The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-18 00:00:00

LIEUT. DUPERIER, 80TH REGIMENT.—The ap pointment of Lieut. Charles Duperier, 80th Regiment, to the important post of Adjutant of the Provisional Battalion, has given great pleasure to the numerous friends of that talented officer. The selection and recommendation reflects the highest credit on the authorities at Chatham, proving how thoroughly they have the good of the service at heart. Lieut. Du perier was some years since engaged in drilling the Schah of Persia's troops, and in testimony of the ap proval of that sovereign, had the distinguished order of the "Lion and Sun" conferred on him. Lieut. D. has also seen much hard service in China. INSANITY IN THE ARMY.—Out of the number of men discharged from the service, and left Chatham this week, eight were labouring under insanity. They had all served abroad. A PRIZE TO HER MAJESTY'S SHIP PLUMPER.—We learn by private letter that the Plumper, screw-sloop, Commander Nolloth, captured the Flore de Mare, with slave gear on hoard, at Born Abrigos, on the Brazilian coast, on the 13th June. THE GREENWICH OUT PENSlON.—Captain Sir William Pierson (1838) has received the captains' out-pension of Greenwich Hospital, which fell in hand on the death of Captain Burgess. This Gallant Officer entered the navy in 1796, was at the battle of Trafalgar, and served constantly during the war up to 1815. THE HOUSEHOLD TROOPS.—We understand that our distinguished foreign visitors have expressed great satisfaction at the fine soldierly and effective appearance of our Household Brigade of Cavalry and Infantry, and have, without hesitation, stated that in their opinion they are the finest body of troops in Europe. THE DEPUTY SECRETARY-AT-WAR. — It is ru• moured that the Right Honourable Laurence Sulivan, Deputy Secretary-at-War, who has recently been sworn in as a Member of the Privy Council, will shortly retire from his official appointment, as the la bours of that department have always been repre sented as most arduous, and rendered him unable to perform any of the ex officio duties pertaining to the office. ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT.—We hear that it is in contemplation to disband the Royal Canadian Rifle Corps. The special services of the regiment for which it was orignally raised have been long consi dered a failure. HIGHLAND REGIMENTS.—An order has been issued for the five kilted regiments—viz., the 42d, 78th, 79th, 92d, and 931 Highlanders—to wear in future as a forage cap . the Glengarry bonnet, instead of the one hitherto in use. This change does not affect those Highland corps wearing trowsers—viz., the 71st, 72d, and 74th—who are to continue the old forage cap. EAST INDIA PENSIONERS.--The Court of Direc tors have refused to adopt a proposition for forming an invalid depot in this country, on the same prin ciple as the one belonging to the line at Chatham, because they consider it would involve an additional expense, without any benefit to the funds of the company or their army in general. THE GOLD COAST CORPS.—The selection has been made of the officers for the regiment to be stationed on the Gold Coast, and their successors will shortly be gazetted. The corps is, we believe, to be Light Infantry. PENSIONERS IN CANADA.—Arrangements are being actively made for forming the army pensioners resi dent in Canada into four districts, by which their services may be rendered available whenever required in aid of the civil power or military purposes. Lieutenant-Colonel Tulloch, Military Superintend ent of Pensioners, proceeds to Germany on the 25th inst., it is said, for the purpose of being present at the military inspections about to take place in that country, and in order to give him additional military knowledge, whereby he may be enabled to impart a new system of drill to the enrolled pensioners, and render them more effective. MINING INTELLIGENCE, (From the Mining Journal.) The early part of the week was characterised by a heavy market for shares, but later it has given place to considerable inquiry and business in the more reputable portion of the speculative class of mines. Yesterday, in particular. a considerable amount of transactions took m i nc e on fair te rms for the interests of buyers , whilst sellers a ppear to be acting voluntarily, and not under the presaure of any necessity to sell, whether as regards the quantify of shares parted with he rates ob tai are With ahuodance of money fur suc or t h purposes, we are encouraged to look for the continuance of business on an extended scale, both in these and dividend mines. The latter stock is, however, scarce-actual transactions apparent for the youngest not representing a tithe of the inquiry, The specula tive spirit is also slightly glass of concerns. but at an almost nominal figure. In the Metal Market -Copper is in good demand, and lirm is price.-We are sorry to notice Off ll at the lead ticketing, at Holywell, on Thursday, about 2i pe r sent., without any apparent justification, the market he re being firm, and the demand steady.-Tin has been quiet this week, and but few transactio ns have taken place ; holders are firm, and wo hear of sales in Holland at 484, .b.eing 1 florin above the sale price. There is no altera "onin Eaglish tin.-Tin-plates are some whae easier. The price of g old in bars (standard) is 3 /. 17 s. 9d. p er ounce ; oun• ___, silver in bars (ditto), ss. 0-Id. per ounce; and n " ("12.r$, 4! 110 per ounce. Fi A ion , r I li s v h id ip en . dof . 6/. per share has been declared in Whe al At Wheal Seton meeting, on Monday, the accounts showed-Copper ore sold May and June, 3,7691. ss. ld. m Labour cost for 1,0841. 2s. 4d.; June, 1,3051. Os. 3d; merchants' bills, dr:11 profit, sd; lord's dues, 251/. ss. Bd.; leaving balance of 524/. 12s. 5d.; add balance from last account, 549 /. 15s. 1d.=1,0741. 7s. 4d. Deduct cn , t dividend of 41 . per share ); leaves balance in hand to next account, 282/. 7s. 6d. At the Herodsfoot meeting, on We dnesday, the ac counts showed a profit on the three months' working ending May 31 s t of 118/. 7s. 2d., a balance in hand of 430/. 171, and a balance o f a sse ts over liabilities of 224/. 73. 93. A dividend of 2s. 6d. per share was declared, payable after the 21st inst. At the South To l g us hi-monthly meeting, o n the 7th inst., the accounts showed -Copper ore sold oe„ dues) 2,266/. Os. 53 . La bour cost for May, 502/. 93. aa.. 514/. 93. iod.; merch ants' bills, 3191. 13s. 4,1.: I:42,eii profit on the two months, 934/. 8d 7s. .; add alance in hand last account, 87 /. 63. 3d., make 1,021/. I b 3s. 11d.- less dividend, 7681.: leaving balance to next account, 253/. 13s. lid. A dividend of 3/. per share was ma d e. Whe a l At the Stray Park, Careborne Vean, a Francis Alines meeting, on the Bth inst., the accounts for riff:W if ending Juno showed-Tutwork cost, 403/. • chants' bills, 247/. 7e. 7d.; tribute pay on 1.-......-itc,-- Ibel -ttle th June, 1171.35.63.; subsiat, 171/. 10s. 93.; ----,- f •• %-t Y,... ~.# 4404 . 11 . ss. 83.; balance against adventurers at '-- `‘''', gilt *3:,tttire 25/. Bs. Ild.-=-1,500/. 13s. 7d. Copper ~.,....... :,. i , , l ~.1 16 , , 43.; profit in Wheal Franc:9, 331. stCleVe " lance against the adventurers, 6201. 3s. 3il. f 2,. . Akitrpt an meting, on Monday (Richard Hallett , *4 - r), the accounts showed a balance against a, AAttiturera of 26/. 17s. 6d., ai p against which there Ai. -; ii, ~ AUG Sparkbrook lB York Ply mouth Southport Paisley - 2l Canterbury 2l Barnet Stourbridge SEPTE Scarborough Eccles Warwick Wilmslow Rochester Lincoln Airdrie (Scotland) 4 Bungay ........ Radcliffe 8 Lichfield . . Cheadle (Staff.) 8 Yarmouth Leicester lO Weymouth .. 10 Liverpool Autumallunt 10 OCTC Monmouth Richmond Caledonian Hunt Chesterfield 1 Chester llampton Autumn 7 Yorkshire Union Hunt 8 NOVE Epsom Autumn 4 Prexham erth Newmarket S.O l3 Holywell Hunt ...... 14 Hereford 23 Newmarket Houghton 27 11BER. Worcester First week THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The eleventh half-yearly meeting of the Electric Telegraph Company was held at the central station, Founders'-court, Lothbury, on the 12th inst., John Lewis Ricardo, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The fol lowing report of the directors was adopted, and a dividend declared at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. "The financial position of the company is explained in the balance-sheet annexed: —The receipts of the half year exceed the expenditure by 10,767/, which will enable the directors, by appropriating 322 4 from the reserve fund, to recommend a dividend of 21. per share, being at the rate of 8 per cent. on the paid-up capital. " The Chester and Holyhead, the Brighton, and" the Buckinghamshire lines have been completed since the last half-yearly meeting, and the Manchester and Sheffield line will be opened in the course of the en suing quarter. The current expenditure has been in full operation on the three first, though they cannot be considered to have come into regular working, and ex perience has shown that it requires some time before the public of any particular place acquire the habit of avail ing themselves of the new means of correspondence. These circumstances load the directors to consider it un necessary to add to the reserved fund from the revenue of the half-year ending 30th June last. " The peculiar nature of patent property, and the li tigation which, notwithstanding that three