The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-18 00:00:00

LITERATURE. 4 v- MARINE MEMORANDUM 80.21 i. J Three Volumes. By Hargrave Jennihy:. "g should be very sorry to see any diminution of Lcerness after, and th e t as t e f or , naut i ca l proluelielee h characterised the reading world a year or te,o Z v , s 'E We ar e so essent i al l y a naut i ca l peop l e, have"e so much to render our name memorable on the Ild!ell`witness the long list of our naval worthies, and ties .eteltable spirit and daring energy of our e;a1:7; —e--en e short have effected so much to be prowl i!, tead relations with the mighty element, that works ' which tto foster and confirm this spirit, and this natimat o ought to meet, as they deserve, every klud o: en Is et t , li g w alent. Our sailors and our ships are fine sub -414 for the novelist, let alone that strong and exciting t een which must always attach to the sea for i!s own en Z. Sea life, in all its phases. and the magnificent 17 4 11 , under all its multitudinous changes, present ir ex ikistible treasures to those naturally gifted in their - .>.e th ation. None others should attempt them, \SI' the books we have been greatly pleased. We do iioi e rui ntate to say, and we are sure that a perusal eel; coi fed pow remarks, that they exhibit first-rate originttlit . - ttta wer, and a command of materials, and wil l finish in style, and a brilliancy of itnag,natien, t e c . ll we would consider likely to bring them into ex tilnekbye circulation and universal favour. The battle and of,S e e/e ; scenes at sea ;scenes ashore ; the humours l ee Z board, and an array or the most amusing and Yol t ,'tnoving stories, donee;onstitute the staple of r k r , -- es• All is well and some of the tweed t s e r ie resistibly com i c . Th e fi rst vo l ume com p rise .. terry °l ' deep interest, told in the author's happit st aboundin g i n i nc id ent , an d wel l susta i ne d t h roug h ou t. th e description of the chase of the West: Indianian by th e t r iYateering man-of-war, and his fierce pursuit across kriutoad Atlantic, is detailed in o:uch a way that it could e tr iXitilnd the test of a comparison with Cooper in ids itni ler and better works. Mr. Jennings, however. is no s- f, , tltt °r• The w or k i s f u ll o f o ri g inal thought, and he saes in a high degree that quality in which (`Doper ill, e ntable deficient—wit. His page s absolutely 14' 1 ' briiliant passat'es. Ile has a high poetic 01 ) , t g Tha following passage, .for inAance, ftom his i, t ations On t h e d ec k s , i s true p oe t r y, an d p o etry of tli s er Y,lligh order :—" Before the suspeeted blood-thirsty prZi'ition of one or two of the ships, I saw placed the. t Dor einl Y mollifying intervention afforded by a lowered es ee ' d t 'lle of the se ries of .hu:.ters which serve as ege/ids, t uce b those glaring bails, tr,e Altus .pttes book 3 u4 fteried ships, wh se glances are Blau es. These ittati ro ar e full of amusement and drollery. We might "'Y extracts from them. FINE ARTS. I RA/T OF MADEMOISELLE CE.RITO. ittre have j ust ken favoured with a view of a splendid of ° in.' by Every, from the original by F. Simoncau, 4werp, of a portrait of Mademoiselle Cerito. As Istr ait it is most truthful, and as a picture it is a of Fret gem. All those who wish to have a reminiscence I mo fasci na ti ng li tt l e " realist" of Naples, who is so t ° quit us, should purchase this beautiful engraving. kruZ ile am, the artist, was the only instructor of the late 4t a le Soyer, a lady whose premature loss all lovers of by eve never ceased to deplore. The original painting 474(ineau is in the posession of Monsieur 6oyer. Po i At T h TE CHN IC INSTITUTION. k 1 1, lecture s o f thi s i ns titution during the week have kty, til L ( Pre than usually interesting, and we are happy to ''e attendance of the company has been propor- Re_ t elY numerous. Dr. BaclD triter s lectures on natural ti ve 7erthy are most interesting, .and are admir j ab i ly 4 y4 11 : rhe lectures of that. very err:l:tent map, Dr . . oia le k i n ' have disclosed a variety d important facts an con vf.,n With steam-boilers, and the canse, in most cases, 11,-"Plesions. There is, however, a model of a locomo qpi,Whieh deserves particular mention, for the purpose tjoti -° P e , 'ling up inclines. This apparatus is the invon iNC„ a gentleman name-d Coleman, who has just Opt kilt it from America. It appears -perfectly comp:- 0 0 '1 ( 1 44 far as we could judge by so small a model) to Ptitti n t hat is required to prevent the necessity lA. N a gs, tunnelling, Be.c., vn railways, so irks imp 14 ) ""n Mous on the present system. The gradient R t i: P aleh thi s li t tl e eng i ne draws very considerai,le I'lle f h „ t, i 3 on the scale of 800 !'eet in the mile, or nearly kid .7t in seven, rise. It is provided with an Arch:- P IN" gerew,! between the axles of the carriage, which N„ I t On, Coming in contact with a series of friction ,Ne r t „ - ; ',jaaced exactly in the centre of the line, between C . ' , and is made to pull the carriage and train up hp itt rl eline without stoppage of any kind to attach ap he'lls. &e. ; a desideratum of the utmost importance ill,: the country to be traversed is undulating. Tile, kai u ll „ tc 'T believes that it is perfectly applicable to the s pheric railway as an adjunct of very great utility. U NI'V'ERSITY INTELLIGENCE. W t ., UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. -44 ELC).1t OF MEDICINE-FIRST . EXAMINA TIUN-1845. 114 POST DIVISION. estt, FIRST Charing-cross Hospital. La King's College. (is4B"ohn Clir uenson , London Hospital. I too, ti ,: d ge, Henry Fred. Augustus, University Cell( gi.• ba.niel, Guy's Hospital. q(4 l „ e Y, Thomas Henry, Charing-cross s k1 4 ::' 41 , Walter, Guy's Hospital. gang George Henry, Guy's hospital. Cornelius NVinter, University College. 144' 41 , Willi am Henry, University College. k tic John, Ding's College. , IK ketr i s ,' Joshu a Harrison, Queen s Coll., Birmingham. ,wilt, l „ —tL AlA Hopkins, Kings College. ffif — t r; Alfred University College. Wing, Royal 4 , Le ' E • College of Surgeons in Ireland. 41 0 SECOND DIVISION. Iq,"ge, John Thomas, King's College. ;: a tro, James Cato, University College, 11 44,5, Ithiel, University College. 'O6 .' l , Hen ry Th oma s, St. Thomas's Hospital. AWilliam Henry, London Hospital. James, Queen'sColleg.., Birmingham. Thomas Apothecaries' hall of Ireland. ^ 4 te, John J. s t i London Hospital. t aTe ; C e• t; enry, Kins g oeg notaas James, King's College. kit N th M I NG MATCH.—On Wednesday, a swimming ot'Ntt! s° a fine display of boating, diving, tce., took place at I . ;I ''"al Swimming Baths, High Holborn, for the benefit s ka ' eta s - -, l ,Kenworthy, the teachers of swim:mil. g at these ' cl 7 i t s etsd" e Place with spectators, who evidently some extraordinary feats, in which they were not Pe r f,T e u• The entertainment was commenced with a 1eve 1:444 h 'lnduce, being a match between a number of boys, very well conte'ted by all uartie., and , won , amidst f s i? ause by Williams, one of Mr. kenvvorthy opupes.. This 4: 14 % 4 .11 4d by a scientific display of swimming, bite Nigh 'e.. by Messrs. Kenworthy and Poulton,. who . went 17r number of various and difficult evolutions in the 4 , 4 41a:, 1uc h called forth repeated and unanimous burns cieel a -- e from all sides of the bath. . Mr. Kenworthy, in tißres t as might be expected from his cape' ience, shewed 444sif deal of skill and scii_nce in . his movements, putting Ad 4 n all manner of positions and attitudes with I k a pparent ease. Amongst other feats, he chewed i ' C l la:' l "ed a Bath bun and drank off a bottle of Fait h e , whilst every portion of his body was comple'ely t r qu i in the water. He also smoked a pipe of tobacco e ,e,7 Tr ie positi on , not hi ng a pp ea ring above the surface of 4' t ee t r , e xaept the bowl of the pipe, which contained the teeli t i t °'ean• This performance caused much amusement, ed several hearty cheers from the lookers on. A race vot4Peti‘f('' sweep takes then tomc place between a number of ‘, lA l pt Ors, but there was not much good swimming displayed, ki as kttl Y e Pewters and Robinson, who easily distanced the rest, 14 1 ‘es 1 , in at the starting-place together. This, with several . keitvej rf° rmanees, concluded the special entertainment of !Ile i t TR, though the company were for a long time after t; ls ee .."Y the eccentric movements of the numbers who a rito . Le perfect themselves in the mysteries of the art of , c t • "•CCIDENT IT TILE EASTERN COUNTIES ti'" — ein Thursday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the te lea . ',: e Pital, on the body of Will Holman, aged thirty te, It appeared by the evidence of Darrel Long, that %%lea Week witness and deceased were employed at the Ri lr ilit e : f°l ' goods, now erecting at Bethnal-green station o t w .' n Counties Railway ; they were painting a large iron tt:' liti nd ' nt Y-four feet. long, and weighing two tons and seven lii',„liatir,,,redweight, it was set up on edge for the convenience when witness with a spade removed some rubbish ak', 4 Pol i r ` d " it was resting which caused it to turn over, and it e•ta i ,, "eased, by which his left thigh was fractured. lie 1'5 5 5t diet t h e Yed to the hospital where amputation was resorted e deceased gradnally , sank and died on Tuesday last. t ,A Q ,"" t Accidental death. DE NT TO Ma. JUtTICE MAULE.