The Sun. — London, England, 1851-06-20 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 19. The LORD CHANCELLOR. took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. VETERINARY SURGEONS. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from veteri jnary surgeon,, praying to be exempted from serving on uries. The Noble Lord then moved the second reading of the Bill which he had introduced to exempt them, which was agreed to. JOTTEE PERSAUD. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH postponed his mo tion on the subject of Jottee Persaud to Thursday. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Lord STANLEY gave notice that ho should, on Thursday, draw the attention of their Should, h e the papers which had beeti laid on the table, by comman4 of her Majesty, relating to the Cape of Good Hope Colony. PETITIONS. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented several peti tions from Roscommon, and other counties in Ireland, against Papal aggression. Lord ABINGER presented petitions to a similar purport. The Duke of ARGYLL presented several petitions from Lord places in Scotland Co a similar purport. LYNDEIURST presented a petition against the Capitular Estates Bill, which he proposed should be re ferred to the Select Committee on that Bill. REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition against (as we understood) this Bill. Lord BROUGHAM wished to draw their attention to an admirable pamphlet which had rec-ntly been pub lished, written by Mr. Hozlitt, on this subject, which he had read with great pleasure, and he might add instruc tion, which gave an epitome of the Bill, and an admir able account of all the arguments which had been pro duced for and against the measure. Lord CAMPBELL in moving that the report of the Select Committee be received, agreed that in the w or k alluded t o t h e objections to the measure had been admi rably and m an f ully met. The Noble and Learned Lor d then proceeded to explain various technical modifications to which he was prepared to assent. Lord LYNDHURST signified his approval of the amendments which had been introduced into the Bill. After a short discussion the Bill was recommitted, in order to be reported on Monday- COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the attorneys of Bungay in favour of the County Courts Extension Bill. SALMON FISHERIES. The Duke of RICH ‘ION a presented several petitions from the tenants and proprietors of fisheries on the North and South E,k against the Salmon Fisherie+ Bill. ARREST OF ABSCONDING DEBTORS BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF CO , U.PIOLVS, June 19. SMITHFIELD MARKET REMOVAL BILL. - (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday On clause 2 Mr. C. LEWIS could only repeat the answer which had already been given to the same question, namely, that the Government had come to no conclusion on the subject of the site, nor had they yet turned their atten tion to it. After a few words from Mr. Bucx. and Sir J. Duals, Mr. W. WILLIAMS insisted that the Committee had no right to pass the Bill in utter darkness of who were to be the Commissioners or where the new market was to be. Alderma❑ SIDNEY said it would be useless to pass the Bill, as it never could become law; but under any circumstances it was only right that so important a sub ject as the removal of a Crest and an ancient market should be discussed in a feller House, and he should theref , re move that the Chairman do report progress, and ask leave to sit again. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said no advantage could be obtained from such a proceeding ; for at the present period of the session it was not probable that the Bill would attract a fuller Committee. Mr. W. WILLIAMS also appealed to the Hon. Mem ber not to persevere in his amendment. Alderman SIDNEY contended once more that the rights of two millions of people were far too important to be entrusted even to the discretion of a Secretary of State; but nevertheless he would not put the Committee to the trouble of dividing on his motion. The amendment was accordingly withdrawn, and the clause agreed to. On clause 3, Sir JAMES DUKE moved the insertion of words to render it incumbent that the site of the new market should be subject to the approval of Parliament. Sir G. GREY had no objection to the amendment, but it was wholly unnecessary, as in all probability the matter would have to come before Parliament again if the duty of selecting the site fell upon the Commis sioners. The clause was then agreed to, as were also clauses 4, 5, 6, 7,8, and 9. On clause 10, Sir J. DUKE proposed the omission of words, to leave it optional with the public to open us many markets as they liked. Mr. C. LEWIS opposed the amendment, as it would entirely d, feat the object of the Bill. Alderman SIDNEY and Mr. W. WILLIAMS supported the amendment. Air. CARDWELL resisted the amendment. The words proposed to be left out had been adopted from the Smithfield charter, and as they might have the effoct of continuing the market under the control of the Cor poration, he was at a loss to understand bow they could be omitted. After a short discussion the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment .. . 21 Against it ••• ... 48 Majority agAinat the amendment —27 Alderman SIDNEY then moved the omission of words so as to allow Smithfield -market to be continued. Tne Committee again divided, when the numbers Were...... For the amendment .•• . 20 Against it ••• •" .. • 47 Msjority swainst it ... ••• —27 Mr. A. STAFFORD next proposed that the limits within which markets should be established should be reduced from a radius of seven miles from St. Paul's to thr.?e or five miles. Mr. CARD ATELL said the limit was fixed by the Stnithield Coarter, and he could not sea what objection there was to it. Sir JAMES DUKE supported the amendment that the limit be three miles instead of seven. After a short discussion the Committee divided, when there appeared — For the amendment .. Against it ••• The r he clan s , Mahity for the a was then agree d tozuse . ernaining clauses were add e d t o t h e Bill, and the Chairman wits directed to report it to the House. The House h • accordingly, wring resumed, th e CH AIRMAN did so The House then, at Four o'clock, adjourned until Six, ... 46 ... -28 The House reguakedpEt a_rSIT o'clock. Mr. DUNCAN Preseat,4 l°N S. etition in favour of the Ecclesiastical,TPttles Billfrom Arbroath . arrpiaetietsion from the Tower Lord D. S ruti R r prescionnteeda Hamlets against the duty Mr. KERSHAW presented a p e a ti z u 0, th from a Lancashire against the Regium Do ntim. ' place in Board of ACCIDENTS ON RAILW AYS. Lord have ot b the Lord NAAS asked the President r Trade the following question:—That as several late accidents to travellers and workme n manifestly caused by neglect and carelessness, voseteheenr it is the intention of the Government to prop ose an.. measure during the present session for the more t e. cient protection of persons travelling by steam-vessels or railroads, or of those employed in working steam m a .. chinery ? LABOUCHERE said the law with regard to steam-vess e l s was i n a very bad state, and h e had intro dreu__,ced a Bill o n th e su bject, which had al read y been a second time, and he trusted it would receive the sanction of the House this session. In regard to steam machinery and railroads, he did not intend to brillg in a Bill this session to give the Government greater powers . of supervi s i st he did not think it they possessed at of general app present, and application be possible to prepare a measure n a for the better prevention of acci dents, without takin g at present resting some portion of the respon sibilityaent o y d n , t a h . c directors. Sir D. NORREYS fter the reception of Cap tain Laffan's report in reference nt to the Sutton tunnel accident, whether Government measure that would stop such could not found some carelessness as had been evinced in the case in question? Mr. LABOUCHERE said the case had been fully in vestigated and a v erdict returned, and therefore o r did not see that Government were called upon or authorized to interfere further. He considered that the investiga tions into such cases under the superintendence of aG Go vernment officer did very great good, and tended to make directors and oficials of railway companies more vigi lant in the exercise of their duties. Mr. RIGGINGS rose to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty if it is the case that her Majesty's steamer Avoa lately visited the Island of Innisturk, in the county of Mayo, and if so, the nature and particulars of the service on which she was engaged on that occa sion? Sir F. BARING said, in consequence of a requisition from the Government of Ireland for aid to the civil power, a steamer had been sent to that part of the coast to perf orm t h e serv i ce required; but no report bad yet been made of what had been done, and therefore ho had no informatio n to give to the Hon. Ntember. UNIVERSITY TESTS AND STATUTES. Mr. lIEYWOOD rose to move " That this House will resolve itself into a Committee to consider the reli gious tests orignally imposed either by the authority of the Crown o r by A ct of Parliament, as a qualification for any civil corporate privilege in the Universities and Colleges of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin." It was Mr. A. STAFFORD wished to know, before they proceeded lurther, where the site of the new market was to be. He thought both the questions, as well as who w ere to be the Commissioners, ought to be settled at o nce. At all events, the power of the Commissioners to select the site, should be confined to particular districts. jMr• MACKINNON thought it would be highly in udicious to disclose where the site was to be, because it would give rise to all sorts of speculations in the locality, and increase the price of the land that might be re quired for the market. He hoped, therefore, the time of the Committee would be no longer taken up on this subject. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE very well known that the universities of Cambridge and Oxford were ancient institutions, and that the date of their rules went back at least 700 years from the present period. Under the authority of the Crown the Univer sities had obtained an independent position. The Hon. Member hero went on to detail the early history ,f theta Universities, but at such a rapid rate, and amidst so much noise, as to render it impossible to connect or col lect the substance of the Hon. Member's statements. In former times the study of divinity was insisted upon, but owing to altered times and changes that study was not now so important. The oath oven now taken was that all parties were to swear that they would make theology the end of their studies. Now, it was very well known that many who took that oath did not intend to follow theology at all, for they gave their attention to the law, and some of those educated at the Universities became distinguished law lords. This, then, was one reason why he wished to see the theological test abolished. Besides, all astudentsthese T e r h e i r r t e y q . u n i i r n e e d A t o r t sign cl t i h t e w T a h s i r wellt n i k n n e A w n r t i w c Ales, t very p lain abstruse the , m a . n d He r eq required g s h o t m l i e o k ew f s t e h e thatw is the persons et wearing of surplices ought not to be made compulsory. He also objected to the imposition of fines. The rules and regu lations of ancient times were not in harmony with the intelligence of the 19th century. He did not approve of Traciarian views such as were entertained at Oxford, but then he considered they were the natural results of the existence of the old system. He would refer to the University of Dublin, which formerly was distinguished for its anti-Catholic feeling. But since Roman Catholics had been admitted into the College the best feelings had sprung up between Roman Catholic and Protestant stu dents, even though the old objectionable laws existed. He thought the authorities of Trinity College, Dublin, ought to make some conce ss i ons i n favour of the people of Ireland. One objectionable rule was the requiring students to take the sacrament before being admitted to the emoluments of the College. Some change ought to be made in the law which directed that no other service than that of the Church of England should be celebrated in the Universities. It was very hard that students of the Jewish persuasion should be called on to attend such service. He looked forward to the time when the university tests would bo greatly modified, and when an alteration would be made in the three articles of the 36th Canon, which a resolu tion of the House of Commons, in 1640, declared to be against the law of the land and the liberty of the sub ject. By the University Statutes of Oxford tutors were ordained to instruct the students in the Thirty-nine Ar ticles, which, along with the reading of the Greek Tee. tement e were called the rudiments of religion. He did not deny that the rudiments might hn dorived from the reading of the Greek Testament; but he did not consider the Thirty-nine Articles to be the rudiments of religion, but rather the result at which scholastic theology had arrived. He looked upon the tests he had referred to as the product of an age nut equal to the present either in intelligence or religious liberty. It would be a great benefit to the Church of England if they were removed, for they kept the clergy almost in swaddling clothes, by prohiting all opinion beyond the bounds of the Arti cles. The removal of them, then, ought to be desired, not merely by Dissenters, but by the Church of Eng land itself. Mr. E WART, in seconding the motion, contended that the Universities should mace more b- made national institutions. At the time when the whole population were Roman Catholic, they were national establish ments; bat they had ceased to be so. Oxford University had been most flourishing when it was most national. He did not regard with any veneration the imposition of the Thirty-nine Articles as a teat, and thought that all parties would be benefited by the abolition of that test. The question having been put, and no Hon. Member rising to address the House, Mr. CAMPBELL said as no Hon. Member seemed in clined to address the House at present, he might, per haps, be permitted to say a few words on a question of which he might say he had some practical knowledge. He conceded to the Hon. Member that the difference that existed between the two Universities in exacting subscriptions from an undergraduate, was on the side of Cambridge, which derived no small advantage from its liberality in that respect. He thought also that it might be fair to inquire whether subscrip• tion to the Articles ought to be exacted from bachelors of arts, and whether any test should be imposed until the taking of a final degree of a master of arts? As to the question whether any reform of the Uni versities should be made by the Legislature, he thought that in great emergencies the Legislature might inter pose its authority, but that on other occasions the reform would be better effected by the internal agencies of the Universities themselves. He did not tnink his Hon. Friend had done justice to the inquiry which was going on, for, although it related to the Audios and discipline of the Universities, it would tend indirectly to elucidate the question of religious tests. He thought, therefore, it was not desirable to enter upon the course proposed by the Hon. Member until they had further materials before them.—(Divide.) Lord J. RUSSELL said before the H - iuse divided he would state shortly the view he took of the motion as it stood. His Lion. Friend had moved that the House " will resolve itself into a Committee to consider the religious tests originally imposed, either by the autho rity of the Crown or by Act of Parliament, as a qualifi cation for any civil corporate privilege in the Universi ties and Colleges of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin." It was now a great many years since uny question on this subject had been raised in that House. lie remembered that at one time it occasioned a great deal of business —more particularly when a dis tinguished Member for the University (Lord Mont• eagle) presented a petition from the University of Cambridge, praying that further advantages should be given to Dissenters in that University. At tnat time his late lamented friend, Mr. G. W. Wood, proposed to introduce a Bill by which persons dissenting from the Established Church, wheter Roman Catholics or Protes tant Dissenters, should he at liberty to enter the Uni versities of Oxford and Cambridge to proceed with their studies, and, if otherwise qualified, to take degrees with the exception of a theological degree—without any religious test. He had supported that Bill. It seemed to him to be founded on a right principle, and to be only giving to Dissenters that which was a proper discinctu.n for those who had acquired the right to it. That Bill was supported at the tune bye very able speech from the present Lord Stanley, in which he drew a distinction which was very applicable to a motion like the present. Lord Stanley stated on that occasion (the Noblw Lord read the passage), that though he would give to Dis senters the liberty of having full benefits of education at our Universities, with the useful privileges which ac companied a degree, he would sedulously guard those institutions against the Dissenters as a governing body of them. He thought the dis tinction had been well put by Lord Stanley, and that there was a great distinction between admitting Dis senters not only to study at the Universities and to ob tain degrees, and admitting them to become part of the governing body of the Untversiies, by the holding of fellowships or similar offices. Looking to the number of Dissenters in this country who might, if admitted to the Universities, obtain degrees which would be useful to them in after life, he thought an admission for that purpose might well oe made. Did it not seem strange that the awhor of the "Credibility of the Gospel His tory" (Dr. Lardner) could not receive a degree in the University of Oxford or Cambridge?—(No, no.) There was a great difference between an admiss ion for degrees and an admissi on w hi c h wou l d lead to Dissenters be coming members of the governing bodies. If such a concession as the admission to the government of the Universities were made, he could not see how the dif ferent parties c Auld harmonise and cooperate in carry ing on that system of instruction and that discipline which was so absolutely necessary for the welfare of the Church. Now he was afraid that the motion before them went to that latter point.—(No.) From the word- log of the motion it would appear to do so. He cer tainly understood it as going to teat extent. To such a Bill as that formerly introduced, and which had been supported by Lord Stanley, he should not refuse his as sent, tut he could not agree to the motion now before them. He might add, that while he would support such a Bill as that to which he had referred, he did not think that the present would be a convenient time for intro ducing it.--(Hear.) Mr. HEY WOOD made a remark which was nol heard in the gallery. Mr. M. GIBSON could not understand on what principle Dissenters were excluded from the Univer sities. As a Churchman he (Mr. M. Gibson) always objected to making youths of sixteen years of age give a blind declaration of belief in the Thirty-nine Articles. Dr. Paley had said that even the tens of thousands of clergymen of the Established Church could not give a s tp i hr n eo i s e lt r t e t ; i c oc urrence in the hundreds of controverted system propositions contained in those articles. The al pursued was a calling on the youth of this count!), rthnieiernccoenstchieeinrceVversity career with a counted. oti- MEUBER here moved th at t h e House be There h ey - the House lug been only rne thi d rty-eight Memb ers present, o'clock, until lo!mci orrew (thi s d ay. ) adj Quarter to Ei g h t ou, at a Mr. DIVErr Smithfield Rear4l7 l lth Mr. Cuanz in favour of the Member s -- v f " e OF LAST NIGHT. present when the House THE "COUNT ou ., The following rcl Dudley glitrellawee, 13. 