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to Your ...... of February next, at the hour of ten o'clock in the fore- : Sovereign Lady the ' I Queen of two thd pounds noon • and that the sa id D an i e l O ' Connell, John O'Con- of - lawful money of Great Britain ousan and Ireland, nell, Thomas Steele, Th omas M at h ew Ray, Charles and be impri sone d i n the prison of ou r sa id L a d y Gavan D u ffy, t h e R ev. Thomas Tierney, John Gray, ' the Queen in and for the county of the city of and Richard Barrett, do again appear at the bar of this Dublin, called the Richmond General Penitentiary, on court at that time, in order that the said trial may be the South Circular-road, for the term of twelve calendar continued ; and now at this day, that is to say, o n th e mon th s now next ensuing, and that the said Daniel said fi rst d ay of February, at the hour aforesaid, the O'Connell do before some one of the Justices of the said Attorney-General for our said Lady the Queen Court of our said Lady the queen here ent e r i n t o a ra cemes into court h ere, and the said Daniel O'Connell, cognizance, to be acknowledged b ' y him d two Joh n O'Connell, Thomas Steele, Thomas M a th ew R ay , c i ent suret i es to our said Lady the Queen an , himself the Char!es Gavan Duffy, the Rev. Thomas Tierney, John said Daniel O'Connell in the stun of five thousand Gray, and Richard Barrett, appear at the bar of the said potincls, and each surety in the sum of two thousand court here, as in that behalf directed as aforesaid, and live hundred pounds, conditioned to keep the peace and the said jurors so empanelled and sworn as aforesaid be of good behaviour towards our said Lady the Queen also come, and the said trial of the said issues and all her liege people for the space of seven is t une hereupon continued fo r a certa i n t i me, the years next ensuing the acknowledgment thereof. et. being necessary for th e purpose thereof, And it is ordered that the said sheriff do deliver the said that is to say, until and upon Monday, the twelfth day Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, John Gray, Richard Of February, hi the year of our Lord one th ousan d e i g h t B arrett, T homas Steele, Thomas Mathew Ray, and hundred and forty-four.- And now at this day, that is Charles Gavan Duffy, into the custody of the keeper of to say, on Monday, t h e sa id twelfth day of February, the prison called the Richmond General Penitentiary, to the said jurors, so empannelled and sworn as aforesaid to be severally kept in safe custody in the said prison in exe try the said issues, upon their oath say, that as to the cution of this judgment, and until they shall have paid pl'plise s in the said first and second counts of the said their said fines respectively, and have severally entered _alodilictinent respecti ve ly c h arge d as aforesaid, the s a id int o suc h recogn i zances and with such sureties as afore ,', iel O'Co nne ll, J o h n O ' Connell, Thomas Steele, said to keep the peace and to be of good behaviour in T a h n amu oinas M at h ew Ray, Charles Gavan Duffy, the Rev. manner and form aforesaid, and for the term aforesaid." Tierney, John Gray, and Richard Barrett, are He would now consider if there was one bad count in the them each of' them is guilty o f so muc h t h ereof as charges indictment, and the jury found the party guilty upon the 'nem for that they unlawfully, maliciously, and sedi- whole, and judgment was given on the whole, how far tiously contriving, intending, and devising to raise and that judgment would stand if one count was bad. He create discontent and disaffection amongst the liege sub- submitted that it would not. There was a distinction • ets of our said Lady the Queen, and to excite the said taken in the text book between criminal and civil cases. liege subjects to hatred and contempt of the Government The question was to what extent that distinction applied en_ d Constitution o f thi s rea l m as b y law established, whether it was applicable only in cases of arrest of and to excite h a t re d, j ea l ous i es, and ill-will judgment, or whether it was applicable after judgment did anion to different classes of th e sa id su bj ects, h a d b een given, and the case came before the court unlawfully, maliciously, and seditiously combine, of error. There was nothing in the judgment inspire, confederate, and agree with each other, and of Lord Mansfield in the case of " the King and Ben twllit divers other persons, whose names are to the jurors field," 2 Burrows, 981, to show that in a case in which ~I 2 K n ewn, to raise and create discontent and disaffection one count was good, and another was bad, a court of amend the liege subjects of our said Lady the Q ueen , error would not reverse that judgment, for if the court a t l e ,,Q to excite such subjects to hatred and contempt of of error saw that the court below had given judgment kt;°overnment and Constitution of this realm as by on both counts, they must assume that that judgment to thestablished, and to unlawful and seditious opposition had been given in respect of each count, and had not sti r ~ s a.id Government and Constitution, and also to been lessened on account of the deficiency in one of the e i aas 9 Jealousies, hatred, and ill-will between different counts. (The Learned Gentleman then quoted the case es of her Majesty's subjects, and especially to pro- of " the King and Fuller," which had been alluded to root • of e,.amongst her Majesty's subjects in Ireland feelings Testerday by Sir T. Wilde, in support of his argument.) jest '' , will and hostility towards an d aga i nst h er M a- Th e L earned Counsel then referred to a dictum of Lord IrelY'S Stillieets i n th e o th er p arts o f Great Britain and Mansfield, in Cooper's Reports, and also to a dictum in sr , and, and especially in that part of the said United Douglas's Reports. Now, he would ask his Learned doin called Engl an d, i n th e sa id fi rst and second Fr i end the Attorney-General, upon what principle he ee ents of the said indictment respectively charged as would contend if there were two bad counts in the in tetisforesaid in manner an d f orm as t h ere i n is so above d i ctment, and it appeared :from the record sent to a P"erged as aforesaid ; and as to the residue of the said court of error that the judgeshad given judgment on those a re mises i n the said first and second counts of the said counts,that thecivilc ourtshadnojuriscliction? Wasitt o b e s a a ? ,, ictin mit respectiv e ly c h arge d as aforesaid, the said that the judgment was warranted by law, and, there ", jurors upon th e i r oat h a f oresaid, say that f ore, t h at a court of error could not take it into considera the said 'homes Tierney is no t gu ilt y thereof." tion ? Wa s it t o b e sa i d, if there was a single good On the 15th day of April cometh the Attorney-General count in an indi c t ment , t h at that was sufficient, and that and parries into Court. Now, that was the place wh ere the pa r ty was b ound to submit to the judgment there thie was the discontinuance —that, from the time of pronounced aga i nst h i m, as there was no appeal ? parties being f oun d gu il ty, t h ere was no mention of I t would take away the power of appeal in every cas e . men the p art i es were to be brought up to receive Suppose a jury were to find a party guilty, in a case of Jildgin ent. felony, of the murder of A and the murder of B, the The LORD CHANCELLOR—The trial was out of term, court could not pass sentence of death on both those ce der the a u th or i ty o f t h e A ct; i t was continued during counts, because that would not be a judgment warranted the vacation under the authority of the Act. by law. Directly a man had sentence of death passed Mr. PEACOCK admitted that the trial took place out upon him he was attainted, and the court could never af of term, but he submitted that the order was not suffi- terwards pass sentence upon him for another offence, of diemthe to meet what was requ i red by the Act If the court did so, it would be a ground for reversing Ist and 2d William IV., c. 31, sec. 3, the judgment. If two sentences were passed it would lun,deer_ which the days for holding terms were altered, be a good ground of reversal. A man could not be tried Jae day originally fixed for the trial was the 15th of for one murder whilst he was under attainderfor another 1 , ,, e uary, and the trial took place during the term. On murder. The plea of " au . trefois atteinte" would be an :V:tai: 13th of January an order was made, not that a cer- effectual plea, according to Hawkins' Pleas of the numberti of days should be fixed for the trial, but an Crown. It was impossible in the case of felony that the trial or rather a conditional, order, that in case s entence could be passed for two distinct offences. If tl2_,. . should not be completed by a certain day, ad- a man were sentenced to transportation for life twice, ;T,lt:onal days should be added. The question was, whe- and then pardoned for one of the offences, what would art:that was an order within the meaning of the Act of be done with the remaining sentence? He contended tf, place the Court ought net, in the first that it would be void for ambiguity. It was a general r 7, ,to have appointed a certain number of days for the rule of law that a party could not be tried L earned at bar, making those days a part of the term. The twice for the same offence ; and if a party The Counsel then read extracts from the record. received sentence on a bad count, it would '-'' order for the trial at bar was made in Michaelmas be a sufficient reason for setting aside a good wr e , re th r ,„ . . -the p reced i ng part of the proceedings showed one. In the case of appeals in 4th Cook's Reports, it a gainst Michachaaas- term the Court gave judgment was laid down by Lord de Grey that the reason why Lordship, would trtaversers upon the plea of abatement. Their autrefois acquit was a maxim of English law, was that is ti r o e s tPs would observe, that before the order of the the life of a man should not twice be put in jeopardy tcs. t January there was an order made in Michaelmas for one and the same offence. Suppose Mr. O'Connell nary,T, that the trial should take place at bar, should be charged to-morrow with the same offences, i' , ._ ), order for the trial at bar having been made, the and the counts should be better drawn, would he be able efle'mere summoned for that day, and before that day to plead his former conviction, even though he was suf- Y, on the 13th January, two days before the return fering imprisonment on the judgment ? He contended 4,s"sel;enire, an order was made that in case the trial, that the only conclusion to which their Lordships could en c, , _ s t r . th e i sth January, should not have terminated come was, to reverse the judgment. -, eb ` .. e a lpt day of Hilary term, then Thursday, the Ist of Their Lordships then retired for refreshment, and