The Sun. — London, England, 1847-08-19 00:00:00

AIR. J. FENIMORE COOPER'S NEW WORK, m ARK'S R E E F; OR, THE C R ATER, WILL BE READY IN A FEW DAYS. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. IMMO HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last Night but One. For the Last Time. The Nobi tit b "..bscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re s)ecit.e ly ?Wawa& th a t THIS EVENING, August 19, Will ' etkrmed Mozart's celebrated Opera, entitled LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. .-tisitni.la,Mdlle. Jenny Lind; Countess, Madame Castellan ; Cheru **bag, Molame Solari ; Figaro, Herr Staudigl ; Count Almavina, Sig ne? Cella ; Antonio, Signor Solari; Doctor Bartolo, Signor La- It ache . • To conclude with the revived Ballet (by M. Perrot), entitled LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS, Comprising Le Pas des Deesses." Taglioni, Rosati, and Cerito (Les Deesses); Mdlle. Petit Stephan and Mdllee. James and Honore (Les Graces) ; M. St. Leon (Paris) ; M alle. Lamoreux (L'Amour) ; Mdlle. Julien (L'H.ymen) ; Mdlles. Cassan and Thevenot (Nymphs) ; and M. Perrot (Mercure). The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, recce lOs. ed. each. Applications for boxes, pit stalls, and tickets, to be made at the tox-office, 41 the theatre. The Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the perform ance commence at Eight o'clock. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Tri :EwELL NIGHT OF THE SEASON will take place sA _et ,AY EVENING, August 21, when Mdlle. Jenny Lind will appear In one of her favourite characters, and It is respectfully :announco,l that no further representation can positively be given. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. "Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented RORY O'MORE. Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson ; Kathleen, Miss Woolgar. Other characters by Messrs. Paul Bed ford, 0. Smith, Selby, and Cullenford ; Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. Laws. After 111 . .1:.b a new and original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Mr. Wright ; Jack Brown, Mr. Munyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond _ R yan; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; Mille. Cherry Bounce, Miss An , rna hording. c'enclude with THE DOUBLE -BEDDED ROOM. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Summer Season—Lyceum Company.) THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan's Eon;CfyOfTHE RIVALS. Sir An thony Abs, 'ate, Mr. Emery; Captain Absolute, Mr. F. Vining; Sir Miens )*Trigger, Mr. A. Wigan; Faulkland, Mr. Leigh Murray; Acres, :•fr. G. Wild; Julia, Mrs. R. Honer; Lydia, Miss Daly; Mrs. AL , laprop, Mrs. Griffiths ; Lucy, Miss Arden. After which, a new Divertissement, in which the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear. To concl. 'de with GWYNNETH VAUGHAN. Owen Williams, 31r. Leigh urray ; Gwynneth Vaughan, Mrs. R. Honner. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mn. Frances Dayidge, Lessee. xement of Mr. and Mrs. KEELEY for Six Nights. THIS EVENING 'Will be presented the ClSiiiti.4oll 7 iiiriFE. Hickory Short, Mr. liteeley Lefty Briggs, Mrs. Keeley. 'To be followed by THE END OF JUNE, Nicholas Czarny, Mr. Svcley. After which THE MISER'S WELL. Dolph Heyllger, Mrs. Keeley; Claus Hopper, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with *Er Nautical Drama entitled THE DREAM AT SEA. r ft, IL; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence nallt-rrFt ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING rerformed GRACE GREY Temptation, Truth, and Tre auffir. Characters by Messrs. Hicks, Forman, Searle, and Mils Vineent Afte WIWI the CASTLE OF ST. ALMO ; or, the Spanish Bride. To corietteale with FAIRE ROSAMON . DE. Fayre Rosamonde, Mr. Porr.rian. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Pr Teeter and Manager. air. William RAW/- THIS EVENING A gratC. Grecian and Fairy Legend entitled THE PRINCE OF CYPRI;* er eta Horse of the Elements, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. • Entiro'-iv new Scene • e Arena, by the talented Artistes of the Establishment, in the vx. les modes of equestration. To conclude with a favotalte Afterpiece. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. presentation of SRAKSPERE'S BIPTR-PLACE. The Harmonic R...ck Band every Evening. On THUR.-DAY, August 19, Th, Ba'id of the Establishment, selected from the I..tteen's ivate Band, the Coldstreams, and the elite of M. Jullien's Band, w : perform a Grand Selection of Ancient and Modern Music, Daylight. -"few of Gibraltar. Splendid Menagerie. Shakspere's Birth Pt., •e,from Drawings by Alfred Crowquill. Ihe Celebrated Harmoni r Band will also perform at intervals, concluding with the Siege o: braltar. Feed!nt the Animals at Five; Concert at Six ; Fireworks, at Rine. :Su extra ‘lptrge. . . . _ 'Ad,alssion to the whole, One Shilling. '1 If WEATREIt.—buN OrricE, AUG. 19. Tir t 31o)4xTEit, Lowest, 61; Highest, 69 ; Noon, 64 B.A.ELONETEE, 30.2.—Wnin N.; showery. vv•Vri.:it .tT LOINCIJON-BRII , Ok. Till, Ni'r,,ing.. 39 minutes after 6. I Evening .. 2 minutes -titer 7. ' •-•4., ,, .c. ~' • 1 1 , : , , , t• - • ,) ...;4 - 4-71",4 .16 A ..4 • ...-., , e. Oll . u i • MA,. a . :ehfr '''. .-.. . 4' 41111111 1, •11 , 1 , , ..-, • 0 „ • ~,, , 0 , tic\ , . - t .. N .,..it- .., - . '‘. , 1411 ':.,406., T . ,e 1 .G . tl - treltim L' y )ON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 19, 1847. at -r ;s no doubt that the verdict returned by the urn- ia the ease of Lieutenant MUNRO, who was yest..riiay tried at the Central Criminal Court on a ch.a.: re if wilful murder, was strictly in accordance w - . , .- the law of the land. Nothing can be more e 1 .-..-ey defined than t. : law relating to duelling. In es ry instance the ludo will tell the jury, that if two P • •,eni go out deliberately, armed with deadly w !)/E ., -.!. for the purpose of fighting, and that one of tlinn .illed, the survivor, and indeed all the parties .: ) ic, - n - am ?, whether as seconds or lookers on, will be luilty o` wilful murder, and that they can return no 0 ier v r lict in accordance with the oath they have tik .a. he questions for their consideration are of th ei.:, lest character, viz.—whether a duel took l e.-, e s. t -- - . -Nether the death of the deceased was thereby o,:ea , ioned —and whether the prisoner was a party Ih.:T!--to. If these queries should be answered in the a rr , ..ative, and the evidence generally speaking is :e the most conclusive and satisfactory descrip- Le . such as to leave no reasonable doubt L l l e should be a conviction, and yet, in nine cases out of twenty, the juries have interposed th anselves between the law and the accused, and have returned a verdict exonerating him from all guilt. Indeed, we believe that we are justified in asserting that no former case can be adduced in which a conviction had been obtained unless some blame was imputable to the survivor, either in the causes that led to the conflict or in the manage ment of the duel. The present case, however, forms a striking exception to the general rule. The unfor tunate gentleman placed on his trial received the highest character from persuns of every class in so ciety. His career, up to the commission of the fatal act, had been in every respect a most meritorious one. His lather, a gallant and distinguished officer, who, - iy ::is unflinching bravery and invariable good condu t, had elevated himself from the humblest sta tion t. an honourable position in the British service— who, a, one of the forlorn hope, had planted the standard of his country on the armed battlements of Sering a T 2 atar e , and, rewarded by well-merited pro motion, had retired with the rank of captain, to enjoY in his o1:3 age, th at peace and tranquillity he had so, richly earned by the services and dangers his of youth. The son was n o t possessed of wealth or in fluence sufficient to obtain a commission in the ordi but he emulated th e va l our of his sire, nary mode, and, trusting to his own merits for promotion, he unbesicaiir,gly entered the ranks as a private soldier. He w :-: • t mistaken—conduct such as his could not fail : :1J appreciated, and he was ultimately pro motet.. ;:.i a commission in one of our most distinguished Tegio - leetr. As an officer he maintained the high character he had obtained in a humbler capacity. He was respected and beloved not only by his brother officers, but also by those from amongst whom he had been promot e d, an d h e was un i v er s ally looked upon ' _ as a distinguished officer, and "a mitd, humane, and benevolent man. The