1 r I). VMS " counted out" last night Brown, W. Ca m Graham, Sir J. s u Campbell R on . W . H . Stu 0 Douglas, Sir C. Goulburn, Right Hon. H. pa ndas, 'lvrard Gladstone, W. Barrow, w. H. Brotherton, J Morris, D. Wood, Sir vvl Ph Inglis, Sir R. Russell, Lord John Hamilton, G. A. Perfect, Robert Hutchins, E. J. Gilpin. Colon e l Mitchell, T. A. Henry, Alexander Forster. Matthew Gibson, T. Milner' Berkeley, Grantley Thompson, Colonel Fox, W. J. Grenfell, Charles Tbicknesse, Ralph Bethell, R Heywood, James Peel, Frederick Swart, W. Vivian, J. Ennis ,:ADVERTISEMENT.IH,~IIAwa ' 's Fills an infallible Remedy fo r Li ver Complai nts Copy of a letter from Mr. Henry Woodward, of Richman( dated 15th May, 1851. "To Professor Holloway. Dear Sir, I suffered tor many years from a most obstinate liver and sto mach complaint, and although I tried various medicines pre scribed by most eminent medical men in different parts of the country yet I could obtain no relief and in dispair I had re course to your rills, and it is with eratirude tha• I acknow ledge that they have been the means (under Divine Providence) of restoring me to a state of good health that I never could have anticipated."—Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Uolloway's Establishment 244, Strand, London. Countess R cvencluw Laud the Countesses Hilda and litalviria do Reventlow arrived at the Danish Legaticn f rom Italy on Wednesday evening. MURDER 1141 THE COUNTY OF LOUTH. The Louth Advertiser of Tuesdsy contains the fol lowing account of another dreadful agrarian murder in that county : The excitement produced by the murder of Mr. Coulter has hardly subsided when it becomes our duty to record another barbarous murder perpetrated in the same county, and within a few miles of the scene of the former tragedy. The victim in the present instance was a young man, about 19 years of age, who bore the highest character. He was honest, industrious, and religious. His name was Ber nard M'lntegart, son of a respectable man who resides at a place called Alines, within about four miles of Dundalk. The murder, like that of Mr. Coulter, was perpetrated in the broad daylight, and in a populous locality. Young M'lntegart lett his father's house about seven o'clock on Sunday morning, in company with his sister, to at tend mass at Knockbridge Chapel, and, having passed through some fields, they came upon the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway. It was here, between a small cut ting, that the murderers came upon him. They beat him in the presence of his sister with short heavy sticks until he became insensible. His sister, in the most earnest manner, besought them to have mercy on him, but they heeded not her cries, and when she flung her self o❑ his body, to protect him from the violence of the murderers, one of them struck the poor girl, and in flicted a severe wound on her forehead. We may here mention that he died on Monday morning. There can be no doubt that the murder should be ascribed to an agrarian cause. The father of the deceased had re candy come into the possession of some land which had been the subject of litigation. It appeared that the land in question was held by three tenants named Pat Karle, John M'Ardle, and Henry Callaghan, who were unable to pay the rent. Law proceedings were insti tuted against them, and they gave up possession, hav ing received compensation for doing so. The land was then taken by Mr. Edward 211•Ardle, a respect able shopkeeper, residing in Park-street, Dundalk, who held it only one year. On his relinquishing it, pos session was given to the father of the deceased, in March last, by Mr. John Woolsey, agent to Mrs. Foster, of Fair-hill, the owner of the property. But no sooner had the new tenant commenced to cultivate the lands than an attempt was made to obstruct him by several persons. They were brought before the magistrates, and some of them were bound to keep the peace, and so the matter stood until Sunday last, when the poor young fellow already named was most treacherously and cruelly way laid." An inquest was held on the body of the wretched young man on Monday, and a verdict returned to the (411:,ct "that the d oeoae od oao3o by his death in conse quence of a wound inflicted on his head by a blunt instrument by some person or persons unknown." ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION: Ou Monday last we attended the first of a course of lectures delivered here by J. H. Pepper, E.q., "On the Minerals and Crystals of the Great Exhibition." After an explanation of the intention of the course, which the lecturer allowed could be (so far as informa tion was concerned) but a grain of sand on the seashore, in consequence of the numerical strength of the collection, he commenced with the valuable gems, the diamond, the ruby, the pearl, and stated that, considering these represented the most beautiful creations of the mineral kingdom, it could be no more a matter of surprise when pe-ple sought after them than in visiting collections of rare animals or fl owers . A magnificent set of diamonds, &c., valued at 3,0001., kindly lent by Messrs. Widdowson and Veale, Strand, also rough diamonds, with the tools for polishing this gem, by Messrs. Hunt and Roskill, Boan•street; copies of all the great diamonds by Professor Tennant, and many valuable gems by Mr. Johnson of Soho,-- these were all shown to great advantage by the oxyhydrogen light, and demonstrated in' the most decided manner how little the gems at the Great Exhibition could be appreciated by the shaded day light; and we are glad to hear that the Koh-i -noor is now illuminated by gas flame. Th e lecturer then proceeded to toll his audience that the most brilliant diamond, even the costly Koh-i-noor, was nothing but charcoal; the most perfect ruby was alu mina, the chief characteristic of c l ay , and the must lovely pearl little more than chalk and white of egg, or albu men. The diamond, plumbago, anthracite, represented the natural varieties of carbon, but the fir s t on l y was prized on account of its peculiar structure, its hard ness, its rarity. The project of making diamonds was also discussed in a very interesting manner. Mr. Pepper did not believe that that any process where excessive heat was concerned could produce the diamond from char coal, a solvent must be sound, and then the artificial diamond might be looked for. The crystalline form, the mode of finding, grinding, polishing, and the valu ing, were all matters of interest, and would be discussed ; and the lecturer concluded his illustrations by two most satisfactory though simple experiments. Into two bottles of oxygen were placed common charcoal, and the diamond (a piece of birt or refuse diamond), both being previously heated red hot, carbonic acid gas was the product, in bath cases shown by the lime water becoming milky, and the audi ence separated, evidently satisfied with the commence ment of a course of instruction which will enable them to explain to others the real nature of the crystals at the Palace of Industry. DELUSIVE IGNORANCE OF WORKMEN. As there is nothing more delusive than igno rance, nothing more dangerous to the future con dition of art than self-confidence when associated with it; we aro glad to think that the existence of this Exhibition affords means of removing what has long interfered with that progress —the want of artist workmen. Fur example, we may remark, that the practice of studying flowers from nature, which is con stantly observed in France, when they are introduced in decorative work, is almost unknown in this country. Yet, what real artist would think of dispensing with the model, whether he possessed great knowledge of nature or not. The fortes of nature should of course be ob served whenever natural flowers are introduced, and close observance of the work of nature may be said to be hardly less necessary, even when conventional treatment is re sorted to, since everything in fl riated work must at least be consistent. We learn from one of the chief members of the Committee of the North London Drawing School for Artisans, that there is very great difficulty in getting English workmen to adopt this rational plan. We own we were hardy surprised to hear this. There has long been too much self sufficiency in these matters, at least amongst the ar , isatis of the metropolis. Many think it a great indignity to be desired to work from " a copy," con ceiving that, having passed a regular apprenticeship, and had several years' practice, they must be perfect in the cut of a laurel leaf, or flower. Whea once persuaded to work from nature, these men surpass their former work, and, much to their own surprise. Individuals who are empleying working carvers, have been greatly struck with the feeling for A.rs shown by French carvers, several of whom have lately come over to this country—and the absence of that feeling amongst the class in England. Some of these French workmen were once asked, if they would like to see some good pic•ures ; they thanked the inquirer warmly for the offer, saying that they had not been able to see any good ones yet; that they had been into the Pan , heou, in Oxford-street, and " qu' it n'y await que des croutes a" a pretty accurate character of the class of pictures upon the walls of the Pantheon, but one which we fear few English workmen would have been able to give. For, whilst such men were anxious to take every opportunity of cultivating a love of art, there was considerable difficulty in attracting any attention to the interesting exhibition at the North London School, from the class for whose special benefit it was intended, and this even in the case of workmen in the employ of the chief promoters of the undertaking, and from whom, on that account, some de gree of interest might have been expected. We believe that in the manufacturing districts the germ of a much higher condition of art in this particular exists, and this is, we learn, shown by the demand for prints of a high class amengst artisans.