The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-28 00:00:00

THE SIIN, THE CATHOLIC DEFENCE ASSOCIATION. We hope the attention of the public will be given more carefully than perhaps is usual to the intel ligence now reported each morning from Ire land. There is nothing, indeed, in the proceedings referred to which imparts any new character to the actors, or entitles them to any respectful considera tion ; but, as an issue has been raised which must presently come on for trial, and as Englishmen, until fairly roused, are apt to be wearied by impor tunity or deluded by clamour, it becomga especially desirable that no misconcepions should prevail respecting the principles actually at stake. We indicated yesterday the deliberate violation of the Ec clesiastical Titles Act by Popish priests and congre gations in public meeting assembled ; but our descrip tion of the offence has been immensely heightened by the reports emanating from the offenders themselves. An Irishman is not content with a simple transgression of the law. He leaps on it, tramples it, defiles it, and curses it, as he would the body of a man whom he had murdered. As lung as the officers of justice are out of actual sight, he screams with delight at his misdemeanour, shrieks out his crime in the street, expatiates upon every detail of the atrocity, registers a frantic vow of perpetual sin, and challenges all the powers that be to correct him if they dare. We were content to remark that, in our judgment, an action under the new statute would undoubtedly lie against certain priestly promoters of the Catholic Defence Association ; but the organs of the " Defenders" have far outstripped our conclusions by ex aggerating in strains of triumphant hyperbole the penal character of their doings. They " broke the law"—we transcribe their announcement liter ally,—" broke it unquestionably, broke it in the most public manner, broke it on the most signal occasion, broke it in a way most calculated to excite the public animadversion of its authors, and so as to intimate an intention to break it hereafter, whenever they please, for all time to come." This is the style of antagonism for which we are to prepare ourselves. It does not really mean all that it proclaims, for to say that it is extravagant is nothing more than saying that it is Irish. If an Irishman stole a sheep, and believed himself beyond reach of the thief taker, he would sprinkle the blood on his doorposts, stick a piece of the wool in his hat, and announce himself ready to steal sheep either for hire or for practice for the term of his natural life. The whole race is hyperbolically audacious, not from want of fear, but from want of foresight. They run into danger as they run into debt, and have no thought of either the constable or the creditor till he knocks at their door. If an Englishman or a Scotchman so comported himself, we should know that he had steadily resolved to defy the worst, but with Irishmen all this vapouring would not stand in the way of recantation or denial the very next day. These same men, who follow their priests to public offence as devoutly as to public worship, who gesticulate in ecstacy over the idea of systematic crime, and who invoke all the powers of Heaven to witness the sincerity of their rebellion, will unhesi tatingly descend, when overtaken by justice, to the demeanour of whining pickpockets. They will first, in the teeth of their own acts and their own assevera tions, protest that they have not broken the law, but have exerted, on the contrary, their moat strenuous endeavours to keep within it; and this plea they will support by every known expedient of juggling, chi canery, and falsehood. If acquitted, they wi th the fall the foulest a b use on t h e l aw b y which they havejust benefited, and will recommence operations with redoubled assurance. If convicted, they will howl out th e l amen t a ti ons o f artyr dom ; and, if accident ever brings them within reach of the sword, they will indite long homilies on the exercise of brutal force against a helpless and un offending people. _ . We have no new opponents to deal with. We can tell exactly what we shall encounter and what we need never apprehend. We shall have up roar, gasconade, and menace in every possible ex cess, but we shall have no fighting. Magistrates may be shot from behind a hedge, or single police men stoned to death by a concourse of villagers, but there will be no resistance rising above the dimen• sions of murder. There is not the stuff in a whole Popish county to stand against a company of Ma rines. Were we dealing with any but Irishmen, we might ask them to recollect that their very best " re bellion" began and ended in a cabbage bed ; but they are already bouncing and bellowing as if the measure of their manliness hid not been taken to an inch three short years ago. What we shall experience is, first, the utmost annoyance which legal "defences" can create under monster indictments in the hands of the most spbtle practitioners in the world, and next a revival throughout two-thirds of Ire land of that general agitation and disturb ance before which our legislators succumbed twenty years ago. That this is no agreeable prospect is certainly true, but it is one which we have no alternative but to face without weakness or delay, and it is in illustration of this manifest duty that we recommend to a careful perusal our daily reports from Dublin. When the reader bas been amused or astounded at the cool audacity of the declarations in question, let him remember that the issue lies between the ab solutism of these men and the authority of the British Government. It is the safeguard of such political instruments in ordinary countries that popular opi nion can never be enlisted in behalf of a fallacy long enough or steadily enough to work much evil ; but this security is wholly wanting in a country where the inhabitants are led blindfolded by their priests, and sedulously kept from all such instruction as might lead them to distrust their guides. When the ascen dancy of popular agitation has been established in Ireland there is literally no security for its operation but in the modesty of Irish de magogues—a limit which present reports will enable us readily to appreciate. We are told by these petitioners for " toleration" that the dispute between Queen Victoria and the Pope is " a question between bell and Heaven ;" and that it is " as certain as that there is a God in Heaven that Dr. Wiseman is Archbishop of Westminster," but that the Archbishop of Canterbury can only be termed a Christian by courtesy, and " has no more claim to the titles of priest, bishop, or doctor than 1 a poodle des. or pet spaniel of King Charles' breed," while all our legislative efforts will only !suffice " to register a great and signal triumph of truth, the Pope and the Almighty over our own be sotted fansqicism." These are the written comments of the Popish agitators upon that law which, for six months, they deprecated as injurious to a mild and holy community of oppressed religionists, and which they now profess to oppose by " constitutional means,' at the very moment that they purposely break it in the manner they themselves describe. Let it be re membered that these men are now organized under their priests, with the avowed design of dictating to the Imperial Government. From their mere words little can be learned. Their cry may be "toleration" to-day, " blood" to-morrow, and "mercy" the day after. They have no:: the solidity of mind or con victions required for any definite resolve, but they have cunning enough to discern when they have in timidated their adversary, and to push to the utmost so favourable a chance. For ourselves we saw and stated reasons for conniving at the titular pretensions of Popish bishops in Popish provinces, but that dis cussion has now been superseded by statute, and the only question is of law or rebellion. Tne la w says one thing the " Catholic Defence Association" says another; it is for Englishmen to determine in which of these hands they desire the supreme authority to be lodged.—Times. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT. Mr. Ramshay presided at the sitting on Monday for the first time since the decision of the Earl of Carlisle in favour of his fitness for the office. Busi ness was appointed to commence at nine o'clock, an d as 150 cases were fixed for hearing a large number o f persons were then in attendance, and as the time ad vanced the number of persons in waiting increased. Mr. Ramshay, however, did not make his appearance till a little before one o'clock. The Judge, on taking his seat said, before com mencing the business he would make a few observa tions on c i rcumstances which had occurred since he last sat the re ; but he made these remarks often in so utterly i naudible a tone, that it was quite impossible at times to hear one-half of his sentences. He was understood to say, in commencement, that attempts had been made t o remove him from his o ffi ce whilst labouring und er t h e distressing and dangerous illness by which he h a d b een so lo ng afflicted, He had, however, been able t o defeat the machinations of certain ill-disposed and unscrupulous persons, who b a d endeavoured to cover him with disgrace and dishonour. Those accusations, however, had 're coiled upon themselves, and they now stood convicted before the world of h av i ng at tempted to defame, to disgrace , and t o ru i n an honourable and independent man-- one who had never irj tired any one, and had ca re d only for the faithful and Ind -pendent discharge of the onerous rom the Tootnent of h i s duties imposed upon hiw. , appointment he bad been the object of their unceasing calumny end