The Sun. — London, England, 1851-07-25 00:00:00

• 4, Zbirb -71ibttim SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. I.TTERSALLS—THIS EVENING Six o'cLocx. GOODWOOD STAB. Z. 6 to 1 agst Grand Dak9 10 to 1 agst Backbiter 10 to 1 agst Narcissus 15 to 1 agst Miss Whip 15 to 1 agst Pitsford 16 to 1 apt Presto—friendless 16 to 1 agst Cariboo 25 to 1 agst Bacton GOODWOOD CUP. 7 to 2 a►gst Cariboo 7 to 2 agst Nancy 10 to 1 agst Cossack 12 to 1 agat Landgrrve BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazelle.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth ot Victoria,caP • 82 for the Week ending on Saturday, the 19th day of July, 1851 METE DEPARTMENT. X. Notes issned •• • ;... 27,283,560 Government debt •• 11,015,100 Other securities •• •• 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,250,045 Silver bullion • • • • • • 33,375 X 27,282,560 I £27,283,560 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. DP,ted the 24th day of July, 1851. BAXICING DEPLATMEN T. • Prietors'capital.. 14,553,000 . .. 3,219,384 üblic deposits (in c: uding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accoants) • • 3,957,006 Other deposits .. • • .. 9,583,816 Seven day and other .... 1,182,893 Government 'caul- —. 1 ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 13,454,021 Other securities •• • • 11,803,076 Notes ••••••• • • • • • •• 6,649,515 Gold and silver coin., 579,467 £32,496,099 Z 32,496,099 .ILLESIIA.LL, Chief Cashier• Dated the 24th day of July, 185' THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING•) BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, BIICKINGHA.M PALACE, JULY 23, 1851. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Au gustus Constantine, commonly called Earl o to be C omptro ll er o f h er Majesty's Household,fMulrave g vice the Right Honourable William S. bright Las s celles, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 2 Staff -sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Assistant Surgeon John Wyatt to be , Assistant-Surgeon, vice .Arden, promoted on the Staff, July 25. 11 th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Gilfred Baker Cresswell to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Honourable G. J. Noel, who retires; Cornet William Drury Nathaniel Lowe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, - vice Cresswell, July 25. 15th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant H enr y B re tt t o be Captain, by purcase, vita Keown, who retires; Cur net Thompson Donovan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brett, July 25. 17th Regiment of Foct—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class Robert Allan to be Surgeon, vice William Smith, who retires on half•pay, July 25. 20th Foot—Captain Lord Mark Kerr to be Major, by purchase, vice Gordon, who retires; Lieutenant William YellPxfen RateliEs to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lord Mark Kerr; Ensign George Hewish Adams to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Ratcliffe, July 25. 30th Foot—Captain Robert Dillon, from the 97th Foot, to be Captain, vice Burton,who exchanges, July 25. 53rd Foot—Gentleman Cad,t Thomas Acton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Maude, appointed to the 77th Foot, July 25. 77th Foot—Lieutenant John Hackett to be Captain, without purchase, vice Philip Bolton, who retires upon full-pay ; Lieutenant Henry Robert Carden to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fellow es, who retires; Ensign William Ronalds to be Lieutenant. vice Hackett; Ensign William Henry Cecil George Pechell to be Lieu• tenant, by purchase, vice Bertram, who retires; Ensign William Felix Tollemache to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Carden; Ensign James Arthur Maude, from the 53d Foot, vice Ronalds, July 25. 97th Foot—Captain Fowler Burton, from the 30th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dillon, who exchanges, July 25. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon William Arden, frrixn the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Staff-Surgeon of Vae Second Class, vice Allan, appointed to the 17th Foot; Acting Assistant-Surgeon James McGrigor Laing to be Assistant Staff-Surgeon, vice 'Wyatt, appointed to the sth Dragoon Guards. July 25. WHITEHALL, JULY 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Wood lock, of Albert -terrace, Black Ruck, in the county of Dublin, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland culled Ireland. BANKRUPTS. Henry James Ellis, ironmonger, Rotherhithe, to sur render Aug. 6, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Carpenter, Old Broad -street. Thomas Hammond, boot and shoe maker, Conduit street, Paddington, Aug. 1. at half-past eleven, and Sept. 3, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Hartley, Southampton-street, Bloonasbuury. - Joseph AlJanson, grocer, Kirby Moorside, Aug. 15, and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, (Acid assignee, Leeds ; Shackles and Sun, Hull. William Benjamin Richards, grocer, Hill Top, Staf fordshire, Aug. 9, at half past ten, and 26th, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Holland, Westbronawich ; Hadgson, Birmingnam. Robert fie N, grocer, SAby, Aug. 15 and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Weddall and Parker, Selby; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Thomas Irlam and Vincent Wanostroct Wanostroct, brokers, Liverpool, Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the u,l District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liver ool; Sharp, Fi e ld, an d J ac k son , L on d on; Miller and Feel, Liverpool. John Nurthing Bateson, cotton spinner, Rochdale, Aug. 5 and Aug. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester; Harper, Bury, Lancashire; Bennett, Manchester. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sagar, com puted from ret urns ma d e i n t h e wee k ending July 22, 1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British possessions in America 265. 4d. per cwt From the Mauritius 265. lid. From the East Indies —s. —d. Average price of the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computod as above, and exclusive of duty ... 265. 3id. By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, July 25. MARKET IN TEL LIGEN CE. (From the London New Price Current, July 25.) SUGAR.. —To-day importers of West India Sugar were sellers of brown and inferior sorts at rather lower rates, bat there is no further decline for better kinds of yellow; the market, however, presented a quiet aspect, and the purchases are only 364 hhds, &c., including at auction 100 hhds Demerara cr3stalized, which sold rather cheaper, good and fine yellow went at 403 to 445, ord and mid 363 6d to 394, mid to fine brown 353 to 36s per cwt. For the week operations are 1,971 hhd, &c., and the reduction is 6d on the better, and is per cwt on in ferior and brown sorts. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was bought more fri ely for home consumption, still there are sellers of low to fine grocery Lumps at 463 to 493 per cwt, and the market will be better supplied next week. In Crushed Sugar there is yet little doieg, and rates tend down wards. .....--- MAURITIUS. — To - day there was little done privately in Mauritius, and at termer rates there were free sellers; a part only of 1,378 bags at auction found buyers at 36s ta 37s for mid to good yellow, and fine 38s to 393 63 per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at public sale 9,452 bags Bengal were all sold, but at the low rate of 27s for com mon Khaur. Of other sorts none were offered at 'lun t,lU,", and there was little done p riv ately; sellers a r e hate to take former term s . For Madras the market dull aspect, and rates te nd downwards. et E ir, p tme , l GN.—To-day there wa s little p assin g privately iii„—_ t l .o Sugar for any purpose, a nd holders are still 11.r1: to reali s e. A Boating cargo o f fin e yellow 1" ah was sold at 22s 6d for No. 14. Thera was no public sal e. MoLas:Es r, , Place, and holders 155 6d, other dsevs limited transactions have taken appear disposed to sell Antigua at tol2 Rico 13, 6 6 T of West India at 133 to 143 6d. to 12s per cn, ~t,0e145. Bengal and Mauritius 1 Is 6d deoline. Pri ces r e are Sellers of Honey at a further 303 to 50a for lowor We st India are now varying from COCOA,.—T t° Ene. rinidad is aro less dispo se d too held f or f ull rates, but dea l ers no red at 423 to a. part only sold, raidTr Q, and of 650 bags at auction ro 40s, and damaged 34s 6 :abotoo4b to 41a per cwt. In Grenada 475; grey 36s sales have been trifling a d t cheaper. Bahia and Para can °La'ined at 263 to 275 Foreign is not and Guayaquil at 294 to 30s COFFEE.—This afternoon there C‘v : wand for all sorts of Plantation Ceylon 1 as an increased de for exportation; at auction 294 casks 283 ec'ffeet bat chi( fly sold at firm pric,'s, good mid to good r 283 begs were all low mid .and tnin, 49e to 543, and fine fineealised 5 5s to 618, other gorts 403 to 455, and tria ge 3 63 to 424 46 s to 481. 4, Ceylon rather more i n de mand, and 1,000 bag ' s a., a uction Native sold for export at 36 . 6 d f or low ord, damaged 3 . 4 t to 36, 6 I, black ltia to 245. 97 cases Madras realised 34a 6d to 361 63 for low to good ord unclean anti mixed. TEA.