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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS.--(YEsTBE,DAY.) The Snwant took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Burslem aid Twistsll Gas Bill were considered'and agreed to. FINSBURY PARK (No. 2) BILL. On the motion of Mr. Charles FORSTER the stand lug o rder 212 wa s suspended and this bill ordered to be r ead a third time t o -morrow (Thursday). FALKIRK BURGHS. Mr. COBBETT presented a petition from Mr. Merry, a member of the house and representative for the Falkirk Burghs, against whose return a petition was now pend ing. The petitioner alleged that, on the 21st May, a petition was presented to the house, bearing the usual endorsements as to the recognisances, &c., which was referred to a select committee. The principal allegation of the petitioner was that no such recognisances were entered into on the 21st May, nor with regard to the petition against the return referred to the committee. On the 19th May a petition went before the examiners, and the recognisances, &c., entered into, but between the 19th and the presenting of the petition referred to the election committee, either a totally new petition was substituted, or the original petition on which the recog nizances were entered was so altered by interlineations and erasures so as to make it substantially a different one. The petitioner (Mr. Merry) prayed the house to adopt the usual course in such matters, and take into its consideration the allegations of his petition, and do him justice on its merits, or refer it either to a select com mittee or to the committee appointed to try the validity of the return. He moved that the petition be printed with the votes, and taken into consideration to-morrow (Thursday) at twelve o'clock. Mr. BLAKEMORE, one of the members appointed to try the return, said that the committee were to be sworn in to-morrow at twelve o'clock, and he suggested that Mr. Merry's petition should first be disposed of- Sir G. GREY said that there would be plenty of time to dispose of this petition before the committee would sit. The committee would be sworn to-morrow, but they would not sit till the following day. The motion wag agreed to. ELECTION COMMITTEES. The Committees appointed to try the petitions against the returns for the boroughs of Weymouth and Mallon were sworn, and obtained leave to sit to-morrow (ThurE day) at 11 o'clock. SLIGO ELECTION. _ _ Mr. I. BUTT presented a petition from Mr. Somers, a member of the house, complaining of a breach of the privileges of the house, in the institution of an action in the Giurt of Queen's Bench in Ireland against the re• turning officer for the borough of Sligo for rejecting a vote at the last election, while a pe tition complaining of the same matter and of the return of the petitioner was pending in this house, and calling the attention of the house thereto. He moved that this petition be printed and taken into considera tion to-morrow (Tnursday) at 12 o'clock. Agreed to. MAYO ELECTION _ Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, chairman of the Mayo Erec tion Commites, moved that the evidence taken before the committee be printed, and be gave notice that to morrow (Thursday) he should move the suspension of the writ until such time as would enable the evidence to be in the hands of hon. members. Agreed to. MEDICAL RELIEF. In answer to a question from Mr. Moonv, Mr. BOUVERIE said that the attention of the Poor Law Boaid had been called to a case that had happened in one of the unions of West Somerset relative to medi cal poor law relief. It appeared that the overseer gave an order to a pauper for urgent medical relief, which the medical officer obeyed. The guardians refused to pay the charges, on which the medical man brought an action in the county court against the overseer for its recovery, but was unsuccessful. He (Mr. 800 eerie) considered the ruling of the judge correct in point of law. The Poor Law Beard bad given the guardians and parties interested in this case some advice on the matter, but it was not the intention of the Poor Law Board to alter the general law in re ference to these cases. Medical officers had, to a con siderab'e extent, the power in their own bands of knowing whether or not the cases were urgent, and be thought that a medical officer in possession of such facts wouid be justified in disobeying such orders. JUDGMENTS EXECUTION, &c., BILL. The committee on this bill was resumed. On clause 9 some discussion ensued, after which Colonel FRENCH moved that the chairman do re port progress. The Committee divided. The numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority —2s On the motion that the clause be agreed to, Mr. MAGUIRE said that he regretted the time of the committee was to be wasted in discussing this bill, which was so objectionable to Ireland, and he moved that the chairman do leave the chair. The LORD ADVOCATE hoped Irish members would not throw so many obstacles in the progress of this bill, and he asked the hon. member to withdraw his motion. Mr. SPOONER reminded the committee that this bill was objectionable to English as well as Irish members. Mr. M.ICANN thought it would be better to with draw the bill and re-introduce it in an amen , led form newt session. Hon. members were unable to agree on a single clause.. Mr. WATKINS regretted the mode of opposition adopted towards this measure. He thought it would be more discreet if the hen. and learned member for Ayr, who had introduced the measure, would withdraw it this session. He lookedaupon the bill as a movement in the right direction, viz., uniformity of laws. Mr. MAGUIRE defended the course he and those who acted with him had adopted with reference to this objectionable measure. The only way they could pre vent the passing of the measure was by such motions as that before the house, as the hon. and learned mem ber for Ayr in charge of the bill, refused to withdraw the measure. Mto CRAUFURD assented to the suggestion and withdrew the bill. The bill was then withdrawn. MARRIED WOMEN BILL. Sir E. PERRY moved the second reading of this bill. Sir J. T. BULLER, in the absence of Mr. MALINS, moved that it be read a second time this day six months on the ground that its effect would be to create diecorns tort and dissension in families. Mr. M. MILNES supported the bill. Mr". IgASSEY said that this was a subject of great importance, and he thought it should not be got rid of in the summary manner proposed by the amendment. He understood from the honour able and learned member for Devonport, that the Attorney-Generel approved of the principle of the bill, but ejected to certain details which be proposed to a/ter in committee, and consequently he (!dr. Massey) should not object to the second reading of the bill. (Hear, hear.), There were clauses in the bill which if allowed to remain would unsettle the present state of married life in connection with property. The sub ject was ene that called for cautious a d delicate lsgie lation, and ha I very properly been brought bef ire the house, but he feared it would be impossible to pass such a measure this session. It would be better to refer the bill to a select committee, when no doubt the Government would take the subject up and introduce a bill neat session. Mr. - HADFIELD supported the reference of the bill to a select committee. Mr. SPOONER objected to the principle lsid down in the hill that immediately on its pass ing married women should be liable for their hus band's debts, and the consequences resulting therefrom. He opposed .the second reading of the bill. Mr. BAG WELL was at a loss to understand why a bill of this kind should be confined to England. He thought that as intermarriages daily took place between the inhabitants of the three countries, the bill sboul I embrace all the married women of the three countries. (Laughter.) Sir E. PERRY said that if the bill went to a com mittee be would take care that it shoul l apply to the 'United Kingdom. The bill WAS intended for the relief of the middle and lower classes of the country, in reference to the property of married women. There was no merit in-then objections that had been made to the bal. He denied that by the provisions of the bid, mar ried, women, might be sued for their husband's debts. At present, married women in the upper classes who had separate,property, might be sued for their own debt+, and ..that was the object of the clause re ferred toin the hill: This bill was no fanciful idea of his, but the produc'ion of men of high standing after Yeah' ol thought, such as Lord Btrughatn, Sir Lawrence Peel; liadere of circuit., and the members of the Law Amendinent