The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-06 00:00:00

ISZlttton TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six o'CLocx. This being settling day for the Goodwood, there was no betting. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. Vienna papers and letters of the Ist inst. confirm the statements of the advance of Hungarian troops into Moldavia. The Hungarian corps which thus endeavours to transplant the war into the Danubian provinces is of the strength of 5,000 foot and 1,000 horse. It appears that after the total defeat of the Ban Jellachich it was thought some of the forces in Transylvania might be spared for the purpose of ex pelling the Russians from the Danubian principalities. The 6,000 Hungarians that entered Moldavia at tacked the Russian General Ustragoff, and forced him to retire to a fortified position, whence he dispatched messengers calling in the help of the Russian troops at Jassy. Couriers were likewise sent to the Russian General Grotenhelm, and to the troops stationed in Bessarabia. The troops from Jassy have consequently marched to oppose the progress of the llungarians, and that city is now entirely free from Ruisian soldiers and occupied by Moldavian militia. Official reports from General Grotenheln have reached Vienna. That officer is stated to have ad vanced from I3istritz with the whole of his corps. On the 22'1 he Ras attacked by the Hungarians, who had taken up positions on the heights of Szasz Regen. The battle lasted one hour, and ended by the retreat of the Hungarians to Marosh Vasarhelz. As usual, nothing is said of the losses of the Russians, but the General states that he has been informed of a Honved battalion, which was concealed in a wood near Deda, having been very troublesome to his troops. SCHLES WIG-HOLSTEIN. The intelligence is confirmed that Schleswig- Holstein has agreed to the condition of the armistice which involves the subjection and submission of the Duchies. The Provisional Government of the Du chies has signified its resolution to act in concert with Prussia, in all respects, in carrying cut and main taining those conditions in the Duchies. Mr. Bele mann, the deputy from the Government to the Prus sian Minhter, Count Brandenberg, stated that the great majority of the National Assembly coincided in the opinion of the Provisional Government, that ca-operation with Prussia alone would lead to the saving of the Duchies. The Cologne Gazette in giving the above particu lars, comments on the silent resignation which has surrendered the first violent conviction of righteous indignation at the terms of the armistice, and says that every other resolve in the present state of affairs would iurallibly have been a misfortune to Germany, an I highly detrimental to the Duchies. At present, however, says the Co!ogne Gazette, it is only an armistice, and not peace, which has been concluded, which scandalously involves the honour of Germany and tl'e freedom of the Duchies. In every land the national representatives are now assembling, it is their duty to save the Duchies. If they succeed in arousing the Governmeut, and especially Prussia, from their weak ministerial footing ; if above all, a federal state be completed, Schleswig-Holstein will not be lost to Germany. " With regard to the articles of the armistice which have given rise to so much popular discontent and in dignafioe, their very existence," says a Berlin corre sr on lent:ot the Borsenhalle," is void of all foundation, as far, at all events, as regards the Government of the Duchies, the future position of the Schleswig- Hol stein army, and, finally, the indemnity for the Chris tian VIII. ship of the line. The acceptance of the armistice by the Duchies will, doubtless, call forth severe censure in many querters, but after the first storm has subsided, and mens minds have calmed down, it wll be generally acknowledged that the ter mination, and probable final adjustment of the lengthened warfare between Denmark and her de pendencies, involving as it did a national German war, is the wisest and most politic course they could have adopted. STUTTGARD, JULY 27.—1 n the sitting of the Chambers this day a report was made relative to the new loan of three millions. It has been undertaken by the National Bank, the house of Rothschild, in Frankfort, and Benedict in Stuttgard, at the rate of 90 per cent. The payments are to be made by in stalments till October 31st. The interest will be 41 per cent. The Chambers listened patiently to these not very brilliant conditions, and then proceeded to the order of the day.—Hamburgh Papers. ITALY. The following letter, dated Rome, 26th, appears in the Legge:— " Colonel Chapuis has not only resigned his situation as Prefect of Police, but it would appear that, after a warm discussion with General Oudinot, he demanded leave of absence to return to France. Yesterday, Count Mamiani was summoned to the police-office, where he was brutally informed that he should quit Rome within twenty-four hours. He remonstrated against such an arbitrary abuse of power, but the only satis faction he obtained was, that he was told he was too influential a man to remain in Rome, and that if he did not quit within the period specified he should be expelled by force. All the respectable inhabitants are horror struck at this proceeding, for all parties are agreed that Count Mareitini is as remarkable for his political courage as for his literary merit. We expected much from France, but we find that our hopes were ill-founded." PARIS TO ROUEN RAILWAY. The half-yearly general meeting of the share holders of this company took place on Tuesday, at the company's offices, Rue d'Amsterdam, M. l'Espee, the President, in the chair. Near him were seated the following directors :—Count de Kerzaint, Viscount de Villeneuve M. C. Lafitte, M. E. Blount, M. Simons, and M. P. Be noist-d'Azy. After the meeting had been duly constituted, M. Cheppe in the name of the committee of accounts (comprised of M. La cave Laplange, M. Banes, and himself), read a report declaring that the accounts had been most carefully examined, and that they were perfectly satisfactory. M. Thibaudeau, the secretary, then read the report It commences by declaring that during the last half year no new expense has been added to the establish ment account, as the sums expended, and which only amounted to 91,201 f. 55c., were comprised in the pro visions for which the last general meeting placed at the disposal of the board 3,000,000 f. of resources. It de clares that the establishment account must now be con sidered as closed. After showing that the nature of the arrangements made with the contractors of the haulage amply provides for the tear and wear of moveable stock, the report proceeds in the following terms to render an account of the employment of the 3,000,000 F. of new resources placed at its dispi sal by the last general meet in4l—"Out of that sum, 1,800,0001., in conformity with the vote of the meeting, were to be paid off against a like amount of dividend-coupons, at the rate of 8001. each obligation, and for that purpose 2,250 obligations were to be created; out of that number 1,977 were ex changed against 126,550 dividend-coupons. A sum of 1,200,000 f. was besides to be realised by the emission and sale of obligations. We created for that purpose 1,500 obligations, the sale of which produced a sum of 1,200,000 f. We were of opinion that when the quota tion of 800 f., at which the exchange was effected with the dividend, could be obtained, we ought to realise this resource, not being able, in the precarious state of public and private credit, to expose ourselves to a fall in the quotations, which the slightest political event could pro duce, and which would in that case have imposed on you the creation of a greater number of obligations, in order to make up the indispensable sum of 1,200,000 f." The board had not yet received any definitive answer from the Government relative to the demand made by the company for an indemnity for the damage done to the line in the revolution of February. The report goes on to show what the position of the company is at pre sent with respect to the State:— " On the 30th of June last we owed the Treasury -720,0001. Oc. for interest due at 3 per cent. 466,666 66 the first annuity of the repayment of the loan . of 14,000,0001. 1,186,666 66 to which must be added 466,666 66 the second annuity due on the 15th of July last. 1,653,3331. 32c. in all. The sum due to the 30th of June last is inferior to the indemnity which we demand for the devastations of Feb ruary. As to the annuities of reimbursement, which for last year and the present one amount to 466,666 1 . 66c. a year for the loan of 14,000,000 f., there must be added to th e m next year 133,3331. 33e. for the first an nuity of reimbursement of the loan of 4 000 0001 which commences that period, and then the annuity" will be 600,0001., until the whole of the two loans from the State, of shall have been paid of. We have to remind you, tle re t n a llemen, that these loans wade to you by were capital, and to provide for,theaHaalyt b order to complete your of the expense of the passage tbrouge Rouen to the Havre line. But these re sources were not sufficient for are ee charged, of the pub lic service, with which through h Rouen. share in the expense of the ,Also, biece your line has been opened, your account of construction and e3tablishmeenextPheansseilf crease.' by a sum of 13,156,8081. 2e., for which you have borrowed 14,000,000 f. There results from these diffe rent loans an annual charge of ... ... 726,0001. - whiAa, Joined to the interest on the loans from the State, or ... ... 540,000 gives a total of ..• „. 