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RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (SATURDAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. SOUTH EASTERN (DOVER) LINE. The Committee having met this morning at the hour agreed on (twelve o'clock), the discussion on the subject of the admissi bility of evidence against the atmospheric principle, was resumed. Mr. AUSTIN objected to this kind of evidence at great length. Mr. LA.NGHAM, on the part of the North Kent line, objected to the evidence on the ground that it would occupy more time than was necessary. It was the intention of the South-Eastern Com pany to make every possible delay, in order to keep the Committee engaged on this subject until Parliament should have adjourned, and to bring their project forward next year as a Bill. Mr. COCKBURN insisted on his right to enter Into the evidence. After a discussion on this and other points, 4 The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee would not make any resolution at present, but that Mr. Cockburn would proceed with the examination of Mr. Bidders on the application of the principle. Mr. AUSTIN—Then we shall be here till the Tower guns are fired.—(A laugh.) _ . _ . Mr. CocKnuaN said that he would not abuse the permission that 21 ad been granted him by the Committee. Mr. Bidders then proceeded to state that he had examined the line proposed by the London and Croydon Company, and had also read the answers given by them to the questions asked by Mr. Merrewether on the part of the South-Eastern line. It was his opinion, founded on his own observations and on the statements of the Company, that the proposed line was impracticable. The wit ness then proceeded to point out his reasons for this assertion, and to describe several causes of retardation. This part of the evidence depended entirely on mechanical points connected with the atmospheric principle. The witness also showed several reasons why sufficient speed could not be obtained by the Croydon Company. He al,o stated that the danger of collision on the proposed line would be much greater than the danger on an ordinary railway, having a double tramway, as on the latter a collision could only occur from one engine overtaking .another, in which case the force of the collision Is only the predo minance of the speed of one engine over that of the other, while the force of the collision of two engines meeting, which might occur on a single line, would be equal to the united force of the wo engines. Mr. COCKBURN here observed, that he was treating this line as an entire project, but that the Croydon Company had several Bills, one for each part of their line. Mr. Bidders then proceeded with evidence of a similar nature to rChat already given, and also to several points connected with the expense of the proposed London and Croydon line. ' Mr. AUSTIN then cross-examined the witness at some length as to a proposition and series of experiments made by him with respect to the atmospheric railway some time ago. The Committee were occupied with the evidence of Mr. Bidders up to half-past three o'clock, at which hour they adjourned to Monday at one o'clock. GROUP K. WYNDHAM AND DEREHAM LINE. The Committee on the lines for accommodating these districts resumed this morning at eleven, Viscount Sandon is the chair. William Colman, examined by Mr. CALVERT—Is proprietor of mills, both paper and flour, situate at Marlingford, about six or seven miles from Norwich. Generally purchases his corn at Dere ham, grown by farmers in the neighbourhood, though he procures large amounts of grain from other contiguous parishes. If the line to Dereham were constructed, he should send his flour by it, both to Norwich and Dereham ; the direct line would, therefore, be of the ery greates t advantage to him and the other mills or factories in its route, but the diverging line through Wyndham would be com paratively useless. His mills yield about 2,000 sacks of flour weekly, though they are capable of manufacturing upwards of 3,000. Cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS, Q. C.—There are eight sacks to a ton, and it generally costs about Bs. for the traction of a ton of flour from the mills at Marlingford to Norwich ; the average price of conveyance is, therefore, about Is. per sack. Isaac Everett, examined by Mr. JAMES—Is owner of a farm a few miles from Fakenham, and about eighteen miles from Norwich. His farm comprises about 1,000 acres, and he grazes fifty or sixty head of cattle. After the cattle are grazed they are sent to London by water. There is a considerable traffic between Dere_ ham and Norwich, all of which would go upon the direct line to Norwich, if constructed ; but the difference of distance on the cir cuitous route by Wyndham would deter many from sending their goods by it, and he doubts whether the people of Fakenham would ever make use of it at all. Mr. Richard Doggitt—ls a resident of South Picken ham, and thinks Swaffham would be the nearest point for him by which to reach any line connecting Dere. ham and Norwich. At Lynn a discount of 5 per cent., with a month's credit, is required for all grain sent for sale there. In the neighbourhood of Swaffham flour is nearly 3d. a stone higher than at Norwich, although the wheat is dearer, the absence of mills, and the want of direct land carriage, creating the difference in the price of flour. The construction of a line which would give a ready and economical means of transit through Swaffham to Dere. ham on the one hand, or Norwich on the other, would tend to equalise the prices of flour in the districts between those towns. Cross.examined by Mr. ANDREWS, Q.C.—The great difficulty at present preventing the farmers about Swaffham from sending their produce to Norwich, is the great expense and distance. Farms about 700 acres of kindly land. Mr. Wells and Mr. Arthur Morse, the former an extensive farmer, and the latter a brewer, resident at Swaffham, gave similar evidence as to their preference for the direct line ; but all their testimony was but a bare repetition of that given by the several vreceding witnesses, and was wholly divested of significance or interest. Mr. Samuel Locke and Mr. Spin&ld, residents of Norwich, proved the feeling of that city to be in favour of the direct line. Mr. Maine, examined by Mr. CALVERT—About 30,000 sheep and 29,000 pigs pass between East Norfolk and Norwich annu ally. Has taken, in estimating the cost of the direct line, 164 a cres for 15 miles. Mr. Wilde, examined by Mr. Awnazws—Has valued the da mage for severance and tenants' right on the principle of doubling the value of the land, estimating the price at 355. per acre, and calculating the cost for the occupation of fee simple property at something less than thirty shillings per acre for thirty years' purchase. The land traversed by the line was computed at 148 acres, besides 16 acres for termini, the whole 164 acres requiring a sum of 54,6001., or an average of 951. for com pensation. The Committee at three o'clock adjourned till Monday neat. GROUP Sz.i. The Committee met this day at twelve o'clock, in room No. 13. Members present—Lord Harry Vane, Chairman ; the Earl of Listawel, the Earl of March, Mr. Hutt, and Mr. Briscoe. The Committee proceeded with the opposed cl-uses in the EREWASH VALLEY IZAILWAY. The Committee were occupied for about two hours in discussing the propriety of crossing the Erewash Canal by the means of bridges. Mr. MACAULAY argued against the Committee's right to em. power the railway company to cross the canal ; it would be placing the canal company on a different footing from the other landowners across the canal, who were required to be consenting liarties to railways interfering with their property, whereas, by empowering the promoters to construct bridges, was making the lensent of the canal proprietors compulsory. The CHAIRMAN thought the Committee had the right to give sueh powers, inasmuch as the branches of the line would not be of advantage to the Company, without being allowed to crosa the canal. The further consideraticn of the clause was postponed, and the Ceramittee proceeded to consider the elevation of the bridges across the canal from the trunk line. The Committee, after agreeing that the bridges from the trunk Jine should be at such a height as not to obstruct the navigation of he canal, agreed to recommit the Bill, so as to adapt the preamble to the case as it now stands, on the grounds relative to the branches, which are disallOwed. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday. GROUP X. CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN RAILWAY. The Committee having assembled this day at the usual hour, Mr. Peacock was called, and deposed as to the general advan tages to be derived to the line of country through Which the Cam bridge and Lincoln line would pass, in conjunction with the Witham and Forsdyke Navigation ; and therefore he conceived it would be injurious that those,two water communications should become incorporated with the London and York Railway scheme. Mr. Reid Calthorp—ls a landowner at Swanshead Abbey, in Lin. canshire, and also one of the Witham- Navigation Commissioners for the second district, which occupies 22,000 acres, and also one of the Block Sluice Commissioners, a navigation which occupies 44,000 acres; does not hold shares in either. There was a meeting of the Commissioners of the former, at which the Cambridge and Lincoln line was approved of; the Witham empties itself into Boston through what was called the Grand Sluice. Was decidedly of opinion that it would not be advantageous to have the Navigation Commissioners to be connected with any railway com pany. Has had some trouble already by reason of such a junction 'with other railway companies, in deciding which it was had a right to make certain repairs. The population of the parish of Swans bead was about 2,300, and that of the three other adjacent parishes about 7,000 altogether. Always understood that it was a favourite object with the Boston people to have a communication with Not tingham. Mr. Edward Clementson, waggoner, of St. Ives, deposed that he carried on a very large traffic to St. Ives, and through the imme diate surrounding districts, from London, of general merchandise ; the projected Cambridge and Lincoln line by St. Ives would very .much increase the traffic. Mr. Harris deposed that he had a very extensive trade in bricks at St. Ives, and consumed a. great quantity of coals. Could effect a great saving in his manufacture, and increase his traffic very much if the line were made. A material called " turf" was now conveyed from St. Ives to London. The carriage now cost 6/. to per 1,060. If the railway were made it would be sold at 7s. or Bs. per 1,000 Mr. DARBY would be glad to know how the witness could account for such a difference. The witness said that at present the persons who conveyed turf to London occupied about six or seven days in the journey, and then had but a very precarious mode of disposing of it. Here some specimens of the turf were produced, which created some laughter. Mr. Stevens, gardener, of Si. Ives, deposed that there were from 1,500 to 1,000 acres of the country in the neighbourhood of that town under cultivation as gardens, for the produce of vegetables and fruit of all sorts, which he sent to London for sale. His trade would be materially increased, and the expense of carriage lessened, if • the proposed line were made. He produced a description of summer pear, which was of a very perishable nature, and had often lost - great quantities of them by the delay on the road. If they could •be sent in one night this loss could not take place. The same ob • servations applied to other fruits and vegetables of an equally .perishable nature. Mr. B. Lyons, dealer in wool at St. Ives—Buys about 80 tons of wool yearly, which he sends to Yorkshire; would send it by the railway if it were made, and would save about 11. 