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of antagonism between the Government and the redo• nista. The cedoni:ts themselves complained thlt the Plighted faith of this country had been trolien, and thoy 6 41 been deprived of the protection guaranteed to them. The result had been the abandonment of es , .ate:i and the general derangement of all the affairs of the col my. It erected to him that such conduct en the part of any Go vernment was most heartless and disgraceful. For the rearons he 11;!ci assigned, however, he believed that the Rouse Was called upon to affirm the resolutions he now nany,l Mr. BAILLIE seconded the resolutions. The Com mittee had not noticed several important points referred to there, and which were fully borne out in the evidence, and the consequence was that the Colonial-office might think themselves justified in passing over without notice these grievances; and if this system was allowed in the "se of Guiana, of course the same thing would apply to all ether colonies, and Committees of Inquiry, instead of procuring redress, would merely screen oppression. The great evil of our colonial system was, that it gave a no mural representative power to the colonists, while, in reality, all the real power was exercised by the Go vernor, supported by the Home Government. The consequence was, that in Guiana affairs had been in the most deplorable condition for the last twelve months, and the inhabitants had been in e ffect told that if they did not submit to the dictation of the Colonial•office, they would be turned over to the tender mar its of the native popula tion without the protection of the police. The Gover nor the same time stating that the native pepuletion had lately become very much demoralised. The first nitnees examined by the Committee was the late Go vernor of the colony, Sir H. Light, who was the model Governor of tin Colonial-office, and had there a colos sal reputation. That witness in effect admitted that he had governed the colony on a policy in opposition to the ( pinions of the law officers of the Crown. When he heard that, he thL,ught it amply justified the resistance of the, colonists to the course pursued by the Governor. The Governor had also refused to enforce reselu• hens regulating the labour of the negroes, which no 1 -%nelish, or Scottish labourer would have objected tea. The consequence was that the negroes refused to conform to thee° resolutions, and he had from good authority that this was one cause of the ruin which had over spread the islard. With respect to the civil list in 1 839, Sir 11. Light proposed to raise the salaries ge nerally. He proposed to raise his own from 3,600/ to 0,0001.., on the ground that the colony was exceedingly prospeeous, and that living was so much higher in Guiana than it was in A ntigua, where he had formerly been Governor. The other salaries were to be raised in the sauna proportion. But when the proposal was laid before the combined Court it was refused, and Sir R. Light dissolved the Court, thereby stopping the busi Hess, and causing a direct loss of 60,000 dollars. Lord John Russell, who was then Secretary, caused Sir H. Macleod to inquire into the subject. It appeared that Sir 11. Light had offered an emigration ordnance to the colonists, on condition that they would accede to the increaged civil list. That, he thought, Was most im proper. conduct. If emigration was useful to the colony, it ought to have been granted without the public officers of the colony making it a matter of bargain.—(Hear, hear.) Matters continued in this state for four years, and then, in consequence of the growing distress in the colonies, resolutions were passed deprecating any in crease, and showing th'at the cost of living iu Guiana was not such as to justify the demand. And it would be remombered that, in the meantime, on these very ground s, the civil list had been reduced in Trinidad 33 per ceee., while at the same time the taxation in Trini dad wr,s only 203. a head, and in Guiana it was 40s,_ (1( ar, bear.) The Hon. Member, after quoting at some length from the evidence given before the Committee, and especially that of Lord Grey, for the purpose of justifying the strong language he had applied, in a for mer debate, to the conduct of that Noble Lord, as the head Of the colonial department, in suppressing informa tion as to the state of the colony at a certain period, pro- Posed a resolution to tie Committee, which was, in his ° Pioiolh necessary either fur h:s own justification in u sing that language, cr to clear Lord Grey f rom t h e Chase made against him.—(Hear.) But the Committee ! declined to express any opinion on the subject, and re • Jetted both the resolutions proposed by himself, and those of the Under-Secretary for the Colonies (Mr. Hewes). The real question wes, whether the colonies shoeald be allowed to manage their own aline-, or Whether they were to continue subject to the dictation of the Colonial Office? England had made herself ob noxious by her foreign policy. He hoped this policy 1 :?oedd not be pursu e d w i t h re f erence to our colonies. That we would not show the colonists of Guiana that Car lade was allowed to manage its own affairs because ~‘. ‘ eas a wealthy a nd p ower f u l co l ony, wh i le they were s ucieet to the dictation of the Colonial Office, arid de for privsed of all legitimate control over their own affairs, rio other reason, that he could see, but their compa rah we weakness. Air. 13. LIA.WES said that he was relieved from the eta essity of going into detail on this question, as the ma tier had been already decided by a Committee of t he 'louse res p ec ti ng the charges brou g ht aga i nst hi s l' c lo'ele F r i en d (E ar l G re y) ; f or w h en th e H on . M em b er for Montrose brought those charges before he fount hen tself in a minority, and therefore he did not think the t there was any necessity for knowing the opini on o f the Hous e again on this subject. He regretted to s a y `us t the statements of the two Hon. Gentlemen who had Pre ceded him were not founded on fact, and he was pre- Pal ed to show this by the evidence of witnesses chosen by the Hon. Member for Mont rose . I n the first place, he • did not see that any of them had shown why the Act of Parliament respecting this measure should be put an end to, particularly when the Act of the Legislature of that colony was in unison with that Act of Parliament. Ile would th us f ar enter into detals, as he had stated ef ore, and show that the whole amount of expenditure of • that colony was only 39,0001. Of that sum 5,5001. is Pai d out of the Imperial Treasury, and in addition to that 1 ,0 00L, which reduces the sum to 34,000/. He should also ay that there was a sum of 9,000/. to be deducted from thra, which reduces the expenditure to 25,0001. Then he wished to call the attention of the House to the revenue, which amounted to 29,0001., and when 9 5,000/. Was; deducted from that sum for the duties of the Govern me at offs gals, it would be found that there was a surplus of 4,0001., which h e cons id ered told well for the interests of the condition of that colony, notwithstanding the D,sosition of slave grown sugar to that of free grown. -Ile' would refer the House to the evidence before the C ommittee, which prov e d hi s l ate statement, and also Itthat the revenue of the colony wa s most encouraging— hear)—and he wished to ask, if such was th e anion of t h e Colonial Legislature with respe c t t o v elucing th e revenue, what right was there for saying ~.that the I mper i a l L eg i slature did interfere, or that his . 0 4 Wale Friend (Earl Grey) should be taxed or brought account for such proceeding on the part of the Colonial Legislature? lie then read several extracts from the evidence given before the Committee, in proof of Lord Grey's anxiety to promote the interests of that Colony as much as possible, and argued from this evidence thrt six-sevenths of the revenue was expended on the part of that colony for the support of the officers, ac cording to the desire of the Colonial Legislature. He then referred to the difference that existed between Tri bided and Guiana, and argued strongly that there did n ot exist any parallel between the two c Monies. He pl l ineterfctl concurred with the plan of Governor erkly, i rod y ucing a numb of voters, who could have infiu- Euce On the Cul:pnial Legislature, because it contributed a c j ithe b en -fi t and iridependenee of that colo n y. Con dening that the proposition before the Hou s e was one kitten merely emanated f r o m the minority of the Com /In:se: he tr us t e d i t wou ld no t rece i ve t h e sanct i on of the Ilt i r .; r . S =TART moved the adjournme n t o f th e d e b ate . li t ;".. .„h o a few words from Mr. Hume, Mr. Di srae li, an d p o g r t tthhee I m lo o u ti s o e n divided, when there appeared -17 A gainst it .•• ••• ••• 91 Majority against the adjournment —77 1 3 " - T ITa's motio n was negat i ve d w i thout a division. the R e "TIIERTON then moved the adjournment of j°l4l4uttste'Hwalhfi-Cphaswt T as w a e ff e ee o l olo to o , k. and the House ad- _____________ R RYNIES FOR YOUNG READERS. THE MOUSE AND THE CAKE. (From Eliz a C oo k' s Journal) A i nao use fou n d a beautiful piece of plum-cake,_ . The richest and sweetest that mortal could make, ,twas heavy with citron an d f ragrant w i th sp i ce, 4 Ist And covered with s ugar all sparkling as ic e . ' glee, . Y stars, „ cri ed th e mouse, while his eye beamed with , 13Ti-It, ere's a tr easure I'v e f oun d , what a feast it will be; R 0 I' hark ! there' s a n o i se , ' t i s my brothers at play, 'll hide with the cake, lest they wander this way. Not a b it sall they have, for I know I can eat ~ Seery morsels myself, and I'll have such a treat; viv;,°.frwent the mouse as he held the cake fast, While his hungry young brothers went scampering past. Ir e • nibbled, and nibbled, and panted, but still Ile 4 Yet kept gulping it down till he made himself ill ; ,„. t he awallowed it all, and 'tis easy to guess, 4111 e Was soon so unwell that he groaned wish distress. Its f .1 Th e ar nilY heard him, and as he grew worse, o lti y sent for the doctor, who made him rehearse . he'd eaten the cake to the very last crumb, wi t giving his playmates and relatives some. "Ah me!" cried the doctor, " advice is too late, yo u, , must die before long, so prepare for your fate; if you had but divided the cake with your brothers, 'l'would have done you no harm, and been good for the others. Had you shared it, the treat had been wholesome enough, But eaten by one, it was dangerous stuff, So prepare for the worst;" and the word had scarce fled, When the doctor turned round, end the patient was dead. liew all little people the ksson may tak e , cake, And some large o nes may learn from the m ouse and the .... ziet to be over-selfish with what we may ain, Or the best o f our p!easures may turn int g o Pa i n , ELlza. Coox. R, ,kOSIE AND HUNGARY.—BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY. ---LEISt eveni ng a meet i ng of the inhabitants of this town, c u ftvened by placard, was held at the Public-office, ""i°oe-street, for the purpose of sympathising with the rPeople of the above countries. The larg , room was :uwded to excess, and many hundreds were obliged to ."e who could not gain admittance to the building. At ',',..03,t o'clock Mr. Councillor 13,11dain v. as moved to the iii',,SlC, when resolutions expressive of sympathy with the `' i nalas and Hungarians in their struggles_ for ftecdom `Were unanimously carried. Marqui s OF Tilt EX-KING OF SARDINIA.—The Chart o f Sligo's maniion in town was taken for But Albert, who was expec'ed by the last packet. i t , te _ i ,t ePPears that there has been some change of muciai on the part of his ex -Majesty. ans, alte• vise them wedge he uld not in The re p;aols had ere placed lure more a of emi d to the in receir i be sup• )ey softi ies. Thu intenaoce rate. In ?d by the To than if I of prison the worst bri ging vil to deal Iren, and recollect hich they hem, and ig or by ation, or herafore, practices. schools , and en improved at these then as e able to it out to bettering his born led some e to say of their parents made a ount of )rtion of )172 their What, schools, ould not teachers. [once of Lich pri dn. He s of the t of the wing— all who .ted and le Noble Id taken he early stablish iich bad tshley). td made ould not bout the erred to ose upon sous but ;rtation. be more d those I in the received Penton nto the were of d with society on him >osal of a rapid welfare the mo- House, riety of 3und to which )f hold- what- ion be hildren . Gen ie ws of t made olonies id told ass al- nse at ling to that 'arthe abso t had Noble from f the t that man)" o the THE Bll N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 25 1849 LAW INTELLIGENCE. /.I', • A' RY CO T, July 24. (!aefore Sir J. WIG:AA:N.) BR'_ , GDEN V. THE S )UTII-EASTFHIN RAILWAY , 053IPANY (Trio N , ,RTH-KENT BRANCH). Sir Fitzroy KaPy, Mr. Matins, and Mr. J Ba i ley ap peared this morning in support of a motion, r stance of the above company, to commit the plain .1_ fur a e ntempt of the court, in violating . an orde i i, d t t o he ci le n tl iie i t n e s e a ., p lah ,r e t r i, f ; b n Yofh.etheva i. s ,; o r r e t q h u required t et . n ßb t , n m , e 2 le v r ie c o x lt , cf Woolwich and Frith. Th e contractor, had plaintiff,. the ' tending shout twelve miles, in the meet! snrLio ' d moved, on the 16th inst., fur an Injunction reeares training plants, engines, .barrows,portion of the from that p . the company from interfering with and removing his line, and taking it into their own hands , it being admitted that, by the contract between the parties, he was rot bound to complete the works before November next, al though the company had endeavoured to induce him to They had complete it early this month, so asno be opened , for the visitors to the t.ieete operations at Chatham. 'Fe offered him 5,000/. for expedition money. Upon this motion coming on an order was made by which it was arranged that the company undertaking to make no material or substantial variations in, or addi tions to, the orders &ready is-med by the engineer in the construction of the line, and the plaintiff under taking to complete the double line of rail, fit for public traffic to the satiseinition of the Government inspector, on or before midnight on Friday, the 20th inse, the cern pally undertaking on Saturdey, the 21st, to pay him 5,000/. for such expedition, and paying within a fortnight the balance of all sums certified by the engineer to be due to the plaintiff in respect of the works done; and that if the engineer should certify what was due to the plaintiff in respect of the works done or to be done by him within one week after the same was completed, the company would pay the amount within 14 days after the same was certified; but if the plaintiff failed, he was to deliver possession of the line on Saturday, the 21st, at noon, in whatever state it was, suleject to the adjudica tion of his rights under the contract by the court. The Learned Counsel stated that it was of course net the ob ject of the company to gratify any resentment against Mr. Brogden, but to establish, by means of the process of the court, the right of the company to the possession of a line of railway on which they had expended millions, so vs to use it for the benefit of the shareholders and the public. They complained that no one of the conditions of the undertaking had been performed, and they re• ferred to the report of Captain Wynne, the Govern ment inspector, and to the affidavits of Mr. Herbert, the secretary, Mr. P. W. Barlow, the engineer-in chief, and of other persons connected with the company, as evidence that the line had not been completed accord. ing to the undertaking by Friday night. They stated that the company considered that they were losing traffic to the amount of 1,000 per diem during the present i season. They were willing to pay the 5,000 nto . court, end any sum equivalent to the probable profits of Brog den's contract for repairing the railway for the next two years upon obtaining possession, although they denied that Mr. Brogden was entitled to the 5,000/, as he had not performed the condition upon which it was payable. It appeared that in consequence of two of the Govern ment inspectors being laid up with cho!er I, it was not found practicable to obtain the inspection by Cept. Wynne before Friday evening. That gentleman had reported to the Railway Board, who had prohibited the line from being opened for one month, although it was believed by the company that, if they could obtain possession of the line, End discharge Mr. Brogilen, they might complete it satisfac torily to the Railway Baird, and open it without delay. The evidence sho,-,ed that the line was not finished even by a late hour on Saturdsy, some of the rails being only laid on Saturday n exiling. Captain Wynne, in his re port, stated that he had on Friday inspected the line; that he sound several chairs of the up-line remained. to be laid, and that through the town of Woolwie'n it was so encumbered with rubbish and materials as to be im passible. Ile report( d that, from the incompleteness of the permanent live between Woolwich and Erith, this portion of the line could not be opened with safety to the public; that he had been unable to inspect the Green wich portion of the line, or the Bricklayers' Arms branch. The company also could prove that such had been the determination of the plaintiff to retain posses sion of the line that he had given orders, prior to the motion of last week, for taking up portions of the line, and causing obstruction to the company in their attempt to obtain possession and complete it themselves. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Wood, and Mr. A. J. Lewis on behalf of Mr. Brogden, opposed the motion, which they insisted, both in point of form and upon the merits, must he dismissed with costs. They complained of the attack which had been made upon the character of the plaintiff, who, as a man of business, felt that the imputations might be injurious to him in future under takings. In the present case the plaintiff was still within his original contract, which did not expire until Novem ber. The company hail endeavoured to urge the comple tion o fails part of the line by July, in order to realise large profits by the Chatham siege, and had offered 5,0004 as expedition money. They contended that the evidence would satisfy the Court that if the Government inspector were sent down at that moment he would certify that the line was quite ready for working. It was stated that Cap tain Wynne himself had stated on the spot, on Friday, that it might very easily be ready for travelling upon on Saturday. It was a curious proceeding on the part of the company to send for the Government inspector at twelve on Friday noon, to report whether it would be completed by the same day at midnight. The evidence showed that carriages had been up and down the line on Saturday, and since, at the rate of 25 miles per hour, with perfect safety, end that between eleven and twelve on Friday night the engine had run over every part of the work for which the plaintiff was responsible. They referred to the statements of witnesses as to delays caused by a want of supply of chairs, it being stated that the men had lost eight hours on Wednesday, and six hours on Friday morning, from that cam-e. One of the workmen, at the end of the line, in the company's interest, was stated to have held up a portion of the rail, refuting to place it until five on Saturday morning, when he did so, exclaiming, " Now Mr. Broeden shalt ,not have his 5,0001, f or h e h as b ro k en his contract. " They argued that there was no instance of a motion to commit for the breach of an undertaking until an order had been formally made. The words of the undertaking, " deliver up the line," merely meant taking off the work