The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-22 00:00:00

BANK RET URNS. CO3K ...... • Ci t y Bank, ilxeter—Ntil . for4l and Co Crav?..n B a nk, SettlQ-I,trkba,ck.; and Co. Cardiff Bank, Card.iri-1::) , vgool aul Co Chepstow OH Bank, Chep3tow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Tlronnicath Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and aerefordThire Chepstow—Bcornag . a. Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, T)1 r})y— 17, 3 „ 3. Derby Bank, Derby—Srni‘h and Co. Derby Ok Bank and Scarsdale and Higa Peak Bank, I)::rbv—Cromoton, Ne-,vton, and C 0..., D3vize3 and Tiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes Locke, tend Co Dins Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincalm, and Co Doncaster 13ank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Coo !.:e and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-13ackhou5e, & Co Davenport Bank, Davonport—Hodge and Nor- man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, D o rchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hall, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford :arrow. and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakonir,m Bank, Fakenha'n—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Want:lgo, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley ... Farnham Bnnk, Farnham—Messrs. Knight...... Faversham Bank, Faversham—ninon and Co Goy alming Bank, Godalming—Mellorsh and 17.een Guildford Bank, Guildford—Molar3. Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... Hastiug3 Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Ililder. and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, lioreford— Matatews and Co. Hertfiml and Ware Bank. Hertforl—S. Adams and Co Hull gank and i:inqston-uoou-Hull Bank, Hull --Smith, Brothers, and Co. . .. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Vcasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel He and Whittingst all Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenlield Bank, and Ross and Archenield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, H a dleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—. Alemanclers and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J. Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, KnaresborouF.th—Terry and C 0...... Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Cr° wdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Ketterin7—Go: and Sons,„ Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Laois Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W.Williams, Brown, and C Leicester Bank. Leicester—Pagets and Kirby... Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-7slolineux and C 0.... Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... Lincoln. Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co Lampeter Bank and Liandilo Bank, Llando very —David Jones and CO. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle tons and Cradoek Lyrairgton Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Rsrbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co , Lynn IZegis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis_ Jarvis and Co. Macclesfield Bank, 'Macclesfield—Broeltlenurst and Co...... Manningtree Bank,Manningtreo—Nunn and C. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old. Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank. Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Ilillics M er i o nethshire Bank , Dolgeily_jones and Wi11iam5....... iners' Bank, Truro-Willyarn, and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and C ommerc i al Bank, Abergavenny—Badeys an d co Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and H ' Herefordshire Bank, ler —°nraoutli —Bromage and Snead. Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Sl ocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Son N r u i d e l h on C s rown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys nud Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham_par ;6 Nuneaton Bank, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton—Craddock and C 0......... Naval Bank; .. Pi .............. ymouth—llarris, Mudge, and Ne ‘a w o sari:lm•iiavii: Co .................... .Sarum Everett, and weg a t m r 5 7 0 1 d m it h Banka n , d () Co s: N o ttingham Bank, N o ta n ..y;• - cfswestry Bank and Os westry--Croxon and Co .. O r f o rd Old Bank, 0xf0rd—i,V.••••••........._ and C 0.... .... uson, Parsons, ..... Old Bank Tonbridg e, Tonbri dge ; ,* (crio - u'l;; a i'isc - e . Wells Old Ban k, Tonbrid g e and Tonbridge W e lls and Sevenoa ki Bank, Tonbrid ge _ Beeehinz and Sots Ox f or d s bi ro Witney Bank, Witney—ennab-.--- andco ...„... ........................................ .• Pease's Old Bank, Ma the Hull Old Bank an d Beverley Bank, Hull —Pease and Co - -' . • anee Bank, Penzance —Batten and Co '• ' , .2.i . e4r . •rouo•h Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter -- i - . : - ',Jolt u h—Mos-krs. Yorke .... ......... ‘ .2 •,.. Remo iltiire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and •- ' , ', W?, a fer's ........................................ . Beittinegt Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co ...... 7. • •Readin • Mak, Readin g —Stephens , Mandy , and -.-- _.... ~_ C 0,. .................................................... '.. 1 : - inn • _,.• .I.Batilt, Itichnaouti—Moxwcil and Co - r'.'A4 43ank, Rochdale—Ciement, Royds, ' ' ' *.• - N . :,*# 1° ...., _ on Bank, Royston—Fordham and eons Mom the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Amount, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, car. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales. in Circultltion during the Week ending Satur day, the 9th day of August , 1851:- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank ; Andover-Heath and Co. ....... 12,535 Ashford Bank, Ashford-Temmitt and Pomfret 9,878 Aylshan Bank, Ayisham-R. and G Copeman 5,121 Ayleabury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Bickford 21,378 and hunt 3aldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleavaado Bark, Baldock-Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell ... 20,339 3arnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 9,332 Basingstoke and Odihaaa Bank, Basingstoke - Seymour, Lamb, and Co ....... ..... Bedford Bank, Bedford -T. Barnard, ............. 29,758 Bedford and Bedfo rdshire Bans, Bedford- Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. .. B Bradley Bank, Bewdley-.Nichols, a ker, and 10,534 Crane .......................... d Oxford Bi ces ter and Oxfordshire Bank an Bank, Bicester - T ubb and Co. .. ••• • ••• 12,972 Birmingham Bank, B i rm ingham-Attvret ds, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham-4. Moilliett, and S ons .... 11,458 Blandford Bank, Bl a ncifordßastard ana Oak 7,266 Boston Bank, Boston-(lartit and Co 51,229 Boston hank, BO3tOnGee and Co 8,033 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. Seale 4,704 Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Isar ford, and Co. 35,069 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 16,441 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham -Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. B u ry and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury-Oakes Bevan, and Co. 56,085 ' Banbury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney. 55.618 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 18,569 Bath City Bank, Bath-Mogor and Son Bsdfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 31,566 Birmingham Bank, Birming ham-Ta y lor and Lloyds . ................................... Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H A. and W. M. Harris and GI 10,375 Brecon Old Bank. Brecon-Wilkins and Co 61,876 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffieki Bank, Burlington- Ha,rding, Smith, and Co lO 428 . ...... • , Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Worlle3ga and Co. .............................. Cambridge Bank, Canabridge-Mortlock and Sons .............................................. 13,125 .... . Cambridge and C a mbridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Forsters ........................ 35,721 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co . ..... 26 416 , Carmarthen Bank, Ca rmarthen 15,936 and 15,936 5 0n5 ................................................... Chertsay Bank, C:aertsey-Messri. La Coste ~• 3,077 Colchester Bank, C a lchester -Round, Green, anl Co. .......................... ...................... Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Rlalt, and gadteig,h Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, RlVltree, and C 0..... Cornish Bank, Truro-T. weedy and Co. Coventry Ba,nlc, Coventry-Little and Wool 1,218 15,9'31 27,050 38,616 7,511 17,550 69,7'26 6,830 8,703 10.365 24,233 21,943 9,106 9,861 53,312 70,655 10,021 42,723 93,352 39,472 38.070 25,080 18,475 5,577 10,948 4,849 5,059 8,002 19,26 t 22,440 13,660 16,777 14,856 33,323 5,224 21,63 G 28,375 19,894 17,600 55,253 H,900 18,519 7,455 19,294 34,237 7,245 5,225 51,010 34,375 19.920 23.97:5 11,431 63,091 20,955 4,819 3,501 31,247 9,687 15,413 4,171 1,810 5,519 12,091 24,415 13,568 8,346 19,221 34,482 21,075 14,303 39,481 61,235 6,734 2,593 25,271 11.827 24,23 L 11,528 31,452 6,766 7.406 38,404 10,680 7,181 9,601 23,955 27,242 5,126 4,865 10,717 SUN, Average Amount Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches ter-Day and Nicholson 7,577 Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son 10,396 Rye Bank, Rye-Pomfret and Co. Ross Gld Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and Co 13,008 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall and Co 21,321 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne -Valiance and Son 3,283 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton-Maddison and Pearce 10,508 Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co 1 2 ,065 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton-Atherly and Fall . 3,375 Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 736 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co 11,291 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co. .., Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcock :40,013 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Rundle, and C 0.............. Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton--Duns -7,407 ford and Barne ................. . Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston-Yorke and Eland 8,698 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But cher and Son ....................... . 12,164 Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-J. and S. Percival 7,948 ................................ Town and County of Poole Bank, and Ring wood and Poole Ban k - Led g ard and Sons' ................................. .................. 8,863 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co. ...................................... . Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, and Co. .......................................... 18,208 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Hedges & Co. 7,818 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox. Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, wad Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-Leatham, Tew, and Co 40,831 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Airesford, and Alton. Bank, Win chester-Bulpett and Co. Winchester and H am p s hi re B an k, Winchester -Wickham and Co 5,990 . .. Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bara, Weymouth-Elliott and Pearse Wirkeswor!h and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth -Ark wright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech- Gurnay and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W d~ancock Wolverhampton Bank - , Wolverhampton-Good rieke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Lavender, and Co. 7,030 Worcester old Banff: and rev,dtesbury Old Bank, Worcester -Barwick, Lechmere, and Co 58,543 Worcas;ter:;hire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Foster and So n s Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster- Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton- Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurney, Birkbeek, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth-Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 6,488 York Bank. York-Swann, Clough, and Co 36,077 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 48,159 Bilstoa District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad __ ford — _ - 20,075 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chester field and North Derbyshire Banking - _ _ Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- ington . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com- _ piny, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 10,091 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 20,272 ' Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 16,410 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Corn- _ ___ !my, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 128,074 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, HaUfa- 18,036 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,278 Hull Banking Company, Hull . 22,415 Halifsaa Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,319 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 15,529 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 20,781 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge . 2,780 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 46,372 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds ... 17,078 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester ... 52,173 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 40,735 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,415 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 26,992 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 1,255 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksha: 347,955:39250 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton.. 55,838 Nortliampton.thire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverp001....... 22,320 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei- - cester . Saddleworth Bankinf , Company, Sadgleworth, 2,821 S: Sheffield Banking Company, ..heffield 33,605 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamiord. .................... 40,133 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and liallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Shni,lid . . 49,523 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond 39,636 Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 31,927 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,631 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank. Bristol .. .. Wilts and Dorset Banking Com c y p o a m n p y a , n Ba , lis H bu u r d y . Hud dersfield 70,070 West Riding 32,021ing.y.i0n Banking Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch .~•—• Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester... .. ............ , 3,323 York Union Banking Company, York 62,283 York City and County Banking Company, York 73,447 Yorkshire Banking Company,. Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Aug. 16, 1851. STEAM -BOAT EXPERIMENTS.—On Monday, the 18th, and two followin g days, we load the gratification of w itnessing a series of experiments on the Serpentine, Hyde park, to test the qualities of a model steam-vessel, invented by a gentleman near Colchester, named Vint, who has, we understand, been occupied ma n y y ear s in its completion, a tt en ded of course with much l a b our an d expense. The model is taken from the Fairy, its length being 10 feet, beam 14 inches, fitted with submarine paddles, of 44 inches, at tached to her quarters below the water line, working under water. The engine is also placed in a similar situation, and consequently protected from shot and all other missiles. The experiments were all quite successful, and proved the inven tion to be of great value and consequence, the speed per formed by the model being as near as could be ascertained five knots. We have been informed that the model will in future be shown at the Polytechnic Institution. SILVER VALLEY AND WHEAL BROTHERS MINING COMPANY.—Letters received from the agent of this mine an nounce an important discovery in the 24 fathom level ; rich atones of silver ore in the form of grey oxide and native silver have been broken, the assay from which gives 2,387 oz. of tine silver to the ton. The accounts received up to this morning report the lode to be still improving, and prod u c in g rPre; at the 35 fathom level they appear to be ap proachingcue the same orey g round . The Earl of Dnbyresi resigns the patronage of the new chur ch of S;. James's, at Litbam, to the vicar of Orms kirk. Th e par '' repair, about to underOchurch of Newton-in-llakerfield being the bishop has licensed the national school-room for divine aervice until the church, which must be temporarily Mercury. closed, s hall be re-opened.