The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-21 00:00:00

ertirb ambition SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Of the bombardment of Tangiers ample details will be found in another column. The descriptions of the operations, and the comments upon the mode in which they were executed, from professional men who witnessed them, without having their attention distracted by taking an active part in the scene, will he interesting to every class of readers ; but will be deeply so to naval and military men. The latter will know how to appreciate the tactics of the assailants, and the gallant resistance of the assailed. According to the accounts of the British officers who watched the proceedings, the French have little to boast of in the way of superiority in naval fight. Their unskilfulness in pointing their guns ; the fuss and fury with which their ships com menced the attack in connexion with the compara tively trifling results of their fire upon the forti fications against which it was directed, caused no little merriment among the British officers and men who were spectators of the scene. The merit of their criticisms we do not profess to discuss. That the exciting scene should call up reminis cences of former days, when the " tug of war" was between the assailants and the spectators, was but natural. That these recollections should cause the pulse of our brave seamen to beat with a quickened pace, and inspire them with something approaching to a wish for an opportunity of proving that British skill and prowess have experienced no diminution, will not excite surprise. We can appreciate the feelings which they express with characteristic ardour, without sharing in the hopes they breathe,• that their services will be again required to vin dicate the honour and protect the interests of their country. From the attack on Tangiers—which seemed to threaten an interruption of the pacific relation between France and England—a transition to the sub ject of increased or diminished probability of a rup ture between the two countries, is easy and natural. The public mind is tremblingly alive to this inquiry. Hope and fear, anxiety and confidence—with the mo difications of which each class of feeling's susc e ptible— ascend and descend in the scale of national feeling, like the mercury in the tube. The intelligence supplied by the continental arrivals of the morning influence the transactions of the day. As the political vane shifts its inclination, so commercial operations are checked or encouraged, and monetary transactions are de pressed or revive. The letter of our Paris corre spondent states that an improved state of feeling toward England pervades the public mind of the French capital. It is there generally believed that the two Governments have arrived at an under standing respecting the subject-matter of difference, which will lead to the amicable adjustment of the disputes arising out of the outrages committed at Otaheite by the French authorities ; and also to a satisfactory termination of the yet more formidable affair of Tangiers. Of such a result we had no doubt, if the two Cainets were actuated in the negotiations by the sound policy on which the real,interests of their respective countries depend- Our apprehensions of a contrary result were occasioned, on the one hand, by the apparent disposition of the French Minister to yield to the war party ; which has clamoured for ag gression and outrage, in opposition to justice and peace ; and on the other, by the apathy which seemed to have crept over the Government of this country with reference to its foreign policy. The former acted as if it were its intention to provoke England to hostile retaliation ; while the latter seemed to encourage renewed infractions of its rights, and movements por tentous to its interests, by indifference approaching to insensibility ; or—what was yet more reprehensi• ble—by expostulation, the gentleness of which tended to invite a repetition of outrage, rather than a repa ration for wrong already inflicted. Most glady shall we hail a change in the councils of both Cabinets. A determined resistance of the war-faction, which has striven to involve France in war with Eng land, will be the best evidence of the pacific po licy of the French Ministers. Such a determination, if openly proclaimed, would be received by the bulk of the French nation with approbation ; and would crush the hopes of the noisy agitators, who have sought to advance their own selfish projects, which are threatened with extinction by the preservation and perpetuity of peace. The best mole of indi cating a settled purpose to preserve peace, would be to admit the wrongs done at Otaheite—to punish the wrong-doers. Reparation should be made to the injured Queen, by restoring her to the throne, with her powers unimpaired and unfettered, from which she was de posed, without just reason or colourable pretext, by French authorities; and to this country, for the in sult inflicted upon it in the person of its Consul. While France confines her hostile operations against Morocco to bombarding the fortifications on her coast, let her expend as much powder and shot as she pleases in that way : England will look on, without interfering, or wishing to interfere, in the matter. But not a foot of land must she seek to po=sess in that territory ; nor on any other part of that coast—save Algeria ; which she may keep, if she can. This, then, is the course which a straightforward policy prescribes to the two Governments. These are the terms which that of England is bound to require of France, and France to comply with. They are founded in justice; and cannot be abated without compromising the honour of England ; nor refused by France without im pugning the sincerity of the professions which she makes of desiring the preservation of peace with England. STANDARD.—We have copied from the Times some letters descriptive of the late attack upon Tan giers. We confess that if these letters hal been offered to ourselves in the first instance, we should have hesitated to make public art!cl_es written in a spirit so uncandid and offensive, and which really tell so little of what the public can be interested to know. The criticisms of professional men upon the operations of rivals are seldom too liberal, but it would be unjust to the British navy to believe that the letter writers in the Times are what they call themselves—naval officers. We think that these letters present, besides their extreme illiberality, other internal evidence demonstrative of the fact that the writers of them are not naval officers, though probably the letters may have been written on hoard the vessels from which they were dated by some landsmen, instructed by the gossip of the common sailors. As we have observed, such offensive and unsatisfactory letters ought not to have been printed without much hesitation • but, as they have been printed, the mis chief has been done, and all that is now possible is to limit its amount, by showing what the communi cations are really worth. The writers charge the Prince de Joinville pretty directly with want both of skill and of courage, and impute a like want of courage to the French marine, and charge the sailors of the squadron with a great deficiency in naval gunnery. Now, as to the degree of professional skill displayed by the Royal Admiral, we are certainly no competent judges, and if we were better qualified to judge of a naval operation than we can pretend to be under the most favourable circumstances, we want all the requisites for a correct judgment, knowledge of the orders under which the Prince acted—knowledge of the locality and its defensible parts, knowledge of the state of the tide, currents, wind, &c. Nor do the Times' correspondents help us the least in these particulars; and, indeed, one of the strongest proofs to us that these persons are not " the naval officers " they are represented, is their neglect of supplying that very kind of information which a professional man would consider the first to be offered. But if we are unable to form any opinion • from ourselves of the skill of the Prince de Joinville, we certainly shall not abide by the decision of such very incompetent judges as the Times' correspondents. It is quite possible, nay, it is almost necessary, that the French commander may have made some mistakes. Every one, how much so ever experienced, makes mis takes at the commencement of a great operation ; if the mistake does not materially obstruct success, as it did not at Tangiers, it rests uncorrected—it is only when it happens to be very important, that a mistake gives a commander occasion to prove • his skill by repairing it, and yet some of the great"t commanders, naval and military, have rested no small part of their fame upon the repair ing of blunders originally committed. As to the imputatio n U p on . the Prince's courage, and the courage of the French rTy, it is somewhat late in the day to impute coward ice to the blood of Henry the Fourth, nothi ng rinewh degenerated, certainly, in that Princes most intrepid of now governs France ; impute late in the day, also, t o ; • which, within the memory of cowardice to a nation many now living with equal numbers, and in pitched fi e l ds, defeated' suc cessively the gallant armies of all the most gallant a tions of Europe , except one which it does not become us to name. No; a braver race thaneer x t e he ist F ed re ; nc i h f ' people does not exist — probably n they have ever found superiors in equal b a t t l e, the superiority has lain in purely physical qualities, aided by the stubborn confidence which a consciousness of Physical superiority almost always inspires, until it becomes a habit of the mind. As to the defi ciency of the French in naval gunnery, before subscribing to the opinion of the Times cor respondents, we should like to know something of the state of the weather; the condition of the sur face of the sea must seriously affect the success of artillery practice at 800 or 1,200 yards range. We are more sceptical on this point, because we have lately had the pleasure of conversing with some bona fine naval officers--men alike distinguished by their gallantry ' and their professional skill, men, too, who having been for some years on the • Mediterranean station, were almost constantly in company and in communication with the French .'marine. Now, the report of the French naval gun nery which •vi. have had from these gentleman is by no means i coniistent with the statement 3 of the Times' correspondents. They say that the French practice, is perfect, adding (not without a touch of envious feeling) that all the French want is a better quality of guns fully to equal the as yet unrivalled gunnery displayed by the British fleet at Acre. We think it proper thus to reply in detail to what we believe to be the gross misrepre sentations of the Times, first, because it is always right to tell the truth ; secondly, because the letters in the Times indicate a feeling disgraceful to English men, and which, if not repudiated in this country as it merits, must excite a bad feeling elsewhere. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, Arc. I9.—The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held this day, in the Conciliation Hall. The chair was taken by R. Dillon Browne, Esq., M.P. The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting at some length on the Charitable Bequests Bill, which he denounced in the most emphatic terms, and stated that if the Irish Members had exhibited the least opposition to the mea sure, it would not have become the law of the land. In the course of the many interviews he had with Lord Eliot on the subject, his Lordship unequivocally stated that if it were the wish of the Irish Members, he would either withdraw the Bill, or, at all events, postpone it. Mr. DANIEL O'CONNELL said, that before the business of the day commenced, he had to move a resolution adopted by the Parliamentary Committee, and which he was sure would meet with the hearty concurrence of the meeting. The Honourable Gentleman then read the fol lowing resolution, and moved its adoption:— " Parliamentary Committee, Loyal National Repeal Association, Corn Exchange Rooms, Dublin, Aug. 16. " Resolved—That we cannot separate, even for a short period, without our most marked and grateful thanks to our respected Chairman, William Smith O'Brien, Esq., M.P., for the services which he has rendered to Ireland, not only by his powerful and unanswerable advocacy of the rights of his country in Parliament, but for the still greater benefits he has conferred upon us by his con stant and unremitted attendance upon this (the Parlia mentary) Committee, whereby we were enabled to get through a vast quantity of business of the highest im portance to the repeal cause ; which, but for his most invaluable assistance, we never could have accomplished. Passed unanimously. " THOMAS DAVIS, Chairman." The country knew full well the value of the services of Mr. Smith O'Brien—they were beyond all praise. Dr. MURPHY seconded the adoption of the resolution, which passed amidst the loudest demonstrations of applause. Mr. O'CONNELL handed in several remittances — amongst them 351. from Liverpool, and 2001. from Hali fax, Nova Scotia. He then read the following letter from Mr. W. T. Wyse, M.P. : « 17, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Aug. 10. " Dear Sir,—Permit me to return my grateful ac knowledgments for the honour which has been done me and my fellow Members who supported my motion for an inquiry into the facts connected with the formation of the jury at tke late state trials in Ireland, by the vote of thanks passed unanimously at your meeting of last Monday, and of which a copy has just reached me. I earnestly wish it had been in my power to have esta blished some stronger claim to public gratitude than the honest, but successless effort to vindicate trial by jury, from even the suspicion of partiality, and an attempt to obtain at least an inquiry into allegations, which, if true, as I believe them to be, go far to vitiate the whole proceedings, and inflict a serious injury, not only on Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-sufferers, but on the rights of all, and the cause itself of public justice. These opi nions I entertained, and entertain, and shall never cease to say so—until met by some stronger argument than assertion—both in and out of Parliament. " Thanking you personally for the courtesy of your communication, I beg you to believe me, dear Sir, " Your faithful and obedient servant, " THOS. WYSE. Martin Crean, Esq., Acting Secretary, Repeal Association, Dublin." Mr. T. M'NEvIN (barrister) brought forward a report on the " hurrying of Bills through Parliamelit," and then commented on the indecent haste with which measure, particularly those having reference to Ireland, were passed on the termination of the session, whilst the early part of it was spent with little or no advantage to the country. The Learned Gentleman then referred to the alteration in the sentiments of Sir Robert Peel towards Ireland, and expressed his conviction that they could not expect sincerity from a Statesman educated in the school of an Eldon. Sir V. BLAKE, M.P., read a letter from Dr. APHale, Archbishop of Tuam, and moved its insertion on the minutes. Mr. O'CONNELL then rose to make his weekly return from the prison. He had to repeat his usual report of the health sad spirits of the imprisoned martyrs. They were perfectly well and full of hope. It was likely, in all appearance, that England would want the lion heart and stout arm of Ireland, and she could easily procure both the one and the other, not by the means "of the plausible hypocrisy and sweet words of Sir Robert Peel, but by the substantial instru mentality of doing justice to the Irish. He could state of his own knowledge that Mr. O'Connell felt the deepest regret at not being present in the Repeal Association that day, to join in the vote of national gra titude to Mr. Smith O'Brien. His opinion, he knew, was, that it was not possible to find words sufficient]) strong to mark the pre-eminent value of that gentleman's services in the cause of Ireland. He thought it quite providential that a gentleman of Mr. Smith O'Brien's high character, rank, family, and station in society, and of his great talents aad unimpeachable personal and po litical integrity should be at the head of the repeal movement at the present moment. It was of the greatest advantage that the leader of the repeal movement at pre sent should be a Protestant gentleman of ancient family. Mr. Smith O'Brien, therefore, had all the ingredients of great public utility, and he had sterling patriotism to ren der these ingredients available for Ireland. He could state it to be the opinion of Mr. O'Connell that the Association should take steps to get as many persons as possible, not being already pledged teetotallers, to take the abstinence pledge for a limited period—that is, until the repeal of the union. Mr. O'Connell had consulted Father Mathew, who approved of the limited plan for those who would not take the pledge for life. Four of Mr. O'Connell's grandsons had already taken it in the limited shape, and Mr. Smith O'Brien upon his return from the country would probably shape a motion for an aggregate meet ing at Clontarf, or some other suitable vicinity, to ad minister " The Repeal Total Abstinence Pledge." He had also reason to know that Mr. O'Connell con curred in another suggestion of Mr, Smith O'Brien, to have another pledge taken, as universally as possible, against the consumption of tobacco in any shape until the repeal of the union. That pledge, if universally, or even generally taken, would have a great effect upon the minds of British statesmen in favour of doing justice to Ireland. He knew that it was the intention of Mr. O'Connell himself, upon the 30th of May, 1845, to in stitute a pledge for the non-consumption of exciseable articles in Ireland, and also a pledge for the non-use of any article not of Irish manufacture. All these pledges would be upon the same footing as the total abstinence pledge. In reporting to the Association the state of the imprisoned martyrs, he had distinctly to state, of his own knowledge, that nothing could give more pleasure and comfort to them than the continued tranquillity of Ire land. How insane must the policy of the British Minis ter be to think that he can delude such a people by hypo critical pretences and plausible words, and how much more than insane must he be to refuse that people jus tice and constitutional freedom. Mr. HENRY GRATTAN, :11.P., read the correspondence which had taken place between Mr. Smith O'Brien and the Secretary of the Agricultural Society, and moved its insertion on the minutes. The Hon. Gentleman then addressed the meeting at considerable length, adverting to a variety of topics, with a view of showing that there was no hope for Ireland save in the restoration of her domestic legislature. Mr. MARK BLAKE, M.P., handed in a sum of money from the county of Mayo. Mr. O'CONNELL handed in 301. from Prince Edward's Island, and from Milwankie, Wisconsin, United States, America, 91. per Richard Murphy, Esq., secretary, vt ho says—" While we (the repealers of Milwankie) sin cerely condole with your friends throughout the world at your (Mr. O'Connell's) imprisonment—one of the foulest acts of British tyranny—we rejoice in the confident hope that, though you suffer, your incarceration will beget the peace and freedom of Ireland. A world's sympathy is not to be disregarded—a fact which the Tory Ministry may yet learn ; and that they have done an act tending more than any other to excite that sym pathy seems to us evident." Mr. J. REILLY, town councillor, handed in several sums of money, forwarded to him for presentation, and then addressed the meeting. Mr. O'CONNELL then announced the receipt of the following sums from America :—Montreal, 1251. ; New Brunswick, 1001. ; St. John's, 140/. He then said it would be in the recollection of the meeting that a bill of exchange for 1781. 