The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-23 00:00:00

EGHAM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) INNKEEPERS PLATE. Thrush Chase._ Two ran. ORDER OF RUNNING. 2. o—lnnkeepers' Plate. 2 . 4 o—Surrey and Middlesex Stakes. 3 .ls—King John Stakes. 3 . s o—Runnymede Stakes. 4 .3o—Railway Stakes. ARRIVALS. Anglesey, Topsy, Frantic, Jouvence, Epaminandos, Convulsion Tremble, Tobolski Abdallah, Monie Moses, Puritan, Northman, Victorine, Acute Angle, Worthless, Rufus, 4 •Prinot geldi ng , Domino, :Escalapiu9, Jullien, William Sister to Incurable, Protest, Prologue, Oliver, Malhareuse, Siege, Provocation, Dear-me, La Bella, IsTightsh.ide, Sweetheart, Ada, Lina, Inder, Antigone, Ch ase, Richmond, M ay fl y, Lady Isabel, Mayday, Cotton Masella, f. b y Touchstone out of Dexterous, No Brutus, Wingfield, Glena von , 'Assayer, Strutaway, Diable Boiteux, Wingfield, Monk. RADcLIFFE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (B P ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Selling Stakes did not fill. Stewards' Cup—Captain Cornish and Patience paid orfeit. LATEST BETTING. FREE HANDICAP. Even on Ganieboy filly. 2 to 1 agst Saguenay. 3 to 1 agst Sir Robert. STEWARDS' CUP. 2 to 1 agst Sir Robert. 2 to 1 agst St. Leon filly. 3 to 1 agst Surveyor. MANCHESTER CUP. 2to 1 agst St. Andrew. DI RBY.—The only horses here at present are Missive 4/4 Lady-in-W a iting. THE CROPS. On reading over the accounts from different parts of the country as to the state of the crops, we find the t e e eral purport to be that, though the rain has retarded h „ corn-ripening and corn-gathering, it has not materi al/7 injured the crops, and that only a few days of sun oe will be sufficient to bring them entirely round. b n the whol e , th e wea th er a ppears to have considerably enefited turnips and potatoes, and though there are plent y of r umours as t o di sease being discovered in the latter vegetable, no one can testify personally to its Whereabouts. From Cumberland we learn that the crop of yie favourite esculent is superabundant, and that the t u " is so large and healthy, that if the blight a e s„, yet appear, it can do very little injury. n-tingland re a p ing h as p re tty generally commenced, d b e in many places in Scotland the sickle has e n at wor k . Wh ea t ap p ears t o hav e s uff er ed Mo st from the rain ; but the yield is not expected to be tick below the average. Barley and oats are said to in good condition, and it is thought they will be g re ater in bulk th an l as t y ear . Th e rain, however, frith set in last night and still continues with little in termission , and without a gleam of sunshine, will tend ztt's, discourage the hopes of the farmers, and will still "rd a reason for maintaining the present high prices, ° I which all are now beginning to complain. SHARE MA RIVETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 25A -- 91— 101 9 7 d 20 - 22 2 t i d 102 103 671 21 22 19i 201 i . 7 6.. p 8 - 9 sg 53 3t 4 12g- -13 k 48 - 50 36 - 37 ' 713- 721 j 52 - 55 72 - 74 28 . - 7 . 30 84 85 52 54 133 135 112 114 881 894., 7 4 741 104 —107 j 17 18 p 75i 764 4-& 3h 2,-fd 15 —15 A 1 8i -- 8i ld -- lip 102 —lO3 td, 112i' lg -- lip 1 -14 p 86 87 7 -- 6d 6 -- 5 d 11 -- 13 18 -- 20 27} -28 A ni - 72} 40 - 42 68 57 P 3i aid 21 8. 1 81 51 53 38 - 2R (1 32 -33 4/ 4gd l 9 1-24 p 50 51 94 96 62 - 64 63 65 69 71 14 ldisl 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 3a -- 3sd 19 -- 20 -- 711 1 36 -- 37 i 121 -- 1311 26 - 28 2?; 2i 144 -15 i 8 - 32 - 33 9/ - 10; G9:l - 70 7i - 2 - 2,0 59 1103 -- 1051 fo7l 19i --201 Ad -- par 61 -- 6g 4 -- 44 5 -- 51 1 11-2 - lap - p la —la p 14i-- 15 201 -- 211, .•• - ... 1281 - 129, 112 - 113 Si - 9 6 7} 103 104 A d 150 152 ..• .-... . - 3i 10 - 11 13 - 14, 8 -- 9 10f -- 10,1 - lP 149 151 I par -- i p 114 ilex 118 122 1116 - 118 246 - 2541 -- 2i 10i -- 11 17i -- 18 p 14 -- 15 par— P 25i -- 26 19i -- -20 i id 103 -- 105 5 h 51 Par- P, :IGN. 1 d 14 - 15 2 - 3u - 5 -5, - 1 p p 2 - 2sp 2 - 2ip - 71 - 7 1 ; . ' - 4i 1 - 1 - 14 14 - 2.1p1 .. - .. - 71 - 71 as - 361 14 -14 i 84 -- 9 18i -- 19 p 50 -- 51 44 -- 45 394 --391 44 54 lt -- 1 d 20i --21} 9i -- 10 5 - 4 - 10 —10 A id 2i d 2111 E MOORS, FORESTS, AND FISHING& 50 25 100 St. The eventf u l " T we lfth" opened the grouse shooting season under very promising circumstances. The propitious weather of the spring and summer left the th e unusually numerous, strong, and healthy ; and deeds of the first day of the shooting are in some „7" ta nces perhaps unparalleled. Moors which in for - Z er Years yi e ld e d ver y indifferent sport, have suddenly spr ung into importance ; and from every side the same ' is borne t o us —of capital sport, abundant game an d • splendid weather. The 12th was rather a hot and day for the moors, and was dazzlingly clear. The heather, the lochs and rivers, the lichened crags, and the bare mountain tops glistened painfully in the Clouded sunshine, and tempting as was the abun baill;t game, half the sportsmen who took the moor were 1, - "g e d partially to succumb to the great heat of the f and seek th friendly shade of a birchwood or corrie - "r at least a couple of hours after noon. The number of game bagged on the 12th must have been prodig ious . T he country is deluged with presents, and the price of ,: I(3 nse, in s t ea d of being from about 4s. 6d. to s s. 6 d. a ' a ir, as it has usually been at this early period of the -ea son, from 2s. to 3s. 6d. at the Invernes mar ke,_ ,is now I , a ‘• On the 13th, we believe, no less than two large 1 5 -118 and a mail coach, filled to over-flowing with game f°les were unloaded at the Perth railway station, and for ' 1 , 1 the most part the boxes contained grouse from the • Highlands. At Aberdeen, the importation of been was no less formidable—great quantities having e eu sent by the day coaches from Inverness, Moray and the adjoining districts, and by the steamer t orn the extensive moors of Caithness. In the forest deer-hunting has been well rewarded. ik 'the continued drought has, for the time, spoiled the 11 g l iug of the northern rivers, by stopping the water ro'Plies. Whilst last week any one who could handle a was almost sure of at least two or three grilse in thec nurse of a day's fishing, this week only the upper , of the river can be successfully fished. The same abu ndance case in most of the Highland rivers—there is r ev ., lld ance of fish, and we only wait a fresh of rain to '' lr e in full force the fine an ling of this season. The Pey dr y seems to hold up better than' most rivers in this ct - li„ "as en. Mr. Gillmore Rothes, Mr. Powell, and 4 7 , -1. anglers, have had good sport, and the Banffshire e at '‘ n a/ mentions that Mr. Jackson, Craigellachie, had vii i t l ? r ed, with his own rod, sixty salmon and grilse, en three weeks, on the Aberlour fishings in the "eY.-----Invernegs Courier. St. St. 20 St. 1241 12i St. 25 10 1.0.6 RAILWATB. Business done this day. PREFERENCE SHARES. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1853. THE CHARGE AGAINST MB. NORMAN WILKINSON. Mr. Norman Wilkinson, 9, Threadneedle-street, share dealer, appeared before the Lord Mayor, at the Man sion -house, yesterday, upon a summons issued at the instance of the East India Company, to answer the charge of having unlawfully bargained with a person, whose name is unknown, for the purchase of an office in the gift of the East India Company, contrary to the statute. Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Messrs. Lawford, solici tors to the East India Company, appeared for the prose cution ; Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Hawkins, instructed by Messrs. Burchell, attended for the defence. The City Solicitor attended as adviser of the Lord Mayor. The justice-room was crowded with gentlemen con nected with the East India-house, and with members of the Stock Exchange, and merchants. Mr. Clarkson, in a lengthened statement, recapitu lated the details which he entered into upon the occasion of applying for the summons on the 9th inst., and hav ing put in evidence some correspondence between the secretary to the East India Company and the defendant, in which the latter declined to give up the name of the person with whom it was alleged he had been in treaty for the cadetship in question, proceeded to call Mr. %V. A. Wilkinson, the hon. member for Lambeth, and bro ther of the defendant, who underwent a precisely similar course of examination to that to which he was originally subjected, with the exception that he was now sworn. At the conclusion of the hon. member's examination in chief, the following questions were put to him by Mr. Clarkson—Do you know the person whom your brother named to you as the party with whom he had been in treaty ? Mr. Wilkinson--Yes, I do. Mr. Clarkson—What was his name? Mr. Wilkinson—l decline to give you the name, and I wish to state to the court why I think I am justified in so doing. Mr. Bodkin objected to any reasons given by the wit ness for his refusal being entered upon the depositions. Mr. Clarkson insisted upon whatever was uttered by the witness being made part of the depositions. The Lord Mayor said he thought that the reasons of the witness ought to be recorded. Mr. Wilkinson—l decline to answer the question put to me, because as I am advised and believe there is no proper foundation for this charge, and consequently no proper foundation for this question. I have every dis position to give every information in my power upon the charge attempted to be laid upon my brother, but I consider that this question form s no part of that harge, and is not within the scope of the evidence which I have sworn to give. Mr. Clarkson then applied for permission to ocross examine Mr. Wilkinson, on the groun d that h e was an witness, which re ques t, a ft er b e i n g part of Mr. B o dki n was ultimatelyunw i llstrenuously inga a n c d h c edoe opposedd sti t l hostilebut utth e which f a il e d to elicit anyth i ng further than had already been stated by the hon. mem ber in his previous examination. Cross-examined by Mr. Bodkin—Can you charge your recollection with the distinct words used by your brother in any one of the conversations about which you have been examined ? vv Mr. Wilkinson—No, I cannot. Mr. Bodkin—Did you in the first instance learn from your brother that a friend of his had presented him with an appointment for his son ? Mr. Wilkinson—Was going to present him. Mr. Bodkin—And had offered it ? Mr. Wilkinson—So I understood ; that was my first impression. Mr. Bodkin—Without any mention whatever of any consideration of any kind ? Mr. Wilkinson—Not at that time. Mr. Bodkin—When your brother afterwards told you that he inferred from the language of the party he was talking with that some money was expected, did he also tell you that he had taken the advice of a friend, who told him that such a transaction was illegal ? Mr. Wilkinson—No, not at the first ; that was at the second occasion. Mr. Bodkin—Did he soon afterwards tell you so ? Mr. Wilkinson—Some little time after that he told me so. . Mr. Bodkin—He told you that he had spoken to a friend, who told him that if he agreed to such a proposi tion it would be illegal ? Mr. Wilkinson—Yes, something to that effect ; that he had better take care what he was about, for he was doing something that was wrong. Mr. Bodkin—Did he tell you that that friend informed him that if he inquired at the India House he would see the declaration that was required to be made, and which would of itself show the illegality of such a transaction ? Mr. Wilkinson—Something to that effect. He told me that there would be a paper to be signed. Mr. Bodkin—Did he tell you that he went to the India House and saw the form, the declaration ? Mr. Wilkinson—l do not know that he did. Mr. Bodkin—Did he tell you that lie saw the form of the declaration ? Mr. Wilkinson—l understood him that he had seen a paper, or that his friend had told him that there was a paper. Mr. Bodkin—That he had seen it? Mr. Wilkinson—l understood that he had seen it. Mr. Bodkin—Did he tell you that that form of de claration satisfied him of the illegality of such a trans action, and that he would have nothing more to do with iN Mr. Wilkinson—Yes. Mr. Bodkin—Did he ever tell you that he had ever agreed with this party to give a sum of money for the office in question, or entered into any treaty of that kind ? Mr. Wilkinson—No, he did not. Mr. Bodkin—Now, you have said something about a commission in the army ; did your brother tell you that his private opinion was that such an appointment might be sold as a commission in the army ? Mr. Wilkinson—No ; I do not remember that he did. Mr. Bodkin—Now, with the exception of what you have told us, do you know from your brother of any bargain whatever, or any treaty for this appointment ? Mr. Wilkinson—Nothing more than what I have stated. Re-examined by Mr. Clarkson—Can you tell us the name of the friend of whom you have spoken as having put your brother on his guard ? Mr. Wilkinson—No ; I cannot. Mr. Clarkson—Have you never heard his name ? Mr. Wilkinson—l may have heard his name ;my bro ther may have mentioned his name to me, but I cannot remember. Mr. Clarkson—Endeavour to recollect, and tell me whether you are prepared to swear that you do not know. You say that you may have heard. Mr. Wilkinson—l should be very sorry to mislea d you. I might menti on one, two, or three names, and not the right one ; it may have been one or two persons, but I do not know who it was. Mr. Clarkson—Did he mention the name of one or twopersons! _ _ Mr. Wilkinson—l have no doubt he did ;I do not know why he should not, but I do not remember. Mr. Clarkson—Has not this matter interested you, and have you not been endeavouring to recollect the circumstance ? Mr. Wilkinson—No, I confess I thought it exceed ingly immaterial as to who it was who told him that fact. Mr. Clarkson—However' you mean to state upon your oath that you positively do not know who it was ? Mr Wilkinson—l positively do not know who it was. I might make a guess. Mr. Clarkson—Tell me whom you guess it was. Mr. Wilkinson—No, I will not ; that is the reason why I will not mention it. Mr. Clarkson—Do you believe that you recollect the name ? _Mr. Wilkinson—No, I do not think I do. Mr. Clarkson—Have you any doubt that he men tioned his name to you ? Mr. Wilkinson-ZI dare say he did ; I have no doubt he did ; because we are in the habit of mentioning the names of our friends to one another. Mr. Clarkson—Do you mean to pledge your oath that you do not believe you know that person ? Mr. Wilkinson—l do not know him. I believe I may have heard his name. I may have been told it was one person or another. My brother has a great many friends. I should be very happy to tell you. I cannot have any possible reason for concealing it. Mr. Clarkson—Do you believe that you know who it was ? Mr. Wilkinson—l believe that Ido not know who it was. I might mention a person's name, and I might be wrong. Mr. Clarkson—Have you heard the name of that person since the last examination! Mr. Wilkinson—No. Mr. Clarkson—Have you seen that person since the last examination ? Mr. Wilkinson—No. Mr. Clarkson—Have you seen the person whose name you refuse to give me, who proposed to your brother to procure him this appointment, since the last examina tion Mr. Wilkinson—No. _ _ Mr. Clarkson—Have you heard from him ? Mr. Wilkinson—No. Mr. Clarkson—Have you written to him ? Mr. Wilkinson—No, I have had no ;tort of communi cation with him—that is the shortest way. Mr. Clarkson (addressing the Lord :Mayor)—l have now to apply to your lordship that Mr. Wilkinson, for his contempt of this court in contumaciously and wilfully refusinc , to answer this question, without any j us t ex cuse, be' committed by your lordship's Warrant for seven days. Mr. .Bodkin inquired whether his friend, Mr. Clark son, had any further evidence to offer against the de fendant ? Mr. Clarkson replied he had no further evidence to offer at present, and that he called upon the court to order the defendant to enter into sureties to answer any charge that might be preferred against him on the part of the East India Company at the C entral Criminal Court. Mr. Bodkin then addressed the ben ch at very con siderable length, and submitted that hir a learned friend, on the part of the prosecution, had not m.ad e out any case which would j us tify hi s lordshipin holdin g the defendant to bail. The utmost that had been a ttempted to be proved against the defendant was, that a certain party whose name had not transpired, had offe red to procure him an appointment for a member of his family in the gift of the East India Company. It had. been distinctly stated that the party who had made that offer was not a member of the Court of Directors, or irc any way con cerned in the administration of the affa ire of the com pany, and that as soon as Mr. Normal t Wilkinson be came satisfied of the illegality of tra Jacking in any appointment within the gift of the comp 'any, he at once abandoned all mention of having anythi ug further to do MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) SII COLONIAL. are ; 411 . - --The market is not active, and the public sales °t t, ° ? . °,& off without particular animation. The quantity Ve e i lBll Plantation landed last week, at the East and Th e ,— India Docks, was 430 hhds 50 tierces 139 barrels. ti er " Were taken for home consumption, 1,830 h . hds 199 1 14 e " 68 3 barrels. The stock in the same places is 10,269 eQ .