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IRELAND REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, Auu. 19.—The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held this day, in the Conciliation Hall. The chair was taken by R. Dillon Browne, Esq., M.P. The CIA.IRMAN addressed the meeting at some length on the Charitable Bequests Bill, which he denounced in the most emphatic terms, and stated that if the Irish Members had exhibited the least opposition to the mea sure, it would not have become the law of the land. In the course of the many interviews he had with Lord Eliot on the subject, his Lordship unequivocally stated that if it were the wish of the Irish Members, he would eithes withdraw the Bill, or, at all events, postpone it. M. DANIEL O'CONNELL said, that before the business of tlfe day commenced, he had to move a resolution adopted by the Parliamentary Committee, and which he was sure would meet with the hearty concurrence of the meeting. The Honourable Gentleman then real the fol lowing resdlution, and moved its adoption:— " Parliamentary Committee, Loyal National Repeal Association, Corn Exchange Rooms, Dublin, Aug. 16. " Resolved—That we cannot separate, even for a short period, without our most marked and grateful thanks to eur respected Chairmen, William Smith O'Brien, ESq., M.P., for the services which he has rendered to Ireland, not only by his powerful and unanswerable advocacy of the rights of his country in Parliament, but for the still greater benefits he has c inferred upon us by his con stant and unremitted attendance upon this (the Parlia mentary) Committee, whereby we were enabled to get through a vast quantity of business of the highest im portance to the repeal cause ; which, but fur his most invaluable assistance, we never could have accompli-hed. 'Passed unanimously. " THOMAS DAVIS, Chairman." The country knew full well the value of the services of Mr. Smith O'Brien—they were beyond all praise. Dr. MURPRY seconded the adoption of the resolution, which passed amidst the loudest demonstrations of applause. Mr. O'Cose - mee handed in several remittances— amont them 351. from Liverpool, and 200/. from Hali fax, Nova Scotia. Ile then read the following letter freaa Mr. W. T. Wyse, M.P.:— " 17, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Aug. 10. Dear Sir,,---Permit me to return my grateful ae laeawledgments for the honour which has been done me and my fellow Members who supported my motion for an inquiry into the facts connected with the formation of the jury at the late state trials in Ireland, by the rote of thankit_passed unanimously at your meeting of last Monday, and of which a copy has just reached me. I earnestly wish it hied been in my power to have esta blished some stronger claim to public gratitude than the honest, NO; successless effort to vindicate trial by jury, froin-eveu t.'ie suspicion of partiality, and an attempt to obtain at least an inquiry into allegations, which, if true, as I belie,7e them to be, go far to vitiate the whole proceedings, end inflict a serious injury, not only on Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-sufferers, but on the rights of all, and the cause , itself of public justice. These opi nions I entertained, and entertain, and shall never cease to say so—until met by some stronger argument than assertion—both in and out of Parliament. " Thanking you personally for the courtesy of your communication, I beg you te believe me, dear Sir, " Your faithful and obedient servant, " THOS. WYSE. Martin Crean, Esq., Actirg Secretary, Repeal Association, Dublin." Mr. T. M'NEVIN (barrister) brought forward a report on the " hurrying of Bills through 2erliament," and then commented on the indecent haste with which measures, particularly those having reference to Ireland, were passed on the termination of the session, whilst the early part of it was spent with little or no advantage to the country. The Learned Gentleman then referred to the alteration in the sentiments of Sir Robert Peel towards Ireland, and expressed his conviction that they could not expect sincerity from e. Statesman educated in the school o(an Eldon. Sir V. BLAKE, M.P., read a letter from Dr. M`Hale, Archbishop of Tuano, and moved its insertion on the minutes. Dombrain; ant the Vice-commodore, Captain BoWie, were in attendance upon his Excellency. The jetty at Kingstown was crowded wi h people. CHARGE OF SEDITION. At Galway sessions, on Friday, Joseph Keys, a man of colour, who had been forcibly ejected from a temper ance room, for having delivered a seditious speech to the members, was brought up in custody. Mr. John Tyrrell, repeal warden, stated that he was, on the evening of Tuesday the 6th instant, at the Parent Temperance Room, and that while the band was prac tising the prisoner entered, and, calling for silence, ob served that he was one of those who owed their emanci pation to Mr. O'Connell, who was then in prison ; that the repeal would be had, but not until their repeal but tons were flung aside, and the sword and pitchfork taken up first. Witness, on hearing this language, called upon the persons present to put out the prisoner, which was done at once. _ _ _ Other witnesses corroborated this statement. The prisoner then stated that he was a sailor, and lived last at Newtown Forbe., three miles from Longford where he was repairing a boat; that he cline to Galway on the sth ins:ant, in expectation he might get employ ment in a ship. He recollected he had been at the Tem perance Rooms, but not what he had said ; and it was el ident that unless he were tipsy he would not have gone among strangers, or done what was imputed to him. Mr. G RIFFITII, one of the magistrates, said, it was the opinion of himself and Mr. Kernan, that the prisoner ought not to be committed for trial on the charge, but bound in his own recognizances of 201. to keep the peace for seven years. The prisoner then entered into his own recognizances, and was liberated. SPIRIT lit the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOI3E.—Of the bombardment of Tangiers ample details will be found in another column. The descriptions of the operations, and the comments upon the mode in which they w-cre executed, from professional men who witnessed therns without having their attention distracted by taking an active part in the scene, will be interesting to every class of readers ; but will be deeply so to naval and military men. The latter will know how to appreciate the tactics of the assailants, and the gallant re:istance of the assailed. According to the accounts of the British officers who watched the proceedings, the French have little to boast of in the way of superiority in naval fight. Their unskilfulness in pointing their guns ; the fuss and fury with which their ships com menced the attack in connexion with the compara tively trifling results of their fire upon the forti fications against which it was directed, caused no little merriment among the British officers and men who were spectators of the scene. The merit of their criticisms we do not profess to discuss. That the exciting scene should call up reminis cences of former days, when the " tug of war" was between the assailants and the spectators, was but natural. That these recollections should cause the pulse of our brave seamen to beat with a quickened pace, and inspire them with something approaching to a wish for an opportunity of proving that British skill and prowess have experienced no diminution, will not excite surprise. \\re can appreciate the feelings which they express with characteristic ardour, without sharing in the hopes they breathe, that their services will be again required to vin dicate the honour and protect the interests of their country. From the attack on Tangiers—which seemed to threaten an interruption of the pacific relation between France and England—a transition to the sub ject of increased or diminished probability of a rup ture between the two countries, is easy and natural. The public mind is tremblingly alive to this inquiry. _Hope and fear, anxiety and confidence —with the mo difications of which each class of feeling is susce pti ble— ascend and descend in the scale of national feeling, like the mercury in the tube. The intelligence supplied by Mt. O'CONNELL then rose to make his weekly return from the prison. He had to repeat his usual report of the health and spirits of the imprisoned martyrs. They were perfectly, well and full of hope. It was likely, in all appearance, that England would want the lion heart and stout arm of Ireland, and she could • easily procure both the -one and the other, not by the means of the plausible hypocrisy and sweet words of Sir Robert Peel, but by the substantial . instru mentality of doing justice to the Irish. He could state of his own knowledge that Mr. O'Connell felt the deepest regret at- not being present in the Repeal Association that day, to join in the vote of national gra titude to Mr. Smith O'Brien. His opinion, he knew, was, that it was not possible to find words sufficiently strong to mark the pre-eminent value of that gentleman's services in the cause of Ireland. He thought it quite providential that a g entleman of Mr. Smith O'Brien's high &erecter, rank, family, and station in society, and Of his great talents aid unimpeachable personal and po litical integrity should be at the head of the repeal movement at the present moment. It was of the greatest advantage that the leader of the repeal movement at pre sent should be a Protestant gentleman of ancient family. Mr. Smith O'Brien, therefore, had all the ingredients of great public utility, and he had sterling patriotism to ren der these ingredients available for Ireland. lle could state it to be the opinion of Mr. O'Connell that the Association should take steps to get as many persons as possible, not being already pledged teetotallers, to take the abstinence pledge for a limited period—that is, until the