—Archileetural Quarterly Review June, 1851. LORD ROSSE'S DISCOVERIES OF STARRY FIRMA,WENTS. As Professor Nichoi very truly remarks, "investiga tion regarding s.ch aggregations is virtually a branch of atomic and molecular inquiry," --with stars in place of atoms—mighty spheres in place of " dust"--" the firma ment abovi-" instead of " the firmament beneath." In fact, the astronomer, in sweeping, with his telescopic eye, the " blue depths ot ether," is, as it were, some Li liputian inhabitant of an atom itself, or rather of one little corner of an atom, prying into the atomal struc ture of some Brobdignagian world of "star-dust," or ganized into spiral and other elementary forms—of life, it may be, something like our own. The infinite height appears, in short, like a mirror of the infinite depth, and we know not precisely where we stand between the two immensities of depth and height! The shapes evolved by the w on d er f u l te l escope ot Lord Rosso are, many of them, absolutely fantastical: wonder and awe are mingled witn almost ludicrous feelings in contem plating the strange apparitions —strange monstrosities we had almost called them—that are depicted on the black ground of the illustrations. One aggregation looms forth out of the darkness like the skeleton face of some tremendous mammoth, or other monstrous denizen of ancient time, with two small fiery eyes, however, gulling out of its great hollow orbits. Another consists of a central nucleus, with arms of stars radiating forth in all directions like a star-fish, or rather like the scatter- iug fire sparks of some pyrotechnic wheel revolving. A third re.etubles a great wisp of straw, or twist or coil of ropes :7 a fourth a corkscrew or other spiral seen on end—la fifth a cr a b— a sixt h a d um b-bell—many of them scrolls or rolls of some thin texture seen edgeways, and so on. li, is even a suggestion of the au hor's that tout, of the spirals and armed wheels may be revolving Yet in the vast ocean of space in which they are in gulphed. Thus has the telescope traced the " binding:: influences of th e Pl e i ades, " loosened the bands of Orion —erat thu ehi , f of nebulous hazy wonders, once and for all revealing its separate stars; and thus, in brief, has this wondrous instrum en t " unrolled the heavens as a schinroll." Yet even these astonishing results are as no g to the fact that those fantastic shapes which it has revealed in the depths of this limbo of creation, are not A years lapvs h,,ve merely of th e present time —that thousands of passed s i nce the light which shows them left too starry firmaments only now reveal. d —that the telo scope, in short, in reflecting these a stonishin g shapes, is liker to the eye of a m i nd turned inwards on the long stored records of an universal and eternal memory o' the than to a mere eye of se,se looking outward on the p ast ' A ~,m i ne time.—wilder. things 01 . p- - u I Pre of th e name nf Pic hard likely come Pressman of i nto possessi on of about so,ow hi L s a,rhrdueAmbledoinruigdr Aldridge, r to He d dington Hill estate, China l ane near Oxford. THREATENED RE Ir OLUTION IN MEXICO. Telegraphic reports have intimated that evidences of a project for revoiltionising Mexico are new ou foot. That something unusual is going on in Mexico we do not doubt. Our Paris coirespoudent announces the purchase by Mexican officers >f a large number of muskets in one of the towns of France, and we know of several movements by Mexican citizens in this city which confirm our suspicieas that an enterprise of one kind or another is on foot Within the last three months an unusually large number of Mexican gentlemen have visited the north, aid have been engaged in making contracts of various lescriptions. Some of these have been represented as connected merely with peaceful measures, but it is iapossible to say to what uses such merely commercial enterprises eventually may be directed. Every breeze from Mexico brings rumour of various kinds, which nay end in something more than smoke. It cannot be conceded that the acquisition of the mining region of Mexin is now a favourite theme with many persons in the southern and western states—that many Mexicans are in favour of coming within the jurisdiction of the Ufited States, and that our popu lation in California defile, to extend their golden pur suits into those regiois which have been so superfi cially explored, and whch may yet yield large metallic treasures. On the whole , viewing the state of Mexico hich are concentrating t oget h er to of reason, ent er p rise , an d in dustry, we are quite pre lared to anticipate a revolution of some kind. It may 1 e a bloody one , or i t may be a moral and commercial ant political on e , i n w hi c h the peo ple will form a tretnerilous m a j or i ty f or annexation and bring all lt he under nt e t r h e e s t regimen to the United States ; or it may be a revolution rolling both ways at onc e —bloody one way, and blood less the other. The tree is iu the seed at present; by and by it may be seen witiout a microscope; meanwhile, we must keep a sharp loot-out on the march of events, and see how the Mexican, will bear their thi r d year of drought and famine. Should the crops this year fail, nothing can stay the greet revolution which is now in embryo.--New York Pape% COURT OF I NLAAD ttE VENUE, June 18. ;Before H. F. STEPNENSot, E.g., C. H. HEaiuEs,Eaq. and A. MONTGOMERY, Esq.) CONVICTION OF A MANUFACTURER OF COMPOUNDS FOR ADULTERATING BE'CR—PENALTY 1,0001. Mr. Thomas Bill, of Joht-street, Wilmington -square, was charged before the Cuirt on four informations with manufacturing and veodiof a certain compound in imi tation of and to be used ase substitute for malt and hops. Dr. Bateman conducted the cue on the part of the Crown. The court was crowded to excess during the whole of the proceediugs, and the greatest interest prevailed. Mr Commissioner STEILIENSoN said that, by the statement before him, it apteared that the defendant had been guilty of repeated notices of a very serious descrip tion, by supplying persons with an article for the pur pose of adulterating their Leer. He considered that this was a case that ougnt to be made public, and that these nefarious transactions ougtt not to be smothered up or passed over without the Court knowing somethieg of the circumstances. Dr. BATEMAN then briely stated the case for the prosecution and called Mr. David Scutt, who stated that he is a supervisor of lnlend Revenue, and on ;he 13th of February ne went to the premises or the detmdanc in John street, Wil mington-square. On that day he made a seizure on the premises of Mr. Fulkard, a licensed victualler, who keeps the Blue Posts Tare-a, West 'edits Ducks. He there seized a keg, containing two gallons of an article used fur the purpose of adulterating beer. He made another seizure on the premises of William Freer, the Cricketers, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea. It was a si milar description of stuff. He made another seizure at the house of Wiliam Schrann, Commercial road. He had subsequently made seizures of a similar description in the houses of other licensed victuallers. The articles seized had been examined by the chemists to the board, and they were proved to be such articles anda are hops. From by lic e nsed the b ills u; victuallers parcels us substitutes that had been fr p maltpro duced duced by these parties, it appeared that the whole of these articles had been supplied by Hill and Co. Witness went to Mr. Hill, and told him who ho was. lie in quired of him wnether he knew too firm of Hill and Co., of Wilmington-square, and he replied that be did. lie (witness) inquired whether he knew Mr. Freer, of the Cricketers, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, and i.e ad mitted that he did. He had since seen the defendant in John -street. Re hadaacertamed that he was the tenant. He had seen Mr. Eames, bin original landlord, who stated that he held the premises of him; but that agree ment had been cancelled, and ho now held them direct from a Mr. Gaston. William Freer said he kept the sign of the Cricketers in Cheyne-walk, Chelsea. The defendant Hill, called upon him, and atter remarking that his beer did not look so well as his neighbours, introduced as article that would, he said, have the effect of putting a better head upon it. He called it "ex spruce," and by using halt-a-gallon of it a butt of beer would admit of fifteen gallons of water being added to it. He offered to send a man to show him how to use it. He had some on the 30th of November, a portion of which was seized by the officers. As he did not .ike it, he left off using it. The defendant said he should use more of it, as he had not used sufficient. Ho (witness) had been prosecuted, con victed, and paid a penalty of 201. Ur. Commissioner STEPHENS—Hove did you become acquainted with the dalendaut? Mr. Freer said his tra veller called upon him, and recommended the article as an improvement to the beer. He never had any of it but from the defendant. Ho was a perfect stranger to him. He had been convicted and paid the penalty. Mr. Folkard and several other licensed victuallers gave esimOilarr fiorieevidence.ir blre elna i ree i lineisox said the circumstances of the case were now clearly before the Court, and they were quite ready to hear any explanation that the de fendaut had to offer. The defendant then said that about two years ago he was inducrd, tlarutigh an advertisement, to become the tenant of premises for carrying on a business that be came a failure, and caused the loss of nearly half the property he possessed, but being unable to get rid of the tenancy of the premises be was induced to enter upon the manufacture of syrups, and