misrepres en t a tions. He had not thought it con.)sti,nt with h i 4 position there to notice this inattcr until now ; but his forbearance had bean mis construed, sod they had at length had the audacity to carry their slanders e l se where. . Their want of success there was not owing to an y want of exertion on their part, or to the want of b itter m a `erials ' or the assistance of dishonest servants and f raudu le nt agents. Such conduct could be no longer tolerated ; and those men must be brought before another tr ibunal, they the and there taught to respect it s ju d gmen t, a nd t h a t M were not to lay their ill and tre ac h e r ou s hands on administr a ti on o f j ust i ce . I t m i g h t b e t h at this con duct had arisen from his not being the nominee or creature of their own , an d th a t b e was unwilling to prostitute the administration of justice to their ! interests. He was not the first judge who had been thus assailed ; but his predecessor also had been the subject of the unceasing perse cution of those men, and there was but too much reason to fear that his premature and lamentable death was the result of their conduct. For that pre decessor, for himself, and for the due administration of justice, he was happy to say those men had been doomed to defeat, and they must be made an example of for the future. They had attacked him in the hour of sickness and infirmity, from a feeling, per haps, that he should stand alone in his defence. But though they might have opposed him on certain topics, men of discernment and education were not to be thus blinded ; and to their honour they had crowded round him to rescue their judge from an at tack as unjustifiable as it was disgraceful. To those gentlemen, and also to the general body of the town, he begged to return his grrateful thanks for the general courtesy and kindness which he had received at their hands, and they might rely upon it he should continue fearlessly and independently to discharge his duties to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk hum bly before God. The Judge appeared to be deeply affected while making the above remarks, and was frequently un able to proceed, or only did so in so low a tone that no person in court could hear distinctly all his obser vations. The trial of cases was then proceeded with as usual. GERMAN Y. The Weser Gazette, of the 22d, gives the follow taDiet, rela tive to tive to the constitutions o f particul ar S tates and follow ing as the text of tne propositionsmad Ge rmanic iep common by Austria and Prussia to the the liberty of the press : " The high federal Assembly is invited to testify by an express resolution its right, based on Art. 2 of the federal Act and Art. 1 of the final A c t ; an d con formably to the principles of the second Committee of the Conference of Dresden, to order in case of need the Governments of the States, whose internal situation may appear menacing for the genera l safety, to put the provisions of their constitutions and their laws, as well as their conduct on ques tions of public order, in harmony with the funda mental laws of the Confederation, and with the federal obligation not to compromise the general safety. The Assembly is requested to name a particular com mittee, which shall, as promptly as possible, make a report on the particular cases which may re qu i re suc h an intervention; and, according to circumstances, to employ the federal means w hi c h ma y appear use f u l , and to immediately send commissioners, with powers more or less extended, in order to secure the execution of the orders given if they are not immediately attended to. The two Governments of Prussia and Austria also pro pose to the High Assembly, un d er reserve , some genera l provisions concerning the press; to prohibit all journals which pursue socialist or communist objects, or aim at the overthrow of monarchy; and also to name a com mittee charged to propose the means of securing the application and the general execution of this principle." FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC. The following are the last returns of the gross re ceipts of the principal French Railways : NORTHERN.—From Aug. 13 to Aug. 19: Passengers, 401,8361.; goods, 208,576 f.; total, 610,4121. ROUEN.—From Aug. 10 to Aug. 16: Passengers, 140,0671.; goods, 83,087 f.; total, 223,1551. 11.tvnr..—From Aug. 10 to Aug. 16 : Passengers, 55,9941.; goods. 37,441 f. ; total 93,435 f. ORLEANS.—From Aug. 11 to Aug. 17 : Passengers, 118,5431. ; goods, 106,5711.; total, 225,1151. BORDEAUX.—From Aug. 5 to Aug. 11: Passengers. 73,4641.; goods, 40,4481.; total, 113,912 f. VIERZON —From Aug. 11 to Aug. 17 : Passengers, 43,2291.; goods, 41,6391.; total, 84,8691. BOULOGNE.—From Aug. 11 to Aug. 27 : Passengers 50,8591.; goods, 14,6911.; total, 65,550 f. NANTES.--From Aug. 9 to Aug 15 : Passengers, 30,2461.; goods, 11,3461.; total, 41,592 f. :-,TRASBURG —From Aug. 13 to Aug. 19: Passengers. 113.8921.; goods, 66,2891.; total, 180,181 f. BALE.—From July 28 to Aug. 3: Passengers, 31,6881.; goods, 28,2311.; total, 59,919 f. MONTEREAU.—From Aug. 6 to Aug. 12: Passengers 13.135 f ; goods, 10,926 f.; total, 24,061 f. MARSEILLES.—From Aug. 6 to Aug. 12: Passengers, 45,7151.; goods, 29,896 f.; total, 75,612 f. CHARTRES.—From July 27 to Aug. 3: Passenger , 30,7791.; goods. 12,0061.; total, 42,785 f. THE AMERICAN •' CLIPPER" AND TIM ENGLISH ROYAL YACHT SQUADRONS. The great surprise and consternation which seem t( prevail in many quarters, on account of the perform ances of the American clipper, will, perhaps, subside in some degree, when it is considered that this yacht has been built with the especial view of competing it a race with the English yacht squadrons, whereas the English yachts of large tonnage have for the most par; been constructed to combine fast sailing qualities with the accomodations necessary for the comfort and con venience for a long voyage of their owners and their families. The America and the British yachts do not, therefore, compete on equal terms, and we ma) just as well expect Lord Wilton's carriage horses to beat the Flying Dutchman as the Xariffa to have any chance with the America. The only thing to bt deplored is, that knowing the Americans were building a yacht to race with our squadrons, our yachtsmen and yacht builders had not sufficient national spirit ti lay down a new vessel to compete with her. It appears, however, very likely that the America's triumph will be short-lived, for we understand that no less than three yacht builders have offered to con struct vessels to run against her, and one of these Mr. Charles Mare, of Blackwall, the builder of the Mystery, Belvedere, and the justly-celebrated Mos quito ; this gentleman, it is said, has offered to build, within 10 weeks, a yacht which will sail against the America for 500/. We feel assured that if either Watterman, of Mare and Co.'s firm; Pasco, of Mtller and Ravenhill's firm ; or White or Ratsey, of Cowes; or Wanhill, of Poole, were afforded the opportunity 01 building a yacht for racing purposes only the Yankee would run a great risk of doffing her borrowed plumes before she re-crossed the Atlantic.—MorningPaper. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—We learn by the Nia gara that the receipt of advices, showing some reco very from the late depression in the Liverpool cotton market, had led to an advance of lc. per lb. at New York ; while, in the southern markets, which such advices had not reached, there was great dulness, with declining prices. Drought is spoken of as unfavourable to the growing crop in some districts. There is nothing in these accounts to induce consumers to pay higher prices; yet .d. to kd. per lb. was reported to have been gained in middlings yesterday, and maintained though not carried further, to-day. As the advanci in New York has its source, not in any circumstances affecting the supply, but in the rally which has take,, place in Liverpool, so the rise in the latter place is to a considerable extent, the result of those extra operations whereby the spinners have, for south weeks, been covering their extensive sales, and which may soon be expected to fall off. There is no doub , that prices were unduly depressed four or five weeks ago by the alarm arising out of monetary difficulties; and it is perfectly natural that easier circumstance should lead to a corresponding reaction. The ap prehension in Manchester, however, is, that the reac tion itself is being carried too far. At the time re ferred to, the quotations for middling American were 11. per lb. lower than they are to-day, and forced sales were made lid. lower. While, therefore, spin• ners have added id. toll. per lb. to the current rates of last week, the buyers, viewing matters in the way just stated, have held very much aloof from business, and the day's transactions are but of limited extent. At last week's prices large sales might be made, both in warps, cops, and bundles. With ample orders in hand, however, the spin ners are generally disposed to wait rather than concede anything from their demands, even for rather distant delivery. These statements refer to the medium and lower counts (constituting the bulk of the production however), and. not to the finer numbers, whose prices remain stationary, and in the Bradford qualities, are but barely maintained. Goods are not influenced by cotton in the way that yarns are. We hear of rather higher prices for some kinds, as good ith printers; and throughout, there is a decided firmness ; but it is very difficult to obtain any advance even upon sueh as are in good demand. The India houses are doing scarcely anything in good s any more than in yarns. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—There has been very little change in the flannel market to-day, either in price or demand. On account of the wakes last week, rather fewer pieces have been offered for sale. There is no change in wool; the manufacturers continue to buy for immediate use only. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—The demand for ma nufactured goods remains much the same as reported last week. The production for the autumn season is going on but tardily, still we may assume from general appearances that warps are being given out rather more freely. The thrown silk market remains entirely without alteration for the better, and the business doing at the present time is absolutely in significant ; notwithstanding which the mills continue their production at an average rate, and are, for the most part, working full time. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The inquiry for worsted goods continues but moderate. Lastings of low quality are the principal objects of attention in the market, an d t h e supp l y seems to k eep pace w ith t h e demand. The sales of yarn are much below the Power of production, and the prices unremunerative. Wool changes slowly,hands ' Tti zsl Tb a . late Thre rates. very little busin ess d oing Hiauxa. svxELD, been in anyh allrah branch of eh our manufac tures to-day. Th e cloth-s h e f e been h attended by very few buyers, an d t h e purchases in the smallest quantities. In the cloth in the those h sowema home trade, ou b s e e e s n , especially in those engaged there has been very little doing, either to-day or during the past week; and th e wool- LONDON, THURSDAY staplers say that they are scarcely doing any ch We may venture to say that, taking all bran chos of the trade of thi:• di3Prict into account, this has been the flattest market held since the commence ment of the present year. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The market at the cloth-hall to-day has been flat, but a fair quantity of goods con tinue to be delivered to order. Business is quiet in the warehouses, and there is no change to notice in prices. LAW INTELLIGENCE. JUDGES' CHAMBERS, Aug 27. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM , PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. eUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26. SOINT-STOCK BANZI3. Dividend I Amount Same of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- --..- A s. d. A s. d. Australasia ...... •• • • 41. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Britsh North American Si. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 444 Ceylon .• • • ........... _ 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial . - Gloucestershire ••• • • • 151 per cent. - - - lonian ........ ••• • • • 61. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - London and County .. 61. per cunt. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - L,ondn and Westiminstr / 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 "0 0 - London Joint-Stock ••• 61. per cent. h 0 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincial of Ireland.. 181. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 42 Ditto, New.- -•• • • 181. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland - I 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. I 61. per coat. 100 0 0 35 0 0 39% Ditto, New. ... •• • • 151. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia •• • • 6/, per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of Australia.... 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - I Ditto .. - 210 0 - Union of L ondo n.... ' 71. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid .• I - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - . XNSU&ANCB COMPANIES. - Dividend Amount Name of Company. I per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. --- - £ e. d. l A 5. 4. Albion ...... •••• • • .. El. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s.!6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 21% Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 37% Atlas Argus Life •• •... • • 41. per cent. 100 e 0 16 0 0 - .-iritisti Commercial .• Is. 6d, 50 0 0 50 0 6% Clerici,Med.& Gen. Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 :;ounty .............. 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 84 Crown ...... --.• •• 145. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15 Eagle.... Eqity and Law •• 434 per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 434 !:uropean Life •• •• • 105. 20 0 0 All paid. 1134 General ............ - 5 0 0 ~ bNi Globe . .•• • • 61. per cent. Stock. ~ 133 Guardian •••••••• •• • • W. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 54 - -X Imperial Fire .....• •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 245 Imperial Life --- •• 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 IS Indemnity Marine.... 'LA.& be. 100 0 0 20 0 0 50% Law Fire . .......... - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Law Life ........ •... 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 4634 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 434 London Fire ........ 10s. & bs. 25 . 0 0 12 10 0 19 London Ship , .... 10s. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 19 Aarine - ..... •..... 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 16 %led. Inviid&Gen. Life 4341. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% Monarch ............ - 5.0 0 1 0 0 1 National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% ealladium Life 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Pbmnix . - - 156 Professional Life...... 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 175.6 d Provident Life •• -.• • • 11.55. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 Bock Life............ 53. 50 0 010 0 6% loyal Exchange 6l. p.ct. & be. Stock. all 221% inn Fire ......... • . - PP 209 fhtte Life . - 48 United Kingdom Jiadversal Life.., lO% ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Tiztoria Life . . - 412 6 534 WATER -WORMS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ..--- - £ s. d. £ s. d. East London..• •••• • • • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 - 151 4rand Junction .• •• • • 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 69 tent.. .... .... ••• • • • 41. per cat. 100 0 0 - 78% Lambeth - 97 New Rivr Lndn Brdge 41. Os. - - 57% Vauxhall ............ 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 West Middlesex . . . 1 61.05. pr cnt., - - 108 DOGMA". Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - lommercial -.... •• .. 41. pc cent. Stock. - 84 ~ a.t and West Ind 4 a... 6/. pr cent. Stock. -141 M ,last Country •• . 20s. per sh. 100 0 0 - - ,ondon . • - 113 Ditto Bonds •• •• • • •• 41. per cent. - - - t. Katharine .... •... 3% per cent. Stock. - 78% Ditto Bonds •• .• •• 4%1. pr cent. - - - , outhampton •• •. - - 21. per cent., 50 0 0 50 0 0 17U BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- A. s. d. A. s. d. tiungerford • • • • • • •..• - - - 15 outhwrk • • .••• • .. - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Nw 0f . 7% p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 vaterloo .. ••••• • • • - - 100 0 0 - 3 Dittn Old Ann. of 81. 21. Bs. Od. - 50 0 0 25 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 21. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 - 'auxhall .... .• • Av. 21. 70 10 8 - 18 C.&N.11. en Names of 4 Dividend{ Price. 4 Names of 4 , peDividd r Oompanies. 4 1 per I Companies. 2 ' Annum Price. v: Annum. v) 1 -- -- tshtn& Oldh 981 71. 140 Macclesfield. 100' 21.105. 50 larnsley •• • • 160 1 —.— Neath .•• • • • 1001 161. Irknk&Abrg 150, bl. 85 Oxford.. •• •• 100 15:. 135 tirmingham 40, 41. 92 Peak Forest. 78 1. lßs. 70 loventry.. • • 1001 251. 200 Regent's •• • • 33 IL 3s. 19 Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.. • • 85 41. 42 1 3 , Alsmre&Chs 69 2% p. ct. 3535 Somrset Coal 150 ' 71.105. ... 4randJunctn 100 31 pr. Ct. 57 Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. c. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. 11 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 405 Irand Surrey 100 21. Os. 323 4 Shrewsbury.. 125 .rand Union 100 11.10 s. 24 Stoarbridge.. 145 201. 290 Cennt & Avn 39 4s. Od. 6 Severn andl V. Os. 24 Lancaster . 100 41. Wye Rail. % 2 . ~eeds&Livrp 100 201. 405 Warwick& / ,eicester .. • • 1001 51. 66 it irming. 3 100 41. 40 .eicstr &Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick& / .oughborogh 142, 701. 510 N ap t en . lOO 31. 28 ,ionmouthsh 100 W orcs t r ij 78 31. 4054 iintgemrysh 100 Bi rm i n g. Weltnlllwbry 100 Wilts & Brits lls. 6d. 714 *AS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -------- ---- 4. 8. d. Z. s. d. British -•••••• • • • • • • 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 7% Ditto Provincial- • • 11. Be. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18% Brighton •••••• • • • • • • 51. 20 0 0 - - City of London .. •• • • 61. 180 0 0 150 0 0 120 lontinentalConsolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 40 Equitable-. ••••• • •• •• 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27 Imperial • • .... ••• • • • 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 'ndependent ......... 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 i.ondon• • .... •••• • • •• _ 50 0 0 50 0 0 -- - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 -- Phoenix .••.. • • • • .... 41. 50 0 0 49 0 0 27% Ratcllff .. •..••• • • • • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General ••• . • . IL 50 0 0 50 0 0 15% Westminster Chartered W. 60 0 0 - 45 Ditto, New - - -... 129. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9 la. .511 1 OX' SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- -- - - 4 s. d. Z 1. d Bank of Scotland iritleh Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 'aledonian Bank My of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% lydesdale Bank .... - 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13 ':ommercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 172 :astern Bank •••••• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 10 4 1dinb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 4% Raohangeßnk of Scot 4l. per cent. 100 0 0 42 0 0 0 'ational Bank 6% per cant. 50 0 0 10 0 0 is% Yorth of Scotland Bank 51. percent. 20 0 0 210 0 27y loyal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135 Tilton Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 89 4( , Western Bank --• • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70% Alliance Fire and Life 4341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21% iritish Guarantee 'aledonian Fire Incur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2234 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 128 Colonial Life .. Edinburgh Life Incur 6l. percent. 100 0 0 lb 0 0 21% ttng.& Scot, Law Life 51. percent. 50 0 0 217 6 3 Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 31. 158 National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 255.0 d North British Insur. •• 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 27 Scottish Union Insrnce. 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 255.0 d standard Life .. ••.. . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 12 United Dep. Assurance 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 178 6d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- ---- ____ -------- X. s. d. X. s. d. Assam Tea •• -••• • •• - 20 0 0 20 0 0 g Auction Mart •••• • • • • 21. Sc. 50 0 0 - 2634 Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15 Australian Trust •• .. 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 2n Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 24 Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 - British American Land - - 38 10 0 _ Canada ... -.••• •• • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 4934 Do. 5 percent Bonds - - - - Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. percent. - - In% City Navigation Bonds 3/ per cent. - - 96 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. & bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 92 Equitable Reversionry 5 p.c. &bit. 51 100 0 0 100 0 0 109% Ditto New ........ 50 • 0 0 5 0 0 - - Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p.ct.& bs. lb 0 0 14 0 0 2 7% Hudson's Bay - .. .. - - - 205 Stock. Hungerford ........ •• 21. 55. - 100 0 0 47 London Institution ... _ - 78 15 0 7 New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New .... •. • • - 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Russell Institution.... _ 26 5 0 - Poninslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 68 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 100% Royal Mall Steam .... 41. p. share. 100 0 0' 60 0 0 79% South Australian ... - 11 . Per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 2 3% Van Diemo.n's Land... - 100 0029 0 0 1 THE NEW CHURCH-BUILDING ACT. —On the 7th instant the Act to amend the Church-buildin g Acts received the Royal assent. This Act was passed to amend eighteen Church-building Acts, from the reign of George 111. to the present time. There are thirty clauses in the Act. Among other things it is declared that where a permanent provi sion, satisfactory to the Church -building Commissioners, is secured in lieu of pew-rents, the Commissioners, with the consent of the bishop, may direst the pew-rents to cease. With regard to seleot vestries it is enacted, " From and after the passing of this Act no select vestry shall be formed under the provisions of the Church -building Acts, and every such select vestry already formed under such provi sions shall be and is hereby declared to be abolished ; and all the powers and provisions therein enacted relative to such select vestries shall henceforth cease and determine, provided that all matters and things done by any such select vestry, in pursuance of any powers given them by such Acts, or any of them, shall be and remain as valid as if such select vestry had not been abolished." The Act has clauses in reference to Church patronage, to fees, and new regulations for district chapelries. EVENING, AUGUST 28 1851. (Before LAID CanEr au:4 of the Court of Exchequer.) THE QUEEN V. LORD RANELAGH. It will be in the recollection of our readers that the grand jury sitting at the Central Criminal Court a few days since found a " true bill" against the noble defendant for an assault alleged to have been committed by his Lordship upon certain officers upon the London and Greenwich Railway. In the ordinary course of matters, therefore, the Noble Viscount would have been called upon to surrender, and to take his trial ar the Central Criminal Court. Mr. METCALF this morning, on behalf of Lord Ranelagh, applied to the judge at chambers for a writ of certiorari to remove the indictment from the Cen tral Criminal Court into the Court of Queen's Bench. The LORD CHIEF' BARON at once granted the ap plication. The case will therefore come on for trial in the Court of Queen's Bench at the Nisi Prius sittings atter Michaelmas term Halsall, on the 16th of October, 1832, killed and murdered his wife, Elixabet!- Mr . anion ; Mr, t i a ;,,:, T h I Pollock and Mr. Sowier defended the prisoner. The case has excited great interest from the fact of the alleged murder having been committed in the year 1832, and also because the prisoner has since that period been married, and has a large family, and has conducted himself in a most exemplary manner, both as a father and also as a policeman, in which force he was a constable for twelve years ; he is now a re spectable farmer at Preston Gabbald, in Shropshire, where he is much respected. His first wife was, on the 16th of October, 1832, found drowned in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. A coroner's inquest was held, the prisoner was examined, and no charge was made against the prisoner, who was separated from his wife. She was engaged at the time as a servant at the Bull in Walton, he being servant to his uncle E I ward Threlfall, of Halsall. The first witness called was Thomas Ball, farmer at Halsall, who stated that a good many years ago, as he was going to his work to get potatoes, with a woman named Jane Bradshaw, who is now dead, he saw a woman floating in the water of the canal, near the Hill-bridge. Robert Shaw's beat lay there, and the body was ten or fifteen yards astern of the boat. He got a pole off the boat, pulled the body to the side, and got her out. William Bradshaw and se veral others were present. He did not know the woman. A handkerchief or a shawl was tied twice or three times round her neck with two or three knots. One of the eyes was rather strangled with blood. Took her to a building, which he thought be longed to William Martin, and left her there till the night, when she was removed to Halsall warehouse. machine. house. Richard Shaw helped to carry her. James Kirby, farmer, stated that he thinks on the 16th of October, 1832, he fetched the coroner, when he heard a woman had been found drowned, he being a constable at the time. The next day he fetched the prisoner from one of Edward Threlfall's fields, and asked him to come and see whether the woman found was his wife, as they had got to talking that she was his wife. He objected to go. Witness said he would make him go, and then they went to the machine-house, and as soon as he saw the body the prisoner exclaimed that she was his wife. Prisoner did not come in—witness invited him in. Prisoner did not appear troubled ; did not see any difference in him. Mary Hall stated that she had seen the prisoner, and that she saw him twice at the Black Bull, in Wale ton, when he was separated from his wife, Elizabeth Threlfall, who was living as servant to Thomas Woolfall. It is eighteen or nineteen years ago. Witness then kept house for Thomas Woolfall, who was her father. The deceased asked leave one day to go with the prisoner to see the children, and they started to go to Heisell. She came back the same night between nine and ten o'clock. About a fort night after the deceased went out to some one and came back between ten and eleven o'clock, and one washing-night afterwards she went out between six and seven. One Mrs. Hudson, who is dead, brought her a message from deceased. On the next Wednes day her brother Thomas told witness that deceased was drowned. John Baker, a farmer at Nisherton, stated that he knew the deceased when servant at the Black Bull at Walton, many years ago ; that one night he saw a man and woman, after dark, in a little field about 120 yards from the Sefton Arms, and that he went to them and knew the deceased. Robert Rimmer stated that he was a labourer, and that he had known the prisoner 23 years. He had not seen him for 18 years, when he rode with him from Liverpool to Edward Threlfell's. On the road they called at the Bldck Bull and asked for some refreshment, which was brought, and the prisoner asked the servant if Elizabeth was in. Shortly after Elizabeth (the deceased)came into the room and asked the prisoner what he wanted with her. Prisoner said that he wanted her to go and live with him again, and that he would be as good to her as ever he had been bad. She agreed to come and live with him if he would take a cottage, and they might live by them selves. He said he had done so, and had taken one at Churchtown in Helsel', and asked if she would come on Sunday night. She said she could not come on