verdicts have been obtained for piracies of their inventions, the directors may have still to encounter in prosecuting in fringements of their patent rights, render it, in their view, advisable to retain always a considerable sum not applicable to any one particular purpose, but available for any circumstances which may arise requiring outlay. These do not involve renewal of works, which is in every instance charged to revenue of the current half-year. " Several hundred miles of line have, in fact, been entirely renewed on this principle. " From the time that the directors, in accordance with the policy announced at a former meeting, aimed at the establishment of a great national system of telegraphic communication, rather than the large manufacturing profit which the exclusive nature of their patents might have secured to them, their attention has been anxiously turned to the devlopement and extension of their lines, caenrdtathine,y and h avee x t p h e o d u i g ti h o t u s . t h em selves justified in sparing no expense to ren d er the acc ommodation comprehensive, " Experience only can achieve these things ; and though it is not pretended that the whole degree of per fection of which the system is susceptible has been ob tained on the working of the lines, nevertheless great referms have been made in numerous details of the ad ministration, which, though trifling in themselves, are of infinite importance in the complicated executive com binations of the company, while mechanical improve ments in the insulation and apparatus have been pa tented, and after being elaborately tested, have been, where found efficient, carefully and liberally carried into execution. " The whole of the lines between London and Liver pool and Manchester have b2en re-insulated, and two new wires will this week be completed by the line of the Trent Valley and North Staffordshire Railways for the accommodation of these important places. The line between Manchester and Normanton has been entirely renewed, and workmen arc now along the whole distance between Glasgow and Normanton, re placing the old arrangements with the new insulators adopted by the engineer. " Since the last meeting the wires of the company have been extended to Brighton, whence they are in establishedcourse constructionof betw ee n Liverpoolto Holyhead. line T h h a e s been tele graph between Sheffield and Manchester is in a forward state. " Contracts have been entered into with the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Companies to carry on the lines from London t o E xeter, whence the wires now in existence will extend the communi ca ti on t o Pl ymout h ; and an agreement ie signed with th e G reat N ort h ern Company for providing a complete telegraphic system for their accommodation. EAST RETFORD, THURSDAY, AUG. 14, 4.21 P.M. — During the last thirty years it has not unfrequently been our lot to place on record such storms and tem pests as have occasionally occurred in this neghbour hood and that of North Notts, of which this town forms the capital, but it has seldom been our duty to record one more severe than that which took place last night. The year, hitherto, has been somewhat remarkably proverbial for non• electricity, and it ap pears to have been reserved for the special out pouring we have just experienced. For several days previously the atmosphere had been close and warm, but not bright ; indeed the absence of sunshine had been remarked by the agriculturists as retarding harvest operations, and keeping back ward the maturing the splendid crops now ready for the sickle. To any particular observant of the clouds, however, it was very evident that they were very highly charged with electric matter, which would soon vent itself in either one district or another. Early in the afternoon the wind was stationed in the south, but at twenty minutes past four it changed into the north within two or three minutes' duration. In the west the appearances were seriously ominous, and it was evident that the im mediate weight and direction of the coming commo tion of the elements was verging from Retford into the north-west, in the direction of Bawtry, Gringley on-the-Hill, and towards Gainsborough. About five o'clock the western sky was that of a stone-coloured red—exceedingly menacing, and in dicative of danger. During this period the roll of thunder was heard in the distance, and the forked lightning continued to play in almost every direc tion. No sooner had the roll of the thunder faded from the ear in the west, when Grove Hills echoed another from the east, and, in fact, for up wards of two hours the thunder seemed to emerge from every point of the compass, and the lightning from every quarter of the heavens. The oscillations of the barometer were singular but not extraordinary, the needle trembling in a downward direction be tween 29 . 74 inches, and 29.69 inches. Still there was scarcely any material decline. The outdoor thermometer n the shade was at 74 deg., and without scarcely a breeze of air stirring. At length the twain clouds began to converge, and between six and seven P.M., the storm at Retford appeared to be at its height. Peals of thunder continued to succeed each other in rapid succession, whilst the lightning glare was awful in the extreme. At a little before seven a ball of fire fell in the Market-place, which imme diately exploded with a crash truly appalling. At this time the rain descended in torrents, and the water soughs being too small to take away the de luge of waters, the streets and Market-place were flooded in every direction, and several of the ground floors in the lower parts of the town were com pletely under water. To wards eight o'clock the ele ments were hushed, and the storm itself abated, but the lightning continued vivid until about two o'clock this morning. From inquiries made to-day it appears that the storm has been general throughout North Notts. Although much more rain has fallen in some localities than others, whilst the lightning has been equally more fatal in some directions than in others. A poor man of the name of George Gab betas, of Scaftworth, aged about 60 years, whilst en gaged in pulling apples before the rain commenced, was struck dead by the electric fluid. An inquest will be held upon his remains to-morrow morning. A mare belonging to Mr. Wm. Mee, of Retford, which, along with a foal, was grazing in a field be tween that place and Bollam, was struck dead, whilst the foal was left nearly blind : since it was discovered it has partially recovered from the shock. Two cows belonging to Mr. John Motley, of South Leverton, were found dead in the field, and as far as we have been able to gather, these are the only casu alties which have taken place in the district. During the night the air was remarkably cold, and the interior of the houses insufferably hot. This morning the air was again close and warm, and from the state of the clouds it was evident that the atmosphere had not altogether been relieved from the combustion with which it had been so seriously overcharged. During the whole morning thunder was heard in various directions, but it was not until between one and two, P.M., that it passed over Retford. Whilst we are still writing the atmosphere continues in a somewhat troubled state, and we should not be much surprised at another recurrence of the storm during the evening. Depth of rain fallen during the storm, 1.94 inches.— Doncaster Gazette. FRANCE. The trial of the seconds in the duel between M. Ginestous and M. Aristide Olivier, in which the latter was killed and the former badly wounded, has just taken place at Montpellier. M. de Ginestous was in cluded amongst the persons mentioned in the indict ment. All the parties were acquitted. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Aug. 7:— ASSETS• Cash in hand ... ... L 468,851,793 82 132,835,591 0 63,271 59 Ditto in branch banks •- Bills past due •.• ... -- Bills discounted , but not yet due, of w hich 12,923,117 f. were received from the Branch Ba nks ••• ..• 40,369,827 3 65, Bills in the branch banks • • 00 0 ... 1,745, • ... 454,328 0 Advances on coins and ingots... ••• 769,6150 0 Ditto by the bran ch banks ••• Ditto on French p ublic securities ••• 8,135,446 10 Ditto by branch banks... ••• • ... 2,355,556 0 Ditto to the State on Bons • du Tr6sor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 75 millions ... 50,000,000 0 li-entes of the reserve fund ... ..• 10,000,000 0 Rentes, disposable funds ... ... 42,678,118 53 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... ... ... 12,952,725 7 4 'H ote l and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 0 Real property of the branch banks ... 3,532,730 0 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 0 Di t to branch banks ... ... ... 138,000 0 E x penses of administration of the Bank 77,867 56 Ditto at the branches ••• ••• ••• 128,420 0 980,975 04 N;iscellaneous ••• ••• ••• ••• f. 895,269,453 41 LIABILITIES. Capital ~. ... . . ... ... f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ••• ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... •.• ••• ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ••• ... 2,980,750 14 Reserve-immobiliere ••• . ... ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 423,901,300 0 Ditto of the branch banks ,_ ... 114, 806 , 175 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 7,356,985 75 Account -current with Treasury creditor 115,755,455 53 Various accounts current ... 