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

Vbitti • lEtlttitin SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. BRIGHTON RACES.--(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPFI.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SM. Annot Lyle 1 2 Miss Nightingale Nine ran. 100/. PLATE. Farmer's Daughter f Orlanda Four ran. BRIGHTON CLUB STAKES, Pert Nona Quinn Mab 12 1001. HANDICAP PLATE Questionable Coal Black Rose Seven ran. CLUB,XLA.Tg. Mies Nightingale Bobby B Nine ran. 701. PLATE. Bishop of Oinaburg Lord Albemarle Five ran. PL ATE. Queen Mab Y.rmaid Thiee - rin. 0 1 ...... .. 2 LATEST BETTING. EBOR HANDICAP. 4to 1 ag3t Warlock (taken) 7 to 1 agst Coroner (taken) 10 to . 1 agst Lady Tatton (offered—(t 12 to 1) ROYAL ASYLUM OF ST. ANYS SOCIETY. ELECTION THIS DAY. The half-yearly general court and election of children into the Society's Royal Asylum took place to-day at the London Tavern, BishOisgsae:street. The chair was filled by Sir F. Agar. The report of the committee having been read, and the usual routine business disposed of, the election of the fifteen children—six girls .4 nine_hoys—from a list of 99 candidates, then commenced. At half-past 3 o'clock the poll closed, and at half-past 5 the Chairman announced the following as the success ful candidates : GlRLS.—Catherine Arthur, 215 ; Harriet Cooper, 234 ; Caroline Johnson, 281 ; Ellen Brewster, 326 ; Harriet Light, 217 ; Mary Ann Hill, 228. Boys.—Gretorex, 319 ; Flatt, 278 ; Reed, 211 ; Moss, 202 ; Woodcock, 188 ; Plummer, 184 ; Collins, 183 ; Jefferies, 167 ; Robrs, 159. The on of Use deceased author, Haydn, polled only 15 votes. LONDON G Evening.) ADMIRALTY. Aua. 8. Notice is hereby given, that tile officers and men of the Royal Navy and Marines named in the supplement to the London Gazette of Friday the Ist inst., as having received her Maj esty's permission to accept and wear the in si gnia of the several classes of the Legion of Honour conferred upon them by his Majesty the Emperot of the French, and who have not already received such insignia, are requested to apply for the same to the Secretary of tho Admiralty, Whitehall, between the hours of 12 And 4 o'clock daily, commencing on Monday next, the 11th inst. Warrant officers, petty officers, and seamen who have been nominated to the Order, must, on applying for the insignia, produce their certificate -of service, and should they be now serving, a written application, duly authen ticated by their present commanding officer, will be re ceived in lien of a pe , sonal application. The Commandant of each division of Royal Marines may depute an officer to receive the insignia for the non-com missioned officers and men of their respective divisions. WAR DEPARTMENT, WHITEHALL-GARDENS, Aua. 8. Notice is hereby given, that the offieers and men in her Majesty's Army, named in the• Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday the let inst., as having received her Majesty's permission to accept and wear the' insignia of the several classes of the Legion of Honour. conferred upon them by his Ilajesty.the Emperor of the French, and who have not already received such insignia, are requested to apply for the same to Henry Elliot Eagle, War De partment, Pall-Mall, between the hours of 12 and 4 o'clock daily, commencing on Monday next, the 11th inst. The insignia for such noncommissioned officers and men as have been nominated to the sth Class of the Order, and who are now serving with their respective corps, will be delivered to the officers commanding those corps, or to such officers as they may depute to receive them, with a view to their distribution. WHITEHALL, AUG. G. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Geo. Millett Davis, of the borough of Liverpool, Gentleman, eldest son and heir of John Davis, of Liverpool of m asa, by Ann his wife, daughter of William Millett, of the Wand of Saint Mary, in the Scilly Islands, and sister of William Millett, of Phillack, sometime of Marazion, both in the county of Cornwall, all deceased, her royal licence and authority that he and his issue -may hereafter take and use the surname of Millett, in addition to and before that of Davis. And also to command that the said royal conceqsion and declaration be recorded in her Majesty's College of Arms. WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, AUG. 8. lot Regiment of Life Guards. —The second Christian name of Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Duncombe is Wilmer, and not William, as stated in the Gazette of 22d July, 1856. - - - • 11th Light Dragoons—Lieut. George Ashby Maddock to be Captain, by purchase, vice Inglis, who retires. Coldstream Gnar.ls—Lieut. and Captain the Hon. Richard Monck to be Adjutant, vice Brevet-Major George Lord Bingham, who resigns the Adjntancy only. 9th Foot—Lient. Thomas Renant has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. 19th Foot—Lieutenant Henry' Mitford to be Captain, without purchase, vice Major G. W. H. Massey, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substanti►e Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1856. 28th Foot—Ensign Frederick Rance). from the 14th Foot to be Ensign and Adjutant, vice Worthington, pro moted. 36th Foot—Ensign Angustns Henry Hartford to be Lieutenant, without pnrchsse, vice Scarlett, deceased. 55th Foot—Lieutenant W. A. 1). Pat, from the 60th Fobt, to be Lieutenant, vice truiacke. who exchanges. 60th Foot—Lieutenant N. F. Uniacke, from the 55th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Pitt, who exchanges. 67th Foot—William Digby Lloyd. Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Welland promoted. 72d Foot—Dispenser of Medicines Tames Robert MoTark has been permitted to resign his commission. 77th Foot—Lieut. John F. B. P. Dodd has been per mitted to resign his Commission. 84th Foot—The second Christian name of Ensign Hugh Pearson is Pearse. 91th Foot—Lieut. James Barr has been permitted to re tire from the Service by the sale of bis Commission. MI Foot —Ensign Roderick M`Donald Campbell has been permitted to resign his C:wamission. 94th Foot—Lient. M. L. V. Reynolds has been permit ted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commis sion. 3d West India Regiment—Robert Eckford, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, ♦ice Page promoted. Land Transport Corps,-Capt&in David S. Ogilvy has been permitted to resign his Commission. - BREVET.. The following Colonels to have the temporary rant: of Major-General while in conlinmand of brig ides : Colonel Wm. Freke Williams, Unattached. Colonel Robt. Garrett, 46th Foot. Colonel Chas. Warren, C. 8., 55th Foot. Colonel Lord Wm. Panlet, C. 8., Unattached. Colon e l D uncan Al ex . Cameron,C.B., 421 Foot. Colonel Chu. Thos. Van Suraubenzee, 3d Foot. Colonel Hon. Augustus Ahnoric Spencer, C. 8., 41th Foot. Colonel John Lawrenson, 17th Light Dragoons. Colonel William Parlby, 10th Light Dragoons. 'Colonel Arthur Augustus Thurlow , Cunynghame, C. 8., half-pay 51st Foot. Colonel Charles Trollope, C. 8., 62d Foot. Colonel Arthur Johnstone Lawrence, C. 8.. Rifle Brigade. Colonel Horatio Shirley, C. 8., half-pay, 88th Foot. Colonel Randal Burnley, Unattached. Colonel uharlos R. Sackville, Lord West, C. 8., Provi sional Depot Battalion. Errata in the Gazette of the let August, P 56. For Colonel John Mitchel to have the local rank of Major-General at the C opeape of Good H John Michel, C. 8., &c. —read, Colonel For Assistant-Surgeon John Vernon Sheddall, M.D., Supernumerary in the 33d Foot—read. Assistant Sur geon John Vernon Seddall, M.D., ke. 4,. For Assistant-Surgeon James P e t r i l Street, M.D., Su- James Pet rie, pe M.D.in th "oe e 39th Foot — rea d Assistant-Surgeon . . ADMIRALTY, AUG. 5. Corps of Royal Marines—Sticond Lieutenant Ed war d Willis to be First Lieutenant, vice Johns, deedased. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. [This article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the sth inst.] Tower Hamlets —Harrington Take, Esq., M.D., tc, be Deputy Lieutenant. Rowiand Edward Walter Perry Standish, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Cumberland. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.--James Hodgson Coropigne, Gent., to be Lieu tenant, vice Fowler, appointed to the 86th Foot. 2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia.— Charles Howard Chaplin, Esq., late Captain in the Turkish Con tingent, to be Lieutenant. __lyarwioludsire Militia, 2d Regiment—Lient. John Digby wingtield to be Captain, vice Captain J. R. G. Pattison, deceased. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Re*iment of Militia— pGroeotargoetetancis. Cooper, Gent., to be * Ensign, vice Hale, 13 AITKRUP - TS. William Rose, ship smith, fete of nigh-street, WaP• ping, bat now of Sydenham, Kent, to surrender , Aug. 22, at twelve, and Sept. 19, at half-past eleven, at Court —ocgapfunptcy. C finnan, official a ss i knee, Aldermanbury ; Norton, son, and Elam, New.street, - .l3tlLops s # 4 .. Joseph Walter Day Lockwood, stook roker ite,4er Our readers will remember that at midnight of the 21st July, 1851, the steamer Erin ran into thesteamer Pacha off Mount Formosa, in the Straits of Malacca, the col- Ligon being attended with frightful loos of life. The Pacha sailed from Hong Kong and Singapore for Penang and Calcutta with a full and valuable cargo, amongst which was a large amount of treasure. The precise spot where the calamitous collision took place was not known, and would in all probability have remained so but for an enterprising engineer, Mr. Lovi, who arrived by the overland mail in 1853, and after making inquiries here and at Malacca returned to Europe to perfect his plans for raising the large amount of treasure on board the Paella at the time of the accident. Mr. Lovi and his coad jutor, Mr. Marshall, for several years past have been engaged in removing sunken vessels obstructing the navi gation of harbours in Europe, Navarino, Scio, Constanti nople, and elsewhere, and, notwithstanding the great depth of water the Pacha sank in, as also the strong and 1 1 varying currants which prevailed, Mr. Lovi feltsanguiue el success, his opinions being strengthened by the eminent engineering and scientific talents which he commanded. Alter much time lost in treating with the various incur ance offices in which the treasure had been insured, as to the share which the skilful undertakers would receive in the event of success, Mr. Lovi entered upon the arduous task. He equipped and despatched from Malta his schooner the Wizard, which vessel is fitted up with every kind of apparatus and all appliances for submarine explorations, and on the 14th June, 1854, the Wizard ar rived at Singapore. On the 25th of the same mouth the Wizard nroceeded to the Straits of Malacca, anchored Off Mount Formosa on the 29th, and commenced a vigorous search for the wreck. The search was continued until the 231 of Jule, nearly one month, without success, and as the south-west monso .n had then set in, all further at tempts to discover the wrecked steamer were abandoned, and the Wizard returned to Singapore. Nothing daunted by the fruitle - ,s labour of a previous careful search, the exploration was renewed on the 2d Nov., and continued without interruption until the 3d of May, 1855, when tbeir efforts were crowned with success. The wreck was found several miles distant from the spot generally a , -- signed as the scene of the collision. After fixing buoys to mnrlc the locality, the Wizard returned to Singapore on the 7th of July to refit and await the advent of favour able weather for carrying on operations. On the Ilth Jan., 1856, the Wizard again sailed for Mount Formosa, and found the buoys gone. The search for the wreck was renewed, and on the 20th they were successful. Between the last mentioned date and the latter end of March the divers went down frequently, but owiog to the muddy i state of the water all attempts to examine the condition of the wreck were in vain, until March 27th, when they succeeded in finding the treasure room. Operations were ?nailed forward, but the progress was necessarily slow, the time during which the divers could descend to carry Ob their explorati , ms being very limited. The chief direeter of the work, Mr. Lovi, proceeded to Singapore in April, and on his return to the schooner, in an open boat, he was attacked by coup de soleil. Mr. Lovi quited the schooner for medical aid at Singapore, where he expired a few days after his arrival. The operations were continued under the directions of Mr. Marshall ; much treasure was secured, hut the weather becoming unsettled, on the 26th of May they were obliged to desist from all further attempts to obtain more, ha sing already brought up, about f , sur-fif , hs of the entire (pan tity on hoard at the time of the cellision. Many of the trea-Eure box• s wire destroyed by marine animals, and their contents were scattered about the treasure-room. On the 29th May the Wizard anchored at New Har boor, and on the next day the following were landed, conveyed to town under an escort of the 38th Mediae Native Infantry, and lodged in the Oriental Bank, viz. : —37 boxes of geld (bar, leaf, and duet), 26 ditto of silver (eycee), 17 haw. , , f silver (iycee), 2 ditto of dollars. According to the Pacha's manifest the following trea sure was on board when she railed from this port : From Singapore for Penang, 1 box dollar 3, and 1 box treasure. From Singapore to Calcutta, 9 boxes gold Must. From China to Calcutta, 42 boxes (bars and leaf), 6 boxes scene, 1 case diamond rings, and 1 case silver ware. We have been somewhat minute in detailing particu lars of the Wizard's operations, because we conceive that the present affords an instance of the triumph of science and patient zealous application. Between 60,000/. to 65,0001. of treasures, which, in all proba bility, would have remained at the bottom of the sea but for the scientific talents and persevering exertions of Messrs. Lovi and Marshall, extending ever a period of two years in the face of difficulties of such magnitude, that had not success crowned the effort, the wortd at large would have said—as most folk expressed them. selves at the time—none but insane men would conceive the idea or attempt the task. We believe the whole of the treasure will be sent to Calcutta in the state in which it was recovered from the wreck, at a depth of one hun dred and seventy-four feet below the water ! Whether the Wiz trd will return to the scene of the wreck, and the op-rations be extended, will, we hear, depend ou the amount still under the water being sufficient to jus tify the Wizard's waiting until' riest season. The exact 'value of the recovered treasure is not known—the boxes being =ealed ; but, as stated above, it is estimated at tour-fifths the total amount on board at the time of the catastrophe.—Straits Times. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A BRITISH OFFICIAL.—A letter from Jeddah of June 4, iu the IndependaPce Beige, says :—" An att• mpt was made some days ago to assassinate the representative of her Britannic Majesty. Fortunately for this agent, he bad staving with him on that day an English captain, who perceived the assassin at the moment he was on the point of stabbing the cny . SUI, who was sleeping in his saloon. The captain, with the assistance of his host, succeeded in tisarming the assassin, who was then handed over to the police." STRANGE STORT.—The S'iecle contains the following strange story :—" As long ago as 1835 a wine dealer, named Hubert, residing in the banlieue, was fined for having wine on his premises which he had Lot duly de clared. Determined on not meeting with a similar an noyance in future, he resolved on making a hiding-place for his stock, the secret of which should not be known even t 3 Lis wife. To effect his purpose he was accus tomed every night to get up and work at a clandestine cellar, when at length he disappeared, and all the re searches made by bis family to discover him were ura veiling. Years passed over, and his wife, finding at length that she could not carry on the business properly by herself, sold the stock and goodwill and retired. Her successor lately decided on enlarging his house by taking in a part of the garden, when the men employed in diving out the foundation suddenly came on an opening, in which they found the ske leton of a man, and near it a pickaxe eaten up by rust. The commis.ary of police, on being sent for, examined the spot, and found that from the place where the skeleton was discoveted there was a narrow passage through which the cellar of the wine dealer could be reached. This fact brought to the recollection of the commissary th e su d den disappearance of Hubert, who, it ie supp ose d, white working at his secret cellar, must suddenly have come upon some old well or vault, into which he had fallen, and from which he could not re lease himself, and had there (lied. EBOR HANDICAP . —. WOLVERHA3IPTON STAKES,— YOUATT war. GRAY advised Lady Tattoo fa- Good wood Stakes, and if she had not thrown a plate, could not have lost. lam now confident of wincing the Wolver hampton Stakes, and the Ebor Handicap, the winner of as the Ebor being now at 25 to 1, as sur e Ellington (my choice) won the Derby. Terms to the York Meeting, 7s. 6d. ; to the end of the season, including the Cesare witch, and the Cambridgeshire Stakes, 1/. Advice for a week, ss. Address, 15, Charing-cross. Lame Orlando, Bandalore, and Eloquence, ought to w i n t hi s cweek.- - _ .; in sEaree, 3, Crown-court, Threadneedle -greet, Aug;. at half-past eleven, and Sept. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Rinkruptcv. Whitmore, official assigne, Basiughall street ; McDuff, Castle street, 'Holborn. David Thomas. grocer, Plymouth, Aug. 18, and Sept. 29, at one, at the Exeter Court of Bankruptcy. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Edmonds and Sons, Plymouth ; Stogdon, Exeter. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. John Kelso Hunter, jun., boot and shoe maker, Glasgow. BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturch 1 4'NGLAND. rth and Bth Victoria. cap 82, fo• r the 2d day of August, 1866. UMEN'. LODE DEP, tiotes issued 26,274 95 Government debt.... 1 1,015,10 P Other securities...—. 3,459,9n0 Gold coin and bullion 11,796,095 Silver $26,271,0 .#5 £26,271,095 1. K. ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. 656. :pasTstaarT. Dated the 7th day of August, 1 Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .... 12,483,045 Other securities ...... 14.186,000 Notes .• .. .......... 5,794 655 Gold and silver coin .. 636,77-5 NANKING DE.I Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,n00 Rest ........ . 3,364,781 Public deposit v (in cluding exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 3,677.416 Other deposits 10,581,413 Seven Day and other Bills ••••. • •• •• 923,865 -- • £33,100,47 J. P.. ELSEY, Deputy t)as 2111 C. Date the 7th day of August, 1856. X33,100,44'5 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Aug. 5, 1850, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain. From the British Possessions in America 32s. 2d. Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 31s. 24d. Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies Average of the three foregoing descriptions 32s. ld. COURSE OF EXCH . kmaterdam 11 17 Ditto, three months .. 11 10 ki Rotterdam •• •• •• •• •• •• 11 19h kntwerp ••••••• • • • • • • 25 55 Brussels .............. 25 55 aamburgh ............ 13 73.: MMus •• •• •• •• •• •• • • Ditto, three months .. 25 62% Marseilles ••• •••••• • • 25 65 Bourdeaux • • .... Frankfort-on-Naine .... 120 Berlin •• •• •• •• tr• •• •• •• Vienna•• .• •• •• •• •• •• •• 10 22 frieste.• •• •...•• •..... 10 23 Petersburg ............ 3754 sfaAtria ••• •• •• •• l• •• 49 3 4 Cadiz ..................0 Barcelona • • •• • • • • • • ee &Wine • • 4.. fANGE.—Tars DAY. Gibraltar •• • • •• • • •• •• • • ............. Leghorn •••••••••• —•• 30 0 Genoa ......... ....... L 5 75 Milan •••••••• •••••••• Venice.••••••••• ...... .. Naples • • .. 44 Palermo .... Messina •• • ... 133 Lisbon •••• Oporto .............. 53 Rio Janeiro ..... . •• .... Buenos Ayres...• • • .... New York,6o days' sight Philadelphia • • ........ PRICES OF BOLLICN, PER oz. Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars 0 5 1 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bars 0 5 l 3 RECOVERY OF TREASURE FROM THE TVRE I IK OF THE STEAMER PACHA. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 8. 1856, DIE DOVER TRH.( INDT.--ADJOURNED INQUEST. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. We are authorised to state that the dividend to he proposed at the ensuing half•yearly general meeting of proprietor-t of the Great Western Railway Company will be at the rate of 24 per cent, per annum, with a balance, exceeding 6,0001., to be carried over to the next meeting. LONDON AND NORM-WESTERN. The report of the directors of this oompany congratu lates the shareholders on a consilerable increase of re from the following table, which we collate at intervals i of 10 years from the society's .tatistical returns : ' Cattle. Horscz. Sheep. Swine. 1822 ... 59 8 183`2 ... 88 18 213 16 1,42 ... 295 179 467 53 18' , 2 ... 3'3 135 63 . ! 50 18.6 ... 248 131 496 43 At the lat show of the society, held at Inverness in 1846, there vveze 428 cattle shown ; but this number in chided fat oxen in pairs, which are now exhibited only at the winter show, the summer exhibitions being limited to breeding stock, but the entries, taking them for all in all, are equal to those of the former show here, which for practical purposes was not so good as the present. Both in stock and implements the entries show a desire to reach the practical rather than the theoretical in agri cultural husbandry, and it is quite expected that they will come out strlagly as the leading features of the show to-morrow (Thurada..). Sporting Intelligence. BRIGHTON RACEi.-THURSDAY. The Grand Stand hate of 50 sovs. (Ilatviicap,) One mile Mr. E. R. Clark's South-Western, by Sir Tatton Sykes, 2 vrs, Est 131 h (Ford harm) 1 Count Batthyaoy's Raphael, 4 rs, Bst 3'h (Wakefield) 2 Mr. Lewis's Johnny Gilpin, 4 yrs, 7st 41b...(Walrner) 3 Mr. T. Hughes's Firelight, 4 yrs, 7st 9th (D. Hughes) 4 Flattnan weighed for Lady Florence, whose number was displayed on the telegraph. 5 and 6 to 4 were laid on her, and 4 to 1 aget Soutte , Western, but soon after wants her number was taken down, and it was announced that she would not start. This proceeding was alluded to in terms of general indignation. The practice of with- drawing li'orses at the last moment is most pernicious, and the sooner some law is adopted to check it the better for the interests of the turf. All bets on minor races should be declared void when a number is removed from the telegraph board. The betting cloned at 5 to 4 agst South-Western, 9 to 4 sgst Raphael, and 4 to 1 agst Firelight. Won by a length ; a head between the second and third ; two lengths between the third and fourth. The Brighton Cup of 100 sow, added to a ww,epstakes of 10 soya each, for 3-yr•olds and upwards. Certain penalties and allowances. The winner to be sold for allowances if entered to be sold for less, &c. The second to receive 201. out of the stakes. Old course. 10 subs. Mr. I)awson'o Adam, by Blrdentcbor, 3 vrs (3001.) bit 1olb Mr. Knowles's The Rajah, 4 yrs (3001.), 81t s`:b (Burnby) 2 Mr. T. Hughes's Westminster, 4 yrs (3001.), Bst 21b (D. Hughes) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Adam, 9to 4 each agst West minster and Rajah. Won by two lengths ; three lengths between the se cond and third. The First Year of the Fifth Brighton Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added ; for 2yr olds. Certain winners extra. The second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. T.Y.C. 22 subs. Mr. Evana's Bacon, by Chatham, Bst 71b (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. Mannington's Maid of Athens, Bst 4lb (Ford ham) 2 Sir C. Rushout's filly, by lago—Lady Barbara, 8-,t 41b (Flatmati) 3 Mr. Oabaldeston's Dardanelles, Bst 41b (Wslls) 4 Betting —Even on Maid of Athens ; 3 to 1 agst Bacon. A fine race in ; won by a head; bad third. At the turn Maid of Athens ran out. ' On returning to scale an objection was made against Bacon by Mr. Howard, ou the ground that he (Mr. Howard) had sold the horse without its engagements, and that it was not, in consequence, entitled to run. The objection, however, should have been made before the race, and it was therefore withdrawn. Commotion Aas on the course, but, owing to the hardness of the ground, his owner deemed it prudent not to let him start. The Pavilion Plate of 100 sovs (Handicap). extra. Brist )1 mile. Winners ceipts, without any augmentation in the ordinary works ing expenses. The rolling stock and works of every description have been maintained in full efficiency at the cost of revenue, and when it is recollected that the cost of coke and other necessary stores has been greatly en haeced, and that the company is now subj -ct to the full effect of competition at all points, both on the east and west, the result of the following statement may be re garded as satisfactory :—The receipts during the past hall-year for passengers amounted to 742 2751., and for goods to 743 8471., as against 709,3081. for passengers, and 711,689/, for goods, showing an increase of 32,9671. in the receipts for firmer, and 36,6581. in the latter, the total increase being 69.6251., and the total receipts 1,490,6221., against 1,420,997/. in the corresponding period of 1855. Tee wuricin4 expenses amounted for the past half year to 597,3991 , or 40 . 07 and for the cor responding period to 600,7191., or 42'27 per cent. The report then explains that a deed of arbitration respecting the division of traffic which has been reterred to Mr. Gladstone had been sealed -by that company, the Mid land, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and the Great Northern Railway Companies, and signed by the respective chairmen ; and as the award is to be for 14 years, the directors trust that the companies may not again be subjected to the evils of similar contests, and that they may be enabled to carry on the traffic of their respective districts to the advantage alike of the share holders and of the public. The claims raised by the North Staffordshire Company are still undetermined. The arbitration under the West London Act of 1854 has resulted in an award, by Mr, Hawkshaw, that the lessees shall pay to the proprietors of the %Vest London Railway, for the use of their line, a sum of 1,8001. ' per annum, from the Ist of July, 1856, in lieu of the undefined and fluctuating payments provided for in the original lease, and which have led to se much litigation. The arrears and damages awarded amount to 4,1271. of whica 2,0001. are charged in the accounts of the past half-year. The bill for the deviation and completion of the Crewe and Shrewsbury line, and for the necessary powers to provide station accommodation at Shrewsbury and at Bolted. and for other purposes, has received the sanction of Parliament, as also the bill to extend f .r one year the timeallowed for the construction of the works of the Hampstead Junction line. Five of the six bills affecting the company's interests, introduced in the last session by the North Staffordhire Company, were withdrawn. An act has been obtained by parties locally interested for the construction of a railway from Shrewsbury to a junction with the Oswestry and