repeal of the union. Mr. O'Connell had consulted Father Mathew, who approved of the limited plan for those who would not take the pledge for life. Four of Mr. O'Connell's grandsons had already taken it in the limited shape, and Mr. Smith O'Brien upon his return from the country would probably shape a motion for an aggregate meet ing at Clontarf; or some other suitable vicinity, to ad minister " The Repeal Total Abstinence Pledge." He had also naafi' to know that Mr. O'Connell con • curred in another suggestion of Mr, Smith O'Brien, to have another pledge taken, as universally as possible, against the consumption of tobacco in any . shape until the repeal of the union. That pledge, if universally, or even generally taken, would have a great effect upon the minds of British statesmen in favour of doing justice to Ireland. Ire knew that it was the intention of Mr. O'Connell himself, upon the 30th of Mgy, 1845, to in stitute a pledge for the non-consumption of exciseable articles in Ireland, and also a pledge for the non-use of any article not of Irish manufacture. All these pledges would be upon the same footing as the total abstinence pledge. Ia reporting to the Association the state of the imprisoned martyrs, be had distinctly to state, of his own knowledge, that nothing coul.l give more pleasure and comfort to them than the continued tranquillity of Ire land. How insane must the policy of the British Minis ter be to think that lie can delude such a people by hypo critical pretences and plausible words, and how much more than insane must lie be to refuse that people jus tice and constitutional freedom. Mr. HENRY GIIATTAN, M.P., read the correspondence which had taken place between Mr. Smith O'Brien and Secretary of the Agricultural Society, and moved its insertion on the minutes. The lion. Gentleman then addressed the meeting at considerable length, adverting to a variety of topics, with a view of >hoasing that there was no hope fur Ireland save in the restoration of her domestic legislature. Mr. MARE BLAKR, ILP., handed in a sum of money from the county of Mayo. ab Mr. O'ConNsm. handed in 30L horn Prince Edward's Island, and nom Milwankie, Wisconsin, United States, Arneri7a, 9/. per Richard Murphy, Esq.. secretary, who says—" While we (the repeaters of Milwankie) sin cerely condole with your friends throughout the world at your (Mr. O'Connell's) imprisonment —one of the foulest acts of British tyranny--we rejoice in the confident hope that, though you suffer, your incarceration will beget the peace and freedom of Ireland. A world's sympathy is not to be disregarded—a fact which the Tory Ministry may yet learn ; and that they have done an act tending more than any other to excite that sym pathy seems to us evident." Mr. J. REILLY, town councillor, handed in several sums of money, forwarded to him for presentation, and then addressed the meeting. Mr. O'CONNELL thou announced the receipt of the following sums from America :—Montreal, 1251. ; New Brunswick, TOOL ; S. John's, 140/. He then said it a mild be in the recollection of the meeting that a bill of the continental arrivals of the morning influence the transactions of the day. As the political vane shifts its inclination, so commercial operations are checked or encouraged, and monetary transactions are de pressed or revive. The letter of our Paris corre spondent states that an improved state of feeling toward England pervades the public mind of the French capital. It is there generally believed that the two Governments have arrived at an under standing respecting the subject-matter of difference, which will lead to the amicable adjustment of the disputes arising out, of the outrages committed at Otaheite by the French authorities; and also to a satisfactory termination of the yet more formidable affair of Tangiers. Of such a result we had no doubt, if the two Cabinets were actuated in the negotiations by the sound policy on which the real interests of their respective countries depend. Our apprehensions of a contrary result were occasioned, on the one hand, by the apparent disposition of the French Minister to yield to the war party ; which has clamoured for ag gression and outrage, in opposition to justice and peace; and on the other, by the apathy which seemed to have crept over the Government of this country with reference to its foreign policy. The former acted as if it were its intention to provoke England to hostile retaliation • while the latter seemed to encourage renewed infractions of its rights, and movements por tentous to its interests, by indifference approaching to insensibility; or—what was yet more reprehensi ble—by expostulation, the gentleness of which tended to invite a repetition of outrage, rather than a repa ration for wrong already inflicted. Most glady shall we hail a change in the councils of both Cabinets. A determined re3istance of the war-faction, which has striven to involve France in war with Eng land, will be the best evidence of the pacific po licy of the French Ministers. Such a determination, if openly proclaimed, would be received by the bulk of the French nation with approbation ; and would crush the hopes of the noisy agitators, who have sought to advance their own selfish projects, which are threatened with extinction by the preservation and perpetuity of peace. The best mole of indi cating a settled purpose to preserve peace, would be to admit the wrongs done at Otaheite—to punish the wrong-doers. Reparation should be made to the injured Queen, by restoring her to the throne, with her powers unimpaired and unfettered, from which she was de- Fosed, without just reason or colourable pr e t ex t, by rench authorities ; and to this country, for the in sult inflicted upon it in the person of its Consul. While France confines her hostile operations against Morocco to bombarding the fortifications on her coast, let her expend as much powder and shot as she pleases in that way : England will look on, without interfering, or wishing to interfere, in the matter. But not a foot of land must she seek to po.sess in that territory; nor on any other part of that coast—save Algeria; which she may keep, if she can. This, then, is the course which a straightforward policy prescribes to the two Governments. These are the terms which that of England is bound to require of France, and France to comply with. They are founded in justice; and cannot be abated without compromising the honour of England ; nor refused by France without im pugning the sincerity of the professions which she makes of desiring the preservation of peace with England. STANDARD.—We have copied from the Times some letters descriptive of the late attack upon Tan giers. We confess that if these letters had been offered to ourselves in the first instance, we should have hesitated to make public articles written in a spirit so uncandid and offensive, and which really tell so little of what the public can be interested to know. The criticisms of professional men upon the operations of rivals are seldom too liberal, but it would be unjust to the British navy to believe that the letter writers in the Times are what they call themselves—naval officers. We think that these letters present, besides their extreme illiberality, other internal evidence exchange for 174. 14s. 9d. had been returned to New demonstrative of the fact that the writers of them Orleans, in consequence of some matter which was con- are not naval officers, though probably the letters tsined in the letter which accompanied that remittance, ma y have been written on hoard the vessels from recommending the adoption of measures which would which they were dated by some landsmen, instructed have the effect of compromising their allegiance. Their by the gossip of the common sailors. As we friends in New Orleans had acknowledeed their error, and unsatisfactory have observed, such offensive and now forwarded them the sum of Mt., accompanied letters ought not to have been printed without much by tile following letter ':— hesitation • but, as they have been printed, the mis " New Orleans, July 19, 1844. " Dear Sir,—We have received your valued letter of chief has been done, and all that is now possible is to the Ist, ult., in which you return us the bill of exchange limit its amount, by showing what the communi ties 1781. 14s. 9d., transmitted to you in aid of the Loyal cations are really worth. The writers charge the National ttepotil Association of Ireland. We have care- Prince de Joinville pretty directly with want both telly perused the reasons for which Mr. O'Connell would of skill and of courage, and impute a like want of not receive this stsrider hut well-meant contribution, end courage to the French marine, and charge the we have come to the conclusion that the elevated and sailors of the squadron with a great deficiency patrioti c motives of the reoeal question have not been in naval gunnery. Now, as to the degree properly under Stood by our Society here. I fi nd, professional displayed by the Royal of skill . and indeed I may safely say we hare all found, that the basis of this all-important questiou is founded Admiral, we are certainly no competent judges, and upon such just, peaceable, and patriotic principles, that I if we were better qualified to judge of a naval to pervert them would not only endanger this righteotv4 ca use, but at the. same time ' operation than we can pretend to be under the most jeopardise those valuable favourable circumstances, we want all the requisites Jives, which are at present sheddin g so bright a lustre on for a correct judgment, knowledge of the orders the glory of trelantl. "In the nnme of the Rep-al Associati n I beg to state under which the Prince acted—knowledge of the that we regret deeply that the resolution's 'accompany locality and its d(fsnsible parts, knowledge of the state the former remittance Were of such a nature as to pre- of the tide, currents, wind, Scc. Nor do chide the possibility of their beingerxecptrilevsesded; expressed, order the Time s correspondents help us the least in to prove that, although wrongly were • these partizulars ; and, indeed, one of the strongest still v‘eii mean t, we beg leave, most respectf u l ly , t o i n - proofs to us that these persons are not " the close yinfthe sum of 2-12 /.naval officers " they are represented, is their "In conclusion , we pray that the God of J ust i ce may neglect of supplying that very kind of information bless the fortunes of ' re p eal. which a professional man would consider the first to " GEORGE W. REEDER, be offered. But if we are unable to form any opinion " Corresponding Secretary of the Repe a l Asses. from ourselves of the skill of the Prince de Joinville, ciation of New Orleans. we certainly shall not abide by the decision of such " grateMatn Crean, Esq." , very incompetent judges as the Time ' correspondents. It is • Afte ma farther buminess, Mr. Henry Grattan an- quite possible, nay, it is almost necessary, that nounced the rent for the week, 1,162/. 