The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-15 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. (From. tho London G4zette oP Titeaday.) kr3count, pursuant to the Act seventh a - rui eighth ietorus, cap. 32, of the Average Amounr. of Bank ,tes of the sreral Banks of Issue in England and 'Wales, in Circulation daring the Week ending Satur day, the 2d day of August, 1851: Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. ~aver Bank, Andover—heath and C 0... .••••• 14, tlO A.,olord Bank, Ashford—Jernalitt and Pomfret 9,146 Avlsha..n Bank, Aylshatn—R. and G Copetnan 4.999 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—aick ford and (mint B.Lktock Bank and Baldook and Biggleswada ./aldock—Wells, Rogg,a,n3 Lindsell 20.278 T 1 .rn .rsi,ie Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 10,249 Basingstoke and Odilrm Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lamb. an ..... ...•. 8..,1t0cil Bank, Bedford Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Ban.c, Bedford— Yrapr, halrheal, and clo. Bea-Aley Bank, 11-tardley—gichols, Baker, and 11,215 Bizestet and Oxfor lshire Bank and Oxford Rank, Bicester —Tubb an 1 Co. ,„ 11,885 Birourigharn Bank, Birmingham—Attwor 3s, Sr,ooner, and Co ... 20,404 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ;lam L. Meilliett, and Sons . 11.922 Blendford Bank, Btaniford—Baitard ann Oak 7.3 t 5 B )ston Bank, Boston—ilarit and Co 5O 325 3ostoa lank. Roston—Gee and Co B. t 77 Midg - a - Iter Bank, Bridgw tter—T. & .T. Sealey 4.695 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 35.375 Broso(ey ar,nl Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Brosele,y Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 16.198 Backitw. ham Bank, Buckingham —Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Thiry and Satfolk Bank, Suribial•rftittic - Su c w - Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and CC0.56.515 Btrntury Bank, Banbury—Gillett andTs.wney. i 6.472 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury--Messrs. Cobb 19,504 ESatc City Bank, Bath—M(49,-er and Son . Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant . 33,422 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Ha rris a nd Co Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 60,524 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, a nd Borrer .................... ... . .......... . Burlington and DriFfield Bank, Burlington — Harding, Smith, and Co ............ Bury St. Edmunds Bank Bur St. Edmunds— -37 Worlledge and ..... Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortl and C0........................ 321 Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bri lge—Messrs. Forsters ....................... 35,733 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and C 0.............................. ................. ...... 26,950 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen —Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, ChertseyMessrs. La Cost , Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and E ssex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and nadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester Bawtree, and Co Corifish Bank, Truro —Tweedy and Co., Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood- 1,373 26 504 33,700 cock ..................................... 0. City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepntow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Moan:truth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire dank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. . Derby Bank, Derby—Meisrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and C 0..., Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizei—qughes Locke, and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincharn, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster Cooke and Co Darlin4lon Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, D arlington —Backhouse, & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport —Holo and Nor- 8.046 17,830 7G,029 7,335 8,706 10.0 . 25 24,317 22,218 8,603 9,315 56,469 71,053 10,830 man Dorchester Old Bank an! Dersetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, 42.648 smi 00. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hall. 96,725 Etna O. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Sparrow. and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders sad Co Fakonham _Bank, Fakenhana—qurneys, Birk- 40,757 37.537 26.794 18,835 beck, and Co. Farringdon Rank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley .. • Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—liellersh and Keen Guildford Rank, Guildford—Messrs. Hayden... 7.790 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... 19,966 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, hider, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford — Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co 16,553 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —.Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich —CoK, Cobbold, ant Cc 5,185 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall Hertfor ishire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharpies 5.518 10,832 4,782 23.114 13,760 14.516 and Co. Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross Etna A.rchenfield Baak, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co > 20.710 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J Davies and Co 17.536 Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Cb. 7,979 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank. Knvesborough —Terry and Co Kendal' Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Ore wdson, „ and Co. ....... Kettering Bank, Kettering—Gotzh and Sons.„ 7,671 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C liarvoy and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co 54,029 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—Vtir.Virillia.ns, Brown, and Co.• 38,994 Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby 20.404 Lawns Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 28.955 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green 12.113 Lincoln Bank. Lincoln—Smith and Co .. 69,194 Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very—David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough —Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barba Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis ~ —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brooklehurst 4,716 10,596 - and Co Manningtree BAnk,Manninqtree —Nunn and Co Marlborough Bank, MarlborouLTh and Wilts Old Bank, Marlboronzh Old Bank. Marl borough Old Bank and Flungerford Bank, and 1-Tungerford Bank , Marlborough— Canner andPinokney Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Milk Marlborough—Ward , Merriman, and Merionethshire Bank, Dolg,elly—Jones and Willia ns iners' Bank. Truro—Will yams and c o ...... Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Aberzawnmy—Baileyi and C 0.......... Monmouth Old Bunk, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow 13 ink, Ohapstow Old Bank, and Ross and lierefordshire Bank. Monmouth —Bromage and Snead • Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport 15,550 4,166 4.866 12,337 23,512 13,676 8 314 19,876 —W. Williams and 50n5..... ............ Newark Bank, Newark—rlodfreys and !Litton Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co N ewbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock N ewmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham isi_m_e*Tl and Son ",r,w ch Crown Bank, Norwich—H arve y s an d Lintlacr as Norwich 'ad Norfolk Bank, Norwich--Gur neys and Birkb ee k bTottingliam R an a d rt Nottinr4hamshire Bank, Not and Co Nuneaton k Nuneaton—Cradd oc k an d . ..... u ........ . •••• ... Naval Bank, rlymou.th . .Harris,. C 0... Mudge,. and w Strum Bank' ............................ ........................ 3, rute. Evert tt, and Nottinelam Bank, .. ••• 11,832 aro—Smith and Co 2°,905 Oswestry - Ba stry oxon and Co ...... nk and Oswe Bank, ol d 'c'. nk, Pr... oxford Old Bank, Oxford—RobinsOr7, Parsons, snd C 0.............. Old P,ank Ton bridge Tonbridge and Ton W ells Old Bank, bridge, and Tonbridge ' , Veils and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridg e ..................... 32,164 36.161 21,135 14.628 39,105 61,118 2,860 25,795 11,230 Beeehinz and Soils... Dxfcrdshire Witney Batik, Witney—Cltnak, "d --• ........ Pease s Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co. 37,687 Penzance Bank, Penzance—batten and C 0... 10,649 !. 3 eterborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter .......... borough—Mas‘rs. York e Pemorokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. a nd W. Walters •••• . Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co ......• 26,1 61 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and 27,400 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and C 0. .. 4,979 Rochdale Bank , Rochdale—Clement, Boy, and C 05,066 Rayaton Bank, Royatnn—Fordharn and Sons. 11,050 6,673 THE 'SUN, Average Amount Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches __ - - • - "ter-Day and Nicholson 7,742 Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son 11,171 Rye Bank, Rye-Pomfret and Co. Ross (Ad Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and Co 13,137 Scarborough Old Bank, 3carborough-Woodall and Co 21,688 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and I Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eytons. and Co. 29 ,234 ••••• Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne -Valiance and Son 3,273 Southampton Town a.nd County Bank, South ampton -Maddinon and Pearce 10.369 South well Bank, Sou thwell-Wylde and Co 12,360 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp. tnn-Atherly awl Fall Stone Bank. Stonr-W. Moore 786 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co 12,240 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co. , 23,184 „ Stonrbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. ..................... 20,272 Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badco ck ...... 20,771 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Rundle, and 9,521 7,447 (30 ....................................................... Thornbury Bank. Thornburg-Rolph, (ate!,77! Parslow • ............... Ti verton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton -Duns - -7,523 ford and Barn ................ •2k....-Thrapston and Kettering Northampton shire, Thrapston-Yorke3aannd'Eland B Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring- ut -12,974 o ch c e e r s t and er Sin TwOld Bank,. . Toweester-J. and S. Percival Town and County of Poole Bank, and Ring wood and Poole Bank - Ledgard and Sons' . 9,197 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Fledges &Co 7,750 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-Leatham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap man, and Co 11,790 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester-Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester -Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bart.:, Weymouth-Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, - - Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurnqy and Co. WiveliscGmbe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock 6,098 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake.. 8,098 Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. 7,205 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 59,644 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wol verhamp ton — Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney Birkbitlk, and Co 32,508 Yarmouth, Norfolk, anti Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 6,925 York Bank. York—Swann, Cloueh, and Co 36,522 JOIN r-s rouii BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal . . Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 46,706 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford .... . Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking _ ... Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- .._ ._ _ ington ... _ 30,495 Cheltenham and Gloticestershire Banking Com- __ _ pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 10,332 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,937 Dudley and West Bromwich 9anking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 17,758 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 128,838 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 34,544 Hull Banking Company, Hull 21,610 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Corn pa,ny, Halifax Flelston Banking Company, Helston - 1,344 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 16,270 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough .. 21,918 Kingsbrithre Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3.125 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 46,151 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 42,821 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company ' Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,"18 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 26,166 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company. Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 1,255 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112 , Bishopsgate -street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham ..... 37,988 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton., 56,208 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverp001....... 22,260 Pares's Leicnstashire Banking Company, L e i. _ _ _ .......__ cester _.. .. .. .................................... .. 36,600 Saddleworth Banking Company. Saddleworth.„„ 2,834 Sheffield Bankii Company, Sheffield 33,303 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourhridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield .._ Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Sh ~ : i N.l .... Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond ... ..... Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Sh a ftesbury ~ 9,427 Wolverhampton aalStaffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 30,864 Wakefield Union B an k, W a k e fi e ld 13,629 whitehavenandj,Bizi.iley stoc k Banking Company, Whitehaven . . .. 21,448 Warwick and Leuduir.gton Banking Company, Warwick ....... ... ................................. West of Englane. ttni South Wales District Rank. Bristol ...... ............................ , 68.887 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Sali s b ur 68,817 West Riding Union Bankin g Com pany, Hud dersfield ..... . ............. ...... ............... .. . . 32,187 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, _ Whitehurch ....••• Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester r 2.905 York Union Banking Company, York 62,453 York City and County B an king Company, York 75,127 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns In land Revenue. Somerset Aug. 9, 1851. A SINGULAR COMBAT.—A few days ago the fol lowing singular circumstance was witnessed by a person on the mad between °fell and Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire A stoat wig making its way from an adjoining field across the road with a young partridge which it had killed, in its mouth, when it was pursued and attacked by two skylarks and a wagtail. The three assailants, acting in concert, rose a little in the air, then pounced down on their ruthless enemy, re peating their attacks so furiously that the stoat was obliged to abandon his prey. Each time he attempted to regain it they renewed t heir attack with increased fury, man if est i ng a generous sympathy with the fate of their fellow -tenant of th air, and evincing a courage which was quite admirable in birds of those pacific species. At length the stoat espied the narrator of the circumstance close by, and, feeling some misgivings as to his own safety amidst so many enemies, he ran off with the utmor. speed, leaving the plump little par tridge behind. —Northampton Mercury. FOREIGN REPRINTS OF ENGLISH BO'Rq.—An or dinance has been passed by the Court of Policy, British Guiana, admitting into this colony foreign reprints of Eng lish._e books on th e p a y men t o f a n a d va l orem d u ty o n the bona Jed price of 20 per cent., whereof five per cent. is to go to the collecting officer, and the remainder to the English au thor.warm coctroversy is The publication of this ordinance has excited a at once convin ce our E 3 n u g r columns,English copyright ar e f a e u r e t n h c o e r a t o r hwhich even will this distant land they have a sturdy and resolute chain ion. "Tist.HE CAPX.