The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The statement of Lord Aberdeen, made last night in the House of Lords, in reply to a question by the Marquis of Clanricarde respecting the extraordinary proceed ing at Otaheite, is well deserving of notice. The Noble Mar quis observed, that what had fallen from the Right Hon. Ba ronet at the head of her Majesty's Government, in another place, was doubtless known to their Lordships : " still, as their Lordships ought not to be dependent for information on such re ports, and as the subject was certainly not unworthy of further notice, he would ask his Noble Friend, the Secretary for Fo reign Affairs, whether any reparation had been made for the outrages to which he had alluded ; and, if not, whether any measures had been taken to obtain it ?" The Earl of Aber deen, in reply to these questions, admitted that " a gross out rage had been committed against the person of a British sub ject ; indeed, so flagrant an outrage that, if he had not re ceived an authentic account of the transaction, it would have appeared to him almost incredible." His Lordship, how ever, seemed to think that Mr. Pritchard, on whom the flagrant outrage" had been committed, had ceased at the time to be Consul; having, on the dethronement of the Queen, hauled down his flag, and given notice to the authorities that he had ceased to exercise his func tions. The ‘:oble Lord, however, proceeded to say, that though he believet'2 the French Government not only had not directed, but was "tterly ignorant of, the acts of its officers, still a proper rep:74sentation would be made, of May, and reparation demanded in the a' me her . The Ea j rl est of 'which he had no doubt would be afforu , . Otaheit e, Mint() remarked on the insufficient British force a; and the blame which our Government had incurred by c;' j th drawing the ships stationed there at a time when there was a manifest necessity for retaining them on the station :—" Formerly a proper force was maintained there. )Vas it true, he should be glad to learn, that latterly we had o nly had one small ship of war at Otaheite, and that the Government had withdrawn the Vindictive, without taking any measures to supply her place ?" The Earl of Hadding ton was sorely puzzled by the questions put by the Earl of Minto. He was manifestly taken aback ; and knew not whether to admit his ignorance, or essay an ex planation, which might admit too much. We refer to the Noble Lord's successful attempt at mystifica tion. The debate is satisfactory—at least to this extent : it affords a hope that the indifference of our Government has been shaken ; and that something like decision will be shown both in requiring reparation from the French Govern ment f r e what has taken place ; and in preventing a recur rence of cie:ages and indignities that have reflected disgrace on Ministers foi the apathy they have shown, and which ought to have long si2ee roused them to a sense of what was due to the country. STANDARD.—The Marquis f Clanricarde, in the House of Lords last night, questioned the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs, as to the correctness of sheublished re ports of the transactions at Otaheite, in Marc. last. The Earl of Aberdeen admitted that these reports were sub stance correct, speaking in very strong language of ta . .! outrage committed by the persons pretending to represent the French Government in Otaheite. His Lordship, however, reminded the House, that in September last the French commander at the island in question had usurped its absolute Government, not only without, but in flagrant disobedience of, the orders of his superiors at home, that the very moment when the fact of the usurpation became known in Europe, viz., in February last, the King of the French explicitly disavowed it; that this act of disavowal was approved of by the French Chambers, and that it was necessarily from the impossibility ofa very early commu nication with the antipodes, that the events of March had been permitted to occur. The Noble Lord explained that, as Mr. Pritchard had struck his flag, and of course abandoned the consulate, upon the usurpation in September, he could not be regarded as a British Consul in March, though his right to protection as a British subject must remain. His Lordship admitted that the case is an unpleasant one, and likely to prove quite a godsend to the war parties in both countries, but he expressed a con &lent hope that the good feeling and good sense of the French Government will render easy an accommodation of it. In this confident hope we entirely concur. Were the French Government differently constituted from what it is—were it still animated by the spirit of M. Thiers—it could 'hardly adopt the proceedings of d'Aubigny and Bruat, or decline to do justice either by reprimanding these persons, or leaving them to be dealt with by the Queen Pomare and her subjects and allies. The French establishment of an ab solute sovereignty in Otaheite has been clearly acknowledged to be an act of usurpation ; to sustain the acts of that abso lute sovereignty would be retrospectively to sanction the original usurpation. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Aug. 2.) SITGAR.-To-day the market was in a tranquil state for West India Sugar : grocers and refiners operated with cau tion, and only 280 hhds were sold at prices Gd to is per cwt under those of last Friday for inferior yellow and brown, but bright yellow kinds sustained the previous currency. The total sales fur the week are 1,700 hhds and trcs. REFINED.-To-day the refiners, submitting torather lower rates, tempted the grocers to purchase more freely. Sales were made at 74s to 74s 6d for brown, and 75s 6d to 76s per cwt for standard Lumps. For crushed there appears still a good denind, but little offering, and prices remain very firm, the refiners having large contracts for forward delivery to complete. Loaves 'ontinue in fair demand. MAURITICS.-This afternoon there was a large public sale of Mauritius Sugar; the good and fine yellow sorts fetched very full- rates, but inferior brown and grey went off heavily, and 6d to Is per cwt under former rates; nearly the whole, however, was disposed of as follows :-fineyellow at 62s to 645, good 59s to 61s 6d, good mid 57s to 58s 6d, mid 55s to 56s 6d, low 54s to 54s 6d, fine brown 53s to 53s 6d, good 51s to 52s 6d, mid 48s 6d to 50s, low 44s to 45s 6d, very low black 41s to 425, low grey 49s to 50s 6d, mid 52s 6d to 545, good 55s to 58s, and fine 59s to 61s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon Bengal Sugar was not much in request privately, but 238 bags at public sale were all sold at full rates-fine white at 64s to 67s 6d, mid 61s 6d to 625, damp 60s to 655, and mid sound yellow 58s to 58s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.-For all descriptions of Brazil Sugar, this week, fall rates hare been paid. This afternoon Porto Rico Sugar sold at stiff rates, fine yellow at 21s, good 19s 63 to 20s, mid dling 19s, logwood stained lis Gd to 18s 6d ; privately there was an increased demand for all sorts. Yellow Havannah sold at 19s 9d, a small parcel of fine at 21s 6d; white Ha vannah at 29s to 30s per cwt for good quality. MoussEs.-Arrivals of West India have again been very large; there are sellers at further reduced rates. In East India Molasses scarcely any business has been transacted. To-day easier rates, 23s per cwt for Dominica. Cocoa.-For 'West India prices have still a downward tendency ; Trinidad good red at 44s to 44s 6d, mid and good mid 40s to 425, and ordinary 36s to 37s ; Grenada taken in -fine bright red at 41s, mid 37s 6d, and low 34s per cwt. The market for Foreign is in a very dull state. RICE.-For Carolina prices are steady-dressed, duty paid, at 21s to 265, ditto, in bond,lBs to 20s, and ditto imported 13s to 16s 6d per cwt. This afternoon Bengal Rice sold at ls to lls 6d for good white, lOs 6d to ils for first class sea damaged, lOs to 10s 63 for second, 8s to 8s Gd for third, 7s to 7s 6d for fourth, and 8s 6d to Ils for oil damaged. COFFEE.-The market has been better supplied with West India Coffee of all sorts this week, and importers submitting to a reduction on former rates of Is to 2s per cwt for clean descriptions, has occasioned the home trade to purchase largely. For Mocha, prices have an upward tendency. The afternoon Ceylon Coffee at an advance on former rates of 6d to Is per cwt ; ord ragged went at 535, good ord 55s to 565, very good ord 575, fine ord Plantation sort Gls 6d to 655, pea berry 81s, sea dam first class 55s to 58s, second do, 47s to 565, third do 45s to 51s, fourth do 45s triage, 30s to 47s 6d. very low lis to 20s, and sea dam 30s to 41s per cwt. TEA.-The market has presented a brisker appearance for nearly every description of Tea since Friday; merchants have shown firmness, and none has been submitted to public competition. To-day a fair business was transacted in the Tea market at firm rates ; sales of common Congou, cash, were made tit lid, and good common Ilad to is Old per lb. SAGO at stiffer rates; common 13s per cwt; large bright Pearl fetched 18s 6d. Sago Flour at 18s to 193 per cwt. Fine Bermuda Arrow Root 7 , ent at is 2d to is 3d; middling and good 8d to Is. St. Vincent's s'l- Tois les Mois 6d per lb. RUM ' BRANDY, AND HOLIANDS.-172e demand has been brisk for Jamaica Rum, fair quality 30 to,l iper cent over proof at 3s 3d to 3s 4d, better 33 to 36 o v er 3s 6u :..!" 35 83, good 34 to 36 over 3s 103 to 4s, and fine 4s 2d to 4s 6d gallon. Demerara, 3s 3d to 3s 4d paid for 37 to 38 per cent over proof. Leewards at 2s 3d per gallon, proof strength. Calcutta at is lid to is Il d per gallon proof. Of East India the home deliveries are not half of what they were last year, but for exportation they are much larger ; the stock is 3,806 casks less than in 1843. The mar ket for Brandy is in a dull state ; holders experience difficulty in obtaining 5s 3d for Cognac in hhds of the best brands of the vintage of 1838, and 5s Id for puns ; ditto 1839, bias 5s Id, puns 4s 11d; ditto 1840, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d; ditto, 1841, hhds 4s I Id, punk 4s 9d ; ditto 1842, hhds 4s Bd, puns 4s 63 ; mid and good mid sorts 2s lid to 4s 6d, and low and very low 2s 7d to 2s 103 per gallon ; common Geneva at Is 103 to is lid; fine fit for home consumption is 2s 8d to 3s 6d per gallon. English Corn Spirits lOs 4d per gallon, cash. INDIGO.-Since the conclusion of the quarterly sale of East India Indigo, there has been an excellent demand for all de acriptions for home consumption and exportation ; the rates previously established are fully supported. For Spanish Indigo holders submit to a reduction on former rates of 2d per lb. Oirs.