New town Railway, near Welchpool (a distance of about 16 miles) with powers to enter into working arrangements with this company. As the construction of this railway would tend materially to aid in developing traffic over the Crewe and Shrewsbury line, the board have under consideration the terms of a working agreement. The Oldham branch, about 4 miles in length, connecting the town of Oldham with the Huddersfield and Manchester line of this company, was completed and opened for pub lic traffic on the sth of July. Nearly the whole of the land requisite for the construction of the Crewe and Shrewsbury, Northampton and Market Harborough, St. Albans, and Hampstead Junction railways, has been purchased, and the contracts for the works have been let on sati-factory terms. The board request authority from the proprietors to make arrangements, conjointly with the directors of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire Company (as jeint owners of the Manchester and South J unnion Railway), for the working and inter change of traffic on the Warrington and Stockport Company's line, by which the tan miles of line between Warrington and Altrinchain may be worke 1 in connection with, and as a continuation of, the S ,nth Junction Rail way. The commit , ee of the Railway Clearing-house have called upon the company to enlarge the building occu• pied by them at a cost of about 6,0001. ; for which out lay, however, the company will receive rent equal to interest at 61 per cent, under the lease. The directors request a vote of the proprietors for 19,0001., being the cost of a warehouse at Poplar, now occupied by the com pany at a rental equal to 6 per cent. on the cost ; and for additional land, sidings, and other works at various stations on the line, amounting to 10,1361. The disposable balance amounts to 578,4621., out of which a dividend is recommended at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, whickewill stbsorb 564,3851., leaving 14,0761. for the next account. The dividend tor the cor responding period of 1855 amounted to 535,8651., being at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum, leaving a ba lance of 6,9501. The profits of the half-year exceed those of the corre sponding period by 58,4051. 15s. 11d., and the directors are therefore enabled to recommend a dividend at the rata of 51. per cent. per annum. MIDLAND. It appears that a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum for the half-year ending the 30th of Juno is to be declared, leaving 3 QOM over for the next half year. STOCKTON* AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY.— The directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. on the ordinary shares. THE HIGHLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. INVERNESS, AUG. 5 France and England have had their agricultural exhi• hitions ; Scotland follows with her great biennial show. It was meet that she should make a vigorous effort to maintain her character as the parent of agricultural in stitutions, and the exhibition now in the first stage of its progress gives good promise that her sanguine expecta tions will be realised. I The tine old town is getting fast filled with visitors from all parts of the kingdom ; the show-yards are receiving their complement of imple ments ; Balls and Routs are being planned, and the sun is just dispelling a Scotch mist to pour a flood of golden beams on the people's gala-day. The hotels are all en gaged, private lodgings are either occupied or bespoken, accommod.tion is being extemporised, and already as inuch as half•a-guinea is being asked for a comfortable bed. While the implements are being arranged for the first day's exhibition, we may glance at the rise and progress of the society, premising a few facts connected with the early history of agriculture in Scotland. Under the feudal system Scotland had no agriculture. Patches of land were cultivated in the rudest possible manner ; the people lived from hand to mouth, land being to the chiefs not a source of revenue, but of power. Her union with England intro,uced a new era, and whatever indignities might have been done to her " Red Lion," her material interests were thereby greatly sub served. In 1695 Parliament passed two statues, which laid the foundation of Scottish agriculture. The one pro vided for the division of commons, t ie other fqr the se paration of property occupied as runrig and rundate. Intermixed property thus became disentangled ; land was let out on lea-E. to be hell in severalty and in con ttguous portions, and occupancy was based on the prin ciple that the soil ought ti be cultivated for the benefit of society, rent being the surplus value, under a deduc tion of the farmer's profits. In the low countries agriculture in the course of time became a science, and the proprietor of the land was himself the first and best farmer. In 1723 the proprie t-rs formed themselves into an association, under the title of "The Society of Ira provers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland," and published their transac tions. 300 of the principal landholders of Scotland were members of this society, but it lasted only 20 years. Political troubles intervened, until Calloden-muir, over which we pased yesterday with the iron steel, saw the close of a conflict which brought Scotland to herself again. Political asperities had just begun to disappear, when the Duke of Argyll and a few other sagacious noblemen set themselves again to promote agriculture. They bad in view also the encouragement of habits of industry and various occupations among the population of the Highlands. The Highland Society of Scotland was then ' formed. In 1787 it received a royal charter, and in 1789 Parliament voted 3,0001. out of the moneys paid on restitution of forfeited estates to be applied in " in quiries into the state of the highlands and islande of Scotland, and in promoting improvements by advancing agriculture, and in introducing useful trades and manu factures into that part of the kingdom." A new impetus was given to agriculture, and within a period of 20 years 500 volumes of one sort or other on the subject were published. the Highland Society, in stead of using up the Government grant, invested the money on heritable security, and thereby realised an annual revenue of 1001. to 1201. Premiums were then offered for the best essays on the general management of black cattle, farms, enclosures, cereal and green crops, dec., and for the improvement of waste land. In 1824 a veterinary college was instituted, and subsequently a department of analytical chemistry was added to the uatitution. In 1834 another charter was obtained for the society by which its constitution was enlarged, under the deno mination of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and soon after tenant-farmers, who bad now grown to be a very important class in the a gricultural community, were admitted as members for 103. a-year. They constituted a most valuable acquisition to the society, and their admission bad also the happy effect of bringing landlord and tenant into frequent and pro fitable intercourse with each other. !klonthly discus sions of agricultural subjects were estab ished, and the Transactions being published, the association soon pos. sensed a literature which gave to it inure than a Euro pean reputation. The annual income of the society having greatly in creased from the subscriptions of members, if not from other sources, a system of agricultural e xhibi*ions was organised. The first show was held at Edinburgh, where the permanent staff r f the society resided, in the year 1822. Since then 30 summer shows have been held, besides a nuirber of winter extubitions for fat stock ; and so successful were they that the Royal Agri cultural Society of England and the Rayal Agricultural Society of Ireland were organised after the same model and with similar results, while local associations sprang up all over Scotland and in some parts in England, I ay. big the same object to subserve. The memaership of this society has ii creased to upwards of 3,000, of when) 700 are tenant-farinfr3 Toe amount ot preolium4 has advanced from 78/. in 1822, to 1,000/. in 185 d, and the -entries of stock have risen in proportion, as rill be seen FOLKESTONE, THURSDAY NIGHT. The adjourned investigation into the deaths of Maria and Caroline Back, the two unfortunate victims in the late tragedy sear Dover, was held this morning at 10 o'clock, at the Royal Oak Inn, in the parish of Hougham, Kent, by Mr. T. T. Delassaux, coroner for the county, and a highly respectable jury, composed of the principal farmers and inhabitants of the district. The excitement caused by the perpetration of this foul tragedy, instead of being abated, would appear to have been rather on the increase, for during the whole of the day the inquest room was crowded ; and not only that, but the place whore tee murders were committed, known as Steddy Hole, in the parish of Capeble-Ferne was visited by a large number of people from the immediate neighbourhood, as was also the barn of Burrill's Cottage, to which the bodies were removed on their discovery. The parents of the