The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-11 00:00:00

REMARKABLE APPLICATION. NEGOTIATING AN OFFICE IN THE GIFT OF THE EAST INDIA HOUSE. After the ordinary business had been disposed of at the Mansion-house on Tuesday, at a late period b ofthe day, Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, accompa nied Lawford, solicitor to the East India Company, entered yMr.e the justice-room. Mr. Wilkinson, M.P. for Lambeth, was present, and occupied aseat n Mr. Clarkson, addressing tlle ° the bench. Lord Mayor, said—l on the part Company, a who have the honour to wait upon your lordship c of the Directors of the East India l re quest that your lordship will be pleased to grant on the business of a sum mons, calling on Mr. N o rman . Wilkinson,i a gentleman of great respectability., carrying u e ,Surrey, to stockbroker and residing at N tfi ld in an swer to a charge' of misdemeanour upon two sections of an act of Parliament well known to myself and a great many others, for having been concern e d i n a negocia tion for an office in the gift of the East India Company. The application is made upon the 3d and 4th sections of the 49th of George 111., cap. 126, which provide that any person selling or bargaining after the sale or pur chase of any office in the gift of this company shall be guilty of a misdemeanour. Words cannot be larger than those are for the purpose of preventing not only the sale or purchase of any office under the appointment of the East India Company, but for every negociation that can I be conceived towards the procuring, by means of money, any such appointment or office of any kind whatsoever. I am here, on the part of the Court of Directors, to represent in effect what has been by them, not only upon modern occasions, but for many years before, their declared determination to bring to justice, if in their power, any person or persons whomsoever, be their position what it may, who shall be found in any degree entering into such negociation as is prohibited by this act of Parliament, and without regard to the party by whomsoever they may be set in motion for the ob ject of procuring place or appointment under the East India Company. This application has arisen out of some suggestion well known to your lordship. It fell from an hon. member of the House of Commons, upon a subject that has occasionally been referred to, and to which reference has been so general in its quality and application that although there has been every desire on the part of the Court of Directors to cause this matter to be further inquired into in a court of justice, up to this time they have never felt themselves in a condit i to do so with effect. It seems that on the 21st of last e month an hon. member of the House of Common n some observations to the e ff ec t that he was acquainted with a source whence th ere had been a declarationthat `the office of a cadetship, or a t all events som e to important office under the East India Company, y, wasbe obtained by money ; that th e matter v Was not very easy to discover it managed as that it so to bring it to justice, 'but that it was popular--that i t was quite notorious and that it was little to be disputed as the fact that they were then sitting in the House of Commons and speak. ing about it. Ido not know th at lam a t liberty to go into the communications that have taken place between the Court of Directors and persons who hold high situations for the purpose of bringing the case home to the parties, one of whom is now before you, but I know that in consequence of what transpired next day in t House of Commons, the hon. member who had made this communication was by more than one hon. member of the House appealed to, and at length he felt him self at liberty—having ascertained that the person from whom he derived his information, and who is likewise himself a 'somber of the House of Commons, had, since the time of his making the statement, which it • appeared was made without his knowledge, changed his position—to give such information as he was enabled to give upon the subject. He mentioned the name of the hon. member for Lambeth as being the gentleman who had a communication with a person who professed to be able to dispose of an office of this description, and with whom it could not be denied there had been a negotiation upon the subject. The result of this negotiation I feel happy to state, as establishing the respectability undoubtedly of Mr, Norman Wilkinson. When he found that that negotiation had for its object the payment of a sum of money, when the oath or decla ration, or both, came to be laid before him, which it became necessary for him to make upon the subject matter of that office, he at once hesitated—and, indeed, think I ought to say, refused any further to parti cipate in that negotiation. But the question here is not whether or not he completed the transaction which he contemplated, but whether he contemplated doing it —whether he dealt or negotiated for it, and whether he agreed for it, subject to the discovery that he made with regard to the declaration and oath which he was called upon to make before that negotiation could be com pleted. That being so, the directors of the East India Company have thought it right to take the best advice that this country affords as to the means within their reach of bringing the matter home to the party to whom this negotiation is principally attributed. I cannot say but there appears reason to believe that Mr. Wilkinson participated in this transaction so as to bring himself within the reach of these clauses, but undoubtedly the principal delinquent is the party against whom the di rectors' object is to be levelled, and if it be within the power of the law to bring that party and any other party concerned to . justice, they feel themselves called upon thus publicly to declare their determination to do so. Under these circumstances, having consulted, as I say, and as we shall all agree, the highest, authorities in the country, this is the course sug gested to be taken before your lordship, to give us the opportunity of commencing this prosecution. We have therefore applied here for a summons against Mr. Nornian Wilkinson, that he may be called upon to an ewer that which will resolve itself into a charge against him as to his participation and share in the transaction, and . which although not resulting in its completion at the time when he made this discovery, and felt himself at - liberty to withdraw from it, will, as it appears to like; abundantly bring the charge home to him within the meaning of the act of Parliament. I propose to . ask your lordship for a summons, charging him with unlawfully bargaining with a certain person, whose name is unknown, for the purchase if a certain office, the nature f which is perfectly immaterial, be cause that will be the result of further inquiry, if your lordship thinks I have made out a case for granting the summons, and also to endeavour, by such means as are in our power, to connect the remaining person with the transaction who had made these offers to Mr. Wilkinson for which he has been negotiating, I propose, therefore, to call the respectable brother of Mr. Norman Wilkin son, Mr. William Arthur Wilkinson, who is member for Lambeth, and to put a few questions to him upon this subject, with a view to enable me to ascertain whe ther there can be any doubt as to the share in the trans action which he attributes to his brother. Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, M.P. for Lambeth, was then called, and, in answer to questions put to him by Mr. Clarkson, said,—l have a brother of the name of Nor man Wilkinson, a stock dealer in London and living at Nuffield, in S urrey . I remem b er the subject matter of a discussion in the House of Commons on the night of the 21st ult., and also of another discussion at the same place, and in which I participated, on the 22d. In con sequence of a conversation that I had with my brother, I made a communication to the hon. member for Man chester (Mr. Bright) a week or two ago. My brother had a son whom he wished to send out to India, and I believe he wished to procure some appointment for him. I think he told me a year and a half or two years ago that he had had an offer of such as appointment—l so understood him—in the service of the East India Com- Pan Y- Mr. Clarkson—Did you learn from your brother from whom he had had that offer ? - Mr. Wilkinson—Yes, I did. Mr. Clarkson---Will you have the goodness to tell as his name ? Mr. Wilkinson—l have first of all to say that lam exceedingly unwilling to do anything in the world in any way to obstruct the course of justice, but I con sider this to have been a confidential communication from my broth er t o me ;. I k now t h at h e f ee l s hi mse lf conscientiously bound not to disclose the name of that Party ;and as I also feel bound in the same way not to do so, I must ' Mr. Clarkson decline the answer to that question. o l: ) oes your hesitation to give me an answer ari se out f versation w i t h your a beli e f f rom your par t i n th a t con unlawful transactionb?rother th a t th e t ransac ti on was an Mr. Wilkinson-41y my brother considers h' objection arises from the fact name of the party, from himself bound no t t o di vu l ge th e would n I elieve, said ha he brother m ot ade a comrauni el equally t bound, as t my which I consider confidentiZlti" of th a t, sor t t o me, of the party. , - not to di • • sclose the name Mr. Clarkson—The n , if I understand events, whatever may b e the motive which i you at all you (and I am