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Mr. BODKIN (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition) said—Would he not, as a medical man, having been told by his wife that she had taken prussic acid, have given an alarm, and called fer those remedies with which, as a medical man, he must have been acquainted, and which were at once at hand—cold water, a smelling bott!e, and brandy ; for, as one of the witnesses had said, as long as there was life there was hope. Why had he not adopted these means? Why, because he would either have restored to life a person he did not wish to live; or by the use of the remedies betray his knowledge of the fact that she had tsken poison. L was said he was alarmed, but would alarm lead him to coin upon the moment a fa'sehood, and to go through a mock ceremony in applying remedies which he knew to be perfectly useless. The deceased was represented to have been in bed and awake ; there were no curtains to the bed. Why his wife must have observed him attempting to open the bottle, and must have seen what he did ; and yet he represented that his wife got out of bed, poured water upon the prussic acid, and drank it. The odour of prussic acid, when spilled, remained in the atmosphere of the room some time. No odour was observed in the room. The room was swept. No broken glass was discovered ; but outside the street door, on the steps, some broken glass was afterwards found. They would not fail to observe that on his arriving in the front room he represented that suddenly a thought came into his mind of writing to his friends in the north; but this was more deliberate, for he desired the girl to leave the room, and not to bring up the breakfast until he called her. They would have to say whether having thus removed a parson, a ho might have inter rupted, he availed himself of that opportunity of re turning to the bed-room, and administering, first the salts and then the prussic acid. If he had at once given his account of the transaction it would have been open to the gravest suspicion, even if it had been taken alone, but when taken in conjunction with the letters which he had written to the north, he feared it was a case pregnant with much more than suspicion.—[The Learned Gentleman here read the letter dated from the Euston Hotel, and sent to Mr. Bell, and which was given yesterday, in the Solicitor-General's opening.] Had that letter stood alone, it would have been nothing, but it was the commencement of a series. On the 29th May the will was executed, on the Ist June they set out for Lon don, and on the 3d of June this letter is written, in which allusion is made to the delicate state c f her health. On the 6th June he wrote another letter, intended, as it appeared to him, to prepare the way for the news of her death, and stating that two medical gentlemen were in attendance on her. Now, that letter was written on the Thursday, the very day on which the prisoner bad ob tained the poison from Donaghue. Undoubtedly the pri soner had been in the habit of using prussic acid up to the year 1841. but there was no evidence that he ha..l been in the habit of using it since that period. It was also true that he obtained it where he was known. The prisoner was entitled to the benefit of that circumstance, ' although it should be remembered that he might have found difficulty in obtaining it where he was not known. He now came to the letter written to Mr. Bell on the Bth June. This was written on the Saturday, the day of the death. [The Learned Counsel here read the letter, which was given in the Solicitor-General's opening address yesterday.] That letter was posted after half-past five on the evening of that Saturday on which the death took place. That letter, describing her dangerous state, and saying that she was attended by two medical men, who pronounced her to be labouring under a diseased heart, was written hours after he had seen her expire, and after he had applied at the cemetery on the subject of the funeral. That letter had been written before the necessity of a coroner's inquest and a post mortem examination had become manifest. The post mortem examination took place on the Monday, and the prisoner had expressed a desire to be present. He was not permitted to be present, but Captain Clarke was there, and described to the prisoner that the contents of the stomach had been analysed by the medical men, and had been placed in a glass and removed. This was ample notice to a medical man. He went to Mr. Gar ratt, and received, what was evidently intended to be an evasive answer to his inquiries, and then, and not till then, he expressed a desire to get Captain Clarke into a private place, and made to him that communication which Captain Clarke bad stated to them. It would be their painful duty to consider the evidence, and to pronounce a verdict on which the life of the prisoner would depend. They should remember his statement to the Registrar, that his wife had died of diseased heart, which was an hereditary disease, as her mother had died of the same disease in Northumberland some months before ; while at the same time there was existing in the register in Northumberland a statement, under his own hand, that she had died of bilious fever. If they could entertain any doubt as to the prisoner's guilt, it would be their bounden duty to give the prisoner the benefit of that doubt ; but if they could entertain no such doubt, it would be their duty—and however panful that duty might he, he was convinced they would nut shrink from its per formance—then he repeated, it would be their painful duty to pronounce him guilty. Mr. Baron GURNEY then summed up the evidence. The crime charged against the prisoner was that of the most odious nature--the crime of murder ; and the per son whom he was charged with murdering was one whom he was bound to protect and to cherish, for she was his wife —she was young, and beautiful, and fascinating. The case differed from most other cases that had come under his observation, for the doubt in other cases generally arose as to the person who committed, and the means by which, the crime was committed. Here there was no doubt of that kind, for it was perfectly clear that the prisoner was the person who purchased the poison, and that that poison was the means of the death of his wife. If the jury were of opinion that he had admi nistered the poison himself, or had left it in her way know ing she would take it, they would find the prisoner guilty; but if he had not administered it himself, or had not left it in her way with a guilty, intent the prisoner was not guilty of any crime whatever, however blameable his want of caution might be. The secrets of the heart were known to the God of all, and to him alone. It ap peared that the prisoner and the deceased lived, ap parently, in a happy state, so that the state in which they lived together afforded no probale motive for committing such a crime. Neither did the way in which the property was so circumstanced, afford any probable motive for his committing the crime with which he was charged. But though neither of those circumstances afforded any probable motive, yet it sometimes happened that great crimes were commit ted, for which no reasonable motive could be assigned. He was aware that, in the present state of the press of this country, it was impossible for twelve gentlemen to com e into the box without knowing' the circumstances iu which great crimes were committed before they came to decid e on them in a Court of Justice. If any of them had..e r eceived the least impression of p re j u dice from what the 3' might have read of the present case, he begged of him to dismiss it from his mind and to weigh the case and :decid e upon the evidence' which they had heard. and by that alone. S ome stress had been la i d on the prisoner taking a lodging in Stepney, but he did not think, under the circumstances, rea sonable gsound of that there was any general observations which hethat.Those were the he thought it necessary to address to them. The Learned Jud , ethenproceeded to o read those portions of the evidence t4. which bore upon the nce case, commenting on them as h e went along. 11111 his Lordship had gone through the oral evidence he referred to the letters written by the prisoner.e which were of great importance in this case. It ap peared from the first let ter wh ich he wrote to M r . B el l and Mr. Downing, that he had been practising a deeep tion upon them, in telling them that his wife was ill, and that he had two physicians attending her. With regard to the letter of the Bth, in which he reiterated his statement that his wife was ill, it was evident that it was posted after his wife was dead, but whe ther it had been written before that event they had no means of knowing. If the letter was written before the death, he thought it furnished a strong argument against the prisoner , for it would seem to be a portion of that deception which it was evident he had been practising on his friends. If it was written after the death, this view might be taken of it—that wishing to conceal that his want of caution, if his story was true, was the cause of his wife's death, he ' wanted to prepare them for that event. The question which they had to try was, whether the prisoner bad administered, or caused to be administered, this poison, for the purpose of destroying his wife's life. If they were ot', that opinion, they would find the prisoner PiltY ; but if on the ot h er h an d , they believed that ne was only gu il ty of an indiscretion, and had in been guilty of f alshoodorder here to we c r o e nceal it, they w ou ld acquit him. very peculiar circumstances i n t hi s case. s ' o rmhee prisoner had been guilty before hand of a falsehood in stating that two medical men were attending his wife —that falsehood was subsequently repeated. He stated that his mother-in-law died of a disease of the heart, whereas he had given it under his own hand, that she died of a bilious fever. All this was for their consider ation. If they thought under all these circumstance s thrt the prisoner was guilty, they would, hogs ever, painful to themselves, perform their duty to society, but if they had any reasonable doubt of his guilt, they wou'd give the benefit of it to the prisoner, knowing that it was better ten guilty men should escape than that one inno cent life should be destroyed. The jury then retired Co consider their verdict. After an absence of about an hour, they returned with a verdict of—Not Guilty. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—If the French Ministerial journals are to be believed, the affair of Otaheite is to be arranged between the two Governments by the sacri fice of Mr. Pritchard. This gentleman is to he treated as the scapegoat, on whose head the violent proceedings of the French authorities is to be con fessed as unjustifiable in extent ; but as provoked by alleged indiscretions on his part, by which he had excited the jealousy of the watchful French " Pro tectorate,' and induced the treatment of which the English Government, whose minister he was, has very properly complained, and required explanation. The Paris Globc states, as an established fact, that which is not merely unsupported by a tittle of evidence, but has been expressly contradicted by distinct testi mony :—" Have the French authorities been guilty of any wrong? If so, England has a right to demand reparation, and France should not hesitate to grant it ; for it is only by avowing our wrongs that we can maintain our rights. Now, it is evident and proved that the French authorities had a right to arrest Mr. Pritchard, and deport him, because of his exciting disturbances, and mither the English nor any Government can deny the legality of such an act. There was, how ever, on the part of a French officer, an abuse of force and an inexcusable pi-weeding—a fact which may and ought to be acksawledged. No body can find fault with the English Govern ment for demanding that that proceeding and gratuitous violence be censured, and no man of sense can condemn the French Government for ac quiescing in that demand." The Presse (also a Mi nisterial journal) follows in the same track ; and, upon the faith of a letter in an English journal, for mally accuses Mr. Pritchard of having been "the in stigator and exciter of all the disturbances which broke out in the island (of Otaheite)." Such a mod, of settling the differences between the two Govern. ments might be, doubtless, very convenient to the apathetic Minister who dreams over the Foreign de partment in Downing-street. Lord Aberdeen, it i: supposed, will say :—" If you, M. Guizot, will re move M. D'Aubigny from Otaheite, and pass a sligh; censure upon him for his indiscreet zeal in imprison ing Mr. Pritchard, our Consul, we (the British Government) will admit—without questioning thr grounds of the imputation—that Mr. Pritchard di( not act quite prudently in the very delicate circum stances in ‘s hich he was placed. M. D'Aubigny is of corn. paratively trifling importance to you, when compared with the embarrassments which are thickening aroutn your heads, as a Ministry. As for us, we are a peace loving Cabinet—l am, emphatically, pacific. W( would deliver over a thousand Pritchards to con tumely, censure, disgrace, and ruin, could we do s. with safety to our position as a Government, an( diminish the difficulties which surrounded our policy by pitching them out of our way. All things wii now proceed smoothly. The dignity of the grew nation, of which you are the Minister, will b( maintained; and the English people, less romantic in their notions, will he easily reconciled t( the means, so that we can but prevent the threatener visitation of war." Now, this may appear to Lor( Aberdeen a Ary easy, if not a very dignified mode of getting out of the difficulties created bi the proceedings of the French subordinate autho triies at Otaheite. But, however his Lord ship may view the matter, we do not anticipat( the acquiescence of the British people in such a com promise ; nor do we think that the House of Com mons is so perfectly subjugated as to permit sue! an arrangement to pass unquestioned, and its has , truckling to French prejudices and passions to pas. unexposed. If there be proof that Mr. Pritchard ha: acted improperly or indiscreetly, let it be adduced and let the French authorities at Otaheite derive even fair fair advantage, in the way of extenuating their insul to his office, and their violence to his person, which suet proved impropriety of conduct can supply. But these assumed errors, or faults, in Mr. Pritchard's conduct must be specified and established by proof. The mere after-thoughts of his ruffian-like assailants must no be received against him as ascertained facts. Nor mus• Ministerial convenience be regarded in comparism with the claims of personal rights and national honour The Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Aberdeen, it the House of Lords, awl Sir Robert Peel in the Hons. of Commons, speaking on this very subject, have born testimony to Mr. Pritchard's personal virtues an: public merits. These testimonials were not deliverer in a corner, but in the face of the British Parliameni and nation. They are on record ; and cannot be de stroyed or removed by French slanders, even thong] they be grounded on anonymous or obscure libeller: of his reputation in this country. The desire whirl prevails in France to exhibit .Mr. Pritchard as un worthy of public regard, and thus to induce Englisl acquiescence in the treatment he has received, is ma nifested by the statements which were industriously put forth by the French press, and circulated 13.3 means of some journals in this country, that a Mr Pritchard, who had been guilty of some improprieties at Caen, in Normandy, is the same Mr. Pritchar( whose treatment at Otaheite has provoked public resentment in this country, and induced the Englisl Government to require explanation and reparatioi from that of France. . STANDARD.—We have been favoured by Messrs. Gabriel Kennard, Thomas Cull, and Edmon( Post, with copies of a series of letters which have passed between these gentlemen and the Archbishol of Canterbury upon the subject of the unhappy dis putes that have lately distracted the parish of Ease Farleigh. The gentlemen who have sent us thi: correspondence wish us to make it public : hut this is a step upon which we crav( time for deliberation. 'There certainly is nothii - g in the letters of Messrs. Kennard, Cull, am Post, of which we do not entirely approve, and which does not, in our judgment, reflect high honour upon the writers. Nevertheless, they and all reasonable men will agree with us, that parties in their position may say things, and if they are sincere will say them strongly and bitterly, in a remonstrant( to their diocesan, which it might be inconvenient an(' mischievous to publish in a newspaper; there is in our opinion something answering this description in the third letter of the correspondence, which thougl very proper for the attention of the metropolitan, would hardly bear the press. Meanwhile, it is impossible not to admire the whole conduct pursued by the dis satisfied—in our opinion most justly dissatisficd— parishioners of East Farleigh. They have with drawn from the ministrations of the clergyman who. by his innovations, his religious millinery, and reli gious dramaticism, and by his Tractarian doctrines, showed a disposition to convert a Protestant pa rochial temple into a Romanist mass-house ; they have turned their backs upon his candlestick and his chanting, and his distillations from Doctor Pusey's defence of transubstantiation ; but they have not turned their backs upon the Church, faithfully attending the services of an adjoining parish church, where the doctrines of the Church of England are decently and faithfully inculcated. It would appear from the correspondence before us, that the candlesticks have been removed (as it is supposed, upon a suggestion of the Archbishop) but that the chanting is continued, and that the Trac tarian doctrines are still promulgated from the pulpit, with this extraordinary sanction from the Archdeacon, that the laity not being qualified to understand the doctrines of the Minister, have no thing to do with these doctrines but to accept them implicitly. Now, of the three innovations complained of, the only one removed (the candlesticks) would ap pear to most reasonable Fersons incomparably the least offensive. For chanting in a parish church there is no excuse whatever ; the practice, which in our time, it is not easy to reconcile any. where with the decent and unaffected gravity of religious worship, had its origin in the necessity of sustaining the human voice by an artificial disci pline and distribution of its power, so as to fill large buildings which the ordinary speaking voice could not fill. There was to choose between shouting and semi-singing; and in those simple times, when mobbing was more frequent, and the opera not quite familiar, the semi singing was thought to have less tendency to desecrate the solemn prayers of the Church than mere shouting. We are not quite sure that the reverse is not the case at present. In parish churches, however, chanting was never necessary, because parish churches are rarely, if