„,- , ,707 ti erces 3 , 25 7 b arre l s . tte r l PER. --This article is firm, with a moderate quantity 11, n g • 11, e t t r u * — The quantity landed last week at the East and 110 14%; Docks, was 195 puns. ; there were taken for ,2171Znalimption 215 puns 1 hhds, and eTporte lig puns ' B ' The stock in the same places is 8,605 puns 342 tIn E '° 14 8 f" --- - 15 engal, 1,381 bags at auction, all sold at 13s. 6d good, being higher rates. 284 6e4... PT RE.—At auction, 491 bags were taken in at g p , 29e for fine 2A per cent. refraction . fe,c".- 2 7 cases nutmegs sold publicly at 3s 8d to 3s r ams g o od, an d 2s 6d to 2s lid for mid. Mace 7 cases. & realised 2s 10d to 2s lld per lb. 42 F1 9,1 4° w• — P.Y.C., is 51s per cwt. on the spot, and town us e d This et kele ( r article is steady. Last week's deliveries in- HAY MARKETS. Ileur(l7f4/1111.D.—Old meadow hay, 41 4s to 51 l O s _; 414,, ,;t0 ,2/ lO s t o 4/ 08; old clover, Si Os to Cl O s n IIAAI; 7 10 s to 4/ 15 s ; an d s t raw, 1/ 88 1116 s per lo ad . Dod, and trade dull. e r y nev,,-.4...tuLAN't.--Old meadow hay, 4/ 5s to Si 12s Od ; unt3 2/ dew 3 , , 15s to 4/ 4s • old clover, 5/ Os to 61 Os ; new 4 10 3 to 5/ Os ; and' straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 16s per load. : /vel 'age supply, and a sluggish demand. lOs; tk,,,,TITROILAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 4 / 5 s 4705. new ditto 21 10 s to 4/ 0 • old clover, 5/ Os to Tr 4 7l' 31 10 4 t o si e ' and s straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per'load. • Tlit Ittn— tbe , AM-FLEET AT Conic. portion of i , t' ~°'eatn-fleet, or a considerable fora limited.. —W e understand .t now that eta. ied at Spithead, will proceed to Cork The First otrlciod 1.1.1:ut the third week . in September . built for the first vessel 141(14 the Admiralty will be with the squadron. ka kd 11 , cil---On Saturday, the_ v fled the Com BatiAteno. Steam Navigation . Sam ' a, was launched from the buildin r tonnage is 5 4trda Brothers at Blackwell . He her en • ' 120 horse power. P ga l . :l 3;:rd e o a f M . ess 7 r 3 s ; Tta4 pries are to be of to attract 41 ‘eni, Atrb.a EXHIBITION.—Among the numerous royal at tht'S exhibited in this museum none appearumerous visi tor, I.Botornent more attention from the in„ l .'""Lati the group consisting of the i a n nd a fr,e;_e'.% of the French. The Empress mile of th at the bridal dress worn by her Majesty on 1//..ansPiciou occasion, land the Emperor isn Emperor dressed with th e • 1 1 : 1 the costume of a Lieut.-General, deco . bly exe" Nt e ,4 e g i ert of Honour. They are both admirably decorated d oleon 4 , 1 4 5... likenesses, and reflect much credit on the taste 14artistic skill of the Messrs. Tussaud. r o f the Col,,,7,llc!l'OLlTalq INIPROVEMENTS.—By eity'',.'BBloners for carrying out the Improvements in the tr,e,.°' London a further portion of the houses in .ft. eor ri ‘,' elekenwell, are forthwith to be demolished, l _to . ll' bridge hi,. li.eto the direct line of communication from B ack and Farr ingdon-street to Islington and the 101:4t /\Zorthern Railway terminus at King's-cross. last The b%ttalke-of widening of Fenchurch-street is at te 1,04 erried out, and the whole of the houses on d h . etreet Side, extending from Mark-lane, crossing L.7m on to th e 4,1,1 d Railway -pace, up to Church -row, contiguous .e. lanho,f;aet India Company's warehouses, are being ared ert for that purpose. A great many housesd. heedieseltig pulled down on the south side of Threa i,iLP. . street, in Finch -lane , and Spread Eagle-court, to iete the approaches to the Royal Exchange, as also fire.°wßate•hill, to widen and improve that thorough /4:1,u ~.krfitom "'4AEXTATION or TAMFORD.---The election of a lie' fore the borough of Shinford, in the room of thel.li -7rie, took I c the ' Town Hall yesterday. eetoell'Y candidatePwahoe in solicited the suffrages of the kras,waa Lord Robert Gascoyne Cecil, second son of ' 'N 'tioli e - aq ll , lB of Salisbu No other candidate being bohi e ,- s, Lord Cecil Areatierd then TY. declared duly elected. The ad dressed was the electors in a speech ex tvere .1 of his Political faith. T proceedings, which Itti-414 Tiler() formal character then terminated. tmtiouti:slTATioN or SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE. --NO Op -16,8T., t o : 1 " be offered to the election of E. P. Shirley, -1116 e -11.1)Ply the vac in the representation of the of Z. 111 divlsion • ancy vulte to the Lord tv,_, of this county, caused by the elevation peerage. ~.~ 100 b 6. 'Aberdeen ....... Xmlw. Nottug. Bost. & Eastn. Junc...... Blrmug. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Laucsh d . Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons 'Do., £20.......... Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. ...... ' ,Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon (Cork, Black. & Pass Dnblin&BelfastJunc IDundee Perth &Aber deen Junction 'East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) ,Do., (XlB E. & H.) Eastern Counties !Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., B. & C..... East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June 'lOO Ed iuburgh & Glasgow 1 Ediub. and Peebles 100 jEdinb.Prth.&Dunde c 1100 (Glasgow & S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 1 100 IDo., A. Stoc k 100 'Do., B. Stock 'lOO Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Easter - a. al I Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 10 Do., Fifths ....... ....• 3.14 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southrit. all London & Black wall 18 100 100 all all , 100 1100 12 1 100 100 all 3 ; 100 100 100 100 100 21s.' 1 100! 20 11 100 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright. & S. est. London & N. Western! Do. Fifths Do. ,16/.Sh.,M &8... C Loud on & S. Western !Do., £50........ !Do., £40......... ...... LTI d uclrry. &Coleraine Lndudrry. & Enuisk.' Manch.Slief.&Lineln.! Do., Mau. &Lin. Uu.l Midland . ,Do. Birming. & Derby ;Midland G.West.(lr.) IDo. 4 Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket ' Do. Bury Extensions' Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k..... ••• ..• Do., New ...... Nortl in. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l !Do., No. 2 De., 4 A Deferred Do., 4 B Guaranteed !North Staffordshire North Western iN & S. W..!strn. June • Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton I Scottish Central ...•••I Scottish Midland- I Shrewsbury & Birmg.' Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)....., Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do . . Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock I and Vale of Nelth !Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick IWest Cornwall.. !Wmble: I on &Croydon IWoodford ;York Newctl. & Berw !Do. Extensions. Do. G.N.E. Purchase' !York & N. Midland 100 all 100 5 100 all 'Aberdeen ....... IDo., No. 2, 7 p. c... s St. Do. . 4 p. C. Shares Caledonian £lO ...... 'Chester (I; Holyhead Guar. 5.3 per cent Cork&Bandon 51 p.c ;Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction EastA nglian 10s) 6 per cent. Do. (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (£7l7s) 7 p ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2... Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLancmh. 6 p. cts. Edinb.Prth.&Dundee siper cent........... Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent. Great Northr 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c.,R edeem. , at 10 p. C. pram .... Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westu. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 41 p c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock.'.. London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 Do. New Guar 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds 100 6 100 100 all all 10 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 - - Londonderry& Coler Shares Londy. & Eunis. A Sh Manch. ,Shef. , & Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c Do. 4A per cent D 0...... Mid. Consol 6 p.c. St. Do. Cousol Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4 per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. per et... Do. Way. Val. 5 p North British ......... North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester dr Wolverh. £15,6 p. c Do Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. Sr Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d.' S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwiek,4 p.e.Pref Do York& N. Midland H. & S. Pm& FOR: 4Antwrp & Rotterdam I 3 Belgian East. Janet. all !Charleroi & Erquelin 10 {Dijon and Besagon 8 {Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 iGd. Junet. of France 20a Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 3 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. 