The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-24 00:00:00

A I LWAY COMMITTEES (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. TIE Eft EA.V.A.SEI VALLEY RAILWAY. The Select Committee appointed by the House of Lords io as certain the merits of this project, reassembled at the usual hour this morning, and proceeded with the investigation. The CHAIRMAN, before they went on with the evidence in favour of the Bill, wished to know upon what grounds the scheme was opposed. Mr. MACAULAY replied that the line was opposed on the ground that it could not be made available for passenger traffic, and, if time were allowed, a more extensive, and more complete line, could be suMaitted to Parliament for the accommodation both of the passenger and mineral traffic of the district. That line had already come before the public under the title of the Nottingha:n, Leicester, and Ambergate Railway. It would pass by _the way of Pinxton down the Valley of Erewash, and then form a junction at Matlock with the Manchester and Buxton line, and thus forming a through railway communication between the two highly important towns and seats of trade of Nat tingham and Manchester. The cross.examinatien of Mr. Pickering (for whose name that of Mr. Pare was substituted by a clerical error yesterday) was gone into by Mr. MA CAULAY. The evidence given by the witness this morning referred entirely to the details of the traffic tables of the line. The principal facts were stated yesterday by Mr. Pic kering, and were accordingly published in The Sun of last evening. The cross-examination partly referred, also, to the facts stated by Mr. Macaulay as objections to the Bill. Mr. Woodhouse, the engineer of the line, conjointly with Mr. Jessop and Mr. Bidders, was then called, and gave the usual engi neering evidence. The length of the main line would be 13 miles 16 chains. There were eleven branches. The steepest gradient on the main line would be 1 in 215. One of the branches would have a gradient of lin 50. The heavy traffic would be down the nclines. There was no engineering difficulty on the main line, and this was, in his opinion, the best that could be laid down threugh the Fzewash Valley, and afforded the greatest accommodation to the coal district. The total expense of the line was estimated at 187,0001. This included the cost of the branches. Mr. MACAULAY cross-examined the witness as to a proposed line, of which a map was handed in. The witness thought the line in question far infeCior to the Erewash Valley line. Mr. Woodhouse was re-examined by Mr. CALVERT. The CHAIRMAN here observed that the Ambergate line was before the Committee in a very indefinite manner. As a corn. peting line it could not appear before them as it would before a Committee of the House of Commons, but it was only as a com peting line that it could be evidence against the proposed line. Mr. CALVERT said that he was unwilling to make an objection to Mr. Macaulay's course, but thought it was not regular to give evi dence in fsvour of what was, as far as the Committee were concerned, an imagir.,:, line. Air. MACAULAY said that, as landowners, his clients had a right to oppose this Bill, on the ground that there was a better line, which would not injure them. He would wish, however, to post• pone the arguments on this point till tomorrow, as Mr. Alexander was not present. The point was accordingly reserved, and the evidence continued. Mr. Bidders corroborated the evidence of Mr. Woodhouse. The working expenses of the line would be 3001. per mile. That was about 30 per cent. on the estimated traffic. The estimates had been made for works for a double line, the rails only being estimated for a single line. The estimated expense of the main line was 140,0001., which he thought was a very liberal esti. mate. A single line would be sufficient for the traffic, as the whole of the coal expected to be carried on the line in one day could be taken by ooe train. It was proposed to cdli Mr. Vignolles to corroborate the above evidence, but an obj• ction having been raised to the admission of his e viiieuce, a discussion ensued, the result of which was, that the Committee postponed the matter till to.morrow. The Committee then adjourned at half-past five o'clock. GLASGOW 1111 TD BiIIZELHE.A.D RAILWA Y. The Select Committee appointed by the House of Lords to ascer•ain the merits of the Glasgow and Barrhead Railway assembled Sra the first time this rat ruing. The Committee consisted of Earl Spencer (Chairman), Duke of Cleveland, Marquis of Hedfort, Viscount Middleton, and Lord Dartmouth. Mr. Sergeant Bellasis appeared for the promoters of the Bill, and Mr. Hildyard for the opposing parties. Mr. Sergeant BELLasts opened the case. The Bill before their Lordships was for authorising the construction of a railway from Glasgow, commencing at the station of the Greenock and Glasgow Tine, on the south side of the Clyde, and extending on to Barrhead, a distance of about six miles and five furlongs. There could be no question about the traffic, for it was well known that the goods traffic between the two places amounted to 3,460 tons per annum, while the number of passengers was 3,200. The capital of the proposed line was 150,000/. ; the estimated coq of construction was 142,0001. The gross revenue which it was anticipated the line would yield was 19,6401., and after deducting 7,5001. for working expenses, there would be left a dividend of six and a fifth per cent. upon the capital expended. So much for the main line. The promoters of the scheme proposed to make a small branch at a short distance from Glasgow to join the Pollock and• Govan Railway, for the pur pose of bringing the important article of coal and iron .stone to Glasgow. This was the scheme he had to lay before their Lordships, and now for the project of the opposing parties. Their Lordships would perceive by the map that the Glasgow and Ayr Company had projected a branch, having the same object of accommodating the traffic between Glasgow to Barrhead, but this branch avoided the most populous and thriving part of the district for the purpose of going by way of Paisley, which had, c•.mparatively speaking, a very trifling traffic, and would increase the distance from Glasgow to Barrhead from six to eight miles. Mr. Humphrey Crum, an extensive calico•printer, at Thornley Bank, a place of some importance on the proposed line, estimated that the traffic of Thornley Bank alone would yield the line an annual income of 5641. 16s. for goods and 1,2501. for coals. Lord Blantyre and Colonel Moire proved that the landholders and inhabitants of the district were in favour of the short and direct line from Glasgow to Barrhead. Mr. Malcolm Hunter, a calico.printer of Crefthead, was well acquainted with the trade carried on between Glasgow and Barr head, and considered the direct line well adapted to accommodate the Wants of the district. Mr. Dunlop, an extensive cotton printer at Crayton, confirmed the testimony of the last witness. Mr. James Ramsay Vertman, manager of Messrs. Wilson's iron works at Glasgow, intimated that Messrs. Wilson had traffic passing along the route of the direct line to the extent of 62,479 tons per annum, which would undoubtedly come upon, and be in creased by the proposed railway. Mr. M`Lintock, a coal.owner confirmed the testimony of the last witness, and The Committee then adjournd till eleven o'clock to-morrow morning.. IMPORTANT DECISION. "VV'AICEr.E.ELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY. The Committee on this Bill re-assembled at the usual hour, Lord Monteagle, chairman. Mr. HILDYARD opened the proceedings by summing up, on the part of Mr. Smith, a landholder. The Learned Counsel, after defending Mr. Smith from any charge which might be advanced against him because he had coalesced with Mr. Hudson in his op.. position to the Bill, and because that opposition was to be defrayed at Mr Hudson a expense, went on CO show the residential injury which would be done to that gentleman, and contended that as a better line could be laid out, combining all the advantages of the other and a7oiding its evils, their Lordships should throw out the present Bill, in order that a better line might be intro_ duced next session. Mr. WILKINS replied, and, in an elaborate speech, contended that no sufficient public grounds had been shown for throwing out this Bill. The engineering evidence adduced by the promoters proved in the oust forcible manner that a railway was absolutely necessary to pres,rve the trade of Goole, and to extend that of Wakefield, Pont, fract, and Knottingly, and no line which had yet been exhibited to 'heir Lordships promised to supply those deside rata in the sa me degreeas the present one. The Learned Counsel then went into detail as to the relative advantages to the minerals in the districts, and, after analysing the statements of the opposing wit misses, concluded by hoping that their Lordships, after the full, fair, and patient investigation they had given, would be irresistibly led to the conclusion that a line of railway was absolutely re quired, and that this was the ♦ery line to supply the present deficiency. The Committee then retired, and on their re-entering the room The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Bill was proved, but they decided also, that the works should be suspended until the pro moters had again come to Parliament for powers to construct the .31ethley branch. The clauses were then agreed to, and the Committee broke up. the Birmingham and Gloucester Company against the Bill. Ia a speech of some length ha endeavoured to show that the proposed line would operate as a competing scheme of a most injurious cha racter, while it would afford but imperfect accommodation to the district. The Birmingham and Gloucester Company were fully prepared to carryout all necessary extensions that were lequired for the wants of the public, and ought to be allowed the privilege of doing so without the interference of a third party. He prayed the Committee at least to postpone the Bill to give time for re.consi. deration. Mr. WALPOLE, on behalf of Lord Redesdale, then briefly ad dressed the Committee, contending that the deviation line would be better calculated to serve the district than the one which had been proposed, without interfering with the grounds of his client. He considered that the least that should be done was to postpone the Bill, in order to allow competing engineers to examine into its merits. More especially was delay called for, not only on this ground, but on account of the clauses respecting traffic which had been surreptitiously introduced into the Bill. Mr. TALBOT then proceeded to address the Committee in reply, and in behalf of the Bill before the Committee. He went at length into the whole case, addressing himself to all the points which had been adduced before the Committee against the Bill by the several petitioners. He dis:ussed the objections on the subject of transhipment, the difference of gauges, and the question ofcompeti tion between the London and Birmingham and the Birmingham and Gloucester Railways, which he considered preposterous and absurd, especially when it was considered that the London and Birmingham line was seeking a way direct to Manchester, independent of the Grand Junction, through the projected Trent Valley and other schemes; and that Mr. Hudson, the great amalgamator of railways, had guaranteed the shareholders of the Birming ham and Gloucester 6 per cent. on their capital. Having gone through this part of his subject, he went into that of the estimates which had been impugned, showing that the answers of Mr. Brunel clearly met that objection, and concluded by speak ing to the toll clauses, which he af f irmed were no breach