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TIRE SUN, NAVY AND MARINES, &c. The following return has been presented to the House of Commons (moved for by Mr. Ewart), "showing what examinations, or tests of qualification, are re quired on admission into, or on promotion of officers in, the Navy and Marines." No. 1.-QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR APPOINT MENT AS NAVAL CADETS. A naval cadet must not be under twelve years of age, and must be in good health and fit for service; that is, free from impediment of speech, defect of vision, rupture, or any other physical inefficiency, which must be certified by the surgeon of the flag ship at the port where the ship to which he is appointed is fitting out; he must be able to write English from dictation, and be acquainted with common arithmetic, including the Rule of Three. The examination upon these subjects is to be made by a naval instructor or some other competent person, in the presence of the captain or commander of the flag ship at the port at which the ship to which he may be appointed is fitting out; and every cadet, when received on board the -hip to which he is appointed, is to produce to the commanding officer his quadrant or sextant. No. 2.---QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOB, APPOINT MENT AS MIDSHIPMAN. When a naval cadet shall have served long eno n u d gh a to entitle him to be rated as midsthnipnmea, examineda vacancy may offer. for' him, he d is by 3Orntehe incapatainahip7d anedomrnanotehre,rva when bush.l3 the and the first lieutenant captain or commander, of the ship to which he shall belong, assisted by the naval instructor, if there be one on board; he must produce to them logs for the period he has served as cadet, and a certificate of his good conduct during that period; he must also afford to them satisfactory proof of his being fourteen years of age when he is to be examined by them, to ascertain that he has a due knowledge of arithmetic, geometry, and trigono metry, and a practical acquaintance with the use of the quadrant, and the manner of making observations f r ascertaining the latitude and longitude therewith, and that he can keep a ship's reckoning by the common rules, usually called a day's work ; also that he has a due knowledge of steering and managing a boat under oars and sails, and of knotting and splicing, &c. If his proficiency in the said points be such as to prove satisfactory to the examining officers, they are to give him a certificate to such effect, and the cadet may be afterwards placed in any midshipman's vacancy offering for him; but should there be no vacancy, he may be rated and borne as extra mid shipman until a vacancy occurs for him in the com plement of midshipmen ; but his vacancy as cadet is not to be filled up so long as he remains au extra midshipman. When he shall have served two years as midshipman, he is to be examined by the same examining officers, of the same rank, assisted by the master, as to his progress in the knowledge of rigging masts, bow sprit, &c. ; in getting tops over and placing a lower cap ; in setting up rigging, and especially as to the precautions required in staying lower masts ; in hoisting a quarter or stern boat up in a strong breeze with a sea on ; in making up a course and topsail for bending at sea; in shifting topmasts, yards, and sails at sea, and the effect of the sails on the ship, both in tacking and wearing; and also as to the progress he may have made in navigation ; a certificate whereof is to be given to him by the ex amining officers, and a report thereof is to be made to the Secretary of the Admiralty, in the quarterly re turns. He is also to be examined by a gunnery lieu tenant as to his proficiency in the gunnery, musket, and cutlass exercises ; and at this examination the midshipman - is to show to the examining officers that his quadrant or sextant is in good order. No. 3.—EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR LIEUTE NANTS' COMMISSIONS. Whenever a candidate may be desirous of passing the necessary examination to qualify him for promo tion, the commander-in-chief may give orders for his being examined by the proper officers, according to the following instructions ; enjoining the xamining officers to be very particular in this im portant duty, and to grant the required certificate to the candidate without partiality or favour. A candidate for a lieutenant's commission is to be examined by three captains or commanders ; but as a midshipman is allowed to take rank as mate from the date of his passing his examination for lieutenant, and as a ship to which a midshipman, having corn pleted his time of service, shall belong, may be sepa rated for a considerable period from the commander in -chief, the captain or commander of the said ship or vessel in which such midshipman may be serving, with the senior lieutenant or second officer, and the master or second master (according to the class of ship and the rank of officers on board her), assisted by the naval instructor, if there be one on board, may proceed to examine such midshipman as to his qualifications to perform the duties of lieutenant of her Majesty's navy ; and if they find him to be, in their opinions, duly qualified, they are to give him a certificate to that effect, dated on the day of such examination ; and the captain may forthwith give him an acting order as mate ; and if, on the first oppor tunity that shall afterwards offer for his tieing re examined, under the commander-in-chief's order, by three captains or commanders, as before muired, he lasses successfully, he will receive from the commander-in-chief, or senior officer, an acting order as mate, to take rank according to the date of the first certificate ; and if he pass his examination successfully at the Naval College, within two months after his return to England, or shall prove to the satisfaction of the Admiralty his having availed himself of, the first opportunity open to him for passing such exa mination, he will be confirmed from the date of his first certificate, according to the Queen's regulations, chap. 2, art. 4, page 13. When a candidate for the appointment of lieutenant is to be examined, the examining officers are to see that everything required by the Queen's regulations has been complied with, as regards the candidate, and that he produce certificates of good conduct from captains he has served under, for six years, and log books kept by himself fur the corresponding period ; and they are to satisfy themselves of the ability of the candidate to take charge of a watch at sea, to manage a ship in all situations, to steer her, and to rig her, to get tops and caps over head, to raise and secure sheers, &c., and to keep a reckoning, to ascertain her position by observation ; that he has a due knowledge of the elements of mathematics, and of the theory of naviga tion, and of ascertaining the latitude and the longi tude, the Variation of the 'compass, &c., by all the modes in use ; and also a competent knowledge of practical gunnery, and._ oati . generally execute the various . duties of a sea aoffieer, In the exami nation, however, of a candidate " while in England, his knowledge of navigatitin, astronomy, and gunnery need not be inquired into by the examining officers, as he will have to undergo those branches of his examination at the Naval College and on board the Excellent. No. 4 is the form for the passing certificate qualifi cation for a lieutenant. No. S.—QUALIFICATIONS AND REGULATIONS - RE SPECTING THE ADMISSION Of OFFICERS INTO THE ROYAL MARINES. FESTIVAL AT HADDON H ALL. This fine old remnant of the feudal ages was on Friday last, the 10th instant, the scene of the most joyous festivities. Permission had been granted by his Grace the Duke of Rutland to the committee of the Bakewell and High Peak Literary Institute, to hold their annual festival at his ancestral hall, and a most numerous and highly respectable company as• sembled. Such was the attractive nature of the en tertainment, that more than a thousand applications for tickets had been refused. Amongst those present were Lord John Manners, the Hon. G. H. Cavendish, M.P., and Lady Louisa Cavendish, W. Evans, Esq., M.P., the Bishop of Madras, Captain Underwood, Dr Conde!, Captain Barker, R. Nerfeld, Esq., and Mrs. Nereid, Rev. H. R. Cornish, &c. An entertainment was provided for the guests at six o'clock, in the banqueting-hall, after which the company were addressed by the members and patrons of the institute. R NERFELD, Esq., the chairman, having made a few introductory observations, called upon Lord JOHN MANNERS, who was received with enthusiastic cheering. The Noble Lord said—The committee of the High Peak Institute, encouraged by the success of the fete held there last year, had thought it proper to allow them the opportunity of assembling there under the same circumstances on this occasion. He was sure he need not tell them that when application was made to his father for the use of that hall, that permission was granted not only with readiness, but with the utmost delight and satis faction. He was charged to assure them that hut for his advancing years, and a hard day's work, which he thought it his duty yesterday to undergo, in support of an important public institution, he would have been there in person to give them a welcome to his old hall, and to express to them the pleasure he de rived from assemblages of this character.