15 t Luexembourg ..... 10 (Do. (Railway) 2 . .... . 3 IDo. (Canal) 4 Do. 6p. cent. pref 9 Lyons & Mediterran 701adras 29 IMaria Antonia 10 I Do. New allNamur & Liege (with interest all Do. (cx interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. &Ams.Shs.] all NorwegianTruk Pref 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 IParis Caen& Ch erbrg. 104'Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Do. 5} per cent. pref 6 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 10 i Do. 54 per c. 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Wind this day at Noon, N.E., and cloudy. DEAL, Aug. 22.—Wind, S. Arrived—J. G. Costa, River St. Lawrence. Arrived from the River—William Ackers, for Port Philip ; Apollo, Grenada ; Ocean Queen, New Aork ; Orestes, Odessa • onte Valisivene, Constan tinople. Sailed—Prince of Wales, Sydney, N.S.W. Aug. 23 (9.40 a.m.—Per Elec. Tel.)—Wind, N.E., strong, with rain. Passed—St. Michael, from Newcastle, for Naples ; William Hitching, London, for Havre. Sailed — Apollo, from Hartlepool, for Demerara ; William Ackers, Henry Gillespie, Southern Cross, Orestes, and Prince of Wales, with the whole of the outward bound, except the Margaret, for Madras, and the Australia, for Rio Janeiro. Remain—Achilles and John Costa, both for the river. SHIELDS, Aug. 22.—Wind, W. Arrived—Edina, Car thagena. Sailed—Sagitharius , Constantinople. HULL, Aug. Arrived—Swallen, Alex andria ; Tina, Abo ; Augusta, Quebec ; Necken, Wass. Sailed—Hans, Christina • Stafford, Riga ; China, Abo. GRIMSBY, Aug. 22.—krived—Lucia, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 23 (10.45 a.m.)—Wind, N., moderate and fine. Arrived—William Tapscott, from New York; Emma Watts, ,from New Orleans. Off—Bijou, schooner. Arrived at Beaumaris, Aug. 22—Infanta, _from Quebec. FLEETWOOD, Aug. 22..—Arrrived— Maranham, and Grenville Bay, Quebec. MiLronn, Aug. 22.—Wind, S.W. to S.E. Arrived- , - Pedestrian, Liverpool, for St. John's, leaky, having been struck by a heavy sea off Cape Clear ; Marchioness of Breadalbane, Matanzas. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind,W. Arrived —Priscilla, Sierra Leone. Sailed—H.M.S. Prince Regent, H.M.S. Queen, H.M.S. Sidon, H.M.S.Valorous, H.M.S.Amphion, H.M.S. Leopard, and H.M.S. Vulture, cruising. FALMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind, N., light. Arrived— Jane Lowden, Quebec ; Vohunina, Taganrog ; Hope, Odessa • Louise, Salonica ; Perlin, Ale xan d r i a • Queen of the Ty n e, ' Taganrog; Angelina, V arna . Sailed—Alchy mist, Quebec. GLOUCESTER, Aug. 21 . — Arrived—Frederick, Tatma goncha ; Herald, Nicaragua ; Neptune, Quebec. Sailed— Thomas, Quebec. BRISTOL, Aug. 22.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Jenny, Tobaga ; Nancy, Miramichi ; Ashley, and Java, Quebec. Sailed—Singapore, New York ; Barbara, and Batanga, Ocean Queen, and Sarah a A n f d ric E a m ; m Czu Q nt u e e s bec. s Mulgrave, JERSEY, Aug. 21.—Wind, E. Arrived—Beim, La bradore. _ _ _ SWANSEA, Aug. 22. - Wind, E. Arrived—Jane Mor rison, St. Andrew's, N.B. ; Elizabeth, Quebec. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.—A correspondent has forwarded us the following extract from a letter received yesterday from Ireland. Ile has every confidence in the source of his information ; but we may remark that if the writing has in reality been spoken to it is strange that no pub licity has been given to the affair by the authorities of the Admiralty :—" Near Bellmullet, Aug. 15, 1853. You will have heard, no doubt, that a poor woman picked up a bottle close to this place, containing a letter from Sir John Franklin, dated May last, stating that he is prevented by the natives from leaving an island he is now on ; the officer of the Coast Guard forwarded it to the Admiralty, and has just heard that the writing is that of Sir John, so there is yet a chance of his being saved."—Liverpool Mail. CAPTAIN J. R. SCOTT.—We understand that the good fortune of Captain J. R. Scott, late of the 4th Dragoon Guards, to which we h ave b e f ore adverted, continued in remarkablea l degree during meeting last week at Good wood, Captain Scott having won 13,000/, upon Adine on the Goodwood Stakes, 3,0001. upon Marsyas on the North and South of England Produce, and 3,0001. on Cobnut in another sweepstakes.—United Service Gazette. ANOTHER ROYAL RESIDENCE.—We understand that his Royal Highness Prince Albert is negotiating for the purchase or rental of a magnificent building, the pro perty of Mr. Child, the banker. It is situated on an eminence between St. John's-wood and Highgate, sur rounded with luxuriant woodland, meadow, pasture, and arable land, and commands extensive views of the beau tiful scenery in and around the metropolis. It is in tended, we believe, as an occasional resid ence or "nur sery" for the Roya l: children. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid, RAILWAYS. Bedford and' Bletchley. Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. with outgi Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar.' Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. 4k l Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 4 Shares. Lou.&Greenw, Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Mauch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' &, Redcar. Northern and Easternsp. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & Wyre Do. Shares. 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LO3 —losact 51i —s3ixd L5O 152 32 33xd [l3 - 114 56 - 57 274 - 28?, 14i -14 i 26 - 27 98 - 100 3 - 36 - 65 - 67 148 —lsoxd 148 —lsoxdi -- ... xd 3n 321 1021 ---1031 BANKS. 80 - 82 i - 1 pl par— p 22 3p 501 - 51 i die— par 43 45 70 72 8 8i Business this day. with the transaction, and immediately repudiated all connexion with the party in question. In order to con vict the defendant of the charge that had been at tempted to be brought against him there must be sub stantial evidence adduced to establish that which was essential to a prima facie case in matters of this de scription--namely, that the defendant had been a will ing party and had assented to the proposition of the person whose name had not transpired. In this in stance Mr. Wilkinson bad not acceded to such a pro position, but, on the contrary, his learned friend, Mr. Clarkson, had felt himself compelled to admit that the result of the alleged negotiation had been highly credit able to the character and honourable feelings of the ' defendant, who, the moment he saw that anything un fair or illegal was about to be practised, felt it his duty to withdraw altogether from any further participation in the matter. Looking at the charge in a mere tech nical point 01 view, he (Mr. Bodkin) submitted that the Lord Mayor had no jurisdiction over the al leged offence, as no evidence had been adduced with reference to the spot in which the conversa tions between the unknown party and the de fendant had taken place, such conversations might have occurred in the City or might have occurred out of the kingdom, and until satisfactory proof was given of the particular locality where the alleged negotiation was said to have been carried on a party could not be in dicted for an offence said to have been committed in the city of London which might in reality have been com mitted in some other part of the country. The learned counsel submitted that in the first place, upon the evi dence as it at present stood, there was no charge for the defendant to answer—no proof whatever, on the part of the prosecutors, of any corrupt contract or agree ment or conspiracy; that even if there were a scintilla of proof of this fact there was no evidence to show that the magistrate had jurisdiction to put the defendant on his trial. He apprehended that the law was very clear as applicable to the present case. Mr. Wilkinson was living within his lordship's jurisdiction, and such being the case his lordship had the power of calling him be fore him at any time, and if those who had now preferred a criminal charge against another found it an infirmity in their case—that making it out with all the power and influence which they possessed, and the means and dili gence which they had been able to employ, they had yet failed in showing where the offence was committed, it was a natural consequence that the defendant ought to be acquitted. His lordship would not impose upon a citizen of London the necessity of appearing before the Central Criminal Court to answer a charge which had not been made out, which could not on the present evi dence be substantiated, particularly in the case of a de fendant who was always to be found at any time ready , to answer any charge which either the East India Com pany orany body