of faith, but had been fairly introduced into the Bill, the tolls of which were considerably lower than those proposed by the Tring scheme. On the termination of the Learned Gentleman's address _ _ The Noble CHAIRMAN intimated that the promoters of the Bill had better be prepared with their clauses in the morning, so that all might be before them before giving the decision on the preamble. The Committee then adjourned till to.morrow at eleven o'clock. RUNCORN AND PRESTON lIROOIC RAILWAY. The Committee to whom this line was referred re-assembled to day at eleven o'clock. Present—Lord Camoys, Chairman ; the Duke of Leeds, the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Kinnoul, and the Marquis of Londonderry. The case of the promoters of the line having closed yesterday, the rebutting case, on behalf of the opposing petitioners, was called on. Mr. HOPE opened the proceedings, and contended at great length that the promoters had made out no case whatever. The traffic in pottery, coals, salt gro ceries, passengers, &c., had been greatly overstated, and it was much better accommodated by the existing modes of con veyance than it would be by the proposed line. The Learned Counsel, after alluding to the engineering difficulties on theline, and to the design of the promoters to make it merely subservient to another and far more extensive scheme, by which a monopoly would be conferred on the Grai.d Junction Company, concluded a very lengthened statement by calling on their Lordships not to suppport a scheme based on such erroneous fallacies as to its estimated traffic, and designed to effect such a formidable monopoly as was con templated. Evidence was then called in support of these statements. Messrs. John Bladon, Robert Brown, Abingdon, and Leslie deposed to the superiority of the canal to the conveyance by rail for the traffic of the district, and were severally subjected to a long cross-examination, but the details are of no public interest what ever. The Committee then adjourned till half past eleven o'clock to morrow, when Mr. Lowndes will reply. IRISH GREAT WESTERN (DUBLIN AND GALWAY) RAILWAY. Their Lordships met at eleven o'clock, in the Lord Chancellors' Court, Earl Bathurst in the chair. The other Noble Lords pre. sent were Earl Wynford, Lords Calthorpe, Lilford, and FOrester. The line of evidence which had been pursued on the previous day was not resumed. Mr. Rows proceeded to call on a different class of witnesses. Several subscribers had caused letters to be sent to the different provincial postmasters to various addresses. The first was the case of Mr. Frederick Bond Hughes, whose name was affixed to the sub scription deed for 2,000/. Mr. Rows called Mr. Brewer, postmaster of Reigate, who deposed that he received letters fer a gentleman in London, who designated himself as Frede rick Bond Hughes, of Newington.terrace, Dover.road. Witness, ac cording to this gentleman's directions, took in letters so addressed. Knew no such person residing at Reigate. The letters were regu larly forwarded to Reigate, and front London letters were sent by Mr. Hughes, which passed through the Reigate post-office, and which were addressed to several railway companies about the country. Mr. Reed, a gentleman in the service of the Company, was next examined—He deposed that he had in his custody a great number of letters of allotment. Several letters came from Glyn's bank with their backs torn off, but those which came from the Union Bank were entire. The signing of the deed took place in the Company's offices in Cornhill. There were two rooms there, one of which witness occupied a good deal, and the other, an inner room, the Committee met in. There was a Committee of Directors ap pointed to superintend the allotment of shares. Witness went into the employment of the Company in November, after the allotment of shares had taken place. Meetings of the Committee were held once and sometimes twice a week. Sir William Young gave up the prominent position he occupied as chairman, and it was occupied by General Caulfield subsequently. Heard that the reason that Sir William Young gave up the post was ill health. Mr. Fitzstephen French was Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee. No signatures to the deed took place on Christmas day. A great number of signatures were affixed to the deed on the 26th and 27th of December. On those days General Caulfield and Mr. Whitmore looked in perhaps once or twice, to see what progress had been made. Every precaution bad been taken to prevent any improper signing of the deed, and in one instance, where a party put down a fictitious signature, he was instantly expelled from the room. The expunging of this fictitious name accounted for the erasure which appeared on the deed. Mr. ROWE stated that a petition had been presented against the Bill by a Mr. Barry, and it appeared by a note on the minute book that he (Mr. Barry) had been induced to withdraw his opposi tion by a sum of 2401., and 5001. in case the Bill passed success. fully through the Standing Orders' Committee. This arrangement was reported to the Committee by Mr. F. French. The Bill was happily thrown out by the Standing Orders' Committee. Mr. George Ward, postmaster at St. Alban's, deposed that he had received letters from Mr. Edward Grogan at St. Alban's. That person wrote several letters to him from October to the present time. He received a letter from Mr. Grogan requesting witness to send such letters as might reach the St. Alban's post office for him to Park-place, Devonshire.street, Mile-end-road. Mr. Grogan signed for 5001. Witness proceeded to say that he sent several letters there for him. Never knew any such person as Mr. Edward Grogan. The next case was that of Mr. Anderson Clifford, who was a subscriber to the deed for 1,5001. Mrs. Jane Caroline Evitts, postmistress at Staines, gave evidence showing that precisely the same sort of machinery had been used in this case as in the other. The next case was that of William Henry Drummond, gentle. man, Watford—sum subscribed, 1,0001. ; date Dec. 1844 ; sum paid up 501. Mr. Hearne, postmaster at Watford, gave evidence of a similar nature. , The next case was that of Mr. Alfred Weeking, who appeared on the subscribing deed as a gentleman residing at Goole—sum subscribed for 1,000/. ; sum paid up 501. ; date Dec. 1844. • The postmaster at Goole furnished the same sort of testimony. William Shackell, gentleman, Maidenhead, Berks, 3,5001. ; sum paid up 1751., was the next name on the ded. Mr. Robinson, postmaster at Maidenhead, deposed that he knew no such person as Mr. Shackell residing at Maidenhead. Mr. Shackell came forward to be examined. He stated that he held a commission in her Majesty's service. Was a cornet. The date of his commission was 1815. The Committee, after hearing Mr. AUSTIN and Mr. ROWE at considerable length, decided upon not entering into the merits of the Bill without further notice from the House, if the allegations contained in the petition of Mr. Pym were considered proved. The evidence of Mr. Shackell was resumed—Lived for some time with his brother in Maidenhead. Received a pension of 261. a year from the Charter-house. Was paid it quarterly. Did not alwaysstop with his brother. Signed this contract deed, but did not know for what amount, nor the number of shares he had in it. Was at his brother's last Christmas. Might have been in London on Christmas day, and had signed deeds within the last year to the amount of 50,0001., but could not then recollect the exact time at which he signed those deeds. Did not think it a prudent thing to keep any railway shares. He gave them to his broker, who disposed of them to the best advantage.—(Laughter.) Paid deposits on the shares. Gave a reference to Cox and Greenwood's, from whom be received his half-pay. Mr. Edward Smith, stone merchant, 5, Regent's.wharf, City. basin, 7501., was the next name on the list. Mr. Smith deposed that his name and address was accurately de. scribed on the deed, but he had not signed it, nor authorised any one to sign it. Cross.examined—His clerk might have written for some railway shares—he spoke to witness on the subject. The next name was George Stanley, Esq., Hill.houae, South. ampton-7,5004 It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Stanley had no fixed re. sidence ; that numerous executions and writs have been issued against him ; that Hill-house is on the very boundary of the county and borough near Southampton; and the sheriff's officer swore that by stepping out at one door he avoided the sheriff's officer of the borough and got into the county, and vice versa when the county officer came, so that neither could catch him. . Mr. Taylor, in answer to a question from Mr. Rowe, said they would b.i prepared fully to justify the Company, and to show that they had acted in an honourable and straightforward manner, but would not attempt to controvert a great number of the cases brought under the notice of the Committee. The Committee adjourned till to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock 'WEE GIrsSZOW 31.TIVCICZJN The Committee re assembled this morning at eleven, when the examination of Mr. Walker, civil engineer, which had not been concluded at the rising of the Committee yesterday, was resumed. The witness deposed that if the rails of the proposed railway were laid down on a level with the quays, it would drive away the Liverpool and Irish steamers from the harbour. He had calculated that one waggon in every minute would come to the side of the quay, which would occasion great interruption to the general traffic. If the sheds, which are very small for the accommodation of the present traffic, were to be enlarged on the land side to the extent of 45 feet, only 22 feet would be left for the carriage way, and that space would be insufficient for properly carrying on he trade. The e;..arr:iiiz.tior. of tl,e witness was interrupted in order that Captain Washington, it. N., who had been examined yesterd a y, might be placed in the witness-box to verify the statements he had made. He said he had been sworn before the House, and would still abide by the evidence he gave yesterday. He wished, how ever, to explain an apparent di.crepancy. He had stated he had seen a number of foreign ships outside the quay, but he now begged to say that whether they were embarking or not he could not tell. Mr. Walker's examination was then resumed—The Hull and Selby Railway at Hull was carried on a level with the quays, but it did not furnish an analogous case with the proposed Glasgow Rail way, as no mineral or mat was carried on the quays, and all the passengers arrived and embarked at a different plain. There was also greater accommodation at Hull for the traffic: The extent of wharfage at Hull was 15,500 feet, while at Glasgow, which pos 'med a much greater traffic, it w as only 6,500 feet. A gain, at Liverpool, where the railwa y was on a level with th e quays, the wharfs extended alt o g ether to 33,000 f eet , as compared w i t h 6,500 feet on the Clyde—so that no analogy could be es t a bli shed between the cases. He was decidedly of o p inion that if the railway wer e =Me at all, it ought to be vested entirely in the hands of the Clyde trustees, with power to take up or alter the rails as they mi g h t think proi.er, nut to regulate the traffic. Mr, ANDREVVS then proceeded to crone-examine Mr. Walker, who said that, with respect to coal and pig-iron, the loaded waggons eonld be lifted by cranes from off the quay, sod lowered idto the HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP X. MOST IMPORTANT. Tam mzelsXON ON THE LONDON AND YORK LINES. holds of the vessels alongside. The weight of a coal-waggon, when laden, averaged from 5i to 6 tons. This was the