-Prices for Southern Oil rule lOs to 20s per tun under those of this day week ; good quality at 291 10s to 30/, middling 271 15s to 281 15s, and low dark 26/ 15s to 271 ss. For Seal Oil 35/ to 35/ lOs per tun accepted for pale. Cod is held for 33/ lOs to 34/. Holders of Sperm manifest firmness, 841 to 85/ per tun being paid for prime British ; at auction 5 tuns fetched 83/ for Oil, and 88l for Headmatter. Linseed Oil 25s 6d to 25s 9d per cwt. Rape Oil is plentiful. 36s 6d to 37s accepted for pale, and 35s 6d to 36s for brown. Palm Oil at 27s to 28s per cwt for good and fine quality. Cocoa Nut at 2liis to 30s per cwt. Olive Oil at 44/ to 45/ for Gallipoli, 42/ to 43/ for Spanish, and 401 to 41/ per tun for Barbary. Tamow.-Although there are sellers of Russian Tallow 011 the spot upon rather lower terms, the purchases made have been trifling at 40s 9d to 41s 3d per cwt for P.Y. Candle. For delivery there are sellers at 41s 9d to 42s for the last three months of the year, being 3d to 63 per cwt under former rates Town Tallow at 40s per cwt nett cash. This afternoon South American, and South Wales were offered ; the former partly sold at 35s 8d to 39s 6d, and the latter at 36s to 39s 6d per cwt. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, Ana. 1, 1844. The Queen- has been pleased to appoint Edward Hooper Senbouse, Esq., Commander i n th e R oyal Navy, to be Provost Marshal for the Island of Barbadoes. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Patrick Brenan, E N ., to be Head of Police for the Island of St. Lucia. The Queen has further been pleased to appoint H enr y Cavan, Esq., to be Superintendent of Police for the Island of Ceylon. WAR-OFFICE, A u G,2. Ist Dragoon Guards—Captain J. S. Schonswar to be Major, by purchase, vice Martin, who retires; Lieutenant W. W. Allen to be Captain, by purchase, vice Schonswar,'Aug. 2 . ; Lieut. C. G. O'Callaghan, from ith Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Thompson, who exchanges, Aug. 1 ; Cornet E. R. S. Bence to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Allen, Aug. 2. 6th Dragoon Guards—Captain D. O'Brien, from half-pay Royal Staff Corps, to be Captain, vice 13. J. Knight, who exchanges ; Lieutenant E. L. Pryse to be Captain, by pur chase, vice O'Brien, who retires ; Cornet F. C. Polhill to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pryse ; Ensign H. L. Carter , from the 69th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Polhill, Aug. 2. 7th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant. P. S. Thompson, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice O'Callaghan, whe exchanges, Aug. 1. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and , Captain the Honourable R. Bruce to be Captain and Lieute mant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Greenwood, who retires ; Xnsign and Lieutenant H. B. Powell to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Bruce ; Ensign J. F. Cust, from the 49th Foot, to be nsigu and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice roull, Aug, 2. Ist Regiment of Foot—J. Lloyd, from the 55th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mackenzie, appointed to the 61st Foot, August 1 ; Ensign F. Wells to be Lieutenant, without pur ehuse, vice Gordon, appointed to the 61st Foot; B. Mein, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Wells, August 2. 4th Foot—Ensign T. PAtoberts to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cumming, appointed to the 60th Foot ; G. F. Coryton, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Roberts, Aug 2. 7th Foot—Ensign J. Floyd, from the 54th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Wedderburne, appointed to the 53d Foot, Aug. 2. 9th Foot—W. H. Stirling, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thornhill, Appomted to the 39th Foot, Aug. 2. 17th Foot—Ensign R. P. O'Shea to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Johnson, appointed to the 60th Foot ; R. B. Neynoe, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice O'Shea, Aug. 2. 39th Foot—Ensign S. G. Newport to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Hardinge, appointed to the 80th Foot ; En sign R. Thornhill, from the 9th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Newport, Aug. 2. 44th Foot—Lieutenant SirjC. W. C. Burton, Bart., from 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant ) vice Suthe r la n d, w h o exchanges, August 2. 49th Foot—W. G. Dawkins, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Quin, who resins, August 2. 53d Foot—Lieutenant A. J. Sutherland, from the 44th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sir C. W. C. Burton, who ex changes, August 2. 54th Foot—Lieut. J. Floyd, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Man, promoted ; J. G. P. Holbrook, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Floyd, promoted in the 7th Foot, Aug. 2. 60th Foot—Lieut. the Hon. J. E. H. Thurlow to be Captain, by purchase, vice Aldridge, who retires, Aug. 2. 75th Foot—Ensign E. W. J. Knox to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cooper, who retires; J. Mason, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Knox, Aug. 2. 94th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant T. Waite to have the rank of Lieutenant, Aug. 1; Ensign T. H. Stoddard to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Clarke, appointed to the 53d Foot ; H. T. M'Crea, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Stoddard, Aug. 2. BREVET.-Brevet-Major G. Thomson, C. 8., late of the Bengal Army, to have the local rank of Major, while employed as Recruiting Officer for the East India Company's Service at Cork, vice Captain Travers, deceased, Aug. 2. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1644. WHITEHALL, JULY -6.. The Right Honourable Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, has appointed Ayrton Gatliff, of Leeds, in the county of York, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of Sues and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the west riding of the county of York. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. BENEDICT JAMES KREISA, tailor, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. BANKRUPTS. i JAMES WlLLlS,fruiterer, Spring-street, Portman-square, to ;!rrrender Aug. 12, at twelve, and Sept. 11, at two, at the Court or Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, Moorgate street ; Burrell and Paterson, White Hart-court, Lombard street. CHARLES BOND, leather seller, March, Cambridge, August 8, at half-put ten, and September 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Jenkinson, Cannon-street, London. ANN TREGEAR and THOMAS CRUMP LEWIS, music-sellers, Cheapside, Aug. 9, at half-past ten, and Sept. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belc her, official assignee ; Lawrence and Plews, Bucklersbury. EDWARD WALKER, auctioneer, Newman-street, Ox ford-street, Aug. 9, at two, and Sept. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Church, Spital-square. BENJAMIN BRIGHT, licensed victualler, Wigmore street, St. Marylebone, Aug. 14, at one, and Sept. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall- street ; Shaw, Basing-lane. EDWARD HERON, ship owner, South Blyth, Northum berland, Aug. 9, at two, and Sept. 17, at one, at the New. castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Wheldon, North Shields ; Crosby and Compton, Church-court, Old Jewry, London. JAMES HERON, ship owner, South Blyth, Northumber land, Aug. 9, at half-past two, and Sept. 17, at half-past one s at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, officia' assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Wheldon, North Shieldsl Crosby and Compton, Church-court, Old Jewry, London. JOHN ANDREW, banker, Maryport, Cumberland, Aug. 9, at twelve, and Sept. 17, at two, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne ; Tyson, Maryport ; Cram, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Bourdillon, Bedford row, London. WILLIAM WYRILL, ironmonger, Bradford, Yorkshire, Aug. 16, and Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; B. and J. Lawrence, Old Fish street, London ; Morris, Bradford ; Bond, Leeds. WILLIAM MAY, commission-agent, Liverpool, Aug. 13, and Sept. 13, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Tur ner, official assignee, Liverpool; Jay, Sergeant's Inn, London ; Brown, Liverpool. THOMAS KEMP and RICHARD DAVIES, builders, Aston, Warwickshire, Aug. 15, and Sept. 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Bir mingham ; Tarleton, Birmingham. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. G. Jones, carder in a factory, Manchester. R. Mount, saddler, Blackheath. T. Brook, joiner, Birstall, Yorkshire. W. Golland, pork butcher, Sheffield. J. Hamnett, hatter, Grantham, Lincolnshire. D. Wade, cloth manufacturer, Batley, Yorkshire. M. Crabtree, cloth weaver, Bradford. J. Orton, turf agent, York. S. Henshaw, dealer in game, Manchester. J. Hall, attorney, Manchester. T. C. J. Egan, Meadow-place, Kennington. J. Harris, blacksmith, Woodham Mortimer, Essex. S. Brewer, victualler, Falmouth. E. Metcalf, leather dealer, Liverpool. It. Nash, miner, West Dean, Gloucestershire. J. Suckling, tailor, Stebbing, Essex. J. Dodd, brewer, Liverpool. T. Hitchman, -victualler, Kidlington, Oxfordshire. J. W. Bells, clerk, Union-street, Bishopsgate-street A. Greig, teacher, St. John's-wood-terrace, Marylebone. J. Taylor, printer, Birmingham. J. F. Leaver, cordwaiaer, Reading. G. W. Roberts, accountant, Sambrook-court, City. T. W. Nichols, painter, Tranmere, Cheshire. N. Scholefield, woollen draper, Liverpool. W. Curran, stevedore, Liverpool. J. Cole, coach broker, Baildon-place, Deptford. G. Huxstable, toiler, Wine-office-court, Fleet-street. G. Saxby, victualler, Southwell, Nottinghamshire. J. Rantell, wheelwright, Thaxted, Essex. R. Pickles, victualler, Halifax. G. Nye, surgical instrument maker, York-pl., Westminster-rd. T. Donaldson, corn-dealer, Brick-lane, Bethnal-green. T. Crook, provision dealer, Heaton Norris, Lancashire. 'T. Glover, victualler, Hinckley, Leicester sh ire. W. Purcell, carpenter, Shrewsbury. C. K. Thorndick, cabinet maker, Brandon, Suffolk. C. Painter, wheelwright, Bourton, Gloucestershire. T. C. Matthews, auctioneer, Bourton, Gloucestershire. H. Marles, bacon curer, Oxford. J. Cheadle, upholsterer, Burslem, Staffordshire. G. M. Priddey, grocer, Ellesmere, Shropshire. S. Halls, Colchester. J. Knight, hat leather cutter, Long-lane, Bermondsey. J. Bailey, accountant, Castle-court, Budge-rosy, London. W. Pollard and J. Pollard, tailors, Manchester. P. R. Wells, coal meter, Worcester-street, Wapping. C. Booth, butcher, Manchester. D. Spillan, M.D., Howard-street, Strand. L. Bendle, commercial-traveller, Morris •plasse, Southwark. J. Carruthers, publican's assistant, Southall-green, Middlesex. R. Al!cock, horse-dealer, Harrison-street, Gray's Inn•road. T. Marshall, jun., grocer, Ilkestone, Derbyshire. T. Joseph, hatter, Cheltenham. F. Robinson, coal merchant, Nottingham. J. Hancock, carpenter, Walcot, Somersetshire. W. Foster, compositor, Lewes, Sussex. J. Potter, scale-maker, Britannia-street, City-road. P. Tyror, coach-builder, Liverpool. J. P. Offord, miller, Great Yeldham, Essex. 