled knife, which I believed to be the one produced by the policeman. She then looked at the edge of the knife. She remained where I first saw her from an hour and a half to two hours, occa sionally sharpening the knife, and examining it during the whole time. I then missed her, and I did not see her again until she passed in the custody of the police man, and I had never seen her before the time I first mentioned. John Scott (626) stated that when he was called into the prosecutor's shop he found the prisoner and the pro secutor struggling together. Witness pulled her away, and detained her. She was afterwards secured, but she had no money of any kind in her possession. Alderman Gnus then asked, in the usual manner, whether the prisoner wished to say anything. She replied, looking carelessly roue 1,." Nothing at all." The Alderman then committed the prisoner £:4r having feloniously cut and maimed the prosecutor, w i t h i ntent to do him some grevio as bodily harm. 6 UILDfiALL . Frederick B, ittle and I Vali 12 7 1 Thompson were charged with obtaining goods by means of forged orders, and Edward Downer and James Hoare as being the receivers. 6s t the , u firtrdhaew; delivered a firkin of whit e l ea d t o him. On , Mr. Herepath, of St. Switbin's - lane, appeared to pro secute, and Mr. Humphreys defended Downer and Hoare. Th o mas Beckall, in the employ of M ess rs. Blimdel, Spence, and Cu. , colour-manufacturers, of 2, Upper Thames -street, said, that on the 3d o f A ugus t an order was brought by Brittle, and be, by directions of one of the 4th, he came again, and on Monday, the prisoner received two tons, of ten gallons.each, of turps And oil. Brittle said they were for a Mrs. Both Mr. Humfrey and Mr. Herepath addressed the Alderman, the former objecting to a remand, and the latter contending that there was quite sufficient evidence to justify such a course, as the goods which had been obtained on all these occasions were found on the pre mises of Hoare, and with respect to Downer, he said he was master of the shop at first, but as soon as he ascer tained that Green was an officer, then he knew nothing. Alderman CARDEN said he could not part with any of them. The prisoner Thompson had been in prison be fore, and his real name was William Church, and he could not help thinking that from his appearance, Hoare and Downer must have known that he did not come by them honestly, and that the articles in question were stolen property. He should remand the case until Wed nesday, and refuse to take bail, for there was little doubt that at the next examination there would be plenty of owners for the rest of the property. WESTMINSTER. Mr. John Daly, of No. 4, Providence-place, Vauxhall road, surgeon, was charged with the 'following serious robbery:— Mr. Moses Morgan, of No. 40. Millbank-street, West minster, chemist, stated that on Monday week he left London in company with the prisoner, and proceeded to Aberdeen, where they arrived on Wednesday, the lit of August. After dining they engaged a sleeping-room between them at Mrs. Drummond's, a private house, No. 17, Upper Kirkgate. Late in the evening they went into a tavern and had two bottles of Scotch ale, and while drinking it the prosecutor made a remark to the prisoner that the liquor tasted" s as though it had laudanum in it. They then proceeded to their lodgings, between ten and eleven o'clock, and, being in a strange place, the prosecutor, not content with the ordinary fastening of the door, placed a chair between it and the foot of the bedstead, so that no person could enter unless the chair was removed by some person inside. The prosecutor having placed his waistcoat, containing a 201. note and five 51. notes, under his pillow, his gold watch upon the table, and •his trousers, containing some sovereigns and silver, on a chair, went to bed and fell asleep, the prisoner at that time sitting up in the same room smok ing. On awaking, at four o'clock in the morning, he found the prisoner gone, and also his notes, the waist coat having ben removed from under his pillow, his watch, the money from his trousers, and the numbers of the notes from his card-case, which he hal left in his coat-pocket. He immediately instituted inquiries, and fo ! ind that a person answering the prisoner', description had started from Aberdeen cry ut twelve o'clock on the'night of the robbery. The