The Sun. — London, England, 1851-07-31 00:00:00

FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. THREE LIVES LOST. We received last evening a communication to the fol lowing effect from Lees, near Oldham: — About nine o'clock this (Tuesday) morning, the boiler belongin g to the mill of Messrs. Rhodes and Co., of Hey, burst—it is sa id somew h ere near th e d us t-h o l e , in the bottom of the b o il er — an d o f course th e s t eam rus h e d out with tremendous force into the fire-hole. Over the boiler was a willow-room i n w hi c h th ree men Were working, and the force of the steam threw upw ards ~ r b asm n all portion of the flagged floor of thi s room . h earing the explosion, and seein g th e rus h of ste am em from towards the door of the r oom t o escape, s below, the steam ran concealing the aperture it had mad e i n t h e floor, they unfortunately fell through it into th e s t eam an d boil ing water in the boiler-house below. Two of them were almost instantaneously killed. When the steam had passed off, and the water flowed away, the third man was extricated, still living, but he expired in a few moments afterwards. It is generally thought that the boiler was short of water; and it is said that the water-pump had just been looked to, and set to work. Another statetnent is, that there was no whistle to in dicate the quantum of water in the boiler. The boiler is almost a new one. Our correspondent adds the following suggestions: — That boilers should always be outside, and detached from the mill or works; that they should always have attached to them a whistle, to indicate the state of the water; one or two sufficient safety-valves ; and a mer cury gauge, to indicate the pressure of steam in the boiler. Previously to receiving the above communicati on , we had heard a vague rumour of this fatal acci dent, an d had dispatched a reporter to the spot. He was enabled to glean the following additional particulars. Hey is about two miles east of Oldham, as the crow flies. The pre mises on which the accident has occurred are the pro perty of Messrs. James Rhodes and Brothers, and con sist ?f one lar ge b u ilding, four storeys hi g h, and se veral smaller ones. A portion of the larger buildin g and some of the smaller ones are occupied by Messrs. Fielden and Schofield, who, as well as Messrs. Rhod es, are cotton spinners. Th e' l arger bui lding is filled with machinery, arger . the whole of which, in both the occupancies, is turned by one engine, the ste a m supplied by a boiler of about 42 horses' power. We were unable las t evening to inspect but from what wee boiler in consequence of the dark ness;sand had a flue or we could learn, it was cylindrical, new one, is fixed in a flees. This boiler, which is nearly a build ings, at the cellar south-eastern side running beneath two build buildings over this cellar are of the principal mill. The over the firing end of the boiler eonly one storey high; that room, while the other is the is occupied as a willow engine Imme diately in front of the firep l acehouse. 'was a wall, which suppor ted tw o of the boiler H ags , forming a portion : of r e () very large floor of the willow room; and the space below these fl port portionas the of the floor, was used coal hole, which access is o btained b y a fl ight of steps le a ding to from the yard. I n the willow roo m there - are two willows and a lap machine. This las t is placed ex actly over the boiler; and the others im mediately at the side of it. At all these machines men were at work yesterday morning, the names of the men at the wil lows being Jonah Brierloy and James Winterbottom, and of the man at the lap machine, Samuel Lord. The engine was started about half-past eight o'clock yesterday morning, and nothing unusual was ob. served until about ten minutes before nine, when the boiler burst with a loud noise, and the steam and water rushed fiercely out. The immediate effect /14 this leas to throw down the wall supporting the stones in She floor of the willow room, and the „JAM*, ,aneii - fiboefiing alarmed and running towards the u,,___kiki ortr,..to get out, they fell down with one of I — 44 "*"to!vas Win the space beneath. At the time the p... . _ ~,,!./ •.: .-: Thursday last ST. HELEN'S.—An inquests.q7 coroner, held a on theT last before Charles Driffield, E Mr. Willi am F orbor, the Sefton Arms, on v i e w of the body of John H unter, a glassmaker, aged twenty- fi ve t years. The deceased worked at th e U n i on Pl a t e Gl as s works, and, on Wednesday l ast , he was carrying a large sheet of p l ate g l ass from the kiln to the packing-room ; the glass broke, and the top part of it fell on the deceased's neck, and cut through the jugular vein. The deceased survived only an hour after the accident occurred. He had been cut on the neck once before, through carrying the sheets of glass careleshilY• Verdict—" Accidental death." TENTERDEN.—The hops have improved during the last week, where they are free from vermin; but upon the whole not more than half a crop can be expected. ORPINGTON.—The hops in our parish and St. Mary Cray are going daily from bad to worse. Our land does not appear to suit hops, and the only wonder is that hops are cultivated about here. FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, JULY 28.—Since last Thursday we have a decided improve ment in most of our grounds, and the very worst are cer tainly looking better. (From the Maidstone Journal.) MAIDSTONE, JULY 28.—As far as our observations go, the varia ble and wet weather of the past week has not but in a very few instances improved the hop planta tions of this neighbourhood, and though there are many gardens, especially about Farleigh, still free from blight, and which continue to maintain their healthy and vigorous appearance, we cannot announce that the pros pects of the hop-growers generally are improving— many of the gardens that were foul with vermin have already turned black from the growth of the usual fungus on the honey dew. AYLESFORD.—Notwithstanding the heavy rains we have had during the past week, the vermin still are as numerous as before. A very short crop this year. BIRLING.—We are very indifferent here—rather worse than last week. LINTON.—Our bine has grown considerably since the rain, but we have also an increase of vermin in our up per grounds—some of them are getting worse every day. MARDEN.—In some grounds a decided improvement is observable, in others the hops appear stationary. STAPLEHURST.—The effect of the late rain is visible in a few places in this parish; but speaking generally the plant is weakly, owing to the ravages of the vermin with which they are still i n f es t e d, an d prec l u d es th e possibility of growing anything like a crop. .. • ; , ‘ „ c w • THE SUN, LONDON , THURSDAY EN IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ' explosion happened, Mr. George Rhodes, one of the part- STATE OF TRADE. ' Ilecoers.—We cannot report any improvement this ners in the firm was going into the willow room, and (From the Manchester Guardian.) last week; the bine continues very foul, and much of it ROUSE OF LORDS, July 30. --seee---- u p on opening a door leading into it from the principal MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—By the Africa, which ar.. too sickly to make any effort for fruit. Lord REDEVALE, in the absence of the L o rd mill he was met by a cloud of dust followed by a rush rived in the Mersey on Saturday night, we learn that cot- CRANBRO OK.—The plantations have not made any tailor, took his on the Woo ls a ck a t Five o'clock Chan-. of steam. He at once shut the door, and returned ton had lost from ito 1 cent per lb. at New,York during very percept i b le p ro g r ess during the week. There has , The Earl of CARLISLE presented a p etition from to the mill, from the lower floor of which he sent out the week, and that rarely has a growing crop presented a been; a complete saturation of the ground s , an d a few Bradford in favour of the retention of the Cry stal Palace. all the workpeople, being afraid that the dan- more healthy or vigorous appearance, or a better stand days' fine warm weather will no doubt wor k won d e rs ger was not over. Some of these people going than the present one does. In Liverpool, a considerable and decide the fate of the growth. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE PRIVATE BILLS. , several pri- round to the door leading from the willow room business continues to be done, and prices are reported OTFORD AND SHOREHAM. — There is a decided im into the mill yard, and finding that room full of steam to be about id. above those of Friday; but prevenient in some few of the hop gardens; but at least Tate Bills were forwarded a stage. and a portion of the flooring fallen in, were at once con- buyers find an anxiety to sell which enables in two-thirds of the plantation the prospect of growing CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL • vinced that the three men, whom t hey cou ld not see, them generally to do as well as on that day. In any hops is entirely gone for this year. The report on this Bill was brought up. and their must be severely injured. After the steam had some- our own market, the operations in yarns have been on WROTHAM (TOWN DISTRICT).