3s. 9d. the F renc h commander may have made some mistakes. The meeting then adjourned. l' Every one, how muc h so ever experienced INSPECTION OF THE REVENUE C RUISERS. takes at the comm encement of, makes mis a great operation ; if This day the splendid fleet of revenue cruisers now the mistake does not materially obstruct success, as it _assembled in the Bay of Dublin, were inspected by the i did not at Tangiers, it rests uncorrected—it is only I when it happens to be very important, that a Lord Lieutenant. twe.lre mistake gives a commander d occasion to , prove His Excellency reached Kingstown about o'clock, and, after.srxne conversation with Mr. J. rim, his skill by repairing it, iv their 1 fame upon , or repair mach pbaai the lr.n. jun., the treasurer of the Dublin and Kingstown Rail s ay, and Mr. G. floe, one of the directors, respecting gr!atest commanders,pafa coamninitd. As to the the atmospheric line to Dalkey, which has excited so rested f noblsunniadlelrs originallyt and the mach interest in all parts of Europe, embarked on hoard ing o the revenue brig Shamrock, Captain Goldsmith, R.N., imputation upon the Prince's courage, and sailed into the bay, where the fleet of cruisers went courage of the French navy, it is somewh a t l ate in , through various evolutions. The Commodore, Sir J. 1 the day to impute cowardice to the blood of Henry the Fourth, nothing degenerated, certainly, in that most intrepid of Princes who now governs France ; late in the day, also, to impute cowardice to a nation which, within the memory of many now living, with equal numbers, and in pitched fields, defeated suc cessively the gallant armies of all the most gallant na • tions of Europe, except one which it does not become us to name. No; a braver race than the French people does not exist—probably never existed; if they have ever found superiors in equal battle, the superiority has lain in purely physical qualities, aided by the stubborn confidence which a consciousness of physical superiority almost always inspires, until it becomes a habit of the mind. As to the defi ciency of the French in naval gunnery, before subscribing to the opinion of the Times' cor respondents, we should like to know something of the state of the weather; the condition of the sur face of the sea must seriously affect the success of artillery practice at 800 or 1,200 yards' range. We are more sceptical on this point, because we have lately had the pleasure of conversing with some bona fide naval officers—men alike distinguished by their gallantry and their professional skill, men, too, who having been for some years on the Mediterranean station, were almost constantly in company and in communication with the Preach marine. Nov, the retort of the French naval gun nery which we have had from these 1 4, 'Wyman is by no means consistent with the statements of the Times correspondents. They say that the French practice, is perfect, adding (not without a touch of envious feeling) that all the French want is a better quality of guns fully to equal the as yet unrivalled gunnery displayed by the British fleet at Acre. We think it proper thus to reply in detail to what we believe to be the gross misrepre sentations of the Times, first, because it is always right to tell the truth ; secondly, because the letters in the Times indicate a feeling disgraceful to English men, and which, if not repudiated in this country as it merits, mu it excite a had feeling elsewhere. LA W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 21. (Before Mr. Commissioner FARE.) IN THE MATTER OF JAMES GIBBS. This bankrupt was the well known annuitant granter, money borrower and lender, carrying on business in Jermyn-street, St. James's, to an immense extent, he having succeeded to the business of the firm of " Howard and Gibbs," who some twenty years ago, entailed so much ruin upon almost every class of society in this me tropolis. The proceedings in the case of James Gibbs have oc cupied a considerable length of time before Mr. Com missioner liolroyd, and his final examination was ad journed sine die in consequence of the non-production of a " private book," which it was sworn he had kept, but which the bankrupt swore had been destroyed many years ago. The Learned Commissioner's decision was appealed against in the Court of Review before Sir J. Knight Bruce, when the following order was issued :—" This Court doth order that tho said assignees (of James Gibbs) do proceed bLlfore the Commissioner of her Ma jesty's Court of Bankruptcy, acting in prosecution of the fiat in bankruptcy issued against the stud bankrupt, with the examination and investigation of the bankrupt's ac counts, and with the further and full examination of the said bankrupt touching his estate and effects, so far and in all such respects as the same can be done under ex isting circumstances. But this order is to be without prejudice to any question—whether the answers of the said bankrupt, in the said petition mentioned or referred to, have, or have not, been satisfactory or sufficient, and without prejudice to any question as to the existence or non-existence of the book or books in question, men tioned or referred to in the said petition, and the said Commissioner is to be at liberty (if he shall think fit) to make any special report to this Court, and this Court doth order the said petition to stand over, on all the questions and costs, ;and the said parties, or either of them, are to be at liberty to apply to this Court touching the matters of the said petition as they may be advised." THE SUN, LUND ON, THURS DA Y EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1644. Mr. JAMES address2d the jury for the defence, and His IiORDSHIP having summed up, the jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug. 20. CROWN COURT.—{Before Mr. Surgeant ATCHERLItY.) Witiam Spenings, aged 21, James Raby, 23, Thomas Silman 23, and Charles Hibbs, 24, were indicted, the,latter for having ravished and carnally known a woman of the name of Elizabeth Lewis, and the other three for having aided and assistei him iii the perpetration of the, crime. Mr. Keating appeared for the Crown. The prisoner& were defended by Mr. Greaves and Mr. Huddleston. On the 31,th of July last, the prosecutrix, who was a person of most unprepossessing appearance, had gone a short distance from her father's cottage, at Winter bourne, for the purpose of drawing water, when she met the four man at the bar, close to a quarry. They came up to her, and llibbs, with an oath, declared he would " give it her." According to her statement, the threct other men then laid hold of her, and kept her firrelAy upon the ground until Hibbs had accomplished his par pose. This being effected, some persons were heard approaching, when the men all took to their heels and decamped. She went next day with her mother, before the Bev. J. Mirehouse, a magistrate, and there made her depositions. On cross-examination, the witness admitted that the act was accomplished in the open quarry, on the out side of a shed in which her sister was, and a man of the name of Lloyd also. She admitted having made a charge of a somewhat similar description against some young men, which she comp rom i se d by ta ki ng half-a crown each from them. She appeared also to prevari cate considerably, and to make several statements of an improbable character. After a trial of some duration, the prisoners were acquitted. Besides the above, the Learned Sergeant has, during the day, disposed of several eases of bestiality, rape, and concealment of birth, the details of all of which are equally unfit for publication. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. TRIAL OF BELANEY.-,,STEPNEY POISONING CASE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Thomas Donaghu'—l am a surgeon, living in White horse-street, Stepney. I knew the prisoner about four years ago. On the 6th June lest he came to my shop. lie wrote upon a slate that he would call again, I not being at home. He `then came again about seven o'clock. He asked for some prussic acid, salts, senna, acetate of morphine, chloric:acid, and carbonate of soda. He said he wanted the prussic acid, as he was in the habit of taking it. I got it for him. I got Scheeile's prepara tion of prussic acid for him the next day. It was in an ounce phial. It had a glass stopper. I knew by the feel of the bottle it was covered. I saw him after his wife died, and he told me that the neck of the bottle was broken, and that he poured it into a tumbler, which his wife took, she having taken salts. He wished me to at tend the inquest. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSOII—I knew him four years ago. I knew then he was in the habit of taking prussic acid. He told me he would return the bottle. A morphia is also taken as a sedative for dyspepsia. Dr. Letherby recalled—The acetate of morphine would be slow in its effect, and easily known. George Gall, examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—I was errand-boy to Mr. Donaglitie. I went to Evans's to buy some prussic acid. I gave it to Mr. Donaghue. I bought it of Mr. Evans, of Bartholomew-close. Richard Willis Powell—l am shopman to Mr. Evans. I recollect selling some prussic acid on the 6th of June. I sold it for Mr. Donaghue. It was called Scheeile's preparation. Thomas Long, examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL —I am gardener of the City of London Tower Hamlet Cemetery. I saw the prisoner there, about 12 o'clock, OH the Bth of June. There were two gentlemen with him. He told me he wanted to purchase a piece of ground to bury. Captain Clarke was with him. He said he wished the burial should take place on the Tues day. I told him ho should give four clear days to get a brick grave done. They said they would have a seven foot grave till they could have a brick one made. He went away, and had a handkerchief to his eyes, appa rently weeping. Captain Clarke said he would hear no more of the burial till Monday. John Haynes, examined by Mr. BODKIN--I am in spector of the metropolitan police. I went down to North Sunderland. I saw Mr. Bell there. I got the letters handed up by me from him. The two papers I found in a cupboard in the house of the prisoner. George Gray Bell examined—l live in North Sunder land. I know Mr. Belaney. I was agent of some lime works, of which the prisoner was a partner. I became agent in September. Mr. Belaney was living near the place. Mrs. Belaney was living with him. About July he was leaving for London with Mrs. Belaney. I re ceived the letters marked from No. 1 to 6 from him. They are in his handwriting, The two papers handed up I believe to be in his handwriting. There is a letter addressed to Mr. John Denning. I know the copyhold property which the late Mrs. Skerrett had. She was the mother of Mrs. Belaney. It would now sell for about 3,700/. Mr. Robson was a partner in the lime works. The share of Mrs. Belaney, including a colliery, was worth about 2,4001. I made an estimate of the property. It was about 6,0001. Cross-examined by Mr. ERLE—I heard Mr. Belaney talking of an excursion in the month of September. He spoke of going to the south. I heard of the excursion frequently spoken of between September and the Ist of June. Mr. Belaney was fond of falconry. He said he wished to see an exhibition of falconry on the Rhine. He keeps a great number of birds. I never saw anything but the greatest kindness subsisting between Mr. and Mrs. Belaney.. She seemed apparently perfectly happy. I was put into the agency by Mr. Belaney. He had full control over the lime works, and managed as he pleased. There was a house building on the pro perty for them. Re-examined —I did not see much of Mr. and Mrs. Belaney after their marriage. Mrs. Belaney was twenty two years of age. Alexander Wilson—l am farm steward in the service of Robson and Skerrett. I knew Mr. Belaney. I remember his marrying Miss Skerrett. It was on the 23d of February, 1843. She was an only child. Mr. Belaney practised as a medical man before his marriage. He gave up practising after his Marriage, and took the manage ment of the lime works. Mrs. Skerrett died on the Ist of July after the marriage. On the 31st of May this he was going to the Con 3trienaer he Con tinent. l ar h d ad M s r o . m ß e el b a u ri .:i eY n : e s s a s Y to transact with him. He said to me he wanted a witness to the wills which were made ; that it was a thing which was generally done when people went from home. The papers were pro duced. Mrs. Belaney was present. lie read one of them over, and he said the other was to the same effect. I put my name to the papers. They had been signed before by Mr. and Mrs. Belaney, but they went over them again with a dry pen. The next day they left for London. Cross-examined by Mr. ERLE—I have been employed thirty years, but have been farm-steward only since March last. Mrs. Skerrett was an old woman when she died. Mrs. Belaney appeared ta me to be happy in her marriage. Mr. Belau(?y had the management of the pro • perty. I heard Mrs. Belaney say that she was anxious to see London. His character was that of a kind man as far as I knew. _ Ralph Moore—l am a shoemaker, residing at North Sunderland. I witnessed the wills. I knew Mr. Be laney for seve ral years. John Dinning—l am a farmer residing at Elfurd, near North Sunderland. I knew the prisoner fur about three years prior to June. I was from home in June. I re turned on the 10th, and found a letter from Mr. Belaney before me. A letter posted in London on Saturday would reach me about five o'clock in the afternoon. I got this letter about ten in the forenoon. I dtstroyed that letter. It was dated from the Euston Hotel, the 6th of Jane, to the best of my belief. The contents of that letter were, to the best of my belief, that I would be sorry to hear that his wife was taken unwell ; that she was attended by two physicians. He was about to remove her to pri vate lodgings, and he would not be able to take her to the Rhine. He also said that he was afraid that was going to happen which had happened before. I under stood this to mean a miscarriage. Cross examined—Mr e and Mrs. Belaney appeared to me ti be living on happy terms. Mr. Belaney was fond of falconry. I heard of the tour spoken of some time b..fore. Mrs. l3elaney was anxious fur, and she seemed desirous of, going to London, and to go to Arlington, where Mr. Belaney's brother resided. He bore the character of a man of kindness and humanity. Thomas Robert Younghusband—l am a farmer re siding at Elwick. I know the last witness. I have seen the prisoner before. On the 11th of June Mr. Dinning showed me a letter from Mr. Belaney. It was dated the Euston Hotel. The witness described the contents of the letter to the same effect as the last witness. I was not then aware of the death of Mrs. Belaney. I heard of her death on the Thursday or Friday after. The con tents of the letter occurred to me more strongly when I heard of the death. Mr. Richard Straker—l am the postmaster of North Sunderland. At the time in which this transaction took place, a letter put into the post-office in London, would reach North Sunderland at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Saturdly. Mr. Dinning's letters were taken to him by a servant. The letter directed to Mr. Dinning from Mr. Belaney *as in the post-office on Saturday the Bth, to the best of my belief. It must have been posted on the,. 6th in London, to arrive in North Sunderland on the Bth. Cross-examined—Mr. and Mrs. Belaney appeared to lire happily together. He had the character of being a kind man as far as I knew. Mr. Dinning was recalled, and said that he had , been from home from Thursday, the 6th. William Blott, a clerk in the G eneral Post-office— This letter, No. 2, bears the morning mark of the 10th of .rune. It must have been, therefore, posted either be fore half-past five on the evening of the 9th, or before eight on the morning of the 10th. The 9th being Sun day, it must have been, posted after half-past five on Sa turday evening. This letter, No. 3, must have been posted before eight o'clock on the morning of the 10th, or before half-past five in the evening. It bears the evening post mark. Mr. George Scott—l am registrar of births and deaths in North Sunderland. Registered the death of Mrs. Skerrett, in January, 1843. I called on Mr. Belaney for the patticulars. He had called on me to register. When 1 asked him the cause of death, he stammered, and said, " Well, you may say, bilious fever." The entry was put in, and read. Mr. Dinning recalled, and examined by Mr. ERLE—• I visited Belaney's house during the illness )f . Mrs. Skerrett. I believe Mr. Hunt, a medical man, attended her, but I am not sure. 'Mr. It. Ferguson, clerk to the manor of Bransburgh, was called, • and proved- that Mr. and Mrs. 13elaney called upon him, and she handed over the interest in the copyhold for the use of herself and children, SUMMER ASSIZES. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 20. (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) William Anderson, a surgeon, practising at Manches ter, was indicted for the manslaughter of Jane Ford, by the administering of improper medicines. Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Mark conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was defended by Mr. James. Mr. Wilkins stated the case. Catherine Foley, examined by Mr. MARK—I am the wife of William Foley. My maiden name was Ford. I was married to my husband, Philip Foley, after the birth of this child. It was six weeks old at the time of its death. It was in good health on the morning of the 29th of May. I fed it about ten o'clock on boiled bread and milk. It ate heartily. It took the breast well. In the afternoon it was seized with a fit of crying. I searchd its clothes to see whether anything hurt it. I could not find anything. I took it to a druggist's in Newton-lane, near my house. He told me to take it to Surgeon An derson's. I did so. I showed him the child. It was not then crying. He asked what was to do with the child. I said it was bad in the belly. He asked if I had fed it. I said I had. He asked me if it was with new bread or old? I said with old. A woman who was there asked if it ever had fits? I said no. He felt the belly of the child. It did not cry when he did so. He looked up in my face and laughed. I told him I had given it a teaspoonful of castor oil. He asked me if it drew up its legs. I said, " No, it was rather inclined to stretch itself out." He asked me for a bottle, and I fetched one. He filled it from two b Ades in the shop. I paid ad. for it. He told me to give the child a teaspoon ful every four hours, one dose to be given as soon as Igot ho me. He did not tell me to go back to tell him how it was going on. I gave it a teaspoonful of the mixture about seven o'clock. It cried a little but not much. I gave it another dose about eleven o'clock. It slept very heavily, but awakened partially when I took it up. I had no difficulty in opening its mouth, but it hiccupped and moaned. Its feet were cold, and the legs drawn up. I straightened them, but it drew them up again. About four o'clock in the morning I gave it another dose. I got up about seven o'clock. I went to Mr. Anderson about half-past seven. The child was then sleeping very heavily, and I did not attempt to wake it. When Mr. Anderson came down I said, " Mr. Anderson, the little child I had here yesterday was very poorly in the night, and hiccupped very much after I gave it the se cond teaspoonful of the mixture. It draws up its legs and moans very much." He asked me if it had slepC? I said it had. I had taken the bottle with me. It was half full. Mr. Anderson filled it up, and told me to give it to the child as before. I gave it another dose about eight o'clock. It was not moaning then. It was in other respects the same as before. About twelve o'clock I gave it some more. It was very cold, and I se veral times took it to the fire to warm it. I then took it to Mr. Taylor's, the druggist, and he desired me to take it to the infirmary. 