men, and allowing the company to work it. As to the charge which' had teen made against the plaintiff of taking up a portion of the line early last week, for the puriase of obstructin g t h e company in their attempt to take possession, the Learned Counsel observed that their client had, previously to the motion on the 16th, given an order to that effect, which he was justified in doing, in order to oppose force to force, but nothing of the kind had taken place since the Court had interfered. His Ho?ionn intimated, during the argument, that he was of opinion the " possession" which was undertaken to be delivered up, mutt be construed as meaning the use of the line; but that the plaintiff was not thereby to be precluded from using the line so far as was necessary for carrying on the r e p a i rs f or two years. He considered that the present struggle could only have the effect of depriving both parties of what it was their interest to have, and he strongly recommended them to come to some arrangement. The order, for a breach of which the commitment was asked, was in effect:, a contract; but how could the Court decide that a condition of it had been broken upon a motion for commitment? He was strongly inclined to think that, before moving to csusmit, an order ought previously to hare been ole tained, in the alternative for delivering up possession or for commitment. The case was not cmcluded when the Court rose, but at this stage of the argument an offer was made by the company to pay the plaintiff 5,000/. on account, instead of paying it into court, upon being put in possession of the line; but Mr. Wotd and Mr. Lewis declined ac ceding to it until they had an opportunity of consulting the Solicitor-General, who was at that time absent. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT —Exeter, July 23. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAns.) William Ford was indicted for the manslaughter of Andrew Morison, on the 19th of June, on the high seas. Mr. Rowe prosecuted, and Mr. Cox defended. The prisoner vas the captain of a brig called the Mersey, bound from Quebec to England, and thn charge against him was, that by blows and ill-treatment, or by putting him to improper work when in a bad state of health, he had cawed the death of Morrison, who was one of his crew. The ill-usage was so great that some of the men complained to the prisoner about it ; but his reply was that the deceased was a skulker, and was dodging. The witnesses believed the deceased did his best. For the prisoner it was contended that the deceased had imposed upon the prisoner by representing that be was a seaman, w h ereas h e was i gnorant of his duties; and that the pris oner h a d on l y done what was requisite to maintain the discipline of the crew. Some of the crew were then called to make out this case; but, on the whole of the evidence, The jury found a verdict of Guilty. The Learned JUDGE deferred the sentence. NORTHERN CIBCCIII:—York, July 23, Crown Court.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN.) William Marsh and James Bell L or d were indicted for conspiring to cheat and defraud the Agriculturist Cattle Insurance Company; other counts charged them with endeavouring to obtain money by false pretences. The jury tiiund Marsh Guilty, and Acquitted Lord. His Lordship deferred sentence (motion having been made in arrest of judgment) until the point reserved had been argued. The prisoners were identified, notwithstanding that they had worn disguises; and they were all sentenced to transportation for twenty years. A fearful case of pe.tricldal murder is appointed to he taken at eight o'clock to-morrow morning, one Thomas I)oxey, aged 25, standingg charged with the perpc tration of the crime on the :30th of ll,cember last, at Glossop, upon Job Dxy. OXFORD July 21. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE and a Com men Jury.) LANGLEY 21, PASTOW.-Br:EACIL OF PROMISE OF MAR• RIAGE Mr. Sergeant Allen and Mr. Greaves were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Talfeurd and Mr. Whate- Q C., for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant ALLEN stated the case to the following effect:--The plaintiff was a young lady, of good educa tion, great beauty, some accomplishments, and not with out respectability of birth. Her grandfather was for merly rector of Checkley, in this county, and her father was formerly a veterinary surgeon of considerable skill and eminence, but in 1845 he took a farm of 300 acres of lend at Hednosford, and it was while moving in that station that the defendant became acquainted with the plaintiff. At the same time that he took the farm be also took an inn, and during two or three years applied his energies to rcarieg racehorses, the management of the farm, and the conduct of the inn. The plain tiff was then about twenty years of age, and the defendant twenty-nine; and from the time of his first introduction down to the present, when he thought proper, in the most unqualified and unfeeling terms, to break off all connexion, he paid her every attention which a min who in:ceded her for his wife could have dot e. In 1845, in order that there might be no doubt as to the r ature of their intercourse, he, in her brother's presence, made her a distinct promise of marriage, so that it would not be in his power to say there was any inter course between them but such as was protected—nay, he might almost say hallowed—by such a promise. SITI;h such a premise, there was, of course, ro restriction on the intercourse of the parties. When one considers the position of both parties, it was not surprising that the plaintiff's friends should place great confidence in the defendant. That brought them to the written evidence. and as there was a voluminous correspondence, he would not fatigue the jury by reading more than bare on the issue ; if his Learned Friends on the other side thought ;ha other parts material to them they might read them. The promise was made on Friday, the 22d of March, 1845, and in a letter addressed to her, dated in April, 1845, he began thus:— " My dear Rezialt—You will think me negligent, but you wrong me ; there is not a being under the canopy f Heaven, iu my estimation, so worthy of every atten tion. When I make a vow of constancy I esteem it as an oath, and, wishing you may do the same, I remain yours truly." In a letter written on the sth of May, 1845, he said— " Remember, my beloved, that Will's happiness de pends upon you. Your list letter has given me great pleasure for your sincere and candid avow:el of mutual love; but actions, not words, must testify my gra titude." About that time she became unwell, and was recovering, and it seems that he had gone to see her, and on the 25th of July, 1845, he sent a letter beginning-- " Kessie, my love (showing that he was then become more familiar), it has given me great pleasure in seeing you in sickness and in health; how happy shall I be if ever it is my fortune to be possessed of such an amiable coropanion. liessiel)ve, how kind it wax of you to send me home on Sunday. Yes, lies,ie love, you little think what future bli.s is i❑ store for us, but it cannot be ac complished till we are one for ever; thou art loved as never was woman loved bl.torc." In a hitter of August 17, of the year— " If you have half the pleasure in reading mine that I have in re; dirt; yours, you will parlon the imperfec• tions of this. You may trust yourself to tey protection; believe me, it is a sacred deposit.' In a letter Sept. 11 this passage occurs— " The mutual 'attachment which now exists between us shall never cease with me, but my pure and honour able motives, combined with the ardency of my love, will go on increasing day by day. My ht art yearns to see thee ; but I cannot just now, as we are so busy in the corn. Yes, Bessie, words are inadequate to express my idea, and I know that we shall happily weather the storm of life." In a letter of the 12th of October he ea;.d— -" I look for and to that blissful life when we two shall he one;" and on the 4th of December he said— " Your welfare is my welfare; our interests are bound irrevocably together." On the 30:h of March, 1846, ha said— " Kessie love, did Friday, the 27th of March, bring you any pleasing recollections? I thought I that day had gained a true friend. I hope I shall have it in my power to make you a due return. Nothing can be so pure as my love to you. lam convinced that our for tunes are indissolubly li n k e d toget h er. IV here'ere I roam, whatever realms I see, ' My heart, unchanged, will fondly cling to thee ;' For sooner than forsake one of so much beauty and worth I would become tho contempt of all human creatures." Again, on the 15th of April, 1847, he says— lam at a loss to express my thoughts on that aus picious day, the 27th of Much." Un the sth of September, 1848, "Itcst assured, my dear girl, that no miserable convict looks forward to the time of his release with half the pleasure that I do for that happy time when I can fulfil those sacred engagements and perform those faithful pro mise.' that I have so often made to you." About that time the plaintiff's father came to live in tho neighbourhood of the defendant, and thenceforward there was not much correspondence by letter; but he was received by the family on the usual terms, sometimes staying in the house for several days. Towards the latter end of 1848 some rumours had reached some mem bers of the family that he had some notion of not per forming his promises; and in consequence it became de sirable that the term of the youthful couple's probation should be shortened, and on this subject the mother of a the plaintiff fr t heeqronien the t l spoke y plaintiff that there heassured er ew as no he r indis position on his part to fulfil his promises, and he kept up the delusion even to within a fortnight of his marriage. Ia the month of May of this very year, about a fort night before that marriage, he assured her that there was no alteration in his affections, and