while so engaged a person came and stated that he was capable of making syrup cordials fur publicans; and had in his posse lion a recipe fur waking an article which had the quality of improving and lining porter, and preventing the acidity arising from brewers' finings. Nuw, that person who introduced the article to him is the same whose case was men tioned in the papers of Monday, who there acknowledged that he was an ueurmer, and in the pay of the Excise, and had been committed to prison for three months, for the desertion of hie child. He could assure them that the article was sold under the impression that its sale wee legal, as it was found openly iu the publican's cellar and no caution was ever given to put it out of the way, and he believed that the publicans as well as himself were not aware that they received an illegal article into their possession, but had suffered under an old Act, which although not repeated, they believed to be obso lete, especially as another Act has since passed, permit ting tae brewing of beer front sugar. With regard to the ceasapiisition of the spruce itself, so far as his knowledge of it want, there was nothing but what was wholesome in it, the great bulk of it being composed of sugar, and as to any profit being derived from it, be could satisfy the Court that none of it had ever found its way into his pocket, and that not 301. worth of it was sold altogether. What he had suf fered since the commencement of these proceedings he would not attempt to describe; his hopes for his family were blasted, and his name sullied by hints in the news papers and elsewhere, industriously citculated, that he had entrapped the unwary publican in order to share his fine, but no proof could be brought for such foul impu. tatiuns. At tho first hint of trio illegality of the sale it was discontinued, and would never again be resumed. He implored them to have mercy upon him, for the sake of his wife and children; that the fine might be such as he could pay, and that he might not be committed to a felon's gaol. Dr. BATEMAN said the man Palmer, spoken of by the defendant, had left his service since August, 1850, and that all the informations in which the defendant was involved were for transactions committed subsequently to that time. Mr. Commissioner STEPHENSON said the penalty that would be given against the defendant would be a heavy one. He had sought the publicans, and they had not sought him. They had made use of the infor mation they received in making detections of the fla grant system that had been practised by him, and should give judgment against him on two counts in the penalty of one thousand pounds. The defendant might petition for a mitigation, but the amount would be very con siderable. ESTERN GIRLS' FREE SCHOOL. The fourth annual public examination of the pupils of this excellent institution was held on Sunday last, at the school-house, Dean -street. J. Helbert flelbert, Esq., took the chair, having on hie right the Chief Rabbi, the Rev. Dr. Adler, who took the greatest interest in the answering of the pupils, which was excellent, in the several department s o f sacre d an d p ro f ane hi story, and the elementaty branches of education, and distri buted the award e d prises to the intelligent and interest ing recipi en t s . T he Chief Rabbi also delivered an im pressive address, speaking in high terms of the profi ciency displayed throughout the examination, and of the pains bestowed by the governesses and teachers. Ho warmly commended the kindness of the patronesses and friends of the institution, espe cially of that excellent and liberal lady the Baroness Rothchild, and made au eloquent appeal to the parents to persevere in their duty towards their children, whom he likewise invited, in very feeling terms, towards studiousness and profitable employment of their time. From the report read by the Secretary it appeared that the number of pupils, which, at the opening of the school in October, 1846, was only 13, is now 114, the average daily attendance being 50. The school is sup ported entirely by voluntary contributionp, and its progress and condition is highly creditable to all who tuke a lively interest in its welfare. An ode, composed for the occlsion by Sampson Samuel, Esq., was recited by a little girl of only ten years of age, with a feeling and propriety of elocution that elicited the warmest applause. Besides the Chi, f Rabbi and the Chairman, the President, Vice- President, and Treasurer of the School. we servedob odm among those present, th e B aroness R ot h schild an d bl iss Rethschild, Mrs. and the Misses Adler, Dr. Beeisch; the Rev. Messrs Levy, Barnett, Archer, and Cohen ; Messrs. S. A. Bart, R.A.; Mrs. and Miss Tobias, Liverpool ; Mrs. and Miss Satnuels, Liver pool; sfr. and Mrs. Montague Hyam, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. &siemens, Messrs. A. Goldsmid, J. Franklin, S. L. De Symonds, R. Feast, S. Samuel, and many in fluential arid leading members of the Jewish persuasion, together with several Christian well.wishers to the cause of education, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER. In accordance with the arrangements entered inte on Friday last the adjourned meeting of the company was resumed on Wednesday at Chester. Since Friday the leaders of the two parties into which the company is unfortunately divided have been active in issuing circulars to their respective supporters. On Monday the directors of this company stated, in a circular to the shareholders, that the plain design of the London and North-Western Company is to detach them from their present allies, the Great Western and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Companies. That the party acting under the influence of the London and North-Western Company ask for delay to consider the agreement with the Great Western Company —an agreement which has already been so long before the shareholders, the policy of which has been approved by Committees of the House of Commons, and the agree ment itself ratified by the Great Western and Shrews bury and Birmingham Companies at general meetings; while in the meantime these same parties put themselves in correspondence with the London and North-Western Company. Of the 208 transfers sent in by the opposing interest on and after the 9th instant, 144 of the parties named in the transfer deeds have been ascertained to reside within one mile of the Euston and Camden sta tions of the London and North-Western Company, a large number of whom are known to be officials in their employment. On Monday, the 9th instant, three days before the meeting, they lodged transfers for about 4,500 10/. shares, upon which only 1/ has been paid, split up into lots of 32 each, which gives the greatest possible power of voting with a most careful avoidance of any substantial interest in the company. In reference to the statement of Mr. Robinson that there was a majority of the votes of those present at the recent meeting in favour of the London and North-Western party, the directors state that there were 1,090 for the former company, and 1,702 for the directors. That the through traffic from London northwards is a matter of no inconsiderable amount is sufficiently proved by the obvious anxiety of the London and North- Western Company on the subject —an anxiety which they have shown by obstructing, in every way, the possibility of a route independent of theirs from London to Liverpool. There is not a single link in the chain of lines forming this communication which they have not endeavoured to detach. The Chester and Birkenhead Company has been guaranteed by them against any loss they might sustain by obstructing the traffic or the Shrewsbury companies. That the interests of the London and North- Western Company have called for these great exertions on the part of their directors is self-evident to any one who recollects the enormous receipts upon the Grand Junction and London and Bir mingham lines previous to their extensive amalgamations and purchases. In the circular of the 2d instant the London through traffic is assumed at 4.0004 per week, which, as divided equ aly.between the North-Western and Great Western parties, with a deduction of 40 per cent. for working expenses, would leave, as stated, only 60,0001. divisible between the allied lines. There is in the Great Western agreement no deduction for working expenses. Mr. Glyn, the chairman of the London and North-Western Railway Company, stated to a meeting of his proprietors, called for the purpose of leasing the Trent Valley (a line more expensive than the Shrews. bury and Chester) at 10 per cent., that he knew, from their own re urns of the London through traffic, that it was not only worth that sum, but that he believed they might work it at a profit. It must be obvious to every one that this statement of Mr. Glyn's indicates a traffic of more nearly 12,000/. per week than 4,0004, and must in any view entirely satisfy any shareholder of the magnitude of the stake at issue. In conclusion, the directors trust that those shareholders who have already sent them their proxies will continue to support them, and that those who have been deluded into a contrary course, will withdraw the proxies given to be used against the directors. This was replied to by a portion of the shareholders, in which they challenge the directors to deny that the 'meeting was " packed ;" that they mustered numbers of persons who had no bond fide holding in the concern at all; and that they manufactured for the occasion nearly 400 shareholders, and some 6,000 or 8,000 votes, not by purchase of stock in the market, but by mere splitting of shares. They give the names of three shareholders, viz., one in Edinburgh, who split 4,500 10/. shares into 140 names, manufac:uring 2,240 votes; one at Rountord, Essex, who split 1,440 ditto into 45 names, manufac turing 720 votes; and another in Edinburgh, who split 1,364 ditto into 42 names, manufacturing 682 votes. They propose to the directors that the names