ever, too large for the articulately delivered hu man voice, and as chanting in parish churches is unnecessary, so is it improper. Every one is ex , petted to attend, and ought to attend his parish dhurch ; but every one is not affected in the same way by music, or by the unnatural tones employed in chanting. We know that, of all people on the face of the earth, musical people are the most incredulous of the existence of any unlike themselves, the most intolerant of any impeachment of the universality of the influence of that which influences them. Nevertheless, it is very certaon that a great many reasonable (and, the question here), responsible creatures are as little affected by musical notes as blind men are by-colours, and upon such the unnatural tones of the chant and the something like grimace by which it is accompanied, have an influence the very reverse of edifying; at the a . THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1G44. most innocent, it wearies them. What right, then, has a clergyman to impose this hardship upon it may be one half, but call it but a twentieth of his congre gation ? They wish to attend their parish church ; why are they to be annoyed in it, or driven from it ? It will not be denied that our noble Liturgy, read distinctly, feelingly, and unaffectedly, is the perfect fulfilment of the great requisite of worship—" prayer with the spirit, and prayer with the understanding a 150.," Now, in this worship every one, by divine grace, is able to join, whatever his defect of musical ear; and surely this ought to be enough for the service. The clergyman and his family, perhaps, delight in music—let them enjoy it at home, or at any friend's who delights in it also ; but let not a clergyman incur the risk of forcing upon his congregation that which does not in all cases "tend to edification." We regret to announce the death of the Baroness Rossmore, which took place at the Dell, near Windsor, on Tuesday morning. The memory of this amiable lady will be long revered by a large circle of friends. SECOND CHESS MATCH BETWEEN MR. STAUNTON AND M. ST. AmaNT.—The preliminaries of another match at chess between these distinguished champions of England and France have been arranged, and is to come off at Paris in about a month. It was at first wished that M. St. Amara, who was desirous of another trial of skill with Mr. Staunton, should come over to London to fight the match; but, as that could not be arranged, Mr. Staunton, rather than seem to shrink from the contest, agreed to go over to Paris a second time. The Liver pool Chess Club has contributed 50/. towards the ex penses of the match. Musußooxas.—Mushrooms have recently, in this neighbourhood, been so abundant, as to have become almost a drug in our public markets and streets. They have been sold, of good quality too, at from 14d. to 2d. per quart—a price which, considering the toil of gather ing, and the expenditure of shoe leather in the morning wet or dew of the old meadows, can scarcely be remu. nerative. Pains-taking housekeepers have been enabled to bottle up an ample supply of ketchup.—Liverpool paper. LA W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 21. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) IN THE MATTER OF JAMES GIBBS. This bankrupt was the well known annuitant granter, money borrower and lender, carrying on business in Jermyn-street, St. James's, to an immense extent, ho having succeeded to the business of the firm of " Howard and Gibbs," who some twenty years ago, entailed so much ruin upon almost every class of society in this me tropolis. he proceedings in the case of James Gibbs have oc cupied a considerable length of time before Mr. Com missioner Holroyd, and his final examination was ad journed sine die in consequence of the non production of a " private book," which it was sworn he had kept, but which the bankrupt swore had been destroyed many years ago. The Learned Commissioner's decision was appealed against in the Court of Review before Sir J. Knight Bruce, when the following order was issued :—" This Court doth order that the said assignees (of James Gibbs) do proceed before the Commissioner of her Ma jesty's Court of Bankruptcy, acting in prosecution of the iat in bankruptcy issued against the said bankrupt, with the examination and investigation of the bankrupt's ac :ounts, and with the further and full examination of the aid bankrupt touching his estate and effects, so far and .n all such respects as the same can be done under ex sting circumstances. But this order is to be without prejudice to any question—whether the answers of the ,aid bankrupt, in the said petition mentioned or referred o, have, or have not, been satisfactory or sufficient, and without prejudice to any question as to the existence or ion-existence of the book or books in question, men ioned or referred to in the said petition, and the said ;ommissioner is to be at liberty (if he shall think fit) o make any special report to this Court, and this Court loth order the said petition to stand over, on all the tuestions and costs, 'and the said parties, or either of hem, are to be at liberty to apply to this Court touching he matters of the said petition as they may be advised." SUMMER ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—L-Liverpool, Aug. 20. (Before the LORD CIIIEF BARON.) _ _ . William Anderson, a surgeon, practising at Manches er, was indicted for the manslaughter of Jane Ford, by he administering of improper medicines. Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Mark conducted the prosecution; he prisoner was defended by Mr. James. Mr. Wilkins stated the case. Catherine Foley, examined by Mr. MARK—I am the wife of William Foley. My maiden name was Ford. I vas married to my husband, Philip Foley, after the iirth of this child. It was six weeks old at the time of is death. It was in good health on the morning of the 29th of May. I fed it about ten o'clock on boiled bread tnd milk. It ate heartily. It took the breast well. In ,e afternoon it was seized with a fit of crying. I searchd its clothes to see whether anything hurt it. I could not Ind anything. I took it to a druggist's in Newton-lane, near my house. He told me to take it to Surgeon An- Jerson's. I did so. I showed him the child. It was lot then crying. lie asked what was to do with the 3hild. I said it was bad in the belly. Ile asked if I had ed it. I said I had. He asked me if it was with new artad or old? I said with old. A woman who was :here asked if it ever bad fits? I said no. He felt the 'idly of the child. It did not cry when he did so. He looked up in my face and laughed. I told him I had given it a teaspoonful of castor oil. He asked me if it lrew up its legs. I said, " No, it was rather inclined o stretch itself out." He asked me for a bottle, and I etched one. He filled it from two bottles in the shop. I paid4d. for it. He told me to give the child a teaspoon -111 every four hours, one dose to be given as soon as I got ho me. He did not tell me to go back to tell him how t was going on. I gave it a teaspoonful of the mixture Lbout seven o'clock. It cried a little but not much. I gave it another dose about eleven o'clock. It slept very Leavily, but awakened partially when I took it up. I had no difficulty in opening its mouth, but it hiccupped Ind moaned. Its feet were cold, and the legs drawn up. [ straightened them, but it drew them up again. About our o'clock in the morning I gave it another dose. I got up about seven o'clock. I went to Mr. Anderson tbout half-past seven. The child was then sleeping very heavily, and I did not attempt to wake it. When Mr. Anderson came down I said, " Mr. Anderson, the little .hild I had hero yesterday was very poorly in the light, and hiccupped very much after I gave it the se •nnd teaspoonful of the mixture. It draws up its legs nd moans very much." He asked me if it had slept ? [ said it had. I had taken the bottle with me. It was utlf full. Mr. Anderson filled it up, and told me to ive it to the child as before. I gave it another dose about eight o'clock. It was not moaning then. It was n other respects the same as before. About twelve ;clock I gave it some more. It was very cold, and I se eral times took it to the fire to warm it. I then took it o Mr. Taylor's, the druggist, and he desired me to ake it to the infirmary. This was after four o'clock in he afternoon. The child died about half-past one on Friday morning. After its death I went to the prisoner ,nd asked him what was his reason fur giving such me ,icine to my child to kill her ? He said he thought here was something sour on her stomach. This evidence having been confirmed, Edward Tomlinson, a surgeon at the infirmary, stated hat the child was brought to him on the 31st of May, bout five o'clock. It was then labouring under symp toms of narcotic poison. The skin was cold, the pulse :mall, the pupils contracted and fixed. There was a slight consciousness. The bottle delivered to witness by Mrs. Foley was given to Mr. Braithwaite. Witness ,melt it. It contained opium. The child was put in a mot bath, and other means were used to rouse it. Does tot think that opium should ever be given to an infant. Elalf a drop should, at all events, be the largest dose. Would expect two drops to produce death in from seven o twelve hours. After twelve hours there are usually lopes of recovery. Four drops would probably pro luce death in from seven to twelve hours. Could not ;my nearer. Six drops in five hours would probably ,moduce death sooner. An overcharged stomach fre luently produces symptoms similar to those produced by narcotic poison. Re-examined—The symptoms produced by an