practice pursued at Newcastle and other coal-exporting places, but was not gene rally followed at Glasgow. A balance-weight was sometimes attached to the crams. The waggons, when loaded and swung from the crane, were a descending weight, and when emptied of their contents %n the holds of the vessel, being lighter than the Laiance-weight attached to the crane, they would ascend by the power of gravity. To erect these machines would be attended with considerable expeuse,'and it the vessels were sufficiently low in the water, tilting the contents of the waggons into their holds would probably be a more expeditious mode. The Noble eiIAIRMAN interrupted the cross-examination, and said he did not think it was necessary that this evidence should be gone further iet bir. ANDREWS replied that he would not press it further. The witness continued—Sheds had beeen recently erected on the south side of the harbour, but, speaking from recollection, they were four feet wider than those which had been constructed on the north side. Mr. WGregor, of the Board of Trade, was next examined—He said that the room in the harbour at Glasgow was not more than sufficient to accommodate tie steam-boat trade, the foreign traffic, and the Custom-house department. In his op i n i on the construe: stion of a line of rails on the wiays would materially interfere with the traffic. The Custom-h..use Commissioners, with the consent Committee Room, Group X., Two o'clock. This being the day appointed for giving the decision on the competing lines of the Direct Northern and London and York, with their several collateral projects, all approaches to Group X were crowded long before the period for the assembling of Members. The most intense anxiety, as may be easily imagined, was evinced to learn the fate of these gigantic rivals, and the excitement was even greater than that which cha racterised the memorable termination of " the battle of the gauges." Heavy bets were freely laid by the adherents of both Companies as to the approaching issue, and as freely, if not with avidity, accepted. Quarter to Three. The Members of the Committee, Lord Courtenay (Chairman), Mr. P. Scrope, Mr. Darby, and Mr. B. Wall, arrived at a quarter ro t: s andcrib aits l eevery l access is crowded to past two, and still remain suffocation—the indeliberat e i a on ci . The tement indescribable, momentarily increasing. Quarter past Feur. The Committee have this moment entered, and, amid the most profound silence, irf the Tre asury, No power to restrict the expoltation of coals, wool and her articlei not paying duty, to certain places wh et they tn'ght see fit to appoint; so that in point of fact if the Commissioner: found that the mincrajs brought by the proposed railways on the quays shou►d interfere with the general traffic, so as to prove detri x lent& to the revenue, they could prevent their exportation from t h, at olaCO. . . . . 'The examination of these two witnesses, all the substantial facts o r which have been stated, occupied the Committee the entire day, Their Lordships adjourned on • il to- morrow. O.:C.TORD, WORCES AND woravEn- TAIXTAY. Th e c `ommittee met to-day at eleven o'clock, Lord Auckland in the chair, when Mr. D „ tfia. proceeded to address the Committee on behalf of The CHAIRMAN said—l am instructed to say that the Committee have come to the resolution that the PREA MIME of the LON DON and YORK COMPANY'S BILL IS PROVED, omitting the branches to Wakefield and Sheffield, which they consider it advisable t• postpone for subsequent legislation. This announcement was received with loud cheers. Mr. Sergeant WRANORAM then made application for the Com mittee, 4r some member of it, to move in the House of Commons, that the preamble be received without the SheflieldA nd Wakefield branches. Lord COURTENAT stated that the Committc , ca i d rant be re sponsible tor any future proceedings, but they int( n . t 7 t the next Proceeding Should be for the general benefit, and the Committee thought that this end would be best served by the Committee taking the Cambridge and Huntingdon line. That was the course they intended to take. After a few words from Mr. HILDVARD, this course was agreed upon. The Committee will, therefore, take the clauses of the London and York line to-morrow, and after those proceed with the Cambridge and Huntingdon. This was the arrangement at last agreed upon. The Committee then Adjourned, THE SUN, LONDON, THITRSDAI MORNING, JULY 24, 1845. REPORT FROM THE SELECT - COMMITTEE ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY (BRANCH TO DEAL AND EXTENSION TO CANTERBURY, RAMSGATE, AND MAR- G ATE) BILL. Mr. Lascelles reported from the Select Committee on Group A of Railways, that in the case of the South- Eastern Railway (branch to Deal and Extension to Can terbury, Ramsgate, and Margate) Bill the Committee had examined into the several matters required by the Standing Orders to be inquired into by Committees on Railway Bills, and had agreed to the following report:— First. That the capital proposed to be raised under the powers in the Bill is 187,0004, to which extent it is intended to increase the capital of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and the amount of loan which they are empowered to raise is 62,3001., when one-half of the capital to be raised by the proposed Bill, and the acts relating to the South-Eastern Railway, shall have been paid up. Second. That the amount of shares subscribed for is 140,2501, and the deposits paid thereon amount to 7,012/. 10s. That the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth resolu tions did not appear to the Committee to be applicable to the present case, inasmuch as the work is to be made by an existing company, and to form part of an existing undertaking. Seventh. That the lines proposed to be made are in tended to complete the communication by railway be tween Deal and the South-Eastern (Canterbury, Rams gate, and Margate) Railway, and to alter and extend the last-mentioned railway at the town of Margate, and so to connect Deal with Ramsgate, Margate, and the Metropolis, and all the towns on the line of the South- Eastern Railway ; and the insufficiency of agricultural, commercial, and other purposes, of the present, means of conveyance and of communication between Deal and the line of the South-Eastern Railway, as well as between Ramsgate and Margate, and other places lying near or contiguous to the line of railway, has been satisfactorily proved. The present amount of traffic by land and water, with the average charges male for passengers and goods, and time occupied, appear from the evidence given before the Committee to be as stated in Appendices (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G). Eighth. That the number of passengers, and the weight and description of goods, expected upon the pro posed branch railway and extension, are set forth in Ap pendix (II). Ninth. That the amount of income expected from the conveyance of passengers and goods, and in what pro portions, and generally the description of goods from which the largest revenue is anticipated, are stated in Appendix (I). Tenth. That the proposed Branch Railway is a com plete and integral line between Deal and the line of the South. Eastern (Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Branch) Railway. Eleventh. That a report from the Board of Trade in favour of the objects embraced by tha Bill has been re ferred by the House to the Committee. Twelfth. That there is no plane proposed to he worked by assistant engines, either stationary or locomotive. Thirteenth. That there are no peculiar engineering difficulties on either of the proposed lines. Fourteenth. That there is no tunnel. Fifteenth. That the gradients and curves are gene rally favourable the steepest gradient bei ng li n 264, and the smallest radius of a curve being 20 chains. Sixteenth. That the length of the branch line to Deal is 8 miles 7i furlongs, and of the Extension to Margate 3 furlongs. Seventeenth. Tb at it is intended that:the said altered and extended line of railway should cross on a level one publ e road, and that the Branch Railway to Deal should cross eight public roads ; but the evidence adduced before the Committee established to the satisfaction of the Commit tee that, owing to the peculiar character of the country traversed, the crossing of such highways on the level was under all circumstances the mast eligible mode that could be adopted, and that under proper regulations (which are enforced by clauses in the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, the powers of which are extended to this Bill) no danger could reasonably be anticipated from that circumstance. Eighteenth. That the amount of the estimates of the cost or other expenses to be incurred up to the time of the completion of the railways is 178,000/., which appears to be supported by evidence,and to be fully adequate for the purpose. Nineteenth. That the estimated charge of the annual expenses of the railways when completed is 40 per cent. of the gross receipts, the adequacy of which was satis factorily proved to the Committee. Twentieth. That the calculations proved in evidence have satisfactorily established that the revenue is likely to be sufficient to support the annual charges of the main tenance of the railway, and still allow a profit to the pro lectors That the Committee' are satisfied of the fitness in an engineering point of view of the proposed line of railway, and there are no other special circumstances of which, in the opinion of the Committee, it is desirable the House should be informed. Mr. Lascelles further reported from the Committee, that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true, and bad gone through the Bill, and made several amendments thereunto. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP GG OF RAILWAYS. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR (BARRHEAD BRANCH) RAILWAY BILL. Mr. Evans reported from the Select Committee on Group GG of railways, to whom several petitions against the Bills comprised in the said group, together with the report of the Board of Trade thereon, were referred, that in the case of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr (Barrhead Branch) Railway Bill they had heard counsel in support of several of the petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill ; and that they had examined the allegations contained in the preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. PROTEST AGAINST THE SECOND READING OF THE FIELD GARDENS BILL. 1. Because by this Bill there may be established in every parish in the kingdom a board endowed with corporate privi leges, irresponsible, and armed with powers which may be used for purposes of favouritism on the one hand, or of oppression on the other. 2. Because the objects of this Bill, purporting to be sub sidiary to the provisions for the relief of the poor, under divers Acts of Parliament, are, in truth, in direct contravention to their principle. 3. Because, as in each parish, where the provisions of this Bill shall be adopted, the field -wardens will be wholly un connected with those of every other, and uncontrolled by any superior power, it cannot be doubted that in process of time there will be introduced in different parishes a diversity of practice, which will lead to heart-turnings, discontent, and confusion. 4. Because the provisions of this Bill, if carried out in the fairest and most equitable manner, will necessarily aggra vate the acknowledged evils resulting from the present law of settlement. 5. Because its unavoidable tendency is to promote early and improvident marriages, and to give an unnatural stimulus to the increase of population, already superabundant in the agri cultural districts. 