—(Cheers.) He must, however, ask them to accept from him (Until John Manners), as his father's substitute, the most cordial welcome. Those amongst them who were present at their last year's festival could hardly have forgotten the very remarkable speech then de livered by Mr. Ellison—a speech read and admired throughout the whole country. In that speech Mr. Ellison drew a contrast between the distressed condi tion of many great countries in Europe and the com parative peace which pervaded our own shores.— (Cheers.) It was still permitted them to draw a si milar contrast. Many of the continental states were now agitated with domestic convulsions, or fears of, foreign invaders, while here in their own tight little island they had their hardy Queen coasting the pic turesque shores of the most unfortunate portion of her dominions, and receiving an enthusiastic welcome from an excitable, though, he firmly believed, loyal popula tion.—(Cheers) Ireland was emphatically the coun try of ruin. Turn which way they would in that un fortunate land they could see nothing but ruin—cabin and abbey, castle and grange, cottage and farmhouse —wherever they di:ected their eyes, they beheld ruin. Ile did not think that any or.e travelling in Ireland cou!d draw a happy and hopeful augtry from her ar chitectural remains. But here, while they wandered through corridor and court, they might trate without difficulty the history of that part of the country. They read in those old walls the representatives of their still older predecessors, raised from the same old limestone work, when Sir R. Vernon obtained from the Regent permission to build the house, provided it had no battlements upon it—the same Sir Richard Vernon obtained from the Pope, in consequence of the occa sional floods which from time to time ravaged the vale, permission to have a chaplain resident in his house, and Divine service had been performed in the chapel down to their assembling there on that beauti ful August evening in 1849—he said they might trace from those days to the present the fortunes and occu pations of the inhabitants of that part of the country. .Not only in the higher classes of society, but in the ranks of the yeomanry and peasantry could be traced, through the present registers of Bakewell and Youl greave, the members of one family following each other's occupation down the long stream of years from generation to generation—tilling the same beautiful valleys, or as miners winning from their wealth -producing banks the valuable minerals with which these mountain districts were stored ; and at this day there were to be found men pursuing the same occupations as that followed by their fathers at the period when the parish chronicles were commenced. —(Cheers.) In the course of such an investigation they would find th it no very great change had oc curred in the social, civil, and religious policy of the people, nor, perhaps, that what canges had taken place were for the better. If the spirit of the laws had become more humane, let them hope that they had not therefore become emasculated—if religion were less superstitious, let them also hope that it was not more dull and more cold—if the ties which bound men to men and class to class had become more re laxed, let them hope that they had not grown more selfish—if learning arid knowledge had increased, let them hope that they had nut brought evils in their train.—(Cheers.) Let them hope all this, and let them endeavour to prove that they were justified in the expression of that hope. He was aware that all instruction was not education—that all knowledge was not wisdom ; and it was because he had perused a catalogue of the library, and was satisfied that the management of the institute was sound and judicious, that he rejoiced in its success, and commended it cor dially to the support of all present. Although he had drawn a distinction between instruction and edu cation, and although he thought all branches of know hdge were not synonymous with the acquisition of wisdom, far be it from him to throw the slightest impediment in the way of those who quitted the highways of learning to saunter in the by-paths of literature. On the contrary, he abominated most he , rtily the system that would teach only the exact sciences, and he detested most cordially that system which would substitute Mrs. Somerville for Mrs. Hubbard.—(Cheers and laughter.) "It likes me not that mortal hands have sounded Each inlet of the Hyperborean main, And traced, and mapped, and tracked the sinuous bends Of Niger's weird unfathomable stream:' In these materialistic days let them, on the con trary, train up a spirit of fancy, of poetry, and of enthusiasm ; and then they might depend upon it that in no useful art, in no common-place manu facture, not even in the most unromantic trade, would the man who took an occasional flight into the regions of fancy be without his reward in that parti cular branch by which he earned his daily bread. How was it that in every great branch of English industry we depended more or less upon foreigners for patterns ? How was it that Government was obliged to establish schools of design ? It was owing to the want of that spirit which might be essentially promoted by the reading of such books as those to which he had just alluded. Let them not imagine, then, that he wished to throw any impedi ment in the Way of occasional flight into the realms of fancy, because of science . twas in them, rather than in the stricter ki ngdom that beauty of pattern and excell ence of designs were to b e f oun d. For the direct benefits which institutions of thi s ki n d afforded, they ought to rej o i ce i n te success of the B d kewell Institute; but they h a d also reas on to con gratulate themselves on its indirect influences. Ile must have a cold heart and a calm head, who, on a ll( occasions like that, could not cast aside all thoughts of its direct benefits, and congratulate himself on the 1 MEMORANDUM. indirect benefits such institutions conferred. Within 1 Admiralty, 22d April, 1841. halls, in olden times, the knight, the! maa . under-mentioned sums are to be paid by each these very guest, the pilgrim, the forester, the h untsman , were T j a iha d ee at c a ade u t a t d o e t r he o ac rd e i o D u a n r t y ant e ig re en u e m r s a t l a o n f ce t a h? navy 3o ann_um. wont to carouse perhaps with ruder and doubtl.ess, Sons o officers d • : wont upon full-pay, or of officers with heartier cheer. In the fair gallery up stairs with y l ing .arge families and inadequate where they would soon enjoy a more gratifying . upon half-pay man y a means, 151. per ann amusement than listening to speechmakers, Sons of officers killed um in the service, or ofofficers stately coranto or dignified pavane, or the more plc- Sons full spay, whose familie turesque dances which prevailed under the dynasties dying on of the Tudors and the Stuarts, were wont to be seen; distress, gratis. s are left m great or, in later times, many a hoop had there sailed gitifß.9 MEMORANDUM. Admiralty, December 10, 1839. The following qualifications are required in candidates for commissions in the corps of Royal Marines : Every candidate will be required to possess a com petent knowledge a— l. Common and decimal arithmetic. 2. First six books of Euclid. 3. Algebra, as far as simple equations. 4. A portion of plane trigonometry, and the use of logarithms. And to write English correctly from dictation. By command of their Lordships, JOHN BARROW. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR PASSING CANDIDATES. ROYAL MARINES. Age not less than 16, not exceeding 21 years. Height not less than 5 feet 4 inches. Conttitution approved by the director-general of the Navy. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. AU the accounts of the flight from Raab are con firmed by the papers and letters received from Vienna, dated up to the 6th inst. General ilaynau entered Szegedin on the 2d of August. The Kellner Zeiturg states that the head-quarters of the Austrian General Schlick are at Szolnok. The Ban of Croatia has again commenced his operations in the Lower Danube. The murder is out at last 1 That very respectable and veracious person—that anonymous slanderer — signing himself "An Hungarian," has the audacity to make the following infamous charges :—" M. Kos suth is accused of embezzling the property of some orphans; and of Mr. Madarass it is even asserted that, at one period of his life, he pocketed certain silver spoons, the property of one of his (the said Mr. Madarass's) friends. Our correspondent adds, that he is induced by motives of discretion to suppress the rest of the alleged misdeeds of the Hungarian chiefs, because these charges are quite unfitted for the columns of the Times." FRANCE. The Moniteur announces that the President of the Reriblic had authorised an English gentleman, Mr. Jacob Brett, to establish, on the coast of France, be tween Calais and B)ulogne, a sub-marine electric telegraph, which is to cross the Channel, and com municate with the English coast at Dover. The treaty concluded with Mr. Brett guarantees certain advantages to the French Government, and leaves all the expense to the contractor, to whom it secures a privilege of ten years should the experiment succeed. The works are to be terminated on the .Ist of Sept., 1850, at the latest. The Moniteur likewise promulgates the decree of the National Assembly, convoking, within two months, the High Court of Justice at Versailles, to try the authors and accomplices of the conspiracy and attempt of the 13th June last. The President of the Republic was being received everywhere throughout his journey with great enthusiasm. —more stiffly, perhaps, than gracefully—(A laugh)— adown the merry dance. Again let them make the old walls re-echo with the sounds of boundless merriment. And he hoped they would enter into the festivities with as joyous a spirit as in olden days they were wont to bring to their revels. Let them be at once merry and wise—let them have the wisdom to look back to the past with gratitude that they , were still sitting under the shelter of those great Christian insti tutions which just a thousand years ago King Alfred was born to inaugurate; let them look to the future with hope that their descendants might be permitted to enjoy the same institutions, and then the evening's enjoyments would not have been altogether thrown away.—(Cheers). The Noble Lord concluded by again welcoming the company to the halls of Haddon, and trusting that nothing would occur to diminish their pure and entire field of enjoyment.—(Cheers.) The assembly was afterwards addressed by the Bishop of Madras, Mr. Cavendish, M.P., Mr. Evans, M.P„ and other gentlemen, and at ten o'clock ad journed to the ball room. A grand display of fire works was exhibited about midnight, and the festivities continued until a late hour. MEMORANDUM. Admiralty, March 23, 1843. MARINE CADETS. 1. No candidate will be nominated a cadet who is under 15 or Above 19 years of age ; and he must be prepared to pass such examination as the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty may deem fit to require. each candidate will be expected to give se curity for the payment of such a sum to the accountant. general of the navy as may be fixed upon, and to bring with him, when he appears for examination, a certificate of his age, a certi ficate of good conduct from the masters of the schools at which he studied the last three years, or (in the event of his having been privately edu cated) from the clergyman of his parish, or some person competent to judge of and to certify to his general good conduct. A. solemn declaration by his nearest of kin that, to the best of his or her belief, he does not suffer from, nor has been subject to, any disease or infirmity of mind or body which may incapacitate him from the perfect performance of his duty as an officer in the Royal Marine corps, and a certificate from one of the medical officers of the Naval Hospital at Haslar of sound bodily health, and that he does not stammer, and has no other physical defect. _ _ 2. No cadet will receive a commission unless he is able to go through, at least, the examination now required, together with the short course of theoretical and practical gunnery now established in the Excel. lent, with a knowledge of the great gun exercise, the use of the sextant; nor unless he has acquired a competent knowledge of field fortification and me chanical drawing. 3 Cadets will not be permitted to remain more than two years on board the Excellent, or at the college, unless they have passed their final examination ; but they will, during the second year of their cadetship, provided they can pass the requisite examination, be eligible tor such commissions as may become vacant during that year. If appointments are made before the examination at the end of the second year, the half-yearly examination immediately previous to the occurrence of the vacancy shall be the test of ability; but in all eases the candidate must have reached the points fixed in paragraph numbered 2 to entitle him to an appointment, and will be placed on the list of officers according to the ability shown at such examination. No cadet will be allowed to proceed to the college until he has passed through the whole plan of intro duction laid down for marine cadets in the Excellent, and he will not be received at the college unless he produces a certificate of good conduct from the cap tain of the Excellent. All the examinations proposed are to be carried on by the professor at the Royal Naval College, under the direction of the captain of the Excellent. 4. Cadets during the first year of their appoint ment will not be eligible for a commission if there are any cadets in their second year who can pass the requisite examinations. 5 Cadets are to be subject to naval discipline, to receive the same pay as mates, and to be considered in all respects as quarter-deck petty officers. 6. Cadets are to wear the dress-coat of the corps of Royal Marines, without lace, ornament, or epaulette, in lieu of which they are to wear shoulder straps of plain gold•cord, trousers according to regulations, and dress caps (in undress they are to wear the blue cloth shell jacket, with red cuffs and collar, by order 27th August, 1842), with shoulder-straps, gray cloth trousers, or white drill trousers, according to re gulation. Forage cap with cover. N.B.—Each cadet, on presenting himself for ex amination on board her Majesty's ship Excellent, should be prepared with a sum not less than 401. for outfit, and 101. for mess, washing, and other expenses (September 20, 1843) LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST l4, 1849. GROUSE SHOOTING. Shooters who boast of their acquaintance with London gun-makers, and who talk of their feats in the shooting galleries, and of haying slain pigeons at Battersea, and pheasants in my Lord Battue's pre serves, are wofully disappointed on their arrival in the north. It may not be out of place to enumerate some of the causes of their disappointment,— all of which cannot be provided against, but the mention of them may put the stranger on his guard, and he will do well to provide against such of them as he may think will else inconvenience himself. He is out of training and cannot walk. His equipment is incomplete. His pivots are choked up. His caps will not fit. His wadding and cartridges are cut for a gun of very different gauge. Ills dogs, never having seen any other winged game than partridges and pheasants, will not point grouse ; they are wild, not being any longer under the eye of the keeper; one of them scours the country half a mile in advance, and the other will not suffer a bird that can be put up to remain on the ground ; on being thrashed, one of them turns sulky, and the other dashes away full cry after sheep. Birds are wild, and the shooter has no shot larger than No. 5. His shoes are thin, and cling to his feet like so much whit leather. It is excessively hot, he is overladen with shot, and his India-rubber gaiters will not absorb the perspiration nor suffer it to evaporate ; his stockings are consequently soaked with wet. His hat is heavy—it will neither resist wet nor is it ven tilated. He is, when the sun shines, half roasted, and, when clouded, halt' starved; or he is lightly clothed, and caught in a thunder-shower. He wears thin stockings, and is footsore. He is lost in the mist for want of a guide, a pocket. compass, or a previous intimate knowledge of the localities, and inadvertently becomes a trespasser, when a glorious row ensues, ending, perhaps, in a struggle for the encroacher's fowling- piece ! The beau-ideal of a sportsman, as regards dress, is often times carefully studied—the new-comer is inevitably marked by some absurdity in this way, but his tout ensemble is soon metamorphosed amongst bogs, berries, and peat-holes, and he is too late made aware that he ought to have bestowed a thought upon his comfort and convenience, rather than on his dress. If he does not tire himself by walking beyond his strength, probably over useless tracts, in the early morning, he most effectually ac complishes that object in the hot sun at noon, and is not only rendered incapable of following up the sport in the afternoon, but he feels exhausted the next morning.—From the Rod and the Gun; by Wilson and Oaldeigh. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. MATRICULATION EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS--1849. The following candidates have obtained honours:— IN CLASSICS. Dicey, Edw. Jas. Stephen (Exhibition) Heath, Richard Child Janson, John William University College Franks, Henry James MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. French, H. (Exhibition) Gibsone, Burford Waring King's College Gurney, William Powell, Joseph S Ambrose, William Dandy, William Saffery AmershamGrammarSchool Murgatroyd, George. Bleby, Henry William Langford, William... Private tuition Parfitt, James Rossiter Olive, Eustace Henry CHEMISTRY. Honey, Fred. John (Prize of 800k5)...... Wilkinson, Richard Hadow, Edward Ash Bristol Medical School Roberts, William Roscoe, Henry Enfield University College Lambert, Henry Stone 'Queen's Coll., Birmingham Franks, Henry James BOTANY. Laurence, John Zacharias (Prize of Books) University College Wilkinson, Richard ZOOLOGY. Fry, Edw. (Prize of Books) University College Flower, William Henry University College Mooney, Frederick John Moore r George The Examiners in the respective subjects were— IN CLASSICS.—Rev. Dr. Jenard and T. B. Burcham, Esq. IN MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.— Rev. Professor Heaviside and G. B. Jerrard, Esq. IN CHEMISTRY.—Professor Graham. IN BOTANY.—Rev. Professor Henslow. Ix ZOOLOGY.—Dr. Carpenter. The number of candidates for matriculation was 179, and the number that pissed the examination was 167. CHARGE OF FORGING A WILL.—The magistrates of Croydon, on Saturday, were engaged for a consider able time in investigating a charge against the reputed wite of Jacob King, a man who died at Addiscombe, on the 25th of July last, of cholera. It seemed that Mr. King, some hours before his death, asked for his cash box; but the key could not be found, and the brother of the deceased broke it open. One of Mr. King's labourers, Amos Gower, was in the room at the time rubbing the unfortunate gentleman with brandy. Deceased asked him whether he could write, and being answered in the affirmative, Mr. King directed him to sign the will, which was taken out of the cash box, and he did so, the other subscribing witness being " Dick," his brother. This will could not be found, and it was suspected that the reputed Mrs. King had concealed or destroyed it. On applying at Doctors' Commons it was found that another will, dated September, 1841, had been deposited there, the witnesses to it being two persons named Tomlin and Church , and by which the whole of Mr. q s i tt o e n a t o h r e d t h e t o deceased'sE m m a Church, daughter.the justify them in remanding the defendant; but they al d'lCTehifneegn'mdsaapngrtio'spttreoarttteyhsewsaeasxideb there were sufficient groun d s to lue l a o n w d e t d viv h e o r o e r de su p r a e r t t ie 7 in en t t h e e rin lik g e up am b o a wa il, t i:erself 100 t, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—Croydon. Aug 13. (Before the CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) RICHARDSON V. CHRISTIE. This was an action to try the right to a footway at Leatherhead, used by the inhabitants to get to a common meadow, on which they were in the habit of playing at cricket and other games. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bramwell were for the plaintiff, and Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Bovill for the defendant. The cause was commenced on Saturday, and was not concluded until this afternoon. It appeared that the footpath in question ran between some land be longing to the plaintiff and the river Mole, and as by the form of the pleadings it devolved upon the de fendant to show that the path was a public footway, his case was first entered upon, and a great many witnesses were examined to show that for a number of years the path in question had been used by the inhabitants without any obstruction ; and it was also shown that the father of the plaintiff had tacitly ad mitted the right of the inhabitants to pass along it to the meadow where they were in the habit of enjoying themselves by different pastimes, by his not offering any objection. Some witnesses were called on behalf of the plaintiff, with a view to show that the foot path had only been used by sufferance, and that it was not a public one; but the evidence upon that pint was not by any means of a character to shake the strong case that had been made out on behalf of the inhabitants. The CHIRP' BARON summed up the whole case, and the jury, with very little deliberation, returned a ver dict for the defendant. (Before Mr. Sergeant DoWLING.) HUNT V. FLETCHER, This was an action to recover a suns of 461., for goods sold and delivered. Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Hawkins were for the plaintiff; Mr. Maud was for the defendant. Mr. JAMES, in opening the case, said that although this action was brought nominally to recover 461., still the real sum that was sought to be recovered was only 41. 6s. 6d., and be thought it due to the Court and jury to explain why such a trumpery claim was brought before them, instead of being disposed of by an inferior jurisdiction. The plaintiff was an exten sive soap manufacturer, awl he had supplied the de fendant, who was a grocer at Ryde, with soap to the amount of 461., for which he had received a bill for 401, which, with other deductions that were to be made, reduced the claim to 41. 6s. 6d. This sum the defendant refused to pay, and when the plaintiff expressed his readiness to have the question disposed of at a small expense in the Sheriff's Court, the defendant resisted the attempt to have the matter so settled, and had compelled him to bring this action, and had actually put nine special pleas upon the record, the only question really at issue being whether this 401. bill to which he had alluded was given in full satisfaction of the debt, or merely on account. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call witnesses to make out his case ; and the plain tiff's traveller, after having proved the circumstances connected with the delivery of the goods, stated posi tively that the bill in question was only paid on account, and that it was never intended to operate as a settlement of the claim. It was also shown that, upon a former occasion, the defendant had endeavoured to male out that the balance was settled by a claim for discount and other items, and it was only recently that he had set up the present defence. Mr. MAUD addressed the jury for the defendant, and called some witnesses to endeavour to show that the bill was given in entire satisfaction of the claim ; but the evidence failed altogether in establishing this fact. Mr. Sergeant Dowwv.a having summed up, the jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with a small deduction for the empty boxes which had been returned. Mr JAMES applied for immediate execution, which was granted. Mr. MAUD here said he trusted his Lordship would not certify that this was a case fit to be tried in a superior Court. Sergeant DOWLING said he certainly should do so, unless, upon affidavits, he saw reason to entertain a different opinion to hat n hich he had at present. The defendant might have tried the case before the sheriff if he had chosen to do so, but he had refused, and had thereby brought all the additional expense upon himself, and he must take the consequences. DELFOSSE V. HOLLIS. This was an action upon a promissory note for 351., to which the defendant pleaded that the note in question was a forgery. Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Parnell were for the plain tiff, and Mr. Lush for the defendant. The note having been put in, and evidence adduced that it was signed by the defendant, Mr. Lusts addressed the jury for the defendant, and gave the following account of the transaction. It appeared that two persons, named Goodyear and Lloyd, had become connected with a person who had an interest in a mine in Devonshire, and they engaged an office in the Adelphi, and endeavoured to get up a company under the title of the Ilohne-park Mining Company. The defendant, who, it appeared, was possessed of considerable property at Islington, was disposed to join the speculation, and he took forty-five shares, and paid one pound de posit upon ten of them. He was unwilling, how ever, to advance any more money until the lease of the mine should be obtained; and with regard to the other 35 shares, it appeared t hat he had to give Goodyear a promissory note payable only to himself, and not to order, with a view that it should not be negotiated, tor 351., with the understanding that no use should be made of it until the business of the mine should be properly arranged. It was represented that the words " or order, value received," had been felo niously added to the promissory note, in order that it might be negotiated, and by some means, which did not appear, the note got into the possession of the plaintiff; and on the day after it became due, it never having, it appeared, been presented for payment, the defendant was at once served with a wr it f or t h e amount. Upon a discovery of these facts, it appeared that a charge of forgery was preferred against the party who was supposed to have made the alleged fraudulent addition to the promissory note, and the fact of the forgery was the point relied upon by the defendant as an answer to the present action. A