Society. He assented to the suggestion for fersititit to a select committee next session after read ing it a ascend time that day under the protest of the ' amendment:, Mr. MILES, asked the member for South Doren to withdraw the amendment, on the understanding that it would be sent t oes sel ec t committee next session. Mr. J. D. FlTZGERassented to ALD the second reading of the bill und er protest. The first cl the bill, if passed without am en d men t, would causeati4e of cn-i s iderable evil, and great dis un i on . l i e considered the hilla dangerous experiment. He admitted the hut he objected to its present principle as required lendinent, 'le as b e i n g too large, and its details too dangerous. nciP Mr, ROEBUCK. was surprised at this bill being called a dangerous experiment, when it was founded on the old Roman law.' He asked the house to a-sent to th e seco n d rending of the trill,if only to affirm that a w if e may still preserve her sing'e legal existence, though she be. come a married woman. Mr, DE VE RE o pposed the bill, on the ground of its being applied to Ireland. Sir J. Y. BULLER would withdraw the motion, on the understanding that the bill should not be further proceeded with this session. Sir E. PERRY could not give that assurance. If the divorce bill, which contained clauses relative to the pro perty of married women was thrown out, he should like to have one day'a . discussion in conitni!tee on this bill, and after that refer it to a select committee up stairs. The house then divided. The numbers were — For the amendment Against it Majority ----55 The bill was then read a second time. SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY SOCIETIES BILL. The committee on this bill was resumed. Mr. HUTT said that Lie object of the bill was to . amend the Act 6 and 7 Victoria, which exempted literary and soieatifle societies from local rating. The act Lai proved, had a limited operation, and bad contrary to rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1857 what it was int3nded, a bill for the benefit of the wealthy classes, wniiet poor societies that were struggling to meet their liabilities did not come under its provisions. At the request of the Society of Arts he had introduced this bill to remove this anomaly. On clause 2, Mr. SPOONER moved to omit the words "science and literature," and to insert "art," on the ground that he bill as it stood would exempt club-houses from local rating. Mr. J. LOCKE (Southwark) objected to the bill. He considered that these societies ought to bear their share of local rates. To relieve them from such rating was an injustice, because it was done at the exp ense of •he poorer class of ratepayers, who derived no benefit from these societies. Mr. BOU V ERIE concurred withthe hon. and learned member for Southwark, that these societies should not be exempted from rating. The principle, however, had been affirmed by Parliament, and this bill did not create a new principle. When they came to the clause making Mr. Tidd Pre tt's decision, relative to societies to be exempted, final, he should move its omission. After some discussion, in which Mr. Evans, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Beresford Hope, Mr. Ridley, Mr. Ayr ton, Col. Sykes, General Thompson, Mr. Pease, Mr. Palk, and other hon. members took part, The committee divided — For the amendment Against it Majority —5O The amendment was accordingly lost. Mr. BOUVERIE moved to omit the word " educa tion." The law at present exempted science and art, and be thought the principle of the bill should not be extended to the various charitable schools throughout the country in connection with religious societies. It would limit the exemptions to the present area. Mr. HARDY was opposed to all exemptions, and he condemned the conduct of the managers of many of these institutions, who paid more money in contending points of law relating to rating than would pay the local rates for a great many years. Under the clause, societies with clubs would he exempted from the operation of the bill. He should test at the proper time the opinion of the committee, by moving the re-introduction of the words, " exclusively used, &c.," in the present law to which objection was taken unto this bill. The word " education" had too great a signification to be retained in this clause. After a lengthened discussion the committee divided, For Mr. Bouverie's amendment lll Against it Majority —29 Mr. HARDY then moved that the words should be "science and art." Mr. HUTT opposed the amendment. Mr. W. EWART said the introduction of the words " fine arts" would make an ariitocratio distinction, which the promoters of the bill wished to prevent. Their object was to give the working classes every en couragement in perfecting themselves fn their respective arts, and hence it was that the clause was drawn in its present, form. Exemption from the bill required that the buildings should belong to societies, and not estab lished for profit. After some discussion the committee divided— For the amendment 97 Against it 96 Majority —l The amendment was agreed to. Mr. B. HOPE moved as an amendment the insertion of the words " or elementary instruction" after the words " scierce or arts " Mr. BOUVERIE opposed the amendment, which was negatived without a division. Mr. HARDY moved the insertion of the word " ex clusively," after the words "literature, science, or the fine art.," as necessary to prevent those societies from being improperly turned into clubs. Mr. J. LOCKE (Seuthwark) said that to prevent this bill from being taken undue advantage of, the words " cup of tea" should be inserted to describe the nature of ;he refreshments to be consumed, or else they might be extended to brandy and soda water—(laughter)—and from that to all the advantages of a club. The committee ultimately divided. The numbers were — For the amendment Against it Majority e . ----45 The amendment was agreed to. Mr. HUTT said, that as the amendment has rendered the efforts of him-elf and friends nugatory, he inti mated that he should withdraw the bill, and moved that the chairman do leave the chair. The motion was agreed to, and the house resumed. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SCIENCES THE ATL.NTIO TEL !GRAPH. We understand that the soundings obtained by her Majesty's steamer Cyclops, which has been en gaged in checking for the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany the soundings taken by the United States _ _ steamer Arctic, are very satisfactory, bottom hav ing been found all the way across the Atlantic, and for the greater part of the distance composed of fine sand and small shells ; near this coast small pebbles were found mixed with the sand. The greatest depth sounded was about 21 miles. Captain Day men has some intention of looking into Trinity Bay, but we understand that be is expected in Queenstown by a certain date and is fearful of losing to.) much time by making the trip thither. We have already given an account of the manu facture and the shipping on board the Agamemn n at Greenwich, of a portion of the submarine cable which is to unite thiscountry with America intele- graphic communication. The other half ofche cable, 1,250 miles in length, which Messrs. Newall and Co. contracted to supply, has already been completed, and is in course of delivery on board the Niagara, at Birkenhead. The Niagara is a screw steamer of 5,20 G tons, pierced for twelve 11- inch guns, belonging to the United States navy, and is under the command of Captain Hudson, an officer of considerable experience, having been at tached to the service so far back as 1812, and hav ing taken part in the Pacific Exploring Expedition. The Niagara is 315 feet in length, by 56 feet beam, with engines of 1,-000 horse power, and is the largest vessel afloat in the world. Her screw is a Griffith'e propeller. She is anchored in the Mer sey, to take on board the cable, her great breadth having prevented her from being docked at Birken head. The inner gates of the dock at Birkenhead would have been quite large enough ; but, unfor tunately, the outer gates, which are 20 feet less than the inner, are only 50 feet wide. The Niagara has now been receiving the cable for upwards of a fortnight, and it is being coiled on board at the rate of 60 miles per day. Up to Tuesday evening about 800 miles had been shipped, so that the whole of it will have been stowed on board in the course of a few days from the present date. In order to make room for the immense coils in which the cable is deposited in the vessel, the forehold of the Niagara has been cleared of the chain lockers, coal bunkers, and tacks, and fitted with a level