82,940,818 0 Ditto in branches ... ... ... 28, Bills payable at sight ... ... ..„ 7,676,000 0 616,013 0 Ditto at branches 308443,3563 925 0 Dividends payable ... . . ... 1 25 Li q uidation of the Algiers Bank ••• 7,760 58 0 Expenses anticipated ... ••• "* 261,843 Discounts, interest, and expenses ••• 291,334 52 Ditto of branch banks ... ••• "'527,55 C s Re-discounts of the last six m onths ••• 96,733 70 Ditto in branch banks .. ..- —• 227,245 0 Interest on protested bill s ... ... 429,556 51 Miscellaneous ••• ... "•... 287,646 43 f. 895,269,453 41 Certified by the Governor of the Bank, D'Anoorr. It appears from the preceding account that the cash in hand has increased by 3,300,000 f. The commercial bills discounted have increased by 1,800,000 f. The Bank no t es in circulat ion have increased by 1,700,0001. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has in creased by 1,200,0001. Sundry credits have increased by 50,000 f. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) were twenty tons of lead ore at grass. A call of ss. per share was made, and from present prospects the concern will very nearly pay its own way. At East Tamar meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed-Balance last account, 6731. 15s. 10d.; received for silver-lead ore, 9061. 53. 3d.; fluor-spar, 261. 2s. 6d. 1,6061. 33. 7d.-Cost sheet for May, 5351. 16s. 5d.; June, 5231. I ls. 5d.; law expenses to the 30th of Sep tember, 121. 125.; discount, 41. 13s. 6d.; office expenses, one quarter, with rent, stationery, printing, &e., 281. ss. 6d.; leaving balance to next account, 5011. 45. 9d. The liabilities to the 14th of October are estimated- Costs for July and August, 1,0601.; office expenses, 301.; dues, 369/. 16s. 7d. = 1,4591. 16s. 7d.; against which is the above balance of 501/. 4s. 9d., and 72 tons of silver load ores sold on the Ist inst., about 9201. At South Tamer meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed-balance last account, 6241. Bs. 10d, ; received for silver-lead ore, 147/. 19s. sd. ; call, 1,0201. 17s. 6d.= 3,1171. ss. 91-Coat sheet for May, 7501. 16s. 5d.; June, 7181. Os. Id. ; moiety of the cost for stamping engine, 390/. ; law charges to 30th September, 281. 3s. Bd. ; dis count 101. 19s. sd. ; London expenses, one quarter, with rent. stamps, printing, &c., 281. Is. 6d., leaving balance to next account, 1,1211. 4s. 81 ; due upon call, 1041. 28. 61=1,225/. 7s. 2 d. Estimated cos t for July and August, 1,6001. ; office expenses , 30 /. ; dues, 392/. 2s. 3d.= 2,0221. 2s. 3d.; leaving balance of payments over receipts, 7961. 15s. Id.; and second moiety of stamping engine, 3901., against which there are 60 tons of silver ore sold on the sth inst., about 9791. 101. At the Kingsett and Bedford meeting, on the 6th inst., a call of 3s. per share was made. The Kirkcudbrightshire quarterly account stands as follows :-Lead ore sold from May 1 to July 10, 1,6321. aini.dlJ3lly3cdo. ; s t leavings, 1,4 071. b 1 a 3 la s n . c l e l d in ; b o a 3 la S n d ce ; le la ss st Ma a y cCo ju un n t e ; hand, 2721. 13s. 6d.; and 40 tons 17 cwts. ore sold sth on Monday, the an- August, 3971. ss. 4d.. counts At e esfhilowG:l-nepneenT tt i e n 14 4 to date, 1,200/. 7s. 3d.; payments made, 1,0341. 14s. 4d.: leaving a balance against adventurers of 1691. 12s. 11d., which accounts were re ceived and allowed. At the bi-monthly meeting of shareholders in Rhos wydol Lead Mines, on Tuesday, the accounts of receipts and expenditure for the two months showed a balance in favour of adventurers of 23/. 16s. Id., and six tons of ore ready for shipment. At the bi-monthly meeting of the Dyfngwm Lead Mining Company, on Wednesday (W. Prosser, Esq., in the chair), the accounts showed a balance against the mine for June and July of '2321. 19s. 2d., against which thirteen tons of ore were ready for shipment. A call of 2s. per share was made. At East Wheal Rashleigh general meeting, the ac counts, ending 31st of July, amounting to 73/. 17s. 6d., were passed, and a call of is. per share made. At Wheal Arthur bi-monthly meeting, on Thursday, the accounts showed the amount of liabilities on the mine to be 1171. ss. Id. Cash in hand and to receive from calls, 3381. 11s. 9d.: leaving a balance in favour of the mine of 2211. 63. Bd. At the Wheal May Mining Company's general meet ing, held on Thursday, the financial position of the company showed a total of 171/. 2s. due to merchants, including all liabilities for machinery; against which, on the creditor side of accounts, stood 529/. 2s. 6d.; leaving a balance in favour of adventurers of 3581., without ac counting for the engine, machinery, &c., on the mine. At a general meeting of adventurers in Black Craig Mines, on the 13th instant, the accounts showed a ba lance in hand of 139/. 15s. 2d., and a balance of assets over liabilities of 271. Bs. sd. At the East Tolos bi-monthly meeting, on the 7th instant, the accounts s howed-Balance in hand from last account, 1111. 17s. 4d. Coats for May and June, 143/. 95.; leaving balance against the adventurers, 31/. lls. Sd. A call of 1/. per share was made. At West Cern Brea meeting, on the Ist instant, the accounts showed-Costa for May and June, 115/. 10s. Id.; less deposit on commencing, 321.; leaves 831. 10s. Id. to next account. A call of 12s. 6(1. per share was made. At Wheal Daniel meeting a call of 5/. was made. Sales have been effected this week in Mary Ann, Tre mayne, and North Buller, at an advanced price; also in Alfred Consols, Bedford, Callington, East Pool, Lewis, North Pool, South Caradon, Trehanv, Trelawney, &d -rain Consols, Cockley Beck, Cook's Kitchen, Devon and Courtenay, East Tamar, East Leisure, Heignaton Downs, Hennock, North Buller, South Tamar, Trevethy, Wheal Zion, Devon Consols North, Wheal Fanny, West Pro vidence, La Min, Merllyn, Treviskey, and Barrier. In Foreign shares transactions have been done in Cobre, Copiaee, and Marmato, General Mining, St. John del Rey, and United Mexican. At the Worthing Mining Company's second annual meeting on Monday, the accounts showed-Calls, 15,0001.; purchase of estate, 4,6141. 155.; sundries, 921. Sc. 2d.; labour cost, 1,0481. 10a. 4d. - 20,7551. 13s. 6d. Original purchase of 8,000 acres, with interest, 8,4771. 163. Sd.; machinery, 2,5961.45. id.; wages, salaries, &c., 3,4231. 17s. 10d.; colonial committee, and expenses, 1,723/. 18e. 3d.; freight, 4031. 14s. Id.; legal and preli minary expenses, 2,373/. is. 6d.; calls in arrear, 1,1141. 14s. 5d.: leaving balance at the bankers, 6421. 6s. Bd. THE SUN, LONDON,' " All these arrangements comprise the establishment ; of the company's wires for the public service, as well a. I Close exclusively devoted to railway purposes. " When these great works are completed, it is be - lieved that the main features of the practical application% of the invention of Messrs. Cooke and Wheatstone will. have been achieved; but your directors will not rest. satisfied till all parts of the kingdom shall be provided with telegraphic ccommodation, and until they have so combined and economised the system as to bring it into the most extended use for which it is naturally adapted. The company are prepared to establish g • station at any point traversed by their wires, upon th sir working expenses at such station being guaranteed to them. " To have prematurely undertaken further reductii ►ns of the tariff, would have been to have endangered Ili e existence of the whole undertaking; but the extensi of a and development which is now assured, with the fact ths t the central working expenses do not increase with th e increased length and number of the lines, have enable the directors once more to take into their consideratio n the revision of the tariff; and though they will make n o change hastily or imprudently, or for the sake of a pr( - sent popularity endanger in any way the permanent operation of the undertaking, yet their most anxioi Is desire is to make such a reduction of charges as the it increased facilities of serving the public will admit, without injury to the commercial credit of the concern. " The extraordinary nature and originality of the en terprise for a long time retained the shares of the ',om pany in the hands of the original subscribers; now, how ever, that they are more dispersed, and the stability of the undertaking is assured, and the great convenience and utility of the system acknowledged and appreciated by the public, it has been thought advisable to place them in a more negotiable form than the original amount of 1001., with 501. paid. "Accordingly, a Bill was brought into Parliament and an Act obtained by which each 1001. share is con verted into four shares, the 501. paid being apportioned as follows:- 1 Share 251., on which is paid ... 1 Share 251. „ 1 Share 251. 1 Share 251. ... $2O ... ... 20 ••• ••• 5 If 91 • • • ..• 5 4 Shares,loo/. £5O " The Act provides that no call shall be made on the 201. shares until the payment on the 51. shares amounts to the like sum of 201.; and on a further sum of 21. 10s. per share being called, the company are empowered to issue debentures to the extent of 150,0001. im mediately. " The large extent of new works, which includes the Manchester and Sheffield, the Great Northern, the Great Western, and the Bristol and Exeter Railways, a lengh of upwards of 970 miles, in hand, which, to suit the present position of railway companies, are undertaken at a rental instead of a fixed price, as formerly was the practice, require that this call of 21. 