1 . , SECOND NOTICES. J. C. Adams, fish curer, Great Yarmouth, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. T ; Dobby, cabriolet proprietor, Brownlow-mews, Guildford street, fiti,ssell-square, Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, official assignee. W. H. Stephens, undertaker, Deptford-lane, Peckham, Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, offi cial assignee. R. Horn, fancy-bread baker, Oxford, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore. official assignee. , J. Barnard, coal-meter, Brompton, Kent, Aug. 8, at eleven; , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. , J. Gates, saddler, Peckham, Surrey, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Whiting, plumber, Deptford, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. W. Weeks, Edmund-place, Aldersgate-street, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Adams, rope maker, Mallon, Essex, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. E. Swan, licensed victualler, Ipswich, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Collis, coal merchant, Berkley-square, Clerkenwell, August 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Philpot, licensed victualler, Morden, Surrey, Aug. 6,' at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. H. W. Weston, agent, Vaughan-terrace, Shoreditch, Aug. 7, at half-past- twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. J. Way, baker, Portsea, Aug. 6, at one, at the Court o Bankruptcy. Pennell, offi cial assignee. J. Aubury, shoemaker, Warfield, Berkshire, Aug : 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. 1 G. Sutton, congreve-manufacturer, Wellington-place, Beth nal-green, Aug. 6, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. G. T. Whitiugton, Walcot-square, Lambeth, Aug. 8, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. I. Gibbs, baker, Morpeth •street, Bethnal-green, Aug. 8, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. Pope, jun., farmer, Finchley; Middlesex, Aug. 8, at half past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. M. Johnsen, Type-street, Clerkenwell, Aug. 8. at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. G. Bragg, grocer, Prittlewell, Essex, Aug. 8, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. Falshaw, Bradford, Yorkshire, Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. G. Thomlinson, plumber, Leeds, Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. J. Allanson, corn miller, Kirby Malzeard, Yorkshire, Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official as signee. B. Barker, joiner, Pontefract, Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. R. Hughes, cellarman, Liverpool, Aug. 6, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird ' o ffi cial assignee. S. Bates, tea-dealer, Everton, Lancashire, Aug. 7, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee. A. Smith, pork butcher, Liverpool, Aug. 6, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. G. Senior, candle-wick manufacturer, Manchester, Aug. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. J. Crawahaw, woollen weaver, Rochdale, Aug. 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee. R. Hollier, stone-mason, Birmingham, Aug. 12, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, die cial assignee: J. Howgate, t anner , C al Yorkshire, Aug. 9 , at eleven, at the Leeds District C ourt • Hope, official assignee. J. Drake, shoemaker, Brighouse, Yorkshire, Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. H. Hustler, cloth manufacturer, Yeadon, Yorkshire,,Aug. 9 at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. J. Newsome, engineer, Batley, .Yorkshire; August 9 at, , eleven, at the Leeds District Cour t. Fearne, official assignee. J. Fleming, carpenter, Halifax, Yorkshire , August 9, at eleven, at the Leeds retailer,dsDistric t AClinndbry, ouort.uHeTe Yorkshire, Aug. 9, , ofcial assign ee . G. Haigh, be e at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, of4cialaisignee. J. Downing, butcher, Thorne, Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. M. Nicholson, linen. draper, Bedlington, Durham, August 9, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee. F. Turner, colliery viewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Aug. 7, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. G. Taylor, mercer, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire, Aug. 26, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—W. Brown and W. Andrews, cloth dressers, Leeds, Aug. 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—E. Thorneycroft, j u n., a n d G. Thorneycroft, jun., iron manufacturers, Wolverhampton, Aug. 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. B. Webb, cheesemonger, High-street, Southwark, Aug. 23 —W. Austin, builder Bell-street, Edgware-road, Aug. 23 C. F. Oppenheim, ship owner, George-street, Minories, Aug. 27—W. Payne, builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aug. 26 .1. S. Davies, draper, Oswestry, Shropshire:Aug. 23-1. Sherwin, engraver, Shelton, Staffordshire, Aug. 23—J. Fletcher, paint manufacturer, Liverpool, Aug. 27—W. Chap man, manufacturing chemist, Manchester, Aug. 23—T. Mar rian, common brewer, Sheffield, Aug. 23—C. Killick and J. Sadd, paper stainers, Blackman-street, Borough, Aug. 23—F. Banner, provision merchant, Upper Thames-street, Aug. 23. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. M. Smith and T. Edwards, ship brokers, Liverpool— G. Storey and Co., common brewers, Rothbury, Northumber land—J. Fawcett and W. Walker, coal owners, Haltwhistle, Northumberland—W. and T. Scarr, wool combers, Dent, Yorkshire—C. O'Neill and H. Collins, metal dealers, Birmingham—T. Lockhart, C. Lockhart, and A. Duncan, florists, Cheapside—N. Ceombes and R. Robinson, coal mer chants, West Strand—J. G. Bird and H. Moses, chemists, Birkenhead, Cheshire—J. Lord, J. Cooper, and J. Hill, iron founders, Bury, L-ncashire (so far as regards J. Hill )—R. and J. Wearing, tailors, Manchester—B. Parnell and A. R. Clarke, vinegar makers, Rupert-street, Whitechapel—T. and J. Chambers, grocers, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire—A. and I. Walker, ironmongers, Barnet—W. Murray and A. Smith, drapers, Bristol—H. and E. Wood, fancy manufacturers, Denbydale, Yorkshire—A. Gerard and W. G. Aspinall, wine merchants, Lime-street, City—W. Johnson and R. Lunt, haberdashers, Liverpool—G. Peel, T. Allan, and J. Clarke, calico printers, Bread-street—Jn. and Jh. Hirst, grocers, Wakefield, Yorkshire—G. E. Baker and E. A. Hewett, pawn brokers, Old-street-road—J. Grant and W. S. Fyfe, calen derers, Manchester—T. Jones, H. Armstrong, and C. Arm strong, hop merchants, High-street, Southwark (so far as re gards H. Armstrong)—J. J. Meek and W. Cope, rag mer chants, Maidstone, Kent—W. Ballingall and Co., merchants, Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. ALEXANDER MACARTER, commission agent, Edin• burgh, Aug. 8 and 29, at two, at the Chambers of J. Alex• ander, Edinburgh. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or - Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending July 30, 1844, is 335. Hid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. COURSE OF EXCHA/ Amsterdam CF. 12 4 Ditto, at sight l2 li Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Antwerp 25 90 ilamburgh M.B. 13131 Altona l3 13 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine l2l lUE.—(YESTERDAY.' Gibraltar — Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 85 Milan Venice .... Naples 39A Palermo, per oz llBl Lisbon Oporto 54 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER. OZ. Foreign Gold, bars f.. 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 Silver in Bars 0 4 11 Peteraburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. 11.3 M 952 Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 Cadiz Silbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville — PROMISSO Y NOTES. (From Last Night's Gazette.) An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been in circulation in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and by Joint-Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Banks in Ireland, and of the- Average Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, during the four weeks ending the 20th day of July, 1844, pursuant to the Act of 4th and sth Vie toria, cap. 50 : ENGLAND. Bank of England £21,448,000 Private Banks Joint-Stock Banks... ... ... 3,340,326 SCOTLAND. Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks 2,903,322 IRELAND. Bank of Ireland 3,440,700 Private and Joint-Stock Banks Total Bullion in the Bank of England £15,485,000 JOHN THORNTON. Stamps and Taxes, Aug. , 2, 1844. SUMMER ASSIZES. HOME CIRCUI T.—Guildford, Aug. 2. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.) ARSON.—George Elderfield, 28, was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a stack of straw, the property of John Bicknell. In another count, the stack was said to be the property of the Right Hon. Arthur Earl of Onslow. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Knapp conducted the prosecu tion, and Mr. Cbarnock defended the prisoner. Mr. CLARKsoN having briefly and candidly detailed the facts of the case, called the following witnesses. The case was of rather a singular character, and appeared to create a good deal of interest. Mr. John Bicknell examined by Mr. KNAPP--I hold a farm called the Wilderness farm, about a mile from Guildford, and which is the property of Earl Onslow. About half-past ten at night, On the 17th of May, I was awoke by an alarm of fire, and I got up immediately and found a straw-rick on fire. The fire very soon com- municated to the other buildings, and before the horses and cattle could be got out, — several were destroyed. Fifty quarters of oats and two of beans were also burnt. On the next morning the prisoner was brought to my house in the custody of an officer. Charles Hollington—l am inspector of police at Guild ford, and upon my receiving information of the fire, I sent for the engine, and proceeded myself to the spot. I also, for particular reasons, sent a constable to the prisoner's lodgings, and afterwards went there myself, but we could not find the prisoner. We searched for him on our way to the fire, but could see nothing of him at that time. We again went to the prisoner's lodgings after this, and he was then at home. I asked him where he had been, and he replied, " Laying eel-lines ;" and he NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, Aug. 1. added that he had met a young man at the water side, CROWN COURT--(Before Mr. Justice Wituams.) and remained with him until eleven o'clock at night. Henry Powing, aged 18, was indicted for maliciously set with intent to t told him to show me where the lines were laid, and Bak the case for the prosecution, and ting fire to four feet of " growing furze," julth7 , lt , ev. W. in took him to the river, and he pointed out several places. He said he did not know the young man he had frOm r ilis conducted N st A a N te S Tßent, corroborated bvthe evidence f witnesses, been with. I then, in the prisoner's hearing, instructed it appears that the rev. prosecutor, who is the r e e e lro fShip a constable to watch the river, and told the prisoner I dam, was walking through his farm, with his bailiff, on th e should detain him until I found whether his story 26th of May last, and just as they turned into an occupation was correct. The prisoner said he was thirsty road, which was divided from the fields by a bank and line and I gave him some refreshment. While he furze hedge, they espied some smoke rising from the left was eating it he told me it was of no use hand bank. Almost at the same moment they saw the for the constable to watch the river, f o r th ere Prisoner quitting the place whence the smoke was rising, a n d came towards them at a smart pace. When the parties were no eel-lines there, and he said he would tell me him if bailiff r a i t zed m t o lle e l;id, , a , n s d n ,turnig him round, asked which way he went. Al this time Mr. Bicknell's name i t e the e s said h w e, as " ta N i o ie , n l . see t had not been mentioned. The prisoner then took me over several fields towards Mr. Bicknell's farm, andßarker put boy was the fire with c n t o l i ni s n t e o l .:"' y h yyoatt.whlseittbliasittaisffn,ding while th i A s ir d . en i showed me the track of footsteps, which I have no doubt hi s e umperellar." As soon as a policeman could be found were made by the shoes of the prisoner. As we were the lad was searched, and 18 lucifer-matches discovered in going along the prisoner pointed to a wide hedge, and the lining of his waistcoat. When this fact turned up, the said he had lain down there and gone to sleep, and that prisoner began to cry, and said that he " had not done it for some boys were close by, but he did not think they saw the nonce ;" but lie afterwards said, when before the Magis him. We got to the farm about five in the morning, trate, that he had struck a light as he walked along the and I told Mr. Bicknell I had a man in custody who had hedge, and thrown three lucifers into the furze, adding that confessed that he caused the fire. Mr. Bicknell asked he meant to have done the same all the way along home. The jury having found a verdict of Guilty, sentence was him if he had ever injured him, and he replied that he deferred . such not, and on his asking him how he came to commit Mary . Anne Fury was chargeil with setting fire to an such an act, the prisoner said the fact was that he was out-house in the occupation of Joh Cook, on the 17th of not right in his head, and that at times he did not know July last. what he was about. Mr. Bicknell then walked with me Mr. Palmer appeared for the prosecutor ; and Mr. Power and the prisoner, and the latter again showed the track defended the prisoner. of his footsteps, and I afterwards traced them by myself The prosecutor is the uncle of the prisoner, a middle-aged nearly up to the prisoner's lodging, and the way he ap- woman, and they occupy cottages which are under one roof. peared to have gone was more than a mile round. The Seine short time ago a quarrel arose between the relatives as prisoner afterwards told me that he took three lucifer- to the right to the use of a pigsty and cow-shed, which was matches from his coat, and the first he tri e d t o li g ht attached to their common residences, and matters grew to such a pitch that the lady began one day to pelt the aged broke. The second ignited, and with it he set fire to man, for such he was, with stones, which she accompanied the corner of the straw stack, and when it blazed up he with, a threat to "cut out his old eyes." Upon this he ap threw the third match down, and ran away. pealed to the law, and the lady was taken up, and sum- Cross-examined--There were one or two hundred marily dealt with before a justice for the assault. Finding persons preseytwhen I went to the fire. The stacks were that she had got the worst of that job, the prisoner sulkily in an open field. My attention was first attracted to said she did not care for the pigsty, for she would very soon the fire about eleven o'clock, at which time it was blaz. burn or pull it down, and then nobody should have it. This ing and had attracted a great deal of attention. I had was on the 9th of the month, and, sure enough, on the morn known the prisoner before, and had conversed with him ing of the 17th the out-house was discovered to be in fumes. once or twice on the subject of fires, and I believe he is ail n inq a illr a - , re it a N t vaLa e s o c c r l t o a c il c ied w l i h e a n t t t i l l i e e ro building secu o i r n question, t tended his very fond of going to them. I know nothing of the state of his mind. The effect of my conversation with the pri- cow being all pigs, they were found to be on ) fire at six o'clock, within a very few minutes after the prisoner was seen to go soner was not to induce a belief that he was silly. He there. This fact depended on the testimony of the prisoner a is commonly called " Cuckoo," and I believe he answers little grandson, an intelligent boy of ten years, who was to the name. The prisoner was with me four or fi ve I subjected to a close cross-examination on behalf of the pri hours before I took him to the fire. I only gave the I soner, the result of which was that he had not told his prisoner half a pint of beer at the public-house where " grand'ther" what he saw till he was told the prisoner was I first took him. I am not aware that drink has a great suspected. effect upon the prisoner. When I took him to my house Another witness, a policeman, prove d that he went to risoner had about a wine- take the prisoner the ne-glass more beer out of acharge, all that day, and was tumbler. He subsequently empti that she had not been o u t of her ed the tumbler of beer. on ' this 'she immediately asserted p only just up. He had mad e th e con f e ssion before I gave him this beer, Mr. POWER havi ng a dd resse d the jury on behalf of the but when' h e h a d d run k th e beer, he said he would prisoner in an animat e d s p eec h, tell us which way he went. I did not see any other foot Mr. Justice WILLIAMS left it to them to say whether they tracks than those of the prisoner in the direction that he were satisfied beyond a ll d ou bt that the prisoner had set fire took us. to the building in question. Re-examined—A good deal of time was occupied in going to the river and ma ki ng i nqu i r i es . I gave nothing The jury having delibe ra ted t og ether for some little time, returned a verdict of Guilty. to th prisoner until he complained of being hungry and . George Gaskin, aged 18, was indic • ted for maliciously set ting fire to a barn and other buildings, the property of his thirsty, and I swear that he was perfectly sober. Charles Mandeville—l am one of the Guildford po lice. On the night of the fire I went to the prisoner's pert to be in Christian Betts, his tenant. farm i s a large Grace the Duke of Norfolk ; the second countlaaidndthAelpr.ro; Mr. Prendergast appeared for the prosecution, house, and when the last witness came to me we inquired H. Mills for the prisoner. for the prisoner, but could not find him. The witness It appears that the family of the prosecutor consisted on then proceeded to confirm the testimony of the last wit- the 3d of May last of Miss Betts, two maids, and two men, ness, and added that the prisoner, when he pointed out named Carman arid Gaskin (the prisoner), the latter being lock-shed, surrounded on all sides by a the foot tracks, made others by the side of some of them, his second team man. Attached to the where access was permitted through a bul and said, " You see it is my foot." We remarked there six feet fence, save gate backed the of the a half-tip to the shoe, and the prisoner held up his Lard, which was itself accessible from the 9 foot and showed that he had a half-tip on his shoe. The prisoner also said that if the wind had been a little more me dwelling -house. On the night in question Miss B etts, e who had been out " a teeing " with a neighbour, returned Home in the west it would have made the old house smoke. at eight o'clock, at which time all was safe , and the two men The prisoner made this statement in answer to a remark and women serv an t s were atsupper in the kitchen. About made in his behalf relative to t he wind, to the effect a quarter to nine the p r i soner went out for the avowed that it was fortunate there was an east wind at the I object of dressing the shoulders of a sick horse in the yard, time of the fire, or much more damage would ha ve b een and while absent his fellow-servants combined to_ shut him the through the "pump back-house door." done. The prisoner was perfectly sober at this tim e , out. The result of this was, that he conic into the . kitchen By Mr. CHARNOCK—When the prisoner was at . house of the inspector ho told us he would show the of time the prosecutor, who was going to bed, thatdiscovered heard some one back-House pagsb y Just at this period way he went to Mr. Bicknell's. there was a fire on his emises and, rushing down stairs, soner all his life. He is about twenty-eight years old, I have known the pre was in the direct course from the horse-yard to the but I know nothing of his state of mind. Ile has been "pump yard." The of ''''''' in the service of Mr. Drewett as shepherd. Ido not recognised by the prosecutor, who, passing on, discovered that consider the prisoner s illy. H e a l ways answ ered every the bullock-shed was in flames. tinder these circumstances him round person erstohne corner ~a of m a t n h e was house, not question I put to him properly. I have myself some- suspicion fell on the prisoner, the rather that he had recently times called him " Cuckoo." He has been in the habit of prognosticating about the weather, but I have not heard him shout out in the street, " It will be