'l'bis was after four o'clock in the afternoon. The child died about half-past one on Friday morning. After its death I went to the prisoner and asked him what was his reason for giving such me dicine to my child to kill her ? He said he thought there was something sour on her stomach. This evidence having been confirmed, Edward Tomlinson, a surgeon at the infirmary, stated that the child was brought to him on the 31st of May, about fire o'clock. It was then labouring under ym p vims of narcotic poison. The skin was cold, the pulse small, the pupils contracted and fixed. There was a slight consciousness. The bottle delivered to witness by Mrs. Foley was given to Mr. Braithwaite. Witness smelt it. It contained opium. The child was put in a hot bath, and other means were used to rouse it. Does not think that opium should ever be given to an infant. Half a drop should, at all events, be the largest dose. Would expect two drops to produce death in from seven to twelve hours. After twelve hours there are usually hopes of recovery. Four drops would probably pro duce death in from seven to twelve hours. Could not say nearer. Six drops in five hours would probably produce death sooner. An overcharged stomach fre quently produces symptoms similar to those produced by narcotic poison. Re-examined—The symptoms produced by an over loaded stomach would be apoplectic. In apoplexy the pupil is dilated, not contracted. The strength of lau danum varies very much. John Braithwaite, the apothecary at the infirmary, stated that he saw the child about nine o'clock in the evening. It was then comotose. The skin was cold, the pups contracted, and there was great difficulty in rousing it. In apoplexy the patient cannot be roused at all. Received a bottle from the last witness. It smelt strongly of opium. Ordered strong coffee to be adminis tered. The cure, however, seemed then hopeless. Wit !less made up a mixture, containing six drops of lau danum to three drachms of water, which he gave to Mr. Watson, the chemist. The child died on the Friday. Examined the body the same day. • There were several bluish patches on the surface of the skin. The brain was congested. On cutting into its substance found several spots of dark coloured blood. Took out the stamach and havels, and gave them to Mr. Philipson, the Coroner's officer. The body presented the usual ap pearances of death from narcotic poison. The stomach was not distended. There was no smell of opium, but the child might still have died of opium, as it would be absorbed. Infants are peculiarly susceptible of the effects of opium. Would not administer as much as half a drop to an infant six weeks old. Cross •examined—Would suppose a dose of two drops would produce death in from six to eight, ten, or twelve, or more hours. It is impossible to speak definitely. Several doses of two drops each would probably cause death !sooner, but not so soon as if all were administered together. After two dropi the infant would probably be in a comotose state in four hours. He examined—The effccts of opium are different in different constitutions. H. B. Watson, chemist, tested the contents of the bottle received from Mrs. Foley, and the mixture made up by Mr. Braithwaite. Added a solution of the sulphate of the peroxide ofiron and compared the colour. The mix• ture received from Mrs. Foley was stronger than that made up by Mr. Braithwaite, viz., six drops to three drachms of water. Diluted a portion of the former until the colour, when the solution was added as above, approached that of the latter. Thinks the mixture received from Mrs. Foley was at least twice as strong as that made up by Mr. Braithwaite. It appeared froin the evidence of Mr. Beswick, the constable, that on the 6th of June he went to the house of the prisoner. A young man who was in the shop shut the door, and refused him admission. He got in, and going down to the cellar found the door shut. Some one opposed his entrance from the inside. On getting. in he found the prisoner and two females there. He spoke to the prisoner about the child. lle said he knew nothing about it. Ile had no such name in his books. Sarah Williams recalled, and examined by Mr. ERLE —Some articles were brought for Mrs. Belaney to the house. Those were a bonnet and some other articles. The wills were then put in, and read. They were dated the 17th of May. One conveyed all the pro perty of James Cockburn Belaney to his wife, Rachel Belaney, and th e o th er conve y e d t h e property of Rachel Belaney to her husband. The letters of the prisoner were put in and read. Thu/tease for the prosecution having closed, Mr. ERLE asked the Court for time to proceed with the defence till to-morrow, as he felt that he would ba better able to do justice to the case if he was allowed time till to-morrow. The COURT thought that it was too early an hour to break up. Mr. ERLR rose to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He commenced by entreating them to dismiss from their minds all they had heard upon the subject of the charge against the prisoner out of door, and not to allow any rumours or reports that might have come to their knowledge on the subject to prejudice the inquiry. He then proceeded to state that there would be no difficu'ty as to the cause of death, which was clearly occasioned by prussic acid, and the only question for the jury was, whether the prisoner had wilfully administered that poison to his wife, and with the intent to murder her ; and this was the point which the jury had to decide. He then proceeded to remark that the evidence showed the prisoner to be a man of respectability ; he had contracted what appeared to be a happy marriage ; there was no imputation of any rival affection ; and yet, without any apparent motive whatever, the jury were called on to say that he had committed the most enormous crime that could possibly be committed by any human being. He begged the jury to remember that it was impossible there could be any pecuniary motive for this act, for it was proved that from the moment of his marriage the whole of the property had been placed in his uncontrolled possession. The copyhold property was handed over to him, and he might have dons what he pleased with it ; therefore there could not have been any pecuniary motive to induce him to commit the murder. The will that had been been referred to gave the pri soner no more power over the property than he possessed before, for by his marriage the property became hip, and if his wife had died first the whole would have devolved upon him. He begged them to recollect that if the prisoner had died his property would have been divided amongst relations, and it was, therefore, a most natural and honourable course for him to endeavour to secure to her, in such an event, the property which he had himself derived from her. As to the will of the deceased, it was mere waste paper, and was invalid in every respect ; and if it had been a valid instrument it would not at all have benefited the prisoner. With regard to the letters being dated from the Euston Hotel, when the prisoner and his wife had left that establishment, it might, he considered, be very easily accounted for by the fact that the prisoner and his wife were not anxious to have it known that they were living in a small apartment, but desired to have it thought that they were in a stylish place, like the Euston Hotel, It should be recollected, also, that the place where the prisoner did take up his abode was of all others the only part of London where he had any friends, and ho would ask them if it was likely that he would have chosen such a spot for the commission of a cool and deliberate murder? The Learned Counsel then proceeded to remark upon the other facts of the case, and he said it certainly appeared that the prisoner's statement that two medical men were in attendance upon his wife was not true, but the prisoner's explana tion was, that if the illness of Mrs. Belaney had con tinued, it was his intention to have called in medical assistance. As to the possession of the poisonous arti cles, he should be in a position most satisfactorily to account for this circumstance from the fact that the prisoner had for several years laboured nnder dyspepsia, and the only means of relief were the administration of strong acids, and the medical gentlemen who had prescribed for the prisoner was in attendance to prove this fact. He then remarked upon the affection which it was proved existed between the prosecutor and his wife, and the kind manner in which he had ministered to her comfort, and asked the jury whether they could reconcile such conduct with the belief that the prisoner all along intended to carry out a deliberate plan of murdering his unoffending victim? He contended