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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—A case of an extraordinary, if not al together unprecedented, character, was last Tuesday brought before a court constituted under the provi sions of the Church Discipline Act, and held at Totnes, Devon, by special appointment of the Right Rev. Prelate who presides over the diocese of Exeter. The circumstances out of which the charge arose, the proceedings in the case, and especially the im portant principle involved, combine to render the affair one of special interest to the clergy of the Church of England, and of importance to all classes of the community. The Rev. James Shore, was the party proceeded against : the charges alleged against him, and into the prima facie validity of which it was the province of the commission to inquire, were briefly these :—Bridgetown, ahamlet containing nearly 2,000 inhabitants, is a portion of the parish of Berry his Pomeroy, and is the property of Grace the Duke of Somerset. In 1832 his Grace built a chapel, a capacious and costly structure , for the convenience of the inhabitants. The Rev. J. Shore, who had been curate of the parish for about two years previously, and was much esteemed by the then vicar, the Rev. J. Edwards, was appointed and licensed by the Bishop, minister of the chapel. In 1836 Mr. Edwards died, and Mr. Brown succeeded him. He did not renew the appointment of Mr. Shore, nor was it required by the Bishop. Mr. Shore continued to officiate as the Minister of Bridgetown chapel, without interruption or question from any guar ter, his Grace the Duke of Somerset paying all the ex penses of the service. In 1843 Mr. Brown wished to ex change livings with a Rev. Mr. Cosens, and the Duke of Somerset facilitated that arrangement, which was carried into effect. Mr. Cosens gained an addition to his income by the change, to the extent of be tween 1001. and 2001. a year. This change could not have taken place without the good offices of the Duke. A few days after the induction of Mr. Cosens, Mr. Shore received a letter from Mr. R. Barnes, the Bishop's Secretary, inquiring whether he had received a fresh appointment from the Rev. Vicar; because if he had not the Bishop would not permit him to continue minister of the chapel. Mr. Shore consulted the Duke of Somerset. An appli cation was thereupon made to Mr. Cosens to give the required appointment to Mr. Shore. The application was met by a positive refusal. Mr. Cosens was "highly indignant" that Mr. Shore should have first gone to " a mere layman ;" and observed that he could not conscientiously appoint Mr. Shore. He was pressed to state whether he knew anything against Mr. Shore. This was em barrassing He confessed that he had heard nothing of him except from the Bishop. Matters had now arrived at a crisis ; either the chapel must be closed, and the people of Bridgetown be de prived of a pastor who had faithfully ministered to them for thirteen years, or the chapel must be with drawn from the Establishment. Mr. Cosens refused to re-appoint Mr. Shore ; and the Bishop of Exeter withdrew his license from the chapel, and thus ren dered any clergyman who officiated within its walls liable to pains and penalties, as an offender against ecclesiastical order. There remained one of two courses to the Duke of Somerset. His Grace might, of course, obey the Bishop's be hest, deprive the people of Bridgetown of the minister to whom they were affectionately attached, and send him forth injured and helpless, having the pulpit of the chapel which he had erected at great cost to be filled by whomsoever the Vicar and the Bishop might please to select and appoint. This was one course ; and this was, evidently, the course to which it was expected the combined operations of the ?'relate and the parish priest would reduce the Duke of Somerset. But there was another course. The chapel might be licensed under the provisions of the Toleration Act. Mr. Shore might qualify himself as a teacher and preacher under the pro vision of the same statute. Thus separating himself from the Established Church, the authority and control of the Bishop of Exeter over him and over the chapel in which he officiated, would, he naturally supposed, terminate. The controversy would thus be brought to a close. This course the Duke of Somerset sanctioned and approved—it would even seem, sug gested. The Duke's agent licensed the chapel; and Mr. Shore duly qualified himself as the minister of a separatist congregation, by makingthe prescribed declaration, and obtaining the ne cessary certificate. Mr. Shore notified to the Bishop's Secretary that he had taken refuge under the Act of Toleration, and asked if there were any other act to be done by him to com plete his desired severance from the Church of Eng land. The Bishop's monition was thus converted into moonshine. The chapel, enjoined to be closed against its minister, remained open. The service in it, how ever, continued to be performed in exact conformity with the directions of the Book of Common Prayer. The most careful observer would have detected no variance between the former and the present state of things. Within the Duke of Somerset's chapel, at Bridgetown,the prayers and other religious ordinances were performed as they had been from its erection. The mode in which the difficulty created by the Bishop had been obviated by the Duke, pleased and satisfied all parties—except, indeed, the Prelate and the Vicar. These co-operators, to eject Mr. Shore from the chapel, found themselves foiled by a move for which they were utterly unprepared. But there was yet another chance. Mr. Shore had, by virtue of his ordination vows, engaged to obey his Diocesan in all things pertaining to the clerieal office. By preaching and administering the sacra ments in an unlicensed place—he having been duly cautioned and admonished of the fact, that the Bishop s license had been withdrawn from the chapel at Bridge town—Mr. Shore had been guilty of a breach of ecclesiastical discipline. He was, therefore, cited to appear before the Commission issued to inquire into the facts. This proceeding was preliminary to his being prosecuted in the Ecclesiastical Court, to be therein dealt with, for the restoration of his soul's health ; the wholesome discipline of the spiritual court having wondrous efficacy to raise the fallen, and to restore the erring sons of the Church to the fold from which they have strayed. STANDARD.—There is something heroic in the determination of the Irish Whigs to contribute their share, small though it be, to the general discontent, notwithstanding that they are so cruelly assaulted by the O'Connellite faction on every possible oppor tunity. Their affection for agitation is willing, like true loyalty, to suffer all' things not only for, but from, their taskmaster. It is unfortunate that a fa tality of rendering themselves ridiculous should at tach to personages so self-denying, but what choice can they have when the repeaters abuse with equal ferocity Whigs and Tories, and there is only left for Lords Charlemont and Gosford the opportunity of attacking those inconsidered trifles in which Mr. O'Connell is pleased to think the guilt of the Conservatives greater than that of the Whigs ? The close of the session has produced another manifesto from Charlemont House, relating, it does not exactly appear to what, but kindly advising the Minister to take the state of Ireland into his considoration, as though that were a piece of policy hitherto untried or now likely to be neglect ed. His Grace the Duke of Leinster, though his timid Whiggism has deprived him of the right to the hereditary and questionable motto of his house, heads this very select list ; and, in addition to that circum stance, the authors of the document demand attention to their opinions on the ground of their being pro prietors of estates in Ireland. The claim is one which we are not at all disposed to deny ; for opinions on Irish questions have been of late years too generally taken from persons who are proprietors of nothing Irish but assurance. We cannot, however, see why even such a qualification should enable these few noblemen to give the sanc tion of their names to statements calculated to strengthen the false outcry of the O'Connellite nlique, that there is a disposition on the part of her Majesty's Government to neglect the affairs of Ireland. If the determination of Ministers to devise measures for the amelioration of Ireland were prompted by any anxiety for popu larity, the flood of unfounded abuse with which every measure is assailed by the adherents of Lord Charlemont's party might well induce them to abandon the attempt. One of the complaints made in this document is, tha t the Government seems to apprehend a ci vil war by augmenting the number of the troops, and that in this seeming apprehension there is some grea t evil which their Lordships are not pleased more fu lly to explain. It i s perhaps clear to the Duke of Leinster and Lord charlemont that the best course to purs ue, when a whole population has been excited by lan- o g uage most violent and inflammatory ' is t Teave that population to take their own course fur the redress of supposed grievances, without p res enting to them the visible tokens of the power of the law. Such, however, is not the most obviously rational view of the matter. From what ever supposed apprehensions their Lordships may think the augmentation of the number of troops in Ireland arises, it is plain that that augmentation is the most effectual mode of removing the ground for all species of apprehension, and is a course preferable, we cannot but think, to the coercion Bills and daily proclamations with which the Whigs have found it necessary to treat their present allies. gl ` ; r or WAR.