10s. should be made immediately; and as a fair rate of interest is secured by the contracts for which it is required, and a contingent advantage from the profits from new stations is probable, the directors have no hesitation in adding this amount to the paid-up capital of the company. It is proposed that the dividend shall bo paid pro rata upon each de scription of share. REVENUE ACCOUNT FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1851. Salaries and wages £5,637 6 3 Office sundries and station expenses ... 701 0 5 Rent, taxes, gas, and insurance ... ... 1,686 3 0 Books, stationery, and printing ... ... 739 3 5 Postage ... ... ... 101 17 9 Miscellaneous expenses ... ... ... 723 19 6 Works ... 4,792 0 6 Law charges ~. ... ... 130 17 10 Direction ... ... ... 250 0 0 Balance ... 10,767 3 8 £25,529 12 4 Receipts for messages, subscriptions, and maintenance ..• ••• ...g25,529 12 4 " ALBERT RICA.RDO, Auditors. "J. E. SANDERSON, " J. LEWIS RICARDO, Chairman. " J. S. FOURDRINIER, Secretary." - _ DREADFUL STORM IN NORTH NOTTS.-FATAL ACCIDENTS. RACING FIXT URES FOR 1851. mar. Barnsley Derby 26 Taunton Gle3t:omb (Radnorsh,) 26 Egham 27 Lynn Stirling Edgware 29 Murpeth Bridgwater .. lO Tunbridge Wells Uttoxoter D )ver Doncaster ShPrborne Tenby l6 Upton-on-Severn Bedford Eglinton Park ... 23 or 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket F.O 3O Saudbach IBER. ANECDOTE OF WASHINGTON, At the 4th of July celebration in Monson Mass., the Springfield Republican states that the Venerable and Rev. Alfred Ely related the following :—" When a boy I resided in West Springfield, and worked on a farm. In the autumn of the year 1789 I was en gaged with my employer in gathering a load of corn-stalks in a field not far distant from the Connecticut River. My employer had driven his' loaded team from the lot, aad left me as usual to put up the bars. While thus engaged I noticed the approach of four horses and a large vehicle. There was no driver upon the carriage, but astride the nigh horse of each span was a young Mulatto I postilion ; there were also two outriders and a foot man. The vehicle (in which was seated a gentleman whose striking personal presence impressed me) was called in those days a chariot. It was entirely unique, and unlike anything in present use, except in the running part. I saw the outriders gallop on in advance of the chariot and hold some parley with my employer, who occupied the entire road with his loaded cart; the .roads at that time being so narrow that two teams could not pass unless one yielded to the other. I perceived that my employer yielded none of his right of the road, and that the chariot was detained by the cart until they reached a turn out,' when the cortege passed by. employer, and inquired who I the pergonsge was who had just soon overtook my passed us, and was informed that it was George Waahingtou I. I obtained periniaßion to run on There is now living in the parish of Welford, near Newbury, John Hatton, formerly a private soldier in the 52d Regiment of Light Infantry, and now in his 77th year. Hatton enlisted in the Ist Royal Dragoons in the year 1795, and on the reduction of that regiment served for some time in the Berkshire Militia, from which he volunteered into the 52d, and was with that regiment, in the year 1801, ordered to Portugal, where the 52d formed part of the light division commanded by General Craufurd, afterwards killed at Ciudad Rodrigo. Hatton was present at the battle of Vimiera, and was with Sir John Moore's army in the disastrous retreat on, and battle of Corunna. The light division, in the summer of 1809, made every exertion to be present at Talavera, but in spite of all efforts they arrived the day after the action, having made, according to Napier, one of the most ex traordinary marches on record, " and leaving only 17 stragglers behind, in 26 hours accomplished a march of 62 English miles, beneath a burning sun." In the fol lowing year Hatton was present at Busaco, where the 52d made a most brilliant charge, contributing greatly to the success of the day, and subsequently retired with the army behind the lines of Torres Vedras. In May, 1811, he was engaged at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor, and in the following year was present at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz ; at the former of which places the light division lost their general, Craufurd, who was killed, and Colonel Colborne, of the 52d (now Lord Seaton), wa s severely wounded. Hatton was sub sequently present with his regiment at Salamanca, Vit toria, and in the battles in the south of Franco in 1813- 14, including Toulouse, and finally wound up his glorious career at Waterloo, whero the 52d, under their old Colonel, Colborne, had the distinguished honour, at the close of that memorable day, of charging and putting to the rout a division of the French Imperial Guard. With the exception of a slight wound in the finger at Waterloo, Hatton has never had blood drawn i n a c ti o n. He was di corated with Peninsular and Waterloo medals, atri clasps for Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoa, Salamanca, and Vittoria. For this lengthened and perilous service he receives a shilling a day, which scarcely suffices to meet the requirements of increasing ago and infirmities.—Reading Mercury. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST lB, and see if I could catch another glimpse of the great chieftain, whose deeds during the war had so filled my wondering fancy. As there was no bridge across the Connecticut at that time, I hoped that the ferry-boat might be on the opposite side, and that I might reach the beach before it arrived. In this I was not disappointed. I found General Washington standing upon the shore of the river, dressed in a snuff-colour surtout, with a long lapelled vest of the same colour and material, and in 'small clothes' and boots, and the most majestic and dignified-looking man he was I ever saw. Whilst I was gazing upon him, one of his postilions drove up, and dismounting and uncovering his head, said in the most deferential manner, and with an expression of injured dignity. Your Excellency, as we were driving along, a little way back, we overtook a man with a loaded cart, who occupied the entire road. I asked him to stop his team that we might pass by. He declined. I then told him that President Washington was in the chariot. He again refused, and said that he would not stop—that he had as good a right to the road as George Washington had.' The simple reply of Washington to this was, And so he had.' The postilion, after a moment's look of wonder and astonishment at the condescension of the President of the United States, quietly put on his hat and again mounted his horse. 1. watched the cortege until it was out of sight, but my impression and memory of Washington are as vivid and distinct this moment as if I had seen the great man only yes terday."—American Sun. tern Supposing the plates at the time to be red hot, I the effect of turning cold water upon them would be to raise the pressure of the steam. Cross-examined by Mr. SEGAR—The prisoner Wil liamson was only the tenant of the boiler-engine and saw-mill. The boiler and appurtenances were suf ficient for such works. It appeared from the evidence of Sunderland that at ten minutes to two o'clock he saw the steam blowing off from the safety-valve. The prisoner Williamson at twenty minutes past two asked why the engine bad not started. Williamson complained that such work would not do ; he must have a change. It appeared from the evidence of other witnesses that at twenty minutes past two o'clock the steam was blowing off, and four or five men were assisting Egerton to screw the cylinder lid down. A witness named Mulloy saw the prisoner Egerton pull the weight of the safety-valve further down towards the end of the lever, and thus increase the weight on the valve. The steam then stopped blowing. Shortly afterwards the explosion took place. A witness named Hay stated that he saw the float and the balance-weight up to the pulley, showing that there was a deficiency of water. The safety-valve was weighted down, and no steam was then blowing off. There was a Gib. additional weight tied to the end of the valve. He told the prisoner Egerton that the boiler was nearly empty of water, and Egerton replied that he had nothing to do with it. About five minutes after the explosion took place. An engineer, named Higgins, who had examined the boiler, said it had been red-hot, which would have the effect of collapsing the flue and generating the steam to such an extent that the boiler must explode. Mr. Hartley, boiler-maker, of Ancoats, who made the boiler, said the plates were of Thornycroft iron, and that it was stayed by two diagonal stays equal to 801 b. He never saw the engine worked at more than 251 b. the square inch. Ten days before he had seen the boiler short of water, and had told both the prisoners of it. Egerton said he knew it was short of water, it leaked, and Williamson said to him by way of reproof. " Tom Hartley has caught us without water again." The boiler would have lasted many years with ordinary care. A witness named Dearden stated that after the ex plosion he had examined the ruins of Williamson's place, and had found the body of John Hulme crushed under the boiler. He was quite dead. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. SEGUE here asked his Lordship if he thought there was any case against Williamson. His LORDSHIP said he thought nothing had been shown to show any criminality on his part, and he was then ordered to be discharged. Mr. WHEELER then addressed the jury on the part of Egerton, in which he contended that there was no negligence on the part of his client, but that the acci dent arose out of the defective state of the boiler. He afterwards called Mr. James Pollett, who stated that the prisoner had been in his service about three years, and had been an engine-driver for upward& of twenty years. He was a steady man, and understood his business well. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, went through the whole of the evidence with great care, and After a short consultation of the jury, they re turned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to six' months impri sonment with hard labour. The trial lasted upwards of seven hours. The Court adjourned at half-past seven o'clock last night. The cases tried to-day were not interesting. THE NEW AMERICAN FLYING SHIP. On Saturday, in company with several gentlemen invited by Mr. T. Robjohn, we had an opportunity of examining the immense aerial ship " United States," now on the stocks at Hoboken, and nearly ready for launching into the air. Trusting that some account of this unique affair may be interesting to our readers, we took a few notes, which will serve as reliable data for a brief description. The car is 64 feet in length, very sharp at either end, width 6 feet, height 6 feet 4 inches, the whole composed of a strong, light wooden frame, covered with canvas, with doors and glass windows. The boilers are of ccpper, on the tubular plan, and occupy a space equal to four cubic feet; the engines are very perfect, being composed of gun metal and cast steel; they are of 12-horse power, and are to work 20 inch stroke 66 times per minute, which will give 400 revolutions of the floats, which are placed in a substantial framework on the top of the car. There is sufficient room for 25 passengers, with fuel for four hours. The float is 260 feet in length, of a cigar-like shape, 24 feet diameter in the centre, and has a gas capacity equal to 95,000 cubic feet, which gives a lifting power equal to 6,500 pounds. The entire weight of the car, float, and fix tures is about 4,000 pounds, leaving 2,500 pounds surplus. It is designed to run about 200 feet above the surface of the earth, at a rate of speed varying from 25 to 50 miles per hour. The engines are a curiosity, their weight being 181 pounds, and so per fect are they, that by force of his lungs Mr. Robjohn caused both pistons to work a full revolution, carrying a driving wheel of five feet diameter. The rudder is worthy of minute examination, and by it it is de • signed to run up or down, or in any required direc tion. The car is suspended by cords to the float, and when the whole is inflated and suspended in mid -air under the estimated velocity, it will be a rare sight. The reality of such a scheme can hardly be compre hended until one examines the admirable machinery, and actually sits down in the car, when its feasibility seems to be probable. The ship thus far has cost the inventor about 5,500 dollars, and he now re quires only a few hundred more to perfect and set afloat his air ship. It is designed to drive this vessel by steam, and to obviate the necessity of fuel, Mr. Robjohn says he has discovered a plan for decompos ing water, igniting the gases, which again become water, which is converted into steam by the combus tion, and this steam is again condensed and returned for decomposition, thus securing entire immunity from waste and a uniform weight during the longest voyages. The present arrangement of the engines are, however, on the usual reciprocity plan, driven by steam, generated from coke and spirits of wine. The vessel lies on the plain west of Hoboken village, and is surrounded by a strong enclosure, 290 by 275 feet —the whole under the constant surveillance of a watchman. Several capitalists are examining the plan, and it is to be hoped that the want of a few hundred dollars may not be the means of prevent ing a fair trial of this grand attempt to navigate the air. Any person desirous of examining this affair can always do so by calling on Mr. Robjohn, at his office, 166, Bowery, or at the stocks in Hoboken, about one mile from the ferry.—New York Tribune. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug 15. The assizes closed here to day, at three o'clock. CROWN COTJRT.—(Before Mr. Baron MARTIN.) Thomas Smith, 23, Richard Smith, 27, and James Brown, 21, labourers, and all marked in the calendar as able to read and write imperfectly, were indicted for assaulting, beating, and wounding one Joseph Jones, on the 15th of July, at West Dean, in the Forest of Dean, and putting him in bodily fear, and robbing him of a metal watch, a gold key, a gold seal, 25., a snuff-box, and other articles. Mr. Skinner and Mr. Cripps conducted the prose cution ; Mr. Cooke defended the two Smiths, and Mr. Huddlestone defended Brown. A VETERAN. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 16. Thomas Williamson, aged 40, and Thorns Egerton, aged 41, were charged with the manslaughter of Ti mothy O'Neil and eight other persons, at Manchester, on the 25th of last March. Mr. Monk and Mr. Pollock conducted the prosecu tion ; Mr. Seger defended the prisoner Williamson and Mr. Wheeler the other prisoner. The prisoner Williamson was the proprietor of a circular saw-mill, in Riga-street, Manchester, and the prisoner Egerton had the management of the steam-engine and boiler connected with the mill. It appeared from the evidence of one of the workmen, named David Read, that on the 25th of March last, at two o'clock, he saw the prisoner Egerton in the en gine-house packing the cylinder-lid to keep it tight, and the witness, along with three other workmen, as sisted him to get the lid down, whilst Egerton screwed it down. After this Egerton asked the witness and a workman named Sunderland to start the engine. They tried to move the fly-wheel with a lever, but it would not stir, and Egerton then moved his starting rod and said, "I will start her whether I break aught or naught." There did not, however, appear to be any steam, and Egerton said, " There is no steam ; by G--, it's a case." Immediately after the witness heard a great noise and was knocked down ; the building was blown down and he was in the midst of the ruins. A little before the explosion Egerton went to the throttle-valve and tried to blow some steam into the cylinder. No steam came, but there was a blue glimmer in the cylinder. Mr. Fairbairn, an engineer, who had paid much attention to the causes of boiler explosions, said he had examined the boiler in question after the explo sion ; it was 6 ft. 2 in. in diameter and made of plates 5-16ths of an inch thick. The internal flue was raised six or seven inches above the bottom. There were two internal stays riveted to the ends of the boiler and to the flue. The boiler appeared to have been well made, with the exception that there ought to have been two more stays at each end. The opinion he had formed of the cause of the explosion was that the plates had been red-hot, and a portion of the in ternal flue not covered with water, and that this had caused the boiler to burst from the high pressure of the steam engendered. The cylinder could not have become red hot had it been covered with water. His opinion was, from the appearance of the safety valve, that it must Either have been made fast or become so by accident at the time of the explosion. It would not matter how strong the boiler was if the safety valve were fast. The boiler in question was strong enough to generate steam for a 25-horse power engine. The "blue glimmer" spoken of by the last witness was what was called " dry steam." The diameter of the safety valve was three inches. It would have been better had it been of four inches diameter, but even that would have been inoperative if weighted too much. He had no fault to find with the weighting o this valve; assuming that there had been a proper supply of water, the weight would have been right. The feed valve was a self-acting one, but no water could get in when the engine was not at work. It was dangerous to allow a large fire to remain under the br)iler from one o'clock to a quarter to three with out the engine being at work. The engineer had the power of turning water into the boiler or into § It appeared that the prosecutor, who is a clock maker, and about 60 years of age, was out on busi• ness on the 14th of July, in the neighbourhood o Coleford, in the Forest. He went to three or four public-houses, and in the course of the evening called at the Feathers, about one mile and a half from Cole ford, and there saw the prisoners and a woman named Sophy Smith. He left that house about two o'clock in the morning, and was then, as he swore, sober, though he had had something to drink. After he left the prisoners and Sophy Smith came up to him, and Brown, the prosecutor admitted, appeared to be " fresh," and was singing. There had been a club meeting that night at the Feathers, and the house was cleared out by the police soon after two o'clock. Jones's house was about three miles from Coleford, a little be yond Bury-hill. The prisoners went with Jones as far es Bury-hill turnpike, and there bid him good-bye, and he went on homewards. " I went on," said he, " till I came to within about 120 yards of my