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C olonel et TI10:i1PSON seconded the motion. " e w as given to bring in the Bill. 111 , R i „.„ THE lONIAN ISLANDS. le to ' - ',.` 4 E then rose to call the attention of the titll 4 ;.tue easPs of late riots and proclamation of mar-- iIIIN, 14 Cephalonia and proceedings theteupon, and e.,aicriitevlinces.of the inhabitants of the . lonian Islauds. "iot% r gia with regret he rose to bring forward the tho dtt : e which he had given notice, because he was tiki..., °captain of the measures of an Hon. Gentle lie h k rin? had long sat on these benches, and with whom frie nd I „eng acted, in the belief that he was a warm sto;that Hon. tir o , of civil and religious liberty. Indeed he had re ,,a 0 Gentlemang the question of the Irish utp rid _ rder that he might prove to the country that t hitig i n ` q t e il frieud of religious liberty. But there was some -I.,kittay etnoisession of power which seemed to change 1 ke g sir trlio opinions but the very nature of man. the , 14 Ward vras appointed to his present shun t.de. oars„idered the appointment the best that could p c4ot e d io ne was sorry to say that he had been disap ilt el, b„, every respect with the conduct of Sir H. Alt o , w " Yet it was more in sorrow than in anger that )1414 Was 55 was to direct attention to it. His coin ! iittleecessillat he had proclaimed martial law without di d ou t to 7 1 ; Re was sorry to say that the promises 40e ita l e lonians thirty years ago had all . been 4 lti tit d u. lie concurred entirely in the propriety of „tlt be t b cl wo the disturbances that took place in 1849, thlhatty ° l l o ght the. Lord High Commissioner had been h , 'N s Pr°ia' ming martial law. He did not think ' 4 . l rti i i hilaffleient ground for placing the island under 1; 1 411 clott l i; v , a t all. Ho would not trouble the House el, h.. , out next state the result of these proceed tilhttim ePpeared that 68 persons were tried by court !le 44 ri ' ll g the existence of martial law. That of oil ed, lie sentenced to death, 21 executed, 7 . ! e n: i ll , r evt 4l . corporally Punished, and 2 acquit . . d t ob . li t hail ti l i °, 9 6 persons flogged, although that a liddlree n bee previously practised there, as it was punish- It brutal,the Had the Government substituted any b th._ a s it . 0 m atters ? Was there any responsi i -4117 han g, I be said that English commanders could tie' l AN i t i °ll : l imprison with the most perfect i •mpu -14 lib Pel t nut prison authorit? What he wanted was Pities tzth the 111"428! view Commission to proceed to the y t. 14 0 th.. .of making the most minute in , lt c N g lb at subject. The Hon. Member concluded kid es ty, p r 11 ! an humble address be presented to her f let tl i ted t o a Y'llg her to' order a Commission to be ap- Natm t ,,e° out to the Wand to examine into these Lt.uld 41.-0 rent on the best means of promoting k t il l ~ kticirrity in the colony, 1 6 4 k l f WI N t',,TT seconded the motion. He would think kA ad i u i c i, , °I baseness in the face of the transactions ki t litin p . ~,:l Plaee in the lonian Islands, and that were it, h a b lee, -,,,,,ace there, it he shrank from supporting by lis le • li.well as b , y his vote the motion of the Hon. tio4a.hieerso.,.die,atrose. He would assert that the evi. \ eipp, e ree‘ to ~,..,,y of these sad occurrences had ,„ee l tPle, sseci tee l ulu kept back by the Government.. Nirgtte f ,„ - " , Were grossly misrepresented, and in qtb.47, Si s treated unfairly, unjustly, cruelly, and !Ni l : °kid 11 1 : Ward, in one of his letters, said that . 4 1p. 4 41 I , , he would have to run the risk of being k, I t. tltant and a persecutor; but he could not hell c a t he h , to had to deal with semi -barbarians, and was l i6l e qtd tu,,aet accordingly. The Noble Lord then 1 4 tcl i P. r atac ti lNI extracts from the dispatches on the ii„migh f, leg upon them as he went along. The ,4,l`Blrettiren:piesioner admitted he got a portion of 11 , 8, It tt , . rom an individual whom he designated !liceNs iN i e 534, utterly reeardless of the obligation d 'artn ati a nd, in order to obtain the more readily '44 et sett: The equired he ordered him to be paid Op t ? r eY ap i ,„ s Was a course of proceeding which I ,lll t ,„_ C W. h ° ,, Ye d• ks 4 ll o 4 " tte r ;7 l l ( 3 ) !E rose, and informed the Speaker t kri °ll es vs ' t brtY Members in . the House. , ..e , .as Co fr,:l Nock unted out accordingly at a Quarter ll't /it ..\-__''''.........•1•........1•••••................. oip 11 414, 0 ,ECRET ARY OF THE 1,111)1Z 0 a Ar; REFORM ASSOCIATION. 144,"t171 ti th °ll uaY the 22d, in the Committee on 0 4 we qUestion of the charge for New Zea j 1 1 / 4 4 , II p a made Made to reduce the amount by 6001., , kl,,,,p4i quf t ' l eat towards the income of the Bishop. die , 414; bu tt o vote against the Las Casas of New " 14 tip, t1 apt to e objection was to so levying such a MCt MiBt:liiibed either the amount or the object as to the Di from that question. The constituencies 4 ti lt 'Els plia3enters are in strength, naturally ob- Op Ne l YFllents for a dominant sect being laid t h . tl ie aait„ 0 ir kil 4 EI j. ;0 -th -e b tkIlL ,91 efr .tight was a renewal of the struggle 0 444 ,ti tor ,shaters 4 ' Uigt 11)0 nUni, a discreditable gift forced against the consent of the better l'i l Pris tt i"e Continuance of which it is difficult !IPith., den; motive. e4tttellel4atical Commission Bill was passed, IT 1 Nt t 4 to Iv s• The Minister gave notice of his 0 4 ' I thdra w j i 4t,tlS t l the Jewish Oaths Bill for the t o - to (lay a v.. . 4 , , ? or , r priy.,"l4 House, as is frequent on the tkl; h at law s /notions. A discussion on the llip4tia the ueld the House together for some 0I hits eeph ai e r aiddle of a debate on late transac 484,tree,,nnie, the House was counted out. itib: i tc4 :l4 life tie, that England should have held `Qita il ''' the s i.` - ' e Phaloni a for thirty years, and not ti,kli d , ,t,s, r, Ightest progress in amalgamating. the r‘tli'm V t vt l the the last act of the NI., tad N o . contrary, ,• .h;ty 4 le NI ! 13 to declare them " semi-barna 0 koazetit t:eqUence, as he states, to turn them / 44 ty th t he operation of that bloody fiction 1 . atti Sir ° name of martial law. ' N l ' Your obedient servant, t4 t 041 1 24, 18 AN OLD REFORMER. 50. 1 4' ANY\ N T , _ 4) ks rl i d :Psta" o(l 4 [ l ,- 1 i 0 IN - AL CONCERTS. i Lliltll tt„ the4 tantyex,etifeealtrroem undoubted authority, that is to be opened the latter end Il itbOi e erts, t „ °l• ,, series of classical and miscella tiCts'u eti i a ' ,ee called " The Grand National ?ketel 4 tte ttl -ea 'e of completeness and excellence V I I otNea, n P f t ;_ l • A commonwealth of noblemen kt e , t tsh; art, ha ve a very highest rank and talent, ,l'grtii;ue, the"'eekUtlite.d in setting . on foot this great divee,„ lieh li,, tiler aim and object of which is to ' the . - generally every style of composi lilt% ttstere4taudest works of the most celebrated 0 1 t Perfo r „,'' te all the varieties of the modern ~,i i , J l:l . o e ti kc i4 i l tl; e ar d t bY the very first living executants. n it ' nef a tine w enlent will be included several of t4 ib i lt e',,the-Crel!lecl artistes of the four musical . n.a -e0410,, "estre and instrumental soloists will li w eb il l• m ° I . tie • essed in any 1 Nee lent never yet wit n essed 81 Ilt k i g ,„, Vtt ) ,, ert , .-eleom the th ' A 4 EI e advent of this great na ta " I ltie li g; or 14 . ` 1 ter ; tt 111 - t g th e r vast progress of music in last few. years has been evident ► Vile 'at% Orueilll observer. The crowds which k 6 ' the ° ever e ._ _. es. INtot e f * ,.„. Y class of composition fully of total.' The Philharmonic Concerts, 4 tei the °fT Years had been deemed the conser- I el tit 'NI ghest • l sic N t . e, „,.3r h . order of in in . it . , N t . 0 041 hart lost much of their original Nir T. Y With' IL kl 114 Sa c ae In the reach of the wealthy t. , t N I 4 tiee to ,red Harmonic Societies are ` lt kti 4l ttl ilaj oh `,1;13 performance of oratorios ; and 4 ° 0 3 , of e h "a established for the audition of ‘ 4 ll' ill 141 'r " ' u er music are limited to a com alat tl li: e ti ttit4 (t sectio n f'to, 4 e a to b . . 0 f • the public. , IN en I, rn ming these several require kt _4 e re . ag wanted. 1 4 44' 1 1 d lts 1 , i . but the elements ueces t,,_ se c lia , 11 12 llt t t; e Ulti a tinn were considered hope gamt I to carryeB now been overcome, and ti outthis ' • grand national dire- A etit, bared .%ir e l 'ot la , a dY ha i N e t t ki _ t ne th en taken fur the necessary ar 'o,iyi sill ins, e ltre, and numerous artiste,s, 4 L. , z , 0 41 1 be sillmental, are already engaged. 10t,i' tiePe, NO e eted from the principal orches-• ,4440'14)14tietiiarezelusive preference is to be th h h„``,N tl etto nt no School or nation. The monu -14 44 , 4 t ili otee t 4', GOrrnan-, y Italy, Prance, an d N I , tee t ery of" modern -will be presented ; l'e %11 R eet ed th e 4, 1 4 r eki of , Quire, Progress of musical art will k,tal t i 4 th e 4 4 N. n effecting- the purposes and ,„ i t , h, oh ; ~ ati on .s, i'h 1 the *in tet fe at as Conservatoria." trilLktte, .011,11,,.b-e theures of this truly colossal un -1 i 'th 'lrtle , carrying out, on the grandest 1, b y e kre ad Alqe 0 - „,thi i toi net . y realized at Her nijesty's 14: I tie l ,Tti t lest 4 °4 of the finest works, illus ti4 lilt' ti of all 1841 * h ens 4 a II •th aided n q alined to pronounce a correct ti NI th -.4eu s • (4 tl,t NOtln ee i In a PPrObatiOn of the plan. this p t iptivite % Y patronage, under whose dis q, a rt a shet pia , c teel ei o n has been matured, and 1 )N l lie I bo q 4Y secured, assure the success a t4l ei g v b et, p , , p o4N e Undertakng. ‘. I 'e b l lth o l led b Ike D _ -------_______ Ittp t 111 yth MONIIMENT.