The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-12 00:00:00

T.HE POPE ANTS AN IN D ROIIETHE PROTES- T. (From the Times.) The first proceedings of the recent session we re di rected against, the encroachments of the Bishop of Rome u pon the national and ecclesiastica l independen c e of t hi s kingdom; the last words of the same Par liam ent we re devoted to the practicability of Protestant worshi p within the walls of Rome. The Pope treated England as a heathen country; he abolished, as far r in him lay, m all the historical sees of the lan d, create hierarchy, sent a Cardinal to be enthroned at eaPft° po mp ous in !neestw-' minster, and has now decreed the erection cathedral, on a magnificent scale, some conspicuous part of the metropolis. The same Pope forbids alto gether the worship of God after the rites of the Eng. lish Church within the walls of Rome, and condemns ou r countrymen to the performance of s ervice in a granary w ithout the gates. At this m oment there stands a " Cathedral h ofS c a th G d eorge," in the borough of South% ark; snot er a e ral of St. Patrick" has been designed, we believe, foe W est . minster; and a third "Metropolitan Church of St. Peter " i s tow openly announced. To none of these proce edin g s objection been taken by the has any Pro testant G o v ernment of England ; but, when a desire is expressed of erecting a simple church for the use of Englishmen sojourning at Rome, it is intimated that the requ i s i te permission will certainly be withheld, and that no such design can be entertained. The Romish churches of this kingdom are obviously built for purposes beyond those of independent congre gational worship. There is already a superfluity of ac commodation, in the sense usually given to the phrase. The edifices are designed and multiplied with a special object of attraction, and with the evident view of ex tending the sphere of Romanian], to the proportionate disparagement of other establishments. We are not as• serting that this kind of " aggression" is unriehteous in principle or intolerable in practice. Within rea sonable bounds it is a proper duty of a religious com munity, nor can the spirit of proselytism be impunged when defined as a sincere anxiety fur what is con ceived to be the redemption of others. All we wish to show is, that the representatives of the Pope in this country are indulged in something more than the mere freedom of public worship. Though their whole system, from the fact of its addressing itself to the external senses, is essentially obtrusive, and though their parade an d ce remonial aro o ff ensive to the eyes and repugnant to the traditions of Englishmen, they are not restricted in the matter of gaudy or gewgaws. They declare the militant character of their Church,they marshal and ma nteuvre their forces, prepare their magazines, and con struct their strongholds exactly as they please, nor have they been checked in anything except an experiment which, if it was not an insidious ag gression, was a piece of empty arrogance. Yet, in the city hi o e f R o me, hwese freely when we come to request an ihd h ulg grant, we are met e a that a sum of n d e ire w ct refusal. Our readers may, perhaps, be a ware money has been recent collected for the purpose of building a place of Pro t e stantY worship accommodated to the needs of our numerous countrymen residing or sojourning at a city so remarkable as Rome. The exi gency of the case is F eanifest. At presentir, Eowngn conlishmen desirous of worshipping according to the sciences and the ritual of their country are driven w i t h ou t the walls of the c it y , where the y as semble in a granary, destitute n ot onl y of becomin g orname nt but the a ppliances of recognized decency. The funds are now forthcoming for the erection of a convenient build ing within the precincts of the city, but, though no ap plication has yet been actually made to the Roman Go vernment, we are given very plainly to understand by , those best acquainted with the subject that such applica tion would he altogether vain! This practieal contrast between Papists abroad and Papists at home is far too instructive to be over• looked or forgotten. There is no difficulty in com prehending the case. A Romanist, if he could speak with sincerity and candour, would plainly aver that whereas his religion was the true one and con ducted to salvation, it was to be promoted by all practi cable means; but that whereas others were false relie gions, and led to perdition, they wore hardly to be tole rated without misdoing,and nut to be encouraged with out deadly sin. He would further say that we had our own principles, and they theirs; that, as we chose to pro claim toleration of creeds, it was competent to them to avail themselves of the opportunity; but, as they recog nized no such liberty, we could prefer no demand in re turn. Each party is to act as it can. Papists in London take the freedoms of Londoners; Protestants at Rome must do as Rome does. This is a fair description of the argument against us. The reply to such pleas is, that it consists neither with natural equity nor with the rights of man to recognise in any mortals such an exclusive claim to divine in spiration and absolute infallibility. It is, of course, a necessary consequence of religious sincerity to conclude that other creeds are less true then our own, and, in proportion as we maintain the unity of such truth, we are led to seek and justify various methods of propagation and conversion. But here the maxim for our conduct is plainly this :—that we have no title, as mortal men, on any pretence whatso ever, to assume such an authority for our own convic tions as would dictate compulsion towards the convic tions of others. We may exert our utmost endeavours to propagate by peaceable and lawful means what we hold to be saving doctrines, but we may do no more; we must extend to others the consideration we claim for ourselves, and leave the issue to an Allseeing Judge. These are the principles by which the Romish Church must be tri'd. It is the evil, as it is also the essence, of that Church, not only to arrogate an exclusive posses sion of the truth, but to assert a right of promoting it according to its own conceptions by any means, however violent or unholy. Thus persecution, with all its bar barities, becomes a necessary tenet of Romanism. It is better," say the Papists, " that a life should be taken than that a thousand souls should be lost." No doubt it is; but the wickedness of the maxim consists in the presumption that they ace so qualified to pronounce on the salvation of soule as to be invested with power over the body. Such is a plain exposure of the chief Romish argu ment, and the moral of the inquiry is obviously this, — that it is impossible to concede to such a faith that un limited toleration which, in common with other faiths, it come* to demand. " Freedom of worship," in the ordinary sense means nothing more than the power of serving God according to conscience. " Freedom of worship," in the Romish sense, means the power of proscribing or assaulting every other form of belief, as circumstances may serve. It is the avowed duty of a l ' Papist not only to render certain service to his Maker, but to reject, condemn, and if possible destroy, all who render such service in any other manner. They them selves denounce toleration as the most heinous and deadly of errors; and they thou come to us demanding to be freely tolerated in the establishment of this intolerant doctrine. They curse us for the very principle on the ground of 'which they ask to be indulged. So aggressive and exclusive is their spirit that, before they set up their own hierarchy, they abolished ours ai a necessary preparation. They swept away, to the best of their pow, r and bAief, every monument of cede siasticl organization in this country; they proclaimed a tabula rasa of all English and Welsh sees, and then actually complained of intolerance because we would not recognise the effigies which they set up in their place! Cannot Lord Aberdeen Fee how utterly incon sistent it is with even the maxims of self-preservation to extend unconditional licence to a religious community whose professed function is to treat all others us here tics, and all heretica as sinners to be bodily controlled? As regards the particular question just discussed, we are not, of course, suggesting that a system of recipro city should be observed in our dealing s with Rome. It is not our duty as P ro t estants and En glishmen to disbar Roman Catholics from erecting churches, however offen sively they may refuse such a privilege in return. We do think, however, that as circumstances stand, a direct appeal should be made by our Government to the Court of Rome for the permission at present so reasonably re quired. It would be advisable to got the practice of Rome in this respect put upon open record in a catego rical answer to our demand. That the answer would bo a negative is likely enough, hut this negative might be serviceably published, and Christendom at large might judge of the principles of a Bishop who claims the right of organizing hierarchies in all foreign states, and forbids the erection do place of foreign worship in his own. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. It appears from the half -yearly statement of the re ceipts and payments of this company, which has just been prepared by Messrs. Dickinson and Atkinson, the auditors, and verified by Mr. Delvitte, the accountant, in anticipation of the meeting to be held at Bristol on the 14th instant, that the expenditure during the half year has amounted to 162,4861. 