own house, and did not see or hear anything till I received a violent blow on my head. When I received the blow I turned my head round, and I saw Thomas Smith and James Brown close behind me. lam positive as to them. Thomas Smith NI , as in the act of striking me again with a stick. I said, " You can rob me without murdering me." They did not speak. The blows came in rapid succession; one blow broke my jaw in two places. I fell down, and I remember, as I fell, Baying, " Oh, dear 1" and that is the last I remember. It was a moonlight morning, and it was light enough. It appeared as though it was daylight. Thomas Smith and Brown were dressed as they were when I saw them at the public-house. When I recovered my senses Brown was stooping over me, and was searching my pockets, and Thomas Smith said at some sound or signal, "It is all right," and they ran away in the direction of Colesford and of Thomas Smith's house. I got up, and went to my house, and about four o'clock went with my two sons to Coleford, to a surgeon's, and to give information to the police." Mason, a policeman, said he cleared the Feathers at a quarter past two o'clock that morning, and amongst the persons there were the prisoners and the prosecutor, who was in company with a man named Teague, and remained after the prisoners. Thomas Smith and Brown came back twice, and asked Jones if he was coming home. Teague remained in the house all night. The prisoners and Jones went out last. Jones walked steadily, and appeared to be sober. Jones came to the station about five o'clock in the morning, and made a complaint, and witness went and apprehended Brown at his mother's house, where also Thomas Smith lodged. Brown was in bed and undressed. Jones said he had been robbed by Thomas Smith and a man in a brown jacket; but did not mention Brown's name. Brown's jacket was of a brown colour. There were seven or eight other men besides the prisoners and the prose cutor in the Feathers befure he cleared it out. Several witnesses corroborated the prosecutor' statement as to the fact of the prisoners Thomas Smith and Brown being on the road near him when he was attacked. Two men passed them, and bade them a good morning a few hundred yards from the spot where he was knocked down. Another swore he saw them running away from the spot towards their home, and Richard Smith running towards his in another direction. The stick with which Jones was beaten was broken off a gate near the scene of the robbery, and was taken home by him. Jones said that Thomas Smith wore a blue smockfrock. Oee of the witnesses for the prosecutio❑ named Harris, who wore a blue smockfrock that night, and who, as he, appeared in the witness-box, certainly was not unlike Smith, swore that he was in a quarry that night by the side of the road where Jones passed, about 113 yards from the spot where he was attacked, and saw him pass by, and afterwards saw the prisoners Thomas Smith and Brown running away. This man, in cross-examination, admitted that he bad been six times tried for felonies, and once convicted, and that he lived about 113 yards from the scene of the rob bery, and was out that morning to sell whinberries. For Brown an alibi was set up, but failed ; and he and Thomas Smith were convicted, and Richard Smith was acquitted. Against the two former sen tence of death was recorded. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday the justice-room was densely crowded in consequence of its having become gene rally know❑ that the Lord Mayor had determined upon investigating the circumstances attending the death of a labouring man named ‘Villiam Hogan, alias John Bull, upon whose body an inquest had been held before Mr. Payne, the coroner, about a fortnight since, when the jury returned a verdict of " Man slaughter against some person or persons unknown." The death of the deceased was alleged to have oc• curred from violence used towards him by a constable of the City police. Mr. Pearson, the City solicitor, attended as adviser of the Lord Mayor; Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, the commissioner, and Mr. Hodgson, the superintendent of the City police, were also present. Mr. James Lewis appeared on behalf of Benjamin Cole, the officer supposed to be the person who com mitted the violence. The LORD MAYOR said—l have specially appointed to-day to investigate this case. A memorial was for warded to the Secretary of State complaining of the conduct of some person connected with the City police, and that memorial was forwarded to me. Sub sequently an application was made to the coroner to furnish the depositions that were taken by him with reference to the loss of life of some poor man in Shoe-lane. I have read the depositions, and certainly I feel it my duty to make a rigid inquiry into all the circumstances connected with this case, because since I have had the honour of a seat here I have always felt it my duty that the poor should be protected as well as the rich. lam ready to hear the evidence of the witnesses who were examined at the coroner's inquest, and to ascertain, if possible, who the real delinquent, or who the offending party, if any, is. The deceased may have met with his death by violence, or it may have been by accident, but still I consider this a case demanding the most rigid and searching inquiry, not only as regards the death of the individual, but as regards the police themselves ; because I think that their character is wrapped up in the performance of their duty faithfully, properly, and with attention to the wants of the people. I hope when the evidence has been given that we may arrive at a proper and just conclusion. If it should turn out in the result that there has been any violence or any improper conduct on the part of any of the police, I beg to state most distinctly and unreser vedly that they are bound by and subject to the laws the same as every other person in the king dom, and that they will not be screened by any supposed authority that they possess. The verdict which the jury have given will render this a most difficult matter for me to deal with, unless I have some person here who is suspected of being the delin quent. If any person is placed before me it will be my duty to bear the evidence in support of the charge, but, at the same time, I am prepared to listen to any evidence that may be adduced for the purpose of proving that he is not the guilty party. If there are any persons not now present whose evidence may be considered essential to the ends of justice, I shall be glad to facilitate their coming forward by directing their expenses to be paid. I have received two letters from a Mr. Clancy, but of course, as a magistrate in the administration of justice, I cannot attend to such communications. As Mr. Clancy appears to be a complaining party, or a friend of the deceased's relatives, if he is in court I shall be glad to hear any statement that he may think fit to make. Mr. Clancy then came forward, and, after thanking the Lord Mayor for instituting the present proceed ings, said he had reason to believe that, in consequence of the very distressed condition of some of the persons who could give evidence, the case could not be brought forward in the way that it was desirable it should be. The LORD MAYOR—I will take care there shall be ao obstruction to obtaining justice. If you show me that you cannot procure justice on account of poverty, I will take care that that shall not be a bar. Mr. Clancy said he had reason to believe that the officer who struck the deceased was named Cole. Mr. Lewis—Cole is here. I appear for him. All the witnesses who were examined before the coroner have been summoned here to-day, with the exception of one of the surgeons. Cole then stood forward, and the examinatio❑ of the witnesses, which was of a very contradictory cha racter, was proceeded with. The purport of it was, that he was seen following the deceased into the pas sage of his house, and inflicting blows on him with his truncheon. We think it right, in justice to the indi vidual who stood in the place allotted to defendants, and who was not charged by anybody, to withhold the evidence until the next examination, the solicitor for Cole stating that he should have a good many wits. nesses to call who would contradict the evidence as it at present stood in every particular. The LORD MAYOR—I have now to ask Mr. Pearson what course he advises. The City Solicitor—lf the responsibility of con ducting this inquiry is to rest upon me, I am quite ready to carry it through. The important question, as it appeared to me, will be whether this person met with his death from violence; and supposing it should appear from the evidence of the surgeon, Mr. Top ping, who saw him immediately after his death, and who himself conducted the post mortem examination, that he died from that cause, I shall have respectfully to press upon your Lordship the propriety of sending this question to a jury. This is a most unusual proceeding. It is not for me to press upon your Lordship that there is evidence at the pre sent moment before you to justify the belief that this person died from violence, but the absence of a most material and important witness induces me to ask your Lordship to adjourn this case until a day when that witness can be brought from Bath, and then we shall know whether in his judgment, from the evidence presented by the body of this unfortunate deceased immediately after his death, and afterwards upon the post mortem examination, there is ground for believing that he met with his death from violence. If so, then I shall propose that the inquiry should be continued before your Lordship. I certainly am not prepared, in the present stage of the business, to ad vise your Lordship to deal with the question before you. Mr. Lewis said he had not the slightest objection to an adjournment, as the person who was present to meet the charge was only anxious for a thorough investigation. The City Solicitor—l wish your Lordship to understand that this person is not accused by me in any way whatever. lam only here to direct a course of examination. The ♦erdict of the jury is against some person unknown. I have not pointed to this individual ; and I hope that the press will feel it right, in justice to this individual, not to publish any proceedings that have taken place here, which have been wholly ex parte, until the whole subject can be discussed. The LORD MAYOR said he did not wish the press to be fettered, as he had every reliance upon their judgment. Mr. Hodgson, the superintendent of police, then undertook that Cole should be forthcoming at the next examination. THE CO UN T] LIVERPOOL, AUG. 16.