—There are not sellers of Congou under the rates currant on Friday last, but there is a fair supply, and operations are upon a limited scale for all purposes. • The rater, taken for low and good ord are 10d to 100 : medium to rather strop , '" blackish It af 11c1 to Is, good to fine Is id to Is 7d per lb, best sorts are least in demand. In Oolong vales have been small at Is to Is 4d, superior Is 5d to Is 7d, and there is an increasing supply. Young Hyscn of I the lower descriptions is much wanted at I Id to is Id, but the q goodkind,in demand at f u ll terms. The an re g are many buyers of Canton Gunpo wder of Cle q uali ty, and at last week's valuations, holders We not willing sellers; sorts, from 1s 5d to Is 9d per lb, iireitiso more in demand, and a less quantity is on offer. For other sorts of green there is a quiet market; mer chants are, however, not disposed to sell at any further decline. In Scented and Pekoe Teas little has been done, easier terms are acceded to. To-day there was a more active demand for low and good ord Congou at lOid to lOid, the market is firm, but no change in other sorts. RlCE.—East India Rice was leas in demand to-day, and none was offered at auction; holders refused to sell at lower rates. Fat IT.—ln Raisins sales are upon a small scale; there are sellers of Valencia at the low rates of 28s to 30s ; Eleme 32s to 345. SPICES.—The demand continues to increase for Pi mento, and a further advance has taken place of id to id per lb. At public sale 540 bags sold freely at Std to Sid for mid and good ; sea damaged 5d to sid. There is no further rise to notice for Pepper, but supply is moderate, the demand good, and rates firm. At auc tion 1,100 robins Malabar were sold at 3id to 31d for half heavy, and damaged at 2id to 3id. The par cels privately were Sumatra at 31.1 to 3id; Penang, 3d, and heavy Malabar 34d to 3id. White is yet in small supply, and wanted at 6LI to Bd. Cayenne is still selling at is to is 10d. There are several buyers of Pod Pepper, but few parcels are on offer, and 505 to , 605 per cwt is the value of good to fine. The demand for firm, and Cassia L isign o t b , a tain9 only 6s forto 02s, I small parcels, yet holders are as Cassia Buds realised 115 a to 113 s. In transactions nave taken place, and the quarterly sales sepply is Cinnamon scan fe ty w . will take pl ace on Monday, when 2,000 bales will be offered. Gieger is yet purchased with caution for home consumption and exportation, whilst prices have further given way. At auction 174 packages African were sold at 25s 6d to 263, damaged r s t s s a to t 5 1 6 7 3 e fo 6 r d co t m o na2olns. 6dT;her3e6arbearsreellisersJaomf b i e ca a r t so s 603 to 106 s; shipping East India at 15s to 17s. Cloves have not improved in value, but there is a better de mand, and at auction 5 casks Penang sold Is Id to is lid; 22 bgs Zanzibar &id, damaged 5 4 /d to 6d. The rates paid privately for sound Penang were is to Is2d, and Aboyna 7d to 8d per lb. Nutmegs are firm in price, and in good demand, with a limited supply. SPIRITS.—A Lair business has been done in Demerara Rum this week at is 9d to 2s 2d per gallon for 28 to 40 per cent over proof, but there is an increasing supply, and merchants are disposed to sell. For East India the demand is better, and the parcels sold were at is 3d to Is aid proof, at these rates the market was firm. In Leeward Island sales are upon a small scale at is 4i to Is sd, and fine brown at is sid to 13 6d proof. Fine and superior Jamaica much wanted, but there is no in crease of supply, and prices rule firm at from 3s 2d to 4. 6d. Other sorts are purchased with reluctance for all purposes. There are sellers of low to mid 30 to 33 over prooff at 2s 3d to 2s 7d, good mid to good 32 to 35 over 2s 8d to 3s. Brandy is more in demand, still rates do not improve, and for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1850 rule at 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s Gd to 4s Bd, 1841 ditto 4s I Id to 5s Id, older sorts 53 4d to 5s 7d, low to mid 23 6d to 3s 6d, and Bourdeaux 2s 2d to 2s 3d. British made Spirits are quoted at 9s 5d to 9s 6d. Gin for export 2s 6d, Geneva Is 7d to is Bd, fine is 9d to 2s. CocnistEAL.—To-day there was a greater demand for Cochineal, and an advance took place of Id per lb. At Auction 235 bgs were sold at 3s to 3s 9d for low to fine Honduras silver. OILS.—The demand for Seal Oil continues to increase, and prices to advance; several transactions have taken place, pale at 32/ lOs to 33/, and other sorts 311 to 32/ per tun, the former being most in request. In Cod little deing; rates are on the decline, and at 36/ to 361 103; for arrival parcels can be had under these terms. Southern has been in good request, and supply being limited prices are advancing, and rule at 30/ to 32/ lOs for common to fine. Sperm is yet operated in with reluctance and there are sellers of Colonial at 81/ to 841. Head matter in small parcels realized 20/ to 49/. Cocoa Nut continues in brisk request, and supply to fall off; Cochin realised 31s to 335, and Ceylon 30a to 32s per cwt. Prices are firm for Linseed Oil at 32s 3d to 32s 6d, and a good home trade demand exists; but exporters have operated with caution. Several contracts are reported for delivery at 31s 9d, and supply of Oil is yet moderate. In Rape Seed Oil an extensive business has been trans acted at advanced rates; brown selling at 33s 6d to 345, pale 34s Gd to 355; Refined Foreign at 365. Palm sells more freely, and fine realized 27s to 27s 6d. Prices are not higher for Olive, there is, however, a good demand; Gallipoli at 38/ to 39/, and other sorts at 36/103 to 37/ lOs per tun. TALLOW.--. 1113 afternoon the public sales of Tallow went at higher rate, 418 cks Australian selling at 37s to 39s for Mutton, Beef 3s to 375; 370 pkgs South Ameri can, fine 37s 6d. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVPINING, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. COMMONS ENCLOSURE (No. 2) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE this Bi was read a second time. PETITIONS. The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Glasgow against the Inhabited House Duty Bill; also several petitions in favour of the maintenance of the Crystal Palace. The Earl of ST. GERMANS presented several peti tions from Westminster and other places, praying for the preservation of the Crystal Palace. UNLAWFUL OATHS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE, this Bill was passed through Committee. TURNPIKE ROADS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of UARLbLE, this Bi was passed through Committee. PRIVATE LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND: BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE this Bill was passed thrc,ugh Committee. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. The Marquis of LANSI)OWNE moved that the House should go into Committee on this Bill. Lord MONTEAGLE would now put the questions of which he had given notice :—First, if a Roman. Catholic diocese bore the same title and is conterminous and identical with a diocese in the Established Church, is such Roman Catholic diocese " a pretended diocese" under sections 1 of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill. Is the Papal instrument appointing to such diocese illegal and void under such Bill; and is the jurisdiction, authority, pre-eminence, or title conferred or proposed to beconferted by such appointment, unlawful and void under such Bill. Secondly. If a Roman Catholic diocese bears the same title with a diocese in the Established Church, but is not conterminous or identical therewith, is such Roman Catholic diocese a pretended diocese under section 1 of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ? Is the Papal instrument appointing, or purporting to ap point to such diocese unlawful and void under such Bill ? and is the jurisdiction, authority, pre-emi nence, or title, unlawful or void under such Bill ? Thirdly, If a Roman Catholic diocese neither bears the sumo title nor is conterminous with any diocese of the Established Church, is this pretended diocese under section 1 of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill? Is the Papal jurisdiction appointing or purporting to appoint to such diocese unlawful and void under such Bill; and is the jurisdiction, authority, pre-emi nence, or title, unlawful and void likewise under the said Bill P Fourthly, is the ap pointment of a vicar apostolic in England or Ireland, under the authority of any papal rescript, letters apostolic, or other instrument from the Roman See, rendered illegal and void under the 16th Richard IL, coupled with the declaratory and enacting provisions of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assump tion Bill; or is the person acting or claiming to act under such instrument or appointment subject to any penalty or prohibition under the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill. Tho Lord CHANCELLOR, in :reply to the first question, said that inasmuch as the Bill enacted that cer tain briefs and rescripts erecting certain pretended dioces were unlawful, it followed as a matter of course that everything done under those briefs was unlawful; also, in reply to the second, he would remind the Noble Lord that it was already unlawful to usurp the titles of dioceses of the Established Cnurcb, and that the bishops appointed to such dioceses were, !therefore, unlawful and void, and all that was done under them was consequently void also. In reply to the third question he said that the law never interfered with the free exer cise of the Roman Catholic religion, and always allowed that which was necessary to carry it out. In reply to the fourth question, of which ho had only had notice a short time, ho would state that the Bill made no alteration in the law, but merely declared that to be unlawful and void which was before unlawful and void. The appointment of vicars apostolic had not been heretofore considered unlawful, and the present Bill did not in the least, in that respect, alter the exist ing law. Lord MONTEAGLE complained that the answers of his Noble and Learned Friend was most unsatisfactory, and should therefore move that it be an instruction to the Committee to introduce a clause exempting Ireland from the operation of that Bill. (LEFT gPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered t o.c Telegraph Bill. Manchester Improvement The , and agreed to:— Magneto Quebec Railw a y Bill was read a third S t t. imAe Andrew ' s passed.w sand i The : f_ollowing Bills were read a second time and cora tuttid Brown' s Estate Bill. Dean and Chapter of 'd t ' " t . er's Estate Bill. Mr. B AILLIE presented a petition from rt par B , in Mr. HUDS ON presented two from favour of reta i ning the Crystal Palace as a winter petitionsgarden. T W lT es l l (i m N in S s Sunder land, one in favour of the London Coal Duty Bill, and the othe r p raying that the Crystal Palace might De pre served for s uc h purposes as P a rlia me nt might think fit. Lord H. VANE presented petitions from Hull, Stock ton, and Middleborough, in favour of the London Coal Duty Bill; also two petitions from Stockton, and one from Durham, against the Registration of Assurance Bill; and a petiti on f rom Darlington, against taxes on knowledge. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from Virnaloyana at Bradford, praying that the HOMO might inquire into the differences between the Wesleyan body and the Methodist Couference.—(A laugh.) CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. This Bill, as amended,W:sConsidered and agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. COALWHIPPERg(IoRT OF LONDON) BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, Mr. LABOUCHERE presented several petitions from London coalwhippers and others in favour of the Bill. The House then went into Committee, and all the clauses were agreed to with some verbal amendments. LAND CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. STEAM NAVIGATION BILL. - - This Bill went through Committee, and after the va rious clauses had been agreed to, Mr. MUNTZ proposed the insertion of the following clause:—"And be it enacted, that from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, it shall not be lawful for any steam-boat to go to sea, or to steam upon the rivers of the United Kingdom, without having a safety valve upon each boiler, free from the care of the engineer, and out of his control and interference, and also subject to the approval of the surveyors acting under this Act." Mr. LA BOUCHERE opposed the clause, which gave rise to a brief discussion, and ultimately led to a division, when the Government were defeated; the numbers F'or the clause ... 57 Against it... ... 13 Majority ••• • ••• —24 The clause was acc o rdingly a dd e d to the Bill: to be reported on Monday. The remaining twelve o'clock orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Three o'clock till a Quarter to Six. The House resumed at a Quarter before Six. WATER SUPPLY. Sir J. WALMESLEY presented a petition from Mr. James Miles, praying to be allowed to give evidence be fore the Committee on Water Supply. STATE CHURCH. Sir G. PECIIELL presented a petition from Brigh ton, against a State Church. CRYSTAL PALACE. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented petitions from Bir mingham and Kensington praying for the maintenance of the Costal Palace. Mr. HEYWORTH presented a petition to the same effect from Newport, in the Isle of Wight. Several other similar petitions were presented. MR. SALOMONS. Sir BENJAMIN HALL presented two petitions from the electors of Greenwich, praying to be heard by counsel in support of the claim of David Salomons, Esq., one of their reprensentatives, to sit and vote as a Member of this House, and moved that these petitions be printed. Agreed to, andlordered to be taken into consideration on Monday next. HARWICH ELECTION. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from the electors of Harwich, complaining of the interference of Govern ment agents in the late election, and praying for an inquiry. BARON ROTHSCEULD. Mr. RAIKES CURRIE presented a petition from the electors of the city of London, praying the House (amongst other things) to admit, by resolution, the Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, one of their representatives, to his seat in this House; or that the petitioners may be heard by counsel at the bar of this House, in support of the prayer of their said petition. This petition was also ordered to be printed with the votes, and taken into consideration on Monday next. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD moved for returns showing the amount of annuities for lives, and for terms of years, granted in each year since 1810 inclusive; and the amount of capital stock cancelled in each of the said years on account of such terminable annuities: and of the amount of the annuities for lives, and for terms of years, which have ceased in each year since 1810 inclusive.—Agreed to. Sir G. PECHELL inquired of the First Lord of the Admiralty, whether any arrangement was likely to be made for carrping out the prayer of the memorial of the clerks in the Mediterranean fleet for granting them the same rank and privileges as awarded to the other subordinate officers on passing their examination? Sir F. BARING said that part of their prayer had been agreed to, and the remainder of it would be to ken into consideration. CLEFT SITTING.) COURSE OF EXCHA A.msteruarn 11 161 Ditto, three months.. 11 18 Ltotterdam .......... 11 18 Antwerp 25 25 Brussels • • • • 25 25 liamburgh .... • .M.B. 13 7% Altona.• ........ • • .... Paris, 3 dayesight 25 2% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 22% Marseilles ............ 25 25 - • Irrankforton.Maine.... 119% Vienna, eine. flo •• •• 11 46 Trieste, ditto 11 48 Peterabargh,SU.Rble.. 3i'( Madrid .............. 48% Cadiz • • .• ............ 50% Barcelona • • • Seville• • • • •• • • • • • • •• •• LNGE.-(.1.E1S DAY.) 1Gibra1tar.............. Leghorn ........ •..... 30 40 Genoa ..•• •• •• 25 40 Milan .. •• •• •• •• •• •• Venice......... Naples •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 41 3( Palermo, per0z........ 124 Mo2sirta •• •••• •• •• •• .• 124 1 4 53► % 0p0rt0.... •• •• .. 53S Iteio Janeiro ...... •• Buenos Ayres .. ••.. • • New York.6o days'aight Philadelphia .. .. ...... PILIOEB OW BULLION, PIM oz. Foreign Geld labors.. .£8 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • . 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 1114 Silver in bars ........ 0 a 0% MURDER IN LIVERPOOL OF A WIFE BY .HER HUSBAND. Yesterday, an inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner for Liverpool, on view of the body of Ellen Hogartb, who was killed, on Tuesday night last, during a quarrel, by her husband, Thomas Hogerth. The accused bad been remanded by Mr. Mansfield, to await the result of the inquest, and was brought from Bridewell in the custody of three policemen; he is a man of repulsive aspect, with strongly marked animzl pas• sions, and stated to have been much addicted to drink ing, while the deceased was represented by the various witnesses as a ♦ery sober, industrious woman, who sup ported both the prisoner and their sou by washing and chafing. The son, a mild-looking and rather intelligent boy, of about fifteen, was present, and very deeply affected at the loss of one parent, and the ignominous position of the other, but his evidence was not called for. The landlady, Ellen Anderton, and her husband, de posed to the facts as stated in our account of yesterday, adding that the prisoner and deceased were in the habit of quarrelling, and that on Tuesday night the deceased went for some milk, and on her return called her husband to his supper. He followed her, and immediately they began to quarrel, when the witnesses heard the deceased fall heavily and exclaim, " Oh, Tom, that's enough for me." On the neighbours going up stairs, they found the prisoner with his arm round the deceased, holding her up, but she was dying, and before the surgeon, who was sent for arrived, she expired. The prisoner cross-examined the witnesses with great self-possession, and denied that the angry expressions attributed to him had been used. He said his wife turned round and fell down stairs during their " bit of a scuffle." The Coroner then summed up. The jury, after consulting for a few minutes, returned a verdict of manslaughter against the prisoner, and he was committed under a coroner's warrant to Kirkdsle Gaol, to await his trial at the ensuing assizes. The inquest on the bodies of the two children mur dered by their unhappy mother, was again postponed. She is believed to be insane, and medical testimony to that effect will be produced. THE CHORLEY COAL-MINE EXPLOSION. The inquest on the four unfortunate sufferers by an explosion of carburetted hydrogen gas, at Chorley, near Preston, on Monday, was fixed for Wednesday; and we are now in possession of more full and accurate informa tion respecting the melancholy event than could be ob tained at the date of our first account. The name of the gentleman from London was Mr. Tempest Green, a son of Rear-Admiral Sir Andrew Green, K.C.H., and he had reached Gillibrand Hall, near Chorley, on a visit to Mr. Henry Gillibrand Hawarden Fazakerley, a young gentleman of his own age, on Sunday evening. The coroner's jury, after being sworn and having viewed the bodies of the deceased, on Wednesday, adjourned the