14s. per ton in the carriage by that mode of conveyance. , Mr. T. Barlow, Director of the Bank of England at Ramsey— His sons were in business also in that town ; the roads new leading to it were not very good; the population was about 4,000. "The proposed railway would very much facilitate the transit of the gt ods in which his sons traded, as well as lessen the expense end distance of conveyance. Mr. James Thompson, farmer and cattle-salesman at Ramsey — About 400 sheep and 40 beasts went, weekly from Ramsey to St. Ives and London, half of which number witness himself sent. The present cost of sending a beast to London from Ramsey was from 10s. to Is., and the journey occupiea from six to seven days. ',Mere was an additional expense of 3s. 6d. per head for selling. Steep occu pied ten days, and the cost was Is. 6d. per head. Wittorme, corn merchant and farmer at Rams, y The district about that town was remarkable for its agricultural produce. f Lynn, great The roads from t hat to tn, north and south, were very bad at p r esent. A railway between these two points t w he m tO d wna o be of advantage for tho transitof corn, part i cular l y to Wisbeach, and Camb rid g e. The journey from Ramsey to C am b r idge now occupied from three to four days. Often s ustained eat injury on the road , during winter, by reast a Of bad ro ads. To the CHAIRMAN— . was by a The roads from the ea st g 0 Ramsey were a l s o very bad. From Ram se y to M arch the journey narrow high way across the Fens. Mr. Stafford, landowner at Ramsey—There is a great deal more corn grown in the neighbourhood than is consumed there. There are about 2,000 acres of wheat grown there in the year. The ,present modes of conveyance were very bad and inconvenient both by land and water. The nearest way was by St. lees. 3dr. James Jones, land agent to Lord Hardwick , Sir Henry Vinton, and several others, represents between 30,000 and 4 14.000 acres in the neighbourhood of Ramsey. Had b e , .engaged as valuator under the Tithe Commutation Act The proposed railroad would pass through a very 'e district, by which a great quantity of land would be b row , .11 . 4. into an improved state of cultivation by drainage, &c. June 7 6 6 5 10 a 7 . , - ,Nt/ , THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY _MORNING, JUNE 16, 1845. squadrons, of every rank and order. The commander of the English station will receive the same iniunction in this respect ; and it will on either side apply not orly to those cases of co-operation which are explicitly sti pulated by the treaty, but also to every circumstance which may admit of the interchange of mutual civilities, and the reciprocation of moral and physical co-operation between the ships, the officers, and the crews of the two squadrons. The duty of all persons on board the cruisers of the two nations, while upholding their mutual inde pendence, will therefore be constantly to aid each other in the execution of their respective orders, and to com municate to each other every information which may tend to further the measures adopted, in all that relates to the suppression of the slave trade. With regard to merchant vessels and cruisers bearing , the flag of otZer nations whose Governments have suc cessively concluded with France conventions founded upon the principle of the right of search, and conform able to the treaties of 1831 and 1833, no change has taken place in the state of things regulated by those Acts ; and you will have to carry into execution, with regard to them, the general ins,ructions already issued by my department. I need only here remind you that those countries are Sardinia, Tuscany, the Two Siciiies, Sweden, Denmark, and the Hans Towns. It now be comes my duty to call your attention to article 6 of the new convention. That article calls attention to a fact well known to ail the officers who have been employed during the last 30 years in the suppression of the slave trade. All the vessels which engage in that traffic are fur nished with arms, such as swords, guns, pistols, and some even have on board small cannons or swivels. This pre caution is indispensable to them, if it were merely for maintaining in obedience with a small crew several hun dreds of negroes violently carried off from their families and native land. _ But it frequently happens that the commanders and crews of slave vessels make use of their arms for another and no less criminal purpose, by committing acts of de predation and robbery, either upon one another, or upon the inhabitants of the coast, or the Europeans who resort to it. This is proved by the instructions given to your predecessors, and especially by those given by the Go vernor of Senegal, on the 15th of July, 1841, to the officers employed on the African station. It is also a well-known fact, that almost all slave ves• sels have on board double sets of papers, papers appa rently issued by several Governments,—false muster rolls, which enable them to assume the appearance of belonging to one nation or to another, as they may find occasion. It is generally at St. Thomas and in the Island of Cuba that these false papers are fabricated, and they contain counterfeits of the printed forms and autograph signa tures of the different authorities of each maritime nation, more or less skilfully executed. You are acquainted with the provisions of the law of the 12th of April, 1825, against piracy. You know that this law considers as pirates, not only the crew of armed vessels who commit acts of depredation, but also those who sail without ships' papers, or either with papers wh eh are not sufficient to prove the regularity of their voyage, or with commissions issued by several different powers or states—the word commission being here un derstood not only of letters of marque in time of war, but of papers delivered to merchant vessels in time of peace.* In so doing, the law of 1825 has only restated and confirmed the principles already received, the doctrine which forms the foundation of our maritime legis lation, of the ordinance of 1554, the ordinance of 1681, recognized as an authority all over Europe,f that of 1718, and of the decree of the Second Prairie], year 11. ; and these principles have always been applied by our tribunals as well to French vessels as to foreign vessels, without having given rise to any complaint. You know, likewise, that in case, of suspicion of piracy the law of nations, recognised by all civilized nations, authorizes any ship of war, to whatever Power she may belong, to detain the suspected vessel, whatever may be the flag that she bears ; under condition of delivering her over to the jurisdiction which has the right of de ciding upon the validity of the capture and the prosecu• Lion of the crime. Whenever, therefore, a vessel shall be pointed out to you as suspected of acts which our Legislation considers as piracy, according to the law of nations (in contradis tinction to those which our law merely assimilates to piracy, and which are such only according to our national law), you are authorized to detain the vessel, in order to ascertain whether the suspicion is well-founded. As the exercise of this right may nevertheless give occasion to abuses, if not restrained within proper limits, by the good feeling and discretion of the officers who are invested with it, you will not forget that in such case the causes of suspicion ought to be real and ;rave ; that the verification of the national character of vessels and of the regularity of their papers, if necessary to be resorte to, should be limited to the measures strictly requisite for accomplishing that object ; and with a displ,ty of force and proceedings not justified by the circumstances, would be on your part a reprehensible act, and would give rise to well-founded complaint. The law of the 12th April, 1825, does not view as an act of piracy the mere fact of a vessel's hoisting a flag which she is not entitled to bear ; it is nevertheless an act contrary to - the law of nations—a fraudulent act, which, if tolerated, would render it impossible to exer cise any police on the sea, or any observation of mer chant vessels by ships of war, even such as it is the duty of a cruiser to exercise over vessels of her own nation. If, in order to enable a French vessel laden with slaves to escape your vigilance, it were only necessary that she should hoist the flag of another nation; if this fact alone were to render her inviolable, even when you were cer tain of her being French—that she was carrying on the slave-trade, and that the flag which she bore was usurped—every cruising 'station would become useless ; you could neither repress prohibited, nor protect lawful, commerce. Whenever, therefore, you may have reason to suspeet any fraud of this nature, you are at liberty to verity the national character of the suspected vessel. If your suspicions should turn out to be well founded, it the' suspected vessel prove to be either French, or one sub ject to your observation in virtue of treaties actuallyin force, and if such vessel be actually engaged in the slave trade, you will not hesitate to detain her. No nation can be entitled to claim, fur its flag the right of protect ing crime, and of withdrawing criminals of other na tions from the punishment which is their due. If, on the contrary, your suspicions should be groundless, if the suspected vessel belongs bond fide to the nation whose flag she bears, you, will not hesitate to release her im mediately ; giving, however, notice of the fact to those Cruisers who have the right to detain her. In these operations you will never lose, sight , of the fact, that you are acting at your own rikk and peril ; and that if, through any act of yours, the suspected vessel should sustain any damages, she will be intitled to indemnification. In dealing with her, therefore, you cannot act with too much circumspection. • Signed r by the Minister 9f Marine. * Report to the Chamber of Peers upon the Law of the 12th of April, 1825, by the Baron Portal. (" Moniteur" of 1825, vol. 1, p. 199.) +. Speech of the Keeper of the Seals. Speech of M. Par dessus. (Session of the Chamber of Deputies, April 25, 1825.) The roads to the west of Ramsey were very bad. Those to the east were much better. At the conclusion of the witness's examination, the Committee adjourned, at three o'clock, to twelve on Monday. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, JUNE 13. SUPPLY. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Order of the Day for the Committee of Supply be now read :—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " there be laid before this House a Return of the names of the persons receiving the allowance granted to Pro testant Dissenting Ministers In England, with the names of the Trnstees administering the same," instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 54. Ackers, James Gordon, Captain Napier, Sir C. Baring, W. B. Goulburn, H. Ogle, S. C. Berkeley, Craven Graham, Sir J. Palmerston, Viscount Blake, M. J. Greene, Thomas Peel, Sir R. Boldero, 11. 