The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-05 00:00:00

erbtrii Mbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room C. OLDHAM 111.1.1.X.A.NCE RAILWAY. The Committee were occupied during the day with hearing evidence in favour of the proposed line. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. These sessions, the ninth of the present Mayoralty, commenced to-day before the Lord Mayor, the Common Sergeant, Alderman Wilson, Hughes Hughes, Sidney, Sir Chapman Marshall, the Sheriffs, &c. The Grand Jury having been selected and sworn, The Comatost SERGEANT in the absence of the Re corder delivered his charge to them. The calendar con tained the names of no less than 135 prisoners, although not more than twelve days had elapsed since the termina tion of the last session, and the probability was, that that number would be increased to 170 or 180 before the termination of the session. Most of the charges in the calendar were of an ordinary character, but there were several of the cases to which he wished particularly to refer. There were three persons charged with rape. Henry Wyatt and Isaac White were charged with a rade on Sarah Lavin, and if her evidence was correct, a worse case against both the prisoners could hardly exist. There was another charge of rape against Samuel Pritchard upon Matilda Langton. All the in gredients of rape would probably be brought in evidence before the grand jury. In cases of this kind j cries in general expected, and reason demanded, that there should be evidence of cries at the time, and immediate complaints after; but all cases in criminal courts must ever depend on circumstances. In the present instance the object of the attack was little more than a child, only just turned fourteen years, and threats and fears might have induced silenee. It was, however, he thought a case that ought to be placed before a judge and jury. There was then a charge against a person of the name of Edward Fox of threat ening to accuse a man of an infamous crime, the object and intent being to extort money. Such charges as these were of a most serious nature, and the safety of the community required that an investigation should take place, in order that, if proved, such offences might be severely punished. There were several cases in the calendar of cutting and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. This offence, he was sorry to say, was of late greatly on the increase. It was right that he should iuform the grand jury that it was not necessary that the cutting should be with a sharp instrument—wound ing with any instrument was sufficient to con stitute the offence. The charge against Isaac Cannon was a case of this kind. He was an inmate of Shore ditch workhouse. Great violence had been repeatedly used by him, and it was in his opinion desirable that the case should be brought before a jury, that they might determine whether he was or was not of unsound mind, as in the one case he would be punished, and in the other taken care of in a proper manner. Thero was a charge against William Trade and Edward Harris of stealing and receiving. The pawnbroker, Mr. Richardson, had done himself great credit by sending for a policeman, and detaining and giving both prisoners into custody. These prisoners were committed (observed the Learned Judge) on the 21st of June, by one who hath finished his course. Mr. Rawlinsoa was a Magistrate to whom those con nected with this Court were ever greatly indebted. The depositions taken before him were all of one character— clear, concise, to the point. " Not slothful in business," he looked neither to the right nor to the left. The rich and the poor alike kiln] in him the same firmness and resolution the same integrity and mercy. Ever " ready to every good work," justice was administered with judgment. His loss will not easily be replaced. It is not often we find united in one mind simplicity, decision, probity, charity, and religion. The Learned Judge (who was deeply affected during the latter part of his address) then re mitted the grand jury to the discharge of their duties ; and the remainder of the morning was occupied with swearing in the petty jury. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT , (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Lord CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woo; sack at five o'clJek. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up several Bills. POOR RELIEF SUPERVISION (IRELAND) BILL. Lord BROUGHAM begged to call the attention of the Government to a provision in the Poor Relief' Super vision (Irtland) Bill, by which the Treasury had the power of making the salary of the Chief Commissioner, who was to have a sE•at in Parliament, what they pleased. Ey the regulations of the House of Commons the House of Lords coula not make any alteration in any money clause in a Bill ; he trusted, therefore, the Government would introduce some new Bill on the sub ject, for it was monstrous for the Treasury to have such a power over an important officer. The Earl of AUCKLAND said the attention of his Noble Friend the President of the Council should be called to the subject. BRIBERY. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice of his intention to morrow to move certain resolutions in order to prevent bribery at elections. MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSION BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill read a third time and passed. TRUSTEES RELIEF BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. CORN IMPORTATION BILL. The Report on this Bill was brought up, agreed to, and the Bill read a third time and passed. POOR RELIEF SUPERVISION (IRELAND) BILL. The Committee on this Bill was postponed, as we understood, to Thursday next. CONFERENCE. On the motion of Lord DENMAN, a Committee of the Lords was appointed to prepare reasons to be offered at a conference with the Commons for the Lords disagreeing to one of the Commons' amendments to the Threatening Letter Bill. The conference subsequently took place, and on the return of the Lords appointed to conduct the conference, the Earl of Chichester reported that their Lordships had left their reasons with the Commons. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The SPEAKER took the Chair at Five o'clock. POST-OFFICE RETURNS. Mr. T. DUNCONIBE moved that the returns ordered from the Post-office on the 14th April. be printed forthwith.—Motion agreed to. EXPEDITION TO CANTON. Mr. BAILLIE wished to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether the late expedition to Can ton was undertaken by the Governor of Hong-Kong upon his own responsibility, or in consequence of in structions which he received from her Majesty's Go vernment; secondly, whether the powers which have been entrusted to Sir John Davis are of comprehensive a nature as 'to justify him in making .war upon the Chinese without having received specific instructions upon the subject from the Government. Lord J. RUSSELL stated that the expedition was not undertaken in consequece of any specific instructions from her Majesty's Government, but upon the responsi bility of Sir John Davis himself. NAVY ESTIMATES. Captain PECHELL wished to know whether any alteration had been made in the rate of the pay of pursers and masters in the Royal Navy. Mr. WARD stated that additional sums bad been voted for that purpose, and the increase had accordingly been made. BUSINESS OF THE.HZ.It hSEe. intention Lord J. RUS SELL stated that 1 her M a j esty ' s Governm nt not to press forward the t of incurabered Estates (Irel an d) Bill d ur i ng the present session. Wi t h respect to the Prisons Bill, it WaS al so purposed not to proceed with that. The Custody of Offenders Bill will be proceeded with, as also the Parliamentary Electors Bill, the Polling at Elections (Ireland) Bill, the Post -office Bill, and the Shannon Navigation BilL He proposed that the House shouid go into Committ ee o f Supply this eveni ng , and he would make an appeal to those Hon. Members who had mo tions on the paper to postpone them, and especially the Hon. Member for M ontrose, who had a motion with respect to the Raja of Sattara. He would ask him 0 postpone his motion till Tuesday week The Noble Lord then moved that the House should g o into Committee on the Compensation for Damages (Ireland) Bill. Mr. HUME said that he could not consent to postpone his motion, unless the Noble Lord would give him a pledge that he would assist him in keeping a House 4on that day. CON FERENCE WITH THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords requested a conference - with the Commons on the subject of some amendments :introduced into one of the Bills which had been sent up - to them. 'COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day being read for going into Committee on this Bill, Lor J. RUSSELL stated that he could not give the eon. Member for Montrose a pledge to keep a House ~,-",,:, forz,-bin to-morrow. If the Hon. Member would let the i f„.....x matter stand over till to-morrow week, he could have , i the whole evening to himself. -., Mr: HUME was sorry to opp ose th e N o bl e Lord, t „ ... _i' , - -but he. felt_ bound to _procced with his motion on the I .- subject' of theß a j a of Sattara. He hoped th a t t h e N o bl e —.. - . Lord. wad not be angry with him for adopting such a < :-course.: ::- X- 4;„; -, - - .‘: ' UNITED STATES' DEBT. - -:. li c fr . 111:IME wished to kno w w h et h er any step had 181 1 0. jet . ken by this country with respect to the debts due ~rale United States to this count r y? .................to Lord PALMERSTON did not apprehend, from the k sown character and integrity of the United States a- wernment, any difficulty in the settlement of those cla ins. 'i • "he House then went into Committee on the Com- p ea; istion for Damages (Ireland) Bill. The several clauses were agreed to and the Bill was reported. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA Y EVENING, JULY 5, 1847. AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. On the question being put for reading the order of the day for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. B. OSBORNE rose to call the attention of the House to the present state of Portugal and the situa tion of our naval and military forces in the country. He thought it was highly desirable that the Noble Lord the Minister for Foreign Affairs should offer some defence for the policy which had been pursued towards Portugal before the close of the present session. On constitutional grounds he regretted the abrupt termination of the recent debate. It would tend to degrade the House in the estimation of all who were favourable to political liberty and freedom, and therefore felt it to be his duty to revive it. It was clear that the Queen of Portugal had on every occasion broken faith with her people, and on all hands it was admitted that her conduct was most unjustifiable. No one had attempted to defend it, and he thought it was therefore the more disgraceful that Government should have pursued the course they had done. It had been urged on behalf of the Govern ment that they were forced into that course by the French Government; but every one who was in the habit of reading the French papers, must have seen that M. Guizot had denied the statement. The conduct of France towards Portugal was most irreproachable, and it was clear from the conduct of her admiral that France was not the power who urged the necessity or the expe diency of an armed intervention. It was very evident, however, to him that the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department of this country was the dupe of that great master of modern arts, Louis Philippe, and that was the individual who was reaping the advantage of all the odium that was being thrown upon the country for the part he had taken in the affa irs of Portugal. The Ministers both of France and Spain re pudiated the protocol which had been issued at the in stance of this country. (LEFT SPEAKING.) TATTERSALL'S—TiIIs EVENING Six O'CLOCK. JULY STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Teetotum—taken 5 to 2 agst Woodcraft—taken LIVERPOOL CUP. 8 to 1 agst The Conjuror 8 to 1 agst Lightning 15 to 1 agst Cossack 15 to 1 agst Quadruped ' GOODWOOD STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Stultz 12 to 1 agst Milliner 12 to 1 agst The Questionable 14 to 1 agst Vampyre 16 to 1 agst Miss Ells 30 to 1 agst Tantivy GOODWOOD CUP. 3 to 1 agst The Hero 5 to 1 agst Eryx 8 to 1 agst Fitz-Emilius 10 to 1 agst Dulcet 15 to 1 agst Halo ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Cossack 10 to 1 agst Red Hart 11 to 1 agst Mr. Martin DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Assault 25 to 1 agst Flatcatcher 40 to 1 agst Beverlac 40 to 1 agst Glendower THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PORTS3IOUTH, JULY 4.-By the arrival of her Ma jesty's ship Vestal, 26, Captain Charles Talbot, at Spit head this morning, we have intelligence and papers from the Cape of Good Hope to the sth of May inclusive, on which date there was no later news than that given be• low from the frontier. Sir Henry Pottinger intended wintering on the fron. tier. The Kafirs still continue their predatory in. cursions. (From the South African Commercial Advertiser of May 1.) The intelligence from the frontier this week includes one principal fact, from which the happiest results, God willing, may be exp ec t e d ; th e acce p tance , namely, of the command of the Burgher Force by Sir Andries Stockenstrom. This gentleman has again been invited from his retirement in the hour of difficulty - by the united voice of the people and the Government. He has well earned the utmost confidence of both. The enemy also know what they have to expect from him. PORT ELIZABETH, APRIL 21. Our new Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Henry Young, ar rived yesterday, and started for Graham's Town this morning, about eight o'clock, in an ox-waggon, accom panied by his sister, the widow of Colonel Peake. Pre viously to his arrival he had requested Mr. Montagu to write Captain Lloyd that he wished to be received only as a private gentleman, and not as a Lieutenant-Go vernor, so of course there was no address or anything beyond the visits of a few of the inhabitants. His Honour seems to take great interest in his government, and is very solicitous for information. GRAHAM'S TOWN, APRIL 25. The Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Henry Young, arrived quite unexpectedly at Graham's Town last evening, alighting at Style's Hot e l, w h ere h e h as ta k en temporary quarters. His Honour proceeds to-day to Kalirland, ior the purpose of having an interview with the Right Hon. the Governor, before assuming his government. He has travelled up as a private gentleman, nor has any address or other c o m mun i cat i on o f an official character been as yet made to him. THE LATE COLLIERY EXPLO SION NEAR WIGAN. - The lamentable accident on Tuesday last, at Kirkless Hall Colliery, Ince, near Wigan, we are sorry to say is of a much more serious nature than could at first be ascertained. It was not until parties had been sent round to the dwellings of all the workmen employed that a correct report could be furnished, and this was not completed until the following day, when it turned out that six men were missing instead of one, and that part of those stated by the man in charge of the lamps to have come up could not be found. A long search was made, under the direction of Mr. Lancaster, during the night of Thursday, for the six missing men. Two of them were found, and brought up at two o'clock in the morning ; two others were brought up at five o'clock; and the remaining two about eight o'clock on Friday morning ; all of them, as was expected, shockingly mutilated, and presenting the ap pearance of having been dead a considerable length of time. The following is a corrected return of the killed and injured :—. Dead John Cartwright, of Hindley (dead when brought out of the pit), leaving a widow and three chil dren ; John Berry, of Aspull (died on Wednesday morning), a married man, no children ; John Rhodes, of Hindley (died on Thursday), leaving a widow and five children. Taken out of the pit dead on Thu:sday night— Joshua Painman, a wife and one child ; James Hirst, wife and three children ; John Harding, alias Hokrott, wife and one child ; Robert Southern, wife and one child ; William Daiutry, single man ; William Jackson, single man. Severely Burnt—John Bolton, not expected to recover; George Evans, underlooker ; Samuel Evans, his bro ther ; Henry Hansen, Henry Whittle, James Wilkinson, a boy ; Henry Ashmore, a boy ; John Riley, Robert Wilkinson, John Webster, and James Belshaw. Slightly Burnt, all expected to recover—Eli Monk, a boy; John Markland, Jahn Mills, Thomas Lurrisun, Thomas Cawsey, and Samuel Foster, a boy.—Manchester Guardian. PETERSFIELD.