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41 ; t lattton SUN OPFIOE, Seven o'clock. NOTTINGHAM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Nottinghamshire Handicap. Montague Herbert ... Cocktail ... ••• ..• ••• Eleven ran. Won by a head. •• • 1 ... 2 ... 3 THE GREAT EXHIBITION. (THIS DAY.) The number of visitors, though not reaching the high level of Tuesday, shows no decrease from the general average. The police returns up to three o'clock were as follow: F ro m 10 to 1 1 11 to 12 12 to 1 1 to 2 2to 3 58.658 Several Sunday-schools, apparently from the country, were among the visitors this morning, headed by their clergymen and teachers. Her Majesty continued her inspection, arrivina and departing at the usual hour. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week ending July 13, 1851 : Passengers (12,419), parcels, horses, and carriages £1,134 19 1 Goods, cattle, &c. ... 766 0 5 Total .„ ... .. 1,900 19 6 Corresponding week in last year... 1,320 8 1 Perth, July 16, 1851. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSION BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. ASSESSED TAXES COMPOSITION BILL. This B li passed through Committee. PUBLIC, WORKS, FISIIEItIE3,&c., BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. HIGHWAY RATES BILL. On the ruadou of Earl GItANVILLE this Bill was read a third time and passed. PE rITIONS. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented a petition from Tyrone, praying tti , tt; the Cnur ? h Education So ciety might h a ve a share in the grant for education. ST. ALBANS BRIBERY COMMISSION BILL. Lord BEA.MAIONT moved the Committee on this Bill. The circumstances of the case of Albans were nearly similar to the case of Sudbury. The Ncble Lord then entered into S narrative of the circumstances attending the late election for St. Albans, and the absence of the witnesses summoned to give evidence before the Com mittee of the house of Commons. The Bill then passed through Committee. JEWISH EMANCIPATION. Lord REDESD ALE presented several petitions against the telmissioe of Jcw. into Parliament. The Bishop of OXFORD presented several petitions with a similar prayer. The LORD CHANCELLOR then rose to move the second reading of the Bill for the amendment of the law regulating the administration of the oath of abjuration. The Bill proposed to omit from that oath the words "On the true tattn of a Christian." Those words had the ef fect of excluding conscientious Jews from Parliament. The subject had been so often before their Lordships that nothing very new could be expected to be said on the subject. Argument the most convincing, elo quence the most brilliant, had been brought to bear upon this subject; but yet that was no reason why they should abstain from the discussion of this subject. Pre judices tae most determined had been found to give way to argument, and therefore he called upon their Lord ships to discuss this question, which was nothing more nor less than to extend the benefits of civil and religious liberty to the Jews. When it was first proposed to admit foreign Jews to naturalization in this country, such was the ferment occasioned that their Lordships thought it ex pedient to withdraw that boon. Yet that boon had been subsequently extended to them, and now Jews were en abled to hold the highest municipal offices. Their Lordships had always opposed a barrier to sudden innnovation. Their Lordships deliberated, and delibe rated cautiously, but when they saw that the sense of the country was in favour of an alteration in the law, their Lordships deliberated and considered the subject, and if they saw no insuperable objection, they determined in accordance with the feeling of the nation. Five times had the House of Commons determined in favour of Jew emsucipation. It had been said that the absence of petitions proved the indifference of the country but recent accurrences had shown them that the peoples was by no means indifferent to the safety of the Estab lished Church, or of the Christian religion, and there fore the absence of petitions showed that the people entertained no apprenensioes as to the effects of the passing of this ail. Few, indeed, had been the peti tions presented in opposition to this Bill.—(Hear.) He called upon their Lordships to do an act of justice to the Jews, and in so doing he would recall their Lord ships' attention to the situation in which the Jews now stoxl. Their Lordships had continued to permit Jews to be magistrates, and to fill all municipal offices. They might sit in judgment on life and death. We now depended on their oaths for the safety of all that was valuable in society. They might determine all questions relating to liberty and property, and no whisper had bean heard against their administration of justice. The °Wavle which this Bill proposed to re move was the only barrier to the ambition of the Jews 1 to fill the highest offices. The British Jews were to all intents and purposes British subjects, and as such were entitled to the enjoyment of all civil rights He freely admitted that no rights could exist incom patible with the capacity for the due and proper per formance of those duties ; bat he contended that there was nothing in the position or conduct of the Jew which would incompacitate him for the due performance of the duties of the rights to which ihey aspired. They were perfectly observant of the rights of property.—(A laugh.) He hailed thai good-humoured admission of his argument as to the right of property ; and he hoped that all his oth-.r arguments would be as unanimously assented to. They were good subjects, they were no disturbers of the public peace or of the public religion. They administered justice uprightly, and they were therefore entitled to ell the privileges of good and faith ful subjects. Mattel had laid it down as a principle that in a civil state, although the Prince was bound to up hold the esta:lished religion, ye t as the State could know nothing of religion, save by the acts or its professors, the Prince was bound not to deprive any loyal subject of his civil rights on account of his religious opinions, ex cept in the ease in which the subject should make his religious opinions a cause for disturbing the peace of the State. Now, such could not be said to be the case as regarded the Jews. The burden of proof in such a case rested with those who sought to exclude, and no such proof could be brought against the Jews. Among the objections which had been brought against the Jews was that this was not their country. He could not understand this objec tion. Every British Jew was as much a British subject SS a Christian. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEARER took the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. The Right ion. EDWARD STRIITT took the oaths and his seat for Arundel in the room of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Upton's Estate Bill WAS read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Mr. BIWA DLEY and other ion. Members presented petitions, from various parts of the country, praying for the continuance ofthe Crystal Palace. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Aberdeen against the Public -houses (Scotland) Bill. Mr. BEADLAM presented a petition is favour of the Arrest of Absconding Debtors' Bill. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Society of Arts, and another petition from Manchester, in favour petitions from variou s 0 7 Ix ; of the P a te n t s Bill. (r. COBDEN rese nted , 03 3'itn bodies in p the West siding, m proceedings of conference, an d praying the Hous e to take st.Pa to secure Wesley an refor m. i„. -- w' r. lIIMIE presented a petition from Montrose, praying th at the postal communicat ion between Scot land and th e metropolis may be facilitated. 4Rmoutii MAILS. Mr. FREWEN asked Mr. Cornewall L ewis, if _ ce he had received an the y General Yost-o ff ice report from the relative to t ransmission of the mails from Great Yarmouth to Leicester and Rugby, in consequence of the discussion which took place in this House more than three months ago? Mr. C. LEWIS said that a minute of the discussion i n question was under the consideration of the Post master-General, whose report was expected to reach the Treasury in a few days. COUNTY RAZES EXPENDITURE BILL. In answer to a question from Sir J. PAKINGTON, Mr. M. GIBSON said that the County Rates Expen diture Bill, which . had just pa sse d through a Select Com mittee, had received b 0 many alterations at the sugges tion of the Government, and as the Right lion. Baronet the Home Secretary was not able to attend in his place, ho did not think it would be possible to proceed with the Bill this session. THE NAVIGATION-LAWS. In answer to a questi , n from Mr. DISRAELI, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the discussion on the navigation-laws would be taken on Monday, if the Committee of Supply were closed. Mr. HERRIES, in reply to Mr. M. Gibson, said that it was his intention certainly to bring forwitrd the motion of whicn he had given notice on ti.is subject. IRISH BUSINESS. Mr. E. B. It OCHE complained of the manner in which Irish business was set down in the pairr, night alter night, too late for any chance of Lirig brought on; and, at believed, witticiut any desire on the part of the Govern ment to bring it on. Ile suggested that one d9y should ',l?