April, s y next, and every, succeeding day till the sth of the proceedings were suspended. On the return of their clays shonootudldhebe appointed for its continuation, and such Lordships, tuns w „ wheth takcn to be part of the term. The ques- Mr.. PEACOCK resumed. .He would cite the case o for the trial bar if the Court originally made an order the King v. Holland, sth Term Reports, page 607, where they could, on the t to take place on the 15th of January, an information was filed -by the Attorney-General alternative ;hat e l3th of January, made an order in the against the defendant, for malversation in an office. by a pertainwsheorue,ld be addet:ls.'' -' i n case the trial should not be concluded He submitted that the dicta to be found in the text %%ti le that and certain succeeding days books, amounted merely to this, that where there were words of the Act of Parliament several counts, and the jury found entire damages, and the h_. " provided that any trial at bar shall be directed court were not able to distinguish how the jury illne• by an of the said Courts, it shall be competent to the assessed the damages, they must recite it in the judg sof the Court to appoint such day or days for the ment, but in a criminal case, where there was no ember rtal as they should think fit." Now, unless the ord er rassme n t a b ou t t h e fi n di ng of the jury, for the Court w ere an order within the meaning of the Act of Parlia- themselve s assesse d t h e amount of punishment, and anent the trial at bar was clearly in error. where judgment was given against the defendants upon The LORD CHANCELLOR—The Act is to be considered an indictment of which some of the counts were good, as _ti remedial A c t. and others bad, how could this House, upon the case Mr, l'Escocx—The question was whether an order being removed by . writ of error, distinguish between of the court, under that Act, was in compliance with that portion of the Judgment which was given upon the that Act. He contended that the court should have good counts, and that portion whi c h was g i ven on t h e made a pos i t i ve order that these further days should be bad counts ,? When the court p asse d sentence w h ere led for the trial at b ar . I n th i s case it was merely some counts were good and some bad, and snordered e that in case the trial should not be completed by the judgment was discretionary, the judgment a' lirhtain day then additional days should be fixed. shonld be reversed altogether. He believed his th at Th e Lorin CHANCELLOR —Would it not be sufficient Learned Friends could produce no case where this point „... the day were fixed for the continuance of the trial ? was distinctly decided, and he trusted their Lordships 41r. p th e E iteocX—Yes, but this was not an order that would maturely weigh it. The next point was with re but d ays should be hereby fixed for the continuation, gard to the suggestion as to whether that House could es _ . _ that in case the trial should not be completed, then amend the judgment of the court below, as he contended " . ,!i e n days should be appointed. the judgment of the Court below was defective, as f o ?! Loan CHANCELLOR—And that the days so fixed judgment was not given upon those points where the of ' the c ontinuation shall, accordingly, for the purpose defendants w ere acqu it te d, an d he apprehended their such trial, r. , be taken for part of the terns. Lordships could not amend that judgment. The case of it Shy. ' 21 tcocK said the Court would not say that in case the King v. Nalcot, in 4th volume Modern Reports, poini nn , d be necessary, then certain days should be ap- p. 395, was a strong authority on that point. That was and :Lea. The trial took place on the 12th of February, writ of error to reverse one attainder for treason t i ck le jury having given their verdict on that day, the committed by the father of the defendant. Certain lo w s had had no notice to appear in Court on the fol- formal words were left out of the judgment of the Court il at J term, therefore, whether the days from the Ist of below, and the question was whether those words could w ''rY to the 12th of February, were days of term, be added to the judgment of the Court below. 48 i nmate • who, ha vi ernd. He referred to " Coke upon Littleton," That ease showed that the omission of words was the oth er " v mg spoken of discontinuance, says, "there is an- ground of the reversal of the attainder, and that a erroneous proceeding that consisteth in misdoing, t he Court could not amend the record, and add 8 when d ay ne process is awarded instead of another, or a those words. In the case of " Showers," the thin g i ven, that was not a legal day. This ;is a miscon- words " and be burned before him," were omitted, to i t, i ee , and if the defendant does not choose to appear and the House of Lords reversed the attainder not a 1 4 ; 18 an error ; but, if he did appear, then it was on that account. That was a proof that the house could eontien.„4ceatinuance." In the present case there is no not amend the record by the insertion of words. The It tai g a" at all, and, therefore, it is a discontinuance. judgment of every court of error must be either an he w as " `'e said that this was a technical objection, but affirmation or a reversal of the judgment of the court What i t ri l there to say what 'the law ought to be, but below. If it were a reversal, some questions might . Th e - 1 - --* arise as to what that judgment ought to be. In it The a " ' enne neareELLoll—The question is not whether Bacon's abridgement to the Error Letter, it was Mr te...chnical objection, but whether it is a valid one. said that " Judgment is an entire thing, and cannot regularly be reversed part, and affirmed 'Tate: . -u-E Acocx cited the case of Bradley v. Banks, in part." If judgment were passed upon various . leeti c - s ; 283 , which was an appeal against which an ob th - was taken. It was moved for the defendant, parties, and it was erroneous against one, it was at this reversed against all. In the case of the King Writ of aPPeal had been discontinued, because the and the appeal was returnable on the 16th of October, and Kenworthy,7 Barnewall and Cresswell, page 707, day, c apita ought to have been awarded on the same a party had ben tried and convicted at Chester, e a where as for perjury, and ;Owes entered on the record that he had days b ein the capias was dated on the 23d,. seven been ordered to be transported for seven years. In that ma n g thus omitted. It was argued that it was a held that the entry merely wrong, and a case it was a h o st discontinuance and the court so resolved. He le th e the case of- the Queen v. procedendo was ordered to issue to the Court below,. or 9r ing them to proceed . to judgment,.and ,, Lord Chief Justice Th e r 214 of Lord Raymond's Reports, H p. ate l h ,O in 6 g l. , ija 2 4th Mode Abbot, in giving judgment, said, It appeared from eott, marned Gentleman also quoted the King v. Wal the record that an order had been made, but not fol sec. .'"awkins' rnlteports, page 395, and several cases lowed up by judgment." In the case of " The King v. Lord °4 * The n Pleas of the Crow ,book 2, page 27, Ellis," 5 Barnewall and Cresswell, 395, in which the h shi ps , next point to which n he would call . their cause of Kenworthy was quoted, judgment had been ae be rtttention, was that no judgment of acquittal Reilt s e", given in this case upon the finding of "not given in the court below, the court reversed the judg nell i',,, ° E the jury, either as regarded Mr. Daniel O'Con- ment, and held that they not send it to the court below, in consequence of that reversal. The prrsoner m an quote of the other parties. The Learned Gentle had been sentenced to fourteen years' transportation for sur ° l e cl 'triflers' Abridgment, and Rolls' Abridgment, topoint petty larceny, an offence punishable by law with only w t h P if e . ii r t of his view upon this point. The next seven years' transportation. The distinction between these e h' - be would call the attention of their Lord . ip s , two cases was material. In the first no judgment has , i ' v as that the verdict and the judgment were had been passed ; in the second the one which had been into - o e r , es nitlch as it ordered the parties to enter - Passed was erroneous, and the prisoner was discharged. F,0 , 4 1. , - ;;°,,giiism3,es to keep the peace, and to be of P In the cases of the King against Board and others, 7 :,ue ack r , - " a vi, for-our' he space of seven years next ensuing Adolphus and Ellis, page 58, prisoners had been stn s ' -"led°. tthe;or The question was, whether _ s, Juds_ent men , At time, tenced to transportation for an offence, the le e a p a il,in was good. It wes doubted. one gal punishment of' which was death. In that e nter i nt o f its judgment, the Cogrt ordered parties to - L d Denman,giving judgment, said that, case or. had been Wa s co .0 rece gnizances to keep the peace. That case b , th as an erroneous judgment . passed White4,eldered before this House, in the case of Hart v.3e pl ie m the i 30th vol. of the State Trials, and the part inferior court, that court sitting in error had neither the power to pass the proper sentence nor to i The o `u'e to the ease would be found in page 1334. send back the case to the court below. and Theli 'lad ' ti " ti nn was, whether the Court of Queen's Bench th,iir n wer to send the defendant to any prison beyond judgment, therefore, must be reversed,. h. t e st,riab?wn jurisdiction, and whether sureties for a rea. Prisoners discharged. Their the judgment, t had_ no itiel,. c ' e time for good behaviour could be required. The Power, except to reverse or affirm ludgmen,because autt 8 l aid, the had doubt whatever as to their 3' himnoif they were to amend it there would be two judgments theyeritY to on the record—an original judgment of the Court of we send to any prison in England ; and th e re ually of opinion that the court possessed . Queen's Bench of conviction, and an original judgment of authority - th Court of Error of acquittal. ' 4 ' 4 41 • legally to require such surety for a rea- e tee° e tim e. The question whether this (The Learned Gentleman was proceeding when our Rtliza n was, report left.) rea son , ce was one requiring surety for a ~ aole .• :i i et. Th "me- He submitted that it was THE BEDFORD BANK ROBBERT.