1,266,000 f. which must be deducted from the produce of the work ing, before any dividend own be distritted. In the pre vision of the time when the annuities to repay the loans to the State were to become due, the general meeting had authorised us to provide for the payment of these annuities by the successive emission of engage ments to order, which should be at a later period conso lidated in loan bonds. The state of private credit does not permit us, at the prc sent period, to contract engage ments to order; and it is equally impossible for us to issue new obligations. In this situation, produced by political events, it would be necessary, in order t 3 pay the annuities of the State loans, to deduct at present from your revenue sum of 466,665 f, 66c., which, next year, THE SUN, LONDON, MON DAY EVEN 1 N'G, AUGUST 6, 1840. would amount to 600,000 f., to be added to the charge of 1,266,000 f. already weighing on your revenue for inte rests of the State loans, and for those which you have contracted with the public. You have besides to pay to the St. Germain Company, for the use of the line and of the Paris terminus, a sum of about 600,000 f. per annum. This would, therefore, in definitive give a total amount of charges imposed upon your working of 2,466,000 E, and which should be paid before a farthing of interest was distributed to you. In admitting that the proceeds of your working, deduction made of the expenditure, should suffice for the payment of these charges, and still leave an interest of 5 per cent. disposable for the shares, which in the present state of your traffic would not be possible, if it was necessary to deduct the sums required to pay the annuities of the State loans, the hope of a dividend above 5 per cent. would be altogether out of the question for a length of time, since, according to your statutes, 1 per cent. must be taken away and placed in reserve, to supply the sinking fund of the capital." The report then goes on to say that, as none of those charges can be taken off, the board ought to eudeavour to effect a change in the present arrange ments, and inquires whether the circumstances just narrated do not authorise the company to apply to the State to allow the reimbursement of its loans to be eft', cted either by means of a small annui:y during the first year, increasing successively by accumulated interest, or by means of equal annuities; but, in either case, dis tributed over the whole duration of the concession? The report argues that, from the facilities afforded to the Northern Company for the payment of its debts to the State, there is every reason to suppose that less indul gence would not be shown to the Rouen Company. The report then gives a detailed account of the items of re ceipts from the Ist of January to the 30th of June, 1849, which amount to the total sum of 3595,354 f. 93c. The total amount of the charges of the working for the same pe tied is 2,544,944 t. 85,e, leaving a net prat of 1,050,360'. Bc., which will give a dividend of 12f. 50c. per share. A comparative table of the receipts and expenditure during the two first half-years of 1848 and 1849 is then given. showing a net increase in favour of 1849 of 7.48,470 f. 13e. After recapitulating the various items in which this increase has taken place, it proceeds to say that " in the months of March and April there was a revival of business, which in May and June was again suspended, in consequence of the elections and the cholera. This latter cause acted in a most disastrous manner on the receipts from passengers, and it was precisely at a period when the fine weather would have caused a very material increase; it is from these causes that t he re ceipts for May ad June have been less than those for March and April, whilst on the other hand the expenses were increased by the establishment of the summer service. The half year of which we now present you the account shows a material improvement in your vre venue, since at the same period aid i n last year your d i 1- acknoa ledg• d m e e n u d ts, waswiLhoonulty sinkingB BF. 84c., p fund, whereas it is noa 12f. 80c., paid in cash, and besides which we carry 150.3601 r. Bc. to the sinking fund." 'lhe report then alluded to the meeting held in the beginning of June last, of the shareholders residing in England, and of tin confidence expressed by the company in the success of the undertaking. M. Benoist, having become rept., son tative of the people, had been obliged, by the provision, of the electoral law, to resign hip post as director of the company, and his son, M. Paul Benoist, had been provi sionally appointed in Ys place. After the report had been read, the accounts were ap proved of and adopted. The dividend of 12 f. 500. per share, payable at the office of the company on and after Aug 2, was then declared to be agreed to. MM. Kersamt and Wm. Chaplin, the outgoing directors, were unanimously re-elected, and the pro visional appointment of M. P. Benoist, as director, was confirmed. The modification of the articles re lating to the sinking-fund could not take place, as 3G,000 shars:s were not present. The two reports mentioned above having been adopted, the meeting separated. COMMENCEMENT OE TUE OYSTER SEASON.- Saturday morning, et six o'clock, the sale of oysters was opened at Billing gate and Huegerfot d markets; at the former there was a fleet of 23 vessels from Rochester, Queenhorough, &c., freighted with the different descrip tions of barleys, royals, china rocks, natives, Miltons, Welsh, and commons, the price ranging from Bs. to 12s. per bushel; there was also a large quantity of oysters in bags per Brighton Railway, taken from the large oyster bed, tour and a half miles in length, recently discovered off the town of Shoreham; these sold at 63. the bag, con taining a bushel and a quarter. There was a tremendous rush at the opening of the boats, but from the admirable arrangements of Mr. Goldham, clerk of the market, in the construction of barriers, the employment of extra officers, and numerous cautions to take rare of your pockets" neither robberies nor accidents occurred, At Hungerford market there were five vessels, and a large quantity of the Brighton oysters, prices and description the same as at Billingsgate. The trade was altogether dull; the Brighton oysters having been out for several weeks past completely forestalled the usual market. A few real natives, at 365. the bushel, were purchased with avidity. LAUNCII.—A beautiful little steam-vessel called the Maid of Lorn, and intended for the Glasgow, Fort William, and Inverness trade, was launched into the Clyde yesterday. (Thursday), about midday, in the presence of numerous spectators. The Maid of Lorn is the workmanship of Messrs. Wingate and Co., ship builders and engineers, on whom she reflects great credit. She was laid on the stocks about three months ago, and it is expected that she will be ready for sea on the 18th inst. After the launch a numerous party withdrew to the counting-house of the firm, where they were treated to champagne, brandy, and refreshments, Mr. John Williamson acting as chairmon. The company amused themselves with dances and Gaelic and English songs, and appropriately closed the proceedings by joining to gether in the national melody of " Rule Britannia."— Glasgow Daily Mail. CHLOROFORM A HELP TO THEFT.-011 Sunday, July 29, while Mr. Swinnock and family, of Ashford, Kent, were at church, some villains entered his house, and violently pressed a handkerchief upon the mouth of an invalid lady, Miss Gotts, which being strongly im pregnated with chloroform, soon rendered her insensible. Being alone in the house, they then took from her per son a watch, some valuable rings, and her purse. The fright and ruffianly treatment on a constitution already impaired by illness, have placed her life in imminent danger. FIRE AT HOLLOWAY.—Saturday morning, about nine o'clock, a fire, attended with a serious destruction of property, broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr. Biggs, a carpenter and furniture warehouseman, carrying on an extensive business at 29, Cornwall-place, Holloway, near the gate. The flames began in one of the workshops, and in spite of the most strenuous exer tions, the fire continued to travel with more than usual rapidity, until the building, from the base to the roof, presented an immense sheet of flame. The occupiers of the contiguous premises, on seeing the danger to which their own property was exposed, commenced tearing out the windows of their dwellings, and throwing their furniture into the street. At length a powerful muster of engines belonging to the London Brigade, West of England, and parish arrived, under the di rection of Mr. Colf and Mr. Connorton. An abundant supply of water having been obtained, the engines were immediately called into requisition, and vast bodies of water were thrown into the burning mass, in spite of which the work of destruction continued, and the flames were not conquered until Mr. Biggs's premises were to tally destroyed, and with the exception of the little pro perty removed by the neighbours, the whole of his costly stock in trade was burnt. No. 29, Cornwall-place, b-lowee ing to Mr. Stamford, is likewise severely damaged by fire, water, and removal, and so is No. 27 in the same thoroughfare, in the tenure of Mr. Willis. No. 26, in the occupancy of Mr. Carpenter, is damaged by the re moval of furniture, &c.; and the back premises of Mr. Lake, grocer, No. 41, Holloway-road, are extensively injured. The whole of the premises were insured in the General Fire-office, but none of the inmates except Mr. Biggs were insured. ST. PETER'S PARISH (DUBLIN) SAYINGS' BANK. —Mr. David. Martin, of the London Provident Institu tion, has been appointed, on the recommendation of Mr. Higham, the. Secretary of the National Debt Office. to investigate the accounts of the St. Peter's Parish Savings' Bank, Dublin; and it is believed that the Government intend to issue a Commission in Dublin during the re cess for examining the claims of the fifteen hundred un paid depositors in that unfortunate institution. Mr. Martin (who received his appointment by virtue of his being an old Government clerk) is assisted by two clerks from the Moorfields and one from the St. Martin's Savings' Banks, and the extent of their labours may be gathered from the fact that upwards of two tons' weight of closely written ledgers and other finance records have been already laid before them.-7he Reporter and Sav ing.' Bank Advocate for August. WESTERN VALLEY RAlLWAY.—Wednesday, the Ist instant, being the day appointed for the opening of this line, a commencement of traffic operations took place, but unaccompanied by any public demonstration. Although a wonderful progress bad been made in a short time—indeed, we might say, almost beyond credi bility to those who observed a few weeks ago the vast extent of arrangements that were then to be completed —things had not been sufficiently matured for a formal o p en ing, which we understand will take place about the 10th of this montb.