The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-12 00:00:00

ettrlt Mbition THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 2OO Indian Stock 284 S per Cent. Red 99N Ditto Bonds 96 rn. 3 per Cent. Cons. ..... ....... 99 Ditto Old Annuities 33G per Cent. Red lO2 Ditto New Annuities ... New 336 per Cent. lOl Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d ... 74 pm. New 5 per Cent...—. ...... - Ditto 5001. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ... . Jan 6 0 1234 Bank Stock for Ac ct.... 200 Oct. 1859 ........ ......•• -- ,Consols for Act. 99% Jan. 1860......... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — !Portuguese, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent IO3X Ditto, New Ditto."... Brazilian Bonds ........ Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent —. Russian 5 per Cent Chllian, II per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824,. .. Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto Deferred ...........„..... Danish, 3 per Cent — Frenc h, ' 5 per Cent...—. —4. --e. Greek, 18 , 5, 5 per Cent — ;Exchange —f. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., Ma - -i Dutch, 2% per Cent...—. 61 1 4 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent .......101 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 113% Ditto, New Shares, 17% paid 2B Caledonian, 5 paid Dublin and Cashel, 2% paid Eastern Counties (23 paid) ;....... Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid) Great North of England, 100 paid Great Western (75 paid) London and Birmingham ( Sto ck) London and Brighton (50 paid) ....... ......... .. London and Croydon (Trunk) 19% Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Manchester and Birmingham Midland Counties (100 paid).................... Newcastle and Darlingron Junction. 21 paid North British, 2% paid 2 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip (15 paid) 26 Norwich and Brandon, 4 paid South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) Ditto New Shares 4 paid Trent Valley, 2 paid 9% Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) Ditto New Shares ( paid) York and Scarborough Branch (2% paid) Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid THE QUEEN AND THE INFANT PRINCE. The following official bulletin was issued this morning : "Windsor Castle, August 12, 1844. Eight, A rd. "Her Majesty's recovery goes on without inter. ruption. " The infant Prince it perfectly well. "JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. "ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D." The next bulletin will be issued on Wednesday. SPIRIT of tho PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.--A case of an extraordinary, if not al together unprecedented, character, was last Tuesday brought before a court constituted under the provi sions of the Church Discipline Act, and held at Totnes, Devon, by special appointment of the Right Rev. Prelate who presides over the diocese of Exeter. The circumstances out of which the charge arose, the proceedings in the case, and especially the im portant principle involved, combine to render the affair one of special interest to the clergy of the Church of England, and of importance to all classes of the community. The Rev. James Shore, war the party proceeded against the charges alleged against him, and into the prima facie validity of which it was the province of the commission to inquire,were briefly these:—Bridgetown, a hamlet containing nearly 2,000 inhabitants, is a portion of the parish of Berry Pomeroy, and is the property of his Grace the Duke of Somerset. In 1832 his Grace built a chapel, a capacious and costly structure, for the convenience of the inhabitants. The Rev. J. Shore, who had been curate of the parish for about two years previously, and was much esteemed by the then vicar, the Rev. J. Edward s , was appo i nte d an d licensed by the Bishop, minister of the chapel. In 1836 Mr. Edwards died, and Mr. Brown succeeded him. He did not renew the appointment of Mr. Shore, nor was it required by the Bishop. Mr. Shore continued to officiate as the Minister of Bridgetown chapel, without interruption or question from any quar ter, his Grace the Duke of Somerset paying all the ex penses of the service. In 1843 Mr. Brown wished to ex change livings with a Rev. Mr. Cosens, and the Duke of Somerset facilitated that arrangement, which was carried into effect. Mr. Cosens gained an addition to his income by the change, to the extent of be tween 1001. and 2001. a year. This change could not have taken place without the good offices of the Duke. A few days after the induction of Mr. Cosens, Mr. Shore received a letter from Mr. R. Barnes, the Bishop's Secretary, inquiring whether he had received a fresh appointment from the Rev. Vicar; because if he had not the Bishop would not permit him to continue minister of the chapel. Mr. Shore consulted the Duke of Somerset. An appli cation was thereupo n ma d e t o M r . C osens to give the required appointment to Mr. Shore. The application was met by a positive refusal. Mr. Cosens was "highly indignant" that Mr. Shore should have first gone to "a mere layman ;" and observed that he could not conscientiously appoint Mr. Shore. He was pressed to state whether he knew anything against Mr. Shore. This was em barrassing He confessed that he had heard nothing of him except from the Bishop. Matters had now arrived at a crisis ; either the chapel must be closed, and the people of Bridgetown be de prived of a pastor who had faithfully ministered to them for thirteen years, or the chapel must b e with _ drawn fro m th e Establishment. Mr. Cosens refused to re-appoint Mr. Shore ; and the Bishop of Exeter withdrew his licence from the chapel, and thus ren dered any clergyman who officiated within its walls • liable to pains and penalties, as an offender against ecclesiastical order. There remained one of two courses to the Duke of Somerset. • His Grace might, of course, obey the Bishop's be " hest, deprive the people of Bridgetown of the ; minister to whom they were affectionately attached, • and send him forth injured and helpless, having the • pul?it of the chapel which he had erected at great cost to be filled by whomsoever the Vicar and the _ Bishop might please to select and appoint. This was one course; and this was, evidently, the course to which it was expected the combined operations of the Prelate and the parish priest would reduce the Duke of Somerset. But there was another course. The chapel might be licensed under the provisions of the toleration Act. Mr. Shore might qualify himself as a te ac h er an d preac h er under the pro , vision of the same statute. Thus separating himself from the Established Church, the authority and - control of the Bishop of Exeter over him and over the chapel in which he officiated, would, he naturally supposed, terminate. The controversy would thus be brought to a close. This course the Duke of Somerset sanctioned and approved—it would even seem, sug gested. The Duke's agent licensed the chapel; and Mr. Shore duly qualified himself as the minister of a separatist congregation, by making the prescribed declaration, and obtaining the ne cessary certificate. Mr. Shore notified to the Bishop's Secretary that he had taken refuge under the Act of Toleration, and asked if there were any other act to be done by him to corn • plete his desired severance from the Church of Eng land. The Bishop's monition was thus converted into moonshine. The chapel, enjoined to be closed against its minister, remained open. The service in it, how ever, continued to be performed in exact conformity with the directions of the Book of Common Prayer. The most careful observer would have detected no variance between the former and the present state of things. Within the Duke of Somerset's chapel, at Bridgetown, the prayers and other religious ordinances were performed as they had been from its erection. The' mode in which the difficulty created by the Bishop had been obviated by , the Duke, pleased and satisfied all parties —except, indeed, the Prelate and the Vicar. These co-operators, to eject Mr. Shore from the chapel, found themselves foiled by a move for which they were utterly unprepared. But there was yet another chance: M r . Shore had, by virtue of his ordination vows, engaged to obey his Diocesan in all things pertaining to the clerical office. By preaching and a d m i n i s t er i ng th e sacra ments in an unlicensed place—he having been dul l y cautioned and ad mon i s h e d o f th e f act, t h at t h e Bishop s license had been withdrawn from the chapel at Bridge town—Mr. Shore had been guilty of a breach of ecclesiastical discipline. He was, therefore, cited to appear before the Commission issued to inquire into HI facts. Thi s procee di ng was preliminary to hi s ng prosecut e d i n t h e Ecclesiastical Court, to be therein dealt with, for the restoration of his soul's health ; the wholesome discipline of the spiritual court having wondrous efficacy to raise the fallen, and to restore th e err i ng sons of the Church to the fold from which th ey h ave strayed. in STANDARD —There i s something heroic the determination of the I r i s h Whigs tocontribute their share, small though it be, to the general discontent, notwithstanding that they are so cruelly assaulted by th e O'Connellite faction on every possible oppor tunity. Their affection for agitation is willing, like true - loyalty, to suffer all' things not only for, but from, their taskmaster. It is unfortunate that a fa tality of rendering themselves ridiculous should at tach to personages so self-denying, but what choice can they have when the repealers abuse with equal ferocity Whigs and Tories, and there is only left for Lords Charlemont and Gosf o rd t h e opportunity of attacking those inconsidered trifles In which Air. O'Connell is pleased to think the guilt of the Conservatives greater than that of the Whigs ? The close of the session has produced another manifesto from Charlemont House, relating, it does not exactly appear to what, but kindly advising the Minister to take the state of Ireland into his considoration, as though that were a piece of policy hitherto untried or now likely to be neglect ed. His Grace the Duke of Leinster, though his timid Whiggism has deprived him of the right to the CABINET COUNCIL.