—Liverpool SINGULAR TRIAL. An extraordinary trial took place last week before the Court of Assize of the Seine•et•Marne. In the month of January of the present year a female, named Petit, the wife of a miller at Nemours, near Fontaine bleau, was at breakfast with her two children. One of the children, about seven years of age, after taking a small portion of chocolate, refused to take any more on account of its disagreeable taste, and the other child did not touch it. The mother, fancying that the child who had refused to take any more was actuated by caprice, drank some of the chocolate herself, and soon afterwards she and the child were attacked with severe vomiting. The husband, who came in at this time, went immediately for medical aid; and the doctor, on arriving, was so convinced from the symp toms that his patients bad been poisoned, that ❑e administered antidotes and saved their lives. The chocolate which remained was subsequently examined by a chemist, and found to contain a considerable quantity of arsenic. No suspicion fell for a time upon the husband, for he lived on good terms with wife and almost adored his children. 'The only other person in the house was a girl named Boulay, only l3i years old, who had lived with Petit and his wife as servant for fifteen months. As this girl appeared to be fond of her mistress and of the children, she was not suspected. Many days, however, did not elapse before she cast suspicions on Petit, and being interro gated by the examining magistrates, declared that Petit ill-treated his wife, and had expressed a desire to get rid of :her. At another interrogatory she, finding that her former depositions had created some suspicions against herself, declared that Petit had had criminal relation with her, and had resolved to de stroy his wife in order that they might be able to carry on their intercourse without control. He, she said, had given her the poison, and had instructed her to put it into the milk, which was to be mixed up with the chocolate. A surgeon who had examined the girl Boulay declared that she was no longer a virgin, and this fact seeming to confirm the girl's statement, Petit was arrested, as was also the girl. Petit, when taken from his home, was much agitated, and declared that, although innocent, he was a lost man. His wife behaved with great tenderness, and implored the officers of justice not to believe the statement of the girl, for Petit was a kind husband and doating father, and never could have contemplated her destruction and that of his children. The girl Boulay, after her arrest, changed her story. At four or five examinations she said she had been guilty of falsehood, that her master had never had any criminal intercourse with her, and that, knowing where he kept arsenic for th© destruction of rats, she had taken it, and put it into the milk. When asked what motive she had for this horrible act, she replied that she wished to get rid of her mistress, in order that she might possess her fine clothes and jewellery. In these examinations she de clared that her seducer was a man who worked at the mill. At her twelfth and thirteenth examination she equivocated a great deal, but still admitted that she had administered the poison without the know ledge of her master, and that her seducer was not the journeyman miller as she at first said, but another young man, whom she married. Her motive for attempting to poison her mistress, she now said, was not to ob tain possession of her clothes, but in order that her death might put an end to her servitude, and enable her to return home; and this there is reason to be lieve was the true motive of the crime, for it was ascertained that she had frequently entreated her mother to have her home and had been refused, on account of the inability of the mother to support her. Notwithstanding these confessions it was thought right to keep Petit in prison, and even to bring him to trial; for as the first charges of the girl had been made so positively, and as she had so frequently equivocated, it was difficult to de cide as to what part of her statement was to be believed. She and her master were, therefore, both put to the bar. It was naturally sup posed that her interrogatory by the president of the tribunal would produce the same result as her last examinations, but to the astonishment of the court she declared that her first account was the correct one—that her master had repeatedly slept with her— that he had given the poison to her, and desired her to administer it, and as an inducement had assured her that after the death of her mistress they should live together as man and wife. Petit underwent his interrogatory with great firmness, and the whole of his demeanour was such as to carry a conviction of his innocence to the crowd who heard the trial. The witnesses who were called were to establish the fact of the poisoning, and to speak to the character of the two prisoners. A few persons deposed to rumours of ill-treatment of the wife by her husband, but several persons who know him intimately, end had frequent opportunities of observing his conduct towards his wife, deposed that he was a kind and indulgent hus band. Madame Petit, who appeared as a witness, as sured the Court that her husband had al ways behaved in the kindest manner, and that he was passionately fond of his children. It was utterly impossible, she said, that he could ever have harboured a criminal design towards her or them. As to the girl Boulay, it was proved that she was utterly un educated, and was precociously wicked. The Pro cureur of the Republic, in addressing the court, said that as he could not believe the prisoner Petit to be guilty he could not ask the jury to convict him, but of the guilt of the girl he had no doubt. The jury, however, might think that, from her youth, she had acted without a full consciousness of the crime she was committing, and if their verdict was to that effect it would enable the Court to order her imprison ment in a house of correction for the purpose of im proving her morals and restoring her to society, cured of the wretched propensities of her mind. The jury withdrew to deliberate on their verdict, and, to the astonishment of the people in the Court, and perhaps of the judges, who had made up their minds as to the merits of the case, and supposed that much delibera tion was not necessary on the part of the jury, an hour elapsed before the verdict was delivered. This verdict created greater astonishment than the delay which preceded it, for it pronounced the acquittal of both prisoners. The girl left the court immediately. As to Petit, he was not able to move for some time, for his wife fell into his arms and his friends crowded round him to congratulate him on his escape. THE LONDON, MISS AANA ZERR. The question has often been raised, how far the Ministry of Schwarzenberg-Bach is responsible for the atrocities perpetrated in Hungary under the sway of Haynan; whether the half-crazy marshal acted upon his instructions from Vienna when he had ladies flogged and ministers and generals banged, or whether all moral imputation rests upon him alone. Public opinion condemned him; and, after all, it seems that he was but the tool of the reckless Pre mier, and of the once liberal Dr. Bach, for whom the barricades of Vienna were the stepstone to the Mi nistry. It is true that since Haynau's dismissal from office there have been no more executions, that even a great many of the superior Hungarian officers have been released from prison; but the spirit of persecu tion is still alive, and the recent case of Miss Anna Znr is a new instance of the fact that the Austrian Ministry takes pleasure in prosecuting women in a way which becomes a pettifogging lawyer, and not the Government of a great realm. Miss Anna Zerr, one of the most distinguished opera singers of the Imperial Theatre at the Carin thian gate, got several years ago the patent of im perial chamber-singer (kammer-sangerin), a dis tinction often conferred on celebrated virtuosi. She never meddled with politics, but she was too proud and too honest to cringe before the powerful. Several of her former friends have been compromised during the revolution, but she did not forsake them ; and when, in the months of June and July, she made a trip to London, she visited two of the exiles re siding there. About this time the committee for the relief of the Hungarian refugees got up a concer at Willis's rooms, and Miss Anna Zerr was invited to lend her distinguished talent for this charity. She readily consented to sing, but a sudden indispo sition prevented her from taking part in the concert. Shortly afterwards she left London and returned to Vienna, where, to her greatest surprise, she was com pelled to return her diploma of kammer-sangerin, and forbidden to appear on the stage; nay, she was even put under the surveillance of the police, an d cannot leave the town without a special permission t, and all this because she was ready to aid a charity which is under the chairmanship of Lord Dudley Stuart, and is patronised by a great number of Members of Parliament. It is a petty vengea nce upon an artist, but it is at the same time an insult to Hungarians; and the Ministry should keep it in mind that the Hungarians more readily forgive cruelty than insolence.