investigation to the 30th instant. Mr. Fazakerley and his friend left Gillibrand Hall on Monday at noon, taking with them the keeper and a gentleman named Smith. Mr. Fazakerley had spoken to the under-looker at one of the mines on his estate, a man named James Billinge, on the previous Friday, to go down the new mine on his estate, but Billinge advised him to wait till the ventilation was better. The mine is the property of Messrs. Blundell, of Wigan, who are lessees of the minerals on this part of the estate. Without de claring his intention to his companions, on Monday, Mr. Faaakerley appears to have taken them directly to this mine, where he inquired from the engine -tenter for Billinge, and that person was sent for. The messenger returned from Billinge's house, saying he could not find him, but as no one was at work in the coal pit he had brought a miner named Taylor to act in Billinge's place. Taylor lighted four candles and placed them in balls of clay in the way miners usually do, and then he and Mr. Faaskerley stepped into the basket sus- pended over the shaft and were lowered to the bottom, a depth of about 620 feet. Arrived there, it appears the whole of their lights were extinguished, and this should have warned them that care must be exercised; but Taylor returned to the top of the shaft, and after re lighting his candles took a flaming torch made of a piece of rope, well saturated with oil and pitch, and prepared to descend the shaft a second time, inviting Mr. Green and Mr. Smith to accompany him. Mr. Smith declined, and asked whore he had left the "young squire ?" Taylor replied that he had left him at the bottom, smoking a cigar. Mr. Smith then ques tioned Taylor as to whether he was sufficiently ac quainted with the mine to conduct the gentlemen through the workings, and he replied with apparent con fidence that he was. At this time James Billings came to the top of the mine, and Mr. Greets having stepped into the basket, Taylor and Billinge placed their feet into it, and all three were lowered down the shaft. It was ascertained that they all alighted safely at the bottom, and Mr. Smith and the keeper remained on the bank at the eye of the shaft, along with the engine -tenter, to await the singnal from the bottom, when the party should wish to return. In about a quarter of an hour a rush of air up the shaft threw out some dust, and though no noise of an explosion was heard, the engine-tenter immediately expressed his conviction that there had been a fire-blast. The emission of sulphur up the shaft soon confirmed this alarming statement, and but little doubt could remain to any one acquainted with the mine that the party at the bottom of it had perished; for it was kuown that there was but one level driven from the bottom for working purposes, and in that the party would most likely be when they fired the explosive gas. There is no one left to tell exactly under what circumstances the unfortunate party brought their fate upon them, but in all human probability they were in the level spoken of, which is but 25 yards long, and ascends slightly. The means of ventilation in the pit was a drift way to another mine, but as this waS choked up with water almost to the roof, it would be quite in efficient, and carburetted hydrogen collecting in the coal level would naturally ascend to the highest or farthest end from the shaft. The two gentlemen and their conductors, by taking a "blazing torch into such a con fined recess, would be almost like a man who should be rash enough to take a torch into a cannon's mouth when there was a charge of powder at the further end,and when the gas ignited there is but little doubt but the fire-blast carried them out of the level into the bottom of the shaft, where their bodies would sink in the water of the sump-hole; and here, indeed, they were found quite dead, as Boon as other miners could be induced to descend the shaft in search of them. The two unfortunate gentlemen, though much bruised, were only slightly disfigured by the scorching fire about their faces, and it is probable that their death would be almost instantaneous. Mr. Fazalarley was an only son, and to his family and friends his untimely death, coming only a few weeks after the death of his father, is a severe shock. The elder brother of Mr. Green was down at Gillibrand Hall yesterday, and appeared to be deeply affected by the fate of his relative. The two miners leave families unprovided for—Taylor a wife and three children, and Billinge a wif., and nine children. DESTRUCTION OF A SHIP BY FIRE AT SEA. Our advises by the Royal Mail steam-ship Europa, ar rived in the Mersey on Monday, contain an account of the destruction by fire, o❑ the 28th of June, in lat. 35 40, long. 70 45, of the new ship Sallie Fearn, Charles Owen commander, on her voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool. Shortly after the discovery of the fire on board the Sallie Fearn, the ship Frank Johnston fortunately bore down, and her commander, Captain Brown, gallantly succeeded in rescuing the crew and passengers (27 per sons) from the burnin7 ship, and conveyed them to Bos ton. The cargo of the Sallie Fearn consisted of 2 745 bales of cotton and 120 000 dulls, in American gold. The ship, valued at 60,000 dolls., was insured in Boston, but the cargo is supposed to have been insured in Eng land. The following is Captain Owen's account of the disaster 7- The Sallie Fearn sailed from the South-west Pass of the Mississippi on the 14th ult. Nothing worthy of note occurred until the 23th of June, when the weather be came squally, accompanied with rain, lightning, and thunder. Tne squalls were not heavy, and the ship was under all sail, steering E.N.E., wind almost aft. At halt past one, sea account, she was struck by lightning, which gave her a tremendous shock fore and aft, and brought her foretopgallantmast on deck. The heel of the topgallantrnast and the foretopmast head and heel were shivered into splinters. The lightning then passed down the foremast, along the topsail sheets, ripped up a part of the upper deck and a canine below, and struck the lower deck (the ship had three decks) about the chain lockers. Three men were also prostrated by the shock, but they recovered; and an iron bolt in the bits was found to be in a state of fusion. Captai❑ Owen and the carpenters immediately had the forehatches removed to ascertain if the cargo had been affected by the lightning, but, after a careful survey, as far as they could penetrate into the hold, saw nothing of fire. The hatches were again put ou and battened down as before. The studding sails and royals were then taken in, after which smoke was seen issuing from every opening below. At this time a sail hove in sight, and a signal of distress was made, which she answered by approaching the Sallie Fearn. The main hatch was now opened, and two bales of cotton were taken out; but, although the ship ap peared to be full of smoke, no fire could be seen. The batches were again put on, and caulked to keep out the air. Again opened the forward hatch and broke out one bale of cotton, when the smoke rushed up to an alarming extent. Closed the hatches immediately, and reversed the ensign, union down, the sail steering directly for us ; commenced pouring water over the chain lockers and tore hatch ; but in a short time smoke issued from every part of the ship forward, all hands exerting themselves to the utmost, and obey ing every order. At 4.30 P.M. the ship came alongside and proved to be the Frank Johnston, Captain Brown, from Havannah bound to St. Petersburgh; requested him to keep company with us for the night, to which he, without hesitation, consented; filled away and hauled to the north, " till we could ascertain if the fire could be stifled." Wind fresh from S.W. Set main topgallantsail and passed ahead of the ship, all hands pouring water on the forecastle deck and chain lockers. At 6.30 P.m. found the pitch beginning to ooze from both sides of the deck, and could hear the fire below burning with awful rapidity. Hove the mainyard to the mast, for the ship to come up. Opened for a mo ment the fore-hatch, and found the ship a mass of living fire. He came alongside, and we told him oar situation; he hove to immediately, and for the first time all earthly prospects of saving the ship vanished. Got the two quarter-boats down, and one large surf-boat out. Seut the mate in the surf-boat to the ship with two kegs and one box, containing 125,000 dolls. in American gold, which Captain Brown received on board. At a quarter past 7 P.M. the boat returned with Captain Brown, who offered us all the assistance in his power. Then the fire be low, apparently to the main -hatch, burned like a roaring cauldron. Captain Brown then lett for his ship, seeing no more assistance could be rendered. We now commenced saving what few things were about the deck and our luggage. At S P.m. the fire burnt through the main deck, on the larboard side, in two places, abreast the fore rigging. Sent three loads of dunnage, &c., to the ship. The boats returned immediately, together with a boat from the ship. At half•past 8 P. 31., the fire burned forward of the mai❑ hatch. All hands left the ship at 9 P.M , and at half-put 9 P.M. the ship was wrapped, fore and aft, in a living flame. The foremast, mainmast, and mizennsast, together with all sails, went by the board, to the starboard, and the flames roared up from every part of the ship. At 10 P.M., by appear ance, the ship had burnt nearly to the water's edge. At 11 P.M. the flamed considerably decreased, and we sup pose the ship must have sunk ►hortly after midnight, as no flames could be seen. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES The new Copenhagen Cabinet has not as yet, pub lished a programme of the political principles on which it is prepared to act. In spite o f t hi s uncer tainty, the public is extremely satisfied with the KING'S choice of his Ministers. One of the first acts of the Cabinet has been to announce the adoption of Prince CHRISTIAN of Glucks burg as the future heir to the Crown. Dispatches were bent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, and Hong-Kong. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, July 23. CROWN COUR r. —(Before Mr Justice W114.'2049 ) bVilliam Battersby, aged 22, and Eliza Wilkinson, aged 25, were indicted fur the wilful murder of John Wil kinson (the husband of the feraale prisoner), at Shef field, on the 3d of May last. Mr. Boothby and Mr. Smith prosecuted, and Mr. O►erend defended the prisoners. The evidence on which the case rested was purely cir cumstantial. It appeared from the opening of the learned counsel, supported by the evidence, that the de ceased John Wilkinson lived in Wilson's-yard, Sheffield, and teat his family consisted of his wife, the female pri soner, a little girl, his daughter, ten years of age, and a lodger, William Battersby, the prisoner, who was a cousin of the female prisoner, and was employed as a porter on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. It appeared also that from some cause feelings of jealousy had existed in the mind of the deceased re garding his wife and the prisoner Battersby. On Saturday May, as late as twenty minutes past eleven deceased was seen quite sober by j n o ig se h p t, h os 3 seek d , o f tt,t a he hatter, who spoke to him, and that the deceased then said to him he must get home and get to bed, as he wanted to be up early next morning to go a journey. H e was a l so see n by Charles Hatton, a grocer in Duke-street, Sheffield, about the same time, at whose shop he called. His little daughter, Ann Wilkinson, a very intelligent child, ten years of age, stated that her father and mother and the prisoner Battersby had supper together that night, and that she went to bed atter supper. Battersby was dressed in a fustian waiscoat and trousers. Tho waist coat had sleeves. Battersby slept in the same garret with her, and father and mother slept in tke chamber below. Battersby was washing himself when she went to bed. Next morning she heard some one calling, and went down stairs and unlatched the door which led from the kitchen into Wilson's-yard. The door was not lucked. Mrs. Johnston and her mother were standing there. Her mother came towards her and took hold of her wrist and pushed open the door which led out of the kitchen into an inner rosin, and then cried out " Oh! dear." Mrs. Johnston went into the house, and then her mother ran out, still keeping hold of her wrist. Battersby had his clothes on whilst washing. Sho then fell asleep. He had a blue-striped shirt on and no shoes on. Her mother had a gown on and no apron when she (witness) went to bed, and no shoes on. Nothing particu lar took place at supper. A few Sundays before she had heard her father say something to her mother about Wil liam Battersby; and she heard her father say the Friday before this happened that he wanted a new coat, and her mother wanted him to wait a bit longer. Her father told her mother she was not to go into the town with William Battersby. From the evidence of Mrs. Eliza beth Johnston, who lived next house but one to the deceased, it a pp eare d th a t th o p r i soner came to h er house about a quart er p as t 7 o' c lock on S un d ay morn i ng, t h e 4th of M a y, an d sa id t h at s h e an d h er h us b and had been quarrelling, anal that he was in such a rage that she had run up stairs and jumped out of the chamber window, to get out of his way, as she was afraid of her life. She had then no shoes on, and suid she wished she had her boots, and wondered whether her husband had gone to feed the horses. Th(s door and the window she said were as she had left there; and in answer to a question by the wit ness she said she bad not looked to see if the key was in the door. Witness then went to the house of the deceased, by the female prisoner's request, to ask her husband for her boots. She shook the door and called oist, and the last witness, the little girl, came down and a pened the door. The female prisoner im mediately se iced hold of her daughter by the arms and went into the kitchen, and through the inner door into another roam. She immediately lifted up her arms and cried out " Oh, do come and look." Witness went into the room mid saw the deceased lying on the floor on his face, with his throat cut. She immediately ran out of the house and gave an alarm, and her husband and Mr. Wilson, the landlord, went in. She returned and looked about for some instrument by which the wound in de ceased's throat oould hare been made. She found none; but her husband fund on the floor a white-handled clisp knife. There was meat and butter on a table in the kitchen, and the things on the table and the walls of the kitchen and the ceiling were sprinkled over with blood. The police were sent for, and the female prisoner then said she wished " she had stood her ground, and her husband had killed her too." Witness asked her what had become of Battersby, and she said he had gone to Belp (a place about 16 miles from Sheffield), to seehis father about 11 o'clock at night, and that after that she and her hus band had quarrelled, and she jumped out of the cham ber window about 12 o'clock to get out of his way. Witness had been in the yard several times the night be fore, about twelve o'clock, and had heard nothing. Wit ness asked her where she bad been after she left her house till next morning, when she called upon her? Prisoner said she had come to her door and tried to wake her up, and had thrown pebbles at the window, and that she then went and sat in the petty till two o'clock; that she was afraid to make more noise lest her husband should follow her; that at two o'clock she was very cold and went to Mrs. Lund's house and sat there till she called on witness. Witness said to her there was a cut on her husband's head. She answered he must have done it as he tumbled down. Witness told her the police were taking William Battersby's clothes. She said she hoped there was no blood o❑ them, and that Battersby had cut his finger on Thursday. The knife that was found was not bloody. The window out of which the prisoner said she jumped was open. The prisoner appeared to be much distressed alter the body was found. Mrs. Lund stated, that about two o'clock on Sunday morning, the 4th of May, the prisoner came to her and awoke her, and asked to ue let into the house, as she was very cold. She said she had been quarrelling with her husband about a new coat, and that he had threatened to cat her throat with a razor, and that she had ran away from him about twelve o'clock and jumped out of the window, and that she had been sitting in the petty since. She had no shoes on. Witness left her sitting by the hearth, and went to bed, Thomas Johnston, the husband of the former witness, examined, said his house was nextdoor to the deceased's, and about twelve o'clock, while in his bedroom, he heard an unusual noise in deceased's house, a kind of rumbling noise, as of chairs and tables being knocked about. He looked out of the window, but saw nothing. This noise continued three or four minutes. Another witness, nistn,d Mary Ann Pearson, wbo lived in Wilson's-yard, at the other side of deceased's house, stated that a little before twelve o'clock on Saturday night, the 3d of May, she heard a great noise of rumbling about of chairs and tables in the de ceased's house, and heard something heavy fall down stairs. She heard no voices. This noise continued three or four minutes. She then heard some one run up stairs to the garret and down again. The house door was banged, and some one ran down the yard about twenty minutes after. It was a heavy foot, and the per son had shoes on. The policeman Rogers, and Inspector Attwood, who took the female prisoner into custody, described how the body was found. It was quite cold and stiff. The walls and ceiling of both rooms were sprinkled with blood. I❑ the garret were found a pair of fustian trousers and a checked shirt belonging to the male prisoner, spotted with blood. They afterwards apprehended Battersby in Wilson's-yard, on his return from Belp, where he had been. Another police inspector, named Linley, after wards searched the deceased's house and found a bloody stocking in the oven flue, and one partly burnt under the oven, soaked in blood. The chamber window was 15 inches wide, 3 feet from the floor, and 12 feet from the yard. There were flower-pots in the window, which were not removed. A piece of lead was on the sill, and in the opinion of Mr. Rayner, the chief constable, no person could have got out of the window without remov ing that piece of lead. A poker with fresh marks of blood on it was also found in the ash-hole. The pri soner Battersby, on being charged with the murder, said he knew nothing about it, and came to Sheffield to de liver himself up whe❑ he beard of the charge. When i❑ custody the female prisoner said she believed the de ceased had murdered himself, and that he had attempted to commit suicide before by throwing himself into the canal. The latter fact was proved to be true. Mr. Wright, surgeon, of Sheffield, stated that he ex amined the body of the deceased on the sth of May, and found