deceased were present, and sp eared much affected. Thomas Gurling, carpenter, of Folkestone, was the first witness called. After some objection to take the oath, stating that he did not believe in a Supreme Being, and was of no religion, he said on Sunday morning, about eight o'clock, he left Folkestone with a friend, and pro ceeded nearly as far as Dover, and returned as far as the Steddy Hole, when he sat down on a cliff reading for about half an hour. He was trying to find a path down to the beach when be saw the two females. He did not take them to be women at first, but on going closer to the nearest fie ffiend tifiej - Weie human beings. The first one he came to was Maria, the youngest, whose clothes were disordered. He looked at her face and dress, and found she was saturated in blood about the chest. He called assistance, and then he went to the other female, who was also dead. The blood was on her clothes and her fingers were cut. By the Coroner—They were lying about 15 yards from each other when he saw them. The bodies were re moved whilst he went to inform the superintendent of police, and when be next saw them they were at the cot tage. When he discovered them they were both dead. He saw they were both wounded about the chest. Had not met anybody but a young man, evidently a visitor, going towards Dover, before he discovered the dead bo dies in Steddy Hole. Did not see the wounds on their chest, but saw blood on the front part of the dress of each. Mrs. Back, the mother, was recalled, and said she did not see the soldier Redanies and the deceased girls at breakfast, but she heard them talking ; and before they went away R,edanies called out " Good morning." They left at five o'clock. The deceased were her daughters. John Back deposed that he was a labourer, of Dover. Had known Dedea Redanies seven or eight months, and were well acquainted. Redanies went to his house at 8 o'clock on Saturday night, and left at half past 9, and did not return again till about a quarter to 3 in the morn ing. The deceased were going to Folkestone, and Re danies proposed that they should accompany him to Shorncliffe camp. Witness asked him if he would come and take breakfast before he started with the girls. It was proposed to have breakfast at 3 o'clock, bat he came shortly before 3 o'clock. Witness breakfasted with Redaniep and the two girls. Redanies and the girls left for his master's quarters shortly after 3. There was no quarrelling between them, but they all seemed merry. Redanies said he had no doubt Mr. Smith would have a breakfast ready for them when they got to the encamp ment. By the Coroner—He had since seen Redanies at the Canterbury Hospital. That was yesterday (Wednesday). He was then in bed asleep, and his person covered with a sheet. excepting his face. He (witness) knew how his daughters were dressed. Mr. Clement (superintendent of the Canterbury po lice) then, by the direction of the coroner, produced two black mantles, or visites; which he said he teok off the prisoner. The father said (pointing them out) " That belonged to Caroline and that to Maria." Witness resumed—Did not see any knife about Re denies on the Saturday or Sunday. Never saw him wish a knife. Redanies was not keeping company with Caro line. Neither of the girls ever walked with him before. When Redanies brought his officer's clothes to witness's house to be washed he might have joked them. By the Jury—Psedanies came unexpected on the Sa turday evening. If be had not called, the girls were going by the train to Folkestone at 6.15. Maria was going with Caroline, as the latter had not been well. Mr. Wm. Bateman, of Folkestone, said he was a sur geon in practice. About 9 o'clock on Sunday morning last ho received a message from Mr. Superintendent Steers to see the dead females. He went and found them lying in an outbuilding adjoining a cottage at Capel-le-Ferne. He had them removed into a room. Examined the body of Maria Back (the youngest) first. He found the dress of the degeased but little disordered. She had on her gloves and bonnet, and the front of her dress was buttoned close up to her neck. That part of her dress was saturated with blood. He found holes in her dress, on removing which he saw four incised wounds in the chest, each about half an inch iu length, and pene trating deeply into the chest. There were two wounds on each side of the chest, between the second and fourth ribs, and from the direction of the wounds he was clearly of opinion that the arch of the aorta was wounded, and that death proceeded therefrom almoi-t instantly. George Frier, constable of Thannington, near Kent, produced a knife about four inches long in the blade and three quarters wide, which he said he got from the ,01. dier Redanies when he apprehended him on Monday af ternoon, about two o'clock, between Canterbury and Chatham, under the able direction of Mr. Wm. Walker, superintendent of the home division, Kent County Con stabulary, who had surrounded Effin Wood with his men. The Coroner—Might the wounds you found have been inflicted with that knife ! • Mr. Bateman—Exactly. Mr. Baseman then said he examined the body of Caro- line Back. He found three wounds of the same sort on the chest. One of them had passed through the carti lage, another through the sternum, or chest bone, and the third was on the left breast, but had not entered the chest. They were all stabs. There was also a stab on the left hand. Both of their chests were filled with blood. They had not bled much externally. The bodies were quite warm when he saw them, and on turning them over the blood a ushed out of the wounds. George Frier, the constable, deposed that on Monday last, from information received from Mr. Superintendent Walker, he proceeded along the Ashford turnpike road, near the viaduct, where' fie saw a soldier, who itnrnedi attdy drew his hand from his heart, and threw the knife (produced) down to the ground. He then ran up and caught bold of him, as did also another man. Witness could not then see that he was bleeding. He unbuttoned a strap which was round his body, and to which was attached a handkerchief containing some bread and to bacco, He then took one of the capes (produced by Superintendent Clements) from the back of the soldier. Another female cloak remained on his back. The wit ness and the other man laid him down on the grass and sent for Dr. Bond, who advised his removal to Canter. bury Hospital, where he (witness) had watched him in the daytime since. Luring the night he was watched by another constable. There were three wounds in his left breast. By the Coroner—There were a great many persons round the soldier, whose name was Dedea Redanies. By the Jury—Did not see the soldier stab himself. Mr. John Clements, superintendent of the Canterbury (city) police, said that from information he received on Monday afternoon he proceeded along the Ashford-road from Canterbusy, and saw Redanies lying on the grass surrounded by about a dozen men, and Dr. Bond was dressing some wounds on his chest, and from which blood was flowing. By Dr. Bond's direction he was removed to Canterbury Hospital. When at the hospital he took the two capes produced from him. One of the capes had three cots in it covered with fresh blood, and correspond ing with the wounds on the body of Dedea Redanies. Witness left Redanies at the Kent and Canterbury Hos pital in charge of a constable. • George Marsh, ostler at the Royal Oak public-house, deposed that abut five o'clock on Sunday morning last he was sitting on a bank near the turnpike road leading from Dover to Folkestone, when he saw two young women walking arm-in-arm with a soldier, who was rather a short man, and appeared to be a foreigner. He asked witness what was the time, to which he answered " Five." They then went on towards Folkestone, talk ing, and laughing. The place where the dead bodies were found was about one mile from where he was sit ting. He saw the bodies about ten o'clock on the same day at the outhouse of the cottage. He had not the least doubt that they were the same as the two he saw with the soldier. Did not know the soldier. By the Coroner—He noticed one of the girls had on light boots. Could not say whether they bad on cloaks. By the Foreman—He saw them walking along the 'tad about 100 yards. They appeared the same as when they passed him. Mrs. Elizabeth Atwood, the wife of a tradesman at Lower Hardres, stated that on Monday last a soldier, a foreigner, went to the shop and asked her if she knew Irish. He asked it witness sold paper and envelopes, and she told him she did, and he purchased two sheets of paper, two envelopes, a bottle of ink, and a pen. He then asked if witness would let him write a letter, and she acquiesced. He sat down and wrote two letters, and put them in the envelopes, and went to the post-office. Mr. Superintendent Walker, Kent County Constabu lary, produced two letters which Redanies placed at the post-office, about 200 yards from the shop of Mrs. At wood. They were written in German, and were volumi nous; the one addressed to Miss Caroline Back, 3, Al bion-place Dover, and the other to " Herr W. Schmid, leitnant of 4 eompagnie, 2 regiment, 2 