--It has a) r to to e tNti- of . til t eret, Inhabitants of Tollingtoe and its tt o l 'lie Oei llo ` . a column on the summit cf the 1 iti,, 4 114,. ttE t i, Of th ? of the late Sir Pobert Peel. The tkill ll . ll ;e, e lkil,, l lle e t wisite°,lunin, which will be accessible by h z li , li 'er li t In. e • -cunt/land a panoramic scene of r i kt tl til o ilk t% ' l 'lcat ire4mfere ll embracing sight of .t , 4 ..,1 1 ; t i, On e t ce, a ion ti t 4Ottei /tie etor the Derbyshire hills, over- VII, 4, 4 _ti 1 ...4 , th e „ ordshire range of hills, Cheshire, ov _ of thaijashir'eAlrriberland hills, and te watering `, 4 ,t 4 i :11, ii,, euttipta_eeast• 11 ° 1 cm:be-hill is within a c 448, 111)F:0441w ,f,tieea C Z k t,El j iffi o cult thing L ki t , m'Se e.,, kC th e 41 ,, e of the late Sir Robert Peel. to preserve is , e t , e xt tit urnat. etl 4, l tle‘ s t 11 eNve9*--Co'r l q .l et _ aer, al' .. (tern_ , ... ToN MARKET. -There N t ve 'r) -Nuts i pri e tor cotton at our market dur t 4 t4t 4 Plati t ram A" have be nearly Il t d. per ktiq ett 4 erS -on erica b • 41 4 N) "Ai"h a 44 th e ma , eing of an unfavourable k, ,1) 4i.. g ro, has h .ket for the . r produce in an 4, ll, 4•tli N g s yss 0 1, tas bee7lexN.vrith more confidence. Our N4(lt i N t !ticl 4 , vet ) 14 'Port anee t i niely teat during the week, 4, 4 iti t). w. e d. Vie t i_ at n t •Y 44 as been transacted. The r psh for all numbers, I rWo °ll tioPallnet ° A . - Gartsl:e. v't,okbvt sLi p easafrieheet any inn le. In the absence of 1 t p hll lne llt am e . et, or tferiproverrient, as the pro l'i;111143 461134411 T le°"4olPtio Y so, to supply all de ll% iteh-li town p..- 1--- Are n ' t , le, tie o ed ge t „ili s ato Marlt able Cure in Hobart I,,,'ktit'e enjoyspeaktee,'44luba 10°41trneet..----11Iajor Welch, of t,„rti Chet or,s 0 f 0 b i , , writes that Holloway's iNi, ho s !he e l ''roan whorePutation in Van Diemen's v ii tiled 44 1) ,1t , a as eindieal practtiofor yeaPs had been under the ~b, l it io , i . . w e , k l e l urab k s eer s , k and Was dischamed q v gee d De% 'at he eed b • - 'thee "/ use„ us Bu ,, could 0 , 1 be so miserable tri i , ki t .iti th, PPorti e L . •• Y move about with the 1 49 0 g i NI ) 4 4.1 th 4 ,e vae' g " I m. oe, r, ,;.and h . tnat hells4eB, whi e h In this .. is condition be l 0,,,,, bee°have so completely IN, 1 111, ._ le e orebe ` loll oZ . oin traen, solely bate„ a stout, healthy. 4 Estoi ; .,!' Sold b l uutes to the use of Nuraeut ~./ a ll druggi ts, dat i e -Le Strad London THE SUN, IVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Cotntnen..) TUESDAY, JULY 23. MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELAND) BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) _ _ Clause 8 (Dispensary Districts to be formed in each Union ; cost of Medical Relief, Salaries, &c., to be charged on Poor Rates):—Amendment proposed, page 3, line 6, after the word " appointment," to insert the words " prepare a scheme or plan for the division of each Union or of adjoining Unions in Ireland into so many Dispensary Districts, having regard to the extent and population Lf such Districts, as they shall deem necessary :"—Question put, " That those words be there inserted." The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 51. MINORITY-NOES, 5. Tcnlson, E. K. Vesey, Hon. T. Dunne, Colonel Fitzpatrick, J. W. Nugent, Sir Percy TELLzus. Ferguson, Sir R. Clements, Charles Same Clause :—Amendment proposed, at the end of the last Amendment, to add the words " but so, nevertheless, that no electoral division formed under the Acts for the more effectual relief of the destitute poor shall be divided ; and in such scheme or plan the said Commissioners shall also state the number and salaries of the officers to be ap pointed for the service of each such Dispensary District, a , d the number of persona who shall be members of the com mittee of management of such district as hereinafter is pro vided:"—Amendment propose t to the proposed Amendment, by leaving out the words " and salaries :"—Question put, l• That the words and salaries' stand part of the proposed Amendment." The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 41. Anstey, T. C. llatchell, John Scrope, G. P. Bellew, H. M. Henry, Alexander Smyth, Jelin George Blacken, S. W. Heyworth, iLawrence Somerville. Sir W. Blair, Stephen Hobhouse, Sir John Thompson, Colonel Booth, Sir R. G. Howard, Lord;E. Thornely, T. Bouverie, E. P. Meagher, Thomas Villiers, Charles Cowper, W. F. Mahon, O'Gorman Walmsley, Sir J. Duncan, George Maule, Fox Watkins, Colonel Dundas, Sir D. Moore, G. H. Westhead, J. B. Ellis, John Pigot, Francis Williams, John Fagan, W. Rawdon, Colonel Wilson, James French, F. Rich, Henry Grace, 0. D. J. Romilly, Colonel TELLERS. Grenfell, Charles W. Russell, F. C. H. Ilayter, W. G. Hamilton, G. A. Salwey, Colonel Hill, Lord M. MINORITY-NOES, 24. Arkwright, George Dunne, Colonel Nugent, Sir Percy Brooke, Sir A.B. Ferguson, Sir R. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Rrotherton, J. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Scully, Francis Campbell, W. F. Forester, G. C. Stafford, A. Chatterton, Colonel Fuller, A. E. Tenison, Edward K. Cole, H. A. Grogan, E. Vesey, Thomas Dawson, T. V. Jones, Captain TELLEit.d. Dickson, Samuel Kershaw, James Norreys, Sir D. Duncuft, John Naas, Lord Clements, Charles Same Clause :—Amendment made, by adding at the end of the last Amendment the words " and the said Commis sioners shall transmit a copy thereof to the Board of Guar dians of each Union affected thereby, and fix a time not sooner than one month for the revision and determination thereof; and after the expiration of such month, having considered any suggestions of alterations in such scheme or plan made by any such Board of Guardians, the said Corn • missioners shall, by order under their seal, declare such dis trict and the number and salaries of such officers, and the number of persons who shall be members of the committee of management, and shall send the same to the Board of Guardians of such Union :" - Amendment proposed, at the end of the last Amendment, to add the words "and it shall be lawful for any such Board of Guardians to appeal against such order to the L' rd-Lieutenant in Council within one month after the date of such order, and the Lord-Lieutenant in Council shall finally consider and determine the same :" -- Question put, " That those words be there added." The Committee divided : MINORITY-AYES, 31. Arc Mall, Captain Ferguson, Sir R. Norreys, Sir D. Arkwright, G. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Nugent, Sir Percy Beresford, William Forester,"G. C. O'Brien Sir Lucius 'Blair, Stephen Booth, Sir 11. G. Fuller, A. E. Hamilton, G. A. Scully, Francis Stafford, Augustus Brooke, Sir Arthur Hamilton, Lord C. Tenison, E. k. Chatterton, Colonel Herbert, H. A, Vesey, T. Corry, 11. L. Dawson, T. V. Jocelyn, Viscount Jones, Captain TELLERS. Dickson, S. Ker, Richard Grogan, Edward Duncuft, John Meagher, Thomas Clements, C. S. Dunne, Colonel Naas, Lord MAJORITY-NOES, 39. Adair, R. Shafto Grenfell, Charles W. Rich, Henry Anstey, Thomas C. Hall, Sir Benjamin Romilly, Colonel Bellew, R. M. Hatchell, John Russell, F. C.; Brotherton. J. Headiam, Thomas Salwey„ Colonel Campbell, W. F. Henry, Alexander Scrope, G. P. Cowper, W. F. Ileyworth, Lawrence Somerville, Sir W. Craig, Sir W. G. Hobhouse, Sir John Thompson, Colonel Duncan, George Howard, Lord E. Thornely, T. Dundas, Sir David Kershaw, James Watkins, Colonel Ellis, John Lasceiles, W. S. Westhead, J. P. Fagan, William Maule, Fox Williams, John French, F. Moore, George H. TELLEII.B. Grace, 0. D. Pigott, Francis Hayter, W. G. _ _ _ Graham, Sir James RawdOn, Colonel Hill, Lord Marone INCOME-TAX. Motion made, a• d Question put, " That from and after the 20th day of September next, the Duties payable under Schedule B of the Income-tax Acts shall cease and deter mine." The House divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 32. Arbuthnott, 11. Granby, Marquis Portal, Melville Arkwright, George Gwyn, Howel Richards, Richard Blackstone, W. Halford, Sir Henry Rushout,,Captain Breinridge, Richard Hamilton, Geo. A. Spooner, Richard Buck, L. W. Hildyard, T. B. T. Trollope, Sir.J. Chatterton, Colonel Hornby. John Vivian, J. E. Codrington, Sir W. Lewisham, Visc. Wodehouse, Edmund Cubitt, William Lygon, General Wyld, James Dickson, Samuel Mariners, Lord J. Disraeli, B. Newdegate, N. TELLERS. Dunne, Coionel O'Connor. Feargus Sibthorp, Colonel Frewen, C. H. Packe, C. W. Vyse, R. H. It. 13. MAJORITY-NOES, 52. Anderson, Arthur Grey, Sir George Romilly, Sir John Baines, M. 'P. Harris, Richard Salwey, Colonel Barnard, Edward G. Hatchell,' John Scnoletleld, William Bellew, K. M. Hawes, Benj. Shell, R. L. Blacken, S. W. Henry, Alexander Somerville, Sir W. 131ewitt, Reginald Heyworth, L. Tenison, E. K. Bouverie, E. P. Hohhouse, Sir J. Thompson, Colonel Boyle, Colonel Hodges, T. L. Thornely, Thomas Bright, John Hume, Joseph Trelawny, J. S. Brotherton, Joseph Kershaw, James Walmsley, Sir J. Cobden, Richard Lewis, Sir T. Williams, John Cowper, W. F. Maule, Fox Wilson, James Craig, Sir W. G. Milner, W. M. Wood, Sir Charles Crawford, W. S. Morison, Sr W. i . Wyvill, 31armaduke Duncan, Viscount Nichol!, John Dundas, Admiral Nugent, Lord TELLERS. Dundas, Sir David O'Connell, 3lauric• Hoyle'', W. G. Ebrington, Viscount Palmerston, Vis. Hill, Lord IdarCUS Ellis, John Parker. John RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JULY 23. STOCK EXCELANGIL—The market was dull and inactive o-day, and prices remain unaltered. LIVERPOOL, JULY 23. _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was but a moderate business done to-day and prices have a downward tendency. The transactions were as follow: Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 35%—Ditto, Fifths, n l dis.—London and North- Western, 108% c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 9-16 p.—Midland, 32 3 4 c.—Ditto, Halves, 21 9-16 dis .— Ditto, Consolidated (B. and D.), 57%—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, 1534. MANCRESTER, JULY 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have little change to notice in the share market. A small business has been done at h eavy prices. The transactions were as follow :—East Lancashire, 6Y ; n. —Great Northern, 15 dis. —London and North- Western, 109 n.