—It will be re lee ti es e time fixed was seven years from membered by some of our readers, that in the month of Sep ande of the the acknowledgment of the recognyance tember last, the Bedford coach was robbed on its way to ree egni Party was ordered to be- imprisoned until the London, of a parcel containing 1,1001. in bank-notes and valid , ' an ee should be given. Now if that sentence were bills of exchange, which had been forwarded from Mr. Bar 'eight r e d if the person were unable to find sureties, he nard's bank, for Sir Charles Price and Co., the London k ibreitt ed im p r isoned for the whole term- of his life. He agents. For a long time the affair remained undetected ; ought that to make it a reasonable time, the time but about six weeks back a man was found uttering some of the lost notes in Dunstable. He was apprehended and con to , e to be fixed ; for instance if he had been sentenced ci.f_ imprisoned for one, andthen to enter into recog- veyed b to in ß t er J e d s a o o n l , , 3 and oo on t lolrti e esday 117:gl r ac a ell at of i l T s eos to keep the peace for seven years from the time the ci inquiry, the jury delivered r a t ' ver t dict"of his and the pornig eaus !mprisonment, that sentence would be valid, be- 111-111 - ' sentenced to be transportedf guilty, re •if he could stoner was or seven years. soned so not find the sureties, he would be im- STEAM-BOILER EXPLOSION AT BOLTON.—BOLTON, i ° L . WOUld be discharged, and at the expiration of that time THURSDAY Momsina.—Yesterday, at two o'clock, an in -n 'act fulfil e disch arge d , b ecause he would have quest was held at the Court-house, on view of the p eace i . led his recognisances, he would have kept the bodies of the three unfortunate individuals who lost their st ra i c , l 9! seven years, he would have been under re- lives by the recent boiler explosion in this town, before the h e net during that time. But under the present sentence Borough Coroner and a respectable jury. After a long in- Procur er would get released at all, if he could not quiry, the inquest was adjourned. The Coroner directed that ~„_,e _e re epgnisances. (The Learned Gentleman then W. Fairburn, Esq., of Manchester, be sent for and . requested g o mu_t„ d the judgment in the case of White and Hart, vol. to examine the boiler, to enable him to givea a n a o i g . inion upon of the State Trials, page 1321.) In that case the judg- the cause of the explosion when the jury met itte g d a Wrox tenter .as a legal one, for the parties were sentenced to An act of incendiarism was coma rf, _ ,!nto recognisances to keep the peace for five years hall, Warwickshire, on the afternoon of Sunday week. It Peter Woolley, a tramp Ci the expiration of the term of imprisonment s So turns out to have been committed byof . wife of • )hies if th it in revenge of a refusal on the part the wife of olikt , oy were unable to find recognisances, they who did give him He has confessed, and is now this case diseharged at the end of the five years ; but in to pliw'lyrne i r cit l. relief. tep_euit might be imprisonment for life. The sera- 111 So severely g is the scarcity of water felt in the u , o i r c,,, s . pit Daniel O'Connell was in the following of Bristol, that ' '1 ; it Is an • •ect of successful specula tieing •--" Whereupon all and singular the remises suburbs f.,., - d ate t 13 a cask of L . ,g seen and fully understood by the Court of our said. 1 7 11 .0 f n et s ch it r . om a distance, , ao se a , and in smaller quantities at a penny and two- by the Queen now here, it is considered and adjudged pence per gallon. f,f r tn,e . said Court here that ' the said Daniel O'Connell Dispatches from the Governor of Canada, and also from the Ins offences aforesaid, do pay a fine to our Governor of the other North American Colonies, were received yesterday at the Ctdcsild-eface. CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) Lorrnobr, Jur.v 4.—Wind this day at noonN.E. LIVERPOOL, Jury S.E.—Arrd. Columbus, Green, Pernambuco. Ski. Mary Hartley, Calcutta; Thomas Caity, Bombay; Nereid, Cape of Good hope; Deenster, Horatio, and Henry Bell, Ichaboe; Amazon, Brazils; Ritson, St. Thomas's; Abbot Lord, Boston; Hibernia!(steamer), Halifax; Robert Watt, Quebec; Syren,' Montreal. Off, Resolution, Maranham ; Carolus, New Orleans. OFF CORR, JULY 2.—Andover ' Burns, Lima; Atalanta, Demerara; Hopewell, Goodwin, Savanilla ; Hebderr, Porto Cuba. A brig, s u p pose d Irish, Whiteway, from Buenos Ayres.—The wreck of a vessel, apparently timber laden, level with the water's edge, and masts gone, waS - pasSed in lat. 53, 10n:29, by the Hopewell; off this port. OFF CROOKHAVEN, JULY 2.—Marnella, Vallent, Callao Helen Noel, Valparaiso (170 days) ; Theodore, Quebec; Thetis, New Orleans ; Mary Ann, Seymour, Trinidad ; Funch, Mobile; Elora, Turnbull, China; Argyll, 'Welsh, West Coast of Africa. DEAL, JULY 4.—P M. Wind S.W.—Arrd. Gulnare, China ; Pilgrim, Batavia, for Stockholm; Fenella, Buenos Ayres, for Rotterdam ; Maria Albina, ditto, for Bremen ; Clifton, Ma tanzas, for St. Petersburgh ; Falcon, New Orleans, for Rot terdam; Asia, Baltimore, for ditto. Sld. Foam, China; Dub lin, Sydney; Constant, Madras; Wilhelmine, Cape de Verdi. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 4.—Wind W.—Sid. Agincourt, Cal cutta. Off, William Wise, Lowe ' .Launceston ; Tasmania, Ja mieson, ditto, sailed Ma rc h 24; Osiris, Java, for Amsterdam; Keelsing, Thomas, for Flushing.. COWES, JULY 4.—Arrd. Winnegance, Lowell, Havannah ; Nimrod, Matanzas. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 3.—Sld. Lady Mary Wood (steamer), Gibraltar. 4.—Liverpool (steamer), Lisbon, &c. PLYMOUTH, JULY 4.—Wind mo d erate.— A rr i ved As i a, London, for alcutta, to land two sick men • H.M.S. Syden ham, and sailed f or M a l ta ; W ave, Baines, Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, JULY 4.—Wind moderate. Arrd. Vesta, Shearer, Ichaboe, April 20 ; Maria, Ratje, Rio ; Cxsara, Go del, Cape St. Paul's, Africa ; Jane, Chandler, Aux Cayes. Off; Grace, Wilkin, Ichaboe, May 3 ; Caroline, Harris, ditto. .IiOiIFORD, JULY 3.—We had only a moderate supply of stock on offers to-day, yet the general demand was in a sluggish state, and in some instances had a' 'downward- ten dency—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s; Lamb, 4s 2d- to 5s ; Veal, 3.s to 3s 10d ; and 'Pork, 2s Gd to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 265; Quarter-old -Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Mulch Cows, with their small calves, 161 to 191 each. LEWES, JULY 2.—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 4s to 4s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per Blbs.—A limited supply, and a steady de mand. AND " Who runs may read" - - COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. - (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT R .) LAUNCH ON TH E COM MODOE'S YACHT KESTREL.—This fine yacht was launched from Ilqnsen's yard on Monday last. at noon. ..Never was there such opposite opinions amongst those who profess to be judges, as to her appearance and rig, some extolling, while others condemned her as the image of by-gone days. Who shall decide, when yachtmen so disagree? LAUNCH ON THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAMER BRAGANZA.—This ship, which has been lengthened amid ships 30 feet, is now 875 tons, and was launched from Messrs. Thomas and John White's yard on Monday : she is decidedly improved in her appearance, and is now considered a first-. rate steamer. We understand she is intended to . run to Con stantinople Wednesday, at noon, the foundation stone of the eastern most dock-head of the new steam-frigate-dock was laid by Mr. Thomas White, the spirited proprietor. - -- RAEK COME AT LAST.—After a drought unprecedented, being from the 14th of April till the 2d of July, the parched fields have been visited by some refreshing showers. There was some heavy ra i n at Itireshwater and Compton on Friday last, but it did not reach to the north of the island. One farmer on Saturday sowed 16 sacks of barley. The barley, oats, beans, and grass are a failure. The following are amongst our arrivals this week :—Sir Henry Webster and family, at Harriet Lodge; Mr. Po we ll and. family, Adelaide Villa ; John Congreve, Esq., and family, Beach Villa; Sir C. Egerton and family, 9th Cot tage; G. H. Ackers, Esq., 2, Bath-buildings • the Duke and Duchess of Mont rose, B elmore House ;A. Corbet, Esq. and family, Parade House; Mrs. Amphlett and family, Sea view House ; Mrs. Bennett and family, Small Pavilion ; -Lady Fitzgerald and family, Trafalgar House. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) WINCHESTER RACES—THURSDAY. Handicap of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, with 25 added; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Preston's Bosphorus, aged (Mann) 1 Capt. Delme's Red Skin, 3 yrs Capt. Povntz's Cayenne, 5 yrs 0 Mr. W. ktwall's Pelerine, 6 yrs Mr. W. Sadler's Alice Lowe, 3 yrs. .. ..... The Two-yrs-old Stakes o f 15 sovs. each, with 25 added. T.Y.C. Mr. W. Etwall's f by Defence, out of Soldier's Joy (Nat) 1 Duke of Richmond's c by Mus, out of Belvidere 2 The Winchester Stakes of 10 soya, each, h ft, with 100 added; the winner to be sold for 1501. Heats, one mile. Lord G. Bentinck's The Best Bower, 3 yrs (Abdale) 0 1 1 Mr. Etwall's Palladium, 5 yrs 1 0 2 . Mr. Braithwait e ' s G a i ety, 3 yrs Mr. Etwall's Venatrix, 4 yrs Mr. King's f, by Jack-in-the-Green, out of Eliza... 3 0 dr The City Members' Plate of 50 sovs. for 3 yrs old, 6st 41b ; four yrs, 7st 91b ; five yrs, Bst 41b ; six yrs, Bst 111 b ; and aged, 9st. Winners extra; mares, &c., allowed 31b. Heats, two miles. Duke of Richmond's Lothario, 4 yr 5...... (W. Howlett) 1 1 Mr. Sadler's Belissima, aged ..... 0 2 Mr. Pearce's:Ja c k, 5 y rs Mr. England's Spring Bok, 3 yrs Mr. Etwall's Queen of the Chase, 3 yrs 3 0 Captain Poyntz's Fire-king, 4 yrs 0 0 MARYLEBONE SAV GS' BANK, 76, WELBE CK - STREET.—Established July 5, 1830. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF PROGRESS, AT SPECIFIED PERIODS, DURING THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. Sums invested with Open Deposit National Debt Accounts. Commissioners. On "July 5, 1838 E10,703 179,381 1839 1840........ 