The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-17 00:00:00

~~~ D S. ___„„ )vrosivi— • P fd rep r e. ?position sr.• p antie / ls t certain .I_4 itro d u cinS cl !;, imons on the 0 ; 4 i n the n ig ' oce that took P ided ha d dee do 'iterations iv rations w°l : l et , but the dU t the 'll t pe c e o r ra l i nittee et 00 101 and Oh his efid e° • .y ouch d e ; 14 , n the t° re , e prove" , mr ton t to IP' V : dig ions effec t nji 'erred t ke oneri l e d to a, d the eilde* oi 'rn scheme' ;00h Would fe t ,„ p etil . r to hie P'' c or iflicultid be X OO 01) tl ko p lever ec i .:,: tendert' " 0 1164 rigeo, cong dersb V rAn.c hief t ° ool/ H e bed ° be Or tended "t, t Ol t ids he b-- , for. 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A it of e rebu t°. 0 110 swo on , oo' superint 0 0 , , ) ° ,; po,e4n ot o .10 it pose& - • 0 4 0 1,° ',01 roun c- d el l a itilit_ej of th e Dor' oh, for 00 DS their de e, - oe d to Opel ts. °c lod i ffic hs i ceo o ll Ao 4 Atal 'f o es .he 0 f ,6r 211 , - vs M RS 0 IN• so il, no to g' - din es t 0 1 . 1 the .° oil° of 'te - et, g `" • eti, O r lane s , f i foi , pt ;ero us,' 8 10 rt the° LO YAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. sew., cui tu ... BB UßY, JULY s.—The exhibition of the Rc4 al Atsrl. oociety of England for the present year was openCd at this vla ' e this morni ng. Th e num b er o f ex hibi tors of Implements this Year h i D o, thu th e implements consist Chiefly of carts, chaff and hay cutters, I,,, rns, ciltisimrs, Cultivators, dibbling machines, drills, fences, gates, ,ii-soi!t-blikliers, harrows, hay machines, horse hoes and rakes, 11111: hurdles, hurdles, land and drill pressers, brick, pipe, and tile machines; la '5, oil-cake breakers, iron subsoil, swing, wheel, and miscel ,:leiMg ploughs ; pumps, rick-stands, rollers, scariflers , sowing to a.thi",, steam-engines, thrashing machines, troughs, turnip. Lters, Weighing and winnowing machines, wheels, and upwards 14 200 other miscellaneous articles, which have not been classified. jehe general imoression upon survey of the whole is, that there the " tovelty of Invention than in some preceding years, but that :r Man ufacturers have made great progress in improving their t?ler i nventions, and particularly as respects simplifying them, aid rendering them more generally accessible as well as useful. 1;1 441 ° not omit to mention that one of the most interesting ex titMs in the yard is that of seeds and dried grasses, of which C ards of 350 kinds are exhibited by Messrs. George Gibbs and Hyde Park-corner. T he judges of the implements totidoo . were—Mr. Parkes, Civil Engineer, AorthWm. Bennett, Bedfordshire am ptonshire ; Mr. C. Burncss, Bedfordshire; Mr. Outh. "e, Yorkshire ; and Mr. Tia , ;eldine. I.*rhe stewards were Mr. Shelley Marestleld Park, Uckfield, and Humphrey Gibbs, Brompton , Lodge, Old Brompton. S EIZURE OF AN EXTENSIVE DISTILLERY. ler Yesterday afternoon a seizure of a large distillery was made by g eral revenue officers in Hertford-place, Globe-road, Mile-end, c 4 th e Parties connected with the concern were at the same time 'id used dtaweelaberietfoe In the rear of this distillery is an open field of con rldt_epnita,ceanida be a tween this field and the rear of the hou-es piece of ground containing three small swelling - houses sheds, boiler.house, steam.engine, and buildings, hatlrhich it appears 'illicit distillation has been carried on for the Sen o : n i4 Months, and the revenue defrauded to an enormous bY a t. The approach to the premises frOm Hertford place was it ‘; nennw.covered pathway, about one hundred feet in length, 'fte end of which there is a door, with the words " Carter and -nto h.line P a inted thereon, in large letters. There is another en. t° the premises f r om the field ; a n d a pair of l a rge gate s , ortet si Xteen feet in width and nine feet high, inclosed the I intervals in this direction, 'and the gates were only opened whichfor the ingress and egress of a horse and cart, Rho W as kept by the fictitious firm of Carter and Sims, t Professed to carry on the business of glue, site, and a Makers. The workmen and their families inhabited the reing-houses on the premises. Yesterday, in consequence of r n is 4Mat Ma, a Custom-house officer, named Colby Atkinson Da ita_.PPlied to Mr. Broderip, at the Thames Police..court, for a 10.47swarrant to enter the premises, which was immediately Da t ,,, ftl ; and having obtained the assistance of two excise officers, ttui'm Cartwright anti Wallace, and Thomas Forck, police-ser. 44,41 27 R, and Pierce, Stair, and Forsyth, constables of the same ogi ce ' t n. he repaired to the place. The police and one of the excise aims having beeen judiciously posted to prevent any of the parties the 'be their escape, Davis and Cartwright obtained admission to tiskl'telnises by stratagem, and found the distillery in full opera ,) IheY immediately captured four men, who gave the names bist i t :4l4 Jones, John Watson, Thomas Welsh, and Edward 11 11 . pig Who made a show of resistance ; on which Davis exhibited his IDs I s; and having opened the gates and admitted the police, T1 3 ,7n quietly surrendered, and were immediately taken to the the Police -court, when Mr. Broderip, who was about to leave b a ,7neh, directed that they should be detained until this day. th i a Informed the Magistrate that he had seized the largest illicit si, c ' e rY he had ever seen in London, and an inspection of the au fully bore out his statement. It appears everything was Us er ."ed on a large scale. here were four stills and a large rec. ith i ' 4 full operation, with fires under the whole of them. The Working off strong spirits, and in a vat sunk in the acct th e officers discovered upwards of 400 gallons, and it was ex it% Tthat as much more would be worked off from the stills dur. hi ke " h e night. The upper floor of the building contains nine t he p 'at a, filled with upwards of 1,200 gallons of wash ; which, at the 1 - " he the officers entered, was in a state of fermentation, and j °l e of which the officers intend to convert into spiii , s. The SaPpear to have been conducted in a very scientific man. Shi t - un not like the ordinary private stills. were gauges, ho t (k aeters, and other instruments on the premis There es, for e the pus. st t i ° l. testing the strength and quality of the spirits. The value hi l t ' ti lls, rectified spirits, and materials is upwards of 3,0001. Scg i ,a . n extraordinary fact, that some time ago Davis discovered tlisd 44 ) of materials, a still, and a rectifier, but which were net Srap o :° the premises of a gentleman at Islington. He was not I tair e " tl ed to seize them but he managed to cut his name with a t he4::_ ° some of the materials, and he found the same things, with Ityk„„`"e still upon them, yesterday, on the premises of the self -` Carter and Sims. p, To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. is rumoured that the new debutante, Miss 41 1 p h. ana Smi t h son , w h o a ppeared at the Princess's 11 y e x , - ,,, with so muc h ec l a t, a nd mentioned so deservedly IV K I . I v, 2 though s tyl e d th e p u pil of Madame Feron, has kt . " e n with her three eeks. Beiag a student myself, 11 4 1 eer tain no professor could bring a voice to such G. s . ettltivation in that time, therefore it is evident Miss tki n etas been tut ore d by an able master, and properly Plipi l e g p in the mo d ern ar t o f s i ng ing, e r e s h e b ecame t h e (/` Mad. Peron, and, as I am anxious that her real • too,oe tor sho u ld b e known, I trust you will condescend 11 11,r,1 e Publicity t o thi s , f o r the benctit of young vocalists ob e dre Public.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your 4 4 1 44 Sf rvant, E. A. C. 16 , 1845. - ' a rt,,, atee bti ' AERONAUT COM ASCII 1.--Thi.n honour SintzliVi and on thedllfil,who i koasi o ed from C ons t an ti no ple in a balloon, - I heats o of the marriage of the Sultan's t s h i . s r t t e e r e , n h d as ay n s o h t a b:e e n lap si s n e c d e tf e „ °f, although by the latest accounts . , •Itintieni„gers dispatched in the direction in which, from beenthe way the gas, ;:' e sv at the time, it was supposed he would have c° Ofir m -eNt ried without any tidings of him. A rep f o a rt n , requiring individual nswei, 4 ,. t ion, had, however, got abroad that a body f o yet ) ~,'"Il to his description, and the remnants o a balloon had t o be .•.eltea ,- , pon the Danube. Some, who have the misfortuna bee r , n't creditors of M. Comaschi, and to whom the balloon had t hat Malls hypothecated as a security, go the length of asserting ( 44 a , as Purposely steered a wide course to elude payment of his t , vspe e l..,, blit 4 Ook s ly as he increased these latter on the eve of his ascent, . measures for providing himself with passports . and fir. :to secure assistance wherever he might effect his descent. tet4tHOL°'lUtedlTlON OF PEEs IN CRIMINAL CASES.—A Bill b: by Mr. Bickha Escott, Sir James Graham, and Lord sh---u r' li e sti an .. " for further secu n ling the rights , o . f accused persons, and bi• 'ng certain fees in criminal courts,' is now in . the courser:! •"ottess through The third section th e „ the House of Commons. e w ,.. that the plea of not guilty is the free, undoubted, and un tie ,nnonal right of every subject ot this realm , . accused of any crime tat'usdeirleahor," and enacts that hereafter ' it shall not be la Aful k i :y officer of any court of criminal jurisdiction in ' , 14, e ,,, of Great Britain and Ireland, person r on fo a r w blis qver, t o inotthheer United take or demand from any either before, at, tit b ft entoanor any fee or payment whatsoever , ccused of any crime ttir b e: trial, or before, at, or after any summary proceedings be. Nprep:'' e ''r More justice or justices of the . pea c c e e e , n o r th jn er sti t e h e a s n a su t c h h e et t lind legal fine as the said court, or Ins 1 et,t4., before whom such person shall have been tried or summarily t he Z e d, are or shall be authorised to impose as a fou f n o r Ilttiti' e nee for w h ich such person shall have been tried d d i? r , "t su mmarily convicted." hee l , 'CIBEN T IN PICCADILLY.—On Wednesday after toi4 4an elderly f ema l e , name d Gosden, lady's-maid to Mrs. tlly, 'l C uff; of Norfolk-street, Park.lane, was crossing Picea it._ seat the corner of St. James's-street, she was i knocked down 1;1:eoverel , Y injured by the horses of Sir H. Cho dd m en el l e 's carriage, ;on account b t the -s. ii it oan having been unable to pull up which su had just been tu t& 'P.E.ery state of the wood pavement , hrbut the wheels fortu gateh,• ~. The horses trampled upon tlik, std not touch her. She bled a g e ood , deal, but having been te, n - Into . b , t, iale Hoby's shop, and receivedp o r f orn be p i t ng m t e a d k i e c n al b t o r m ea e t : e 4 at last so far recovered as to admit t at t ,: e rY, who was in the carriage, alighted,expressed much INC at the accident. The coachman was not at e all to blame; he . 