—Monmouthshire Merlin. MATCH AGAINST TIME.—On Friday Captain Smith, of Holderliess House, Stratford, rode his horse on the Essex road 11 miles in 49 minutes 46 seconds—time allowed 50 minutes —for a wager of 200 guineas. The animal stands 16 hands high, and appeared the least fa tigued of the two. APOTHECARIES' ITALL.—The following are the names of gentlemen who pas3ei their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received cer tificates to practise, on Thursday last:—Thomas William Shea England, John Syer Bristowe, Charles Morgan, Edmund Manley, Manchester; Walter Batter shell Gill, London ; Samuel Curtis Candler, Beccles, Suffolk; Frederick Wm. Napoleon Wilson, Newcastle-upon - Tyne; George Garnham, Martham, Norfolk; and James Fuller. Chancery have l3 d P irect WINDING O T ed t it h A at lL a W il AYS..—T c h r e t A h l e as a t p e p r o s in i t n . ment of official managers t win n d ot u ic p es ti o e a flit companies moat be filed in the Chancery de funct railway rs of de atraao about clear t d a ls ty schemes in progress of being officesthtrebefore application. At present wound up. It is the intention of Lord Shaftesbury the Chairmanship of Committees o f the House to resign before the re-assembling of Parliament. W e understand ofd rstan Peers that the appointment, which is one of considerablene d emolument and no small influence, will be conferred on Lord Beaumont.— Weekly Chronicle. If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubt; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties,—Eliza Cook's Journal. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS TILES.—The must successful legal reform of our time has been the establishment of the County Courts. Until quite recently all attempts at change had been di rected to the provisions of statutes and the modification of time-honoured rules of law—in civil procedure little or nothing had been done. This is but to say, in other words, that whatever reform might be imported into the legal system of the country was but of trifling benefit to the great bulk of suitors. Whh the establishment of County Courts a new era commenced. No doubt it was a great experiment, and many who are now loudest in their praise of these new tribune's prophesied evil of them on their first introduction. We are now speaking after the fact, and we know that the change has answered. Thousands of persons who, under the old system, would have waved a right, or submitted to an extortion, rather than meddle with lawyers, are now enabled to comp forward and obtain justice, with out the fear that any advantage they may expect from the decision of the Courts must be more than counterbalanced by the costs of the proceedings. Now, at least, we have cheap law, and, despite of the old dictum, which certainly emanated from the front benches of Westminster-hall—cheap law and good law have been identical in the case of the County Courts. Let us take care that we keep up the character of tribunals Ss) essential to the correct admi nistration of justice in this country. The working of each of these Courts depends upon the capacity and integ rity of two officers—a judge and a clerk. Now, it is a commonplace, even amongst the most economical Re formers, that to secure the services of proper men you must give an adequate remuneration. The worst saving is that which is elf cted by the deterioration of a tribu nal. The salary of the judge hal been fixed by the statute under which the County Courts were created at 1,2001. a year, and that of the clerks at 6001. a year. Considering the vast amount of business success fully transacted before these tribunals, no one can maintain that the stipend is an unreasonable one. A barrister or rn attorney who accepts either one or other of these employments virtually disqualifies himself from all chance of professional ad vaucemt nt. Whatever liberty be left him by the Act, his time is so fully occu pied by the business of the Court that he is in effect in capacitated from seeking any business on his, own pri vate account. Under such circumstances the salaries we have named cannot be deemed excessive. They arc rather below than above the mark, if it be our wish to secure the services of competent persons. Under the faith of the statute, the barristers who accepted the appointments withdrew from private practice—for the acceptance of a County Court's judgeship amounted to that—and made up their minds to devote their time and energy to the public service. Yet, when they were usefully and profitably employed, and discharging their duties with signal success, these officers were cut down from 1,200/. to 1,0001. a year. ['his vas a very hard, and a very arbitrary Act. But even thus we have not stated the case quite fair:y, for a large amount of busiesse has devolved on , he judge in addition to what was centrmplated on their first establishment—as, for ex imple, the insolvent busi ness. There are moreover all the cases which would have gone before the Palace Court, which will noer be disseminated amongst certain of the judges of the metro politan districts. Not satisfied, however, will reducing the salary of the judges, we now find that Sir George Grey and Sir John Jervis, between them, have, by an Order in Council three or four days old, mulcted the clerks in 1001. per annum, without assigning any valid reason for so extraordinary a step. Such economy as !his is to be regretted. If the purpose of the Attorney- General be to injure the character of these new tribu nals, by driving from them comps tent officers, he is pur -ining a politic system;—bar, as such a course is highly injurious to the public service, wo are sorry to see that 40 far he has been successful in his attempt. EXAMINER.—FOREIGN POLlCY.—Divide et Impera is a maxim as ancient as history. The strength of an solutism consists in the want of union of its upouents. To prevent or to impair such union is thee., fore the policy of the school of politicians of which Metternich may be considered the head. The speech of Lord Pal merston on Hungary and Austria, which appeared likely +o rally around him all sections of the Liberals, and many honest and moderate Conservatives, boded no good to this party. It was dangerous to let it pass ulna tacksd ; and yet it seemed unassailable. The mere cautious of their organs held warily aloof ; and we find the forlorn hope led by a journal of liberal opinions. The line of attack taken is, not that Lord Palmerston is too liberal in his views, but that he is not liberal enough; that he is not prepared to make good his words by deeds and to follow up the thunder of his eloquence by the thun der of cannon. From all which, the very necessary and satisfactory conclusion is to be derived, that it would be better to have some one at the head of the Foreign-office who would have neither words nor deeds for the cause of progress and humanity, but would use both against it. The correctness of Lord Palmerston's statements with regard to Hungary and Austria is not impugned. It is most undeniable " that Austria, by the course of policy she has pursued, has identified herself with obstruction to progress." It is equally undeniable " that Hungary has for centuries been a state which, though united with Austria by the link of the Crown, has nevertheless been separate and distinct from Austria by its own complete , constitution." It i 3 no less true that " the question (i. e., the immediate question irrespective of results) now to be fought for on the plains of Hungary is this— whether Hungary shall continue to maintain its sepa rate rationality as a distinct kingdom, and with a Con stitudon of its own, or whether it is to be incorporated more or less in the aggrega , e Constitution that is to be given to the Austrian empire?" It is no lees true " that if Hungary should by superior forces be utterly crushed. Austria in that battle will have crushed her right arm" (and consequently must hopelessly and helplessly resign herself henceforth to be a vassal of the Czlr); and " that if the Hungarians should be successful, and their success should end in the entire separation of Hungary from Austria, this will be such a dismemberment of the Austrian Empire as will prevent Austria from continu ing to occupy the great position she has hitherto held among European Powers" (a result by no means to be deprecated, if, in place of a decrepit State, which has identified itself with obstruction to progress, there should arise a vigorous and progressive State; a State, too, that would be the shield of Austria herself against Cossack aggression, and give her one more opportunity of deve loping her natural resources). What, then, is the charge brought against Lord Palmerston? It is this, — that he contented himself with expressing his matured and deliberate opinion upon a subject of the utmost mo ment to Great Britain, to Europe, to civilization itself, without at the same time " being ready to redeem his word with a host:" that is, without going at once to war. Now, we are afraid it would be a dangerous doctrine to lay down, that a nation ought to, or may, go to war in support of what she " counts good and just in politics." This was the doctrine of the first French Republic; and we know its results. To justify a war there must be a casus belli. It is quite true that Austrian forces have invaded Hungary without being invited by any legally constituted authority in that country. Russian forces hare dune the same. But Hungary is not an ally of Great Britain. The Sovereigns of Great Britain have been in alliance with the Emperors of Germany and Kings of Hungary, then with the Emperors of Austria and Kings of Hungary, so long as the crown of Hungary was worn by the same in• dividual who wore the Imperial Crown of Germany or of Austria. But at present there is no legitimate King of Hungary (if any regard whatever is to be paid to the letter and the spirit of so many compacts between King and people of that nation) ; and the de facto Hungarian Government has not yet been recognised. Diplomatic relations