The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-17 00:00:00

THE LATE STORMS. About two o'clock on Friday morning last the electric fluid struck a portion of the goods shed, at the Bricklayers' Arms station of the South-Eastern Railway, and caused so severe a co ncussionth . i that the porters who were unloadi n g the train cont m ing fruit for the metropoli tan markets instantly jumped off the platform in a state of the greatest Mr. terror. The chief officers on duty, Biggs and Mr. Wells, examined the iron roof, and immediately ordered a policeman to prevent all persons from walking under it. This order fortunately was s t r ictly obeyed, as about two hours afterwards a portion of the roof, about 350 feet in length, toge- ; ther with the massive girders and iron pillars, fell w ith a tremendous crash, the fragments completely covering 25 waggons. Notice of the occurrence was forthwith given to the general manager, Mr. Ash croft, by Mr. Noden, the goods manager, who had jest returned from the continent, and a body of 100 labourers was immediately employed to remove the fallen. materials. In consequence of the terrific storm on Friday evening this operation was con siderably delayed. In the course of Saturday, however, the wreck was completely cleared away. No damaged occurred, except the loss of the shed, nor were the trucks seriously injured. Had it not been for the precautions taken by the officers on duty, probably a serious loss of life would have occurred, there being on an average about 50 men continually at work on the platform. Immediately the roof fell in, Mr. Noden ordered the muster-ro'l to be called, and no one was missing. Although the accident caused serious inconvenience, the goods trains left the station at their appointed times, and the market trains arrived on the follow ing (Saturday) morning, and their contents were despatched to their destination as usual. This is the fourth occasion on which a portion of the original roof of the Bricklayers' Arms station has fallen within the last 12 years. In the county of Essex the market-gardeners' grounds were flooded to an alarming extent, and many low-lying parts were inundated by the heavy rains wh ch fell on Friday and Saturday evenings. Several lofty trees were struck by lightning, and the roofs of many houses were severely damaged by the electric fluid. In the small villages of Epping, Claigwell, Malden, Barking, Dagenham, Ilford, Brentwood, Hornchurch, - Lea, Ongar, Rom ford, Stratford, Walthamstow, and Woodford, the farmers have been great sufferers, and their crops have been damaged. The Colchester line of the Eastern Counties Railway in various parts pre sented an unusual and singular appearance, more particularly at Bury St. Edmunds, Norwich, Yar mouth and Lrwestoft. The usual excursion trains on the Cambridge and Colchester lines were rather delayed by the violence of the storm, but no serious accident occurred. In the suburban districts of Hackney, Homerton, Old Ford, Kingsland, Bow, Haggerstone, Dalston, Shacklewell-green, Stoke Newington, and other eastern parts of the meteopolis, the effects of the storm were more severely felt by the owners of pro perty, who have suffered by the floods. The residence of Mr. Nichols, the builder, of No. 25, Strathmore-terrace, Back-road, St. Paul's, Shadwell, was struck by lightning. A large stone chimney was forced from the brickwork of the roof, and carded by a sudden gust of wind across the street int the back premises of an opposite neigh bour, by which the roof of an outhouse was par tially destroyed, but no personal injury was sus tained by the inmates. The roofs of several buildings in the same neighbourhood were also similarly damaged. At half-past 11 o'clock on Friday there was a terrific discharge of lightning, by which the south east pinnacle of St. Michael's Church, Stamford, was instantaneously struck down. The church of St. Michael is a modern structure, erected in 1832. It is situate in the centre of the town. The south east pinnacle, which received the electric fluid, was composed of a mass of masonry, weighing about 15cwt. ; the iron clumps or ties by which the work was bound together, served as partial conductors. At every break in their arrangement a series of disrnp ture discharges of the electric fluid took place in lateral directions, driving out large masses of the stonework, spreading them over the roof of the nave and churchyard, doing considerable damage to the roofing and tombstones. The effect of the fluid when it reached the base of the pinnacle, from not meeting with a ready conducting me dium, was to uplift the whole mass, imparting to it at the same time a kind of circular motion to the southward, the apex of the pinnacle falling in a line with its original base, and the base having traver sed about the eighth part of the circle, fell into the roof of the tower. Immediately at the base of the pinnacle there is a three-inch iron spent or tube erected to convoy the water from the tower-roof. This iron tube the electric fluid entered, and finding through it an unopposed channel, passed down the tower, and finally , into the earth, without doing more damage. The iron tube or sp-ait'ng in this instance, and by mere accident, acted tee part of a lightning con ductor, and served to protect the other parts of the tower from most serious injury, if not entire destruction. On Friday the town of Retford was inundated with water to an extent that has had no parallel for the last 62 years. In at least half-a-dozen places the water rose above the basement floors of the houses, and in Spring-gardens and the lo cality near the railway -station persons were taken out of their houses in boats. The deluge swept quite through the market-place, which is in the centre of the town, and even invaded the church yard, which is still higher up. From Retford to Bawtry, along the course of the Idle, and on both sides of the Great Northern Railway, the lands were more or less submerged, and all kinds of crops, wheat, barley, oats, beans, turnips, and potatoes, were saturated, not only the lowlands being flooded, but the highlands also, to an extent un known before. At Bawtry all the flat country in the direction of the Trent was like an immense lake. At Doncaster the river Don overflowed and covered the adjacent lands with water. A bank erected on the north side of the stream by the river Don and South Yorkshire Railway Company some' years ago was cut on Saturday evening by a party of men, mostly mariners and inhabitants of that part of the town which is exposed to the severest effects of the Don floods. During the whole of Saturday quantities of wheat, oats, hay, ch., were carried down the river, having been swept out of the fields where harvest operations have been wrested by the late heavy rains. At ex borough, a few miles above Doncaster, the flood is the highest recorded, and several head of cattle have been lost. A great fall of earth was caused by the rain at Scarborough, on the eastern faco of the Castle-hill. A semicircular piece of about half an acre has gone sheer down, leaving a precipitous face from the top to the bottom, a depth of well nigh 200 feet. The qu %arty of earth and rock which has fallen cinnot be leas than a hundred thousand tons in weight, and is probably much more. There was a large cavern there, which was entered from the castle yard, at no great depth below its surface. It was regarded as a curirdeify by the people of Scar borough, and when the 28th Regiment had an en campment in the castle-yard, three years ago, the officers sometimes had their mess in the cavern. This rude banqueting ball has perished along with the portion of the cliff which has fallen, and my have been the cause of this fall, by filling with a weight of water beyond the teiacity of the cliff 'to resift. Man hester and its neighbourhood were visited hills forming the back-ground of thel an d scape . Thi s with heavy thunderstorms on Thursday, Fri- Position affects it to a c er t a i n d egree , an d , conse day, and Saturday morning, resulting in the flood- quewlY) the amount of rain i s a littl e a b ove t h e aver ing of the rivers t 3 a height which has not been age, the fall last year having 27.18 in. Still, August known for many years and a serious loss of life and is not generally a wet m on th, an d it s average f or the last two years has b een on l y 1.321 i nc h es. Thi s property. Heavy rains had fallen on the earlier days of the week, but the first thunderstorm was mouth the rain commenc e d On th e 6t h , an d be on Thursday evening, when the lightning was ex tween that date and th e l2 t htl ie amount reg i stere d was 1.925 inches, the bar ometer meanwh il e rangingtremely vivid, coming in triple flashes, and the rain descended in torrents. During Thursday between 29'5 and 29.9 inches. On th e 13th th e night and up to 10 o'clock on Friday morning there fall was .805 inches, and people were beginning to hope that this was the end of it, and the fine