11 P as s oon as he could. the Honourable the East India Company hail kolidannual Whitebait dinner at the West India Dock Tavern, on l as Sy l 'ut. A sumptuous dinner, with the most costly dessert, ire des 04 the occasion. b , ili Tie ,. „ -ore ~- -• ', o a MANUFACTURES.—If there are many 40 t ten, e til e - Made pictures inl.: the National Gallery, like the e tsot4i/varll Holbein, which has been sold at a dead loss of 2001., u t , lo tA may appropriately be called ch. " Pictures of the A r' painted by themselves." . —Punch. the Guiana "Royal tltri en port of the proceedingb ,, *ga rch ixlral and Commercial Society for their first year, ending 14 (411.' 8 ' has been received. It shows great attention is paid to tl 'ati t ; " '"t means of agricultural improvement, the improved cTuhle tate„ I 4 i n sugar being the principal object kept i . n vi 18 4 .4 was of%ilottritity of sugar exported from the colony in 4 % r hogsheads • the total quantity of rum, 11,70 punche . ons; I °- Mal of co ff ee th e quantity is ) 4 90 .7 .,.. asses, 21,677 puncheons. Nuilb. : iteriZIGATIoN or PARLIAMENT.—We learn, from %tied Y Well-informed quarter, that Parliament will be pro 46aPe e ither on the sth or 7th of the ensuing month.—Morning 4011.... - r Ye lA, 7 ,,"" 1 . IN OF EXECUTIONS. — L6 1 41 . SW " W hY, to see the cove 'ung, to be —l . sure." — Punch. fe w g , r4 nlae i , ~,,° M 3 which is a metre .S, t . ‘k:11:1°1: t illn • : :t ig't:::11 . fis h,llß a : y h o e d n naes, measu ringh a o n r d e i n taken t ah dr t ye o lieonng that lns te p aat l n a red c : e sfw f r o nle r mni E p h u llil b ell'n l gn i es c galt : h x sa l 4 ., 111 . o 4 ni k l l B n ts dr a e ll E r t . Ili HIGHNESS THE GRAND PUKE C m ° a N k e s the --Tillustrious personage, a . 41 Mediterranean, arrived at . Constanti f n ri o g p a l t e e , Il essa i . az e i s- ..e. on the 18th of June, in the Russian steam .r . ai has ~..6 4% abled 5,,„4,t1d, though holding the rank of Vice-Adm h i 'No' ""n pretended, of keeping do wn t e ex ' cite. Inetsit the Greek Population the humble incogn i to of a nav n a f l tet ute. 'lt, udiously shunning public honours, in the way th, less. fltlards of honour, and so forth. Strange to say, however, hPon h ! has courted Public attention the more it has been pressed 'U zi ,as Well by the Sultan as by the Greeks. tel lay tiieCreNnED CHARGE AGAINST A. Minwirr.—Yres liation'ur• Waktey, 3./ . /.. ten e .:Wall, on the body •, o h t. e E ld liz a a n s i i n m q . u , e a s g t ed at 3 t 7 h , e w. l - l if. a e t o a f n a d n f enw u c n se. , :iiriet::.ai:tilhdebiarbothv,e street. The inquest was held in conseque 'lied I,, ay irtt been communicated to the Coroner that deceasedhad id , ilira eo , r eed Potts, fbroelmoni said ", of Hatton.garden, g m in p g roper treatment on the part of il a W t h o n a h p a u d b n li p c en c ed har t i h ty e . b the di„„, A ,_ lit er -m.rom exhaustion resulting from diseasechrohnoicdyMr.o Pollock, 0 0 cm f k t' deceased,h ae. 4 4°€l kidne 'Mitt ~ Ys, Produced by previous habits of intemperance. — 'hit 1,, C . its.L DUTIES ON SPIRITS, CHANNEL ISLANDS.— lli 8411 proposes that the following duties should be charged on kf ur ta of the nature or quality of plain British spirits, manu or sar r or distilled in the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, tall % nd i mported thence into the United Kingdom :-90. per k oett a ° ` Nell spirits of the strength of hydrometer proof, as I° lit oh f e ' l by Sykes's hydrometer, imported into England, and so Or h,tr'slion for any greater degree of strength or any greater mr regt; l i na ntitY; 4s. 11)d. per gallon of such spirits of the like l'orted into i mPorted Into Scotland ; and 3s. 6d. per gallon im tert,a Ireland from any of the said islands. These several coon. 011%441 duties are to be under the management of the Commis. sh,„aCture et. Excise. Spi r i ts of the nature of plain British spirits, the ttetl of any o f t h e above-menC oned Channel Island s , im hitio, Leito the United Ki ng d om, are to b e denominated plain 4 " sPrite, and imported under the same regulations of Excise tion'allta removed from Scotland or Ireland, and to the regula- Wh„ c i f the Customs, as to , ertificates of produce, &c. t att 4 c , B° Imported they are to be dealt with as spirits the menu potted, O f O f that p art of the United Kingdom into which hn saieca' Plai n spirits, th e manufacture of the islands afore doe, _ re to be made from the same materials as in the United King te4l,',,:htl the certificate of produce is to certfy the same, under )344'4 forfeiture for any false certificate. Spirits of the nature of i tb sh in i Part ed int or c ompounds . (made in these islands), are not to be •et ut. o the United Kingdom, on pain of penalties and for ropt;ei_. and the Act is to commence from August 8 (as at present t hat ( 12 ) . on all prohibited spirits which have been imported since A .Re and are now in bond. tle„ b , °DA shell Was found on Wednesday night in an Dat tl ,„ a „sion at B arrack -street near the site of the old town wall, 14007)idled with powder and ' iron missiles. This combustible was 4 fired at the seige of Limerick in 1690, but did not ex. thittb, (ln tr ial Yesterday the powder was found to retain its de ktfter , force, and the shell is nearly the size o f a meta l pot.— rck. C hninisie, My 12 Th.E SUN, LONDON, TicirßSDA`i VirRNIN.G, JULY 17, 1845. . , N SPORTING INTELLIGECE_ - • • LIVERPOOL RACES. WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Croxteth Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 80 added i 3 yrs old Est 81b, 4 yrs Bst 21b, 5 yrs Bst 91b ; 6 yrs and aged 9,t ; mares, Sze., alhtwed 31b, Mile and quarter. Lord Eglinton's Vaudeville, 3 yrs (Prince) 1 Mr. Ramsay's Slid-Lothian, 3 yrs Mr. Jacques's Semiseria, 5 yrs 3 The following also ran ; —Sir J. Gerard's Erebus, 3 yrs— Mr. Sleiklam's Trueboy, 5 yrs—Mr. Mostyn's A-la-mode, 4 yrs—and Mr. Wurthington's Lancashire Witch, 3 yrs. Betting-3 to 1 agst Trueboy, 3to 1 agst Mid-Lothian, 5 to I agst A-11-mode, and 5 to 1 agst Lancashire Witch. Won by a length. Mid-Lothian beating Semiseria by a neck ; Trueboy a respe,:table fourth. The Produce Sweepstakes, of 50 Sovs. each, for 3 yrs old colts, est 61b, and fillies, Bst 31b ; two miles. Off. The Sefton Stakes, of 30 Soya. each, for 3 yrs old, mile-and-a half. Lord George Bentinck's Pug, Bst 71b walked over The Mersey Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 50 added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 4lb ; the second to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. T.Y.C. Mr. Jones's f Luminary, by Launcelot (Whitehouse) 1 Lord G. lientinck's Princess Alice ...... 2 Sir It Pigot's Birthday Lord Eglinton's Sotades Mr. Meiklam's Andrew Brandy Mr. Mostyn's b c by Phoenix, out of L'Hirondella 5t04 on Princess Alice, 7to 1 agst Luminary. Won by a length and a half. Plate of 60 soya. for horses that never won 50/. ; the second to receive 10/. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. A. Johustone's br cby Slane, 3 yrs......(Lye) 1 4 1 Lord Eglinton's Bretwalda, 3 yrs Mr. Mostyn's f Steam, 3 yrs 5 2 3 Mr. Blake's bg by Jack Palmer, 4 yrs 4 3 dr Mr. Bennett's Ada, :3 yrs Lord Chesterfield's 'Triumvir, 3 yrs Won in a canter. LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL Cur.-7 to 2 agst Winesour-5 to 1 agst Lo thario-6 to 1 agst. Milton-9 to 1 agst Rowena-10 to 1 agst Trueboy-12 to 1 agst Extravaganza-10 to 1 agst Corranna —l5 to 1 agst Ironmaster—and 20 to 1 agst The Dean. DONCASTER ST. LEGER.-11 to 2 agst Weatberbit (t)-11 to 2 agst Merry . Monarch (t)—and 40 to 1 agst Mid-Lo thian (t). GOODWOOD STAKES.—I 2 to 1 agst Pythia (t)-15 to 1 agst Queen Slab-20 to 1 agst Boarding School Miss-20 to 1 agst Warp-20 to 1 agst Lightning-20 to 1 agst Europa— and 20 to 1 agst (PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) The entries for the races at Liverpool, which I was not in possess ion of when I wrote 3 esterday, being now published, a few remarks upcn them may not be unac ceptable. For the Croxteth Stakes there are eleven animals named, and out of them I expect to see at the post Vau deville, The Shadow, Alamode, Mid-Lothian, and Lan caAire Witch. _ _ This will be the first appearance of the Lancashire Witch since her defeat fur the Oaks, and will give her an opportunity of redeeming the character she lost at Epsom. As she has had a long rest, and the weight on her being very favourable, I expect to see her announced as the winner. Corranna and fhe Shadow will, I have no doubt, make a good tight of it for second. To the Maiden Plate there are six subscribers, and, as far as public running is any criterion of an animal's merit, Lord Eglinton's Bretwalda should be able to beat the others with little difficulty. For the Queen's Plate, I do not expect Lothario will start. Bretwalda and the Slane colt will never live the distance. Midlothian must be too sore from her recent running, I think, to enable her to get her head in front of old horses like the Shadow and Arcanus. Poussin is a very moderate animal. The merits of Dr. Wood mid Jack Palmer are, I imagine, known only to their owners. Pug's chance is by no means a despicable one, and to her and the old Shadow I leave the race, with a strong pre ference fur the latter, as she has won more Queen's Plates than any mare in England, with the exception of Alice Hawthorn. The Stanley Stakes will be one of the most interesting races of the meeting. The entry ir.cludes Pluto, the best two-) ear•old out last year, seeing that he beat the Cure and Ratan at Richmond, and, at Nottingham, Sweatmeat, Stitch, and Rowena ; Lancashire Witch, another capital two-year-old performer ; Hope, the second in this year's Oaks, and Lord Harry, a colt with some pretensions to speed, and a pretty good win ner this season; and although Pug, Hope, and the Witch, by the conditions of the race, receive 21b., still, I think if Pluto is in his two-year-old form, and starts, we shall hear of him as the winner. If he does not go, why, then, I lean to Hope. The Selling Stakes looks a certainty for Poussin. London. TELEGRAPH. CRICKET. KENT V. ALL ENGLAND. This match was yesterday brought to a conclusion by a result which compelled all the backers of Kent to hand over their bets. The county lost the match by 80 runs, scoring but 94 in their second innings, a eircumstance which may in a great measure be attributed to the absence of Mr. Felix, until just as the then last wicket was going in. He came upon the ground, however, in time to take his place in front of the stumps as the tenth instead of the fourth or fifth man, but then when Mr. Harenc had lost his wicket there was only Hillyer to join him. The latter kept up for some time and scored five, during which period Mr. Felix ran up a total of 15, most of which were obtained by some beautiful hits to the " leg" off Lillywhite. For these he marked a four, two threes, two twos, and a one. Hillyer having been caught by Dean, Sir. Felix carried out his bat amid the applauses of the numerous assemblage on the ground. During the progress of the match there was much fine batting and play, and much most excellent bowling, but it was, after all, one of the " slowest" matches we remember to have seen for many years. This was