—Within the last few days, the pre sent Member for this immaculate borough, Sir W, G. Jolliffe, Bart., has issued an address to the electors, an nouncing his intention of soliciting their suffrages again at the forthcoming election. The number of electors at present on the registry amounts to upwards of 300, a considerable part, more than one-third, of which are tenants of the Hon. Baronet's. It is expected that no opposition will be offered, although a strict watch has been kept in the registration courts ever since the last election, by several professional gentlemen in the "Liberal interest, who were deputed to attend to defend the Libe ral voters objected to. It is now quite evident that the influential parties have joined tho Whitelock ranks, and left the Liberal portion of the constituency to be repre sented in future by a high Protectionist, also a gentle man of the Bentinck and Disraeli clique. The Jolliffe interest has been predominant in this borough upwards of half a century, but at the election which took place 1 on the 7th of January, 1835, John Cornthwaite Hector, Esq., succeeded in routing this interest, being placed at the head of the poll by a majority of sixteen. He continued to sit uninterruptedly until July 25, 1837, when the present Hon. Gentleman was elected by a majority of one, but was unseated on the 14th of Fe bruary, 1838, by a Committee of the House of Com mons, who declared the petitioner, J. C. [lector, Esq., to have been duly elected, and ought to have been returned. He discharged his dutie s in a most consisten t manner up to July, 1841, a lways voting with all the leading Radical Members of the House of Commons on every imp or t ant occasion, much to the satisfaction of his constituents. This part-p o cket borough has been severely contested of the Reform Bill, the present Liberal Memb er f or Carlisle, W. Marshall, Esq., being the on several occasions ever since 1818 ; an d, previous toa the Passin— g highest bidd er in the market t h at asp i re d to a seat in the Legislature, the then Tory patron, Colonel Hylton Jolliffe, allowed him to be returned, jointly with himsel , ; were voting in opposition to each other. but on all occasions, when division took place, both independent principles.—From a We hope soon :L ain represented by to see this borougha gentleman of of British manufactured ~,., 1 —From a Correspondent. EXPORT OF IGRITI S M II MANUFACTURES. — The he value goods exported from the port of 3004; Aden. 30/.; Adelaide,w4aB7 London on the Ist instant, as follows:—Alicante, . , R 001.; oboe, A 1 4 g 0 o 0 a 1 . 13 , Bay, Bermuda, 6ooi Berbice, 60/.; Bombay, 4601: o ler,rdn'l2/t.; Good Dom e 1;3911.; 165/.; Barbadoes, 1961.• Cape o 200,!.; Cey iCoanl,c2ust Calcutta, Cant0n,.2,74 71. ; C 4 h o e L r la: o u c r o g a , a t 2 a o n O t L i a ; 1,5.,•ul oba..rt rara, 300 i; Gibraltar,Genoa, p ; Zealraneadi' Guernsey and Jersey, 200/.; g i nfinug-og, 1 00 7' 11 5851 .; Town, 3,0804; Hamburgh, 1961.; Jamaica, Lis bon, 4001.; Launceston, 2,2004; Madras, 304; mo . n ; t Lis -554; Madeira, 60/.; Mauritius, 330/.; New 2,3301.; Port Philip, 9501.; Rotterdam, 5101.; Ri o Ja neiro, 1,5004; Sydney, 8,0201.; Syra and Smyrna, 30/.; Souraba.ya, 8854; St. Helena, 140/.; St. Helena and Cal. cutta, 604; Stettin, 304; Swan River; 1801.; Sierra Leone, 3,5001.; St. Thomas, 581.; St. John's, 6201.; St. Vincent's, 600/.; Ta ste, 1001.; Trinidad, 500/. ; Vi ctoria and Canton, 504 Total value of British manufactures exported on the Ist of July, 42,219/. sterling. An agreement has been come to between the Danish Government and that of the free city of Lubeck for the construction of a railroad between Lubeck and Buchen, COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. A Court was held for the dispatch of public business. CORPORATION PROCRASTINATION. Mr. EDKINS complained that the time of the Court was generally so much taken u p w i t h empty di scussions upon subjects wholly unconnected with the interests of the citizens of London, that there were upon the paper of business notices of motion of fifteen or sixteen months standing. He thought the Lord Mayor was bound, at all events, to convene Courts for twelve o'clock, accord ing to old custom, instead of the titer hour at which they assembled, and was sure that the departure from the earlier time contributed very much to the injurious procrastination of public business.—(Hear, hear.) Sir PETER LAURIE said, there were upon the paper numerous notices of motion, which the persons who caused them to be inserted never intended to bring for ward.—(Laughter.) He would instance the project of the railroad to Farringdon-market, which was amongst the complete impracticabilities, and Mr. Bennoch's notice for holding the meetings of the Court of Commo n Council at House of Commons hours.—(Laughter.) There were also notices of motion for substantial compli ments of plate, and nothing could be mere certain than that the hand of death would be laid upon the indivi duals selected for such honour before tie motions would pass. He hoped ati the useless and stupid notices would be at once removed from the paper by those who hail been so injudicious as to place them on the list.—(Hear.) A report was presented upon the subject of appropri ating the site of a heuse in Newgate street, the rent of which had fallen in, to the beneficial plan of widening the street. It recommended such appropriation, and also the appropriation to the same purpose of other houses in the naarow pal t of the street, as the rent of each should fall in. The report was agreed to immediately, and amidst applause, the object being to give greater public accom modation in the crowded locality of Newgate-street. HEALTH OF TOWNS. Deputy BEDFORD rose to present the petition, which the lamented Dr. Lynch had expressed so much anxiety to introduce, from the inhabitants of Farringdon W ith out, praying the Court to set aside a sum of money to improve the sanatory condition of the ward, and to adopt such measures as would improve the habitations of the labouring classes. The petition, after alluding to the projected new street from King William street to King-street, which would cost an enormous sum, without producing benefit at all corresponding, and which had the appearance of a monstrous job rather than of an useful undertaking, represented that there were undertakings appertaining to the state of the public health within the City which more immediately and imperatively demanded the consideration and interference of the Court than any plan of street decoration. "It is," said the peti• tion, which enters very fully into the subject, and eon sists of twenty-six long pages, " notorious, as shoe n in the evidence given in the Health of Towns Commission and the Poor-law Commission, in their inquiry into the sanatory condition of the labouring classes, that the disease and mortality of the metropolis are frightfully increased by the absence of such sanatory regulations as it is clearly within the power of the Corporation to sup ply. Your memorialists remind your Honourable Court that, in the month of March, a resolution was moved in the Court of Common Council by Dr. Lynch, urging upon the Corporation the imperative obligation under which it lay of immediately adopting those sanatory regulations which the exigencies of the case le quired for the purpose of diminishing the disease and mortality arising out of the absence of such regulations, which re solution was supported and illustrated by a speech re plete with striking and important facts, which created great interest in the public mind, and obtained a refer ence of the said resolution to the improvement commit tee. Your memorialists cannot avoid expressing their deep concern at the fact of your having permitted a mat ter so important and pressing as this to remain for eight months without any report having been made upon it, and without, as your memorialists have reason to believe, the committee to which was refei red CVcr having given to it a moment's consideration, especially after it had been shown by the evidence of the highest authorities that of the deaths annually occurring within the metro polis between 4,C00 and 5,000 occur from diseases pre ventible by ordinary precautions, while the disease, de bility, and poverty engendered by the absence of them add greatly to the amount of human suffering, and to the burden of the poor rates." The following are the concluding paragraphs:— " By the 44th of Edward lIL the butchers of London were f«-3rbidden to slaughter cattle within the City, and by the 16th of Richard IL the prohibition was extended to swine. We are at a loss to conceive of any good reason for now dispensing with a regulation so properly deemed necessary for the preservation of the public health in former times. The same may be said of fur naces and other sources of atmosp&ric pollution which call for the like interference of your Court and the Le gi3lature. By the 35th of Edward 1., the Mayor of London was commanded to prevent persons from light ing furnaces near the Tower of London during the stay of the Queen and nobles at the Tower, because the air, as it was alleged, is corrupted and infection promoted by the insolubility of the air on account of the said fur naces. What was true in the ti me of Edward the First is equally true now, and we would respectfully suggest, that it is scarcely less necessary to free the air from that infection which is injurious to human life because the Queen and the nobles may not now happen to stay at the Tower of London. We also venture to suggest, that in addition to all the other and pressing obligations which rest upon your Court to promote the sanatory condition of the City there is one arising out of the fact, that it was the cor poration of the City that opposed Sir Christopher Wren's plan for the rebuilding of London, which was approved by the King, and which would have excluded all