-011 Tuesdcy .°4 -t ween eight and ine o'cloek, after having liberated a tedious day's business at St. Mar's-hall, Mr. 'lea ' N ieul rs ei while passing down the stairs from the magis ratheTni.as he approached the bottom met with a sudden ti t :fteed a violent fall, caused by his foot slipping. An officer iekqet s tr e ,immediately raised his Lordship, who was at first tyiward Y ,aiarrned by the shock he had received, from the A :4 ^o Position in which he fell. Happily, however, he sus ki.erious hurt, and soon recovered his self-possession, :rwards proceeding to Warwick for the night. The 1 1 , 4 d at r . e , I Y accidental the staircase and passages being wed Judges it oce ' urred; We understand that, on the Isbi 'atic; th alighting at the official lodgings at Warwick, , ern fireless and cheerless, and altogether presenting I lrri va r a °-"aek-like " appearance, partly in consequence of ti, t i Cli tt a day earlier than expected.— Coventry Herald. .—The following circumstance con- Pest may be possibly turned to a good ac kitit'i'ii'h r ebruary list ! planted three gallons of . early I '4 l ei ' l. ll ss ,: le Y potatoes in good !oil, under a wall having a "4,1 P an ; t° my surprise, on t .t y ' one or two had made . three o r up to the middle of liNizy, and by the . 2d m tL, r tirth er ! four more, without the smallest indication . of tli m ae s, to vegetatiou over the while border. On examining tat a, ,aith surprise, the remainder of the sets were needy I,liireg wirewormv the potatoes having the appearance t ek; Now fi led all through ' with an augur of the size of a t st e does not this tend to show, that by leaving a few ttsoeredPotatoes, carrots, &c., in the fields in autumn, t sco Y B ed wi th ' ,. r _ ,o ll, that these destructive insects mbe de numbers in the spring by stocking out the '-'"troaide fig them to a heap ft t T at i of quick lime ?—Ltneole ~yp-EAM-ROAT ACCIDENT.—On Thursday at th:_ner for th e D uc h y o f L ancas t er , h e ld an C Rtivi u n bull, Milf ord-lane, Strand, on the b o d y o f iro e v ' e a ged fifteen, th e ca ll-b o y c e the ‘Verillii.g tqt 1 1 11 " 0o `trier, Plying between London-bridge and ,11, i , s er ta„,0.,-a,urdav morning List, the steamer had jus g i,;':l3 l at Hungerford-bridge, :when the captain s k fse en annie directions to deceased, discovered that al li C , the water, and kuirsit.g a bucket from the t i t et . 7etiu,t e d t ., I.l4 ar t 1 , 1 a,, ,, ,,„ for Wati;.art de , ceased must have fallen overboard t be t • The Isas stopped, and every to recover the body, which was yeli it ti l . yeiterilay morning, when it was diseovered reef hain of a steamer ; moored off the end of ?for t %te I ,; 4l 4kLiee r. .„..erdict—" Accidental death." ! P t, a'a rni - t s t rf re ,Vl . fe understand that Thomas Broad eq 4 iionasfding. guineas 2', towards the erection of b Zf et i i s, ,'"fi a s , lqt` , leverness. Mr. Broadworstri Tut a t line utis,lieeed to Mr. tlackenzie, barker, 141 4 will be copied by others of our tene t English vi 4 itorth—lnverness Courier. 4 " 1 r. yl :5211' i ; c s a tiq' (t . ) es t 10 to 1 1 ;d1 ,get )sallmo;,1 i 0 to V i ' t , Cata r os! 'Miss 10 t° "Ict ; hire 111 t0 1 e; sllj)lt' ,00 , (let. J. declar7 Bis hop) j •" ... ro . gl ee - 1 (1. , . 2 • 0 5 ..... o dt ••••••• o a at ...." (ts, b...... h sp oo , 1 0 3 1 5 1 or 2 4 dr o a S Wee e rl f; e t, l g o tev (6 3 jo' In, , e'er , 9 0 •••" 0 - 1 I lisle) S' stand e o n d p 1 tten/ 0 0 " '''' : 0 rolo la l 1 5 4 a , •••• 111 ye p ••• 0 "0 4461 1 see 1 1 I , fl, _Oa r 0141 ief 'iv he 11' ,ut ,ar ys t l ,7 , , , : leb 53 0 °''' 2 $ 1 ; 1 TRX TN, LONDO_N, MONDAI MORNING, AUGUST la, IMS. -,11, Br -a.. JLJO G i;EN This oki, this ancient, niid 1 ) ,„•:,„ h,-• n paralysed by the railways. a7.iLl, bents at Hounslow, cannot complaii, 1 , 60 to coo, It is now pia et. wiCri C .1 - ge E,A)ins or let, or dispose of as he thinks lit, and .mac, have Lis authority fur asserting a very good living is t., ) he made thee. by means of civility and industry. in stance, beside a little coaching and some posting, they have three or four flys constantly in euipk'y. Very fre quently little snug dinin-rs ; a constant eccial evening paity of the neighbours. and during the season the Four-in-Hand Club (that has numbered fifty- years at this respectable old establishment) have eight or !en dinners, for which they pay well, and keep their own wine deposited there, in cellars of fine temperature, for which they pay a good yearly rent. Then the nppoini znf:nt o! the post-oftiue adds twenty or thirty pounds a 3 ear to the" ways and means," besides so much of addi tional respectability. Piair old liirvey, better lei;own as " Peter," war, during his reign, one of the tina a , tis'es as it man co ,, k in the kingdom ; indeed, so good, t!,46 iieorge the Fourth used to send far him on great oeca si,iir,; he is 1145 who invented till` et-del - in - tied sauce ku,, n by his name, he was always itc , _untecl a very onl,ging and very infellig,ent mar, tall at wit. and a great pat with the Club. Jr is reported of hilt., that some twenty - -ties year 3 ago, Mr. George Robins was dining there at a felt-a-tir dinner with one rdation only, that after having partaken of many of the good thint:s a ,•ur host, Pet, quired what other th:licary floy c,:nlei think of, s , anethmg to be very rfekrelie, and being toil they had already - estsled hnintifuLy, ho said he hf-. 1 in his mind's eye it dish they could not rel , t., o.a Czar would re:,t,..n e the dying enibers of a dep,:rti,g te, to id this was nothing more nor less than a Manitenon cutlet tone in Pcter's beat style. It must oat be omitted to state a tact uit: will demonstrate, the - L'lsck Dog is not on his last legs— on the day of the Ascot Cup, cur fair hostess of the inn received a sum exceeding one hundred pounds. OF RAILWAY:=, London.: Liver- 31stli chester, Bristol Abel deeu Arbroath ..ind k oitar Dirt.. Halt' Shares . Armagh, Colt., & Portrush Beilast and Ballymena I;elfast and County Down Lan. & Ciies, Jne. Ilinninglnint and (ilo'ster f). New ( iss. it 7 1 /, s. ) Ditto tlali e•• & ON irli. d tine. & N. Lai. iitackhurn, !Jamb, & i•;tiltn Wigan, & Lieerpl. ilrigiiton, I.cwes, and Bast. Oils'. I arid Exeter .. Ditto New- ol Glotiecster . (;al, i;uhi.►u . [into Extension Cambridge and. Lincoln Cliciter and Birkenhead Ditto New Miares Ditto hilt tiha es Chester and Holyhead Cheltenham and Oxfind Chichester and Brighton Churnet Valley lydes,iale Junction . Cork and Baudor Cork ahol Killarney Cork and W aterford Cork and Yougbal .. . Coventry and Leicester ... Cornwall. Diss, Beccies, and Yarmoth Direct Northern Direct Norwich.... ...... Dublin and Belfast Juliet. Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine Dublin and Galway I::undalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Ditto New PORT or SournAmrrotv,—The Lords of the Trea sury having been pleased, by their order, to approve of South ampton as a port fur the importation of tebaeco, upon suitable premises being provided for the deposit of the article under bond, the Board of Customs have approved of premises for that purpose, and the order has been cemmunicated to the different revenue departments throughout the kingdom fur the information and government of the (Beers and all parties con cerned. This order will be of considerable importance to that flourishing and vastly improving packet port, and will, no doubt, be duly appreciated by the steam-boat companies and others running vessels thence to different parts of the world, to whom the absence of the privilege of importing and housing tobacco and cigars for the use of the ships, &c., has been long a source of inconvenience and complaint. Previously to that order being issued it has been necessary for the owners of the West India and Peninsular mail packets and other steamers to make a special application to the Beard of Customs, in each instance, of a quantity of cigars being required for the use of the passen gers during the voyage, in order that the same might be re moved from London for that purpose, which proceeding neces• parity caused considerable delay, and was frequently a source of inconvenience. Tobacco and cigars will now be allowed to be imported direct into the port, or removed under bond from other ports, at the pleasure of the importers, to be housed there, and taken out for such purposes as occasion may require. The weather is still wet almost every day, and very little progress has been made in getting up the hay now out ; since our last, indeed, a good deal is now quite spoiled. 'the wheat harvest is sadly delayed, and though a few pieces here and there are cut, reaping will not be at all general for a week at the least. As the weather is, perhaps it is safer stand ing than when cut ; and certainly not yet very ripe in any si tuations hereabout. A few pieces:of forward oats are cut ; and in general there is a great deal of straw, both of oats and barley. —Brighton Gazette. Louis PHILIPPE AND HIS FAMILY.