The Sun. — London, England, 1849-07-16 00:00:00

,••1 - , - tlirll Xbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, PRUSSIA. The Cologne Gazette gives the following as the conditions of the armistice between Prussia and Den mark. The armistice is to continue to the Ist of January, 1850, but even then it can be renewed for separate terms of six weeks. The Prussian troops are to withdraw behind a line of demarcation to be drawn from Flendsburg to Tondern • the blockade is to cease , and Denmark is to restore the captured German ves sels. A Regency is to be appointed for the Duchy of Schleswig. The present Regency of the two Duchies will continue its functions for Holstein. The Schleswig Regency is to consist of three mem bers, to be appointed by England, Prussia, and Den mark. Alsen and 2Eroe are to remain in the hands of the Danes. It is stated that the following points are contained in the preliminaries for the peace :- 1. Holstein and Lauenburg are to continue in their present relations, and to receive a constitution. 2. Schleswig is to have legislative and administra tive independence, and a constitution. The political union between Schleswig and Denmark is to con tinue, but it shall be limited to the identity of the sovereign. The special regulation of the succession is to be left to future negotiations, but in such a manner that, 3. Denmark endeavours before the definitive con clusion of a peace, to regulate the succession. BADEN. • Letters from Freiburg, Stokacb, and Constanz, of the 11th inst., in the South German papers, announce the evacuation by the insurgents of the Badish Lake districts. Their last forces evacuated Constanz on the 11th, and crossed the Swiss frontier under the leadership of Mr. Stepbani, who implored the protection of the Swiss soldiers that were drawn up along the frontier. Protection being' gratited, the insurgents to the number of 1,000 men, with ten pieces of artillery and an equal number of ammunition waggons, proceeded to the Convent of Kreuzlingew, in the S wiss canton of Thurgau, where they deposited their arms. Previous to their leaving Constanz, the leaders had distributed among them part of the contributions which they had wrung from the iehabitants. Each of the private insurgents was presented with five fi'rins (93.), and each of the corporals had six. No mention is made of the share of the officers and leaders. ITALY. The private correspondent of the Opinione of Turin writes on the sth from Rome as follows " Yesterday the state of siege was proclaimed, and the •Triumvirate and Assembly were dissolved. A strong French force occupies the Capitol. Every night the inhabitants must retire to their homes at nine o'clock. Hostile demonstrations continue. When aFrench man enters a coffee-room, all the Italians withdraw. Several innkeepers, being afraid to lose their native customers, have refused to lodge the invaders. If in the street, a Frenchman applies for information, no reply is returned to him. Saco is the situation of Rome. The English and American Consuls are our sole pro tectors. They deliver passports to those who demand them, and are always ready to txtvnd their p roactiun to the patriots who claim it. General Oudiant endea voured by fine promises to prevail on Garibaldi to give up the French who fought under his orders, but the brave Italian left the French Cossack all the shame attending his proposition, and replied, that in order to arrive at his soldiers he should pass over his body. Thus, as you may perceive, from beginning to earl, dig nity and honour were certainly nut on the side of the French. At Civita Vecchia, where the flag of the Roman Republic lately floated, the French flag is alone to be seen. A vessel, coming from Ancona, was obliged to strike the papal colours which she had hoisted. " Alezzlni quietly remains at Rome, protected by two passports." The Risorginzento of the 11th inst., contains the following decree " Victor Emmanuel 11., King of Sardinia, &c., on the proposition of our Minister Secretary of State of In ternal Affairs, decrees the following:— " Art. 1. The state of siege proclaimed in the city of Genoa shall cease after the 11th inst. "Art. 2. The powers given to our Extraordinary Commissioners, M. Alfonso della Marmcra, by a decree of the Ist of April last, are confirmed to him, as also the power of re-establishing the state of siege, should im perious circumstances render that melsure necessary." DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Fredericia is surrounded to within a league and a half. The left wing is formed by the Saxon and Bavarian ; the centre by the Schleswig-Holsteiners ; the right by Wyneckne s Hanoverian Brigade. The general advance on that fortress will take place on the 11 th. HADERSLEBEN, JULY 11.—The Danes have stationed their outposts partly on the main road to Vicle, and partly towards Gudsoe. The avant guard of the combined troops of Schleswig-Holstein and the Empire, have already advanced to meet them, and it was expected that the attack upon Fredericia would be made yesterday. We may, therefore, look daily for a decided result. The loss of the Germans at the recent engagement at Fredericia, which was at first estimated at 2,800 men, is now proved to be 1,794 soldiers, 103 subal terns, and 7 surgeons, of whom, perhaps, a third part may have fallen ; the rest are wounded and taken pri soners. About 1,000 who had been scattered have returned. It is asserted that among the Danes there were several thousand Norwegian and Swedish. FRIESCHARLEB.—Letters from the Danes to their friends in Jutland give the loss sustained by the Danish army at above 3,000 men, among whom 800 were killed. About 100 of their officers are said to have been made unfit for service.—Extraordinary Supplement to Hamburgh Borsenhalle, July 11. EIADERSLEBEN, JULY 12.—General Prittwitz has now the command in chief of the whole army opera ting against Fredericia, and which is composed of the Schleswig-Holstein and Imperial troops. General Bonin commands the left wing, the first and several brigades of which are standing in and near Bol ding, and the avant guard of which has ad vanced their outposts to Gudsoe and Erritsoe. The left wing is under the command of that valiant leaaer Staff-General Von Tarm. The aim and object of the:Danes remains to be proved; so much is certain that yesterday fourteen or fifteen ships of the line, and several steamers, were seen in the direction of Alma. FLENSBURG, JULY 11.—We have just received the following intelligence from the cantonments behind Aarhuus " Skeibyr, naer Aarhuus, July 7. " Yesterday there was a grand reconnoitre of the troops at Kalo Vis; to• day the different bodies bad returned. The Bavarians have already begun to fall back, and to- timrow the Prussians will also commence a retrogade movement. The Danes are said to have landed in the south, and to hive concentrated their entire force between Veile and Bolding, in order to cut off the Imperial troops from the duchies. The Weser Zeitung asserts that the armistice be tween Denmark and Germany is concluded for the term of six months. It does not appear that a treaty of peace, but merely an armistice, with preliminaries of peace, is under negociation. An unfavourable armistice would, at the worst, be better than an unfavourable peace.—Hamburgh Papers. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) • • HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. The Pupils Protection (Scotland) Bill passed through Committee. The Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. Lord STANLEY presented a pet i tion from some place in Lincolnshire against any additional endowment to Boman Catholics. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from landowners in Somersetshire complaining of distress. THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN. The NOBLE DUKE also gave notice that he should on Monday pet a question to the Government with respect to"the distribution of medals to those who bad served under Sir R3lph Abercromby, in Egypt. He also pre sented a petition, from an old soldier m the 11th Foot, praying that medals might be awarded to those who had ene d in the Egyptian campaign. Earl GREY tu oug h t there must be some mistake in the petition. CORN RETURNS. The Duke of RICHMOND complained of the inac cury of the returns of the corn inspectors, as to the price at which corn was sold. Many farmers did not make returns of the corn which they sold to their labourers and others; and if they made these returns the average price of corn would not appenr so high as it appeared at present. The Earnif GRANVILLE thought the attention of the Board of Trade had been directed to the subject. TYNE RIVER CONSERVANCY BILL. Lord BEAUMONT. moved the second reading of this Bill, in order that it might be referred to a Select Com mittee. Lord BROUGHAM denied that it was usual to give a second reading to a Bill of this sort, which transferred the duties of one trust to another trust. It was nut usual to transfer the duties of one trust to another trust. The proper remedy for a breach of trust was not a Bill, but a suit. Non-performance of duty on the part of a trustee was a good ground for compelling him to perform bit duty, but not for trans ferring the trust and depriving the trustee of the revenue of . the trust. But then it was said that the trust was in debt, and the new commissioners would take upon them selves the debts if they were permitted to receive the revenues. W hy, he himself would do the same by his Noble Friend the Marquis of Westmiuster, and be three or four hundred th: - .usand a Scar the better for it.