The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-04 00:00:00

)terb litian -* SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock• TAT TERSALL'SI-THIS EVENING, SIX O'CLOCK. BRIGHTON STAKES. 9 to 2 agst Backbiter 5 to 1 agst Narcissus 5 to 1 agst Westow 8 to 1 agst Lord George 10 to 1 agst Cossack 10 to 1 agst Ingratitude 10 to 1 agst Sir IL Trenchard T. LEGER. 7 to 4 agst Hernandez 9 to 1 agst Hothorpe 10 to 1 agst Aphrodite THE GREAT EXHIBITION. (THIS DAY.) The police returns of to-day show an attendance of visitors at the Crystal Palace quite up to the general average. The following are the numbers : At 11 o'clock ... ... ... 20,894 - At 12 o'clock ••• ... .. 33,449 At 1 o'clock —• ••• ... 50,156 At 2 o'clock 56,320 At 3 o'clock ••• ••• ••• 59,145 At 4 o'clock ••• ..• ''• 61,329 At 5 o'clock ::: ::: ::: 62,265 The thermometer stood throughout the day at 80. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his'seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. CLIANCERY REFORM. The Earl of HARRINGTON moved for certain papers relating to reform in the Court of Chancery. The Noble Earl in the course of his speech contended that the granting of law reform was absolutely necessary, not only for the advantage of the suitors, but as a compen sation for the repeal of the corn-laws. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE reminded the Noble Earl that according to the rules of that 1101180 he could not bring forward his motion without notice. The Earl of HARRINGTON gave notice that he would move for the papers to-morrow. The Duke of RICHMOND complained that a Bill which had been sent down to the House of Commons for doing away with a sinecure office had not been pro ceeded with, although three months had elapsed since it had been sent down. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE pre sent pres o f WELL from Croydon for the preservation of the Crystal Palace. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up numerous Bills, which were respectively read a first time. E ar l FORTESCTJE presented a petition from Honi for the retention of the Crystal Palace. ton, praying Lard BEAUMONT presented several petitions from Yorkshire with a similar prayer. The Earl of MALMESBURY presented several petitions with a similar prayer, but he thought that if any agreement had been entered into for its removal it o ught to be removed. He saw nothing in the architec tural character of it to call for its retention, and he could not see what interest persons residing in the coantry could have in its retention. Also a petition from Worthing praying that that town might not be in cluded in the Health of Towns Bill. He thought it would be advisable that the town of Worthing should be excluded from the operation of the Health of Towns Bill. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Worthing, stating that the drainage was most defective, that the smells and odours left upon the beach in consequence of the defective drainage were most offensive, and praying that Worthing might be in cluded in the Bill. The Earl of MALMESBURY said that the majority of the rate-payers were against the Health of Towns Bill. After a few words from the Earl of SHAFTESBURY and Lord FOLEY, Lord BEAUMONT said he was sorry to see that the Board of Health was adopting a course which rendered them generally unpopular. They ought to come forward with a general Bill instead of adopting a bit-by-bit legis lation. The Earl of CARLISLE explained. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that it was no fault of the Board of Health that the system had been adopted of which the Noble Lord complained. (LEFT SPEARING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to: — Hove Improvement. Lincolnshire Estuary. Waterford and Kilkenny Railway. Lord Bateman's Estate Bill was read a third time and passed. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. An HON. MErosEn. presented a petition from Poole, praying that the Crystal Palace might be retained as a wioter garden. Lord J. RUSSELL appeared at the bar and brought up the reply of her Majesty in answer to an address of the House, praying that she might be gra ciously pleased to direct that the Crystal Palace be preserved until the Ist of May next. The reply was to the effect that it was necessary to consider care fully the engagements of the Royal Commissioners, and that her Majesty had directed an inquiry to be made into various matters of detail which must be ascertained before any decision could be come to.—(Bear, hear.) GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH (No. 4) BILL. This Bill, after clause 9 had been struck out, was read a third time and passed. CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. DUCHY OF LANCASTER BILL. This Bill as amended was agreed to, and ordered to be rerd a third time to-morrow. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, Mr. HENRY moved that the committal be postponed until to-morrow, to give the public an opportunity of considering the amendments that had been introduced into it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was afraid the post ponement would be fatal to the Bill, and he therefore hoped the motion would not be persevered in. After a few words from BROTHERTON, Mr. J. P. WESTHEAD said he had carefully exa mined the provisions of the Bill, and he thought the measure was an exceedingly good one. He trusted the motion for postponement w ould be withdrawn. Mr. GREENE declared that the Bill was defective in many of its datails, ard it was most unfair to press it forward in this way at the eleventh hour. The question of costs was not the only evil which the public com plained of in this case. The six months' right of speci fication was a far greater evil, but the Bill took no notice of that, and he hoped the House would not allow it to pass until it did. The Society of Arts, after a diligent inquiry, had made an able report upon this subject, and any legislation to be satisfactory to the public should be founded upon the recommendations which that report contained. Believing this Bill to be an interference with the privileges of inventor., he should feel it his duty to give the Bill all the opposition in his power. Mr. LABOUCHERE acknowledged the subject to be one of great importance and intricacy, but he thought it had been sufficiently discussed on the second reading of the Bill. It had been acknowledged by all scientific men acquainted with the subject, to be a Bill calculated to work a great improvement. Mr. RICARDO said he did not think the House and the country had not time to consider the Bill, and he urged upon the Government the necessity of granting a Committee in the next session to inquire into the whole subject of patent laws. Mr. W. WILLIAMS complained of the conduct of the Government i n forcin g u p on the House the consi deration of a Bill of 54 classes in the last three or four days of the session, wh en the ma j orit y of Honourable Members had left town. The ATTORNEY-GEN ERAL said he was asto nished that the Hon. Member for Lambeth should object to the passing of a Bill, the object of which was to cheapen the taking out of patents to an immense extent. Mr. MUNTZ did not approve of all the provisions of the Bill, but he should support it as it was, rather than ha " hone at all. That was the opinion of his eon . stituente. Sir bp. The LACY EVANS supported the Bill. "se then went into Committee on the Bill. Clauses 1,1 and 3 were agreed to wit hout discussion, 011 cla w s 4, appointin Mr. GRE ENE power of proposed an amendment to omit the After some di sc g examiners of patents. there appear e d_ lu sinn, the Committee divided, when For the amendment Against it ::: ... ... 46 The alause was then agreed On clause 6, - behove the i offi w ce a r s s to alsob be clause agreed to, as — ••• —44 Mr. RICARDO asked appointed s under the Bill were to p a id The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said re ceivable under the Bill would be—Da".`' all i the fees dated Fund, and the officers would paid pjatiod the Consoli dated out of those fees. The fees to be "' the Trea regulated by the Treasury, and it was tally Itakeu would be that those foes would be amply sufficientY anticipated expenses of the Bill• to meet the Mr. RICARDO asked if the deficiency oni, be made up, supposing t he tees were not sufficient . ; - -- Mr. C. LEWIS said in that case Government would lave to come to Parliament for a vote. Mr. WILLIAMS said it appeared to him that the real object of this Bill was to give additional patronag e to the Government at the expense of the public. It was Pl . V.\\ --; 'tle94etTlNst and he shoul d move that the Chirman do zeriprop-ess. ';-_____ .W•jitt•FQUCHERE hoped no unf:iir moans would - ‘ --jbe titkOeco efeattng the Bill. i., , 1 ,2 1 14,...§ ER also joined the Right Honourable 4 - , B tal. o l iirc e Board of Trade in requesting that the m 0 44 101 ,1 t be,imet by argument, and not by obstructive M " With, him I.A.Ms .aid if the Government would give 1 4 for tV lSibulau ' e purposes of that no public motley would be taken pose it. of the Bill, ho would not further op^ i 1< TUE SUN, LONDON, The motion for reporting progress was then with drawn and the clause agreed to. On clause 7 being proposed, Mr. GREENE objected to it on the ground that the conditions it imposed could not be complied with. Mr. MUNTZ considered that the clause was unjust to the inventor and the public. It required an inventor, in the first instance, to deposit a perfect specification, whereas, in the majority of instances, it was impossible to do so until the party had acquired some little expe rience in regard to his invention. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the clause called upon a person to deposit a provisional specification, giving a general character and outline of his invention; he then had protection for six months, and if he followed up his application at the end of that time he would be placed in the same position as if his patent dated from the provisional specification. After some further conversation the clause was agreed to, the CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow. SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE METROPOLIS. Sir J. GRAHAM brought up the report of the Com mittee to which the Bills for supplying water to the metropolis were referred, and gave notice that he would to-morrow move that the evidence taken before the Com mittee should be printed. The House adjourned shortly after Three o'clock until Five. The House resumed at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of the con tinuance of the Crystal Palace. Mr. G. F. YOUNG presented a petition from the brewers of London, complaining that the officers of Cus toms spoiled their export beer by tapping it to ascertain its quality. Sir B. HALL presented a petition complaining of the manner in which the Bishop of London exercised his manorial rights. NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. B. ROCHE gave notice that early next session he should move that one day in each week shall be set aside in which Irish notices and orders should have pre. cedence of all other business. CLAIMS OF DON PACIFICO. _ In reply to Mr. URQUHART, Lord PALMERSTON said he had no objection to lay on the table the papers connected with the settlement of the claims of Don Pacifico. RELATIONS WITH BUENOS AYRES. In reply to another question from the same Hon. Member. Lord PALMERSTON said treaties had been entered into between the republic of Buenos Ayres and the Bri tish Government. A similar treaty had been proposed with France, but difficulties had arisen, and he believed the treaty would not be ratified by France before the close of the present session of the Assembly. RAILWAY FROM CAIRO TO SUEZ. In regard to another question also from Mr. URQU HART, Lord PALMERSTON said, ber Majesty's Govern ment were of opinion that a railway from Cairo to Suez would be a very wise and expedient undertaking, and contribute to the prosperity of England, and be of advantage to all other countries having intercourse with Egypt. The British Government had entered into no guarantee of any sort or kind with regard to the construction of the railroad. EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE last six months with the corresponding period of 1850, the receipts of the half-year of 1851 show an augmenta tion of 120,176 f. 20c., of which sum passengers give 80,130 f. 5c., whilst the expenses of the half-year of 1851 show an augmentation of 123,726 f. 34e., of which sum the greatest portion is down for increased interest be come due to the state. The report then remarks on the constantly increasing tendency of the working to lower the goods' tariffs, that course being necessitated by the competition arising both from other railways, and by the river navigation. The in creased facilities of communication between Dieppe and Brighton, and Havre and Southampton, are next alluded to, and are stated to have been attended with such suc cess, that from 30 passengers per day for the former line, the number had increased in June to 177, the goods' traffic having also augmented very considerably. The report remarks on the annoyance which passengers meet with at the custom-houses of Southampton, and New haven, and contrasts with the delays caused the infi nitely greater liberality of the authorities in France. The pleasure-trains had not succeeded in so marked a manner as in 1850, and the experience of June had induced the company to suppress the Wednesday trains, only one now leaving Paris on the Saturday. The lau;suit which had been pending for upwards of five years between the Rouen company and the boatmen of the Seine has been lately de cided by the Court of Appeal of Orleans in favour of the company. The circular railway rourd Paris, to connect the various lines together, had now been definitely decided on, and would be shortly commenced. Mr. Charles Law rence, one of the directors, had given in his resignation tor private reasons, and the board had previously elected his son, Mr. George Lawrence, in his place. M. Paul Benoist d'Aay had been designated by lot, as the other outgoing director. The meeting would have to decide whether the two gentlemen just named should not con tinue to serve. The report having been read, the accounts were ap proved of, and the dividend of 16f. voted, payable on and after August 4 at the office of the company. The meeting having to decide on the nomination of two directors, confirmed the appointment of Mr. George Lawrence, in the place of his father, Mr. Charles Law rence, who had resigned, and re-elected M. Paul Benoist d'Azy. A Shareholder expressed a desire to receive some information relative to the working of the Dieppe line. The Chairman replied that the arrangement with the Dieppe Company was as yet of too recent a date to allow the ultimate results to be exactly estimated. Yet he could affirm that up to the present moment there was I no reason to complain. The receipts on the Dieppe line had, like those of the Rouen line, felt the effects of the uncertainty of political affairs in the country. Every thing languished to a certain extent, and railways suffered as well as other enterprises. Still, up to the present time, he could repeat, the arrangement in ques tion held out favourable hopes for the future. The drawing of 50 shares to be paid off, as stated in the report, was then proceeded to, when the following were the numbers announced:-11,257, 29,573, 43,361, 57,449, 21,536, 55,289, 50,135, 65,667, 47,006, 27,285, 29,253, 5,287, 202, 2,155, 65,476, 37,228, 68,228, 9,623, 6,965, 6,321, 23,833, 55,984, 20,715, 46,506, 25,544, 62,782, 66,870, 12,836, 16,575, 57,074, 41,419, 40,189, 9,432, 30,936, 2,628, 71,376, 61,116, 29,576, 58,514, 2,231, 19,473, 35,590, 7,719, 4,841, 55,976, 59,852, 14,387, 60,899, 34,334, 284. The meeting then separated. ARMY. Colonel REID asked the First Lord of the Treasury, in the absence of the Secretary at War, whether the examination of candidates for commissions in the army was still to be left to the discretion of the civil profes sors of Sandhurst College, or to be conducted under the personal supervision of field officers competent to judge of the educational fitness of gentlemen for regimental service. _ . . Lord J. RUSSELL said all he could state at present was that he believed the Commander-in-Chief was very well satisfied with the manner in which the examinations had hitherto been conducted. ATTENDANCE OF LETTER-CARRIERS AT CHURCH ON SUNDAY. Mr. PACKE asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the recommendation contained in the report of the Commissioners appointed to investigate the question of Sunday labour in the Post-office, dated the 10th day of August, 1850, " That where the duties are such as to prevent the rural letter carrier from attending Divine service, an arrangement be made for providing a substi tute at least on the alternate Sundays," bad been carried 'alto effect? and if not, whether it was the intention of the Postmaster-General to adopt it? Mr. C. LE WIS said there was considerable difficulty in obtaining information from different parts of the country, in order to carry the recommendation into ef fect, but it was the intention of the Postmaster-General to adopt the recommendation as soon as the arrange ments could be completed. POST-OFFICE. In reply to Mr. NEWDEGATE, Mr. C. LEWIS said the late Postmaster-General of Berwick-on-Tweed was removed from his office because he refused to perform certain orders of the Postmaster- General. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND. Viscount MELGUND wished to ask her Majesty's Government if it was their intention to introduce a mea sure on the subject of national education in Scotland next session of Parliament? Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to reply in the ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE. Arr. ANSTEY wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the foreign department if he had received any communication from our Ambassador at Venice of a note which had been forwarded to that Court by the Pope soliciting the assistance of the Austrian Government to procure the expulsion of the Ethan refugees from London, and to prevent any Italian loan being ne;,r,cciated in this country, which the re fugees might propose for the purpose of securing Italian independence. Lord PALMERSTON said no such communication had been received by him, and he had reason to believe tlaat the supposed not 2, like another note which had re cently appeared in the continental papers, was a fa brication, and had never issued from the Vatican. No application of course had therefore been made in the spirit of that note. With regard to the expulsion of foreigners from this country, it was quite true that cer tain foreign Governments looked with great anxiety at the proceedings of foreigners in this country, but no application had been made to her Majesty's Government on the subject, and if there had the only answer must have been that the law of this country gave no power for such expulsion. Sir G. PECHELL presented a petition from Brighton against taxes on knowledge. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Lord J. RUSSELL, in bringing up the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into this subject, took the opportunity of informing the Route that the Commissioners were of opinion that the National Gal lery ought not to be left in the present position, but that it wan desirable that a site should be obtained in the neigh bourhood of Hyde Park or Kensington Gardens. The Noble Lord also intimated that next session her Majesty's Government would ,bring forward the subject for con sideration. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITUL AR ESTATES MA NAGEMENT (No. 2) BILL. The House then went into 'Committee on this On Clause 1, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL intimated that an al teration had been introduced into this Bill for the pur pose of recognising more fully and protecting the claims of the lessees. Mr. PIGOTT objected to going on at all with the Bill, because the majority of the House had left town under the impression that the Bill had been abandoned for the present session. The rights of the lessees had never been brought under consideration before the present moment. Colonel SIBTHORP also objected to proceeding fur ther with the Bill. Mr. HEADLAM thought th© best course to adopt would be to go through the Bill now, and to consider, on the third reading, whether, after all, it would not be better to postpone making it law until next session. (LEFT SITTING.) PARIS AND ROUEN RAILWAY. The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of this company took place in Paris on Thursday, M. de l'Esp6e, the president, in the chair. Near him were seated the following directors :—Sir John Easthope, Mr. Reed, Mr. Geo. Lawrence, Mr. Blount, M. C. Laffitte, M. de Kersaint, M. Simons, and M. N. Duchatel. The meeting being declared duly constituted, M. Tnr- BAIIDEAtr, the secretary, proceeded to read the report:— This document commences by stating that the esta blishment-account, up to:the 31st of December last, had amounted to 67,222,3921. 98c. Since then there has been expended a sum of 1,126 f. 75c., and received from sale of ground, &0., (4,888 f. 25c. ; so that, up to June 30, the whole amount is 67,218,631 f. 48c. The question of the indemnity for the devastations committed in February, 1848, has not yet been regu lated. The committee appointed to estimate the amount of damage done, conceiving that it was called on to examine only what had occurred in the depart ment of the Seine, and finding that part of the injury done to the railways had been inflicted in other depart ments, had resolved that the documents relating to these matters should be transmitted to the Minister of Public Works. The Minister had, in his turn, referred the question to the central railway committee, which had just issued an opinion favourable to the claims preferred, and so the matter rested at present. The approbation of the Government had been at last obtained for the changes voted at the general meeting of Jan. 31, 1850, relative to the sinking-fund. In consequence of these modifications, the sum to be now set apart annually for the sinking-fund would amount to only 25,000 francs, in place of 360,000 francs as previously. Fifty shares were to be paid off every drawing, with a sum of 500 francs eech, and in place of each of these shares was to be given an action de jouissance, entitling the holder to a share of all dividend over 5 per cent., or 25 francs per share. The shares to be paid off were to be drawn by lot, and the company had determined to adopt for the purpose the plan practised by the city of P aris, in designating such of its bonds as were to be reimbursed. The first drawing was to take place n g in The report next refers to th e r es ults of the working January 1 to J une 30 185 t p h r e ese l : t e of the months.the shareholders then assembled. 650. ; and th e profit of 1,190,791 f, of interest of the sum 'k 1 am 0 e T n h t e e d receipts 4,053,201f.fr0m expenses to 2,862 ,410 f. 6c. ; leaving a s(je. w hich, after the payment e t hack for s i n ki ng -f e nd, dividend of 16f. per share. As the nte foundation shares, & c , p ii.es 4aT t of ea 1e p : Alan) would amount to 121. 50e .) , for cent. r r tchee.h half-year, each t he dividend for each action de jouis sance wouldaam- yoeuanri to 31, 500. Comparing the results of the working of the i`f"~' -^ CHANGE OF AIR AT HOME. Patients who go abroad for benefit of health too often forget that change of climate can do little more than place them under circumstances more favourable to their efforts, by fit regulation of their time and diet, and by use of prescribed remedies, to re-establish health. They embark for Rome at Nice, throwing the doctor overboard, expecting climate to do all : climate then fails, and as a remedy, it comes to be pro nounced a piece of quackery. As a specific, as a sole remedy, no doubt it is, on the whole, as much a quack remedy as Morison's Pill; that pill contains in gredients of use in their right place. Quackery con sists, not in any thought or thing, but in the method of employing it. We say, then, that the Sanatorium, proposed by Mr. Paxton, though not wanted by the healthy, and of use only to some among the sick, are institutions which may be established as most valuable auxiliaries to the doctor. They will not super sede all travel among invalids; although we call it travelling " for change of air," it is not change of air alone by which the patient who can travel receives benefit. In the first place, he gets a sea voyage, and there are not a few sick men and women whom that mode of travelling improves in health. The sea-sick ness is often a curative process. The rolling of the ship, causing a constant action of the muscles of the body, has been called a sort of exercise, taken unconsciously, which gives the system strength and tone. Then there is the no velty of circumstances; there are the chances and changes of the voyage to amuse the mind. Travel involves, then, change of scene, a constant invitation of the mind to look without, and to forget to pore over the body's ali ments. Sights are strange, and sounds are strange ; the English ear is plunged into a bath of French or Italian chatter. Settled abroad, the patient's climate is not shut up in a glass-house, with a collection of plants soon familiar ; he wanders under open sky, in town streets, among picturesque and novel costumes, over hill and dale, by sea and river side. He takes the diet of the country so far as it suits him ; eats the birds and fishes, or the fruits, perhaps, of the climat® _he has sought. To be sure, cooks might supply each Sa nitoriurn with an ordinary of the dishes of the climate, for those patients not under peculiar regimen; but the how :e and the glass building, with the flowers, the food, and air of Italy, walked into from a street door, perhaps in Piccadily, must inevitably want a very large number of these accessories to travel which are to many invalids the most important elements of cure. Not even ten miles of panorama iu the hall, starting from London-bridge, exhibited before the neo phyte, would be a substitute for the preparatory jour ney. A " Madeira Sauitorium" near Regent's-park, would poorly imitate the ripple of the waves and the warm sea-breezes of that very wholesome island. This is not said, however, with the least feeling of discourage. ment towards the propositions made by Mr. Paxton. His project is no colnplete substitute for foreign travel, no encroachment upon foreign innkeepers, or invasion made on our domestic doctors. It simply professes, that if change of climate be auxiliary to medicine in certain cases of disease, that change can be provided here in England, here in London, for those patients who either are past bearing the fatigues of travel, or are too poor for the expense of travel, or who cannot travel without losing the advantage of that medical assistance in which they could have most reason to repose their trust. This proposition could not have been made fifty years ago, or if made, the necessary arrangements could not have been carried out. It is made now, when it is strictly practicable, and deserves of all men serious at tention.—Dickens's " Household Words." HEII. MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Amongst the noble and distinguished individuals honouring the performance at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening with their presence were the following :—His Grace the Duke of Wel lington and the Marchioness of Douro, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Paulet, the Duke of Leeds, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, the Earl of Malmes bury. Her Majesty's box was occupied by the Marchioness of Waterford and Viscountess Canning. There were also present Viscount Enfield, the Countess de Flahault and Miss de Flahault, Lady Henrietta St. Maur and Lady Ulrica St. Maur, Lord George Paget, Lady and Miss Graham, Lord Robert Browne and the Ladies Browne, the Baroness Von Stenzhady and Miss Palmer, Count Graben, Hon. Mrs. Tollemache, Sir G. Hayter, Bart, M.P.; Major the Hon. James Macdonald, Sir George Wombwell, Bart. ; Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P. ; Lady and Miss Howard, Sir Thomas Burritt Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barritt Lennard ; General the Hon. 11. Cavendish, Sir Seymour Sadler, Mr. C. W. Packe, M.P., and Mrs. Packe, Reading; Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Colonel Freestun, M.P., and Mrs, Lockyer Freetstun ; Mr. B. Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli ; Mr. Henry Baring, M.P. ; Captain Meynell, M.P. ; Mr. Strutt, M.P. ; Mr. O. Morgan, M.P. ; Mr. W. Rose, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Captain Plunkett Burton, Mr. Storer, Mr. C. J. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Tudor, Mr. Maclean, &c. THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty's box at the Royal Italian Opera was occupied on Saturday even ing by Major-General and Lady Isabella Wemyss and Miss Wemyss, and party. Among the distinguished company honouring the theatre by their presence were his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, the Marchionness of Westmeath, Marchesa Brancalioni, the Earl of Bessborough, the Coun tess of Glengall, Lady Margaret Butler, the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, and the Ladies Cust, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Clifden, and the Misses Ellis, Viscount and Viscountess Dupplin and Lady Rose Lovell, Viscout Valletort, Viscount Torrington, Lord Broughton and Hon. Misses Hobhouse, Lord Arthur Hay, Lord and Lady Rokeby and Hon. Misses Montagu, Lerd and Lady Dinorben, Lord Rosemore, Lady Suffield and Miss Somerset, Lady William Powlett, Lady Keane, Lady Pigot, Lady Seymour, Lady Domvill and party, Baron d e Steinberg, Count Hurdenberg, then Hon. J. Fortescue, M.P., the Hon. Henry Lumley, the Hon. Major Needham, the Hon. Captain Frike, the Hon. T. Dillon, the Hon. H. Row ley, Sir Gerge and Lady Armytage, Sir J. Mackenzie, Sir Henry Webb, Colonel Brownlow Knox, Colonel Blane, Colonel Crombie, Lieutenant. Colonel Tyrwhitt, Major Gage, Captain Bishop, &c. DEATH OF MAJOR•GENERAL RIDDALL, K.H.