else might have to prefer against him. Mr. Clarkson, in reply, observed that his learned friend had studiously forborne any reference to the sta tute under which his lordship had granted the summons, because he must have known that the words of the act were so strong with regard to negotiations commenced, proceeded with, and concluded, that it was impossible for re his ey withe to the th e fact partiesof thefor whommeritshe (Mr. Clarkson) had the honour to appe ar . layor had be en On the ap plication abundantly satisfied of there being a sufficiently prima facie case to warrant his calling upon the defendant to taenayseo being fno one to t the o altogether shut summonses, the Lord appear before him, and he (Mr. Clarkson) submitted that this view of the case must be thoroughly confirmed by the additional evidence which had now been given on oath, by the only witness whom the East India Com pany had it in their power to call. It had been clearly proved that a negotiation had been begun and proceeded with by the defendant and a person whom the witness did not choose to name, and it had only been broken off because the defendant Mr. Norman Wilkinson did not choose to pledge himself to a false declaration, he having said to his friend with whom he was in treaty—how is it possible I can sign such a declaration, when you know I have agreed to give a consideration. The Lord Mayor, it was to be borne in mind, was not sit ting to try this case, but had simply to determine whether sufficient grounds had been stated to in duce him to send it for adjudication before a supe rior tribunal. The learned counsel continued—Al though upon the last occasion I asked the witness, Mr. Wilkinson, whether he had learnt from his brother where these conversations took place, and he said he had not, I am perfectly satisfied that your lordship will not allow a grave offence of this sort to be disposed of upon a technical objection. If you hold the defendant to bail to appear at the Central Criminal Court, where ' is the mischief or the breach of the law ? lam quite sure that if your lordship feels there has been a wrong done, and that wrong is attempted to be supported by the circumstance of Mr. Wilkinson refusing to detail the whole truth, which he has the power of doing, that your lordship will not put an end to this case on any technicality, but will hold the defendant to bail if you agree with me that there has been a contravention of the statute. The Lord Mayor (after consultation with the City Solicitor and Mr. Goodman, the Chief Clerk)— I think that the subject brought before me is of so much im portance to the public, to the East India Company, and to all the parties affected, and necessarily my know ledge must be so imperfect, and my experience so limited upon a subject of this description, that it would be more consonant to the ends of justice that I should defer expressing any opinion until I have carefully gone over the evidence. Under these circumstances, and in order to enable me to consider the technical objections which have been advanced by the learned counsel on either side, I will postpone my decision to a future day. Mr. Clarkson—l may as well state at once, that what ever may be the result of your lordship's decision, I shall be under the painful necessity, supposing the mat ter to stand as it does now, of applying to your worship to commit Mr. Wilkinson. DEATH OF SIR GEORGE COCKB URN. One of the oldest officers in the British service has quitted this world, having lived with so much honour and worn so many distinctions that his name has long been venerated in every circle of society where political consistency and professional emi nence are rewarded with esteem, affection, and fame. Sir George died on the 19th of this month, at Leamington, in the 82d year of his age. From that excellent and elaborate work O'Byrne's Naval Biography, we give underneath an outline of the life and services of Sir George Cockburn, and to this statement nothing need be added so tar as re lates to his career afloat ; and even the concluding paragraph of Mr. O'Byrne's interesting notice sup plies a summary of his Parliamentary life. Still, the habitués of the House of Commons remember something more of Sir George ; it is not forgotten that even among legislators he displayed knowledge and talents beyond the limits of his profession. During 14 years he had a seat in Parliament, re presenting in the course of that period Portsmouth, Weobly, Plymouth, and Ripon. For 17 years he had a seat at the Board of Admiralty, and was the Parliamentaryorgan of that department throughout a great part of that period. When the head. of the board happens to be a peer, and the secretary a gentleman of no great experience, the Parliamen tary duties of the Admiralty necessarily devolve upon the senior naval lord. It is well known that Mr. John Wilson Croker, so celebrated as a secre tary to the board, had retired from public life long before the last accession to power of Sir Robert Peel ; but Sir George Cockburn held in that Government the responsible position of senior naval lord, discharging all its functions, especi ally those of a Parliamentary character, with great credit to himself and to his Ministerial chief. His name will descend. to posterity not only as a man who in his time, and according to his degree, held an important rank among the lawgivers of England, but as a man associated with Nelson—often in victory, never in defeat ; as a man who frequently overcame not only a European enemy, but contended successfully with American seamanship and valour. The resto ration of peace, in 1815, naturally excited in his mind a wish for that continued enjoyment of do mestic happiness to which sailors rarely attain, and probably at the same time called forth that honour able desire of civil distinction which was gratified by Parliamentary success, and adorned with official dignity. In the early part of the peace, however, important professional duties devolved on him, for he was appointed to a command at the Cape, and he conveyed Bonaparte to St. Helena. To say that his public life has been consistent, is to assert that which no one doubts. It will be as readily admitted that his professional career commanded the gratitude of his country and excited the admi ration of his brethren in arms ; but it may not be be extensively known, though it is quite as true, that in all the relations of official and private life he enjoyed the esteem and regard of the society in which men of his eminent reputation are usually to be found. The following is Mr. O'Byrne's spirited and complete summary of Sir George Cockburn's career : - - - " The Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, born in Lon mdo.np. ,isfosrecoPnedebsloons.ofbtyhehliasteseSoiorndJawmffeso,CoAcukgbnusrnta, Bietanrnte.: daughter of the Rev. Francis Ayscough, D.D.,. Dean of Bristol and Preceptor to King George 111. He is brother of Major-General the present Sir James Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H., who formerly held in succession the appointments of Under -Secretary of State, Governor and Commander in-Chief of Curacoa, Governor of the Bermudas, and Pay master of the Royal Marines ; also of the Rev. Willi am Cockburn, Dean of York, who married Elizabeth, sist er o f the Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart, M.P., and of his Excel lency Alexr. Cock burn, Envoy Extraordinary and Mi n i ster Plenipotentiary at Columbia. Sir George is grand nephew of the first Lord L y ttelton, and cousin of the present Rear-Admiral John Ayscough. This officer entered the navy March 12, 1781, as captain's s ervan t (under the auspices of Admirals Sir Joshua Rowley anti Lord t l i v e li i n ch: m a Hood), on board a frigate, then oiiiinanded by Captain Bartholomew Samuel Rowley.. His name was afterwards borne on the books of . the William and Mary yacht, bu ' t, he did not go to sea until 1786, the course of following year we find him cruising endstoaf tion, in the Termagant, 18, Captain Rowley Bulteel. In the January, 1783, he joined the Ariel, 14, Captain iobert Moorsom, with whom he sailed for the East Indies where f o r several months he was very same profitably employed in in sur veying. Retur nin g home, 1791, with the in the Princes s Royal, Indianian, Mr. Cockburn next served in the Channel and. Mediterran ean , as midshipman and master's ma to of the Hobe , 3 8, Captain Alexander Hood ; and Romney, 50, flag-ship of R ear -Ad m i ra l S amue l Cranston Goodall. Having passed his examination, June 3, 179 1 , he was appointed in 1792 Acting Lieutenant of the Pearl, 32, Captain George William Augustus Cotuteuily, and on January 27, 1793, was confirmed in the Orestes, 18, Captain Lord Augustus Fitzroy. On April 