0. Hamilton, G. A. Peel, Jonathan Bowles, Admiral Henley, J. W. Rashle gh, W. Bowring, Dr. Herbert, Sidney Scott, Frances Boyd. John J ernyn, Earl Smith, T. B. C. Brisco, M. Lambton, H. Smollett, Alexander Brotherton, Joseph Lincoln, Earl of Somerville, Sir W. Bruce, Lord E. Lowther, Sir J. H. Sutton, 11. 31. Buller, Sir J. Y. Mackenzie, W. F. Trench, Sir F. W. Cardwell, Edward 31`Neill, Duncan Wellesley, Lord C. Clerk, Sir Georg° Marjoribanks, S. Williams, William Cockburn, Sir G. Martin, John Worsley, Lord Corry, Henry Martin, C. W. Wyse, Thomas Ferguson, Sir R. A. Masterman, John TELLERS. Flower, Sir J. Meynell, Captain Young, John Gardner, John Dunn Morris, David Lennox, Lord A. :MINORITY-NOES, 3. TELLERS. Hindley, Charles Crawford, W. S. Butler, P. S. Trelawny, J. S. Wawn, J. T. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, JUNE 13. The following Bills were read a third time, and passed : Dublin and Drogheda Railway. Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. Aberdeen Railway. Leeds and Thirsk Railway. York and North Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch). The London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch) Bill was read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported; 1. That, in the case of the Middlesbro' and Redcar Har bour petition for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the Committee on the Bill may entertain the additional provision, if they shall think fit." 2. " That, in the case of the Taff Vale Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 3. " That, in the case of the Cork and Bandon Railway Bill clause on consideration of report, the said clause is of such a nature as not to be adopted by the House without the re-commitment of the Bill." First resolution agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. PRIVATE BUSINESS FOR MONDAY, JUNE 16. SECOND READINGS. Eastern Counties (Cambridge and Bury St. Edmund's) Railway. REPORTS. Newry and Enniskillen Railway. Richmond (Surrey) Railway. Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone). Northumberland Railway. West London Railway Extension and Lease. Edinburgh and Northern Railway. Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (No. 2) (to be considered) (by order). North Woolwich Railway (to be considered) (by order). Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway. Liverpool and Bury (Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool and Bury Extension) Railway. Liverpool and Manchester Railway. THIRD READINGS. Sheffield and Rotherham Railway. Blackburn and Preston Railway. Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling Junction) Railway. Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway. Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. Londonderry and Coleraine Railway. Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway. Waterford and Kilkenny Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway,—Third reading Monday, June 16. Edinburgh and Northern Railway,—Report, Monday, June 16. Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway,—Report to be con sidered, Tuesday, June 17. Ulster Extension Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, June 17. Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton Railway,—Re port to be considered, Tuesday, June 17. Oxford and Rugby Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, June 17. Cornwall Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, June 17. Cornwall Railway,—A clause to be proposed on considera tion of report, Tuesday, June 17. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (Cumnock Branch) Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, June 17. Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, June 17. Manchester and Birmingliam (Ashton Branch) Railway, —Report to be considered, Tuesday, June 17. North Wales Railway,—Report to be considered, Tuesday, June 17. Taw Vale Railway and Dock,—Third reading, Monday, June 16. Northumberland Railway,—Report, Monday, June 16. Waterford and Kilkenny Railway,--Third reading, Monday, June 16. Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway,—Third reading, Monday, June 16. Londonderry and Coleraine Railway,—Third reading, Monday, June 16. Liverpool and Bury (Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool and Bury Extension) Railway,—Report, Monday, June 16. Runcorn and Preston brook Railway,—Report, Monday, June 16. Liverpool and Manchester RailWay,—Report, Monday, June 16. Chester and Birkenhead Railway,—Report to be consi dered, Tuesday, June 17. RAIL WAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:- Week ending Last week. 3 Ft, r— co NAME OF RAILWAY. Arbroath and Forfar ••• •• •• • Bristol and Birmingham . • • •• •• .. Chester and Birkenhead .•••• • • •• •• Dublin and Drogheda.......•. •• •• •• Dublin and Kingstown • • •• •• •• •• •• • • Dundee and Arbroath .•. • • •••• •• Durham and Sunderland .•• • . Edinburgh and Giasgow . •• • • • •• •• Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Glasgow and Greenock• • -• • • •• • . • . Grand Junction ...... • •• •• •• Gravesend and Rochester.... Great North of England . . . Great Western. . Hull and Selby Liverpool and Manchester • London and Birmingham .. • London and Blackwall. . • . London and Brighton. •• •.•• •• London and Croydon ..• •••• •• •• ..•. London and Greenwich. •• •• •• •• .London and Swlth..Western., .. . ... Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Manchester and Birmingham.. •• •-• Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc Midland Counties. • .. • •• •• •• •• •• Newcastle and Darlington .......... Newcastle and ........ Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ North,Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and 0r1ean5.......... Paris and Rouen . • • • • •.•..........: Preston and Wyre.. .. Sheffield and 31anehe5ter............ South Ea5tern...................... Tail Vale •• •• • •• Ulster Yarmouth and Norwich .. York and North 289 2,G55 ATTACK OF A MANIAC GENTLEMAN •ON ATS KEEPER —On Friday morning, between nine and ten o'clock desperate attack on his attendant was made by Mr. Sayer, a gen tleman of , fortune, residing at St. John's Wood. who for many years has been in a deranged state of mind The unfortunate gentleman had an attendant eight years, who quitted about a fortnight sinceon ac. connt. of illness; another was appointed in his situation, but the unfortunate gentleman could not become reconciled to him. At the usual time for taking his morning walk yesterday, Mr. Sayer suddenly rushed at his attendant, threw him backwards down the stairs, and immediately following him, beat him over the head with great violence with a short stick he had secreted under his coat. The cries of the mart for assistance being heard by the domestics, they immediately ran up and rescued him, but not before he had sustained extensive and alarming injuries. Mr. Sayer was with difficulty shortly afterwards properly secured. . _ TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT.—On Monday evening week a soiree was held in the Town-halt Musselburgh, to present Mr. William Tait with a token of the respect with which he is held to universally by Christians of all denominations in the honest town, before his leaving for Edinburgh. The meeting was large and respectable, and the chair was ably filled by Bailie Kemp, who opened tha business of the evening by a short and complimentary' address to their guest, stating the obligations under which the town lay to him for his unwearied, long-con tinued, and gratuitouiienices chiefly among the young, as well as being treasurer to the Destitute Sick Society for the last forty years. The meeting was then addressed in eloquent and ap propriate speeches by the Rev. Jonathan Watson, Rev. J. B. Campbell, and Rev. C. Bateman, from Edinburgh ; the Rev. Messrs. Robertson and Mann, of Musselburgh—and the latter, in presenting Mr. Tait with a pair of elegant gold spectacles, offered a high eulogium for his usefulness, and complimented him d tg ;: ou.r n oulk e ng s dh o rnoou m natte u ldt e hho h en, as the father of the Congregational Union of Scotland, which had d f f f en d rit i re.y a tk. :_ bee w tts e ww, l oe l atz i n an t . h e Highlands and islands as gentlemen of Bridgenorth p lay ed Schoo t l h , e wl: by Si runs. e WolverhamptonO n theßr c id iu g b e a n n o d r t t h l e l n the latter were victorious THE §I.IOIIT-TIME MovEMEET.—In addition to the factory owners formerly mentioned, who, at the request of their workmen, at once consented to reduce the time of their labour one hour per day, we are gratified to learn that Mr. N e il T homson, of liehesociDn toEznni. is p en i t m itled ic t o o . be d Chron n icle e . onse. morning consi derable excitement an s tc ul Prevailed in—thThed—GlaBg°w vicinity ilrsd aY of Pimlico, quence of two persons committing su i c id e by h that a female named Ann Wilkinson, of No. 2, Egeinl;ve Cottages. It appe ars Westboume.street, Pimlico, had been of unsound mind for some time past. She retired to rest on Wednesday night in her usual health, and the next morning, not making her appearance her friends became alarmed. The p olice w ere called in, o ' forced open the door of her apartment, when she was discovered suspended to the bedrail by a silk handkerchief, and quite dead. NA comer had the above me been discovered than an alarm was instantly raised of a man named James Neville having committed suicide in a similar way. The police accordingly proceeded to No. 14. Newland-street, Pimlico, and there found the deceased man dead, with a rope tightly fastened round his neck. He had com mitted suicide by hanging himself to a nail in the cupboard door of his bedroom. NEW SLAVE-TRADE CON VENTION. The following are the annexes to the new slave-trade convention between England and France, which was laid on the table of the Home of Commons on Monday even ing. The treaty has already appeared in The Sun— ANNEX REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE VIII. OF THE CONVEN TION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, SIGNED AT LONDON, MAY 29, 1845. Instructions for the senior officer of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the west coast of Africa, with re spect to the convention with France, signed at London, May 29, 1845. By the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, &c. We transmit to you herewith a copy of a convention between her Majesty and the King of the French, dated May 29, 1845, by which it is stipulated that the con tracting parties shall each maintain on the west coast of Africa a naval force of not has than twenty-six vessels, to be employed for the prevention of the slave-trade, by closely watching all the parts of the west coast where the slave-trade is carried on from Cape Verd to 16 deg. 30 min. south latitude, and by exercising all the powers vested in the Crowns of France and Great Britain for such purpose ; and we desire that you will take every opportunity, and use your utmost efforts to effect the objects