17s. 10d., and the re ceipts to 454,9211 7s. 2(1., showing ab 2,4 ala 3 n i c l e u.9pso.n 4d.the half-year's revenue a ccount of 29 Under the head of expenditure the following items ocean-Maintenance of way. stations, and works, 36,537/. ss. 51; locomotive ac count, including wages t o drivers, firemen, &e., 33,604/. 191. 9d.; carrying ace ount, 39,064/. Os. 61; general charges, 19,954/, Ils. 6d.; Go. 'cerement duty, 12,9361. Bs. 7d.; rates and taxes, 11,8701. 163. 4d., &c.; the whole showing a per centage on the traffic of 35,717/. as against 40,731/. in the correspond ing half-year of 1850. The total traffic receipts amounted to 438,8331. 13s. 61, including passengers, 292,6011 ss. 2d.; x carri ages , h orses, an d d ogs , 9 , 552/. 15s. 9d.; mails, 10 P 6 ensEs ' 8 " ., 11,499/ . 7 s. 4d. ; merchandise, cattle, &C., , 6 20/. 12s. 10d.; and parcels, 17,8211. 10s. 7d. The remaining receipts comprised 7,050/. for rent, from the by South Birmingham;Wales 3,863/. Bs. 3d. for use of plant interest on the oais tmehY; and sundry small items for &c., and registr ation f alances, rent of property, cottages, The general stateraees. count of capital, B,7nt shows total receipts upon Re ceived on debentures, ,rBl. ss. 3d.; plus amount re gng gross total receipt:4:f% 6ce" 5,433,793/. 2s. 9d., payments amount to 14,084,52 4 6 , 1 227,7011. Bs. The gross following items :-Amount paid to 31st and comprise the in respect of Great Western, Oxford, December, 1849, Windsor. and other Hues, and fo''rß l erks, and Hants, 10.407,773/. Os. Bd.; payments on account stock, liabilities, 147,7611. 16... 5d.; Oxford. a u n r c l i t of estimated Rail way (opened to Banbury) 1,011,756 i. Rugby 2s. lid.; Wilts, Sotrwrset, and Weyroonth Railway (opened t o 71,139/ 10s. 7d.; Birmingham and oxi.nra Railway, 544,725/. 53. 3d.; Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway, 18 5 , 3031 78. ; South Wal es Rail:sl id 615,2261. G. 6 d.; Glo ucester and Forest of Dean R aii : way, 29,425/. Is. 41; Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, 545,000/ ; South Devon, 232,7081. 4s. gd. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, 185,103/. ss. 7d.; Cheltanhura and Oxford Railway, 68,557/. 16s. 10d.; Cornwall Railway, 12 031/. 72. 7d; Plymouth Great Western Deck, 9,5901.; New Locomo tive Stock, under cote of proprietors of the 15th of August, 1850, 25,3521. 19s. 5d.; new station at Pad dington, under similar vote of the 13th of i'ebruary of We have avoided giving the useless details, no less than the writer's reflections, and almost scorn to employ argument against such paltry and trans parent fiction. Who does not know that by no possibility could a ship which had been wintering in Lancaster Sound have reached home on the 19th June, or even six weeks later ?—and while we cannot refuse a passing compliment to the march of intellect which has suddenly developed the Esqui maux appreciation of international distinctions, we would point out the clumsy discrepancy of making the narrator stow away provisions in a boat more than two months before the ice breaks up, the very next sentence describing their entire journey as being pursued overland. We can now only leave the perpetrator of this in famous attempt at imposing upon the credulity of the public to the mercy of those with whom he has suc ceeded, adding, by way of warning to all con cerned in this most miserable fraud, that we un derstand it is intended to prosecute in future such offenders with the utmost rigour of the law. We should be well pleased to find that the Govern ment had acted upon the proposal of Mr. Anstey in the House, and themselves instituted a legal process. Such a step would have more weight than anything else with those who can steel themselves to every claim not of sympathy alone, but of the commonest humanity.—Chronicle. THE SUN, the present year, 8,8151. ls. Altogether there is a balance on this account of 143,3741. 10s. The general revenue account shows a total of balances on the credit side of 342,0951. 2s. ld., whilst the debtor side exhibits payments to the amount of 118,7651. 9s. 7d., leaving a disposable balance of 223,3291. 12s. 6d. The dividend proposed is two per cent. for the half-year, which, upon 8,212,0001. amounts to 164,240/. ; adding to this, interest upon fixed Four-and-a-lialf per Cent. stock, 9,1491. 3s. 3d.; we have a total of 173,3891. 35.3 d., which leaves a balance of 49,940/. 9s. 3d. to be carried to the general revenue account. The share capital of the company consists of 6,975,1001. consolidated stock; 69,700 171. shares, all called, 1,184,9301.; and 6,500 201. Windsor shares, with 81. called, 52,0001.; making the total amount called on which dividend is payable, 8,212,0001. Then there re mains the 121. uncalled upon the 201. Windsor shares 78,000/., making a total share capital of 8,290,000/. The appendex contains some interesting statistics. It appears that the total mileage travelled by locomotive engines during the half-year ending June 30, 1851, was 975,210 miles, as against 903,508 miles in 1850, and 1,155,256 miles in 1849. The coke consumed in the last half-year was 14,045 tons as against 13,010 tons in 1850, and 17,414 tons in 1849. And the average cost of coke was 20s. 6d. in 1851, 20s. in 1850, and 10s. 6d. in 1849; the ditrurence in consumption, therefore, will not make a corresponding large decrease in the expense as compared with 1849. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. Although the infamous fabrication which was lately put forth by the Dundee papers respecting Sir John Franklin's party was suspected by us to be a wicked imposture, it has been suggested that a cir cumstantial exposure of the falsehood of its separate details would be very satisfactory to the many whose anxieties are greater than their knowledge of the Arctic question ; we shall, therefore, enumerate the various points upon which the whole story is made to rest. It was stated that on the 19th of June, the whaler Flora, of Hull, which had been out a year and a half, arrived at Stromness, and sent off thence her papers and letters, amongst which was one addressed by the mate of the Flora, Mr. George Douglas, to his brother, Mr. John Douglas, living in King•street, Aberdeen. These circumstances are false with out exception. No Mr. John Douglas is to be found or heard of; not a single whaling vessel touched at Stromness on the date mentioned, nor during the entire month of June, nor since. No whaling ship whatever, much less the Flora, of Hull, there being no such vessel, has been out a year and a half, and by thus minutely stating the period of her absence, fresh proof of falsehood is afforded, since it obliges the Flora to have sailed in the month of January, by more than two months earlier than it is the practice of the Davis' Straits' whalers to leave England. The writer has presumed, without shame or limit, upon the igno rance of his readers. But we have not done with enumerating the falsehoods of this wicked production. The above statements preface the supposed letter from Mr. George Douglas, and are given upon the authority of a Mr. Thomas Reid, whose existence under that name we may presume to be as fabulous as the al legations with which he ventures to delude the public mind. The writer is made to state that in February last the crew made a snow house on the land, the precise position being judiciously suppressed, the ship having at that time been frozen in Lancaster Sound for five months ; that they were visited by Esquimaux, who inquired if they were English or Americans (!). On being satisfied, they further inquired if they belonged to Chief Frankum's party, and then made signs to intimate that some had gone to sleep. It was finally resolved to visit the spot pointed out by the Esquimaux, and a party started on the 27th of March, having previously packed the provisions, arms, &c., " into a flat-bottomed boat." The next sentence de scribes their journey overland, and the finding, on the sth of April, of the bodies of four men, the signal which guided them to the spot being a black silk handkerchief, tied to a walking-stick, stuck into the snow above the bodies ! POST-OFFICE NOTICE. The Government of the United States having reduced the rate of postap chargeable upon letters transmitted through the United States to Cuba, letters for Cuba, addressed to be forwarded via the United States, will be liable in future to the following combined British and United States rates of postage, viz.:—For a letter not exceeding 3 oz. in weight, la. 23-d.; for a letter exceed ing 3 oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., 2s. 5d.; and so on, according to the scale for charging inland letters. Newspapers by the same route will still be liable to a charge of 2d. each. The postage upon both letters and newspapers must be paid in advance. All correspond r.nce for Cuba, not specially addressed to be sent via the United States, will continue to he dispatched by the West India mail packet of the 17th of each month. STEAM TO BRAZIL. GRANT 01? A CHARTER TO THE PROPOSED NEW LINE FROM LIVERPOOL. Some months ago announcemsents were inserted in our columns to the effect that, very shortly, the formation of a new line of screw steam-ships, .of large size and power, to run between the Mersey and Rio de Janeiro, might be expected. Various parties were then in the field (we believe not less than three), endeavouring to effect the establishment of such enterprises. Some time ate", however, we learned that of the three projected companies, one only was likely