only now refer r i ng to you) answer the question You) you decline to Mr. Wilkinson—l do. tion M who itr. Clarkson—A is nd you refu se to :A nswer the ques ? Mr. Wilkinson- -Yes, I do. Ido not do this s contu maciously. I wish to explain to the Court distinctly that I do it from a conscientious motive from a feeling. of obligation on the part of my brother and myself not to divulge the name of the party, which he has under taken not to do ; and I feel myself bound by the same obligation not to divulge it. Mr. Clarkson —Are you aware that this is not the sort of confidential communications as to which the law wo uld protect a witness from giving an answer ? h D I Mr. Wilkinson --I do not know how tat may e,. am sure. v , Mr. Clarkson — r, -LI wrong, you decline to ail, think h vi c ie g th u e e r stio l n grit right or Howeswele- Mr. Wilking"—Ves'bound in honour not to divulge conse quences. I think I am do . I must take the goodcense as to relate to the the name. I do not think Mr. Clarkson—Will you be so conservation between I ought to so. Lord Mayor the substance of t yourself and your brother as to 1 r the East 1 114 if he had any, for any situation nut e iia Company's service ? . . the conservation nezotiation of his, Mr. Wilkinson —Well, it was not in any par ) icu lar c onversation, b u t in several conversations; and I can not charge myself with a distinct recollection of all the . particul ars. I can only give the Court a very general. impression of what I understood to take place at t h e time. I do not know exactly when the time was ; it may have been a year and a half or two years ago ; I do not know ; but my impression is that my brother com municated to me that he bad had an offer made to him of an appointment in the East India Compan's service. My impression is that my brother co mmunicated to me that he had had an offer from some friend of his of such an appointment. After that I understood that he had been given to understand by this party that he expected something in return for th a t appointment. After that he communicated to me that he had ascertained still fur ther that he should be obliged, he found, t o s i gn some declaration that he had not given any consideration for this appointment, and that, in conseque nce o f that, he had declined to have anything more to do with it ; and that is in substance all that I know about it. Mr. Clarkson—l should have thought that Mr. Wil kinson would have given us some account of what took place as to this matter in the House of Commons. Mr. Wilkinson—l decline to give you any account of what took place in the House of Commons. I shall stand upon my privilege there. lam very willing to relate the transaction as far as I know. Mr. Clarkson—You say that your brother mentioned his friend. Was it a friend whom he had known for some time ? Mr. Wilkinson—Yes. Mr. Clarkson— For several years Mr. Wilkinson—Several years, I should think. Mr. Clarkson—Was it a member of the direction of the East India Company ? Mr. Wilkinson—l do not think lam called upon to answer that. Ido not want you to get from me indi rectly that which directly I refuse to give you. Ido not feel myself called on to give you any information which may lead you to the name of this person. Any other information I can give you, lam willing to do so. We feel ourselves bound by a moral obligation not to dis close the name of this person. Mr. Clarkson—But you may be bound by a legal obli gation to do so. Mr. Wilkinson—Of that I must take the consequences. The person was not a director of the East India Com pany. Mr. Bodkin (who appeared on the part of Mr. Nor man Wilkinson to watch the proceedings) at this stage of the investigation requested the witness, in detailing any conversations with his brother, not to state conclu sions of his own, but to confine himself to specific words, as far as he could remember them. Mr. Clarkson —I do not understand in what capacity my friend appears here. Mr. Bodkin —I am here very legitimately.. We have had notice that there was to be an application made for a summons, and through the courtesy of Mr. Lawford we have been positively invited to attend. Mr. 'Wilkinson further stated that his brother, Mr. Norman Wilkinson, having communicated to another friend of his the circumstance of his being in treaty for the appointment in question, that other friend informed him that he was doing an illegal act ; that he would have to sign a declaration at the India house that he had given no consideration whatever for such an appoint ment, upon which he had withdrawn from the negotia tion, and declined to have anything further to do in the matter. Mr. Clarkson—Where was this conversation that you had with your brother ? Mr. Wilkinson—ln the city. Mr. Clarkson then submitted that the alleged offence having been committed in the city, the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor was indisputable. A summons was then granted. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the Assembly-rooms, York-road—Mr. J. Hibbert, deputy-chairman, in the chair. Mr. Crombie, the secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed, and afterwards he read the report, an abstract of which appeared in The Sun of Saturday. The CHAIRMAN said he was called on suddenly to take the chair, in consequence of Mr. Scott, the chairman of the company, being compelled to attend a Parlia mentary committee. He (the deputy-chairman) was sorry that Mr. Scott was not then present, as he was sure that the proprietors would sympathise with him for what he had suffered for the company in having a ver dict of " Manslaughter " returned by a coroner's inquest against him and others in consequence of one of the servants being killed on the line. The judges of assize, however, took a very different view of the case, and stated that they could not see what Mr. Scott could have to do with the death of the man, more than any other passenger in the train. He was exceedingly sorry Mr. Scott was not present, and he could assure them that there was not a director at the board who devoted himself more to the promotion of their interests than Mr. Scott, and it was very usual for that gentleman to devote five or six hours a-day to the arduous duties of his office. He then adverted to items in the accounts, and stated that they would perceive that a considerable reduction had been made in the rate of interest on borrowed money ; the reduction amounted to 6,0001. for the half-year. They would perceive that there was now but a comparatively small sum at 5 per cent, interest (292,000/.), and he had no doubt they would go on reducing the rate of interest, until probably 4 per cent. or 31 per cent. would be the highest interest they would have to pay on their bor rowed money for these results they were very greatly indebted to Mr. Uzielli, their finance minister, and he had no doubt that those operations would be continued and would be productive of permanent advantages to the shareholders. There was au item of 98,000/. for rails and chairs which had been transferred from one account to another. This sum for rails was charged to the account of branch lines, but as some of them were afterwards con structed as single lines, and others did not require so large a quantity of rails as originally charged, the respective ac counts were credited with the surplus, and the amount was debited to another account. These arrangements were progressing with a view to enable them to close, as far as possible, the capital account. He would be happy to explain anything in the accounts which might be required. With regard to the policy of the company, he wished to say a few words. They would perceive that the company had but one bill before Parliament this session, and that they had to oppose several bills. The principal bill they had to oppose was for the Devon and Dorset Railway, promoted by the broad-gauge in terests, and the directors had succeeded in their oppo sition, but in so doing they were obliged to give a pledge, on !the part of the company, to make the line of rail way from Dorchester to Exeter in lieu of the one pro posed. Evidence was given before the committee on the bill by men of high rank as to the decided advan tages of a continuous line of railway on the national gauge, and as to the evils of a break of gauge which the proposed broad gauge line would have interposed in car rying out the defences of the country from Portsmouth, Chatham, and other places to the West of England. The South-Western Company had succeeded in obtain ing the rejection of the bill by giving their pledge to make the line, as neither Parliament nor the country would be satisfied with the mere rejection of the broad gauge line without making a narrow gauge line in lieu of it. He then showed that the directors had acted up to the instructions given them, and in accordance with resolutions passed at a general meeting of the company in May last. The Parliamentary committee had insisted that the line should be a double one instead of a single line, as proposed ; that was the only alte r atio n f rom th e resolution of the proprietors ; and that a second line should be laid down on the Southampton and Dorchester line, so that there would be a double line of railway from Southampton to Bridport and Exeter. He would not trouble them with the money question then, as they proposed to call a meeting of the proprietors in October next to consider and decide on the ways and means, and other matters connected with the undertaking of the ex tension line. There was a clause in the Southampton and Dorchester Railway Act, by which the company might be required by the Board of Trade to lay down a se cond line of rails when the gross traffic on the line should amount to 65,000/. a-year. It at present amounted to 62,000/. a-year ; so that it would be only making the second line a year or six months sooner than they would be compelled to make it. The committee would not have thrown out the Dorset and Devon Bill unless the South-Western Company had promised to make the double line. On the last occasion the weakness of the company had been shown in a divided board, and di vided shareholders, and he did hope, if they wished to carry out the line successfully, that they would be united, for they could not expect success in carrying out any measure unless they were united. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the bills for new lines that had passed this session, there was the Staines and Wokingham and Woking Junction, and the Portsmouth railway. The directors would do what they could to promote the traffic on those lines, although the company held no shares in them. There were several other new lines which would affect them more or less. The bill for ex tending the time for making the Salisbury and Basing stoke line had passed, and they expected that the portion of it between Basingstoke and Andover would be open for traffic in March next. The directors had been doing everything in their power to develope the traffic on the main line and branches. The traffic of Southamp ton was increasing, it was a rising port, and no increase could take place in Southampton without serving the interests of the railway. He wished to mention that the board may have to call on the shareholders, on a future occasion, to subscribe capital towards improve. ments and works at Southampton. There were two notices of motion .which had been given at the last meeting to be brought forward at the present meeting, and he wished to know whether the movers would pro teed with them. One was by Mr. Kay, for reducing the allowance to the directors from 2,000/. to 1,6001. a year. There were 13 directors, and all he could say Was, that, the remuneration was very inadequate. . - t i l iear.) Mr. Kay not only p ro p ose d t o re du c e the di n 4 ll : of the all owance , b u t s p ec ifi e d h ow it was t o b e (1 among the directors. According to the notice, of 'notion, it thought )l til 3 C IO /- to" proposed to give 500/. to the chair man,mainder among the deputy-chairman, and to divide the re the other 11 directors. He (the chair man)the board w of it to the direetroereseive as to o at if the shareholders specified the sum room, and he did iloi The other receive, they might leave the division He did not see Mr. Kay in the knownotice whether any one appeared B fin e ' ra bi p n a L th ; it related to the of motion was given by Mr. mo tion, unless it were the wish of the ° wish to Mr. HEREPATH said heitasctleanm-boats. pressis The proprietors b j e c of it was to have a statement laidbrnefenertein6; , including their c w , ia h t e length of of matters relating to the steam-bo cost, the number of boats, their toansantiogH the lease, and other information diced, and as to what the loss might be to the they pro " ultimately at the end of the lease. COM pany The CHAIRMAN said the steam-packet company was an company clone of the present 0/. in ,ee, proprietors in the railway r independent company, and there was no wish t o with hold information. The ca p ital of the com pany was a l n l d s, o t o h o e l i . e . t w he ere dir 3 e ls pro tors he ri ld peto l r 4 s , 00 many of whom company m l meeting would be held at the c The steam-p ac k et the effect , He then moved a resolu tion to that the report be received and adopted. Mr. TITE seconded the motion. Mr. PUNCHER wished to kn ow whether the companyE xeter, Could not abandon the line from D orc h e ster to and go for a line from Salisbury to Exeter The CHAIRMAN replied in the negative, and expressed fll the a hope that the shareholders would ful fil faith u y for solemn pledge to Parliament that had been given them by the directors. Mr. HERAPATH was glad to say that the report ap THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1853. peared satisfactory. There was an item of 24,3731. due from carriers and the Post-office ; he wished to know how much was due by the Post-office. He had sug gested on former occasions that a map of the railway and branches should be hung up in the room during meetings of the shareholders, as it would enable them to understand the relative position of their lines, and other matters connected with them. Mr. ROTES, the auditor, said, the amount due from the Post-office was 3,6401., from the Peninsular Company over 5,0001. on the day's traffic at the end of the half year 3,700/. and the remainder from the carriers. Mr. HERAPATH said, it was a gratifying matter that they bad an increase of between 27,0001. and 28,0001. in their traffic, and an increased cost in working ex penses of only 6,0001. in round numbers, or about 21 per cent. This formed a striking contrast with the ma nagement of the Brighton Company, where the increased traffic caused an increase in the expenditure of 50 per cent. instead of 21 per cent. in the South-Western, or 20 per cent. according to what he (Mr. Herapath) bad esti mated from an investigation of the subject that it ought to be. With regard to the extension line, he wished that the Great Western had gone hand in baud with them, but as they had determined otherwise, he did not see that the So u th-W e st ern C ompany cou ld do anything else than what they proposed. Mr. ADDISON complained of the way in which the traffic was conducted on the line, particularly at the Richmond a n d P u t ne y s t a ti ons , and the danger he had experienced himself while entering a carriage with a boy in his arms, the train went on without any notice, and he narrowly escaped a serious accident. He recom mended the appointment of a responsible traffic manager, and proceeded to read, amid noise and confusion, a para graph confirming his statement, and describing the de fective state of the traffic arrangements at Chertsey. He contended that proper accommodation for the traffic on the line was a matter of considerable importance to the shareholders, and recommended them to travel to various stations on the line and judge for themselves as to the mode in which the business was conducted. Mr. PUNCHER and another proprietor also com plained of the arrangements on the line for conducting the traffic, particularly at Chertsey, or rather of the want of proper arrangements for conducting it with safety to the public, and satisfaction to the passengers. The Hon. F. SCOTT, M.P. the chairman of the com pany, then took the chair, and said they were very much obliged to gentlemen who took the trouble to inform them of anything wrong. He was aware that some irregularity had occurred in conducting the traffic at cer tain points ; he believed their officers were also fully aware of it, and they were entitled to great credit for the exertions they had made to meet the difficulty. It had also caused the directors great anxiety, and the fact was that the rolling stock of the company was inadequate to accommodate the large amount of traffic that had suddenly come on a certain portion of their line. There were great practical difficulties ; but, amid it all, it was very gratifying to him to receive from Lord Hardinge a letter of thanks for the conveyance of the troops, notwithstanding the very invidious remarks that had appeared in a pub lic journal, and in which very harsh observations were made. The board had made preparations for Sunday traffic, with a view to enable the porters; clerks, station masters, and others, to have a day of rest like other per sons, on Sunday ; but the excessive amount of traffic had at present frustrated the relief they had contem plated to give their servants. They were now adding to their staff with a due regard to economy, so as to enable them to afford that relief on Sundays to the ser vants on the railway which was enjoyed by other per sons. He thought all complaints with regard to the traffic should be made to the secretary, or directors, and they would do their best to remedy any defect. Captain MOORSOM said that something had been stated about losing excursion traffic that could not be accommodated on Sunday, he would recommend that the system be extended to Monday as there was a great number of working people who would avail themselves of excursions on the Monday if facilities were afforded. Mr. HADLEY thought their shareholders ought to have a larger dividend out of the increased traffic. After some further observations, the report was re ceived and adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum for the half-year, was declared. The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution authorising the directors to apply for power to make a line from Dor chester to Exeter, and to take all necessary steps to carry the pledges they had given into practical effect, and to make a double line from Southampton to Exeter. Mr. TrrE said, he hoped they would gather from the past a lesson for the future, and that the shareholders would unite with the directors in carrying out a prudent and wise policy, in future, with regard to the accommo dation of the various districts connected with their un dertaking, and not to wait until other parties came into the field and drove them to considerable expense. The resolution was then carried unanimous, and a vote of thanks given to the chairman and directors. The meeting of the South-Western Steam-packet Com pany was then held, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the half-year ending 30th of June was declared, and the meeting separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.