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DIPERIAL PARLI AMEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS-{YESTERDAY.) Parliament was this day prorogued by commission. Shortly after two o'clock the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Granville, the Earl of Harrowby, the Duke of - Argyll, amt Lord Stanley of Alderley entered the house robed AS her Majesty's Commissioners, and the House of Commons having been summoned, The following bills received the Royal Assent by Com mission :—Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) ; Exche quer Bills (7,000,0001.) ; Customs' Tariff Acts Amend ment and Consolidation ; Customs' Laws Conso lidation ; Excise Duties ; Turkish Loan ; Office "of Speaker ; Trinity College, Dublin.; Dwelling Houses (Scotland) ; Religious Worship ,• Slave Trade (Sherbro) • Youthful Offenders (No. 2 ) ; C ro wn Suits ; Merchant Shipping Act Amendment ; Turnpike Acts Continuance (Ireland) ; Militia Officers Qualification; Fisheries' (British Islands and Fraese c ); s D ow ning-street Public Offices Extension ; Turnpike Acts C o ntinuance (No. 2); Sale of Spirits (Ireland) ; Turnpike Trusts Arrangements ;; Lunatic Asylums and Regula tion Acts Amendment ; Militia Ballot Suspension ; Island of Tobago Loan ; Coal Mines Continuance Inspection ; Crime and Outrage (Ireland) A ct Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Advances ; Navigation ; Works (Ireland) ; Court of Judication (Prince of Wales Island) ; Bills of Lading (No. 2 ) ; Sa l e of . , B. Metropo litan ;. Ord nance Board ; Passengers Ac t Amendment Local Management ; Nuisances Removal and Diseases - Prevention Acts Consolidation and Amend ment • Huddersfield Burial Ground Act Amend ment ; Ledbury Prebend ; London and South- Western Railway ; Dundalk Harbour and P or t ; Glasgow Dumbarton, and Helensburgh Railway ; Great VVestern and Brantford Railway; Stokes Bay Railway and Pier ; Westminster Improvements ; Der byshire, Staffordshire, 1 and Worcestershi re R a il way (No. 2) ; Royal Conical Flour Mill Company ; West minster Land Company ; New River Company, and Trustees of the River Lea (No. 2) ; Western Ter minus Railway (Clapham to Norwood) ; Chinese Passenger Ships ; Metropolitan Buildings ; Despatch of Business (Court of Chancery) ; Charitable Trusts ; , Inverness Bridge ; Criminal Justice ; Public Houses (Ireland); Public Health (1854) Continuance and Amendment ; Diseases Prevention ; Militia Pay ; School Grants, Security for Application ; Public Health (No. 2) ; Dwellings for Labouring Classes; Burials; Limited Liability ; Union of Contiguous Benefices ; St. John's College (Oxford) Estate ; Harvist's Estate ; Morton College Estate ; Halford's Estate ; Handcock's Estate ; Lord Clermont's Estate ; Marshall's Charity ; Ewing's Divorce; Wyndham's Divorce ; Jones's Divorce; Sum ner's Divorce ; Hadow's Divorce. The LORD CHANCELLOR then read her Most Gracious Majesty's Speech, as follows : MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, We are commanded by her Majesty to release you from further attendance in Parliament, and at the same time to express the warm acknowledg ments of her Majesty for the zeal and assiduity With which you have applied yourselves to the discharge of your public duties during a long and laborious session. Her Majesty has seen with great satisfaction that, while you have occupied yourselves in pro vidingmeans for the vigorous prosecution of the war, you haie given your attention to many measures of great public utility. Her Majesty is convinced that you will share her satisfaction at finding that the progress of events has tended to cement more firmly that union which has so happily been established between her Government and that of her ally the Emperor of the French ; and her Majesty trusts that an alli ance founded on a sense of the general interests of Europe, and consolidated by good faith, will long .survive the events which have given rise to it, and will contribute to the permanent well-being and presperity of the two great nations whom it has linked in the bonds of honourable friendship. The accession of the King of Sardinia to the treaty' between her Majesty, the Emperor of the French, and the Sultan has given additional im portance and strength to that alliance, and the efficient force which his Sardinian Ma jesty has sent to the seat of war to co 'operate with the Allied Armies will not fail to maintain the high reputation by which the army of Sardinia has ever been distinguished. Her Majesty has commanded us to thank you for having enabled her to avail herself, as far as has been found to be required, of those patriotic offers of extended service which she has received from the Militia of the United Kingdom, and for the means of reinforcin g her ' brave army in the Crimea by an enlistm en t o f vo lunteers from abroad. Her Majesty acknowledges with satisfaction the measure which you have adopted for giving effect to the convention by which, in conjunction with her Ally the Emperor of the French, she has made arrangements for assisting the Sultan to provide the means which are necessary to enable him to main tain in efficiency the Turkish army, which has so gallantly withstood the assaults of its enemies. Her Majesty, in giving her assent to the bill which you presented to her for the local manage ment of the metropolis, trusts that the arrange ments provided by that measure will lead to many improvements conducive to the convenience and health of this great city. The abolition of the duty on newspapers will tend to diffuse useful information among the poorer classes of her Majesty's subjects. The principle of limited liability which you have judiciously applied to joint-stock associations will afford additional facilities for the employmen t of capital, and the improvements which you have made in thelaws which regulate:friendly societies will encourage habits of industry and thrift among the, labouring classes of the community. Her Majesty. trusts that the measures to which she has given her assent for improving the Constitutions of New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania, and for bestowing on the important and flourishing colonies of Australia extended powers of self-government, will assist in the development of their great natural resources, and will promote the contentment and happiness of their inhabitants. Her Majesty commands us to say that she has been deeply gratified by the zeal for the success of her Majesty's arms, and by the sym pathy for her soldiers and sailors manifested throughout her Indian and Colonial Empire ; and her Majesty acknowledges with great satisfaction the _generous contributions which her subjects in India, and the Legislatures and inhabitants of the colonies have sent for the relief of the sufferers by the casualties of var. Gwria tss r OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, Her Majesty commands us to convey to you her cordial thanks for the readiness a t a . n es dzea . with which you have provided th e necessary supplies for cadrry ing on the war in w hi c h her m Her Majesty lament s the burdens y a ls n e d u s g ac ag r e ifices which it has become necessary to impose up on her faithful people ; but she a c k now l edges the wisdom with which you have alleviated the weight of those you have by the mixed arrangements which have made for providing those supplies. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, Her Majesty commands us to say, that she has seen with sincere regret that the endeavours which, in conjunction with her Ally the Emperor of the French, she made at the recent conferences at Vienna to bring the war to a conclusion on conditions consistent with the honour of the Allies, and with the future security of Europe, have proved ineffectual ; but those endeavours havin g o , failed, no other course is left to her Ma jesty but to prosecute the war with all possible vigour, and her Majesty, relying upon the support of her Parliament, upon the manly spirit and patriotism of her people, upon the never-failing courage of her army and her whose patience under suffering and whose power of endurance her Majesty has witnessed with admiration, upon the steadfast fidelity of her allies, and above all upon the justice of her cause, humbly puts her trust'-in the Almighty Disposer of events for such an issue 46" ,great contest in which she is engaged a s mayfsecure to Europe the blessings of a firm and lasting peace. atll Your return to your several counties you will nave dntieato perform little less important than those which belong to your attendance in Parlia merit. Her Majesty trusts that your powerful influence .