--It —DemeraraTors r C o o z i may Ma j b e e sty s , a s t s is hc a p c c to y r c y lop t s o , the friends of the troops on board her bound to the Cape, to know that boa tbe ma at madam on tho 14th of Jillb ou 3,214 1,803 1,483 7,346 LONDON, THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The numbers yesterday exhibit a slight increase over Wednesday's return. The class of visitors were much of the same kind; but the prorogation of the National As sembly has enabled many of the representatives to visit London this week, among the chief of whom is M. Leon Faucher, who may be observed bn..ily engaged in the Crystal Palace each day. M. de Zwecbt, the Bavarian Minister of the Interior, is also now in London for the same purpose. We are glad to perceive that many of the exhibitors who have exerted tlramselves to forward articles to the Great Exhibition worthy of the occasion, are likely to meet with the commercial reward which they deserve. The Cualbrookdale Iron Company have sold their re markable gates fur 1,5001.. and have received orders fur other copies of them. tier Majesty also has purchased Bell's Andromeda, with its pedestal. M.isrs. Winfield have made many sales—a chand-lier to Prince Albert, and caadelabra to the Prince ot Prussia. M-ears. Minton s emi their dessert service toAustria by order of her M.ijeaty. B •sides these, the ail) iintmetit of Lieutenant-Colonel Reid to the Governorship of Malta is a mark of appre ciation of the great serinces which he has rendered to the undertaking. which will meet with general approbation. Mr. l)tlke, Colonel Loyd, and other gentlemen con nected with the Executive. are at present at o,barne House. where they have gone to consult with the Illus trious President ot the Commission on several important matters c inflected with the Exhibition. rile following return shows the numbers up to three o'kdock:— At 11 o'clock ... ... 15.118 At 12 o'clock .. 29 165 At 1 o'clock ... 37,261 At 2 o'clock ... 41 948 At 3 o'clock ... 45 . 429 The thermon3eLsr stood during the-greater part of the day at 74. 2,3861 was the amount tliten at the doors, the podee return of vi.it..r% barn ! ! 49,452. HEALTH OF LONDUN DURIAG THE WEEK (From the Ite.vrt of the Regibtrar-Geuerol.) The - sickness to which young children are subject at this period of the year is apparently the cause of a progressive increase in the mortality during the last three weeks. In the week ending July 19, 873 deaths were registered in London ; in the two following weeks they were 956 and 1,010 ; and in that ending last Sa turday they rose to 1,038. Making allowance for in crease of population, and excluding the year of epidemic cholera from the comparison, it does not appear that the present return differs materially,,as regards the gross amount of mortality, frim the average experience of cor responding weeks in the years 1841-50. This season of the year, when the . general popula tion usually enjoy some improvement in health, affects injuriously the lives of infants ; and from whatever cause the fatality which it brings to children has been exceedingly aggravated in London during the last six years. In the five corresponding weeks of 1841.45 the deaths from diarrhae& varied from 16 to 62 ; in those of 184650 the lowest number was 106, and the highest 195; and in the week ending last Satur• day this complatr.t was fatal in 136 cases. The total number last week arising from diarrem A, dysentery, and cholera was 162 ; and of those only 21 occurred among adults. _ _ In the present return the whole number of cases ascribed to diseases of the zymotic or epidemic class is 334 ; amongst which, besides those already mentioned, are '22 caused by small-pox, 19 by measles, 25 by scarla tina, 28 by hooping-cough, 10 by thrush, 50 by typhus, and 9 by erysipelas. In the two previous weeks severally 12 fatal cases of cholera were registered; in the present return the num ber has increased to 16. STATE, OF THE WEATHER DURING THE . PAST WEEK SUNDAY. - Three fourths of the sky were covered with cloud during the morning, and the whole was clear for the most part during the remainder of the day. Electricity— Nothing was shown at any examination. MONDAY —The sky was free from cloud till noon, one fourth covered till sb. P.M., and overcast afterwards; cumuli, cumulostrati, and cirrostrati. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. TUESDAY.—Three-fourths of the sky were covered till lh. P M from this time 6h. P.M. it was generally clear, and overcast afterwards ; cumuli,cirrostrati, said fleecy clouds. Electricity -Positive, and tension strong at 9a. 2..31. WEDNESDAY —The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus. El-ctricity—Positive, and tension mfcleEate during the afternoon. THURSDAY.—The sky was covered with cloud till near noon, and tor the most put clear during the remainder of V.e day; cumuli, cumulestrati, and cirrostrati. Electricity Positive, and tension strong during the afternoon. FRIDAY.—A small amount of cloud prevailed occasionally during the morning:, otherwise the sky was clear throughout the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension variable through out the day. SATURDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day at Qh. A.M. was 64.0° ; and the mean reading at 011. P.M. was 61.0 4 ; the mean resoings at the Royal 03servatury fur the same times were 64.5 Q ant 59.6 6 respectively. The reading of the barometer increased from 29.9 l in. at the beginning of the week to 30•12 in. by Vil. AM. on the sth; decreased t.) 2.86 in. by 3h. rat. on the tith; and increased to 29*93 in. by the end of the week. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGIS"CERED LN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 9, 1151. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseased ...*334 Diseasod of Uncertain Seat ... ... ... 52 Tubercular Diseases ... 203 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 119 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 42 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 79 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... ... 61 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• 10 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, Bce. 7 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 6 Diseases of the Skin, Sze. 0 Malfortuations••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2 Premature Birth ... ... •• ... ... 29 Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 23 Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 45 Sudden ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 3 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 23 Ouu3es not specified ... ••• ••• ••• 0 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,033 Population Deaths in corm- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week in the 1851. of 1550. WeeS. Wet Districts... 376,332 147 ... 170 North Districts.. 490.441 .. 190 ... 204 Central Districts 392,916 ~. 181 ... 179 East Districts ... 485,336 ... 240 ... 234 South Districts.. 616,545 ... 239 ... 251 T0ta15........ 2,361,640 ... 997 ... 1,038 Males ... ... ... ... ... 536 Females ... ... ... ... ... 502 BIRTUIN TUE WEEK. Males ... ... SOO MI 749 Females ... ... ... ... 728 Total ... ... 1,477 *ln this number are included 25 by Scarlatina, 50 by Typhus Fever, 136 by Diarrhoea, and 16 by Cholera. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY TRAFFIC..--IG will be seen, from the railway returns for the past week, so far as they have been ascertained, that the receipts of the Lon don and North-Western have this week reached the enormous amount of 70,0001., and that the increase on , the corresponding week of last year is close on 17,0001. It will be seen that in the Great Western and the London and South-Western, and the Greet Northern, the "takes" last we k were also enormously great. DIVIDENDS ON THE LIVERPOOL, CROt.BY, AND SOUTHPORT.— A dividend of four per cent., including income-tax, will be declared at the half-yearly meeting of " the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Compiny. GAUL AND BANDfIN.—Tne Chief Justice of the Central Court, Dublin, has given permission to issue warrants fur the apprehension of the parties charged with having plAced the obstructions on this line, be tween Upton and Cork, and with having been con cerned in the late riots, and also if necessary, to prefer indictments. OXF)RD, WORCEaTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON, Tne meeting of proprietors is adjourned to the 27tb, in cowl , pence of the inAbility before that time, of the committee lately appointed by the shareholders, to make a satisfactory report. HEREFORD AND SHIUMSBURT.—The works are proceeding actively between Shrewsbury and Ludlow, to which points the line is expected to be opened be fore the end of the year. OPENING OF THE FOREST OF DEAN.—It has been announced that this line will be positively opened on the 25th inst. The first locomotive has been placed on the rails at Over, near Gloucester, and it is to be employed in the completion of the works. VALE or NEATH.—It is expected that this line will be opened in the course of the next fortnight or so. Tux PROPOSED RAILWAY BET WEEN BURY S T . EDMUND S AND N EWMARKET .--0311 . . C. Fane, the chairman of th e N ewmar k et R a il w ay Company, in a letter to Mr. T. K. Eagle, respecting the connexion of a line of railway from Newmarket to Bury St. Edmunds, states that the directors are anxious to ex tend the line to the latter town as soon as the branch to Cambridge is completed, and so make a complete communication from Ipswich to Cambridge and the north and west of England. RAILWAY TRAFFIC AND THE EXHIBITION. It appears that the increase of traffic on railways in the United Kingdom from the Ist of January to the 27th April last was 11 . 