that the prisoner's story as to the manner in which the poison had been taken by the deceased was most probable, and that it was borne out by all the circumstances spoken to by the witnesses. What was more probable, then, than that the unfortunate deceased, after taking the salts, which it was proved she had done, should have got up and taken some water in order to remove the taste of the salts from her mouth, and seeing this glass upon the drawers, that she should have employed it for that purpose? He called upon the jury to weigh all the facts of the case minutely, and he felt satisfied that the result would be that they must acquit the prisoner; and he felt convinced they would think it impossible for human nature to be guilty of so monstrous and aggravated a crime as that imputed to his unfortunate client, for if the charge were true, he must be the blackest fiend that ever walked upon the face of the earth. It was impossible that he should be guilty. He had been acquainted with the deceased in early life. They had grown up together, were united, and during their conjugal intimacy lived most happily together ; and he would ask what possible motive the prisoner could have had for the commission of so heinous a crime? His Learned Friend might tell them that he would exchange his life interest for the foe, but what would that be ? He could sell the property, and that was all. Was there the least evidence of any intention on his part to dispose of the property? He would ask the jury, as husbands and as fathers, whether they could believe it possible that the prisoner had committed this awful crime under such circumstances? He had a young and lovely wife, in the flower and bloom of life, and about to become a mother ; and the prisoner was charged with the murder of that wife, without the slightest motive being assigned for the commission of the act. It certainly was a most mysterious case, and he begged the jury to recollect that they were inquiring into the intention oftheir fellow-man, an intention which could only be known to God ; and he therefore, implored them, if they bad but a single doubt, to give the prisoner the benefit of that doubt, and acquit him. At the conclusion of the address of the Learned Coun sel, the Court adjourned until this morning at ten o'clock. NEW COURT. A respectable-looking man, named Henry Suge, 34, described as a surgeon, was indicted for stealing a cheque for 301., the property of a lady named Sydney addock s. Mr. Doane appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. The prosecutrix was accommodated with a seat on the bench. She stated that she was a widow, residing at Kensington. Mr. Robarts, the banker, was her brother, and she kept an account at his establishment. On the day in question she was in Regent-street, in her brother's carriage. She called at a shop, and left her reticule, containing the cheque in question, in the carriage. On her return to her carriage, she discovered that the cheque was gone. She immediately gave information both to the bank and to the police. The prosecutrix's coachman and footman were put into the box, but they knew nothing of the robbery. Mr. llarrington, one of the cashiers in Messrs. Ro berts, Curtis, and Co.'s banking establishment, stated that, on the day after the rubbery, the prisoner presented the cheque in question for payment, and upon his doing so he was requested to walk into an inner room. He stated that the cheque was his own. J. Robarts, Esq., was then examined from the bench, and he stated that he questionel the prisoner when he presented the cheque, and ultimately gave him into custody. Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk at the Mansion•house, produced a statement which was made at that office by the prisoner. It was, that he had seen two foreigners in the street disputing about the cheque, and ho pointed out the banking-house to them, and they asked him to get the cheque cashed for them. This was the case fur the prosecution, and Mr. BALLANTINE having addressed the jury for the prisoner, called two witnesses. The first stared that on the day in question he saw the prisoner in Lombard-street. He was talking to two persons, apparently foreigners. • One of these gave the prisoner a paper, and they all walked up the street together. Y rhe witness was cross-examined by Mr. DOANE, and said that he had known the prisoner about ten years. He used to keep a chemist's shop in St. George's-in -the • East. He had attended witness. This witness was fully corroborated by another person, who was out of Court during the examination of the first witness. He corroborated the witness to the letter. Mr. DOANE—My Lord, under the circumstances, I cannot think of going on with the case. The COMMON SERGEANT—I think you are quite right. The evidence for the defence is so straightforward, that the prosecutors will see that you have taken the right course. The jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The announcement of the verdict was receded with clapping of hands, which was instantly repressed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAI?YLEBONE. Yesterday Charles Williams, Esq., a gentleman of large property, residing at No. 23, Park-square, Re gent's-park, attended before Mr. Rawlinson, by virtue of a warrant which had been placed in the hands of Hooker, the officer, to answer the charge of having coin • mitted a violent assault upon Sarah Jacobs, housemaid in his service. Mr. Robinson appeared for complainant, and another solicitor, whose name did not transpire, for the de fendant. Complainant stated that on Saturday last, as she was in the lower part of the house, she heard her mistress cry out " Murder," and call upon her for assistance. She hastened up stairs into the bed-room, and on entering it beheld her mistress lying upon the floor struggling with the defendant, who was standing over and holding her down. He had his arms round her neck, and with one of his hands grasped her throat. My mistress, who is an elderly lady, prayed of me to stop and protect her, and my master then struck me a violent blow with his fist under the left breast, after which he called a police man to see me out of the premises. I feel the effects of the blow at this moment. Mr. Robinson—Had vou done or said anything to your master to provoke him to strike you ? Complainant —All that I said to him was that he was exceedingly cruel to use my mistress in the way he did. Mr. Robinson—What became of Mrs. Williams ? Complainant —A soon as she was able she got out of the drawing room window, and passing along to another house, contrived to make her escape. Her niece was also forced out of the place by defendant, and she and Mrs. Williams are, I believe, both away still. By Defendant's Solicitor—l don't know where Mrs. Williams is gone to, neither have I seen her niece since Saturday. I heard my mistress say to my master when they were struggling together, "You'll break my heart," and he replied, " I don't care if I do." At one period of the occurrence he seemed to be trying to lift her from the floor on to the bed, but the greater part of the time he did all he could to keep her down. Mrs. Williams's niece was present when I entered the apartment ; she was forced out before I was. I have no doubt that the defendant received the bruise which he now has upon his eye in the course of the struggle between him and h's wife. I have not had medical advice for the hurt I re ceived ' • my side is painful still. I certainly was or d ere d out by defendant, but seeing the manner in which my mistress was being treated I felt myself bound to stay and do all I could for her. as she had called to me so loudly to assist her. _ The answer made bydefendant's solicitor to the charge wa-, that a painful altercation had taken place between Mr. and Mrs. Williams, and that not wishing for any other person to be present during the quarrel, Mr. Wil liams ordered complainant out of the room. No more vio!ence was used than was necessary, and Mr. Williams positively denied having struck any blow. Mr. RAWLINSON—Have you any witnesses? Solicitor —No, Sir. • Mr. RAWLINSON remarked that he could see no excuse whatever for defendant's conduct, and inflicted upon him the full penalty of 5/. The defendant, by the advice of his solicitor, intends to appeal against the Magistrate's decision at the sessions. LAMBETH-81 REET. Several poor people complained to Mr. Nortan that they had several things pledged at the shop of Mr. Fryett, the pawnbroker, and although they had taken the tickets, and tendered the principal and interest, Mr. Fryett re fused to restore them their property, under the pretence that he had not time to look for them, and they must come again in a month or six weeks. The greatest part of the property was pledged fur a mere trifle, and they much doubted whether the pawnbroker intended to give up the property on payment of the money. This they considered a great hardship. Mr. NORTON desired one of the officers of the Court to go to the pawnbroker an'l tell him that the Magi strates disapproved of the manner in which he was con ducting his business, and if he did not restore the pro perty, if not burnt, on the amount being tendered, they would find means to make him. UNION-HALL. A man namel Wetherell was committed for a month for keeping a " round-about" apparatus for gambling, at Camberwell fair ; and another man, named Edwards, who acted as a ." decoy duck," was sent to prison for fourteen days. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHELMSFORD RACES.—WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles. Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 4 yrs, 9st lib.....(Pettit) 1 1 Lord Londsdale's Black Drop, 4 yrs, 9st ltb Mr. Berrington's Father Mathew, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 3 3 Two well-contested heats ; the first won by a neck, and the second cleverly. The Hyland Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added ; for 2 yrs old colts, Bst 51b, ani fillies Bst 31b. Last half mile. Winner to be sold for 2001., &c. (3 Subs.) Lord Lonsdale's Sister to Canadian, 2 yrs, Bst 31b ... 