--The King of the French is at present the grandfather of eleven children— namely, the Duke of Orleans, 2 ; the Queen of the Belgians, 3 • the Duke de Nemours, 2 ; the Princess Marie (dead), I; the Prince de Joinville, I ; the Duchess of Saxe C. burg, 2. Wei:aces - Len tants of the ancient city of Worcester have been this week enlivened by a regatta, the attractions of which have drawn people from all parts of the country to Worcester. The sailing matches on the Severn commenced on Tuesday, and were continued on Wednesday, but the continued rains materially damaged the sport, as tne current was stronger that. desirable tor the dis play of nautical skill. THE WEArtiEn.—A deal ~ f rain has fiillen since our last. Saturday and Sunday were both drizzling there egw.et days, and yesterday was exceedingly Owen . , al t hough was no rain. The mercury in the barometer, however, is gradually rising, and the wind veering towards the west, giving a hope of more favourable weather.— Scotsman. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.— thi 1. 2 1(1 short. time after the railway train which left Edinburgh at half-past one o'clock had left the Gogar station, a little girl fell under the train, and altlieu,eh it passed over her, she re ceived no injury. On the accident taking place, an alarm was given, but betore the train could be stopped, it had proceeded about a mile along the rail-, when the guard, Morrison, gave orders to back it, and whee it had gone a short distance in that direction, the girl was seen running after the train with her bounet in her hand. The guard was most attentive, and evinced great tear lest any accident had occurred. his conduct on the occasion was spoken of by the passengers as very praiseworthy, and de serving of consideration by the Company, in order that his example may be followed by those entrusted with the manage ment of trains—a trust which requires not merely skill, but prompt action and prudent conduct.— G asgow Chronic e THE ST. ANN S SoCILTY.—HEtt AJEsTY'S COM MANDS TO CHANGE ITS TITLE.—MI:NIFICENT DONA TIONS.—On Thursday a Halt-yearly General Court of the Go vernors and Subscribers to this Institution was held at the London Tavern, Bishop-gate-street, for the purpose of re ceiving the report of the Committee, and to sleet into the Brixton Asylum twelve additional children (nine boys and three girls) from a list of ninety-eight candidates. Alderman John Johnson, Vice-President, in the chair. The report, which was read by Mr. Leeks, the Secretary, stated that the Committee had the high gratification of announcing that the peculiar nature and benefit of this Institution having been brought specially under the notice of her Majesty, her Ma jesty had been graciously pleased to command that from henceforth the 'title of " The Royal Asylum " be pre fixed to the name of this universal charity. His Royal HighrNs Prince Albert had also recently extended his for mer patronage and support of this society, and bec-.me entitled to a life presentation. His Royal Highness's exam ple had been followed by the Society's Friends, Miss A. G. Burdett Coutts and J. Curteis, Esq. A previous liberal bene factress, under the initials M. C. V. 8., by the hands of the Society's:honoral y chaplain, had also lately munificently con tributed the sum of 5001. Consols to the new town asylum fund, and some few contributions had been already offered to the exhibitions and reward fund. The report was unani mously adopted. At three o'clock the ballot closed, and the ' names of the successful candidates having been announced, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. i!.;IRENCESTER ELECTION.—THURSDAY.—TLe form of re-eleeting Mr. Crippa was gone through to-day at the Town-hall. There was rather more stir than on the occasion of the election of Viscount Villiers, but still everything was conducted without the least appearance of excitement. Mr. Cripps was proposed by Mr. Byrch, and seconded by Mr. Stetter ; the speeches were complimentary, and Mr. R. Mullins, who followed, stated that. Mr. Cripps had been offered a lucrative office some time ago by the Government, but de clined to accept it, from the circumstance that he would be obliged to relinquish his seat for Cirencester. Mr. Crippa, on being dealared duly elected, addressed the audience at great length, contending that Sir Robert Peel had acted perfectly consi,tently in introducing the meesures which he had done, and referred to the recent speech of Viscount Melbourne as showing that such was also the opinion of a political opponent. The meeting then broke up. THE ALLEGED MURDER AT WHITFCHAPEL.—On Thursday afternoon, Mr. Baker opened an inquest at the London Hospital respecting the death of Michael ttobert Edwards, aged 50, a seafaring man, whose body was found un Wednesday morning in a vault in the line of new street, leading from Whitechapel to Spitalfields. Mr. Melts, surgeon, who had mode a post mortem examination of the body, informed the Coroner and jury that the cause of death was a fracture of the base of the scull, but whether resulting from a blow or a fall he could not say. The inquiry was eventually adjourned for the k , urpose of obtaining further evidence. ATAL CONFLICT BETW,:EN A HUSBAND AND Wirit.—On Thursday night, a considerable excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of Tower-street, by the universal prevalence of a report that a man of the name of Joseph Williams Bean had murdered his wife, at his residence, 6, Priest-alley, Tower-street, City. It appears that, between eight and nine o'clock the lodge's in the upper floor were alarmed by a violent wrangling between the parties, who at the time were in their apartments on the ground-floor. ahertly afterwards blows were he tnt, and a noise, as of a weight having fallen upon the floor. The assistance of the police has irig been obtained, Sergeant Miller, of the Tower-street division, entered the apartment, anti, finding the woman lying on the floor, he demanded the cause of the occurrence, when he was informed that the woman had been accusing her husband of ill-treating the family, and that he had subsequently struck her, immediately after which she fell backwards upon the ground, the heel of her boot having caught in a hole in the floor, in consequence of which it had been torn off from the upper leather. She then appeared to be in the agonies of death Medical aid wag instantly procured. Mr. Rubinson, the surgeon to the Custom-house, and Mr. Hutchinson, of 19, Trinity square being very quickly upon the spo t . Mr. Robinson at tempted to bleed the unfortunate creature, but life was ebbing fast ; her neck was broken, and in a few minutes she expired. The acting inspector (Mr. Teague) immediately took Bean into custody, and he was at once conveyed to the chief police station in the City (Bow-lane), to await the result of a Coro ner's jury, which it is expected will sit upon the body this day (Friday). The woman who has thus perished is only 39 years of age. THE LATE FATAL DUEL AT GOSPORT.—Lieu tenant Hawkey, who shot Mr. Seyton in the late duel at Gos port, and Lieutenant Pyrn, the second of Lieutenant Hawkey, both of the Royal Marine+, of the Portsmouth division, have been removed from the list of officers of the Royal Marine corps. THE LATE MR. ADOLPHUS.—It iS somewhat re markable that so many of our great lawyers die without leaving a will ; as is the case with this distinguished bar rister, whose personal effects have been administe re d to und e r 1,0000./. TIIE LATE GENERAL SIR RICHARD D. JACKSON, K. C. B.—Probate of the will and codicil of Sir Richard Downes Jackson, formerly of Hinde-street, Manchester square, but late of Montreal in North America, Knight-Commander of the Bath, and Lieutenant-General anti Commander-in- Chief of her Majesty's forces in Canada, was granted on the 11th instant to the executors and trustees, Charles John Manning, Esq., the son-in-law, and Lieut.-Colonel Francis Davis, and John Coles Seines, Esq. The personal estate in England is sworn under 1,000/. He confirms the settlements made on the respective marriages of his daughters, from his estates in the counties of Bedford, Hertford, arid Southampton; and, subject thereto, he directs all his estates to be converted into money, and invested for the benefit of his daughters and their children. The General died at Montreal on the 9th of June last. STEAM NAVIGATION. —Thursday- forenoon .n ex perimental trip was made in the second Janus, the sister boat to the Bee, to be named the Ant, notice of wh;elt appeared in our columns of last week. She ran the distance from Greenwich to Chelsea-pier—a distance of about eleven miles—in the in credibly short space of 3S minutes, hafll , E.l she was to-ea sionally by the numerous craft on lie rver. She then started ' back on her return, and accomplished the run down to Green wich in 33 minutes. The engines of tlese beeutifel ve,seis are constructed by Messrs. W. Joyce and Co., Greenwich Iron Works ; and the boats built by Messrs. Ditchburn and blare, Black wall. BIRMINGHAM RAII.WAY.