14s. 9d. had been returned to New Orleans, in consequence of some matter which was con tained in the letter which accompanied that remittance, recommending the adoption of measures which would have the effect of compromising their allegiance. Their friends in New Orleans had acknowledged their error, and now forwarded them the sum of 2421., accompanied by the following letter : " New Orleans, July 19, 1844. " Dear Sir,—We have received your valued letter of the Ist ult., in which you return us the bill of exchange for 1781. 14s. 9d., transmitted to you in aid of the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland. We have care • fully perused the reasons for which Mr. O'Connell would not receive this slender but well-meant contribution, and we have come to the conclusion that the elevated and patriotic motives of the repeal question have not been properly understood by our Society here. " I find, and indeed I may safely say we have all found, that the basis of this all-important question is founded upon such just, peaceable, and patriotic principles, that to pervert them would not only endanger this righteous cause, but at the same time jeopardise those valuable lives, which are at present shedding so bright a lustre on the glory of Ireland. _ In the n ame o f t h e. Repe al A ssoc i at i on, I b eg to state t thhetfownnereerpet remittancedeeply that the of the resolutions uarce as comptaonying pre clude the p oss ib ility of their being received; and in order to rwNe'olel t m h e at a , nt a , lth w o e u b g e h g w le r a e v n e gly tho e s x t p r r e e s s p s e e c d t , fu tp ly 7 t w o were still well meant, we beg leave, most respectfully, to in. close you the sum of 2421. " In conclusion, we pray that the God of Justice may bless the fortunes ) rePea , GEORGE W. REEDER (! ' " Corresponding Secret ary of the Repeal Asso ciation of N ew O r l eans. " Martin Crean, Esq." After some further business, Mr. Henry Grattan pounced the rent for the week, 1 , 162 4 3s. 9d. an- The meeting then adjourned. INSPECTION OF THE REVENUE CRUISERS. This day the splendid fleet of revenue cruisers now assembled in the Bay of Dublin, were inspected by the Lord Lieutenant. His Excellency reached Kingstown about twelve o'clock, and, after some conversation with Mr. J. Vim, jun., the treasurer of the Dublin and Kingstown Rail way, and Mr. G. Roe, one of the directors, respecting the atmospheric line to Dalkey, which has excited so much interest in all parts of Europe, embarked on board the revenue brig Shamrock, Captain Goldsmith, R.N., and sailed into the bay, where the fleet of cruisers went through various evolutions. The Commodore, Sir J. Dombrain, and the Vice-commodore, Captain Bowie, were in attendance upon his Excellency. The jetty at Kingstown was crowded with people. CHARGE OF SEDITION. At Galway sessions, on Friday, Joseph Keys, a man of colour, who had been forcibly ejected from a temper ance room, for having delivered a seditious speech to the members, was brought up in custody. Mr. John Tyrrell, repeal warden, stated that he was, on the evening of Tuesday the 6th instant, at the Parent Temperance Room, and that while the band was prac tising the prisoner entered, and, calling for silence, ob served that he was one of those who owed their emanci pation to Mr. O'Connell, who was then in prison ; that the repeal would be had, but not until their repeal but tons were flung aside, and the sword and pitchfork taken up first. Witness, on hearing this language, called upon the persons present to put out the prisoner, which was done at once. Other witnesses corroborated this statement. The prisoner then stated that he was a sailor, and lived last at Newtown Forbes, three miles from Longford where he was repairing a boat; that he came to Galway on the sth instant, in expectation he might get employ ment in a ship. He recollected he had been at the Tem perance Rooms, but not what he had said ; and it was evident that unless he were tipsy he woul not have gone among strangers, or done what was imputed to him. Mr. GRIFFITH, one of the magistrates, said, it was the opinion of himself and Mr. Kernan, that the prisoner ought not to be committed for trial on the charge, but bound in his own recognizances of 201. to keep the peace for seven years. The prisoner then entered into his own recognizances, and was liberated. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red ^ - 99% Ditto Bonds ... 94 pin. . 3 per Cent. Cons . 2% per Cent. Red lO2 Ditto New Annuities... New 3% per Cent. lOl Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d „. 73 pm. New 5 per Cent. ..... Ditto 5001. ••••••• 00000 ... 72 Inin• Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small. 0000000 „•.... 72 pm. Jan 'lBOO l2 Bank Stock for Acct.... 0ct..1859 — Consols for Act. 98% Jan. 1860.....„ — India Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — 'Portuguese, 5 per Cent ..... Belgian, 5 per Cent 102% Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds — Prussian, 5 per Cent ......... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — (Russian, 5 per Cent ..„.„..... Chilian, 6 per Cent ...... Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824.-- Ditto, 3 per Cent ... ......... .. 33 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 95 Ditto, Deferred — Danish, 3 per Cent — French, 5 per Cent....... 1191. 9.5 c. Greek, 1825, 5 per Cent — , Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — Dutch, 2% per Cent...... 61% Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — ;Ditto, 5 per Cent ........100% SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) lO3 Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Caledonian, 5 paid Eastern Counties (23 paid) i. ll% Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent., 13s 4d. paid,Ne. 1 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid B3 Lancaster and Carlisle, 5 paid 5% London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, New 'thirds, 2 paid London and Greenwich (12t. Is. 4d. paid) 9 Lenclosi and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) Mt°, Scrip, 10 paid r Manchester and Leeds (70 paid ) Ditto, Half Shares, 50 paid Ditto New Quarters ( 2 paid) Newcastle and Darlingron Junction. 21 paid 49 North British, 2% paid 2% Norwich and Brandon, 4 paid South Eastern and Dover (33 25 4d paid) Ditto New Shares, 4 paid Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) Paris and Rouen. 20 paid Rouen and Havre, 10 paid lB STATE OF TRADE AT MANCHESTER.--There was rather less buoyancy in the market yesterday ; and prices of some descriptions of goods were a shade lower than last week. In reeled yarn, there was no change of price; but the demand was not quite so active as during the two or three preceding weeks.—ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, Auc. 19.—This being the day of the wakes, fewer buyers have attended, and the business transacted has been more limited than last week. The wool Market continues steady and prices firm.—Manchester Guardian. VAR gtll4. L 014110147. WEDNUCLJA.Ie Av1414/N4, AXIGITOT at, 1044, MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Aug. 20.) SuGA.R.—lmporters of West India submitting to a de cline on previous rates of 6d per cwt, has occasioned a considerable increase in the demand for all descriptions. To-day West India Sugar was in excellent request for the scale and refining purposes ; and the rates paid were 6d per cwt above those previously quoted for good and fine yellow kinds ; all other sorts fully sustained the former currency ; some boards of fine yellow Antigua were disposed of at 66s 6d to 68s per cwt; the private purchases reached 550 hhds, &c. At a public sale of 144 hhds 6 trcs of Barbadoes Sugar, the trade evinced little inclination to operate in consequence of the large proportion of Foots it contained; prices declined 6d to is per cwt, and a part only sold; fine yellow 63s 6d to 64s ; good 61s to 62s ; good middling 59s to 595 6d ; and middling 57s to 58s 6d per cwt. REFINED.—The home trade have been induced to take large parcels of refined goods, in consequence of lower rates having been accepted. To-day a good deal 'of business has been transacted in Refined goods, but prices do not improve; brown lumps selling at 72s 6d to 735, and Standard Lumps 73s 6d: Bonded Crushed Sugar is much wanted, and sales for delivery made at 27s 3d to 27s 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS.—The market having been largely sup plied, has produed a decline on former rates of 6d per cwt. A good demand, however, has prevailed for all descriptions—fine yellow at 62s 6d to 63a 6d, good mid dling to good 57s to 59s 6d, low to middling 53s to 56s 6d, good to fine brown 50s to 535, middling to good middling 46s to 49s 6d, low and very low 40s to 455, common to middling grey 52s to 565, and good 56s 6d to 58s per cwt; the chief part consisted of the lower qualities. This afternoon a fair demand existed, principally for all sorts of Mauritius, and former prices were maintained; there was no public sale. EAST INDlA..—lmporters of Bengal Sugar have again supplied the market freely, good and fine white and strong yellow sorts met with ready purchasers at full prices, but for all inferior kinds the demand has been limited, and a reduction on former rates of 6d to Is per cwt has been accepted. This afternoon some desire was shown to purchase Bengal Sugar, and the parcels sold privately were at full prices. FoßEici+.