vras a succession of very heavy showers, and the wea rivers Irwell, Irk and Medlock were swollen dur- they returning. The event showed they were sadly lug i _ the wholeof the day. The most serious storm mistaken. By all accounts it was fine till nearly ulwever, four o'clock next morning, when the storm com wFas one which commenced about 10 o'clock 0 menced, and continued till nearly half past six. riday night and lasted until 2 o'clock on SatiQ The rain fell in torrents, while the vividness of the and.p eaaa a o y f rorning. The flashes of lightning hunder followed . each other with un- lightning was terribly grand. As yet there are no usual rapiaitdamage done by lightning, but the ra down converted the deluge of rain that came tidin g s of vages of the rain are only too palpable. The The rivers had the r. streets into pools of water. deep channels, allee:,l above tha level of their amount registered by the rain-gauge in less than three hours is almost incredible-3.18 inches. The flowing their batiks:l many places were over- Chester and Ellesmere canal has overflowed its streams have not t een lV i.ny people s these ° high for 30 banks, and in the town all the ordinary past. The destruction of lice a a , ~ years insufficient outlets fl o ods was very imperfectly k no '" property by the were for the carrying off.so large a body night. A man was drowned in twillct, up to Sao urday of rain, and the water flowed down the High-street Victoria -bridge, and several lives ao•ewsell' near the in a stream. Many of the houses in the centre of the town, where the ground is low, have been com been last at Blue-pits by the bursting theoafidto have reaer pletely flooded, and the damage done is consider voir, and higher up the streams it was reported that &de At d one shop in the High sirs et a large pump lives had been lost, including two boy s , am,,i Was . f found a useles i s for the removal of the water col- Robinson and Fox, droweed at Ashton -1111 (1 , r _ lected in requis,t i i e oi c l el cellars, and the parish engine was put Lyne. The destruction of property has been very The post-office suffered severeiy, great in Manchester alone, caused chiefly by the but fortunately, ' • owing to the exertions of the post overflow of the Medlock. We have heard it vari- master themablg,were uninjured, and the letters ously estimated at 40,0001. to 50,0001. Among the were delivered at thepublic-ho usual hour. The cellars of a principal buildings flcoded were the cotton m lls of the fl a Ilse) the Fox and Goose, were filled, and Messrs. J. and W. Bellhouse, Messrs. Birley and of thea„sof the floor above torn Co., Alderman Barnes, Messrs. Hilton and Co. stroyed ugspoiled, and some fowls de ttlolt-town), Mr. Jones (Mount-street), and the • The meteorological report nanc'ver-mill. The most serious loss among these follows :—Barometer 2 ,for . the morning is as oases will probably have accrued to Messrs. W. and 6 inches thermometer J. &Mouse. In their mill the water is said to have • 59 deg. ; wet bulb thernaonaeter, 59 d risen 3 feet 6 inches above in o f r ain. 3.inches; wind, w. ' -eg• ;amount the level it attained the •flo.d of last August. The coton mill of Messrs. On Thursday night the electric fluid a' ruck the Marsd.n at Ancoat-bridge was flooded to the depth Flag Tourer of Windsor Castle, dizpla • cng 174 3h about 4 t man on duty had tons of the parape t, b ut fortun ately did of nine fe3t, and the night no further i damage to any other portion of the Castle. One of ! the trees in the Home-park nearly opposite the re sidence of the Duchess of Kent, was struck by the lightning and stripped of a considerable portion of bark. An elderly female, named Wilkins, was found dead in her bed on Friday morning ; her death is supposed to have been occasioned by fright at the violence of the storm. At Thorpe, the lightning struck a barn belong ing to Mr. Joseph Taylor, causing great destruction of farm property and produce. At R-ading the storm was equally terrific and destructive ; the lightning struck the engine -house at Messrs. Barratt, Exall, and Co.'s. a narrow escape. Hanover cotton-mills, at Buxton street, were flooded to a depth of 17 feet in the boiler-hclise, and of 5 feet in the throstle-room. At Mr. Thomas Chester's brewery, Stove-street, 33 pockets of hops were immersed, 37 puncheons of ale destroyed, and a portion of the building da maged. The loss is estimated at about 7501. At some cottages in this street not only the cellars but first story rooms were under water, the flood en tering the bed-rooms. Mr. Stone, of the Bridge Inn, had his stables flooded and one of his horses was drowned. Mr. Crabtree, dyer, also lost a horse in a similar way. Among others who suf fered serious damage in the same neighbourhood are Messrs. Tennat and Co., manufacturing che mists ; Mr. Simister, confectioner ; Mr. Arnold, grocer ; Mr. Ridings, innkeeper (Royal Oak) ; Messrs. T. Cunliffe and Sons, printers ; Messrs. W. Andrews and Co., dressers and dyers ; Messrs. Wren and Hopkinson, engineers ; Messrs. New ton and Co., dyers ; Mr. James Donaldson, dyer ; Mr. W. Brigham, iron works ; Mr. J. Kearney, Messrs. J. P. Westhead and Co., Mr. S. Potts, Mr. Marsland, spinner ; and Messrs. Ram sey and Co. On the Irwell the river had inundated the works of Messrs. Lockett, Sons, and Leake, engravers ; of Mr. Muir, machine maker ; Mr. Harding, cotton spinner ; and Mr. De Bergue, machine maker. The total rise in the Irwell, above the usual water level, was about 15 feet. It is feared that considerable losses have been sustained up the stream, as large quantities of timber, a cow, pigs, and some household furniture, were seen floating down the river. The rivers Etherow and Mersey, from Dinting to Stockport, and down in the agri cultural portions of Cheshire, were much flooded, and crops of corn and other produce on the banks of the Mersey will have suffered much damage. The house of Mrs. Ovy, 17, Clarence-street, Chorl ton-upon-Medlock, was struck by lightning on Fri day night, and set on fire, but the property was saved with trifling damage. A letter from Stowe, in Lincolnshire, states that on Thursday, during a thunder storm, stacks of corn were set on fire by the lightning ; and in one instance a field of standing corn was also set on fire by lightning and destroyed. The West Riding of Yorkshire was visited on Fri ' day night with a terrific storm of thunder and light ning, causing great destruction to property, and which unhappily, did not terminate without loss of life. A house at Morley, nearly opposite to the railway station, was completely washed away by the flood, and at Saddleworth a great portion of the towing-path connected with the canal was washed away. The Standedge Tunnel, the property of the London and North-Western Railway Com pany, which is nearly three miles in length, was for some time three feet deep in water, causing great delay to the mail train to Manchester and Crewe. At Marsden two bridges, one built of iron and the French piece was read to me by Mr. Payne, but I swear I never saw the defendant's work before I wrote my own. The incidents and characters in our piece aro different from those in the FL each. There was a suffocating by charcoal scene, a pistol so Ne, and a supper scene, and a double scene on the stage in the Frepch piece, and so there are in ours, but the incidents are differently managed. Mr. James—The first act ends, I believe, by one of the characters, Ravenstone, being handcuffed by the police as the drop falls, and then there is a tableau. That, of course, is not in the French original ? Witness—Certainly not. (A laugh.) Mr. James—Awl at the conclusion of your piece, Martha, another of the characters, addresses the audience, and says, "May we, with your permis sion, say all right, and reckon on a repeat to-mor row night." (Much laughter.) That is, of course, also " original." Witness—That was not in the French piece. He went on to say that the title of Mr. Reede's piece was Poverty and _Pride, and Mr. Payne gave their piece the title of The Pride of Poverty ; or, the Real Poor of London. Cross-examination—Poisoning by charcoal was a very common incident of a play, not only in France but at the Strand Theatre. (A laugh.) Mr. James—l believe another " incident" in your play is where Ravenstone stuffs a table cloth into a hole in the partition to keep the draught out, and at the same time says there is enough wind to blow a man's teeth down his throat. (Laughter.) That, I suppose, is another original feature, and was not in the French piece. Witness.—lt is not in the French piece. In answer to further questions put by Mr. James, the witness said that one or two of the incidents in his play were similar to those in the French, but he considered the general character of the piece was so altered that it might fairly ba considered an origi nal production. Mr. James.