--We are decidedly Several other Bills were forwarded a stage, what cleared away, some persons descended into the a fair scale for India and Russia; and the prices paid are worse than last week, the vermin following every shoot; Lordships adjourned. firing hole, where they found the three men, who had about the same as on Friday and Saturday. The Ger- the weather during the past week has been most favour- HOUSEbeen . , working in the willow room, lying on the fallen mans still show much backwardness, and complain of able for their increase; aed as one generation of them OF COMMONS, July 30. • flag. The men were at once brought out, when it was succeeds them in the dull state of their markets, yet they continue giving die a fresh one much larger numbers. Edition of yesterday., (Continued from our Afternoon found that Winterbottom was quite dead, The other ou t mo d era t e o rders. Mediterranean yarns, and low CANTERBURY. — We have nothing favourable to re- MESSAGE FROM THE LO RDS found •tr Lord- two were still alive, but almost immediately expired. coun t s gene rally, remain scarce. There is still a good port this week of the hop plant. Our accounts, for the A messenger from the Lords stated that e Mr. Elliot, surgeon, was speedily in attendance, but was demand for warps, up to number 20's, both for continental most part, represent the country grounds in a bad con ships had agreed to the following Bills: of course unable to render any assistance, and the bo- and home consumption, but particularly the latter; and dition. The attack of vermin, combined with slackness Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption• dies were soon afterwards removed to the Red Lion the makers are, in many instances, supplied with of bine, render the chance of a good crop very critical. Amendment to Mancheste r Im p rovement. public-house, at Austerlands, where they are now lying. contracts for several wee k s to come ; y e t hi gher prices Some of the well-cultivated p l antations in this neigh - Copyhold and Enclosure C ommissions. The bodies are all very severely scalded, bat do not ap- cannot be obtained , a nd t hose who are open to bourhood have certainl y im p ro ved a little, the hop look - Smithfield Market Removal Lords' amendments I pear to have sustained any injury from the fall; and or d e rs take them on the terms which have lately ing a good colour, and promising fair a yield; but this is ' Warm, agreed to. there can be no doubt that, as stated by the surgeon, prevailed. Medium pin-copwe ftis quiet. In goods, far from general. still weather is now required them to Militia Pay death was caused by the scalding ,business to brin g o maturity. there has been a fair of a pr e tty general Duty estimated at 75,500/. Soap Duties.manu facturers to 80 000 Z Upon examination, it was found that one of the plates character. Some of stout fabrics and , Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction The hop in the upper part of the flue, immediately over the fire- printing cloths have entered into renewed engagements, TICEHURST.— plantations are not doing so Railway box had been rent by the explosion to the length of of rather considerable extent. The Indian buyers, well as t he y were a fortni ght ago; many gardens have United Kingdom Electric Tele g ra p h Com p an y , eighteen inches. The boiler was not moved from its seeing an unfavourable telegraphic statement about gone the wron g wa y , and the others are at present quite Lincolnshire Estuary. position, nor was any damage done to the machinery piece goods, have held aloof, waiting for their lett ers , at a stand. European or the building, with the exception of the thro win g which wi ll b e received this evening. On the whole, SUSSEX.—Our reports from Rye and it s neighbour down of the wall, and the falling of the large flag - there is no decline to-day in any descriptions of yarns hood state that the lice have increased in mcst gar- Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Garnkirk, and Coat- stone already mentioned. The cause of the accident or ,goods, neither is there any advance; but there is dens since the rains, yet, so sanguine are the hop bridge, Polio; and Govan, &c. Railways) (Amend- has not yet been ascertained. The names of more steadiness throughout, and many articles exhibit growers of that district that the plantations will go went and Continuation, &c.) the deceased' were Samuel Lord, laptenter, about what is called an increased stiffness. through the blight, that they calculate upon growing CHURCH BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. forty years of age, living at Lees; Jonah Brierley ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—The peace market has under- from 10 cwt. to two tons per acre. The House then went into Committee upon this Bill, willower, about fifty or fifty-five years of age, living gone little change since last Monday, either in price or Clause 1, after a short discussion, was struck out. at Hey; and James Winterbottom , willower, about 35, d eman d. I n woo l th e d eman d i s s t ea d y , an d p r i ces fi rm , ATROCIOUS MURDER IN PARIS. Clauses 2,3, 4,5, 6,7, and 8 were agreed to. L ord and Brierley have both left also living at Hey. with a scarcity of that quality of wool varying from 9d. The police arrested on Sunday the young man who On Clause 9, widows the former one, the latter two children. Win - to 13d. per lb. murdered a girl named Juliett e Fl ame i n a public ; Mr. HEADLAM proposed an amendment, to omit terbottom was unmarried. The inquest is expected to MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—Our manufactured goods house in the Rue du Cherche-Midi. His name is from the clause the provisions of exemption from the be held to-day (Wednesday) at the Red Lion, Auster- trade is, if anything, less active than of late; owing, in a Joseph Humblot, his age 19, and his occupation operation of the Mortmain Act. lands.—Manchester Guardian of yesterday. g r e a t me asure , to t h e i n t erim which usuall y takes p lace that of a waiter in a coffee-house, Th e arrest was The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opp osed t h e amend - -------at this season, prior to preparations becoming general effected at 110, Rue St. [knot* in the residence of meat. CHANCERY REFORM. for the autumn trade. The demand for thrown silk re- a concierge, who is a friend of his mother. He After a short conversation the Committee dividedmains quiet. The appearance of the market is, however, readily answered the questions put to him, and made questioned, if theprofessors of the when there appeared— It ma y well be common law had some ten yeats ago . introduced a certain f • •t • • th • firmness which this statement:—" I know," he said, " that I setts actory; prices mam aming their rmness, have corn- For the amendment ... ... ... 19 of substantial reform into their methods of pro- P e a o erat s f vourably with Producers, who are gradually mitted a horrible murder, and I know the fate thatawaits Against Against it ••• ..• ... et 49 amount cedure, whether they might not still have retained the . extending their operations. The raw silk market re- me. But lam not a monster—l was distracted—l had Majority ... ... ... ... —3O mains very firm, with an upward tendency. The delive- an attack of brain fever. Daring eight months," he business of the country. We were perfectly willing to . The amendment was consequently lost. • ries continue good. continued, " I had intimate relations with Juiette; have received changes at their hands, and pretty much in The clause was then agreed to. HALIFAX, SATIIRDAY.— III our piece hall to-day there I loved her passionately, but at last I fancied I were their own way, so they had given but a freer course to the The other clauses of the Bill from 10 to 23 . . . of justice. has been rather more doing in light fancy goods; but for perceived she deceived me. Ido not know whether administration agreed to. c lause:— upon himself the character of a law reformer. The dot- . heavy fabrics there is hardly any inquiry. Yarn remains I was right or wrong, but a violent jealousy took Mr. FREWEN proposed the following trines with which he is called upon to deal, the circle of in the same condition of extreme depression. The de- possession of me, and I resolved to kill her " And be it enacted, that upon the neat avoidance o f an ymend is far below the production, and the quotations are first, and myself afterwards. I was under the to it, ideas into which he must transport himself, are so alien benefice, which has no church or chapel belongi ng consequently in a drooping state. Scarcely any wool is influence of these ideas when I met her on Wednesday. upwards ng from his ordinary habits of thought, that he reluctantly and which has a population of forty persons, or changing hands, and the turn is still in favour of the We went into the public-house, and ascended to a bed- undertakesandgladly re li nqu i s h est h e repu l s i ve t ask . not been united of forty persons, and which hasbuyer. room. A bottle of' wine was brought us, and Juliette benefices by order Nothing but the direct necessity, nothing but the con to any other benefice or said HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Our market continues seated herself on the bed. It was nearly nine o'clock, the benefice t i nne d spectacle of cumulative injustice, could induce of her Majesty in Council, . A act ive trade has and vertigo • d I passed hand much the same as last week. pretty chapel any other • void until a c h u rch or shall remain and continuebeen done during the week. It seems to be generally throat, which appeared to surprise her; but be hall be performed; and the through inquiries of such a nature. It was not until is built where di • vine service s the said benefice shall the three superior courts at Westminster had clearly expected that we shall have a good autumn trade. The fore she had time to make any observation I seized a fees and emoluments arising from h woolwarehouses have been rather more active today. razor which I had for some time carried in my poc whilst it is vo id, paid over to the shown that even •t . •h be purchased at too high from time to time, who, e together with a rate, and no j t us u i n ce til mit h a d LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The market at the cloth halls has ket, and, in one cut, made a severe wound in the throat. ' hop of the diocese,. th ey manifested a de archbishop or bis hop been good, and a fair quantity of goods continue to be Poor wretch! She had only time to cry ' Mother! r deaconry, and patron o termination to p ersist in the most d i latory modes the archdeacon of the arch • delivered to order. Prices remain firm, and business in mother!' when she fell dead. I was troubled, and for a for said benefice, shall act as trustees the of procedure, that the people of this country took the patrons of the the warehouses is bris k . few moments knew not what I did. But at last I reco receipt said fees and emoluments, which shall be matter into their , own hands. The returns of the of the for thepurp ose by the sa id trus tees of number of causes, and of the amount of property annually appropriated DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE. from my hands and face. I opened the door, but building or assisting to build a church or chapel for the adjudicated upon before the newly constituted tribunals, The following are the competitors for Doggett's Coat when half-way down the staircase, the idea of seeing said benefice;such church orchapel has and as soon as and B a d ge, and other prizes, on Friday next:-- her again recurred to me, and I went and kissed rated or licensed for divine worship by the tions of those reverend sages of the law who bade iu . been consecGeorge Daniel Weggett. —Somer's-quay. her for the last time. I hurried away. I went to a rchbisho • por bishop of the diocese, then it shall beware how we laid the axe to the root of the tree. Salter Martin Milford-lane. the river and washed my trousers. Afterwards