--WEDNESDAY. WROTTESLET STAKES of 10 sore, each, with 30 added ; 2-yr-olds, fist 121 b ; 3 yrs, 9st 21b. Penalties and al lowances. Straight half mile. (7 subs.) Mr. C. Blanton's Vaultress, by Birdcatcher, 3 yrs, 9st 31b, including 31b extra (G. E. Sharpe) 1 Mr. Meeson's Laycock (sister to Stafford), 2 yrs, 6st 101 b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. G. Taylor's Czarina, Est 101 b (Ashmall) 3 Mr. Shelmerdine's b g by Gabbier, dam Lady Mayoress, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (G. White) 4 The weights for this race were according to the condi tions published originally in the Book Calendar, and not according to the conditions in the Sheet Calendar, the alteration in the latter having been made without the consent of the subscribers. Betting-5 to 2on Van ltress, 4to 1 agst Laycock, and 5 to 1 sot Czarina. Laycock, Vaultress, and Czarina ran together to the distance, where Vaultres s wen t a h ea d, an d won i n a canter by two lengths. Same distance between second and third. Gabbier gelding got badly off, and finished several lengths in the rear. FOAL STAKES of 10 sovs, each, with 20 added ; for 3-yr olds. Once round. (5 subs.) Mr. Flintoff's Whalebone by Heron, Bst 91b, including 31b extra (Whitehouse), walked over. The HOLYOAXE STAKES of 15 sovs. each, 10 forfeit, and and only 5 if declared, &c., with a purse of 50 sovs. added. Second horse to save his stake. Twice round and a distance. (21 subs, 13 of whom declared.) Mr. J. Osborne's The Alp by The Provost, aged, Bst 71b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Saxon's Blsck Doctor, 5 yrs, Bst 51b, _ _ - (Whitehouse) 2 Mr. Land's Massaroni. 3 yrs, 6st 91b ...(Land, jun.) 3 Mr. R. Hesseltines's Lough Bawn, 5 yrs, Bst 51b ‘ . G. E. Sharpe) 4 Mr. Shelmerdine's Morning Star, 4 yrs, 75t.51.!3. (Aldcroft) 0 Betting--2 to 1 agst Black Dootor, sto 2 agst Morn ing Star, 3 to 1 sgat Alp, 5 to 1 agst Massaroni (offd.) Alp made nearly all the running. On turning into the Straight, Black Doctor and Massaroni joined issue. At the distance Masktroni was disposed of. Black Doctor made a vigorous effort to reach Alp, but after a good race in, was beaten by a length, the second beating the third two lengths. Lough Bawn was a bad fourth. While running, Morning Star struck into Massaroni's heels and fell. His jockey was unseated, but not injured. THEATRE STAKES of 5 sous. each, with 40 added, 3 ft. Three-quarters of a mile. 12 subs. Mr. C. 131anton's Vaultress, by Birdcatcher, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (G. E. Sharpe) 1 Mr. J. Goding's Mayday, by Venison, syrs, 7st 21b (Ashmall) 2 Mr. It. Hesse Woe's Lough Bawn, 5 yrs, Bst 51b _ (Osborne) 3 Mr. W. Jones's Exchange, 3 yrs, Est 41b ... (Wilson) 4 The following also ran :—Mayday, Defiance, Sinina, Lord .Albemarle, Whittington, c. by Fitzallen. Betting—Even on Vaultress, 3 to 1 agst Defiance, 5 to 1 agst Mayday, by Venison. Won easily by a length, same distance between second and third, a head between third and fourth, Defiance a bad fifth. The Innkeepers' Plate of 50 sovs. did not fill. READING RACES-WEDNESDAY. The EASTRAMPSTEAD PARK STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added by the Marquis of Downshire, and 10 from the fund for the second horse. Three-yr-olds, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 21b. Certain penalties and allowances. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs., if demanded., &c. Once round and a distance. 5 subs. Mr. Spencer's Prevention, by Verulam, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (J. Goater) 1 Mr. Powell's Anne Page, 3 yrs, Est 101 b. ..(Crouch) 2 Mr. Maxwell's Tame, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Wakefield) 3 Mr. J. Brown's Economy, 5 yrs, Bst 61b......(f 5 0we) 4 Mr. Moreton's Miriam, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b (Esling) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Prevention-3 to 1, bar one. Tame made the running to the half distance, where Prevention, who had been lying off, drew forward, and, obtaining the lead, in a few strides further, she went on, and won very cleverly by a length ; the se cond beating the third by a head. Miriam, who was last nearly all the way, walked in, and did not pass the post. The winner was claimed by Mr. Stevens. The ABBEY STAKES of 10 sovs, each, h ft, with 50 added ; for 2 yrs-old, 7st ; three, 98t ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b.—Straight run in, about three quarters of a mile. 16 subs. Mr. Drewe's Vixen, by The Tartar, 2 yrs,_6st 111 b (Kendall) 1 Mr. Oliver's Ethelbert, 3 yrs, 9st (Yates) 2 Mr. Drinkald's Brother to Grey Tommy, 3 yrs, 9st (A. Day) 3 Mr. Liley's Victorine, 2 yrs, 6st 111 b (C arman ) 4 Mr. King's Roebuck, 2 yrs, 7st (J. Goater) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Vixen, 7to 4 agst Ethelbert. Nothing else backed. The first three ran together until they had accom plished half the distance, w h en Vi xen p ar t e d company, went en with the lead, and won very easily by two lengths, same between second and third, Victorine was fourth, Roebuck a long way behind. THE BERKSHIRE STAKES of 20 soya, each, h'ft, and only 5 declared, &c., with 50 added, the owner of the second horse to receive back his stake. The winner of a han dicap of 100 sovs. in value or upwards after the decla ration of the weights, 71b extra. Two miles. 35 subs, 21 of whom pay 5 sovs, each. Mr. Waller's Octa.via, by Orlando, 4 yrs, Bst 21b . - - (Crouch) 1 Mr. I. Day's Waterfall, 5 yrs, 7st 111b...(Wakefield) 2 The following also ran :—Wilinont, Corybantes, Hy bla, Inder. The highest weight accepting being fist 81b, it was raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. Betting-2 to 1 agst Corybantes-4 to 1 agst Wil mont--5 to 1 agst Waterfall. After the first hundred yards, Octavia went away with a lead of several lengths, followed by Corybantes, between whom aEd the next there was a similar inter val, until they rounded the bottom turn, when they be gan to take close quarters. At the stand, Waterfall came with a powtrful rush, but was beaten by a head. Corybantes was a pretty good third, with the others in close attendance. Ireland's Eye was struck out to-day at 3.20 p.m., his owner not being aware, until the last moment, that there were 71bs extra to carry. It then transpired that the handicap was made before the horse ran for' the Craven Stakes at Goodwood, but no public an nouncement of it appeared until the week afterwards. THE LADIES' PLATE of 30 soya., added to a Sweep stakes of 3 sous. each ; for two-yrs-old and upwards ; optional selling weights ; straight run in ; about three quarters of a mile. 12 subs. Mr. G. Drewe's Shipwreck, by Birdcatcher, (301.) Gat 131 b .......................................... (Kendall) 1 Capt. Barnett's Mtyfly, 3 yrs (50/.), 7st 31b (Preece) 2 Mr. J. Mellish's Woodyates, 2 yrs (301.) sst 21b (Cresswell) 3 The following also ran :—llaresfoot, Anxiety, La J uvEconomy, Arlette, and Batty Darling. Betting-3 ing 5 to 1 agst Arlette. 1 agst Shipwre c k, 4 to 1 agst Mayfly, i e e —3t Shipwreck sailed away with the lead, Arlette and Mayfly lying second and third to the distance, where Arlette was beaten ; Shipwreck maintained the lead throughout, and won very easily by three lengths. A neck between second and third. La Juive was fourth, the others scattered. The winner was sold by auction for 54 guineas, and Mayfly was claimed, according to the Newmarket rule, by Mr. Drewe. Plate was won in two heats by Mr. ecilia, 2-yrs-old, beating Mr. T. Smith's Jones's c o b T y eh T se's cu Yß c : h ril s o t n o ug n ge c h , out of Epilogue, 2 yrs, Mr. Reeve's Lady Isabel, and six others. Mr. Death's Prevarication went to the 'post, but she jumped and kicked whilst they were getting ready to start, and young Sherwood her jockey, was thrown over her head, his left foot caught in the stirrup iron, and as he swung round a fatal accident seemed inevitable. Happily, however, he escaped with little injury. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 7 to I and 6 to 1 agst Catspaw (taken). ST. LEGER. 6to son West Australian (taken). 9 to 2 agst Sittingbourne (taken). CESAREWITCH STAKES. 1000 to 15 each agst Friday, Rosalba, Leopold, Trickstress, Defiance, Nancy, Muscovite, and New minster (taken). DERRY. 1000 to 50 apt King Torn (taken). 1250 to 50 agst Ruby (taken). 2000 to 50 agst colt by Iletman Platoff out of Infidely (taken). YARMOUTH RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Yarmouth Handicap was won by Conmore, beat ing Scandal easily. Only the two ran. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RACES. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HANDICAP. Haricot Candlewick Event 1 2 3 Won by a head. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the, number of day's racing. AUGITST. Wolverhampton (3) 8 Yarmouth (2) Reading (2) lO North Staffordshire (21 10 York (3) 17 Canterbury lB Tonbridge (1) 18 Radcliffe (3) 99 Egham (2) 23 Liverpool Hunt; Cup (2) 24 Derby (2) 25 liereford (2) 29 Eccles (3) Lichfield (2) 29 Chelmsford (2) 30 SEPTE: Lincoln (2) 1 Warwick (2) 6 Doncaster (4) 13 Weston Zoyland and Bridgwater (1) 12 Dover 15 Pontefract (2) NOVE: Worcester (2) Epsom Autumn (2) 3 Cowbridge Hunt (2) 9 CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES AS WHEAT EXPORTING COUNTRIES. The following statement from the Canada Journal shows the United States exports of breadstuffs since 1831. The statement comprises, under the name of wheat, both wheat and flour : Bushels. Value, 9,441,090 10,461,715 4,407,899 4,974,123 4,811,061 5,642,602 4,213,708 4,560,379 3,944,742 4,446,182 2,529,062 3,574,561 1,610,898 3,014,415 2,207,496 3,617,724 3,712,080 7,069,361 11,198,365 11,779,098 8,447,670 8,582,527 7,237,968 8,292,308 4,519,055 4,027,182 7,751,587 7,232,898 6,365,866 5,735,372 13,061,175 13,300,644 22,314,431 32,183,161 12,631,679 15,863,284 12,067,599 13,037,430 7,535,901 7,742,315 11,028,397 11,543,063 The increase in the exports of 1851 over those of 1831, are very trifling ; being 11,028,397 against 9,441,090 bushels ; or an increase in 21 years of 1,687,307 bushels. In the quantity groWn there has unquestionably been a great augmentation ; but it has nearly all been absorbed by the home consumption ; and as that consumption has so nearly kept pace with the production for a period of 21 years, during which the wheat-growing region of the north-west has been brought under cultivation, there is no reason to conclude that the exports will, for the next twenty years, show any considerable increase over their present amount. In the fluctuations which the United States exports exhibit, during the last 21 years, there is evidence of an ability to furnish larger than the ordinary supplies on some great emer gency, or on the temptation of famine prices. The year 1846 witnessed a great increase, occasioned by the free admission of bread-stuffs into the English market, under the operation of Peel's free trade measures. The famine year of 1847 doubled the ordinary exports of breadstuffs from the United States. They rose to 22,000,000 bushels of wheat ; but the subsequent falling off in every succeeding year to one-half that amount shows that the large exportation of 1847 was a convulsive effort, which in ordinary times, and at ordinary prices, cannot be sus tained. It seems .a safe conclusion then, that the ex ports of breadstuffs from the United States have reached something like their maximum point; and that in ordi nary times there is not likely to be much increase in future. The increase of domestic manufactures there creates a home consumption equal to the increased pro duction of breadstuffs, and thus prevents an augmented exportation. While the United States' exports of breadstuffs ap pear to have reached something like their highest point, the exports of these articles from Canada are doubling every few years, and now are about one-half as ranch as those of the United States. Reducing the flour to bushels, at the rate of five bushels to the barrel—the same rule adopted in the case of American flour in the above table—the exports of Canadian wheat from 1838 to 1852, both inclusive, have been as follows : 1838 1839.. 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 Wheat.— Bushels. 296,020 249,471 1,730,119 2,313,836 1,678,103 1,193,918 2,350,018 2,597,392 3,312,757 3,883,156 2,248,016 3,645,320 4,547,224 4,275,896 5,496,718 It appears by the above statement that our exports of wheat in 1852 were about eighteen times as great as they were in 183& They have doubled four times in fifteen years, or more than once in every four years for the last fifteen years. They are now one-half as much as the exports of wheat from the United States ; and at the present ratio of increase —doubling in every four years—our exports of wheat will, in 1856, be equal to those of the United States. There is no known reason why our exports of wheat should not continue, at their present ratio, for some time. There have recently seen opened some of the finest wheat-growing tracts, in the country. These set tlements are fast passing that stage when they witness a consumption greater than the production ; and will in future make large additions to our exports. Other new settlements will shortly be opened ; but there is no rea son to suppose that they will, in aeir early stage, cause any such increased consumption am to curtail the amount of exports ; and in a few years every new settlement must add its quota to the exports of the country. Be sides the extension of settlements,., there is another source of increased production now beginning to be per ceptible : we allude to the 'immures taken in some of the older settlements to .increase the produc tions of a given area of land. Whatever the general average yield of wheat may be through out the province, it is a matter of individual observation that lands which used to yield about 20 bushels of wheat to the acre now yield 40 and even 50 bushels. The improved methods of farming which brings about these increased productions are silently making their way in many of the older settlements, and must make their effects apparent in the incrn ase of our exports of breadstuffs. From all the circul istances it is obvious that Canada is destined to become, in al few years, the greatest wheat exporting countr:7 on the continent of America. STATE OF I'EADE. (From the Manchester Gum atian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, Aug. 9.—The Joss of strength which our market sustained from the m iddle to the end of last week, mainly in consequence of tile apparently increased imminence of war, has been regained to-day, chiely through a diminished apprehension on that . score. The decidedly fine weather, which appears now to have fairly set in, has also exercisela favourable influence upon the business of the . day. pinners have, therefore, again become decidedly firm at the late highest rates ; indeed, a hardening tendency is perceptible in some yarns. Pincops for domestics form an exception to this extent, however, they may be had a d. per lb below quotations which were so extreme at the scarcest moment as to be rarely realisable. Spinnings for India are rather more inquired after, though still dull. For some other foreign markets there is rather more doing, and also for home consumption ; but the day's transactions have not ex ceeded a moderate amount ; indeed, the degree in which producers are engaged would prevent its being other wise. In goods, prices are exceedingly firm. HUDDERSFIELD, AllgliSt 9.—There is still a good de mand for suitable goods, and rather more has been done in the hall this morning, having had a few buyers in the town both from London and the north; but the trans actions in the cloth hall are scarcely an index of the market, the makers being employed so well to order keeps the various stalls very bare, the goods being nearly invariably delivered direct from the mill to the merchant's warehouse. On the whole, there has been a fair market for the time of year, an d the rather favourable news from the East has given an increased firmness to the market. HALIFAX, August 6..--We have had a very dull day in our piece hall. Th e sales of all sorts of worsted goods are very limited, and prices are far from satis factory. With regar 4 to yarn the stocks are not heavy, either here or of i:the continent ; and there would be every prospect, of a t !nod trade were it not that the near approach of a crisis in the affairs of the East induces the merchants to act wt tit increased caution. The wool market is not active, st.nd the staplers are unable to realise prices equal to tl tose demanded by the growers. INTREPIDITY OF THE , HAWK.—One instance of the daring intrepidity of the awk, when pressed by hunger, occurred at the parochial school-house at Maderty, one day last week. It happened while a favourite canary was enlivening his auditor s with his native song, that a hawk darted with the spa of lightning through a pane of glass in the kitchen w indow, to the dismay of three tailors, who were busily plying their avocation in close proximity. The bold inlz uder, however, missed his aim, and with the broken glass, .fell with a sudden clash into a tailor's lap. It would be difi icult to determine whether the hawk or the tailors were Cot it surprised by this unexpected occurrence. One of the. tailors in an instant sprang to his feet with that elastic ity for which his fraternity is remarkable, while anothei - gave utterance to certain un earthly sounds, indicative of expiring nature ; the third had scarcely time to un plait his legs when the noise reached the ears of other domestics in an adjoing apart ment, which caused them to rush to the scene of action, and who, when they behe; id the uproarious confusion, at once concluded it to be ' `the de'il among the tailors," until the cause of their :citement was discovered en deavouring to retrace a 3 way through the shattered window. He was, howe'n ar, speedily secured, but not until he had broken 'other' two panes of glass in attempt ing to make his escape. —1 'erth Courier. CURIOUS SITUATIONS 'F.( )R THE NESTS OF BIRDS.— In one of the flower• baskets on my lawn (the bark having cracked and become partially separated from the wood), a blue, ti. tmouse has profited by the opening ; and, passing, bin ~ ough a passage of some length behind the bark, has Sound sufficient room for its nest, and is rearing its ycong successfully. In the neighbouring church of Du tterni ere a wren has filled one of the divisions of a window with its cosey domicile, and is sitting on its eggs at a dis tance of not more than 2 feet from the elbow of the pre: ',cher when in his pulpit. But the most curious situation for a nest is the following : In the garden of a neighln 'ur, a lady had placed a flower pot over a patch of sweet peas ; and on removing it, to ascertain the progress of t he flowers, was surprised by the sudden escape of a biz d from within. It appeared that a titmouse (the Pem' major, Toe Bent, or Ox-eye) had entered through the hole at the top of the inverted flower-pot ; had foi Ined a nest on the ground ; and was then sitting on -tea eggs ! The bird subse quently became accustom ,ed to visitors, and would allow the flower-pot to be tilted, so that she might ba seen on her eggs withi n . Tb e ne st is n ow fill e d with eight or nine little tits ; an d it R -ould be a matter of curiosity to watch how, in the fir: it instance, they will escape from their confinerneo at some skill and accuracy of movement must be rkeseg try in order to pass through the only outl e t, th e sn i a ll he, .le, which is some nine or ten inches above, and which is of just large enough for the passage of the parent.