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Ditto New Shares 4 paid Trent Valley, 2 paid 9% York and Scarborough Branch (2% paid) Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid AFFAIRS OF OTAHEITE. MEETING OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SO CIETY IN EXETER HALL.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Dr. MonnasoN moved the second resolution, which he said he had no doubt would find a cordial response from the meeting :—" That the meeting having heard the letter addressed by Queen Pomare to the chiefs of Otaheite, exhorting them to the exercise of forbear ance, peace, and patience, cannot withhold the ex pression of their esteem and admiration. They re gard her conduct on this trying occasion as eminently worthy of commendation, and as an illustration of the influence of Christianity over her mind, and. -that of her people, -and that. while this people sympathised with her, it desired more especially, as a religious body, to express their deep and affectionate sympathy with her as a suffering Christian and as a member of the religious community of Papeete ; and that the meeting offers its friendly acknowledgment to Captain Nicholas, Captain Thompson, Captain Elliott, Lord W. Russell, Captain Gambier, Captain Fitzroy, Cap tain Waldegrave, and Lieutenant Hunt, and the other officers who had manifested an interest in the affairs of Otaheite." He was sure that meeting would cor dially sympathise with Queen Pomare, who had been subjected to such dastardly acts of perfidy on the part of the French.—(Cheers.) It had been declared that a great outrage had been committed--(Hear, hear) — and the civilised world would expect that a great outrage would be dealt with by Great Britain as it deserved.—(Hear, hear.) He was an ardent friend of peace, and he wished the day might be far distant when England and France might meet in hostile con flict, and it was in order that that peace might be maintained that he wished that their relations might exist on honourable terms. Popery had tried to ad vance its principles at the mouth of the cannon, but they would meet them with their Bibles, and suc ceed.—(Cheers.) Dr. LEIFCITILD seconded the resolution. He said he was sure they would give their cordial sympathy to Queen Pomare—(Hear, hear)—and that they would also sympathise with their missionary and con sul, for he was still their consul, Mr. Pritchard. That individual had been calumniated, but when a man was to be ill-treated, it was easy to find a pretext under which to cover it. Mr. Pritchard had been obliged to leave his family. He had been imprisoned for six days, and in a French vessel, and was sent from Otaheite to another island, from which he came to this country, and was now amongst them. He had no fear of their religious establishment in Otaheite. The people there were too well grounded to admit the errors and mummeries of Popery. He did not wish for war, but if peace could only be maintained by the sacrifice of honour and humanity trod everything that was dear, why then he was not an eelvocate for such a peace and woe to him from whom the offence cometh.—(Cheers.) The resolution was agreed to. J. Cosen;m!, Esq., Editor of the Patriot, proposed the next resolOtion. The effect of the resolution was that the meeting' saw with pleasnre that the efforts of the Roman Catholic priests to withdraw the people of Otaheite from the truth and to introduce their own superstitions had been without success. It expressed the hope that the Protestant religion would be supported. The speaker went on to give a detail of the pro ceedings which led to the circumstances which they were there met to discuss. He said that there was an opinion that the first fault committed was by their missionaries, who had refused admission into the island to two Roman Catholic priests. But the truth was, there was a law of the island to that effect, and the missionaries had nothing whatever to do with it. They were not refused admittance on the ground of religion, but from political motives, , and he contended Queen Pomare was justified in doing what she had done. The missionaries had created laws and literature in Otaheite, and had excited the admiration of the world, and yet these priests had been sent there by Louis Philippe, for the purpose of destroying the la bours of the missionaries. Subsequent events had amply justified any advice which the missionaries might have given to Queen Pomare. It had been said that they wished to bring about a hostile colli sion with France. They had nothing to do with questions of peace or war, but they ought not to be afraid of any other country, when that country was the aggressor. If, indeed, the star of the glory of .Britain was set, let them mourn over their country's fall in private and succumb to France—(Cheers) — or if they were too poor to keep up a navy equal to that of France, they must succumb. If they did not mean to continue the protection which they had afforded to Queen Pomare, why had they appointed Mr. Pritchard as British Consul ?—(Cheers.) It was said that Exeter Hall usurped the functions of the House of Commons. It was not their fault if the House of Commons chose to devolve its functions on Exeter Hall.—(Cheers.) It was a grievous thing that the House of Commons hed not taken up the subject.—(Cheers.) ,There was to much pusilanie rnity existing on the subject. Otaheite was not the only island that was to be snbject to a French protectorate. There was Hayti. There were the Sandwich Islands. There were the recommenda tions to expel our consul et Cuba. It was time the country should be roused ; but as to war, France no more dared to go to war than England.—(Loud cheers.) There 'might be a party in France who would wish to take advantage of war to depose the present dynasty—(Hear, hear)—but he did not be lieve that there existed anything like a war party in France.—(Cheers.) Louis Philippe, for his selfish purposes, had taken the Roman Catholic missionaries under his protection ; but he believed the French people were perfectly indifferent on the subject.— (Cheers.) The Paris press was completely under the control of the Court, and did not express the feel- ings of the people, and had our Govern• merit . not deceived the Missionary Society, and suppressed information by garbling documents laid on the table of' the House of Commons—had they sent out :proper instructions to Lord Cowley— had they printed the whole of the information in their possession, then the Society might have gone to the French Government and demanded justice for the missionaries: He concluded by proposing the resolution.—(Cheers.) The Rev. A. FREEMAN announced that the mis sionary press in Otaheite was fettered ; nothing being permitted to be printed but under the censorship of the French Government.—(Hisses.) The non. and Rev. B. Nom-. .) seconded the resolu tion. lie had to recal to the recollection of the meeting, th a t whe love of frenchn the Ot a h e it ans ex hibit e d th e i r pro o tection, by doing what they had a right t their fresh provisions to do ' refusing to bring the market for the French crews to purch ase , t h e all thosenech General issued ' an ordinance proscribing who refused to bring forward their provisions, an d the Otaheitans tied, the Queen was deposed, an d h er property dered. Under these circumstances when the Bpri n itt u. sh - Co:tsul—and he had yet to learn that a BritßritishConsul ceased to be such, because he protested against a flagrant usurpation—(Cheers)—when the British Consul gave proper and good advice to Q ueen p omare, he was seized, and amidst t h e jeers of French sol diery conducted to prison. It was proclaimed by the French that the British Consul should he held responsible for all that might oc cur. This he took from French accounts. Blood had been shed. Many Otaheitans had fallen, and more wounded. They were assembled to express the sympathy with their Christian Otaheitan bretheren,and with their own countryman, who bad been oppressed, imprisoned, and robbed.—(Cheers.) What repara • tion could the French Government give for the wrongs iivki li they had Committed ? Our Government said -the Auld get protection for British subjects, but ,3..... .4:2e ilfteen Pomace and her people were not British sub -: jests, ;and if this meeting only expressed sympathy '_:tv&th t it would do good. What reparation could -. % s tun ake those who had been made widows bans by these wrongs ?—and it was right ey should meet this day to declare that THE - SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY_ EVENING, AUGUST 14. they would take measures to prevent such wrongs from being renewed. Let it be remembered that all these outrages, except the last, had been perpetrated under the French Protectorate ; therefore it was no security to the Otaheitans or the English to restore that Protectorate ; and what guarantee could M. Guizot give against the renewal of these outrages? He should protest then against the introduction of French brandy, against French priests, against French cannon, and against the debauchery of French soldiers.