_rop_ria...ed to nothing else but Irish bu siness. " QEIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said THE SUN, that the House had lately been occupied on Committees of Supply, and that, he thought, was quite as much Irish as English business. This evening, particularly, out of sixteen votes which had to be proposed twelve were Irish. He could not, at present, fix any day for Irish business solely. After a few words from Mr. MONSELL and Colonel DUNNE, the subject dropped._________ interest is now writing to you, and you will soon re ceive a considerable sum on which you did not calcu late.' He next made an examination of other people's faces, and talked in the same vague way. He after wards presented his cap, and collected the gratuities of the company. Waiter!' he then cried. What shall I serve you, sir?' Some flints.' A plate full of flints was brought in, and he swallowed five with a good deal et apparent appetite. ' I also like five franc pieces,' he observed, and if any one will be kind enough to give me one, I will swallow it!' This proposition was received with silence; and at last M. B— said,' It is easy enough to swallow a piece of 5f., and I know a good many people who have devoured all their fortunes. But you could not swallow a watch, lam sure.' I will do so, sir, with great pleasure— give me yours and you will see!' There it is.' The man took the watch, which was in silver and of a good size, and swallowed it with ease. After a mo ment of surprise and admiration, M. B— observed, ' It is very clever, certainly, but when will you give me back my watch?' `Never!' Oh, that is too much, I did not mean to make you a present of itl' But I thought you did. Besides, could you suppose that I would swallow a watch for nothing? We played a game—you staked your watch, I stair, dmy life. lam not yet in safety— the watch may break in the process of digestion." Bat, Sir—" Possession is a good title in law, and I pos sess. And, besides, how can I give up the watch? Am Ito rip myself up?' Oh, no; but I will wait." Wait if you will, but you shall not have your watch.' The tradesman took the man before the commissary of police, but that functionary, after hearing all the facts of the case, declared that he was entith.d to the watch. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, Mons. Her conduct, with respect to the sale, has in creased the ill-leeling of the public towards her; whilst the delicacy of her uufurtunate husband, in persisting to pay a sacred debt, has caused much compassion for him. Madame de Bocarme is at present at Brussels, but it is not true, as has been stated, that she has sought a recon ciliation with her husband's mother. The chateau of Bitremont is under the care of a porter, and is shown to all visitors. The man takes pleasure in relating all the circumstances of the murder. CAPTURE of the CARLISLE HIGHWAYMEN• The cool desperadoes who have recently been causing such consternation in Cumberland, by their audacious pranks, have at length been cap - ured. From the sudden disappearance of two questionable characters from their lodgings in Botchergate, suspicion immediately fell upon them. One of them, named Thomas Tinyon, a weever by profession, but a poacher in practice, is well known in Carlisle. especially to the authorities of the gaol ; the other, Hugh Monteith, about twenty-two years of age, has been occupied at one time as a gardener in the neighbourhood of the town, but was dismissed by his last employers for dishonesty. The capture was rather neatly effected. Police-constables Snowdon and Ander son set off from Carlisle on Sunday afternoon, in a gig, dressed in plain clothes. They had previously ascer tained that Monteith's father lived at Gretna, so they called there on their way, and contrived to find out that both he and Tinyon were in Maxwelltown. They pro ceeded at once to Maxwelltown, and at half-past one in the morning, with the aid of a constable from Annan, they succeeded in capturing both prisoners, though in different houses of the same street. Each had a temale accomplice, but the police came upon them so unex pectedly that they had no time fur resistance. Mon teith made an effort to reach the six •barrelled revolver, which was near the bed, whilst one of the constables was securing his clothes; but a second officer seized him and prevented mis chief, for all the barrels of the pistol were loaded with powder and ball, with a cap on each nipple. In Mon teith's pockets were found the watch stolen from the farmer, and a guinea which the commercial traveller had thrown to him with other money in his purse. Tinyon had a brace of pistols loaded, and two boxes containing bullets and caps. Monteith, when frustrated in his attempt to reach the pistol, said with an oath to Anderson, that had he known it was them, he would have sent three bullets through their bodies. However, both prisoners were secured and carried to the county police-station for the night, and the next (Tues day) morning they were brought on to Carlisle, where they will undergo an examination before the magistrates. It is scarcely possible to estimate the satisfaction which is on all hands expressed at the timely capture of these daring highwaymen. JULY l7, 1851. THE LONDON GAZETTE, July 15. DIVIDE N DS. At the Court, Baainghall -street. E. Bliss, Birbican, City, bru-,bratker and w,rehouse man, Aug. 7, at one—R. Milt's, London, merchant, Aug. 5, at past one—B. Peach, Graves,end, dinc,unt broker and c,mtnission agent, Aug 5, at one—R. Cop- Lod, Union -street, Whitechapel, linendraper, Aug. 5, at one. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO il'-.5.1REE7. Yesterday two 3 eung men named William 11.7ezzell and 7 homas George Young, late clerks in toe pet office at Gravesend, were brought up on warrants and placed at, the bar before Mr. Henry, charred with stealing a letter containing two 101. arid one 5/, notes, the property of the Postmaster-General, a discovery of which was made under peculiar circumstances. Mr. Peacock attended for the prosecution; Mr. Woutner and Mr Hebler appearing for the prisoners. Mrs. Role Anti Priaree, of Bitterne. near Senhanap• ton, r-tuted that on the 13th of September she wrote a letter to her hu9band, who was then at Grevesend, en citeing the notes in question, the dates and numbers of which she had previously tskea in her memorandum book, whicri she delivered to her sun to post, and it never arrived at Its destination. Thomas Walker, assistant to Mr. De Castro, who keeps a pest-office receiving hose at 65, leiceudilly, said that on the evening of the 13th of November he re ceived the 51. mite produced in payment of three sheets to postage-stamps from a man res, :editing the pritemer Young, who gave the name of J. Pnaren, of Southamp ton, which witnees wrote on the note; and having handed trim the change he went awn}. The coat worn by him was of a peculiar style. and similar to the one shown to him by the constable by whom the prisoners were ap prehended. Mr. Charles Cauves, postmaster at Gravesend, said that a letter posted on the day to question at Bitterne, would arrive at Gravesend at mid day on the following day through the General Post-office. He had no recol lection or seeing the letter, bus had it arrived it would have been stamped by the prisoner Young, and sorted by witness or another chok. The other prisoner who made the necessary official declaration was in his service urid was in the habit of being frequently in the post office. The prisoner Young resigned his situation, and the other was appointed as his successor. On the 21st of November the inspector-general came to Graveseee for the purpose of inquiring into the loss of missing let tera on which occasion witness's house was searched. Ellen Veller, in the service of Mr. Barton, 7, Bruna• wick-place, Brunswick square, Brighton, said—ln about six weeks after the prisoner Muzaell received his appoint ment, my sister (who was his wife) died in October, 1848, while I was with her, and iu about twelve months after I was married to the prisoner at Aldgate church, and lived with him until six weeks back. Seven weeks ago he left home, remained absent a week, and on his return I asked him where he had been, and with whom, to which he replied that I had no claim upon him, that he should go were he liked, and with whom he liked, and then lett the house; telling me I might sell the furniture, and do wee I pleased with the money; in consequence of whice I disposed of the furniture and went to Brighton, where I obtained the situation alma?). mentioned. In the early part of Sep tember, I recollect the prisoner bringing me two 10/. Batik of England notes, telli; g me to get change for them; and on a:king why he did not do so himself, he replied, " They were Tom Young's, and he had an objection to it for certain reasons;" which caused me to observe, that if Young got them honestly, be could get change him selt. He again brought me the same notes in a week, desiring I would go to London and get change, which I also refused, there being something wrong about them, when he said, "If I tell you where I got them will you go?" Upon which I consented, and he said. " You don't mean it; you only want to know where I got them; but if you wean it I will tell you." He then said that Tom Young took them out of a letter at the Gravesend Post.office, and upon asking him where the 1 tier came from, he replied Bitterne. I then asked If there were two tens in it, and his anseer was there was also a five, at the lame time saying "Will you go now ?" and I told him to take them back to Youeg, that be might return them to the p-reou to whom they belonged; but he said he was not such a feel, and to k thew away. I heard noteing mere of them for some weeks, and ou ',eking tear what became o; them, he said they were at the office, and that be and the other pris .nor had them aleernvely. Ott the occasion of some gentle men trout Lo,dou coming to search the house ot the postmaster, when I examined the prisoner's waistcoat e oeket, h. ea,ait. the effiee, [ discovered two 10/ notes, den d 6 ti June, 1850. noel having put th'ena into a box, asked him en his return what, I should de with them, should I burn them? He replied that ee waisted rem Young, to have the al, he having lett the Post-office set vice; and by his directions I took them to Sheptieria's bush, where Young was livine with a w oman, and he said it was all ri e nt. In a few days after Muzzell had two sheets of postage stamp=, end on asking where he got them, be said tro u Fota Y ;wig, ho changed the 51. note at Charing; cross for them, and brought 40a. down to him. At the time the prisoner said I had ro claim upon him he said that he had searched the law batiks and