28, follo w i ng , he became ninth li eu t enant of the Britannia, 100, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral William Hotham, but removed in June, as tenth, to the Victory, 100, flag-ship off Toulon, of his patron, L or d H oo d , f rom which,' on quick rotation, the po s t of FirstaLieutenant, attaining, in pro moted to the command, O c t o b er 1 1, in the sameewyeasresaerv, persever ance the Speedy, sloop. A s a rewar d f or his skill, during and ance in maintaining th e bl oc k a d e o f G enoa which dispersed every other ship o f a squadron statin a ect7a l f e f that port, Captain Cockburn was appointed, January 20, 1794, Acting-Captain of the Inconstant, 36, and on the 20th of the following month was officially posted into the Me leager, 32, which latter frigate he commanded in the hos tilities against Corsica, and as one of Hotham's repeaters in the actions of March 14 and July 13,1795. He was after wards employed for 12 months in vigorous co-operation with the Austrian troops in Piedmont, and during that period obtained the hearty acknowledgments of the im mortal Nelson for his conspicuous zeal, ability, and courage on various occasions, but more especially for the great support and assistance he afforded that hero in running in under the batteries of Larma, on May 31, 1796, and cap turing six of the enemy's armed vessels. Being transferred, August 19, following, to the command of the Minerve, of 42 guns and 286 men, Captain Cockburn, who remained in that ship until paid off in February, 1802, continued to pursue his gallant career with intense ardour, either con ducting in person or assuming a prominent part in a train of the most important achievements. He was first em ployed in blockading Leghorn ' • and, on next hoisting the broad pendant of Commodore Nelson, again acquired the admiration of the latter for his conduct at the capture and defeat, while proceeding from Gibraltar to Elba, and in presence of the Spanish fleet, of the Sabina, of 40, and the Matilda, of 34 guns, December 20, 1796. The former ship struck her colours after a combat of three hours, and a loss, out of 286 men, of 14 killed and 44 wounded; the other was compelled to wear and haul off at the close of a sharp action of half an hour, the collective loss of the Minerve on both occasions amounting to 7 men killed and 44 wounded. Captain Cockburn, who had previously as sisted in destroying l'Etonnant, national corvette, of 18 guns, next took the privateer Maria, of 6 guns and 68 men; and, after witnessing the evacuation of Porto Ferrajo, bore a very active part in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, Feb ruary 14, 1797. He also brought out from under the severe fire of two strong batteries on Grand Canary Island the Marseillaise, a French letter-of- marque o f 24 guns. On the night of November 5, in the same year, while the Minerve was lying stripped in the mole of th e d oc kyard of Gibraltar, we again find our intrepid captain attracting the official notice of his superiors by a signal exploit he performed in putting off with only three gunboats to the protection of a convoy which had been observed to be baffled by light and contrary winds near the Spanish shore, whence at was threatened by a flotilla of 30 of the enemy's gunboats. By pulling directly between the in shore part of the convoy and the position occupied by the Spaniards, he successfully checked their career, and, by his spirited exertions, kept them at bay during the whole night, and until the merchantmen had reached their an chorage. In April, 1798, the Minerve returned to Eng land to refit, but towards the close of the year she again sailed for the Mediterranean, where Capt. Cockburn con tinued to be employed on various important services, fre quently in command of a small squadron, until the conclu sion of the war. Among other operations, he joined in the hostilities against Malta-was in company with the Eme rald at the taking of La Caroline privateer of 16 guns and 90 me -witnessed Lord Keith's capture of three frigates and tleo brigs under Rear-Admiral Peree, June 19, 1799- took, during the year 1800, the three privateers, Le Furet, La Mouche, and La Vengeance, carrying altogether 49 guns and 357 men-made prize, February 11, 1801, of a Danish man-of-war brig-and in September following, captured and destroyed the Success, of 32, and Bravoure, of 42 guns. Assuming command July 12, 1803, of the Phaeton, 38, the subject of this memoir, after serving for some time off Havre de Grace with a squadron of frigates under his orders, took out Mr. Merry, the British Minis ter Plenipotentiary, to the United States, and thence pro ceeded to India with the first instalment of a sum of money which it had been arranged should be paid by the Govern ment of the latter as a compensation for the losses sus tained by the Loyalists in the first establishment of Ame rican independence. He was subsequently employed in blockading the Isle of France, where he frequently came into warm collision with the enemy's batteries ; and on eventually exchanging, June 5, 1805, into the Lowe, re turned to England with the Marquis of Wellesley, then Governor-General of India. Captain Cockburn, whose succeeding appointments were July 1, 1806, and March 10 and 25, 1808, to the Captain, Aboukir, and Pompee, 74's, was next present, in the first-named ship, at the capture, by a squadron under Sir Thomas Louis, of Le President, French fri g ate of 44 guns, September 22, 1806. O n hi s passage to the West Indies in the Pompee, he captured Le Pilade, corvette, of 16 guns and 109 men ; and being intrusted by Sir Alexander Cochrane, on his arrival on that station, with the management of naval operations on shore in the attack on Martinique, he hoisted a broad pendant, and by his exertions, which were unremitting and beyond praise, greatly contributed to the reduction of the island. The enemy offering to capitulate on Feb ruary 24, 1809, Commodore Cockburn, with Generals Prevost and'Maitland, was directed to meet the French commissioners to settle the terms, and under their signa tures Martinique became a British colony. For his ser vices on this occasion the commodore was personally thanked by both Houses of Parliament, and appointed captain of the port of St. Pierre. Removing in March to the Belleisle, 74, he returned to Europe in charge of the ships taken at Martinique, and of the surrendered governor and garrison, and soon after his arrival in Eng land was ordered to accompany the expedition to the Scheldt. Thither proceeding, he took command with his pendant in the Plover, of a division of the British flotilla, consisting of sloops of war,bomb-ships, brigs,and gunboats ; and,taking up a most judicious position near the south-east end of Flushing, continued to bombard that town until the French commandant signified his intention to surrender, • when, with an officer from the army, he entered blind folded into the fortress, and finally arranged the terms of capitulation. On the retreat of the British down the Scheldt, he subsequently took the post of honour, and formed the rear-guard, on which occasion the Plover was the last vessel to leave the river, checking by her fire the pursuit of the enemy. The Belleisle, of which ship' Cap tain Cockburn, had resumed command, being paid off in Oct., 1809, he next in Feb., 1810, joined the Implacable, 74, and was invested with the conduct of the naval part of an expedition having for its object the liberation of Ferdinand VII. of Spain from his confinement at Valencay. He afterwards proceeded to Cadizjwith the flag of Sir Richard Keats, and effectually co-operated in the defence of the place, particularly by the able and cheerful assistance he afforded with two brigs and some armed boats in an at tempt to dislodge a French force at Moguer, to the north ward of the town. Towards the close of 1810 he safely es corted two Spanish line-of ; battle ships of 120 guns each, to the Havannah, after which he proceeded to Vera Cruz, and thence to Cadiz with 2,00,000 dollars. Arriving in England early in 1811, on beard the Druid, 32, Captain Cockburn was, by the Adtaiinalty, again appointed a com modore, November 21i, and directed to hoist his broad pendant on board the Grampus, MI About the sw.ie pe riod he was selected to act as joint commissidbef th Mr. T. Sydenham and Mr. J. P. Morier, for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation between Spain and her Transat lantic colonies. The scheme, however, in conseqnence of ' the narrow-minded policy pursued by the Spanish Cortes, proving abortive, the commodore,.nfter proceeding as far as Cadiz, returned home, and August. 