The Sun. — London, England, 1856-08-11 00:00:00

BrISSIA AND TIM WESTERN POWERS. (From the Times.) It is a natural, though not the less a dangerous error to look for sudden changes of policy in nations ail the result of great calamities. People forget how slowly and how difficultly the gambler, the drunkard, or the brawler of private life is reformed --how inveterate are the old habits and the old longings which cling even to those who see and confess their error. Yet the world is ready to hope that powerful and ambitious nations will be turned from their course by a single check. It is only the few who have learnt from political experi ence that fully understand how little will be chang ed by what seem great convulsions. These more prudent thinkers, if they calculate on the effects of a war or a revolution, rightly look upon it as only likely to alter something in the moral constitution o f the people who have undergone it, which change of tone will, after a certain term of years, have its influence on outward actions. Thus, we may l'airly hope that the lesson of the late war has not been lost on Russia. For the first time she had a ,coalition against her. For the first time she has seeu her immemorial allies hostile or neutral, and for the first time her frontier has receded. The Czar is no long er the arbiter of Europe ; not even a Gt‘rman or Italian potentate dares to propose him openly for an example. The dreams of Euro pean .and Asiatic conquest are now dissolved, at least for all the world beyond his own dominions. No opponent of England now talks of the Musco vite =lnk to the Indus ; no enemy of democratic France speculates on a second entry of Russian soldiery into Paris. The spell which in one form or another has bound nations for nearly a thousand years is now broken. We may therefore expect that Russia w ill eventually undergo a great moral change. Hedged in by the armies and the reprobation of Europe, compelled to restrainher activity within her own territories ' it may be predicted as a necessary consequence of her condition that new forces will come into pi ay to civilise and elevate, or perhaps to weaken and Glisrupt. But these things are for the next ten year.;, or perhaps for the next generation. We of the W.etst can hardly pretend to see the full ,acope of what has been done, and we may be sure Oat the Russia us see still less. They probably do no t feel how much they have been beaten andwhat they have lost. To them it is doubtless only so muct:.l fighting, in which their deficiencies of land transport have detracted from their success. Every incident which teb's in their own favour is of course 1 -nag,nified, while reverses are forgotten or explained a way. The Baltic and Petropaitlovski are in the mouths of every one ; Kars is a glorious triumph, while the fall of Sobastopol and the dismember ment of Bessarabia are disposedof as disasters inse parable from the checkered fortun e of war. A little 41ase disperses the memory of last :rear's sufferings ; the beginning of a new reign seen is to typify a re nowal of national vigour. What wonder, then, that dm , Russian Czar, army, and peoples should still be apparently as far as ever from acquiescing in any nee'. policy? Emperor has been slow to carry out the evacuation of the territory which 110 must even tually abandon. He has availed himself of his extreme right of leaving the posts from which he retires in a state of ruin. But, more than this, he contests his liability to quit a spot which every one but a Russian holds to be plainly oeded by the treaty of March last. Fidonisi, or St ?rpent Island, is situiited 'about 25 miles east o f the Sulina mouth o f the Danube. It has always been an appendage to the coast near which. it lies ; its only value is in its use as a post for assisting or controlling the navigation of the river, and in fact it is as much a part of the ceded territory as the Scilly Islands are of Great Britain. But this spot the Czar declares cannot be brought within the meaning of the late treaty. The island and its ighthouse still, in his opinion, belong to Russia. It need not be said that the Western Powers can never permit such an infraction of a solemn agree ment. As the wish to retain Serpent Island re veals the spirit of the Russian Court, so a yielding to such claims would be an encouragement to a re vived policy of aggression, and would do away with nearly all the moral results of the war. It is evident that a firm determination to carry out the spirit of the treaty will be followed by the re quired cession. If, on the contrary, we suffer the Russian Emperor to retain this post, we may pre pare for future attempts at a revival of Muscovite naval power. The possession of the island would, of course, be construed as giving a right to super intend the navigation of the Danube at its mouth. Russia would keep up a lighthouse, furnish pilots, perhaps establish au entrepot. The consequence would be the employment of small armed vessels to manage the business, and the tradition of naval power would be kept up until some new complica tion in Europe gave an opportunity of openly trampling on a treaty the spirit of which had been broken from the beginning. In this matter we have both right and power ou our side, and our remonstrances aro therefore likely to be effectual. But the affairs of Kars, and Ismail, and Serpent Island are chiefly remark able on account of the spirit which they indicate. Russia will yield with unwillingness even where bound by positive treaty. We may therefore guess Ithat where her r decision is unfettered she will concede nothing to the new order of things. Alexander's promise to follow in the footsteps of his father seems to have been no idle boast. The hopes of free trade are every day becoming more faint ; little is said of railways, except as links between the central stations of the army and the points which an enemy might assail ; but worse than all is the continuance of the pass port system in all its crude barbarity. It may be said that we have less cause to complain of such hindrances in Russia than in France or Austria, simply because Russia leads to nowhere, and its people may, if they choose, seclude themselves from the world, so that they do not stop up the pathway between other territories which wish to communicate. Still, in the cause of the world's general interest we have a right to protest against such a policy. It is the right of every civilised man to have free access to any territory so long as he behaves himself peaceably and with decorum. Any infringement of this right must be reprehen ded by the public opinion of Europe, and the country which habitually rejects the intercourse which is the lifo t hlood of civilisation must be told that its neighbours have reason to complain. We have concluded a peace with the Czar, in which the terms allowed him were better than he had any right to expect. It is to be hoped that be will not persist in giving a reason to regret an act of too great leniency. 7BEEDOM OF THE PRESS IN SCOTLAND. (From the Examiner.) The prosecutton of the on leading liberal paper of the North, the Scotsman, following though late proceedings nearer home, shows that official informations may not be filed against the press in three days, its freedom is not enti re ly out of dan ger. If it has no longer to dread the central power of the prerogative as handled by a tyra nn ic a l At torney-Goneral, it has to encount er aguerilla war fare dangerous in proportion to the skill, vigil ance, and malice that may happen to be embarked lc a iri e t: Though the great tyrant has disappeared, the petty tyrant of the fields—or of the s t ree t s , as it may be —has been permitted to assume his place, from a kind of etiquette which juries a have fallen into, of awarding dama ges a g ainst newspaper, whenever they are requested to do so by a prosecutor backed by an expensive body of counsel. Let us see how the case referred to ex em plifi es this danger. A clever, well-conducted, prosperousY citizen who a takes a large share in public business, trans acts it well. He gains golden opinions nd from c l a sses of his fellow citizens ; a few only, pro fess to see deeper int o motives than their neigh bours can, excepted. After years of steadyhim perse verance in well-doing, he has formed around a considerable body who are e nrolled under his banner, take his name, and adopt their actions as his own. But as this band of followers enlarges, more mysterious symptoms strengthen the suspicions of the doubters, and enlarge their numbers. After a succession of secondary suspicious movements, a daring feat is performed by the tribune of the Pe°Ple, in the exercise of his power. One of the most illustrious men of ' his day is mysteriously thrown out of the representation of a community in every way congenial to him, and a man of ob -suresjActability is placed iu his stead. The world m is for the time entirely at a loss to know why Mr. Macaul a y l ost Edinburgh ; and the chief instrument of his rejection even assumes a Cato like austerity, as the painful act of severity had been prompted by if reasons they of a highly honourable to kind t himself, were was explained, when, be proclaimed. The myste r ywhen, on a subse quent vacancy occurrin,, it was announced one fine morning to the electors of Edinburghb that Mr. DuncanM‘Laren had consented to put in nomi nation as their representative. A previously light was t h us poured on all which had beenn Eithe r i u t sly dark. Ent the coup was a failure. wastoo m early or it was too late. The locum tote wI had been put in , hav in g ac q uired a ta ste for beilv a m e mber of