The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. !ROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The close of the session produced at least one measure of considerable promise. Though long delayed, it will--if perfected in conformity with the outline, as explained by Sir James Graham—be the means of obviating a host of grievances that are now inflicted on the poorer classes of society in the ad ministration of justice. We allude to the Bill which Sir James Graham laid on the table of the House of Commons on Thursday evening, for regulating the appointment and mode of payment of clerks of the peace, clerks of petty sessions, and other officers of the inferior criminal courts. The Bill was read a first time, and was ordered to be printed. It will, we presume, be introduced early in the next session. In the meantime it will be considered by Noble Lords and Hon. Gentlemen, who, as members of the Legis lature, will be called upon to discuss, and determine upon, the principle and provisions of the measure, 33 well as by the public generally. Every class of society is deeply interested in whatever re lates to the purity and impartiality of punitive justice. The substitution of salaries for the present mode of paying magistrates' clerks, and similar func tionaries, by fees, will be regarded with satisfaction. The disproportionate amount of fees on summary con victions, upon which fines are inflicted ; and the de mand of fees by clerks of the peace, clerks of the arraigns, and other functionaries, on the charge of defendants who had been tried and acquitted on in dictments for misdemeanors, have been often adduced; and shown to be as unjust in principle, as they are op pressive in practice. Lord Worsley has applied himself, with praiseworthy diligence and perseverance, to bring this subject under the notice of the Legislature and the Government; and has developed the fearful extent of oppression which the existing system has caused throughout the kingdom. The returns his Lord ship moved for and obtained, by a vote of the House of Commons, furnished evidence so con clusive as to the character and extent of the evils complained of, that the Government was induced to take the subject into its own hands. A promise was given by Sir James Graham that the Government would prepare a measure, which should place the whole of the functionaries alluded to on a basis at once better calculated to ensure competency for their duties ; and at the same time relieve the public from the fees they were in the habit of exacting. The measure we have alluded to is the tardy ful filment of that promise. If we are not greatly mistaken, Sir James Graham will have to encoun ter strong, if not formidable, opposition in car rying his measure through Parliament. The emolu ments derived by clerks to justices, both in boroughs and in counties, from the present system, are very considerable ; and their endeavours to prevent a change from fees to a fixed salary will be great. The greater number of these magistrates' clerks are active electioneering agents in the Tory interest. They wield extensive influence in their respective localities. The Parliamentary representatives, to whom they have ren dered material services in contests for the seats they hold, will be applied to. These Honourable Gentlemen will be urged to bring the weight of their influence to bear against the Bill ; which, if it become law, will curtail the emoluments of these functionaries. To this influence, partly from gratitude, and partly from hope of future benefits, the Members will yield, and will endeavour to prevail with the Government to abandon, or mutilate the measure. We, therefore, thus early, invite the attention of the Liberal Members to this proposed beneficial change in the existing law. The Bill will, we presume be printed without delay. Let its provisions be consi dered ; and every effort used to render it complete, as a remedy for the evils it is designed to cure. When it comes before the Legislature, it will, we trust, be watched and guarded with vigilance against the intrigues that will be in motion to defeat the ob jects it is designed to accomplish. STANDARD.—A statement, evidently ex parte, which appears in a rabid Popish Maltese newspaper, has been greedily seized upon by a contemporary, as a pretext for a truly jesuitical attack on the Bishop of Gibraltar and the Governor of Malta, for an imputed disregard of the feelings and preju dices cf the Roman Catholic portion of the inhabi tants of the latter dependency. The facts of the case appear to be these, and we derive them, be it under stood, from the very suspicious authority above referred to. Some ten or twelve months ago Don Michael Angelo Camilleri, about 35 years of age, having become a convert to the Protestant religion, left Malta for Gibraltar, for the purpose of being married to a lady—said to be the widow of a Maltese Roman Catholic, who had also embraced the Pro testant religion—according to the rites of the Anglican Church, of which they had become mem bers. So soon as the news of this marriage reached Malta, the mother of the lady's husband claimed the right to tear from her son's widow her two chil dren, in order that she might train them up in the Roman Catholic faith ; and after a trial in the Royal Civil Court—the whole of those officials are, if we mistake not, Roman Catholics—her appeal was de cided in her favour ; and the verdict confirmed by another Court, presided over by Judges of the same tolerant faith as that professed by the complainant. Of course, nothing then remained but the execution of the sentence; and a warrant was accordingly issued to deprive the mother of her children, the execution of which was confided to the usual officers. " Nothing" (says the Portofoglio Maltese) " could be more regular, more formal, or more solemn" than this attempt to drag the two infant orphans from the arms of their mother. The whole ceremony was, in fact, per formed secundem artem. "It was not to be expected," says the grave journalist to whose account we must be content to be indebted for the facts of the case, "that the Marshal would