that she might rely on his fulfilling his promises, and intreated her mother to dissipate any doubt that might have arisen in her mind. The first notice that the family received of his altered intentions was conveyed in a letter, than which a more heartless production never emanated from the basest mind. This letter was received on the Bth of May, en the very morning of his marriage with another woman; it commenced— " Dear Miss Langley,—l cannot possibly spare time yourtbt o o u i a on e tes? y ,,s, o tfet u oro , ui a mir n , t i rebr m .eoi w a n k ig e s y hla o obs u ulh, ,l a adl e t l : ht t a t ri a lve. v i ea n ed t d e io d nn w et hi together.wtehham samet y particular t y time to bay much. I will expect to hear from you as to what I shall do with your letters, as some of them relate to circumstances of your family which I shall never re veal unl, ss you drive me to do it. Al.houo we shall not be so nearly connected as you expected, I may un affectedly say—l may truly say—it is not from any offence on your part, for your behaviour has been always west kind and deserving. I shall pledge my faith to morrow at the altar of another deserving object. I shall not be at home until the beginning of next week, and if you wish to take back your letters pleasantly you can hava them; but if you adopt the steps which I have heard of your threatening to do, each must do the best we can. I have one consolation—that is, I have nothing to lose. Believe me, I have always bad reason to re spect every member of your family; and whenever I can do anything for them, I shall be the same as I ever was.' 'hat was the only communication from the defendant to intimate his intention to break off his promise. «'ith regard to the means of the defendant, he should say that he was the son of a gentleman who was approaching 80, and farmed some land and had some more of his own, and the whole of whose property was to be divided be• tween the defendant and his two sisters, and that defen dant stated on his father's death he would be possessed of 3001. for life, which he might dispose of as he pleased, and 1/. a week to be strictly settled on him, and which he could not touch. These statements were supported by the evidence of the plaintiff's brother and mother. The letters, of which the Learned Sergeant had read selected extracts, were not read in detail, and nothing more ap peared of them than what the Learned Sergeant had read. There was an attempt made to prove, on cross-examina tion, that the plaintiff's family knew that the defendant's father was averse to the marriage, but it failed altogether. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD having addressed the jury for the defendant, Mr. Baron ROLFE summed up, and The jury, after twenty minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with 4001. damages. July 24. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE and a Spe cial jury.) NEWMAN V. DOWNING. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a coal-master and publican, living at Wednesbury, agai❑st the defendant, who is now a maltster, but was formerly a butcher, living at Smethwick, for the seduction of his daughter and servant, Mahala Newman. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and that Mahala Newman was not the servant of the plaintiff. Mr. Whateley, Q.C., and Mr. Gray were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Skin ner for the defendant. The plaintiff's daughter, Mahela Newman, an l the defendant were schoolfellows. Soon after the defendant left school, he commenced business as a butcher, and was in the habit of calling at the plaintiff's house for orders. The plaintiff had four daughters, and Mahela, the eldest, acted as his housekeeper. The defendant became her suitor, and continued so for four or five years, until she became pregnant, when he deserted her. She had previously evinced symptoms of consump tion, and after giving birth to a child on the let of February last, she died of that disease about a month afterwards. Previous to her death a commission was issued to take her examination with a view to the pre sent action, and the examination being attended by the defendant and his attorney and counsel, she deposed (inter alia) as follows:—" I was twenty-three years old last Novernbar. I have performed all the duties of housekeeper for my lather for the last four or five years. I have known the defendant many years. I went to school with Lim at West Bromwich. I . was then f our t een years old. It i s seven or eight years since the defendant came to court me, but he came very strong towards the last. He has fre quently promised me tnsrriage. Two years ago he told me to get my wedding clothes ready. I then bought materials for dres ses , b ut they were never made up. No other person ever paid addresses to me besides the defendant. Ile has had improper intercourse with ; me. It commenced four or five years ago. It was in this room (the plaintiff's parlour). At that time he said he wished the tlesh might drop off his bones if he ever left me. He has said so several times I swear that I never had connexion with any man besides the defen dant. I was delivered of a male child on the Ist of February last. The defendant was the father of that child. I heti been two months in the family way before I discovered it. I did not at first tell him my condition; I was half gone berore I told him. I then pressed him to merry me, but he only laughed at me, and then told me plainly he shoull never have me. In the middle of my pregnancy my mother sent for the defendant, and my sister wrote to him. He came to our house, and I asked him to marry me, but ho laughed and said he would not, but that he would provide for the child. He sail he would not pay a we. kly sum; be was a gentle man, and would pay all together, but he did not say how much. His brother Themes said the defendant would give .51. to buy baby's clothes, but I refused to have it. The defendant never gave pee any money in his life. I never had occasion to call in a doctor before ray confine ment. The child of which I was delivered died a week ago yesterday." Being. crows-examined she said —"I bad first a bad cough twelve months since. When the defendant has come to our house I have sometimes asked him to stop, and he made very free. I have asked him to take re freshment, and when he was not asked he would fetch it himself. I used to walk with him. I have taken many a one with him. The last intercourse I had with him was about June or July last. When he came after my mother sent for hi m , I spo k e to hi m a b ou t his paying addresses to a Miss Wood. It was then he laughed at me. My father keeps a beer-house. Other people came besides the defendant. There was a person named Smith, a railway clerk. He did not come oftener than others. I went with a party to Wolverhampton. We went to the theatre. Smith was one of the party. I have called at Smith's lodgings. Ia 1848 I went to see a Mrs. Monk at Gloucester. I did not see Smith there. I went to see him before I went to Gloucester. He was then very ill. He never paid his addresses to me. I never had any connexion with him, and I was in the family way when I first knew hire. I knew a person named Mark Bromley. I never saw him at Wedaesbury wake. I have heard of Tinker Bess. I have never seen her with my father, and do not know that he has had an illegitimate child by her. I know a Mr. Amphlett. He never talked to me about my conduct with the defendant and other young men. The first time the defendant promised me marriage was two or three years ago. It was after I had had intercourse with him he told me to get my wedding-clothes ready." Being re-examined—" When my father first opened a beer-shop it was to supply his own men. He had then between 200 and 300. He has not so many new. He gets coal by royalty." Eliza Newm.n, Emma Newman (daughters of the plaintiff), and other witnesses, then gave evidence cor roborative of Mahala Newmau's deposition, and said they attributed her death, in a great measure, to the shame she felt for her seduction, and her grief at the de!enclant's conduct towards her. Mr. Sergeant TALrounn addressed the jury for the defendant, and called Dr. Eccles, of Birmingham, who deposed that in May last he was required by the de fendaat's solicitor to visit Mahala Newman, to ascertain the state of her health. He found her far gone in con tumption, and attributed her death to that cause only, and not at all to her seduction and pregnancy. A brother of the defendant proved that when the de fendant was sent for to the plaintiff's house, ho went with him; that when his brother was told of Mahala's pregnancy, he said he had had nothing to do with it, and would have nothing to do with it; and that nothing was , ai I about providing for the child, or finding clothes for it, or about his brother being a geetleman and paying all together. Another brother of the defendant proved that all the property he had was 8001. A witness named Amphlett, a retail brewer, deposed thtt he knew the plaintiff and his family well, and that he had spoken to Malicia Newman about her proceed in4s with young men. He also said that he was present with the plaintiff and his daughter Mahela, and others, when a woman named Tinker Bess was spoken of. The witness then deposed to a grossly indecent observation which he said Mah Ala made respecting her father's illicit intercourse with Tinker Bess and other women, and that the plaintiff replied, " Ha ! ha ! hark at my wench'. what foolishness she is saying." A witness named B?rfoot deposed -that he had intro. duced a fellow clerk named Smith to the plaintiff's fa mily; that Smith subsequently paid attentions to Ma hale, and on one occasion, when she went to Wolver hampton Theatre a ith him, sat on his knee in the boxes, and behaved so improperly that the people in the gallery cried out to them. Oa cross-examination, this witness admitted he had been accused of embezzlement, but said the matter had bJen compromised. Other witnesses deposed that great intimacy existed between Mahala and Smith, and that she had showed them dresses, and told them she was preparing for her marriage with him. A witness named Monk deposed that Smith came to visit his wife, to whom he was related, at Gloucester, and that Mahala Newman came there at the same time —that he had seen her sit on Smith's knee, and had seen Smith kiss her, and that he understood they were en gaged to be married. Other witnesses were called, who deposed to immoral conduct and language by the plaintiff and his family. Mr. WHATELEY having replied, Mr. Baron ROLFE summed up the evidence, and The jury then returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, 751. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. (From the Weekly Report of the Registrar-General.) The return for last week records the further progress of the prevailing disease. The deaths from all causes, which in the two previous were 1,070 and 1,369, rose in the last to 1,741—a number which exceeds the average of the season by 733. In the two previous weeks the deaths caused by cholera were 152 and 339; but in the last they have reached 678, whilst the weekly average is oniy 8. Of the 668 persons who have sunk under the epidemic 355 were males and 323 females, a more equal distribution than in previous weeks; the rate of increase is apparent in the fact that in each of the last two weeks the mortality from cholera has been about double that of the week immediately preceding. The mortality from diarrhcet and dysentery also increases, the doatl's in three weeks having been 54, 100, and 140; while the weekly average of this season is not more than 84. The whole mortality from the three dis eases last week is, therefore, 824, and gives an excess on Two i it nh,) personapßd ,h the ay. rage of 732, which almost exactly coincides with the excess of mortality from all causes as stated above. The diarrhcei was fatal in a large proportion of cases to children under two years of ago. The in crease of cholera is observed in each of the five metro politan divisions except the northern, which comprises Maryleboce, Pancras, Islington, Hackney, and Hamp• stead; where the deaths in the week were only 7. But it is chi: fly rem:uhable on the south side of the river, where the deaths in the last three weeks were succes sively 93, 192, and 443. Li Newington they were 53; in Lambeth,S t. Ge o 1 r g 66 e :s ,3,51 under previoustul di t t h eo w r t ha it.rlreh, week.i s tl l e ; e u r a m a t h ° cd s n o : nt w i dsteien?oe'u'f continues priva tion; theillri b p t 1 11 , 11 : c v o a e n r s saiigndeu the b o i opi n g cough above, scarlatina and small three of intemperance. The mean reading of the barometer in the week was 29 . 692, and lower than in the previous week. The mean temperature was lower than the average, except on Monday and Tuesday. The highest occurred on the former day, and was 83 deg. 6. The mean of the week was 600'5, less by 60 than in the previous week. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1849. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases — 4 1002 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 39 Tubercular Diseases ... 206 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 117 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 36 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ••• •• • .• „ ~, Diseases of the Kidne3s, &c. ••• ~, Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, B“.t. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... ... •• • • ••• • • • • • •• • • • • •• • 29 ••• ••• ••• ••• •41 , ••• 35 30 ... ... 4 HUNGARY and the HUNGARIANS. TO THE EDIfOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Hitherto the agents of Kossuth's Gevernmen, more zealous than able, have given a colouring to the affairs of Hungary which they have not. and ought not to have. With your permission I will endeavour to elucidate what ha;, until now, been considered detri mental to the cause of the Hungarians, which has divided public opinion in England, which has served as an argument to the opponents of the cause, and which I alluded to in my letter of the 17th instent. It is generally aecrelited, that the intention of Kos suth, should the war prove favourable to his cause, is to proclaim a Itepablic in Hungary! Nothing can be more erroneous than this belief. Kossuth has no other pre tension than to preserve the constitutional privileges of his country. Far from being a republican, he reproaches Austria, on the contrary, with having provoked the Hungarian revolution. Kossuth is decidedly a man of tradition; he has never repudiated the constitutional sovereignty of the Emperor; his views, as well as these of his Government, are patriotic; and, if I am well in formed—and I have every reason to believe that I am so— at this moment intelligent and trusted friends of the Hungarian Government are charged to make clear to Lord Palmerston the present position, the political views, and the ulterior int,entions of its chief, if left unaided by the neutral Powers. Kossuth's solo object, as I have before stated, is to preserve the traditional constitution of Hungary. Tho contest that he now sustains is riot republican; and as a proof of this I will cite a passage of a discourse he pronounced recently:—" It will he the happiest day of my life," he said, "when a liberal Prince shall come to govern constitutionally in the flame of Austria our beautiful and brave country, and when I can emigrate to the United States, assured of her con quered liberties and repose, over the old policy of Met ternich." I now come to the second subject of my letter, and the most important, as it has already compromised the diplo al icy of Lord Palmerston, and must cause the greatest disasters if not resolutely attacked by our Foreign Mi nister. It was the right and the duty of Kossuth to protest against the armed intervention of Russia in the affairs of Hungary, for the reason that no serious pretext has been given by his Government for such a step on the part of the Czar. He repulses all idea that the cause of Hun gary is mixed up with the revolution of Poland and Germany. The Poles who have aided in the war, and whose services, militarily speaking, would not be refused, are but soldiers of fortune, and have no political in fluence; moreover, the Hungarians are more Russian than Austrian, and so far from being hostile to the fur tiler, if left to choose, would prefer to be incorporated with the empire of Russia than surrender themselves to the house of Hapsburi:. As well may it be said that Spain might bare considered it a casus bell, or a reason mbtte legionaryhoi ;e r ens y a kb n iocEpna i tv n uaa t sdo e ne er:rsv! troopsi e tinh n nla t i tstn o h. st i ou : ohr , nmedp t d srheerco Hungarianlp thermeysace Hungariantoniw mo c e nsmh i oa n niate t d:B h l eeo a oegnf t ma Gtreeaess nnpPolish noi countryrnaosal responsible DI rooe Dfma re e .: tionists! No, the Government of Kosuth neither counselled or approved the one or the other. Thus Eng• land and France have the right to protest energetically. against the intervention o f R uss i a, t h e H ungarian na tion having nothi ng t o reproach i tself wi'h contrary to theinterests, the prerogatives, or the character of the government of the Czar. In my next letter I will point out the consequences that must resu l t s h ou ld R uss i a persist in this most un just war, unl ess , i n d ee d, L or d P a l merston shall &cid() tointerfere diplomatically to put an end to it, and it be not too late. W. Brussels, July 21st, 1849. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—Since the debate of the 21st, so much a!tentim has been aVranted to the Hungarian question, that th. most useful course is to endeavour to set down some the strong points to be insisted on, in any future discus- sions either in Parliament or public meetings. One of the first is, that there is no doubt that Austria has overstepped her own line of constitutional obligation. But breach of compact releases others. Austria then by injuring Hungary, has given Hungary the right to esta blish independence if she can. Whet is it we mean, when we say, has given the rig'et? What is this celled right? It means that it is con• sonant with what experience has shown to be for tin good of mankind in like cases, that Hungary shoulc take a certain course, and be supported in it. Nearly al' of national independence and public freedom, has come through a course of this kind at some time taken. We arc following the orderly course of human improvement, in flavouring so far as we are able the renewal of thi procese. The Ministers spoke out well. But on one point a question may be proposed, for dwelling on hereafter. The Miniver for Foreign Affairs says, it is of high import- Once to maintain the power of Austria, as a counterpoise. to Russia, or in other words as the means of preventing Russian interference with the West of Europe. Query hereon, why Hungary will not do as well? especially if Austria invites Russian interference, which Hungary certainly will not. Leakin g t h en at Europe with the eye of what cur fathers used to call a statesman, can any man whose heart is in the spread and confirmation of liberal insti tutions, doubt of the enormous gain it would be to civi lized mankind, if instead of cockering up Austria ta coquette with Russia and invite its interference, we saw the right and l e f t o f the European line, flanked' by an independent H ungary and Poland, holding the advanced posts of civilization, and leaning on the support of the older nations behind? Put by the side of this the dread of routine diplo ma ti s t s , o f w h at they call " ' weakening Austria;" a terror which being examined resolves itself into a fear of the dislocation of ambassadorial arrange ments, and of the frown an attache might rend on the countenance of some Hyperborean princess. On Thursday the 23d, there was a contest on Steeple chasing, in Committee on the Cruelty to Animals Bill which ended in declining the introduction of any special clause, by a majority o f 5 8 aga i nst SO. The reasorr which weighed with many of the Opposers of the clause, undoubtedly was, that it would endanger the passing of the Bil!, and that there was in the Bill wherewithal to act against steeple-chasing if it grew into a public evil. without it. On Tuesday Lard Ashley brought forward his motion for assistance to Emigration from Ragged Schools. There is more in the question than the opposite side is disposed to allow. It is plain we are fast approaching a time when, if something effectual is not done, our crime and cur dirt will run away with us. Criminals and pestilence must he diluted by dispersion. It is no answer to say we might spend our money on more amiable objects It is to aid ourselves that the expense is gene to When a man is hanged a considerable expense falls on the county; but it is not because we love him that this ex pence is gone to, but from some idea of public necessity. On the whole, the subject had not the hearing it de served. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, July 25, 1849. ST. SWITHIN'S DAY, JULY 15. If wet on St. S within's Day, it will be wet for forty days ; but fine, it will be fine for fortydays.— Old Proverb. A friend, under the signature of ECCL. ANTIQ., has rent us the following brief but interesting paper : The return of Sr. Swithin's Day, and the tradition connected with it, naturally lead to the inquiry, who was the Saint commemorated, and whence the origin of the tradition coupled with his name. The following remarks will help the inquirer to a tolerably comet view of this subject, and tend to satisfy him that that which is often considered a mere foolish proverbial saying, has for its foundation a certain degree of philosophical truth. Swithin—in the Saxon, Swithum—was descended from a Saxon Emily of rank, and was born about thk year 800. Its was a naive of the city of Winchester. He passed his youth in study, and had acquired the reputation of considerable literary attainments, when Helmstan, Bishop of Winchester, ordained him pri , st, and appointed him president of a monastery in tha city, which afterwards bore his name—the prit ry o: St. Swithin. Ott the accession of King Ethelwolf to the throne, in 838, he was appointed Sub-deacon of Winchester, Lord Chancellor, and the King's principal adviser, both in Church anti State. On the death or Helmstan, in 844, Ethelwolf promoted Swithin to the see of Winchester, at that time the metropolis of England, to which be was coesecrat d in 852, and in which he remained until his death, which took place A.D 862-3. His remains were interred, according to his re quest, in the open churchyard of the Minster, but the) were afterwards removed into the new church, at the desire of Bishop Walkelyn. in the year 1093. St. Swithin is universally esteemed to have been a man of exemplary sanctity of life and manners, accord• in; to the religion of the times in which he liv.d. Many miracles have been attributed to him, anal the►r are referred to in the following very old versification of the lives of the saints:— " Seynt Swithin his bishorsicke to al goodnesse drough, The towne also of Wynehestre he amended inough." R'arton's iiistoty of English Poetry, Vol. I. Your readers will all be aware of the popular adage, that " if it rain on St. Swithin's Day, we shall have a continuance of it for forty days after." To this proverb Gay alludes in his " Triria:" " If on St. Swithin's feast the welkin lowers, And every penthouse streams with hasty showers, Twice twenty days'ahall clouds with fleeces drain, And wash the pavement with incessant rain." Tho Scotch proverb is thus expressel:— " Saint Swithin's d iy, gif ye do rain, For forty daies it will remain; Saint Swithin's day, an ye be fair, For forty daies 'twill rain nae main" The following is the vulgar origin of this adage:— The Saint desired to be buried in the open church yard ; in allusion to which Bishop Hall adds that he wished his body to be hid, " where the drops of rain might wet his grave ; thinking that no vault was so good to cover his grave as that of heaven." This request is complied with ; but some monks, after he had been canonized, considering it undignified for his remains to lie in a public cemetery, obtained an order to remove them into the choir, where bishops were wont to be buried, which was to have been done with so lemn procession on the 15th July. On that day, however, and for the 39 succeeding ones, it rained almost wi. bout intermission, and with such violence that the design zas abandoned, as displeasing to St. Swithin, heretical, and blasphemous. This fact is sufficiently authenticated by tradition to be assumed as true, and hence the origin o! the saying referred to above. But passing over this view of the subject, there is a rational ground for this popu!ar belief; and philosophy may be brought in to aid us in explaining the con tinuance of an adage, which had its origin probably only in superstition. It has been well remarked, "though originating in the superstitious belief that the rain which fell at the period appointed for the re moval of St. Swithin's remains was the result of super natural agency, this adage can only have retained its popularity from being founded in some degree, in fact or experience." Mr. Howard i n hi s " Cli mate of London," observes, " the tradition is so far valuable as it proves that the summers in this southern part of the island were subject a thousand years ago to occasional hes: y rains, in the same way as at present." Again—" Tee notion commonly entertained on this subject, if put strictly to the test of experience, at any one station a• this part of our island, will be ound fallacious. To do justice, however, to popular observatioe, I may now state, that in a great majority of our summers, a short . ); period, which, with some latitude as to time and local circumstances, may be admitted to constitute daily rain for forty days, does come on abou: the time indicated by this tradition; not that any long space before is often so dry as to mark distinctly its commencement." Mr. Howard as taken some pains to ascertain how far the popular notion is borne out by fact. The result of his investigation is, that in 1807 it rained with us on the day in question, and a dry time followed; and the same in 1808. In 1818 and 1819 it was dry on the 15th, and a very dry time in each case followed. The other sum mers occurring between 1807 and 1819 appear to have come under the general proposition, " that in a majority of summers a showery period, which, with some lati tude as to time and circumstances, may be admitted to constitute daily rain fur forty days, does come on or about the time indicated by the tradition of St. Swithin." In fact, rain in the middle of July, in the climate of England, is seasonable, and therefore to be expected; and if rain falls on any given day about that period, it usually happens that it will also fall for many days after. Thus St. Swithin's Day is (fortunately for the adage) placed in this twofold natural situation:—first, that it occurs in a part of the summer which is usually rainy; and, secondly, that if it should be a rainy day, it is na tural it should be followed by other rainy days. It re mains only to add that St. Swithin's Day falls in the Dog Days, at which time the heat of the sun is usually the most intense, and which has afforded the following pH losophical solution of the forty days' rain, if it should ensue:—viz., that if a heavy rain falls on the earth at this season, the heat is so great that the evaporation is proportionately quickened. The water which has been thrown on the earth re ascends rapidly in the form of vapour; in the higher regions of the atmosphere it is evaporated, ts f by condensed; it falls again; d again—itraisedi o r evaporation, into the air again — it is c ondense falls again; and thus repeatedly for many days, until the rands, or other changes in the atmos phere, carry the clouds to distant parts; o r rather , till the diminished heat of the season suffers the rain, when it has fallen, to sink into the earth. The writer trusts the above remarks will be considered in some measure a rational and philosophical solution of the popular adage, that if it rains on St. Swithin's Day, there will be rain for forty days after.—Bradford Observer. THE ISLAND OF GRENADA. —The Lords of the Treasury having been pleased, as signified by a letter from Mr. llayter, one of their Lordships' Secretaries, to approve of the arrangements necessary to be made, in consequence of the repeal of the imperial duties of Customs heretofore levied in the Island of Grenada, and the requisite instrucrions having been issued to the officers of the Customs Department in that co!ony for carrying their Lordships' directions into effect, the Com missioners of the Customs have caused a notification to that effect to be made to the Collectors and Comptrollers of the Department at the several ports and places throughout the United Kingdom, and the officers of the revenue in the Colonies for their government. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Derby, July 23. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) William Pinder. aged 41; Thomas Dawes, aged 25 ; and William Davis, aged 40, were this day indicted, charged with having, on the night of the 27th of Juno last, at Brackenfield, burglsriously broken and entered the dwellirg-house of John Newton, and stolen therein a silver mustard pot, pepper-box, aad cream-jug, seven spoons, and other articles of value; also an accountable receipt from the Chesterfield Savings' Bank for the de posit of 501., and one sovereign and 103. Mr. Wilinore and Mr. Morewood conducted the pro secutkn; and Mr. Flowers, M. Baden, and Mr. Adams defended the prisoners separately. The outrage was accompanied by acts of brutal per sonal violence, against which the prosecutor defended h imself gallantly; but being at length overpowered, his assailants poipcsf,ed themselves of his property; after which they came to his bedside and fastened his hinds together with a strong piece of cord, and also his feet, and then fastened him to his bed, and also cut ono of his feet with a knife. They then pulled the feather bed from under him and covered him with it. They went ato7tehris sister', t lie3 , ad h ti e e d d . h w e i r v: h ch an ‘ d v s a4 tot ,i , n eth t e h r e , les-aftmtehe roam, and and proceeded d own stairs, and there regaled themselves upon bread and cheese and milk, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I 13,3 g leave to enclose you a Post-office order for 10& 6d., fur the Hungarian Hussars; and were it in my power to send you as many pounds as I send shillings, I should feel honoured by such an opportunity to do so. Wishing health and vigour to those brave fellows, and success eminent to their countrymen engaged in so dis proportionate a struggle (but I call to mind Marathon and Salamis, and despair not), and thanking you, Sir, for your staunch advocacy Of their noble cause, I subscribe myself, your obedient and grateful servant, ROBERT ELLIS, Surgeon. 4, Politon's Parade, Bristol, July 24, 1849. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. enclose five shillings, and beg you to hand them to the Committee employed in assisting the refugee Hungarian Hussars, as the subscription of a " Canny Scot." I am sure that the present struggle of Hungary with Austria and Russia must forcibly remind all true Scotch men of the days of the " wight Wallace," and— " At Wallace's name, what Scottish blood But boils up in a springtide flood ? Oft have our fearless fathers strode By Wallace's side, Still pressing onward red-wat shod, Or glorious died." Wallace, and "the Bruce of Bannockburn" saved their country from the oppressor, and though hundreds of years have pass( d on since they died, the influence of their work still survives. Our ancient oppressors have be come inseparable brethren, and our fatherland shares in the renown of England. Animated by the feelings with which the recollection of these things fill the soul, we cannot but rejoice at every successful blow dealt by the Magyars on the heads of their oppressors . We cannot but hope and pray to God that their armies may coninue to " stand a wall of fire around their much loved land," and preserve its ancient liberty and glory for the generations to come. So shall those generations cherish the memory of the hero whose breath has kindled and blown that fire, till now it shines out and attracts the eyes of all Europe. Thou brave Kossuth ! the story of thy life shall, in times to come, be inter woven with the lessons of boyhood, and the recognition of thy worth shall be a psalm and a song. I am, Sir, etc. Glasgow, July 23, 1849. G. P. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—l have great pleasure in handing to you, on be half of the Hungarians, the enclosed amount of 51. 59., the result of a shilling subscription, which was no sooner suggested than immediately responded to, as expressive of heartfelt British sympathy for the noble and brave men of Hungary, who are now fighting not only for their own independence and liberties, but, probably, for the whole of Southern Europe, against the northern despot of Russia; and what right-minded Englishman is there that does not breathe a fervent prayer for the stretching forth of the arm of Omnipotence in defence of the Hungarians against the sway of despotic cruelties? It is to be regretted that the meeting, called yester day at the Landon Tavern, was not held in some more spacious place, for if the place had been five times as large it would have been filled; and it supplies a happy evidence that England is with the Hungarians, and your numerous readers teel much pleasure in your able and persevering advocacy in their cause.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, A FRIEND TO HUNGARY. Islington, July 24, ISO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sitt,—l am one of a numerous and increasing party in this country, who consider that law.reform can alone prevent ua from i m it a ti ng our cont i nenta l neighbours. Hitherto tranquillity has been preserved by the extreme popularity of the Queen, but there is a growing deter mination to have our laws made intelligible, equal, and leas costly, let the consequences in the attainment be what they may. At the present York assizes an indiet• meat was preferred against a young man, whose fricnds are both rich and resp ecta bl e , and the grand jury very properlyignored the bill, because the principal wit nesses who gave their evidence before the committing magistrates here were not taken before the grand jury at York. If the practice of suppressing evidence before grand juries, to favour influential criminals, be per severed in, the law will soon be as little respected in England at it is in Ireland, and will tend to confirm a very prevailing impression, that the laws are purposely made expensive and incomprehensible for the advantage of the profession and wealthy persons who transgress them. I cannot think the black case to which I have alluclad can remain uninvestigated, but we shall see. Your obedient servant, Hull, July 21, 1849. A REFOR HER. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 24.—The Pt ninsular and Ori ental Company's steam ship Pacha, Captain J. Weeks, arrived here this day, and landed mails from the follow ing places and dates, in charge of Lieut. Wm. Persse Newenham, Admiralty agent:— The freight of the Pacha consists of a quantity of spe cie, ten bullocks, ono horse, some bales of silk, oranges, lemons, &c. During the homeward voyage of the Pacha she ex perienced moderate head winds, with some fogs, from Gibraltar to Lisbon, and very fine weather same time. Fine weather on to Vigo; fresh head winds and fine on thence for a short time, then fair and fresh to Ushant; moderate variable and light winds, with rain, passing Ushant into the Channel. DATES OF SAlLlNG.—Gibraltar, July 15, 7.20 P.M. ; Cadiz, July 16, 10.30 A.M.; Lisbon, July 19, 8.30 A DE ; Oporto, July 20, 9.15 A.M.; Vigo, July 21, 8.30 A.M. STATIONS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS.—JuIy 15, at Gibraltar, her Majesty's ship Arrogant (steam-frigate), arrived on tho 14th; ditto, Janus (steam-ship). July 18, at Lisbon, the Blazer (steam ship), from the Coast of Africa. SHIPS OBSERVED ON THE VOYAGE.—JuIy 11, the Iberia, C.S.P., homeward bound, off the Corrobedos (Finisterre); July 19, the Vesuvio, Oporto packet, from Lisbon, left with us for Operto; July 21, at Vigo, the Montrose, C.S.P., outward bound. HEM, MAJESTY'S THEAIRE.—The Queen's box, at her Majesty's Theatre, was yesterday evening occupied by Viscount and Viscountess Canning, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Lady Emily de Burgh, the Viscount Lascellcs, and the Viscount Dunkellin. Her Majesty the Qut eu Dowager's box was occupied by the Honourable William Ashley and Mrs. Ashley, Colonel and Mrs. Cornwall and party. Amongst the visitors were his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Poulet, the Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, the Marchioness of Bristol, his Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countess Colloredo, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Neapolitan Ambassador, hii Excellency the Prussian Minister, the Baroness Bunsen and Madlle. Bunsen, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van der Weyer, M. de Berg, the Baron Noller, Chevalier Droller, Count de Barke, the Countess of Harrington and Lady J..ne Stan hope, the Earl of Scarborough, the Earl and Countess of Malniesbury, the Earl of Falmouth,:the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, 84e. Premature Birth Atrophy Old Age Sudden ... ••, Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Oauses not specified ... DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,741 Population Enumerated, 1841 West Districts... 300,711 North D.4tricts.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts.. 501,190 Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1814-8 in the Five Summers. Week. 147 ... 228 . . 191 ... 235 .:. 183 ... 250 ... 227 ... 225 260 ... 733 ••• Totals... ..... 1,948,369 1,008 ... 1,741 Males . 903 Females ~. ••• 838 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... ••• ••• ••• 619 Females ... ••• ••• ••• ... 594 Total ... .„ ... ••• —.1,213 *ln this number are included 678 cases of death by Cholera, 27 by Scarlatina, and 53 by Typhus Fever. Mr. Wilson, the vocalist, died of cholera on the Bth inst., at Quebec. He was announced to sing at Montreal on the following afternoon. BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—We are glad to find that the arrangements for the reception of the Association for the Advancement of Science are now nearly completed, and that they are in every respect worthy of the distin guished body for whose accommodation they are in tended. The exhibition-room, in Broad street, is now finished, and is certainly a very spacious and suitable erection, containing, as it does, an area of 2,000 square feet, and having a great number of windows from top to bottom. The facilities afforded by the governors of the Free Grammar School, by the appropriation of their rooms, will also be of infinite a:lventage to the com mittee. The evenings to be set aplrt for popular scien• ti'ic addresses, soirees, &c., have also been decided up.m. Professor Phillips, F.R.S., assistant general secretary, ht s recently visited the town, and expressed himself highly pleased with the arrangements which have been made by the committee. We may add that nearly 2,000/. are EOW at the disposal of the committee towards the liquidation Of the expenses.