of this convention. You are to take the earliest opportunity of putting yourself in communication with the senior officer of the French squadron, for the purpose of cooperating with him in the execution of this convention, and of concert ing with him as to the best means of closely watching the parts of the African coast before described, by select ing and defining the stations to be established, and by taking the charge thereof, either conjointly with the French cruisers, or separately with the force under your command, or by leaving the same to the French naval force, as may be deemed most expedient. You will understand, however, that in the case of a sta tion being especially committed to the charge of cruisers of either nation, the cruisers of the other nation may at any time enter the same for the purpose of exercising the rights respectively belonging to them for the sup pression of the slave trade. You will, in concert with the commander of the French squadron, determine with what native princes and chiefs it may be necessary to negotiate treaties for the suppres sion of the slave trade. And you are authorised to ne gotiate such treaties, either personally, or by an officer specially instructed fbr such purpose ; such treaties to be framed in accordance with the draught of engage ment forming appendix to Section VII. or the instruc tions issued on the 12th of June, 1844, to her Majesty's naval officers employed in the suppression of the slave trade. _ Whenever it may be necessary to employ force to compel the due execution of any treaty contracted with any native chief, in virtue of this convention, and to which both her Majesty and the King of the French are parties, you will concert with the commander of the French squadron as to the employment of force for such purpose, and arrange, in concert with him, to act con jointly with the French force, or separately, as may be deemed most advisable ; but, with respect to these conjoint treaties, you will not employ force without the consent of the commander of the French squadron. It will be the duty of yourself and of the commanding officers of her Majesty's ships under your orders, u: -, on all occasions, to communicate to the officers of the French squadron any information which may be of service in detecting the frauds of the slave traders, and especially to give notice of any vessel supposed to belong to France, and suspected of being engaged in the slave trade, which may be met with or heard of in the course of a cruise; and you will give directions to the officers un- der your orders to pay strict attention to this duty. With respect to the visit, search, and detention of vessels belonging to nations between whom and Great Britain there are existing treaties relating thereto, and for the suppression of the slave trade, and also with respect to vessels not entitled to claim the flag of any nation, you will be guided by the instructions founded upon the Statute passed in the se cond and third year of her Majesty Queen Victoria, chapter 73, and upon the treaties in force with foreign States, and the Acts of Parliament made in furtherance thereof, which have been delivered to you for your go vernment ; the present instructions in no respect inter fering therewith. You are not to capture, visit, or in any way interfere with vessels of France ; and you will give strict instruc tions to the commanding officers of cruisers under your orders to abstain therefrom. At the same time, you will remember that the King of the French is far from claiming that the flag of France should give immunity to those who have no right to bear it ; and that Great Britain will not allow vessels of other nations to escape visit and examination by merely hoisting a French flag, or the flag of any other nation with which Great Britain has not, by existing treaty, the right of search. Accord ingly, when from intelligence which the officer com manding her Majesty's cruiser may have received, or from the manoeuvres of the vessel, or other sufficient cause, he may have reason to believe that the vessel does not belong to the nation indicated by her colours, he is, if the state of the weather will admit of it, to go ahead of the suspected vessel, after communicating his inten tion by hailing, and to drop a boat on board of her to ascertain her nationality, without causing her deten tion, in the event of her really proving to be a vessel of the nation the colours of which she had displayed, and therefore one which he is not authorised to search; but should the strength of the wind, or other circumstance, render such mode of visiting the stranger impracticable, he is to require the suspected vessel to be brought to, in order that her nationality may be ascertained; and he will be justified in enforcing it, if necessary—under standing always, that he is not to resort to any coercive measure until every other shall have failed; and the officer who boards the stranger is to be instructed merely in the first instance to satisfy himself by the vessel's papers, or other proof, of her nationality; and if she prove really to be a vessel of the nation desig nated by her colours, and one which he is not authorise to search, he is to lose no time in quitting her, offering to note on the papers of the vessel the cause of his hav ing suspected her nationality, as well as the number of minutes the vessel was detained (if detained at all) for the object in question ; such notation to be signed by the boarding officer, specifying his rank and the name of her Majesty's cruiser; and whether the commander of the visited vessel consents to such notation on the vessel's papers or not (and it is not to be done without his consent) ; all the said particulars are to be immedi ately inserted in the log-book of her Majesty's cruiser ; and a full and complete statement of the circumstances is to be sent, addressed to the Secretary of the Ad miralty, by the first opportunity, direct to England; and also, a similar statement to you, as senior officer on the station, to be forwarded by you to our Secretary, ac companied by any remarks you may have reason to make thereon. The commanding officers of her Majesty's vessels must bear in mind that the duty of executing the instruction immediately preceding must be discharged with great care and circumspection. For, if any injury be °eels , sioned by examination without sufficient cause, or by the, examination being improperly conducted, comperisatiop must be made to the party„aggrieved ; and tbe. officer who may cause an examination to be, made without suf ficient cause,. or.,Who may„ conduct it improperly, will incur the displeasure of her Majesty's Government, Of,courae,, in, cases when the suspicion cf the com mander turns_oue to. he well founded, and the vessel boarded proves, notwithstanding her colours, not to be long to the nation designated by those colours, the com mander of her Majesty's cruiser will deal with her as he would have been authorised and required to do had she not hoisted a false flag. Given under our hands, Sze. ANNEX REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE VIIL or THE CON VENTION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN. AND.FRANCE FOR THE SUPPRESSION tiF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, SIGNED AT LONDON THE 29TH DAY OF NAY, 1845. (1 Monsieur le Commanclant,—A convention concluded on the 29th of May, 1845, between his Majesty the King of the French and her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, a copy, of which is hereto annexed, regulates upon a new basis the vigilance and repression which the two countries have engaged to exercise in concert with regard to the slave trade. The two Governments being perfectly unanimous as to the object to be pursued, and firmly resolved.to obtain by the promptest means the ex tinction of this criminal traffic, have recognised the ne cessity of adopting measures entirely distinct from those laid down in the treaties of 1831 and 1833. In the execution of this new treaty, the African sta tion will have to take the most active and important OM It will, therefore, be your, duty to make yourself fully master of the spirit of this document, and of the meaning of each. of its stipulations. You will never forgot tat your chief obligation, as commander of this station, is to secure to this convention every result which the two contracting Powers haves right to expect from it. The basis of those arrangements—the principle of the work to be carried nut in common on the part of France and England—consists in a c.,mplete and continued ac cord between that of the French squadron and that of Great Britain. Immediately on your arrival upon the coast of Africa yon will place yourself in communication with the officer commanding the English forces, in order to esta blish from the very beginning that concert which ought to goVern the whole and every part of your operation. You will examine in common, w ith a view to the ar rangement of the service, those points of the coast which are already known: to. be the seats of the traffic, and which are to be closely watched by the two squadrons ; you will make arrangements for being subsequently in formed of, and for. watching, as may be necessary, those places also to which the traffic might be removed ; and you will then make a distribution of the cruisers placed under your command on all those parts of the coast to which the system of co operation should be applied, either simultaneously or separa . ely. You will devote particular attention to the means to be employed in order to obtain the relinquishment of the slave-trade on the parts of the kings or chiefs of the tribes which inhabit the coast. Some of them have already been induced to abandon it; others appear dis posed to take the same course; the larger number have still to be persuaded to it by means of negotiations and promises of indemnification. To keep the former to the observance of their engagements—to reduce as much as possible, by means of treaties freely negotiated, the number of those who still serve as auxiliaries or asso ciates of the slave trade,—such are the results which, in this respect,. it is proposed to attain by the system of essentialni opfn point e t n e ti b o e n a r a r n a d e gaction betweenfor thisthe eP c ' o u l r;P i o n esr a 3e nd lsl e ° r al ? of the two squadrons. I therefore recom mend you to consu l t with the commander . of the British squadron, hi order to determinetheiew to measures which each successof youThec o s of h nt o ch u ei l sr d ti mwuphnoidereht will important parte b , we established convention.v i o t f h t a between secure the you ought also to prevail between the officers of the two 183 4,024 572 802 1,001 720 2,509 4,992 1,905 972 9,612 1,756 19,394 1,245 5,336 19,997 1,314 4,467 1,416 1,18) 7,318 879 3,769 6,039 11,517 1,326 1,652 465 1,423 6,162 5,705 403 695 5,124 1,007 L A.W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 14. THE ATTOANEY-GENERAL V. JEFFS. This was an indictment at the suit' of the Crown, for having illegally unshipped a quantity of foreign . books, the duty not having been paid upon them. The penalty sued for in this case was 100/., but the defendant, who is a foreign bookseller, carrying on business in Burling ton Arcade, was also made liable for a greater amount of penalties under different counts. The circumstances comected with this case arose from out of the " Cus toms' frauds," with which the public are now so familiar, and the evidence given in support of this case was simi lar to that heretofore given in the cases which occurred last year in this Court. The jury, shortly before four o'clock, retired to con sider their verdict, and, after an absence of two hours, returned a verdict for the Crown. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCII.June 14. Their Lordships were occupied during the greater part of the day in hearing a motion for a new trial. The trial out of which the proceedings arose was held before Mr. Justice Coleridge, at the last assizes. The grounds upon which a new trial was moved for were purely technical, and as the arguments were entirely of the same character, nothing interesting occurred. COURT OF CoMMOIV PLEAS, June 13. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice Eat,' and Common Jurleg.) BANAL O. SCOTT. This was an action for libel against the Morning Advertiser newspaper. Through the mistake or misconduct of the reporter, the plaintiff had been represented as having been tried and con victed of theft at the Central Criminal Court, when, in fact, he was neither tried nor convicted. The newspaper had retracted and apologised on the next day after the erroneous publication, and had dismissed the reporter. Still the plaintiff went on with his action. After Mr. Wilde had opened the pleadings, i Mr. KNOWLES, Q.C., stated that the matter had been amicably arranged between himself and his friend Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, and that they had agreed to a ♦erdict for the plaintiff of 101., with costs, and to insert an apology. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, June 13. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) THE WINE TRADE—IN RE CURRIE AND SIZIGNETTE. - - The bankrupts carried on business as wine merchants at Mincing lane, City, and this day came up to pass their last examination. They were unsupported. Mr. Bova'. said he appeared on the part of the assignees, to op pose the passing of the bankrupts, and, in so doing, he would lay some of the features of the case before the Court. It appeared to be one of those firms which, by means of fictitious credit, obtained through other respectable houses, had lately failed, with an enor. mous amount of debts and liabilities. It was a case connected in a measure with Reay and Reay, and the course of business ex hibited in some respects similar features. The debts and liabili ties of the bankrupts in round numbers were about 170,0001. in the course of four years and a half. They commenced business with a capital of about 1,5001. Of this large amount of debt, 87,000/. was secured by the deposit of brandies. The manner in which these deposits had been made, would, when the details were regularly before the Court, open a question relative to the con. duct of the bankrupts, but that would more probably come out at the time of the certificate. It was now necessary to state :that those goods, which (we understood) were obtained during the last year and a half, were not purchased for the wants of business, but for the purpose of raising money and getting credit. It seemed that they set out on the idea that the duty would be taken off brandy, and in consequence went the round of the trade, merchants, importers, and brokers, and purchased largely, the presumption being, that if the duty were removed, there would be a rise in prices. That speculation failing, th e y then began obtaining advances on the warrants, which they did by going to bill.brokers and other persons, whose assistance increased the false credit. In this manner they went on till their bankruptcy took place. It was unfortunate, but nevertheless true, that in consequence of the position the bankrupts obtained, they became connected with and received assistance from parties who, by rea. son of the profit apparently accruing from such transactions, did not hesitate to engage in what could not be called a legitimate course of business. The enormous commission they paid for as sistance seemed to have been a temptation for highly respectable barns to connect themselves with them in business. It was found, on looking over the accounts, that a Mr. Godsell, who was in a large way ef business, had received for commission during one year on such transactions about 1,0001. The commission of a broker was ss. per puncheon, and this was allowed Mr. Godsell on the sale or purchase of brandies. In the course of the 4i years the bankrupts had been in business their losses were about 136,0001., and their expenses 12,0001. On the last exa. urination it was required that the bankrupts should give the detail of the warrants, the date of exchanges that had been made, and other particulars connected with these elaims, in order that the assignees might test them for their own satisfaction, which request must be deemed reasonable enough, when it ap peared the accounts for the unsecured credits would not produce more than two shillings in the pound. The assignees did not wish to press severely on the bankrupts. What the assignees particu larly required explanation of was the dates of deposit, exchange of warrants, and qualities and description of goods, for in these respects the accounts furnished little or no explanation whatever. The bankrupt Currie said the Learned Counsel v., ho had assailed them on the part of the assignees was misinstructed. Their ac.. counts were very correct, and, he believed, perfectly satisfactory. They had got into debt, as men in business without capital would. That was the real case. They had not traded upon fic titious credit ; it was mistortune that had overwhelmed them. Alt their books were accurately kept, and showed the full extent of their dealings. The bankrupt Seignette said it was true they had only been in business four and a half years, as regarded partnership; but Mr. Currie had been previously In business for thirty years. and he him. self for forty-five years; they were friends doing business, and they then joined each other. With respect to the statement of capital, that could be explained. When Mr. Currie and himself entered into partnership, they did not take an accurate estimate of stock which each brought into the business. The 1,5001. was only the residue derived from sales, in consequence of the depressed state of the market. As far as purchases were concerned, he could only say that the principal persons from whom the house had purchased were friends; and the foreigners who were said to have been de ceived by their transactions were among the foremost of those who had pressed them to purchase, the assurance being that, if they did so, they must realise large profits. The partnership did not admit the claims made by Mr. Godsell and others to the extent stated. He would willingly consent or submit to an adjournment, if his consent or submission were required, but he really thought no better accounts could be furnished thad those which were before the Court. The official assignee said he was bound to say that the books and accounts appeared to have been kept in a most accurate manner, and the balance sheet was drawn out as well as could be. Mr. Commissioner FONIILLNQUE said he should order an adjour ment, without at present expressing any opinion upon the merits of the case. He thought the assignees were justified, after what he had heard, in ailing time for examination. He always made it a rule, when he found very large bill transactions, and larger pledges of goods, to give creditors the opportunity of making very minute investigation. Seignette said it was impossible to give the dates of exchange. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE —Do not persist in that, as it will go very much against you when you apply for your certificate. An adjournment was then made, the bankrupts to have the ad vantage of the accounts. IN ER SLATER. The case of this bankrupt, who was described as of Queen's row, Brompton, cabinet-maker and upholsterer, was adjourned sine die. The estate possessing no assets for distribution, no assignees had been appointed, and the bankrupt applied on his own petition. IN ➢E DE WILDE. The bankrupt in this case carried on business in partnership with others, as a wholesale ironmonger, in Wells-street, Oxford. street. It was for the choice of assignees. Mr. LAWRENCE, who appeared for the fiat, objected to the proof of 3,9001. 7s. on the part of Mr. Mills, who was formerly in part nership with the bankrupt, but in 1842 he left the concern, when the bankrupt agreed to pay to him the sum of 4,8001, being a portion for goodwill and debts. The latter were very large ; but, unfortunately, 2,6001. were found to be bad ; consequently, Mr. Mills ought to bear a loss on hid part to the extent of 1,3001. In addition t• this, he had been paid 9001. ; thus he actually received more than he was entitled to, yet he, not having paid a shilling into the concern, now wanted to prove for 3,2001. His Hoxoua said he had no power to rescind a contract, and the proof was allowed. An objection was made to a claim of a Mr. Hardman, who had been a partner of the bankrupt, and was solvent, for 1,7001., but which was also allowed. Several claims from Birmingham were admitted, and Mr. Mills and Mr. Maliens, of Birmingham, were appointed assignees. (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANS.) IN RE SOHN Q. HARRIS This day was appointed for the final examination and audit of the estate of the bankrupt John Quincey Harris. who formerly carried on business as a hatter in the Southwark-bridge-road, and for some time represented Newcastle-under-Lyne In Parliament. The case had created some degree of interest, from the circum stances that thst bankrupt, about a month since, was committed for want of sureties front Bow-street to the House of Correction, and front thence had been removed to a lunatic asylum. Dr. Sutherland was now called, and deposed that the bankrupt was a lunatic, and from his present state of mind it would be impos. Bible to have him brought up and examined. His Hoxoun inquired when was it probable the bankrupt could attend and pass his last examination ? Dr. Sutherland said that at present it was impossible to fix any period, when, on an application being made, the final examination and audit was adjourned sine die. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, June 13. (Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.) IN TAR PATTER OF SOHN BROKENSHIRE. This insolvent, whose case has appeared on several occasions in this journal, now appeared fcr judgment. At first he refused to be sworn to his schedule, and asked the dismission of the petition, which was refused. He then consented to sign the usual docu ments, and was sworn to the truth of the schedule. The CHIEN , COMMISSIONER, in pronouncing judgment, went over the general facts, declaring that the case was a most extraordinary one. The insolvent was remanded by the Court in 1842. In 1843 he took the Brown Bear, in Broad-street, Bloomsbury, where he remained until the end of May, 1844. He had been anxious to remove the record of his proceedings from the Court, and had made some payments for that purpose. His wife had an annuity, which was mortgaged, which mortgage was assigned, and a policy of between 7001. and 8001. had been effected in the Sun office. When the insolvent left the Brown Bear he had about 3501, in his posses sion, or under his control, which should havebeen distributed among his present creditors. The excuse offered for the insolvent v as, that he was not, on account of the state of his mind, to be held respon sible for its disposition —an excuse which, if founded in truth, would have been ample and sufficient, but if in falsehood, there was an aggravation of the offence. The hypothesis of the derange. ment of the insolvent's mind was based on his supposed conduct en the 29th of May, in his hurried journey to Margate to pay some money, and afterwards to Brixham, in Devon, for a similar purpose. It had, however, turned out that the money was paid at Margate some days before the sale of the public-house, therefore the foundation for the insanity could not be sustained. After his visit to Brixham, the extraordinary story told by the man was that he was seized with a sudden desire to bathe, and went to Weston super-Mare, near Bristol. There he received a blow on the head, and, according to his account, several months had passed before he awoke to consciousness ; that he discovered himself in a lunatic asylum at New Orleans, reached New York, and returned to Eng land. There was nothing to confirm the alleged state of mind. but on the contrary the evidence showed a different state of things. As far as the evidence went the insolvent was lost sight of from the sth to 22d June, and two witnesses had been called who had spoken of having seen him in London in June or July. The insolvent departed on the 22d of June from Liver pool for New York, and en that day a singular circum stance occurred. A certificate was prepared by Mr. Brenham (who received 1001. out of the 3501.), and fbrwarded to the in ' suranee office in London, giving a most laboured account of the supposed death of the insolvent, and of the dangerous current off the coast at Weston.super.Mare, which frequently carried bodies across the Atlantic, and of the improbability of ever hearing of the insolvent again. This document was sent for the purpose of getting paid to Mr. Johnson the insurance on the life of the insolvent, upon the hypothesis of his death. They then lost sight of the insolvent for two months, when he re-appeared again. He had left this country with a considerable sum of money, and returned, to all appearance, pennyless. Such conduct on the part of a debtor, with reference to his creditors, was by no means unusual, and if a plea of insanity was to be admitted as an excuse, there was no telling to what it might lead. The adjudication was that the in. solvent be remanded for a period of twelve calendar months from the date of his vesting order, for having fraudulently made away with his property with intent to diminish the sum to be divided among the creditors. The insolvent, who was greatly excited, exclaimed, vehemently, that "he never knew a just judgment in that Court." He was then removed in custody. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, June 14. MR. CHARLES MATHEWS AND HIS CREDITORS. A further sitting was appointed to he held b.- , toi e Mr. Commissioner Law, in the case of Mr. Charles Mathews, under the insolvency in the year 1842, after the lessee ship of Covent•garden Theatre, but the meeting was ad journt , d to Tuesday next. A dividend of 4d. in the pound will be, it is expected, declared, and those creditors who do not attend on the next occasion will be precluded. The dividend Initier the insolvency has mithing to d , , with the dividend now pa) able of Is. Bd. in the Court of Bankruptcy. SHERIFFS' CbUnT, June 14. (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.) WRIGHT V. STACEY. The plaintiff in this action is an office. keeper in Fore-street, and the representative of a loan society. The defendant is a tailor, and the action was brought to recover the sum of 6!. on a joint and several promissory note. The defendant had pleaded several special pleas that the bill had been obtained from him by fraud, and that it was drawn for the ac commodation of the plaintiff. He was not, however, prepaud with evidence, and a verdict was given against him. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAR YLEB ON E. PUBLIC PERPORMANCE INTERRUPTED.-071Friday Philip Watson, a boy about twelve years of age, was placed at the bar, before Mr Long, charged with conduct of a most outrageous nature. The prisoner, although so young, has, during the last three or four years, obtained a livelihood by performing feats of a singular and dangerous description, for the pleasure of her Majesty's liege subjects, who have often rewarded him pretty liberally for his exer. tions. In the day time, his exploits have been confined to the principal streets and squares of London, where, to the terror of some persons, and the infinite delight of others, he has stood upon his head for half an hour at least, on the top of an area rail, an d while in that perilous situation he would play all manner of antics with his hands and legs. His evening labours consisted in visiting beer-shops and other places of resort, and there singing "Jiro Crow," "Lucy Long," and many more nigger melodies, in cha racter, always standing upon his head, and beating time, a merveille, with his feet. The evidence now brought against him went to show that on the same morning he was balancing himself on an iron spike, in front of a house in the Edgware-road, and that a gentleman, imagining him to be in imminent danger pulled him down. The prisoner then pelted him so unmercifully with stones that he deemed it prudent to make off as fast as he could ; and the noise and confusion at length became so great as to cause upwards of 200 people to assemble at the spot. The prisoner also bit severely the finger of a person who endeavoured to prevail upon him to be quiet ; and on his being taken into custody he kicked and other wise resisted police-constable Porter. Mitchell, the gaoler, said that the prisoner had many times been committed from this and other courts. Mr. Tuckford, one of the officers of the parish of Marylebone, observed that the youthful offender had been repeatedly received into the workhouse, but in two or three days after his admission he generally contrived to effect his escapeby climbing over walls, &c. ; his cunning and agility were truly astonishing. Mr. LONG (to the prisoner)—What have you to say? Prisoner —Please your vorship, I had my head at top of a spike, ven a man lays hold on me, and without speaking a blessed syllible vot sumdever lugs me right very down on the pavement, arter vich he chucked a stone at me, and in course I shied another at him. I'm hinnecent as a hunborn babby about anything else vots swore to. Mr. LONG fined him 20s. for resisting the officer, but as he might as well have been called on to pay off the national debt, he was sent to his old quarters, the House of Correction. On being removed from the bar he held both hands up to his face and pretended to cry, but In spite of all his efforts to fall into the " melting mood," he was quite unable to " wipe away a tear." QUEEN-SQUARE. A CARRIAGE HORSE KILLED BY A CAL—On Friday, John Taylor, the driver of the eab 1,409, appeared on a summons, which had been obtained against him by Joseph Edwards, coachman to Lord Charles Beauclerk, charging him with careless driving, whereby a very valuable horse bel.nging to his master had been killed. His Lordship was in attendance, and stated the animal to have been worth 75 guines. The proceedings were, of course, not taken to recover compensation, but for the public offence. The coachman stated that at about eleven on Thursday night he drove his master's carriage from Belgrave-square into Halisia. street. Another carriage turned into Halkin-street at the same moment from Wilton-crescent, which being on its near side caused witness to keep in the middle of the road, and a third carriage at the same time came in a contrary direction on ite near side. The latter slackened its pace to go steadily round the corner, and the cab driven by defendant, which was behind it, came sharply out into the middle of the road, in order to pass, and met witness sud denly Witness and defendant both oall(d out, but the cab was corning at such a rate that the driver could not pull up, and one of the shafts of the cab entered the off shoulder of the mare in his Lordship's carriage, and went right to her heart, and she died in a few minutes. Defendant's horse was knocked down by the cnilisicn. Witness was driving at a steady trot. Defendu4 wa. about seven feet from the kerb on his side at the time. Richard Brown, a police constable, proved that when he came up immedia ely after the accident, the cab w.is about the , distance described from the kerb. He had seen the cab enter Halki,i street from Grosvenor. place, and it was only going at a " farish" pace. Defendant said he was on his right side, when the carriage, which was driven at a furious rite, ran against him and knocked his horse down. He (defendant) was at a very gentle trot. He then called The Reverend W. Malet, a clergyman residing in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, who stated that he hail hired the defendant's cab on the evening in questicn, and had been driven fro,n Davies-street. As they were going through Halkin-street, he was thrown forward in the cab by a sudden jerk, and got out as soon as he could to ascertain what was the matter, and saw a carriage slowly moving towards the middle of the road, Witness said the defendant was going at tha rate of about seven miles an hour, and was on his own aide, being about two yards from the kerb. It was his opinion that neither party were going fast, and he considered it to have been purely an accident. Mr. BURRELL was of the same opinion, and dismissed the complaint. His Lordship observed that proceedings would not have been taken but that the cab proprietor came the next morning and abused his servants and everybody else in the place. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 13.—Admiral Sir C. Rowley, Bart., Commander-in-Chief at this port, st:uck his flag last night at sunset on board the St. Vincent, 120 ; and the Rear Admiral Superintendent of the Dockyard. Sr llyde Parker, struck his flag on board the Victory at the same time, and heisted it at the wizen of the St. Vincent, as commander of the experimental squadron, having received his appointment to that responsible duty last evening. The Hibernia, 100, Captain Richards, has orders to join the experimental squadron at Spithead. In order to enable her to do so with as little delay us possible, 140 extra ship wrights and 45 joiners,7and a proportionate number of painters, plumbers, and other essential hands were put upon her on Tuesday, who have continued to work from six o'clock in the morning until eight at night. Anothe-,. fatal accident has occurred on board this ship. On T•oes day, while the gun hoy was alongside, and the seam en were engaged in slinging the guns from thr,. hoy, and hoisting them on board, a seaman named 'William Jack son, who had just slung a gun, was struck by it, and positively smashed flat against the side of the ship. The Lords of the Adiniralt-y have issued an order granting permission to nava ) , officers disposed to witness the trial of sailing between the ships forming the expe rimental squadron, to join any ship of the squadron for the period of the cruise, and to be borne on the ship's books for the regulation allowance of provisions. As they will be merely spectators, no pay will be allowed. Second Lieutenant Dowman, two sergeants, four cor porals, and 114 privates from this division of the Royal Marines embarked yesterday on board the Rodney, 92, Captain Collier, as supernumeraries. Second Lieutenant Ward, three sergeants, five cor porals, and 132 privates, embarked yesterday on board the St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, to make up her complement. We are informed that, her A.Tajesty has signified her intention to revisit the new royal marine resid , two, lsborne-house, on the 19th instant. We are also in fOrmerl that her Majesty will insp. , ct tho squadron at Spithea , l en t' , e following day. The royal yacht i, reportod quite ready for the royal use. and will be em ployid to convey the royal party to o,llnrne. In Harbour—The Hibernia. Victory, Excellent, Vic toria and Aib,rt. Siren, Diligence transport, Resistance troopship, end Comet, Fearless, and •Echoe steamers. In D-c'.