Parliament , would not move out ; and the the citizens of Edinburgh, wondering by what de vices they had been influenced at the previous election, brought back Macaulay to his seat with acclamation. The fruit of long years of patient management was thus snatched hopelessly away, for the mask had been thrown aside, and there was no longer a chance for him who had so successfully worn it. Something, however, remained. Upon another occasion he might go over to the enemy, and perhaps crush his old political friends. The prose cutor of the Scotsman entered into a league with the Tories, and with great skill brought into the alli ance a religious body, who had a holy cause of their own, and who decried as mere dross all political discussions which were not subservient to it. But the liberal cause, upon the resignation of Mr. Macaulay, was again triumphant. The leader who went over to the enemy did not take his troops with him, and no dexterity or perseverance could make up for the deficiency. It will easily be understood that an election in such circumstances was an exciting affair, in which a good deal was given and had to be taken. Part of the generalship of the coalition was to secure the minor members of the press, and they boasted that every political organ in Edinburgh was on their side, with the one exception of the Scotsman. This singleness of position gave to the old champion of liberalism a heroic prominence marking it out for vengeance. It was the Scotsman's function to ex pose, in a manner calculated to tell on an election, the little story we have just alluded to. It was done with that easy picturesqueness which gives a charm to the columns of our active and able con temporary. There were recorded indications of previous antagonism in the members of the coali tion which no one with a spark of genial humour in his nature could have resisted. For instance, the second in command of the allied army had on a previous occasion, with great public solemnity, called him, under whom it was now his fate to be lieutenant, a " cold little snake." It was not in human nature, that, when the two men were seen in co-operation, something should not be said about intertwined affections and the like. 'Well, the man who had had this term applied to him by his follower, brought the other day his ac tion of libel against the Scotsman, for merely quiz zing them both for the position in which they stood to each other. Wise people shook their heads at the dreadful absurdity of sush an action, and learned people applied the quos perdere volt. Yet, partly by management, partly by chance, the pro secutor got a verdict with 40W. of damages. A word before leaving this subject on the nature of the danger to the freedom of the press which it exposes. The jury, by a rule it will be difficult to understand here, were prohibited from knowing the whole history of the affair. It could not be shown to them that the alleged libels formed but part of an election contest, where an immemorial liberty of giving and taking has existed, subject only to the exclusion of personal private slander. The prosecutor was permitted to exclude evidence of all kinds, of strong epithets employed by himself against his opponents—the defendants included. It was not permitted to be shown that there is a licence of sarcasm and reproach in elections which had not been exceeded on the occasion by them. The jury appear to have been isolated men, who had little experience of the nature of an election ; and it is sufficiently suggestive that five of them are represented to have been agriculturists. They were allowed to know only that portion of the story in which the defendants are found striking their adversaries. The evidence was all " heads I win —tails you lose," and so it came to pass that the distressed agriculturists, being told to do so by men with great wigs on their heads, found for the prosecutor. Observe that there was no possibility of con founding the question with personal slander, for it was not pretended that a word had been breathed against the private character of the prosecutor, and the Scotsman, which is not more remarkable for the ability than for the perfect propriety with which it is conducted (and that is saying a great deal), had actually stopped, in the midst of one of its severest political philippics, to pay a compli ment to the private and domestic virtues of the man whose public conduct it was necessary to censure. Hence in Scotland the appalling doctrine appears to be established by the verdict in this case, that any remark unfavourable to a man's public conduct is punishable iu the same manner as defamation, and that any one of the innumerable persons who may have dropped a squib or a nickname at an election can be punished, if he on whom it has fallen is spiteful enough to prosecute. But the trial has not been without its compen sation. It has shown in a broad and distinct cha racter the extent of a dangerous law. It has re corded an eloquent protest against that law in the finest specimen of forensic argumentation which we remember to have read from Scotland since the best days of Jeffrey, and we presume that the Lord Advocate's address would lose nothing in the deli very. The preposterous magnitude of the penalty has served the defendants, by removing them out of the limbo of nominal damages. It is little satisfaction perhaps to reflect—but this also we must add—that the prosecutor has branded on his forehead, for as long as he lives in this world of care, the epithet which might have faded into in distinctness behind the good-humoured sarcasms of the Scotsman. That the public of Scotland, moreover, must come forward to relieve their champion of free discussion from pecuniary loss, is a secondary result as to which there can be no doubt. But the chief end now to be aimed at must be, that the decision of twelve obscure men, per plexed and isolated, with authoritative denuncia tions ringing in their ears, and under the influence of a summing up that would have done credit to the days when Ex Officios and Six Acts were rife, must be rejudged by the public opinion of the en lightened citizens of Edinburgh--:-of the whole of the free-minded and honest people of Scotland— and of the British people at large. EXECUTIONS. EXECUTION OF DOVE. On Saturday at noon William Dove, who was con victed at the last assizes for poisoning his wife by strych nine at Leeds, was executed in front of York Castle. The number of spectators is estimated variously at from 10,000 to 15,000. Dove partook of the Sacrament on Friday evening ac cording to the Wesleyan form. The Rev. J. Hartley and Mr. Wright remained with him during the whole of the night. The early part was devoted to prayer and reading the Scriptures. Shortly after midnight the con vict threw himself upon his pallet, but his rest was dis turbed, and after dozing for less than an hour he rose, and iu an excited manner demanded of his spiritual ad viser to know what he could do to save his soul that he had not already done. Mr. Hartley, observing his tre pidation of manner, reminded him of the "Thief upon the Cross," and assured him that the mercy of God was never denied to a repentant sinner. Dove said the example alluded to was that of a " thief" only, while he himself was a " murderer," and he feared beyond all hope of redemption. Mr. Wright and Mr. Hartley ad dressed such observations to the culprit as seemed calcu lated to soothe him, and presently after Dave called upon them to join him in singing a Wesleyan hymn. The request was acceded to, and at three o'clock on Saturday morning the convict, the officers of the prison present, and the gentlemen above alluded to, were heard singing in chorus several hymns from a Wes leyan c Alection. At daybreak Dove partook of break fast, of which he ate sparingly. At five o'clock, ac companied by the governor of the gaol (Mr. Noble), the deputy-governor (Mr. Green), Mr. Wright, and some fe others, the convict was removed from the con demned cell in which he had hitherto been confined to an apartment closely adjoining that portion of the prison Where he was to suffer. The culprit bore up pretty well during the morning, and at 11 o'clock wrote the following description of his Dove was led to poison his wife by hearing of the mur der of Cook, by Palmer, with strychnine ; but it seems to have been impossible to discover the reason why Dove wished to get rid of his wife, and which reason must, previously to Cook's death, have existed in his mind. Dove fully understood on Friday that he was to die next day, and he was resigned to his fate. He expressed his sense of the justice of his sentence, and stated that he felt he deserved to dia. He also said he had no feeling of resentment against the judge who tried him, the state of mind, which he handed to Mr. Wright:— "sm. to 11 a.m., Aug. 9, 1856. " Dear Sir— I place entire confidence in the blood of Jesus Christ His Son, which cleanseth from all sin, and I feel great comfort from chap. 40, v. 29-31, and chap. 41, v. 10, 13, 14, of the prophet I3aiah. " WM. Dom" Besides the prison officials, the Rev. J. Hartley, Wes leyan minister, York, and Mr. Wright, of Manchester, the prison philanthropist, sat up with the unhappy man during Friday night—the former till 4 o'clock on Satur day morning, when Mr. Wright took up the further ad ministration of spiritual consolation to the criminal, who appeared quite resigned to his fate, thoroughly conscious that he must be die, penitent, and exceedingly prayerful. The workmen usually engaged for the purpose com menced the operation of erecting the gallows soon after daybreak, and at a quarter to 6 