— ( Renewed laughter.) He b a d never h e a r d any connexion with the Corporation of Newcastle, except having been once counsel against them, haknew none of them but denied that it was a matter of course that every private Bill should be read a second time, and this was a question of the rights of property, and he was opposed to every measure which could be consi dered an outrage on the rights of property, whether those rights.were the rights of a private individual or of a corpo ration. Lord CAMPBELL said that this was not a party measure. The Committee of the House of Commons, consisting of five Liberals and five Conservatives had reported unanimously in its favour; and, therefore, he thought their Lordships should read it a second time in order to refer it to a select committee. He considered that a legislative remedy ought to be applied to the abuse complained of, and that those who com plained of it ought not to be left to the dilatory remedy of a chancery snit. Lord W HARNCLIFFE said that the corporation of Newcastle had exercised these rights for 500 years, and he thought a Canmiree of either House of Parliament was a most improper tribunal to decide how they had performed their duties. He considered that it would be the lesser evil of the two to reject the Bill. The Earl of St. GERMAINS objected to discussing private Bills in the House. He thought this Bid would ba much better considered before a Select Committee. This could scarcely be considered as inter fzring with the rights of private property, inasmuch as the funds administered by the Corporation consisted of tolls to the amount of 26.0001. a year, levied for the improvement of the River Tyne, of which not more than 6,0001. a year was expended in improving the navigation of the river. He supported the second read ing of the Bill. Lord REDESDALE opposed the second reading of the Bill. Earl GREY had been strongly urged to oppose this Bill, but he could not consistently with his sense of jus tic, corarnt Co do so. It was clehr ss the statement of the oppon( nts of this 131.1 was a measure thai i on!d only be propirly cot si2e: el in st Selo et Committee, and therefore be should support the motion for the Lecond res,diec. The Earl of HARROWBY opposed the motion. The first thine , the Committee would have to do would be to try a legal issue. THE SUN S LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JITLY 16, (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAXER took the Chair shortly af,er Twelve o'clock. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to ►he London and Black wall Railway (Amendment and Extension of Time) Bill were considered and agreed to. THIRD READING. The Borough of Louth, and Free Grammar School in Louth Bill, was read, a third time and passed. REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Commercial Road (comprising the Cannon-street Roads, the Commercial Road, the Horseferry Branch of Road, the East India Duck Road, and the Harking Road). Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company. MARYLEBONE AND FINCfILEY TURNPIKE- ROAD BILL. This Bill was ordered to be re-committed on Wednes day next, in consequence of some informality. SECOND READINGS. . The following Bills were read a second time and or dered to be committed:— Aberdeen Destitute Female Orphan Asylum (David son's) Estate. Clive's (Hon. Robert Henry) Estate. Duke of Norfolk's (Duke of Sutherland's) Estate. Hurd's Estate. Lady kirk (Robertson's). Ogle's Esate. ReYnolde Estate. Ricbards' (or Harman's) Estate. PETITIONS. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition against the endowment of Maynooth. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from a place in Lancashire, praying the House to extend the powar of Cuunty Courts. Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition in favour of the Railway Dissolution Bill. HARWICH ELECTION. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from Mr. Elms ley, an attorney at Harwich, stating that an action had been brought in the Court of Queen's Bench, arising out of certain bribery transactions alleged to have taken place at the last Harwich election, and praying that the short-band writer, who attended the Harwich Election Committee, might be ordered to attend the trial of the action, which was about to take place at Cheltenham. The Hon. Gentleman moved that the prayer of the pe tition be agreed to. Mr. GREENE thought time ought to be allowed to consider the matter, as it was not usual to order the attendance of short-hand writers, or the production of their notes, at trials, and some inconvenience might arise if they did so now. The ATTORNEY. GENERAL saw no objection to the prayer of the petition. Ho apprehended the notes were required 'to check the evidence of witnesses who were to be examined upon the trial, and as their pro duction would be sufficient for that purpose, without re quiring the attendance of the short-hand writer, he would suggest that the petition should be amended ac cordingly. . . Mr.SPOONER adopted the suggestion, and the psti. tion was withdrawn. SMALL DEBTS ACT AMENDMENT (COMPEN. SATION FOR OFFICES ABOLISHED). On the question for going into Committee on this Bill, Lord DUDLEY STUART objected to its principle. No doubt it contained some excellent provisions, but he protested against the p i jnciple of compensating the o ffi cers of courts for M- loss of their offices, He could not understand the extraordinary tenderness of the House for the interest of lawyers. They had not rendered the country such great benefits to justify their demanding compensation whenever their interests were interfered with. In fact they had no more right to compensation than -had a road-side innkeeper whose business had been destroyed by the establi.bment of a railway. He thought it would be unsafe to trust the Lords of the Treasury to give compensation, for on two former oceasions, when such power was given to them, they had shown great extravagance. It would be much better for the House of Commons to 6x the amount if they were to have compensation; but he should be able to show when they went into Committee that these people were not entitled to any. He must, therefore, pro test both against the principle of granting compensation and the mode in which it was proposed to he given. After a few words from the ATTORNEY- G ENER AL, The House went into Committee, Mr. Bernal in the chair. On the first clause being proposed, Mr. OSBORNE said his Hon. Friend had taken a technical objection to the principle of compensation, but he opposed it upon a much higher ground. He maintained that the institution of this court from the beginning was utterly illegal, inasmuch as it imposed taxation upon the people by means of fees, without the consent of Parliament. The Marshalsea Court was probably the most ancient one in the kingdom; it followed the King wherever he went, and administered justice between persons connected with his household. The judges of it, however, were found to exceed their do minion, and were in the habit of trying cases unconnected with the King's household, and in consequence of this various Acts were passed with reference to its jurisdic tion. In the reign of Charles 11. letters patent were granted to constitute the Palace Court ; but it would be in the recollection of the Attorney-General that in the cele brated case of Fish v. Wagstaff the legality of the Court was questioned, and the judgment which it had given re versed. Under the Stuart King neither the judges, nor the officers and others connected with it, were very par ticular. During the Commonwealth the Court disconti nued its sittings, but resumed them again at the Restoration. At that time there were six attorneys and four counsel practising in the Court, and there were documents now in the British Museum which would prove that these gentlemen clubbed together for the purpose of inducing Lord Chancellor Hyde, by a bribe of 1,0001., to get them letters patent. Lord Chancellor Hyde pocketed the money, and succeeded in getting what they wanted, and the Court was allowed to con tinue its corrupt and villanous administration of the law. He had no doubt that but for the letters of the gentle man, known by the name of " Jacob Omnium," these blood-sucking attorneys (for he would not mince the matter, and did not mean to apologise) would have gone on plundering the people as they bad already done. Now, as the jurisdiction of the court ex • tended for only twelve miles round London, he could not see upon what principle of reason or justice the people, for instance, of Yorkshire, or any other part of the county, could be called upon to pay compensation to these officers. The lawyers might as well ask for com pensation in consequence of the establishment of county courts, for he was told that they had taken :away at least a quarter of their business.—(Hear, hear.) Besides, the officers of the Palace Court had already succeeded in obtaining compensation under the Act for abolishing imprisonment for debt. He had been told that 2,0001. had been paid by the banisters for their right to practise, but the tact was, that the actual sum required for a barrister was 2004 while only 100/ was required for an attorney. Th e officers of this court had been paid over and above their dues several times over. He had with him an analysis of fees and compensations paid to them, which he would just read to the House. The Knight Mar shal and Judge in 1846 received fees to the amount of 9 14/. 2s. 100,, be then received compensation to the amount of 60/. in cash, and an annuity of 3061. In 1848 his income from fees amounted to 714/ The deputy in 1846 received fees in 1846, to the amount of 242/. 