1 Mr. Edwards's Full Sail, 2 yrs, Bst 51b 2 Mr. Cook's Statesman, 2 yrs, Bst 51b, was brought to the post, but would not start. 2tol on Full Sail. An excellent race, and won on the post only by a head. The Town Plate of 501. ; winner to be sold for 1201., &c. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Rogers's Prosody, 5 yrs, 9st 11b...(Rogers) 1 1 Mr. Edwards's Currycomb, aged, 9st 31b 2 dr Mr. James Rose's Zara, 6 yrs, 9st 31b 3 dr Currycomb the favourite—First heat won easy; second heat walked over for. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT YORK. The Messrs. Thompson's racing stud was sold by Messrs. Tattersall on Tuesday last, as followb : BROOD MARES. Guineas. Lille, by Blacklock, covered by Sheet Anchor Medea, by Whisker, do. do. Whirlwind, Sis to Cardinal Puff, do. • Mrs. Fry, by Walter, covered by Sheet Anchor Fair Helen, by Priam, ditto 175 Celerity, by Velocipede, ditto 9B Surprise, by Bay Middleton, ditto _ 5O . _ Mystery, by Lottery, covered by Melbourne l4O Sultana, by Plenipo, covered by Sheet Anchor 62 Trinket, by Tramp, ditto Patty, by Whisker, ditto_ •••• 44 Attraction, by Magnet, ditto YEARLINGS, WITIITHEIR ENGAGEMENTS. Ch c, by Cain, out of Lilla, in the Derby Br c, by Cain, out of Whirlwind Br c, by Cain, out of Skiff Ch c, gy Recovery, out of Medea, in the Derby 9, Br c, by Stockport, out of Mystery do. llO Ch c, by Cain, out of Mazurka do. ••• 76 Br c, by Recovery, out of Siroc do. 2lO Ch f, by Recovery, out of Patty, in the Oaks Ch f, by Recovery, out of Trinket Ch f, by Recovery, out of Mrs. Fry, in the Oaks ... 60 Bl or Br f, by Cain, out of Helmsman's dam, do. ... 59 FOALS. Br c, by Sheet Anchor, oat of Lilla 75 B c, do. do. Fair Helen B c, do, do. Celerity Br c, do, do, Sultana 5O B f, do, do, Whirlwind Br or Bl f, do, do, Mrs. Fry 24 Gr or Br f, do, do, Surprise B f, by Colwick, out oMystery Sheet Anchor was bought in for 550 gs. HUNTERS, &c.—Ernest the First, 120 gs.—Hardy, 70 gs.—Nelson, 76 gs.—Ch g, seven years old, 60 gs.— Lord of Holderness, 45 gs.—The Gib, 66 gs.—Ch ... by Oscar, 39 gs.—A bay filly (in the Oaks, 1845), by Sheet Anchor, out of Valentin, fetched 50 gs.—Br c by Na poleon le Grand, dam by Y. Filho da Puta, four years, 60 gs. Several lots of hacks and half-bred stock were also sold. STATE OF TRADE AT MANCHESTER.—There was rather less buoyancy in the market yesterday ; and prices of some descriptions of goods were a shade lower than last week. In reeled yarn, there was no change of price; but the demand was not quite so active as during the two or three preceding weeks.. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, AUG. 19.—This being the day of the wakes, fewer buyers have attended, and the business transacted has been more limited than last week. The Wool Market continues steady and prices firm. Manchester Guardian. THE ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLNICH.—Some idea may be formed of the immense resources of this country in the munitions of war, when it is known that in a time of peace about 2,000 large pieces of iron ordnance, of various calibres, are supplied by fo un d r i es i n Y or k s hi re every year for the use of her Majesty's services, and to replace those in the least degree unfit for the duty re quired of them at home and on foreign fortified stations. Age and exposure to the weather render many of the large guns unserviceable, but the greater number set aside are replaced as opportunities offer by new guns, constructed on improved principles for carrying longer ranges than had been previously obtained lay guns of the same dimensions of bore. The weight has been also considerably diminished, and, consequently, they are more easily worked; and by proportioning the various parts, and strengthening the breeches by giving them a greater body of metal, they are rendered more efficient, and have less recoil. Nine 32-pounders have been se lected, and they are at present lying on the wharf of the loyal Arsenal, to be shipped in the Somerset ordnance vessel for Portsmouth. Thirty-five 24-pounders have been selected for Devonport, and twenty-nine 24-poun ders for Chatham. and will be forwarded to thege ports without delay. The East India Company have also ready for shipment twenty-five 8-inch guns, weighing about 65 cwt. each, thirty 32-pounders, and twenty-four 24-pounders, all of Monk's pattern, with four 8-inch mortars, for service in the East. Indies. A JUDGE MIssING.—At the termination of the Middlesex Sessions on Monday afternoon, Mr. Sergeant Adams directed the crier to adjourn the Court until ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, at the Guildhall, West minster. The usual proclamation was made, enjoining the attendance of all persons at the before-mentioned hour. At ten o'clock Mr. Allen, the county treasurer, attended the Sessions-house, as well as an inspector of the S division, a sergeant, and three constables of the A division, appointed to maintain order in the Court. The Clerk of the Peace remained for upwards of an hour looking in vain for a Judge, and at the expiration of that time his patience became exhausted, and he quitted the Court. The police remained until nearly twelve o'clock, when the doors of the Sessions-house were closed without any business having been transacted, and the officers returned to Great Scotland-yard to report that fact. Some fears were entertained that the Learned Judge had met with some serious and sudden accident, but upon inquiry at his residence it was ascertained that he had left for the country. It is understood that some difficulties will arise in connexion with the business of the Session through this singular mistake. The Duke of Buccleuch arrived at Montagu House, on Tuesday evening, from Boughton House, near Kettering. The mortal remains of Lady Anne Scott were removed to the above seat on Monday, from Leamington Spa, and were yesterday deposited in a vault at Kettering Church, the Noble Duke and other immediate relatives of the deceased lady attending the funeral. The Duchess and family have arrived at Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries-shirt?, intending to reside there some weeks and then go to Dalkeith Palace for the winter. BLAIRGOWRIE.—WANTON MISCIIIEL—About ten days ago a party of young men from Dundee, while visiting the beautiful grounds and walks of Craighall Rattray, destroyed several choice flowers, and on being remonstrated with, they gave the gardener, Mr. M'Laren (a very civil and obliging man), the most gross abase. Not content, they then proceeded through the walks, and broke several young trees. The result now is, that the proprietor. Mr. C. Rattray, has prohibited access to all persons not having his written permission. Last week, about sixty ladies and gentlemen presented themselves at the gate, but not having any authority. they were de nied admission to the grounds.—Scotch Paper. FOREIGN FRUIT.—The Sphinx steamer, which ar • rived in the river from Havre on Monday night, had nearly 700 packages of plums on board, about twenty of the baskets containing common plums, the remainder consisting entirely of greengages, quite rips and in good condition, which were landed at the St. Katharine Steam-wharf, immediately, under the new regulations affecting the importation of fruit from the Continent, and cleared for the London markets, in a perfectly sound state. _ _ Viscount Cranbourne, eldest son of the Marquis of Salisbury, accompanied by his doctor and courier, left the Tower yesterday morning by the mail steam-ship Countess of Lonsdale, for Hamburgh. This young no bleman is one of our greatest travellers, having visited all the chief places throughout the globe, and is now en route to. China, traversing the more remote parts of Rus sia on his way, and returning by the overland journey to England. MONEY MARKET. and CITY NEWS' FROM TILE biORNING PAPERS OF Tam DAY. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENISG . TIMES.—An instance has been brought beret! ! our notice of the inconvenience which may a rise ti the public from the practice adopted at the Exci se ' office of not giving an acknowledgement for a Est ment. A clerk, by order of his employers, lately five guineas at the Excise-office for a license. acknowledgement was, as usual, refused, but the rei, ceiver promised that th e lice nse s h ou ld b e sen t. Ab °o I six weeks afterwards the clerk's employers received td notice, demanding payment of the money again; $' 1 4 ,1 the clerk, not being able to prove the payment, sr "! placed for the time in a most unpleasant situation" On going to the Excise. office, where the a mountil been paid, he was told th a t th e secon d no tice was mistake, and theref o r e th e a ff a i r en d e d w ithout sk t further disagreeable consequences. But sue': some mistake had been ma d e as t o th e receipt , 4 1 j the money, or suppose the Excise clerk had been d dishonest person, and had absc on ed, it is very , that the man who made the payment, though action quite honestly, might h ave l os t hi s s it ua tion his character too. All risk of the sort would '1 13 avoided by a public office gi v i n g an acknowledge' in every case when the instrument for which P s i s ; ment is made is not delivered at once. The Ad o are paid with the public money, and surely they bi„ k not so much to do that they cannot afford this lit extra trouble. The highest price of white wheat of the first tit' s .; lity in Paris is 29f. per 11 hectolitre, whi ch , se d equivalent to 435. 