The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-15 00:00:00

Viitrti CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAIL- WA Y.—(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the Chester and Holyhead Railway was held this afternoon at the Euston Station. The meeting was made special to consider and determine as to the creation and appropriation of the additional capital authorised to be raised by an Act passed in the pre sent session of Parliament, or of some part thereof ; and also, to consider and determine upon the expe diency of reducing the number of the directors of the company, in conformity with the provisions of the same Act Captain Moorsome, R.N., chairman of the board of directors, in the ch air. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr. Gifford, the secretary, was called upon to read the following report of the direc tors for the past half-year : " The causes which have operated to delay the com pletion of the Britannia Bridge, and with it the opening of the entire line, beyond the period contemplated by the directors at the half-yearly meeting, are explained in the accompanying report from your engineer, Mr. Stephenson. The board much regret that circum stances beyond control should have retarded a work so ess- ntial to the full utility and value of the undertaking. " The directors have the pleasure to inform you that the main line of the Mold Railway has been inspected and approved by the Government Engineer, and was opened yesterday. The construction of this branch has been effected at a moderate cost, the full advantage of which will be secured to you by the tenor of the agree ment for the purchase, already laid before you, and sanctioned at the meeting of the 30th of March last. Arrangemeuts are in progress for bringing the various coal workings into cot.nexion with the line. " The directors have continued to give unabated at tention to the employment of the steam-packets in con nexion with the railway. The actual returns of the company's vessels are now nearly equal to the Govern ment packets. although the latter make twenty-eight, and the former only twelve trips in the week ; the ex perience of twelve months in their working, proves that both must be running at considerable loss, and that all would be benefited by the whole service being performed either by the Government or by this company. The directors stated in their last report that they bad, at the invitation of Government, submitted a proposition for undertaking the whole packet service between Holyhead and Kingstown; that tender not having been accepted has been withdrawn, and the question therefore remains unsettled. " The following return does not include either the amount due for the conveyance of the mails or the toll 1 payable by the Shrewsbury and Chester Company. The Post•office authorities insisted upon the amount of remu neration for the conveyance of the mails, previous to the commencement of the Treasury contract, being referred to arbitration; and although the directors appointed their arbitrator in September, 1848, no decision has as yet been given, in consequence of the Post-office not having furnished their arbitrator with instructions. " The number of passengers conveyed from Ist Janu ary to 30th June has been—by railway, 119,911; steam boats, 6,637; making a total of 126,548. " The gross receipts have been— From the Railway. From Steam Boats 25,576 10 0 3,381 13 8 5,473 12 2 ... 0 0 0 933 2 11 ... 55 15 1 Passengers Goods Parcels Total £31,983 5 1 ... 43,437 8 9 •' The working charges hare amounted to 23,6791. 12s. 101. from the railways, and 11,5364 105.4 d. from the ste: in-b oats. " The Act authorising the raising of further capital, for which your sanction was obtained at the last half yearly meeting, received the Royal assent on the 26th June. By this Act the Company have obtained the restoration of the power of borrowing on debentures, which had been merged in the former creation of pre ference shares, whilst the shares which the said reso lution of the last meeting authorised the directors to create, are reduced from 735,0001. to 525,000 L, leaving, however, a discretionary power eventually to capitalise the loans by a creation of shares. " In order to meet the liabilities of the Company, and to avoid the sacrifice which the immediate raising of ad ditional capital to complete the line would entail, the di rectors have solicited' the assistance of the London and North-Western Company, who have agreed to advance 100,0001. on the security of a resolution of the board pledging itself to act upon the power conferred upon the directors at the last half-) early meeting, whenever re quired by the London arid North-Western Company to to repay the loan by mean+ arising from a further creation of preference shares." "7. At the last meeting it was intimated that interest would be paid on the original shares, until the line was completed by the erection of the bridge over the Menai Straits, in accordance with the construction pat by the Govt rnment upon the contract with the Treasury for the conveyance of the mails, the commencement of which is dependent on the same circumstance. But the directors now feel it to be their duty to state, that since the futds nee wary for the paytn,nt of this interest could not be pro.uteit otherwise than by a new issue of pre ference shares, at a rate of discount, or of en hanced intere3t, which would render the transaction permaaently injuriotil to the interests of the Company, they cannot recommend the proprietors to purchase an illusory advantage at such a cost. The only mode of meeting the difficulty appears to be by a creation of shares, under the powers of the last Act of Parliament, representing the amount of interest due, and issuing them, di-cnargi-d from the payment of all calls, to the proprietors or the original shares. If it should be the pleasure of the proprietors to adopt this course, the di- j rectors recoama..-Jvi that these sihares shoul.l not be izsued until the ric xt half-yearly meeting, by which" time the entire hue will be completed, and dindend will then be payable out of traffic. "The arrears of calls due at the last half-yearly meeting amp unted to 46.7861, of which 11,6901. have be, 11 received. Notice of forfeiture has been given to the h:)iders of 506 shares, upon which, in the aggregate, 6,892/. 10s. have been paid; and the directors are using every means to recover the balance, although they anti cipate but partial success. " By the removal of the offices of the company to the Enston station, an annual saving of rent will be effected; and the directors have revised the establishment, and pla.:ed it upon the most economical footing. " Agreeably with the intimation given you in the last:report, powers have been obtained by the Act of this session of Parliament_ to reduce the number of di rectors to twelve, and the board recommending that the reduction he forthwith effected have received the resigna tiou of Mr. Collett and Mr. Thomas, which, with the previously reported vacancy of Mr. Laird's seat, will leave the number of six representing the general body of the shareholdors, and on your approval of the reduc tion of the board to twelve, the directors appointed by the London and North-Western Company will be re duced in the same proportion. The directors recom mend that the remuneration voted to them by the pro prietors should also bo reduced. " It is proposed to declare a dividend of Bs. 3d. per share, on the pleerence shares, to be made payable on the 20th instant. " In conclusion, the directors are compelled to state, - that the causes specified in their report of the 16th March last, as having disappointed, in respect to the traffic of the line, even the most moderate expectations that were entertained at the time when this company was formed," have continued to operate to its detriment. The terrible calamity with which Ireland has been visited, the consequent depreciation of all property con nected with it, and the diminution of the intercourse between the two countries, is obviously beyond their control. Your interests have also in a minor de gree been injuriously affected by the unavoidable i delay in the completion of the Britannia bridge, the tar diness of the proceedings in forming the harbour of rouge and pack, t pier at Holyhead, and by the competi tion of the Government steam-vessels with thcso of the company, at a heavy loss to Loth parties. The first of these impediments to the development of the traffic, will say shortly be removed. The second and third, it is beyond the power of the directors to obviate ; but they cannot believe that her Majesty's Government wilt continue to compete for a traffic, the whole of which, under present circumstances, would be utterly insuffi cient to remunerate any other party than the proprietors of the railway. But, whilst thus laying these facts before 1 the shareholders, without disguise, the directors also ft el it to be equally their duty to express their confident expectation, that with the restoration of Ireland to its - ordinary state of prosperity, and the further develop , ment of local traffic, the position of the shareholders will be materially benefited; and -that the returns of the railway will be still further improved upon the com pletion of the harbour of Holyhead. In the meanwhile • the directors have used their best endeavours to ad minister the financial concerns of the company, and to avail themselves of its credit, so as to obviate the neces sity, otherwise unavoidable, of increasing the capital upon terms detrimental to the interests of the existing pro prietors. Mr. Philip Banbury being the auditor who goes out by rotation, now offers himself for re-elect ion. " The statement of receipts and disbursements, includ ing outstanding charges of the railway and steam-boats connected with the traffic to 30th of June, 1849, ri pre sented the receipts from the railway from the Ist May, 1 84 8, to amount to 78.786/. 