12,445 243,469 1841 12,881 20,852 1842 13,100 275,072 1843 13,820 305,383 1844 14,638 340,509 D. FINNEY, Assistant-Secretary. PRACTICAL WORKING OF THE LIBEL LAW. (From the Cheltenham Examiner.) As an illustration of the practical working of the Law of' Libel, and the immense expense it en t a il s on th ose who unhappily fall under its operations, the following particulars of the recent actions against the proprietors of this paper may not be uninteresting to the public. At the close of the year 1842, and early in 1843, certain proceedings took place at the Cheltenham Police-office, which created a great degree of excitement in the public mind. A series of articles commenting on these pro ceedings appeared in the Cheltenham Examiner and in the month of January, 1843, Messrs. Rowe and Norman, the proprietors, were served with a copy of a writ, in an action complaining of four articles which had appeared respectively on the 7th, 14th, and 28th of December, 1842, and the 25th January, 1843. This writ was served at the suit of Mr. Augustus Newton, and shortly after another action was commenced in the names of Mr. and Mrs. Newton, conjointly, complaining of one only of the same four articles. This action, after having had the venue changed from Herefordshire, was brought to trial at the Gloucester spring assizes, April, 1843, before Mr. Justice Erskine and a special jury, and resulted in a verdict on the general issue of not guilty for defendants. The expenses of this action to the day of trial, and in answering subsequent unsuccessful applications by the plaintiffs fur a new trial, were to the defendants about 240/. ; of this sum they never received one farthing, the male plaintiff discharging his personal liability by means of the Insolvent Court. In the month of January, 1844, defendants were served with a copy of declaration, in the first action by Mr. Newton alone, and embracing, be it remembered, the very article, on which in the former action, the defendants had been declared not guilty, and the action, after repeated delays, came on in the Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, before Chief Justice Tindal, on the 15th of June, just passed. The defendants pleaded a justification to the whole, and after a hearing of three days, and the examination of numerous wit nesses for the defence, the jury returned a verdict, that the justification was established on two material counts in the declaration, and a verdict on the two other counts for the plaintiff, with one farthing damages on each. The expense of this second action to the defendants, including counsels' fees, travelling expenses, maintenance and pay ment of witnesses, and other unavoidable charges, amounted in the whole to upwards of 600/. Thus the two actions, grounded on nearly the same articles, and arising out of the same transactions, and on both of which the jury have returned virtual verdicts of not guilty, Messrs. Rowe and Norman have been put to the enor mous expense of nearly 9001.; and that of course reckon ing nothing for anxiety of mind, interference with busi ness, and their own personal expenses. The expense of these actions is a standing witness against the present Libel Law, and is enough to deter the journalist from doing his duty to the public, by com menting freely on matter s o f p u bli c import. These ex penses, be it remembered, are incurred by parties pro nounced not guilty; had the results been otherwise, and by a failure of the justification, a verdict of 40s. damages been given against the m , th e d e f en d ants , i n addition to this 9004 would have had to pay the plaintiff's costs, amounting to several hundreds more. _ - TATTERS ALL'S.—YESTERDAY, THE LATE DERBY. The following notice was received yesterday by Messrs. Tattersall, and posted on the door of the Subscription-room : " The opinion of the Stewards of the Jockey Club having been asked as to the day on which the Epsom account ought to be settled, they recommend that Monday, the Bth instant, should be fixed for that purpose, and that notice should be given at Tattersall's accordingly. (Signed) " GEORGE BYNG. Jul 3. " STRADBROKE. y " ETER. Pursuant " to this recommendation the XE settling will take place on Monday next. GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil 12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer 16 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Franchise --taken 17 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Canton 18 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's The Currier —taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Best of Three 18 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's The Pride of Kildare 18 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's The Era 18 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Lucy Banks 20 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Parthian—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Elegance filly 20 to 1 agst Sir S. Spry's Subduer. Franchise was backed to win a good stake at various prices, commencing at 19 to 1, and finishing at 16 to 1; the betting in other respects, although it embraced an extensive list of favourites, had nothing in the Shape of novelty to re commend it beyond the advance of Croton Oil to 10 to 1. GOODWOOD CUP. - 6 to 4 agst Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's, the Squire--taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorham—taken ST. LEGER. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Williamson's The Cure—taken 7 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Ithuriel 8 to 1 agst Col. Anson's the Princess—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's the Ugly Buck—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. John Scotts Bay Momus—taken 12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. H. Robinson's Morpeth—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Irvine's Foig-a-ballagh—taken: The Cure was backed for two or three hundred pounds at 4 to 1, Ithuriel freely at 8 to 1, and in some instances at a point less; ThelPrincess at 8 to 1, and Bay Momus at 10 and 11 to 1 • the investments much h eav i er th an we have noticed since the Derby. DERBY, 1845. 5,000 to 100 was betted agst Mr. Herbert's Bloodstone (afterwards offered), and 3,000 to 50 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-way. THE RUNNING REIN CASE. The Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Jockey Cfub, several proprietors of race-horses, and others interested in the honour and prosperity of the turf, intend to present Lord George Bentinck with a piece of plate, to mark their sense of the immense service he has rendered to the racing com munity, by detecting and defeating the attempt at fraud exposed in the late trial in the Court of Exchequer. The subscription is to be confined to twenty-five pounds, and from the number of names already down, at Messrs. Weatherby's, comprising some of the highest on the turf, will no doubt be a very large one. THE MACKEREL FISHERY.—BRIGHTON, JULY 4. This morning our mackerel boats returned with a large quantity of finemackerel, which were retailed in the streets at eight for a shilling. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Yesterday afternoon the neighbourhood of Redcross.street, Southwark, was thrown into great excitement by a report that a woman had mur. dered her husband. The unfortunate sufferer, Mr. Samuel Johnson, is a highly respectable man.. Yesterday afternoon he arrived home to dinne r from Billinsgate-market, at which place he is a. salesman, when he found his wife inebriated, and no dinner provided for him or - his family. He remon strated with her for her conduct, and was about to leave the house, when his wife, in a state of frenzy, seized a table knife and stabbed him the back of the head, just below the scalp. Their son, a lad about ten years of age, was in the room at the time; he immediately rushed out and alarmed the neighbours, who called in the assistance of the police. Constable 176 M, found the unfortunate husband lying in the passage in a pool of blood, which was streaming from the back of his head, where the knife still was. He pulled it out immediately, and conveyed him to Mr. Woods, a sur geon, in Union-street, who found the wound of such a dan gerous description, that after stopping the blood, he ordered him to be taken instantly to Guy's Hospital. It was there ascertained that the knife had entered with great force be tween the nape of the neck and the skull-bone, against which it had struck, and that little hopes were entertained of the man's recovering. Th e w i fe, a dissipated-looking female, about3o years of age, was taken into custody. REPRIEVE OF D ALMAS.—Yesterday afternoon a reprieve, during her Majesty's pleasure, was received at Horsemonger-lane Gaol for Dahlias.. It is understood that Doctors Sutherland and Monro have' reported to Sir James Graham their opinion that the prisoner's mind is affected. He will not, therefore, be executed, but confined, it is pre sumed, in one of the lunatic hospitals. STIPENDIARY JUDGES.—A return has been pre sented to the House of Commons, on the motion of Mr. Wallace, of the number of Stipendiary Judges in the 'United Kingdom, with the amounts of their salaries. The number of Judges in Superior Courts in England is 228 their salaries amount to 123,5771. ; the Judges of the Inferior Courts, including the Bankruptcy and In solvent Debtors Courts, stipendiary magistrates and with an ag gregate amount o f salary of Ireland, th ere are 16 J udges of Superior 8 0t 5 1: 3 e 9 r5 9 , 1. are 123, Courts, with salaries amounting 63,004/. ; and 108 Infe rior Judges, with 53,0821. Scotland has 13 .Superior Judges and 81 Inferior, with salaries of 42,5001. and 34,470/. respectively. ACTIONS FOR GAMING DISCONTINUANCE BILL.— A Bill further to stay proceedings in certain actions under the provisions of several statutes for the prevention of ex cessive gaming, and to prevent any similar proceedings being taken under those statutes during such further limited time, has been prepared and brought in by Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Tufnell, M.P. By the first clause qui tam actions for the recovery of gaming penalties are further suspended until the end of the next session of Parliament. The second clause enacts, that in any case where actions are prosecuted Act, a ver di ct i s to be found believe, a wa iti ng a secon d f c o e r n t t h ra e r d y e t fe o n t d h a e n p o rov T is h ioenßill is,th i w s e reading on the table of the House of which Lord Palmerston is so distinguished a member. CONVICTIONS, &C., OF GAMBLERS.--Some curious evidence is just printed in the Report of the House of Lords, given before the Committee appointed " to inquire into the laws respecting gaming." Thus, one of the police superin tendents delivered the following summary of what he had done :—" Out of the number of 95, 85 were convicted. The number discharged without fines was seven. The amount of cash I seized in the different banks where I have gone was 59/. 2s. 2d. The amount of fines inflicted by the Magistrates was 949/., and the amount paid was 704/. The amount not paid was 245/., and those men served their time in prison. Two appealed against the Magistrate's conviction, which was confirmed by Mr. Sergeant Adams, at Clerkenwell. They served their time in prison. The total amount of cash and fines paid to the reeeiver of the metropolitan police, is 763/. 