o'clock the culprit was removed from the condemned cell to a room in close jury who found him guilty, or the witnesses who gave evidence against him. All Dove's feelings bad now be. come centred on his own awful condition. He spent the whole of his time during the day in prayer, in con versation on religious subjects, or in apparently devout meditation. Mr. Wright left Dove last Frid-.37 week and returned to Manchester. On Tuesday morning Mr. Wright received the following letter : " York Castle, Condemned Cell, Aug. 4. " Mr. Wright—Dear Sir,—l take this opportunity of writing to you. You told me that at any time that I wrote to you, and requested you to come, you would. Dear sir, I shall be very glad to see you on Wednesday or Thursday at the latest, for I feel my time is short. I cannot sufficiently thank you for your kindness to me while you were at this place. I cannot reward you, but my God and Father will reward you. Dear sir, while I was meditating on the goodness of God, and thinking of my past sins and wickedness, all at a moment a thought flashed across my mind that there was a reprieve for me. And what do you that reprieve was / Well, bless God, it was this —' Thy sins, which were many, are all for given you.' It was no delusion, for it was so impressed on my mind that I could not help but make the remark, and tell my fellow-prisoners and the officer that was there. Dear, sir, Ido not intend to stop there ; but I intend to press forward to the mark for my high call ing which is of God, by Christ Jesus.' Dear sir, do not forget to pray for me, that I may not be weary in well doing, so that in due time, I may reap, if I faint not.' And may the God of all grace bless you and yours is the fervent prayer of yours respectfully, " WILLIAM DOVE. " P.S.—I shall anxiously wait an answer. " Mr. Thomas Wright, 3, Sidney-place, Chorlton upon-Medlock, Manchester." It was impracticable for Mr. Wright to come to York immediately, but he got back to the unhappy man at the earliest possible moment./As a further proof of the tone of Dove's mind we may give the following letter, which be put into Mr. Wright's hand on his entering the con demned cell on Friday morning : " York Castle, Condemned Cell, Aug. 8. _ _ "Respected Sir,—My time is short, my days are numbered, and soon I shall have to appear before the judgment seat of Christ ; but I trust my Judge is my ad vocate and friend, and that I shall meet his smiles, and be welcomed to mansions in the sky. I can truly say— " I the chief of sinners am, But Jesus died for me." contiguity to the scene of his last sufferings upon earth. He was accompanied by Mr. Noble, the governor of the Castle, and Mr. Wright, and walked across the Castle-yard with a firm and ready step. He was calm and collected, aud. his general demeanour much resembled what was noticed of him during his four days' trial, soon after Dove had quitted the condemned cell, which looks into the plat of ground where murderers executed at York Castle are interred, the gravedigger arrived, and at once proceeded to execute his office. As early as 7 o'clock in the morning a group of from 50 to 100 people had taken up a position on the iron rail ing at St. George's-field, and immediately in front of the drop, where they remained for five hours, to witness the execution. As the morning advanced the crowd continued to augment, and by about half-past 11 it had become very dense. At this time the weather, which had been previously fine, though rather cloudy and threatening, changed for rain, which came down heavily during the execution and the remainder of the day. The rain did not at all stop tho influx of spectators. At 20 minutes to 12 o'clock the under-sheriff, Mr. W. Gray, arrived at the Castle, and made the usual demand for the body of the c ,ndemnedlaran for execution. At a few minutes before 12 o'clock, the hour of execution at York, Dove was removed from the room in which he had passed the forenoon to another room nearer the drop, where he was pinioned. Dove was no way altered from his appearance at the trial. His face bore the same healthy hue, and his man ner was calm and collected. He stepped upon the plat form with firmness and deliberation, and immediately turned round to the Rev. J. Hartley, who read the prayers for the dead. He then shook bands with Mr. Pashley, Mr. :Noble, Mr. Hartley, and Mr. Wright. Mr. Barret, his solicitor, was with him up to this time, and Dove, while being pinioned, held him by the hand. At this juncture Mr. Barret availed himself of an op portunity of asking Dove if there was anything in the statement he bad made on Thursday which he wished to alter or correct ? Dave replied with great earnestness and appearance of sincerity, " Not a ward ; it is strictly true." Dove subsequently turned to Mr. Barret, and said, "Mr. Barret, tell my poor mother I die happy." These were the last words he uttered, except in player. In a minute or two afterwards the Castle clock tolled forth the fatal hour, and the usual procession wan formed, and proceeded through the grand jury-room, and thence along a dreary-looking passage leading to the door through which the wretched criminal reaches the drop. In addition to the halberdiers, the executioner, and other officials, the Under-sheriff, the Rev. J. Hartley, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Noble appeared on the scaffold with the culprit. As the procession moved forward from the press-room, the Rev. J. Hartley read portions of the burial service of the Church of England, which he fol lowed up with an extemporaneous prayer in which Dove joined with apparent devotion and earnestness. The convict, having been placed under the fatal beam, from which the rope dangled close by him, the execu tioner proceeded to perform his office. He placed the c is, upon the convict's head, and proceeded to adjust the r ,pe round his neck. This was done with great delibe ration, owing probably to the fact that the hangman was a debtor in the Castle, who had volunteered to per form the revolting duties. The executioner next tied the convict's legs firmly, and withdrew to the side of the drop. The bolt was in an instant withdrawn, and the unhappy man fell. He had remained ,up to this time with his hands clasped, and they remained clasped for a second after he fell. At the end of that time his hands relaxed, his legs were drawn up, and the body swung to and fro ; this continued for about a minute, at the end of which time the bands were again clasped, the legs dropped, and all was over. On the whole the crowd maintained very orderly and decorous conduct throughout the painful scene. The body of the convict remained suspended for an hour, when it was cut down and placed in a shell for interment on Saturday evening within the precincts of the prison in accordance with the terms of the sentence of the law passed upon the prisoner. There had been numerous applications for the office of executioner, among whom were two or three curious spe cimens of orthography. One of them was as follows : "To the lligh Shereff York Castle York City " Dear S'r Seeing in the Paper you advertise for a Hangman i Will Engage With you My age is 22 yea Height sft 8 inches Weight 13st albs Agent to the linsurance Company London It is From several Freinda at Leeds That i Hang the Convict Laying at York Castle Mr Dove answer will oblidge." On the return of Mr. Barrett e on Thursday afternoon, Dove at once expressed his desire to make a full confes sion of his guilt, which, although never formally denied, had not previously been openly admitted by the convict. Mr. Barrett was accordingly furnished with pens and paper,- and, unattended by any other individual, he took down from the prisoner's lips his own narrative of the dreadful circumstances preceding and attendant upon the death of his victim. This document, out of consi deration for the prisoner's family, will not at the present moment be made public. Mr. Barret considering it his duty to place so important a paper in the hands of those by whom he was instructed. Dave commenced by stat ing that his first idea of poisoning his wife was derived from conversations he had with a third person, the iden tity of whom it will not be difficult for the reader to es taulish when he remembers what were the culprit's no tions on the subject of witchcraft and the preternatural knowledge of so-called " wizards." He does not directly implicate the person referred to in the murder, but states that his own actions were prompted by what he heard from another. He says that, on the day when the fatal dose (openly admitting there were several) was adminis tered, he was in a state o !semi-intoxication all the after- noon. The precise moment when the strychnia, was put into his sick wife's medicine glass was after Mrs. Witham had given her a draught at mid-day. Mr s Witham left a little water at the bottom of the wine-glass, and into this water the culprit shortly afterwards dropped a grain 3f the deadly poison. The glass remained upon the washhand-stand until 8 o'clock iu the evening, when the culprit says he was asked to give his wife her medicine. He adds that be did so by pouring the draught into the glass containing the strychila, and that as soon as his wife had drunk it off, and he saw her dreadful sufferings, the thought flashed across his " muddled " brain that he had given her etryclinia, and that she would die. He declares that, bad the medical man been present at the moment, his contrition was such that he should have CCM feesed his crime, and implored him to save his victim. As it was, he ran out of the house, and when he returned with the doctor his wife was dead. He