of all parties who have split votes, or who nominally hold the same, with addresses and occupation, and dates, he printed. They contend that the directors abuse their trust if they do not obtain the best possible terms for the company; that the directors have never contended in any of their circulars that the Great Western agree ment gives the best terms, or that those terms, either in point of immediate return or future per-centage, are equal to the North-Western offer. The North- Western, if adopted, gives a good dividend at once, raising the shares to par in the market. The Great Western is an entirely imaginary dividend, derived from a fund which they say is not now 4,000/. a week, but which the directors on a misreported statement, alleged to have been made at a meeting some years ago by Mr. Glyn, have manufactured (though no figures were given) into 12,000/. a-week —a suns almost equal to the entire earnings of the old London and Birmingham Company at the time. Th e N orth-Western is contigent upon no ev e nt not necessary to make it entirely safe and binding. The Great Western is contingent upon future applica tions to Parliament, which, like those of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company of this session, may be en tirely unsuccessful. Let the whole case be discussed dispassionately. Let all the facts be laid before a fair committee, and they pl e d ge t h emselves to abide by the esult. The CHAIRMAN said, he perceived that the scrutineers were present; it so, he wished to know whether they were present ready to report upon the scrutiny. sir . Mr. S. P. ROBINSON ( one of th e scrut i neers)—We are, (Hear Mr. NICHoLLV (the other scrutineer) then read the following document:— . We have to report that we have scrutinised the votes, and find that the amendment is carried ; but as objections have been taken to the legality of some trans fers and proxies on both sides, we are not able to state the actual majority." After the reading of the above report, The CHAIRMAN intimated that according to an ar rangement which had been made, resulting from a con ference with the leaders of the opposing shareholders, he would now call upon their law agent, Me, lio n '' , to read the heads of the Bill now before Parliament for the abandonment of the Crickheath and Were branches, and also to authorise the construction of a station at Birkenhead. When this had been read, The CilsritHAls said, that he had now to propose the following resolution for the consideration of the meeting. The SECRETARY of the company then read the reso lution, which was as follows: " That the consideration of the matters of the notice under which this meeting was convened, except the subject of a Bill entitled A 13i11 to authorise the Chester and Shrewsbury Railway Company to abandon the Crickheath and Wem branches, to construct a station at Birkenhead, to enter into arrangements with ot h er com panies, and for other purposes,' be adjourned to Wednes day, at two o'clock; and that the said Bill now submitted to this meeting is hereby approved." Mr. WYLIE, of Liverpool, wished to know what change had taken place in the Bill just read in its progress through the House of Commons. Mr. Roy and the law agent of the company replied that the changes made were merely verbal. Mr. MARRIOTT said he objected to the resolution just put from the chair, or to the passage of the Bill. He was of opinion that every shareholder should be fur nished with a copy, so that they might thoroughly can vass its details. He also pointed out several matters which it would be desirable the company Should per fectly understand. Mr. Ror entered into a full detail of the facts con nected with the Bill now before Parliament. He showed that it was not the object of the directors to create any more capital, but to call into operation the amount which the Act for the construction of the Cricklaeath and Wem branches placed at their disposal, He also intimated that the chief creditor of the company was not pressing for his money, and would allow the capital to lie as at present for some time to come. The motion was carried unanimously, and the meet ing adjourned to the 16th proximo. A vote of thanks to the chairman was passed, and the meeting separated. At the next meeting the opposing shareholders will move that the whole matter of the proposed agreement with the Great Western Company should be referred to a special committee. SOUTH-EASTERN.—It appears that the number of pas seogere conveyed on this line to and from the London bridge terminus on Monday, the 16 th of Ju ne , eas 21,456—namely, 1 0,024 from London, and 11,432 to from the London -bride Lemdon. The n um b er of passen gers conveyed to and Tuesday, the 17 t h inst., ge was te rminus over th e li ne on 16,092 namely, 8,769 to London and 7,323 from London. EDINBURGH, PERTH, AND DUNDEE AND SCOTTISH CENTRAL. —It is stated that arraugements between these companies are being made with a view of putting an end to the injurious competition for traffic between the two lines which has been going o n f or a considerable time. The terms of compromise, it i s expected, will be con cluded in a very short ti me. It is hoped that the directors and officials of both companies have now become tired of this disreputable com petition, and th at t h ey will not again. which nothing but th e apathy of the shareholders, have t eved, principally res i de in England, could permitted to exist for so many months. in I.lmcas, C KSHIRE.—It w as agreed at a recent meet g of the Breckuock and Abergavenny Canal Company to sell the property of the canal to the proposed Breck nockshire R ailway Company for the sum of 105,750: being at th e rate or 70/. per share. Mr. J. B a il e y, M.P .. Mr. Brassey, Mr. D e Winton, and other gentlemen, put down their n ames for large sums towards providing the w money fo r t h e purchase of the canal, and with the vie of promoti ng the extension of the railway communica tion to Brecon by means of the proposed line. EIRREIGRD AND MEnTuTp.—On Tuesday meeting a in this matter was held before his Honour Master Richards, to proceed with the oases of the provisional committee, tor whom Mr. Selwyn and others appeared, Mr. Daniel a n d M r . V a li ance a p pear i ng fur Mr. Wryghre, the official manager. In default of sufficiei t eviden ce to b r i ng the cases within the decisions of th 4-. courts above, the following gentlemen were struck Off of the list: Sir J. Anderson, Admiral Berkeley, Major Beilby, Mr J. Waite, Mr. J. N. Carne, C aptain Bail, Mr. Greenhouse, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Archibald, Capt a i n Roberts, and Mr. Stevenson. Mr. F. Maitland was placed on by consent, and the 0550 Of Colonel Hann3er was adjourned for furgiet proof, :0, 1851. HEREFORD, Ross, AND GLOUCESTER.—On Friday the iiihabitants of Riss celebrated tne passing of the Bill for the above railway by a public rejoicing. At eleven o'clock A.M. the shops were closed per paratory to commencing the operations of the day. A variety of amusements were brought into requisition, and at three o'clock an excellent collation was served at the George Inn to 250 guests. Colonel Clifford, M.P., presiued. Numerous toasts were drunk and responded to, in the course of which the friendly assistance of the Great Western Company in promoting the undertaking was acknowledged. A large quantity of beef, bread, and beer was distributed among the humble partakers of the festivities on the cricket ground. A tea party was given in the evening, and the festivities concluded with a ball, at which 600 persons were present. EASTERN COUNTIES AND SOUTHEND JUNCTION.— Yesti-rday the list of contrinutories, consisting of those members of the provisional committee who acted and agreed to take shares. was further proceeded with be fore bis Hon our Si r W. H orne, Mr. D iniel appearing For Mr. E wa r t. th e o ffi c i a l manager. Mr. Mainwaring, for whom Mr. Williams appeared as counsel, was placed upon the list, and Mr. Kemp, of Teignmouth, for whom Mr. H. Harris appeared, was struck off. The official manager, in reply t o quest i ons, stated that the chief object sought in winding up this company was to equalise payments among the contributories, some of whom bad paid 300. in discharge of debts, while others had only paid 50/ POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WESTMINSTER. COMMITTAL Or A MILITARY OFFICER F,)11 FELONY.-- Mr. Philip Warmsley, a gentleman extremely well c on- fleeted, late au officer in the army, was charged . with stealing nine silver-plated spoons, eight dessert ditto, six i tea ditto, and a number of forks, from the residence of Mr. 10,Joseph E cu a t h, B medical ejg rave gentleman -drocakd: residing Upon the prisoner being placed in the . cles S to a n m - n te ei rr L a a c v e ie S% years, and his family still longer, and he had no desire Mr. Levies said he had known the prisoner for twenty . to press the present charge. anly exteror, Prisoner, wh o i s a person of moat gentlemanly i Mr. BUR RELL i nqu i re d i n what condition of life the moved? Mr. Lavi es an d the accused ' s brother stated that he had been an o ffi cer i n the Indian army. Mr. BURRELL observed that it was a very grave charge against a person of the accused's condition in life, and he must hear the case. Mr. Levies stated that he received a visit from the prisoner on Monday last, who after remaining about half an hour left the house with him, but returned in half an hour afterwards, as he learned from one of his servants. On the following morning he missed the plated articles, value 10/, from a partition in the side board of the dining room. proved that ry Althelen, coo i the ,described, of Mr. and Levi priso k ner n returned as ,re quired wh et h er Mr. Levies was at home? Upon being answered in the negative, he told her that he had gone out with Mr. Levies, and upon his expressing a wish to write a note to that gentleman, she showed him into the library, adjoining the dining room, where she lett him. He remained