6. Because the necessary consequence will be the lowering of the wages of the agricultural labourer. 7. Because the provisions of this Bill lead to the indefinite increase of holdings and divisions of land, and thus to many of the evils which now press so severely on the people of Ireland. 8. Because they are in accordance w ith an op i n i on muc h i n vogue, but which I think false in itself, and injurious to the people ; founded on an unfair estimate of their intelli gence and spirit, and (if acted upon) tending to lower their independence, and to degrade their moral condition, viz., that they cannot manage their own co ncerns, b ut must be cared for, eve - I -looked, and directed by others, their superiors perhaps in fortune, but I believe by no means superior to them i n virtue, natural intelligence, or public spirit. 9. Because if I am mistaken in this character of the people, and their comparative worth, the evil ought to be cured by good example and education, and will only be aggravated by such measures as those contemplated by the present Bill. RADNOR. COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON.—Tuesday the annual meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held at the Banking house, Lothbur, Mr. W. R . C ol l ett, M . P ., i n th e chair. The report, which was read b y t h e manager, state d t h at Y the Directors had great pleasure in submitting, for the fifth time, the annual statement of the Company's affairs. During the past Year the number of new accounts had been steadily increasing, and the expectations relative to the extensions of the business of the bank held out in the laq report, had been more than realised. The financial sheet showed, that, after making due allowance for bad and doubtful debts, and deducting all the current expenses of the past year, the net profits amounted to 8,7561. 16s. 4d. The Directors had thegratification of declaring a dividend for the past half-year, at the rate of six per cent. per annum. After paying this divi. dend, and allowing for rebate of interest upon bills not yet due, there would remain the sum of 1,9941. 9s. 11d. to be added to the reserved fund. The Directors thought they would be able to find employment for an additional amount of capital, and had effected arrangements for such an increase in the number of shares as would be sufficient to double the present paid up capital, and at such a premium as could not only enable them to pay off the whole of the preliminary expenses, but also to make an addi tion to the amount of the reserved fund. The report having been adopted, and the dividend formally declared, the following retiring Directors were unanimously reelected :—Mr. J. A. Douglas, Mr. E. Oxenford, Mr. G. Rennie, jun., and Mr. J. Showell. Two vacancies had also occurred in the direction, which Mr. Abel Cot ton and Mr. John Savage were elected to fill. The thanks of the meeting were conveyed to the chairman, directors, and manager of the bank for the successful manner in which they had conducted its operations. FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—Tuesday fore noon, the Culi o d en sc h ooner, of Pem b ro ke, lying in St. G eorge ' s tier, having discharged her cargo, an order was given to weigh w a jo t n a e i o n . , Benjamin The yp ro c Jam e d e d e s the anchor, th e Captain (Davis) being anx i ous t o l eave the river, as the tide was favourable. The boat was l owered, and the fol. lowing men got into it, viz., David Davis, 37, mate, and broth er of p whilstto 8 t m h o o m o r as i n g R . c h h a a i n r d , s a ' n and and in the act of hauling in the anchor, the Prince of Wales and the Eclipse, Margate steamers, rival boats, passed at full speed, one on either side of the tier of shipping. The bolt was struck on one side by the immense swell which they raised, and before she could right she was struck on the other and completely thrown over, the whole of the persons in the boat being immersed in the water. Boats from various stairs at Shad Thames immediately put off to their assistance, but the water was so rough, from the rapidity with which the steamers passed through it, that some time elapsed before they could reach the spot where the accident occurred. One of the poor fellows succeeded in getting hold of the mooring chain, and was saved. The other three clung to each other, and all perished. After the accident the two steamers stopped, but they were some distance from the spot where it happened. In the afternoon, as a mark of respect to Davis, who was well known to all the captains trading to the port of London, the flags of the different vessels round the spot where the occurrence took place were displayed half-mast high. WOOLWICH DOCKYARD.—The workmen employed yesterday in digging for the foundations of the roof to be erected, at an expense of about 6,0004, over the slip from which the Chi chester, 50. gun ship, was launched last year, turned up a great number of bones and pieces of wood, and found several coffin plates, whose preservation must have been owing to the thickness of silver with which they had been coated. The ground now ap. propriated for the east part of the dockyard appears to have formed a portion of the churchyard of the parish of Woolwich, and the place of interment must have been much larger than it is at pre sent, although the population has increased to a considerable extent compared with what it used to be. PARLIAM: IVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. TUESDAY, JULY 22. BOLTON AND LEIGH, KENYON AND LEIGH JUNCTION, NORTH UNION, LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANIES AMALGAMA TION BILL. Report considered ; Motion made, and Question put, " That the Amendments made by the Committee to the Bill be now read a second time." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 67. Astell, William Feilden, W. Neeld, Joseph Baring, F. T. Forman, T. S. Ogle, S. C. Baring, Thomas Fremantle, Sir T. Palmer, George Baring, W. B. Fuller, A. E. • Patten, J. W. Berkeley, Captain Gaskell, J. M. Pusey, Philip Blackburne, J. I. Gore,l3fontague Reid, Sir John Borthwick, Peter Greene, Thomas Russell, Lord J. Bradshaw, J. Hamilton, W. J. Russell, Charles Broadwood, Henry Harcourt, G. G. Scott, Francis Bruce, Lord E. Hastie, Archibald Shell, R. L, Bruges, W. H. Hayter, W. G. Smith, Abel Buller, Charles Hinde, John H. Somerset, Lord G. Carew, W. H. P. Hindley, Charles Stewart, P. M. Compton, 11. C. Hodgson, F. Tennent, J. E. Denison, E. B. Houldsworth, T. Thornely, Thomas Dennistoun, John Jocelyn,lViscount Tollemache, John Dodd, George Labouchere, - H. Turner, Edmund Duncombe, Thomas Lascelles, W._S. Wortley, John S. Duncombe, A. Loch, James Wrightson, W. B. Duncombe, 0. Lygon, General Egerton, W. T. Mackenzie, W. F. TELLERS. ltntwisle, William Marjoribanks, S. Sandon, Viscount Estcourt, T. G. B. Mildmay, H. St. John Douglas, Sir H. Ewart, William Morris, David MINORITY-NOES, 23. Aglionby, H. A. Escott, Bickham Wakley, Thomas Aldam, William Fielden, John Walker, Richard Brotherton, Joseph Forster, Matthew Warburton, Henry Collett, W. R. Hume, Joseph Wawn, John T. Denison, John E. Hutt, William Wlkle, Sir T. Dickinson, F. H. Mitcalfe, Henry Duke, Sir J. Muntz, G. F. TELLERS. Duncan, George Pechell, Captain Gibson, Milner Dundas, Admiral Villiers, Charles Cobden, Richard CUSTOMS. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That this House do resolve itself into a Committee to consider the Duties of Customs on Butter and Cheese." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 38. Aglionby, HA. Dundas, Admiral Pechell, Captain Baine, Walter Fielden, John Plumridge, Captain Barnard, E. G. Forster, Matthew Strickland, Sir G. Berkeley, Craven Hastie, A. Tuthell, Henry Blake, M. J. Hindley, Charles Villiers, Charles Bouverie, E. P. • Holland, Robert Wakley, Thomas Bowring, Dr. Hume, Joseph Walker, Richard Brotherton, J. Mitcalfe, Henry Warburton, H. Christie, W. D. Mitchell, T. A. Ward, 11. G. Clay, Sir W. Moffatt, George IVa.wn, J. T. Cobden, It. Morris, David TELLERS. Collett, John Muntz, G. F. Ewart, William Deunistoun, John Norreys, Sir D. Gibson, T M. Duncan, George O'Connell, M. J. MAJORITY-NOES, 136. Ackers, James Farnham, E. B. Newdegate, C. N. Acland, T. D. FeiMen, William Newport, Viscount A'Conrt, Captain Ferguson, Sir R. A. Nicholl, John Acton, Colonel Fitzmaurice, W. Northland, Viscounl Antrobus, Edmund Fitzroy Henry Ossulston, Lord Arbuthnott, H. Flower, Sir J. Packe, C. W. Arkwright, George Fox, S. L. Pakington, J. S. Astell, William Fremantle, Sir T. Palmer, George Barkly, H. Fuller, A. E. Patten, J. W. Baring, W. B. Gardner,J. D. Peel, Sir R. Bennett, Philip Gaskell, J. M. Peel, Jonathan ilentinck, Lord G. Gladstone, W. E. Pennant, Colonel Blackstone, W. S. Gladstone, Captain Polhill, F. Boldero, H. G. Gore, Montague Pringle, Alexander Borthwick, Peter Goulburn, Henry Pusey, Philip Bottleld, Beriah Graham, Sir J. Rashleigh, William Bowles, Admiral Granby, Marquis Repton, G. W. J. Bradshaw, James Greene, T. Richards, Richard Bramston, T. W. Grimaton, Viscount Rolleston, Colonel Broadley, H. Hamilton, C. J. Round, John Broadwood, H. Harcourt, G. G. Scott, Francis Bruce, Lord E. Heneage, G. H. W-. Sibthorp, Colonel Bruges, W. H. L. Herbert, Sidney - Smith, Abel Bailer, Sir J. Y. Ilinde, J.:11. Smith, T. B. C. Cardwell, Edward Hope, Charles Somerset, Lord G. Carew, W 11. P. Hope, Alexander Sotheron, T. H: Chute, W. L. W. Hotham, Lord Spooner, Richard Clive, Viscount Hussey, Thomas Spry, Sir S. T. Clive, RH. Ingestre, Viscount Sturt, H. C. Cockburn, Sir G. Jermyn, Earl Thesiger, Sir F. Codrington, Sir W. Jocelyn, Viscount Thornhill, G. Collett, W. R. Jolliffe, SirW.fi Tollemache, F. J. Compton, H. C. Jones, Captain Tollemache, John Corry, Henry Lennox, Lord A. Tower, Christopher Cripps, W. Lockhart, William Trevor, G. R. Darner, Colonel Lowther, Sir J. 11. Trollope, Sir J. Darby, George Lygon, General Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Dawnay, W. H. Mackenzie, T. Vernon, G. H. Denison, E. B. Mackenzie, W. F. Vesey, Thomas Dick, Quintin M'Neill, Duncan Walsh, Sir J. B. Dickinson, F. H. Martin, C. W. Wellesley, Lord C. Duckworth, Sir J. Masterman, John Yorke, E. T. Duneombe, A. Meynell, Captain East, James B. Morgan, 0. ' TELLERS. F.gerton, W. T. Mundy, E. M. Baring, Henry Escott, Bickham Neeld, Joseph Young, John Estcourt, T. G. Neeld, John PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. TUESDAY, JULY 22. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to Aberdare Railway. Norwich and Brandon Railway Deviation and Diss and Dere•- ham Branches. Bristol and Exeter Railway Branches. Railways (Selling or Leasing) Bill read a third time, amendment made, and Bill passed. Message from the Lords,—That they have agreed to Lady's Island and Tacumshin Embankment Bill ; and to the amendments to Ecclesiastical Patronage (Ireland) Bill, without amendment ; Bermondsey Improvement (No. 2) Bill ; Caledonian Railway Bill; Sheffield Water works Bill ; Dundee and Perth Railway Bill ; Edin burgh and liawick Railway Bill ; Newcastle and Ber wick Railway Bill ; Edinburgh and Northern Railway (No. 2) Bill ; Aberdeen Railway Bill ; London and South Western Railway (No. 1) (Metropolitan Extension) Bill, with amendments ; Clydesdale Junction Railway Bill ; Scottish Central Railway Bill, with an amendment. South-Eastern Railway (branch to Deal and extension of the South-Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Railway) Bill,—report considered—amendments agreed to— Bill to be ingrossed. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. South Eastern Railway (Branch to Deal, and Extension of the South Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate Railway),---Third reading, Thursday, July 24. Bolton and Leigh, Kenyon and Leigh Junction, North Union, Liverpool and Manchester and Grand Junction Rail way Companies Amalgamation,—Third reading, Thursday, July 24. Liverpool and Bury Railway (Bolton, Wigan, and Liver pool Railway, and Bury Extension),—Lords' amendments to be considered, Thursday, July 24. Newport and Ponty Pool Railway,—Lords' amendmeats to be considered, Thursday, July 24. The following return was moved for by Capt. Pechell : " Of the number of petty officers, able and ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys, borne on the books of her Majesty's ships undermentioned, at the latest period to which the same can be made out; distinguishing those that have been lent from other ships, or from the service of the Dockyards : Queen, Trafalgar, St. Vincent, Rodney, Superb, Albion, Ca nopus, and Vanguard." The following returns were moved for by Lord Ingestre : "Of the comparative expense and of the immersion of the ships undermentioned, showing their draught of water and height of ports (constructed as per draught, and also actually fitted for sea) taken from the ships' returns, with their proper weights, &c. ; distinguishing those built by the Surveyor of the Navy from those of the old classes, and by other con structors:—Queen, Trafalgar, St. George, Royal William, Albion, London, Nile, Rodney, Superb, Vanguard, Clarence, Thunderer, Cumberland, Hindostan, Bellerophon, Vernon, Dublin, Cambrian, Pique,. Inconstant, Castor, Spartan, Iris, Vestal. Tyne, Eurydice, Andromache, Daphne, Tweed, Vo lage, Champion, Comus, Frolic, Siren, Grecian, Bittern, Wan derer, Racer, Childers, Cruizer, Espiegle; Daring, Osprey, Mutine, Flying Fish, Rapid, Bonetta, Saracen, and Algerine. "Of the expenses in building and repairs of the ships un dermentioned ; distinguishing those built by the Surveyor of the Navy and other constructors, and spec►fying the dates and costs comparatively :—Queen, Vanguard, Vernon, Pique, Vestal, Rover, Prince Regent, Caledonia, Rodney, Thunderer, Bellerophon, Dublin, Castor, Inconstant, Volage, Andro mache, Talbot, Harrier, Pylades, and Scout. "Of the state of proiress of the undermentioned ships' hulls building, and in fractional parts completed, and the expense of cost thereof:—Marlborough, Prince of Wales, Royal Frederick, Royal Sovereign, Victoria, Windsor Castle, Aboukir, Algiers, Exmouth, Hannibal, Princess Royal, St. Jean d'Acre, Brunswick, Colossus, Irresistible, Lion, Madras, Majestic, Mars, Arethusa, Constance, Liffy, Chesapeak, Ac tive, Sybille, Alarm, Creole, Malacca, Niobe, Calypso, Coquet, Camilla, Arab, Atalanta, Elk, Heron, Liberty, Mariner, Mar tin, Squirrel, Zebra, Goshawk, Kingfisher, Britomart, and Dart. " Showing the constructors' light and load draught of water, and the actual immersion of the Gorgon and Cyclops. "Of the sums received from the sale of the Scarborough and Greenwich (late Rodney), and the actual worth of their hulls, as reported by the surveying officers. " Reports of the surveys (stating by whom made) upon the undermentioned ships, showing the extent and cost s o f the repairs recommended:—Scarborough, Greenwich (late Rodney), Minotaur, Tremendous, Redoubtable, Barham, llebe, and Thames. " Return, showing the alterations and adjustments made [n the experimental brigs after their trial cruise." REPORT FROM TIIE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP (A) OF RAILWAYS. SOUTH-EASTERN (ASHFORD TO HASTINGS) RAILWAY BILL. Mr. Lascelles reported from the Select Committee on Group A of railways, to whom several petitions against the Bills comprised in the said group, together with the report of the Board of Trade thereon, were referred, that in the case Df the South-Eastern (Ashford to Hastings) Railway Bill, they had heard counsel in support of several of the said peti tions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and .that they had examined the allegations contained in the o t t o e rs proceed liad withinformed theSti Bill. Cproemammbitlteeeofitt v e a B s i n l Int theirbut hn RYE AND TENTERDEN RAILWAY BILL. Mr. Lascelles reported from the Select Committee on Group the promoters A of railways, to whom several petitions against the Bills comprised in the said group, together with the report of the Board of Trade thereon, were referred, that in the case of the Rye and Tenterden Railway Bill they had heard counsel in support of several of the said petitions, and bad also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and that they had examined the allegations contained in the preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. LONDON AND CROYDON (MAIDSTONE, ASHFORD, AND TONBRIDGE) RAILWAY BILL; AND SOUTH-EASTERN (MAIDSTONE TO ROCHESTER) RAILWAY BILL. Mr. Lascelles reported from the Select Committee on Group A of railways, to whom several petitions against the Bills comprised in the said group, together with the reports if the Board of Trade thereon, were referred, that in the case of the London and Croydon (Maidstone, Ashford, and Tonbridge) a p r e r r i i v o i d ng of atthe any session,r result, Bill, th e C ommittee had determined they would not est which, t e proceed with t h e Bill, inasmuch as, besides that the late i w h o le uld pr p o r p e , c ,s l e l d ide is th a e n p a o t s m si o b s il r i , t hri possibility of line • and , the Committee are of opinion it would be advisable to postpone the consideration of the Bill till the next session, when experience will have proved whether the atmospheric principle of propulsion is capable of being advantageously applied. That in the case of the South-Eastern (Maidstone to Rochester) Railway Bill the Committee had also determined not to proceed with the Bill, as forming an important part of the North Kent scheme of railway communication, the con sideration of which it is advisable to postpone till next session. With regard to both these BB:3, with which the parties were ready to proceed, but which the Committee, for the reasons stated, declined to entertain, the Committee recom mend that they should be placed in a favourable position next session, in consideration of the expense which the parties have incurred in advancing the Bills to their present stages without having had an opportunity of being heard. ASSIZE HOME ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, July 22. The commission for the county of Kent was opened orr Mon day. The business is rather lighter than is usual at the sum mer assizes, there being only thirty-one causes entered, and only two special jury cases. On the Crown side there are forty-four prisoners for trial. Both Courts proceeded to business this morning, Lord Chief Justice Tindal presiding on the Civil side, and Mr.__Justi!T Coleidge in the Crown Court. CROWN COURT. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, in his charge to the grand jury, took occasion to allude to the Parliamentary statistics of crime, in a similar manner that he did at Hertford, and congratulated the county upon the fact that in Kent there appeared to be a diminution in the number of criminals during the last five years. He then observed that in Kent, as in most other counties, there appeared to be a very great disproportion be tween the number of persons committed for trial and those who were eventually acquitted of the offences imputed to them ; and he said that without wishing to cast any blame upon the gentlemen who filled the office of magistrates, yet he did think that this afforded matter for serious consideration, and that too much care could not be taken that persons should not be com mitted for trial but upon strong evidence. Fumes Austin, 25, a mariner, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wourding Edward Cart wright Middleton, with in tent to maim and disable him ; and in another count of the in dictment his intent was laid to be to prevent his lawful appre prehension for the offence of burglary. Mr. Deeder prosecuted. It appeared from the evidence, that on the morning of the 30th of May, between one and two o'clock, a person named Staples, who keeps an oil shop in the High-street, Chatham, was alarmed by a noise in the street, and he awoke his shop man, the prosecutor Middleton, and told him to go down and see what was the matter. He did so, and on opening the street-door carefully, he observed the prisoner standing outside the shop of Mr. Hayler, a watchmaker opposite, and apparently working with some tool at the shutter. Having watched him long enough to be perfectly satisfied of his object, he went over and laid hold of the prisoner, who made a violent resist ance, and finding he could no t get away b e at length struck Middleton several severe blows on the head with a chisel, and wounded him severely in several places. He however, kept him until a constable came up, and the . pri soner was then lodged in the station-house. Upon the pre mises of Mr. Hayler being afterwards examined, it was found that a piece of wood had been completely cut out of one of the shutters, making a hole large enough to admit a hand, near that part of the shop-front where a tray of gold watches was generally kept, and a chisel, which no doubt was the tool that had been made use of, and with which the prosecutor had also been wounded, was found lying upon the pavement, close to the spot. A surgeon, who examined the prosecutor, described the in juries he received as being very severe, and said that he con sidered one cut behind the ear, at first, of a dangerous cha racter. The jury found the prisoner guilty of wounding the prose cutor, with intent to prevent his lawful apprehension. An officer was then called, who proved that he had been before convicted of felony. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE having commented in appropriate terms upon the aggravated character of the offence, sentenced the prisoner to be transported for fifteen years. OXFORD ClRC'UlT.—St4rord, July 21. The business of these assizes commenced this morning, Lord Denman presiding at Nisi Prins, and Mr. Justice Patteson in the Crown Court. Andrew Walls, 23, and Alexander Hughes, 27, were indicted for assaulting Thomas Wade, at Newcastle, on the 9th of June, and stealing a watch and chain from his person. The prosecutor was walking down the street late in the evening, when he met the two prisoners, who were soldiers quartered in the town, and one of them asked him what time it was? Wade pulled out his watch for the purpose of ascer taining and telling them, when the prisoners snatched both watch and chain out of his hand. They were found Guilty, and sentenced to be transported for ten years. Ann Fletcher, 14, was indicted for setting fire to the dwell ing-house of Mary Tildesley, on the 21st June, at Ellenhall, the said Mary Tildesley being therein at the time. The prisoner in this case is the grand-daughter of Mrs. Tildesley, with whom she lived, and on the day in question was forbidden to go to Newport fair; which she wanted to do, her parents having requested the old lady not to allow ber. The girl, who is said to be somewhat idiotic, in revenge for this prohibition, set fire to her grandmother's house, and the old lady, being bed-ridden, was near falling a victim to the pre cocious malice of the prisoner. A conviction under this in dictment is still a capital felony, punishable with death, and Mr. Justice Matteson directed a verdict of Not Guilty; but to-mor row the prisoner will be tried under the second section of the Act of Parliament, on which the indictment is framed, viz., for setting fire to the building only, with the omission of the graver part of the charge, that of a person being therein at the time. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Lincoln, July 21. The commission for this county was opened on Saturday, but the business is light. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday, R. Jervis, a clerk in the Bank of England, was brought before the Lord Mayor, in the custody of John Forrester, the officer, and charged up on a warrant, s i gned by the Lord Mayor, on the informatio n o f Al exan d er W ilson and others, with stealing an exchequer bill for 2001. The prisoner, who is a person of very respectable appearance, was evidently dejected, and in an indifferent state of health. John Forrester produced the warrant for the apprehension of the prisoner, and requested that the prisoner might be re manded. The LORD MAYOR remanded the prisoner, and directed that he should be removed into the infirmary of the prison. An old soldier, named Robert Lea (one of the Tower Guard), was fined los. for having used insulting language to a female who was passing in the neighbourhood. GUILDHALL. Tuesday Thanas Ellerd, a labouring man, was brought before Mr. Alderman Challis, charged with violently assault ing William Finn and other city police-constables. Finn, policeman 276, stated that he was on duty at the bot tom of Holborn-hill on the preceding evening, and on approach ing two men who were standing near the end of Field-lane, one of them, the prisoner, spat a bone out of his mouth into wit ness's face. Witness passed on and took no notice of this, but soon afterwards be saw the prisoner go up to Mr. Helme, who carries on the business at the wine -vault, 88, Holborn-hill, and wbo was standing at his door. The prisoner offered him a piece of bone, by holding it up in his face. Mr. Helme shook his head, and the prisoner turned round and made a noise with his mouth. Almost immediately after this he saw the prisoner striking at Mr. Helme, who called witness to him. Witness went up and told the prisoner he was doing wrong, taking hold of his arm at the same moment. The prisoner instantly struck him in the eye. Witness laid hold of him, and the prisoner again struck him in the face and kicked his legs. It required the help of five or six constables to convey the prisoner to are station, and on the way he caught hold of witness's thigh with his teeth, and drew blood. Mr. Helme confirmed the officer's statement. The pri soner, after he offeredjwitness the bone, used some filthy expres sions, which excited witness to push him away. The prisoner then made a regular attack upon him. Edward Coffee, police-constable No. 246, said he went to assist Finn, and was instantly struck in the face and kicked on WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, .Tidy 21. the lower part o f th e b o d y b y t h e pr i soner. The prisoner The commission for holding the assizes for the county William Smith, ano th er po li ceman , comp l a i ned of a kick of made a violent resistance all the way to the station - house. Devon was opened in this city on S aturday evening. The upon the thigh, which the prisoner intended for a more dan cause list has 20 cases entered, and the calendar contains the gerous part. names of 58 prisoners, among whom are the 10 pirates for the Sergeant Dunp„lisson found the prisoner strng at and kick murder of Midshipman Palmer of her Majesty's ship Wasp. ing Finn and Coi f . e. As soon as the prisoner Was overpowered The Learned Judges yesterday attended Divine service in his legs were strapped together, and he was carried to the sta. the cathedral. This morning the business commenced, Mr. tion. On the way he complained that his arm was being hurt. Baron Platt presiding in the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice The policeman let go his arm and he immediately bit Finn's Erle sitting at Nisi Prins. In charging the grand jury, Mr. Baron PL ATT ma d e th e thigh. At the st at i on -h ouse he promised to walk quietly into the cell if his l egs were undone. following observations with regard to the case of th e pirates:— and he made u se o f hi s liberty The experi men t was tr i ed, to kick wit ness ' s l egs several There h was one matter which they would h ave to decide times, and it was necessary to resort to force to get him into the wh came before them not as really bel ong i ng to their cell. The prisoner was not drunk, but he was bent on doing 9 as much injury to the police as he could. county, and forming no part of the criminality of the count over which they presided, but a crime had been committed Mr. Flerapath, the hatter on Holborn-hill, bore testimony to out of the jurisdiction of the county. They must be aware the excessive violence of the prisoner, and his attempts to inflict of the case to which be alluded. It seemed that a num- a very painful injury by kicking. her of persons bad been brought to this country for the pure Mr. Alderman CHAnnis asked if this malice was superin pose of taking their trial before this Court, as a Court of duced by the condu c t o f t h e po li ce towards him? Mr. Hera - Admiralty. They were aware that o ff ences cou ld only, by path declared it was not. He saw the whole of it, and he never the common law of the land, be inquired into where the I saw men behave with more forbearance. Their conduct was offences had taken place within that county. So that if the offence had been committed in D orsets hi re, they would i exemplary. H e h a d resided on the spot twenty y ears , an d h ad have no jurisdiction to try that offence h ere . Wi th regard to , witnessed many v i o l ent st r uggles, and he never saw one equal ito this. He saw the prisoner make p ro a effort to those offences which were not committed within the boundary kick a policeman, which must have produced death if it had of any county, anciently the Court of Admiralty assumed a taken effect. jurisdiction over them, which was recognised by every State in Mr. Alderman CHALLIS said as he had not power to punish Europe, and in which Court the rules of the common law were with sufficient severity such brutal conduct towards the police, not observed, but the law was the civil law administered with- he should comm i t t h e pr i soner for trial at the next Old Bailey out the intervention of a jury. At last it was thought that where a man was to lose his life there sh o uld b e t h e verdict of sessions, and s h ou ld di rect the City Solicitor to conduct the twelve independent jurors to pronoun ce hi m gu i lty, in con- prosecution. sequence prisoner, who seemed to have counted en a month's im sequence of which an Act of Parliament was passed, by which prisonment as the extent of punishment to which he could be it was enacted that for the future parties charged with the subjected for ill-using a policeman, fell into a fit when he commission of offences within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty found he was actually to be committed to Newgate for the should be tried before commissions appointed for that especial offence. purpose, and sessions were to be held, denominated the Admiralty Sessions, whi c h were t o b e h e ld tw i ce a year at The depositi ons were taken, and he was committed for trial. the Old Bailey, in the m on th s o f O c t o b er an d M arch in every BOW-S FREE T. year. So', the law stood before th e l a t e A ct o f P arliament Tuesday Mr. Jardine was d e t a i ne d a cons i derable time be by which the Central Cri m i na l C ourt was formed. When 'dotalthe usual hours of b us i ness i n h ear i ng the multifarious 'details against a M r . an d M rs. Caudle, who were brought be the Central C r i m i na l C ourt was f ormed, the whole of the Admiralty ju r i s di c ti on was ass i gne d to that Court; but fore his worship f or quarre lli ng and creating an obstruction i n that would gi ve no j ur i s di ct i on to try a ease of that kind Bridges-str ee t, St ran d, at t h e unseasonable hour of two o'clock here ; and th ere f ore , b y a recent statute of the 7th and Bth on Saturday morning last. The case had been deferred until now, at the request of Mr. years of the present reign. jurisdiction was given to the justices Caudle, who attended on Monday with a certificate from Mrs. of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery, who should Caudle 's medical attendant, alleging that she was suffering happen to preside in the place where the parties were in gaol, from a fort of mental derangement brought on by excessive irri and the parties to whom he now alluded being in the gaol of tability. On this occasion Mr. Caudle ventured in his wife's this county, it became by force of this Act of Parliament, their absence, to inform his worship that his good lady " was not duty to consider the evidence laid before them, with respect to always an angel;" and the proceedings of yesterday afforded a the charges made against these prisoners. It seemed that of pretty conclusive demonstration of the fact. ate years the odious traffic of dealing in slaves, which had Long before the case came on Mrs. Caudle was heard disgraced the human kind, had, by the interference of tbis haranguing her unfortunate partner in the waiting-room at country, been attempted to be put down. Among other nations, tached to the court, it having been found impossible to keep her quiet. On entering the dock she indignantly ordered the that of Portugal had entered into a treaty for the purpose of I assisting to put down that traffic—he understood that the gaoler not to lay his hands upon her, and, before any witness parties now charged were subjects of that Power. .By the had been examined, called upon the magistrate for permission treaty between the two countries, all officers having the to address the Court. It was quite amusing to observe the command of any Government ships have the power of seize submissive but useless entreaties of Mr. Caudle to Mrs. Caudle, ing and taking any vessel engaged in the slave called trad. the during the inquiry, to keep the latter calm. would seem in the present instance that a vessel h. A constable of the F division stated that he saw Mrs. Felicidade had been taken by one of her Majesty'ss ips. Caudle, surrounded by several others, opposite a public-house, After that capture had taken place, end some of the officers having words with her husband, and, on interfering, to prevent had been put on board, a brigantine called the Echo was I i an obstruction of the way, she behaved with such violence discovered, and was captured and manned by the British, and some of the men were taken fro m th e F e li c i dade, towards him th at h e was compelled, with the assistance of and while the remainder ' of the men were in the Feli- another policeman, to conduct her to the The charge against Mr. Caudle was for interfering ß on her Bow-street station. cidade the act complained of took place. If th ey s h ould be of behalf. opinion that it was necessary, for the p urpose of securing the Mr. Caudle was h ere a b out to say a word, but was instantly capture, that part of the crew should b e t a k en to another vessel, that division of the force was incid en t a l to t h e capture of the stopped by Mrs. Caudle, who desired hi m t o rema i n silent. Mr. Candle gave way, an d hi s w if e commenced, in spite of the other vessel they we re i n l ega l custody. He need not tell i vessel, and, therefore,, as long as th ose parties remained in the s nterference of the magistrat e , w ho re p ea t e dl y t o ld h er that the them that if any man t oo k away t h e l i fe of one of her Ma- case for the compl a i nan t was no t fi n i s h e d . jesty's subjects, that p ar t y was gu i lty of murder, except under Mrs. Caudl e —B u t I i ns i st on spea ki ng b e f ore Mr. Caudle, particular circumstances. B y the law of England the your Worship. Mrs. Caudle— T i p s y I G r a c i o u s H eavens ! Si r, I am a The const a bl e sa id th a t M rs . C au dl e seeme d t i psy. taking away hum an lif e was murder, and it was almost im