15 per cent. over the cor responding period of 1850 ; the increase in the month of May was at the rate of 8'65 per cent. ; the increase in the month of June was 19.67 per cent. ; and the increase in the month of July was 20.2 per cent. over the corresponding period of 1850. On comparing the receipts in the cor responding period of 1850 with those of the preced ing year (1849), it appears that up to the 28th April, 1850, the general increase amounted to 13 59 per cent. ; in the month of M a y to 6 65 per cent. ; in the month of June to 29'77 per cent. ; and in the month of July to 15.1 per cent. The increase of traffic , on eight railways includA in the above, having their termini in the metropolis, from the Ist January to the 27th April la,t, was 7 per cent. over that of the cor responding period of laot year; in the month of May it was 11 . 27 per cent.; in the month of June 28 65 per cent. ; and in the month of July 36 9 per cent. Oa comparing the receipts on the metropolitan lines in the corresponding periods of 1850 with those of 1849 it appears that up to the 28th of April the general in crease in the traffic amounted to 2 9 per cent.; in the month of May it amounted to 755 per cent.; in th e m o nth of June to 8 88 per cent.; and in the month of July to 5 8 per cent. over the same month in 1849. This shows that the Exhibition has had a very considerable effact in increasing the traffic on the metropolitan lines since its opening on the Ist May. The general increase on the latter lines up to the end of April was 7 per cent. against 2 9 per cent. at the corresponding period of 1850 (over 1849); up to the end of May the increase amounted to 8.1 per cent. against 4 04 per cent ; up to the end of June the increase amounted to 11 89 per cent. against 490 per eent, in the corresponding period of 1850 (over 1849) ; and up to the 26th of July the increase amounted to 508 4931., or 15 8 per cent. against 154,4741., or 504 per cent. at the corresponding period of 1850 over 1849. The general traffic of railways in the United King dom was, up to the end of April, 1115 per cent.; up to the end of May, 10.5 per cent. ; up to t h e en d of June, 1213 per cent.; and up to the 26th of July, 974,772/ or 14.08 per cent. over the corresponding period of 1850. The total increase of traffic on railways in the United Kingdom up to the 27± of April last, amounted to 398,2801., of which the metropolitan lines took 114 , 924 or 28 85 per cent. ; up to the 31st of May the total amounted to 506,8401', of which they took 180,3431, or 35.6 per cent.; up to the 29th of June the total amounted to 711,7201., of which they took 322.4181. or 45'3 per cent.; alai up to the 26th July they amounted to 974,7721 . , of which the metro politan lines took 508,5941., or 52.2 per cent., leaving 466,178/, or 47 8 per cent. for the other lines. The total receipts at the end of those periods on the metropolitan lines respectively were 1,753,2831., 2,399,179?., 3,037,0631, and 3 727 : 447/. ; and on be other lines respectively, 2,216,6191., 2 , 933,798[., 3,542,0211., and 4,171,8151.. From the above figures it would appear that the-increase of traffic on the metropolitan lines, arising entirely from the Exhibi tion, up to the 26th July, amounted to 220,9831., namely, 19 , 6251. in May, 71,035/. in June, and 130,3231. in July.—Railway Journal. FRIDAY' - EVENING, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. FIRST EXA`IINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MEDICINE, 1851. FIRST DIVISION. Brigg' , , Henry—University Coll , ge. Carpenter, Alfred—St. Thomas's Hospital. Carter, Henry Vandyke—St. George's Hospital. Ekin, James —University College. Evens, Evan—University College. Flower, William Henry—University College. Gould, John Henry—University College. Hillier, Thomas—University College. Money, Frederick John—St. Thomas's Hospital. Musiiet, William Boyd—University College. Piayne, Alfred— King's College. Josiab—Guy's Hospital. Hobbs, William Elward— King's College. Roberts, William—University CoPege Roche, James Martin—University College. Tunzelmsnn, Julius Woldemer dc—University College. Winter, John Newnham—Gily's Hospital. SECOND DIVISION. Barker, Walter Goodyer—bondun Hospital. Clarke Er College. Doubleday, Janows—Guy's Hospital. Evans, Charles Reeves—University College and Paris. Franks, Henry James—Queen's College, Birmingham. Grundy. R.)bert —Univer.ity College. King, Henry Stavely Thaddeui—Kiug's College. Langford, William—King's College. Rob,rts, Elias Junee—Richmond 11)spital, Dublin. Wilkinson, Riehavd—Kinv's 04)11e.ge. THE BISHOPS AND THEIR REVENUES. The tollowing letter has b-en addressed to the editor of the Harrowgate Herald : " Sir,—l h see read a leading article in your paper of Wednesday, July 30, containing some observations re flecting up to myself; and as I evidently perceive that they are written in no hostile spirit, I am sure you will be glad to insert the following remarks, which will dissi pate the erroneous impressions you have conceived from the imperfect statement of the Morning Herald. " That paper, it seems, has published • a scheme of the English bishoprics, as settles in the year 1837' (it should be by the Act of August, 1836) • with the respective in comes then aieigned to them,' and adds a list of t evenues received by the Archbishops and Bishops in 1850, leaving parties to infer that they may ascertain from the sums thus set down for that year what is the real annual in oome of each see. But herein lies the fallacy of this statement; it does not include the words of the Act of August. 1836, which assigns certain • average annual income's' to the Bishops; it does not state that these averages are to be drawn up at the end .if every seven years, the income of each year being flectu sting and uncertain; it does not give the least intimation that ail conclusions as to the aversee annual income of an Arch bishop or Bishop drawn from the sum ne may chance to have received in 1850 must needs be erroneous; nor does it take any notice of the fact that the sums it has set do wn for 1850 are the gross, and not the net revenues of the respective sees for that year. " The following facts relative to the revenues of the see of Ripon will illustrate what I mean. On the first creation of that see, in the year 1836, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners arranged that one-halt of the income of the Bishop should arise from a fixed Annual payment, the other halt depending upon the fluctuating produce 01 estates, not yielding regular annual income, but such returns only as might accrue from time to time from the renewal of leases for years, and leases for lives. Those estates being chargeable with exeieneive annual repairs of staiths and fleodgwes on the river Humber; with the payment of certain fees to officers connected with the see of Dirham (from which those estates were severed). who held their office,' by patent; as well as with the cost of all surveys and veleatiens incident to each re newel, were calculated to produce such an average sum, after the payment of these charges, as would make up by the end of every seven years the amount assigned to this see by Act of Parliament. No surplus was antici pt'ed, as there was in the cases of the sees of Ely and St. Aeaph; and therefore no surplus was required to be paid to the Commissioners, as in the instance of those sees. The earlier years of the septennial cycle, accord ing to this fluctuating arrangement, having been compa reto be expected that the latter 1850, would exceed the average, t. v e ly yens,unproductive, including t w 55 and thus make up the defietency in the form.ir years When, however, the balance eas struck at the end of the year 18 5 d, the average net income of the see fir the of several hu e d re d peueda, as the r Herald might him self have known , if he w ould have taken the trouble to showede r prece d ing of a th se e v sernt deficiencyi years not only yi e ld e d no s urplus, but lye in the A/ Geeing look through the whole balanceesheet from which he made that partial extract. o y o u will now therefore see that there was no ground for the reflections upon myself in which you indulged, and will be glad, in justice to him whom you have un consciously misrepresented, to publish this letter, which will dissipate the erroneous and unfavourable impression iticlned°oE July 30. obedient servant, produced ulamby, Sir,you soar o le u a r d t i a n i g th a tu ri l "C. T. RIPON. "Palace, Ripon. Aug. 7 " SEABORNE MAILS . , elgnitlea that the malls are cent &eta the General Poet-Oftet by the night—and M by the morning --41i4enteb•1 When wade up in From wual. PLACES. (General Post-oelce port die. Wben London. patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.) N Aug. 15 .. TLiverpeel • • Attr. 17 America (by U.S: pkt.) N Aug. 19 I Liverpool Aug. 13 America (by U.S. pkt.) M Aug 27 gouthampt. Aug. 41 Africa ( West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth Sept. 6 Alexandria* • ....... N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Aug id Belgium • • .. •. N Daily .. .. . Dover .. Daily Brazil M 9th of the month Southampt. Sep .16 Buenos Ayres •• 31 9th of the month Southampt Sept. 16 Califonda(viaChagres)M & 17th of montl Southampt. Aug. 20 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. Se. t. 6 Constantinople* .. N 7th 17th 27th of inn Dover .. Aug. 20 Central America .. 