Wallets, Britian Swiss Legion, Kamp, Folkestone, next Dover." Mrs. Atwood identified the paper and envelope as those she sold to the soldier. She went to Canterbury Hospital next day; and there she saw Redanies, whom she identified as the soldier she served with the paper. He then asked for a third envelope, in which he put a duplicate (produced) for a watch pledged on the 22,1 of Jury, for 155., at Folkestone, in the name of Dedea Re denies. When Redanies was at her shop he had on the two capes, one over the other. The Jury then adjourned for refreshments. On their re assembling, the following additional evidence was taken : Mr. Wm. Walker. superintendent of the home divi sion, Kent County Constabulary, was sworn (after an interval of an hour and a half, while an interpreter trans lated,the German letters written by Redanies from Do. ver). He said that from information received he went to the post-office at Lower Hardree, and there had two letters (produced) handed to him. Herr Henri Fuhr, interpreter, of the Ship Hotel, Dover, was then sworn to interpret the letters produced by Superintendent Walker. The interpretation, as taken, closely corresponded with a previous one, which was examined by Dr. Rhotsch, of St. Augustine's College, and ran thus : • - • . "Dearest Mother Back,—On the first line; r pray to forgive me the awful accident to my unlucky Dedea Re danies which I committed upon my very dear Caroline and Mary Ann Back yesterday morning at five o'clock. Scarcely I am able to write by heartbreak for my ever memorable Caroline and Mary Ann. The cause of my deed is-1. As I heard that Caroline is not in the family-way as I first believed. 2. Because Caroline intends to go to Woolwich. 3. Because I cannot stay with my very dear Caroline it made my heart so scat tered that I put into my mind at last that Caroline rather may die from my hands than to allow Caroline's love being bestowed upon others. However, I did not intend to murder also Mary Ann, her sister, but not having other opportunity, and as she was in my way, I could not do otherwise, I must stab her too. Dear Mother Back—Saturday evening, when I came, I had not, at least, any intention to commit this awful act ; but as I learned that nay dear Caroline gave me back my likeness, and as she told me she would leave, I did not know any other way in my heart-break than that leading to the cutler's, where I bought a poniard, which divided the hearty lovers. Arm by arm I brought both my dearest souls in the world over to the unlucky place near the road before Folkestone, and requested them to sit down, but the grass being wet they refused to do so, and I directed then Caroline to go forward, and I went behind Mary Ann, into whose heart I ran the dagger. With a dull cry she dropped down. With a most broken heart I rushed then after Caroline, lifting the poniard in my hand towards her. ' Dear Dedea,' cried she, with a halfesiead voice, and fell down with weeping eyes. Then I rushed over her, and gave her the last kisses as an everlasting remembrance. I could not live a more dreadful- hour-in my life than that was, and my broken heart could not tell where my senses were gone, and I took both the black shawls of Mary Ann and my dear Caroline as a mourning suit for me, leaving the awful spot with weeping eyes and a broken heart. Never shall I forget my dear Caroline and Mary Ann, and the poniard will be covered with the blood of Mary Ann and Caroline with me until it be put in my own breast, and I shall see again my dear Mary Ann and Caroline in the eternal life. Farewell, and be care less about the blissfully deceased angels of God, and forgive the unhappy, ever-weeping. " August 3, 1856." " DEDICA REDANIES." The other was addressed to his lieutenant, and ran thus : "Dearest Mr. Lieutenant Schmid,—With weeping eyes I entreat you to pardon me, the unhappy Dedea, and I inform you in a few words that I did not intend to squander your watch, but to give it only as a pledge to sister Caroline, where you will receive back your watch from Mary Back, if you will be so good as to go to Dover yourself, and reclaim it at the here-mentioned address, ' Miss Maria Back, 5, Albion-place, Dover;' I also enclose the pawn ticket for Dr. Baumgarten. and inform you that I have not yet got the watch. Unfortunately I cannot enclose you the money which I spent from ( ). I sect a let ter to the mother of Caroline, but it is in German, and I request you to take an early opportunity to go to Dover and translate the letter for her. Dear Mr. Lieutenant Schmid, keep the portrait and locket of hair attached to it, as an eternal remembrance of that fearful Sunday when both the girls, who were very never-to-be-forgotten sadness and joy (here the sentence breaks off abruptly). Dear Mr. Lieutenant Schmid, I thank you for every good thing I experienced with you, and pardon the un happy Dedea Redanies, who am ready any minute be fore my being arrested to kill myself with the same dag ger with which I murdered my only joy. With the re quest that you will translate the other letter to Mrs. Back, which I send her w t i your cWa (the word follow ing is illegible), gratefully, "DEDEA REBANIES. "A thousand compliments to you with tears, dear Schmid." The Coroner then summed up in an able speech, re marking on the evidence given, and pointing oat the le gal bearings of the case. He said he never heard of a more horrible and diabolical murder in the county, and lit was a fortunate circumstance that the heinous crime had been so clearly brought home to the vile wretch, who had only too well carried out his premeditated plans; and although the assassin had made an attempt on his own life when he found that he was surrounded by the officers of justice, yet no doubt, from what he had heard, he would recover and be in a fit state to take his trial. The jury, after afe w moments' conversation, returned a unanimous verdict of wilful murder against Dedea Re danies in both cases. The coroner having made out his warrant for the committal of the accused the proceedings terminated. From inquiries made it would appear that the mur derer, not withstanding the fearful nature of his wounds, is progressing favourably under the skilful treatmest of the medical authorities of the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, and it is expected that unless a relapse takes place he will be taken before the magistrates in the be ginning of next week. The bodies of the unfortunate victims were removed from Burvill's cottage early on Thursday morning, to the parent's residence in-Daver,-from whence they will be interred to-morrow (Friday). THE CONVICT MURDOCK. The Brighton Guardian contains a letter addressed by Murdock's stepfather to Sir George Grey, as follows : No. 8, Three Colt-street, Old Ford, Bow, near London, July 28, 1856. Elizabeth Tremlett, mother of John Murdock, alias Joseph Williams, at present under sentence of death in Lewes gaol, having forwarded a petition on behalf of her son, to which up to the present time no answer has been returned, it now becomes my bounden duty, as father-in-law of the prisoner, most humbly to request an answer to the petition, and I am sure you will pardon any remars I may make on bebaif of the prisoner. HIP age is 19 years, and I may truly say from the age of 12 years he was what is termed a useful lad to the police ; that is, in plain terms, he was employed by them in many caes to discover robberies, and no doubt was rewarded. At the age of 14 he gave information against a man termed "Jem the Lagger," and was, by order of Mr. Ingram, police magistrate of the Thames police-court, sent to sea. I went to a considerable expense at the time he returned, and from that time, from what I have since understood, he was employed by the metropolitan police as a spy or scout ; be was allowed to carry a box for the sale of jewellery, and was sent on different missions by the police to discover robberies. Since I heard of his desertion from the army I have been most credibly in formed that a police-officer, by.the name of --, at Strat ford, in Essex, employed him on a certain occasion. The reward he received was 101. The prisoner, Joseph Willams, alias John Murdock, was to have received 51., instead of which the said -- gave him 10s., and threA ened to have him transported if he attempted to claim more. The prisoner at the time was allowed to carry a staff. I frequently accused him of being a spy, and he repeatedly denied it, stating he was in the pay of the Commissioners of Scotland-yard at r. 24 a week, and in confirmation of the same produced before aTharnes police officer in my house a staff. Having been severely cross examined by Mr. Huddlestone, and proved he bad not stated the truth, the prisoner against whom he appeared was acquitted. If I mistake not the case was brought forward by the same policeman ; but another p 'liceman of the name of can prove the fact. He came t me, and I took him to the recruiting station at Soho-square, where he was enlisted. I should have stated that previous to this more than one policeman has called upon me to know where he was to be found, stating at the same time he was the best scout they ever had. My answer