—The Low Moor Iron Works were newer busier than now in providing instruments of death and destruction. Daily, and luring almost every hour a the day, waggons and carts are engaged in conveying . heavy artillery, and shot to the railway station at Brighouse, or the canal station at Bradford. — Leeds Mercury. 1101311ERY 13Y A CLEE.II.—It was discovered on ... 0. nday morni i; at the Dispatch Office, in Fleet-street, - that one of the clerks, named Scott, had absconded, 'taking with him cash to the amount of nearly 1701., the property of Mr. harmer, the proprietor. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1844. RAILWAY DEPARTMENT. Minute of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, relative to the Constitution and Mode of Proceeding of the Railway Department. At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 6th August, 1844—8 y the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Council, appointed for the considera tion of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations. My Lords read and considered the following para graphs and resolution, taken from third section of the Fifth Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Railways (1844) : " In recommending, therefore, that Railway Bills be submitted to the Board of Trade previously to their coming under the notice of Parliament, the Committee conceives that that Board (or such other public department as may be entrusted with the care of railway matters) might advantageously examine these bills, and also the schemes themselves before they had assumed the form of Bills, with regard mainly to the following subjects " 1. All questions of public safety. " 2. All departures from the ordinary usage of railway legislation, on points where such usage has been sufficiently established. " 3. All provisions of magnitude which may be novel in their principle, or may involve extended consideration of public policy. For example, amal gamations and agreements between separate com panies; extension of capital; powers enabling rail way companies to pursue purposes different in kind from those for which they were incorporated ; modi fications of the general law. " 4. Branch and extension lines, in cases where, upon the first aspect cf the plan, a presumption is raised that the object of the scheme is to throw diffi culties in the way of new, and probably legitimate enterprises. " 5. New schemes, where the line taken presents a strong appearance of being such as to raise the pre sumption that it does not afford the best mode of communication between the termini, and of accom modating the local traffic. " 6. Cases where a Bill of inferior merits may be brought before Parliament, and where a preferable scheme is in bona fide contemplation, although not sufficiently forward to come simultaneously under the judgment of Parliament, according to its standing orders. " 7. Any proposed arrangements with subsisting companies which may appears as objectors to new lines. " The adequate and satisfactory discharge of their duties would entail upon the Board of Trade a great additional amount of labour and responsibility; and it is the opinion of the Committee that if the recom mendations of this and of its other reports should be adopted, it would be necessary to enlarge the railway department of that Board, and to improve its orga nisation. Upon these grounds, and with these inten tions, the Committee have ceme to the following " Resolution,—That it is expedient that all Rail way Bills should henceforward be submitted to the Board of Trade previously to their introduction into Parliament ; and that the various documents and other requisite information connected with each pro ject, and, if necessary, copies of the plans and sections of the line shall be lodged at the office of the Board of Trade, at such periods as may afford sufficient op portunity for their examination.' My Lords read and considered the heads of several clauses of the Railways Bill (now awaiting the Royal assent) which relate to the functions of this de partment. My Lords read the letter of Mr. Lefevre to Sir George Clerk, dated the 2d instant, in which it is proposed that provision should be made for the appointment of two secretaries to the railway department of this Board, and of an assistant-inspector, and the reply of the sth instant, in which is stated the approval of these arrangements by the Lords of the Treasury. My Lords are of opinion that they are not compe tent, without the aid of time and experience, to lay down definite and sufficient rules for the future prac- tice of the railway department of this Board ,• but they have decided upon the following general instruc tions (subject, of course, to reconsideration hereafter, if in any particulars they should be found inapplicable or inconvenient) with respect to 1. The constitution of a Board for the purpose of transacting railway business. 2. The preparation of minutes and reports. 3. The provisions to be made for obtaining ade quate and early information. 1. My Lords are of opinion that for the adequate and satisfactory discharge of the duties which, as is now proposed, will devolve upon this Committee, it is desirable that a distinct Board should be constituted in the department for the dispatch of railway busi ness, and that such business shall be settled by written minutes, in the same manner as the ordinary busi ness of this Committee. The president or vice-president of the Committee will act as the head of this Board, and the remaining members of it will act as his advisers in all its trans actions, and subject to his controlling authority. The ordinary members of the Board will be, besides the inspector-general, and, in his absence, the assist ant-inspector, the superintendent, and the joint secretaries. 2. Every minute of the Board upon a railway scheme, and every report upon a Railway Bill, to have the signatures of, Firstly, the president or vice-president of this Committee; and, Secondly, three members of the board, one of whom at least to be an engineering officer of the department. As respects minutes upon railway schemes, to be made before the Bills for giving effect to them are framed, my Lords direct that whenever the depart. ment has formed an intention to prepare such a mi nute, whether upon the application of parties or otherwise, notice shall be given of that intention in the Gazette, for the information of those whom it may concern. My Lords direct that in such notice shall be stated, as nearly as may be, the points into which inquiry is to be made in connexion with the proposed line of railway. No such minute, unless of a preliminary or provisional nature, shall be signed until six weeks after such notice. Every such minute shall be pub lished forthwith in the Gazette, and every such minute shall be laid on the table of both Houses of Parlia ment fourteen days after the opening of the session. Reports to Parliament on Railway Bills shall be made within fourteen days, if there shall have been previous report on the schemes embodied in them respectively ; and at all events within six weeks at the furthest from the receipt of any such Bill. 3. As regards the measures to be taken for obtain ing early and regular information respecting Railway Bills and railway projects before they have assumed the form of bills. Adverting to the resolutions already adopted by the House of Commons on the 19th of July, and to those which it is the intention of the vice-president to propose for adoption in the House of Lords, and also to the provisions contained in the Joint-Stock Com panies' Registration and Regulation Bill, which, if that Bill shall become law, will ensure the deposit in a public office, under the superintendence of this department, of all documents made public by the promoters of any such joint-stock undertaking as may be formed subsequently to the passing of the Act, — my Lords are of opinion that there will be adequate security for their being duly apprised, from time to time, of the origin and progress of future railway projects up to the periods of the presentation of the Bills. To make similar provisions for their subsequent stages, before the passing of the Acts of Incorpora tion, my Lords will cause to be addressed to all the Parliamentary agents the circular hereto annexed (A). As regards railway projects already announced to the public during the present year, and now in exist ence, but not having assumed the form of law, my Lords direct a list to be prepared of these, and the circular letter (B) hereto annexed to be addressed to the solicitors or other leading promoters of them. (A.) CIRCULAR LETTER TO PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. Railway Department, Board offrade, Whitehall, August, 1844. Sir, —Referring to the recommendation of the Select Committee on Railways, that "Railway Bills be submitted to the Board of Trade previously to their coining under the notice of Parliament," with a view to the examination of these Bills by the Board, and to the resolution adopted by the House, " That in the case of Railway Bills, a copy of every Bill an nexed to a petition be deposited in the office of the Board of Trade on or before the day of presentation of the petition to the House," I am directed by the Lords of the Committee .of Privy Council for Trade to call your attention to the course of proceedings with regard to Railway Bills entrusted to your charge, which will become necessary in order to give effect to the proposed supervision of the Board of Trade over such Bills during their progress through Parliament. My Lords will be desirous of exercising this super vision with the least possible interference with the ordinary progress of Parliamentary business ; and with this view they conceive that the most convenient course will be to require that the information neces sary to enable them to f o rm a judgment on the Bill at its different stages should be furnished to them by the re (l u ag i re e d n agents a t thesame to b e lodged timesat the as such Private information Bill-office hiys the standing orders of the House. Accordingly my Lord s thi n k proper to propose, in I.re g l ar h d at to a e ta o i p l y wa o y f Bills, proposed to Bill as to be submitted to the Committee, - as is de posited in compliance with the 136th standi ng order in the Private Bill-office at or before the time of giving notice of the Committee , be at the same time de posited in the office of the railway department of the Board of Trade. 