possible to qua lif y t h e offence. Undoubtedly if this custody was illegal—if a man h ad been seized from the most respectable woman, and Mr. Caudle has b een a most re shore, and taken on board a vessel for the purpose of 8P I ectable man. It is true he now h o ld s a h um b le situation, being removed f rom th e p l ace—by the law of nations he would 1 Mr. Caudle—Never mind that now. but there was a time when he would h ave spurned it. be justified in c omm it t i ng any act to further his escape, but Mrs. Caudle—Now I beg you will not interrupt me, Sir. that was not this case. An enemy, if taken in war, would be 1 pease your Worship, I have suffered much, very much, of late, justified in recapturing a vessel which had been taken from 1 lease our reduced position, and on Friday night I went into him; but he who was a pirate, though undoubtedly an enemy, , Brydges-street, to see if Mr. Caudle wasn't coming home, was not an enemy of war. By the law, a pirate had no jus belli I when I heard a woman ask him for half. a-crown that he owed at all. The definition of an enemy was clearly described. Ille 1 her ;ye a Sir, half-a-crown, and is that a respectable thing for hostis est qui habet rem puplicam curiam cararium est. The ' a marrie man to be found out in d o i ng ? governor of any country, and those who acted under him, Air. Caudle again interfered might be deemed enemies, but it would be too much to allow the subject o f any part i cu l ar country to set himself u M in an rs. Caudle—Ah, you may w e ll b e as h amed of ft..' Well, p y , your Worship, of course I was exc i se d , and I toad the woman such manner, an d if h e did t h at on the seas he became a pirate, that she ought to be ashamed of herself ,and as a respectable and therefore he could have no rights of war. If he had the , married woman who had been well brought up, being now at the present time under the doctor's hands, I told Mr. Caudle jug belli he might have done this act. A piratis et latronibus captus fiber permanet. It seemed the question for their con- my mind, as I have a right to, and always will, your Worship. sideration was whether, in this case, they thought there was And what right has the police to interfere between man and reasonable ground for inferring that the parties who committed w if e ? this atro c ity i n t h e d estruct i on o f h uman life were acting under , Mr. Caudle—Th at ' s enough, my dear. the law of n a ti ons . If th ey t h oug h t t h ere was ground for in- I Mrs. Caudl e —E nough, indeed ; of course it is, as you always veatigation they would r e t urn a bill ; b ecause , look i ng at the 0 before I have spoken a word. But I never insult any use Frederick Thomism, aged 28, was charged with having forged a certain receipt for money, with intent to defraud the trustees of a certain turnpike road. The prisoner was surveyor of that portion of the Great North Road which extends from Stamford to Witham, and as such surveyor was accustomed to employ a number of labourers. The charge was, that he in certain weekly accounts had inserted the name of " Thomas Smith," and received the amount charged for work stated to have been done, and given receipts, whereas no such man had ever been engaged. When the pri soner was called before the board and questioned, he denied the truth of the alleged fraud of attaching the name and signature, or mark of any man he had not employed. He was, however, suspended, and that day or the following absconded. This was in December, 1841, and he was not arrested until last May, although a handbill, offering a reward of 201. for his apprehen sion, was published.—The jury found him Guilty. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, July 21. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) REGINA V. A. LOCKWOOD. The prisoner in this case was charged with having committed a robbery, accompanied with violence, on the prosecutor, at , Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The case on the part of the prosecution having closed, Mr. OVEREND proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He stated that, although he was willing to admit that an assault had been made on the prosecutor by the pri soner, still he thought that he should be able to establish clearly, to the satisfaction of the jury, that no robbery had been com mitted by the prisoner. He had been desired to lay all the cir cumstances of the case before the jury, and this he should do by calling evidence. Whilst the Counsel was proceeding in his address, Mr. BOOTHEY said that it might answer all the ends of jus tice, since the prisoner admitted the assault, if he did not press the case any further. Mr. Justice CREsewELL inquired of the Counsel for the pro secution whether or not he entertained any doubt of the rob bery having been committed? The Learned Counsel said that he thought it very probable, looking at the evidence, that none had been committed. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL then directed the jury to find the prisoner guilty of the assault only, which they accordingly did. The prisoner was then sentenced to three months' imprison ment. your Worship, as Mr. Caudle knows, and, therefore , I cabsbear an i nsu l t . B ut,your Worship, Mr. Caudle may 5 P e3 Mr. Caudle observed that, hearing a voice which h e at te to be his wife's, he merely went out to see what was the s a ucy Mr. JARDINE—Are the defendants known? —I should think we were, Sir, and if you will al , " speak, I JARDINE—Do be quiet, woman. Mr. 3 Mrs. Cau ?le—very well, Sir, I will be quiet. As Y let me speak, of course I won't. But this I will say -- --- . st ott . Mr. I3oust ea d, the clerk—WilLyou listen to the m'g l o tlt Here some res p ecta bl y- d ressed people deposed v,iiity peaceable disposition of Mr. Caudle and the. respent a ' x i c eo Airs. Caudl e , w h o , i t was stated, suffered from et shof irritability, an d M rs. Caudle requested her husband ° I , bee the Court a quan tit y o f hair which she had pulled f t° head that very day. Coat Mr . JARD INE sa id t h at, however respectable Itir s ; might be, she was e v id ent l y an invetelate talker and violent woman. Mrs. Caudle—A violent woman I Mr. Boustead—Don't interrur the magistrate. 3 1 f" Mr. JAR DINE , a f ter some further remarks, un-bsnc6 Caudle 3/. f i r assau l t i ng t h e pol i ce and creating a distil', His Worship fined the husband 11. a Mrs. Caudle was t h en, wit h some difficulty, remo ve the dock, declaring that she would destroy herself in 0 0 0! thus terminate her wretched e.,-.istence. She wit•hed he rd! good by, fo r ever , an d d ared h i m to pay the fine, an d t frustrate her intentions, at his peril. LAMBETH. A; lle ' Tuesday, Th omas E aton, foreman carpenter at o ult Theatre, was ch arge d b e f ore M r. Henry with violently' in.. John Spring e tt. ; I. ' From the e v id ence i t appeared that the comPlala tt nt ery, prisoner were employed at Astley's Theatre, the ' 2 _, l thi foreman, and th e former as journeyman carpenter , a - t i ro ter in consequence of some wor d s b etween them t he P t 1 ), threatened to discharge the complainant. The latter , 4) ,, t threat being made, said he wculd leave the establisil e isst i : honest man, and that was more than he (Eaton) c eu f s #ll o upon which some further observations were made, all 0 o w Mr. Batty by mere accident heard, and called en the ico plainant for an e x pl anat i on . Th e complainant disclos ed;id malpractices by the foreman, and Mr. Batty, aft er u f f et,t r :„ some inquiry into the matter, discharged both. He, "s Ti to t" subsequently sent for Springett, and again took him j r i s oo 6l employment. On Monday night the brother of the t ie 0' Eaton grossly insulted Springett at the theatre, and w "„ i t the!, gaged there, it was arranged that, at the end of the n o t e d? going on, they ' should have a set- to in the street to 5 e ,.: 1 3 f' t matter. Springett left the theatre at the fall of the eu r—i t , 131 the purpose, but instead of meeting his intended oPV li b : was attacked i n a v i o l ent manner by his brother , t soner, who dealt him out very serious punishinell t " of 01 m prisoner g o t away a f ter comm i tting the assat, but one actors at the theat re , o b serv i ng the violence of his 1 02 , 1 ' , 0 10 lowed and gave him into the custody of a policeman. 00; (Tuesday) morni ng th e pr i soner offered to give th e of t plainant 103., observing, a t th e same t i me, t h at the 1 " v ov` the magistrate could d o wou ld b e to f i ne him 51., and tba,ole of this would go into the complainant's pocket, and that fore he had better take the 2/. 10,.. Mr. HENRY remarked that the prisoner seemed to 0 11 r pretty clearly th e amount o f penalty which his offelLe e ,,,bt li 'or. He, Mr. H enr y, was g l a d that the amount oner',bor not been accepted by the complainant, as by his O 5 ipit i ing he had allo we d d is h onest practices to be carried on 0,l 1r theatre a we e k b e f ore say i ng anything about i t• was not, in fact, until he had quarrelled with the r t. that his empl o y er , M r . Batty, heard anything about l o rile then convicted the prisoner in the penalty of 21. 105 ,, month's imprisonment. RKET NE :4--(YETERDAII.I D O ORN EXCAGE. The arrivals of C English WTbeatWhe a t w e re very the show of samples o f th a t d escr i pt i on of grain Wa s 0 0 ' Owing to the changeable weather, and the full averageh, ber of buyers in attendance, the demand for Wheat ofnetit,4 produce was firm, at prices quite equal to those oW l f r e cte i ' Monday last, and at which a good clearance was,.. e The show of fine foreign Wheat was scanty. Tr o ro , '; Dantzic moved off freely, at, in some instances, an 11 , 9 ,;srev it , meat in the quotations of is per quarter. ionde",r t je,, were in improved request at higher figures. The it, 05 Barley was tolerably steady at late rates, but in Als bat' to nothing was doing. The Oat trade was very dull ; other articles were quite as dear. English Irish Wheat. 1,790 gra, ARRIVALS. Barley. 50 qrs Oats, N "r em 11 10 t n 't C s, a0. N . 01 ,'5" 4 sl ho ock „rhre v.., 2( ro oms. 4!'or _North-. Low., A] whic i th ;4 rain, ihishornri Irn._ V 730 4 '2 2,200 1 / 5,060 Foreign 2,050 I -- Malt, 2,110 qrs. WHITECHAPEL. b On the whole we h a d a f a i r average supply o f ea, tiool' Meat, while the dem an d ru l e d h eavy, at barely st34slolii prices. Beef, from 28 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s to l 3 Lamb, 4s lOd to 6 s; V ea l , 3 s 8d to 4s 8d; and Port" to 4s per Sibs. MARITra T. , 4 Prices per ton at th e c l ose of the market :—Budche Hartley, 15s 6d ; Cart's Hartley. 15s 6d ; Davison 5 5 t Hartley, 15s ; New Tanfi.4d, 13s 64 ; Original t, g , f eric 13s 6d ; Old Pontop, 13s 64 ; Ord's Redheugb, 13s ; ~,Pp i or t worth's West Hartley, 14s 6d ; Stewart's Steam, 143;,' West Hartley, 15s; Tanfield Moor, 16s; Tanfide,,' Butes, las 6d; Townley, 14s 3d; West Wylatr , „ j 00 11: Wylam, 14s • Wall's-end, Killingworth, 15s 3d ; 16s; Braddyll's ' Iletton, 17s 6d; East Hetton, 15s °"' 1 4 "! well, 17s ; Haswell, 17s 94 ; Hetton, 17s 6d ; Lanibt° ll 4 :l6c Pemberton, 153 6d; Russell's Hetton, • 17s ; Richno 3 oo? Stewart's, 17s 6d ; Ca ra d oc lis ; Hartlepool, 17s 6 cl;. P it' ; Hall, 16s ; Kelloe, 17s ; Trimdon, 17s ; Adelaide, I „ laide Tees, 17s ; B rown ' s D eanery, 16s 6d ; Edenl 4 f. I 15s 94 ; Maclean's Tees, 15s 6d ; South Durham, I °,l'lo o ' 17s; West Tees, 15 s ; H ar tl ey, 14 s 6 d . —Sh i ps arrive' HOP INTELLIGENCE. t MAIDSTONE. — Our pl antat i ons are i n the nOt in d 0 rious st a t e — t h e bi ne to l erably clean, healthy, gorous. BOXLEY, AYLESFORD, AND BIIRLIA3L—The haP s i v ? much improved in these parishes during the pas t and every appearance of an average crop. f OTRABL—The hops continue progressing an d from every disease. EAST FARLEIGH.