3d 'ld & 17th of mon. Southampt. Aug. 10 Channel Liles N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southarnpt. Ts. Th.Ba Chili M 17th of the mouth Southampt. Aug. 20 France .. M& N Twice daily .. Dover Greece* N 7th 17th 27th ef ino Dover • • A.ug .20 Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tees. Sat. Holland Wednes. & satur. Louden .. Honduras .. . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. Aug. 20 Ireland .. & N Twice daily Holyhead .. Tvemiall) India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Aug. 23 India ( viaM arsenics) N,7thdt 24th efmonth Dover • • Auy. 17 Mediterranean (via Southampton) • • M,2oth of the month Southampt. Aug. 23 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) 7th& 24th of month Dover • • Aug. 17 Mexico .. M2d of the month.. Sonthampt. Sept 5 Madeira......sl9th of the month So l D uth ov a e m r pt. A Se ug pt . . i l l s f 7th,l7th,l2th,d7th Malta* • • • • & 30th of month Naples* . 17, 5 th 15th 26th of mo Dover • • Aug. 22 Papal States . * 21' 5 th 15th 25th of mo Dover .. Aug. 12 Peninsular.. .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. Aug. 26 Peru 417th of the month Southampt. Aug. 20 Tuscany* N sth Ibth 25th of mo Dover .. Au g 21 West Indies M 17th of the moath Southampt, Aug. 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) Bf 2d of the month .. Southampt. Sept. 5 . . I2d of the month —lSouthampt. Sept.( 5 ountries thus marked (*) are conveyed by Illes and from California, oia the United >/tates m n e hr every American packet. a . 0 The malls to those c French packet VA Marge' CALITORNIA.—MaiIa to Are now despatched and d The neat West India 1 the morning of the Itith en a Sunday. id Penin-ular mail. will be made ap on Institut, in consequence of the lith falling SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE MET ROPOLIS. Few things show more forcibly the effect of free and unrestrained competition than the reduction which has recently been made Ihe price of gas by all the great metropolitan gas com panies. But a short time since the general price at which gas was supplied throughout London was 9s. per 1,000 feet. At this moment it is just half, or 4s. 6d. per 1.000 feet—a rate which enables every householder to obtain artificial light at a very considerably less cost than tallow candles, and, of course, when eompared with other kinds of candles, as wax or stearine, the saving in favour of gas is greater. This reduction has been obtained for the public chiefly in consequence of the proceedings of a new w hich obtained an A c t on the con dition of supplying gas at 4s. per 1.0 0 feet, and i s now car rying out this condition in a bona fide manner. gas company, POOR.. LAW RELlEF.—According to a return to the House of Commons printed yesterday, the number of paupers in the receipt of relief on the Ist of July, 850, was 831,760, and on the Ist of July last 813,08 9 , sh.)wing a decrease of 18, 6914 •Of able•bodied paupers the decrealo in the oslllo .period wne 7,903, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OxbionDClßCUlTl—Gloucester, Aug 13 CRONN . (1()Ul3, r.—(E.l,..fore Mr. Liiron MARTIN.) 'James Adams, 32. a t d!, geollem4uly-lo,,king and Elizabeth Williamq, 23, a tolerably good•looking young WOO3lll, were cnirged with forging wid uttering an order for the delivery of g.iods in the name of L )rd Villiers, with intent to defraud one John Lane, at Ciren cester. Mr. Cripps conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Hod dlestone she deteuce. On the 21st of May Mr. Lane, who is a grocer mad elector at Cirencester, of which town Lord Viiliers is representative, received a letter, signed " Villiers," re. questing him to send to him, at his London address, 41, North-street, Manchester-square, a side of Gloucester shire bacon as good as he had, and, if he bad not a good one, ri-questing him to procure one, and adding:— " My constituents complain ot my not dealing with them; but if I could procure this g• as good at Cirencester as I do in London, I should get everything from my consti tuents." Mr. Lane, on receiving this letter, procured im mediately and sent off a first-rate aid , of baeon by the Great Western Railway. Oa the 221 ot May the prisoner called on a Mr. Fish-r, a tailor, who lived at No. 40, North -street, Manchester—quare, and who knew him formerly as a tailor, and asked him to take in pare is and letters for him. He said they would be addressed in the name of Villiers He called again on the same evening, and upon the day following. On the Saturday (lie 25th) a letter came, but was not taken. He said the parcels would contain a side of bacon and a gold watch. Mr. Fisher asked him why he got the letters and parcels addressed to him in the name ot Villiers? end he said it was because he did not like the old man (his fattier) to kn 'w wnere he was. On the 23d Williams called and asked whether any letters or parcels bad come for Lora' Villiers? Adams never mentioned Lord On the Saturday the Great Western Railway Company's waggon came, and the driver raised a side a bacon out and took it to No. 41. North street, the house of a Mr. Dindo, who said se knew nothing of Loru Villiers, and would have nothing to do with it, and made the driver take it back. Mr. Fisher met Adams the same day, and told him that he bad seen a Great We stern Rsilwey Compacq's waggon bring up a side of bacon to No. 41, and take it away again; whereupon Adams said, "I must look after it." Mr. Fisher said the prisoner Williams never called at his house together with Adams, but heard that she %via with him as his wife. In the course of that day Adams called at the house of a person named Parker, living in . William-street, St. Luke's, end wanted to burrow a few shillings to pay for the carriage of a side of bacon, which had come to him from a person named Lane, but having been carried to a wrong number, was taken back to the station. When the prisoners were arrested Williams said to Adams, in the presence of the constable, " Yon know that you wrote those 1-tiers and sent me for the things," to which Adams replied, " Hold your tongue;" and she then added, "You know you told me the things were to come from your father." Williams cried much, and was heard by another constable saying to Adams, "I told you all along not to write these Liters; but 3ou told me your father would set all right." The next morning Adams asked B-wles, a policeman of Cirene s tar, if he thought his father and Mr. Lane would make it up, and requested him to go to his father and persuade him to go to Mr. Lane and make it up. Bowles said be could nut intertere. Tne prisoner then asked if he would be allowed to write a letter, and being told that he could do so, he wrote two letters, one to Mr. Lane and the other to his father. In the letter to Mr. Lane he begged of him to go and see his father, and in the letter to his father he oegged of him to see Mr. Lane. One witness, who saw Adams write once, about three years ago, swore that the I.tiel• was in his handwriting At the close of the case tor the prosecution, his Lord ship said there was no case against Williams, and di reced her to be Acqu.tted; Adams was found Guilty. There were two other indic:ments for similar trans actions against the prisoners, but on these no evidences was offervd, and Williams was declared Not Guilty. It was not thought necessary to proceed upon them against Adams. His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said —James Adams, you have been convicted on the clesrest 'possible evult-uce of the crime of forgery. No one who has heard the evidence can have any doubt that you wrote, or pro cured some one else to write, that letter for the purpose of defrauding Lord Villiers or Mr. Lane. You probshly thought that Lord Villiers would make good his lo s s t o Mr. Line, and that no steps would be taken against you. You are a man of good education, you write well, and express yourself very well; end you must know that the law of Eugland attaches great importance to the eenuine [less of documents respecting property. When it is considered what an enormous amount of property is re• presented in this country by written documents, it is obvious that the law must take care to preserve them from forgery; and for a very long time it punished with death forgeries much lest serious than yours, and per sons were over and over again executed in dczens and doz-ns. The law was lstely mitigated, but still the judge was left no discretion, but to transport for 1 fe. However, very recently some more discretion was al lowed, and that discretion Iwm now about to exercise . I will not transport you for life, but you must leave thi. country for a long period. You best know how you have been conducting yourself in other countries. You arm others must know that if they choose to violate the law it will bs sure to ovvraike them. The sentence is, that you be transp .rted for ten years._ It was aajo that the (4fic - ers of the prison had re ceived some documents from the French police to shoe thar the prisoner had been convicted of pickiug pocket*. ILI Frinee. Edmund Curtis. 