—(Loud cheers.) True, Dupetit Thouars would no longer insult Papeetee, but he wished he could hear that M. Marenhout, the origin of all these troubles, had also been expelled. There was a gentleman on the platform who could tell them if that desirable fact had transpired. Mr. PRITCHARD-It has not transpired. The Hon. and Rev. B. NOEL considered it was an insult to Otaheite and to England to continue such a man as Marenhout, who had been dismissed from the office of American Consul for proved misconduct, in the office of French Consul. There was one barrier against this flood of iniquity—the British missionaries. (Cheers.) They were the men whose independence of thought, vigour of character, and connection with this great Government, rendered them superior to coward fear, and, therefore, they were charged with all sorts of crimes, and never would they be free from those charges until the French Protectorate should cease.—(Cheers.) It was the duty of this country to protect them against aspersions as well as against violence ; but could the French Government guarantee them against these charges ? They might send Mr. Pritchard back, as he ought to be sent back, as Consul to Otaheite.—(Loud cheers.) He must go back with his character unstained, with his colours flying; but when he did go back, and the French Commander knew that he could not again oppress him, yet who was to protect him against any insults which a bullying French commander might think it nationality to offer ?, - (Cheers.) They must do what had been that day suggested•--urge the abolition of the French Pro tectorate.—(Cheers.) They should demand proper guarantees, and if those could not be given, they should demand that France alone should not be the Protector of the island.—(Cheers.) If the French were placed in difficulties in consequence, they should have well considered before they accepted the Pro tectorate.—(Cheers.) They should consider they ought to concede not to the fear of England, but to the sense of right. Our own Government had brought itself into these difficulties by not watching the Protec • torate narrowly at first. He rejoiced that although these difficulties had occurred, they were calculated to fix an eternal hatred on the Roman Catholic religion.— (Cheers.) Catholicity and Protestantism were now face to face in Otaheite—Catholicity, supported by French cannon, French brandy, and the debauchery of French sailors ; Protestantism supported by the Bible, by the civilization and happiness of the Otaheitans.—(Cheers.) Give the Catholics every liberty they might ask, only let them not gag the defenders of the truth, and: he had no fear for the resul t.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried by accla mation. jetted to tyranny and opression the most barbarous and severe : the former has been dethroned, and is now a fugitive on board a British vessel ; the latter have been driven from their habitations, and com pelled to seek shelter upon the mountains, and in dens and caves of the island, from the cruelty of their persecutors ! The French, under the pretext of be coming the " protectors" of Otaheite, are, in reality, the plunderers and destroyers of the inhabitants. STANDARD.—The patriotic exertions of Lord Minto, Lord Palmerston, and Lord John Russell, in fanning into flame anew the embers of agitation in France on the subject of Morocco and Otaheite, have not been wholly unrewarded. But we are surprised, considering the transparency of their motives, for there is a common sympathy in their object, that such journals as the Debats should permit themselves to be irritated by their " inter pellations." Whenever a crisis has arisen which has demanded an abstinence from irritating topics, some self-elected Whig champion of the honour of his country has invariably risen injhis place in Par liament to propound inquiries which, whether answered or not, would, he well knew, add fuel to the fire. The motives for such appeals are, however, not always unmixed. In each of the instances above referred to, indeed, the desire for self-exaltation may probably have exceeded the disposition to be mischievous. Lord Minto, whose Government em broiled us in three-fourths of the world, is surprise I that the Admiralty do not keep afloat as large a naval armament as he found indispensable for the pub lic service during his career of official ne potism. Lord Palmerston, whose diplomatic cox combry had well nigh involved us in a war in the only quarter of the globe in which we had not already some quarrel upon our hands, is unable to understand the ill-feeling which has grown up against us in a country whose amour propre he had wounded, and whose confidence he had chilled. Lord John Russell, on the other hand, rises as an affectionate monitor of the Government, to offer a host of suggestions which he never attempted to put in practice himself; and the chief ob ject of which, like his " lament over the scanty means and severe toil of the labouring popula tion," and his allusion to the " gross outrage com mitted on a British subject at Otaheite," has been to create discontent and strife. Such, we repeat, how ever earnest their disclaimer of factious motives, has been the aim and object of this patriotic trio, and the arrow has not always fallen short of the mark. Looking at the constitution of the French press, and the fact that the same farce is repeated by the opponents of the French Government with no mean success on the other side -of the water, it is surprising that the attempts of either party should have the slightest influence beyond their own particular cliques. So long, however, as their speeches produce results so completely in accordance with their intentions, the nuisance is little likely to be abated. It is worth our while to remember that those people who inveigh with so much bitterness against the imputed forbearance of Lord Aberdeen were part and parcel of a Ministry, whose aggressions on other powers were invariably followed by the meanest and most abject concessions.. In regard to France it cannot be denied that the feeling which the Governments of both countries find it so difficult to allay, is the exclusive result of the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston ; that policy for which he assumed to himself in his late manifesto so extensive a credit. The Rev. J. BURNET, who was received with loud cheering, came forward to propose the last resolution, which was to the effect that, as the friends of Christian missions in Otaheite, this meeting records its deliberate opinion that the cause of Christian missions would be endangered, so long as the French Protec torate continued at Otaheite, and that there was no safety for Protestant missionaries, nor safety for the lives and liberties of the Otaheitans, but by the with drawal of French protection ; that a memorial be presented to the Queen founded on these resolutions ; and that the friends of evangelical Protestant Chris tianity throughout the world be invited to express their sympathy with the missionaries and the Otaheitans. The whole secret of the exertions of France to get possession of Otaheite was to carry still further the Roman Catholic religion.—(Hear, hear.) It could not be on account of the number of their ships there in the course of a year, because they were only twenty, while the number of English ships was eighty, and the American 110. It had been admitted in the French Chamber that Otaheite would cost that country 100,0001. a-year ; and he was sure the French Government never would be induced to ex pend so large a sum for so small a territory, except it was for the sake of extending the Church of Rome.— (Cheers.) He trusted the meeting would agree to the resolution with acclamation. SIR WiLuAra FOLLETT.—Sir William Follett, the Attorney-General, left England a day or two since, to try what effect the more genial climate of southern Eu rope, as well as the total abstinence from all professional and political duties, may have upon his shattered con stitution. It is a melancholy thing to contemplate this ruined man, when we remember him in the opening dawn of leis well-known fame some ten or twelve years since, when he entered the House of Commons, the representa tive of his:native city of Exeter, and still more melan choly to find, that now, when the very highest honours of his ambitious profession, with its futurity of influence, fame, and wealth, are opening up to him, he has in the seeking nearly destroyed that without which (namely, health) all these great objects of honourdble pursuit become valueless. But the lesson is a moral one.— Cheltenham Examiner. BRIDPORT.—CHURCH•RATES.-011 Monday last, ten of the leading Quakers and Dissenters were sum moned to appear before the borough magistrates, to answer the complaint of the churchwardens for their re fusal to pay the church-rates demanded of them. On their continued refusal to pay, distress warrants were ordered for their recovery. THE - KEW COMET.—The comet discovered by M. Mauvais may now be seen with the naked - eye in the direction of the east. Its tail appears to be about one foot long, and its light is rather dim. Round the comet is a circle similar to that which surrounds the moon when the weather is about to change.— Courrier Francais. THE CHANNEL FISHERIES.—The Commissioners of the Customs have issued directions to the collectors and controllers of the several ports of the kingdom to prepare and transmit, with the least possible delay, an account of the costs which have been incurred at their respective ports, in proceedings against French subjects for in fringements of the fishery regulations, under the Act of the 6th and 7th Vie., cap. 79. _ Mr. Pritchard was loudly called for, when Mr. FREEMAN, the Secretary of the Society, stated that Mr. Pritchard felt the honour of being called upon, and would willingly have addressed the meeting in obedienee to their wish, but as a servant of the Crown, in the, hands of the Earl of Aberdeen, he was anxious not to give offence, or to act in any way that might be construed into an offence, and, perhaps, occasion excitement, which might be referred to in other quarters, and become the means of embarrassing other countries.