3d. per quar t er ; an d thei hig. tbe ' quotation of white wheat of th e fi rs t qua lity in London market being 56 5 . p er quar t er , it f o llows t bo wheat is 261 per cent. dearer in London than in l' 3r , The highest quotation of flour of the first qualit) Paris is. 40f. 10e. per 100 kilogramm es , w hich is l e o to 40s. ld. per sack of 2801 b. E ng li s h ; an d the higl e t quotation for town-made flo u r i n th e L on don ilia r d being 453. per sack, it follow s th a t fl our is 124 r cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The price of bread of the first quality in Par : l4 35 cents. per kilogramme, which is equal to 6d. per loaf of 41b. En g li s h ri ; and the price of b r . 01 in London at th e s h o p s o f th e f u ll- pr i ce d bakers It s 814. per 41b loaf, it follows that bread is 411 r cent. dearer in London than in Paris. SUN.—The Consol Market closed without any hoPr ° o l fr merit this afternoon, the quotations being 981 sellers, i ,„ for money and time. The heavy inv es tm en t s were ',";„ 1 flat all day. The Red uce d 1018 t o 102, an d'the per Cents. 991 to 4 1 . The New were 101. Spanish Bonds realised 221 to for the Fil. c ) Cents., and 33 to 331 for the 'I hree per Cents. F rei Five per Cents. were done at 119 f. 25c. These wer e , only transactions in the Foreign Market this afteres°o The additional transactions in Railway Shares r been these:—Birmin g h arn an d Gl oucester , 9 t o 8;. 8 , ; 1 tol and Exeter, 101 ; Edi n b urg h an d Gl asgow , 18i 0 ; n 1 e Do. Quarter, 41; L a n cas t er an d C ar li s l e , i ; BirTA ham Thirds, 36; South Wester n , 45 3 1 ,- to i t; Do. Eig''' , ;p 31; Croydon, 5 to 1• ' Do. Scrip, 94; Lynn and Manchester and Leeds, 56 to 55; Do. Half; 2 3 ,; 0 ,0 Quarter, 8t to 9; Newcastle and Darlington, 2Si British, to i; Norwich and Brandon, 10 to 91; F s 7 or Eastern, 48; Do. New, 7/ to 88; Yarmouth a nd with, 11 to -1; York and Midland, Selby Scrip, 3 6 ;'k a i t a , and Rouen, 17 to 1 ; and Rouen an d H avre , 8 pres 3l s l Caledonian have been 8 to 1/, and Greenwich, 4 “ e rd discount. London and W es t m i ns t er B an k Shares" 7; and Provincial Bank of Ireland, 20 to THE PUBLIC PA RKS AT M ANCHESTER .—The trtr fc" pool Times says :—" The subscription at Manches r te the purpose of forming parka and public walks _ l ` )r ct use of the labouring classes, now am oun t s t o taPw°' - it 9,2001„ and it is expected that three or four time 6 sum will be raised. This is the best, because the practical and conclusive, answer that could be gif e res o the charges of selfishness and indifference to the W e t /0' of the poor directed against the m anu f ac t ure rs of a s k{ chester, by monopolist orators and journ a lists. Si l tf le the present noble undertaking be com pl e t e d in the et in which it is expected to be, and that within a 17 de the revival of the cotton trade from its recent deer pression, it will remain for ages a monument of the F r . rosity and humanity of the manufacturers of Mee c a l if ter, and an example worthy of the i m it a ti on of all °' classes." „.,„,i ; t l BRIGHTON, AUG. 20.—Captain Harvey ih- f• appeared last night at the theatre in th e c h a racter , c . ) ite3 John Falsta ff . His performance of the character 0 1 ' 0 - 13 • considerable applause. He is ann ounce d t o plai t / f.t. finch this evening. Mademoi se ll e C er it o a nd Leon are engaged for the first week in September' 0 , 10 is a spirited speculation on the part of the lessee , . purposes raising the price of admission on the bee CERES.—ENORMOUS STRAWBERRY.--A straw ;0 which has been complimented with various visits' the Thomson, on Saturday week from th e gar d en o f Mr. 7, 0 V Thomson, Breadalbane Cottage, Ceres, measuring n fir isi eight inches in circumference. Several others, me a l si sie six and seven inches, have also bee n ra i se d on tu` ground.—Caledonian Mercury. tbii Mn. HORACE SMITH.—We understand th at e gr popular writer, whose production s h ave latterlY, siated of stories of modern life—told, it is true, wit" e i• that liveliness and originality which was to have bee° ;et ~4 pected from one of the author s o f " R e j ec t e d Address —is about again to come before the p u bli c i n t h a t elvi r it composition—the historical romance—in which he 0' achieved a fame second only to that of his grea s e,, temporary, Scott, for cert a inly " Brambletye ~. has placed the name of Horace Smith at the head ° f t ies living historical novelists. His new work is en t . l y " Arthur Arundel, a Tale of the English RevolutTo We are not aware whether the time of the story i s of the Protectorate, or of the abdication of 1688, either case Mr. Smith will find in the character s es' events of the period a theme p ecu li ar ly fitt e d for b' s giir phic and powerful pen, and one which is sure tbk serest the sympathies of hi s numerous rea d e rs tin mirers. (so. - - O OP DEATH OF A D EBTOR IN THE Q UEEN 'S ••• P orl —The death of one of that unhappy class still eo ri osi within the walls of a gaol for debt, took place on T ti t s ier• afternoon in the Queen's Prison, under very disLr!iii i ito circumstances. The name of the deceased is th e , Gilbert, and he will be known to thousands "' O OP scientific world as perhaps one of th e most ellicrel o r opticians of the present day. The deceased, wrr i sioll rally resided at Kensington. h a d b een in o c ;11i state of health for three or four years p a st, can 3e ,,, - o ,0 st) place of business in Leadenhall-stre e t a bout I' ""ite l , ago, and, while directing some matt ers th e re; $O5 by the administrators of " the iron law," and cooovolt to the Queen's Prison. From his br o k en state of heist"the Governor (Captain Hudson), with his charsetehroulti humanity, directed that the unfortunat e prisoner s e 11 14 , be allowed to remain in the receivi ng - wa rd, family could have constant and easy access to bi ot ' r 3 where other comforts would be more a bundanq u olf vided for him. The unhappy man, h o wever, g,„ 111 "„ 5 01 sunk, and between one and t wo o ' c l oc k on 1 %1 4 afternoon death sent the discharge that humanity e, to have issued long ago. Mr. Gilbe r t h as left a wm th ieg daughters, and three sons, all of whom did er.e, ll pes l ; to console him under his sufferings. The (anal 4'; in the highest and most grateful terms of the 0 11 ,,,„01 Captain Hudson, of Mr. Morton, the medical of the prison, and of Mr. Caldwell, the chief turoo to SAvor CHURCH, STRAND.—It is gratifyige l find, after the renovation of this beautiful little v on ik Royal, at a great expense, through the splendid ~r ilo i sg cence of her most gracious Majesty, that it is is c 7. e ller li in interest daily, having recently added to the e s ::, t , the instrument, the organ, an efficient choir, by w ll ,' 0 0 0. delightful service of the church is performed with cal effect. tb e It appears from a recent statistical account 1 , 0 sod Germaii papers that the population ofHunOrf amounts to l 2,179,140. BIRTHS ..,. elgrsve-°4ll, On the 19th inst., in Lowndes-street, B Lady Marian Alford, of a son. the Is3l On the sth of May last, at Bogota, New Granad a , ~ of Enrique Paris, Esq., of a daughter. i , On the 17th of June, the lady of George Griffin, Es l ' l'l' . o f nester of tha 97th Regiment. of a son. the Iscif On the 19th inst., at Upper Hyde •park-street, , , A , R. Salomons, Esq., of Old 'Change, of twin sons. _. : sow On the 19th inst., the lady of Frederick Will ie. Esq., of Milton-street, Dorset-square, of a daughter' MARRIED. roc icern ni : On the 13th inst., at the parish church of -- Lancashire, Samuel Simpson, Esq., of the GreaveB,l3,l At1; 1-- caster, to Anne, eldest daughter of the late Ricbar''' ,„h r,a' son, Esq., of Elletgrange, in the same county. e to On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-sclL lt 'fdier'',43 Bernal, Esq , M.P., late Captain in the Royal r,, Ll r,. Catherine Isabella, only daughter and heiress of P" j Osborne, Bart., of NewtownAnner, Tipperary. ,e , 1 !, 1 1 „0 . On the 20th inst., at St. George' s , Ilinover-SP l Tiss Welsby, surgeon, of Prescot, Lancashire, to 3.10 f Birchall, of Knowsley, in the same county. On the 20th inst., at Lee, Kent, William &will . Dolt ( ' the Middle Temple, to Maria, eldest daughter of J. . c Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, and of Lee. Fre", 2o o, On the 20th inst., at Stoke Newington Chur ‘ c7 i ) ion Iltid Nieholl,' to Eliza Louisa, daughter of Wi" of Esq., of Stoke Newington. t On the 20th inst., at St. James's Church, R °-er Caro -1 Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, Esq , to Elizaheql daughter of Wyrley Birch, Esq. of iVrethani Hap, fitic v o t On the 20th inst., at est dam, Essex, Mr. W.; ', le ver of Bishopsgate street, London, to Sarah, fourth aL t l i, '000: the late Mr. William Page, of Little BerkliamPs,,teft „ e , Ft On the 'till inst., at Hutton Manse, David I,igbie t publisher, Fleet-street, London, to Alicia, second the Rev. John Edgar, minister of Hutton. 0 ,0- s t ree tt On the 10th Mr. Charles Wilkinson , la London, Mary inst.,lnn Corneck, only daug hter Rev. S. Freeman, of Enfield, Middlesex. ofeoleo,. the to DIED. On the 12th inst., at Croydon, Robert Stock Roscoe'uo D. On the 16th inst., at Bishop St tf rd, Mr. San' etsht daughter 18t h Heath, aged 38. On the 18th inst., at Ogwell House, Devon, acn e Mal"' ° I yo O un n g mara, aged 49. tb ° ~ Afar& sq On the 19th inst., at Great Russell-street, pc-- Theresa, the wife of Mr. E. J. Smith, aged 20. 'George insotethaetlapte°Sginir eHrs.fiSeti.joplairi:c2d' -ill:leintit3iissrert: On the 19th inst., Mr. Thomas Ford, fruiterer, 0, street, Richmond, Surrey, aged 76. Georg e On the 19th inst., Forest-gate, West Hain, gsse%' of Dames, Esq , aged 68. On the 20th inst Edward Esq•roward~ sco ~ t the late Richard T roward, Esq. . ' R ober t On On the 20th inst., at the Grove, Bungay , ~-: of Butcher, Esq., aged 80. I Pllil i P PS On the 20th inst., in London, Richard Manse Coedgain, Carmarthenshire, Esq., aged 70. ard, Egi., yowigest o f London : Printed and Published by MillintL 4 Xo. 1 1 „,f No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sus Ow° e ' rni orf Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the `," Middlesex, Thursday, August 22, 1844.