„will be exerted for the welfare and happiness of her People, the promotion of which is the abject of her Majesty's constant care and the anxious desire of her heart. , • • EiplisE • OF COMMONS. ---(YESTERDAY.) The Sewall took the chair at half-pastione o'clock. Sir AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD appeared at th e b ar an d summoned the house to the House of Lords to hear her Majesty's most gracious s p eech proroguin g . — Parliament. CONDUCT OF THE VAR . Sis DE LACY EVANS took that opp or t un i ty for Paying a few words Upon a subject which, be believed, wouLd,be moat interesting to the house. The object wlliehshe bad in' view was to elicit from the noble lord at the.head.. of the s. s ati n over nm ent a declaratio n — which wouldbe !nos s atisfactory to the house and to the country at large,to have made—that in the long interval of th " c o ul h 2 g . seeetis the .Government were determined to prosecute the-war 'with. the greatest possible vigour. He had na daubt but that, some gentlemen sitting be hind the Treasury bench might think the declaration which, he askedriwa siquitessuperfluous, because the noble lord bad repeatedly declared his intention to prosecute the war. He however could not altogether forget that in some instances—in one instance, he might say, espe cially-es-the •honse had found ministers advocating a c i go egus prosecution.of the war in whose conduct there was ultimately found t o b e a grevious shortcoming. Another consideration induced him to rise on this occs sion_e4t was because he was old enough -to recollect the last war, and in contrasting- our present exertions with thpse which were then made he saw a great falling off. Throughout the former war we had—counting . th e troops in Gibraltar-80,0 00 men in the held ; lye had 40,000.1 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1855 Portuguese well organised, commanded by British and clothed officers, and subsidised, fed, paid, with British money. F ( th a e u l d ast he tw t o he y u e g a h r t s of e the war within ware numbers were greater, the mark when he said thatw e Cpaheamdlr2ing theiro,ooO British and 40,000 Portuguese troops. num bers with the troops in the Crimea the house would at once be aware of our present falling off. And it should also be remembered that at that period the po pulation of this kingdom was not one-half, and the offi cial resources not one-sixth of what they were now. Neither was the patriotic feeling of the country one whit more warm than at the present moment. It was there fore Vie bounden duty of her Majesty's Government to carry out and realise the expectations of the people, pos sessed as they were of the resources for doing so. There were circumstances, too, in their favour which were as yet hardly appreciated. The sea was entirely in the hands of the allies, and as we had invaded the enemy in one portion only of his territory, to that single por tion was our attention called. He did not doubt the desire of her Majesty's government to reinforce our army in the East ; on the contrary, he felt quite con vinced that such a desire existed. At the same time he felt himself constrained to say that such exertions as ought to have been, had not been made in furtherance of such an object. He could quite understand that some dif f iculties now existed which did not exist at a ' former period. The facilities for desertion were un doubtedly increased by the existence of railways, but he thought that some plan might be contrived by which this might be prevented, or at least very much limited in its extent. Again, he believed that it was very pos sible to make some arrangement by which the young recruits would be retained for home service while only seasoned regiments would proceed to the Crimea. This brought him to the consideration of our Indian army. The right hon. gentleman at the head of the Board of Control (Mr. V. Smith), informed the house the other evening that the army in India numbered 320,000 men, of whom 40,000 were Europeans. The right hon. gen tleman stated now that this large army was available for the purposes of the present war. He (Sir De Lacy Evans) wished to see it so made available ; at the present moment, however, but a very small force was drawn from that service. He thought that at least 10,000 men ought to be afforded from that quarter. Some of the ir regular force, too, might well be employed at the Cape of Good Hope ; for the peculiar nature of the service there it is well fitted. There were at the present time seven well-seasoned battalions at the Cape which ought to be made available for services in the East. British troops were also stationed at Ceylon and at Hong- Kong, where their presence was not absolutely neces sary. Indeed, from various sources he believed that tea battalions might be made up, and sent out within a short time to the Crimea. He believed, too, that ar rangements might be made with our Australian and other colonies by which the presence of many British soldiers might be dispensed with. Of course if his views were adopted with regard to the Indian army, it would be necessary to increase the native force, but in that step he saw no difficulty. He believed that so little difficulty was experienced that no bounty was given upon natives entering the service. This question of boanties was an important one. He believed that we were now giving from 181. to 251., and that these sums induced many to join who afterwards deserted. During the last war 101. was the highest bounty, and even then from five to six thousand was the number of men who deserted. [The hon. gentleman's attention was here di rected to the fact that the hour appointed for proroga tion was at hand.] He was warned that his hour bad almost come—(a laugh)—but there were one or two points to which he would very briefly advert. He was very glad to hear that the Foreign Legion was at length almost formed, and that it was about to proceed to the seat of war. He trusted that the Government would take care that both it and the Turkish Contingent were furnished with improved descriptions of arms. Bodies like these required greater attention in these and other Matters than regular troops, in order to render them efficiently useful. Much had been said with regard to a Polish Legion. (" Hear," and laughter.) For his own part he could not see why there should be any delicacy in levying such a corps. The whole of Poland did not belong to Austria, and the Poles at present scattered throughout Europe might be permitted to engage in the present contest whilst Russia possessed a large portion of their territory. Before he resumed his seat, he could not but advert to the speeches which had been made by some hon. members upon the subject of the war and in ad vocacy of its termination. He regretted that no division bad taken place, to test the opinions of th ose h on. and right bon. gentlemen. Had there been any such, that country and Europe would then have seen by how bare a minority those opinions were held. (Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON—There is no one, sir, more entitled than my hon. and gallant friend to express his opinion on the conduct of the war, and upon the manner in which it is in future to be carried on. His high mili tary position, his distinguished talent, and the great scope to which his thoughts upon these matters have extended, give great weight to whatever may fall from him. I can assure him that the suggestions which be has made will receive the careful attention of her Majes ty's Government. Some of the subjects, indeed, to which he referred are already under consideration. My hon. and gallant friend commenced by stating that he hoped a declaration would be made us of our determi nation to prosecute the war. I and my colleagues have already stated our intention upon that point, andl think that my hon. and gallant friend when he hears the words which will come from her Majesty's commissioners this day, will find them entirely in accordance with what has already been stated by us. (Hear, hear.) It is quite true that if you compare the amount of the army now in the field with the number of troops employed in the latter Fart of the late war, the balance will he greatly against the present time. But if hon. members will carry their minds a little further back—to the first year of the Peninsular war—they will find that the efforts now made equal those which the government of that day were able to make. It must always be a matter of great difficulty when we start with a peace establish ment to raise in a short time that augmentation of force which the exigencies of a country at war may require. I believe that in comparison with the present time there has been no period in the history of this coun try; to which, within the same space of time, such a large augmentation of force has been made, and in which an army so large has been sent out to so distant a country. It is true that the population is greater ; but it is also true that the induce. ments of industry, the wages of labour, are perhaps now more tempting than they have been at any previous time, and that the army therefore has now to combat obstacles which did not formerly exist. Still, however, I must do the people of this country the justice to say that there never was a time in which the patriotism and public spirit of the nation were displayed in a more hearty manner than they have been by the great num ber who have entered the ranks of the army since the war began. (Hear.) [The noble lord was then pro. needing to refer to the Indian army, when Mr. V. Smith called his attention to the fact of a messenger having arrived from the Lords.] His lordship pro ceeded :—I will only now say, in conclusion, that I thank my hon. and gallant friend for the suggestions which ho has made, and I can assure him again that they will receive the most careful consideration of the Government. ; and who had listened outside the door for some time, it appeared that the defendant was in a very excited state ; that he cried bitterly, and was heard to say that he should Sever love any other woman than the plain tiff ; and tbat he was sure he should never be happy with the woman he was about to