separate these unfortunate orphans from their mother, without some resistance on her part." Tier " tears and lamenta tions" appear, however, to have drawn her husband to the spot ; who, finding how matters stood, seized a " thick stick" and would have struck the offieer, but that it was wrested from him. A gun was afterwards produced by him, which Oared the same fate ; after which the mother ,and her husband were overpowered and the children torn from them, and delivered into the hands of the " paternal grandmother," who, with her priest was, no doubt, in attendance to receive them. A complaint was then made in the police court of the resistance offered by Don Camilleri, and the " very moderate penalty of twenty days' impri sonment" inflicted upon him. The Popish jour nalist is quite scandalised at the extreme leniency of this sentence on a clergyman. But " his senses were overcome by an unexpected weight," when the frightful fact transpired that " the Execu tive" had commuted his imprisonment to a fine of twenty-seven shillings and ninepence ster ling ! This decision is described as "an attempt to destroy the happiness of a faithful people," and " compromise the honour and integrity of the supreme Government ; and a series of cases evidenc ing the utter unfitness of the native Maltese to administer the laws of the island are quoted, which do not appear to have attracted the notice of the Government. It was only some twelve or eighteen months ago, that a young British officer, sta tioned at Malta, was sentenced to a long im prisonment, because, whilst enjoying his dessert at an open window after dark, he happened to dis encumber himself of a few nutshells at the moment when some idolatrous procession was passing through the street. It was not enough that several of the witnesses for the prosecution proved that the act was wholly unpremeditated; that the night was so dark, that it was impossible to say which of the three parties seated at the table was the offender ; and that the aforesaid nutshells struck no person who formed part of the procession. The most savage sentence it was possible for these Popish judges to inflict they did not hesitate to award, and had it not been for the consideration of the Governor, the young gentleman's prospects in life would have been irre trievably ruined. It is surely time that the adminis tration of the law should be taken out of such hands, at least so far as Protestants are concerned. iliais revenons a nos moutons. A Morning Contemporary, on the assumption of the very respectable autho rity above quoted, that the release of Don Michael Camilleri was obtained at the instance of the Bishop of Gibraltar, attacks that estimable gentleman, and having reminded him that " the mar riage of a priest who has made a vow of celibacy is, in Catholic countries, a great crime whether canoni cally, or civilly, or both, hecanno t say," suggests " that the conversi on of Dc,en. Camilleri sstogether ought and his bride the moment of bringing themselves to have excited the Bishop' suspicion."sin ei So then, a ccording to this great Puseyite authority, a Bishop ought not to have countenanced two persons • abjuring the errors of Popery, and becoming in com municants of his own Church ; and still less ought be to have consented to marry them by the rite s of that Church on which alone they could whether ld haerteehrad: an y claim. A Roman Catholic priest, titular bishop or not, would, we suspect, have little hesitation in qualifying two Protestants at the altar by their conversion on the spot, did such course appear feasible. The conduct of the Bishop of Gibraltar appears to have been perfectly unimpeachable. " Probably," says his monitor, i n such countries the law provides for the removal of children born of Roman Catholic parents from under the roof of a person who has embraced another faith." If it do, the sooner such a law is abolished in a British dependency the better. In the case in point, how ever, the mother of the children as well as her hus band, had abjured the Roman Catholic faith ; and if there be any law in Malta which empowers relatives to drag from their mother her children, because she happens to have embraced the Protestant religion, it is a most iniquitous one, and one "more honoured in the breach than in the observance." We trust that the interference of the Government in this matter will j extend to the comp u l sory restorat i on to t h e bereaved J tr..mLnirg • THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1844 ART-UNION OF LONDON. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. EWART, M.P., moved a vote of thanks to Lord Monteagle and Mr. Wyse, M.P. He would not de tain them with many observations, as they were then on the stage and about to perform the comedy of " The Wheel of Fortune."—(Laughter.) Mr. CHRISTIE, M.P., seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Lord MONTEAGLE, after passing a high eulogium upon their conduct, moved a vote of thanks to the Committee. The Noble Lord, in alluding to the Bill which he had introduced into the House of Lords on the subject of art-unions, stated, that he had received, with respect to that measure, the most strenuous exertions of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.