over loaded stomach would be apoplectic. In apoplexy the pupil is dilated, not contracted. The strength of lau lanum varies very much. John Braithwaite, the apothecary at the infirmary, stated that he saw the child about nine o'clock in the evening. It was then comotose. The skin was cold, he pupils contracted, and there was great difficulty in -ousing it. In apoplexy the patient cannot be roused at .11. Received a bottle from the last witness. It smelt trongly of opium. Ordered strong coffee to be adminis tered. The cure, however, seemed then hopeless. Wit ness made up a mixture, containing six drops of lau danum to three drachms of water, which he gave to llr. Watson, the chemist. The child died on the Friday. Examined the body the same day. There were several duish patches on the surface of the skin. The brain vas congested. On cutting into its substance found •everal spots of dark coloured blood. Took out the stomach and bowels, and gave them to Mr. Philipson, the Coroner's officer. The body presented the usual ap pearances of death from narcotic poison. The stomach was not distended. There was no smell of opium, but the child might still have died of opium, as it would be absorbed. Infants are peculiarly susceptible of the effects Hof opium. Would not administer as much as half a drop to an infant six weeks old. Cross -examined—Would suppose a dose of two drops would produce death in from six to eight, ten, or twelve, or more hours. It is impossible to speak definitely. Several doses of two drops each would probably cause death sooner, but not so soon as if all were administered together. After tx o drops the infant would probably be in a comotose state in fuur hours. Re examined—The effects of opium are different in different constitutions. H. B. Watson, chemist, tested the contents of the bottle received from Mrs. Foley, and the mixture made up by Mr. Braithwaite. Added a solution of the sulphate of the peroxide ofiron and compared the colour. The mix ture received from Mrs. Foley was stronger than that made up by Mr. Braithwaite, viz., six drops to three drachms of water. Diluted a portion of the former until the colour, when the solution was added as above, approached that of tho latter. Thinks the mixture received from Mrs. Foley was at least twice as strong as that made up by Mr. Braithwaite. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Beswick, the constable, that on the 6th of June he went to the house of the prisoner. A young man who was in the shop shut the door, and refused him admission. He got in, and going down to the cellar found the door shut. Some one opposed his entrance from the inside. On getting in he..found the prisoner and two females there. He spoke to the prisoner about the child. He said he knew nothing about it. He had no such name in his books. Mr. JAMES addressed the jury for the defence, and His LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug. 20. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant ATCHEALEY.) William Spenings, aged 21, James Baby, 23, Thomas Silman, 23, and Charles Hibbs, 24, were indicted, the latter for having ravished and carnally known a woman of the name of Elizabeth Lewis, and the other three for having aided and assisted him in the perpetration of the crime. Mr. Keating appeared for the Crown. The prisoners were defended by Mr. Greaves and Mr. Hu ldleston. On the 3Cth of July last, the prosecutrix, who was a person of most unprepossessing appearance, had gone a short distance from her father's cottage, at Winter bourne, for the purpose of drawing water, when she met the four men at the bar, close to a quarry. They came up to her, and Hibbs, with an oath, declared he wonld " give it her." According to her statement, the three other men then laid hold of her, and kept her firmly upon the ground until Hibbs had accomplished his pur pose. This being effected, some persons were heard approaching, when the men all took to their heels and decamped. She went next day with her mother, before the Rev. J. Mirehouse, a magistrate, and there made her depositions. On cross-examination, the witness admitted that the act was accomplished in the open quarry, on the out side of a shed in which her sister was, and a man of the name of Lloyd also. She admitted haling made a charge of a somewhat similar description against some young men, which she compro m i se d by taking half-a crown each from them. She appeared also to prevari cate considerably, and to make several statements of an improbable character. After a trial of some duration, the prisoners were acquitted. Besides the above, the Learned Sergeant has, during the day, disposed of several cases of bestiality, rape, and concealment of birth, the details of all of which are equally unfit for publication. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. TRIAL OF BELANEY.-STEPNEY POISONING CASE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Thomas Donaghue--I am a surgeon, living in White horse-street, Stepney. I knew the prisoner about four years ago. On the 6th June last he came to my shop. He wrote upon a slate that he would call again, I not being at home. He then came again about seven o'clock. He asked for some prussic acid, salts, senna, acetate of morphine, chloric_acid, and carbonate of soda. He said he wanted the prussic acid, as he was in the habit of taking it. I got it for him. I got Scheeile's prepara tion of prussic acid for him the next day. It was in an ounce phial. It had a glass stopper. I knew by the feel of the bottle it was covered. I saw him after his wife died, and he told me that the neck of the bottle was broken, and that he poured it into a tumbler, which his wife took, she having taken salts. He wished me to at tend the inquest. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARIESON—I knew him four years ago. I knew then he was in the habit of taking prussic acid. He told me he would return the bottle. A morphia is also taken as a sedative for dyspepsia. Dr. Letherby recalled—The acetate of morphine would be slow in its effect, and easily known. George Gall, examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—I was errand-boy to Mr. Donaghue. I went to Evans's to buy some prussic acid. I gave it to Mr. Donaghue. I bought it of Mr. Evans, of Bartholomew•close. Richard Willis Powell—l am shopman to Mr. Evans. I recollect selling some prussic acid on the 6th of June. I sold it for Mr. Donaghue. It was called Scheeile's preparation. Thomas Long, examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL —I am gardener of the City of London Tower Hamlet Cemetery. I saw the prisoner there, about 12 o'clock, on the Bth of June. There were two gentlemen with him. He told me he wanted to purchase a piece of ground to bury. Captain Clarke was with him. He said he wished the burial should take place on the Tues day. I told him he should give four clear days to get a brick grave done. They said they would have a seven foot grave till they could have a brick one made. He went away,' and had a handkerchief to his eyes, appa rently weeping. Captain Clarke said ho would hear no more of the burial till Monday. John Haynes, examined by Mr. BODKIN—I am in spector of the metropolitan police. I went down to North Sunderland. I saw Mr. Bell there. I got the letters handed up by me from him. The two papers I found in a cupboard in th• house of the prisoner. George Gray Bell examined—l live in North Sunder land. I know Mr. Belaney. I was agent of some lime works, of which the prisoner was a partner. I became agent in September. Mr. Belaney was living near the place. Mrs. Belaney was living with him. About July he was leaving for London with Mrs. Belaney. I re ceived the letters marked from No. 1 to 6 from him. They are in his handwriting. The two papers handed up I believe to be in his handwriting. There is a letter addressed to Mr. John Denning. I know the copyhold property which the late Mrs. Skerrett had. She was the mother of Mrs. Belaney. It would now sell for about 3,700/. Mr. Robson was a partner in the lime works. The, share of Mrs. Bolaney, including a colliery, was worth about 2,4001. I made an estimate of the property. It was about 6,0001. Cross-examined by Mr. ELME— I heard Mr. Belaney talking of an excursion in the month of September. He spoke of going to the south. I heard of the excursion frequently spoken of between September and the lst of June. Mr. Belaney was fond of falconry. He said he wished to see an exhibition of falconry on the Rhine. He keeps a great number of birds. I never saw anything but the greatest kindness subsisting between Mr. and Mrs. Belaney. She seemed apparently perfectly happy. I was put into the agency by Mr. Belaney. He had full control over the lime works, and managed as he pleased. There was a house building on the pro perty for them. Re-examined—l did not see much of Mr. and Mrs. Belaney after their marriage. Mrs. Belaney was twenty two years of age. Alexander Wilson—l am farm steward in the service of Robson and Skerrett. I knew Mr. Belaney. I remember his marrying Miss Skerrett. It was on the 23d of February, 1843. She was an only child. Mr. Belaney practised as a medical man before his marriage. He gave up practising after his marriage, and took the manage ment of the lime works. Mrs. Skerrett died on the Ist of July after the marriage. On the 31st of May this he was going to the Con yt i e n a e r n t I . I heard ha d M s r o . m ß e e l b a a n :i y n : e s s a s y to transact with him. He said to me he wanted a witness to the wills which were made ; that it was a thing which was generally done when people went from home. The papers were pro duced. Mrs. Belaney