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

FRANCE. In the Assembly, on Friday, M. Passy, Minister of Finance, rose, and read, in a feeble voice, to the Assembly an exposé of the situation of the Treasury. He reviewed the different budgets during the last ten years, and showed the deficit annually increasing. The revolution of February had, moreover, aug mented the expenditure of 1848 by 265,000,000, and occasioned a diminution in the produce of the indirect taxes of 150,000,000. The proceeds of the extraordinary tax of 45 centimes had not sufficed to cover the difference. The final deficit for 1849 was estimated at 91,000,000, but he did not hesitate to extend it to 184,000,000. The whole de ficit on the Ist of January, 1850, would exceed 550,000,000. The expenditure for 1850 was fixed at 1,591,000,000, and the receipts being estimated at 1,270,000,000, the deficit would amount to 320,000,000. To cover that difference the Minister asked to be authorised to negotiate a loan of 200,000,000 ; to create new taxes ; to annul the reserve of the Sinking Fund ; and, in order to pro ♦ide the means necessary for the construction of public works, to issue Treasury obligations, bearing interest to the amount required. The President then announced that he had received a letter from M. Emile Thomas, former Director of , the Ateliers Nationaux, applying for leave to prose cute M. Trelat, ex-Minister of Public Works, for acts of his administration. The demand was referred to the examination of the bureaux; after which, the Assembly proceeded to discuss the project of law relative to the direct taxes in 1850. The National says—" We learn from good autho rity that the derisive conditions M. Lepredour has thought fit to subscribe with the Argentine Republic will not be ratified." AUSTRIA. Travellers from Szegedin who have arrived al Vienna communicate the contents of Kossuth's bul letins. The first is couched in the following terms:— " Rejoice, patriots ! the country is saved 1 " KOSSTJTH." The second bulletin states that Bern has defeated the Russians in Transylvania. The third announces the Ban's discomfiture, and the raising of the siege of Peterwaadein by Guyon. The fourth records the taking of Temeshvar on the 13th inst. It states that six attacks were repulsed, but that the place was at length carried by a general assault, 1,500 Honveds having fallen in the breach. SAXE GOTHA. King Leopold of Belgium, Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg, and Prince Albert of England, have protested against some clauses in the new funda mental law of the Duchy of Saxe Coburg Gotha, which affects their rights of inheritance. The As sembly of the States, however, has refused to take the protest into consideration, o n the ground that it has only to treat with the reigning Grand Duke, and that the measures to be taken with respect to the eventuality of the succession of one of the three Princes who have protested must be reserved for future Legislative Assemblies. ITALY. It is stated in a letter from Bologna that, in con sequence of the difference between the French Am bassador and the Cardinals, the Pope had led the deputation from Bologna to believe that he would go to that city instead of Rome ; but that, in consequence of the representations of the Austrian Ambassador, he had suddenly sLown a disposition to follow the judicious counsel of France and England. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, AND WICKLOW. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors in this company was held on Friday, at the offices, 449, West Strand. The Earl of Courtown, the chairman of the board of directors, presiding. The SECRETARY (Mr. Muggeredge) having read the advertisement convening the meeting, the seal of the company was affixed to the register, Mr. Nash entering a " protest" against the same, in consequence of the chairman refusing, at the meeting, to permit him, as a shareholder, to inspect it. The SECRETARY then read the report. The prin cipal recommendation of the directors is, not to pro ceed with the line further than Wicklow, and they trusted to receive the sanction of their proprietors for taking such measures as were necessary to obtain legislative sanction of the proposed alteration. The accounts show a total receipt up to the 30th of July last of 144,166/. 18s., and a total outlay of 120,837/. 3s. 7d., leaving a balance in hand of 18,329/.125. sd. In order to meet the convenience of the shareholders, the directors recommend the reduction of the capital to 500,000/., to consist of 50,000 shares of the re duced amount of 101. each. Upon the resolution for the adoption of the report being put from the chair, Mr. Nash entered at some length into the general position and prospects of the company, and pointed out the hopelessness of raising the required capital ; and concluded by moving the following amendment:—" That whilst protesting against the legality of the company and the proceed ings of the directors, and without prejudice to the alleged shareholders present, and considering the re fusals of access to the books and register, that this meeting adopts the reports of the shareholders' com mittees, and confirms the resolutions of the meetings of May 4, 1848, February 24, March 21, May 1, and July 2, 1849, in lieu of and instead of the report and accounts of the directors. " That the conduct of the directors and officials renders it expedient to refer their report and accounts to a committee of shareholders, viz. :—to report thereon, as to, and with a view to, and they are hereby instructed to effect and make, so far as can be done, a reduction or disallowance of expenditure and verification of the accounts, and generally to investi gate the books and accounts and affairs, and to report at the adjournment of this meeting. " And that the payment of calls on further capital be suspended until after such investigation and re port are made." The amendment was then put and lost by a ma jority of three. Mr. NASH demanded a poll. An amendment was then moved by Major Comm for an adjournment of the meeting until after the Great Western and South-Wales half-yearly meet ings ; which upon being put was declared carried by a majority. A poll was demanded on this question, and the results communicated at four o'clock were as follows : Mr. Nash's amendment— Shares. Votes. For • • 91 35 • • Against . . . . 573 167 Major Court's amendment— Shares. Votes. For .. .. 102 46 Against .. • • 563 157 Both the amendments were of course lost, and the original resolution stands. After the ballot was declared, much confusion arose, and a writ o? notice of action was, we believe, served on the NobleCbaignan. NEWRY, WARRENPOINT, AND ROSTREVOR.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Fri day, at the office, Moorgate-street, Lord Newry in the chair. The report stated that the line from Newry to Warrenpoint was opened on the 28th of May last, for passenger-traffic. The goods traffic has since partially commenced. The directors hope shortly to be able to submit terms for the working of the traffic. They recommend the confirmation of the forfeiture of 270 shares in consequence of the non payment of calls. The capital account showed that 111,0251. had been received, and 110,0781. expended, leaving a balance of 9471. in hand. The revenue account from the 28th May to the 30th of June stated that 2871. had been received and 2311. expended —leaving a profit on the working of 561. The report of the directors was received, but not adopted, and ordered to be entered on the minutes. The meeting was then made special, and a committee was ap pointed to investigate the affairs of the company and report thereon, to an adjourned meeting to be held on the 24th instant. The meeting then adjourned. DIRECT EXETER.—On Friday the Master in Chan cery (Brougham), who has the winding up of this company's affairs, made a peremptory order for the payment back into the hands of the official manager of the sum of 6,0001., paid to the solicitors of this company, until such time as it could be ascertained upon inquiry that they were entitled to the whole or any part of that sum. The representatives of the parties so called upon intimated their intention of appealing to the House of Lords. It has been decided in the case of all those parties who objected to be placed on the list of contributories, on the ground that the company failed to fulfil the promises held out in the prospectus, that they are liable for all the purposes contemplated by the Winding-up Act. SECOND REPORT THE AC COMMODATION OF THE HOU I SE OF LORDS. By the Lords Committees appointed a Select Committee to take into consideration the accommoda tion of the House, and to report to the lloile to whom leave was given to report from time a to ; t a im nd e to the House ; and to whom were referred several petitions relative to the reporting of Parliamentary proceedings : " Ordered to report, "That the Committee have met, and further con sidered the subject- matter referred to them. " The Committee have examined witnesses re specting the facility of hearing in the temporary gallery erected for the convenience of strangers con nected with the public press, and, in consequence of the evidence given by them, the Committee feel themselves justified in recommending a permanent structure on the plan submitted to them by Mr. Barry. " Mr. Dod, the senior reporter, and secretary to the reporters' committee, states that they bear in the present gallery of the House of Lords as well as in the House of Commons, or as well as they ever heard in any House of Parliament. Other witnesses con firm Mr. Dod's evidence. "But, notwithstanding the success which has at tended the experiment made by Mr. Barry, neither the strangers who are allowed to be in the precincts of the House, nor even the members present in the