to them at last was, I would not have anything to do with such shameful transactions ; if the Commissioners of Police wanted the lad, let them take him and employ him. The inference I now draw is this. If it had not been for the emolument held out by the police the lad would have followed a seaman's life. It has actually been stated to me that he was induced by certain policemen to lead parries into crime in order to leisure the conviction money. I will pass over this, having furnished you with the out lines of the prisoner's life, leaving it to the public press to decide upon the justice of the case. I must once more trespass on your time to observe that his mother and myself were always led to believe— in fact, a private policeman, of the name of Charles Mills, N division, generally in ,plain clothes, always assured his mother he would be present at his trial, and speak to his known humanity ; instead of which he obtained leave to absent himsef, and did not return until after his trial was over. Your obedient servant, JOHN PAGET TEEHLETT. TILE MERCANTILE LAW AJ3IEIVDMEIVT ACT. This act has just been printed. It bears date the 29th of July just past , and is in substance as follows. It commen ces by stating that its object is " to do away with the inconvenience felt by persons engaged in trade from the laws of England and Ireland differing from the laws of Scotland." It then provides that, for the future, no judgment or execution against th e goo d s o f a debtor shall prejudice the title of a bona fide purchaser of such goods before their attachment : tbat in any action for the delivery of specific goods, the jury, if they fi n d f or t he plaintiff, shall declare specifically what are the goods to which he is entitled, and what damages he has sustained ; and the court may thereupon order the defendant to deliver the goods without g i v i ng hi m an y option of paying their value and any damages to the plaintiff instead ; that after the passing of the act, no special promise . in writing to be secu r ity f or ano th er p ar ty shall be invalid from the fact that the conside ration for such promise does not appear o n th e in strument or in writing ; that any bond of security for a firm shall cease to be binding unless there be any ex press stipulation to the contrary, or the co n t rar y can be assum ed by necessary implication (?) on any change tak ing place iu the firm ; that a surety who di s ch a r ge d th e debt of which he i s a guarantee for the payment shall be entitled to all the securities held by the creditor in re• spect to such debt ; that no acceptance of an y bill o f exchange, either inland or foreign, made after Decem ber, 1556, shall be binding on any person unless the ac ceptance be in writing on such bill, or if there be more than one part of such bill, on one of the said parts, and signed by the acceptor or his agent ; that with reference to claims for repairs done, or supplies furn'shed to shiw, every port within the United Kingdom, the Wands of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, shall be deemed a home port ; that all actions for accounts must be commenced within six years after the cause of action has arisen ; that judgments recovered against joint debtors in the United Kingdom are to be no bar against proceeding against the other debtors beyond seas, when they come back to this country ; and lastly, that any acknowledgment or promise made by the agent of the party chargeable thereby, duly authorised to make such acknowledgment or promise, shall have the same effec as if such writing had been signed by the party himself. Mr. Howard's Sandboy, 4 yr., 64, 121 h (F. rdham) 1 Mr. F. FlAer's New Brighton, 5 yrs, 84 121 b (inc'ud• ing slb extra) (D. Hughes) 2 Mr. Newman's Ki,uburn, 4 yrs, 64 610 ...(Gresswell) 3 The following also ran :--Pantheon, Roebuck, and Fly-away. Betting•--6 to 5 agst Sandboy, sto 2 agst New Brighton, 6 to 1 agst Kitnburn. Woo easily by two lengths ; three lengths between the second and third. The Champagne Stakes of 100 sovs, added to a sweep stakes of 5 sovs each ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Oue mile. 22 subs. Mr. W. H. Brook's Manganese, 3 yrs, Tat 31b (Fordham) 1 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Mr. Sykes, 6 yrs, 84 121 b (Dockeray) 2 Mr. T. Walker's Theodora, 3 yrs. 74 31b ...(Quinton) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Theodora ;sto 2 agst Manganese ; 6 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes. Won by three lengths ; a head between the second and third. Theodora's running created considerable sus picion. The Sussex Stakes of 5 goys each, with 30 added ; for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. Half•a mile. 8 subs. Mr. Wilson's Questionable, 4 yrs. (401.) 7st llb (Prior) 1 Mr. Evans's Bacon, 2 yrs (601 ). 54 711) (Snowden) 2 Mr. French's Fashion ; 3 yrs (401), 6>t 71b (Musgrove) 3 The following also ran :—Sister to Bold Buccleuch, Little Tom, and Ceres. B tting-5 to 1 each agst Questionable awl Bacon, 5 to 1 agst Ceres, 6 to 1 each agst Fashion and Sister to Bold Buccleuch. Won by two lengths ; a length between the second and ; bad fourth. Ceres was last throughout. The winner was sold for 135 guineas. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Warlock Bto 1 agst Yellow Jaok 10 to 1 agst Lady Tatton 10 to 1 agst Coroner DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Bel Oiseau (taken to 1001.) 30 to 1 &get Sprig of Shillelagh (taken to 1001 1,000 to 15 a2st Oak Ball (taken), 10,0001. to 10th also laid. . WARWICK SEPTEMBER MEETING. Weights for the Leamington Stakes. Forfeits to he de clared on or before Tuesday, the 12th. Two miles. Yrs st lb Co.sey ...... 4 6 3 Kaffir 5 6 2 Dana 5 6 0 Redemption B trrei Cerva 3 5 12 ALlford Puck 3 5 11 .rnedy King of Scotland 3 5 8 !J , sbtra Pe Illbed w ...... 3 6 8 l Pyrrha Newington ... Alice Leamington Triton Gathercole 3 5 5 Prince's Mixture 3 5 5 Lioellist 3 5 4 g by Fatrzh-a Bal lagh—Etnulous 3 5 4 King Cob 3 5 3 Eqchar ter 3 5 3 The Shadow Gaudy Van E vck 3 5 1 Grampian Early Morn Omar PaAa Lord Derwent water 3 4 12 Shelah - 4 10 Peter Wilkins Announcement I Ts me Deer 3 4 6 *Cotswold I Nlishan IRoyalty a (p ft) ie is omitted from the official Yrg st lb Neville Typee 6 8 10 Winkfield Rifleman Mr. Sykes 6 8 4 Polestar 4 8 0 Tne Early Bird 5 7 12 Pretty Boy Wild Huntsman 5 7 8 Rollerthorpe 3 7 6 Lady Tatton 4 7 5 Rotherham The A*sayer 5 7 2 Coroner 3 7 0 Clemeutina g 4 7 0 Romeo One Act 3 6 12 Quince Brother to Grey --- f om my r 6 6 12 Herald Braxey Homily The Heir of Linne 3 6 10 Flatterer Bright Phoebus 5 6 9 Milton Escape Humboldt 5 6 8 Lundyfoot 3 6 7 Siding Alas C1aret.....,., 4 6 6 Imogene Simony The Earl Stork 3 6 5 The Hind 4 6 4 Sirocco * The weight of this hors, TATTERSALL'S SUBSCRIPTION ROMI. in consequence of Lewes and Wolverhampton races taking place on Monday next, the Su'lscription Room at Tattersall's will be o?ened on. Satur lay. According to the circular of Mr. Arles Dufour, of Lyons, the silk crop in France turned out so deficient in quantity that the manufactur,rs as well as the Virowsters have made large contracts in foreign raw silks' particularly from Lombardy, Piedmont, and Naples. A rise in all classes has consequently taken place during the mouth of July, and buyers appear disposed to con• form to it, at least for their supplementary orders. [AnvelertszkENT.l—The following is not the least remark able among the numerous extraordinary cures without medi cine effected by Du Barry's delicious Ejealth-Restoring Re valenta Arabica, Food, of Indigestion (Dyspepsia). Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious,and Liver C3mplaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility:—Maastricht, Holland, Aug.?,)Bs4.—My daughter Virginie had long been consump tive, with diarelicea and night sweats, and was i u July last reduc ed to such a state of prostration and exhaustion, that our medi cal men agreed there was no hope of recovery left, and that she could not survive many days. Upon the recommenda • tion of a friend, we tried Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica, which, to the astonishment of all, caused an immediate change for the better in the symptoms. After the first few meals she felt less miserable, and in six days the diarrhoea and night sweats had left her. She gained strength gradu ally, and in two months time was perfectly well. This excel lent remedy deserves to be more generally known, and I consider I am only discharging a most sacred duty in recommending it to all .sufferers.—S. ZEOUHRS. 