found that, though he was morally, he was not legally m traded; and upon my mother putting some questions to him upon the subject after the marriage toek piece, he said it ears quite legal, although some en tertained Pusey he notions on such mutterer. Mr. Wontner took a preliminary objection to the wit ness giving evidence on the ground that she was the wife of the accused. Mr. HENRY said that by the sth and 6th William IV., chap. 54, s- c. 2, all marriages celebrated after August 31, 1835, were null and void within the prohibited degree of affieity, and therefore her evidence could not be ob jected to on such grounds. Mrs. Anne Cauves recollected the inspector-general coming to Gravesend, and causing her husband's house to be searched, on the evening of which day Muzzle was in the office. On his knocking at the door, witness told him that the family was in great distress in consequence of such proceedings, asking him if he knew anything about it, and he replied, " Indeed, I must go home fur a quarter ot an hour," which he did, and returned in half' an hour. Matthew Peake, a constable attached to the Post cffice, said that on the 3d instant he apprehended Muzz9ll at the Post-office, Gravesend, and having ex plained the nature of the charge, he said, " Tis true, Young gave we some stamps, which were for a debt." On searching him, he found th e l e tt er pro d uce d , which he said he had received that morning from the other prisoner. The next day he took Young into custody at 5, Mount-pleasant, R amsga t e , an d on te lli ng him what it was fur, and the other had received stamps from him, he braid, " Well, that's your friend ;" and an the superintendent of police asking if ho had given the stamps, he said, " I'm not going to answer that ques tion." He was then conveyed to town, and on the way admitted that he had lived at Shepherd's-bush, and that Mrs. Muzzll had been there to see him. The prisoner Muzzell denied having ever had the notes in his possession; and Young having reserved his de fence, they were fully committed to Newgate, bail being refused fur their appearance at the trial. MARY LEBO.NE. ROBBERY BY FEMALES AND CLEVER CAPTURE OP THE GUILTY PARTIES.—June Jones, Mary Bryant (nd Charlo . te Danby, were placed at the bar, before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Broughton, charged with having been concerned in stealing 41 yards of cotton print, the property of Mr. Gear, 19, Sey aiour place, Camden-town. Cleake, 85 5, a very active officer, deposed that, at five on the previous afternoon, as he was on duty in Park-:.trees, he saw the prisoners walking together, and p.-rcri‘ed that Jones bad something bulky concealed beneath her we ek. fie watched clo ely as tar as High street, when Dariby having celled a cab, they all entered therein, when, just as the driver wa• about to close the do er, he (witness) went up and asked Jones what she hid got, to which she replied "Notoing." He lifted up her cloak, and, on finding that she hail a roll of print, questioned her as to hew she became possessed of It, acid her reply was, " It is my own, and I shall not give you Piny further information." Bryant and Danby said that the statement was correct, and that they saw her purchase the goods. Witness, atter being threatened by the prisoners that they would " muzzle" him it he did not be off, at length forced his way into the cab, and by his directions the driver of the vehicle made the best of his way to the Albany-street station-house. The pri soners were then locked up, and soon afterwards witness ascertained that the print belonged to Mr. Gear. o,her evidence was gone into, from which it appeared that Bryant and Denby had a short time before the die eevery of the robbery gone to Mr. Gear's shop, at which quantity of blonde and edging, and they bought a small it was imagined that, while the assistant was engaged in serving them, Jones had taken the opportunity of making off with the print, which, with other articles, was placed just within the doorway. It was missed shortly after Bryant and Denby left. 'the MAGISTRATE Observed that the eenduct of the constable iu the affair was highly creditable to him on the score of tact and intelligence, and he made on the charge sheet a remark in writing to that effect, in order that it might come under the ceimmissioners' notice. The prisoners stand committed fur trial, but will be brought up again next Wednesday, and in the interim due inquiry will be made as to whether there are any former convic , ions against them or not. SERIOUS CHARGE.—As late as six o'clock a dissipated lookitz man, named John Papworth, was placed at the bar on the serious charge of having wilfully se t fire to furniture in his lodgings , to the danger of all the in mates of the dwelling, situate at No. 4, Selby-Place, New-road. It appeared from the evidence that between twelve and one o'clock on the same mor ning the prisoner came home the worse for drink, and began to knock the fur niture about. At four o'clock Mrs. Yennyead, who lives oAt in the next roo m t o hi m , f o und that her apartment was full of smoke. Sh e j um p e d out of bed, and on opening prisoner's do or , exclaimed, a For God's sake, Papworth, what are you about?" The place w:taesr and the p then all ut in u a blaze; t. but he (prison e r) fetched so ten o'clock in the morning h e was taken into custody by Westlake, 333 S, who found upon the hearth the remains of a table, some boots, lasts, a brush, and other articles, all of which had been partly consumed by fire. The mantel-shelf was also much charred. The prisoner, who admitted that he was drunk, and said that he merely made a fire to dry his trousers by, was remanded. WESTMINSTER. EXTENSIVE .ROBBERIES AT THE PALACE AT WEST -3 tchael Connor, a n I r i s h la b ourer , w ho Palace ards of seven year s emp l oye d at the new estminster, was ch arge d w i t h un fi x ing and has been . t carrying off a great quantity ot expensive moulding from the windows of the Speaker's apartments. Polici—conetrible Miilemun, of the 13 division, stated that he stopped the prisoner, in consequence of some in- , formation he had received respecting him, in ht. Anne's, Westminster, between five and six on the previous night, arid tumid 841 b. of int.t.d concealed open his person. He inquired where he got it from when the accused replied that he found it at the new Houses of Parliament, where he was at work. After securing the prisoner he went to the new Houses of Parliament, and there he found that 41 window had beetf(with the ter.ceptio , n of a small puree to which that found ttp,:k pri.oner fitter;), coalo,k. stiippeu el a suit i I iracia i In etdiug receatiy invented for opening mid closing the fanlights. Mr, R, Lamprell, clerk of the works at i t s new Pa- I HARWICH ELECTION. Mr. BANKES moved that it be an instruction to the General Committee of Elections, to select a chairman and six other Members to be the Select Committee ap pointed to inquire into the allegations of a petition re lative to the last election for the borough of Harwich; and that the Members so selected do constitute the said Committee, with power to send for persons, papers, and records, and that five be the quorum. Mr. COBDEN said it was not his intention to oppose the motion, as the Government, whose conduct it affected, had consented to an inquiry, but he did not see that any good result would arise from the appointment of a Commtttee. This Committee, if agreed to, would make the fourth which had sat on the borough of Harwich during the present session. Since 1837, he believed there was not one election which was not followed by one or more Committees of in quiry. —(Hear, hear.) The character of Har wich was well known. The Blue books contained a record of its proceedings, and it was well known as pre-eminent for corruption in every possible form. The last Committee appointed had taken so me pains to in vestigate into the circumstances which o ccurred at the election, and he thought, before a new writ was issued, the minutes of the evidence should be laid on the table. Mr. DUNCOMBE considered it was highly creditable to the Government not to oppose an inquiry ; but the House ought to ascertain before it consen tell to the mo tion, whether or not there was a prima facie case for inves tigation. No inquiry, in his opinion, was w anted. The borough only contained 140 or 150 voters, and being notorious for corruption and intimidation ought to be disfranchised.—(Hear.) Sudbury would have great reason to complain if such a borough as ilarwich was not disfranchised. The Noble Lord at the head the G o vernment had promised a measure o reform next session, and if it were worth any f thing it must contain a good round Bebe( !ale A when such places as Harwich and St. Albans existed.— (gear, hear.) An example ought to he made of all such boroughs.—(Hear, hear.) Ile had no [ o bjection to the Committee, but b e lieved that I the inquiry would be altogether abortive.— -(Hear.) Mr. J. STUART said the Hon. Member for Finsbury was ready to disfranchise the borough without the slightest trial or inquiry.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member held the rights of electors to bet sacred, yet proposed to deprive them in this instance of: those rights on a principle of confiscation eq sal to that adopted by the French Directory.—(. Efear, hear.) He thought the Hon. Member was an advoc;alte for giving Harwich the benefit of the same laws re specting pro perty and the franchise which was pose used by the electors of Finsbury, and not for depriving them of it without a hearing.—(Hear.) Mr. B. OSBORNE protested against the electors of Finsbury being likened at all to those who returned Members for Harwich.—(A laugh.) They had over and over again been brought before Commits' ass and proved guilty of bribery and corruption, and the Hon. Member had no right to make so invidious a cot anarison with the independent electors of Finsbury.