floor over the kelson, the beams having each been trussed with double stays, to compensate for the removal of the stanchions. Part of the cable is also being stowed in a space which has been cleared out on the main deck, abaft the engine-room, by displacing some of the officers' berths and encroaching on the ward-room. Three smaller vessels, of 500 tons e tch, the Wallace, the Ellen, and the Perthshire, convey the coils from the works of Messrs. Newall and CJ. , at Birkenhead, to the frigate in the Sloyne, and two of these craft were lying alongside the Niagara, one on either side, on Tuesday, and seen at a little distance, from the river, served to bring out . the vastness of her dimensions moat completely. The cable, of the manufacture of which a very minute description was given in the article above referred to, has a thick coating of pitch and tar upon it, and the decks on which the cable rests, have been covered with sheet lead to prevent the tar, which accumulates at the bottom of the coil, from soak ing through and saturating the timbers. The weight of the portion on board the Niagara will be about 1,200 tuns. The process of coding is one which seems to possess great interest in the neighbour hood, and steamers from Liverpool are constantly conveying visitors to the Niagara, whom Captain Hudson courteously allows to inspect the work. Among the visitors on Tuesday were Sir William Cuhitt, and Mr. Wm. Fairbairn, of Manchester. The coiling on board is under the superinten dence of Mr. Woodhouse, C.E., who took part in laying down the Varna and Balaklava telegraph, and this gentleman will accompany Mr. C. Bright (who is the engineer-in -chief to the company, and was one of the original projectors of the submarine line across the Atlantic) in the Niagara, to assist in laying down the half of the cable stretching from the middle of the Atlantic to the American shore. These two gentlemen will have to take alternate watch in the Niagara of the paying out of the c &de during the progress of the work ; and Mr. Canning, who laid the line across the Gulf of the St. Lawrence last ye sr, with Mr. Webb, who hts been engaged for some years in laying down and raising the cables between Orforduess and the Hague, will take the same charge on board the Agamemnon. The machinery for paying out the cable has been made with great promptitude, by Messrs. C. De Bergue and Co., of Manchester. The operations at Greenwich, as we have before stated in the Se n t, have been assisted by two of the ablest electricians of the day, Dr. Whitehouse and Professor Morse. The two vessels, the Agamemnon and the Nia gara, sail about the 25th inst., and are to be joined by H. M. frigate Leopard and the United States frigate Susquehana. These are paddlewheel steam ers of considerable power, and are intended to pilot and assist the other ves-els when necessary. The four steamers are to rendezvous in Cork harbour, and will probably sail together from thence about the Ist Aug. Their final destination will be lat. 52 deg. 4 m. N., and long 32 deg. 32 ruin., or the central point of the arc of the great circle between Valentia Harbour and Trinity Bay. Having waited here fur favourable weather, should the ele ments not be let opit•ous to the design on their ar rival, a "splice" will be effected between the half of the telegraph cable on board the Agamemnon and the half on bard the Niagsra, and they will part company—the Niagara and Susquehana sail ing westward, for Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, distant 900 to 1,000 miles ; and the Agatnemnou and Leopard returning eastward, paying out their portion of the cable until they make Valentia Har bour, on the coast of Ireland. The arc of the circle thus indicated is 1,834 miles in length, so that could each vessel steer an exact course to its desti na•ion, not subject to the errors of the magnetic needle or the disturbing influence of oceanic cur rents, each would have to pay out 917 miles of cable, but as that is impossible, each vessel has been supplied with a surplus length of about 300 miles, to meet all emergencies. Supposing that each vessel should be able to pay out the cable at the rate of about five knots per hour, or 120 per day, it will thus be seen that the operation of drop ping the great international link between this country and the United States , will have been completed in eight days from the time the "splice" is effected in mid-ocean and the vessels part core d the greater part of th e ca bl e com pany. The outer coating consists of a coil of 18 strands of seven-thread iron wire, as a protection to the gutta perche core, con taining the telegraphic wires, from fricti on or i n j ur y until it has been safely deposited on the bed of the Atlantic. But those portions of the cable which will have to be joined when the vessels part com pany may possibly be subjected to an extra strain as the first unbroken link of it sinks between the sterns of the two vessels to find its ultimate resting place, and to meet this possible contingency 10 miles length of this central portion of the cable has been protected with a sheath of 18 steel, instead of iron, wires, and is supposed to be capable of sus taining a stream of 19 tons. The machinery made by Messrs. De Bergue and Co. includes paying-out sheaves or drums of five feet in diameter, having grooves corresponding to the thickness of the cable, with a friction drum attached to them revolving three times as fast as they do, and with breakage power to check or retard the motion of the sheaves at pleasure. From the hold of each ship the cable, passing over four of these sheaves to a few feet above the poop deck, will be dropped into the sea over a fifth sheave, placed above the stern. The exact amount of strain will be constantly indicated by an instrument for the purpose under the eye of the breaksman. At the sides of the vessel will hang down into the water new electrical logs, principally due to the ingenuity of Mr. C. Bright, the Atlantic Company's chief engineer. These immersed logs have vanes and whe-ls revolving at a rate propor tioned to the passage of the ship through the water, and making an electric circuit which is broken at each revolution. An electric wire, from the log to the deck, records there every revolution of the log, and consequently the exact speed of the ship. It must not be supposed when the ships part company that communication will be lost between those on board the vessels. The electricians have hold of either extremity of the coils of the cable, and will interchange signals constantly, so that each vessel will be master of the other's fate, and of every incident that may help or retard the progress of submersion, unless some unfortunate emergency should snap the link. When the topmasts of the ships have sunk beneath the horizon, and they are 10-t to view by the look-out-men, the inter-oceanic current of electricity will give instant record of all that passes, until the lengthening line of cable has been spun out from shore to shore. A bell on board etch vessel will sound every second as each portion of the cable is payed out, and its silence will probably be the first indication of any mishap arising from friction or overtension of the cable, and the vessels will have apparatus on board, so that in any such emergencies they can be backed, the cable recoiled until the faulty place is found, when a piece will be cut out and the perfect por tions reunited with as little delay as possible. Iu case of a storm, apparatus has been provided to al low for any extraordinary strain that may occur, and, if necessary, for cutting the cable without let ting the outer end of it slip to the bottom of the ocean, whence it might never be recovered. In such an emer ge ncy th e re are large reels of auxiliary cable of great strength, which could be attached to the end ; and these auxiliary cables can be sus pended from huge float-shaped buoys on the surface (QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY) (IRELAND) BILL. The motion for the second reading of this bill was dis, charged. and the bill withdrawn. MEDICAL PROFESSION (No. 1) BILL. Mr. HEADLANI moved that the order for going into committee on this bill be discharged on the ground that there was not time this session to carry the bill through Parliament. He thought the Government should next session bring forward a bill based on the principles the house had affirmed in reference to this unesti , m.—A.crreed to SMOKE NUISANCE (SCOTLAND) ABATE VIENT BILL. This bill was committed pro forma for the introdus. tion of amendments. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS BILL. Certain formal amendments to the bill were considered and agreed to. SUPPLY. The report of supply was brought up and agreed to, BILL CEL&MBER (SCOTLAND) BILL. This hill was read a third time and passed. MILITIA BALLOTS SUSPENSION BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. LAMBETH ELFCTION. Mr. INGHAM brought up the report of the com mittee appointed to inquire into the return for the borough of Lambeth. Toe committee decided that Mr. Roupell was duly elected, and declared the petition frivolous and vexltious. ELECTION PETITIONS. The petitions against the returns of Peterborough City and Totnees were withdrawn. GLEBE LANDS (IRELAND) BILL. This bi l was read a third time and passed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at 6 o'clock. TRAGICAL. AFFAIR NEAR PAVIS. A tragical affair took place at St. Germain en Laye, near Paris, a few nights since. A young man named Decamps, for many years in the service of a gentleman of the town as valet, is married to a young woman five years younger than himself, and has two children by her. She resides with the children in an apartment in the Rue de Versailles, and her husband was accustomed to go to see her frequently, though, as her conduct was rather light, quarrels often took place bet ween them. 0,, the evening in question, the man took a gun and went out to shoot rabbits, but not finding the sport good he de termined to visit his wife On knocking at the door he heard a noise in his wife's room, and after the lapse of a few minutes; she came down and let him in. He poked why she had been so long in coming, bnt she gave him some vague reply. They went up to the room together, and the man, instead of going to bed as his wife wished him to do, lighted a lamp, and after a few seconds reflection, went to a staircase which leads to a granary at the top of the house. At the top of these stairs he saw, crouch. ing down, a man whom he recognised as a Swiss named Duvillard, coachman to a gentleman residing in the town. Not doubting that this man had been with his wife, he rushed on him, and drawing a knife from his pocket, but not opening it, struck him repeatedly with one end of it. Duvillard defended himself, and pre sently the two men, who were struggling with each other, rolled down the stairs into the bedroom. A ter rible fight then took place between them in the dark, the lamp having become extinguished, and the in• jured husband seemed likely to get the worst of it ; but he suddenly seized an old Spanish sword, given him as a curiosity by a previous master, which was - hanging on the wall, and with it he assailed his adversary with great fury. The Swiss defended himself as well as he could, and smashing the window, shouted out " Help ! mur der !" but the other continued to cut at him with the sword. At length the Swiss fell mortally wounded. The occupants of the house awakened by the noise of the fray and the man's cries, arrived, and Decamps at once opened the door to them. He pointed to his victim, who had dragged himself to the landing pace, and who was in the agony of death. In a minute or two the Swiss died, and then Decamps calmly related the particulars ; after wh ch he said he would go to the commissary of police and give himself into custody ; the neighbours, however, begged him to remain, and they sent for the commissary, who soon arrived, accompanied by some officers and gendarmes, and arrested the man. When the quarrel commenced, the woman slipped from the house, leaving her two children, one aged seven, the other four, asleep in a cradle near the bed. The next morning, the woman presented herself before the com missary of police, and after being interrogated was a llowed to return home • the man has been sent to the pr• on at Versailles. The Swiss was 30 years of age, and leaves a widow, a young woman in service at Paris. 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IMPORTANT CAUTION against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations : —The V cc-Chancel lor Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction on the 10th ISlardb, 1851, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating " Da Barry's Itevalcuta Arabica Pood:' of the water, capable of resisting a very consider able strain till all danger has passed. The month of August has been chosen f , r the submersion of the cable as likely to afford the best conditions for the enterprise in regard to weather. The three great obstacles m..st to be feare 1 in such a work were fogs, floating ice, and storms. There is the gr , atest freedom from fogs in winter, from storms in June, and from ice in August, and, upon consulting Lieutenant Maury, from the 20th of July to the 12th of August. has b?en fixed upon as the most favourable period for the undertaking. It may therefore be confidently anticipated that the result of this great enterprise, to which every one must heartily w'sh complete success, will be known to the world by about the 16th of next month, or possibly at an earlier date. The spirt which Lancashire entered in' o the project which is being so rapidly put into exe cution, is indicated in the fact that 15,000/. of the capital has been subscribed in that county. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-July 15 COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN THE MATTER OF THE LONDON, HARWICH, AND CONTINENTAL STEAM-PACKET COIWANY (LIMITED). The prospects of this company stated that the capital was 100,0001., in 10,000 sham-s of 101. each, with power to increase. 21. per share payable on allotment. Provisionally regiwered, with liability limited. The trustees were—Mr. D. Waddington., M.P., 4, Spring gardens ; Mr. J. Bagshaw, M.P., director of the Eastern Counties Railway ; and Colonel W. P. Waugh, director of the Landon and Eastern Banking Corporation (now bankrupt). The directors were—Colonel W. P. Waugh, Brank sea Castle, Dorset ; Mr. R. L. Leckie (late of Bombay), George-street, Portman-square ; Mr. W. Shaw, 1, Kensington-park terrace ; Mr. G. Crant, (late chairman of the Orienta Bank, Bom bsy), 4, Great Russell-sti ertt •, Mr. F. C. Zillesen, director of the Dutch-Rhenish Rail way Company, Amsterdam ; Sir H. Durrant, Bart., Scottow Hall, Norfolk ; Mr. H. Ward, H.E.1.C.5., K. 1., Albiny ; Mr. J. E. Pan. ter, director of the St. George's Insurance Com pany, Pall-Mall and Fulham ; Mr. A. Walls, Lloyd's, and 11, Leadenhall-street ; and Captain Raymond, Albion-square, Dalston, managing di rector of the steam-vessels. The prospectus set forth that "the company was established with a view to afford the public increased facilities in the conveyance of mails, passengers, specie, and mer chandise, batween England, via Harwich, and the ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, &c. A traffic arrangement for a term of years has been entered into with the Eastern Counties Railway Company on advantageous terms, and the directors have secured the co-operation of the authorities of the Dutch-Rhenish Railway Company, and the other inland navigation and railway establishments in Holland and Germany—all of whom are so con vinced of the advantages to be derived from this line of communication, as the most desirable for passenger traffic, and the speedy conveyance of merchandise an d • perishable goods, that they are anxious to promote the views of the company to tie fullest possible extent." This was a petition. The following is the form of order drawn up : "In the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, Lon don, July 15, 1857. In the matter of the London, Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company, limited. In the matter of the Joint Stock Company's Act, 1856. (Before Mr. Commisioner Goulburn.) " Whereas a petition was, on the 6th day of July, instant, presented in this ourt by Thomas Barton, Upper Wellington-:street, No. 2, advertiser, as creditor of the said company (for 8001), in pursuance of the pro visions of the said act, praying that an order might be made for the winding-up of the affairs of the said com pany, under the said act, and that, for that purpose, all necessary and proper directions might be given, or that such other order might- be made in the premises as the nature of the case might require. No w, upon hear ing the said petition and the true affidavits of the said Thomas Barton, &c., sworn, respectively, on the 6th July instant, and the other depositions filed in this matter, and upon bearing what was alleged by Mr. Rack wood, of Messrs. Linklater and Hackwood, as so licitors for the petition, and Mr. Gustard, the solicitor for the said company, I do now order that the said ccm• pany be wound up by this court under the said act." Messrs. Linklater and Hackwood are the solicitors to ,he