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tended their ministrations. He thought, that before they voted away these sums year, after year, an inquiry should be instituted as to its utility, and he hoped that before next session the Government would lay a report before the House of the results which hsd followed this ex penditure. Afttr a few words from Mr. HOPE, Mr. WILLIAMS said that the inquiry proposed should be instituted, and he had no doubt it would be found that these Indians were far better off than our agricultural labourers. The vote was then agreed to. 10.495 L was proposed to defray the expenses of the Colonial land Emigration Board. Atter a few words from Mr. - WILLIAMS, the vote was agreed to. • 48,8001. was then proposed to defray the expenses, allowances, and contingencies of the stipendiary Justices of the West Indies and the Mauritius. Aftsr a few words from Mr. IlawEs and Mr. HOPE, Mr. WILLIAMS objewed to the vote, and said he would take the sense of the House upon it. The House th-n divided, when there appeared— For the vote Against it ... Majority The vote was then agreed to 35,000/. was then voted for the expenses of capturing negroes; as also 24,000/. for defraying the expanses of salaries to Commissioners and others for completing treaties in conjunction with foreign powers for the sup pression of the slave trade ; and 110,723/. for the con sular establishment abroad. Mr. HINDLEY.—What is the use of a consul in Jerusalem, and other expenses of such a consulship, to form an item in the estimates? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was understood to say, that he was useful in negotiations with Eastern Countries. Dr. BOWRING.—Is it a fact that a consul has been appointed at the Zolv, rein, and, if so, what is the salary? Mr. HOPE said he had not heard of any such ap pout tment. -51 - The vote was then agreed to. The nex► , vote proposed was 80.000 L for the establish ment at Hon Kong. Mr. HAWES observed upon the largeness of the sum and wished to know if the details of the expenditure had been duly considered, as a feeling that it was an extravagant establishment prevailed among the trading communities. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the matter had undergone the revision of the Government, nod correspondence had taken place with Sir Henry Pottinger on the subject. The establishment, from its novelty, must be necessarily expensive. Mr. 'WILLIAMS objected to the amount of the vote. The sum was in his opinion most inordinate. Dr. BO WRING agreed in the view expressed by his Hon. Friend. He considered the salaries of the func tionaries at Hong K ng were much too high. After some further conversation the vote was agreed to. MINISTERS AT FOREIGN COURTS. The next vote was that a sum of not less than 18,0001. be applied for the extraominary expenses of her Ma jesty's Ministers at Foreign Courts.—Agreed to. The Chairman then reported progress and obtained leave to sit again this day. The House then resumed. NEW MEDICAL BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM, who spoke in such a low tone of voice as to be repeatedly inaudible, said he wished to trespass on the Douse for a few minutes while he stated the course he intended t ) take (4.1 this subject. It had been bis intention, if other urgent business had not in terfered to defer this Bill, to have brought the matter to a settlement in the present session. This not being the case he begged leave to state to the House the course he intended to pursue. As much importance was attached to this measure, he might state that he intended to bring it forward early next session, and that he still adhered to the principle cf incorporat ing the general practitioners, only there were some al terations he intended proposing at another stage of its proceedings. All that he wanted at present was, that the Bill be committed pro forma. The alterations he i 'tended proposing were as follows :—in all eases in which the present Bill provided for two examinations, one at twenty-two years of age, and rnother at twenty-six, he intended to invert the order of examination, retaining the same number of examinations. At present it was provided that a student should be examined first by a Board of Physicians and Surgeons, and af terwards by a Board of General Practi tioners. The alteration he proposed was, that the examination by the general practitioners should take place first, to be followed by that of the physicians and surgeons. He also proposed that there should be a supplemental charter granted to the College of Sur geons, to which members of the college who had given evidence of sufficient attainments might be admitted as fellows. This would do a great deal to extend the number of the fellowships. He proposed also that the examinations of the students in Scotland and Ireland should be the same as those of England. At present, they underwent only one exami nation ; it was his intention that they should undergo two. He also proposed that practitioners coming from Scotland or Ireland, and regularly admitted into the colleges of those countries, should be allowed to practice in England by entering the cor responding college in this country without further ex anathation. With regard to Scotch or Irish prac titioners practising in England, he proposed they should be called upon to register themselves as members of the college here. In respect to situations in the army and navy, he propos'-d that all candi dates should undergo the two examinations he referred to, as well as examination by the army or naval boa, d ; but that they should not be allowed to practise until five years from the date of their first admission. Thee were the principal alterations he intended making. Mr. P. BORTHWICK wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet intended to continue that system of establishing an inequality between English and Scotch students Sir. J. GRAHAM said that he had made his state ment as fully as he could, and could not, in its present stage, enter into any lengthened discussion on the Bill. Mr. WAKLEY would, in a few words, state his opinion, viz., that the amended Bill would not give satisfaction to the profession. He gave the Right Hon. Baronet all credit for his perseverance and intentions, but seeing that the amended Bill pro posed to increase the number of examinations, while the profession had for several years past been using all their endeavours to decrease it, he could not but fear that it would give dissatisfaction to the body. The House then went into Committee on the MUNICIPAL (IRELAND) BILL. All the clauses of which were agreed to, and the report ordered to be brought up to-morrow (this day). THE CULL - E =ES OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS BILL. On the motion of S r J. GRAHAM, this Bill was ordered to be committei this thy three weeks. THE IRISH SToi'li BANKS (SCOTLAND AND IRELAND) BILL. • On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX. CHEQUER, this Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow (this day.) REMOVAL OF COURTS OF LAW. On the motion of Mr. C. BULLER, the following Members were nominated as the Select Committee on the removal of the Courts of Law from Westminster— Mr. C. Buller, the Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Richards, Colonel li , ma.s Wood, Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Pakington, Mr. Nichol', Lir r. Wilde, Mr Tancred, Viscount Ehrington, Mr. i.oeback, Mr. Aldam, Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr. Attorney- General, and Mr. Villiers. Capt. PECHELL moved for a return of all vessels that have been taken into Her Majesty's service under the several acts and treaties relating to the slave trade, since the 24th day of August, 1839, describing the flag under which such vessels were seized, the registered tonnago, as well as that lq British adrneasurement ; stating whether copper or iron fastened, and if taken with their stores and furniture ; likewise the appraised or estimated value of each vessel, and the sums which the Board of Admiralty have deemed a proper price for the same. Agreed tn. The remaining orders of the day were then disposed o and the House adj-urned at tWI O'CIOCIC. NORTH DEVON RAILWAY.—Our re ders will find in our advertising columns a prospectus of this important railway, which will afford accommodation to the extensive districts north and west of the Bristol and Exeter and South Devon Lines, and give to Milverton. Wiveliscombe, Dulverton, Bampton, Tiverton, South Molton, Barnstaple, Bideford, Elatherleigh, and the towns thence to Plymouth, railway communication between each other, and span the means of reaching the main railway lines. The pro posed railway will run nearly parallel to the Bristol Channel, so that Stowey, Minehead, Watchett, Linton, Lymouth, and Il fracombe, will be within a short distance of the line. At a meeting of the provisional Committee held at Exeter, on Thursellv, the attendance was very numerous The Earl Fortescue, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Devon, presided, and Lord Ebrington, M.P., Mr. Buck. M.P. for the Northern Division of the county of Devon, Mr. Gill, M.P., Sir B. P. Wrey, Sir Antony Buller, Mr. Buller, of Downes, Mr. Keke. wich, Mr. Montague Baker Bere, and many other intli,ential gentlemen were present ; and, with a view to promote the objects mentioned in the prospectus, Earl Fortescue, Mr. Buck, Sir B. P. Wrey, Sir Antony Buller, Mr. Boller, Mr. Bere, Mr. Ileathcoat, M.P. for Tiverton, Mr. Benson, of Tavistock, Mr. C. Shapland, of Bristol, Mr. J. K. Cotton, of Barnstaple, Mr. Braginton, of Tor rington, Mr Hooper, Mr. Wilcocks and Mr. Bastard, of Exeter, and Mr. Bawoen, of South Molton, were, with fifteen of the Directors of the Gr eat Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South De vi" Railway Companies, appointed a Committee of Management. aT E ACCIDENT ON 1H E liREAT Wr.STEIt RAIL :i A Y —O n S aturday afternoon Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an n vsr rni u ,„,etat he Three Tuns, n ear th e S out h al l stat i on o f t h e G rea t Railway, on the bony of John Yeats, aged thirty, who was killtd by one of the up trains on that railway previous at the anernoon. The de ceased, who resided at Ealing, had been rn e pio)eil as a labo urer on the line for upwards of six years. On Friday last, at twelve o'clock, Nichols,lockh.. , with two other men , riamr:d (Gorge Smith and le went left off work to have th e i r dinner, and for that p urpose or aiding, near the Southrill station, arid about eight to an y o a y p rd en s la l s d , p v a a t c ) h e e f o r n the rails, when, having finished their meal, the on the grass to take a nap. About ten o'clork Smith was awoke by a loud halloo, when he saw the deceased running along the rails j re p fo ed re up, the up trains. He was immediately knocked down on b . Cmuiar,rn;:el: themselves down Ilse engine, which threw him forward, and the wheels then ran over him. As soon as the train had passed, smith and .Nich• Is with others ran to the spot, and found the deceased quite dead, a dreadful spectacle, his head tieing stove in, his right hand cut of?, and also his left kg above the knee, and the foot at the ' ancle, while the only toe remaining was the smallest one. In the opinion of the witness, the deceased, who, on lying down, said nothing could run into them there, must have been suddenly awakened by the noise of the train, and before he was sufficiently awake to tie conscious that he was in a place of safety, have run towards the approaching engine. The Coroner said it was a sin fact that, during the six years he had filled the office of cortaier, a.ihuogh tit era, miles of the Great Western and fourteen "1.1 of " e Lainori and Birmingham lines of railway passed l'ariiug, hi, oi.tra e. be had not bald an inquest on a passenger who bad met his deith on a railroad. During the same time he had held several inquests on Fa,sengers by stage coaches—a fact which thowed the superiority of railway travelling. The jury returned a verdict of" Accidental Death." NAV AL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, JULY 15.