a wet day to-morrow." The prisoner is generally called through out the neighbourhood " the cuckoo boy." lie was not very cheerful at first, but when he had told us the story he said that he felt better, and he afterwards told us all the ipartieulars, and seemed much more cheerful. The fire could be seen all over the town of Guildford. By Mr. CLARKSON—The prisoner is in the habit o: imitating the notes of birds, and among others those o: the cuckoo. Mr. Bicknell recalled—l remember when the pri soner was brought to me by the witness Hollington. I have know him ever since he was a boy. I asked him if he was the man who had set my premises on fire? He said " I am." I said " How came you to do it—have I ever injured you?" Prisoner replied, " No, I have no animosity against you, but I am not right in my head at times, and don't know what lam about." The pri soner then said he would show us which way he went, and as we were going along he told me how he had fired the stack, and pointed out a hedge where he had sat down and looked at the fire while it was blazing. He then took me to several places, and showed me his foot steps, and upon my remarking that some were not very plain, he told me thatif I would go with him to the next field, which was fallow and hadi been recently ploughed, he would show me some that were very plain, and he pointed out the mark of his tip, and made an impression with his foot, and said, " Is not that a well fit?" By Mr. CHARNOCK—I cannot say that I consider the prisoner to be of weak mind. He told his story very cheerfully, and walked over the field and p o i n t e d ou t the foot-marks. Jeremiah Campbell proved that he watched the river on the night in question, and looked for eel-lines, but could not find any, neither did he see any person come to the river. Sarah Elderfield—l am the prisoner's aunt, and reside in Bury Field-lane, Guildford. The prisoner and two other boys live in the house with me. On the night of the fire, the prisoner went out between six and seven o'clock, and he did not return until half-past eleven, be fore which time the officers had been to inquire for him. I asked the prisoner where he had been so late, and hp said with a man from Godalming, whom he did not know, setting eel-lines. Cross-examined—The prisoner has lived with me for twelve years. His father lives at Isleworth, and is a very poor man. I think the prisoner is of very weak mind, and he had fits when he was a baby. Formerly I have remarked that his head was quite soft at the back, and he frequently fainted when his hair was cut. He used to wander about the fields, but I am not aware that he was very fond of going to fires. The prisoner does not live very well, and if he gets half a pint of beer it is quite enough to set him talking ; and if he had taken a pint, I should not pay any attention to what he said. He once told me that he had dug a hole in St. Cathe rine's-hill, but Ido not recollect that he said he was going to bury himself in it. It was a very curious place, and several people as well as myself went to see it. I believe the hole is there now. I never knew the pri soner to be mischievous. Since he last came out of pri son, I think his head has been worse than before, and he told me of a dream that he had had while in gaol. On the Wednesday, the day before the fire, he complained of his head ; and when he went out he told me he should not be home that night, and I sent his brother to watch him, as I feared something would happen to him. I met the prisoner afterwards, and he told me his head was so bad that he could not get home. By Mr. CLARKSON—The prisoner has had no fits since he was quite a little boy. He has been at work for a Mr. Drewett during the last seven or eight years, and he received seven shillings a week. The prisoner had never been under any restraint. I did not observe any thing particular in his conduct, from the time he came out of prison until the day before the fire. By Mr. Baron G URNEY—The prisoner was in custody for three months. Baron GURNEY—What was he tried for ? Witness-- He was tried for a fire. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. CHARNOCK then addressed the jury, and said that in a case of this description, which was of a character to excite a prejudice in the mind of every man against the author of the crime. It was very difficult, indeed, to overcome that prejudice, but lie trusted the jury would not allow it to prevail with them, but that they would be guided solely by the evidence in the cause. The case had been most fairly and honourably conducted by his Learned Friend, but upon the facts, as they had been ' proved, he submitted that the evi dence was not sufficient to prove, without any rea sonable doubt, that the prisoner was guilty of the crime imputed to him. The Learned Counsel then went on to say, that the first question for the jury to consider was, whether the prisoner was proved to have committed this offence at all • and he submitted that this was very far from being made out. Should they, however, be of opinion that this was made out, he contesded that the evidence for the prosecution itself made out sufficiently the fact, that the prisoner was of weak mind and not accountable for his actions. It was in evidence that he was called the cuckoo-boy, and that he was looked upon by all who knew him as a silly, childish person ; and although, probably the jury were not very well ac• quainted with medical matters, yet their own common sense would induce them, he apprehended, with very little difficulty to come to the same conclusion. He would then remark upon the' absence of any motive of revenge or towards the prosecutor, and upon the extraordinary manner in which the prisoner had confirmed his crime, and actually called evidence against himself, which he submitted was convincing proof of the weak state of the prisoner's mind. Mr. Baron GURNEY then summed up, and said the first question fur the jury was, whether the prisoner committed the act imputed to him. If they thought he did not, there was nothing more for them to consider, but if they entertained a contrary opinion, then they would have to consider, not whether the prisoner had a weak mind or a silly mind, but whether, at the time he did so commit it, he was in such a state of mind as to know what he was about, and be capable of distinguishing between right and wrong. It was not necessary for any motive to be proved, and during the present circuit children of eight, nine, and twelve years of age had been convicted of offences of this description, when it ap peared that their only motive was to see a bonfire; but as it was proved that they knew they were doing wrong, they were convicted and punished for the offence. The Learned Judge then went minutely through the evi dence, and left the case in the hands of the jury. The jury, after deliberating for a short time, acquitted the prisoner upon the ground of insanity, and he was ordered to be detained in safe custody. been reprimanded by his master for some misconduct touch ing the management of his horses, though, at the time nothing was thought of it. After the fire, however, it ap peared that the boy had taken the rebuke very much to heart, and had expressed an intention of running away. When the prisoner was taken upon this charge, he said lie had gone to the yard to dress one of his horses, but it was shown to-day that he had performed that operation long be fore in the same afternoon. When the premises were turned up the morning after the fire, a box of lucifer matches was found under the ruins of the shed, while it appeared that the prisoner was in possession of those dangerous inventions both before and after the fire. Mr. MILES, having addressed the jury for the prisoner, The jury, at the close of his Lordship's summing up, found a verdict of Not Guilty. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Leicester, Aug. 2. (Before Lord Chief-Justice DENMAN. ) John Cobley, aged 49, was charged with stealing, on the 13th of March last, from out of a letter, a Post-office order for 41., and also with putting off a forged receipt for the same. Mr. Sergeant Clarke and Mr. Waddington were the coun sel engaged on the part of the Crown. The prisoner was without the assistance of counsel. The evidence adduced went to show that in the latter part of February, or the beginning of March, the prisoner called at Belvoir Castle with letters for the Duke of Rutland, Lord Charles Manners, and the steward, a person named Fletcher. To the latter person he stated that a Mr. Ward was secretary to a Society for the Protection of British Industry. The letters were begging that money might be transmitted to the Society in question, and were proved to be in the handwriting of the prisoner, though signed " Robert Ward." Fletcher proved that he sent by the Duke of Rutland's postmaster the sum of 41. to Grantham. for the purpose of a post•oflice order being obtained and sent to Leicester in aid of the funds of the Society for the Protection of British Industry; the letter in which it was contained being directed to Mr. R. Ward, se. cretary to that Society. The prisoner called at the Leicester post-office, and inquired whether there was a letter for Mr. Robert Ward, of Hampden -street. He was answered there was not, but that there was one for Mr. Ward, secretary to the Society for the Protection of British Industry. The pri soner thereupon said that was the letter he meant; that he and Ward were well acquainted ; that, in fact, Ward had married his (Cobley's) sister. The letter containing the order was then given up. Robert Ward, who is a laceman, proved that he once lived in Hampden-street, but now lives in Belgrave-street ; that he never was secretary to the Society referred to; or, indeed, had he ever heard of such an one being in existence. He further deposed to being a married man, but that he had not married a sister of Cobley's, nor was he, in fact, an acquaint ance or connexion of his. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, Aug 1.. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant ACIiERLEY.) John Wardle, aged twenty-six, was indicted for wound ing Edward Palmer Ryan, on the 15th August, 1842, at the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. This was a remnant of the many cases tried in this county during the last two years, arising out of the lamentable riots which occurred in the Potteries, in the autumn of 1842. It appeared that the prisoner was one of the mob taking part in the riots, and the prosecutor, who is a constable, was present, endeavouring to restore order, when Wardle approached him and cried out, " Here's a spy." He then struck him a violent blow on the back part of the head with what appeared to be a constable's staff, and the prosecutor fell. His head was cut, and he was ill for several days, from the effects of the wound. The prisoner was not apprehended until April last, when he was found working at Mr. Wood's pottery, at Burslem, four miles from Stoke-upon -Trent. The jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to be im prisoned eighteen months. There was another indictment against him for riot, but it was not proceeded with. William Dexter, thiamine, pleaded guilty to having mar ried Mary Caufield, at btoke• upon-Trent, on the 18th July, 1843, his former wife Sarah, to whom he was married at Ruge ley, in 1823, being still alive. The prisoner had nine children by his wife, whom he left under the impression that he was going to look for work, but instead of doing so married again, and his family, whom he left at Walsall, became chargeable to the parish, and were received into the union workhouse. The prisoner said his wife would not go to him, and he could get no employment. The JUDGE—That's a curious reason for marrying another woman, and having two wives to keep instead of one.— (Laughter.) He was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour. The case of Beard, for wilful murder, is fixed for to-mor row morning. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Chief Justice TINDAL.) HILTON V. EARL GRANVILLE. At the opening of the Court this morning the hearing of this cause was resumed by Sir Thomas Wilde addressing the jury for the defendant, but, contrary to general expectation, he called no witnesses. At the conclusion of the Learned Sergeant's speech the Chief Justice summed up, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff upon all the issues, thus arresting the work of spoliation and destruction to the pro perty of the cottagers. It is said that, unless some arrange ment is entered into, there will be at least fifty actions of a similar kind, now that the Court has decided against the pre scriptive right and custom relied on by the noble defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLERKENWELL. Charles Renry Thomas, a genteel-looking young man, a clerk to Messrs. Tennant and Harrison, solicitors, Gray's Inn-square, was charged with stealing a quantity of silver-plate, consisting of candlesticks, toast-rack, snuffers and stand, two Chinese silk shawls, a splendidly bound edition of the Pictorial Bible, iu three vols. quarto, a telescope, and other valuable articles, the property of Miss Elizabeth Grimes, to whom Mr. Harrison, is guardian. In December last six cases of plate, books, &c., were brought from Bristol, and deposited in a room adjoining the office, in Gray's Inn-square, and to which the pri soner had access, On the 19th of June the prisoner pledged the candlesticks at the shop of Mr. King, a pawnbroker, in High Holborn, alleging that his name was John Thomas, and that they were the property of his aunt, a Mrs. Crowe, who lived in Gray's Inn-lane. On the same representation he pawned, at intervals, the other articles at Mr. King's, and at Mr. Crocket's, another pawnbroker, living in Dean-street, Holborn. On the 18th ult., he offered the silver toast-rack in pawn to Mr. King, but demanded so small a sum upon it that his suspicions were awakened, and he sent for po lice-constable Chapman, 38 E. When the constable arrived, the prisoner expressed his readiness to conduct him to his aunt, whom he now said lived in Leather-lane, and who would at once confirm the veracity of his state ment ; but finding that Chapman was determined on in vestigating the matter, he made a full confession of his guilt. The property was identified as Miss Grimes's, by Mr. Hull, an appraiser, and it appeared that the reason of the prisoner's stating the articles were the property of Mrs. Crowe was because the name of Crowe (Miss Grimes's aunt) was engraved on the inside of the bibles and prayer-books. He was committed for trial to the Old Bailey. A young lad, named Thomas Hobbe s , was sen t t o th e House of Correction for two months, for stealing fifteen apples from the orchard of a person, named Rippon, residing in the Archway-road, Holloway. Mr. Rippon was not present. The boy had never been in custody before ; but the policeman who apprehended him, Ser geant Kell, S, said he saw him in company with bad characters. The boy was aged about f our t een . M r. Greenwood was the Magistrate. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA. SHIPPING. Arrivals at Bombay—England's Queen, May 21 ; Thistle and Princess Charlotte, 21 st ; Caledonia, 24th ; Symmetry, 26th ; Eagle, 27th ; Windsor Castle, 28th ; Herculean, June 1 ; Larne, 7th ; Universe, 16th, all from Liverpool. Myaram Dyaratn, May 23 ; Good Suc cess, 31st ; Advocate, June 3 , from Siam ; Australia, May 24 ; Dinlius, 26th ; Isabella, 27th ; Token, 28th ; Lady Feversham, 29th ; Albatros, June 3, all fro m London. Caledonia, May 26, from Newcastle ; Coro mandel, 27th ; Larkins, 28th ; Forfarshire, 29th ; Paul Jones, June 6 ; Bombay Castle, Bth ; Anne Eliza, 11th, all from China. Paulina, May 29, from Boston ; Amity, 31st, from Mauritius ; Brilliant and Sarah Boss ford, 31st, from Glasgow ; Persia, June 4, from Greenock ; Augusta, 6th, from Bristol ; Trio, 14th, from Aden ; her Majesty's ship Nimrod, 18th, from Trincomalee. Departures from Bombay—Actress, May 19, to Mau ritius. Her Majesty's ship Clio, 20th, to Trincomalee. Orleans and St. Mungo, 21st ; Nestor, June 4 ; Julia, 9th ; Auckland steamer, 13th—all from Calcutta. Shaw Allum and Earl of Clare, May 22 ; Prince of Wales, 26th; Lowjee Family, 27th ; Stalkard, June 4; Charles Grant, 4th ; Sultana, 9th • St. Lawrence, 12th ; Mar quis of Hastings, 12th ; Jatnseetjee Jeejeebhoy, 13th ; Fort William and Queen Victoria, 15th ; John Wick liffe, 17th—all to China. Cheverell, May 22, to Hull. Arrow, 26th; to Zanzibar. Northumberland, 28th ; Mary, 20th ; Henry, June 9—all to London. Nina, May 28 ; Monarch, 29th ; Scope, 30th ; William Abrams, June 2 ; Bolivar, 4th ; Ann Martin, Bth ; Ocean Queen, 12th ; Philopontas, 13th ; Panthea, 15th —all to Liverpool. Favourite, June 2, to Whampoa. Kusrovie, May 23 ; William Gullies, June 2, to Siam. Autuninus, June 3, to Colombo. Anonyina, June 17, to sea. Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales —Cremona, Bulley, and Mary Nixon, M`Donnell, previous to 16th April, from London. The Sultana and Gannett were about to sail for London. Arrivals at Kedgeree _Ranger, Mayl4, from Penang; Nutcut, 14th; Resolution, 28th; Rustomjee Cowasiee, 30th; Red Rover, June 4th; Hero, Bth; all from China. Peruvian, May 15th; Bowling, 30th; from Glasgow. Borneo, 15th; Tar, 16th; Argyle, June 1; Tynwald, sth; all from Mauritius. Josephine, 15th; from Havre. Anna Watson, 15th ; f rom Bristol. Asiatic, 15th; from Manilla. Patriot Queen, 16th; Livingstone, 19th; Canada and Tamerlane, 12th: Chatham, 24th; Hannah, 24th; Devon, 25th; Athena, 25th; Queen, 28th; Bed ston, June 3; Alexandrina, 6th; Lady Flora Hastings, 7th; all from Liverpool. Bentinck, steamer, 16th, from Suez ; Weraff, 17th, from Penang. Kilblain, 18th, from Greenock. China, 18th; Malacca, 19th; Duke of Bedford, 24th; Sophia, 29th; Justina, 30th; all from London and Madras. William Spand, 24th, from Madras. Lady Kinnaird, 24th; Gemini, 25th; Path finder, 30th; all from London. Zuleika, 24th; Clown, 30th; from Singapore. Elphinstone, 25th; from Cove long. Buckinghamshire, 26th; Alie and Rohomon, 26th; St. Mungo, June 6th; all from Bombay. Argyle, June 1, from Mauritius and Madras. Amazon, from Penang. Lady Clarke, 6th, from London, Bland, from Liverpool and Madras. Diadem, from Trinoomalee. Arrivals at Madras—Her Majesty's ship Alligator, May 25, from Hong-Kong, and sailed June 3, to Hong- Kong ; Walmer Castle, Campbell, May 25, from Lon don, and sailed June 7, to Calcutta ; Hersey, 27tb, from Mauritius, and sailed slst, tq MqullPPirl ; Bland Callan, 30th, fliom Liverpool, 4nc4 sailed to Calcutta ; Apolline. 31st, from Mauritius, and sailed June 2. te‘ Atkinson, June 2, from Pm"' , tiaieutta ; from . - ue Galle ; John Bibby, ana sailed 7th, to Calcutta ; Earl of Dur ham, 4th, from London ; Mary, Harrison, sth, from London ; Pondicherry, from Bordeaux ; Lord Elphin stone, 9th ; Clarisse, 10th, from Moulmein ; Lord Hun gerford, 12th, from London ; Medusa, from Sydney. THE RIGHT OF SEARCH. The following are the general instructions for the guidance of her Majesty's naval officers employed in the suppression of the slave trade, presented to the House of Lords by the Earl of Aberdeen on Thursday last :- I.—The slave trade has boen denounced by all the civilised world as repugnant to every principle of justice and humanity. You are, however, to bear in mind, that Great Britain claims no right whatever with respect to foreign ships engaged in that traffic, excepting such as the law of nations warrants, or as she possesses by virtue of special treaties and conventions with particular States. 2. In proceeding to deal with a vessel suspected of being engaged in the slave trade, you are in the first instance to refer to that part of the instructions which applies to the particular circumstances of the case. But those instructions in no degree diminish the necessity of a careful study of the treaty, convention, or law, upon which they are founded. You are, therefore, to make yourself thoroughly conversant with the treaties, con ventions, and laws, as well as with all the instructions given to you relative to the slave trade ; and you are to enjoin the officers under your command to make them selves acquainted with the parts that refer to the duties which those officers may have to perform, taking care to afford every facility for this purpose. 3. The powers with which you are invested on this service, are intrusted to you for the sole purpose of sup pressing the slave trade, and are never to be exercised without reasonable grounds of suspicion that the case is one of a vessel liable, on account of being engaged in the slave trade, to be brought to justice by her Majesty's ship under your command. 4. You are not to visit a vessel under a foreign flag on the high seas on suspicion of slave trade, except in virtue of special authority under treaty, or in case you have reason to believe that the vessel has no right or title to claim the protection of the flag she bears. 5. You are not, on any account, to search any vessel, whether British or foreign, lying within the recognised jurisdiction of a foreign civilised State, without the formal permission of the local authorities. 6. Towards every functionary, British or foreign, with whomyou may come in contact, you will invariably main tain a respectful and courteous demeanour. 