House itself, can expect to hear distinctly, unless strict order is preserved, both below the bar and on the steps of the throne. "The Committee recommend that a portion of the space at the foot of the Throne be railed off. " The Committee recommend that the benches recently placed below the bar remain, and that the Usher of the Black Rod be instructed to preserve silence in that part of the chamber during the sitting of the House. " The Committee further recommend, that the standing order No. 18, which directs Lords having occasion to speak together to go below the bar, should be altered so as to stand as follows: " Ordered, That if any Lord have occasion to speak with another Lord in this House while sitting, they are to retire to the Princes Chambers, and not to converse in the space behind the woolsack,' or else the Speaker is to call them to order,' and, if neces sary, stop the business in agitation. " The Committee recommend that foreign ladies of distinction should be admitted to the galleries on either side of the throne on application to the Lord Great Chamberlain, and that, with this exception, the said galleries should be appropriated to the exclu sive use of the Peeresses, and the unmarried daughters of Peers, and Peeresses in their own right. " The Committee further recommend, that the wives of Peers' eldest sons, and the married daughters of Peers, and of Peeresses in their own right, be ad mitted to the box occupied on state occasions by Peers' eldest sons. "As the Strangers' Gallery below the bar is capable of containing 120 persons, and is seldom half occupied, the Committee suggest the propriety of allowing every peer to issue two orders of admission. " That the Lord Great Chamberlain be desired to issue his warrant for effecting the above-mentioned alterations. " Several petitions have been referred to the Com mittee from shorthand writers, and from Parlia mentary and law reporters. As these petitions regard an authentic or official record of the speeches made in Parliament, and as the reference to the Committee does not embrace that subject, the Committee have declined to enter into the question raised by the petitions. "July 27, POOR-LAW INSPECTORS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,--Allow me, through the medium of your justly esteemed journal, to tender Air. Hume, that good old practical Reformer, hearty , thanks for his judgment and discrimination in moving last Thurs day for a " return of the salaries, travelling expenses, and employments of the poor-law inspectors" (aim Assistant Commissioners). That return was ordered, and whenever it is made (for Mr. Hume is not the man to lose sight of the subject) I fully expect it will justify his motion, and encourage him to follow the same course with every civil officer whom the Government pay out of the public purse:until the shamefully overtaxed and un equally taxed people of England know, as they have a right to do, what every public officer's salary is, and what service he renders for it. This is what should be done, and it would operate much more fairly and beneficially than Mr. Henley's proposed tax of an indiscriminate ten per cent. When the poor-law passed it was no doubt neces sary that the Commissioners, whose whole time and attention was occupied in London, should have assistants, who for a few years were very useful ; there was employment for them, and they were well paid. But now in most parts of the kingdom, where the unions have been for the last fourteen years or more in regular working, they are no longer needed, there is in fact nothing for them to do, and they know it, for their visits are always short and few and far between. At the union with which I have been for years actively connected as a guardian, we have seen our learned " inspector" once only in the last two years, and then he sat in the Board-room less than half an hour, and must have gone away about as wise as he came, for he answered no one and asked but few questions. He travelled on some twelve or thirteen miles in his carriage and pair, attended by his livery servant, to the next union, where I under stood his labours were equally long and arduous ! And this is the way in which the public money is squandered to the tune of about 1,5001. a year each for these hard- worked functionaries. On the con trary, if there are any parts of the country where they are still needed, there they ought to be retained. Mr. Hume knows, and so should your readers, that these inspectorships are for the most part mere poli tical appointments, filled by men selected from Trea• sury applicants, totally irrespective of their knowledge of the poor-law or any fitness whatever for the office ; briefless barristers, or other relations or dependents of the Parliamentary supporters of the Government of the day—for Whigs and Tories are alike corrupt and extravagant, and will never part, if they can help it, with the smallest portion of official patronage. These are the men just adapted for a sinecure berth, or one in which the labour, if any, is light and pay large, and this system will continue so long as the country is cursed with class legislation and governed by parties, and until Reformers of all descriptions will learn to lay aside their minor differences and cor dially unite to obtain an extension of the franchise, without which all other reforms are hopeless. Then, and not till then, may we hope to see our public grievances redressed, and strict economy enforced in every department, for we should very soon have a return to Parliament of a majority of Members as honest, fearless, and .persevering, as Mr. Joseph Hume.—l am, Sir, your constant reader, A COUNTY MAGISTRATE. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 0, 1849. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. was much surprised on being informed that Saturday's edition of The Sun contained such an in correct account of the man Johnson, in an article headed Thursday's Storm. I have made every inquiry that is possible—the father was more than a mile away from the place at the time of the accident, and some benevolent neigh bour (knowing the poverty of the deceased, and his widow being near her accouchement, and seeing that many were anxious to see the deceased, to which there was no objection ever made), of his own accord took a bread tray, and placing his mite in it, was followed by hundreds, not with pence merely, but more substantial proofs of benevolence, which the father, on his arrival at the sad scene, immediately devoted to the service of the widow, pro• wising to be a father to her and coming child, and though but a working-man himself, with a large family, agreed to bury the deceased at his own ex pense. Now, Sir, there was nothing like an exhi bition at a penny per head, seeing it was entirely a freewill offering, and I am further informed, the father said to several when he arrived, they were not desired to give, as they appeared poor themselves. I hope your sense of justice will lead you to con tradict such an unfounded report in your next paper, as I have known the father more than twenty years, and do not believe him heartless, nor think it indecent to suffer those of our neighbours whom it has pleased God to spare to witness a solemn instance of his - Divine providence. I•rOw, Sir, surely it is affliction enough to have a son cut off in the flower of his age without being calumniated, without being called an exhibitor of the hideous and horrible. I remain, Sir, &e., W. KEMP. Commercial-street, Aug. 2, 1849. HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE OF GUARDS. The half-yearly exchange of Quarters of the Infantry of the Household Brigade will take place on the Ist of September as follows: GRENADIER GUARDS—Iet Battalion, from Portman • street to St. George's Barracks; 2d Battalion, from Windsor to Wellington Barracks ; 3d Battalion, from Wellington Barracks to Windsor. COLDSTREAM GUARDS. Ist Battalion, from St. George's Barracks to St. John's Wood ; 2d Battalion, from the Tower to Chichester. SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS.-ISt Battalion, from St. John's-wood to Portman-street ' • 2d Battalion, from Chichester to the Tower.— United Service Gazette. COMMENCEMENT OF THE OYSTER SEASON. Saturday morning, at six o'clock, the sale of oysters was opened at Billingsgate and Hungerford markets; at the former there was a fleet of 23 vessels from Rochester, Queenborough, &c., freighted with the different descrip tions of barleys, royals, china rocks, natives, Miltons, Welsh, and commons, the price ranging from Bs. to 12s. per bushel; there was also a large quantity of oysters in bags per Brighton Railway, taken from the large oyster bed, four and a half miles in length, recently discovered off the town of Shoreham; these sold at 6s. the bag, con taining a bushel and a quarter. There was a tremendous rush at the opening of the boats, but from the admirable arrangements of Mr. Goldham, clerk of the market , in the construction of barriers, the employment of extra officers, and numerous cautions to " take care of yo ur pockets," t," neither ro bb er i es nor acc idents occurred, At Hungerford market there were five vessels, and a large quantity of the Brighton oysters, pricei and description the same as at Billingsg ate . The trade was altogether dull; weeks the pas past completely Brighton at 3sf Oysters es t having all e d th e been u usual m t severa l f a o r r ket. A 6 it \ h v e e b h us a h v e e l, h w ea e r r d e f p r u o r m ch a as ci e u d a w rt i e th r few real natives, avidity. DeALaCcustomed to t place reliance, that gl o ve further retro spectiveupTonnwEhWichAttweMEar that this new the Government have consented effect to the grant of a med o al arrangement will include the campaig n n E sincerely hope that the report may provelwellgroyuput.dedW.