Sunday, as she had washing to do on the Monday, but that she would get up early and get it dune and come on Monday night. Tney made it, up to meet at Lydiate-hill, but she was to keep on the left hank of the canal, and it they did not meet at Lydiate-hill she was to keep on, and he would meet her. On the Tuesday after witness heard of her being drowned. Mr. Birdwell, surgeon at the hospital, was then examined, to show that Richard Shaw was unable to attend from illness to give evidence at the trial. He stated that, about eighteen or nineteen years ago, as near as he could recollect, he was sleeping in a boat called the Collier, in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, at 'labial', of which boat his brother was captain ; and that between twelve and one, as near as he could recollect, he heard a great bustle on the bank, and a woman scrike. Heard them go down the canal side, and the woman screamed for help—" Oh dear, do help me !" and then there was a plunge into the canal. He got up and looked through the ecuttlee hole, and saw the prisoner, Thomas Threlfall ducking a woman in the canal. The woman scratched at the stern of the boat, moaning. Shortly after one of Kenworthy's flies came up, He spoke to the prisoner by name, and said, " Now, you must either run or be ta ed," and he ran away. One of Kenworthy's men ran after him a short distance, and then came back. The man's name was Beckett. He did not do any thing sooner than morning. He durst not stir, and was afraid. He had not mentioned these things be fore, and had told now because he could not r es t an d could not follow his work. Saw the prisoner three or four years ago in Liverpool, when the prisoner was a policeman. He was about half drunk, and asked prisoner if he would take him up, and prisoner told him to go about his business. The boat lay above the middle of Halsall-hill, where there is a deep cutting. Could not see how prisoner was dressed. Did not know the woman. She spoke to the man. John Beckett, potato dealer, said that he knew Richard Shaw, who had to go on the canal. That he did not remember hearing of a woman being drowned in the canal at Halsall-hill ; and that, to the best of his knowledge, Richard Shaw never men tioned such a transaction when lying at Halsall-hill. Witness was captain of one of Kenwortby's flies on the Leeds and Liverpool canal. James Wignali—l am a police officer. I appre hended the prisoner on the 24th of April, and told him it was on a charge of murdering his wife. He said " I never heard of such a thing." At the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. POLLOCK asked his Lordship if he should address the jury, and several witnesses —among whom were two clergymen, the head of the police, and the chief su perintendent at Liverpool —all gave the prisoner the best character possible. The jury then Acquitted the prisoner, without hearing his counsel. NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS ) SAUNDERS V. THE CITY uF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY. In this case, the jury not being able to agree, a juror was withdrawn, it being intimated that some compensation would be made by the defendants for the loss which the plaintiff had sustained. GRAY V. THE LONDON AND NORTH. WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action brought to recover damages from the defendants for an infringement of a patent which the plaintiffs had obtained in 1838 for an im othe case This im proved construction in the c yli n d ers o f steam-eng i nes. Mr. Atherton, Q C., Mr. C rompton, an d M r. Web • s ter appeared for the pl a i nt iff ; an d M r. K now l es, Q C., Mr. Sergent Wilkin s , an d M r. C ow l ing f or t h e defendant. After hearing the op en i ng o f t h e L earned C ounse l plaintiff it was agreed that the cause shou ld f b r ereferred. closed the civil business of the assizes, and his Lordship proceeded to try prisoners. It is expected that the Summer Assizes for the Northern Circuit will conclude to-morrow. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. William Sells, a carma❑ in the employ of Mr. Sher man, of the Bull and Mouth Inn, and carrier to the Great Northern Railway, was placed at the bar before Alderman Sir George Carroll, charged with abstract ing 10 parcels from a packet addressed to Mr. Crouch, the railway carrier of Tudor-street, Blackfriars, and fraudulently substituting a log of wood in lieu thereof. Mr. Parry, instructed by Mr. Barber, appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Worsley, with the solicitor of the Great Northern Railway Company, attended on their behalf, and to defend the prisoner. Mr. Parry, after briefly stating the facts, said that the Great Northern Railway claimed a right to open packages containing a number of parcels forwarded by their line to or for Mr. Crouch, or any other car rier. in consequence of this claim, their right to do so was tested in the courts at Westminster, and the present Lord Chancellor, who was then Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, d-•tided that their claim was void. Under these circumstances, the Learned Counsel stated his intention of asking the Alderman, after evidence had been duly tendered, to commit the prisoner on the charge of larceny or felony,, in taking out certain parcels from a package for the purpose of defrauding Mr. Crouch. George Briggs said—l am the Sheffield agent to Mr. Crouch. I collect small parcels in that town, form them into one or more large packages, and con sign them by d:fferent railways to Mr. Crouch, in London. On Saturday evening last I din-cred three packages to Mr. Crouch, one containing twelve parcels, weighing :34Ibs. ; one containing three parcels 261bs ; and the other enclosing two parcels, 211hs. Cross-examined—I put the seventeen parcels into three packages, and sent them by the Great Northern Railway. I paid the carriage of 2s. 2d. for the &I. for the Whs., and 4d . for th- , .2 _ .; I, lge- Some of ttte plrce and Enid ror. The carriage of the seventeen parcels, if Mr. Crouch had delivered them, would amount to i 13s. 9d. I only paid 53. ld. for the three packages to go by rail. Re-examined—By packing several parcels into one, we are enabled to carry much cheaper than the rail way companies. Thomas Cowell, in the employ of Mr. Crouch, said —I received on Sunday morning three packages from the prisoner. The 261bs. package contained only two parcels, and the 341bs. package bad only three instead of twelve; but a log of wood, together with a quantity of waste paper and other rubbish, was sub stituted for the nine parcels that were abstracted. Prisoner saw me open th;s package, because I refused to give him a receipt on his way-bill until I had seen that the parcels were all correct. On Monday morn ing he called with a parcel, and on looking to his way bill I saw the names of five parcels that had been taken out of the large package, and told Mr. Crouch, jun., who gave prisoner into custody. William Alfred Crouch, jun , said—As soon as the last witness informed me of the circumstance I gave the prisoner into custody, and went to Mr. Constable, the general superintendent of the Great Northern Railway, and complained to him. He said he could not account for it, and promised to inquire and write to me in an hour. I told him that it I did not hear from him in chat time, I should place the matter in the hands of the police. He said that would be by far the better plan, and it was a pity I had not done so on a previous occasion. When I told the prisoner I would give him into custody, he said it was not his fault. Mr. Briggs said, the four parcels that were found in prisoner's cart, and now produced, are the same I consigned to Mr. Crouch. The officer said that prisoner on being taken into custody stated it was the company's doings, and that Mr. Trussel, one of the clerks, gave him the packages. Sir GEORGE CARROLL said there was no evidence before him to substantiate a charge of larceny or fe lony. Prisoner was the servant of the company in a great measure, and had rendered a very fair account as to how the parcels came into his possession. It would he his duty to discharge the prisoner, although, at the same time, he was of opinion that a fraud bad been committed in the substitution of rubbish for genuine parcels. Mr. Parry , then applied for a summons against the directors of the Great Northern Railway, or the secretary, as the party at whose instigation these packages were opened, for c ons pi r i ng t o d e f rau d M r. Crouc. Mr. Worsely said he was willing on the part of the directors to answer any specific charge that Mr. Parry might make against them, if it was brought forward in a legal form. Sir G. CARROLL said he could not entertain the application unless Mr. Parry had evidence to justify him in granting a summons upon a body of members such as the directors of a company. Prisoner was then discharged. John Howe Gordon appeared on an adjourned summons to answer the charge of withholding the sum of 507/. 