to be carried, for the present at least, into practical operation, and recently oar columns announced that an application for a royal charter had been made, in order to set the remaining enterprise fairly and authoritatively before the mercantile community. It is now in our power to announce, that on Saturday last an order was issued by the Lords of the Treasury authorising the grant of such a charter, and therefore expecta tion may fairly be indulged that at no distant period the desideratum so long desired, an independent line of first class steam-ships running direct from Liverpool to Rio, will be realised. We understand that the company wilt be entitled the South American and General Steam Navigation Company, the directorate will include some of the first mercantile men of Liverpool and Manchester engaged in commerce with the Brawls ; that the line (the shares of which will to a large extent be held in Manchester) will comprise four first-class steam-ships, with a branch steam-ship to run to and from Rio and the River Plate; and that the departures will be once per month from either end. For the present we refrain from ad ding further details, but we cannot forbear to express our sincere congratulations on the auspicious result thus prognosticated. We have long urged the creation of such a line, and even now, when the competition of the West India steam-ships from Southampton must be felt, indulge the hope that its financial success will be brilliant. Of its importance as a line calculated to convey late letters between this port and Rio de Janeiro the arrival of the clipper-ship Columbus, last week, with fresh accounts from all the South American ports affords lull guarantee. Probably at a future date we may be enabled to place our readers in possession of more minute details.—Liverpool Albion of this day. EXPERIMENT on the BARRACK FIELD. WooLwicir, AUG. 9.—Major General Lacey, Di rector-General of Artillery; Colonel Campbell, Su perintendent of the Royal Military Repository ; Colonel Gordon, Inspector of the Royal Carriage Department ; Colonel Cruttenden, Inspector of Drills ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmers, Assistant Director- General o f A rt ill ery ; with several other officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, assembled on the barrack field in front of the Royal Artillery Barracks on the afternoon of Tuesday last to witness an experiment to test an invention submitted by Captain Groetaers of the Engineers in the Belgian service, for ascertaining the dis tance of an object when it may be found necessary to erect works for cannonading or bombarding it. The invention appears to be very simple and gave the dis tances of three objects taken very nearly correctly, and sufficiently so for military purposes —one of the objects being found to be within two inches of the distance indicated, although the ground when mea sured was upwards of 1,000 yards between the ob server and the object. In the two other measure ments the distances were when measured within a foot of what they were shown to be by the indicator or graduated scale of measurement. The apparatus consists of a piece of wood about three feet long and one inch square. On the upper square is a brass scale and a piece of tin about six inches long by three inches wide, painted about two inches red at two inches white in the middle, and two of tin of o ' n u e es of r t e h d e at the bottom, made to slide on the scale. th :n w gineer officers in attendance as the one - 1 1 had a piece used e n size and painted in the same manlier The engineer graduated scale rod of the in ventor.eight or nine, yards fr r officer stood a a distance of cohi the inventor, and a coraintP, The offence imputed to the defendants was that of having conspired unlawfully together to obtain from Major Graham, and a gentleman named Head, the sum of 1,5001., by falsely pretending that the plant and other property in a distillery at Lambeth, which was carried on by the defendants under the firm of Whitehead and Co., was their own property, and that they had consequently the power to mortgage it for that amount. It appeared that shortly before the month of June last the younger Whitehead entered into communication with Major Graham upon the subject of a loan to be advanced by that gentleman upon the security of his lease and the plant, horses, waggons, &c., connected with the distillery, and the defendant represented to Major Graham that the property was worth 5,0001. or 6,0001., and that he had expended a large sum in improving it.• At first Major Graham was solicited to become a partner, but this he declined to do, and at length an arrangement was enters into by which he agreed to advance 1,5001. to t defendants upon their executing a bond and bill of sale, by which they agreed to pay 401. a month for the loan of the money for a period of five ' years. It seemed that Major Graham was at first struck with the liberality of the interest that was to be paid, but the younger Whitehead got over this difficulty by telling him an extraordinary tale of the quantity of spirit that could be purchased with ready money, by which they should save threepence a gallon, and afterwards make a much larger profit by it when it was worked up into different spirits and compounds ; and at length the bond and bill of sale were drawn up by Mr. Sandilands, the attorney for Major Graham. This gentleman, it ap peared, had no money of his own, and the amount was advanced to him by Mr. Head, a gentleman of fortune, with whom he was acquainted. Very soon after the money had been advanced, it was ascertained that the defendants were merely the holders of the lease of the premises, which had two years to run ; that they had no title whatever to the plant, and that the horses and carts used in the business were merely hired, and that the property, in fact, belonged to a lady named Sinclair, and in the com mencement of the present year the firm be came bankrupt. The evidence against the defendants John Whitehead, senior, and George Wyatt, merely went to show that after the money had been advanced they bad countenanced the assertions that had been made by the younger Whitehead, and had stated that according to the value of the property 2,000/. more ought to be advanced upon it. Upon the cross-exa mination of Mr. Sandilands, Major Graham's attor ney, that gentleman admitted that although he was aware of the existence of a lease he did not take the trouble to look at it ; and it also appeared that he had handed over a considerable portion of the money to the defendants before the bond was executed, taking their promissory notes as a security. It also appeared that the defendants had been in negotiation with Mrs. Sinclair for the purchase of the plant, &c., of the dis tillery, and that a sum of 1,100/. had been agreed upon to be paid for it; but the negotiation went off because they could not raise the amount. It like wise appeared that, although during the whole time the negotiations and inquiries connected with the po sition of the defendants were going on, a person con nected with Mrs. Sinclair was upon the distillery, not a single question was ever put to aim, either by Major Graham or any other person, with reference to the ownership of the property. Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury at some length in behalf of the defendant, contending that the legal offence of conspiracy had not been established, and also commenting upon the want of proper caution that had been exhibited, not only by Major Graham, but also by his attorney, Mr. Sandilands. Baron ALDERSON, in summing up, said the question the jury had to decide was, whether the defendant bad wilfully conspired with the other two persons whose fumes had been mentioned to make the false representation that they were the proprietors and owners of the plant of this distillery, in order to obtain the money of the prosecutor. He could not help expressing his surprise that a gentleman in the position of life of Major Gra ham should have been a party to a transaction which was certainly of a most usurious character, or how he could have been foolish enough to suppose that it could be an honest transaction in which be was to re ceive 5201. a year for a loan of 1,5001. There could be no doubt that the representations which had been made by the defendants with respect to the property were false ; but he must say that there had been not only a great want of caution evinced by Major Gra ham, but that Mr. Sandilands had acted very care lessly and imprudently, when he knew that a lease was in existence, in not asking to see it, for if he had done so he would have seen in a moment that the re presentations of the defendant John Whitehead, jun., were false, and that the plant of the distillery was, in reality, the property of Mrs. Sinclair, and that they had nothing whatever to do with it. The jury, after deliberating a short time in the box, expressed a wish to retire. They were absent about half an hour, and they then returned a verdict of Not Guilty. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Monmouth, Aug 9. The assizes here closed to-day at four o'clock. Mr. Greaves, Q C., assisted yesterday in trying pri soners. All the business, with the exception of the following charge of perjury, was disposed of last evening. The other case was not disposed of till too bite for post. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ERLB.) Thomas Griffin Philpotts, attorney-at-law, w as charged with having committed wilful and corru pt perj ur y a t th e l a st assizes for this county. Mr. Keating, Q.C., and Mr. Huddlestone, conducted the prosecution; and Mr. Sergeant Allen and Mr. Gray the defence. Mr. HEATING , i n open i ng th e cas e for the prosecu tion, after dwelli ng on th e en ormity and danger of the crime of perjury generally, said that when a per son who appeared in a c ause as an attorney was pre sent at the trial, understood, or supposed he under subject under inveatigation, SAW, stood, the law on thg LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1851. nication was made between the tiro pieces of tin by metallic or pliable wire. When the distance of the objects was required to be ascertained the inventor looked through a glass on the left side of the scale until he placed his sliding tin in the proper position towards the object, and on his stating that it was right the engineer officer adjusted his tin by looking through a glass in the centre of it. When both say the tins are rightly adjusted the inventor refers to the scale and states the distance, which was found to be correct within a few inches in every instanoe when the ground was measured. AFRICAN DISCOVERY. Letters have been received, dated the 28th of February, from Mr. Richardson's expedition, which is accompanied by the two German doctors, Barth and Overweg. The party had at length broken up from A hir, where Dr. Barth bad made an excursion to Aghades, and had entered Nigritia, the country or different states that lie around the Lake Tshad, the borders of which are so very little explored that it is likely that the travellers will be kept in that neigh bourhood a good while. A little after Christmas they arrived at a place called Damergu, and proceeded to Zinder, where the three travellers parted, each of them taking another route with his followers. Mr. Richardson is gone on the direct way to Kauka, not far from the shores of the Lake Tshad, the capital of the empire of Bornu. Dr. Overweg has taken a turn to the west, into the country of Adar, with the view of making a geological expedition, while Dr. Barth went by Tessana and Katschua to Kanu, the place from where his letters are dated. At Kauka all three hoped to meet again very soon after wards. The travellers are still in high spirits, and do not complain the least about the hardships of the journey and ill-health. Their means, however, are almost at an end, as a new supply, which was forwarded last summer, has not reached them yet. The goods with which they travel and sup port themselves are unfortunately very unprofitably selected, so that they fetch only half the price they paid for them at Tripolis and Murzuk. Besides, pass ' ing from the country and protection of one chief to that of another has cost them a great deal, as they are obliged to pay very high for every person and camel. They hope, however, to find at Kauka the long-pro mised supply, and letters from Europe, for which they have been waiting since June of last year. Their con rage was not broken the least, and they still keep up the plan to approach the Upper Nile as soon as they have explored the vicinity of Lake Tshad, provided that the British and Prussian Governments will help them on. The interest of the scientific public will be principally excited by a very extensive report, which has been received from Dr. Barth, about his excursion from Teentellust to Aghades, where he witnessed the investiture of the new Sultan, Abd-el-Kader, and collected a quantity of materials about the history, topography, and ethnography of a hitherto almost unknown spot south of the Sahara. The report, to which a complete glossary of the Haussa and Enghedesie languages, some itineraries, and maps are annexed, is now in the haiids of Lord Palmerston, and there is every reason to hope that it will soon be published, and will occasion a general interest for an expedition which has undertaken to examine the very core of the unknown continent, and to solve also, if possible, the ancient mystery about the source from which the Nile originates. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. ROME CIRCUIT.—Croydon, August 11. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and a Common Jury.) THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF GRAHAM V, JOHN WHITEHEAD AND OTHERS. This was an indictment for a conspiracy preferred against John Whitehead, senior, John Whitehead, junior, and George Wyatt. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin conducted the pro secution; and Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Prentis defended John Whitehead, senior, who alone appeared to take his trial. la real or supposed difficulty, and tendered his evi ldence for its removal, it was essential that the eviden c e ' should be true, or, if false, should be attended with punishment. The facts on which this charge was founded were these :—On the 27th of March last there came on to be tried in the next court a cause called " Doe one the demise of Thomas Richards, v. Lewis Lewis." It was an action of ejectment brought by Thomas Richards to recover possession of certain leasehold premises held by the defendant. Mr. Philpotts acted on that occasion as the attorney for the plaintiff. The premises in dis pute were held under a lease granted in 1822 to two persons named Rhys Morgan and William Joseph. In that action the plaintiff claimed through Rhys Morgan, and it was therefore necessary for him to show that Morgan was the survivor of the two lessees, and that Joseph was dead ; and accordingly, in the course of the cause, the plaintiff's counsel put in with that view a document which purported to be an office copy of the will of William Joseph, and it was proposed to be read in order to show that Joseph was dead. It was objected that this office copy was not evidence, and could not be read as an office copy of a will in any shape or way. On this Mr. Philpotts, after communicating with his counsel, was called as a witness, and swore that he had compared that docu ment with the original will in the Consistory Court of Llandaff. It was then objected that this did not make the document evidence, and the Learned Judge who presided (Mr. Justice Talfourd) said to the counsel who led for the plaintiff, " An examined copy of a will will not answer. You must have the pro bate or act of probate." On which Mr. Philpotts swore that he had examined the document proposed to be read with the act-book and the act of probate in the Consistorial Court. This appeared rather strange. It was strange that he should have exa mined that document with the original will and with the act-book and the act of probate. Accordingly, the counsel for the defendant in the action cross examined Mr. Philpotts very strictly, so that there should be no mistake in the matter; and he re peated distinctly, again and again, that he had ex amined the document with the original will, and with the act-book, and with the act of probate ; and on being sifted in cross-examination, he gave the time at which, the place where, the persons with whom, and the circumstances under which he made the examina tion. He stated that he went, in the month of Feb ruary last, to the Consistorial Court of Llandaff, and examined the document with the original will, and that there were prevent during the examinatio n a Mr. Evans, one of the clerks to the registrar of the court, and a clerk of his own named Smith. He was asked ' about other persons being present; but Evans and Smith were the only persons mentioned as being pre sent on the occasion. The whole of the material parts of this statement would be proved to be totally and entirely false, and false to the knowledge of the de fendant when he swore them. It would be shown that he did go on the Bth of February to the Consis torial Court of Llandaff; that he asked to see a copy of the will of William Joseph ; that there is a book in which wills are copied; that a copy of that will was found in that book by the officer of the court ; that be read it and asked for a copy ; and this was between four and five o'clock on Saturday, the Bth Feb!; that the officer told him that he could not have a copy that day, as the office hours had nearly expired ; that the defendant replied his clerk could make one in ten minutes, but was told that they never allowed strangers. to make copies of documents in theteccle siastical courts, and that if he wanted a copy one would be made out and sent to him on Monday morning; that be then asked what was to be paid for it, and was told the sum, and paid it and went away ; and that the copy was made on the Mond4y and transmitted by post. In fact, there was not a !single portion of the material parts of what he swore true. It should be added that the document was still ob jected to by the counsel for the defendant as inddmis- Bible, and the Learned Judge said to Mr. Alexander, the counsel for the plaintiff, that he would receive it if pressed by the plaintiff. Thereupon, the plaintiff's counsel said he would withdraw it for the present. That was a circumstance which would probably be relied on by his Learned Friends to show that the legal crime of perjury bad not been committed But he submitted that the document being tendered in a cause under judicial investigation and objected fo, and this false evidence being given in order to obviate the objection and render it admissible, the legal'crime of perjury was that moment complete, whether the document was afterwards withdrawn or not, and that its being withdrawn made no difference in the crime. This case was analo gous to those in which perjury was assigned oti affi davits, the jurats of which