—To-day there was no public sale, but pri vately some parcels of brown Bahia were sold at 18s to 19s per cwt. The Dutch Trading Company have de clared 45,000 baskets and boxes of Java Sugar for auc tion on the sth of September. MOLASSES.—For West India the demand has consi derably increased • Demerara good at 22s to 22s 6d, Antigua 235, St. Vincent 225, St. Kitts 20s to 225, and other sorts of Molasses at 24s to 25s per cwt. InEast India the operations are extremely limited at 14s to lis ; of West India Tamarinds 50 kegs at auction were taken in at 56s per cwt. To-day 50 puns St. Vincent's Mo lasses were sold at 22s per cwt. COCOA.—West India has been in brisk request, and an advance in prices of 2s per cwt has taken place ; Tri nidad fine red at 475, good 45s 6d to 465, middling and good middling 41s 6d to 445, ordinary 403 to 40s 6d, and fair to good grey 40s to 42s 6d : 490 bags 4 barrels of Grenada fetched 41s to 42s 6d for good middling and good red, and middling 403 ; Dominica 41s per cwt. In Foreign more business has been transacted at previous rates. TEA.—lmporters of black and green Tea have shown firmness, but there has been a falling off in the demand. If merchants had submitted to a slight decline in prices, it would have occasioned the principal part of the Tea offered to bo disposel of. To-day there was more busi ness transacted in Tea, and the market has a firm appear ance ; sales of common and good sound common Congou, cash, made privately at lOid to Is per lb. COFFEE.—lmporters of West India are not disposed to submit to lower prices, and supply the market spa ringly. This afternoon Mocha Coffee was in limited demand, and of 817 bales at auction a very small part only found buyers at a decline on previous rates of is per cwt—middling brownish clean garbled went at 70s 6d to 71s 6d, rather broken 56s to 58s, triage 20s to 225, but the remainder of sound quality was taken in at 72s for good mid greenish, 68s to 70s for mid, 58s for ord, and 82s for good yellow. Cey lon was in slow request, and 215 bags at auction were only partly sold at rather lower rates—low mid pale B. P. sort at 85s, fine fine ord coloury 75s 6d to 76s 6d, fine ord 65s to 70s, pea berry 81s to 935, ordinary pal e 535, triage 35s to 475, sea damaged fetched 44s to 595. Of other sorts of East India 1,348 bags were offered ; sound nearly all taken in at easy prices; good Singapore Jaya at 425, good ord Padang 28s to 295, and low black Sumatra at 23s ; sea damaged Padang, however, sold at 23s to 25s 6d, and a few lots of good ord Madras Coffee at 45s 6d to 465, and Mysore at 46s to 46s Gd per cwt. In Ceylon little business was transacted privately, and 54s to 55s accepted for good ord. SPICES.—The market has been well supplied with black Pepper since Tuesday last. This afternoon at auction 60 casks 107 bags African Ginger were taken in at 56s ; 72 bags of Bengal at 255, 100 bags of Malabar at 255, being above the value, and 16 casks of Mace from New York at 2s 6d per lb for common. SALTPETRE.—To-day less desire was shown to pur chase rough, and 2,490 bags of Calcutta at public sale were nearly all taken in generally at previous rates, viz., 121 per cent refraction mid grey at 245, 11 i to 91 ditto 24s 6d, 9 to 81 ditto 255, a few lots were sold at 24s 6d for 111 to 10 per cent mid grey, and unrefracted 24s to 24s 6d per cwt, being barely former prices. RICE.—To-day Bengal Rice met with less attention, at a decline on former prices of 3d per cwt ; mid white went at lOs 6d to 11s, good mid bold Ils to 1 ls 6d, good Ils 6d, sea damaged 5s to I Is. Indigo damaged I ls, but fine bold white was all taken in at Ils 6d to 12s. Madras sold Sd to 6d per cwt cheaper: ord to good yel low fetched 8s to Bs. 6d, and mid white lOs 6d per cwt. TALLOW.—The transactions in Russian, on the spot, have been upon a more extended scale, and prices are firmer ; P. Y. Candle, 41s to 41s 6d per cwt ; for de livery, at 41s 9d to 42s for the last three months of the year. For other sorts of yellow prices are firmer; New South Wales fetched 36s to 42s 3d ; 211 South American 35s 9d to 37s 6d; North American, 40 to 425; Cape, 44s 3d; Town Tallow at 403 6d to 4ls per cwt nett cash. To .day for Russian Tallow rather higher rates were paid, 4ls to 42s on the [spot, and 42s per cwt for de livery in the last three months of the year. • LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 20. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) CHARLES MOORE MOTTRAM'S BANKRUPTCY. In this case the bankrupt carried on the business of a wholesale draper, in Friday -street, and to-day was fixed for his adjourned last examination. The bankrupt's accounts on a previous occasion were objected to, in con sequence of the small profits which appeared to have been made on transactions to the amount of 38,6264, and in his amended balance-sheet, presented to-day, he gave a long statement of his various purchases, showing the manner in which he had disposed of his goods, whether at a profit, at a loss, or at cost price. Mr. Reed appeared fur the assignees ; and Mr. Thomas attended as counsel for the bankrupt. The bankrupt underwent a lengthened examination relative to this profit and loss account, but being quite a matter of figures the detail would be very uninteresting. One curious fact transpired in the course of the evidence, viz., that in the trade a description of goods called " lead ing articles," were sold at a small profit, and even some times at a loss, to induce purchasers to take other goods, which would yield ten or twelve per cent. In answer to an inquiry from the Court, it was ad mittad that this statement of profit and loss was not the actual result of the bankrupt's books, but the best ac count he could give from his memory. After some discussion, Mr. Commissioner PANE declared that he should pass the bankrupt's last examination, it being desirable that everything connected with the estate should be speedily settled, so that the circumstances should not have escaped from the recollection of the parties concerned. The question of certificate could not be at all affected by tho passing of the bankrupt on the present occasion, and that question he meant to decide on an early day, and while the features of the case were fresh in his recollection. The bankrupt then passed, and received his protection, on the understanding that he immediately applies for his certificate. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 19. (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) Joshua Foster and Thomas Smith, neither more than eighteen years of age, were indicted for robbing John Davies, ensign in the 32d Regiment, of his watch. Mr. Cardwell conducted the prosecution ; the pri soners were defended by Mr. Wilkins. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Davies, a young gentleman, about nineteen years of age, that, on the evening of the 2d of April last, he was returning to the barracks in Manchester, and passing along in front of the infirmary in company with two other officers, both younger than himself, when they were suddenly, with out any provocation, set upon by several persons. The parties met them and passed, but immediately turned round and attacked them from behind. Mr. Davies was first struck on the side of the head, and knocked down, but recovered his feet, and was a second time thrown to the ground. While getting up the second time, one of the assailants put his hand inside the prosecutor's coat and pulled out his watch. The guard broke, and the watch fell on the pavement. Mr. Davies picked it up, put it in his pocket, and closed with one of the attacking party, whom he recognised as Foster. A policeman, hearing the disturbance, came up, and some one calling out " Joe, here's the peelers," Foster ran away. He was pursued by the policeman, and caught, but he succeeded in breaking from the officer's hold and making off. He was again pursued and taken, Mr. Davies never having lost sight of him. The other assailants ran away. Mr. Laurie and another gentleman, both very young, who were in the company of the prosecutor, corroboratd this statement. They were unable to identify any of the parties. Mr. Laurie, it was admitted, was rather fresh, and had spoken in a jocular way to several ladies of a certain class whom they had met. He denied, however, that he had spoken to or in any way insulted two women who were in company with the men by whom they were attacked. A female of a certain class, who came up while the scuffle was going on, identified Smith as ono of the party. He was striking at one of the officers. His LORDSHIP, at the close of the case for the prose • cution, intimated that he did not think there was any case against Smith. In summing up, he left it to the jury to say whether they thought there was an intention to rob these par ties, or whether the watch had been pulled by the guard out of the prosesutor's pocket in the course of a scuffle arising out of some affront, real or supposed, and not begun with any intention of committing a robbery.— Verdict, Not Guilty. James Connor was indicted for burglariously entering the house of Frank Halyard, at Staleybridge, with in tent to steal. Mr. Whigham conducted the prosecution. The pri soner was defended by Mr. Monk. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, that he is a dealer in rags at Staleybridge, and occupies a house of eight rooms, of which, however, only two of those below are occupied—ono as a stable, and the other by himself. On Tuesday, the 21st of May, he had gone to Manchester with a quantity of rags, for which he, as usual, was paid in ready money. The prisoner saw him set off in the morning, and return in the evening. The prisoner had been frequently at the house of the prosecutor selling rags. On the evening of that day the prosecutor retired to rest about ten o'clock. A person of the name of Hayes slept with him. There was very little furniture in the house—merely a bed and an old hamper. His trousers, containing his money, were put under his head. In the middle of the night, he was awakened by a noise in the room, and looking up he saw, indistinctly, a man about the middle size standing at the foot of the stairs leading to the upper rooms. The man, seeing that the inmates were alarmed, ran up stairs, and the prosecutor could then perceive he had no shoes on. While Hayes and the prosecutor were putting on their trousers, they heard the person getting out of the win dow. The glass was broken, and the party could from the window readily get on the roof of a pigstye, and from thence into a yard communicating with the next street. They went out of the house, and took different directions, for the purpose of, if possible, intercepting the intruder. Hayes went round to the back, and saw a person whom he believed to be the prisoner coining out of the yard. He was, however, unable to seize him. Near the door of the prosecutor was found a pair of shoes, which were very positively sworn to by a person who lived in the same house with the prisoner as a pair which he (witness) had sold to him. Verdict, Guilty.—To ed be imprisoned f o r t w elve months. James Howarth, as 19, was indicted for a burglary in the house of James Howarth, at Walmesley-cum- Shuttleworth. The prisoner, it appeared, was a di s t an t re l a ti o n of the prosecutor, and had, some time before this occurrence, been on a visit with him. It appeared that, taking ad vantage of the knowledge thus acquired, he took an opportunity of breaking into the house and carrying away a sum of 701. in silver,-besides a few guineas and notes, to the amount of upwards of 4001., which were in a box at the head of the stairs. The silver he spent, but the guineas were found in his possession. The notes, with the box in which they were contained, he had put at the foot of the hedge near the prosecutor's house, and they were, on the prisoner's information, found there after he was taken into custody.—Guilty. To be imprisoned for twelve calendar months. CIVIL SIDE.-(Before Mr. Justice CRESS WELL.) ALDIS V. GARDINER. This was an action on the case against an attorney for negligence. Mr. Martin and Mr. Robinson for the plaintiff ; Mr. Knowles, Mr. Watson, and Mr. Cowling for the de fendant. The plaintiff in this case had formerly been an artist, and had, in the exercise of his profession, saved a sum of about 3001. He subsequently entered the church, and in the beginning of the year 1840 he wrote to the de fendant, a solicitor, with whom he had for some time been acquainted, to consult him about an investment for this sum. The defendant directed him to pay the money into Barclay, Tritton, and Co.'s Bank to the defendant's credit witk the Lancaster Bank, and shortly after wrote to say that he had obtained an eligible investment on the joint and several bond of two persons of the name of Baines, father and son, the elder being a farmer at Chip ping, near Clithero, and the younger keeping a shop as a chemist and druggist at Manchester. He described the father as possessed of a nice estate, and the son as having married into a respectable family. The de fendant, it appeared, had subsequently lent the same parties 200/. on his own account. It proved that the farm cultivated by Mr. Baines the elder, he had in right of his wife, by whose father it was left to her for life, and after her death to her children. The son carried on business for some time at Manchester, but failed in qualifying as a surgeon, fell into difficulties, and was finally obliged to give up his shop—his wife, will was of a respectable family, but who brought him no fortune, being obliged to go back to her friends. It appeared, too, that at the time the money was lent, the father was not in good credit, and proved unable to repay it. Mr. KNOWLES addressed the jary for the defendant, contending that the services which he had sought to perform for the plaintiff were those of friendly advice, and not in the course of his business as an attorney ; and that therefore he was not required to do more than take the same care in investing the money of the plain tiff as he had done in investing his own. His Lordship summed up, and The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, 3001. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug. 19. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY.) This Morning having been specially appointed for the disposal of the charges of rapes and unnatural offences comprised in the calendar, they were accordingly taken at the sitting of the Court, and as they were more than usually numerous, they occupied nearly the whole of the day. Samuel Pates was indicted for an unnatural crime, committed with a mare at Charlton Kings, on the 4th of July last. arcl y soor r nd . emr S .g k ly in a n cci er ui p t r ted ose . cuted ; Mr. Cooke defended the prisoner. The was incomplete, and the acc used was ..Robert Cr oo k was indicted for a similar offence, com mitted on the 6th of May last, at Bourton-on-the-hill, in this county. Mr. Skinner prosecuted ; Mr. Huddleston defended. The details o f thi s h orr ibl e case do not, of .::)urse, ad mit of ffi recapitulation ; suce it to say, that it ter minated in a convicti on , and that sentence of death was immediately recorded. The above two cases, and the investigation of a charge of rape, occupied the time of the Court during the whole day. There still remain six similar cases, which will be taken to-morrow. THE MOORS.—We understand that birds are very plentiful this year on Ingleborough and the surrounding moors. The cry of this has rather cheered up the spirits of some of our Ingleton sportsmen, as the game was only scarce last year.—Kendal Mercury. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. - - (Before the RECORDER.) George Mida s ditch, 29, a private in - the Coldstream Regiment of Guards, was indicted for feloniously ac cusing Major-General Thackeray of an offence of an atrocious character, with intent to extort money from him. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. 13allantme conducted the pro secution ; and Mr. Prendergast appeared for the pri soner. The facts of the ease will be fresh in the recollection of our readers, as they have only recently appeared in the police reports. It will be recollected that the prosecutor, while on his way home, early on the evening of the 20th of June, was accosted and annoyed by the prisoner, until he at length called a policeman and gave him in charge, upon which the. prisoner accused him of an abominable offence. At the station-house the prisoner was anxious not to press the charge, but he was com pelled to do so ; and upon an investigation taking place before the m a gistr a tes at Marlborough-street Police-office, the charge made by the prisoner was at once discovered as having evidently only been made for the purpose of extortion. Immediately upon this taking place Major-General Thackeray preferred an indictment for perjury against the prisoner, but as there were some technical difficulties in making out that charge, the pre sent indictment for felony, under the statute, was even tually proceeded When the evidence for the prosecution had been gone into, Mr. PRENDERGAST contended that inasmuch as no de mand for money, or any mention of money, had been proved to have been made by the prisoner, the specific charge contained in the indictment was not made out, and that the defendant, therefore, ought to be acquitted. The RECORDER said that in cases of this description it very seldom happened that persons made a direct de mand for money. He thought that the intent and ob ject of the prisoner must be left to the jury. . . - Mr. PRENDERGasT then took som other technical ob jection, but the Recorder refused to stop the case. His Lordship then summed up, and the jury immedi ately returned a verdict of Guilty. The RECORDER, before passing sentence, told Mr. Prendergast that he thought the better course would be not to respite the judgment, but to pass sentence at once. If, however, upon consideration, the Learned Counsel should think that any of the points oflaw he had raised ought to be further discussed, he (the Recorder) would take care that the sentence was not put in execution until that discussion had taken place. Mr. PRZNIDERGAST expressed his concurrence in the course suggested by the Court. The RECORDER then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for life, with the understanding that the pri- soner should Rot be sent away until his counsel had an opportunity of submitting his objections to the conside ration of the Judges. As the prisoner left the bar, he exclaimed—" I have not had justice done me, that's all." NEW COURT. CRIM. CON. ♦ND ROBBERY.—In the case of George Jescop, indicted for stealing silver spoons, which had not concluded when our Afternoon Edition went to press, Tho jury retired, and, after an absence of an hour, re turned into Court, and the foreman returned the follow ing verdict :—" We find the prisoner guilty, but strongly recommend him to mercy, as we believe that he sold the spoons under the impression that they were the property of the prosecutor's wife, they being marked with her initials." The COMMON SERGEANT said they had better retire again and re-consider their verdict, as it was impossible for him to receive such a verdict. The jury again retired, and after being absent some time, returned into court with a verdict of Acquittal. The prisoner was therefore discharged. Two young men, named William Dawson, aged 18, and Charles Henderson, aged 19, were found guilty of stealing twelve spoons, and divers other articles, value 61. and upwards, the property of Mr. K. White, in his dwelling-house. They were sentenced to six months' imprisonment each, with an intimation that if they were again found offending they would be transported. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A man named William Thackham, shopman to Mr. Thomas Simpson, of No. 156, Leadenhall-street, hard wareman, was charged with having robbed his master. Mr. Thomas Bridge Simpson, father of the prose cutor, stated that his son, having suspected that he was robbed by one of his shopmen, adopted the plan of sending persons to purchase goods in the shop with marked money. One of them laid out and paid nine teen shillings, another ten shillings, and a third ten shillings, and it was ascertained that the prisoner, who served the customers, entered in the book the sums of seventeen shillings, eight shillings, and seven shillings, and pocketed the difference (seven shillings). It was rather curious that one of the gentlemen who made the purchases was witness's brother, whose person the prisoner well knew. The witness and his son, as soon as they found, to their surprise, that the prisoner, who had been long employed by the family, had been committing such depredations, calle3 at his house to see whether there were any symptoms of necessity about the family, determined, if they were in distress, not only to forego prosecution, but to give him the means of setting up business in another country. They there learned that matters were quite in a different condition, and that the prisoner's wile, who was evidently unconscious of the bad conduct of her husband, was abundantly supplied with everything. William Henry Simpson, uncle to the prosecutor, and two other gentlemen, then proved that they purchased the goods with marked money of the prisoner. The first witness stated that after the purchases were made, he and his son called the prisoner into the counting-house and accused him of having received more money in those instances than he had accounted for. He said he did not know that he had. Witness then desired to see what silver he had in his pocket, and he pulled out nine shillings and sixpence, seven shillings of which were of the marked money. The prisoner immediately afterwards, upon being told that he knew he had been robbing the concern for some time, admitted that he had taken the marked money, and said—" Well, I know I have." Mr. Henry Simpson stated that he heard the pri soner acknowledge that he had taken the money, and that he had been robbing the concern for some time. The policeman who apprehended the prisoner stated that he found 41. 10s. in the prisoner's pocket. The prisoner, who during the examination held down his head, and seemed to be overwhelmed with grief, suddenly raised himself up from the bar, and said, "My Lord, that's money that I received as presents from the manufa c t urers ; I h ope you 'll l e t me have it ?" The LORD MAYOR—You can apply to the Court for that money if you wish. I shall not give any order about it. It is my duty to commit you for trial. The prisoner—l couldn't support a family upon thirty shillings a week. The LORD MAYOR —And that was the reason that, instead of seeking another situation, you have robbed your master. There is nothing at all in your case of a redeeming character. The prisoner was then committed for trial. A young man, named George Wells, who has been known for some time as a common thief, was brought up under the following circumstances : James Kennelly, a bookbinder, residing at John street, lioxton, stated that at ten o'clock on the preceding night, as he was passing over London bridge, he saw the prisoner and three others hustling two ladies. He followed the thieves, and observed one of them put his hand upon the dress of one of the ladies and take something from her person, and im mediately afterwards he saw them pass to the other side and proceed to examine a purse, which one of them said " was all right." Witness called " Police" frequently, but no policeman came, and he rushed in amongst the thieves, who knocked him about in a desperate manner, and would have probably mur dered him if a policeman had not come up at the mo ment and assisted him. lie succeeded in apprehend ing the prisoner, but the others escaped. The LORD MAYOR said he could not help observing that the police about London-bridge were extremely negligent. inspector Marchant stated that there were two po licemen constantly on duty on London-bridge. The complainant said that he followed the thieves from side to side on the bridge, and that some time elapsed, perhaps ten minutes, before any one came to his assistance, but the policeman who did come up saved him from more dreadful treatment. As it was, he was a severe sufferer. He had called for the police for a long time. The LORD MAYOR-4 must say that there is gross neglect in that district. It is quite impossible that the police on London-bridge could have attended pro perly to their duties, if four thieves acted in such a manner, and three of them escaped with the fruits of the robbery. Inspector Marchant said that, within a very short time, thirty thieves were apprehended on London bridge. The LORD MAYOR—The thieves go there because they know that the officers are remiss there. If the police would do their duty, we should not have com plaints of the kind. His LORDSHIP then regretted that he could not punish the prisoner more severely than by sending him to Bridewell for three months, and committed him for that period. He at the same time directed Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, to give a sovereign to Kennelly, the person who so actively followed, at tacked, and resisted the prisoner and his companions. The next case was a charge against a young fel low who had seriously injured a gentleman by run ning against him with a truck. It was upon that occasion stated that the defendant and another man had gone from Wood-street, Cheapside, to King Wil liam-street, hallooing and bellowing, and shouted against, and had as they proceeded, injured two other persons, without being checked by the police. The LORD MAYOR said that here was another charge against the police. It was extraordinary enough that the negligence of the police was more particularly observable from Cheapside to the other side of London-bridge than elsewhere. Inspector Marchant said that the occurrence alluded to did not take place within his district. The LORD MAYOR said he did not care who was the inspector of the district. The negligence was most culpable, and he was resolved upon all occasions to expose it. Edward Howe, a aged about 17 years, in the employment of Mr. Martin, of Gutter-lane, silk ma nufacturer, was charged with robbing his employer. The prisoner had taken away from the warehouse three parcels, containing shawls, without being sus pected. Ile took one of them to a pawnbroker, whose shopman believing that it had been rather queerly obtained, refused to lend any money upon it, and fol lowed the prisoner, who entered a boat, and called at a private house in Stamford-street. The shopman, after the prisoner left the house, learned that he be longed to Mr. Martin's warehouse, and gave infoi'ma tion to the proprietor, who then, for the first time, learned what had been going on. It happened that the prisoner, when he employed the waterman to row him, had no money about him to pay for the boat, and actually left one of the parcels with the man as security for the fare. The prisoner, upon being taken into custody on his return to the warehouse, confessed that he had not only stolen the goods in the three parcels, but a vast deal more property, from his employer, and he gave a long list of his depredations.—Committed for trial. BOW-STREET. A respectable-looking-man, advanced in years, named Win. Pindar, was brought before Mr. T wy ford, in custody of the park-keeper, charged with committing indecent assaults on two little girls in the park. The case was fully proved against the prisoner. Mr. TWYFORD committed him for trial, but ad mitted him to bail, himself in 401., and two sureties in 201. each. Mr. R. Tuj7ll, the proprietor of the Victoria Saloon, Catharine-street, Strand, was summoned for harbour ing disorderly characters in his house. Mr. Humphries appeared for the defendant. The case was proved to the satisfaction of the Ma gistrate, and the defendant was fined in 21. and costs, being the sixth time that he has been convicted on a similar charge, preferred by the same policeman. CLERKENWELL. Michael Fleming, bricklayer, Tottenham-place, Tot tenham-court-road, was placed in the felons' dock, charged with feloniously cutting and wounding Bridget, his wife. The prosecutrix, a sickly, careworn-looking woman, was brought into Court by two police-constables ; her head was bound up, and she seemed labouring under pain and excessive debility. The Chief Clerk said he did not think she was inclined to prosecute. 'the poor woman, in a low tone of voice, replied that she had no revengeful feeling towards her husband, but she entreated that she might be protected from him in future. Mr. BROUGHTON, however, determined upon hearing the facts of the case. The prosecutrix then deposed that on the previous night, about twelve o'clock, the prisoner came home. She was in bed, and he spoke harshly to her ; after some time, however, he went to bed, but continued to speak very unkindly. She remonstrated with him, upon which he jumped up, and asked where the candle was ? She refused to tell him, fearing that he might want it to search fur some weapon ; he got a lucifer-match box, and lighting a lucifer, threw it on the bed clothes. She besought of him not to be so cruel, but he seized her by the hair, and dragged her out of the bed on the floor. She fell from the bed with so much violence that she became insensible, and recollected nothing more until she felt herself bleeding from a wound in her throat ; she was then bleeding very much. After recovering herself a little, she staggered out, and meeting a policeman, was conveyed to the hospital. Mr. BROUGHTON—Have you any children ? Prose cutrix (sobbing)—No, they are all dead, thank God. I was the mother of eight children, but they are all gone from me. Why do you say thank God ?