—The Prince Regent, Trincomalee, Centaur, and Amphitrite. In the Basin—The Athol troop-ship. At Spithead—The St. Vincent, Trafalgar, Queen. Rolney, Albion, Canopus, Vanguard, and Superb. DEvoNrowr.—Admiral Sir John West. Commander in-Chief at this port, returned from leave on Monday evening, and hoisted hix flag the following morning on hoard he Pandora, 6, Lieutenant-Commander WOod, in Barnpool. The Penguin, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Leslie, sailed on Tuesday for Falmouth, to take out the next mail to the Brazils, The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master-Com mander Laen, arrived on Tuesday from Portsmouth, and embarked the depot or the 7th Fusiliers, with which she left on Wednesday for Kinsale. '1 he Hecate steam• vessel, Commander Bower, arrived on Tuesday froom Woolwich. The Vulture, first-elasT, steam-frigate, Captain M‘Don gall, arrived on Tuesday evening from Sheerness, last from Spithead, en route to the East India station. THE GREAT ROBBERY AT PARIS. (From Galignani's Messenger.) The man who stole the 80,000 f. from a commercial house on the Quai de la Tournelle has been arrested. The account which he sent of his having lost the money appearing exce.clingly improbable, the police set to work to find out his residence, and discovered that he ! had gone on Tuesday with a woman named Reward, his mistress, to take a lodging at the Barriere Rochechouart. He was on that occasion dressed in female attire, and, having taken the lodging, had paid the denier a Dieu, giving his name as the widow Rondos. Being traced from that place, the police ac quired a certitude, that he slept every night in a fur-' nished lodging at 68, Faubourg du Roule. On Thursday night the police entered hi s room an d f oun d hi m i n bed,' with, however, stays on, collar, bottines, and other arti cles belonging to a woman's dress. When taken to the Prefecture of Police hepersisted in his story of having had his pocket picked of 80,000 f. In the course of Fri day the most minute searches were made at the several lodgings of this man, whose name is Gardeur, and his mistress. All - the furniture was examined; the wall.; sounded, and 'even the mattresses opened, and the wool carefully carded, but all was in vain. At one moment the officers thought they had got hold of the "object in search. In the apartment of Reward they disco vered a chest, which she had carefully endeavoured to conceal, but on opening it nothing was found in it but the, clothes which Gardeur wore on the day of the robbery, and a hich he had chanced for tit complete dress of a woman. Reward retained. if not feelings of repentance and honesty, at least apprehen sions of- her being involved as an accomplice,_ and' it once acknowledged that Gardeur gave her in, the street a note of I,ooof. ; that she agreed to go with him in search of a ~new lodging, and that furniture should be bauelt as soon as it was taken. In the chest with Gardeur's clothes was found the rough draft, or the letter, announcing the pretended robbery oi' the 80,000 f. This sr*tned to stagger the woman for 'a trituti.nt ; hut she still persisted in 't;eclaring,' that if Gardeur had appropriated to 'himself the 80,000 f., she knew not what he had done with the monoa. Gardeur and Josephine were confined apart, the man still wearing his female varments. An officer of in telligence, placed over Josephine, remarked that she took snuffout of a wooden box, on the outside and inside uf which various figures of uncouth shapes were rudely scratched with the point of a knife or a large pin: being questiomed by her keeper as to the meanirg these rude hieroglyphics, she appeared to be very 'much disturbed at the qnesi;on, but would give no satisfactory explanation. The officer hissing communicated this circumstance to the magistrates, Josephine was again brought before theta. and at length made the following declaration. She stated that on Tuesday last, and not before, Gardenr made her acquainted a ith the robbers he had committed. She earnestly advised him to go to his master, throw himself at his feet, restore the money, and implore his forgiveness. This good advice he re jected. They afterwards went together to walk in the wood of Vincennes, and there, near the gate of St. Mande, in a place hid in the copse-wood, Gardeur made a hole at the foot of a tree, and buried in it 78,000 E in bank-notes in two .glass bottles ; one containing 38,0001',, destined for her. Josephine, and her mother, and the other 40,0001., which he kept for himself. Having filled up the hole, and covered it with moss and leaves, Gardeur made several marks on the tree,- and then, having neither pencil nor paper about him, he scratched on the top of the snuff-box as well as he could indications of the way to the spot from La Tournelle,' copying in the inside of the snuff-box the marks he had made on the tree. Early on Saturday morning Gardeas s and Josephine were confronted, and although at first he repeated his affirmation of his having been roh',ed, and declared that it was done before the picture -shop of M. Auberf, in the Place de la Bourse, he, or 'being informed of the deposition of Josephine, and . .nding that conceal meat was no longer possible, arinowledged that her statement was true. Abous: seven o'clock in the morn ing the two prisoners, accompanied by the Commissary, and guarded by officers of police, were taken to the wood of Vincennes, ant!, the two bottles were found contain ing together tile 78,000 E • THE LATE EARL OF ABERGAVENNY.— The Will (dated October 23, 1843) of this nobleman, who died on the 12th April in the present year, has been proved by his executors, R. Morgan, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, and A. Elswood, Esq., of Buagay. The Earl devises in fee to his brother, the Hon. W. Nevid (the present Earl, and who inherits Eridge Castle, and all the other old entailed estates), all the estates which he (the late Earl) held under his father's will, but subjects them to the payment of 7,0001. to each of the three daughters of his said brother. The mansion in Berkeley-square, his favourite house at Brighton, and all his per sonal estate, sworn under 60,0001., he gives to his executors in trust for sale, but with a right of pre-emption to the present Earl, as to the Berkeley-square house and furniture, the furniture and effbcts at Eridge Castle, and the park, &c. And after payment of his debts, personal and testamentary expenses, and legacies to his executors and servants, he directs the residue to be equally divided between his nephew and niece, Mr. Thomas Myers and Miss Mary Myers, the issue of the Earl's eldest sister, the late Lady Mary Catherine Myers. TH F. Two MAcrfAns.—The Chief of the Scotch clan Macnab, has lately emigrated to Canada with 100 clansmen. On arriving at Toronto he called on his newly illustrious namesake, Sir Allan, and left his card as " The Macnab. ,, Sir Allan re turned his visit, leaving his cat d, " The °the? Macnab." HARE-i - iuN T oN AscoT RACE COSJRSE. —On Thurs day, at Ascot, just prior to the race for the Ascot Cup, heiteret, which had been started from the heath ran upon the course, and was quickly pursued by the spectators, and after hating afforded considerable amusement, effected its escape. ---..,............ MARKET NEWS. (SATURDAY` •) COVENT-ManXIMN . Our market was again heavily supplied with Vegetables, yet the demand for them was active, at our quotations. la Fruit and most other articles, comparatively little was doing. Old Potatoes, from 3s to 4s per cwt ; Turnips, is 6d to 2s 6d; Potatoes, Carrots, 5s 6d to 7s ;Young Onions, is 3d to 2s; and Cole worts, or Greens, 2s to 35 per dozen bunches; Goose" berries, 3s to 45 6d ; Currants, 5s to 6s Spinach, 9d to Is 3d; and Apples, 2s to 35 per half sieve; Cherries, 153; new Summer Cabbages, 15 to 2s per dozen ; Rhubarb, 4d to Is 6d; 2d to Gd: and Pine-apples, Ss to 103 per lb; bushel; Radishes, Asparagus, 2s 63 to 8s ; Horse-radish, 3s to ss; Brocoli, IS to 2s 3d ; and Celery, Is to os per bundle ; Oranges, Ss to 14s; L em""!s , 8-; to 12s; and Forced French heaps, 23 per has; 3 s per dyed; Cucumbers, 83 to 35 each ; Brocoli Sprouts, 43 per dozen hand s ; Small Salad, 2d; and Mushrooms, Is to Is 6d per punn et; Strawberries, 121 to 14s ; Green Peas, lOs per small basket. demand for it was in a very siug,:!isil state , -4,, -, : , i - r.k.al"..:i:J AV,IM• I..Z.AWALtria.S-4,1r. t he We had only a moderate supply of Poultry on offer, yet t timiar Y Price. The arrival.; of country-killed Meat, og rat tier eNtiii,:iv, t ',l . :iv!. was Iny at hirely stational :i s 4d 0 prices : Beef, ;Tom as 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, , k 10.: •. • ' 1 , Lamb, , L. 103 to 63; Veal, 3s 10d to ss; and Pori 3s to 4s per 811. m. at barely.str tolerably TaTraT onr , o stD • )rnio s g tf d s , c l r v i e p t h i LI s a c) I f , e p r r l o , ( It steadyc th , e de s m u p a p n l d i r a n o fdlivash i t c w h e li e ll quotations were firmly supported. EORT '. Each kind of p r i me M N eat m WP oved off steadily at full p 4 r s i 4 c eg d ; 4 Otherwise, the t ra d e ru led dull. Beef, from 3s 4d 03 to ss; Mutton, 3s 8d t o 4 s 10d ; Lamb, 5s 2d to 65 ; Veal, and Pork, 38 to 4s per 81bs. AIaNG.ATE OILS we ek ' Immense supplies okerel have reached us ~ „020. vet the demand for them is active at from 20j; to 309 „ Pi o gsi Turbots are selling at frem 63 to 16s; Cod Fish , 9 _, , a nti and Whitings, 3d to 4d each ; Salmon, 10d to ls 3 1, ' Eels, 4d to 10d per lb. a n i' d e p " ri c b e u s s w i n ' eerses WEEITWOMEAPZIP . time Pe l t ; , to pporte . Yeah Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 50 to 6s; n N o v t as su tran'sa d cted thuaenet;for some - 04 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s per Blbs. SIREILD. Metropolis ar The prices of Wheaten Bread in the 7d to 8d ; of Household ditto, Ad 5d to 6, per 41b3 leaf g e jfer* HIDE DICAILICE Ir Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs:_Best Steers an c ! o , ditto , 5s 4,1 to 5s 8d ; Middling ditto, 4s : 10d to llife r: 0 1 5 4s 4d to 4s Bd. Sheep and Calf-skins, at F" d La''''" from 3s 4d toe4fras 01 Market Calf, 6s 6,1 to Bs - ; Shearlings, 6d to 10d; 03 AITIIII , Skins, is 3d to 2s 3d. DmD.