were so defective that they could not be used in court. Another ground of de fence might be that the defendant went to the court in the month of October, and by mistake said Fe bruary for October. But it would be shown that when he went in October it was to go and see ano ther will, and not that of William Joseph, and that at no period whatever did he compare the document in question with the original will of William Joseph, or with the act-book or the act of probate. It would be shown that the original wills were kept in the record room in the cathedral, which was a totally different place from the office where Mr. Philpotts had been. The practice of the Llandaff office was to keep wills in bundles according to the date. and when after the trial at the last assizes a search was made the original will of William Joseph was found in its proper place, never having been exhibited to Mr. Philpotts or any other person. It appeared that, when a will was ap plied for, it was taken out of the office in the cathe dral, and taken to the registrar's-office, and there put in a bundle by itself and kept there for a year or so, when it was replaced in its proper place. These were the facts on which the prosecution rested, and he sub mitted that they constituted the legal as well as the moral crime of perjury. If the defendant's statement was false, it must be to his own knowledge, for it must be observed that when he produced the document he stated that he had compared it with the original will and the act of probate and the act-book ; whereas the document was made out after be left the office and sent to him by post, and he never compared or examined it with anything in that office. This statement was fully established by the evidence in every respect, except that it was not clearly made out for what purpose the copy of the will of William Joseph was tendered in evidence on the trial of the action, the counsel for the prosecution now contending that it was for the purpose of showing inferentially the death of Joseph, and the counsel for the defendant saying it could not have been ^ any evidence of that circumstance, and that it was to explain something in another will, which, however, did not more fully or otherwise appear on eith e r th e former or the present trial. On the close of the case for the prosecution, the counsel for the defendant submitted that the con tents of William Joseph's will were utterly immate rial to the determination of the issue in the action of ejectment. His Lordship said that was clearly so. The Learned Counsel then contended, that as the contents of the will were utterly immaterial to the issue in that action, everything sworn by the defendant in reference to them was immaterial, and conse quently could not be the subject of an indictment for perjury. The counsel for the prosecution, on the other hand, contended that though the contents of the will were immaterial to the issue, yet the death of Joseph was most material to it, and as an examined copy of the probate of the will was some circumstan tial evidence, however slight, of his death, everything sworn by the defendant in order to get that examined copy admitted in evidence, 'was sufficiently material to maintain this indictment. His LORDSHIP laid, that though his own private opinion was that the law ought to be that whatever was sworn in the course of a cause in a court of jus tice should be the subject of an indictment for per jury, yet he bad not the least doubt that as the law now stood that which was the subject of an indict ment must be something more capable of supporting the issue. He would not now determine this ques tion, but reserve it for the Court of Criminal Appeal, if the verdict should be against the defendant. Mr. Sergeant ALLEN then addressed the jury for the defendant. After his LORDSHIP had summed up, The jury deliberated for four minutes, and then re turned with a verdict of Guilty. The defendant was then admitted to bail till the next assizes, in order that the point reserved may be decided in the Court of Appeal. Francis Davies was indicted for a burglary on the 7th of January, in the house of Miss Hannah B. Da vies, at Usk, and Anne Denham for inciting him to commit the same. • Mr. Skinner conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Smythies the defence. This case was remarkable for the train of circum stantial evidence by whiqh the guilt of the woman was established. The principal witness was a man named Clarke, who was under sentence of transpor tation for another offence. He stated that he had been a lodger in the house of a man named John Denham, the husband of the prisoner, who had been an officer of Monmouth gaol, and afterwards set up the trade of a marine storedealer ; that he and the prisoners and John Denham planned the burglary in question, and that the prisoner Anne told them that they would find a gold watch on the mantelpiece and some wedge (a cant word for silver plate) in a short round thing like a stool, in the house of Miss Davies, and de scribed the h ouse t o th em; th a t, f o ll ow i ng her direc tions, Davies and himself got into the house and broke open a cellaret, which they thought answered the de scription of a short round thing like a stool, but found no plate in it ; nor did they find a watch on the mantelpiece, but they found some plate in other parts of the house, and took it away, and also a stick, which had belonged to an old gentleman who had resided in the house, and a pack of cards and a bottle of spirits, which last they drank on the road back, and which made them intoxicated. They had used as a wedge for forcing open a door a wooden mesh for netting, and, in their burry, left it behind. On their gr. rival at Denham's, they threw mud against a window as a sign for him to let them in, and he accordingly did so. Anne Denham, on seeing the stick, said, " Why, this is the old man's stick. What do you keep this for ?" and burnt it immediately. Clarke further stated that Denham went to Bristol the next day to sell the plate, and on his return divided the proceeds between himself, Clarke, and Davies. A few days afterwards, to an inquiry by Patrick Cusack, a very sharp and shrewd police-officer, as to how the mud had got on the window, Anne said that two drunken men had flung it there. Cusack at the same time seeing a pack of cards in the house, took them up and said, " Card s were l os t ou t of Miss Davies's house, and therefore I shall take these." Anne there upon cried, and begged of him not to do so. This pack was identified as the one lost from Miss Davies's. It was proved that on the night of the burglary, a stick belonging to an old gentleman was stolen from the house, and that about four years ago Anne was working as a dressmaker in the house, and had seen a gold watch on the mantlepiece and the plate in the cellaret ; and that in neither case were watch or plate kept in those places, but merely happened to be so on that occasion. The mesh left behind at Miss Davies's matched with a needle found at the prisoner Davies's lodgings. A centrebit, proved to belong to Davies, fitted the holes bored in the door. The tollkeeper of the chain bridge at Usk proved that a person much like Davies passed that bridge, which is about a mile from the scene of the burglary, about two hours be fore the time that the burglary was committed, and in taking his change turned his head away from the light as if to avoid recognition. After a very long investigation both prisoners were convicted, and Davies was sentenced to be transported for life, and Denham for ten years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • MANSION-HOUSE. Henry Page, a young man of respectable appear ance and address, was brought before the Lord Mayor in the custody of City policeman Fenning, 565, charged with having fired a loaded pistol at John Francis Hackie with intent to kill and murder him. John Francis Hache—l am a bootmaker, and carry on business at Boulogne. I am now staying at the Monument Hotel in Fish-street-hill. I came to town on Saturday morning at ten o'clock, from Bou logne, in the Seine steamer, and arrived at London bridge-wharf, and I went to transact the business I came about, as I intended to return yesterday morn ing. I. returned to London-bridge-wharf at quarter to six in the evening of the day I arrived to fetch away the key of my portmanteau, which I had for gotten, and was coming back to the Monument Hotel when I met the prisoner at the back of the church. He came up and shook hands with me, and asked me how I was, and I returned the compliment. I then asked him if he had any news. Ido not re collect whether he replied or not. We walked to gether about twenty yards, and I suppose be stood behind a yard or two. I then, finding that he was not alongside of me, looked back to see where he was, and I saw a pistol in his hand, which he immediately fired at me. I observed him after he had fired aim the pistol at me, and then I was more frightened than I was at first. The Louis MAYOR—How long have you known the prisoner ? The prosecutor--I became acquainted with him some time about Christmas last, when we were both living at 37, Fish -street-hill, which is kept by Mr. Unsworth, and where I was in the habit of residing when I came to town. The LORD MAYOR—Is he a married man ? The prosecutor—l know nothing about him, but from being occasionally in the house, 37, which is a coffeee-house, The LORD MAYOR—Have you had any quarrel with him ? The prosecutor—No. The LORD MAYOR—Has he ever threatened to do you any injury ? The prosecutor—He has not threatened me in