subsist between the Cabinet of St. James' and the Austrian Cabinet; they do not subsist between the Cabinet of St. James' and the Hungarian Cabinet. Ac cording to international law, Hungary is a political non entity with regard to Great Britain. If anything more than an attack upon Lord Palmerston is meant by those who employ the arguments adverted to, if they really feel any sympathy with the Hungarians, let them concur with us in urging the immediate recognition of the pre sent defacto Hungarian Government; a step which would be of incalculable benefit to the Hungarians, while neither Austria and Russia could have the slightest ground to take umbrage at it. We, who have always been the ad vocates of the Hungarian cause, demand this. We might also advise the conclusion of a commercial treaty with Hungary, a treaty which is offered by duly accredited envoys on the most liberal terms. But it does not follow that we should feel ourselves justified in recommending a war in support of the Hungarians, all-important as we think their success to the preservation of the balance of power, and to the best interests of order, progress, civilization, and commerce. As for the possibility of " defining and limitieg the occasions of intervention," and of " embodying in a formal declaration the principles by which this country is prepared to stand," we think that, it it were done by some clever essayist, it might probably look as well as Count Stadion's Charter, and be equally effective—on paper. Under such a system we should indeed be "likely to go to war by accident, to enforce some purpose which we do not see,"—being tied down to the letter of a declaration that would doubtless be susceptible of as many interpretations as there were interested parties. But if this difficulty could be got over, it seems to us not sufficient that a cause be " politically just." Take, for instance, the Hungarian cause, in which not a flaw can be detected. Would the latter circumstance alone have been a sufficient claim to our sympathy, if the "politically just" cause had been only maintained by a party in the state; and if, as happens to be the case, the vast majority of the inhabitants of the country of all classes were not ready to shed their last drop of blood in its defence? But further, if we "have not yet out lived the practice of war," we would suggest that be sides the intrinsic justice of the cause, some regard is usually paid to other circumstances ; to the internal resources, and to the state of public feeling, both in the country that meditates war arid in its opponent. "To everything there is a season," sitith the Preacher, "and a time to every purpose under the heavens : a time to keep silence, and a time to speak ; a time to love, and a time to bate ; a time for war, and a time for peace :"—but, according to the precious scheme of a definition of occasions for intervention, we should not take advantage of times and seasons, but should slide into wars, unprepared and un armed, according to such and such a paragraph, or sec tion so and so, of the " Declaration." We sincerely hope that England, at least, has "outlived the practice of war; but if, in the course of years, circumstances should arise to endanger peace, we would rather confide in the tried skill and sagacity of a veteran diplomatist, when united with Liberal principles, than in all the paper formulee that have ever been issued. .'The doctrine e h r a o v eughcommented expressu p a o n n amounts on tO ti, t . e h e t r h i tent of o pow n r e t p h a i r s e d d to oc t rbiancok intoha - t f or opinion foreign contest t e , s , t a without h o s being t Car Carry sivete lite and no individual ought an express - opinion concerning his neighbour's q uarrel without being prepared to interfere more (Cr less actively. The "warning reproof" addressed by Lord Palmerston Austria—the "contingent of words," " syra- pathy but not help," given to the Hungarians by the meeting at the London Tavern—are alike sneered at. But 1 the " warning reproof " and the " sympathy" altogether inoperative? We think otherwise. It is something to go abroad to Europe, that " Lord Brougham's rule, which was, or ought to have been, the rule of the high Tories when they existed in England," will not be adopted in England ; that the treasure of the country will not be wasted to purchase oppression for the nations, and hatred fur our selves, in support of the principle of Lord Brougham—that England is to interfere for princes, but not for peoples ; that she is to protect Fer dinand of Naples, Ferdinand of Austria, and Nicholas of Russia, but not Sicilians, nor Hungarians, nor Poles. Although the " high Tories" are atsumed no longer to exist in England, yet for our our parts we can conceive a change in the Foreign-eflice which would be likely to lead, if not to tho " recognition," at least to the carrying out in practice, of " Lord Brougham's rule." But there are many ways in which moral influ ence many have something more than a negative effect; and the Camariila at Vikaintt is already beginning to feel it. We do not apprehend that the argument on which we have been c. m.nenting, will have much weight with the public. The attempts to impair the confidence of the nation in Lord Palmerston, and to discredit the movement in favour of the Hung , trian cause, are more likely to recoil upon the heads of those who are thus doin g all in their power t o p ave the . .e. - ay for the return of Lord Aberdeen to the Fwrign office. LAW IN TELLIGE.:‘ CE. 'ESIMINSTEI; COUNTY CUUUT, Aug. 4. LUCK V. ALLEN. This was I dt ' f h , t rid b a y nt, the master car the plaintiff, stage carpenter, againstagainstbr t action t he o penter at the Roy al Italian O p era, Co v ent - garden , to recov - 4- the sum of 2 1 . 17 s. fur work in bringing out the Ta n Prophete. The plaintiff stated that he had been employed at the theatre le cile.stion, and always reciiced hi s wages re gularly until Mr. Delafield declared himself a bai.krupt. That was on a Saturday, when the artists of the theatre undertook themselves to keep the house open that night, and the defendant promised plaintiff, if he would con tinue at his work, to sec that he was paid. He always considered the defendant as his employer, and looked to him for payment. The JUDGE thought the liability 111 on the lessees of the theatre. In his opinion, the defendant stood in just the same position as M. Costa, who paid the baud with the money he got from the lc sees. Mr. CuarrELL, for the d..fenclant, said that after M. Laporte gave up the old Italian Opera several actions were brought against the directors in the different partments of the theatre, but all of them faired, it being held that the Lssee alone was liable. The JUDGE considered that the deft rulant was liable alone for the three days that the defendant was em ployed at the theatre upon his (defendant's) promise to pay him. He was not responsible for the former portion of the debt. His Honour gave a verdict for 17s. Sheriff to the rear of the court, and in a few minutes they returned. The Clerk of Assize—Ladies of the jury, are you agreed upon your verdict? Do you say the prisoner is with child of a quick child or no:? Several ladies—We say she is. • The JUDGE —Let the sentence be respite]. The prisoner, who appeared to be weak from her situa tion, but to b! - ., but little affected by her awful position, was then assisted from the bar. IV OR THERA' CI RC Ul T.—Carlisle, Aug. 4. CROWN coußT.—(l3Moreyr. Justice PATTESON.) Rickard Graham, 342 was indicted for bigamy. . . It appeared a person of the prisoner's name was mar rie at Annan, in Scotland, in 1834, to one Mary Eliza beth Hammond, the daughter of a Mr. Ilc.minond there, who had been in the West Indies formerly, and had three daughters by a black, and the daughters were coloured, which was a material feature in the case, as there was some difficulty in identifying the parties. Mr. Hammond having got, it was supposed, mf , ney with his black wire, had returned to Scotland, and become a farmer at Annan, and the prisoner bad been in his ser vice, and had ingratiated himself with one of the daughters. The jury finding him Guilty, His LORDSHIP senterrn d him to ba impriscned nine months, with hard labour. John Weed was indicted for the manslaughter of Thomas Wilson, at Crosscencnby, near Maryport, on the 16th April last, by administering to him a narco:ic and irritant poison. This was not presented as a case of en aggravated character, they did not charge the prisoner with any ill intention in what he had done—on the contrary, he in tended, no doubt, to do great good—but with ignorantly and rashly administering a dangerous substance, in a scriena ant dangerous case, namely, lobilia in . /lett, which was a narcotic irritant poizon. The dec••ased was youth of 17i years of age, a joiner, as was his father, in the employ of the railway company. On Thursday, the 12 of April, he complained of bein . ,?: unwell, and did not go to his work till ei,Jit o'clock. He was a little better on Friday, but on Saturday he was again unwell; and at his rceprest, John Story, a blacksmith, a mewl) r of the Butane Society at Mat.) port, was called in, and he administered yarrow and clyenne, and after wards mountain fl,x, as he complained of' great pain in the lower part of his belly. At four o'clonk on Sunday morning he aas so ill that he was shrieking with pain, and he desired his father to send for the prisoner, whom he I:netv, and had employed before. The prison,r came, and ordered him a dos: , , which, among other things, con- tamed two teaspoonstul of lobelia, wh;ch would be at least 120 grains, to be tair, n inwardly, and an injccion, containing 60 grain'i. The dose and the injection were re• peated (nr. Bliss acid, but this W 45 not satisfactorily pror d. The pri,oner (.; ho is a shoemaker, and a member of the Maryport Botanical Society) had a hook with him, and he showed the deceased and his father a case, which he said wal similar to the son's, and asked thcln if they were willing that he should treat the son in the same way, and both consented. Then he g-ive the medicine. He then became so bad that Dr. Peva-ion, of Marypor, was called in, and afterward.; Dr. Curds, ar.d they had a consultation, and did what they could for him, but the poor youth was then in a 11,,pcless state, a:ld died at four o'clock the same day. Oa a post murtcm cx , uni • nation the surgeon found congestion of the brain, lungs, and heart, produced, in their opinion, by a vegetable poison, and that in their opinion was the cause of death. Lobelia, they said, would proe!uce those effects. Mr. Sergeant WimuNs (with whom was Mr. James) addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that the prisoner had shown the great'st care and c•ution, his only ohj being to relieve gratuitously the sufferings of his friend, at his and his father's pressing instance, and that the prosecution was, in fact, instituted by the medical tern to put down a rival. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up, and the jury Ac• quitted the prisoner. within the last forty year:.); to the most frightful social c , nvulsions; to a war of r, oktaires against those who still possess property; and to a scene of universal dis order, of which no man can tell the end. The people of most continental countries have lost the habits and tra ditions of self-government, together with their chartered liberties; the Hungarians have maintained these habits and their prescriptive rights through good and evil times. In their defence they have poured • out their blood like Water,' not merely now, but in bygone ages. One Hungarian generation has handed down to another the torch of constitutional liberty, for the benefit not merely of themselves, but of the a hole world. Such a nation the real Conservative must wish to see, not simply saved from annihilation, but taking a prominent part in the affairs of the Continent; as a model of rational Go•- vernment and a guarantee for the maintenance of order and security in the east of Europe. PROSPECTS FOR HUNGARY. (From the Examiner ) The Times has reluctantly admitted, during the past w( the that the plan of the campaign agairtst Hungary as it was begun by the Imperial armies, has been Oirlo eated by the skill end vigour of the Hungarian com manders, and that down to the latest dates the fortune of war was with the latter. This feet has at the same time assisted our coast mporary to the belief that the Ottoman Porte may possibly take p'trt in the struggle, and that upon the whole the Hungarians have really better chances than it had hitherto allowed itself to think possible. Other evidences of returning prospnrity are not wanting to this great and gallant cause. While Paskiewich and the Ban are out-generalled by the Hungarian commanders, public opinion in this coun try is every day pronouncing itself in a mere decided manner and with more substantial effect. We have the best authority for stating that. the Austrian Cemarilla is seriously alarmed at the state of feeling in England and at the tone of the independent English press; and this was before the account of the debate in the House of Commons on the 20th July, and of the meeting at the London Tavern, had reached Vienna. The knowledge of the fact should stimulate the friends of the Hunga rians in this country to fresh exertions on their behalf. The example of public meetings, which has been so auspiciously given at the London Tavern, and followed by Marylebone, is being imitated all over the country. Nor should these meetings be confused to vague and go naral expressions of sympathy; they should tend to a practical purpose—the re cognition by English statesmen of the etc facto Government of Hunaary. The tut cling at Marylebone may challenge compari son with any held in that borough, Lit respectability, order, and unanimity. That the speech& s were of a de cidedly liberal cast is no more then might have been expected. But the peculiarity of the Hungarian cause is this, thatit invites the sympathy and support of partisans of the most various shades of political opinions, of the moderate and rational Conservative no less than of the con stitutional Radical. The lover of religious free dons and the loecr of commercial freedom are equally interested in the triumph of the Hungarians. It was well shown at the Marylebone meeting that every step which Russia makes westward has the effect of closing to British industry a previously-existing market, or of preventing a fresh one from being opened ; that, consequently, so much bread is taken out of the mouth of the British stamen, or prevented from being put into it. That Austria, as at present constituted, is not a barrier against the territorial aggrandiz.!ment of Russia, is evident. As Colonel Thompson very per tinently observed, the guardian (!) of European civilisa tion has opened the door and let the robber in. That the success of the Hungarians would at once open to us a market hardly inferior to that of Russia, and capable of indefinite extension, we have already indicated; and we may at some future time treat this question more in detail. To the determined persecution of religious freedom by the House of Hapsburg, and the assertion of this great principle by the Hungarians, all history beers record. With regard to what is now passing, Lord Dudley Stuart stated the fact that in the present Hungarian Government, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Csanad, the distinguised historian Hortlth, is ;;Minister for Eccle siastical Affairs; but that the Secretary in that de partment is a Protestant, Professor Szasz, a distin guished member of the Protestant College of Enyed, —a college which is still in the r ceipt of English funds, contributed at a time when the sympathies of English Protestants for the cause of religious freedom on the Continent were something more substantial than a name. In the other departments of the Ministry are members of the Catholic and Greek Churches, slid of various Protestant confessions. The civil disabilities under which the Jews in Hungary, as elsewhere, la• boured, have also been unreservedly removed. What may be expected if Hungary should lose its independence, and be reduced to the condition of an Austrian or Russian province, is shown by a speech of General Benedek, commander of a division of the Aus trian army, to the municipal authorities of the town of Rosenau, in the month of April last. General Benedek is himself a Protestant and a Hungarian, and therefore his speech must be looked upon, not as the expression of his private opinions, but as conveying the deliberate sentiments of the Austrian Government. He said— " This rebellion is a Protestant rebellion; it will never be put down till the Protestants are put down. Till the end of th:! war, it will be necessary to keep under a strict surveillance of the police every Protestant clergy man and Protestant professor." Although this speech is a sufficient exponent of the intentions of the Austrian Government, yet it is only partially true. The national cause is not solely or exclusively Protestant. To the names of the many victims of Austrian tyranny • must be added that of the truly apostolical and liberal minded Catholic Archbishop of Erlau, Lonovics, who has been thrown into prison for the crime of having drawn up the representation of the Catholic Bishops to King Ferdinand; a representation presented by the Arch bishop of Gran, the Primate of klungary, in conjunction with Lonovics himself. This document, which suf ficiently expresses the views of the Catholic clergy with regard to the national struggle, is to be found in the Ap pendix to Count Teleki's "Case of Hungary Stated." That every Liberal shotild warmly sympathise with the Hungarians is but natural. No nation has given such an example of a privileged class having voluntarily re. counted its exclusive privileges, and having raised the unprivileged to a perfect equality with itself for the benefit of their common country. No nation has been a more consistent advocate of civil, religious, and commercial freedom. But above all, the sympathies of the moderate and far-sighted Conservative ought to be enlisted on their behalf. The Hungarians are pre-eminently, above all other Continental nations, the sticklers for precedent and for the letter of the law. Indeed, the reproach that has been urged against them with the greatest semblance of justice, is that they are not revolutionary enough for the present age. Perczel urged in the Diet that the Hungarian regiments serving in Italy should be recalled. The policy of his motion was admitted; its constitutional legality was doubted; and owing to legal scruples, Hun gary herself strengthened the hands of her enemies. Similarly, it was long before the Hungarian Government, although warned by bitter experience, could resolve to persue the fugitive Jellachich over the Austrian frontier, without being first invited by some legally -constituted Austrian authority. The ameliorations effected is the Hungarian Consti tution by the National party were not brought about by revolutionary measuiTs; they were net th e resu lt o f an emeute, however Justifiable an emucte may be in some ca ses; but they were carried out by legal means upon the broadly-trodden and clearly-defined path of Parlia mentary Reform. Nor were these ameliorations elf cted in conseqtience of a sudden impulse inspired by the events of France. The February Revolution of Paris un doubtedly strengthened the hands of the Hungarians by the terror which it caused to Metternich and his satellites. But the measures of Reform themselves were nothing mere than the legitimate development of the spirit of the Hungarian constitution, carried out by rneane in strict accoldence with measures which had been urged upon the Government by the National party since 1832, and of which Mr. Paget thus speaks:— "The favourite objects of their desires were—after THE COUNTRY MARKETS. strengthening the nationality of Hungary—freedom of LIVERPOOL, AUG. 4.—The business at yesterday's commerce, and an improved commercial code ; the nevi- market was very moderate. The best quality of wheat gation of the_Danube, and the improvement of internal and good brands of flour were not to b 3 had under communication ; increased freedom and education of the I Tuesday's quotations, but secondary samples were easier peaeantry ; the repeal of laws preventing the free pur- to buy. The price of Indien corn was irregular. 