several cuts upon the head, and the skull fractured, particularly on the back part of the bead, which was driven in, and the bone broken to pieces. He found coagulated blood on the right side of the brain, which had produced the death of the deceased. The palm of the right hand was bloody, and the upper surface of the thumb was wounded. There was also a wound on the inside of the joint of the fourth finger, as if by drawing a blunt instrument through it. The front part of the windpipe was cut through. In his opinion this had been done after death, and the injuries on the head of the de ceased could not have been inflicted by himself. The poker produced might have inflicted them. The trousers produced were marked with blood. The prisoner had a superficial wound on his thumb, which would not, in his opinion, account for the blood on his clothes. The shirt and stockings produced were marked with blood. The deceased might have fractured his skull by falling down stairs, but not to the extent that it was fractured. This evidence was corroborated by Mr. Carr, surgeon, of Sheffield. For the defence, the Learned Counsel for the prisoners urged that there was a total aboonce of evidence to fix the female prisoner with this dreadful crime. It ap peared that a quarrel had taken place, and the evidence seemed to show that the deceased had offered violence, to his wife. If, then, the prisoner Ba.ttersby had inter fered to protect her, as most men would have done, it was possible in the row and struggle which took place that the di cemed might have received the injuries of which he had died, and all the appearances would be ex plained. - - - His LORDSHIP, in summing up, directed the jury that they mutt tind whether the prisoners or either of them were guilty of taking the life of the deceased. If they were of opinion that the male prisoner had done this alone they must then say whether the female prisoner had assisted and abetted him. They must then consider whether the offence amounted to murder or to man slaughter. The argument in favour of the latter conclu sion would have been more powerful had the death been caused by less violence. It was difficult to account for that violence on the latter suggestion. They would take the whole circumstances of the case into their considera tion, and say whether, on a careful consideration, they were justified in finding a verdict of manslaughter. It was, however, only on a grave doubt that the charge of murder was not made out that they could arrive at that conclusion. — The jury retired, and, after a short absence, found the prisoners both Guilty of manslaughter. His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said the crime of which the prisoners bad been convicted approached so nearly to murder, that he should not be doing his duty to the country if he did not pass upon them a sentence next in severity to that for murder. His Lordahip then sentenced both the prisoners to be transported for life. The female prison it fainted on hearing the s en t ence . The trial occupied all day till seven o'clock. HOME CI I? C VlT.—Chelmsford, July 24. CROWN SIDE —(Before Chiet Justice JERVIS ) George Crouch Viall surrendered to be tried upon a charge of having wilfully and feloniously set fire to his dwelling-house, with intent to defraud the Essex and Suffolk Equitable Insurance Company. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., arid Mr. Rodwell were counsel for the prosecution; too prisoner was defended by Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parnell. This trial commenced on Wednesday afternoon, and was adjourned until this morning, and occupied nearly the whole of the day. It appeared from the opening statement of the Learned Counsel for the prosecution and the evidence that was adduced in support of it, that the prisoner had carried on business in a small way at Manuingtree as a hair-dresser, stationer, and dealer in hardware for several years, and it appeared that in the month of March, 1850, he effected an insurance with the Essex and Suffolk Insurance Company for the sum of 3001. for stock and fixtures in his shop. The fire which formed the subject of inquiry took place about half-past three o'clock on the morning of the 17th of November following, and a few days afterwards the prisoner made a claim upon the company for 2031. for loss of stock in trade, and 331. for fixtures. This led to the usual in quiries in such cases, and in the result the prisoner was taken into custody, and committed for trial upon the present charge. The case would have been disposed of at the last spring assizes, but upon the application of the counsel fur the prosecution the trial was postponed to these assizes. The evidence against the prisoner was of the same character usually adduced to sup port charges of this description, and consisted of a variety of minute facts, all tending to show, in the first place, that the fire was not an accidental one, and se condly to exclude the supposition that the act could have been committed by any other person than the prisoner. It was shown that about the time the fire broke oat the prisoner and his wife and children were in the garden of their house, and one of them was heard to say, " They will be suffocated," or words to that effect, and it ap peared that although there were three water-butts nearly full of water in the yard, the prisoner made no use of them, and did not make any endeavour to extin guish the fire, which at that time could easily have been cone, as the firemen subdued it very speedily when they arrived. It likewise appeared that the prisoner's claim for loss very far exceeded the value of the property that was destroyed, and it was proved that the prisoner bad take❑ a sackfull of different articles to a cottage in the neighbourhood on the morning of the fire, none of which exhibited the least appearance of having been in smoke or tire. In addition to these facts evidence was given that there had been an endeavour to make it ap pear that some person had male a felonious entrance into the premises, and that holes had been bored in the backdoor, by which a piece of wood had been removed large enough to admit a hand, and by that means open the lock, but it was pretty clearly made out that the greater part of these holes had been bored from the in side, and not the outside, of the house. There were also a variety of other little circumstances, all tending to es tablish the guilt of the prisoner. --- Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury with his usual zeal and ability fur the defence, and he endeavoured to show that although they might feel that there was a strong case of suspicion, yet that the evidence was not sufficiently conclusive to compel them to find the pri soner guilty. The CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up, The jury, after a short deliberation, found the pri soner Guilty, and he was sentenced to be transported for ten year J... l i tter Holden, 39, labourer, was indicted for burgla riously breaking into the cellar of a shop, and stealing some tobacco, cheese, and other articles, the property of Samuel Harvey. Mr. Rod well conducted the prosecution, and Mr. R. B. Barton defended the prisoner. This case was one of rather a singular character. It appeared that the pro secu t or is a grocer at Manning tree, and late at ni g ht on th e 29th of April a police constable, who was passing the premises, observed the trap-door of the cellar open, and this exciting his su , picier, he watched about, and in a short time a man came out of the cellar carrying a bundle. He at tempted to seize him, but the man mado a violent re sistance, and the officer was compelled to use his staff, and struck several blows, as he imagined from the sound, upon the head of the person, and he was some what surprised to find that they did not have the usual effect, and the man at length succeeded in making his escape, leaving his booty behind him. Upon a search being made at the spot were the struggle took place the con stable found a false hand made of wood, which had evi dently received the blows intended for the head of the thief, and which had been knocked from its socket. The constable immediately set about to discover to whom the hand belonged, but here he met with some difficulty, for it appeared that there were other persons in Manning. tree who had had the misfortune to lose a hand, and who now wore a wooden one screwed upon a stump similar to that which had been picked up; but at length the officer got a clue to the prisoner, and upon seeing him he immediately recognised him as the man he saw come out of the cellar, and he was accordingly committed upon the present charge. A good deal of the evidence for the prosecution, in addition to that of the officer, con sisted of testimony to show that the hand which had been picked up belonged to the prisoner, and one of the witnesses, an old woman, swore positively that she re- membered the hand a great many years, and that it was the same he wore, aid represented that she knew it particularly by the spring band that was round it. It turned out, however, that this band was one which had only been patented within the last three or four years. Mr. BARTON made an ingenious speech to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, contending that his identity had not been sufficiently established, and that the evidence with regard to the hand that was found being that of the prisoner was not sufficient to warrant them in finding him guilty of so serious a charge. A man named Finch was called as a witness, who, it appeared, was one of