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- ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT .—York, July 22. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD GRIEF atituN and a Special Jury.) CLAY V. EASTWOOD. This was an action brought to recover damages for an alleged malicious prosecution. Mr. Martin, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, and Mr. Pashley appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Knowles and Mr. 11. Hill for the defendant. Mr. MARTIN, in stating the case to tho jury, said that the plaintiff, Mr. John Clay, was an attorney, of Hud dersfield, and the defendant a manufacturer at Meltham. The defendant had thought proper, at the last spring assizes at York, to prefer a bill of indictment against Mr. Clay, on account of some evidence given by the latter on a former trial, in an action by one Moorehouse aga i nstof the present defendant. Moorehouse's action arose 4 se , out ai a prosecution in 1845, by the present defe nd him (Moorehonse) and several other p e rsons, f()r gnst tres passing on the defeadant's land, and Moorehou se's action was tried before Mr. Justice Patteson, when the p lain tiff had a verdict for 40s. Mr. Clay having appeared as the attorney for Moorehouse and the other men before the justices upon M r .Eastwood'sprosecuting them, appeared afterwaras as Moorehouse's witness in the action, and then spoke to the fact of one of the charges before the magistrates against Moorehouse and the others being dis missed ‘• upon the merits." This was a material ques• tion before the jury in " Moorehouse v. Eastwood." It was in consequence of that evidence given by the.• pre sent plaintiff that Mr. Eastwood had indicted the plain tiff, who was tried upon that charge of perjury beti,re Mr. Baron Alderson, and acquitted. Mr. Martin said, that he should prove that the charge about which the present plaintiff had sworn, had, in tact, been dismissed on the merits, and that the now defendant had repeateely said that he did not want, by his indictment for p..rjury, to punish Mr. Clay; but to prevent the other trespassers along with Mr. Moorehouse from bringing other actions against him, Mr. Eastwood. The Learned Counsel offered to the other side, that if the defendant was willing to withdraw the imputation, and pay the plaintiff his expenses, he (the plaintiff) was willing to proceed no further. Mr. KNOWLES at first could not agree to accept such an offer, and the cause was for some time proceeded with. But, ultimately, Mr. Knowles said, his Lordship would not think it at all inconsistent with his (Mr. Knowles's) duty to his client, if he admitted that there must have been some misconception in the mind of the defendant as to Mr. Clay's guilt. From the evidence now received that, no doubt, had been the case. He (Mr. Knowles) would, theretore, ,ccede to the offer, and Agree to withdraw a juror, Mr. Bell, the assuciate, to ascertain what expenses the plaintiff had incurred with respect to the present cause of actiun. July 23. CROWN COURT.—(Beture Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) THE MIEFIELD 311:BOER3 POSTPONEMENT OF THE OTHER CASES. Mr. Justice WIGHTmaN this morning said that he had carefully considered the question which had been submitted to him with respect to the two other indict ments pending against Patrick Reid. It was proposed, in the exercise of ther discretion, by the counsel for the Crown to proceed with the other indictments against the prisoner. They had a right, by law, to try the prisoner again, as the charges were distinct. Aud the question was, whether the further trials ought to be had at these or at the subsequent assizes—whether at these assizes, at which a jury had given a verdict, and upon the same evidence. It was said that evidence might be produced if the cases were postponed. It appeared to his Lordship that, as regarded the interest both of the prisoner and the public, the further proceedings should not take place at these same assizes. But authing, in such a case, should be dune hastily ; and therefore his Lordship would direct that these two indictments should stand over until the next general gaol delivery. Hannah Gaunt and John Gaunt, mother and son, the former of whom was stated to be the wife of a trades man, were charged with having sent a threatening letter to Mr. Todd, charging him with the forgery or stock in the Bank of England, and with having thereby endeavoured to obtain mu. ey from him. Mr. Baines, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, and Mr. Bliss, ap peared fur the prosecution ; and Mr. Overend and Mr. Asinnall for the prisoners. Mr. BAINES went at length into a statement of the facts of the case, from which it appeared that the pro secutor is a magistrate living in the East Riding, and had been harassed by letters from the female prisoner, espe cially respecting some money which the prosecutor's sister had in the Three per Cents. The letter was signed by both the prisoners, which was read by the Learned Counsel, who undertook to disprove every allegatio❑ which was mdcle in thia Lett-r. He confessed there was in his mind some difficulty in fixing the charge upon the son, as the case was not so strong against hurl as against the mother. Mr. OVEREND having advised the female prisoner to plead guilty, he proceeded to state to h.s Lordship smut carcumstances, which showed that the prisoner had written the ietter under a mistaken impression that the money in the Three per Cents. belonged to her, having, as she thought, been lett by a brother who died some years ago, in the East Indies. His LORDSHIP sentenced the prisoner to be confined for a fortnight only, which will terminate this day, as all sentences commence trom the date of the commission of assize. The sou was Acquitted. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) ANDERSON V. DOICNToN. In this case, which was adjourned from yesterday, Robert Henry Anderson was the plaintiff, and Join Boynton defendant. Mr. Martin and Mr. Row were for the plaintiff, anti Mr. Knowles and Mr. Cowling for the defendant. The action was on promises, upon the bill of an at torney, for work and labour done, money lent, and on ait account stated. The defendant pleaded—first, tnit he was never indebted; secondly, that except as to 1,7811 2. he denied his ; thirdly, that as to 41. 13s. 2a. hi had paid the bill and had a set-off; and fourthly, he denied tee delivery of the bill. Mr. MARTIN stated the case. The plaintiff is an at torney at Yuck, where he has carried on business fOr a great number of years. The defendant is a gentleman who resides in the neighbourhood of York, and was a shareholder in the Yorkshire Agricultural and Com mercial Banking Company. The action was brought to recover 4241. 16s. 7d., the amount of costs which Mr. Anderson alleged to be due to him from the de fendant. The bank in question failed in 1843, at which time a large amount of the paid up capital had been spent. The consequence was that Mr. Wood, the public officer of the bank, had an action brought against him for 50,0001., sad he having allowed judgment to go by default, he was calleu upon to snow cause why execution should not issue against him. Several of the shareholders, including th.- present defendant, were then proceeded against, and the defendant, thinking that he was not liable, employed Ma.. Anderson as his legal adviser. Mr. I.3oynton's liability was not great, and Mr. Anderson advised him not to re sist the proceedings, as, by doing so, he would be playing a very dangerous s ame. The defendant, however, de termined to proceed, and on she 14th of November, 1843, be re,ained Mr. Anderson for the purpose of defending him with re-pect to a scire facies which ha I issued cm against him. Mr. Anderson conducted the defence through various stages, and he now sought to recover his costs which had been taxed in the Court of Chancery. The question was, whether the defendant was liable to pay the costs which had been incurred subsequent to the conselicatien rule. His LORDSHIP was of opinion that the question in this case was a question of law, and not of fact, and caul.: not, therefore, be decided here. The Learned Counsel on bath sides observed that witr. Lane years back causes had been sent down fur Iris: which could not be tiled here, the qucstions to be sub mittud being mere questions of Upon this it was directed that a verdict should be en tered for the defendant, and the plaintiff have leave to move in the court above. The assizes for this county terminated at an early hour this afternoon. To-morrow will be the commission da.) at Durham. WESTERN GlRC,lf.—Lreter, July 23. NISI YEWS tioußT.—(l3efure Chit Justice WILD ] and COMMOII Jury.) DINGLE V. BAKER. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Greenwood wer counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Crowder and Holdsworth for the defendant. This was an action of seduction ;bnt to reofccoouvresrecown cow brought in t h e usua l f orm by alather pensation in damages for the loss of service of his daughter. From the statement of the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff, as borne out by the testimony of the plaintiff's daughter, the following may be gathered as the facts of the CASC The plaintiff rented several turnpike-gates between Kingsbtidge and Dartmouth. He had a family of six berghe ; Mary D ingle, the one alleged to have s , duced, being th 4 second. She was about 17 years of age at the time when seduced. She collected the tolls at one of her lather's turnpike -gates. The defendant was a w i ne and spirit merchant at Dart years of a ge . I t appeared that outh, and was about Dart in in the month of Janu 33 ary, 1845, there was a p u bli c ball at Dartmouth, which was promoted by the fiends o f an unsuccessful candidate for the representation of the borough of Dartmouth. The defendant was one of the s tewards. Mary Dingle and two of her sisters went to that ball, and the defendant was exceedingly attentive to her, And danced with her nearly the whole of the even ing, She frequently saw the defendant durin g t h e fol lowingths and he conducted himself in t h e must rspeeurn ' manner towards her, but at len g th h e at tempted to take lib erties with her, which she 'resisted, and he promised solemnmetly hhime would not roeupesautbstihlueeatt.t tempt. When she attempts . O n t h e 15th of occasions. he made simil ar April, 1846, she accidentally met the defendant in the in the evening, and streets of