admits that he was in a dreadful state of mind for several days lest a post mortem examination should have been made, and says he was immensely relieved when the period had ex pired within which Professor Taylor had declared in Ilia mer's case it was alone possible to discover the existence of strychnia in the human subject. This is the substance of what the convict has left behind him as a small atone ment for his great guilt. The narration was commenced at the moment when a terrific thunderstorm burst over the city, and the convict's feelings are described to have been painfully excited as the dreary darkness of his cell was continually illumined by flashes of the most vivid forked lightning, succeeded by peals of thunder which almost shook the walls of the Castle. Dove remarked to Mr. Barrett, " Is it notstrange that this storm should commence just as I am about to unburden my conscience by making a statement to you ? " After his " confes sion" was completed the convict seemed more at ease, and Mr. Barrett left him apparently in a better state, of mind than he had previously enjoyed. The account which Mr. Wright gives of the convict is very interesting, and, in a certain sense, satisfactory. Mr. Wright had been indefatigable in his attendance on Dove, and, in conjunction with his other spiritual ad visers, succeeded in making a most favourable impres sion on him. Dove may now be said to have died in a truly penitent state. He regretted his crime, not merely on account of the consequences in which it has involved him, but because of the actual guilt of his conduct. He freely opened his mind and confessed to Mr. Wright that he poisoned his wife, but he did not state the motive which actuated him to the deed. On being asked whe tle-Jr he was induced to kill his wife because he wanted to marry Mrs. Witham, he declared solemnly that ha Was not actuated by any such motivf It appears clear Oh ! the consolation derived from this passage. lam saved through fire and by death ; ordinary means God had used, but they failed. He has therefore used extra ordinary means, and blessed be his holy name. I believe it is in answer to the prayers of my dear mother, and that I shall have reason to bless and praise Him through all eternity, that he checked me in my mad career, and adopted this plan to save me. "Oh I my dear sir, accept the thanks of a dying man for the kindness I have experienced at your hands. May that God, who is your Father and my Father, bless you both in this life and that which is to come, and may we meet iu heaven is the prayer of, respected sir, yours affectionately, " WILLIAM DOVE. " Mr. T. Wright, York." In illustration of the distress of mind felt by the con vict, we give the following sentence, which he appears to have recollected as having been addressed to him years ago by a dear friend, and which he has committed to paper:—" William, if you are determined to go to hell, you shall wade through seas of tears, and over mountains of prayers." The words iu italics are underlined in Dove's ova manuscript. The convict on Friday repeated a confession of his guilt, and of the justice of the sentence of the law, in the presence of Mr. Noble. Dove avowed the fact freely that be administered the poison to his wife, and that he knew at the time that what he was administering was poison. Then he added, "I execrate and abhor myself, in dust and ashes, for the crime I have committed ; and I am astonished only that any one could take an interest in, and be so kind to, so dreadful an offender as I have been. When the High Sheriff had his interview with the wretched man, he inquired of him if ho had any request to make; Dove replied, "I hope you will not allow any cast to be taken of my head ;" and the High Sheriff as sured him that his wish should be complied with. We believe the relatives and friends of the poor criminal have been exceedingly anxious upon this point, and they have also begged that his clothe' may not be disposed of, as is too frequently the case, for tee purposes of pub lic exhibition, to satisfy a morbid curiosity. This request has also been complied with, Mr. Noble having given a positive roiertaking that Dove's clothes shall not pass into the hands of strangers, either for the above or for any other purpose. THE SUN; LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1856, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. The financial statement of this company for the half year ending the 30th of June last shows that the receipts on capital account amount to 22,885,4661,, including 8,156,7671. received on consolidated stock, 7,7841. on Windsor Railway shares, 59,3921. on Berks and Hants Extension shares, 1,375,9791. on irredeemable 4 per cent. stock, 129,0001. on redeemable 4 per cent stock, 1,891,7321. on redeemable 41 per cent, stock, and 1,166,7031. on redeemable 5 per cent. stock, making 4,563,414/. preference stock, and a total of 12,787,3571. of share capital. The amount received on the mortgage of the Great Western and other lines belonging to the company was 5,764,3111. ; on mortgage of shares for a portion of subscription to new lines 1,753,246/. ; and on securities on the Birmingham and Oxford, and Birming ham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railways 2,566,1521., making, together with 14,4001. on loan-notes, a total of 10,098,110/. of borrowed money. The - expenditure to the above date amounted to 22,526,8781., leaving a balance of 358,5881. in favour of the company. The expenditure on the Great Western, Oxford, Berlis and Hants, Windsor and other lines, lo comotive power, &c., amounted to 10,784,276/. ; on rail ways opened, to 6,646,5131.—viz., on the Oxford and Rugby, J,289,6211. ; on the Birmingham and Oxford, 3,167,028/. ; and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, 2,189,863/. ; on the Didcot Deviati on Line, 32,901/. ; on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth (par tially opened), 1,296,6951., including 156,4031. expended during the half year ; on the Uxbridge and Henley Branch lines, 91,391/. ; on narrow gauge rails from Ox ford to Basingstoke (including 3,879/. interest), 106,941/. ; on the Western Fork line at Reading, 12,9361. ; on bridges erected in lieu of level crossings, 5,6391. ; on the Acton Junction, 2,554/. ; on subscriptions and disburse ments, for other undertakings, 2,139,435/., viz.—South Wales Railway, 581,000/. ; ditto, preference shares, 126,280/. ; South Devon, 225,000/. ; Cornwall, 60,0001. ; Paddington hotel, 59,966/. ; Swindon additional houses, 21,6701.; Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway, 123,9241.; Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth, 545,000/. ; Oxford, Worcester r and Wolverha m pt on 183,857/. ; Shrewsbury and Chester, 97,031/. ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 35,124/. • Shrewsbury Amalgamatio n Act, 23,712/. ; Wycombe Railway, 10,000/. ; Plymouth Great Western Dock, 12,500/. ; North Metropolitan Railway, 34,3701. Expended under votes of proprietors for new rolling stock 767,424/. ; for new station at Paddington, 563,8751. ; and for Bull's-bridge and the new station accommodation 73,2931. (of the foregoing items interest on an amount of 2,470,1121. is borne by revenue), making the total ex penditure on capital account, asabove, 22,526,8781. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th of Jrne shows that 678,905/, had been received for traf fic, 7,050/. from the Bristol and Birmingham Company for rent, Zzo., 10,563/, for use of plant by other compa nies ; 2,870/. interest on cash balances of revenue, 4,994/, rent of Great Western Hotel and other:property, and 284/, registration fees, making the total receipts on revenue account 704,650/. The working and other ex penses amounted to 282,0801., or 41'54 per cent, of the receipts, including 2,5001. for accident account, 2,500/. towards liquidation of Parliamentary and legal expenses 15,1011. Government duty, and 15,624/. rates and taxes, leaving a balance of 422,5691. To this sum is added 21,5031., brought from the preceding half-year's account, 1,662/, dividend received on the South Devon shares, 8,131/. on South Wales ordinary shares, 2,5571. on ditto preference shares, and 7221. on Gloucester and Dean Forest shares, making together 457,1691. Out of this sum is deducted 4161. for additions to works, 16,4821. annuities of 4 per cent. per annum guaranteed to share holder; of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, 1.3301. interes on the Berke and Hants extension shares ; 14,8131. for rent charges on the Gloucester and Dean Fo rest, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester, Wycombe and Pad dington estate, 4,067/. appropriated against any less on the lease of the South Wales Railway to the 30th June, 1854, being a moiety of the dividend received from that company in the half-year ; 65/. loss on South Wales lease for the half-year endir b es Dec. 31, 1855 ; 181,9121., interest paid on loans, after deducting 13,7471. for dividends on stock and shares and interest charged to sundry persons, but exclusive of amounts charged and described in capital account ; 102,5901. interest on preference stock ; and 25,758/. to make up deficiency of a revenue account of the Shrewsbury lines, making a total of 347,437/., leav ing a dispos'ible sum of 109,7321. Out of this sum it is proposed to declare dividend on the consolidated stock (8,236,2761.) for the half-year at the rate of 21 per cent, per annum, e hicla will absorb 102,953/., and leave 67791. for the next account. The capital expended on the two Shrewsbury lines amalgamated with the Great Western Railway Com pany amounts to 