--(Hear, hear.) Again protesting against the Hon. Membf nr for Newark, representing a small and not very pure borough, com paring Finsbury with Harwich, he hoped this inquiry would be confined to those who had not made up their minds upon this subject. Sir B. HALL said this was no new case, Harwich was long ago proved to be corrupt and it ought, without further delay, be put in S.:l-Auk A. He was not, however, surprised at the Hon. and Learned Member for Newark being so indignant at the sugges tion to disfranchise Harwich, because he repre sented a nomination borough which was very little better than Harwich. It ryas said once by a learned member of the bar, that these no mination boroughs were of great service to the country, inasmuch as they enabled members of his profession to get into the House ; but the time had arrived when they had too many lawyers in the House, • and this rule held good no longer. He gave notice that when the Harwich writ was moved for he would move, as an amendment, that it do not issue. Mr. V. SMITH had nothing to say in favour of Harwich. Before the House allowed this inquiry to proceed some Member must make himself responsible for the allegations which the petition contained. Mr. HUME said there could be no doubt that Har wich was a most corrupt borough, and it could not be too speedily disfranchised. The petitioners made cer tain charges against Government officers, and, without reference to who was responsible for the correctness of the allegations, it was the duty of the House to sift such a charge to the bottom. Mr. DISRAELI supported the motion, believing that it was necessary to ascertain the truth of the charges contained in the petition. The House had unfortunately allowed its attention to be diverted from the real question at issue, which was simply whether there should be a Committee or not. It would be time enough after that was disposed of to go into the matter of disfranchising Harwich. Mr. E. DENISON objected to the way proposed of nominating the Committee, and suggested that it had better be appointed by the House. The Committee of Selection might select a number of gentlemen to serve on this inquiry, but they would have no power to com pel their attendance, as in the case of an Election Com mittee. Mr. BANKES said a similar petition was presented a few years ago from certain electors of Stamford, and in that case the Committee of Selection found no diffi culty in nominating a Committee to ascertain the truth of its allegations. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion ... ... ... 82 Against it ... ... ... ... 80 Majority for the motion ... —2 The motion was consequently carried. SUPPLY. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. Sergeant MURPHY rose to call the attention of the First Lord of the Admiralty to the want of accom modation for the repair of steam-vessels at Hawlboline ; and to ask whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to provide the same. The Hon. Gentleman also moved for a Committee to inquire into the subject. Sir F. BARIMG opposed the motion on the ground of expense. Mr. E. B. ROCHE was quite aware that the Admi ralty did not spare expense, but he complained of the centralisation of the expenditure to England. It was nonsense to talk of leaving the enterprise to private spe culation, because private resources had not effected these subjects even in England. (LI.rT SPEAILING.) THE LATE LORD DERBY'S MUSEUM. The following letter has been addressed by the Earl ol Derby to the Mayor of Liverpool:— _ _ _ " Knowsley, July 8. " Sir,—lt was the anxious wish of my dear and la mented father, as it is my own, that the very extensive and valuable collection of stuffed birds and animals, which it was the labour of his life to form, should not after his death be dispersed, but rendered as far as possible available to the amusement and instruction of his countrymen and neighbours. Among his pri vate papers I find one upon this subject, em bodying an arrangement upon which he had communi cated with me, which so clearly sets forth his views, that I cannot du better than transcribe his own words: — With the anxious desire that what I have collected during the long existence that has been granted me may be devoted more particularly to the gratifioation, and I would hope advantage,of the part of this country with which I have been more immediately connected, and in which I cannot but feel a more direct interest, I would desire that this museum should be placed in the care of a body of trustees, after the model of the British Museum, to be placed in the town or environs of Liverpool, hoping that the public authorities there may think fit to erect some building for its reception, which might, perhaps, with advantage be placed in connexion with the collegiate institution already established in that town. If this sug gestion should be adopted or favourably received, I would propose that the Earl of Derby for the time being and one other member of my family should be trustees; that my personal friend Richard Earle should also be one during his life, if he will be pleased to accept the trust, and that the Mayor of Liverpool and the two rectors of the town for the time being shall be mem bers, ex officio, on the part of the town, and the in cumbents ut Knowsley and of nuytoneton the part of the country; that the above person shall be the first trustees, and that they have power to add to their number, to fill up vacancies as they shall occur, and to lay down rules and regulations for the better manage ment and preservation of the museum, and for the purpose of making it as beneficial as possible for the amusement and instruction of the inhabitants of the town and neigh bourhood in the first place, and, next, of the public in ge neral. As it is my principal object by this arrangement to keep together, in one body, the collection which has been formed by me, and to devute it to the benefit of the rising generation, I have ventured to suggest its being annexed to the collegiate institution, as by that means it would appear to be more directly available for the pur poses of instruction and reference; and I would further add my wish that it should bear the name of its original founder, as some memorial of the interest I have from boyhood felt in the study of natural history, and my earnest wish t o make that which has formed a constant pleasure during my own l tt o f far rmays fallow-countrymen possible conducive to the welfare and gratification and neighbours. I have only to request that you will have the kind ness to bring this subject under the consideration of the cou ncil at the earliest period consistent with your own con venience, and to express an earnest hope o n m y p a rt th a t nothing in the conditions attached may interpose to pre vent their acceptance of an offer which seems to hold out no inconsiderable advantage to the population of Liverpool, and which will place my father's extensive collection in a position alike conducive to the gratifica tion of his friends and neighbours, honourable to him self, and on all accounts gratifyirg to me as his repre sentative.—l have the honour to be your obedient servant, " The mayor." " DERBY. N . ; " A very i sngular sc ene took place at Puy on Sunday ay last; a (1 We read A in t G he O G O a D ze ----.A----'"° tt p e l d G es b Tribun,a a person na me d R upin, on entering a Cafe, said, ' Gen tlemen, T am - a a physiognomist, and can, from an future exa mination of th e f ace, de,cribe the character an d lot of each of yhu.' A fac t e r , a w de h s i m eh an h , e M :3id ß" wapparent attenti on. 4 I see,' said he, ' from the protru berances on your f ore h ead, that you have great aptitude tor works of imagin a ti on . You are naturally good, but requested great esd him to exami ne hi s do not like to be offended, A persou in whom you feel HISTORY OF THE SUGAR-CANE 1N LOUISIANA. Some interesting particulars respecting the origin, rice, and progress of the cultivation of the sugar cane in the State of Louisiana have lately come under our notice, which are deserving of attention. A brief summary of them will repay perusal. It is now just a century since the first cane was planted in Louisiana, and the circum stances which led to that important step were these :—A vessel laden with French recruits for the colony touched at Hispaniola. The Jesuits sent their brethren a few bundles of the cane, that they might try the ex periment. These were planted in what is now the heart of the second municipalty, and were cul tivated by negroes, who came in the fleet which brought the seed. The experiment succeeded, but the cultivation of the cane was not prosecuted with any vigour, and it was only in the year 1759 that a person named Dubrenil put up the first mill. In the year 1769 the culture was abandoned fur a period of twenty-five years. In 1794 a person named Etienne Bore, a native of the state of Illinois, whose indigo crop had failed fur several successive years, in despair aban doned that, and attempted the cane with marked success. In the second year of his trial he made a crop worth 10,000 dollars, and his success induced his neighbours to imitate his example. It is stated in Stoddard's " History of Louisiana," that in the year 1803, at the transfer of the territory, the delta contained eighty-one sugar-cane plantations. In this work it is observed, " Some of these planters are affluent, and possess from 30 to 60 slaves. The most wealthy of the class reside about the city, and before the cession several had made crops valued at from 10,000 dolts. to 16,000 dolls. Since that period the number of slaves has increased. Sugar estates are cultivated on a more ex.ensive scale, and the number of them has greatly multiplied, so that the annual crops of some are now worth from 25,000 dolls. to 30,000 dolls. The cane is not raised shove the island of Orleans, nor is it believed that the climate will admit of it. No sugar estates are found more than 100 miles above the city." Such was the condition of the cultivation in 1812. The cane is now cultivated in the southern portions of Natchitoches and Tenses parishes, which are 350 miles