3s. 7d., while the total work mg charges were set down at 51,475/. 10s. Bd., showing a profit en the railway of 27,310/. 12s. 11d. The total receipts o f the steam -boa ts, t dating from the Ist August, 1848, amountett to. .8834 Bs. 3d., while the working ' • charget had reached 19,9991. 6 ss. Id., showing a loss of . on th e steam 13,115/. 16s. 10d boats, which, when de ducted from the previous a su n rplus, left the res t p ro fi t on traffic (exclusive of toll a mail s) from at 14,194/. 163 , Id. The general balance - sheet, company to the 30th of J une , 1849th nel formation of the ex penditure at 3,581,5871. ls. 9d. , an d th e recei the total 3,628,5401. 1 Is. B d., leaving a balance of 46 , 95 31. 9a.pts at 11d. The engineer's report was as fellows:— " I beg to off , r the following remarks on the state of the works on No. 9 contract, and the Britannia -bridge, being those alone which are unfinished. No. 9 Contract Since my last report, the lining of the Llandagai and Bangor Tunnels has been completed, so that at this mo ment the line may be regarded as entirely finished up to Bangor station. Or the works between Bangor station and the Britannia -bridge, there remains to complete-- • ono tunnel front, which is in a forward state; No. 12 Cutting, which will be ready for ballasting next week; the remainder of the contract is ballasted, ready for the permanent way, and 220 yards of lining in the Belmont Tunnel, which is commenced, and may occupy six weeks. . The cost of completing this portion of the contract will be 9,0001., • and I have no doubt about the line ' being finished up to the Britannia Bridge by the let Oct. Britannia Bridge—The masonry of this contract is completed as far as practicable, prior to the floating of the tubes; awaiting that operation, the progress of the remainder will depend upon the lifting. In this latter proceeding.there has-been some delay, owing to an un soundness in one of the large castings of the new hy draulic press in the Anglesea Tower, which occasioned so much leakage, as threatened, at one time, to render a new casting necessary, which would have delayed, for several weeks, the process of lifting the tube, which has been, as you are aware, floated into its position for being raised. I have, however, the satisfaction of reporting that the leakage has been successfully stopped, and that the operation of lift ing is progressing, and might, by this time, have been completed; but I have deemed it prudent to lift by short stages only, and to build up step by step underneath with brickwork, in order effectually to guard against the serious consequences which might arise from any failure or derangement of the hydraulic presses, whilst the tube was suspended from them. Such an accident I believe to be very improbable; but, after the fracture that took place in one of the cross-heads during the lifting of the Conway tubes (which was fortunately discovered in time to prevent a very serious disaster), I do not feel that I shout he justified in omitting in the case of the Britannia tube (where a mishap would, in all probability, interfere permanently with the navigation of the straits) any one expedient which caution can sug gest. With these feelings, therefore, I have, with your sanction, resolved to follow the course alluded to, notwithstanding it will protract the time of lifting in each tube a fortnight or three is eeks beyond I the period originally contemplated. The arrangements l for floating the next tube (which, with that already being lifted, will enable us to complete one line of rails across 1 the Straits) are in a very forward state, and will certainly , be ready by the 24th instant, with the view of taking ad s vantage of the spring tides of the 7th and 10th of Sep tember, if it should be deemed expedient to do so. ! Upon this point I am hardly able to decide positively at . this moment, for if any delay should take place from ; some unforeseen contingency, it may be advisable not to 1 float the next tube until the following spring tides. No great loss of time would ultimately arise out of this ! postponement, as the interval would be occupied in removing the presses from their present positions into those for lifting the second tube; and some advan tage would be gained by lessening the time during which' the principal channel for navigation would be interfered with. On the other hand, I think it very desirable not to allow the season to advance further than absolutely . necessary, before the next floating takes place. 1 latter consideration appears to me so imp ortant, that we shall not fail to avail oursel ves of the spring This tides from the 7th to the loth of September, if e consistent with the further c onsideration ae .o f th e circumstances circumstances I have mentioned as . 11 t being admit of one line of railway. completed in the l in b g e . lieve, question. The present arrangements will, conclusion xperienee : s arrived and can a n t o fromcannot f far ct r e rs r e es o u f l N ts o o ve f m o b u e r r. mislead; but I am bound to add, that the operations are recent This e so dependent upon casualties which man cannot control, that the most careful calculatio ns as to time ma y not be i exactly verified. Ido not, however, see any reasonable . grounds; for doubting that one line will be finished throughout by the date above mentioned, or, at the latest, before the end of the year." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, observed that it was so little encouraging, that if he were to consult his own feelings he should lay it on the table, and leave it for the proprietors to move its adoption or rejection as they thought fit; but such a course would not be respectful tojthe shareholders, and ho should therefore at once propose its reception. Their affairs, no doubt, were discouraging, but not quite dis heartening, since they had much to be thankful for, although their early anticipations had not yet been fully realised. The tubes over the Menai Straits were progressing satisfactory, if not rapidly. The two smaller ones had been safely carried to their final resting places in the air, while one of the larger tubes was now to be seen midway between the water of the Straits and the top of the pillars upon which it would eventually be placed. Now, it might have remained there obstructing the na • vigation of the Menai, and serving ony as a monument of the recklessness of engineering daring, and the folly of railway speculation; but he could give the proprietors this gratifying information that it would ere long be lifted by the same hydraulic machinery that bad raised it to its present eminence—to a position, and applied to a purpose that would entitle'it to be cussed amongst the wonders of the world. The second tube, he could promise, should soon follow it, and when they obtained an unbroken railway communication from the metropolis to Holyhead, they might reasonably hope for a large increase in their traffic. He regretted much that the tender alluded to in the report had not been accepted by Goveinment, whom he could not avoid ac cusing of having been guilty of injustice towards this company. Men who had ventured their reputa tions and their means upon such works as the Chester and Holyhead Railway embraced, might have met with more encouragement at the hands of Government, but it was useless to go into the details of their negotiations with the Admiralty and the authorities, as it could serve no good purpose, while, if they ultimately succeeded without Government aid, their triumph would be so much the greater. The delay which had taken place in the works of Holyhead Har hour was a source of great annoyance to him, and so indeed was the whole result of their tperations; but if the propjet me thougt be was not sufficiently energetic to fill the office of chairman, to which he was elected at , the last meeting, he was quite willing to resign it in 1 favour of any more efficient man.—(No, no.) Ile, how `ever, felt that, desponding as their prospects might be to I some, he could yet be of service to the concern, and if the proprietors were prepared to confirm him in the I chairmanship of the company, he was ready to go on encountering and, if possible, surmounting all ' those d , theulties which must ever be incident to an undertaking of so much magnitude as this, and yet which no human calculation could foresee.—(Cheer..) Mr. MORGAN really could not take so desponding a view of the company. The line, there could be no doubt, was a good one in all !points of view, but the difficulty of its works, and he could safely affirm that there was nut a railway in the kingdom that linked together interests of greater magnitude or importance than did this. To our vast American and West India trade it would prove a most valuable adjunct ; and on the completion of the Irish Midland Great Western line, which would unite the important harbours of Dublin and Galway in the west of Ireland, the mails and passengers from the United States, Canada, Nova Scotia, Newfound land, New Bruns% ick, in fact, from every part of the western world, would be conveyed to the shores of England in about seven days, or three days earlier than by the present route, and by which means the most dangerous part of lithe voyage would be avoided. It might be madness to say so, but with such facts before him he had no hesitation in predicting that the ultimate profits of the line would not only be sufficient to 1 remunerate themselves, but in time, to pay off the National Debt.—(Oh, ob.) At all events, of this he was satisfied, that all those who rated their hares at less than 701. would live to regret the bargain.—(Hear.) The resolution for the adoption of the report was put and carried without a dissentient voice. The dividend was then declared, and the retiring auditors re-elected; after which the meeting became special, and a resolution was passed sanctioning the re duction of the directors to twelve, and their remunera tion to 1,0001. a year. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated. John, presutoptive heir to the ' throne of Saxony, Prince Albert Frederick Augustus, is affianced to the Princess Charlotte, eldest daughter of Prince Albert of Prussia, born June 21st, 1831. These two alliances will form a yet closer union between the reigning families Qf ,Austria, Prussia, and Saxony.— German Papers. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY:FOY most numbers and qualities of yarns some further advance has been re quired to-day. In this upward course spinners have felt themselves urged on by the continued rise in cotton. They have found it very difficult, however, to carry the buyers along with them. The ma nufacturers hesitate ; the India merchants are waiting the arrival of the mail; and the continental houses are disposed to watch the effect of the large shipments of previous purchases, which are now going out, before committing themselves to extensive operations at much higher prices. There has been some degree of irregularity in the market, however ; for, while most parties agree in stating that little business has been dune, there are others who report a fair amount of transactions, on the whole, for the German, the Russian, the Mediterranean, and the home markets. In what has been done the full prices of last week have at least been paid, and, to some extent, more or less of an advance. The goods market has also been, for the most part, inanimate. It has, indeed, been easy to dispose of printers' cloths, and the lower qualities have shown a tendency to still higher prices. But the wider shirtings, particu!arly of the lower qualities, and various other articles suitable for India, are expe riencing a diminished inquiry, and the prices of some of them are not fully sustained. Long cloths, T's, and domestics are still neglected. We have advices from New York to the 31st July. The operations of speculators bad raised the price of cotton is to kc. per lb. Spinners were buying from hand to mouth. Little was doing for France, and nothing for England. The manufacturers of heavy cottons were still labouring under large stocks, with little demand and depressed prices. The accounts of the wheat crop were very good, and prices were still ra ther declining. thefle bas been another annel were ea gollodocnillaDrAkLetEl,MdaoN noon Dsir bought up before. n.d—Ther Heavy goods, s such a s kerler y set's, have been dull of sale, and the transactions have been more limited than on the previous week. In wool prices remain steady, with little business doing. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Stocks c on ti nue ver y foreignee t with se emm as r r tk e o a e d tbs y e. t n r h m g o : c e l a a nd s adapted t o h f e gl late e d r st advancehel meet low,Pricessale e s pec i a l ly and remain d i firm, fully maintained. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.-WO have no particular chance to notice this week, in our report of the state of trade, either in wools, in yarns, or in manufactured goods, everything remaining about the same as re ported in our last. LEEDS TUESDAY.—LittIe business done i n th e Cloth-halls to•day, and we can quote no alteration in prices. THE SUN, LONDON,: BANK OF EN GLAND-(THIS DAY) THE LATE MR. PATTISON, M.P. _ . A general court of this corporation was held to-day for the purpose of electing a director for the remainder of the year, in the room of the much-lamented James Mattison, Esq., one of the venerated liberal representatives for the city of London. The Court opened at eleven o'clock, and at the close of the pro ceedings, at four o'clock, John Oliver Hanson, Esq., the gentleman recommended by the Court of Directors, was declared to be unanimously elected. AUSTRIA. -- The rumour of the defeat of the Russian grand army, which appears in the Prase, is somewhat con firmed by the accounts which were received in Vienna on the 10th, by the respective manoeuvres of Georgey and Paskewitsch. It appears that General Grabne, on his advance from Altsohl to Losonz on the 22d ult., found that the place had been quitted that very day by General Georgey's rearguard. He con tinued his pursuit of the Hungarians on the 23d, but he soon found that he had lost their track, and it was but on the following day that they tell in with General Georgey at Gomor. It was then found that the Hungarians, to the strength'of thirty thousand, had taken up a strong position on the heights of Mishkolz, on the I.tt bank of the river Sajo. The Russians advanced to the onset, and a series of battles ensued on the 23d, 24th, and 25th ult., in which the fortune of war was equally divided between the combatants ; but on the 26th, General Georgey, whose manoeuvres are wont to puzzle his antagonists, quitted his posi tions, and marched in the direction of Tokay. Part of the Russian army was then left behind at Mezo Kovesd, and General Grabbe marching in pursuit of Georgey crossed the Theiss at Tissa Fured, by way of Porosslo. This march was one of extreme difficulty and danger, for the morasses between Porosslo and the Theiss cover many miles, and the bridges and all other means of communication had been destroyed by the Hungarians. At length the Russians, though in a sad plight, succeeded in gain ing the left bank of the Theiss, in spite of the opposition of 2,500 Honveds, and a few troops of Hungarian horse. A pontoon bridge was then con structed, and the whole Russian army crossed the river, leaving their baggage behind, and commenc ed forthwith to throw up entrenchments around the posi tion which they had taken up on the left bank, close to Tissa Fured. 1 THE APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF HIS MA JESTYNf o Prussia t TiIEEM o p iI PEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH. V lENA, AUG. 13.—Theinzit ,and her visit of her return t Majesty oSans the Queen Souci with Prince John of Saxony, his Consort and daughter, app ears to have o reference to an event which promises r e informedequal happiness n o t We e boththe royal familie s . the be t authority th a t th e Emperor Francis h as demandeds in marriage the eldest daughter of P r i nce J ohn of S Maria Augusta Fred er ik a , born Janramx2ion2n,yl Princess 8 d 27, and It c that the negotiations are already further auuouueed that the ( termin a t e d so: t Of . p ie is WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1849, THE DANISH BLOCKADE. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY EVENING.—The United States mail-steamer Washington, Captain G. W. Floyd, arrived here at 6 P.M. from Bremen. She left Bremerhaven on Sunday morning, and has encountered a tremendous gale from the south-west during nearly the whole of the passage. The Washington brings the intelligence, so welcome to the mercantile interest, that, in conformity with the stipulations of the armistice between Denmark and Prussia, the blockade of the German ports, including the rivers Elbe and Weser, was formally raised on Saturday, and that the Danish blockading squadron has been withdrawn, the three frigates heretofore cruising off Heligoland having departed for Copenha gen, thus permitting free ingress and egress to the respective ports. This measure had already produced its favourable effects at Bremen, and ships under all flags were crowding to their various destinations, laden with produce from all parts of the world. A number of merchant ships had entered the Weser, and commerce was resuming its activity. The Washington saw a number of ships pressing forward with a fair wind for the Elbe and Weser. The American frigate St. Lawrence, 44, Captain Paulding, had left Bremerhaven fur a cruise in the Baltic. ------- The Washington has on board 200 tons of cargo for New York, and brings 57 first class and 104 second-class passengers for New York, and 6 for Southampton ; total, 167, exclusive of children. The following was the cargo delivered at Bremen by this steamer :—Specie, value 1,600/. ; 74 bales of furs, 126 boxes of manufactured tobacco, 10 cases and 4 hogsheads of manufactured tobacco, 153 packages of whalebone, 50 bales of sarsaparilla, and 203 packages of sundries. She will sail hence for New York on Monday with upwards of 200 passengers. BALLOON ASCENT. LEEDS, Auc. 14,—Mr. Charles Green, the veteran aeronaut, made his 422 d ascent in the Royal Victoria balloon, from the yard of the White Cloth-hall, Leeds, last evening. The day was very unfavourable for an ascent; the wind was very hieh, and during the aft,r noon there were several slight showers of rain. The inflation of the balloon commenced at halt• past three, and terminated about half past five. About halt-past six the car was attached, and at seven, the hour an nounced for the ascent, Mr. Green seated himself in it, accompanied by his brother, Mr. Henry Green. The balloon was then removed to a more favourable spot for the ascent; and precisely at twenty minutes past seven Mr. Green cried out" Let go," and the balloon ascended very beautifully in a north-east direction. In five mi nutes it disappeared from the view of the spectators in the Cloth-hall, and although raining heavily at the time, hundreds of people rushed from that place into Kirkgate, the market place, &c., where another view of the beautiful machine was obtained. It now appeared to be rising more rapidly, but owing to the cloudy state of the atmosphere, it totally disap peared about fifteen minutes from its ascent. Mr. Green states that they met with different currents of air during their voyage, and after being up about half an hour they descended about three miles beyond the city of York, and 28 from Leeds. The voyagers slept at York and returned to the Crown Inn, at Leeds, at half-past nine this morning. This was Mr. C. Green's fifth ascent from Leeds, and was announced as his farewell visit. The first balloon ascent made from Leeds was by Sig. Lunardi, who was the first aeronaut in England. He ascended from the White Cloth-hall, Dec. 4, 1786, and descended at Thorp-arch. The bells of St. Peter's, St. John's, and Trinity Churches were rung and the asamGinvoarednedn.eecnni from o t np o mrco. e t w h Gt e e h. ra. Green Leeds rlHeo timeet a h nbyl FH(ns nineteen odnni eg l fftue we oe efnen r en e g the atwp ua balloon veteran), ers rded b stceohrnaaass charged eni thes:fr—ho. have military mvvvae dr.b.m be en vciesn:. Sadler, Mr. W. Russum, Mr. and Mrs. Graham, and Lieut. Gale. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. orr e s a p p o p n e d a t r n e t d , Sir,—Five weeks si nce a l etter, w i t h the s i gnature of A Hungarian ," correspondent, not T im es, contentwithin w which the political anonymous discussion, introduced a malicious insiuuaticn with re gard to Kossuth's early life. Neither myself nor my friend Colonel Bikkessi would have sought an opportu nity of entering into a discussion on the merits of the present struggle—a question which we are content to leave in the hands of the people of England; but when insinuations were made, professing to relate to matters of fact, and affecting the private character of an indivi dual, we considered it necessary to challenge the accuser to give some definite shape to his accusations, in order that we might be enabled, if any were brought forward, to give a satisfactory refutation. After an interval of five weeks—quite sufficient to have obtained any information on the subject from Vienna or Presburg—the " Hungarian" again comes forward. Owing to the circumstance that Colonel Bik kessi has definitely quitted England, and that I myself was absent from London, no earlier notice has been taken of the second communication. The " Hungarian" states that he meant particularly to speak of Kossuth's public life, but at the same time he repeats his insinuations. He speaks of accusations which have never been refuted; wby, then, does he not specify them? If he can do so, let him do it; if not, the English public will know what epithet is applicable to a person who attempts, by an anonymous charge, to defame the private character of a political enemy. I remain your obedient servant, PIILSZYY. BOY DROWNED IN THE ARTESIAN WELL, ORANGE STREET.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the board-room of the workhouse of St. Martin-in-the- Fields, relative to the death of Samuel Ensor, a boy aged ten and a half years, who was drowned in the artesiaa well which supplies the fountains of Trafalgar square. The deceased was the son of the engineer of the works, which are under the direction of Messrs. Easton and Amos, and situated in Orange-street. About six o'clock in the evening of Monday, during the tem porary absence of the men, he, in company with an other lad, went into the engine-room to look at the works, when Mr. Amos entered, and deceased, having been previously forbidden to go into that place, from fear, stepped backwards to hide, and in consequence of the well being at the time partially uncovered, he fell through the aperture, descending a depth of no less than 140 feet from the flooring into the water, which is 60 feet deep. It was some time before he could be got out, when he was found to be quite dead. Ver dict, " Accidental death." From Natal the advices are still encouraging. Business was improving and the frontier trade was in creasing, notwithstanding the 10/. license enforced by the Government. At the late sale of suburban allot ments prices had varied from V. to 101. per acre, ac cording to the description of land. There is something in the last hour of the day, if it have been itself a happy one, which seems to concen trate all the pleasant things of the past. It is like a fine evening sky, calm and sweet, and full of rays, that are all the rosier, because they are the 1a5t.—.6140 Cook's Journal. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—Croydon, Aug. 14. (Before Mr. Sergeant DowuNc.) BROWNE V. BELLOW. This was an. action to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage. The defendant did not appear, but suffered judgment to go by default. Mr. Pearson and Mr. Hannan were for the plaintiff. The Learned COUNSEL on opening the case said, that the plaintiff, Miss Martha Browne, was the daughter of a respectable tradesman at Wandsworth, and the de fendant carried on business in the city of London, and, as he was instructed, was a man of considerable property, and also, he believed, filled the office of Common Coun cilman. The plaintiff was 25 years old, and the defend. ant about 36, and a widower, with two children; and the present action was brought to recover compensation in damages from him for one of *the most grievous inju ries that could be inflicted upon a young woman. The defendant had never ventured to cast the slightest sus picion upon the character of the young lady who was now compelled to appear as plaintiff, and as he had suf. fered judgment to go by default, all that the jury would have to do was to say what damages she was entitled to receive for the injury she had undoubtedly sustained. The Learned Counsel then stated, that the wife of the defendant having died about three years ago, he ap peared to beanxious to obtain another partner for his own solace and to take care of his children, and in the spring of last year, having been previeusly for some coniderablv time upon intimate terms with the family of the plaintiff, he made her an offer of marriage, and was received by her triends as an accepted suitor, and a day was fixed for the celebration of the ceremony of marriage. During this period the defendant wrote several letters to the plain tiff, copies of which were read by the Learned Counsel. (They were of a very commonplace description, but clearly established the tact of the promise of marriage.) At length, without any quarrel or cause being assigned, the defendant appeared all at once to have relinqulshed his intention of marrying the plaintiff, and announced that determination to her in the following letter:- 4 *November 23th, 1848. "Dear Martha,—Whatever may be our future lot in life, or whatever may be the change in our circumstances, of this be assured, in me you will ever find a steadfast friend, and one always ready to protect your interest. I hope I shall not hurt your feelings by informing you that I do not intend to pay my addresses to you any longer. I hope, however, that this will not destroy our friendship. Give my very kind love to your father and mother. " RICHARD DELLOW." Mr. Pearson, in concluding, asked the jury, whether this proceeding of the defendant was not must cruel? Ile had succeeded in gaining the affections of the plaintiff, and bad obtained her consent and that of her friends to their union, and then, without assigning the slightest reason for the proceeding, he had broken the solemn promise he had made. He said it was unnecessary for him to remark upon the pain and suffering which such conduct had caused to the plaintiff, and w hen he had proved the facts he would leave the case in the hands of the jury, feeling assured that they would return a ver dict such as would satisfy the justice of the case. Mr. J. Browne deposed that he carried on the busi ness of a basketmaker at Wandsworth, and the plaintiff was his daughter. The defendant carried on the same business on Garlick-hill, and be had known him for 20 years, and he constantly visited at his house. About the month of September, 1848, the defendant asked his permission to marry his daughter, and he gave his con sent, and the wedding-day was fixed for the first Saturday in April of the present year. Some evidence was then adduced to show that the defendant was a man in good circumstances. The letters were also put in, and this closed the plaintiff's case. Mr. Sergeant Dowenic, addressing the jury, said, that as the defendant had admitted the promise, and did not appear to offer any explanation for his conduct, all that they were called upon to do was to say by their verdict what damages they considerd the plaintiff was entitled to for the injury she had sustained. There ap peared to be no doubt that the defendant, after having promised to marry the plaintiff, had, without any pretence or cause, broken that promise, and by his last letter he seemed inclined to substitute a sort of platonic affection or friendship instead of the warmer and more agreeable connexion which the plaintiff undoubtedly had been led to anticipate. The jury, he said, would consider all the circumstances of the case, and would give the plaintiff such damages as they should consider she was entitled to. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1201. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. —Liverpool , Aug. 14. NISI PRIUS COURT.— (13vfore Justice WIGHTNiN.) BRIERLY V. BELFILLD. In this case Mr. Cross appeared fur the plaintiff, and Mr. Watson, Q.C., for the defendant. The action was in debt for goods. supplied by the plaintiff to the defendant's wife es necessaries, to which the defendant pleaded never indebted. The defendant, it appeared, was a farmer at Saddle worth, in Yorkshire, and was married to his present wire about fifteen years ago. After living some time together, during which defendant's wife bore him a child, they separated and remained living a part for ten years, till 1845, when his wife returned to him, and lived with him about ten months, when they again separated, in August, 1846, in cons, quence of a quarrel, vi Mob ended in his wile packing up a bundle of clothes and leaving the defendant's house. The defendant on that occasion followed her in a very excited state, and struck her, knocked her down; and kicked her. The defendant's wife summoned _Mtn f.r this ruisault betore the Mayor of Rochdale, by whom the defendant was bound over to keep the peace towards her, and he then promised t, behave better towards her in future. His wire, hoW ever, refused to return to him, aiid took a cottage at Mayfield, near Rochdale, where she endeavoured to obtain her livelihood by spinning. The plaintiff sup • plied her with furniture to the value of about 71. to fur nish her cottage, and it was to recover this amount that the present action was brought, on the ground that they were necessaries supplied to her, as she could not live with him by reason of his conduct to her. For the defendant it was contended that he was not liable for the debt, because although they had had a quarrel, that had been settled, and he had not compelled his wife to leave the house, nor treated her in such a manner as to compel her to do so. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, told the jury that if they were of opinion that the violence which had been used towards the defendant's wife was sufficient ground for her leaving her husband, then that would be suffi cient to pledge his credit with the world for necessaries supplied to her, and the plaintiff would be entitled to recover his debt. But if they should be of opinion her leaving her husband was more from caprice and temper than from fear of his violence, then she bad no right to leave his roof, and his credit would not be pledged to supply her with necessaries. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. CROWN COURT—(Before Mr. Justice .PATTESON). • Denis Malow, aged 29, was indicted for stabbing John Peace with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Sowler appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. At kinson for the defence._ _ It appeared that both the prosecutor and the prisoner caseupled a respectable station in life, the prosecutor car rying on business as a coal agent at Bolton, and the prisoner being a surveyor at Farnworter, in this county. On the 15th of June last, the prosecutor and the prisoner were drinking together at Bolton, at th e Sh a k spere public-house, and began there tossing for money, which ended in the prosecutor winning a shilling, upon which the prisoner proposed to toss " double or quits." This the prosecutor refused to do, and left the house; the prisoner followed him asking him if " he wanted his shilling." The prosecutor said, he had won it honourably, and the prisoner replied, " I'll give it thee." The priso ner then pulled a knife out of his waistcoat pocket, with which he attempted to strike the prosecutor in the fac e . The prosecutor, however, warded off the blow, but in doing so the blade of the knife entered his wrist. The prisoner then stabbed him three or four times in the abdomen, and the prosecutor having at length knocked the prisoner down and called for assistance, the kuite was taken from the prisoner, and he was given into cus tody. The wounds inflicted bled profusely, but were not dangerous. Mr. ATKINSON having addressed the jury for the prisoner, His LORDSHIP summed up, and The jury lound the prisoner Guilty. Sentence was deferred. POLICE IN TELL IGENCE. MAR YLEBONE. William Jones Campbell, a well-dressed man, was brought before Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate, on a charge of robbery; and it will be seen, from what transpired in the course of the inquiry, that there is a probability that more cases than the present one will be brought against him. It appeared that on the 9th ult. the prisoner, who represented himself to be a , gentleman of independent property, entered upon the occupancy of spent - bents at the house of Mr, Harris, 12, Union-place, New-road, and had with him his wife, mother, and child. On Sun day, the 30th ult., Mrs. Harris and her family went to church, and on t h e i r retur n it was ascertai ne d t h at t h ree s overeigns had been abstracted from a desk. The pri soner, wh o was admitted as a lodger without inquiries had being i Previously made with regard to the reference he g•Ten, absconded one day from the dwelling ; and his wif e , mother, and child also took the opportunity of quitting. No notice whatever of their intention to du so having been given,.it was naturally enough imagined that the three sovereigns were stolen by the prisoner, who was ultimately taken into custody by a constable of other 1 t[e D di v i s i on of police. Tee pris oner , on b e i n g asked what h e h a d t o say, asserted hi s i nnocence ; b u t es i t was state d t h at t h ere was good reason to believe that he had " victimized' goo d to some extent, he was re manded f o r a week. Charle s Whi t b y P ar k er , a h anger - on at county an d other courts, and who passes himself off as a memLer of the legal lently profession, was charged with having fraudu lently sums of money from Mr. Crothers, Carlisle -street, Portman-market, under pretence of set tlinr an action at the suit of a Mr. Joseph. Mr. Beard, from the office of Mr. Buchanan, solicitor, Ba singhall-street, attended for the prosecution, and the witnesses, whom he examined at some_ length, fully proved the case. The prisoner was committed for trial. WESTMINSTER. Stephen Gibbons, a labouring man, and Ann, his wife, a desperately violent woman, were charged with the following unprovoked and murderdus assault upon Mary Ann Callaghan, who, owing to the serious nature of her injuries, was unable to attend before the magistrate. - Upon the accused being placed in the dock, Mr. BRO • DER'? recognized the male prisoner, who wore a linen bandage round his head, as a man who had applied to him on the previous day, while in a state of drunken ness, for a warrant against some person, which, Of course, under the cire l yugaegegi, wail thou reflood. .. .4 It appeared from the testimony of two or three 'wit nesses that the unfortunate sufferer in the present case went, accompanied by Mr.:, Custom. a friend, to look at some apartments to let in Bell-yard, York-street, Westminster, about half-past one yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon. She had no sooner ascended the first flight of stairs than she was attacked in the most Nrocious manner by the female prisoner, who hurled a jug at her with so much violence, that on striking the unfortunate woman near the temple it broke in pieces; after which she ran into her room, brought out a poker of the ordinary siz-, and struck the unfor tunate object of 'her fury one, or two blows with it on the bead ; the male prisoner then endeavoured to lift their prostrate victim from the floor—where she was lying bleeding profusely from her wounds, in order to throw her, as one of the witnesses believed, over the banisters ; but, finding her too heavy to raise, he struck her a violent blow with his clinched fist. The police were immediately called, and the prisoners given into custody. In reply to a question from the clerk, Mrs. Caston, who accompanied the injured woman to look at the apart ments, declared no words of any description had taken place between them when the attack was commenced as described. Tile male prisoner declared that he never raised bit. hand against any tine, and his wife entered into a long incoherent story, from which it seemed there was some dispute with respect to the tenements in Bell-yard. She allcged that the injurad woman suddenly bounced into her room and struck her, and teen she flung the jug at her. Mr. BRoDERIP having made some inquiries with re spect to the condition of the ill-used woman, Mr. Cumming, an inspector of the B division, said, that he considered her to he in great danger. She had, after her wounds were dressed, fainted three times in the police yard, and appeared iu a very precarious state. Mr. BRODERIP remanded the prisoners until Tuesday next, but said he would take bail for the man whenever good sureties were produced, as also for the woman, as soon as the injured woman was out of danger. The prisoners were both locked up. WORSHIP-S I REET. Two powerful Irishmen, named Th o mas Mansfield and Nicholas Quick, were brought up before Mr. Arnold, charged with being concerned with others not in custody in the following brutal attack upon two labouring men nrmed Burton and Batson : The complainants, both of whom wero shockingly dis figured, came to town, by one of the Regent's Canal boats, from Oxfordshire, on the preceding evening; and having called at a public-house in the City•road to pro cure some refreshment, they were standing at the door in conversation, when they heard a loud liughing and uproar behind them, and on turning round saw a body of Irishmen advancifig towards them, in company with two women, one of the latter of whom, upon coming up to Batson, pushed intentionally against him Batson took the annoy ance in good part, and, wishing the woman " good night," was about to re-enter the house, when Quick rushed at him, accused him of insulting the woman, and felled him by a blow in the face. On endeavouring to regain his feet he was instantly struck to the ground again, and then the whole of the party, seven in number, closed upon him, forced him into the gutter, and, whilst some of them held him down, the others beat him with their fists and kicked him furiously about the body and face. On witnessing this brutality the second complainant (Burton) ran to Batson's assist• ance, and tried to rescue him from the hands of his as sailants, but he was also hurled to the ground in the same manner, and beaten and kicked with such fero city that one of his eyes was terribly bruised and swollen, the flesh of his nose laid open, and some parts of his face seemed almost reduced to a jelly. Their cries of " Murder" at length attracted the attention of the police, and the prisoners, after a determined resistance from Mansfield, were both secured and lodged in the station. The prisoners generally denied the greater part of what was alleged against them, and declared that the in juries the complainants had sustainei had resulted from an insult offered to the woman referred to, which they felt justified in resenting, and called a man and woman named Scott to prove that such was the tact; but the evi dence of the first failed to support this assertion, and the man himself candidly acknowledged that he was so drunk at the time es to be totally unconscious of all that bed taken place. Two constables, named Murray and Welch, were then called, the former of whom deposed to seeing Mansfield fall Burton to the ground, and savagely kick him three times in the face between the eyes; and the other officer not only corroborated this statement., but added tnat the instant he had raised Burton from the ground, and whilst the witness was holding hiai, Quick ran up to him and struck him a violent blow in the lace, which knocked him down, and that upon at tempting to secure Quick, the prisoner Mansfield, whom he had had the greatest difficulty in dragging away from the complainants, resumed the attack upon Burton and beat him severely. Mr. ARNOLD commented upon the grossness of such an outrageous and wanton attack, and sentenced Quick, whose conduct was the least culpable, and who appeared to have acted upon a h .sty and mistaken notion of avenging an insult which had been offered to his female companion, to pay a penalty of 205., or in default to un• dergo a fortnight's iinprisonm..nt in the House of Cor rection; and Mansfield, whose violence was wholly will out justification, to pay the full penally of 51. or in deoa❑lt to stand committed for two months to the House of Correction. Tale prisoners were bo'h unable to pay the Sues, and were therefore removed in th.