—A private letter from Beyrout, received after the post was closed yesterday, announces that a melancholy acci dent had occurred to the barge's crew of her Majesty's ship War spite. Being sent on the 22d ult. to the launch drawn up on the beach, and having to cross a bar to enter Hassan Cove, a sea struck her on fhe quarter, and hove her broadside on, when another fol. lowing turned the boat over, by which accident six poor fellows lost their lives. Five bodies have been found and buried from the Warspite ; the boat has also been picked up. Orders have been received to send home the Snake, which 15 at present here. The loss of property occassioned by the fire at Smyrna is re ported at 200,000/. The Duke of Cornwall arrived this morning from England, and will proceed to the Levant in the cause of the day. Powrsnotrrir, JWLY 27.—The Alfred, 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore J. B. Purvis, late Commander-in-Chief on the south-east coast of America, arrived at Spithead last evening between five and six o'clock. She left Rio on the 4th ult., and has made the passage thence to Spithead in seven weeks and three days. She had seven days easterly wind off Scilly. She left at Rio the Express, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Her rick, which was the only man• ef-war at Rio at that date. The General Palmer, transport, sailed for England four days prior. The Salamander, steam-sloop, Commander Hammond, was at Otaheite, and the Curacoa, 24, Captain Sir T. S. Pasley, Bart., up the River Plate. The Gorgon, steam- frigate, Cap taM Hotham, was at Monte Video, under orders for England ; and the Frolic, 16, Commander Hamilton, had gone to Buenos Ayres. Rear-Admiral Inglefield (who has succeeded Commodore Purvis in the Brazilian command) had gone in the Eagle, 30, to the River Plate with Mr. Gore Ouseley, her Majesty's Minister, who had commenced, conjointly with the French authorities, negotiations with the belligerents, in order to establish peace between them. The Alfred brings papers from the station to the 30th of May, from one of which, the Jornal do Comercio of the above date, we extract the following: " The English brig Racer, which arrived yesterday from the River Plate, brings th, Buenos Ayres papers up to the 17th, and Monte Video to the /Ist of this month. " We can find nothing in those journals to throw the smallest light on the proceedings of the British and French agents on the subject of intervention, but it appeared certain that conferences had commenced between the French, English, and Argentine Mi. nisters OA this important affair, the result of which may be shortly looked for. " We have extracted the following from some letters which we have seen : " Monte Video, May 21 " ' Roses received Mr. Ouseley on the Bth. It is quite certain negotiations have commenced, but nothing has yet transpired, and we continue in a state of the most profound darkness. "• It is said that, on the arrival of the Dolphin, which is ex pected on the 26th, the result will be known, but I will not believe it until I see it, for Rosas will be in no baste to decide the ques tion, seeing that his chief object at present is to gain time. It is quite certain, however, this Government knows nothing of what is going on at Buenos Ayres. " lam informed that the English Minister here addressed a communication to Oribe, similar to that addressed to this Govern ment, on the subject of intervention, to which Oribe replied that he was very desirous to put an end to the effusion of blood, and the war, which was fomented by foreigners who had not yet received the punishment they deserved; that his valiant army would re. main under arms to maintain the honour and independence of the two republics, and that until these two objects were attained, they would not lay them down. " As the person from whom I received this information has reason to know what is going on at the Ceritto you may consider it true; and further, in order that Mr. Turner should have no I doubt on the subject, on the same night in which he gave this de cisive answer Oribe caused his pieces of artillery to be pointed on the town from the Arrayo Seceo, and discharged some 40 shot, which caused little or no damage, but which was a pretty good in. dication of what may be expected from mediation.' " The Alfred having been nearly four years in commission will now be paid off. The Earl of Haddington, First Lord ai the Ad. miralty, who arrived yesterday to inspect the Excellent, gunnery ship, on the Alfred anchoring, went oil board with his Countess, and inspected the ship throughout, after which the noble Earl and Countess proceeded in the Black Eagle to Osborne-house on a visit to the Queen. The Alfred saluted the Earl with 19 guns. The Comet steam.vesset, Lieutenant-Commander Pretyman, came up from Osborne last evening, with dispatches and the band of the Sth regiment, which proceeded in the same vessel on Friday, by Her Majesty's command, to play during the banquet on the occasion of the visit of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands. The Ferret, 6, Commander Josiah Oake, arrived at Spithead soon after sunrise this morning, from the coast of Africa station. She has been in commission three years and a half, and will now be paid off. The Fairy (tender to the royal yacht), Master-Commander Thain, after landing his Royal Highness Prince Albert last evening at Os borne, returned into harbour to replenish fuel and have her bottom cleaned, it being considered that as her speed had not equalled the royal yacht's, something of necessity must be wrong with her ; but an unexpected difficulty presented itself to her being examined,— all the docks at this yard are employed ; added to which, not one of them is long enough to admit the Fairy ! It was in contemplation to lay her up on Gosport-beach, but this, we believe was abandoned. She was in harbour this afternoon. The authorities do not know what to do with her. The Meteor steam-sloop, Lieut.-Commander Butler, arrived yesterday from Cork with supernumeraries. The Athol troop ship, Master-Commander Pearn, is fitting for sea with all possible dispatch. The Samarang, 26, Capt. Sir Edward Belcher, arrived at Hong- Kong, from Manilla, on the Ist of April. The Sapphire troop ship, Master Commander Fittock, arrived at Hong-Kong, from Amoy, on the 28th of March. The Pique, 36, Capt. the Hon. M. Stopford, arrived at Grenada, from Trinidad, on the 23d of June. The Hyacinth, 18, Commander Scott, arrived at Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 19th ult., in six days from Carthagena, with a freight of 20,000 dollars. She sailed again on the 121st, reported for Halifax. The Pickle, 2, Lieutenant-Commander Bainbridge, was at Port Royal on the 26th ult., all well. PROMOTIONS. Commanders—J. P. Bower (1841), late of the Heels, F. War den (1838), and the Hon. G. Hope (1840), to the rank of Captain. Lieutenants—H. Loring (1835), late of the Trafalgar, to the rank of commander; J. G. Davies (1808), to be retired Commander on the list of 1836. ♦PPOINTMENT.. Captain Edward Stanley to the Calliope. Commander J. P. Roepel to the Seaflower, vice Robilliard. Lieutenants—H. B. Beresford, to the Calliope; J. Dayman (additional), to the Tartarus; P. A. Scott, to the Columbia; A. Y. West, to be flag to Sir J. West at Devonport; R. S. Hewlett and E. Holmes, to the Calliope. Master—Daniel Lye, to the Royal Sovereign. Paymaster and Purser—J. Breaks, to be Naval Storekeeper and Agent Victualler at the Cape of Good Hope, vice Thompson. surgeons —A. Kilroy, to the Maida convict ship; W. Ross (act. ing assistant), to the Calliope. Second Masters— R. A. Buretall, to the Bloodhound; S. W. K. Freeman, J. Thomas, and F. R. Child, to the Athol. Clerk in Charge—C. S. Giles, to the Bloodhound. Mate.—J. H. Henderson, to the Excellent. Midshipman—G. Colville, to the Excellent. Engineers—S. Parry (first), J. C. Robinson (second), and G. Kilchingtnan (third), to the Bloodhound. COAST GUARD. Appointment—Commander W. B. Oliver, to be Inspecting Commander, vice Dyer (whose appointment to this service has been cancelled), to Newcastle; Carthwellan, vice De Courcy, removed ; Lieutenant J. J. C. H. Tracy, to command a station. Removals—Lieutenant J. S. M. Watson, from Harwich to Cro mer station, ♦ice Cooper, removed; Lieutenant Matthew Liddon, from Cockbush to Harwich, vice Watson. ANOTHER CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. CAMBRIDGE, JULY 26.—Whether the Tory party here have sent forth the report for their own special purpose, that Sir John Mort_ lock is about to retire from the Board of Excise, and that the Hon. Henry Manners Sutton is to succeed him, I know not, but this I can assure you, that the Whigs here are on the look out for a vacancy in the representation of the borough. There are those amongst the constituency, connected with the Liberal interest, who fancy that this rumour has been sent afloat to throw them off their guard; and indeed it has been softly insinuated by certain Con. servatives, celebrated for their electioneering tactics, that if the Solicitor. General be not disturbed, it will turn out all the better for the Whigs at the next election for Cambridge. "No petition now," they say, "no opposition next time." And of course it is to be inferred that Mr. Adair would have a walk over. This is anything but certain, as the slippery character of the Conserva- tires of the town of Cambridge is proverbial. Should the vacancy occur, the election, whether a contest or a walk over, would not take place till next year. The session is now drawing to a close. Sir Robert Peel know■ better than to risk another trial of strength at this moment at Cambridge, with Adair i■ front of the Liberal array. Mr Sutton's appointment would, there fore, take place during the recess, and the writ would not be moved for until after the opening of the next session. The Cambridge Conservatives would in the meantime look to the registration pretty sharply, although with very little chanee of increasing their number of votes beyond what they muster at pre. sent, their strength being two or three dozen below the Whip. " The Board of Works," as the Cambridge Independent Press called the choice band of Theban, who " worked" the battle for the Solicitor-General during the last half hour, and achieved the victory, are terribly afraid of &petition. There is plenty of ground to go on ; for the " business" that was going on was notorious. A Barnwell man, a celebrated dog fancier and dog seller, And who keeps a fast nag or two for the purposes of other fancy business udef eguis canibusque), came up to a most respectable man on the Whig side on Parker'► Piece, at half-past three on the day of polling, and offered thirty votes of his gang for 51. a-piece. " The Conservatives," said he, " are giving ten, we will sacrifice five to our principles, we will sacrifice no more; for, when our neighbours are getting paid before our eyes for their votes, we casnot afford to give ours for nothing." This disinterested patriot's offer was re lused. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly knew nothing about the work which his kind friends were engaged in during the last moments of the con. test. Of course not I You have heard the story of his carriage having been ordered at half-past three, so sure was the poor simple man of being defeated. It is no joke. The order was given by the great man himself, in a tone of forensic solemnity, and with an air of seemingly sincere distress, quite Kelly-ish. SUNDERLAND ELEc - rioN.—Mr. Hudson has announced his resolution to contest this borough, and has published an ad dress, in which he gives the following as his political pro fession of faith :—" My political opinions are chiefly in ac cordance with those of her Mi.jesity's present advisers, but whilst I shall endeavour to support and maintain unimpaired our glorious Constitution, 1 shall be ever ready to assist in reforming abuses, and in effecting all practical reductions in public expenditure.": He was in Sunderland yesterday. Colonel Thompson is assiduously engaged in canvassing, and his friends speak most confidently of his success. THAMPTON, JULY 27. The Oriental Company's steam-ship Queen, Captain Russell, arrived in the docks at one o'clock a Is. this day from Gibraltar, and landed the Peninsular and Mt diterranean mails in time to be forwarded to London by the two o'clock a.m. mail train. The dates are Gib raltar July 18, Cadiz 19, Lisbon 21, Oporto and Vigo 22, and Corunna 23. The Queen brings a lull cargo of fruit and some specie, and 28 passengers. The same Company's steam-ship Oriental, Captain Soy, came into the docks this morning from the Motherbank, where she arrived from Alexandria on Friday even. ing, and the East India and China mails were dispatched to London the same night. The Oriental left Alexandria July 10, Malta 15, and Gibraltar 20. She had 48 passengers and a very full cargo. The following ships were at Malta :—Her Majesty's ships Formid able, Polyphemus, Virago, and Volcano. At Gibraltar, her Ma jesty's brig Fantome, and Flamer steamer. At Alexandria, the French steamer Gomer. ETP ItoAf P C C TaCB in detachmentlargit°eClE Artil lery, under or d ers for New Zealand, have been employed ingoin g II through a c ourse of laboratory instructions previous to their i ta Turner ' s lN rt) ° Company LWiC of 3 t l h it e R Royal llEBA . em barkation, and on Saturday morning attended in the marshes under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, with Captain Henderson and Lieutenant the lion. W. Yelverton, to practise with rockets. Major Strangways, commanding the rocket troop, with Lieutenant Willan and a portion of the rocket troop, were present to give instruction in that branch of the service, and the whole of the practice, which was carried on by the non-corn missioned officers and men of Captain Turner's company, was ex cellent. The rockets were six pounders, from Boxer's tubes, at 600 yards, and a salvo of tour rockets at the same distance. A number of six.pounder rockets were also fired from the tubes at 700 yards range, aad a number of 12-pounder rockets at 1,000 yards range. The officers in command expressed themselves highly plumed with the primitive. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, July 28. The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall today. IN THE MATTER. OF THE SUITORS—THE MASTERS' CLERICS This case, which ;toodspe;caliTappOin; af TOTto-day, carte before the Court upon the petition of thirty-two of the solicitors of the Court of Chancery. We have already given at length the statements in the petition, and it will therefore be sufficient in the present instance to state merely its prayer, which is that the Lord Chancellor will cause inquiry to be made into the matters alleged in the petition, and also into the manner in which the duties of the office of chief clerk to the said Master Lynch are now, and have been, since the appointment of Thomas Whiting thereto, executed and performed ; and that his Lordship will be pleased to order that henceforth the duties of the office may be performed by Thomas Whiting while he shall continue such chief clerk in person, and not by the co pying or junior clerk of the Master or by any other deputy, and that in case Thomas Whiting shall neglect personally to per form such duties, or shall be found incompetent thereto, that he may be removed from being such chief clerk of slaster Lynch, and that in such case his Lordship will be pleased to make order for the due appointment of some other properly-qualified person to the office of chief clerk in the place and stead of Thomas Whiting. Mr. ROMILLY, with whom was Mr. Palmer, was proceeding to open the petition, when The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired whether the petitioners had applied to the Master of the Rolls? Mr. RomitLy said they had not, as it was considered that the Master of the Rolls had no jurisdiction in the matter. The Muter of the Rolls had jurisdiction over the Six Clerks, but not those of the Masters in Chancery. The LORD CHANCELLOR—That Learned Judge is head master, and if I had been aware of what the matter was I should certainly have asked the Master of the Rolls to attend. Mr. ROMILLY said, on the part of the petitioners, he should be most happy that the Master of the Rolls should attend. Mr. STUART said he appeared for Master Lynch ; and so far as he was concerned, he was anxious the matter should be heard before the Master of the Rolls as well as the Lord Chan cellor. In stating this, he must not be understood as doubting the jurisdiction of the Lord Chancellor : on the part, however, of Master Lynch, he must say, he considered this a most im proper petition, and one the prayer of which he was convinced the Court would not grant. Mr. ROMILLT said his clients were most anxious that his Lordship should have the assistance of the Master of the Rohs. Mr. STUART was prepared to prove that the petition was most improper, and one that ought not to be entertained by the Court. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that some correspond ence bad taken place between himself and Master Lynch forrierly on the subject. Mr. STUART said there were allegations in the petition that were totally unfounded, and he should be able to show they were so. The LOAD CHANCELLOK inquired if there was any dispute about the fact? Mr. ROMILLY—Not the slightest. The LORD CHANCELLOR—It is admitted that the chief clerk does not perform the duty. Mr..l. PARKER stated that he appeared for Mr. Whiting, and showed that the present clerk was not qualified. Mr. STUART said that the present clerk performed the duty, that was, he did what he was directed to do by the Master. He was quite at issue with his Learned Friend as to what the duties were, but not as to the facts. Mr. ROMILLY.—We say the Master cannot make the chief clerk perform the duties of the junior clerk, and the junior those of the chief clerk. The Lour. CitAxciLLoa—Who receives the salary ? Mr. J. PARKER said his client Mr. Whiting did, that he applied it for his own use and gave none of it to the other clerks. The LORD CHANCELLOR then sent t• the Master of the Rolls, and on the return of the messenger his Lordship stated that the Master of the Rolls could not attend to-day, as counsel were at that moment addressing him on a part-heard case ; he would, however, be able to attend on Wednesday. Mr. ROMILLY trusted that his Lordship would order the case to be at the bead of the paper for that day. The LORD CHANCELLOR—CertainIy. His Lordship thought that what was done should be with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls, considering his connexion with the office of Master. Mr. ROMILLY wished it to be understood that there was nothing like personal feeling on the part of his clients. Mr. STUART-Oh ! no; except the allegation of incompe tence to perform the duty. Mr. Wkiting was stated in the petition to be incompetent, but that was, doubtless, stated out of compliment.—(A laugh.) The matter was then ordered to stand over to Wednesday morning. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Nottinghom, July 26. CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord Chief Baron PoLLocr.) John Fearn Webster was indicted for feloniousl cutting and wounding William Watkinson, in th e p ar i s h o f Rasford, with intent to murder him or do him some grievous bodily barn. Mr. Macauley prosecuted, and Mr. Flood defended the pri soner. From the evidence, it appeared that in the month of April last, the prisoner attempted to drive a cart through a garden in the occupation of the prosecutor. The latter laid hold of the horse's head and attempted to push him back, when the pri soner took up a spade and struck him upon the head, by means of which he was for a considerable time rendered insensible, and otherwise seriously injured. The charge with intent to murder was abandoned, and the question now was, was the as sault committed with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm. Upon cross-examination, it appeared that there was some dis pute as to the right of the road. The CHIEF BARON thought at any rate the evidence as to the commission of the common assault could not be resisted. Mr. FLOOD concurred with his Lordship, but he thought he might put in evidence by way of mitigation. He would prove that a road had been actually staked out. The CHIEF BARON directed the jury to find a verdict for the common assault ; and sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. _ _ (Before Mr Justice Miturat.) _Richard Searson, Henry Rouse, and Samuel Morrison, stood indicted for having, on the night of the 9th day of March last, burglariously entered the dwelling-house of John Bailey, in the parish of Bingham, and stolen therefrom a quantity of cloth, waistcoat pieces, hats, and other articles, his property. Searson pleaded guilty, and was admitted as a witness against the other prisoners, who were said to be reputably connected in that part of the county from which they came. Mr. Wilmore conducted the prosecution, Mr. Miller de fended the prisoner Morrison, and Mr. Macauley appeared on behalf of Rouse. It appeared that on the night in question the shop of the prosecutor was opened by the door being bored by a bracebit, and property was carried off to the amount of between 401. and 501. According to the statement of Searson, the approver, the prisoner Rouse came to him and said that he and Morrison were going down to Bingham to get into Bailey's shop, and they wanted him to accompany them. At first he refused, but afterwards consented. They went together, and arrived near the shop about twelve o'clock. Morrison went a l►ttle higher up the street, he (Searson) stood on the opposite side of the road, and Rouse bored a hole in the shop door with a brace bit. Morrison had in his possession a pistol, and Rouse had another. The latter prisoner borrowed a knife from him, with which he cut out the wood between the holes bored in the door, and afterwards made off. Searson stated that the property was afterwards divided between them, and mentioned meeting a person named Stokes when oa their return from Bailey's house. His story was materially corroborated by other witnesses called for the prosecution. Mr. MILLER and Mr. MACAULEY severally addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoners. The Learned JUDGE having summed up the evidence, The jury found the prisoners Guilty, and they were all three (Searson included) sentenced to ten years' transportation. The assizes terminated at eight o'clock, the whole business of the county of Nottingham basing occupiel only ten hours ! NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Durham, July 2.5. Mr. Baron Rolfe arrived in Durham last evening, and the assizes have commenced here this thy. Both the L earne d Judges were sitting at York until yesterday afternoon. Mr. Justice