above New Orleans. _ _ . _ In 1830, the Secretary of the United States Treasury addressed circulars to gentlemen in different parts of the country, seeking information on the various products of industry, when a Mr. Josiah S. Johnston replied very elaborately on the subject of sugar. He said that at the time of the transfer of the territory the duty on sugar was 2i cents per pound, which, in 1816, was in creased to 3 cents, and that it was more than twenty years from the period of the cession before 40,000 hhds. were produced. At the time first referred to, namely, 1830, it was estimated that 35,000 slaves were engaged epon 725 plantations, employing about 100 steam-en gines, with a capital employed of about 50,000,000 dolls. The machinery was estimated to cost on each plan tation 5,000 dolls., and the whole worked 22,000 horses, valued at 1,500,000 dolls., which were renewed every seven years, at an annual cost of 200,000 dolls. The prices in 1818 were from 14c. to 15c., which, in 1829, bad fallen to 7ie., and in 1830 to from 6ic. to Tic. Such was the position of the cuitivation in 1830. In 1840, the number of slaves employed had increased to 143,890, arid the produce of the plantations was a crop of 119,947 hhds., of I,ooolbs. each, and 600,000 gallons of molasses. In 1849-50, the crop was 200,000 hhds., which rea lised 10.000,000 dolls. The census returns of the United States, just made up, gives the number of slaves in the State of Louisiana at the present time at 230,807, and the capital now employed is estimated at the sum of 75,000,000 dolls. Such is an outline of the rise and progress up to the present year of the cultivation of the sugar-cane in Louisiana. ALARMING ACCIDENT. On Tuesday night, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, a horse and gig passed along some of our prin cipal streets at a flying pace, to the great alarm and con sternation of the inhabitants. What increased the ex citement was the circumstance of a person sitting in the gig, who had lost all power over the infuriated brute, end for whose safety much concern was expressed. Upon inquiry we were informed that the horse was ultimately brought to a stand in Main-street, Gorbals, and that the young gentleman who was seen in the machine met with no injury. The particu lars of the case, as conveyed to us by Inspector Frame of the Cabs, are as follow :—Yesterday afternoon, three gentlemen engaged from Mr. Lawson, in Queen• street, a horse and dug-cart to take them as far as Cruickstone Castle and back. The party accomplished their journey in safety, and returning by the Paisley road, they stopped at the half-way house between Glasgow and Paisley for refreshment. When here, two of the party got out, in order to give the horse a drink of water, leaving their companion sitting in the machine, holding the reins in his hands. One of the young men, it is said, took off the horse's bridle in order to allow him to drink more freely, when he being a full-bred beast, and feeling himself without control, started off at full speed to Glasgow. He careered along the Paisley road in furious style, and reached Glasgow-bridge almost in the clap of a hand. The bit being out of his motizh, the gentleman in the gig bad not the least command over him. He darted across the bridge like a fury, and passed up Jamaica-street and along Argyll street without meeting an obstacle, the unfortunate indi vidual in charge of him all the while keeping his seat in the gig as best be could, b u t p a l e w i t h f r i g h t an d anx i ety . The horse, it as said, made au attempt to turn up Claeen swot, by way of his owner's premises, when a person who was passing along, threw up his arm, which had the effect of causing the affirighted animal to continue his course by Argyll street and Trongate. Certain it is he ran down Saltmai ket street, then in a very crowded state, at a furious pace, crossed Hutcheson's-bridge, galloped up Crown-street, and turned rapidly into the Ruthergleu road, where his speed somewhat el :ckenrd, which ena bled the young gentleman in the Rig to get out without sustaining any ii , jury. By this time the runaway was pursued by hundreds of well-meaning but boisterous persons, who kept up a shouting noise, which bad the very opposite !fleet from what they intended, and he continued his gallop on to Sbawfield Toll, where the toll-keeper turned out and stood in the middle of the road in order to catch the fugitive. The appearance of the toll-keeper brought the horse to a stand, but it was only for a moment; he wheeled about as quick as thought, and made off by way of Rutherglen Loan, which be reached in a few minutes thereafter. Here his pace slackened considerably, and after turning down Main-street, the poor beast, " reek ing with hot haste," ran right against the wooden paling at the Accommodation Bridge, where he capsized the gig and himself at the same time, and was soon secured and conveyed home to Mr. Lawson, not much the worse for his race. In connexion with this accident, it is al most miraculous, considering the state of the streets and the hour of the night at which it occurred, that no one was injured .—Giusgew Herald. THE LATE MURDER 1N BELGIUM. The sale of a certain portion of the estate of Bitre mont, at Bury, in Belgium, belonging to the condemned Count de Bocarme, took place on Monday last before M. Dugnolle, notary at Baugnies. It was by the special order of the Count that the sale was effected. The land was divided into twenty-one lots, but only about a third was disposed of, and they fetched good prices. The remainder is to be put up for sale on a subsequent occasion. The bidders were mostly the small farmers or landowners of the neighbourhood. It was only on the 10th October last that Count de Bocarme came into possession of the es tate of Bitremont, though his father allowed him to live 'on it. Previous to that time he bad, in addition to his wife's income, a certain sum annually from his father; when the latter made the division of his property amongst his children, the Count's share was about 240,000 f. Whilst the trial was going on, the Count and Countess de Bocarme joined in raising a loan for supplying their pecuniary wants and paying certain pressing obligations, and they signed a deed autho rising the sale of a portion of the estate, to secure pay ment. It was to cause the payment of this advance that the Count pressed on the sale. But no sooner was the trial ouer, than the Countess, being acquitted, noti fied to the notary that sho revoked what she had done. The Count, however, persisted in authorising the sale. Madame do Bocarme's wish was to sell the chateau of Grandmeta, and other houses belonging to her brother, and to preserve the Bitremont estate intact. Finding that the notary declined to postpone the sale, she sent him a summons by huissier, but he paid no attention to it. On the 3d, as already stated, she arrived at Tour ney, and went to the hotel where her brother used to put up. She left the town amidst the hooting of the popu lace in the evening of that day, and proceeded, accom panied by her son and a chambermaid, to the house of M. Dugnolle, at Baugnies. She was not expected by him, and, at half-past ten, went to Bury, at a distance of three kilo metres, and slept in the house of Mr. Laurent, a notary. In the morning she walked with her son and chamber maid across the fields to the chateau of Bitremont, and wandered for some time about the old building. though the traces of her brother's murder still exist. Her manners were very easy, an d h er t o il e tte elegant; but though she appeared in ex ce ll ent h ea l t h, her features were pale and contracted. She afterwards went to In the Country. W. Farrow, Kingston-upon-Hull, coal merchant, Aug. 8. at half past twelve, at the Town-hall, Kiugston upun-liull. PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. J. Racine and J. Jacque-s, Hare-street, Bethnal-green, dyers, 3id., on Thursday, 17th inst., and three following '1 hursdsys, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Ba‘inghall-street. W. Morrison, Fenchurch-street, stationer. 3i 1., on Thursday, 17th inst., and three f 'flowing Tatirsdeys, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. W. Williams, Brecon, draper, 5d., on Thursday, 17th inst., and three f 'flowing Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Bastile hall-street. J. Belbin, Beaumont-street, Marylebune, coach maker, 6id., on 'Thursday, 17th inst., and three following Thursdays. between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basiughall-street. W. Collins. Rugby, Warwickshire, tailor, 5P., on Thursday, 17th inst., and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. T. Keasley and J. L. Keasley. Church-street, Black friars-road, and Walsall, Staffordshire, tanners and leather merchants, second dividend of 2 11.16 d., on Thursday, July 17, and three followine Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansidd, Basinghall street. C. Clough, Altrincham, Cheshire, ironmonger, second dividend of Is. 31., on any Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Mackenzie, Manchester. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Harris, Buckingham, boot and shoemaker, Aug. 5, at half-past one—S. T. Jay, Badley, Suffolk, miller, Aug. 5, at half-past two. In the Country. W. G. H. Taunton, Liverpool, civil engineer and patent windlass and chein cable manufacturer, Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. A. King, St. Clement's, Oxtordabire, timber merchant and builder—G. W. Law, Landport, Hampshire, auc tioneer, valuer, and estate agent, certificate of the third class—R. Sheppard, Norwich, commission agent and general dealer, certificate of the second class—J. Hughes, Hacconby, Lincolnshire, beast-jobber and sheep sales man, certificate of the second class, after six months from July 11. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Franklin and W. Woodrow, Princes-street, Hano ver,quare, tailors—R. Pearce and G. Burrows, Banner street, Bunhill-row, working silversmiths—C. Hooper and J. T. Wilson, Hereford, grocers—Eliza Parker and M. A. Hone, Welbeck-street, Cavendish square, mil liners—T. R. Moore and G. R. Taium, New Sarum, Wiltshire, surgeons—W. Dean and J. Aspinall, Ash ton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, grocers—R Levick, J. W. Hay thorn, Cope, and J. Haythorn, Nottingham, lace meoufeeturers—W. R. Critchl ,, y and A Searle, Liver po. 1, vinegar mekers—J. Walton and G. B. Watton, flour dealers—A. Collinson and J. Hulme, Burslem, Scuff. irdabire, mercere—R. Matthews, sen a and R. Matthews, jun., Huxham and Rewe, Devonahire, p.aper makers— W. Newer], C. Whitehead, G. S. Whnehead, and J. Burr, Liverpool, merchants (so far as regards C. Whitehead and G. S. Whitehea Jiitnieson, J. Git rord, wed J. F. Edgar, Calcuiaa, Canton, end liung-Dung 'so tar us regariis J. F. Edgar). INSOLV ENT PE CITIONERS. Thomas Wrigni, Upton, Huuatigiluublaire, licensed vie tuttller. Simeon Mountain, York, railway porter. William Harding. Paulson, Somersetshire, farrier. Richard Puracy, Li:ickhamptim, Glyuc-61:rbhire, hullier Hurry Thotria4 SCOTCH SEQUES A. PIONS. R. Hope. Gkisgow, wine merchant, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Jul) 21 and Aug. 6, at one J. Srewart and M. Sinclair, Glasgow, wrtkhte, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, July 17 and Aug. 9, at twelve. J. Alexander, Edinburgh, agent or solicitor before the Supreme Courts of Scotland, to meet N ithin 'Murray'► Turt Hotel, Edinhurzh, July 21 and Aug. 15, at one. NAVAL iNTELLIGLNCE. Rear-Admiral the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., leaves the Admiralty 'or Gloucestershire this day. Captain Milne has left the Admiralty for Mussel burg, Inveresk. Mr. Ba!dock, the newly-appointed storekeeper to Devonport, vice Jenkins, deceased, has arrived at that dockyard, and has entered upon the duties of his office. Mr. Dent, we believe, has declined the vacancy at Sheerness. The office of chief engineer, vacant by the removal of Mr. Charles Atherton to Woolwich, vice Hum phreys, is not to be filled up. The official residence lately occupied by the chief engineer is to be appro priated to the residence cf the chaplain, at Devonport, the Rev. J. Briggs, who has hitherto received 501. per annum, as " lodging money." ANOTHER SLOOP DESTROYED RY LIGHTNING. — BOSTON, JULY 2.—The Sallie Fearu, Owen, of Bath, from New Orleans for Liverpool, was struck by light ning, and burned to the water's edge, prior to June 28. in lat. 37, long. 71—crew, passengers, and 135,000 dolls. in specie saved, by the Frank Johnson, Brown, from Hevannah for St. Peteraburgla. Happily the ships of the royal navy are secured from the awful effects of the destructive element, for, by positive Admiralty order, the entire navy afloat is fitted with Sir W. Snow Harris's lightning conductor. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 16.—Magicienne steam-frigate, in charge of Mr. Buidlecumbe, of the St. George, 120, Master commanding, arrived this morning from Devon port with supernumeraries for the Tra^algar, and pro• ceeded on with Mr. Pope, Assistant-Master attendant and party (who had navigated the Desperate to Devon port), for Sheerness, and thence to Woolwich. Dauntless steam-frigate, 22, Captain Halsted, has been taken into the basin to-day to be refitted and receive larger masts. The Royal yachts have been brought down from their moorings to-day. Tne Fairy has been taken out to try her engines, and the E:fin has been taken en the Gra ♦ing slip to have her bottom cleaned. Letters from China state the Hastings, 72, Rear-Ad• miral Austen, C. 8., left Trincomalee for a cruise on the 12th of May, and on the 14th anchored at Pondicherry, the old French settl , raent, where uo English line of• battle-ship had touched for upwards or 30 years. Reynsrd hie beau relieved by the Salamander, and ie on her way to Eigland, via the Cape. PLYMOUTH, JULY 16.—Her Niejesty'a steam-vessel Magicienne, with Mr. Brown, Master-Attendant, and a party of rigger. and seamen, sailed yesterday for Sheer ness, with the seaman aad riggers who navigated the Desperate to port. The brig Heroine was unmasted yesterday; her officers and men will be paid off at the Dockyard Pay-office to morrow. Yesterday morning, a boy belonging to her Majesty's ship St. George, 120, fell overboard and as the tide was running strung he Boon drifted away. A seaman, named Boyd, jumped after him, but not being able to swim could render lietle assistance. Both being, there fore, in a peeilous situation, Mr. Julian, second master, the officer of the waech, gallantly plunged overheard and providentially sustained them until rescued by a boat, when a considerable distance astern. Mr Julian wes full dressed. This is not the first instance or his gal lantry. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's ship Sir Robert Peel, Captain Bexer, sailed at two o'clock yesterday afternoon for S:. Vincent, Sierra Leone, and the Cape of Good Hope She had a full cargo of British manufactured goods, and several passengers, including Paymaster Timbrel, Lieutenaat Reeve, and Cornet Gab butts, 19th Lancers; and Messrs. E. Moore, P. Moore, Friedland, Hopewood, Josiah Lewes, Hancock, and Connor. The Sir Robert Peel made her first trip to the Cape and back in a most creditable manner, and, it is hoped, she will do so again now; but her tonnage is too small for such a distant voyage, and we hope soon to announce the appearance of a more powerful steamer to take her place. A PATRIARCHAL LOTHARIO.—An old man, aged 86, belonging to Strati%lass, who had five eons, two daugh ters, and torty-two grandchildren, recently got married to a fair maid of 30! One of the bridesmaids on the occasion was great-granddaughter to th• woman who acted in that capacity at his fist marriage, sixty years ago. But to crown all, his forty-third grandchild was baptised by the same clergyman immediately after the marriage ceremony was per formed. So much for the salubrity of Strathglass. —John o' Groat's Journal. The accounts from the Amsterdam and Rotterdam produce markets reports greater firmness in the prices for coffee and sugar. There was not much doing in other ar ticles, but rates, on the whole, were steadily maintained. The Hamburgh and Antwerp advices also mention a more favourable tendency in business, but coffee had chiefly ex perienced benefit from the change. The mercantile intelligence from America this week is unimportant, warm weather having set in and caused as far as possible a suspension of business. Although the present packet has brought 165,0001. of specie for this country, and 25,00 1. for France, the impression was that further shipments would c ntinue to be made. Three failures had occurred, but had not in any way interfered with the prevailing confidence. The parties were, Samuel Jau don and Co., whose suspension is attributed to losses on stocks, and also in connexion with cotton bills; E. D. Hulbert and Co., who had been for some time considered weak, and Fal coner and Co., who had been shippers to California. The accounts from the south s ate that the cotton plant had been much benefited by recent rains. The prospects of the grain crop are said to be favourable in all quarters. THE POTTERIES, JULY 13.—fhe trade of this district continues active. The whole of the hands are in full work, except in Burelem and Tunstall, where the m-n have scare ly recovered from the effects of last week's " wakes." The export branch of trade is especially brisk. The American consumers are aimost unable to get their orders supplied. A large proportion, however of the ex ports which travel across the Atlantic are unfinished. The American tariff operates to the exclusion of our painted and gilded porcelain, and merchants therefore purchase white ware, in which state it passes the Custom-house at a nominal duty, and is afterwards " got up" by English and continen tal artists. Several firms have received large orders for goods to correspond with those exhibited at the Exhibi tion. The artistic departments are as brisk as the more use ful branches. SHIELDS.—SId. Marchioness of Londonderry, Csl - Th ,, mas. New York. CHATHA3I, JULY 16.—Wind Colo hue, Quebec. HOP INTELLIGENCE. The Maidstone Gazette of yesterday gives us the latest news regarding this crop. The following extracts from our contemporary's report will serve as well for the dis tric►s which are not mentioned, as for those which are specified below, the accounts being nearly similar from all the districts. • MAIDtiTONE.—Some of the experienced planters are of opinion that no improvement is visible, bat that the ver min rather increase than diminish—that the strong bines will probably do little , and the weak bines less. We have, however, heard other opinions from persons equally experienced, that it is yet too early to decide against a crop, as in some years much has been done under less favourable circuoisiances. BARMING.—Some grounds in this neighbourhood have improved, and some have given way. The hops for some miles round here appear much alike, and present, very little appearance of a crop. FARLEIGH.—Some of the grounds present a very fa vourable appearance, and promise a capital crop; others are slightly affected with the mould. CANTERBURY.—The hops have presented a bad sweet in the past week, and on Wednesday they appeare,t worse than ever, particularly those that were inclined to be weekly, and which may now be said as done for. Many sores of this Idercription will not yield any crop. Mould is 'till visible at places, and there is much fireblast. Seeing that it as impossible for many grounds to produce more than a bag an acre, we think the duty is too high at 100,0001. General accounts speak of the critical state in which the hops are now pending—by the bine not growing well off tee poles, without which it is impossible to get anything of a crop, FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, JULY 12.