—l see that while the charcoal officer is going on on one side, Ravenstone, who is on the other, the stage being divided and forming two scenes, seems to be more sensible, for he says he shall have his supper and proceeds to eat 4 ounces of boiled beef. (A laugh.) Mr. Chambers.—There is no "bouilli" intro , duced in the original piece. (A laugh.) The witness then said that' there was a fraudu lent banker in his piece, and so there was in the French. Mr. James.-: , -The only difference being that in your piece he is a " British Bank"—er. Witness.--Exactly so. Mr. B. Barnett deposed that he was the joint , author of the piece in question, with Mr. Johnstone. He understood the French language perfectly, and his attention was attracted to the French piece " Les Pauvres de Paris," and he got a copy of it and read it carefully through, and afterwards read a rough translation of it to Mr. Payne, and he said that it was too long, and suggested that witness and Mr. Johnstone should write a short drama ; and upon this they wrote the one in question. They only adopted the main incidents of the French piece, and introduced altogether new cha racters. The comic character of their piece was a man who sold books in a barrow. In the French piece a signpainter was the comic personage. He sail the idea was taken from the French piece, but he considered that their own piece, notwithstand ing, was quite original. The Chef Baron, at the conclusion of Mr. Bar nett's evidence, siid he really thought it was quite useless to go into anymore evidence. The only ques tion was whether the plaintiffs' piece was a piratical imitation of the other, and this could much more easily be ascertained by reading over the original French piece and the two others. Mr. James said he should submit that the plain tiffs had made out no case at all, and that, as they had not complied with the provisions of the Copy right Act, they had no property whatever in the piece in question, and had no ground of action. The question was one of considerable importance, undoubtedly both to English and to foreign authors, and the defendant, as the authorised agent of the latter, and who in that capacity had duly registered his work, was very anxious that the point should be settled. The Chief Baron said he wes certainly of opinion that if the plaintiffs had not registered their work they had no legal property in it, and had no ground for sustaining the present action. Mr. Chambers said that this wa s a ques ti on o f law which he should wish to have settled. The learned counsel on both sides then conferred together, and the result was that an arrangement was come to tint the plaintiffs should be nonsuited, but with the understanding that all the facts and the question of law should undergo further consi deration, and if the result should be in favour of the plaintiffs the nonsuit was to be set aside, and the Court would be empowered to assess the dam age sustained by them. other of wood, were destroyed, as also a great num ber of cattle ; and much damage was done to the mills, the lower stories of some being completely filled with water. At Milnesbridge, near Hudders field, several mills and houses were flooded, and a bridge over the river was torn up to the foundation, and not a vestige of it now remains. Messrs. Wal ker and Sons, dyers, had their premises deluged by the overflo wing ofthe canal, and 150 pieces ofvaluable mohair clothes swept were away, and great damage also done to the premises and works, estimated at upwards of 1,0001. The premises of Mr. W. Ar nold, boiler maker, were also completely inundated, and much damage done, large iron boiler flues, weighing 30 cwt., being carried away. The foun dation of the gasometer was completely twisted round by the force of the current. The damage at these works will be several hundred pounds. Seve ral cottages, too, in the neighbourhood were so filled with water that the inmates were nearly swimming in their beds, and on the doors being opened their goods were washed away. At Holm firth the inhabitants, or many of them at least, passed the night in the streets, having learnt such a lesson in 1852 that they were afraid to go to bed. The damage done there, however is comparatively small. A portion of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, between Brockholes and Honley, was ren dered impassable, and many mills in the Holme valley were flooded and the machinery therein greatly damaged. At Folly-hall, Huddersfield, the river overflowed its banks, and Kaye's factory and the adjoining houses were flooded to the depth of several feet, leavira 6 a thick deposit of mud and sand in the roads. A short distance lower down the river, at King's-mill, a smith and carpenter's shop was washed down, and still lower down two large bridges were swept away by the madly on ward-rushing torrent. Lower down the river widens considerably, consequently the water had less force, but for a considerable distance on each side the fields present an appearance of one solid mass of water. At Farnley, a village about three miles distant from Huddersfield, a woman named Betsy Farrand, who was housekeeper to Mr. Edwd. Roberts, of Storthes-moor-house, was struck by the electric fluid ou Friday night, and was killed white she was sitting sewing in a chair. The river ilohne subsided. as rapidly as it overflowed, and strangers would be at a loss to conceive the possibility so small a stream having inflicted so mrt..l damage on this locality. From nine o'clock in the evening the rain came down in torrents, accompanied by heavy thunder and vivid flashes of ligh , ning, and conti nued without intermission until 4 or 5 o'clock the following morning. There had also been much rain during the week, an I the rivers and streams had been much swollen in consequence. Never since the Holm6rth flood has there been so much damage done, and oven then it was less extensive in many places than now. On Thursday and Fridaylast the town and county of Derby were visited by the most violent and destructive thunderstorms that have occurred for many years. On the Little Chester road, about a mile from Derby market place, the houses were ex tensively flooded, and the turnpike for a mile was at least a yard deep in water, and being market day i at Derby great inconvenience was consequently si.t tallied. On the Nottingham road leading out of Derby the flood was a!so very high. But the greatest injury done is that occasioned to the wheat crop, some hundreds of acres being under water. On the banks of the Trent and Dove the damage is very serious, while lamps, sheep, and other live stock have been swept away. The oats generally were gathered, but the wheat harvest had scarcely commenced. The effect on the Derby corn-market was a rise of 3s. a-quarter. On Friday evening another storm commenced about 8 o'clock, and con tinued until 11, the rain again descending heavily; in consequence of this there was little abatement of the flood during Saturday. Many of the local lines out of Derby were blocked. At Sutton, near Mansfield, a culvert burst, and blocked both lines NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-LIVERPOOL, AWL 14. THE CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Watson.) James Davies was indicted for the wilful murder of Robert RJuies at Liverpool on the 23th of May last. Mr. Blair appeared fur the prosecution, and Mr. Aspinall for the defence of the prisoner. It appeared from the statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution and from the evidence adduced that the prisoner is a tailor by trade, and resided at No. 3 Court in Bostock-street, Liver pool. On the night of the 25th of May last the pri soner entered a public-house in Scotland-road, drunk and in an excited state, and asked a man named Robert Hodson to go down with him to his house, as there was a man in bed with his wif e , and he would show him (Hodson) sotne fun. Hod son went with him and on arriving at the prisoner's his wife was found sitting on a chair in the lower ro )na. The deceased then struck and abused his wife, and asked Hodson to go upstairs with him. He followed the prisoner into a room upstairs in which there was a bed. No .one was in the room, and the prisoner looked under the bed and said he was in the house somewhere. The bedclothes were tumbled. They then went into the g arr e t an d found the deceased there, lying on a bed on the floor, apparentlyasleep, with hi s c l o th es on . T he jumped on prisoner said, "The -- is here," an d ran an d thedeceased's face. Th e d eceased turned and fell on the floor. The prisoner then took from his pocket a pair of scissors and shoved them into the side of the deceased, who made no did rot speak. H o d son as k e d th e meant to kill the man , an d th e pri " Stand back, or I w ill serve you s r po e r s ni s i e s o t rn a ce n rr ce idf a ho n eu d t the same." Th e prisoner then weat down stairs, and Hodson went fur Dr. Horrocks, with whom he returned immediately. The deceased was then him two wounds were f oun d i n th e of g his left breast, an d a l so some dying and unable to speak, and died in ten