Dartmouth, about nine he asked h er to ta k e a walk with elm and make proceeded it up. Sh e did so, and, atter having f rom hi s some s h ort distance, tht. defendant took pocket, a bottle, which he said contained Chain* pagne ala ; he also toek out a tumbler. He poured out a glass of the ale, and prevailed on her to drink some of it. The defendant himself' did not drink any, and the girl asked him the reason ; he replied that h i e had b and iteen drink ing b randy and water, and smoking cgars, he mixed the liquor it would have a bad riled. He threw the neat of the liqnor away. The girl was then about to leave him, but he begged her to stop, a no g igg that . tie had s4,ine-cning particular to say' to her. b o , A ,„ fr cet her elf completely stupifi d, and log all re collection. When she came to her senses she feund her self in the defendant's stable, and in that stable tier ruin was aceoinplished. After thi s t i me the parties fr equently met, and ultimately the girl became pregnant:"'"Upon her informing the defendant of thi s , h e said, " Never yori shall never *ant . snything birver de- THE SU N, sert you." He then advised the girl to go to Exeter and afterwards to Exmouth, to take lodgings there, and call herself a married woman, and he would come /and see her, and he gave her two sovereigns. The girl accord. ingly m ide an excuse to her fath er, and went to Exeter, where she stayed some time, and then she went to Ex mouth. The defendant had promised to send her money, but he did not do so. She wrote several letters to him, but he sent her no answers. Being in a complete state of destitution, she at length wrote to her mother and apprised her of her situation, and was taken back to Dartmouth, but not to her father's house. Shortly after her return she went to the defendant, who endeavoured to prevail upon her to swear the child to f some other person, and off e r e d her .50/. if she would do so. The girl told him that if he would give her 50/. no ! one should ever know who was the father of the child, but she could not place it upon any other person, as she has! never known any one else. The defendant said he would rocure th e b es t b arr i ster h e cou ld to get hi m out of it. The girl was delivered of a female child on the 10th of April last, at a neighbour's house. A very long cross - examina ti on t oo k p l ace w ith th e ob ject of shw‘ing her to be a person of immoral habits; . but she solemnly denied th a t s he had b een on terms of trupniper intimacy with any other person. Mr. CROWDER was addressing the jury on behalf of the defendant, sating that he could contradict the girl in in many of her statements, when he was interrupted by Chief' Justice WILDE, who said that the girl, by going away, had put an end to the relationship of master and servant. When she was brought back she was not re tained in her father's house, but placed in that of a neighbour. She was not then able to have rendered her lather the same services as she had done before. By mutual consent, therefore, the relationship of master and servant had been dissolved, and he was of opinion that the plaintiff must be nonsuited. Plaintiff nunsuitt.d. July 24. The Crown C.turt has been engaged during the greater part of the day in trying ca'es which are unfit fur publi cation, and Chief Justice Wilde was occupied in trying causes of local interest MIDLAND ClRGUlT.—Notti,gham, July 24. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE and a Special Jury.) PICKERGILL AND WIFE V. BAGSHAW. This was an issue directed to be triad. by Vice-Chan- cellor Bruce, as to the validity of a will made by a gen tleman of large property, named Draper. Originally the case was to have been tried in Lincolnshire, but the venue was afterwards changed into Nottinghamshire. Sir Fitzroy Kelly was brought down specially to support the validity of the will, and Messrs. Whitehurst, Hum frey, and Mellor, to support the claims of Mrs. Picker gill. At nine o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Baron Rolfe took his seat upon the bench, and the special jury, with one exception, was full. It was understood that various attempts had been made to settle the case, but they were unavailing until they came into Court. After one hour and twenty minutes' consultation in Court, Mr. WHITEHURST, Q.C., the counsel for the plaintiff, upon rising to address the jury, said—" Gentlemen, I have the honour to appear upon this occasion as counsel ' for the plaintiff in this action. It is an action brought by my client, the daughter and only child of an extraor dinary and eccentric character. It is scarcely necessary for me to state that the action is one of an important cha racter, as it is of public notoriety, and relates to the validity of the will of the late Mr. Draper. It so hap pened that the lady whom I represent was in her infant} estranged from her family relations. The testator made a marriage which turned out unfortunate. He became disgusted with his wife and child. He never acknow ledged his daughter, and upon his death he made a will in which he left the whole of his property to his nieces, to the exclusion of his daughter. After looking most attentively at the evidence likely to be produced at this trial I could not ask yeu to give a verdict against the will of the late Mr. Draper. Tne testator appears to have been a gentleman of great forethought, of great business habits, and the will, except to the exclusion of his daughter, is a very fair and good one. Under these circumstances, I must say, the action having been brought to determine the validity of this will, the oppo site party have evinced a liberality towards my client which I consi ler commendable. Gentlemen, therefore we consent to this will being established. It was drawn by a gentleman for whom I entertain the highest re spect, and I cannot hope to ask your verdict to set aside that will. Gentlemen, the arrangement made is con clusive. All sales of property which have been effected since the death of the testator ate rendered inviolable; there is to be no more litigation between any members of the family, and my client is to receive a certain pro portion of the property under the arrangement." sir F. KELLY—My 1., ,, rd and Gentlemen, I have the honour, to appear as counsel for the defendants, and I very much rejoice that you are relieved from any further consideration of this important case. Gentlemen, my Learned Friend, Mr. Whitehurst, has abandoned, with great discretion. any attack upon the will of tee Iree Mr. Draper. He feels, if I were called upon to establish the validity of that will, that I am possessed of such overwhelming evidence that I should be enabled to estab lish it beyond even an approach to a doubt. My Friend knows perfectly well that the testator, although of eccentric habits, was a man of extraordinary sagacity, and likewise a men of accomplished business habits. Under these circumstances, sympathising as we do with the plat ititT, we have agreed to the terms which my Learned Friend has just alluded to. Gentlemen, one word in favour of the two Misses Grinshaw, for whom really I appear. In consequence of unfortunate circum stances connected with the tamily of the testator he dis inherited his only child. The Misses Grinshaw, the chil dren of his only sister, were left by that will the possessors of his property, with the remainder to their children, and various other remainders I need not mention. But these young ladies possessing this property have always felt most anxious that their cousin, the daughter of the late Ur. Draper, should be well provided for. They have at all times expressed a most earnest desire that a hand- some provision should be made for her maintenance; they have aforetime proposed to do so, and they are now prepared, the validity of the will being established, to carry out to the fullest extent their wishes with regard to the plaintiff. Gentlemen, the proposition is, that Mrs. Pickergill should be placed in an equal position with her cousins. The aextety of the Misses Grinshaw is that they should not live and be maintained at the expense of the only child of their uncle. And, gentlemen, Ido again most sincerely rejoice in the hope that this ar rangement will put au end to all those painful and dis cressing differences which have existed between the parties, and that they will become one happy and united amily. Mr. Baron ROLFE—Gentlemen of the jury, your duty is a very simple one ; you will, it you please, find a ver dict for the plaintiff. The jurystound a verdict accordingly. Sir Fitzroy Kelly immediately left the Court for Lyme Regis, in Dorsetsbire. (Before a Common Jury.) BROWN V. SANDERS. This was an action in which the plaintiff, a victualler, residing at New Basford, sought to recover the sum of 601. for victuals, spirits, ale, cigars, and tobacco, fur nished to the t rder of the d e t en d ant, an attorney of this town, who pleaded the Tippling .Ic;;and that he w as not indebted except for 21., which was paid into court. ['he plaintiff accepted the 2L. and joined issued on the other points. Counsel for the plaintiff, Messrs. Whitehurst, Q.C., and Mellor; fur the defendant, Messrs. Miller and Ilacaulay. Mr. WIIITEHURST. in sta'ing the case, said that the plaintiff had, du ing the election in 1842, kept open h ,use in the Conservative interest, and on the election of 1943 the defendant applied to the plaintiff to keep open hestse again. Plaintiff replied that he had lost money by the party over the last election, and would not supply any more ale or provisions unless Mr. San ders or some other individual would give personal se curity. Mr. Sanders, after some demur, consented, and on Sunday, the 2d o f April, gave an I 0 U for 30/. ['hey agreed, however, to date the instrument on the Ist, under the impression (which was of course all non sense) that it would not be valid if given on Sunday; and, at the request of Mr. Sanders, the plaintiff was to keep no books of the transacion, lest their car &date should be again unseated for treating. In defence, the had been secondly, passeddate ndant had firs t p l ea d ed that he had not given the order; that ha the 0 Tipplingrs a Act, an old statute so to prevent people from poisoning themselves with gin. By that law, if a person gave trust for any quantity of spirits than 20s. less 20s. worth at a ti me, he could not r The law, the Lea rne d C ounsel said,wovaserbtrhoeken amount. time a person bought a g l ass of brandy -and-water; every he