29, a labourer, was indicted for the nvinslaughter of hii wile, Hester Curtis, on the sth of April last. Mr. Mecnamara was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Cooke fur the defence. Jane Anne Wilkes said—l am the wife of Henry Wilkes, who keeps the White Lion public-house at St . Mary's, near Gloucester. I knew Hester Curtis, ant employed her as a charwoman. She was at my h ' euse on the sth of April. Her husband (the prisoner) caries in the evening, She spoke to him, desiring him to come home. He refused. She said " His place was al home;" and he said, " So is yours." They then both left the room. It was then twenty minutes before seven. He was not particularly angry. He was sober. After they had lett the house-:-about three minti after—l heard a violent shriek. I went out and saw tier lying across a low iron railing in my garden. bad hold of her over the lel% shoulder with his right hand, and was striking her on the head with his clinched tier. When I got out the shtick had ceased. I hearts no noise atter. I told him ne would kill her if be had not done so, and desired him. to louse her. Ile did not do so. I called out William Kirkland, who pulled him from her, and she fell on her left side en the ground. apparently lifeless. I told him he bad killed her. I :ailed assistance. She was lifted up and put on a chair. Sne fetched three sighs and died. She never spoke after I saw her. The doctor was sent for. Cross-examined—When she was carried into the par lour be knelt down by her. He had been working in my garden that day. I told him he owed me 69. 8d He bail he had a charge of 41. for two days' work against me. I refused to pay more than Is. 81. a day. She came up. and was there while we wrangled about the wages. This talk was going on about three minute , . Tney both left immediately. I did not see her hold him by the collar. I heard her say nothing about his drinking. Mr. Alfred Clarke, a surgeon, practising in Glouces ter, proved that he was called in Le attend the cl.ceasen at the White Lion. bhe died in ten minutes. He mad, a post mortem examination, and found bruises on the head, which caused an extensive effusion of blood on the br in and spinal marrow e which was the cause of death Cross-examined --When she was brought in he knelt down and cried. The skin on her head was not broken. The prisoner offered to make an explanation respecting the transaction, but I would not listen to him, as I thought he ought to be cautioned before he made any sta , etnent. Mr. Cooliti said be could not struggle against a con viction, and would give :he jury CO trouele. They at once returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. CooKE then said that the statement which the prisoner wished tit make to the surgeon was, that as they left the White Lion she upbraided him and spat in his face, and that he thereupon used his fist and struck her, and she got over the rails. It did not appear that she received any severe blew, and it was because the skin was not cut that the effusion of blood proved fatal, as the vessels could obtain no fromreli u s a f el . the effusion consequent on the excitement of a quarre l . In answer to his LORDSHIP, the prisoner said he had one child. His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said—The facts show that you iiidu , ged in a very violent degree of pas sion. Some sharp words took pl ace b etwee n you and your wite, and I can very well believe that you did not mean to kill her. Nothing, however, can jus - ity a man in striking a woman. No doubt when this result oc curred you were sincerely sorry fir it. I think, in con sidering all the circumstances, I can satisfy the justice of the case by sentencing you to be imprisoned for six calendar months, and kept to hard labour. John Aston, aged 28, was indicted for the men slaughter of James Chamberlain on the 7th of May last, Mr. Powell prosecuted, and gr. Cooke defended the prisoner. On the evening of May 7 the deceased, the prisoner, and a man named Jones, the prisoner's uncle, were drinking in a public-house near Gloucester, when a quarrel arose between Jones and the deceased, both of whom were drunk. The prisoner, who was sober, promoted a fight between them, and they went out and fought, or rather pulled each other about for some time, when they became exhausted. The prisoner, however, caught hold of his uncle, Jones, and dragged him towards the deceased, and he also went up towards the deceased and squared his fiats at him, upon which a person named Jeffs, who had been attrawed from his house by the noise, went to him, and, after telling him it was a sha_ue in him to induce two el. derly men who were drunk to fight, added that if he struck the deceased he would himself pre fer a charge of assault against him. The priaoner then used abusive language towards Mr. JAN and said of the deceased, after a violent impreca tion, " I had once to pay twenty tanners (sixpences) for giving a man a bit of kick, and if I have to pay again. it shall be for something more." He then went up 0) the deceased, who was leaning against a wall, raised his hand unwell's and downwards once or twice, and struck the deceased a violent blow on the left temple, which felled him to the ground, and cut his face open. The deceased was assisted up and placed against the wall, and, turning to the prisoner, he said, " I will make you Pay fir this." Mr. Jeffs also said he would get a war rant against him; upon which the prisoner said. " pay fir something, then," and again struck the deceased in the same place, and again knocked him "own. The deceased was then conveyed to a house, bleeding and nearly senseless, and Ives afterwards conveyed home and 1 died in the course ol the night. Mr. limits, a surgeon, ceede u post mortern examination tail proved clearly that the death wa►i occasioned by the blows on the temple. Mr. C , Olce said he could not upon these facts st►uggle against a verdict, and the jury thereupon immediately convicted the prisoner, and he was sentenced by his Lordship to 12 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Henry Parker, 19, and James Davis and John Reed, of ab , ut the same age, were tried )est.:rday fur a rubbery with violence, at Bristol, on the Bth of August last. Mr. Cleave prosecuted; Mr. Powell defended Parker, and Davis; Reed defended himself. The prosecutor, a captain in the merchant service, was going along the Broadmead, in the city of Bristol, about nine o'clock in the evening, when a persan came up to him, looked earnestly into his face, and said," Go it" upon which the prosecutor was struck down, and his pookets rifled of his watch and sv►me silver coins in an instant. A bystander named Stevens saw the transac tion, and went and pulled one of the m°n from the pro secutor, but, thinking it a street row, did not detain th, , m, and they ran away. The prosecutor gave informa tion to the p ►lice, and in about half an hour afterwards went with them to the spot. While looking at it the prisoner Parker went by, end a . p,,licrnan told the pro secutor to go and look at him. The prosecutor did so, and said to Parker, " I believe you are the men that robbed me just now." Pa, ker said he was not; but the prosecutor took him to a lamp, and then gave him into custody as one of the persons who had robbed him. The other prisoners were not apprehended for some time afterwards, and in the interval the witness Stevens, who said be knew Davis and Reed before, but not their names, met Reed and coaver‘ed with him f.A. some time, but did not attempt to appr, bend him. Reed cross-exlmine 4 this witness et some length, and attempted to show that there had been a quarrel be tween them. The defence was that the prosecutor was mistaken in the identity of Parker; that Stevens was alio mistaken as to the other two, and that the o ;nduct of the latter was so extraordinary that the evidence could not be re lied on. _ _ The jury deliberated for some time, and then said they could not agree; they were locked up for half en hour, at the end of which time they returned a verdict of Guilty. Previous convictions against Pa►ker for burglary and R'sd for robbery were then proved. His LORDSHIP said he would consider what sentence to pass, and this morning he . sentenced Parker and Reed to be transported for twenty years, and D+vis to be imprisoned for twelve months and kept to barii labour. Thomas Davie, 18. pleaded guilty to two indictments, one charging him with burgliriously breaking and en tering the house of James Barnes, at Churcham, and stealing therein three pairs of shoes, his property; and the other charging him with burglariously breaking arid entering the house of Joseph Kitchen, at Churcham, and stealing therein a pair of boots, his property, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard 1.