—The print,Dci regubtioi- s in every book of instructions delivered to every enginemen, and to all the offleers and servants cf this railway, prohibit the em ploymant of an engine it the luck of any train. except uw.er special circumstances ; and on itiqua y made from tire, end of the line to the other, the anseter is that no euellinetance bad ever yet occurred. Dundee and Perth. Eastern C0untie5............ Do. sew _ _ Do. Perp., 5 pr Cut., No. 1 1)o. ditto N 0.2 East Dereham & Norwich Eastern Union Ditto Extension ... Ediubgh, Ulas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow... Do. Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb., Leith,and Granton Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebleshire Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Huntingdon Enniskillen and Sligo ExPter, Yeovil, & Dorchstr Garukirk and Glasgow Glasgow and Ayr Do. Quarter Shares Glasgow and Greenock Ditto New Ditto Preference ...... Glasgow, Duitties, and Car Goole and Doncaster. Grand Jin Ditto H. f Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New Quarters ..... Grand linii - al Great Grimsby & Sheffield Gt Sothro & Wbtru (Irelnd) Ditto Extension Great Monster... Great Northern of Seoth.d Great Northern of Englnd Do. New, Shares D. New, 30/. Great AV - est - cm Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths Guildird,l & Ports Ilarwieh 11 udrsfld & Alan. 11 & Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsburough Hull and Selby Ditto Hall Shares. Ditto Quarter Shares ... Inverness and Elgin Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray Killarney Junctions........ Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Dewsbury Leeds and Thirsk Leeds► and W. Hiding Juno Leicester and Birmingham Leicester and Bedford Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Ennis,& Kit. June Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Livrpl, Ormskirk, & Prestn London and Birmingham. Ditto Thirds Ditto Quarters. London and Blackwell Lon. & Man.( Remington's London and Brighton ..... Do. Cnsolidated Eighths London and Croydon. Do. Guarantd. 5 per cent Ditto New... London and Greenwich Do. Prefrne. or Privilege London & South Western Do. New Cone. Eighths New, 50/. Shares Do. New, 401. Shares London and York London and Windsor Lonchi, Salisbury, & Yeovil Londonderry and Coleraine Londonderry & Enniskillen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham... Manchester and Leeds Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto Sixteenths Manchester & Binninghm Ditto Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares anchestr, Bolton, & Bury Manchstr, Bury, & Rosend Manchstr, Buxtn,& Matlk M idland Ditto Fifths Ditto New Do. Cons 'Nun & Derby Midland Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Ext et...4ot' to Sligo.. Nwcastl & Darlingtu Junc Do. New (Brandling)... Newcastle aid Newcastle aial Carlisle Newport and Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen ... Newark and Sheffield...... North British . Ditto New 5ham....... Ni 4. thorn and Eastern Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter 5har.5...... North Kent North StatDirdsliire— North Ea-tern North Union (A) ... Ditto (Li) N..:rth \Vales hires New Shares North Western North Wales lAug.ls. 4 '14 - 96% 10% 2:14 2% 3% 2% 2 1 ,4 19 3 / 4 63 / 1 P %P - 3% 25% IN 2 1 4 p 1p 16% Aug.ls. 11% 631 X; 245. 225. 121:6d. 23 IA 11% _ 14% 15 15% 425. 6d. 24 1 ,4 1 % P [75 264 [35 234 ..... 31 83% Norwich and Brandon Ditto New Not., Belvoir, and Granthm Nottingham and Boston Nom, Erewsh Val. & Man Sin tingham and Mansfield ox,„rd and Binning. June Oxford and Worcester Perth and Inverness P4>rsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre. Ditto Half Snares Do. Pref: 5 per CL Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div Richmnd and W. End June Rugby, Worcester, &Tring • Scottish Central ....... Scottish Midland.. ShAlield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto ditto (No. 2) Ditto ditto (No. 3) Sheffield and Lincoln Shrewsb.,Wor., and Crewe Shrews.,Wolv.,Dudly,&Bir Shrewsbry & Trot Val. Un. Shrewsb,Herefd,&N.Wals Slamannan South Devon . South Midland South Eastern and Dover Do. New ( iss. 321.) No. I Do. (iss. 33/.6:3.8d.)„" 2 Do (iss. 301.) „ :3 Staines and Richmond Slatfordshire & Shropshire Sarling and Dunfermline South Wales Trent Valley Do. and Holyhead June West London, Old Shares West End& Southrn Coun Wexford and Carlow Warwick and Cheltenham W at ertiird and Kilkenny._ W add, \Vex fd,‘Yiek&Dub Wakfid,Pontefrct , & Goele Wakefield anA Harrogate Warwick and London West Lancashire Worcester and Tring Whitehaven and Furne , s N, , halt Shares -1%":21.,11 filth and AVeq, 1,4 ilts, ;-:•onifst. & VVeymth Yarmouth and Norwich ... Ditto New...„. .... York and Carlizle York aid North Di r t„ Ikif .01,t em. • ..... . Do. Scarboroughßranch I I.o.oelhy . Ditto r,”” 7 1 / 2 2 3 % 3 9 3/4 5% _ 6% 32% Aug.ls. 1967. 6d. 7% 40 1 16 1 / 2 121/2 2 1 4 p 3% 30 1 A 51/s 11 3 / 4 10 1 4 25% 103 / 4 6% - 214 4 % 225. 6 1 4 14% 26 1 / 2 16 3% 6% 51 /i 45 , 10 1 A 814 - 24 15 8 1% .5% 43 / 3 % lAug.ls. IGIA 58s. 9d. 8% 2 1-16 ..... 3% 1514 3% 97% 1 1 elis - 311 Pf 4 g.i.'.ii,A,l. -I P.:E CLOSING. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN THE lIUNCIP.,II , CITIES AND - .LOW.N; IN ENGLAND, :•-,(1! lurk. lAug.ls. - - 31 ..... 34 Leeds. lAug.ls. ...... 3' 17L - 18s9d Bs. p. 6 15 1 4 55% 26 14 3 4 14% 20s. p 455. p 25% 6% 1318.6d.p Aug.ls. 2% - 4% pl 10% 23 / 4 4 lAug.ls. -- 2% 3 78 6d. lAug.ls. ...... 614 Aug.l4. - 2614 23% 109.1 555. 30 3 ,4 83/ 4 21.125. 6d 89% .... 3% 24% 25.6d.p - 455. pi 2% 27i 4% 3% 3 % 313. 40s. p Dublin. 15% 261 h Ins. 3a. 425, 2 3 / 4 31% 8 15-18 lAug.l4. Gl. Is. 514 41 1 / 2 21.. 217193. 6 7% 23.. 21514 433. 3/. 14s. 4113 s 6 16 12:,14 /19s4d 64 2 11% 60s. 5 1 / 54 ...... a% 2% 7 14 358. 6d. 2314 RAILWAYS ana fth PAYLiAMENT. The Uppet Howe apl;ears inclined to give heart and hand in facilitating railway legislation. Lord Mouteagle's suggestion, that Railway Bills should be commenced in whichvver Hotne Aas ready to receive them, has been favourably received, and probably be acted upon. The present system is absurd. All ;he Railway Bills were first submitted to the House of Cots:mons, and having passed that branch of the Legislature, went to the kieusc of Lords at rueh an advanced period of the session that nothing could exceed the " quick haste" employed to pass them all before the prorogation. A Contemporary says :—" An improvement :on that would be to have but one G' anmittee, composed jointly of Lords end Commons, to sit on the Bill, and of course but one investiga tion. That would rave much time and expense."—lt is not likely that Parliament would agree to such an arrangement, albeit a very desirable one. Perhaps it may not be to late to establish three local boards —in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh—with power to examine into the merits of, and necessity for, railway projects for Eng land, Ireland, and Scotland. This would confine Parliament to the strictly legislative proceedings on such projects. It would save the enormous expense of witnesses in London, and would secure for each project more definite and full investigation than it now possibly cam receive &cm Members of Parliament, who—with all due deference be it said-generally know Ter: little about railway gauges, inclined plains, plants, traffic, bridges, viaducts, tunnels, embankments, and other matters of that sort. It is very desirable, if Parliamentary Committees are to sit in judgment .upon railway projects, that they should examine and decide without the intervention of lawyers. We have a high respect for the profession, but think its members sadly out of place when acting as the paid partisans of this or that railway proposer or objector before a Committee. The questions which railway committees have to inquire into involve matter of fact, twit not of law. There is no occasion for the employ ment of counsel. The expense is enormous, and comes out of the fund which would be better employed in making the rail way. If the project be rejected, the immense fees paid to counsel come out of the pockets of those who have paid deposits on allotted shares. The Commission en the gauges, now sitting, have acted most properly in deciding not to hear legal men. To " make the worse appear the better reason" is the duty of these gen tlemen, and the investigation of truth is rarely aieed by them. We venture to say that, had the Parliamentary Committees not been obliged to hear counsel, they would have completed their business in less time and in a more satisfactory manner. A plain statement of the case, pro and con, and the examination of witnesses, would have been all that was necessary. The speeches of counsel did but confuse, and mystify, and darken the minds of plain men.