proceeded, therefor e , t o c h arge Mr. S I ' and he eras plea with being the very reverse of honest or gentlemanly. The following witnesses were then examined: Benjamin Flewitt, of Basford, joiner, said,-4 am a voter, and was so at the election of 1842 and 1843, I know tee plaintiff. lin company with Wardle and some others employed myself in looking out for voters. On Sunday the 2d of April, I heard the plaintiff's house was open." In consequence of that I went there the same evening, and saw the defendant. He said something t o , me %hen I went in. I stayed tbere that night and had some drink. There were many persons engaged in the, election also drinking there; amongst others Mr. San ders. On the following day I saw him there again. A number of voters and runners were then drinking. I said to him that we were not at all satisfied, and should not promise our vote, until Mr. Brown had been made secure. I said that Mr. Brown had not been paid for the last election. He said we might be satisfied, as he had given Mr. Brown an I 0 U for 30/. We continued to go on drinking. I saw Mr. Sanders there every day, and spoke to him once or twice. I have seen him amongst the voters, and when I could catch one of the opposite side we used to take him there, and endeavour to persuade hi m t h at C onservatism was the best. I h aye seen as many as 30 persons present. They were eating, drinking, and amok' to call f o r. They itl* They had anything they chose the defendant last- kept Sunday and going aw ay. I saw emorning at Old B as f or d. I told him th at I thought and that I s h owd like to SS quite wrong in this mat ter,e to have it made up. He Aiken me if I knew about dile I 0 U? I said I aid. He asked me how I knew, and I answered, himself. From what I saw, I could because he had told me would not be an unreason a bl e au m say that 501. or 601. for what was con sumed at plaintiff's house. Cross-examined by Mr. Mrsaza—l was not engage d as a canvasser. I took it upon my own head. Mr. Brown knew that on the Sunday, about 11 o'clock, I was in the street near his house, and he came out to speak to me. He spoke to rne first, and told me to go round to the voters and get them to come. Mr. Brown eves very active in collecting votes. I have never heard him say that he bad paid for " detectors." I don't know what "detector" means. Mr. M on—Persons employed to go round and see that there is no bribery in the other camp. I don't mean yours, you know.—(Laughter.) Witness—l know now. I never heard Mr. Brown say that he hail pad mun - iy Lr that rturpee, and had not been reimbursed. I can't tell how many Conservative r The facts of the case were these !—An Irishman voters there were io Old Basford ; there were a good named Owen Coughlin, who had been for the last eight many mire than eight or nine. I ran about a good deal, years re,.ioing princ , pally in Bilston, and working as a but I was never paid for it. I have been •ngazed in journeyman shoemaker, was in the habit of sending elections for 33 or 34 Years. I think plaintiff ~btained a home 21. a month to his wife, who lived in Kilrush, in license for his house, which is a very large one, in 1842, the county of Clare, by Post-office orders from B;lston. just before the election. Scme of the parties drank ale All these went regularly except that which formed the and porter, and some chose brandy. The smallest num- subject of this indictment. ..)n the 30th July, 1845, ber I saw there was five or six. The election took place Coughlin went to the Prisoner and got a Post- (die order, on the Thursday. On that day I breakfasted at my own as usual, for 21, took it home, wrote a letter to his wife, house. I don't know whether the other people break- folded it, enclosed the Post-office order in it, made it up, fasted at Nottingham. and went to the Post-office and gave it as usual, with ld. Jane's Wesson, of Basford, framework-knitter—For for the postage, to the prisoner. The wife not receiv seven years I have been assistant waiter at Mr. Brown's. ing the letter or the order, Coughlin wrote three other I remember the election in 1843. I was there on Sun- letters successively to . her, and, getting no answer, be day the 2d of April. I did not see Mr Sanders on that came surprised ; he then wrote to her mother, which day ; but I did several times during the week. Last letter also did not reach, and at last enclosed a letter to Sunday Mr. Sanders t o ld me he had dined at 4r. John his wife in another directed to a man named Mangan. Brown's on the Monday, and said, " I believe you did This reached her. Inquiry was set on foot, and on too." I answered that I did not. I saw Mr. Sanders the 19th November she sent a memorial stating the talking to Mr. Brown about election business, as I sup- circumstances to the Oestinaster-General, who, hay posed ;he called me and told me to fetch a jug of cold ing asked an explanation from the prisoner, re water. ceived for answer that no such order was ever The JUDGE—And is that the reason you supposed they were talking upon election business?—(Laughter.) Witness—l fetched the water, and then he axed me how I was?—(Laughtei.) I said, " Very well," and then he axed me how tney were getting on up stairs? I said there had been a bit of a demur about the el, ction. obtained at his office. The prisoner about the same time sent fGr Cuu.zhlin, told him that he was likely to get into trouble on account of that Fost-office order, and offered, if he would sign a paper stating that he had not got the order at that office, t, give him back his two sovereigns and ss. 6d. lor his expenses and trouble. He axed me what ab ,, ut? and I said that Mr. Brown had not been paid tor the last, and the voters wi , hed him to be made all right for this. He then told me he had given Mr. Brown an I 0 U for 301, and said we might go and enjoy ourselves. I should think 501. or 601. not too much fur what was consumed. I took up a great deal— ale, porter, cigars, tobacco, and the like. There was meat and bread in every room, so that any one could get a bit that liked. Mr. Sanders came to my house last Sunday, and began to ask me about the election. Mr. WHITEHURST—And what did you tell him? Witness—Not so much as he wanted me, for I thought he was pumping me.—(Laughter.) I told him two or three names. He told me he had been at Mr. Hannay's and George Rawson's, but they would do nothing for him. At last he said he had axed 'em for a counsel.— (Loud laughter.) They said they would see about that. I told him the best plan would be to try and make it up. Mr. Hannay is a magistrate. I have seen Mr. Rawson once, but I don't think I should know him again. Cross-examined—l suppose Messrs. !Janney and Raw son being to one party. Less was consumed at the first election, because Mr. Brown had no I 0 U to go by, and so he was more sparing.—(Laughter.) lie- examined—l saw no one pay. I never saw no money at all.—(Laughter. Michael Brown, of Nottingham, attorney for the plaintiff—ln the month of October last I applied to the tefendant for payment; he came to my office. I showed him the I 0 U I hold in my hand, and asked for payment of the account. I knew that he had been actively eneaged in the election, and I having been also employed on the opposite side, we had a long conversa torn. I asked him how he had been so far wrong as to enter into any engagement to pay at all? He then told me he had been a great fool for his pains, and that it would be a warning to him. He had been let into it by the plaintiff's refusing to assist at the last election until he had some security for the payment of his bill. He went on to say that, at the election of 1842, the plaintiff had had an account, and he believed that a Mr. Carey had received the amount, but had never paid it to the plaintiff. Ile added, that he had been sent once by some parties at Nottingham, and he had thus got into the dilemma; that the bill had not been sent in at the proper time, and that the party would not now assist him in paying it. I was anxious to have the matter settled, and Mr. Rawson and Mr. Hannay being named as the parties concerned, I asked him if he had seen them? Ile said he had; and he requested me to see Mr. Rawson. Accordingly I saw that gentleman on the following day, and he told me that the whole blame lay with Mr. Sanders, for not producing his bill until the election matters were settled. as it he had done Cougt.ffri agreed, s , gried the paper, Look the money. and wr home to stop the investigation. But it was too late. Tne Post•office authoritica were bent on instituting an inquiry, and accordingly a bill of indictment was presenter at the last summer assia-s. As soon as it was found, the prisoner, who remained in Stafford up to that moment, fled, and was not found out until last week, when, it being discovered that he was living in Hull under the name of Holmes, he was talc• n into custody by Colonel Hogg, the deputy• superintendent of the po lice of this county, to whom he stated that he had been on the continent until his money was spent, and then he came back to get his property together, and go off again; and admitted that he had paid 21. and a few shtl lings to the shoemaker, and added that he would appeal to the Postmaster-General fur a fret. pardon. Mr. KETTLE having addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and called witnesses, who gave him an ex cellent character, Mr. WIIATELEY replied for the prosecution. His LORDSHIP summed u p, and—the jury, after a short consultation, having found the prisoner Guilty— sentenced him to ten years' transportation. Mr. Godson assisted to day in try ing prisoners. (Before Mr. GoDsoN.) John Love was indicted for the manslaughter of Noah Hodgetts, on the 24th March last, at the parish of Sedgely, by gross negligence, in leaving in one of the air holes of a mine a lighted candle, in consequence of which an explosion of sulphurous gases took place, that killed the deceased. Mr. Greaves and Mr. Jackson appeared for the prose cuticn ; and Mr. Sergeant Allen for the defence. It appeared that the prisoner, who was a mere working man, was engaged on the day in question for the first time in the mine. In the evening, before six o'clock, the agent of the mine examined it with a safety-lamp, and found the existence of sulphur, but permitted the men to work on till the next morning. The prisoner worked on till morning, and then left his work at the hour at which he expected to be relieved, leaving a candle burning. Some time afterwards the agent, with other men who were on day-work. came down into the mine, and proceeded as usual to buffet the sulphur ; that is, to beat out the sulphur, so that it might escape through the air-holes from the body of the mine, and in doing so, being unaware that a lighted candle had been left in one of the air -holes, forced the sulphur into contact with the flame of the candle, whereupon an explosion took place that killed seven men. It was charged against the pri soner that he was guilty of an omission of duty, in neg lecting to put out the candle before he left his work, in pursuance of the rules of the mine. Mr. Sergeant Allen, on the close of the case, objected so it would have been paid. I saw Mr. Sanders again the same day, and told him the result of my interview. tic then fixed the following Tuesday as the time when he would make some arrangement about the matter, in the hope that the party would assist him. I saw Mr. Sanders on the following Wednesday, and he told me he had not been able to obtain anything from the party. 