was present. He read one of them over, and he said the other was to the same effect. I put my name to the papers. They had been signed before by Mr. and Mrs. Belaney, but they went over them again with a dry pen. The next day they left for Londost. Cross-examined by Mr. ERLE —I have been employed thirty years, but have been farm-steward only since March last. Mrs. Skerrett was an old woman when she died. Mrs. Belaney appeared to me to be happy in her marriage. Mr. Belaney had the management of the pro • perty. I heard Mrs. Belaney say that she was anxious to see London. His character was that of a kind man as far as I knew. Ralph Moore—l am a shoemaker, residing at North Sunderland. I witnessed the wills. I knew Mr. Be laney for several years. John Dinning—l am a farmer residing at Elford, near North Sunderland. I knew the prisoner fur about three years prior to June. I was from home in June. I re turned on the 10th, and found a letter from Mr. Belaney before me. A letter posted in London on Saturday would reach me about five o'clock in the afternoon. I got this letter about ten in the forenoon. I destroyed that letter. It was dated from the Euston Hotel, the 6th of June, to the best of my belief. The contents of that letter were, to the best of my belief, that I would be sorry to hear that his wife was taken unwell ; that she was attended by two physicians. He was about to remove her to pri vate lodgings, and be would not be able to take her to the Rbine. He also said that he was afraid that was going to happen which had happened before. I under stood this to mean a miscarriage. Cross-examined--Mr. and Mrs. Belaney appeared to me to be living on happy terms. Mr. Belaney was fond of falconry. I heard of the tour spoken of some time before. Mrs. Belaney was anxious for, and she seemed desirous of, going to London, and to go to Arlington, where Mr. Belaney's brother resided. He bore the character of a man of kindness and humanity. Thomas Robert Younghusband—l am a farmer re siding at Elwick. I know the last witness. I have seen the prisoner before. On the 11th of June Mr. Dinning showed me a letter from Mr. Belaney. It was dated the Euston Hotel. The witness described the contents of the letter to the same effect as the last witness. I was not then aware of the death of Mrs. Belaney. I heard of her death on the Thursday or Friday after. The con tents of the letter occurred to me more strongly when I heard of the death. Mr. Richard Straker—l am the postmaster of North Sunderland. At the time in which this transaction took place, a letter put into the post-office in London, would reach North Sunderland at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Saturday. Mr. Dinning's letters were taken to him by a servant. The letter directed to Mr. Dinning from Mr. Belaney was in the post-office on Saturday the Bth, to the best of my belief. It must have been posted on the 6th in London, to arrive in North Sunderland on the Bth. Cross-examined—Mr. and Mrs. Belaney appeared to live happily together. He had the character of being a kind man as far as I knew. Mr. Dinning was recalled, and said that he had been from home from Thursday, the 6th. William Blott, a clerk in the General Post-office— This letter, No. 2, bears the morning mark of the 10th of June. It must have been, therefore, posted either be fore half-past five on the evening of the 9th, or before eight on the morning of the 10th. The 9th being Sun day, it must have been posted after half-past five on Sa turday evening. This letter, No. 3, must have been posted before eight o'clock on the morning of the 10th, or before half-past five in the evening. It bears the evening post mark. Mr. George Scott—l am registrar of births and deaths in North Sunderland. Registered the death of Mrs. Skerrett, i n J anuar y, 1843. I called on Mr. Belaney for the parti cu l ars . H e h a d called on me to register. When I ask e d hi m th e cause of death , he stammered, and said, " W e ll, you ma y say, bilious fever." The entry was put in, and read. Mr. Dinning recalled, and examined by Mr. ERLE— I visited Belaney's house during the illness of Mrs. Skerrett. I believe Mr. Hunt, a medical man, attended her, but I am not sure. h. ,nor of Branib Mr. R. Ferguson, "clerk to the ma. .iurgh, was called, and proved that Mr. and Mrs. Belaney called upon him, and she handed over the interest in the copyhold for the use of herself and children, Sarah Williams recalled, and examined by Mr. ERLE —Some articles were brought for Mrs. Belaney to the house. Those were a bonnet and some other articles. The wills were then put in, and read. They were dated the 17th of May. One conveyed all the pro perty of James Cockburn Belaney to his wife, Rachel Belaney, and the other conveyed the property of Rachel Belaney t, her husband. The letters of the prisoner were put in and read. The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr. ERLE asked the Court for time to proceed with the defence till to-morrow, as he felt that he would be better able to do justice to the case if he was allowed time till to-morrow. The COURT thought that it was too early an hour to break up. Mr. Limit rose to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He commenced by entreating them to dismiss from their minds all they had heard upon the subject of the charge against the prisoner out of door, and not to allow any rumours or reports that might have come to their knowledge on the subject to prejudice the inquiry. He then proceeded to state that there would be no difficu'ty as to the cause of dt ath, which was clearly occasioned by prussic acid, and the only question for the jury was, whether the prisoner had wilfully administered that poison to his wife, and with the intent to murder her ; and this was the point which the jury had to decide. He then proceeded to remark that the evidence showed the prisoner to be a man of respectability ; he had contracted what appeared to be a happy marriage ; there was no imputation of any rival affection ; and yet, without any apparent motive whatever, the jury were called on to say that he had committed the most enormous crime that could possibly be committed by any human being. He beirged the jury to remember that it was impossible there could be any pecuniary motive for this act, for it was proved that from the moment of his marriage the whole of the property had been placed in his uncontrolled possession. The copyhold property was handed over to him, and he might have dons what he pleased with it ; therefore there could not have been any pecuniary motive to induce him to commit the murder. The will that had been been referred to gave the pri soner no more power over the property than he possessed before, for by his marriage the property became his, and if his wife had died first the whole would have devolved upon him. He begged them to recollect that if the prisoner had died his property would have been divided amongst relations, andat was, therefore, a most natural and honourable course for him to endeavour to secure to her, in such an event, the property which he had himself derived from her. As to the will of the deceased, it was mere waste paper, and was invalid in every respect ; and it it had been a valid instrument it would not at all have benefited the prisoner. With regard to the letters being dated from the Euston Hotel, when the prisoner and his wife had left that establishment, it might, he considered, be very easily accounted for by the fact that the prisoner and his wife were not anxious to have it known that they were living in a small apartment, but desired to have it thought that they were in a stylish place, like the Euston Hotel. It should be recollected, also, that the place where the prisoner did take up his abode was of all others the only part of London where he had any friends, and he would ask them if it was likely that he would have chosen, such a spot for the commission of a cool and deliberate murder? The Learned Counsel then proceeded to remark upon the other facts of the case, and he said it certainly appeared that the prisoner's statement that two medical men were in attendance upon his wife was not true, but the prisoner's explana tion was, that if the illness of Mrs. Belaney had con tinued, it was his intention to have called in medical assistance. As to the possession of the poisonous arti cles, he should be in a position most satisfactorily to account for this circumstance from the fact that the prisoner had for several years laboured under dyspepsia, and the only means of relief were the administration of strong 'acids, and the medical gentlemen who had prescribed for the prisoner was in attendance to prove this fact. He then remarked upon the affection which it was proved existed between the prosecutor and his wife, and the kind manner in which he had ministered to her comfort, and asked the jury whether they could reconcile such conduct with the belief that the prisoner all along intended to carry out a deliberate plan of murdering his unoffending victim? He contended that the prisoner's story as to the manner in which the poison bad been taken by the deceased was most probable, and that it was borne out by all the circumstances spoken to by the witnesses. 