12, 1812, was pro moted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, previously to which he had been appointed, August 1, 1811, a Colonel of Ma rines. He soon, with his flag in the Marlborough, 74, again sailed for Cadiz, in order to assume the command of the British squadron employed in its defence, but the siege having been raised prior to his arrival, he was ordered to North America, where hostilities had been recently de clared against Great Britain. We have now arrived at an era in the history of the distinguished subject of our memoir which, for brilliancy of achievement, has rarely been equalled. The dashing exploits, indeed, which have perpetuated the name of Cockburn crowd upon our attention in such rapid succession, that, anxious as we are to chronicle every occurrence at all invested with interest, we fear that in what we yet have to recount we must content ourselves with a state ment of the chief of those gallant performances, which, by enforcing on the enemy a proper respect for the British flag, in the end induced them to long for peace. Arriving in the Chesapeake, on March 3, 1813, the Rear-Admiral commenced a desultory mode of warfare by clearing the river James of its vessels, and carrying consternation into the heart of Virginia. He next penetrated to the upper part of Elk River, at the very head of the Chesapeake waters, landed and partly destroyed the town of Havre de Grace, together with a battery and cannon foundry, near the entrance of the Susquehanna ; and, proceeding up the Sassafras River with all the boats of his squadron on May 6, succeeded, after routing a body of about 400 men, who had opened on them a fire from an entrenched position on the two opposite banks of the river, in demolishing the settlements of Georgetown and Frederickstown. On June 26 he further co-operated with Sir Sidney Beckwith in the attack upon Hampton ; and, shifting his flag on July 1 to the Sceptre, 74, assisted, in the course of that month, at the capture of Ocrukoke and Portsmouth Islands, on the coast of North Carolina, possessing himself at the same time of the Anaconda, of 20, and Atlas, of 12 guns. He next, on the morning of July 5, with a mere handful of men, made himself master of Kent Island, in the Chesa peake ; to which bay, after visiting Bermuda, he ulti mately returned in 1814, on board the Albion, 74. In July of the latter year Rear-Admiral Cockburn entered the Potomac, and, ascending that river, frequently landed at the head of about 500 seamen and marines -sometimes in Maryland on the one side, and sometimes in Virgini a on the other-and, overrunning both provinces to the dis tance of ten miles from the water's edge, destroyed all the m ilit ar y posts and stores to be met with in the whole of that extensive rangy of country, capt ured andflol a and other t a h n e d r s hipped off several guns, stores of tobacco articles, but not, however, without freq uent l yHe t n next into severe contact with the enemy. e corn i ng pro ceeded with his boats up the Pretuxent erful flotilla under the orders of Commod:_ertesßaronfeya,P°anwd at length, on the 22d of August, discovered the object of his search near Pig Point, but such terror did his very pre sence excite that the Americans instantly set fire to their vessels, all of which, except one , pursuance up. In bold plan which he had formed,' the pursuance of a an army of 4,000 m en under M Rear-Admiral, joining Major -General Ross, at Marl borough, now ad vance d upon Wa shington, the capital of the United States itself, which he hoped to take by a coup de main. Reaching Bladensburg on the 24th of the same month, the British encountered the enemy 's army, of about 8,000 s t rong, which, although firmly po sted was attacked and comp l etely routed. Thus encouraged, the victorious troops pushed forward without loss of time, and on the sam e evening entered Washington. The whole of that night and of the following day were devoted to the work of dest ruc ti on ; and by the evening of the 25th, when the British commenced their retreat, public property to the value of between 2,000,000/. and 3,000,0001. sterling had been demolished. Throughout every detail of this splen did achievement Rear-Admiral Cockburn displayed his wonted ability and judgment, and, it is needless to add, obtained the high eulogium of Sir Alexander Cochrane and Major-General Ross. Landing again on September 12 near the mouth of the Petapsco, he joined next in a descent on Baltimore, during their profitless advance on which place the British lost their general and defeated a strong body of the enemy. After conducting many other operations on the southern coast of the United States , where he kept the inhabitants in a constant state of alarm, and occupied the town of St. Mary, the Rear- Admiral, who had been created a K.C.8., January 2, 1815, ultimately, on being informed of the cessatlen 0 4. f hostilities, returned to Spithead, where he arr ived 21" aY- Hoisting his flag subsequently in the Northumberland,n 74, as commander-in-chief at St. Helena, and Bonaparte, who had g selected to convey Napoleon Bon re cently surrendered himself, to that island, Sir George Cockburn, on August 8, sailed from Plymouth, and on October 16 landed his important charge at the place of his destination. He was superseded, however, in June, 1816, by Sir Pulteney Malcolm ; and, returning home, struck , his flag in the following August. Becoming a Vice-Admiral August 12,1819, he afterwards, with his Reg in the Ver. , ' non, 50, and President, 52, commanded in chief on the North America and West India station from December 6, 1832, until February, 1836. Since the latter date he has t not been afloat. His advancement to the rank of full Ad miral took place January 10, 1837. Sir Geor ge C oc k urn was nominated a G.C.8., with additional armorial bear. ings indicative of his important services, February, 1818 ; ' was elected a F.R.S., December 21,1820, and first o bt a i ne d a seat in Parliament, for Portsmouth, in 1818. H e was next elected, in March, 1820, for the borough of Weobly ; Was returned for Plymouth, in 1826 ; and since October, 1841, has held a seat for Ripon. On March 25, 1818, he became a Lord of the Admiralty, to which office he was re appointed September 17,1828. He obtained a seat at the board as first naval lord in October, 1841, but retired on the dissolution of Sir Robert Peel's Government in the summer of 1846. On April 5, 1821, he was also appointed Major-G enera l of Marines ; a nd on April 30, 1827, a privy councillor. In th e l atter capacity Sir George attended the funeral of Ri ng William IV. y He married his cousin, Miss Mary Cockburn." 44i 4 x a li 9 4 8i i 2g. i 44i 71i TRIG.HTFUL DISASTERS AT SEA. ---..----- By the Aust ra li an mail we are put in possession of thre e most serious losses at sea, two by fire, one being an emi - grant ship bound to New Zealand, and the third a larg e steamer, which was wrecked on the coast between Por t Philip and Sydney, when between forty and fifty unfortu nate creatures who were on board perished. The emi - grant ship was the Mahomet Shah, Capt. Minter, coin • mander, which left Lo n d on i n th e early part of January' for New Zealand, with about one hundred passengers for the colony. Se was a well-found vessel of some 600 tons, and belonging to a Captain Meeking, her former captain. It appears that the voyage was safe enough until the 18th of April, when the ship was some thousand miles to the southward of the Cape, being in lat. 43 deg. 3 0 sec., long. 116 deg. 10 sec. E. About noon smoke was observed to be issuing from the forehold. It was quickly ascertained that the ship was on fire, and every effort was made to reach and subdue it. All the exertions of the crew failed in suppressing it, and the general impression was that it had originated from spontaneous combustion in the lower part of the hold. The position of those on board the burn ing vessel then became most trying. Passengers and crew were all got on deck, and the hatches battened down, in the hope that the flames would be smothered. At this period, a vessel, which subsequently turned out to be the Helen, on a voyage from the Mauritius to Hobart Town, providentially appeared in sight, and observed the signal of distress of Mahomet Shah. She bore down to war d s h er , and laid by her for two days and nights. On the night of the 19th it was quite evident that the fire wa s f as t extending over the whole cargo, and it was resolved to send the passengers on board the Helen. The boats were lowered, and they were all got safely off, the crew quickly following. Not a vestige of their baggage could be saved. The flames had penetrated the cabin, and all approach below was cut off. The Helen laid off the burning ship for several hours, and at midnight all was completely enveloped in flames. The crew of the Helen did