Cresswell remained till the middle of to-day, when all the causes were disposed of but four ; those, by arrangement, are remanets to the next assizes. Mr. Baron Rolfe having arrived at the Durham station, was conducted thence by the Sheriff of the county to the Court-house, where the commission was immediately opened. His Lordship then went to the Castle, to the judges' apart ments there. This morning, after attending Divine service, he proceeded to the Crown Court, and the business of the as sizes was entered upon. There are 20 causes on the civil side, and 39 prisoners for trial. Of the persons named in the calendar one is to be tried for murder, one for manslaughter, two for rape, one for bur glary and attempted murder, one for throwing boiling water with intent to do grievous bodily harm, three for robbery attended by violence, two for concealing the birth of children, three for burglary, seven for stealing from the person, 19 for larceny, four for receiving stolen goods, one fur coining, one for for gery, and one for instigating to csmpound felony. The Learned JUDGE, in his charge to the grand jury, made some observations respecting the case of Goule, charged with shooting his wife at Durham, and also touching the general state of crime in this county at the present time. His Lordship said :—" Generally speaking, the cases do not present any de gree of enormity, but are merely such as your duties as magis trates will have made you familiar with, so far as their principles are concerned. No observations of mine, therefore, could be of essential service to you as far as relates to these cases There is, however, one general observation which I cannot abstain from making—that in a calendar containing 40 names, or there abouts, one-half, or more than half, have not received the most elementary rudiments of education—for about one half can neither read nor write at all ; and, besides that, more than three-fourths have received so slight an education that they scarcely know more than their letters. Now, that observation cannot but suggest to you, and to every one, the expediency of encouraging, by all possible means, the general and more extensive diffusion of educa tion, as a means of diminishing crime. It would be absurd to suppose that because all men were educated they would abstain from being guilty of offences; but • when one sees the composition of this calendar, and when one witnesses the same thing in the calendar of other counties—that the great rusts of offenders are those who have received no education at all, the matter is no longer a mere quest ion of theory, but proves, by a sort of positive demonstration, that to extended education we must ultimately be indebted for any great diminution of crime. Turning from that general observation to the particular cases in the calendar, it seems to me that at least one-half of them hare arisen since the last sessions, and that, had the sessions intervened, a very large proportion of them would have been tried at the sessions. I cannot see that there is anything in the cases which indicates any great depravity existing in the county at the present time. There are, however, two un fortunate cases, in which persons have lost their lives, and which present some features which may require one or two observations. With regard to one case, that of Louis Henry Gouh',, although it is stated here (in the calendar) that he has been committed on a charge of manslaughter, it will be my duty to direct you to charge him wi•h the crime of murder ; because, according to the depositions, it seems to me that there is nothing in the case to warrant that extension of the law which could mitigate his offence to the charge of manslaughter. The distinction between murder and manslaughter I need hardly point out to you. Murder is the deliberate and preme ditated act of the party ; manslaughter is when the act is the effect of a sudden impulse. There are other circumstances that may justify —or, if not absolutely justify, at least mitigate —the offence in the eye of the law. NOW, among these cir cumstances, it has always been held, that it would reduce the crime to manslaughter—it is stated in the law books as pro bable, though it is perhaps a case which does not happen once in a century—that it a person finds his wife in the act of com mitting adultery,—it is said, in that case, if a man, on the impulse of the moment, were to put to death the adulterer, that would be an act which the law would consider manslaughter, not murder. But in this case, although I see from the deposi tions that there has been some jealousy, or suspicion, on the part of the person charged, yet I cannot perceive anything which calls for an extension of the law to reduce the offence to manslaughter; because here it would appear that there was n.,thing at all but a man having concei - ed, truly or untruly, soaps feeling of jua!ousy as to the conduct of his wife, a cer wstirteeedteatetrtmheinitnigmetowghoeotiutthaney had stoaminepawrotyrdpsasasbi call that party in, and then the prisoner drawing from his pocket a passing by by it, in the loaded pistol and shooting her, and not having succeded, as he thought, with that, he fired at her again. Now, in the firat THE S = N, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 29 1845. place, unless it can be otherwise explained. the fact of a man going armed with pistols would ; be perfectly conclusive that this would be an act of murder. Unless it can be shown that it was by accident that he had those pistols with hi m — an d I might even go the length of saying, that if the man even went with the expectation of finding his wife in the act of adultery, prepared to put to death the adulterer, that then th e o ff ence would unquestionably be murder. It is not necessary t o a d opt that hypothesis ; but, considering what the principl e o f l aw i s , which looks on the offence of homicide with a miti ga ti ng eye , I cannot see that it applies to a person who goes deli berately prepared and in anticipation of what is likely to be the result, and therefore acts deliberately—the circumstance which reduces the crime, in such a case, to manslaughter, being that a party is acting on the sudden imp u l se o f t h e mo ment, and what the law thinks he has not the opportunity of resisting. Such a case cannot apply where a person goes de liberately armed ; but, however, no such casuistry need be applied to this case, because there was no act of adultery, nor anything like such an act ; and the indictment will therefore be brought before you in a different form fro m th at i n w hi c h it appears in the calendar." Cuthbert Macdonald (24), Cuthbert Pratt (21), William Bat', (30), were severally charged with having, at the parish of Wingate Grange, on the 4th of July inst., feloniously stolen from the person of Th- , mas Earnshaw 11. 7s. 2d., a keife, and other articles, his property. Mr. Feowick appeared fur the prosecution, and Mr. Granger defended the prisoners. The facts of the case were shortly these : The prosecutor, an old man, lives at Wheatley- hill Plantation, near Wingate Grange, and on the night of the 4th of July, b e t ween ten an d eleven o'clock, he went into a public-house, near Wingate, kept by a person named John And!rson. 1 n he three p r i s me , with others, were sitting drinking in the house, and the prosecutor, who seemed also to have imbibed to some extent, after s t a yi ng some time. proceeded in the direction of his o wn h ouse . O n the road the prisoners came up to him, threw hi m d own , ki c k e d him, and succeeded in robbing him of hi s money , e hi c h con sisted of a sovereign, 7s. in silver, and 2d. i n copper, E arnshaw suffering so severely from the ill-treatment he received that he was able to crawl but a short distance towards his house. He lay there, out of doors,• all night, and was found the next day oy a person passing along. He partly Caine to himself now and then, but had not sufficient sense and strength to get home unaided. The prosecutor underwent a long cross-examination, which did not materially alter the purport of his examination in chief, though it showed that he had been at several public houses in the course of the day, and was of course somewhat intoxicated. When apprehended, Baty sai d it was a bad job, and he did not care how soon he was out of the country. Several persons were called by the defending Counsel to show that the old man had drank too much before the robbery to be able to identify the prisoners. But the defence did not succeed on that ground, the witnesses stating only that he had had two or three klasses of beer, as far as they could observe, and that he was sensible when he departed towards home. The jury remained three hours in deliberation, and finally found all three of the prisoners Guilty. Pratt asserted after the trial that Macdonald was not pre sent, but that another man, now at Wingate, was. The pri soner Macdonald evinced deep grief, and declared his innocence as to the robbery. The Learned Junca told him it was for the jury to decide that question. It was not his ( the judge's) province row to interfere. He had but to put the law in force. The offence committed was of a very serious kind, and must be severely punished. The three prisoners were then sentenced, each to be trans ported fur the term of lb years. OMAGIT ASSIZES.-CRIM CON . ( Before Chief Justice PIIINNEFATHER, and a Special Jury. ROBERTS V. HERDXAN. Mr. MAJOR, Q.C., stated the case. Mr. Roberts came from Belfast—his wife was a foreigner, a native of Malta. It was in Malta she lived, and there his client first saw her, and married her. He belonged to a profession that was remarkable for being a manly and an honest one—he was a sailor. He was a master—a rank upon an equality with a first lieutenant in the navy, and equal to a captain in the army. He belonged to the Mediterranean squadron, and was stationed on board the Electra. The duties of the squadron were to cruise round the coast. In 1840 he became acquainted with his wife, and occasionally met her when he entered Malta. Mrs. Roberts was a native of Her father was dead, and her family consisted of her mother, a brother, and two sisters. His client was invited to a ball in Malta, which was given by the governor, and he there met his future wife. She attracted him by her personal appearance, which was most captivating, and she was of a very tender age, being, he believed, under 17 h her u imo therstsuitor. years. His client was not more than 27 years of age, in perso n hand, house,om e and and was esing pr ePos On the Ist November, 1840, h e wa s married to Miss Conchett a Petite, in the apartm en t s o f th e R o man Catholic priest th ere . received s .thereile became as her a acknowledged visitor at That Reverend Gentleman would be produced to them. The defendant was extensively engaged in mercantile pursuits, being in partnership with a Mr. Mulholland, in Belfast. The firm became proprietors of a mill, on which a large sum had been expended in the erection. About six or seven years ago Mr. Herdman became the resident partner at Sion Mills, as they were called. There he had a cottage, and kept an extensive establishment, and a car. riage. He is and was then a married man, the husband of an amiable woman, the father of an interesting family. On coming to this part of the country he united in all the objeetsof charity. It was to be lamented that the character he had thus acquired was mainly instrumental in ruining his victim. At the time he met Mrs. Roberts, she could not have been more than twenty years of age, when she possessed innocence and a happy home. Her father had been a captain in the Malta Militia, and