- hour on each charge, the second term of imprisonment to commence at the coneltp,ion of the first. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET. Thomas Baker, a tailor, living in Crown- onort, Crown street, Westminster. was charged before Mr. Jardine with having attempted to violate the person of his step daughter, a child only nine years of ago. Mr. JARDINE committed hue for trial. The mother of the child returned to the court, after the disposal of the case and asked if his Worship could give her any advice or assistance in regard to the fu are welfare of her little girl. Of course she (the soother) could never return to the prisoner, and must therefore go into service ; but she had two other children to sup port, and they were by the prisoner. She believed she should be able to maintain herself and these if some pro vision could be made for the third. There were several benevolent institutions intended for children like hers, and it would be a grtat boon to her it her admission into one of them could be obtained. Mr. JARDINE expressed his willingness to assist her in this objsct if an opportunity of so doing occurred. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mr. John Horatio Brown, of 26, Conduit-street ' was summoned before Mr. Bingham for using abusive and in suiting language towards Major Charles Macdonald, whereby a breach of the peace might have been oc casioned. It will be remembered that about a fortnight ago Major Macdonald, accompanied by a French lady and gentleman of distioctis n, went into the auction-rooms, 26, Conduiteareet, of which the defendant was the ostensible proprietor. The lady selected a brocade dre s s, fur which she offered 305., the price askei beteg 2/. 10s. This offer was refused, and the Major and his party were ab ut leaving the place, when the detehdatit 'allowed them to the door, and said be would take the 30s. for the dress. Meier Macdonald and the lady re turned to the room and the money was paid, but on the 'ady examining the dress she found it vastly inferior to be one she bad chosen, and not worth 15s. Ou the complainant demanding the money hack he was assailed with abusive language, such as " You d—d snob; I'd kick you out," &c. For this insulting language the oresent proceedings ware commenced, and yesterday was fix d for bearing the ease. When the case was called on the magistrate's adjia cation was belted for will great at.xi,ty, and a •srt number of persons more or less connected with she irapery trade were in atter.dance. It wags generall ,rated that Mr. Ballantine would appear for Mjur Macdonald, and Mr. Parry for the defendant Brown. Mr. Parry at length came ietii court, and, addressing '4r. Bingham, said, he appeared in answer to a summons which hid been granted on the application of a person who called himself Mejer Macdonald. Mr. Brown, against whom the summons had been obtained, and for whom he (the Learned Counsel) appeared, was in at tendance, and was perfectly ready to answer any charges that might be mate against bun. It was the moils Im portant t bat his client's character should be cleared from , he imputations that had been made upon it, as many ulip'easant rumours had found general ci-culation. Mr. BINGHAM—I understood some time ago that the summons has been withdrawn. Mr. Parry—l have just heard that myself. Supp,se 'his was an action at law, I should be alliovetl to have the jury sworn and the plain ill inunsuiced. Very inju rious rep irts have been circukted with respect to Mr. Brown, and now that we are to meet and rebut th..m Major Macdonald does not choose to appear. Inspector Wriall, who was calltd. said be had Bern sent fur and had been informed that Mr. Brown t•avir g made a humble ap dogy to Maj sr Mucdunald, that gest- Tiernan hal withdrawn the summons. Mr. Parry, who in the interim had applied that the summons should be recorded, sail be knew nothing about the summons having been withdrawn, but as that ape neared to be the case tie was compelled to let the matter drop. At the same time he was bound to repeat that Nlr. Brown was Tee° willing to have the case heard. The proceedings then terminated. Shortly after the shave proci edinga terminated, a lady, who said her name was Bates, entered the court in a state of great excitement, and in a foreign accent said, I have to complain to your Worship of a, great take-in in Conduit-atreet."—; Laughter.) She continued a 1 tol;owa: —" This morning I went into the sale-routes in Conduits street, attracted by bills which had been circulated. I looked at a dress which was stated to be silk, and was asked two guineas and a half for it. Presently the per sons in the sale re-ma eam- down to 35e , and I bought it at that price. It looked very handsowe in the piece, hut when I came to examine it I found it was mere stuff; in fact, a gross deception has boen practised upon use. ' l 4oreover, the man who sold it to me stated that it was five yards and a half wide, whereas on looking at it I fund that it was not nearly five yards wide." •Mr. BINGHAM expressed has astonishment that a lady should have b -en so victimized in a matter t f silk. With out professing to be iutineately Bog tainted with the mysteries of the fabrics of which ladies' dresses were composed, he thought he sheet.' have very read ly s -en mat the piece of stuff produced had no claim to the cha racter of silk. It he were going to buy a knits,. o r any usher article with which he was &lege wilted he should examine it well before putting down his money. The grossest eve e r e swi witnessed. s ;. d ly . n of th e that she had bee n very short sighted deceptionsldDhut admittedie:htdadin sighted in entering into such a barg,t te Mr. BINGHAM .aid he hardly knew what law would protect the complainant. It a men b aught a horse with only one eye, having taken no precsucion to as certain whether he had another, the law would hardy protect him. The complainant said that probably she would n have cared so mush snout the ausoutit of money of which she had been deft anted had nut been for the excessive reenees which had been Showu to her in the sale-rooms She had been grossly ill-used by the person to the sale, room to whom she comp:anted of the trick that bad been played upon hr r. Mr. BINGHAM advised the complainant to appeal to the County Ceurt for redress, expressing at the same time his doubts as to the result of such an application under the circumstances. Hardly had this case been disposed of before a police officer brought up in custody a man who had been dtstri. bating circulars from the firm above-named in Regent street and the other public thoroughfares. These circu lars, which gave a moat flattering description Of the vast amount of goods to be disposed ef, were signed .4 B an .. bury, Greville, and C 0.," while others bore no name, and were placed in envelopes. The police-officer stated that the man threw his p,pers into omnibuses and carriages, and otherwise obstructed the thoroughfare. P. isoner said he had been ont of work for along time. He had been engaged by the people iu Conduit street to deliver these hills, and he was glad to earn a shilling. Mr. BINGHAM advised him to be cautious as to the manner in which he conducted his vroceedinga. He would not he allowed to (instruct persons who were out either on business or ph !Pure. The kernel was the only proper place for distributing such circulars. It' a similar case come before him he should feel it to be his duty to deal severely with it. WORSHIP-STREET. Jacob Evans, a dissolute-looking fellow, was brought up before Mr. D'Eyncourt upon a warrant, charged