The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-29 00:00:00

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(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) GOODWOOD RACES. CHICHESTER, MONDAY NIGHT, EIGHT O'CLOCIE.—In the course of the day a great number of arrivals have been re ported, but as yet there has been no " gathering" at the betting-rooms, nor any betting deserving of notice. We bear that all the stables at Goodwood and the vicinity are full, and that an immsnse nturber of horses were out this morning; further, that Una (who arrived yesterday in com pany with La Goualeuse, 2 yrs old) and Plaudit broke down this morning. The Cure pulled up lame yesterday; Aria tides is also said to be lame. In addition to those already published, Master Thomas, Sir Abstrupus, Philip, Venus filly, Rowena, Queen of Tyne, and several others have arrived, The weather continues favourable. • ENTRIES FOR TO-MORROW. The Craven Stakes.—Discoro, aged—Beaumont, 4 yrs— Shadow, aged—Pic-nic, 3 yrs— Hawkesbury, 3 yrs. The Innkeepers' Plate.—Auricula, 2 yrs—Spartacus, 5 yrs—Delightful filly, 2 yrs—Belvidere colt, 3 yrs--Parthing Candle, 2 yrs—Rosa Bianca filly, 3 yrs—Sister to Pomp6y, 2 yrs—Harem, 3 yrs. GOODWOOD RACES. (FROII OUR CORRESPONDENT.) Thursday is the grand day of the meeting, but why it should be so called I know not, seeing that the sport on the first Iday is just as good, if not better. As the Cup is the gre it 'e at ure of the day, and the race that excites most in terest among the fairer portion of the creation, I shall allude to it first, and if I shall be enabled to add to the wardrobe of some of my lady readers a few dozen of gloves I shall be amply repaid for the trouble the task of commenting upon this valuable stake has cost me. A great deal of the in terest which this race has excited has been destroyed by the withdrawal of Foig-a-ballagh. Nobody can now com plain that the announcement was not made soon enough. At the post I expect to see St. Law rence, 9st. 71b., The Cure, 9st. Ilb., Sorella, Bst. 111 b., Akbar, Bst. 51b., Valerian, Bst. 11b., Arundo. ist. 121 b., Game cock, 7st. 121 b., Stomacher, 7st. 111 b., Refraction, 7st. 71b., Drummer, 7st. 51b., Laird o' Cockpen, 6st. 131 b., Winchester, 6st. 111 b., Miss Elis, 3 yrs, 6st. 91b. Of these I think St. Lawrence or Gamecock will be found the first at the winning post. The former, it should be borne in mind, with Bst. 91b. ran second to Sweetmeat at Bath, for the Somersetshire Stakes, distance two miles and a half, and subsequently second to Intrepid, at Chester, beating a very large field of horses, after a race run the greater part of it at terrific speed. Neither Intrepid or Sweetmeat have since been beaten, and St. Lawrence has been kept fresh in his stable, and will be ridden by old John Day. Gamecock has likewise the advantage of a long rest, added to which he is extremely well in at Newton. Arundo, I should imagine, would only start out of compliment to his owner, the steward of the meeting. Stomacher is much fancied by those who support Mr. Forth on this course. He is an opponent always to be dreaded, but I think not so much on this occasion as on others. The Stomacher cannot complain of the weight assigned to her, and, if she runs, will no doubt be in a good place. The Drummer, from all I can hear, will turn out no Beggarmau. Refraction is an in-and-out runner, added to which 7st. 71b. for:a three years old, two miles and a half, must prove a stopper. Gamecock, for his two years, gives her only 51b.—think of that, ye speculators on the weights. I think Miss Elis will be ridden by the luckiest jockey of the day (Nat), and belongs to a nobleman who has won more Goodwood Cups than any other person on the turf. And when I recollect Priam, Carew, liornsea, all being chronicled winners of this rich plate, the former twice, I do not think that Lord Ches terfield would have sent Gamecock had he not been convinced of the excellent chance he stood for it. Valelian, the present first favourite, is far too uncertain an animal for me to place faith in. Akbar has neither speed nor bottom for this race. Winesour, should he be started, will speedily feel the effect o his winning, and the weight the Laird will have to carry, Will prevent the Cup gracing the sideboards of either of their owners. The Cure will struggle on towards the front, but his habit of swerving at the eta' of his races makes rite mistrust him now. Th 4 Racing Stakes is likely to furnish an excellent race between Pug and Worthless. The former, I think, will be found the better of the two. Cowl will not go, on account of the penalty of 61b. he has to carry for winning at Ascot. Lord George Bentinck's Nightcap, I am told, will walk over for the 100 Soya. Stakes. The 200 Soya. Sweepstakes, for colts and fillies, will bring out the two best bred two-year-olds in England. Ark wright, by Don John, winner of the speediest St. Leger ever known, out of Arachne, an Oaks winner, is one, and Lom brero, by Bay Middleton, likewise a Derby winner, out of Chapeau d'Espagne, a mare that ran second to Pussy for the Oaks. As the former animal has the speediest blood in his Veins, I think he will be found the best at the finish. The 200 Sovs. Two-year-old Stakes will be, like all the laces of this class, merely a trial between John Day's stable And John Kent's. The Sussex Stakes I apprehend will go to Mr. Shelley's Samphire, if what I hear be true. For the Anglesey I prefer most Quebec, Naworth, and Sir Abstrupue. Oa Friday the Nassau Stakes will be sharply contested for by Stitch, Plaudit, and Pug, and as Lord Eglinton's filly L'as not been running about so much as Lord George's, I shall give the preference to her. For the Chesterfield Cupforty horses are handicapped, and about half that number, in all probability, will start. Rowena, Vaudeville, the Knight, and Arcanus, will be found, I opine, the best of them. Queen blab will be difficult to beat for the Maidstone Stakes. If any animal does it, I should think it would be John o'Gannt ; and if Princess Alice has not run previously, I think she will prove the winner. Cowl or the Laird o'Cockpen will, no doubt, walk over for the 50 Sovs. Stakes. The Nolecombe will be one of the most interesting races of the day, but the starters for it are uncertain, and depend Materially upon the results of the other races. Freelance Will have to carry 51b. extra for Winning the Chesterfield Stakes, Princess Alice suffersa, like penalty from having the good fortune to carry off a rich stake at Chester. Witsend is in a similar situation ; therefore, I think their chance is quite out. Madcap has improved so much lately, that I think either her or Sting will be first home. As I have little doubt Cambaulea will win the Ham, and so have to carry 51b extra, I shall not put him down as likely to win this. Lozdon, July 29. TELEGRAPH. RACES T 0 COME. AUGUST. liuntingdort llorwi c h 6 1 York t rigliton Aber\ stwith Wol;-erhampton I:lymouth Ittnbridge Well 3 .. ...... 13 SEPTEMBER. Warwick Rochester and Chatham 3 Abingdon Lichfield Leicester lO Doncaster ...... ...... l6 firewood 29 Richmond ~ti'ai all Lincoln Newmarket First Octo ber Meeting A NEW MANCTIESTER EXCHANGE.—A short time *ince: we announced the intention of the proprietors of t he present Exchange to enlarge the building to a consi derable extent, and gave the particulars of their plans in f urtherance of their intention ; we have now to announce t he intention of a separate and independent party to erect an entirely new building, in the neighbourhood of High street. We had yesterday an opportunity of inspecting a drawi ng of the intended elevation, which, if carried out, will be a very great ornament to the town—indeed, we have !Id building in Manuhester that can at all be compared with 't ; it bears some resemblance in form to the Liverpool Custom House, but is altogether a very superior and hand some structure, of two stories. The site is at the upper end of Market-street, High-street, Cannon•street, and Palace- St reet, covering Marsden-square, the whole of the shop- W arehouse and other property within those limits having to come down. The buiiding is to form three sides of a square, h aving the open or principal front to face into High-street ; the open space in front; of the centre and between the two !info will be a raised stone platform, to be approached 'Y A handsome flight of steps from High-street, for the 41 .verienee of the congregated merchants and manufac turers during change hours. The news room is to occupy t he Market-street aide of the square or wing occupying two stories, thus forming a spacious and lofty room, lighted by t hree domes and the side-lights ; the size of this room will be nearly the same as the large room at Exeter Hall, London, shout 12,000 square feet ; the approach to it is made by three entrances from Market-street. The centre of the building on both stories will be cono'erted into offices, which will be let Q ff for mercantile purposes. The northern, or Cannon-street Pin g, will form a Stock Exchange, and a public mercan tile sales room ; above these rooms, on the second story, will be a large room of corresponding dimensions with the newsroom in the other wing, which will be a public room ap plicable to the purposes of a large music -room, or public rneetings, or it will be divisible into three rooms, as occasion may require. From the above sketch it will be readily con ceived that the erection will not be made at a slight expense, and it is intended to accomplish the object by means of a com- Pally to raise 200,000/. in 25/. shares ; the company is already l`rovisionally registered in tccordance with the new Act, and the projectors have received every encouragement from all !leaner' where the matter has been mentioned. It will be brought more prominently forward, we understand, in a feet "Pl.—Manchester Courier. RELEAttE FROM A LONG CONFINEMENT.—On Tues 'WY last, an aged mats, named Charlesworth, was released from York Castle, after an imprisonment of 2'J years. In 1816 he ;'" Committed for contempt of the award of a referee who had been appointed to decide a dispute between him and another party r especting the height of a data attached to a mill belonging to him, , 1 ° the neighbourhood of Ilohrifirth. He has been discharged by a judge under the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the l etEn of William IV. -------- - • • ROYAL AIERSEY YACHT CLun.—A sailing-match for three elegant pieces of plate given by this Club, will take place b p-rum - row. The yachts, ten in number, will start from the Rock Terry, soil through the Crosby Channel, Victoria Channel, round the Bell Beacon, and bark to the place of starting. One of the City of Dublin Company's boats will attend and follow the match, and the prises will be urlivered to the winners on board. The con test fur the Grand Challenge Cup, value 100 guineas, will take Place on Thursday, the 11th of September. The cup will be * ahibited at the meeting to.rnorrow.