—Railway Express. RAILWAY PROJECTS -THE MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON. Among the railway projects of the day none is of more importance to the borough of Cheltenham than the projec ted line from Manchester to Southampton, advertised in ourcolumns this week. " The Manchester and Southamp ton," or more correctly the Cheltenham and Southampton, is designed for a direct communicatien between the increasing port of Southampton, southward, and the manufacturing districts of the Midland Counties, north ward, making Cheltenham the point at which it will unite with the Birmingham and Gloucester line. At whichever point of view we look at this project, whether as one of national or local importance, whether in re spect of the probability of its Parliamentary success, or the certainty of its financial success when carried into completion, it offers advantages to the investment of capital equal or superior to any of the lines by which the country is intersected. Looking at the map of England we find the only mode of transit from Southampton to the north is by the circuitous route of the South Western to London, and thence by the London and Birming ham to Manchester and Liverpool, while Cheltenham is °nil reached by the doubly circuitous route of the South Western and the Great Western. By this line a direct communication will be made with these important inland capitals, the line running vie' Marlborough, Swindon, and Cirencester, direct to Cheltenham, and carried thence partly on the Birmingham and Gloucester and Grand Junction lines to Manchester and Liverpool. On the importance of a direct communication with Southampton, it is only necessary to mention, that it is the packet-station for the port of Havre, the Peninsular, and the East and West India passenger traffic ; a ready means of reaching which is of peculiar importance to a fashionable inland watering-place like Cheltenham. The port of Southampton itself is rapidly growing into im portance—the exports, which ten years ago were only sixty or seventy thousand pounds annually, have now reached three millions, and would, in the opinion of competent judges, immediately rise to ten millions on the completion f a direct communication with the source of supply ; its imports are also very considerable, and its passenger traffic to and from foreign countries amounts to between forty and fifty thousand annually. It is needless to say, that a great portion of this immense traffic would be directed through the proposed line. To prove that this line has a curt ,inty of being com pleted, it is only necessary to say, that the proprietors of the northern lines are deeply interested in its formation; to the Birmingham and Gloucester Company, the Grand Juncli.in, the Derby and Midland, the North Stafford shire, and other northern lines, the formation of the Southampton extension would bring an immensely in creased traffic. Already we understand the applications for shares are unprecedentedly numerous, and the only thing want , d to ensure its success, is that amount of heal support which its own merits will Jummaud. At Southampton, the scheme is looked upon as of vital con sequence ; an announcement is this day published wherein the town council of the borough has passed an unanimous vote of approval, and a requisition, with 500 resident signatures, has been presented to the mayor, for a public meeting, to stamp on the undertaking the sanc tion of public approval. The same feeling will, no doubt, be exhibited in Cheltenham, which, as a resort for the traveller and valetudinarian, must be especially in terested in procuring a ready communication with this outport of the East and West India traffic.—Cheltenham Examiner. SCOTCH RAILWAYS. The various lines lately projected to pass into and through Ayrshire will, in all likelihood, obtain the sanc tion of the ensuing Parliament. The Provisional Di rectors of the Caledonian Extension met a deputation of the Ayrshire and Caledonian Junction at Edinburgh, on the 6th inst., when the former resolved to carry out, in its integrity, their proposed line from Lanark to Ayr, with a branch from Aluirkirl. to Abbington ; and con sidering the importance of the Ayrshire Junction, as affording the Caledonian Extension a connexion with Kilmarnock, the directors offered, if required, to work that line at the lowest rates of charge, and instructed their engineer to adapt the Caledonian Extension line, as far as possible, both in line and levels, to the Ayrshire Junction. The Provisional Directors of the Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, and of the Gla.gow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan lines have been in correspondence about fixing upon a central terminus at Kilmarnock ; and their respective engineers have been instructed, if pos sible, to unite both lines there with the Ayrshire and Caledonian Junction—so that Kilmarnock, which was despised and rejected at the formation of the Glasgow and Ayr line, in all probability is to become the radius of railways in .Ayrshire. The projected line from Ayr to Portpatrick is deservedly popular, and shares are ac cordingly at a considerable premium. A curious discovery was made by Mr. Wright last week among the archives at Southampton, of a book contain ing the , priginal naval laws of that port as early as the four teenth lentury. One of them is, that if the majority of the sailors of a vessel on the point of sailing were of opinion that the wind was unfavourable, and the vessel was wrecked after wards, the captain was responsible for the value of the goods lost. It is supposed that these are the earliest naval laws now extant. TIIE HARVEST IN FRANCE.—The weather is be ginning to inspire apprehensions for the safety of the crops No very material damage has yet been occasioned by the in clemency of the season, except in localities which had been ravaged by storms ; all will depend, however, on the turn the weather will take in the course of the next ten days. Should it set in fine, there is still every prospect of a good harve,t ; but, if the rain continue, all hope will be at an end. Vegetation throughout France is late by at least three weeks; and towards the north the wheat is still green. August, this year, conse quettly, represents the month of July of other years. The quantity of rain is inferior to that which fell in July of the cala mitous bear 1616, when it rained during 26 days consecutively; neverthyle , s, should the quantity exceed nine centimetres be tween the 26th of July and the _6th of Augu-t next, the con sequences will be disastrous. It is calculated that every hour's rain entails a loss of 1,000,000 f. on the country. The rye, which presented a fine appearance, has been cut down nearly everywhere ; but it is liable to become heated and rot, from the excessive electricity of the atmosphere. The humidity is par ticularly ominous in Belgium, whence orders to the extent of 500,000 hectolitres of wheat have been already sent to Eng land, Marseilles, and Dantsic. In the south of Russia a great drought prevails, and the crops are also seri• usly metiact d. From the wine districts the accounts are still mere lamentable. - - EWCASTLE COW lIILL OR LAMMAS FAIR.-- l're Cow Hill or Lammas fair for horses and other cattle was held on Tuesday, on the Moor, and was numerously attended by sellers and buyers from various parts of the country. The stock shown were fully equal to previous occasions, both in kind and quality, and a considerable amount of business was done. Cows, ot which there was a good show, were in demand, and prime beasts brought 151. to 161., second-rate W. to 12/., and in ferior about Si. Pigs of a superior kind sold bri.kly, and good prices were obtained. The average, for pigs weighing eleven stones, was 31. 10s. to 41. ; for small pigs, 17s. to 18s. each ; and for bacon the average price may be stated at 7s. per stone. The show of horses was also large and sales brisk. As usual the best arrivals changed hands on the previous day (Monday), at the market commonly held in our streets. The prices were, first class, animals, 401. to 501. ; second class, 201. to 30/. ; and third-class, of which few were sold, at a very low figure. There was also an average show of sheep and lambs which met with a ready sale at fairish prices. Tyne Mercury. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—A poor wonatin named Blount, living in Ray-street, Clerkenwell, who keeps an oyster-stall at the corner of that;st reet, was ondThursday opening an oyster, having at the same time her infant child under her arm, when by some mismanagement she let the knife slip, and it ran across the cheek of the infant, cutting the lower part of the eye bone dreadfully. The child was taken to a surgeon's, where the wound was dressed, and the child is still under surgical care. MILITARY PUNISHMENT AND DEGRADATION. — On Thursday morning a large concourse of spectators assem bled outside the gate of Winchester barracks, to witness a private of the Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards being drummed out cf the regiment. He had been tried about three weeks ago and sentenced to receive 150 lashes, of which 125 were inflicted, and having sufficiently recovered, was brought from the hospital to the parade, for the pur pose of being expelled the regiment. According to the usual custom, he was led by a drummer-boy, with a halter round his neck, through the files of troops, the band playing the " Rogue's March." He had previously borne a bad character, and the offence for winch he has been thus expelled was for accoutring himself in the dress of an officer, and stealing some utensils of German silver, u:ider the expectation that they were silver, when he marched out ot the barrack-gates without being recognised by the sentry. This is the only case of flogging in this battalion since its arrival, and the first since the guards have been stationed in this city. ANSTRUTHER.