all they could to alleviate the sufferings of the pas sengers ; but, unfortunately, their provisions were not adequate to meet the demand. To add to their mis fortune, the voyage to the port to which she was bound, Hobart Town, was a tedious one, and their rations were d re a d y u . cedutaod v t e h ry ey lit b t e le en fo k od e , p t and s h e a a lf ni n a 0 h pint n longer,- water va a . tion would h ave set in. The Mahomed Shah w as ' laden with a general cargo of merchandise. Both were insured. The other unfortunate ship which suffered from the effects of the fire was the English barque Winchester Mr. Curry, master. Sh e h a d sailed from Melbo urne on the' 14th May, for Newcastle, New South Wales. On the following morning the wind blew very heavily from the S.W., but moderating the captain directed some of the men to go below to secure the stores from rolling about. When the hands came up one of them was noticed to have a naked lighted candle in his hand. In the course of ten minutes some smoke was seen coming up the after hatchway. The store-room was then discovered to be on fire, and the crew became so confused and alarmed, that they could scarcely be induced to act in suppressing the flames. The ship speedily became ignited from one end to the other, the masts falling over the sides. The men took to the boat at an early stage of the conflagration, and it would seem that they la boured under an impression that a quantity of gunpow der was on board, which was not the fact. The captain and officers were preserved, The ill-fated steamer was the Monumental City, a large sized ship, of 1,000 tons. She had arrived at Melbourne with a large number of passengers from the United States, and having discharged many of them at that port, she left for Sydney, several of the colonists taking a passage in her. She sailed from Port Philip on the 15th of May, and then had every indication of a rapid and pleasant trip. It is stated that she hugged the coast too closely during the night. She was progressing through the water at the rate of 12 knots an hour, when she went upon a formidable reef of rocks in Malaquotta Bay. A scene of the most painful consternation en sued. As the morning advanced, a terrible gale sprung up, and the heavy bumping of the ship on the reef soon caused her to make considerable water. The engine fires were extinguished, and the prospect of all was most alarming. The first boat which was lowered was dashed to pieces ; the second met with a similaa..fate, and the third drifted away. The only chance of escape now lefelgrffirfinhappy crea tures was by the life-boat. It was got to the bow, and a seaman named Plummer jumped into it, and, with a rope attached, it was allowed to drift to the rocks. but the rope broke, and all chance was then cut off. As a last effort another line was fixed to a spar, which floated within reach of the noble fellow on the rocks. A hawser was then got off to the rock, and by means of% it 54 souls were rescued from a watery grave. Many a po6r fellow was washed off the hawser, and i perished in the sea. Then came the last scene of all. ,The billows, were running mountains high and breaking Over the ship, the quarter-deck was separated from the fore-deck, then another sea split the forecastle, and no thing remained of the Monumental City but the float ing timber which covered the water. Those who were saved were looking intently on the group cloister e d on the wreck, when it suddenly disappeared in a few seconds, with its living burden of men, women, and children, who were seen for a moment struggling among the breakers, and then lost for ever. Scarcely a ves tige remained, and out of 86 souls who sailed from Melbourne, 54 only reached the lan d, and 32 unfor tunately perished. The survivors obtained a supply of pro. visions on the island on which they had been thrown. In the course of a few days the mainland was reached, when the authorities took charge of them. Most of the bodies of the sufferers were thrown up on the island before the sur vivors left, which they interred. Amongst the passengers who perished were Mr. Wire, stockbroker, of Glasgow ; Mr. and Mrs. Stutts and child, Mrs. Wilson, William O'Gorman, Charles Hopcott, Mr. Peter Stobell, Captain White, and Mr. S. Porter. The loss of the Monumental City will exceed 80,0001. NOUVEAU MONDE COMPANY, The following memo randum has been received by this company :—" The Nouveau Monde Company have received advices from their superintendent in California, dated Mount Ophir, July 9. The reports of the proceedings at the mines for the month of June show the progress that has been made during that time, whi c h i s very encouraging. Th e lodes continue to in crease i n s i ze without any excep tion, and the quality of the quartz veins is as promising as ever. At the Reduction Works th e machinery for grinding and amalgamating is in a forward state, and, though several unavoidable draw. backs have taken place, he now expresses his con fidence that they will be ready to commence opera. tions without further delay. He also encloses the cer tificate of assay made by Messrs. Wass, Moliter, and Co., of San Francisco, of some crushed quartz from the Pine-tree Sett, taken from an average of 14 tons, which yielded at the rate of $135 or 271. of gold to the ton. These despatches are . accompanied by a report on the mines furnished by him to the Merced Mining Company, at their reqnest, from May 1, 1852 to May 31, 1853, and which will be printed for th e i n f ormation of share. holders and ready for distribution at the offices of the company in the course of the week." THE SMYTH FORGERY CASE. —The extraordinary at tempt at obtaining possession of estates in Gloucester shire and Somerset, worth nearly 30,0001. a year, con tinues a fruitful source of discussion, and fresh revela tions con tinue to be ma d e as to the life of the claimant, Dr. Smith, alias Provis, or, as he calls himsel4 " Richard H ug h Smyth. " The prisoner is confined in S a ir separate cell in Gloucester County Prison, and occupies himself occasionally with writing. He declines to re ceive the prison diet, and his meals are supplied to him by his wife, or, as he calls her, " Lady Smyth." Ile refuses to attend Divine service in the prison cha pel, and repr esen t s hi mse lf as a Unitarian. He has reta ined the ser v i ces o f a Gl oucester attorney to prepare his de fence for hi s t r i a l, w hi c h w ill not ta k e place until April next. ROME, Aua. 13.—The Pope has consented to the modification of the oath to be taken by the bishops in Holland, and he has decided that these prelates may in future take the oath of fidelity, in civil matters, to the King and to the laws of the country. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITIES.—The following provision in a new act of Parliament, just printed, will prevent the recurrence of 16 days' polling, as took place in the elec tion of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer for Oxford University :—"At any election of a member or members to serve in Parliament for either of the Univer sities of Oxford and Cambridge, the polling shall not continue for more than five days at the most, Sunday, Christmas-day, Good Friday, and Ascension-day being excluded." DARING BURGLARY AT LORD DENMAN'S SEAT IN DERBYSHIRE.—On Saturday information was received of a most daring burglary at the seat of Lord Denman, at Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, where property and cash of the value of more than 500/. was stolen. Amongst the articles was the massive gold box presented by the corporation of London, and containing the freedom of the city, and a pair of gold candlesticks which had been presented to Ins lordship by her Majesty. The butrglary was effected either on Wednesday night or Thursday morning, and the thieves not only took the 'cash-box, but sonic gold and silver ; and a handsome gold - watch, which was in one of his lordship's waistcoats, was taken also. Amongst the list of the property stolen furnished to the police is a gold box of the value of 100/., contain ing the cor ona ti on medals of George IV., William IV., and Queen Victoria. It is said a clue has been obtained to the guilty parties. PAUPERISM IN BUCKS.—The poorhouse of the Wins low Union was erected for 250 inmates. It has con tained 270 residents • but now, for the 17 pa:rishes is the union, there are but forty inmates, and there has not since March been an able-bodied pauper in the house. The expenses have decreased to a similar extent. Some of the parishes formerly paid 20s. in the pound on the assessment, and now the average of the unioni, s alnet 9d. in the pound. 1 of ore der Or 1 all 100 all 100 all all all all all 100 12 100 100 18i 9 all all all 15 10i all