—Our plantations have made great progress since our last report, but we have some vermin in the under branches; it is impossible to predict as to the result of their doings. BEWILDERED BY BRADSHAW. It is an effecting instance of the influence and un easiness and de pre:sion on the mind of Mr. Lost, that he now commenced wildly to seek the object of his journey in the strangest directions. Abandoning the railroads on which he had undergone so much, he began to institute a feverish inquiry for it among a host of boarding-houses and hotels. " Bed, breakfast, boots, and attendance, two and sixpence per day."—Bed and boots seven shillings per week." —Wines and spirits of the choicest quality." —" Night porter in constant attendance!'- " For night arrivals, ring the private door bell."—" Om nibases to and from all parts of London every minute.' —" Do not confound this house with any other of the same name." Among such addresses to the public did Mr. Lost now seek for a way to Worcester. As might have been anticipated—as he did anticipate, in fact, for he was hopelessa now—it was not to be found there. His intellect was greatly shaken. Mr. Lost has left, in his diary, a record so minute of the gradual deadening of his intelligence and benumbing of his faculties, that he can be followed downward, as it were step by step. Thus we find, that when he had exhausted the boarding-houses and hotels, commercial and other wise (in which he found his intellect much enfeebled by constant recurrence of the hieroglyphic " 1-6-51— W. J. A."), he addressed himself, with the same dismal object, to Messrs. Moses and Son, and to Mr. Medwin, boot maker to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. After them, even to inanimate things, as the Patent Compendium Port manteau,taeimproved C aff Machines and Corn Crushers, Norman Razor, the Bonk of England Se a lin g W ax , thesorm Schweppe's Soda Water, the Extract of Sarsaparilla, the Registered Paletot, Rowlands' Kalydor, the C) cloidal Perasol, the Cough Lozenges, the universal night-light, the poncho, Allsopp's pale ale, and the patent knife cleaner. Failing, naturally, in all these appeals, and in a final address to his Grace the Duke of Wellington in the gentlemanly summer garment, at.d to Mr. Barton of the General Furnishing Ironmongery Warehouse, he sank into a stupor and abandoned her. Mr. Lost is now a ruin. He is at the Enston-square Hotel. Wh e n turn home h e mere l y sha k es hi s head and Tu . . 6." N o ca b man can b e f oun d m ad u v t i t s e e r d s W re are who will take charge of him on those instructions. He sits continually turning over the leaves of a small dog's eared quaeto voluthe with a yellow cover, and babbling in a plaintive voice, " Bradshaw, Bradshaw." A few days since, Mrs. Lost, having been cautiously made acquainted with his cendition, arrived at the hotel, accompanied by the confidential domestic. The first word of the heroic woman were:—" John Lost. don't make a spectacle of yourself, don't. Who am I?" He replied, " BRADSHAW." "John Lost," said Mr s . Lost, I h ave no patience with you. Wh ere h ave you b een to?" Fluttering the leaves of the book, he answered, "To BRADSHAW." " Stuff and nonsense, you tiresome man," said Mrs. Lost. "You put me out of patience. What one earth has brought y in to this stupid state?" He feebly answered, " BRADSHAW." No one knows what he means.—Dickens ••Household Words." e t M sD a A O n y c .h tl esAt r e f ero ß oGr A crin D rgd E iato . n.)the official list, M I th N e cEt re z( c Fs e T i r p Eo ts of cotton at the American ports to the STATE zitih, 2d July were 2,263,466 bales. The better qualities were kc. per lb. higher ac New York th an on the 25 t h u l t . (mainly through the influence of accounts from this side) —the lower grades, however, being very much neglected; and these graces bad lost ic. in the southern markets, while the better ones remained firm. The general prospects of the growing crops were highly favourable, genial rains in the Atlantic States having improved its condition in those districts from which alone any complaints have latterly been received. There is nothing In these accounts to weaken the prevailing opinion with us, that the raw material has nut yet run its downward course; and this opinion continues, therefore, to exercise a somewhat de pressing influence upon the value of our staple produc tions. Good spinnings of No. 6's to 12's water twist, in the bundle, have indeed commanded last week's prices in to-day's market; and the engagements still :in hand for warps of the lower counts, say from 16's to 24's, enable the makers to maintain their quotations with firmness,—those only (and not all of them) being disposed to concede ed. per lb. whose contrae is are ex piring. But, in 20's and 30's water, sui table fur Ger many, spinners find themselves at a disad vantage of id. as compared with this day week; in warps, above the counts just named, there is also a little giving way; and, although there is a good deal of steadiness in cops, yet business is scarcely practicabl a at the rates of this day week. The India mercticnts are quite out of the market ; and their descriptions o f yarn, to gether with 40-inch shirtings, are consequontly more depressed than almost any other articles. Domestics, T's, and long cloths are steady, as are also printing cloths. Looking at our market in general, it is evident that business is very much kept in abeyance by that prevalent opinion in regard to cotton, which we have before referred to. ; and an increasing irregularity in prices is a .consequence. In addition to the small failure of Raphael and Co. we are sorry to hear of that of another Levan L firm—viz , Ralli and Marrogort'ato, of London, with their Man chester branch, C. P. Ralli. For several ;lac nths back, little has been done by the latter, whose debts, therefore, consist only of some trifling balances. The Lo ndon firm, however, is stated to owe about 20,0001., chi" fly on ac count of bills drawn upon them in favour of Levant houses in this country. RocMDALE, MONDAY.—The flannel market has under gone little or no change since that of the preceding week, except in coarse goods, such as kers( ye, which have been rather more inquired after. The vet oul market has been full as easy, except in low-priced English wools, which are scarce, and maintain good prices. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—On the whole there has been an improvement in our market on last week's. More business has been trausacted in the Cloth Hall. Striped woollens and fancies are in request. Stocks are low in the hall, and more is being done to order. In..the , shipping trade nut much has been done. The wool ' market is flat, as is usual at this time of the year. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The woollen trade continues ae• five. Tne market at the Cloth Sisturday last, was brisk, and a fair business has been done to-day. I Prices remain firm. lece, said that the pri,;nner had been emp?oyed there up w ads of sc ven years as a bricklayer's ',shouter, and bed accss eto the Sp nker's apdstments. Tbe value of the produe, d, wii,h the lAbour of fitting it. amounted to 3s. 6i. per lb., and the loss and damage consequent up , in its removal, with the loss sustained, might be fairly es:imated at 50/. In consequence of missing ququantities of :he reerid, a man set to watch , a nd the prisoner, in t bef,;re lelving work on the previous nightl was seen so e e ter the ap,rtm:•nt, from wilch the trwtaL found in his possessii,n was subs: quently missed, thr" of the wind•)vvs h,sviug been stiipped at OA l' a) storekeeper h a vin g b e en i n tormei of what had c corred afrer the prin.iner le't the ro om, h was tohowed, and intorra4.ti , in given to L-0 police-eoni he stable, who apprehend e d him ins described. The Wet 3,4 produced was the property of her hdajestY , 311 " worth 50s. Th. Storekeeper having given the necessary evidence proving that the mouldifgs were safe when the p risoner entered the room, aLd missing immediately tow!' bi 3 quitting it, Mr. 13onaELL asked the prisor:er whether be Wimbe ,- a to say iiiiyth.lig in detene‘ ?—Prisoner said he was En" trig his way from one part of the builoing to the ol,b a er' when he stepped upon the metal, which was under wisp of straw. • 1 lie was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. CORONERS OF LONDON. The following is a copy of a letter rec,ived by M r * Payne, Coroner fur Southvvwk, from Sir George G re l . relative to the late fire at London-bridge:— " Whitehall, July 14. 18 51. " Sir,—l am directad by Secretary Sir George Glib to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the instant, resok c , ing a fire which occurred on the 23d el: in a stack cf warehou , es, the property of Aldercesi: Humphery, at Montague-close, Southwark, and whic there is reason to suppose, was the act of an incen di q; and, I am to inform you that, in this case, a rew ard oi one hundred pounis (in addition to the reward o f offered by the la sera. Wigan) will be paid by the G 0 vernment to any person who shall give such inforalsq., and evidence as sh ill lead to the discovery and cioLl/ 1 % tion of the incendiary or incendiaries; and Sir Gel s Grey w ill advise the grant of her Majesty's pardon to any accomplice, not being the person 1 % 4 actually set fire to the property, who shall give such c":. deuce as shall lead to the same result. 4 . I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "H. WADDING Te r ' " William Payne, Eq., Coroner for Suuthwark,, Taufield Chambers, Inner Temple." THE COUNTRY MARKETS.. LIVERPOOL, JULY 15.—The weather being very for the last few days, and having a good attendance this 1 13 ! ing, the trade opened firmly. Wheat and flour were eat al bis at extreme rates ; buyers acted with caution. and no ch; toge .. „ prices could be quoted. Oats and oatmeal were each ti i e lower. Beans, peas, malt, and barley, each in very m , gle r . s to request, without change in value. Indian corn diffi CU sell, except at a reduction of fully 6d per qr. .4011 LEEDS, JULY 15.