— (Hear, hear.) His Royal Highness had not only attended on every occasion that the Bill came before the House, but he had thrown in the weight of his exertions and of his high experience of the subject. He had also received great assistance from the Mar quis of Northampton, who was the president of the first scientific Society in this country. The Noble Lord then proceeded to eulogise the Society, and to express the pleasure he felt in its having been so largely supported by the public, and concluded by moving the vote of thanks. Alderman J. JOHNSON seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously, after a few observations from Mr. Wyse, bearing testimony to the great exer tions of the Committee. Mr. T. L. DONALDSON, as Chairman of the Corn mittee for General Purposes, returned thanks, and concluded by proposing a vote of thanks to the Ho norary Secretaries. The motion was carried, and thanks having been returned by Mr. Gordon, The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said, he must now re quest the meeting to permit him to vacate the chair in favour of Lord Monteagle, as this happened to be the Queen Dowager's birth-day, and he had to go to Bushy Park. His Royal Highness retired amid much cheering, and the chair was taken by Lord Monteagle, when the drawing commenced. Among those who were most successful, we may mention : The Countess of Arundel and Surrey ... £3O The Countess of March . . . Lady Lushington ••• •SO The Earl of March .. The Right Hon. Earl Grey A. Cooper, R.A. ... Miss C. Hennington, near Lonsdale, a prize of••• 400 Mr. P. W. George, 92, Cheapside Mr. Saunders, of Barton-on-Trent Mr. J. Flamanck, of Tavistock Silentio Edward Hazlitt, Hounslow l5O Mrs. Watlington, Upper Bedford-place lOO Mrs. W. H. M'Queen, Tottenham-court-road lOO Mr. Stephen Maberley, Dublin Post-office Mr. IV. Collingwood, Liverpool lOO Charles Gildon, Port Philip, Australia Felix Joseph Chandler, Pipe-lane, Bolton H. L. Leod, Columbia . • 80 H. Luscombe, Andover A. Scott, Nova Scotia .. BO P. Morris, Lombard-street John Gliddon, Camden New Town - • 80 Thomas Rawlings, Stourbridge .. BO A. J. Symington, Paisley henry Hill, Wolverhampton Wm. Davis, Wincanton T. Sambrook, Arundel Wharf .. 7O Samuel Walker, Leeds Mrs. P. Cruickshanks, Hyde-park-gardens. 7O Charles Coombwell Rev. C. Parker, Epsom Rev. Mr. Bacon, Norfolk Dr. Callum, Dartford ...... ...... Dr. Smyth, Glasgow . . . Branstone, Old Change John Keat, Croydon . . 60 Musgrove, Mount Pleasant, Leeds ... 6O H. Stridfield.. R. Winter, Bedford-row Thomas Hopwood . W. E. IValmslev, Adam-street, Adelphi. E. Pritchard, 'Montgomeryshire... ... .... A. C. Turbot, Reading Buckley- Ward, Leicester ... . E. H. Brady, Suffolk Edward Branch, Islington .. D. Rawlings, Stourbridge.. Greig, Plymouth .... .. . 50 E. S. Tyson, Bradford ...... Cockshot, Clitheroe . E. W. llazlewood, Bridgnorth . Hawkins, Royal Society ...... Minor prizes varying in amount from 401. to Si. were also declared. The total number of prizes, 283, in the drawing occupied two hours and a half. At the conclusion of the proceedings a vote of thanks was carried unanimously to the two young ladies who had officiated at the wheels, and who were each presented with a copy of the exquisite engraving of "Raffaele and the Fornarina." Thanks were also voted to Alfred Bunn, Esq., for ;he use of the theatre, and the meeting then broke up. 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 Halmerend, 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 ii 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 commands 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 the direction of theirs. They were accompanied as far as Halmer 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, Shooker 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 si3e 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 mother of her children ; for it is Impossible that the civil courts of Malta can have a legal right to annul a marriage and remove children from the protection of their natural guardians, if those guardians are the subjects of a country in ich the Protestant religion is the religion of the State. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From th© London New Price Current of Aug. SUGAR.-The West India market presented a dull appearance on Wednesday and Thursday last, and rather lower rates were accepted for inferior descriptions, but good and fine yellow kinds frilly maintained the former value, the supply being small. On Friday, how ever, there was a much better demand for all descriptions for grocery and refining purposes, and im porters obtained an advance in prices of 6d per cwt. To-day the West India Sugar market presented a firm appearance ; the demand was good for the scale and pan, and very full rates were paid, especially for the better kinds of yellow. The purchases amount to 350 hhds, including a public sale of 145 hhds 5 tierces of Barbadoes Sugar, which however went off quietly at a decline on last Tuesday's rates of 6d per cwt-fine yellow fetched 645, good 62s to 635, good middling 60s to 61s, middling 58s to 59s 6d, and low greyish yellow 57s 6d per cwt. REFINED.-Further reduced rates having been accepted for Refined goods, the hone trade has been induced to purchase more freely ; the market is, however, well supplied with the better qualities. To-day several par cels of Refined Sugar were taken by the home trade, but lower rates were again accepted : brown Lumps sell ing at 735, and standard Lumps 74s per cwt. In Bastards more business was done at previous prices. Bonded crushed Sugar sells readily, and cannot be purchased under 27s per cwt ; for present delivery little is yet to bo had. MAURITIUS.-There has been a much better demand for all descriptions, and although the market has been largely supplied, yet an advance in prices of is has taken place for good and fine yellow, and 6d per cwt for infe rior grey and brown sorts. This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was not much in request; and 1,393 bags at public sale went rather cheaper; nearly the whole, however, consisted of the lower sorts: low brown went at 44s 6d to 46s middling 47s 6d to 495, good and fine 51s to 535, low yellow 545, middlings4s 6d to 56s 6d, good middling and good 58s 6d to 60s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-Bengal has been more in request, and stiffer rates have been paid for Dobah descriptions; other kinds brought former prices. This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with little attention, and the parcels offered at auction were only partly disposed of at a de cline on former rates of egl per cwt : fine white went at 64s 6d to 675, good 61s to 63s 6d, mid 59s to 60s 6d, damp and washed 58s 6d to 635, mid soft yellow 56s to 58s, damp 54s to 58s ; good strong yellow Dobah 65s to 665, and damp 655. Forty bags of Madras fetched 52 6d for middling greyish, and damp 525. 202 bags Madras jaggery went at 46s to 47s per cwt for soft yellow. FOREIGN.