—e United Service Gazette. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS TIMES.—The most successful legal reform of our time has been the establishment of the County Courts. Until quite recently all attempts at change had been di rected to the provisions of statutes and the modification of time-honoured rules of law—in civil procedure little or nothing had been done. This is but to say, in other words, that whatever reform might be imported into the legal system of the country was but of trifling benefit to the great bulk of suitors. With the establishment of County Courts a new era commenced. No doubt it was a great experiment, and many who are now loudest in their praise of these new tribunals prophesied evil of them on their first introduction. We are now speaking after the fact, and we know that the change has answered. Thousands of persons who, under the old system, would have waved a right, or submitted to an extortion, rather than meddle with lawyers, are now enabled to come forward and obtain justice, with out the fear that any advantage they may expect from the decision of the Courts must be more than counterbalanced by the costs of the proceedings. Now, at least, we have cheap law, and, despite of the old dictum, which certainly emanated from the front benches of Westminster-hall—cheap law and good law have been identical in the case of the County Courts. Let us take care that we keep up the character of tribunals so essential to the correct admi nistration of justice in this country. The working of each of these Courts depends upon the capacity and integ rity of two officers—a judge and a clerk. Now, it is a commonplace, even amongst the most economical Re formers, that to secure the services of proper men you must give an adequate remuneration. The worst saving is that which is effected by the deterioration of a tribu nal. The salary of the judge had been fixed by the statute under which the County Courts were created at 1,2001. a year, and that of the clerks at 6001. a year. Considering the vast amount of business success fully transacted before these tribunals, no one can maintain that the stipend is an unreasonable one. A barrister or an attorney who accepts either one or other of these employments virtually disqualifies himself from all chance of professional advancement. Whatever liberty be left him by the Act, his time is so fully occu pied by the business of the Court that he is in effect in capacitated from seeking any business on his own pri vate account. Under such circumstances the salaries we have named cannot be deemed excessive. They are rather below than above the mark, if it be our wish to secure the services of competent persons. Under the faith of the statute, the barristers who accepted the appointments withdrew from private , pra?tice—f?r the acceptance of a Co unt y Court judgeship their minds service. t y o thepublic when they were usefully and profitably employed, athmeoirun timed to atnhdat—enaen energy yma to de up and discharging their duties with signal success, these officers were cut down from 1,2004 to 1,0004 a year. This was a very hard, and a very arbitrary Act. But even thus we have not stated the case quite fairly, for . a large amount of bu s iness h as d evo l ve d on thejudge in addition to what was contemplated on their first establishment —as, for example, the insolvent busi ness. There are moreover all the cases which would have gone before the Palace Court, which will now be disseminated amongst certain of the judges of the metro politan districts. Not satisfied, however, with reducing the salary of the judges, we now find that Sir George Grey and Sir John Jervis, between them, have, by an Order in Council three or four days old, mulcted the clerks in 1001. per annum, without assigning any valid reason for so extraordinary a step. Such economy as this is to be regretted. If the purpose of the Attorney- General be to injure the character of these new tribu• nals, by driving from them competent officers, he is pur suing a politic system;—but, as such a course is highly injurious to the public service, we are sorry to see that so far he has been successful in his attempt. EXAM IN E' R. —FOREIGN POLlCY.—Divide et lmpera is a maxim as ancient as history. The strength of an solutism consists in the want of union of its opponents. To prevent or to impair such union is therefore the policy of the school of politicians of which Metternich may be considered the head. The speech of Lord Pal merston on Hungary and Austria, which appeared likely to rally around him all sections of the Liberals, and many honest and moderate Conservatives, boded no good to this party. It was dangerous to let it pass unat tacked ; and yet it seemed unassailable. The more cautious of their organs lit ld warily aloof ; and we find the forlorn hope led by a journal of liberal opinions. The line of attack taken is, not that Lord Palmerston is too liberal in his views, but that he is not liberal enough; that he is not prepared to make good his words by deeds and to follow up the thunder of his eloquence by the thun der of cannon. From all which, the very necessary and satisfactory conclusion is to be derived, that it would be better to have some one at the head of the Foreign-office who would have neither words nor deeds for the cause of progress and humanity, but would use both against it. The correctness of Lord Palmerston's statements with regard to Hungary and Austria is not impugned. It is most undeniable " that Austria, by the course of policy. she has pursued, has identified herself with obstruction to progress." It is equally undeniable " that Hungary has for centuries been a state which, though united with Austria by the link of the Crown, has nevertheless been separate and distinct from Austria by its own complete constitution." It is no less true that " the question (i. e., the immediate question irrespective of results) now to be fought for on the plains of Hungary is this — whether Hungary shall continue to maintain its sepa rate nationality as a distinct kingdom, and with a Con stitution of its own, or whether it is to be incorporated more or less in the aggregate Constitution that is to be given to the Austrian empire?" It is no less true " that if Hungary should by superior forces be utterly crushed, Austria in that battle will have crushed her right arm" (and consequently must hopelessly and helplessly resign herself henceforth to be a vassal of the Czar); and " that if the Hungarians should be successful, and their success should end in the entire separation of Hungary from Austria, this will be such a dismemberment of the Austrian Empire as will prevent Austria from continu ing to occupy the great position she has hitherto held among European Powers" (a result by no means to be deprecated, if, in place of a decrepit State, which has identified itself with obstruction to progress, there should arise a vigorous and progressive State; a State, too, that would be the shield of Austria herself against Cossack aggression, and give her one more opportunity of deve loping her natural resources). What, then, is the charge brought against Lord Palmerston? It is this, — that he contented himself with expressing his matured and deliberate opinion upon a subject of the utmost mo ment to Great Britain, to Europe, to civilization itself, without at the same time " being ready to redeem his word with a host:" that is, without going at once to war. Now, we are afraid it would be a dangerous doctrine to lay down, that a nation ought to, or may, go to war in support of what she " counts good and just in politics." This was the doctrine of the first French Republic; and we know its results. To justify a war there must be a casus belli. It is quite true that Austrian forces have invaded Hungary without beiag invited by any legally constituted authority in that country. Russian forces have done the same. But Hungary is not an ally of Great Britain. The Sovereigns of Great Britain have been in alliance with the Emperors of Germany and Kings of Hungary, then with the Emperors of Austria and Kings of Hungary, so long as the crown of Hungary was worn by the same in dividual who wore the Imperial Crown of Germany or of Austria. But at present there is no legitimate King of Hungary (if any regard whatever is to be paid to the letter and the spirit of so many compacts between King and people of that nation); and the de facto Hungarian Government has not yet been r ecogn i se d. Di p l omat i c relations subsist between th e C a bi net o f S t. J ames ' and the Austrian Cabinet; they do not subsist between the c e o n r ti d t l y ng w t i o th in r t e e g rn a a rd tio t n n a G I l r a e w a t , B H r u i t n a g i n a r . y a If an p y o t l h it i i n c g al m no n n re - Cabiae tof St. James' a n d th e H ungar i an C a bi net. Ac than an attack upon Lord Palmerston is meant by those who employ the arguments adverted to, if they really feel any sympathy with th e H ungar i ans , l et t h em concur i with us n urging the immediate recognition of the pre sent defacto Hungarian Government; a step which would be of incalculable benefit to the Hungarians, while neither Austria and Russia could have the slightest ground to take umbrage at it. We, who have always been the ad vocates of the Hungarian cause, demand this. We might also advise the conclusion of a commercial treaty with Hungary, a treaty which is offered by duly accredited envoys on the most liberal terms. But it does not follow that we should feel ourselves justified in recommending a war in support of the Hungarians, all-important as we think their success to the preservation of the balance of power, and to the best interests of order, progress, civilization, and commerce. As for the possibility of " defining and limiting the occasions of