prisoner nau o,ve. expressed the slightest intention of leav:ng Scotland, but was to have continued with the prosecutor and returned with him to London on the Saturday following. On Sa turday the prisoner was apprehended by Sergeant Fos ter, B division, at his own residence, who found at the house 24 sovereigns and several papas and letters, one bearing the Edinburgh postmark. Mr. Russell, the superintendent of the B division, said, as the case must ultimately go to Aberdeen, •the prisoner bad better be remanded for a few days, by which time sufficient evidence would be obtained for the authorities at Aberdeen to commit upon. Mr. BURRELL acquiesced, and remanded the prisoner until Thursday. DEPARTURE OF THE COUNTESS OF LANDSFELDT AND MR. HEALD. Brushfield, a customer of theirs. Yesterday the pri- THE COUNTRY MARKETS. soner came a fourth time, and got another firkin of lead, LIVERPOOL, Ana. 10.—There was a fair attendance weighing 3041 b. of town aid country millers at our market yesterday. Alfred Green, 376, said that in consequence of infor- Wheat and flour were both taken sparingly, and on the / nati o n he received, he followed the prisoner Brittle. former a decline of about ald per bushel was submitted who was drawing a truck through various streets, until to; The inferior grades of flour were also 6d per barrel he arrived at Compton-street, Clerkenwell, when he cheaper. Oats and oatmeal both very dull. limns and stopped at No. 44, and the prisoner Hoare came out and peas remain as quoted on Tuesday. Indian corn im helped the lad Brittle to take the lead into the house, proved 6d per quarter, and was in large demand, and the after which the latter left, followed by witness, till they lowest point seems to have been touched for the pre arrived at St. Luke's Church, whsn he stopped and sent. The weather is unsettled, and holders to-day re asked him if be had taken any lead to Compton street. qu i re f u ll pr i ces for each article. Brittle immediately replied that he had, and the man s, d. s. d • who ordered him to do so would be there presently, as that was the place where he was in the habit of meeting with him. After waiting some time, and find ing the man did not come, he took Brittle back to Compton-street, and entered the shop, which was a ma rine store dealer's, and had the name of Hoare over the window. lie went in, and saw the prisoner Downer, who said he was master of the shop, but that his name was not Hoare, and that he was at his (Green's) service. On witness asking if he had not received a cask of white lead a short time back, Downer said. " Aed pray who are you?" and being informed that he was an officer, he then denied all knowledge of the lead. At that moment, Hoare came up through a trap door in the shop, and on questioning him, he said he had lent money on it (the lead) to a man named William Johnson, but Wheat, per 701 b English, white .. 7 2 to 7 4, Do. rid.. .. 7 0— 7 2 Irish, new .. 6 3 6 6 Do., old 6 6 6 7 Dantsic.. •• 7 6 7 9 Do., good mixed 7 3 8 0 Lowerlialtic,whita 6 11 7 0 Do. red.. 6 9 6 11 American . .. 6 6 7 6 Canadian .. .. 6 6 7 6 Spanish, red and white.. .. Tuscan and Bar letta, red .. Marianopoll • . Odessa, Polish Do., hard.. . Egyptian .. . Oats, per 451 b • 7 0- 7 2 .. 6 7 - 6 10 .. 5 10 - 6 0 .. 6 0-- 6 3 . 5 2- 5 6 . 4 3- 5 0 • a. d. s. d. Barley,Feeding.. 3 8 to 4 0 Stye, per 4801 b .. 28 0 30 0 Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 34 0 36 0 Irish and Scoteh, per 4801 b.. 30 0 31 0 Foreign, duty pd. 24 0 24 6 European, per im perial quarter.. 32 0 —33 0 Peas, English, per imperial quartr 32 0 33 9 Foreign .. 28 0 30 0 Malt, English, per imperial quartr 56 0 60 0 Do., Irish • . 55 0 —56 0 Do., brown 54 0 =57 0 Flour, English, pr 2801 b .. • • 35 0— 37 0 Irish, extra flue.. 36 0 -- 38 0 United States, per - - - - ---"-'''", - English .. and Scotch 211 3 2 barrel .. 24 0— 26 0 he could not tell where he lived, being in the habit of welsh .. . .. 2 7—2 11 Canadian .. .. 24 6 25 0 only calling occasionally. Witness then conveyed Irish, new .. .. 210 —2 101 Oatmeal, English, Brittle, Hoare, and Downer to the station-house, leaving Do., old , ... • • 2 9—2 11 Bz . Scotch,pr24olb 25 6—26 0 Ilrley,Lnglish,pr Irish, new .. .. 