-For .white Havannah there has been a considerable increase in the demand ; the private transactions have been on an extensive scale, at firm but not higher rates. To-day there was no public sale of foreign Sugar, and noise is declared. A floating cargo of 2,000 boxes of yellow Havannah was sold for Konigsberg, at 20s 6d per cwt. COCOA.-British Plantation has met with more atten tion, and several parcels have been disposed of pri vately, but at present no advance in prices has taken place ; Trinidad good red at 44s 6d to 45s 6d, middling and good middling 41s to 43s 6d, good grey 40s 6d to 41s, middling 37s to 38s, and low 34s to 36s 6d per cwt. The deliveries are on the increase. In foreign the private operations are upon a more extended scale a; the previous currency. TEA.-Importers manifest firmness, and have refrained from offering any at public sale ; an increased desire has been manifested on the part of the trade to purchase every description, and the tendency of prices is still upwards : few parcels are offering privately. The lower kinds of Congou are rather higher in price, and a good business has been transacted at improved rates of id, common fetching lld to l lid, and good common is to is id per lb, cash. To-day there was not much business transacted in the Tea market, in consequence of the sudden announcement of 15,000 packages for public competition on Thursday, but holders were firm, and obtained fully former rates for all descriptions. COFFEE.-The market has been in a quiet state for West India Coffee since Tuesday last, but importers have shown firmness, and obtained previous rates for all clean descriptions ; unclean sorts, however, may be purchased upon easier terms. This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was in excellent request by private treaty, and prices were firm-good ordinary at 55s to 56s per cwt ; the only public sale was that of 60 bales of Mysore, which went at 45s 6d to 46s fid per cwt, being the full worth. Foreign Coffee is wanted, and 300 bags ordinary Rio were sold by private contract at 31s 6d per cwt. MOLASSES.-West India have met with little atten tion, and the trifling parcels disposed of are rather under previous rates. This afternoon there was a beter demand for West India, and the large quantity of 600 puns old St Kitt's sold at 22e to 24s per cwt. 100 hhds of Madras Molasses at public sale duty paid were taken in at 17s, and 90 kegs West India Tamarinds at 56s per cwt. SPICES.-The market has been much better supplied with East India Ginger, and prices have declined 15s to 20s per cwt for Malabar. This afternoon at public sale 167 cases Malabar Ginger were sold at 68e to 86s for middling to fine quality, being rather lower ; 24 cases of Cassia Lignea fetched the full value, and went at 65s for good mid, 60s for mid, and 58s for low mid ; 2 chests of Mace were taken in at 2s 4d per lb for ord ; and 3 chests 47 bags of Cloves all sold at the full value, and fetched 9d to 1 Old for fair and good quality. PeovisioNs.-selmporters of Irish Butter, submitting to rather lower rates, have induced buyers to purchase more freely, and a fair business has been transacted. RICE.-Importers in Bengal have shown firmness, and none has been brought to public sale. This afternoon large purchases were made privately in East India Rice, and prices were still looking up-mid and good white Bengal fetched 11s Gd to 12s, fine 12s 3d to 12s 6d per cwt. There was no public sale. SAGO.-By private contract more business has been transacted in Sago at full rates. This afternoon at public sale 48 brls of Tapioca were taken in at 4id per lb, and 4 casks of Bermuda Arrow Root at is id per lb. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The purchases made in Leeward Island Rum have been extensive, and the prices paid show an advance on those of Tuesday last of id to Id per gallon. The latest rates paid were 2s 4d to 2s 4-id per gallon proof strength ; the market has been nearly cleared ; Jamaica 30 to 32 per cent over proof at 3s 3d to 3s 4d, 33 to 35 over 3s 6d to 3s Bd, good middling and good 3s 10d to 4s 6d, fin. high flavour 5s to 5s 6d, white 27 over proof 3s 10d per gallon ; of fine little is left unsold. Demerara at 3s 2d to 3s 4d for 32 to 37 per cent. over proof. In Calcutta several purchases made, and higher rates given ; the tendency of prices is still upwards for Rum, and shippers and the home trade inclined to get well into stock. The demand for Brandy is increasing ; Cognac, of the vintage of 1838, hhds at 5s 3d, puns at 5s Id, ditto 1839 hhds 5s Id, puns 4s 11d, ditto 1340 hhds ss, puns 4s 10d, ditto, .1841 hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d, ditto 1842, hhds 4s Bd, puns 4s 6d, middling and good middling 3s to 4s 6d, and low 2s 10d to 2s lld per gallon. Geneva, at Is 10d to Is lld for shipping ; fine for home consumption is 2s 6d to 3a 6d per gallon. English Corn Spirits at lOs 4d per gallon cash. To day Rum was in good request by shippers and the home trade; prices are still advancing, and left off as follows:-Proof Leeward at 2s 4d to 2s sd; Demerara, good 3s 2d to 3s 4d; Jamaica, 30 to 32 per cent over 3s 5d to 3s Bd, 34 to 37 over 3s 9d to 4s, superior 4s 6d to ss, very choice 5s 2d to 5s 6d, and Calcutta proof 2s Id to 2s 2d per gallon. FRUIT.-There has been a much better demand for Currants, and prices are on the advance; merchants show firmness, and have withdrawn several parcels from the market. SALTPETRE.-There has been a falling off in the demand for rough, and the market having been well supplied a decline in prices of 6d per cwt has taken place; the public sales of 3,852 ba gs o f C a l cutta went off quiety but the principal part found purchasers. OILS.