grave-yards, as well as all dark narrow alleys without thoroughfares, and courts; as also all trades that use great fires or yield noisome smells, and would have secured perfect ven tilation and arteries of oornmunicatiun throughout the City, sufficient even for its present enormous traffic. Taking the premises herein set forth into consideration, and adverting to the serious responsibility which rests ' upon the Corporation of the city of London, with its ample revenues and great powers, we confidently rely upon your Court to proceed, without loss of time, to the completion of those sanatory arrangements which you have so commendably beean by the making of sewers, and the cleansing of highways ; and that you will give to them, moreover, a preference over the widening of streets merely for the purposes of traffic, which, however necessary and important, falls far short of those mea sures upon which the health, the comforts, and the lives of so many of the inhabitants of the city of London im mediately depend." Mr. BUCKMASTER also presented a petition from the inquest jury of St. Andrew's, Holborn, on the danger to the public health arising from bad sewerage. It stated that though sewerage was proceeded in, the locality was in as bad a condition as if there was no sewerage at all, as the landlords did not choose to go to the expense of opening drains to make it available, and that the supply of water was most ina•lequate ; and it would be desir able that the Legislature should make it compulsory upon landlords to have a due and proper supply furnished t.) every house. Ii was stated that an effort, which it was expected would be successful, was to be made in Parliament to introduce a clause making it compulsory uphia landlords to accomplish what the mem ,, riali,ts recommended. The reports were referred to the Improvements Com mittee. Mr. WATERLOW brought up the report of the Parlia mentary Committee s . with the draft of a petition to Parliament against the interment of the dead in churches and churchyard.; ; and also a report recom mending the abatement of the nuisance of smoke from steam-engines, and the draft of a petition on the subject. Agreed to. NEW PRISON. Mr. WIRE brought up a report recommending the ap propriation of some City ground at liolloway for the erection of a prison. —Agreed to. BRIXTON ALMSHOUSES. Deputy ALLAN brought up a report recommending that the Corporation should take the future manag e . ment of the almshouses erected a few years ago at Brixton under its own management, and to autho rise the committee to carry into effect the negotiation carried on for the transfer of the property, and for their entire management and control by the Corporation. Agreed to. THE CLERK OF THE CITY'S WORKS. Mr. BURN brought up the report on the reference to consider the present salary of the clerk of the City's works, and recommending the same to be increased to 2,5004 per annum. The report spoke in terms of the highest appro bation of the conduct of Mr. Bunning, the clerk of the works, and of his high qualifications. Unanimously agreed to. It is arranged that the freedom question will be dis posed of at the next Court. The Bishop of Sodor and Man, on Tuesday, the 29th ult., was installed in St. Mary's Chapel, in Castle town, in presence of the clergy and a numerous con gregation. His Lordship was afterwards sworn a mem ber of council, and granted commissions or appointments to the vicar-general, registrars, and surrozates. His Lordship, the Archdeacon, the clergy, &c., dined with his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, at tho Govern ment-house. A letter of the 27th, from Berlin, says—" It is rumoured that the Emperor of Russia has resolved to place here a very considerable sum of money —some accounts say 11,000,000 and others 15,000,000 silver rubles. It is asserted that this loan will not be made to the Prussian Government, but has been offered to the King personally. The importance of this fact will not escape any one who has followed the recent incidents of our internal polities. It is not uzeless to add that a per sonal lean to the King is not a new thing; when the extraordinary - expenst s occasioned by the state of Europe in 1830 exhausted the Treasury, the King per- sonally contracted a loan of 10.000,000 thaiers." BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—It is with unfeigned pleasure we announce to our readers the intelligence, that the British Association has decided on holding its next meeting at Swansea. The time fixed is the 9th of August, 1848. The Marquis of Northampton, F.R.S., President. The Marquis of Bute, Viscount Adare, M.P., J. 11. Vivian, Esq., F.R.S., M.P., Sir H. de la Beche, li. W. Dwyliyn, Esq., F.R.S., the Dean of Llandaff, and W. R. Grove, Esq , F.R.S., Vice• Pres idents. J. G. Jefferys, F.R.S., Treastn•er. Dr. Nicol and M. Moggridge, Esq., Secretaries. — Cambrian. We learn from Constantinople that the palace nan t s. ovra C r l d o s se th t e o being„ s . a built by the Viceroy of Egypt at Beycos, on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, will be of the finest stone t c h; u t can be procured, and adorned with 150 marble facade feet) in length. It i s bel i eved (i t sna h the sr S tei u m l believed that he construction will 50,000 purses (6,000,0000 thant estimated d T 4o ll a o t e require three or four yearsil:lelabnaedK2:o:oesk:olf-c:srt POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G Ul L D HA L L. Messrs. Miall and Cockshaw, the printers of the Non conformist newspaper, were summoned before Aide rmen Gibbs and Wilson, far refusing to pay 13s. 4d., their quota towards a church-rate fur the parish of St. Martin, Ludgate. Alderman GIBBS having asked Mr. Miall why he re fused to pay the money ? Mr. Miall replied, he had newly come to reside in the parish. Alderman GIBBS asked how rccently ? Mr. Miall said about the Ist of April. The Alderman inquired whether the rate was retro spective or prospective ? Mr. Gould, the churchwarden said it was prospective, being made on the 6th of April for a year ending Lady-day, 1848. Air. Alderman GIBBS told Mr. Miall that as the rate was prospective he was bound to pay it, as he Mould have the benefit of it. Mr. Miall said he should derive no benefit from it. He did not use the church, nor even know where it stood. lie objected on principle to the payment of church-rates. There was a law of justice above all human law, that no one should be compelled to aid the dissemination of what he believed to be ci ror. Mr. Aidrinan WILSON asked if he was a Quaker? Mr. Abell said he was n it. lie was a DSssenter, arid, having a conscientious balisf that some of the doctrines of the Established Church were erroneous, no power on earth ought to compel him to contribute to the support of that Church. What would he, as a Christian, say if he were compelled to assist i" the diffusion of the errors of Mahornedanism? Dissenters felt as much re pugnance to aiding tile diffusion of the errors of the Established Church, Mr. Alderman WILSON said, if the laws of the com munity in which he lived required him to contribute to the support of a religion because it was the faith of the majority, he should think it his duty to submit to the law. Mr. Alderman GIBBS explained to him where the church stood, and said it he did not sue it that was his own fault. As magistrates, they could take no cogni zance of his objections to the doctrines of the Es tablished Church. They were to administer the law as they found it, and, as Mr. Miall did not object to the rate as not being made according to law, they must enforce payment. They ordered the amount to be paid. MARLBOI?OUGH-S7REET. Mr. Charles Pollard, described in the police-sheet as a gentleman, of No. 10, Essex street, Strand, was brought up on Saturday at this Court, before Mr. Hardwick, on a charge of having, by fraudulent pretences, obtained two bills of 1,0001. each from Prince Napoleon Louis Bona parte, of King-street, St. James's. Mr. Bosh, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, attended for the Prince; and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Gates appeared for the accused. Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte was sworn.—l live at No. 3, King-street, St. 