The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-21 00:00:00

THE LUNACY LAWS. A lecture on this important, but, unfortunately, much slighted subject, was delivered on Thursday by Mr. Perceval, at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-street. Mr. Perceval briefly referred to the laws which have been made from the year 1774 with regard to lunatic asylums, and the insufficient means taken to prevent cruelty to the patients in such institutions. These laws, like the Bill now before Parliament, are all mo delled upon the original plan of a Board of Metropolitan Com missioners. This plan had failed, and he adduced recent facts which proved that no Board hal failed more signally than the present one. Yet the same defective system was to bc per petuated by the new 8111. He also quoted several cases of ill treatmentof patients in asylums, and of the confinement of some peisons for sinister purposes. In. support of his assertions he read a letter to the Lunatics' Friend Society, from a per son who had been employed as a keeper in a private mad house, from which we will make a few extracts : " Gentlemen,--:-I beg to state that I have had many years ex perience with the insane, and have seen much cruelty prac tised by men called keepers.' " I have seen a man strapped' down on a bed and beaten with a chair, because he was not quiet,—l mean beaten with conti nued blows till wounds have been inflicted which he will carry to his grave. I have also known a man knocked down by the keeper when he has attempted to move when the keeper has been reading the paper, but, I must say, for these acts, in both instances, the keepers were discharged ; but it was by mere chance it was found out. " I also know a gentleman farmer who was put in an asylum on the pretence of insanity, and, like all others, bec a use he had property, and he told me himself that if he had continued there, the thoughts of the place and the confinement would have driven him mad. His friends interfered, and he was got out after a great deal of trouble. I mean by the word friends,' his acquatntances, for those who ought to be his friends were the persons who put him there. Gentlemen— the conclusion I have come to, for many years, is, that there is wanted a society for the protection of the supposed insane. Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to subscribe my mite to such an Institution. In fact, I.have often wished to have an opportunity of suggesting the usefulness of such a Society. " Gentlemen, I remain, &c. " Rt IVE LY." Mr. PaaCrVAL p o i n t e d out sevROBE Dw eral reasons hy, he con tended, that the proposed Bill for the regulation of the care of Lunatics, was insufficient for its purpose, and would not pre vent the repetition of the cruelties practised in mad-houses. These abuses might be prevented, or at least mitigated, if the matter were less in the hands of the medical men than at present. There ought to be a clergyman appointed to visit every private mad-house at least once in every week, with power to visit as often as he pleased. Mr. Perceval gave several reasons for this; not the least striking of which was, that a large class of the really insane persons confined in madhouse s are ma d f rom religion, either sinking into a state of melancholy, or exhibiting their insanity in fanaticism. The reasoning of a sensible clergyman might its either ease restore the patient to reason. There was one provision required in the new lunacy Bill which would cause a great improvement ; it was a clause to the effect—that every certificate of insanity made out Oy a medical man should state the grounds nn which he believed the patient to be insane. Mr. Pereeval concluded his address by calling the attention of the audience to a petition which lay on the table for signature, and which was to the following effect :- 5' To the HONOURABLE the COMMONS' of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, in PARLIAMENT ASSENIBLED. " The humble Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of the City of Westminster (and other places)— " Humbly showeth—That a Bill is now before your Honour able House, entituled, A Bill for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment of Lunatics in England and Wales.' "That your petitioners, whilst they freely admit that a spirit of improved legislation pervades the Bill now before your Honourable House, nevertheless, with great respect and defe rence, beg to assert there are many deficiencies therein, and to which your petitioners are most desirous to call the atten tion of your Honourable House, but which the lateness of the present session of Parliament prevents them doing, either with - Justice to the important subject or to your Honourable House. Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that this most im portant subject (including !mints in which the dignity of our common nature as well as that of your Honourable House be come involved if legislation is not effective) may be altogether po•tpuned until next se,sion of Parliament ; and " Th rt a Committre of your honourable House may he ap pointed to inquire into past legislation and the present condition, care, and treat rninsi of lunatics in England and Wales, whether pith kmrs or othervitte. " And your petitioners, as in duty-hound, will ever prey, &e." Mr. Bailey and Ca;-twin Digby, R.N.; two gentlemen, who hail been confined as lonaties, even after the soundness of their minds bad been admitted by medical men, came forward afar the lecture and detailed their cases, and complained heavly of the root umelous and inefficient manner in which the Como - 1k- ' sioners performed their duties, which was a matter of notoriety to those who had been unhappily placed in Lunatic Asylums. ADDRESS BY ROBERT OWEN, ON LEAVING THE UNITED STATES FOR EU ROPE, JUNE 1, 1845. (From the New York Herald.) Americans.---After as absence of fi:teen years I have again spent nine months in your States, and nearly four months of that period in the city of Washington, during the last session of Congress. I have seen in my travels through New England and the middle States, and presume the same has occurred in 'the south :.nil west, a great increase to your cities, to your poiallation, and in the extended cultivation of the soil. I have a'so ascertained that your mntis to increase wealth and power, for good or evil, are illimitable for many hundreds or thousand of years, and you cou!d now beneficially absorb into your Union the present population of Europe. You have aho progressed in a most extraordinary manner in new discoveries. its science, and in mechanical inventions, to render manual labour of diminished value, and to open the path to a new state of things, which will make labour of, little or no commercial value, or unsaleable, for the rightful support of the industrious. THE INCOME-TAX. - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As the income schedule returns are now again in the course of circulation throughout the country, it will not be out of time to offer complaint again. That it is manifestly unjust to tax tradesmen, clerks, and book-keepers, equally with the real property man and the fundholder, no honest person will venture to deny. Sir Robert, by way of excuse, took it upon him self to say there would be a " difficulty" in drawing a line. Not the least could there be were he inclined to act equitably. He might subject the real property and the funded property holders to a duty upon 1501., and the tradesman, clerk, and book-keeper, to 300/. ; or, if that did not suit him, make a difference in the ratio of duty as between the landholder, the fundholder, and others. Sir Robert knew his landholding majority would sup• port him in his injustice, but he may not have them ai his back another whole year. I think he will not, the events which are forecasting their shadows ; but a, any rate he must be still reminded of his incorncinflic. tion.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, July 16, 1845. A LOVER OF RIGHT. ON THE IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD FROM DUBLIN TO GALWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slll,—As you were kind enough to insert some letters from me on the all absorbing question in the west of Ireland, the railroad from Dublin to Galway, permit me, through your columns, to congratulate my friends in Ire land arid the empire at large, at the triumphant manner in which this great national undertaking has passed the House of Commons—a measure fraught with untold ad vantages to the trade, commerce, and industry of this country, and sure to bring employment to thousands upon thousands of the half-employed peasantry of Ire land, " willing to labour but no man to hire them." Here, then, is a fund of employment for years to come ; for this railroad across Ireland will lead to numerous branches ; in fact, Athlone, on the river Shannon, at the centre of Ireland, will be the point at which all the railroad, north, east, south, and west will gain their traffic. The magnificent harbours on the west and south-west coast, which surround Ireland, will be approached by railroad in a few hours from the metro polis (Dtiblin), which, as well as Belfast, Drogheda, Wicklow, Wexford, and Waterford will be the points, as ports opposite England, Scotland, and Wales, from whence railroads shall convey to Cork, Galway, and Sligo. By the Galway Railroad (when steam-vessels, now building for the purpose, shall be finished) the metropolis (London) can be brought within eight days of New York, certainly within ten days ; and the inha bitants of the north of Europe will find their way to America and the southern world through helmet along this very line. Surely the House of Lord's will give their sanction also,_ and thereby afford our gracious Queen the happiness to put, , within one short month, her seal to a work, looked forward to, by so large a por tion of her devoted and loyal su bj ec t s i n I re l an d , as es sential to their happiness. The Grand C ana l, a p r i va t ecompany, a l one now oppose this great measure. Let that company adopt an improved system of tractage on their Canal, so as to reduce their charge to one penny a ton per mile, which they can do, and have a p ro fit, an d t h ey nee d not appre h end competi tion in the legitimate carrying trade for this Canal. At all events opposition from interested motives must not be suffered to bar the passing of a measure that has been prepared for the identification of the good of Eng land and Ireland. I attended the House of Commons' Committee on the two Bilk, now so happily gone to the Upper House— one the Dublin by Muilingar to Longford, the othor the railway I have just mentioned ; and I am happy to tell my countrymen that five fairer specimens of honest independent gentlemen, anxious to hear the truth and come to a good decision, could not be found, and it must have struck those who like me attended th,, Cotn mittee for fourteen days, that every point that m ide favourable to Ireland, seemed most highly to gratify them, and I would not hesitate to leave in such hands the settlement of national affairs the highest importance. Ireland must not forget the exertion of the talented member for Roscommon, who, with his party, chalked out this excellent line, and suc ceeds d hi passing it in the House of Commons against the united opposition of the Grand Canal Company. Since 1830 I have never ceased to advocate this measure, and others like it, at a great sacrifice of both time and money. I have now every prospect of meeting the only r,mard, namely, in the perfecting a work calculated to promote peace, uni•in, concord, industry, and commerce. in my native land, which, though hitherto oppresse, has now a fair prospect of an advent of great prosperit . —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS BERMINGIIA THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. SUREWSBURY, Jot , " 18.