illustrious Marquis of AN GLESEY,Bouitiz colonel of th e reg i men t ; th e ga ll an t Col. who h a d f ought at Waterloo with t he men he now corn ' m an& ; the Earls of ARUNDEL and SURREY, Rid of MAR CH , vaitcivAL, his brother GEORGE MANNERS, and M r. officers,other ete character, his strca , .estimony t o his unexceptionable hi s sksfilarly inoffensive, humane, private were peaceable dis position, while a corporal a ndew h ere produced to speak of his condu c t while he had Learnedee j n one of themselves, so as to justify the sa yi n g that he had seldom h ear d such a ehtladragecteinr given to any man. Such was his position when the untoward event occurred which blasted all his pros pects, which deprived him of the rank and station he had gained for himself by twenty years of unire_ peacl ble conduct, and plu n g ed himself, his wife, and A six helpless children, from comparative affluence into poverty and distress. His brother-in-law, Lieutenant-Colonel FAWCETT, on his return from China, had inflicted a gross and unmerited insult on Lieutenant Musao. A family quarrel Connected with pecuniary matters, in which we believ:! there was not the slightest doubt that the deceased was in fault, led to the unhappy difference, and Lieutenant Mussao was ignominiously turned out of th..) house by hi s relative. What could he do ? What eaurse was open to him 2 very peculiar one. He b His position was a belonged t o a pro f ess i o n jealous in the high es t d egree of i any of its members submitting patiently to an vienissutl.t. theTh l e a w o , p o t r i o o n f afforded to him was either of platin g panions ... being degraded in the sight of lll deprived of the rack VIEWS PAPE perhaps , and ' ---- ,Y•r-' -- -1 . '': --- --t;'; - _, ) struggled so /,=:•' ' " -:------ .7 -1,- /_ 4 %-q. - r N a it THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1847. hard to attain. He had the highest examples for the course he adopted. The veteran Commander-in- Chief, the hero of a hundred fights, had set the pre cedent he was about to follow. That illustrious Duke, who, h e usages if anyge s man, could with impunity have violated and trusted to his well• estab lishedtu reputation for protection, felt it was due to the service to which he belonged to demand a hostile meeting from a brother nobleman for intemperate language used in the heat of debate. He was seconded by the gallant veteran who after wards rendered the most important services at Sobraon, and was justly rewarded therefor by a peerage and a pension. Had a fatal result then hap pened, and the law been administered with equal strictness as in the present instance, WELLINGTON and LIARDINGE might have expiated their guilt upon a scaffold, or laboured in a penal settlement, in place of receiving the heartfelt thanks of a grateful country. The eminent statesman who gave the deathblow to monopoly, and sacrificed his party for the benefit of his country, would have been in a similar predica ment, while the Liberator of Ireland would have perished by the hands of the hangman in place of achieving the liberation of his co-religionists from the uujust restrictions by which they were fettered and oppressed. With such high sanction for the proceeding, it is no wonder that Lieutenant MUNRO acted in accordance with what has been termed the laws of honour, and de manded reparation for the unmerited insult. He was actuated by no vindictive feeling, but ap peared to be in a state of the greatest possible anxiety and despondency, and stated to Mr. Gun- LIVER, the surgeon whom he had induced to accom pany him, that he had been grossly insulted before the servants, but that he would be satisfied with the shadow of an apology. This expected apology was, however, withheld. No explanation of any kind would be afforded by the unfortunate gentleman who gave the insult, and stern necessity compelled the prisoner to persevere, and the fatal result happened. After four years' absence—after the bitter conse quences entailed on him by the transaction—the loss of almost all that rendered life desirable, the wretched survivor surrendered himself to take the trial that awaited him, and he is now a felon, found guilty by a jury of his country men of the highest crime known to the law, and under sentence of an ignominious death. That sentence cannot possibly be carried into execution; if it were so, " it would (in the language of a distinguished Contemporary) more properly de serve the name of murder than the offence he has un fortunately committed." The Learned edge felt justified in stating that the sentence would not be carried into effect. But to what extent will it be mitigated ? That must be decided by other parties. It i s f or her MAJESTY, in the exercise of her most precious prerogative, to decide thereon with the advice of the Chief Secre• tary for the Home Department. The circumstances of the case are not such as to make Lieutenant MUNRO a fitting scapegoat, or a first victim to a de termination on the part of the Executive to suppress the crime, and we believe that we speak the unani inous feeling of the country in saying, that the sufferings he has already endured are more than sufficient for his offence, and in ex pressing a hope that her MAJESTY'S free pardon may restore him to society, and that he may be reinstated in the service to which he was an ornament. Other laws should be enacted for the repression of duelling ; and if it is really desired to put it down, a severe punishment to principals and seconds, without reference to the result, would be far more efficacious than the present sanguinary laws relating thereto. Scarcely a borough or county is unrepresented in the new Parliament. The magical number of 658, which may be considered the symbol of our consti tutional liberties, as much as ABRACADAMRA was ever regarded as containing in itself the quintessence of black magic, is very nearly completed. Those among our Contemporaries who have enormous faith in the Protectionist-Conservatives, and who may literally be viewed as the organs of veneration in reference to their obsolete principles, are already evincing the fruitful ness of their imaginations, by calculating the power of their own party in the House of Commons. We would defy both Mr. Coca.sa and Major BENIOWSKI to make anything reasonable out of their array of numerical figures. Neither JOSEPH HUME, nor the calculating boy, nor BABBAGE'S calculating machine, would be able to go through their labyrinthine sums of subtraction, and multiplication, and division, without being plunged into a hopeless state of confusion and bewilderment. Instead of proceeding upon the wholesome principle that two and two make four, they seem to swim off into a sea of calculations with .p profound belief that seven and nine make fifty- six— when counting for themselves, and that five and eight :nake something less than three—when counting for their opponents. We do not, by any means, intend to deny the ingenuity of their estimates, especially of one published this morning in the columns of a Pro tectionist journal, whereby it would appear, that on the re-assembling of Parliament, the Commons will be divided into two equal divisions, as thus : Conservatives .. 32g Radicals .. 328 So that, presuming every Member were punctilious _in his attendance, and undeviating in his adhesion to his particular class, the pleasant. result will be either • that no Speaker whatever could be elected, or, if elected, that he would be, in virtue of his casting vote, the Douse of Counnons. It would be analagous to an everlasting series of dead heats at Doncaster ; and, in point of fact, would amount to a legisla tive stagnation. Let us examine, however, thoroughly into this preposterous and manifestly impossible calculation. Let us discern the device by which the losing party is endeavourin; to prove itself upon an equality with the conqueror. Surely, we may exclaim, a shabbier trick—a trick of more ex travagant impudence was never before adventured upon for the purpose of concealing for a few moments an electioneering discomfiture. The trick is actually this--of coupling together in one political class, iu one homogeneous mass, as it were, the very hetero geneous divisions of Protectionists and Peelites ! Why, surely we are correct in asserting that Conservatism is not more directly the reverse of Radicalism than a Protectionist is Opposed to a Peelite. If we wanted, indeed, to illustrate anything by a podtical antithesis, we could not by possibility think of a more striking and notorious antithesis than the one afforded by the Protectionists and the Peelites. And yet, for the bald satisfaction of keeping