—Oh, they are beyond the reach of his cruelty. The complainant went into further statements of inju ries infl►cted, but the prisoner met them with a general negative.—He was committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERIES.—Oetavius Clarke, a young man of liberal education and highly respectable family, stated to be the son of a deceased clergyman, was brought before Mr. Bingham, the sitting Magistrate, for re-examination upon several charges of robbing different clergymen whom he visited. Ire already stood committed upon two charges. In one of these cases it appeared that, on the 16th of July, he visited a gentleman named Leese, at Hoxton, and passed a good part of the day with him. The next day he called while that gentleman was from home, and being shown to his bedroom to shave and dress, he broke open the drawers, from which he stole a gold watch, several rings and other jewellery, some linen, &c., and drove off in a cab, carrying with him a valise and velvet shooting coat, telling the servant that he and Mr. Leese would probably return together at ten that night. In the other case he had, on the 23d of February, borrowed a pony from Mr. Smoothy, a farmer at Bard Crook, in Essex, promising to return it next morning ; but the prosecu tor nover saw him again until last weok, when he was in custody at this Court, and he then acknowledged that he had sold the pony near Smithfield for 31., because, he said, it fell sick. Sergeant Rogers, of the C division of police, who ap prehended ;the prisoner on the sth instant in Queen street, May-fair, and obtained possession of nine pawn brokers' duplicates, now brought forward several gentle men owners of portions of the property found in pawn. Air. Richard King Pierce, a young surgeon, living in chambers in Child's-place, in the Temple, stated that he bcame acquainted with the prisoner about two years ago, and on the 10th of last month received a note from him expressing an intention to pay him a visit. He accord ingly came and passed the evening with complainant and another gentleman named Dukes. The following morn ing he called 'again, and witness having to go to a lec ture, invited the prisoner to accompany him, but he declined doing so, and asked permission to remain there and smoke a pipe. Witness told him to remain there as long as he pleased, and appointed to meet him there at four in the afternoon, but he was never seen again until the present time, and the witness missed his ease of in struments, a silver lancet case, a number of coins pierced and strung upon a string, and other articles. Mr. Thomas William Dukes, a solicitor, stated that he occupied the same chambers as Mr. Pierce, and the prisoner passed the evening of the 10th of July with them. The next evening, when witness returned home, and informed Mr. Pierce of what had occurred, he exa mined his bed-room, and missed three gold rings, a gold pin, a razor case, pearl handled knife, and silver tobacco stopper. The three gold rings, two gold pins, the case of in struments, lancet case, and silver tobacco stopper were now produced by two pawnbrokers, in Holborn, with whom the prisoner had pledged them on the 11th of July, and they were identified by the respective owners. John Dennett, footman to Captain Chappel, of 17, Queen-street, May-fair, stated that on the sth instant, the prisoner, who had formerly been a visitor at his master's, met him at a public-house, in Queen-street, and put nine pawnbrokers' tickets into his hand to take care of for him it hile he went to see his mother, in Essex. Witness kept them for an hour or two, and then gave them up to Sergeant Rogers, who took the pri soner into custody. The depositions in these cases having been taken and read over, the prisoner, who appeared much dejected, and admitted his guilt, handed to the magistrate a well written letter, in which be professed to explain what he termed his " extraordinary conduct" and his motives ; and he was about to be fully committed, when another charge was unexpectedly preferred against him by Mr. Alexander Steward, a nurseryman and seedman at Salt hill, near Windsor. Mr. Stewart stated that he had known the prisoner for many years, and knew his connections to be highly respectable, but had lost sight of him for a considerable time, until about the 16th of last March, when the pri soner called upon him at Salt-hill, and having reminded him that they had been schoolfellows, proceeded to state that he had become captain and part owner of the Ruby brig ; that he was bound for Constantinople, and had been commissioned by the Sultan to select and take out with him a large quantity of seeds. He remained at the house of the complainant until the 31st of March, and in the meantime the seeds were selected and packed in wooden boxes, the prisoner stating that he was to get the money for them, and for other purposes, from his mother's lawyer, a gentleman named Sawyer, in Lincoln's Inn. They then came to town together by the Great Western Railway, and the boxes of seeds were taken in a cab to a public-house called the Essex Serpent, in Charles street, Westminster. They were about together for two or three days, and the prisoner several times borrowed complainant's watch to enable him to be punctual to his appointments. On the morning of the 3d of April he borrowed it again, and they then walked about until they ca me to Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, where prisoner left him upon pretext of going to his mother's solicitor's for the money, and promised to return to him in an hour. He did not return,however, and complainant, proceeding to the Essex Serpent, found that the boxes of seeds had been taken away. His watch he said was worth 41. or 5/, and the value of the seeds was 30/. He never saw the prisoner again until yesterday. The depositions were taken for the prisoner's commit • tal in this case also. Mr. BINGHAM handed to the prosecutors the letter which the prisoner had addressei to him before the last charge was brought forward. The following is a copy of the letter : " Clerkenwell Prison, Aug. 20, 1844. " Sir,—Hoping your pardon for this intrusion, I take the liberty of addressing these few lines to you, being anxious to communicate with my friends, and feeling convinced that I cannot do so through a better channel than your Worship. " 1 stand before you charged with three distinct crimes, to two of which do I own myself guilty, namely, the first and the last; but with regard to the horse steal ing, most decidedly not guilty. The animal was lent to me, while in my hands it fell sick, and I thought it best for all parties to sell it ; if I did wrong, it was merely an error in judgment. The gentleman of whom I bor rowed the horse is one of my aunt's tenants. I felt per fectly safe in doing so, feeling certain that my mot h er w ould have no difficulty in arranging such a trifling affair with her own sister. . ; 7 Afiobject in writing this letter to you is to explain t o my friends my motives for such extraordinary con duct. I had not the slightest intention that they should lose one single article, but was fool enough to imagine . . that by committing some desperate act my relations (who have so long deserted me), would come forward and give me that assistance which I have long been so much in need of. Your Worship will perceive that n 39 old companions are the only people that have suffered from my premeditated attacks. My reason for soliciting them was, that I hoped when I had explained to theta my object, they would readily believe, from their know ledge of my liberal character, that the crime was not committed with any mercenary point of view or wicked intention ; because, having once gained the confidence of my relations, I should have been enabled to give t 4 _, belongedeach person that which to him. And I had juit returned from France with the determination not to leave my mother until she had given me sufficient mean s to carry this into effect, when the police took me into custody, fast asleep at the door, where I had been standing for many hours. The only course now left W pursue is to throw myself on the mercy of the Court.-- Your obedient and humble servant, " 0. 11. CLARKE." The prisoner .wai fully committed for trial upon the several charges in which the depositions had been coo' pleted. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHELMSFORD RACES.—YESTERDAY. The Chelmsford Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 13 ft, and ? only if declared, with 50 added; the second saves 10 stake. Once round and a distance. (12 Subs.; 7 declared). Lord Exeter's Pergularia, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Pettit) 1 Mr. Batson's Father Mathew, 3 yrs, 6st 71b Lord Exeter's Crosby, 3 yrs, 6st 41b A good race with two from the stand; won by threw lengths. The Stewards' Plate of 501. Once round and a dis' tance. To be sold for 2501., &c. Lord Exeter's Pergularia, 3 yrs, 7st 31b...(Pettit) 1 1 Mr. Phillimore's Syntaxina, 6 yrs, 9st 51b 2 dr Mr. Ongley's Fama, 6 yrs, 9st 51b Even on Pergularia, who won the first heat easy, al l " walked over for the second. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 50 added by the County Members ; the second to save his stake and the winner to be sold for 1201. (6 Subs.) Nell mile. Mr. Edwards's Trudget, 3 yrs, 7st 51b...(Sharp) 1 Lord Exeter's Mocha, 3 yrs, 7st 51b Mr. Batson's Tiptoe, 3 yrs, 7st 51b Mr. Ongley's Fama, 6 yrs, 9st 31b First Heat-2 to 1 agst Trudget, and 3to 1 each ag s. Fame and Mocha. Won by a neck. Second Heat-6 to 4on Trudget (taken). W° 4l easy. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. DONCASTER, 1844. Acceptances for the Cleveland Handicap. Knight of the Whistle, 6 yrs, 9st—Semiseria, 4 ) 15 1 Bst 61b—Flamingo, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Little Philip, ag e ' 7st 21b—Porto Bello, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Poor Soldier, 4 yl 6st 101b—Quebec, 4 yrs, Est 101b—Poussin, 4 yrs, 65 81b—The Pride of Kildare, 3 yrs, Est 21b—Mickey Fr ee ' 3 yrs, Est 21b—Joan of Arc, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Rowe nst 3 yrs, sst 81b—Epilogue, 3 yrs, sst. Eleven pay 5 05* each. Acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap. Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs, lOst 31b—Knight of tu' Whistle, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—Trueboy, 4 yrs, Bst 21b- - 1 British Yeoman, 4 yrs, 71b 121b—Semiseria, 4 yrs, 6 111b—Johnny, aged, 7st 91b—Pompey, 4 yrs, 7st Franchise, 5 yrs, 7st 71b —Scalteen, 5 yrs, 7st 71b-- 11 11$ ': thian, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—The Caster, 4 yrs, 7st 51h- 0 7 4 yrs,ll 7st 31b—Whistle Binkie, 5 yrs, 7st—Heslins; 5 yrs, 7st—Give-Him-a-Name, 6 yrs, 6st 121 b- -e, 5 yrs, fist 101b--Fisticuff, 4 yrs, Est 101b—Li t A rij Philip, aged, Est 81b—Dr. Allen, 5 yrs, Est 81b--" 4 Fours, aged, 6st 81b—The Artful Dodger, 5 yrs, 6st 81 —Poor Soldier, 4 yrs, Est 81b—Everton, 4 yrs, Est 6 1 u - 1, Ravensworth, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—Hemp, 3 yrs, 6st—Brul i s 3 yrs, fist—Mickey Free, 3 yrs, 6st—Milton, 3 yrs, °' —Gofrey, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Dog Billy, 3 yrs, S a t 1011 Ashtead Pet, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Glossy, 4 yrs, sst 41b-- 0 ; bition, 3 yrs, sst—Cockfighter, 3 yrs, sst--Rowens , yrs, sst—Advice, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT RICIIMOND.—On Tuesd i morning, about two o'clock, as constable 206 VI. perambulating Ricbmond-green, he perceived sPil l : e issue from one of the chimneys of the Cricketers pu,b sb . house, opposite the Theatre. The lower part nt_.A, house was enveloped in flames, and the family esesrii but with some difficulty, From the upper part and I d the backs of the neighbouring premises. Shortly eri.. the flames burst forth from the windows. The eng' b . were soon on the ot. The fire communicated to t .. . $ house 26, Richmomd-green, and to No. 27 ; the .fib` being wholly and the next partially destroyed, wit great portion of property that was not burnt being w oo terially injured by water and removal. The houses r . the other side of the Cricketers, Nos. 23 and 24, w e e i t also partially destroyed, and were, together with t b bi l. furniture, considerably damaged by the water, Y l uic ji the furniture was also injured by removal, in "o respect the whole of the inhabitants of the row of het!" (in number about thirty) have suffered. The total it is expected, will be nearly 4,000 L The houses suy contents are principally insured in the Sun and ro i Exchange. bl PLEASING RESULTS.---With the gaiety ESsUm e .. nature in the brightness of the summer season ther e : i s few disinclined to participate; and in pursuit of t h _i t rational enjoyments personal ayremens, in all th ' o f variety, are necessarily objects of desire—those , . t o which the perfection and durability are at once obfl° : , and important, meet their most available preservative;i Gowland's Lotion ; first, as a decided remedy fur A d, el cutaneous impurities ; and, secondly, as an elegant, 03 4 and effective appendage to the toilet, removing e ' t ; species of local discolouration, defending the skin fi l ti a all the well-known effects of heat upon its surface , s i r as contributing largely to continued delicacy and fre i ness of the complexion. Ladies travelling, or temporarily subjected to a l g deviation of equable temperature, will find in Rowiti. Kalydor a renovating and refreshing auxiliary, d iS r s isi ling the cloud of langour from th e com plexion, . ti g immediately affording the pl eas i ng sensa ti o n sae ° dOl 0 restored elasticity of the s ki n . Th e di s t r essing . unsightly varieties of cutaneous eruptions ere n ieo, promptly eradicated by th e K a lyd or . Sp o ts, 10 freckles, discolourati o ns, an d sa ll owness , yield toga specific qualities, and ar e succee d e d by a smnet", 7 , o ol and transparency of the skin, gi v i ng rise to sepse' s pi of the utmost pleasure and surprise. Being unlve rs t bt preferred, its consequent great demand excites cult cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give the 0 of "Genuine" Kalydor to some com p oun d s o f their ° , o * manufacture, of the most deleterious character , c ot taining mineral astringents utterly ruinous t° r id complexion, and by their repellant action endangt to health. It is, therefore, imperative on purchaser-tb• see that the words " Rowland's Kalydor" are °l / 1 wrapper. All others are fraudulent counterfeits I • During the last quarter 13 vessels of War I l e t been put out of commission, whose united crews e lli „, ° .o; to 5,170 men, namely :—The Queen, 110, 9 60 n° Indus, 78, 750 men ; Malabar, 72, 750 men ; C„. 14 7 10 0, down, 104, 750 men ; Vindictive, 50, 500 melt ; v, e ; 15 0 50, 500 men ; Pearl, 20, 140 men ; Childers, tr i o' men ; Wanderer, 16, 1:30 men ; Spy, 3, 70 men ; 118 ,- o er loon, 10, 70 men ; Arrow (ketch), 60 men —being , 0 1% line-of-battle ships, three faigates, and six slneß ood si war. The number of ships that have been corn t ar during the same period are three—t w o line-of - h % ships, and a sloop-of-war, whose united crews 0 0 180, 1,570 men ; the Queen, 110, 750 men ; Collingo'°7oo 750 men; and the Cygnet, 6, 70 men. Hence it ePr ice that there are 3,600 men discharged from the se ' in within the last three months, which number will b e lis, creased to 4,400 upon the paying off of the Corn os d 72, and the Clio, 16, both ot which are on their Pa s o' home from the East Indies, and will be put out of mission on their arrival.—Naval and Military G us a ty THE WELSH IRON TRADE.—Our trade has g le „ for improved ; it is, indeed, better no w th an it has be e ' 01 years. This remark applies especially to Atertiq r Dowlais.-= - The Welshman. MARRIED. e R ef ' On the 15th inst., at Great N ess Church, Salopvolif t Charles Orlando Kenyon, son o f th e H o n. Thomas i.Vtitho of Pradoe, to Matilda El o i sa C o tt on , o nly daugh e Rev. Henry Calveley Cotton, Vicar of Great Ness. dw ell E On the 17th inst., at Plympton St. Mary, Dev" i t n bi t Do igtai Sydenham Markland, Esq., on ly so n of Cn John Caro - Markland, R.N., C. 8., of Handley House, I "r set, line, daughter of G eorge E as tl a k e , Esq., oilnyrnot - DIED. Ai IS% On the 15th inst., Henry Hord . Esq., of Dung— I Staffordshire, aged 49. ern' On the 15th inst., in Warren-street, Fitzroy - . scitifr e,_ Wil liarn Frederick then of W. Wttich, Esq. On the 15th , inst. co at Lewens, i Wimborne Minster, Dorset' El o iz n ab t e h t e h, l t 6 h th e w in if s e t. o , f the Rev. John Basket Corner Esq., (late 3d Dragoon at Gu i‘ a la rd id s a ) -in g li e ' d 46 - Es ger. On the 16th inst., at Ladbroke-aplace, Notting • bill, the Robert Willia m Thomas Clements Browne, Vicar of liaise, Somersetshirtm, On the 16th inst., at Hexgrave-park, Notts, Richard ''''''' ward, Esq., a Magistrate for the county. On the 16th hist , at Lansdown crescent, Cheltenllo' Catherine On the 16th wife of W.. H. Hooper, Esq , M.D. NO" inst., at M ornington-crescent, Jackson ton, Esq., of Warnford-court, solicitor. r Jai On the 17th inst., in Verulam-buildings, Gray A Dunlop, Esq. Bleb Ounter,n the ReBc Ith inst.,of Newnham cat Croyd um on, Surre Maple D y, the ur well, lifin Rey. _.,,. Htor f ton . On the 18th inst., Mr. Stannard, of River-street" rr'" ville, aged 65. On the 18th n On the 18thinist;t.,t,h}e,rRedeevr.icGk, third so .Lawrence,nato the Graves Hansard, Esq., aged 26 _......011 Cheltenham' ateL4 0 London : Printed and Published 137 - SiTIRDO TOollift No. 112, Strand, Printer , at 778 e Bus Oak* 1" It Strand, in the Precinct of the lieV o i , hi t h. Weclneglay, August 21, 1844 BIRTHS. l i o n' On the 12th inst., at Hawarden Rectory, the Pso— Glynne, of a daughter. ~;n JO On the 14th inst., at Athlone, the lady of CaPi. -- Rooper, of the Rifle riade, of a daghter. , ' On the 14th inst., B at g Semington, Wilts, the leaf of to Rev. A. M`Ewen, ofa daughter. Esg le* On the 15th inst., at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, Mrs.. , of of a daughter. .. ..A1 th e 1111., On the 15th inst., at B e l vo i r -p ar k, B e lf a st, I. Captain Gladstone, R.N., M.P., of a daughter. .001' On the 17th inst., in F re d er i c k- p l ace , M rs . Lewis P of E (1 . of a daughter. , On the 17th inst., th e l a d y o f W . J . J . Higgengf Hambledon, Hants, of a son. Wi lliam CO On the 17th inst., i n Bl ac kh eat h- par k , M rs. of a son, still-born. Vg l On the 17th i ns t., i n P ort l an d p l ace, t h e l a dy of c. G. Pre, Esq., M.P., of a child still-bo. f Them the 18th inst., at Thames Dit n tos, the 'rife c'. Edwards, Esq., of a son. 1/fr* On the 18th i ns t., a t Ch ester-p l ace, R e gent's-P ll ' -k, Edmund Brandt, ay of 11.41- On the 18th inst., at St. John's-square, the 11 1 --, • tit nald Read, Esq., surgeon, of a son. k Ku ll* On the 19th inst., at Chester-place, Hyde-pal- " _,.. lady of John James Johnson, Esq., of a son. _________----•-- • .