—On the 28th ult. this distinguished general officer died at South sea, aged 76 years. He entered the army in 1798, and was actively employed with the 62d Regt. in Sicily, Egypt, Cala. brie, Italy, Spain, and North America from 1806 to the end of the war. He was detached with the Grenadier company of his regiment to retard the advance of the French in their march to invest Scylla Castle and invade Sicily; served at the Faro in Sicily for several weeks under the fire of the French batteries erected in Calabria. He was afterwards second in command to General Blommart, in a Grenadier battalion sent from Sicily to Spain ; was advanced with his company and two field pieces in the attack on and expulsion of the French from the heights before Genoa. Afterwards he served in North America, and was second in command, with detachments, up the Penobscot River; he also com manded the advance in forming a position at Hampden, de fended by treble our numbers. The late Major-General Riddell was in 1832 nominated a K.H. ACCIDENT TO THE MARQUIS OF LARSDOWNE.— The Marquis of Lansdowne met with an accident two days ago, by being thrown from his horse. Though his Lordship did not appear much hurt, it was thought desirable to post pone a meeting of the Committee of the Privy Council of Education, appointed to be held on Saturday at the Council office. The Noble Marquis has, however, sufficiently re covered from his fall to be able to resume his official duties, though he is obliged to carry his arm in a sling. THE ORANGE TREES OF THE TUILERIES.—Work men are employed at present in repairing the cases contain ing the orange trees of the Tuileries garden. These trees are of great age, some going back as far as 700 years, and the youngest 300. Every 20 years the earth in each case is changed, and during the three following years they appear sickly. They then acquire fresh strength, and throw out an immense quantity of blossoms. It is this periodical change of nourishment which has led to their longevity.— Galig -12 a 71 i's Messenger. BREMEN:ALTG. I.—A schooner full of water, dis masted and abandoned, with part of cargo (tar) on board, has been picked up a derelict, and carried into Teedderwardeu, MON DAY EVENING, AUGUST 4 1851 THE CRYSTAL PALACE.' (From the Derbyshire Courier.) The recent vote of the House of Commons will, probably, lead to the adoption of as judicious an ar rangement with respect to this edifice as could, under all circumstances, be desired. It is evidently better to allow a little time before the ultimate destiny of the Crystal Palace is decided on. Once removed, like a gigantic oak, it cannot be replaced. Try, we say, the effects of its remaining as it is. If it should be found to produce serious incon venience to the courtly inhabitants of the district—if it cannot be made to resist "the winter's flaw"—if it is not appreciated or frequented by the numerous class for whose recreation and advantage we would princi pally retain it—then pull it down. And what makes us more inclined to suggest that the Crystal Palace should, at least, have a fair trial, is, that never, we think we may affirm within our recollection, have prognostications of evil been so entirely falsified as those which only a few months since were confidently uttered by some of those very parties who now op pose the continuance of this magnificent edifice. We might fill our paper with a list of the evils which we were told must inevitably result from the Great Exhibition. Plague, pestilence, and famine were to attend its inauguration ; revolution was to " dog its end ;" that portNntous enemy of the British agri culturists, " the- foreigner," after having ruined our own people by Bending us too much food, was about to break out in a new line of mis anthropic ferocity, and breed a famine in the land by his voracious capacities of consumption. But " the foreigner" was not only to deprive us of the food which he had previously, with malice prepense to ruin our agriculture, sent us, but he was also to im port (duty free) all kinds of unknown and unheard-of diseases, of which Milton's self was ignorant when he described the fall as entailing on man— " Convulsions, epilepsies, fierce catarrhs, Intestine stone and ulcer, colic pangs, Demoniac phrenzy, moaping melancholy, And moon-struck madness, pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-spreading pestilence." These, alas ! we have known and felt, but nameless horrors and revolting maladies such only as " fo reigners " are subject to, were to invade, for the first time, our shores. And then our principles ! The food which our children should eat might be snatched from their lips, our bodies might be racked with un heard-of maladies, but, retaining our integrity, we might still be a happy people. But here were myriads of dark, designing democrats, full of "treasons, strata gems, and wiles," coming from every remote asylum of conspiracy to seduce the loyalty of the British public, and corrupt the social and political principles of Finsbury and the Tower Hamlets ! Now, gentlemen alarmists, what has really happened P We have re cently made a pilgrimage to the Great Exhibition, to judge for ourselves. Of course we husbanded our scanty resources for the occasion, in fearful anticipa tion of the extraordinary outlay. But our fears have subsided. Our beef-steak and accompaniments, with bread at discretion, can—as we have great pleasure in assuring those of our friends who have not yet visited the World's Fair—be obtained for the customary half-crown. The "foreigners," it is true, wear beards to an awful extent, but though, in our opinion, not so well-looking as ourselves, they ap pear in tolerably good condition. The health of the metropolis has not deteriorated—the fees of the physicans remain as they were. At this pre sent time of writing there is no apparent symp. tom of a revolution. In fact, just now, there is less talk about politics than usual. Well-conducted, plea sure-seeking, and pleasure-finding crowds, among whom the " foreigners" are almost lost, frequent the Great Exhibition day by day. Sir Robert Inglis candidly admits that his fears have not been realized, though Colonel Sibthorp, like a consistent, high-principled statesman as he is, magnanimously refuses to be convinced. In the meantime, it is our conviction that the Exhibition has fully an swered the expectation of its most sanguine promoters. It has promoted much good feeling between distant nations. It has taught some lessons of kindliness to all. It has afforded to artizans and manufac turers many means of improvement in their-several occupations. We shall learn much from our foreign friends; let us hope that they also may learn something from us. And last, not least, the " harm less amusement of the nation," which Dr. Johnson did not think a thing of small account, has been perhaps more extensively promoted than has ever before been known. We return, then, to the point from which we started,land say,—The Exhibition has had its trial and has succeeded, allow the Exhibition House its trial also. Festina lente. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—The Queen will arrive in London from Osborne, on Thursday next, and will hold a Council on that day at three o'clock, in Buckingham Palace, when her Majesty's Speech on the Prorogation of Parliament will be settled. The prorogation will take place on Friday, and the Session will be closed, as we stated last week, by the Queen in person. After the prorogation the Court will return to Osborne, and remain there in the Isle of Wight till after the 26th of August, the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, which will be celebrated with rural sports in the usual manner. Sir George Grey recovers but very slowly from his severe indisposition, the Right Hon. Baronet being still too unwell to transact bwiness. WEYMOUTH, Aua. 2.—Wind W.—Arrd. Abigail, Quebec. ILFORD PETTY SESSIONS—Aug 2. (Before Mr. W. W. MAITLAND, Mr. W. DAVIS, Mr. J _ _ DAVIS, and Mr. 0. MASSHITER.) Mr. Edward Ellis, the proprietor of Grove-house, Chigwell, Essex, and Frederick Wright, James Page, and Richard Metcalfe, servants in his employ, were placed at the bar, charged with illicit distillation; the former with being the proprietor of the stills, and the other three defendants with working the same. From the evidence, it appeared that on Friday night, Mr. D. Scott, supervisor of inland revenue, accompanied by Mr. W. Bridges, an inspector of the Thames Police, and who also holds an Excise commission, proceeded to the country residence of Mr. E. Ellis, the Grove•house, Chigwell, which is a most spacious mansion, with a lawn and garden in front, having all the external appear ance of belonging to a family of the highest respecta bility. To avoid observation they made their way to the back of the house; but upon going up towards the kitchen door, they met Mrs. Ellis, the wife of the principal defendant, to whom they communicated that they were officers, and had come to search the pre mises. Having gained admission they found the lower part of the houso fitted up as a distillery on a most ex tensive scale, and in a very costly manner. One still was set up in the front kitchen, and another in the back, both at full work, and running off spirits from the worms. In the back kitchen they found Wright attending to the still, and soon after Metcalfe came in from the yard. While they were in the front kitchen they heard a noise as of some person making his escape at the back, whom they afterwards ascertained was James Page, a servant in the employ of Mr. Ellis. Having left Wright and Metcalfe in the custody of Mr. Bridges, Mr.lScott and a policeman went in search of Page, whom they found at home in bed. They examined