3,331,5511. The receipts for the half year ending the 30th of June on those lines amounted to 116,0171., and the working and other expenses to 73,428/., leaving a balance of 42,5891. to meet the in terest on loans, preference shares, and dividend on the guaranteed stock and shares amounting to 68,3481., leaving a deficiency of 25,759/. which is charged in the general revenue account of the Great Western Railway. The deficiency at the corresponding period of last year amounted to 34,406/ , ehowiog an improvement to the extent of 8,648/ , which would have been 13,600/. had it not been for an increase of about 5,0001. in the prefer ence and guaranteed charges of those lines—namely, from 63,3561. to 63,3411. The net receipt of those lines for the half-year ending June, 1855, amounted to 28,883/., and for the same period of 1856 to 42,589/., showing an increase of 13,7061. The capital account of the Sllrewsbury lines shows an increase of 43,2391., the greater portion of which was expended in providing ad ditional rolling stock and station accommodation for those lines. The increase in the expenditure on capital account of the Great Western Railway from the 30th of June, 1855, to the 20th of June, 1856, amounted to 1,236,530/. and the increase in the :gross receipts for the half year amounted to 56.8831. and as there was a reduction in the expenses of 3,046/. as (Pampered with the corresponding period of 1355, there was an improvement in the net re ceipts of the Great Western lines to the amount of 59,929/., being about equal to 5 per cent. nn the in creased expenditure. The increase in the borrowed money since June, 1855, amounted to 136,542/., and in the preference stock to 767,072., making a total addition to receipts on capital account of 903,614/. The increase in the interest on loans charged to revenue amounted to 34,465/., and on preference shares to 24,0001., making together 58,468/, over that charged at the corresponding period of last year, and re presenting the interest on a sum at 5 per cent, per an nup of 2,336,2401., which shows that interest or divi dend on a large suns, in addition to the year's expendi ture, has been borne by the revenue of the past half-year. The proposed dividend on the ordinary shares will re quire 20,591/. more than the sum divided at the corres ponding period of lest year, being 2A per cent., or 102,953/. against 2 p , .r cent., or 82,3621. at the corres ponding period of 1855, leaving a balance of 6,7791. against 7,336/. Toe balance brought into the general revenue account of the half year ending June last was 21,503/., while that brought into the account of the corresponding period was only 7,924/. ' • hut, as the loss on the South Wales lease, amounting to 4,600/., was pre viously deducted, it would therefore be necessary to add the latter sum to the 7,9241. balance brought into the corresponding account of last year, to make a fair com parison with that ,of the past half year, making 12,524/. The difference between this sum and 21,5031. would show that the balance brought into the past half-year was greater by 8,979/. than that brought into the ac count of the corresponding period of 1855. The loss to the Great Western by the South Wales line in the past half-year was only 64/. against 4,600/., being 4,536/. less than at the corresponding period of 1855 ; the loss on the Shrewsbury guarantees was 25,758/. against 34,4061., being 8,648/. less, while the increase of net traffic on the Great Western lines amounted to 59,929/. more than at the corresponding period of last year, showing an apparent increase in the net revenue of the past half year, as compared with the corresponding period of 1855, of 73,113/. The large balance, 8,979/., brought into the account, and the lesser balance by 5571. carried over to the next account, increase the available sum by 82,6491, over that of the corresponding period of last year. Naval and Military intelligence. Her Majesty's ship Royal George, 101, Captain Ro binson, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning from the East with the following officers and troops of the 82d and 50th Regiments :-823—Lieut-Colonels Rober son and Hale, Major Watson, Captains Glynn, Isaac, Mariott, Halliday, Farmar, Baillie, Barron, Warren ; Lieutenants (and Adjutant) Mylnes, White, Pilkington, Wilkinson, Hand, Linton, Hensley ; Ensign Couper, Surgeon Fowler, Assistant-Surgeon Jacob, Quarter master Clinton, 751 non-commissioned officers and pri vates. 50th Regiment—Colonel Waddy, Captains Barnes, Hebden, and Blackall ; Lieutenant Clarke ; Ensigns R. M. Barnes and Alltrusen ; Adjutant Goff, Quartermaster J. Turner, Payma,ster J. Nowlan, Sur geon Warren, Assistant-Surgeon Davies, 330 non-com missioned officers and privates. Tne Austrian steam-frigate Radetzky, 31, Captain Preu, frbm the Mediterranean, last from Ferrol, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning, and saluted the na tional flag and the Port Admiral, which compliments were duly acknowledged by Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour and Major-General Breton, to whom the chief officers were presented yesterday by M. Vandenbergh, Austrian Vice-Consul at Portsmouth. The frigate is a very fine one (we believe she is English built, by Wi gram, of Northam) mounting 26 30-pounders, four 60 pounders, and one 4,8-pounder. Her complement is, captain, commander, nine lieutenants, one lieutenant constructor, two lieutenants of artillery, three officers of marines, 13 cadets, and eight engineers ; her crew numbers 372. The commodore of the French . squadron, attended by 100 of his officers, visited the dockyard at Portsmouth on Saturday, and received every attention from Admiral Superintendent Martin and Staff. The French and Austrian officers will attend a grand soiree at the King's rooms, Southsea, this evening, where they will be met by the authorities and the principal inhabi tants of Portsmouth. The uncertainty in which the Lords of the Admiralty have of late kept the officers and crews as to the desti nation of the ships on their being commissioned having been found prejudicial to the service, by seamen hesitat ing to volunteer for ships when the pendant is first hoisted, and the fitting of such ships very much pro tracted, in many cases so much so that the seamen riggers have been sent from other ships in port to com plete their equipment, and such ships have had to he manned by draughting from other ships in port, their lordships have decided in ftiture to announce, on any ship being commissioned, her destination. Should any alteration take place (except for secret service), the alte ration is to be immediately made known. The Royal George, 102, screw steam-ship, Captain Robert S. Robinson, is ordered to be stripped and paid off, and then to be placed in the steam squadron of re serve under the charge of Captain Halsted, of the Edin burgh, and is hourly expected at Sheerness from Portsmouth. The following appointments were made on Saturday at the Admiralty : Lieutenant T. H. Smith, to the Highflyer ; Lieute nant E. J. Pollard, to the Casar ; Lieutenant %V. B. Pauli, to the Actaeon ; Lieutenant W. T. Lee, to the Victory ; A. J. French, midshipman, to the Highflyer ; Richard W. Ward, master, to the Retribution ; J. T. W. Bremner, surgeon, to the Fisgard ; E. BL'Solley, assistant-surgeon, to the Sealark ; A. L. Archer, assis tant-surgeon, to the Impregnable ; Frederick A. Price, acting assistant-surgeon, t o the Higliflyer ; Andrew Farmer, master's assistant, to the Actaeon ; Frederick Hunter, master's assistant, to the Actaon. BARNSLEY. —In the Barnsley linen trade, raie, l since our last notice, there has been a falling off, num ber of weavers are now witho ut commonwork—_both and fancy fabrics. There is, however, every reason to believe that this state of things will not long continue, as the yarn bleach - wor ks are all full y employed bleach ing yarns, which will soon be in the hands of the manu• facturer. But, while there is a temporary slackness in the handloom trade, there does not appear to be any falling off in the demand for fabrics manufactured by power, as the mills are all running full time. Th e coal trade continues very brisk, and the large stacks of coal which we have previously noticed as having accumulated On the pit-steads are nearly all sold cf. The demand steadily increases, and as the season advances a still further improvement is looked forward to. The 111,. h p a aac T st, arecwoi.:'li collieries ries, at which about 700 hands are emp l oy ed, a have been nearly at a stand for some t ime now folly employed. We are glad to state that there is a strong 13 . 