25s t. chase and sale of landed property ; perfect equality of per 4801 b was accepted for the best yellow corn, whilst: all religions, and the freedom of the press. For t, he fine write' brought 27s to 27s 6d per 4801 b, and a good greater part of these objects they are still struggling.' clearance was effected at those rates. Oats and oatmeal Paget's hungary and 7ransylvanza, Vol. 1., p. 162. were both dull. Grinding barley declined ld per bushel, This was written ten years ago. Much had been and p, as Is per quarter. Egyptian beans were 6d per effected, spite of Government intrigues, subsequently to quarter c h eaper. Wi t h excee di ng l y fi ne weat h er to - flay that period, and previously to the Diet of 184748. Id the grain trade is without activity, and prices stand that Diet many of the most important internal reforms nominally as yesterday. had passed not merely the Lower, but the upper House, s. d. S. qi before Feb. 1848. These reforms, together with others conceived in the same spirit, obtained the sanction of the then legitimate Monarch of the country. Nor was the nature of these reforms more truly conservative than the manner in which they were efftcted. Where vested interests were found to be incompatible with the welfare of the State, the holders of such vested interests were indemnified for their surrender; and the electoral quali fication of property and intelligence, which was substi tuted fur teat of birth, preserved a just mean between too wide and too narrow a suffrage. An inc me of 10/. in towns, a property equivalent to 30/. in the country, is very diff rent from what such a qualification would be here; when we consider that in Hungary meat is. three-halfpence a pound, and wheat fifteen shillings a quarter. In Hungary we do not find one faction struggling against another, democracy against aristocracy, poverty against wealth. The whole nation has risen as one man in defence of its Constitution against revolutionary des potism, in defence of ' its independence against foreign invasion. The newly enfranchised peasantry are not less ardent in the naticnal cause than those who, before the reforms, were exclusively in possession of the tall rights of citizenship. The really independent and un etebarrasted magnates, the peers of Hungary, are found aiding the same cause with their arm, their purse, or their counsel. One Batthyany is expiating his attach. ment to his country in the dungeons of Laibach; another takes the department of foreign affairs in Kossuth's Ministry. A Karolyi raises a regiment of hussars at his own expense; and a Toleki, of the noblest and wealthiest hoase in Transylvania, is actively employed in the diplo matic service of his country, But abuve all, the country geatlemon of ancient lineage are found where they ought to be found in such a crisis. We observe that Mai zi banyi, the wealthiest untitled ,noble of Hungary, has just been sentenced by livynau to a fine of 2,0002 for his patriotism. It is from this class, indeed, that the men who so ably fill the various posts in the present Government are priecipsely taken—men well acquainted with the routine of administration, who are qualified for the stations they hold at present by the experience of years as magistrates in their respective counties, and as ti members of the National Diet. If the Han Arians and the llungirian Constitution be crushed, what defenders of legality and rational civil self-government will be left in Central and Eastern Europe? The tendencies of the military despotism which is at present predominant, are no less levelling than those of the most unbridled ochlocracy; no less opposed to all free action of individuals or of corporations. But how long can this military despotism last? It can only be supported by numerous armies of soldiers, and hardly less numerous armies of paid civil functionaries. In proportion as the number of unproductive consumers in creases, so do not merely the numbers bat the energies of the producers diminish ; as the burdens become heavier, the' capacity of bearing them becomes less. This state of things leads to a national bankruptcy (a consummation from which Aus tria is not far distant for the third time S. d. 8. a. I Barley,Foeding.. 3 8 to 4 0 Wheat, per 701 b : English, white .. 7 2 to 7 4 Do. red.. .. 7 0— 7 2 Irish, new .. 6 3 6 6 Do., old • • .. 6 6 6 7 Dantsic.. .. 7 6 - 7 9 Do., good mixed 7 3 8 0 .oweriltdticovhit.; 6 H 7 _Ol Do. American . Rye, Per 4bolb •• 28 0 —BO 0 Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 34 0 36 0 Irish and Scotch, per 4801 b— 30 0 —3( 0 red.. 6 9 6 11 6 6 7 6 Foreign, duty pd. 21 0 24 6 European, per im- Canadian •• .. 6 6= 7 6 Spanish, red and white.. • 7 0- 7 21 peiial quarter.. 32 0 —33 0 Peas, English, per Tuscan and Bar- letta, red .. 6 7 - 6 101 Marianopoli 5 10 6 0 Odessa, l'ollsh .. 6 0 —a 31 imperial quartr 32 0 —33 0 Foreign .• .. 28 0— 30 0 Malt, English, per imperialquartr 56 0 60 0 Do., Irish .. 55 0 —56 0 Do., brown • • 54 0 —57 0 Flour, English, pr Do., - hard.. • • 5 2 5 61 Egypt - lan •• .. 4 3 —••b C Oats, per 451b:— 2801 b .. 35 0 - 37 0 tri-b, extra fine.. 36 0 38 0 United States, per barrel 24 0 - 26 0 JONES U. CAUNT. In this case the plaintiff, a carman, sup i the defendant, Ben Caunt, the prizefighter, and landlord of the Coach and Horses, St. Martin'.-lane, for the sum of 21 55., fur conveying pr; visions to Epsom. The plaintiff sfv.tt d that Mr. Caunt employed him to convey b:er, sFirits, provisions, china, glass, &c,, to his booth at Epsom on the last Derby day, and bring back the " empties." This was faithfully done, but he could not get paid for it. Mr. SILL, for the defendant, said the plaintiff could not recover, as held no licence to let horses on hire, the bill of particulars stating that the debt was for the hire at certain horses. The JUDGE decided that the objection was fatal to the claim, and a non'illit being entered, Mr. Sill said that Mr. Caunt wculd not have objected to pay the carriage if the erticles had been properly convtsyed to Epsom. The fact was, that the plaintiff go: so drunk on the way to Epsom that a cask of brandy, of the value of 81, was lost or stolen from the cart, and Mr. Caunt had now a set-off to the amount. The plaintiff was nonsuited. BLOOMSBURY COUNIY COURT, Aug. 4. HASTIE a. SIR H. W. BARRON, DI P. This was an action against the defendant, Sir Henry Winston Barron, Bart., M.P. for Waterford, residing at 21, Cavendish-square, brought by the plaintiff, late foot man in that gentlemen's service, to recover a month's wages, in lieu of a month's warning. Plaintiff stated that on the 21st of May last he entered Sir Henr . y's service at the stipulated wages of 25 guineas per annum. On the evening of Sunday, the 24th of June, he was talking to a friend in the area when Sir Henry came down, and, eddressing him, said, "You drunken vagabond, you leave my set vice to morrow." He received no further notice, and the next day, on Sir Henry paying him V. 103. 6d. for the five weeks he had been with him, he quitted the house. Sir Et nry said that the plaintiff was repeatedly drunk, and on the Sunday in question Lady Barron, on return ing from a visit to Lord Palmerston s, complaining that while accompanying the carriage thither he had used exceedingly offensive language, be (Sir Henry) deter mined on immediately discharging him. To prove that he was drunk on the Sunday he would call his coachman, who, however, on ascending the w ituess-box refused to be sworn. JUDGE—What persuasion are you, coachman? Coachman—Thet's my business, but my conscience will not let me take en oath.—(Laughter.) Mr. Wright (chief clerk)—You are liable to be, if the Judge thinks tit, committed for contempt for that answer. Sir Henry—Your Honour, his refusal to be sworn ought to make his testimony more valuable; bat can't you send him to prison fur not taking the oath? JUDGE—NO. Coachman—Sir Henry don't mean that.—(Laughter.) Sir Henry—Well, I can't make him out. JUDGE—Nor I either, for, if be knows anything, he seems resolved to keep it to himself.—(Laughter.) Sir Henry here asked the case to be adjourned while he fetched Lady Baron, who, on returning with him de posed that she believed the plaintiff was drunk on the Sunday, as he staggered about, and on the carriage leaving the door shouted loudly to the coachman, " Don't go the wrong way, you're as mad as her Ladyship." His Iloetourt said that such misbehaviour being sworn to, fully justified Sir Henry in acting as he had, and he should dismiss the complaint.—Plaintiff nonsuited. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Bridgwater, Aug. 4. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) The trial of Charlotte Harris, for the wilful murder of her former husband, Henry Marchaat, by poison, which was commenced yesterday, was resumed, this morning. The case was of a most complicated character, and the charge against the prisoner was supported by the follow ing circumstances: — In the month of April last the prisoner was living with her husband, at 13, Angel-buildings, Bath. Her age was thirty-two, his twenty-eight, and they appeared to live on comfortable and happy terms, He was a stonemason, earning very good wages, and she adding to their weekly income by selling oranges in the Bath Market. They had two children, who lived with them in their house. On the 31st of March, deceased was at work at a quarry with two fel!ow-workmtn. He was in good health and spirits. Ile returned home late, and the prisoner gave him some tea. He went to work as usual next day, but was compelled by illness to return home. The symptoms of his illness were those that are usually observable in a case of poisoning, and they con filmed throughout the day. The prisoner was advised to send for a surgeon, which she declined to do, asserting that the prisoner objected to it, but afterwards she went for a surgeon, and as ho did not come she went a second time. The deceased was attended by Mr. Lloyd, who treated the case as one arising from natural causes, and after lingering a week he died. Oa the 13th he was buried. but in consequence of suspicions being excited by the conduct of the prisoner, the body was disinterred, an inquest was held, the viscera of deceased was sent for examination to Mr. Herapath, of Bristol, and the presence of arsenic was indisputably proved, for