his clothes, which by ' their smell and appearance clearly indicated that he had been at work in the distillery. They accordingly ar rested him, and took him back to Mr. Ellis's, when Metcalfe acknowledged that Page had been in the still-house shortly before; Between one and two o'clock on Saturday morning, Mr. Ellis came home with a horse and cart which was loaded with coke, a large barrel of yeast, and several parcels of empty blad ders that had recently contained spirits. He was asked whether he was the proprietor of the house? He said there would be no use in his denying it, and at once ac knowledged that he was proprietor of the premises, and that his residence in town, where he carried on business, was Bostock-street, London Docks. He said that Page was his house servant, whom he sometimes employed in working in his gardens, and at other times in the dis tillery. He said that the boy Metcalfe was his nephew, who had been acting under his directions, and sorry ho was for having been the cause of bringing the boy into the ways of error. They found about 300 gallons of fermented molasses wash ready for distillation, from forty to fifty gallons of spirits, a great quantity of barrels, and all the necessary apparatus for carrying on an ex tensive trade. The magistrate convicted Edward Ellis, Frederick Wright, and James Page, in the penalty of aol. each, or three months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in Ilford gaol. Metcalfe was ordered to be discharged. will allay the apprehension likely to arise from the report. Sir P. LAURIE—We are extremely obliged to you for coming here to give us such information. I dare say that you will see a proper notice of your complaint in the newspapers, and I shall give directions that imme diate information be officially given to the Commis sioners of the Metropolitan Police Force, in whose ex tensive district the fire balloons must be sent up. The case, in my opinion, comes immediately under the clause of the Police Act, which enables a magistrate to inflict a severe penalty for letting off fireworks or combustible matter; and the places to be watched are of course the gardens which advertise lists of perilous entertainments. I am convinced that an application to Mr. Mayne, the Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, will immediately be attended to. I regret to be obliged to say, that when notice is given of any dangerous or hor rible exhibition, the draught of people is always enor mous. Such is the case with regard to the poor creatures who are in the habit of exposing their lives in the air, the fatal accidents to whom are sure to increase the spectators at the succeeding exhibitions. Sir P. LAURIE fixed Thursday next for the hearing of a case of much public importance connected with the pos session of a pianoforte which had been lent upon hire and sent to a sale-room to be disposed of. Counsel are, we understand, to be heard upon the case, which has excited a great deal of curiosity, and it is expected that numbers of the trade will be present upon the occasion. MARY LEBOIVE. Richard Richards, living at No. 3, Weir's-passage, Somers-town, was placed at the bar before Mr. Long for further examination, charged with having stolen birds of paradise, ostrich, osprey, and other splendid and valuable feathers, to the amount of upwards of 2001. The prisoner was asked if he had any answer to make to the charge, and he replied that he bought the feathers found at his house.—He was fully committed for trial. TV ORSHIP-STREET. John Hackett, brother of the notorious George Hackett, whose daring escape from the Model Prison excited so much attention some months since, and a well dressed young woman named Mary Ann King, were charged upon suspicion of being concerned with others not in custody in stealing three bales of silk, of the value of 1131., the temporary property of a carrier named Pope, and also upon another charge, the particu lars of which were as under: — On or about the 9th of May last several bales, or rather ballots, of unwrought silk were consigned from one of the foreign silk houses to a manufacturing firm in Spitalfields, and upon reaching Southampton were forwarded to town by that railway. While in the course of its transit Mr. Pope, an extensive carrier in Tower street, became the legal owner of the consignment, and upon sending one of his carts to the warehouse to re ceive it, three of the bales, of the above value, were found to have been stolen before they reached their destination. leformation of the robbery was immediately given to the police, and Sergeant Teekle, of the II division , and Inspector Bridges, of the Thames-police, were instructed to trace the thieves, but no clue could be obtained to the silk till a month or five weeks ago, when information was forwarded them that silk of that peculiar descrip tion had been offered for sale by the prisoner Hackett at 3s. or 3s. ad. pound. A scheme was then laid to entrap the prisoner, but he succeeded in not only evading the officers himself, but also in concealing the locality of some stabling he was known to have until Saturday morning se'nnight, when they traced him to his stables at Pentonville, and pounced upon and secured him with handcuffs. On telling him the nature of the charge he stoutly denied all knowledge of the silk, but upon the officers searching the stable they discovered a quantity of canvass wrapper corresponding with that usually em ployed in covering silk bales, and matching other wrappers handed to them at the docks for that purpos e, but torn into strips, apparently to prevent identification. Upon searching further an illicit still was found, set in brickwork, ready for working, and, their suspicions being excited by the peculiar manner in which a large cask was concealed by a number of bags and sacks, they searched that also, and found inside a large tin can, partially emptied of its contents, but still containing seven gallons of turpentine. The spirit the :prisoner claimed as his own, having, as he said, taken it in ex change for some spirits of wine he had sold to some French polishers he dealt with, but he declined saying of whom he had received the can itself, and this was afterwards sworn to, from the initials stamped on it, by the warehouseman of Messrs. Gabey and Wills, whole sale oilmen iu Shoreditch, as their property, but to which of their customers supplied he could not tell. Upon this state of facts the prisoner Hackett was re manded on Saturday week, and upon his being trans ferred to the van, for removal to the House of Detention, his wife and the other prisoner King pressed forward and urgently demanded his name. The prisoner con fusedly answered them " Hackett," upon which one of the women exclaimed, " it, you fool!" in a tone of vexation, and the prisoner was carried away. A Mr. William Watkins, an oil and colourman at Camden-town, was now in attendance, and stated—The can and turpentine produced by the police are my pro perty, and were safe at my door between six and seven on Friday evening week, but stolen at ten. I had them from Messrs. Gabey and Wills, with whom I deal, and on the next (Saturday) evening the prisoner King en tered my shop and said, " You had a bit of lark hero last night, didn't you?" I said, " Yes, I had, for some body bad stolen a largo can of turps." " Well," said she, " I have come to pay for it. Four men, car penters and shoemakers, all with wives and families, were out for a spree and got intoxicated, and, taking your can away without knowing what was in it, kicked it about till they smelt something de vilish strong." I said they could not very well have done that, it was so strong and heavy, but it did not matter, and, showing her my invoice, explained that I had sold three gallons, and that she had, therefore, to give me 11. 9s. 3d. She said they had only given her a sovereign, and on her representation I consented to take it, gave her a receipt, and promised, if she brought me the can back to allow her ss. more. She, however, did not bring me the can, and I never saw her again till now. Sergeant Teakle said he saw the female prisoner out side the court that morning, in company of Hackett's wife and mother, and, after cautioning her, asked if she had not been to the last witness's house, and paid some money, and got a receipt? " Oh," said the prisoner, " You have told me I am not bound to answer your questions unless I like, and I shall not, therefore, tell you;" upon which he took her into custody and placed her at the bar with Hackett. The sergeant added, that he had then several witnesses in court to establish pos session of the stolen silk against Hackett, but, as he was still in want of the evidence of two more witnesses, one of them a constable, and should much prefer, in further ance of the ends cf justice, that they should all be ex amined together, he trusted the magistrate would grant a remand until the requisite testimony could be ob tained to complete the case. Mr. Heritage, who was retained for the defence, strongly protested against the remand upon such incom plete evidence, as being unjust towards his client, and expressed an opinion that, even as regarded the second charge, the testimony adduced was wholly insufficient to justify the male prisoner's detention. Mr. ELIMMILL, however, said that he not only felt it his duty to grant the interval the officers asked for, but that he considered the evidence upon the second case so conclusive that he should send both the prisoners to New gate for trial upon it. SOUTH WARK. Mr. David Edwards and Mr. William Edwards (the former a magistrate in South Wales) were brought , before Mr. Jardine, charged with smoking in one of the , carriages on the Croydon Railway, and Mr. David Ed wards was charged with assaulting Mr. John Rowe, a gentleman holding a situation in the Government service. The complainant, whose right eye was much swollen, said that on Friday evening he came up from Dover in a second-class carriage, and on their arrival at the Anerley station the defendants