2s. 2d. The number of houses broken into is eight." The following is an instance of the contrivances the officers resort to, in order to obtain admission to the gambling-houses. Mr. Superintendent Baker said—" It was by a plan of my own which was adopted in getting the d oors open so readily as we did. A supposed twopenny po s t man, with a band upon his hat, and a cockade, gave a knock at the door and the porter came to answer the door. The porter who came to answer the door at that moment made his escape, fortu nately, but I apprehended twenty-eight. The wife of the porter threw herself, with a baby, between my constable and the man he had got hold of, and if he had not let go some thing serious would have happened to the child or the woman ; but her screams raised an alarm which caused a number of the persons in the gaming-room to rush up stairs. Some were detected upon going into Lei cester-square." the roof, a n d Some HORRIBLE DEATIL -- B'NSRAMI OXON, JULY 2. We had a dreadful occurrence in the village last week. A wild young fellow slightly stabbed tw o men in a drunken quarrel, for which he was put in th e cage ; he begged and entreated he might not be locked up alone, and offered money to any one who would sit up with him, but in vain ; -they locked him in, and had not left him long when they found the cage was on fire. It was some time before the constable who had the key could be found, and when the door was at last opened the flames rushed forth to such a degree that they could not get the poor wretch out till water had been, thrown in to extinguish them. The man was then dragged out quite insensible, though not dead, and dreadfullyscorched. Dr. Hitchins, from Oxford, arrived just in time to see him expire. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) Since Monday we have received a full average time-of-year supply of English Wheat, the quantity of which on offer was tolerably good. Although the attendance of buyers was somewhat numerous the demand was in a very slaggish state, and prices had a downward tendency. Foreign Wheat was a mere drug, and might have been purchased on easier terms. For all descriptions of spring corn, the supplies of which were by no means large, we had a very dull sale, and in al most every instance the currencies were somewhat easier. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour English. 4,160 qrs. 350 qrs. 4,620 qrs. 4,2losacks. Irish - 2,530 - Foreign 11,12) 4,890 10,090 - It. 2,710 qrs. SMITHFIELD. The numbers of beasts on offer were only moderate, yet the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at, in some in stances, a decline of 2d per 81bs. There were on sale 12 beasts from Holland, and 70 horned and polled Scots from Aberdeen. The supply of Sheep was tolerably good, yet the Mutton trade ruled somewhat active, at full prices. In Lambs a good business was doing, and Monday's quotations were well supported. Although the numbers of Calves were very extensive, the Veal trade was somewhat brisk, at full currencies. In Pigs little was doing, yet previous rates were supported. Mitch COWS moved off , steadily at from 161 to 191 each. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1844 SUFMANY OF NEWS :Ptibtir Opinion, rxxcire. It was expected that Lou n. is Philippe would on Monday have paid a last visit to the Exhibition of National Industry, preparatory to the removal of the splendid collection of pro-, ducts that it contains; but the intention was abandoned, and his Majesty remained at Neuilly, where he received succes sively'M. Guizot and Marshal Soult. Some of the journals attribute the absence •of his Majesty to the excitement caused by the article in the Moniker of Sunday. • The ?lance states that the Archbishop of Paris was on Tuesday sent for to Neuilly, to be ready to baptise at the proper moment the infant of the Duchess of Nemours, whose accouchement is hourly expected. The Committee on the Secondary Instruction Bill on Tues day decided on several important resolutions, particularly re lative to the ecclesiastical schools The majority of the Committee were of opinion that the clause adopted on this subject by the Peers ought to be rejected. The National states that the. Prefects-Wave received in structions from the Minister of the Interior to have a pam phlet, containing the relation of the Duke de Bordeaux's Journey to London, sought for and seized. The principal electors of Louviers have written a collective letter to M. C. Laffitte, calling on him to withdraw the offer which he made to the Minister of Public Works relative to the branch line from that town to the Rouen Railroad. M. C. Laffitte expressed his willingness to yield to the wishes of his friends what he had denied to his opponents, and has withdrawn the offer. It is supposed that he will be again elected. A letter from the island of Bourbon, May 5, announces the arrival there, on the 30th April, of the Syrene and Vic torieuse, on their way to China, with part of the mission from this country. A grand ball was given to the governor on this occasion. The Syrene and Victorieuse were to sail for Singapore on the 15th of May. The Siecle of Wednesday contains the following:—" A meeting of the merchants, whose commerce has been ma terially affected by the situation which, through the fault o the Government, has been imposed on France on the banks of La Plata, was to have taken place yesterday at two o'clockf at the Rue de Grenelle St. Honore, No. 45, but at one o'clock po-• lice agents were posted at the door of the house to prevent the meeting. Four or five hundred merchants were in this way refused admittance. A great number of them then repaired to No. 10, Rue du Sentier, and the meeting was immediately, opened with M. Reynaud in the chair. A petition to the Chamber of Deputies was adopted. LAW AND POLICE. • At the Lewes Quarter Sessions, on Wednesday, James i:Simmonds, of Maresfield, shoemaker aged 75, was indicted Ilor unlawfully attempting to hang himself by the neck to a tree. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The Earl .of Chichester (chairman) asked the prisoner if he was sensible of the enor mity of the offence? The prisoner replied that he was. His Lordship then sentenced him to six months' imprisonment. At Guildhall Mary Bourke, an aged Irishwoman, with a child in her arms, was charged before Mr. Alderman Hooper with having stolen a piece of cloth, value 41. 45., from the shop of Mr. Charles Wilson, 8, Ludgate-hill. The Alderman said the case was clear, but he would remand the prisoner with the hope of laying hold of some of her confederates. George Kimpton, alias Dozer, a canal boatman, was brought up in custody, and placed at the bar, before Mr. Long, at Marylebone, charged with having been concerned with three others, who have been tried and sentenced to transportation for the crime, with having committed a rape,. under circumstances of great atrocity, upon a female, on Wigginton-common, Hertfordshire, about six months ago. The prisoner, who denied that he knew anything about the matter, was sent at once to Berkhampstead, in the custody of the constable by whom he was apprehended. At Worship-street Francis Abbott, a journeyman watch maker, was charged before Mr. Bingham with having by false pretences obtained possession of a large number of watches, the property of various tradesmen in the metro polis. Inspector Shackell said that the prisoner was appre hended on Tuesday last in the city, of Bristol, and he wished him to be remanded, having reason to believe that several other charges would be brought against him. The Magis trate acceded to the request, and the prisoner was remanded for a week. Jonathan Rothon, a master chimney-sweeper, residing in Ropemaker's-fields, Limehouse, appeared at the Thames Police-court, to answer a charge of knowingly permitting and suffering a person under twenty-one years of age to ascend a chimney in the West India Dock Tavern, at Poplar, for the purpose of sweeping it. by which he had incurred a penalty not exceeding 10/. The case was made out, and as the de fendant had been fined once before for a similar offence, the magistrate said he should now inflict a penalty of 31. and costs. At the Greenwich Police-court, Susan Dunbar, a pauper inmate of the R o th er hi t h e workhouse, was charged before Mr. Traill (who sat for Mr. Jeremy) with having wantonly broken 133 squares of glass, value 51. and upwards, in revenge for punishment on account of irregularity. The prisoner was fined 5/., and in default of payment sentenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. COURT — FASELIOZTADLE. It is understood that the removal of the Court from Buck ingham Palace to Windsor Castle has been postponed until Wednesday or Thursday next, at the latest. Her Majesty will have a large dinner party on. Monday next] at the Palace, which, it is expected, will close the Royal banquets in town for the present season. The Duke and Duchessof Montrose have taken a residence at Cowes for the autumn. The Duke came to town on Tues day from Cowes. The Duchess and family remain there for the present. The Earl of Haddington held a levee on Thurday at the Admiralty, at which several naval officers of distinction had the honour of paying their respects to his. Lordship. The next levee will take place on Thursday, the 11th inst. The Earl and Countess of Wilton gave a dinner at their mansion, in Grosvenor-square, to the Duke of Montrose, Viscount and Visconntess Newport, Viscount Ossulston, Viscount Cantilupe, Lord_ and Lady Seymour, Viscount and Lady Marianne Alford, Lord Foley and Hon. Miss A. Foley, Hon. Francis Villiers, Lady Alice Peel, &c. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's and the youthful Earl of Burford, and Lady Diana Beauclerk, are expected to remain at Holly Grove until the close of the ensuing month, when they proceed to Redbourne Hall, near Brigg, for the season. Yesterday afternoon the Duchess of Buccleuch gave a grand fete at Montagu House. In the earlier part of the day, the weather promised to be unpropitious for anything like a fete al fresco, but notwithstanding the threatening appear ances of rain, at least one thousand of the leading nobility congregated at Montagu House, the carriages continuing, without intermission, for three hours to set down visitors. The garden in the rear of the mansion fronting the Thames was suitably laid out with costly furniture for the accommo dation of the brilliant assemblage. a ISCELLANZIOTIS. The annual general meeting of the London Coachmakers' Benevolent Institution was held at the Red Lion, King-street. Golden-square, for the purpose of rece i v i ng t h e report of the past year, and for the election of president and other officers for the ensuing year, Mr. William Savage, president, in the chair. From the report it appeared that although the Insti tution was but in its infancy, upwards of 80 members of the trade had enrolled their names on the books, and, from dona tions and subscriptions, the funded stock of the Society amounted to 3601. Ils. 9d., with a steady prospect of increase. Dalmas has received a reprieve during her Majesty's plea sure, and will probably be confined in Bedlam for life. Covent-garden and the Borough markets have notfor many years past been so well and extensively supplied with fruit as at the present season, large quantities of c h err i es and currants being daily imported from France and Belgium. On Wednesday two works at the sale of the library of the Duke of Sussex brought the enormous prices of 1901. and 170/. ! The former was for a Latin Bible printed by Guten berg and Fust, being the first edition of the Holy Scriptures, and the first book ever executed by the inventors