—(Great cheering.) Mr. ELLis then proceeded to second the resolution, which was declared to be carried unanimously. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting dispersed. From 1,500 to 2,000 persons, receiving in the ag gregate about 200,0001 per annum, are in the employ o; the London and Birmingham Railway Company. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) DELIBERATE ASSASSINATION OF A GAMEKEEPER'S SON. (Abridged from the Staffordshire Mercury.) It is our painful task to record the perpetration of one of the most atrocious and cold-blooded murders chronicled in the annals of crime. The scene of the catastrophe is a sequestered spot, called Halinerend, about two miles from Audley, on the estate of Sir Thomas Fletcher F. Boughey, in this county, and only about a mile and a half or two miles from the place where Beech, the policeman, met his fate, while attending a gamekeeper last year. It is also remark able that the murder was committed on the night of the anniversary of Beech's funeral, being just twelve months since the interment of that unfortunate officer. The name of the deceased is William Cooper, a labourer, and an unmarried man, about twenty-three years of age, son of Thomas Cooper, gamekeeper to Sir Thomas Boughey. Up to the time of his murder he was still living with his father. The house at which he resided is situated at the extremity of an eminence which cammands a view of the sur rounding country and of the woods below, and, as it is far 'removed from any public thorough fare, it is a very secluded spot. Another house adjoins it, which is occupied by Thomas Shooker, a labourer on the estate. The deceased was in the habit of going out occasionally in the night with his father, to assist him in watching the game—a circumstance well known to the gangs of poachers which infest the neighbourhood, for he had sometimes been engaged in conflict with them, and assisted in their capture. The last occasion on which he had been out was on the night of Saturday, July 27, when nothing unusual occurred. On Sunday even ing last the deceased left home between five and six o'clock, stating that he was going to attend Audley Chapel, where sermons on behalf of the Sabbath school were that day delivered. On his way he called on Daniel Colclough, a collier, who resided about a quarter of a mile nearer Audley, with whom he walked in company to the chapel, where they arrived a little after the opening of the service, and remained together until it was concluded, which was about eight o'clock. On leaving the chapel they went to the Boughey's Arms Inn, where they met with William and Samuel Cooper, two of Colclough's relatives, with whom deceased and Colclough adjourned to the King's Head beer house, where they drank a pint of ale each, over which they sat in conversation until about eleven o'clock. Among the company present no persons of known suspicious character were noticed. At eleven o'clock the deceased and Colclough, and Samuel and William Cooper, left the house, and George Dean, a resident at Scot Hay, left at the same time. The two Coopers, after a parting salutation, turned immedi ately in the direction of their own homes, and de ceased and Colclough, in company, took thedirection of theirs. They were accompanied as far as Haliner end Chapel by Dean, who there parted with them to go to Scot Hay. Colclough and the deceased con tinued in company without seeing any one, except a known friend, until they arrived at Colclough's house, at which time the clock announced the hour of mid night. Deceased, as he stood before the door, took a draught of water, and after bidding his friend good night, pursued his way home, which was about a quarter of a mile across the fields. On his arrival at home about a quarter-past twelve o'clock, the family and neighbours were gone to bed, but his father was awake. The back door, which is the usual and readiest entrance, was left unlocked. 'When the de ceased had approached the door, and had put his right hand upon the latch to open it, his body would very naturally be turned half round towards the left hand; at that precise moment, some vile miscreant, who would appear to have been lurking behind a low wall, about seven yards to the left of the deceased, or else at the corner of the house, at the same distance, fired a gun, and the unfortunate man received the contents in his breast. The report of the gun, as well as a dreadful shriek of the victim, was heard by his father, and also by the neighbours, Sho'oker and his wife, who all hastened to the spot. The father found the door partly open, and his son lying partly within and partly without the house, having his head on the threshold and his body in the yard. It was broad moonlight. The father lifted up the head of his dying son, and asked what was the matter ? Raising his eyes expressively to his father, indicating that he was sensible of the question, the poor fellow made an effort to reply, but " there was no voice, nor none to answer," the power of speech was gone for ever. One affectionate farewell look of recog nition concluded the tragical interview. 'With the assistance of Shooker he was placed on the floor in si le the house, and his clothes were removed from his breast, which was covered with wounds, which bled slightly. Life was fast ebbing out, and in ten The yarn market - continues in a very healthy - state, and some descriptions, which are relatively scarce, command rather higher prices. In goods there has not been quite so much doing as during the two or three previous weeks, and 40-inch shirtings have been, in some cases, sold at a small reduction on previous rates ; but other descriptions of cloth, though not in such extensive demand as before, are perfectly firm in price. Roc HDALE FLANNEL MARKET, AUG. 12.—T0-day has been what is called the Little Monday ; yet there has been a brisk demand for goods, especially for those of a middling quality. The manufacturers would have no difficulty in selling at former prices but they are now asking rather more to meet the advance in price of the raw material. There is no change to report in the wool market, either as to the demand or price. SPIRIT of . the "PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIIE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—A more moderate tone is perceptible throughout the discuSsions of the Otaheitian question by the French journalists. Their voice is no longer raised, in indignant tones, against what they have been wont to designate the insolence of England; nor do they demand an appeal to the arbitrement of war, as the only means of vindicating the imaginary wrongs of the great nation. This is so far satisfac tory. It shows that the war- notes which these party organs have recently sounded are not prompted by, nor in unison with, the sentiments of the French Ministry. The firm, but reasonable and moderate demands of reparation which, there is reason to believe, have beerf made by the British Cabinet upon that of the Fr enc h, h ave b een enterta i ne d w i t h a desire to afford satisfaction. The disputes which at one period seemed ripening into an appeal to the sword, will, there is now reason to hope, be settled by the more rational functions of the pen. The public press of this country—speaking, as it does, the prevail ing opinions of the nation, and endeavouring, as is its wish no less than is its interest, to promote the pros perity of the community—will respond to this im proved state of feeling in France. If the French Mi nisters repudiate the acts of their subordinate officers ; remove from the scene of their unauthorised and it • legal proceedings the perpetrators of the outrages upon Queen Pomare and her subjects, and especially upon the British Consul at Otaheite; if those subordi nate authorities be proceeded against as violaters of the laws of nations, and offenders against the laws of the country whose commission they have perverted to purposes foreign to the objects for which it was con ferred ; if the French Government thus caution and warn other of its officers who may be influenced by a kindred spirit of hostility to the interest of both countries—it will furnish a practical proof of its sincerity in disavowing the acts of the French authorities in the Pacific. The English Government —faithful to its declared desire to preserve and strengthen peaceful relations between England and France—will, we are certain, accept these explana tions and reparation of the wrong ; and a mutual good understanding between the two Cabinets will be restored. But there must be no delay in the negotiations tend ing to bring about an amicable adjustment of existing differences. While protocols are being framed; while time is spent in obtaining evidence as to disputed facts, incidental to, but not constituting the gravamen of the cause of quarrel; the danger of widening the dispute is daily becoming greater. The very last arrival from Ota • heite brought intelligence of proceedings calculated to increase the embarrassments of the two Governments in endeavouring to avert war. The proclamations issued by M. D'Aubigny ; the acts of that officer, avowed in his communications with his Government—these are suf ficient proofs of those acts, of which the British