marry. After the defend ! ant had left, the plaintiff proceeded to the house of the Rev. Mr. Ge t s, the clergyman by whom the ceremony was to be performed on the following day, and she informed him what the defendant had said, particularly calling his attention to the fact, that he had stated that he was sure he would not be happy with the woman he was going to marry ; and upon this, Mr. Gee sent for the defendant, and had some conversation with him upon the subject, when he did not deny the accuracy of Miss Godfrey's statement, but said it could not be helped then, and he could not marry her. Mr. Gee subsequently communi cated with the young lady's father but he did not ap pear to have taken any steps in the matter, and the mar riage took place on the day appointed. The above facts were shortly put in evidence, and it appeared that the plaintiff and defendant were about the same age, six and thirty. The income of the defendant was admitted to be about 2001. a-year. Serjeant Shee, in the course of his address to the jury for the defendant, said he wished it to be understood that there was not the slightest ground for casting any asper sion upon the honour or character of the plaintiff, who was undoubtedly a most respectable and virtuous young woman, but the answer he was instructed to make to the case for the plaintiff was that in point of fact no promise of marriage had been made, and if it bad, that the plaintiff herself had exonerated the defendant from performing it. The learned sergeant said he should rest his defence upon a letter written by the plaintiff herself to the de fendant shortly before the marriage, and when she wa3 aware that it was in contemplation, and he should call upon the jury to put that interpretation upon it. He then read a very long letter, written by the plaintiff, in which she made some representations of an unfavour able character with regard to the family of the young lady to whom defendant was about to be married, and begged the defendant to pause before he carried out the step he had in contemplation. The letter did not make any direct allusion to a promise of marriage, but it was written in most affectionate terms, and spoke of the defendant having broken his promises, but added that what was past could not be recalled. The learned counsel argued that these and some other expressions of a simi lar kind that were contained in the letter amounted to an exoneration from his promise, and upon that ground he asked the jury for a verdict for the defendant. In the course of his observations he referred to that portion of the case by which the defendant was charged with hav ing made dishonourable proposals to the plaintiff, and he said he was instructed that this was really not the fact. The learned judge having summed up, the jury almost immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Da mages 4001. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LIVERPOOL, AuG.l4. (Civil Side—Before Mr. Justice Crowder.) BREACH OF PROMISE—DRWSBURY V. WHIFF. This was an action in which Mary Dewsbury sought to recover damages from William Whipp, for his non-per formance of his contract to marry her. Mr. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Sowler were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Serjeant Wilkins and Mr. Monk were for the defendant. Although the parties live in a comparatively bumble sphere of life, yet the case, like all others in which such an interesting question is involved, excited considerable interest, and the court was densely crowded. The ladies mustered in large numbers, and appeared to be the most eager listeners to the 'details of evidence, which occa sionally were not of the most delicate character ; then there was the personal appearance of the litigant parties, the young Lothario being a smart attractive man, while the plaintiff was as unprepossessing as she was his senior in years. These matters conspired to get a full court ; and when the pleadings were opened, Mr. Hill, Q.C., said, in this action the parties wore in comparatively humble life, the plaintiff being a milliner at Whitworth, near Rochdale, and the defendant a but cher, carrying on business at the same place. She went to Whitworth about three years and a half ago, and commenced business, and at the same time the defend was carrying on business jointly with his father. The son (the defendant) soon became acquainted with the plaintiff by meeting at some mutual friend's house, and in a very little time he became her suitor. Ho was re ceived as such, and was looked upon as having honour. able intentions, and generally his conduct was of the description that would lead to the belief that he would marry her. At length he opened a shop and carried on business on his own account, and the jury would have it proved that he was a constant visitor, and was re ceived as her lover. While thus situated he would prove that the defendant took advantage of the position in which he was placed, and, under the solemn promise of marriage, he possesssed himself of the plaintiff's person, and thus having betrayed her she became the mother of a child. He then abandoned her, and it was in conse quence of having so acted the complainant had been compelled to bring the present action before them, and they would have to say whether a contract of marriage was made. The only defence that could be set up was, that the defendant did not promise to marry her ; the burden was cast on him to prove that he did make the promise ; and if that were established, the other, and the only matter for their consideration would be what amount of damages they would give her. The policy of the law in late years allowed the disputing parties to be examined on their oath for breaches of contracts and wrong, but it does not extend to parties where they pro- Mise to marry each other. He was unable, by law, to call the plaintiff before them • he should ha ve t o g i ve them other evide nce t o show that there was a promise of marriage made by the defendant to the complainant. He would call before them the person who was the assistant of the plaintiff, and she would state that the defendant was received as the lover of the plaintiff. She heard him promise to marry her, and it was frequently the subject of conversation as to what should be done after the mar riage. He should clearly prove these facts, and they could have no doubt that a contract took place, for the breach of which this action had been brought. In a mercantile action they could compensate by giving the market price of the goods, or money may be paid ; but in an action like this it altogether depended upon the ciroumetances of the case what compensation should be awarded. She was betrayed by the defendant under a promise of marriage—eshe had been abandoned and de serted by him, leaving her the mother of a child ; and now, what was her position ? And having been deceived by him who promised to make her his wife, having been so induced to yield herself to him, in what a situation was she then in ? The defendant was well to do in the world, and was possessed of property. He would prove that he had built a house in which they were to reside • and when he did that, he would ask them for temperate damages— not vindictive ones—but a reasonable com pensation for the evil inflicted on her. Alice Mills said—l know the 'plaintiff, and had lived with her as an apprentice and assistant for three years. Knew the defendant for six years, and had seen him at the house of the plaintiff about a fortnight after I went there. He was a butcher. He continued to call there until September last. He called there for orders, and paid his addresses to Miss Dewsbury. Sometimes he called two or three times a day, and would be in the shop or in the room where she sat. They both changed their residences and lived next door to each other. On the last Satin-lay in January, 1854, the defendant came in the evening. I went to bed about twelve o'clock. I saw the defendant before I went to bed. He said he wanted some supper, and she told him to go home. He did not go home, but remained. About three o'clock on the following morning I was aroused by a noise in the House. There was no one in the house but myself, plaintiff, and defendant. I got up and down stairs ; but did not find either of the parties. I went to Miss Dewsbury's room door. I listened ten minutes and heard Miss Dewsbury talking, but did not at first hear what she said. I heard the defendant say they should be married in a month. She said, "Not in a month from now ; but you will be settled in your new house in a month, won't you " He replied "yes ; and we will be married then, shan't we ? " and she said, HOME CIRCUIT.