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Veatlge r lease had to not at them. natters lot de ur in- a'es in ry dif leases ere ro te into vanta- 3lation )f th© :th had eading ails in good, of the r until og, in 1 state might Gen- House so as who ling of let the ) post- id the )f the ice; of then ld 4th ant on ria, c• uguat• a re- atefol ri this 3 Bill, Id en" is de in re- to be 'clock ill to third 1 and 15 re. reach lause awn' throe ht uP marl vhiCh I the ,ND) ed to LL. :e ott 'rad nited with for opt bad ,ent •ged bud' ~~~s tiers of the Lord-Lieutenant, who at present had no con trol over the !natter. Sir. 11. W. BARRON instanced the case of the county of Waterford, where the constabulary, last year, cost 3 ,000/. more than was allowed to the county under the schedule of the Act referred to. Sir R. Peel, in intro ducing the Bill to repeal the corn-laws, gave a pledge to Ireland that she should be relieved from the ex- Petrie of maintaining her police, as a compensation for the loss which would be occasioned by the absence of rotection. That pledge had not been observed, and te submitted to the Committee that on this occasion this Matter was worthy of consideration. Mr. SCULLY thought that in some districts of Ire-- land there should be a concentration of tho police force, wad that in others there should be a reduction. In many baronies, without a single capital conviction to warrant it, a large force was kept up, whereas in others which required an ample force, they were kept short. lie was quite disposed to vote for this clause, which he thought Would in a great measure remedy the defect. Lard NAAS inquired of the Chancellor of the Exche quer what scale of remuneration he meant to adopt to- Wards those officers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said be Proposed to deal with them as if they had contributed to the superannuation fund. Sir DENHAM NORREYS moved to omit certain Words from the clause, with a view to allow the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to reconsider this subject of the re muneration, than which nothing could be more unjust. There were offices held for life, and one half of the holders of them were deprived of them on a miserable Pittance of 401. per annum, while the others received not a farthing, and were discharged at an ago when they could obtain no new employment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said th ey were dealing with offices that had been abolished on the footing of auperannuatioa allowances, and on the recommendation of a Committee. He had the power to put an end to those offices, but he had no power to pay for them, except by an Act of Parliament, and by this Bill he proposed to take the necessary powers to mak e the payment from April last. Sir D. NORRE YS said he considered the whole pro- Seedin g so completely unjustifiable, that he would throw the whole responsibility upon the Chancellor of the Ex ehequer, and for that purpose he should persist in his intention of dividing the Committee. The Committee then divided, when there appeared-- For the omission of the words 6 Against Majority aga i nst --33 Clause I was then agreed to. The remaining clauses were agreed to, except clause 4, which was struck out. Sir W. SOMERVILLE opposed the clause brought forward by Mr. Conolly. The clause was w ithd rawn , an d t h e Bill passed through Committee. The report was then brought up, Snd agreed to. MESSAGE TH LORS. A messenger from the FROM Lords brou E p l cghthe following Bills, which their Lordships had agreed to:— Etoek in Trade. Manchester and Salford Extension Railway. General Reversionary and Investment Company. R 4 k mendinents to Moore's Estate. ""elleY's Estate. Ecclesiastical Property Valuation (Ireland). ?, 1411 Powder Stores (Liverpool) Exemption Repeal. oor Relief Act C on ti nuance . Waterford and Kilkenny Railway. f M E RESEIFIESD obtained leave to bri ng i n a Bill the(?r consolid a ti ng and amending the laws relating to assessment of county rates, which was read a first 'Mae. The adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. It LIAMENTARY DIVISIONS, “rota the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, JULY 31. METROPOLITAN INTERMENT BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question put, ” That the Chairman re .l?.9rt the Bill, with the amendments, to the House." The 1-;ordtuittee divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 42. MINORITY—NOES, 7. Ik l . rr .i. 'y, w tel • a Salwey, Colonel b , -aeob Scully, Franeis bor ne, Ralph e4 n, Geor ge Williams, W. TILLIU. Wakley, T. Hall, Sir B. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES MANAGE MENT o. 2) BILL. n O rder for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Ques proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time nendnient proposed, to leave out the word " now," and the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day fee months :" Question put, " That the word now' stand '''rt of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 45. Bell ew B. ". Goold, Wyndham Price, Sir R. _ kel_ey, Admiral Goulburn, Henry Somerville, Sir W. jr t iverie, E. P. Greene, Thomas Spooner, Richard 'te ' 0 3 7 1e, Colonel H awes , B en j. T ancre d , H . W . Ltlierton, J. Ilindley, C. Tennent, R. J. dwell, Edward Johnstone, James Thompson, Colonel N " , rter, J. B. Labouchere, Henry Tollemache, F. J. i .,'eliburn, Sir A. L angston, J. H. Tufnell, H. C'°eks, T. S. M'Gregor, John Watkins, Colonel ?lier, W. F. Moff a tt, Geor ge Wil son, J ames I\ie, Henry Morris, David Wil son, Matthew r e kworth, Sir J. Mailings, J. R. Wood, Sir C. 11„, 4 1,, Admiral Ogle, S. C. Wool, Sir W. P. xii!''-uts, Sir David Pakington, Sir John TELLERS. 1 , 'O j. H . Palmerston, Via. Hayter, W. G. .4ahtield, J. W. Parker, John Craig, Sir W. G. MINORITY—NOES, 34. 4ast. Reid, Colonel x.. 2-9, Thomas C. Geach, Charles li' r ew, W. H• Greene, John Salwey, Colonel 1, 48 , l, T. Hall, Sir B. Scobell, Captain p r°ekl ehurst, John ilallewell, E. G. Stuart, H. ure a ~„ Walmsley, Sir J. e ~y.H• P . Henley, J. W. enellY, Thomas Kershaw, Jamea Williams, John Berl, iklinund Lacy, Henry C. Wrightson, W.B. ,_. Ile Colonel Martin, J. Young, O. P. .I<wards IT .4.1i2, j ' —* Naas, Lord k orst °ill Neeld, Joseph TELLIZA. k er, SlattllOST Newdegate, C. N. It '4 S ' L. O'Connell, M. J. revren. C. i i. Plowden, W. H. Sibthorp , Aglionby Colonel CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) 4 h e de la r ' ise 1 (Offices of paymaster, storekeeper, and clerk, Dag % the aid Act, discontinued) : Amendment . propo . sed,in ” t o the , line 9, to leave out from the word " discontinued" Ro nd e word " such ," in line 12: Que,tion put, " That the e+34 l P itruPose d d to ed: be leftout stand part of the Clause." The Ittee — MAJORITY—AYES. 39. Clement, MINORITY—IC c o 4 , Charles Fitzpatrick, J. W. OES, 6. p.,.°3,, Thoma s flay-es, Sir E. 'Ellison, Sir It. Knox, W. S. TELLERS. French, F. Norrey;, Sir D. `do/IVES ISLE OF WIGHT. (tltObi OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) li _ 1. n COWES, Jtri.l 3 -I'4L COWES, SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. ilaly 24. 13 - . W P. Carew, Bart., fr h , i , %trice schooner, Sir • ttioath. •••• a.orocar! (1 , ' 4 , , - , 4prey cutter, John Pctre, Esq., Ports ti4427o-tt.lt_e_solution schooner, Duke of Rutland, Guernsey r E n s s g ey , kedi. Other Ports; Sibyl schooner, Henry Og 4eterranean and Oporto; Brilliant schooner, G. H. Bars I:4g, Ireland and Plymouth. . _ na ,___ . t on. Eaehantresi schooner, Earl of Cardigan, LY m g. k3O -it. , ii,• 4ierlin schooner, Col. Markham, Western Ports; a',l4 Sc hooner, Cora. Earl of Wilton, Plymouth. `• Intrepid cutter, Duke of Beaufort, Plymouth. SAILINGS. July 2 cutter, Earl of Ilchester, for Wey reolith. 6 . Petrel 28, " We v ondola cutter, W. H. Woodhouse, Esq., for for3'll°l3,thi Cygnet cutter, Jakedworth Lanabton, Esq., ao _eYtnouth. ,i• k'risk cutter, G. Arkwright, Esq., for Weymouth. ati-c: Uesolution schooner, Duke of Rutland, for Port -1.0 zl, TITS AT AND ABOUT THE ESITizAahTeIthO,NE.r. nri e a r:r t li r Cina j orn, Drift, Xsrifa, Ime, Itt i °N, Arrow P P l e) 13 t • ' m - • ' S i s b p y i l cier E Osprey, nch L a n a t v r r e o s c s k , , M Intrepid, erlin , P 1 o Susan, ver a. rice, agician. 1 .. 4 • TIIE ©RICAN.AM YACHT. • p1..4,1 vessel, which r,, allow is deserving all ih at has been before said of her, arrived here this morn e'A ender her three sails,i. e., mainsail, fore and aft fore domast, :' and jib. She has only two shrouds to each an , oh are canvassed and painted white half-way up ° end ropes but ladshall are to be seen; her forestay t.e iiatebsobstay are all one, and she is one of li n. eei ved. t, airy looking vessels that can possibly be c d o e. sli a „ , She has a very hollow bow, and is we g nd 1,4.7c1 With a very clean after run, a round stern, a wedge end , Very great sheer. She is a very powerful vessel, 4444eatas 24 feat beam, and has quite a different appear kti(4o4 apT Poe our schooners —they have all so much top 41.771,vfitieletasehne iil war, fine noble looking vessels cer- I t , tle T they are like itmere shell, and a beautiful one she II ': ''-' 1 e men a carriages, built for conve iete., e and comfort, while she is built solely for speed; t h e Loxdon river wherry style, she draws 5} feet he.‘q foreword and 11 feet aft. They are landing all 4be,_ stores and spare sails. A number of persons . have filZe. 