the one-handed men of Manning tree, and he stated that he had been in the habit of lend ing the prisoner his hand, or, as the Learned Judge facetiously remarked, " lending a hand " to the prisoner on several occasions, since his own had been burnt many years before ; and he said that the hand which was picked up did not belong to the prisoner. Mr. BARTON then called a woman with whom the pri soner cohabited as a witness, and she attempted to prove that he was at home with her on the night of the rob bery, ancfalso stated that she had herselt burnt the pri soner's wooden hand some time ago. This statement, however, was contradicted by another witness, who stated that he had burnt it; and it was pretty clear that het evidence was not much to be depended upon. The jury eventually found the prisoner Guilty; and as it appeared that he bore a very bad character, he was sentenced by the Learned Judge to bo transported for fifteen years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH. Two well-dressed women, one remarkably fine grown and good looking, and the other rather alight, and not very prepossessing in her appearance, presented them selves before the lion. G. C. Norton, and the former, addressing the magistrate, said her name was Ann Bailey, and that she was the person described in the newspapers of Tuesday last, whose disappearance was so mysterious, and who was believed by her friends to be the individual that bad been murdered in the neighbourhood of Norwich. She further stated that the person who accompanied her was Mrs. Gooch, another of the alleged missing parties, and that the object of their attendance before his worship was to con tradict the statement that appeared in the newspapers, and remove from the minds of her friends the impres sion that she had met with any violent or improper treatment. Mr. NORTON asked Ann Bailey if she had communi cated with her sister, Mrs. Faucett, who had made the application on her behalf ; and she replied that she had not ; that the feeling between her sister and herself was not of the most friendly description, and, therefore, she had no particular wish to see her. Mr. NORTON thought it desirable that the parties should be seen and spoken to by Mrs. Faucett, and directed Sergeant Grant to take them to her residence for that purpose. In about two hours after Ann Bailey, Mrs. Gooch, and Mr. and Mrs. Faucett, accompanied by Sergeant Quiuriear, P 1, entered the court, when Sergeant Quin near addressing Mr. Norton said, that in consequence of the statement which appeared in the newspapers on Tuesday, on the evening of that day a person named Neeves, who was foreman over Gooch and other work men when employed at the mansion of Baron de Gold amid, at Tunbridge, called at the station in Lock's-fields, and informed Mr. Robinson, the superintendent, that Gooch and Ann Bailey had been seen in the vicinity of the Edgeware-road by a painter in the employ of Mr. Piper, of 42, Eastcheap, and who, ho had no doubt, could give some information as to where they could be found. Mr. Robinson, upon this information, dispatched him (Quinnear) in search of the man in question, whose name is M'Kennelee, who informed him that he had drank with Gooch and Ann Bliley, on Friday last, at a public-house in the Edgeware-road, and that they were living in that neighbourhood, but he could not say exactly where. On that (yesterday) forenoon the young woman, Anu Bailey, came to the station-house and said that she and Mrs. Gooch had called at this court to con• tradict the report that had gone abroad about them, and that the magistrate had sent them to Mrs. Faucett, her sister, and that Mrs. Gooch, not wishing to see her sister, had gone home. By direction of Mr. Robinson, his su perintendent, he (Quinnear) accompanied the young woman to the Edge ware-road, and took both her and Mrs. Gooch back to the residence of Mrs. Faucett, and requested the attendance of all the parties before his worship. Mrs: Faucett, in reply to a question from the ma gistrate, admitted that her sister, Ann Bailey, and Mrs. G och, now present, were the persons she alluded to in her statement to his worship on Monday last. The young woman acknowledged that she had left her place with Gooch, the painter, to be married, as he had represented himself to her to be a single man, but the ceremony had not taken place, and she dis covered that she had been deceived by him. The rea son, she said, why she had not informed her sister of where she lived and what she was doing, was that her sister and herself had never been on the most kindly terms. She admitted that she still lived with her seducer and his wife, but was solely under the pr , t,ction of the latter, and appealed to Mrs. Gooch for a confirmation of her statement, that nothing improper took place between her and the husband of that per son atter discovering that he was a married man. Mrs. Gooch acknowledged the fact, but said that the sooner she took herself off the better. Mr. Faucett, the brother-in-law of the young mount], offered to tilts, her home and keep her till she was pro vided with another situation—an offer which she ac cepted, and thus the matter terminated. Mrs. Faucets expressed her thanks to the magistrate for his kind suggestion, and relieving many members of her family from the most serious and unpleasant conjectures; and Sir. NORTON, in reply, said he was very glad the af fair had not turned out to be of so serious a character as was at first apprehended. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 24. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to certain Bills. The Lords Commissioners were the LORD CHANCELLOR, the LORD PRIVY SEAL, and the Earl of CARLISLE. The following were the public Bills which received the Royal Assent:— Survey of Great Britain. School Sites Acts Amendment. Landlord and Tenant. Prisons (Scotland). British White Herring Fishery. Common Lodging Houses. Lodging Houses. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. Highway Rates. Loan Societies. Militia Ballots Suspension. Assessed Taxes Composition. Public Works, Fisheries, &a. Apprentices to Sea Service (Ireland) (No. 2), Marriages (India). Turnpike Acts Continuance. Turnpike Trusts Arrangement. Inhabited House Duty. Burgesses and Freemen's Parliamentary Franchise. Chorley's Waterworks. Malmesbury Turnpike Roads. North and South- Western Junction Railway. Manchester Waterworks "Va 4 , Vale Railway and Dock. Widows and O rp h ans F und Great Southern and W estern Railway (Ireland). Ministers' Church of Scotl an d . o f the Free Great Western Railway (Railways to connect the Bir mingham and Oxford Junction Railway with the London and North-Western Railway at Birming ham, &c.). St. Patrick's Cathedral (Dublin). York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Branch to West Durham Railway, &c.). York, Newcastle. and Berwick Railway (Abandonment of part of Bishop Auckland Branch, &c.) Dee Standard Restoration. Midland Railway (Purchase of Leeds and Bradford Railway, and Increase of Capital). Bolton, Blackburn, Clitkeroe, and West Yorkshire Railway. Stockton, Middlesbrough, Yarm, &c. Waterworks. Cain Navigation (No. 2). Cork and Waterford Railway. Great Malvern Improvement, Police, Sewers, Water works, and Gas. London (City) Sewers. South Staffordshire Railway (Branches to join the Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Rail way, &c.). Birmingham Improvement. Newark-upon-Trent Improvement and Market. Caledonian Railway (Motherwell Branch Extension and Lesmahagow Branches). Brighton Extra-Mural Cemetery. East Anglian Railways. Electric Telegraph Company. Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway. East Stonehouse Waterworks. Waterford and Tramore Railway. Midland Railway (Extension of Time, &c.). Waterford and Limerick Railway. Killarney Junction Railway. Rehm Bridge and Roads. Copper Miners in England Company. Lublin, Dundrum, and Rathfarnham Railway. Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway. Edinburgh Royal Asylum for the Insane. Bath Improvement, Markets, Waterworks, and Bath Commons or Freemen's Estate. Great Northern Railway (No. 2). St. Bartholomew's Hospital Estate. Cubitt's Estate. Upton's Estate. L , thbridge's Estate. Jackson's Estate. Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure. On their Lordships resuming, The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a petition from Doneraile against the Ecclesiastical Titles Assump tion Bill. CIVIL BILLS (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the second reading of the Civil Bills (Ireland) Bill. The object of 'the Bill was to extend the jurisdiction of the assistant barristers in Ireland from matters in which 201. only was in litigation to matters in which the amount in litigation was 401. The Bill also codified and embodied in one statute all the laws relating to the jurisdiction of assistant-barristers in Ire land. It was a digest of all the laws relating to the civil bill practice and jurisdiction of assistant-barristers' courts in Ireland. It proposed to give to the,assistant barristers'courts jurisdiction in all cases relating to insol vency, thus doing away with the necessity for the Commissioners for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors going circuit—an arrangement which would greatly facilitate the administration of justice.