'What was more probable, then, than that the unfortunate deceased, after taking the salts, which it was proved she had done, should have got up and taken some water in order to remove the taste of ' the salts from her mouth, and seeing this glass upon the drawers, that she should have employed it for that purpose? He called upon the jury to weigh all the facts of the case minutely, and he felt satisfied that the remit would be that they must acquit the prisoner; and he felt convinced they would think it impossible for human nature to be guilty of so monstrous and aggravated a crime as that imputed to his unfortunate client, for if the charge were true, he must be the blackest fiend that ever walked upon the face of the earth. It was impossible that he should be guilty. He had been acquainted with the deceased in early life. They had grown up together, were united, and during their conjugal intimacy lived most happily together ; and he would ask what possible motive the prisoner could have had for the commission of so heinous a crime? His Learned Friend might tell them that he would exchange his life interest for the fee, but what would that be ? He could sell the property, and that was all. Was there the least evidence of any intention on his part to dispose of the property? He would ask the jury, as husbands and as fathers, whether they could believe it possible that the prisoner had committed this awful crime under such circumstances? He had a young and lovely wife, in the flower and bloom of life, and about to become a mother ; and the prisoner was charged with the murder of that wife, without the slightest motive being assigned for the commission of the act. It certainly was a most mysterious case, and he begged the jury to recollect that they were inquiring into the intention of their fellow-man, an intention which could only be known to God ; and he therefore implored them, if they had but a single doubt, to give the prisoner the benefit of that doubt, and acquit him. At the conclusion of the address of the Learned Coun sel, the Court adjourned until this morning at ten o'clock. and he replied, " I don't care if I do." At one period of the occurrence he seemed to be trying to lift her from the floor on to the bed, but the greater part of the time he did all he could to keep her down. Mrs. Williams's niece was present when I entered the apartment ; she was forced out before I was. I have AO doubt that the defendant received the bruise which he now has upon his eye in the course of the struggle between him and his wife. I have not had medical advice for the hurt I re ccived ; my side is painful still. I certainly was ordered out by defendant, but seeing the manner in which my mistress was being treated I fslt myself bound to stay and do all I could for her, as she had called to me so loudly to assist her. The answer made by defendant's solicitor to the charge was, that a painful altercation had taken place between Mr. and Mrs. Williams, and that not wishing for any other person to be present during the quarrel, Mr. Wil liams ordered complainant out of the room. No more violence was used than was necessary, and Mr. Williams positively denied havirg struck any blow. Mr. RAWLINSON—Have you any witnesses? Solicitor —No, Sir. Mr. RAWLINSON remarked that he could see no excuse whatever for defendant's conduct, and inflicted upon bias the full penalty of 51. The defendant, by the advice of his solicitor, intends to appeal against thy - Magistrate's decision at the sessions. NE TV COURT. A respectable-looking man, named Henry Sage, 34, described as a surgeon, was indieted for stealing a cheque for 301., the property of a lady named Sydney Maddocks. Mr. Doane appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. The prosecutrix was accommodated with a seat on the bench. She stated that she was a widow, residing at Kensington. Mr. Robarts, the banker, was her brother, and she kept an account at his establishment. On the day in question she was in Regent-street, in her brother's carriage. She called at a shop, and left her reticule, containing the cheque in question, in the carriage. On her return to her carriage, she discovered that the cheque was gone. She immediately gave information both to the bank and to the police. The prosecutrix's coachman and footman were put into the box, but they knew nothing of the robbery. Mr. Harrington, one of the cashiers in Messrs. Ro barts, Curtis, and Co.'s banking establishment, stated that, on the day after the robbery, the prisoner presented the cheque in question for payment, and upon his doing so he was requested to walk into an inner room. He stated that the cheque was his own. J. Robarts, Esq., was then examined from the bench, and he stated that he questioned the prisoner when he presented the cheque, and ultimately gave him into custody. Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk at the Mansion-house, produced a statement which was made at that office by the prisoner. It was, that he had seen two foreigners in the street disputing about the cheque, and he pointed out the banking-house to them, and they asked him to get the cheque cashed fur them. This was the case for the prosecution, and Mr. BALLANTINE having addressed the jury for the prisoner, called two witnesses. The first stared that on the day in question he saw the prisoner in Lombard-street. He was talking to two persons, apparently foreigners. One of these gave the prisoner a paper, and they all walked up the street together. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. DOANE, and said that he had known the prisoner about ten years. He used to keep a chemist's shop in St. George's-in-the • East. He had attended witness. This witness was fully corroborated by another person, who was out of Court during the examination of the first witness. He corroborated the witness to the letter. Mr. DOANE—My Lord, under the circumstances, I cannot think of going on with the case. The COMMON SERGEANT—I think you are quite right. The evidence for the defence is so straightforward, that the prosecutors will see that_ you have taken the right course. The jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The announcement of the . verdict wa s rece i ve d w i t h clapping of hands, which was instantly repressed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAI?YLEBONE. Yesterday Charles Williams, Esq., a gentleman of large property, res idi ng at 1. 23, Park-square, Re gent's-park, attended before Mr. Rawlinson, by virtue of a warrant which had been placed in the hands of Ilooker, the officer, to answer the charge of having corn • mitted a violent assault upon Sarah Jacobs, housemaid in his service. Mr. Robinson appeared for complainant, and another solicitor, whose name did not transpire, for the de fendant. Complainant stated that on Saturday last, as she was in the lower part of the house, she heard her mistress cry out " Murder," and call - upon her for assistance. She hastened up stairs into the bed-room, and on entering it beheld her mistress . lying upon the floor struggling with the defendant,, who was standing over and holding her down. lie had his arms round her neck, and with one of his hands grasped her throat. My mistress, who is an elderly lady, prayed. of tne.to stop and protect her, and my master then struck me a violent blow with his fist under the left breast, after which he called a police man to see me out of the premises. I feel the effects of the blow at this moment. Mr. Robinson—Had you done or said anything to your master to provoke fiiiii to strike you ? Complainant —All that I said to him was that he was exceedingly cruel to use my mistress-in the way he did. Mr. Robinson—What became of Mrs. Williams ? Complainant—A soon as she was able she got out of the drawing -room witicl64; and passing along to another house, contrived to make her escape. Her niece was also forced out of the place by ddvnlant, and she and Mrs. Williams are, I-believe, bah-away still. By ,Defendant's Solicitor—l don'tApow where Mrs. Williams is gone to, neither have I sip her niece since Saturday. I heard my mistress say to my weer when they were struggling together, "You'll break my heart," LAMBETII-S1 BEE 7. Several poor people complained to Mr. Nortan that they had several things pledged at the shop of Mr. Fryett, the pawnbroker, and although they had taken the tickets, and tendered the principal and interest, Mr. Fryett re fused to restore them their property, under the pretence that he had not time to look for them, and they must come again in a month or six weeks. The greatest part of the property was pledged for a mere trifle, and they much doubted whether the pawnbroker intended to give up the property on payment of the money. This they considered a great hardship. Mr. NORTON desirt d one of the officers of the Court to go to the pawnbroker an I tell him that the Magi strates disapproved of the manner in which he was con ducting his business, and if he did not restore the pro perty, if not burnt, on the amount being tendered, they would find means to make him. UNION-HALL. A man namei Wetherell was committed for a month for keeping a " round-about " apparatus for gambling, at Camberwell fair ; and another man, named Edwards, who acted as a " decoy duck," was sent to prison for fourteen days. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHELMSFORD RACES.—WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles. Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 4 yrs, 9st 11b.....(Pettit) 1 1 Lord Londsdale's Black Drop, 4 yrs, 9st llb Mr. Berrington's Father Mathew, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 3 3 Two well-contested heats ; the first won by a neck, and the second cleverly. The Hyland Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added ; for 2 yrs old colts, Bst 51b, and fillies Bst 31b. Last half mile. Winner to be sold for 2001., &c. (3 Subs.) Lord Lonsdale's Sister to Canadian, 2 yrs, Bst 31b... 1 Mr. Edwards's Full Sail, 2 yrs, Bst 51b 2 Mr. Cook's Statesman, 2 yrs, Bst 51b, was brought to the post, but would not start. 