witness named Thomas gave evidence with re glrd to the transactions respecting the mining specu lation, and he also proved that when the note was given by the defendant it was merely made payable to Goodyear, and that the words " or order, value re ceived," had been since added. Mr. HAWKING - 5, in reply to this evidence, called Lloyd and Goodyear, the former of whom was in the custody of an officer upon the charge of forgery, and they both swore that the note was in the same state as when it was received from the defendant. Mr. Sergeant DOWLING summed up, and the jury almost immediately returned a verdict for the de fendant. The Learned Sergeant has expressed his readiness to sit during the remainder of the week to try the common jury causes. This will save an enormous expense to the different parties, as but for the assist ance thus rendered the assizes would have lasted at least a fortnight longer. In consequence of no offi cial announcement having been made of the course that was intended to be pursued there was some diffi culty to- day in getting the cases ready to be disposed of; but it is now understood that all the remaining common jury cases will be taken in their turn, and if the parties are not ready they will run the risk of having their cases struck out. WESTERN CI itCl.ll 11—Bristol, Aug. 13. The commission fur the city aLid county of Bristol was opened here on Saturday by Mr. Justice Cresswell. Yesterday the Learned Judge attended divine service in the mayor's chapel. The business of the assize commenced this morn ing, Mr. Justice Cresswell taking his seat in court at nine o'clock. The cause list contains an entry of thirty-two causes, of which seven are marked for special juries. Fifteen of the common juries have been got through to-day. Nothing at all worthy of notice has occurred up to this hour (five o'clock). The special juries are expected to commence in the course of to morrow. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 13. The Learned Judge arrived in this town on Sa turday, and opened the commission this day. Their Lordships a tt en d ed at t h e co u r ts f o r th e di spatch of business at twelve o'clock. The criminal calendar is unusually heavy, containing the names of 122 pri soners, of wh om 3 ar e charged with murder, 6 w ith manslaughter, 39 w ith burglary, 11 with cutti ng an d wounding, 2 with rape, 14 with forgery, 5 w ith bigamy, 7 with uttering counterfeit coin, and 12 with obstructing an air wine. The entries in the cause list are not concluded, but it is understood that the civil business will be comparatively light : 27 in the first list and 75 in the second are already entered. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr.JusticePATTEsoN.) John Hutchinson, aged 49, was charged w ith having, at Kersley, on the 2d of July last, feloniously cut and wounded George Greenha lgh, with intent to kill and murder him ; likewise with intent to maim and to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Monk prosecuted; the prisoner was unde fended. It appeared that the prisoner i 3 a tenant to Mrs. Mary Greenwood, of Kersley, in this county, to whom the prosecutor, who is an auctioneer at Bolton, was agent. On the day mentioned the prosecutor went to the prisoner's house, accompanied by a bailiff and his son, for the purpose of making a distress for rent due to Mrs. Greenwood. The prisoner was from home when they called, on which account they did not distrain then, but left word what they had called for, and went away. Shortly after this they met the prisoner, who asked the prose cutor whether he had a distress warrant ag onst him ; and being informed that he hod, he said that no man should take his goods. The prisoner then went into his house, followed by the prosecutor ; shortly after the prisoner came out of his house with a poker in his hand, swearing and sa y ing that the first who came near to take his goo d s he'd kill him. The prosecutor then sent for assistance, and mOan while the prisoner attacked the prosecutor, and struck him violently over the head and body, so as to render him insensible, and in a dAngerous state for several days. The prisoner, in his defence, said, that he was not indebted to Mary Greenwood for rent, and that knowing that he resisted the prosecutor, and struck the blows as alleged. His LORDSHIP summed up. Verdict—Guilty of cutting, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Sentence—Fifteen months' imprisonment. NISI PRIUS COURT—(Before Mr. Justice WIG HTMAN). There was no case of any interest in the court to-day. OXFORD CIRC 01E—Gloucestershire, Aug. 11. The crown business for the city commenced at half-past eight this morning, and was brought to a close at twelve. There were in the calendar but' six prisoners, of whom three were charged with housebreaking, one with forgery, one with larceny from the person, and one with simple larceny. There were two other prisoners brought in since the calendar was printed, charged with stealing lead, and a third, who was acquitted yesterday, in the county, on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretences, on account of the insufficiency of th e i n di ctment, and the grand jury being discharged, was transferred to the city juris diction, on a charge of larceny. Mr. Baron Rolfe sat at half-past eight, and tried all those charged with larceny, and rose at ten o'clock. Mr. Justice Erle sat at nine, and did not rise till twelve. None of the cases were of the slightest general interest. Thus terminated the business of the circuit. Per haps it is right to say that the present is the only assize known on this circuit for many years in which the Judges themselves had time to do all the business in each town without invoking the aid of Sergeants or Queen's Counsel to try prisoners, or of the former to open the commissions, or in which all the civil cases entered were really tried with. out the parties being forced to a compromise, or a reference, or having their cases made remanets. It has very commonly happened on former occasions that in addition to the Learned Judge sitting in the Crown Court, trying prisoners, there has been a Learned Sergeant assisting in the same duty in the grand jury room, a Queen's Counsel in the office of the Clerk of Indictments, and another in some un named apartment below stairs ; and notwithstanding all this extra aid several of the civil cases have been made remanets, and at the last moment a Learned Sergeant has been dispatched post haste to open the commission at the next assize town. NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Chester, Aug. 10. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) Joseph Swindells, a quiet-looking young man, was charge with having, on the 3,1 of May last, at New ton, in this county, feloniously cut and stabbed one Thomas Burdekin, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Trafford conducted the prosecution, and Mr. il'lntyre defended the prisoner. Thomas Burdekin proved that on the day above named he was at the door of Martin Swindells' house. He saw the prisoner, Martin Swindells, and William Crompton, in their workshop. They called out, " Where is thy dog? We'll have a dog-fight." Crompton afterwards said, "What about this child ?" —an illegitimate child. " Martin says it's either Brown's or thine." I said, "It is Martin's." Martin tried to strike me with a piece of iron, but I warded off the blow. The prisoner said, "D —n thee, we'll make thee so as a pound of salve will not cure thee." The prisoner came out at the door, laid hold of me, and stabbed me at the bottom of the belly. I felt I was wounded, and I bled. But I did not wish to hurt them, because I have been rough in scuffies,and broils myself. I asked them to have it (the wound) sown up. I did riot wish to make any complaint of it. Afterwards I went to Mr. Beechcroft, the sur geon, to have the wound examined and looked to. On cross-examination the witness admitted that he had been fifteen times in prison, but only for the offence of taking hares ; and that he had drunk some thing less than a quart of beer that day. Samuel Beechcroft, surgeon, proved that Burdekin came to his surgery on the 3,1 of May last, to have a wound examined and dressed. He had an incised wound over the pubis, one inch in length, and a third of an inch deep. It reached to the bone. Was a recent wound, and might have been made with such anin strument as a table knife. The shirt, trousers, and lining were cut through over the wound. Mr. M'INTYRE addressed the jury for the pri soner, contending that as the prisoner had in his hand an iron instrument used in his work, as the scuffle was sudden and unpremeditated, he might, in en. deavouring to defend himself, unintentionelly with that instrument have inflicted the injury upon the prisoner. He called witnesses who gave the prisoner an excellent character for quietness of disposition and general good conduct. The Learned JUDGE summed up, dwelling upon the fact deposed to, namely, the threat of the prisoner that he would make him so that a pound of salve