—Yesterday being the first day 01 the cattle show, the town was crowded from an early hour. the country is another point to which I wish to call yet! attention. The commerce of the country is one of the great elements of our prosperity. To the commerce of the country we owe our present naval • superiority, and upon com merce that superiority must depend; 'and, in asking you to drink prosperity to the commerce of the country, I ask you to drink a toast which I am sure you will all concur in.— ( Hear.) I now come to agriculture, and I address you with perfect confidence on th a t subject. Without agriculture our manufactures could not go en—(Cheers)—without agricul tare our commerce would languish—without agriculture out' people would be miserable.—( Hear, hear.) I have always been desirous to promote, to the utmost degree, the im provement of the agriculture of the country.—( Hear, hear. ) I concurred with my Noble Friend in the chair, and with my friend Mr. H an dl e y, i n es t a bli s hi ng thi s Society—l think the Society has done a great deal of good, and I think it will yet do a great deal more good than it has yet done, in promoting the improvement of agriculture. The agriculture of the country is of the greatest possible im portance. I have already stated what I feel, with regard to manufactures. I have stated what I feel, with regard to commerce; but then I feel that this applies to only parts of the country, while agriculture applies to the whole— ( Cheers )—and, therefore, it is of the greatest importance to every interest in the country—it is of the highest importance to every person who is engaged in trade or occupation in the country, that the agriculture of it should prosper.—( Hear.) Our prosperity, however, depends upon our own exertions.— ( Hear.) We must improve agriculture in every way we can, with a view to obtain the greatest amount of produce out of the smallest amount of outlay. It is impossible to describe the effect of agriculture upon the happiness of the community. I feel, as you all know I do, that it is a most agreeable occupation. I feel that I can pursue its various interests through all parts of the year. There is no part of the season in which an agriculturist may not find full and entire employment. I won't say that it is—at least lately—a profitable occupa tion.—(Laughter.) lam too much of a practical farmer to , tell you that—(Hear)—but although fit has not been as ; profitable as I could wish it to be latterly, yet I don't think, so far as I am concerned, that it has diminished in its in- terest at all.—(Cheers.) It is also a most agreeable occupa tion, and suits every man whatever his disposition m a y b e . —( A laugh.) If a man likes to look at the dark aide of things, then there is scarcely any kind o f wea th er w hi c h i s not bad for some part of his crop.—( Hear, hear.) I can not say that I am fond of looking at the dark side of the picture. But on the other hand, if a man like to take an agreeable view of matters, then the same weather which is injurious to some part of his farm, will, he knows and feels, be good for another. (Loud cries of hear, hear.) Therefore, I say that farming suits everybody's taste. Those who like grumbling, can ind . in it plenty of opportunity for grumbling, and those who like to be pleased, can always find something in it to please them. ( Hear and a laugh.) I will not detain you further, but will propose at once, " Success to the A F L. culture, Manufactures, and Com merce o f t h e country. . (Cheers,) 'fhe Earl of CHICHESTER proposed " the health of the Mayor and Corporation of Shrewsbury." The Mayor returned thanks. Earl TALBOT proposed, in complimentary terms, " the health of the Noble President," which was drunk amidst loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN expressed his gratification at the confi dence which the agriculturists of the county had reposed in him. I Lord HATHERTON proposed the health of the labouring dames, not merely of those connected with agriculture, but the labouring classes in every department of industry in the United Kingdom.—( Applause.) He called on them to omit no opportunity of promoting the comfort of the labouring classes, and in that respect to imitate the example set them by the Noble Duke in the chair. The CHAIRMAN proposed, " the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and the Royal Agricultural Improvemont Society of Ireland." The Earl of 111ArrsFIELo responded to the toast, and said it was true that this Highland Society was the parent of the Eng lish Agricultural Society ; but the effspr:ng had outgrown its parent.—(Hear.) From the end of England to the end of Scotland, he declared that all felt the greatest interest for Ire land—that they felt that they were all one people, and that they hd!rd the people of Ireland would become their rivals in all that could advance the physical or moral interests of man kind.—( Cheers.) Lord CLIVE pro'osed, in complimentary terms, the health of Lord Portman, the President-elect.--( Hear. ) Lord POMTMAN expressed his acknowledgments. He hoped that as many of them as could would do him the honour to be present at the meeting of the Society next year at Newcastle. The Noble Chairman then retired; and the company sepa rated, evidently gratified with the proceedings of the day. There was a ball in the evening, which was well attended by a fashionable company. There is to be an auction of the cattle today, and it is ex pected to be well attended. LLOYD'S SHIPPING, ' La proportion as your scientific power to create wealth has increased, ind.vidual competition has increased ignorant selfidt ne,s, vice, crime, anrknaisery among the masses, so as to make all part:es blind to their present position of high capabilities and to their interests aiindividuals and members of society. Your statesmen are occupied in unprofitable and nationally injurious politics. Your politicians in petty local party contests, useless for the att'inment of great results. Your capitalists and extensive merchants are overwhelmed in si,eculations, hazardous to themselves, and of little compara tive benefit to their country or to the world. There is no foresight, wisdom, or order—no permanent, prosperous future in any of their proceedings. Your traders, wholesale an d re t a il, are wast i ng, most in juriously, much of the capital, talant, and industry of your eouritry, and at the same time keeping the mind and morals of the Union upon a low level, most disadvantageous to every class. Your most industrious classes are kept unnecessarily in toil, ignorance, and consequent degradation.. Senseless superstitions pervade the land without a particle of real charity being created between any of the classes, sects, or parties, possessing any one of these monster obstacles to human progress, for any who have been made to differ from them ; and religion is perverted to worldly purposes. Your prisons and punishments increase, and the necessity for more, while the present state of things continues, will daily be. come stronger. You have already, to a great extent, throughout the Union, ignorance, poverty, division, and misery. And yet, as the causes of these evils have beau discovered, they may be now easily removed. For' you are in secure possession of a most magnificent country ; of a territory, even now, more than sufficient to amply supply the population of the world ; more than sufficient to ensure high comfort and elevation of mind and feeling for all. You have all the materials to effect these results in Illienita bte masses, and surplus power to obtain and apply them. There is nothing in your position deficient but the know ledge how, peaceably and beneficially for all, to apply the means to accomplish these glorious results. How important is it then that this knowledge should be at tained in the shortest time in order that the incalculable evils which necessarily arise from ignorance, poverty, division, crime and misery should be made to terminate. But how can this change be speedily effected? • It is now ascertained that public opinion governs the world. This change then may be effected by speedily creating a new public opinion /a its favour. But how is new public opinion to be created? The answer is obvious. AU great improvements commence with one or a few, and these, by judicious measures, interest more and more, until a sufficient number unite to accomplish the object. There is an admirable spirit abroad anxiously looking out for the right commencement of this change, and bold truths an, flounced in the pure spirit of charity will now accomplish that object„ Let - then the proper measures to create this public opinion be now adopted, and let all good men of every class, sect, party, arid state, unite for this God-like purpose. 'to this end let a Convention be called of delegates from every State and territory in the Union, to consider what prac tical measures can be immediately carried into execution to apply the enormous means to secure prosperity for all the people of these States, that they may become an example to the world of what, with sound judgment, in peace, with order, and the least injury and the most benefit to every one, from the highest to the lowest, may be done. . But what is every one's business is no one's in particular, and is too often neglected by all. I, therefore, feeling a deep interest in the immediate improvement of our race, recommend such Convention to be called the " World's Convention," to consider what measures of a practical character can be adopted to ensure the immediate benefit of every class, without violence, contest, or competition, and especially what can be done to well educate and employ the unedu cated and unemployed, to fit them for the superior state of society, to create which, for all the means are now so super ebundant, net only in these States, but wherever men need to live; or it may be called " The World's Convention" to emancipate the human race from ignorance, poverty, division, sin, and misery. The chief business of my life has been, so far, to prepare all classes, from the highest to the lowest, for this great change in the condition of humanity in this world, and thus, in the best manner to prepare it for all future changes, whatever they may be, after we shall have done all in our power to insure knowledge., goodness, and happiness in our present mode of existence. live but to put into activity the means to accomplish this change for my suffering fellow.men ; and to see in progress the necessary measures to effect this object I leave your country on the Ist of June fur Europe, intending to return here about the middle of September. Wing of no class, or sect, Of party in any country, but a sincere:friend to all, and being most desirous to abolish al" party distinctions, I recommend that the " World's Conven tion," previously mentioned, be held i the City of New York, to ~ornmence nn the first day of October next, and to continue until the great and good work of establishing equal and just rights among men, and insuring the progressive improvement and happiness of all, shall be well understood. It will be found on full investigation that there is but one interest amongst all the human race and that is, that each one should be the b est taught from birth, the b est ' employed through life, and that the inferior circumstances of man's crea tion ghoul , ' be repl ace d from around all by those only of a superior and permanent character, whether animate or mani mite; for as these are, so will man become. These measures have nu individual interest or object in vi ew; .fis, therefore, earnestly ` requested, f or th e good of humanity that the press will advocae ills call end object'of this CoTvmenatic'7ity, and prepare the mini;mini; of theitub!ic for t h e are it and glor,ousren' sult4 which m ty, by these measures, be s-,)-eddy ohtaine 1 for all of overy el as in every couatry. ROBERT 0 New York, 24th May, 13-15. TUE 31,t TYLEBONE VESTRY.