-1 B.d. s. d Wheat, per 701 b : English, white 5 10 to 6 2 Do. red .. 5 8 6 0 Irish, best red •. 5 4 5 6 Do, lower quality 5 2 5 4 Manx, red and wh. 5 6 5 9 Dantsic, high mixed 6 6 6 8 Do., mixed • • .. 5 10 6 0 Rostock, &c• • .. 6 2 6 6 V MARKETS. Hambaigh and Lower Baltic .. 5 8 5 10 American& r white 5 9 6 (I Canadian, tred 5 6 5 .8, 'ricer were as follow: d. a. d. Doilfeal,perl96lb 15 0 to 16 0 Barley, English, pr imperial quarter 26 0 —2B 0 Irish, Scotch, and Manx,per 601 b.. 3 8 3 10 Foreign, grinding 3 4 3 6 Rye, per 601 b •• 3 6 3 9 Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 32 0 34 Irish and Scotch, per 4801 b.. .. 30 0 31 0 Dutch .. 30 0 31 0 Egyptian .. 25 6 26 0 Peas, English, per imperial quartr 31 0 33 0 Foreign .. .. 31 0 32 0 Oats, per 451 b : English, Scotch, and Welsh, old 3 4 3 6 Irish, nom^ rest mewling .. 3 3 Do., feeding .. 3 0 3 1 Do., foreign • . 3 0 3 4 Oatmeal, English, & Scotch,pr24olb 28 0 2e 6 Irish, new .. 25 6 26 0 Do., old . .. 25 0 25 6 Antwerp il.ouvain 5 6 5 10 French, red.. .. 5 6—5 10 Hungarian and Mariaropoll .. 5 0— 5 Odessa, Polish .• 5 4 5 Do., common .. 5 0 5 2' Egyptian •• .. 310 4 2 Flour, English & Irish, per 28011 32 0 33 0 , Do., extra fine 33 0 34 0 Umted States, per barrel .. •20 6 21 6 Canadian .. .. 20 0— 21 0 Indian corn, per 4801 b, white .. 25 0 28 0 MANCHESTER, Aua. 16.—Throughout the week great inactivity has been experienced in the trade, all arti cles moving off very slowly at prices rather in favour of buyers. With the exception of about 2,800 qrs. of malt coastwise, the arrivals of English or Iris h produce at Liverpool and Runcorn continue on a very moderate scale, but from abroad further liberal supplies of wheat and flour have come to hand, together with tolerably fbir quantities of beans and Indian corn. Our market to day was extremely languid, and on wheat we note a re duction of Id per 701bs since this day se'nnight. Flour was difficult of sale, although holders would have sub mitted to rather lower rates to promote business. Oats and oatmeal were likewise in limited request, and the latter receded in value 6d to is per load. New oatmeal sold in retail at 28s to 30a per load, according to quality. WORCESTER, Auo. 16.—The extreme fineness of the weather since our last holding out a prospect of securing an early and abundant harvest has bad the effect of k e eping down the markets, and we must quote a decline of is per quarter in the price of wheat on the rates of last market day. English white wheat of the best quality did not hardly fetch 16s per bag, and red 15s, but the gcnaral currency must be quoted lower. In foreign little doing, at a slight declinP. Malting barley is now coming into demand more freely than of 1 tte, the prier- is about 3s 6 , 1 per bushel, and 3s to 3s 3d f dis tilling qualities. English beans a slow sale at 4a t 9 4; 6d per bushel; foreign 3s Gd to 4s per bushel. EY gosh oats 3s 3d to 3s 6d per 391bs, and Irish from 3s to 3s 3d per bushel. Winter vetches frcm 4s to 4s 6d per bushel. Peas also about the same. At Stourbridge market on Friday ti ere was a very heavy dull trade in wheat, buyers being unwilling to give last week's prices, and holders not being swilling to cub mit to a reduction. Barley was more inquired for, and good malting qualities maintained last week's rates. No alteration in other kinds of grain. At Stratford-on-Avon on Friday the first samples of new wheat were exhibited. They were in excellent con ditiens Offers of L per pig were malle t but Poles were INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, 431. Ii THEATRICAL FAILUR E. An order for hearing was issued in the case of Mr. Joseph Stammers, the late lessee of the Marylebone Theatre. It will be recollected that Mr. Stammers was the manager of the Wednesday concerts at Exeter Hall, and that through his speculation in those concerts he became insolvent, and was discharged under the Act in September last. Soon after his then appearance he became lessee of the Marylebone Theatre, which he carried on for some months, and to that speculation his present appearance is attributed. The debts, as appears from the schedule which has just been filed, exceed 2,0001., and many members of the corps dra matique are inserted as creditors for balance of sala ries. His accounts show that h e p a id th e ir salaries for some time, and he is now indebted to them be tween 3001. and 4001. The present accounts coin• mence in October and end in May, when he was arrested. There are three detaining creditors, one of whom is Mr. James Sheridan Knowles, who is a creditor by the Dramatic Society for the performance of his plays. The hearing of the case is appointed for the 23d of September next, and until that period Mr. Stammers will remain in durance vile. HOSIERY.—This is what is generally denominated our quiet season, and the state of business thin month hitherto supports the title, as there iq scarcely anything doing in any of the warehouses. There is very httle doing is yarns, an d the price is unaltered.—Nottingham Journal. 1851. not effected at that price. The attendance at market was rather and, although the supplies were short, the value of wheat declieecl, and business was limited to retail transactions. Best white wheat (last year's crop) must be quoted at 15s 6:1, and red 14s 61 per bag, but sales were effected at 15s and 14s respectively. Barley moved off slowly at 25s to 27s per quarter. Nothing done in oats. Old beans realiz d 12s to 12s 6d per bag• The market at Wolverhampton was but thinly at tended, and the fineness of the weather had the effect of depressing the marker. Farmers brought wheat to market in moderate supplies, and millers purchased but sparingly at a reduction of is 6d to 2s per quarter on last week's rates. English white wheat 16 • and red 15s per 621 b. Foreign a slow sale at is per quarter decline. Malting barley maintained last week's quotations, the price remaining 27s to 29s per quarter; grinding quali ties, 25s to 26s per 3921 b. In beans little business was transacted. Old English fetched 12s 6d per bag; French, Ils6d to 12s; and Egyptian, Ils to 11a 6d. English oats sold slowly at 6.1 per quarter decline—say 24s to 255, and Irish 21s to 22s per 3121 b. At Kidderminster there was a moderate supply, and a decline of is per quarter took place there also. A great eeal of wheat and beans has been cut this week in ex cellent condition. Although there are still rumours of the prevalence of the potato disease, it appears to be very partial. NOTTINGHAM, AUG. 16,—The supply of farmers' wheat was much less this week than last, but it was quite sufficient for the wants of the buyers, who supplied themselves at a decline of is to 23 per quarter. Grind ing barley maintained its price; also old oa's. Some semi lee of new eats were sold at from 19s to 23s per quarter. In beans there was no alteration. GLASGOW, CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 14.—At our market to-day the numbers were —oxen, 449; sheep, 1.800; lambs, 5,527. Owing to the small supply of cattle sales were easily effected at fully last week's prices. Best ox beef brought 44s per cwt., current 42s per do, inferior from 34s to 38s per do, sinking the offal; all sold. The demand for sheep was very dull, and sales were slowly effected. Best aged wethers brought 53d per lb, current 5d do, inferior from 4d to 44d per du, sinking the offal. Best limbs Vtrought 15s per head, and inferior kinds realised from lOs to 12s each. A few small lank/ only brought from 4a to 6s each. A number of the lambs shown were purchased by Irish dealers. DALKEITH, Ace. 14.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were lest 91b, lBst 21b, and 16st 91b. Oats, 12st I.lb, 12st I lb, and list 616. Barley, lbst 611), tort 01b, and 14st 121 b. Peas and beans, 19st 51b, 00st 01b, and Oost Olbs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 137 Wheat ... ... £2 ... 5 0 £2 2 0 £1 14 A 287 Oats IS Barley... 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 6 Peas and Beans 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Avetage of wheat 41s 51d. ABIRDIEN, And. 15.