'James's-square. In th e be ginning of th month of June I expected remittances from my Florentine agent exceeding 3,0001. I rec e i ve d a letter from my agent s t at i ng t h at the money could not be sent before August. On receipt of this letter I in structed Mr. Orsi, my private secretary, on the busi ness. This was in the beginning of the month of June. A few days afterwards I received by post, or by some other means, a letter, at my house in King -street. On Friday, the 11th of June, the prisoner presented himself to me as Mr. Pollard, the person who had sent the letter. The prisoner said he bad some bill stamps in his pocket, and all he required me to do was to sign the bills in blank. I sitio I was not in such a hurry ;my only object in wanting accommodation was, that I was unwilling to force a sale of my French railway shares. The prisoner offered to let rue have 3.0001. or 4,000/. or even 5,0001. I asked the prisoner if he wished fur security, awl he replied it was not necessary ; I had only to sign the bills, and then give the five per cent. in terest. I told the prisoner I eas uncertain allether I would accept any bills. I said I would consider the proposal, and would give him an answer on the follow ing Monday morning. I asked the prisoner how he came to know that I wanted accommodation. He said, " When anybody wants money they come to us," adding that they had lately made large leans to persons who wanted temporary aid. He said also he was trying to find a loan for 40,0001. for a gentleman whom 1 lioew. I am sure that at the first interview the prisoner produced blank stamps, and asked me only to write my name on them. I excused myself from doing so. I asked th,. prisoner for his address, and he told me it was at No. 10, Essex-street, Strand. The prisoner then went away. I directed a certain person to make inquiries about the prisoner. On the Monday following the prisoner came to me in King-street, at 12 o'clock, according to appoint ment. The prisoner commenced the conversation by speaking of the difficulty of finding money in the market on account of what he called the " monetary crisis." I told him if he had any objection to go on with the busi ness, it would not matter, as I had no particular neces city for accommodation. The prisoner said he was will ing to make the same engagement which he had offered before, and then produced two bill stamps filled up. I took a copy of the bills. There was no name at the foot of the bills. The prisoner requested me to write the word " accepted," and to put my name across the bills. I did so; and I left the bills on my table. At this time there was no name written at the bottom of the bills. The prisoner afterwards put his name to the bills, and said to me, " Now, you see, if you don't pay, lam responsible." The prisoner asked me how I wished to be paid; I said 8001. in cash, and the balance in a cheque on his banker. The prisoner said the rate of interest was to be 5 per cent. The bills were drawn at two months, and the prisoner told me if I did not choose to pay ho would be willing to renew the bills after that time. The prisoner said he would pay me the money the day afterwards at twelve o'clock. The pri soner came the next day and told me he could not give me the money then, because in the present state of the market he would lose 2001. by the affair. The prisoner went away, promising to bring the money the next day, op a eT s h i e gn prisoner the nerpacpoepried now a formpro duced. or certainly the day after. I as k e d hi m to write down that promise on iinim paper. nrd. he d w u b c i e d eh . I g The prisoner, on going away, remarked that he was very sorry to disappoint me. In the form which I wrote for the prisoner to copy I used the word " c h e ques" instead of " bills." The prisoner, though I told him to correct any bad English, made an exact copy of the paper I gave him. I did not s ee the prisoner on Wednesday - , and the following Friday I wrote to him, but did not keep a copy of the letter. On Saturday I went to Essex-street, but I was told that the prisoner was out, though at first the servant who opened the door said Mr. Pollard was at home. A lady came down, who said she was Airs. Pollard. I had some con versation with her, and then 1 went away. I received a letter from Birrnitqlhatn by post. - I immediately caused active inquiries to be made after the bills, and I caused advertisements to be put in the public papers. I wrote an anawer to the letter I received from Birmingham. Cross-examined—l had never before accepted a bill, anti was no*, acquainted with the distinction between a bill and a cheque. I had never before had occasion to raise money. I gave instructions to Mr. :Sams, the bookseller, to inquire into the character of the prisoner. Mr. Pol lard's name had never been mentioned to we before I received the first note. I do not know a Mrs. James, and no One has any bill or n ; erairessory note of mine that I are aware of. I gave instructions for the apprehension of the prisoner, on a charge of fraudulently obtaining two bills of exchange. Monsieur J. Orsi e xamined —Resided at 18, Stock bridge-terrace, Pirnlicc. Was private secretary to Prince Napoleon. In the early part of June had received instructions from the PR ince respecting a lean of 2,000/. Had never applied to th e pr i soner on the subject. H e was quite a stranger, and had never authorised him to call ott the Prince. First heard of Pollard on the Saturday, when he accompanied the Prince to Essex-street. Saw the servant girl at the house, and can confirm all the Prince has stated. Had since been to Essex-street, anti had seen Mrs. Lee, the landlady, and also Mrs. Pollard. Called again on Sunday, and saw Mrs. Lee again. Did net see Pollard at ail. Went afterwards to Mt. Symons's house, No. 16, London-stree but did not see the prisoner. Cross-examined — Did not know how Pollard came to hear that the Prince wanted accommodation. Had only applied to Mr. Arnold, of Sackville-street, on the subject. Mr. J. Arnold, of 37, Swkville-street, examined-- Had an application fora loan of 2,000/. for Prince Na poleon made to him. The money would have been ad vanced ahro,t immediately. 500/. or 1,600/ would have been advanced at any moment. Had a knowledge of the prisoner, and had not instructed him to apply to the Prince to make the loan. About a week ago the prisoner was pointed out to him at the late Crockfurd's Club, in St. James's•street. Cross -examined—Some gentlemen have moredifficulty in raising loans than others. Had mentioned' the fact of the Prince wanting a loan to three persons only. Ann M'Leilan examined —Was servant at No. 10, Essex -street. Recollected the Prince calling to see Mr. Pollard last Saturday week. Mr. Pollard was than in the house. The prisoner occupied the front parlour. Any on e i n the parlour can see all persons who come to the door. Monsieur Orsi called on Sunday. Mr. Pol lard was in the house at the time. Mr. Pollard was also in the house on Monday and Tuesday following. e prisoner had lodged about three months in Essex- street. He had always been at hothe with the exception of three days last week. Mr. Bush hers said he was prepared with other testi mony to sh ow t h at the pr i sone r was in actual p ossess i on of the bili s very lately, b ut h e w ant e d th e ev id ence of certain wit nesses to comp l e t e hi s case, an d h e s h ou l3 , therefore, produce wou ld show that t h e pr i soner h a d avowe d his apply for a remand. The evidence he should felonious i ntent i on, and that h e h a d boasted to others that he had "got hold of a sary good thing." As far as the evid ence now went, he contended that a feloni o u s intent had been proved against the pet oner. Mr. Hawkins wished to know what charge he was to address himself to. Mr. Bush said the case was one of felony; hut, at all events, the larceny was established. Mr. Hass kins denied that this was proved. Admitting all to be true that had been Oven in evidence, there was no ca;e whatever against the prisoner. The stamps wer e the prisoner's Own property, and the fact of the Prince having signed his name on 'them dal not make them the property of the Prince. lle contended that the whole case had failed. Mr. Bush ittsisted that the Prince had a property in the bills. The bills-wire nut the property of the pri soner. When laid on the table with the signature or the Prince, they wer e t h e proper ty of the P r i nce, an d , though the Prisoner afterwards put his name to them, and Oa; them awriy, still he inaintained theiPrinee con tinued to have a property in the bills, and could main tain an action of trover for their rcc:.very. But, in ad dition to this there was a palpable fraud and misrepre sentation. which the 'prisoner had no right to escape from. Mr. HARDWICX said he was inclined to think there was a sufficient property in the bills on the part of the Prince. After the Prince had signed the bills he was incl;ned to think the Prince acquired a property in the bills, for he c,:uld hare taken them up, and refused to part with them. Mr. Hawkins said the bills were laid on the table for the purpose of having the prisoner's name affixed to them, and then for the prisoner to carry them away. All that Mr. Pollard took away was the Prince's name, and that, he apprehended, did not constitute a case of larceny. Mr. Bush said /he point raised about the stamps was illusory. If allowed to prevail it would invalidate half the mercantile transactions of the kingdom. Mr. HARDWICK said he had overruled the first objec tion. The next point was whether a constructive lar ceny had been privtd. It appeared that the prisoner had state-d he