7. Towards the masters and crews of vessels whose cases it will be your duty to investigate in the service of suppressing the slave trade, you will not only use mode ration and discretion, combined with firmness in the exe cution of the duty entrusted to you, but will take every opportunity of affording them assistance in distress, giving them medical advice when required, and furnish ing supplies when they are urgently needed and can properly be spared by her Majesty's ships. 8. You will take special care to insure propriety of language and demeanour on the part of officers, seamen, and marines, to all persons with whom they may come into contact in the service of suppressing the slave trade ; and they must be reminded that any breach of discipline, or any exhibition of intemperance, will be visited with severe punishment ; and in all cases her Majesty's officers are to recollect that they will be held answerable, not only for their own conduct, but for that of their men. 9. You are not, without necessity, to resort to co ercive measures for bringing vessels to ; and you are to be cautious not to occas ion further deviation from the course such vessels are steering than a due regard to the service on which you are employed may require ; and you will bear in mind that, in every case, and in all stages of the proceedings, it is highly important to cause to the vessel visited as little delay or inconvenience as possible, consistent with the effectual discharge of the duty to be executed. 10. You are not entitled to insist that a boat shall be sent to you from a vessel which has been brought-to for the purpose of being visited, or that any person shall come, or that any papers shall be brought on board of her Majesty's ships, upon such occasions. 11. On all occasions of visiting suspected vessels, the officer sent on board is to be in proper uniform, and of the rank required by the treaty or instructions under which the visit is made, and the boat in which he goes is always to carry a British flag and pendant ; and he is to be provided with the documents conferring authority to visit and search, and the instructions applicable to the occasion. 12. Before an officer proceeds to search a vessel, the minutest inspection is to be made of her papers, and every information elicited which can be obtained by in quiries courteously made ; as by this means the necessity of a search may be avoided. 13. The crew of a boat sent to visit a suspected vessel is never to be suffered to quit the boat, unless specially ordered to •do so. The officer is not to order them to quit the boat, unless it may be necessary to search the vessel, or unless circumstances of the moment impera tively require it. If further assistance is obtained from the cruiser, for the purpose of making a minute search, the additional men must be accompanied by a sufficient number of officers to prevent damage to the cargo, or any irrregularity or excess. 14. Neither the master, nor any of the persons on board the vessel, are to be removed during the search, without their consent. 15. When, after the examination, there appears to be no sufficient ground for seizure, everything that has been removed is to be replaced as quickly as possible, and carefully restored to its original state and condition; and the vessel is to be permitted to pursue her course without delay. 16. In the case mentioned in the preceding article, before the officer quits the vessel, he is to ask the Master whether he has any complaint to make of the manner in which the search has been conducted, or on any other ground ; if the master should have any complaint to make, the officer is to request him to specify the parti culars in writing, for your information, and you are to investigate the same most carefully, and to lose no time in applying such remedy as circumstances admit and the case may require. If you make the search in person, you will yourself follow the directions contained is this article. 17. In all cases where vessels are visited or searched on suspicion of being engaged in the slave trade, the visiting officer, before quitting the vessel, is to offer to enter on her log. a statement of proceedings on board ; and, in•case the offer is accepted, he is to be careful to note down the exact time that elapsed from the time the vessel was boarded to the time she was liberated or Seized. 18. When the visiting officer has verbally reported his proceedings to you, he is, in all cases, whether the ves sel be seized or not, to commit the same to writiag im mediately, with all the particulars, while the facts are fresh in his memory ; and this written statement is to specify whether any complaint was made by the master or any other person on board the vessel. This statement is to be inserted in the log, with the officer's signature attached, and you will forward a copy of it, with your own remarks, to the senior officer of the station, and a duplicate thereof to the Admiralty by the first opportunity. • 19. When you have determined to detain a vessel, you will immediately notify your intention to her master ; you will cause a careful search to be made for all papers and documents on board ; and will take possession of the same, causing them to be numbered and described in a list which you will sign. In this list the papers volun tarily delivered up must be distinguished from any that may have been concealed. If any should have been de stroyed or thrown overboard, the nature of the papers, so, far as it may be known, with the circumstances under which they were made away with, must be carefully stated at the bottom of the list ; and some person cog nizant of the facts must be sent with the vessel to make affidavit thereof to the court of adjudication. 20. On the detention of a vessel you will have a note made of the quantity of money or other valuables on board, and sign the same, and have that note duly wit nessed, to be produced upon the trial of the case ; and you will take especial care that the articles are deposited in safe custody. 21. Whate - ver arrangement may be made for the dis posal of the crew of a captured vessel, the master and two persons at least of her crew must be sent, .together with the vessel, to be produced before the court, as ne cessary witnesses in every case. And one of those per sons should be the chief mate, supercargo, or boatswain. 22. If you do not yourself accompany the detained ves sel for trial, you will give the officer in charge directions in writing for his conduct during the voyage. 23. You will place under the command of the officer sent in charge a crew sufficient for the vessel's safe con duct, with provisions for the voyage ; and you will give the officer strict orders for the preservation of the ship, her cargo, and everything on board, and for the preven tion of embezzlement, excess, or irregularity of any sort. 24. You will deliver to the officer sent in charge all the papers found on board, together with the other necessary documents, and the officer must be careful to keep them in safe custody during the voyage. You will also in struet him to endeavour to obtain, by every proper means, additional information as to the case ; and if he succeeds in finding any additional papers or documents, he is to preserve them carefully to be produced at the trial. 25. The officer in charge, as soon as possible after he las gone on ,. board the vessel, is to draw up, with the 1 • assistance of the master, an inventory of the stores, fur niture, and also of the cargo of the vessel, so far as it can ade be ascertained without disturbing the stowage ;and be m should it be practicable, the cargo is to be secu7 eu :3 b;. sealing down the hatches. The inventory out in duplicate, and signed both by the officer in charge and the master of the vessel ; and one of these docu ments is to be retained by the officer, an d the other by the master. 26. If slaves should he on board, every effort is to be made to alleviate their sufferings and improve their con dition, by a careful attention to cleanliness and ventila tion, by separating the s i c kl y f rom those who are in good health, by encouraging the slaves to feel confidence in her Majesty's officers and men, and promoting amongst them cheerfulness and exercise. 27. The officer in charge of a captured slave-ship will be warranted in landing the slaves, or transferring them to other vessels, whenever such measures are absolutely necessary, but not otherwise ; and in such cases a cer tificate of all the circumstances must be drawn out, and be taken with the vessel to the place of adjudication. In most cases of seizure under treaty, this contingency is provided for: under some of the treaties, the slaves must be carried eventually to the port of adjudication. Reference on this, as on other points, must be bad to the treaty or convention applicable to the case, and to the instructions thereon. _ _ 28. All British subjects found employed on board a detained British or foreign slave vessel are to be sent with two witneaws to a British port Air trial as soon as passib,le. Foreigners on board i British slave vessel, or in a ftweign slaw: vessel seized in British waters, are to be with in the same manner as British subjects. Foreigners forming the crew of foreign vessels cap tured under treaty are to be dealt with according to the stipulations thereof. 29. The master and crew, or such part of them as may be left on board a detained slave-vessel, are to be well treated, and not to be subjected to further restraint than may be requisite for insuring the due execution of the service intrusted to• the officer in charge ; but it will be necessary to guard against all attempts at recapture, whether by open force or any other means. 30. The officer in charge is to keep a log of his pro ceedings from the time he goes on board until he is re lieved from his charge ; he is to note in his log any per ceptible changes in the state, quantity, or position of the cargo, and all accidents to the vessel or her rigging, and their results. 31. In all cases of capture, a full and accurate account of everything captured or destroyed, and of the disposal of the same, is to be sent in, together with a report of the case, by the officer in charge to the senior officer on the station, and a duplicate thereof to the Secretary to the Admiralty, by the earliest opportunity. 32. If a vessel at the time of seizure, should be run on shore and wrecked, or afterwards lost or abandoned, the slaves, the stores, cargo, &c., that can be saved and transported, are to be taken to the port of adjudica tion, together with the necessary witnesses. All papers which may be found are to be carefully preseivedt and an affidavit of the facts must be made, as the foundation of the proceedings before the court for trial of the case. When there are no slaves on board, the equipments. or such parts thereof as are saved, should be carried to the port of adjudication, for the purpose of supplying evidence of the slave trading. 