—Liverpool Paper of Monday. ItoßßElitY BY A DGMItsTIC. tinciay afternoon, between one and two o'clock, on the return of Mr. Shafter and hie family from church to their residence in Arundel-street, Chelsea, they were unable to gain admission to their house, and, after knocking for nearly an hour, Mr. Shafter at length effected art entrance by climbing over the wall of the garden separating his horo the adjoining house, wheu he discovered that his servant, 11, 1' Halts, had absconded, taking with her a tin cash.box, con taining twenty-flea sovereigns, two 5!. notes, and a dozen silver 2 P"ng- It is supp ose d t h at she had been urged to the cornrni*aion of this robbery by a man wh.i.) had been for some time in the habit W see her, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOITTII.— A most important and interesting trial of the sustaining and other service properties of the blocks used in the Royal Navy, and a patent invention of Mr. H. N. Brewer, of Bermondsey, has been made in this deckyartil during the last few days, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, under the superintendence of the Master-Rigger, and in the presence of the patentee and all the chief officers of the dock-yard, the result of which has proved beyond a doubt the vast superiority of Mr. Brewer's patent over the old mode of manu facture at present pursued in our dockyards. The plan at present adopted in cutting blocks for the navy is cutting them the same way as the grain of the wood runs, whereby the probability of splitting or breaking when a strain is upon them is very manifest. Mr. Brewer's plan and patent consists in cutting his block the reverse way of the grain ; consequently the adhesive qualities of the block ar.,. well as the sustaining power are considerably increased, as the following table of the result of the trial (which is copied from the Master-Rigger's report) will prove at a glance : MR. BREWER'S PATENT. 73 4.3 .g N Description of Weight suspended, Result. E-4 I cfl block, when broken. - I C I .5 ; , .6 t- , c.) a .1 1 Ist 6 -- - - / Sin e g o l n e g , ed l , ea , th ir e e r Lashing broke ; 3 14 1 1 I block cracked, strop 2d 6 Ditto .. ened ; block still sound. 3d 7 Rope strop block still sound. 4th .., 1 c Brass cogged 2, 3 6 1 1 L c Block and fall 4 1 ) rope strop .. 5 I broke. Leather cogged 3 4 3 1I i Blck strop broke; sth 7 : [ rope strop... } block still good. S - Brass cogged 1 S Lashing broke ; 6th 7 , / rope strop... 3 4 3 1 / block still good. ; `Double block , , 7th 7 I leather cog 'd 3 15 2 1 / Strop broke ; blck still sound. 1 rope strop... Bth 7 ,Ditto, brass cogged 3 12 2 1 Ditto. 9th 7 i Ditto 3 14 3 1 Ditto. Strop broke ; 10th 7 i Do le n a b t l i e ier b e lo og cl , c ci i 3 10 2 1 partition in block broke. II th 7 Treble block, rope 7 Ditto stro P . .::.... : : : : 3 3 126 2 1 11 Strop ßloc Block broke broke . 12th ; block still sound. 13th 8 t Single block, 4 15 0 0. f Strop broke ; / rope strop... 1 t block cracked. 14th 8 Ditto .. .. .. •. .. PORTSMOUTH COMMON MADE. N Description of I Weight suspended Result, E 4 I s block. when broken. • • H 6 Single, leather Block broke and Ist 6 cogged,cd, were 2 8 pin bent. 2d 6 ,Ditto . . 2 14 3 1 Block broke. 3d 7 Rope strop.. 4th 7 'Brass cogged rope r strop ........... I 2 14 0 1 Block broke. sth 7 t Le r a o t p h : r st co ro g p ged i 3 3 3 1 t Strop b g r o o od ke, 6th 7 Brass cogged rope strop .•. Double block, 7th 7 / leather cogged 3 10 3 1 Strop broke, block split. rope strop.... Bth 7 Ditto, brass cogged' 3 4 0 1 j ßlock broke. 9thl 7 Ditto • 3 3 0 1 Block broke. Oth! 7 Double block, lea titer cogged . I 3 3 1 1 Block broke. lth , 7 Treble block, rope , strop 2 15 0 1 Block broke. 2th 7 Ditto •• • 3 9 0 1 Strop broke, block sound. 3th S Single block, rope, strop ..• • • I 2 17 2 0 Block broke. 4thl 8 Ditto .• ••• • • • • . 2 17 2 0 Block broke. sth l 9 Ditto . sound. 6th, 10 I Ditto ... ••• • • ..... 4 5 0 0 !Block broke. 7th, 11 I Ditto ... ••••• • • • • . 4 5 0 0 Block broke. Thus it is clear, Mr. Brewer's patent is not only more durable, but possesses a sustaining power nearly double that of the Government block, as, from the above table, we find in the second trial with a single block, leather cogged, with wire strap, Mr. Brewer's block sustained a weight of upwards of five tons, with no more damage than merely straightening the hook that supported it, whereas the Government block, with only half that weight attached to it, broke, as it did in the great majo rity of the trials. RAILWAYS. Yesterday a return was issued by order of the House of Commons of the names of all Railway Bills or projects on which Committees have made reports (for or against such Bills or projects) at variance with the reports made upon the same by the Railway Department of the Board of Trade ; with copies of all special reports made by such Committees in reference to statements contained in the reports of the Board of Trade. The following is the list of such Railway Bills and projects—the special reports occupy twelve folio pages of print :- 1. Belfast and Ballymena Railway. 2. Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension).: 3. Direct London and Portsmouth. 4. Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway (with branch to Kells). 5. Ely and Huntingdon Railway. 6. Exeter and Crediton Railway. I . 7. Grand Junction Railway (Potteries branch). 8. Great North of England :(Clarence and Hartlepool Junction). 9. Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone). 10. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth. 11. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester. 12. Leeds and Thirsk. 13. Leeds and West Riding Junction. 14. Liverpool and Manchester. 15. Londonderry and Coleraine. 16. Londonderry and Enniskillen. 17. Monmouth and Hereford. 18. Newry and Enr.iskillen. 19. North Wcolvvich Railway. 20. Oxford and Rugby Railway. 21. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. 22. Runcorn and Preston Brook. 23. South Wales Railway. THE RECRUITING SERVICE. The following general order has just been promulgated for the guidance of the officers and parties on the recruit, ing service :- 1. The 36th clause of the Mutiny Act requiring that a per son offering himself to serve in her Majesty's land forces must be attested at the place of enlistment, and by a magistrate residing in its immediate vicinity, the attention of officers employed on the recruiting service is particularly directed to this enactment, in order that its provisions may be rigidly ad hered to, and all detached parties from the recruiting stations instructed accordingly. 2. Although it is admitted that the system of detatching small parties to towns at a distance from their head-quarters carries with it much responsibility on the part of the re cruiting officer, yet it is considered that, with the exercise of due care and caution, the parties detached might with little risk, in most cases, cause the recruits to be attested, after medical inspection, without first sending them to the re cruiting station; but to meet cases in which it may be eon• sidered absolutely necessary that the recruits should be seen by the officer in charge of the party previously to their being attested, the Honourable Board, by letter dated June 27, 1845, have been pleased to sanction marching allowance being granted to the recruits and the soldiers conducting them for the number of days they may be actually billetted upon and dieted by innkeepers, or the actual expense of the conveyance, if not exceeding the amount of the marching ance from the place of enlistment, the claims for which are to be kept quite distinct, CO as not to interfere at all with the charges previously sanctioned for marching allowance, and pre pared on a separate voucher, the Hon. Board's order of June 27, 1845, authorising the expense being invariably quoted; and those charges only will be admitted in the public accounts which are certified by the Deputy Adjutant-General to have been unavoidable, and incurred for tke benefit of the service. 3. As it is distinctly understood by officers in charge of re cruiting parties and those having beating orders, that when parties are detached from their stations to places specified in their routes, the parties so detached are not to send their de tachments to other• places in such manner as to incur any charge to the public, there being no authority by which such detach ments are sanctioned; COURTS OF CONSERVANCT.—Yesterday three Courts of Conservancy, for the counties of Surrey, Essex, and Kent, were held before the Lord Mayor, attended by Sheriffs Hun ter and Sidney, Aldermen Sir C. Marshall, Musgrove, Hooper, Humphery, the Recorder, Town-clerk, and other City authorities. The first, for Surrey, at the Town-hall, had been postponed from the previous Monday, in consequence of the non-attendance of several jurors. On the presentation of the jury being read, it showed that a great obstruction was occasioned by the floating pier at Lambeth; that from the complaints of the inhabitants in the vicinity a great nuisance was caused by the London Gas Company, who are accustomed frequently, in the dead of the night, to let off into the river a quantity of noxious and offensive fluid, which frequently caused such an intolerable stench as to drive many of the inhabitants from their beds, while the conti nuance of such a practice must inevitably injure, if not totally destroy, the fishing in that part of the river. The jury further expressed great regret that such nuisances as Putney and Battersea-bridges were still allowed to remain, without the slightest attempt to improve them being made, The Recorder informed the jury that their presentment would be referred to the proper quarter. The Court was then dis solved, and the Lord Mayor proceeded in state, as before, to the Swan at Stratford, to receive the presentment of the Essex jury, from whom, however, a slight obstruction at Bow Creek was only noticed. The civic cortege then pro ceeded to Blackwall, and embarking on board his Lord ship's barge, attended by Captain Fisher (the harbour master), proceeded across the river to the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich, where the jury for the county of Kent had assembled. This jury presented the pier at Erith as an obstruction, and, further, that the navigation of the river, off Woolwich Dockyards, was very materially impeded by the great number of her Majesty's vessels which were moored off that spot. The jury having been here also assured that their presentment should have due attention, were, as in all the above cases, dismissed with thanks by the Learned Recorder in a neat speech. The Court then partook of a banquet, including the accustomed delicacy of white bait, and the Lord Mayor and suite afterwards returned to London in the state barge, which was towed by one of the Watermen steamers. ARRIVAL OF TILE 13TII FOOT FROM INDIA.