-The market has assumed a quiet appearance for Linseed Oil, and prices are not so firm, 25s 3d to 25s 6d per cwt having been accepted for small parcels on the spot : the supply is getting larger. In Rape Oil a fair business has been transacted, at 36s 6d to 37s for pale, and 35s Gd to 36s per cwt for brown. Cocoa Nut has met with attention, and previous rates are sustained. Ceylon at 281 5s to 291 5s per tun. Palm Oil 27s to 28s. Olive Oil at 44/ lOs to 451 for Gallipoli, 421 to 43/ for Spanish, and 401 to 411 per tun for Bar bary. There has been little inclination shown to purchase any description of common Fish Oils, and prices have further declined for Southern, the supply being large : at auction, 100 tuns went at 231 lOs to 311 per tun for low to fine quality. Cod 341 to 341 10s. Seal pale at 35/ to 351 lOs per tun. Sperm Oil is much wanted, and further advanced rates paid, fine British fetching 85/ to 86/ per tun ; the supply is still scanty. TALLOW.-The purchases made in Russian on the spot have been limited, but in prices there is no varia tion at present to notice ; 40s 9d to 41s 3d per cwt are the current rates for P. Y. Candle. Town Tallow at 39s 6d to 41s per cwt nett cash ; other sorts of Tallow are again cheaper. 205 cask New South Wales at auc tion went at 36s 6d to 41s 9d, and 183 casks North Ame rican melted at 40s to 41s 6d per cwt. The market is largely supplied with all descriptions. COCHINEAL-The dulness in the market has increased, and prices have declined Id to 2d per lb ; little business has been transacted privately. INDIGO.-East India is still attracting the attention of shippers and the home trade ; all descriptions have been in good demand at the rates established at the quarterly sale ; indeed for picked lots an advance of 2d to 4d per lb has been paid. In Spanish rather higher rates paid. Sin WILLIAM 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 f r om 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 his we ll-k nown 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 w ea l t h , are opening up to him, he has in the seeking nearly destroyed that without which (namely, health) all these great objects of honourable pursuit become valueless. But the lesson is a moral one.— Cheltenham Examiner. BRIDPORT.-:-CIIUUtIi-RATES..-On Monday last, ten of the leading Quakers and Dissenters were sum moned to appear before th e b orough 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. minutes from the time the gun was fired, the unfortu nate man ceased to exist. The father, however, sent for Mr. Warburton, surgeon, who arrived in about three hours after. Some poachers are in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the murder. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Aug. 13. IN RE THOMAS AITSTIN. UNCERTAINTY OF THE 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. Commissioner 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 manner 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 HORATIO CAUTY. 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. CRESSWELL 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, and was 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 HARRIS said, that then the in solvent could not be compelled to answer the inquiries of the Learned Counsel. His impression was, if Mr. Lewis's affidavit was satisfactory to Mr. Commissioner Law, that the insolvent might be discharged. SUMMER ASSIZES. WESTERN CIRCUIT.-11 , ells, Aug. 12. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) MURDER.—DoII Fisher was indicted for the wilful 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 she 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 continuel 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 prisoners room wh ere s h e a l ways s l ept , b ut 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 dow, which witness, with difficulty, prevented, and got her to get into bed. Shortly after the prisoner came up stairs, and, apparently 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 he wanted to get her to kill her, for that he 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 five 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, on her. He then got off and left the room again, and in a minute or two returned, holding a ca rv i ng k n if e i n hi s 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 bad 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 t 9 do the same, met the prisoner. He said to her that he did not con sider he had done any wrong, but had romoved a great sinner out of the world. The deceased was a very violent woman. Corroborative evidence was given. Mr. COCKBURN addressed the jury, and made two points in favour of the prisoner. First, he contended that they would be justified, upon the evidence, in find ing the prisoner guilty of manslaughter only. The evidence showed what a violent woman the deceased was. The first witness called stated that she had locked the door, which continued so locked when she fell asleep. When she awoke the prisoner was standing by the bed. How had he got there? It was evident he could not have broken open the door, because that would have disturbed and awakened the witness. Was it not manifest that the deceased had got:up, had opened the door, and, having no one to oppose her, bad gone to attack the prisoner, as she wished to do the night before. The prisoner had met her, and in all probability a personal rencontre had taken place, and blows had been struck. The deceased had then retreated to her reom, followed by the prisoner, who, still smarting from her violence, and under the irritation of her blows, had committed the act, which he had, no doubt, done. The Learned Counsel then went on to contend that the facts of the case showed that the prisoner was insane—all his conduct went to prove this fact. Two witnesses were then called to confirm the latter view, but their evidence completely failed in this parti cular. The Learned JUDGE having very carefully summed up the case, the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty. Upon the prisoner being asked by the officer of the Court why judgment should not be pronounced against him, that he should die, said he had killed her, and that he was justified in doing so, as she was such a bad and provoking woman, and that he would rather be hanged e cdavo day yllutua:t death,bttalhhen cases,drwt than to have lived with her. doc ll k is ur L g O in ß g DS e l x ll: us t e h s e f n o , r p h u is tti c n r g im o e n . the black cap, pro ceeded to pass on the unhappy man the awful sentence g rhei o