petition ; Mr. Pennell is the official liquidator. EXHIBITIONS. At this time, when so many exhibitions are open to attract public attention, and when the Exhibition of Art Treasures at Manchester is the universal theme of conversation, and is visited daily by many thousands, it may not be inappropriate to re fer to the subject of industrial art and to its progress since the Great Exhibition of 1851. Many of our manufacturers, and a still greater propor tion of our operatives in various industrial occupa tions, who had not until then enjoyed any opportu nity of seeing or knowing the progress that had been made in other countries in the same branches of manufacture in which they were themselves en gaged, and more especially those branches in which taste and design form an important element, were surprised to find that they had much to achieve in order to place themselves upon a level with the more artistic productions of our Continental neigh bours. Strenuous efforts have been used both by employers and employed, and the result has been a greater advance and improvement in the few ears that have elapsed since the Great Ex'bition than had been made fora quarter of a century pre viously, competition having proved more effectual to that end than all our Schools of Design.. This was fully demonstrated at the Exposition Univer selle at Paris in 1855, where the highest awards were obtained by English exhibitors in three dif ferent branches of manufactures in which it had always been considered that French manufacturers enjoyed an incontestible superiority. In furniture, for example, Messrs. Jackson and Graham gained the highest awards for " improvements in Eng lish furniture," and Messrs. Minton and Co., and Messrs. Elkington and Co., in their respective manufactures, likewise gained the highest honours. It is on the great establishment of the first-named firm that we are about to make some observations, spent some time in contemplating havingthe various recently ob ies in their extensive galleries and show-rooms, which form really a most interesting exhibition of art industry, in which the beautiful is combined with the useful in a manner truly grati fying to notice, and most tempting to the man of taste. Here we find an extensive gallery of art bronzes and objecte of the most recherche kind, comprising reduc tions from all th e ce l e b ra t e d c hefs d' ceuvres of antique and modern sculpture. These reductions, by the celebrated house of Barbedienne and Co., of Paris (of whose productions Messrs. Jackson and Graham are the sole depot), by the process invented by Collas, who received the Grande Medaille d'Hon neur, and was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour at the close of the Universal Exhibition at Paris in 1855, are mathematilly exact in their pro portions, and vary from 1-10th to 2-sths, or nearly half the size of the originals, together with the finest collection of ornamental clocks, candelabras, and lamps, we have ever witnessed. We cannot , refrain from specially m entioning some of the sus pension lamps and chandeliers, of bronze, gilt, and silver gilt, the designs of which struck us as bein g perfecly novel, and extremely chaste and elegant. In another show-room, which is devoted to paper hangings and interior decorations, we noticed some highly artistic specimens, especially one in the style •f Louis XVI., i n w hich the walls and ceiling are highly enriched by ornament in relief aided by colour and gilding ; and, in order to give a com plete idea of the style, a chimney-piece and chande lier have been made en suite. In another depart ment we were shown an endless variety of magni ficent silk for hangings ; chintzes—the very perfec tion of printing—with many other new fabrics that we have not space to comment upon. In every in stance we saw side by side the best productions of France and Germany, with those of our own manu facturers, and although the products of Lyons and Tours still maintain their superiority, there is, nevertheless, a great improvement to be observed in the manufacture of British furniture silks; both in respect to design and execution. Messrs. Jack son and Graham have long bean celebrated for the • superiority of their carpets, and in this department we have had the opportunity of seeing all the im provements that have been recently effactod by the application of steam-power to weaving velvet pile, Brussels and tapestry carpeting, by which the quality has been improved, and the cost of produc tion of the best fabrics greatly economised. This es tablishinenthas become the ssle depot in England for the celebrated tapestries and splendid carpets of Messrs. Sallandclrouxe de Lamornaix and Co., of Aubusson. Some remarkably beautiful suites of ta pestry for chairs and sofas were shown to us, which we think could scarcely be surpassed in beauty of design or delicacy of execution, by the Imperial manufactories of the Gobelins or Beauvais. Passing, by a covered iron bridge, over a carriage way at the rear of the Oxford-street premises, we enter the which e xtensive range of buildings inch the general furniture, show-rooms, and different work-shops are situated. The s how-rooms alone cover a space of 9,000 superficial feet, and are filled with articles of cabinet furniture of the best class, sofas, easy chairs, and bedsteads of brass, iron, mahogany, and other wood.. Here, also, is the grand cabinet which was exhibited in Paris in 1855, undoubtedly the best work of its kind that has ever been produced in any age or country. Oa looking at it with great attention His Royal H ig h n ess Prince Albert remarked that it was the finest thing he had overseen, and his opinion was endorsed by the decision of the jury, who, in addition to the gold medal of honour, awarded medals to the designer, modellers, and workmen employed upon it. From the show-rooms we passed through the various workshops, in which the different manu facturing operations of modelling, carving, gilding, cabinet and chair making, and joiner's work, are carried on. All the best means and appliances for ensuring sound workmanship have been brought into use, and several ingenious machines worked by steam power, for shaping, perforating, sawing, morticing, and turning, tend to economise production to its utmost practicable extent. Reflecting upon the completeness of this important establishment in all its departments, and the facilities it affords to those requiring to decorate or furnish their houses, we could not fail to be struck with the great conveni ence and advantage of being able to find every re quisite under one roof, and thus to harmonise the style of one thing with another throughout—deco rations and papere, with carpets and curtains—fur niture with ornaments and objets d'art, in a manner and upon a scale not hither attempted in this or any other country. Indeed, we cannot speck too highly of the enterprise, skill, and judgment that has reared and conducts the establishmeut, of the taste that presides in every department, or the ex eoutive ability of the staff and workmen in the em ployment of Messrs. Jackson and Graham. —Lady's Newspaper. Int saw no un- wilful murder of the female child of her daughter the house five or six times before, ma Marson, at Olnty, on the 13th of December lawful fzamesphyed. William Castoff, another defendant, was taken by Burd,e to G,..odinan'A last, n7ght fur the- first tittie, and heLeve l that by going he would be able to g° surne inforingtion a! out a race at the louse. Saw no (raining at the house while be wets there. Mr. Lewis, fur the defence, contended that noth ing had been put in evidence to show that this was, as alleged, a common gaming house, or that the parties found in the house were there for gaming purp-s-s. The reason why so many persons were in th home wai because some notoriety attached t) Goodman. Mr. _Bing tam s.lid as this procedure was under a new act, he would give his judgment next Wed nesday. Verdict of not guilty was returned, NORTHERN CIRCUIT. YORK, JULY 14. CROWN COURT.—(Bet. ire Mr. Berton Channel).) Richard Stead wa, i indicted for foreieg and ut er ing a certificate of his character wi h intent to de ceive Bernard Granvill -Layard, and ob ea iii thereby an appointment in the E rsr. Riding constabulary at Beverley, on the 18th of April last. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Sentence deferred. Isaac Rushforth, aged 42, and who is marked in the calendar as reading imperfectly, was indicted for feloniously administering a quantify of seeds of paradise to Kitty Littlewood, with intent to pro cure abortion, at E eat Ardsley, on the 2,1 of Febru ary last. At the last sitting M. Mahistre communicated a Mr. Shaw prosecuted, and Mr. Middleton de contrivance of his for gradually shuttin g ou t th e fended the prisoner. steam in any kind of steaireengines.