2tol on Full Sail. An excellent race, and won on the post only by a head. The Town Plate of 501. ; winner to be sold for 1201., &c. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Rogers's Prosody, 5 yrs, 9st 11b...(Rogers) 1 1 Mr. Edwards's Currycomb, aged, 9st 31b 2 dr Mr. James Rose's Zara, 6 yrs, 9st 3lb 3 dr Currycomb the favourite—First heat won easy; second heat walked over for. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT YORK. The Messrs. Thompson's racing stud was sold by Messrs. Tattersall on Tuesday last, as follows : BROOD MARES. • Guineas. Lilla, by Blacklock, covered by Sheet Anchor Medea, by Whisker, do. do. Whirlwind, Sis to Cardinal Puff, do. Mrs. Fry, by Walter, covered by Sheet Anchor Fair Helen, by Priam, ditto 175 Celerity, by 'Velocipede, ditto 9B Surprise, by Bay illiddleton, ditto _ . . Mystery, by Lottery, covered by Melbourne l4O Sultana, by Plenipo, covered by Sheet Anchor 62 Trinket, by Tramp, ditto Patty, by Whisker, ditto Attraction, by Magnet, ditto YEARLINGS, WITH THEIR ENGAGEMENTS. Ch c, by Cain, out of Lilla, in the Derby Br c, by Cain, out of Whirlwind Br c, by Cain, out of Skiff 49 Ch c, by Recovery, out of Medea, in the Derby Br c, by Stockport, out of Mystery do. Ch c, by Cain, out of Mazurka do. Br c, by Recovery, out of Siroc do. Chj . , by Recovery, out of Patty, in the Oaks Ch f, by Recovery, out of Trinket . _ _ Ch f, by- Recovery, out of Mrs. Fry, in the Oaks 69 Bl or Br f, by Cain, out of Helmsman's dam, do. 59 FOALS. Br c, by Sheet Anchor, out of Lilla 75 B c, do. do. Fair Helen B c, do, do. Celerity Br c, do, do, Sultana 5O B f, do, do, Whirlwind Br or B 1 f, do, do, Mrs. Fry 24 Gr or Br f, do, do, Surprise _ _ B f, by Colwick, out of Mystery Sheet Anchor was bought in for 550 gs. HUNTERS, &c.—Ernest the First, 120 gs.—Hardy, 70 gs.—Nelson, 76 gs.—Ch g, seven years old, 60 gs.— Lord of llolderness, 45 gs.—The Gib, 66 gs.—Ch;;' by 0. car, 39 gs.—A bay filly (in the Oaks, 1845), by Sheet Anchor, out of Valentia, fetched 50 gs.—Br c by Na poleon le Grand, dam by Y. Filho da Puta, four years, 60 gs. Several lots of hacks and half-bred stock were also sold. STATE OF TRADE AT MANCHESTER.- There was rather less buoyancy in the market yesterday ; and prices of some descriptions of goods were a shade lower than last week. In reeled yarn, there was no change of price; but the demand was not quite so active as during the two or three preceding weeks.. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, AUG. 19.—This being the day of the wakes, fewer buyers have attended, and the business transacted has been more limited than last week. The Wool Market continues steady and prices firm.—Manchester Guardian. THE ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH.—Some idea may be formed of the immense resources of this country in the munitions of war, when it is known that in a time of peace about 2,000 large pieces of iron ordnance, of various calibres, are supplied by foundries in Yorkshire every year for the use of her Majesty's services, and to replace those in the least degree unfit for the duty re quired of them at home and on foreign fortified stations. Age and exposure to the weather render many of the large guns unserviceable, but the gr, ater number set aside are replaced as opportunities offer by new guns, constructed on improved principles for carrying longer ranges than had been previously obtained by guns of the same dimensions of bore. The weight has been also considerably diminished, and, consequently, they are more easily worked; and by proportioni ng th e var i ous parts, and strengthening the breeches by giving them a greater body of metal, they are rendered more efficient, and have less recoil. Nine 32-pounders have been se lected, and they are at present lying on the wharf of the Royal Arsenal, to be shipped in the Somerset ordnance vessel for Portsmouth. Thirty-five 24-pounders have been selected for Devonport, and twenty-nine 24-poun ders for Chatham, and will be forwarded to these ports without delay. The East India Company have also ready for shipment twenty-five 8-inch guns, weighing about 65 cwt. each, thirty 32-pounders, and twenty-four 24-pounders, all of Monk's pattern, with four 8-inch mortars, for service in the East Indies. A JUDGE MISSING.—At the termination of the Middlesex Sessions on Monday afternoon, Mr. Sergeant Adams directed the crier to adjourn the Court until ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, at the Guildhall. West minster. The usual proclamation was made, enjoining the attendance of all persons at the before-mentioned hour. At ten o'clock Mr. Allen, the county treasurer, attended the Sessions-house, as well as an inspector of the S division, a sergeant, and three constables of the A division, appointed to maintain order in the Court. The Clerk of the Peace remained for upwards of an hour looking in vain fur a Judge, and at the expiration of that time his patience became exhausted, and he quitted the Court. The police remained until nearly twelve o'clock, when the doors of the Sessions-house were closed without any business having been transacted, and the officers returned to Great Scotland-yard to report that fact. Some fears were entertained that the Learned Judge had met with some serious and sudden accident, but upon inquiry at his residence it was ascertained that he had left for the country. It is understood that some difficulties will arise in connexion with the busines s o f the Session through this singular mistake. The Duke of Buccleuch arrived at Montagu House, on Tuesday evening, from Boughton House, near Kettering. The mortal remains of Lady Anne Scott were removed to the above seat on Monday, from Leamington Spa, and were yesterday deposited in a vault at Kettering Church, the Noble Duke and other immediate relatives of the deceased lady attending the funeral. The Duchess and family have arrived at I)rumlanrig Castle, Dumfries-shire, intending to reside there some weeks and then go to Dalkeith Palace for the winter. :111,‘11:103,Fiji BLAIRGOWRIE.—WANTON MISCHIEF.—About ten days ago a party of young men from Dundee, while visiting the beautiful grounds and walks of Craighall Rattray, destroyed several choice flowers, and on being remonstrated with, they gave the gardener, Mr. M'Laren (a very civil and obliging man), the most gross abuse. Not content, they then proceeded through the walks, and broke several young trees. The result now is, that the proprietor. Mr. C. Rattray, ha: prohibited access to all persons not having his written permission. Last week, about sixty ladies and gentlemen presented themselves On the 12th inst., at Croydon, Robert Stoc.,_ . Sato at the gate, but not having any authority, they were de- O ❑ the 16th inst., at Bishop Stortford, pied admission to the grounds.—Scotch Paper. Heath, aged 38. gall Di FOREIGN FRUIT.—The Sphinx steamer, which ar • On the 18th inst., at Ogwell House, Devcir l, th e L e titnist . t. rived in the river from Havre on Monday night, had mara, aged 49. nark, good ohn,‘",, R f l o rd• nearly 700 packages of plums on board, about twenty On the 18th inst., at Dogu i te_rsfi s e t l . dir may' carer of the baskets containing common plums, the remainder youngest daughter of the late Sir 1 1 consisting entirely of greengages, quite rip: and in Theresa, the wi . fe of Mr. E. condition, which were landed at the St. Katharine Ford, fruiter° 0. On the 19th inst. Mr. Thomas Ge °46 Steam-wharf, immediately, under the new regulationsaged On the 19th inst., at G E rea j t lisiunsistehl,l-asgtercdet2,o.P'er: Georg,— Esse /4 street, Richmond, Surrey, 76. affecting the importation of fruit from the Continent, On the 19th inst., Forest-gate, of and cleared fur the London markets, in a perfectly Dames, Esq., aged 68. °gest 5°13 yeti sound state. On the 20th inst., Edward Troward, Fo b ert Viscount Cranbourne, eldest son of the Marquis of the late Richard Troward, Esq. ay, Suffolk, o Salisbury, accompanied by his doctor and eourier, left On the 20th inst., at the Grove, Bung lin!" the To , er yesterday' fror,i,, g by ,h., in: I~bnncticl'. E-[' ~`~)• , Countess of Lonsdale, fur r 1 Chi; • P , on the . 40ti, itt d 70. _ o gt. 1-; young no- . re vst. , , s Coedgiin, Lannalthensh le, L q I.A 0 West Ilam , bleinan is one of our greatest travellers, basing visited all the chief places throughout the globe, and is - now en f route to China, traversing the inure remote parts of Rus- London 112, : Strand, Printer, at The Si')' coav sia on his way, and returning by the overlandjourney to Strand, the Precinct of the Savoy', 12 . n England. Lo-idnn Printed and Publisheddn i;r5111 Bliddleses, Thursday, August 22, 1844 MONEY MARKET and CITY NEW FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS D AY. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—An instance has been brought before our notice of the inconvenience which may arise t° the public from the practice adopted at the Excise' office of not giving an acknowledgement for a p a d went. A clerk, by order of his employers, lately pap five guineas at the Excise-office for a license. lein acknow.edgement was, as usual, refused, but the rt t ; ceiver promised that the license should be sent. "Lb? six weeks afterwards the clerk's employers receive" ; notice, demanding payment of the money again, na ., vi"" the clerk, not being able to prove the payme nt, placed for the time in a most unpleasant situation' On going to the Excise. office, where the amount bsa been paid, he- was told that the second notice wa s mistake, and therefore the affair ended without 0 1 : further disagreeable consequences. But suPll some mistake had been made as to the receipt • the money, or suppose the Excise clerk had been, r dishonest person, and had absconed, it is very ei el that the man who made the payment, though actiel quite honestly, might have lost his situation at e his character too. All risk of the sort ;Yolk' I avoided by a public office giving an acknowledrielnev in every case when the instrument for which ment is made is not delivered at once. The offiG are paid with the public money, and surely they not so much to do that they cannot afford this lit' extra trouble. The highest price of white wheat of the first es; lity in Paris is 29f. per 1 f hectolitre, 'wit equivalent to 435. 