• vet). HORRIB,,E 1 ttr►tii n Y IN SWI fZERLAN The Paris papers give the following details of a fearful tragedy recently enacted in the town of Ber thoud, in Switzerland :—Jacob Moser, of Gondisweil, in the district of Kuhn (Argovia), was 45 years of age. He had long inhabited the town of Berthoud, where he was generally beloved and esteemed. He was a widower and the father of five children ; his conduct was regular, and be supported his family by exercising his talents as a musician at public balls, and as a teacher of the art. The eldest child was a girl eighteen years of age, who at six displayed so much talent for music that she was already famous as a concert performer ; she had latterly resided in French Switzerlaed, where she earned her livelihood by teaching. Besides supporting his family, Moser had to maintain his aged parents. All these burdens caused him to contract debts which he was unable to liquidate. These burdens, an unfortunate attachment, the wretched condition of his children, despair, blighted affection, and the prospect of a debtor's dungeon in the distance, proved too much for the poor man's fortitude. The four children residing with Moser consisted of two sons, aged seventeen and thirteen, and two daughters of fifteen and seven years of age, all' idiots, and three of them dumb. The boy who escaped was ten years of age. The family slept in two contiguous chambers. In one lay Moser, one of the girls, and one of the boys ; the other three slept in the adjoining apartment. The surviving son deposed that at about two o'clock, on the terrible night in question, he was awoke by his sisters, and perceived that his father had arisen. The father, on being called, replied that he was writing in the next' room. On returning he knelt down by the side of the bed, prayed aloud, and gave the children to understand, in a few broken sentences, that he was going to Berne. Young Moser soon afterwards went into the adjacent room, and found the four children lying dead. They had all been strangled with a small rope, found around the neck of one of the girls. A letter in the handwriting of Moser, sen., was dis covered, announcing his design. He wrote— " I ask pardon, in the name of God. I can no longer endure existence, and I cannot resolve to leave behind me, abandoned to their fate, the poor children who are not yet brought up. Those who know me will be convinced that I could not. Once more, I suppli cate for mercy and pardon, for I am not actuated by vengeance or ferocity, but by despair." The following additional lines, written after the perpetration of the unfortunate act, indicate the regret of Moser at its accomplishment, but betray no doubt of the forgiveness of God : " Now," wrote the poor wretch, " now I have done all ; but were the deed not done, I could not do it. May God in heaven be merciful, and grant me pardon !" Moser consummated the tragedy by blowing out his own brains. The body was discovered under the bridge of the Emme ; it appeared to have been so placed as to fall into the river after the commission of the suicide. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ' BETWEEN LONDON AND PARIS.--1 he French Government bas accorded to Mr Jacob Brett the authorisation to establi,h on the coast of France a submarine electric telegraph between Calais and Boulogne, which, crossing the Channel, will go to Dover on the coast of England. The treaty entered into with Mr. Brett guarantees certain advantages to the French Government, and leaves all the expense at the charge of Mr. Brett, assuring him, however, a privilege for ten years in case the experiment should succeed. The works must be terminated by the Ist of Septem ber. 1850, at the latest; but it is probable that they will be finished sooner. The first application of the subma rine electric telegraph, if it should succeed, as from the long examinations which have been made there is every reason to hope, will produce on the relations between France and England results of which it is impossible at present to estimate the importance. Dover, the point at which the submarine telegraph is to join England, is united to London by a direct telegraphic line; the capitals will, therefore, be in this manner in almost in stantaneous communication. _ y.w SALMON.—The improvement in the salmon fishing in the northern rivers still continues. Last week, at Sandstell fishery, near the river mouth at Berwick, no fewer than 650 fish were captured during one tide, and two hauls in succession brought to land 60 fi.h each time. _ _ ..-- IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.—Mr. E. Brown, late of this town, who, it will be remembered, has made some important discoveries in chemistry, has, since his paper on " The Prevention of Poisoning by Chloroform and Sulphuric Ether," was read before the Royal So ciety, discovered the liquifaction of hydrogen gas, a de sideratum to chemists since the liquifaction of chlorium was eff.cted by Faraday, in 1823. Mr. Brown intends contributing a paper on the subject to the Royal Society. —Preston Chronicle. A conscience void of offence is an inestimable blessing, becatbe it gives a pleasure which no ran corings of malice can destroy;* it is proof against ma lignity itself, and smiles upon its most sauguinary Cook': Jeurnal. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. WHITE HALL, AUG. 11, 1849. The Queen has IN *n pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United King dom of Great Brita in and Ireland granting unto Henry Murray Lane, Gentleman, the office of Bluemantle Fur. suivant of Arms, , raaant by the promotion of Geore Harrison Rogers Ilrirrison, Esq., to the office of Windsor Herald. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. The Right Hon_ Albemarle George Augustus Frede rick Earl of Lindsey to be Deputy-Lieutenant; the Right Hon. George Frederick Samuel Robinson Viscount Goderich to be Deputy• Lieutenant; the Honourable Montagu Peregrine lisrtie to be Deputy-Lieutenant; the Hon. Alberto Drummond Willoughby to be Deputy- Lieutenant; Robert Adam Christopher, Esq., to be De puty-Lieutenant; John Reeve, jun., Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant; Anthony Peacock, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu tenant; Major-General Richard Goddard Hare Clarges to be Deputy Lieutenant; Richard Wharton Myddleton, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; William Parker, Esq., to be D•eput)-Lteuteiiatit, Aug. 10. BANKRUPIS. JaLez Srence d,aler in rice, Great Dover road, Southwark, to surrender Aug. 28, at t%elve, at.d Sept. 21, at hail-past twelve, at the Court of Ihtt,k ruptcy. Guinan, . tficial a,signee, Birchin-lane, Corn hill; Nichols, Cuok's-court, Liocolu's Inn. William Ptrry, corn dealer, Swindon, Staffordshire, Aug. 25 and Oct. 2, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Bit mingharn ; Caldicott, and Canning, Dudley; Hodgson, Bir mingham. Daniel Evan, carpenter. Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan shire, Aug. 28, and Sept. 25, at twelve, at the Br►stol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; James and Co., Merthyr Tydfil. George Henry Way, innkeeper, Glastonbury, So mersetstiire, Aug. 23, at one, and Sept. 18. at eleven, at the Exeter Dt.triet Court. Hartsell, official assignee, Exeter ; Slade and Vinine, Yeovil ; Terrell, Exeter; Penkivil, West street, Finsbury-circus. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Ba•'nahall-street. J. C. Wetton, Crown-row, Mile-end-road, flour factor, Sept. 7, at eleven—J. S. Welch, St. James-stre(-t, West minster, printseller, Sept 7, at twelve W. Towns, Ki❑gston, Surrey, tarmer, Sept. 7, at half-past eleven. In the Country. J. J. Cartwright, Wakefield, Yorkshire, corn merchant, Sept. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. R. Bullock, Kidderminster, cornfactor. 34. 4d., on any day before Aug. 16, or any Friday after Oct. 6, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Bir mingham. G. Newbold, Longton, Staffordshire, mercer and dra per, 4-4. 