24 1 —24 9 Meredith in charge of the house. On making a search, imperial quarter 30 0 —32 0 Do., old .. .236 24 0 a vast quantity of property was discovered of all &scrip- kish, Scotch, and Indian corn, per tions, amongst which were 38 new brass cocks, marked Kanx,per6olb.. 38— 3 10 4801 b .. .. 2t 0—27 6 " Twining's Patent," 1 - large copper scoop, 2 pairs of WORCESTER, AuG. 11.—The weather today was new pincers, 2 packets of brass pulleys, 3 n e w d o or rough and blustering, but no rain. The first sample of locks, with keys and handles, 20 brass fittings, 12 new new wheat was produced in the market. Business farriers' rasps, 7 parcels of new files, 6 new chisels, 5 generally was dull, farmers being busy at home, pro carpenters' planes, 2 marked "W. C. Boon," 1 marked paring for or comma ming the grain harvest. Ia old "H. F.," 1 marked "C. Mitchelmore," 3 squares, one English wheat 18s must be quoted as the highest price being marked "H. F.," 12 mortice chisels, 4,01 them per bag for English; foreign, 5s to 5s 6d per bushel. marked "C. Mitchelmore," and ono marked " 11. F.," Grinding barley, 3s 4d; and malting, 3s 61; malt, 8s to 1 stock, 5 centre-bits, 6 carpenters' • saws, 4 of them t 9s 6d. Old English oats, 3s 6d to 3s 8d; and Irish, 3s 4d marked "H. F.," 1 eighteen-gallon copper, 1 copper j per bushel. English beaus averaged ss, and foreign boiler, 2 roasti ng ja c k s , a pi ece o f b rown holland, 1 about 4s 6d per bushel. Gray peas, 4s to 4s 6d, and packet of brag, tassel-hooks, 1 packet of colouring, and j boilers, 5s to 5s 6d per bushel. At Stourbridge market a light spring truck, painted green. I yesterday a capital sample of new wheat was exhi . Robert Meredith, 368, said that after the last witness 1 bited. Prices were on the decline. Wheat was, if had taken the.prisoners into custody, Hoare's wife sent anything, lower, the prices ranning from 17s to 18s her son with him to point ou t th e man to w h om t h e per b. g o f th ree b us h e l s . B ar l ey , 3s 3d to 3s 6d per money was lent. On arriving at St. Luke's Church, he bushel, according to the quality of the article. Beans observed the prisoner William Thompson standing there, 3s 4d per bushel, and oats and peas not inquired for. but on seeing him and the lad approaching he ran away. Stratford-on-Avon market yesterday was pretty well Witness overtook him and said that Mr. Hoare wanted attended, but prices had a downward tendency as else to see him, and they all returned towards the shop in where. The weather being fine, millers only bought Compton-street; but when within about twenty yards of from hand to mouth, and business was limited. Wheat Hoare's house, Thompson said he was " down, and he was from 'Gs to 17s per bag, the former being the cur did not care 'what became of him." At Hoare's house j rent price for red, and the latter for white. Barley they (Green and witness) seized about 800 cwt. of pro- averaged 27a per quarter. Oats fetched about a guinea pert}, the most of which they supposed to be stolen. per quarter, and little inquired for. Beans about 12s 6d Mrs. Brushfield, of 193, Kingsland-road, carrying on per bag of three bushels. business as oil and colourman, said that she was in the COLCHESTER, AuG. 11.—The prospects and progress ,habit of dealing with Messrs. Blundell and Co., but the of the harvest, which are exceedingly favourable, have orders produced were not in her handwriting. nor did had a considerable influence this week upon the markets she authorise any one to write any order. She knew of the district. Though the farmers, being engaged in 'none of the prisoners. , the fields, have by no means sent large supplies Into the _ _ markets, the prices of all articles ha - ve considerably de clined. The reduction in wheat in this market to -day was from 2s to 3s per quarter, and at Chelmsford yes terday 3s to 4s, with a dull trade even at these rates. At the latter market the finest samples of the best white wheat would not realise more than 50s per quarter. Peas are cheaper. A few samples of the new crop have made their appearance, and have been sold at 31s per quarter. A sample or two of new barley have also made their appearance, of tolerable quality. The trade in this article is dull. In Suffolk the markets are also considerably lower. At Ipswich the wheat trade was al most in a stagnant state. Peas were offered at 2s to 3s per quarter cheaper. At Bury and Woodbridge wheat was 2s lower. At Stowmarket on Thursday wheat was dull of sale, at the same decline. A few exceedingly fine samples of the new crop of barley made their ap pearance. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, AUGUST 9.—At our market to day there were —oxen, 635; sheep, 1,913; lambs, 5,250. Owing to the large supply of cattle, and and on account of the unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering, sales were slowly effecied at a reduction compared with last week of 2s per cwt. Best quality brought 48r per cwt, middling quality from 42s to 455 per do. and interior cows 38s per do; best aged wethers, sid per ib, current 4d to 4id per do; best lambs, 14$ per head, second kind 8s to 1 le, inferior from 3s to 73. Part of cattle and sheep turned out unsold. CORK, AUG. 10.—The trade during the week has been excessively dull—that in Indian corn especially so, and to such an extent as fully to justify the witty remark of the juror on a late record, that " all round corn is flat at present." Should the potato crop realise tha sanguine expectations now entertained respecting it we believe we may with safety assert that maize is nut likely to meet any improvement at this side of Christmas, but that on the contrary it will recede still further in value. We have again rather large arrivals of foreign grain, principally maize. Wit Cle exception of oats, which are, even at this early period, beginning to come in freely (the re ceipts this week being 615 barrels) we have but little home-grown grain offering. In prepared and foreign wheat we have had but few transactions, at a decline of 6d per barrel from last week's rates. The stocks of oats are narrowed to a mere trifle, while the business passing is of the most retail character. Indian corn has again (Relined in value, and is so unsaleable as to render it ► extremely difficult to give quotations correctly. We be neve that if purchasers c‘,uld be found 61 per ton would be readily accepted, We still experience a mere con sumptive dcrnsind for the value of the article. Stocks continue very low, and the supply is still light. In Indian meal the business Fussing. like the prices quoted, is altogether. Flour—Firsts 14s Od to 14s 6d; extra 15s Od ; seconds, 13s 6d to ON Od; households les to 12s; thirds, 8a to 10$ per cwt. Oatmeal 12s 6cl to 13s• ' Indian &steal es 6d to 6A 9d; wheat -. meal, lOs 6d to per cwt. Indian corn 6; fsOdto6/ be Od per ton. Bran 3/17s 6d to 4/ per ton. Hay—Farmers 15s to 255; average 225; dealers 24s to 30s; average 00s Od per ton. Straw--Farmers 11 s Od to 24s Od; average 18s; dealers 22s Oct to 32e 01; average 26s Oil per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 61d; household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, Sd to 9J per lb. Eggs-4s Cd to 4s 2d per hundred. Coals-- Newprirt 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. . Tallow 40s Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 0. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 5d to bid; veal bid to 7d ; pork 4d to bid ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per lb. hops 61 10s per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 3/ 5s per ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8/ 10s; Valonia 14/ to 01; French 7110 x; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per stone. Hemp 34/ to 35/ per toe. Fish— Scotch herrings 17s to 18s • red ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfou n dl an d 10/ lO s to 12/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 18s; second quality, 16e per 100. Hides—Market 108 to 165; salted 12s to 18. per cwt ; calf skins lid to 21e per lb. Potatoes, white 7d to 10d; Minions 00d to 60d; Guano Peruvian, 111 10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. ABERDEEN, AUK. 10.—Grain—Oats 17s Od to 18s, 401 b pet bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 52ibs per bushel; bear, 23s to 245, 521bs per bushel ; wheat, 46s to 52s ; oatmeal, les 3d to 1530 1 per boll ; flour, 37s to 45s per sack. Provisions—Beef , bd to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 5d to 6d ; pork, per stone, 4s 6d to ss; lamb, per lie, ed to 7d; tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; rotatoes, per peck, is 4d to Is ad; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Oil to Os ; hares, each, Os to Os ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d to 9d; eggs, per doz, 7d to 9d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, per