—HERRINGFISHING.—We have now had three weeks' trial of the herring fishing, and, during that time, the takes have been pretty general. Several boats are already well fished, having caught upwards of 100 crans—one boat is as high as 160. The takes on Friday varied from three to sixty-five trans per beat. The prices have fallen to 10s. and 112. per cran. The herrings are of excellent quality.—File Herald. HE SUPPO D MURDER :A T RAI)I1~G:' - READSNO, Putney Evr:Nreu.--The Deputy-Coroner and jury re-assembled - this afternoon at two o'clock, and procee:44.l to examine the following witeesses ; Henry Houlton, re-examined—When I had returned 'picer's house, and after the body had been examined, I told Spicer that I suspected his wile had come to her death by some unfair means, and that I should feel it my duty to take him into custody on the charge of the wilful murder of his wife. He said, " I know nothing of it." On Wednesday morning last I went to Mrs. Cook's, where Spicer had worked, and saw the witness William Walden, and he showed me a cupboard that was used by Spi c e r t o keep his tools in. I opened it, and took out a handkerchief, which Walden stated be had found there the day before. ' I produce the handkerchief. Y es te r d a y I went again to Mrs. Cook's, and in the cellar'where the work is carried on found an apron. I asked Walden whose apron it was before I examined it. He said it was Spicer's. I took it, and Examined it, and found drops of blood upon it. The apron I here produce. I found another apron, on the other side of the workshop, with blood upon it, and Walden stated that he could swear that both the aprons belonged to Spicer. William Walden, re-examined, after beirg cautioned by the deputy-co oner that he was upon his oath, and should therefore withhold nothing from the jury, said, to the best of my belief, these aprons belonged to Spicer. I never wore aprons, and no other workman besides Spicer and myself were emplo3 ed in the shop whilst we were there. Spicer always woz ean apron when he went to dinner. The cupboard was set apart for Spicer's use. David John Conk, living with his mother, basket-mak,r, High-street —William Spicer and last witness, William Walden, are the only two persons employed in the room under the shop. Spicer always wore an apron, but not Walden. Saw Spicer on Friday afternoon ; his head was between his hands. I thought something Was the matter with him. I asked him if it was so, he replied; " No." George Essington, of 97, Broad-street, tailor—l knew Mr. and Mrs. Spicer. Saw her, to the best of my belief, on Thursday evening, at the bar door of the Royal Oak, talking to Mrs. Sharp, the landlady. I never heard she was subject to fits. Saw Spicer on Friday, the Bth inst., at the Royal Oak, about four o'clock in the atternoon. He came in to drink. I toldbina I had seen his wife, and she was looking better, the night before. ' He had told me his wife was not very well. I should state that he said, "I am going to have a malt tea." I said, "I do not know but what it is quite as well." He then said, "I have been home to tea, but could not find my mistress, and I suppose she is gone out, and so 1 thought I would came down here and have a pint of beer." Martha Gordon, No. 30, Middle-row—l know William Spicer. My husband keeps the Odthari beer-house. Spicer was not at our house on Friday, the 13th inst. I was at home all day. William Walden was here recalled—Spicer came from din ner on Friday before me. I will swear that I have not burnt any letter, saying I did not wish to get Spicer into a scrape. .Henry Tomkins, a former witneAs, then came forward and deposed, that on . Mooday,he saw Walden, who said to him, " I have just been home and burnt a letter whi c h Spi cer had sent me." John Heather, sergeant of the Reading police, said—Walden, on Monday, asked me to read a paper. I could not. It ap peared to me a mere direction and part of a letter. A young man, named Briant, read it. Walden here said, on being questioned, that he put it into his pocket. He found it in the workshop. Afterwards, on being pressed, he said he put it on the fire. He had heard Spicer had been writing to some "gals" in the country. He was further questioned, and stated that a man from Soaping, whom he did not know, brought a letter to Spicer, who was working at the shop last week. He believed he was a little related to his wife. Spicer put it into his pocket, and the man said his wife was coming to the races. The man asked how Spicer's wife was? Spicer said first pretty well; but afterwards said she had had a fall a time back and hurt herself. Spicer said his wife's sister was coming to the races. lam sure the letter was net brought on Friday. The Ditruxr. CORONgIi then summed up. The room was then cleared, and after the lapse of a few minutes, the jury had returned as their verdict—" That Elisabeth Spicer was wilfully murdered by her hu,band, William Spicer." The warrant of committal was then made out, and the prisoner will take his trial at the ensuiug Lent assizes. THE SCOTCH BANKS. (From the Gazette of Friday night.) We, the undersigned, two of her Majesty's Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, in pursuance of the Act Bth and 9.h Vic toria, cap. 38, do hereby certify that we have ascertained that the average amount of bank notes of the Governor and Com pany of the Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of ban kers at Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and divers other places, under the name and title of the Bank of Scotland, in circulation during a period of one year preceding the Ist day of May, 1845, according to the returns made by such bankers, in pursuance of the Act passed in the 4th and sth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act to make fur ther provision relative to the returns to be made by banks of the amount of their notes in circulation, " is 300,485L—0f the Royal Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of bankers at Edin burgh, Glasgow, Greenock, Leith, and divers other ?laces, un der the name or title of the Royal Bank of Scotland, is 183,0001. —of the British Linen Company, carrying on the business of bankers at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, and divers other places, under the name or title of the British Linen Company, is 438,0241.—0 f the Commercial Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of bankers at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Arbroath, and divers other places, und e r th e name or title of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, is 374,8801. d the National Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of bankers at Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, and divers other places, under the name or title of the National Bank of Scotland, is 297,0241.—0 f the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, carrying on the business of bankers at Edin burgh, Glasgow, Leith, Stirling, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, Edinburgh and Leith Bank, and Glasgow Joint-Stock Bank ing Company, is 136,6571.—0 f the Banking Company in Aberdeen, carrying on the bu s iness of bankers at Aber deen, Banff, Elgin, Peterhead, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Banking Com pany in Aberdeen, ;• 880,4671.—0 f the Aberdeen T own an d County Banking ompany, carrying on the business of bankers at Aberdeen, Huntly, Peterhead, Wick, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Aberdeen Town and County Banking Company, is 70,133/.—of the North of Scot land Banking Company, carrying on the business of bankers at Aberdeen, Banff, Inverness, Elgin, and divers other places, under the name or title of the North of Scotland Banking Company, is 154,3191.—0 f the Ayrshire Banking Company, carrying on the business of bankers at Ayr, Ardroesan, Cum nock, Girvan, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Ayrshire Banking Company, is 53,651;1.—0f the Eastern Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of bankers at Dun dee, Montrose, Anstruther, lnverkething, and Saint Andrews, under the name or title of the Eastern Bank of Sc , ,tland, is 33,6361.—0 f the Union Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of bankers at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Greenock, Paisley, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Union Bank of Scotland, is 327,2231.