about five minutes, when he hastily left. William Major, assistant to Mr. Stephen, sworn broker, in Wardour-street, Soho, produced the plate, and proved that the prisoner had pledged it on Monday afternoon, tor 255, Lie at first asked 51, upon the arti cles, and upon observing that witness was looking at a crest upon them, said, " It's all right; it is my own crest." When the 5/. was asked for, witness inquired whether he thought they were silver; and prisoner seemed to hesitate, as though he did not know whether they were silver or plated goods. Mr. John Lund, superintendent of the detective po iceo , pr o C B that, appli cat i on having been made at the Plice-ffice, Scotland•yard, by Mr. Levies, he proceeded to the prisoner's residence, 24, Beaumont -street. The circumstance of the loss of the plate having been men tioned by Mr. Levies in witness's presence, the accused denied all knowledge of it. Witness told the prisoner that he knew the articles were pledged, and be had better give him up the duplicates or he should search the house more minutely than ho had done. Witness searched ac cused, but found nothing relating to the property, when prisoner said he had got it on his person and would give it to him. Witness then proceeded to unfasten a por tion of the accused's clothing, when the duplicate, which he stated he had placed under his neckerchief, fell to the ground. Iu eross-examination by Mr. Lewis, the officer stated that he had not accompanied Mr. Levies to give advice as a private individual at the instigation of a gentleman with whom Mr. Levies was on terms of intimacy, but in his public capacity of a police-officer. Mr. Lewis recalled Mr. Levies, and put several ques tion to him to show that he had no desire whatever to prosecute the prisoner, who had borne an irreproachable character. That a long conversation took place between them, in the course of which he urged the prisoner that if he had taken them for a joke or sport he had better own it; but denied that he bad ever said " there should be no prosecution.' He had been cautioned not to be in duced, trem any feeling of a personal or private nature, to give such promise. After some further questions of a hypothetical cha racter, Mr. Lewis urged the discharge of his client from the circumstances of Mr. Levies being most desirous to withdraw the charge, and an inducement having been held out to the accused, who had himself admitted the possession of the duplicate after a long conversation be tween them. Mr. BURRELL considered the case too serious to admit of a withdrawal of the prosecution. A person in a hum ble position of life might through distress commit a petty theft, but looking at the circumstance of the prisoner's holding a very respectable position in society, he felt it his duty to send the case for trial. The prisoner was committed accordingly, but ordered to be again brought up on Wednesday, with a view of ascertaining if any further charge would be preferred against him concerning a cheque for 251. found upon him, which it was declared by the officer was a false one. SOUT HWARK. Yesterday David M•l n t yre, a respectahl3 -dressed young man, described to belong to the prize-ring, was placed at the bar before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with another man (not in custody) with stealing from the per son of Mr. Hugh Hill, 135/. in Bank of England notes and aovereigns, a gold watch and caain, and a diamond pin. The complainant stated that he is a coach-maker, and resides in the Kent -road. That on the night of the 27th of December last he alighted from a Camberwell omnibus at Sr, George's Church, in the Borough, and went to the Griffin public-house, in White-street, to see a man named tio)les. Be walked into the bar -parlour, and saw the pri soeer there, in company with a man nick-named " Lung water. and he called for tvvopeianyvrorth of gin and cold water. 'While he was drinking it the prisoner, who forced his conversation on him, began to talk about horses, and he and Long Tom came and sat close to him. At that s and L (complainant) had a bag in his left-band trousers pocket, containin g 1351., and consist ing of a £Ol, note, three 101,, and several 51. notes, the exact numbers of which he could not remember, besides about 301. in sovereigns and some loose silver; he alio had a gold watch and chain in his waistcoat pocket, and a diamond pin in his ne ckerchief. After a little time the prisoner, who still continued by his side, asked him for the loan of a sovereign, which he refused, and afterwards he wanted to borrow half a sovereign, which was also refused; and complainant then replenished his glass by cdiing for a second twopenny worth of gin and cold water, and when he finishrd it ho became so stupified that he was convinced eornething of a deleterious nature must have been put in the glass, and he rose from his seat, saying he should quit and go house in a cab. He then walked towarde the door, when the prisoner and Long Tom came up to him, one on each side, and the latter snatched the diamond pin out of his handkerchief. Ile (complainant) desired him to return the pin, know ing he had taken it, but he refused, and they then pushed him down; and while he was lying with his face down wards they robbed him of his bag of money, and also his gold watch. In reply to Mr. A'BECKETT, the complainant said he felt a hand in the pocket from which the money was taken while on the ground. That previously to entering the Griffi n h e b ad been at the Red Cap, at Camber well, transacting some business with a Mr. Jones, and that before leaving the house for town, he counted his money and found that it consisted of 135/. That he was not in the slightest degree affected with liquor on leaving the oomnany of Mr. *Lnes, and that fourpenny worth of gin and w a t er, which was all he had taken at the Griffin afterwards, could not h ave produced the effect upon him that it had, un l ess something of a narcotic or stuptf h Ying quality was mixed with the liquor in the glass. had taken, The complain an t, i n his direct saidevidence, that al though sufferin g f rom the effects of what he he managed to ge t up; and going into the street, got into a cab. Whil e i n the vehicle, and recovering in some measure from th e stupor, he then ascertaineddid the driv er of the cab t o return to the Griffin, an got home he ;tsre the extent of his loss ; an d when he to give the two men into cu s t o d y t h at he w his gold watch the vehicle, as they hadsrao help him int o robbed him of a large su m o f money, besides he saw prisoner and Long were i i h n at re s p u l : Wassai said the case): and chain. That the the two men (meaning beSeinneep obtained the were his friends, ae they tol Tom) assist eomplainant, d and that he thought they had ' a ft er the . robbery. That on the number of the 501. note, o the The complainant added w th h a i t ch h h e ad nt to his having been plundered morning subseque . _ in the Bank some months way he descri 'bed he gave information to Inspector Berry, man of the hil division , and Ball, the Police .. lon, together with a description of his assailants, both of Whom awe pre viously known to them. Policeman Ball, 118 AI, stated that on the previous night he took the prisoner ieto Custody at the White Lion in Drury-lane, and upon that occasion told him it was for robbing the complainant of large of a sum money, besides a gold Watch and diamond pin. The prisoner said ii h Lat ea wee innocent of the charge, and that he was perfectly willing to go to the station-house. Mr. A'BECUTT—Is there any further evidence? The policeman replied that at present there was not, the ap prehension of the prisoner only having taken place the preceding evening, Mr. Roberts contended that much reliance could not be placed ou the evidence given by the complainant, who admitted that he was stupified at the time of the alleged robbery, and ascribed it to having been produced by some deleterious mixture in his gin and water. It was more probable that it was produced from an excessive indul gence in liquor. John Roves was then called, and he stated that he WAS a Pugilist, and was at the Griffin on the night in question, and was treated to two glasses of sherry by the complainant, whom he said was intoxicated. To sup port the assertion, the witness said the complainant ex hibited his jewellery to the compile), in the bar parlour, and first made him a present of a gold ring, but after wards took it from him. Witness saw the prisoner and Lang Tom iu the bar parlour, but did not pee them tlt- tempt to rob the complainant, but he admitted that he wt•nt away beft.re the complainant left the house. Mr. A'BECKETT eaid the complainant had positively sworn he had the money and articles of jewellery in his possession when be entered the house, where he alleges ho was rubb,d. That it was true that he might have been somewhat the worse for liquor, but he swears that he missed his property anon after he left the house, and that when pushed down as he described by the prisoner and the other man, designated Long Tom, he felt a hand in the pocket which contained the bag of money. There was, however, no direct evidence how the money was lost, but it was the reverse with reference to the diamond pin, for he states that the article was taken from him by one of his assailants before he was pushed down, as ha describes, and plundered of his other property. Under all the circumstances he should remand the prisoner. with view to give an opportunity of tracing, if possible, by whom the 501. note was paid into the Bank, and obtain ing other evidence a4ainst the accused. The prisoner was then remanded until next Thursday, the Magistrate, on the application of his solicitor, having c.msented to take bail for his appearance, himself in 2001., arid two securities of 1001. each, and to give 24 hours notice of bail. THAI!' E S. MORE SKITTLE SHARPERS.