—Sir Robert Peel, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, and the other Cabinet Ministers who are in the country, return to town to-morrow, for the purpose of attending a Council, to be held at the Foreign-office at h a lf- past three o'clock. The summonses for holding a Cabinet Council to-morrow afternoon were issued on Saturday evening. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.—Capt. O'Brien, private secretary to Sir James Graham, has been appointed, under the provisions of the Joint-stock Companies Act (recently passed by the Legislature), to the office of Principal Registrar. RECREATION OF THE WORKING CLASSES.—MAN CHESTER, FRIDAY MORNlNG.—Yesterday a very numerous and respectable meeting of the merchants, manufacturers, and tradesmen of this town, was held in the large room of the Town-hall, for the purpose of considering the propriety of taking some steps to promote the formation of public walks, parks, and play -grounds, for the working classes. Alexander Kay, Esq., Mayor, presided. On the platform were Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., Mr. M. Philips, M.P., Sir Thomas Potter, Knight, Mr. Thomas Townend, Mr. John Woollam, Mr. R. Gardner, Mr. Alderman Burd, Mr. Alder man Neild, &c. The first resolution was moved by Lord F. Egerton, who was received with loud cheers from all parts of the meeting. In the course of his Lordship's address, lie said that he did not consider that in promoting the object of the meeting he was conferring a gift upon the humbler classes of Manchester; on the contrary, he was their debtor, and he was glad of that opportunity of paying off a portion of the account. The meeting was subsequently addressed by the Rev. Canon Clifton, Mr. M. Philips, M.P., Messrs. J. C. Harter, James Heywood, James Kershaw, Robert Gardner, John Woollam, Alderman Neild, &c. During the proceed ings a subscription was entered into, and amongst the con tributors were, Lord Francis Egerton, 1,000/. ; Mark Philips, 1,0004 ; Sir B. Heywood, Bart., 1,000/. ; J. C. Harter, 5004 ; John Brooks, 500/. • Sir Thomas Potter, 500/. ; Mr. Alder man Neild, 500/ • Thomas Townend, 500/. ; J. and N. Philip, 5004 ; Leese Kershaw and Co., 500/. ; James Heywood, 300/. ; the Mayor, 2004 There were several other subscriptions en tered, making a total of nearly 10,000/. ; and it is believed that 50,000/. will be raised for this purpose. STATE OF TRADE.—We do not remember at any time greater activity in the principal branches of manu factures than there exists at present, except when that activity has been of a speculative and feverish character. Throughout Yorkshire and Lancashire, in the Cotton, Woollen, Worsted, Flax, Linen, Silk, Cutlery, and Machine-making businesses, trade is lively, and we be lieve all hands are employed. The poor-rates are, of course, exceedingly relieved. If we should be blessed with a good harvest there is every prospect of another yerr of prosperity. And here we have another proof of the connexion between prosperity and cheap food. At present there is the prospect of an abundant harvest.— Leeds Mercury, LAWYERS IN CHINA.—No attorneys are authorised by law in China; those self-constituted, are thus defined and described by a Chinese classic writer:—" Villanous and perverse vagabonds, who are fond of making a stir, and who, either by fraudulent and crafty schemes, excite discord; or by disorderly and illeg a l proceedings, intimi date and impose upon people I "—From C aptain Piddings Chinese Olio and Tea Talk No. 15. THE SUN, LONDON, _MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1644. • hereditary and questionable motto of his house,lheads this very select list ; and, in addition to that circum stance, the authors of the document demand attention Mr. Benbow has been returned for Dudley by a to their opinions on the gro o md of their being pro- large majority—more than two to one out of 563 who Prietors of estates in Ireland. The claim is voted. the numbers were—for Mr. Benbow, 388 ; one which we are not at all disposed to for Mr. Rawson, 175. The result was fully expected. deny; for opinions on Irish questions have been of The Government press will, we trust, remember in late years too generally taken from persons who are its exultation, that Mr. Benbow goes to Parliament, proprietors of nothing Irish but assurance. IVe having disavowed under compulsion on the hustings cannot, however, see why even such a qualification personal attachment to Sir R. Peel, and tracing ge should enable these few noblemen to give the sane- neral depression of trade in his new constituency to tion of their names to statements calculated to Sir R. Peel's tariff. Mr. Benbow then is one more strengthen the false outcry of the O'Connellite added to that band of " generous supporters" of the clique, that there is a disposition on the part Government, between whom and the Government the of her Ma, esty's Government to neglect the Prime Minister has confessed that there are wide dif affairs of Ireland. If the determination of ferences on fundamental principles—another recruit Ministers to devise measures for the amelioration of for " Miles's boy." Ireland were prompted by any anxiety for popu- There is another thing which the Government press larity, the flood of unfounded abuse with- which will do well to bear in mind. The number of regis every measure is assailed by the adherents of Lord tered electors in Dudley is 911, out of which n - amber Charlemont's party might well induce them to only 563 have voted in all, and only 388, less than abandon the attempt. One of the complaints made half the whole number 67, have voted for Mr. Ben in this document is, that the Government seems to bow. Mr. Benbow then has been returned to Par apprehend a civil war by augmenting the liament by the votes of a minority of the electors of number of the troops, and that in this seeming Dudley. apprehension there is some great evil which their That 348 electors out of 911 should have abstained Lordships are not pleased more fully to explain. It from voting altogether, admits of only one explana is perhaps clear to the Duke of Leinster and Lord tion—influence. If so many have stayed away from Charlemont that the best course to pursue, when the poll to avert Lord Ward's displeasure, how many a whole population has been excited by , fan- of those who have voted for Lord Ward's agent may guage most violent and inflammatory, is to have given the direct lie to their convictions ? leave that population to take their own course for Who will believe that a manufacturing constitu the redress of supposed grievances, without envy like Dudley would have sent a man to Parlia presenting to them the visible tokens of the ment to vote for denying foreign markets to its ma power of the law. Such, however, is not the most nufactures, and cheap bread to its artisans, if obviously rational view of the matter. From what- dependent voters had been protected by the ballot ever supposed apprehensions their Lordships may from intimidation ? The Dudley election, then, is think the augme n t a ti on o f th e num b er o f troops i n another proof, added to the recent Salisbury, Hastings, Ireland arises, it is plain that that augmentation is Exeter, and South Lancashire elections, of the re the most effectual mode of removing the ground for cessity of the ballot. all species of apprehension, and is a course preferable, We took the occasion of the late vacancy for we cannot but think, to the coercion Bills and daily Cirencester—where the Government have achieved proclamations with which the Whigs have found 't another triumph in the return of Lord necessary to treat their present allies. Villiers to represent Lord Bathurst and the local banker's overdrawn accounts —to call attention to another class of recent elections for small boroughs, where the ballot by itself could not be a sufficient remedy. In Abingdon, Buck ingham, Christchurch, Cirencester, Devizes, Horsham Huntingdon, L aunces t on , an d W oo d stoc k—in all of which the constituencies are under 500, in all but one of which (Cirencester) under 400, and in one of which (Abingdon) under 300—wholesale bribery and intimidation might still neutralise the ballot. The Government purse might still afford to furnish a sum to be divided among the hulk of the electors of Abing don, if the Government candidate were returned. The Duke of Buckingham might still sway the 380 electors of Buckingham with his own band of depen dents—have them called together and told, " Your number is sufficient to ensure the return of my can didates—if they are not returned, you will all have notices to quit. Besides, whether improper influences exist or not, can it be said that constituencies of two, three, four, and five hundred are sufficiently large to give anything like the attainable security for a proper choice of re presentatives ! If the 225 electors of Harwich were all spotless as the milk-white hind, would it not yet be monstrous that so small a number should choose two Members of Parliament? If the 170 electors of Caine and the 190 electors of Reigate—we wish to be impartial —were entirely independent respectively of Lord Lansdowne and Lord Somers, would it be right for such miserably small constituencies each to return a member to ° Parliament, when so large a