103. ; in 1848 his fees had increased to 7421. The same was the case too, with the Prothonotoy and his deputy. Then with regard to the Pattomier of the court. Mr. 8.. E. Will oug hb y h a d rece i ve d f ees b e f ore t h e institu tion of the county courts to the amount of 8504 per annum. Ho then received compensation to the amount of 1,9001., and in 1848 his lees had increased to 1,547/. Mr. P. Millar, in 1846, received as compen sation 7501., and in 1848 his fees had increased from 3001. to 1,4401. per annum. Mr. Sheppard in 1845 and 1846 received 728/. per annum, his com pensation amounted to 2,1401., and in 1 8 4 8 he received no less than 3,5371. in fees. Look too at the increase in the number of writs—in 1846, the number was 2,330 ; there were 409 cases tried, 9,910 of undefended causes. Why, what claim had these men, these bloodsucking- attorneys—he would not mince the word. nor did he mean to apologise for it—who had so long plundered the public, what claim bad they to coin penFatioe ? Tbo ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that compensa tion was to Le granted to them on the ground that the number of writs had gradually increased. Mr. B. (413084 TE protested agaiast compensation at all. He should like to hear the Attorney-Ganeral's opinion of the legality of the court; compensation was sought for these lawyers because they had paid more than the regulation price for their places. Why, did not an officer often have to pay more than the regulation price for his commission, and would the House think of granting him compensation? The law was much better represented in this House than the army. Well, then, in 1848, there were 6,535 writs issued, and 1,054 cases tried. He altogether objected to the principle of re ferring this matter to the Treasury, he thought it would be much better referred to a Select Committee of the House. _ _ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was necessary that this clause should be passed, whether the question of compensation were referred to the Treasury or to a Select Committee. _ _ . Mr. S. WORTLEY wished to know whether there would be an opportunity affsaded of discussing this ques tion afterwards. _ _ . The ATTORNEY. GENERAL said there would; and on this understanding the clause was agreed to, and the House resumed. SMALL DEBTS AMENDMENT ACT. The House went into Committee on the second read• ing of this Bill. Mr. CARDWELL hoped that be should succeed in persuading his Hon. and Learned Friend the Attorney- General to postpone ,any further proceedings on this Bill. He objected to some of the changes attempted in it. A party might go and reside at 13irraingham and con tract a debt there; as soon as be had exhausted his credit at Birmingham ho might remove to Liverpool. He ( NEr. Cardwell) was entirely in favour of the dimi nution of costs in the county courts ; but would the costs of the case he had put be diminished if a man was compelled to follow his debtor to Liverpool? In such a case it appeared to him a defeat of justice would be likely to ensue. He had received several communica tions from gentlemen of the legal profession residing in Liverpool, stating the practical mischiefs which would result from the operation of such a Bill as that before the House. He had also received :loader communications from the gentlemen who represent the Tradesmen's Guardian Society in that town. Believing it would be a considerable departure from the wisdom of the common law, and would ratter tend to increase than diminish expense, he hoped his Honourable and Learned Friend (the Attorney-General) would not press the clauses in question. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said his sole object was to make the Act more efficient for the recovery of small debts; but if he found it was the general opinion of the members of the Committee representing mercan tile communities that those clauses had better be omitted, he was ready to abandon them. Mr. MUNTZ could quite corroborate the statement of the lion. and Learned Member for Liverpool as to the objections to this Bid among mercantile gentlemen. He bud received a great number of communications on the subject, not from gentlemen of the legal profession, but from tradesmen, to all of whom it was objectionable. Ho therefore toped the Hon. and Learned Attorney- General would withdraw the objectionable clauses. Mr. BROTHEIVION was very glad to find the Attorney-General was disposed to withdraw the objec tionable clauses In Manchester (so we understood) an Act was obtained for a Small Debts Court, at an ex pense of twelve hundred pounds, which expense had not since been defrayed. That court had been of great utility; its jurisdiction extended to about 100 townships, including a population of not less than 1,000,000. A preference was often given to the court in question over the county court. Within the list two years 3,700 cases had been entered in it, and more than 2,000 of them were for sums under 10/. Lord DUDLEY STUAR 12 said the clause as it stood did not abolish the court reerred to by the Honourable .Member for Salford; but if such courts would improve their prictice they would still retain plenty of business. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it seemed to be the feeling of the Committee that he should withdraw the first five clauses, and he would do so. Ile would then begin at the sixth clause. The Learned Gen tleman then went on to explain that debtors were now committed to the House of Correction, and had their hair cut, and were treated as misdemeanants, of which, as a matter of course. much complaint was made, for parties who moved in a respectable sphere of life were treated contrary to the spirit in a hich the Act was passed Ile had introduced a clause into this Bill by which those persons would be treated as deb:ors, and that where the gaols were too cr.:IAA and at too great a distance that provision should be made for their nearer reception. Mr. B. COCHRANE wished that what was specified as " contempt of couttlin the 7th clause were clearly set forth, as the clause said that a person might be com mitted for contempt of court if he used abusive language to a bailiff going to or from the court. Now, who was to decide what was contempt of court in such a case? — (Hear.) Again, if a poor man could not pay, was he to be committed for contempt? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the contempt consisted of insulting a judge, a juror, or a:bailiff, and for non-payment. The 113th section, which made contempt committable to the House of Correction, was repealed in this Bill, and altered to the debtors' prison. Mr. MULLING S suggested that other places than the county debtors' gaol should be Provided for the recep tion of persons committed under the County Courts Act. For instance, the county gaol of Gloucestershire might be fifty miles from the spot where a man was committed. Now there were four houses of correction in the county. Could not some arrangement be made, by which pariies might be placed in those gaols and treated as debtors? Clauses 6 and 7 were then agreed to. On clause 8 being proposed, Mr. W. PATTEN - drew attention to the fact, that it had been held that a sheriff's writ ran in preference to one of the County Court, and that it had been decided that the claim of a landlord should be prior to that of any other creditor. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said a difference of opinion prevailed upon the point among the judges, and that it was just one of those matters that should be con sidered by the judges appointed by the Lord Chan cellor. After some observations from Mr. W. PATTEN and Mr. MULLINGS, the clause was agreed to. On clause 9 being proposed, Mr. Fri ZROY moved, pursuant to notice, to insert the following clause:—•" And whereas it is expedient to extend the provisions of the said Act of the tenth year of the reign of her Majesty to all debts, damages, and demands not exceeding fifty pounds. Be it therefore enacted, that the jurisdiction of the several courts holden or to be holden under the said Act "of the tenth year of the reign of her Majesty, shall ex tend to the recovery of any debt, damage, or demand not exceeding the sum of fifty pounds, with and subject to the several powers and provisions of the said Act, ex cept so far es the same are:hereafter altered or repealed." He could not see on what grounds the Attorney-General could oppose this proposition ; and with respect to the 50/. clause; if it was thought not advisable, he had no objection to its not being compulsory. Tho ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, although he coincided in what had been said by the Hon. and Gal lant Gentleman as to the utility of these courts, he did not think it would be prudent at present to extend the jurisdiction from 20/. to 501. Before such a change could .be made in the law some power of review must be established. Mr. W. PATTEN regretted to hear that it was the intention of the Hon. and Learned Attorney-General to oppose the clause. It would be of great service to the manufacturing districts, and he thought the alteration might be agreed to after some slight modification. Captain PECHELL should undoubtedly support the proposal ; but he was not surprised at the Learned Attorney- General opposing it, as in 1835 ho resisted a similar suggestion to extend the jurisdiction from 201. to 501. The great opponents to proposals of this nature were the lawyers, who were afraid of business being taken out of Westminster Hall, and disposed of in the country, and until that selfish feeling were got rid of, the public would not reap the full advantage of these courts. Sir GEORGE GREY quite admitted that these courts had acted most efficiently, and he was nut at all pre. pared to say that, after some further experience, their jurisdiction might not be extended; at present, how• ever, he could not consent to this proposal. Mr. SPOON ER suggested that the county courts should have jurisdiction in actions for 501., where both parties were disposed to consent to it. He was, how ever, oppoed to the motion. a keLLINGS was in favour of extending their jurisdiction to larger amounts, and should support the motion before the House. After a fow words from Mr. Ellis, Mr. Brotherton, and Mr. Charles Lushington,_ Lord DUDLEY STUART said as the county courts had worked well, he was glad to see that the general opinion of the House was in favour of extending their jurisdiction. If the clause of the lion. Member for Lewes was carried, he was sure that it would give great satis faction. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, as there was no appeal from these courts, he thought it would be unwise to extend their jurisdiction. IF they did they would have to reconstitute the whole of them, and he therefore should recommendithe House not to consent to the mo tion of the Hon. Member. Captain PECHELL said his opinion had been much fortified by the information given by the Hon. Member fur Salford, that the court there worked well. Mr. FITZROY had heard nothing which could change his opinion as to the expediency of the extension to 501. Atter a few words from Mr. EVANS, Mr. SPOONER rose to ask whether the words pro posed by the Hon. Member for Lewes were necessary? The ATTORNEY. GENERAL said they were not. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the question of the -exten sion of jurisdiction was one of such importance that he thought it should not be incidentally raised upon a point which did not involve it. He should advise that the Hon. Member should withdraw his clause. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the clause Against it ... ... ... ... 62 Majority against the c:ause . . —2B The remaining clauses of the Bill were agreed to with out discussion. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said, with reference to the compensation clause, he begged to ask the Attorney- General upon what principle the compensation was to to made. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL said he took the principle simply of four years' purchase; and the com pensation would be awarded by the Lords of the Treasury. Lord DUDLEY STUART objected strongly to the Treasury having anything to do with the matter of compensation. In the four years preceding the passing of the 7 and 8 Victoria, in 1814, the aggregate amount of the. fees was greater by 10,000 L than in the tour previous years; find yet the Treasury - awarded upwards of 7,000 L to the officers. He could not con ceive a more shameful way of dealing with the public money. He thought the compensation, if any, should ba awarded by the House, and not by the Treasury. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and ob tained leave to s' t again to-morrow. Mr. C. LEWIS moved the second reading of the Stock in-Trade Bill, which was agreed to, the discussion to be taken upon it to-morrow. The third rending of the Inland Ports (Colonies) Bill was postponed till to morrow at twelve. The Commons Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was read a third time and passed. The County Rates, &e., Bill was read a third time and passed . The adjourned debate on the Palace Court (West minster) Bill was postponed till tomorrow. The House then adjournedfill five o'clock. The SPEAKER resumed the Chair at Five o'clock. Mr. AGLIONBY brought up the report on the Dublin Improvement Bill. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from Sydney, praying for an extension of the elective fran chise in that colony. - • • • Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from Birming ham against the Bill for the prevention of interments i❑ to‘i ns. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from the New Zealand Compiny in favour of steam communication hetween New Zealand and England. . Mr. DISRAELI presented a petition from Windsor, praying for protection to agriculture. NATIONAL EDUCATION. _ _ Mr. MILES had intended to call the attention of the House to the question of national education, but ho n-gretted to say - than he had not vet had en opportunity of doing so. In the event, therf fore, of his nut being able to do so before the ch , se of the session, ho b...ggett to give notice that early next session he should call the' attention of the House to the restrictions itersal upon the founders of Church Schoch by the Committee of Council on Educa tion. . . PLURALITY BENEFICES. - Mr. FREW - EN ttAi.‘ d the Right Hut , . Baronet the Secretary et State fur the Home Dt-partmenr, if he had examined a return nr:ved tor by Mr. Hume ' of all clergymen holding two or more benefit-s and prefer ments in the Church, and appointed since the passing of the Act called .4 The PluralitieaAct;". whether he is aware that by this return five hundred and eighty nine clergymentbave been- appointed to benefices in plurality since the passing of this Act about eleven years ago, it having become law on the 14th of August, 1838, being an average of fifty-three and a half in each year; whether he approves of so many clergymen monopolizing Church property to themselves, and if it is the wish of her Majesty's Government that fifty clergymen should' be appointed in each year to benefices in plurality; also, it he is aware that s .me of the bene fices included in the above return are stated to be of less value and smaller population than they are stated to be in the clergy list? Sir GEORGE 'GREY had been unable to give any attention to the return; but he had no doubt the results stated by the Honourable Gentleman were correct. With regard to the latter p )rtiun of the question, he was not in possession of sufficient information to enable him to spy ak on the subject. PUBLIC RECORDS. Mr. HENRY - DRUMMOND wished to know from the Right Hon. Baronet when the long-promised and long car,ected report in reference to the state of the public records was likely to be laid on the table? Sir GEORGE GREY had communicated with the Master of the Rolls 441 the subject, and he was happy to say Lord Lankclale hoped and believed the report would be ready in the course of the present session. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL. Mr. ADi)ERLY wished to know from the Noble Lard at the head of the Government, whether he in tended that the Bill for framing a new constitution for the five Australian colonies should be read a second time on Thursday . morniog after the Irish Judgments Bill had born disposed of. He Noble Lord was aware that the House was appointed to meet at 12 o'clock on Thursday for the purpose, and be bad reason to believe that it tho discussion on the Judg ments Ireland Bill came on at that hour it would extend considerably beyond two o'clock. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it was not intended to take the Judgments Ireland Bill- before the Australian Cohnies Mr. DIVETT thought it seas extremely desirable that the opinion of the colonEes should be taken before any legislation took Place on the subject. • CHOLUA AT BRISTOL. Mr. 11. BERKELEY wished to ask a question in consequence of the epidemic which was now raging in the country. In the city of Bristol the cholera had broken out,tbeplace first sAacked being a very unhealthy and unwholesome situation, and being in the immediate vicinity of an overladen and pestilential graveyard, where bodies had not been [properly interred, no less than twenty Maths took place immediately on the appearance of the cholera in this neighbourhood. The question, therefore, which he wished to ask as it was impo:-sible to bring in a Bill this session to pre vent intramural interments, whether Her Majesty's Go vernment did not feel it necessary, under the prevalence of this epidemic, to introduce a short Bill tea a tem porary me.sure fur th purpose of investing the local authori,i2s with power to prohibit interments in churchyards in cases where they were considered dangerous to the pubio heath. Sir G. GREY said he had received no representation of the cases v.hich the ilocourWe Member had rated bad occurred at Bristol, but if what be stated were correct — that the bodies were not properly interred but were ex posed, he apprehended th:.t the conduct of the authorities connected with the churchyard was illcgal.—(llear.) With reference to the other part of the question, he would call the, attention of the Lion. Gen tleman to the provisions of the existing law. The 1 t and 12 Vic. cap. 63 sec. 82, passed last session, gave power to the General BOA rd of Health to prohibit burials in a church yard, when it v , as represented by the local board that it was dangerous to the public health. There was also another provision giving power to the authorities to pro vide another churthyard for the accommodation of burials where necessary. Mr. H. BERKELEY obsorsed that what he had stated had occurred not only at Bristol but in every large town in the kingdom. ORANGEMEN IN IRELAND. Lord CASTLEREA.GLI rose to ask the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home Department whether he had received any official inform3tion of a fatal colli sion having taken place between a party of Ribbonmen and a party of Orangemen, near Castle Wellan ' in Ire land, and also whether it was the intention of Govern ment to bring in any Bill to put an end to such things? Sir GEORGE GREY said he was sorry to say that he had received intelligence of such a c Ilision from the superintending magistrate of that district. The extent of the number of killed wa=, he was informed, five, of whom four were Ribbonmen and one an Orangeman. The Noble Lord was quite correct in stating that the Act under which party processions in Ireland were prohibited had lately expired. But the Government had hoped that the decrease of party feeling in Ireland wculd have been sufficient to prevent a recur rence of such scenes. Lord CASTLEREAGH reminded the Right Hon. Baronet that he had not answered the last part of his question. _ _ _ Sir G. GREY said that it would be necessary to have a full report of all the circumstances of the affair, before they cou!d determine in what manner to legisl4te. INDIAN MEDALS' Mr. FIUME rose to make an inquiry with respect to the Indian medals. Sometime ago he bad made a mo tion for the production of rules and regulations in force with respect to the distribution of these, and be wished to kaow if the Government would lay on the table any correspondence wish the Court of Directors on this subject. Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE said that the regulation with respect to these medals was that no medal could be given to any soldier or officer for any action but for those in which some gerund officer or commander-in chief had served and obtained a medal. In answer to another question from Mr. HUME, Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to state, that with regard to St. John's Hospital, his Learned Friend, the Attorney-General, would consider which r ay the inquiry should take place. ENCUMBERED ESTATES BILL Mr. B. OSBORNE said that as the Encumbered Estates Bill stood for to night, he wished to know whether the Noble Lord would inform them who the Commissioners were to be. Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not at present state the names of .the Commissioners, because he had not re ceived the assent of the gentlemen to whom he had offered the offices. He was anxious tiTat the persons who were appointed to the post should be qualified in every respect for the duties they were called upon to discharge, P.EMUNERATION OF MEDICAL OFFICERS. Mr. DISRAELI wished to know from the President of the Poor -lacy Board, if the Poor-law Commissi ,, ners bad como to any determination to increase the remuneration of Poor-law medical officers in cons- quence of their increased duties in connexion with the Board of Health. He believed the President of the Poor-law Commission had the power to make an order upon increased remuneration. It would be very satisfactory to the profession if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would state the course he intended to pursue. Mr. BARNES was understood to say that the ques tion was under the consideration of the board. In reply to Mr. MACKINNON, Lord ASHLEY stated that the Bishop- of London bad intimated that interments in his diocese would be suspended if the President of the Board of Health deemed it necessary, and that no resumption of them would 'take place until it was deemed proper to do so. m E o N N C sE U L M L BE na R k E ed D EwhSaTtATthEeSNBoIbL. Mr. leLLord in tended'to do with respect to this Bill? Lord J. RUSSELL hoped to be enabled to proceed with it this evening; but if not, he intended to proceed with it to morrow. Colonel DUNNE hoped tho Noblo Lard would not take the Bill at twelve o'clock to-morrow. The Irish Members were desirous of confining the debate to one night. VAN COUVER'S ISLAND. Lord LINCOLN intimated that it was itrpomible according to the rules of the House that he could bring on his motion on this subject again this session. Ile therefore begged to withdraw it. SUPPLY. On the motion for the House resolving &elf into a Committee of Supply on the ordnance estimates, Mr. HENLEY rose, pursuant to notice, to move— That a reduction of 10 per cenr. be made in all eateries in the Ordnance department, and in all other depart ments of Government at home and abroad. (LEFT SPEARING.) TAT TERSA LL'S—THIS EVENING. ►SLx o'CLocx. GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Maid of Alasham 10 to 1 agst Van DiPman 13 to 1 agst Collingwood 15 to 1 agst Tophana 1$ to 1 agst Ghelle 15 to 1 agst Fire-tatfr 20 to 1 agst Bacchanalian GOODWOOD CUP. 5 to 2 agst Cinpzou 3 to 1 agst The Hero 4 to 1 apt Tadmor ST. LEGER. 5 to 4 on Fl3ing Dutchman, 30 to 1 agst Chatterer 100 to 1 agst Vatican DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Monhail—taken 33 to 1 agst Williatu.the Conqueror 40 to 1 tgst Deicoon 40 to 1 zgst Sweetheart 50 to 1 agst Seneca CRICKET.--(THIS DAY.) NORTH OF ENGLAND AGAINST THE SOUTH. This grand match commenced today at Lord's, and at six o'clock stood thus:— NORTH. Wiaden—b Lillywhite ... 4 Chatterton—b Lillywhito ... 19 Sampson—b HiDyer • Parr—b Hilly ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• • 47 R. T. King, Etq.-1 bw, b Dean ... ... 13 Guy—b Hillyer... 10 E. Elmshirst, Esq."—b Lilly white ... ... 14 Clarke—b Lillywhite . . 5 Lord Guernsey--c Box, b Hillyer ... 2 Armitage—b Lilly white 0 thekley—not out B. 5, w. 4, n b 9 Total... .. ••• ••• SOUTH.-FIRST INNINGS. A. Traygartb, Esq.—run out ... ... ••• W. N eholson,Esq.—b Clarke . ... ... ... ... Dean—b Wisden ••• ... ... ••• F. Pilch - run out ... ... 4 • • ••• ••• N. Felix, EA.—b Wisden ... ... ... ••• Box—b Clarke ... ••• ... ••• A. Mynn, Eiq.—b Clarke ... ••• ••• ~. Chester—not out ••• ... ..• B. Kynaston, Eaq.—b Wisien. . ... ... ... ... Ilillscr—b Wisden ... ... ... Lillyuhite—run out ... ••• ... ••• B. 3, nb. 2 ... ... ... Total ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. ORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, July 13 CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice %VD:armAN.) John Dale was charged with having, at Northallerton, on the 11th day of May hat, feloniously uttered two forged 51. Bank of England notes. Mr. Martin, Q.C., and Mr. Adolphus, appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Overend defended the•prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutor, Thomas Longstaff, of Yafforth, near Northallerton, took his cow to the fair at that place on the 1 lth of Mly. Not being able to sell her he was returning home, when he was fo:lowed by the prisoner, wlio demanded to know the price of the cow. The proneutor asked 91. 10s. ' but at length it was agreed that 91. should be taken, and the prisoner paid the money by two 5L notes, receiving a sovereign in change, and a shilling f r " hick." The prisoner then drove the cow back to Northallerton, and the prosecutor proceeded to Yefforth, but in the afternoon he returned to Northallerton, and on trying to get the notes changed at two of the banks he found that they were forgeries. He then informed a cattle dealer, named Rickaby, of what had occurred, who in tke evening saw the prisoner at the Durham Ox public-house in Craike, and in the stable he saw the cow: Coneeiving it to bo the animal which the prosecutor had mentioned as having sold, he charged the prisoner with having bought her and paid for her with two forged notes; the prisoner admitted having bought the cow, but denied that the notes were bad, and stated that he had received them from a man named Fewster (who, it appeared had suddenly decamped), but that he would take the notes back, and return the cow. A saddler, named Wightman, had likewise met the pri soner the same day driving the cow very fast, near Newbarough, and asked him whether he had not bought the cow at Northallerton, to which the prisoner replied that he had not, but that he had bought her at Sutton noder-WhitestonecliffJ. Information . having been given to the police, the prisoner was apprehended next morn ing at Easingwold. Mr. OVEREND addrossed the jury for the prisoner. Verdict Guilty. Sentence, ten w yars' transportation NISI PRI US COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATrEsozi.. APPLEYARD V. ROSS. Mr. Sergeant Wilking and Mr. Atherton Appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Martin, Q.C., and Mr. Cowling, f)r the defendant. This was an action for libel. It appeared that the plaintiff had been in the service of the defendant, who is a draper at Dritfield, and had travelled for him for twelve months, soliciting orders, at the end of which period the defendant wished the plaintiff to agree to serve him for three years longer, and to bind himself not to set up in business in the defendant's district. Not being able to agree, they separated, and the plain tiff shortly after commenced business on his own ac• count, and then the defendant issued the following placard:— " Notice, to all whom it may concern, that William Ross, draper, Driffield, did, on the 15th of January last, discharge from his employ, John Appleyard, for im proper conduct, and finding that the said John Apple yard, having obtained a bundle of print patterns, Bcm, is perambulating the district that he went oven when in my employ, contrary to the express condition which he at first entered into with me, showing patterns and endea vouring to palm off goods in . my name, I hereby warn all parties on whom he may try the imposition, after this date, from paying him any money, or entrusting him with any orders on my behalf on any pretext whatever. • " WILLIAM Ross. " Dated Drifileld, March sth, 1849." Mr. •MARTIN having addressed the jury for fhe de fendan?, in mitigation of damages, on the ground of the previous relative position of the plaintiff and the de fendant, the jury returned a •verdict for the plaintiff— D.imuges, 501. • • • BROWN V. THE YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. This was an action on the case to recover from the defendants, as carriers, the sum of 281, the value of damage which goods of the plaintiff had sustained in their transit from Salford - to Hull. The defendant pleaded Not Guilty; that they were not common carriers from Salford to Hull; that the gouda were not delivered to them as euch carriers, to be carried from Salford to Hull; and that they were improperly packed when de livered. Mr. Knowles, Q C., and Mr. Grainger appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Martin, Q.O , and Mr. Addison, for the defendan% The plaintiff is a linen•draper, and is in the habit of going to the different large towns in the country for the purpose of selling his goods. On the 28th of March, 1848, he was at Bolton, in Lanca s hire, and being about to proceed to Hull, he had his goods packed up in a hamper, a box, and a bale, and booked them by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, first to Safford, and then forward to Hull. The plaintiff went by another train, and on his arrival he inquired for his goods, which, however, were not forthcoming for a day or two, and then he found that some of them were damaged and some stolen. It had not been discovered where the dtfmage had happened—whether on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, or on the York and North Midland, which joins the former at Normanton. The goods had, however, been delivered to the Lancashire and York shire Railway, who had given a receipt for them. His LORDSH/P being of opinion that the contract had been made with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and not with the defendants, The plaintiff agreed to be nonsuited, with leave to move to enter a verdict for 13/. (the value of the articles d tmeged and lost, which were not of a silken material, the defendants being 'protected as to those by the Car riers Act), if the Court above should be of opinion that the defendants were in law liable. July 14. CROWN COURT.