—Ditto, New Quarter, 1 4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 15%—North Staffordshire, 11 7.18 dis—South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Stock (No. 4), 4 11-16. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was generally firm to-day, but little business was transacted. The unsatisfac tory relations now existing between the Shrewsbury and Birmingham and London and North-Western Companies operate disadvantageously upon the stock of the former. YORK, JUI,Y 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Northern, B%—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick (Newcastle Extension), , B%—Ditto (G. N. E. Pur chase), 4—York and North Midland, 14. TEN YEARS IN INDIA; OR, .THE LIFE OF A YOUNG OFFICER. BY CAPTAIN ALBERT HERVEY.-IWe have met with very few works which deserve more consideration than Captain Hervey's very agreeable volumes. He has aimed at three objects—to instruct, advise, and amuse—and in each respect he has succeeded. The book will be welcomed by all who have any connexion with India; it will form a manual for continued reference and consultation. The chief object, however, is confined to military pursuits, and here the young officer will obtain many hints that will put him on his guard against imposition, and prepare him for various circumstances in which he would find himself at fault, had he not had the opportunity of profiting by the experience of a high-minded and intelligent officer, who had gone over the ground before him. We have little doubt but that the narra tive of these Ten Years in India' will have a wide circula tion in this country, and that it will be sought after, and much prized in each of the three great Presidencies."—Bell's Messenger. The belief that guardian spirits hover around the paths of men covers a mighty truth ; for every beautiful, and pure, and good thought which the heart holds, is an angel of mercy purifying and guarding the soul.—Eliza Cook's Journal. A GIRL KI LLED BY HER SLSTERS.—Yesterday an investigation took place before Mr. Bedford, the Westminster coroner, in the board-room of St. James's Workhouse, respecting the death of Elizabeth Coleman, aged 13 years, who died from th e e ff ects of v i oltnt ill usage inflicte y db rs ; two sisters of deceased, Margaret Robinson, aged 20, and Johanna Coleman, age d 18, who are rib in custody, and re manded i t b3; h b e ir r . Hardwick, eitof th the t presentthe Sla inquiry.biorg h P l o t 1 ice -cou appearedr t, from the evidence of two re i s i rc H ta n i f: . females, named Ins-street, Mitchell and Doherty, living Golden square, that on the afternoon of Saturday,Ppknifns-re th et e b 2 y 9th he o r f June, the deceased was met in Ho a nf sweep, who sister, Margaret Robinson, the wife charged deceased with having stolen one her d dresses. Deceased stoutly denied it, when Robinson seized hold of d e ceased by the hair of her head, and, a f ter striking her re peatedly about the face with her fist, she d as h e d her head on with great violence against the wall , and whilst she la the ground in a senseless state she kicked her over the left ear, which instantly became swollen. The. bystanders res cued the deceased from her sister's ill-treatment, and in about ten minutes afterwards, whilst she was sitting on the step of the door crying bitterly, Johanna Coleman, the other 'sister, came up, and without any provocation she struck the deceased a tremendous blow with her closed fist in the eye, which completely blackened it. Deceased continued to com plain of that part of the head where her sister had kicked her, until the following Wednesday, when she became so much worse that Mr. French, the parish surgeon, was called to her, and he had her removed to the intirmary,"where she died on the 22d instant. Two abscesses had formed, one over the left temporal muscle, and the other in the middle lobe of the brain, which was the cause of death, and in the opinion of the surgeon was produced by the violence above described. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Mar garet Robinson and Johanna Coleman, and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute. CORONERSRIP OF CHELTENHAM.—By the decease of Mr. John Cooke, of Gloucester, the important office of coroner for the Cheltenham upper division of Gloucestershire is rendered vacant. Mr. Cooke had attained the advanced age of 76, and had filled the office for thirty-three years, having been elected in 1817. Mr. Cooke had been incapa citated from the active discharge of the duties for the last two or three years, bat they have been ably discharged by his deputies. Several candidates are in the field. PARLLIME LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, JULY 24, 1850. of 14 feet 2 inches, and at the conclusion of the experi ment.) was left at Sheerness Dockyard to be made ready for sca. fields, where he apprehended four more of the prisoners, and found a further quantity of the stolen property in their possession. On asking what they had done with the rest of the property, they denied all knowledge of it; but the owner of the house, who was standing by, im mediately delivered up the prosecutor's writing-desk and three coats belonging to him, which he said the priso ners had given him to take care cf. The remainder of the prisoners were subsequently discovered secreted under some arches in Commercial-street, and upon the persons of each of them, with only one exception, other portions of the booty were found. Neither of the prisoners attempted to deny the charge, and the whole listened to the evidence against them with the most imperturbable hardihood. . Mr. HAMMILL said that it was lamentable to witness such an exhibition of depravity by persons of such an age; but as the case had been clearly established against them he should order the whole of them to be committed until that day week, with the exception of the boy Cardon, whom he was reluctant to send to prison on account of his extreme youth, and the prisoner Scriven, against whom the evidence was not of so conclusive a character. - ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—Loses, July 23. The commission for the county of Sussex was opened yesterday. There are twenty causes for trial on the civil side, three of which aro special jury cases. On the criminal side there are forty prisoners fur trial. The Lord Chief Baro❑ presided this morning on the Crown side, and Mr. Justice Erie at Nisi Prius. CROWN COURT.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) Mary Hardwick, a miserable-looking creature, was indicted for feloniously casting her child into the sea at Brighton, with intent to murder it. Mr. Creasy conducted the prosecution. The prisoner had no counsel. It appeared from the testimony of two witnesses that on Saturday last the prisoner was seen by a man named March, standing with a child in her arms near the Cus tom-house at Brighton, and she suddenly ran down to the sea and threw the child into the water, and then jumped in herself. March immediately ran into the water, and having, fortunately succeeded in laying hold of the child, he brought it to the shore, and then went a second time into the water and brought out the woman. The child, it appeared, very soon recovered, but the pri soner was insensible, and it was a considerable time b3fore she was restored to consciousness. A man was up m the spot, who was represented to be the husband of the prisoner; and, according to the testimony of the witaesSeS, after the melancholy transaction had taken place, he was ♦ery violent, and abused her, and ex preyted a desire that she should hate destroyed herself. The poor woman during the trialiappeared hardly to be aware of the character of the offence she was charged with, and she was evidently suffering most acutely. When she was called upon for her defence she ex pressed herself to be ignorant of what had happened. The jury found her Guilty, but recommended her to mercy, and judgment was deferred. SOUTH WAR K. CHARGE OF ARSON.—George Arnott, the son of an extensive hair-manufacturer, in the Grove, Southwark, and David Welch, one of his workmen, were brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with setting fire to the premises of Mr. John Jefferys, iron -founder, and pro prietor of the Grove Iron Foundry, in the Grove, Great Guildford-street, Southwark. Mr. Jefferys stated that he left his premises perfectly safe about ten o'clock on the previous night. There was at that time no fire lighted in the foundry. When he arrived on the following morning he discovered a quan tity of charred wood and burnt shavings in the model room, and from the position in which they were placed he was astonished that the whole of the warehouse was not burnt down. The property in the warehouse con sisted of models, tools, and other property, valued at nearly 20,0004 He afterwards heard that the prisoners had been on the premises at the time the fire was disco vered, and from these circumstances he gave them into custody. Mr. ATECKETT—Have you any witness who can state that the prisoners were near the spot? Elizabeth Higgett was called by the prosecutor, and stated that a little after eleven o'clock on the previous night she went into the yard at the rear of Mr. Jefferys's premises, when she saw flames in the model-house. She instantly called her master, when the flames were rushing out of the factory windows. . Mr. ATECRETT—Were the flames very high? Wit ness—Yes, sir, they were, and I was fearful that our house might catch fire. Mr. A'BECICRTT—Did you see either of the prisoners in the place where the fire took place? Witness—Yes, I saw Arnott enter the model-house and throw pieces of wood on the fire sear the foundry. She then saw the other man there, when Arnott took the wood from the pile and threw it about the room. The prisoners here declared that they wets on the premises, but merely to put the fire out. Mr. Daniel Eades, builder, in Ewer-street, Southwark, stated that his timber-yard was at the back of Mr. Jef ferys's premises. About:eleven o'clock on the previous night ho saw a fire issuing from the foundry. He in stantly proceeded to the yard, and saw two men (whom he believed to be the prisoners) coming out of the foun dry. He hailed them, when they said they had merely put the fire out. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Dorchester, July 22. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. GURNEY, Q.C.) Charles Swyer was indicted for setting fire to a stack of hay, the property of Edward Head, at Troxwortb, on the 19th of March. Mr. Ffooks conducted the case for the prosecution. On the 19th of March the prisoner was at the relieving officer's at Blandford, and there he met a young man named Williams, who stated to him that he was going to Plymouth to look after work. The prisoner said he was going to Dorchester, and therefore they had better walk together. They proceeded on their road, and when they were tired they sat down under a rick. The prisoner drew from his pocket a match-box, and said, " I will set fire to the rick for a lark," and he actually did so, and then he walked away, and the rick was entirely burnt. The prisoner went on and was followed by Williams, who told the first persons he met what had been done; and th• prisoner was taken into custody. The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. The only‘reason for mentioning this case is to allude to ore circumstance connected with it. When before the magistrates, Williams was not able to produce sureties for bis appearance at the assizes to give evidence against the prisoner, and therefore he was committed to prison, where he has remained from the 19th of March to the 22d of July. This would appear rather cruel; at the same time, perhaps, no other mode could be adopted. It is, however, to be hoped that the poor fellow was treated with all the kindness a prison would permit. Mr. A ' BECRETT—Can you swear the prisoners are those men? Witness—l cannot. I did not see their faces, or distinguish their faces. Edward Johnson, 63 M, said he was called by the last witness to go into the foundry. He saw a blaze, and called out who was there. Two persons called out, "We are putting out the flre." He asked them afterwards what they did there, when they replied that they had been drying some moulds, which caused the flames. Witness then entered the premises, but the men had escaped. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Nottingham, July 23. The Commission was opened this morning by Mr. Baron Platt, who arrived from Lincoln at ten o'clock. His Lordship, after attending Divine service, proceeded to try the town prisoners. The Lord Chief Justice re mains at Lincoln to try the last cause, which was was a feigned issue under the Tithe Commutation Act, de pending principally upon a question of law. The calendar for the county contains the names of 27 prisoners, including several charged with serious offences; 2 with arson, 2 with cutting and wounding, 2 with man slaughter, and several with robberies and burglaries. On the Civil Side there will not be more than three or four causes to try. Alexander Frazer, clerk to the prosecutor, stated that he lived on the premises in the Grove. Mr. Jefferys left at ten o'clock, and after he was gone witness went over the factory, and found that all was safe. He then went to bed, and a little after eleven he was alarmed by cries of "Fire," and on descending to the lower part of the house some person called out that some men had set fire to the foundry. He immediately went there, and found a quantity of frames and planks piled up, partially on fire. They were placed in such a manner that unless warning had been given, the whole place must have been burnt down. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) George Toms was indicted for manslaughter. Mr. W. H. Adams appeared for the prosecution. It appeared that the prisoner, on the 23d April last, had been engaged in a fight with the deceased, Henry Flowers, in the Nottingham meadows, and that Flowers had been killed by a blow given by the prisoner. On the part of the prisoner the fight had been conducted wii,h perfect fairness, and he had been greatly provoked by the deceased both before the fight commenced and during its continuance; until the last round the deceased appeared to have had the advantage, and was actually taunting the prisoner, and singing, " Meet me by moon light alone," when he received the blow which immedi ately knocked him down, and on the Thursday following occasioned his death. Mr. ATECKETT—Can you throw any light upon who set fire to the place ? Witness—l cannot ; but am sure no stranger could have done it. The fence is very high, and the only entrance is by Mr. Arnott'a premises. There is a hole there which has been recently broken. Arnott here exclaimed that he lived in the adjoining premises, and was it likely that he should set fire to the prosecutor's place ? His father actually hired hot water from Mr. Jefferys, and his property was equally valuable. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy. He bad been in custody about a month, and The Learned JUDGE sentenced him to a further im , prisonment of three days. Squires, a constable of the M ,division, produced the charred wood, which Mr. Jefterys identifiei as portions of models, which had evidently been packed up by in cendiaries. It is quite clear that the entrance was from Mr. Arnott's premises. NORTHERIV CIRCUIT.—York, July 22. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) Julia Grady was indicted for feloniously stabbing James Owen, on the 29th of April, at Hull. Mr. Digby Seymour was for the profecution; Mr. Dearsley appeared for the prisoner. The occurrence arose out of a " shindy" after an Irish funeral at Hull. The prisoner and some friends had returned from the cemetery where her deceased sister had been buried on the day in question, and the prosecutor having gone to the window of her house, and made use of some insulting language, a disturbance took place, and in the course of a general scuff) the prisoner brought a large carving knife, with which she inflicted two severe wounds in the face of the prosecutor. Mr. DEARSLEY addressed the jury for the prisoner, and called a witness for the defence to disprove the charge. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty of a common assault. Arnott replied that they had been to the theatre, and after they had come home they saw a fire in Mr. Jefferys' foundry. They immediately jumped through the fence and put the fire out. Mr. A'BECKETT said he had heard sufficient to war rant his remanding them. They said they were ex tinguishing the fire, but sones of the witnesses proved otherwise, therefore 'he should remand them until Fri day next. LAMBETH. A BURGLAR SROT.—Yesterday James Carpenter, a ,hick-set fellow, who refused to give any account of himself, and who had been in custody since the morn ing of the 10th instant, was placed at the bar before Mr. Norton, on the following charge of burglary:— From the evidence adduced in this case it appeared that on the morning of the 10th instant, Mr. Thomas Joseph Green, a surgeon, residing in Ivy Cottage, High street, Peckham, was awoke at about three o'clock by hearing the voices of persons in the lower part of his house, and suspecting the party to be thieves, he armed himself with a loaded pistol, and proceeded down stairs, He first went into the kitchen, where he found all right; but on going into the washhouse he found everything in a state of confusion, and was convinced that there were thieves on the premises. He (Mr. Green) then drew the window-curtains on one side, and seeing two men outside, one standing on each side of the window, he fired the pistol, and saw the man standing on the left hand side fall, and subsequently saw some blood where he had &lien. The prisoner and the wounded man, who, with his companion, effected their escape from the premises, were taken on the same morn ing in the IKant•road, while the prisoner was holding the head of his companion, who was bleeding at the time from a wound in the neck. The constable who se cured them asked how the wound had been inflicted, and the prisoner said his friend had been shot from behind the hedge by some person they did not know. Joseph Brady, a constable, 100 P, deposed that on the night in question he saw the prisoner and the wounded man, whose name is Everett, and who is at present at Guy's Hospital, loitering about his beat, which is close to the residence of Mr. Green. He spoke to them about eleven o'clock, and told them that if they did not go about their business he should take them into custody. Witness was quite certain the prisoner and the man at the hospital were the persons he had spoken to. The servant-maid of the prosecutor said that on the night of the robbery she had bolted and made secure the kitchen and washhouse doors; but, oncoming down on the following morning, she saw that two small panes of glass were taken out of the washhouse window, and these would enable a person from the outside to undo the bolts and fastenings of the door. She also found a basket belong ing to her mistress lying close to the place where there were marks of blood, and in it were several articles which had been removed from the washhouse. In reply to the questions of the Magistrate, the constables who have charge of the case said it was the opinion of the medical officer at Guy's Hospital that Everett would be sufficiently recovered to attend on that day week, and the prisoner, who declined saying anything in his defence, was remanded until Tuesday neat. John M'Gibbon, a merchant, residing at Hull, and for merly in partnership with W. Galbraith, was indicted for having forged and uttered a bill of exchange for 87/., with intent to defraud Messrs. Raikes, Currie, and Co., bankers, in London. The prison er was conv i c t e d on Saturday last of a similar offence, and there were now five other indictments against him for forging bills to the amount of 1,000/. Mr. OVJREND conducted the prosecution. DEARSLEY, who was counsel to the prisoner, said that he had advised the prisoner to withdraw his plea, and plead guilty. He had been requested by the prisoner, also, to withdraw an imputation which he had on a pre vious day thrown on Mr. Galbraitb,:formerly in partner ship with the prisoner, and to say that he was in no way connected with the forgeries. The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to trans portation for 15 years. This terminated the criminal business. is Lordship then proceeded with some Nisi Prins auses. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr, Justice WIGHTMAN and a Special Jury.) PEARSON tl, FAIABQRN. This was an issue directed by the Lord Chancellor to ascertain whether, on the 11 th of January last, there was the a partnership subsistin g b etween the plaintiff and dendant. Mr. Martin, Q.C., Mr. Atherton, and Mr. Sykes were f'Jr the plaintiff; Sir F. Thesiger (on a special retainer), Mr. Knowles, Q C., and Mr. Hugh Hill were for the d e fendant. The plaintiff, in 1837, p roposed to the defendant, who was an overlooker in a factory, that they should go into partnership. They agreed to do so, and both jointly took a lease of Fairnley Mill, from Lord Dartmouth, for 21 years. The defendant found the capital for the ma chinery. He was to be paid 5 per cent. on his capital out of the profits, and the remainder was to be divided between them. The plaintiff was to receive 30s. a week, a cottage, and grass for a cow. The partnership con tinued till January, 1810, when the defendant gave the plaintiff notice of , dissolution. For the plaintiff it was contended that the partnership was to last for the term for which Lord Dartmouth had granted the lease to the partners. For the defendant it was urged that the part nership was merely to subsist during the pleasure of the defendant. Several witnesses having been called, the case was by agreement settled. The defendant agreed to pay the plaintiff 3001. for his costs, 4001. in Consideration of his interest in the part nership, and to give him an indemnity. Mr. Justice Wightman was occupied the remainder of the day with a water-course ease. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. A GANG OF JUVENILE BURGLARS, —Twelve ragged and abandoned-looking young urchins, named David Cardon, John Smith, James Stevens, James Shipley, George Wood, Willi am D u dley, Thomas Galloway, Thomas Burdett, George Evans, Thomas Williams, George S t ri ven , an d Willi am Davis, the youngest of whom was o n ly e i g h t years of age, were placed at the bar, before Mr. Hammill, charged with having burgla riously broken into the premises of Mr. Morris Myers, a wholesale genera l merc h ant i n Wentworth-street, White chapel, and sto l en a ma h ogan y writing desk, a quantity of sheeting and wearing apparel, and various other mis cellaneous articles. It appeared in evidence, that at seven o'clock on the preceding evening the doors and windows of the ware.. house were properly secured by one of the prosecutor' s servants, named Di c k man , w h o was left in charge of the premises, on reaching which, at six o'clock the next morning, it was discovered by one of the workmen that a portion of the glass and framework of a first-floor window, communicating with ono of the store-rooms, had been shattered to pieces, l ea ving a s ufficient aperture for the ridinission of the thieves, who had completely ran . sacked . the place and carr i e d o ff a considerable quantity of . property. Inform a ti on of the robbery w as imme diately communicated to Sergeant ‘Vaketord, of the H division, who in the course of his inquiries received in formation which induced him to proceed to a notorious haunt for young thieves, in Plou:,h-street , Whitechapel, on entering which ho found in u lower room the priso ners Dudley, Evans, and Shipley, stooping over a strong fire, on which was placed a large iron pot, containing a quantity of pewter, which they were in the act of molt ing down. One of the prosecutor's servants,. who ac . companied the sergeant, at once identified the contents of the pot, which were only partially fused, as his master's property; and upon searching the room a quan tity of sheeting and brass-work was discovered, which was also recognised as a furt her portion of the plunder. The articles in question were secured by th e sergeant, and conveyed with the prisoners to the station house; and he afterwards proceeded to another receptacle of the same description in Lower Keate-street, Spital- FRIGHTFUL. ACCIDENT AT BRISTOL. BRISTOL, JULY 23.—Yesterday evening a most ap palling accident happened in our Floating Harbour, by which several lives nave been sacrificed and a large number of persons seriously wounded. The facts of this distressing occurrence,which has created the utmost excitement and consternation in the city, are as follow: For the last nine or ten months several small steamers have been placed in the floating harbour by different companies taking passengers to and fro between'the Stone-bridge and the Hotwells. One of these, and the vessel to which the unfortunate accident occurred, was called the Red Rover; she was built at Waterford, and belonged to Mr. David Robertson Anderson; she was from 48 to 50 feet long, and 81 wide. At half-past eight o'clock yesterday evening she was lying off Raw ling's Wharf, waiting to take up a number of passengers who had just arrived from Portishead in the Portishead packet. There were about fifty passengers on board, and several others were in the act of proceeding towards the Red Rover when a terrific explosion was heard, ac companied by fearful shrieks. An immense cloud of steam hung over the ill-feted vessel for a few moments, and when it cleared away a dreadful scene was pre sented to view. The ill-fated passengers had been scattered in every direction, nerd a Jeep number were observed struggling in the water. Several wherries instantly rowed to the spot, and succeeded in picking up many of them. Flies were also imme diately procured, and the wounded persons as fast as possible conveyed to the Bristol Infirmary. Six bodies were taken out quite died, their names are—lsaac West, a musician; Robert Pavey, son of a mason; Henry Starr, a mariner; Samuel Jeffer:es, a horse keeper iu the employ of Mr. Young, of Clifton ; and two little girls, also named Jefferiis. A large crowd collected and much confusion prevailed for some time, owing to the lamentations and shrieks of a large number of women present. In addition to the persons conveyed to the infir mary, several respectable gentlemen, who were much hurt, were conveyed to their private residences, prefer ring the services of their ordinary medical attendants. Some of these are also since dead; two more have died at the infirmary, and some serious operations have had to be undergone. Among the severely injured were the captain and engineer and the stoker of the Red Rover. So loud was the explosion that it was not only heard at all parts of the basin, but at the dock-ma s t er ' s h ouse , and at the nursery of Messrs. Glirraway, Mayes, and Co., a distance of more than a mile. Portions of the boiler were thrown with such force that a large piece fell on the tiles of a house in Avon-crescent, another in Rawlings-yard, and a third piece was carried across the water, and fell in the yard of Mr. Bennett, contractor to the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The owner, Mr. Anderson, and his wife were on board at the time. Mrs. Anderson was in the cabin, and Mr. Anderson was standing at the en trance of the cabin stairs. He was knocked into the water, but retained sufficient presence of mind to pull Mrs. Anderson afterwards through the cabin window, and she escaped with the exception of an injury to her side. A servant of Mr. Venus had two children on board with her; one has been conveyed to the infirmary much injured, and the other is still missing. Mr. Hum page, surgeon, and his wi'e, had a narrow escape, as just before the accident they were going on board the Red Rover, but Mrs. Humpage said she would rather wait and go up in a boat that was not so crowded. The following are the names and the nature of the injuries of those who were conveyed to the Bristol Infirmary:— William Bailey, fracture of both legs. William Puddy, the captain of the steamer, both legs fractured—one so severely that, if he can bear it, it will be amputated. William Brewer, fracture of both legs. Francis Lucas, fractured leg. Charles Keating, son of Mr. Keating, chymist, Clifton; this young man is since dead. Eliza Pelford very severely scalded, Eliza Pelford, daughter cf the above, also very severely scalded. Thomas Venn, severely scalded. Charlotte Eliza Hodge, severely scalded. Martha Hemmings, severely scalded. Mary Ann Dursden, both legs fractured. Samuel Edwards, severely scalded. Ellen Hodge, legs fractured. William Cooper, severely injured in the head and very severely scalded. W. Nichols, the engineer. This poor fellow is since dead. David Lewis, stoker, very severely scalded. Thomas White, leg fractured, Maria Haynes, contused forehead. Theie were taken to their own homes, as far as can be gathered,—Mr. A. N. Landon, builder, of Old Market-street; one leg fractured besides other severe injuries. John Langdon, his son; concussion of the brain. This case is considered hopeless. Mr. J. D. Weston, (son-in-law of Mr. Langdon), ironmonger, of Castle-street ; the bones of the face and temporal bone fractured, also very severely scalded. Mr. T. Penton, junior, clerk of the market, severely scalded and other , wiso bruised. The scene at the infirmary was for some hours a most distressing one ; the news of the accident soon spread, and the doors were perfectly besieged by per sons inquiring after missing relatives. Every informa tion possible was afforded to allay their anxiety. An inquest had been commenced on the dead bodies, but after evidence as to identity had been gone into it was adjourned until to-morrow. EXTRAORDINARY FLOOD. The village of Woodham Walter, iu Essex, presents a melancholy scene of devastation, occasioned by torrents of rain which fell in the afternoon of Wednesday last. The street is situated at the foot of two hills, a brook running between