pair, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; chickens, ditto, Is Od to Is 6d ; ducks, ditto, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, Is ed to Is 8d; turkeys, each, 3s Od to 050 d; geese, ditto. Os to Os; butter for exportation (present cure), per cat, 58s to 60s; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, bid to Od; 4b loaf, 6,1; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 14 lbs, 3s 6d to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork larger , 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 5d to Is 6d; bearmeal, is 4d to Is 6d ; peasemeal, Is 10d to, 24 skis, 7d to 8d • barley flour, is Si to Is 6d ;. barley d us t, 7d to 8 d ; flour, is l ' Od to 2s; barley, per IN lid ta2d. . . DALKEITR, AUG. 9 —The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 19st 01b, 18st 411 i, and 1251 131b...0at5, 12st 111 b, 12st 11b, and list Sib. Barley, 16st 61b, 16st 21b, and 14st 81b. Peas, and beans, 19st 51b, 18st 21b, and 17st bibs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 2 1 :3 Wheat ... ...... Z 2 13 0 £2 8 6 £2 1 0 400 Oats 112 Barley 1 9. 6 1 7 0 0 19 0 I 18 Peas and Beans 114 0 112 0 110 0 Average of wheat 4ss 44d. As soon as the proceedings' at Marlborough-street Police Court were ended. the Countess of Landsfeldt and Mr. Heald resumed their preparations for a continental visit, which the appearance of the police had interrupted, with great alacrity, and in a few hours were on the:South- Eastern Railway, with their luggage marked " Cadiz." Some surprise has been expressed at the tranquil and subdued demeanour of the Countess when before the magistrate. From the lady's exciteable temperament, a " scene" was looked for, but this did not occur, probably because it had already taken place in the house in Half Moon-street when the officers . mad 3 their appearance and an nounced the object of their visit to the lady. The officers, we understand, had orders to be in attendance to me - et the solicitor and Mrs. Heald at half-past eight o'clock, in Half Moon-street, in order that no mistake might occur in the execution of the warrant. Apparently the lady and her spouse had a correct notion of the proceedings which had been commenced by the aunt, for preparations for packing up were concluded, and the' travelling carriage was at the door by nine o'clOck on Monday morning. The officers were about to relinquish their object, as the Countess had entered the passage, just before stepping into the travelling carriage, when a cab came into the street,'and in it were the solicitor and the aunt, who had been somewhat delayed on their journey. The officers, accompanied by the solicitor and the aunt, immediately entered the house, and on seeing Mr. Heald, who was personally known to the officers, from the circumstance of their having been employed by Mr. Heald in a case of robbery by his servant, they-mentioned the disagreeable purport of their visit. The Countess of Lansfeldt was immediately after wards informed that she must consider herself in custody, upon which the energetic nature of the lady shone forth instantaneously. The Countess exhibited all the appearance of excessive passion, using strong phrases both in French and English, hustling her husband about vigorously, pushing Mrs. Heald on one side, and kicking two or three favourite dogs right and left. The officers waited until the storm subsided, and then declared they must do their duty. The lady was again in a fiery mood, said . she always carried poison about her, at the same time pointing to a small pocket in her dress, apparently containing a phial, and that she could easily destroy herself if mo lested. At length a calm succeeded, and the husband was dispatched to get the company of Capt. Osborne, or Lord Brougham, the latter Learned Lord having, as asserted by the Countess, procured her a regular divorce from Captain James. The Countess of Landsfeldt was then taken to the Vine-street station-house in order to have the charge booked. By this time the Countess had cooled down completely. She was very gracious with the inspectors and superintendent, and after apo logizing for the trouble she had given, begged permis sion to light a cigar. The superintendent declared it was against the regulations. The Countess would not be refused, and having, politely expressed her re