Go vernment complains, and demands apology and re dress. Unchecked by prohibitions from the French Ministers, the French authorities in Otaheite will proceed onward in their course of outrage and violence. Fear of further wrongs may extort from the defence less Queen and her timid and oppressed people, con cessions and submissions on which new levies may be made, ne w c l a i ms set up, and thus matter for new disputes between the two countries be produced. We have no di spos i tion to pry into the secrets of Cabinets, much less to embarrass their efforts to t p i r o e u s . e r v ß e u t p e w a e c e, are w b h e e u n e d tli b r y e a a t e s n e e n d s e of w i t d h u t yinttoersrtuapte that the people of this country, anxious though they be for the maintenance of p eace , will be sorely disappointed and dissatisfied if Otaheite continue under a French "Protectorate." From that self imposed " Protectorate " the dispute between the two countries was engendered. Under, it the unoffending Queen and her people have been sub- minutes from the time the gun was fired, the unfoctu nate man ceased to exist. The father, however, sent for Mr. Warburton, surgeon, who arrivel in v.bout three hours after. Some poachers are in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the murder. soners in his Court. The consequence is that the whole of the business is disposed of to-day ; though, to effect this, the Courts sat to a late hour. In the course of a trial of tso men, before Mr. Justice Patteson, for stealing so:ne potatoes, a sack, and a pot, a girl, 14 years of age, was tendered as a witness in behalf of the prisone rs . She was objected to on the part of the prosecution, as noeunderstanding the nature of an oath. On this the Learned Judge proceeded to question her. She stated in answer to these queries, that she lived at Chenstock, which is a parish between this place and Bristol. She had never been to school. Had not learned to read or write. Had never been in chapel or church, or received the least religious education beyond this, that she had sometimes said her prayers to her mother. But she did not know where those went who told lies and perjured themsslves. knew nothing about heaven or I hell, and had never heard there was a God. Of course her evidence was rejected. The Learned JUDGE, in summing up the case to the jury, said it was truly awful to find that, in a country like this, and in a part of it where there were, compara tively speaking, but few inhabitants, a girl of the wit ness's description should be so neglected as to be obliged to confess that she had never heard of a God. Thomas Hill and William Ash were indicted for having been, with two others, found armed on the preserves of a Mr. Popham, in this county, for the purpose of unlawfully taking game. Mr. Carrow conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Edwards defended the prisoners. Bef)rc the trial of the case Mr. EDWARDS took this objection to the indictment:—The indictment staled, in the language of the statute under which they were in dicted, that the prisoners were on the lands of Mr. Pop ham for the purpose of taking game, without sit) ing that their purpose was to take game there. He con tended that the indictment was bad, as, if this was an offence against the statute, then three gentlemen who might be going to their own preserves for the purpose of taking game, if it were by night, if to get there they trespassed on any other person's land, would be amen able to the very rnal enactments of this statute. Mr. CARROW contended that from the words of the statute it was clear this would be so. The Learned JUDGE, after consulting with Mr. Justice Patteson, said that he*should decide against the objec tion, as the prisoners could then bring a writ of error and try the point, which was a new one, in the Court above. The trial, therefore, proceeded. "It appeared by the evidence that the prisoners and two others had been watched by Mr. Popham's gamekeeper from a beer-house to one of his preserves, into a field adjoining, which they were seen to enter, after having tried several other fields. A gun was then heard, and tha keepe'rs rushed forward to secure them, but they managed to make their escape. The next morning, on searching the spot near to which they were standing when the gun was fired, pheasant's feathers were found scattered about the ground, as if a bird hadbeen killed there. The two oth er p ersons were t a k en up that day, and had been. tried-last circuit, at Taunton, but the pri soners absconded, and wen , not met with till May. Mr. EDWARDS addressed the jury for the prisoners. The Learned JUDGE summed up, telling the jury that there were two questions for them to determine—first, the identity of the prisoners with the party who had been seen in the preserve, and next, that they were there for the purpose of taking game. The identity of the party was clearly proved ; and what object could men have in a preserve at eleven o'clock at night but to take creme ? The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned their verdict, Not Guilty. The Learned Judges will proceed to-morrow morning to open the commission at Devizes. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Aug. 13. IN RE THOMAS AUSTIN. UNCERTAINTY OF TIIE NEW INSOLVENT ACT.— This day being the first upon which the New Insol vent Amendment Act came into operation, a question of much interest to the profession generally con nected with the administration of the insolvent law was brought before the Court by Mr. Cooke, the question raised being, whether by the 58th section of the New Act a person in prison was not entitled to his discharge on his application to a Judge, provided the amount of any separate debt of his several de taining creditors did not amount to 201., exclusive of costs ? Mr. COOKE agreed that in the present case the debts of no one of the detaining creditors amounted to 201., and, consequently, the insolvent did not re quire the assistance of this Court to get his discharge, because, by the New Act, he could get it by an ap plication to a judge in chambers. Mr. Commiss►oner HARRIS thought that there was some doubt upon this point, and he should go on with the case. In the clause of the Act referred to by the Learned Gentleman, the words " shall " and " may" were used in a Tanner which admitted of very exten sive interpretation; he had, therefore, much doubt with respect to the meaning of the clause. The case was postponed. The cases in which there was no point of general interest were then proceeded with. IN RE THOMAS HENRY lIORATIO CALTTY. This insolvent's case, it may be remembered, was adjourned from the 16th of July for the delivery to the Court, for the benefit of the creditors, of certain models and reports relating to the insolvent's mining speculations in Wales, which were deposited in the custody of Mr. Lewis, a solicitor in Grosvenor-square, but to-day that gentleman appeared and claimed a lien upon this property for law expenses to the amount of between 5001. and 6001., which he had incurred in a Chancery suit in which the insolvent was engaged. Mr. Lewis was directed to make an affidavit of the circumstances under which the property came into his possession, which was then done. Mr. CaEsswELL said that the insolvent since his hearing had received two bills of 201. each, which ought to be given up for the benefit of his creditors, ands proceeding to examine him as to whether he had not met a Mr. Hookam and a Mr. Cooke in the Bench, and•whether he had not played with them at hazard there, when Mr. COOKE, who appeared for the insolvent, inter posed, and requested him to state whether he ob tained the bills in any way connected with play. The insolvent replied in the affirmative. Mr. Commissioner HARMS said, that then the in solvent could not be compelled to answer the inquiries of the Learned Counsel. Ills impression was, if Mr. Lewis's affidavit was satisfactory to Mr. Commissioner Law, that the insolvent might be discharged. SUMMER ASSIZES. WESTERN CIRCUIT.— (Yells, Aug. 12. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON., MURDER.