4 ," board of Ertlthis afternoon, the Marquis of lt) Y and the of Wilton were amongst the tle r COU RT CIRCULAR. . OSBORNE, THURSDAY. _ 4 ~, otaJeSty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, h a:i . d r 1441'11°10r branches of the Royal Family, took t 14 • etlrlY walks in the grounds at Osborne, this ope i , 1 h r g i ; ,111,1dTYal highness the Duchess of Kent, attended ° av e r,-1 ftuguatft Bruce and Colonel ‘ Sir G. Couper, took tlel Ge C uor Majesty and embarked at halt -past ten tor 8-0-plesterday morning in the royal yacht, Fairy, I,ll_ Luanipton. q The Countess of Desart has succeeded the Countess ''''•olint Edgecurabe as Lady In Waiting. Iliel;/rp,rd John Russell left his residence, Pembroke Lodge, ~, il,"-`,),l'd Park, yesterday, for Osborne, Isle of Wigh a t r . l kirp n 'ia'pard le Alarchant had an interview with E A; Yesterday, at the Colonial -office. top''Oeneral meetin the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 11 II Rl4 rid as h of esterday, at their office in White -4 'Place. as e ... i C ji 4 .____ um mmn..m..........,......................... ` ll 11 °1 ' 11 ESTATE PAYING. --The Bill brought int o . lot t r . ° llse of Commons by Lord Seymou r and Mr. C. Lewis tatt sferring the paving, lighting, &c., of the Crown ea- to thl,lld-ile district of Regent's -park and part of Westminster 10*L18,ei..3 Z nl ej s t s o i ° i n t tin 'fWoodsCommittee , and i ‘ l: i o n r g e st s Power has to had ye several e tett-e and levy rates, to pay preportioaste contributions titsi IZPOilies, guzd to borrow money on the credit of such -, ' THE SUN, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT—Maidstone, July 30. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Chief Justice JERVIS and a Special Jury.) WATSON 9. SELLERS. This was an action to recover damages from the de fendant, for having seduced and debauched the wife of the plaintiff. Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Lush, were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Bovill, were for the defendant. Mr. E. JAMES, in opening the case for the plaintiff, said that he had been compelled to bring the present action to recover damages against the defendant, for having inflicted upon him an injury of the most serious description, that of having debauched, and had criminal connexion with, his wife. The circumstances were very short, and when the jury had heard the evidence he should lay before them, he believed they would feel that it was quite conclusive with regard to the fact of the defendant being guilty of the act imputed to him, and he must confess that he was quite at a loss to know what answer would be attempted or what line of defence would be adopted. The plaintiff was a person filling a very respectable position in society, he was the land lord of the George Tavern at Greenwich; and the de fendant was in partnership with another gentleman carrying on the business of a wine -broker in the city of London, and he believed that he was a man possessed of considerable property. The defendant was a married man, but his wife and family resided in Oporto; and in the month of May or June of last year, he was introduced to the plaintiff and his wife, and an intimacy afterwards sprang up between them, and he frequently visited Mr. and Mrs. Watson, end was received on the most friendly terms. The plaintiff was a man of advanced age. He was married to the lady whose conduct now formed the subject of inquiry in the month of March, 1849, and at that time he was about seventy, and his wife was about thirty. She bad been his barmaid for some years before, and was a person possessed of considerable attractions, and irreproachable character, and the plaintiff, thinking she would prove an advantageous connexion for hi m , reso l ve d as h e sa id to marry her, and the marriage accordingly took place in March, 1849. They continued, as he should be in a po sition to prove, to live very happily together, until the period when the defendant was introduced into the family, and there was reason to believe that the improper intimacy between the defendant and the plaintiff's wife was first commenced in May of the present year, upon the occasion of a visit to the Exhibition. When this visit took place, the defendant was accompanied by a female relation, and the plaintiff thereupon thought that there was no impropriety in his wife being of the party, but he acted as any respectable man would be expected to do under such circumstances, insisting upon paying the expenses and his wife's share of the cost of the carriage. The defendant came home with Mrs. Watson rather later than was expected, but no notice was taken of it, and the intimacy continued until the month of June, when circumstances occurred which left no , doubt upon the plaintiff's mind that he had been dishonoured by the defendant. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the nature of the evidence he should lay before the jury, and particularly referred to a transaction of the 21st June, when he said while Mr. Watson was asleep in the bar after dinner, his wife went out of the room and proceeded stealthily up stairs, followed shortly afterwards by the defendant, and she was seen to go into her husband's bedroom. Mr. Watson awoke suddenly, and missing his wife he in quired for her, and being told that she was gone up stairs, he proceeded after her and found the bedroom door locked. After some delay he obtained admission, and he then found the defendant in the room; and this fact, coupled with other circumstances, which attracted his attention, left no doubt upon his mind that he had been dishonoured by the defendant. From that time the plaintiff refused to have any intercourse with his wife, and although she remained in his house for a short time after the day in question, he should show that it was against the consent of her husband, and that ho had in sisted upon her leaving him, and ultimately bad her forcibly expelled from under his roof. From the posi tion in which the parties were placed, the jury would very well understand that he should not be in a position to bring any correspondence that bad passed between them before the jury, but after the plaintiff's wife had left the house, upon a search being made, a piece of what he supposed he must call poetry, was found in one of Mrs. Watson's drawers; which he would read to them. It was as follows: " Oh, take back thy flower, for never believe I would steal thy sweet heart's ease for me. For wealth nor power I never would grieve, To secure that best treasure for thee. Yet still let me take it where only it blows, In the love-beaming smile of thy face, And thou, do thou make it, wherein my heart glows, A love like thine own less its grace." The Learned Counsel then called the following wit nesses : Mary Neville deposed that she was in the service of the plaintiff, as waitress at his tavern, the George, Green wich, The plaintiff and his wife lived together when she entered the service, in May last. The defendant used to come to the house occasionally, and he generally dined in the bar-parlour, with the plaintiff and his wife, and he appeared to be on intimate terms with them. After she had been in the service ashort time she went one day to one of the private sitting rooms, and found the door fastened. There was a sofa in the room. Finding the door fastened, she waited outside, and shortly afterwards she saw Mrs. Watson come out of the room, and then she saw Mr. Sellers come down stairs, but did not observe what part of the house he came from. He came down stairs about ten minutes after Mrs. Watson. The defendant came to the house several times after this, and she noticed him going up stairs very frequently, but she did not observe where Mrs. Watson was at the time. On Midsummer day witness had been out, and returned about five in the evening. The defendant came to the house on that evening, but she did not see bim until she had been at home some time. Mrs. Watson had given her some linen to re pair, and told her to go into a sitting-room on the first floor to do it. She went into a room on the second floor, instead of the one Mrs. Watson told her to go to. She did not know where Mrs. Watson was when she went up stairs. She afterwards went into another room, No. 3, and heard some person come up stairs very gently. Her master and mistress bad dined at this time. No thing particular attracted her attention until her master came up to her. Betoro this she had seen Mrs. Watson go up stairs to the floor above, and ten minutes or so afterwards her master came into the room where she was, and asked whether her mistress was up stairs, and in consequence of what she told him, he went up to his own bedroom, and she heard him call out to have the door opened, and heard him knock at the door. In a short time the door was opened, and a bell was rung, and witness went up stairs, and he heard Mrs. Watson talk ing in the room in an angry tone. Another servant came up and Mr. Watson opened the bedroom door, and she saw Mr. and Mrs. Watson and Mr. Sellers in the room, and the plaintiff said—"l have found this man locked in my bedroom with my wife—look at the impression on the bed." Mrs. Watson replied—" You jealous old fool, I have been in the bed," and she began tucking it up. The bed appeared to be flattened. They then came out of the bed-room, and Mr. Watson said that Mr. Sellers had ruined her and disgraced him, and Mr. Sellers re plied that he was guilty, but she was not. Her master said that he had found the defendant in his bedroom, locked in with his wife, but he did not say in what part of the room he found him in. Before this time the plaintiff and his wife lived very happily together, and the plaintiff treated her with the greatest kindness. Cross-examined—Witness was engaged as waitress, and it was her duty to attend to the private sittings rooms. The waiter attended to the public rooms. There was only one private sitting-room on the second floor. bed room. She had only Did not oncekno before what seen h e wentthe defendant e t f h e e n r d e a fnetr. Could n ab e - not say when this happened, or whether it was during w the last election, when Alderman Salomons was elected. She remembered the election taking place, but did not know how long the house was occupied by Alderman Salomon's people. The dinner time used to be six o'clock. It was an ordinary, and every one who chose used to come to dinner—officers from the barracks, per