subsequently held a civil appointment under the British Government. After the plaintiff's marriage, he resided at Malta with his wife at her mother's house, where he left her when duty called him away, and resided there when he came on shore. Before he was ordered home he was transferred to another vessel, the Wasp. He returned home in her. The life of a sailor separated him necessarily from his wife oc casionally. He therefore made arrangements for her to reside soil h his brother, ar, old bachelor. On arriving in England, in 1842, he took his wife to his brother's house. When she had remained there a short time her husband was appointed to another vessel, the Daphne. At that time the Daphne was to accompany the Queen in Scotland. On board that vessel was Doctor Moody, the surgeon of the ship. He was appointed first. Dr. Moody was married to a native of this county about three or lour years ago. He being placed in the same situation as the plaintiff, he purchased a cottage for his wife at Strabane. The doctor would only have to go out on foreign ser vice occasionally, but Mr. Roberts was ordered to go to South America. He felt much difficulty in placing his wife in a place of security. She spoke English badly, and felt unwilling to reside with her brother-in-law, notwithstand ing the admiration that old bachelors entertain for the female sex ; but she had not the advantage of female society in his house. It was determined on that she should go to Malta, but Dr. Moody owed some compliment to Mr. Ro berts, and he proposed that she should live with his wife. Such an arrangement was perfectly proper. The first visit was paid six weeks after the arrival of Mrs. Roberts, by Mrs. Herdman, who called and left her visiting card. At that moment Mr. Herdman was making his wife the innocent and unsuspecting instrument of his designs. The visit was paid, and Mrs. Roberts felt it to be her duty to return that visit. Mr. Herdman, who watched her every move ment, was there to receive her. After the visit had been paid, and when they had gone some distance, Mrs. Herdman followed the car, and invited them to dine on the following Thursday. The invitation was accepted, Mr. Herdman's good character being a sufficient guarantee for their propriety in so doing. They dined, and he paid every attention to the ladies. He expressed a de sire that be should be instructed in the Italian language, and be wished that Mrs. Roberts should be his instructress. He had been for some time learning the Italian. He then invited her to come and see an entertainment to the children in the factory. Mrs. Moody refused, and then Mrs. Herdman pressed Mrs. Roberts to accept the invitation. This was at the latter end of March, and they would find that it was during that time he first succeeded in undermining the mo rals and ruining the virtue of his victim. She remained for some time on a visit, for two or three days. On the even ing of her return home she was driven in a gig to Mrs. Moody's by Mr. Herdman. Mrs. Moody observed the gig coming, and went into the house to receive them. They did not come by the direct road, but by a circuitous route. When they came to the door Mrs. Moody invited Mr. Herdman in to take his tea. He came in and left his gig at the door. Mrs. Moody observed that the conversation between Mr. Herdman and Mrs. Ro berts was carried on in the Italian language. She thought it very strange that the conversation should be carried on in a strange language, when she was the only female present. Mrs. Moody found a letter that Mr. Herdman had addressed to Mrs. Roberts. At this time the soirée to the factory chil dren took place, to which be had invited Mrs. Roberts. In March of the year in which the criminal intercourse arose, Mrs. Robe, is was an inmate of Mrs. Herdman's house for 10 days ; and after that time the letter in question was written. He would apologise to the gentlemen of the jury for reading this docu ment; however, he would read only some parts of it The letter was written in the Italian language, and he held in his hand a translation of it, which would be proved. The defendant had presumed to address her in most disgusting language, from which it was clear he had undermined the morals and de stroyed the peace of Mrs. Roberts. It proved that he had suc ceeded in his base designs. Mr. Herdman continued, through Mrs. Herdman, his plans on Mrs. Roberts. She was subse quently invited to his house, and neither Mrs. Herdman nor Mrs. Moody had their suspicions awakened. He need scarcely tell the jury that Mrs. Herdman would not have encouraged their intercourse had she been at all aware of what was going on. Some rumours now got afloat. Mr. Herdman drove Mrs. Roberts to Derry, and he introduced her there to several persons, among the rest to Mr. Bartkoski, his instructor in the Italian language. When Mrs. Moody heard this she wrote to Mrs. Roberts to come home. She returned home, and I think it was at this time, about the 26th or 27th May, Mrs. Moody, whose suspicions were now aroused, communicated them to Mrs. Roberts. At first she repudiated and denied that they were true. Subsequently, however, she COMM • nicated to Mrs. Moody that she was ruined and undone. If ever there was a woman who should have been protected, it was this woman. She was here a foreigner and a stranger, with the wife of a brother officer of her busband's. Who, if she wanted advice, should have given it to her so soon as this man, who was the father of a family, and who was generally looked up to in the neighbourhood? He described himself as a " villain," when charged with his crime. What word was there in the English language which conveyed so strong an id ea of all that was base and dishonourable as the word " villain ?" He hoped the jury would mark their sense of his conduct. After a few ether remarks, the Learned Gentle man concluded by calling witnesses, who proved his statement. Mr. Baooxs addressed the jury for the defendant. He said that in this painful case—this very painful case—it now became his duty to make some observations. The question the jury had to consider was the amount of loss the plaintiff had sustained. His wife was a native of Malta, a remarkable place for the laxity o f the morals of its inhabitants. Those who knew the history of Malta moat be aware that it had always been nothing more than a great camp. At present there were a great number of troops stationed in it, together with a great many vessels of war stationed at it. There could not be a doubt that its morals were as lax as those of any country in the sout h of Europe, and that was saying a great deal. In It a ly, i t was well known the marriage vows were not regarded with th e same strictness as they happily were in this country. Very o f ten themarriage vows were usedas a convenient cloak for thei: g a ll antr i es ; and very often the friend or gallant superseded th e h us b and. The marriage was an improper one in every respe c t. She was a Roman Catholic, aid he was a Protestant ; an d, as healed observed, in every respect there was a material difference between them. According to his own account he gees to a ball, he finds her a p'easant part ner, and he marries her, with no other recommendation than a handsome lace, and contrary to his brother's wish. He would ask th em, which of them having a friend would to se e a marriage take place under such circum stances? Whi c h of them, havin g a son, would not rather see him in hi s grave than see him make such a marriage ? Such marriages are never known to turn out well. Mrs. Roberta was a perfect mistress in the art of dissimulation. She was able to deceive the defendant's own wife, and to commit adultery with her husband in his own house, without Mrs. Herdman being able to discover it. During a year that she resided in the neighbourhood after this unfortunate occur rence, the defendant did not once visit her. They had been, told the def en d ant h ad a large factory, that he kept a car riage and a fine establishment; but let them remember, in awarding the damages, that they were taking the money from his innocent wife and children. They should ask themselves what loaf had the plaintiff snoteined ? None. He had re. ceived a benefit by being separated from such a woman. Let the jury look at the case from the time the intimacy commenced, and say was she a virtuous woman? Could a woman act in the manner in which she had done ? He was satisfied that the jury most come to the conclusion that the loss sustained by the plaintiff was very trifling. 'the CHIEF JUSTICE, in summing up, observed that the defendant had a high character and station in society. He and his wife an four children lived near this young woman. His pursuits in life were respectable. He had gathered around him the young children of the place, dispensing in struction. How, therefore, was there any imprudence or want of caution in introOticing these young females to such a man? Where would this young woman look for advice so soon as to him ? It was a painful thing that the man who should be her adviser had become her seducer. It was idle to say that she had seduced him—the husband of an amiable wife, the father of a family, and one who was the patriarch, so to speak, of all around him. He was far from wishing to call attention to those letters. But such a scene of obscenity—such a scene of disgust—never came before him. It was for the jury to take these letters into consideration, and say had this young and forlorn woman been debauched by this man, and had he swerved her from her marriage vows? If he bad, then they were to say what amount of damages they would award. It was but a poor argument to say that the plaintiff had lust no , hing by this, but that he had derived benefit; and that, therefore, he was entitled to no damages, be cause he had got rid of such a person. It was only where the husband had been the means of his own dishonour and his wife's disgrace and ruin that they should refuse to give damages. But where the husband was, as in the present case, an honourable man, how could they tell that man that they titould gots him no compensation for the injury he had sus taineu ? To refuse him damages would be doing so in substance. The jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff of 1,0001. da • wages, and costs. POLICE il. -, iTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MARLERneOUGH-STREET. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES.—A middle-a.W;an, of respect able appearance, woo gave the name of George Murray, was placed at the bar charged with forging a cheque for 305., pur porting to be drawn by Mr. John Gough Nicholls, of No 20, Parliament-street, Westminster, printer and Parliamentary publisher - , on the London and Westminster Bank. The eliesitie in question was presented at the bank on Saturday last by a man named Thoma, Parker, who, as the forgery was in stantly discovered, was given into custody, and stands re manded from this Court for further examination to-morrow. In consequence of information afterwards obtained by Ser geant Rogers, No. 5 of the C division, the prisoner was ap prehended at two c'cleek yesterday morning at his lodgings, No. 38, Windsor-terrace, City-road. His right name it ap pears is Aungier, and he is the author of some literary works. The prisoner was ordered to be brought up to-morrow for examination with Parker. The forged cheque was proved to be in the prisoner's handwriting, and a copy of it was found at his lodgings. Messrs. Bush and Mullins, solicitors to the London Bankers' Protection Society, attended on the part of the prosecution, and informed the prisoner that to-morrow additional charges of forgery would be brought against him—two other cases on the London and Westminster Bank, and two on Messrs. Her ries and Co., the bankers. SCOTCH BANKING-IMPORTANT HINTS. It does not seem to he generally known that a short Bill of a page and a half was introduced into Parliament last week, having for its sole ohjcet to extend to Scot land aid Ireland the Act 7 and 8 Vict. c. 113, entitled. " An Act to regulate Joint Stock Banks in England." As this Act will now be extended to Scotland, we think it right, for the information of the public, but chiefly of those interested in the formaticn of joint stock banks, to copy the first fire clauses of the Act. They are the fol lowing :77 " C Whereas the laws in force for the regulation of copartnerships of bankers in England need to be amended —be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any company of more than siy: persons to carry on the trade or business of bankers in England, after the passing of this Act, under any agreement or covenant of copartner ship, made or entered into on or after the sixth day of May last passed, unless by virtue of letters patent to be granted by her Majesty, according to the provisions of this Act ; bat nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrain any such co:l)pm'y established before the said sixth day of May, for the purpose of carrying on the said trade or business of bankers in England, from con :inning to carry on the same trade and business as legally as they might have done before the passing of this Act, until letters patent shall have been granted to them se vera!ly on their application, as hereinafter provided, to be made subject to the provisions of this Act. 11. And be it enacted, That b.-Tore beginning to exercise the said trade or business every such company shall present a petition to her Majesty in council, pray ing that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to grant to them lytters patent under this Act; and every such petition shall be signed by seven at least of the said company, and shall set forth the following particulars (that is to say) : First, The names and additions of all the partners of the company, and the name of the street, square, or other place where each of the said partners reside. Second, The proposed name of the bank. Third, The name of the street, square, or other local description of the place or places where the business of the bank is to be carried on. Fourth, The proposed amount of the capital stock, not being in any case less than one hundred thousand pounds, and the means by which it is to be raised. Fifth, The amount of capital stock then paid up, - and where and how invested. Sixth, The proposed number of shares in the busi ness. Seventh, The amount of each share, not being less than one hundred punds each. " 111. And be it enacted, That every such petition shall b- referred by her Majesty to the C-mmittee of Privy Council for trade and plantations, and so soon as the Lords of the said Committee shall have reported to her Majesty that the provisions of this Act have been com plied with en the part of the said company, it shall thereupon be lawful fur her Majesty, if - her Ifajesey shall so think fit, with the advice of her Privy Council, to grant the said letters patent. " IV. And be it enacted, That the deed of partner ship of every such banking company shall be prepared according t, a fo.-m to be approved by the Lord. of the said Committee, mid shall, in addition to any other pro• visions which may be contained therein, contain specific provisions for the following purposes (that is to say)— First, For holding ordinary general meetings of the company once at least in every year, at an appointed time and place. Second, For holding extraordinary general meetings of the company, upon the requisition o f n i ne share holders or more, having in the whole at least twenty one shares in the partnership business. Third, For the management of the affairs of the com pany, and the election and qualifioation of the directors. Fourth, For the retirement of at least one-fourth of the directors yearly, and for preventing the re-election of the retiring directors for at least twelve calendar months. . _ Fifth, For preventing the Company from purchasing any Aar es or making advances of money, or securities for money s t, any person on the security of a share or shares in the pa , taership business. Sixth, For the publication of the assets and liabilities of the company at least once in every calendar month. Seventh. For the yearly audit of the accounts of the company, by two or more auditors, chosen at a general meeting of the shareholders, and not being directors at the time. _ _ Eighth, For the yearly communication of the auditors' report, and of a balance-sheet, and profit and loss account to ow ry sharehold, r. Ninth, For the appointment of a manager, or other officer to perform the duties of manager. And such deed, executed by the holdtTs of at least one half of the shares in the said business, on which not less than ten pounds on each share of one hundred poury .ind in proportion for every share of larger amount, shall have then been paid up, shall be annexed to the petition; ind the provisions of such deed, with such others as to her Majesty shall seem fit, shall be set forth in the letters patent. " V. Provided always, and be it enacted, —That it shall not be lawful for any such company to commence business until all the shares shall have ten sub,:cribed for, and until the deed of partnership shall have been executed, personally or by some person duly authorived by ►warrant of attorney to execute the same on behalf of ,uell holder or holders, by the holders of ail the shares in the said business. and until a sum of 11 , 4 less than one hillf of the amount of each share shall hove buen paid up rPspeetor eneh such sh,re ; at , d it shall not lawful th e eon') panv to repay any part of the sum s , ) aid u without leave of the Lords 'if the said committee." Now, that part of the fifth section of the fourth clause, which we have printed in italic, appears to us of con siderable importance, inasmuch as it has hitherto been the practice to advance mon-y, &c., on the secur•ty of shares in the partnership business ; and this, we believe, has given great facilities to mercantile men. But this, it would appear, is to be prevented in future by tie opera tion of the new Bill. It is of greatconsequence to bankers, arid to the mercantile community, to know this. We beg respectfully to warn them of it ; an.l if they mean to complain of this, or any other part of tho 8.11, they have not a moment's time to lose, as the session is rapidly drawing to an end, and if this Bill passes they have no remedy. We are astonished that such an important Bill should have met with so little attention. It looks as if it were already smuggled through the House of Commons.— Scotch Reformer's Gaze tte. MATHEMATICAL EXAMINATION AT ETON COLLEGE —The annual examination for the two prizes, in books (one of the value of 10/. 10s., given by the Mathematical Master, and another of the value of 4!. 45., presented by the Assistant-Masters), ter minated on Friday last; the examination being conducted by the Rev. J. W. Coleus°, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. The first prise was awarded to Blore, the eon of Mr. Blore, the well. known architect; and the second to a pupil named Ferrero. REALLY, WHAT NEXT?—On WedneAay Mr. W. White, of Horbury, joiner, purchased a mulch cow in our cattle fair. On the following morning he went to view her, and found the animal minus her tail. lie was, as may be imagined, greatly astonished and indignant at the discovery, believing that it had been severed during the night by some inhuman wretch ; but upon a closer examination he ascer tained that the tail had been spliced on in so ingenious a manner as to escape detection. The tail coming off was to be attibuted to the giving way of the materials with which it had been put on, namely, divers yards of waxband, &c.-- Wakefield Au rxd. • SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.---011 Saturday last a boy named Hartley, the son of a widow, and em ployed as a yard-boy by: Mr. Clarke, gardener, at North wich, met with his death in a very singular manner. He was in the stable, teasing a horse with the butt-end of a pikle, or hay-fork, having the other end towards his own body, when the animal struck out suddenly, and hit the handle of the pikle with such force as to drive the prongs completely into the boy's breast. killing him instantaneous!y. An inquest was held on Monday, and a verdict of " Accidental death " return,u.— Liverpool Mercury. Accipi.s. 'l' TO GEoutii; :\ I ()au tv, We rei to have just heard that George Morgan, Esq., of Biddle den Park, Bucks, fell into a badly covered well 45 feet deep, on Thursday last, but we are glad to And the accident has not proved fatal, or ann dorms to 121, 111*,..—rerasanyles GERMAN CUSTOMS UNION. The Courrier Francais contains an article on the German Customs Union, from which we extract the following statistical details, as possessing interest:— " The financial results obtained by the Zollverein deserve special notice. From 54,434,100 f. in 1834, the gross re ceipts have risen to 95,121,000 f. in 1843, and the net receipts from 45,671,000 f, to 86,705,000 f., showing an advance of 75 per cent. for the former, and 85 per cent. for the latter. 'I he average amount of customs produce, per inhabitant, has risen from IL 94e. to 3f. 11c. The most remarkable result, in a financial point of view, is the reduction in the expenses of collection. In Prussia those charges, from 1818 to 1828, were estimated at 21 per cent. on the gross receipts. In the Bavaro-Wirtemberg Union they exceeded 44 per cent. ; they are now reduced to 9 per cent. This extraordinary di minution must h 1 more particularly attributed to the reduction of the extent of the customs lines. Before the union, Prussia, Bavaria, Wirtemberg, and the two Hesses had 15,000 kilo metres of frontiers ; now the frontiers of the entire Zollverein, f- ,rn the increased compactness of the whole, are reduced to 7,500 kilon.e res. The economical results must also be regarded as very satisfactory. The extension of market has given an extraordinary impulse to certain manufactures, particularly that of cotton and silk goons. In 1834 the Zollverein received 15,000,000 kilos. of cotton yarn, and in 1843 it imported 22,500,0 0 kilos. During the same period the imports of raw cotton rose from 00,0001. to 19,500,000 f., whilst the im ports of foreign cotton goods decreased from 800,1 , 00 kilos. to 450,000 kilos. The imports of raw silk increased from 3 i 9,000 kiles. in 1837, to 700,0( 1 0 kilos. in 1843, and that of dyed or bleached silk from 76 000 kilos. to 100,000 kilos. The principal sale cf manufactured silk has been found in foreign markets, a third only having been used at home. The consumption of tropical produce, which gene rally indicates the degree of prosperity enjoyed by the in- I ahitants, has increased in a greater ratio than the produc tion itself. In 1835 the Zollverein received 46,000,000 kilos. of raw sugar for refining, and 22;500,000 kilos. of coffee; it received 60,000,0(10 kilos. of beet-root sugar manufactured at home, and 38,000,000 kilos. of coffee. During the same period the increase in the population was only 18 per cent. The hardware trade has, of all the other native trades of the Zollverein, prospered the most ; in 1834, the export of ma nufactured goods was only 475,000 kilometres, whilst in 1843 it reached 1,245,0: 0 kilometres. The foreign trade of the Zollverein, for the period of five years, from 1837 to 1841, gave an annual average of 619,683,764 