—The minute of the vestry, appointing a committee to investigate the charges brought agA'nst Cie Co:ninissionns of Sowers by Mr. Leslie, was ou s l tur.lay oonarmed by a large majority. At the same vestry it was reiolged to appoint a deputation to wait upon all the metropolitan and resilent Members of Parliament in Marylehoue, to urge them to give their support to Sir Charles Napier's motion in the (loose of Commons on Tues day, for re inserting. iu Lord Ashley's Lunacy Bill, the sixth !lame, by which the large metropolitan pa , ishes were ex empted tc.) 3 the operation of the Bill, which bad Pe% rx/ung , xl nu the bringing up of the report. NOTICE TO MARINERS. • LIGHTS ON THE NORTH COAST OF FRANCE. The following has been posted at Lloyd's.— ' " Hydrographic-office, Admiralty, July 2, 1845. " The French Government has announced that on the 13th of next month the following lights will be established on the N. coast of France : " 1. FLASHING LIGHT OF ILE VIERGE.—This bright light will be varied every four minutes by a red flash, and each flash will be preceded and followed by short ellipses. The lighthouse stands 110, yards from the eastern extremity of Vierge Island, and two miles E.N.E. and compass from the outer anchorage of Aber vrac'h, in lat. 48 deg. 38 min. 23 see. N., lon. 40 deg. 34 min.• W. The light is 108 feet above the level of the sea at high water of spring tides, and may be seen at the distance of 15 miles. THE DINNER. At four (Meek the great dinner of the Society took place in a pavilion erected in the Quarry-fields, which are situated close to the town. Tice temporary building in question, which is the same that was erected in Southampton last year, is capable of accommodating 1,200, and there were at least 1,003 persons present. ' The Duke of Richmond presided, and Lord Portman, the President-Elect of the Society, officiated as Vice-President. The Noble Chairman was supported on his right by the Mayor of Shrewsbury, Lord Hill, the High Sheriff of Salop (St. John Charleton, F.sq. ), Viscount Clive, the Hon. Thomas Kenyon ' the Earl of Chiche s t e r, th e E ar l o f Sh e ffi e ld, L or d Berwick, Lord Mostyn, &e., &e. On his left sat the Duke of Cleveland, Earl Powis, T. J. Smithenan Edwards (the late Mayor of Shrewsbury ), Lord Kenyon, Lord Hatherton, Earl of Aylesford, Lord Southampton, Lord Forrester, Viscount Newport, the Ma r q u i s Delitreo.; Count Potocki, Captain S. Carr, Major Graveriitz, and the Earl of Mansfield, the Vice- Chairman. Among the company we also noticed Earl Spencer, Earl Talbot, Me. D. Barclay, M.P., Mr. Bellew, M.P., and Mr. E. Buller, M.P. The cloth having been drawn, the usual royal and patriotic toasts followed. The Earl of Powis said, that if the toast which had been allotted to him to propose required anything like elo- Tience to recommend it to the consideration of English farmers, he should have wished it to have been proposed by some person more used to public speaking than he was, to make it palatable to them. .But the toast which he. would have the honour to submit to their consideration would not require anything to recommend it in such a com pare), as that which he had the honour to see before him. It was, " Success to the Royal Agricultural Society of England" —( Applause) —and in promotion of which that "goodly com pany had been assembled. The Noble Earl, after alluding to the power which England had obtained through the scientific qualifications of such men as Watt, Bolton, and Arkwright— one of whose descendants was, he was happy to say, present on that occasion—then asked what would have signified the labour and the skill of these men if the agriculturists had not been at home to feed the vast population to which their engage ments gave employment ? (Hear, hear.) He begged, in con clusion, to propose the toast which he had already announced, and which he was sure they would drink with enthusiasm.— ( Applause.) The Duke of CLEVELAND proposed " The Deputation from Mecklenburg preseut."—( Hear.) If they had no other claims upon the hospitality of the Company, it was enough for him to state that the greatest kindness had been displayed to Mr. Handley, one of th e o ld es t mem b ers o f t h e i r counc il, b y the people of Mecklenburgh, upon the occasion of his paying a visit to that State.—( Hear, hear.) He would not further detain them, but propose " The deputation from Mecklen burgh."—(Applause.) Captain CARR, one of the d e p u t a ti on in question, shortly expressed his acknowledgments. Earl SPENCER then said—Gentlemen the Committee have selected me to give th e t oas t—(h ere the bells struck out, and interrupted the Noble Earl, which caused great laughter) —of " Agriculture, manufactures, and commerce." (Here the bells struck out again, and the laughter was increased.) The Noble Lord proceeded—The reception which you have given me is undoubtedly far more agreeable than the reception which I have received from the bells.— (Laughter, in the midst of which the bells again chimed forth, which created immense mirth, and was greatly in creased by a person calling out, " Silence that dread ful bell - it frights u s f rom our propriety. " ) I have (said the Noble Lord) been called upon to propose the next toast.—( Again the bell' renewed its noise, the inter ruption from which was borne by the Noble Earl with the greatest possible good humour. At length it was silenced, and his Lordship proceeded.) I propose the toast entrusted to me with the greatest cordiality. I feel that the toast of " Agriculture, manufactures, and commerce," is one which it must be the fullest wish of every one of you to receive with the greatest satisfaction.—(Hear, hear.) My only difficulty is in proposing such a toast, where I know I have the cordial con currence of all those whom I have the honour to address. The greatest difficulty with me is to select the topics on which I shall address you, or on which you will not anticipate me in feeling everything I can say. This country de pends—the greatness of the country, the prosperity of the country, the happiness of every class in the country —depends upon the prosperity of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce, and if I could conceive that there was any Englishman who was an enemy to either of these classes, I should look upon that man as an enemy to his country.— FOREIGN WINES AND SPIRITS.—A return re ( Hear, hear.) I shall take the toast, or rather the parts of cently made to the House of Commons shows that in the year which it is composed, in an inverse order from that in which country amounted to 8,584,586 gallons, of ending Janmary . 5, 1845, the total quantities of foreign wine I myself feel their impartance. I shall begin with menu- imported into this allnswere re-exported . Upon 7,077,451 which 1,662,78 8 q factures —the manufactures of the country are the sources of employment to vast masses of our fellow countrymen. On prosperity depends the actual existence, in anything con their nt• n after deducting the amount exported subsequently gallons duty was paid . ° The quantities retained for home like comfort, of the greatest number of the lab • miring gallons of Cape, 473,789 gallons of French, Kenyon, whose interruption was drowned by the population of this cauntry. (Cries of " No, no," from Lord viz.,t3omll 3 el 4 n 9 p; 2s ay 7 ent of duty, amounted to 6,638,648 gallons, 2 887,501 gallons of Portuguese, 2,478,360 gallons of Spanish, cheers with 111,577 gallons of Madeira, 53.F65 gallons of Rhenish, of the company.) What (exclaimed the Noble Fa I great earn-stnei:s) say to vou—that look- ' ' does any gentleman ' r l 20 650 gallons of Canary, 158 gallons of Fayal, and 463,527 ing at the manufacturing districts—loeki ng at ibe 1 emee e gallons of Sicilian, &e., wines. The quantities remaining orsuch enormous masses of the population—does e s:, o n ne a-v -that it is not for their advantage that manufactures shoulds to 10,367,781 gallons, viz. 6,186,256 gallons in London, and in warehouse under bond on the sth of January last amounted prosper ?—(Cheers.) I really, when I began, could 4,181,525 gallons at other places. It will be seen that the not conceive it possible that any one, whatever .night principal wines consumed in this country are those of Oporto be his meaes of knowled ge , wou ld say no to such a and Xeres (port and sherry) ; that the Cape, French, and proposition as that. If we look to the millions of our Sicilian (Marsala) wines are pretty much on a par, whilst the fellow-countrymen—of our poor fello w , eountrymen _ of our consumption of Madeira is almost incredibly insignificant. The honest, industrious labourers, whose existence, whether in quantities of foreign spirits imported in 1844 amounted to comfort or in starvation, depends upon trie prosperity of our 5 ,786,787 gallons, the quantities retained for home consumption, manufaettres, I must profess that at a meeting of farmers a to 3,267,878 gallons; the quantities exported to 2,352,e"e6 doubt sheets, be expressed whether it was for the advan- gallons; the quantities shipped as stores to 337,859 galioris ; and the quantities delivered for the use of the navy to 359,921 gallons. The quantities remaining is band on'the sth of Jan. tags of the country that prosperity in manufactures should last amounted altogether to 5,383,467 gallons, viz., 3,276,687 exist, is to me Otis' of the most extraordinary things I ever gallons in L - heard. Who are your consumers? Who buys your produce? United Kingd orn. Amongst the 3,267,878 gallons retained the improvement of the agriculture on lon, and '2,106,708 gallons at other places in the for domestic co trumption, there were 1,9e3.938 gallons of West Who is it that encourages I.n.d._,ialBasnl c i o i lon.le - 1 rum, 104,324 gallons of East India rum, and of this country ? We all know that when there is prosperity in the manufacturing districts, there is a concurrent advantage ,y on. of West India, East India, and Mauritius slim, a l l i l in vatteri g t a o to the, agricultural interests —(Hear. ) We all know when there is a feinre in the manufecturing interests, we feel it jA our making a . grand total of 2,198,592 gallons prices, but, above all, we feel it in the encouragement which of rum. Th;r e t t' s ' w e e r 'r is given to agricelture.