sons from London, and every one who pleased to go. It was Midsummer-day when she saw the parties in the bed-room, and when Mr. Watson was so very angry. She sat with her back to the door while she was at work, but the door of the room was open, and every one pass ing by could see that she was there. The work Mrs. Watson set her to do would have taken her about an hour and a quarter. She heard the room door bang violently after Mrs. Watson went up stairs, and Mr. Watson came up ab out ten minutes afterwards. She could not say exactly, but was certain it was from five to ten mi nutes. The bell was rung as soon as Mr. Watson could obtain admission to the room. He called out several times, and knocked at the door loudly before he was let i n , When witness went up stairs after the bell was rung she found the door fastened, and she did not know who opened it, but her master was nearest to the door when she got in, and he immediately called out that he had found Mr. Sellers locked into his bedroom with his wife, and asked her to look at the impression on the bed. She was certain Mr. Watson did not make the impres sion on the bed himself by knocking his fists upon it. Witness had never represented that Mr. Sellers said that if any one was to blame he was. What h e said was, at the di nner in:the bar that no was guilty, but that Mrs. Watson w as i nnocent. Mrs. Watson presided, asusual, until three weeks ago. Onone occasion th e d oor was shut against her, and she forced her way into the house. She had been turned out of the house about three weeks. Mr. Watson went to g i ve his vote after this outcry, and took his wif e w i t h hi m , an d they came home ado rne d with Alderman Salomon's colours. The CHIEF JUSTICE—What were the colours? Wit. ness—Green.---(A laugh.) Examination continued—The pl a intiff and his wife came home with a piece of blue ribbon in their bosoms. They both wore these colours at the dinner on the day when Alderman Salomons was returned. Never beard the plaintiff say that he w ou ld ma k e a cap i ta l thing out of his wife, and Mr. Sellers, too; and she did not believe he ever said such a thing. Did not know where Mrs. Watson was residing at the present moment. About a week after she had been turned out of the house she forced her way in, and she was forced out again. Re-examined—There was no election going on when she first found the No. 7 room-door locked, in May. If she had gone to the room where Mrs. Watson directed her to go, she could not have seen any one go into her mistress's bed-room. Mr. Watson never slept with his wife after the 24th of June, and he told her that she might go. She went out one evening, and the door was shut against her when she came home. Harriet Sutton deposed, that she went into the service of the plaintiff as barmaid in August, 1850. The plain tiff was seventy-two years old, and his wife was about twenty-five. They appeared to live very happily to gether, and the plaintiff was very kind to his wife, and seemed very attached to her. The defendant first came to the house about two or three months ago, and she be. keyed be W* intryduoeci tis Mr, Watson, by. 6 SW"' r LON DON, man of the town of Greenwich. He frequently came to the house, and was admitted to the bar-parlour, and re ceived in the most friendly manner by the plaintiff. Witness remembered Mrs. Watson going to the Exhi bition on a Saturday in May, accompanied by the de fendant and ono of his female relations, who was about forty years of age. The defendant and Mrs. Watson came home together on foot between nin e an d ten o ' c l oc k at night, without the lady who had gone with them to the Exhibition. Witness remembered the day when Mr. Sellers was found in her master's bed-room. The dinner was over, and her master and mistress and the defendant had drunk a pint of wino together, and her master laid down on the sofa and went to sleep. When he was asleep Mrs. Watson went out of the bar parlour and proceeded up stairs, and almost directly afterwards Mr. Sellers followed her. In about ten minutes her master awoke, and asked where his wife and Mr. Sellers were. She told him she believed that Mrs. Watson had gone up to her bedroom, but she did not know where Mr. Sellers was, and her master went up stairs directly, and in about five minutes the bed. room bell was rung, at first quietly, but afterwards violently. Witness finished serving some customers who were about the bar, and then went to the foot of the stairs, when she heard her master say, "I have found this man locked up in my bed-room with my wife," and shortly afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Watson and Mr. Sellers came down stairs, and Mr. Watson seemed very angry. Oa the same night, when they were all going to bed, she heard an altercation on the stairs, and Mr. Watson said to his wife, "How can you expect it when you have dishonoured my bed?" Mrs. Watson remained in the house about a fortnight after this occurrence, but she never occupied the same bed-room as her husband. On one occasion she went out, and when she returned she was in a very excited state, and threw herself upon the floor. On the day of the election for Greenwich Mrs. Watson accompanied Mr. Watson and a Mr. Lucas in a carriage to poll for Alderman Salomons. Cross -examined—Witness was informed that when Mrs. Watson left her husband's house she went to reside with one of her relations. When the plaintiff told his wife that she had dishonoured his bed, she replied " You nasty old beast, I hate you, and always did." They appeared to be on the landing of the stairs when this con versation took place. There was a great deal of angry language between them. Mrs. Watson slept in her bed room atter this occurrence happened, and her husband occupied a room in another part of the house. She be lieved that her master was asleep when his wife went out of the bar. Had no reason to suppose that he was shamming sleep. Two other gentlemen were in the bar at the time. Re•examined—Before the defendant was introduced into the family, Mr. Watson and his wife lived very hap pily together. Mr. Lucas, a printer at Greenwich, said that he had been in the habit of going to the plaintiff's house, and it appeared to him that he and his wife lived very hap pily together, and the plaintiff appeared to be a very in dulgent husband. He had met the defendant at the house. Witness went to poll for Alderman Salomons with the plaintiff at the last election. Mrs. Watson accompanied them in the carriage. Mr. Watson ob jected to her doing so, but she said she would go—(A laugh.) Mr. Watson appeared a good deal broke down at this time. By Mr. CHAMBERS—When Mrs. Watson wanted to get into the carriage, the plaintiff said to her, " You must not come, my dear."—(A laugh.) Mr. John Killick said he was Mr. Watson's son-in law. Mrs. Watson acted as waitress formerly at the George, and in consequence of the marriage there was a coldness between him and his father-in-law, as witness objected to the union. In the beginning of July the plaintiff made a communication to him of what had oc curred, and he in consequence went down to Greenwich, and advised Mrs. Watson to leave the house. She re fused to do so, and he remonstrated with her for nearly two hours, and at length she was removed by force. Witness made a search after her departure, and in a linen drawer he found the piece of poetry that was pro duced, in a blotting-book belonging to Mrs. Watson. Tho plaintiff appeared a good deal under the influence of his wife. Mr. W. Edwards proved that the piece of poetry was in the handwriting of the defendant. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. CHAMBERS, in his address to the jury for the de fendant, said that the attempt to make out the crime of adultery in this case was one of the most extraordinary that he ever remembered, and ho felt sure that the jury would pause for a long time before they returned a ver dict, the effect of which would be the utter destruction and ruin, not only of the wife of the plaintiff, but also of the defendant, himself a married man, and filling a respectable and honourable position. As to any amount of damages —if' that was the only question to be de cided, ho should not say a word upon the subject, for the plaintiff himself by his own conduct had shown pretty clearly what extent of damage he considered he had suffered; but ho should contend that upon the slender evidence that had been adduced, the jury were bound to say that the charge of adultery had not been established, and that the defendant was entitled to a verdict. What was the evidence in reality upon which they were called upon to brand this unhappy woman with infamy, and at the same tirae destroy the reputation of an honourable, respectable man? In the first place it was said that the defendant was in the habit of going up stairs during the day, but what earthly importance ought to be attached to that fact, when it was clear that all the other customers used to do the same, and that it mostly occurred just be fore dinner, when in all probability the only object Mr. Sellers had in doing so, was to wash his hands, or some other equally innocent and natural purpose? He could only say that, if the jury should come to the conclusion that the commission of adultery was to be inferred from the proceedings, that nobody would be safe, and he should strongly advise the gentlemen of the jury themselves, whenever they went to an hotel where there was a pretty landlady or a chambermaid, not to go into a bed room for any purpose, lest it should be supposed that object was to seduce either the mistress or the maid.— (A laugh.) It appeared to him that the most natural and ordinary occurrences of every day-life had been dis• torted and tortured so as to give a colour to a charge of adultery. What were the facts of the case? The defendant had gone to a public ordinary, where anybody who chose might go and dine with the landlady, flatter the landlady, and pay the landlady.