—CROYDON, AUGUST 14. " Yes." I knocked, and Miss Dewsbury came to the (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell and a Common Jury.) door, and I said, " Mr. Whipp is in the room." She GODFREY v. MILNE. I took the light from me and said, "Go to bed and mind This was an action to recover damages for a breach of your own business." I went to my room, but not to promise of marriage, bed, as I intended to see Mr. Whipp, as he was in the Mr (10. .. Montagu Chambers, Q.C. ; M r . Ed w i n James, h ouse . I saw h i m leave at five o'clock. There was a k . r. e‘e r je u an ei t r s . T. a C e h d it m ty r w . J er a e ee c h o s un e s p e p l efoarredthfeerpltahientdiffe: good fire in the room . I saw a pa i r of Mr. Whipp ' s Mr: Chamberee shoes and his hat on the stairs. A few days after, in fendant. conversation with Miss Dewsbury and Mr. Whipp, I attractions that th e p wina:pening +he case to the jury, said said, " How soon is the wedding to take place ?" He I,aainntrast t h h e e e a t t im ? the transactions took place young woman of some personal replied, " Oh, some time, perhaps." I said, " Yes, and quay, in Devonshirje, wiL7ere, were .the. soon." In October, 1853, Mr. Whipp brought awed whichshe occupied herself as inquiry, she resided at Tor- ding ring into the house on a Sunday evening. He said, was a in - the habit of giving ".Miss Dewsbury, try this if it will fit." She tried it a daily governess, an d lessons to the families on, and said "It's just the fit, but I should like it better spectable Inhabitants of th ' e aome of the most re . than this." The defendant said, "A better you could hood. The defendant had bee . `" n and' neighbour-. not have, you Might have a more expensive one, and I'll pp n ein in the naval service, get you one." The plaintiff got in the family way. and at this time held an a Guard. It appeared tha a t ed h . a eat in the Coast After January, 1854, the defendant came frequently to at the commencement; in the the house. same house with' the plaintiff, maactoFeniencement By Mr. Serjeant Wilkins.—Miss Dewsbury is here. ate a n d That is the person. We have been staying at a temper of the year 1854, they were on th e e ii ii a :ti m n a u h e abit of ance house. The plaintiff is about 28 years of age. She affectionate terms, and the defendant was escorting the plaintiff to various places was looked upon by every one as her intended husband, i , e not 40, that I know of. The defendant is about 24. e h. used to scold him for staying late. She could scold no doubt, but I made myself busy—womanlik©. I do not know what you mean b saying there was fun formaland there er offere w was no marriage. T h i h n e g s eventually went eon fer soma made herdsa time nd , in thismanner, but at length it appeared that the plain- w it They h a man k e p t acompany three ocl l oc k k n i e n w ihe T m o o morning n in g is tiff communicated with her cousin, a gentleman named kbeedlep-rgionnomn. Stark, she having, it appeared, only one parent alive, company ; but I do not keep company like that. a mother, who was . very advanced in life, and Mr. Miss Hi Stark, in consequence of what the plaintiff had told Townley ggi an n ,l ) r il was a artner. There were Miss Jackson out-door apprentices. The him, applied to the defendant, and requested to know , noise hs the bed-room one ; it was like the the reason why he had not fulfilled his engagement with agitation of some of the a big a the plaintiff. The defendant, upon this occasion, . a d- that night, an d . as drop aeffe o e f something " comfortable." mitted the engagement he had entered into, and ex- The comfortable was I was with Miss Dewsbury pressed his regret at what had occurred, and through the when a military gentlensa. andn thesh his wife lodged there. instrumentality of Mr. Stark a reconciliation was effected Young men used to call at betseeen the plaintiff and the defendant, and their inti- L. I have heard the plaintiff s ofeelea:o buy caps, gloves, Gretna Green, macy continued as before. Shortly afterwards, how- but.be married never heard.her e say that I t:he married to a young ms.n. I kne was i ring there to ever, it appeared that the plaintiff made another 'corn- b . bull I did not go to him. .He never towld qhn Ingham, munication to Mr: Stark, in consequence of which he was away and must not come there. Miss his master again saw the defendant and accused him of having made did not toll him he was a i, se e e ow if te al did Dewsbury desheaourable- proposals to the plaintiff, and of having; me. Hannah Webb has seen the parties not engage endeavoured to was her, to consent to his ,wishes by s together besides . aiming ihat she was already his wife in the eye of God, me. , Th e e)* a -- • • Hannah Webb swore.—l am a cousin ti anteded not to deny that this was true, of the plaintiff, but, IA fieiree;sed d appear ' 3 regret for his conduct, and a 1 and reside in Manchester with my uncle, a . second r e c onciliation. eel) effectedbeen there nine years. I remember, in J I ti was and the parties con- I have .. to whitworth on a nuary, nued on theeeiost friendly 1854, year, whe n •le was 'ascertained Dewsbury. M y frie nds, who • been Paying him that the defendant had day with Miss _ er- came with ,ineirreises to the daughter of a farmer , me, went home on the same evening, but I rem a i ne d named Distine the same neighbOurbood, who was un- ! until Wednesday. I saw the defendant on Monday, and der 20, and who; with the plaintiff which she Wae said to.beentitled to considerable 1 he had some conversation ~H property, and ittateleneth transpired that the 20th of told me. He said to her, aye you ld her what I January was the. day.fii . " upon which he ed fel. t 'he marriage. lt ap- desired you ?'' and she replied, " Yes, peered that on the 'Veiling of theoodfrel9th the defendant went desired me to come and see then happy. I told him I to the residence of , Miss: private interview with hee • w h Y u 'll wished to have a 'would. • e pre c i se , o bj ec t of 1 Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Wilkins—My uncle this interview was did not eery Clearly r, but from, l is a draper,; he carries on business at 5, Oldham-street, the testimony of a cervant whose "cu Y rio ar r a in y was excited, Mancheeter. I reside in Hardwick, at 72, Higher The SPEAKER announced that the House of Lords had agreed to the only remaining bills before Parliament. Capt. L. VERNON asked the Under secretary for War whether the situation of Deputy Quarter Master General to the Forces, recently revived after a discon tinuance of nearly thirty years, is again to be abolished, the officer appointed to that post, Major General. Sir A. Torrens, having received another appointment as Military Commissioner at Paris, where he has been resi dent for the last two months ? Mr. F. PEEL said that the office would be continued during V.° continuance of the war, and that the present vacancy would be filled up as soon as possible. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. . _ ;... _ „ I.t o 7.1J4.1. isua aLug+Sd .... Temple-street, with the same uncle. I am 24 years of age. My cousin may have turned 30. I visit my cousin once in three or four months. James Mills said he was a stonemason, carrying on business at Whitworth, and had built a house for the de fendant. He had joked him about marrying the plaintiff. Mr. Serjeant Wilkins then addressed the jury for the defendant, which, while it was amusing to the male members of the audience, was not of a description de sirable for ladies' ears. Ie remarked that his learned friend (Mr. Hill) possessed one great quality when before a court, land that was, gravity ; how he could have talked such nonsense he could not imagine. It was like Brutus haranguing over the dead body of Lucretia, when he talked of having betrayed, deceived, and abandoned one of the loveliest flowers that could have been ga thered by the ruthless hand of man. (Great laughter.) He asked them for the largest amount of indignation on the head of the seducer who had destroyed the sweet beauteous flower, blooming in all her loveliness behind the pillar (one of the pillars in court.) Why, one would suppose it to be a twofold seduction ! Mr. Hill—l shall have the right of reply if you go into such a matter. Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, repeating the words, continued —Lord Eldon bad said, " Thore was sic a thing as proof positive, and sic a thing as proof presump tive," and knowing his friend's goo d t aste, and his criticism of femal loveliness—(laughter)—one could understand why he nudged his attorney to go and take the beauty out of court. (Roars of laughter.) Now, what was the case ? This gay seducer began his seduc tion between three and four years ago ; then he must have been 20 years of age ; and she has the modesty to come into court to listen to that of which she has no right to complain. His learned friend told them in his reply that he (Mr. Serjeant Wilkins) would endeavour to disparage the appearance of the plaintiff. That would be a work of redundancy. He asked them whether any man, be he young or be he old, could discover anything in the plaintiff to make him act in such a way ? The defendant went there as a butcher, and she supposed he at once threw sheep's eyes at her. He went there for meat, and he got an order for a heart. (Laughter.) Well, then, without any note of preparation—without anything to show it—where and when was the first time any promise, if any there were, was made ? Up in her own bed-room, at 3 o'clock in the morning ! Not down stairs when they were quietly alone, but where they were so noisy in their amours that they disturbed the assistant up-stairs. He believed the whole story to be a fabrication ; there was not a single person brought for ward to show that they were ever seen out together. If the jury believed that a promise had been made, he trusted they would mark their sense of the woman's con duct, who was fully 40 years of age, and was not unac quainted with life, while the defendant's age was only 24, by giving a verdict for the defendant, or one farthing damages. . HisiLordship summed up, and in a few minutes a ver dict for the plaintiff, with 