—(frear, hear.) What country, I gallons of bra; el e l4 a ,B so u retsened for heme use alone, 1,023,073 ehould be glad to know, ever arrived at a high state of reign ae id y c ' olor ial .gallons of geneva, 6,077 gallons of perfection through the medium of agriculture alone ? Islandss • • pints. . spirits, and 25,272 gallons of Channel This is a great country—rich in every line —great in every ~ , __ line—skilful_how, umnEr ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. —Toe and industrious in line to which it has applied every its energies ; anti this e t has been approaching float er-show, on the 23d inst., is likely to rove suer of the coun.ry given us t o unusually attract ive. Ths society give sixty-fiver' improve —to i I f I d net sa mprove, say— or o y „ gold and that we have yet arrived - silver medals;. , Esq., M. P. ,V.P., p r e +it • eel at anything like perfection— but I improve aericulture, in which I have dou bt at i Bents five pounder for the best miscellaneous collection; Dick no we present occupy a position moo.son, Esq., two 'slips, vain: five guineas each; and several o Cher rlr . )r to that of any other na- ; ti m in the world. , So that mombers extra prizes. in addressing Englishmen of every description, if I were to themofWADE, THE COMPOSER. —Mr. J. A. speak to the prospect . DI 02' . of manufactures, I should expeet they would be te? oscr of the opera of 7'he Two Ho? app: eel; but in aderes3 , ng an asset-MI ready to j Wade, the cos . : „ ,0 ..... Ism of a, )y of farmers, I feel I Grenada, and of "Meet me by . kl , n4l,,ht alone," ar,d a s iil :1:o:•e cenfident they ' must laud the sentiments to variety ofother popular airs, expired on Tuesday. H e h as vs'iteli I give uttirance,—( Hear, hem-. The commerce of left a widow tota jly unprovided for. • " 2 AND 3. Two LIMITS OF ABERVRAC'II.—The wes ternmost of these lighthouses is placed on Vrac'h Island, which lies to the eastward of the entrance of Aber vrac'h, in lat. 48 deg. 36. inin. 57 sec. N., lon. 40 deg. 34 min. 30 sec. W. The light will be red and fixed, and will stand 59 feet above the level of the sea at high water of spring tides ; it Will he visible in fine weather at the distance of , 4xiir miles. The easternmost light is fixed, but bright, and will be placed on the tower of Plonquerneau Church, nearly four miles S,E. by E. by compass from the above light on Ile Vrac'h. It will stand 226 feet above the level of the sea at high water of spring tides, and may be seen at the distance of 10 miles. " NoTE.—The red light of Ile Vrac'h in line with Plonquerneau light will be the leading mark for running into Abervrac'h creek from the sea, - but it will pass within 80 yards of a rock called the Petit Pot de Beurre, which lies in the outer anchorage of Abervrac'h, and which must be left to the northward. The lighthouse on the Ile Vrac'h will be painted white, so that the above mark will be equally conspicuous by day. " It is intended to establish two small inner lights, for the purpose of guiding vessels not only into the . aprinci pal anchorage of Ab ervrac 'h, b u t u p t o Anges nd`St. Antoine, which is dry at low water. " It is high water at full and change in Abervrac'h at 4h. 17m., and ordinary spring tides rise about 25 feet." THE WRECK OF THE DUTCH INDTAMAN. STRANGE CONDUCT OF THE DUTCH CONSUL. The disclosures respecting the wreck of the Dutch Indiaman, he John Hendrick, lost on the St. Paul's Rocks, near the equator, as reported in anoth er part o f t hi s journal, has pro duced the greatest commiseration throughout the docks ; yet, at the sarue time, we regret to state that the treatment of the destitute survivors by the Dutch Consul is widely contrasted with the generosity of other Governments to their shipwrecked mariners. It appears that the moment the Chance, the ship that saved the poor fellows, arrived in the decks, the Dutch captain and the surviving portion of his crew, accompanied by Captain Roxby, of the Chance, proceeded to the office of the consul, in Fenchurch-street, for the purpose of obtaining relief, and to be forwarded to their native country. It is necessary to state that owners of vessels rescuing lives on the high seas are entitled, by an Act of Parliament, to one shilling and sixpence per day for the keep of such persons so saved. Although the unhappy creatures were on board of the Chance for forty days, most liberally treated by the captain, who is the owner, and who placed her in great danger to save them, incurring an expense of near 801., he did net press his claim. The Dutch captain, however, begged the Consul, through the medium of the public prints, to acknowledge their heartfelt thanks to Captain Roxby, for preserving their lives, which the Consul stated should be done ; but nothing of the sort has taken place, and the treatment received throughout, to say the least of it, towards Captain Roxby, has been most ungentlemanly. The Dutch captain, who is respectably connected, was told that whatever was due to Captain Roxby must be put down to the score of humanity, and if he wanted anything further he might be d—d; It is true, certainly, that the Dutch mariners were what is termed outfitted—clad in suits of second-hand clothing, out of Hounsditch—and housed at the Yorkshire Grey Tavern, in Lower Thames-street ; but the allowance was beggarly as compared with the treatment wrecked seamen of other nations could meet with in the port of London. Yester day, the reporter, in order to ascertain the truth of the above complaint, waited upon the Consul, but he met with no better reception, on the ground that the newspapers had nothing to do with the practices of the Dutch Government. Early on Saturday the poor seamen, with their captain, took their departure in the Rotterdam steamer for their native place. They previously took their leave of Captain Roxby and the men of the Chance, who had saved them ; it was of a most affectionate character. They complained bitterly of the man ner they had been treated by their consul. It is, we believe, the intention of Captain Roxby to prosecute the Dutch Go vernment for the amount he is entitled to, and to present it to the funds for the erection of the New German Hospital.— Sunday Times. 'rom LAW - INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, July 19, CHAPPELL V. PURDAY. - - Re-examined—l heard the clock strike twelve just after they were gone.. By the JUDGE—I am quite sure of the two men. I knew their voices, when before the policeman, as well as their features when I had time to recollect. I am be tween 65 and 66. Ibe a conscientious person, and I can swear to them ; and I give to God' the glory that they were ever brought before me, likewise to my earthly friends. There was nothing over their faces at the time of the robbery. Mrs. Cartwright, landlady of a beer-shop at Oldswin ford, remembered the prisoners being at her house on Sunday, three weeks and three days before Christmas ; they were in the parlour, and had some drink. Harris went for John Jones, and they all then remained in the parlour, and had three jugs of ale. They then went away, leaving Jones behind. On the following Friday I saw Harris at the same house ; prisoner's wife asked if witness would sell him a ton of iron. Harris was a very poor man, and witness recommended him to a person who could sell him some. John Jones, a nailor, corroborated the last witness as to being in company with the three prisoners on the day in question, when Harris proposed to go and " do a rob bery." I told him at last I would go with shim. He said he had some matches, a candle, and eight yards of rope. They said it was to go to an old lady's house at the back of the Hundred House. They were all to gether at the time of this proposal. They said the old lady kept a cow. I did not go with them. We were to meet at the Black Star, Stourport, th at n i g h t, and start from there wh en we thought proper, to go by the way of the " Dog," at Dunley. Wood and I were to take some nails with us, and the others had some other articles. Some days after, Bingham asked me the rea son I deceived them, and I stud I would not go with them. At the time of the conversation Harris told me he had a mask made out of an old hat. Policeman Thornton, who apprehended Wood and Bingham, near Bridgnorth, deposed that they both came from a field as he was passing by, and when they saw him they ran away, but he secured them, on which Bing ham said he meant to give himself up at the assizes, but did not wish to be in prison before that time. Witness had been nearly two hundred miles after them. Samuel Poole, a labourer, at Tipton, met Wood at his sister's house, a beer-shop, at the Lye Waste, Stour bridge, just after Christmas, and in talking about money, Wood said he and Harris and Bingham had robbed a house near the Hundred House, and had got some money. They then had some more drink. Two or three weeks after witness saw Harris and Bingham, who owned to the robbery after a little hesitation. Bingham showed him a purse, saying he had got a good bit of money in it. Other witnesses having been examined, whose evi dence tended to connect the prisoners with the burglary, the jury found a verdict of Guilty against all the pri soners. H i s entence, remarked on the extraordinaryansin d s p g resence of mi n d o f t h e o ld s Lo nns n I nerve i n e pa woman, the prosecutrix, and then said the law should take its full force. He sentenced them all to fifteen years' transportation. July 18, The first cause terminated this morning, and the other ,wo engaged.the attention of the Court for a short time only, the one terminating in a nonsuit and the other being referred to arbitration. Soon after eleven o'clock Mr. Justice Patteson began to try prisoners. James Welsh, who, though described in the calendar as a labourer, i n po i nt of fact was a chemist and seedsman at Stourbrid gel was indicted for the manslaughter of Jane Genevar. Mr. Whitmore appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Yardley for the prisoner. It appeared that the deceased, who was only about five years old, had been suffering from ringworm, and that in consequence of this her mother took her, on the lth of April last, to the prisoner's shop. The prisoner gave a b ox o f o i ntment of a dark colour, to be rubbed into the child' s h ead every morning and evening, and some powders t o b e taken every night. The treatment he rec ommended was adopted, and with apparent suc cess. O n th e 18th the child was again taken to the pri soner's shop, when h e sa id t h e d i sease was kill e d, b u t t o make all sa f e a little more medicine was requiiite, and he put i n t o a phial, which he had directed the child's mother to t a k e w i th her, two colourless l i qu i ds, and added to th em a substance resembling saltpetre, which he had groU n d to powder in a mortar. lie said it was a poison, but th at i f his ' directions were followed, there was no dang er . T he directions were to rub a third part of the contents of the phial into the scurf, until it was quite absorbed, and then to comb it out. The mother that afternoon, about halfp ast t h ree , ru bbed a small portion of the fluid on t h e child ' s head, b ut i t pro d uce d anything but a sanat i ve effect, for