would not cure him. The jury consulted, and almost immediately re turned a verdict of Not guilty. William Thompson, aged 82, paper-ruler, and John Morgan, 17, stationer, were indicted for having in their possession, at Tranmere, Birkenhead, in this county, a forged die, intended to resemble a certain die used under the directions of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, for the purpose of expressing a certain stamp-duty; also a quantity of paper having the impression of a certain counterfeit die. The indictment was under the Stamp Act, 55 Geo. 111., c. 154. Mr. Welsby and Mr. Jervis were for the prosecu tion, and Mr. M'lntyre for the defence. It was proved that some time before the prisoners were apprehended a stamped document had been sent to the Stamp-cffice, in London, and a claim made upon it for the allowance in cases of stamps which had been spoiled. This stamp was found to be a forgery. It had been purchased at the shop of Mr. Maudsley, a respectable stamp seller, at Liverpool. At the instance of the Stamp-office authorities, a search was made at Mr. Meadsley's establishment, and more forged stamps were found. There was not, however, the slightest ground for impeaching Mr. Maudsley. Suspicion attached to the prisoner Morgan, an out-door apprentice in Mr. Mends ley's employ. In consequence of this the house of his father-in-law, Thompson, the other prisoner, with whom the former lodged, was searched, and in his bedroom was found, in a secret closet, an engraver's cushion, the top of a mahogany chest, a sand bag, a quantity of engraver's tools, and an electrotyping battery in operation, thirty seamen's advance notes, printed by Maudsley, not stamped, and 25 forged Bs. 6d. stamps; a die, not quite finished, for a. ss. stamp, and a copying machine were also discovered. In the bedroom of Morgan was found a box or die for a 13. stamp completed. It was objected to the in dictment that it was bad, inasmuch as, in describing the offence, it did not follow the words of the statute, including the schedule, but the Learned J u d ge over ruled it, remarking that there was no necessity to go into the minute details of the schedule. As laid in the indictment the charge against the prisoner, in one count, was for counterfeiting a ss. stamp die ; but as that die was in this case incomplete, it was ruled that the count must be abandoned, and the charge limited to the offence of counterfeiting the stamp die hearing value is. Mr. APINTYRE addressed the jury in defence, and contended that there was no evidence to fix Morgan with the making or causing to be made either of the stamp dies ; and, as regards the prisoner Thompson, there was nothing to show that the die for the one shilling stamps had ever beeen in his actual posses sion, or had been used at his direction. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, the jury returned against both prisoners a verdict of Guilty, upon which Thompson was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation, and Morgan to one year's imprisonment. August 11. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) William Edward Ferguson, surgeon, stood ar raigned on an indictment charging him with wilful and corrupt perjury in having sworn, in an answer which he made to a bill in Chancery, imputing to him, amongst other things, adultery with the wife of one Joseph Dendy Sainter, that he bad never on any occasion whatever conducted himself with impropriety towards her, and bad never committed adultery with her, whereas in truth and in fact he had frequently committed adultery with her. Mr. Welsby and Mr. Bevan appeared for the pro secution, and Mr. Townsend and Mr. Egerton con ducted the case for the prisoner. Mr. WELSBY opened the case for th e prosecut i on. It appeared that the prisoner had been en gage d as an assistant to Mr. Sainter , who is a surgeon at Maccles field, and was admitted as a re si d ent i n his house. Some months after this Mr. Sainter discovered that the prisoner had not only end eavoured to pre j udice him with his patients, and to supplant him in the office of surgeon of a club, but h a d i n fli cte d t h e greatest of all injuries possible up on M r . Sainter, by seducing and debauching his wife. He had admitted to a sheriff's officer who arrested him, in a civil action at the suit of Sainter, that he had over and over again committed with Mrs. Sainter the act of adultery. A clerk from the Court of Chancery produced the bill and answer from that Court, in the case " Sainter v. Ferguson." It was in this answer that the alleged perjury was committt (1. Ilohurst, a commissioner for taking the an / swer of the prisoner, proved his swearing to the answer, and his suhscripticn to the answer. Mr. Wilkinson, a solicitor, proved having gone to the defendant and said to him, " I have come from Mrs. Sainter, who within thi, half hour has confessed all to me, and she has desired me to ask you imme diately to leave the,town." lie told the prisoner that after what occurred it was not proper that he and Mrs. Sainter should be in the same town. The prisoner replied, " Sainter has treated me in an ungentlemanly manner, and I am of sa revengeful a nature, that I never forgive; I will therefore injure Sainter as much as I can." The prisoner had supplanted Sainter as surgeon to a sick club. An action for criminal con versation was brought by Sainter, which was tried here last spring. Joseph Cookson—l am a gardener at Macclesfield. I remember, about the middle of last August, seeing Mrs. Sainter corning across the fields from Prestbury lane. The prisoner was with her. It was half-past eight in the evening. They turned out of the road to the left, towards the plantation. I followed them to the side of the plantation ; by that time they were in the plantation. The prisoner had his arm round Mrs. Sainter's waist. They were twenty yards from me. When they got to the turn in the pl4intadon they sat down. I got close behind them. It was not so dark but that I could see what was going on. [The witness here spoke unequivocally to the act of adul tery.] I followed, and threatened it the prisoner did not tell me who he was I would expose him in the street. We have care of that land. The prisoner collared me, and told me to go about my business. I followed them. He threatened to give me in charge to a policeman. He afterwards collared me, and put me in charge of Wood, a watchman, whom he told to keep me till he sent a policeman. Wood allowed me to go. Cross-examined—l lay on the grass within a yard of them. They were on the ground three-quarters of an hour. I asked the prisoner for money, or I would expose him. He offered me a shilling, and I refused it. I never followed Mr. Gee and charged him with improper conduct, in the same plantation, before Mr. woodward's watchman. I well know Mr. Gee, but never saw him with a lady in my life. Gee never gave in charge nor beat me. To the JUDGE—I saw them in the plantation, and it is my duty to keep out trespassers. I did not in terrupt them, because I thought the situation inte- resting. Mary Cookson—l am the mother of the last wit ' ness. I have known Mrs. Sainter many years. In the autumn of last year I saw her co ning up the drive. It was about the middle of August. A gentleman was with her, it was not Mr. Sainter. They turned on the left, leading to the Brookside plantation. It might be a little after eight o'clock. My husband, the last witness, and another son were with me. I showed my son (the last witness) the lady and gentle man. He went directly after them. A witness names Copes corroborated Joseph Cook son's statement as to a conversation with the latter about the prisoner and Mrs. Summer. George Sidebottom—l am an artist, living in Macclesfield. I was on terms of in'imate acquaint ance with the Sainters. Within a month atter the prisoner became an inmate of Sainter's I observed attentions paid by him to Mrs. Sainter which I thought improper. I have heard him say to her that he could make her a better hushanii than Sainter, who was too old for her. On a Sunday, in the month of April, 1848, I saw Mrs. &tinter enter the surgery yard. She asked the prisoner if he was ready to go to church. He made no reply, but attempted to em brace her. The witness spoke to other suspicious and improper conduct between the parties. He pro ceeded—On Wednesday or Thursday, in the third week in June, about three r.st., I saw Mrs. Sainter leave the house. She went to Frestbury-road and from thence down Boughey-lane. Adjoining the lane there is a small plantation, into which a gap leads from the lane. The prisoner approached her from behind a hedge. She went into the plantation. The prisoner looked up and down the lane, and then folio wed through the gap. They could not see me for I lay down behind a tree. (The witness here detailed facts unfit for publication, which showed that a crimi nal intimacy took place between the prisoner and Mrs. Sainter.) After this he resumed—Mrs. Sainter repassed the gap, and went home alone. I remained behind for some time to see whether Ferguson