—Early yesterday morning, the ship Cornwall arrived in the river off Gravesend from India, with a portion of the 13th Regiment of Foot, which, according to the list, has been on service in the Indian territories for more than twenty-two years, having left this country in January, 15:23. This regiment, it will be remembered, greatly distinguished itself during the recent Indian war, more especially at Attghanistan, Ghustnet, Jellalabad, and Caubul. In the course of the day the troops were disembarked, and proceeded to the depot of the corps. NEW 11101 g STEAMER.---MeSSri. Miller, Raver:hill, and Co., bale launched from their building-yard at Black wall, for the Peninsular and Oriental Company, a new iron steamer called the Madrid, decidedly the finest vessel that has yet left the Or chard Wharf. Her burden is 450 tons ; length, 100 feet between the perpendiculars; width, 28 feet; depth of hold, 15 feet. She is to be propelled by a pair of Miller and Co.'s beans-engines, of 140- horse power, and is intended, we believe, to ply between Ceylon and Hong-Kong. ~~ THE SUN, LONDON., TITESDeAI EVENING, JULY 29, 1845. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. of Oregon, and makes up about 1,500 miles of utter sterility (the narrow belt of the Platte excepted) of the 2,000 trifles stretching from Missouri to the Pacific. In all this distance there is but rarely a forest or a goodly grove to be seen, and even on the Platte the emigrants must watch for and seize little bunches and shreds of willows floating on the stream (drift wood there is none), or have no fuel and no cookery. Except in the desert of Central Africa, and around the Poles, there is no such utter destitution of timber, of verdure, and of capacity for cultivation on the face of the earth. The Creator appears to have visibly marked the region of the Rocky Mountains as the boundary of nations. But the next region of Oregon, stretching from the Blue to the Cascade Mountains, say 150 miles, is little better. The journal says, of so much of it as is not covered by mountains that it consists of plains between mountains, " the soil of which is poor. The timber also is very scarce upon it, and what there is is soft and poor." He says, however, that the climate during slimmer is agreeable and salubrious, though the winter brings frequent rains ; and that, though unfit for tillage, many of its plains are covered with short grass, which will render it a good stock country. But con sider that the stock can never be profitably driven 1,500 miles to the States, while they will be some distance from the Pacific, near which is a better stock country (be cause having a more fertile soil and milder climate), and we must be permitted to doubt whether such lands will ever be in demand for stock-raising, at least while Cali fornia and Northern Mexico► have hardly an inhabitant to ten square miles of surface. The last and lowest division of Oregon is the best. It has a mild climate, though not a desirable one, the winter being excessively rainy and the summer exces sively dry. Indian corn cannot be raised by reason of drouth and frosts, but most grains and vegetables do well ; cattle excellently. Snow seldom lies over three days in the most favoured valleys, though snow-eapped mountains are in sight almost everywhere throughout the year. The multiplicity of mountains is destructive to navigation, and almost to all rational hopes of future improvement by railroads, &c. The valley of the Williamette contains, perhaps, as much good land as that of the Muskingum or Mohawk, and there is per haps three times that quantity of arable land in Lower Oregon, south of the Great River. There is a little good land in the valley of the Cowelitz, an inconsiderable tri butary !'of the Columbia, which enters it about 50 miles from its mouth ; but besides this, says the journal, " most of the soil on the north-bank of the Columbia is poor, and is unfit for the production of wheat or the es culent grains, except sparely and in spots. This feature increases as you proceed northward, and the land in the vicinity of Nisqually, on Puget's Sound, is incapable, as lam told, of ordinary production." This is the most desirable portion of the region wo are on the brink of fighting for. The agents of the Hudon's Bay Company are the traders and capitalists of Oregon ; and, as they buy where they please, and pay no duty to any Government, they supply many articles (cloths and cutlery, for in stance) cheaper than they are sold in the Western States, though goods are generally higher. Tea is cheaper from the proximity of China : but crockery, iron, lead, boots and shoes, &c., are high. Agricultural pro duce is held at about Boston prices, tough cattle, espe cially cows, are higher, being scarce as yet, and the de mand great for stock-raising. A rifle costing 20 dols. in the States will command 50 dols. in Oregon. It is evident that many of the emigrants from the States have been saved from great privations and sacri fices, if not from famine, by the uniform kindness and aid of the Hudson's Bay Company, who are abused as monopolists because they sell goods so cheap that no body can compete with them. Says the journal : " All the goods sold at Van Couver are of the most superior quality, and the purchaser in this region of general honesty and enterprise receives them at twelve months' credit; so thus the greatest obstacle to the poor emigrant after his arrival here vanishes at once. This is a country of peace and good will; every new corner is received as a brother; the poor man's wealth lies in his arms, and the industry and enterprise which brought him here to claim by his labour heaven's first gifts in the riches of the soil, is accepted as the substantial and sufficient guarantee of his faith. " The utmost liberality characterises all the dealings with the stranger and even the resident. If your for tunes have been adverse, and you are not able to pay for last year's dealing, you are required to give your note, drawing interest at five per cent. Instances have come to my knowledge since my arrival, in which Dr. M`Laughlin has extended the credit of some of his cus tomers for two or three years together. He has supplied most of the members of last year's emigration with such articles as they need, taking in payment only the pledge of their honest faces and hard hands." Roberts to Derry, and he introduced her there to several persons, among the rest to Mr. Bartkoski, his instructor in the Italian language. When Mrs. Moody heard this she wrote to Mrs. Roberts to ccrne home. She returned home, and I think it was at this time, about the 26th or 27th May, Mrs. Moody, whose suspicions were now aroused, communicated them to Mrs. Roberts. At first she repudiated and denied that they were true. Subsequently, however, she commu nicated to Mrs. Moody that she was ruined and undone. If ever there was a woman who should have been protected, it was this woman. She was here a foreigner and a stranger, with the wife of a brother officer of her husband's. Who, if she wanted advice, should have given it to her so semi as this man, who was the father of a family, and who was generally looked up to in the neighbourhood? He described himself as a " villain," when charged with his crime. What word was there in the English language which conveyed so strong an idea of all that was base and dishonourable as the word " villain ?" He hoped the jury would mark their sense of his conduct. After a few other remarks, the Learned Gentle man concluded by calling witnesses, who proved his statement. Mr. BROOKE addressed the jury for the defendant. He said that in this painful case—this very painful case—it now became his duty to make some observations. The question the jury had to consider was the amount of loss the plaintiff had sustained. His wife was a native of Malta, a remarkable place for the laxity of the morals of its inhabitants. 'those who knew the history of Malta must be aware that it had always been nothing more than a great camp. At present there were a great number of troops stationed in it, together with a great many vessels of war stationed at it. There could not be a doubt that its morals were as lax as those of any country in the south of Europe, and that was saying a great deal. In Italy, it was well known the marriage vows were not regarded with the same strictness as they happily were in this country. Very often the marriage vows were used as a convenient cloak for thei: gallantries ; and very often the friend or gallant superseded the husband. The marriage was an improper one in every respect. She was a Roman Catholic, and he was a Protestant; and, as he had observed, in every respect there was a material difference between them. According to his own account he gees to a hall, he finds her a pleasant part ner, and he marries her, with no other recommendation than a handsome face, and contrary to his brother's wish. He would ask them, which of them having a friend would wish to see a marriage take place under such circum stances? Which of them, having a son, would not rather see him in his grave than see him make such a marriage ? Such marriages are never known to turn out well. Mrs. Roberts was a perfect mistress in the art of dissimulation. She was able to deceive the defendant's own wife, and to commit adultery with her husband in his own house, without Mrs. Herdman being able to dis :over it. During a year that she resided in the neighbourh )od after this unfortunate occur- rence, the defendant did not once visit her. They had been told the defendant had a large factory, that he kept a car riage and a fine establishment; but let them remember, in awarding the damages, that they were taking the money from his innocent wife and children. They should ask themselves what loss had the plaint ff sustained? None. He had re ceived a benefit by bein separated from such a woman. Let the jury look at the case ft nn the time the intimacy commenced, and say was she a virtu es woman? Could a woman act in the manner in which she had done ? He was satisfied that the jury must come to the conclusion that the loss sustained by the plaintiff was very trifling. The CHIEF JUSTICE, in summing up, observed that the defendant had a high character and station in society. He and his wife and four children lived near this young woman. His pursuits in life were respectable. He had gathered around him the young children of the place, dispensing in struction. How, therefore, was there any imprudence or want of caution in introducing these young females to such a man? Where would this young woman look for advice so soon as to him ? It was a painful thing that the man who should be her adviser had become her seducer. It was idle to say that she had seduced him—the husband of an amiable wife, the father of a family, and one who was the patriarch, so to speak, of all around him. He was far from wishing to call attention to those letters. But such a scene of obscenity —such a scene of disgust—never came before him. It was for the jury to take these letters into consideration, and say had this young and forlorn woman been debauched by this man, and had he swerved her from her marriage vows ? If he bad, then they were to say what amount of damages they would award. It was but a poor argument to say that the plaintiff had lost nothing by this, but that he had derived benefit; and that, therefore, he was entitled to no damages, be cause he had got rid of such a person. It was only where the husband had been the means of his own dishonour and his wife's disgrace and ruin that they should refuse to give damages. But where the husband was, as in the present case, an honourable man, how could they tell that man that they would give him no compensation for the injury he had sus tained ? To refuse him damages would be doing so in substance. The jury brought in a verict for the plaintiff of 1,0001. da • wages, and costs. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP X. LONDON AND YORK LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Granville Vernon, examined by Mr. BAINES, Q.C.—ls Member for East Retford, whose inhabitants, to the num ber of 4,500, are universally impressed with the importance of the project under consideration. The districts are wholly agricultural and stand in need of a speedier means of accommodation. _ Mr. Ediston, agent to the Duke of Norfolk, corroborated the evidence of this and the preceding witness, and the Committee at half past four adjourned till to-morrow at noon. STANDING OIMEILS COMMITTEE. The Manchester and Le< ds Railway Bill passed through Com mittee. NATIONAL TRADES' CON FERENCE. The National Trades' Conference having, at their meeting on the 24th March last, in London, resolved to hold another meeting on the last Monday in July, assembled yesterday in pursuance of the resolutions at the Literary and Scientific In stitution, John-street, Fitzroy-square, for the purpose of taking into consideration certain plans of organization. The meet ing was fixed to be held at three o'clock, and shortly after that hour ----- --- THOMAS S. DU NCOMBE, Esq., M.P., arrived and took the chair, but at that hour there were not many delegates present. The CHAIRMAN, on taking his seat, said he was so well aware of the great importance of time to the Delegates on the present occasion, as well as of the necessity for economising the funds of those whom the Delegates represented, that he would not occupy their time by addressing them at any length, but, at the same time, he could not permit this opportunity to pass without expressing the gratifica tion it afforded him and the other members of the Committee at again meeting this assembly of the representatives of the working-classes. He could assure the Delegates that during the time that had elapsed since he last had the pleasure of meeting them, that the Committee had not been idle or apathetic in the services of thoso who had confided to them the duty of acting as their Committee, but that they had devoted all the powers of their minds to the best interests of the trades : and all he could say was, that the result of their la bours only convinced them the more of the necessity that existed for a perfect organization of the trades, and that every day's ex perience proved how beneficial such an organization must prove. The Committee had considered the importance of the suggestion thrown out at the last meeting—namely, the plan for the better organization of the trades for the purpose of em ploying the surplus labour of the country in agricultural and manufacturing pursuits. He was aware that this plan was only now put forward as one which should be better consi dered ; and he also begged to state that there was an impres sion abroad that this meeting had been held too soon, and that sufficient time had not been afforded to many of the tea les in different parts of the country to consider those plans and sugges tions, and therefore it would be well fur this meeting toconsider that fact. At the same time the Committee, being aware that this meeting would be held, they had prepared their report, though they knew that but few persons would attend; but it would be well to hold it, if for no other purpose than to consider to what time they would adjourn the meeting. The delegates would thus see that the Committee had not broken faith with them, or that their exertions had not been paralysed, or that what had been done was a failure ; but at the same time he did think it his duty to state that thismeeting was deemed premature ; and therefore, if the meeting thought proper, they could postpone it. The plan would be now read, and it could be discussed. The meeting was not called upon to adopt the plan, bat to discuss it, and it would be found to con tain much valuable information, which could not be had from any Parliamentary returns. The SECRETARY then read the standing orders, which were adopted. He next proceeded to read the plan, whereupon a discussion arose as to the mode to be adopted in regard to the details of the plan. The Delegate from Bristol said he had been requested by his constituents to submit another plan. The Delegate from the Potteries said that his constituents had instructed him to say that they concurred in the sugges tions in respect to land. After a tew observations from some other Delegates, The SECRETARY proceeded to read the plan, and when he had concluded, The BRISTOL DELEGATE again rose, and hoped that he might be permitted to postpone reading his plan until to morrow, as he did not feel well. The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting had resolved to hear read the only other plan to be submitted, and that was one from Bristol. The Bristol Delegate then proceeded to read the report. The following is the substance of the plan submitted by the Committee : POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. GOVERNMENT. CONFERENCE.—The legislative power shall be vested in an annual conference of Delegates from the several trades in the Yesterday, Mr. King, a solicitor, in Furnival's Inn, waited on the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman Hooper, on behalf of Benjamin Parker, against whom Mr. James, the barrister, ap plied a few days since for a warrant, alleging that he had com mitted perjury. Mr. King said he understood from the report of Mr. James's application, which had appeared in all the newspapers, that the granting of the warrant was suspended to obtain the opinion of the City Solicitor, whether a warrant could be issued at all for ierjury. Since then, flaring placards had been posted about offering a reward for the discovery of the residence of Mr. Parker and Mr. Clarkson. The persons of these parties were fully described, with references to various previous transactions, that were quite irrevelant to the charge of per jury. From this he presumed that the warrant had been issued, and if so Association. ANNUAL Sesstows.—An annual session of conference shall be held on Whit-Monday, in such town and places as may be deter. mined upon. _ . SPECIAL SEsstows.—The central committee shall have the power of convening a special session of conference when it shall appear necessary. On this Mr. George Wilkes characteristically com ments in a note as follows :—_ _ _ " There is nothing wonderful in all this. The doctor could do business no other way with the class of custo mers he seeks, and as for the taking of the note at the end of the year, when the misfortunes of his creditor have left nothing else to take, it is a measure strictly protective of himself, and has nothing of generosity in it. The doctor is doubtless a very excellent man, but the above circumstances only prove him to be a very good merchant." Such as this Dr. M'Laughlin are the people whose throats too many of us are eager to be cutting, and such as Mr. George Wilkes are those who are stimulating us to cut them ; such as we have described (all the valu able part of It already in our unquestioned possession) is the country for which we are to cut them l Would not this be a pleasant business for Christians in the nineteenth century? Mr. Wyeth saw the thermometer on the banks of Snake River, in August, 1832, mark 18 degrees of Fahrenheit at sunrise, and 92 degrees at noon of th• same day. BUSINESS PAPER.—One month previous to the assembly of the annual Conference, the Central Committee shall cause to be pre pared and issued a business paper, or programme of the matters intended to be brought under the consideration of the Conference. POWERS.—The Conference shall have power to make and revise the laws of the Association, subject to certain regulations. ELECTIONS.—Within one month previous to Whit. Monday in each year, the Central Committee shall issue their precept to pro ceed to the election of a Delegate or Delegates to represent them in Conference for the ensuing year. CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Mr. Teague, the chief clerk, said no warrant had been issued. The City Solicitor had given an opinion that it should not be granted. Of the charge against Mr. Clarkson the magistrate had not heard anything yet. Mr. King almost regretted that it had not been granted, as both Parker and Clarkson were anxious to meet the case, and remove the slanderous imputations of perjury. They were willing to find bail to meet the charge at the sessions, if the magistrate woald hear their evidence and saw fit to require it. They would waive any objection to the magistrate's jurisdiction, if they could obtain the same publicity for their reply as was given to the charge. The charge was made in this shape: Mr. Bartlett swore that he gave Mr. Coyle value for certain bills, and Coyle swore that he handed that value to Parker, which Parker on his oath denied. To fix the imputation of per jury on Parker, certain cheques and notes were produced as having been traced to Parker, and as having been previously paid to Coyle. Mr. Parker admitted he had received 312/. 10s. from Coyle, but it was upon a totally different matter, and not upon the bills in question, and, therefore, what his client swore was perfectly true. He was ready and anxious to explain and justify the possession of the 3001., upon which the opposite party had dared to assign the perjury. Reference had been made to the admissions drawn from Parker in cross-examination; but nothing was said of the facts drawn from Coyle upon his cross examination. POWERS AND DUTIES. The Central Committee shall direct and control the general proceedings of the Association for and in the name of the Association. They shall have the power to object to or approve of strikes, when other means to settle dis. puted matters fail; and of raising from time to time such levies as may be necessary for the support of those strikes and turn-outs as they may sanction. They shall by meditation, arbitration, and legal proceedings, protect the interests and promote the well being of the Associated Trades in all cases of trade disputes and diffi culties. They shall promote all measures, political, social, or educational, which are intended to improve the condition of the labouring classes ; and, generally, they shall take the most efficient means in their power to promote the objects of this Association. OMAGIT ASSIZES.