—(A laugh.) He contended that the conduct of Mr. Sellers was quite consistent with his perfect innocence. As to the sus picion that anything wrong had occurred of the visit to the Exhibition, he submitted that there was not the least foundation for such a supposition. At the same time he was very glad the House of Commons had come to the decision with regard to the Crystal Palace before this suggestion was made, for otherwise that moral as sembly might have paused before they sanctioned its continuance as a winter garden, as it was clear that if roses were gathered there at all, they would be gathered just as well in the winter as the summer.—(Laughter.) The evidence with regard to this part of the case went for nothing; and the only point in the evidence for consideration was the scene in the bed-room. Now he could not help thinking that what took place upon this occasion had been very much exaggerated, and that the jury had not been put in possession of the real facts. It appeared to him to be very improbable, if Mrs. Watson really intended to take advantage of her husband being asleep, t go up to his bed-room to commit adultery, that she should have sent the servant out of the kitchen to the very part of the house where the crime was to be com mitted, and thus give her an opportunity to see what was going on; and ho submitted that there was no evidence to show that Mr. Sellers was in the bed-room, and that it was quite probable that the plaintiff having his suspi cions unjustly aroused, and meeting the defendant on the landing of the stairs, had pushed him into the room, and then locked him in. He considered that the conduct of the plaintiff himself, after the occurrence, showed that he was satisfied that his wile wa s innocent, for if he really had believed that he was dishonoured, he would surely not have permitted her to remain in his house for several days, and he thought his Learned Friend would hardly induce them to believe that this injured husband would have gone to the polling place at Greenwich, and exer cised his right as a free and independent elector, in shouting " Salomons for ever," and recording his vote for that gentleman, accompanied by the woman whom he believed to have dishonoured him, if ho really thought it was true. He submitted that the plaintiff himself, by his own conduct, had shown that he did not believe his wife was guilty, and ha could not help thinking that these proceedings would never have been taken but for the in terference of the son-in-law, who had admitted that he a m n d r. that at s a o n n ounfrie ndly account o fw.e f al e h in i o s pgp t e h ox i s n ies k dt i e n dt g ob h e e tth r we a e n emn i a m hri p rmi r a o ga p en er d match for his father-in law. If the jury should entertain the same opinion, he was sure they would with pleasure say so by their verdict, particularly when they reflected that the consequence of such a verdict would be, to restore the wife of the plaintiff to society, and, in all probability, lead to her re conciliation to her husband. The CUIEF JUSTICE, in summing up, said there were two questions in this case for the consideration of the jury —one, whether the fact of the commission of adultery had been proved; and, another, what amount of damages ought to be given supposing they should be satisfied upon the point. In cases of this descrip tion, direct testimony, of course, could not be ex pected, and the jury could only judge from the circum stantial evidence laid before them, whether the fact of adultery had been proved. As to the other question it certainly was not a case for inflated damages. An old man of 72, who married a young girl of 25, and who allowed her to expose her attractions at a public ordi nary frequented by military officers and other gentle men, must almost have expected what the consequences would be, and if the jury should be of opinion that the char ge o f adultery had been made out, they would, of course, only g i ve suc h mo d erate d amages as t h e j ust i ce of the case required at their hands. The jury, atter deliberating a short time in the box, enprove proved corrupted th said ther e was some difference of opinion amongst them b as e to wheth er t h e actual commission of adultery had ,althoughtheyhe m ind had uo doubt that the defendant of the plaintiff's wife. The CHIEF JUSTICE said they must be satisfied that adultery had actually been committed before they could find a verdict for the plaintiff. They could n o t expect to have any direct evidence, but they must look at all the circumstances as men of the world and of common sens e, and say whether or not the act of adultery had been proved. The jury then retired, and were in d e lib erat i on a b out half an hour. Upon tneir return into court, they gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 50/. NORTHERN CIRCUIT;—Durham, July 30 CIVIL COURT.— (Before Mr. Ju s ti ce WILLIAMS and. a Special Jury.) POTTS v. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages from the defendant for criminal c onversat i on of the defendant w ith the plaintiff's wife. The defendant pleaded not guilty. it E VENING, Sarah Wood Smith (also now married) said she went nto the plaintiff's service in August, 1847. The plain iff and his wif e li ve d happily—behaved kindly. Jane Whitfield (also now married) said she went into ,he plaintiff's service when the last witness left. She also said that plaintiff behaved kindly to his wife. Her master bad to be away from home three or four times a week, three or four miles off, at the asylum and the union. The defendant lived only about three hundred yards from them, and he w as in the habit of coming to their house—mostly in her master's absence. Witness used to take notes to him from Mrs. Potts, with instructions to deliver them t o him personally, and he then used to come directly, get ting there and being let in by Mrs. Potts at the house door, by the time witness could get to the kitchen door. He would sometimes send medicine to Mrs. Potts when nothing was amiss with her. After witness had bee ig there about three months she heard one day a " s l ot " at the dining-room door, when the defendant and Mrs. Potts were there, and the plaintiff was away. Next time the defendant came he went into the dining-room, and again hearing a suspicious noise, witness took up some coals, as an excuse for going in. She tried the door and it was fast. Re-examined—The defendant's visits were short when the plaintiff was at home. They were more frequent when he was away. Mary Ann Bell said she was the daughter of an auc tioneer. In January, 1848, she went into the service of the plaintiff, and remained there till the May following. Defendant was a very frequent visitor there; generally two or three times a week, when her master was from home. His visits were short when her master was at home; long when he wa s not. The errand boy used at those times to take notes from Mrs. Potts to him, and then he came immediately. Three weeks before Good Friday, when the plaintiff was out, he came at one o'clock, and remained till nine. Soon after plaintiff was gone the boy took him a note, and he came immediately. He was alone all the time with Mrs. Potts. At five o'clock witness heard a noise in the room in which they were, and she went gently up, taking the tea-tray with her, and opened the door with out noise, and saw the defendant and Mrs. Potts on the sofa. [The witness here stated circumstances which admitted no doubt of the guilt of the parties, but which are unfit for publication.) Witness wen; out of the room directly. On Good Friday the plaintiff went to a funeral. In the afternoon the defendant came and asked for Mrs. Potts, and she told witness to let him in. She was then lying on the sofa. In about half an hour her father came, and witness let him in. / He went into the room where they were and came out aigaia immediately, and called out aloud to witness, " Why did she let that rascal into the house?" He was in a great rage, and while he was storming, the defendant came out of the room and l e f t th e h ouse, and witness never saw him there afterwards, Up to that time the plaintiff and his wife appeared to live on very good terms. Cross -examined—There was a bolt and lock to the room door. Witness did not tell her master. She did not like to tell him. She told no one. She went up when she saw them, because she thought she would go and see what they were doing. When he called again a few days after, witness let him in as usual. Re -examined—She took up the tea-tray because she had her suspicions. After the defendant was gone, Mrs. Potts came into the kitcher and quarrelled with her. The reason she did not tell what she had seen, was because Mrs. Potts frightened her. She said if she told she would prosecute her. That completed the case for the plaintiff. Mr. liarowLEs (Mr. Thompson with him) for the de fendant, said a most r emar k a bl e case i t was; h e might ask any man in court if he had ever heard of such a case? The plaintiff came to ask damages for one of the greatest injuries that one man could commit against an other. In such a case it was usual to call relations and friends to p rove t h e terms on which the parties lived together; none such had been called in this, but only servants. Damages for the loss of such a woman ? Why, six months after marriage, and long before the d . efendant kn ew h er, s h e commenced a career of drink ing, which always sunk a woman to the lowest depths of infamy. Did the plaintiff complain of her infi delity ? Why, for that her husband had already obtained a judgement against another party in another action. Well mi g h t hi s Learned Friend lay aside his elo quencein such a case, as be could not possibly claim more than nominal damages. He could tell the jury why none of the proper wit nesses were called to prove the plaintiff ' s loss; it was because his Learned Friend had prudently left out every one who could give any information of the real state of the parties. H e could understand why friends and relatives refused to come into the box. They could have told whenever the plaintiff had not mentioned other names as well as S m i t h' s, and whenever, instead of losing domestic bliss, he had not got rid of domestic misery. What damage s cou ld they give for the loss ho had sustained? But he trusted it would not come to that. He trusted they would not give a verdict that would ruin the defendant, a professional man, for life, on the single testimony of the witness Bell, Whose evidence was utterly incredible. Mr... Justice WILLIAMS summed up. Ile said servants were most likely to know the terms on which a master and mistress lived, lie saw no reason to impute perjury to Bell. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages one shilling. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The number of persons who entered the building yes terday was 57,849, and the receipts at the doors amounted to 2,8001. 16s. A serious question has arisen as to the period at which the Exhibition should close. On the one hand, exhibitors from Russia and the northern States of Ger many are anxious to have the power of removing their goods after the end of September, as if the Crystal Palace remains open till the middle or end of October, the winter frosts will have set in before they can pos sibly have them conveyed back to their respective coun tries; on the other hand, the French are desirous to have the final closing delayed as long as is practicable. They hate been late in getting their department thoroughly arranged, and it is a matter of much importance to them that the public shoald have the fullest opportunity o f examining its details. It was understood that the Commission had a short time ago fixed upon the 14th or 15th of October as the proper period for closing, nor does it seem on the whole desira ble that that event should take place at an earlier date, but some arrangement might be come to by which diffi culties might be avoided. For instance, those States that were anxious to remove their contributions might have the facilities for so doing afforded to them after the 30th of September, and means might be adopted for that purpose without closing the doors of the Crystal Palace against the public. It is an obvious and on deniable hardship upon many of the German and Russian contributors that they should have their goods detained until all means for their removal are cut off by the winter ice, and every disposition we are sure exists on the part of the Commission to meet their wishes and interests. But this question raises others of great importance, the settlement of which cannot be long delayed. The vast expense which the Exhibition has entailed upon exhibitors renders them naturally anxious to have the means of disposing of their contributions in the building when the objects for which they have been displayed aro completely satisfied. Whether such sales can properly take place under the circumstances is a matter which the Commission must speedily determine. As far as that body itself is con cerned, such an accommodation would be found very convenient in helping to clear out the interior, but it seems doubtful whether the hopkeepers of London would much relish the ides of flinging suddenly into the market so large and valuable a quantity of foreign Pods. The question is one which permits a good deal Mr. Sergeant WILKiNS (Mr. Manisty with him) ad dressed the jury for the plaintiff. He said the plaintiff I came to ask for damages for the greatest injury which one man could do to another, and he asked that they should be proportionate to the injury which the plaintiff had sustained from the profligate conduct of the de fendant. If the evidence he was instructed to lay before them was true, the defendant had availed himself of his acquaintance with the plaintiff to dishonour his house. The inquiry would claim their serious consideration. The best interests of society required it. The plaintiff was a surgeon at Bishopwearmouth, and was the surgeon to an infirmary, and also to the union, the one at Hilton and the other at Grindon, three to four miles from his residence, which caused him to be frequently away from home, and to be long detained from home. The de fendant was also a medical man at the same town, and lived about 200 yards from the plaintiff. In February, 1844, plaintiff was married to the daughter of a retired tradesman, being himself then thirty years of are, and the lady n i neteen. For two years they lived in the greatest happiness, with nothing 101 disturb their mutual confidence. About that time the lady began to manifest a propensity for drink, but it did not follow from that the plaintiff's acquaintance and neighbour was to avail himself of that failing, in order to ruin her, and bring dishonour on his friend. If she had b ince swerved from the path of virtue, it was after the defendant had made her a ruin and a wreck; and if the defendant should set up that defence, it would but, he thought, enhance the damages to which the defendant was entitled. Notwithstanding the frailty of his wife, the plaintiff's conduct to his wife was uni formly kind, till the day he was obliged to expel her from his house. At the end of the second year of their marriage, the defendant began to pay attention to the lady, and she used to send him notes when her husband went out to attend to his duties at the asylum and the union, and the defendant was then in the habit of coming and remaining with her, when she used to instruct the servant to deny her if any one called. IF, upon a due observance of the marriage contract the happiness of a man's life depended, he trusted they would by their ver dict show that it could not be violated with impunity. On the subject of the amount of damage he would say nothing, he would leave that entirely in their hands. Mr. John Graham, clerk to Mr. Potts, brother of the plaintiff, and a solicitor at Sunderland, produced the cer tificate of the marriage in 1844. Cross-examined—Mr. Potts, the solicitor, was not the attorney in this case. He had heard from the plaintiff that he had got judgment in an action for criminal conversation against one Smith, also a surgeon, or surgeon's assistant at Sunderland. He had not heard him say his wife had had any improper in timacy with any other person. She left his house in the early part of this year. Re-examined —lt was some time after the matter of the present inquiry took place that that with Smith took place. Martha Curry (now married), said she lived with the plaintiff as servant in 1846, nine months. He and his wife then lived happily together. Cross -examined—After she had been there three months Mrs. Potts, she observed, was addicted to drinking. Re-examined—But the plaintiffstill behaved kindly to her. t ~~ FRIDAY AUGUST to be said pro and con., and we have every confidence that it will be well and maturely weighed by the Cora mibsion.— Times. NTELLIGENCE THE NAVY LIST FOR AUGUST. Tho Navy List for August contains the revision and re-adjustment of the lists of naval officers under the new scheme of naval retirement. The active list of flag-offi. cers of course comes first, and consist of -Ist. Admirals of the fleet, 2; admirals, 21; vice -admi rals, 27; rear-admirals, 51. Total, 101. 2d. Then comes the list of flag officers, or reserved half-pay in receipt of good service pensions —namely, 7 admirals, 1 vice -admiral, and 2 rear-admirals ; total, 10. 3d. Flag-officers on reserved half-pay; admirals, 2 ; vice -admirals, 18; rear-admirals, 21; total, 41. The retired rear-admirals under the order in council of 1846 are the same-41 ; and the additional retired rear-admirals on the pay of retired captains is increased according to the terms of the retirement order in council of 1846, to 59. The retired captains of 1846 are now 36; but those on the 18s. list have been increased to 64, thus making up these lists now to 200, including the retired rear-admirals. The officers who have re cently been added to this list, in accordance with the new order in council, are—Samuel Price, 1831 ; Andrew Atkins Vin cen t, K.H ., 1832 ; Samuel Radford, K.H., 1832; Joseph Harrison, 1832; Patrick Duff Henry Hay, 1833; Henry Shovel! Marsham, 1833; Charles Crowdy, 1834; Thomas Mansell, 1834; William Townsend Dance, 1834; John James Ouslow, 1834; William Hamley, 1834; Abraham Mills Hawkins, 1835; John Drake, 1835; Edward Aug. Frankland, 1835 ; J ames Bur ney, 1835; James Morgan, 1836; Richard Barton, 1837; William Slaughter, K.H., 1837; Thomas Gill, 1837; William Allan Herringham, 1837; Robert Gordon, 1837. Their retirements date from July 1, 1851. The "active captains' " list is now reduced to 465. The promotion of 50 of the senior commanders to be added to the retired captains' list of 1840 have been given to the following officers. With the exception of the first five, who were commanders of 1813, they were all commanders of 1814:—Thomas Sykes, Charles Ray ley, Matthew Connolly, James Oliver, Robert Lowthian, Samuel Trevor Dickens, Bouchier Molesworth, John Jordan Arrow, Francis Edward Seymour, Richard Streatfeild, Pringle Home Douglas, Richard Henry Hollis Pigot, Christopher West, George Hilton, Curry William Hillier, Sir Ale xan d er Di x i e, Bart., John Fisher, Henry Elton, John Watson, Abel Wantner Thomas, William Forbes Leith, G eorge B owen, John Hilton, Alexander Francis Elphiustone, George Penrad docke, Francis Duval, John Henry Rhodes, Charles Cowper Bennett, William George Carlisle Kent, Ed mund Turberville, James Edward Huggins, James Stir ling (b), Francis Le Hunts, Rose Henry Fuller, James Townsend, William Henry Nares, Samuel Hoskins, Ed ward Boys, John Davy, Anthony Blagrave Valpy, Charles Ilutehinson, Charles Greene, Edward Johnson, John Francis Lascelles, John Lindsey, Sir Edwyn Francis Scudamore Stanhope, Bart., Richard Stevens Harness, Charles Pengelley, William La ug h arne , Mitchell Roberts. The active commanders' list is reduced to 573, no less than 206 having been placed on the new " reserved half pay list." The retired commanders' list of 1814 are as before, with the exception of the two or three promotions to death vacancies; but to the retired commanders' list of 1830 have been added Lieutenants of 1810, Commanders J. Wardle, J. G. Naps, W. Phipps, N. Atkin, J. C. Gosselin, John Edridge, H. Brett, W. L. Brake, R. Hetherington, T. C. Festing, F. Draffen, E. Luscombe, and H. F. Sewell. The active list of lieutenants is reduced to 1,237; for no less than 886 have been placed on reserved half-pay. The promotion by selection for the active lists of their ranks to be captains and commanders, on "reserved half-pay," are the following:—By the terms of the order in council, fifty commanders are to be promoted to the rank of captain, and of this number twenty are to be selected in the present year. Of this number eighteen have been selected as follows, their promotions bearing date, July 28, 1851: CAPTAINS ON RESERVED HALF-PAY.