33. On arriving at the port of adjudication, the officer in charge is to make himself acquainted with the course' of proceeding in the court before which the vessel is to be tried. In all cases it will be necessary for him► to make an affidavit, verifying the papers brought into court, and to annex the papers thereto. If any should have been destroyed or concealed, the particulars are to be stated in that affidavit. In cases of captures under treaty, the instructions thereon must be referred to for the forms of documents and course of proceedings at the port of adjudication. In other cases, the affidavit as to ships' papers should be drawn up in the form stand' ing as an appendix to this section, unless there should be a different form prescribed by the court before which the vessel is adjudicated. 34. If, upon any occasion of capture, there are not any papers found on board, an affidavit to that effect will be the ground of the proceedings. 35. On delivering over the vessel to the person au- thorised by the Court to receive her, the officer in charge is to produce the inventory drawn up by himself and the master ; and he is to request that a receipt may be given for all the articles contained in the inventory, ex.- cepting of course where any deficiencies may a ppear ; and where fhis is the case, he will report the cause thereof to the court, and to his commander, on his re turn to the ship. 36. The officer sent in charge will give his best mss. sistance in every way, where called upon, to the Ceorto for the due adjudication of the case of the vessel and her cargo, if any ; and, upon judgment being given, will immediately report in writing to the officer under whoa' he is serving his proceedings and the judgment of the court, and mill send a duplicate of that report to the Admiralty by the first opportunity. Given under our hands, this 12th day of June, 1844. G. COCKBURN. W. H. GAGE. By command of their Lordships. SIDNEY HERBERT. STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT. Yesterday a gentleman named Russell, whom we un derstood to be a surveyor, lately connected with the' New Royal Exchange, had a truly miraculous escape from a horrible death by drowning, and mutilation under the paddle-wheels of a boat called the " belong" ing to the company known as th e W oo d en Steam. WO Company, plying between Chelsea and London-bridge. Mr. Russell, his lady, and child, embarked on board this vessel at Chelsea, and the lady wishing to land at Nine Elm's-station, the boat put in close to the wharf, but one passenger being taken on board, the boat imme diately put off from the wharf, and, upon the lady remonstrating, the captain said she could land a little lower down at the' Bruns" wick Pier. The vessel ran alongside th is pier, but without " warping," when Mr. Russell, who held several drawings and surveying instruments in hi hand, seeing his wife rather nervous, jumped on s hore, to hand her and his child safely over, which he prove' dentially effected. Having himself to proceed as far 9 5 the City on important business, he was about returning, onboard, when th e vesse l, y i e ldi ng to the propulsion 01 both paddles, and to the action of the helm, suddenly; started off at an angle from the wharf, and Mr. Russell was precipitated into the water. The point of embarka tion in steam-vessels, as is well known, is almost imret diately over the wheels, and the moment Mr. Russell rose to the surface, he received a fearful blow from the paddle, in its revolution, upon the right arm, a n d other, a little below the knee, upon the let l eg , Al though much stunned by these injuries, e manage d to swim ashore with much difficulty, Ty, continued its course do wn th e river 'aile the steamer without rendering the slightest assistance. NEWLY INYEN"i'ED SPECTACLES, Deafness Relieved Telescopes, Q - pera Glasses, &c., 39, Albemarle-street,ric" cadilly, Deafness Acousti c Instruments—lnvisible V-01°°. Con':luctors when fixed i n th e cav it y o f t h e ears are not perceptible, they enable individuals at an advanced age , and of forty and fifty years' standing, of extreme deaf ness, instantly to join in general conversation, and to catch the s oun d o f a di stant l ow speaker at churc o, theatre, &c.—lt pours the conversation into the ears t° such an extent that in most severe cases deafness canne t be obse r v e d. Al so original Ear Cor ne t s , F re nch German, and Spanish Artificial Ears and Improved bor . lag Trumpets of every description. Immediately the Newly Invented Spectacles are placed before imperfect vision that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is removed, every object becomes clear and distinct; so that the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is b roug h t to i ts yout h ful, natural, an d ori ginal state. Also Achromatic Waistcoat Telescopes and Opera Glasses. Every kind of Telescopes of larger size . ; with increasing pow ers , f or Sh oot i ng, Sea purposes, an d upon stand for astronomical observations, with the cele brated Lenses of the most clear, transparent brilliancy the powers are so great and the Lenses so bright and brilliant, that minute objects at an extraordinary distanc° are brought completely under the eyes.—Sportsmen, Tow' rists, and sea-side visitors will indeed have a great tread' Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians apd Aurists, are not in any way connected with a person ° the same name in their immediate neighbourhood ; 110 1 in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes be cautious, and observe,—Only to be had at39,Albemarlr street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. THE AUCKLAND STEAMER AND LORD ELLEN' BOROUGH.—The steamer Auckland will, we hear, leave Bombay for Calcutta to-morrow or Thursday w ith the view of conveying to Suez the lite Governor-GenerA and remain at Suez in the event of the New Governor-Ge; neral arriving overl an d a t t h at j uncture. We have WWl' on what we consider to be good authority, that direr,_ tions were given to h ave th e steamer i n question in ream" ness some days before the arrival here of the London mail of the 6th of May; if so it is evident his Lordship must have " smelt a rat," though in all probability it was not expected to b e so near. Under the c i rcumstance s °' the case we think some other vessel might ha v e been chosen for the sad Office of conveying to Suez the ex." Governor-General than the one enjoying the patronyou c —Auckland. We understand that one of the great g 1 135 taken at Hyderabad is to be sent in the Auckland, to b e placed in some conspicuous place in Calcutta.—Bombag Courier. Great rejoicings took place on the estates of Sir E4' . ward Kerrison, on the oc'asion of the marriage of his eldest son with Lady Strangways. The f arme rs an d inhabitants on tte estates subscribed a considerable suss for the pr.,o - r, who sat down, above one thousand in ol pane,' and hundreds i n o th ers , to a goo d dinner of roa st beef and pl um p u ddi ng. I n the evening they danced c „ : the villa ge green to t h e mus i c of a village band. Gun; were fired, flags were di sp l aye d , and the bells rang; merry peal. Th e Li eutenant - G eneral and his Lady le ts town yesterday for Oakley Park, Suffolk. INTENDED GRAND MIL ITARY REVIEW.—A gra n d review of the whole of th e h ouse h o ld troops, including severx' cavalry regiments and regiments of the line, is contemplat ed ' to take place in Winds or G reat P ark, before the Kin, o f tht 3 French, on the arrival of his Majesty in this country, visit to the Queen, in the early part of next month. Pro l 6 Albert, who will tak e th e command of his own regiment, ul Scots Fusilier G uar d s , now i n garrison at Windsor, has Met it several times du r i ng th e past f ortnight, on the exercis ia s ground in Windsor Great Park, where his Royal Higha, e . s , hai been practising, giving the word of command and putt 7 the regiment through various evolutions, so as to be perfe c qualified to take the command of this excellently disciplin, e s corps, at the :review, next month. The word of commis;,, is given by his Royal Highness in a distinct and soldier -I,' manner. . . TIC DOULOUREUX.—Mr. Mortimer states that tv c : grains of extract of belladonna were given by mistake io case of tic-douloureux. The patient was alarmingly ill f° r 4,0 week, but never sufferer from the disease again, though years have Since e kimed.—Medical Gazette. SLY I s- OUNDS of TEA, and upward s , s en t, carr i age free , t° „.„it, P!:rt of the Kingd om , a t th e Wholesale Price, on receipt of s rr'— Lance, or Post-office order. Black, 2s. Bd., 35., 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d. 4s. Bd., b , * Green, 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 55., ss. 4d. 65., 7s. Coffee, 9d., Is., Is. 2d., Is. 4d., Is. 6d., Is. Bd., Is. n r ct• G. T. MANSELL and CO., Wh o l esale Tea Dealerg, 2, n'olio LERSBITRY CHEAPSIDE. Agencies will be given to resp ec t s parties. BIRTHS. / la , On the 20th ult., at Flo r e nce , th e Viscountess Druta' l 3 of a son and heir. 10 1 On the 25th ult., at D er by, th e w if e of t h e R ev. J. a l 3 1 Brown, 8.A., of a daughter. of On the 30th ult., Mrs. James Roberts, of Lepton, E s s e ' c ' a daughter, who survived onl an hour. the ladY On the 30th ult., at Abbey-r y oad, St. John's-wood, . of Henry Darley, E sq ., late Captain in her Majesty,, 6tll Foot, of a son. On the Ist inst., at Lordship-lane, Dulwich, Mrs' Th°llll° Pugh, of a son. MARRIED. t On the 31st ult., Mr. H. Selim, of Coventry-str ee market, to Esther, eldest daughter of Myer Marks, Esther-place, Greenwich. On the Ist inst., at Trinity Church, Marvlebone4 oo . the Sugden, Esq , th e secon d surviv i ng son of th e Right Lord Chancellor of Ireland, to Marianne, the only surv galif daughter of th e l a t e C o l one l Cookson, of Nea saill Durham. DIED. On the 14th ult., at Naples, Mary, th e wife of T. Barrett Lennard, 2 4th Esq. R' IV' On the ult., Eliza Swineston, wife of the Iley• KeeOn . n ler ' ly the 26th ult., Griggs Lunn, Esq., formerlY °,.. .FTr daneasth ik" On the 28th ult., in G a y- s t ree t, B a th, Anne, eldest- ter of the late W. Fellowes, Esq., M.D., of Batil_ . ------- ~I Mimparraxe , ' • 0 O[ London: Printed and Published by MURDO „ 1 , N o No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Szas Ofricet,_•L„ - "tv of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the LiVw . 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