mainly occasioned by the heaviness of the ground, which prevented any liveliness in the ball, whilst to the same cause may be attributed the almost total absence of any brilliant hitting. The most livel7 hitting was yesterday by Martin and Mr. Felix, each of whom made his score in a comparatively short time. The former as well as the latter was amazingly good to the" leg." Dorrinton, too, made some excellent but not brilliant hits, whilst Pilch, who appeared to be labouring under indisposi tion, played steadily, and fetched two fours, two threes, and a two, but there was none of that sparkling hitting which was wont to arouse the plaudistical feelings of the spectators. At the termination of the match the score stood thus IMP ; ErtiAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 16. LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday,) On clause 57 being proposed, Mr. B. SHERIDAN considered that it ought to be ex pnnged. The clause, after a short discussion, was agreed to, as were clauses from 55 to 88, with a few verbal amendments. On clause S 9 being read, which enacted that no person (ex cept a person deriving no profit on a Committee) should take charge of a single lunatic, except upon such order and medical certificates as provided by the Act and under certain regu lations. Mr. C. WYNN congratulated his Noble Friend ( Lord Ashley) and the Committee on accomplishing that which was so much called for, and had so often before been attempted un successfully. Mr. WAKLEY approved of the clause, but regretted that it did not go much further. He had known cases where per sons had been kept in a room for years, and no person allowed to go near them except the keel:en The clause was agreed to with a few verbal amendments, as were also the clauses up to 112. On Clause 113 being proposed, which exempted Bethlehem Hospital from the operation of the Bill, Mr. H AWES objected to such exemption. If they exempted Bethlehem, why not St. Luke's. The Honourable Member concluded by moving the omission of the clause. Lord ASHLEY agreeing to the proposition, the clause was struck out. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, as were also the schedules with some verbal amendments ; the Bill as amended was ordered to be printed, and the report was ordered to be received on Friday next. DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. The Drainage ( Ireland) Bill went through Committee. Sir W. SOMERVILLE moved the insertion of the follow ing clause :—" That in every case where a portion exceeding one-third and not exceeding one half in extent of the land pro posed to be drained or improved, as mentioned in the said re cited Act, either alone and independently of or in connexion with the navigation of such river, or part of a river, as mentioned in the said Act, shall belong to one proprietor, and such proprietor shall refuse or neglect to assent to the execution of the works for such proposed drainage or im provement during such time as the Commissioners under the said recited Act shall appoint ; and the proprietor of the rest of such land, if there shall be but one such, or the proprietors thereof, if there shall be more than one such, shall assent to the execution thereof, by writing under their hands, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, if they shall think fit, to cause such works to be executed, and otherwise to act in all re.peet s as if the assent of such proprietor who shall refuse or neglect to assent to the execution of the said works as aforesaid, had been given in writing under • his hand, within such time as aforesaid. Provided always, and be it enacted, that the said Commissioners shall not exercise the discretion given to them by this Ac unless they are satisfied, and shall so certify, that they contem plate the improvements shall yield at least 61. per cent. profit on the money to be expended." Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE opposed the clause, believ ing that its introduction would make a most important altera tion in the principle of the Bill. Sir W. SOMERVILLE withdrew the clause, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. VALUATION (IRELAND) BILL. _ _ _ Sir T. FREMANTLE moved that the House should go into Committee on this Bill. An HoN. MEMBER moved that the House be counted, and there not being 40 Members present the House adjourned at Half-past Four o'clock till to-morrow at Twelve o'clock. There were only 23 Members present. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. EDS EMMY, JULY 16. South Eastern Railway (Branch to Deal, and Extension of the South Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate Railway),—Report, Friday, July, 18. South Eastern Railway (Widening and Extension of the London and Greenwich Railway),—Third reading, Friday, July 18. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings Rye, and Ashford Extension),—Report to be considered, Friday, July 18. Lynn and Dereham Railway,—Lords' amendments to be considered, Thursday, July 17. East Dereham and Norwich Railway,—Report, Friday, July 18. TREATIES WITH SPAIN. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—JULY 15. PAIRS. Archdall, Captain French, F. Bateson, Captain Rawdon, Colonel Balfour, J. .‘l. Ellice, E., jun. Berkeley, Hon. G. Howard, Captain Bell, M. Standish, C. Bentinck, Lord G. Etwall, R. Blakemore, R. Phillpotts, J. Burroughs H. N. Ord, W. Brownrigg, J. S. Elphinstone, H. Bruges, W. L. Hobhouse, Sir J. Carew, W. H. P. Clements, Lord Charteris, F. Worsley, Lord Chapman, A. Humphery, Alderman Copeland, Alderman Matheson, J. Campbell, Sir H. Bannerman, A. Cochrane, A. B. O'Brien, C. Coote, Sir Charles Redington, T. N. Courtenay, Lord Seymour, Lord Cole, Hon. H. Hallyburtou, Lord F. G. Darby, George Curteis, H. Douro, Marquis Byng, George Denison, E. B. Fox, Colonel Drummond, H. Traill, G. Dodd, George Clive, E. B. Emlyn, Lord Muntz, G. F. Estcourt, T. G. Ward, H. J. Grimsditch, T. Philips, Mark Grimston, Lord Duncombe, T. Gore, Ormsby, jun. Bellew, R. M. Harris, Captain Troubridge, Sir T. Heathcote, Sir W. Ramsbottom, J. Hamilton, W. Buller, C. . Hepburn, Sir T. Gisborne, T. Houldsworth, T. Collett, John Henniker, Lord Morison, General Holmes, Hon. W. A. Rice, E. R. Hodgson, R. A White, Samuel Hope, Sir John Napier, Sir C. Hornby, John Ferguson, Colonel Irving, John Pendarves, E. W. Knight, F. W. Busfeild, W. Knight, H. G. Cayley, E. S. Knightley, Sir C. Archbold, R. Lyall, George Philips, G. R. Lefroy, A. Blake, M. Lindsay, H. H. Bell, J. Maxwell, Hon. J. Loch, J. Maunsell, T. P. Cavendish, Hon. G. Marton, George Milnes, R. M. Listowel, Lord Mackinnon, W. H. Crawford, W. S. Morgan, Charles Dundas, W. Northland, Viscount Ricardo, L. Oswald, Alexander Dalrymple, Captain Patten, J. W. Stewart, P. M. Sanderson, R. Scrope, P. Somerton, Lord Anson, Colonel Stanley, E. Murray, A. Thompson, Alderman O'Conor Don Trotter, John Christie, W. D. Vesey, Hon. T. Wall, C. B. Vivian, J. E. Grey, Sir G. Villiers, Lord Byng, G. S. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, Lady Portman, Baroness d'Hoeghvorst , Colonel Bowles, Colonel Buckley, Colonel Bouverie, and Major de Moerkerke, arrived at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, in five pony carriages, at six o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Her Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians afterwards walked in the grounds, and Prince Albert, accompanied by the King of the Belgians, went to inspect the farms. There was no addition to the royal dinner party in the evening. Yesterday forenoon the august party walked in the pleasure grounds adjacent to the mansion. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort, and their Belgian Majesties, afterwards drove out in two pony carriage+, with outriders, to King's Key, returning through the Barton estate to Osborne House at half-past eleven o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing from Buckingham Palace, in an open carriage and four, yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was taken an airing yesterday, in the gardens of the Palace. Mr. Mosquera, Charge d'Affaires of New Grenada, trans acted business at the Foreign-office yesterday. The Right Hon. Henry Lytton Bulwer had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Mr. C. K. Murray, Mr. Higham, Secretary and Compt rollers-General to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, Mr. Carr, and Mr. Freshfield, had interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer at his official residence in Downing-street yesterday. Mr. Gibson, M.P., and the Town Clerk of Manchester, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. . . Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial office for the Governor of the West India Colonies. DEATH OF THE EARL OF DUNMORE.—We regret to announce the demise of the above nobleman, who expired on Tuesday afternoon, at Hill House, Streatham, where his Lordship had recently been residing for the benefit of his health, which for some time past has been in a declining state. The deceased, Alex ander Edward Murray Earl of Dunmore, Viscount Fincastle, and Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin, and Tillemot, in the Peerage of Scotland, and Baron Dunmore, of Dunmore, in the Forest of Athol, county of Perth, in that of the United Kingdom, was the eldest son of the fifth Earl, by Lady Susan Hamilton, third daughter of Archibald, ninth Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, now Countess Dowager. He was born en the let of June, 1804, and succeeded on the 11th of November, 1836, having married, on the 27th of September previous, Lady Catherine Herbert, fourth daughter of George Augustus, eleventh Earl of Pembroke, a lady of the Queen's bedchamber, by whom he has left issue, two daughters, the Ladies Susan and Constance, born respectively in 1837 and 1838, and one son, Charles Adolphus Viscount Fincastle, born 24th of March, 1841, who succeeds to the family honours and estates. CUSTOM- HOUSE SALES.—A question having been raised respecting the officers of the revenue assuming the duties of an auctioneer, at the sales by auction at the various ports throughout the kingdom, at stated periods, of goods of various kinds which have been wrested from smugglers, or seized in consequence of some informality with regard to their importation and entry, or for being undervalued or otherwise, and which as respects London took place once a quarter at the Commercial Sale.rooms, Mincing lane, as to whether such officers should be required to take out licenses to enable them to perform the duties required of them in that capacity, the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have made a communication to the Board of Excise, which has been trans mitted to the collectors and comptrollers of Customs throughout the kingdom, for their information arid government,—that they do not think it expedient that the of f icers employed in conducting sales by auction, under the directions of the Commissioners of Customs, should be required to take out auction licenses for such purpose. EFFECTS OF CIGAR SMOKING IN BED. —Mr. Itaac Redpath, a young man, residing in Augustus.street, Cumberland. market, returned home slightly intoxicated on Monday morning, about twelve o'clock, and retired to his bed smoking a cigar. H soon fell asleep, and the lighted cigar falling on the sheets ignited them, and he was severely burnt about the neck and face before he could extinguish the dames. Fortunately there was not any bed furniture or curtains to th• bed. Miss Davenport, the celebrated actress, accompa nied by her father and mother, and a theatrical corps, left London for Hamburg!' yesterday morning, by the General Steam Navigation Company's Mail Picket, John Bull, on a starring tour, RAIL WAY COMMITTEES. ('i ESTIIIIDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS• °X" 3115 9 tEtWACIESTER, AND WOLVER, HAMPTON Ezzlivr kor. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday;) On the termination of Mr. Austin's address, the Committee re tired to deliberate, during which period there was considerable anxiety manifested as to the motive of their Lordships, and lest they were about to consider the propriety of deciding on the case without further evidence. This suspense was put an end to by the return of the Committee in about a quarter of an hour, when The Noble CHAIRMAN called on the counsel for the opposition to examine the first witness for their case. Mr. TALBOT said that before his Learned Friend, Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, called his witness, he wished it to be settled as to the course the opposing parties intended to take. Mr. Austin, who appeared for the London and Birmingham, and the Birmingham and Gloucester Companies, and also for several mineral proprietors, had stated his course clear enough ; but there were other opponents to the Bill, certain landed proprietors, and it would be well to know the order in which their examination was to be allowed. The Noble CHAIRMAN said it was not the intention of the Com mittee to allow the counsel for the petitioners referred to to do more than examine witnesses on the allegations set forth in the petitions. They would restrict them to the matters which had been complained of, and allow of nothing further. Mr. HILL said he was perfectly satisfied with that—he had no desire to claim more. Mr. WHATELEY and the other counsel expressed themselves to a similar effect. The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with. Mr. Richard Smith, mineral agent for Lord Ward, at Dudley, was first examined as to the traffic of the district, the number of blast furnaces, the annual mineral produce, the difference of gauges, &c., &c., the evidence being in substance precisely the same as that he gave before the Commons' Committee. He generally expressed himself favourable to the Tring scheme in preference to the Great Western, principally on account of the breakage of gauge, and the tranship ment of coal. He also put in some tables, on which he was exa mined at some length. In his cross.examination, he admitted that as far as the most important part of the mineral district was concerned—that between Dudley and Wolverhampton—the Great Western line had the lowest levels, and would afford the greatest amount of accommoda tion to the works. The Committee then adjourned till tomorrow at eleven o'clock. THE SCOTTISH /VIIIMAND ItAILWAY. IMPORTAIS (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. ANDREWS, on behalf of the trustees of certain turnpike roads, proposed the insertion of a clause for compensation for injury done to the roads, and also to secure the trustees from loss on money advanced for improving the loads, by the passage of the rail way along and across them. The clause was embodied in the General Act for Scottish RailwaYs'ovhich had not yet received the royal assent, and had been proposed to be inserted in several Scotch railway Acts which had been passed during the present session. Mr. HOPE, in reply, said that the trustees were not entitled to compensation in the manner proposed by the clause. The tolls on the roads would be rather increased than diminished by the railway, and, for any physical damage occasioned to the roads by altering the level, or in other ways, the Company were willing to make ample compensation. He would contend against the admission of a specific clause f.,rcompensation, as it would be included in the " General Act" when passed. The room was then cleared. On the readmission of strangers,— The NOBLE CHAIRMAN said the Committee were of opinion that the clause should not be inserted ; but, on a point of so much im portance, they considered that the matter should be referred to the House of Lords itself for a special decision. It would be, therefore, perfectly competent to the opponents of the Bill, on the Bill being reported to the House, to instruct any Noble Lord to move the in sertion of the proposed clause. The remaining clauses were then gone through, the Bill was ordered to be reported, and the Committee broke up. TILE CORNWALL RAILWAY. The Committee met at eleven o'clock, the Earl of Ellenborough in the chair. Mr. Gurney, a magistrate of Cornwall, gave evidence against the projected line, and in favour of a central one, which he thought would be far more conducive to the welfare not only of the county of Cornwall but of Devonshire. This was the opinion of some of the most influential and respectable men in bath shires. The wit ness went into the engineering evidence, which has been already detailed. Mr. ROWE handed in a section showing the gradients and curves on the proposed line. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE objected to the production of this docu ment, inasmuch as it was not the regular official document. A long discussion ensued between Counsel, and the Noble Chairman at length decided that the Committee could not receive the section, as the curves and gradients in it were not laid down upon the same scale, and as it was not in any respect an exact copy of that which Parliament had sanctioned. The evidence of Mr. Gurney was proceeded with. He thought the gradients upon the Cornwall line of a dangerous character. He thought Lady Bassett was favourable to a central line. Mr. Sergeant RINGLAKE—Why, Sir, do you not know that Lady Bassett has shares in this line to the amount of between 9,0001. and 10,000/. ? Mr. Gurney—l do not know that, but I have heard it. 1 be lieve her Ladyship is favourable to any line of railway. Cross.examination continued—The chief amount of traffic was carried on along the south coast, Thought it very questionable that the larger amount of population was on the south coast. There was a large mining district along the south coast, and so there was on the north coast Ikewise. Mr. Avery, a merchant and shipowner residing in Cornwall, was next called—Owned several mines and granaries there. Imported a vast deal of timber from America ; imported from the southern coast of Cornwall and from Plymouth. Was well acquainted with the commercial interests of Devon and Cornwall. Thought a line from Falmouth to Exeter would be highly beneficial. A line from Penryn to Falmouth would be greatly to the interest of both places. safety of the crops: The reports received from the country this morning generally site IHatt no serious injury has yet been sus. !4ined, AT BALLINHASSIG. Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P.,arrlved in Cerkon Saturday morn • ing, by the Vanguard steamer, and proceeded to attend the Inquest at Ballinha , sig. On the re assembling of the jury on that Morning ; the case on the part of the police implicated in this disastrous affray com menced, Mr. ScANNeLt addressed the jury on behalf of the accused. He said it was undeniable that the police were at the fair for a lawful purpose. That man of whom they had heard so much, called Ranter, was unquestionably, upon that occasion, placed in such a position, even upon the evidence given for the prosecution, that it was impossible for them to be deluged into the notion that he was not about to commit a riot. He had no hesitation in saying that the truth was frightfully suppressed. After a few other obser vations, the Learned Counsel adverted at length to the nature of the evidence he had to produce, and concluded by calling his witnesses. Mr. WALSH—Whom do you call ? Mr. ScssrsELL—Sub•con stable Hickson. Mr. WALSII—Is this one of the parties accused here of wilful murder? Mr. SCANNELL - It is one of the police force who was present on the evening in question. Mr. WALstf—Oh, we protest against such a course as that. After the matter had been argued at some length, The CORONER said he would take the course adopted at Ra.h. cormac, which was never called in question; he would admit the evidence. Mr. WALstr—Then I shall look upon the rest of this investiga tion as nothing short of a mockery. I would retire altogether only my duty compels me to remain here. Police.constable Richard Hickson was then called—He deposed that the mob were crushing in on the police to rescue theprisoner ; that at the commencement of the affray there were 200 or 300 of them closing In on the police ; that the Sub. inspector Kelly told them to stand back and not crush in, en which they commenced throwing stones ; that the police fixed bayonets and charged, when the stones flew faster than before ; that on their retreat to the dis pensary they were ordered to prime and load ; that Kelly implored the people to retire, or he should be obliged to order the men to fire ; that while speaking to them he received a blow in the face from a stone ; that the police then asked Mr. Kelly if he meant to let them be killed, and asked permission to fire; that the first shots were fired through the window and door; that the mob were on the roof throwing stones through it at the police, by which many were hurt. Then the second firing took place; the men did not go outside to fire at all. fie considered the police were in immi. nent danger all the time they were in the Dispensary. A little boy named Homigan deposed to seeing a large crowd at the Dispensary screeching in a horrible manner, flinging stones, and flourishing sticks. The Court then adjourned to Monday. DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE—JULY 14. GOVERNMENT Ensna.—Three per Cent. Consols, 99 99h—Three and.a•Quarter per Cent. Stock, 101A—Three -and-a-Half per Cent. Debentures, 931 MISCELLANEOUS. — Grataci Canal Debentures Six per Cent. Re duced, 681—Four per Cent. Reduced, 461—Four per Cent. City Debentures, 94—Royal Bank, 131 —Patriotic Insurance Company, 11—Mining Company of Ireland, HA—Wicklow Copper Mines, 18. ItaiLwA vs.