—Commanders— Nicholas Alexander, James Gabriel Gordon, James Robertson Walker, George Bignell, Samuel Wriford, Edward Hollingsworth Delafosse, Richard Howell Fleming, William Grint, Thomas Lowton Robins, Ri chard Douglas, Thomas Furber, John Pearse, Francis Ormond, John Cornwall, Spencer Smyth, Thomas Pitt Robinson, Joseph Cammilleri, John Reeve. Of the fifty lieutenants to be seleeted, nineteen out of the twenty for this year have been promoted— namely, to be COMMANDERS ON RESERVED HALF-?AY—Lieutenants —George Williamson, Richard Bastard, John Picthorn, Thomas Jackson (a), Thomas Clack, Thomas Archer, Joseph William Crabb, Henry Garrett, James Sedg wick Lean, Charles Haydon, 'Edward Brown Addis, Henry Parry, Redmond Moriarty, Charles Friend, Henry G. Etough, Henry Lancaster, James Carter (b), Thos. Woods, William Lory. We hear that Major John B. Castieau (nearly at the top of the list of captains), Royal Marine Artillery, has, or is about to, retire on half-pay. Clerk—John Sweatman (1845), of the Fisgard, has been appointed to the Britannia, 120, at Portsmouth. Masters' Assistant—W. C. Bicknell, to the Styx steam-sloop, Devonport. Clerks' Assistant—D. G. Guy, to the Centaur steam frigate, Portsmouth. DOCKYARD.—We are glad to find that Mr. John Lee, of Woolwich Dockyard, of long servitude, and one of the most deserving officers in the service, whose claim could not have been again passed over, has been pro moted to be first-class clerk, vice Morgan, appointed store receiver at Woolwich. PORTSMOUTH, THIIRSDAY.—The Trafalgar, 120, Capt. H. T. Greville (acting), weighed from Spithead yester day, at noon, accompanied by the Oberon steam-vessel. On reaehing the Knab-light she was signalised to dis charge Lieutenant Cavendish B. Here to the Victory, who, it appears, had subjected himself to a court of in quiry for being absent without leave, the ship being under sailing orders, in consequence of which the Trafalgar anchored in St. Helen's-roads, where she still remains. The Black Eagle Admiralty yacht, Master-Comman der Petley, came into harbour yesterday from Woolwich, to attend on the Lords of the Admiralty, and take them to the Channel Islands. The Dauntless steam-frigate, Captain Halsted, was taken in the Angle dock last evening, but was undocked this morning, it not being long enough to receive her; she will go into the south dock on Friday to undergo considerable alterations. The whole of the steamers in the new basin will be taken out to-morrow, for the purpose of draining the water out to overhaul the dam of the new dock. The Monarch Indiaman sailed from Spithead to-day for Calcutta. A terrific thunderstorm passed over this port yesterday afternoon doing considerable damage afloat. The storm took a south-west direction. The forked lightning was fearfully vivid, followed by heavy peals of thunder, the rain falling in torrents. A thunderbolt fell near the Platform Battery. The Port Admiral's yacht Fanny was struck by the lightning about a mile from the Spit buoy, which shattered her topmast to pieces, and so shook her lowermast as to render it completely useless. The electric fluid ran down the lowermast and forced its way through the deck to the cabins, laying four of the crew prostrate, and striking several of the others sense less, but without injuring either of them. It then ran along the bell-wire, dismounitng the bells, and passing through the ve sse l' s s id e , k nocking a bolt out in its pas sage. Notwithstanding the damage she had received, the captain (Mr. Scarlet) proceeded to St. Helen's, where she had been ordered, to take Lieutenant Hore from the Trafalgar to the Victory. She was towed into harbour I by the Oberon in the evening. Admiral Cape! went on board this morning to inspect the yacht, and after hearing the particulars of the fear ful disaster congratulated Mr. Scarlet and his crew on their providential escape. HE LOCK CONTROVERSY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As the lock controversy engages much attention, perhaps you will be so good as to allow us to state, through your columns, how the matter, as regards the Bramah lock, stands at this date. On the second of last month (June) Mr. Hobbs was allowed to take wax impressions of our Bramah lock, and between that date and the 21st inst. made, as far as ho could, instruments therefrom. On the 22d inst. Mr. George Rennie, Professor Cowper, and Dr. Black met and arranged the plan of operations. At Mr. Hobbs' request thirty days were given him as the period for the trial of his skill, the lock being screwed to a door, and the keyhole, when Mr. Hobbs was not at work, being covered by an iron band under his own seal; all access to the lock is therefore taken from us, agreeably to our own suggestion. On Thursday last (the 24th) Mr. Hobbs began his operations on the lock, repeated them on Saturday, again on Monday and yesterday. He commenced work yesterday at five minutes past nine in the morning, and did not leave the room till after five o'clock; he was therefore engaged eight hours in one day. This morning he began again at eight minutes past nine and is now at work. After this severe test from the hands of this most celebrated operator, we cannot fear for the hi g h pu bli c reputation whi c h the Bramah lock has enjoyed for so many years. The period for the trial being so long, we feel it due to our numerous friends and the public to lay the above facts before them, and from which it must be evident to all that for every purpose of security the Bramah lock still maintains its pre-eminence over all its competitors.—We are, Sir, &0., M 124, Picc a dilly, L on d on , July BR A 31, 1851. AH AND CO. P.S. Mr. Hobbs has this day been at work on the lock from eight minutes past nine in the morning till ten minutes to six, and the lock remains unopened. [ADVERTISEMENT.] TRAVELLERS.—CommerciaI travellers are, of all men, the most social; their profession often places them within situations where they are obliged to freely patronize the science of gastronomy, and to yield to the seductive allurements of the "rosy god;" no harm from these indulgences would ever be felt if they were to take two or three of Old Parr's Life Pills at night. This fine stomachic medicine would, without the slightest disturbance or pain, clear off all acidities, which would otherwise remain in the stomach and bowels, and: produce feverish headache, and all other unpleasant symptoms. On acco un t o f their mild and effective operation they are new more used by all travellers than any other medicines are. For sea voyages they are acknowledged to be all that is required, preventing all scurvy, iisc. Sold by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Farringdon street ; Edwards, St. Paul's Church-yard; Sutton and Co.. Bow Church-yard; Sangar, 151, Oxford-street; and liannstY and Co., Oxford-street. 1, 1851 MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD. Two features especially mark the current number of Blackwood--the commemoration of the death of "Delta," and the continuation of Sir Bulwer Lytton's " Novel" under the name of Pisistratus. Politicians will, of course, turn with a greedy inquisitiveness to the opening article for August, being a disquisitio❑ on " The Census and Free Trade,' and, what is more, a disquisition from the hand of no less trenchant a publicist —or we are mistaken than Archibald Alison, the historian. Attractive, however, though this remarkable chapter in illustration, and we might say, also, in depreciation of the newly -organized science;of political economy, is, its interest to ourself, is marvellously subordinated by the two other and alr eady-mention e d contributions. The tribute of ad miring and affectionate respect to the memory of David Macbeth Moir does honour to the pages of Blackwood. Eminently deserved though every word of praise is, the graceful manner in which each syllable of the eulogium is expressed, does infinite credit to the writer both in regard to his sensibility and his rhetoric, and sheds a lustre, at the same time, mournful but still agreeable, over the ho noured pages of the periodical. Upon the additional chapters of " My Novel" it is scarcely possible to re mark otherwise than incidentally, seeing that the plot of the story is even now but dimly and gradually developing itself, insomuch that conjecture would inevitably mar the interest of the fiction ; and to dwell upon the narrative without uttering some such insi nuated anticipations would be impossible, in conse quence of the interest aroused in the mind of the reader by the master mind of the novelist. In consequence of his application to the eccentric but generous-hearted homcnopathist, Dr. Morgan, Leonard Fairfield acci dentally discovers his illegitimacy—discovers that be is the child of shame, the child of Nora, a child unto whom the law has denied a father. The description