—M. B onne t From the opening stet ement of tl'e learned corm- 1 I sent in a paper on the chemical composition of bones, seland from the evidenc , of the proseeutrix, a sallow, in which he adverted ti various sources of err r in ill-favoured.lookingyoune woman, of 26 years of age, previous analyses. Thus he thinks it impossible to it appeared that at the latter end of last year she determine the quantity of water contained in a bone; resided with her father at Sheffield, and the priso siece, before it can be anely.-ed, it must he exposed nett lived in the Dewsbury road, Leeds. The pri- to a st•oog current of waterte cleanse it fromerease souer, it appeared, had got a reputation as a wizard, and other extraneous matter ; so that, in fact, a and the prosecutrix having been unwell for a con quantity of water previously introduced is taken siderable time, and the doctors she employed d ring into account. Then, during the incineration of a her no good, acting on the advice of a neighbour, bone a quantity of carbonic acid is evolved, which she went with her father to Leeds to consult the is therefore lost. To avoid these errors, he first prisoner. The prisoner, as the prosecutrix desert Led lets the bone macerate in alcohol and ether ' and it, " ruled her planet arid gave her some pills." weighs it when dry ; then, after burning the or- Not improving under his treatment, she sent for genic matter, he di-solves the phosphate of lime him to Sheffield, and the prisoner then told her in hydrochloric acid, precipitates the solution by she would never prosper unless she went to live at chloride of iron, rids the precipate by ammonia West Ardsley—a place near Leeds, and easily ac of the iron it contains, arid then, by a simple cal cessible. She and her father accordingly %%eat to culatien, he obtains the results. In a communica live at West Ardsley, and there the prisoner fre- tion on the solubility of fossil phosphates of lime quently saw her. At first he give her some medi in the acids of the soil, M. Deherain establishes eine, which he said was for palpitation of the heart. that the nodules of phosphate of lime are n t easily He then told her she woul i never he well unless ue in cut lin etic she suffered him to have connexion with her. This solbl acid at 5 deg., arbonic acid ; b unless previously e ttle so i xposed to the she refused several times. She afterwards removed air for some time ; but that they are more soluble to East Ardsley, and the prisoner continued to at tend her, and at length she permitted him to have iu acetic and carbonic acids combined, after expo- • an improper intercourse will her, on his represen- sure to the air. Hence he concludes that fossil phosphates of lime are inapplicab'e for manure in tation that she would never get well unless he did. those kinds of soil in which carbonic acid exists On one octasiou he gave her court ut g which stu- alone, unless they be previously treated with the pefied her, and it was on that occasion that the in stronger acids ; but that these phosphates tercourse commenced, and it was of erwards con- ,round to powder may be very useful in soils. tinned for some time. At length shebecame in the where acetic and carbonic acids exist together t . familyway, and the prisoner then brought her a as is the case in heaths recently cleared for culti quantity of seeds of paradise, and told her to make vation. M. Tampier sent in a note on the mi tea of it. and drink it. She did se, and had a mis- neral waters cif Condillao (Tarn), showing that.. carriage on the 26th of March. On another occa being impregnated with gasps, alkalis, iron, and sion after that the prisoner brought her a bullock's iodine, they are eminentlylapplicable both as me heart and some shoemaker's awls. He burnt the dicinal waters in many chronic affections, and heart and said the awls were to keep her enemies during convalescence after certain acute disorders, off. She was to place them under her pillow and and as waters for drinking at table, like Seltzer wear them in her pocket. He also sent her two • water, &c.—The Minister of Foreign Affairs trans pieces of parchment as charms, and said ono would muted a communication from the Minister of get her a young man and the other was to prevent Foreign Affairs of Denmark, announcing that two her being bewitched. She gave him 5/, for these. of the blocks of wood thrown into the sea from the On cross-examination it appeared she had a child 6 Impelial yacht, La ReMe Hortense, for the purs years ago, and that the prisoner had givenupvisitin g her hsfore she preferred this charge. The inspector Pose a ascertaining the direction and velocity of the curreute, hav e b een picked up on the coast of of police who took the prisoner into custody, found Denmark ; one on the Ist of D ecem b er l as t on the a great number of fortune-telling books at . his e Kjetn, in the sub-prefecture of Skateatiord, and house, and books relating to "ruling the planets. On being taking into custody he said he had ruled the other in September (the exac t d a te unknown) on the coast of Hlagr, in the parish of Bardas; the prosecutrix's planet and found she was be strand. The former had been thrown overboard witched ; he ruled it a second time, and thought on the 11th of July, 1856, the vessel being in lat. she was not. He found her illness arose from want 69 deg. 6 min. N., and long. 13 deg. 13 min. W. of a man, and told her so, and then had intercourse The paper contained in the latter block was spoilt; with her, which she permitted. It was proved that but enough could be decyphered to show that it the administration of an infusion of seeds of para was cast into the sea on the 28th of June, 1856 ? dise was likely to be very injurious to a pregnant in lat. 62 deg. 24 min. N., and long. 16 deg. 20 woman, and to procure abortion. min. W. A letter was read from M. Lecq, giving The learned ' counsel for the prisoner objected that there was no proof of the administration of the drug an account of a shock of earthquake felt at Clermont-Ferrand ou the 16th ult., at 11A a.m. by the prlsoner. . The direction seemed to be from no r th to south; it His Lordship overruled this objection , and , lasted between three and fonr seconds, and was The learned counsel having addressed the jury accompanied by a rumbling n o is e in the air. for the defence, About 12 minutes afterwards a second and feebler His Lordship summed up, and shock was felt, which lasted somewhat longer. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Some time atter a storm arose, with thunder and His Lordship said it was quite lamentable to rain. think that such an amount of ignorance should pre vail. The prisoner had availed himself of the igno rance of the prosecutrix to seduce her, and after wards, to save her from a certain amount of expo sure, but also to save himself, he had caused her to take a noxious drug calculated to procure abortion. Such practices must be severely punished. The sentence of the Court was that he be imprisoned 18 calendar months, with hard labour. FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. Country Markets. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-July 15. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTACK ON A • GAMING-HOUSE. - Charles Levy Goodman, 28, Coventry-street ; Charles Stewart, 41, Gloucester street, Queen's square, jeweller ; William John stone, 17, Arundel-street, Haymarket, medical student ; William Page, Alma-Cottage, Manley place ; Robert Coombs, 46, Princess-street ; John M`Donald, Oak-cottage, Kentish-town, iron moulder ; Henry Palmer, 3, Raphael-street, car penter ; Alfred Burdge, Rochester-row, baker ; William Castoff, Moreton-street, baker ; Thomas Thompson, 36, Old Compton-street, tailor • Henry Langdon ' 10, Ponton-square, gentleman ; Alautice Abithol, 76, York-road ; Littleton Thomas Powis, 14, Romley-terrace, Greenwich, fruit-meter ; Wm. Goslin, 4, Great Windmill-street, groom ; and Joseph Goodman, 28, Coventry-street, were charged with being found in a common gaming house, 28, Coventry-street. C. L. Goodmm, was charged with being the keeper of the house. He is the same individual who prosecuted Captain Earlam for the abduction of his daughter. Stewart was charged as do akeeper. Mr. Lewis attended for the defendants. Superintendent Hannan stated that about one o'clock that morning be went to 28, Coventry street, and found the shutters and door closed. Inspector Lester, who accompanied him, knocked at the door, and some person, whom he believed to be the younger