up appearances a little longer, the former proclaim, with a sort of bluster ing self-satisfaction, their numerical equality with the popular candidates, and prove it (1) by giving us the numbers in detail, in which we find them coolly classifying themselves among the fol lowers of Sir ROBERT PEEL, whom they in the first returns classed among the Radicals! The absurdity of these assumptions of a strength which the Protectionists are very far indeed from pos sessing, requires no distinct or laboured refutation. The catalogue, published over and over again in our own columns, and in those of our Contemporaries, shows accurately enough the true position and the real proportions of the three political sections. Altogether there are somewhere about 644 Members already returned, and of those 644 there are 314 decided Liberals, 113 decided Peelites, and 193 decided Protectionists, leaving a surplu s o f som e 24 individuals, who, like t Hon. Representative of Nottingham, disdain to be classified under either heading. The residue of places from which returns have yet to be made are of such a character as to leave no reasonable doubt as to the consequence. F or example, Sudbury is disfranchised p on ro a m c i c s o e un o t f of its its even flagrant c orrup ti on —Kild are g i ves REisat return, as the Liberal the Ma rquis aahnbecdaeodn Conservative), tuo o v f a t m vr t et the , a o n f d t K he llaA C onservati ve BOUItKE comes eeneim mediately afterwards—for Ross there is but one candidate ( and consequently a Conservative will for Orkney, there-are two candidates (both Libe rals), and consequently one Liberal is ce • rals), ;while in Mayo county and Kilkenny county, all the c an di. d a t e s being Liberals, two Liberal representatives must be elected by each of those constituencies. Such is actually the position of electioneering mat tas throughout the United Kingdom ; such is the s predominance of liberality among the enfranchised portions of the community ; and yet we are assured by our veracious (might we not say our mendacious ?) opponents, that they are on a par in numbers, strength, and popularity, with ourselves ! It is satis factory, however, to find that they can only prove (!) this, by deriding the liberality of such men as GEORGE THOMPSON and FEARGOS O'CONNOR, and by jumbling together the Peelites and the Pro tectionists! A letter from Berne of the 13th says—" It was expected in the sitting of the Diet of this day that the Deputies of the Sonderbund would have de manded a collective protest to be inserted against the decision come to the day before yesterday, with re spect to the warlike preparations of the League ; but the Deputy of Lucerne merely demanded that it should be stated in the minutes that he did not re cognise the decision in question, inasmuch as Lucerne denied the right of the Diet to pass measures of the kind. What I stated to you relative to the proceed ings of Mr. PEEL, the English Charge d'Affaires, and the communication of a verbal note from Lord PALMERSTON, is fully confirmed. The English note is in some sort a protest against the proceedings of Austria and France relative to Switzerland, but it is in particular on the French Cabinet that falls the counterblow of the friendly demonstration of the British Minister." A letter from Rome states that the railroad ques tion has been definitively settled by the Pontifical Government. The privilege for the road from Rome to Cabrano, by Albano, has been granted to a com pany which has at its head Prince ALTIERI and M. ROSETTI, and that from Bologna to Ancona is to be given to a company formed at the latter place. Madrid papers of the 12th have arrived. . The QUEEN was to arrive in Madrid on the even ing of that day from La Granja. On the Bth a Carlist band, consisting of 500 men, entered the town of Franga, seized all the Govern ment money, and stopped the Catalonian mail ; after which they marched off in two divisions, one towards Torrente, the other towards Masalcorech. The Car list bands stop the mails wherever they have an opportunity. MADRID BOMA, AUG. 12.—The Three per Cents. were done at 263 for cash; the Five per Cents. 171; and the Coupons at 15. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The Reforme gives the following as the true ver sion of the story of 15,000 f. said to have been pre sented as a bribe to the Minister of War to secure a contract for the supply of lint to the army of Al giers : " There was a talk some days ago of an adjudication for the supply of lint to the military hospitals, and dif ferent versions were given of the affair. The facts, as they really occurred, are as follow :—The firm which ob tained the adjudication has become bankrupt. In ex amining the books the assignee found the entry of a sum of 15,000 f. as given to the Minister of War as a pot de yin. The noise of this corruption having been spread about, General Trezel wrote to the commandant of the division to examine into the fact. After having done so, the commandant replied that the 15,000 f. were placed in the hands of a superior functionary. But, in going over the documents, a letter was found addressed by the secretary of a personage not less powerful to a doctor of the place, who had acted as intermediary in this affair. A paragraph of this letter was conceived nearly in these terms:—' My dear Friend,—l have received the 500 f. They are lint which comes very opportunely to the re lief of one of my wounds.' rne secretary was examined, and he denied that this sum had anything to do with the adjudication of the lint. Nevertheless he appeared no more at the Ministry, an d th e i ssue o f the examina tion made by the Procureur-General is waited for to de cide on his case." The National, after giving a renvag of the charges of corruption which have been brought against every department of the Ministry, thus continues,—" Here we have, then, this far-famed system drawn by itself —demoralisation is its foundation and its means of action. After the condemnation of the former col league of M. GUIZOT by the Court of Peers, no one could entertain any doubt of the truth of the far-famed assertion of his accomplice, The Govern ment is in greedy and corrupt hands'—and that nothing may be wanting to the picture the friends, the writers, the familiars of the powers that be,' come forward to complete it before the Court of Assize. Among all these men of noble race, one has more particularly distinguished himself as the warmest, the most violent, the most impassioned of the defenders of the Cabinet. What has been the part which in the recent trials before the Court of Assize has been played by M. GRANIER DE CAs- SAGNAC, the editor of the defunct Epoque 7 The Pre sident feels it to be his duty to censure M. GRANIER severely for his conduct in the witnesses-room. The Attorney-General points out the most mon strous contradictions in his evidence—the Judge in summing up is still more severe—' the witness GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC offered himself to be exa mined before the magistrate, and he then affirmed that he bad not lent the pistols—in making that affirmation he uttered a falsehood '—and two other affirmations of M. GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC are equally stigmatised as falsehoods. This same man, thus stigmatised in the Assize Court, had been con demned the day before to pay a debt which he denied, and his adversary had publicly reproached him with being an infamous, impudent swindler. And this is the individual who enjoyed the unlimited confidence of MM. GUIZOT and DUCHATEL, on whom they conferred favours to an incalculable extent, the great defender of their policy, the only writer of any talent employed on the journal which had been estab lished as the Ministerial organ, to be honoured with the Ministerial confidence, and to trumpet forth the praises of the ministry of the 29th of October. M. GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC who has been so deep in their confidence has been pointed out as the person who offered to procure the presentation and passing of a law for a bribe of 1,200,000 francs, and whom the public authorities have not dared to prose cute. In vain is the fact proclaimed, in vain are the time, the place, the witnesses, the circumstances, all pointed out, M. GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC is protected against the law in spite of public morality, because it is above all things necessary that he should not be tempted to add to existing scandals by revealing all that he knows." The Journal des Debars takes the opportunity of the return of Baron LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD for the city of London, to publish a long, and an extremely well-written article, in favour of Jewish emancipa tion, and expresses a hope, in which we heartily con cur, that the first measure carried in the new British Parliament may be one for the complete enfranchise ment of the Jews, to which we would add—and of the members of every other sect of religionists. The Courrier Francais says that the Prince DE JOINVILLE is labouring under dysentery. In the east and south of France the harvest is over, and it will be over in a week in every part of the kingdom. The crops are abundant everywhere. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Tuesday, at 76f. 70c.; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 10c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,227 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 950 f.; Havre, 597 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 527 f. 50c.; Avignon, 596 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 560 f. ; Bordeaux, 477E50c.; Basle, 170 f.; Paris and Stras burg, 392 f. SOc. ; Tours and Nantes, 370 f.; Paris and Lyons, 395 f.; Lyons and Avignon, 445 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 465 f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 31f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 18. Boulogne and Amiens, 13 ; 1 4 — Demerara, 24—Northern of France, 10 i 4 and Rouen, 36 ex div. A further failure at Antwep was mentioned yes terday, but it is an insignificant affair, the liabilities being small, and the party of recent standing. Mr. Batty has entered into an engagement with Signor Ricardo, the wonderful Globe Evolutionist and great transformation Equilibrist, whose novel and asto nishing performances have elicited the most powerful marks of success in the principal Continental theatres, and will make his first appearance at Astley's on Mon day next, August 23. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 17.—APPOINTMENTS.—Com mander J. H. Cockburn to study at the Royal Naval College. Lieutenants—G. M. Smith and E. Alger to Britomart; H.l). Selby to study at Royal Naval College. Naval Instructor—G. S. Bourne, to Amphitrite. Mas ter's Assisrant—G. Nixon to Victory. Chief Engineer —E. Casey to William and Mary. Acting Assistant- Surgi ons—E. Adams to Victory; R. J. Squire and W. J. Hamilton to Caledonia. Naval Cadet—A. Pennell to Fury. First-class Assistant-Engineer W. M. Jones and Second-class Assistant-Engineer G. Keigwin to Comet. Mr. F. d'Aguilar, Mate, promoted. itsh3e,euarsuianl a ir m e t a n d t , o l f ar p g o e ts e to x e p s or n ta o t ti h o a n y s in of b th ee is n r p o l o a t n THE P OTATO C ROP IN I RELAND .—I n consequence of are ted th being mad e f ro maLiverpool and Xleetwood. 1 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Q t?7'ER TO THI:EE. The Cotton Market at Liverpuol yesterday was dull, and closed heavily. Prices were about id. per lb. in favour of buyers. Sales 4,000 to 5,000 bales, of which 3,500 American, at 61d. to 7d., and 400 Surat at 41d, to 51d. per lb. Railway Shares had been heavy, owing to the unfounded report of an attempt haring been made on the life of Louis Philippe. There are no later arrivals to-day, if we except papers and letters which have been received in town, dated June 19th, from Rio de Janeiro. The exchange had been 271 ; at Bahia, on the 26th June, it was 27. Mr. Gore Ouseley may now be daily expected home in the Curacoa, which was to leave Rio on the 26th of June, and will no doubt bring important infor mation as to the course which the British and French Ministers will adopt in the event of Rosas declining the proposition for peace. There is reason to believe that armed intervention in the affairs of Monte Video will be resorted to in that case by the united naval forces in La Plata. A hope is entertained in some quarters that after the steamer has left for America money will be rather easier; and it appears that the Bank of England is freely accommodating its own customers. Indeed the private and other bankers have ample funds at command, and if good and sufficient security can be offered, are glad to make loans. The corn bills indorsed by Prime, Ward, and King, of New York, and drawn upon some of the suspended firms, are to be honoured, as might be expected, by their agents, Messrs. Baring Brothers, an announcement which afflrded satisfaction yesterday afternoon, and serves to maintain confidence. Still parties here are very shy of accepting bills for fresh cargoes coming in, because the amounts drawn for do not leave a sufficient protecting margin against further depreciation in prices. The quantity of wheat sold last week in the towns specified in the Act was un d er 48,000 quarters, an d i n grain the transactions appeared to have been limited. - A failure at Antwerp, mentioned on 'Change yester day afternoon, is said not to be of so large au amount as that of Messrs. Fraser, and accounts received this morn ing from Amsterdam notice some revival of confidence in the money market. Very little business has been transacted in the English Funds, and prices have been without much alteration, the market looking steadier however. Consols have been 87 to 871 for present transkr, and 87k 871 tor Ac count. Exchequer-bills 2s. discount to ls. premium. New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. 89 to 89k. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 20 to 20i, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 27 to 27k. Mexican Bonds are 18 Ito 18k. Dutch Four per Cents. 884 to 891. Shares are quiet. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF itRITISH FUNDS. O'cLocit PRICI. s. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns....- 87%b% 87% 3 per Cent. C onso l s Annuities 8 7 14 87 87 New 3 1 % per Cent. Annuities B9 89% 89% Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 9 9 Ditto 30 .years. Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8% India Bond i , 1,0001 7 dis. 3 dis. Ditto under 1,0001. .. •-•••••— 3 dis. Consols for Account 8 7 % 1% 87% Exchequer Bills. 2d. 1,0001. 5001 1 5 p 5 p Small ONE. CLOSING , RICE'S OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent . ..... 90 90 Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 55% 55% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 lB , 4 1 / 2 18 1 Ditto, Account ...... .. ..... — 18% Portuguese 5 per Cents. — _ Ditto, Bonds, 4 per Cent - •••• 27 27% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Dividends on the above payable in DONEinLon CLOSING London. IPRICES 8 9LA Dutch 2% per Cent. • Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESSficI cBateB O,C L3lI O CK97B. A FRIUEEi or A 11 tILWAY SSHARESA Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%.. ... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 ,i — Belfast & County Down 10 ..... . ... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, .Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. 16 ..... . ........ Binning., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 8 •••••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June 6%. — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm Bristol and Exeter 75 - •• ••• ... Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire Bl. 45. — ualedonian Ditto Half Shares...... 2% Ditto, Clydesdale June 35 Chester and Holyhead... 32% — Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clarence .........100 Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. lO ..... - Cornwall - Ditto, Half Shares Dublin and lialliustJuno- 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 12% East Anglia, -45/., L. 6 E. and L. and D. ...... 25 Dv., 181. E. & H... 25 D0.,3/. 10s., E. &H. 1 Eastern Counties 2O ...... 182% ex div... 18% x. d. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... %IA p 4 p Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 7 2...... E as tern Union 5O • ••• ..... ••. ... •.• Ditto, Quarter Shares 121 .. Ditto, Thirds ... ....13s. 4tl — East Lancashire . ........ 20 - Ditto. New :10 .. ... Do., do., Exten. Scrip, iv .. E as t Lincolnshire ...... e _ _ • E din b u rgh and Glasgow 50 ••-•• ......... .•• •• Ditto Half Shares ... • 15 _ Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% . ... .. Edi n burgh & Northern.. 2 0 Ditto, New ...... ... 21 ,.. .... 27 20% 32% Ph Ditto, Newport__ ... , Ditto, (Ate, New . „.. l i ,•••••• .. guar.) BhareB .. . ...... 12 1 / 2 .. Edinburgh and Perth._ 2 72 — Ditto, Extension ... 108. ... ...... Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 25/ — Ditto, New . . ......... 2 /8 8 . 1 1 A Glasgow,Dumfries, and Carlise o N n e d w on —:rt.