1 At last it was arranged that I should procure a writ against him, in the hope th it it would induce the party to come forward and help him. I afterwards saw Mr. Hannay - , who gave a similar answer to Mr. Rawson. The I 0 U was then put in and read. Mr. MILLER made a long and ingenious defence. After replying to Mr. Whitehurst's observations with regard to Mr. Sanders, he argued that the I 0 U which ha.i been put in only as evidence, and on which th.• plaintiffdid not seek to recover, had in fact nothing to do with the present debt, but with one owing in con nexion with the election f 1842. The plea of the Tip pling Act was suggested by the plaintiff's bill of parti• culars. Its items were-285 glasses of brandy and water, 71. 2s. 6d.; 156 glasses ram, 41. 35.; 302 glasses of gin, 71. 111.; 80 gallons of ale, 61 13s. 6d.; tonacco, 11. 2s. 2,1.; r. fresh went:, 3/. 8:1. And there was another account,-260 gallons of ale, 201.; cigars and tobacco, 21 55.; refreshments, 7/. 155.; total, 301.; thus taking ou , the items for spirits, and doutiling the others to make up the difference. The plaintiff had endeavoured unjustly to extort money from the defendant, and, there fore, he was perfectly justified in plea ling the statute. The Learned Counsel, in proof of his asst.r tom, read the following intimidating letter which had been written by the plaintiff to the defendant : " Vernon Areas, Ba.,ford, April 9, 1846. " Sir,—The I 0 U you gave to me in April, 1843 I beg to inform you is withdrawn from Mr. Patchett (a that there was no evidence of the existence of any such rules, or of the prisoner being aware of them. His LORDSHIP, coinciding in the view, directed an Acquittal. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and a Specitl Jury.) WHITMORE AND OTHERS V. PEAK. Mr. Sergeant Taltourd, Mr. Pigott, and Air. Huddle stone appeared for the plaintiffs; Mr. Sergeant Allen and Mr. Gray for the defendant. This was an action of tiover by the assigr:ees of a bankrupt, to recover 651., the value of a pianoforte which had belonged to the bankrupt, and had got into the pos• session of the defendant by fraudulent preference, as the plaintiffs alleged, and by way of fair and bona fide purchase, as the defendant contended. The case had been tried at the Spring Assizes, 1846, when a verdict passed for the defendant, which was aiterwards set aside, on the ground of being against the weight of evidence. The case occupied the greater part of the day. Con tradictory evidence was offered on both sides. At the close of the case for the defendant Mr. Ser ge9nt Tat ourd replied. His LORDSHIP ,urnmed up, and The jury, after being closetted for some hours, re turned a verdict for 32/. 10s., exactly half the plaintiffs' claim. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET. The Rev. Ridley Bay, a clergyman of the Established Church, residing at No. 7, Manchester -street, Man chi ster-,quare, who gave the fictitious name of Juhn Smith, was placed at the bar, charged by constable PhelpN, 108 A, within decently assaulting several women in Parliament-street and Whitehall. The constable stated, that about eight o'clock in the evening he saw the prisoner going up Parliament•street towards Charing-cross, when he drove himselt in a rude manner against five women who were passing. The prisoner said he never littered a word to any per son, and, as none of the women had come f. sward to prefer any complaint, he considered that the officer was over-zealous in his duty, interfering with him for what had happened in the most accidental manner. Inanswer Inspector Stephens said th at the prisoner t) appearedtheCou p r e t, rfeetly sober when br oug h t to the station. The constable said the pri soner certainly smelt of ( liquor, but had not taken enough to prevent him from acting in a proper mariner. The prisoner admitted that he might have touched some persons unintentionally, as he was walking very utst. The witness then proceeded to state that the prisoner might have easily passed without obstructing any person, and in addition to the women alluded to, he distinctly sa w him place his hand on the back part of a lady's person in a most indecent manner. Another was obliged to push him from her, after trying to avoid him for some } arils, and two others had their persons assaulted in a very indecent manner. When the prisoner was near Charing-cross, witness saw him stretch out his arms to embrace two women who were passing, and took him into custody. He had been occasionally within three yards of the prisoner, and wore his uniform, to answer the call of any person who might require his assistance. Mr. HENRY said that a series of offences against i • decency had been I public daily proved, although no one had Colin. - fun% a? d to support the statement of the offioer, who, as he understood from the inspector, was a very steady, well-conducted man, and it was not to be won dered at that women feltgreatreluctanceto give evidence on such occasions. Ci;iist.rvative solicitor), and unless the Lull amount, 301_ is paid o me v‘itbin 14 days from the date thereof, I shall put it into the hands of Mr. Browne, the solicitor for the opposite party to us, with strict instructions to proceed against you inarnedlatelyfoi the recovery without further notice.—l remain, Sir, yours respectfully, "J. BROWN." _ The Learned Counsel then called Hem us Crisp, agent, of Nottingham. who deposed that on Sunday, April 2, 1843, he went over with Mr. Sanders to the plaintiff's house at Basford, when the former asked the latter if he would assist them at the election. Brown said " lie would be d—d if he would until he had been settled with for the other." Mr. Sanders said he would talk to him about it, and they left the room. In about five minutes they returned, and Mr. Sanders said, " Then it's all right, Brown, no ; you will help us, will you?" Brown replied, " I will." Witness was inte rested in the election. There were no public-houses at the election it: 1843; he did not know one. Frederick Lees, of Nottingham, attorney—l was en gaged un the part of Mr. Walter, jun., in 1843. At the latter end of May, or the beginning of Julie, the plaintiff called on me, in company with Mr. Sanders, in order that I might see various parties, with a view to the liquidation of his account. I told him I would do so, and requested him to let me know what he wanted. He then made a statement to me, which I saw was put down in writing. It was to the effect that Brown, of Old Basford, said his bill and money paid out of pocket amounted to 101. 10.; ditto, 1843, 61.; two detec tors for the last election, 11. He also said that he had paid to eight voters 151. Atter that I said, "Does that comprise ad you want, or have you any other claims tor Old Basford?" Ile said there were two other accounts. one from a man named Fawkes, of New Basford, and another from a man named Reagate, the former being for 31. and the latter for 71. Casting it up, I found the plaintiff's bill to amount to 421. I then said, "Is that all?" and he replied, " Well, I ought to have something fur my trouble and loss of time." I asked him if 51. would satisfy him, and he said " Yes." The only item , I considered as belonging to the last election were the 61. and I/. for the two detectors. There were no public huuses at the election in 1843. It was part of the arrangement that no refreshments should be allowed. Luke (Godhead, framework-knitter, of Basford—l was canvassed at the last election by Mr. Brown, the plaintiff: Ile told me that there was nothing at all allowed ; he did it all on his own account. I did not go to his house. I breakfasted at Nottingham. I was on Brown's side at the election before. Mr. WHITEHURST, in reply, contended that Mr. Miller's cas had nothing to do with the one they were trying. The Learned JUDGE, after commenting upon the evi dence, left it to the jury to decide whether the I 0 U was given as a security for expen s e s t o b e incurre d , or as an acnowledgment of the former debt. The case cer tainly had a suspicious look. The jury 'returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da usages, 391. 3s. 6d., being the whole amount, minus the charge for spirits. CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord DENMAN.) James Lydiat, aged 17, pleaded Not Guilty to setting fire to a stack of oats, at Shelton, the property of itobert Hall, on the 10th of July. It appeared that on the day in question a man went to the house of Elizabeth Gil bert, of Flawborougb, about a mile from Shelton, and asked for a few matches with which to light his pipe,and gave her a brush (which he said he had found in the road) in exchange for the matches. The prisoner was seen in Flawborough about that time. John Phillipson, farming bailiff to the prosecutor, de posed to seeing the prisoner in the village on the night in question. The fire must have begun at the south-east i e d thek of village, boots corner of th e stac k . The stack, which was worth about 1301., was all b urnt . Other woman witnesses ga andOve deposedevidenceto i being what as to he had on. William Peacock, of Th oroton, met the prisoner about 10 o'clock, apparently coming from Sipthorpe. Witness said he was going to see the fire, and prisoner asked " Where?" and passed on in a direction from the fire, He afterwards saw the prisoner standing against the fire in custody of Louis Bridger, a policeman, who had met him near the Four, Lane Ends, and, asking him where he was going, he replied to Grantham. The prisoner had then directed his attention to the fire, which the prisoner said he...had before not seep, and that he had not been in Shelton. Having heard that a tramp was suspected he took him into custody, and on searching him he found four matches in his pocket. Footmarks on the ground near the stack corresponded with impressions from the prisoner's boots. The bootmarks were in a line with the stack. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Sentence-15 years' transportation. The assizes cuecluded at half past three o'clock. .T inspector infOrmed the C ourt t h at, in addition to roingbeen n ame, the prisoner h a d g i ven a wrong address, ascertained t h at h e resided at No. 7, and it t he ha w having not No. 1, Manchester-street. Constable Dubbin , 146 A, proved h av i ng ma d e i n• quiries at No. 7, Nl. , nchester-st reet, mid learned that the prisoner had resided there six week s; b ut nothing was known Scott, who ~xeept that he was a c l ergyman. \lr. , who resides in Northumberland, anti occa • sionally at No. 1, Manchester street, said he k .ew the prisoner to have helo a curacy at Erscion, near Shield,and also one at Marsden, in ' d to vacate in c o n sequence of the death of the Kent, th e l ast o f w hi c h he . lie was at present un emp l oye d , and no i w n s c s u m o b b l e i n g t . person was more capab!e of conductin g a parish, as all who knew him could testify. .. Mr. HENRY said that he could not believe that the evi dence was incorrect w ithout imputing perjury to the officer, and he was obliged to truer. the matter in a summary way, in the absence of any person appearing to complain against the prisoner. He therefore elite upon him to find bail, himself in loot, and two sureties in 501. each, to be of good behaviour fur three calendar months. The required sureties not being in attendance, he was sent to i'othill-fields prison. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. Ann Barrett, a woman of bad character, was charged on Saturday by Margaret Staples with having forcibly torn a gold ring from her finger, and with also having struck her a dreadful blow on the eye in order to enable her to effect the robbery. The complainant said she went into the Star and Garter public-house, Poland-street, on Friday, at the solicitation of the prisoner and another Irishwoman, to hare something to drink. When she got into the house the prisoner caught hold of her hand and tried to take off her ring. She resisted, and a person who was in the place told the prisoner to let her alone. The prisoner attempted to pass off the action as a joke, and in a few minutes afterwards she pushed her into the parlour and shut the dour. When iu the room she received a violent blow, which knocked her down, and she then felt that the prisoner was tearing off her ring, Before she could give a sufficient alarm the prisoner got off the ring and ran out of the house. The prisoner was soon afterwards taken into custody by a police-constable, with the ring iu her possession. A Witness p rove d t h at h e saw the prisoner attempt to take th e r i ng f rom the compla i nant ' s finger, and that, seeing th e complainant was the worse for liquor at the time, h e i nterfered on her behalf. Sh or tly after this he saw the cote lainant fall down like a log , and imme diately afterwards the prisoner ran out of the house. afterwards landl or d proved that he d eta i ne d the prisoner's companion, an d gave information to a constable so as eventually to l ea d to t h e appre h ens i o n of the prisoner. Police constable C 76 said ha went in pursuit of' the school-room and f oun d h er concea l e d o n the stairs of the ehool-roorn in Mead's-court. The ring was found in her possessi on . The compl a i nant showed her finger, w hi c h e x hibit e d marks of violence as it' a ring had been forcibly torn from it. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, July 24. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice EnLz.) Edward Ingle, a respectable-looking man, of about 50 years of age, who was formerly postmaster of Bilston in this county, was Indicted for embezzling, on the 30th of July, 1843, a valuable security for 2/. Os. 3d., the pro perty of the Postmaster-General. nut Mr. God son, Mr. %Vhatelev , Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Bros appe are d tor the prosecution, and Mr. Kettle for the d etence. M r. Sergeant Allen was retained with him, in consequen ce o f being Court: was no ; % bi n to timnd. in tha isi Prius The prisoner, in defence, said the ring was her property. She was committed. FRENCH FLOUR. —The following arrivals of flour hare taken place in one day from France, viz.:—The Lord Glenelg, from Havre, 2,102 barrels ; the Lauri* from Havre, 1,301 barrels ; and the Lively, from Bor deaux, 2.000 barrels of the article, the produce of France. The !atom, arrivals have also included some suppliEs pun frcA2 Kamm gni other pax is of Erauce. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1847 PROGRESS OF THE RAIL IN-THE UNI 1E1) S PATES. AN EXPERIMENT WORTH TRYING AT Hoax& —The circumstance of the axles of engines and carriages get ting red hot from over-speed is an every-day oceurrenee at home. The heat generated in this way from the in creased rapidity of transit, very recently, it will be re • membered jeopardized the safety of a bishop on the Great Western,' while more than one exploit in speed, on the London and North-Western has been spoilt from the self-same cause. In America—and it is well worth the attention of engineers and scientific men here—during the last few months some ex periments on this subject have been made, the object being to save to the companies the heavy expense of oil. To the boxes of two of the wheels of one of the pas senger cars there is attached an apparatus. said to be both cheap and simple, whereby the iron axles of those wheels, and the brass boxes within which they revolve, are kept continually wet with cold water—water only is used to the axles instead of oil. No heat is gerierated, and the water did not get warm. The p .tentee proposes, with water and an anti- Atrition composition, and which is not to cost one-sixteenth part of the present expense, to secure on any or every railway all the advantages of ,i 1 as universally used. One of the trips was short and pleasant, only 26 miles; but the cars went at the rate of 20 to 30 miles an hour, and at the several stopping plates the axles were quite cool and wet. The water was but little discoloured; there was no perceptible attrition or friction. The ex pense of oil alone, on the Reading Rail, in 1846, was 38.819 dolls. for 45,672 gallons, besides some 2,000 dolls. worth of grease and tallow, all used on the smiles of the car wheels; and if 40,000 dolls. a year on one road can be reduced to 3.001) dolls., a public benefit will be effected to society, for the h-ss it costs the companies to propel their machinery. the cheaper will they carry freight and passengers. '1 he real point of importance appears to be the use and applieation of an agent that costs little, instead of oil at 80c, a gallon. STRAWBERRIES AND MILK BY RAIL.—PLEASANT POINT FOR AN EXCURSION.—The Erie Railway Ct.m pany advertise excursions on :heir road us cheap, healthful, and beautiful as can be found in this western world. Now Rockland is full of strawberries, and Orange of milk and flowers. The milk train of Tuesday night (22d instant) took to New York 80,000 baskets of strawberries. These baskets are intended to contain one pint each; but say that three baskets contain one quart, which is quite within bounds. Then we had 26,667 quarts, or 833 bushels. These strawberries will no doubt weigh sixty five pounds to the bushel, but say sixty, then we bad twenty five tons of strawberries alone. The boxes and baskets weigh as much more, so that the freight was at least 50 tons. By the same train we had 28,000 quarts of milk, which weigh (a pint a pound), 28 tons, and including cans 35 tons, making a freight of 85 tons of strawberries and milk, the milk by both our trains equals 50 tons (50,000 quarts) daily, and including cans 63 tons. The Rockland county people receive nearly 3,000 dolls. a day for their strawberries." The value of such an avenue of communication to New York can scarcely be estimated. It gives them the good things of the country in cheapness and abundance. What are " our " agriculturists doing in this way with " our " railways? TRANSATLANTIC SPEED.—The Norwich steam-boat train ran sixty-six miles in one hour and fifty-two minutes, including three stoppages. This is nearly forty miles an hour. The engine which performed this feat is called the Colonel lie Witt, built by Rogers, Ketchum, and Grosvenor, of Patterson, New Jersey, and is said to be one of, if not the very fastest, machines ever built in the United States. BUFFALO AND MISSISSIPL—This is the name of a railway chartered by the Legislatures of Ohio and In diana, and which, when completed, will form a con necting link between Toledo, at the western extremity of Lake Erie, and Chicago, on the south-western point of Lake Michigan. The whole length of the road. according to survey, will be 232 miles, and it will run in nearly a straight course through the whole northern tier of counties in Ohio and Indiana, across the neck of the peninsula formed by Lakes Huron and Michigan. The report of the engineer, Mr. a R. Baldwin, who surveyed the rout, stated that the whole cost of the road is esti mated at 5,215,000 dollars. The grades present no for midable obstacles. The road, whenever built, must do an immense business. It would form a channel of com munication which would not tail to expedite travel and business to and from the southern portions of lowa and Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Southern Michigan, and the whole northern regions of Indiana and Ohio. The immense quantities of bread stuffs seeking a market in the Atlantic regions, and the tide of travel between the east and wtst, would furnish an amount of busitiess whose value can hardly be exaggerated. Soon after the Erie road shall have been completed to Dunkirk there will be a continuous line of railroad from New York, Boston, and " down East," to Chicago. EXPLOSION IN A TELEGRAPH OFFICE. —This is a treat, or rather a terror, to come with us; the only tiling that at all approximates to it was that during the storm last week on the Noah British, where the lightning played a variety of pranks, such as pulling the wires and ringing the alarums along the line. At Albany, on the 15th of January, a severe storm passed directly over the city. It was of short duration, but the quan tity of rain which fell was very great. At about halt past two o'clock a most violent explosion of electricity took place in the telegraph •office, disabling the relay magnets of both lines. The wires attached to the relays and to the battery was melted off, and the entire tine to New York rendered for a time perfectly useless. The Western line,, as far as Rochester, was got into operation . during the evening; but nothing could be ob tamed from New York. It was the most serious disaster the line has sustained from atmospheric electricity since it has been opened. At Troy, too, the wires were melted from the oattery and the relay magnates. In a short time it is expected that the wires of the telegraph will reach Halifax, thereby bringing England nearer to us by at least two days. So that the Phila delphians safely c a l c ul a t e u p on o b ta i n i ng f ore i gn news within ten days of the time of the steamer's leaving England. TRICKS UPON TELEGRAPHERS.