—JoII Fisher was indicted for the willn, murder of Mary Fisher, his wife. Mr. Stone and Mr. Fitzgerald prosecuted ; Mr. Cock burn and Mr. Prideaux defended the prisoner. The prisoner is a fine looking elderly man, who had previously been in the Dragoons, and still maintains the erect bearing of a soldier. At the time he committed the offence for which he was now tried, he was living at Weston-super-Mare. Mr. Stone opened the case by a calm and temperate statement of the facts of the case. The first witness called was a servant girl by the name of Evans. She stated that she had been a servant with the prisoner and the deceased about a fortnight before the deceased came by her death. The deceased lived at Weston-super-Mare, and kept a public-house or beer shop there, known as the sign of the Devonshire Arms. He and the deceased did not live on good terms ; but, on the contrary, there were frequent disputes and bicker ings between them. There were two lodgers living, in the house, and two children of the prisoner's by a former wife. Another of the prisoner's children lived in the place with an uncle. On the sth of June the pri soner had been out with a horse and cart that he kept, and returned about five o'clock. Nothing particular oc curred for more than an hour after his return. At that time prisoner and deceased commenced a quarrel about a lodger who had given no tice to quit. It appeared that prisoner had informed deceased of it, in a way to insinuate that she was the cause of it ; and the replied, that. she was not going to put up with his temper, and that she wished all of them would leave. They continued quarrelling in the bar until nine o'clock, the deceased using the most aggravat ing terms of reproach to the prisoner. At nine o'clock witness took in a candle, and put it in the bar, as she was accustomed to do. Evidently for the purpose of annoy ance the deceased immediately blew out the candle. The prisoner said a candle should be brought there, and ordered witness to relight it, which she did. There was a slate kept in this room on which was put the account of the beer sold and not paid for during the day. When witness took back the candle the deceased, in continuation of her annoyance to the prisoner, took up the slate, and said if a candle was put there, it would serve her the • purpose to rub out the accounts on the slate, and she forthwith deliberately took the slate, and rubbed out all the accounts. This of course but increased the angry feeling between the parties, and they continue' to quarrel until bed time, the deceased all this time saying every thing she could think of to exasperate and annoy the prisoner. At about ten o'clock they went to bed, the deceased going up before the prisoner. She went at first into the prisoner's room where she always slept, but came out of it before he came up, and went into witness's room (where also the two children slept), saying, as she did so, that she would never sleep with the old rascal again ; when she came into the witness's room, witness locked the door. After a short time, the deceased be came very violent, and wanted to jump out of the win with diffi cu l ty , preven t e d, and got uhd win dow, r w i ew stairs, g h e i which into bed. Shortly aft er th e p r i s oner came a h n w d, it a n p e p s a s rently not finding her in the room, he came to search for her in the room of witness. He found the door fast, and demanded admittance, which was refused. He then went away, and again returned and tried the door. Deceased wanted to get out at him, but was prevented by witness. Prisoner then said at the door that lie wanted to get her to kill her, for that ho was determined to kill her, and he might as well kill her that night as in the morning. After this they still continued to quarrel, using all sorts of angry and pro voking language towards each other. This continued till one o'clock, when their recriminations and abuse closed. - Witness and deceased continued awake until three o'clock, when witness fell asleep. About fire o'clock in the morning, she was suddenly awakened, and saw the prisoner standing with a large iron crow-bar at the bottom of the bed. The deceased was just raising herself in the bed, having one of her arms on the pillow. Before she could do so, the prisoner struck her three violent blows with the crow-bar on her head, which ren dered her completely insensible, and she fell back. The prisoner stood over her for a moment, and then left the room. After the interval of a minute or two he re turned, and then jumped on her chest, standing on her. He then.got off and left the room again; and in a minute or two returned, holding a carving knife in his hand. He addressed the witness, and said she need not be afraid, as he did not want to hurt her. He then again jumped on the chest of the deceased, standing on her with his feet, and, stooping down, lifted her head from the pillow, and deliberately cut her throat with the carv ing-knife. After having done this, he stood and looked at her for a minute, and then left the room. Shortly after he was gone, witness, Ward Upsall, upon whom she had called before, came down stairs, and got out of the house. She then dressed herself, and left the house also, leaving the prisoner there. She afterwards returned when the policeman came. In cross-examination, this witness stated that she had only lived for a fortnight with the prisoner. He was a moody man, and upon one occasion she had seen and heard him walking about the house muttering to himself. After he had done the deed, and after Upsall went out of the house, the witness, in her way to do the same, met the prisoner. He said to her that he did not con sider be - hail - done any wrong, but had removed a great sinner out of the world. The deceased was a very . OXFORD ClRCUlT—Monmouth, Aug. 12. violent woman. The Learned Judges having arrived here from here Corroborative evidence was given.• Mr. Coexisuere addressed the jury, and made two ford, attended Divine service yesterday, and proceeded to business this morning at nine ; the Lord Chief Justice presiding in the Crown Court, and Mr. Sergeant Atcher that they would be justified, upon the evidence, in Th so c n, R l o ; vv fa N lse co pr u et i e tr n r c ._ es, o3 l ; ef, b )r i e ga th m e y i , points in favour of the prisoner. First, he conte fi nd e t d d . ley taking his seat in the Nisi Prius Court. ing the prisoner guilty of manslaughter only. d e The following is an analysis of the calendar :—Arson, evidence showed what a violent woman the decease Cstheiaelfin Justice could 2 ; rape, 6 ; housebreaking, 1 ; robbery from the per was. The first witness called stated that she had h l , ?ck ft e l d l the door which continued so locked when a s tledin 1 ; larcenies and minor offences, 20.— Total, 33. asleep. ' When she awoke the prisoner w s s . . eo l. rd . because that would TINDAL.) could not have broken open time door, Was . by the bed. How had he got there? lt was evident he CROWN John James was indicted for attempting feloniouly to have disturbed and awakened the witness. d the not shoot at George Godwin, on the Ist of last November. and, having no one to oppose her, had dgone to attack the followed Mr. Greaves conductedthe prosecution. Mr. Bd ea on manifest that the deceased had got up, had opened door, defended the prisoner. had md committed her violence, ; continual disputes between the prosecutor (who is agent It appeared that there had been for a length of time prisoner had met her, and in all probability a personad blows had been struck. prisoner, as she wished to do the night before. Thi l , the to the Duke of Beaufort, and resides at Troy-house) and rencontre had taken place, an The deceased had then retreated to her f room, , the prisoner, the latter having, at the last assizes, recovered d a n a verdict a ction against fer the Godwin ,amount on claimed which occasion by y by the prisoner, who, still smarting done. The Learned Counsel This . act, anl which he h tl e te b i a r d ri , t n at o io d n ot e th f t h , er blows, facts of the case showed then went on to contend that the the subsisting animosity. On the day in question the that the prisoner was insane—all his conduct went to prosecutor called at the prisoner's house for the purpose prove this fact. the Two witnesses were then called to confirm . latter of demanding possession of the premises, on which at the time were some parties endeavouring to levy a dis view, but their evidence completely failed in this parti tress. James was at an upper window, and being much cular. , exasperated a t w h a t h a d t a k en pl ace , as we ll as at some The Learned JUDGE having very carefully summed demands made by Godwin, used some strong e x p ress i ons up the case, th e j ur y, a ft e r a short consnltation, returned towards him, and finally called to his daughter and his a verdict of Guilty. Upon the prisoner being asked by the officer of the . . wife, who were both in the room with him, to bring • t Court why judgment should not be pronounced against him , his gun. His daughter, unfortunately, complied with his request. He did not put it to his shoulder, him, that be should die, said he had killed her, and that but supporting it in one hand, the girl still retain provokinghe was justified in doing so, as she was such a . bad and woman, and that he would rather be hanged but her hold of the stock, he pulled the trigger and than to h a v e li ve d w i t h h er . snapped the lock, which m i sse d fi re . A man o f t h e MS LORDSHIP then, putting on the black ' s can pro- name of William Rose, a by s tand e r, i mme di a tl y snatc h e d ceeded to p a ss on th e un h a ppy man the awful e the gun from James, sound e d th e b arre l w i t h • seetenc • of death, whi c h h e h ear d unmov ed, and was led from the the rod, and found in it just f our fi ngers ' b rea d t h o f there however,only s mallquantity o f charge ; was, a dock urging excuses for his crime. were ' powder in the pan, which was damp, and caked by the • At the sitting of the Court this morning, there pressure of the hammer, and therefore r en d ere d difficult about thirty pr isoners f or t r i a l. Mr. Rogers lent his very valuable aid in t r yi ng i n th e grand jury room all the of ignition. A person passing at th e ti me w i t h a gun day ; and Mr. Justi ce Wi g htman, after disposing of the I was requested by Rose to put a little fr es h p o wder from (Iris flask to the touchhole, and Godwin then, raising the civil cases, some of which went off, proceeded to try pri- NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Lancaster, Aug. 12. The assizes for the northern division of the county of Lancaster commenced here this morning. Their Lord. ships sat fur the dispatch of business at ten o'clock. Mr. Justice Cresswell sat on the civil side, and the Chiei Baron on the criminal. There are 15 causes entered for trial. The calendar contains the names of 19 prisoners, of whom 1 stands charged with murder, I with rape, 2 with manslaughter, 3 with burglary, 1 with feloniously shooting, and 1 with bigamy. (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) George Leigh was indicted for having, at Standish, on the evening of the 26th of March last, feloniously shot at one Charles Darbyshire, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Segar Condacted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. James. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, that he was a farm labourer in the service of Charles Stan dish, Esq., and while returning from his work a little after six o'clock on the evening in question, he saw, in a plantation near Standish-park, a person with a gun, ap parcntly engaged in looking for rabbits. The prosecutor, in company with a person of the name of Cooper, went over towards the plantation, and found that the person they had seen was accompanied by a little boy. The boy, on seeing them approach, called out " Father," on which the man turned round with his face towards them, and they were able to identify him as the prisoner at the bar. He, on seeing them, raised his gun and pointed it towards them. They called out to him not to shoot. He said he would shoot if they advanced any further, and lowering the gun with what the witnesses described as a wavering motion, as if his hand slim ik very much, the piece went off, and the prosecutor received nine or ten of the shots in the left leg. The prisoner immediately ran off. The prosecutor and Cooper pursued him for about 100 yards, but on coming up to him he stood on the defensive, threatening to knock out their brains with the butt-end of his gun, and finally succeeded in making his escape. The posecutor and Cooper then went in pursuit of the boy, but he had by this time got too good a start to be readily overtaken. They, however, saw the prisoner at some distance in the wood, going in the' direction of a house occupied by a person of the name of Parks. Both the witnesses swore positively to the identity of the prisoner, whom, however, they had not known before. He was dressed in a rough blue coat, and had the ap pearance of a collier. - It appeared, from the evidence of Mr. Parks, that about the time in question the prisoner came into his house, apparently out of breath, as if he had been run ning. He told Mr. Parks that he had been trying to catch a rabbit, and that there were two men after him. About two minutes after, the witness Cooper passed through the farmstead, in view of the windows. Mr. Parks said, " Why, there's one of the men," to which the prisoner replied, " Hush ! don't tell." He remained a short time, and then went away. He had not at that time a gun with him. The prisoner, it appeared, was not to be found for about a month after. He has several children, but the witnesses were not able to identify any of them as the boy who was with the prisoner when the occurrence took place. A gun was found at his house. Mr. JAMES addressed the jury for the defence. His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, acquitted the prisoner of the fe lony, but found him guilty of a common assault.—Sen tence was deferred. Martha Harp, a wretched-looking young woman, was indicted for bigamy. Mr. Hutton conducted the prosecution. It appeared that several years ago the prisoner was married to Nathaniel Harp, and that subsequently, dur ing his lifetime, she married Levi Morris. The case was proved 'in the usual way. The prisoner, in her defence, handed in a written paper, in which she stated that, very shortly after her marriage to Harp, he left her, and was away for several years. That, on his coining back, she was informed he was living with another woman, and - that she herself hav ing in the meanti me b ecome acquainted with Levi Morris, Levi asked Harp whether he had any objection to their getting married. Harp said he had no objection whatever, and they were married accordingly. " But," she concluded, " had Nathaniel not given his consent I should not now be in this unfortunate conditi,ln." His LORDSHIP, in summing up, said that it was very lamentable such ignorance should exist among any per don of the population. As to the legal guilt of the ac cused there did not seem to be room for doubt. The jury found the prisoner Guilty.—Sentence deferred. CIVIL SIM:. The business on the civil side presented no case of in terest. Two cases of replevin, an undefended ejectment, and an action for not receiving goods bargained /tad sold, were the subjects of discussion; and, as may be supposed from their very nature, were neither important nor en tertaining. Two causes, involving the exercise of some ancient rights over certain commons and lands, were postponed in consequence of the actions having been so recently commenced as not to allow sufficient time to the de fendants to collect the necessary evidence for their defence. Judging from the nature of the cause list, it is probable that the civil business will conclude to-morrow. 1P44. gun to his shoulder, fired into awood opposite. The ex plosion he described as considerable, plainly denoting, in his opinion, that there had been a heavy charge in the barrel, although he admitted that he did not h ear any thing struck at the time of the discharge., 'rho weapon was proved to be a rifle, possession of which was ac counted for from the circumstance of the prisoner hav ing former) , served in the 60th Regiment, awl, although an inference unfavourable to him was sugges . .;ed from the fact that there were five or six loose balls in the " trap" in the stock, the Learned Counsel for the prisoner (Mr. Beadon) very properly observed that this was nothing more than would be found to be the case in ninety-nine rifles out of one hundred. Upon the clove of the case for the prosecution Mr. Beadon submitted that no evidence had been offered to show that the rifle had been loaded, within the meaning of the Act. The COURT concurred in the view of the case pre sented by the Learned Counsel, and consequently directed an Acquittal. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. ROBBERIES BY A GENTLEMAN.—A very gentleman like and remarkably finely proportioned young man, named Octavius Clarke, the son of an eminent deceased divine, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing a gold watch, a number of articles of jewel_ lery, a quantity of wearing apparel, and other articles, the property of Mr. Daniel Stalker Leese, a gentleman residing at No. 13, Haberdashers'-place, Hoxton. Jane We.itherall, servant to Mr-:. Anne llethering,ton, a widow lady. in whose house the prosecutor resides, stated that Mr. Leese left home shortly before eleven o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, the 17th ult., and that, directly after he had done so, the prisoner, whom she recognised as a friend of the prosecutor's, rung the door bell, and cn her answering it he wished her good morning, and walked directly up stairs into Mr. L se's sitting room, where he asked for hot water to shave with. She procured him a jug full, and the prisoner po litely thanked her, and directed her to take the wa!er into the prosecutor's bed-room, which she did, and was followed there by the prisoner, who then turned to her with a matter-of-course air, and said, " Jane, Mr. Leese says that you are to let me have his valise out of the closet, and you are to put his shooting coat into it." The prisoner was making preparations to shave himself, and witness not being able to find the coat, the prisoner suggested that it might be in the sitting room, and directed her to take the valise with her and put the coat in it. Witness went down stairs and packed up the things, leaving the prisoner in the bed-room, where he remained about twenty minutes, and then came down with another coat of the prosecutor's, a velvet one, upon his arm. He next asked her to call a cab for him, which she did, and on returning with it met the prisoner at the garden gate, holding in his hand the valise, which hav ing placed in the cab, he good-humouredly wished her good bye, and saying, " I dare say, Jane, we shall not be home till near ten to night," drove off. Mr. Leese stated that he had known the prisoner, who was most respectably connected, for several years, and on the 15th ult. received a note from him, stating that he should call upon him the next day. The succeeding morning he accordingly did call, and passed the greater part of the day with him. On the morning of the 17th he left home, leaving all his property safe, but on re turning in the evening was informed by the servant that the prisoner had. been again, and taken away his valise and coat by his directions. Knowing the scape-grace character of the prisoner, and that he had sent him with no such directions; his suspicions became excited, and he immediately went to his drawers in the bed-room, one of which, where he kept his jewellery, he could not open with his key ; and on examining this drawer he found that it hail already been forced open and broken. On pulling the drawer out, he discovered that his gold watch, two finger rings, a gold` breast pin, two gold watch keys, and two mounted razors in a case, had been stolen from it; while from another drawer had been taken a blue cloth cap, silk stock, one of his shirts, and a pair of socks. As it was perfectly manifest that no one but the prisoner had taken the articles, he caused a description of the property, together with that of the prisoner's person, to be