my presence, but he has threatened me to several other parties. Last Saturday week, when I landed here from Boulogne I was told something of the kind would happen, but I did not take any notice of it. I did not apprehend any such thing. The LORD MAYOR—There must have been some cause for such an act ? The prosecutor—l believe it to have arisen from jealousy about a young woman who is living at 37, Fish-street-hill. It is jealousy without a cause. The LORD MAYOR—Do you mean that he suspected you were paying too much attention to a young wo man to whom he was paying his addresses ? The prosecutor—l do. The LORD MAYOR—Have you had any words with him about her ? The prosecutor—No. We had no words. Yesterday week he and I met and spent much of the day together. We were friends all day. The LORD MAYOR—And you were talking about the lady, I suppose, in the course of your conversa tion ? The prosecutor—The conversation of the whole day was about her. He told me he supposed that I was going to marry her. I told him that I had no intention of the kind, and that I was ready and willing to give him any proof with which he might be satisfied that I meant no such thing. The Loan MAYOR—Do you believe that he con sidered you wanted to supersede him in her affections ? The prosecutor—l do believe so. The LORD MAYOR—Are you paying your addresses to her ? The prosecutor—Not after what I found out. The LORD MAYOR—What conversation have you bad with the lady since ? The prosecutor—On the Monday week, after the conversation with him, the prisoner wished me to go to her to induce her to come and meet him, and show that what I said was correct. I did so, and she agreed to come at six o'clock the same evening. I went accordingly to her at six o'clock in the evening, and then she told me she had changed her mind and would not keep the engage. ment. I then went to the prisoner, and told him what her determination was, and we spent four hours together that night. He said to me that she was playing with both us. I said to him, "Do not men tion both of us, as I am not in the same position you are." He wished me to have half an hour's conversa tion with her es to a promise which he said she had made to him. I have not had that conversation with her. I went on the Sunday night to see my father, who was at 37, Fish-street-hill. The prisoner came into the house about a quarter of an hour afterwards. She was then taking her supper, and I bad supper at the same table with her. I said to her, " Why do you not ask him to have some supper ?" and she said she would ; but whether she did or not I do not know. He was at the bar for a little while, and he suddenly disappeared, and I never saw him since that time till Saturday last, as I have mentioned. The Loup MAYOR—What is the .lady's Christian name ? The prosecutor—l do not know. She is, I believe, the daughter of Mr. Unsworth, and a widow. The LORD MAYOR—Did the prisoner, when the pistol was discharged, make any observation to you ? The prosecutor—l do not know whether he said any thing or not. After he discharged the pistol he tbre w it at me, and we came in contact, and the police man then came up. (Here a coat was produced, in the skirt of which there were two holes.) I had that coat on when the pistol was fired at me, and there was no hole in it when I put it on that day. I believe the holes to have been caused by the discharge from the pistol. The prisoner, upon being asked whether he wished to ask the prosecutor any question, replied in the negative. Fleming; 565, said, at a quarter before six on Saturday evening I was in Lower Thames-street, opposite to London-bridge-wharf gateway. I heard the report of a pistol, and upon turning round saw the prisoner standing with a pistol in his band. There was a great deal of smoke. I went down the gate way, and the prisoner threw the pistol out of his hand into the road. I laid hold of him, and took him into cus tody, and picked up the pistol. The barrel was warm. I searched the prisoner at the station-house, and found upon him two bullets, seven percussion caps, and some powder, and also the portrait of a lady. I believe the portrait is that of the lady in question. He had also about him three keys and a knife, and 10d. in money. He did not speak at all. There is a percussion cap now on the nipple of the pistol which appears to have exploded. The LORD MAYOR desired the prosecutor to look at the portrait, and say whether he knew the ori ginal. The prosecutor—lt is the portrait of the lady. The LORD MAYOR—Have you had that portrait in your possession ? The prosecutor—No ; but I saw it in his possession on the Sunday before last, and I also saw in his possession a parcel of letters, which be wished me to read, but I declined doing so. The lady is, I believe, called Madame Thourin, and she has a son, but I do not know his name. Penning, the policeman, here produced the follow ing letter, which, be found in the prisoner's pocket. It was addressed, " Madame Elizabeth Thourin at Mr. J. Unsworth's, 37, Fish -street-bill, London bridge." "London, August 8. "Dear One,—For the abominable and atrocious act I am on the verge of perpetrating, you, false one, and you alone, will be held responsible. Although fully aware of my intention, and knowing that but one kind word would soothe my wounded spirit and change the fright ful ideas I entertain, you prefer braving me to the con?- mission of a deed as repugnant to my feelings as it is offensive and criminal both in the sight of God and man, to stretching forth an arm to save me from that gulph which is now preparing to receive your wretched victim.. You have nothi ng to pa lli ate tho extent o f y ou r perfidy. Still professing the warmest affection for me, an utter indifference, in fact, dislike, for the person for whom I have been discarded, you still from caprice, or I . know not what, decline giving mo any explanation of your conduct. What am Ito think ? How am Ito act 1 After feeding my passion with every encouragement for mote than a year, now to find myself thus tyrialieu it more than my imperfect and weak system can bear. Could you but assign the slightest motive for changing your sentiments, I might even support this cruelty with some degree of calmness; but ❑o, oven now while your letters, actions, words, reiterate the same warm expres sions of affection, you have always appeared to entertain for your devoted friend while I am satisfied from your own lips that the new object of your choice is disagreeable and even loathsome to you —you still decline giving me your reasons for thus de siring abruptly to sever the connexion which has so long and so agreeably existed between us, and which, during my residence in England, has been the only do which enabled me to support my humble position, in the firm hope of possessing your band and heart. You it was who, by favouring and encouraging these pretensions, have destroyed my peaco of mind and prospects for ever. I say again its all your doing. Instead of the golden dreams which have hitherto floated before me, of wan dering together through life as partners in pleasure or in pain, you suddenly unveil my blindness and reveal the abyss into which you have plunged a too confiding heart, whose only crime was that of loving too deeply. I ask again why—why this inexplicable, this extraordi nary and mysterious conduct? I cannot, after racking my brain to the utmost, account for it. You invite me day after day to see you. To what end? It would appear as if it were, only to add torture to my present suffering, or to laugh at and mock my weaknesses, to tell me continually that you are about to become the wife of a man whom you hate—of a man who has re sorted to a hundred cowardly and contemptible schemes to injure me and undermine the good opinion your father, until his interference, always entertained of me. He, too, was the principal actor in the scheme which obliged me to quit your dear presence ; but retribu tion is at hand, and you, false one, mark my words. Whatever pleasure my sufferings may afford you to-day you will at some future period sorely repent thus trifling with a too sensitive and forgiving friend. I say forgiving, because my infatuation is such that notwith standing the sufferings you have forced me to endure my affection has not in the least diminished, and, as I before observed, but one word of explanation, was it fa vourable or otherwise, would have prevented the com mission of that fault which my maddened brain, stung to the quick by your perfidy, has prompted me to com mit. In fact, lam urged by some power to this deed and I must follow the decree of fate. " May God forgive you this, and all these errors into which my deep-rooted love may have involved you. May he bless you with life to atone for the past, and shower upon you and your dear little Auguste (whom I had hoped to have called son) all those blessings of which this life is susceptible, and hereafter those mercies which he extends to all those who truly repent. This is the prayer—the fervent prayer of your wretched victim, yet still devoted friend and lover, " HENRY. John Rubidge, coachmaker, said, I live in the George -street Bloomsbury Model Lodging houses. The prisoner did live in the same house. On Friday I went with the prisoner to a shop in New Oxford-street, where he bought a pistol. He bought one for 73. 