—A Buffalo produce dealer, who on Thursday last purchased 10,000 bushels of wheat from the agent of a house in New York, con ditionally that no intelligence of the state of th 3 Euro pean markets had been received per the Cambria, has paid for the same, and instituted a suit against the party who sold, on the ground of alleged fraud in the transaction. This suit will be very likely to bring out the facts in relation to the telegraph. A great many amusing incidents have occurred in the market during the past three months, and as no one has seriously suffered, the trade have been disposed to enjoy a laugh over the results. A joke is told of a dealer, who never admits it possible for a neighbour to be in advance of him. Some time ago, when a packet with later news was announced at the telegraph office, two of his friends conspired against him. One was to invite him to a turn upon the Troy-road, while the other was to remain for the development of the news. It the intelligence was favourable, the parties were to meet on the road and exchange signals, when the victim was to be drawn into a sale. If unfavourable, it was to be indicated, and a purchase was to be induced. The news proved favourable, the signal was given, and a bargain closed (while the pet nag was making his mile inside of three minutes) for a thousand barrels of " Ge nesee," at the ruling prices of the morning. When the victim reached his office, he found the telegraphic report of an advance—smelt the rat—took an unusually large quid of tobacco—and swore perpetual vengeance against Last nags, and drivers on the Troy. road during business hours, Ile has not been bit since. EXTENSION OF THE TELEGRAPH.—Upwards of sixty milts of the posts are now erected between New York and Mobile. The whole distance by the route of this line will be about 150 miles. The posts will be com pleted from Petersburgh to Augusta by 15th July, except a small section of about forty miles beyond Cheraw. The line will be in full operation as far south us Charleston, and from hence to Mobile by the Ist of October. The line, so far as practicable, is brought along the railroads, all the companies of which have acted in the most liberal manner, giving not only the. right of way, but also engaging to superintend the con dition of the posts and wires. DIVIDENDS.—The Tonnewanda railroad company has declared a dividend of five per cent. upon its capital, pay able on the Ist of July. The New York and New Haven road have given notice that interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum will be paid to the stocknolders on the lst of July next. On the Buffalo and Niagara Falls road, a semi-annual dividend of tour per cent. has been declared, payable on the Ist of July, at the bank of the. State of New Yurk. Heavier rails are being laid on the Auburn and Syra cure to meet the heavy traffic. ACCIDENTS.—A few of these casualties are quite of a class with our own, and in some instances turn out as terrible. The freight train on the Camden and Amboy rail from Philadelphia to New York ran off the track last mont h with a terrible crash, destroying two cars, killing three immigrant passengers on the spot, and very badly wound ing two or three others. The remains of the three killed were decently interred at Amboy, on Saturday. As the express line of cars from Harrisburg was ap proaching Elizabeth Town, William Michiel, fireman, in attempting to recover his bat, was thrown from the plat form of the engine, and coming in contact with a car standing on the other track, was thrown under the wheels and terribly mutilated, his right arm being crushed from the shoulder joint and broken below the elbow, the flesh being torn off exposed the tendrons, and his head cut about the ears. The train was immediately stopped, and every assistance was rendered by the passengers and agents. His wounds were dressed, and he was made as comfortable as possible. An accident of a painful character took place upon the Providence Railroad this morning. As the steam boat train was starting from Mansfield, a gentleman from Elizabeth town, N.J., named Jacob D. Edwards, who was in the act of getting into the cars, missed his foot ing and fell, and the wheels of the cars passed over his right arm, crushing it at the elbow in a dreadful manner. The arm was amputed near the shoulder. Previous to the operation ether was administered to Mr.. Edwards, which rendered him insensible to the pain of the opera tion. He is about 40 years of age, and is said to be in feeble health. Our, correspondent at Machias, Me., writes us that on, Thursday, the 19th instant, as the last train of cars of the Macl;iaa Port and Whitneyville Railroad was leav ing Machiaa'Art, a man,. named Gilman, a native of Canaca, in attempting £0 get on to one of the cars, was thrown across the .track ; so that several cars passing over his- breast killed hill:fr. : instantly. He has left a wife and children at Whitneyvilka where he has resided - of late, . • ti . li f • • ' An Irishmarar killed on , HartfOrd and Nea - Haven Railroad. He was - riding on the top of one of the freight cars, and was swept off while passing under a bridge near Hartford, the violence of the shock de priving him instantly of life, DOMES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. i --- - s. d. .£ s. d. • ommercial . - 127 East and West . I India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country ...•• • • - - 1 3ndon •• • - I 104 St. Katharine ........5 per cent. I Stock. 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Ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -- egal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - ,Jndon Fire ........ 10s. 25 0012 10 0 14, 4 i r.olidon Ship ........ 10 s. 25 0012 10 0 14% s :I A i tt d it . RO l n aa r 1 1 1 del Life......,,, 3S 4 .t e : . n 0 .1.1. d. Life :. 4 5 } 1 i . Harine •••••- • • • • .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 9 per l. percent. ct . 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 _ ... 2 Palladium lAfe.. . Pecenix .. ......... ... 35 8 1.1 / .p. per per .e t . cent.c&enb 50 0 0 2 0 0 41s xd . 100 _O 0 5 0 0 Protector Life.... ... 5/. per cent.. 20 0 0 1 - 0 0 1 11 1 8 . 5 35. ProvidentlLife...... •• 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 11.)ck • Life..... • ••5 0 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - - ~in Fire.. ..... .. .. - - - Ditto Life ..... - - - Universal Life .. , ~, 10%i. pr cnt 100 0 6 15 - LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. - - Dividend Amount Name of Company per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- - £ s. d. X s. d :tank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 168 itoyal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 151 British Linen Company 87. per cent. - 100 0 0 200 • ;ommerclal Bank .. • . 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 162 National Bank ...... - 10 0 0 14 Union Bank of Scotland 754 /. pr sent. - 50 0 0 88 50 0 0 82 50 0 6 , 7 47. 11 0 3 :r d s t t l e e i s r n o d f a S i ß e c a o ß n t a l k a n . n k • d . • t;.. n • 61. per cent. - . 6 6 1 1 . .. p p e e r r c c e e n n t t .. ....: 10 0 0 13% -',astern Bank •••• • • • • " 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 11/ 12s Jaledonian Bank - 2 10 0 4/. 95 •,:dinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cert. - 5 0 0 7 jity of Glasgow Bank.Z. 51.- per cent. - 10 0 0 13 ! 4cottish Union Ins.Co, , 51 - . per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 235. 6d lercules insurance Co. ' It.'per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 1254 insur. Co. of Scetlnd.: •R. per cent. 110 0 0 All paid. 9 '1 o rt h - Bri t "" i s h Inser 6%1.•pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 26' 'Llaledenian Fire Ins4r lO/. per cent. iOO ;0. 0 10 0• 0 2258 t Edinburgh Life litattr, . - 61. poi cent. 400 0 0 12 10 0 18 . • Edin. & (Haag. Railway 1/.10s:- per is. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 Ditto, U Shares 73.6d. p. s. 17 10 . 0 All paid. 17 .:din., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0020 0 0 2014 ] ilasgw &Ayrshir Rill. 71. percent., 50_ 0. -0., AlL:paid: . 61% , 8 . -1 asgw&Greenck Rail: 21. per cent . 25 0 0 All paid. 18 tlsgw& Garnklrk Rail. SI. per cent. 25 0 0 AU paid. 3954 'imdee&Arbrotitßail... 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All pa i d. 37 - -1 standard Life - Aefilfite.l.s/..per..centi-1- 50 4 0 I 210 0 i 9 BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 23.--Thi mend continues good, and the market has been cl of all desirable qualities at very full prices. The r market has been iffy brisk,,—Brie d Mocierv. 8 de- I eared alined RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' LIVERPOOL, JULY '24. STOCK EXCHANOE.—The market 11:r shares to-dat e ... been very flat, and the transactions recorded very limited 10 extent. The sales ara—Chester and Birkenhead, 20/. Shares , 2:3‘, clis.—Easteru Counties, York Extension, 34 Leeds . and Dewsbur y , 31=2 r. ex int.—Lee& and Thirsk, Preference (guar. 6 per cent.), dis.—Liverpool, Cro,,bv, and South.. port, 1% p.—London and .1.;orlli-Weatern,17-1---Ditto, (P ar. tern (L. and B.), 16 1 A p. —Ditto, Quarters, New, 95Air: London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters, (A), r. —Manchester and Leeds, Fifths,p.