-CRIM CON. Before Chief Justice PIiNNEFATHZR, and a Special Jury.) ROBERTS V. lIERDMAN. Mr. Masort, Q.C., stated the case. Mr. Roberts came from Belfast—his wife was a foreigner, a native of Malta. It was in Malta she lived, and there his client first saw her, and married her. He belonged to a profession that was remarkable for being a manly and an honest one—he was a sailor. He was a master—a rank upon an equality with a first lieutenant in the navy, and equal to a captain in the army. He belonged to the Mediterranean squadron, and was stationed on board the Electra. The duties of the squadron were to cruise round the coast. In 1840 he became acquainted with his wife, and occasionally met her when he entered Malta. Mrs. Roberts was a native of —. Her father was dead, and her family consisted of her mother, a brother, and two sisters. His client was invited to a ball in Malta, which was given by the governor, and he there met his future wife. She attracted him by her personal appearance, which was most captivating, and she was of a very tend er age, b e i ng , h e b e li eve d , un d er 17 years. His client was not more than 27 years of age, in person handsome and prepossessing. He became a visitor at her mo ther's house, and was received there as her acknowledged suitor. On the Ist November, 1840, he was married to Miss Conchetta Petite, in the apartments of the Roman Catholic priest there. That Reverend Gentleman would be produced to them. The defendant was extensively engaged in mercantile pursuits, being in partnership with a Mr. Mulholland, in Belfast. The firm became proprietors of a mill, on which a large sum had been expended in the erection. About six or seven years ago Mr. Herdman became the resident partner at Sion Mills, as they were called. There he had a cottage, and kept an extensive establishment, and a car. riage. He is and was then a married man, the husband of an amiable woman, the father of an interesting family. On coming to this part of the country lie united in all the objects of charity. It was to be lamented that the character he had thus acquired was mainly instrumental in ruining his victim. At the time he met Mrs. Roberts, she could not have been more than twenty years of age, when she possessed innocence and a happy home. Her father had been a captain in the Malta Militia, and subsequently held a civil appointment under the British Government. After the plaintiff's marriage, he resided at Malta with his wife at her mother's house, where he left her when duty called him away, and resided there when he came on shore. Before he was ordered home he was transferred to another vessel, the Wasp. He returned home in her. The life of a sailor separated him necessarily from his wife oc casionally. He therefore made arrangements for her to reside with his brother, an old bachelor. On arriving in England, in 18.42, he took his wife to his brother's house. When she had remained there a short time her husband was appointed to another vessel, the Daphne. At that time the Daphne was to accompany the Queen in Scotland. On board that vessel was Doctor Moody, the surgeon of the ship. He was appointed first. Dr. Moody was married to a native of this county about three or four years ago. He being pl ace d i n t h e same s it uat i on as t h e plaintiff, he purchased a cottage for his wife at Strabane. The doctor would only have to go out on foreign ser vice occasionally, but Mr. Roberts was ordered to go to South America. He felt much difficulty in placing his wife in a place of security. She spoke English badly, and felt unwilling to reside with her brother-in-law, notwithstand ing the admiration that old bachelors entertain for the female sex ; but she had not the advantage of female society in his house. It was determined on that she should go to Malta, but Dr. Moody owed some compliment to Mr. Ro berts, and he proposed that she should live with his wife. Such an arrangement was perfectly proper. The first visit was paid six weeks after the arrival of Mrs. Roberts, by Mrs. Herdman, who called and left her visiting card. At that moment Mr. Herdman was making his wife the innocent and unsuspecting instrument of his designs. The visit was paid, and Mm. Roberts felt it to be her duty to return that visit. Mr. Herdman, who watched her every move ment, was there to receive her. After the visit had b een p a id, and when they had gone sons! distance, Mrs. Herdman followed the car, and invited them to dine on the following Thursday. The invitation was accepted, Mr. Herdman's good c h arac t er b e i ng a sufficient guarantee for their propriety in so doing. Th e y di ne d, and he paid every attention to the ladies. He expressed a de sire that he should be instructedin the Italian language, and he wished that Mrs. Roberts should be hi s i ns t ructress . H e had been for some time learning the Italian. H e th en i nv it e d her to come and see an entertainment to the children in the factory. Mrs. Moody refused, and then Mrs. Herdman pressed Mrs. Roberts to accept the invitation. This was at the latter end of March, and they would find that it was during that time he first succeeded in undermi n ing the mo rals and ruining the virtue of his victim. She remained for some time on a visit, for two or three days. On the even ing of her return home she was driven in a gig to Mrs. Moody's by Mr. Herdman. Mrs. Moody observed the gig coming, and went into the house to receive them. 'fhey did not co me by the direct road, but by a circuitous route. Wh e n th e y came t o the door Mrs. Moody invited Mr. Herdman in to take his tea. He came in and left his gig at the door. Mrs. Moody observed that the conversation between Mr. Herdman and Mrs. Ro berts was carried on in the Italian language. She thought it very strange that the conversation should be carried on in a strange language, when she was the only female present. Mrs. Moody found a letter that Mr. Herdman had addressed to Mrs. Roberts. At this time the soiree to the factory chil dren took place, to which he had invited Mrs. Roberts. In March of the year in which the criminal intercourse arose, Mrs. Itobeits was an inmate of Mrs. Herd man ' s h ouse f or 10 d ays ; and after that time the letter in question was written. He would apologise to the gentlemen of the jury for reading this docu ment; however, he would read only some parts of it. The letter was written in the Italian language, and he held in his hand a translation of it, which would be proved. The defendant had presumed to address her in most disgusting language, from which it was clear he had undermined the morals and de stroyed the peace of Mrs. Roberts. It proved that he had suc ceeded in his base designs. Mr. Herdman continued, through Mrs. Herdman, his plans on Mrs. Roberts. She was subse quently invited to his house, said neither Mrs. Herdman nor Airs. Moody had their suspicions awakened. He need scarcely tell the jury that Mrs. Herdman would not have encouraged their intercourse had she been at all aware of what was going on. Some rumours now got afloat. Mr. Herdman drove Airs. Mr. Teague said certainly nothing of that sort had been alluded to. Coyle was taken to be a%% itness, whose testimony was not impeached. Mr. Alderman HOOVER did not see how he could take further cognizance of the matter by inquiring whether there was a case to call for bail, when he was advised not to issue a warrant or interfere. Mr. King said the other parties had been allowed to make a charge upon oath, and justice required that it should be an swered on oath. Mr. Alderman HOOPER said he hail no doubt the news papers would publish the counter-statement, and it would be seen by the public that Mr. Parker was ready N rebut the charge on oath. The solicitor thanked the Alderman and retired. BOW-STREET. Yesterday, a person named Thomas John Hall was charged with being concerned in the forgery of an order for the allot ment of a number of shares ie the Portbury Pier Company. The particulars of the forgery were given in the report of Saturday's police, the prisoner, Hall, being the party of whom Lewis Lemoine received the forged document, purporting to come from Messrs. Osborne and Ward, of Bristol. Lemoine had applied to Mr. Wood, the manager of an office in the Strand, for the distribution of scrip shares, in the character of " Mr. W. Dethick, of Verar Villa, Nurthend, Richmond-road, Fulham." In consequence of the statement of Lemoine, con stable A 41 proceeded to the residence of Hall, in Little Mary lebone-street, and accused him of being an accessory in the transaction. He at once admitted that he had given Lemoine instructions respecting it, but stated that a Mr. Robinson was the party who requested him to do so, and who gave the forged document to Lemoine for presentation at the scrip office. The prisoner now repeated the assertions made by him to the constable, which, if true, implicate several other parties of good repute. It is not desirable, however, to notice the pri soner's statement until the particulars of the case are more fully known. Mr. HALL remanded him till Thursday, when be will be re examined, jointly with Lemoine, who is already in custody. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. M. Vidocq, whose exploits as a successful thief-taker in France are not unknown in this country, and who is at this time holding public exhibitions of his adroitness when filling an im portant post in the French police, came yesterday to this Court to complain of what appeared to him to Le a fraud on the pub lic. A large placard had been distributed, announcing that a grand ball would take place at the exhibition-rooms in Great Windmill-street, at which it was declared that M. Vidocq would act as master of the ceremonies. Now, as he was the only per son in England bearing the name of Vidocq who could be deemed of sufficient importance to act as an attraction to an English public, he was desirous of giving the alleged imposi tion a full exposure, and, if possible, of proceeding against the parties guilty of using his name without permission. He cer tainly was not unfriendly to disguises—he had used many in his former calling—but he had never condescended so far as to dis guise himself as a master of the ceremonies at a shilling hop. Mr. NIALTBY said the placard did not expressly state that the Vidocq was to officiate. It was possible there was a M. Vidocq who had lent his name to the proprietors of the ball. He could assist him no further than giving him the means of contradicting the placard through the public press. Charles Perry and Elizabeth Rill were charged with pick ing pockets. The prisoners were young and extremely well dressed. No one from their appearance would have suspected their vocation. Police-constable 106 F said he knew the prisoners to belong to the superior class of thieves, and for the last three or four days he had watched their movements. On Saturday he saw the prisoners, after walking about the streets, sometimes apart and sometimes together, approach a young woman in Regent street and pick her pocket. This was effected by the female prisoner, whose operations were screened by the management of her companion. Witness having ascertained from the young woman that her purse was gone, went in pursuit of the pri soners, and took them both into custody. On the male pri soner a purse with some silver was found, which was identified by the young woman. Emily Bibbin said she lost her purse in Regent-street on Saturday. She recollected feeling a pull at her scarf, and on turning round, saw the female prisoner, who immediately walked away. The purse produced by the police was her pro perty. '1 he prisoners would not say anything in defence, and they were fully committed. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday Ralph Chillingworth, a plasterer, who gave his address No. 9, North-street, Poplar, was charged with bigamy. The circumstances were rather curious. The prisoner was given in charge, on the 14th instant, by a young man named Smith, for having married with his (Smith's) mother, on the 7th of September, 1839, at t. Al ban's, Ilerts, another wife by a fo-mer marriage being alive at th e ti m e. 'the prisoner admitted that he had been married previously to his entering into the contract with Smith's mother, whom he said he regretted he had ever seen ; but his first wife he alleged had died in April, 1837, and as his mar riage with Airs. Smith, who was a widow at the time, took place in 1839, he could not 133 charged with bigamy. Hans, the constable to whom he was given in charge, found a letter upon the prisoner, dated Birmingham, July 5, 1845, addressed to Air. Ralph Chillingworth, and signed your affectionate wife " Anne Chillingworth." The letter related to family mat ters, and the prisoner accounted for its being found upon him by stating, that he lived with the writer, but was not married to her. On this evidence the prisoner was re manded for a week, and the constable was directed to institute further inquiries. He accordingly went to Bir mingham, and had an interview with the writer of the FUNDS. EIPENSEa OF AisNaGemrivT.—Each trade in the Association shall contribute one penny per month for each paying member. STRIKES, TURN-OUTS, AND Law PROCEEDINOS.—The Central Committee shall from time to time raise such levies from the as sociated trades as may be requisite for the maintenance of such strikes, turn-outs, law proceedings, or other measures for the pro tection of industry to which they shall have given their sanction. There are several other clauses, but they are provisions for carrying out the report in detail. When the Bristol Delegate had concluded, 'I he Delegate from the cigar-makers suggested that as the last read plan had not had any consideration, it should be re ferred to a Committee. The Delegate from the Potteries thought that the adoption of that report would only have the effect of throwing the apple of discord amongst them, for there were some trades who would agree to the land proposition, and no other, and others who agree only to the strike plan, &c. He concluded by proposing a resolution to the effect, that it was the opinion of this con ference that to attempt a general union of trades upon the combined principle of the two-fold object of strikes and the purchase or rental of land, would be impracticable, and there tore prejudicial to the organisation desired by the present con ference. _ _ _ _ . After a Delegate had objected to the amendment, it was put and carried, and the meeting then agreed that each Delegate should have the power of admitting four friends to the gallery ; and some other matters of a routine character having been dis posed of, the delegates adjourned till ten o'clock to:morrow. OREGON AS IT IS. (From the New York Tz ibune.) We propose to shed such further light on the charac ter and settement of Oregon as is afforded by " A Journal of the Events of the Celebrated Emigrating Expedition of 1843," appended to Mr. G. Wilkes's " History." The emigrants left Independence, on the western borders of the Missouri settlements, on the lith of May, 1841. The winter arrived at Vancouver (ninety miles up the Columbia, and nearly opposite the mouth of the Williamette), on the 10th of November, but the mass of the emigrants, with their cattle, were some days behind, and did not probably reach the settle ment on the Williamette before the Ist of Decem ber. At all events, it is a good six month's work to traverse with cattle and waggons the 2,000 miles in tervening between Independence and the Williamette. It might be done in somewhat less time with horses only, but the hardships of this mode, from hunger, exposure to storms, &c., are infinitely greater. Stout men may endure them, though the parties of Farnham and Fre mont respectively suffered everything short of death, but ignorance and want of due forecast in the one case, and unseasonable exposure in the other, greatly aggravated their sufferings. The present route is shorter and easier than that traversed by Mr. Farnham ; grass is found over a good part of it ; and where there is grass those who drive mulch cows and bullocks in adequate numbers need not fear starvation. But the sterility and destitution of 19-20ths of Oregon is utterly inconceivable by men who have been accustomed only to the fertility and verdure of the Atlantic slope and the valley of the Mississippi. Even the country for 500 miles on this side of the Rocky Mountains is barely saved from being one chlerless, uni form desert, by the springs and the everlasting snows of the Great Chain. Of the Great Plate, or Nebraskie, which runs about 600 miles due east, nearly under the 43d degree of latitude, before it unites with its southern branch, it is said in tke journal before us—that " Like the Nile, it runs hundreds of miles through a sterile wilderness, and like the Nile it unrolls its strips of green across the vastness of the desert, and is father of all the vegetation rear it." Leaving the fountains of the Platte at the South Pass, in lat. 42, deg., 30 min., the emigrating party were nearly a month passing through the Rocky Mountains, and, though this was in midsummer (August), their sufferings were no trifle. Says the journal, " This was the most arduous and difficult part of the journey. In many parts of this region we had to move sharply to secure water and range for our cattle, and the scarcity of game forced us to rely for food en the resources of our private lar ders. The greater portion of this country is a sterile, flinty waste, and except in occasional dots and in the gresu ribbons that bind the edges of streams, is worth less for agricultural purposes." Such is, according to a settler in Oregon, another 500 miles of the route thither. But the next stretch of 500 or 600 miles, from the Rocky to the Blue Mountains, or to the junction of the Saptin, with the larger branch of the Columbia, is still more forbidding. The journal says of it— The third region is called the high country, and is a mere desert, consisting of ridges of rocks of volcanic strata and alternate sandy plains. It has its occasional fertile spots, it is true, but they are few and far between. Its distinguishing features are its excessive dryness, and the extraordinary difference of the temperature between night and day. This extremity, amounting sometimes to a variation of 40 or 50 degrees, is modified somewhat in the approach toward the middle region, but tkis out side section is doubtless incapable of being reclaimed to any great vxtt.rit by the hand of man.* emerged front the patch of vegetation around Fort Hall in a &AN hours upon wide batten plains of yellow sandy clay, which, among its short and dry grasp, bore nothing but the wild wormwood and the prickly pear, with here and there some stunted cotton wood or willow." The country thus described comprises the larger part letter, who said she lived with the person to whom it was addressed, but was not married to him. From further infor mation, he proceeded to Liverpool, and there at St. Nicholas Church procured a certificate of marriage between Ralph Chillingworth and Anne Archbold, dated September 5, 1840, being 14 months' subsequent to his marriage with Mrs. Smith. The constable also ascertained that the prisoner's first wife, who was supposed to be living when he intermarried with the widow Smith, had actually died at the time he mentioned— namely, 1837. The constable went back to Bristol with the certificate, and, on sho zing it to the writer of the letter, she admitted that she was the Anne Archbold named in the docu ment, but, though complaining of being the most aggrieved, she refused to come up against the prisoner. As Mrs. Smith, or rather Chillingworth, was now proved to be the legal wife, her evidence could not be taken against her husband, and the case was further remanded for the purpose of procuring evi dence of both marriages, Anne Archbold still refusing to attend. Yesterday Thomas Browne, clerk of St. Alban's Abbey Church, Herts, proved the marriage of the prisoner with Mrs. Smith (both of whom he identified), in 1839, but ►here was no evidence of the second marriage, except the admission made by Anne Archbold to the constable, and the letter found upon theprisoner. The only witness who could prove the second marriage was at present in Ireland, and under these circumstances Mr. Broderip remanded the prisoner for three weeks. The prisoner begged that the period of remand should be abridged, as the long confinement would materially injure him in his business. Air. 13 RODE Rir said that remanding him for a shot ter period, would not do him the slightest service. It was his (the magistrate's) intention to commit him for trial to the next session of the Central Criminal Court, which would not be held until the 18th of August, and to remand him for a shorter period would be but to bring him unnecessarily down to the Court, for the mere purpose of sending him back again. SOUTH IVA I?K. Yesterday a young man, named Higgins, was brought be fare Mr. Cotti ng h am f ur exam i nation, charged with com mitting a very daring robbery in the Mint. It appeared that on Sunday, the 13th instant, a Mr. Haines, of the Birmingham Railway Company, happening to pass along the Mint, was attacked by several thieves, and amongst them the prisoner, who frequent that part of the town. The gang were standing together near a public-house called the Duke's Head, and when the complainant was walking along, the prisoner and several of his associates rushed upon him, and before he had time to defend himself, snatched the watch out of his waistcoat pocket, the chain having been broken asunder, owing to the violence of the pull. A policeman coming to the spot, he pursued the prisoner, whom he had known as a bad character, but he escaped, and was not taken into custody until within the last few days. The prisoner, a shrewd fellow, commenced cross-examining the complainant with all the