was ready to pay over the money in cheques and notes. He took away the bills, and nothing more was heard of him or the bills. Mr. Hawkins said, if the prisoner had intended to act dishonestly he would not have called on the Prince to say he iAus unable to procure discount for the bills. There was no evidence to show that the prisoner had any feloni,•us intention when he took away the bills. Mr. HARDWICK said there was not much in the point that the prisoner had called o❑ the Prince ; that might have been d.rne only for a blind. The question was, what, under all circumstances, were the prisoner's inten. dons. Constructive ►arceny was difficult to prove, be cause it was impossible to dive into a man's mind to see what his thoughts were at the time. The question was always left to a jury, whether a person taking away bills intended to sti al them at the time. This was the ques tion he should certainly feel it to be his duty to submit to a jury in the prevent case. _ _ Bail was applied for and refused. Tuesday next was fixed for re-examination. THAMES. Mary Ann "'ether was brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged with stealing a necklace from a dying woman in the London Hospital, under circumstances of great atrocity. On Friday night Mr. Thomas Blyth, a sl.toemaker, carrying on business in Combie's-row, Commercial-road East: Mrs. Blyth, his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Owen, of Cock hill, Ratcliffe, and their daughter, were returning home from Fairlop fair in a chaise cart, drawn by one horse, belonging to Mr. Blyth, when, in endeavouring to pass a waggon, the wheel of the chaise cart came in contact with a kerbstone, and was overturned. All the party were thrown out, and all were seriously injured. Shutters were procured, and the sufferers were carried off to the London Hospital, when it appeared that Mrs. Blyth, whose legs had been crushed by the waggon, was fast sinking, and as she was laid in a bed the prisoner, who, by some means, had obtained admis sion with the police and others, was hanging about her neck, and appeared very officious. The nurses asked her whether she knew the patient, and she said she was her friend and neighbour. Mrs. Blyth soon afterwards expi:ed, and the prisoner quitted the ward, but not before she had clasped the lifeless corpse of the patient, and pretended great sympathy for her dreadful fate. The suspicions of the muses were somewhat raised by the conduct of the prisoner, and they directed a policeman to watch her. The policeman then asked the nurses if they had missed anything, and they discovered that a coral necklace had been taken off the neck of the deceased, and the prisoner was accused of the theft. She was searchcd, but nothing was found upon her. The police man, however, i❑ escorting her down stairs, heard the necklace drop upon a rug, and immediately took the prisoner off to the station-house. The nurses said the necklace was dragged from the deceased's neck with so much force that some of her hair was attached to it. The prisoner in her defence impudently endeavoured to insinuate that the necklace had b !en stolen by the policeman, who must afterwards have dropped it on the rug. Air. Thomas Blyth, who was in a state of great suffer ing, idernifie.l the necklace, which he said was worth 31., and said his wile had it on when she was thrown out of the chaise. Mr. BALLANTINE said he had no doubt the prisoner had stolen the necklace. It was a most shocking case, a:id he should commit her for trial. Mr. and Mrs. Owen and their daughter are in a pre carious state. Mrs. Owen's leg was fractured, and has been amputated. Mr. Owe❑ sustained a fracture of the thigh bone, and had two ribs broken. His daughter, who is also in the hospital, sustained so much injury that she is not expected to survive. GREENWICH. George Forster, a market gardener• at Chislehurst, Kent, aFpeared to a summons at the instlnce of Mr. Johri Dlckenson, the landlord of the Earl Rodney public house, Deptford green, for an improper assault on his daughter, Jane Dickenson, 14 years of age, under the folloeing aggravated circumstances:— It appeared that on the evening of Tuesday, the 22d ult., the defendant called at Mr. Dickenson's house on his way home with his van, for the purpose of taking Miss Dickenson with him to Chislehurst to visit her mother, who was staying there for the benefit of her health. She left with him in the van about half past eight o'clock in the e ening, and before she bad got far on the road he kissed her against her will, and made her promise she would not tell her father. He afterwards spoke in improper language to her, and when they reached the Wilke horse Inn, near Chislehurst, he stopped the van, and wanted her to have first some whisky or rum, and then some ale, but she declined taking any. When on Chislehurst-common, about halt a mile from the White Horse, he took lib e rti es w i t h h er, and used expressions w hi c h the witness objected to repeat. Her clothes were torn in struggling to keep Mr. Dickenson said he had been acquainted with the defendtini's family, which made the case worse. Mr. TR.ULL tined the defendant, who said the whole statement was 14 fabrication, in the full penalty of 51., which he paid. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. At the usual meeting of this board on Saturday, Dr. Spry, the rector, in the chair, Mr. Dark, one of the contractors for slopping, street cleansing, &c., who considered himself aggrieved in con. sequence of the imputation of the vestry, that the con tractors of the parish combined to do the work at an extravagant price, prayed to be examined before the committee which had been appointed to investigate the matter, in order that he might prove himself undeserving of a charge which had become the more serious to him because reported in the Times newspaper. Several of the vestrymen expressed their willingness to give the applicant ev e ry opportunity of clearing him self:, and a proposal to grant his request was cheerfully agreed to. THE EVENING LECTURESHIP. There were three candidates for the appointment of evening lecturer to the parish church, rendered vacant by•the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Scobell. At one o'clock the balloting papers were given to the scrutineers, who announced that Mr. Everard was the successful candidate. The election of Mr. Everard was then formally sanc tioned by the Chairman, who communicate] the result to the Rev. Gentleman, by whom a suitable acknowledg ment of the honour conferred upon him was returned. The remainder of the business was without interest to the public generally. NUMEROUS FIRES. —Yesterday morning, at a quarter-past three o'clock, a very destructive tire broke out upon the premises numbered 18, North-place, Kings land-road, belonging to Mr. Charles Truste, coffee house-keeper. The flames originated in the teller, and rapidly extended up the staircase to the first and se cond floors. The engines promptly attended, but the fire by that period had broken through the roof; and for some time the destruction of the adjoining buildings appeared certain. The flames were subdued by five o'clock ; but not before considerable damage was done. Fortunately Mr. Truste was insured in the Sun Fire ,ffice. A spark from a lighted candle it is supposed was the cause of the disaster.—The same morning, about one o'clock, a tire broke out in the workshops of Mr. R. 'Martein, millwright and engineer, situate in Fox lane, ShadwelL Owing to the timely assistance afforded the fire was soon extinguished.--A third fire broke out at half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, upon the premises in the occupation of Mr. Jacket, oil and colourman, No. 25, James street, Covent-garden. The engines of the London Brigade attended, when the firemen found a largo beam in the back parlour bad be come ignited from a defect in the chimney, and the flames were pouring out with such fury that if a few minutes longer had elapsed before the discovery was made, the entire building must have been destroyed. DEATH OF AN IRISH PATRIARCH ON THE GAMBIA. —The following very curious intelligence appears in the Limerick Chronicle :—" Captain Edward Llyod, of Beechmouct, near Limerick, died on the 17th of March last, having resided on the west of Africa during the incredible period of forty-two years, having gone to that couuntry in 1805, along with the celebrated African traveller, Mungo Park. He lived at the Gambia sir.ce 1816, where his then wigwam formed the nucleus of the present beautiful settlement of splendid stone and brick 'houses, now inhabited by a population of 3,000- souls. The town can boast of a spacious school house, fine streets, a noble square, barracks, a church, and Weskyan chapel, hospital, and Government house, which last cost about 20,000 L He was ree k.,ned the venerable patriarch of the locality, living respected and dying regretted, not only by his nu mero.us children and grand-children, colonists, native chiefs and kings, but by the natives generally on the banks- of the Gambia, far into the interior of that extensive continent. His word had so much influence among them, that it stayed many a sanguinary war, or shortened its duration. In the Egypti an expe d ition, in 181 Q , he was a captain in Abercronahy' s army. The Rev. Mr.' Rankin, colonial chaplain, di e d i n April last of an attack of periodical illness to which he was subject, having suffered much from th e country fever. The chaplaincy of 4501. a year is again vacant to any church a,:pirant who may feel di • sposed to risk himself in that extraordinary country. It is to be regretted that church men, of . all other pr o f ess i ons, are found to be rather chary of the cost, as their hopes are fed on livings at home." GENERAL POST OFFICE.