minutes. O uio n os e r xa p m ar i t nin con tused wounds on his face. On a post mortem ex amination the aorta was found to be perforated in two places, and the deceased bad died from loss of blood. There were other two wounds, which penetrated the chest. The examination of the body of the deceased showed that he had had re cent connexion with a woman. His lordship, in summing up the evidence, called jury to th e la w as l a id d own that a man killing another thecbayu theghattt e i ti n e t x t o e llw a or c i t fte o trh f se adultery with his wife was not murder, but manslaughter in the lowest degree, and it was for them to say whether the circum stances of this case warranted such finding. The jury found the prisoner guilty of man slaughter of the lowest degree. His Lordship sentenced the prisoner to four days' imprisonment. Hannah Smith, single woman, 44 years of age, was indicted for the murder of her infant child. for many hours. At Fickerton, on the Lincoln line, the road was for about two miles completely under water, and the sleepers were washed from under the rails. On the North Stafford line the water washed about 100 yards of lino away at Hare castle. The Ripley branch of the Midland Rail way was almost wholly submerged, and great damage was sustAinel The flood continued very high throughout Saturday. The town and country round Whitchurch, Salop, were on Fliday mlrning the scene of one of he most terrific storms of thunder and rain known in these parts for many years. The weather for the we:k had been of a nature to puzzle its observers, who have been totally unable to explain its move ments on any known principles of meteorology. Town of Whitchurch stands in a hollow, with the land gently rising on all sides of it, the Bickerton hills being some 10 miles distant, and the Welsh The jury acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity, and she was ordered to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. AUGUST 15. • CIVIL COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron Channel].) WOOD V. GARSIDE. This was an action for breach of promise of mar riage. The defendant pleaded that he did not promise. Mr. Monck, Q.C., and Mr. Ovens appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Hill, Q. 0., and Mr. Spi n k s for the defendant. It appeared from the opening statement of the learned counsel for the plaintif f that the plaintiff waa a farmer's daughter of Old-dame, in Saddle worth, near Oldham, and that the defendant is a master dyer of Saddleworth. The plaintiff is a person in a humble station of life, about 21 years of age, an,' at the timo the defendant became ac• quainted with her she was a person of rare personal beauty. Her father was some time ago a farmer, ' having some l a ud a nd keeping cattle .blit he be came reduced in circumstances, and his children were under the necessity of going out to earn their own living. At an early age the plaintiff was under the necessity of going to the place of business of the defendant, who is in a superior station of life, for the purpose of taking dinners to her brothers and sisters, who worked at the manufactory at Saddle worth. The defendant carried on a business of considerable extent there. Ho was of considerably greater age than the plaintiff, and when the ac quaintance first commenced she was about 17, and he was upwards of 30. He Manifested great anxiety to win the affections of the plaintiff, and she re ceived his advances with much coyness. Both to her mother, her father, and other relations he had over and over again avowed his deep attachment. He was told there was a disproportion in their years and a dispropor ion in their fortunes —that the marriage would not be a suitable one On his part, THE SUN, BONBON, MONDAY EVENING Aucxsr 17, 1857 and that he had better abstain. He stated that he had. fixed his affections firmly and strongly upon her, and that he could not live without her. On one oc- casion he spoke of building a house for her in any style she chose, and for a long period o► time he was most assiduous in his attentions, and even resorted to ingenious expedients for the purpose o'obiaiuing access to her. He at length succeeded in his at tentions and removed her reluctance, and no doubt her affections were given to him, for shortly after she give birth to a child. In the condition of misery and disgrace to which she was reduced her father went to the defendant and told him his daughter was fretting lvraelf very much, and the defendant said, "I don't mein to do anything ; I have had all I wanted." The father told him ho was a scoundrel, and then left him. These were the whole facts of the case. Names of Companies. These facts having been proved by the plaintiff's mother, a witness named Solomon Coates proved that ho was the cousin of the plaintiff, and had known Garside for more than 20 years. He is a woollen printer. I have had many transactions with him. I have a sister named Shaw, who lives near the place where the defendant resides. I re collect one day Mrs. Shaw, her husband, the plain tiff, and sister Mary, coming to my house. It was on a Sunday, and they hid dinner at my house. After dinner we went out to walk, and met with Garside near our house. This was the third Sun day in August, 1853. Defendant walked along with me, and be said he had fallen in love with Miss Wood when she used to visit Shaw's home. He said she was very shy, and wanted me to speak to her; but I said I thought it was not an equal match. He said it was no matter, he would have her; he had money enough, and he would make over 1001. a-year to her, and build her house where ever she thought proper. At tea, of er the walk, the defendant paid great attention to Miss Wood, but she was very shy. I remember their leaving to go home ; they all went in the same conveyance. Before going he pressed me to persuade her to listen to him. In July, 1856, I saw him. The plaintiff and her sister were with him. He told me he was very glad she was so altered, and they were going to be married. He asked me if I could give him any information how to get married. (Laughter.) He didn't want it published. I asked his reason ; he said that as his father was old it might make 7,0001. or 8,000/. dffference to him. He talked about going to Gretna-green to be married ; but I said I didn't understand anything about that. Mr. White, the sexton of our church, just then came up, and I said, "This gentle man wants to speak to you." I then left them. A. short time after this Mr. White brought me a letter, and told me to give it to Garside, which I did. He read it, and said, "It will be just the thing." He asked me if I could allow my wife to reside with the plaintiff in the Isle of Man for 30 days ; it needed that time before they could get married. I consented, but afterwards he coin plained that work lusel come in to prevent his go ing. He said they would be married, however, before Christmas. He wanted me to see an at torney who would bind them to be married before Christmas. I went to Mr. Stranding, but he laughed at me. I subsequently got a document from Mr. Stranding, and gave it to the defendant. John White said—l live at Rochdale, and am sexton of the parish church. I recollect a Sunday in August, 1855, and remember being consulted by Mr. Garside respecting a marriage license. I asked if they both resided in the parish, and he said they did, and that they were both of age. He said he wished to be married to Hannah Wood. I told him how to get a license. He inquired if he could he married at Gretna-green, or at the Isle of Man, as he didn't want his folks to know of it, as they were very rich. He seemed very serious in the matter, as they generally are in those mat ters. (Laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr. Hill.—What occupation were you I Witness.—l was sexton. Mr. Hill.—Well, but a sexton is to help people to get into the grave, not to help to get them married. Witness.