of his emotions on hearing a truth so terrible to his proud nature, is beautiful indeed, and beyond all in that touching moment when, in a sudden paroxysm of tears, he apostrophises the memory of his mother. John Burley, already known to the reader as the fan tastic fisher of the one-eyed perch, developes, in the course of the chapters here published, into a remark able and substantial character. As an example of an author of the last generation, Burley is pencilled in a manner as admirable in its truthfulness, as Fallen was delineated by the same facile hand as the representa tive of a writer of an age more remotely antece dent. His gorgeous day-dream of what an author ought to be—" A being between gods and men, who ought to be lodged in a palace, and entertained at the public charge upon ortolans and tokay," one who "should be kept lapped in down, and curtained with silken awnings from the cares of life, having nothing to do but to write books upon tables of cedar, and fish for perch from a gilded gal ley," is lamentably contrasted with his own er ratic course and chequered existence, his slumbers in a garret, and his midnight orgies iu the midst of tobacco smoke and the lowest ranks of topers and boon companions. From him Leonard learns the snares and pitfalls which beset the writer for fame, as much almost as from conning the grand and ter rible tragedy revealed by the biographer of Chatter. ton. The passages referring to the life of this mighty genius —in regard to precocity the mightiest genius the world ever saw—are finely and at moments most touchingly written. They well deserve reference at the hands of any future memorialist of the " wondrous boy," as elucidative of the great moral which is to be derived from his history. " Voltaire in the Crystal Palace," besides being an enthralling eccentricity, attracts the attention of the reader by its very title, rendering him by suggestion doubly curious to see the promised but as yet unpublished romance of the same edifice, by Mr. 'Warren. After this article comes another, containing some very attractive " Pictures from St. Petersburgh," pictures the more attractive from the circumstance of their novelty. " Paris in 1851" is certain to secure to it self innumerable readers, by reason of its very desig nation ; so that it can dispense with any commenda tion : not so the " London Diary of a German Au thoress," which justice compels us to pronounce more amusing than the majority could have anticipated. " The Raid of Arnaboll," a tale of the bygone year, lends a❑ additional charm to the magazine, which is completed by a brief allusion to the election at Scar borough. TAIT. Turning rather sour in its old age, Tait must needs fall foul of two very inoffensive personages, the one for delivering a lecture on Pope, the other for writing some vesres about the Rhine in answer to Becker. Peregrine proses in a mood essentially cantankerous, though affectedly well-natured, about the Earl of Carlisle, and some very petulant reviewer, with out a pseudonym, indulges himself in an on slaught upon the Hon. G. S. Smythe, M.P. We must confess that we have an equal distaste for that petulance which can .see _nothing worthy in an ene my's effusion, as for that sycophancy-which discovers only sublimities in the babblings of some demented favourite. Mr. Smythe's verses were nothing as toundingly wonderful, it is true, but they were very fine and very beautiful nevertheless ; and, therefore, it is rather too bad to see them spitefully depreciated as mere crambo and balderdash. Such criticism as this is scarcely befitting the reputation of Tait. Added to these and several other contributions too numerous, and some of them too insignificant, to be particularized, are continuations of " The Working Man's Way in the World," and of " Craigallan Castle," together with the conclusion of " A Lay to the Briefless." ECLECTIC. We differ as utterly and entirely from the scale of poets sketched out by the Eclectic reviewer, who cri ticises in the first article, " Delta's Sketches of Po etical Literature," as he does himself from that drawn out by David Moir, recently deceased and sincerely lamented. Both scales, in fact, are to our thinking utterly and entirely preposterous, so utterly and en tirely as to rouse us at moments almost to a feeling of indignation—those whom we would place at the lowest round of the ladder of eminence being exalted to the very topmost, and others that we would crown our self with the bay garland before any others mentioned, among the throng of the oi rOAXOi. Several interesting reviews are given later on in the number, such as that criticism on Baily's " Sculpture," which forms an ex quisite companion chapter to the!paper which appeared some months back in the Eclectic on the paintings of Etty. We may particularise also as meritorious the papers respectively devoted to the consideration of " Mesmerism " and of " Australia." SPORTING NOTES. No. XC VII. GOODWOOD REMINISCENCES ; BRIGHTON ANTICIPATIONS: TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Yesterday's races exemplified the uncertain nature of horse-flesh speculations; Claverhouse, after 1 winning the Ham Stakes in a canter, with odds on h im runs fourth and last for the 200 Sovs. Sweepstakes ; Filius winning the race easily, Houlakin second, and Herschel third. I have reason to believe, however, that Claverhose wont dead amiss on Wednesday evening. Lord Eglintoun's colours were also overthrown in the spin for the Racing Stakes, Sir Joseph Hawley's Con fessor winning from Hippolytus and I3uckhound as he pleased, and almost without an effort; thus another crack was disposed of. The Molecombe was the third instance of the "glorious uncertainty" (as it has been termed) of the turf; Maidstone, with 2 to 1 betted on him, never once showing in the race; Nat, on Glenluce, making all the running and winning easily by a length, in 1 min 18 secs; the Merry Monarch filly second, Ambrose third, Maidstone fourth, and Tho Chief Baron Nicholson last. The Bentinck Memorial Stakes were won, as I antici pated they would be, by the flying daughter of Orlando and Elopement—Bay Rosalind; Rod Hind was a good second, Houlakin a bad third, and Happy Joe a most unhappy fourth and last. The Cup race is easily de scribed. The field laid well together to the distance, where it was completely up with all but Nancy and Cossack, the former just winning, with nothing to spare, by a short head! After the race Mr. Pedley objected to Nancy on the score of age; an examination of her mouth will take place to-day before the commencement of the races. The pace was no t b y any means grea t. Time, 4 min 59 secs. The only meeting of any note next week will be at Brighton, and at that delightful marine spot the sport on this occasion will surpass any that has ever taken place there before. I shall merely glance at the prin cipal stakes now, and leave the minor events and parti culars for consideration on Monday or Tuesday. The Marine Stakes will be carried off by the Goodwood stable, probably with HARBINGER. The Pavilion Stakes, I fanny, may be booked to Mr. Payne with his FREE DOM; Lassitude and Sulky in the second and third posi tions. Landgrave, Ninus, or Pitsford will compass the winning feat in the race for the Brighton Cup, but a t the present moment not knowing whether Pitsford or Landgrave will run, lam unable to spe ak with an y cei . •- tainty of the absolute winner, I shall, however, risk it with either LANDGRAVE Or Nuitrs, former for ch oice. _ The entry for the Brighton Stakes, numbering 78, . 3 3is b y . far the largest on record, and the acceptance of . is likewise without a parallel at Brighton. ' in my opinion, are Westow, 5 yrs, 7st 21b, Valentin e, events The best "in " 4 yrs, 6st 101 b, Narcissus, 4 yrs, Est 41b, F alcon, 4 yrs, sst 121 b, Nautch Girl, 5 yrs, sst 41b, an d Ingratitude, to - day embraces at but Go 0 d f few 0 d ; 3 an y a rs N , A 4 R st a l s O s l u b s . asOtfhothbiseslt.et I should select WESTOW the latest quotations on the Brighton races are:—Marine Stakes—Even on the field. Pavilion Stakes —Ditto. besides T he betting those tto thisbe decided morning Brighton Cup-6 to Landgrave, 4 agst 2 to 1 agst Pits ford, 2 to I agst Ninus, 6 to I any o th er. Brighton Stakes -6 to l on the field, 20 to 1 agst either Backb i ter, Cossack, or The Lleriot, offered. I am, Sir, yours, Ste THE SPILIT OF THE TURF. Aug. 1, 1651. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOOD WOOD RACES- —Tiatrasnay. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs, each, for three yrs old, the produce of mares that never bred a winner; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bat 21b. One mile. Mr. Gratwicke's The Squaw...(Flatman) walked over. The Sussex Stakes of 25 soy.% each, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b ; 3lb allowed, &e.; winners extra. T.Y.C. (5 Subs.) Mr. Gratwicke's Canterbury, Bst 4lb ...... walked over. Sweepstakes of 200 sus, each, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b each; 31b and 51b allowed. T.Y.C. (9 Subs.) Sir R. Pigot's Filius, Bst 41b (Robinson) 1 Duke of Richmond's Houlakin, Bst 71b (Robinson) 2 Mr, Winch's H ersc h e l, B s t 71b Lord Eglinton' s Cl aver h ouse , Bst 71b ...... (Barlow) 4 Betting -7 to 4on Claverhouse, 3to 1 ags(Mt Herschel, and sto 1 each agst Houlakin and Filius. Houlakin took the lead at starting, and with Herschel and Clever house laid up, cut out the work to the distance, where the favourite was beaten; Filius now weal to the front, headed the Goodwood horse half way up, tbod won easily by a length and a half. Run in 1 min. 17 secs. The Goodwood Cup of 300 sot's., the rest in specie by subscription of 20 sovs. each, with 100 added; the second to receive 100 sovs, out of the stakes, and the third 50 sovs. The winner to pay 10 soya. to the judge. Two miles and a half. (30 Stabs.) Mr, Martinson's Nancy, 3 yrs, 7st ...... ..