number of men possessing the qualification of the Caine and Reigate electors are without a voice in the representation ? We have derived our information as to the numbers of the different constituencies from a return of regis tered electors, moved for by Mr. Hume. The same return furnishes us with the following facts : That there are forty-four boroughs in England returning each one member to Parliament, and thirty two returning each two members to Parliament, with less than five hundred electors • making in a ll ninety eight English members electe d consituencies under five hundred. That in Wales there are three boroughs, each re turning one member to Parliament, with less than 500 electors. Indeed, they are all under 400 ; Beau maris, 315; Brecon, 330; Flint, 270. That in Scotland there is one borough, Ayr, re turning one member, with 440 electors ; and one county, Bute, with 420 electors ; while another county, Caithness, just exceeds the number 500, having 528 registered electors. Another Parliamentary return of registered electors for Ireland, moved by Mr. Butler, shows us s i x t een boroughs, each returning one member, with less than 500 electors. The result of the whole is, that 119 Membe rs i n the United Kingdom are elected by constituencies under 500. Of these 72 are Conservatives, and 47 Liberal Members. In England the proportion of the Conservative Members to the Liberal Me.nbers for small boroughs is larger, the numbers being 64 to 34. In Ireland, where the Liberal party could only gain by the enlargement of constituencies, there are 10 Liberal and 6 Conservative Members, for boroughs with less than 500 electors. Add to the Conservative majority in corrupt and nomination boroughs, their majority in landlord-rid den counties • and what would become of th e Govern ment in the House of Commons, if voters were pro tected by the ballot, and constituences were uniformly , large enough to render bribery and nomination im practicable ? There should be no constituency with less than 1,000 electors. It does not follow from establishing a minimum of electors, that we should also establish throughout the representation a uniform proportion of Members to electors. If the thousand electors are fit men to choose, and can choose freely, and are not tempted to be corrupt, they may make as good a choice as a constituency of 20,000 ; at any rate the twenty thousand will not make twenty times as good a choice. There would be no reason, then, that the West Riding of Yorkshire, with its thirty thousand electors, should be intrusted with the choice of more than two members, because another constituency, that does not exceed a thou sand, returns either one member or two mem bers. Other considerations would determine whe ther it should have one Member or two ; but its choice of two members could be depended upon, equally with its choice of one. We regret that Mr. Duncombe has not had the op portunity, during the past session, of bringing forward his motion for a Committee of inquiry into nomina tion boroughs. It will, we trust, be one of the very first motions of the next session. The time is come when, keeping clear of wild and impracticable schemes of organic change, the Liberal party must look the glaring defects of the present state of the representa tion in the face; and without ballot, and with the pre sent number of nomination boroughs, neither can corn-laws be repealed, nor justice to Ireland achieved, nor any other object, in which the hopes of the great bulk of the people are embarked, attained, unless by some accident to which no statesman would trust, or by the creation of a popular excitement which every wise and honest statesman would do all in his power avert.—Evening paper. DUDLEY ELECTION. 22% LAWS OF GAMING. The following is an abstract of the third report from the Lords' Select Committee on the Laws on Gaming : , " That the Committee have met, and considered the subject matter to them referred, and examined several witnesses in relation thereto ; and the CAnmittee have inquired into the extensive frauds which have of late been perpetrated on the turf, and which they find to consist principally in the practice of dishonest adven turers, who wager large sums of money with the in • tention of receiving if they win, and of refusing to pay if they lose. " After receiving much evidence with respect to this practice, the Committee at first felt disposed to recommend that stringent laws should be enacted by the Legislature for the punishment of such offenders. Upon a mature consideration, however, of the whole subject, they do not think it expedient that the courts of law should be occupied in the investigation of these transactions, but that all persons who wager with honest intentions should be compelled by motives of self-protection to use greater vigilance and care than they now appear to be in the habit of exercising, and that they should refuse to lay wagers with men of whose honour and solvency they have not sufficient knowledge. " The Committee are the more inclined to this view of the subject from the circumstance of its having been lately decided in the case of Wood v. Leadbitter ' in the Court of Exchequer, that the stewards of races are fully empowered to exclude from the stand and its enclosures, and consequently in many cases altogether from the course, all persons guilty of malpractices on the turf, and thereby to give a public warning of their characters. " The Committee think it desirable that this amusement should be upheld, because it is in accord ance with a long-established national taste ; because it serves to bring together for a common object vast bodies of people in different parts of the country, and to promote intercourse between different classes of society; and because without the stimulus which racing affords, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to maintain the purity of blood and standard of ex cellence which have rendered the breed of English horses superior to that of any other country . in the world. The Committee cannot, however, in too strong terms condemn the practice of excessive bet ting which now appears to exist, as affording direct encouragement to dishonest men, who but for this , system of immoderate gambling would seldom have opportunities for giving effect to their fraudulent designs.' "The Committee are of opinion that the interpre tation of the law is anomalous and contradictory, and therefore that the statutes require revision. "The majority of the witnesses examined by the Committee were of opinion that betting should be legalised ; but the Committee repeat that, after ma turely considering the whole subject, they are of opinion that that measure would not have the effect of remedying the evils now complained of. " With reference to the present mode and the ex tent of betting, the Committee consider that if it were made legal, a door might be opened to extensive perjury and fraud. _ _ The Committee, therefore, beg leave to recom mend that the law should henceforth take no cogni zance whatever of wagers ; that all statutes making it penal should be repealed ; and that debts so con tracted should be recovered by such means only as the usages and customs of society can enforce for its own protection. The Committee have reason to hope that in thus imposing upon honest men a necessity of greater caution and reserve, the system of excessive betting will be restrained by those considerations of prudence which past occurrences must have suggested to persons desirous of speculating without danger to themselves. " The Committee have inquired into certain trans actions which have lately been brought before the courts of law, arising from the fraudulent practices of individuals substituting other horses for those named in the stakes which are limited to horses of a certain age, and thus obtaining the advantage arising from running at even weights three-year-olds against two year-olds, and four-year-olds against three-year-olds. The succes4, however, which has attended the prose cutions instituted for the recovery of the stakes thus unjustly won, and the rules which the Committee are led to believe will be hereafter strictly attended to, as to the examination by competent persons of all horses which may be objected to, render it necessary for them to make any further comment upon this part of their inquiry. " The Committee have received evidence respecting the gambling houses in the metropolis, and they trust that the zeal and vigilance of the police will not be confined to places resorted to by the middle and lower classes, but that the law will be equally put in force against all houses, whatever be their denomination, or whatever the class of persons resorting to them, where illegal gaming is known to be carried on. "The Committee likewise beg leave to observe, that the stewards of races, now that their power is recog nised and established by law, must henceforth be held responsible to public opinion if gambling-booths or tables are permitted on race -courses." SUMMER ASSIZES. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Wwwick, Aug. 9. (Before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.) GEACH AND OTHERS, ASSIGNEES, V. INGALL. This was an action to recover the amount of a policy effected upon the life of one John Scott, a bankrupt, de ceased, the amount being 2,000/. Mr. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Mellor, were for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Humfrey and Mr. Waddington represented the de fendant. The action was brought by a Mr. Samuel Beale (he being in fact, the real plaintiff) in the names of the as signees of John Scott, who had the misfortune to become a bankrupt in the year 1842, dying in the December of 1843, the defendant being the secretary of the Imperial Life Insurance Company. The policy was for 2,0001., the premium paid was 531. per annum. The policy was effected in the month of May, 1840, the bankruptcy was in 1842 ; the present plaintiffs were appointed assignees under the fiat, when, under their direction, the policy was sold for the benefit of the creditors, and was bought by Mr. Beale, for the sum of 135/. John Scott died m the December of last year, and the payment being re sisted Beale brought the present action in the name of the assignees, though he himself was the actual plaintiff. There was no doubt about the policy having been effected, but it was alleged that at the time it was granted he had not answered truly, as for instance, he had had spitting& of blood, consumptive symptoms, cough accompanied by inflammation, &c., all of which ho studiously concealed from the office. The facts as proved on the part of the plaintiff were these. That in the year 1840, Scott (who lived in Birmingham, and was a traveller), had been advised to insure his life, and applied to the Norwich Insurance Office for that purpose, but though accepted, yet doubting the stability of the office, thought there was no reason for such doubts, he changed his mind as to insuring at it, and applied to the Imperial Life In surance. It appeared that having given much trouble to the agent of the Norwich Office he paid as much as 61. to him in consideration thereof. He was subjected to a rigid examination by the medical gentlemen acting on behalf of the office and was accepted. In the declara tion made by Scott he gave the name of Williams as the person who was his usual medical assistant, and who certified to his being in a good state of health, and that he had never known him otherwise, excepting those Casual illnesses parti es are a ll su bj ect to. In his evi dence Mr. Williams swore he was a medical prac titioner in Birmingham, and that he knew Scott in and from 1832 downwards ; and that he was his medical at tendant in May, 1840, and considered him in good ge neral health ; that he gave a certificate to that effect, mentioning, however, therein that he had a loose carti lage of the knees ; that he remembered his being con fined to his bed for three weeks in 1840, owing to the en largement of the inguinal glands, which Scott told him was occasioned by his going into the water. He had a cough, but not such an one as to cause uneasiness in the breast of the witness. In his crossexamination, this witness gave certain equivocal answers, the bad effects of which, however, was explained away, or nearly so, in his re-examination. The principal witness, however, in the case for the plaintiff was Dr. Ingoldsby, who stated himself to have been for many years the medical referee of the Norwich office, He examined Scott on the 19th of February, 1840, and considered him a good life. His age when he died was thirty-three. It was his duty to take parti cular care as to pulmonary symptoms, or indeed any affection of the chest. Spitting of blood for a number of years was a strong consumptive symptom, and par ticularly so if accompanied by a cough. He had every reason to believe that the chest of the deceased was sound when he examined him. Is considered a very strict examiner. Several witnesses were called who spoke to their always having considered him healthy, though one, Luke Brierly, stated the deceased conceived he was ill, and would run all ever the country for doctors ; one day he would be all dead, and another all alive again. The case on the part of the office was, that Scott had know ingly deceived the office, and it was stated, that it would be proved that the family of the deceased was a con sumptive family ; that his father had died of that dis order at the early age of thirty-one, also two of his bro thers and one sister ' there being only one oth er s i ster remaining ; that the deceased had suffered from and was prescribed for a disease of the lungs long before 1840, and that Scott was continually sending for prescriptions to be made up, and that, in short, the whole was done in fraud of the office. Ann Scott, the sister, deposed to her father being said to have died of consumption. She herself did not re member him. She lived with her brother from Christ mas, 1839, to his bankruptcy, is 1842. He had a bad cough when he took cold. Assisted in cleaning the bed rooms, and on one occasion observed blood in a vessel. Her brother said it came from his head. Many other members of the family were called, at whose houses ho had stayed for a few days, two or t h ree times a year, who depo s ed to his being considered un healthy ; to his continual coughing and spitting ; and one witness said that for six years before his death there was consumption staring in his face. Of the family, however, said to have died of consumption it was only rumour and hearsay. The brother who died at the age of 19i, it was said, had brought his death upon him by misconduct of his own. The principal medical evidence—though several others were called—stated he attended Scott for inflammation of the lungs in 1835. Bled him. Attended him the same year for a venereal complaint and ulcerated sore throat. In 1836 again attended him, when he was la bouring under a very severe cough and spitting of blood. Also attended him in 1837 for a cough and cold, and for the like cause in 1838 ; the mucus was streaked with blood. Should say that in 1840 the deceased had bad symptoms of consumption. Several other surgeons were called, some of whom had attended Scott, and spoke of him as a consumptive man ; yet Mr. Williams, in 1843, a few months beforo Scott's death, had given a certifi cate recommending him as a good life to the Western Insurance Office, and on his certificate he was accepted. The lungs had been examined and found to be full of ca►ities, and were much diseased, but the surgeon of the Imperial Life Office, who had examined them when in a comparatively fresh state, was not called. Mr. HILL, in a very powerful speech in reply, com mented strongly on this fact, and went very minutely through the whole of the case. The Learned JUDGE having carefully summed up the evidence, the jury retired at nine in the evening, and alter an absence of half an hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. OXFORD CIRCUIT. —Hereford, Aug. 9. The civil business was all disposed of yesterday at an hour sufficiently early to enable Lord Chief Justice Tindal to trya case of horse-stealin g b e f ore t h e C ourt adjourned. i As was mentioned in yesterd a y' s report , t h ere were f our causes in all to be tried, one of which was undefended, and two were substantially in the same predicament. The fourth was the following : —. AbLEN V. TFIE KINGTON RAILWAY CO)I?ANY. Mr. Serjeant Talfourd and Mr. M`Mahon appeared for the plaintiff, and the defendants were represented by Mr. Whateley and Mr. Keating. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a gentle man of property, residing at the " Moor," to recover the sum of 371. 1 ls. 4d., for money paid to the use of the Company, which was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1818. By the provisions of the Act it was required 'that the Company should repair and keep in order the fences of the property through which the railroad was carried, and the fences on both sides of the railroad being very defective at that part of it which passed through Mr. Allen's estate, the plaintiff in 1843 repaired the fences, and obtained an order from two magistrates for the payment of the amount which they had cost to re pair. No attention having been paid to the order, the present action was brought. Mr. WKATELEY, for the defendants, submitted that the order was bad, the jurisdiction of the magistrates not appearing on the face of it. He took also several other objections to the order, but the Lord Chief Justice said he would not stop the case, but would hear the answer which the defendants had to make to the merits. The case then set up on the part of the defendants was that the " Moor" estate was originally the property of a Mr. Harris, who died in 1824, and that in 1819 a parol agreement was made between the company and Harris. by which Harris undertook, upon receiving two sums of 10/. and 30/., to fence the estate himself, and keep it in repair. Afterwards, however, he changed his wind, fancying that a fence would spoil the view, and the com pany then put up a low wall with a gradual slope, so that the view remained the same. Lord Chief Justice TINDAL—I think your clients spent their money very foolishly, Mr. Whateley ; but I have heard your case, so that it may not come down again. The plaintiff must be nonsuited, with leave to move to enter a verdict for 371. l ls. 4d., the sum assessed by the Justices. CRO WN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY.) Richard Taylor, Thomas Taylor, and James Taylor. all young men under the age of 21, were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Daniel Bond, at Ashperton, on the 23d of July last, and stealing therefrom a pair of trousers , two shirts, two coats, and other articles, his property ; also, a piece of bacon, two handkerchiefs, and other articles, the property of George Bond. The jury, after some deliberation, found all the pri soners Guilty, and they were sentenced to transportation for 15 years. This was the only case tried to-day in either Court which was not of the most common-place character. Only one indictment remains for to-morrow, a case of sheep stealing, which will be tried before Mr. Sergeant Atcherley. The Lord Chief Justice will proceed to Monmouth and open the commission there. WESTERN CIRCUIT.— Wells, Aug. 9. CROWN COURT. ARSON.