—Ditto, Halves late Liverpool and Bury), p.—Midland Stock, 125 New Halves, 3% p. —Newcastle and Berwick, New, Shrewsbury and Cheshire, New, 3s. 6d. p.—Shrewsbu r y and Birmingham, 9/. 12s, 3d. Shares (19, 13s. 9d. dis. —York North Midland, Preference (guar. 6 per cent. t'111550), p. ex int. IA -4)W°, MANCH ESTER, JULY 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Dirkenhead. Lancia' shire, and Cheshire Junction, die.—Birming ham Oxford Junction, 714 p.—Dcrbv:Statford, and lsi dis.—Dublin aid Drogheda, 15 dis.—Eastern CoUntltM 19;4—Fleetwood, Preston, and \Vest Riding, I% dtsir• Glasgow and Dun:fries, p. cum int —Manchester an.' mingham, Quarters (1), p. —Manchester and " e r Fifths (late West Riding Unio), 1-16 p —Manche .sc st e . - '. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 68—Newcastl and Berwick , p.—North Staffor&hire, 2 9-16 p.—North-Western, ' dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, "6 1,- -Sheffie ld and Mil. 4 chester, Eighths, 2 dis. _ . . Worcester, L, 4. STOCK EXCHANGE. E The EDS share m 2 arkets have 110-t been well supported this week, and prices which had been B° Tile what better in the previous week have again falle n ' sales are—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 14s. 6d. P. East Lancashire, 14s. 6d. dis.— Ditto, New Scrip, Is' • —Great Northern, 375. Gd. dis.—Leeds and-Thirsk, P r co efe a r . ence, Ils. 6d. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 2s. 6d. dis• -- , ri e dB don, Brighton, and South Coast, 55—Manchester an u m eno , ( West Riding Union), 2s. Ed. p —Manchester. Matlock and Midland, 7s. Gd. dis.—Newcastle and D O Z." t. New, p.—North British, Extension, 3s. p. —IS () all- " ern, 335. 6d. dis. 4 SHEFFIELD, JULY 24. Notti o r, STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Amber ate, ham, and Boston, 265. 63. dis.-Great Northern, 39°' dish Manchester and Lincoln Union, 1% dis.-Manchester, b, field, and Lincolnshire (Grinisby and Sheffield), Shares, 2 (iis.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln). 735. 6d. di'' North Staffordshire, 27 , , p.-North-Western, 345. dis. • NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 24. c a r STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are- Newcastle an" lisle, New, Scrip, 17 1 i; p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 17 4 r . Newcastle and. Berwick, / New, 4% p. EDINBURGH, •JULY 23 29 H 1.•••• STOCK ExCANGE.-The sales are--Aberdeen, Airdrie and Batligate, 3/. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar,- 75. 10s.-Ditto, Ilalves, 141. 10 s .-Ay r an d G a lloway, 2 " Ga iee 6d.-Caledonian, 29/. 155.-Ditto, New, 11. 18s. 6 c 1 ."1,,ac° donian and Dumbartonshire, I'. ‘l3s. 6d.-Clydesdal e snd tion, 491. 10s. -Deeside, 3/. 55.-Duriblane; Callender, 1/. 7s. 6d -Dundee and Arbroath, 381. eX di 32l , Ditto, New. No. 1, 291. 105. ex div.-Ditto. New, No. : 2, rt h. ex div.-Ditto, New, No. 3,3/. IN.-Dundee and 14., ern Junction, I/. Ws. 6(I. -Dundee and Perth, 3 31 ' East Ditto, New, 121. 17s. 60.-Ditto, Quarters, 31. ss. 6 of Fife, IL .-- 155.-East Lothian Central, 1/. 16s. 63v4A91,' burgh and Bat hgate, 8/. 55.-Edinburgh and GlasgolfW.„. -Ditto, llalves, 221. 55.-Ditto, Quarters, 16/. ng!,,...fer Edinburgh, Leith; and Grantor], 194 2s. 6(1.-Ditto, ence, 201. 10s.-Ditto, New, 21. Is.-Ditto, Quarters , Edinburgh and Northern, 171. 158.-Ditto, New, 31 " Ditto, Newport, 71. 2s. W.-Ditto, ditto, New, 2"„„,,,p 1 et0 Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), IL 2s. -Ditto, 1 '4 0 04 65.-Glasgow And Ayrshire, 1201. 155.-Ditto, NeW„;„ - Neflo 421. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 91. 7s. 6d.-Ditto , 1 '; 6d, No. 2,6 L I Is.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5 1 .,-_,,,t,01 -Glasgow and Garnkirk, 391. ex div.-Glasgow jettOt Terminus, 11/. 155.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191 , - ago l Halves, 91. IN.-Ditto, Preference, 81. 2s. 6d.- - t"4bt , Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 31. 155.-Great Sprtb , land, 11. 195.-Great Northern (late Direct Vorther ri c i: ss ee 45.-Ditto (late London and York), 1/. 125.- - N e g,,iireS , and Berwick. 291. 155.-North B r iti s h, 33/.-Ditto' " - l og 15/. 7s. 6d. -Ditto, Quarte r s, 41. 65.-Ditto, New Cr ia ifttsr (scrip), 15s. W.-Ditto, Thirds, 2/. Bs. 6d.-Ditto, 61. 10s.-Scottish Central, 271. 155.-Scottish Grand, oere' tion, IN.-Scottish Midland, 18/.-Shrewsbury Al a nittof ford, 10s.-Shrewsbury, Oswe s try, and Chester, 101.--thag New, 1/. 45.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 4/. 13s. S and and Midland, 2/. 55.-Wishaw and Coltness, c lef' Newcastle, 38/. 55.-Ditto, New, 16/. 17s. 6d..-Ditto, rpot ence, 121. 7s. W.-Direct lioinbay- and Madras, 25. So o ar Indian, ss. 33.-Great North of India, 2s. 6d.-Great ern of Madras, 25.-Madras, Nell:ire, and Arcot, Is. 6d. GLASGO , JULY 23. Fertil' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Dundee ana caa' Quarters, 65a. 63.-East Indian, ss. 33.-East Lothia? afl d tral, 375. -Edinburgh and Bat hgate, 814-Edinburg: Ayr, Perth, Haves, 5/. Os. 60.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock , .-rof Halves, No. 1, 9/.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61. 9s• -' GlaSb- Harbour Grand Junction, 3s 6d. , zt ,~ VISIT OF THE LORDS OF THE ADMIn PORYSMOUTH, JULY 25.—The Earl of Aucklan d, t op Admiral Duet - las, and H. G. Ward, Esq., b e j e e s tero arriv,d at the Garet - ice-yard by the South I" The ir Railway at a quarter after six on Friday evening' ba rk Lordships passed through the establishment to f:Nric tor the dock-yard, b u t p re vi ous ly i ns pected t"` op tO tualling Department battalion, which was drawn ot her receive them, with Captain Sir E. Parry and the r ehtv officers in command. After e xpr es sing their al'P h ha d tion of their appearance, aad of the report wh t i _ c t Qic been made of their progress in the drill and b oat Ad. ercise, their LorOAtips crossed the harbour , t". st ie miralty flag being hoisted, and saluted by her gig Ad. ship Victory. Their Lordships adjourned to ti latird tniralty house, but previously inspected the Do e dad battalions, which were assembled for the occasions,ider mustered upwards of 2,000 men, occupying a c, °l / 1 rat' able space. Lord Auckland expressed to Malllleflt ker the high admiration ,:f the board at the ° te a hi appearance of the Weil, sod ef the zeal man" s ", bgtb them in so soon acquiring a knowledge of the drib i . oe d in the bas and the musket exercise. The board O iii s with Admiral Sir Glories Ogle, and yesterday Ea°r:,3ll after breakfast went over some of the new htil lii° :nti the dockyard, and then embarked in the Und' n ': 011 went to Spithead to inspect the squadron, revT,beie visiting the Ampl:itroi., Trincomalee, and Odin. da ty. Lordships were t,e , einicel nearly all the day in this. r OO They lunched with 11,::.tr- Admiral Sir Charles Nap te board the St. Vincent, and sep-irated in the eveniog;pe. The changes already arranged in the Coloni a ,t4tr partment, c,,nse vent upon the death of Nlajor_,Lfstera are—that he will he succeeded es Governor a w- Go . Australia by Captain Fitzgerald, Governor of the b i of il big; Mr. APDonnell, now Chief Justice at the Gatti., the to be Governor th, re ; and will be succeeded 071010, bench by Mr. Mantell, formerly of the Middle ' ing 0 barrister-at-law, %%iio has been some time se t Queen's Advocate in the colony.— Observer. wipit' BRITISH ARCHIEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION• night was attended by a b ou t 300 persons , WICK, SATURDAY Evening.—The conversa a z in io o lie n4.l: b t o b t: the fair sex decidedly predominated. This morlOoret' associates again assembled at the County Hall , M o r t . ei .ef tigrew in the chair, w h en th e var i ous f o rmal f fe lt thanks were paased, the people of W a rwick he l ` ° ,, l ;achr A highly honoured by the visit paid them by th e 7iene e l tion, who, on their part, appeared to have eXP e f f o rde' equal gratification by the facilities so readily ° Ar bor,' them for antiquarian research. After a v i s it to .*- 0 00 Hall, the seat of C. N. Newdegate, Esq., M .P. ' t es,? ° „ Ashley and Maxtolte Castles, must of the asse e ' - ne cti" their return to Coventry, took rail for their reap residences. t ediSe INFORMATION FOR ELECT O R S .—The - authentic intelliget CO to be found in " Burke 's e et 'Oh of the Landed Gent r y," as t o t h e pro p e rty, C o nn o f he interest, public services, or other c h ara cteristie e ib i e individuals who f o rm the class of our gentfl el i g k pith serve in Parliament, cannot fail to invest that W h °l. virOr * a peculiar interest at the present moment. ,a,, relates to the untitled families of rank, as the fact' and Baronetage" does to the titled, and forms , ie f Ullg si peerage of the untitled aristocracy, con t a ining th e i j o ite? -account of neatly every known family in th e n atti‘ Kingdom, and including a countle s s number of r ' culars relative to their cellateral connexions, Sce• THE ATRAFIL ATORY, Olt LIQUID HAIR , 19IL, OOt only dye that really answers for all colours, and 00:1 require re-doing but as the h a i r grows, as it never 0 -- to', acquires that unnatural red or purple tint contlee - A dee" other dyes. Ross and Sons can, with the greatest cb o 7 e st , recommend the above dye as infallible, if done at th eir r e f r it blishment ; and ladies and gentlemen requiring it, -acte"i quested to bring a friend or servant with them to seeji t ao o ' is used, which will enable them to do it afterwards A y' s - ya the chance of failure. Several private apartments ",a,liSP' entirely to the above purpose, and some of their es''' s seel l ',„ ment having used it, the eflect produced can be St They think it necessary to add, that by attending o "' ai - ers ... „`"" the instrucions given with each bottle of dye, f li s th i " - sh persons have succeeded equally well without coming t, Address Ross and Sons, 119, and 120, Bishopsgate -st d e klo' celebrated Perruqui e rs, Perfumers, Hair-cutters, ari dyers. Cti S p os [A DVERTISEDIEN THE RILE INFALLI..- - 0 0 09e -0400 BY HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Matey who sulfa/ from blear .