Levy, looked through the window of the shop door. After a short delay, the door was forced open, and witness and the police made their entry. They found Goodman at a table in the inner room, with a backgammon board and dice boxes on the tabl-o The other defendants were on the premise=, and all parties present were conveyed to the station. Witness returned and searched the house. The table in the inner room was about six feet long, and covered with three cloths now pro duced. Eight or nine dice were found in a drawer. On Coombs a considerable sum of money was found. Did not see any of the defendants doing anything except smoking cigars. Did not see any unlawful game being played. Inspector Lester corroborated the statement of the superintendent, and proved that over the door of the shop was the inscription—" Abraham Good man Levy, licensed dealer in tobacco." After making an entry, and fiuding the elder Goodman at, the table, with a backgammon-board before him, Goodman started up, and asked what it all meant. He told him that the house was believed to be a common gaming-house. Goodman denied it, and said that was his place, and his house was licensed as a tobacco-shop. The table before which Good man was sitting had three covers, one nailed to the table. This arrangement was for the purpose of deadening the sound of dice. Found about eight dice in a drawer, and 82 plao ing cards. There was a cribbage board in the drawer. There were a number of tobacco boxes in the shop but no cigars in them. There was no tobacco in the shop or money in the till. There were a few tobacco pipes and some tobacco in the window. About 2001. in notes and gold were found on Coombs. Police-constable Mitchell sai t that he watched the house and saw about 35 persons go in and out of the shop. Stewart had charge of the door all the time, and had acted as door-keeper;for the last two months. Had not seen one person buy tobacco for the last two months. Mr. Lewis wished to have an opinion whether backgammon was an unlawful game Mr. Bingham said backgammon was not an un lawful game, but the present case did not involve a question of that kind. One of the defendants named Thompson was then called. to .prove the case against the defend ants. He said he had been in the room about three-quarters of an hour before the police came. Saw nothin g but backgammon played. Did not play himself. Did not see dice used, except for backgammon. No playing cards of any de-,crip tion were used. No person made a bet.' No one offered a bet. Did not know why so many persons were as , embled together. Had purchased a cigar at Goodman's within the last month. Littleton Thomas Powis, another defendant, was called, but before being sworn wished to know whether he was bound to give evidence against himself. Mr. Bingham said, according to the new law, he could call a defendant and examine him as a wit ness and if he refused to g i v e evidence the de fendant' was liable to a severe punishment. The witness thanked the magistrate, but must decline to give evidence. Mr. Bingham having read the clause in the act to the defendant, The defendant said ho bad nothing to say, and therefore could give no evidence. Mr. Bingham—Then for the present you sta n d committed for refusing to give evidence. Alfred Burdge, another defendant, was next called. Went with a friend into Goodman's shop to have a cigar. The company there were talking and smoking, and some wee playing at backgamm , ,n. Did not see any other game played, Had been to EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET. JULY 14. Supplies of all kinds these last six days largo. Oat straw, from 8s Od to 10s Od per kemple of 1 stones trop; wheat do., 7s Od to lOs Od; barley do., 9s Od to Os Od. Hay from is ld to ls. 4d. EDINBURGH MEAL—JULY 14. There were in the market today 14 sacks oatmeal. each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 44s and s Od. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET —JULY 13. There were in the market to-day 14 bags of oatmeal, 0. 0 1 barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. I Third; imperial Barleymeal, per ditto --a Od ,—s Od i --s 1 Peasemeal, per ditto od s Od I—a . O d Flour, new, per ditto —a Od —s _ 3 Od Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od —a Od —s Cd DUBLIN, JULY 14. We had again a very dull market to-day. Wheat, el . though scarce, was 6d to is lower. Oats supported the quotations of Friday, but Indian corn must be noted' at an advance of is to 2s, owing to the increased deman d and very small supplies. - - • White wheat, 353 Od to 38s 6,1 ; red ditto, 34s Od to 3 65 6d, ditto now, —s; barley, malting, 16s 6d to 25a 6d ; ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 14a 6d to 17s; ditto, new . , Od to --s Od ; oatmeal, 15s to 188 Od; bare, new, —-3 to —7,', Od ; rApese (I, —8 Oct to — s Od per b r l ; bakers' flour, 2u: 0(1 to 213 Od per cwt ; Inaian corn, 403 01 to 12i Od 480 DA. COALI stAftlif Prices of Coals per ton at M.—Ju LT 15. the close of the market. s. d. North Percy Hartley _l5 6 Bebside's Hartley l7 3 fautield. Moor l4 0 Walker Primrose ... l4 0 Wallsend, Qt'allsend, /to. Tees l9 0 Acorn Close l7 3 Gosfor th l6 Harton Riddell l6 0 Eden Vain Montague Garesfield 14 0 Whitworth l6 . Stewart's. 18 9; Elunwick l5 6 Ships at market s 14 ‘ ; Braddyll l7 ' 6 Lambton lB B e lm on t 16 0 0 Hetton l9 0 Hetton Lyons Main ~ 16 South Hetton 18 ' 6 Russell's Hetton 17 6 ;eaham l7 3 Kelloe 18 6 Hartlepool lB Hartlepool Hetton l7 6 14imdon South Kelloe 17 0 ileugh Hall l7 1 ;, 82 ; sold, 70. RAILWAY TRAPPIO RETURNS. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Trta 0 return for the week ending July 12, 1857 ti8,283 0 0 Corresponding week last year GREAT NORTHERN ILAILWAY.—Traffic return for ,00 K 1 weak ending July 5, 1857 £2t,351 it) Corresponding week last year 2O-` ,295 16 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return 1 the week ending July 12, 1857 £6,669 0 0 Corresponding week last year 6,774 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic r e i turn for the week ending July 12, 1837 £26,329 6 Corresponding week last year.. 25,321 13 LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic r i e j ' turns for the week endi ng J u l y 14, 18 5 7 £12 ,9 17 12 LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.--' 1 " / adjourned special genera l meet i ng o f th e proprietors o this company took pl ace y es t er d a y, a t th e E us t on -squa ° station, for the purpose of considering a bill no w before Parliament, authorising the construction of a railyil from Castle Douglas, in the stewartri of KiiriccucThrie s to Portpatrick, in the 'county of Wigtown. Mr. Robe r t Benson, deputy-chairman, presided. Aft er a' 13 13 1; conversation, a resolution was adopted agreeing to 4' bill, and authorising the directors to consent theret o The proceedings occupied but a very few minutes. THE WILL OF GENERAL GIRARDIN. It may be remembered that the Marquis Ernest de Girardin some time ago took law proceedings to have the will set aside of the late General de Girardin, by which he bequeathed the bulk of the family property, not to him, the legitimate heir, but to Madame de Girardin, widow of the general, and to other persons; and the ground en which he based these proceedings was that the general was of weak intellect. The court authorised proofs of the alleged weakness of mind to be given, and on M( nday M. Senard, advocate of the Marquis de Girardin, communicated at length to the court • the proofs on which his client intended to rely. They were that the general had accused the Marquis Ernest of having voted the death of Louis XVI. though he was not born at the time ; that he had once passed the wools evening at the Cirque, conversing with M. Emile de Girardin, a near connexion of his, and yet had n ,t known him, and had repeatedly asked him his name ; that he had fancied be (the general) was charged with the whole administration of the State, and could effect a saving of 500,000,0001 r. in the budget; that he had gravely said he could conquer all Germany with 30,000 or 40,000 men, and take Sebastopol in a week : that he had talked indecently and wildly on all occa sions; that he was accustomed to stop people he did not know, and cry out to them " Charge ! halt ! gallop !" that he had seriously believed a young man who had told him that he was 120 years of age ' &c., &c, The court adjourned the further hearing of the affair for a week. [ADVERTISEMENT.] liolloway's Pills a sovereign remedy for all complaints originating in the internal organs, producing th e most astonishing results; and all who are liable to attacks of indigestion shou'd fortify their system against the relaxing heats of summer by this mild aperient and alterative in the spring. It re moves all obstructions in the stomach, and re-vitalises the digestive powers, when weakened by indulgence or rendered torpid by a sedentary life ; the testimony of invalids in all parts of the world demonstrates the heal ing power of this potent remedy.