--George Garland was indicted for setting fire to the dwelling -house of John Shiers, at Somerton, on the 14th of May, some persons being therein at the time. Mr. Cox conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Edwards defended the prisoner. From the evidence produced on the part of the prose cution it appeared that Shiers kept a public-house called the Dragon, at Somerton, and that the prisoner some time before the fi re had lodged there. Something, how ever, arose which it was more than hinted at was a jealous feeling on the part of Shiers, and the prisoner was turned out of doors. In the early part of May th e p r i soner was at t h e s h o p o f the fathe r o f Shiers, and in the course of conversation he said he would be revenged on Shiers and his family. The father said the only way in w hi c h h e cou ld b e r evenged would be by setting his house on fire. The prisoner said he should never be happy till he had blown John Shiers' brains out. On the 14th of May the prisoner went into the Dragon public-h ouse l a b ou t n i ne i n the evening. Afte r being there about an hour a quarrel arose between the prisoner and prosecutor, which ended in the latter turn ing the prisoner out ofdoors ; he then went towards the back court of the prosecutor's house, and in a short time afterwards the cellar was discovered to be on fire ; it was, however, soon put out, and, upon raking among the ashes of this fire, a tin box belonging to {he pfisonei' was found between the wall of the cellar and the thatched roof, and the mark of the box as if the fire had been in it was apparent upon the wall. The witnesses, how ever, were in many instances inconsistent in their story, and contradicted each other in many particulars. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up, and the jury re turned a verdict of Not Guilty. Nearly the whole of the day was occupied in trying prisoners charged with unnatural crimes. NISI PRIUS COURT. ALPORD V. ASHFORD. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Bute conducted the plaintiff's case, and Mr. Crowder that of the defendant. The plaintiff was an innkeeper, residing at Shepton 11Lat1let, and the defendant was an attorney, and secretary to a cricket club called the Shepton Mallet Club, and the action was brought to recover 321. Is., for the hire of a field and carriages, and for refreshments supplied. The defendant was manager of the club, and gave orders for everything. Matches were played with other clubs, and the plaintiff provided the marquees and provisions, by the direction of the defendant. The club played a match at Bristol, and the plaintiff provided the carriages for conveying the members to that place, It turned out that a Mr. Marshall was president of the club, and that the plaintiff had first sent the bill to him. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. August 10. John Wikoz was indicted for having discharged a gun at Thomas Ashman, with intent to murder him, at Chilcomptort. Mr. Fitaherbert conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Prideaux defended the prisoner. It appeared, that about half-past eight in the evening of the 15th of March, the prosecutor was standing inside his house,.at the window, facing the road, when he heard the report of a gun, and i❑ an instant the glass of the window came in upon him, and blood ran from his head in streams. His head was wounded, and it was a month before he was able to work. There had been disputes between the prisoner and the prosecutor, and the latter had employed an attorney to recover a debt which he alleged the prisoner owed him. So far the case was clear. Several witnesses were then called, who stated that they saw the prisoner that night near the house of the prosecutor with *gun in his hand; but they all ad mitted they had continually said that they had met some one, and did not know who it was, so that as soon as Mr. Prideaux had made his address on behalf of the prisoner, the jury said they had for some time made up their minds, and that they should acquit the prisoner. A verdict of Not Guilty was therefore re corded. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) BOW-STREET. The Hon. William Ross Touchet, was brought up for re-examination, charged with having discharged the contents of a loaded pistol at Mr. Thomas Smith, the proprietor of a shooting gallery in Holborn, with intent to kill and murder him. Mr. Vandrey, a solicitor, attended on the part of Mr. Smith, and Mr. Clarkson, together with Mr. Robson, the solicitor to Lord Audley, attended on the part of the prisoner. The prisoner was brought to the Court in the early part of the day, in a cabriolet, and not in the prison van, as on his former examination. Previous to the prisoner being placed at the bar, Mr. Clarkson (ad dressing the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Twyford) said he had been given to understand that, since the last examination of the prisoner, the surgeons by whom he had been attended in the hospital, had, at length, succeeded in extracting the ball from the back of the unfortunate gentleman (Mr. Smith), and that he had since been going on favourably ; he therefore wished to know whether the professional gentlemen were of opinion that he was now sufficiently convalescent to attend the Court that day and give evidence, for if he were not, the prisoner must again be remanded for a period which would prevent the possibility of his trial taking place at the ensuing sessions of the Central Criminal Court. A police-constable of the F division here produced a certificate signed by the house-surgeon of St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, of which the following is a copy : " I hereby certify that the pistol ball has been ex tracted from the back of the patient, Thomas Smith, and part of the lumbar vertebrae has come away with it, But Mr. Smith, although now out of danger, cannot be removed without considerable risk. (Signed) " GEORGE ROYDE, " House Surgeon, St. Bartholomew's Hospital. "August 10, 1844." The prisoner was then placed at the bar, and Mr. TWTFORD, addressing him, said he was happy to find from the certificate of the house surgeon of the hos pital that the unfortunate gentleman, Mr. Smith, was in a fair way of recovery, and that being the case, and as in the absence of Mr. Smith it would be impossible to proceed further with the case, he should feel it his duty to remand the prisoner for another fortnight, by which time there was every reason to hope that Mr. Smith would be sufficiently recovered to enable him to attend the Court. The prisoner, on hearing the above intimation from the worthy Magistrate, bowel respectfully to the Court, and was then removed from the bar. After his departure, Mr. TWY FORD addressed the son of Mr. Smith, who, it will be recollected, was present at the unfortunate occurrence, and told him that his father would be put to as little inconvenience as pos sible, should he be sufficiently recovered to attend the next examination of the prisoner. Mr. Smith, jun., thanked the Magistrate, and said that from the improvement that was daily taking place in the health of his father, he had every reason to be lieve he would be sufficiently convalescent to attend the next examination of the prisoner. A young man, who gave the name of Charles Lamb Dowden, and who was stated to be an actor, was brought up by Pocock, one of the constables of the F division, charged with having uttered four forged bills of exchange, two of which were for 51. each, and the other two for 9/. each, with intent to defraud different tradesmen, under the following cir cumstances Mr. John Fox, a broker, r es idi ng i n C ast l e -street, Long-acre, stated that he had known the prisoner about four years, as a performer at Sadler's Wells Theatre; that the prisoner came to his shop on the 4th of last May, and said to witness, "I believe I owe you a small ac coun t . I shall behappy to settle it now.;" and for that purpose he and the prisoner went to a public-house, where the prisoner gave him the bill produced for 51., which purported to be accepted by a person named Hagger, residing at Paradise-row, Chelsea, at the same time requesting witness would give him the difference (2/.) between the amount for which the cheque was drawn and the sum which he owed him. Witness promised to do so in the course of the day, but previously put some questions to the prisoner respecting the acceptor, to which he replied, that Mr. Hagger was his uncle, and that the signa ture to the bill was in his handwriting. Witness in the mean time proceeded to Chelsea and made some inquiries with respect to the genuineness of the signa ture to the bill, and the result was that he discovered it to be a forgery. Mr. TWYFORD—Then you have not been defrauded by the prisoner ? Witness replied the only loss he had sustained was th e l oss of time in making in quiries of the prisoner's uncle, who said he had not seen the prisoner for the last two years, and had never authorised him to put his name to a bill. Henry Spratt, a bootmaker,:stated that Mr. Hagger was upwards of ninety years of age, and had lodged at his house during the last five years. During the first three years the prisoner had been in the habit of visiting Mr. Hagger. Witness was positive the sig nature to the bill produced was not in the hand writing of Mr. Hagger. The prisoner, with reference to this case, said he would reserve his defence until he had an opportunity of consulting with his professional adviser. He was next charged with having attempted a si milar fraud upon Mr. John Smith, a publican, in Vere-street, Clare-market, and in which he was more successful; for according to the evidence of the prosecutor, the prisoner, who owed him a bill of 2/., came and tendered in payment a bill for 51., and re ceived the difference, after which prosecutor discovered that the bill was a forgery. Mr. Wells, the landlord of the Sir Hugh Middle ton, adjoining Sadler's Wells Theatre, stated, that in the month of March last the prisoner gave him a bill for 91., in payment of a score which he had run up at witness's house. He had since ascertained that the bill was a forgery. The next victim was Mr. Williams, the landlord of the Clown, public-house, in St. John -street-road, opposite the Sadler's Wells Theatre, who took the other 91. bill of the prisoner, in payment of a score of 11.95., and handed the prisoner the difference. The prisoner was remanded for further examination. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. A French lady, named Louise Pessault, living at 73, George-street, Portman-square, who appeared to have recently sustained severe injury, complained to the Magistrate that as she was walking along Castle-street about one o'clock, a man, who was an entire stranger to her, and who was running with his head held down, suddenly butted her in the face, and knocked her down with such violence that she was stunned for the moment. The man ran off as fast as he could, but was taken by a person who saw her knocked down. The mother of the man who committed the assault said her son was a little eccentric in his conduct, and he had, no doubt, committed the assault under the in fluence of a fit of eccentricity. Mr. HARDWICK said he could not allow a man to escape without punishment who knocked down people in the street and nearly fractured their skulls, merely because he was supposed to labour under eccentricity. The man must be brought before hlm, and he would then entertain the charge. The defendant was speedily produced in Court, and the charge of assault having been clearly proved, he was fined 405., or one month's imprisonment. HAMMERSMITH. Mr. Armstrong, a gentleman, residing at No. 102, Mount -street, Grosvenor-square, appeared before Mr. G. Clive, the sitting magistrate, on summons under the Metropolitan Carriage Act, (6 and 7 Vict., c. 86, sect. 7), at the instance of John Perrin, conductor of the omnibus No. 2,043, for refusing, on the 28th ult., to pay ong shilling, the lawful fare, for riding with the complainant's onirilbus from Knightsbridge to Black-lion-lane, Hammersmith. The refusal of the defendant to pay the fare de manded (one shilling) having been proved, the de fendant said he did not deny having refused to pay one shilling as the fare for the short distance he had ridden in the omnibus. He had done so on public grounds, with a view to have the point settled as to what was the legal fare, and whether the conductors or drivers of omnibuses are empowered to charge what they please. He and several of his friends had suffered so much from such impositions that lie was determined to have the point settled. Mr. CLIVE said, by the Act of Parliament under which Mr. Armstrong had been summoned, it was enacted, section 7, that the proprietor of every me tropolitan stage carriage "shall, on the inside of every such carriage, keep distinctly pai n ted, in a conspicuous manner, a table of fares to be demanded of passengers in such carriage, and the fares therein specified shall be deemed to be the only lawful fares, and may be recovered by the driver or conductor, as in the case of hackney carriages, in a summary way, before any justice of the peace; and every proprietor making default in the premises, shall forfeit the sum of 20s. for every offence." By the 33d section, also, " every driver or conductor who shall demand more than the legal fare from any passenger, or who shall refuse to admit and carry at the lawful fare any passenger for whom there is room, and to whose admission no rea sonable objection is made," is liable to a similar pe nalty. His (Mr. Clive's) opinion, therefore, was that the proprietor of every metropolitan stage carriage has the right of putting up whatever table of fares he pleased, and of recovering those fares by summons. If he chose to put up "Fares—Sundays, ss. ; Mon days, is. Gd.; Tuesdays, h a lf- a - crown ,' and so on for each day, he could do so, and could recover such fares, the public not being required to ride in an omnibus so priced unless they chose. Proof was then gone into that in the omnibus in question the fares were stated as follows :—" Fares, Is.; four miles, Gd. ; Sundays, ls." The defendant was then adjudged to pay the fare, with costs. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. REMOVAL OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS' FROM PORT LOUIS TO PORT WILLIAM. The following has been received at Lloyd's:— " Downing-street, August 9. " Sir,—l am directed by Lord Stanley to inform you that, in consequenco of the superior advantages of Port William, in the Falkland Islands; over Port Louis, the Governor has beeri authorised to remove the site of the principal town, which had been originally fixed at the latter, to Port William. By a dispatch recently re ceived, it appears that the removal has been effected, and that the Governor expected to be able to transfer his residence to Port William before the 30th June last. (Signed) " G. W. HOPE. " W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's." DREADFUL AFFAIR.—ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND SUICIDE.—On the morning of Sabbath last, a most dis tressing event occurred in a family named Fife, belonging to Alloa Colliery. Regarding some trifling circumstance a dispute arose between the father and son, a young lad of about twenty, till at length the former, enraged almost to fury, lifted a hoe, which unfortunately happened to be lying near, and struck his son a tremendous blow with it on the head—laying the skull almost completely open. It was not expected that the lad could survive, and accord ingly information was speedily conveyed to the police, who proceeded to the house, and took the father into custody. lie, however, requested to be allowed to go into another apartment for a moment, and had been absent but a very short time, when, on the officers entering the room, they found him weltering in his blood, having in the interval cut his throat in a shocking manner, Medical aid was instantly procured for both ; and up to yesterday they were still alive, but very little hopes were entertained of their re covery.—Stirling Journal of Friday. NORWICH THEATRE.—MT. Webster and Madame Celeste have been performing with the greatest success at Norwich. The favourite pieces of Suzanne, Victor and Hortense, The Trumpeter's Daughter, The Vivandiere, and the Pretty Girls of Stilberg, have drawn crowded houses. These pieces, says the Norfolk Chronicle, have afforded an opportunity for the display of the various intellectual qualities of Mr. Webster and Madame Celeste. Nothing can be more elegant, more easily graceful, more playful, more feminine, or more fascinating, than the comedy of the lady ; whilst the energy and force with which she delineates the stronger or more tender passions of our nature, are equally vivid and impressive, and her accent, unconquerably French, serves only to render her fluency more piquant. Mr. 'Webster has abundant vivacity, with an ample share of happy, buoyant, animal spirits ; but he has also deep feeling ; and the power of concen trating his emotion, till it bursts forth in an overwhelm ing torrent of passion, which shows how the actor feels, and makes the audience feel also. It is a great mental treat to witness such acting ; and, in every character which this lady and gentleman represent, there is the same display of the most accurate taste and correct judg ment, united with the talent of personation, that causes them to seem really to be the characters they assume. COPIES OF PAINTINGS, &C., FROM THE ROYAL PALACES, FOR THE KING OF THE FRENCH.—The King of the French, upon the visit of her Majesty to France, in the autumn of last year, having expressed a desire to be permitted to employ artists to copy some of the most cele brated portraits in the royal galleries in England, for the purpose of forming an historical gallery of distinguished warriors, statesmen, prelates, &c., at the Chateau d'Eu, in Normandy, the request of the French Monarch was most graciously and promptly acceded to by Queen Victoria. The selections which have been made by the King of the French are from paintings at Bucking ham Palace, Saint James's Palace, llampton Court, and Windsor Castle, where artists are now busily engaged in making the requisite number of copies for his Majesty, which will amount to upwards of fifty. Copies of the following paintings in the Waterloo Chamber and the Thrane-room, at Windsor Castle, have just been completed for the King of the French, by Mr. G. P. Healy, which will be forwarded to Louis Philippe in a few days:—His Majesty William the Fourth, by M. A. Shee; his Royal Highness the Duke of York and the light Hon. William Pitt, by the late Sir Thomas Lawreuce. REVELATIONS or RUSSIA.