of printing with moveable types. This edition is generally known by the name of the 11Iazarine Bible. It was printed between 1450 and 1455. The second work (that sold at 1704) was a copy of the first edition of the Latin Bible with a date, 1462, and which was printed by Fust and Schoeffer. EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—We learn from the Ceylon Overland Observer, that a singular accident oc curred on board the Bentinck steamer, on the 6th February last, while on her voyage from Aden to Galle, the partidttlars of which we have not seen mentioned in any of the English papers. It appears that the builders of the Bentinck placed in her bottom, some distance below the w a t er li ne, a large brass sea-cock, through which, when requisite, a stream of sea-water could-be admitted; which, mixing with the bilge water and pumped out by the engine pump, would moisten and cleanse the vessel. This operation had several timse been performed with success during the voyage from Suez. On the morning of the 6th of February a slight smell of bilge being perceived, the sea-cock was turned, and the un pleasant odour soon abated; 'upon which the carpenter was sent down to stop the influx of the water. The method of closing the pipe was by turning a screw which worked in a brass valve. Something having got displaced, the screw moved without turning the valve, and all the efforts of the carpenter to check the flow of the sea into the vessel were unavailing. The water gained in spite of the pumps, and son completely flooded the lower parts of the vessel, damag ing some portions of her cargo. Endeavours were made to stop the flow of water by means of sheets and blankets, but without effect ; and at length, when the engines were stopped, the passengers became acquainted with the state of affairs, and much alarm prevailed. At length, after much labour, the water having in the meantime risen several feet, the carpenters and others contrived to force the end of a plank over the top of the valve, forcing it down with a lever. By this the influx of water was temporarily stayed. Bolts and nuts were subsequently prepared, and the valve'was securely stopped. There were 250 persons on board the Bentinck when this accident occurred. The impracticability of acting on the valve was discovered at eight o'clock in the morning, and it was not till three in the afternoon that the vessel was reported to be water-tight.—Liverpool Albion. EXCISE AND CUSTOMS DUTIES.—SOIIIO returns of the amount of Excise and Customs duties received in the United Kingdom during the years ending the sth of January, 1842, 1843, and 1844 (in continuation of Parliamentary paper No. 45, of Session 1843), have been printed, on the mo tion of the Hon. John Stuart Wortley, M.P., for the West Riding of Yorkshire. As regards the Excise duties, we find that the amount charged in 1843, in the whole of the United Kingdom, was distributed as follows :—viz., on auctions (amount of sales), 284,5551. ; on bricks, 363,375/. ; on flint glass, 83,454/. ; on plate glass, 65,909/. ; on crown glass, 394,5421.; on German sheet glass, 112,4981.; on green glass, 123,585/. (making a total amount, on glass alone, of 779,8000 ; on hops, 243,796/. ; on licenses, 1,021,082/. ; on malt, 4,827,950/. ; on paper, 678,8884 ; on post-horses (amount of duty), 162,198/. ;on post-horse licenses, 4,400/. (in neither of the two preceding items does Ireland figure at all) ; on hard soap, 1,081,337/. • on soft soap, 67,349/. ; on spirits, 4,903,201/. (viz., 3,025,253/' in England, 1,025,529/. in, Scotland, and only—thanks to - Father Mathew-852,4821. in Ireland !); on medicated spirits and sweets, 9701.; on British manufac tured sugar, 4,843/. (on 3,843 cwts.) ; one vinegar, 26,256/. ; and on game certificates in Ireland (3,756), 11,831 ; making altogether for the past year a grand sum total for Excise du ties alone amounting to 15,471,831/. We have neither time nor space at present to institute a comparison between the Excise duties received in 1843 and those received in the years 1841 and 1842, excepting that in the follo w i ng ar ti c l es, viz., auctions, bricks, glass, hops, licenses, malt, post-horses, spirits, and vinegar, the difference of duty is, between the two extreme periods, in favour of 1841, but of course this fact is utterly insufficient to warrant any interference ; we merely mention the circumstance en passant. As regards the Customs duties, the total amount of duty received in the year 1843 was 22,636,659/. against 2 2,596,2634 in the year 1842, and 23,606,124/. in the year 1841. FIRES IN SUFFOLK.—In Bury gaol there are nine prisoners on charges of arson, and one for sending threatening letters; at Ipswich gaol ten for arson, and two for sending threatening letters; at Beceles House of Correction, four prisoners for arson, and one for threatening to burn, waiting ler trial at the next assizes.—Essex Herald. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, JULY I.—His Majesty, by a resolution of the 16th of last month, has given the necessary authority to the War Department to call into active service, by the Ist September next, the militia of the levies of 1841 and ]842, who are at their respective homes on indefinite furloughs, to attend the autumnal exercise for one month. VENLOO, JUNE 30.—The inhabitants of. Maestricht have no hopes of obtaining a railway to Ai x -l a -Ch apelle, with a branch to Kerkrade. A company is ready to undertake the work at its own expense, if the Government will gralt it the coal mine of Kerkrade for a certain number of years. If it is true, as is affirmed, thatthese coal mines cause more loss . than gain to the State every year, why not give them up, and thus obtain an iron railway, which may be of great im portance to Maestricht and the province a Limburg. A deputation from the Chamber of Commerce of Antwerp has waited on the King, at Brussels, and presented to his Ma jesty, on the 30th ofJune, an address, requesting that on the project of law on the differential duties the following items may be suppressed :- 1. The regulation which prohibits ships from touching at Cowes. 2.' That relative to the privilege granted to Holland to import seven million pounds of Java coffee. 3. That which raises the duty on .coffee to 25 francs, -instead of 15 francs, as asked by the Chamber of Commerce of Antwerp. In case these three paragraphs should be retained, the deputation expressed a wish that the project of law might not receive the royal sanction. The King seemed much struck with the arguments pro duced, and promised that the address should be maturely considered by him; and then laid before the Council of Ministers. COURT CIRCULAR. • The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out on horseback, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. The Royal Family were taken airings yesterday in the royal gardens. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert took an airing in an open carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bouverie, attended on horseback. The Hon. Miss Liddell, and the Hon. Miss Paget have succeeded the Hon. Miss Devereux and the Hon. Miss Lister, as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yester day included the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis of Granby, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lord Forester, and Gene ral the Hon. Sir William Lumley. The band of the Coldstream Guard's was in attendance at the Palace during dinner. The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Duke and ' Duchess of Somerset with his company last evening, at their residence in Park-lane. Count Jarnac had an interview with Lord Stanley yes terday, at the Colonial -office. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commissioners fur the Reduction of the National Debt, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Dispatches from the Governor of New South Wales, and also from the Governor of. Ceylon, were received yesterday at the Colonial.office. THE HEREDITARY GRAND DUKE OF MECHLEN BURGH STRELITZ.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt and Baron Knesebeck, left town at half-past seven o'clock yesterday morning, for Dover, to receive their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, upon their arrival from the Con tinent. The Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess landed at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from the Continent, and were received by the Duchess of Cambridge. The royal party took their departure for town by the South-Eastern Railway, and upon their arrival imme diately proceeded to Cambridge House, where they arrived at twenty minutes before nine o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke an d D uc h ess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, at Cambridge House, last night, after the arrival of the illustrious visitors. PRINCESS' THEATRE. A new burlesque extravaganza founded on one of the mar vellous tales in the Arabian Nights, and entitled Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp, was produced last night for the first time at this theatre. It is from the pen of Mr. A'Beckett, and exhibited much splendour and scenic effect. The dia logue is in rhyme, and is full of points and puns —some of them good, some bad, and many indifferent. The adventures of Aladdin are adhered to in continuous order. We first see him dressed in patches, sighing for the Princess, and up braided by his mother for entertaining so hopeless a passion. The magician enters, and in the assumed character of his uncle, persuades Aladdin to accompa n y him to th e roc k y entrance to the cave where the wonderful lamp is deposited. We then see the trees laden with gems, the genii of the ring, and the more powerful genii of the lamp, who heap stores of riches before Aladdin to present as offerings to the Princess. The palace, built in a night, is presented, and its flight through the air, and its return, lighted by blue fire, are duly exhibited. All these incidents give ample scope to the machinist, the scene painter, and the pro_perty-man to display the ex tent of their resources. The ballet-master, also, aided by the efforts of Miss Bailin, Mr. Gilbert, and Mr. and Miss Mar shall, contributes some very gracefully arranged pas ; nor is music forgotten, several very laughable parodies being intro duced. A parody on "I know a bank where the wild thyme grows," to the words " I know a shop where they sell new clothes," was eapitally sung by Mr. Paul Bedford and Mr. Wright, who were forced to repeat it. It is upon the points and hits at passing events in the rhyming dialogue that much stress is evidently laid for success, and the audience received the jokes with great good humour. One hit at the Post office spy system received rounds of applause. Mr. P. Bed ford, Mr. White, Miss E. Stanley, and Madame Sala, per sonated the principal personages, and made them as laugh ably absurd as any laughter-loving audience could desire. ANTI-GRAHAM WAFERS. (From Punch.) DEDICATED TO THE HOME SECRETARY, AND POLITELY PRESENTED TO HIM BY THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE, ESQ , M.P. We have published this day, at our office, price —but we will not appeal to the sordidness of our readers—a sheet of emblematical devices, with mottoes, for Sir James Fouch6 Graham, which, from the peculiar appro priateness of their sarcasm, backed by the extraordinary adhesiveness of their gum, are adapted to stick to the Home Secretary for life. We have also just dotted off a good stinging envelope, which we intend t o h o ld up as a mirror to Sir James Poncho Graham's very bad nature. The following are some of the devices and mottoes : DEVICE. MOTTO. { A blunderbuss o n f u ll cock I hope the co n t ents w i ll reach you. A black lobster S Not to be r e d w ith out getting into hot water. A manacle A clenched fist A bee S Touch my w ax , you ' ll feel I my sting, A soda-water bottle lf open'd, a noise will follow. Crocodile with mouth open You're welcome to the inside. A fox S You'll be run d own, if you break cover. Per Sibs, to sink the offal. s d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts ..... 