f. for imports, and 631.547,2641. for exOrts, making together 1,251,547,264 f. At the present time it is estimated at the sum of 1,400,000,0001., or about two-thirds of our foreign trade. The Zollverein may thus be ranked in the third class amongst the commercial powers of Europe. The extension of commercial relations resulting from the constitution of the Customs Union called for an extended system of communication, and the Germans have net lost much time in discussions on this subject. In 1836 Prussia had nor a kilometre of railroad ; at the end of 1844 the extent of railroads in Germany was 2,434 kilometres (1,520 English miles), including those of Austria and the maritime states. Berlin communicates with Frankfort and Stettin: the three great commercial centres—Dresden, Leipsic, and Alagde bourg, are, as it were, at each other's gate ; Munich is joined to Augsburgh ; Nuremberg to Furth ; Elberfeld to Dussel dorf. During 1844, 10,000,000 passengers and 700,000 kilo grammes of merchandise passed over the German railroads, giving a receipt of about 29,000,000 f." MATRICIDE. On Sunday, the 16th of February last, the children of Jacques Jordy, a wool4pinner, at Guebwiller, who had been at an evening service, returned to their mother, who had been an invalid for fire weeks. Salone, her eldest daughter, on entering her mother's room, called to her, but received no reply. She remarked that the bed was in disorder, a knife 1) ing on it, and that there were marks of blood on her mother's face. Becoming alarmed, the went up to her, and found she was dead, and immediately ex - claimed that her mother had been murdered. The marks of a man's fingers were visible on her neck ; her face was black, and the body much bruised. The doctor, who was called in, did not hesitate to declare that her death had been caused by strangulationfrom the hands:ef a man, who had knelt on the ho , yof the victim. Suspicion fell on Chratien Jordy, youngest son of the deceased. During vesi.ers he had remained at the bedside of his mother, and about four o'clock had been seen to leave the house, to which he had not since returned to take share in the general affliction. The next evening the officer of gen darmerie, charged with his arrest, found him at the foot of his blind old father, of e hom he was implering for giveness. Shedding abundance of tears, and delivering himself up to the utmost despair, he avowed all. " I asked my mother," said he, "to buy me a cap. She refused, and I attempted to strike her, and menaced her with my knife. She screamed. Confused and maddened, I knelt upon her ; with one hand I stifled her cries, and with the ether strangled her. lam a wretch. Pardon— pardon me, father." But the old marl, strongly excited re plied, " Thy mother alone can pardon thee." The above facts were elicited in evidence at the trial of the prisoner on the 26th ult., at Colmar; the prisoner persisted in hi , confession, and exhibited the most lively remorse. The jury found him guilty, but with extenuating circum stances, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for life, with exposure in the publics square of Guebwiller.— Gazette de Tribunaux. THE PADDLE-WHEEL AND SCREW.—The Me chanics' Magazine, in an article under the above:head, after describing a trial of speed which took place recentlyildown the river, between the royal yacht tender Fairy, propelled by the screw, and the Meteor paddle-wheel steamer, when the latter had considerably the advantage, observes,—" We are not aware that any material exception can be taken to the fairness of this trial, on account of any difference in point of tonnage or steam-p ower between th e t wo vesse l s . The Meteor was 170 feet in length, and 18 in breadth ; the Fairy 145 feet and 21.2 feet. the former draws 4 feet 5 inches, the latter 4 feet 9 inches. The cylinders of the Meteor are 37 inches in diameter--stroke, 3 feet ; the cylin ders of the Fairy, 42 inches—stroke the same. The Meteor, therefore, though it is the larger and (perhaps) better pro portioned vessel of the two, and presents a less midship area of resistance than her rival, is decidedly her inferior in point of steam-power." The writer then contrasts the per formances of the Fairy with those of another well-known screw-vessel—the Waterlily. The Fairy made the distance between Greenhithe and Portsmouth in 18 hours, including four minutes' stoppage at Dover. " The Waterlily left Blackwall at 37 minutes past one o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday, the 3d inst., and performed the passage to Ports mouth-harbour in 17 hours 11 minutes, having had to en counter a strong head-wind all the way from the North Fore land, her average speed during this trip being something over fourteen miles an hour." " The Waterlily," it is added, " is a smaller vessel, and of less engine -power, than either the Fairy or Meteo r . H er l engt h i s 132 feet; breadth, 16 feet 6 inches ; cylinders, 29 1 ,E inches ; stroke, 14 inches. Seeing that she went the distance from Blackwell to Portsmouth in 17 hours 11 minutes, this is a greater performance than that of the Fairy, which took 17 hours 56 minutes to perform the distance from Greenhithe (only) to the same port of des tination." A TURBULENT REGlMENT.—Yesterday (Saturday) afternoon no little excitement prevailed in Bagnigge.wells, by the arrival of thirty.six soldiers of the 65th Regiment of Foot, as pri. Boners, under a strong escort of their comrades. The regiment, consisting of 845 men, is under orders for New South Wales from Dublin a in the latter city the prisoners in question had, it appears, been tried for different offences against military discipline, and sen tenced to various terms of imprisonment. The regiment having sud denly received directions to embark for London, the prisoners were removed to undergo their several sentences at Chatham, prior to sailing to their destination ; and it being too late in the day to be marched there, it was determined that they should be lodged in the station-house, adjoining the Police-court, until Monday morning. They had not, however, bees' in the cells there long before they expressed a determination to force their way out, and their conduct was otherwise so violent as to cause a reason to suppose that if they were left they would attempt their freedom, which must have been attended with considerable bloodshed, as a guard of twelve of the regiment were over them. Under such an emergency Mr. Massey, the superintendent of the G division, sent for the commanding.offl cer, Colonel Senior, who had taken up his quarters at the Angel Islington, and, on his arrival, deemed it necessary to sign their committal, for safe security, to the House of Correction, whither they were immediately conveyed in two of the prison vans. Five other privates, who had shown a disposition to acts of disorder, were reported to the colonel, and he ordered them to be confined in the station-house cells until further directions.—Sunday paper. TRADE :OF PAISLEY.—We learn that our %v.-aver. , ar e at present on full employment in the preparation of plain cloth for printed shawls of a cheap description. It will be ob served, that her Majesty has bad the condescension to exhibit specimens of our Paisley manufactures to her royal visitors, the King and Queen of the Belgians, and we earnestly hope that those expensive and finished productions of the Paisley loom will ere long be the prevalent fashion among the higher circles, and thereby give ample and profitable employment to our manufacturing population.—Renfrewshire Advertiser. [ADVERTlSEMENT.]—instrutilents tor Sight and Hearing sent in the country by post. Patronised by General Sir Edward Paget, Sir Evan Lloyd Maiston, Frede rick Goodfellow,, Clayton Grosvenor Morrison, Dyott Robert.- son, Mackenzie, Galway, Pim, Woolf, Murray, Walker, Fox. Price, Lindsay, and . Ihackray, Major-General Sir H. Elphin nose, P. Fyers, D. Maclead, Hamilton. Turner, Wemyss, and Cock • Lieutenant-Generals Sir rienry B ouver i e , S ir J . Mac donall, Sir R. Barton, Sir T. Dallas, and Sir Wm. Eustance ; Admirals Lord John Hay, Sir (;. Cockburn, Sir David Milne, Sir George Munday, Sir George Martin, Sir James H. Whitshed, Sir D. Gold, Ross, Alexander, Curzons, Tompkin son, Hollis, and Price; Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austen, Rear. Admirals Brown and Ribouleau, &c.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians. have invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new construction. Immediately they are placed before imper fect vision, that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once removed; every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged and imperfect sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses. Micro scopes, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments, for relief of most extreme deafness. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, are not in any uky connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. Can be sent in the country by post. (ADVERTISEMENT.]—BRUSHES.—NEW INVENTIONS. —I he Triple Hair Brush. One stroke of this is equal to the effect of one penetrating, five small-tooth combs, and one even cut brush ; to be had in four sizes, No. 7, ss. 6d ; No. 8. 7 8. 6d ; No. 9,9 s. 6d. ; No. 10, Ifs. 6d. The Double Anti- Pressure Nail Brush, which does not divide the quick from the nail, no pressure being required, and thoroughly cleans arid po lishes the nails in a tenth part of the time of any other me thod; price in bone, No. 1,2 s. ; No. 2,2 s. 6d. ; No. 3,3 s. 6d. ; No. 4, ss. ; and of all sizes and prices in ivory. The New Tooth-pick Brush, which entirely enters between the in terstices of the closest teeth ; marks, full-sized brushes, No. 1, hard ; No. 2, less hard ; No. 3. middling ' • No. 4, soft. Th e narrow brushes, No. 5, hard ; No. 6, less hard ; No. 7, mid dling ; No. 8, soft, at Is. each, or 10s. per dozen in bone ; and 2s. each, or 21s. per dozen in ivory, the hair warranted never to come out. The Medium Shaving Brush, between the usual badger hair and bristle brush, being a se;eetion of the strongest hair only from the badger skin, in a variety of aiges, both in bone and ivory. The above articles are the inventions of Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London, and, being protected, any one imitating them will be proceeded against. [AirvEwrieemENT.] — AN AUTITFNTICATED CURE OF A FEARFUL CASE OF PILES, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT I—John Thompson, Esq., the very respect able editor of the Armagh Guardian, an Irish newspaper, vouches as to the fact of an extraordinary cure of a case of piles, of a most distressing nature, and of some years' standing, which was effected by these medicines when every other means had Tt w s 1 rte ; .It . great vory down," it they nave recourse to thess tar-loured remedies. Auld by most of the respectable chemists throughout the civilised world, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment,.244, Strand, London. M A T NE V , z.. 4 ETERD A Y - C c:RN r C 1- 1 / 4 111* During last week the arrivals of English SI hest up to our market were, the time of year considered, very scanty, but of very eupelior quality. Ot all other kinds of grain of home produce the receipts were very small, especially those of Barley, Beans, and Peas. The supply of Irish Oats exhi bited a falling off compared with that of the preceding week, but the imports of foreign parcels exceeded 22,000 quarters. Of other grain very few samples came to hand. Fresh up, the supply of Wheat front Lincolnshire, alisieg, we doubt not, front the improved currencies ruling here, were on this increase ; bat from