—Sold by all medicine venders throughout the world ; at Professor Hollo way's Estatlshments, 244, Stand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stamp C.,nEtanti nople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, • ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT—CIIELMSFORD, July 15. CROWN SIDE. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) MURDER. Charles Finch, 26, a sullen, determined-looking young man, was charged with the wilful murder of Harriet Freeman, by cutting her throat, at the parish of Ravenhall, on the 24th May. It appeared from the statement. of the learned counsel for the prosecution, and the evidence ad duced to support it, that the prisoner was a labour ing man belonging to Raven hall, and that during the Russian war he entered the Land Transport Corps, and was employed in the Crimea, and re turned from thence about a year and a half ago. The deceased was a respectable young woman be longing to Kelvedon, but a few days before the 24th May, which was on Sunday, she had been in the service of a farmer named Upson, at Raveuhall. The prisoner and the deceased had been what is termed keeping company together both before and after the prisoner had been to the Crimea ; but it would seem that shortly before the fatal occurrence he entertained the impression—for which, however, there did not appear to be the slightest foundation —that during his absence the deceased had received attentions from another man, and he was repeatedly heard to declare that he would do her some injury. They were walking together on the 19th of May, and the prisoner a day or two afterwards told one of the witnesses that he had a razor in his pocket at that time, and that he was jealous of her in con sequence of her having been intimate with some young man in London, and that he would do for her the first opportunity that offered itself. On the following afternoon the unfortunate young woman left her master's house about three o'clock, for the purpose of going to church, and just as she arrived at a stile in a field near the town the pri soner suddenly jumped over the stile, and without saying a word he inflicted a wound on her threat with a raz He then went away a short distance and returned and gave her another wound on the throat, and subsequently a third, one of them severing the windpipe, and being of a very dan gerous character. The deceased contrived to make her way to her master's house, where Mr. Tompkins a surgeon of Witham, promptly attended and dressed the wounds, and for some time there ap peared a prospect of her recovery. but on the 26th of June she became worse, and died on that day ; and upon a post mortem examination it was dis covered that the injuries the deceased had received had caused extensive inflammation of the windpipe, and that this was the cause of death. The prisoner was taken into custody sitting in a ditch near the spot where the dreadful deed had been committed, and his jacket and cap, covered with blood, were found near him ; and a razor, which was the in strument he had made use of, was picked up close by him. He appeared to make no secret of his having committed the crime, and was originally committed to take his trial for wounding with in tent to murder ; but upon the event of the death of the deceased subsequently taking place, the coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful mur der against the prisoner, and he was now tried upon that inquisition. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Sentence of death was passed in the usual form. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.-AYLESBURY, JULY 14. (Crown Court.—Before Lord Campbell.) Charles Doggrell, aged 27, and Edward Birch, aged 33, were indicted for a burglary at the resi dance of Mr. Mitchell, the lessee of the St. James's Theatre, on the sth of May. Mr. Payne was counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Metcalfe defended the prisoners. Mr. Mitchell owns a house at Iver, but is sel dom in residence. However, on the 4th of May he went to enjoy his ()aunt cum dignitate at Iver, and ret;red to rest at the usual hour. In the dead of night his man-servant was disturbed by footsteps below, and, stealing to the top of the staircase in his nightshirt, heard two men walking about the hall and drawing-room. He at once called out, " Who's there ?" and received for answer, "Who's that, you ? Lay down, or we'll blow your brains out." The valiant butler, nothing daunt3i, rejoined, " Will you? I'll soon be down upon you," and repaired to his bedroom, where hung a prodigious old sword. Drawing this weapon from its rusty sheath, the butler sallied down to the lower floor, where he made such good use of his voice and weapon that the burglars beat a sudden retreat through the window by which they had entered, but not before they had collected a few valuables from the drawing-room. Early next morning a constable fell in with the two prisoners, in whose possession most of Mr. Mitchell's of them by his voice. Mr. Metcalfe having waived his address to the pro pertynutter wasidentified found,tified one besides which awkwa r d fact the jury, The Chief Justice commended the learned coun sel for his judgment and discretioe, as the case was too clear to admit of argument, and when that was the case it was the duty of counsel to abstain from attempt.ng impossibilities. The jury having at once found the prisoners gulty, they were both sentenced to five years' penal servitude. James Ranter, aged 32, wa s indicted for malici ciously firing certain furz e g r o w ing on Htidwell-com trahr willi in o t f h e t the late parish rsh of E of the Earl of Powis, the s o le acting trustee under Earl d o debroughgewater. f l ß s ri o , the property Bridgewater. Mr. Mills conducted the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, who is an Irish tramp, called at the house of a farmer on the 17th of June last, and asked for relief, and being met by a refusal he was afterwards seen to go into the high furze growing close to the homestead, and deliberately to set fi'e to it in two places, after which he made off. The labourers who had witnessed the transaction, pur sued and overtook him, and when one remarked that it was a mercy he had not set fire to the stacks and all the place he replied with an oath, •‘ That's just what I meant to do. I should like to burn the to a cinder." The jury found the prisoner guil' y, and he was thereupon sentenced to three years penal servi tude. Caroline Marson, nod 44, was indicted for the BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 15th inst., the wife of the Rev. E. E. Hudson, Paul's School. On the 14th inst., at Barrington-road, Brixton, the wire of N. C. Henry, Esq. OF A DAVGLITER. On the 14th inst., at Penge, Surrey, the wife of Wad Stone, Esq., of the Inner Temple. Oa the 15th inst., at 9, Ampton-street, Regent-squa re ' Mrs, Henry Robinson Fricker. MARRIED. On the 14th inst., at St. James's, Paddington, Captain S i ; Dcsborough, Royal Artillery, to Eliza Mary, youngest daub , ter of Lady Sarah Maitland, and the late General Sir Pe re grins Maitland, G.C.B On the 14th inst., at St. Matthew's Church, City-roa d ' Mr. J. W. Coffin, of the National Provincial Bank of . land, to Emily, the youngest daughter of the late Mr, J. Blount, of Wimborne Minster, Dorset. DIED. On the 13th inst„ at Kew, Tobias Browne, Esq., John's Lodg e, K en t , age d 73 . On the 13th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, James Willi3lll Bowman, Esq., aged 37. On the 14th lust„ at 43, Brewer-street, Golden-30 13re ' Mr. George Pettitt, auctioneer, aged 65. f, On the 14th inst., i n London, the Rev. Frederick Gardi oc a t 51 years rector of Coombe Hay, .and many years via l. Well, w, Somersetshire, aged 81. On the 14th inst at Rosherville, Kent, Elizabeth'Ano?„o Villiers, the wife of Captain Chads, Paymaster let Batts,'" 6 th Royal Rifles, aged 27. On the 14th Glocester-road, Is ington, Susano sb ' the wife of W. 11. Last, of Cannon street, city, aged -18. ~0 On the 13th inst., at Greens-row, Chelsea, 34, Wil o ° Jamison / aged 68. LONDON : Printed and Published by IifURDO Y 0 1 000; of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at ThA Sun Offic e, t i 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the &way, in the GO P of Middlesex, Thursday, July 16, 1807. I