— (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTHAN.) DESTROYING A COAL MINE.—John Harrison was in dicted for having, at Wath-upon-Dearnes, in the West Riding, on the 10th day of March last, feloniously filled up and obstructed a certain air-way belonging to a coal mine, the property of John Dobson Charlesworth and others, with intent to . destroy the said mine, and to hinder and delay the working thereof. Mr. Overend and Mr. Charlesworth prosecuted; Mr. Joseph Pollock defended the prisoner. It appeared that on Saturday, the 10th of March last, the prisoner was working in the colliery in question, which is called the Swinton Park Colliery and extends about 1,500 yards under the surface of the ground; in order to give proper air to the workmen, there are air pipes or passages which convey pure air down to the pit, and others which convey the foul air away. These pipes are essential for the working of the mine. On the day in question, which was Saturday, the prisoner re • mauled working in the colliery until all the workmen had left. On the Monday (as was the custom), th e steward of the mine descended before the other worts. men, to see that there was sufficient air in it, and that the pipes were clear. On descending with the Davy lamp, he found that it indicated foul air, and upon searching for the cause, it was found that the air-pipes were filled or stopped up with shale. The prisoner, not coming 'to his work at the usual hour on the Monday, was asked about the pipes, and he replied, " That be d—d! I did it while I got some wood." , The prosecutors asserted that the prisoner had had a dispute about his wages, and which accounted for his having maliciously filled up the pipes. Mr. JOSEPH POLLOCK, in addressing the jury for the prisoner, said he thought the prisoner had shown great carelessness and recklessness, yet that there Was not sufficient malice shown requisite to support the indict ment. His LORDSHIP summed up.—Verdict, Not Guilty. WESTERN CIRCUIT.— Winchester, July 13. CROWN COURT•—(Before Mr. Justice WiLtrams ) George Newbury, was indicted for the miushiught,r of Henry Johnson !al aged fifteen 3 ear), at C an i s . brook, in the Isle of Wi g ht. Mr. Poubien was c‘ity,sel for the prosecution; Mr. N. M. Cooke defended the prisoner. _ It appeared from the evidence that on the 7th of Juno the deceased was at the Buglo Inn, at Carishroolc. Alt about four o'clock in the atternovn the prisoner came into the inn yard, and aectbyd the deceased of having thrown a stono at his daughter, and also with having worried his dog. The deceased denied this, and an al tercAtiQu took pine between Own. Who prisoner shost 1:149, commenced a violent assault on the deceased, and beat him over the head and on the thighs with a etick. On cross-examination it was elicited that subsequently the quarrel was made up, and the parties drank togett w r. The deceased went about his work as usual, and did not complain of anything for three days, when he became ill, and a medical man attended him ; he lingered until the 11th of June, and then died. The surgeon, Mr. Watervvorth, deposed to the cause of death being inflam mation of the lungs, which he said might have been caused by the beating which he had received. On cross examination, however, he stated that the inflammation might have arisen from severe cold. Upon this evidence the LParmd JUDGE expressed his opinion that the charge of manslaughter could not be supported, but directed the jury that they might find the prisoner guilty of a common assault. This verdict was accordingly returned, and the pri soner was sentenced to three months' imprieonment. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Bvfcre Mr. Justice CRESS- 'V ELL.) Thomas Holloway was indicted for the manslaughter of his kon, William Holloway, a boy of ten years old. Mr. Sewell conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was undefendtd. This was a very distressing case from the near rela tionship between the prisoner and the deceased. L appeared by the evidence that the prisoner was a labourer, living at Southampton. On the 26th of May last, went to wot k in the morning, and his wif e a l so wont to work at a house in -the neighbourhood, - leavirg a little girl and the boy who afterwards met with his death at home. On leaving home the prisoner told the boy to remember to fetch a pitcher of water by tEe time he came home to dinner, as ho should want some co ff ee . At half past twelve the prison , . r retarned to his horse to dinner; the water had net been :etched, nor was the boy there; and on inquiry, the father found that he was gone to catch crab 3 in the river with some other boys. In the even:mg; w hen the prisoner returned from his work, the boy was pinyinj in the road; but on seeing his father he ran into the house; upon tai; the father said to a man named White, that he was gjng to give the buy a cut or two for not minding what he was told; he had a strap in his hand. He then heard him beating the boy with the strap. He then stopptd, and was heard to ask the boy if he remembered what he had told hi m the day before to which the child answere d, " no f at h er. " He was then ;ward to strike the child twice, when a little sister of the boy cried out, " Oh don't father, don't; Billy will die." Mrs. White went into the room and met the pri!onEr coming out with the child in his arms, ap parently alarmed. He took the child into the sir, and bathed his head and face. The child, however, died in a very fb.w minutes. The strap was produced with which the prisoner had struck the iny, but it was a small one, not likely to inflict a serious injury, but had a buckle at one end. The medical man who examined the body of the child, deposed that he found several bruises on the child's back and shoulders, sach as might have bees caused by blows of the strap, and a bruise bellied the left ear,which he said wae, in all probability, caused by a blow with the fi , t, and not by the strap. On opt ning the skull he found that a vessel on the brain had been ruptured, ay he believed, by this blow. An t ffusibn of blood took plsce, which caused presture on the brain and instant death. Air. Justice CRESSWELL having. summed up and ex plained to the jury me law applicable to the case, the jury found the prisoner guilty. The prisoner was thee; sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. John Blake, of No. 44, Great George-street, Ber- mondsey, butcher, and James LV.st, of Fenton-place, East Greenwich, were placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Mu3grove, charged with defrauding a Mrs. Cox of 71, nnder the following circumltancei : Mrs. Lucy Cox, of Wheatshrat-yard, Farringdon street, said that on Friday, the 6th of June, she pur chased a mare in Smithfield market from the prisoner West, the man Blake being present. The price agreed upon was 101., but no', having that amount, nor wishing to go beyond 71. or 81., she intimated to them her psi .tion, upon which %%Teat said they would give her time to pay the balance, and eventually it was arranged that she should pay down 71, and the other 31. at the end of the week. West signed the receipt for the money. On the following morning (Saturday) she sent the horse and a cart to Mr. Eyke, of Milton-street, Cripplegate, for two quarters of oats, when it was instantly identified and de tained, as having been stolen from that person the pro. vious day ; in consequence of which the prisoners were taken into custody. Mr. John Eyke, carman, of Milton-street, said that on the 6th of July, a person brought a letter from a Mr, Bartholomew, the brother of a person be well knew, re questing that ho might be accommodated with a horse, at the same time representing that he was in the writer's service. Lle wrote a note back, and shortly tiler the• party returned with an answer in writing, in which it was stated that there was no objection to the paying 21s. per weil for the biro, and that he might depend upon it the horse would be kept well." On the fol lowing morning his people identified the horse, when sent by Mrs. Cox for two quarterii of corn. Alderman 21(IGROVE —flow long has Hrs. Cox dealt with ou ? Mr. Eyke—For some years. Alderman M.usonovE—At what time did you lend the horse ? Mr. Eykc—About one o'clock. Alderman MUSGROVE—And when was it curchased I Mrs. Cox—About two o'clock the same afternoon. Alderman MUSGROVE—It certlinly is a remarkable circumstance that it should so soon return to the owner's hands. Mr. Eyke said he had the horse about three or four years, and its value was about 20/. He had seen Mr. Bai•tholemew, who denied sending the letters or authorising any one to get him a horse. To prove the mare was his property, she was taken out