401. damages was returned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—Hugh. Joseph, Smith, a man of very respectable appearance, was charged with stealing one hundred 10/. shares in the Great Luxembourg Railway, the property of his master. Mr. William Jessop, a stockbroker, of No 5, Token house-yard, said—The prisoner was in my employ about a year and a-half ago as clerk. On the 15th of March, 1854, I gave him 100 101. shares in the Great Luxem bourg Railway to deliver to Mr. Mossup, for whom I had purchased them. Finding a deficiency in my ac counts I made inquiries, and then taxed the prisoner with not having delivered the shares to Mr. Mossup. He stated that Mossup had left them with him to exchange for bonds, and that the shares were at that time in the hands of a person whose name I forget at Southampton. I went down to Southampton, and cuuld not find any person of the name the prisoner gave. On returning to town I found the prisoner had absconded, and have not seen him since until he was taken into custody. I did not take the numbers of the shares. That was the clerk's duty. I paid 4501. for them. Mr. John Mossup, a stockbroker, of Pinner's-hall, Old Broad-street, said—l gave the last witness instruc tions to purchase 100 101. shares in the Great Luxem bourg Railway in February or March, 1854. I did not receive them nor any portion of them, nor the produce of them. I never authorised the prisoner to keep those shares to exchange for bonds, nor do I know any person at Southampton with whom I have had transactions. After some further evidence Alderman Finals, on the request of the prosecution, granted a remand, relusing to take bail. BOW-STREET.--Thomas Clarke, a messenger in the Post-office, was charged with stealing a letter Containing a sovereign. Mr. Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, prosecuted. Mr. R. Partridge, deputy comptroller, and Messrs. Gardner and Dixon, clerks in the General Post-office, proved that a letter, previously made up, and containing a sovereign privately marked, was delivered to the pri soner at about six o'clock in the morning, to be conveyed with others to the sub-sorters. John Forbes, a messenger, and William Smee, a constable attached to the office, proved that they were appointed to watch the proceedings of the prisoner, after the bag of letters containing the one in question had been delivered to him in the usual course of business. Having secreted themselves in such a manner as to escape ob servation, they Paw the prisoner passing the letters through his hand, and feeling them as if to ascertain if they contained anything. Presently he selected the letter which contained the sovereign, and which they could distinguish from the rest in consequence of its having a black border across part of the envelope. He held it up to the light, squeezed its contents, knocked the envelope against a table, and eventually shook out something from the corner, which he placed in his mouth. He had tried several of the other letters in a similar way previously, and having placed them all together again afterwards, was proceeding with them across the build ing, when witnesses discovered themselves, and See took the prisoner into a private room before the deputy comptroller, and other officials, who, on examining the letter which they had prepa r ed with the view of testing his honesty, found that the corner of the envelope had been slit open and the sovereign taken out of it. Matthew Peak, the Post-office constable, deposed to having searched the prisoner, and found in his posses. sion three gold five franc pieces, six sovereigns, one h a lf sovereign, and 7s. in silver. Witness afterwards went to the prisoner's residence, 29, Gerrard-street, Islington, where he found nine 51. Bank of Fngland notes, two 1/. notes of the Bank of Ireland, eight sovereigns, and 2/. 7s. in silver, which the prisoner claimed as his own. Mr. Henry—What was the prisoner's salary l Witness—He was paid 255. a week. Cross-examined by the prisoner —On finding the above the prisoner stated, with reference to the five franc pieces, that they were sent to him three years ago by a brother in the West Indies. He also stated that the 51. bank notes were given to him by a Mr. Benham in ex change for 40 sovereigns, and that h e rece i ve d th e t wo Irish notes from Mr. Nolan, of the Customs. Mr. Henry—The statement as to the five franc pieces . is manifestly untrue, for they only came out last year. They were added to the coinage of France by the French Emperor in 1854. It was stated that the French soldiers in the Crimea were in the habit of sending the new gold five franc pieces home.to their friends, and a great many were re ceived in this way, in letters, owing to their being so well adapted for transmission through the post. The prisoner was remanded for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREE l'.—Mary Morris, a re markably fine, well-dressed young woman, was charged with attempting to drown herself in the Serpentine. From the voluntary confession of the defendant it appeared that her parents lived in Wales. About two years ago she was seduced, and she went on the town She was afterwards taken from the streets b a r a clergy man and placed in a penitentiary asylum. After re maining some time in this refuge she was taken into this clergyman's family, and lived there in a domestic capacity for several months. The brother of the clergy man came to stay at the house, and he induced her to listen to his overtures. She was obliged to leave the family, and came up to town to seek another service. She went to Cremorne-gardens the previous night, and having passed the night in drinking, she became frantic at her condition in the morning, and at length deter mined to drown herself in the Serpentine. Mr. Bingham asked her if she had any friends in London ? The defendant replied in the negative. A person here stepped forward and agreed to take charge of her for the present. After a suitable admonition from the magistrate the defendant was allowed to leave the court in the com pany of her acquaintance, THE LATE DISTURBANCES IN HYDE. PARK. Yesterday, a special session was held at the instance of Mr. Foster Owen, the High Constable of Westmin ster, at the Sessions-house, for the purpose of hearing the cases of persons whose property had been damaged in the late disturbances, and who claimed compensation from the Hundred, under the 7th and Bth Geo. IV., c. 31. The magistrates present were Mr. Augustus Robin son, chairman ; Mr. J. W. Thrupp, and Mr. William Evans ; and notices of claims had been received from the following persons :—Mr. Richard Curling, 29, Gros venor-street West ; Mr. J. T. Payne, 27, Grosvenor street West : Mr. C. Lacy, 5, Wilton -street ; Mrs. Rosa Taynton, 3, Wilton-street ; Mr. Edward Warner, 49, Grosvenor-place ; Mr. C. B. Adderly, 54, Grosvenor. place ; Mrs. Edwards, 34, Upper Eaton-street ; Mrs. Jane Marshall, 1, Wilton-street ; Mrs. Greenhauter, 6, Wilton-street ; Mr. R. Pulsford, 5, Upper Belgrave- street ; Lord Charles Wellesley, 3, Upper Belgrave. street; and Sir George F. Seymour, 115, Eaton•square; but in the last three cases the notices have been with drawn. Tvlr. Curling's case was the first called on, his claim being for 181. 75., the value of a plate glass window which had been destroyed by the mob. Catherine Wright, a servant girl, proved the damage. She saw a great crowd of men and bop, who were hallooing and shouting, and who almost frightened the life out of her. They were pelting as bard as they could, and they broke Mr. Curling's windows. To the Chairman—The mob stayed about five minutes, and then went away, but she could not tell why they went. Th ey did not appear to be driven away. They did not a tt empt to injure the doors of the houses, but only the windows. The Chairman inquired how Mr. Curling brought his case within the Act ? Mr. Curling . said his property had been destroyed by a tumultuous mob, and under those circumstances the act said that he was to apply to the magistrates, who were to say whether he was entitled to compensation. That he thought was the common sense view of the law, The Chairman referred to the second section of the act, which stated that compensation should be awarded only where property should have been feloniously de molished, pulled down, or destroyed, wholly or in part, by any persons riotously and tumultuously assembled together, and inquired whether there was any felony in this case. Mr. Curling was of opinion that when a mob like this went wilfully and maliciously to destroy another's pro perty, they acted The Chairman said that' the term feloniously was used as a specific term for a certain crime, and the ques tion was whether this mob has committed any felony. There were several decisions upon the matter. Mr. Curling trusted that the magistrates would deckle not according to precedent, but according to the com mon-sense view of the case. The Chairman—There were two classes of crimes, one felonies, and the other misdemeanours, and there was no doubt that the mob committed no felony, though th e y might have committed misdemeanour-2. Mr. Curling submitted that by so deciding, the magis trates would encourage a feeling of insecurity, whilst on the other hand chey should all feel secure if they had the protection of the law. Ho came there under a specific act of Parliament, which said that, if his property was demolished, the Hundred