--Birmingham Gazette. MEuIIORABLE SUMMER EXCURSION. THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE ACROSS THE MENAI STRAITS. (From the Liverpool Mercury) At length one of the editors of this paper has bad the opportunity of seeing what has been so frequently, and, the whi h d i i ff s e r b e a e m i y, n t g portion sprep a maY s so fully de scr ib e d i n our co l umns —namely, of tohreossgitghaengtirceattuchhualsamr of f rid th g o e red to Menai Straits, and which is to be the medium of transit over that great chasm (at a vast elevation above the water), of trains of railway carriages, with all their enormous accompaniments of locomotiv e engines, pas sengers, and merchandise. Looking at the place itself, the very " daring" of the idea is absolutely startling, and we have no hesitation in saying that the progress of the work affords the most exciting scenes that have ever been witnessed in connexion with human enterprise is any useful pursuits; while the pleasure which is deriv able from contemplating its design aral execution —em bodying, as these do, the promptings of high genius, the deductions of profound science, and the power of expe rienced art, is in the purest degree sublime. The com pletion of such a work will be the greatest mechanical triumph ever attained in the world ; but we say it advisedly, that it will not be when it is completed that the beauty, the boldness, and the extent of the miracle (for by comparison eith other efforts of man it deserves the aame), can be fully understood, and therefore duly ap preciated. It must be seen .now, that is to say, while the details are lying about, and can be handled, and mea sured, and pondered over—one by one. as they lie scat ered over the extent of a village, a village created by .ho details, and to be hereulter swept away. These must be seen, and the truth must be perceived by the senses, that in this case it may emphatically be said All are but parts of one stupendous whole." Stupendous, indeed, it is, and the present is the time to judge of it. Those who can see it during this summer .silt enjoy many advantages which a ill have passed away when everythinz is in its place—the foundries silent, :he structure finished, and the traffic in hourly and -outine operation. He whose imperishable renown will be dated from this extraordinary work (Robert Ste phenson, M.P.) will agree with us, we are sure, in the propriety of this observation. The descriptions given in the public papers of this colossal structure, though painstaking and accurate to in admirable degree, cannot do justice to it. Nothing eut actual inspection can make the right impression on the mind ; and hence it is that we make the observe aon that all who can possibly, lay aside other occupa tions should visit the Menai B!.raits this summer. It is a sufficient justification for any reasonable effort in this way, for any one from Kent, Cornwall, or Cumberland —yea, from any part of the three kingdoms, or Irons ,till greater distances, to say, "I am going to see the Britannia Bridge, and to return the next day ;" while 'rom Liverpool, Shrewsbury, and other "neighbouring owns," the journey, out and home, may be accom plished by the Chester and Holyhead Railway in a tingle day, leaving four clear hours for the inspection, besides abundance of time for refreshment? We do not advise this hurry. The entire neighbourhood is too full of beauty to be thus dealt with, and steam excursions tempt the visitor at every turn ; but we speak of what may be done in the way of speed, if requisite ; and it is proper to add, that the assistants of the railway company are extremely attentive to those who wish to see and understand the great work in which that company is engaged, and respecting which we shall enter into a few interesting particulars another day. In the meantime, excursionists should away to the Straits. THE CHOLERA. TO THE EDITOR CF THE TIMES. Sir,—Surely, the undoubted fact that there have been more cases of malignant cholera in Lambeth than in any ether district ought to arouse the authorities in this bo rou:4h to something like an attempt to stay its progress, by demanding the immediate removal of those pestifer ous nuisances existing under the name of bone and soap .. ;ling manufactories, 8.;(7.. If, ;as Dr. Baly asserts, the spread of cholera in the Penitentiary is attributable to the ,r,adtul stench thrown over the river from these works, how much more fearful must the effect be in the imme diate locality ! In many courts and alleys running out f Fcre•strcet, three and four are at this moment lying dead; and in Princes -street, immediately opposite the gates of one of these bone-houses, and within eight or en yards of an immense heap of bones, three have died within the past twelve hours, all from cholera in its most malignant form. Where too, Sir, is the Coroner for Surrey? Deaths from cholera are occurring almost every hour within ten minutes' walk of Lambeth Church, and yet no inquests are held, though it is apparent to all what the predisposing causes are. Pray, Sir, call atte❑tion to these facts by inserting these few lines, and oblige your obedient servant, Lambeth, July 24. A RATEPAYER. LIOYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB REGATTA. RIME, JULY 24, 1849.—Three of our finest cutter yachts having entered for the hundred guineas purse, and there being a spanking breez-. from the south-west, some good sport was (xpeted, and much interest excited. They were started soon after twelve o'clock, the Arrow taking the lead, followed by the Gondola and Talisman. About one I' as. they passed through Cowes•roads and continued their course to the westward, and rounded the Brambles buoy—the Gondola one minute ahead of Ar row, and the latter two minutes ahead of Talisman. Tt e Talisman shortly afterwards carried away the main haliards, and was rendered hors de combat. In the se cond rcund the Arrow carried away her boom, leaving the field to the Gondola, which arrived at 65. 45m. at the goal. The second match was not decided when our report was sent off. The Zuleika was first in the first roupd, closely fol lowed by the Secret. Her Slajesty and the Princa arrived in the Fairy at sh. 40w., and left at 6b. 30w. under salutes from the Brilliant, the Club-house battery, and her Majesty's ship Superb. Should the weather be fine, Prince Albert will embark in the ItJyal Yacht for Portland, if much wind the yacht trill only take him to Southampton. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The inclemency of the weather prevented the Queen and Prince and younger branches of the Royal Family from taking their early walks and rides this morning. Lord and Lady Bloomfield and the Baroness de Speth arrived at Ozborne yesterday afternoon, on a viEit to her Majesty and his Royal Highness. Sir Hamilton Seymour, G.C.8., was included in the Royal dinner party yesterday. The Queen gave a concert yesterday evening at Os borne. The following was the programme:— PART I. " 0 Edles Bild vcm Steine," M. Pis chek and M. Formes (Don Juan) Mozart. Lied, " Die Wanderlust," M. Formes Esser. L'ed, "Ob s:e wohl kummen wird," M Piichek G. Preyer. Bagatelle and Lieder ohne `'Norte, Piano forte, Mrs. Anderson...... Beethoven and Mendelssohn. Aria, " Still noch dies Wuthverlagen," M Formes (Faust) Schlummerlied Einer Mutter, M. Pischek... Sponholtz. PART 11. Duet, " In Sincenlust so sinnlos loben," M. Formes and M. Pischek (Faust) Arie, " 0 Isis and Osiris," M. Formes (Zauberflote) Lied, " Marrenblumchen," M. Pischek Fan tasie, Violoncello, Mr. 11. Chipp, " Souvenir de Spa," F. Serval,. Lied, " Drei Norte," M. Formes F. Kucken. Arie, " Ein Schutz bin ich," M. Pischek (Dss Nachtlager in Granada) At the Pianororto, Mrs. Anderson. The Queen will bold a Privy Council on Monda7 next, the 30th instant, at one o'clock, at her Majesty marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. Mr. Caprest, from Canada, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, e:t their office in the Board of Trade, oa the subject of the Toronto, Simcoe, and Lake Huron Union Railroad. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence, Downing -street. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governors of the North American pro v inces. CRICKET. GENTLEMEN V. THE PLAYERS OF ENGLAND. The match was resumed yesterday at Lord's, and not withstanding the wetness of th e mo r n ing, very shortly after the sun had burst forth the ground was again crowded by spectators. all of whcm were anxious to see whether the gentlemen would be able to maintain the advantage they had obtained on the first day's p lay, so far as that play had gone up to the moment when time was called. That they not only did so, but that they achieved very much more than their most ardent friends could have anticipated a perusal of the score will show. The reader will see that the Gentlemen were on this occa sion the victors in one innings by 40 runs. At the ter ”lination of the play tl:e final state of the score was thus: GENTLEMEN. lion. B. Grimston—b Wisden ••• W. Nicholson, Esq.—run out ... B. T. King, Esq.—c Pilch, b Clarke „.„ A. ll a y g arth, E.q —b Lilly white N. Felix, nE , Es A.mn ••• H. Follows, Eqsq.ci_..-tboctilboeiulatlyne,rb C. Ridding, E su r sq.—b wi d G W . . y ß o id n d g i e r:g E , Sir F. Liathurbt— , b s en c Parr • B 14, w 0 ... 18 ... 19 ... 11 ... 13 ... 21 ... 18 ... 20 ... 14 ... i ... 14 Total PLAYERS, Dean, b Fellows Martin ;ell, c Mynn, b Bathurst 4 s Ridding, b Bathurst 1 Guy, cC. Ridding, b Bathurst 8 not out liillyer, s W.Ridding,b Fellows 0 b Bathurst F. Pilch, U Fellows .. 24 c Ki ng , b Bathur....st... 7 Parr, U Fellows • Box, b Fellows Chester, b Fellows . 5l b b o e i nn i t ee - s . .......... 1 1 ). 306 0 Clarke, cC. Ridding, b Bathurst 4 b Fellows Wisden, not out Lillywhite, U Fellows •.• hurt 0 B w 2 9 B 5,w 2 7, 192 CO 87 The Gentlemen thus won in one innings by 40 runs. COURT O F ALDERMEN.—Yesterclay Mr. Alderman Divvrane gave bond to take upon himself the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex. No other business was transacted. s by ses• Data tho tisil the rn po- Live up- Po" ar uld the ich 32- ins he as en be