of the cart and let loose, when she directly went to her own stall. William Woolmer, in the employ of Mr. Eyke, said that the man when he called the second time said that any horse would do, as he must take some goods down to Stratford that afternoon ; upon which witness said that he might have it for one night, but the mare must be returned the same evening, and the following morning he should have another horse in its stead. The man promised to be back at seven o'clock, but he did not make his appearance, nor was the horse seen until the following oay, when Mrs. Cox sent for the corn. Henry Webb, 258, said that on apprehending the pri soners he asked West where he got the horse from,when he replied that he and his master Blake met a man in St. John-street, leading the horse. They asked him if it was for sale, and he said yes, it was ; upon which They went into Mr. Rubinson's yard and concluded the bargain. Witness inquired if they had a receipt, and received a reply iu the negative. He then diked what price was given, upon which West said he was not dis posed to answer that gut scion. All he knew was that the man gave him a name, and also the name of his master on a piece of paper. Thomas Bradley, 269, corroborated his brother offi cer's statement. A solicitor's clerk, who atteaded to Mead the prisoners, cross•exarained the witness, but did not in the slightest degree alter the facts tpeken to. lie contended there was no case, for his clients fairly and openly purchased the horse. Alderman MUSGROVE said there was sufficient to jus• tify a remand, ter there might have been a conspiracy between the prisoners and the man not in custody to obtain the horse by means of forged letters. At any rate it looked sus! icious that no receipt was taken, nor any inclination to tell what was given for the horse. He should remand them until Wednesday. Application was then made for Blake to be allowed out on bail, but the worthy Alderman declined doing so. CLERKENWELL. Samuel Honour, an elderly man, for many years past a respectable inhabitant of Ilighbury•vale, Islington, where he has carried on business as an undertaker and cabinet-maker, was charged with a robbery in the dwell ing house of Mr. Barnes, a draper, of the Upper-road, in that parish, under very aggravated circumstances. The case excited considerable interest, and occupied the attention of the worthy Magistrate, Mr. Tyrwhitt, a considerable time. The following are the short facts of the case:—On Frith.y night, between ten and eleven o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises occupied by the prostcutor, and the prisoner was one of the first on the spot after an alarm of the conflagration had been raised by the ser• vants of Mr. Barnes, who was not at home 'at the time. One of the shopmen, in a frantic manner, called for some one to secure the cash-box, and some tale-deeds then in the counting house, and the prisoner helped himself to the former, and endeavoured to esc:pe. He was met by Police constables Woodrum and Harries, of the N divi sion, who had to take the box by force away from him; after which it was discovered that the contents, amount ing to 141. 95., had disappeared. .The accused was im mediately sought after, and being discovered in a crowd in front of the house, he was walked off to the police station, where the amount in question, for the possession of which he could not give a satisfactory account, was found upon him. Mr.TYRWHITT, in a feeling address, asked the prisoner if he wished to make any statement in reference to the serious chargt.?—The unfortunate man, who was most awfully dejected, faintly replied, "I have nothing at all to say, sir." He was remanded for the attendance of material wit nesses. Mary Ann Edwards, an old woman, was charged with deco] ing and enticing away James Laurence, a child four years of age. It appeared in evidence that on Friday evening, while the child was plis)inl - ,r in front of its parents' residence, in Brick lane, St. Luke's, the prisoner, who had been seen watching it for more than an hour, took it up in her arms, promising t ► buy it some cherries. She was fol lowed by the mother - at least half a mile, and her inten tion to do some wrung then becoming too evident, she was stopped and banded over to the charge of an officer, to whom she first 'stated that the child was her own, and afterwards that she had only taken it up for an airing. Tt prisoner, in her defence, pleaded that she knew not what she was about. She was fully committed for trill. PUBLIC PETITIOISS.—The 61st report of the S€ lecz. Uosumitic© tnunteta.te, 501 p.-titila for universal suffrage. signed by 51.634 persc.n • ; 231 in taveur c f th e Clergy Whet' Bit', signed b 3, 38,538 pprsons; 45 p-titions for n reduction of the punkin expenditure,, signed by 14,370 pars. n,; 453 petitions for the protection of women, szned by 12,460 persons; 532 ugaiust the Mar riages Bill, signed by 14 661 persons, and 211 in its fa vour, sivecl by 39.967 pp rsoni. STA RIGO JULY 10 —Aril - % 7 .!florinpr of Su' derl.nd Musiraxbi fur Glialst3y. 111 h, lieward, Queike lur Sunderland ; Beacon, St. John's, New Drunswiek for Andrew's. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. Myanmar., JULY 14.—'1 he fine h ,t weather we have had• for several days had its effect on the business at our market yererday. Wheat was taen sparingly by the millers, at the rates of Tuesday. Flour was in better demand, but at no change in price. Indian corn declined 6d per quarter, at which a fair clearance was effected for parcels ready for deli ve:y. Egyptian beans were held with mere firmness than of late, and there were none to be had under 2-is per 4801 b. Oats, barley, and peas stand quoted as on Tuesday last. There is no change in prices to-day. s. d. s: d s. d. s. d. Wheat, per 701 b IBarley,Feeding.. 3 ti to 4 0 English, white 73t0 7 6 1 11 ye, per 4801 b .• 28 9—30 0 • Do. .. 7 0— 7 3 beans, English, pr Irish, new .. • • 6 3 6 71 imperial quartr 34 0— 36 Do., old • • • • 6 7 6 91Irish and Scoteh, Dantsfc.. .. • • 7 6 - 8 01 per 48011).. .. 30 0— 31 0 Do., good mixed 7 6 8 0 Foreign, duty pd. 24 0 24 6 LowerDaltic,whit a 6 11 7 1 European, per im- Do. red.. 6 9—6 11 perialquarter.. 32 0— 33 0 American . .. 7 0— 7 5 Pees, English, per Canadian .. 610 7 5 imperial quartr 32 0— 33 0 Spanish, red and Foreign .. 29 02— 31 0 white.. .. • • 7 0— 7 4 Malt, En g lish, p er Tuscan and Bar- imperial quartr 58 0 61 0 letta, red .. •• 6 7—6 10 Do., Irish .. 55 0— 56 0 Marianopoll .• • • 510 6 2 Do., brown 54 0— 57 0 Odessa, Polish .. 6 0 -- 6 4 Flour, English, pr Do., hard.. •• 5 2 5 6 280 lb 35 0— 37 0 Egyptian ".. 4 3 5 0 Iri h, extra fine.. 36 0 3R 0 Oats, per 4519 : -- Milted States, per Engli,h and Scotch 211 3 2 barrel .. 24 0 - 26 6 Welsh • • .• .. 2 7 2 9 Canadian .. 24 6 25 6 Irish, new .. .. 2 8— 2 9 Oatmeal, Engiteh, Do., old • • 2 9 2 10 EGScotch,pr24olb 25 6 —2G 0 Barley, English, pr Irish, new .. .. 24 0— 24 9 I,llperial quarto 30 0 —32 0 Do., old .. .23 6 24 0 Scotch, and Indian corn, per arx,per6olb.. 3 B—3 10 480th .. 33 6 36 0 MaaectiesTen, JULY 14 —Although the splendid weather experienced throughout the present week has caused a less animated feeling to pervade the trade, still the supplies of choice fresh made English &lir have been on so limited a scale that a ready vend Was found fur such at full and improving prices. Stale and inferior parcels were, however, quite neg lected. Oatmeal has continued to meet a slow sale at about previous rates. At Liverpool the imports of 'oreign and Ca nadian grain, flour, and oatmeal, though less extensive than last week, are still to a fair amount; but with the excenfou of about 3 000 loads of malt coastwise, the arrivals of English and Irish produce are very light. At our market this morning the best descriptions of wheat were held fur rather more money. Prime fresh flour commanded slightly enhanced terms; but for other kinds the demand was languid at the currency of this day se'nnight. Oats fully supported their previous value; wl ilst oatmeal, on the contrary, meeting a very limited in quiry, must be noted the turn cheaper. DALKEITH. JuLY 12 —The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were IBst 131 b, 18st 51b, and 17st 61b. Oats, 12st 111 b, 12st 71b, and lOst 121 b. Barley, l6st 61b, 15st 131 h, and 15et 61b. Peas and beans, 18st 31b, 18st 21b, and 18st Olhs. Qrs. Beat. Current. Inferior. 243 Wheat ... ...... £2 16 0 £2 12 0 £2 0 0 616 Oats 119 Barley., 1 13 6 1 7 6 1 5 0 25 Peas and Beans 1 15 0 I 14 0 1 12 6 Ayes age of wheat sos CV. ABERDEEN, JULY 13.—Grain—Oats 17s 6d to 183 0d,401b per bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 23s to 245, 52 lbs per bushel ; wheat. 46s to 52s ; oatmeal, 14s 3d to 15s Od per boll ; flour, 37s to 45s per sack. Provisions—Beef, 5d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 5d to 6d ; pork, 11 r stone, 4 s 6d t o 5 s ; l am b, per lb, t , cl to 7d; tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 63 ; potatoes, per peck, Is to Is 2d ; hay, per cwt, es to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, each, Os to Os ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 9cl ; eggs, per des, 83 to 93 ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, per pair, 2s 63 to 3s 05 ; chickens, ditt o , I s 63 to I s 8d •, ducks, ditto, 2s 43 to 2s 63 ; ducklings, ditto, 23 6d to 2s 8d; turkeys, each, 3s 6d to 4s s'd; geese, ditto. Cs to Os; butter for exportation (present cure), per cat, 65s to 665; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 6d to Od ; 4b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 14 Ibs, 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 Ibs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 5d to Is 6d; bearmeal, Os Cd to Is 44, peasemeal, 1s 103 to 2.; sids, 7d to 8d ; barley flour, Is 53 to Is 8d; barley dust, 7d to 63 ; flour, la 10d to 2s; barley, per lb, 1d to 2d. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, JULY 12.—The number of cattle brought forward at our market to-day were—oxen, 612 ; sheep, 1,066 ; lambs, ?,467. Owing to the sultry state of the weather, - the market ts as inactive, and sales were ran ther in favour of the buyer. Best beef, however, maintained former prices, viz., 50s per owl, second quality rs alised from 42s to 45s per ditto, and inferio: cow beef from 38 8 t o 40 s per ditto, sinking the Offals. The demand for sheep was dull, and, owing to the scarcity of lambs, prices advanced is per head. Mutton ranged from 40 te bid per lb. BELFAST, JULY 12.—Wheat : parcels fresh off command a small advance, whilst stale and inferior lots are difficult of sale at former prices. Foreign sells at late prices. Store lots of Irish, 91155 to 101 16s ; Petersburgh, 81 15s to 9/ ss; Odesssa, 915 a to 1015s'; Baltic and American, 1015 s to 11 1 10s per ton. Flour : coarse in Fair demand at full pri c e, whilst fine is a slow sale. Barley continues in value, but very little at market. Oats : fresh lots sell readily at former rates, whilst stale parcels are a shade lower in value, and slow sale. Oat meal sells slowly at a reduction of 24 to 133 per cwt. Indian corn sells pretty freely, at a reduction of 2s 6d on yellow, ava, 5s on white. Yellow, 81 5 s t o 81 7 s 6d ; white, 81 7s 6d to th 10s per ton. • Coax, JULY 13. —The trade during the week, though fine' has been quiet, and we have little alteration to notice from the quotations of last week. A steady consumptive demand is ex perienced for Indian Corn, which moves off in moderate quel l " • tities, at late prices, for the suppl) of the districts in the In terior. Wheat is firm, with an upward tendency, holdall influenced by the improved tone of the English advices, beh?g disposed to look for higher rates, and being strengthened . 11 2 this feeling by the fact that the sto c k s o f th e ar ti c l e o f ree r u il prime quality are very scarce here just now. As a nat i r oo consequence, it f o ll ows th at we h ave more fi rmness in the trade, and we find ihat an advance of 6d per cwt upon flours is gener a lly soug h t f or, w hil e some of our millers ro,lls to sell except at the improvement. As, however, the bakers have not been obtaining prices for their bread sufficiently re munerative to admit of their paying higher rates for the raw material, a struggle Is goieg on between the purchaser and seller, and the result is a not very active business in the article. We have but few foreign arrivals. Of home grain we nui, say none comes in. Holders of w h ea t are fi rm, and demand higher rates, yet but little has changed hands. Of oats the same may be said, as though there have been some inquiries for the article, the pretensions of holders have checked busi ness. On flour an advance of 6d per cwt is asked. The trap ° , is quiet, with a moderate business doin esg to supply preset; wants. Coarse flours continue in requt. With a fair trad passicg in Indian Corn, prices continue unaltered, 8/ 2s 6d (t he price quoted in our last) being the current value of the article. Flour—Firsts 14s Od to 14s 6d ; extra 15s °d; seconds, 12s 6d to 13s 6d; househ o ld s lO s to 12 s; th i rds, Sato n. per cwt. Oatmeal 13s 03 to Os; Indian steal 8s 93 to 9= ; meal, lOs to 1 lsper cwt. Indian corn 7/17s 6d to 812 s 63 per toes Bran 41 03 to 415 a per ton. Hay—Farmers 13s 5d to 235; averse 20s ; dealers 46s to 00s; average 00s Od per ton. gtraw—Failn„,er! 20s Od to 333 Od ; aver age 25 5; dealers 00s Ott to u`' 00s ' average 00s Od per t on . B rea d —Wheaten loaf 6d to B}°; household loaf 5d to Sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d te 93 per lb. Eggs -4s 6d to 4s 8d per hundred. Coals",,, Newport 14s; Lydney 16 s ; L andore 14s ; Beat Nea'- Culm 186 per ton. Tallo w 40 s Od to 00a per . Cr i, ; Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per i mperial gallon. M et —Beef 4d to 7d; mutt on 5d to bid; veal bid `7, 7d ; pork 4d to bid; bacon 7d to 8c1; sausages 6d Pe: lb. Hops 61 les per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 31'5 5 P e ' ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8110 s; Valonia 141 to 01; French 7110 s; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per stoilei Hemp 34/ to 351 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 17s to 18g; re ditto 26s to .26 per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ 10 s to 121 n, , ton. Timber—New Memel 4/ 10a; o ld scar ce ; re d pine 15s • yellow pine 3/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 201; secop u quality, 17/ per 120. Hides—Market 10a to 16s; salted 12s t• market l9 2 0 d i to; G 0d un per P l6 o s ta p to e e r s, cw w t h ; ite ca l lf 4d s t k o in l s sdl d A t l o inron ; s dto m o-S Peruvian, 11/ to 11110 s; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar—Archangels 195 per barrel. DEFEAT OF A NEST OF GAMBLERS,—A short time since a young scion of the ari-tocracy, scarcely of eget the nephew of an officer holding a high appointment in her Majesty's household, was entrapped into play at On e of the \Vest end clubs by a set of well. dressed sharpers' who, by some means or other, had got access to ten place. The result was that he wai plundered of all lit then possessed, and bills of exch ange , to t h e amou nt 0 1 several hundreds, were extorted from him. These were considered " as good as the Bank," from the tear of the expi sure of theyoung gentleman's relatives, particularly his uncle above alluded to. Owing to a dispute among the members of the gang, as to the division of the plunder, one of them disclosed to the loser the conspiracy by which he had been defrauded. The young gentian:O a was on the eve of taking up some of the bills when thl disclosure was ma d e to hi m. li e t h en had t h e go o, sense, like the profligate son, to acknowledge his sins an transgressions to his friends, who have forgiven him, and the transaction being proved of the basest descriptin n ' they now set the swindlers at defiance, the bills, proving to them as waste paper.—Sunday Paper. rADVERTISEMENT.] -- o A Remarkable Cure r Dropsy of the Chest by Holloway's Pills.—Ex trac t o f a lette from Mr. Munday. farmer, Kennington, near O x ford, dated Dec. 2, 1848 :—To Professor Holloway ; Sir,—Having on °• former occasion apprised you of an extraordinary cure upon myself by your invaluable medicine, it gives me great pleasur e : to testify again to its effica c y i n a case o f d ropsy of the t he with which my shepherd was afflicted, to whom, th e moment ,' was informed of the nature of his complaint, I recommended w trial of your Pills, which advice was adopted with complete sun; cess, for by taking a f ew b oxes on l y he w:.ls perfectly c ured, an is now in sound 1 ealth. —Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor- Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the ISth of May, at Cape Coast Castle, Africa, the of J. G. Sandemen, Esq., of a son. On the 9th inst.. at Grove-road, St. John's-wood, the wits of R. Kelly, Esq., of a daughter. On the luth met., at Gaines, Huntingdonshire, Mrs. Dn berley, of a son. On the 11th inst., at Bryanston• street, .Portman-squos er the wife of G. S. Low, Esq., of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Hyde, Isie of Wight, the lady of Spencer Mackay, Etq., of a son. On the 11th inst, the wife of J. Johnsen, Esq., of Vernon' . near Ryde, Isle of Wight, of a son. MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at St. Paul's, Islington, Joseph Thoult 6 Cooper, Esq., F. R. A. S., of Dalston, to Ellen Charlott e, youngest daughter of Leapidge Smith, Esq., o f St. Maly ' 0 " road, Highbury. • 02 Oa the 12th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Williams Roddam, Esq , of Roddam, Northumberland, to Selina 0e!.; rietta, daugnter of the late John Cotes aril Lady . Maria Cot es of Woodcote, Shropshire. On the 12th inst., at Trinity Church, Paddington, Willi, avi te Needham, Esq., to Mary, youngest daughter of the Major Fraser, H.E.LC.S. DIED. On the 14th inst., at Molesey-grove, near Hampton- 0 li t re ; James Pattison, I:sq., of 37, Upper Harley-street, M-r• the City of London. On the Bth inst., at Irlam-hall, Lancashire, John Gress' Esq., one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, an d Deputy-Lieutenant of the county palatine of Lancaster. vot At Worcester, on the 9th inst.,. aged 39, Elizabeth, r e ' of the late H. G. S. Long, Esq. ' at- On the 11th inst., at Birmingham, aged 68, Lieuten an t Colonel Edwards, of the Plymouth Division of the ROY Marines. On the 11th inst., at Shepperton, Middlesex, William S' Adcock, Esq., aged 72,, c e On the 12th inst., at _Turibridge-wellf, aged 70, -0- Smith, Esq., of Brighton. vearati On the 11th inst. , at the Vicarage, Claveringt vde, the wife of the'Rev G. J. Brookes. ba the tlth inst., Mr. John Hubbard, of Sible 1: 16 4 11gd ham, Essex, aged 61. t.mltion Pii.Eitcd arid Pub Hailed by MUIWO YO l j,l' i lig. No. 1. btran,i, Printer, at The Sun Office, fa°• v of E Land ? in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the o ° lll3 iyuddleattz, At9ndity, July 16,1849, NIA OPEN 1 Th e ther e ,' boro ua h Th e !'7th toUth. e , th e port. ' TIME: wo w ) „.0 : 2: e ii ' ~- -; --Q - ,,1- Li B : 1,5 4 :.--:----::—. - .- 0 ts i t z ., : z -- ----- ..... 10 14 ...., C' ''''. ' ' - Lt", 7, ,_ , o t 7 2- t a Qab ••4V cr, FIT 9 I tntv Ca ti Iv • g". : I ei .4 . CA ..-1 "I'c : 1 r- : - 1 ; 1 ' ...,_ XxPres Ordina r t The cla Por ftrt l‘ra iti , .......:. e 11 141 . 4 . 1 ' 4. 1j 01 I°4l 'T :11 4 ; )oET ende r 8 141 4011! b . "4 e r RA pore 14109,12 u, Oth: r °' IR° 45 4 , 1%; Ct.! t I __Oranibw quax 11 °N1 BF t he Tra 411rray Ittle. 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