—Coarse. Meadow Hay', 4 ' Ha - z maalcors; 1 105 ; n- • S - - Straw, 2/ is to 2/ 3s per load. A fair a' d0., 0 4/ 12s to 5/ 111 i; fine Upland do.. 5 1 12 0 9 ~!'i ) . virheA! C unnnp - ,, AN . iver Hay, 41 l'Os to 6/. Oat Straw, 1/ ISs t supply' ana to 4 . 5i 16 69'1 ' - • -erage 5 s to 5 ` ; Aol'er , sefu l a steady tradr., to 61 ; - t - ditto, 51 Scs to 51 10s; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 12 3 2 i 29; 0 13 ,0 11 Hay. t D.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 4/ 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 18s to a nd P ly(' 4 , aw, 2/ 2s to 2/ 4s per load. Both Hai - 4 / 155/ .reely, at full prices. 4l t li a 125 t ° , S V / ,'l l l B e s at ; ‘VIIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow H a d' did°, ''; t 21; useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/ lOs ; fine Uplan 1/I°_, l i f t . te, Straw,CloN'er 1 2 1 / y o , 4 2 / 1 1 2 0 s s tpoer6/160sad; .oastupSpairb'ut rno.,--1 and trade firm. _ ______ ° s JO TENANTS' COMPENSA TI The Bill introducedLbAyNLDoLßSltLatiLle.Y, (3 . l4. oel dsasti n for a lig i b i t ' tenants f making improvements, into the .House of Lords, "to provide n e i' charg% - o ts. and t° oreeaat e , by ter a roted or avour of landlords, in respect of itnfir e L e raed , 111 :0 1 ; ° he t' form, landlords, in Ireland," was yesterdaY/hogrig -• to r o by their Lordship? order. TO ' ° , o " issioner to be line of its principal provisions :—A co office in - re to b e appointed, under sign manual, who°, - Ace"' ;$ Of the Dublin. The secretary, &c ,ad otb e A '' pprob at-°n aPe t appointed, subject to - the direction n a ," kte i , to Lieut c. Treasury Commissioners. This coron" ssl { O r e L at. a idan e sl and i to . transmit accounts annually to assistant-commissioners , with the assent 0 ,beir g be laio nant, to make rules and regulations forsory, to a/w ild. *fore Parl:ament. Tenants desirouS of building , n a ,"„ V o ishe` h ing, or erainicg, or to apply for forms. of Pr e r eg hen ' a- be sen t instructions, which forms are to be filled Cr . b i s to . a t he totlielal{tlord. The tenant , ' having the Trfiding, or ri t riot ed th p e ro n pose ainl i P or ec . , t and two copies to be furnished, one of whic r eel ° r oe' Commissioner's answer, may make ie. (7 . flower so n ar in mews, if authorised, the landlord havi n r , ; p relirr noo Sea. them during their progress, and to reanireventents Pd'ithedt qis, .f the land ord require it, imPr°rits being then The assistant commissioner, the improreele e co st uiry as to the suitableness of the o f to be to an eertain th t e h t e : n n i t e ted is bito e f provements, and to report what son allowed ;or in case of im rovements being him la c ase landlord, what sum is to be allowed to In a '' sta te 0 ' 4 0 4 eviction the Assistant-Commissioner shall also imit o itgi the and when the tenant has been evicted ; and a ! na tion af at is to tAte. place as to the death• and ier ml " . .. t he s le o r tenantcy. Certain rules are laid down to lieu' The c° - f missioner is then to prepare of allowance and disallowance in all these cafsega.., __00; j compensation, and to re,gister , that ce tifi b e e s in , I' Q . eofic li f i fj big copies to the landlord such certificate or die, •;d 1 de tifie r ate o te _ II ; to w ; to the claim. If the tenant be evicted, the,ol 411„ tenancy, then, or within t'nirtY Years of pr:;tro_ta termine, the sum allowed the tenant for builtliingrLacclerr ing is to be recoverable from his then land o ted fo r s '? one twenty-ninth thereof for each year. conte.„ f o r ars s o; a eer year after the date of the proposal. The allowanr ro an I t t oo to be recoverable on death or eviction,. within It bsc il3 7,9 anti the remedy to be by action of debt--the n te rtic oo9is" ' claim but in cases above provided for. Tins -- a. clauses, and occupies 23 folio pages, closely Priatt •-••!--..., ~ is i i, • INSTITUTION OF CIV II4 GINEERS—,TuNE io. . ) . betl hair . ' (Sir John Rennie, President, in the c and deserbo, The paper read was by Mr. James Stirling, her ° A d tle an ingenious air engine, invented by.his broc_oodea bt O self. The movements of this machine are in ka9 its err air n ts t • the well-known pneumatic prince le, that , 0 1 o r prOPOrt gn ' o f tht! it r i g $ or pressure increased or diminished in perature is raised or lowered. The applicatit?ret exh ibit of ciple was exemplified by drawings, ands mod s ' ..fe ose o l n i,, ill • machine composed of two strong ht .°. c yli ' - t it,e o nected with the opposite ends of a vertical t io_ w rs , which a piston works in the usual manner. 'agog pl e to tb 4 air vessels are suspended two air-tight vessesttobso sop filled with non-conducting substances, an d , ' fl oviogot l l, o opposite extremities of a beam, capable 0, of the ro l e i down alternately, to the extent of one -fifth ~,. lutl el lope r ,9, the air vessels. By this motion of L.-,P t „ toe-, o sn, which is in a heated state below, ismote" ; r i e s 10 ,. ic h Pi, of the vessels, and in its transit traverses a n i _ te , WlLder , capillary passages between three saetalliel: retosiner,:te; sorb the major part of the . caloric. • filled its taken up by a refrigerator of tube 3 fillet The air at the heated end is about 700 dere:o,7,od it in i Cr, tionate pressure ; when it arrives at tits Coole.o_rsbed to o, e fis t ; to about 150 degrees, and the pressure d o nn i . . n a .1 ve' e t bit,j, responding extent. Therefore, as the te,',: i j o yiS 4 ,0070. ire ' opposite directions, it necessarily w e ,i. is ~, 'ofro d prsure of the condensed air 'in nns ie rriereo:,o oo ,' 0(0 while that of the other is diminished. ( 1,, o f tber e y . tb'v al y sure is this produced upon the oppesite ends .. ,uo ies l .,, the in io a reciprocating motion results, which coin: rbe el• iv /31 4"0t a beam, connecting rod, crank, and flYn this, 00 $ eh inery when driven. M ac hines • o . 0 ;440 it os I , were-stated to have been worked for. so roeJ cornwre'b•ieln Dundee with considerable Saving - offuel the ' 0 0e ro A e ired ' ste,,m-engine of similar power and doing t oi . p osanis fe t( its i now proposed to adapt it to marine 1) . , fu el, .., an A i r from its simplicity and slight expenditure suasion o f 0 1 1 "f o llY o ' re ol well' fitted. The theory of the ' esP a l ee re l e !), ale oho practical adaptation as a moving power% , , wht tir liagt oa cused, as were the mechanical Eliffie ll ! tle ijr• 'tot? IV to have been very ingeniously •overcolne•ti,!„ iti ain . ,.bers o il attended the meeting, and explained y the 10 0 7 0 1,inei , engine appeared to receive the find elect $ . lei' were evidently not prepared to find so P • ito t he -, an one so practically useful. , • _ .3 . 4 re a 'o The following papers were announced I, ' " I. • adot , i o . 6f, meeting, on the 17th of June:— , O . Vale d e s ? , fr.t i i c Ole , No. 72.3. " Description of the Din,t' ll e' i i S e .• r Ol t ; r e. , 'Sheffield and Manchester Railway." PY,..„irr,,' ° / . cls; '''''' . No. 725. " The application of gular a . ' So^ -r • marl rocs in'the river Severn." 13 Y -• .:--- ,m [ i A d, D e V s E n lt o T t l r S c E . :l ll E r N e T ylie ] — . d o,: r ai h g. e . bAil'ltil:,,,:rit._vii:erds;:ilf,o ,41-:: avivi ll it i q ui t ::: ____,..,,,.....,,,,,,.......... or . re , • never fades or -----csit°tl„.; rill 01" ; acquires that IMP '''' d So° s ' ale • •' - #: ( 1 Hair Dye, the only d •)? tie t realli °- . : t he he• irb ' n - rrit not gentlemen requiting chmmon to all "then rives. Noss ° I L, abo y° , joill• o°' izreotest confidence, recero"-Ilend t , '' t . tt ou i f sill 61 li hie, if d•)ne at their 'establisholl t t o bri°4oo, of or servant with theta to see ho v it ; 1 :b0 it th e o ite l / o ot enable them to do it, afterward' W" A :vote d ° 0 1) IP Failure. Several . lee nt9 , ••• . at „a! 1 4 . the above purpose, and some ° ~,i1 b e .,,Pg lig n oa le ; having used it, tl - ie effect produceu - ,... - „ a tteP,. J O, ',OP They think it necessary t • 0 adds that 0.7 bottle o r . t oov -, a, •,10 0 ,b or, to the instructions given with esep, ‘Te ll 0- 0, t"" et" it, are rt-queste.o. used, , Cor, to roes persons have succeeded equeb.Y`,; toel I.vorfuleo to them. Address Ross and Sons, 11%it,rs, s td`ed gate-street, the celebrated Patrrugroties ape H.,i • NM- e. . r-euLters, and Hair -dyers. dis tsoc L . oete, their own residences, whatever th e s d n y tl iv fo r o 4 l' NEw OXFORD STREET.--4911 I'l owl' teent of road from Holborn to Oxford-street was !._; to pre The pH carriage road through Holborn i 9 I. V . repairs. ......---,-,-,.... -------------,„ • mr• Of •C :p i l l iw - 8113 r" ''. r e, th e Is 7. oi l; it. ". On the sth of April last. at Mussoun eltegioisov,ife o f , a, J. S. Du Vernet, 2d Madras Europea?_ „ o il, th0. 0.. b0r 0. 601 1 On the 9th inst., at Castle- bill, 13 . he ~, o f sso eti Ws' • M. Nesfield, Esq., barrister -at' law, Dlackhei-Lt' `Qtr r On the 10th inst., at Lee-terrace, Is° f 010 ford Richardson, of a daughter. ~..e . it id .; o On the 10th inst., at Old F , tu, . • t _. . (r o, b er ts , P steed, Esq., of a daughter. ' . , f „ , 0. a clatig. set . On the 11th inst., Mrs. 11. litt.T.l.T., c . eshunt, ,94.,,a On the 11th inst., at 'rurner s 1-110 ° Ificl , v W. Ward, of a son. t, Brulls t Grenville -f. , tree On the 12th inst., a ' • ''cl‘ Mt_2....11 : 2e1e2222 1 11.....--- ----- ..Aer l ( 0 .r `' .- to r ° MA Br-111P. job 0 • Churc u ' ( Ai di'" • r e, On the 10th inst., at Clain • ha t rn o F r soces , -- A tts o Wheeler, Esq., of Berinondsr In,sh i re. a f ;ddle t°/r st' l. o f Mr. Marley, of Holbeach, 1. 01 ' O . r's Charch, v...arister.it, On the 10th inst., at St. Mar . _ mil ie. b. eve, f the Inner 'I - Pw Gre go at' Edwin C. Sut:or, Esq.) 0 f the late • b I ' 7 ;o ° to Elizabeth. fourth. daughter o ii, JoseP t . t be Melkshani, Wilts. cras c burr . o On the 11th inst., at St. Pan Ince, third datlP Esq., M.D., to 11,1ar,y,"rhornas Govver-street. s ot )per John Spooner, E-q., I ea ( s; 0 rEI). Cam cha t' goer erton, nea r i d v e- ' A O On the 11th inst., at Cheat s ecol A ni eY , f i ll ' .. wears and 4 months, L"isath NV:u•wielc• the wife ° $ \Villiam Atkinson and Eliz.thet Catharine, tl e lls~ On the Stli inst., at Bridpor ) fora, !sp. -ti" nge, a % 1., V i t Templer, Esq. -,-, ddicott ixo--401c0e7,0) s. • On the 9th inst), at 1 ,0 of W . - l l ' ' 1 'Wools'. ' # Maria, the youngest miter of ~fospital, aecate, ciorie On the 9th inst., at the c) ,.i.3. 1 1 1 i i estY's e i-P titer of 31r. # Surridge, Esq., mate of he t le , __,_ ami ght yo 0 ,. _. 0 , 1 0 •On the 10th inst- Jan leetn: j 4,101-; o,or. To Pu,h, Upper Hamilton-terriat , , r-7,` ..11 , , w it , r , wir ogol l f On the 10th inst., Char 0 te d.. ~, rth-road. 4 , of ° Ritchie, 4,1 the Wandswo I), oond. se , of On the Ilth inst., Chathur .. - ''' ... -------1,60 it* Esq., of Upper 1i0ntf..1..?•,,,,.-....-•--2-_- - •!- 7 _-_::.po ,s - o• of --t---„_l_,------=:---....____,-_,.-•-,--------le._., by ,fi..) I , 1,,,..c05, .000 / ..--11 aou ru° - " . 1 w he iso `in L '''' 0 C 1,0114.+Al .i , ~“ , ir,„ A, 1 • DI N". 11'2. Strand. ' r. ' f the Savor, in the Precinct o _ ......, Middlesex., Monday, Awe 16, Jaw r r h o eE 1,3 4 ;3 21,414 1,281 5,514 18,090 1,401 3,819 485