—We had a small arrival of grain rel. o , '" there was a good show of wt eat from vessels that had; Ot os their passage. Holders continued very firm, and tra , 3B steady, at iully Friday's rates. Barley nominal. Oats , b 010"0 and peas slow of sale at farmer prices. Other articles wi tb alteration. sit NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, JULY 15 I f . —There was - 0 supply of wt.eat at this day's market ; trade ruled dull, bt cannot no+e any alteration on the prices of Saturday. 13; tiemif fully as dear, with good demand; oats 6d lower. - 1 : steady. In other articles no change. i d of NEWCASTLE C JULY 15 -The sup 9 ,ATTLE A , inx beasts small, beino: ltri head less }MET ihan J last week; quality roo oa tiling Trade bria r k, an. all sold at advanced rates. Sheet' of lambs in large supply, being upwards of 2, , 00 more on 0; than last market day ; sheep in good demand, at lower pn lambs slow of sale, at a reduction of Id per lb. Arrivl Beasts, 75 ; steep and lambs, 5,'.01. Bed, 5s to 6s gitlr stone ; mutton, 4d to ,V ; lamb, sci to 6d per lb. 10 EDINhU KGB 'VIRAL :MARKET, JULY lb.—There vu . 8 10 , the meal market to-day 21 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2; 3 1i 3 0 a imperial, whi,h sold thus :-4 at 1/ I7s .Id, sat I 16s O. Gat 1,12 s 6d ; average price of the whole 1114, 2d 3-1 re p 3 sark dour, whereof l.sole at 30s. 2 sacks pot-barley, IN 0 1 sold at 2tl. / EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, J 1 ) 5 OLT - Oat straw, from 6s 6d to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stones 1 1.° 6 4, wheat ditto, ltd to 78 Od ; barley ditto, 6s Od to Hay, from lOd to Is per stone. DALicEITH MEAL MARKET, JOLT 14. —There Vire) re s io bags oatmeal, and 6 of barleymeal at this day's market ; ; ° OO ready. Oatmeal up on the top 2s per bag, and an n d second quality is .Sd per bag; barleymeal also advanced 3al r bag on the top. rd• Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. Fi r st Second Tll l s 4 imperial 35s Od 33s 9d 33s 0 4 Barieymeal, per ditto 21s 9d 21s 6,1 .-- 41 04 Peaseraeal Od —s Od Flour .. —s Od —s Od --I 04 Pot barley ... .„. —s Od —a Od COAL MARK F.; Hartlepool W. Hartley I''s 6d Howard's W. H. N ern. 13a 6 , i West Wylarn Wylam Wall's End, &c. a.-YESTERDAY. Caradoc 144 lloe.. ......... 1.3 s South Kelloe l 3, Adelaide T ees IMaclean's Tees 6l Derwentwater Hartley IJs Nixon's Merthyr and cfi Cardiff ..... 2111 36 —.Sold, 24. Raton Lambton Russell's Hatton Ships at marks', SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General rated by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] Wad dutl. / When made up in From what „Trio PLACES. ' General Post-office port dis- London. patched. America (by Brit. pkt.) N July lg .. Liverpool .. July America (by U.S. pkt.) N July 22 .. Liverpool .. Arriv,ss' America (by IL S. pkt.) M July 16 .. Southampt. July 114 Africa (West coast)•• N 14th of the month Plymouth Aug. 3 Alexandria* N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. July 19 Belgium • . .. •. N Daily .. .. Dover .. Da/IY Brazil .. • • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Aug. 12 Buenos Ayres .. M 9th of the month ISouthampt. Aug. California(viaChagres)M 2d& 17th of month Southampt. July 2 " Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. Aug. 3 „ Constantinople* ...• N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover July 2 ` Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. July 2' 'AI Channel Isles N Mon., Wed., & Fri•Boutkampt. Tn. T 1 Chili M 17th of the month ;Southampt. July 2( pilf France & N Twice daily .. 'Dover Twice' Greece* • • .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover . • July 2 ' llamburgh N Tuesday & Friday !London .. Tues. tMd Holland .. • • .. M Wednes. & Satan Loudon Mes.l Honduras . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. July 2 , 7 0 11 Ireland .. •• M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead • . Twice ° India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. July 23 India (via M straellles) N 7 th& 24th ef month Dover .. Aug. 1 Mediterranean (via \ Southampton) •. M 20th of the month I Southampt. ,July 21 Mediterranean (via I Marseilles) N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover .. Aug. 1 Mexico .. 2d of the month.. Southampt. Aug. 3 Nladeira • • • • .. M 9th of the month ISouthampt.PAug. . Malta* 7th,17 ,19th,27th & 30th th of month Dover JulY 15 Naples* .. • • •• N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .• JulY 2 ! Papal States* .. .. N sth 15th 25th of rao Dover .. 1 .1111.? reninsular.. • • .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. )Arrive' Peru . • • • • • • • M 17th of the Inouth Southampt. July JO Tuscany* N sth 15tti 25th ofmo Dover •• July 2 2 .Vest Indies M 17th of the mouth ,Southarapt. 'July 4 0 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M . 2d of the month .. ISouthampt. jAug. 5 . y f I Soathampt. jAug. S y f ked (*) are convey [a. via the United sta , I man packet. The mails to those countries thus mar French packet Alarseilles _ . • CALIFORNIA.— Malls to and from Califorrd, are now dospaiched and due by every Amen, RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BR L, JULY 16. STOCR EXCHANGE. - The market was a little better to-1 90 the business being chiefly iu Great Westerns, whica were 0 / at 84 tit. LIVERPOOL, JULY 16. STOCS EXCFIANtiII.—Th e share market bas been ratb' more firm to-day, but the business done has been very iirait,'!i The transactions wer e as f ollow :—Caledon i an, Preference, b• • Lancashire and Y or k s hi re, 4 OA, London and :15°,1', f . Western, 123 —Midlana, 42—uitto, Halves, 20 1 A dis.--" ( - and North Midland, 18 3 . 1 . MANCHESTER. JULY 16. STOOK ExcRANGE.—The business in the morning was to,P ; rably good, and fi rm as to pr i ces , but the quotations gave 0 ' in the afternoon. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 16. STOCK gloilAztoK.—• The settlement of the fortnight 5 ‘l l' count, which engrossed the time and attention of the wok : 4 to-day, p asse d off satisfactorily. It was necessarily ljg l J owing to the small amount of business recently transact, ri; but the market upon the whole was som ew h a t better All garded prices. There were no sales reported on the Stc Exchange, but several took place in private. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills the -- ( ,0 effectual for Bewel C omp l a i nts an d Di sor d e rs of OO Stomach remedy.--Atthis season of the y e ar, wh i n these cmnPlosl.llof are so prevelant , there is no better remedy than Holloway . ' ' l ,o' whether as a preventative or a cure. When taken in model doses, and at the same time the strictest attention is oti d . „ 4 , diet, the worst eases will be relieved. The strengthening r c li perties of these Pills repairs t h e i mpa i re d tone of t h e stole and cleanses the liver. Nothing so good has ever been covered for the cure of persons who sutra-from a long 1 1;0 deuce in hot climates, and they surpass every other roedie: ie for general family use.—Sold by all Druggists, and at F' fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. i f, THE BA RRAHAM S HEEP SHOW.--At Mr. e Webb's ann ua l hiring of Southdowns on Wednesday, tj o two rams w ere let at an average of 22/. 12s. hid. age' if small increase both in number and average over forth: if years. One tup was let for the extraordinary price_. s , ninety-ni ne gu i neas , an d ano th er a t n i nety -th ree gulp the hirer in both cases be ng Lord Ducie. BIRTHS. OF A lON. f o rtY 4 On the 13th inst , at Weavering, Sent, the Lady of an heir. On the 13th in: t., at Westbrook, Ryde, Mrs. Pakenbslll Mahon, of an heir. OF ♦ DAUGHTER. 13th • On the _ inst., at Upper Grosvenor-street, Grosv.- squar, th wife f Dr. Tyler Smith. On e the e 15th o inst., at Regent's-park-village, the IV"' G. B Allen, Esq. MRRIED. On the 12th inst., at S t. Pancras Church, Alphonso C 1 , 14 , (P1 . - rencio, the eldest son o f M r . S amue l N u tl e y, o f BaYbrof terrace, Camden-to wn , t o S ara h Louisa, the eldest daug,:i o r of Mr. John P. Howard, formerly of Attlebridge-ball , folk; and at the same time and place, Edwin Augustan , t ijO second son of Mr. Samuel Motley, to Marian Esther , second daughter of Mr. J. P. Howard. DIED. A 100 On the 14th in s t., at Rackhe a th-hall, Norfolk, Sir D.. - Stracey, Bart., aged 83. * 6O On the 13th inst., at Guildford-street, Russell-square , '*" Elizabeth Hodson, ged 54. ii cet On the 13th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Curtois, Paik - P`.o , Paddington, widow of the late J. Curtois, E,q , of .3 01 hill, aged 76. •0* On the 11th inst., aged 29, Emma, the wife of Charleil Guthrie Esq., of Pall-mall. On the 14th ihst., Mr. Fyvie, of Bedford-street, Strati% London : Printrd and P u bli s h e d by lIII7RDO YOU. -u rk, aki.,l 7 Printer at Pet Jun Office, r Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the eoum" Thursday, July 17 3 1851. T' This Dolitan public 1 cornms Imilatioi floe of For the s ee , street, ' a, Erich eastur•l Share I ___ , r E, ° °:TVR( bEaSLEI This e tati er , O PENE article it by the o; 1401 aie r r j of I l e lnY o t lea t ec h re of m itin class, alit Chester a motion o Genera: ,_ L')/ Tickets, derraere natant. P4l l par Lor General AE o clu ck 41 7, 1851 b r o r t r dcif,:eu ar ch Thet pie each eterbo r b Si nondht ereh arn rak, nhana llorrri c h j“-thr ing at Tick eta a don at 2) r°ll° wlng d .artie3 Perrnitte theiourni uQe succeed 11 ep O yi I) I t e l ! z e T ep u t ub S r u i n d uon-brid nem g e . e B a y FRou EVE R : v3: ;' , 114 .,„te at 8.3, ailare n To , . Tu ßt)4 ,‘l rei c1a 8 ,7 0 (I] TUNI A .1-& tXCI rtbe or -naldstonlie°t 4 nd Iron, T 4, Fares to First 'tic kets as 4,l lrst on A111.,18 (are t he most OYI It The z , K l Crystah ' 4lb ier a n d 4 4c hho ' ffner tc Zn of the th. 4 ° 31 9 of genes T hE 4t 4 : k a P oPular ev k blagr teertrir,evset g t ? Perl daily e'll till ii ----__________J A sA , It " ......e 4,,,, Net .4 I 11 1.4.4144 P r' kid t R, ram t 4 b ail !az LA Thi h 4l . Dep t a w 2 4111 Y-c l 1 410 ebil bin , e t ' l4 'n Of el Xs Paw, tation me 114 rukt.2l !, °G thoic e e gr Ike e IN ) : J. 1r44444,1 Cipit