6d., which was like to this, but I thought the barrel of the pistol he bought was a Hale longer than the barrel of this. He also bought there some percussion caps and several balls. Previously to going he asked me in the kitchen whether I was a judge of pistols. I said, " No, but I should know whether a pistol was a good or a bad one." He told me he wanted a pistol to shoot at a mark, and I thought, as he was an American, that it was very probable. The LORD MAYOR, having given the usual caution to the prisoner, asked him whether it was his wish to say anything ? The prisoner—l have only to say, my Lord, that the individual who stands there (point ing to the prosecutor) has been the ruin of me com pletely. He has by twenty different means resorted to measures calculated to injure me, and undermine me in the opinion of those who respect me, and whom I have respected, and he has ruined and blasted my prospects for the future. The prisoner was then committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court, upon the charge of shooting at the prosecutor with intent to kill and murder him. It was stated, but not openly, in the court, that the unfortunate, wretched man attempted at the station house to strangle himself with his braces. He has been for some time an interpreter of languages, seven or eight of which, it was said, he perfectly under stands. BOW-STREET. Mary Olive Keighley was charged with having at tempted to strangle herself in Gordon-square. The defendant muttered something about her de termination to do it again, and was then remanded to Thursday. Eliza Purbrook, a married woman, was charged with cutting her throat, while under the influence of jealousy and drink. Mr. C. J. Purbrook, the husband, reluctantly ad mitted that she bad once before attempted to destroy herself when in a violent temper and excited by too much drink. Her own sister had attended her during a recent illness, but there was not the slightest pre tence for any feeling of jealousy towards her; indeed, the first attempt was made before the sister ever came to the houss. He added that he had repeatedly seen his wife in the hospital, and she had expressed her willingness to reside for a short time with one of his relations. It was arranged that the defendant should reside for a short time under the protection of a relative of her husband's; but she insisted on a stipulation that she should ultimately return to him. Mr. HALL, in disposing of the case, remarked that he had had to deal with a great many similar com plaints lately, and in every instance the tendency to drink had been their chief origin. The defendant was then restored to her husband, after a solemn promise not to repeat the offence. WORSHIP-STREET. An athletic middle-aged man, who refused to give either name or address, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tennyson D'Eyncourt (who sat for the first time since his appointment in succession to Mr. Arnold, removed to Westminster), charged with burglarinuAy breaking into the dwelling-house of a maiden lady named Burgess, residing in Fountain-place, City road. The prosecutrix stated that upon entering her bed room at ten o'clock on Saturday night she discovered the window of the apartment wide open, and upon examining the place, which had been thoroughly ran sacked, she discovered that a mahogany writing-desk, a carget-bag, and numerous other articles, which she had left there safe half an hour before, had been c irried off'. Directly after she had discovered her loss she heard the springing of a constable's rattle in the street, and upon looking through the window she observed the prisoner making his way along the parapet towards the adjoining house, where his pro gress was apparently stopped by the party wall, and on her demanding his business there he coolly replied that a burglary had been effected, and that he had made his way up there to assist in apprehending the thieves. Finding that he was compelled by the obstacle before him to retrace his steps, he attempted again to rush past her window, but was instantly seized by the witness, who grasped him firmly by the leg, and held him determinedly, notwithstanding his oaths and violent efforts to escape, until she was almost forced by him over the parapet into the street, when she was compelled, to save herself, to relinquish her hold, and the prisoner broke away from her, but was shortly after secured by a policeman on the roof of one of the adjoining houses. Police-constable Mattock, G 162, stated that while on duty in Fountain-place at the time in question, he received information from a gentleman in one of the adjoining houses that he had just seen the head and shoulders of a man protruding through the area widow of an unoccupied house next door to him, and on the witness descending into the area he found that the glass of the frame had been forced out, and directly beneath it were the writing-desk, carpet-bag, and articles of ladies' attire now produced, all packed up ready for removal. Witness then made his way up to the top of the house, and having passed through the trap-door on to the roof, picked up two silk handkerchiefs just dropped there, and at the same moment saw the prisoner advancing rapidly towards him from the direction of the prosecutrix's bedroom window. On asking him what business he had there, he repeated his former statement that he bad come to assist in capturing the thieves, and attempted to rush past him, but was instantly seized by the witness, who forced him through the trap-door and lodged him in the station-house. The articles produced were identified by the prose cutrix as her property; and the prisoner having declined offering any defence' wa s ordered to b e committed until that day week, for the formal comple tion of the depositions. WANDSWORTH. Charles TVhitcher, a greengrocer, living at 14, Church-row, Aldgate, who stands charged with being concerned with others in stealing 4001. worth of French merinos and mousselin de laines, consigned to Messrs. Charles Candy and Co., of Watling-street, City, but laid as the property of the South-Western Railway C o mpany, was placed in the dock, before Mr. Beadon, for examination on a fresh charge, viz.: stealing a box, containing a large quantity of goods, consisting of hose, gloves, mittens, &c., the property of the South-lVestern Railway Company, but con signed to Mr. James Taylor, of Wood -street, Cheap. side. _ Mr. Games, who is defending the prisoner in Messrs. Candy's case, als o appeare d f or hi m i n thi s . Mr. Crombie, for the prosecution, now observed that the case would stop at this point, as he must have the man Pampliu present. Ile therefore wished the prisoner to be further remanded. Mr. BEADON hoped the prosecutors would be pre pared with the completion of this case in a fortnight. Mr. Games said he should not oppose the remand, as there was another case against the prisoner. The prisoner was then remanded for a week. COUNTERFEIT COIN.—On Saturday two men of gentlemanly appearance, who represented themselves to be dealers in antiquities, purchased from Mr. Jacques, of 15, Devonshire-street, Queen-spiare,. a valuable an ti que go ld watch, chain, and seals, paying for the sa me w i t h counter feit sovereigns so skilfully executed that they were only de. tegt,td some time after Wets departure. When made up in From what When PLACES. GeneralPost-ofilce port dis- due. London: patched. 1 America (by Brit. pkt.) N Aug. 15 .. .. Liverpool • • Aug . 11 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Aug. 19 .. A Liverpool • • , a•ug' II 2/ America (by U.S. pkt.) M Aug. 13 .. Southampt. Atli. 21 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Ply mou th Arrived Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover • • Belgium .. .. •. N Daily • • .. .I Dover • • D." 4 16 Brazil .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Aug' , 6 Buenos Ayres M 9th of the month Southampt. Aug' ' 2O California(viaChagres) M 2d & 17th of month S o uthampt. Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth• • ArT ivea Constantinople* .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover • • Aug' 0 .0 Central America .. M2d & 17th o f mon . Southampt. Aug„,' 50 Channel Isles .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri . South amp t. '-"' Chili . M 17th of the month Southampt. AUg. 20 France Zil & N Twice daily .. Dover •• TwlC Greece* .. • • N 7th 17th 27 th am° Dover • • Aug. 2 1 / , Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday L on d on .. Thee. Llolland M Wednes. & Satur. London , „ m oN ,Ti" Honduras .. N 17th of the meath l Southampt. Aug. 2 ,; / „ay Ireland M& N Twice daily .. 'Holyhead Twice" — Endia (via Southamp.) M 20th o f th e month Southampt. Aug. , India (via Marseilles) N 7thlk. 24th e f month Dover .. A tq,. 16 Mediterranean (via j Southampton) .• M,2oth of the month Southampt. Aug. 23 mediternmean (via Marseilles) .. N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • Aug 15 Mexico .. M2d of the month.. (Southampt . Sept. Madeira .. • • .. M 9th of the month 'Southampt. Aug' 16 N 7th,17th,19t1i,27th Malta* Dover AUG. 18 t 1 &30th of month AugNaples* .. • . • . N,sth 15th 25th ofmolDover • • ,II Papal States* .. N 'sth 15t1125th of molDover . • Aug' 12 , 5 Peninsular.. M 7th 17th 27th of mo'Southampt. Aug ' Peru •• M 17th of the month I Southampt. Tuscany* .. N sth 15th 25th of mo, Dover • • „.• 12.0 West Indies .. M 17th of the mouth Southampt . Aug. • West Indies (except llavanna & Nassau) VI 2d of the month .. Southampt. Sept. 6 The mails to those c ountries thus ma r k e d (5) are conveyed a French packet Ti .t Marseilles. CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to and from California, via the United SO are now despatched and due by every American packet. ou The next West India and Peninsular mails will be rasa ( - f ang the morning of the 18th instant, i n consequence o f th e 17th fall en a Sunday. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, AUG. 11. fi rs STOCK EXCHANGC.—The share market shows more ness, and business easier of being transacted. The folk; were amongst the closing prices :—Great W es t er n, Midland, 6 per cent., 129 , A —South-Eastern and Driver, LIVERPOOL, AUG. 11. de g STOCK Excmkriom.—The market has improved to-. t from the inactive state of last week, and although the an 3413 -, of business done has not been large, a more healthy pervades the operations. The transactions were as follosvi o , Lancashire and Yorkshire, SO—L on d on and North-Weste 1.22% Ditto, New Quarte r s, 3N p. Midland, 431.. Ditto, Halves, 197,1, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 22 York and North Midland, 18 1 4. MANCHESTER, AUG. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day was very ID'it o- Sin amount, but prices h a d an upward tendency. The af ire , actions were as follow :—Caledonian, 11 7-16—Dittop Terence, 7—Dublin and Drogheda, 32—Manchester, Shelue.,.. and Lincolnshire, 2714 _Ditto, New .Preferenc, 9 ' 16 Leeds Stock, 493 4—South-Eastern and Dover, 22 5-1 6 ' BIRMINGHAM, AtJa. 11. sta" STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share mark e t t o -day Fa g 05 tionary at about S a t ur d ay ' s pr i ces, an d very l i ttle businelis__ re transacted. Shre ws b ury an d Bi rm i ng h am are s till i.;.' 00 1 quest, and Gre a t N or th ern are cons id era bl y i n f avou r. ." Stock is, however, chiefly in demand. the THE METROPOLITAN SEWERS.—Yesterday vts Act to continue and amend the Metropolit an Sewery tro • was printed. Her Majesty may appoint one of the Dl e her politan Commissioners of Sewers to lie chairman durilig v o f pleasure, and another to be deputy-chairman. The sid r i,gin the chairman is not to exceed 1,0001. a year. The el:lad: co s. or deputy-chairman is to preside at the Courts of Sc to Two Commissioners (one being the chairman or deput,,,.' be be a quorum, except in certain matters. No rates are t" f A t made or mortgages authorised except by the sanction °list least six Commissioners. The Metropolitan Sewers , which would have expired, are with th e p resen t A c t t° c 0 tinue in force another year. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills an ex. , - t of Remedy for Impurity of Blood and general DeratigeTT' er ; o o l Health.—Many persons of robu s t h a b its frequent l y s uffer be t a dangerous determination o f bl oo d to the head, /o°ll°lo feelings in the limbs, h eav i ness and drowsiness strising,frs * the blood being in a b a d state; the stomach in such c,..a-rod:' generally out of or d er, w i th little or no appetite. Sucu :00 viduals should t a k e a course of Holloway ' s Pills. Th° ° ""beeti who had been given up as incurable by the faculty bale tho thoroughly reinvigorated in constitution, and restored '7 a ble uninterrupted enjoyment of good health by this el 1 0 0 1 remedy.—Sold b y a ll D rugg i sts, an d s t P rofessor o°° Establishment, 244, Straud London. BIRTHS. OF A SON. 11 On the Bth inst., at Beverley, M rs . U. 1 " Williathems. cf . n diti" On 3d inst., at Osborne-str ee t, M rs . William wo o' On the 6th inst., at Marlborough-pl ac e, St. John'o the wife of T. Loyd B.C.S. On the Bth inst, the , wife of Captain Fraser, 28th Beg t. OF A DAUGHTER. efe rci‘ On the sth inst., at the R ec t or y, Stoke Edith, H er shire, the wife of the ev. J. S. oore. , rmstOr On the Bth inst., at R Claremont- M road, Surbiton, on-Thames, Surrey, Sirs. Henry Knight. /W e ' On the 9th inst., at Bedford House, StreathaMP Gardiner. MID. 10 ° On the 19th of June, at AR Anti ß gua E , Samuel, son of thempa Robert Bake, Esq., of Delabole Quarry, Cornwall , to u lie' Harriett, eld es t d aug ht er o f H enry B ourne, Esq.. °: vue, Antigua. w lli On the sth inst., at St. Giles's Church, Cauwe' est Julien Byrne, Esq., of Peckham, to Fanny Maria , Y °llog daughter of the late Lieutenant Thomas Irvine, Il On the 6th i n st., a t St. Ni c h o l as Ch urc h, Harwich , I' for tl.l A. Armstrong, 17th Regiment, to Emma Sarah , to wn• daughter of the late George Deane, Esq., of the DIED. ~ On the 29th ult., at Northampton, ~... - Jrr. Thomas lier-e rt Cooke, aed 53, ' reli ct On the Y ' 7th inst., at her residence Frencha Swag, of the late Samuel Brice, Esq aged 81. co d 61' On the Bth inst , John Yates, Esq., f Shelton, ...- ° shire. I, r; On the 10th inst. ' at his residence, Commercial -W,-3 Mile-end-road, John Gardner, Esq., aged 73. Charles On the 10th inst., at Tedding oh on, Middlesex, '''''" Muriel, Esq., aged 51 —.O London: Printed and Published by biur.Do Yo v v„P iti jo, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , ."`" oi Strand, in the Precinct of' the Savoy, h 1 the GOtwv , Tuesday, 1 2 ? ONg. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantiti corn, &c., received in the port of London from the po] Essex, from the 4th Aug., 1851, to the 9th Aug., both inclusive : • .dg 73. 0 rz Colchester 359 465 —I 20 565 Harwich Leigh 7.5 92 Maldon .. 941 89 69 450 CHELMSFORD, Aua. B.—Prices to-day were as follow: — • Wheat, white, old 41s to 46s ; new —s to —s; red, 01 d 35s to 40s; new, —s to —s; barley, —s to —s ; chevalier —s to —s ; grinding 20s to 26s ; oats 18s to 25s ; malt 538 to 55s ; chevalier 54s to 56s ; peas, partridge, new 278 to 303; old, —s to —8; white, new, 27s to 29s ; old, —s to -- 5 ; dun, new, 25s to 26s ; b eans , tick, new 26s to 298 ; old, 00s to 00s; harrow ticks, new 27s to 30s; old —s to —a; 211° zagan, new 261 to 28s; old —s to —s per qr. COLCHESTER, Auo. 9.—Wheat, white 46s to 50s ; red 40 1 to 448 ; oats, 20s to 24s ; beans, mazagan 27s to 303; . midd le and small 30s t o 32 5; peas , grey 280 to 30s, dun 28s to 343 s per qr. PERTH, Auo B.—Wheat, old, 40s Od to 44s Od; ditto, new, 00s to 00s; barley, new, 22s Od to 25s Od; oats, 2 05 t° 25s ; peas and be ans , 26 s o a t o 32 s per quarter. Oatmout per sack, 343 to 30s. BERWICK, AUG. 7.—Wheat, 41, 5 d ; barley, 255 4d ; oats, 245 Od ; rye, 00s Od ; beans, 00s Od ; p eas , (Os ° (1 average per imperial quarter. Smattim, AUG. B.—Wheat, foreign, 21s to 235; ditt t home, 21s 9d; ditto ditto new , 19, 6d to 21 s 6d ; b ar l e y, Per boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to O s Od ; ditt o new , 16 : O d to 20 s uo• Oats, Cupar, 00s Od to 00s ; ditto new, 158 Od to 17s 6 d„; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od; ditt o ditt o new, ON Od ; distillers, 33s Od to 355 ' • ditto brewers, 35s Od t o 37 s ; beas t per boll, ON Od to 00s Od ; ditto new, 16s Od to 18s 4d; pease 16 , i , Od to 00s Od; flour, new per sack, 33s to 34 s Od ; ditt o coints?' ditto, 19s Od to 21s Od ; oatm ea l, p er l oa d, 00 s Od to Oils Od' ditto new 34s 6d to 36s Od; ditto per peck of 71bs, 10d to fresh butter, per lb, 8d to 9d ; eggs, per dozen, 7d to 8 " hay, old, per ton, 84s to 00s Od; ditto, new, 00s to 00s. KxLso, AuG. B.—Wheat, old, 00s to 00s ; ditto, new, ow' to 36s Od ; barley, new, 20s Od to 2ls 6d • ditto old, N to Os; potato oats, 00s to 00s ; ditto new, 17s 6d to 19s Od ; commo n oats 00s Od to 00s Od; ditt o new , 16 s t o lB s 6d ; peas, 003 to (Os Od; beans, 25 s to 26341 per boll of six imperial bush i e " HAWICK, AUG. 7.—Wh ea t, new , 84 3 to 36 s 6d ; barley' new, 2 s to 225 Od ; ditto old, 001: Od to 00s Od ; potato path 17s to 188 6d ; common oats, 16s Od to 18s Od ; peas, to 21s Od; beans, 23s Od to 24s Od per boll of six WV' bushels. KIRKALDY, AUG. 9.—The following are the quotatioaS for grain:— Wheat. First 47a 6d Second 448 6d 1268 Od Barley. 28s Ud Oats. 26s Od ' 25s Od 22s Od imperial, followii Beans. —s Od —s Od Pett, —s —8 041 Third 403 6d 24s 6d —s Od Oatmeal, per bag' of 2801bs HADDINGTON, AUG. B.—Ti grain at our market to-day : Wheat. I 33s Od to kg are the — Ol 152 i Pri ce " ° i Barley. 1 Oats. Bealj First ... ... 46s Od I 33s Od 1 27s 6d 38s 0 Second ... ... 41s lid 131 s lld ' 258 bd 365 ~A Third ... .. 35s Od 29s Od I 23s Od 34s '',:i Total quantity of Wheat in market 287 qrs., 225 Ol d Do. Barley do. 32 qrs ., 29 °id 43 qrs., Do. Oats do. 178 qrs., 24 166 O Do. Beans do. old GLASGOW, Aun. 6.—Provisions—Che ese , 34 s t o 43§ 03 per cwt • retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Ski m m ilk, 20 s Od t o N P i e: , cwt. dountry fresh butter, 9P to Os Od per lb. Irish P°o dered, in lumps, 8d to 8d; country powdered, wholesale , to Od. Country eggs, 8d per d ozen ; carrie d h en ditto, 6110, per 120, or 7d per dozen. H ens , 2 s Od per pa i r ; I)" 2s Od. , o 44 FALKIRK, AUG. 7.—The supply of grain in this dq. market was 228 bolls; wheat at 20s Od to 22s Od per bli barley, 00s Od to O s Od ; oa t s , 17 s 9d to 18 s 6d ; b eans , OW to 19s0d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. COAL kIARKE Bate's West Hartley 13s Od Buddies W. Hartley 14s Od New Tanfield Ravensworth'sW.Hart 11s Od South Peareth Tanfield Moor Tanfield Moor Butes l2s Od West Wylam Windsor's Pontop lts 6d. Wall's End, &c. Brown Gosforth El etton Haswell lfis Odt Keepier l4s Odl, Lambton Ships at market, N. -•YESITZRDAY. Russell's Hetton Scarborough 135 6 ,1 Stewart's Denison 135 n 3,1 Lleugh Hall South Hartlepool West Kelloe '''' Os Sr i Adelaide Tees Maclean's Tees 125 9 1 South Durham 1 35 6 1 n T ees Birchg. Graigola Derwentwaterilartley 148 04 !Hartley 'Sidney's Hartley 115, Sold, 59. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the malls are sent from the General r ortofM g by the night—and AI by the morning —dispatch.] fAs ies O f its iri 18510 - ' ~~ ser die kir LL soi