2: That a printed copy of every Bill as amended in Committee, except in cases wherein the Committee shall report the amendments to be merely verbal or literal, be deposited by the agent for the Bill at the office of the railway department of the Board of Trade, three clear days at least before the considera tion of the report. 3. That in the case of Railway Bills, where it is intended to bring up any clause, or to propose any amendment in the report, or the consideration of the report, or on the third reading of any Bill, notice shall be given thereof, and a copy of such clause or amendment deposited in the office of the railway de partment of the Board of Trade on the day previous to such report, or consideration of the report, or third reading. 4. That in the case of Railway Bills, where amend ments made by the House of Lords to any Bill sent up to them are to be taken into consideration, a copy of the same be deposited by the agent for the Bill in the office of the railway department of the Board of Trade, on the day previous to the same being proposed to be taken into consideration. In fixing the same periods for the deposit of infor mation regarding Railway Bills in the railway de partment of the Board of Trade, as is required by the standinc , orders of the House in regard to the deposit of similar information in the Private Bill-office, my Lords wish, however, to call your attention to the desirableness of furnishing, in all cases of Railway Bills, any information respecting them, at the earliest periods when it may be found practicable.—l am, &c. (Signed) S. LAING. 1 (B.) CIRCULAR LETTER TO THE PROMOTERS OF RAILWAY 'CREMES. Railway Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, August, 1844. Sir,—Referring to the recommendation of the Se lect Committee on Railways, that a supervision should be exercised by a department of the Government over future railway schemes in their earlier stages, and to the resolutions founded on that recommenda tion which have been adopted by the House of Com mons—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to call your attention to the functions which this department is about to under take with reference to the railway schemes in which you are interested (as solicitor, agent, chairman of company, or otherwise, as the case may be). It will be their Lordships' wish to discharge these functions so as to incur the smallest possible risk of obstructing the progress of Railway Bills and under takings, by the delay necessary for adequate exa mination ; and with this view it is obviously desirable that they should be placed by the promoters of such schemes in possession of the necessary information at the earliest possible period. Accordingly, my Lords request that you will use due diligence in communi cating with them from time to time without delay, as occasion may arise, respecting railway schemes in contemplation, in which you may be interested as a promoter or otherwise ; and in due course respecting the detailed nature of such schemes, and the specific legal provisions which it is intended to seek from Parliament. I am, &c. (Signed) S. LAING. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Auc. 12.—Wind W. to S.W., light breeze, with heavy rain at times. DEAL, Aua. 10.—P.M. Wind E.S.E. to E.-11. A.m., S.E. to N.E., light ; P.M. S.W. moderate.—Sld, Sarah Nicholson, Cuba ; St. Vincent's Planter, Ichaboe ; Ajax and City of Rochester, Quebec ; and the whole of the outward bound, except Eliza Ann, for Brazil . SHIELDS, AUG. 9.—The Minerva from Inverness, came off the Herd last night without damage. YARMOUTH, AUG. 9.—The Providence Goodwill has been brought into the harbour, and lies in the mud full of water. . _ HAYLE, Aua. B.—The Navarino, Paynter, the Joseph, Williams, and the Prince Regent, Husband, are reported to be missing, and very little hopes are entertained of their safety. MARYPORT, AUG. B.—The Miranda, Can, of and from Belfast, is ashore in Silloth Bay, and has sustained a good deal of damage to her bottom. PORT MADOC, AUG. 9.—The Druid, from Strangford, was struck by a sea 6th inst., which split her stern, shifted her ballast, &c. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 11.—Wind N.N.W. to S.W.— Sld. Diana and Severn, Icbaboe ; Tecumseh, New York; Candia, St. John's, New Brunswick ; London, Mauri tius ; Thomas, Jamaica. Arrd. Quebec, London for New York. RAMSGATE, AUG. 11.—Sld. Shanim, Cape of Good Hope. The Malta, of Aberdeen, from Grangemouth for Rotterdam, was abandoned Bth inst., off the Texel, in a sinking state ; crew saved. TORBAY, AUG. 9.—Sld. Juliana, Singapore. LIVERPOOL, AuG. 10.—Wind N.W., fresh.-11. S., moderate.—Arrd. Jamefie, Jack, and Norfolk, Elliott, New Orleans ; Sovereign , Quebec. Ski. 10th, Sarah Birkett, Sydney, New South Wales ; Victoria, ; Batavia Fire Queen (s.), Calcutta ; Ann, Bahia ; Cum berland, Pernambuco ; Orinoco, Augustina, John Ganow, Jamaica ; Flancio and Serafin, Havannah Colupus, Columbia ; Great Britain, Nicholas Biddle, and Rochester, New York ; Manteo, Boston ; City of Waterford, Magnet, and Souter Johnny, Montreal ; Colombus, Duke of Cornwall, Lady Milton, Pallas, Royal Albert, and Victory, Quebec ; Jim Crow and Ocean Queen, Newfoundland ; Martin Luther and Susan, Cal cutta ; Mail, Bombay ; Fencer and Parsee, Mer chant, Ichaboe ; lmaume, Lathorn, Ireland ; Isabella, Rio Grande ; Anglesea, Columbia ; Agnes packet, Africa; Gossypiam, New Orleans; American, Savannah ; Jupiter, Charleston ; Powhattam, Baltimore ; Clinton and T. P. Cope, Philadelphia ; Mayflower and Zazoo, New York ; Glasgow, and George Davis, Boston ; Christopher Humberstone, St. John's, N.B. ; Emerald, Pugwash ; Wellington, Prince Edward's Island, Alex ander Grant, Hannibal, Hero of Acre, John, Marquis of Normanby, Peel's One, and Pollock, Quebec. CLYDE, AUG. B.—Arrd. Diana, Greig, Barbadoes. Sld. Favourite, Montreal ; Lady of the Lake, Quebec ; Juno, Newfoundland. DUBLIN, Aua. 9.—Arrd. Sir J. Kempt, Quebec. Sld. Bridget and Wanderer, Quebec. CORY, AUG. 9.—Sld. Ursula, Bombay. Off, Moslem, Vale, Hayti; Mathesis, Sierra Leone; Champion, Steele, Antigua. PETERHEAD, AUG. B.—Arrd. Union, Ogoton, Green land, four fish, 30 tuns, left the grounds 20th ult. BRISTOL, AUG. IL—Sid. Edward Colston, Africa ; Maria, Demerara ; Mary Jane, Prince Edward's Island ; Collins, Quebec. FALMOUTH, AuG. 11.—Some large pine timber and some spruce battens were passed sth inst., lat. 49, lon. 20, by the Brome, arrived here. BUDE, AUG. 10.—A pair of fancy bellows, with brass nose, and initials " J. W." cut in them, have been washed ashore at Hartland, with a ship's box, containing some candles, &c. CASTLETOWN, AUG. 7.—Her Majesty's steamer Strom boli, in leaving the inside anchorage at Bantry, got on the bar of the Horse Island, and remains, but is expected off next spring tides, after being lightened. She does not appear at present to have received much damage. LONDONDERRY, AUG. 9.—The Thomas Galston, of and from Belfast for Quebec, was abandoned 3d inst., let. 55, lon. 26, dismasted. Arrd. Brilliant, Piercy, Antigua. GREENLAND FISHERY. PETERHEAD, Auo. 9.—The following vessels left Greenland on the 17th ult., in company with the Union, which arrived here yesterday :—Anne, of Hull, two whales, and 2,000 seals ; Hanover (foreign), clean ; Altona (foreign), three small whales ; Augusta (foreign), one whale. PORTSMOUTH REGATTA, AUG. 9.—Portsmouth Harbour Regatta was continued yesterday, in defiance of thunder, wind, and heavy rain, which occurred fre quently during the day. The sailing matches were ad mirably contested, and the sailing-boats managed in very superior style, especially the wherries. The Rear-Ad miral Superintendent kindly allowed the Portsmouth and Fanny tenders, and the Echo steamer, decorated with flags, to be moored near the starting vessel, for the ac commodation of the public. The regimental bands were in attendance, but owing to the unsettled state of the weather the spectators were not so numerous as hereto fore, though the prizes and matches were admirably arranged by the steward, Mr. Vandenbourg. LARGE HEDGES.