—Daily News. WISDOM PREACHING IN THE STREETS. A few years ago it was a frequent spectacle in and about London to see a concourse of persons collected in some open space, listening to the exhortations of 2), preacher in shabby black, with a rubbish-heap for his pulpit, and the sky for his sounding-board. The po lice authorities appear to have suppressed a practice, which probably, occasioned fewer conversions than cases of pocket -picking. We may, however, antici pate a revival of sermons Bub Jove, if there be truth in the statement of the correspondent of a morning contemporary, who says— " As I was passing along Orchard-street, Portman square, last (Monday) evening. about nine o'clock, I was surprised to see a great crowd assembled round Mell buildings,' and on inquiry, I found that Cardinal Wiseman was preaching from a platform in the open air. The court, through which there is a thoroughfare into Duke-street, was illuminated, and filled with Irish. After waiting some little while, the Cardinal came into the street, to a carriage, which was waiting for him, attended by boys and men wearing white surplices, and bear ing lighted candles, banners, and also an immense crucifix. Ttere were a great many police standing around, but none attempted to interfere with this ille gal procession." Of course the license which is conceded to Cardi nal Wiseman will not be denied to Ebenezer Brown. The sincere Jumper has quite as much a right to promulgate his doctrines in the streets as the zealous Romanist. It is not because Mr. Brown is a shoe maker, or indeed a repairer of shoes, that he is to be compelled to " move on," and the Cardinal permitted to proceed. Should either disobey the mandate to go about his business, the oleaginous collar of Ebenezer is no less and no more sacred from the clutch of the policeman than the what-d'ye-call it at the poll of Nicholas ; and British Justice contemplates with equal eye the rusty sables of the former, and the pon tificals of the latter (with all his properties to boot) in the station-house. Toleration for ever !—but let it be universal tolera tion. In field preaching let there be a fair field, and no favour. If the Roman saints are to have a hear ing, let those of the "Latter Day " have the same. Now that the example has been set by Cardinal Wiseman, we may expect that the Reverend Bo's'n Smith will re-enter on his itinerant mission. The Cardirial may consider himself to be a commissioned officer of the Ship of Peter; but the law of England takes no more account of him than it does of the Bo's'n. The wisdom of anybody has as much right to cry in the streets as the wisdom of Wiseman.— Punch. FRIDAt EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1851. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The policy returns of yesterday exhibit a considerable increase in the number of visitors to the Crystal Palace as compared with those of Wednesday. They give the following n umbers :- 10 o'clock . ... 4,399 ... 19,263 ... 31,869 ... 40,229 ... 44,371 ... 46,892 ... 48,384 4 1, The thermometer rose in the course of the day from 72 to 78. The visitors were of the usual description, and showed a considerable proportion of foreigners. The receipts 2t Vic doors of the building amounted to 2,470/. 25., and the number of visitors was 50,482. THE ST. ALBANS ABSENTEES. The return of Skeggs a❑d Burchmore to St. Al bans, from which owing to their visit to Boulogne, they had been absent since April last, when they ab sconded from the Parliamentary Committee, has created some little sensation in that locality. It appears that after being discharged from the Mansion house they repaired to the Great Northern Railway, and arrived in St. Albans the same evening, where they took up their quarters at the George Hotel. It is said they feign forgetfulness on all matters con nected with local and electioneering affairs, and ap pear to prefer answering all questions and kind in quiries in French, with their proficiency in which they edify their fellow-townsmen. It has been ascer tained with considerable certainty that Waggett has emigrated to New York, one of the local police at Dieppe having informed Forester that he saw him embark on board for that purpose. Hayward is still understood to be in France, and Edwards, who it will be remembered was committed to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, on being liberated from New. gate on the day of the prorogation of Parliament, returned to his family at St. Albans, after a period of four months' confinement. Being committed for a misdemeanour of what, in prison par lance, is called a misdemeanour of the first class, he was allowed in Newgate to have what he liked, and looked none the worse on the day of his discharge when the formal authority of the Speaker was issued for the purpose. It is said that, although the proclamation for the apprehension of these men became a dead let ter on the adjournment of the House of Commons, whose power over the delinquents also expired, yet that the llouse of Lords, whose constitutional powers do not decline with the close of the session, have the power, the St. Albans Bribery Commission Bill having been before them, to detain and commit the parties for contempt and absconding. Though the proclamation of reward for the capture of the absent witnesses is alleged only to run during the period of the session, the proclamation itself makes no men tion of this, however that might, so to speak, be the reasonab:e intendment. By some it is thought that the reward is legally recoverable, but if so, as the proclamation was royal, and as a subject cannot bring an action against the Queen, the question would have to be raised by what is called a petition of right. The entire transaction since April last has been most cleverly " clandestined " by the secret agencies be hind the scenes, and the cost is supposed to have been considerable. THE SLAVES OF ROME. (From the Dublin Constitution) The slaves of Rome, the slaves of Rome, Whose chains the heaven-sent martyrs broke, Still madly rage, and idly foam. And kiss the Pope's accursed yoke. While brilliant sunshine gleams around, In willing bondage they are found. The Smithfield and the Oxford fir.), Around the martyrs carl'd and blas'd; But with that courage faith inspires, With oyes to hesven in calmness rats'd, They stood erect, and bravely diNl— Their country's glory, and its pride. Ireland yet thinks on Derry's walls, And Derry's sons their duties know. Ilarkl for a voice of thunder calls r On all true hearts to fear no fool While " no surrender" is their theme, Rome's power is but a shadowy dream. A prince came o'er the ocean wave, And stood whero Boyne's fam'd river flows, Our freedom and our faith to save, And crush for ever impious foes. The traitor .lames saw, o n th a t d a y, Toe gathering storm—and fled away! 