s allfwv thert; hrr very odh sitting prisonersi rm .nhe trying h u o s e fti te heardheo for nr Court urth n rhi t m at eml .t o ahg v ini r e st, a d rn , a mornin g, . d a ft.i , n ieo d urgr l , dey N . ir a ss s rp led from the lent ooo t s h imn e M Of which went off, proceeded to try pri 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 two men, before Mr. Justice Patteson, fur stealing some potatoes, a sack, and a pot, girl, 14 years of age, tea. render, d as a wit ne-s in b-lialf of the prisoners. She was objected to on the part of the prosecution, as not understanding 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 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. Before the trial of the case Mr. EDWARDS took this objection to the indictment:--The indictment stated, 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 saying 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 penal 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 objeo lion, 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 keepers rushed forward to secure them, but they managed to make their escape. The next morning, on searchinc , the spot near to whi c h th e y were stan di ng when the gun was fired, pheasant's feathers were found scattered about the ground, as if a bird bad been killed there. The two other persons were taken up that day, and had been tried last circuit, at Taunton, but the pri soners absconded, and were 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 ()Time ? The 6 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. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Luncaster, Aug. 12. The assizes for the northern division of the county of Lancaster commenced here this morning. Their Lord ships sat for the dispatch of business at ten o'clock. Mr. Justice Cresswell sat on the civil side, and the Chief 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, 1 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 conducted 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 parently 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 shook 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 Ain't 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. Jimas 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. Hulton 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 coming back, she was informed he was living with another woman, and that she herself hav ing in the meantime become 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 Natha n i e l not g i ven his consent I should not now be in this unfortunate conditien." His LORDSHIP, in summing up, said that it was very lamentable such ignorance should exist among any por tion 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 SIDE. The business on the civil side presented me case of ir.• terest. Two cases of replevin, an undefended ejectment, and an action for not receiving goods bargained and sold, were the subjects of discussion; and, as may be supposed from their very nature, wero 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 ;hat the civil business will conclude to-morrow. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Monmouth, Aug. 12. The Learned Judges having arrived here from Here 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 ley taking his seat in the Nisi Prius Court. The following is an analysis of the calendar :—Arson, 2 ; rape, 6 ; housebreaking, 1 ; robbery from the per son, 1 ; false pretences, 1 ; bigamy, 1 ; stealing cattle, 1 ; larcenies and minor offences, 2 0.—Total 33. CROWN COURT.—(Before the Lord Chief Justice TINDAL.) John James was indicted for attempting feloniouly to shoot at George Godwin, on the Ist of last November. Mr. Greaves conducted the prosecution. Mr. Beadon defended the prisoner. It appeared th a t th ere h ad b een for a length of time continual disputes between the prosecutor (who is agent to the Duke of Beaufort, and resides at Troy-house) and the prisoner, the latter having, at the last assizes, brought an action against Godwin, on which occasion he recovered a verdict for the amount claimed by him. This circumstance did not in any degree tend to lessen the subsisting animosity. On the day in question the prosecutor called at the prisoner's house for the purpose of demanding 'possession of the premises, on which at the tine were some parties endeavouring to levy a dis tress. James was at an upper window, and being much exasperated at what had taken place, as well as at some demands made by Godwin, used some strong expressions towards him, and finally called to his daughter and his wife, who were both in the room with him, to bring him his gun. His daughter, unfortunately, complied with his request. He did not put it to his shoulder, but supporting it in one hand, the girl still retain ing her hold of the stock, he pulled the trigger and snapped the lock, which missed fire. A man of the name of William Rose, a bystander, immediatly snatched the gun from James, sounded the barrel with the rod, and found in it just four fingers' breadth of charge ; there was, however, only a small quantity of powder in the pan, which was damp, and caked by the pressure of the hammer, and therefore rendered difficult of ignition. A person passing at the time with a gun was requested by R ose to p u t a little fresh powder from i his flask to the touchhole, and Godwin then, raising the gun to his shoulder, fired into alvood 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 hear any thing str,elc at the time of the discharge. The woapon pn;ved t., be a rifle, pc-:e6s;on c,f wa3 counted for from the circumstance of the prisoner hav ing formerly served in the 60th Regiment, and although an inference unfavourable to him was suggested 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 close 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 Weathorall, servant to Mrs. Anne Hetherington, 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 on her answering it he wished her good morning, and walked directly up stairs into Mr. Leese'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 water 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 tonight," 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 had 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 robbing his mess, and while fill ing that situation had tattooed his arms with the figure of our Saviour, and representations of the son, 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 pel, 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 a tone of despondency, declined saying anything, and be 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 Yeldhatn, 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 day. Witness had 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 3/., 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 FRIGATE AURORA.