—Belfast and Ballymena, 6%—Belfast and County Down, 31—Cork and Bandon, 61 7—Cork and Waterford, 1g— Cork and Youghal, 3—Cork, Blackrock, and Passage, 2%—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 7%;—Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Junc tion, 21—Dublin and Drogheda, 110—Dundalk and Enniskillen, 3—Enniskillen and Sligo, 2%—Great Southern and Western, 231 g Great Southern Extension, 111 *— Midland Great Western Railway and Royal Canal Company, 3l—Great Wes. tern Extension to Sligo, 21 —Killarney Junctions, 2/—London derry and Enniskillen, 3%—Waterford and Limerick, 6% 1 — Waterford and Carlow, 21—Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, lg VRENCE AN 1.) RAILROAD. ;LE CORRESPONDENT.) idends actually paid on six e States : TRE ST. LAI ATLANTIC (FROM A RESPECTAB; The following are tKe divi teen different railroads in th per cent. Lowell Worcester per cent. New Bedford 6 Taunton Branch ... Charleston Branch Utica and Schenectady ll Mohawk and Hudson 7 Auburn and Syracuse Auburn and Rochester 6 Baltimore and Ohio Eastern Massachussets (to Portland) Eastern Maine (to Port land) Providence Maine to Portland 6 Nashua This table shows the superior advantages of 'IC investment in a new country, the resources of which are in a state of progressive development, over these which the old countries of the continent of Europe can offer. The only reason why United States' investments are less sought after, is the doubt which at present attaches to the solvency and good faith of American States. The com pany formed in Canada to construct a railroad from Mon treal, its capital, to the Atlantic at Portland, promises to combine the high rate of United States returns, with the certainty of English investment; for the Company is locally resident within the limits of British juris diction. This railway is in connexion, at its seaboard terminus, with two of the railways quoted above (Eastern Massachussets and Eastein Maine), and it is proposed to extend and unite it with two more of them (Lowell and Nashua). The rates of dividend paid by these works form, therefore, a very good ground for estimating those of the St. Lawrence and At lantic Railroad. They are, however, supported princi pally by local traffic, while the St. Lawrence and At lantic is calculated to become the channel of an exten sive foreign trade. It will form, during six months of the year, the channel of communication for all Canada East (with a population of 700,000, rapidly increasing),and for a large portion of Canada West (the population and re sources of which are still more rapidly extending.) Lilroad This y scheme has received the warmest sup port in the colony (where one• sixth of the capital has been alrefuly subscribed), and it has received in London the sanction of the most eminent Canadian merchants. It cannot prove otherwise than a profitable investment, and will tend to accelerate incalculably the develop ment of the resources of Canada. It possesses an inte rest not only for the colonists, but for the vast numbers who have friends and relations settled in Canada. ENGLAND. Lillvwhite, c Hillyer, b Mynn 3O b Hillyer Barker, b llillyer. Guy, c Felix, b ditto .. 3 b Mynn Sewell, b Mynn l6 c Swann, b Martin l3 Box, b ditto ... 0 b 'Lifter . .. 30 Busliby, c ditto C. G.Taylor, Esq., c Harenc, b Hillyer 7 c Martin, b Hillyer ..... Dakin, b Hillyer Martingell, not out ........ 5 b ditto 3 Sir F. Bathurst, c Dorrin ton, b Mynn Dean, b llillyer 0 not out 1 Byes.l4 ; wide (D13,-nii 4, Byes, 15; wide (Adams 2, Adams, 1) 5 ( Adams 2, Myna 2, Martin 5) 9 . 28 114 K ENT• W. Mynn, Esq., c Bathurst, b Dean A. Mynn, Esq., c Lilly white b Martingell Adams. b Dean Pilch, c Martingell, b ditto 14 b Martingell l6 E. Swann, Esq., c ditto, b ditto N. Felix, Esq., c Guy, b ditto... Dorrinton, b ditto Martin, c Sewell, b Martin gell 2 c Bushby, is Bathurst ...... 18 C. J. Whittaker, Esq., c Box, b ditto C. Harenc, Esq., not out... 4 c Dakin, b Bathurst 0 Hillyer, b Dean 1 c Dean, b Martingell Byes, 10 ; wide—Martin- ' Byes, 12 ; no bah Lilly, 1 13 gell 1, Dean 1, 2 ; no ball—Martingell 1 ... 13 82 Kent thus lost the match by 80 runs. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—The last match for the season, for the Stewards' Cup, for boats of 18 tons, and for a piece of plate for the second-class yachts of the Club, came off yesterday over the Club-course, from Greenwich to Coalhouse.point, and back to Greenwich. The entries for the Stewards' Cup were three —the Victorine, Mr. Lord owner; the Polka, Sir P. Shelly, Batt., owner; and the Crusader, Mr. C. T. Hyde owner. The entries for the second-class were five—viz., the Lady Louisa, 12 tons, Mr. J. G. Moon owner; the Charm, 12 tons, Messrs. Smith owners; the Cygnet, 10 tons, Mr. C. H. Harrison owner; the Sea Nymph, 10 tons, Mr. C. Wheeler, jun., owner; and the Fay, 12 tons, Mr. J. T. Hewes owner. The start took place at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, the wind blowing gently from the north-west, and the tide running down. At starting the Sea Nymph led, followed by the Fay second, the Victorine third, the Cygnet fourth, the Charm fifth, the Crusader sixth, the Polka seventh, and the Lady Louisa last. The wind was too feeble to fill the sails of the boats, and they drifted with the tide down the river, showing little or no sport, and causing no excitement. At Northfleet the Charm became the second, and the Victorine the third boat, and here the wind mended, and the pace became better. At Coalhouse-point the boats rounded the buoy in the following order :—The Sea Nymph at thirty-two minutes past four, the Lady Louisa at twenty minutes to five, the Charm within a quarter of a minute after her, the Victorine within half a minute, the Crusader at thirten minutes and a half to five, the Fay a quarter of a minute after her, the Polka at five minutes to five o'clock, and the Cygnet within ten seconds of the Polka. It was about flood when the boats rounded, consequently they had the tide with them on the return, the wind freshened a little, and the match became more interesting. The Second-class Cup was won by the Sea Nymph, which came in first at Greenwich at seventeen minutes to nine o'clock; and the Stew. ards' Cup by the Victorine, which came in at fifteen minutes to nine o'clock. The Commodere, Mr. Harrison, presented the prizes to the winners in the usual manner, amidst the cheering of several hundreds of visitors. The company who attended the match were conveyed down and up the river in the Red Rover steamer, on board of which was an ample supply of things to be eaten and drunk, and a military band, conducted by Mr. Adams. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—Gunner Taylor, a recruit be. longing to this corps, while employed yesterday in learning to dis mount the gun and carriage used for instruction, by cone means slipped, and the weight of the metal of the gun falling on his leg, crushed it in a dreadful manner, and he was under the necessity of being conveyed by his comrades on the limber of the gun to the Ordnance Hospital, and it is to be feared the leg will have to be amputated. The company at the Tower was relieved yesterday, after only a fortnight's duty, instead of one month, the usual period at that fortress, having been placid under orders for Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was expected the Apollo troop-ship would have returned from America in time for the embarkation of the two companies under orders for that quarter of the world, but it ap pears from yesterday's intelligence from Canada, that the Apollo is to convey the 43d Regiment from Quebec to Halifax, and the 4Gth Regiment from Halifax to Quebec, and wlll then return to England in about a month hence, with the two companies of Royal Artillery ordered home from Canada. The authorities at Wool wich have in consequence requested another ship, to convey the two companies of artillery to Halifax. His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Sloms Braunfels, youngest son of Prince Frederick William, and suite, arrived at Mivart's Hotel on Tuesday last, from America. His Serene Highness has been in the United States and Texas since May in last year. He will in a few days leave this country to join his family In Germany. THE TRENCH NAVY. 'The following is the last report of the French Minister of Marine on the state of the navy in the building department —those vessels whose names are printed in italics being or dered to be launched either this year or the next. It proves the great energy which the Government directs towards the increase of its navy, particularly in the construction of steamers. It is worthy of remark, that whilst there are 23 line-of-battle ships in an unfinished state, some of which have grown old upon the stocks, and none have been laid down later than 1838, not one is ordered for completion, at the same time three 40-gun frigates, three sloops, two schooners, and 17 steamers will be launched before the end of 1846. The 40-gun frigates invented by M. Segondat, naval constructor at Brest, are considered by good judges superior to our Pique, Inconstant, and other 36 gun frigates, which are only armed with 36-pounders, whilst these admirable vessels are intended to carry 40 pounders (Paixhans), are of large scantling and superior sailers, as, indeed, all French ships-of-war are When Progress LINE-OF-!I.TTLE Guns. Begun towards Wherebuilding SHIP. 3. • completion. ..._.----- ---- ---- La Ville de Paris 120 1807 19-24ths 1 Le L o uis XIV. ... . . l2O 1807 18-24 I L'Ulm Le Turenne . Le Duguesclin 9O 1823 20fr24 Le Ileums 1 100 1825 21-50 1 Le Navarin L'Eylau.... ..... Le Fontenoy ....•, 9O 1827 21-50 Toulon. L'Hector Le Sceptre. ...... Le Castiglione 9O 1835 8-75 Le Duguay• Trouin 100 1827 18-24 1 L'llannibal Le \Vagrant lOO 1833 12-75 S. L'Orient. Le Bayard. ... Le Donawerth 9O 1827 17-80 Le Valmy l2O 1837 21-40 Le Tage . lOO 1824 22-24 Brest. Le Breslau . Le Henri IV. ...... 100 1829 17-24 L'Austerlit z lOO 1832 6-24 Cherbourg. Le Tilsit. FRIGATES. La Renommee 6O 1827 22-24 La S6miramis L'He.lopolls 4O 1830 8-24 L'Algerie ... ...... La Zenobie ..... , 52 1828 20-50 La Sybille . La Magicienne La Vengeance 6O 1829 19-24 L'Entreprenatite.•• GO 1829 18-50 La Duchesse d'Or leans 6O 1829 so-so L'Orient. L'Astree. 52 1845 1-24 La Jeane d'Arc. La Pomone I . 40 1835 •• La Persever ant .... 60 1829 22-24 La Nemesis 52 , 1828 21-50 Brest. La Pandore 52 1 1829 20-24 L'Amazone ... L'Alceste ... ..... La Bellone ... 52 I 1845 1-24 Cherbourg. La Clerinde 4O 1843 ..- SLOOPS. L'Arternise 3O ... ••• L'Orient. La Galata .. ••• La Mayonnaise . .•• SCHOONERS, La Jonqulle ...... L'Amaranthe Horse STEAMI.IIB. I power. Le Megador 1640 , 1840 9-24 Le Catinat ... Le Coligny .. Le Roland.... T.e Caton Le Salarnandre Le Vauban Le Brandon l6O I 1844 ••• Le Pluton 450 1845 ... Brest. Le Socrate 320 1845 2.24 Le Sane. 450 1840 Le Colbert Le Newton. 322200 11884455 1-2 4••• / Cherbourg. }lndret 1 Le Solon ...... L'Eclaireur ...... ' Le Passe Partout BO 1845 ..• ment. rLe Chaptal Le Comte d'.l':( 320 1814 ••• Havre, do. Le Da , / philt l6O 1844 ... Nantes, do. .Le Requin .. 160 , 1844 ... Bordeaux, do. Le Petrel ... .. 160 1844 , ... Dunkirk, do VESSELS ORDERED TO BE LAID DOWN IN 1846, FRIGATES. Guns. Resolue 4O 40 La Ceres To be built at Cherbourg. Brest. L'Orient. Brest. Rochefort. L'Orient. Toulon. L'Orient. Indret. }Private contract. TVESDAY MGIIT'S GAZETTE. DlvinEilDS btcLARED. Mnrcott—first div. of l Id. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr, Christie, Birmingham. O. Harvey, spirit merchant, Handsacre, Staffordshire-- final div. of 3s. 3 3 4 d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Nir. Valpy, Birmingham. J. Kirkpatrick, banker, Newport, Isle of Wight—third div. of 2i. 6d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, or the Town-hall, Newport. W. Chandler, chemist, Minories—first div. of Is. 4d. in the pound, July 16, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. T. K. Gorbell, bookseller, Bedford-place, Commercial-road, Stepney—first div. of 6s. 6d. in the pound, July 16, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. F. E. Blyth, porter merchant, Colchester—first div. of ls. 2d. in the pound, July 16, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. J. F. Figge, merchant, Dunster-court, Mincing-lane—first div. of 84. in the pound, July 16, and two following Wednes days, at the office of Mr. 'I urquand, Old Jewry. R. M. Herbert, tea dealer, Reading—first div. o' 3s. 4d. in the pound, July 16, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. J. Burge, jun., tailor, Weston super Mare, Somersetshire —final div. of B', d. in the pound, July 16, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Bristol. W. Carpenter, innkeeper, Chippenham, Wiltshire—final div. of 3 1 / 2 d. in the pound, July 16, or any subsequent Wed nesday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Bristol. T. Robinson, lime burner, Eccleston, Lancash re—first div. of 7s. in the pound, July 17, or any subsequent Thursday, at the Alec of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. H. Lewis, cabinet maker, Haverfordwest—final div. of I%d. in the pound, July J 6, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Bristol. J. Kewley, tailor, Liverpool—first div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, July 17, or any subsequent Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. S. Goodeve, banker's clerk, Chichester, Aug. 5, at one—J. Phillips and T. Peason, silk dressers, South-place, Finsbury, Aug. 11, at eleven—R. Kipling and W. Atkinson, warehousemen, Wood-street, Cheapside, Aug. 5, at eleven— R. Kipling, warehouseman, Wood-street, Cheapside, Aug. 5, at eleven. _ . In the Country. T. Lakin, builder, Nottingham, Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—T. B. Golborne and A. A. Dobbs, wine merchants, Liverpool, Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—A. A. Dobbs, wine merchant, Liverpool, Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court .—T. Parr, plumber, Liverpool, Aug. 8, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—C. Alottram, wool broker, Liver pool, Aug. 7, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—B. Berrill, merchant, Liverpool, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court—D. Rowlands, wine dealer, Pwllheli, Car narvonshire, Aug. 8, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—R. Shepherd, boot maker, Liverpool, Aug. 7, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Taylor, miller, Willowholme, Cumberland, Aug. 6, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—E. Heron, shipowner, South Blyth, Northumberland, Aug. 6, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. B. Pigott, linen ma nufacturer, Darlington, Aug. 6, at two, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court—S. Rogers, earthenware manufac turer, Dale-hall, Staffordshire, Aug. 5. at twelve, at the Bir mingham District Court—B. Robinson, draper, Burton-upon- Trent, Aug. 7, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court—H. J. Dixon, carpet manufacturer, Kiddermin ster, Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court— T. Icon, merchant, Handsworth, Staffordshire, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be • .anted, unless cause be shown to the gra. .., contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. R. Kimble, boot maker, Great Alarylebone-street, Aug. 7 G. Sheraton, corn merchant, Hartlepool, Durham, Aug. 5 C. Martyn, linen draper, Durham, Ang. 5-11. Nichols, auctioneer, Coleford, Gloucestershire, Aug. 14—H. J. E. Saffran, cloth merchant, Huddersfield, Aag. 7—W. H. Robin son, wine merchant, Leicester, Aug. 7—T. Jones and H. M. Crosskill, booksellers, Rochdale, Aug. 6—Joseph Hill, hatter, Stroud, Gloucestershire, Aug. 5—J. Winscornbe, boot maker, Bristol, Aug. 5—J. Wood, linen manufacturer, Barnsley, Aug. 5—S. P. Bidder, slate dealer, Fleetwood-on- Wyre, Lancashire, Aug. 5—G. J. Carter, carpenter, Hornsey-road, Aug. 5—W. Granger, paper manufacturer, Relly-mill, Dur ham, Aug. 5 . - 7 N : __Fraley, linen draper, Bristol, Aug. 5. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Taylor and J. Helliwell, brewers, Kirkburton, Yorkshire —J. Davies, W. Davies, T. Stephens, G. Waters, jun., J. Morris, J. Baker, T. W. Smith, J. Russell, J. J. Nicholas, J. Nattriss, H. C. Quinton, J. Gardiner, J. C. Smith, J. Tayler, R. Phillpotts, and W. Davies, jun., wine merchants, Chepstow, Monmouthshire (so far as regards J. Gardiner, J. Baker, and J. Morris) —E. Jones and J. Ripley, wholesale druggists, Huddersfield—J. Rouse and S. Hodgson, carpenters, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire—J. Cook and E. Cook, soap makers, Goodman's-yard, Minories—J. Playford and G. Playford, pawnbrokers, Great Yarmouth—N. Hely and P. Roberts, schoolmasters, Saltash, Cornwall—E. Williams and W. Haydon, merchants, Queen-street, Cheapside—J. Barker and W. Hen shave, merchants, Manchester—W. Margetson and P. Mar getson, leather ressers, New Weston-street, Bermondsey— M. A. Moore and T. Baily, millers, Darweston-mills, Dorset shire—V. C. G. Load and J. Mair, warehousemen, Watling street—D. Davies, W. Reed, R. Roskilly, and T. J. Pile, linen drapers, Blackfriars-road—A. C. O'Dwyer and W. L. Robin son, sharebrokers, Wakefield—l. Hicks and S. Skuse, farmers, Buttermere, Wiltshire—C. W. Radcliffe and T. Evans, estate agents, Liverpool—R. Kitson, J. Garthwaite, and B. Firth, flax spinners, Brighouse—E. J. Hughes and J. Whelan, engravers, Manchester—G. Purdy and B. S. Fendt, violin makers, Finch. lane, Cornhill—D. Midgley, J. Midgley, and A. Midgley, Leeds —J. Hughes, sen., and W. Hughes, maltsters, Birmingham— H. Jennins, J. Shepard, and R. Hargrave, stuff merchants, Leeds (so Far as regards J. Shepard)—B. Silva, J. J. Silva, F. de 0. Chamico, J. J. da Silva, and F. de 0. Chamico, mer chants, Crutched-friars---E. Grundy and W. Grundy, lacemen, Birmingham—C. F. Bennett and G. Bennett, bonded ship store builders, Hull —J. M. Foster and W. K. Bird, vinegar manufacturers, Cambridgeshire—G. Long and J. Peirce, iron mongers, Richmond. HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Journal.) MAIDSTONE.—We are inclined to report snore favourably of our hops to.day. Another week having passed away not of the most favourable weather, and rather on the whole a decrease of fly, although the lice are very numerous—but the nigger still keeps them a little in abeyance. There has been very little honey-dew to be seen for these last few days. We cannot say we are quite clear of mould, but it is very trifling at present. Some of our tine Golding growers have stripped their hop bines five to six feet up the poles (which are 16 to 18 feet); in riding by the hop bine all about us looks strong and healthy. Duty, 180,000/. CkANBROOK.—The hops are going on splendidly, and many think the duty will pay 2U0,000/. LAMBERIIURST,—Our hops in this parish remain clean and healthy, and promise well for a good crop. WROTHAM, PLAXTON, IGHTIIADI.—The hops hereabouts gene rally have recovered from the effects of the late uncongenial wea ther, and are looking healthy, free from vermin, and some grounds are really beautiful and luxuriant. There is every prospect of a very considerable approach towards a full growth. SEVENO&Ks.—We find in all quarters near us the hops still maintaining the high position we assigned them last week ; nothing can exceed the beauty and healthiness of the plantations generally. CANTERBURY. —The thunder storms of the past week have been highly beneficial to the hops, though in a few slight instances the poles were blown about. Altogether the hops are going on well, and cannot be said to be much infested with vermin. General accounts speak of the like favourable appearance, with indications of a tolerable crop, should nothing adverse yet arise. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16.—This morning, at eleven o'clock, Mr. Bishop, the Mayor and Returning-officer, proceeded to the Town-hall to open the poll-books,and thence to the pub lic hustings in Parker's-piece, whither Mr. Kelly was es corted by a very numerous assembly of his friends on horse and foot, with flying colours and bands of music. There were several carriages filled with ladies, and alto gether between 5,000 and 6,000 persons were gathered to gether on. the spot. The MAYOR, addressing the electors, said it had become his duty to declare to them the state of the poll. He found that the number of votes polled were, for Mr. Kelly 746 Mr. Adair 729 Majority -- 17 He therefore declared Fitzroy Kelly, Esq., her Majesty's So licitor. General, to have been duly elected to servo in Parlia ment for the borough of Cambridge. This announcement was received with deafening cheers. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then came forward and said— Once more I appear befbre you to congratulate you on the success which your principles have achieved in the good fight which we have fought together. Once more have we achieved a victory.—(Cheers.) When last I met you here, and addressed you from these hustings, I called on you to fight the battle of the Constitution for yourselves and your country, and nobly and generously I must say have you fought that battle. At the same time I owe it to my own sense of what is fair and honourable, and to your own feel ings likewise, to do justice to my honourable opponent, by acknowledging frankly and fully the fair spirit in which he has opposed me throughout this contest.--(Hear, hear.) His, l , eracter and his conduct have been such as to make me proud to call him friend.—(Cheers.) We fought this battle fairly. In the absence of my Hon. Friend I will say so ; but at the same time I will add, that we have taught him and his friends that wherever else their principles may prevail, that here in Cambridge they are sure of being de feated. Although in this moment of triumph and mutual congratulation I cannot but repeat the regret which I feel that, although differing from them in no wise as to our general political principles, brit solely on account of my support to a certain measure brought into Parliament by the present Government, I have lost the support, on this occasion, of some former friends, and deeply do I regret that the views taken of this measure by them and ethers have alienated full many a honest Conservative vote to the great Conserva tive cause. Ido them the utmost justice of believing that they are conscientiously opposed to the Maynooth grant, because they believed it to involve a religious principle, to be objectionable on religious grounds, and to be subversive of the stability and power of the Established Church.