—(Hear, hear.) The Bill made the Civil Bills Court a court of original jurisdiction, giving the Court the power of awarding costs to witnesses; it also gave the Civil Bills Court ab solute jurisdiction in all cases of legacy under 20/, whatever might be the value of the estate upon which the legacy was charged. It gave them power over eject ments in cases of tenants at will, just as if they held under leases from their landlords. The result of such a clause would relieve landlords from the necessity of keeping their tenants under a perpetual notice to quit. Under such circumstances the assistant-barristers would be entitled to an increase of salary. At present they received but 4001. a year. In future they would be paid out of the consolidated fund. What their salaries were to be would be best seen from the schedules at t a ched . to the Bill. In future, stamps were to b e use d i n the Bills Court, and the revenue derived therefrom, it was calculated, would meet all the increased expense. Any objections which might be .urged against the different clauses he should be most ready to discuss in Committee. Tee Earl of LUCA N fully appreciated this Bill, which he believed would turn out to be a very useful measure. His objection to it was that the jurisdiction of these courts had not been made more extensive. At a future stage of the Bill he would attempt to extend their juris diction to the same extent as the County Courts in Eng land, namely, to 50/. He would also move in the Com mittee that the assistant-barristers be allowed to appoint their own officers to carry out their decrees. The Earl of ST. GERMANS would not oppose the second reading of this Bill, but he must lament that it had been brought down to the House on the same day that the appropriation clause had been introduced into the House of Commons. Had it been otherwise, he would have moved that this Bill, with its 160 clauses, be referred to a Select Committee, whore 1 t would be better dealt with than in the House 1 1 " self. It was quite impossible for the House to go nutely through the many clauses of this Bill in the Pre' sent session. Lord MONTEAGLE observed that the Bill had been very carefully considered elsewhere, and, as far as be could judge, no reasonable opposition could be offered to it. They were all friendly to the Bill, and anxious to carry it through Parliament. Ho thought that aid could get through it in one day in a Select Committee► especially with the atsistance of the law officers who had drawn up the Bill. He should be sorry to make such motion, if his Noble Friend should be of opinion that ti would endanger the passing of the Bill during the pre' sent session. The Rill of GLENGALL thought that the juriscliv tion of the Bill bhould bo extended to 501. After a few words in reply from the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, Lord BEAUMONT objected on general grounds to Bills of this importance being introduced into that Houss at so late a period of the session. The principle of thi s Bill was admitted on all sides, but it was entirely a ques tion of details, which would h are b een b etter armor' in a Committee upstairs. CHELTENHAM IMPROVEMENT AND HEALTg BILL. Earl FITZHARDINGE moved that this Bill s hould be recommitted, in order that further evidence might be given against certain clauses of it. Lord ABINGEIt, as chairman of the Committee, thought the recommittal was unnecessary. Lord REDESDALE considered it would be a bad precedent if, atter having referred a Bill to a Committe e ' they did not abide by the report of the Committee. After a short discussion, their Lordships divide" when there appeared— Content „, ,„ 11 Not Content ... ••• .„. 19 Majority against the recommittal —8 The report was then received. Lord BERNERS presented several petitions fr°r agricultural districts complainin g o f di s t ress a nd Pray ing for relief. Referring to one of these petitions (froth what part of the country we could no t h ear ), t h e Noble Lord said he had received several l e tt ers f rom t h e c hair' men . and vice-chairmen of bo a rd s o f guar di ans confirm' ing the allegations of th e p et i t i on, t h at the manufactu r" ing operatives were beginning to press upon the lan d, and that great distres s ex i ste d among them. It W I i stated n the newspap e r s t h at 6,000 of the operatives e ; Nottingham wer e th rown upon the rates. He we e' himself to the relieving officer and found that the state ., meet was substantially true, and that one-tenth of the population were receiving relief. This waslnot a state of prosperity, and th e con di t i on o f L e i cester was pO better. The last Poor-law returns of the number re: ceiving relief were fallacious, because they did n°` give the whole eumbtx of unions and parishes tha t came under the cognizance of the board. These re" turns appeared to show a reduction of 60,000 in t he numbers relieved, but they did not state the cause .0 this reduction, or that there was a great decrease 1 ° the value of provisions, or that there was a decrease Io one portion of pauperism, namely, in the 3ceoOur vagrants. The incre ase o f cr i me an d t h e d ecrea se of deposits in savings -banks since free trade was seta' Wished, could not be controverted. The petitioners au' veried to the reports of the Select Committee of both( Houses which sat last year to inquire into the law . 0 1 settlement, as proving that this law was the chit grievance under which the labouring classes suffered• For 30 years he had attempted to improve their cond i. Lion, but, when he thought he had achieved some good. he was met by the law of settlement, which thwarted his efforts. An union settlement would be no benefit , but the amendment of the present law of settlement WO imperatively required, because, in proportion as the)" decreased the area in which the poor man could labour , they decreased the value of that labour. He agreed with the petitioners that the relief of the poor was a nation* object to which all ought to contribute according t° their ability. The Earl of MINTO presented a petition from the ministers General Assembly of the Church of and sc e Scotland, tl a l d n e d r , s of againstthe Papal aggression. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, th e Chimney sweepers Regulation Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. The Earl of CARLISLE presented numerous peti tions from Wesley an congregations against Papal or The NOBLE EARL laid upon the table a Bill . for the better administration of capitular estates. Lord MON TEAGLE gave notice that he would move, as an instruction to the Committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, to except Ireland from the jurisdiction of that Bill. He should also propose a clause exempting from the penalties of the Bill ecclesiastics of the Romish Church if they were not styled bishops, &c., of an/ particular see, but were styled, in the word s o f the Cha.. ritable Bequests Act, as bishops, &0,, exercising spiri tual functions within certain districts. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOT.ISE OF COMMONS. July 24, (Continued from our Third Edition of yesterday.) REGISTR A.TION OF ASSURANCES BILL In reply to Dlr. MULLINGS, Lord J. BU;iSELL said it was not his intention to proceed with tb e above Bill this session, but it was with reluctance t hat he abandoned the Bill, and the sub-. ject would be renewed at the earliest opportunity next session. Mr. HAWES 6btained leave to bring in a Bill for the arrangement clf claims of the New Zealand Compaq on the Crown, and for regulating the affairs of certain settlements estahli:thed by the said company in New Zealand. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. Colonel DUNNE wished to know whether the Ge.• 'ferment proposed to proceed with the Irish Bills that stood on the paper for this night, some of which were of great importance? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that he intended to be guided by such arrangements se ho could make with the Irish Members upon the subject. CUSTOMS' BILL—THE NAVIGATION-LAWS. ed On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, amendment, lie r Majesty, praying an behuusMbriellaEddßreßsisES moved presented that she will be graciously pleased to direct the proper. steps to be taken tor givin g effect to those provisions of the Act 12 and 13 Vic., c. 29 (for the repeal of the na vigation-laws), whereby her Majesty is empowered to adopt towards any foreign country, in which a prefer., ence is given, directly or indirectly, to national vessels over British vessels, such measures as may appear to her Majesty justly to countervail the disadvantages to which British trade and navigation is so subjected. He said the Government had vaunted much of the great advantages which already resulted from the repeal Of the navigation-laws. The shipowners, who could bear the best testimony on the subject, had, bow' ever, come forward to state that directly the opposite effect had been the result. They said they received a much less amount of freight, which showed that their rentuneration had been diminished, and, he must 3ax, that they, in common with the cultivators of the soh were unremunerated. Freights had decreased by 30 Per eclat. Freights, from calculation, which, previous to the repeal of those laws, had been 51. 4s. in 1850, had &lieu to 31. 135. 6d. From Bombay, which had been 5/. 16s. Gel., had been reduced to 21. 155., which was equivalent to a diminution of 38 per cent., but, on a view of tbe ro" du i :tion of freights generally, the decrease was equal ton 30 ,oer cent. They not only complained of a dimi nutio r _ of f eight, but also of diminished employment, and no:, with standing that it was alleged that the foreigner ooO s , a not e ompeto with them, the fact was that the Bri!? s!aipa were driven from the market, that Buglisa JULY 25, 1851. a