—Grain—Oats 21s Od to OOs Od, 401bs per bushel; foreign oats, OOs Od to 00s Od, 401bs per bushel; barley, 23s 4)d to 24s Od. 521bs per bushel ; bear, 23s Od to 241 Od, 521bs per bushel; wheat 00s to 425; oatmeal, 16s 6d to 17s tia per boll ; flour, 30s to 32s per sack. Provisions—Beet, 3d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 3d to 6d; veal, ditto, 3d to 6d ; pork, per stone, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; lamb, per lb, 5d to 6d tallow, per stone, 3i Od to 3s 6d ; potatoes, per pecks Ud to Is Od ; rabbits, each, Od to Od; hares, each, Os to Os Od; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb , 8d to 9a; eggs, per doz, 7d to 9d ; cheese, per cwt, ISs to 23s Od ; hens, pet pair, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; chickens, ditto, Is 6d to 2s Od; ducks, dap 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d; turkeys, each, 880 d to 950 d; geese, ditto, 7s to 8s ; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 00s to 725; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od to bid ; 41b loaf, cash, 5d ; credit, 6d ; pork, per stone of 141b5, Os ud to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork, large 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 Ibs, Os to Os- Meal—Oatmeal, is 8d to is 9d; barley dust, Od to 10d; peasemeal, is 10d to 2s Od; side, 7d to 8d ; beremeal, is 5d to Is 6d; flour, is 9d to is 10d; barley, per lb, lid to 2d; barley dour, Os Od to is Bd. CORK, AUG. 15. The fineness of the weather and continued dull advises from the English markets, have combined to depress the trade here. But little business has been done during the week in any article of grain, white the tendency for all descriptions is to lower prices. We have to notice also some very large arrivals from abroad, and these also have bad a serious effect upon the market. The receipts of home grain (oats particularly) begin to ill' crease. The supply for the week is—of wheat, 10 brill. barley, 396 brls, oats, 1,364 brls. The receipts of oats are composed almost entirely of new, and those are taken readily at good prices. The business passing in foreign wheat is very limited, and the article sells only in retail quantities, at a reduction of fully 6LI to is per barrel. In oats we have no transactions to notice. The trade in flour is exceedingly dull, and factors find it very difficult to effect sales even at reduced prices. The abundant supply of potatoes, which are selling at very moderate prices, interferes greatly with the consumption of bread, which has materially fallen off. The sale of Indian corn is also seriously affected by the same course, an d there is literally nothing doing in the article. Prices are lower, and altogether nominal. Barrels. Currency. 0 White wheat OOB Od to Oos Od 00s Od-20 sta . 3 Red wheat 17s Od to 00s Od 00s Od-20 do 0 Barley OO3 Od to 00s Od Oos Od-16 do 210 Bere 136 Oats 142 Ditto lOs 2d to 10s 7d 101 2d-14 do 3 Ditto old l2a 6d to 00s Od ) 0 Pigs oos Od to 00s Od 00s Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat; 0 red ; 0 barley ; 83 bere; 27 oats . 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week t—s Wheat, 11. Barley, 368. Oats, 764. Pigs, 0. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRINCY. First quality ... 7ls First quality ......... 62s Second quality Third quality 64s Third quality ... Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Ang. 9. Pigs, 437. Sheep, 390. Cows, 83. CORY. —Hour— First 12s Od to 13s Od; extra 131 6d ; seconds, 10s 6d to Ils 6d; households 9s to 106 Od; thirds, 61 toes per cwt. Oatmeal lis 6d to 000; Indian meal 6s 6d to 7s Od; w heat' meal, 9s 64 to 103 per cwt. Indian corn 6/ Os to 61 108 Od Pe r ton. Bran 6756 d to 72s per ton. Hay—Farmers 248 to 300; averag e 00s ; dealers 44s to 00s Od; average 00s per ton. Straw—Full 10s Od to 18s Od; average 001; deal e r s 32 1 Od t o 00s average 001 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bed to 6d ' household loaf 4id to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8 d t° 94 per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s Od per hundred. Coa l" Sewnort 14s Od ; Lydney 158 ; Landore 00, ; 12s 6d per ton. Tallow 38s Od to 39s per e t Whisky. 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meg -44 to —Beef Sid to 7d; mutton 5d to 6id ; veal 6d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb ; Hops 61 10s to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3150 P er ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 810 s; Valonia 151 to Of; Freec" 6/ Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 149 to 15s per stont Hemp 29/ to 321 per ton. Fish—Scotch h err i ngs 19 s t o 00s r e , ditto, 26s to 00s per barrel ; Newf oun dl an d, 10 / O s t o 111 P' ton. Timber—Memel, 80a per ton ; red pine, 3/ 10a ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 12s to 15 3 p er 100. Market 21s to 30s; salted 22s to 30s p er (wit ; calf akin3d to per lb. Potatoes, white 5d to 7d; Minion' ) 00d to 00d. Guano— Peruvian, 11/ 10s; Ichab oe , 81 to 91 0 1 per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. ; yellow RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Aug. 16. STOCK EXCHANGL—The share market was extremely dull to-day, and only two or three sa l es were e ff ecte d bef°r" , the Exchange closed. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 16. ed STOCR EXCHANGE.—Th e mar k et cont i nues i n a depressed state, with little business doing. The transactions were follow : Birkenhead, L ancas hi re, an d Ch es hi re (l ate Cbest% and Birkenhead), 15%—E ast L ancas hi re, 13 ~,,Lancashira nd Yorkshire, 47% London and North-Western, 120`,4t' Ditto, New Quarters,.3% 39: 7 —South-Eaet ali and Dover, 21%. _ _ - • . MANCHESTER, AUG. 16. STOCK EXCHAXGR.—The market continues dull, an d priceS have a downward tendency. The transactions were 10 low :—East Lancashire, 13 5-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire' 47 5 ,a—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 274 1 ) * --- ,„ Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 26—South-East e "" and Dover, 21%. BIRMINGHAM, Aua. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—As the meeting of the great rail companies approached. the share market of this town bec B T, e languid, and prices declined. Since their occurrence affat r have in no degree improved. This is the more remarkable tw the statements made by the Chairmen of the Great Weite r . ° and London and North-Western Companies, but more Par); cularly by the latter, are deemed by holders of railway sO c , far from discouraging. There is, however, comparatively thing doing in our share market, and, in present circuni, stances, it is difficult to quote prices with perfect accuracY' They are guided almost exclusive.y by London quotations' [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pill s , a n mo ld , Man cured by them of a Co m pl a i n t i n hi s S tomac h an d Sh°r; nest of Breath.—l desire t o b ear test i mony to t h e goo d effec of Holloway's Pills. For many years I was a ffli cte d Wi t :, tightness in the sto mac h, accompan i e d b y s h ortness o f bre l id, that prevented me fr om wa lki ng a b ou t. l am 84 y e ars ° yet though so f ar a d vance d i n years th ese Pill s h ave bad 5 good an effect that I now take exercise without inconvenieVi and I feel quite relieved of the stomach complaint. (Sign Henry Coe, N or th s t ree t, Lynn. M essrs . Th rew and Son, „ proprietors of the Lynn Advertiser, will confirm this state; meet.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Hollovol Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. OF A SON. • o• On the 11th inst., at Merstham. the Lady Mary Haw -rtb y, On the 12th inst., in the College, Ely, the wife of the Re J. IL Henderson. G On the 13th inst., at Mecklenburgh-street, Mrs. • Shuttleworth, jun. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 11th inst., at the Retreat, near Bideford, the la d / of Frederick Lang, Esq. On the 12th inst., at K enn i ng t on , th e w ife of J. Leach , Escl. MARRIED, • a la On the 13th inst., at C a l s t oc k. Cornwall, the Rev. Regal fro Hohhouse, third son of the Right Hon. H. Hohhou se, Caroline, third surviving daughter of Sir W. S. Trela Bart., Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Cornwall. At Wilmslow, Cheshire, on the 14th inst., the Rev. Th 0113,305 White Boyce, 8.A., incumbent of Birchgrove, Sussear,,,rl,. Henrietta Wansbrough, second daughter of the late .I .' B . C. W. Henning, M.A., curate of Stogumber, Somersetshir DIED. On the 10th inst., at Seaforth, near Liverpoo l, aged ra2,74: Edward Henry Parrey, nephew of Captain E. J. R.X , and grandson of the late Captain Robert Parrey, 0'"',..,, On the 14th inst., at Bayswater, Lydia, relict of GaP — Lyster, late of H. M. 2d (or Queen's Royal) Reg • R t f Foot - ° of On the 11 th inst., aged 7k', Thomas Hanley, EC" Clarence-house, Cheltenham. On the 13th inst., Alice, eldest and only surviving surrQ: ter of Jacob Goodhart, Esq., of Manor-house , T ooting On the 14th inst., at Durleigh Elm, Somcrsetsbire, Gooding, Esq., aged 73. On the 15th inst., Thomas Pallister, of the Clifton Hotel, Gravesend, aged 68. London : Printed and Published by hIURDO you v. „. No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Otrice, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savol, in the WWI v Dl9)2day t August 16, 101. c The this lie! tenders Contra( the Ist site, foi Beef Black ration, 131 in E the Of Three at the tenderit DAT, th their Lc It is Secnrit; and till Mentiox The ( Tander. 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