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this day published " Revelations of Russia ; or, the Emperor Nicholas and his Empire in 1844," by " One who has seen and describes ;" in 2 vols., small Bvo., price 245. bound ; which can now be had of all booksellers. These volumes proceed from the pen of one intimately conversant with the subject, and an eye-witness to much that he describes. They will lead the reader through startling disclosures regarding the reign, acts, and cha racter, of the Emperor Nicholas —the nature of his Government—the secret police, or Russian inquisition— the oppression of the nobility —the more than West Indian slavery of the peasants, and the unparalleled per secution of Roman Catholics, United Greeks, and Jews. They will, also, be found to contain minute and ample details on the naval and military force of the Russian empire; together. with a full account of the general con spiracy of the Russian nobility against the Imperial Government, &c. MANAGEMENT OF INFANT CHILDREN: Friday . Mr. G. I. Mills held an inquest at the Cock, Brook-street, New-road, on the body of William Joseph Mott, aged eight weeks, the illegitimate child of Sarah Mott, a young servant out of place, residing with her mother, at No. 20, Fitzroy place. The child was born healthy, and continued so for a month, when it became cross and convulsed, and its grand mother, who had the chief care of it, began to give it small doses of gin and water, wine, and syrup of rue and oil of almonds. These liquids afforded temporary case to the child, but destroyed its appetite, and it died on Saturday night last, having refused the breast and every sort of food for three or four days previously. A medical man was only once consulted, about ten days before the child died. The grand mother of the child considered her knowledge of the treat ment of children equal to that of any doctor, and therefore did not think the aid of any one necessary. " The grace of God," she said, " and nothing else, caused the death of the child." Mr. Mills said that giving the child gin and water and wine, was only keeping up the disease ; and though the grandmother thought she was a sufficiently good doctor, her treatment of the deceased child proved the reverse. There were many dispensaries, and plenty of surgeons, whereby advice could be obt a i ne d a t very li tt l e c h arge, and he thought it strange that the relatives of deceased had not taken advan tage of them. He did not think the case one criminating any person, but it would have bee n muc h more sa ti s f actory if a doctor had been consulted within some days of the child's death. Verdict—" Natural death." EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF GOOD FORTUNE.—A poor fisherman, residing at Sidmouth, having fallen in arrear with his landlord, hired a boat for the purpose of conveying his few household effects to Portland. The wind blowing from the north-west he put out to sea, and was hailed by a r homeward-bound East Indiaman. There were on hoard the vessel twenty-five passengers, and they offered him three pounds a head to take them ashore. The offer was thankfully accepted, and the duty duly performed. The boatman then returned to his late desolate habitation, relanded his furni ture, and immediately afterwards waited upon his landlord and discharged his debt.—Glasgow Courier. STONE IN A MAN'S STOMACIL-011 Monday last a lunatic, named Joseph Little, aged forty, confined in that ex cellent institution, the Asylum, Brownlow-h;11, complained of being unable to eat in consequence of something in his throat. He was removed to the infirmary, and every atten tion paid him, but he died on Thursday. On examination of the body, a large pebble was found in the throat, and in the stomach a quantity of little stones and grass. How he got them no one could tell. The same care was taken of him as of other patients.—Leicestershire Mercury. NOVEL EXPORT.—A novel entry for export was made yesterday at the Custom-house, viz., 500 pine apples for France, by way of Havre, and 100 for llamburgh, being the first exportation of the kind that ever took place from England. They were entered by Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, and formed a portion of the cargo of the Fear Not, the vessel which recently made the extraordinary and un equalled passage from the Bahamas in twenty-one days. They were shipped yesterday on board the Havre and Ham burgh steamer s , the former being for the Paris m ar k e t, and from their exce llent quality and condition, and being care fully packed in cases of thirty each, will, no doubt, stand the second voyage well. RAISING THE WIND.—A correspondent inform us that he knows a person who inserted in " the leading journal of Europe" an advertisement for which he paid 93. At the foot thereof was appended—" Parties wishing an answer to their application will please to enclose a postage stamp." Within a week he received no less than 219 letters with postage stamp inside, which not only paid for advertising, but gave a bonus of 9s. 3d. in his favour. It is said that hun dreds of persons will resort to this novel mode of " raising the wind. Worcester Journal. On Friday last, at TonbhridigEeliiirells, suddenly', rat teams N Sl a m v i i lfo a r t t . h, very many years clerk to the Genera , ion Company, London On the 15th ult., at Bermuda,. Francis Hall, son of Dr. 11$111 R.N., surgeon,. of the convict establishment there. NV On the 2d inst., at Brighton,Mr. John H Ira of Thor n o , heath, Croydon. " ratbr Oa the 2d inst., at Milton-Clevedon, Somersetshire, 3f. ring Cecilia Hannah ' K. Ellerton. Elinor, Oii the widowst li oifn thest , ' Rev.a t t l ß e u r o o . a u L d l yn. Walsh,ca i t ' e il r d ° ll f o p u t . s h c e e , 14 11.11 . e:::::: 1 . r Wor thing : thorpe, Hall, Lincolnshire. • s+ On the 6th inst , at Stanlake Berks Leonard Corn" HooOnnn. George 6th inst . , at Leatl 11 ' 1 III; 'Walter S• E lli ' the ier ea( , : e h o e rg 7 e tlhi e n n s r i y ., NateTFilic aged 84, Godstone, Suron 01 London: Printed and Published by DIURDO Yu,4 112 P No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sas Pflice,„":l of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 10 . 9 Middlesex. Monday, August 12, 1844. THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES. THE SILVER, SCULLS. The great contest for the championship of the Thames ,00k place on Saturday, the result of which we hasten to communicate to our sporting readers. It is unnecessary for us to enter into any lengthened exordium on the sub ject of this great race, as those to whom it will be of any interest must be acquainted with the fact of their having been given for competition among gentlemen scullers. The race was expected to be something approaching to first-rate, from the well-known prowess of the two gentlemen engaged in it. Mr. Chapman, who held this honorary distinction in 1839, 1842, and 1843, had in the contest of each year exhibited such extraordinary power and pluck as a sculler, that it required a rare good man to dispossess him. Mr. Bumpstead, of the Leander, the winner of the challengers' trial heat last Monday, as his opponent on the present occasion, was a person of no mean skill or ordinary game, as was evinced by the fact of his having defeated all the best scullers of the day, save Chapman, who was not a competitor, at the Great Thames Regatta and at Henley. A good race was, therefore, reckoned upon; but unfortunately it was at such a time in the day as prevented many who would willingly have subjected themselves to a trifling nconvenience from witnessing it. Mr. Bishop officiated in lieu of Mr. Lewis, as umpire ; and about half-past ten was rowed by a crew of picked watermen to the starting place, followed by the Leander, the Royal Academy, and other crack clubs, and a considerable number of other gentlemen, in boats of different denominations. Mr. Chapman won the choice of station, and took the outside place, we presume from a feeling that there was more tide to be found there. The start was taken very evenly, and, after a few strokes, Mr. Bumpstead gradually drew in advance, the labour on the part of either gentlemen being beautiful. Mr. Chapman, as they neared Lucas's-road, which they passed outside of, made a plucky spurt to overhaul his opponent, but the other putting the steam on at the same moment no change took place. Mr. Bumpstead off the Horseferry just contrived to dra w hi s stern clear of his opponent's head, and in rounding the point off the Peni tentiary, went further in advance. On entering the next reach Chapman again made a powerful spurt, and the other following his example, they went by the lead works at a rattling speed, but Bumpstead having a clear lead of about four lengths. At Battersea, at Wa n d swort h , and, indeed, to the very goal of victory, Chapman rowed e a a s th fi e h h a i s s t e o r p n p age as ent: whose h e e r s e w e r se was n e e g n , w b a u s t the e s t unable he me e t o f p ge u n w er e a y l -h am ri d dg ir e a t t h io e n , , win and ner A b f y r. h ß al u f tnpste aminad minute. Both nd th uer gen tlemen appeared to have had enough of it. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday from the Colo nial-office to the Governor of Van Dieman's Land. Mr. C, R. Ogden, and Sir Francis Cockburn had in terviews with Lord Stanley on Saturday. t 0...." . STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TEAM, LEEDS, AUG. rn mand for foreign wools has continued steady throu the past week, and prices are very firmly maintaine, ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, Au°. has been a large business done this week in en wools, and prices may be quoted a little higher. Ct ing wools have been well sought after, but the mot.; turers seem little disposed to buy, except to- supplY immediate wants, at the small advance which took a short time ago. snsittri WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, AUG. 4 come more freely to market to give the slight Adis lately sought by the staplers, the lighter descripti-00 combing wools being most in demand ; but from k high prices given to the growers in all districts, cannot be replaced even with this slight advance. ket wool continues scarce, and worth rather more We s ; YORK WOOL MARKET, AUG. 8.--.. The show uf,,y was only moderate, and the sale rather dull. Tiie , ers asked more than the buyers were willing to P er The prices for good mixed lots of Hog and Evre 14s. 6d., 155., and 15s. 6d. Moor Wool continue s not realising more than 75,, 7s. 6d., and B s . I , , er ste"' , ' which prices a tolerable good clearance was ni,tde• LEEDS.—There was more business done at the d 4 halls this week than for some time past, but -4 1118 1 0 only from the circumstance that more goods y brought to the cloth halls, as the stocks were left- 3 same exhausted state at the close of the market e s ,' been the case of late. Low goods are still lookini but fine qualities are without any alteration in pric s i, though there is a little more doing in them. Ther t ".