advertised in the Hue "and Cry, and this' had led to his apprehension. The prisoner had formerly been in the navy, which he had been obliged to leave in consequence of robbins , his mess, and while fill-. ing that situation had tattooed his arms with the figure of our Saviour, and representations of -the sun, moon,- and various stars. These the witness had noticed while the prisoner was washing himself at his house one day, and accordingly included them in his description of him in the Hue and Cry. After the prisoner had been taken into custody, he wrote witness a letter, requesting him not to prosecute so old a friend as he had been, and be seeching him to call upon his (the prisoner's) mother at her estate in Essex, and arrange the affair with her ; but witness did not think it proper to do so, and now put this letter in evidence against him. John Dennett, footman in the service of Captain Chap psi, Queen street, May-fair, with whom the prisoner was on visiting terms, stated that he met the prisoner on Monday, the 15th ult., in Half-moon -street, Piccadilly, with a valise in his hand. The prisoner said that he wished to leave it somewhere till he was able to go down and see his mother, and witness promised to leave it for him at. the Sun public-house, in Sun court, in that neigh bourhood. The prisoner accompanied him there, and - saw him deliver it to the landlady, when they came out together and parted at the door. • Sergeant Rogers, C 5, stated that, from information he had received, he went at half-past twelve o'clock on Monday night, the sth instant, to a house in Queen street, May-fair, where he saw the prisoner, to whom he read the description in the Hue and Cry, and told him he must take him. The prisoner merely replied, " Very well," and on examining his arms witness found the marks described by the prosecutor on them. Witness placed the prisoner in a cab, and on the road to the sta tion, the prisoner told him that it was of no use troubling • any witnesses to prove the charge, as it was his inten tion to make a full acknowledgment of the whole. Wit ness told him not to be so rash, when he answered, in a tone of poignant regret, that he wished sincerely that he had been shot, for 'he' had done it through spite. Wit ness afterwards saw the witness Dennett, and from what he had told him he went to the Sun public-house where he found the valise, containing a shirt and silk stock, a razor, and razor-case, which he now produced. ' These the prosecutor immediately identified as form ing part of the property he had lost. The prisoner, in atone of despondency, declined saying anything, and he was fully committed for trial on this charge. The prisoner was then charged with stealing a horse, the property of Mr. Samuel Smoothy, a farmer, at Birdbrook, near Clare, in Essex. This prosecutor stated that he held his farm on a tenantcy from one of the prisoner's aunts, and had seen the prisoner repeatedly, while residing with his mother. on' her estate at Yeldham, in Essex. On the 23d of February last he received a note from the prisoner, re questing him to lend him his mare, and he accordingly sent the animal by one of witness's servants to Haver hill, in Suffolk, for him. In the evening the prisoner called with the mare at the witness's father's house, and took tea with the family, promising, on leaving, to send the mare back by two o'clock the next slay. Witness bad never seen the animal since, nor the prisoner either, till he found him in custody at this Court, on the pre ceding charge ; when, on asking him what he had done with the mare, he replied that the animal had fallen sick, and that he had disposed of her at a sale near Smithfield for 31., the real worth of the mare being 151. The prisoner, with increased despondency, if possible, declined offering any observations on this case also, and was likewise fully committed for trial upon this charge. Sergeant Rogers then stated that he had found on the prisoner's person a number of duplicates relating to valuable property, and as he was satisfied that some of these, if not the whole, were connected with other rob beries committed by the prisoner, he prayed the Magi strate to remand the prisoner, that he might have time to carry out his investigations. Mr. BINGHAM immediately acceded to this request, and remanded the prisoner till that day week. GRAVESEND. OUTRAGE ON AN OFFICER OF THE RUSSIAN FRIGATF: AURORA.—Yesterday, two young watermen, named Applecoy and Davis, appeared before Messrs. Oakes and Tickner, county magistrates, at the Town-h •11, High street, Gravesend, to answer a complaint preferred by the Admiral and Commander of the Russian frigate Aurora, now lying off the Terrace-pier of the above town, for having created a di s t ur b ance on h oar d t h at vessel, and threatened serious injury to the officers and crew. The case appeared to create great interest amongst a crowded auditory ; and, owing to the kind anel gent manner in which the officers had allowed the public, for more than three weeks, to inspect their fine frigate, a deep feeling of regret seemed to pervade all, that, just as they were on the eve of returning to their native shores, they should be thus insulted. Lieutenant Leatsham Nicholi, of the Aurora, who spoke the English language in a very clear and intelli gent manner, and who was attired in his uniform, de posed that on Sunday afternoon, about five o'clock, there was such a large influx of visitors on board the frigate, and about fifty boats attached to her, that he was directed by the Admiral and Captain to clear the boats from off her, as the tide was running down fast, and fears were entertained that she would drive away from her moorings. He accordingly, with a party of sailors, got into one of the ship's boats and proceeded round the frigate for the purpose of clear ing the craft, when, on coming up to the prisoners, he desired them to release their boat from the frigate, which they refused, saying, " That they were on their own river and could do as they liked." He replied that they certainly could go where they liked, but they ought not to hold on to a ship contrary to orders, and from the frigate they must immediately move. Notwithstanding, however, such request they still held on, and, finding that there was no likelihood of their obeying his com mands, he directed his sailors to cut away the painter (rope), and thus cast the boat adrift. No sooner was that accomplished than the prisoners gave vent to the most foul language and swore that they would do for witness and his men. One of them hoisted his oar and attempted to strike the man that cut the rope, whilst the other came up to him, shook his clenched fist in his face, and vowed serious injury. They continued their menac ing and disgusting conduct, when he informed them that he should seek the a;sistance of the magistrates, and they replied that they did not care a d—n for him or the magistrates either. Mr. Oaks.—Pray, then, Sir, did they rea ll y strike you or any of the crew ? Witness.-oh, no, Sir, b u t they would if they had been near enough to the sailors. They used very foul words. Mr. Oaks—l, for one, Sir, am very sorry that your feelings should have been so far outraged by the pri soners, who belong to a class of persons that have rea lised a considerable emolument by the officers of the fri gte very considerately throwing it open to the public view of the visitors who frequent this town. Has there been any complaints against the general conduct of the . • ... u 4 a visitors ? Witness—No, Sir, all very good, era w • gratified. The defendants, when asked what ex ;lanation had to offer respectin g th e i r con d uct , assured the Be"'h that the tide was running s o s t rong i n t h a t part of t_ e 4 river where the frigat e was lyin g , that thi-y , we re loretk: to hold on by her, as they c o uld not enake rho least b ea , e e way by rowing. They admitted r a i s i ng the oar to,t_f l sailor who cut the rope. but. as f or ma ki n g use of language they denied it, a lth oug h, cont i nue d the &far dants, they expressed themselves very badly. - Mr. Oaks—Then do you kno t/ th e R uss i an language i Defendant—No, Sir. • Mr. Oaks—Then pray bow do you know that tbel used such language as you have attributed to them ? The defendants were mute, and evidently considere that they had made their case no betterby the allegeO ° The Bench consulted, and Mr. Oaks observed that th e defendants were each fin e d lo t , an d cos t s , and he tot et i , e , d that Lieut. Nicholi would c o t ve y t o th e o ffi ce rs of t' Aurora the diep regret of the Bench that such an oat' rence should have taken place, after the great indukee" and cuurtesy they had shown to the town. Lieut. Nicholi then bowed t) the magistrate, and With' drew. The defendants paid the fines. MONEY MARKETand CITY NE" FROM THE MORNING PIPERS OF THIR DAY. Crer, TUESDAY E V ENINGi,, , TIMES.—The premium ongold at Paris is 9 peva which, at the English Mint )rice of 3/. 