—But we have to get a population be fore we can bury them. (Loud laughter.) Sarah Winterbottom said she was the sister of the plaintiff, and the wife of James Winterb Atom, of Higginshaw. She proved a promise of marriage by the defendant to the plaintiff, and when witness said they were very different in age, he said, " Oh, but money will make that all right, and I'll make over 1001. a year to her." He refused to leave the house, and said he must either marry her or no one else would. He said his heart beat for her both night and day, and if she would not marry him he would drown himself. Cross-examined by Mr. Hill—Her husband kept the Hare and Hounds. It was a sporting house. The plaintiff never went to the racing ground, but served drink in the house. Giles Wood, the father of the plaintiff, said—ln 1856 I observed my daughter was fretting, and I went to Mr. Garside. I told him he never came to see my daughter since her misfortune, for she had miscarried. He said, " No, I thiuk 1 have done with her. I'll have nothing more to do with either her or you." I said, " You are a bonny man —you are a d— scamp." Mr. Hill, on behalf of the defendant, addressed / the jury at considerable length. He asked where two parties carne into court under such circum stances as the plaintiff anal defendant, giving the plaintiff all the advantage of youth and beauty, and the manner in which she had been wronged— what chance had any one of dealing dispassionately with the case ? The feelings of the jury must of ne cessity exercise an influence on the judgment ; but lie appealed to them calmly to consider all th eir cutnstances of the case. He commented on the singular fact that no evidence had been produced to show how the plaintiff had passed her time, or with whom she had consorted between July or August, 1855, and the time of the miscarriage in 1856 ; and he earnestly called upon the jury to exercise the utmost amount of caution in coming to their decision. His L rdship having minutely summed up the evidence, the jury returned a verdict for the plain tiff—Damages, 3501. DR ICES OF SHARES. Prom the Official List. rUBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIN LONDON, FRIDAY, Atm. 14, 1857. CANALS. 7.1 Dividend' 4 per TA Annum. Prico. l Names of Companies. Dividend per Annum 93 'lt. ct. 40 4/. 100 11, 100 Gt. 15s. 100 21. pr. ct. 10 6' pr_ct. 100 73. 6d 40 61. 100 251. 100 51. 83 11.55. 113 701 100 2/. 10s. 100 161. 100 Peak Forest. Regent's • • • - Rochdale.. 'Stfird &Wor. Stourbridgf, Severn and' 1 Nye Rail. j I Warwick & Binning. Warwick & Napton.. iWorcstr Binning. ;Wilts & WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. per cnt. fii. per exit. 41. per cent. Si. per cent. 41. per cnt. si. per cnt. 41. per cent. BRIDE Dividend per Annum. 10s per cent.l N. 12s. Od. H. Is. Od. 28s. DOCKS. Amount of Share. s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 2i 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. s. 4. 25 0 0 )00 0 0 50 0 0 \lOO 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 6/. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. p;Cent. 4/. per cnt. 4 per cent. Cl. Os per C. :T AND CO: Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 6/ per cent. '4!. per cent la per cent. a ss. 4/. 15s. 41. 10s. Gl, per cent. per cnt 5/. 8/.'per cent. l6s Od per sh 7 per cent. Amount of Share. s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 5/. Os. 17s 281 121. 10s. I/. 16s. 10s. 7s. Od. Paid. X s. d. 100 all LIGHTS OF SHIPS AT SEA. Some time back the Admiralty appointed a com mittee of naval officers to consider the expediency of altering the system of lights established for steam and sailing vessels. It consisted of Admirals Chads and Beechy, and Captains Sulivan, Ellerby, and Harris, and it examined several witnesses, and finally arrived unanimously at the following con clusions :-- 1. That no alteration should be made in the pre sent system of steamers' lights. 2. That the bright light now exhibited by sailing vessels when_under sail or being towed should be abolished, and that, instead thereof, such vessel should exhibit between sunset and sunrise to any vessel or vessels, a red light on the port side, and a green light on the starboard side, corresponding to the coloured side light now shown by steamers, without any reference to tacks. 3. That these coloured lights should be fixed when practicable, and that when such light: are not fixed places should be provided in which the lights should be kept on their respective sides, ready for exhibition. • 4. That all lights, whether fixed or exhibited by hand, should be so screened as to render them in visible on the opposite bow or side of the vessel, which the committee consider quite practicable. 5. That the lights proposed to be exhibited by sailing vessels should in no case be of less size or power tha* the lantern which the committee recom mend, and which shows an uniform and unbroken light over 16 points of the compass. 6. That all vessels at anchor, whether steamers or sailing vessels, should exhibit, "where best seen," between sunset and sunrise, a white light, of uniform size and power, in a globular :antern of six inches diameter, at a height not exceedin g 20 feet above the hull of the vessel. 7. The committee consider it desirable further to recommend that the pilot vessels of the United Kingdom should be designated by particular They would therefore submit that, in additi on t o the red and green lights now proposed for all classes of sailing vessels, pilot vessels should he per mitted to exhibit a white light on a level with the red or green light. 8. Vie comniittee havingtaken into consiieration the subject of signals during fogs would recommend, for the.reasons stated in the foregoing report, that steamers should - use:either the steam whistle or bell, and that all other vessels should use a fog horn. Finally. The committee are of opinion that the above regulations, if approved by their lordships, should apply to all vesseli of the United Kingdom in every part of the world, unless specially ex cepted by the Admiralty. The committee cannot close their report without stating that the evidence adduced proves that the number of collisions is chiefly attributable to the neglect of a " good look-out," and they submit thatit should be strongly impressed on the masters of all vessels that this important duty be more rigidly attended to. CRYSTAL PALACE. —ONE SHILLING DAY.—Saturday, Aug. 15.—Admissions on payment, 10,245; ditto by season tickets, 1,789 ; total, 12,034. It is stated that the Coolnamuck property, formerly the estate of James Sadleir, has passed into the posses sion of Lord John Bererfor3, brother of the Marquis of Waterford, having been purchased in trust for his lord. ship at the recent sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. tustralasia.... ...... . Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London ...... tO/. per cent. British North American Ch Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch City Colonial .... Commercial of London. Enr , Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lor7d. Char. Bk. of Aus Do. New .. • • .... London and County Lon. & Eastn. Bukg. C. London Joint• Stock Londn and Westminatr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New .. • • • • • • Ditto ditto Naticr Bank .. • New out Wales Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Ditto, South Australia Union of Australia.... X 5. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 1 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 4 per cent, 5/. per cent. V. p. c. & bs. 4 , . per cent. 5/. per cent. Union of Hamburg • ... Union of L0nd0n...... Unity Mutual ...... • . Western Bank or Londn, 18/. per cent. 61. per cent. 28 per cent. 18 per cent. 16 pc.&bs 51. per cent. 20'. per cent. 10/. per cent. i?. p. ct.&bs. 1. per cent. 5.!. per cent. 10/. per cent. tll. per cent. 15/.per cent.' 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 X s. d. 35% 11A4 61% LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Divideud Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - --- X s. d. £ s. d. Bank of Scotland .. •• 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 19570 s British Linen Company 81. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 224110 Caledonian Bank .. - . 81. per cent 10 0 0 210 031 16s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13117 s Clydesdale Bank .... 5%1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 14 , 7a C , mmercial Bank •• 7/. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 24810 s Eastern 8ank........ 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 14i 5s Edinb. & Glasgow.... 35 1. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 51 2s National Bank .. •• .. 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 19310 s Nortb of Scotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 210 oii lOs Royal Bank of S cotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 14 Or s Union Bank of Scot. ... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 106110 Western, Bank •....... 7/. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 321 Os pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17112 s Mance Fire and Li's , - 8 4 1. British Guarantee • • it. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1/ 7s Caledonian Fire Insur • +O/.percent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of kliasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 11 4s 3 0 0 ,;/ Os Co' onial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 Edinburgh Life Insur. G. oer cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 28115 s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51.,ter cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 Os Life Assoc. ,f 3cotland 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 061 Is Nationai Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 02/ Os North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 36115 s Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 16s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 021 19s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7341. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/.15s Standard Life ........ 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 221 Os MISCELLANEOUS. -------- Dividend Amount Name of Compar.y per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. Z s. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron • • 10 0 0 2 0 0' - African Steam Ship . • .. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam Lea • • •• •• • • 5 , . per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - • Auction Mart...• •• -2 1 41 per cent. 50 0 0 - - Australian Agriculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 21 2 Australian Trust •• .. 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. IN. 10 0 0 all 14% British American Land 5/. per cell, 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada .. •••••• • • • • • il. Per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 -- Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Otto, 6 per cent... 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 Cl. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -• Crystal Palace ...... 2/. per cent. 5 0 0 all 1 , 14 Ditto Preference.... 71 pr. cent. 50 0 50 0 4.58 Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all - city Navigation Bonds 3% 1. per cent - . - - glectnc Telegraph .. 61. per cent. Stock: 100 0 0 104 Eng.& Aus. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 0 all l'i , i Eng.&lris. Slag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all - Equitable Reversionry 51per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Ditto New . ...... - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Gen. Revers. Bilnvest. 51. p c and 11 100 0 0 . 00 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all __ Gen.SteamNavigation 101. per ct. &15 0 0 1 4 0 0 - 3 . y. London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cent 4 0 0 all Stock - Hudson's 8ay........ 5/. per cent. Stock all - Elangerford ...... •• .. 2/. ss, 100 0 0 Lou, Ne. &Na. Maim. - 0 o all 10 0 all - - London Reversionwy Si, per cent. 15 0 all 10 0 0 - Mex. &S. American - 25 0 0 50 0 3% Nat. Discount Comp.. - _ 100 0 0 N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Si. per cent. Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 10 0 all .5A 0 0 23 0 North of Europe, Stm. 81. per cent. 20 0 17 10 all 0 2314 Prlee'sPatentCand. Co - - Peel River.Land&Min. --5 0 0 all 1% Pen. & Oriental Steam 7/. per cent 50 0 0 all 50 0 0 6 1 ,i 60 0 0 (I) Ditto New ••.• • • • • lO 0 0 141, A _ 0 0 20 0 0 Ditto New •••• • • • • le Reversionary Int. Soc. 414 k pr r ccenentt. 100100 0 0 all - 4; s l. pr 100 0 0 - .... i 2 8 10 0 Royal Mail Steam.... - per cent. 1 0 1 71: per cent. 25 00° an _ s S o co u t i t h is A h us A t r u o s . i all 3n i : Trust and Loan Comp. 7%.. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 , 0 - a l n n L v an est d . Van Diemen's Land • • 10S• 100 0 0 --. 4 Do. Gov. 6 per ct.l3ds. 6 Per cent. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. CROYDON—Aua. 15. (Before the Chief Baron and a Special Jury.) BARNETT AND ANOTHER V. REEDE. The plaintiffs in this action, Messrs. Barnett and Johnston, are well known, the former as a dramatic author, and the latter as an actor and dramatic com poser at the Strand Theatre, and the defendant is also well known as a dramatic author. The action was brought to recover damages from the defendant for having inserted a notice in the Era newspaper, in which he alleged that a piece about to be pro duced at the Strand Theatre was a piratical imita tion of a work he bad himself written ; and the plaintiffs represented that in consequence of this notice they were prevented from taking advantage of the new Copyright Act, by selling the privilege of representing their drama to the managers of country theatres. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Wordsworth, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. E. James, Q.C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Prentice were coun sel for the defendant. Mr. Chambers, in opening the case to the jury, described it as one of considerable importance to dramatic authors, and he then proceeded to state the circumstances under which the action was brought. It appeared that in the beginning of the year a piece called " Les Pauvres de Paris" was produced in Paris, whtch excited considerable sen sation, and the defendant, who is the agent for fo reign authors, made a translation of this work, and registered it, in accordance with the provisions of the International Copyright Act, as his property. The plaintiffs subsequently, it appeared, jointly pro duced another version of the same piece under the title of "The Pride of Poverty, or the Real Poor of London," and it was offered to Mr. Payne, the ma nager of the Strand Theatre, by whom it was ac cepted, and the piece was announced for perform ance the first time on Monday, the 16th of Fe bruary. The title of the defendant's piece, it ap peared, was " Poverty and Pride," and although it ' was admitted by the plaintiffs that both the dramas were derived from the original French piece, they contended that theirs was totally different from the defendant's, and that they only took a general idea of the character of the piece called " Les Pauvres de Paris," and that theirs was en titled to be considered as an original production. The piece of the plaintiffs having been announced for performance on the 16th of February, it ap peared that a notice was inserted in the Era. news paper of the previous week, which was to the effect that the piece was a piratical imitation of the de fendant's work, and cautioning every one concerned to abstain from representing it uifter the penalty of disobeying an injunction from the Court of Chan- eery. This notice purported to be signed by Mr. Annesley, the attorney for the defendant, but in a letter that was subse.iuently written by Mr. Reede he stated that Mr. AnneAey did not sign the notice in question, but that in his hurry he had himself written his solicitor's name. The learned counsel said that the piece was played upon the day fixed, but in consequence of all the actors being under the dread of a visit from the Lord Chancellor's tipstaff and mace, they did not perform their parts with the spirit they otherwise would have done, and this, no doubt, interfered a good deal with the success of the piece. The plaintiffs were also unable to avail themselves of the provisions of the Copyright Ac', under which they were en titled to receive a certain amount for every night that a successful piece was played at a country theatre, the country managers being of course afraid to represent the piece in question after the notice, lest they should bring themselves in con tact with the Court of Chancery. He then stated that the action was brought to recover damages that had been sustained by the plaintiffs in the matters above mentioned, and there was also a count in the declaration charging Vie de fendant with slander, and he said he should sub mit that the notice in question, denying the right of the plaintiffs to the piece that was to be produced, amounted in law to what was called a slander of title, for which the plaintiffs were also entitled to damages. The Chief Baron here observed that to support the allegation of a slander of title the act must be done maliciously, and he sliould certainly rule that if the person who gave such a notice as the one n•w referred to did so bona fide, and u❑der the be lief that the work was a piratical imi!ation of his own, he would not be liable under the count for slander of title. Mr. Chambers said he should contend that the fact of defendant having placed his attorney's name to the notice and making a Nee representation in reference to the proceedings in Chancery were evi dence of malice. The Chief B iron observed that it appeared to him that everything turned upon the fact whether the plaintiffs' was an original piece, or whether it was a mere translation from the French. Mr. James said they bad them both in court, and the defendant's work also, and they could all be read in French and English. (A laugh.) There were only seven acts to the French play. (Renewed l aught er.) Tue Chief Baron repeated that there could be no slander of title if a man acted bona fide in the belief that his property had been pirate 1. Suppose a per son had a patent for washing or mangling-- Mr. E James.