2s. 6id., claimed by David Samson and Stephen Boyce, the trustees for and on behalf of the London United District of the Society of the Ancient Order of Foresters. Mr. Cockle and Mr. Edwards were for the plain. tiffs, and Mr. Spicer and Mr. Yates for the de fendint. After a very lengthened examination, Sir G. CARROLL said be was decidedly of opinion that the plaintiffs were entitled to the amount claimed, for which he would m a ke th e or d er . _ _ Mr. Cackle said the Act required, in the event of en order being made, that it should be for double the amount claimed. Sir Gmmole CARROLL said he should award double the amount; but from what he had seen of the gen tlemen who appeared for the society, he was sure they would not take that advantage to enforce the paym en t tif more than was justly due. Tne order was then made for defendant to pay over to the plaintiffs, on or before Friday next, 1,0141. ss. ld., or in default a warrant to be issued. MAR YLEBONE. Jeremiah Sullivan, a bricklayer's labourer, was placed at the bar on the charge of having stabbed Julia Sullivan, his wife, with intent to murder her. The prosecutrix, in giving her evidence, deposed as follows :—When this occurrence took place I lived in Ferdinand-place, Hampstead-road, and have been in the hospital ever since the 26th of June last. The prisoner is my husband, and we have lived separate from each other for some time. Between nine and ten on the night of the 26th he came to where 1 lodged, and on entering the room he said to me, ' , IN, dropped in upon you at last, old lady," and at the same moment be seized hold of me by the left hand. About a fortnight before that he told me bad some thing in his pocket in store for me. Mr. BROUGHTON—When he seized your hand as you have stated, what next happened ? Prosecutrix —I asked him to let me go, when I saw him put his hand up the sleeve of his coat as if he had something concealed there. I asked him what it was, and he replied, "Do you think I have anything there to put myself into the power of the law, and send my soul to the devil ?" Mrs. O'Brien, a friend of mine, having knocked at the door, came in and sat down, when my husband remarked that he would stand a drop of beer amongst us. He locked the door, still keeping hold of my hands and on all three of us leaving together, we went to a public-house some distance off, where we had a pot of porter, for which my husband paid; he then asked me to call for a pot, but I told him I had no beer money. At another public-house, the Black Horse, Kentish-town, we had one more pot of beer. We left there at about twelve o'clock, and came down the Kentish-town -road, and as I was turning to go to my lodging, I said to Mrs. O'Brien, " This is the nearest way for me to go home," and to my husband I said, " Good night, God bless you, and I shall meet you to - morro w n i g h t at any place you may like to appoint." He went on a little, and I followed Mrs. O'Brien, when presently afterwards he called after me, "Julia, I want to speak to you." I turned back, and when I came to him I saw bim draw his hand from behind him, and heard him say " Now I've done it for you." He then went away, and I was not aware that I had been stabbed until I felt blood streaming down my legs. I put my hand underneath my cloches, and intruding my finger into the wound it came against some part of my bowels. I sat down on the kerb, still keeping my hand to the wound, and cried out to Mr 3. O'Brien to come to my assistance, saying, " Oh, I'm stabbed, I'm stabbed." She came to me, and sat by me, and in the course of a few minutes my husband returned, when Mrs. O'Brien said to him, " Mr. Sullivan, you have killed your wile;'' and the observation he made was, " No, she's not d ea d y e t, w h a t d oes s h e wan t sitting down there ?" He took hold of one of my arms, and Mrs. O'Brien the othwr, to lilt me up, when my hands, which I kept close upon my stomach where the wound was, of course came away, and my bowels then worked out. I was taken soon afterwards to the hospital. In reply to Mr. BROUGHTON, The prosecutrix said, both before an d a f ter hs came out of the last public-house, he asked me if I would go home with him ; but I told him he had no where to take me to. He then said, " Sh a ll I stop with you ?" and on my telling him h e s h ou l d nut, he remarked, " If I don't, then, it will b e e i t h er death or glory to .night." He has often threatened to be my " butcher." Mr. Joseph Lister, house-surgeon at the Univer sity College Hospital, stated the nature of the in juries, by which the woman's life had been placed in great jeopardy. Tne prisoner was committed for trial. THAMES. Philip Clendon, 38, master of the ship Cambodia, was charged with having caused the death of the late steward, Robert Hetherington, by striking him on his head and body during the homeward voyage from Calcutta. John Youngstated that be knew Robert Hethering ton, who died at sea on board of the ship Cambodia, on the 13th of April of the present year. On the 11th of the same month, about night time, witness saw the prisoner strike the deceased with a thick walking.stick over the head and about the body. De ceased fell, and was rendered insensible from the effect of the blows, one of which descended on his b are h ea d as he was leaving the cabin. On the next day he tried to cook the food, but he did it so badly that witness said, " You don't thrust that goose rightly," to which deceased, who was a north countryman, re plied, " I can do nae mair—l canna h e l p i t —I s h all neer do muckle mair," and he wept. He afterwards became speechless, and died on the 13th. Witness saw several marks of violence on his body, but did not perceive any on his head. Dr. Furlong, who was on board, attended him from the time of the injury to the period of his death, which was in all about thirty six hours After some further evidence had been given, the hearing was adjourned until Wednesday next, Cap tain Clendon entering into recognizances to the amount of 2001. to appear on that day. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 27. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) James Wick was indicted for having, at Manches ter, on the 21st of July last, wilfully murdered one Margaret Weeding. Mr. Joseph Pollock appeared for the prosecution, Mr. Monk and Mr. Sowler defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner, who is a labouring man, and who had borne a good character for kind ness and humanity, went to Manchester on the even ing of the 20 , ,h of Jely, and, having met wile the deceased in the street, accompanied her to a house in Back Irwell-street, where the deceased lodged with another woman, named Farren. They bad some drink, and the prisoner said that he would give the two women a shilling a piece. He then lay down on a bed in the room and tell asleep, and then the two women went out to get some more drink at a public house and in about an hour or two returned. Early in the morning, a policeman, who was on his beat, heard a scuffle in t the cellar where the prisoner and the women were, and heard a man say " Give me my money," and a woman answered " I will," and then there was a scuffle and kicking. The policeman then went down into the cellar and opened the door, after having listened a short time to the scuffle and blows, which continued. On entering he saw the prisoner getting up from the woman Farren, whom it ap peared he had been kneeling on, and on the bed the deceased was lying on her face. The prisoner said, " They have taken four half-crowns from me." On looking at the deceasei more minutely he found that she was dreadfully braised and kicked, so that he could hardly tell that she was a human being. The prisoner then put his shoes on and said, " They have taken my money betwixt them," and that he was sorry for what he had done. The deceased was then put upon a stretcher to be conveyed to the Infirmary, but she died before she reached that place. On ex amining the body it was found that she had four ribs on one side and five on the other broken, and that the liver was lacerated and the lungs penetrated, which injuries caused her death. Mr. MONK addressed the jury for the prisoner. His LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of Guilty of man slaughter. His LORDSHIP then sentenced him to be imprisoned for three calendar months. Elizabeth Swinnerton was charged with the wilful murder of Esther Swinnerton. Mr. Pollock and Mr. Assheton conducted the pro secution ; Mr. Munk and Mr. Sowler defended the prisoner. Patrick Nelson, a private in the 2d Regiment, said he lodged in the prisoner's house at Salford, and knew the deceased, who was stepdaughter of the priso ner. In the beginning of May was at the house. Deceased was a cripple. She was going to bed on the landing of the stairs. The bed was not long enough and the bedding was only a few old clothes. The next day the deceased came to him, and he gave her some tea and things several times. On a Sunday, the 15th of June, deceased came into witness's room and he gave her some tea. She said she was relaxed in her bowels. The next Sunday she came again into his room, and showed a mark on her body. Witness gave her some tea. The next day, the 23d of June, saw the deceased at the petty door on her bare feet. She had a chamber utensil in her hand, and was cleaning it out. The prisoner took hold of deceased's hand and rubbed the dirt in her mouth. The deceased ap peared to be very ill. Next day saw her in the par lour with the policeman by the fire. Had seen the prisoner strike deceased several times. Deceased had shown him a cut on her head. Caroline Nelson—Lodged at Thomas Swinner ton's. Knew the deceased, who was about seventeen years old. The prisoner made the deceased work about the hoeee and carry coals, and do other things, and the prisoner used to beat her with a stick re peatedly, and once threw a poker at her. She never went down to the cellar without beating her—some times with a saucepan, and different things. On the Sunday before the deceased went to the workhouse heard the child cry. Went down to her. She slept in the cellar, which had a grating, through which the air came, so that the deceased would be exposed to the night-air. On the Monday the prisoner told the deceased to come up from the cellar. The deceased said she was so ill she could not, and the prisoner said that she would beat her and kill her if she did not come. She then came with great