I went for the patron or patrons to present a spite- We have before us the warning, the inroad, and the be l aw ful Alfred G. Andrews Battle-bridge. home, and said to my father and mother, `Kiss me, for tual person to the said benefice, who shall enjoy result. That result is well calculated to inspire John Lashbrook Old Swan. you will see me no more; I am a great criminal, and a ll the rigb ts, fees, and emoluments, and perform us with confidence for the future, if the remedies George Bean Custom-house Lower-stairs. deserve the scaffold!' In their stupor they did not think a ll the duties appertaining thereto, and who shall be introduced are of a sufficiently definite character to meet John We bb ..Wapping. of stopping me. I went cut of Paris and slept in a under the same ecclesiastical control and authority as the wrongs complained of in their entire extent. an y other incumbent in the same dioc es e : provided al- It i s no t, h owe ver, just now our object to write an „ en addition to the coat and badge for the first man, lodging-house at one of the barriers. In the morning I 41. los. for the second, and 2/. los. for the third, be- was agitated, and did not know where to go. So I re ways, that if the said archbishop or bishop shall license epitaph upon the buried hopes of those learned gentle queathed by the late Sir W. Jolliffe, the Fishmongers' solved to commit suicide. But before dying I deter any room in the said parish for divine service, then it men who had pinned their fortunes to the immortality Company have liberally added a guinea for the first mined to try to see Juliette once again. I went to the shall be lawful for the patron or patrons to present a of the common law system of procedure, but rather man, a guinea and a halt' for the fourth, and a guinea Morgue, where I thought her body would b© taken; but spiritual person to the said benefice, who shall perform to bid their brethren of the equity side take warn each for the two last. The race:will be started, under I arrived too late—she bad been recognised by her all the duties appertaining thereto, and who shall be ing by the result of their pertinacity. The amount the able direction of Mr. Dards, at five in the evening. mother, and the body had been removed. I listened under the same ecclesiastical control and authority as of misery inflicted upon the country by the chicane to what was said in the crowd. `A young girl has any other incumbent," of the common lawyers under the new rules has MR. SALOMONS. been murdered,' they said, ' and the murderer after- The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the clause, been of slight account by the side of the almost total TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. wards threw the body into the river.' I shrugged as not coming within the scope of the Bill. negation of justice consequent upon the forms of proce- Sera—There appears to be considerable difference of my shoulders and went away. I went to a church, After a short conversation the Committee divided, dure in Chancery. In the class of cases submitted to opinion on the exact position of the question as to the with the intention of confessing to a. priest, but not when there appeared— the decision of the common law courts there were • .- • o f J • into Parliament,and believingthat admissibility Jews For the clause ... ... ••• 40 ways and means by which prudent men, not inclined to as the House of Lords have chosen not to pass the Bill, it time, and at last left Paris. I only returned this Against it ... ... ... ... 37 push matters to extremes, might stave off the calamity is not possible for that question to be more favourably morning. And now I have only to request that Majority ... ... ••• —3 of a protracted lawsuit. But in the g r e at bulk of Chan situated than it now is, perhaps you will spare room for I may be condemned to death. My repentance and my On the question that the clause be added to the Bill a eery cases this is not so. Into court the reluctant the following observations. chastisement will open to me the gates of heaven, and it discussion took place, in the course of which it was suitors must go, and there they must remain until the My own opinion is, that Mr. Salomons has taken the is there alone that I can hop e t o see J u li e tt e again." arranged that the Solicitor-General should draw up a most astute and practised brains in England have ex oath and is entitled to take his seat, but I should be most This statement was made with the greatest calmness. clause embodying certain alterations which were sue- haunted upon the property at issue all the resources of a wanting in candour were Ito contend that the question The prisoner had on a shirt stained with the blood of his Bested by Mr. Gladstone. perverse ingenuity. The equity lawyers reply that is entirely free from doubt; and then the point is this,— victim. The expression of his features is remarkably The House then resumed, and the report was ordered wellnigh all this delay, and wellnigh all this expense, in an admitted doubtful case what mode of proceeding is mild. He had procured hi mse lf a passport for a foreign to be brought up on Friday. must be accepted as inseparable from litigation. They open to the least practical inconvenience. country. PE I' TY SESSIONS (IREL AND) BILL. may introduce, to be sure, a few changes of no great mo- Much obloquy has been thrown, and in my judgment The House then went into Committee upon this Bill. men t, but substantially not much can be done. A negation _ ____ very unjustly, upon the Master of the Rolls for the reso- On clause 1 being proposed, of justice is the inseparable incident of property in dispute. FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC. lution of last session in the Baron's case, which, however, Mr. M'CULLAGH opposed the Bill, and observed that This appears a very fatal argument as far as their own The following are the last returns of the gross re differs legally from that of Mr. Salomons; but, suppose if the House agreed to it, they would adopt the principle interests are concerned. It has been already heard, sad that the Master of the Rolls had recommended the House ceipts of the principal French Railways : that a single magistrate sitting at sessions might heard again, from one side of Westminster-hall, and for NORTHERN.—From July 16 to J u ly 22 : P assenge r s , to adopt a diffent course, and to pass a resolution de dispose of all cases included in the Summary a certain time it prevailed to stop all improvements. The Glaring that the oath was well taken! Let us reflect 349,248 f.; goods, 192,0061.; total, 541,254 f. Jurisdiction Act, with the exception of treason, time, however, has at last arrived when those who made upon the great inconvenience which might have arisen. ROUEN.—From Jul y 13 to Jul y 19 : P a s sengers , and should also be empowered to imprison a person with- use of it have been roused from their dream of security to Suppose in some score of actions raised to recover the 114,4421.; goods, 79,7024; total, 194,144 f. out fine for the space of twelve calendar months. He find that they had made a miserable mistake as to the penalties the Court of Queen's Bench had held that the HAVRE.—From July 13 to July 19 : Passengers, asked the House whether it was wise or expedient to in. extent of human credulity. oath had not been taken, and that the penalties were re- 40,482 E; goods, 34,635 f. ; total 75,117 f. vest a single magistrate with such considerable powers? The best answer that can be given to the gentlemen eoverable, we should have a direct collision between the ORLEANS.—From July 14 to 20 • Passengers , ,772 f. . Colonel DUNNE wasperfectly satisfied that by enabling of the Chancery bar who thu s e ndeavour to maintain House of 37 July Commons and the courts of law—the former 91 Bonn ; goods, 1 a magistrate to aljudicate summarily they conferred no the credit of thei r syst em is to p o i nt to its results. deciding that a M em b er h a d ta k en th e oath, the latter EAux.—F 102,278. ; total, 197,050 f. rom July 14 to July 20: Passengers, benefit upon him, but, on the contrary, gave him a great Is it absolutely necessary that their forms of prude- convicting him in penalties for not having taken the oath. 49,329 f • good s, 42,539 f, ; total, 91 868 f. ___ • , e deal of trouble, though the people wou ld derive man y dare should be so tedious that a Chancer y suit The House of Commons mt , st have given way. VIERZON.—From July 14 to July 20 : Passengers, advantages by such an arrangement. remains in a family like an heirloom, genera- From this unfortunate position the Master of the 38,680 E; goods, 37,422 E; total, 76,102 f. The clause was agreed to, as were also the following tion after generation? The other day, a case was Rolls—worthy of the name of Romilly—has saved the BoULOGNE.—From July 14 to July 20: Passengers, eight clauses, brought before the Masters of the Rolls in which judg- House. No collision can now take place; for suppose 39,4774; goods, 16,759 f.; total, 56,236 f. On clause 10 being proposed, i went was prayed upon a bill which had been originally the Court to decide that Mr. Salomons has not taken NANTES.--From July 12 to July 18 : Passengers, Mr. M'CULLAGLI moved the omission of section 2, filed in the year 1748, more than a century ago. We the oath, then they agree with the House of Commons. 22,4341.; goods, 15,832 f.; total, 35,286 E enabling one magistrate to adjudicate summarily in all have to tarn back through two or three volumes of But suppose the Court to decide that Mr. Salomons STRASBURG.—From July 16 to July 22: Passengers, cases. Lord Campbell's " Litres of the Chancellors," before we has taken the oath required by law, and therefore the 111,646; goods, 68, s to ta l , 84. ; f 180 4914 Sir W. SOMERVILLE t pposed the amendment, be- meet with the name of the judge who made the ore- penalties are not recoverable, surely it is as clear as the BALE.— From July 1 to July: 7 Passengers, Loving that it would be a virtual denial of justice to in - ginal decree in the cause. it appears that there sun at noonday that the House of Commons would ac- 30,732 f .; goo ds, 31,04.31. ; tot a l, 61,775 f. sist upon the attendance of two or more magistrates in was a Mr. Pope, who died in Madeira in the cept that decision as the constitutional solution of a MONTEREAU.—F rom r m July 9 to July 15: Passengers. all cases. year 1743 . Five years afterwards — in 1748—a bill legal question, and immediately admit Mr. Salomons. 10,310 E; goods, 14,721 f.; total, 25,031 f. After some discussion the Committee divided, when was filed for an account of the dealings between this Mr. Lord John Russell is clearly of this opinion, for al- M ARSEILLES.