—My lord, your observation ap plies t this play exactly. (Laughter.) The Chief Baron said he was going to state that if any one had a patent of this or any other de scription he was quite justified in giving notice to any one who he considered was infringing his rights. kr. J. V. Johusione was then called as a w nets. He deposed that he was one of the plaintiffs in the present action, and by profession an actor and a dramatic author, and during the last few years he had written a great many dramatic pieces. He heard of the piece being played in Paris called " Les Pauvres de Paris" at the beginning of the present year, and he and Mr. Barnett subsequently wrote the drama that was played at the Strand theatre. The French work probably was read to him. The mime given to their drama was " The Pride of Poverty ; or, the Real Poor of London." (A, copy of it was here produced an d ides tified by the witnef s.) Witness was the author of the drama now produced conjointly wi , b. Mr. Barnett. He had never re td the French original and did not un derstand French, but Mr. Barnett gave him a generil idea of the nature of the French piece. He was not guided by this entirely, but acted princi pally from his own original ideas in the part of the piece that he wrote. When it was finished the piece was offered to Mr. Payne, of the Strand Thatre, and he accepted it, and it was advertised for performance on Monday the 16th of February. It was rehearsed pi eviously, and every means were taken to get the piece up properly. 'lt was per formed on the night of the 16th, but there was A great deal of interruption and the curtain fell five or six times during the performance. This arose from various causes. He could not say whether Mr. Reede was in the house. On the previous Saturday ho had seen the notice referred to in the Era newspaper, and also ti.e alvertisentent relating to "Les Pauvres de Paris." He believed that every one of the actors had heard or read the notice. The Chief Baron said they really could not go into this matter. They had nothing to do with what the actors had heard or read. The witness then further stated that in conso cluence of the notice he was prevented from selling the right of representing the piece to a country manager, which was a considerable source of profit to the author of a successful piece. Cross-examined by Mr. James—l am an actor. Ido what is called the heavy father busine s. (A laugh.) - I played Mr. Ralph Vernon in my own piece. There was a very good house on the first night. Ido not know that Mr. Laurence Levi had anything to do with the theatre. I only know Mr. Payne as the manager. The piece was played for about three weeks at the Strand Theatre ; it was afterwards played at the Victoria Theatre. The manager of that theatre gave us 2/. for permission to represent it. (A. laugh.) This was after it had been played 12 nights. The piece was not damned after it had been played about the same number of nights at the Victoria. It was as successful as such pieces generally are. The piece was never printed, and. he did not register it under the Copyright Act. It took him about two days to write it. Mr. James hera said it appeared to him that this evidence put an end to the plaintiffs' case, for by the Bth section of that Act it was specially declared that an author or other person should not be en titled to any benefit from its provisions unless certain conditions, one of which was that the work should be duly' registered, were complied with. The cross-examination of the witness, however, was contimAed. He said,—l do not consider my piece a translation from. the French. I had a general idea, and acted upon that, and I consider the piece played at the Strand Theatre to be an origillOi piece. I believe a translation of the Ashtn &01,11 - , Birmingham Coventry..•• Derby .. • • • • GrandJanctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Jnion Kennt & Avn Leeds &Livr Leicester Leicstr &Nth Loughborogi, Macclesfield. Neath Oxford.... • • Name of Company. Berlin .. • • • • East London Do 4 per Cent. Pref. D. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New .. Lambeth ...... •• Ne*,v River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex • . • • .. Do. Do, .. • Name of Company. If un7erf0rd.......... Southwark Ditto :Yew of 7 p.c. Waterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company Commercial .•• • Do. Preference East and West fnnia Grand , urry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London , •• .• • . St. Katharine •• •• •• outhampton 1....... Victoria •• •• •• •• •• •• Ditto New •• •• •• • • GAS-LIGII' Name of Company. British Frovincial Bri4liton •• •• •• •• •• •• City of London .. •• •• Equitable-. •..• •• •• European .... .•• •• •• areat Central •• Imperial .......... •• Ditto New Ditto Dehentures Do. Continental I steal) Do. Do. 2d Cap Do. Do. 3d Cap Do. Do. 4th Cap Independent ........• London Pafi. Preferen. Phenix. . •• •• •• .• •• .„ Rateliff Surrey Consumers United General .• • • • • Westminster Chartered Ditto, New Western A. Ditto B Name of Company. Allianca Bri:. and For. Ditto ',farina ....... Athcnmarn. • • • • • • • • • • Atlas Xrgus Life .........•• Mritish Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. •• ClericlAed.Bt Gen. Life County .............. Crown .............. Eagle .. Equity and Law...... European Life Family Endowment General•.l• •• •• • • • • • • Globs Gresham Life Do. Do.. ....... Guardian ............ Imperial Fire... • • .... Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire • • Law Lite.. • •• • • • • Legal and General Life London . London & Prov. Lem'. • Marine... • • .... • • • • • • Med. Irwlid & Gen. Life Minerva ••.. • • •• .. Monarch • . •• •• • • .... New Equitable Pelican .... • • • • • • .. •• Phoenix Professional Life • • • • .. Provident Life........ Rock Life .. • • .. Royal Exchange ...... Sun Fire Ditto Life United Kingdom .... Universal Life Victoria Life Namo of Company. Paid. £ a. d. Stock. 100 0 0 ICO 0 0 5 0 0 stock. 50 " 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 COMPANIES. Amount of Share. Paid. Price. s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 'RANCE COMPANIES. Dividend per Atinum. Amount of Share. Price. 71. per c. 71. 14s. GC 1. p.c. & bs. 15s. Od. & bs 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 5/. 5 pr ct.& bs. I/. per share I/ IBs. ss. i'4 per cent. 1/. 4 /.per cent. 6 per cent. si. per cent. 5/. per cent 121. [er cent '143. 5. p - et. & bs. 23 & 2s bons 214. per sh 4s. per share 18s. /4c bs. 144 per cent 5/ per cent 51. per cent. 6 y per cent 5/ p. ct. 5/. per cent. 5/. per cent 12% per c. 7s p c. & bs p c & bs —1/ 14s 4/. & bonus 5/ & bonus. 51. & bonus. IiNT-STOCK Dividend per Annum. s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 J 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 500 0 0 00 0 00 0 0 +OO 0 0 +OO 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 too o 0 BANKS. Amount of share. X s. d. all 150 0 a 12 10 G 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 all 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 Paid. £ 0. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 47 5 50 0 0 'lO 0 0 31 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 i 2 10 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 1000 0 10 0 5 10 a 10 0 0 5 0 0 Paid. 18 15 0 50 0 0 6 0 0 .50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 . 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Country Markets, DALKEITEI GII,IIN MARKET—Aug. 14. or 4, Best. Current, Inferio. 611 Wheat 60s 63 233 Oats 34s o,t 3ls 1id......... 26 63 110 Barley 33s 03 34s 1341 - 9d 15 Peas & beans 50s 61 494 0 :;,1 49 . C 3 lIADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET-AuG. 14. WIIEAT. EARLEY 1 OATS. I EK ANS. First 6Bs 04 38 s 6d 1 36, 94 1 528 Od Second 43s 5 , 1 ; 34s 6,1 ; 33s 5d ; 4(s lid Third 3ls 01 I 32s 0.1 1 31, 0,1 i 45s i)d Total quantity of wheat in market, 1114 qrs.,lolB sold barley ~ 21; qrs., 21 , ± sold oats ,; 3 , 1 qrs., 306 -. 'Ed beans „ 37 qrs., 37 sold 1 1 AVERAGES PEE IMPEIIIAL QUARTE'S. Wheat, 1/. 19 10 0-12ths / Barley, ...IL. 13 4 3-121hs Oats, ... 11. 12 4 11-12ths i Beans, ..... 21. 710 0-12th It f ABERDEEN—A tic-. 14. Potato oats s Counuon oats 2 9 7'), s s ( 0 ) d d t t o o 2 2 4 6 : 0 0 L a i 1 401bs per bushel Bore '-03 Oil to 3 s Od Barleyt r 30s 0(1 to 31a 0(1 r o3lbs ~ • Wheat, red (spring)3.is Od to 408 od }62lbs , white 36s Od to 46s Od " Oatmeal 20s Od to 21s 0:1 por boll. Flour 4ls Od to 45. Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb Gd to 9d I Butter, p lb. is --d to is id :Mutton, per lb Gd to 9,1 Eggs, p doz. Os 9.1 to Os 10.1 Lamb, jdo., Os 6€l to 0,. 81 I Hens, p pair 2s Gd to 35 Veal, per lb ... 5d to Os 7d Chickens,do. ls Gd to 2, 01 Pork, per1b...03 Gd to Os 70 Ducks, do., is 6,1 tk, 0.1 Salmon, por ..... ls Od Ducklings,do 1 s Gd to 2s 01 Grouse, per brace.,...os to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 4s 6.1 Tallow, p stone, 03 to Us 0.1 Potatoes, pr peck, d —to 10 Rabbits, each 0,1 to 00. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt....98s to 1035 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen -ct to 7d RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 6d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2s 2d Oatmeal Os Od to 2s ld I „ dust, Beremeal Od to 2s Od „ per lb 2d to 2id Peaserrwal... Os Od 2s 4,1 I Sids, 7d Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6 u 4-Ib. 10af...8d. 12-Ib. DUBLIN, Atm. 14. Our corn maiket to-day was dull for old grain at about the currencies of Tue day. There was an increased sup ply of new oats, which moved off at a reduction of about ls. New here may be quoted ed cheaper. A sample of new white wheat brought 375. Ono of new barley ap peared, but was not sold. New rape was is lower. No business doing in Indian corn. White wheat, 35, Od, to 37s 6,1 ; red ditto, 31s Od to 35a Od; ditto new, —a; barley, malting, 16s Gd to 23s 6d ; grind ing, —8 to —a ; oats, old, 15s G , l to 18s; ditto, new, 168 64 to 17s Od ; oatmeal, 14s lid to 17s; bare, new, 16, to 17s 0,1; rapes , ' d, 29s Od to 31s Gd per brt ; I, ait,is' flour, 196 Od to 21s Od per cwt ; inatan corn, 33s 61 to 39, Od per 480 14. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transaction 3 in this market have been dull, but prices have slightly improved. Mid land, 84A I—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 39 4 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 99;- Ditto, new 91., 4 p. — London and N. rth-Westerns, 102 1 1 i—C.ledonian, 38/1 —Grand Trunk of CAnada, 13—Great Western of Cm nada, new, p.—South Eastern, 218 2h—Dutch Rhe nish, 4 d. LEEDS, AUG. 15. STOOK EXOHANGE.—Tho market inactive, and prices without any m a t er i a l c h ange . N ew C ana d a , 10 0-16- - IN.li.lands, 84a —North Eastern, Leeds, 224. INCHEirER, AUG. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Tho market was moderately active to-day, and prices were rather steadier. Sheffields, —London and North Western NJW Eighths, d.—Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 99. f '4—Ditto, new 91., Great Western, 53 —Midands, —Thrvers, 21j—Grand Trunk of Canada, 13—Eastern Counties, 114. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was rather better to day. There was an improvement in priees. Birming" ham and Stour Valleys, at 8 --Great Westerns, at 51- - London and North Western, MI. RAILWAY TRAFFIC _RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Receipts. opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. ------ 1857. 1857. 1856. --- -.---„,...---••• Bainan. X £ 115 Aberdeen ... ..... ............ ..... - -- 65 Belfast and Ballymena .......: ...... 1,414 4,145 17 Belfast and County Down.. •••••• •• .. 380 352 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,9 , 2 3,0 26 26% Bolton, Illackburn,and West York .• •• 1,065 951 117 Bristol and Exeter • • .......... -•• •• 6 . 935 7,9 64 198% Ca1ed0nian............. ...... ••• • •• 15,691 14,179 94 , 4 Chester and Holyhead.•• .. ••••• • •• •• 7,33644 7,256380 6% I Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• •••• 20 Cork and Bandon .. •• .• ••• • • • ••318 292 •• •• . . 56 Dublin and Belfast I unction •• •• •• • • 1,173 1,164 63 Dublin and Drogheda.. •• •• .•• •••• •• 1,733 1,678 40 Dublin and Kingstown •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 2,516 2,514 16 % Dundee and Arbroath •••• • • - ...... 733 614 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junctim 1,270 1,149 36 Dundalk an 4 Enniskillen .• .......... 510 406 67AEast Anglian.... •• •• .• •...........;, 9 ' 57 1,084 93 East Lanea5hire.................... 7,4J3 6,917 489 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. ••.. 3 25 ,841 23,1 . 25 Eastern Union - .. • • • • • • • • .....• - J 142 Edinburgh and Glasgew . ........... 6.296 6,123 128 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... 4,020 3,850 6 Exeter and Creditor.. • • ............ - -- 22 Furness Railway ... ........ ...... 1,291 1,274 183 % Glasgow, and South-Western........ 8,040 6,834 283 Great Northern . ..... .......... 25,372 24,162 203 % Great Southern and Western (Ireland} 7,130 6, 407 457 Great Western .................... 33,606 30 870 2514, Irish South Eastern ................272 29 2 90 Lancaster and Carlisle.. •........... 7,531 6 91 9 286 k Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ 27,8:50 25,733 - Leeds Northern .................... - 16 i Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... - -- 637 London and North We5tern......... 74,171 70,35 9 5X London and Blackv a 11.............. 1,673 1,779 183% London, Brighton, and South Gaut.. 20,425 20,953 277 London and South We5tern......... 20,148 21,58 5 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 728 72 1 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - 173% Manchester, Sheffield, end Lincolnshire 11,702 9,843 9 34 Manchester and South Junction...... 1,252 841 28 Maryport and Carlisle •• •.......... 1,194 1,203 567 Midland .... • •• •.......... ...... 34,934 32,946 177 11Cdiand Great Western (Irish) ...... 3,555 3, 235 52 Monklands • • • • • .•• •• • • • • • • •• •• .... - - 78% Newcastle and Carlisle .... .... .„. ~ .. 3,871 3,737 149 North British •... • • • • .............. 6,251 5856 233 North Staffordshire •.............. 8,710 7,509 47 North-Western .• •• • • ........ •• ~ 1,211 1,21 6 50 Scottish Central .................... 3,320 3,246 32% Scottish Midland - -- 29 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 2,087 1,976 4 8 34 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 3,614 3,561 30 Shropshire Union .................. 951 1 893 57 South Devon ....• .................. 2,948 3,36 1 301% South Eastern.... ................ .. 23,415 25,25 1 171 South Wales .. •• -•• • • ...... „.. 8,263 7,110 108% South York., Doncaster, and Goole •• '2,735 2,588 39 Taff Vale .......................... 4,121 4,187 36 Ulster . .......................... .. 1,557 1, 514 77 Waterford And Limerick .• .......,, .. 1,133 1,193 27 West Cornwall ...... • .... ....... 735 684 12% Whitehaven Junction .••••••. • • • •• .• 444 455 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. - ' --- FOREIGN. 109 Dutch Rhenish .................... 3,537 3,287 311 Lyons and Mediterranean •....... ••23,826 29,233 63 Montereau Ind Troyes ........ -.•• •• - - - Namur and Liege .. •• ...........•• •• 36 794 - - 445 Northern of France •• •• •••••••• •• •• , 37,210 - Orleans and Central .. - 387 Paris and Lyons •••••••••• •• • • •• 31 ,757 34,676 - Paris and Bonen. ...• • • ............ - 566 Paris and Strasburgh •• •••••• •• ... •. 37,829 32,686 - Rouen and Havre • ... ..._ ....... 548 West and North-West of France •• •• 33,509 32,733 ADVERTISEMEN7I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. —lncredible Cure of Bad Legs of Seventeen Years' Standing.—James Nah, Thursted Farm, three miles from Chatham; was afflicted for seventeen years with inveterate sore legs. There were thirteen wounds in them. He was in St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals nearly seven months, as the surgeons concurring that amputation was the only thing likely to save him. Tnia was too great a sacrifice, therefore he commenced using Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which healed all the wounds in a short time, and restored him to perfect health.—Sold by all medicine ven.lors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's, 244, St ran d, L on don, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stanapa, Con stantinople ; A. Guidioy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. OP A 11031. On the 12th inst., at Eccleston-terrace, the wife of Lieu tenant-Colonel Evelyn. On the 14th inst., at 130, Westbourne-terrace, the wife of John George Maclean, Esq.—twins. OF A DAUGHTER On the 14th inst., at Thornhill-square, Mrs. James Spence On the 15th inst., at Great Amwell, Herts, the wife of Edmund D. Bourdillon, Esq. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at Barham, the Rev . Charles Hughes D'Aeth, third sou of Rear Admiral Hughes D'Aeth, of laornessl , John H. S . Pi go tt, i re, to Bl anc h e M ar y, seco nd daughter of Henry R. Arundel], Bsqf 32, Oaf cl• square , Hyde-park. Knowlton-court, Kent, to Annet ta Frances, only daughter of the late General Sir Hen r y T. Montr ose; LOB., &c., of Denne-hili, in the same coun uih r ty ace E . s O g n ., t o h f e B l r 3 o t c h k o n y S et., p DIED. On the 15th inst., at' 17, Hart-street, Bloomsbury, F. Edwards, Esq., architect, aged 73. On the 14th inst., at 6, Lansdowne-place, Hackney, Mr. H. R. Bousfield, aged O. On the 14th inst., Maria Hendham, wife of Dr. Charles Steggall, of Fulham-place, Maida-hill west, and 36, North Audley-street, Grosvenor-square. On the 1 !th inst., at Oakham, Henry Hough, Esq., so licitor, aged 56. On the 13th inst., at Northchurchßectory, Herts, Caro linellary, child of the Rev. Sir John H. Culme Seymour, Bart. On the 13th inst., at Suttor Goldfield, Warwickshire, the Rev. Watkin Maddy, M.A., late Follow of St. John'a College, Cambridge. On the 10th inst., at Gaddon House,'Uffenline, Richard Hurley, Esq., a Deputy-Lieut. for the county of Devon, aged 86. LONDON : Printed and Pnbibthed by ASURDO YOUNG of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun OtHee, No 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, August 17, 1857. Price. Price Paid. £ e. d. Price, ( Price. 11 79 24% 200 19 130 Price.