— /G 4 Journal from Nature. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDITAL L. —Thomas Hughes, a, proprie;:or driving his own cab, was summoned for refusing to go with Mr. Charles Watson, a stockbroker, of 10, Warnford-court i City. kr. Watson stated, that on Friday last he saw the defendant, 30 - )out 5 o'clock in the afternoon, driving a Hansom cab in King-street, Cheapside. He hailed de fendant, but he appeared to take no notice, and drove on at a rapid pace. Complainant ran after defendant, and asked him why he did not stop, and he replied that he had done work for the day and was going home, and did not intend to take any more fares. Complainant asked him for his number, and he referred him to the stamp-office plate at the back of the cab, but complainant insisted upon having the number of his badge, which defendant prevented him from obtaining for some time. The defendant said, he had gone 15 miles that day, and earned 10s., and, it being his custom to work his horses only from 7 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon, he was returning home when he was hailed by the com plainant. He (defendant) was not on a stand, neither was he plying for hire, and he thought under those cir cumstances it was not compulsory on him to take a fare against his inclination. Alderman Moon said the defendant had acted wrongly and was very uncivil in not letting complainant have his number. Really, the cabmen were becoming most in corrigible, and it was his duty to protect the public from their impositions and insults. - - The complinant admitted that the defendant was not plying for hire, and the defendant said he paid a great deal of money for his horses, and was therefore obliged to be careful that he did not overwork them, for the reduced fares would not pay him if he injured a horse in so doing. The defendant was then fined 10s., which, aft er a good deal of demurring, he paid, and the complainant gave the costs, 35., to the poor-box. BOW-STREET.—John, ilinton Daniel, who keeps a loan-office in Thanet-place, Strand, in the name of Cap tain Daniel, was summoned before Mr. Jardine for as saulting and threatening Edwin John Baker, the secre tary to the "company." The same parties were before Mr. Hall on Monday, when the complainant in the present case was charged with embezzling the monyes of the defendant, his em ployer. On that occasion it was contended that Baker was not a servant, but a partner, and therefore as much entitled to receive and pocket the payments made at tbe office as Daniel himself; and a covenant of agreement having been put in to show that Baker was only re quired to give an account once a-year, Mr. Hall dis missed the charge. On getting back to the loan office, it appeared that Daniel, Baker, and a groom, who was claimed as the servant of both, each asserted his right to the cash box. An altercation ensued, the groom was turned out of doors by Baker. while the latter was threatened with expulsion by Daniel—the result being a second appeal to the police-court. Daniel asstred his worship that the complainant was merely his clerk, and had been paid a salary of a guinea a-week; but lately, to give him an interest in the office, he had been allowed a fourth of the profits as his remuneration—there being a special proviso in the covenant that he was not to be regarded as a partner. A Mr. Govett, who said he was a solicitor. of 30 years' standing, referred to the agree ment, which was drawn up by himself, as a proof that Baker, his client, was liable to pay a fourth of the liabi lities also, and was, therefore, to all intents, a partner ; but Mr. Jardine observed that he never saw such an un intelligible document as the said " agreement," and he he could not have supposed that it was ever drawn by a solicitor. Eventually, Mr. Jardine ordered the defendant Daniel to enter into his own recognisances in 101. to keep the peace towards the complainant for two months. For some weeks past the legitimate business of the Coi;rt has been constantly interrupted, and the passages and waiting-rooms rendered almost inaccessible, by the arrival at short intervals of large bodies of recruits, des tined for the militia service, who are brought before the magistrate to be attested, some of them frequently in a state of drunkenness. The time consumed by the for mal process of taking a long declaration on oath from each man causes the greatest possible inconvenience to the numerous persons of both sexes who have to attend as witnesses or complainants, and are kept waiting for hours together in company by no means agreeable, and in an atmosphere still more unpleasant. Gentlemen who arrive in a hurry to settle disputes with extortionate cabmen are driven in despair to make the best bargain they can with "cabby," who escapes inquiry, and blesses the volunteer men for his impunity. It is due to the public who have business at police-courts to draw the attention of the military authorities to this serious and growing nuisance, which might easily be avoided by securing the occasional attendance of a county magis trate (probably a captain in the army) to swear in the recruits at head-quarters. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. QUARANTINE NOTICE. ALICANTE, Aug. vessels bound to this coast from a British port are subjected to three days' quarantine, in consequence of the cholera morbus having broken out in Copenhagen, which city is in constant communication with the United Kingdom. aVIBER. Tedford (2) 2O Leicester (2) 21 Lanark (2) 22 Manchester Autumn (2) 22 Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27 I Walsall (2) _....28 i Northallerton (2) 29 IMBER. Liverpool Autumn (2) 9 .Shrewsbury C 2) 15 AbeiTstwith (A) lAA week CUSTOM-HOUSE—Auer. 10. ENTERED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Catharina, f o r Gudnase ; Andreas, Christiania ; Emanuel, Sundswall Barbara Maria Haab, Christianstadt ; Prosperitas, Dram ; Johannes, Rustringerseil ; Ferma, Stettin ; Gezina Jan tins, Rostock ; Elizabeth, St. Petersburgh ; Alkin, Ny borg ; Fanny Von Schach, Archangel ; Speculation, Area dahl ; Maria, Lokkin ; Porto, Aalborg ' • Agnes Luders Odense ; Catharina, Archangel ; Maria, ' do. • Norma,' Maroim ; Henriette, Memel; Rendsburgh Company, No. 2, Archangel ; Norval, Gottenburg ; L ou i sa , Riga Mary Eleanor, Berdianski ; Gisona, Archangel ; Johannes, do. Jontoveronia Maria, Archangel ; Helene, do. ; Wilhelm, do. ; Catharina, Adelia, and Maria, do. ; Heinrich, do. ; Oscar, Calmar ; Neva, Dantzic ; Hebe, Swartwich - Gorda, Skelleftia ; Emanuel, Altona ; Hermann, Rig a : ' Hoop, Worcum ; Emily, Lagos ; Robertson, Matanz as ; Schiller, Cronstadt ; Johanna, Dantzic , Diana, Memel ; Margaret, Pillau ; Countess of Leven and Melville, St. Petersburgh ; Favourite, Memel ; Jos. Smith, Dantzic ; Ada, St. Helena ; Asiatic, Madras and the Cape ; A g i nae Undin e, Stettin ; Eindrach, Dantzic ; Carl Gustaf, Stettin; Jane Spoors, do. ; Wilhelm Frederick, Droback ; Helene, Dram ; Dorothea Frederika, Struer ; St. Paul, do. ; Hein rich, Archangel ; Argo, Dram ; Kinlop, Riga ; Wilhel mine, Griefswald ; Norkelone, Holmsund ; Lympha,, Dram ; Ann, Antwerp ; Lady Sale, Riga ; St. Marie, Memel ; Hawkhill, Constantinople, &c. ; Agnes, Oporto ; Thos. Boyden, Port Philip ; Demerara, Trinidad ; Wil helm, Car]scrona and Stockholm ; Stella, Valencia ; Louise, St. Vincent ; Inchinnal, Sydney ; Ilougomont, Cape of Good Hope and Madras. CLEARED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Ellen, for Altona ; Hawkhill, Constantinople, ; Ida Elizabeth, Sourabaya ; Propitious, Cherbourg ; Malcolm, Table Bay ; Baelfinch, Elsinore, &c.; Elizabeth, Antwerp ; Omen, Kiel. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 10. The Jeune Louis has arrived at this port, from Pontes val, with cargo from the Asia, from hence to Mobile, wrecked in December last. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Konig William 11., Liverpool to Melbourne, June 2, lat. 8 N., long. 20 W. The China, London to Bombay, June 16, lat. 6 N., long. 21 W. The Ormelie, Calcutta to London, July 14, lat. 36 N., long. 42 W. The George William (American ship), July 27, lat. 46 N., long. 23 W. The Oriental (s), Aug. 2, lat. 50 N., long. 5 W. The Sydney Griffiths, from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, Aug. 6, lat. 49 N., long. 5 W. The Catherine Jenkins, Caldera to Liverpool, July 13, lat. 36 N., long. 40 W. The Watt, Bombay to Liverpool, July 14, lat. 37 N., long. 40 W. The John Lawson, London to Hobart Town, July 30, lat. 46 N., long. 8 W. The Oliver, Plymouth to Adelaide, Aug 3, lat. 48 N., long. 7 W. CLEARNESS OF THE NORTHERN SEAS.