the cottages of Harris, a blacksmith, and Davis, a labourer. About half-past four o'clock remarkably dense clouds were observed meeting from opposite points, and, suddenly forming a junction, ap peared to assume a circular motion, which was imme diately followed by a discharge of their contentF, accom panied with s hurricane, vivid flashes of lightning, and awful peals cf thunder. Some hailstones of unusually large size were also observed. In a few minutes the villagers were terror-stricken, the high-road assuming the appearance of a rapid river, and the water raising the brook ten feet in an incredibly short apace of time. In D.vis's cottage, it filled the lower apartments to a height of nearly six feet, and it was with great diffi culty he saved the life of his wife, who, in her alarm, fainted, and his three children, one of whom was in bed at the time. An aged woman whom, we are in formed, he had from motives of charity alone sup ported, perished in the flood. The front and back walls of a cottage, fortunately untenanted, between that of Davis and Campin, were carried completely away by the force of the torrent, and but for this vent there is little doubt that the whole range of tenements, the fuundations of which were all undermined, must have yielded to the weight of water brought to bear upon them. Joseph Cass, a labourer, with great promptitude, rescued Cam pin's sick wife, and a girl named Pouton, attending upon her, and both narrowly escaped with their lives, Cass himself encountering great personal risk. All the out buildings built over the brook, and belonging to the vari ous cottages, were carried away, and several were found near the Manor Farm. A long fence, six feet high, by the side of Harris's garden, and nearly thirty feet of a nine-inch brick wall next the road disappeared, while all the cottagers' gardens were covered to a considefable depth with mud brought down from the adjacent lands. Articles of furniture swept from the dwellings were, we understand, discovered at a distance of a mile, and very many are entirely lost. Richard Da.vis, a wheelwright, is a considerable sufferer, his workshop, a large thatched building, having been levelled to the ground, and his tools carried away.— Essex Herald. LITERATURE ' ADELAIDE LINDSAY. Edited by the Author of " Emilia Wyndham." 3 Vols. • Few novels are better suited fur the circulating library at this season of the year than " Adelaide Lindsay." It may safely be denominated "a lady's book," and the very large class of gentle readers who, in the sea-side stroll or the country ramble, take a novel as a companion, cannot possibly find one better suited to their purpose than " Adelaide Lindsay." One of the greatest charms of these three volumes is the pure and graceful, but withal simple and homely style in which they are penned. Every-day trifles, that might seem unworthy of recording in a work of such pretension, are detailed with a minuteness which, if unnecessary, is still very delightful, because it im parts an air of reality to the whole history and to every separate portion of it. To young ladies the example of Adelaide will doubtless prove highly valu able, and it enforces a truth well worthy of practical attention, namely, that affection is uneaduring un less it be accompanied with esteem. It would be unfair to reveal the secrets of the fair lady's his tory with`which we have just been made so pleasantly acquainted. We commend the tale, as it is written in the volumes edited by ➢Mrs. 'Marsh, to the pirticu• far attention of the general reader, and of lady readers more especially. In addition to the history of the heroine, the story of Lady Kynaston, the unlovinT wife and the unjustly partial mother, is worthy of consideration, and is in some parts powerfully told. But power is not the prevailing characteristic of the work. The admirers of " Jane Eyre" had better not open its pages, unless, perhaps, for the sake of enjoy ing a contrast. The story itself, like the style in which it is told, is, although not deficient in the por trayal of intense emotions, chiefly characterised by naturalness, serenity, and gracefulness—excessive gracefulness. In fact, as we have already said " Adelaide Lindsay " is a perfect " lady's book," an one of the most charming of that charming class ADA GREVILLE ; or Woman's Constancy. By Peter Leicester, author of " Arthur of Brit tany," 6^c. 3 Vols. Tbis is in reality what all novels are in name, a love -story; one of that old romantic class which has recently given place to more matter-of-fact romance. The wonderful history of the " constant" Ada re sembles the old legends of chivalry, when "Love was still the lord of all." Still; this love-story is not so attractive as its name might imply, seeing that the love to which it relates is of only a one-sided charac ter. The enthusiastic and warm-hearted Ada is at the opening of the tale an heiress. She loses her fortune, however, just at the moment of her lover's departure with his regiment from England. Judging his heart from her own, the reliant girl, never dreaming of the truth that the " beaux yeux de sa cassette," had been the real objects of at traction, follows him to India, and after perils and perplexities innumerable, at length overtakes the truant, to his utter amazement and her own, when she discovers her mistake. " All's well that ends well," however, and this melancholy meeting is not the conclusion of the tale. Yet, happy as that con. elusion is, we are inclined to think that few young ladies of the nineteenth century would follow the example of Ada Greville, or deem Howard Smythe worthy of such a pilgrimage in his behalf. Having said thus much, it is unnecessary to say that the story of Ada is most interesting. Her character is beautifully drawn, and she never loses the dignity and delicacy of her sex, notwithstanding the extra ordinary and perhaps unwomanly manner in which she signalises her " woman's constancy." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. At a meeting of the Society of Arts, presided over yesterday by Lord Colborne, James Veitch, Esq., M.D., inspector of hospitals and fleets, received from his Lordship's hands the honorary testimonial of the society for his valuable invention of the medico-chirurgical am bulance, devoted to the preservation of the lives of the warriors wounded in the day of battle. ' Captain Richard Copeland (1838), whose decease we announced yesterday, had served in the navy afloat for 21 years. The following sketch of his career is from O'Byrne's valuable biography :—" Richard Copeland, born March 5, 1792, is son of the late John Copeland, Esq., surgeon of the 7th Fusileer Guards, and staff sur geon to his Ro) al Highness the late Duke of Kent when Governor of Nova Scotia. This gentleman, together with his wife and youngest son, was lost in the France, transport, off Sable Island, in December, 1799. This officer entered the navy, Jan. 1, 1805 (under the auspices of *tett( Charlotte and Princess Augusta), as first-class volunteer, on board the Medusa, 36, Captain Sir Joh❑ Gore; and on removing to the Revenge, 74, commanded by the same captain, and subsequently by Hon. Charles Paget, witnessed the capture of four French frigates by Sir Samuel Hood's squadron off Rochefort, Sept. 25, 1806; and was further present, in 1809, at the destruc tion of the French shipping in Basque Roads and the siege of Flushing. In September, 1810, he rejoined Sir John Gore, a 3 midshipman, in the Tonnant, 80; and, after serving for some time with the British army in the Tagus, and with Captain James Brisbane in the Belle Poule, 38, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, Dec. 11, 1811. From Feb. 11, 1812, until wrecked off the mouth of the Courantine river, March 8, 1815, Mr. Copeland next served on board the Cygnet, 18, Captain Robert Russell; and being awarded a second promotal comm scion Juno 13 following, was afterwards appointed, Sept. 7, 1825, and Feb. 4, 1830, to the command of the Mattiff and Meteor, alias Beacon, surveying -vessels, on the Mediterranean station. While at Gibt:altiir on one oc casion he seized a notorious pirate; and, iu 1834, he took captive, near Thasos, another famous marauder, Kara Mitz9v, with 160 of his men, all of whom were delivered over to the Greek Government. Being, however, libe rat 'd without trial, these plunderers resumed their former atrocities with redoubled z,st, and, falling again into the hands of Captain Copeland, were sent to the Pacha of Thessalonic%, by whom they were executed. The subject of this sketch, who has been on half-pay since February, 1836, was promoted to post rank, at the in stance of her Majesty, June 28th, 1838. He has pub- lished An Introduction to the Practice of Nautical veying, and the Construction of Sea Charts, Sce.,' trans lated from the French of C. F. Beautems Beaupt6, Hy drographer of the French Marine." Lieutenant Robert Ramsay (1815), the Government emigration agent at Londonderry, died at Braehead a few days since. He entered the navy in 1804, but had not served afloat since his promotion in 1815. In the Powerful he assisted as midshipman at the capture of the privateers, L s Henriette, 20 guns and 124 men, and after a running fight of nearly two hours and with severe loss; La Bellona, 30 guns and 194 men. In the same ship he was present at the destruction at Griessee, island of Java, of the dockyard stores, men-of-war, &c., and was also at the expedition to Walcheren. In the Unicorn, 32, he was at the capture, in April, 1810, of the French privateer Le Gascon, 16 guns and 113 men, and of L'Es perance (formerly her Majesty's 22, gun-ship Laurel) armee en flute. Lieutenant Charles George Guthrie, whose decease has been announced, was mado a lieutenant only in Oc tober last, since which period he has not served. Archer screw-sloop, Commander Strange, which left Devonport on the 4th of May for the coast of Africa, sailed for Ascension June 11, on a cruise. Greenock iron screvv•frigate has been taken out of dock at Devonport, and is to be trimmed to a draught of water of 13 feet forward and 15 feet abaft, and tried round the Eddystone. Mr. Laurie, chief engineer at Chatham, is at Devonport looking after the Greenock. Philomel, 8, Commander T. G. Forbes, has already commenced prize making. On the sth ult. she captured a slaver with 300 on board, but out of the number nearly 200 died before she reached Ascension. Salamander steam-sloop, Commander Ellman, has not yet hoisted the pendant at Devonport. None of her officers had arrived on Monday. _ DOCKYARD.