intervention," and of " embodying in a formal declaration the principles by which this country is prepared to stand," we think that, it it were done by some clever essayist, it might probably look as well as Count Stadion's Charter, and be equally effective—on paper. Under such a system we should indeed be " likely to go to war by accident, to enforce some purpose which we do not see,"—being tied down to the letter of a declaration that would doubtless be susceptible of as many interpretations as there were interested parties. But if this difficulty could be got over, it seems to us not sufficient that a cause be " politically just." Take, for instance, the Hungarian cause, in which not a flaw can be detected. Would the latter circumstance alone have been a sufficient claim to our sympathy, if the " politically just" cause had been only maintained by a party in the state; and if, as happens to be the case, the vast majority of the inhabitants of the country of all classes were not ready to shed their last drop of blood in its defence? But further, if we " have not yet out lived the practice of war," we would suggest that be sides the intrinsic justice of the cause, some regard is usually paid to other circumstances ; to the internal resources, and to the state of public feeling, both in the country that meditates war and in its opponent. "To everything there is a season," saith the Preacher, " and a time to every purpose under the heavens : a time to keep silence, and a time to speak ; a time to love, and a time to hate ; a time for war, and a time for peace:"—but, according to the precious scheme of a definition of occasions for intervention, we should not take advantage of times and seasons, but should slide into wars, unprepared and un armed, according to such and such a paragraph, or sec. tion so and so, of the " Declaration." We sincerely hope that England, at least, has " outlived the practice of war; but if, in the course of years, circumstances should arise to endanger peace, we would rather confide in the tried skill and sagacity of a veteran diplomatist, w hen united with Liberal principles, than in all the paper formuke that have ever been issued. The doctrine we have commented upon amounts to this, that no power oug ht to express an opinio n on the merits of a foreign contest without being prepared to back that opinion by " a host." Carry this doctrine int o private life, and no individual ought to express an opinion concerning his neighbour s quarrel without being prepared to interfere more or less actively. The " warning reproof" addressed by Lord Palmerston ,, to Austria—the " contingent of words, sym- pathy but not help," given to the Hungarians by the meeting at the London Tavern —are alike sneered at. Bu' i, the 6 ' - , , , rnia:; " altog, thor mope, advi- ? L1115.1t . •1,•1•• S• :J • 1 something to go abroad to Europe, that " Lard Brougham's rule, which was, or ought to have been, the rule of the high Tories when they existed i=i England," will not be adopted in England ; that the treasure of the country will not be wasted to purchase oppression for the nations, and hatred for our selves, in support of the principle of Lord Brougham—that England is to interfere for princes, but not for peoples ; that she is to protect Fer dinand of Naples, Ferdinand of Austria, and Nicholas of Russia, but not Sicilians, nor H ungar i ans, nor Poles. Although the " high Tories" are aisumed no longer to exist in England, yet for our our parts we can conceive a change in the Foreign -office which would be likely to lead, if not to the " recognition," at least to the carrying out in practice, of " Lord Brougham's rule." But there are many ways in which moral influ ence many have something more than a negative effect; and the Camarilla at Vienna is already beginning to feel it. We do not apprehend that the argument on which we have been commenting will have much weight with the public. The attempts to impair the confidence of the nation in Lord Palmerston, and to discredit the movement in favour of the Hungarian cause, are more likely to recoil upon the heads of those who are thus doing all in their power to pave the way for the return of Lord Aberdeen to the Foreign office. LAW INTELLIGENCE. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT, Aug. 4. LUCK V. ALLEN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a stage carpenter, against the defendant, the master car penter at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, to recover the sum of 21. 17s. fur work in bringing out the Prophite. The plaintiff stated that he had been employed at the theatre i❑ question, and always received his wages re gularly until Mr. Delafield declared himself a bankrupt. That wa3 on a Saturday, when the artists of the theatre undertook themselves to keep the house open that night, and tte defendant promised plaintiff, if he would con tinue at his work, to see that he was paid. He always considered the defendant as his employer, and looked to him for payment. The JUDGE thought the liability fell on the lessees of the theatre. In his opinion, the defendant stood in just the same position as M. Costa, who paid the band with the money he got from the lessees. Mr. CIIAPPELL, for the defendant, said that after M. Laporte gave up the old Italian Opera several actions were brought against the directors in the different de partments of the theatre, but all of them failed, it being held that the lessee alone was liable. The JUDGE considered that the defendant was liable alone for the three days that the defendant was em ployed at the theatre upon his (defendant's) promise to pay him. He was not responsible for the former portion of the debt. His Honour gave a verdict for 17s. JONES V. CAUNT. In this case the plaintiff, a carman, sued the defendant, Ben Caunt, the prizefighter, and landlord of the Coach and Horses, St. Martin's-lane, for the sum of 21. 55., for conveying provisions to Epsom. The plaintiff stated that Mr. Caunt employed him to convey beer, spirits, provisions, china, glass, &c., to his booth at Epsom on the last I)erby day, and bring back the " empties." This was faithfully done, but he could not get paid for it. Mr. SILL, for the defendant, said the plaintiff could not recover, as he held no licence to let horses on hire, the bill of particulars stating that the debt was for the hire of certain horses. The JUDGE decided that the objection was fatal to the claim, and a nonsuit being entered, Mr. Sill said that Mr. Count would not have objected to pay the carriage if the articles had been properly conveyed to Epsom. The fact was, that the plaintiff got so drunk on the way to Epsom that a cask of brandy, of the valuo of 81., was lost or stolen from the cart, and Mr. Cauat had now a set-oil' to the amount. The plaintiff was nonsuited. BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT, Aug. 4. HASTIE V. SIR H. W. BARRON', M P. This was an action against the defendant, Sir Henry Winston Barron, Bart., M.P. for Waterford, residing at 21, Cavendish-square, brought by the plaintiff, late foot man in that gentleman's service, to recover a month's wages, i❑ lieu of a month's warning. Plaintiff stated that on the 21st of May last he entered Sir Henry's service at the stipulated wages of 25 guineas per annum. On the evening of Sunday, the 24th of June, he was talking to a friend in the area when Sir Henry came down, and, addressing him, said, " You drunken vagabond, you leave my service tomorrow." He received no further notice, and the next day, on Sir Henry paying him 21. 103. 6d. for the five weeks be had been with him, he quitted the house. Sir Henry said that the plaintiff was repeatedly drunk, and on the Sunday in question Lady Barron, on return. ing from a visit to Lord Palmerston's, complaining that while accompanying the carriage thither he had used exceedingly offensive language, he (Sir Henry) deter mined on immediately discharging him. To prove that he was drunk on the Sunday be would call his coachman, who, however, on ascending the witness-box refused to be sworn. JUDGE-What persuasion are you, coachman? Coachman—That's my business, but my conscience will not let me take an oath.—(Laughter.) Mr. Wright (chief clerk)—You are liable to be, if the Judge thinks fit, committed for contempt for that answer. Sir Henry—Your Honour, his refusal to be sworn ought to make his ttstimony more valuable; but can't you send him to prison for not taking the oath? JUDGE—No. Coachman—Sir Henry don't mean that.—(Laughter.) Sir Henry—Well, I can't make him out. JUDGE—Nor I either, for, if he knows anything, he seems resolved to keep it to himself.—(Laughter.) Sir Henry here asked the case to be adjourned while he fetched Lady Baron, who, on returning with him de posed that she believed the plaintiff was drunk on the Sunday, as he staggered about, and on the carriage leaving the door shouted loudly to the coachman, " Don't go the wrong way, you're as mad as her Ladyship." His HONOUR said that such misbehaviour being sworn to, fully justified Sir Henry in acting as he had, and he should dismiss the complaint —Plaintiff nonsuited. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRCUlT,—Bridgwater, Aug, 4. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) The trial of Charlotte Harris, for the wilful murder of her former husband, Henry Merchant, by poison, which was commenced yesterday, was resumed, this morning. The case was of a most complicated character, and the charge against the prisoner was supported by the follow ing circumstances: — In the month of April last the prisoner was living with her husband, at 13, Angel-buildings, Bath. Her age was thirty-two, his twenty-eight, and they appeared to live on comfortable and happy terms, He was a stonemason, earning very good wages, and she adding to their weekly income by selling oranges in the Bath Market. They had two children, who lived with them in their house. On the 31st of March, deceased was at work at a quarry with two fellow-workmen. Ho was in good health and spirits. He returned home late, and the prisoner gave him some tea. He went to work as usual next day, but was compelled by illness to return home. The symptoms of his illness were those that are usually observable in a case of poisoning, and they con tinued throughout the day. The prisoner was advised to send for a surgeon, which she declined to do, asserting that the prisoner objected to it, but afterwards she went for a surgeon, and as he did not come she went a second time. The deceased was attended by Mr. Lloyd, who treated the case as one arising from natural causes, and after lingering a week he died. On the lath he was buried, but in consequence of suspicions being excited by the conduct of the prisoner, the body was disinterred, an inquest was held, the viscera of deceased was sent for examination to Mr. Herapath, of Bristol, and the presence of arsenic was indisputably proved, for two and a half grains of solid poison were found in the stomach, a rather unusual circumstance, inasmuch that arsenic, from its metallic composition, is difficult to introduce in solid particles into the stomach. During the illness of her husband, the prisoner told several falsehoods, stating that he had been spitting blood, and had injured him self in endeavouring to lift a stone, both of which statements were untrue. She also neglected to give him the medicine sent by Mr. Lloyd, assigning as a reason (with some appearance of truth) that he was continually vomiting, and could keep nothing on his stomach. It was suggested that the body should be opened, but the prisoner objected, saying she had seen one body opened, and did not wish to see the like again. At a short dis tance from her house lived an old man named Harris, who was possessed of some little property, and six or seven weeks before Merchant was taken ill the prisoner told two person s th at H arr i s h a d o ff ere d h er marriage, observing wh a t a good thing it would be if she were a widow. On the very day that her husband was taken ill, she went to Harris's house, was with him in his room for a considerable portion of time, and took tea with him. On going away she represented to a woman named Shayler, who lived in the same house, that she was about to be married to Harris. On the day after the death of her husband she was seen in Harris's company, and about a week afterwards she was actually married to Harris having given the information necessary to enable that ceremony to take place on the very day of the burial. After a long and anxious trial of two days, about six o'clock the case was brought to a conclusion. The jury retired, and after an absence of an hour, re turned into court with a verdict of Guilty. His LORDSHIP assumed the black cap, and passed the awful sentence of death upon the prisoner, observing that he fully concurred in the verdict, for having gone through the evidence anxiously, most carefully and he could not but entertain the conviction that she was guilty of the enormous crime of murdering the father of her children. Mr. S. W. SAuspEas, who conducted the defence, then put in a plea in arrest of execution, that the prisoner was quick with child. His Lordship ordered the doors of the Court to be closed, and addressing the High Sheriff, commanded him at once to empanel a jury of matrons from females within the Court for the purpose of trying the prisoners plea, - A dozen ladies, who had entered the court as spot• tators, were then (much against the inclinations of some of them) compelled to enter a box, and were sworn in by the Crier. Hla 1 :40RD91IIP, addressing the forewoman, said, they had heard from the oath that had just been adminis tered to them the nature of the duties upon which they had been empanelled. They would at once retire and perform their duties, and they might be assisted in them by a medical man. The jury of matrons were then escorted by the High Sheriff to the rear of the court, and in a few minutes they re urneti. c with child of a, quick child or noi? Several ladies—We say she is. The JUDGE —l,9t the sentence be respited. The prisoner, who appeared to b 3 weak from her situa tion, but to be but little affected by her awful position, was then assisted from the bar. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Carlisle, Aug. 4. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) Richard Graham, 34, was indicted for bigamy. It appeared a person of the prisoner's name was mar ritd at Anuan, in Scotland, is 1834, to one Mary Eliza beth Hammond, the daughter of a Mr. Hammond there, who had Leen in the West Indies formerly, and had three daughters by a black, and the daughters were coloured, which was a material feature in the case, as there was some difficulty in identifying the parties. Mr. Hammond having got, it was supposed, money with his black wife, had returned to Scotland, and become a farmer at Annan, and the prisoner had been in his ser vice, and had ingratiated himself with one of the daughters. The jury finding him Guilty, His LORDSHIP sentenced him to be imprisoned nine months, with hard labour. John Wood was indicted for the manslaughter of Thomas Wilson. at Crosscanonby, near Maryport, on the 16th April last, by administering to him a narcotic and irritant poison. This was not presented as a case of an aggravated character, they did not charge the prisoner with any ill intention in what he had done—on the contrary, he in tended, no doubt, to do great good—but with ignorantly and rashly administering a dangerous substance, in a serious and dangerous case, namely, lobilia inflate, which was a narcotic irritant poison. The deceased was a youth of 17i years of age, a joiner, as was his father, in the employ of the railway company. On Thursday, the 12th of April, he complained of beim* unwell, and did not go to his work till eight o'clock. He was a little better on Friday, but on Saturday he was again unwell; and at his request, John Story, a blacksmith, a member of the Botanic Society at Mary port, was called in, and he administered yarrow and cayenne, and after wards mountain flax, as he complained of great pain in the lower part of his belly. At four o'clock on Sunday morning he was so ill that he was shrieking with pain, and he desired his father to send for the prisoner, whom he knew, and had employed before. The prisoner came, and ordered him a dose, which, among other things, con tained two teaspoonsful of lobelia, which would be at least 120 grains, to be talc( n inwardly, and an injection, containing 60 grains. The dose and the injection were re. peated (Mr. Bliss said, but this was not satisfactorily proved. The prisoner (who is a shoemaker, and a member of the Maryport Botanical Society) had a book with him, and he showed the deceased and his father a case, which he said was similar to the son's, and asked them if they were willing that he should treat the son in the same way, and both consented. Then he gave the medicine. He then became so bad that Dr. Pearson, of Maryport, was called in, and afterwards Dr. Curtis, and they had a consultation, and did what they could for him, but the poor youth was then in a hopeless state, and died at four o'clock the same day. On a post mortem exami nation the surgeon found congestion of the brain, lungs, and heart, produced, in their opinion, by a vegetable poison, and that in their opinion was the cause of death. Lobelia, they said, would produce those effects. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS (with whom was Mr. James) addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that the prisoner had shown the greatest care and caution, his only object being to relieve gratuitously the sufferings of his friend, at his and his father's pressing instance, and that the prosecution was, in fact, instituted by the medical men to put down a rival. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up, and the jury Ac quitted the prisoner. PROSPECTS FOR HUNGARY. (From the Examiner.) The Times has reluctantly admitted, during the past week, that the plan of the campaign against Hungary, as it was begun by the Imperial armies, has been dislo cated by the skill and vigour of the Hungarian com manders, and that down to the latest dates the fortune of war was with the latter. This fact has at the same time assisted our contemporary to the belief that the Ottoman Porte may possibly take pert in the struggle, and that upon the whole the Hungarians have really better chances than it had hitherto allowed itself to think possible. Other evidences of returning prosperity are not wanting to this great and gallant cause. While Paskiewich and the Ban are out-generalled by the Hungarian commanders, public opinion in this coun try is every day pronouncing itself in a more decided manner and with more substantial effect. We have the best authority for stating that the Austrian Camarilla is seriously alarmed at the state of feeling in England and at the tong of the independent English press; and this was before the account of the debate in the House of Commons on the 20th July, and of the meeting at the London Tavern, had reached Vienna. The knowledge of the fact should stimulate the friends of the Hunga rians in this country to fresh exertions on their behalf. The example of public meetings, which has been so auspiciously given at the London Tavern, and followed by Marylebone, is being imitated all over the country. Nor should these meetings be confined to vague and ge neral expressions of sympathy; they should tend to a practical purpose—the recognition by English statesmen of the de facto Government of Hungary. The meeting at Marylebone may challenge compari so❑ with any held in that borough, fur