—We have much pleasure in di recting attent!,n to a small pamphlet just published by Mr. Roberts, of this city, entitled, " A Few Remarks on the Large Hedges and Small Enclosures of Devon shire and the adjoining Counties ; by John Grant, sur veyor and land-agent, Exeter." Mr. Grant appears to have made a survey of ten parishes, all within a circuit of fifteen miles of Exeter, and extending over a district of twenty miles. He tells us that the result of his exa mination of these ten parishes, containing 36,976 acres, being an average of about 3,700 acres, is, that there are 1,657 miles of hedge, about half as long again as the great wall of China, or sufficient to hedge round the whole of England, with an immense bank of earth, and occupying 2,042 acres.— Westet n Luminary. WELLINGTON AMONG THE WEERS FOR THE FIRST TINE.—It happened to be my duty, when I was Chan cellor, upon the Duke of Wellington's first coming into the House of Lords, to return him the thanks of the House for his great cervices to his country. I am not aware of any other instance in the peerage of an indi vidual being, at his first entrance into the House, a baron, viscount, an earl, a marquis, and a duke, having had from time to time each title conferred upon him for distinct services to his country. I made the singular fact a distinct and leading topic in my address to him. Individuals of the royal family may have been intro duced, having by patent all the dignities of one moment conferred upon them by royal favour. But this noble man rose, from time to time, from one dignity to an other, until he had every dignity, each conferred by dis tinct grants, and upon different occasions for different services, and all those rendered to the country before he could return to it to take his seat after the grant of the dignities.—Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon. LAWYERS IN CHINA.—No attorneys are authorised by law in China; those self-constituted, are thus defined and described by a Chinese classic writer:—" Villanous and perverse vagabonds, who are fond of making a stir, and who, either by fraudulent and crafty schemes, excite discord; or by disorderly and illegal proceedings, intimi date and impose upon people !"—From Captain Piddings Chinese Olio and Tea Talk, No. 15. BLACKBURN AND PRESTON RAILWAY—The wag gons and other implements for carrying on the works on this line have been procured, and all things are in a state of readiness for commencing operations as soon as possession of the lands can obtained.—Lancaster Guardian. LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 12. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) IN THE MATTER OF JOHNSON, JOHNSON AND MANN, OF THE ROMFORD BANK. This being the day appointed by the Learned Cc m missioner for the further examination of the bankrupts, and for the proving of debts against the estate, the Court was from an early hour crowded by parties interested, a great majority of whom seemed country persons, small. farmers, and agricultural labourers. At one o'clock the case was called, and the bankrupts were placed in the box to be examined. The Learned COMMISSIONER thought that as the ac commodation of the Court was so limited, that those who wished to prove debts had better do so before the Registrar in another room. That done, if any individual wished to hear the examination, they might return to the Court again. This mode would enable those who had come from a distance to return as early as possible. The Learned Counsel concurred in the propriety of such a course, and the official assignees and the Regis trar baying retired to: Mr. Commissioner Evans's room, the great body of the creditors followed. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN—Now, Mr. Chambers, for whom do you appear ? Mr. CHAMBERS—I appear for the bankrupts, Mr. Johnson, sen., and his son. Mr. EDWIN JAMES said that he represented the as signees. Mr. Johnson, sen., was then examined. Mr. JAMES—Now, Mr. Johnson, I believe you were examined before his Honour on the Ist of July last ? I expect I was. Mr. JAMES—Since that time have no papers been found, and sent to Mr. Hill, of Crutched-friars P—No. Mr. JAMES—I ask you, did you not send several boxes of papers to Mr. Hill P—l sent some boxes of papers, but they have no connexion with the bank ruptcy. Mr. JAMES—When did you send these boxes to Mr. Hill ?—Subsequent to the stoppage of the bank, cer tainly. Mr. JAMES—Did you examine those papers before you sent them ; were there not many relative to the bank sent P-1 was not aware of it at the time. I thought I had sent all the papers so connected to Mr. Follett, the official assignee. Mr. JAMES—Were they sent without examination ? Without examination. Mr. JAMES—Did you not suggest that they should be sent to Mr. Hill ?—No doubt of it, and for this reason. When Mr. Follett was in my office, I showed him the boxes, and said that I should like to keep them. He said, " Oh, send the papers ; put them in smaller boxes." I did put all the papers that were connected with the bank in other boxes, and sent them to Mr. Follett ; and I was not conscious that I sent papers of a similar kind to Mr. Hill. Mr. JAMES—Mr. Follett's expression referred to the boxes, and not to the papers, was it not so ?—No, no. Mr. JAMES—I presume you have been looking into your affairs since the bankruptcy ?—I have. Mr. JAMES—When did you know that you were in solvent—before the bank stopped?—rdid not consider at any time that the effects I possessed in the City of London were insufficient to meet all engagements. Mr. JAMES—Did you not know, or hear, before the bank stopped, that there was a great deficiency as re garded it?—There was an apparent deficiency in the balance-sheet taken at Christmas last. Mr. JAMES--Of how much ?-19,0001. Mr. JAMES—Were you not told in May—l'll show you the letter immediately—that there was a deficiency to the amount of 31,000/.?—l told you Christmas. Your May is subsequent to that. Mr. JAMES—Do you know Mr. Burness?—Yes. Mr. JAMES—Were you negotiating as to the pro priety of taking him into partnership?—l declined for two years to accept Mr. Burness as a partner. Mr. JAMES—For two years you say?—Yes; I had letters from Mr. Burness. I myself never attempted to negotiate. Mr. JAMES—You know Mr. Burness's handwriting? —I had more letters from him than I ever read. Mr. JAMES—I want a straightforward answer. Whose handwriting is that letter?—l think it is like his. I do not know that I should authenticate his letters. Mr. JAMES—Read that letter, Sir, and tell me whether you did not receive it?—l do not see wh) lam to read other person's statements. Mr. JAMES—But it is a letter with a statement directed to you, and it says that the bank is deficient 31,0001., and the writer declines to be a partner on that account. I should think that, to tell a banker that such a de ficiency existed, was rather a material communication, eh? —I disagreed with his statement then, and do so still. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN—Had you not better put that letter into Court, Mr. James. Pray who is Mr. Burness? Mr. JAMES—He was cashier at the Romford Bank, toe, with 300/. per annum. I will read the letter, Sir. It is dated the 29th of May, 1844. (The Learned Counsel then read the letter, which was in substance as already stated.) The bankrupt's examination continued—Now, when that balance sheet was made out in May, did you not see it ?—I rather think I did. Mr. JAMES—And it showed a deficiency of 31,6171. 12s. 10d. P—l say I never agreed in that, nor at this time agree in any such deficiency. Mr. JAMES—Then did you ever by any process of figures attempt to show that Mr. Burness's statement was incorrect ?—No. Mr. JAMES—Did you never, on seeing this alarming deficiency, try to ascertain whether it was correct or not ?—I did a few days after, I think, direct an account to be made out by a clerk of the bank, which I brought up to London, and the balance then appeared 19,0001. Mr. JAMES—Were your books correctly kept ?—I expect they were. I depended on their being so kept. Mr. JAMES—Then had. Mr. Burness any other means of making his statement, except from the books of the bank ?—I think not. Mr. JAMES—Had you a private account with the Romford Bank ?—I had. Mr. JAMES—How much is it overdrawn ?—I will ad mit myself a debtor from 12,0001. to 15,0001. Will this satisfy you ? But I don't call it overdrawn. Mr. JAMES—Oh, it will satisfy me. Will it satisfy anybody else ? I suppose, in fact, you have had your customer's money out of the bank, and paid your old debts with it. That is the plain English of it. Pray what did you do with this large sum of 12,000/. or 15,009/. ?—I paid off a bond which was given thirty years before with 15,000/. It had been always delayed till I could pay it. Mr. JAMES—Then this specific money went to pay the bond 7—Yes, in instalments. Mr. JAMES—What, at the time you drew it out ? Oh, no ; I wish for an adjournment in order to give a better answer than now. I did not expect to be ex amined to-day. Mr. JAMES—Were you not in the habit of paying in bills and cheques drawn and accepted by yourself to your own private credit ?—I do not say a habit, but I have done so. Mr. JAMES—Have you never paid in cheques which never went through your bankers ?—lf they had been presented they would have been paid. When not pre sented they were used as vouchers against me. Mr. JAMES—Were you not in the habit of giving such them in the h an d s o f th e c l er k in the ,and telling him t o cre dit y ou with such cheques,Rom Romford placing ßaoc cheques, and thus falsely receiving credit to a large amount ?