--(Bear, hear.) I believe that they have entirely mistaken the object of this measure, and that they have misstated its conse quences.. It is due to myself and to all those who have sup ported me in this contest, to state that we are satisfied this measure, which has caused unhappily such division amongst Conservatives, is not a religious but a political question, between the Government of the country and a large body of her Majesty's subjects. I would ask those who advocate free trade and Radicalism here, if free -trade prevailed, how could the national exigencies and engagements be met? How could the farmer get a remunerating price for his pro duce, and the labourer a remunerating price for his l live, andabour, if you reduce the value of the land by which they throw the amount taken off into the bands a the mann facturers of the north of England?—( Hear, hear.)_ ask to the shopkeeders of the town of Cambridg and 1 to consider in what sort of a position they would find them to if a measure were passed which would render, before long, the gentlemen of England unable to keep up their present high and honourable station, and their present liberal expenditure? And if fee s trade destroyed our Eng lish aristocracy, I ask you, gentlemen, what would become of the proud and ancient University which gives dignity to your town and adds greatly to its wealth and prosperity?— r (Hear .) Once sno re, said the honourable gentlenP,eit I r tla ? n — k you, an d bid you for the present farewell. — (Cheers.) Captain PURCHAS, the chairman of the Solicitor-General's Committee prcposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor, for the impartial manner in which he bad discharged his duty throughout this election.—(A voice,—" Ay, it was a pur chased one !"—Laughter.) He would also take leave to say, that Mr. Adair, had conducted himself like a fine honourable, admirable English gentleman.—(Cheers.) Mr. FISHER seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation, and briefly responded to by the Mayor, after which 'a procession was formed, which escorted the Solicitor- General out of the town and a short distance on the road to London, for which place the Hon. and Learned Gentleman immediately left Cambridge. BniGs. Le ranee L'Ent reprenant Le Chasseur lB Le Janus STEAMERS. Horse power. Tisiphone (iron) ... 220 Tanger (iron) La Mouetie (iron) Le Goeland (iron) Le Heron (iron) Mr. Alderman Humphery paired o ff with Mr, Aaron Chapman in favour of Lord Psimeriton'e motion. was most desirable that Falmouth should be a packet station Captain Berkeley had been a Lord of the Admiralty, and was well acquainted with the ports of Plymouth and Falmouth. The Ha.. moaze was one of the great naval ports of England. A great deal of traffic had passed up there. Had been given to understand it was proposed to carry the trains across the Hamoaze in ferry boats. Thought there would be great inconvenience and delay in this practice in war times. His objection was, that it interfered with the transport of ships in ordinary down to their places in the dock yard. Thought the pro. posed transit also objectionable as regarded the electric telegraph, for he believed it would be impossible, in such case, to convey the telegraph under the water. 7 hought it de sirable that, in time of war, there should be the most speedy communication between the Hamoaze and the metropolis by elec. tric telegraph. Was also against swivel bridges, for they, too, im peded rapid navigation in time of war. Cross-examined—Opposed the Bill in Parliamemt because he thought it would be prejudicial to the country, particularly in war time. Thought a line running near the sea, along the coast, would be objectionable, because it could be easily destroyed in time of war. Sir C. Napier, M.P., examined—l am well acquainted with the ports of Plymouth and Falmouth. I know that the Hamoaze is one of the great naval estuaries of England. I heard what has been said by Captain Berkeley, and I think the passing of railway trains over a steam-bridge would cause a great deal of delay occasionally. It ought cause no delay to ships, for I sup_ pose provision would b e made aga i nst th a t by th e Admiralty, but it would certainly occasion delay to the trains in time of war. I know the Government is now form. ing a large steam basin at Plymouth. Falmouth is a most important naval station, a good harbour of refuge, and a good seat for men-of.war. Formerly it was not much used in conse. quence of the difficulty in getting out of it, but the case is now altered, as there is a steam navy. L or d C o rnwallis used Falmouth, and there we re at the t i me o f th e wa r eight sail of the line there. I am generally opposed to all lines of railroad running near the coast unless they run so near to it that it can be fortified with Martello towers and used as a means of defence ; if they cannot be so used I think the further inland - -- ---- . they are the better. ➢ly only reason for opposing this line is a regard for the interests of the country, for I have no personal concern in it one way or the other. The Hen. and Gallant Officer was cross-examined, but his tes. timony, so far from having been shaken, was rather strengthened by his answers. Mr. Thomas, an engineer, was called to prove that the Central line was superior to the Cornwall line in point of engineering capability, Their Lordships adjourned at four o'clock tin to-morrow morning. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. LONDON, CROYD ON, MAIDSTONE, AND ASHFORD LINE, (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Committee gave no formal resolution on the subject, but decided on postponing the examination of the Croydon and Maid. stone, and of the remaining Bills, to next session. They accord ingly rose at about three o'clock. GROUP X-. DIRECT NORTHERN LINE-FARRINGDON. STREET EXT.L.NSION. _ _ (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Gibbs, an engineer; Mr. Seager, a distiller; and Mr. Green, a surveyor, were then severally called, and gave rebutting evi dence against tha. Farringdon.street Extension, and the Com mittee adjourned. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, JULY 14.—There was a crowded meeting of the Asso. elation to-day. The Liberator, accompanied by Capt. Broderick and other members of the Committee, entered the Conciliation Hall at half-past ten o'clock, and was received with the warmest demonstrations of applause. On the motion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, Counsellor Loughnan took the chair. Mr. RAY read letters from Mr. W. S. O'Brien, in answer to the address voted to him. After the dispatch of the business of the day, of no importance, Mr. O'Coaieu. announced the rent for the week to be 318/. Bs. 10d. In the county of Cavan a young man was shot by the police, under the circumstances described in the following letter in toe Pilot ; `• STRADONE, SUNDAY EVENING.—A homicide Was perpetrated last night, about ten o'clock, at Lavey, within a mile of this town, by the police, when on patrol. They met a few men on the road at that place, who were out before their houses observing the celebration of the without further c ause , th ey cc . bonfires which blazed on the su rroundin g hills, in anniversary of the 12th, and wh om, rested. A young man named Tierney, who was at the time quietly enjoying himself by his own fireside, hearing th at his neighbours were made prisoners, ran out to inquire the cause, and before he got within seven perches of the police, they fired upon him and mortally wounded him—this morning terminating his existence. The unhappy victim was a person of sncst excellent character, the son and support of a widowed mother. The inquest will be held this evening or to-morrow. ENNISKILLEN, JULY 13._The 12th of Jul y h as passed over in this town without the slightest disturbance of a ny ki nd—indeed a feeling of cordiality and good-will appeare.l to p ervade all classes of the inhabitants. THE MURDER OF Mit. BOOTH. The following is appended to a letter of the Hon. Somerset R. Maxwell, in the Dublin Eve:oin-f coart House, Cavan, Saturday, July 12. "An application being made to the grand jury on behalf of the widow of the late Mr. Boot for Compensation under the fith and 7th Wiliam IV., chap. 1 16, see . 106, evidence was adduced to prove that the deceased was I nurdered on acoount of his exertions as a magistrate to bring disturterS of the public peace to justice. After a patient investigation, t h a grand jury were unani mously of opinion that the widow's claim we .5 fully made out, and they awarded her five hundred pounds, to paid by four half- yearly instalments. After some discussion as to the locality from which to levy this sum, it was decided the t, as the Ribbon conspiracy from whence the overt act in questiot i proceeded, more or less pervaded each barony in the county,. • the sum should be levied on the county at large. After some pet gress had been made in the examination, the foreman suggested it, hat the facts elicited bore so strongly upon the present state of th e county, that though they were only dealing with a fiscal qv, estion, lie thought it most important that the evidence should be c ommitted to writing, With a view to trans. mit it to the Government 2. I HE HARVEST. There was a decided itet. •rovement in the weather to-day, calcu lated to allay the Apo , itti prehenaions in the public mind for the .^"~ LAW INTELLIGENC COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 16. (Before Mr. Commissioner Com - A:sum.%) THE ROMFORD BANK-IN RE JOHNSON, JOHNSON, AND MANN. This day was appointed for the application for certificate by the elder Mr. Johnson and his son, that of Mr. Mann having already been granted without any opposition. Mr. Wilkinson (Stevens, Wilkinson, and Satchel' ), yew street, solicitor, attended for the assignees to oppose the appli cation ; Mr. Lawrence, for eighteen creditors, to the amount of 7,0001., to take care of their interests ; and Mr. Cooke to support the application of the bankrupts. For the better understanding of the "results " of the bank rupts' estimate, the official assignee (Mr. Follett) read a report containing an abstract of the Romford Bank, as filed by Thomas Johnson, sen., which was as follows :—" That Mr. Thomas Johnson admits having withdrawn from the bank in thirteen years the following sums : In Bills Money 12,735 0 0 -----£26,115 0 0 That the bank was carried on during the whole period of its existence (eighteen years), not only without profit, but a loss, the expenses being stated at X16,767 0 0 Profits £5,256 0 0 Thus showing a loss upon the trading of that sum, in addition to bad debts, of Making a total of As quarterly balances were struck during the whole period of eighteen years, it must be assumed that Mr. Johnson was aware of the position of the bank affairs. The balance sheet of Thomas Johnson's private estate admits the receipt by him in thirteen years of the previously named ... £26,115 0 0 Receipt from the Aldgate concern Profit—rents £50,807 0 0 Which is accounted for by— Loss on whitelead concerns £8,669 0 0 Interest and a discount Personal and domestic expenses 18,306 0 0 ----- .