—From July 9 MARSE to July 15: Passengers, there appeared— Pope and a certain Mr. Jasper. In 1753 Lord Hard- though the point was not directly raised, he said, "If in 48,623 f.; goods, 22,190 f.; total, 70,8301. For the amendment ... ... ... 13 wicke made a decree in the cause, and directed that ac- a discussion in a court of law new light were thrown LYONB.--FrOlit July 6to July 12 : Passengers, Against it ... .... ... ... 49 counts should be taken. In 1764 there was a report to the upon the subject, there was no reason why the House 226,152 f.; goods, 76,474?.; total, 302,6261. Majority . . ... ... —36 effect that something more than 9,5001. was due from the should not avail itself of that new light.' A Russell ans —From CHART . July 7to July 13: Passengers, The clause was then agreed to, and the Chairman was representatives of Jasper to the estate of Pope. Mark could not have spoken otherwise. 32,907 f.; goods, 13,055 f.; total, 45,9621. directed to report progress. the course of the transaction. In 1772—that is, about If a majority of the House of Commons were to be so The House resumed, and the Chairman obtained leave a quarter of a century after the filing of the original silly as not to avail themselves of that new light, and SEABORNE MAILS. to sit again to-morrow, bill—certain moneys were paid into court, and a certain again turn Mr. Salomons out of the House of Commons, Pr signifies that the =ls are sent front the General Post -otnet The remaining orders were then disposed of, and the amount of stock was transferred. There it has remained h e w ould immediately co mmence an action a g ai ns t th e , by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] /lease adjourned, at Six o'clock, till to-merrow (this ever since—how or why we are perfectly unable to Sergeant-at-Arms, and a British jury would give such ' When made up in From what wdueh.n ___ day), at Twelve o'clock. say, for the application to the Master of the Rolls damages as would induce the veriest bigot to cry, Hold, PLACES. Gen eral Post -offic e port dis- - --- —-- —-- the other day was an exparte one from Jasper's repre- eno ugh! London: patched. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. sentatives. The suit, so it was stated, had been revived F or these reasons it app ears c l ear to m e th a t it i s not SlR,—The Danish charter for the submarine and in due form, and as the Master of the Rolls exercised a possible for the question to be raised in a more favour- America Aug.! (by Brit. pkt.)N Aug... .. Liverpool.. Aug. 4 land telegraphs is granted to Messrs. G. Shepherd, C.E., very proper caution in nut dealing, upon a mere one- able manner. Penal laws must be construed strict! America (by U.S. pkt.) _N_ # 5 .. .. Liverpool .. Aug. 12 and C. Batton, patentees of the submarine telegraph, sided statement, with so large a sum as 10,0001., it bids and in favour of the liberty of the subject. 3', America (by 17.8. pkt.) PA Aug. la .. .. southastipt. Aug. 7 Africa (West coast)•• N 14th of the month Plymouth Aug. 3 and not to Messrs. Sheppard and Bol t on, as stated in fair to flourish for another century. The ease is now re- I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Alexandria* ........ W l l9te & 30th of mo. Dover .. Aug. 18 your • ion of this day. Please correct this error, impress mitted to the o ffi ce of one of the Masters in Chancery, R. W Belgium •..• • • _NIP„_aIIY ••.. .. Dover .. Daily and oblige year obedient servant, and so it may be considered in a promising way for die- • Brasil Ayres .• • ••A l I " the month Sonthampt. Aug. 12 G. SHEPHERD, C.E. patch. In a case of this kind, and when the report is HOP INTELLIGENCE. Bnenot Ayres • • .. M,9th of the month Southampt. Aug. 12 California(vit Chagres) Miad &17th of month Southampt. Aug. A Holborn-bars, 29th July, 1851. so meagre, we cannot of course undertake to say that the (From the Maidstone Gazette.) Cape of Good Rope Nll4th of month Plymouth .• Aug. 3 neglect of the litigants since 1772 may not have Constantinople *.• • . li . i 7thl7th 27th of mo Dover .. Aug. 10 BARMING.—During the we e k g past some of the strop central America .. M,2d & 17th of mom. ' FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. been in some measure the cause of the delay; g rounds have shown a rather better appearance than g _ ... . SoLthampt. Aug. 5 Channel Isles •• •• Z 4 ... 0,1 •1 Vi'ed., &Frl. Southampt. Tn. Tk.S a THREE LIVES LOST. but with our previous knowledge of Chancery theydid before the rains came;they growing Chili as keep 2 , co . ' . .. .. . 3117th of the month Southampt. Aug. 5 We received last evening a communication to the fol- procedure there is little necessity for any and putting forth burr, they are likely to bear a fair .. m& N' Twice daily o r r an 0 , .... ~ •• N 7 thl 7 th27th . ef mo Dover . . edail7 kind. explanation of thislt seems strang eAug . g io n lowing effect from Lees, near Oldham:—crop, but there is a good deal of very slack bine, which Hamburgh .. .. N,Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. About nine o'clock this (Tuesday) morning, the boiler than when Pope's representatives had obtained a report has given way with an increase of vermin, and are not "Holland .. •• •• m wedues. & Satin.. London .. Mon.Tkrr belonging to the mill of Messrs. Rhodes and Co., of Hey, in their favour in 1764, and mone y had been paid in to likely to do anything, oreat best, but very little. Ire Honduras .. .• • N Ni 17th of the meath Southampt. Au g . 5 burst—it is s a id somew h ere near th e d us t-h o l e , in the court in 1772, they should not have taken stops to up- MEREWORTIL—The hops i n some groun d s are mak- land & Twiet daily ~H yh India (via Sontkamp.) 111 20th of the month So u u l th ead t... Aug.. 23 bottom of the boiler—and of course the steam rushed out propriste the property had it not been guarded by the ing a favourable progress, but where they are struck India (vialiarseilles) NI 7 th& 24th sof month Dover P .• Ant. g. 15 with tremendous force into the fire-hole. Over the boiler Chancery :Dragons with all their usual care. There with the blight they daily get worse, and the vermin is Mediterranean (via ' was a willow-room in which three men were working, and is, however, nothing extraordinary in the case that we as vigorous as ever. Southampton) —la 20th of the month Sonthampt• Aug. 23 Mediterranean (via 1 the force of the steam threw upwards a small portion of should lay much stress upon it. Nothing would HADLOW.—The hops are generally improving, though Marseilles) -- •• N 7 th& 24 thofnionth Dover • . Aug.ls the flagged floor of this room. The men, hearing the be more simple than to produce a series of similar illus. the vermin is thick in some grounds. j5u ,_,,,,,.. . .. .. llci 2d Of the menth.. Southampt. Aug. 5 explosion, and seeing the rush of steam from below, ran trations of the procedure in the Court of Chancery. H M ade i ra t : , . .. M 9th of tie month Southampt. Aug. 12 OLLINGBOURNE.—The late thunder showers have , 7th 17th towards the door of the room to escape, and the steam Here, then, is a specimen of the system in its results. produced a slight improvement. Malta* .• • • N I _ , ,latk,27th D A t & 30th of month i over Aug. 10 concealing the aperture it had made in the floor, they We cannot, with such an instance before us, but doubt m N 5 ALLING.—If some grounds have slightly improved, Naples , „ t , .. ,th 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. Aug. 2 unfortunately fell through it into the steam and boil- the statement of those gentlemen connected with the Papal States* .. .. N 51.1115th25th elm° Dover .. Aug. 2 Others have gone back more than an equivalent. ing water in the boiler-house below. Two of them Chancery bar who inform us that very little is to be re t.,„„ Luar .. .. .. ett7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt Avg 5 YALDING AND HUNTON.—Our hops for this week past peru "'"' .. .„ •• •• 11117th of the month a • ' • were almost instantaneously killed. When the done in the way of amendment. To be sure we have an outhampt. Aug. 5 made little or no • improvement. Tuscany* • • • . .. N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover • • Aug. 2 steam had passed off, and the water flowed away, the occasional order from the Chancellor which effects a few West Indies .. .. 3117th of BRENCHLEY.—A great portion of the hops in this the month Southampt. Ang. 20 third man was extricated, still living, bathe expired in formal changes in the practice of his court, but so slight parish have completely given way, and cannot recover; West Indies (except a few moments afterwards. It is generally thought that an alleviation of the evil scarcely deserves the name of in other grounds there is a shade of improvement since Havana & Nassau) Mad Of the month .. So th t. A. g * The ma il s to those countries ual " u • 5 the boiler was short of water; and it is said that the even an attempt at reform. thus marked (') are conveyed by the rain. French packet via Marseilles. water-pump had just been looked to, and set to work. It would almost appear as though the time had ar- GOUDHURST.—We are of opinion that three-fourths CAniroarm.—Maiis to and from California, via the United States Another statknent is, that there was no whistle to in- rived when we may entertain some well-founded hope ofare now despatched and duo by every American packet. of the pa r i s h are very bad, with but very little bine, and dicato the quantum of water in the boiler. The boiler definite improvement. The final settlement of the great in many gardens noshoots •; among the largest is almost a new one. principles on which the commercial policy of this coup- plantations may be found one or two gardens which we WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT, July 30 . Our correspondent adds the following suggestions:— try is henceforth to be conducted has left the minds ma y term sp lendid for the year. Unfortunately we have F B (Before FRANCIS BATLEY, Esq., Judge.) That boilers should always be outside, and detached of men free for inquiries of another nature • Ques- • till this last weekof • had no rains from the mill or works; that they should always have tions of law reform during the last two sessions of that there is no visible affect at present; it is very evi- The plaintiff in this action is Mr. H. Lee, the light attached to them a whistle, to indicate the state of the Parliament have been approached by Members d ent two sufficient safety-valv • t h ey are past recovery. comedian, who sought to recover from the def e nd an t, water; one or the - es' and a men- and by the public out of doors in a very different spirit IGHTHAM AND SEAL . — Within the last few days the Mr. W. Farren, the respected lessee of the Olympic vary gauge, to indicate press ure of steam in the from heretofore. It is no longer possible for a law officer hops have slightly improved. Mould has made its ap- Theatre, the sum of 10/, under the following circum boiler. of the Cro"n, or an eminent lawyer in either House, to pearance i n af ew gar dens. stances. the above commun• • Previously to receiving browbeat his c ommunication , we poohpooh or fellow-senators into silence. this fatal SMARDEN AND BIDDENDEN.