difficulty, and asked the prisoner for a dr o p o f wa t er t o c l ean th e utensil with, which the prisoner refused to give her. Other witnesses were then called, whose evidence went to the same effect as above. The result of the ill-treatment was that the neighbours interfered, a doctor was sent for, and the deceased was sent to the workhouse, where she eventually died. The medical man who attended her there stated that she had died fro'' consumption, but that he could not say that the treatment of the prisoner had caused it. At the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. Moenn submitted to his Lordship that there was no duty imposed by law on th e pr i soner t o pro vide food, raiment, and the like, for the deceased, on which all the counts of the indictment proceeded. The prisoner was merely the servant of her husband, and there was no duty imposed on her when the paterfamilias was at home, for there could not be a divided duty. His LORDSHIP said in his opinion the indictment could not be sustained ; there was no duty imposed upon the prisoner, being a married woman, as was alleged in the indictment, for it was the husband's duty to provide all that was necessary and proper for the child, and to see that she received them. Fortu nately, in this case, the prisoner being acquitted on a point of law would not frustrate the end of justice, because, after the evidence of the medical man, who stated that with all his experience he could not say that the death was occasioned by the treatment which had been detailed, the jury could not find a verdict ef guilty. The jury then Acquitted the prisoner. Mary Powell was indicted for the murder of her child, Mary Ann Powell, by strangling her. Mr. Blair conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was not defended by counsel. The prisoner, it appeared, bad, in the early part of this year, been removed to the workhouse in this borough, together with her three children. She had been ill-treated by her husband, and was in a state of great terror from fear of his violence. .he became much excited at the workhouse, and was, finally, under the direction of the medical mein, removed to the lunatic ward. She was in this excited and violent state for about a week, and then being better she, after a period of six weeks, was removed into the nursery, in consequence of one of her children being ill. She continued to nurse the child and to attend io the other children up to the month of July. She had frequently applied for permission to leave the house, but had been dissuaded from carrying out this inten tion, as on a former occasion, when her husband came to take her oat, she became very much excited. Finally, however, on the 17th, she left, with her two children, one having died in the workhouse, and about three o'clock in the day came to her sister's house. She left in about half an hour, and at eight o'clock was seen in a street near Lancelot's quay, with a female child in her arms. The body of the child was bare, but its face was covered. She was walking hastily, as if in alarm. A person whom she passed told her to cover the child, on which she laughed in so strange a way that the wit ness was induced to follow her. The prisoner, how ever, ran away in the direction of Lancelot's quay. About the same time a woman was seen in Lancelot's quay, near some warehouse steps, and shortly after there was found there the body of a child, with a pinafore tied tightly round its neck, and which proved to be the body of .the deceased, Mary Ann Powell. Death had been occasioned by strangulation. About ten o'clock a woman was seen to throw herself off the landing stage into the river, and was got out with considerable difficulty. It proved to be the prisoner. She was in a state of great distress of mind, re proached them with having saved her, and tore her hair with frantic violence. She said she had mur dered her children ; one she bad thrown into a privy in Burlington-street, and she could not remember what had b , en done with the other. She was taken to the hospital, a n d in cons equence o f being, in the opinion of the medical officer, in a state of insanity, was taken back to the lunatic ward in the hospital. The medical man who saw her there, and on whose recommendatio n she was placed there originally, stated that in his opinion she was of unsound mind on both occasions. Hip LORDSHIP having hri, fly summed up. the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty on the ground of in sanity. S , ntenee—To be kept in custody during her Ma jesty's pleasure. Thomas Threlfall was charged with having at THE COUNTRY MARKETS. ly , 0; o '2,stas rats:el' more desire to purchase, still the business done is not extensive. Barley as before. Oats and beans, with other articles, do not vary from last week. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, AUG. 26.—With sup plies of wheat our market was decidedly firmer to-dah although we could quote no change in prices. Grinding barley was if anything the turn cheaper. Flour rather lower, and a slow sale. In other articles no alteration. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 26.—The supply was less than last week by about eighty head. Quality indifferent. Trade active, at a sl ig ht a d v ance in ric e ' for the best qualities, and all sold. Sheep and lambs je short supply, there being about 1,200 less than lash market. Demand for both kinds of stock exc.'edirl i / active, arid all clear. d off at better prices. Beasts, 427; sheep and lamb-, 5,736. Beef, 4s. 6d to 6s Od per stone/ mute n. 4 1 t‘. 5} l; lamb. 5d to 54 I per lb. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, AUG. 26.—There Were it/ the meal market to-day 10 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bsi imperial, which sold thus :-8 at 11 17s tad, and 2 $ 11 16s od ; average price of the whole 1/ 16s 9d 7- 12 t bsr 3 sacks flour, which sold at 295. 9 sacks pot-barley, where of 1 sold at 28s, and 6 at 245. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, Aug. Oat straw, from 8s od to lOs Od per kemple of 16 stones treel, wheat ditto, 7s rd to 9a Od ; barley ditto, 7s 6d to 8 6 6 Old hay, from 10d to 11 d per stone; new ditto, 7d to 9d. it ; DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, Aua. 25. —There were 7; bags of oatmeal at this day's market. The top of oatinee' (new) same as last week, second price is 3d p e r bag lowe r, that sold at 33s tid was of inferior quality ; barley meal also tb: same on the top as last week ; these wa s n o pot-b ar l e y in mak e Oatmeal, per sack, of 74210 lbs. First Secouu Laird; imperial .. 36s Od 34s 9d 338 Barleymeal, per ditto ... 21s 6d 21s Od — 8 Peasemeal Od —s Od Flour ... —s Od —s Od --s Pot barley ... —s Od —s Od COAL MASER' Buddle's W. Hartley I3s 6d Carr's Hartley ... . . I3s Odl North Percy Hartley 133 Od l New Tanfield Bedbugla Main . 1 Is 3d, ;T.—YESTIRDAY. Haswell ..... • Keeper Grange ... Lam bton Pensher Russell's Hetton Whitwell ICaradoc 1550 d A • 145 0 . 145 n 9l .. 135 A" • 145 r„, 4 0 12s n 14, vo 145 0 .,,a 14' 149 • 14, —.. O 4, .. 135 9 " 120 •••• einfield Moor 125 3d fanfield Moor Butes 12s Od Walker's Primrose lls 61 Windsor's Pon top lls 6d Wall's End, &c. Eieugh Had ......... Acorn Close . l3s 6d Gosforth . Marton Hilda l3s 3d Riddell Walker 133 Od Eden Main ....• 143 Od Belmont l4s 0, , Braddyll iletton Ships at market, South Hartlepool , South Kelloe Thornley Whitworth ritaclean's Tees Birchg. Graigola Cowpan Hartley .. dartley 1.0 Ad .I , U 7 19 5 od . 133 9 , d 3 :" 135 ' 13s 7'. Sidney's Hartley .. 128 Sold, 94. CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL INTELLIGEN' (From the Bengal Hurkaru, July 12, 1851.) of We have no further news from home since our 10 , 1 report. The markets generally, b o th f or ex ports 0 1 : 1 ' imports, remain much the same as last week. at In exports a fair business has b een i n p r ogress slightly lower rates. Ther e h ave b een no f urt h e r chile meuts of indigo. Of sugar an average extent of s h ` r ments is in progress, the Bazaar being pretty well sup ' plied with desirable kinds, which have been obtains!'" on somewhat easier terms. There has been less doing in raw silk since the mail of the 24th May came 1131 and holders would, no doubt, be willing to accept, rir duced prices. Corabs h ave no t b een i s muc h inonl and shipments so far this mo n th h ave aga i n b ee n snie Transactions in saltpetre to all quarters have been on a limited scale. Rice shipments to Great Britain an France continue on a trifli n g sca l e , an d th ere is 0 0, 13 1, a moderate amount of bu s i ness i n p rogres s for t or Mauritius, while nothing whatever has been done A i Bourbon. Shipments of shell lac have been made more freedom to Great Britain ; but there ; :,othing doing for th e U nite d States, nedip mere trifle for Fra nce . Th e d eman d and suPt',l, , in respect to hick dye contin u e muc h on a l eve l, b". 