—The hops in this parish hsve'i/ been better since the year 1826. An abundant cret bii i expected. There is at some pl aces a li tt l e verrni ° ' nothing to speak of, and free from moul. "O l t SEVENOABS, &C.—Our correspondents for the ly 11: division of the county (comprising Sevenoidc'ye . Otford, ICemsing, Chevening, Sundridge, Brasted.. erhaw, Chiddingstone, Hever. Aslurst, Erten" t.OO l Cudham, Down, Farnb-rough, F3rningham, tbe St ir Crays, Lullingston e , Shoreham, Longfield. Hortn.loo, ton, Swanley, and Chelsford) inform us that thec r visited not only th e a b ove par i s h es, b ut a guru ,10' parishes in the sister counties of Sussex and Sur r `l e ' sP c , that •' they find the h o p s s t ronger , h ea l t h. er , tine' t he than they have ever in their knew them"- -l ' h o e!; farmers gen. rally say " they never knew the 131 ;08 strong and healthy -. " Our correspondents .adl'poo t; had heard of mou ld h av i ng appeared, but we fin", i to t fly there cert a i n ly i s, b ut, as we b efore st3 te... very small extent--we have noticed them 1 0 ° re ,i,.e`; ticularly in th e v i c i n i ty of large woods en " much shaded. We particularly beg to • notiy Under-riv ers ( sea l) . T he • Goldin s' a re rema rk strong and h ea lth y ; f or some years past thereriiir been an early f a il ure h ere, b ut t h ere i s now &Li; $` dication of a fi rs t- ra t e crop . W e h ave now gl',-siee; the besrof our jud gmen t, a f a i r statement, and el, of °t the duty, acco r di ng t o present appearances, wile 200,0001." i Of TONBRIDGE.—There has been an increase ° in this neighbourhood during the past fortnight' 0: EDENBRIDGE.—Our hops are l oo ki ng and Fto i v extraordinarily well, with ou t an ythi ng at p re set' fro to jure them, and seem quite clear from vermin' the pres , int appea rance o f thi s ne i g hb our h oo d, tf to p% forseen check, the crops must be good and like a heavy duty, som e sa y u p war d s o f 200,0001. ' been backed at 200,0001.—Maidstone Journal. 151.4 t111 tr r 43 ' ; 41 , 1ty der Wo tt I ' [ADVERTISEMENT.]---The Gentleman's Rea se° of Hair, or I nv i s ibl e V ent il at i ng P eruke, i s so c l ose a v e gl o ; blance to nature as to defy detection ; and to enable l' e pt ' e r Oman to see the effect, a large assortment is alwaYs k, h 0 inspection, any one of which, if approved of, saves the ; 111 , j he f, e , both time and trouble. These splendid specimens °` ruquean art, superior to anything to be obtained els.oir.7eitl, either in Paris or London, have only to be seen to be a i d 1 4 and are the sole invention of Ross and Sons. 119 , ar utt i .4 Bishopsgate-street, London. N.B. Splendid bai t apartments on the ground-floor, the whole of the' lined with looking-glass a la mode de Paris. TO" [ADVERTISEMENT.] —BAD HEALTH FOR vi 1 ,5' YEA RS. —IMMEDIATE RELIEF BY HOLLOWAY'S Extract of a Letter from the Rev. George Prior, C i - 545,; i5 . Mevagh, Letterkenny, Carrygart, Ireland, May ` 2, t " To Professor Holloway.—Dear Sir,—Within a ~,,,s " o r e ll 0 1 tance of my house resides a small farmer, who, for ay( twenty years, had been in a bad state of health, and 0 d ys. o but a moment's relief. Mrs. Prior procured a bes o i bl Pills for him, which did him so much good, that I be te ,' sL say that for twenty years previously he never ate hi!, GeoZi, enjoyed it so much as since taking your Pills. Sign e "% i t, Prior." Sold at Professor Holloway's Establishni, e- no t '- Strand, and by almost all who sell medicines throuP" civilised world. BIRTHS. o f On the 18th i ns t., th e l a d y o f R o b ert Green, B sq.' t y Court-yard, Eltham, Kent, of a daughtr. P i On the 18th inst., at Walpole House, e the Chi s wick, of John Wilson Allen, Esq., of a son. Oa the 19th inst., in Tilney-street, Lady Caroline Tom ley, of a son, still inst., a-born. ,1 A sndi On the 19th t Sevenoaks, Mrs. J. Wright, 0 . 10 On the 19th inst., a t H un tl ey H a ll , near Ch ea dle, '" e of G. Mather, Esq., of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Grove Cottage, Bow'r os Ai r Lewis Worms, of a daughte. "- On the 20th inst., Mrs. Samuel Fisher, of nt or place, Clapham-road, of a son. (104 p 8 (0 On the 21st inst., a t th e Phil ant h rop i c S oc i et y, St- n - f •, °- fields, the lady o f t h e R ev : S . Turner, resident char -si t he daughter. „,ret On the 21st inst., i n G u ildf or d. street, Russell-5V wife of John Casley, Esq , of a daughter. .....-- V' 'IA K.t iLE D. g r . 13. 4 ,je On the 17th i ns t., a t St. S av i our ' s, S out h war k, , el 'Jackson, of Hi g h- s t reet, B orough, to ElizabeNt 0 , daughter of Mr. S. B. G aze , o f S p i ta lfi e ld s . ito ber tet On the 19th inst., at St. John's, Fulham, Jarne s ds ugb Esq., of Blockley, Worcestershire, to Eliza, e1de5, C 1 , 0 1., 4 11, of the late D. Sttter, Esq., of Shuter's-terrace, -Flu ) I .loo' to On the 21st inst., at St. James's Church, Cle v ilie,,„ o , Oliver Byrne, Esq., of Wharton .street, penton t . A O' Eleanor, youngest daughter of John Rugg, Esq" ______„,/ place, Maidstone. -- f g o DiE.i.). er ° On the 14th inst., Caroline, th e y ounges t daugh t 'o O r Cubitt, of Clapham-p ar k. fig j es ' On the 16th inst., Mr. J ames Fli nt , o f her s rel Customs. , ion ,Scl d r On the 18th inst., at L ower J o h n - s t re et, Gui“`" le4 ii Miss Elizabeth Parker, aged 82. Cbsi On the 18th inst., at Kin gs fi e ld, S out hamPt°' IP Pilgrim, Esq., aged 80. e gto On the 18th inst., a t Maidstone, Mr.. Viol- ,i 5 p .. . o r surgeon, aged 29. a , 0 . t's i , On the 19th inst., at Upper Albany-street, Reber 41007 H. I'. Greening, eldest child of H. Greening. E g l . jall r,j °- On the 20th inst., at the British and V r - n e- i 'ioelo' - ' George-street, Hanover-square, William 13esleY '-'. Swindon, Wiltshire. -----.: 01 yOU' I I London Printed and Published by MI JRDO o No. 112, Strand, Printcr. at The Su is (Oc e 000P 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savor, is t he Middlesex, Thursday, July 2 NO. GENCE. evidence, there was little doubt that the parties charged had destroyed the lives of several of Her Majesty's subjects. NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Dolgelly, July 19. The assizes for the county of Merioneth commenced in the Court-house of this town to-day before Mr. Baron Parke. The Learned Judge arrived last evening, when, after opening the commission, he attended Divine service. Jonathan Jones, alias Lewis Woods, an elderly man, of no torious character, was indicted for burglariously breaking into the shop and dwelling-house of Mr. Griffith Davies, a watch maker and jeweller, of Dolgelly, on the night of the 3d of January last, and stealing therefrom 147 watches, 40 gold rings, 40 gold seals, a large number of gold seals, watch ke)s, silver thimbles, pencil-cases, and other articles of jewellery to a great amount. Mr. Welsby appeared for the prosecution, and the pri soner was undefended. From the evidence adduced, it ap peared that on the evening before the robbery the prose cutor, on going to bed, saw the whole of his property safe in the shop, but on getting up the next morning he found that a hole bad been cut in his shop door with some sharp instru ment, by which means an entrance hrd been forced, and cn examining the premises it was discovered that the valuable articles named in the indictment had been carried away. So extensive a robbery had not been committed in North Wales for a length of time, and notwithstanding the activity of the Dolgelly police the thieves managed to get clear off. Nothing was heard of the robbers or property until last month, when, from information received by Mr. Ilill, the high constable of Chester, he was induced to question a man of the name of Phillip Dixon, a prisoner confined in Chester gaol, and the re sult of his inquiries led him to search a lodging-house in Chester, where the prisoner resided, and he there found, in a deal box, four watches, some gold keys, watch-guards, &c. which were identified as a part of the property stolen from the prosecutor. The prisoner was apprehended at the time, when he told Mr. Hill that Phillip Dixon was the man who com mitted the robbery. Mr. Baron PARKE, at the latter portion of the evidence, asked Mr. Hill where Phillip Dixon was, when the latter stated that he had brought him in custody from Chester, in the hope of getting him identified on the road, or in Dolgelly, but he had been unable to accomplish that object, and there fore he had no charge against him ; they had, however, a case against him at Chester, and he would be taken back there. Several witnesses were called, who spoke to having seen the prisoner in Dolgelly on the night before the robbery, and on the road to Chester the morning after, and the prosecutor hav ing sworn to the property found in the prisoner's possession, he was found Guilty, and sentenced to fifteen years' trans portation, the Learned Judge stating that if any violence bad been used he should have sent him out of the country for life. At the conclusion of this case Mr. Price, the High Sheriff, on behalf of himself and the rest of the Welsh magistrates of Merioneth, objected to the payment of Mr. Hill's expenses out of the county rate. Mr. Baron PARKE inquired upon what grounds ? The High Sheriff thought that Mr. Hill's expenses should be borne by the city of Chester, as the prisoner might have been tried at Chester. Mr. Baron PARKE said that it was quite out of the ques tion for for the city of Chester to bear the expense of pro secuting a prisoner for a robbery committed in Merionethshire, besides he could not have been legally tried in Chester. The High Sheriff appeared disposed to argue the question with the Learned Baron, who, however, cut the matter short by ordering all the expenses incurred by Mr. Hill in bringing the prisoner to justice to be paid by the county of Merioneth. Hugh Griffiths, a man upwards of !My years old, stood in dicted for having, on the 27th of June last, violated the person of Jane Hughes, a child of twelve years old. Mr. Jervis and Mr. Townsend were for the prosecution, and Mr. Welsby for the defence. The facts disclosed in evidence were of the most revolting description. The prisoner had been a soldier in the 4th Regi ment, and his Waterloo medal, which had been taken posses sion of by the gaoler, was handed to the counsel for the prose cution for their inspection. He is a pensioner, and had latterly been employed as the keeper of the weighing machine at Bala, in this county. Last month only he buried his wife, and although labouring under a loathsome disease, he was under contract to another woman to marry again, the bans of marriage having been pub;ished on Sunday last for the third time. In the state of health described he committed the offence, the discovery of which was mainly attributable to his having communicated the disease to his victim. On being charged with it, he called upon the child's mother, who to her disgrace, entered into a compromise, on condition that the prisoner gave her his deceased's wife's wearing apparel, which compact would have been carried into effect, had not the cir cumstance come to the ears of the magistrates, who compell e d her to prosec u t e . Th e poor c hi ld, in her examination, evinced the most deplorable ignorance. She could not speak English, and through an interpreter said she had never been to school, had never been taught to read, nor to have a know ledge of the Bible. From a difficulty experienced in getting the prosecu'rix to speak out sufficiently, to prove the principal charge, it was abandoned, and another bill for the misdemeanour was found by the direction of the Judge; to this the prisoner pleaded guilty, and he was sentenced to 18 months' imprison ment.