got in and commenced smoking cigars immediately. There were several ladies in the carriage, and the smoking was a nuisance to them, which induced witness to interfere. Mr. David Edwards pushed his cigar into witness's face, when he knocked it out of his mouth, and received in return several blows on the eyes, which render©d him insensible for some time. The prisoners continued their unruly conduct until the train arrived at the London-bridge station, whon witness informed one of the constables connected with the rail way, and gave them into custody. Witness was em ployed by Government, and ought to be at Dover that morning on particular business, but he considered that on public grounds he was bound to press the present charge. Mr. David Edwards said he was a magis trate, and he defied any b— magistrate to interfere with him. Maria Dolman, a widow lady, said she was in the same carriage with Mr. Rowe, and saw the defendants get in at Anerley. As soon as they got in they lighted their cigars, and commenced smoking. Witness, as well as several other women, remonstrated with them, and hoped they would desist, when their language was dreadful towards Mr. Rowe. Mr. David Edwards, using very disgusting language, pushed his cigar into Mr. Rowe's face, and on that gentleman resisting him several blows on the eye. him, he struck Mr. JARDINE—Did you complain of the smoking first? Witness—l, as well as several other women, complained, and, Mr. Rowe sitting near us, we a ppealed to him to have the nuisance abated. So soon as Mr. Rowe spoke to them one of the gentlemen struck him. John William Boyd, a constable in the employ of the South-Eastern Railway, said that on the arrival of the train at London-bridge station Mr. Rowe informed him that the defendants had assaulted him in the railway car riage, and had smoked their cigars, to the annoyance of the other passengers. Perceiving that Mr. Rowe's face was bleeding he took defendants into custody. Wi tness produced the certified by-laws of the company, which imposed a penalty upon any person who smoked in a railway carriage. Mr. JARDINE said that such conduct must be re pressed, and he was sorry that gentlemen in their posi tion of life should commit themselves in such a disgrace ful manner. He should fine each of them 10s. for smoking in the railway carriage, and fine Mr. David Edwards 40s. for the assault. The defendants immediately paid the fine. WANDSWORTH. Mr. John Seward, of 8, Hereford-place, Commercial road, East, linendraper, was brought before Mr. Payn ter, charged by Mr. Charles F. Field, an inspector of the detective force, with feloniously receiving a quan tit y of mousselin-de-laine and French merinoes , t he pro perty of the South-Western Railway Company- Mr. W. Wadham Young, the assistant-superi ntendent of traffic on the South-Western line, Mr. Bent, the com pany's detective cheer, Inspector Browman, of the G division, and Sergeant Shaw, of the detective force, were present, and produced an enormous packagelin- of wrench merinoes of various colour s, as also mousse de-laines, and a peculiar rich and rare black merino, the whole of which had been manufactured by a Paris house for the firm of Candy and Co., Vir a ding-street, the latter article being solely made for them, at a cost price of 10s. 6d. per yard. Mr. Parry was specially retained for the accused. M. Crombie, from Messrs. Bircham and Co.'s, Par liament-street, solicitors to the South-Western Railway Company, attended to prosecute, and promised his case by stating that on Monday last a man named Charles Whither, carrying on business as a greengrocer in Church-yard, Aldgatc, was charged before Mr. Beadon with stealing 4001. worth of merino and mousseline-de laine, tho property of the railway company, but assigned to Messrs. Candy and Co., an eminent firm in Watliug street, per the South-Western Railway, from Southamp ton, in the month of February last. The box was stolen in its transit up the line, and was marked "C. C. and C 0.," meaning Charles Candy and Company. It having come to the knowledge of the directors of the railway company that Mr. Seward, the prisoner, who, with his brother, is carrying on an extensive business at 6,7, and 8, Commercial-road East, had purchased a large proportion of the stolen property, viz., to the ex tent of 600 or 700 yards, application was made on that evening week. They produced a number of pieces of merinoes and mousselin-de•laines, French manufacture, and said that was all they had. The company were then in hopes that Mr. Seward would have appeared as a witness for the prosecution ; but, unfortunately for the prisoner, it turned out otherwise. Information had beea obtained that amongst the goods stolen were two pieces of black merino, which were made specially for Messrs. Candy, at a trade cost of 10s. 6d. per yard, and were sold to the prisoner at the price of 9d. per yard. Accord ingly, on Wednesday last Mr. Wadham Young, of the railway company, Mr. Wilson, a gentleman connected with Messrs. Candy's firm, and Mr. Inspector Field, went to the prisoner's premises and challenged him with having more goods than he accounted for. Ile (the pri soner) denied most positively having any more goods of the description alluded to, and Inspector Field then said, however oisagreeable the proceeding might be, he must search the p , emises. That course was adopted, and the officer would state in his evidence what additional pro perty he found; and in conclusion he would only state that the directors of the South- Western Railway Com pany had considered it their duty, on behalf of the pub lic and themselves, to place the prisoner in the dock. Mr. PAYNTEIL observed, that before any evidence was gone into, he wished merely to remark that the case of the great railway robberies had come originally before Mr. I3eadon, his colleague, and, as it would again be brought before him at a very early period, he only wished sufficient evidence to be gone into to remand the prisoner. Mr. Charles Frederick Field was then sworn, and stated that he was an inspector of the detective police. In consequence of information he received, he went, ac companied by Mr. Wadham Young and Mr. Wilson, on Wednesday last, to Mr. Seward's house, and asked for Mr. John Seward, and introduced that person to Mr. Wilson, telling him that he was a gentleman connected with Messrs. Candy's house, and that he (the witness) had reason to believe that he had got some more pro perty connected wiih the robbery on the South-West ern Railway, and that that property was purchased be fore his transaction with Whitcher, the remanded pri soner. The prisoner replied—" We have no more ; you have had every yard." Witness said there were two pieces of black mousselin, and the prisoner replied he had not got them, and his brother came in and said in prisoner's presence, " No, Mr. Field, you have had every yard ; we have no more of it." Witness then said, " Let Mr. Wilson see what you have got," and the prisoner then went into another shop and brought out eight pieces and a dress, on which he said money had been paid. The material produced was principally mousselin-de-laino in digerent co lours. Atter they had looked at these he said, " Let us look at your black uterine." Some pieces were produced from tender the counter, and Mr. Wilson put his hand on one and identified it as a portion of the stolen goods, and said to the prisoner, " What did you give for this?" and the prisoner replied, " Why, I bought it in a lot." Mr. Wilson then said, " Where are the others?" and the prisoner replied, " Why, we have sold them at 4s. 11d. the yard," and Mr. Wilson replied, " Why, they cost us 10s. a yard, wholesale price," meaning the black uterine. Witness then said these good had been stolen, and he should take charge of them. By Mr. Parry—Saw Seward for the first time that evening week, and communicated to him that goods had been stolen from the South-Western Railway, and he was supposed to have received them. He hesitated for some time, and then said, " Let us go into the back room"—meaning the shop parlour. He said be had given 51. for the goods, and witness asked for the invoice; he gave it him, but he had left it at home. In the invoice it said Mr. Parry here checked the witness, and said he must oppose his stating what was not evidence, us the invoice was not produced. The witness was believed to be one of the cleverest officers in existence, and therefore he must watch him. The witness continued—He had had three interviews with the prisoner, and the last was on Friday afternoon, in his shop. He took away one lot of goods on last Saturday night, and another lot on Wednesday. By Mr. Crombie—l asked prisoner of whom he had purchased the goods, and he said of a man named Plampin, who he bed efterwards heard was tried and convicted for the golddust robbery. The name in the invoice was Roney. By Mr. Parry—He did not, after being asked if it was Whitcher, say be had discovered it was Plampin. He said, Plampin passed as Roney when he sold the pro pet•ty. The prisoner said he paid Bd. and 9d. a yard, taking the whole lot. Mr. Parry now addressed the magistrate on behalf of his client, oeserving he felt the case must be remanded, and the simple application he should make was, that the prisoner might be admitted to bail. He had been car rying on business twelve or fourteen years. These facts had been brought to his knowledge a week that day. The inspector had had several interviews with his cheat, and, if he had felt himself a guilty man, had he not had many opportunities to flee? He (Mr. Parry) had made Mr. Crumbie acquainted with the prisoner's circum stances, and that gentleman knew he was enabled to give bail to any amount. The prisoner had made no mis statement. Mr. Crombie, too, wanted to prove that the prisoner bought the goods of Whitcher, and he said that it was Plampin. On the subject of bail the railway company always left it to the magistrate to put it at such amount as would insure the attendance of the ac cused; that was, supposing the magistrate considered himself justified in taking bail. Mr. PAYNTER said, in his remarks, that whilst a case was pending for trial he would never take bail for the accused party, especially in such a ease as the present. He had known the impolicy of such a step. Had the depositio❑s been completed, he might have admitted the prisoner to bail. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Briggs, of the firm of Briggs and Gardford, of Primrose-street, Bishopsgate-street, oilmen, appeared be fore Sir P. Laurie, who has been appointed locum tenens for the Lord Mayor during his Lordship's corporation visit to Paris, for the purpose of making a statement, the public notice of which might be productive of advantage, It had become, Mr. Briggs said, a common practice at places of amusement about London, to send up in the air dangerous combustibles in the shape of ilre balloons, which were calculated to do irreparable mischief, espe cially when they happened to fall upon premises in which there were inflammable materials. There had been a fire on Friday night in Clerkenwell, and in about half an hour after he had heard of the breaking out of the con flagration he was informed by oae of the servants of the establishment that the roof of his premises was on fire. On going up to the roof he found that a fire-balloon, which had lately descended, was blazing away, and he was convinced that if it had fallen a foot or two away from the spot on which it had dropped, the building would have been in a very short time in flames; there were between 200 and 300 tuns of oil on the premises, the consequences to the whole neighbourhood might have been dreadful in the extreme. He had learned, upon speaking to the police, that fire-balloons were constantly falling about Bishopsgate, and that it was generally sup posed they had been sent up from the various public gardens about the metropolis, the proprietors of which, no doubt, never took into account the dangers to be ap prehended from the childish practice. Sir P. LAIIRIE—I dare say you come here to make this representation, because you conclude that it is the quickest mode of seeking and accomplishing a remedy to obtain a speedy exposure in the public press? Mr. Briggs—Precisely so. I consider that my premises, and as a necessary consequence the whole neighbourhood, had a very narrow escape. I entertain no doubt that the moment the police authorities are informed of the fact of the frequent descent of fire balloons, they will give directions to the forge to make such regulations us LAMBETH. John Williams, a coach painter and wheelwright, was brought up on a summons charging him with neglecting to maintain his three children. The case, as represented, was one of considerable in justice towards the complainant, as well as cruelty to wards her unfortunate children. It appeared from the statement of the complainant that about fifteen years ago the defendant had married her sister, who did not long survive, and two years after her d. , e.th he made proposals to and married her. From the time cf their marriage, and down to February, 1849, the defendant lived with her, and treated her very well, but that year he left her and went to Morden, in Surrey, where he got employ ment, and used to allow her money for the support of her self and children. He soon, however, went to live at the house of a female who had a wheeler's shop there, and with whom he carried on an improper connexion, and two months ago, on her applying for her usual sti pend, he told her she bad no further claim on him; that their marriage was not legal. In conclusion, the com plainant said that the defendant hadll left four,r he with A fre e c hildren, one Henry, aged seven, Ellen andd oor womanthemarri stted that two yeas ol last Aril. Te she Ltd not d the slight e st notion that a age was illegal. The defendant, when asked what ho had to say, re plied that he could not deny the children were his, and it was his wish to contribute to their support. Mr. NORTON considered the conduct of the defendant exceedingly disreputable. However, as the law at pre sent stood, he could only make an award for the support of the children, as the illegitimate offspring of the de fendant, and in doing so he regretted he could not compel him to pay more than half-a-crown each. Mr. Norton directed that an order for the payment of 7s. 6d. a week, together with the expenses attending the present proceedings, should he made out against the de fendant. THE COUN TI Livzaroot, AUG. 2.—Pric( 8. d s. d IX MARKETS. !S were as follow : d. R. d. Do. Meal, perl96lb 15 0 to 16 0 Barley, English, pr imperial quarter 26 0 28 0 Irish, Scotch, and anx,per 601 b .. 3 8 3 10 Foreign, grinding 3 4 3 8 aye, per 601 b •• 3 6 3 9 Beans, English, pr imper i a l quartr 32 0 34 0 Irish and Scotch, .. • . 30 0— 31 3 p e r 4801 b• • • 30 0 — 31 0 Dutch. Egyptian • • • • 25 9 26 3 P eas, E n lish, per imperiagl quartr 31 0— 33 0 Foreign • - •• 3 1 0 — 32 0 Oats, per 451 b English, Scotch, • and Welsh, old 3 3 3 6 rrish, Welsh, . rest Wheat. per 701 b white - • 6 0 to 6 6 Do. red .. 5 10 6 0 Irish, best red • • 5 6 5 8 Do, lower quality 5 2 5 4 Manx, red and wh. 5 9 6 0 Dantsic, high mixed 6 9 7 0 Do., mixed .. 6 3 6 6 Rostock, &c • . .. 6 6 7 0 Hamburgh and Lower Baltic .. 5 9 6 0 American & .5 - white 6 3 6 6 Canadian, L red 510 6 2 Antwerp & Louvain 5 9 6 0 French, red.. .. 5 9 6 3 Hungarian and Mariaropoli .. 5 B—s 10 Odessa, Polish .. 5 8 5 9 Do., common .. 5 4 5 6 Egyptian .. 4 0— 4 3 Flour, English & Irish, per 28011 s 32 0 33 0 Do., extra fine 33 0 34 0 United States, per 20 6 — 2l 6 , barrel .• •. 20 6 21 0 Canadian .. Indian corr., per 4801 b, white • . 26 0 --2 9 01 MANcriatrrza, Au.. 2.--We have again to report un settled weather throughout the present week, heavy rain having fallen on several occasions. The trade, however, has been un influenced thereby, and except for approved marks of fresh made flour, and choice cuts of oatmeal, both of which are of scanty supply, the demand for most articles ruled extrem el y languid. Coastwise the arrivals of malt at Liverpool are to a mo derate amount, but of other articles thenc e, or any produce from Ireland, very limited quantities are reported. From abroad liberal supplies of wheat, Indian corn, and flour have come to hand. At our market this morning, the weather being fine with a more settled appearance, a very lifeless feel ing prevailed, and wheat receded in value ld per 701 b. Flour moved off slowly on the terms of this day se:nnight, and the same remark will apply to oats. The scarcity of oatmeal enabled holders to realize very full prices. WORCESTER, Aua. 2.—Wheat must be quoted at about the prices of last market day, viz., 17s to 18s per bag for white and 16s to 17s for red English. Farm ers tried to obtain an ad vance upon these rates, but millers would not comply. Malt ing barley is becoming more in request, and the current price is 3 3 4d to 3s 8d per bushel, distilling 3s 3d. English beans from 4s 21 to 4s 6d per bushel, and foreign from 3s 10d to 4s 4d. Old English oats, 3s 3d to 3s 6d per 391 b ; Irish, 2s lOd to 3s 21 Winter vetches at 45 6d to bi per )?tishel. poi mewling .. 3 2—3 21 Do., feeding .. 3 0 3 1 Do., foreign .. 3 0 3 4 Oatmeal, English, Seotch,pr24olb 28 0 28 6 Irish, new • . .. 25 0— 26 6 Do., old .. 26 0 26 6 a retail sale at from 3s Gd to 4s for gray, and 3s 10d to 41 6d for white. Stourbridge market on Friday presented a somewhat similar appearance to Worcester. Wheat was dull, but lower prices were not submitted to. Average, 45s 4d per quarter. Good malting barley was inquired for, and we may say that the malting season is beginning to set in. An advance of 2d per bushel was obtained on good samples. Peas and beans no minally as last quoted. For oats quite as much money ob tained. Wolverhampton market was well supplied, and the weather being fine, it met a dull sale at last week's rates. English; white 18s to 19s per 9 score 101 b, and 16a 6d to 17 s Gd for red. A limited sale for foreign. Barley in moderate demand at former prices. Oats moved off slowly at from 21s to 22s per 3121 b for Irish, and 23s to 253 for English. Beans unchanged. English, 12s to 13s per 1961 b ; French, 12s ; and Egyptians lls to Ils 6d. At Kidderminster the supply was equal to the demand, and as the millers are not disposed to advance, and the farmers hold on, trade ruled dull, with the turn in favour of the seller. Reaping will be pretty general in favoured situations next week. It has already commenced. The potato crop promises to be very abundant this year. NOTTINGHAM, AUG. 2.—The supply of wheat at market to-day was much less than last week, but the demand being very limited, all except the finest samples were i s per quarter lower. Grinding barley a retail trade at late prices. In oats and beans but little doing, without alteration in value. In the markets of Suffolk the trade has been dull, unless at lower rates. At Ipswich a reduction of Is was in many instances submitted to for wheat; there was no other corn on offer. At Woodbridge sales were slow, at a like reduction. There were complaints in the market of the midge and the mildew having made their appearance in the wheat, and caused a great defect in the ear. On Thursday at Stowmarket there was little but wheat on offer, and to effect sales of this a slight reduction was ne cessary. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, JULY 31.—The numbers at our market to-day were—oxen, 643 ; sheep, 1,966 ; lambs, 5,861. From the large supply sales were dull, and prices had a downward tendency. Best ox beef, 44s per cwt ; current, 42s ; cows, from 36s to 40s. At the close of the market a clearance had not been effected. Best aged wethers brought Sid per lb, current sd, inferior 4d to slid. Lambs varied in price from 7s to 18s, current from 10s to 14$. A few of both sheep and lambs turned out unsold. DALKEITH, JULY 31.