respectability, order, and unanimity. That the speeches were of a de cidedly liberal cast is no more than might have been expected. But the peculiarity of the Hungaria❑ cause is this, thatit invites the sympathy and support of partisans of the most various shades of political opinions, of the moderate and rational Conservative no less than of the con stitutional Radical. The lover of religious freedom and the lover of commercial freedom are equally interested in the triumph of the Hungarians. It was well shown at the Marylebone meeting that every step which Russia makes westward has the effect of closing to British industry a previously-existing market, or of preventing a fresh ono from being opened ; that, consequently, so much bread is taken out of the mouth of the British artizan, or prevented from being put into it. That Austria, as at present constituted, is not a barrier against the territorial aggrandizement of Russia, is evident. As Colonel Thompson very per tinently observed, the guardian (!) of European civilisa tion has opened the door and let the robber in. That the success of the Hungarians would at once open to us a market hardly inferior to that of Russia, and capable of indefinite extension, we have already indicated; and we may at some future time treat this question more in detail. To the determined persecution of religious freedom by ' the House of Hapsburg, and the assertion of this great principle by the Hungarians, all history bears record. With regard to what is now passing, Lord Dudley Stuart stated the fact that in the present Hungarian Government, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Csanad, the distinguised historian Horvath, is Minister for Eccle siastical Affairs; but that the Secretary in that de partment is a Protestant, Professor Szlisz, a distin guished member of the Protestant College of Enyed, —a college which is still in the receipt of English funds, contributed at a time when the sympathies of English Protestants for the cause of religious freedom on the Continent were something more substantial than a name. In the other departments of the Ministry are members of the Catholic arid Greek Churches, and of various Protestant confessions. The civil disabilities under which the Jews in Hungary, as elsewhere, la boured, have also been unreservedly removed. What may be expected if Hungary should lose its independence, and be reduced to the condition of an Austrian or Russian province, is shown by a speech of General Benedek, commander of a division of the Aus trian army, to the municipal authorities of the town of Rosenau, in the month of April last. General Benedek is himself a Protestant and a Hungarian, and therefore his speech must be looked upon, not as the expression of his private opinions, but as conveying the deliberate sentiments of the Austrian Government. He said— " This rebellion is a Protestant rebellion ; it will never he put down till the Protestants are put down. Till the end of the war, it will be necessary to keep under a strict surveillance of the police every Protestant clergy man and Protestant professor." Although this speech is a sufficient exponent of the intentions of the Austrian Government, yet it is only partially true. The national cause is not solely or exclusively Protestant. To the names of the many victims of Austrian tyranny must be added that of the truly apostulical and liberal minded Catholic Archbishop of Erlau, Lonovics, who has been thrown into prison for the crime of having drawn' up the representation of the Catholic Bishops to Icing Ferdinand; a representation presented by the Arch bishop of Gran, the Primate of Hungary, in conjunction with Lonovics himself. This document, which suf ficiently expresses the views of the Catholic clergy with regard to the national struggle, is to be found in the Ap pendix to Count Teleki's "Case of Hungary Stated." That every Liberal should warmly sympathise with the Hungarians is but natural. No nation has given such an example of a privileged class having voluntarily re nouncel its exclusive privileges, and having raised the unprivileged to a perfect equality with itself for the benefit of their common country. No nation has been a more consistent advocate of civil, religious, and commercial freedom. But above all, the sympathies of the moderate and far-sighted Conservative ought to be enlisted on their behalf. The Hungarians are pre-eminently, above all other Continental nations, the sticklers fur precedent and for the letter of the law. Indeed, the reproach that has been urged against them with the greatest semblance of justice, is that they are not revolutionary enough for the present age. Perczel urged in the Diet that the Hungarian regiments serving in Italy should be recalled. The policy of his motion was admitted; its constitutional legality was doubted; and owing to legal scruples, Hun gary herself strengthened the hands of her enemies. Similarly, it was long before the Hungarian Government, although warned by bitter experience, could resolve to persue the fugitive Jellachich over the Austrian frontier, without being first invited by some legally-constituted Austrian authority. Tho ameliorations effected itt the Hungarian Consti tution by the National party were not brought about by revolutionary measures; they were not the result of an emeute, however justifiable an emuete may be in some csses; but they were carried out by legal means upon the broadly-trodden and clearly-defined path of Parlia mentary Reform. Nor were these ameliorations effected in consequence of a sudden impulse inspired by the events of France. The February Revolution of Paris un doubtedly strengthened the hands of the Hungarians by the terror which it caused to Metternich and his satellites. But the measures of Reform themselves were nothing mare than the legitimate development of the spirit of the Hungarian Constitution, carried out by means in strict accordance with measures which had been urged upon the Government by the National party since 1832, and of which Mr, Paget thus speaks:— " Th 3 favourite objects of their desires were—after strengthenia t z the nationality of flentfary—freedera of , f ;7aprov, - moli, of iezeielal communication ; increased freedom and education of the p;=asautry ; the repeal of laws preventing the free pur chase and sale of landed property ; perfect equality of all religions, and the freedom of the press. For the greater part of these objects they are still struggliu.g."— Paget's Hungary and Transylvania, Vol. 1. p. 162. This was written ten years ago. duch had been effected, spite of Government intrigues, subsequently to that period, and previously to the Diet of 1847 48. In that Diet many of the most important internal reforms had passed not merely the Lower, but the upper House, before Feb. 1848. These reforms, together with others conceived in the same spirit, obtained the sanction of the then legitimate Monarch of the country. Nor was the nature of these reforms more truly conservative than the manner in which they were effected. Where vested interests were found to be incompatible with the welfare of the State, the holders of such vested interests were indemnified for their surrender; and the electoral quali fication of property and intelligence, which was substi tuted for that of birth, preserved a just mean between too wide and too narrow a suffrage. An inc .me of 10/. in towns, a property equivalent to 30/. in the country, is very different from what such a qualification would be here; when we consider that in Hungary meat is three-halfpence a pound, and wheat fifteen shillings a quarter. ..~, . ~~ Dant - In Hungary we do not find one faction struggling against another, democracy against aristocracy, poverty against wealth. The whole nation has risen as one man in defence of its Constitution against revolutionary des potism, in defence of its independence against foreign invasion. The newly enfranchised peasantry are not less ardent in the national cause than those who, before the reforms, were exelusively in possession of the full rights of citizenship. The really independent and un embarrassed magnates, the peers of Hungary, are found aiding the same cause with their arm, their purse, or their counsel. One Batthyany is expiating his attach• ment to his country in the dungeons of Laibach; another takes the department of foreign affairs in Kossuth's Ministry. A Karolyi raises a regiment of hussars at his own expense; and a Teleki, of the noblest and wealthiest house in Transylvania, is actively employed in the diplo• matic service of his country, But above all, the country gentlemen of ancient lineage are found where they ought to be found in such a crisis. We observe that Marzi banyi, the wealthiest untitled noble of Hungary, has just been sentenced by Haynau to a fine of 2,0001. for his patriotism. It is from this class, indeed, that the Men who so ably fill the various posts in the present Government are principa.ly taken—men well acquainted with the routine or administration, who are qualified fer the stations they hold at present by the experience of years as magistrates in their respective counties, and as members of the National Diet. If the Hungarians and the Hungarian Constitution be crushed, what defenders of legality and rational civil self-government will be left in Central and Eastern Europe? The tendencies of the military despoti,m which is at present predominant, are no less levelling than those of the most unbridled ochlocracy; no less opposed to all free action of individuals or of corporations. But how long can this military despotism last? It can only be supported by numerous armies of soldiers, and hardly less numerous armies of paid civil functionaries. In proportion as the number of unproductive consumers in creases, so do not merely the numbers but the energies of the producers diminish ; as the burdens become heavier, the capacity of bearing them becomes less. This state of things leads to a national bankruptcy (a consummation from which Aus tria is not far distant for the third time within the last forty years); to the most frightful social c ,, nvulsions; to a war of Proletaires against those who still possess property; and to a scene of universal dis order, of which no man can tell the end. The people of most continental countries have lost the habits and tra ditions of self-government, together with their chartered liberties; the Hungarians have maintained these habits and their prescriptive rights through good and evil times. In their defence they have poured out their blood like water, not meri ly now, but in bygone ages. One Hungarian generation has handed down to another the torch of constitutional liberty, for the benefit not merely of themselves, but of the a hole world. Such a nation the real Conservative must wish to see, not simply saved from annihilation, but taking a prominent part in the affairs of the Continent; as a model of rational Go vernment and a guarantee for the maintenance of order and security in the east of Europe. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SIINDAY.—The Lords of the Admi ralty are expected here on their annual visit of inspec tion on the 20th. The Niger screw steam sloop left this harbour at 7 A.M. yesterday for Woolwich, the trials, we presume, having terminated. Should the Arrogant, 46 (screw), Captain Fitzroy, arrive to day, she is to be ordered to proceed immedi ately to Kingstown (Dublin). In Harbi,ur—The Victory, flag of Admiral Sir Bladen Cape!, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief ; the Illustrious, flag of Rear-Admiral H. Prescott, C. 8., superintendent of the dockyard; the Excellent, gunnery-ship, Captain IL D. Chads, C.B. ; the Blenheim, steam guard-ship, Captain H. Austen, C B.; the Blazer, steamer, Lieut.- Comm Ander Smith; the Rolla, apprentices brig, Lieut.- Commander Fen wick; the steam tenders, Lightning, Master-Cammanding Pettey; Elfin, Acting-Master Bal liston; Fire Queen, Acting-Master Allen; and the tug Echo. At Spithead—The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell. In Dock—The Princess Charlotte, 104, repairing; the Grampus, 80, ditto; the Actaeon, 26, ditto; the Daunt less, 24 (screw), altering; the Devastation (paddle), re pairing; and Curlew, 10, altering. In the Steam basin—The Penelope, Sidon, Scourge, Urgent, and Sprightly. In the Sea-basin—The Rodney, 92, refitted; and the Polyphemus steam sloop. Wind—S.S.E., light breezes and cloudy. ROYAL MARINES. Major-General Lord icederia ".— ilizclarence, G.C.H., inspected the subalterns of this division at Forton Bar racks on Saturday in company and squad drill, in which they acquitted themselves to the warmly-expressed satis faction of his Lordship. ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence inspected this distin guished corps on Southsea-Uommon i❑ battalion small arm drill on Saturday afternoon. His Lordship expressed himself in the highest terms of their steadiness and effi. cikmey. PLYMOUTH, Auo. s.—By the arrival here, this after noon, of the Nestal Trinity yacht, Captain Jones, from the westward, we learn that the Royal squadron was seen to pass Mount's Bay, from Penzance harbour, at halt• past seven o'clock o❑ Thursday morning. The squadron consisted of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, the Black Eagle, and a third steamer. THE GUESTLING MURDER.—Our readers are aware that at the Sussex assizes, held at Lewes, on Wednesday, Mary Ann Geering was convicted of the murder of her husband, Richard Geering, at Guestling, near Hastings, by administering to him a large quantity of arsenic, and that Chief Baron Pollock passed on her sentence of death, holding out no hope of mitigation. As is always the case in poisonings, the evidence was circumstantial; and in order to sho that the poison in this instance was not administered accidentally, evidence was given con • nected with the poisoning of two of the sons, and an at tempt to poison a third, subsequently to the death of the father. At the trial, Mr. Hurst, the counsel for the pri soner, objected to the reception of the evidence, on the ground that what occurred subsequently to the death, which the prisoner was charged with causing by the administration of poison, could not be evidence with regard to that particular case. Chief Baron Pol lock, at the trial, said he considered that he was bound to receive that evidence. He thought the history of the domestic state of that family down to the time of the prisoner's arrest was evidence if the priso ner personally interfered. He had laid it down, at Chelmsford, in a case of arson, that two previous at tempts to set fire to the same premises might be given in evidence; and he considered that he was bound to re ceive evidence, the tendency of which was to show that the use of arsenic in the family was not accidental. An ticipating the objection, after reading the depositions, he had conferred with Mr. Baron Alderson, who agreed with him that any evidence which showed that the ad ministering of the poison was not accidental was admis sible. Since the prisoner has been sentenced to be exe cuted, Mr. Hurst has again formally tendered the objec tion in writing; and the execution will be delayed till the opinion of the fifteen judges has been obtained on the point, which is one that has never been hitherto raised. Antecedent circumstances, as in the arson case alluded to, have been admitted as evidence; but in the present instance the evidence objected to is that which relates to circumstances which occurred subsequently to the murder. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—Lord J. Russell is residing at Pembroke lodge, Richmond-park, for the pre sent ; but the Noble Premier, accompanied by Lady John Russell, shortly leaves for Scotland, on a series of visits. Viscount Palmerston does not intend to leave town for Broadlands until next week, whin the Noble Viscount and Viscountess purpose to receive a succes sion of distinguished visitors at their country seat. The Earl of Minto, accompanied by the Countess, and Ladies Elliot, arrives at Minto-house, Roxburghshire, this week, for the autumn. The Marquis of Lansdowne, who is at present in Dublin, to assist in the honours of the Queen's reception in the Irish metropolis, is expected to return to Bowood park, Wilts, to-morrow se'nnight. The Right Hon. Sir J. Cam Hobhouse and the Misses Hobhouse left Berkeley-square on Thursday for Erl stoke park, Wilts. The Earl and Countess Grey have left Belgrave•square for Howick-hall, Northumberland. The Right Hon. Sir F. Thornhill Baring, as First Lord of the Admiralty, goes, in company with several mem bers of the Board, on an official tour this week ; the Right Hon. Baronet having returned on Thursday night to his official residence from visiting the Channel Islands. Lady Arabella Baring and the Misses Baring are sojourning at Brighton. Lord Campbell and Lady Stratheden and family leave Knightsbridge in a few days for the Noble and Learned Lord's seat in Scotland. The Right HOP. Henry Labouchere left town on Saturday for Stoke-park, near Windsor. We are happy to hear that the Lord Chancellor is regaining his health in a satisfactory manner. His Lordship and family are re siding at Copse Hill, his Lordship's delightful seat, near Wimbledon. DEPARTURE OF THE HIBERNIA..—ShortIy after eleven o'clock on Saturday forenoon, the British and North American Royal Mail steamship Hibernia, Capt. Stone, sailed from Liverpool for Boston, via Halifax, carrying out the weekly mails for Canada and the United States, besides passengers to the number of 80 or 90. The mails went in charge of Lieutenant Ray mond, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Niagra was to sail for Liverpool from New York on the 24th ult. THE COUNTIIY MAII'KETS. rrr, . r ~ ~ r,,,.~q . . . 1.) 1.11 flour not to b nau under Ttr's lay's quotations, but secondary samples were easier to buy. The price of Indiin corn was 'angular. 2 31 ' .per 4801 b was accepted for the hest yell,w corn, whilst fine white brought 27s to 27s 6 , 1 p,r 4801 b, and a good clearance was effected at those rates. Oats and oatmeal were both dull. Grinding barley declined Id per bushel, and pas is per quarter. Egyptian beans were (id per quarter ch , aper. With exceedingly fins weather to-day the grain trade is without activity, and prices stall nominally as yesterday. Ws. d. s. heat, per 701 b IBarlev ee ding• • 38to 4 English, white .. 72t0 7 4,12 ye, per 4801 b 28 o—3o 0 Do. red.. .. 7 0— 7 2.l3cans, English, pr Irish, new .. 6 3 6 f; imperial quartr 34 0 36 0 Do., old .. • • 6 6 G 7 Irish and Scotch, Dantsic.. .. • • 7 6 - 7 9 per 4801 b .. 30 o—3l 0 Do., good mixed 7 3 8 0 Foreign, duty pd. 24 0 24 6 Lowerßaltic,whit Gll 7 0 European, per im- Do. red.. 6 9—6 11 perialquarter.. 32 0— 33 0 American . • • 6 6 7 6 Peas, English, per Canadian .. ..G 6 7 6 imperial quartr 32 0— 33 0 Spanish, red and Foreign .. 28 0 30 0 white.. .. • • 7 0— 7 2 Malt, English, per Tuscan and Bar- imperial quartr 56 0 60 0 letta, red .. • • 6 7 - 610 Do., Irish .. 55 0— 56 0 Marianopoli ••510 6 0 Do., brown .. 54 0—57 0 Odessa, Polish .. 6 0 6 3 Flour, English, pr Do., hard.. • • 5 2 5 6 2801 b •• 35 0— 37 0 Egyptian .. 4 3 5 0 Irish, extra fine.. 36 0 38 0 Oats, per 451 b United States, per English and Scotch 211 3 2 barrel .. 24 0— 26 0 Welsh • • • .. 2 7—2 11 Canadian .. 24 6 23 0 Irish, new .. 210 —2 101 Oatmeal, English, Do., old • • • 2 9—2 11 & Scotch,pr24olb 23 6 26 0 Barley, English, pr Irish, new .. 24 0 24 9 imperial quarter 30 0 —32 ( Do., old .. .23 6 24 0 Irish, Scotch, I.llcl rindidit corn, per Manx,per6olb.. 3 B—3 1( 4801 b 24 0— 27 6 MANCHESTER, AUG. 4.