—Nothing can be more surprising and beautiful than the singular clear ness of the water of the northern seas. As we passed slowly over the szrface, the bottom, which was here in ge neral of white sand, was clearly visible from 20 to 25 fa thoms. During the whole course of the tour I made, nothing appeared to me so extraordinary as the immense recesses of the ocean, unruffled by the slightest breeze, the gentle splashing of the oars scarcely disturbing it. Hanging over the gunwale of the boat with wonder and delight I gazed on the slow moving scene below. Where the bot tom was sandy, the different kinds of esterise, echmi, and even the smallest shells appeared at the greatest depth, conspicuous to the eye, and the water seemed, in some measure, to have a magnifying power, by enlarging the object as a telescope, and bringing them seemingly nearer. Though moving on a level surface, it seemed almost as if we were ascending the height under us, and when we passed over its summit, which rose in appear ance to within a few feet of our boat, and came again to the descent, which on this side was suddenly perpendi cular, and overlooking a watery gulf as we passed gently over the point of it, seemed almost as if we had thrown ourselves down this precipice ; the illusion, from the crystal clearness of the deep, actually producing a sud den start."—American paper. 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THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending July 31, 1853 £17,384 12 1 Corresponding week last year 12,370 10 9 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Aug. 7, 1853 £21,390 19 0 Corresponding week last year 19,255 7 6 CHESTER. AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 7, 1853 £6,646 3 4 Corresponding week last year 4,305 0 5 Increase in 1853 £2,341 2 11 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for the week ending Aug. 6, 1853 £249 4 10 Corresponding week last year 248 14 8 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. SHEERNESS, AUGUST 9. The Wildfire, steam tender to the Waterloo, Second- Master Mr. George Brockman, returned from Chatham at 7 45 at.m. this day, after being laid on the ways to clean her copper, preparatory to her leaving for Spit head with Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joceline Percy, com mander-in-chief at the buoy of the Nore ; and on receiv ing !the gallant admiral on board, left here at 3 p.m. Wind, E., moderate ; weather fine. Barometer, 30 ; thermometer, 78 in the shade. The Waterloo, 120, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stop ford.—Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joceline Percy returned to his duty last evening. The commodore's broad pen dant was struck, and the admiral's flag (white at the fore) was again hoisted. The Myrtle, steam tender to the Monarch, returned from Chatham at 9 a.m., and at 1 30 p.m. came along side the wharf to take on board James Hagerty, a ship wright, who had unfortunately fallen from a stage rigged under the hawse-holes of the Ganges into the bottom of the stone-dock No. 1, by which he received a simple fracture of the upper part of his left. thigh. Immediately the accident occurred he was conveyed to the dockyard surgery, where Mr. John Jeffcott, Assistant-surgeon of the yard (in the absence of Mr. James Wilson (b), sur geon of the yard) promptly attended, and after setting the fractured limb he was conveyed in a cot on board the Myrtle and taken to Melville Hospital, Mr. Mark Hamilton, MD., Assistant-surgeon of the Monarch, proceeding in the Myrtle, in attendance on the unfortu nate man. The Myrtle returned again at 5 40 p.m. this day. The Cyclops paddle-wheel steam-sloop this day steamed out of the fitting-basin and left for Woolwich, at 2 30 p.m., to bring other parts of the machinery for the Royal George, 120. The Cressy, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship, arrived here at 3 15 p.m., this day, towed by the steam-vessels African and Fearless, and has been placed at the har bour moorings of the yard. The Ocean, New Coal Depot—The heavy stream moorings have been completed for this ship ; she is now permanently berthed at them, and ready to take in coals for the use of the steam navy at this port. A considerable saving in labour will be effected in sending the coals into the hold fore and aft by an inge nious process adapted by Mr. Robert Lawes, the store keeper, which consisted of shifting shoots attached under the hatchways, which can at pleasure and with dispatch be made to convey the coals either forward or aft, star board or port ; so that no trimmers are required in the hold. In addition to this, the "coals are eased into the hold on an inclined plane, whereby they retain their size—an object most desirable in such fuel. The John, Potter master, from Wales, will commence her discharge to-morrow, availing herself of a new mode of discharge, adopted also by Mr. Robert Lawes, by which the dis charge will be expedited quite 40 per cent., and with less labour than heretofore. A coroner's inquest was held here this morning (afloat), by Mr. James Lawes, coroner for the city and boundaries of Rochester, on the body of a man unknown (apparently a labouring man), when a verdict was re turned by the jury—" Found drowned." The body was found floating near the Garrison point yesterday. SINGULAR CASE OF LOCKJAW.—A man died at Led bury, on Tuesday week, under rather remarkable cir cumstances. Freeman, the constable, was on duty in th e market about 11 o'clock, when his attention was called to a man named D. Jones, who was standing by the side of his cart, containing p otatoes, peas, and beans, which he had brought for sale. When the constable went up to him he was in the act of recovering a halfpenny from the inside of his 'cart, in order to give change to a woman, who first give intimation as to his condition, and was groan ing badly. The poor fellow told Freeman that he had had a stroke, and in something like ten minutes he became insensible. What followed was thus detailed to the coroner, on Thursday, when an inquest was held at the union workhouse :—" I at once ran for Mr. Griffin, the surgeon, and in the hurry I saw Mr. Dunn, surgeon, coming down the street, and he came to him. Jaws very w a e d r e c a closed. suen.i on He at first did not think him in danger. He had a little water, and afterwards Mr. Dunn ordered a draft from Mr. Meacham, the druggist ; hut he could not take it ; his here Mr. told me 1 sißos house so 1:: as the where t D h u e n n the's deceased body ,directions, nowa s conveyed I t lies.o o tool m h u i u rp i . up o n ti t I was le a unione. s e l o o f c l t o o c r k , s • jaw, and im . th H at e i t t o w ld a m s a e there verb was no chance of his recovery. lam of opinion that as soon as the ,he deceased, a ft er h e was taken deceased was taken with l oc k-jaw be became insensibl e , ill, said, 'Oh ! Lord, kill ' Oh, God ! ' (th ree times). me 1' That and his last wor d s were, Deceased d b y seemed the su sudden to d e h n a v vi e si a . second attack, when his eye his pecejas ‘vwbecame clos e d an d h e b e- jcuarmyefoinusnedns,i,bTleh the deceas e d . H er die ealmost c l ose d . " The tation of God."—Gloucester Chronicle. COUNTRY MARNETB B ch EDINBURGH MEAL MARS ET—AUG. 9 ' Wait There were i n th e mar k e t to-day, 4 sacks °I 1/ i4' weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-2 at and 1 at 1/. 13s Od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARXSr- - - - AUG. 9. There was a large supply of straw of all deszriptions the market. The prices were as follow : eA Oat straw, from 5a 6d to 6s 63 per keruple sta n od, tron ; wheat do., 5s (hi to 6s 6d ; barley do., is 6 , 1 o' Hay from 9d to lld per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET — u°. S. ii, 0 0 There were in the market to-day 22 bags 03 ° 6 ( 011. f barleymeal, and 2 of pot-barley. Sales wer:,.t.3,1 Top of oatmeal 6d per bag down, the second 0 3 . 1 ,,j et , per bag cheaper, and the lowest the same as last ul 1 ' . rii, Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. f il l S S imperial - 0 1 Barleymeal, per ditto -s d , i i Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto __.s Od —s uu i.. 3 --o Pot-barley, per ditto COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at t] ;T—MTG. 10. Le close of the market :--- s. d. Buruhopo l5 6 Hetton ................ .. a ... Carr's Hartley lB 0 Haswell ..................... .!; .... 1 , Dean's Primrose Hasting's Hartley 18 0 Russell's Hition . ....... 0., Holywell . ...19 0 Scarborough .......... ... ' :' ‘B Howard's West Hartley Stewart's .. . ........... ... il Netherton 18 0 Framwellgate .......... - .3.7 Longridge's Wst HartleylB O'C a ssop . —.! .............. . 11 North Percy Hartley l7 0 Heugh Hall . ............. 16 Redheugh Main 15 9 Kelloe . . ............... ..../ Tanfield Moor l6 6 South Hari Tanfield Moor Butes 16 3 South Kelloe ........... ... Is West Hartley Wylam 18 3 Pease's ...... ........... ....16 Wallsend, &c. St. Helen's Tees ......... :16 17 0 Woodhouse Close ..... . 1 6 17 0 Cowpen .... . ........ ; ..... IS 17 6 Derwentwa . ter ' ff art,o ,17 6 iepool ....... ..! Hedley Riddell Eden Main Belmont Ship at market H I Sold ......... ... 51. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AuG. 10. trenle been If STOCK EXORANGE.—The mar k e t has e x 4110 tr dull and inactive, and closed at about yesteruit'wegge; tions :—Caledonian, 314 ; London and No •IT 1151; Manchester, She ffi eld, and Lincoln, ~.,2 8g t ' Angll British, 81 ; South-East ern an d D over , 21.3; olio 31/. share Guar. 6 per cent., 41 ; Sh re wsburY an Guar. 8 per cent., 18. MANCHESTER, AUG. 10. ec t, STOCK EXCHANGE.