—The following workmen have been superannuated at Chatham, and allowed as follows:—S. Nevard, shipwright, 241. per annum; J. Lowdell, caulker, 24/. per annum; T. Prout, spinner, 221. per annum; J. Dodd and J. Carey, smith's short-service men, allowed a gratuity of two months' wages. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.--The Amphitrite, 25, Cap tain Macdougall, by noon yesterday discharged all her freight, which was carted away from the dockyard by Pescott and Sons, the carriers to the South Coast Rail way, which station it left this morning at three o'clock in a special train, under the charge of Mr. Superintend ' eat Sutton, and Mr. Robertson, the agent, for lodgment in the Bank of England. The Amphitrite is now dis mantling, preparatory to being paid off: The Star, 6, Commander Selwyn, sailed at half past four this morning for Sheerness, to be paid off. The Vixen, 6, steam-sloop. Commander Jenner, was paid off yesterday evening. The Hon. Augustin WI-es ton, promoted on coming home in this vessel, was taken to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar yesterday, under an attack of delirium tremens. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., has had her fore and main masts taken out to day, condemned. The Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, has topgallant masts pointed, and is getting on very fast with her outfit. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzolarence, G.C.11., is expected here about Friday, on her return from her Mediterranean cruise. WooLwicfr, JULY 23.—The Retribution steam-trigate, formerly of 800-horse power, his now been made a much more efficient and sightly vessel since her paddle-boxes have been reduced to suit the paddle-wheels of her now engines of 400-horse power, by John Penn and Son. The Retribution ar. ived at Portsmouit on Sunday morn ing after an exce ll ent passage, averag i ng a spee d o f 10 i knots per hour, and her engines working in the most satisfactory manner. Lieut. Robertson, who had charge of her, and a portion of the crew who assisted in navi gating her r, und, returned to Woolwich yesterday after noon by railway. The Desperat ‘ os s bteam-sloop, tried down the river on va Thursday l ast , built at Pembroke, and fitted with engines of 400-horse power by Maudslay, Son', and Field, made a number of experitneht trips between the Nore and Mo use lights,o ascertain her speed and test her machinery.t result of a series of four runs at full power, from light-ship to light -ship, gave a mean spiel of 10:1 knots per hour through the water, w ith 3S rovolations of the engine per sninute. One pair of engines was then disconnecteide and the trials r e p ea t e d, giving B'B knots, and an engine speed of 33 revol u ti ons as the rate when worked at h a lf The trials oc cup'ed nearly fourteen consecutive hours, which working of the engines was amply tented, proved highly satisfactory. The boiler s were worked at 8:b. pressure, and the barometers showed a steady vacuum of 27 inches. The vessel was loaded to a mean d THAMES. Edward Jones, carrying on business as a coffee-shop and eating-house-keeper, at 174, Ratcliffe-highway, was finally examined, charged with intermarrying with Anne Pearce, his first wife, Elizabeth Jones, being then and now alive. Mr. Pelham appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Oldershaw for the defence. The case had some peculiar features in it. He mar ried his first wife in 1811, and left her with a numerous family, the youngest of whom, being 18 years of age, appeared in the court against him. He subsequently married an intermediate wife since deceased, with whom the complainant Pearce was acquainted. In a few months after that woman's death he induced Pearce to marry him, and they went on comfortably enough until the first wife and her daughter came to claim him as father and husband. In answer t o M r . Y ARDLEY , P earce r e luctantly ad mitted she had led a l o o se lif e pr ev iously to her marriage with the prisoner, and that the coffee and eating-house which they kept was a place of resort for abandoned characters. Mr. YARDLEY said it was evident they were both very bad and abandoned characters. They were equally in famous. Pearce—Yes, your Worship; be keeps a place far de bauchery and plunder. Mr. YARDLEY—You are both alike; wretched speci mens of humanity, and though your infamy cannot alter his offence, it may in some degree lessen his punishment. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial. THE LATE DUKE OP CAMBRIDGE.—It is under stood that the will of the late Duke of Cambridge was opened and read on Wednesday last. The property is stated to be divided into three portions among biz three children—viz., the present duke and his two sisters. In addition to other property, the sum of 5,000/. goes to the Duchess. The exe cutors are the Duke of Sutherland, Sir James Revnett, and Sir Henry Wheatley. The guardians of the Princess Mary are the Duchess, the present Duke, and the executors already named. The Princess Mary is but 16. By the grant of Parliament she will have 3,000!. per annum, as well as the one-third of tha personal estate by will. TIIE SABBATAIIIANS.—" What next ?" has often been asked, in the course of the present Post-office question. What will be the next move of the Sabbatarians? Mr. Campbell, of Monzie, is assisting us to answer the question. He is attemptin 4 to shut up Ben Nevis on the Sunday! This monarch of the Scottish mountains (which may be seen depicted in the Newc , stle Exhibition, now open), is to be protected, if Hr. Campbell can have his own way, from the tread of man on the first day of the week. And thus would the Sabbatarian shut us out from the green fields in which the founder of our religion walked on the Sabbath-day.— Gateshead Observer. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 20, 1850. ,-- - - MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Tamworth—Sir Robert Peel, of Drayton Manor, iu the county of Stafford, Bart., in the room of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., deceased. JULY 23. City of Chester—The Hon. William Owen Stanley, in the room of Sir Joh❑ Jervis, Knight, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. David Robertson Souter, Esq., to bo Deputy Lieu tenant, June 25. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire. Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Robert Paterson Paterson, Gent., to be Coma, vice Lord Nigel Kennedy, resigned, July 16. Convoission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire. Lancashire Hussars—William Ulick Tristram Vis count St. Lawrence to be Lieutenant, vice Lionel Cbarles Standish, who retires, July 17. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire. Ist West York Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Francis John Saville Foljambe to be Lieutenant, vice Fowler. resigned ; William Henry Jeffcock, Gent., to be Cornet vice Foljambe, promoted, July 17. , BANKRUPT'S. Robert Day Bust, auctioneer, Reading, to surrender, July 29, at twelve, and August 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee ; Keighley, Basinghall-street. Edward Foster, agricultural machinist, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, Aug. 2, at half-past eleven, and Aug. 30, at one, at th e C uurt of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin.lane, Cornhill ; Coles, Adelphi terrace, Strand; Fosters, Cambridge. William Haslatn, chemist, Hertford, July 30 and Aug. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street; Thompson and Debenham, Salters'-hall, St. Swithin's lane; Longmore and Sworder, Hertford. William Ward Evans, butcher, Ludlow, Shropshire, Aug. 2 and Sept. 4, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Clark, Ludlow; Weights, Birmingham. Edward Round and William Round, timber merchants, Tipton, Staffordshire, Aug. 10, at ten, and Sept. 17, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. 'Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Culdicott and Canning, Dudley; Reece, Birmingham. Ralph Hammond, innkeeper, Macclesfield, Aug. 9 and 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchester; Parrott, Colville, and May, Macclesfield. John Hayward, scrivener, Ilisland, Shropshire, Aug. 10, and Sept. 17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Vaipy, official ussic , nee, Birmingham; Davies, Oswestry ; Motteram, Khighi, and Emmett, Birmingham. Ralph Nutted!, silk manufacturer, Macclesfield, August 8 and :29, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Bennet, Man chester; Parrott, Macclesfield. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. B. Smith, Threadneedle -street and Bow-common, cop per smelter, and Duke-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, silver smith, Aug, 15, at twelve —A. A. Sutterby, Stoke Ferry, Norfulk, grocer and draper, Aug. 14, at one. In the Country. W. Pile and J. Pile, Monkwearmouth, Durham, ship builders, Aug. 14, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne. PAYMENTS OP DIVIDENDS. C. Hall and j. T. Hall, Northwich, Cheshire, station ers—W. M`Michael and T. Grierson, Basinghall-street, and Bridgnoreh, Shropshire, worsted-yarn spinners— T. Holland and T. Walmsley, Willenhall, Staffordshire, grocers—J. Schofield, J. Kershaw, and S. Blackburn, Liverpool, ginger -beer manufacturers (as far as regards the said S. Blackburn)—D. Douglas and T. Clutsom, Taunton and Nether Stowey, Somersetshire, linendra pers—S. Bentley, J. Bentley and H. Fley, Shoe-lane, printers—R. J. Stirrop and J. A. Barnett, Birkenhead, Cheshire, wine merchants—C. Rhodes and J. J. Meek, Hammond's Wharf, West Peckham, and Bearsted Mills, Kent, stationers—G. J. Way and R. Way, Covent.garden, licensed victuallers —J. D. Munro and W. Munro, Woodbridge, Suffolk, booksellers—T. Beasley, L.L.D., and C. W. Wisbey, Uxbridge, Middlesex, schoolmasters—J. Doyle, J. J. Doyle, and J. Bowler, Manchester, boot manufacturers (as far as regards the said J. Doyle)—R. Craven, J. Forster, jun., and J. Andrew, Whitby, Yorkshire, con fectioners (as far as regards the said J. Andrew)—H. W. Hemaworth and J. B. Smith, Clifford's Inn, Fleet- . street, legal agents—J. Forse, sen., J. S. Forse, and J. Forge, jun., Bristol, painters (as fares regards the said J. Forse, jun.)