— WM. Johnson, a respect able-looking young man. 21 years of age, described as an auctioneer, residing at 15, St. Jude's-street, Old Beth. nal-green-road, was enarged with stealing a sovereign from the person of John Mackie, a simple-looking Scotch seaman, lodging at the Sailors' flume, Well• street, who gave a very contused account of the transso tier. It appeared that after dinner on Wednesday he went to see the Great Exhibition' and on his way home, et about four or five o'clock, he stopped in Rosemary-lane to " price:" a chest, when a man came up to him and claimed acquaintance wiJi him. Mackie told him he did not think he had ever seen him in London betore, as he was not long from Scotland. " Oh," said the stranger, "I'm a Scotchman too, and belong to Edinburgh; so let's come and have a drop of beer." " So," said Mackie, "we went into the King of Prussia, Cartwright-street, Rosemary-lane, and had a drop of beer. A third party came in, and helped us to drink the beer. The prisoner then came in and we got into the skittle-ground. Two of the men began to play, and the prisoner betted. One of them said to me, Come, haul out some of your money,' at the same time putting his band in my right hand pocket and taking out half a sovereign and two half-crowas, which he passed to the other man, who handed it to the prisoner. I never seed such play be fore—(Loud laughter)—and whilst I was bothering them for my money, the prisoner took a sovereign from my other pocket, at the same time saying, ' The more you wager the more you'll win.'—(Renewed laughter) The other men ran away, and the prisoner said to me, 'Run after them, for God, your life, and your money'--- (Roars of laughter) —but I proposed that I should keep to him and my sovereign. I had a hard jub to keep him, but I did until a constable came." Mr. Pelham, for the defence, cross-examined com plainant at great length to show that the prisoner was a mere spectator, but he adhered to his original state'. meat. Mr. Pelham —What sort of a sovereign was it? Had it a dragon, or what? Mackie—l dinna ken; I hadn't the wit to look—(Laughter)—and I hadn't much time to do so either. Robbins, 159 H, who took the prisoner into custody, found in his possession a sovereign, half a sovereign, and six single shillings. In answer to Mr. Pelham, the complainant said be believed in the Gospel, knew what the Bible was, the nature of an oath, and all that be said was true. Mr. Pelham—My client's statement is this—he unfor tunately went into the skittle-ground to see the plays and when the man was robbed he did all he could to as sist him. The complainant's statement was perfectly uncorroborated, and the silver found on the prisoner consisted of shillings. Mr. INGRAM—A jury shall decide it. Prisoner—l am in an excellent situation. Mr. Pelham said the prisoner, who was in the em ploy of his father, was a highly respectable young man, and hoped his Worship would take bail for his appearance. Mr. Bartrum, a respectable livery-stable keeper of Raven-row, Mile-end, and several other respectable per sons, crane forward and gave the prisoner an excellent character. Mr. INGHAM ultimately agreed to take two responsible persons in 50L each, and the prisener himself in .1004 THE CulIN Tit MARKETS. BUISToL, JUNE I9.—The supply improvement moderate, and both that and Foreign met with an lin of 2s per qr. English wheat 40s to 465 per I m p q 3:: foreign ditto white, 44s to 485, ditto red superfine 405 to it ditto fine 37s 6d to 40s, ditto ordinary 34s 6d to 36s 6d, d i tto hard 3ts to 36s per 4801b3. Flour was a ready sale at a rise of 25 per sack. English flour seconds 30s to 325 per s ae __ , of English wheat was . American ditto sweet 22s to 23s per barrel. Oats were fir m , and and the turn dearer. Devon and Welsh oats 19s to 20ditbtao per imperial qr. Irish white ditto 2ls to 22s per 3201b5, at black 20s to 20s 6d per imperial qr. Barley was also firm at full rates. English and Foreign barley, grinding, 24s to b e fore. per 4601b5. The bean trade was firm, and prices as ditto English beans sold at 29s to 32, per imperial qr, fore i g n 26s to 27s 6d per 4801bs. The averages were —Bristol, wheat, Gloucester, ditto, 21s Id ; Bristol, barley, 37s sd; Gloucester, ditto, 42s sd; Bristol, oats, 205 . 4 d 245 ••• beans, 31s 3d ; Goucester, ditto, 30s. to 405 BoSTON, JUNE 1 8.—Wheat, red 34s to 42s Od, W -1 to 445, extra 465 to 005; barley 003 to 005 ; oats 185 to 245; beans 28s to 35s ; peas 004; to OOs per uarter . NEWARK, JUNE IB.—Wheat, white ll 46s to 5 . 05, red 385 to 445; barley 24s to 26s ; oats, 225 t., 24s to 255, 245 t., 25s to 269 ; beans, 34s to 388; tares 36s to 40s ; malt, 005 to 005 P er LYNN, JUNE 1 7.—Wheat 34s to 385, fine 425 to et.' barley 008 to 005, fine OOs; oats OOs to 00s, fine 00s to 00s; beans Os to .fl,s, fine Os to Os per qr. LOUTH, JUNE 18.— Wheat 36s to 43s ; barley 24s to 275; od • Bristol, oats 175 to 21s, beans 265 to 32s per qr. UPPINGHAM, JUNE le.—Wheat 40s to 445; barley 001° 00s Ud ; oats 24s to 27s ; beans 32s to 34s per quarter. Butter 7d to Od p er lb ; eggs 25 for Is. AIELTON AIoWBUAY, JUNE 17.—Wh ea t, 42 s Od to 46 5 ; barley 24 3 to 27s ; oats 24 8 t o 28 s ; beans ;As to 35s per q r. Butter 6d t o Sd per lb ; eggs 22 for Is. D ERBY SMITHFIEL D M ARKET, J UNE 1 7 . Th e ma rket to-day was b e tt er supp li e d with beasts; the quality of the animals was genera ll y good, fully maintaining the price of last week ; th ere were several lots remained on hand unsold. The supply o f s h eep was not large, and was readily disposed of. Lamb s were plentiful. Beef, 5d to Sid ; mutton, 5d to sid ; lamb, 6d to 6id ; veal, 4id t o bd per lb ; pigs, 7s per sco re. Rough fat, 3s 3d per stone of 141bs. Hides, lid to 1 d per lb ; calf skins 2d to 4d per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARIEET, JUNE 18.—We had to the mark e t t o -d ay bB9 qrs. wheat 91 qrs. barley, 714 qrs. oats, and 89 qrs. beaus—of which sold 567 qrs. whea t, 44 qrs. barley, 550 qrs. oats, and 39 qrs. beans. The top of wheat was 15 up, and the average 7d up. Barley on the top 3s up, and the average Is id op. Oats on the top is 4d up, and the average 2d down. Beans on the top the same as last week, and the average 6d down. Unsold -122 qrs wheat, 47 qrs barley, 164 qrs oats, and 50 gra beans. Top of Wheat ... ... 65 lb. 49s Od , Barley ... •• 57 lb. 331 Od ~ Oats ... ••• ••• 44A1b. 30s 8d „ Beans • 66iIb. 40s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE DJAREET, JUNE 18.—The number of cattle was 558, or 156 less than last week. Top price 7s 3d; current, bs to tis t'd ; secohdary and inferior, from 5s Od to 5s 6d per Dutch stone. A good clearance effected. The number of sheep and lambs this morning was 3,015, being 494 more than last week. Top price of the best mutton, 5d per lb P • current, sd; and down to 4d per lb. L am b s, top, 19s 0d ; current, 17s to 183 a head, and down to lOs Od a head. DUNBAR, JUNE 17.—Wheat, weighing 001bs, brought 48s, and prices to I,os bd. Barley, weighing 55Albs, brought 2•!'s Od, and prices to 00s rd. Oats, weighing 421bs, brought .eBs Od, and prices to 24s Od. 13eans and peas, w e i g hi ng 651bs, brought 36s Od• and prices to 005 Od. CORK, JUNE 18. Barrels. Currency o Wit . h e wheat oos Od to 00s Od 00s Od-20 stone 0 Red w hea t 17s Od to 00 s Od 00s Od-20 do o Barley 0 Bere ...001 Od to 00s Od 00s Od 45 Oats lts 3d to 12s 8.1 ON Od —l4 do o Pigs oos Od to 00s Od 00s Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices: 0 barrels white wheat; 0 red ; U barley ; 0 bere; 13 Oita ; 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week:—. Wheat, 37. Barley, 46. Oats, 245. Pigs, —. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. First quality ... 69s First quality ... ......... •• Ws Second quality Third quality s9s Third quality ... 5O Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality ...... ... ...... 36s Sixth quality Return of C a ttl e sold for the week ending June 7 : 271 Pigs, 294. S heep, 520. w 112. CORK. -- Flotu.-- F irst 125 (i to 13s Od ; Co ext s, ra 13. 6d ; seconds, 10s 6d to lls 6d; households 95 to lOs Od; thirds, 75 to Ps per cwt. Oatmeallls tolls 6d; Indian meal 78 6d to 8s 6d; wheat meal, 9 16r1 to lOs per cwt. Indian corn 7/ Os Od to 81216 d per ton. Bran 801to82s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 205 to 00s; average 00s; dealers 42s to 46. Od; average 005 per ton. Straw—Farmers 305 Od to 00s Od ; average 00s ; dealers 331 Od to 00, Od; average ON ri per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 6d ; household loaf 0 to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d to 1 0d per lb. Eggs -35 8d to 3s 10d per hundred. Coals— Newport 145 Od ; Lydney 15 1 ; L an d ore 005; Smiths', Whisk 1 4 , Od per ton. Tallow 38. Od to 405 per cwt. --Beefy, 25 o. p., 5s 9d p er i mper i al gallon. Meat s id to 7d; mutton 5d to 7id ; veal 4d to 5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; Hops 61103 to 010 s per cwt. Bangor slates 312. 6d 1 t3 F b r s per sausages bd _p_er lb. ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 8/ Os ; Valonia 151 to 0 1, t e o n n 6/ Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 1 1 9 5 . 5 t10 er 0: ;red e Hemp 321 t 0341 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings ditto, 263 to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, • 10/ Os to 11/ per ton. Timb er —M eme l , 80s per ton ; red pine, . __.... 31 101 ~,. yellow ditto, 2/ 15s per t on ; deals, 125 to 15, per l_lidet.... Market 22, t o 32 5; salted ' IUU 23, to 32s per cwt ; ca lf skins 11/ 10s e a o e, Bto9l Os 3d to nd p er lb . P otatoes, white 10 . d i to b b l Id ; Minions, 12d to 15d. G uano— P eruvian. . 1," rim• Ter—A rehs n ee ], 19, per barrel. __ mi .... a BIR7'IIB. OF A BON. On the 17th inst., at Polam, Darlington, the wife of Edmund Backhouse, Esq. On the 18th ins t., a t M ea d o w-croft, Sydenhamo the wife of Frederick Warner, Esq. _ OF A DAUGHTER. On the 16th inst., at Codsall, Staffordshire, the wife •f the Rev. Arthur Trowe-, twin daughters. On the 17th in.t., the Rev. Rennell F. W. 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