--The following steam vesmois have been appointed to convey the ship-letter mails, viz.:---The Vassetei Tidjaret, Captain Ratsey, for Smyrna, and Constantinople, to sail from Liver pool on the 14th inst. The Camilla, Captain. Brown lc ss, to sail from St. Katherine's Wharf on the 7th inst. for Copenlingen and St. Petersburgh. The Bombay, for the Cape of Go-)d Hope and Bombay, to sail from Liver pool today; and the Antelope, Captain O'Brien, for Rio de Janeiro. to sail from Liverpool on the Bth inst. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 2.—Our sugar market has been heavy this week, and prices have again rather given way. The refined market is also dull. DUTCH BEER.— Some packages of beer have ar rived by the steamer from Rotterdam, en route to South- ampton, for shipment to Lisbon, for her Majesty the queen of l'ortugal. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, JUNE 29. (Sir John Bennie, President, in the chair.) This was the last meeting of the session, and several apparently excellent papers were obliged to be read in abstract because there was not time for giving them in extenso. The first was "On the advantages and economy of maintaining a high degree of cle inliness in roans and streets; with an account of the construction and opera tion of the street sweeping machine," by J. Whitworth, Assoc. Inst. C.E. It treated of the general advantages of street clean liness; the comfort of the pedestrian, the avoidance of impurity to the air from the decomposition of dirt on the pavement ; less dirt and dust being carried into the houses; a saving in the cost of maintenance of roadways; and a diminution of the draught of carriages. The annoyances of the common method of cleansing were then detailed, with the importance of employing plenty of water in the cleansing of streets, to liquify the mud, to cause the dirt to swell and rise from between the stones, to cool and purify the air during hot weather, and to prevent the dust from being driven into the dwellings. It then showed how much economy there resulted from having force enough to cleanse the streets thoroughly and simultaneously in wet weather,. particularly by Whitworth's sweeping machine—which is a cart drawn by one horse, and managed by one man. It has on one of the wheels a toothed wheel working into a pinion, which gives motion to a drum, over and around which passes two endless chains, passing also around another drum, at the lower extremity of a light frame suspended at the tail of the machine, over an inclined plane depending from the drum frame ; these endless chains carry a series of broad brushes, formed of an In dian rush of peculiarly elastic and durable nature ; they travel at a velocity depending upon the speed of the horse, and, impinging upon the ground with a force which is regulated by a coiled spiral spring, carries the dirt up the inclined plane into the cart, whence it is emptied when the receptacle is full. Great economy necessarily prevails from this method of street-sweeping, and the greater the degree of clean liness, and the more constant the attention, the greater is the actual cost. The impolicy as well as cruelty of employing casual paupers as street-sweepers was fully shown and proved. The saving of the roadway by constant sweeping and and the diminished draught of carriages upon well cleansed roads was clearly proved. A general summary of the advantages of the system closed the paper, and with an appendix containing the actual result of long employment of the machines in some of the principal towns of England, showed that in every point of view the system proposed was the most economical in point of cost, and possessed collateral ad vantages which, in these enlightened days, could not fail to be appreciated, both by those who only looked to their own comforts, and by the liberal• minded who interested themselves in the improvement of the sanatory condition of the cities and towns of England, whose proverbial cleanliness might, by the use of these simple machines, be rendered still more remarkable as compared to the state of continental cities. The next paper read was "An account of the sea de fences of Romney Marsh, commonly known by the name of Dymchurch Wall, and the probable origin of the marsh itself, or the manner in which it was reclaimed from the sea," by James Elliot, jun., the resident engi neer. Romney Marsh, properly so called, forms a triangle, the base of which would be a line drawn from Romney to Ap pledore and the apex at Hythe, and comprises about 24,000 acres. It is probable that this marsh was caused in the first instance by the formation of a natural barrier of shingle, nearly where Dymchurch Wall now stands, by which the sea was excluded, and that the first artificial works were executed by the Romans, when they held possession of the country. They consisted of the erec tion of cross walls running from the natural barrier (" the Pull") to the hills, at the base of which the ancient river Limene ran; the chief of these (the Rhee Wall) ran nearly in a straight line from Ramsay to Appledore, and it was at that spot where probably the main work was performed. Upon the supply of shingle from the west being cut off by the extraordinary accumulation at Dun geness Point, the natural barrier at Dymchurch gradually became weakened, and it was necessary to take some steps to prevent its total destruction. The first measure adopted was the erection of an inland well at scme little distance at the back of the " Full," and afterwards the construction of large stone groins on the front, or sea-side, at right angles to the line of coast, in order to increase the deposit of shingle. However, as the supply of shingle gradually decreased, on account of the constant movement to the eastward, and as all that escaped in that direction was permanently lost, these means were found insufficient, and a system of "arming" with brushwood and timber piling was adopted. This was found to answer the purpose for a considerable period, but it also in the course of time gradually became insufficient, and it was found necessary, at length, after numerous experiments, to adopt a stone facing with an average slope of a b ou t 8 t o 1, up to the high-water mat k, graually increasing in steepness from that point, and terminating with a curve of 7 feet radius. The stones, which were laid in a bed of concrete, where they were most affected by the waves, were of different sizes, averaging from 18 to 6 inches in depth; the largest of them being in the middle, where the greatest wear and tear took place, and at which point rows of sheet piling were also driven for additional security. This plan was adopted by the author after mature de liberation on the reports of Mr. Rennie and Mr. Walker, and a very careful examination of the locality. Part of the wall has now been standing for ten years and has required a very trifling uwount of repair ; while the an nual expense has been reduced from 10,0001. to 4,0001., with every prospect of a still further reduction being effected, as upwards of two•thirds of the work is now permanently completed: The last paper was " On Ocean steam Navigation," by Captain Henderson, Assoc. Inst. C.E., calling atten tion to the fact, that in this great maritime nation naval architecture was neglected as a science, as was proved by the experimental squadrons, and some of the ordinary steam vessels lately built. That neither the public or science had derived any advantage from these costly experiments, owing to the absence of any information in a systematic form, that correctly described the relative size, capacity, resist ance, power, or speed of existing steam-ships, the pre sent tonnage and nominal horse power, for all purposes of analogy, being quite fallacious. To obviate this difficulty, the author proposed the adop tion of a tabular form which should exhibit at one view, the relative dimensions of different vessels, and the ratio of length and depth to breadth, the displacement and weight of the hull and the stores, showing the actual capacity for weight, deducting the engines and fuel, giving the