6 tseing moderate t o a ll quarters. Th ere has been Pt p disposition to ship hides, and the export is falling off present. In linseed au extensive business has been a progress to Great Britain; and a lair amoun t has pas s the Custom• hou s e f ur t h e States. Shipments of i„, rtoi,itte have been very m o d e r a t e . C utc h is going forwsru, a fair extent. Ca s tor o il i s not i n muc h req uest, though a tolerable quantity has been passed for 813 1 1 ; went. Transaction s in &Ed iwer have so tar this mo n oeen confined to Great Britain, and are on a moder a te pi! scale. In mustard s eed t h ere i s a qu i e t b us i n ess !! on. There is nothing doing in cotton to Great BrititTs Of rum about 3,500 gallons have been passed for GI" Britain. The eighth opium sale of the season took place on the , 7th inst., when prices went higher, the result being iollows Chests. Highest. Lowest. Average. Proceed~ Behar 1,980 965 950 954 0-2 18,88,va,, Benares 890 915 905 910-8-1 8,10,3 Showing an advance on the averages of the seventh ; of rd. 14-2 3 for Behar and rs. 10-8-1 f o r Benares. " , have no later news from Chi na , an d s i nce t h e s ale priel7 in the bazaar have fluctuated considerably, yesterday! quotations being—Patna, rs. 890 to 892; Benares, 93° to 940 per chest. In our Money Market there is not much change' Rates of interest and discount at the Bank of Bengal re main unaltered, which of it se lf; o f course, tends to dearn es' in other quarters. Bengal shares are in good request 0 6 last quotations, namely, Co.'s rs. 2,275 to 2,300 Pr e. mitre). Dividends at the rate of 12 per cent. per anon° tor the ha!f-yeiir ending 30th Juue in course of payme n t/ In Agra and other bank shares we have heard of O s transactions. Government Securities remain at ah °° previous value. Tr ans f er Fi ve per C ent. Stoc k paper / to 7-8 premium. New Company's Fives 3-8 to 3.1 0 P r " rnium. • New Fours 9 to 9 8 discount. Exchange has continued to decline ever since the d °: parture of the steamer, an d th ere h as b een very little a -- cavity in the mark e t f o r bill s . P resent quot ations area let class credits, 2s. Oil. to 2s. ld. per rupee; ditto do cuments, 2s ld. to 2s. li-d. There is no change for the better regarding Our lea; port market; indeed many goods are even lower in 101 % and less saleable than befor e . S a l es, h owever, co ntin u e to keep pace pretty well with our l arge supp li es, so th, 5, " considering the amount of th e l atter, t h ere w i l l pro balli at the end of the season, be no considerable stocks the principle staples. Gray s hi rt i ngs are qu i te as 10 0. in value as before, and almost all sorts are freely .0 „r s plied. Common 40 inch 6 lb . are st i ll quoted o°4; R. 3-6-0 to 3-8 . 0, while 7lb c l ot h i s only wort h about 4 1 . per cent. piece. 64 to 72 ree d s are all selling at O stilt the bare Manchester cost. L ow 45-inch are .. asked for; and this width i n all qualities is doing ix'. trifle better perhaps than narrow goods. 54-rot e are still without dem an d , b ut t h e season when tuv" are usually in best demand is now approachi e P Bleached goods of all descriptions are very in value. Common white shirtings have sold at y. 0.! rs. 3-4-0. Low whit e tw ill s at C o. ' s rs. 4-14.0. .1441. a white jacconets a t C o .' s rs . 1-5. 0 to 1 8.0 periece, 11 ‘; ". so on. Gray jacc o net s a l so, especially 4 0 -i nch have sold very cheap indeed, but not without diffied"l for there are no eager buyers to be found. The dema n d for the upper provinces continues of the moat langa t l o and unsatisfactory nat ure, an d without pressing sa l es some extent business cannot be done. Prints and corn' moo chintzes have sold largely at miserable Pr ice : . First-rate turkey red goads, however, are light stock, and the re i s some inquiry at about 6 annas r ef yard. GlAgiow fabrics are dull of demand, and low in valu e all round without excepLitin. Mulls, books, and laPP et° catinat be sold unless at exceedingly cheap rates. , Mule twi st remains much the same as on the del*: lure of the s t eamer. T here has been a fair but net -- lively d, mand, and sales have not been heavy. Turtle): . red yarn is dull of sale, common sorts and inferior dr particularly so; orange and green are only in moder ate quest. In metals there is nothing of importance to notes Copper is scarcely so valuable. Iron is about as IoW before. Spelter is very quit at a nominal value of C ( l 4 Rs. 6-8-0. per fy. md. Ti n pl ates are h eavy in Wets but very light in value. Altogether the sales of me ta are swell. Freights are rather lower in some instances; prese nt quotations being to London:—Sugar, 3/. 10s.; saltpetre ' 3/. 513. to 3/. 75. 6d.; rice nomi na l ; o il see d s, 1 / . 55.; Bi des , 44 jute, 3L Bs. Induo Las been without any pu bli c sales, an d Aber have teen no shipments since our last. Accounts fr o the factory districts cont i nue various, but upon whole a trifle mor e f avoura b le than was anticipate d* e the eqd of May. IPSWICH LAMB FAlR.—This great annual fair vi a , held on Friday, S atur d ay, and Monday last, at francif°, r ,.. hall, as usual, an d was attended by the principal agricullat rusts and dealer s o f th e a dj o i n i ng count i es. On Friday ab° 38,000 she ep an d l am b s came to pen, generally in good O - ld _ dition, and of full a v erage qua lit y . U pon the wh°le'eav though business proceeded slowly, satisfactory prices b„, t been realised, and fully the a ccus t omed b usiness o f the ''',; o ;d thy has transpired. The supply o f s h eep certainly ex cee. that of lambs. In the beast fi e ld a l arge show of shorflor and Devon store bullocks have been exhibited, w ith but, sA slow demand, at from 2s. 9d. t o 3 s. per a t one , estirnetv— weight when fat BIRTHS. OF A SON. I A of On the 24th inst., at Ryd e , I s l e o f Wi g ht , the w ifH. e Douglas. On the 22d inst., at Vi c t or i a-roa d , Kensington, °II. Joseph L. Williams. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 26th inst., at Great George-street, Westmins ter ' the wife of J. J. Henley, Esq. On the 24th inst., th e w if e o f J . R. W a lk er, E sq ., North Wales. MARRIED. On the 20th i ns t ., at the churc h o f S t. Luke, Chelsett' Edward Joscelyn Baumgartner, of the Middle TemPle , , Catharine, youngest daughter of the late William TAP ° Esq., rr of Histon Cambridgeshire. On the 25th; inst., at. St. Nicholas' Church, Brighton, Theodore Martin, Es q ., of James-street, B u ckingham-ga te ' to Miss Helen Faucit. DIED. W. A ' Oa the 26th inst., at Niton, Isle of Wight, M r • e __ . Scripps. of South Molton-street, London, in his 80th y_ V. [ A DvEßTlSßMENT.]—illloway's Pills, a most de- On the 24th inst., at Walworth, Captain . W. b Gr .( i i nt e , g , I V , .iza . - sirable and effectual remedy for Bilious Complaints and Dis- On the 23d inst., at Trevor-square, Knights ri orders of the Stomach. Extract of a letter from Surinam beth, relict of the late G. Wbittingham, Esq., of PiccadulY ar to Professor Holloway, dated July 5, 1851 :—" Sir,—For a On the 21st j inst.. at Heathfield-lodge, Shirley, 13e Southampton, J. Bennett, Esq, aged 68. considerable time 1 laboured under a severe bilious complaint, and never could digest anything that I ate, in cor.sequence of On the 23d inst., at Bruton, Somerset, Ann, the Wif e Of John Crouch, Esq., aged 64. mtala which I passed many sleepless nights. I tried various On the 25th inst, at West-hill, Wandswort .h, Sieg— remedies without obtaining any relief. I then bt.t ,, ok myself to using A our valuable Pills, which have wrought a perfect 'cl.' aged :.--,..,,,,,,,,,—,-....--,-......f 4 Rucker, E 75 cure, and I now feel quite well and enjoy my food better than London: Printed and Published by MURD Cs Yt./UNG i v,` . _ ever I did in my life. (Signed) T. P. C. VANDE LA uDE, Paramaribo." Sold by all vendors of medicines, and at Pro- N °. 112, Stcand, Printer.. at The Sun C ,rice, INco- ' , s i in the Precinct.of the Savoy, ii 1 th e county v Strand, lessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. ' Middlesex, Thursday, August 28, 1861.. THE Et with on RAILWAY, vi DOUBLE SCI A SPECIAL nus EVERY in 11 hours. Return Tick BOth Septembel The NIGHT *Lige Termini' in Morning, al SOTT DIBECI LAND. _._, • Trains lesti • WII Station ~. Arrive a ° uriblit about hrth . by e . Aberdeen „ . Third Class and Saturday, Perth, Augu RUN G Notice U.. 111 AS of St ./Girri and Val Glimmer and NI the Ist of Sept APPlication 'tr Maar to be and. NOTI' HUNG terms of the c , Mr. Robert son Pcstponemet son, however, rectified, and t Phblie this trul Queen's Con The GREAT An the most 1 ItOYAI The y I ' 4 the Great : 'was, &c.„ byJ 01 1 the recent be the appeal —The Botatic ``The great e 96 History of tunetrations.— biting Bell, & Open daily Seve n till Hal: mi IiAT! The wonder town and cow ir ,.e !Token of Batty to Part to retain THIS DAY AA Ascent in at Half-past S Doors opei Private Admiss: First-el Second Third d .......--... C RE T 1 mneenThwt s ie ; t aIiF o A or appointments, the Deulin Fe TIII3 DAY Aeronaut, Gig Seven o'clock To-3watt( 4 tninous Flo On Tuesday asenellt of Mr At Four o'c elancont's cel ( J.! France, r et. Bosislo, dads the Amide which Ilan at Bucki electing the B Beauty, the Cantello's Egl half-past Twc every accomn 'es. Steam the transit hi arid 6d. by 01 On Sunday admission by o'clock, 2s. 6i TRAY: COM. Rowland' A( fresher and t Will be found assemhly, an , er over exert ate, diluted,. 'ill also pro irritability, the uritability, a Ing restored spots, Pimpl dicated by it or incidental Price 4s. 6d. Sold by A. It W No doqlat of. lt ? WO thil hi a name, b Of the leadir earned a goc fidence in 1 they sell or r sornethiwi all attemp Items. E. : the system e cheap clothe and cutting right, to eke the best wis ... peculiar ready-made of the cloth Years' trial Public whicl and SON h adapted for men of fail] hi], for thi but hardwe Public wouli they are wi take ihem, kinories, a New Oxfor( and Bradfoi every appr tailors for 1i London C 5 4, 85, and London V the 8, Hart Bradford Sheffield Tailors, Makers, an( The Esta tome,v, wit D Ric 147, Fleet. Price One 9 Corn Su'aions at forests, it spa and 1 Mnsio—' 4 at, East A 7nSII van t poptil V3lBiy-del t 5 yonns bltters old lalon of B name et no pal lica atioui Ind rate PA kIL U goo ree C taco, c to r kyaleg uses, tz By R. (tt 1 0. footfall. Nine. 1 C VTA: Illostrat faii Organ; PAin ?M 1111) EttIC atti uicapac Pall ma l] meir tr PAM .oas n*Oe. Pew ties, Whole Tite ;twi n Dor be wed k Inapt bottle. Vor b Chrtrai A hen h Woke