(Charlton) 1 Mr. Pedley's Cossack, aged, Bst 101 b (A. Day) 2 Lord Lurgan's Cnseus ' 3 yrs, E s t 1 0 1 b (Arnold) 3 Mr. Gratwicke's Land gr ave, Bst 1 llb ...(F. Butler) 4 Mr. E. Greville's Cariboo, 4 yrs, 9st 1 1b...(Flatman) 0 Lord Waterford's Lord George, Bst 10th,, (Marlow) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Clincher, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (J. Marson) 0 Count Hahn's Montes, 6 yrs, 6st 121 b ~,,,,(J, Mann) 0 Mr. E. R. Clark's Glenhawk, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Elieti) 0 Baron Maltzahan's War Horse, 6st 81b...(G, Mann) 0 Betting at starting-2 to 1 agst Nancy, 9to 4 agst 12 to 1 Carib o o (t), 9 to 2 agst Cossack, 10 to 1 agst Montes, agat Lord George, 15 to 1 agst Comas, 15 to 1 agst Clincher, and 50 to 1 agst Glenhawk. Glenhawk went away with the lead, followed in a ruck by Cariboo, the two foreign horses, Nancy, and Cos sack, this being the order, however, only to the distance post, Lord George there taking the second place, and Cariboo dropping behind Mentes. Glenhawk carried on the running to the mil e and Cariboo took it up, post, where he gave way, P. followed closely by Lord George, Nancy, Montes, and Cossack; most of the others well up. There was no further chang e of any moment until they were round the last t urn. Cariboo now showed symptoms of distress, and at the bottom of the hill he was out of the race. Nancy and Cossack now went right away from their horses, the mare leading three or four lengths. The horse, however, drew upon her in side the distance, and was within a length of her oppo sit s the stand, but never quite up, the mare, after a surprisingly-exciting race, winning by a bead, Campus bad third, Land rave fourth, Clincher fifth, and Cariboo sixth. Run in 4 min. 59 secs. Mr. Pedley has called upon the stewards to hav e Nancy's mouth looked at, and the examination is ordered for this day (Friday). The Racing Stakes of 50 sovs. each, for three yrs old, colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b ; winners extra ; the second to save his stake. One mile. (13 Subs.) Sir J. Hawley's The Confessor, Bst 71b (J. Marson) 1 Lord Eglinton's Hippolytus, Bst 71b (Marlow) 2 Duke of Richmond's Buckhound, Bst 71b (Flatman) 3 Betting -7 to 4on Hippolytus, and 2to 1 agst The Confessor. The Confessor made nearly all the running, and won very easily by a length., Run in 1 min. 54 secs. The first year of the first Bentinck Memorial Stakes, a triennial stakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. (76 Subs.) Col. Anson's Bay Rosalind .................. (F. Butler) I Duke of Richmond's Red Hind ............ (Kitchener) 2 Duke of Richmond's Houlakin ............... (Flatman) 3 Mr. Merry's Happy Joe ........................ (Marlow) 4 Even on Red Hind, and 6 to 5 agst Bay Rosalind. Red Hind took the lead from Houlakin after running 50 or 60 yards, and cut out the work at a good page to the Stand, whore Bay Rosalind closed, and raced home with her, and won by half a length. Run in 1 min. 17 secs. The Duke of Richmond's Plate (handicap) of 100 Bova., for all ages. New mile. Mr. J. Scott's Tordesillas, 4 yrs, Est 81b...(Charlton) 1 Mr. Mare's Preslaw, 4 yrs, 7st 81b G. E. Sharp) 2 Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, E st 12Ib (Wells) 3 Mr. Carew's Eva, 5 yrs, 7st (Barham) 4 Lord Strathmore's Garforth, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Crouch) 0 Lord H. Lennox's Mokanna, 7st 121 b (Flatman) 0 Mr. Hugh es ' s C orne li us , 3 yrs, 7 st 3lb ...(A. Pavia) 0 Mr. Blyth's Epira, 3 yrs, Est (T. Sherwood) 0 Mr. 011iver's Ischia, 3 yrs, 6st (Ashmall) 0 Mr. Payn e ' s C otton L a d y, 2 yrs, 4st 71b (Rickards) 0 Betting -5 to 4 agst Humphrey, 3to 1 agat Cotton. Lady, 10 to 1 agat any other. P res l aw got away with the lead, followe by Mokanna, Humphrey, and Eva, and made running to the distance; Tordesillas here joined him, deprived him of his lead half way up, and won cleverly by a length; half a length between the second and third; Era a bad fourth. Run, in 1 min. 51 secs. The Molecomb Stakes of 50 sews, each, h ft, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; winners extra. The second to save his stake. T.Y.C. Mr. Payne's Glenluce, Bst 41b Mr. F. Farrance's f by Merry Monarch, out of Cestus, Bst 41b (A. Day) 2 Lord Exeter's Ambrose, Bst 71b (Norman) 3 Mr. Gratwicke's Maidstone, Bst 71b Mr, Dorrien's Chief Baron Nicholson...(W, Abdale) 5 Betting-2 to lon Maidstone, tied sto 1 agst Chief Baron Nicholson. Glenluce made nearly all the run ning, and won very cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min. 18 secs. The Anglesey Plate of 50/. Gentlemen riders. Craven Course. Mr. Carew's Agis, 6 yrs, list (Captain Little) 1 Mr. Martin's Upton, 5 yrs, list (Mr. C. C. Brooke) 2 Mr. Burgess's Chatterer, 5 yrs, I Ist 81b (Mr. Beville) 3 Lord Waterford's Lord George ... (Captain Pettat) 4 Mr. Gratwicke's Henrietta, 3 yrs, 9st (Mr. Henry) 0 Betting-6 to son Lord George, and 4to 1 each against Chatterer and Agis. Won by two lengths. Run in 2 min. 25 secs. DERBY BETTING. Offers to take 25 to 1 about Claverhouse, who WU dead amiss in his race to-day. The late hour to which the racing was protracted leaves us only time to say that the weather turned out remarkably fine, the sport interesting in the highest de gree, and the attendance numerous and fashionable, cm-. bracing, besides those names which have already been published, Lord and Lady and the Honourable Miss Foley, the Duchess of Norfolk, and the Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, Lord Newark, Lord Andover, the Earl of Belfast, the Honourable James Macdonald, Lord de Lisle, &,e. There was an immense number of pickpockets on the course, and five, who bad abstracted watches with vio lence, were taken and committed for three months; one was remanded. THE STEWARDS' Cur.—ln the betting on this race we omitted to return Newport at 4 to 1. CRICKET.—PUBLIC SCHOOL MATCH.—Harrow and Winchester commenced at Lord's on Wednesday, and yesterday the latter won by twa wickets. A 4IIATIC.—T. Cole, of Chelsea, and R. Newell of Battle-bridge stairs, Horselydown, have been matched to row a clear right-away wager, on Saturday six weeks, from Putney•bridge to Mortlake, for 1001. a-side. The match Was made on Wednesday night at Mr. R. Combas, the Ship, Mortlake. DOINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO. On June 10th, a Sydney man named John Jenkins alias Simpton, was detected in carrying off a safe from an office on Long Wharf, San Francisco, and after a struggle was arrested in his boat. He was immediately taken before the Committee of Safety, consisting of one or two hundred citizens, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to be hung within an hour. A minister was sent for, who endeavoured to administer consolation, but whose efforts were entirely disregarded by the hardened convict. At two o'clock at night ho was taken to the public Plaza by the committee, and the result is thus given by the Herald of the next morning:— Arrived at the flag-staff, some were climbing up it to arrange the halter, when as earnest cry was raised by some present, "For God's sake, not to hang him on t the liberty pole." The a p pea l was heard, and tho . s 0 in charge of the executi on mounted the beams on ,b_,, south porch of the adobe—a rope was at t r o eteu t a across between two of the supporters, lied; ran. middle of which a block and pulley were other rope was run through this, with a the other noosefl'sle at one end. Volunteers were called for, to and the end. The prisoner, who had not spok e n as we could hear, during the whole m arch, him., Was an instant, dreadful preparations g oing on beam , the noose fralc wo rd , taken by his guard beneath t n h c e i, in adjusted around his neck , a- 6 j e rked hi g h into at ten minut es past two o ' c l o ck, be wa the beam. Ile was a the air, and hung dangling a f i r And his struggles we re very tall, stout, heavy hmeiledutesst.eadGfarandluyally they slow ly round and round. Th - oe.o ceased, and he swung him it tense and allowing no inter end violent, and continued several on the who were executing him eof the rope —keeping thus for twenty minutes, h I, ee. They ffo " r e , b e i ng very great, or the rope trweteoh no doubt, the effor t wretch imperceptibly lowered until s his feet the hangi e n r a s 1 inches below the top ofthe . la railing. feet hang „ „ s o e :made to avert his fate. Several hundred No effor t — 0 on the ground at the time persons ruses at half-past twoo'clock , of the execution. when we he was still hang in, and toehold ' sition h d r° . a been offered to appoint a corn -seittee him there until day -light. The hardened man walked to the gallows smokitig a cigar, and had dropped the stub before he was launched into eternity. The rope was adjusted about his neck by Captain Wakeman, well remembered in New York, for having run away from that city with the steamer New World, while the sheriff's officers were on beazd. Immense excitement prevailed at San Francisco when the steamer sailed, and immense gatherings had been held on the Plaza, participated in by both those in favour and against the hanging. There eas much feeling manifested towards the " Inquisition," as it is termed, which, like that of the Eternal City be fore the abdication of the Pope, was conducted with great secrecy, far more than might have been anticipated from the numbers em b race d. N o arrests have b een made solemn for the hanging, thou g h th e p r i nc ip a l actors in thea the tragedy are well k nown , an d are even named i ver dict of the coroner's jury. The populace seem to fee that desperate diseases require desperate remedies.— New York Herald. OPENING OF VICTORIA-STREET, WESTMINSTER.--, The ceremonial of the public opening of Tictoria-street, which was fixed for to-day, has been postponed to the 6th of M. gust, in consequence of a death in the family of the Chlkitzea of the eommittH, Sir Fidwill Pearson. O 1 NI 1 I A