great pa i n an d un easiness-seemed to be the result. Jane, the deceased, became very sick, and all night was very ill, and con. tinned to compl a i n o f her head and bowe l s unt il t h e Monday followi ng . O a the Monday small blisters ap peared on her forehead, awl after great anguish the poor child died oil the S a t ur d ay following. Mr. Cooper, sur geon to the Stourbr id ge Dispensary, stated that he was called in to see the deceased, and that her head was inflamed and blistered all over the fore head ; that there was fever, and that all the symptoms of salivation were present. He also performed the post mortem examination, and in his opinion, which was cor roborated by D r . F ox an d anot h er me di ca l ge ntleman, Mr. Giles, who were p resent at i t, deat h was a ttributable to 1 ough ing in the mouth, p ro d uce d by an excessive dose of a powerful mercurial preparation, called corro sive sublimate, which had been externallylpplied and been taken into the system by absorption. The medical The particulars of this suit, which was instituted for the purpose of establishing the right of the plaintiff to the copy right in the opera of Fra nide°lo, have often been before the public. Upon the hearing of the motion for an injunction to restrain the sale of the work, the Court refused the injunction, but gave the plaintiff liberty to bring an action at law. Upon the trial of this action in the sittings after Michaelmas Term, 1844, a verdict was given for the plaintiff generally. The defendant obtained a rule for a new trial, upon the grounds-- first, of surprise; then, that the verdict was against the evi dence, on long affidavits impeaching the credibility of the wit nesses at law on behalf of the plaintiff; and, lastly, on the law of the case. The case was argued again, and upon all the grounds but the last the defendant failed, and the rule, so far as it was moved on affidavits, was discharged with costs ; but as to the law of the case, as to whether the plaintiff had any copyright in the music, the Court were of opinion that the plaintiff had no copyright, and directed a verdict to be entered accordingly. The result, therefore, was that the case made by the plaintiff in equity had been established ; but the Court of Law decided that the plaintiff could have no copyright. The application now made was that, it the plaintiff's bill were die• missed, it might be dismissed without costs. Mr. Bethell appeared in support of the application, and Mr. Anderdon against it. The Vices-CHANCELLOR said no doubt prima facie the rule was, that if a plaintiff's bill were dismissed, it would be so with costs; but there were many cases in which Lord Eldon and other judges had departed from that rule owing to particular circumstances. In this case it appeared that, although the point of law was in favour of the defendant, the defendant had thought fit, by way of support , to his argument, to set up long statements of facts which compelled the plaintiff to enter into evidence as to these facts, and a false scent was consequently set up; the defendant by this course had unnecessarily produced a great portion of the expenses. The defendant had virtually failed on all the facts, but had succeeded upon the dry point of law. The bill must be dismissed; but he thought it a very fair case for dismissing it without costs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Worcester, July 17. Lord Denman opened the Commission for this county on the 16th, with the usual formalities ; and Mr. Justice Patteson arrived from Oxford late in the ;afternoon. There are only three causes entered on the list and none of them to be tried by a special jury. The calendar con tains the names of forty-four prisoners, of whom six are for housebreaking, two for burglary, eleven for larceny, three for unnatural offences, one for rape, two for _man slaughter, one for embezzlement, one for forgery, four for cutting and wounding, one for horsestealing, one- for sheepstealing, and three for robbery with violence. This morning their Lordships attended Divine service at the cathedral, when the assize sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Clatighton. After leaving the cathedral the judges proceeded to the County Hall, where, this being by ancient custom the first county in the Oxford circuit, Lord Denman, as the senior, presided in the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice Patteson took his seat on the Nisi Prins side. Nothing occurred in either Court ( which is worthy of being reported. BURGLARY AT ADDERLEY.—John Harris, 50, shoe maker, James Wood ; 28, nailor, and Joseph Bingham, 35, nailor, were indicted for having broken into the house of Sarah Coundley, at Abberley, on the 4th of December, and stolen fourteen sovereigns, eight crown pieces, eighty shillings, and forty sixpences, her pro perty. Mrs. Coundley deposed—l live at Abberley, and am a widow ; I occupy a cottage which is my own pro party. On the night of, the 4th of December I went to bed between eight mill nine, having locked the door and made the windows safe. In the night, about midnight, I heard some one in the house, and I called out " John," thinking I should frighten them. Two persons then came to my room ; Wood and Bingham are the men. One of them said, " You called me ; lam John, and I am come." I said, " Well, my dear, what bring s y ou here, and what he y a come a f ter ." "We be come after yar body," said he. " Well, what do ya wan t w i t h my body." " Oh, th e doctor wants yar body, and we must take you to him.". I said " Well, give me time to pray for my soul." They- said " Pray away." They then asked me if I had any money, and then began plunder ing a box by my bedside, which I had painted out to them ; there was some money in a linen bag, and one of them asked me if there was any more, and I said there was, and he took that away Also. They then said " The place is your own," and I told him we had paid for it by our own hard labour.. The tall one then went down ; I could see their faces ,well enough by the candle they had. What they meant about her body was, as they said, the doctor of Wolverhampton had offered 501. for her body, and if they could not find that amount there they must take my body to him. They also spoke of a rope in the house, and threatened to hang me. When they were gone, I missed my purse-bags and 8/. in silver and 141. in gold. I found a cap* in the kitchen next morning, and a scaalL iron bar in the scullery. The window had been taken out, and the door unlocked froni inside. My boxes were broken op en , an d t h e t hi ngs were about ; the wicket was thrown off the hinges. I keep a cow. Cross-examined by Mr. YARDLEY—I cannot say exactly when I went to bed. I had a clock in the house. I had been asleep before I was disturbed, but can't tell how much time had elapsed. I had never seen the men before ; and when I saw them afterwards they were in the hands of the police. Harris was then brought to me, but I did not know him, as I had never seen him. I was not frightened when the men came in my room. I was never. alarmed in my life. I was ready to die. My protector was above. They were there a considerable time. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Cambridge, July 19 Joseph "Mills having — been previiously convicted of fe lony, was sentenced to fifteen year& transportation, and Filby to twelve months' imprisonm.ent. VIOLATION OF A CHILD.—John Hall, aged 20, a com plete " clodhopper," was charged lvi - th a felonious assault on Letty. Meade. Mr. Metcalfe conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Pryme defended the prisone r. From the evidence of the prose mktrix, a girl not yet 12 years of age, it appeared that on the day named in the indictment she was sent int.o the fields with her brother's dinner. On her way she passed a field in which were the prisoner and another young man at work, and again on her way home. On the latter occasion the pri soner, despite the intreaties of his companion, followed the poor thing, and, according to the very confused ac count which she could give of the affair, accomplished the offence with which he stood charged; having, in the first instance, deliberately tied her hands behind her back. On her arrival at home she wept bitterly, and complained to her mother that " Jack Hall had beeh: meddling with her," but her pa.►ent did not seem to have entered very warmly into the cause of her injured child, for she contented herself with being " quite taken aback," and omitted to send for a medical man. His LORDSHIP having summed u p the case to the jury, left it to them to say whether they thought it had been clearly made out. _ The jury, after a short deliberation, acquitted the pri soner of the felony, but found him_ guilty of a common assault ; whereupon he was sentenced to 12 months' im prisonment. As might have been expected, the Business of these assizes was brought to a close in the course of the day, so that the bench and the bar may disport themselves on Sunday and Monday in the walls of Alma Mater, or on the banks of the sedgy Cam, as the commission for Nor folk is not " due" till Tuesday. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, July 18. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) THOMPSON V. DODGSON. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGEI—This was an action for breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Baines and Mr. flew appeared for the plaintiff. The action was undefended. Mr. BAINES stated the case. The plaintiff, who was then 26 years of age, was the daughter of John Thomp son, who formerly kept an inn at Gisburn, and was now a master carrier at the same place. The defendant was a person of about the same age as the plaintiff, and he rented a farm of 150 L a year, at Ne wsome , un d er Lord Ribblesdale. The intimacy between the paities com menced as far back as 1838, when he was received as a suitor, and he stated that it was his intention to marry the plaintiff. In 1840 she gave birth to a child, and in 1842, in consequence of her father b e i ng unfortunate in business, she went to reside at Manchester as a house keeper. The defendant had written a number of letters to the plaintiff down to the middle of last summer, which 'left no doubt that the defendant had promised to marry her, although he had neglected to fulfil his engagement. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to read a number of letters, in which the defendant stated that the plain tiff was ' " His nightly thought, His morning care, His evening song, His morning prayer." —(Laughter.) He also stated his desire" to lodge where she lodged, to eat wher e s h e ate and to rest wh ere s h e rested." In another lett er he said : " Your hand and heart I wish to claim, Oh, make me hippy with the same, In pity yield to my request, . And in your smiles let me be blest !" —(Loud laughter.) Mr. Baines observed, that it was quite clear promises of marriage had been made by the defendant and broken, and he therefore submitted that the plaintiff had a right to recover considerable damages. The jury returned a verdict for the plainotiff—Da magesoa-' (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) The Court was Occupied the greater part of the day in trying cases of rape, the details of which are not fit for publication. In the first case, Henry Bland was ac quitted ; in the other Jonas Bower was found guilty, and transported for life. Mr. Granger, Mr. Overend, and Mr. Johnstone were for the prosectaion.; and Mr. Bliss for the defence. SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT. —Carmarthen, July 18. Ddvid Jones, E sq ., b an k er, of Ltandovery, High She riff of the county of Carmarthen, proceeded last evening with his retinue of javelin men, &c., to escort Mr. Jus tice Coltman into this town, where he arrived between eight and nine o'clock, and shortly afterwards his Lord ship proceeded to the Guildhall, attended by the Sheriff, &c., and the corporation officials, when he opened the commission of assize for this county. The calendar of prisoners for trial is unusually light, there being only about half a dozen on the list ; this, no doubt, arises from the circumstance of the Quarter Sessions having recently taken place; yet a general impression prevails that of late there has been a considerable diminution of crime in most of the Welsh counties. It was very doubtful whether his Lordship would reach Carmarthen in time to open the commission, on account of the mass of evi dence adduced in the heavy case of Lord Dunraven v. Matins, in. which Sir T. Wilda and Mr. Cockburn were specially retained. The subject -matter of this action, which terminated in a verdict for the plaintiff, was in respect of certain mines, which have already been the subject of much litigation, and in which a second action of Matins v. Price stands adjourned. DEATV OF MR. BUTLER, THE TRAGEDIAN. --Mr. Butler, the eminent tragedian, died suddenly at Manchester, on Thursday last. He was giving a reading of Hamlet, at the Athenaeum, on the evening of Wednesday last, but at the con clusion of the 4th act, he was taken so ill that he was obliged to be conveyed home immediately, and he expired on Thursday evening. The deceased gentleman, who was much esteemed in the profession, was in his 41st year. Lord:Wha!rncliffe, .Lord President of the Council, left town on Satutilay, for the Isle of Wight. witnesses declared that no application of strength suffi cient to produce such results as were apparent here ought to have been made in the case of the deceased. They also, however, admitted that occasionally very minute portions of mercury would, under peculiar cir cumstances, produce the most violent and unexpected effects. Mr. YARDLEY addressed the jury for the prisoner. After a complete summing up by Lord DENMAN, the jury Acquitted the prisoner. July 19. Thomas Nuttey, carpenter, was charged with having, on the 2d of May last, violated the person of Elizabeth Welch, a girl of between 14 and 15 years of age. Mr. Lutwyche appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Huddlestone for the defence. It seemed that about nine o'clock on the evening in question the prisoner, who worked for Mr. Wilkes, a carpenter, living at Bredon, called - at his master's house, and asked Mrs. Wilkes to give him some cider. Although he had apparently drunk too much already, Mrs. Wilkes gave him two pints of cider, which he drank off. Soon after he had Llft the house, the presecutrix was desired by Mrs. Wilkes to go with a message to a neighbour named Mason, and upon her way to execute her corn mission, the girl was seized by the prisoner, a powerful young man, and carried into a hovel, where, as she swore, he perpetrated the offence described in the indict ment. It appeared that, although this occurrence took place on the Friday night, she made no complaint of ill usage. from the prisoner until the afternoon of the Tues day following, and that in the interim she had repeatedly denied that anything improper had taken place between them. She said that she had not told the truth about the matter before, because she was afraid of her father, who was a very passionate man, and she certainly seemed to be not quite so quick-witted as children of her age usually are. The prisoner, upon being taken into cus tody, and acquainted with the nature of the charge made against him, observed that he supposed he should get " three months" for it, or have to pay W. or 31., which he did not mind. The jury, after some consideration, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Nothing of present interest occurred in the Nisi Prius Court, where Mr. Justice Patteson presided to-day, and assisted in trying prisoners. The business of the flattest assize known at Worcester for 25 years terminated at two o'clock this afternoon. Sta f ford, July 19. The Learned Judges have arrived here, and the com mission having been opened, business will commence at nine o'clock on Monday morning. From the number of venires returned, it seems probable that there will be a tolerable amount of civil business ; and the calendar is decidedly heavy, there being already seventy-four pri soners for trial. The commission for this county was opened yesterday by Mr. Sergeant Byles, in the absence of the Learned Judges, who did not reach Cambridge till a late hour of the night. ' Their Lordships having attended Divine service in St. Mary's Church, opened their respective courts at eleven. The cause list is a very sorry affair indeed, containing aris only four common j ury cases, which may truly be said number The calendar prisonersnd to be of no p oss ibl e i nterest to any one save the parties therein conc erne d, and were speedily disposed of. alsoanti verythe oh insignificant both off thin en t o b es e imputed to them. (Before Mr. Justices WILLIAMS.) Joseph Mills and James Filby, both. aged 21, were in dicted for having burglariously entered the dwelling house of Thomas Wells, and stolen therefrom a number of articles, on the night of the 16th of June last. Mr. Burcham was counsel for the prosecution, Mr. Naylor defended the prisoners. The prosecutor is a a trade sman d eal i ng in " sundries, " at a village about three miles from fraverill, and it ap peared that the inmates of his reside nce were roused in the middle of the night with the alarm of " thieves." On looking out of his window the prosecutor espied three men making off across his garden into the fields with large bundles, evidently containing :plunder. Shouting out for help, he immediately gave chase, but could not come up with the burglars, though :he traced theM for several fields by the dropping of cigars, caps, candles, and other articles, some of which. lie was enabled to identify as his property. At break of day the constables when set on the track discovered several cigars on the road to Haverill, one of which was Lying just against the abode of one Betty Banks, an aneicnt dame, who ac commodates lodgers and travellers at very small charges for a night's rest. Without hesitatSo n, the back yard of this abode was entered, and in a detached room were found the two prisoners half dressed, and sound asleep. On being roused to a state of consciousness, Mills said to Filby, " My eys, if we ha'nt made -a tine job of this at any rate ;" and wall he might, for underneath the bed on which they laid were discovered. in box of cigars cor responding with those lost by the iprosecutor, and other property, which was recognised by him as his property. The Learned JUDGE having summed up the case to the jury, bath the prisoners were found Guilty of the charge imputed to them. Mr. Roberts said that he was at all times anxious to conform to any recommendation which fell from so humane a Magis trate as Mr. Cottingham, but that he (Mr. Roberts) felt that were he to allow his wife anything it would amount to con donation, and prevent him from obtaining a divorce, which he eventually intended to procure ; that at the period the unfortu nate circumstances happened he (Mr. IL) had a flourishing business, but he regretted to state that since then, owing to the train of misfortunes which ensued, his business had fallen off materially, but still, by industry and perseverance, he hoped to gain his former po,ition—the trouble of mind he had under gone, and the heavy expenses to which he had been subjected in punishing his wife's seducer—all conspiring to affect consi derably his professional avocations ; that the children which his wife had were born long since their separation, and he could not bring his mind to contribute support to the illegitimate off spring of another man, and that if he rendered her assistance that must be the case; that subsequently to his separation from his wife , she had an asylum afforded her at her sister's house, but that the latter was compelled to discontinue it in consequence of her misconduct, and that since then she had been reduced to the condition which induced her to make the two late attempts upon her life Mr. Cottingham said he was aware of the situation in which Mr. Roberts was placed with regard to his wife, but still he thought he might indirectly assist the unfortunate outcast. Most undoubtedly the parents were the parties upon whom now she had a right to the strongest claim, and that he (Mr. Cotting ham) had written to them upon the subject, but had not yet received an answer. Until then, Mrs. Roberts would remainlin custody, for want of the required sureties, to prevent a repeti tion of the attempt upon her life. Mr. Roberts, having expressed his obligation to the magis trate for the humanity he had evinced throughout the distress ing affair, then withdrew. GREENWICK. David Passmore Taylor, of Blisset-street, Greenwich, soli citor, wa■ brought before Mr. Traill, charged with an assault of an improper character upon Eliza Spain, a little girl aged nine years and eleven months, who did daily work as a servant in his house. It appeared that the assault complained of was committed on Tuesday week last, in the absence of the prisoner's Mr. Suter, solicitor, of Greenwich, made a forcible address in the prisoner's favour, and pressed for a summary punish ment ; but Mr. Traill said that it was his duty to send the case to a jury ; but he would take bail for the prisoner's appearance, himself in 801., and two sureties in 401. each. The bail not being obtained, the prisoner was ultimately conveyed to Maid stone Gaol. THE LATE DREADFUL DEATH OF YOUNG LADY DURING AN INQUEST ON HER BROTHER. On Saturday forenoon, at ten o'clock, Mr. Wakley, M.P., pursuant to adjournment, resumed his sittings at the Masons' Arms, Devonshire -street, P ort l an d -place, on the body of Mr. Ellis William Delisser, a medical student, aged 19. Mr. Brearey, surgeon, of 73, Great Portland-street, having proved that the death had resulted from natural causes, a verdict to that effect was recorded. The jury were then empanelled to inquire into the death of Miss Adelaide Delisser, aged 15, the sister of the last-named deceased, the unfortunate young lady who fell from:the second floor window of the mansion, No. 1, Devonshire-street, o n Friday, whil s t t h e i nquest was being held on her brother. Elizabeth Jeff was the principal witness called. She said she was the lady's -maid in the family of Mrs. Delisserr the widow of the late Dr. Delisser. At the time Miss Delisser fell from her bed-room window, witness had just come out of the next room, and was standing at the door of the young lady's apart ment. She then saw her kneeling en a chair and looking out of the window under the blind, which was down at the time. All of a sudden the heard deceased exclaim " Oh my," and on looking towards the window found she was gone. She had seen her but a few minutes before sitting in the same chair, and looking out of the window, which she was in the habit of doing. Witness slept with the deceased, and had never any reason to suppose that her mind was in the slightest degree affected. She 9ried very much at her brother's-death, but it did not seem to affect her mind.' The instant deceased fell, witness ran down stairs screaming,and on reaching the area s w deceased being raised from the flag stones by the cook. She appeared lifelsss and covered with blood, which was pouring from her head. The medical gentlemen_arrived immediately, and she was conveyed to her apartment, but died in about an hour and thirty-five minutes after. By the CORONER—I have no doubt whatever but "her fall was accidental. She had been cautioned by one of her brothers not to look out of one of the side windows the same morning. Elizabeth Nicholson, another servant, proved having seen de ceased sitting on the chair but a few minutes before the sad event, when she appeared quite cheerful. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." A gentleman named Childs here stepped forward and Rom plained, on the part of the deceased's family, that their sad affliction was not enough, but their feelings were to be still further harrowed by a g ross i mpos i t i on which had been prac tised on the 'Morning Post and Morning Advertiser news papers that morning, in which papers a paragraph falsely de dared that Miss Delisser had committed suicide. The CORONER said that such a statement was not only false but disgraceful, and no doubt the party who had written the falsehood made a business of it, and delighted in misrepre sentation. A gentleman hoped the jury would take the matter up and write to the editors of the two papers mentioned, exposing the imposition. The CORONER thought it better that some friend of the family shouid communicate . with the editors, as they might depend upon it the author of the misrepresentation would not contradict his own effusion. There was not the slightest ground even for a supposition that deceased had committed suicide. Mr. Childs and other friends of deceased expreesed their determinatien to -act upon the Coroner's suggestion, and the proceedings ended. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —AN AUTHENTICATED CURE OF A FEARFUL CASE OF PILES BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—John Thompson, Esq., thevery respectable editor and proprietor of the Armagh Guardian, an Irish news paper, vouches as to th e f act of an extraordinary cure of a case of piles of the most distressing nature, and of some years' standing, which was effected by these medicines, when every other means had failed. The person alluded to is a gentleman of large estate and great influence in the county of Armagh. No one need suffer very long from piles, fistula, and what is termed " a bearing down," if they have recourse to these far famed remedies. Sold by most of the respectable chemists throughout the civilised world, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION AND EMPLOYMENT SF DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN.—On Saturday a public meeting of the supporters of this charity, which is established to protect and employ distressed needlewomen, and for clothing the poor, was held in Exeter-hall ; Lord Ashley, President, in the chair. Mr. Jefferies read the report, which chiefly con sisted of a very eloquent and strong appeal to the nation in behalf of the society, and a relation of the ill-paid overworked condition of our females. According to the report 12,227 females were assisted by the society, and the receipts amounted to 1.0781. 75., while the expenditure only left a balance of 4/. I Is.—Messrs. Luke Hansard, Crewe, and several other gentlemen, moved a series of resolutions favourable to the society, after which the following subscriptions were an nounced :—Miss Copeland, Si. ; Alderman Farebrother, 5/. ; Lord D u dl e y St uar t, 51. ; Luke Hansard 50/. ; Dickinson, Esq., 10/. ; &c., and the meeting separated. Loss OF THE TRITON, FRENCH PACKET -SUM-- The total loss of this fine vessel, aid a cargo valued at 20,0001., has been announced in the City. She was from Bordeaux, with a cargo of sugar, rum, wine, brandy, and different other articles, bound to Cuba. When about four degrees north of the line she sprang a leak, and, notwithstanding every attempt on the part of the crew to stop it, the water gained on the pumps considerably, and eventually the men were obliged to abandon her. They (the crew) were picked up by the Young King, which arrived safe at Southampton in the early part of the week. Thore is no doubt but the ship foundered. I soon after they left her. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) GUILDHALL. William Smith and Edward Pollen, who were understood to be Oxf or d sc h o l ars, l o d g i ng at the King's Arms Tavern, Snow-hill, attended to answer the complaint of Mr. Coleman, a straw bonnet manufacturer in New Farringdon-street, for assaulting his wife. Two other young gentlemen in court were pointed out as associates of the defendants, but whose names did not transpire. Alexander Sanderson, a policeman, stated that on the sth of July he was on duty on Holborn-hill, about eleven o'clock, when Mr. Coleman accosted him, and pointed out the defend ants and two others, saying they had insulted his wife; but there not being sufficient to justify him in taking them into custody, he merely required them to move on, arid they went away. Mr. Coleman then lodged a complaint against him for not taking them into custody, and he therefore summoned them. Mrs. Coleman said that they had come to her shop, and one of them put his arm round the neck of her shopwoman, and said that he wanted to buy :a bonnet; and another, who she was told was a young clergyman, pushed against her, when she slapped his face. They then rang the shop bell violently, and, being enceinte, she was greatly excited. Mr. Coleman then came down, and they went away. It was stated that they had offered 31. as a compromise, but Mr. Coleman would not take less than Si. for the poor-box. He stated that he believed one of them to be the person who had been fined 51. for kicking a waiter down stairs at the house where they were now lodging. One of the defendants observed that that had nothing to do with this case. As none of the defendants could be identified, Mr. Alder man HUGHES said that Mrs. Coleman had taken the law into her own hands, but he would grant a summons against the party who pushed her if required. This house appeared to be frequented by disorderly Ox ford students ; but he warned them that no frolicking would be permitted here. They were discharged. BOW-STREET. An old woman, named Mary N‘Mahon, who has for many years kept a fruit-stall at the corner of King-street, Holborn, was charged with having attempted to commit suicide by hang ing herself. It appeared from the evidence of a young man, that at an early hoar on Friday morning he saw the defendant enter the palings surrounding one of the houses now being built at the east end of Oxford-street, and was from her manner induced to watch her. He went round and saw that she had fastened one end of a rope round her neck, and the other to the area rail ings, and before he could prevent her, had thrown herself off; he, however, cut her down immediately. Mr. JARDINE ordered her to find bail for her future goodl behaviour. MAPYLEBOIVE% Lientenant-Colonel Alder, residing at 16, Hawley-street, Kentish Town, was brought up o n a c h arge o f h av i ng threat ened to horsewhip Mr. Henry Andrew Pearson, his next door neighbour; It appeared that the Gallant Colonel had sent to borrow a shilling of the complainant, and, upon being refused, had thrown various articles into his garden, which were thrown back again. The defendant then stood by the wall which separates the two houses, and declared with an oath that he would horsewhip com plainant whenever he caught him out. It appeared, as the defendant indeed himself admitted, that he had been under the care of a keeper a few months back. He said that the expres sion was uttered in the heat of the moment, and he humbly begged Mr. Pearson's pardon, and promised, on the honour of a gentleman, that it should not occur again. Mr. LONG ultimately liberated the defendant on his own re cognisance in 1001. to keep the peace for six months, but inti mated that, in case he again threatened the complainant, he would be rigorously dealt with. SOUTHWARK. Mr. Roberts, a solicitor of Church-street, Trinity-square, whose wife was brought up to this Court on Thursday, charged with making two attempts on her life, waited on Mr. Coifing ham, for the purpose of relating the circumstances under which he refused to contribute in any way to her support subsequently to the disgraceful affair which led to their separation upwards of four years ago. Mr. COTTINGIIAM, addressing Mr. Roberts, detailed the facts which came out before him relative to the two very de termined attempts his wife had made to destroy herself, and at the same time said that, although he (Mr. R. ) was legally exempted from any claim upon him, yet nevertheless, as the unfortunate woman was reduced to such an extreme state of distress, were it his case, he would allow her something to save her from destruction. wife. UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION' On Saturday at two o'clock, a special general meeting of the , members of the United S erv i ce I nst i tut i on, Whi te h a ll- ya rd, w, 3 „ held at the museum o f t h e i nst i tut i on, to hear the report of ti!: committee on certain p ro p os iti ons su b m i tted to t h e i r con siders' tion. There were present Lieut.-Col. Elliott, Lieut.-0 0 Campbell, Lie u t.-C o l. S y k es (B om b ay army), F. R. S . , Sir c. Malcolm, the Hon. E. S. Knox, Lieut.-Col. Hanmer, Sir Forbes, Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Douglas, Bart., G.C.8., S ir Eyre, &c. Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Douglas, Bt., G.C.8., presided , O a briefly stated the objects of the meeting. Mr. L. W. TONNA then read the report which recomalen, cl , 6l the postponement of th e quest i on o f app l y i rg for a royal c"'"'' ter of incorporation, as the probable expense would be abosj 4001. It also sug ges t e d, th at i n or d er to i ncrease the f u nds ' officers after the fir s t o f J an ., 1847 , on b ecom i ng me mbers' should pay an entrance fee of IL, in addition to their subsciir tion, and that the secretary be directed to open a book to rect' . donations towards building a lecture room, and other improle' ments. The Secretary next read the names of the subscribers tow ard: the building fund, & c . Th e tota l d onat i ons amoun ted t 327/. 12s. 6d. Fox Cnun.