— Prices have slightly dec lij , .00 0 , g r t but a moderate business. Ch es hi re ;function, 8 u•ii V A "; 24; East Lancashire, 18i 13-16 • L ee ds Pref. , ~'" York, Newcastle, and Be rw i c k, 17i ; Blac ku iM' Leeds, 77k; Sheffields Pref., 10t; London Stock, LEEDS AUG 10 t V rm. ' • • .I, Vaar kl3 fe l( STOCK EXCHANGE.—.iIere was a we....er . , t o $ t , morning. The transactions have been lircite% t iec?f n , lines, and the quotations show a tendency t° , o ,--J; ( 4 , The following are the closing sales of the incrali cashire and Yorkshires, 774 ; Leeds Northern° , land Stock, ni BIRMINGHAM, AuG. 10. for' _ A 1 0 , ie 0111. 6 • 10 3 ' STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share mar k et Vil a i V i ~, London and North-Western close 115 i to 1 15 52 3,j, w 716 to i ; Shropshire Union, 3i. Bs. 9d. to 31. 6e• and South Staffords, 1 to 18s. 9d. dis. SEABORNE MAILS. Po (N signifies that the mails ar e sent from the Wm' by the night —and H by the morning -dispatch.] , Day wrenlD made u, rfOstl t Vtlit , ,ail. ~,, COUNTRIEA. in General Post- Port edoy Office, London.* Dispatche d. -..-....--- i.. 4 0,7 America(byßrit.pack)N Every Frid a y .... Liverpool • 0 America (by United Sts. ." AAP packet) ..........N Aug. 23 ~. ... - - Liverpool •. i 0 America (by U States . g. Australia ) tralia (via ......South- .... N Aug. 16 .... .. .... SouthatnP MO - 1 0 Aus f i li ' s l ampton) ..........MlSept. 4 .......... SotithamP- tod tjttv Ditto (via Marseilles) N Sept. 8 .. Dover •••• • • i ! , Ditto (via Cape of Good . 11 1 Hope) ...... •• - ..N August 4 -- - - London .• • ••1 ,4. i i Africa (West Coast) ..N July 30 . • . • • • • • • - - Plymouth •• ng. 0 Alexandria .. .. .. .. .. N 8, is, 24, & 30 ofm. Dover • • •,....• '* ,A 01P 0 Alexandria. • .M 4th & 20th of mon. SouthamPw-ilAtt Bahamas ...........111 2nd of the month SoutthunPt°' 030 1 1 6 Belgium ............N Daily_ _ _ _ _ _ Dover •• •: ' l l/101P 0 Brazil .............. Al 9th of the mouth.. SouthamPl ° , A si• 0 Buenos Ayres .... - - M 9th of the month.. SoutharoPt°' . AO Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th o f th e month Pl ymo uth • 9 6 Cape of Good Hope ..14 Plymouth •• AtIP Cape de Verde ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth •• ,6 , Ceylon (see India) ••s , . A gg ip.' Ceylon ..............N 14th of the month Plymouth. _:. , r „,. 1 6 Channel Isles., - - ..N Mon.,Wed.,&Frid. SoutharaP wu n riP Chili.. ------ - 31 2d &17th of month SouthamP t° 0 China (see India) .. Ad' ll° Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,21,&27 of m. Dover .• ••• ~ AtsP . ,o Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon. SoutharoP: 9 r .rviv r . Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... D ove r • •Ipf. cosN, Egypt (see India) " .. Tai It France ........ M & N Twice daily.... - Dover .• •• on , Av i. Gibraltar .. .. ......3,1 4,7, 17,20, 27 oral. souttiaruP t I iii Greece (see India) Greytown .........11 211 1, 1i u d c;8 8 : daf l y 7 t t h& h e o pin f r il ot o ath rt ; s oL 4o ou tt ut t dh b o a a 1 nn o Pp, t , ..:: : : l T A sige o u ool . g rZ .: . lfri t t L l li n a a nl v a b n u n r a g l h i : : : : : : : : .... M N Holland ... ... . ..... AI Wednesday Sat. London ... lAntiti Honduras ..........M 17th of the month. SouthalniO n .01',1 India (viaSoutha m pt . ) M 4th & 20th of mon. southainPtou IP • India (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th of month Dover .....• ..vill lonian Isles (sea India) .V n 6, Ireland ........ AI & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead • •l AttP io Li5b0n...............M 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampt on A ug , Madeira ............ DI 9th of the month Sonthampto.t: Madeira ............N July 30.......... plymoutil 0 Malta (see India) .• A nt ' Malta ..............N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Dover .• •• i 0 Mauritius (see India) lA4. Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth •• mn Se t llt Mexico ............ AI 2nd of the month.. SouthanW . ,Apj• 1 1. Naples., ... ........N sthlhth2sthofmon. Dover •• • •,: n iAuliiil. New Granada _Xi2d & 17th of month SouthituLP 4 ;,, VP 11 New Zea1and .......... B y p r i va t e s hi p .. Various PO' 0.16 Papal States ........N sthl Sth2sthofmon. Dover • • •: o ', AtlIP 0 Peninsula - - - _ .. m fthl7th2Btholinon. Southan l l 4 „ AuP 0 Pern _ m 2d & 27th of mon. SouthamP W- IAuP 0 Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth .. .0. 11 ,,% . ii T S l u e s il c y an Y • ... •••••• • • • . N Venezuelt . t . ,sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover ...• • A yr 1 6, ........: :: ..„ i N l:2 s d th 4 ls l t 7 h t 2 h sth ot o m fln on o th n. s to u ‘ t •er hion .• l 4• o • o ' ( 1,,,uP Van Diemen's Land (see " Australia) .. ..... . ~,,, 110 West Indies __ ':,.. 9/1 /fr. I /ei, Isf ...„..............b..n0..- _t. ~ Ago " 2d& 17th of monthiSou4u.a— nytoll d • When any of th ese dates f all on a Sunday, the "e o if sao - 0 dispatehel on the following day, with the exception of t- ,tcl 3 Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be (11 ' 2 day preceding. fo*tv LADVERTISMENT.—T HE CAMP AT 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.—Observe, York Hotel. - The Royal Exhibition. A tP" newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoll pe t ; glass, the size of a walnut, by which :aiste" t y can be seen and known one mile and a Il a e , at 4 they answer every purpose on the race-oeu r i " e ;rlt v er opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are c ,"; g, u f , e rh at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for sh °° flceer t ,o stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, g 3 '7 o e po!,tf h and tourists. Telescopes —A new and most o rcy invention in telescopes, possessing such ° t— iece; the powers that some, 3l inches, with an extra gel' t o" If show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's rin L g„' double stars ; with the same telescope, weig u :gee ounces, can be seen a person's countenanoe„ n " and a half distant, and an object from Iq,st•r,, A They supersede every other ldnd for the Wa 181 "7 P" and are of larger and all sizes, with i n creasit i s f o ocl e iiti accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, sv,it, li so Olio; power ;an object can be clearly seen, from II bo!' distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons opticiativeto!;eo vented invaluable preservi ng s p ec t ac l e lenses. la l iv they are placed befo re i m p er f ec t v i s ion es' e l'ilieljolo appears clear and distinct; the most aged, yoe r y; becomes bright and b r illiant, is brought to ilf,-, 4 ;s cov e natural, and origi na l s t a t e . D ea f ness —Nevr v' er fol o av The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary PI diie s l3 o newly-invented instrument, for Deafness , entire Y d oa f 00 from all others, to surpass anything of k i - g ° ,•eg ° a bl e. been, or probably ever can be, produced. s°. same colour as the skin, it is not perceptib le deaf persons to hear distinctly at church sed2 o . semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of siegltbe ,a lo ' the ears is entirely removed ; and it affordl. SoP ante that possibly could be desired.—S. and,. pie° Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-stree,' 001; Observe, opposite the York Hotel. a A 0 10 [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The Earl of AldborT i o a l pir,fi c e loway's Pills.—An astounding cure by ° T e d e s ittl'' medicine after every other means had Villa 14e l s 0„,1 1. tract from his lordship's letter, dated " golf , Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professo r ho e etl e ; s l l Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your p ills the a cure of a disorder in my liver and stefe ac A ov e o th e the most eminent of the faculty at home an no t eye 030° Continent had not been able to effect—n a ,' A D r jet" waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Sig ik di s° ist' ROUGH." These wonderful pills will oil! e n sa og or' of the liver or stomach —Sold (also Jol° 0, t lo ment) at Professor Holloway's Establhnieutt tighoti London, and by all medicine venders thr: 0000 , kingdom. BIRTHS. On the 9th i ns t., in OW7arAwiElcrstre. et, the wif h e of W. J. Metcalfe, EsqSeymourstroet' . port"' squ t e t ,t e he 7 ,L th ad i y ns jt.a,naetwErpalkpeerr. OF A DAUGHTER. $ is On the Bth i ns t., i n G o rdon-street, the wi fe °f Wilde, Esq. On the Bth inst., the Hon. Mrs. Walrond. MARRIED. ...mor! v if V lu rfo On the 2d inst., at tho parish church , A , ' o f I' o or Berke, Geo. Dillon Hearne Kirkaldy , B 8 c1"1. - oil° Flizabetlit ~„ or brooks, county of Galway, to Mary 11" be the late Grant Dalrymple, Esq. G, Shelf, i t On the 9th inst., at Faversham, Capt. ---; o q i ter ° ,(ol o ' the 14th Light Dragoons, to Ellen, second ( 03.1 ,4 00 e, P' late John Mares, Esq., of Lenfield-house, gala' CO I ' DIED. potqc o lte f Roberts, Bart ., B 4t a h rt i .70tf,csoutidrdtelannlyd,:tptehveouRe, an cto d ri p ' re sir Off the Dowager Lady Roberts, relict of the late t oot° jell , in the county of Cork, aged 75. e I" On the 10th inst., at 4S, MerningtonTligelateaeore Mrs. Mary Cruikshank, aged 84, relict o_l __ 4lo a Cruikshank, Esq., artist, and mother of Reber' Cruikshank, Esqs. af 69 rrtV nO LONDON : Printed and Published by - uuj orfice , ° of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at The Su?! coup Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In "" Middliyex, Thuroday, Aug„ust 11, 180. '~~....~ I CIA] thei r at Ei elde r for 11 Tic 2 69, ( the i Pa --__, the tir c ec, N o It , , c y o. Is ch,„ ..1) 1 „ . 1 " . 4, 1 11,C