—.:a : 3 2 5 %." 1 1 4 8/.64.8d — Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ay r 50 . _ ( 5 per Great Northern ............ 6 - 7 3 2% 3% 3% D DD o oi t, cent. — Ditto, Great south. and West l l4 (Ireland) Great North of England..i 00 - Ditto, New 40 /.......... 5 Ditto, New 30/. ...... 80 ••• •••• ..... Ditto, New 151 _ ..... H — A _ g re at We5tern........ . .. 85 Ditto % Shares ..... ..65 50 ••.• lO9 .. Ditto 1 % Shares ...... 15 Ditto Fifths 25% lB% Ditto, New 17/........„ 7 Z: 1 / 4 Huddersfield & Marches. 19 Ditto, Thirds ••• • ..... 6 •••••• Hull and Selby 50 ••••• ......... Do. Half Shares 2s— Ditto 1 4 Shares 12% . — Ipswich & Bury St. Ecm. 15 ~._, Do., do., and Norwich 12 _ Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 . Ditto, Thirds lO .......... , Leeds and Bradford 45 .. _ —" •• •• Leicester and Bedfard Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 32% — ...... ....._ _ Do., Branch 1 / 2 Shares 7%.. ._ Do. New Branch( blue) 2% Do. Extension (green) 2%..... ..... _ . Do. NewExten. (pink) 2% — ....... . Leeds a,d Thirsk 26 ...... ,_— Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 34 - Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .... ..... ..... 2 - - Liverp., Mnchstr& New castle Junction 24.-... - ..„..., ...... - London and Blackwell. 161.135. 4d. - ... 6 x d Do. New, No. 1 - ...,,,,....... - Do. New, No. 2 ..... 31. 13s. 4d. 4% dis 34 dis. Do. Extension 12% - „„ - London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ...... - 48%4 x d 484 Do. Consol. Eighths 2O ...... - - Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 ...... - •••••• - ••••• - Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 - • ... - "' - London and Greenwich 12/ 158 4d... - - Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d...... - London and N. Westeraloo ...... 163 Do. Quarters L. &B. 12 ...... - Do., do., New - Ditto Fifths ..... •••• 2 ...... 144% Do. 4 Sh ares (G. J.) 20 ...... - Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 •••••• - Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 ...... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 ...... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 ..... Do. 101. .tu. & B.) C. I •••••• - London, Oxford, and Cheltenham .. ... - 1 ... ........ .. - i .ond. &S. W es t ern 41/ 61 10d ..•••• 60 A6O .. ...... 5 2 1 4 Do. New C onso L Bths 40 ...... ••• ....... —•• 471 Do. New 501. ... Do. New 40/. 26 •-• • Do. Tenth s (C onso l.) • 50 ...... - - Ditto ditto .„..... .... 40 ...... - Ditto Scrip 50/. Ditto ditto 401. .... 4 .•-•• 3 % London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ...... , . -.•-... 14 ' ..... - Lmdonderry&a,leraint , 25 .••••• - -****" Londonderry and Ennis killen 22% ...... ---, Manchester and Leeds 82 ...... 9 2 %2•• • Ditto 14 Sh ares . ... 38 ...... 41 t/2. Do. Quart er Sh ares ... 14)4......16) Do. Fifths 64- _- Do. Sixteenths 64....•• Do. Thirds (Reg.). -71. 48. ...... - Do. Liverp. and Bury 29 ...... - Ditto 1 6 (late Hud dersfield and Shelf.) 28 ...... - - Man:thester,Buxton,and Matlock.. ... 42s. ...... - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...... 100 ...... - *" " ........ ' "••• Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ...... - -- Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 ...... - Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7 t ii ...... - -. Dittc? and Grimsbr.... 25 ...... 7 ...,.,... 14 3 / 4 924 41% 16% / Ditto ditto . ... Ditto ditto •••••• Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7l /2 Manchest. & Southampt. 2% ...... Midland Do. fifths 2 Do. 401. Shares Do. 50/. Shares 6 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Birming., 6 per cent.loo ••••••12214 x d l2l Midlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 34 ...... • Ditto, ditto 7l 9s •• ••• ••• •.••• Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar. 50 •••••• Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Berwick 20 Ditto New ... Ditto North Shields... 25 Newcastkand Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters 30% Do. New Quarters ...8/. 18s. 9d. ...... .... .... Newmrket&Chesterford 13% — Do. Extension ...... ...21. 125.... ••• Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 1 / 2 ..... Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ... 104) Do. New 201. 5 Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfo1k... Do do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares 12%•••••• — Do Quarters Do. Extension ...•• Ditto Thirds 1 ..• . Northern and Eastern... 50 Ditto Quarter Shares 12 1 ,E Ditto New North Staffordshire 7 1,4 ...... 9% North Wales North Western 4 — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Portsmouth Direct 3 34 Preston and Wyre Do. % Shares (A) ... 8 1 / 2 — .. Ditto ditto (B) Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% • • 00000000 •• Scottish Central Scottish Midland l7th — . Ditto, New 10 — Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birm... 3%..... Ditto ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 ... -- . 44 1 4 ByB 26 1 / 4 7 'hi Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry - Ditto New Shrewsbury and Herefd 2 ..... Shropshire Union South Devon..„ Do. Preference South Staffordshire 21. 125.. ••• So ith Eastern & Dover. 33 1 Do., No. 1 Do., NG 2. Do., No. 3 .. ..... ...... ;5 - Do.. No. 4 South Wales south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 ... .. ......... Thames Haven Dock and Railway l 7 l / 2...... Vale of Neath 4 Wakefiekl,Pontefract. & Goole .............. Waterford and Kilkenny 13% Waterford and Limerick 32% Waterld,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall ..... 4 ... Whitehaven & Furness 8 West Riding Union 41. 2s Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 425....... p 2 7 /8 p Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York and Newcastle. ... 25 .. ... 34% xd 34% xd D.. Extension. Do. Preference ...... 8 • ork and North Midland 50 7 7 1 / 2xd ..... ..... 77 xd Ditto Extension Ditto, Preference 6 Do. East and W est Rici ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 — Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens.— 20 l4 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Constituted)... 4 .. ... Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ... .... 2 — Ceylon ... .. .... as. Demerara 2 4 Dendre Valley 24% Direct Bonibay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Great Indian Peninsular 53. Great Southern of Madras ss. — Great Western Bengal.. 5s Great Western Canada... 3 , 4 ..„.. it„ti.... ..-.1 Austrian.... 4 .. . Janaaica S.M id. Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... Luxembourg...—. ..... .. 6 Lyons and Avignon 5 Aladras ...... 1 Madras. Nellore, and Arcot Madrid and Valentin 2 ... .. Namur and Liege Northern of France. Orleans and Bordeaux 6 — Over I:ssel 4l3s 4d Paris and Lyons ...... ... 8 • •••• Paris and Orleans 2O .. Paris and Lionel' Paris and Strasbourg 8 — Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse l6 ... Strasbourg and Bale lours and Nantes ...... 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 12 Trinidad West Flanders ...... .... 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. ~ '- Australasia British North American 50 Colonial 10% 3% 2 1 ,4 Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock lO - - ••• 000000 •••• . London & Westminster. 20 Ditto New........ 13 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto, New .... 10 MINES Anglo Mexican lOO ...... Asturian Mining Comp 11 ...... .. Australian .. .. Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 .•••••• British Iron lO _.••••• • Brazilian Imperial ....• 21 .....„ Cobre Copper . . , 4O — Galvanized Iron Real Del Monte, Unreg. United Mexican ......281. 2s. 83 4 d. ........ ~... . -...• 314 LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 19.—Wind N., light pleasant breeze and fine, but cloudy at times. DEAL, AUG. 18.—Wind S. to S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Midas, Hagan, Prince Edward's Island. Arrd. from the River for Isle of Wight, Mauritius; Rambler, Cape of Good Hope; Helen, River St. Lawrence. OFF TORBAY, Au°. 18 . —Cleveland (of Whitby), Quebec. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Gentoo, Quebec. _ - LIVERPOOL, Atio. IS.—Wind N.N.E., light.—Sld. Mary Hannah, Trinidad; Helvellyn, Ceylon; Blue Bell, Rio Grande; Chapman, Bahia; Stirlingshire, Maranham; Sea, New York ; Massachusetts, New York; Rappa hannock, New York; Safeguard, Montreal; Harriet and Iris, Newfoundland. DUBLIN, AUG. 17.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Transit, Quebec. Conic, Ana. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. John Clarke, New York. Off port, Linden, York, St. John's, New Brunswick; Jane, New York. HARTLEPOOL, Ana. 18.—Wind N.—Sld. 140,Thomas Chadwick, Ceylon. A ship's top (white with blue rim) and cap, with masthead, painted white, some topmast rigging, and a topmast (white masthead), were picked up 12th instant off this, and landed here. WISBEACH, Ana.'l7.—The Vine, from Seaham, is on shore much strained, and fills with the tide. LONDONDERRY, Aua. 11.—Arrd. Samuel Cunard, Henderson, Trinidad; Pioneer, Seagar, Philadelphia. 13th, Royal Saxon, Ingleby, New Orleans. WARREN POINT, AUG. 17.—Wind N.—Arrd. Man darin, Colley. New York. OFF ABE RDEEN, AUG. 13 .—Margaret and Ann, Quebec. - DUNDEE, AUG. 15.—Arrd. Patriot, Furzgull, Que bec, Sid. Earl Bowes, Quebec. BERWICK, AUG. 17.-- - Wind N.N.E., thick.—Arrd. Harriet, Willis, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, AUG. 17.—Arrd. Jane, Stothard, Quebec;_Wave, Davis, ditto ; 18th, Grove, Young, ditto ; Mary and Dorothy, Watt, ditto ; Richard White, Robinson, ditto. HULL. AUG 18.—Wind E.N.E.—SId. Aurora, St. John'a, New Brunswick. JERSEY, AUG. 1 7.—Several pieces of a wreck, be longing to the Laurel, of this port, which left Labrador in the fall or last year, have been found on the coast of the latter place. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEIWGATEI AND ZIELILDENHALL. We had a verb inactive trade here to-day, and prices had, in some instances, a downward tendency. Beet; from 2s 10d to 3s Bd.; Mutton, 3s 4d to ss; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5. 10,1; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s Sd per Blbs, by the carcase. mai' maium. SOLTTLIALL, A U G. 18. each rs kind of stock, the supply of which on offer was seasonably large. We have to report a very inactive demand at drooping currencies. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 48 to 5s 2d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s: Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. to sink the offals. ROMFORD, AUG. 18.—Our market to-day was fairly sapplied with fat stock. The trade ruled heavy as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 4s to ss; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs.; Stickling Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter Old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s; and Milch Cows, with their small calf, 161 to 181 lOs each. HALLMAN, AUG. 18.—Although the supply was by no means heavy, the demand was in a :loggis'n state, at drooping prices. Beef, from 3a 8d to 44 6:1; Nlut ton, 4s to 58 41; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 4s to 48 6d per Blhs. ARUNDEL, AUG. 17.—Beef, from 34 6d to 4s 41; Mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d per Blbs. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CHICHESTER, Aua. 18.—We had only a moderate supply of stock on offer this morning. Generally speaking. the trade was inactive, at our quotations. Beef, from 3s 64 to 4s 6d; Mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 4J; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 61; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s; and Mach Cows, with their Small Calf, 161 to 191 each. HAY lITAILIEETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow 11 , 43, 3/ to 31155; New ditto, 2/5s to 3155; Old Clover, 4/ to 41 15s; New ditto, 31 to 4145; and Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 12. per load. A short supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND —Old Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ 16 ; New ditto, 21 5s to 3/ ss; Old Clover, 41 to 41 14s; New ditto, 31 to 41; and Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 12s per load. A sluggish demand, at barely late rates. WHZTECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 21 18s to 3/16s; New, ditto, 215 s to 3/3s; Old Clover, 41 to 5/ • New ditto, 3/ to 41; and Straw, 1163 to 1/ 12s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. . CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Aug. 19, 1847, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in EEgland and Walc s per Imperial Quarter. . BARLEY.'. . BEANS. PEAS. RPICE •• I 66s WHEAT I 10d 40s 7d 293 OATS I I RYE I Id 40s 2d 54s 5d 42s 10d The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended. 5% 9% 37% SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) DAVIS V. RENT. 9 3 / 4 The plaintiff in this action is c. dentist in Pall-mall, and defendant a boot and shoe maker in Crown -court, in the same neighbourhood. The claim was for 131. balance of an account for a set of false teeth. The de fendant pleaded that he was not indebted; and secondly, that the action should have been brought in the Court of Request, the debt, if any, being under 40s. Mr. Lewis, of Moor-street, Soho, theatrical agent, proved, that he was present in November last when de fendant called, and asked if his teel.b were finished". Plaintiff said they were n o t, b u t wou ldf iu a day or two, and that the price would be 14 or 15 guineas. Defendant said he did not mind that, as long as he had them as soon as possible. Solonion Myers, dentist, of the Quadrant, considered the teeth produced (which had not been delivered to the defendant, as he did not pay the money) to be worth 141. or 151. Mr. John Beard, plaintiff's attorney, proved that he wrote to defendant, applying for the amount in Novem ber last. Defendant returned no answer, and on the 21st of that month he issued a writ, and served it on him, telling him it was a pity to incur costs, as the teeth had been ready for some time, and he had paid 11 de posit. Defendant said he knew he did, but it did not suit him then to pay the balance. Cross-examined—Defendant did not say he had coun termanded the order, or that the money was too much. For the defence it was contended that tLe plaintiff, by advertisement, and by hand-bills, professed to make a complete set of teeth for 5/., but on defendant applying, plaintiff said as a whole set was not required, it would be more trouble, and the expense would be 71. After wards, however, it was arranged that additional teeth should be put in, as plaintiff found the task difficult, and could not make the first set serviceable. A new model of the mouth was then taken, but the order was counter manded within an hour, and it was contended that 11. was sufficient for the trouble of taking the model. Mr. Seagood, clerk to the defendant's attorney, proved that he called on plaintiff, who admitted that be had re ceived a countermand, but that he wrote to defendant about it, refusing to accept the countermand, and as he did not answer, he had gone on with the teeth. The UNDER-SHERIFF, in summing up, said that if there had been a countermand the plaintiff ought not to have continued the work; but he was fairly entitled to anything he had done up to that time. There was no proof of the change of the agreement; but the letters produced might bear the impression that there had been, and that time was to be given for payment. It was rather singular, if defendant considered his countermand absolved him from liability, that he did not say so to Mr. Beart. The case was anything but clear, as what ever the arrangement was, it had been made between the parties themselves, unless that spoken to by Mr. Lewis was the only one. If this case had occurred since the new Act, it might have been tried in the County Court, and then both parties might have been examined. The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. The other cases were struck out, in consequence of the parties not being in attendance. e ll Cl 4 " A 4 4. 4 #.4 kt muk gl id.4 . , q,k_trit v", CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. THE MARYLEBONE MURDER. Mary Ann Hunt, aged thirty, was indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Stowell, on the 2nd of June last. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. 'Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Clark son and Mr. Ballantine appeared tor the prisoner. The prisoner is a tall, well formed, good look;ng woman. She appeared perfectly calm and collected, and was accommodated with a chair. She kept her eyes upon the ground during the reading of the indictment. She afterwards watched the progress of the trial with interest. Mr. BODKIN (with whom was Mr. Clarke) briefly stated the facts of the case against the prisoner, as it was sub sequently proved by the evidence adduced. He said the deceased was a feeble person ; that the prisoner lodged with her in a kitchen at No. 40, Adam-street West, Marylebone ; that the deceased was supported by her friends, and had the credit of being penurious ; and no doubt this instigated the prisoner to the commissi m of the offence imputed to her, on the night of the Ist. or on the morning of the 2d of June last. She had been a domestic servant, but being in ill health, she took up her abode with the deceased, who had also been a domestic servant; and they had lived together for a short time before the date of the offence. Early on the morning of the 2d she was detected by the policeman on the beat leaving the house with some bundles, and owing to her suspicious conduct, he took her into custody, and took her with him to search the house. Whilst with her in the back yard, she asked to go into the water-closet,' and he permitted her to do so. He felt it, however, his duty not to lose sight of her. She here 'made an attempt to strangle herself ; but he prevented her, and having obtained the aid of a brother constable, he found the old woman lying in a pool of blood on her side in the back kitchen, with a rope round her neck. From the medical testimony it appeared that she had been dead for seven or eight hours, and that several ribs on either side were broken. A poker covered with blood was lying by her side. It seemed that she had died from severe pressure on the chest and strangulation. Spots of blood, partially washed out, were foumfon her dress. Twenty-one shillings and sixpence were found on her, and he should prove by the testimony of the daughter of the deceased, that some of the articles in the bundle belonged to the unfortunate woman who had been murdered. It appeared that the prisoner was anxious to get to Brighton by the begin ning of June, for the purpose of getting a situa tion, and had expressed her anxiety to obtain the necessary money to do so. It appeared, further, that she had had angry words with the deceased respect ing not paying her (the prisoner's) share of the tenement, and that she had called her a covetous old woman, who would not give a farthing to save the life of any one, and bad threatened to do for her, She intended to go to Brighton on the morning of the 2d, and had made ar rangements over night. He should show that she was deficient of money up to the time in question, and it would be for them to say whether she was guilty or not of the horrible crime charged against her. She had been remanded from the last session, in order to enable her friends to produce evidence to show that she had been insane during periods of her life, and that was the defence, he believed, that would be set up to-day; but the wit nesses obtained by the Crown would state that they al ways believed her to be sane. Police-constable Battersbee, 174 D, stated that he was on duty at a quarter past four in Adam -street, and that he saw the prisoner put her head out of No. 40, and imme diately withdraw it on seeing him. Thinking her con duct suspicious, he determined to watch her, and watched the house till a quarter past five, when she emerged from the house with a bundle under either arm. She saw him watching her at the corner, and she threw the bundles in and closed the door. He was fifteen or twenty yards from the door. About a quarter past five o'clock he tried the door, and found it an inch or two open; he pushed it, and found that some one behind resisted. He then put his shoulder to the door and thrust it open. He found the prisoner behind the door with the bundles be-ide her, and asked her if she owned them? She said she did. He replied, " If you had been an honest woman you would have taken a cab from the stand hard by, instead of watching until the policeman was off the beat." He asked her if she lived in the house? and she replied that she lived with an old lady on the first floor. He said, " I must trouble you to show me her." She replied, " You can go, and I will wait here." He said, " Certainly not ; you must go with me." She then went up a b ou t f our steps with him, when she suddenly turned round and said, " I suppose it is of no use telling you a lie." To which he replied, " No, nor a thousand ; for I shall not be satisfied mail I see the old woman." " Well, then," she said, "I live with the old woman in the front kitchen." He went down; the prisoner was unwilling to go. She said, "Itisof no us e k noc ki ng, as she is as deaf as a stone." He knocked repeatedly, b u t rece i ve d no answer. He took her into the area and looked through the window of the kitchen, but as he saw no furniture there, he said, " This is the second falsehoo 1 you have told me." She made no reply. He then took her into the back yard, and she then offered him half-a crown, saying, "Or a crown, or twenty shillings," for him to get something to drink. He said he should not part with her until he saw the lady in the front shop. She pressed him to let her go, saying that she wanted to get away without paying her rent. He tried the back kitchen door, when she exclaimed, "Do not say I did it ; I have not seen her since last night." He said " This looks very suspicious," and took her up stairs and knocked at a door in the passage ; a female voice, sl soya ie answered, and, on hearing the prisoner's voice, - d to, apt knew her, to t nam e was -Ai rs . Hunt, 81,1:, had she liv, d with en aid lady in tine hack ki-cher, raroice, asked the female if she should know h er by be „ awl the praoner sai, a It is me, Mrs. May"' n ' it t he took her towards the back ki eben, en d whil o st i , ° OO t oe stairs the prisoner said; " I tell you again ita's a wss n ° heoekieg, as s'e's as deaf as a p 04 ." t g O/ DO key - it. He asked her where the window,,,o; in the dear : she said she teal and she replied in the back yard. When she s.: 1 005 " had not got the key, he said, " This is vela , set i i st She replied again, "Do not say I did it. I ' ` ,ove reti the yard he noticed that her right sleeve was en isr for about six inches with blood, and that it had been f r o randy 'recently washed. He got d own into theraounj whilst doing so, he heard a noise, an d on turning of the he saw the prisoner raising herself up by mean_ oo feet water butt in order to get over a wall six or S u iott high. He pulled her back, and said, Wh at a e l s eite . doing-what is this?" She appeared in gr eat ., 0 111 eats and pointing to the Water-closet said,M _ ; c ob, to go there." Her tongue protruded from h e , r er to e and she appeared in great agony. He allowed elf 500 0 but watched her, fearing that she might do h er ' to, god injury. He opened the door in a b ou t two reiriaecioad beheld the prisoner with her clothes a bout her n o: with her hands behind her back straggling berse iie o va prisoner looked up and shook her head.) l ' ou iste " What the devil are you doing? I m ust give y ou to the the custody of another constable," and he:s ven gsf e door, and called an officer named Jackson in of t h e olil f her into his custody. I had seen the legs ° o re ° lady through the window, and I said, "T ake o • f ar her, and I will look after the body of the old _l' Se from what he bad seen he thought her den the got into the room by the window, and fennel' a ' head of the deceased under the grate, and bet •P° wards the bed, and with a cord around her esc es teit; drew the body 'out six inches, and left it in thee which it was seen by the doctor. There 'r $ roll' deal of blood under the body, and it run sbottir the middle cf the room. Dr. Moat calne a minutes or half an hour. There was a table e n t e e roZ, up bedstead in the room; it was turned uPI with led door was locked. He then came up and we nt he P k prisoner and Jackson to the station, Told be t . 00 toe' Jac elt t s be bo d ,l found the body, but she made no remark. her and the bundle to the station-house. L eft Cha rge , in the custody of a person named Keelinga. d a° tbl the prisoner with the murder, and she rerie,vce 14 9 : charge, "I did not do it; I have not seen hr4o, night." The bundles contained petticoats, s hift, marked "M. W. Margaret ieceased's " atis The prisoner was searched; four letters wereberreg; (one of which had been torn up,) and a glq e in s erss a eu a cule; also, 11. ls. 6d. in silver. Found in tn e leers - j pocket two silver watches, 6d., and a watch keY., o rs 11 '! t a chest of drawers in the room; one of the ° t re a d a key in it and was open. No money Was "dselli lle The deceased's son - ic-law and the deceased's idenified the body. • P cat Jackson, Jackson, 29, stated that he was on JOY in • g street, on the morning of the 2d of J ane ooo4 . 