should make compensation. The Chairman—lf "feloniously" demolished. Mr. Curling thought if a mob, setting all law at defi ance, and to gratify a wicked disposition, destroyed pro perty, they acted feloniously. He might himself have been behind the glass, and been killed; and then it would have been felony. The Chairman' said that this kind of felony had been defined in another act, which said that where any per sons riotously assembled together should unlawfully and with force demolish, pull down, or destroy, any dwell ing-house, shop, ctc., or begin to do so, every such of fender should be guilty of felony. Mr. Curling submitted that this mob had began to de molish and pull down. The Chairman—They had only broken the windows, and if they had been well thrashed it would have served them right, but there was no felony. The decision of the bench must be to refuse to make the order for com pensation, and if Mr. Curling was dissatisfied he could appeal, but he (the Chairman) thought it would not be worth his while, for the law was dead against him. Similar decisions were given in several other cases, and the business of the session terminated. AQUATICS. • ROYAL THAMES NATIONAL REGATTA. SECOND DAY. This regatta was resumed yesterday at one o'clock, the weather continuing extremely fine. Although the ooncourse of spectators on shore was somewhat less, the number of parties afloat far exceeded that of the previous day. We missed the guns again yesterday, the want of which we complained of in our last, though the reason of economy assigned by the committee may be accepted as an apology for what they consider a " barbarous " waste of gunpowder. Things were in other respects better managed than on the previous day, and the public were gratified by the presence of the Cremorne band. The sporting, so far as pure boating was concerned, was in every respect satisfactory. There was nearly a dozen races upon the card, which were of a varied and interesting character, the first of which was— A SCUDDER'S RACE, open to the World. First Heat. _ _ John Mackinney Red 1 Thomas Mackinney White 2 M. Taylor Blue 0 A. Ralph Green and White 0 The course was from Putney to Hammersmith bridge, and the start looked forward to with much anxiety. John Mackinney, of Richmond, and Taylor, one of the Manchester crew, were the favourites in the heat, and large amounts were speculated upon them against each other and against the field. At the first go-off the men were all level, but in the next Taylor led, slightly followed by John Mackinney and Ralph. At the committee barge the first-named was two yards in front, John Mackinney having but a foot lead of Ralph, and Thomas Mackinney a trifle more astern of the latter. In nearly this order they continued up to Craven Cottage, where John Mackinney slipped by Taylor, and on their nearing the Crab Tree gave a cheer of encouragement to his brother, Thomas Mac kinney, who laying down to his work went into the second place, John Mackinney rowing in fir s t by a coup l e of lengths. • Second Heat. H. Kelly Red and white 1 G. Robins Yellow 2 H. Clasper W. Pocock Black 0 A. Chitty Green 0 Kelly, of Fulham, the winner of the prize last year, was the favourite ; but Henry Clasper, the late champion of the Tyne, had a considerable number of backers, nor was W. Pocock without friends. It was one of the greatest races ever seen, and redounded to the credit of all en gaged. All went away at a great pace, with a very fine course. At the committee barge a sheet would have co yered the whole party, they were so close ' • and at French's the sport was capital ; Kelly th ere headed Robins by about two feet, Chitty, Clasper, and Pocock being precisely level, a quarter of a length astern. At Craven Cottage, Kelly began to draw away web, but the others were all so level that it almost appealed like a fresh start, and moreover so close to each other, that a foul must ine vitably have occurred but for the extremely excellent conduct of the men ; but the chance of collision was counteracted by the extreme care exhibited by all to pre vent it. Between Craten Cottage and the Crab Tree Robins gradually established his claim to the second place, and so the heat ended, with scarcely half a dozen lengths between the first and fourth men. Final Heat. H. Kelly J. Mackinney T. Mackinney G. Robins M. Taylor H. Clasper Red and white 1 Red 2 White 3 Yellow 4 Blue 0 Red and black 0 It was an exciting race, and looked forward to with much anxiety. The start was magnificent, Kelly dashing off with the lead, followed by John Mackinney, Robins lying for the moment well up, and in the next giving place to T. Mackiuney. in this order they came down at a❑ extraordinary pace to the finish, Robins sharply disputing the third place. Watermen's Apprentices (below bridge) Match, for a coat and badge and freedom, and money prizes. First Heat. T. Target Blue 1 G. Dove T. R. Marras Green and white 0 H. Ledger Yellow and black 0 S. Wheeler. Red and white 0 Marras, Target, and Ledger took the lead in a line, and then divided slightly. Marras began to find the pace too great, and fell off, giving place to Dove. The pace was slow. Second Heat. H. Humphreys H. Trumhell G. B. Gregson Red, white, and blue 0 At the start the winner took the lead and kept it. Third Heat. C. J. Rose Green 1 T. White White 2 C. Blake B. H. Spencer Black 0 R. Noakes Red and Black 0 Shortly after the start the winner took the lead and kept it. Fourth heat. H. Humphreys Yellow 1 C. J. Rose Gieen 2 T. White White 3 T. Tarrell Blue 0 After some loss of time they got away, when there was a slight foul, which was not claimed. They con tinued close together to the Crab Tree, where yellow broke away, leaving the others in a cluster, in which form they came in. Won by a length. Four-oared Race for Gentlemen, for the Clifford Challenge Cup and Presentation Cup. The Wandle Club (Wandsworth) 1 The Volante Club (Lambeth) The Wandle Crew. Messrs. Playford. I Messrs. Potter. Pile. Ireland. Levine, coxswain. The Volante Crew. Messrs, J. D. Doulton. I Messrs. Thorne. 'Williams. J. Doulton. Carmichael, coxswain. This was another of the great races of the regatta, and reflected the highest credit upon every gentleman con cerned in it. It was a very beautiful even start, and, with the head of the winning boat about a yard in ad vance, they passed the Half Moon. The Wandle then made a desperate attempt to shake their opponents off, but the Volante's pace was so great that they could not, and at Craven Cottage they were beginning to get oar and oar again, and so they continued to the Crab Tree, where both crews were evidently becoming exhausted, but their enormous game kept them hard at work, and ding-dong they went under Hammersmith Bridge to gether, amidst the deafening shouts of the assemblage congregated there at that time. The Wandle then put on a magnificent spurt, but the Volante again went to work and caught them off Adams's. The race, was, however, now over, and the final effort of the Wandle men placed them a clear length or more in advance at the Eyot. PAIR-OARED RACE, open to the World. First Heat. E. Winship and T. Bruce W. Pocock and H. Clasper W. Twickenham and H. Salter White 1 Green 2 Red 0 This was another of the great matches, although there was nothing extraordinary in the rowing of the heat it self. Bruce and Winship (two of the Elswick crew) took the lead at a dashing pace, and kept it throughout. The third pair were tailed before the finish. Second Heat. T. Wood and A. Ault Black 1 T. Day and B. Bain Blue 2 R. Coombes and G. Salter The first named pair belonged to the renowned Man chester four who won on Monday ; the second pair were "the slighted tradesmen ;" while Coombes, the ex champion of the Thames, and G. Salter, were two of the celebrated St. Agnes crew. A bustling start was succeeded by black taking the lead, pressed closely at first by blue, but as they neared the. Crab Tree the winners drew themselves clear, and kept it all the way ; as blue shook off the other pair, the two first boats made no great conflict at the end. The final heat is reserved for to-day, and creates the most lively sporting interest. Winship and Bruce and Ault and Wood are freely backed, singly and together, although Pocock and Clasper, who won last year, are in the race. SCULLERS' RACE for TRADESMEN. T. Richardson . T. Chandler .... J. Green ... W. Hurley .... Red 1 Green 0 Blue 0 White 0 The race was very smart throughout. The two leading men soon separated themselves from the others, Green being a trifle in front ; but owing to looking out too often, he lost way, and red passed him at the finish, and won by a length. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. READING RACES.—TUESDAY. The Borough Plate of 25 sues, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each ; two-yr-olds, 5 st 1 Olb ; three, 7st 1 Olb ; four, Bst 81b ; five, 9st ' • six and aged, 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allo we d 31b. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs if demanded, &c. Half a mile. Fourteen subs. Mr. Mellish's Gossip, by Chatham, 5 yrs, Bst 11Ib (Wells) 1 Mr. Saxon's Pretty Girl, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Fordham) 2 Mr. H. Wilson's Gipsey Girl, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Snowden) 3 Mr. Stevens's Swalcliffe, 2 yrs, sst 101 b ...