£46,689 0 0 Further proving that the bills and moneys withdrawn from the Romford Bank were applied to purposes distinct from that concern. The Learned CosimissioN.ca having here communicated with the official assignee, said he had discovered something in the accounts in favour of the bankrupt, which he wished to have appended to the report just now read ; the bank stopped payment upon the sth of June, and the sums received as paid were on the few days previously. Paid Received, June 1 £B-19 0 o„June 1 ...... £473 0 0 2 Sundry 3 . 4... 5... 0 C 6 0 0 3 6OS 0 0. 4 ............ 958 0 0 3,563 0 3! 5 3,353 0 0 £5,088 0 0 , June Ist, in the bank, 1,191/. ; June 5, 1,030/. Upon a question from the Learned Cosimissioreen, Mr. WILKINSON said he appeared for the whole of the as signees, four in number. This statement, however, was denied by Mr. COOKE, who read a letter from one of the assignees—a Mr. Cooper, addressed to Mr. Johnson, sen., disclaiming any desire to oppose the certificate, but condoled with him upon his mis fortune. Mr. Commissioner Gou eau ate said, the fact of Mr. Wilkin son only being instructed by three of the assignees made no difference to his right of opposing. Mr. WILKINSON (in the absence of Mr. Jones) then made a variety of observations on the conduct of the bankrupts, in op position to the granting a certificate. He called several wit nesses, who gave evidence at great length, on points which have been brought before the public. Mr. LAWRENCE applied to be heard for several creditors, who had left it in his trust to oppose er not, as thtimerits of the case 'night lead his judgment. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN refused to allow Mr. Law rence to address the Court, as it was contrary to tke words and spirit of the Act of Parliament. Mr. Commissioner GouLßuaN said he wished to know from the official assignee what capital Mr. Johnson bad when he ' started in the bank ?—The Official Assignee thought, as far as he could discover, that it was not really more than 1,000/. Mr. WILKINSON said that at one time it was no more than 661., and proceeded to call Mr. Croysdale to show the fact from a vast array of figures ; when The Learned COMMISSIONER said he wished to come at the fact, as he was anxious to keep clear of a labyrinth of figures. Mr. WILKINSON said he would not press that matter and would now only advert to one other point, which was as to whether an entry of 5,000/. was made in the books by the bankrupt before or after the failure, and called Mr. Carter, the managing clerk of the official assignee, who distinctly stated Mr. Johnson told him it was made after the failure. It was his decided opinion also that no advance had been made from the bank to the concern at Aldgate. Mr. LAWRENCE here said that he withdrew all opposition for his clients. The Learned COMMISSIONER then asked if any other creditor wished to be heard ? but no one appearing, Mr. COOKE, for the bankrupt, said that he approached this case with considerable anxiety, considering the age, and infir mity, and the respectability of the bankrupt's family. The Learned Counsel proceeded with an historical narrative of the bankrupt's various phases in business until the year 1826, when, upon the failure of the then existing Romford Bank, he had, after strong solicitations, consented to re-open it. His character then stood high in the world, and Mr. Surridge bad assured him of success. For the first six or seven years it cer tainly was not a prosperous concern; but yet he had reasonable hopes that by assiduity and attention it would ultimately realise profits, and the more so as he had the concern in Aldgate to fall back upon. It must be admitted that his own means as a banker had been rapidly running out, but the trading of bankers should not be measured by that of other traders, for if Mr. Johnson had at once shut up the bank he was afraid that the most dis astrous consequences might ensue, and he felt the less inclised to do so, as he was even then fully persuaded, however illusory that might be to others, that he had a capital of 13,0001., which would be available to meet his engagements. No doubt but that many persons lost money by Mr. Johnson, and no wonder at their feeling angry; but it should not be orgotten that he had lost much more himself, and his all was now lost to him. It had been alleged against him (the bankrupt) by Mr. Wilkin son, that he had put himself forward for City honours, not only at a very late period of h,s life, but when he Must have known that his circumstances were in a most shattered condition ; but the fact was otherwise., for he was anxiously solicited to take upon himself the aldermanie gown, the shrievalty of Siiddleser,and the distinguished office of Lord Mayor, in 1841. Every one knew that these offices cost a considerable sum of money in the discliarge of the duties attached to them, and if in having undertalera there he had done anything wrong, why he now must answer for it. In 1841, the executors of White called upon him to pay a bond for 6,000/., which considerably distressed him, andupon the failure of Whitmore's house, who were their town agents, they had a difficulty in inducing Glyn and Co. to act in that capacity for them, and, in fact, they absolutely refused to do so, unless upon Johnson's depositing bills with them and giving them a bond ; and very early in June, 1843, Glyn's house, having refused to make further advances, Johnson had a fiat issued against him, even at the very moment when he was nego tiating to keep up the credit and meet the liabilities of the Romford Bank. Mr. Commissioner Gour.aurtsr.—Why, Copley, the clerk, has sworn that, within three months after he entered the ser vice of the Romford Bank, he knew of the insolvency; and what right had the bankrupt to feed the Aldgate concern from the bank, even if that were so? Mr. COOKE—Undoubtedly the bankrupt had no rigl.t so to deal with his customers' money, but they all knew that he was engaged in two other concerns, and that the money of each and all was used for the benefit of each and all. The banking business was only an incident in the bankrupt's dealings, and, if he had permitted the money of his customers to lie idle, bow would he or any other banker be able to meet the expenses of his establishment ? The customers did not object to the Rose ford Bank lending money to farmers and bakers, or others of their neighbours, and he was at a lo s s t o know why they should now complain that he had lent money to himself as a trader at Aldgate, rather than do so as a banker at Romford. There was no proof that he was a reckless trader, nor was he charged with having lived in an extravagant manner. No man could now say that he had concealed a single shilling, or that he had made a purse for himself, or that he had contracted a single debt by making false representations, or that he had been guilty of a single fraud. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN—No one has said so, Mr, Cooke. Mr. COOKE was extremely glad to hear his Honour say so, for that must greatly relieve the character of Mr. Johnson, and produce a feeling of considerable satisfaction to his respectable family. The bankrupt may, perhaps, in many instances have been in error, and deceived himself as to the nature and extent of his resources, but under all the circumstances of this painful case he trusted that this old, infirm, and respectable man would be allowed to go down to his gray with an un sullied reputation. The Learned COMMISSIONER said he would retire perhaps an hour to read over his notes, and then proceed at once to de liver his judgment. On his return Mr. Commissioner GOULEURN said, after much considera tion it was his opinion that the failure of the bankrupt in this case could not be called the result of misfortune or of circun:- stances over which he had no control, but rather that it arose from years of misconduct, as a trader in a branch of business which of all others required the greatest care and vigilance, and therefore the judgment of the Court was, that the certificate must be refused. £4,986 0 0 EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS.—The Central Cinn mittee of the Metropolitan Prapers' Association have come to the resolution of making a vigorous appeal to the public for the purpose of inducing all classes to co-operate more earnestly and actively than they have hitherto done in the efforts of the Association to do away with the-system of late hours of business, now become so crying an evil, and As-hich the Committee appear to think can on l y be accomplishedtiy the abstaining of the public from evening shopping, ssange• Th is appeal it short is proposed to make by mean s of a the essay st tract, for which a prize is to be o ffered, in ordereer rhat househo an the is done ft to be sent to every •inLd Lon when n possible work upon the subject ma y be p do• Committee is to iaise a un o • ec a t nd th \ e ve A ll s d so e - . S ch a step will, of course, entail considerable... expense ;,and part of the plan of the p T o r h t e a n o c b e .1 , ciatlon to crr3 h , the as i nmNalienwoils)jeocnte into effect. support, for it interferes with no interest, and offends Whilethe benefits it would confer upon all gageden in trade hardly be overrated. 3 n e : v p i r n efudiceg , SADLEns WELLS.—Sheridan linowles's play of Lore has been revived at this theatre, and net with most decided success. The heroine tYas taken by Mrs. Warner, whose talents are so well known, fiat it is almost unne cessary to say it was well acted. The struggle betwixt lie; love and pride was admirable; indeed, the whole of her perforim• ance was faultless. Iluon, the serf, was well personated by Mr. 11. Marston, and Mr. G. Bennett, as the Duke, acquitted himself equally well. The part of Count Ulrick was well performed by Mr. 11. Mellon, and Miss Cooper as Katherine also deserves her share of praise; there is a degree of arch ness in her manner, which is very pleasing. The other cha racters were all well sustained, and we trust the managers of the theatre will reap the countenance they so well deserve. EXTRAORDIN Arty ACCIDENT.—Last evening Mr. Joseph Payne held an inquest at Guy's Hospital, on the body of William Hussey, aged thirty-three, of Mason-street, New-cross. David Ambrose, foreman of the new atmospheric railway at New. cross, said -that the deceased was employed ott the same w orks. About a month ago deceased came home intoxicated, and went to the closet with a candle. He fell asleep there, and at an early hour next morning witness was awakened by cries of "murder," and " fire." Witness ran to the kitchen, from whence the cries proceeded, and there saw the deceased quite frantic, his linen in flames, and endeavouring to climb up the chimney. In a short time witness pulled him away, and after he had gone up stairs he found the closet on fire. He e xtinguished the fire, and finding the deceased much burned he had him conveyed to the hospital. Witness believed that he had accidentally set his linen on fire whilst in the closet. He died from the injuries on Monday last. Verdict, " Accidental death." Lord and Lady John Russell and family havO left town for the season, for his Lordship's teat near Godalraing. ---- - - • 9 '~ ~.~