1* prob I 1 ity that the strike at the Oaks Culliery, which has already extended over about beven weeks, will be brought to a close this week. ---,---- EXECUTION AT. DORCHESTER. On Saturday morning the woman Elizabeth Martha Brown, who was convicted at the last assizes of the wilful murder of her husband, John Anthony Brown, underwent the extreme sentence of the law. The facts of the case were these :—The husband, who was only 20 years of age, and his wife, who was 40, had lived together as servants in a family. The husband became a carrier, and left home on the 6th of last July for the purpose of going to Bedminster. He returned home late at night, and soon after the wife called in a neigh bour, who found that the unfortunate man was dead, with several cuts about the body. The wife represented that he had been kicked by a horse, and this she after wards denied. It afterwards transpired that she was jealous of her husband, and a hatchet, which was known to be in the house, could not be found. Attempts were made to obtain a reprieve of the sentence, but Sir G. Grey refused. _ _ _ The execution tookbplace at 8 o'clock in the morning. There was a large crowd, in spite of the thick hazy rain which was then falling. Precisely at 8 o'clock the prison bell poured forth its solemn and warning knell, and the culprit and the.officers left the prison, and slowly wended their way towards the scaffold, which was situated at some distance. The prison van was in readiness at the gaol door to convey the culprit to the place of execution, but she preferred walking. Accordingly they moved for- war through the prison grounds at a very slow pace. The culprit behaved with much fortitude, and did not up to the last moment appear to shed a tear. On leaving her cell she shook hands with the chief warder and other officers. On her way to the scaffold her demeanour was extraordinary. The attendants on either side were en• tirely overcome, while the culprit bore her awful position with the greatest resignation and composure. The chaplain, the Rev. D. Clementson, eonversed with her on religious subjects, and she appeared to en gage in fervent devotion and prayer, with her hands clasped firmly together and eyes upturned. On arriving at the place cf execution she walked with firmness up the firitt flight of 11 steps. Her female at tendants here left her in the hands of the executioner. A cordial was then administered to her, a portion of which she dsank. The pinioning being completed, ths culprit, in company with the executioner, then proceeded up the next flight of stairs, 19 in number, to the platform, and, still walking with a firm step, crossed the platform to the next flight, which lea 's to the gallows, which, with a slightly faltering step, she then ascended. Calcraft then proceeded to place the fatal rope over the beam. Having drawn a white cap over the culprit's face, he adjusted the rope round her neck, and retired from the scaffold ; he, however, appeared to have forgotten to tie the culprit's dress, and for that purpose reascended the steps. Having again retired he immediately drew the fatal bolt, and instantly the wretched woman fell with great force, and after a few struggles ceased to exist. Alter the body bad hung the utual time it was taken down, placed in a plain elm coffin, and buried within the precincts of the gaol. The following confession was the last made, which just previous to her execution she declared was the truth : " My husband, John Anthony Brown, deceased, came home on Sunday morning, the 6th of July, at 2 o'clock, in liquor, and was ick. He had no bat on. I asked him what he had done with his hat. He abused me, and said, What is it to you, you r He then asked for some c ild tea. I said that I had none, but would make some warm. He replied, Drink that yourself, and be —.' I then said, What makes you so cross ? Have you been at Mary Davis's ?' He then kicked out the bottom of the chair upon which I had been sitting. We con tinued quarrelling until 3 o'clock, when he struck me a severe blow on the side of my head, which confused me so much that I was obliged to sit down. Supper was on the table, and he said, Eat it. yourself, and be —.' At the same time he reached down from the mantel piece a heavy horsewhip with a plaits end, and struck me across the shoulders with it three times. Each time I screamed out. I said, If you strike me again, I will cry Murder.' ' He retorted—' If you do, I will knock your brains cut through the window. He also added I hope I shall find you dead in this morning.' He then kicked me on the left side, which caused me much pain, and he immediately stooped down to untie his boots. I was much enraged, and in an ungovernable passion, on being so abused and struck, I directly seized a hatchet which was lying close to where I sat, and which I had been using to break coal with to keep up the fire and keep his supper warm, and with it (the hatchet) I struck him several violent bows on the head. I could not say how many. He fell at the first blow on his head, with his face towards the fireplace. He never spoke or moved afterwards. As soon as I had done it I wished I had not, and would have given the world not to have done it. I had never struck him before, after all his ill-treatment ; but, when he hit me so hard at this time, I was almost out of nay senses and hardly knew what I was doing. "ELIZABETH MARTHA BROWN." OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.— C)lonel William Cart wright and Lieut.-Col. John Woodford have been ap pointed inspectors of police establishments under the Constabulary Act of the 19th and 20th of her Majesty, c. 69.—Obsereer. LADVERTISEMENT.]-11olloway's Pills should be taken for the Cure of Dropsy.--Female® at a certain period of life become liable to this complaint, which first makes its appearance by the swelling of the feet, legs, and hands, and thus making strong inroads on the constitu tion. Numbers o f d rops i ca l pa tients, even when their cases were pronou nce d h ope l es s, have been cured by taking Holloway' s Pills ; and, this medicine having stood the test of y ears as a certain remedy for this malady, no one s o afflicted should avoid giving it a trial.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, Loridon, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stamps, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna and E. Muir, Malta. BRADFORD, WAKEFIELD, AND LEEDS. The report of the directors of this company states that the works are progressing satisfactorily, with every pros pect of the line being completed and ready for opening in the spring of the ensuing year. The borrowing power of the company having come into operation, the direc tors have made such arrangements as will secure ad vances on reasonable terms of the greater portion of the money, and it will be proposed at the meeting to give the directors the requisite authority. The financial statement of the company up to the 30th of Juno shows that 85,1271. had been received and 77,7231. expended, leaving a balance of 7,4031. WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. 1 per of Paid. Price , Annum. Share. . --- £ s. d. £ s. d. East London Grand Junction Kent.... • • Lambeth .• New River Company, 2l. 10s. Southwark & Vauxhall , 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 West Middlesex BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ,---- £ a. d. £ s. d. Ilunsterford.....• .... ...... —7% Southwark ...... • ... 1)0 0 0 Ditto New of 7% p.c. 11. per cent. 5O 0 0 Waterloo. .••••• • • • • • • iOO 0 0 Ditto Old Ann. of 81 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 Ditto Nw ditto of 71 11. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 26% Vauxhall .......... • • 965. 70 10 3 21 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. ---- --- X s. d. £ a. el. Commercial ... •.. .... Si. pr cent. Stock. Stock. East and West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock. East C,,untry.• London .•••• • .. Ditto Bonds.. St. Katharine - 89 P. outhampton Victoria .. •• WELLS AND FAKENHAM. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Fakenham on Wednesday. Mr. J. S. Southgate pre sided. The balance-sheet to June 30, 1856, showed that the total receipts to that date, bad been 36,5731., arid the total disbursements 29,2881., leaving a balance of 7,2851. The engineer reported that the works were progres sing satisfactorily. About three fourths of the earth- work was done, the tunnel was in a forward state, and the bridges, lodges, and stations were being executed rapidly. Thechairman having explained some items, the state. ment of accounts was unanimously adopted. It was stated that the line would be opened for traffic in May or June next, and, after a vote of thanks to the chair man, the meeting separated. An English jockey, who was engaged to ride several horses at the races of St. Maixent, in France, resolved to lighten himself by abstaining 3 days from solid food ; he felt unwell last Saturday and took some medicine, which in his enfeebled state had too strong an effect upon him, and on Sunday morning he was found dead in his bed. SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.—It was expected that, the courts having risen, and. the equity judges having left town, a general order would have been issued assi milating the practice of equity to that of common law, by the limitation of the time of service of pleadings, &c., on Saturdays. This not being the case, however, the efforts to procure a weekly half-holiday on Saturdays to the members of the legal profession are continued. Ur. E. Cox, law stationer, of Cbancery-lane, publishes a daily list of those members of the legal profession whose offices are closed at 2 p.m. on Saturdays. The list pub lished on Thursday gives a total of 303 individuals or firms whose offices are closed at that hour on Saturday, and Mr. Cox invites the members of the preflegon to amid in the object in view. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- '— 1 £ s. d. X s. d. Australasia........... 20/. per cent. 40 0 0 all 102 N British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 lf Commercial of London. 10/.per cent. )100 0 0 20 0 0 Colonial .............. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 lonian.- .............. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. 20 0 0 all 0 22 London and County • • 101. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 35S Londn .ad Westminstr l4l. percent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 439.4 London Joint-Stock . 121. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 31 Provincial of Ireland• • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, New. •• .. NatiOrira of Irelaul ! 61. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 Nat. Provincial of En ) g, 1 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 79 Ditto, New .. • B/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Oriental Bank Corpora. 'B!.p. ctAbs. 25 0 0 all 41 South Australia •• 1141 p.a.& bs. 25 0 0 „ 3611 Union of Australia •• • . 30/. per cent. 25 0 0 68 Ditto . ..... Union of London Union of Madrid PRICES OF S HARES. BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST I 1856. GASLIGHT AND COKE COMPA 'IES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. s. d. £ s. d. ' British •• •• •• .• •• •• .. I Ditto krovincial —.. 71. 20 0 0 20 0 0 Brighton ••••—• • • • .. W. 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 City of London .. •• .. 41. Os. 100 0 0 150 0 0 Continental (4th Cap.) • 50 0 0 20 0 0 Equitable .••••.. •• .. 2/. 10s. 150 0 0 all 35 Great Central .. .... • 81 per cent. 10 0 0 all 12% Imperial .. • • ........ 101.& bonus. 50 0 0 all 00 Independent ......... 51. 140 0 0 f I - London .• .. „•••• • • • • _ 50 0 0 Pt Do., Pail. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 PP 25 Pilcenix •••.••• • • • • .. 41. per cent. 60 0 0 52 0 0 I Ratcliff ••• • • ....... 51. 100 0 0 16 0 0 16 United General .• •. •• 21. 10s. 50 0 0 all 20g, Westminster Chartered 41 per cent. 50 0 0 9 t Ditto, New .... •• .. 50 0 0 10 0 0 i CANALS. Names of I 1 e, ,il Divide nd price Names of 9., al er Dividend ~ 'L Companies. 1 .' Companies. per Compaes. p Price, a 3 annum.! cn Annum. ----'-- -- IX I ! X I kshtn &Oldhl 93 71. p. et.: 145 Macclesfield. 100 2/. 10s. 51 Barnsl.,y• •.• 160 Neath .. •• • • 100 161. Brknk3c Abrg 150', 41. Oxford.... • • 100 103 Birmingham 140( 41. 93i Peak Forest. 78 51. Os. 76 Coventry.... i 100 251. Regelit's •• . • 30 ; 11 16 Derby • •...1100 6/. 15s. 84 Rochdale.... 85 11. 10s. 76 Ellsinre&Chsl 69 29! p. et. Somrset Coal 140 GrandJanctn 100 31. pr. ct. 43 Do. Lk FdSt 12 Do., 6 pr.Ct.l 10 61. pr. et. 1134 &Ord &Wore in 281. 420 Grand FitirreY 100 4/. Shrewsbury.. 1 25 Grand Jnion 100 11. 0 s. Stoarbridge.. 1 45 121. 2 90 Kennt & Avni 39 6s. Od. 6%Severn andl Lancaster .. 1100 k Wye Rail.s 26 21 * Leeds &Livrp 100 251. 4s3%Warwick &? 2/. 25 Leicester.. • • 100 51. 49yc z Binning. 5 100 Leicstr &Nth 83 Warwick &1 10 Loughborogh 142 701. 550 Napton..s 100 21. Monmouthshl 100', Worestr &I 78 2/. 20 Mntgmerysh 'lOO P,irming. MeitnMwbry 100 iWilts & Brks —10 s. Od. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company• per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ e. d. £ s. d. ------ Albion .... • • .... •• .. 3/. 10s• 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliana Brit. and Fcr. 71. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17? Ditto Marine ... .... 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 42 Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 1 0 0 - Atlas . trgus Life ......... • . 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 'l3 iTritish Commercial .. 71. 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Clericl.sled.& Gcn.Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - County .• .. ~.,„ _ , , 4/. 100 0 0 110 0 0 - Crown .............. 17s. Od 50 001 5 0 0 - Eagle . •• -•• ss. 50 0 0 1 5 0 0 71 4 Equity and Law...... 4 1 4 per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 5% Enropean Life ll. 20 0 0 all 18% Genera 1..........„ „ 6/. 5 0 0 9 t 514 5 Globe ......... 51. per cent. Stock. ~ 104 Guardian ............ V. per cent. 100 0 0 47 5 0 56 Imperial Fire......... 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 - Imperial Life - Indemnity Marine.... 11.35. & 31. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Law Fire ............ 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 3% Law Lite.- •• .....• • • - 100 0 : 10 0 0 61 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 516 London ... •• • • London Ship.... - Marine ..... ...,...... 18s.per share 100 0 0 28 0 0 57 Sa Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4 1 14 i. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 31A Minerva ••.. • • ...... sp. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 2 0 0 - Monarch •••••• • • •• • • - 5 0 0 1 0 0 11. National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - Palladium Life ~. Pelican .... • • • • • • • • • • - - - 50 Phoenix - - - 180 Professional Life ••.. .. 51. per cent. 5 0 010 0 - Provident Life Rock Life.... ••.•• • • • 7s. 5 3 0 010 0 8% Royal Exchange ...... 101. per cent. Stock. all 275 Sun Fire ...... 61. 10s. - ~ - Ditto Life . . , 11. 14s. - - 40 0 5 United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct. &bs., 20 0 0 Universal Life .• • ..... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 40 Victoria Life • • .... • • 5/. per cent. .- 412 6 5% LIST OF SCOTTISU COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. s. d. s. d. ?lank of Scotland ..•• 7/. per cent. 100 C -0 100 0 0 21070 s British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 230/0s Caledonian Bank 8/, per cent. 10 0 0 210 041 3s City of Glasgow Bauk 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 u 0 121 Cs Clydesdale Bank .... 5%1. p 20 0 0 10 0 0 13 12 c C nnnercial Bank •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 23410 s Eastern Bank.. •• .... 6/. par cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 121 5 s Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3%1. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 05/ Os Exchange Bilk of Scot.. National Bank ...... 6% per cent. ,100 0 0 i 0 0 0 1871 Os Northof Scotland Bank 5/.per cent 20 0 0 210 05/ Os Royal Bank of Scott. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1461 0 Union Bank of Scot. .. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 102/0s Western 8ank........ 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 43 /10s Alliance Fire and Lire.. 8% /.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 16/15s British Guarantee .. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1/ 14s Caledonian Fire In3ur. 10,por cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Lite , 6/. per cent. 0 0 2001/ 8s Cdonial Life ......... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 05 1 5s Edinburgh Life Instil% 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 . 291 38 Eng. & Scot, Law Life 514 m: cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 4/ 8s Life Assoc. o Bcot,and 61. per cent. 10 0 0 IID 061 lOs National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 021 Is North British Incur—. 71. per cont. 200 0 0 20 0 0 36/10s Scottish Union Instate. Tail. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 011 16s Standard Life.........5i. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 001 Os United lisp Assurance 5/. Tier eent. 10 0 0 1 0 o MISCELLANEOUS. .. Dividend Amount Name of Compat.Y• per of I Paid. Price. Annum, Share. --------- X s. d. 4 s. d. Assam Pea .... •• •• • • M. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Auction Mart •••••• • • 24 Per cent. 50 0 0 Australian A.o'iculturl 1/. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 26 A us tr a lian Trust •• .. gl. pc/ cent 25 0 0 Australian Royal Mail N. 10 0 0 all Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all British American Land 15s. 40 0 0 -- Canada ... •• •• •• •• .. 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 12734 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent. Ditto. 6 per cent. •• Gl. per cent . 114 3 4 City Navigation Bonds _ Electric Telegraph • • 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 97 Ditto •• •••••• • • • • _ E qu i ta bl e Reversionry 7/ pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 Ditto New •••••• • • 50 0 0 17 10 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. & be, 100 0 0 100 0 0 Gen .S team Navigation 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 27% Hudson's Bay • • • • • • • • Stock. Hungerford .. •••• • • • • V. 55. 100 0 0 100 0 0 London Institution ... London Reversionary 5/ per cent. 15 0 0 all Russell Institntion• •• • 12 10 0 Pace's Patent Cand. Co 10t. Per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 25 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. Pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 it South Australian Land 61. per cert. 25 0 0 all 361( Trust and Loan Comp. Upper Canada .. • • — 20 0 0 5 0 _ 4 The Builder states that four Sevres vases, not many inches high, lately brought th e enormous sum of 3,360/. ; and "the Queen has three small vases, for whi c h a dealer told us he would willingly give 4,000 guineas." DAMAGE EY LIGHTNING. —On Thursday afternoon the tower of Holy Trinity Church, in Stretford New-road, Hulme, was struck by lightning. The fluid fractured one of the pinnacles on the top of the steeple, large pieces of which fell through the roof of the tower in two places, and through the church ceiling into the church below. The whole of the pinnacle was shaken down to the roof of the tower, and several pieces of stone were hurled into the road. One person had a very narrow escape from being struck by one of these fragments. A cabdriver was turning his vehicle round to the cab stand opposite the church, and his horse aed cab bad just got clear of the spot when the stone came down with great force, deeply indenting the ground. The pinnacle was broken into many pieces, large and small, which were hurled in various directions. About a quarter-past 12 o'clock on the same tip a violent storm of thunder, lightning, and hail broke over Sheffield. The rain came down in torrents for upwards of an hour, and for some time was accompanied by hailstones as large as ordinary gooseberries. Some scores of panes of glass were broken in the roof of the Midland Railway station. Tho peals of thunder and flashes of lightning succeeded each other with extreme rapidity, and were very a'arming. A poplar tree standing in a gafden near the Midland Rail way station was struck by the lightning, and carried into. Carlisielitteet, a distance of n e arly 100 yardo. Country Tila-rketF. 