—Yesterday, two young watermen, named Applecoy and Davis, appeared before Messrs. Oakes and Tickner, county magistrates, at the Town-h ill, 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 th e a b ove town, for having created a disturbance on board that 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 and indul 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 assistance 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 really 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 reit- Used a considerable emolument by the officers of the fri gate very considerately throwing it open to the public view of the visitors who frequent this town. Has there I been any complaints against the general conduct of the . visitors P Witness—No, Sir, all very good, and much gratified. The defendants, when asked what explanation they had to , fr,T respecting their conduct, assured the Bench that the 'vas running so strong in that part of the wh, L:r fr4ate O'at Liu-y were We ed to hold on by her, as they could nut make the least head way by rowing. They admitted raising the oar to the sailor who cut the rope, but as for making use of bad language they denied it, although, continued the defen dants, they expressed themselves very badly. Mr. Oaks—Then do you know the Russian language I Defendant—No, Sir. Mr. Oaks—Then pray how do you know that they used such language as you have attributed to them ? The defendants were mute, and evidently consideVa that they had made their case no better by the allegstien• The Bench consulted, and Mr. Oaks observed that the defendants were each fined lOs. and costs, and he trusted that Lieut. Nicholi would convey to the office?. of the Aurora the doep regret of the Bench that such an occur rence should have taken place, after the great indulgenc e and courtesy they had shown to the town. Lieut. Nichols then bowed to the magistrate, and with' drew. The defendants paid the fines. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 9 permillef which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10i41. per mace for standard gold, gives an exchange of 26 38 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at shor t being 25 50, it follows that gold is 0.47 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 43 4 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10e. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 139/1 and the exchange at Hamburgh on Londo n a t short being 13 9 4 , it lows that gold is 0.11 dearer in London than in Hamburgh. At the Greenwich meeting to-day the question of re' newed negotiation with the South-Eastern and DOW Company for a lease of the line on improved terms was • broached and discussed with much good feeling, stir ported and encouraged, as it was by a communication from a party present that the South-Eastern Directors were yet inclined to give something more than the 60 previously offered. It seemed, in fact, to be the desire of the shareholders to have some sort of amalgamation with the South-Eastern or other contiguous corn' panies, which would insure a certain return for capital invested, though at the same time there was evidently a more harmonious spirit _ of co-operation among t h em to support t h e " rights inviolate, and not suffer 'themselves to be the suppliants of other boards, or immediately accept any terms that might be dictated. If no arrange ment of a profitable character can be made with the South-Eastern or the Croydon boards, the new prospecl of a North Kent line, with its consequent advantages, to regarded as another point on which the sbareholderS may rely for success ; but, as it is really believed that the South. Eastern Directors are disposed to enter into modified agreement which will meet the Greenwich Di' • rectors half-way, the majority expressed an opinion in favour of coming to an equitable arrangement with that Company, so as to avoid the probability of a further so' cumulation of debt. Mr. D. W. Harvey, Mr. Mool o l,, Mr. Laurence, Mr. Salomon s , an d o th ers , a l t h oug h a° had different resolutions, agreed in the main with the broad principle of the proposition, and the result ws° the appointment of a Committee of seven Shareholder ° to act with the Directors in re-opening these negotir tions, an adjournment of the meeting to a future dig being made to receive a report on the subject. According to the statement of affairs laid before th e shareholders, the receipts of the last half-year hale reached to 23,4161. 9s. 7d., an increase of 1,871/. 