—On Saturday last the noblemen an d gentlemen of the Fox Club h a d th e i r annua l w hite bil l dinner at the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Greenwich' There were present—Lord Charlemont, in the chairj Lord Zeeland, Lord Scarborough, Lord Sudeley, Lor.l l3esborough, Lord Ma rcus Hill, L or d Oranmore, L°7. Edward Howard, Mr. Langston, M r . J o h n Ab e l Senit°' Mr. Stevenson, Mr. George Stevens Byng, Mr. Alet °° ' Dr. Lushington, Mr. Denison, Mr. Cavendish, Mr. 1 1 :. berts, &c. &c. &e. The party embarked at the Adellw i Pier on board the Watermen's steamer No. 10, at fiVv a o'clock, and proceeded .down the river, landing on ° floating pier thrown from the tavern, and returned t° town ale half-past ten, by the same conveyance, AD ATE ILTISEAI EN T.] — Ladies, w hether temporariti r exposed to the scorching ray s o f th e summer s un, frequenting the croe tied saloon, or close assembly, find Rowland's Kalydor a most refreshing preparati om and auxiliary to comfort, dispelling the cloud of 0r guor and relaxation from the complexion, and i r nmectl,' ately affording the pleasing sensa ti on attending restor ed elasticity of the skin. The numerous varieties of c w taneous eruptions, sunburn freckles, tan, and dislouri l ; tions, are pleasingly eradicated by th e K a l y d or , a nd th , skin rendered d e li cate l y c l ear an d soft. Its pur ifyio? tend refreshing properties have obtained its selection bi d the Court and the R o y a l F am il y o f G reat Br i ta i n , an o those of the C ont i nent o f E urope, together w i t h r° elite of the aristocracy and haut ton. The high re; putation it b ears causes unpr i nc i p l ed shopkeepers offer their spurious " Kalydors" for sale, composed ei the west deleterious ingredients, containing mine astringents, utterly r u i nous to t h e complexion, an d their repellent acti on en d anger i ng health. It is there" fore imperativ e on purc h asers to see that the W ore" "Rowland's Kalydor" are on the envelope (an engraving of exqui,ite beauty, from a steel plate by Moo; Perkins, B acon , an d C o.) All others are fraudu le° counterfeits. [AD VE RTISLME NT.] —SPLENDID ARRANGEMENT OF LOOKING-GLASS, producing the effect of a long arcade; and so bewildering as to cause a doubt whether you a re in London or in old Rome. " Arch follows arch, and pile succeeds to pile." This unique apartment is devoted to cutting and arrangi ing the hair in, and with another having a beautife view of Naples, are on the ground-floor. In calling li t ' tention to their establishment, Ross and Sons b e g . to notice the advantages of their system—viz., the/ never take apprenti ces nor young men from rbe country, nor object t o cus t omers as ki ng for the sai'ra man to wait up on th em ; every person has clean brushe s , they never being used twice, without being wa shed and parties are not pressed to buy things they do no want. Address, Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishops"' gate-street. [ADVERTISMENT.]—THE EYES.-39, Albemarle' street, Piccadilly.—Optical Improvements to enable Per" sons at an advanced age to read with ease, and to discrinir nate objects with perfect distinctness, and Small Acoustic Instruments for relief of extreme deafness, &c. Messrs S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-stree t, Piccadilly, have invented Spectacle Lenses, &c., of t he greatest transparent po wer . Th e va l ua b le a d va ntage derived from this invention over the Spectacles mac if common use is, that instead of vision becoming strained, heated, weakened, and in numerous cases seriously in; jured, it is preserved and strengthened, and very ac e d persons are enabled to empl o y th e i r s i g h t at the 113°' minute occupation, and can see with those Lenses of sl much less magnifying power, and that which is a matter of the greatest consequence is, that they do not requir e the frequent ch anges to f urt h er h elps. Also, Achroma tic Telescopes, Op era Gl asses, Mi croscopes, Invisible, e n : all kinds of A cous ti c i nstruments for relief of extreni,- deafness. Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solcmons, Opts' cians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with person of the same name in their immediate neighbour' hood ; nor in any part of the country. To prevent mss"takes, be cauti ous , an d observe—Only. p be had at 39 ' Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. EXTRAORDINARY SPECIMENS OF MOSAICS.—AS an example of the extraordinary minuteness of the work in soil mosaics, we m a y s t a t e t h at t h ere i s one specimen, a portra i t 0 Pope Paul V., in which the face alone consists of more than a roilllion and a half of fragments, each T lO larger than a millet seed; and from this size u p t o tw o inches square, pieces are employed in various ways. Al'a ther celebrated specimen is that which Napoleon Or' dered to he made when his power was paramount in Italy. It was t o b e a mosa i c copy of the celebrated "L a s'" , Supper," by Leonardo da Vinci, and to be of the same size 0 the original, viz., 24 feet by 12. The artist to whom the t ol ‘ , was entrusted was Giacomo Raffaelle, and the men under his di' rection, eight or ten in number, were engaged for eight years( on it. Th e mosa i c cost more than seven thousand pounds. an d afterwards came into the possession of the Emperor of Austria, The Builder. NEW S TEAM B ASIN A T P ORTSM OUTIT.-- , The gro un d and buildings required for the formation of this extensive and 0 0 work are at length in thehands of Goi , ernment, and the space corn' prises nearly all that part of Portsea heretofore known as the Se lf Buildings, and shuts the town out from all communication with the harbour on its north side, excepting by a hard or landing place onIP The business of removing about one hundred and thirty occupan t " from their various localities has been most ably managed by OP. J. Newton Robinson and Mr, Edward Wells, the Admirall surveyors and valuers ; and Government has testified mu ch cone y deration and liberality in the progress of th ese e j ect i ons. With one or two exceptions, the properties were of small value, and ril; principal purchase was that of Collins's brewery, which amountm to nearly 18,0001., but was nevertheless settled without difficultr„ The entire purchase money, we believe, is not quite 60,0001., bat now the houses are down their site showsn very considerable space' indeed, we find it comprises as nearly four mites as possible."' Hampshire Telegraph. IMPROVED SCAFFOLDING.—There are some house° building at Kensington Gore which have a contrivance worth/ of being imitated by builders, where space will admit of i ts being used : it is a series of inclined planes, to enable the la: bourers to reach with more ease to themselves the differen t stories of the building with bricks and mortar. A labourer is more fatigued going up one day by the ladder than he is th ree on the inclined plane.— The Builder. BIRTHS. On the 16th inst., at Bating House, near Godmershanlf th e lady of C. H. Master, Esq., of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at. Welt Heath House, Erith, Kent, 3 10 ' Renshaw, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Dudley, Mrs. Oscar Leslie Stephen, °E a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Camberwell, the wife of the Rev. D. Moore, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., Mrs. William Davenport, of Ely-place, of a son. On'the 18th inst., at Grove hill , Camberwell, Mrs. Charles r Phillips, of a daugter. E. On the 17th inst., at A_ M shb Aßßl urton, a D t St. Andrew's Church, by the Rev. R. G. Maul, A. Gribble, Esq., solicitor, of lompton, to Laura, widow of the late Rev. J. K. Field, of Manchester. On the 17th inst., at the parish church at Ecclesfielai Daniel Phillips, Esq., of Hornsey, Middlesex, to Sarah, secon d daughter of T. A. Payne, Esq., of Loxley House, near Sheffield. On the 17th inst., at Tor Church, Torquay, Frederick John,. Corder, E sq ., o f G reenwich, to Harriet Keanley, younges t daughter of Charles Chitty, Esq., of Upper Clapton. - DIED. On the 12th inst., at Stareton, Mr. G. Jones, aged 79. f On the 16th i ns t . , at l agatestone, Catherine Mary, relict ? the Rev. G. T. Edison, R ec t or o f S toc k and R amsden I3el= house, Essex. On the 16th inst.; at Soutlishore, Thomas Wright, Esq., of Hill-top, Lancashire. - On the 16th inst., William Watkins, Esq., of Badley Houset Northamptonshire. On the 16th inst., at Clapton-terrace, Upper Clapton, Mi d dlesex, nr. John Clark Spence, aged 69. On the 16th inst., at Sidmouth, Devonshire, Harriett, Wi fe of William Larkins, Esq. On the 17th inst., in Bernard -street, Russell-square, Job s Duffield, Esq. Ou the 18th inst., Robert Ward, Esq., of the AlbanYr . o Lunn on: rrtntid ant: Prthii9iiqd by MURDO YOUNG No. .112, Si - rstrd, Pnater. :it The Sun Office, N. 1 13 . Stran..l in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Counti° Middlesex ; Monday, sTqly 21, 1845. THE CUSTOMS AT LIVERPOOL' Under the n ew arrangement of the Landing Departrneat the Custo ms a t Liverpool, to which we alluded a short titav since, the following alterations have been made.', The number of L an di ng surveyors increased from seven to nine, and the maximum salary raised from 4001. to 5001 a yea r ' The searchers' department, strengthened by the additio n of' twenty auxiliary landing waiter s , with salaries of 150/. a y eas each, and the maximum salaries of the searchers increased from 3001 to 3501. per annum. The important duties of the gauging department at Liver' a"" pool have bee n hi t h erto per f ormed by the landing wa i te rs searchers. It has now been deemed expedient, in order to er sure uniformity o f pract i ce an d a competent knowledge of t business, that a cla ss o f officers should be established at Liver• pool, as in London, to whom the duty of gauging should be er elusively entrusted ; and a new department has accordiogli been formed, consisting of an inspector and eight subordinate* with salaries from 1501. to 400/. per annum. 150 Twenty-four additi ona l super i nten d ents of l oc k ers have 8 been appointed. The increases! expense occasioned by this new arrangement to about 7,000/. per annum. But the vast increase of trade an, the pressing demands and reiterated complaints of the merch s ! l ; of Liverpo o l h ave i mperat i ve l y called for such an augment aq .% of the e s tabli s h men t as a b so l ute l y neceisary, not only to the requisite facilities for trade, but to afford adequate se" a curity for the protection of the revenue • and it is to be h o p e that the compl e ti on o f t hi s long-delayed arrangement will a t length give satisfaction to all interested in the trade and OW merce of that most flourishing port.— Observer. The report having been adopted, Captain Grover moved, and Sir C. Malcolm seconded, a v °t• of thanks to the Gallant Chairman. Sir H. Dou o r. As , i n ac k nowledg i ng the honour, observ ed' ~, it was of the utmo s t i mportance t h at, as early as poss ibl e , tu lecture-room should be completed. When that was ace°, ; plished, they w ou ld th en b e a bl e to ra i se the funds to o btaw charter of incorporation.—The meeting then separated, h 6 Great and exten s i ve i mprovements th the arrangement been made In l' eb arrangement of the m useum , w hi c h h as b een lately Mu,' enlarged by the- addition of several cu r i os iti es f rom Chi n a; 84 : it appeared that, t o p romo t e t h e extension of science, G o vern' ment transport hav e rece i ve d di rect i ons to convey contributioto from abroad to the institution free of expense. Itf, kreat sat i ! tended a c limates. Warehi I M No 11, Al 11, tiOn ° Ne ed , 1). 1 . C odrln gti ' '41111141: °Wen d . 84 mh Id 4:21 Itetli an m e rc D r ed F r "' C ah: B SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1845. Th E thei r the d Con,