(Samwell) 4 The following also ran :—Hothorpe, Who-are-you, Battery, Phillip, Lady Horton, Anglo-Saxon, Nestor. Mr. Drinkald's Le Fripon, 3 yrs, 7st 10Ib, Covey, went to the post, but did not get off.' Betting----5 to 1 each agst Swalcliffe, Hothorpe, and Pretty Girl, 6 to 1 agst Lady Horton, 8 to 1 agst Gos sip. Won easily by four lengths ; three lengths between the second and third, and the same between the third and fourth. The Berkshire Stakes of 20 sovs each, h ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100 added, etc. ; the second to save his stake. The winner of a handicap of 100 sovs value, after the weights were declared, 7lb extra. The highest weight accepting being 7st 71b, it was raised to Sst 71b, and the rest remaining in in proportion. About two miles. 36 subs, 25 of whom declared. Mr. Treen's Imogene, by Tearaway, 6st 101 b (in cluding 71b extra) (Fordham) 1 Mr. Drinkald's Brother to Grey Tommy, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (including 71b extra) A. Day) 2 Mr. Merry's Moorcock, 3 y rs , s s t 41b (Samwell) 3 The following also ran :- , -May Boy, Octavia, Le Juif, Firebrand. At 2.25 Vanderdecken was declared not to run. Betting— 5 to 2 agst Brother to Grey Tommy, 3 to 1 agst Imogene, 7 to 2 agst May Boy, and 4 to 1 agst Oc tavia. Imogene made nearly all the running, and after a good race in with Brother to Grey Tommy, won by a neck ; three-quarters of a length between the second and third • good fourth. The EasthaMpstead Park Stakes of 5 sovs er ch, with 25 added by the Marquis of Downehire, and 10 from the fund, for the second horse ; three-yr-olds, 7st 41b four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st ; six and a g ed, 9 s t 21b . Cer tain penalties andallowances. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs, if demanded. One mile and a quarter. Mr. d. M. Stanley's Schamyl, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Ashman) 1 Mr. Gulliver's Noisette, 5 yrs, Bst Glb (Yates) 2 Mr. B. Land's Englemere, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Land, jun.) 3 Mr. Waller's Vandyke, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Sly) 4 Mr. W. Sim's Melfi, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Abdale) 5 Betting-5 to 4 agst Schamyl, 2to 1 agst Noisette, 4 to 1 agst Melfi. A fine race in with the first two was won by half a length ; bad third, and a long interval between each of the others. The winner was claimed by Mr. Stevens. The Abbey Stakes of 10 sovs each, h it, with 50 added, for two-yr-old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b ; certain penalties and allowances. About three-quarters of a mile. Nine subs. Mr. H .Stone's The Fair Geraldine, Bst llb (carried Bst 41b) (Harrison) 1 Mr. Fenning's Flyaway, Bst 91b (including 51b extra) (Charlton) 2 Mr. Stevens's The Unexpected, Bst 71b (Yates) 3 The following also ran :—Ceres, The Prince of Orange, Laird of Hazlewood, Typhon, Keepsake, and Coal Black Rose. Won in the last two strides by a head ; bad third, Ceres close up with him, was fourth ; Prince of Orange, Keepsake, and Coal Black Rose were the next three. The Ladies' Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each ; two-yr-olds and upwards. !Optional selling weights ; straight run in ; about three-quarters of a mile. Ten subs. Mr. W. Day's Haunch of Venison, 2 yrs, Sat 21b (301.) (Llibberd) 1 Mr. Adkins's Curious, 2 yrs, sst slb (501.) (Cresswell) 2 Mr. Mellish's Gossip, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (301.) (Wells) 3 The followine , also ran :—Symmetry, Contender, Anglo-Saxon Cardiff Lass, Lady Horton, Hothorpe, Master Adam. Betting-5 to 2 agst Gossip, sto 1 agst Hothorpe, 6 to 1 agst Curious, 7 to 1 agst Haunch of Venison. Won by a length, the second beating the third by a head. Symmetry was fourth, Cardiff Lass and Anglo-Saxon the next two. The winner was afterwards sold by auction to Mr. Sims, for 70 guineas. He goes into Death's stable. The Berkshire Hunt Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 25 added ; three-yr-olds, lOst ; four, list llb ; five, list 81b ; six and aged, list 101 b. Certain penalties and allowances. Gentlemen riders. Jockey's, 51b extra. The winner to be sold for 300 sovs, if de manded, &c. One mile. Mr. Lawrence's Bright Phcebus, by Harkaway, 4 yrs, list 41b (including 31b extra) (Mr. El wes) 1 Mr. Elwes's Michaelmas Maid, 5 yrs, 12st 41b (in cluding 101 b extra) (T. Oliver) 2 Mr. George Drewe's Vulcan, 3 yrs, lOst 51b (includ ing 51b extra) (Mr. Cameron) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Bright Phcebus, who won by a ❑eck. Bad third. TriTTING ON THE COURSE. GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 9to 1 agst Little Harry (taken) 10 to 1 agst Vandal (offered) 12 to 1 agst Dame Judith (taken) 16 to 1 agst Bolton (taken) ST. LEGER. 6to 4 agst Oulston (offered) sto 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 12 to 1 agst Blooming Heather (100 to 7 also laid). Weather fine, sport good, and attendance of company very large. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.—TUESDAY. The Patshull Handicap of 10 sous each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared, kc., with 50 added. Certain penalties. One mile and a half. 27 subs., 12 of whom declared. Mr. C. Fenning's Speed-the-Plough, by Cotherstone, 3 yrs, 7st (Monday) 1 Mr. Andrews's Kidnapper, 4 yrs, Est 4lb (Quinton) 2 Mr. Leach's Master Slender, 6 yrs, Est 111 b ('r. Cliff) 3 Mr. Garrett's Little Brownie, 3 yr . ;, sst 6lb (Bullock) 4 Mr. Morris's Indian Warrior, 6 yrs, 7st 101b(Basham) 5 Mr. W. Moseley's Alonzo, aged, Bst 71b... (Aldcroft) 6 Betting-3 to 1 agst Little Brownie, 7to 2 agst Speed-the-Plough, 4 to 1 agst Alonzo, 5 to 1 agst Kid napper, and 2 to 1 agst Speed•the-Plough and Indian Warrior coupled. Won by a length ; a head between the second and third ; two lengths between the third and fourth ; bad fifth. Alonzo beaten off. Chillington Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 7lb ; fillies, Bst 51b. Winners once the present year, 31b ; twice, 51b extra. T.Y.C. Seventeen subs. Mr. E. Parr's Stork, by Gabbier or Sir Isaac, Bst 121 b (including 51b extra) (Quinton) 1 Mr. Morris's Tilly, Bst 1 Olb (including Sib extra) (Basbani) 2 Mr. C. Fenning's The Galliard, Bst 71b (T. Cliff) 3 Mr. Little's Crookshanks, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 4 Betting-6 to 5 agst Tilly, 6to 4 agst Stork, 6to 1 agst Gaillard. Won cleverly by half a length ; a length between the second and third, and a head between the third and fourth The Cleveland Cup, in specie, by subscription of 10 says eaob, with 60 added ; for three-yr-olds and up wards. Certain penalties and allowances. The second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes. Twice round, starting at the Stand. Eight subs. Mr. T. Parr's Saucebox, by St. Lawrence, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb (Clement)—walked over. Bates weighed for Rotherham and Quinton for Kid napper, and their numbers were displayed on the tele graph, but afterwards withdrawn. Their owners were fined 101. each for causing the numbers to be taken down. Borough Members' Plate of 60 says, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs each, for three-yr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 1501. Allowances if entered to be sold for less. Mile and a half. Six subs. Mr. Moseley's Romeo, by California, 5 yrs, 7st 61b (301.) Mr. Blakeway's Harriet, 6 yrs, (301.) (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Samwell's Useless (late Clara Clark), 3 yrs, sst 111 b (301.) (Bearpark) 3 The following also , ran :—Cockspur, Alma, and Lanercost. Betting-6 to 4 agst Romeo, 3to 1 agst Useless, sto 1 earn agst Harriet and Cockspur. Won by a length • a head between the s econd and third ; bad fouth. The winner was bought in for 45 guineas. A. Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards. Winners of a handicap of 100 sovs value after the weights were declared, 51b extra. The second to save his stake. Once round. Mr. T. Parr's Robgill, by Annandale, 4 yrs, 7st 10lb (in. 51b extra) Captain Skipworth's Fanny Fern, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Bearpark) 2 Mr. Bennett's Cardsharper, 4 yrs, Bst llb ...... (Pearl) 3 The following also ran :—Yeutick, Roving Betsy, and Rose. _ _ B to Betting - 5 to 4on Robgill, 4t o 1 agst Fanny Fern, 5 ng-5 agst Yeutick. A g oo d race i n, won by half a 1 t t i length ; a head between the second and third ; good fourth. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 8 to 1 agst Saucebox (taken) 9 to 1 agst Little. Harry (taken) 9to 1 agst Vandal (taken) 14 to 1 agst Grand Inquisitor (taken) 14 to 1 agst Dame Judith (taken) 16 to 1 agst Hesse Cassel Saucebox was backed for some money at 10 to 3. DERBY. 1000 to 30 agat Aleppo. Mr. Massey, M.P. for Newport, has been appointed Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, in succession to the Hon. W. F. Cowper, now President of the Board of Health. 00 rT 7',7 - 7 1 Ry IE4 NKFTS -4.--- . 14. Business was sIack LIVERPOOL—AuG generally, and the reduction 1.1111 quotations of Tuesday last was called 3d to 4d per bo 11 7 on wheat, n 6d to is per sack on flour, and 6d to ls per (1: 1 oatmeal notuin a n i corn. The decline, however, partook 93°" ...