2 4 2$ Second qualityelitte... 3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto 210 3 2 Coarsemoolled ditto.. 3 6 3 8 Prime large Orren 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wethera 310 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 0 Large Hogs ...... 3 0 3 6 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 4 Small Porkers 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 2I t Quarter old Pigs,eachl6 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep 2 6 '3 2 4 0 b 0 _ _ SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 142 12,150 4t9 j 309 NEIXTGATEI AND LEADENEJLI.X.. Although the supplies of meat were but moderate, the general demand was inactive, on the following terms : At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef, 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior ...... 2 6 2$ -- middling 2 6 2 8 --. middling 210 3 2 -- prime large ...... 210 3 0 prime 3 4 prime small ..... 3 2 3 4 Pork, 2. 6 3 6 Veal ..... ••••••••••• •••••••• 3 0 4 0 3 6 4 0 Lamb. is . Od to 5s od. BOROUGH HOP IITAZIRET. The accounts from the plantations being by far more un favourable than were those of last week. The demand here for all kinds of hops is active. COLONIAL. SuGAlt.—West India Sugar has not been so brisk this week, and prices are again rather lower. Sales about 900 hhds to last evening inclusive. Jamaica brown sorts are quoted 54s to 55s 6d; mid yellow 58s to 595; and fine 65s 6d to 678 6d ; Demerara and Berbice, fine 64s 6d to 65s 6d. 142 hhds Barbadoes, at auction, realised 64s to 65 s f or fi ne yellow. Refined standard lumps have been heavy, at 75s to 75s 6d. Mauritius—There have been no public sales; fine sculled 63s to 645, and yellow 57s to 60s. BENGAL is in less request; 5,929 bags, rather more than half sold ; fine white at 64s to 67s 6d, and mid yellow at 61s 6d to 62s 6d. MANILLA.-4,201 bags were taken in at 17s 6d to 19s for sound. FOREIGN.-3,138 bags Java were taken in at 16s 6d to 22s 6d for sound.. Yellow Havannah Sugar afloat has rea lised 19s 6d for a near port. COFFEE,—British Plantation has been in fair request, and generally at full rates. Publicly 223 casks 123 brls sold at 84s to 97s for mid to good mid Jamaica ; and at 67s to 75s for fine and fine ord Demerara. A few bags Domingo went at 31s 6d per cwt Ceylon, is steady at about 50s for good ord ; 862 bags went at 51s 6d to 52s for real good ord, and at 90s to 90s 6d foriPlantation quality. In foreign 131 bags Padang sold at 30s 6d for good ord, and 345 bales Mocha partly found buyers at 66s to 67s 6d for fine ord green mixed clean garbled. _ COCOA.—This article is dull ; Bahia sold at 20s 6d to 29s 6d for fine bright red. SPICES.- 11 Pimento has been in request at full rates, aid to to 4hd per lb. Cassia Lignea is firm ; Malabar Pepper good half heavy has been sold at 3id to 3id per lb. Jamaica Ginger has been in request. Rum.—Proof Leewards has been at 2s 2d to 2s 2id, and Calcutta proof at is 1 lid to 2s per gallon. SALTPETRE.—Refraction 15i and 11 per cent. Bengal has realised 23s to 245. RICE.-1,330 bags Bengal mostly soldot IGs 6d to Ils 6d for white, and 5,591 bags 617 mats Java were chiefly taken in at 8s 6d to lOs for sound. TEA.—There has not been much doing, and about previous rates are current. . TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 41s 3d to 41s 6d per cwt on the spot. Odessa for arrival has been sold at 41s per cwt. Corrox.—A fair business continues to be transacted pri vately, and at auction 3,500 bales Surat and 1,000 bales Ma dras sold at .full rates. Surat very ord to mid 21c1 to 31d, Madras Western 31d to 34d, and .ord Tinevelly 3id to 31d per lb. EAT M. SOUTHALL, JUL Y 3.- 3.—Prime A Sheep w RKETS ere rather scarce, and in demand at full prices. In all other kind of stock, the supply of which was seasonably good, only a limited business was doing, at scarcely last week's quotations.--Beef from 238 d to 4s; Mutton, 23 6d to 4s; Lamb, 4s to 5s ; Veal, 3s to 33 10d ; and Pork, 2 3 - 6 d to_as 8d per 81bs. Supply— Beasts, 41; Sheep and Lambs, 3,044 - 3; Calyes, 54; Pigs, 49. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. (From the Votes au t Proceedings of the Homo! Commons.) THURSDAY, JULY 4. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Order for Committee read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do new leave the Chair :" Amendment proposed, toleave out from the words" That the" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " Act 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 76, commonly called the New Poor-law, is unconstitutional in principle and oppressive in operation; that it is therefore expedient that the said Act should be taken into consideration, with a view, not to its partial amendment, but to its entire re-construction," instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :" The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES,' 199. MINORITY—NOES, 19. Cochrane. A. Hindley, Charles Smythe, Hon. G. Collins, William Hodgson, F. Wakley, Thomas Crawford, W. S. M‘Geachy, F. A. Willi ams , W . buncombe, T. S. Manne rs , Lord J. Fielden, J. Munta, G. F. TELLERS. Fleetwood, Sir P. Morris, David Ferrand, W. B. Forman, T. Seaton Pechell, Captain Borth wick, Peter Hall, Sir Benjamin Pollington, Viscount After the ceremony of Thomas Campbell's funeral at Westminster Abbey, last Wednesday, a meeting was held at the Polish Association, 10, Duke-street, St. James's, at which a portrait of the departed poet was presented by Colonel Szyrma, from his countrymen, to the Association, of which, as is well known, Campbell was the first President, and its founder in 1832. On this occasion, speeches were delivered by Lord Dudley Stuart, Colonel Szyrma, and Count Krasinski, comme morative of the many and signal services Campbell bad rendered to the cause of Poland, of which, since his earliest youth, he was one of the warmest and most per severing advocates. The Bishop of Cashel and family, the Rev. J. West . brecht and family, Major Bond, and Sir Joseph de Conray Leifer, embarked yesterday morning on board the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Soho, for Antwerp. The Lord Mayor and (the Lady May - Tress gave a most splendid ball and supper at the Mansion-house on Wednesday night. There were upwards of three hun dred and fifty guests. They were received in the grand suite of apartments on the same floor with the Egyptian so Hall, which und erwen t, at the commencement o f the present Mayoralty, complete a rp-de corat i on, and which was on, this occasion fitted up, for the first time during several years, as a ball-room. BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, GRATUITOUS SUPPLE MENT, SUNDAY, 7th JuLY.—Running R e i n and Orlando; ver batim report of the Trial, to the extent of Eighteen of the Bell's Life Columns ; evidence before the Select Committe on Gaming, and the usual Sporting varieties. Bell's Life is re gularly published in time for all the Saturday afternoon rail ways. A Sixpence, inclosed to Mr. Clementoun., 170, Strand, will insure a copy by return of post. All persons interested i n Sporting matters should read Bell's Life of July 7. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—A circumstance the like of which has never been known within the memory of the oldest inhabitant of Beds, occurred in this county on the 20th instant. Mr. Jeffreys, a farmer, residing at Great Barford, whilst his neighbours were sowing barley, cut and carted a quantity of the same grain. The barley in question was the produce of a field that had been severely injured by the hail storm of the last year, and the occupier had had it ploughed up for the purpose of sowing it with wheat, but ob serving a good deal of the grain growing, he allowed it to stand, and the result has been that he has obtained an excel lent crop, a fine sample of which was exhibited in Bedford market on Saturday last.—Herts County Press. ERITH REGATTA. This regatta, at which very valuable prizes were offered for competition amongst gentlemen of the great aquatic clubs, and in which some of the first-rate London watermen also contended, came off yesterday. Au effort was made last year to get up a meeting of this description at Erith, but it was altogether a very lame affair, and attended with but very indifferent success. That of yesterday, however, more than realized the expectations of the most sanguine, and-the Erith regatta may now be looked upon as one of the standard aquatic banquets with which the public are favoured during the season. A number of influential gentlemen resident in the vicinity had formed themselves into a committo, to conduct the races, and, asssisted by T. L. Jenkins, Esq., the indefatigable honorary secretary of the Thames Regatta, such arrangements were made as induced a gre,at number of gen tlemen to enter the lists, and a vast assemblage of persons to congregate to witness the sport. The Ruby steamer and the Queen of the - Thames started from London at eleven hi the morning with but few on board, which may be mainly accounted for by the very unfavourable state of the weather ; but within two hours of their arrival at with they were crowded with persons of rank and fashion. Some private apartments at the Pier Hotel had been, we understand, set apart for some of the carriage com pany. The band of the Royal Artillery, consisting of twenty five performers, under the able direction of Mr. M'Kenzie. performed the most popular airs during the day with great taste; the various boats in the vicinity were covered with flags; every inch of ground where a view could be 'com manded, was occupied before the rowing commenced, large booths were erected, and everything bore the appearance of excitement and gaiety. - The races commenced at half-past two, with.the first heat of the watermen's pair -oared wager, and was succeeded by other boat races; but in order to save the reader trouble, we shall at once detail each race under its own head : Amateur Four-Oared Race, for the Silver Presentation Cup, value 50 guineas. Distance, from Purfleet Point up to the Committee and boat off Erith-pier (about one mile and three-quarters.) First Heat.