1 1A.DDINGTON CORN MARKET— AUG S. WhEAT. 1 BARLRY 1 OATS. I BEAM , First 7S s 01 51s 9d 36s 01 53s 01 Second 72s 61 / 44s 2d 1 33s 7d )Ms 7d Third 63 s 01 1 35s Od 1 32s Od 1 51s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 182 qrs., 139 sold PP PP barley „ 56 in , „ 56 sold PP PP oats ,', 204 qrs., 127 sold fl , PP beans ~ 41 qrs., 19 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 3/. 12 6 2-12ths 1 Barley, ...21. 4 2 2-12ths Oats, ... 11. 13 7 7-12th8 I Beans, .....21. 11 7 3-12th a DALSEITH GRAIN MARKET—Aua 7. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferinr 103 Wheat 73s Oct NG Oats 3ls Sd oos Od 47 Barley 46s Od oos Oct 32 Peas & beans 51s Od . 00s Oct ABERDEEN—Aua. 8. Potato oats 90s Od to 31s Od Common oats 30s 6d to —s Od 1 401bs per bushel Bere lls Od to 42s Od ( 531b3 Barley 41s Od t o 42 s Od I Wheat, red (spring)sBs Od to 1 , 28 Od 1 C2lbs , white 65 s Od t o 70 s Od Oatmeal 22s 6d to 23s 6d per boll. Flour 543 Od to 55s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb Gd to 94 Butter, p lb. 0310 d to Os 114 I Mutton, per lb Gd to 8d Eggs, p doz. Os 9.1 to Os 10.1 Lamb, do., Os 5d to CP. B , i Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 64 Veal, per lb ... 6(1 to Os 10d I Chickens,do.2s 04 to 2s 64 Pork, per 5t...6s Ud to 6s 3(1 Ducks, do., 2s Od to 23 61 Salmon, per lb Os to Os Ducklings,doOs Od t( .0e ud Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od t)53 01 Tallow, p stone, 4504 to 4s 3d Potatoes, pr peck, 10( lto 141 Rabbits, each 04 to Od. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 92s0d to 933 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 3s Od Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2s 4i Oatmeal Os Od to 2s 4d „ dust, Os to is On Bereineal ....Qs Oil to 2s Od „ per lb 2d to 2id Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s &l Sids, Bd 4-lb. 10af...8d. 12-lb. 10af...4d. Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6d. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been firm to-day, although transactions in the leading stocks are limited, and the prices are at about the rates of yesterday. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97i i—Eastern Counties, 10 —North Eastern. Berwick, 21i—South Eastern, 22i Sheffields, s4g—Midland, at i—Midland Great Wes tern, 55A—London and North Western, 107—Great Wes tern of Canada, new, 2i p. MANCHESTER, AUGUST 9. STOCK EXCHANGE. This market was dull to-day, but prices rather firm. Loudons, 107 i—North Staffords, 41 d.—South Staffords, 2-51 dis.—Shropshire Unions, 49. BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 0. STOWS ExagA.NaE.—The market was not doing much business to-day, and at rather lower rates. Eastern Counties, 10—South Eastern and Lovers, 228 1-16. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 971—Sheffie;ds, 3tl 4—Eastern Counties, 10—Great Westerns, 634—Midlands, 831 i— lanchester Fire Assurance, 94 p. SEA .BORNE MAILS. (fir signifies that the •)y the night—and M by aMla are 9:, , rit frcm the General Post-0111, e ,he morning—despatch.) Day who:ln:lade \ From was 130 7 .7171111}V. in Goneral [oat- Fort due Office, London.* Dispatake . Em. - lar,d; every Frida7 .... Liverpool Weekly o e r r c c a . ( ( b b y y ß u r i n t p t ed S packet) Every Tuesday .. Southampton Weekly Aulorica (by States. packet) . . Liverpool .„ Australia (via Liver pool) ad 4th and 19th .... Liverpool ..,Twice m 0 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Dover Ditto (via Cape of Goo .. •••• liT ••• aosrtstn Mini) •• •• •• •• ••N r7lft of tho month .. Plymouth 6th of mu. I tt. f , c ri , s c a 4 n ( c iTi c a s . t . 110th 0. 26th of n o Dover ...... Id la 19th •• It:, &2oti, of mom Southampt 4 *2l olin . Eahamea !17th of th e month Sonthamptcn 16th Belgium Daily•• •• •• •• • • Dover ..... y Brazil .......• 9th of the month.. Southamptoa BuenosAyres........M 9th of the month.. Southampton 16th Cape of Good Hope Uncertain Capo of Good Hope ..N Cleo de Verds 9 "' of ' gouthamPtonl6th of ao Ceylon (see India) 10th and 26th lb & 29th Ceylon ..............N ,4th and 20th 4th & list ch rL nuo ut.t.,5Z,N ri 1 3 outhamp -en ruati.." , at. Chili. —........ _ ft, of monthlSouthamp on 1 and 16 China . 4th and 10th . 1 and 19 Constantinople .... „I- 1 10th and 26th.... Dover and 9 Constantinople 4th & 20th of lion. Southampton 7 and 24 Cont. of Europe M & N f wiz() daily .„ Dover ...... Twice day Egypt (see India) Franco ........ M & N Twig daily— Dover Twicedaily Gibraltar 7,17, 20, 27 .if m. Southamp,m. 6,7, 24,2 u. Greece (see India) Groytown 17th of mon. Sont!mmp,/,, I and 16 Ilamburgh London Del') aavannah .......... ,2nd of the moi.th 6outtiamp;, of mo Holland • • .. Dover Daily Honduras 17ta of the ( munth.Southamptcn 16th viaSlouthampt.)N I 4 th 2001 of mon.lPlymouth — l 4 and 21 m India 1 / 4 (via Marsoilles)bi 10t118t 2611 of moth Dover & 29 m lonian Isles (see •••• Ireland & N ITwice daily Li5b0n.............. 51 '2d (s• 0, . . 2Eadeira ............;:1 : th of ,3011 'Southanip:or. 6 and 16 Madeira N 23d or month .. Liverpool Malta (see India) Malta N 1, 10, 20, and 26 Dover 4, IC, 21,2 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ........ N ,20'..ft of the month 4th a nd 21 Mexico blaples „.......N Daily . . Dover gew Granadh 27th of mcnth . Southampto, Ist and 15 SOW Zea1and..,....... Thin a month .. Various port. Papal States ..26 Daily ...... .... Dover ...... 4 weekly Peninsula ioutharnptor 7d Ti 27th of rnon. l southampten let & 16th Poll Natal ity private ship...lVarious ports Sicily —l7 Every Saturday.. Dove! ...... Weekly; et Tuscany ............N •, •• • • Dover ..., Venezuela ..........N 2d St 17th of month Southampton, 1 16mon Van Diemen's I.Kr d (see • 7 ,, ue goutbsonnton m l and 16 West Indies Australia) , ith of mon. Whonany of those dates fall on a qunday, the malls will be de spatched on the following day, with the exception of the India (•ia eouthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched the preceding day. Eleven milk dealers of Paris and the suburbs were yesterday severally sentenced to six months' imprison ment and 50f. fine, and ten others to three months' im prisonment and the ;same fine, for having adulterated their milk by the addition of from 7 to 27 per cent, of water. [ADVERTISEMENT:I SIGHT AND HEARING SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVN GLASSES.—Messrs. S, and B. Solomons, opticians. 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. ny loer Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements iu the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and tho double stars. With the same teieseope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 15 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.—Tne Royal Exhibition, 1851. Vs luable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu• pation— can see with these lenses of a much less magnify. ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world, by sending one of the glasses Out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small newspaper print with it; and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age.—Deaf ness. —,New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument fcr deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been or probably ever ?an be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per. ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle. Street, Piccadilly. Observe--opposite the York Hotel. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the Bth inst., at the Parsonage, Spicer-street, Mile end, Newtown, the wife of Edward P. Clark, Esq. On the 7th inst., at Brighton, the wife of Capt. Noble. On the Bth inst., at Clarendon Lodge, Talse-hill, Mrs. Francis T. Barry. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 7th inst., at 9, Finsbury-pavement, the wife of Mr. W. H. Elliott, of Cheap Fide. On the Bth inst., at Frognal, Hampstead, Mrs. Vaughan Davis. MARRIED. On the 7th inst., at Easton Neston, Lieutenant-Colonel Ogilvy, of the 2d Life Guards, eldest son of P. W. Ogilvy, Esq., of Ruthven, Forfarshire, to Lady Henrietta Fermor, daughter of the late and sister of the present Earl of Pomfret. On the 9th inst., at St. John's Church, Upper Holloway, Richard, eldest son of Richard Witherby, Esq., of West crescent, Highbury, to Eliza Louisa, youngest daughter of the late Charles Stock, Esq., of Canoubury. DIED. On the Sth inst., at 3, Stratford-green, Essex, F. w. Stranack, Esq., of 48, Mark-lane, aged 43. On the Bth inst., at Esher, John Walton, Esq., aged 62. On the Bth inst., Mr. Geo. Hammond, of 7, Broad-street, Golden-square, aged 72. On the 9th inst., Mr. Geo. Henry Heron, of Uxbridge, aged 57. On the Bth inst., at 14, Upper Gloucester-place, King's road, Chelsea, Mr. Robert Hance, late of High Holborn, aged 77. On the Bth iust., at Beach-terrace, Littlehampton, Sussex, Mr. It. T. Johnson, of Norfolk-place, Islington, and 2, Aldermanbuty.. On the 9th inst. , Elizabeth, the wife of Dr. Cooke, of Trinity-square, aged 64. LONDOIY : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sum Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, gto 11,1856. sl it c 5]