—On Monday and Tuesday heavy showers of rain continued to fall at short intervals; but subsequently the weather, though cloudy and threat ening at times, has been fair, and now appears more settled. Influenced by this circumstance, the favourable accounts of harvest prospects generally, and increased supplies of flour, the trade has remained in the same lifeless state as noted last Saturchy, only a few occa sional sales to necessitous buyers being practicable (and which were only confined to choice fresh kinds) even by accepting offers at reduced rates. Oatmeal has been in limited request, and the best descriptions merely main tained their previous value. Of English and Irish pro• duce the arrivals at Liverpool and Runcorn are still to ft very limited amount, but from abroad the imports Of wheat and beans are to a fair extent, and large of Indian corn and barrel flour, The weather being very fins this morning, our market was exceedingly quiet, and wheat declined Id to 2i per 7001 b. On the best descriptions of flour we reduce our quotati.ns ls, and on other aorta Is 6d to 2s per sack. Other articles were generally the turn cheaper. s. d. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 2.—The numbers at our market to-day were —oxen, 543 ; sheep, 1,420 ; lambs, 4,949. Owing to the number of cattle brought forward sales were very dull, with a decline of 23 per cwt. Ox beef from 45s to 50s pi r cwt, cow and inferior from 383 to 423 per do. Best mutton 41 per ib, raid from 4d to 5d per do. Lambs from 33 to 14s per held, ace rding to quality. A number of oxen, sheep, and lambs, turned out unsold. CORK, AUG. 2.—The supplies of home grain are trifling. Some new here and oats of excellent quality have appeared at market, and have sold at fair prices. We have had a few transactions in prepared or foreign wheat at a decline of 6d per barrel. The trade in oats has been merely a retail one at late rates. We continue to have a steady consumptive demand for flour at last week's prices. The stocks, as well as the supplies of the article, are light, and barely sufgcient for the wants of the trade. The consumption of Indian corn has fallen off still further, and we must quote the article a slow and dull sale at a decline of full twenty shillings per ton from last week's rates, the current prices being 61 to 6/ s per ton. Flour—Firsts 14s Od to 15s ; extra 15s Od seconds, 13s Od to 13s 6d; households lOs to 12s; thirds, 8s to 10e per cwt. Oatmeal 12s 6d to 13s; Indian meal 7s 3d to 7s 6d; wheat• meal, lOs 6d to lls per cwt. Indian corn 71 Os to 715 s Od per ton. Bran 4/ to 4/ 5s per ton. Hay—Farmers 15s to 265; average 23s ; dealers 35s to 445; average 0050 d per ton. Straw—Farmers 18s Od to 29s Od ; average 26s ; dealers 30s Od to 455 Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6id ; household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 91 per lb. Eggs-4s 2d to 4s 4d per hundred. Coals Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neatb Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 408 Od to 00s per cwt Whisky, 25 o. p., 6 s Od per i mper i al gallon. M e " —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 5d to bid; veal bld to id ; pork 4d to bid ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d pet lb. Hops 61 10s per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3158 per ton. Bark—Barbary 8t to 8/10s; Valonia 14/ to 01; French 71103; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per stone- Hemp 311 to 35/ per tor. Fish— Scotch herrings 17s to 18s ; red ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ lOs to 12/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 181 ' second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 108 to / 6 t; salted 12s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins lid to 2id per lb. Potatoes, white 10d to 13d ; Minions 00d to 00d ; Glance"' Peruvian, 11l 10s; Ichaboe 9/ per ton; Tar—Archangel' 19s per barrel. ABERDEEN, A ug. 3.—Grain—Oats 17s Od to 18s 0d,401b pet bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 23s to 2 0, 52 lbs per bushel ; wheat, 46s to 52s ; oatmeal, 14s 3d to 1591 per boll ; flour, 37s to 45 s p er sac k. P rov i s i ons —Beef' 5d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditt o , 5d to 7d ; vea l , ditto, at`, to 6d; pork, per stone, 4 s 6d t o s s; l am b , per lb, lid to 70 ! tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, Is 4d to is Eg o l : hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; r a bbit s , eac h Od to Os ; h ares, each, , to Os ; grouse, per brace, O s t o O s ; b utter, per lb, 7d to 9a , eggs, per doz, 8d to 10d • cheese, per ston e , O s t o O s ; hens, pet pair, 2s 6d to 3 5 0 d ; chickens, ditto, Is 8d to 2s Od • ducks, di tto, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; d uc kli ngs , di tto, 2 s 4 d to 2s 6d; turkeys, each , 36 Od to Os Od; gees e , dit to . O s t o O s; b utter for exportation ( presen t cure per cwt, 63s t o 00 3; eggs, w h o l esale price, per dozen, bh to Od; 4b loaf, 6d; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 141bs, 3s 6d to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large. 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of '204 lbs, Os to Os' Meal—Oatmeal, is 5d to Is 6d; bearmeal, Is 4d to is fid peasemeal, I s 10d to 2s; sids, 7d to 8d • barley flour, is 5d t o s 6d ; barley dust, 7d t o 8d ; fl our, is lOd to 2s; barley, per IN lid to 2d. DALKEITH, Auc. 2.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 19st 01b, 18st 71b, and 17st 6!b. Oats, 13st 11b, 12st 31b, and 1 Ist 81b. Barley, 16st 71b , 16st 01b, and 15st 131 b. Peas and beans, 18st 131 b, 18st 21b1 and 17st 121bs. Qrs. ^ Best. Current. Inferior. 2'B Wheat ... ...... Z 2 14 0 £2 10 0 £2 3 0 430 Oats 108 Barley 24 Peas and Beans 1 14 0 1 13 6 1 10 6 Average of wheat 4Bs sid. RULWAY StiARE. MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was extremely dull to-claP The saves are—Great Northern, 5 per cent. Preference, 2% di s ;, — ; —Ditto (London and York E x t ens i on), 1% dis.—Lancashire Yorkshire, Fifths, 3 1 ,4 dis.—London and North-Western, 132 _ New Quarters, 3% p.—Midland, Halves, 12% dis.—South-Easte lll and Dover (No. 4), 6%. BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 4. STOcK EXCHANGE.— The transactions to-day were as folio , / London and North-Western, 132% - Ambergates, dis.—ShrO W bury and Birmingham, 4 dis. YORK, AUGUST 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day have been as fol. r low: Great Northern, 9/. Bs. 9d.—Ditt o ,Preference, 3%--1 or Newcastle, and Berwick, 20 1 A, —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchasee), 3%. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AUGUST 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done in the Stock Exchanil to-day has been as follows ;—Edinburgh and Northern, Il—Gr e at Northern (A), Deferred, 41. E—Ditto (B), 6 per cent., Si, I Is. V. -- Hartlepool Dock and Railway, 134—North British, 13% ___ Thirds. 4—Ditto, Quarters, 3—York, Newcastle, and Berwick tension, 13%. . . GLASGOW, AUGUST 3. STOCK EXCHANGE —The transactions to-day were as folloW:":. Aberdeen, Preference, G%—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 4% Monklands, 64. THE LIBERAL MEMBERS AND LORD PALMERSTO* —On Wednesday. before Parliament was prorogued: about one hundr e d i n d ependent Members of the House 01' Commons, belon g i ng to t h e L ib eral party, held a meet ing, at the House of C ommons to cons i der of the propriety °L expressing th e i r op i n i on of Lord Palmerston ' s public coil. duct. After some discussion, it was resolved that each_ gentleman should subsc r ib e fi ve poun d s; t h e money to b° employed in procuring a portrait of Lord Palmerston, t° be presented to Lady Palmerston as a memorial of the high respect in which the subscribers hold the public character of his Lordship. This was entirely a apontr neous move on the part of the independent Liberal Mar bers, and they studiously kept their design secret fr° ll:l ., every person con nec t e d w i th the Government till after the resolution ha 1 been adopted. Their proceeding is a l l echo of the voice of the country. In times of the greatest difficulty Lord Palmerston has preserved peace, and 11 65 efficaciously used tic power of England to promote free: dem abroad and reconcile contending governments en° . factions. He has deserved, therefore, the approbation of the lovers of peace and constitutional liberty; and the conduct of these independent Liberal Members will find general approval Economist. [ADVERTISEMENT.]_ An Awful Bad Leg, with 15 Wounds in it, Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Extract of a letter from Mrs. Sarah Eastment, of Haselburyy , near Crewkerne, dated April 16, 1849. 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On the 3d inst., a t Il ert f ord-street, May .fair, the wifefo R. T. Cocks, Esq., of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at Charterhouse-square, the wile of the Rev. I. V. Pore], of a son. On the 3d inst., at Kentish-town, the wife of W. Ford, Esq. , of Gray's Inn, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the Ist. inst., at Ardrachan Church, William Vi r all it i„ Ilozier, Scots Greys, eldest so n o f James Hozier, Esq ► Newlands and Barrowtield, Lanarkshire, N. 8., to Franc' Anne, eldest daughter of the late J. O'Hara, Esq , of Itall eeu ' county of Galway. DIED On the 4th inst., at Chelsea, aged 63, William Ar° rri ' S Esq , late of Streatham-common On the Ist inst., at Springfi e ld. h a ll, near L anca -tar, bir. Godson, M.P., Q.C., Counsel of the Admiralty, Judge A.," y- cate of the Fleet, and one of th e B enc h ers o f Li nco l n 's Ima, On the Ist inst., at T, rring'oa-square, William D. 131 ' 3 well, Esq., of the Colosseum. 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