—Royal Academy Club—Blue and Red.—T. G. Atkinson, stroke; 3. S. D. Cooper ; 2. H. M. Cooper; 1. W. E. Revell ;A. F. Cameron, coxswain. , • Bartholomew Club—Light Blue, Gold Cross-LLG.' frog, stroke ; 3. H. Green ; 2. R. Stevens; 1. J. M. Giratizikane • Hulme, coxsw a i n .- Guy's Club, Second Crew—Lilac, Green Cross.—M. Ainger, stroke ; 3. Jawet ; 2. Howard ; 1. G. Rose ; .IL • Martin, coxswain. A very fine start was succeeded by the Academy and Guy's rowing away, oar and oar, from the third boat ; the Academy then drew slightly in advance, and a spirited race followed, the Academy winning by three parts of a length only. Second Heat—The Royal Artillery Club, Red.—Barker, stroke; 3. Radcliffe; 2. Branding; 1. Thorndike; Philpotts, coxswain. • The Neptune, Light Blue.—J. Walmsley, stroke ;3. W. Robinson ; 2. G. Palmer ; 1. C. Harrington ; G. Walmsley, coxswain. The Thetis Club, Purple.—G. C. Porter, stroke ;3.W. B. Long; 2. T. Harrison ; 1. J. Robinson ; Felder, coxswain. The Artillery, who rowed in a beautiful boat of Messrs. Serle's, after a few strokes, ran away with the lead, and won easily; the other two, in their eagerness for second pl ace , fouled, and the Nept une came in half a length ahead of the Thetis. The umpire at first gave his opinion that both were disqualified in consequence of the fouling, in which he shared the blame between them, but as both felt confident of suc cess, and "were eager for the fray," they were started together, to determine which should be in the grand heat. It was a desperate pull throughout, neither having a decided lead for the first mile; the Neptune then drew a slight head, and won by half a length, both crews being very much dis tressed. GRAND DEAL. The Royal Artillery, the Royal Academy, and Bartholo mew's, went away together prettily, and the two first having left their opponent a trifle astern, a very plucky race fol. lowed, the Artillery having the first place, and keeping, to our view of the matter, a better course than thei r o pp onents. Within half a mile of the winning post the Royal Artillery" made a pretty spurt, and won by two lengths. Amateur Pair-Oared Race, for Two Silver Cups, value 20 guineas. Distance as before. In one heat. Messrs. Dalgleish and Julius—Red 1 Messrs. Bumpstead and Jeffries—Light Blue Messrs. Lewen and Brown—Green 3 Messrs. Kennedy and Ronayne--Purple A fine start was effected, when, after about fifty rapid strokes, Red and Light Blue became abreast of each other, at a trifling distance in advance of their opponents, and Purple, who were apprehentive of fouling Green, eased slightly, and were unable through Out the race to recover it. Red rowed away in gallant style, and came in two or three lengths ahead of the secoad pair, but outside the buoys. It was at first expected that this would be disputed in consequence of that circumstance, but no objection was made, nor could there well be. Watermen's Four-Oared Races, for 251 FIRST HEAT. Red—Lett, Jasley, Smith, G. Curtis, and Neal coxswain I Green—H. Green, Church, Jones, J. Maynard, and Leeds coxswain 2 Light Blue—Pocock, Maynard, Somerville, Rose, and Grey coxswain SECOND HEAT. Yellow—Leach, J. Maynard, J. Wilson, Collins, and Stebbs coxswain White—Thompson, Moore, Perry, Corby, and Fox cox swain 2 Purple—C. Maxwell, G. Maxwell, T. Daily, Corby, and Turner coxswai n A smart race, but the winners took the lead almost directly after starting, and won by a length. THIRD HEAT. Green and Red made a capital start, and went a yard or so from the other two, but were not able to run away from them. The first pair made a capital pull of it, and Green won by half a length, Red second, Yellow third. Pair Oars Watermen for 151. Two heats. Church and Smith Purple 1 G. Maxwell and Curtis Red 2 Wilson and Jones G. Maxwell and Doyle Rosé and Somerville Won by a length. • GRAND HEAT. Blue and Purple took the lead, and held it well together, oar and oar, for half a mile, Blue winning by half a length. Sailing Match by boats not exceeding 23 feet keel. The Rebecca, T. Watkins, White; George and Rebecca, Edward Fox, Red; Three Brothers, J. Sweetenham, White with Red Cross; Lads of the Village, Jos. Maceral, Red with Blue Cross; Faith, Thomas Earl, Red with White Cross; Elizabeth, J. Horlock, Green with Yellow Cross; Fancy, J. Horlock, Green ; Elizabeth, J. Davis, Yellow with Green Cross; Princess Royal, R. Chandler, Blue; Zephyr, James King, Blue with Red; Star, John Hankes, Pink; Mary and Elizabeth, John Davis, White with Blue Cross. The little fleet looked very pretty as they got under sail. The Rebecca took the lead, rounded the boat at Barking Creek in advance, and maintaining it, won easily. The George and Rebecca was second. A scratch match, as it is termed, was then knocked up, as a finish, but like most scratch matches, it was unworthy of notice. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. RESULT OF THE SESSION. Transportation.—The following were sentenced to trans portation for Seven Years :—Rosina Lee, Harriet Wright, J. Wright alias Brown, W. Taylor, R. Simmons, T. Inwood, C. M`Carty, J. Hinnen, J. Brown, J. Little, J. Simmons, W. Woodman, T. Hill, and J. Smith. For Ten Years :—Sarah Neule, J. Jones alias Willi ams , J. Sh arratt, C . Osborne, T. Page, J. Smith. For Fifteen Years :—Mary Ann Wood. Imprisonment and Hard Labour :—For three years, R. Smith, for cutting and wounding; for eighteen months, 1; for one year, 9 ; for nine months, 3 ; for eight months, 1 ; for six months, 12 ; for four months, 15 ; for three months, 19 ; for two months, 2 ; for one month, 6. Discharged by Proclamation—(No bills).—Twenty-one were acquitted, four traversed, and two were ordered to find bail. VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT TO THE ►SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.--iliS Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Col. Bouverie, visited these gardens yesterday, expressly to see the grand model of " London IN the Olden Time," with which his Royal Highness was extremely delighted, and condescendingly remarked to the proprietor that it was perfect. After visiting the collection of animals his Royal Highness left, expressing his intention of a speedy renewal of his visit. DEATH OF DR. BALMER..--.The Rev. Dr. Robert Balmer, one of the professors of theology in the United Se cession Church, died at his residence at Berwick on Monday last. PENSIONS TO POLICE CONSTABLES. Yesterday, orders were read to the constables at the various police-sta tions, in which the Commissioners had granted a pension of 351. a year for life to Henry Leutchford, 87 L, for injuries re ceived in apprehending three desperate burglars. Our readers may recollect the circumstances, that about a year ago three desperate housebreakers entered the Old Red Lion, at the foot of the Surrey side of Westminster-bridge. Leutchford was stationed at the rear of the house, when he detained two of the burglars, who were making their escape. One of them knocked him down, when the other took a knife from his pocket, and forced the point under his right eye, and drew it across his nose, nearly severing it from his head. Other constables coming up at the time saved his life. He lay in a dangerous state for some months ; when he recovered, he went to Wales at the time of the disturbances, and the injuries he had received, the Commissioners have considered, render him entitled to the above pension. Annetts, 106 L, also bad a pension of 201. a year, for injuries received in the force. Both men have been about nine years in the force. CHINESE RANSOM.—()a Wednesday morning her Majesty's brig Childers, Captain Wellesley, arrived in Ports mouth harbour from Hong-Kong. She has brought of Sy h ce e e n la silv n e d r e , d in another portion of the I , De vrh g ich will be in a few days, it will be sent off, properly escorted, for the Royal Mint. THE FATAL ST EAM - BOAT ACCIDENT OFF LAM.. Chinese ransom. e dolls. w BETH PALACE.—Yesterday Mr. Carter held an inquest at the Ship, Fore-street, Lambeth, on the bodies of Henry Tucker, aged 27, a Waterman, and William Wright, his brother-in law, aged 25, a coach painter, who were drowned on Sunday evening last, through a boat in which they were having come into collision with the Thunder, Putney and Richmond steamer. The wives of deceased proved their identity, and the Coroner saying that there would be a great number of witnesses to be examined pro and con, and wishing to avoid the consequences of ex parte evidence, he advised the adjourn ment of the inquiry to ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, when at one sitting they would be able to complete the whole case. —Adjourned. CHILD MURDER. AT LAMBETH. — Yesterday Mr. Carter held an inquest at the Lambeth workhouse on the body of a newly-born female child, alleged to be the illegiti mate offspring , of Faith Bowerman, aged eighteen, now a patient in the infirmary of the above workhouse. Short par ticulars of this case have already appeared in this journaL James Moodv, a lad, said that on Monday morning he was going into kr. Patrick's timber yard in the Belvedere-road, when he saw the body of deceased lying on the left hand side of the gate. The body was covered with blood, and showed signs of life by moving the hands and lips. He informed some neighbours and ran for a policeman. Sergeant Colli son, 12 L, said that from information given him by the last witness, he went to the shop of Mr. Carruthers, a surgeon.. in the York-road, and saw the child being washed and sur gically attended to. It was in a dying condition, had its back much bruised, and the skull over the left ear beaten in by violence. He afterwards took the child, still alive, to the workhouse, and on his return he took Faith Bowerman into custody. She lodged in a house separated by a ten foot wall from Mr. Patrick's yard. She was very ill and was taken to the workhouse on suspicion of being the mother and mur derer of the deceased child. Elizabeth Lee, one of the nurses of the workhouse, deposed to the reception of the child and to its deatbk shortly afterwards. The Coroner said, that on account of information he had receive d that the girl Bower man had made certain statements which might be used in evidence against her, he thought it just that she should be present to hear those statement repeated, and would there fore adjourn the inquiry fer three weeks, to enable her to re cover and appear Wore him. ,~ Jul If lot ° to ti ll ~ w 0 5 i fY co ll ' jai re i / at A find'