„,d bb en a good deal of business done in the wareb durb the week, more particularly in heavy gone' the wii,!er demand. BAANSLI.:Y. — The linen trade is steadily imprlf the weavers ace chiefly fully employed, and there good prospect of a brisk autumn trade. BRADFORD MAt;.,NET, THURSDAY.—There Is w 0 business doing in the p;ece trade, both by shippers 0 f home trade merchants ; And as the prospects o 0 harvest are favourable, a fin:. trade is not generalli o pected till late on in the season. I'D prices there is 0°, 4 terial ohange. In the yarn trade, very Little change hslL';, apparent for some time past, an t 6 yarns gener/ taken off as produced. The stocks on hand are je and prices very firm. The market is now well Oro with all kinds of combing wool, both coloni1:1 ant i o tish, and for which the demand is hardly so but,,lw" l as t weak, but there is no alteration in prices. L 4 TRADE cy MANCHESTER, FBlDA.V.—Though tue ote . counts from eZicutta and Bombay are not very fa able as regards tie trade 'of this district, still a business is doing .at both places—whilst from 0 northern parts of Chioa the accounts are decidedly vourable. The commercial intelligence brought by last mail is on the whose deemed rath er favo ur though the effect produced on the markeion was scarcely perceptible, the demand being much j i same as on the previous week. Siece Tuesday theft been but little change either in the demand or la any kinds of cloth (thought the calico printers areP l i using an increased quantity, owing to the supply water, by which their works are in full operation) ; is owing to an increased supply of this kind of c oo l, and caused by a number of manufacturers towing o r looms to the production of these fabrics. Twists; is 1 ° ,41 abated demand, and the turn dearer for the Or numbers.---Leeds Mercury. NOTTINGHAM, AUG. B.—The lace trade cont. ; 0.0 a lively state for fancy articles, and for coarse and jl, l qualities in plain nets and quilling. This ma rket , therefore, bare of stock of all kinds—even fine plain Jo aro sold off, and scarcely any are making but to ?fai Coarse yarns, up to one hundred and eighty, are deelT: te , worth more than at any time during the late adoPio and are daily becoming more scarce. A demand . „4 , sprung up for both Scotland and Ireland of some r c r nitude for these nu:nbers, accompanied by such s vival at Bradford, as to render any material increst`o, stock, and consequent reduction in prices, very bable before next year. The sales of bobbin a nd silk nets and laces, plain and figurt.d, white, colotLi and black, have been unusually large both in El l gJi4' and America during the past season ; and WO' dently require more means to be provided for the D:j r • ply of the coming one. Tips is a very important Lion to the diversified operations of the trade, n0%50 manently located in this neighbourhood. The silk certain blessing of an abundant harvest is cheerin f ol stimulating trade here as in mos t other great map' tories.—Leicestershire Mercury. .3 SALE OF A W IFE AT L EEDS .-0 11 SAtIlTuaY t i jo b noon one of these di sgrace f u l an d illegal transa el ff the sale of a wife, took place with all the orainall, 4 o , malities, in the butter an d p ou lt r y mar k e t, i n thisw ho # l The wife, who was a rather good-looking woman, 6 0 01 25 years old, made her appearance according to ens _ 47 0 with a halter rou n d h er nec k, w hi c h, i n ou r opw r ol might with some show of justice, have been tralisf e l # to the neck of her worthless husband, and male to g e little more tightly. A l arge crow d o f peop l e hal'il e or thered round, th e h us b an d, G eorge W oo dh ea d, - 1 -'0: worth, near Doncaster, who officiated as auctioneer•4o ceeded with the sale, and speedily " knocked down 'los better half (as he is said to have done many ai before, in another way) to th e hi g h est bidder, her, lier, William Idle, of Ousewell-green, near Roth e o l who purchased the lady for five shillings. She fir.been married to W oo dh ea d, w h o i s servan t with 00 Allen, farmer and butcher, of Hemsworth, about jeff years, three of which she had lived in service, in , 0 1,01 it is said, to escape f rom hi s ill- usage . The 51 1 0 it been mutually ar range d b e t ween t h e part i es , he iw a" took place, th e w oman h av i ng contracted a second v a. 4 riage with Idle in January last, and been 11 '7' tho him since that time. Th e p eop l e w h o assembled 0n bet occasion would have handled the husband r a h t l ie, roughly, had he not escaped into an adjoining P u ;e e . house ; but he did not, however, long escape the Pc7:, e f he being apprehended soon after by Mr. Read, the e ri ' - o g constable. After being remanded for some days, d u f o r which he remained in prison, he was brought 1 400 final examination, before George Goodman and Clapham, Esqrs., at the Leeds Court-house yestert:"„ when, on his mas t er an d hi mse lf enter i ng i nto re, niaances for his good behaviour during the ne% t o r months, he was discharged. The woman, who As s be. prehended by Sergea n t H epwort h , w ill b e brought fore the West Rid ing mag i strates, on a charge o f big' —Leeds Times. }, A LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.-.••-.- rr -- co , on this line, for th e wee k en di ng S aturday last, prol e ,. the enormous su m o f 22 , 0671 . 16s. 5d., of wh i c h no d than 17,8901. were d er i ve d f rom passengers a l one . "';‘,/ is the largest amount ever taken in the same sP uc te of time upon any ra il wa y i n t h e wor ld . I t i s at t he Ili, le' 1851. per mile. Th e neares t approac h to t h e total" ceipts was on the G rea t W estern R a il way in . b * o re week ; but then the Great Western and its branche s .d. upwards of 220 miles in length, whereas the Biro§o ham, with its Aylesb ur y b ranc h, i s on l y 120.--fia Record. • h e CONSOLATION IN DISCOMFORT.—In a colt. -110 last winter a druggist was awakened by a ° r o od rapping at the door. Going down, he found s irbe fellow who wanted to purchase a dose of salts• ptA shop was entered, the dose prepared, and a half die 2 w . t soo in the drawer. "How much did you make bh o tir operation?" asked hi s w if e , as h e got i nto bed. A b cents," was the reply. " A s h ame i t i s, returneu,o. 0 irritated dame, "f or a man t o di stur b your r est i n at, dose of salts." " R eco ll ec t, my l ove, " sa id t h e druglot, " that the dose of s a lt s w ill di stur b t h e man ' s r est '- than it has mine."—American Paper. ba ys Letters from Constantinople state, that there Ts' boon some terrible earthquakes in Persia ; Tabri*, heran, and Ispahan equally f . glt them. Kiashar, re and various other c iti es , t owns , an d v ill ages , w e bl e d or less overthrown, leaving many inhabitants ander the ruins. A Circassian nobleman ha v i ng l a t e ly gi verl to o: Russian General a blow upon the face in Warsn% the to flight on his w hit e charger, in order to re ar 00 Prussian fro n ti er . Thi s noble beast cleared the d i i s The of sixty leagues i n t we l ve h ours . T wo moun ted qv, agents, who pursued, were unable to overtake though they changed horses three times. BIRTHS. a 6 tb ° On the 25th of June, at th e B r i t i s h Legation, Cartic-iati , lady of Belford Hinton Wilson, Esq., her Britannic lukr Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, of a son and heir. ~,, 10 On the 4th inst., at D o dd ers h a ll , near Aylesbury, l''' of O G. Pigotst hinst E q., of a auhter. f P P n the., in ( Lincoln's Inn-fields, the ladY ° Lister, of a son. .. i ... job ° On the 6th inst., at C oun t er -hill, New-cross, °'2l.' en Barlow, jun., of a son. of . lis On the 6th inst., the w if e o f F. B ar l ow , Esq., ''''' daughter. J. )1. On the 6th i ns t., a t B r i g ht on , th e w if e o f the Bev' f Neale, of a da ug ht er . el c i f ° On the 6th i ns t., i n Albi on - street, H yde-par k, the Ce °ll R. G. Stevens, Esq., of a son. f On the 6th i ns t., i n U pper B rook-street, the l a dy ° Jo, joy Fane, Esq., of a daughter, still-born. , tte On the 7th inst., in Chester. terrace, Regent's - Pa r '" j our nef of John H. Cancellor, Esq., of a son On the 7th inst., the wife of George William nis c _....„... Esq., of Norton-street, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the Bth inst., a t Pl ymout h , b y t h e Rev o ° h_ll 1(12/8 j! Rector of Bradford, Devon, William Augustus 1 3 Y 113 posil le c i son of John F ranc i s Byrne, Esq., late Captain Scotch, rd aD Guards, and grand nephew of the late Lord Crag ° 0: 33 ' Lindsay, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the la te tilt ° mender John Yule, R.N. rt A r to On the 23d inst., at Stoke Church, near Devonpo ' t be $ Arundel Browne, Esq., to Dora Anne, only child of Rev. St. John Browne, of Kinsale, Ireland. Frs seC t On the 6th inst., a t C avers h am Ch urc h, Thonla s on ezi-t Sandeman, Esq., l a t e C a pt a i n i n h er M a j es ty's 70 g o e r Cave r to Amelia, fourth daughter of W. Crawshey, Esq" etc, sham-park, Oxon. no w , On the 6th inst., at Trinity Church. Mr. pas' of Oxford, to Mary Anne, only child of the late Blackall, of Vauxhall-bridge -road. Tate ° On the 6th i ns t., at Colton, Major James Jo hne l e bite , • the 44th Regime n t, t o A nne, e ld est d aug hter of t he Penny, Esq., Bridge-field, Lancashire. r am .. The Side o Igith %a b e Idgia3 Dail y At sir alter The 8 lii; a . 45 11 , ba L' o , -_____ G Ner notic e I ' 4l l b iron v ITot liter 1 to th e Arr, thi Advert Livi ,_. 0 DUr gui on Ts teral Dreeis Lon R ......_ otaq Nit th 4.11 E NI F4eeur addre Stran T who I TUT] the 3 CAT, tlePos Daily Leetu x 8( ls;G: Lord Vise° thet 71 tiered defer ON, NE been or pa Ciety, LOp t