Cambridgeshire, Kent, and Sussex, ve:y little came to hand. The stands being rather scantily sup plied with parcels of both red and white Wheat, and the ac counts received from our provinces this morning, by no . m eau s favourable as respects the appearance of the growing crops (and which by the way were received with great caution), the demand for Engiialt Wheat was steady. At the opening of the market the fac tors asked extravagantly high prices, viz., Os to 70s per quarter for the best Essex white Wheat. Their de mands not being complied with, the holders were compelled to reduce their quotations; yet a full average amount of busi ness was doing in the whole, at an advance in the prices obtained on Monday lust of from is to 3s per quarter—being a rise on Friday's currencies of Is per quarter, and at whioit nearly the whole of tile parcels on offer were disposed of. Toe show of Foreign Wheat was rather scanty. Selected qualities were in good request at 3a per quarter more money; while other parcels were is to 2s per quarter dearer. Corn under lock was inquired for, and held for a corresponding ad vance in value. Scarcely a single parcel of English Barley was brought forward ; and the show of foreign was far from extensive. Grinding qualities sold freely at full prices; while the value of other kinds was supported without difficulty. The supply of Malt was moderate. The best Ware samples sold freely ; other kinds slowly, at late rates. Of F o reign and Irish Oats the supply was good, owing to which the Oat trade ruled heavy, at prices barely equal to those paid on Monday last. A large portion of the Foreign Oats are now paying duty. Very few Beans and Peas were on sale. All descriptions were steady, at full prices. For Flour we had a brisk sale, at an advance of quite 5s per 28u1bs. Several par cels of new canary and rapeseed were in the market ; but the demand for them was limited. All other kinds ofseeds very dull. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevaliur • . • • • • 638 to 640 Red . 49s to 588 Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto, White . . 518 658 Lincolnsh., Feed. 22s 236 Norfolk and Lin- . Potatoe . 22s 240 coin, Red..... 50s 58s Youghm - and Cork, Ditto, White 53s 64s Black . 208 215 Irish, Red • • —s —s Cork, 'White .. • • 21s 23 5 Ditto, White — 3 Scotch, Feed..... 2os 22s Rye—Old .• . . a —s Beans—Tick . •. • • 366 405 New. •• • 30s 32s Pigeons , 38s 438 Barley—Grinding ... • • 25s 27s Pease—Grey. • • •• • • 38s 400 Malting . Cher slier •• • • 34s —s White ..... .•• • • • 36s 39 5 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •• . • ..... 40 9 435 folk .. 555 59s Flour—Town-made ... 42s 49 s Brown 52s 58:3 Suffolk 37s 400 Kingston and Ware 53s 63s FOREIGN GRAIN AND FISATUc i k t ta IN & N BO or N fo ri lk . 36s 408 Wheat—Dantzic Cis to 48s Beans • Ilamburgh ... •• • • 378 42s Pease •••••• • • • • • • 33s 361 Barley Oats—New eed .. • • • EMXITIELPIELD, Since this day se'nnight, up to Saturday evening, the int.. ports of live stock from abroad into London were exceedingly large—the Batavier arriving from Rotterdam with 73 Oxen and Cows and 50 Sheep; while the Ocean and Giraffe have been reported, the former with 78 Oxen and Cows, 61 Sheep, 10 Lambs, and 11 Calves; the latter with 49 Oxen and Cows, 8 Sheep, and 25 Calves. From Hamburgh, per the Neptune, we have received 30 Oxen, all in good condition- It will be perceived that the total imports for this market for the week, have amounted to 230 Oxen and Cows, 119 Sheep, 36 Calves, and 10 Lambs. The principal portion of these supplies being disposed of on Friday last, the numbers of foreign stock on offer to-day were snub , viz., 30 Beasts, 50 Sheep, and 8 Calves, the whole of which found buyers at good prices. The imports into Hull have been 120 Beasts and 90 Sheep. These, together with the previous importations, form the following totals for the present year:— Oxen and Cows. Sheep. London Liverpool Hull Southampton 2,530 15 Totals 6,246 1,680 For the time of year we had a very siaall supply of Begat! offering this morning from our own grazing districts,. Ye t " there was a slight improvement in their general quality ' owing to which the increased attendance of buyers, and the dead markets being well cleared of their last week's supplies , the Beef trade was active, at an advai,ce in the quo" tations obtained on Monday last, of from 2d to 4d per Blbs, the primest Scots readily producing 4s 6d Per 81b, and at which a good clearance was rasdiu effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cara bridgeshire, we received 700 Scots, home-breds, and sho rt" horns, &c. ; from the Western an d Midl an d Counties, Dv; Herefords, Runts, Devons, & c . ; f rom ot h er parts o f Englan d ' 400 of various kinds ; from Ireland, 30 Beasts ; and from Scotland, 300 horned a n d po ll e d S cots. Th e num bers 0 Sheep were very limited, there being upwards of 10,000 less exhibited than at th e correspon di ng mar k et d ay i n 184.• Although the quality of thi s d escr i pt i on o f stoc k was by Ift means first-rate, there was an evident improveca,e,, in it. All kinds were i n ac ti ve reques t, a t flu v: bat at nothing quotable beyond last week's c ur b rencies, the primest old Downs selli n g a t 5s per 81 ( r There were very few store Beasts or Sheep on sale, and 4 e which extravagantly high prices were demanded. supply of Lambs was again small ; while the Lamb trade W7 O firm, at full prices. Although the numbers of Calves Ti e s ', good, the sale for them was active, and the rates had es upward tendency. In Pigs, comparatively little buri n was doing, at late rates. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. a. d Inferior Beasts .•• . 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto. 3 8 4 0 Prime large Oxen.. 4 0 4 2 Prime Scots ••• • • • 4 4 4 6 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 4 Prime small ditto .. 4 6 410 Suckling Calves, .18 0 30 0 inftrior Sheep .. . 3 6 310 d. to • 4 Second quality ditto 4 6 ; 4 S Coarae-woolled ditto 4 v b 0 Southdown Weth ers 4 1 0 Halm out of the wool . Large Hogs •••• • • 3 0 a Small Porkers ••-• 3 10 40 Quarter old I'igs 16 0 p Lambs .......... 4 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I I Sheep. Calves. rgg• 2,667 24,920 205 NZINITOIXTE3 AND M15AD31211241.111.. t, The past week's arrivals of slaughtered meat from 0 land, as well as various parts of England, have been 64 " e seasonably extensive, and, comparatively speaking, of s°l g o n what improved quality. Although the supplies of Lon le d killed Meat have been on the increase, the dem a nd has Ito tirm and in some instances the quotations have had an,„"Z i v ward tendency, while clearances have been effected with ea much difficulty. About 20 carcasses of Beef, and 10 care of Mutton—imported, in the first instance, from Hollanthe have been disposed of, the former at from 3s. to 3s. 4 c h ' ea st latter at 3s. Bd. to 4s. per 81bs. The quality was by no 10 first rate. At per stone, y the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior...... 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior • • - middling ••2 10 3 0 middling • • - prime large 3 2 2 4 i prime •• • • - prime small .. 3 4 3 8 j Pork, large.-- Veal ... . . 3 8 4 8 - small . d• 1.d.V1 4 210 4 4 3 6 6 4 u e 6 2 8 6 3 Lamb. 48 10d to 61-d. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. vi . Beasts Sheep Calves 0 .•••••• • • • • • • 44 360 200 .•••••-••• • • • 38 300 --. 30 190 20 .. .. .. 20 ‘9O 80 15 50 50 ........... 25 100 60 1° 4,0 20 20 ; A ) ••••• • • • • ... 20 80 • . • 40 100 80 140 ........ ..._ 250 1,360 260 00 40 209 1,720 205 ' '' Scotland ........... Yorkshire ......... Lincolnshire ....... Norfolk ........... Suffolk .......... Chnibridgeshire Essex Surrey ...... Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts ... Previous week's arrival...... Difference since oar last •• • • 41 360 5.5 91' 7103101740 SOP rffilliMir.T. ire Since our last the Hop bine, in moat of our platitatleililat Kent and Sussex appears to have progressed sets rapidly, yet our reports state that v e rti,in has nia L 'atf appearance in considerable numbers. Although the P r : ro p, general impression is that we shall hare a full averse 1- (10 6,- the market is tirm, and prices are well supported. D ie fot is called 180,0001. Sussex pockets, 715 s to 8/ 5 3 5O ; Kent ditto, 71 lOs toll! , Mid Kent, ditto, 71 5s to 8/ 15s , East Kent bags. 11/11s to 12/ ; Mid Kent, ditto. 81to 81 1 BOROUGH AND SPITAIMIELIDO• A o ff At length nearly all the old Potatoes have been cleare' 6 , by the cowkeepers and others, at considerably lower fig, - s t New Potatoes are in great abundance, and sell reaclPY from 3s 6d to 6s per cwt. WOOL 2WILILILIEET. Astir Since our last the public sales h a v e p r oceeded rues" — he el factorily—nearly the whole of th e p arce l s o ff e red having " "to disposed of at full prices. It h as b een remarked that P r Wool from Sydney exhibit s a grea t i mprov emen t _ ov do r o m vious importations. Th e arr i va l s h ave b een but nie viz., 2,100 bales. TALLOW. H ied Since our last week's statement this market has ass n s , firmer tone, and the holders of Y. C. are asking highe r P ipers Our advices from St. Pctersburgh state that the rates have a downward tendency. COAL DlAratzw. s 'Wes t Prices per ton at the close of the n - arket le - r oe, Hartley, 15s 6d ; Chester Main, 14s 9d ; Hasting's nit We ; OW 15s; Holywell Main, 15s • Original Tanfield, 139 t Pontop, 13s 6d; Ord's Redheugh, I3s ; RaVerlinfOrth Weft Hartley, 15s; Stewart's Steam, 14s 6d; Taylor's Hartley, 15s ; Tanfield Moor, 16s ; Townley, 14s; 17 li s cherir Hilda, 16s 3d ; Killingworth, 15s 9d ; Walker. 16s; 16.11 d; cliffe, 16s 3d ; Braddyll's Hatton, 17 s 9d ; East Hetton, J 7s i Haswell, 18s; Iletton, 17s ; Russell's k 1et .t °13 ;6• 96; Stewart's, lis 9d ; Hartlepool, lis 9d; Heugh Ha u t Kelloe, 17s 3d; Adelaide, 17s ; Adelaide Tees, l ook Hartley, 14s 9d; Eden Hartlepool Cinders, 23s ' arrived, 27. HS. On the 21st inst., Mr s. IR T s. R. Barclay, jun., •e- °n-Plll°°' Bloomsbury-square, of a daughter, still-born. er the On the 20th inst., at Frampton House, Lineolnahu lady of the Rev. John Tunnard, of a son. f T' On the 23d inst., in St. James's-square, the lady ° Kent, E,, of dauhter. the "wi fe OE.P. On the q. 2 a 4th inst., g at Craven-street, Strand, Cullington,jun., Esq., of a daughter. n On the 24th inst., the wife of the Rev. T. Sin i P s° M.A., Vicar of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, of a MARRIED. Rich ar4 On the 19th inst., at Leckhampton, the Rev. Jobnctiroliner Tetlow, M.A., Rector of Pontesbury, Sabi), t ° „ t .lo Eta youngest daughter of the late W. Shaw, Esc'' , " Derbyshire. P 5°Pll On the 24th inst., at St. Pancras Church, sow* Clark, of Liverpool-street, Gray's Inn-road, Kent, daughter of Mr. W. Holman, miller, of Ranzsgate - - - - - - - - , Cha rity y On urlg t e b s t e ( 2 1 a 6 u t t n e s r t , 0 f a t Nr a s ri . sb v r i o d o i k er , Isle 09, l i W arc it'l ra lt o ' o 7. .stm t ` Burton. crescent. rhs vlsif On the 17 th of May, at Pooree, in Bengal , the Ref' Aeland, chaplain in the lion. Company's service. relict On the 17th inst., at Boulogne sur:Mer, M artbli ' the late Rev. John Powell. On the 20th inst., at R ' othesay Isle of Bute, flele° third (laughter of Charles Cowan. nrbter On the 22d inst., Charlotte Frances, second Lat.-4. a . Captain Pattullo. o f On the 23d inst., Mrs. Catherine Norton , wiu° min N , .rton. , Hall, N..rf,.lk• ,no t,,1..,„ Lieutenant, 1 !I No. 112, Btranc , , Printer, at Tiu Of i f, couttgir ti • ltrand: in the Precinct of the Silvery, " !Ole: 3 M Tuoilay, JAI 89, 184 i. of ra In Bp 8e I I