10d., on any day before Aug. 16, or any Friday after Oct. 6. between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. C. Crudington and T. Southall, Tipton, Staffordshire, ironmasters, 2s. Id., on any day before Aug. 16, or on any subsequent Friday after Oct. 6, between eleven and three. at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. J. C. Allon, North Shields, brewer, 2s. 9d., on any day before Aug. 16, or aty Saturday after Oct. 6, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tyne. . G. Cradock, Darlington, Durham, ropemaker, id., on any day before Aug. 16, or any Saturday after Oct. 6, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, New castle•upon-Tyne. M. Norman, jun., Richmond, Yorkshire, cabinetmaker, 45., any day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. E. Raisbeck, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, ironmaster, ss. 6d., any day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. . J. King, Helmsley,Yerkshire, surgeon apothecary, 4d., any day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. R. Hebblethwaite and J. Hirst, Halifax, Yorkshire, rivers, is. 2d.. any day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court. Baainghall•street. W. B. Gunning, Egham, Surrey, bricklayer, Sept. 8, at twelve. In the Country. R. Ryder, Kingston-upon-Hull, grocer, Sept. 5, at hall-past ten, at the Town-hall. Kingston-upon-Hull—J. Smith and W. Darbyshiro, Manchester and E4ertort, dyers, Sept. 6, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—L. Elliott, jun., Rochdale, chemist, Sept. 6, at twelve, at the Court, !Manchester. _ At the Court of Review, Sept. 4. S. B'ddoe, West Bromwich, linendraper—G. F. Blow, Great Dover-street, Newington, currier —R. C. Collins, Bath, commission agent—J. Wilson, West Bromwich, steel manufacturer—G. SAvage, East Dean, Sussex, grocer—S. Miller, liarnont Bridge. Cumberland, banker —J. B Shouler, Leicester, draper—S. Dodd, ;ear Chester, fustian mtinutacturer—J. Dredge, Bath, brewer—A. Heron, Birkenhead, stsinemason—J. Harvey, Weston super-Mare, Somersetsbire, builder—J. C. Dicker, Vere street, Oxford- street, merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. F. R. Beckhusoa and W. A. Beckhuson, gunmakers, Ox - ord—J. Fleming and J. Fleming, Manchester, corn and flour merchants—W. Weedun, G. T. Goddard, and J. 1). We b,ter, Newington, house decorators and paper . stainers (so far as regards J. D. Webster) —J. Beneitt, W. Bennitt, and W. H. Files, Dudley, - iron merchants (so far as regards W. 11. Files)—T. N. Fowler and S. Fowler, York, glovers and hosiers—T. W. Mt eson, T. Meeson, R. S. Meesom, J. Memon, and E. Meeson, Stratford, Essex, coal an r chants and lime burner, (so far as regards T. %V, Me•-son and T. Merson)—T Servant, D. Sykes, and G. H. More wood, Leeds, cloth finishers (so far as regards T. Ser• van) —Mary Harding and R. Harding, Bris 01, linen drapers and hosiers—W. S. Simpson and C. Bennett, King's Lynn, Norfolk, contractors fur public works—J. Robson and W. Robson, North Shields, dealers in marine stores—J. Stitt and T. Day, Liverpool, commission mer• chants—P. L. Barnard and J. Barnard, Woodbridge, Suffolk, grocers and drapers—B. Dick, jun., and H. G. Taylor, Kingston-upon-Hull, ale and porter brewers— J. Frith and J. Landers, Sheffield, designers, modellers, and die sinkers— J. Smith, W. Smith, and A. Guild, Manchester, dyers and finishers—J. Britten and T. Britten. Liverpool, chemists and druggists—S. J. Hick son and G. Gale, Gravesend, rope and canvass merchants Barton, sen., and T. Barton, jun., Liverpool, tanners and fellwongers—J. S. Samuel and M. Samuel, Hounds ditch, watchmakers and jewellers—J. Curt, W. Law, and T. D. Paul, Leicester, ironmongers and silversmiths (so far as regards W. Law). INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Charles Johnson, Manchester. Henry Tristram, jun., Manchester, warehouseman. Creed Royal, Manchester, professor of music. Robert Thompson, Church Coniston, Lancashire, grocer. Thomas Dean, Huddersfield, grocer. William Dyson, Huddersfield, woollen cloth weaver. David Gibl;y, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, victualler. John Connor, Macclesfield, dealer in ironmongery goods. William Gott, Kildwick, Yorkshire, grocer. _ _ George Graham, Manchester, plastei-er. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. T. Anderson, Linktown, of Abbotshall, Fifeshire, merchant, to meet within the National Hotel, Kirkaldy, Aug. 17, and Sept. 14, at twelve. J. D. Young, Glasgow, manufacturing ironmonger, to meet within the Regent Hotel, Glasgow, Aug. 23, and Sept. 17, at two. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. HULL, AUG. 14. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states that the weather has been variable during the past week, occa sionally heavy rain has fallen, and in no respect has it bt en of a character to rorce on the a heat crops. With diminished arrivals during the week, the previous import has got pretty well worked off, and .he quantity of good conditioned grain now on sale is only moderate. The blockade being raised we have already four large steamers in from Hamburgh, which among them do not bring more than 500 qrs. of all descriptions of grain. Hawburgh letters of the 10 h report much rain and quite broken weather, general complaints as to potato disease, and no disposition to ship grain to this country; the upland houses sent their s tocks to warehouse on receiving the unexpi?cted report of the 6th inst. from Mark-lane. Our farmers again showed much firmness at to-day's market, and millers genet ally being bare of stocks, sales were practicable for fine qualities at fully last week's prices; secondary samples were is lower. Fine foreign was unaltered in value; the bulk of the present supply is inferior, for which the demand is very limited, and low prices are Wien. We note no alteravon in barl , y. For malting descriptions the season is over, bat grinding meets lair sale at our above currency. Beans and peas, when in good condi ion, find buy ra at late rates. Less doing in oats. Indian corn recovers its late d , pression, arid gets into more extensive use on this side the island for feeding purposes; not much left u• sold. The linseed market is better supported than the liberal supply would lead one to expect and cannot be written lower. Cakes maintain their late value, and oil is in good de mand, both for present and forward delivery. In rape set d nothing doing, with the exception ut a few sales of English at about 261; very few rape cakes offering and the demand good. The•following are the present prices of grain:— Wheat, English, red. 41 to 46 Do.' white ...... 48 50 Dantzic and Ko nigsberg 4B 50 Pomeranian and Hamburgh Danish, Holstein, & B. B • Peas, white and yel. 27 30 Do. grey Linseed, Black Sea 39 41 Do. Petersburgh Do.Riga&Archngl 35 37 Do. Konigsberg Per ton. Friesland 35 42 Russian and Odessa 34 38 Oats, English Do. Danish l3 15 Do. Friesland l6 18 Do. Russ. & Odessa 14 16 Barley, malting 24 27 Do. grinding 2l 23 Beaus.. 2B Do. foreign .. 26 30 Linseed cakes, Hull 717 s Od Do. fine foreign Do. interior foreign 5/ 103 Rapeseed Rape cakes B2s 6d Tares, English OOs OOs Do. foreign 20s —25 s Guano 6/ to 9/ lOs Bones, do ...... 82s 6d to 00s Od Rye meal 6/ IPSWICH, AuG. 14. Harvest very fast; the weather cont i nues very attendance s of farmers at m ar k et was not large. Many samples of new corn appeared for sale. fine. i p h r e ogresing New wheat sold at from 42s to 50s per quarter ; old was a heavy and prices 2s low er . B ar l ey, oats, an d beans slo sle slow sale. New white and grey peas declined from Is to 2s. Malt and flour very dull sale. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat 36s to 48s Beans 2 ss to 34s uarley Oats l .6s to 21s Malt 47s to 53s Rye.. ....... .. . 20s to 24b Flour, per sack 34s to 39a . AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUG. 11. Wheat ......... 1,947 quarters at 46s 2d. . Barley • Oats Beans 44 ~ 31s 3d. Peas.... . DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, Atrc. 13.—At this day's market there were 93 bags oatmeal, 4 of barleymeal, and 2of pot-barley. Sales ready. Oatmeal down 6d per bag on the top ; barleymeal same as last week. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third imperial .. 288 Od 27s Od 26s 6d Barleymeal, per ditto ... 203 Od 22s Od 0.1 Peasemeal —s Od —s Od —s Od Flour ... —s Od —s Od —s Od Pot barley ... .. 223 Od —s Od —s Od CORK, AUG. 13.—Flour—Firsts 145 Od to 14s 6d; extra 15s; seconds, 13s 6d to 01), Od; households lOs to 12s; thirds, ss to 10s per cwt. Oatmeal I 2s 6d to 1:3s; Indian steal Cs 6d to 6,9 d; wheat meal. 10. 6d tolls per cwt. Indian corn 610 s Od to 6/ 5s Od per ton. Bran 3/17s 6d to 4/ per ton. Hay—Farmerslss to 265; average 22s ; dealers 50s to 00s; average 00s Od per ton. Straw—Farmers 12s Od to 26s Od; average 003; dealers 28s Od to 45s Od; average 26s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6d; household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 9d per lb. Eggs-4s Cd to 4s 2d per hundred. Coals— Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best breath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 5d to bid; veal 50 to 7d ; pork 4d to sid ; bacon 7d to 811 ; sausages 6d per lb. - Hops 61 10s per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s tid to 3/ 5s per ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8/ l s; Valunia. 14/ to 0/ ; French 7110 a; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 12s per stone. Hemp 31/ t 0351 per tot. Fish— Scotch herrings 17s to 18.; red ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 1w lOs to 12: pet ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton; deals, first quality. 180; second quality, 168 per lOU. Hides - Market 10s to 16s; salted 12s to IBs per cwt ; calf skins lid to 214 per lb. Potatoes, white 7d to 1 t'd ; Minions 00d to 10d; Guano-- Peruvian, 111 10s; Icbaboe 9/ per ton ; Tar—Archangels 191 per barrel. RAILWAY ti t• RKETS. - BRISTOL, AUGUST 14. Rroct EXCHANGE. —There were a great many sales, principally of the smaller shares of the Great Western Company, the prices of which were very much d, pressed, in consequence of the startling renuction of the dividend. (heat Western Quarter Shares closed at B► 4 dis., and Great Western New 171. hares at 5% die.—London and North-Western Stock was done at 12744. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The shaic market continues depressed. The transactions to-daf were vi ry limited, and prices a shade lower. The saes are- Lancashire and Yorkshire, Halves. 9.4 dis.—Ditto. Fifth'. dis.—Dicto, Preference, 12% Ditto, Halves (L. and B.) 934 dii. —London and North-Western, 1263 - Ditto, New Quarters, .25( P. —Midland, 62—Ditto, Halves, 15 Ms. MANCHESTER, Aunus2 14. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :-- Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 2 13.16—Sheffield (No. 1), 1 ( ) c. dis.—West Riding Union, 4 1 , -16 die.—North Staffordshire, 5%, dis.—Leeds, Fifths„3% dis.—Lancashire, Preference, 6 per cent., i%—Eastern Counties, 8%. 131.1011NOBAM, AuousT 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market is somewhat bettor The sal sales an —London and North-Western, Fifths. 414—London and Blackwall, 4—North Staffordshire, 6 ths.—Shrewsbury and Binning ham, Preterence, 455. p.—South Staffordshire, 4% dis. YORK, AUGUST 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day have been as AA' low : 63—North British, Thirds, 31. 18s. 9d.—Dittc Quar ters, 3—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 53(—Ditto, Preference.lol. 3s. 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Neweastle Extension), 1334 —York and North Midland, Preference, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY. --The Flying Fi=h, 12, wee put in commission this afternoon by Commander Patey. The United States steam-ship Washington passed through Spithead between two and three o'clock this afternoon, from Bremen to Southampton. Wind—W. by S.; strong breezes and cloudy weather. MADEIRA, JULY 17.—Her Majesty's brig Ranger, 8 guns, Commander Thomas Miller, anchored here, from Plymouth, y es t er d ay afternoon. She was off the port the previous morning, but could not get in owing to calms, baffling light airs, and a h eavy groun d sw ept . She will sail again to-morrow evening for the coast of Africa, after completing with water and setting up rig' ging afresh. Vessels arriving here from England have five days' quarantine to perform, and as they act here under orders from Lisbon, the Governor has no power to make any modification. The American Commodore , in the Portsmouth corvette, 22 guns, is lying here, baying returned about a month since from cruising Oil the west coast of Africa, but made no captures. They report the coast healthy. The Commodore (U. S.) expects to go hence to the Mediterranean in the course of the year. The Eagle steam" packet, which left Southampton on the 9th, arrived here on the 15th, late, and sailed for St. Thomas's last evening. The Ranger exchanged numbers with the Penguin packet, Lieutenant Le.lie, R.N., on the morn' ing of the 15th, while endeavouring to reach the . ne: choragv. She left Falmouth on the 6th, and anchorea here on the night of the 15th; sailing yesterday of er• noon for Teneriffe and Rio, with several passengers et! board. • The w e atn er i s very warm here, and the i s h ol ci looking very beautiful. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY, AUG. 13.—Her Majesty's brig Hound, 8, Commander Granville IL Wood, arrived Ibi s morning from the West Int-ies. The - Governm.nt oarract convict-ship Stately, Cap' tain Thomas Gaud( r, with w o men, f ur S y d ney , •IvnLc lett Plymouth in the latter part of May, was spoken oi l the 231 of June in latitude 11 min. 10 deg. north.l lungituce 23 west, all well, h av i ng exper i ence d a s plendid passage from the Channel. The merchant-schooner Redcliffe, Captain Hype. be longing to Messrs. Stevens and Co., of this port. Wh e .., 11 on her passage from Newc as tl e y ester d ay (S un d a y), sn'a a Dutch barque of 500 tons, w ith h er ensign rarers', at the peak-end and a bl a ck b a ll un d erneat h, B p/wet:Ad; in distress, in all probability f rom s i c k ness , a s one ' Va ., not disabled, and there was a large number of m e 'f: women, and children, lo o ki ng lik e em i gran t s , on deck' The stranger was a b.iut i half a mile south of the Start Point at three o' c l oc k i n t h e a f ternoon, runn i ng for Torbay, with a strong wind from W.S.W. The ship columbine, of 1.000 tons burden, Captsi4 Joseph Cowart, from London, with emigrants, bound P New Yotk, can e in yes erday. She left the St. KIWI , '" tine's Ducks at half-past one o'clock on Saturday the instant. On Monday ni g ht h er c hi et officer was take n ill, and died on Tuesday morning; a seaman died alsooa Tuesday; a woman and infant on Thursday, a child oa Saturday morning, and a German in the afternoon; b et second German yesterday (Su n d a y). I t i s stated bYI,: passengers that the Col um b ne carr i es no surge on. 01 ', has on board upwards of 200 sou l s , th e ma jority whom are Germans. The English emigrants, as is al ways the case when there is a m i x t ure o f nat i o ns, fake loud complaints of the want of cleanliness of their fellow' travellers. The ship Samuel Enderby, Captain Anderson, bey longing to the South S , -a Fishing Company. came this morning, from L on d on, b ound to the At ,_?. Islands. The ship Peterel, 848 tons register, Captain Taylo r belonging to Messrs. Gibbs, Bugler, and Co., of Live" pool, sailed 3eAkrday, with 300 emigrants, for Sydney. Wind, W.S.W.; a gale. SAVAGE AND VICIOUS ATTACK BY A HOBO Yesterday (Thursd a y) a f ternoon, a b oy named Cbor'e. Guy, in the employ of M r . C roe k e, sa ddl er, pelba t° street, having been up th e M ans fi e ld- roa d w i t h a letter' and having to go on t o P ar k- row , was i n t h e ac t o f cros s ' ing the field called Cal ar ' s Cl ose a l ong a b ea ten Pat h , made during the time wh en l an d was vubject to.cowl% vm st right, when he was r un a ft er an d attacked in a 113 savage manner by a hors e th a t was t urne d out to gees e in the field. The boy endea v oured to escape by flig h u t, k cl but was unable to do so, and the ferocious brute oeertdo; the him, knocked him own, bit him in two or three plece o pa g nd wo c u ar ld ri d ed ea h l i w m ith in s r t l u. onmouth withback, and as p m uc i h c picked -(,him u do as a Fortunately being near some much frequented thorough i fares, several persons hastened to the spot, and succeed ed in rescuing the boy from hi s perilous position. No boot were broken, but nearly the whole surface of the youth bac l k vs.l i_s ND e iv o s.oo v i e ßt r in e .E9 d hx W aTm i t th JNssolsu-OisT V r e n r a e lo.p contusions and deep lacer *. lion RAILWAY.—The extens i on of this Tn „aft the present terminus at Datchet to the town of Will" 30 -; was expected to have been opened in the course of a W.' few days. In the course of Sunday, however, lit ° P . pears that the g i r d ers of one of the arches of the b r idg; which crosses t h e T hames near Eton College votlPP e i j rendering that arc h f ur t h e present moat insecure; °- this must delay the opening. FOREIGN FISH.—The steam-ship Magnet, arr ive-a r 1 from msterdsm, has b roug h t , i n addition to a genell. cargo, fifty packag es of fi s h, the produce of tiollan This is the largest arrival of fish which has taken lo t. c i from abroad tor s ome t i me past,. the demand for tO4 generally esteemed article of food being much lessen e lately in consequence of the complaint which has Pr e ' railed LADVERTISEMENT.]—A Dangerous Liver C° l3l plaint effectually cured by Holloway's Pills.—Extract o f letter from Mr. W. Roger, blacksmith, Ravensworth, Hunte r River, New South Wales, to Mr. J. H. Heyden, agent i° Holloway's Pilis and Ointment, at Sydney, dated Jan. 17 1 1849 :—"Sir,—About eighteen months since, I was attack 0 with a severe liver complaint, for which I consulted the O E . medical men of this district; but I derived no benefit E ros their treatment, and at last they gave me up without the . le.; hope of recovery. I then commenced taxing Holloway I I valuable Pills, and continued them for about seven weeks! fl t lam now completely cured. I have great pl e a s ure is Pr ° , this publicity to the case." Sold by all Druggists, Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand Loacl•a• BIRTHS On the 2f th ult., at Madeira, the Viscountess Nortbl4 l34 or o On t a sn and heir. the 6th inst., at Knowsley Parsonage, Lancashire/ wife of the Rev. Robert H. Gray. of a son. 10 On the 9th inst., at Cusheendall , county of Antrim, the • of Captain. Holland, of a daughter. MO* On the 11th inst. , at R.N. donnington Castle, the Eon. John Heathcote, of a son. On the lith init., at the Rectory, Tooting, the wi f e o f tbe Rev. R. W. Greaves, of a daughter. L 100 On the 12th inst., in Edinburgh, the lady of W. 'Ze _Es(' , of Drumrossie, and younger of Warthill, Aber — shire, of a son. _.,• if ARM „ a ero o At Camisky, Inverness. shire, on ED. the 2d inst., John Ca " titer Macphee, Esq., of London, to Frances Hay, fourth 01! e at. of the late Captain William Cameron, of the 79th Reg''" or Cameron Highlanders. On the 9th inst., at Catton, Norfolk, the Rev. Willa' Hawtayne, eld es t son o f R ear -Ad m i ra l H aw t a yne, to ea ter, line, third surviving daughter of the late Harcourt IVi Esq., of Catton. On the 11th inst., at St. John's Church, Paddingta,_pd Spencer, Esq, of the Inner Temple, to Margaret, l'e" daughter of the Rev. E. H. Penny, M.A. late bet DIED: On the Sth inst at Geneva, Adolphus Turner , - M ajesty's Chargé d'Affairs to the Republic of Tirugutri i ineh On the 10th inst , at Ebenezer-place, Kenning t° ":nce Adolphus W. Barnes, Esq., Actuary to the Mitre Assti ' - office, aged 46. as $;• On the 11th inst., aged 83, Charlotte, widow of Thoill of hide, Esq., Major of tae Northamptonshire Regirn el h i s i id Militia, Assistant Master of the Ceremonies, and gars the Hou:ehold of her Majesty the Queen. On the 11th inst., Mr. Joseph Jupp, of Turnhanl-greeflo and Regent-street, aged 76. f ,a London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOS O IO , No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Meet twy of Strand, in the Precinct of the Stsvov. in lb. Dliddleoes, Wedueoday, Anus' 14 180,