two and a half grains of solid poison were found in the stomach, a rather unusual circumstance, inasmuch that arsenic, from its metallic composition, is difficult to introduce in solid particles into the stomach. During the illness of her husband, the prisoner told several falsehoods, stating that he had been spitting blood, and had injured him self in endeavouring to lift a stone. both of which statements were untrue. She also neglected to give him the medicine sent by Mr. Lloyd, assigning as a reason (with some appearance of truth) that he was continually vomiting, and could keep nothing on his stomach. It was suggested that the body should be opened, but the prisoner objected, saying she had seen one body opened, and did not wish to see the like again. At a short dis tance from her house lived an old man named Harris, who was possessed of some little property, and six or seven weeks before Merchant was taken ill the prisoner told two persons that Harris had offered her marriage, observing what a good thing it would be if she were a widow. On the very da3 that her husband was taken ill, she went to Harries house, was with him in his room for a considerable portion of time, and took tea with him. On going twat' she represented to a woman named Shayler, who lived in the same house, that she was about to be married to Harris. On the day after the death of her husband she was seen in Harris's company, and about a week afterwards she was actually married to Harris having given the information necessary to enable that ceremony to take place on the very day of the burial. After a long and anxious trial of two days, about six o'clock the case was brought to a conclusion. The jury retired, and after an absence of an hour, re turned into court with a verdict of Guilty. 111$ LORDSHIP assumed the black cap, and passed the awful sentence of death upon the prisoner, observing that he fully concurred in the verdict, for having gone through the evidence roost carefully and anxiously, ho could not but entertain the conviction that she was guilty of the enormous crime of murdering the father of her children. Mr. S. W. SAUNDERS, who conducted the defence, then put in a plea in arrest of execution, that the prisoner was quick with child. Hie Lordship ordered the doors of the Court to be closed, and addressing the High Sheriff, commanded him at once to empanel a jury of matrons from females within the Court for the purpose of trying the prisoners plea. A deem ladies, who had entered the court as spec• tators, were then (much against the inclinations of some of them) compelled to enter a box, and were sworn in by the Crier. His LORDSHIP, addressing the forewoman, said, they had heard from the oath that had just been adminis tered to them the nature of the duties upon which they had been empanelled. They would at once retire and perform their duties, and they might be assisted in them by a medical man. The jury of matrons were then escorted by the High nglirh and Scotch 2 II 3 .2' Welsh . .. 2 7—2 11 Irish, new .. .. 210 —2 10i Do., o!d .• 2 9 2 11 Barley, English,pr _ Canadian .. 24 6 23 0 Oatmeal, English, 86:zeoteh,pr2101b ?5 6 26 0 irish, new .. •• 24 0— 24 9 _ imperial quarto' 30 0 —32 (I Do., old .. •23 6 24 0 iih, Scotch, and corn, per lyfarx,per6olb... 3 B—3 1( 4301 b .: .. 24 0-27 6 MANC HESTER, AUG. 4 -2-On Monday and Tuesday heavy showers of rain cowinued to fall at short intervals; but subsequently t!:e weather, though cloudy and threat ening at times, has been fair, and now appears more settled. Influenced by this circumstance, the favourable accounts of harvest prospects generally, and increased supplies of flour, the trade has remained in the same lifeless state as noted last Saturd , y, only a few occa sional sales to necessitous buyers being practicable (and which were only confined to choice fresh kinds) even by accepting offers at reduced rates. Oatmeal has been in limited request, and the best descriptions merely main tained their previous value, Of English and Irish pro duce the arrivals at Liverpool and Runcorn are still to a very I,mit, d amount, but from abroad the imports of a heat and beans are to a fair extent, and large of Indian corn and barrel flour. The weather being very fine this morning, our market was exceedingly quiet, and wheat declined ld to 2:1 per 7001 b. On the best descriptions of fLur we reduce our quotati. ns Is, and on other sorts Is 6d to 2a per sack. Other articles were generally the turn cheaper. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 2.—The numbers at our market to-day were —oxen, 543 ; sheep, 1,420 ; lambs, 4,949. Owing to the number of cattle brought forward sales were very dull, with a decline of 2i per owl. Ox bet from 45s to 50s per cwt, cow and inferior from 383 to 423 per do. Best mutton sil per lb, mid . from 4d to 51 per do. Lambs from 33 to 14s per held, ace. rdiug to quality. A number of oxen, sheep, and lambs, turned out unsold. Coax, AUG. 2.—The supplies of home grain are trifling. Some new here and oats of excellent quality have appeared at mark( t, and have sold at fair prices. We have had a few transactions in prepared or foreign wheat at a decline of 64 per barrel. The trade in oats has been merely a retail one at late rates. We continue to have a steady consumptive demand for flour at last week's prices. The stocks, as well as the supplies of the article, ara light, and barely sufficient for the wants of the trade. The consumption of Indian ecru has fallen Gff still further, and we must quote the article a slow and dull sale at a decline of full twenty shillings per ton from last we. k's rates, the current prices being 6/ to 615 s per ton. Flour—Firsts 14s Od to 15s Cd ; extra 15s Od; seconds, 13s Od to 13. 64; households 10, to Its; thirds, 8s to 10s per cwt. Oatmeal 12s 6d to 13e; Indian meal 7s 3d to 7.6 d; wheat meal, lOs 6d to lls per cwt. Indian corn 71 Os to 715 s Od per ton. Bran 41 to 415 s per ton. Hay—Farmers 15s to 265; average z3s ; dealers 35s to 445; average OOs Od per ton. Su aw—Farmers 18s Od to 29s Od ; average 26s ; dealers 30s Od to 45s Ott; average OOs Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6}d; household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 94 per lb. Eggs— 4s 2d to 4s 4d per hundred. Coals-- Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; . Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to OOs per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d ; mutton 54 to 61d ; veal bid to 7d ; pork 4d to bid ; bacon 7d to 8d •, sausages 64 per lb. 'Hops 6/ 10s per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 315, per ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8/10s; Valonia 141 to 01; French -7110 a; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone. Hemp 311 to 35/ per tor. Fish-- Scotch herrings 17s to IBs ' • red ditto 26s to 28s per barrel • Newfoundland 10/ 1N to 12/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 85/per ton ; deals, first quality, 18s ; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market lOs to 16s; salted 12s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins lid to 2id per lb. Potatoes, white 10d to 13d ; Minions 00d to 00d ; Guano--. Peruvian, 11l 10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar—Archangels 19s per barrel. ABERDEEN, AUG. 3.—Grain—Oats 17s 04 to 18s 0d,401b per bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 521bs per bushel; bear, 23s to 245, 52 lbs per bushel ; wheat. 46s to 52s ; oatmeal, 14334 to 155 Od per boll ; flour, 37s to 45s per sack. Provisions—Beef , 5d to 7d per Ib ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, bat to 6d ; pork, per stone, 4s 6d to 5s ; lamb, per lb, rid to 7d; tallow, .pe' stone, 4s to 4s 64 ; potatoes, per peck, is 4d to Is 8d; hay, per cwt, Cs to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, each, Os to Os ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 9d, eggs, per doz, 8d to 10d- cheese, per stone, Os to Os • hens, per pair, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; chickens, ditto, is 84 to 2s Od ; ducks, ditto , 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 4d to 2. 6d; turkeys, each, 3& Od to Os Od; geese. ditto. Os to Os; butter for exportation ( presto* cure), per cat, 63s to OOs; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, sid to Od; 4b loaf, 6d; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 14 lbs, 3s 6d to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 5d to is 6d; bearmeal, is 4d to Is 6d, peasemeal, Is 10d to 2s; aids, 7d to 8d • barley flour, is 5d to Is 6d; barley dust, 7d to 8d; flour, Is 104 to 2s; barley, per lb. Iv to 2d. DALKEITH, Atm. 2 —The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 19st 01b, 18st 71b, and 17st 61b. Oats, 13st 11b, 12at 31b, and 11 st 81b. Barley, 16st 71b, 16st 01b, and 15at 131 b. Peas and beans, 18st 131 b, 18st 2lbs and 17st 121bs. Qrs: Best. Current. Inferior. 2"8 Wheat £2.14 0 £2 10 0 £2 3 0 430 Oats ... 1 2 8 1 0 0 0 17 0 108 Barley 1 10 0 1 5 0 1 1 0 24 Peas and Beans 1 14 0 1 13 6 1 10 6 Average of wheat 4Bs sd. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 4. Srock EXCHANGE.—The clone market was extremely dull today The sales are—Great Northern, 5 per cent. Preference, 2% dls.- - -Ditto (Lon don and York Extension), IA dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3 i dis.— London and North-Western, 132 —Ditto , New Quarters, 3jH p.—Midland, Halves, 12% AiS.--SOuth-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 6%. BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow:' London and North-We!tcrn, 132% - Ambergates, 5) dis.—.shrowli bury and Birmingham, 4 1 4 dis. I'Ol2K, AUGUST 3. STock EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day have been as 01' low : Great Northern, 9/. 85. 'A.—Ditto Preference, 3N —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 29 1 4—Ditto (G. N. E. ?urchasee), NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Aucusx 4. STocx EXCHANGE.—The business done in the Stock Exchange to-day has been as follows ; —Edinburgh and Northern, 11—Great Northern (A), Deferred, 4;4—Ditto (13), 6 per - cent., 5/. its. Hartlepool Dock and Railway, 134—North British, 131 , 6 Ditto , Thirds. 