'Tis cheering, in these doubtful days, When, under garb of " charity," Men flatter fiends with hateful praise, And to earth's reptiles bend the knee, To think how God was William's shield On storm y wave, and battle-field. Shall we in fancied peace now rest, And trust false Rome? Our fathers stood Against her with undaunted breast, And dared to shed their h ear t' s b es t bl o od. Oh, for their spirits once again, To till the frames of living men! What! have. we none to st an d f or t ru th, To raise its glorious banner high, Like those tried vet'rane, and brave youth, Who fought for immortality, Grappled w ith death, in s t orm an d fl ame , And gave this land a lustrous name? Oh, not in vain, their heroic lives And deaths, by which our rights were gain'd; And not a friend of truth now strives, Who by their faith is n o t susta i n 'd. Hark! from their graves doth come a voice, That bids Rome weep, and earth rejoice. We have our fathers' broadswords yet, Nor are their spears and muskets gone; Should Rome her scythes for slaughter whet, Our weapons we would buckle on, And, in one storm of passion, swe e p The rebel horde into the deep. Then lift the glorious banner high; Wave it o'er freemen true and bold; Let fire flash from each haughty eye, And the pulse throb with pride untold; And then—yes, death or victory, Rome crush'd, hell foil'd, and Ireland free! The tyrant of the Italian land, The blood-stained Pope—a coward knave— Dug with a base and brutal hand, For Roman freedom deepest grave; And should his treasons be forgot, Worse things than these would be our lot. Raise higher, then, the banner bright, O'er Derry's walls, and Bandon's streets; Wave to and fro its folds of light; And as that flag each true heart greets, A flame is kindled far and near, Which freemen love, and tyrants fear. Trust not high office to Rome's slaves, Their gods are paste, and wood, and atone; The only boon a Papist craves, Is these to serve, and these alone. Hence, fire and faggot, lies and fraud, Rome's vassals honour and applaud. Once more, and yet more high, upraise Truth's glorious standard, waving free, Beforo the nation's raptur'd gaze, The gladdest sight the eye can see; My own is thrill'd with tears of joy, That none that bright flag can destroy. Let bigots rave, then, as they may,. And cowards threaten, as they will; The truth is making glorious way — Conquering, and to conquer still, Ireland with England thus will vie— Now, sops of William, do or die! [Or else it will be all my eye!] A SOUTHERN. A CURIOUS WELSH PETTICOAT. Among many specimens of the unnoticed industry of Welsh peai,ants, which have been unable to find their way to the Great Exhibition, a knitted woollen petticoat attracts considerable attention in the principality. It is described as bein g a v ery uni que garment, about 3i yards in width, of the proper length for an ordinary person, with beautiful ornamental scallops at the bottom. Every turn h as one thousand six hundred stitches, which took the industrious knitter exactly one hour to com pete. There are in the knitting twelve different pat terns, and the wa i st i s so constructe d t h a t it admits of being adjusted to t h e body without any stitching what ever. This industrial curiosity is the production of Elizabeth, wife of Nat. Evans, of Ferment, Montgom.ry shire, North W a l es, a l abour i ng ma n , w ith nine children. Her poverty is so great that, in order to complete her design, LlizAbeth Evans had to obtain a few ounces of yarn on credit, from which she knitted a pair of stock ings, which, being sold, paid for the first supply, and obtained credit to the good woman for the second. The remainder of the yarn was each time applied to the petticoat, and thus, at last, it was completed; but, un fortunately, too late for its admission among the wonders of the Crystal Palace. It is the present intention of the poor woman's friends to have her curious workmanship exhibited at a bazaar, to bo held in connexion with the Tremadoc Bardic Congress in October next. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUl7l—Liverpool, Aug. 21. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice _._ WILLIAMS and a Special Jury.) HOLLINS V. CROSS. This was an action to recover compensation from the defendant for damage alleged to have been done to some calico cloths by him in bleaching them. Mr. Atherton, Q.C., Mr. Segar, and Mr. Cromp ton, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wil kins, Mr. Cross, and Mr. Manisty for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff is a cotton-spinner and manufacturer at Preston, and the defendant is a bleacher at Halliwell, near Bolton. In 1850 the plaintiff sent a quantity of grey cotton sheeting to the defendant to bleach. The goods had been manu factured for Messrs. Robert Oatram and Co., of London ; and, after being bleached, they were sent to Messrs. Outrank A customer of theirs found fault with some of the sheetings on the ground that they had many stains on them, and an investigation was made of the cloths by a London finisher, the result of which was that the goods were returned to Messrs: Outram. On complaint being made to the plaintiff he overhauled his stock, and found that other sheetings which he had were da maged in the same way. The plaintiff contended that these stains on the cloth had been received at the defendant's works, and were the consequence of the water used by the defendant being impregnated with iron, and from not properly "sowing" the cloth after it had passed through the bleaching liquor, the lime in the bleaching liquor causing a precipitate of iron when water impregnated with iron was used ; and that, even if this were not the cause of the stains, but the cloth was already stained when it went to the defendant's to be bleached, yet the defendant was still liable for the damage, as it was his duty to have bleached out the stains. The cloths had also been damaged in other respects by being cut and marked with hookholes. From the evidence it appeared that palm-oil stains could be extracted by bleach ing; and one witness stated that the stains in the calico were "sow," and he offered there and then to wash them out with soft soap and water. For the defendant it was contended that the stains on the cloth were ironmoulds, which extended right across the cloths, and that these stains were in the gray cloth, and were made in the manufacture in passing the warp between iron rollers. These iron rollers were protected by flannel ; but when the flan nel was worn out, the rollers ironmoulded the warp, and that no ordinary process of bleaching would ex tract these ironmoulds. The piece of calico which the witness said he could wash with soft soap and water free from the stain was produced after having under gone 25 minutes' washing, but the stain was still there, and on Mr. Watson, a chymiat, applying to it some infusion of galls, the stains immediately became black and inky. This showed the stains to be iron mould, ink being made by an infusion of galls and iron. Tee same stains were found on the plaintiff's unbleached cloth. Some of the cloth had been twice subjected to the process of bleaching, and the stains could not be got out. It would re quire strong acids or " sours" to extract those stains, the effect of which, if used, would have been to destroy the fabric of the cloth. It was proved that the water used by the de fendant was also impregnated with iron. Mr. ATHERTON having replied, His LORDSHIP summed up the evidence, directing the jury that there was no evidence that the goods within the plain meaning of the declaration "became and were stained" by the defendant while being bleached, but that if they were of opinion that the cloths had been cut and had holes made in them in an unworkmanlike manner, they must give the plain tiff such damages as they thought he had sustained. (The jury found their verdict for the plaintiff—da mages 2001. for the cutting, and sere sent back to find as to the stains, and had not returned when our dispatch left.) ROOKER V. THE BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. This case, in which the plaintiff, a surveyor at Munchester, was one of the persons injured in the Cheshire Tunnel on the return from the Chester races in April last, was called on immediately before our dispatch was sent off. The action was in case, the plaintiff•, who appears to have been dreadfully injured, laying his damages at 5,0001. The defendants pleaded not guilty. Mr. Knowles, Q.C., Mr. Pollock, and Mr. Hol land, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Monk, for the de fendant. Mr. KNOWLES was stating the case when our dis patch left. Both the plaintiff's legs were broken, awl his left arm, his breastbone, and spine were injured, and he was removed home all but dead. A companion, named Davison, who was with him, was killed. Though sixteen weeks ego, the plaintiff was yet un- Ole to be removed, and the fees for surgical attend ance already amounted to more than 3001. The oc currence of this dreadful accident the Learned Counsel attributed to the want of reasonable care on the part of the defendants, who had employed no more than ordinary engines, and removed the policeman :from the tunnel whose duty it was to give notice of danger, and no additional care whatever had been taken to meet the extraordinary traffic. The consequence was that the trains did not keep time, the engines were overloaded, and the train in which the plaintiff was came to a dead stand in the Cheshire Tunnel, wher e it was run into by a following train, and the accident and consequent injuries to the plaintiff thereby oc casioned. Ia the Crown Court cases unfit for publication oc- Qupied all day. Mr. Bliss, Q.C., sat in the grand jury'.room, assisting Mr. Baron Platt in the trial of prisoners. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Bercre Mr. Justice ERLE ) TRIAL OF CHARLES BEST AND JOHN KELLY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. PLATT then replied, and Mr. Justice ERLE having carefully and lucidly summed up the evidence, The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both the prisoners. Evidence having been given of their previous convic , tion for other offences, they were sentenced to be trans , ported fur life. John Bellamy, 30, was indicted for feloniously ad. ministering a stupef) ing drug to Louisa Meredith, with intent to rob her. Mr. Briarley prosecuted, and Mr. Payne was for the defence. The charge was preferred under the recent statute known as Lord Campbell's Act. It appeared that the prosecutrix had been in the service of a respectable licensed victualler in Fleet-street, and that she had quitted that service on the evening of the day named in the indictment, having previously received twenty six shillings, the amount of wages due to her. She requested the prisoner to get her a cab, and take her to some respectable lodging, and he accompanied her, and they went to a public-house, where they had some drink. They continued together driving about after this, the prisoner pretending that he was desirous to get her a lodging, and at length, immediately after the prosecutrix had drunk a glass of rum given her by the prisoner, she became completely insensible. While in this state he took the cab to his own lodging, where the box of the prosecutrix was taken out and placed in his room. The police subse quently interfered, and it was found necessary to use the stomach pump and other remedies before the prosecutrix could be restored to conscious ness, and in her pocket there was found a bottle which had contained laudanum, and which must have been placed there by the prisoner. The box of the prose cutrix had not been opened, but it appeared that during the proceedings she lost the whole of her money. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. The Learned JUDGE said that the case had been most satisfactorily brought home to the prisoner. There could be no doubt that his intention was to rob the prosecutrix, and the feared there could be very little doubt also, from some parts of his conduct, that he had another criminal design against her, and, under all the circumstances, he felt it to be his duty to order him to be transported for seven years. The prosecutrix appealed to the Court, and said that, owing to her losing the whole of her wages, she was in great distress, and was unable to make her way into the country, where she expected to obtain another situation. . Mr. Sheriff CARDEN said that the sheriffs would give her some assistance if she applied to them. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY.) William Dandy, 23, servant, pleaded guilty to stealing an eyeglass, chain, two rings, and other ar ticles, the property of Mr. Frederick Dufaur, his muster. The prosecutor, a gentleman living in Qaeen Ann street, Cavendish-f.:quare, stated that he wished most strenuously to recommend the prisoner to mercy, as up to this period he had borne a good character, and the cause of his present delinquency was a fatal pas sion he had for betting on horse racing--a taste, he thought, he inherited from his father, who was a racing jockey. Th e pr i soner was always going to the public betting offices—which he (prosecutor) w3s sorry to see were tolerat e d b y law--and this he was convinced was the sole cause of his misconduct. Mr. GURNEY said that so many servants came before this Court that he could not listen to recom mendations to mercy. So far as the cause to which the prosecutor alluded was concerned, he much re gretted that such an evil should still be permitted to exist. The prisoner was then sentenced to six months' im prisonment. Michael Connor, 45, labourer, was indicted for stealing Blbs. weight of metal, the property of our Lady the Queen. Mr. Bodkin prosecuted, and Mr. Horry defended. The prisoner was a labourer at the new House of Commons, and had been caught carrying out a quan tity of the brass 6heathiag of the windows. He had been seven years employed there, at wages of 18s. a week. In answer to the Court, the foreman stated that above 50 of the windows had been destroyed by the metal being stripp-d off, and that it would cost about 501. to repair the damage done. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. GURNEY said that the prisoner's conduct was very bad, and sentenced him to 12 months' imprison ment and hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. soUTHIVARK. Thomas insell, a barber, residing in Norfolk-street, Southwark-bridge-road, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett charged with cutting and wounding Wil liam Coggitis, police constable 336 M, with a rash, and striking him several times on the head with a poker with intent to commit murder. Complainant, whose head was bandaged and his left hand in a sling, stated that about a quarter to one o'clock on Tuesday morning he was on duty in the Southwark-bridge-road, when ho saw the prisoner and his wife creating a disturbance in the street. He went up to them and told them to go away and not make so much noise. The prisoner said he should make as much noise as he liked, at the same time ex claiming that he would give him something for his interference. The prisoner then ran round the corner and fetched a poker, with which he struck witness twice on the head and made his escape. He, however, followed him to his house in Norfolk-street, and pushed the door open to apprehend him, when he tcok up a razor and tried to cut his throat with it. In the struggle the prisoner nearly cut all the fingers off his left hand. Another constable fortunately came up at the time and prevented the prisoner from murder ing him. Prisoner stated that the witness broke open the door, and struck him with his staff. He had no right to break open his door. The complainant said that he did not break the door open. He pushed it gently, when it flew open. Witness did not use his staff until he was attacked wits the raz)r. Police-constable 285 AI said he was on duty in Union-street at the time in question, when he heard screams of murder proceed front Norfolk street. He instantly hastened to the house, where he saw the complainant bkeding profusely from the head and left hand. The prisoner had the razor produced in his hand, and was flinging it about with great force. Witness struck him on the hand with his staff, and made him drop the razor, when a sergeant entered the house and secured him. Sergeant Golding, 7 NI, sail tb.t when he arrived on the spot he saw Goggins bleeding from the head and hand. He we.s in such a state that he could not stand. The prisoner had the razor in his right hand, flinging it about, but last witness made him drop it and secured him. The complainant was then con veyed to a surgeon's, when hi 4 wounds were dressed, and he was afterwards carried to his lodging. Police-constable 53 M said he picked up a poker in the street near the prisoner's house. It wascovered with hair and blood on the sharp edge. Mr. Oiling, surgeon of the division, said he was called in to see tho complainant, whom be found in an exhausted state. He had a wound on the right side of his head an inch and a half long, and two o f the fingers on hit left, hand were nearly cut cif. The wound on the bead ha believed to have been inflicted with the poker produced. Mr. A ' BECKETT asked whether there was any dancer ? Witness replied in the negative. The fingers were injurild to an extent that would require some time to heal th wounds. In answer to the charge the prisoner sail he hod been to Camberwell fair, and drank rather too much, and he should not have touched the constable if he had not broken into his house. Mr. A 'BECKETT said it wrs a very serious offence, and it was fortunate for him that ho had not com mitted murder. lie had cut and beaten the constable in a very ferocious manner ; consequently he should commit him to the Old Bailey for cutting and wounding. THAllf E S. ' A host of tradesmen, consisting of slopsellers, licensed victuallers, coffee-shop keepers, and pro prietors of lodging-houses in the neighbourhood of