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were INst 101 b, JBst 51b, and 17st 111 b. Oats, 12st 81b, 12st 41b, and lOst 131 b. Barley, 16st 11th 01)st 01b, and 14st 101 b. Peas and beans, 18st 131 b, 18st 101 b, • and 18st 91bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 186 Wheat .. £2 8 0 £2 5 6 £1 17 8 , 525 Oats ... 1 8 0 1 4 8 1 2 0 17 Barley 7 Peas and Beans I 18 0 1 17 0 1 16 0 Aver age of wheat 445 bid. ABERDEEN, AUG. I.—Grain—Oats 21s Od to 21s 6d., 401bs per bushel; oats (seed), 008 Od to 00s Od, 401bs per bushel; barley, 23s Ud to 24s Od, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 23s Od to 24s Od, 52ibs per bushel; wheat 00s to 425; oatmeal, 17s 6d to 185 6d per boll ; flour, 30s to 32s per sack. Provisions—Beet , 3d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 3d to 6d; veal, ditto, 3d to 5d ; pork, per stone, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; lamb, per lb, 5d to 6d ; tallow, per stone, 3, Od to 3s 6d; potatoes, per pecks 9d to Is 4d; rabbits, each, Od to ()d; hares, each, 08 to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d to 9u; eggs, per doz, 8d to 9d ; cheese, per cwt, 18s to 2350 d • hens, per pair, 25 Od to 2s 6d; chickens, ditto, 2 s Od to 2 s 6 d; ducks, do., s 6d to 2s Od ; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d; turkeys, each resent Od to ts Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 8a; butter for exportation ( p cure), per cwt, OOs to 70s; eggs, wholesale, price, per dozen, Od to sid ; 41b loaf, cash, 5d ; credit, 6d ; pork, per stone of 141bss Os cd to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork, large 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Us to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, is 8d to is Id; barley dust, Od to 100 l peasemeal, is 8d to is 10d; !ids, 7d to 8d; bere r neal, Is 5d to is 6d; flour, ls 9d to is 10d; barley, per lb, lid to' d; barley flour, Os Od to is Bd. • DUBLIN, Atm. on the I.—The weather since Tuesday whole, been favourable which has caused a consid era ble dull . ness in our corn-market, except for oats, which bro u g ht an advance of 3d to 6d per barrel. We further redu ce our quo tations for Indian corn Is to 2s, and for every other article we has, repeat Tuesday's quotations. A few samples of new bere were again sold at 105 6d, and rapeseed brought 19s 6d to 20s also for 16 stone. Wheat, white, 22s Gd to 25s 6d ; red ditto, 21s 6d to 24s 6d ; barley, Os Od to Os Od ; oats, per barrel, 12s Gd to 14s Od; rape-seed, 195 6d to `2os oatmeal, its Od to 13s Od; second flour, per cwt, 12s Od to 14s ; Indian corn, per 4801 b, 26s to 28s 6d. CORK, Aun. 1. The supply of home grain is small, the receipts for the week ' being only—wheat, 15 barrels • barley, 32 barrels ; oats, 326 barrels. Prices are unchanged. In foreign wheat the busi ness done has been on a retail scale, at about the rates of last week. The stock of oats here are very trifling, and the trans actions passing very limited. We cannot quote any alteration in the value of the article. The trade in flour is dull, and the business passing confined altogether to the supply of the more pressing wants of the bakers. A rather large importation of American flour to hand this week, is not calculated to impart much buoyancy to a market already sufficiently depressed. Th e abundant supply of potatoes interferes materially with the sale of coarse flours, which are consequently in but small demand. Indian corn is seriously affected from the same cause , a nd the tendency of the article is daily downward. In the pr esent state of the market it is difficult to give prices, but if WO quote them at 6/ 105 to 6/ 15s per ton, we think we are pretty near the mark. Barrels. Currency. 0 White wheat ...00s Od to 008 Od OOs Od-20 steal . 0 Red wheat OCs Cd to 00s Od Oos Od-20 do 1 Barley l2s Od to OOs Od OOs Od-16 do 4 Bere 55 Oats lOs led to 12s 2d OOs Od--14 do 0 Pigs OGs Od to OOs Od 00s Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat; 0 red; 0 barley; 1 bere; 19 oats; 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week Wheat, 7. Barley, 0. Oats, 333. Pigs, 0. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRENCY. First quality Second quality Third quality Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending July 26. Piga, 330. Sheep, 409. Cows, 77. CORK.—Plour—First 125 Od to 13s Od; 14s Od ; ex tra toes seconds, 10s Od to 11s 6d; households 8s to 10s Od; thirdSs per cwt. Oatmeal Ils Gd to OOs; Indian meal 6s 6d to 7s 3c1„; w O d per meal, Ps 64 to lOs per cwt. Indian corn 61 58 to 71 vs ton. Bran 75s to 77s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 16s to 249; averag arixter a 008; dealers 32s to 44$ Od; average 00s per ton. Straw--F _ 23s Od to 3C5 Od ; average 008 ; dealers 35 s Od to 00t 6: o average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf Sid to household loaf 4id to 5d per 41 b. Fresh butter, a als 94 per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s Od per hundred. Newport 14s Od ; Lydney 15s ; Landore 00a ; 12s 6d per ton. Tallow 381 Od to 395 per e, 1 "; Whisky, 25 0. p., bs 9 d per imperia l gallon. 50at —Beef sid to 7d ; mutton 5d to 7i ed ; veal 4d 5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6 d to 7 d ; sausages bd it . Hops 61 lOs to 0 / Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 316 a Fe, rencs ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 8 / Os; Valoni a 15/ to 0/; F 61 Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 15s per stone; Hemp 29/ to 321 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to O0s; r eu. ditto, 26s to Oos per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 111 per ton. Timber—Memel, 808 per ton ; red pine, 31 105; yellow ditto, 21 Iss per ton; deals, 12s to 15s per 100. Hides--• Market 21s to 30s; salted 22s to 308 per cwt ; calf eking 3d to 3id per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to I`2d; Minions; 004 to 00d. Guano—Peruvian, 11/ 10s; Ichaboe, 81 to 9/ 05 ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BRISTOL, AUG. 2. STOCK EXCHANGI.—The market was not so firm to -day, but several transactions were effected. Great Westerns wort, done at 8434—South -Eastern and Dover, 22 i—NeWP" Abergavenny, and Herefords, 51 8 dis. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 2, STOCK. EXCHANGE.—The share m ar k e t h a s been rather heavy to. day, and very little business doing. The transrc" tions were as follow —Birkenhead, Lancashire and cheshiil , . , 4 (late Cheshire and Birkenhead), 16—East Lancashire, land —Caledonian, 11—Great Northern, 171 Lancashire b Yorkshire, 49%—Ditto, Fifths, 8 1 dis.—Liverpool, Cr 0.2,7.„:„ and Southport, 1 3 4 dis.—London and North-Weste rn, Quarters, 4 p.—Midland, 42%—Ditto, North British, VA—South-Eastern and Dover, 22 A and North Midland, 113.1, Halves, 20I A ' STOCK EmonAx S G I E ANCIIESTER, AUG 2. , prices are ~, limited, but • ._ The urialter b e u d s . iner r s h s e of tr . a t n h s e ac d tai day `yore follow :—Caledonian, 10";: s East Lancashire, 14%—Lancti shire and Yorkshire, 4ni- -- London and North-Western, 14 Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 2 3.16 p. --- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire , 28 %—South-Eastern and Dover, 22 7-16. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 2. STOCK ExcitArtGE.—The advance which took place in the early part of the week in the value of Railway Stock has, upon the whole, been pretty well supported, although at the close of business to - day quota tions were a shade lower than they were yesterday. The traffic returns do not, however, influence prices to the extent w hich mi g ht have been ex:, petted, and now the London season is about to close, in el! probability passenger traffic, in comparison with what it ha s been during the last two months, will be small and un promising. The following were among the closing pric es on 'Change this afte rnoon : Bir m i ngham and O xford Junction (ca ll s d u ly paid), sellers, 30 Ditto (calls not duly paid)P se llers, 23—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valle, buyers, 10 1 / 1 , sellers, 10%—East Lancashire, sellers, 14 London and North-Western, buyers, 124, sellers, 125- 1 21 Quarters, buyers, 4, sellers, 4% p.—Manchester, Sheme . ' and,Lincolnshire,Preference, sellers, 13s. 9d, p.—Shrews and Birmingham (A), buyers, 6%, sellers. 6 dis.- -1)11 ', (B), buyers, 5%, sellers, 5 dis.—Shropshire Union, buY e 'l 3 dis.— Ditto (A, B, C, and D), fully paid-up, buYe r ".,. ' 50%, sellers, 51%. The only absolute transactions a alii importance on 'Change to-day were in local stock. • THE POTTERIES, JULY 30.—The contest bet Ween the colliers and Earl Granville has not been arranged, e'''' on the contrary, some other pits have stopped work. Th can, there, be no doubt tht unless these difficulties be settled early, fore that some of the a master potters must also ea" pend operations. ------- BIRTHS. OF A SON On the 31st ult., at Gifford's-hall, near Colchester , 1 "" wife of Captain Gresley. On the 31st ult., at Long Whatton, Leicestershire, the Wi le of the Rev. Joseph Watson. OF A paucarrEg. On the Ist inst., at Richmond-terrace, Canonbury-sqll3re' the wife of W. T. Barnard, Es wife On the Ist inst. ' at Cambridge q. -square, llyde-park, the of George Wilde, Esq. MARRIED. Oa the 31st ult., at Madeley, Staffordshire , Richard M one of ton Nilnes, Esq., .P , only son of R. P . Milner, Esq., °I Frystone-hall, and Raw ' try, Yorkshire , to the Hon. Annabe Crewe, youngest sister of Lord Crewe. On the 31st uit , at Cambridge, the Rev. Thomas 5h39,1- forth, M.A., Fellow . of University College, Oxford, sou of t.r. Shadforth, Esq., of Orchard-house, Gilsland, Cumberland , t°, Ellen, younger daughter of the late T. C. Francis, Esq., Ellison-place, Newcastle-0 DIED. On the 27th ult., at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, Thomas Clarke, Esq., aged 72. red On the 31st ult., at Gray's Inn, Compton Reade, Esq. , a v 37, only son of Sir John Chandos Reade, Bart., o f sbipton court, Oxfordshire. On the 31st ult., at Albion-road, Stoke Nev. ington, Eliza beth, the wife of Mr. M. 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