with the following brutal attack upon his wit's.. In the early part of the day the wife came to the court with her lace and one of her eyes so shockingly contused and swollen that the magistrate ordered a war rat.t to immediately issue for the apprehension of the prisoner, and upon his being brought to the court in the custody of Holland, the warrant officer, the wife stated that she had been married for several years to the pri • goner, but nearly the whole time had been subjected to such cruel treatment by him that she had been three times oblige d to abandon her home and s' ek r. foue at • the house of her parents in the c.mritry. Each time, however, he had induced her to return by the most earnest promises of amendment, which he immediately after broke, and upon the last occasion, while staying at the house (if her w thee, he •cvaikd bw,,eit of the op portunity so 'Med to sut tee l•er famgest sister. on Sunday he eatne home in a surly howour, and, after loading ber with the most oirgusiing r pitheis. brat her furiously over the head and face with his fir, struck her own by a violent blow between the e‘ es. the results of which she the presented, then dragged her down the stairs into the passage in a state of partial insensibililYs and on getting her to the lower part of the house swore that ha would disfigure her for ever, and kicked her with such ferocity all over the body that there Wes scarce any part of her that was not covered with Wades and contusions. She had been subjected to simila treatment upon so m-e.ny other °cessions that she dared not return home again unites the magistrate insured ber protection, as she felt convinced she shou►d sustain soma ii.jury of a serious and permanent character if she did. The prisoner generally denied all that the For wo• man had matt d; t.ac Mr. D'EYNCOURT characterised it as a very cruel out• rage. find seutroc.d the prisoner to pay the full penalty of 5/, or in default to stand committed for tso months to the House of Correction, and in addition ordered bim to put in sub-dentist sureties for his peaceable behaviour fur the succet ding six months. The prikorier could not pay the penalty, and was, therefore, removed in the, van. CLERKEN WELL. William Knight was placed at the bit' before Mr. Tyrwnitt, onurged with having assaulted and wounded Mary Knight, his wile, by which her life is pieced is imminent danger. The prisoner was also charged with having assauLed Police-constable Riynes, 221 G. Toe constable having been sworn sitid, that on the previous night, about half past ten o'clock, he was on duty in Sydney-grove Cit)-road, St. Luke's, when his a"ren:ion waslitirtictedllcy hitid screams and cries of Murder 1" trim a woman. He proceeded to the door of the prisoner'. house, where he saw the prison. r stand' ing in the passage in his shirt sleeves. He was in es agitate' state. He saw his wife bleeding from wounds on the buck of the head. The prisoner threw a large click at his head, which knocked his bat off and near'' , stunned him. He took the prisoner to the station' house, snit on searching him he found two heavy 11 1 n$ stones in his pocket. On returning to the house he found the prisoner's wife in a weakly state from loss of blood. On asking her how she had received the injuries on her head, she replied that her husband beat her on the head with a poker. A surgeon was sent for who dressed her wounds. Mr. TYRWHITT inquired whether she was able to at' tend the court? Prisoner (smiling)-oh, no; she is Da able to appear. She is at home in bed. I own I did it. The fact of 'he matter is it is a bit of jealousy. She kept " sniggerir g" and "sneering" at me. when I took up the p ,ker and gave her a few taps on the head and I threw it away. Mr. TYRWHITT said, that after such an admission front the prisoner i.e must have a certificate IYOM the surge as to the state or the injured wcreart. the officer was ii.stailtly dispatched, and shortly re' turned with a certificate pronouncing that Mary Knight was in imminent danger. Mr. TYRWHITT said he would remand the prisooer for a week, when the fate of his wife would be made known. WANDSWORTH. Mr. Edward Richardson, a gentleman living in the, Bridge-road, Battersea. cane before Mr. Paynter as a stated the following circumstances:-- Mr. Richardson said, that on Wednesday evening about seven o'clock be was visiting a friend who resident in the Brighton -road, Lower Tooting, when they were suddenly alarmed by screams of " Murder," and, os proceeding into the street, he saw a woman w ho wike smothered shiiitist - With - her blood, lying in the road, and a man, who was said to be a tray.liing tinker and the. woman's husband, giving her the most desperate ‘b jobs under her chin with his clenched fiat till the chin was I mass of bruises. She hal also a deep cut over the eye. Ac the fellow continued his brutality after the wornall had become insensible be remonstrated with him, and the man asked him what business it was of his, and said if he interfered with him he should not be, particular is serving him in the same manner. This occurred in 11.00 of he Rising Siiri, in the Brighton-road, the entire neigh' bourt,,,d was alarmed, and the cry was, " Where's the policy- ?" but not one eoliceulau ci.utel be lound, when It geeteman he was well acquainted with ctate by in hi. phaeton and took applicaut up, and they went in ssarch ,if the police, of whom they found two, viz., 134 V Ind 324 V. with whom they galloped back to the spot whet° he (Hr. Richardsoe), as he supposed, h-ft the woraea dying. On their return the pour woman was still lying OS the ground and weltering it, her blood. He told the polic e. men what he and some others had witnessed, and the‘ very coolly replied, that as they had seen no blow Aran they could not interfere. By dint of threats that the case should not step where it was, the constables LOU the man to the station house; but on arriving thud he sergeant or acting inspec.or was on duty to take the charge; and upricant ltfs fur home, receiving a plecie from the police that they w,,uld convey the prisoner to. Wandsworth police - station, and he wits to meet theta a: the police•court at ten o'clock that morning. He 118 " been punctual, and had waited en hour a halt; but no votice or prisoner had made their appearance, and the police on du y at the staloa appeared to know nothivg of the transaction Mr. PAYNTER, after putting some questions to Ser' geant Read, said the police of this district we r e eon° smelly oriuging up charges cf a trifling character, tin d at eons:Lindy r. tusiug to interthre in cases where the/ atl-g.d they did not see the offence. He had as re ' pea;edly read the clause of the Act of Parliament to them and explained the law, but it appeared they is it at defiance. In this case they could see that tn. woman's lace was cut. They did not know %hat otal injuries might have been flitted, end still they refus ed to iuterfere. He should advise the applicant to II his complaint before the Commissioners of Police, 1 11 ° . `:, if they did not attend to it, to apply to the Secretary o f state. AUGUST 'lB5l. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BR tiTuL, Aua. 14. STOOK EXCHAVGE —The ma, tot was inanimate to-daft and but little business done. We have no alteratioo prices to quote. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 14. &mos Exensiqum..—The business to-day was very limite d in amount, and prices rat her lower. The transactions Wet as follow : -Lancsshire and Yorkshire, 48 - Dittto, 6 per cel l " Prefer4ice. 13 - Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, div•'" 3 L c o . n a p n . t o d r i t; es i t e ll : p l i 2 t 2 t c a D v i e t s t . o, 2 N l e: i v is. l2frt ou e rx _,T, Eastern and Dover, 2 . 1 --Waterford and Limerick, 15141• MANCHESTER, Auo. 14. Siock ExcHArrox.— The market continues dull, withoutalteration in prices, and business limbed The trans3ctioill were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 201 F. Shall 2 1-16 dis.—London and North-Western, Manchester Birmingham, Quarters (0), 2 I-16 n p.—Manchesttr, field, and Lincolnshire, 104 Preference, 1134—South-Easter' Acrd Dover, %2. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The settlement passed off w ithout any occurrence worthy of note. All matters, whether of iel: mediate settlement or carrying, were apparently for tb o i most part arranged to the satisfaction o f a ll part i es . W e st business is, however, a general com pl a i nt, an d t h e preset's favourable state of railway property does not appear to gilt , any impetus to the Share Mar et. The prices at the close • 'Change were, in all imp or t ant particulars, about the sal as in London. Midland (Six per Cents.), were done at 171. 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