the docks and Tower-hill, came before Mr. Ingham, the sitting magistrate, with Mr. Edward B. Bussell, a ' solicitor, to complain of the practices of a very eccen tric individual named Benjamin Gibbs Mitchell, ' sometimes called Captain Mitchell. Mr. Bissell said that Mitchell was a tall, thin, old man, with grey hair and grey whiskers, who had lost his front teeth. A few weeks since Mr. Josephs, a slopseller of Rosemary-lane, Lear the Royal Mint, was visited by Mr. Mitchell, who said he was the agent of a party in America who was entitled to a million and a half of dollars, unclaimed dividends in the Bank of England, and at the same time repre sented that he had been recommended to Mr. Josephs as a respectable tradesman, who could supply him with goods of an excellent description at a moderate price. Mr. Josephs of course expressed his readiness to transact business with him, and Mitchell said he required a small loan, for the purpose of clearing his baggage in the London Docks. Mr. Josephs lent him three shillings and a trunk. All the baggage which Mitchell possessed was cleared and brought to Mr. Josephs' house. The contents of it was subsequently disposed of for ls. 4d., and consisted only of an old coat and a pair of trousers. Mitchell, however, made a demand upon Mr. Josephs for 51., the value he set upon the trunk and its contents, and on Mr. Josephs refusing • to pay it he took out a summons in the Whitechapel County Court, which was made returnable that morning. Many gentlemen who had reason to complain of Mitchell attended the court, and upon seeing them he beat a hasty retreat without paying the hearing fees. There was another tradesman present, Mr. T. A. Bishop, of the New York Coffee and Chop-house, No. 120, Minories, who was visited by Mitchell about two months ago, and he represented that be bad lately arrived from Bermuda, and had been robbed of every thing he possessed ; that an association had been formed in America to advance him 3001. for the pur pose of receiving unclaimed dividends in the Bank belonging to Briti s h subjects settled in America, and that he was to receive .50/. on the Ist of Sept. On the faith of these representations Mr. Bishop pro vided him with board and lodging, and advanced him a small sum of money. Mr. Bishop, however, soon presented his bill, which Captain Benjamin Gibbs Mitchell could not pay. Shortly afterwards Mr. Bishop was summoned by Mitchell to the City Sheriffs' Court for 5/.,which be swore was the value of the luggage he had deposited with Mr. Bishop. The whole of the property which he had left in the house was not worth as many shillings, and not sufficient to pay the bill he had contracted. Many persons came forward and proved that Mitchell had contracted debts with them under similar circumstances. The judge indig nantly dismissed the case, and said Mr. Bishop had done quite right in resisting such a demand. Mr. Wiggins, who kept a lodging-house in Haydon-street, Minories, was completely imposed upon by his plausible manners, although they were dashed with a good deal of eccentricity. After he had been a few hours in the house, he asked Mrs. Wiggins for her Christian name, and the names of her two nieces, and a neighbour who was on a v i s it, an d th en wro te out a will bequeathing 150/. to one, 5001. to another, and 1501. to the wife of George Mitchell, of Clifton-street, Finsbury, a fictitious personage. Mitchell, after contracting a debt for board and lodging which he could not pay, demanded his luggage, worth only a few shillings. The poor woman, a widow, was ad vised not to part with the only security she possessed for the paym en t o f h er bill, an d Mitchell gave her into custody for breaking open his trunk, and stealing property to the amount of 281. The case was inves tigated by Mr. Yardley at that court, and dismissed. Mr. INGHAM said if the party complained of pre ferred false charges, or brought actions for debts not owing, he could be proceeded against for false impri sonment in the one case, and in the other he would have to pay the costs. Mr. Bussell said in nine cases out of ten defendants could not get the costs. That morning Mr. Josephs had to bring forward numerous witnesses to prove that the claim made upon him was fictitious, but Mitchell bolted, and he could not recover his costs. Mr. INGHAM said that was a matter over which he had no jurisdiction. Mr. Bussell—He abuses his dupes in the public streets in the most scandalous manner. Mr. INGHAM—If any of the parties who have been so abused will apply to me I will grant a summons or a warrant. . Waller, an officer of the court, said that Benjamin Gibbs Mitchell kid freouently sppliA at that court, and, in his opinion, was insane. The misguided man had sued the master of the American ship 'who brought him over for the value of the luggage, which he said was retained on board. Mr. Bus se ll—E ver ybody he has come in contact with says he is mad, but there is meta od in his wad nC,F, A host of per ons here advanced towards the bench to make similar complaints, but on Mr. Ingham stating tho he bad no control over the matter, Mr. 13ussell retired with his clients, who expressed an earnest hope that the proceedings would be made public as a caution to others. THE COUNTRY . MARKETS. BRISTOL, AUG. 21.—The weather continues remark ably fine and warm, and harvest operations progress most satisfactorily, and with concurrent reports of a full ucreable yield of wheat—also of barley. Our markets have been fairly supplied with English wheat, principally old. The quality or the new English that has appea sed is unusually fine, weighing fro m 621 b to 631 b per bus hel, the selling price of red being from 36s to 383 per imperi al quarter. At this day's market English new wheat fetched from 36s to 40s per ioaserial quarter; foreign white, 40s to 44s per 40816; ditto re d, xtra free quail ties, 37a to 395; ditto fine ditto, 34s 6d to 86s 6d; ditto ordinary ditto, 303 to 335; ditto hard, 30s to 335. Flour is 6d to is per quarter lower; English seconds 285 to 29 4 per sack; American, &e., sweet 203 to 21s per barrel. In spring corn of all kinds, including barley and oath there is but little doing. English and foreign barley fetched to-day from 228 61 to 23s 6d per 40011); Devon azel Welsh, 19s to 20s per imperial quarter; Pl"' white, 20s 6d to 21s per 3201 b; ditto black, 193 to 2 0s per imperial quarter; beans, English, 28s to 32s per,i 93 ,: penal qudrter; foreign, 25s t o 27 a 6d p er 4801 b. -- arrivals for the week have been, wheat; 3,202 quarters; oats, 226 barrels; barley, 450 quarters and 107 barre ls ; and floor, SOO sacks and 3.679 barrels. The averages fur the week are, wheat, 38s 6d; oats. 20s 10d. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 21.—At Gloucester and VV °r ; cestor marke:s on the 16th the attendance was sel ° :, and the wheat trade ruled dull, at a reduction of is P°' quarter. On barley, the turn was in favour of the buyer. Oats 6d per quarter dearer. Beans and pegs 6 per quarter lower. During the present week, the we ll ' ther having been as fine as possible, the transactions r s. ported are of the most retail character, with the exoer tion of new English wheat, which is sought for at 4 0510 49s per 4961b5. Barley is held for former prices. 0 1 8 scarce, and fully as dear. Peas and beans neglect s .", and disposed of Is to 2s per quarter under previous e w ic , rency. At this day's market there was a large 500, 1 ! of wheat, and no progress could be made in sales with out submitting to a reduction of is to 2s per qttsr l ' e ,: Barley 6d to is per quarter lower, with a fair retail de mand. Oats, from their scarcity, realised quite as 110 9 , money. Beans nominally unaltered. Peas radio cheerer. GLASGOW, Ann. 20.—Light supplies from Ireland and coastwise have been comp ensa t e d by f a ir arrival from abroad. Those ail the Clyde comprised 0 0 " 11,994 quarters of wheat, vz , 6 550 quarters free* Egypt, 2,542 quarters from the U n i te d S ta t e s, 4 . , 4 9° quarters from Canada, 1,340 quarters from Francs, °P ;f 1,072 qaarters from Lower baltic ports; 1,004 bags i f flour from Francs, 2 350 barrels of flour fr om Moat s ! and 8 386 barrels of flour and 2086 quarters of loul corn from New York, via Grangemouth, they consist of about 2,762 quarters of wheat from the Baltic, s o d of 2,260 quarters of oats from Archangel. Wo b a r heavy rain on Saturday last, and changeable weath e s since; but it now promises fair. A good deal of wh e ns ti has ch tnged hands duaing the week, principally Bghis time, Barletta, and Dantsic, at per ces the turn in buye r _ favour. Barley was in fair request, at a slight deoliv! Other articles movep slowly in retail. The Eehibit2 l ; still continues to draught considerable numbers to Ib s. metropolis, not without more or less affecting busioe s s i At this day's market there was a good attendance " town ated country buyers. Wheat and flour sold in re' tail at a reduction of 31 to 6 1 p e r boll or sack re' spectiveiy. Barrel flour, owiase to a difference of V s ; lity, rubs at irregular rates. Beriey a fair sale, et 9 , egatement of 31 per 3201b5. Oats and oatmeal with/ quotable change. Peas and Indian corn little icqui ts after, and easier to purchase. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, AUG. 19. There was s large supply of fat beasts to-day, but the q ua lity genera iii was only of the middling sort. The attendance cf purchale was large, and the best things were readily disposed of bs offered on reasonable terms. The number of sheep and s was again large, without any alteration in price. Fat ca e ye were plentiful ; also a good show of fat pigs, the season of year considered. Beef, 41d to sd; mutton, 50 to si ° 7 , lamb, 6d ; veal, 4d to 4id per lb ; pigs, Os 6d to 7s per sr ( ? b , Rough fat, 3s 3d per stone of 141bs. Hides, lid to lid per 1 calf skins 2d to 4d per lb. NOTTINGHAM, Ana. 20.—There was a large marke t e r ; good things, and brisk sale. B es t b ee f, f rom 6 s to Os inferior, 5s to 3d. Best mutton, f.d to 51d. La m b, 6d to 61d. Calve s , 4d to sd. Pigs,Hides 20, Od to ss. Hie Rough fat, 3s 6d.. Skins, 4d. Bosrow, Ana. 20.—Wheat, red '293 to 37s Od, white to 3::ts, extra 41s to 005; barley 00s to OOs ; oats, new 166 18s, old 17s to 2:s; beans 28s to 325; peas Os to Os per il l '' 2 7 o ; LOUTH, AUG. 20.—Wheat 36s to 40s ; barley 24s to oats 19s to 22s ; beans 28s to 33s per qr. NEWARK, Ana. 20.—Wheat, white 40s to 445, red 36s to 381 barley, grinding 22s to 23s ; oats, new 18s to 19s Oki, °I 21s to 268; beans, 3-is to 3tis; malt, 54s to 56s per qr. MELTON Alowaa.aY, AUG. 19.—Wheat, 37s Od to 406; barley 24s to 265; oats, old 21s to 265, new 18s to 2 1 5. , _ be a :g 29s to 32s per qr. Butter 12d to 13d per lb ; eggs 21 ./ t 0 for Is. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, AUG. 20.—We had eg ai l l a large supply of wheat in the market to-day, which 0 s quick , other kinds short in supply, and dull of sale. Ther e V. no barley sold at all. Wheat went down on the average I nt/ The top of wheat was (id, and the average is 5d down. on the top Is 4d, and the average 6d down. Beans 0 0 ,L; top the same as last week, and the average 4d up. Groom 141 qrs wheat, 16 qrs barley, 45 qrs oats, and 5 qrs beans. Top of Wheat ... 64iIb. 463 Od ~ Barley ... lb. —s Od „ Oats ... 4241 b. 2Ss 8d Beans ... 67ilb. 38s Od , EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, AUG. '.2o.—The nufl". of cattle was 374, or 64 more than last week. Top price 75 S c ' current, Es to tis 6d ; secondary and inferior, from 5s , to 5s 6d per Dutch stone. A good clearance was effecte o ' The number of sheep and lambs this morning 5,572, being 1,786 more than last week. Top price 5 4 4 the best mutton, sid per lb ; current, .*I; and down to per lb. Lambs, top, 20s Od; current, 153 to 16!, and don° to 5s Od a had. A clearance ws not effected. DuNBAR, e Aun. 19.—Wheat, a weighing C2ilbs, brune,.: 41s, and prices to ON Od. Barley, weighing 54ilbs, brougft 26s Od, and prices to 42s Od. Oats, weighing u,lbs, brotiligg 00s Od, and prices to 00s Od. Beans and peas, vr el g 001bs, brought 00s Od, and prices to 011210 d. CORK, AuG. 20. Barrels. CurreweP 4 White wheat 2os 3d to 00s Od 00s Od"—on 20 steno do 5 Red wheat 15s 9d to 00s Od 00$ Od ---, 0 Barley COs Od to COs Od 00s od-- 160 92 Bere 110 Oats do 73 Ditto lOs 6d te 11s 2d lOs 6(1.-• 44 0 Ditto old ON Od to 003 Od Oft 0 Pigs oos Od to 00s Od 00s Od per Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:— 10 oats; 0 barrels white wheat; 0 red ; 0 barley ; 23 beret - 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week =s Wheat, 29. Barley, 447. Oat s , 1,387. Pigs' 0. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRENCY. 658 First quality Second quality Third quality .. 68s Third quality .... ............ •6'6, Fourth quality ,191 Fifth quality Sixth quality 42s Sixth quality .............. Return of Cattle sold for week ending Aug. 9. Pigs, 437. Sheep, 390. Cows, 83. „ 6d; Coss. — Flour--First 12s lid to 13s Od ; extra 1. 7 ! to e. seconds, 1086 d to Ils 6d; households 9s to 1080 d; thirds, " he , - se per cwt. Oatmeal Ils 6d to 00s; Indian meal Os 6d to 7s Od; v ",", 1 n et meal, Ps 6rl to lOs per cwt. Indian corn 61 Os to 61100 ti' l l g o ton. Bran 67€6d to 72s per ton. Hay—Farmers 24s to 31s• .. . a r e( e re 00a; dealers 00s to 00. Od; average 00s per ton. Straw..:Fr - 04; 14s 01 to 22s 03; average OUs ; dealers 35a Od to N g 6J; average OW Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 50 t 2 d to household loaf 41 to 5d per 41b. F res h buttor,„,4, 91 per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s 01 per hundred. Li r ot Newport 14s Od ; Lydney 15s P • Landore OOa ; e ptr 12s 6d per ton. T a ll ow 38s Od to 39s P er SO Whisky, 25 0. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. A A 0 —Beef 5d to 7d ; mutton 5d to 6id ; ve al ' fi ,,117: 61; pork 4d te Od; bacon 6d to 7d; sausages bd 1 7 per Hops 6110 s to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3,1. 8 ,, ne ,h ton. Bark—Barbary 71 03 to 810 s ; Valonia 151 to 01; r 61 Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 15s per ° O 4l Hemp 291 to 32/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to 000 ; ne t ditto, 26s to 008 per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ 08 to lido ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton ; red pine, 31 10s; ditto, 21 15s per ton; deals, 12s to 15s per 100. 'roof Market 21s to 30s; salted 22s to 30 s per owt ; joss 3d to 3id per lb. Potatoes, white 5d to 7d; 51in OS 001 to 00d. Guano—Peruvian, 111103 ; Ichaboe, 81 to per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. 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Moles' On the 19th inst., at Littleborough, Lieutenant t oe worth, R.N., to Sarah, daughter of the late Lawre Newall, Esq., of Town-house, Littleborough. DIED. On the 16th inst., 1 the Rev. William Field, of Lean], Wr4rst •• wick, aged 85 On the 18th inst , at Maidstone Eli za beth, eldest o'l ay2, surviving diughter of William Finch, Esq., form erl y of terden, Kent. Oa the 19th inst., at Bedford-square, Brig:Aon, John Lynli, Esq., aged 84. d 11, Oa the 19th inst., at Croydon , Robert Harley GO -3 aged 67. ia- On the 20th inst., at his residen ce, Enficld-highwaY, - dlesex, Charles Wright, Erg. , aged 84. On the 18th iest., nt Farnham , Surrey, Christia n, tllO wife of Captain J. T. Talbot, R.N. „....-.„,*-------' - lt 14, of London : 1 2 , ri and Published by 11.11jR1)0 l'Ut- -. 10 , No. 1 Strand, Printer, at The Sun 011ie°, 1%;° *,,„ o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cou n v Middlesex, Friday, 4ugust 22, 1551. C"' The Comi K the Unite aetice, tha Pork, for wl ~..September First Motet , 81st May RE May be wil Majesty% V lag quantitil all of the ca Deptford • Portsmouth P l Mouth • Cork • Their Lor tenders are Dart thereof r any part 10 finality. At separate hr Pork, ani to be cured. Persons to Tinder for 4 Price for tier The Beef folio ws, riz. the remaind or the who! ina. and to 1 The condi' aPPlying to 1 of her Iltajes arid Newry, lin, or to tb Pool ; or to No Tende a leas (Newt No tender and the pat `ll ting, mi neXt, at Tw , Every ten ! , ?Iralty, am( Tender fe *I 1t also be letter signet ith, th e pe a l b/MI of tt at this sitA S H N Work wit' 26 YEAR, f '"'acilines, it f_ctive and e are readily or any not r wr distance, PATENT G . RE Notice is ° TiEPRETI itad Parcels The Grea minted Fou . , Itrobrldf•e a corn the'Gr Passenger Pares :—F For !Artie The Eveni of Five o'clo Celnpany' L, GRE SUe The better a a Dea l ers e r c e o a n i Bt. Martin' Purpose of r V_ld where c ". promptly ‘ressect to Al Street, St. 31 All bookir Company' Loncll aRE ,N-Pg CH oRESTOL E. ._4l. Train 4 3(1 s _ of Aug Monday lio Oa SUN' ! , t a Quart 14 ristol. ret, Id 7 o'clock. To Bath an , Bristol Tickets Id the Pad West Straw Passengei utr". I The Dire - ) ANS in Debentui rate of 4/. ,411)Plicati4 I ti:rt:rtia l in4titatitli t ioel:,, r stssu, b uilae,E:nyoiEiglvuLtccie A rt t AILWAI The Nit roge Ten hle CUE; Net 'r EARLY .4crtsDAY ' Dated tt Xustoxi S I Ilie 800 40 111 Mon IleXI, both First