—The bine still remains Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, appeared for the plaintiff, had heard a vague rumour o f accident , H e was and had We meet every day with cases in which lay members in an unhealthy state in most grounds; the fly was seen and Mr. Herring, of Lisson-grove, for the defendant. dispatched a reporter to the sPot.nwas enabled to wrangle throughout the duration of a Committee upon in some gardens on Saturday as lively and brisk as ever. The case occupied some hours, but a condensed ac glean the following additional particu lars. Hey i 5 about points of detail with an Attorney-General, and will not be LA.MBERHURST.—The hops in this parish are still very count will su ffi ce. two miles east of Oldham, as the crow fli e s._ The pre- put down. More than this—the recalcitrant members are foul, and the vermin follow up the young shoots. The The plaintiff stated that on Easter Monday last he raise s on which the accident has occurred are the pro- cheered on by the great body of the public, who have late perty of Messrs. James Rhodes and Brothers , and ' con . at last become aware that law need not of neces- ra ins have washed them, and they ..certainly look was engaged by the defendant to perform "characters," better. at a salary of 2/. per week. The first part he took was sist of one larg e building, four storeys high, and several sit ' y consist of a mass of confused technicalities. smaller cue& A p ortion of the larger building and some All of us who have had any practice of business TENTERDEN.—The hops have improved during the that of Sir Roger de Coverlet' , then the Bottle Imp, Ro of the smaller ones M essrs. Fielden and are occupied by M are perfectly aware that an inquiry into the owner last week, where they are free from vermin; but upon cheater, in Charles the Second, the Marquis, in Faint S cho field, who ll M e ssrs. Rhodes, are cotton mat, of of the whole not more than half a crop can be expected. Heart Never Won Fair Lady, eco. Ho went on very spinners. T h ' as we a . s . . filledw ith machinery, world, p ro p erty The larger building is , or held upon any form of tenure, can b© the whole of which in both the is turned by carried throug h without a century's delay, and Cray are going daily from bad to worse. Our land does till Wednesday, the 2d instant, when, being requested one engine, the which occupancies, been supplied by a with o ut not appear to suit hops, and the only wonder is that to take the subordinate part of Captain Gervais, the first steam for has ' ope are cultivated about here. Lady officer of Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's play of the of wer• We were unable l as t estate. There must be something radically wrong in a evening to inspect the boiler * of the dark- system which t •to the hands of FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICT . 8, JULY Lyons, he indignantly refused, and was immediately dis ness ; but from wh at we l in consequence . t . throw s so much power in s' services aces; last Thursday have decided improve- missed, 11. being offered him for three night we a cou d . learn, it was cylindrical, those who would delay or defeat justice. and had a flue or fluesa form of the bill,evidence, the went in most of our grounds, and the very worst are oar- from the Saturday, on which night an engagement com new one, is fixed in a • This boiler, which is ne arly t the method of taking tainly looking better. menses from, and which he would not accept, as he pretexts cellar running beneath two build- pue rile . under which a suit is shelved to be ings, at the south-easter n (From the Maidstone Journal.) thought he was entitled to his 21. for the current week, n side of the principa l m ill . The again commenced, and commenced to be again shelved, buildings over this cellar are only - technical nece • MAIDSTONE, JULY 28.—As far as our observations and 8/., a month's salary, in lieu of a month's notice. one storey high; that the . making Shona and Japhet par over the firing end of the boiler n uir in wh ich I f s 9r go, the variable and wet weather of the past week has For these amounts he now had instituted the present room, while the other is the rels eecupied as a willow ties to an i q s are y at "'stet merely the interests of the not but in a very few instances improved the hop plants- proceedings. distal in front of the ngine house. Imme- Ramsbottom, _tees, and . the dilatory proceedings in tions of this neighbourhood, and though there are Mr. John Richard Smith, an actor of 59 years' stands 'WAS a wall, which support fire place of the boiler the Masters -O . M twenty principal defects besides, many gardens, especially about Farloigh, still free from ing, said he was the original Bottle Imp, and from his Supported two very large could be readily enumerated which -must all be amended he H ags , forming a portion tef ight, and which continue to maintain their healthy and experience, thought the man who played such a part the floor of the before • li © can look for any real administration of willow room; and the space below these flags and another ' . the Court of Chaucer L vigorous appearance, we cannot announce that the pros- would lower himself by acting as Captain Gervais, which justice from in . - of the fl oor, was used as the coal hole, portion . which access is obtained by a flight of to bar look to it .engaged in that many of the gardens that were foul with vermin have men, or or men who did anything.—(Laughter.) from the yard. In t he willow room there are two a ' steps leading de p artment of the profession have all the advantage of practical warning before their eyes. Let them be willows and a lap machine, This last is placed ex-very on the honey dew. coincided with the last witness. What was termed a the bailer; and the others immediate! that ifthe procedure of their court be sure actly over y at remodelled personal their own in terests may be very machines men were the side of it. At all these at work se •have had during the past week, the vermin still are as gentleman.—(Laughter.) t 3 --;.,e the names of the men at the tent d e l a y. —Times. serious l y affected by the numerous as before. A very short crop this year. JUDGE—What is a walking gentleman? Mr. Smith The plaintiff stated that on Easter Monday last he was engaged by the defendant to perform " characters," at a salary of 21. per week. The first part he took was that of Sir Roger de Coverley, then the Bottle Imp, Ro chester, in Charles the Second, the Marquis, in Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady, 86c. He went on very well, and with apparent satisfaction to the management, till Wednesday, the 2d instant, when, being requested to take the subordinate part of Captain Gervais, the first officer of Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's play of the Lady of Lyons, he indignantly refused, and was immediately dis missed, 11. being offered him for three nights' services from the Saturday, on which night an engagement com mences from, and which he would not accept, as ho thought he was entitled to his 21. for the current week, and 81., a month's salary, in lieu of a month's notice. For these amounts he now had i nst ituted the present proceedings. Mr. John Richard Smitb, an actor of 59 years' stand ing, said he was the original Bottle Imp, and from his experience, thought the man who played such a p ar t would lower himself by acting as Captain Gervais, which ought only to be appointed to what were termed "utility men," or men who did anything.—(Laughter.) Mr. Attwood, who styled himself an " Old Actor," coincided with the last witness. What was termed a " utility man" was not even on a footing with a walking gentleman.—(Laughter.) JUDGE—What is a walking gentleman? Mr. Smith —Perhaps, from my long experience, I can tell your Honour, if Mr. Attwood will allow me. It is a distinct line of character frequently performed by the plaintiff, and represents a devout lover and a well-dress ed young man.—(Laughter.) His HONOUR here observed that no evidence was brought forward of any specific arrangement between the plaintiff and defendant, and he could not even give judgment for the 11. alleged to have been offered. With out, therefore, calling upon Mr. Herring to reply, he should give judgment in favour of his client, with an order upon the plaintiff for the costs of his attorney. SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 3l, 1851. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, July 30. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Edward Wood, 27, was indicted under the new statute of Lord Campbell, for being found at night with skeleton keya and other housebreaking instruments in his possession, with intent to commit felony. Mr. Deedea prosecuted. It appeared that a police-constable, who was acquainted with the prisoner, took him into custody at Bearshead under suspicious circumstances, and a quantity of skele ton keys and a crowbar were found in his possession, there being very little doubt that he was out upon some housebreaking expedition. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and a previous conviction for felony being proved against him, he was sentenced to be transported for ten years. John Bowden, 22, pleaded guilty to a charge of feloni ously setting fire to a stack of wheat, value 1701., and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Chief Justice JERVIS and a Common Jury.) KINGSFORD V. DYE. This was an action to recover damages from the de fendant, for the breach of his promise to marry the plaintiff. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Needham, were counsel for the plaintiff; Sergeant Shee was for the de fendant. Mr. CHAMBERS, in opening the case, said that the plaintiff, Mrs. Sophia Kingsford, had been compelled to bring the present action against the defendant in order to recover damages from him for very serious miscon duct, in having deliberately broken a solemn engage ment hehad made to marry her. It was his duty to inform the jury that neither of the parties in the cause were young—on the contrary, they were both at a somewhat advanced period of life, the defendant being the older of the two; but it appeared to him that this was rather in aggravation of the defendant's misconduct than other wise. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the facts of the case. It appeared that the plaintiff was a person in humble circumstances. She was a widow, living with her daughter, who kept a chandler's shop at Deptford, and the defendant lived near her at the house of his brother. He paid her attention during the year 1850, and at length made ber a formal written promise of marriage ; but as he was at that time dependent on his brother, it was considered pru dent by both parties that the marriage should not take place until the death of the defendant's brother, from whom he had the expectation of receiving some con siderable property. The brother died in the month of October, 1850, and, as the defendant anticipated upon that event taking place, he came into possession of all the property that belonged to him, and he still continued his attentions to the plaintiff, and repeated his promise to marry her; but on account of the death of his brother, and also the death of a sister of the defendant, it was considered right to postpone the ceremony for a certain time. The defendant, however, still continued his at tentions to the plaintiff, and in March of the present year he expressed his intention to go to Norwich for a short time, and said that at his return the marriage should take place. He went away accordingly, and, to the as tonishment of the plaintiff, it appeared that on the 13th of that month he married a Miss Mary Nicholls, and shortly afterwards brought her home to Deptford, where he took up his residence with his wife, close to the plaintiff. The Learned Counsel, in conclusion, said that it was under these circumstances the present action was brought. He did not put the case as one of blighted affections or disappointed hopes, but ho did say that the defendant had grossly misconducted himself towards the plaintiff, and that she was entitled to compensation for the injury she had sustained by the defendant failing to perform the promise ho had made to her. Witnesses were then examined, who made out the case as stated by the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff. It appeared upon the cross-examination of some of the witnesses that the plaintiff was at least fifty-five years old, and the defendant was sixty, and that when the parties first became acquainted he was living with his brother as servant of all work, and was in very humble circumstances, and it was evident that both parties con sidered the marriage ought not to take place until the condition of the defendant should be improved by the death of his brother. Sergeant SHEE made a most humourous speech to the jury on behalf of the defendant. He said it was a very rare occurrence for parties of the respective ages of fifty-five and sixty to come into a court of justice and ask for damages for a breach of promise of this description, and if juries were to sanction such actions by giving damages, he was afraid that the time of the courts would be wholly taken up with them. He must confess that the present case put him in mind of a story he had read of a gentleman who, having fixed his marriage day, made arrangements to have all the proceedings of the marriage carried on in the guise of a funeral.—(A laugh.) There was a hearse, mourning coaches, and mutes, and when the bridal party left the church after the ceremony the first thing that met their eyes was a newly-made grave. It was clear that in the present instance the plaintiff was not to be " made happy," as the defendant expressed it, in one of his letters, until the death of his brother, and the marriage was only to succeed the fune ral; and in all the love whisperings that took place be tween this old boy of 60 and the young lady of 55, the consent to marry was only given, " when brother should be dead."—(Laughter.) He did not deny that there had been a promise to marry made by the defendant, but what injury had the defendant really sustained by the breach of this promise? To talk of affection betweon the parties under these circumstances was perfectly ridi culous, and as to the loss of any benefit that would arise to the plaintiff from the property that came into the pos session of the defendant at the death of his brother, they should not forget that if sho was to have the money she must have had the old man as well.—(A laugh.) The CHIEF JUSTICE—Don't use too hard terms, bro ther Shee. He is only sixty.—(Renewed laughter.) Sergeant SHEE proceeded—He was not aware of any peculiar advantages appertaining to the age of sixty, al though he hoped he should in time attain that knowledge. —(A laugh.) It was said that a young man married for a mistress, a middle-aged one for a companion, and an old man for a nurse; and it appeared to him that all this hearty old widow of fifty-five, with five young children and a chandler's shop, could have expected from an union with the defendant, was to have to nurse him after the expiration of a very short period of time. The CHIEF JUSTICE briefly summed up, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, 401. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Durham, July 29. NISIPRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Wuxisms and a Special Jury.) SHEPHERD V. THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY. This was an action of replevin brought to try the right to the tithes of the rectory of St. Giles's, Durham, which were claimed by the defendant in right of his wife, as the lay rector. Tho plaintiff complained that his cattle had been seized for a tithe•rent charge, not payable to the defendant and not in arrear, he being tenant to a Mr. Ovington, to whom he alleged the tithes of his land belonged. Mr. Knowles, Q.C., Mr. Atherton, Q.C., and Mr. Jones appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Manisty for the defendant. It appeared from the opening of the Learned Counsel for the defendant, who had the right to begin, that the rectories of St. Giles and St. Nicholas, formerly part of the monastery of Kepier, at Durham, at the Reformation wore leased for twenty-one years by Henry VIII. to one John Franklin; that afterwards, in the sixth year of the reign of Edward VI., they wore granted by the Crown to John Lord Ormeston and his heirs, and by him granted, in 1554, to one John Heath, the ancestor of the present Marchioness of Londonderry. By a subsequent marriage settlement in 1642, made in contemplation of marriage between John Tempest, the son of Sir Thomas Tempest, Attorney-General for Ireland, and Elizabeth Heath, the granddaughter of that John Heath, the rectories and all the tithes were settled on them and their issue, and were again settled on the marriage of a descendant of that John Tempest with Elizabeth Sudbury, niece of the Dean of Durham, in 1677. In 1706 another settlement in contemplation of marriage was made, but the lease only was put in (the release being lost), by which the rectories and tithes were given to persons named White and Nicholson, who, the defendant contended, were trustees of the settlement. A descendant of these Tempests was married to a Dr. Henry Vane, and his descendant Sir Harry Vane mar ried, in 1794, Ann Catherine Countess of Antrim, and on their daughter, the present Marchioness of London derry (married to the defendant in 1819), descended these rectories and the right to the tithes. In 1816 a private inclosure Act was passed, enabling Gillygate Moor to be enclosed, and the burgage tenants of Gilly gate, or St. Giles, in Durham, in respect of their rights of common, became entitled to allotments of the moor under that Act, which became liable to tithes in the same right as the tenements in respect of which they were claimed. Mr. Robert Ovington, one of these tenants, had allotted to him eight acres and two roods of this moor, and it was in respect of the tithe of this allot ment, seized from his tenant, that the present action was brought. For the plaintiff it was objected that the right to the tithes was shown to be in White and Nicholson, and was never after traced to the ancestors of the Marchioness of Londonderry, and that the identity of the Tempests as descendants of the first Tempest entitled to the tithes was not satisfactorily established. These objections having been overruled, Mr. KNOWLES contended that the deed of 1706 being the last deed that showed title in the tithes, and all sub sequent deeds having been silent about them, and none having been received till 1829, and then only extorted under threats of a Chancery suit, a tithe composition must be presumed, and the Heaths, or some of their deseendants, must be presumed to have conveyed away their right to the tithes. In support of this view he put in a conveyance of the tithes of four of the burgage tene ments to the owners thereof by one of the Heaths. Mr. WATsoN having replied, His LORDSHIP directed the jury that they must have some positive evidence other than mere non -reception of tithes to enable them to presume the tithes to have been conveyed away. The jury, after a few minutes' Consideration, found a verdict for the defendant. Leave was then given to move the Court above on some points reserved. In the Crown Court a number of ordinary sessions cases of scarcely local interest were disposed of in the course of the day. The criminal business is expected to be got through to-morrow. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, July 28. CROWN COURT. Charles Beardmore and Edward Bloor wero indicted fora highway robbery on James Brothers, at Hanley. Mr. Kenealy prosecuted. This was a case of the new favourite mode of robbing in the dark, which seems to have passed from London into Staffordshire. The prosecutor on his way home ward on the night of the 23d inst., when about half way OEI the high Mid from Burelen2 to Hanley, °beetled three men, whom he passed. Scarcely had he got 15 paces from them, when he felt a sudden pressure on his throat, which was squeezed tightly by the arm of a man from behind; another man stood in front of him, and as the strangling immediately disabled him he was lifted from the ground and flung down with some violence, the man in front robbing him of his watch and guard at the same instant. On recovering his senses he rose, and shouted, " Stop thief." The parties took to flight, but were both pursued by two other young men who chanced to be on the road at the time. Neither of them overtook the parties, but all three seem to have kept one of them (Beardmore) in view during the whole of the flight. A policeman named Cherry, attracted by the shouting, caught Beardmore, who was immediately re cognized by the prosecutor as one of the men whom he had passed just before he was robbed. The other pri soner escaped, but two witnesses (Germans), one of whom met him with Beardmore on the road a few minutes be fore the robbery, and the other, a musician, who was Beardmore's mistress, who deposed to his having made anxious inquiries after "her chap" about twelve o'clock on that night, and to having expressed a fear that he was apprehended, satisfied the jury that the parties really engaged were the prisoners. Bloor on the next day changed his clothes, and made some false statements to the police-superintendent at Hanley, which on cross examination of the superintendent he (Bloor) now at tempted to deny. His LORDSHIP briefly addressed the jury, who found the prisoners Guilty, A policeman and a woman having given the prisoners a good character, The JUDGE said that but for their character ho would have imposed a very severe sentence on the m . H e n o w ordered them to be imprisoned for twelve calendar months, with bard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Robert Johnson, a Scotch lad, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with attempting to pick pockets at the Great Exhibition in Hyde-park. Police-constable Capping, 11 379, said he was on duty at the Exhibition yesterday afternoon about five o'clock, when he saw the prisoner, in the south gallery, put his hand to a lady's pocket. The prisoner soon afterwards went and stood by a gentleman and put his hand into the gentleman's pocket and drew his handkerchief nearly out. Witness went forward and took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner protested his innocence. He had only come from Scotland with his father, who was a baker, about a week ago. He was looking at the articles in the Exhibition when he saw a gentleman's handkerchief partly hanging out of his pocket, and he touched the gentleman for the purpose of drawing his attention to the circumstance, when the constable came to him and took him into custody. The constable was positive that he saw the prisoner attempt to steal the handkerchief. He had seen the prisoner about the Exhibition, on the outside, a day or two previously. Mr. HARDWICK sent him to prison for three months. After the prisoner was removed to the lock-up cells information was given to the gaoler, Parkin, that the prisoner was attempting suicide. On entering the cell the prisoner was discovered in a state of strangulation. He had tied ono end of his handkerchief to his toot and the other round his neck, and had drawn the noose so tight that ho must have died had not the gaoler made his appearance. The handkerchief was taken away and the prisoner, after being brought to, was left. In a short time afterwards an alarm was given that the prisoner was a second time attempting to destroy him self. Oa entering the cell the prisoner was found with his braces round his throat, nearly strangled. The gaoler was informed that the prisoner had offered a lad who was in the cell with him 4d. for a clasp knife to cut ' his throat with. Parkin reported the circumstance of these repeated attempts at self-destruction to Mr. Hardwick, who, atter sending for a medical gentleman, decided upon requiring the attendance of the lad's father, i❑ order to ascertain his previous character and conduct. The prisoner was remanded for that purpose. IV ORS HIP-STREET. Edward Jones, a tall, powerful man, described as a hawker, was placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with cutting and wounding James Bates, with intent to murder him. The prosecutor, who appeared to be greatly debilitated from loss of blood, stated that the prisoner had for some time past entertained the most hostile feelings towards him, in consequence of some previous transaction con nected with his wife. On Sunday last he accidently met him, and was then warned by the prisoner that he had better prepare himself, as he had resolved to murder him before two days had passed over. He took no heed of the threat at the time, but while seated that morning in front of one of the houses in Red Lion-court. Kingeland road, the prisoner suddenly rushed upon him with the observation, " Now you are my victim," and raising his hand, in which he held some bright instrument, made a violent stab at his right breast. He succeeded by a rapid movement in partially evading the blow, but was instantly seized by the prisoner, who dragged him along the ground by the hair of his head, and repeatedly stabbed him in the back, declaring, with an oath, that be would kill him on the spot. He was at length rescued by some of the bystanders and conveyed to the residence of a medical gentleman, where it was ascertained that ho had fortunately escaped with only one wound, although his clothing had been com pletely cut through in several places. Inspector Pascoe, of the N division, stated that the prisoner was given into his custody, and upon acquaint ing him with the nature of the charge he observed that the prosecutor had occasioned him constant misery for the last three years, and that he regretted the weapon had not gone through his heart. The inspector pro duced a large pair of pointed shears, used by tailors in their trade, which he received from a person in the erowd, who had picked them up near the :pit, and stated them to be the instrument with which the injury had been inflicted. Mr. George Coward, the divisional police surgeon, stated, that upon examining the prosecutor he found that, in addition to an abrasion upon the left breast, he hall received a triangular punctured wound beneath the left shoulder blade, trom which he must have lost a consi derable quantity of blood, and that he considered the points of the shears now produced were calculated to produce such an injury. The prisoner declined offering anything in answer to the charge, and was ordered to be remanded until the ultimate result of his violence could be ascertained. A middle-aged man named George Edwards was charged with an assault of an aggravated and indelicate description, in Victoria-park, upon a girl named Martha Davis, 13 years of age. The case was conclusively established by the evidence of the prosecutrix and two other witnesses, but the facts were of too gross a nature to admit of publication; and the prisoner, who pleaded intoxication as an excuse for his conduct, was ordered to pay a penalty of 51., or to be committed in default fur two months to the House of Correction; in addition to which he was ordered to pro vide substantial bail fur his good behaviour for the suc ceeding four mouths. The prisoner could not procure the penalty by the close of the court, and was therefore transferred to prison in the van. LAMBETH. Yesterday Mr. George Clements, , of 9, Church-row, Newington, a young fellow of " Gent" like appearance, and who was said to hold a lucrative situation in the public office, Doctors' Commons, was placed at the bar, before the Hon. G. C. Norton, and charged with the fol lowing gross outrage. Mrs. Mary Ann Thompson, a respectable married lady, residing in W a l co t- square , Lambeth, deposed that on that morning herself, her daughter, her niece, and a gentleman, a friend of theirs, returned from a party in a cab, and requested the driver to put them down at the Ship Tavern, in the Princes'-road, which is close to her residence. The moment herself and her niece got out of the vehicle, they were surrounded by three persons, one of whom was the prisoner, and the latter made use of an offensive and disgusting expression, and her niece, who was close to her, and to whom the expression was addressed, raised her hand for the purpose of pushing him away, upon which the prisoner instantly knocked her down. He also struck her three or four times in the most violent manner, and with his clenched fist, while she was on the ground. Witness, in endeavouring to protect her niece received a violent blow on the nose, which • caused her to bleed a considerable quan tity, and her dress was completely destroyed. Sh e was struck by the prisoner and one of his friends, and if the police had not come up so opportunely she did not know what the consequence might have been. Her niece was so ill from the effects of the injuries she had received, that she was unable to attend. The first blow the pri soner gave her was on the face, and he subsequently struck her repeatedly on the face, and cut her right eye. Her niece, however, did not wish to press the charge, and would be satisfied by the prisoner begging pardon for his conduct. On her cross-examination by Mr. Games, the wane" said she was quite certain the prisoner was the person who had struck her niece in the manner she had de scribed. Mr. NonToN desired that the prisoner might be de tained, and an officer sent fora medical certificate, as to the state of the injured party. In a short time after, the lady, Miss Elizabeth Couch man, entered the court, and said that, though very weak from the brutal treatment she had experienced, and the loss of blood, she was still enabled to give her evidence. Her right eye was dreadfully swollen and black, and her countenance born evident proofs of the brutal treatment she had experienced. After confirming the greater part of the testimony of her aunt, she said the first blow given to her by the prisoner knocked her down, and on partially raising herself from the ground, ho struck her a violent blow on the eye, and laid her prostrate. He also struck her several other blows, so that at one time she became quite insensible. Her . sufferings wer e ve ry severe from the eff ects of the , injuries s h e rece i ve d, b ut still as she feared that t h e prisoner was a respectable person, she did not wish to press the charge severely against him. In reply to a questionfrom the M ag i s t r ate, Miia Couchman said that the prisoner had attempted to strike her with the hooked end of the can produced, and which hook was composed of German silver. Mrs. Thompson here informed the Magistrate that the gentleman who had accompanied her and her niece the night before was unfortunately compelled to go out of town early that morning, or he would have attended as a witness. She hoped, however, that this was not neces sary, as it was not her wish, nor that of her niece, to press the charge. Mr. Games begged to tender, on the part of his client, his deep obligation for their kindness and mercy. H e also begged, he said, to express, on the part of hi client, his heartfelt regret at his conduct, and for which he could not offer even the slightest extenuation. Ur, N RT ON remarked that the outrage was of so se rious a character, that it was his intention to have sent the prisoner for trial, and should do so still, unless parti cularly called on by the ladies who had been so grossly injured not to do so. Both Miss Coachman and Mrs. Thompson expressed their unwillingness to press the matter further, and Mr. NORTON convicted the prisoner in the penalty of 51., or two months, for the assault. The penalty was at once paid, and Mr. Games under took that the ladies, who had behaved so kindly to his client, should have the full value of the injuries their apparel had sustained. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of Traffic for the week ending July 27 : Passengers, parcels, &c. £45,556 13 8 Merchandise 16.681 0 3 Cattle ... ... 1,001 15 4 Total £63,239 9 3 Corresponding week last year 49,022 10 9 Nate.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, North - Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending July 27 ... £27,542 7 1 Corresponding week last year... 17,447 3 0 LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--.ADIOURt Of Traffic for the week ending July 26 : Passengers £15,348 14 5 Goods ... 2,283 19 3 Total ... £17,632 13 8 Corresponding week last year... 13,025 8 2 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSIIIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending July 27 ...£17,174 3 9 Corresponding week in last year, (2451 miles open) .. ...£16,402 14 11 THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work, 236.) —Return of Traffic for the Week ending July 20, 1851:-- Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dog; and mails ....£11,787 16 1 Merchandise and minerals 3,182 19 8 Cattle ... ... 278 8 11 Total .. ... ... £15,249 4 8 Corresponding week, July 21, 1850 (143 miles) : Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,845 10 6 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 1,523 16 5 Total ... £3,369 6 11 NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. (Miles op en,112.)--. Return of traffic for the week ending July 20:— Railway and canal ... 5,054 0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 5,027 0 0 Note. The above is exclusive of the receipts available under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY...and:fie for the week ending July 27: STEAM-BOATS. MAIN LINE. Passengers ... ... ....£2,397 3 6 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 69 19 11 Goods, cattle, &c. ... ... 574 9 5 Mails ... ... ... ... 575 0 0 Total ... £3,616 12 10 MOLD. ... £54 7 8 1 0 6 81 9 H Passengers ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... Goods, cattle, &c. ... ••• Total Passengers ... ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... £IA 18 1 ... £504 5 3 ... 23 11 2 Total £527 16 5 SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY.-( Open 29 miles.)—Traffic for the week ending July 27 : Passengers, parcels, &c. 4 71 Goods and live stock .. ... 195 3 9 Total £62) 8 4i Corresponding week last year ... 469 10 3i CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—(I6O miles opened.)—.Bsturn of traffic for the week ending July 20:— Passengers, &c. £4,r96 12 91 Goods, &c. ... 3,592 0 11 Total* .. ... .... £7,688 13 84 , Corresponding week last year ... 6,592 4 9i r * Including Wishaw and Coltness, now in charge of & factor. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JULY 30. STOCK EXCTIANGI.—The share market was rather better to-day. Great Western, Original Shares, were done at 84%-- - Midland Stock, 41%. LIVERPOOL, JULY 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a marked improve ment in our share market to-day, and a fair business lias been done at better prices. The transactions were as follow Lancashire and Yorkshire, 50 —London and North-Western , 124—Ditto, New Quarters, 4 p.—Midland, Halves, 20 1 / 8 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 22 1 1 a —Terk and North Midland, 18%. MANCHESTER, JULY 30. STOCK ExcnAxoc.—The share market has been firm to-day, with a fair amount of business doing. The trazteac" tions were as follow : —Eastern Counties, 61 1 n.—East Lan cashire, Quarters, 14—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 51D% -- "' London and North-Western 124 Ditto, New Queirtell' 4 1 / 9 p.—Midland 42—South-Eastern and Dover, 22%. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 30. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—To-day being the fortnight ace °Mat there was little going forward beyond the settlement, which was not heavy, and passed off without the occurrence of any circumstance worthy of remark. The share market is quiet, but prices generally have an inclination towards improve ment. There was some little business done in private, said yesterday's prices were understood to be fully maintained.. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. _ - LEEDS, JULY 29.—We were moderately supplied with wheat to•day. The prices of Friday were barely maintained, sod but little business done. Barley nominal. Beans and peas slow of sale. Other articles unaltered. NEWCASTLE CORNMAAKET, Y JOLT 29.—There was n° change to notice in the market this morning, each article baing very dull of sale, without alteration in prices. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, JULY 29.—The supply of beasts this morning comprised 650 head, being rather larger than that of last week. Trade very dull, at a decline of 3cl per stone from the rates of last Tuesday, and part remained un sold. The number of sheep and lambs also large, being 7,31 39 • The trade for both descriptions of stock was firm at former rates, and nearly all sold. Beef, 4s to 6s Od per stone ; Mat( ) 0 9 4d to sd; lamb, 5d to 6d per lb, sinking offal. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JULY 29.—There were the meal market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801410: imperial, which sold thus :-3 at l/ 18s Od, and 9 at 1/ 17s Od; average price of the whole 1/ 17s 4d 0-12(4 11 h 1 sack flour, which sold at 30s. _ _ EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARIIT, JULY 29%•" - * Oat straw, from 8s Od to 10s Od per kemple of 16 stones tr. on; wheat ditto, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; barley ditto, 7s Od to Os O' 3 Old hay, from 10d to Is per stone; new ditto, 8d to 10d. DALYEITH MILL MARKIT, JULY 28.—There were 54 bags oatmeal, and 6 of barleymeal at this day's market, each, of which met a ready demand. Oatmeal up on the top a nd second qualities Is per bag ; barleymeal the same as last we e.k••• Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Th i ,r, imperial ... 37s Od 36s 6d 36s if) Barleymeal, per ditto 22a Od 21s 3d —s sad Peasemeal —s Od —s Od —a 0 3 Flour ... •.. --8 Od —s Od 0 ,1 Pot barley ••• ••• —s Od —s Od COAL MAIM ET.—YESTIRDAY. Bate's West Hartley.. 13s Od i Pensher l3s 94 Hartlepool W. Hartley 13s 6dStewart's 15 s 3c l North Percy Hartley.. 13s Od Th ornley 14s ~ 1 New Tanfield , Ravens worth'sW. Hart 13 s 6d Backhouse l 3s Su Canfield Moor ......... 1 3s Od,Tees ,1 ranfield Moor Bute s ... 128 6d Cowpen Hartley Wall's End, e ec. Hartley 13s c" • 13s 3d N* - ---ws Merthyr and Hilda .............. Cardiff 25 Sold, 23. Lumley ................. 13i 6d, Ships at market, [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A most remarkable Cure in Hobart Town by Holloway's Pills and Ointment.—Mellor Walch, of Wellington-bridge, Hobart Town, writes that Mel' loway's Pills and Ointment enjoy high reputation in Van men's Land. He speaks of one man who had been for 3 ,10 ,1 under the treatment of the medical practitioners, and was itie charged from the hospital as incurable, and bad become 10 miserably emaciated and weak that he could only more aba a t With the assistance of persons supporting him. In this coedit iss ke commenced using these medicines, which so completely r novated kis health that he is now become a stout and healt k'i looking man, and his cure is solely attributable to the use du Holloway's Pills.— Sold by all druggists, and at Proferea Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. CUSTOMS.—The Customs authorities have arranged for inspectors of the gauging department to be stationed st the several great dock establishments and quays for i;he ensuing twelve:months,:to inspect and supervise the gauging of all foreign wines and spirits imported into and delivei,ed from those places, and on other matters immediately cos' netted with that department of trade—one for the Eas t and West India Docks ,_• one for the London Docks, e cept for the Crescent, West, and South Quays, which sae to be included in the duties of the inspector of the St. Katharine's Docks; and also one for the legal quays on ate river side. 818 THS. OF A lON. On the 23th inst., at the Priory, Ash-priors, Somerset, the wife of John Winter, Esq., of an heir. On the 28th inst., at Upper Phillimore-place, liensingtioth the wife of Henry Gilbert, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 27th inst., at Babworth Rectory, the Lady France. Simpson. On the 28th inst., at Gloucester-road, Old Brompton, 0 6 wife of R. A. Fisher, Esq. —_...- MARRIED. On the 29th inst., at Battersea, the Rev. Henry Deane' vicar of Gillingham, Dorset, and prebendary of Salisbury, to Katharine Mary, youngest daughter of Ralph Smyth, ESCP' of the Manor-house, Battersea. On the 29th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-square,_Jani e6 Robert, second son of Clayton Freeling, . Esq., of Harley' street, to Elizabeth Annabelle, eldest daughter of WeJpol. Eyre, Esq., of Bryanston-square. DIED. a• of On the 29th inst., in the Savoy, Strand, Anne, the Wue - the Rev. Dr. Steinkopff. aged 78. On the 27th inst., at Finchley-road, St. John's-wood, / 18114 Letts, the eldest son of J. H. Roberts, Esq. At the Rectory, Kentisbeare, Devon, on the 27th y eti '' aged 49, Frances Anne, the wife of the Rev. R A. Roberts. On the 26th inat. at St. George's-road, Notting-hill , s r " 77, Emilia, widow of the late R. Shell, Esq. At Bilbua-pali, near Ellon, Aberdeenshire, on the tad inst., aged 82, Margaret Auldjo, the last surviving daught" of John Auldjo, Esq., of Portlethen, Kincardineshire. t On the 27th inst., Mary Ann, wife of Montague Gros se Esq., of Broad-street-buildings, aged 58. pj On the 28th inst., Louisa, daughter of Mr. C. LinEell, Goldington-street, Bedford New Town. nr.r.egams. w. of London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUIN'e:7I2, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , N0 %, - ei Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ges ll6, Thursday, July 81, 183/.