3d. per quarter ; and the* h'6 to quotation of white wheat of the first quality in As t London market being 565. per quarter, it followg;is, wheat is 261 per cent. dearer in London than in Pa The highest quotation of flour of the first qualitY o l ,l Paris is 40f. 10c. per 100 kilogrammes, which is et 4 to 40s. ld. per sack of 2801 b. English; and the big V et quotation for town-made flour in the London or„,r being 45i. per sack, it follows that flour is 12tr cent. dearer in London than in Paris. 's i s The price of bread of the first quality in P ail Ai 35 cents. per kilogramme, which is equal to new ? 6d. per loaf of 41b. English ; 2nd the price of bre in London at the shops of the full -priced bakers be,, i l 81d. per 41h loaf, it follows that bread is 41i Pe cent. dearer in London than in Paris. SUN.—The Consol Market closed without any b"P r i ° , o l ment this afternoon, the quotations being 98-a seNer s ' for money and time. The heavy investments wer„emei flat all day. The Reduced 101 - to 102, and the -"" per Cents. 991 to I F . The New were 101. Spanish Bonds realised 2'l to for the Fiv e l Cents., and 33 to 33/- for the Three per Cents. F re- t hi Fire per Cents. were done at 119 f. 25c. These were n, only transactions in the Foreign Market this afterae°o The additional transactions in Railway Sharesnbro. been these:—Birmingham and Gloucester, 9 to 8 ; tol and Exeter, 101; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 18i t° Do. Quarter, 411; Lancaster and Carlisle, i; ham Thirds, 36; South Western, 451 to i; Do. Eig" . sl; 3 1; Croydon, 5 to i; Do. Scrip, 9i; Lynn end Ofp,,i. Manchester and Leeds, 56 to 55; Do. Hair, 2 3 , j ; or o Quarter, 81 to 9; Newcastle and Darlington, 2 g) ; British, to -1; Norwich and Brandon, 10 to 91 Eastern, 4--; Do. New, to 8i; Yarmouth an d wich; 11 to -,f; York and Midland, Selby Scrip, 3 6 ; and Rouen, 17 to i; and Rouen and Havre, 8 preoPist Caledonian have been to and Greenwich, 4 V •ees discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares 7; and Provincial Bank of Ireland, 20 to 1 preraia° The TIIE PUBLIC PARKS AT MANCHESTER.----T"'" fo . pool Times says :—" The subscription at Manehet r f tY, the purpose of forming parks and public walks 4 os use of the labouring classes, now amounts to up , ,slto 9,2004, and it is expected that three or four ti ow- pid i sum will be raised. This is the best, because the,,,,t , practical and conclusive, answer that could be g iy ' r eso the charges of selfishness and indifference to the ,„ of the poor directed against the manufacturers of 'otig chester, by monopolist orators and journalists. SPSI/0 the present noble undertaking be completed in of in which it is expected to be, and that within a the revival of the cotton trade from its recent de e r" r ression, it will remain for ages a monument of th berge osity and humanity of the manufacturers of eil„ „Or ter, and an example worthy of the imitation of au classes." 000 BRIGHTON, AuG. 20.—Captain Harvey T il „ c f s* ig, appeared last night at the theatre in the character `:ciits John Falstaff. his performance of the characte r el ko , considerable applause. He is announced to plar i t ; Si finch this evening. Mademoiselle Cerito and Tht Leon are engaged for the first week in September. w ho is a spirited speculation on the part of the less estop. purposes raising the price of admission on the ° C cc ea be rlif CERES.—ENORMOUS STRAWBERRY.---As which has been complimented with various Ir i ,7l, s cis pulled on Saturday week from the garden O . . ri f T ie 'neatt l . Thomson, Breadalbane Cottsge, Ceres, %te as.— un" eight inches in circumference. Several others, mess .0 six and seven mehes, have also been raised 014 the 5 11 ground.—Caledonian 1714..rcury. MR. HORACE SMITH.—We understand th*t popular writer, whose productioce have latterlid sisted of stories of modern life—told, It is true, wi'eS. that liveliness and originality which was to liave bee:es t petted from one of the authors of " Rejected Ada r A ; s se j —is about again to come before the public in that ." ps i composition—the historical romance—in which be 0 1 ; achieved a fame second only to that of his gree 0 : 0 temporary, Scott, for certainly " Brambletye K otlf. has placed the name of Horace Smith at the head 30, living historical novelists. His new work is e lit : 1 0 0. " Arthur Arundel, a Tale of the English Revolutitbat We are not aware whether the time of the story i t. ll „ g is of the Protectorate, or of the abdication of 16889 u"Aas either case Mr. Smith will find in the characters err events of the period a theme peculiarly fitted for phic and powerful pen, and one which is sure ol• terest the sympathies of his numerous readers an mirers. DEATH or A DEBTOR IN THE QUEEN'S - $ 6O. - —The death of one of that unhappy class within the walls of a gaol for debt,. took place 01l afternoon in the Queen's Prison, under very .disiiftredilslo circumstances. The name of the deceased Is "4 the Gilbert, and he will be known to thousands -00' scientific world as perhaps one of the most l e er opticians of the present day. The deceased, w, 11 „ ° ,101 rally resided at Kensington. had been in a us:o state of health for three or four years past, ca °3- to osi place of business in Leadenhall-street about seii`A ago, and, while directing some matters there, wils gb=sev,, by the administrators of " the iron law," and 0 3 ,.. P be 01v to the Queen's Prison. From his broken state wast i l the Governor (Captain Hudson), with his charr‘ c ", - bos: humanity, directed that the unfortunate prisone,r /l A . ' be allowed to remain in the receiving-ward , , c,P ; e ,,, family could have constant and easy access to Fr i ", where other comforts would be more a bundan' i josiv, vided for him. The unhappy man, however , k r r u esdt sunk, and between one and two o'clock on afternoon death sent the di , charge that humall",ige, to have issued long ago. Mr. Gilbert has left Abl P " daughters, and three sons, all of whom did eferi sr es it i to console him under his sufferings. The falt 3ii lduct' & in the highest and most grateful terms of the ec'r o cis li Captain Hudson, of Mr. Morton, the medical A" lce p of the prison, and of Mr. Caldwell, the chief tiler!vg SAVOY CHURCH, STRAND.—It is grat if f i chor find, after the renovation of this beautiful little on iti" Royal, at a great expense, through the splendid ress ifi l cence of her most gracious Majesty, that it is iiicoellefe in interest daily, laving recently added to the e bie b t". instrument, the organ, an efficient choir, by it' beatti. delightful service of the church is performed w ful effect. t in It appears from a recent statistical acco un dry p German papers that the population of hu n g amounts to 12,179,140. ....--------- US N BIRTHS. -..A riCe 4q On the 19th inst., in Lowndes-street, 0...4 -- o af Lady Marian Alford, of a son. t " On the sth of May last, at Bogota, New Granada' fOr of Enrique Paris, Esq., of a daughter. 961.' of On the 17th of June, the lady of George Grp' . 10 1 ma Oten sr of the 97th Regiment. of a son. the 19th inst., at Upper Hyde -park-street, t ilt) rb i, R. Salmons, s. ons, Esq., of Old 'Change, of twin son ~ ,,o , 8 1 On the 19th inst., the lady of Frederick W r i,,," j r . Esq., of Milton-street, Dorset- square, of a daug bw erh SP MARRIED. ,-,,,cic i J o' On the 13th inst., at the parish church of ' - o ear I t ia' Lancashire, Samuel Simpson, Esq., of the Greave:!,o4 At caster, to Anne, eldest daughter of the late Eicm VAIP son, Esq., of Elletgrange, in the same county. a re, t" On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-s 9 eilieo,oo Bernal, Esq., M.P., late Captain in the Royal Sir 'C li° Catherine Isabella, only daughter and heiress- of fi r. J" Osborne, Bart., of Newtown Anner, Tipperary„oare , Ila On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover 44 miss , ii o f Welsby, ittirgeon, of Prescot, Lancashire, to Birchall, of Knowsley, in the same county. „ ill, ' 4 ' l lt . 'or 3 ' On the 20th inst., at Lee, Kent, William - 0 °): - . 0. JR the Middle Temple, to Maria, eldest daughter of . def ICS Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, and of Lee. h fire „y, c , y On the 20th inst., at Stoke Newington Iltid Nicholl, to Eliza Louisa, daughter:o poo r, Esq., of Stoke Newington. we , R obert r o On the 20th inst., at St. James's Church,both ea. 40,1,, Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, Esq., to Elizir a ii, S ol :. a cilf. iallaiarAtioetre daughter of Wyrley Birch, Esq. of W'retharn ri- w. o.l' titer On the 20th inst., at West dam, Essex, , h f a l l. ,l sl3o tes g d a , e l , i t l e r A r j of Bishopsgate-street, London, to Sarah the late Mr. William Page, of Little Berk On the 7th inst., at Hutton Manse, Da vid d daog h publisher, Fleet-street, London, to Alicia , secon ve t ' the Rev. John Edgar, minister of Hutton. fcoleto is e la te On the 10th inst., Mr Charles Wilkinso, 0 o f to London, to Mary Ann Corneck, only d au g hter Rev. S. Freeman, of Enfield, Middlesex.