17s. 1044 1 4 ounce for standard gold, gi ves an exc h an ge o f 38 ; and the excha nge a t P ar i s on L on d on at t being 25 50, it follows th a t go ld i s 0.4.7 per ee ° ' dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is per mark, which, at the English Mi n t p r i ce o f 31.175.1 0 1' perounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 1 5 4;1 and the exchange At flambtrgh on London at su m being 13 9+, it follows that gold is 0.11 dearer in LO P ' than in Ilamburgh. tr At the Greenwich meeting to-play f the question —4 newed negotiation with the South-Eastern and Pe, 4 Company for a lease of the lin e o n iloproved tern' sl ; broached and discussed with much Ygood feeling, s 5 ported and encouraged, as it was by a comm unicet ct o from a party present th a t th e S out h-E as t ern Dire so were yet inclined to give tomet hi ng more t h a n the so previously offered. It L e eme d, i n f act , t o b e the d e lic o of the shareholders to have some sort of amalgam ) ott y with the South-Eastern or other contiguous c lr o panies, which w ou ld i nsure a certai n 0' 44 for capital invested, though at the same 11 0 1 there was evidently a more harmonious 5P,,.0 of co-operation among them to su pp o rt rights inviolate, and not suffer themselves tea the suppliants of other boards, or i m medis; accept any terms that might be di c t a t e d. If no aril); ment of a profitable- character can be made wit il ne ll South-Eastern or the Croydon boards, the new pre s r of a North Kent line, with its consequent advantag es ' regarded as another point on which the sharelgotho may rely for success ; but, as it is really belie ve 4 to° the South-Eastern Directors are disposed to enter 1 ,. ° 91 , modified agreement which will meet the Greenwie"o rectors half-way, the majority expressed an opile t tgl favour of coming to an equit a bl e arrangemen t win, ti e Company, so as to avoid the probability o f a fartt o a cumulation of debt. Mr. D. W. H arve y, Mr. J", ; 11 Mr. Laurence, Mr. Salomons, and others, alibi; t y had different resolutions, agreed in the main w i lt es° broad principle of the proposition, and the reti c les the appointment of a Committee of seven Share"" mot ie to act with the Directors in re-opening these ueb c of tions, an adjournment of the meeting to a futur e being made to receive a report on the subject. e t hl According to the statement of a ff a i rs l a id in-° hos shareholders, the receipts of the last half-Yee, r s .ll' reached to 23,4161. 9s. 7d., an in crease o f 1,8711 leo ii compared with the same period in 1842 ; but t - bes was justly remarked, that while thi s was the case , 0° appeared also a very large increase in expenditiir e ' question of the payment of th e p re f erence s har e l ips before all expenses of worki ng an d repa i r ing . the were discherged was ref e r re d t o , b u t minor een—perr tions such as this and• other matters were by',n of consent allowed to be suspended till the termina te` t$ of the Committee, i n con j unc ti o n iyi t " h Directors, is announced. i deri The Committee of Spanish American bondh e t bol held a meeting yesterday, b u t no official ace o ib st been given of the result. It i s ascer t a i ne d, howei'°` ,ll ' they have resolved to address one more letter t 0 e! Minister of New Granada, asking for an explicit as to the amount of remitt a n ces on account of,.,teoti deeds he has received fr om hi s G overnmen t. T he WS; mittee know the sum that was received up to gufl o oo,, ° but of the amount received s i nce th ey h av e to r ,be, ledge, official or otherwise, n or h ave th e y the s .`„, l t' ef t9 notion in what manner any o f th e f un d s a re it t ' s tb s To such a simple question a s th e y in t en d t o prur e fo tod Committee have certainly a right to expect a-5° 165 0 4 r s ; answer, but after the speci mens t h e y h ave alre it t bt ceived, they will probably not b e muc h sur prise' - reverse is the case. gee° The Committee of Spanish bondholders are, it -bord" about to bestir themselves, and to imitate the holders in Paris, who held a meeting last wee' r eulogies passed upon the Finance Minister, Seu ° t ienr by Lord Aberdeen, and the jeopardy of the 11 t igfac' property, which, they consider pledged for the s ,i r tion of their claims, hive given an impulse to r t a' e .,. rt e io rt ns t • m i en s they r! he all e n lv o e w s , i i n f gwoeodareearrinegsht.tlyTirrined, ei adopt in urging their case upon the attention of le Spanish or British Government are of course yet.geo, tided, but we may assume that the Committee wr it il 6 pouse the cause of every class of creditor, and that b i d the claims of the Active holders are brought f-' 14 6 03 the Passive will not be neglected. Monday next is for the day of the Committee's meeting. ste f SUN.—At the close of busin es s Consols were ~„jf but not quite so buoy a nt, b e in g 99* to +. The beg'' F d vestments continued high, and in the Reduced Tlui o , Cents. there were a goo d many trans f ers a t 991 to ctif There were one or two bargains in Spanit h 0 5 5 5 Bonds at 22+, and i n th e Th ree per C en t s . at 3" 1. 0" Mexican were 35 t. 36; Peruvian realised 24 to V Brazilian, 84. e he fl The additional tr ansac ti ons i n Railway Sharesljl been these :—Bi rm i ng h am an d Gloucester we'i o Dublin , and Cashel, 3i ; Great Western, 6 /, leg s South Western Eighths, 31; Croydon, 5+ to "tel'" and Ely, 1; Manchester and Birmingham. 1 ' VS Norwich and Brandon, 10i; South-Eastern, 15 t , Valley, 7.1- to 7j; Yarmouth and N orw ich, 07, New, 12; York a nd N ort h Midl an d, 60 ; and Rouen, 18i premium. Eastern Co un ti es have : Brighton, 1+; and Greenwich, 5* to 41 discollt fi lifer, The rate of exchange on A ms t er d am a nd r_S i rf,"" was the same as on F r id a y, b u t Antwerp, of Paris, and Trieste, wer e b are ly so goo d. nortti The following is the o ffici a l return o f the exr-odiee bullion from the port o f L on d on , f or t h e week Thursday last:- 0 4°. „, Silver Coin to China „ Rotterdam VI Hamburgh Mauritius Silver Bars to Hamburgh Gold Coin to Mauritius Bars to Rotterdam COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTb-P ci Amsterdam CF. 12 Gibra1tar............... $0 Ditto, at sight . /12 2 Leghorn .............. 9 5 Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Genoa. .................. Antwerp 25 9 0 Milan ................... Hamburgh M.B. 13 13i Venice ..... .. . ...... Altona l3 14 Naples .............. oat Paris, 3 days' eight 25 60 Palermo, per oz ...... Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon .................. 641 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro ..........•• Frankfort on Maine l2l Bahia ................... Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Buenos Ayres .......... Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldyssig' •-• Vienna, effec. 113 M 952 Philadelphia ....... 0 01 Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 Foreign Gold, bars-,:5 11 Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona 3G N ew Dollars .....•• •• „ 4 Seville — Si lver i n Bar 's .••• 23111119 r , _ ..... scit O ia n re t , h: ir G e t r h p i:s i t , , ag in e( S i t B2 J D . I h E ' D. d Christopher elf I ll " - 68 1Instl, Willi . an:D i On B :ld ° , ° ' Escl-, age e d i GrgOantin:t GOrtir On the 10th inst., 'Eaq'toals mr • AO the tti li'fs93(l.-tt.lllllaiign.nesstta..:22l3att. Bognor, RichardN,E sbq;ugagGerri:Ere, in Great Winchester-street Goodinge, affto, 94. ed 84. , ,_ On the 10th inst., at Lower Clapton, Jacob DianaCienne' On the 10th inst ,at the College, Worcester, _.. wife of the Rev. Julio Ryle Woods, Canon of Worcestei 67. ey, urnshire, nLa:. On the 10th inst., at Chelsea, Mr. T. W. Bowerl ~07.Tviseet On the 11th iust • , Robert Wil s on, Esq. , a of Eva Pentonville road. ns,il l '''' On the 11th inst., at Windsor , Mr . John of Southampton-street, Covent - gard en. alp Esq' On the I lth inst ,at Bayswater - hi ll, Lewis Dnv • Lincoln's Inn. Or. the 12th inst., Elizabeth, w ife of Mr. Willi 3lAL°Yei4' of East ludic-road, Poplar. ------ of --- ITEDO It 9 11* London : Printed and Published by il - --- ic,.A. P. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Slag Ow—rwiptl Strand, in the Pncinct of the Savoy. in tlia "w --- Bliddlesex, Wednesday, August 14, 1844' DM ' BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., th e l a dy o f D . Meinertzagenv— -44 . vonshire-place, of a daught e r. I ' . On the 10th inst., at D o r se t-t er r ace, ClaPl,-- „111400 Cunningham, of a da ug ht er . P On the 10th inst., at M i llb an k- s t ree t, Weitnu otter' 40 C. Lethbridge ' of a son. On the 10th inst., at Greenwich, the lady of. lfrv low Bristow, Esq., of a son. , the On the 11th in s t., a t L oos l e i g h , near Plymot ll of Walter Ellis, Esq., of a daughte r . W l ' On the 11th inst., at Tramore Lodge, Brig m ean rotan A. Somas ' of a daught er . „, rci A ` - On the 11th inst., at A r b our -t errace , Coln-e 1, the lady of Geo rge W ar d , Esq., of a daughter. die '- 4 On the 10th inst., at Park-street, Windsor, Major Anderson, of a daughter. 44 MARRIED. Tlain er " 9 0 18 On the 7th of May, at Calcutta, Edward - the Bengal Engineers, to Louisa, second daught er , d, T. Captain Francis Hodgson, of the Bengal ArmY• tiOe' 4t tog' On the 9th inst., at the Independent Chape l ' yo iscei E. Spackman. Esq., of London, to Mary Ai t l i ;hsll - P daughter of William Rayner, Esq., of Sr * j oef Suffolk. d hl e P r On the 10th inst., a t Milt on - nex t-G ra vesen ; lea C a ro Agnew, Colonial Secretary, D om i n i c a, to L i n d osalt third daughter of 11. Brandon Esq., of Gra:"" sos es, "3 0( 10' On the 10th init., at Broad t water Churc- , , f , n dorl , third son of John James, Esq., Secondary' Worthing, to Charlotte Marriott, second up pen. Thomas F. Rance, Esq. ell, jobnof On the 12th inst., at St. George's, Cambe r "' holt t ° Goodman Esq., of Edgbasto_ ,n near Birming,_„4 ug h of of th e pf Martin, eldest daughter of Richard Buck, .E' D '• berwell. .$. k' 0110 the abc the AlPlen eohn hc, i testi, 1