„,a of it ; they c of el k h s, a derangemen t ;;/ 01' 0 '0 at the stomach, loss oi appetite, iow s, of ap rite, wan' eing,igiat feet, hand, and face swellings, and know not that these tad, wlict enwe the mperfect action oft e liver, ,if nut rel. u0 :1 0, 4 0 lead to a dropsy. Hollows 's Pills wll amays be c a 'adttiT e r directly upon the liver and st , mach• and carr off the t , A P;090 humours, and th.n.by iit medi .iely restore the patientd 0 40' 4 Al joytnerit of health. The blue Pill is a mercurial an , g O, medicine, which no one should take. Sol by a 1 drUgy Proie,sor Holloway', establishment, 244, Strand, Londo • • n . -41 11 a' anis. •th, On the 19th inst., th e l a dy o f D. Scott Devonshire-street, P or tl an d-pl ace , of a daughter. cigirvie On the 20th in s t., i n C a l ver l e y-park, Te nt ri dy ntaal Mrs. Francis Sherrill, of a daughter. lady ° " Aays• On the 20th inst., at Southampton, the la 4 thr ee L. t o Stephens, Esq., of a daughter, who survived 01 11 4 A r oad , On the 21st inst., at Trinity-terrace, East In the wife of N. Miller, Esq., of , watn-ra a son. 0 g Dsh ire ' On the 21st inst., at Pantgwynlas, ife lady of Henry Lewis, Esq., of a son and heir. d e , the On the 220 inst., at Langford Vi cara ge, Leeu 4l of s idle of the Rev. Ri c h ar d Watts, of a daughter. On the 22d i nst ., t h e wife' of Thomas Hand' tael s mond, Surrey, of a son. of On the 22d i ns t., i n Gl oucester - p l a ce, the la-, More, jun., Esq., of a son. h Airs. Sew On the 230 inst., at Circus, Greenwich, Baynes, of a daughter. , quart AfituniED. OJ. H ? F t i b e e ld l , s E th sq. :n o s i t . . F , o a rt t: s r t r r i e n e i t t , y c C ri l p n p ir le c g li a , t C e l , o t n o tlesi is e jrer ciliirr i° ' Dyer, of Upper Islington-terrace, Islington. somersetg ug hter On the 20th inst., at Batliwell Church, mot da „, e re Bradshaw Barker Esq.; to Rebekah Maria, e r .,`,.. tise , So"" of Colonel R. E. Ilurroves, K. H., of Backwen I ' v ' setshire. • 7.- . , - . 611 ' On the - . lsth inst., at . clartfebfr3 Mr. Fran,cia TO wido it Ocrthe 16th inst., at Amsterdam,' ElizabetbrilillirAs'd 6 8''x • of the late Captain Gove►'t^de Pain'et Viri•Roepei, ag v a ged Ou.: On the 18th inst., Mrs. Edinonds of wawa -place' coo- OP the 20th inst. at Die 1 '-,, 'Lieutenant Joh! , _ o r, * Eliiiiheth, eldest child of the Lewis Crowdy, 36th ' .Native In ',.;itry. Madras PretValiotto On the 21st inst., at. Kington, Herefordshire, ' On the 22d inst., in Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-Pa' Rernas Stephen Gesso:, M.A. 1 stiryivia On the 22d inst., Sophia Elizabeth, the only daughter of Giles Loder, Esq., aged IS _..........e. liev. H. %V. Maddock. _ 4, tbe IL LI and, prnver, at The ,;n Oilice Lon:on : Prtutod and Published by WURDO YOUNG, elNemec Of the Ssri c r , amMial 194 T , strand, in tli .1/0,04 Mr. H. Willard, of Lowell, was killed on the railroad between Wilmington and Haverhill. He was killed while the train was passing under a bridge, a timber striking his head. THE PACIFIC OCEAN LINE.—A correspondent of one of the New York Journals says :—Whitney's great pro ject of a railway to the Pacific .Ocean attracts much at tention here. An elaborate account of this proposed railway has been republished in most of the daily and some of the weekly journals. Mr. Whitney expects to raise a portion of the funds necessary to carry on the work in this country, notwithstanding the deplorable state of trade here and the present antipathy to railway schemes of every kind, yet I should not be at all sur prised to find John Lull launching out his thousands of pounds for the purpose of assisting the projectors of this gigantic American enterprise." NORTH BRITISH RAlLWAY.—Operations have re cently been commenced on the sloping ground opposite he extensive works of the North British Railway Com pany at Meadowbank, for the erection of dwelling -houses fur the accommodation of the numerous workmen employ ed th re. This has been rendered necessary, both from the present scarcity of dwelling- hou,es in the city, and from the inconvenient distauce of the workmen's houses from their places of business.— Vorth British Mail. The railways from Hanover to Minden, and from Minden to Haman, will be opened for traffic by the:lsth of Octeber next, at the latest. Thcugh of ne great ex tent, these lines are of consideral•le importance, from entirely completing the line of railway which unites the east and west of Germany. OPENING OF THE SOUTH DEVON FROM NEWTON TOTNESS —The public opening of the most difficult por tion of one of the most difficult railways in the kingdom —the 8i miles from Newton to Totness—on the South Devon line—took place on Tuesday. There is scarcely a furlong of straight road in the 8:I miles between New ton and Totness. The section is, in fact, one series of curves. The inhabitants of Totness made a perfect holiday on the occasion. The chairman, Mr. Gill; several of the directors; Mr. Barlow, one of the directors of the Great Western; Mr. Brunel, Mr. Gooch, Mr. Ilennet, the contractor; Mr. Glennie, the resident en gineer; and Mr. Rea, the locomotive superintendent; went down with the first train in the morning. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK. The directors of this company have published an official circular to their shareholder, informing them " that at the ensuing general half-yearly meeting of this company, the directors intend to propose the amalgation of the York and Newcastle and Newcastle and Berwick Railway., on the following terms:—That the original shares of the Newcastle and Berwick Company shall, when fully paid up, become the same as York and Newcastle stock, and shall receive equal dividends on 151. per ihare from the Ist of July inst., and on the remaining 101. per share from the time when the bridges across the Tyne and the Tweed shall be completed. Inter est at five per cent. to be allowed on such 101. from the times of payment to the completion of the bridges. That as soon as the terms of amalgamation shall be agreed upon, the scrip for the Newcastle and Berwick new shares shall be called in for registration, and sealed cer tificates issued, and a further call made upon them of 5L per share ; that on the 5L now paid up these shares shall receive equal dividend with the York and Newcastle stock, from the Ist of July instant, and shall be put upon an equal tooting with the extension shares of that com pany in all respects, from the Ist of January next." The half-yearly meeting will probably be held on Monday, the 9th of August. RUSSIA.—The Russian Government has granted the company for constructing a railway from St. Petersburgh to Zarskojtzelo, authority to extend their line as far as Gatschine, a town 44 versts beyond Zarskojezelo. The sum of 15,000 silver rubles per annum for ten years has been awarded for the comp!etien of this section. It is to be begun in :he course of the present year. This will be the third railroad actually in the course of construc tion in Russia. About 40 versts of the line from St. Petersburgh to Moscow have been opened. NEWMARKET LINES.—The works on the line from Chest erford to Newmarket are rapidly approaching com pletion, and it will be open for traffic in September next. The directors have also ordered the contractors to pro ce-cl with the extensions to Thetford, Bury, and Ely, by forthwith commencing the tunnel near Newmarket.— Bury Post. NIAI,DoN, WITHAM, AND BRAINTREE.—Upwards of 1,000 labourers are employed, and the contractor speaks with the utmost confidence of opening on the Ist of October.—Essen Herald. Two BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY.—WADEBRIDGE, SUN DAY NIGHT.—An accident, resulting from the recent. thunder storm occurred on Friday afternoon last, by 'Alija two bridges connected with the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway were swept away by the flood. The bridges were those at the junction and the Grogley. The traffic, in consequence, will be stopped for some time. No lives were lost. The preamble of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin• colnshire Bill, for supply of surplus water to Manchester, SaVid, and Stockport, ha% been passed in the Lords, clauses saving the rights of the milluwners to the water being inserted. LATEST PRICES OF SHAKES, IN BA ErKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM- PAN I ES' STOCK. From tse Gfficial List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON. FRIDAY, JULY 23. JOINT-wrocx 33111VICS. Dividend Amount N Euro of Company. per of Paid. Pric. Annum. Share. ---- £ s. d. £ s. d. Australasia •••4.4 •• •• 40 0 0 40 0 0 20 , 3ritch North American V. per Jent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - ommercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - lolonial.. ..••••••• • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - '7_,ondn and Westminstr 6/. par cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 26% f.ondon Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Metropolitan ......... - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 181. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 44% Ditto, New... ...• • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - 6‘ational of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of L0nd0n..... Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - CANALS. Names of 1 1 .; .) Dividend i.. . Price. Names of DDividend Companies. i A per Price. cc i per Companies. = Annum. . Annum. io X £ I.shtn& 0141 h 97,5/.55. pc, 70 Monmouthsh 100 10/. - Ashby-d-la-2,113, 41. - Mntgomrysh 100 51. - Barnsley •• • • jl6O 121. , 180 Macclesfield. 100 - - Basingstoke- 1 100i - - Neath ••• • • • 100 201. 340 Brknk&Abrg 150 i 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 12/. - ;romford .... 100, 14/.• - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley - lOO, 4/. - Regent's .... 33 1/. 4s. 20% Derby ... • •1100' 6/. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 54 Ellsmre&Chs,l33: 4/. j 51 Shropshire .. 125 81. - ti;:ewash .• . ' WO: 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 North & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. - , IrandJunctn 100 6/. 79 StfTrd&Wore 140 281. 275 .rand Union 100, 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury..t 125 151. - Ilamorgnsh .'l72' 13%1. - Stourbrldge.. 145 201. 305 Isstr& Brklyl 00 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 11. 10s. - ;ratitham ..150 12/. - Severn and Huddersfield.:} 26 1. . . Bs. - udderstield.l 57 - - Wye Rail. Kennt & AVll' 39 7s. 6d. 5 Trnt& MI 50 301. - Lancaster .. • 47 11. 10s. - sey .. . Leeds&Livrp 100 341. 505 Thams&llled 19 - - Leicester ..• • l4O, 10/. 75 Worcstr I 78 2/. 41 Leicstr &Nth' 83' 4/. 36 Birming. Gough boroghll42 70/. 530 Wilts &Biks 67 11. I 11 \ •