4—Ditto, Quarters, 3—York, Newcastle, and Berwick EX" , tension, 13%. GLASGOW, AUGUST 3. STOCK EXCUANGE —The transactions to-day were as follow Aberdeen, Preference, 6A —Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 4NI Monklands, 64. THE LIBERAL MEMBERS AND LORD PALMERSTON' , —On Wednesday, before Parliament was prorogued , about one hun , !red independent Members of the House of Commons, beleneing to the Liberal party, held a meeting at the House of Commons to consider of the propriety of expressing their opinion of Lord Palnurston's public cow duct. After some discussion, it was resolved that each gentleman should sub scr ib e five pounds; the money to b e , •inployed in procuring a portrait of Lord Palmerston, to be presented to Lady Palmerston as a memorial of the high respect in which the subscribers hold the public character of his Lordship. This was entirely a spout' , nexus move on the part of the independent Liberal Mein' bers, and they studiously kept their design secret frol every person connected with the Government till after the resolution had been adopted. Their proceeding is se echo of the voice of the country. In times of the greatest difficulty Lord Palmerston has preserved peace, and has ,fficaciously used the power of England to promote free dom abroad and reconcile contending governments 110 factions. He has deserved, therefore, the approbat ion of the lovers of peace and constitutional liberty; and the conduct of these independent Liberal Members will find general approval.—. Economist. [ADVERTISEMENT.]— An Awful Bad Leg, with 15 Wounds in it, Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.- - Extract of a letter from Mrs. Sarah Eastment, of Haselburyp near Crewkerne, dated April 16, 1849. To Professor Hol loway, Sir—About six years ago certain unfavourable syniptorsis manifested themselves in my left leg, which proved to be scro fula and King's evil, and at one time there were 15 wounds about my ancle. For four months I was in Cheltenham Ho: pital, and there pronounced as incureable; from thence I went to King's College Hospital, there also they failed to effect cure, and I was obliged to return home a complete cripple; in this state I commenced using your Ointment and Pills which have perfectly cured my leg. Sold by all Druggists' and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand , London. BIRTLIB, On the 10th of June, at Bombay, Lady Yardley, of a son. On the 28th ult., at Speen, the wife of the Rey. W. Bar ridge, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Holland-crescent, Brixton, the wife of Mr. W. L. Harvey, of a son. On the 2d inst , at Upper Thurlow-place, Hackney-rea d ' the wife of T. Ware, Esq , of a daughter. fo On the 3d inst., at Hertf o rd-street, May-fair, the wife R. T. Cocks, Esq., of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at Charterhouse-square, the wife of th e Rev. I. Y. Povah, of a son. rd, On the 3d inst., at Kentish-town, the wife of W. Esq. , of Gray's Inn, of a daughter. AIARRIED. On the lst. inst., at Ardrachan Church, William W5lll Hozier, Scots Greys, eldest son of James Hozier, Esq Newlands and Barrowfield, Lanarkshire, N. 8., to Frl'e,.; Anne, eldest daughter of the late J. O'Hara, Esq , of itabe e ' d county of Galway. DIED: On the 4th inst., at Chelsea, aged 63, William Di°ll.i4 Esq , late of Streatham-common. On the Ist inst., at Springfield- hall, near Laucaler , Godson, M.P., Q.C., Counsel of the Admiralty , Judge "/"- .4- cate of the Fleet, and one of the l3enchers of Lincolns 1011, On the Ist inst., at T. rrington-square, William I). 13 r 4 well, Esq., of the Colosseum. veal' On the 30th ult., at Lavnder-hill, Wandsworth , Bacon, Esq , aged 61. On the ult., in Bedford-square, J. Scott, Esq., *Yir, On the 2d inst., at Ilitchin, forts, Sarah, the wile of A. Muddell, of London. -r:% f.ondon Printed and PubliBhed O Y O by raURD UNG 7I2 112, Etran , l, Printer, at The Sua °Mee, 1". • Strlnd, in Precinct of VIP in the CO Middlesex, Monday, August 6, 1849. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Lords •of the Admi ralty are expected here on their annual visit of inspec tion on the 20th. The Niger screw steam-sloop left this harbour at 7 A.M. yester lay for Woolwich, the trials, we presume, having terminated. Should the Argant, 46 (screw), Captain Fitzroy, arrive to• clay, she is to be ordered to proceed immedi ately to Kingstown (Dublin). In II arbour—The .Victory, flag of Admiral Sir Bladen Capel, K.C.13., COmmander-in-Chief ; the Illustrious, flag of Rear-Admiral H. Prescott, C. 8., superintendent of the dockyard; the Excellent, gunnery-ship, Captain IL D. Chads, C.B. ; the Blenhelm, steam guard-ship, Captain 11. Austen, C B.; the Blazer, steamer, Lieut.- Comm ~nder Smith; the Rolls, apprentices brig. Lieut.- Commander Fenvviek ; the steam tenders, Lightning, Master-Cammanding Pettey; Elfin, Acting-blaster Bal liston; Fire Queen, Acting-Master Allen; and the tug Echo. . . At Spithead—The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell. In Dock—The Princess Charlotte, 104, repairing; the Grampus, 80, ditto; the Actam, 26, ditto; the Daunt less, 24 (screw), altering; the Devastation (paddle), re pairing; and Curlew, 10, altering. I❑ the Steam basin—The Penelope., Sidon, Scourge, Urgent, and Sprightly. In the Sea-basin—The Rodney, 92, refitted; and the Polyphemus steam sloop. Wind--S.S.E., light breern and cloudy. ROYAL MARINES. _ Major-General Lord Frederick Fizclarence, G.C.11., inspected the subalterns of this division at Forton Bar racks on Saturday in company and squad drill, in which they acquitt , d themselves to the warmly-expressed satis faction of his Lordship. ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY. Lord Frederick Fitzchirence inspected this distin guished corps on Southsea-Common in battalion sna•l arm drill on Saturday afternoon. h is Lordihip expressed himself in the highest terms of their steadiness and all. ci9ncy„ PLYMOUTH, AUG. s.—By the arrival here, this after noon, of the Neltal Trinity yacht, C:tptain Jenes, from the westward, we learn that :he Royal squadron v+as seen to pass Mount's Bay, from Penzance ,:arbour, at halt past seven o'clock on Tiiunday morning. The squadron consisted of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, the Black Eagle, and a third steamer. Tins GUESTLING MURDER..—Our readers are aware that at the Sussex assiz s, held at Lewes, on Wednesday, Mary Ann Geering was convicted of the murder of her husband, Richard Goering, et Guestling, near Hastings, by administering to him a large quantity of arsenic, and that Chief Baron Pollock parsed on her sentence of death, holding out no hope of mitigation. As is always the case in poisonings, the evidence was circumstantial; and in order to sho A that the poison in this instance was not administered accilentally, evidence was given con neetcd with the poisoning of two of the sons, and an at tempt to poison a third, subsequently to the death of the father. At the trial, Mr. Hurst, the counsel for the pri soner, objected to the reception of the evidence, on the ground that what occurred subsequently to the death, which the prisoner was charged with causing by the administration of poison, could not be evidence with regard to that particular case. Chief Baron Pol lock, at the trial, said ho considered that he was bound to receive that evidence. He thought the history of the domestic state of that family down to the time of the prisoner's arrest was evidence if the priso ner personally interfered. He had laid it down, at Chelmsford, in a case of arson, that two previous at tempts to set fire to the same premises night be given in evidence; and he considered that he was bound to re ceive evidence, the tendency of which was to show that the use of arsenic in tile family was not accidental. An ticipating the objection, after reading the depositions, he had conferred with Mr. Baron Alderson, who agreed with him that any evidence which showed that the ad ministering of the poison was not accidental was admis sible. Since the prisoner has been sentenced to be exe cuted, Mr. Hurst has again formally tendered the objec tion in writing; mad the execution will be. delayed till the opinion of the fifteen judges has been obtained on the point, which is one that has never been hitherto raised. Antecedent circumstances, as in the arson case alluded to, have been admitted as evidence; but in the present instance the evidence objected to is that which relates to circumstances which occurred subsequently to the murder. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—Lord J. Russell is residing at Pembroke lodge, Richmond-park, for the pre sent ; but the Noble Premier, accompanied by Lady John Russell, shortly leaves for Scotland, on a series of visits. Viscount Palmerston does not intend to leave town for Broadlands until next week, when the Noble Viscount and Viscountess purpose to receive a succes sion of distinguished visitors at their country seat. The Bail of Minto, accompanied by the Countess, and Ladies Elliot, arrives at Minto- house, R,oxburghshire, this week, for the autumn. The Marquis of Lansdowne, who is at present in Dublin, to assist in the honours of the Queen's reception in the Irish metropolis, is expected to return to Buwood park, Wilts, t o - m orrow se nnight. The Right lion. Sir J. Cain llAhouse and the Misses Elobhouse left Berkeley-square on Thursday. for Erl stoke park, Wilts. The Earl and Countess Grey have left Belgrave-spare for Howicle-hall, Northumberland. The Right Hon. Sir F. Thornhill Baring, as First Lord of the Admiralty, goes, in company with several mem bers of the Board, on an (Alicia' tour this week ; the Right lion. Baronet having returned on Thursday night to his official residence from visiting the Channel Islands. Lady Arabella Baring and the Misses Baring are sojourning at Brighton. Lord Campbell and Lady Strathede n and family leave Knightsbridge in a few days for the Noble and Learned Lord's seat in Scotland. The Right Hoe. Henry Labouchere left town on Saturday for Simko park, near Windsor. We are happy to hear that the Lord Chancellor is regaining his health in a satisfactory manner. His Lordship and family are re siding at Copse Hill, his Lordship's delightful seat, near Wimbledon. 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