gret that the superintendent would not join her in a social whiff, lighted a cigar and smoked herself into perfect good humour. The Countess is reported to be so devoted to this somewhat masculine pastime as to indulge in the luxury in bed every morning. As there are several incorrect rumours afloat re specting the origin in the acquaintance of the Countess with the young Lieutenant, the following statement is not very wide of the truth. The Countess was ac customed to take a drive in her carriage in the park. The young Lieutenant several times met her, as he was taking an airing in his mail cart, and having, as the rumour goes, received a note acquainting him that I his visits would not be unacceptable, he called on the Countess, and was received with so much cordiality as completely to fascinate him. This was about a fort night before the marriage took place. The young Lieutenant made proposals, and obtained permission to procure a license. It is said that a settlement of 2,000/. a year was first made by the young gentleman on the . Countess, out of his own property. The income _ _ of Mr. Heald is stated to be about 7,0001. or 8,0001. a ot L ' o . ndon: Printed and Published:by MURDO YOUN ; 12 , year, but it is understood there are large sums of - N o. 112, Strand, printer; at The s un office, Na t z of money likely to come into his posses s i on on th e depth Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the eatto • of : some aged relatives. lldiddlesem, Monday, August 18, 1849, - RAILWAY SHARE IVIARKETS. LIVERPOOL,_AuGusT 11. STOCK ExcnANGE.—The share market was extremely dull to dal'. The transactions were comparatively trifling, and in these there were few deviations from last quotations. The sates are—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 2% p.—North British, Is. 3d. P. —South-Eastern and Dover, (No. 4), 7—Ditto (Registered) 6A York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 4% dis. BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 11. STOCK Excratenx.—The transactions to-day were as follow : London and North-Western, 130 Ambergate, Nottingham, an d Boston, 5% dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A). 6 dis.—Skreivs • bury and Birmingham, Preference (Scrip), 21. 3s. 9d. p. YORE, AUGUST 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day have been as fol' low : —Great Northern, Preference, Shrewsbury and Binning" ham, Preference, 101. 3s. 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 20% --- : Ditto (Newcastle Extension), 13% Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase) , 31. 16s. 3d.—York and North 511dlithd, Preference, 7%. NE WCA STLE-UPON-TYNE, AUGUST 11. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The business done in the Stock Exchang e to-day has been as follow;—Hartlepool Dock and Railway, ill —. Newcastle and Carlisle, 94—Ditto (Scrip), 945{—Northern Counties Union, 4—North British, Thirds, 4—Ditto, Quarters, 2s. 6d. p. GLASGOW, AUGUST 10. STOCK EXCHANGE —The transactions to-day were as follow Caledonian Preference, 11 —Glasgow and Greenock, 16%—Great North of Scotland (Scrip), Bs. 6d.--Great Norther, Preference (5 per cent. guaranteed), 758. 411ARRIED. On the Bth inst., at East Lavant Church, the Rev. Williams Stacey, Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, secon soa of J. Stacey, Esq., of Sprowston, near orwich, to Maria Diana, t Idest daughter of Major-General Bourchier, of Lavant' house, Sussex. On the 9th inst., at East Harls:y, near Northallerto o. Stephen Cholmeley, Esq.. of Lincoln's Inn, to Catharine Jan e ' second daughter of John C. Maynard, Esq., of Harlsey-h7 On the 9th inst., at Trinity Church, Marylebone, J: Beet bohm, Esq., to Constantia, eldest daughter of 'Willow. Draper, Eeq. DIED On the 6th inst., in Princes-street, Hanover-square , °/.. William Hall, aged 81. Oa the Bth inst., at Camberwell, Miss Dorothy Llizabeth Anther, age,l 79. On the 9th inst., at Camberwell, Mr. Henry G. Stahl. schmidt, of the Accountant-General's-office, Post-office. On the 9th inst., at Rathbone-place, Miss Frances Cat rine Gibbins. aged 56. On the , 9th inst.,' at Thames Ditton, Emily, daughter of th e late Alexander Wyllie, Esq. BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., at Che;slltit — on-lodge, Mrs. John Mile* o f a son. On the 9th inst., at Woodlands, Norwood, Mrs. S. Leigh Sotheby, of a s.n.