(1 than real character. Barley, osts,Thesall were all in fair request, and quite sopilot* rates. HULL—AUG. 14. Awes!. A small supply of wheat to-dap, which met Ari„ ° elf at fully last week's prices. Foreign ' holders firm , u" a slow sale. A good many complaints of the crops. ..,4011 early patches may be cat this week, but it will be e t °.,";jf. days before harvest is general. Barley a fair ,100/1 All other kinds of grain neglected. In linseed little am cakes firm ; rape cakes dearer, and in demand; b c)nel at 127 s Gcl per ton. 8 91 Wheat, English, red 74 to 76 Ditto white 73 to 80P I Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranianand Ham- I 13. Peas, grey and black -- I Linseed, Black Sea... 73 'Ditto Petersburgh 65 W 'Ditto Riga and Arch -604 ange1........... ; Ditt o Konigsberg ..... „ t i t , p Memel .............. DP mg, . Per .- 01 0 Lin& c , Hull 1215 s Od to es Ditto fine for. 1010 s 3 1 '4 Ditto inf. for. 01 Os Od Rapeseed.. 0010 sto ON R a p e cakes....l3os Q no Tares, E ng lish .....• Ditt o foreign .. v" 0 Guan0...... 00i . ° I tip ll& Belies uu Meal ............... Ow burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 66 to 70 Russian and Odessa CO to E 5 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 2B to 30 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 3l to 34 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 4O to 43 IPSWICH—AuG. 14. , v , 0 181:1 Scarcely any wheat at market to-day. ThVbe geS i Ai ported are at last week's prices. Harvest Iv o ' , t hdpo , '", in this district next week. There are reports el , s oak disease appearing extensively since the rain °I night. al ?Ng AO' PER QUARTER.I --4t 4 ppo Wheat, red (old) 72s to 74s•Barley, grinding ••• otO ~, Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 78s to 80sIPeas .................. 00 5 °T2 Ditto (old) Barley, malting AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING Age. 1111 Wheat Oats ' 112 quarters, at 7 6 s 441 ..1 ---. !IP 0 08 .4 9 , 0 Peas Barley vw. ne i Beans COURSE OF EXOR. Amsterdam .. ........ 11 16 Ditto, three months .. 11 18 . 4 Rotterdam ............ 11 18% Antwerp 25 , :5 Brussels ........ •..... 25 35 Hamburgh ............ 13 8 Altona .......... eiNGE.—YES IIO4 : „. Gibraitar .• • • " '' '' ~•• 0 ° 410 Leghorn • • ••• '' ....• Genoa ..... • • •'' ..• Milan .. •• • • •"' 4li Venice..... •• " , 3 1 Naples • • • • • • •• ••.....• Palermo .• •• "• •••• 0, 1 Messina .• • ...... ,••• Lisbon .. ..... • • • Oporto .. • • • • •• ":,„•• Rio Janeiro ..... ..,.. Buenos Ayres. • •. a nt „ New York, 60 " 1 " Philadelphia • •"; 0 4, 1 0 7 i Fo reig PRIn Gold . CES or suitr„., *0 IP 11,, 0 Portugal Gold CO 7; 0 0 0, / M ex i can Dollaro 0 I J, New Dollars •• •• 0 Sliver in bars Pzris. .. ~ .. .... 25 10 Ditto, three months .. 25 37% Marseilles ............. 25 40 P.ourdeaux ...... Frankfort-on Maine .... 118 4 Berlin ...... ...: 11 47 .• II 49 Petersburg .. 35% Madrid ... .. 50 Cadiz .. • . ... • Barcelona • • • • •• •• •• •• devilie •• •• •• ••• SEABORNE MAILS. (N ,Igitiffes that the malls ar e sent tram the Got ty the night—and lkt by the mooring--despatch.) (N Signifies that the malls ar e sent from the Oenliw ty the night—and 31 by the rooming--despatch.) Iri l whet l i d, Day when made up gyora _.,,- ~..../,, COUNTRIES. in General Post- Pori , r . Office, London.* 12! ...... Ve ...... .......te bew ~ _„( , kmerica(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday • • \LiverPu s " ' ,„,,1 , A.' Americo. (by United Sts. packet) ..........N America (by U. States P toe packet) ...... ....N •• •• •• .... •• SoU*O Australia (via South- We ampton) ..........51, ••••• ...... South eSP i .• Ditto (via Marseilles) N; ... Dever • ... Ditto (via Cape of Good , ari ' ..- Ape Hops) ............111 ..... • • . • a th • Africa (West Coast) ..37,23d of the mont h .. Plyn l ° - , Alexandria......., ..N 4 ,9, 24 & 30 of .. . Dover .%' - tep I' Alexandria.. .• „ „ „3.1 sth Pa 20th of mo. . souther - n os 0 111,•. Bahamas ...........kl7th of the month southewe ~4 , 1 Belgium .... •• •. •• ..N i I .a.ly . ......... Doter " . t . on leo. Brazil .............. 31 9th of the month.. B..uttli tin fooe andt i Buenos Ayres ........M 9th of the mouth., &alai i_i''.„' es v Cape of Good Hope ..N Vitrio l Vs' Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Ve nds ..... 37 9th of tin month goutil.m lo 0,0 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .. .......... ..14. P t° Channel Isles ........N Mon.,Wed.,&Fri..l. Soutbee l 4 o Chili.— ......., „ .. 3,1,2,1 & 17th of moot.. southan i r China .... . Se w Constantinople ......N '8,13.18,23,aa28 of m Dover ~„1 l' Constantinople Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... - Dover t''' ' fo ltle. 7 , Egypt (see India) France ........ M & NlTwice daily.... .. Dover ";toll 3ibraltar .... M4, 7,17, 89, 27 of to goutholDT Greece (see India) „ a pto 1 lreytown Ml2nd & 17th of mon. deaths '" at llamburgh Ni Tuesday & Friday Lonele n ,„ * go . oll/ savannah m Ind of the month , Southio'r, ~ sv" i Tolland 2,1 Daily .. .... .... .. Dover •'''ool4 . Honduras .........Mll7th of the month. Southall ~ A India (viaSoutbampt.)Ml4th & 20th of mon. plynsou .„1,/ India (via Marseilles)M 9th&2sth of mo n th D o ver •.' lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover.• . •; . „ , o te Ireland ........M & N !Twice daily .. Ho l y he° n toa 0 ,11 Lisbon ..........Ml7, 9, 17, 11; 27 of m. souther%tos ,0• 1 Madeira .......... ..31 1 9t hof th e month soothuol , A , 41aleira ............Nl23d of month .... Liverpo ol .. \faith (see India) _,,• Malta ..... .... ~NB, 18, &28 of -mon. Dover daur.tius (see India) 1 `1 auritius ...... ..Nll4th of the month i no tell, Mexico ............ 31 2nd of the month. loa th , .1 0 00 Naples ..... ........N sthisth2,sthormort.lDover ••„' - tos , Vow Granada ......3,l l 'id& 17th of month 'Southaitry New Zealand-, ....... . ty private skip .. v a rious r' ~ t Papal States ~ ..., ../: iSthisth2sthofmon. Dover ••: to e ipo e. Peninsula .... - ....Miltlll7th27thormon. Southetop Peru ..............mlld & 27th of mon. Southerly rti Port Natal .........„Nllay private ship....Variol le P ° . , Sicily „ - .... ~ „, .. N:sth 1 stll2.stholmon,!.DoVer •••:„ o pt Tuscany .„ ~ .......,,ys t hlsth2sthofmondllover ~,,,*. p • t otl. Venezuela ~ .„ .„ .. „M2d& 17th ofmon uth a- Van Diemen's Land (see til l g° , 1 Australia) .......... I Ifily West Indies ........34,228.: 17th o. month SoUr.a. -- , DE.4 . 0 m ans Whenany of these dates fall on a Sunday, the n i o p spatched on the following day, with the exception - 041 ) * Southampton), and the Malta. both of which will b 0 preceding day. ____________ .............." ------- g... POfl t WIND AND— . WEATHER .IZ-- Al' L 6 40. 0 TUESDAT' weit i ' Stations. Course of Wi n d. State 0 ' wo lf Greenwich .. N. P ar ti a lly 01 Lothbury Manchester N.W. Carlisle Sheffield N.E. Fine. Stoke-on-Tront Lancaster ... Maryport . W Cloudy., di , Whitehaven ...... N.W Fi ne —C° Leeds Bristol NW. Fine. Plymouth Gloucester W.N.W.... Fine. Cardiff N.W Fine. Exeter...... ...... S Swansea N. Fine- Haverfordwest Southampton N.W Fine. Cowes W Fine. 1 Portsmouth Poole Derby S.W. Fine. Nottingham W - Fine. Leicester W. Fine. Leamington N.W Fine. Boston W Fine. Groat Grimsby ... W Fine. Gains"borough ..... N.W Fine. Harwich N.E Mu* Holyhead N.W Fine. Dublin W Cloudy. Liverpool Cambridge N.W Fine. Yarmouth. W. Fine. Lowestoft W.N.W.... Fine. Brighton N. Fine. Shrewsbury E. York Darlington N.W Fine. Glasgow W Fine. Edinburgh S.W Fine. Perth Dundee Aberdeen . N.N.II Cloudy Sunderland N. W CloudY• Scarborough Whitby N.W Cloudy. Berwick N.E. Cloudy. .Hull W.. Cloud3r less. o af. Dover .... Cloud , r c jo , i , Strood Tunbridge W Partial'," •.. ....... .• BIRTHS. OF A SON. _ ladf of On the 12th inst., at 92, Bond-street , too t Falcke. e• On the 12th i ns t., a t E r ith Villas, Er it h ' B. Smith. ae o roo/ 0 0. , o O n n the the 12th 12th inst, at OF Clapham-park , ri:h:aUmGlgolluitri , th e 0 141cl ee l ift, 194' On the 10th inst., the wife of 1 versek We ston , ,a t ap am-pa , wes toa „ of MARRI E D • , 1, 0,re:e. 48 ; ; On the 15th inst., at the New Cut ire 'of ""ftv • tHeatiutoiene-gmaredretnh,eMArn. Anna lisminytsht,onee, eformerl9,.- pp 0 g — d ghter 0 rb, Smyth, of Bristol. 4., tbe Ite;.?4 On the 14th inst., at Littlebourne, len"'r.oui se '... AP • t o, .m- 1.- qv Henry Hughes Hallett, M.A., to Ge"g l s cuts Otettrir.atf daughter of Captain James, late of the Chureb'°ed•elpt P i t , o f On the 13th inst. , at St . t Nicholas Quorerv;oecliitor Harry John Johnson, Esq., of 1, eat pry clot* London, to Fanny Elizabeth Hervet, 9°‘ll3°- Louis D'Egville, Esq. (11..u4' , „ Cer t:f On the 13th inst., atNewcastl e -on-il l l o q., 40 eldest daughter of Charles A. 3 1 ° 11° ' " or r bs . ir nest Northumberland aged 16. B C a la i y ha , ru E . s t q e . r ,_ r o ace f C , ottingh On the 14th ~ at Swinton, nearA }1 . 0 14/6- i n pa 9 ' 0 Consul at Hll. ain ' (For° s ide , , W O or n th t i h n e gs th us i s n e s x t : John Banks, Esq. , °- COP v. S P 1) am, aged 0116 132. ) 34 On the 12th inst ,at Nunhead, Pe e— , the A H. Reid, aged 65.. tersil m "' 69 r On the 12th inst ., at Asfordby, Leices , ri ddles e r, 0 James Williams, icumbent of Ratcliffe, 'T el colli - .... t , neollratcelsofh Friday-st7r6e.et, vet 0 56. n the 13th inst., at Islington, Mr. P all f. Oar dwiL ia P. On the 9th inst., at-Chester-terrace, E .•/,/ Esq., of H.M.'s Customs Swedish an,..Botbe .0, 1 400 ...raw /*Si' i th i LoNnom : Printed and Published by Diu — mock l',,, ° W ° ' of Ni. 112, Strand, Printer, at Vie Soo ' - ' n to or'' Strand, in the Precinct of the wt i Middlesex, Wednesday, August 16 ' 19— ~ . \ ter, Pil .., 0 0 e), IN