—Mary Mapson, W. Mapson, and Hannah Trubridge, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, schoolmistresses. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Edward Charles Taylor, Bridgend, Glamorganshire, cabinet meker. Joseph Nicholson, Gainsborongh. Lincolnshire, school muster. Henry Nye, Worthing, Sussex, coachman. Rachel Marks, Brighton, straw-bonnet maker. Sarah Marks, Brighton, straw-bonnet maker. William Jackson, Almondbury, Yorkshire, ironmonger Joseph Potter, Kenton, Devonshire. Charles Kennett, Maidstone, Kent, coachman. John James Jeffery, Southampton, ironmonger. William Hayward, Maidstone, Kent, draymar. William Meekness, Milton, Combridgeshire, butcher. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. P. Kerr, merchant and shipowner, Dundee, to meet at the Royal Hotel, Dundee, July 29, and Aug. 19, at twelve. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WINCHESTER RACES.—TUESDAY. The Great Produce Stakes of 50 sots. each, h ft, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 61b. New Mile. (Three Subs.) Mr. Payne's Sergius The Original Hampshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 25 added; the second to save his stakes. Two miles and a dis. (Ten Subs., 6 of whom declared.) Duke of Richmond's Quiver, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Flatman) 1 Mr. W. Sadler's Woodsprite, 3 yrs, Est llb (Gilbert) 2 Mr. Dorrien's Self-Defence, 5 yrs, 7st (Goater) 3 Lord H. Lennox's The Wren, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Collins) 4 Betting-7 to 4 agst The Wren, 2to 1 sgst Self- Defence, and 3 to 1 each agst Quiver and Woodsprite. Won by a length; Self Defence a bad third. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles. Mr. H. Robinson's Confidence, 7st 51b (Goater) 1 1 Duke of Richmond's Quiver, 4 yrs, 9st 11b(Mann) 2 dr Mr. Payne's Glendower, 5 yrs, 9st 111b(Flatman) 3 dr \Von easy. CHELMSFORD RACES—TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 50 added; the second saves his stakes. Heats. New Mile. (Eleven Subs.) Mr. Dennett's Grasshopper, 4 yrs. Bst 41b (Boyce) 1 1 Mr. Stevenson's Goodwood, Bst 711)...(Dockeray) 0 2 Mr. Bramston's Nutbrown, 7st 21b...(Plummer) 0 3 Mr. Rayner's Pulcherrima, 4 yrs, Bst 1 llb (Rogers) 2 0 Mr. J. Lewis's Hind of the Forest, Bst slb (Moon) 3 0 Mr. Milner's Alpheia, 5 yrs, Bst 111b...(J. Beard) 0 0 Mr. Smith's Lady Bountiful, 3 yrs, Tut 21b (Sabin) 0 0 Mr. Abel's Anchor of Hope, 5 yrs, 9st llb (Smith) 0 dr Mr. Wilson's Bernadotte, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Howlett) 0 dr Mr. Messer's Malmesbury, 5 yrs, Bst 11 ib (Crouch) 0 dr Mr. Cassidy's Zadoc, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Dene) 0 dr Won easy. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats. Two miles. Captain Lowther's The Gear, 7st 51b (Dockeray) 1 1 Mr. Shenton's Sam Hood, 5 yrs. 9st 111 b (Sait) 4 2 Sir W. Booth's Retail, 4 yrs, 9st 11 b (Bartholomew) 2 dr Mr. Gain's Seignor of Holderness, 7st 51b (Moon) 3 dr Won in a canter. The Hyland's Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 added, for two years old. About Ball-a-mile. (Eight Subs.) Mr. Hobson's Thoroughgood Sam, Bst slb (Crouch) 1 Mr. J. Cassidy's Whisper, Bst 31b (Bartholomew) 2 Mr. Cowley's Heart of Oak, Bst 51b (Rogers) 3 Sir S. Sprfs Batterer, Bst 51b (Dockeray) 4 Mr. Drewitt's fby Pantatoon, oat of Sherbet, Bst 71b S Mr. Rolt's Gipsy-boy, Bst 51b Mr. Brigg's Tagrag, Bst 51b .. (Kenyon) 7 Won by two lengths. The Steward's Plate of 50 SOU. Heats. Once round and a distance. Mr. Rogers' fby Earl of Richmond, d by Glaucus, 3 yrs, 6st slb Mr. J. Lewis's Michael Brunton, 3 yrs, 6st 71b 1 2 2 Mr.Williams's Strike, 4yrs, 7st 4lb (Dockeray) 4 3 dr Mr. Messer's Malmesbury, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b... 2 4 dr First and third heats won by two lengths ; the second by a neck. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. GOODWOOD STAKES.-6 to 5 agst Windit.ehgratz (t), 8 to 1 agst Wont-you-come -out-to-night (t), 10 to 1 agst Borneo, 10 to 1 agst Snowstorm (take 12 to 1), 20 to 1 agst Clarissa (t), 27 to 1 agst Clotbworker, 27 to 1 agat Duxhury. GOODWOODCUP.-2 to 1 agst Windischgratz (t), 5 to 1 agst Cossack (t), 6 to 1 agst Chanticleer (t), 6 to 1 agst Canezou, 7 to 1 agst Monies. GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES (YORK).-7 to 4 agst Pitsford (t). EBOR HANDICAP.-8 to 1 agst Collingwood (t), 9to 1 agst Cantab (t), , 10 to 1 agst Chatterer (t), 11 to 1 agst Flatcatcher. ST. LEGER.— 6 to 4 agst Voltigeur (t), 7 to 1 agat Windischgratz, 8 to 1 agat Clincher, 10 to 1 agst Pits ford, 11 to 1 agst Bolingbroke, 20 to 1 agst any other. DERBY.—No betting. AQUATICS. BILLINGSGATE AND CUSTOM-HOUSE REGATTA. The Billingsgate and Custon-house Urper-stairs Re gatta was contested yesterday, and afforded a full after noon's sport. The attendance of spectators was about the greatest ever seen at any such exhibition, both on shore and on the water, the Customhouse Quay and the various places where a view from the banks could be procured being literally crowded, while the craft stationary on the river and various boats presented an animated picture. The race was with six free watermen, in four heats, for a new skiff and various muney prizes. First Heat. G. Maxwell ... ... (Green) 1 J. Dolman ~. ... (Purple) 0 John Crew, jun. (lied) 0 The distance was from off the buoy at Nicholson's Wharf, round the lower buoy off St. Katherine's, twice round, and finishing at the starting place. The men were close together for a considerable distance, when the winner went well in advance, and maintained it. Second Heat. Elijah Barton Thomas Barton —. (Pink) 1 ...(YAow) 0 J. Crew, jun. (Red) 0 All went away briskly; then the winner went out, and won ultimately by half-a-dozen lengths. Third Heat. J. Doleman ... (Purple) 1 T. Barton (Yellow) 0 J. Crew, sen. ... ... ... (Blue) 0 J. Crew, jun. ... ... (Red) 0 It was a very smart race, the contest fur the second place throughout being severe, but was won cleverly. J. Brearley, Sowerby-bridge, timber merchant, Se,, any day on and after July 24, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. F. Bassano, Birmingham, coach founder, 214., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. S. Walker, Birmingham, and A. Walker and J. Walker, Philadelphia, merchants, ld. and 3.l6ths, any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At-the Court, Basingball-street. J. K. Watts, St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, scrivener, Aug. 12, at half-past one. In the Country. W. J. Garrett, Batb, grocer, Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—C. Francis, Liverpool, grocer, Aug. 14, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Lawrence and H. Dixon, Birmingham, military ornament manufac turers, Aug. 15, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. T. R. Kemp, Abehureh-lsne, City, bill broker, certi ficate of the second class,-.J. W. English, Poultry, City, chemist and druggist —Ann Andersen. Clare emir., Drut.3 -:a , p, tavern keeper —S. Nodeu, S win ton -str. et, Gray's bin-road, rug manufacturer —L. P. Capue, Duke's-place, Ahlgsve, fruit merchant, certificate of the second class—W. Freeman, Edgv.arc-road, licensed victualler, certificate of the third class --W. Ellison, Stainsby-road, Poplar, builder, certificate of the second class—J. Webster, Leicester, engineer, certificate of the first class—J. liarrithau, Nottingham, drape-, certificate • of the second class—E. and J. Williams., Dud ley, Worcestershire, certificates of the second claw., after six mouths, from June I—J. Guest, Birmingham, com mission agent, certificate of the first class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Grand Heat. George Maxwell ... ... (Green) 1 Elijah Barton ••• ..• ... (Pink) 0 J. Doleman ... (Purple) 0 It was at first a bustling race, but the winner shortly manifested his superiority, and won easily. ELECTION OF SHERIFF.—State of the poll at four o'clock yesterday-- Hodgkinson, 186; Butler, 82. Maj rity for Hodgkiuson, 104. THE SOVEREIGNS AND COURTS OF EUROPE.— Much curiosity pervades the political worl d respecting the forthcoming work entitled " Germania," from the pen of the Baroness Blaze de Bury, who, it is said, is about to give a picture of the various courts, camps, i.nd people of the Conti nent, as they appear amidst the wreck of the recent revolu tions. The interest, inseparable fr om such a work, is greatly increased by the well-known fact that the Baroness possesses, through her influential connexions, very peculiar facilities f o r acquiring exclusive information on the topics .. treated of, a nd she is reported to have been on t h e most friendly terms with almost all the illustrious characters, male and female, whom the events of the last two years have brought into European celebrity. We are led to expect that her pages will teem with the sayings and doings of these noted person ages, combined with graphic views of the insurrectionary struggles, sketches of the various aspects of society and incidents of personal adventure. The Baroness is also un derstood to have penetrated into provinces and localities rarely visited by tourists, and still glowing with the embers of civil.war7to have followed the army of Pri'ssia in Germany, of Russia in Hungary, and of Radetzky in Italy; and it is rumoured that her revelations will be of the ulot singular and startl ing kind.—Ertning Paper. I