would follow her. He did not, so I walked after, overtook, and spoke to her. I told Mr. Sainter part of what I had seen on the 23d of August last. Isaac Lucas—l am a sheriff's officer. I arrested the prisoner on the 21st of April, and brought him to Chester. At Chalford we had some talk about the action against him for criminal conversation tried at the last assizes. Ferguson then said that the evidence given at that trial by Sidebottom was false, and that he had never had connexion with Mrs. Sainter out doors in his life. He said to me, "Do you think I was such a fool as to expose myself when there were plenty of opportunities in the house, as Mr. Sainter retired to bed early (about ten o'clock), leaving his wife up, end I never closed the surgery till eleven o'clock, and sometimes I stayed up till one o'clock." A paper written in pencil by the prisoner, and ad dressed to Mrs. Saint, , r, was put in. It contained the following passage:—" Would to God that I could be • lieve all you say was true. I thought you confessed all. I denied everything to Wilkinson. As to what any one else can say, it will not affect us." Some lines of verse addressed by the prisoner to Mrs. Sainter were also produced. Mr. TOWNSEND addressed the Court for the de- fence, submitting that there was no evidence to go to the jury in this case. He also objected—firstly, that it ought to have been alleged on the face of the in dictment that the oath was taken in the course of a judicial proceeding ; and secondly, it ought to have shown that the prisoner's denial of the supposed adul tery was material to the question before the Court of Chancery. This was not shown. In order to enable Sainter to obtain an injunction restraining the pri soner from practising as a surgeon in Macclesfield, it was not material to allege that the latter had miscon ducted himself with Mrs. Sainter, and therefore if the prisoner made a false answer to that part of the bill in Chancery making that charge against him, he was not liable for perjury. Mr. WELSBY submitted that the above objections ought to have been taken before plea pleaded Mr. TOWNSEND resumed—The Court of Chancery has no jurisdiction over crimes. He further objected that the indictment was not sufficiently specific as to allegations of time and place. The Learned JUDGE reserved these points for fu ture consideration if it should be necessary. Upon this Mr. TOWNSEND addressed the jury with an ingenious speech, attributing as the motive of this prosecution professional rivalry between the parties— the prisoner being successful, and Sainter falling back in business. He commented severely upon the wit nesses Cookson and Sidebottom, and upon Mr. Wil kinson in not putting the prisoner on his guard when he called upon and questioned him re , pecting this affair with Mrs. Sainter. He remarked upon the discrepancies in the evidence, and upon the circum stances that none of the inmates of Sainter's house, who if there had been familiarities or improprieties between the prisoner and Mrs. S ►inter could best have spoken to the fact, had been called. He concluded by stating that he should call witnesses of character and credit, who would contradict the evidence for the pro - secution. Joseph Clarke contradicted the witness Sidebottom as to the existence of a gap in the edge (as stated by him) at the time in question. He added that, consi• dering Sidebottotn's position, he did not think the latter could have seen Mrs. &inter coming down the lane. John Norbury confirmed the last witness as to their being no gap in the hedge, as had been stated in June, 1848. John Sutton, called to contradict Cookson, con firmed him as to his statement regarding a demand he had made of money from the prisoner, but contra• dieted him as to the amount asked for, and in some minor matters. This witness admitted he had been convicted of stealing hay. Isaac Gee, tea•dealer, of Macclf sfied—l was walk ing with a lady, ono evening in August, 1847, through the grounds at Westbrook. A man came up to me ; to the best of my knowledge and belief Cookson was that man. He demanded money, threatening that if I refused he would make a charge against me. I refused to give money. The lady and myself separated, and I turned upon the party who were following me. They ran away, but I caught one of them, whom I believe was Cookson, and brought him to Charnock. On cross-examination this witness said it was nearly dusk, and he could not be sure about the man, for he had never seen him before. William Charnock—l am a watchman at Wood ward's factory, and know Cookson. Mr. Gee cohered him and brought him to me in August, 1847. No one was ever brought to me by the collar except on that occasion. Mr. Ferguson never delivered Cook son into my custody. This closed the case for the defence. Mr. WELsny replied in a very temperate speech, in which he said he concurred most fully with the Learned Counsel for the defence, in the remarks t hat gentleman had made upon the conduct of Cookson and Sidebottom, who had sworn that they watched the parties; such conduct he looked upon with de testation. If the jury had any doubt whatever of the prisoner's guilt, for God's sake, in so serious a charge, let them give the prisoner the full benefit of that doubt. Mr. Baron PLATT having summed up with great care, the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. With this case terminated the business of these assizes. THE C()IEJ` The following is the off corn, &c., received in tiF Essex, from the 6th Au ; both inclusive:— RY MARI statement of ti Irt of London fro 1849, to the 111 Ecial le poi ig., 1 Colchester Ilarwich . Leigh ...... . Maldon =z , r.".• - 50 - ,1395 - r - - (ETS. e quantiti )m the pot .h Aug., ] I a. 46 28 42 58 80 128 ies of its in 1849, 200 1130 CHELMSFORD, AUG. 10. —A very great dullness prevailed throughont the day's business, and where sales were effected in wheat an abatement of from 3s to 4s per quarter was neces• sarily submitted to. The highest price for new white wheat of average quality, and in good condition, was 525, and several samples changed hands on those terms. New peas met a reduction of 2s per quarter on last week's quota' Lions, with a very slack sale. Old oats were full as dear. Wheat, white, old 44s to 50s; new 46a to 525; red, ° hi 40s to 42s ; new, 40s to 44 , ; barley, —s to —s ; chevalier —s to -s; grinding 22s to 28s; oats 17s to 23s ; m a lt 54 5 to 565; chevalier 54s to 58s; peas, partridge, new 295 to 31s; old, 303 to 32s ; white, new, 28. to 30s ; old, 29s to 31s; dun, new, 27s to 3os ; beans, tick, old, 29s to 31s ; harm% ticks, new 28s to 31s ; old 30s to 325; mazagan, new 2is 1 0 26s 9 • old 26s to '2Bs per qr. 1 - IADDINGTON. AUG. 10.—The following are the prices of grain at our market to-day : %% heat. Barley. Oats. Beans. ... 51s Od 22s 61 1 333 0(1 First second Third ... 45s lid I 26s ad 1 21 s 21s Od 31; 4d 40s Od I 24s 6d l 191 Od 130 s Od Total quantity of Wheat in market 284 qrs., 251 s O , l l Do. Barley d o . 71 qrs., 47 sow Do. Oats do. 316 qrs., 295 sold Do. Beans d o . 51 qrs., 47 sold KIRKALDY, Alin. 11.—The following are the quotation s up to this date : Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas,, First 50s Od 27s Od 22 s 63 —s Od —5 C A econd 4 7s Od 53 Od 21a Od —s Od —s 9 A " ,1 Third ...—. 42s Od 22$ Od 19 3 Od — s Od —s "u Oatmeal, tier ba,: of 28011.5. imp., 294 to 00s Od. GLASGOW, A - tic. 9.—Provisions—Cheese, 40s to 416 Od per cwt • retail, 51c1 to 6d per lb Ski m m ilk, 18 s t o 20s pet cwt. dountry fresh butter, 93 to 10d per lb ; Irish pow, dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, 7ici, to Bd. Country eggs, 9d p er d ozen; carr i e d h en ditto, 5s 0 " per hundred, or 7d per d ozen . H ens , 2 s O d per pa i r; ducks 2s Od. KELSO, Auc, 10.—Wheat, old, 00s to 00s ; ditto, new, 365 to 41s d ; barley, new, 17s to 20s Od ; ditto old, Os Od to Os ; potato oats, Os to Os Od ; ditto new, 14s to 15s Od ; coo mon oats, 13s to 14s Od ; ditto new, Os Od to Os Od ; peas, 24s to '2ss Od ; beans, 24s to 25. per boll of six imperial bushels. STIRLING, Auc. 10.—Wheat, foreign, 22s to 26s Od; ditto home, Os od to OsOd; ditto ditto new, 20s Od to 235; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to OsOd; ditto new, 181 6d to 21s 6(1; oats, common, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 13s Od to 15s 6d; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Cd ; ditto ditto new, Os Od; mal t distillers, 35s to 38s ; ditto brewers, 37s Od to 39s ; beans , per boll, Os 6d to Os Od; ditto new, 15s Od to 17s 6d; Pea s ' 14s 6d to Os Od ; flour, new, per sack, 34s to 35s ; ditto commea . ditto, 24s Od to 25s 6d ; o a t mea l, p er l oa d , O s Od to O s Od ! ditto new 26s Od to 28s ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 80 to Os 0( 1 t . fresh butter, per lb. 8d t o 10d ; eggs per dozen, 6 d to 7d t hay per ton, 45s to 50s. PERTH, Auc. 9.