—The bankrupt returned no answer. Mr. JAMES—I will refresh your memory. Look at that cheque for 1,000/. Did you not direct it to be car ried to the credit of your private account ?—I do not dispute it. Mr. JAMES—Did you not, after having received such credit, prevent that cheque being paid to your bankers ? —I do not think I did so. I never saw them from the time I paid them. Mr. JAMES—Did you not give the clerk directions not to present this cheque ?—lt is a possible case that such an order might have been given in a single instance. It is possible it might have been ordered to stand over for a month or two. There is a memorandum upon it to that effect. The cheques were placed at the end of the book to my debit. Mr. JAMES—Did you not, Sir, give a distinct order that they should not be presented, and do not you know that they were not ?—I certainly do, for they were placed at the end of the book. Mr. JAMES—Was this an universal occurrence P—l held myself bound to make up the amounts when our books were made up. Mr. JAMES—They are drawn in the names of Johnson, Mann, and Co. Pray, did your partner know anything at all of them ?—I did not ask his sanction. I was made cash-keeper with his assent. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN—Wha,t are the dates of those transactions, Mr. James ? eMr. bJeAr3,llEBs4. — o January and March, 1839, drawn to Sptem The bankrupt—They stand to my debit now. Mr. JAMES—Did you not draw your customers' money from the Romford Bank, and take credit for cheques which never were, and never were intended, to be paid ? —They would have been paid if presented. lam sure if, at that time, they had gone in singly, they would have been met. Mr. JABIES—When you wanted money for t he bank, did it never occur to you to take them out o f the stron g box and get cash for them?—l had intended to take as sistance for their full amount. Mr. JAMES—Oh, you meant to redeem them from the bank by borrowing the money P—Yes. Mr. JAMES—Did you have recourse to the same sys tem with bills of exchange?—We Mr. JAMES—Don't say we. Have you never accepted bills and deposited them with the Romford Bank to in c r eAaisre. JAMES—Werey our ownprivate credit?—Not they e di not t? my private credit. deposited in the bank of Romford by you, and by you My to increase your private account ?-1 acknowledgeit. partner had concurred in it. — dr N aw °t n by you, accepted Mr. JAMES—What, do you say that your artner in London knew of it? —I do not suppose he knew of every transaction, but I am sure that he was aware that one house was made useful to the other. Mr. JAMES—Did your partner know, in 1840, that you were in the habit of drawing bills in your joint not account to my partner for every transaction, and names, and taking credit in Romford f or them?—l did therefore cannot speak positively of t h o se bills. Mr. JAMES—By this mode did you manage to get credit for an amount of 10,355/. ?—I did not call it credit, for at the time the balance-sheet was made out it Was placed to my debit. Mr. JAMES—Have you not drawn your customers' money out?—The 10,0001. drawn went to t he interes t of the bank. Mr. JAMES—You do not answer my question. Did you not draw out your customers' cash for your own purposes ?—I did not use it for my private purposes. Mr. JAMES—The bond was connected with the oil concern in London, and had nothing to do with the Romford Bank?—Yes, it had. Mr. JAIES—Did you never draw that money from the Romford Bank ?—Term it what you please, then. Mr. JAIKEs—Now I must ask you a question in justi fication of Mr. Mann. Did he know that you had used his name for one shilling of this 10,000/?—I am very sorry my recollection does not enable me to say that I communicated it to Mr. Mann, but I always possessed his power to manage his cash account. Mr. JAMES—I wish to know now, at once, whether you represent this money drawn as having been used to pay the bond?—The principal and interest together amount to 25,0001 . Mr. JAMES—Have you got no account showing how you paid the 12,0001 . or 15,0000—There is an account showing it in Mr. Follett's office. Mr. JAMES—Were you in the habit of going down to the bank and taking away bills discounted by the bank ? —They were sometimes given me. Mr. JAMES—Is there a deficiency on those bills handed over to the amount of 15,0001. ?—lt is so said in the Romford books. Mr. JAMES—Have you not had bills which you never took back, nor their proceeds either ?—They went through Glyn's in some shape or other. Mr. JAMES—Have you not taken those bills for 15,000/., and re-discounted them for your own purposes? —I will not say with regard to any amount. Mr. JAMES—Then what was the amount used for your own purposes ?—I cannot say. Mr. JAMES—Do you not know that after the account for all the bank bills is made up, there is a deficiency against you of 15,756 L 11s. 3d. in the bill account alone ? What have you done with the money 7—lt has been used for the purposes of trade. Mr. JAMES—In oil trade ?—Not all. The Romford Bank has cost in eighteen years above 21,000 L in rent, clerks' wages, &c. Mr. JAMES—But what has become of the profits ? They were small. Taking expenses, losses, &c., they did not exceed 12,0001. Mr. JAMES—AII of which you had ? Mr. CHAMBERS objected to the mode of questioning pursued by his Learned Friend Mr. James. The trans actions of the bankrupts extended over a period of 18 years, and his client must be thought to be super human if he was expected to re:nembcr the particular purposes to which particular sums were applied in all that time. It was really too hard. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN thought the creditors had a right to the full impression of the bankrupt's me mory at present ; and, therefore, he would not restrict Mr. James in his right of questioning. Mr. JAMES said all he wanted to know was, in what particular channel the large sum of money he had specified had gone ? It had been said by the bank rupt that part of it had been applied to the oil trade, but he (Mr. James) could prove that not one shilling had been so applied. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN—You have a right to sift his memory to the utmost. The bankrupt's examination continued—On the Ist of July last, did you not have your attention called to this deficiency of 15,0001. on bills, and 10,0001. in cash, stand ing against you ?—I suppose I had. I want further time to explain that. Mr. JAMES—Do you mean to state now that those bills have gone in the oil trade ?—No ; not one quarter of them. Ntr.JAMES—Has not Mr. Wilkinson, the solicitor, taken from you 51 bills of exchange, which you, however, did not give up till they were discovered by search ? I believe I myself discovered, and gave them to Mr. Follett. Mr. JAMES—No, no ; were they not found in a drawer at Aldgate ?—They must be old and useless bills, then. Mr. JAMES—Oh, no ; some of them are not yet due ? —I do not recollect any not due. Mr. JAMES—Did you not open an account with the Romford Bank in the joint names of yourself and partner in the oil trade, and which you have also overdrawn to the amount of 2,6471.115. ? Now, will you swear that your partner knew anything of such an account ? r. Mann is in Court, so be careul ?—I cannot speak decisively ; but I have an impression that he must have known of it. Mr. JAMES—Did he ever draw cheques on the ac count ?—I do not know that he ever did. _ _ . Mr.JAMES—WiII you swear that you ever told him that you were overdrawing an account to which he was liable ?—I do not know that I ever told him. Mr. JAMES—Then you mean to say that you began a bank account to which your partner is liable without telling him so P—l may have done it. Mr. JAMES—What capital had you when you com menced the Romford Bank ?-20,0221. _ Mr. JAMES—And 15,0001. of that was represented by the bond, for which you were paying interest ? Many of the joint stock banks-- Mr. JAMES—Don ' t talk nonsense about joint stock banks. I will ask Mr. Mann a few questions. The bankrupt, Mann, in answer to Mr. JAMES, said that he was partner with Johnson. He never knew that those cheques and bills were negotiated by Johnson. He never heard of the joint account opened in their names at Romford till after the bankruptcy. as never aware that any bills had been placed in the oil trade. Mr. Commissioner GOVLBURN thought the proper course at that stage would be to adjourn, as the official assignee said that a very considerable time would be ne cessary to examine the accounts. Mr. CHAMBERS made application for some allowance to his client from the estate, which was, however, refused by the assignees. Mr. Mann, whose conduct they were satisfied with, was continued in his allowance. Mr. Commissioner G ouLn URN then appointed Monday, the 4th of November, for the next examination. SUMMER ASSIZES. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Warwick, Aug. 9. (Before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.) GEACH AND OTHERS, ASSIGNEES, V. INGALL. This was an action to recover the amount of a policy effected upon the life of one John Scott, a bankrupt, de ceased, the amount being 2,0001. Mr. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Mellor, were for the plaintiffi ; Mr. Humfrey and Mr. Waddington represented the de fendant. The action was brought by a Mr. Samuel Beale (he being in fact, the real plaintiff) in the names of the as signees of John Scott, who had the misfortune to become a bankrupt in the year 1842, dying in the December of 1843, the defendant being the secretary of the Imperial Life Insurance Company. The policy was for 2,0001., the premium paid was 53/. per annum. The policy was effected in the month of May, 1840, the bankruptcy was in 1842 ; the present plaintiffs were appoint e d assignees under th fiat, when, under their direction, the policy was sold for the benefit of the creditors, and was bought by Mr. Beale, for the sum of 135/. John Scott died in the December of last year, and the payment being re sisted Beale brought the present action in the name of the assignees, though he himself was the actual plaintiff. There was no doubt about the policy having been effected, but it was alleged that at the time it was granted he had not answered truly, as for instance, he had had spittings of blood, consumptive symptoms, cough accompanied by inflammation, &c., all of which he studiously concealed from the office. The facts as proved on the part of the plaintiff were these. That in the year 1840, Scott (who lived in Birmingham, and was a traveller), had been advised to insure his life, and applied to the Norwich Insurance Office for that purpose, but though accepted, yet doubting the stability of the office, thought there was n o reason for such doubts, he changed his mind as to insuring at it, and applied to the Imperial Life In surance. It appeared that having given much trouble to the agent of the Norwich Office he paid as much as 6L to him in consideration thereof. He was subjected to a rigid examination by the medical gentlemen acting on behalf of the office and was accepted. In the declara tion made by Scott he gave the name of Williams as the person who was his usual medical assistant, and who certified to his being in a good state of health, and that he had never known him otherwise, excepting those casual illnesses parties are all subject to. In his evi dence Mr. Williams swore he was a medical prac titioner in Birmingham, and that he knew Scott in and from 1832 downwards ; and that he was his medical at tendant in May, 1840, and considered him in good ge neral health ; that he gave a certificate to that effect, mentioning, however, therein that he had a loose carti lage of the knees ; that he remembered his being con fined to his bed for three weeks in 1840, owing to the en largement of the inguinal glands, which Scott told him was occasioned by his going into the water. He had a cough, but not such an one as to cause uneasiness in the breast of the witness. In his cross- examination, this witness gave certain equivocal answers, the bad effects of which, however, was explained away, or nearly so, in his re-examination. The principal witness, however, in the case for the plaintiff was Dr. Ingoldsby, who stated himself to have been for many years the medical referee of the Norwich office, He examined Scott on the 19th of February, 1840, and considered him a good life. His age when he died was thirty-three. It was his duty to take parti cular care as to pulmonary symptoms, or indeed any affection of the chest. Spitting of blood for a number of years was a strong consumptive symptom, and par ticularly so if accompanied by a cough. He had every reason to believe that the chest of the deceased was sound when he examined him. Is considered a very strict examiner. Several witnesses were called who spoke to their always having considered him healthy, though one, Luke Brierly, stated the deceased conceived he was ill, and would run all ever the country for doctors ; one day he would be all dead, and another all alive again. The case on the part of the office was, that Scott had know ingly deceived the office, and it was stated, that it would be proved that the family of the deceased was a con sumptive family ; that his father had died of that dis order at the early age of thirty-one, also two of his bro thers and one sister, there being only one other sister remaining ; that the deceased had suffered from and was prescribed for a disease of the lungs long before 1840, and that Scott was continually sending for prescriptions to be made up, and that, in short, the whole was done in fraud of the office. Ann Scott, the sister, deposed to her father being said to have died of consumption. She herself did not re member him. She lived with her brother from Christ mas, 1839, to his bankruptcy, in 1842. He had a bad cough when he took cold. Assisted in cleaning the bed rooms, and on one occasion observed blood in a vessel. Her brother said it came from his head. Many other members of the family were called, at whose houses he had stayed for a few days, two or three times a year, who deposed to his being considered un healthy ; to his continual coughing and spitting ; and one witness said that for six years before his death there was consumption staring in his face. Of the family, however, said to have died of consumption it was only rumour and hearsay. The brother who died at the age of 191, it was said, had brought his death upon him by misconduct of his own. The principal medical evidence—though several others were called—stated he attended Scott for inflammation of the lungs in 1835. Bled him. Attended him the same year for a venereal complaint and ulcerated sore throat. In 1836 again attended him, when he was la bouring under a very severe cough and spitting of bleed. Also attended him in 1837 for a cough and cold, and if he (the recruit) will not take the oath of allegiance .for the like cause in 1838 ; the mucus was streaked with ; he is to be detained until he will do so." blood. Should say that in 1840 the deceased had bad Mr. BWIRELL said that rested kith those under whom symptoms ,f consumption. Several other surgeons were the sergeant acted. He could not detain him. He was called, some of whom had attended Scott, and spoke of , wllling to give the subject mature consideration, and to him as a consumptive man ; yet Mr. Williams, in 1843, hear the question, with any new arguments in support a few months before Scott's death, had given a vertifi- I of the view taken of it by the sergeant, or by his supe cate recommending him as a good life to the Western rior officer, at a future day. Insurance Office, and on his certificate he was accepted. The parties then left the Court. The lungs had been examined and found to be full of cavities, and were much diseased, but the surgeon of the Imperial Life Office, who had examined them when in a comparatively fresh state, was not called. Mr. HILL, in a very powerful speech in reply, com mented strongly on this fact, and went very minutely through the whole of the case. The Learned JUDGE having carefully summed up the evidence, the jury retired at nine in the evening, and after an absence of half an hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Hereford, Aug. 9. The civil business was all disposed of yesterday at an hour sufficiently early t•) enable Lord 011ie fJustiee Tindal to tr), a case of horse-stealing before the Court adjourned. As was mentioned in yesterday's report, there were four causes in all to be tried, one of which was undefended, and two were substantially in the same predicament. The fourth was the following:— ALLEN V. THE KINGTON RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. Serjeant Talfourd and Mr. M'Mahon appeared for the plaintiff, and the defendants were represented by Mr. Whateley and Mr. Keating. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a gentle man of property, residing at the " Moor," to recover the sum of 371. 1 Is. 4d., for money paid to the use of the Company, which was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1818. By the provisions of the Act it was required that the Company should repair and keep in order the fences of the property through which the railroad was carried, and the fences on both sides of the railroad being very defective at that part of it which passed through Mr. Allen's estate, the plaintiff in 1843 repaired the fences, and obtained an order from two magistrates for the payment of the amount which they had cog to re pair. No attention having been paid to the order, the present action was brought. Mr. WRATELEY, for the defendants, submitted that the order was bad, the jurisdiction of the magistrates not appearing on the face of it. He took also several other objections to the order, but the Lord Chief Justice said he would not stop the case, but would hear the answer which the defendants had to make to the merits. The case then set up on the part of the defendants was that the " Moor" estate was originally the property of a Mr. Harris, who died in 1824, and that in 1819 a parol agreement was made between the company and Harris. by which Harris undertook, upon receiving two sums of 101. and 301., to fence the estate himself, and keep it in repair. Afterwards, however, he changed his miad, fancying that a fence would spoil the view, and the com pany then put up a low wall with a gradual slope, so that the view remained the same. Lord Chief Justice TINDAL—I think your clients spent their money very foolishly, Mr. Whateley ; but I have heard your case, so that it may not come down again. The plaintiff must be nonsuited, with leave to move to enter a verdict for 371. I ls. 4d., the sum assessed by the Justices. CRO WN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant ATCEIERLEY.) Richard Taylor, Thomas Taylor, and James Taylor. all young men under the age of 21, were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Daniel Bond, at Ashperton, on the 23d of July last, and stealing therefrom a pair of trousers , two shirts, two coats, and other articles, his property ; also, a piece of bacon, two handkerchiefs, and other articles, the property of George Bond. The jury, after some deliberation, found all the pri soners Guilty, and they were sentenced to transportation for 15 years. This was the only case tried to-day in either Court which was not of the most common-place character. Only one indictment remains for to-morrow, a case of sheep stealing, which will be tried before Mr. Sergeant Atcherley. The Lord Chief Justice will proceed to Monmouth and open the commission there. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WeIIs, Aug. 9. CROWN COURT. MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE. During the past week the arrivals of English Wheat were on a very limited scale, but those of most other kinds of grain were seasonably extensive, and of very • superior quality. Fresh up we r. c. ivied about 20 - 0 quarters of new Wheat, chiefly from E+sex and Kent. Of old English Wheat, the supply was very small. The demand was certainly active, but not to the extent expected, and prices advanced upon those obtained on Monday last of from is to 2s per quarter, at which a good' clearance was Effected. Tbo quantity of Foreign Wheat on offer was good, while the sale for it was steady, at an advance of is p er quarter. No English Barley at market ; but of Foreign the quantity was rather extensive. There was more doing in grinding sorts, the value of which was a trifle. dearer ; but malting and distilling parcels were heavy. In Malt very little was doing, at late rates. The quan ' tity of fresh Oats was not very extensive, while the de mand was steady, at full prices. Beans, Peas, 53a Flour ruled about stationary. The seed market was dull, but we hare no material alteration to notice in value. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. WHEAT—Essex & Kent, MALT—Chevalier......... 633 to-. red 42s to 52s OATS—Yorkshire and Ditto, white Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe coin, red 39s to 468 1 Youghall and Cork, Ditto white 4os to 535 , black Irish, red 478 to 50s; Cork, white Ditto white RYE—Oh 2Ss to 338 BEANS—Tick 2ss to 29. New 36s to 38s Pigeons BARLEY—Grinding 23s to 27s PEAS - Grey ..... sips to xo.' Malting Chevalier 32s to 35.5 i White • 30. to Sie MALT—Suffolk and Nor- I Boilers ......,.,«.., .......32. to 3 folk s6s to 62s FLOUR—Town made 44s to 46 4 Brown sos to 51s' Suffo k 34s to 39 1 Kingston and Ware 56s to 628 1 Stockton & Norfolk 33s to XS FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. WREAT—Dantzic Hamhurgh 36s to 40s Peas... ........ 230 to 164 305 to 33s Flona—American — 235 to 254 BARLEY OATS—New Feed l4s to 168 SMITHFIELD. Although the supply of Beasts on offer was less than that exhibited on this day se'nnight, it proved tolerably good for the time of year, both as regards number Oa quality. The attendance of both town and country buyers being numerous, a decided improvement WO noticed in the Beef trade, and an advance of quite 2d per 81b was readily paid for all descriptions. In some in stances the primest Scots were disposed of at 4s 2d per 811', but the more general quotation did not exceed 4s per Sib. A falling off was observed in the number of Sheep, ) 3 ' they were quite equal to meet the wants of the trace- The Mutton trade was firm, and last week's quotations were steadily supported, the best old Downs prod - twill 4s per 8 lbs. Lambs, the supply of which was goo d y commanded a steady inquiry, at full prices. The demand for veal was rather active, yet no further improvemen t can be noticed in prices. In Pigs very little was doing! and the rates remained about stationary. Per Bibs. to sink the offal. s d. to s. d. s. d. tos 6 Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 8 Second qualitytlitta... 3 4 • Second quality ditto 2lO 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 3 6 S 0 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 8 Southdown Wethers 3HI " Prime Scots, &c. - • Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 10 Large Hogs 3 2 $ ip Prime small ditto 4 0 4 6 Small Porkers 3lO 4 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 34 I Quarter oldPi gs , eac hld 0 „„ 0 Inferior Sheep .............. A 2 T Lmbs 3 9 4 MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. 1 • Calves. IPigs. 2,741 31,860 1 159 230 zwEVIGATE AND LEADENHAZI. Rather extensive supplies of country killed meat hal been received up to these markets in fair condition. For prime Mutton, as well as for Veal, we have a very steso, demand at prices quite equal to those obtained on tilt day se'ennight. Otherwise the trade has been in a very sluggish state, and the quotations have been with dz culty supported. ARSON.—George Garland was indicted for setting fire to the dwelling-house of John Shiers, at Somerton, on the 14th of May, some persons being therein at the time. Mr. Cox conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Edwards defended the prisoner. From the evidence produced on the part of the prose cution it appeared that Shiers kept a public-house called the Dragon, at Somerton, and that the prisoner some time before the fire had lodged there. Something, how ever, arose which it was more than hinted at was a jealous feeling on the part of Shiers, and the prisoner was turned out of doors. In the early part of May the prisoner was at the shop of the father of Shiers, and in the course of conversation he said he would be revenged on Shiers and his family. The father said the only way in which he could be revenged would be by setting his house on fire. The prisoner said he should never be happy till he had blown John Shiers' brains out. On the 14th of May the prisoner went into the Dragon public-houses about nine in the evening. After being there about an hour a quarrel arose between the prisoner and prosecutor, which ended in the latter turn ing the prisoner out of doors ; he then went towards the back court of the prosecutor's house, and in a short time afterwards the cellar was discovered to be on fire ; it was, however, soon put out, and, upon raking among the ashes of this fire, a tin box belonging to the prisoner was found between the wall of the cellar and the thatched roof, and the mark of the box as if the fire had been in it was apparent upon the wall. The witnesses, how ever, were in many instances inconsistent in their story, and contradicted each other in many particulars. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up, and the jury re turned a verdict of Not Guilty. Nearly the whole of the day was occupied in trying prisoners charged with unnatural crimes. At per stone, by the Carcase. ..., ..1 s. d. to s. d. s (1. wi 4 Beef, inferi0r............ 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior 24 i f middling ..... .... 2 6 '2 8 middling 2 8 511 -- prime large ...... 210 3 0--- prime 3 4 4 -- prime small ...... 3 2 3 4 Pork, large 2 4 of Veal 3 4 4 4 —mall. ••••••• 3 6 Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s Bd. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. MS' Scotland 2OO 60 Yorkshire Norfolk 8 uffblk 3O Cambridgeshire. Essex 2O 100 93 'lO Surrey lB 200 250 280 40 Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts .....•_..-- Total 7B 1,205 570 ,Z A Previous week's arrival —..— _ 60 12 630 230 Difference since ourlast BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELBS. As yet our supplies of new Potatoes, which are dant, are derived from the neighbourhood of the met qo polls. The best kinds are selling s t ea dily at from 61; other qualities 41 to 41 18s per ton. BOROUGH HOP MAIMP,T. The accounts from all quarters, except those f ai l East Kent, contin ue un f avoura bl e . Th e late F...„cla together with the app earance o f moulds have irii • deteriorated the bine, owi ng t o w hi c h the duty ht is A l e ta —it being now estimated at o n ly from 130,00"%) 135,0001. Some large sales have been made in We'' and Sussex, on higher terms. WOOL MARKET. The public sales of Wool have at length been brouisi, to a close. Notwithstanding the large quantities brott; forward, nearly the whole have found buye rs , at Pf7"o„ quite equal to those obtained at th e prr,...ions auet l "i f f By private contract we have still t o re p ort a f a ir inot l .4o at full quotations. During the week the imports amounted to about 2,600 packages. TALLOW MAItICET. tbi The deliveries fall off, p r i nc i pal l y from the aP s ,. 0 shown by the trade ; th e y appear determined tribe purchase until their wants absolutely require it. In itr meantime the holders here and the R uss i ans seet o , o 4 dined to look on. The ship men t s f rom St. peter to the United Kingdom bear a vary small proportion former years. Town Tallow 40s 6d nett cash. NISI PRIUS COURT. ALFORD V. ASHFORD. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Bute conducted the plaintiff's case, and Mr. Crowder that of the defendant. The plaintiff was an innkeeper, residing at Shepton Mallet, and the defendant was an attorney, and secretary to a cricket club called the Shepton Mallet Club, and the action was brought to recover 321. ls., for the hire of a field and carriages, and for refreshments supplied. The defendant was manager of the club, and gave orders for everything. Matches were played with other clubs, and the plaintiff provided the marquees and provisions, by the direction of the defendant. The club played a match at Bristol, and the plaintiff provided the carriages for conveying the members to that place. It turned out that a Mr. Marshall was president of the club, and that the plaintiff had first sent the bill to him. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. August 10. - - - - - - - - - - John Wilcox was indicted for having discharged a gun at Thomas Ashman, with intent to murder him, at Chilcompton. Mr. Fitzherbert conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Prideaux defended the prisoner. It appeared, that about half-past eight in the evening of the 18th of March, the prosecutor was standing inside his house, at the window, facing the road, when he heard the report of a gun, and in an Instant the glass of the window came in upon him, and blood ran from his head in streams. His head was wounded, and it was a month before he was able to work. There had been disputes between the prisoner and the prosecutor, and the latter had employed an attorney to recover a debt which he alleged the prisoner owed him. So far the case was clear. Several witnesses were then called, who stated that they saw the prisoner that night near the house of the prosecutor with a gun in his hand; but they all ad mitted they had continually said that they had met some one, and did not know who it was, so that as soon as Mr. Prideaux had made his address on behalf of the prisoner, the jury said they had for some time made up their minds, and that they should acquit the prisoner. A verdict of Not Guilty was therefore re corded. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) BOW-STREET. DREADFUL ACCIDENT. —On Saturday about half-past one o'clock, as Mr. William Dise* - t e b; the proprietor of the Coach and Horses Inn, 0 t 1 .4 0 % Great Western Road,. near Isleworth-gate was to an omnibus, with which he had been to fetch a P g l oo party from Astley's Theatre, th roug h t h e tow n o f be Brentford, when near the cage a collision took Pla ce ,of tween the omnibus and a c ar t w hi c h was on the T"." 0 . 0 side of the road, by which Mr. Bl ac k we ll w as th_ n r° o o l with great violence from his s ea t, an d f e ll to the Pi:eel head foremost. He was immediately picked LIP' " iba l ing profusely from his head, and conveyed in the or ti , e s to his residence, where he was promptly attenu Mr. Cooper, of New Brentford, and other stir,g, i si t ioa when, on examination, it was discovered that in a°"" 01' . s ho to most serious injuries on the head, one of lu s t .,„ t ill' dors was dislocated and his collar-bone broken. ."; o rtf, nately no other person was hurt, but the otneth ll 7o o 4 much damaged, and one of the horses was so lei be' that it was found necessary to kill i t. The O r ? longed to Mr. Lodge, market gard ener , F e lthatm of b a ba dlesex, and the driver was a s le e p a t th e mo ment accident. POPULAR ITEALTIT.—The mean term of 'to if minishes northwards in Great Brit a i n . The hir; r :" in the South Western counti e s, i n th e f o ll ow ing 0 155 ; Sussex 55, Hants 53, Dorset 55, Devon 56, Corn" ho rtif the decrement in the last case i s cause d by the me! lives of the miners. The county of Lancaster has " t o of 36, the lowest county ; in which Liverpool ro_j o ref 26. Human life in Devon is on the average, theruilot; 29 years longer than in Lancaster, and 30 long er in Liverpool. Patrick Larkin, a letter-carrier at the General Post. office, was brought up charged with stealing several letters which had been received at the General Post office. Mr. Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, appeared for the prosecution. William Blackburn, the inspector of water-closets at the General Post-office, stated that, from information which had been received, he was directed this morning to watch the water-closets. At about six o'clock he saw the prisoner go into one of them. These closets are all self-acting. He saw the prisoner take a quantity of letters out of his pocket and open them. He took some bills and cheques out of the letters, and these he rolled up and threw into the water. The witness then went to Peak, the officer, and told him what he had seen, and they went together and seized the prisoner. In the water they found a quantity of letters and bills. Other evidence was adduced, from which it appeared that some of the letters were addressed to Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, and Co., and Messrs. Barclay and Co., the bankers. Amongst the papers taken from the water closet were found two cheques for 201., a cheque for 151., a bill of exchange from Constantinople for 501., a bank post-bill 40L, another post-bill 101., an order on the Postmaster-General of the Forces, a certificate for a pension, a cheque for 1001., and a receipt from the Scottish Hospital in Edinburgh. The prisoner said he was innocent of the crime im puted to him.—He was remanded. QUEEN-SQUARE. A respectably-dressed young man was placed at the bar before Mr. Burrell on the following charge:— Sergeant Parkinson, of the Honourable East India Company's service, said the defendant enlisted into one of the artillery regiments of the East India Company on Friday last, and the whole of the routine business in respect to recruits was gone through, and he was brought to that office on Saturday to have the oath of allegiance administered to him. Whilst the Magistrate was affixing his name to the docu ments, and the usher of the Court had read the oath to him, he suddenly threw down the book, and refused to be sworn. The Sergeant further said the man was an attested recruit, and that, according to the Act of Parlia ment relating to the enlisting of recruits, he was a bona fide soldier. Mr. BURRELL differed in opinion. The Act gave magistrates the power of discharging persons who had hastily enlisted, if they had not taken the oath of alle giance, and made application to him to be released from the obligations into which they had entered within four days from the date of their enlisting. Was the young man willing to pay the usual smart money? The young man said he was willing to pay it. Sergeant Parkinson begged to call th e M ag i s t ra t e ' s attention to that portion of the Act which said, "that --- 0 11 BIRTHS. On the 25th of June, at the B r iti s h L eg ation, Ceq. l s ci rese lady of Belford Hinton Wil son , E sq ., h er B r it a nnic lu'v m Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, of a son and heir. the Jew On the 4th inst., at Doddershall, near Aylesburit Pi' of G. Pigott, Esq., of a daughter. 1 0 f On the sth inst., in Lincoln's Inn-fields, the lad Lister, of a son. On the 6th inst., at Counter-hill, New-cross, 2113' Pr/. t o Barlow, jun., of a son. 3 04 0 On the 6th inst., the wife of F. Ba r low, Esq., .f.. )1. , daughter. On the 6th inst., at B r i g ht on , th e w if e o f the 11°1. ' e f Neale, of a daughter. the 1,d.1 On the 6th inst., in Albi on - s t ree t , H y d e -perk, „„..j R. G. Stevens, Esq., of a son. of t'''' the lady On the 6th inst., in Upper Brook-street, leg Fane, Esq., of a daughter, still-born. ark, t ile On the 7th inst. in Chester. terrace, Regent's - P - ~d i Cr of John H. Caucellor, Esq., of a son. 0 0°' On the 7th inst., the wife of George William Esq., of Norton-street, of a daughter. MARRIED. 0 On the Sth inst., at Plymouth, by th e Rec. - . 1012 e, Rector of Bradford, Devon, William Augustus 131:11 son of John Francis Byrne, Esq., late Captain Se °— fora ' " Guards, and grand nephew of the late Lord Cravi te CO Lindsay, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of th e 15 Arthlir mander John Yule, R.N. nOrti On the 23d inst., at Stoke Church, near Dev°r 3 . - o f the Arundel Browne, Esq., to Dora Anne, only Ch u ' Rev. St. John Browne, of Kinsale, Ireland. Fr sl l, On the 6th inst., at Caversham Church. Thriregirr. Sandeman, Esq., late Captain in her Majesty's,, 73 " o f CO" to Amelia, fourth daughter of W. Crawshan sham-park, Oxou. On the fith inst., at Trinity Church, Mr. William 0" TS of Oxford, to Ma r y A nne , on ly c hild of the ate Blackall, of Vauxhall-bridge-road. On the 6th inst., at Colton, Major g aines hte j r o olig la the 44th Regiment, t o Anne, eldest aug Penny, Esq., Bridge-fi e ld, L anc ashire. hT lat t: On Friday last, at Tonbridge Wells, suddenln , Sam` DIED. N S 1 a l a v d i g rO a r t t very p ma ny anyL j v n e d a o rs n. clerk to the Bli% _ . N On , the s 15th ult., at Bermuda, Francis Hall, son of Dr' Anil t R On . g2er ,of tho convict establishment there. „„„rotoir the inst., at Brighton, Mr. John 11°4, of 1 0 ' heath, Croydon. C¢ t h3• On the 2d inst., at Milton Cleve lori, Somersetshire, 0,10. rine Cecilia Hannah, the only child of the RGeelel K. Ellerton. vernrthillb On the sth inst , at Broadwater House, near " --. Or t E h l o h r i p or e , , widow of the Rev. H. L. Walsh, D.C.L., of Gr ill ' Lincolnshire. -.e, se4• On the 6th inst., at Stanlake, Berks, Leonard Cur 5 i.... On the 6th inst., at Leatherhead, Mr. Walter S. Elll7, Os On the 7th inst., at Flower•place, Godstone. Sucre"' Hon. George Henry Nevill, aged 84. YOI a ' i London : Printed and Published by MIJRDO so. P lt No. 112, Strand, Print er, at The guy 0 ffi ce b o opti Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in w e Paid(llo4a, Tueglith Augus; 14 1844. O.RI 1541 .1 Bur At R.-- "my I Pare--Forl 4 1: 6 Ittote, ...iv, time. l itter th e to l t rr h a nge for ii te fa ;L t lvlrtruse, Liverp,, 4 4Tri , „; kr, ua nt t a er -431 AreciaellT 4 t l don ICI t le Of ll' imth the t e t hest ghlp inf debt Po iltna the t out the In Xord b . Viseo'euntt As 11--I co l