—0 f the Clydesdale Banking Company, carrying on the business of bankers at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Greenock, Stirling, and divers other places, un der the name or title of the Clydesdale Banking Company, is 104,0281.—0 f the City of Glasgow Bank, carrying on the business of bankers at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Peebles, Aber deen, and divers other places, under the name or title of the City of Glasgow Bank, is 72,9211. —of the Caledonian Banking Company, carrying on the business of bankers at Inverness, Elgin, Forres, Nairn, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Caledonian Banking Company, is 53,4341.—0 f the Perth Banking Company, carrying on the business of bankers at Perth, Dunkeld, Crieff, and Coupar- Angus, under the name or title of the Perth Banking Com pany, is 38,656/.—of the Central Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of bankers at Perth, Aberfeldy, Dunkeld, Newburgh, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Central Bank of Scotland, is 42.9331. H. L. WICKHAM. H. SEYMOUR MONTAGU. O'ILAND, AND IF li ull. iludders tield. 'iSheflield. EL AND. Glasgow. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Admiralty, Aug. 14, 1845. Sir,-1 am commanded by nay Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you, for information of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, a copy of a public notice from her Majesty's Consul at Elsinore relative to the Falsterbo light vessel. (Signed) W. A. B. HAMILTON. To W. Dobson, E.g., Secretary, Lloyd's. NOTICE. The Royal Swedish and Norwegian Consulate at Elsinore, July 22, 1845. The Royal Naval Department at Stockholm has notified, for the information of mariners, that the light ship Cyclops Kill forthwith resume her station on Falsterbo Reef, and will, for the first time, again show her light in the evening of the 25th of July of the present year. From the light ship (which will be moored in six or seven fathoms water) Falsterbo Light house will bear N.N. E. 4 E. (N. 2S deg. E.), with Falsterbo and Skanor Churches nearly in one line, and Stevens Light N.N. W. 4 W. (N. 72 deg. W.), all magnetic bearings. Pilots will be kept on board to pilot vessels (on the signal being given) through the Flint Channel or to Alalmo, as well as to the grounds and other places where the Danish pilots take charge of ships ; and to that end a jack will be hoisted on board the light ship at one of her mast heads, which will be struck whenever all the pilots shall be out. GAMING HOUSES.—In the new Act concerning games and wagers there are several provisions respecting gaming-houses. In order to remove the difficulties which have arisen on prosecutions, to prove that the house alleged was a common gaining-house, it is now provided, that in the absence of other evidence it shall be sufficient to show that the place is kept open or used for playing therein at any un lawful game, and that a bank is kept there by one or more of the players exc usively of the others, or that the chances of any game played therein are not alike favourable to all the players, including among the players the banker or other person by whom the game is managed, or against whom the other players stake, play, or bet, and every such house or place shall be deemed a common gaming house. In places out of the jurisdiction of the metropo litan police magistrates may issue warrants to officers to enter houses. Persons keeping gaming -houses, and every person having the care or management of the same, and also bankers, croupiers, &c., may now be summarily convicted, and fined 1001., or sent to prison f or s i x mont h s, an d on non -p a yment of penalties a warrant of distress levied on their goods. It shall not be necessary in future to prove that the persons found playing were playing for any money, wager, or stake. The Commissioners of Police may autho rise a superintendent and constable to enter gaming -houses, and to seize all instruments of gaming, and to take into cus tody all persons found therein. Search may be made for in struments of gaming. In proceedings to be instituted after the passing of this Act, it shall be sufficient evidence to show that there were cards, dice, balls, counters, tables, or other instruments in the room entered, or on the person seized, al though no play was actually going on at the time, and all such things shall be destroyed. Witnesses examined on gambling transactions are to receive from the magistrates before whom they are called certificates of indemnification. THE SMALL DEBTS ACT.—The difficulties in either understanding or following out this incomprehensible and hasty piece of legislation are only just beginning to develope them selves. On Friday, at the Bankruptcy Court, Mr. Sturt ia -eo t n applied for a summons against a debtor, who resided. c at ty the arose amount of remuneration for his labour, and for his own part he was Hat field, some seventeen miles from London, ondon, bu as to the party who was to servesummonst a an d d aul the free to confess that he did not understa nd the Act. Ai r. Corn missioner Fonblanque said he should much wish to know who either did or could understand it ; but, with respect to the ser vice of the summonses, that must be done by the officers of this Court, and the 3s. 4 d. (only) allowed fur such service must he increased upon taxation of costs.—[A journey to Hatfield and back to be performed for 3s. 4d. LONGEVITY.—There is at preEent in G1a5g0 , ...., where she has been for upwards of SO years, a woman named Davidson. a native of Ireland. who is said to have attained the venerable age of 104. She may be seen begging almost daily in various parts of the city ; but, although in very poor circum stances, she has never received charity from any benevolent in stitution. Of course, she is not free front the infirmities at tendant on extreme old age, but in other respects the enjoys tolerable health. She resides in the New Wynd with her daughter, who it a great-graudmther.—Glasgow CiurEn. LAW .INTELLIGENCL.-- - COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. .4ug. 16. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fax s. ) An applicaation was made i y Mr. Hideary, a solicitor, of Fenchurch-street, to ascertain whether proof of a debt could hi. admitted under the following circumstances :__The applica lion Was made on behalf of a lady whose husband had died is ' Scotland, and she was executrix and residuary legatee. She had taken the necessary steps to establish her right in Scot land, and the question now was, whether she could not, as executrix, prove against the estate of a London bankrupt. Mr. HILLEARY submitted that the claimant was entitled to prove under the Scottish documents, and quoted several cases wherein foreigners had been allowed to prove. The Learned CommissioNEß said that he was not prepared to say that he should refuse to admit the proof of a foreigner, on proof that all the forms of the country in which he lived had been complied with, such fact being certified under not oriel seal; but in this case he entertained doubts whether the applicant was not bound to take out letters of administration in the Ecclesiastical Courts of this country. He should like to know the mode by which the widow became the representative in Scotland. Mr. HiLr.vanr said the will was registered in the C ,, nrt of Se,sien, and the obtained the powyr of disposition and settle ment of the estate. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that Mr. HiDear) , tad better tke advice on the point. The fi tt uas hEfore another Commissioner ; and he, therefore, should nut give an opinion on such a nice point. SHERIFFS Ott ti , Aug. 16 (13sfore Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.) VERTUE AND ANOTHER V. RUSSKLL This was an scum to recover the sum of 171. 