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The Court of Ass'aes on Wednesday tried a young man named Lafont for stealing a great number of let. t4rs, teeny of them containing money and securities , from the Post•oflice, In February last complaints were made et the Poste.ffice that several letters which bed been posted on the 24th and 29th January had never reached their destination, and a day or two several of them, some sealed, others torn open, together with some bills of exchange and law papers, which had bee° picked up in the Seine by a boatman, were taken t° the P st.effice. The attempts made to di , elver the person who had abstracted the letters failed. In Ari l it was ascertained that another robbery of about 80 let' terse, several of them c on t a i n i ng mone y or securities, be d been perpetrated, but the thief could not be discovered . ; One of the letters was add re s. et i to a M. Boulard, contained a Treasury bid for 2,000 f. This person Wel" on the 12th May to the Trea s ury to r equest that th e bill should not be paid, anti whilst there, singular tore" late, a ciimmiksionnaire cams in wi h it. The commi e viennaire stated that he bad been sent to present it f?' payment by a young man who was waiting for him lt the Rue des B .urdonnaie. This young man was at oa e ' arrested, and on beieg seized he exclaimed, " I 1411 caught ?" He turned out to be Lafont, who was ee l ployed at the Post-office to oolleet the bundles of sot letter- and to fasten them up in bags. He after a v ibl y made a full confession, from which it appeared thst had committed even morenuenerous and more ieeporil robberies than bad been supposed. Thus, on the January he stole a letter containing two draft. for 1,: o, dollars each, addressed•to aM. Claurs. On the 3d t' s l he stole a letter bearing the Birmingham post addressed to a priest named Redee, of the nei e hbour e ,: ( o of Arras, containing 22 bills of exchange and halves of bank-notes. On the sth of the same in°, l) 6f he took a letter, containing nine bills of exehs"p addressed to a tradesman at Troyes. On the Btb , stole seeen letters containing 33 bills of excluilt en the 9th, a letter containing five bills; on 24th, thirty-three letters containing bills, notes, orep eiteei (in one of them from Mexico was 1,000 f.. sn e of another, addressed to the lady superior of the HO 00 Refuge at Biois, was 300 f. in notes), and on the op ! day 113 letters, in which there were no securities , b ipi the 29th, he obstructed eiglit letters, in which wer e ph l or notes, and 90 in which there were none. On th e lel Mb, 12th, and 13th April he stole about 80 letteret e i ail that he found in them was two Roman bonds; 1 , 0 1 on the 30th of the same month, he stole 40 letteret o e the only one which contained anything of value t ba that addressed to Boulard above menti one d. letters stolen, the prisoner either burnt or threw river ; and the money be obtained from them he oP e e 4 debauchery. Tire jury declared him guilty, with 0 . ) :01 ualieg circumstances, and the court sentenced blw e d five years' imprisonment and five years' surveil° ,he police. Country Markets. DERBY SMITHFIELD.—AnG. 5. Our market was well supplied with fat beasts At . e s ly and only a limited number of buyers ; sales were doubt owing to the weather being too hot for g langb r oi The supply of sheep and lambs plentiful, and s eas , were left unsold. Fat and store c dyes a heavy sale. about the average, and most of which sold. eA The following were the quotations :—Beef, uv l r mutton, 6 . d to 7d ; lamb, 7d to 70 ; veal, 6 4. 1 tc oi lb. ; pigs, Os 6d to —s Od per score ; rough fat, 0 per 141 b.; hides, 4d to 4d per lb ; calf-skine, per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—Aug. 6 . A d Grain of all kinds an exceedingly .'nll sale, sa considerably down from last week. Wheat, on the top, 8* down, and on the 0 0 1 0 0: down. Barley, 2 down on the top, and 43 la or! the average. Oats on the top 2s down—on the t he' is 5.1 down. Beans on the top is 61 down- 01 rage, 7d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QTJARTEIt. otbs , "Wheat 1 Do. new -12.n0 Barley - hi" Oats 1 13 2 l t t bit. Basns BOSTON—Aua. 6. A o je I t Scarcely any business was clone in the corn 1 , 1 : a ro/ I wheat, although offered freely at a further de,'l7,bsTi per qr. on the rates of this (:ay se'nnight,fou Oats and beans fully 2s per qr. cheaper. l'obtor continues fine, and the prospects of a good WO , most chewing. l b 0 Prices :—Wheat, red, 54s Od to 63s Od; 6 aOd extra, 67s Od. Barley, —s al to —s to '' 20s to 28s. Beans, 45s Od to 48s Od. Peas, per gr. NEW AB K.—Ann. 6. th er/ In consequence of the great decline in 1 wheat at the London and Liverpool markets, .1100, complete Fmk in the wheat trade, and no basi n Other grain as previously noted. toi b a rley , Wheat, white 8:s to 84s, red 76s to 78s; ba, —s to —a, grinding 38s to 425; oats, 24st. 340 to 329 to 349; beans, 48s to 52s ; malt, 68s to 72 1 ; to 503; tares, —s to —s . per qr. ILEABORNE MAIL& ILpuncs that the mail% arc 3ei7i than the Gen. — the night—and 31 by the alorning— from wn. A Port , r DispAck e Live:oo . l • dal 00111 , TTRIZq. 3ay wtwn made L.pl =enrr4, FO , - Oftice, London.* kmersca(eyitrn..pact kmericp. by United 8.:- packet) A..verica (by U. SW- , packet) ' kostralia (via Liver-, pool) ........ .'s•• Ditto (via Marseilles) Ditto (via rape of Goo Hope) •• •• •• •• ....N Africa (West Colts:: ' klaxandria.• •• •• • • • • At Bahamas .3 Belgium ••••••• .• •I* Brsail ...• •• .• •• •• • • V Ruenos Ayres •• •• •• .•34 Cape of Good Hope .1 , Cape of Good Hope ..'(• Ct•ce de Vcrds Cey'...)n (see India) velry Friday .. ISoutkasPO" Every Tuesday LiverP°"` Liverpool vir vo ~.111 14th and 19th .... I • ....... •••• I , '"r• oftl, • 10th 3. 26th or , o "', 'l4! plytnol•Dover ••••:, ; 9:J.1118.14 a l titharaP l ‘. jwd Dover mthetnr.—, various P" Y of nv , , 17th of the monti 19th Of the month i i h mon , Uncertain .4outilloW ° C0y10n..............r Channel Wes Chili . .• •• •• •• •• China . Constantinople , nAnstantinopie ....... Co it. of Europe M r h Eg:pt (see India) 10th and 26th.... 4th mid 20th .... 0 ,4 rt. 11'417.h f - I,montl 4th and 10th .... Oth mid 26th.... tth &20t:, of n. ICL daily m ffe allanre• louthsOP •i o 4 , ,othiasir 'Dover Fr nice • ........M .1N I Abraltar .......... M tireace (see India) .Irreytown •• .• •• •• •• M Ilamburgh ........ ilavannatt Uolland Honduras .......... India (Viaoutilampt.)M India (via Marseilles )I‘4 lonian is!es (sae India Ireland Nfadeira Madeira ........ Malta (see India) dafly.. t. 7, 17, 20, 27 -fm Dover ••'; r BOUtli't°9 117, 4 kl7th of mon end of the mu tl , lit of the month. 4th . 20th of mm , . 10 6th of :OW kant”,4llP'', lyondon • +AIL! aver Dover .• ;outGgTop „ t iti) Plym , Dover • • •., Dover gotphe~ t^ South ttif„ce , southsill vert)o°- wtet 2d 0 .. of 123 A 0' month %Leta •. • • • Viaurittus (see India; Nauritiue Alexia° ••11,1 . • New 1 4rRnatift .1 •a . I New Zealand. • ?anal :state? .• „.., k'enirsula • , .• • Peru •• • • ..•• •• e • .Ik. Port Natal •• .• •,„ p • 4 3 cily •• •• •• nd Tuscany /,‘ Von eznel • .... . 11•1 Van Diernen'er..nd fro kustralia) •• %Yr.' !Dove 14, 10, 20, and 26.. 20., ut the 111014 . •1)' of Ulf moat; , Daily... 124 S, :7th of month IT. Ee a month Daily ioUt1:10t D o ver 3outtig a r • Various ' t Dover "° 4outharlr k 27th of mor i rivntf , I, 3vey Saturday.. Da11y......., •• • • kit ,7.th °Montt+ tth of mon, ~~ ~.,. r , t ~, ~r% . Wberi4ny tuabe ,141.,, rail on a .i. 4114414, rii 01Y spatchea on the following day. with the exeso . ". d 4 onthampton), and the Malta. both of which will 1 7 preceding day. _ _ be FLY POISON. —" It is a curious fact," Fisk 7 de Lyon " that although the butchers' shl'es,o are ail open, and an immen,e number o' lli de , o, seen on the outside wall, not one comes d e l caused by the inner walls being rubbed oil, whics is an effectual preventive agnif 3- 0 ,8 sion of these troublesome insects. The 15D irOo used with success in preventing the file: the gilt frames of looking-gl asses, pictures, BIRTHS. .r. On the 7th inst., at Beckwell SOY House, 130 toll tr wife of Thomas Lyle, B.q. On the sth inst., at Lupus-street, Belgoli* Mr. Henry Webbe—twins. OF A DAUGHTER. ~,, r j, On the sth inst., at Brafferton Moor, -L ° A. Payne Ga y. 6th inll we i 0/Irr On the st., at Trevor-terrace, lin l W. W. Pocock. of MARRIED. .13° O r ff3s l j i t On the 7th inst., at St. George's, L . t be., Captain Augustus Samuel Bolton, late kjov 1 to Ellen, eldest daughter of the late job ° of Holford House, Regent's park. fry' r eb On the 7th inst., at St. James's Chu' the Rev E. N. Braddon, vicar of St. MI•1 0 ment, Sandwich, Kent, to Miss Back, of DIED. CO On the 6th inst.. at 4, Camden-street , ri erlir Robert Johnston, Esq., of the Stock E% c "A s r " On the 6th inst the Rev. Thowas So re " s of Gedney, aged 55 ' . 1 1• 1 1 0 /1 On the 6thi inst., at 3, Cle v ,hud-r° 11 Rev. William Groser. for 45 y ears minis te tiot )0 d e nomination, and editor o f th e " 136 P aged 65. W ill. fil l Ou the 6th inst., Francis, second son of it 3! Esq., of Sussex -gardens. Hyde-park. • s bo • Eli% On the 7th inst., a t K en ti s h-t o wu. gt oa the late Wal'er Enchfort, Esq., of Ilia_cnr"„gtoy' On the sth in s t., a t Email!. near r '" , shire, John Elton, Esq., aged 72. voll, Ou he 4th in s t., a t Kingston-upon.'" lic e T wine merchant, aged 46. Irt er Y On the 4th i ns t ., a t 10 , K e n s ington . V 4 ,. r o ll, Charlotte A ugusta , wi f e o f C.,pt a in r u % LA' / 1 youngest daughter of Charles Ironsicle, , • DO LoNDO.I : Ptintod and Puh'iahed by 151-61P rt 1 1 111 g of N o . 112, St ran d, hinter, at The , 14 ist' 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Sil l°/ ' of Middlesex, Friday, August 8, 18°'