ingenuity of a practised hand. He asked him if he had not been previously in the company of women to his walking up the Mint ; and whether they might not have taken the watch out of his pocket ? The complainant admitted that he had spoken to a woman, but that she was not the thief ; that he felt his watch in his pocket safe a few moments before he was deprived of it. The prisoner was proceeding to put other questions of a similar tendency, when the complainant was suddenly seized with illness, and obliged to be led out of the Court. The prisoner denied the charge, and said that seeing a crowd near the Duke's Head, he ran, and was pursued as the thief. A policeman stated that the prisoner was a man of very bad character, and had been in custody several times for robbery, and that on the night in question he pursued him from the Mint into the Borough, where he escaped. Mr. COCTINGIIAM sad that he should remand the prisoner, to give an opportunity for apprehending some of his associates. A notice:was affixed at the doors of this Court cautioning the public against several men who are in the daily habit of loiter. ing about the entrance, for the purpose of procuring profes sional assistance for those who may require it. The notice re ferred to goes on to state that those persons are quite uncon nected with the court, or with any attorney, and that it has been ascertained that they take upon themselves to give ad vice, and in this way not unfrequently mislead the parties who have the misfortune to apply for information from such a source. The public are therefore requested to apply for information to the clerks or officers of the Court, or to any constable of the metropolitan police, who have received directions to look sharply after those persons lurking about in front of the court for the above purpose. It is to be hoped the above notice will have the effect of removing a set of lazy, shabby fellows, :rho are eternally loitering about the doors, and are to be seen fol lowing up suitors of the court, and constantly in and out of the public-houses in the neighbourhood. ETON COLLEGE ELECTION. ETON, JULY 28.—" Election Monday," as usual, attracted an immense number of distinguished persons to the College, many of whom had been educated at Eton, from Oxford, Cam bridge, and the metropolis, and from the more distant parts of the kingdom. From an early hour in the morning until nearly noon the visitors continued to arrive at this ancient seat of learning. A splendid breakfast was given by the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, the head master, at his residence in Weston's-yard, to a party of upwards of 160, including the Chevalier and Madame Bunsen, Lady King, Lord Clive, Granville Posm, Esq., Lady Hampson, &c. The speeches commenced in the upper school, shortly after eleven o'clock, immediately upon the arrival of the Reverend Mr. Hodgson, the Provost of Eton, who was accompanied by the Rev. Dr. Thackeray, the Provost of King's College, Cam bridge ; Dr. Latham, and idle ;Rev. ;Mr. Sampson, Fellows of King's; the two Posers ; the Rev. Septimus Grover, the Vice- Provost of Eton, the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, and Rev. R. Okes, the head and lower masters, and nearly the whole of the authorities of the College. The extensive and raised galleries at the north end of the spacious apartment and the area were crowded with the numerous distinguished visitors and their farei• lies. Amongst those who were present we observed Viscount Emlyn, Viscount Clive, the Chevalier, Madame, and Miss Bunsen ; the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Hobart, Dean of Windsor ; the Hon. and Rev. John Saville, D. A. S. Davies, Esq., AI. p. ; W. Ewart, Esq., M.P. ; W. Tatton Egerton, Esq., M.P. ; Rev. W. Canning, Thomas Brocklebank, Esq. ; Rev. Mr. Prettyman, Lady llarepson and family ; Rev. E. Coleridge, Rev. W. G. Cookesley, Rev. E. H. Pickering, Rev. Harry Dupins, Rev. Mr. Moore, Rev. T. Carter, Rev. C. 0. Goodford, Rev. G. Bethel, Rev. G. 11. Green, Rev. J. F. Plumtre, Rev. C. J. Abraham, Rev. W. A. Carter. Rev. F. A. Dumford, Rev. G. J. Dupins, Rev. J. Wildee, Rev. E. Balston, Rev. J. E. George, Rev. Stephen Hawtre y , Rev. C. Luxmore, Rev. W. L. Eliot, R ev . J. W. Hawtrey, Granville Penn, Esq., Major Bent, E. Jesse, Esq., Colonel Cannon, Capt. Phillips, Captain Rar.dall, Captain Brooke, W. H. Whitbread, Esq., &c. The speeches were then proceeded with. The whole were admirably delivered. At the conclusion of the speeches the numerous company retired from the upper school and proceeded to the long cham ber, which was tastefully ornamented, as usual, with boughs and evergreens; the fifty beds which this room contains being covered with elegantly embroidered green counterpanes, which were presented to the College by the Duke of Cumberland ire 1735. The election' banquet was served in the College-hall to the guests of the Provost, numbering upwards of seventy, at three o'clock. The splendid silver model of the college, upwards of two feet in length, which was presented to the Institution by his late Majesty William IN., was displayed upon a pe destal in the centre of the hall. A large portion of the valuable silver plate, consisting of ancient salvers, antique drinking cups, cur i ous l y wrought flagons, &c., belonging to the college, was also displayed upon a large sidetoard near the principal table, at the centre of which were seated the Provosts of Eton and King's College, Cambridge, and oppo site to them the two Posers (according to ancient custom), supported on either side by the Vice-Provost and the Head master; the two Provosts, the Rev. Messrs. Bethell and Carter, being seated at either end of the banquet table. At the conclusion of the banquet the Provost and his distin guished guests retired to the election-hall to partake of wine and dessert. AIRS. lIOFLAND.—The will of the late Mrs. Bar bara Holland, of Richmond, Surrey, widow of Mr. Thomas Chris topher Holland, landscape painter, was proved on the 12th instant, and granted to Miss Ann Hurdis, the sole executrix, according to the tenour of the will, she being directed therein to arrange her little property, which the testator has disposed of in small pecu niary bequests to her relatives, together with some specific bequests of plate and other articles. Her library of books (and amongst them arc some scarce volumes of which only a limited number of copies were printed), she has particularised in a separate list, and left the undermentioned persons, viz. : —Mr. Francis Hoole, Miss Hoole, Mr. and Mrs. Barr, Miss B. Dixon, Mrs. Wreath, and others; and to Mr. T. R. Holland she has left all the works of art, and half the profit arising from the " British Angler's Manuel," written by her father. One hundred pounds, in the hands of the Earl of Egremont, she leaves to the four children of Mrs. Birk. Leaves to her kind friend, Sir John Phillipart, the bust of her late husband. Her servant to be rewarded by her executrix. She leaves an estate, consisting of several cottages, to the son of her late husband. Her personal estate sworn under 8001. The will is in her own handwriting, dated December 9, 1843, but as the sig nature was not at the end of the will, but at the conclusion of the list of books annexed to the will, the opinion of the Court was taken. She died on the 9th of November last. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.- Yesterday Mr. Carter held an inquest at the Hero of Waterloo Inn, Waterloo-road, on the body of Ann Lockyer, aged 36 years, who with her husband, Edward Lockyer, were unfortunately drowned on the afternoon of Tuesday last. The particulars of the occurrence appeared in our journal a few days since. The body of Edward Lockyer was picked up on the same afternoon near the spot where the accident occurred, and at the inquest held before the same coroner at the Red House, Battersea, after a full investiga. tion of the facts, a verdict of; accidental death was returneo. The body of the deceased Mrs. Ann Lockyer was not found until Saturday last, when it was discovered floating oil Waterlot>••bridge. In this case a similar verdict was returned. BATTERSEA FAlR.—Notwithstanding th e applica tion to the magistrates on Saturday, at Wandsworth, to prevent a fair being held in Battersea-fields, the proprietors of exhibitions, booths, &c., were in no way dismayed, and the sports at twelve o'clock yesterday commenced, which, will be continued for the three following days. The attendance of persons was considerably greater than was anticipated, the proceedings before the magistrates having served the purpose of an advertisement. IMPORTANT PROPERTY CAUSE.—At the Limerick assizes the Lord Chief Baron and a special jury were engaged, during the last week, in trying an issue from Chancery, as to the validity of the last will and testatament of the late Lord Guillamore, Lord Chief Aaron of the Exchequer. The will was impeached by the present Lord Guillamore, eldest son and heir of the deceased nobleman, who had conveyed, by this disputed document, considerable freehold estates to other branches of his family. On Friday evening the jury returned a verdict in favour of the defendant, Lord Guillamore ; thus deciding against the vali. dity of the will, Lord Guillamore, then the Hon. Colonel Standish O'Grady, was formerly Whig Member for the county of Limerick. DEATH FROM DRINKING.—A donkey, belonging to a farmer on Westwood estate, near West Calder, a few days ago strayed to an adjoining farm, and walked into the dairy (the door of which had been carelessly left open), where a large quantity of milk had Just been deposited. The donkey drank the whole, and instantly fell down dead. The owner of the donkey demands payment fer the loss of his beast, while the other farmer demands the same compensation for the loss of forty cows' milk. ACCIDENT IN PICCADILLY.—Last evening Mr. Bedford held an inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the body of John Salter, aged fourteen years. Mr. John Cheetham, of Vine.st., Piccadilly, carman, deposes! that on Friday afternoon last he saw the deceased riding on horseback at a walking pace, and when near St. James's.street the animal suddenly slipped, and rolled over on his side, and deceased was thrown off and pitched upon his head on the stones. Witness immediately went to his assistance, and found he was quite insensible. He was conveyed to the hospital, where he died in aboat a quarter of an hour. On a post mortent examination it was found that his skull had been fractured, and the bran: ruptured in two places, which was sufficient to cause death. Verdict—" Accidental death." Mr. Bedford h e ld an i nquest Oennthinegbody of Sus an W ora k er, D EA at St T IBY . L aged 64 years. Deceased resided with her son, in Wood's.mews, Park-lane, She was rather infirm, and in an attempt to pass from one room to another on the morning of the 9th inst., with a lighted candle in her hand, she accidentally set the upper part of her dress on fire. Her daughter, on seeing what had occurred, called for assistance, and a policeman came in and extinguished the flame. She was conveyed to the above hospital, where she died on Satur day last, from the effects of the injuries she had sustained. Ver dict-4 Accidental deatis,', IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 28. Their Lordships met soon after Five o'clock. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. Lord PORTMAN brought up the report of the Select Committee on this railway Bill, which was ordered to be received. DUBLIN AND GALWAY RAILWAY. The Earl of BESBOROUGH postponed the further consideration of the report on the Dublin and Galway Railway Bill till to-morrow. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE remarked that he had glanced over the printed evidence on the subject, and he certainly could find nothing in it to support thw allegation of the petitioners against the line. PORTSMOUTH (ATMOSPHERIC) DIRECT RAILWAY. The Earl of HARDWICKE brought up the report of the Select Committee on this Bill, and moved that it be received. The Duke of RICHMOND resisted the motion, On the ground that the Committee had refused to hear the South-Western Company, who had purchased a line to Guildford, which was looked upon in the light of a competing line to the Portsmouth Direct. As a general principle, he admitted that it was unwise to recommit Bills, except under special circum stances, but the case of the South Western Company was an exception to the rule. The Committee had re fused to hear them, although they were entitled to ap pear before the Committee ; and he should therefore recommend the recommittal of the Bill. _ _ Lord REDESDALE thought it better that no further discussion should take place on this question at present, but, under all the cireumstaßces. it would be better for their Lordships to order the report and the evidence to be printed, and direct that the further consideration of the report be postponed till Monday. The Duke of RICHMOND did not care one Thrilling for the evidence because it would not give the informi tion he r( qtired. He was the rather inclined to object to the printing of the report and the evidence, because he contended that the Committee had refused to take some very important and material evidence which had been offered to them.—(llear, hear.) It was upott the main principle, that all parties ought to be heard before any of their Committees could come to a deci sion, that he called upon their Lordships to re-con:unit the Bill. The Earl of HARDIVICKE said, before entering upon the reasons which had induced the Committee not to hear the South Western Company, he might state the Com mittee had agreed to all the three Bills referred to them, and they considered that the line to Portsmouth was of great national importance, and the best that cou ld p oss ibl y b e procured: They did not consider that the Guildford line had ary locus standi whatever, and therefore they refused to al. low the parties to be heard in opposition to tha direct Portsmouth. The Committee were de sirous to give all the advantage.: of railway communication at the cheapest possible rate, and thwy selected what they considered the best line for this porp. , se. The Duke of RICHMOND did not wish the Noble Lord to go into the general merits of the line, but he did not understand how they could know which was the best line, unless they examined all the lines that were projected. - Lord REDESDALE said that if the House were not satistied that sufficient care was taken in coming to a decision, the Bill could be referred back again to the same Committee, or to a new Committee, to report on the other line. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said, as the Com mittee had refused to receive certain evidence, the print ing of it would leave them in exactly the same position as before. Lord CAMPBELL said the practice in the Courts was to receive evidence, which they had at first refused, by direction of the Court above. If the Committee hart omitted material evidence, the better course would be for them to re-assemble and consider it. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY considered that the Committee ought to have heard the parties. The Duke of RICHMOND said he would withdraw his motion if the sense of the House was against it. The Duke of GRAFTON defended the Committee, and held that they had performed the duty assigned to them in a proper manner. If they had acted other wise they would have done injustice. The partie& whom they refused to hear had no right to be heard in the world. The Earl of WICKLOW said the observations of the Noble Duke strengthened his opinion, that the Bill ought to be recommitted. The Duke of RICHMOND then withdrew his mo tion, and moved that the report and evidence be printed, and that the subject he furthcr considered on Friday next. The Earl of HARDIVICKE had no objection to do anything that the House thought fit. The Committee had no sort of interest in the undertaking, nothing to iellucnce them in the performance of their duties, ex cept a desire to serve the public.—(Loud cheers.) The Duke of RICHMOND made no such charge against the Committee. He simply thought that they had acted erroneously. The motion, as amended, was then carried. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. A messenger from the House of Commons hmught up several Bills. PUBLISHING THE LIVES OF PEERS—RE PEAL OF STANDING ORP - ER. Lord CAMPBELL rose to move the motion of which he had given notice. It was that the standing order with respect to the publishing of the lives of Peers, w ithout the consent of their relatives, heirs, A nd executors, be repealed. The Noble Lord said he would briefly go into the origin of this standing order. It took its origin in 1720, when Mr. Edward Curll gave notice of his in tention of publishing the life of the Duke of Buck ingham. The notice appeared as an advertise ment in a London newspaper, when the family of the Noble Duke just deceasedeinterfered, and they ap plied to their Lordships' House to interfere to stop the publication, on the ground of its being a libel. The appli cation was made on the 22d of January, 1722, se cording to the new style. It was complained of the work announced that it would contain particulars of the public and private life of his Grace, with a copy of his last will and testament. The House ordered that Ed ward Curll do attend the House on to-morrow. On the following day Edward Curll attended at the bar, and, after an examination, he was ordered to withdraw. On his withdrawal, a resolution was put and agreed to, ren dering it a breach of privilege to publish the life of any Peer without the consent of their relatives ; that resolu tion was entered on the rolls of the House. Edward Curl' was then called in and reprimanded by the Lord Chancellor. The matter did not terminate here. A Committee was appointed, and the subject being duly investigated by them, on their report being presented, a standing order, embodying the prin ciple of the previous resolution, was duly passed. No attempt was made to enforce this standing order till 1735, when Edward Curll again ex cited the alarm of the House. An intimation ap peared on the 12th of May, 1735, in the Daily Post Boy, announcing " Mr. Pope's Literary Correspondence for thirty years, being a collection of letters written to him by the Earl of Halifax, Lord Ferrers, and others . ; pub lished by Edward Curl], and sold by all booksellers." Instructions were given to the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod forthwith to seize all copies of the advertised work, and that Edward Curll the publisher of the book, and J. Wilford the printer of the newspaper, be summoned to the Lar of the House. These parties attended and were examined and severally reprimanded for vehat they had done. After they retired, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod informed the Ilouse that he bad seized 500 of the book in question at the house of Mr. Curti. No attempt had for many years been made to enforce the standing order, and as it had not only fallen into disrepute, but was entirely unnecessary, and contrary to the spirit of the times, he should move that it be repealed. The motion was agreed to without a division. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM presented a petition from the gentry, and clergy, and inhabitants of Ayles bury, praying their Lordships to take into consideration the law relating to the punishment of death, with a view to its abolition. The Bishop of NORWICH presented a petition for the better observance of the Sabbath. SYRIA. Lord ABERDEEN took the opportunity of laying on the table the papers moved for by the Noble Duke. op posite (Beaumont) relating to Syria. The Duke of BEAUMONT said that he would fat a question to the Noble Earl on Thursday next, relating to the recent events in Syria. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. The House resolved itself into Committee on thin Bill. On the Ist clause being proposed, Lord I'ORTMAN objected to the clause. He consi dered it would have the effect of throwing all the waste lands into the hands of the Government% Lord STANLEY thought the Noble Lord did not understand fully the nature of the clause. The Commis sioners could take no steps unless two-thirds of the par ties interested in the inelosure were assenting parties. It was necessary that one of the Commissioners should be a responsible Minister of the Crown, and therefore the Government had named the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests as one of them. The other Commissioner would have duties assigned him indepen dent of that office. Local valuers would be appointkd by the Commissioners to estimate the value of the lands required. Th e c l ause , w ith some amendments, was then a gre,d to. Clauses up to 11 were agreed to without opposili ou . Clause 12 being proposed, Lord STANLEY moved the omission of Clie words, the forests belonging to the Crown," and, the sub stitution of " the New Forest" and the " Fore g of Dean,' which was agreed to. Clause 13 — was agreed to ; and on clause 1,4 being pro posed, The Earl of FITZHARDINGE inquired how the Go vernment defined village greens, and Low they would be influenced by the Bill. Lord STANLEY said power was given to the Com missioners to take any existing town 'greens in lieu of other land still appropriated to tha recreation of the people. They would, however, be devoted to the same purposes as now. They would be eyplied to no other. Clauses up to 19 were agreed to. In answer to a question from Lord PORTMAN, The LORD CHANCELLOR 'said that in reference to the appointment of reviewers or guardians over land in a parish to be inclosed, the owner of which might he an infant, the Commissioners woul d appoint such guar dian, but they would have no interest in doing so. Lord STANLEY said the only objet 01 the clause was to take care there was no intemst unrerreseutd. Clauses 19 and 20 wore then •Egre:•d to. d e'° ja , for 012 hi' of /