19s. for timber supplied to the defendant. "I.he plaintiffs are timber merchants, and tlie defendant is a builder at Blackheath. The defendant pleaded never in debted and also payment. It appeared that the defendant had been solicited fur ord rs by a person named Brembrook, and gave three orders to him and paid him the amount. The goods had been sent direct from the plaintiffs' saw mills, and the qm stion was whether Brembrook was an agent for the plaint,ff-, or was timing on his own account. In his examination he said that he had a run ning account with the plaint'ffs, any timber had been sup;•11 d to several other I:ersons, and the invoices were sent from the plaintiffs, but he (witncss) always received the money He paid them on account from time to time, but never received any commission from them. He had fallen into difficult and then the plaintiffs claimed on defendant; but there was not, in fact, any difference between that and any other tran , action. He never said he had no right te receive the money, or begged that proceedings might not be tai,en 2gain,t clefrit"atar, er he ( witness) would be liable to be pro , ecuted. One of the part ners said, "That it was an ugly j o b, as h e h a d no t i g h t to get the money. On tins point he was most positively contra dicted by a clerk to the plaintiffs. The Learned JUDGE said the question was, whether the goods were sold by plaintiff to defendant, or credit was given to Brembrook. If it was given to the defendant, then the pay ment was not good, for it was c l ear Brembrook was either act ing on his own account, or as agent for defendant, and not as agent for the plaintiffs. The jury retired for half an hour, and then gave a verdict for the defendant. FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. • W. Gibb, currier, Alnwick—first div. (on new proofs only) of 2s. 3d. in the pound, Aug. 16, or any Saturday after Oct 11, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle• upon. Tyne. L. J. B. and L. 0. B. Vaudeau, deakrs in artificial flowers, Cheapside—first iiv. of lid. in the pound, any Wednesday after Nov. 1, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. G. Anton and G. D. Mitchell, corn factors, Corn Ex change, Mark-lane -----second div. of 74d. in the pound, any Wedaesday after Nov. 1, at the office of Mr. Whit more, Basingball-street. R. H. C. , and H. C. Hunt, merchants, Old Broad street—first div. of Is. 91d. in the pound, any 'Wednes day after Nov. 1, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basing hall-street. E. O. Smith, merchant, Old Broad-street —fir s t div. of 3s. lid. in the pound, any Wednesday after Nov. 1, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Ba!-inghall-street. DIVIDENDS. In the Country. A. Brooks, scrivener, Newport, Shropshire. Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—W. Coleman, victualler, Creditor), Devonshire, Sept. 12, at one, at the Exeter District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. T. Clarkson,jun., upholsterers' warehouseman, Charles street, Middlesex-hospital, Sept. 5—F. L. Cole, wine merchant, Fenchurch-street, Sept. 6—J. Commins, book seller, Weymouth—F. !add, surgeon, Nether Stowev, Somersetshire, Sept. 5—C. Newell, linen draper, Idle, Yorkshire, Sept. 9—W. Nt-11, common b: ewer, Ardwiek, Lancashire, Sept. B—C. Williams, currier, Sunderland, Sept. 5—E. M. Marks, upholsreror, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, Sept. 5—P. Beyfus, importer of French goods, Houndsditch, Sept. s—B. Chandler, iron monger, Stanmore, Sept. 5—C. T. Hicks, drug grinder, Upper Thames str, et, Sept 5—W. Jones, commission agent, Stareford-street, Sept. 5. PARTNERSiIIi'S DISSOLVED. T. Wilders, H. Wilders, and B. HoStins, common. brewers, Burton-upon-Trent— J. Barninamin, C. Bar ningham, W. Birnin;zham, and J. W. Smith, is on• founders, Collyhurst foundry. Lancashire (so far re 2ards J. W. Smi h) —A. and A. Hill, Plymouth Iron Works, Glamorgan,hire—A. Reed, S. J. Powell. ard E. Richards, coffin furniture manufacturers, Tottenham court-road—M. wnl D. G. Laing, rainters, Villiers- street. Strand—F. E. and 11. Wright, drapers, Kettering, Northatuptenshire—J. Papch and N. Welton, Lorse dealers, Charsfield, Si: ffolk —J. Milner, T. Stephenson, and W. Hanson, printers, Leeds—T. I. IL hivs ell. J. Nortel.ffe, and .T. B :h-llawt 11, dyers, Thornhill lir,ir,gs, Yorkshire— J. G. Jack.,n, C. Clements,ln,ard J. (War, ship Lrokers, New Ea-t India-thambcrs. City— H. Wil ford and A. G. Doxey, bout manufacturers, Oreat Chapel-street, Westminster—J. As!rop and W. Caley. jun., stock brokers, Kingston -upon-Hull—ll. Woods and J. B. Higgs, wood carvers, Henrietta -street, Covent garden—J. Watt and S. Woodgate, a lectro r laters, Bart lett's-buildings, Holborn—T, Badger, NV. Worrell, and J. Armitage, silver platers, Shetfield—T.. and W. Badr..er, scissor manufacturers, Sheffield— W. anti E. Wheeler, livery stable keepers, Oxford—R. Gateloti-e, J. Birch, and R. Darekt, timber merchants, Upper Limon street-, Marylebone (so tar as rtg.trcls J. Bireh)—J. and W. Bellaers, farmers, Hooby-lodge, Rutlandshire —W. Knight and W. King, booksellers, Witht4n, Essex—R. Antrum and S. Ridgers, farmers, Sandhurst, Berkshire —II. Meredith and J. Heap, engineers, Liverpool—J. Hunter and J. C. Hardy, tailors, Chweery-lane--J. M. Pratt and T. C. Stanbrough, Berners-street, Oxford street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Charles Andersun and S,n, shoemakers, Elgin, Aug. 22 and Sept. 20, at twelve, at the Gordon Arms Inn, STATE OF THAiiE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, Auc. — I.s.—Salcs in Foreign Wools have not been very extensive during- the past week, the unsettled state of the weather imposing rather a check upon business operations generaily. Prices, however, are stA ady. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, AUG. 15.—Sales continue steady, mud prices are firm. Chatting sorts, of middling qualities, remain very scarce, and are much inquired for. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, Arc. 15. There is no variation in the wool market since our last report. As the unfavourable state of the weather of last week had rather the effect of damping the market, better hopes of the future have been infused by the favourable change that has since' taken place. LEEDS.—The markets at our Cloth halls have been very dull this week, the principal cause of which has been the very unsettled state of the w, either, and the fears entertained in consequence '.'or the harvest. Prices are firm, and the stocks on hand scarcely an average at this season of the year. Beavers, pilot cloths, fancy cloakings, and shawls, are the principal articles selling ; fine and middle qualities of cloth have been in very limited demand. Since Tuesday the weather has been much finer, and more buyers have visi:e I the town, but they make their purchases with the great,st caution. There has. however, been a }bile inq went in the demand for finished goods, as c , mpared %% kb th amount of business done during the la, t few weeks. LEICESTER.—The same steady basiress which we have noticed for some time past cmtinues (Ling in the warehouses. Worsted spinners are very busy. There is no altera , ion in wools and clothing sorts, and noils are much in request. Great anxiety is f It about tie i harvest, as upon its being well gathered will dliend the welfare of trade for the season.—Leicester .Imi, hid. BRADFORD MARKET, THUR,',DAY.—( 'lir market, the weather h)-ing tol - ra'ly fine, "ay Rill atte..ded 1)n Thursday, and a fair amount bai in pie. e goods, at former prices, was transacted. The wool trade is not very active, the manufacturers hinging off purchasing at the present rates. The yarn trade is bri , ler than it has been for some time past. but p' i, es do not rolv.tnee. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.-T-We nave had a more limited busincss doil.g it. eloth el k s week. cased no doubt by the uncertainty of thr weather, has induced some few needy manufacturer; to prt , s4 sales, and no doubt to accept rather easier terms. The de cline, however, is not general, and it may be said, where it has taken place, is only a shade lower. Spinners con tinue to find brisk markets for yarns, and at very full prices. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. AUG. 15.—Tllire is a fair supply of Wheat at market to-day, hoid,irs of which ire firm in demanding last prio(s. Lot the ness done is not extensive. It, an are held for m re . f money. In Oats and Shelling. eo change. In the e ar ly part of the week heavy rains fell, but it is now fine—th e crops are much laid in this d istrict. The Chancellory of the Duchy t f Schleswic stein Lauenburgh has just published the following reseript has come to our knowledge that the singing societies of Schleswic and Holstein hare adopted a tri- coloured flag which they carry in their processions and display at their festivals, with or without the armorial bearings of Schleswic and Hol stein. This flag being considered as the symbol of a political party, and as it may occasion di,orders, we forbid that it. be henceforth used." THE GINGER -BEER CASE.—The ndjourned inquest upon this singular ease, in which a little girl named liuth Goldsmith died after drinking a portion of the contents of sc ginger -beer bottle, was resumed on Tuesday last, when 1)r. Brett stated, that, on analyzing the contents of the stomach, he had found arsenic, which he had no doubt had caused death; He entirely freed Mr. Evans from blame. and considered the mode in which his ginger-beer was manufact ured to be a harm:- less and proper method. The jury, after a short absence front the Court, returned a verdict to th::, effect that the child came to its death by arsenic, administered by the father unknowingly, from a ginger-beer bottle, but that there was no evidence to show how it came there. The Coroner suggested to Mr. Evans, anti, through him, to every ginger-beer manufacturer, the propriety of looking, if possible, more carefully to the washing of their bottles. —Liverpool Albion. 13RISTOL SUGAR MARKET, AUG. 15 —lloth r. fiiaers and grocers continue to take off everything that is brought for ward, and prices have still an upward tendency. The con sumption is going on very satisfactorily, and the trade seem to have confidence that present rates will be at least suppwled.— Bristol Mercury. , _