—Wheat, 44s Od to 50s Od ; barley, 2 , 24 to 25s Od ; oats, 18s to :2 s ; p eas an d b eans, 25 s O d to 28s Od per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 26s to 283. FALKIRK, Auc. 9. —The supply of grain in this day's market was 142 bolls; wh e at a t 22s 6d to 23s 6d per boll . barley, (10s Od to Os Od ; 'oats, 15s 6d to OOs Odi beans, 1603 6 to 17s Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. HAWICK, Auc. 9.—Wheat, new, 34s Od to 42s Od; ditto old, 00s Od to OOs Od; barley, new, 18s to 225; pokato oats: 14s Od to Iss 6d ; common oats, lis to 14s Od ; peas, 233 9 4 to 25s Od ; beans, 23s Od to 25s Od per boll of six imperil bushels. BERWICK, Auc 9.--Wheat, 48s Oid ; barley, 2gs 4 1 d oats, 20s lid ; rye, 20s 8d ; beans, 28s Od ; peas, 00s Od Ave' age per imperial quarter. COAL MARK ET.— YESTERDAY. Carr's Hartley .. East Adairs Main..... 13s 00 Haswell 163 01 H )Iywell Main ... ..... 15s Oo Lambron 6ti .!rd's Redheugh Ravensworth'sW.llart 15s Oil Russell's Hetton 1 • nfield Moor Townley l4s Ebb Whitwell 15s 94 ••• Walker's Primrose ... 13s Od;ileugh Hall West Wylam Wall's End, &e. I Whi twort h l 3s 9 ., - Brown's lss OthAdelaide Tees Gibson - 135 9d , ._ ._ ... ...... i, s ,-,L. s est Hilda 23s ~,9 6A ~,1 Hedley ... ....... ...... 15 s 6d C owpen H art l ey 16s '-' Hotspur lss t d Garnant St one 15y 3d Wharneliffe Eden Main -16s 9d' Ships at market, 89• Lambton Primrose l6s 9(11 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, AUGUST 13. STocK EXCHANGE. -But little business has been done In ste el to-day, and prices were rather disposed downwart.s than otlierwi',; The transactions were principally confined to Great Western, re 171. f hares, which closed at 5y 2 dis.- Ditto,i , Halves, 7% dis. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 13 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continues depressed. e d transactions to day were v t ry li m i te d , and where sales were Prfr(l tank r lower prices we re ta k en. The saes are—Lancashire...„ Yorkshire, Fifths, 4V, dis. London and North-Western ' 127 a Ditto, New Quarters, 2% p.—Midland, ..,62-,South-Eastern. Dover, (No. 4), 6% York, Newcastle, an d B erw i c k (G. N. E. Pte" chase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 4% dis. _ _ JNIANCIIEWrER, AtrnusT 13. STOCK EXCJUNGE.—The transactions to-day were as folloW tti East Lancashire, 16 - Great Northern, Preference, .34 dis. 41 . ° e r ro , - , taffordshlre, 57i dis.—Manchester and Birmingham (U), p.—Great northern es), 2 dis —.Manchester and Leeds, x 3 5-16 dis.—Leeds and thirsk, 18. INGHAM, AUGUST 13. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share mark e t i s somew h a t d, : pr- AsSed , London and North-Western being quoted at 129% to 130. ported small dividend of the Great Western has had a d e preciatilib effect upon that stock. N or th St a ff ordshires remain at prices last quoted. Little business will be done until after the great meetins" held this week. YORK, AUGUST 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The t ransact i ons to-day have been as fol low:—North British, '2l. 10s. 6d.—York, Newcastle, and Bollr' (Newcastle Extension), 13%—York and North Midland, 30. SOUTHAMPTON.—THE FOREIGN MAILS.—We stfitt4 in our second edition last week that the Governmentl had refused to accede to the requisition of the Liverpo./ merchants to make Plymouth the West India 3 - 1 ! 1 , Packet station, and that the Government authoril;len wer.s about to remedy the inconveniences at present te e ', by the inhabitants of the northern towns, in ol io quence of the occasional delay in the delivery of t. foreign mails beycni London. This delay arises P 1.11 1,.. cipally when the mails arrive at Southampton on Sat,t l ; '' day afternoons, and which could be remedied by di s• the foreign mails at Southampton and forward, ing th.'m to the north via Basingteke, Reading, Oxfor 0 and Wolverhcmpton ; or by having them sorted ia th General Post-office on Sundays, and dispatching t ,"„" northern foreign l e t ters b y t h e Sunday night mails, '"' stead of detaining the m unt il t h e departure of the Mont day mails.—We understand that the Governwe ri authorities have been at S ou th ampton to ascertain the time taken to dispatch the foreign mails.—Hanipsii ir Advertiser. The thunder-storm on Thursday did great damag e g at Altrinchrun, Todroordee, and Hol m f or th. A st o r m of thunder and lightni ng , f o ll owe d b y h eavy rain, rag e d round Portsmouth, between the hours of nine and elel on Saturday evening, a n d f rom t h e i ntense v i v id n ess ° 0 the el, ctric fluid it is t o b e f eare d cons id era bl e darnag h must have taken place. The storm appeared to fall lot great force over Ryde, in :he inland. REPRESENTATION OF WEST SUREEY.—GUILDFOSIN MONDAY, AUGUST 13.—Several private meetings of 016 d p a r y o s te a c t tt G on u i i s l t d , partyfor God have been r g he a l r d nh w a i m th , in the last fe_ jace t, in ord*r to d• t erm i ne upon the noamndinpaltaiocnesor; he pren to star, upon:hat interest th,! ferlcomingr election. Mr. F resti fi el d , i t stems e ci , is unwilling to ent upon an ther s ruggle after so many recent failures, e„",, Mr. Sh,w, of the Mark-lone Express, who was , i a r: pounced as a cindalat,, appears to be altogether posed to e n t er upo .o equt‘ 0.411 a struggle. At a we e ing held this evening, th. , propriety of sending a r e g ti o t sition to C o l one l Gil p i n, of Chertsey, was discussed ,i ! r the matter a t p resent remains in abeyance. Ati° tu f,, section of the C onservat i ve party are anxious to have " the.r represent a ti ve a re l ative of the Earl of OnsloW, but no positive st e p s h ave b een taken to induce him to sta r , Mr. J. Ivatt Briscoe, of Fox hills, Chertaey, is thereMi the only candidate in the fi• Id. Ile entertains libel . ° opinions, avid intends suppot ting to a clnsiderable tent the principles at her Majesty's present advisers, ti lt though on some points, h e says, h e is an advocate f or " a more enlarged poli c y." A n act i ve canvass has take „ plae., on his behalf, aad many promises of suppo r t ha" been receive 1. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A W oun d i n th e L eg cure d by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a Letter n o Mr. Edward Nicholl s , 34, R ose - s t ree t, Covent-garden.— va Professor Holloway. Si r ,—F or years I h a d a b a d leg , 6 4 about four years ago an abscess formed, which the treattr.e P a adopted by several medical men failed to heal, and I despir e „ of a cure. Lat e ly my f r i en d s recommended your medioaed and by their use alone I soon found a great improvement; s al i c in a few weeks my leg we.. perfectly cur e d. I can note yr s , ten miles a day with a s great ease as w h en I was twen t y_ Y ear old, and now lam fifty." S o ld b y a ll d rugg i sts, and at Prul sor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIR, oOn the 6th inst., at Llanurst, THS N.W., the lady of ad Bromley, Esq., cl a son of On the Bth inst., in Clarges-str ee t, L a d y M ary PhipPs' a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Abridge, Essex, the wife of Capta h t A. E. F. Holcombe, of the 13th (or Prince Albert's Lig Infantry). of a daughter. On the 9th inst., at Camberwell-grove, Mrs. J. J. ROg el* of a daughter. On the ,Oth in t., at Higham-hall, Woodford, the wi f e E. Warner, Esq., of a son. On the 10th inst., at Portman-street, Portman-square, ti 36 wife of John Randall, M.D., of a daughter. On the 11th init., at Marshalls, Essex, the lady of P /311 Laurie, Esq , of a son. 111ARED. • On the 9th inst , a t Swansea, Rl Egg, Robert Ogilby Moore, of Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, London, to Esther Franc° youngest daughter of J. Richardson, Esq. tari' On the 9th first., at St. Mary's District Church, St. A y lebone, th e H on. an d R ev. Paul Anthony Irby, Ho n " - a of Canon of Peterborough, to Augusta, youngest daught er the late John B. Cowell, Esq. _.------"° DIED phliP On the 3d inst., at Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, Winsor, Esq., R.N. M On the 10th inst., at Jermyn-street, Henry Burton, senior Physician of St. Thomas's Hospital. On the 10th inst., at Streatham.hill, John Wilson, -- V " s( k' Secretary to the General Steam Navigation Company; the' On the 10th inst., at Sutton-street, St. Georges-In -- East, Parker J. Harrison, Esq., aged 83. On the 10th inst., at Hanworth, Middlesex, Eliza, the dau On gh .ter of .4 Reed, Esq. the 10th inst., Mr. Francis Keysell, of Broad-street' Bl ,omsbury, aged 64. Ng' On the 10th inst.. at ...argate, Mr. W. Bond, late of son-square, 13Iacktriars-road. ,ondon: Printed and Published by MURDO YOU R' I th 1% Na 112, Strand, Printer, at The S un Office, N° of strand, in the Precinct of the Skvoy, in the eounti Middlesex, Tuesday, Auguet 14, 1849, kEP EustO ( laY of Thi Bider tione ACBsio s _hiad bhp ral t 13rt Pan cow pert Geo Joh! Wm Sc Bev SOLI cittr i) : Paßy, Iglin, 40ya Tij; .or LI fer w. will b Fu t 4, 41te chest, Eu! tatur Of Bc bOx. P OI Street Chap] kizi IT O at Ti aae , ej Y qt% 914 ilk It Or a eve ry 1101 the Rai ---__ Time ........ rl. k CZ . 6 45 '7 15 ,____ Ob Street Pat matte 116 Th re tßck 4 r m Ter ttre