19s. compared with the same period in 1842 ; but then It was justly remarked, that while this was the case, there appeared also a very large increase in expenditure. The question of the payment of the preference shareholder ° before all expenses of working and repairing the lin e were discherged was referred to, but minor considers' tions such as this and other matters were by genell consent allowed to be suspend e d till t h e term i natio n 0 labours of the Committee, in conjunction with th e Directors, is announced. The Committee of Spanish American bondholder ° held a meeting yesterday, but no official account hue been given of the result. It i s ascerta i ne d , h owever , thst they have resolved to address one more letter to the Minister of New Granada, aski ng f or an exp li c i t ans wer as to the amount of remittances on account of the div' dends he has received from his Government. The Car mittee know the sum that was received up to May, 180; but of the amount received since they have no hill' s ledge, official or otherwis e , nor h ave t h ey the slight°, notion in what manner any of the funds are investsf: To such a simple question as they intend to propose the Committee have certainly a right to expect a satisfaet oll answer, but after the specimens they have already the ceived, they will probably not b e muc h surpr i se d if reverse is the case. The Committee of Spanish bondholders are, it seems' about to bestir thems e l ves , an d to i m i tate the bond' holders in Paris, who h e ld a mee ti ng l ast week. The eulogies passed upon the Finance Minister, Senor XI by Lord Aberdeen, and the jeopardy of the nation property, which they consider pledged for the satisf'f, tion of their claims, have given an impulse to their ! ; j1 ertions, and now, if we are rightly informed, they e', l l exert themselves in good earnest. Th e means they lir e adopt in urging their case upon the attention of tn Spanish or Briti s h G overnment are of course ceded, but we may a ssume t h at the Committee Will ,er pouse the cause of every c l ass o f creditor, an d t h a t w h ile the claims of the Active h o ld ers are brought f or ward, the Passive will not b e neg l ecte d . M onday next i s fixed for the day of the C omm it tee ' s meet i ng. yet undo' SUN.—At the close of business Consols were stearli , but not quite so buoyant, being 998 to 1. The heavy in' vestments continued high, and in the Reduced Three pet Cents. there were a good many transfers at 998 to par: There were one or two bargains in Spanish Actiro Bonds at 224, and in the Three per Cents. at 33 to 31 Mexican were 35Z- to 36; Peruvian reali se d 24 to /i Brazilian, 84. The additional transactions in Railway Shares here been these :—Bir m i ng h am an d Gloucester were i Dublin and Cashel, 3i ; Great Western, 604 to 6 ' , South Western Eighths, 38; Croydon, 51 to si; Lyn n and Ely, Manchester and Birmingham, 14 to 1 1 Norwich and Brandon, 104 ; South-Eastern, 51; Tr ent Valley, to 7i; Yarmouth an d N orw i c h , 12 k ; New, 12; York and North Midland, 60; and Paris 10) Rouen, 188remium. Eastern C ount i es h ave b ee n 1" Brighton, li; and Greenwich, 58• to 48 discount. The rate of exchange on Amsterdam and Fran: was the same as on Friday, but Antwerp, Hamburg h ' Paris, and Trieste, were barely so good. The following is the official return of the exports., bullion from the port of London, for the week end°' Thursday last:— Silver Coin to China ............ 17,200 05. Rotterdam ft Hambu'' h 48,974 t/ Mauritius Silver Bars to Hamburgh Gold Coin to Mauritius Bars to Rotterda m ir) COURSE OF EXCHANGE . — ( YE STER RA" Amsterdam CF. 12 4 Gibraltar Ditto, at sight l2 2 Leghorn 3O 60 Rotterdam 2U.12 5 Genoa 95 55 Antwerp 25 90 Milan Hamburgh M.B. 13 13f Venice 47 Altona l3 14 Naples 391 Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 60 Palermo, per oz llO Ditto, 3 raonths 25 85 Lisbon s4i Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 23 Frankfort on Maine.. 121 Bahia 23 Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldyssight Vienna, effec. 2.3 M 952 Philadelphia f- Trieste, ditto o 9 Madrid 37 Foreign Gold, bars... Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona 36 New Dollars 0 Seville — Silver in ears 0 . BIRTHS. f pe- On the 10th inst., the lady of D. Meinertzag-en, Esq. , ° vonsliire-place, of a daughter. ier g ‘ On the 10th inst., a t Dorset-terrace, Clapham-roa d , Cunningham, of a d aug ht er . On the 10th inst., at 11 Ink-street, Westminster, " C. Lethbridge, of a son : vhode d On the 10th inst., at Greenwich, the lady of Alfred ...- Bristow, Esq., of a son . 10 1 1 On the 11th inst., at Loosleigh, near Plymouth, t of Walter Ellis, Esq., of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Tramore Lodge, Brighton, A. Soames, of a daught er. On the 11th inst., at Arbour-terrace, Commercial -rOll4 the lady of G eorge Ward, Esq., of a daughter. , of On the 10th i nst., at Park-street, Windsor, the Major Anderson, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 7th of May, ht Calcutta, theO Bengal Engineers, to Louisa, seconddaughter of Captain Francis Hodgson, of the Bengal Army. 4 ,,h1, On the 9th i ns t., at t h e I ndependent Chapel, Stans'"ogeo E. Spackrnan, Esq., of London, to Mary- daughter of William Rayner, Esq., of Stradishal l l Suft;alk. ° On the 10th i ns t., a t Milton-next -Gravesend, Major J ~ Vie, Agnew, Colonial S ecre t ary , D om i n i ca, to Helen ~ third daughter of 11. Brandon, Esq., of Gravesend. T r e ptif, On the 10th inst., at Broawater Church, Sussex, .„d earl' third son of John James, Esq., Secondary of London , ante Worthing, to Charlotte Marriott, second daughter of the Thomas F. Rance, Esq. ;den t On the 12th inst., at St. George's, Camberwell, Johnm.„,. of ;3 c 'l... Goodman, E sq ., o f Edgbaston, near Birmingham' Martin, eld es t d aug h ter of Richard Buck, Esq . ' ° berwell. D IE D. On the Gth i ns t., i n St. John's-wood, Christopher if arri 9°ll ' Esq., aged 68. On the 7th inst., William Donald, Esq., of Great George f' square, Liverpool, aged 82. On the Bth inst., at Bognor, Richard MuggeridlEkins4tosh On the 9th inst., Broadley, Nairnshire, John Grant q 23. On the 10t ag h inst., in Great Winchester-street , M r ' au° Goodinge, aged 84. n On the 10th 4).a , at Lower Clapton, Jacob Clements! r-r e , moor.. inst.,wife at the College, Worcester, the the Rev. John Ryle Woods, a non of Worceatelg. On the 10th i ns t., at Chelsea, Mr. T. W. Bowe r, aged laces On the 11th inst., Robert Wilson, Esq., of York - P Pentonville-road. of On the 11th in s t., at Windsor, Mr. John Evanoolll3 Souamton-see Covent .garden. O th n the p 11th i tr nst , g at Bayswater-hill, Lewis Duvai, r"°(l.' of Lincoln's Inn. Lev e.i°P On the 12th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. W illiam of East India-road, Poplar. of London: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YO VNG OS* No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sum Office,4;rf of Strand, in the Precinct of the Sav o y . in the .0, Middlesex, Wednesday, August 14. 1844.