11 , r a the prisoner first at half p as t three walkil fi l e it, Upper Seymour-street very fast; it is abew' t dred yards from the place. She was going ,Y o uri I ' k -t e e She was not carrying anything. About two L ,,, s tter P he was passing the h use, and was called in V Pima aril he who gave the prisoner into his custody A i , s o " s -sid e te l she lived in the house, and how long. and Su- ril, weeks. Asked her where she was g oing 5°, 41 159 01 0-ej' she made no reply. She appeared very ll3ll— and trembled. Took her to the station• a r Mary Anne Porter, wife of James forte!! a be ar of man, and searcher at Harcourt-street stat4n7;raisgher Recollected her being brought there on th e 133 ,ares , 'at the 2d of June. There was blood on her s' e s P l- , vet, set skirt, and on the body of her gown. Said to 0 10 1 ; 4 dress is in a mess." She attributed it to st ne til 9 ble°s her:under clothieg was much stained. There O ber elo re , the strings of her bonnet, and a great deal , 11 ,a tbe r t he Whilst in the cell she said her -nose had ceding night. There was nothing to indinewasea ,h 0 blood on the upper part of her clothing had tied ,b 0 natural causes. When the bundles were °r!hisly said there were some things in the bundle for . ha (The the old lady 58. et s a sof' gown and the stria s of the 11°11,111 t he J,) cloak were here exhibited to g the judge a n : h a The marks bad, in some degree, been effa ce " a - a l te' e Mrs. Susanah Neshett, si lodger in the ai tt next called. She appearedquite overcome, bd the slightly. She said no one but her mother $0 Ss,` ' ,for a stoner resided on the ground floor of the Ous h i sc a ld prisoner about ten minutes to nine on the night atodstg, the murder coming along the passage. 0° t (1°- 11° night she heard the prisoner- - and the dee eese ase a .( f et r ling. The prisoner repeatedly told the d e q ,- " she would do for her, and that before to Sh e aestid sequence of the disturbance thus created, sh e cs toe,i O 4 Mr. Hayward, the owner of the house, w il h ° o remonstrated with them. The prisoner 00 t " r ibie v Asli e called the deceased an old hypocrite ;'' B °, d, 14 1 7, 0 er replied, " She was the first lodger she had u h s e pri 6 ", s si should not have another ;" adding, tha ge l should not stop there that night. The ' prix oee - 001 .0, to behave like oth peo le. Cross-examined- Had p lived in the heuse aill rf e b e og li ;C but only occasionally spoke to the prisoner. „ettit°oi. rel on the Monday arose abaus hanging aboutpets teti,reP the yard. Did not see the prisoner until cep. ao flutes to nine on the Tuesday night. ge er- a rder', tb k ling on the Tuesday, the night of the eis a y ea' prisoner passed her in the passage on be t w , Go tt night. By a juryman—The deceased was not SO deaf 011 Iti e° hear the prisoner's threat s . e Charles Hayw a rd, th e l an dl or d of the h'; - , t s s t ' ed,i ° and lour man, - was n ex t ca ll e d. T he er, h o od came to him on the Monday before the MO - t he ne d - r consequence of what she stated, he we ntY the He found the (.ld lady sitting on a chair at . d 5 0_ 1 1 the back kitchen. The risoner was i ' i r Pli eP ol l ,; Mrs. Stowell what airs the p matter? was 511,e the the prisoner tied been abusing her bee s ",i e wea for money. He went into the kitchen, f",",, ° , e 0 0 1° old lady. Asked the prisoner what she he' l id 01 0 0! a noise about, :sad she replied that th e „ t o t ices, t 0 1) 1 been making a noise about hanging a old 10,1a11°,1 yard. She said that she had told the ,°, 6.10 was not hers (the prisoner's), and that " said , - e Pa person in the first fl oor . Th e s ad lady ij P - 0'; , told her to bring it in. The dec. a-ed yard saki I threatened to do far her, to which the pfd °A I //) h t " You are a lying old wretch, ' I ne.er sn, Ty . , l thing." The last witness, who O. hoar stairs, said she had heard her esf 0 1 : t v oi prisoner said she would go au , 0 " c t r5, : , 3 0 where broken victuals was givento b et ", j ove' to people who gave her them that she Wa s - h e ( 1 ; woman, and was dissatisfied with what she -'' o f he r t ;o a l that she should like to have her revenge 011 ; t e jer e s ° 1 which he said, " Surely you - mild en; t i:te e e tr d ' woman." The deceased said she wantet• the rent as she had none , to which th,efra,'.,j:"4, sponded—" It is a lie ; I know: you have*. l° ,,, it in the corner of the drawer." The Pr's" r - t e i itie P's ,; had no money, and acknowledged owing he atis clj es,a rent. She said she was too ill to take a v b er A she would write for some money to : in, as t ,:be a farthing before she left. She was en t :h t el; Told her she had better go to bed ; that if not discontinue her noisy conduct he 'id tl e r a et .C l pelled to turn her out. She said she wen' n o ' le;aiebo b his request, and he bid - her; good eigh t s : - Sln t o i c i elt the deceased next morning She paid h sl week, and he allowed her ()ire shilling f or -c) for him. Cross-examined—Did not recollect ev er a sh ° :ei the prisoner said, although the deceased had shansefully that she would not do her Ol d be fors f deposition was shown to the witness, i_a_nt-b;vdedefirbe" that he had made such a statement , 14 " doing so.)at not on the T S u a e vir sd t a h y e . aa t, „ Ad0w„,45 0 ,0 Ann Smallworth said she lived at 4u ' the deceased's body on taa and kept a shop there. OnMoncleYanigehts came into her parlour , and said the eee- e n se tbe fr ieroo abused her and insulted her. Saw h e ed °- par il° : sq° l morning at nine o'clock, when she beggea,at i t h eiPi truding the night before. She explain c ompel fl- br e l'al er meant by doing for the de ceased s ive her to Mrs. Wyndham from wa rec e- „fee - Jt - ,. whom d bet t he s as victuals. Saw her also ' at ten o'clock• an ne aea t ei IsP n 'to four and five, in the back kitchen. She,, ° „ r- ,, bee ; e e,be an inch or two, and took a letter from ov t ;i e te. s , witness had taken in for her. Was not aces-ta otfer w i et t e a; e fe the room. Saw her again at twenty said she had to meet a person at alfll: s l , o lte p ti os S ir e o'clock, and asked her the time. Witee b a'd the 0 g ° i( l clock at the prisoner's request, and I),_n - a hice e l i 01 10 4 minutes to six. This conversation took r„ clO . 0 e s tl and she asked witness to permit her to g i , - ,ot through her parlour. Sai - , h e r again aw' " art' eg g evening coming from the street. She h u .aed I n „ tb her parlour into the street. She Pil o 004 sa t ee again, having obtained her pernsiss i° s a 0 ' to lag her parlous-. The witness corroborat",at , ao rS'"e, went of the policeman with r e ?day `"pecco knocking at the door on the Wreeit'e" othertblvi. Conversed with her daily She was liPe ecte d 0 9 truly collected, truly sensible. Never ele l 5 oot peculiar in her way of talking. There quosde g• t he culiar in her conduct on the Monday a nti asfor e nv e was much paler. d e ithe r Pa l a te' Cross-examined—Was not e xalt:lin e d a t titer s'eS' magistrate or coroner. Was questions do wn 0 0, 00 the superintendent of police who took t actt li a wa shortlym ee i nke before e . went. Attended before the' istrate, bu t e bst r t m e g Some be Of and that she had had a renewal. " - 00 t" - f afofrt H eer a t d told her that she had.sh. to i t t , 5001 0 s h h e -e m e u a r m d murder the boo' b a t be "he de }' t oren- se * o' renewal, and she made a similar sta Oa o e 4 before the di r sv ll4 ' coes -- in s's " ; told her t hat 5 t 013 the be d discover of the murder , e ; te h h er a return of the periodical corop'al" ece h4 ll ing a discharge. Never knew an inst." , sb e family of illness arising from such a cohneeletter her t 1 i 0 1 t he By a juryman—When she gave a d es her bonnet and cloak on. the cab-std tes a jol Samuel Watkins, waterma,n to Ba itra, rO , street—Was not examined b efore the w _ l 7 t he rot'„ the prisoner at twenty minutes to nine r e night. The driver of the first can ,naitie,'„ of el'a named Mapleson. She made s itt „lesoi a ot tle for respecting the trains to Brighton Ist 11 0 1 ,88 ,4 ferred the matter to witness ; and he I ' o ' wtt , too 10 8 11 , quire. He did so, and told her that b , la Was o l eo a oc l3 P the last train, as it left at eight. It e thought a! P i, t t Ao e minutes to nine. She replied that 51 3 . take her r, P oo She asked Mapleson what he wont° gape!' 11 ; 0 5 th coach-office, White Harayard, Virhi (e . e , fo r said, 3s. She replied, "You must talsa i ;- ` - ' 0 go t inate t i that." He answered, "I cannot, you • t aga t) ,_ ss i c i r. ye 01 31 :7 OP to carry." She said. " No, I . bor. d be bundles." She had nothing /tat" ..yar a arMs ea be she had friends in Kings it 09 that she would sleep there, as po plese e mal nearer the railway than Adam street. Id t oo. where she was going, and where he t : o h: d e lo se „es - eh] She said a little way down the atree