capa city for armament or cargo. An approximate estimate of the relative resistance was shown by the area of the midship section and other elements of resistance, and comparing the ratio of the displacement to the resistance. The power of the engines and the ratio of the ton nage, displacement, and area of midship section to the horse-power, together with the average speed at sea, were given to enable a fair comparison to be made of how far each ship approached the form of least resistance. The difficulty of ascertain'ng these might be overcome by the test of a dynamometer like that fitted to her Ma jesty's ship Rattler, the experiments upon whiah gave the resistance at 151 b. the square foot, at 6i knots, and 30Ibs. at 9.1 knots. Souse observations of the proportion of power to tonnage, and on the relative advantages of paddles and screws for long voyages were given, showing that with paddle-vessels, designed for a voyage of 3,000 miles, a proportion of three tons to one horse power had been the average. He considered that for a distance of 4,500 miles a screw vessel, with a proportion of four tons and a half to one horse power, would be the best for steam communication by the Cape to Australia. He urged the advantages of having records of what had been done, and invited builders and engineers to place in the archives of the Institution of Civil Engineers the information sought for, in a tabular form, as a means of advancing steam navigation, upon which the welfare and prosperity of Great Britain so much de pended. Several other papers were announced, which had been sent in at too late a period of the session to enable them to be read. At the monthly ballot the following candidates were elected:— Messrs. T. Cini, J. S. Russell, F. Swanwick, members;—W. Brown, 0. C. D. Ross, A. Williams, and Captain D. O'Bri en , assoc i ates ; an d the meeting was adjourned, until the second Tuesday in January, 1848. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. F The accounts of the Quarter's Revenue will be made up this evening, before which time it will be of course impossible to ascertain the several items of receipts with literal exactness. We believe, however, that even now we can congratulate our readers on the continued buoyancy of the public re sources of the country. In spite of the large drain for food, and the depressing circumstances to which the trade and commerce of the country have been ne cessarily sub j ec ted —notwithstanding that we have passed through a season of unexampled difficulty— the establishment of sound commercial principles have triumphed over all, and the resources of the country continue to be unimpaired. There will be an increase on the Revenue of the Quarter, as compared with the corresponding Quarter of last year. The amounts received on account of Post-office, Taxes, and In- Excise Duties, Stamps, come-tax exceed the amounts received from these sources in the Quarter ending July 5, 1846. The Customs Revenue, when made up to the sth inst., will probably be not much over or und er th e amount m received fro that item in the corresponding quarter of last year. In Miscellaneous Receipts there will be a large falling off, compared with the July quarter of last year, in consequence of the sums received in 1846 from China, which amounted to about half a million in that quarter, and of which nothing has been received in the quarter now just ending. This will greatly reduce the increase in the other branches, if it do not wholly swamp it. It is most satisfactory, however, to find that those sources of revenue upon which we rely for a regular support, and which are also the best indications of the activity of trade, and of the enjoyment of comforts by the mass of the people, continue to be steadily and permanently productive. --Observer. Baron de Ziegeser left town yesterday for the Con tinent. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial Office for the Governor General of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North Ameri can Provinces. THE WEATHER in the HIGHLANDS. The sun shines out delightfully, and has done so for some days hark, so that there is every rea on to cherish the expectation th a t a trac k o f t he most favoura ble I weather has set in. The progress which the crops have made since last week is surprising —one can a lmost suppose that he sees them growing. On Tuesday St field of wheat at liessock, and several others in this neighbourhood, were in ear, and the winter wheats are now, in almost every case, in ear. The heads are beautiful and large. We have had sent to us, as a specimen, from Erchless Castle, a score or so stalks of Siberian oats, all with the ear finely developed. The seeds were sown on the Mains of Erch!ess, on the 19th March last; and the whole field is now in ear. D was this oat (weighing 46lbs. per bushel) which g ained a prize at the agricultural seed competition at Inverness , in 1845 6. At liessock there is also a field of barley in ear; and at Abertarff a fiald of the same kind of grain was in ear on Thursday. Hay cutting commenced yes' terday, in this v i c i n ity, on a fi ne field (a first-rate crop at Millburn, belonging to Mr. Chisholm, whose barley is in the shot blade. Other hay fields will be cut next week. The potato still continues healthy. In a garden at Fortrose an affection, similar to that at Nairn (men' tioned last week), has been observed in one instance. From the Black Isle, we learn that the crops are verf beautiful. The small crofters have, in general, a fine promise of oats ; and we understand that that grain was sown to a greater extent th an usua l. O n M r. Gait farm (Tullich) workmen are employed trenching, drain' ing, and reclaiming waste land. About 15 acres hav e been taken in ; and 10,000 yards of drain cut. On the farm of Wester Suddie (Mr. Campbell's farm) thorough draining is also going on. At Mains of Avoch (Mr' Ross's farm) wheat was in ear on Wednesday. Our Skye correspondent writes—The weather havid proved very favourable for the last fortnight i n this quarter, the crops and the potatoes have made great progress, and things now look very promising, upon the whole, throughout the island. The oats and the gres! in particular have assu:ned quite another appearance, 5 1 ' the comparatively few potatoes planted are as yet keer. ing healthy-like, and grow i ng v i gorously. The lift: barley sown this year is net d o i ng qu i te so well, got this may arise either from its n o t b e i ng t h e proper kind for the soil that has been sown, or because th e people, not having been in the habit of sowing tbis kind of seed for some time past, may have e far forgotten the parti cu l ar me th o d o f treat i ng i t. reference to oth er ma tt ers , we are now i n a kind 0 transition state—the people being called upon for tins° l specific work, in return for the meal distributed by ths, ' local committees of re li e f— an d so far as I have bad an opportunity of observing, the people are very read, and willing to do such work as is pointed out Witt them, and had th e y cons t ant emp l oyment, suitable remuneration, there would be no ecareit/ among them, nor need of external aid. It is, hol e ever, not at all easy to provide for them at horns' and hence the nece ss ity o f so many o f t h em go i ng 50 0 w in summer to obtain the means of subsistence. For sill as remain, the local committ ees are en d eavour i ng to fi° work suited to their sex and age—at roads and other out side improvements, as will benefit the community g ar rally, for the men and lads, and stout boys; and at sPi" ning and knitting stocking, fur the females—so that, h i ; tween the different memb ers o f f am ili es , something litt a subsistence may be earned, when matters are fartt!_ i , advanced and arrangem e nt s com pl e t e d. I n t h e D u i r ioo; or Dunvegan local com m itt ee , M ac l eo d o f M ac l eo d, who presides, is most indefatigable in carrying out arrang e ' ments for this purpose ; and two months ago be pr op cured a considerable q u a n tity o f woo l f or t h e females a spin—of which hi s l a dy ta k es c h arge — a good deal which is made into yarn. Yarn has also been proons by him for the making of nets by old men, who can nothing else of a h eav i er d escr i pt i on o f work. Wrilll,ei then, with the great number of men and even ferns', who have gone south, an d th e emp l oyment o f so ni°°,l, various occupations a t h ome , if t h e next harvest twA out as well as appearances promise, matters here OS have then recove re d th emse l ves cons id era b ly, a llhoefi the comparatively small quant ity o f potatoes p l a n"- will be a serious drawback.—lnveretss Courier, RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS , LIVERPOOL, JULY B. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Th e sa l es are-Birkenhead, Lail, shire and Cheshire Juncti on , 1/. 13 s . 9d . di s.- Bl ac kbdr es Clitheroe, &c., 2 , 4 dis. ex int.-Ditto, Preference, 3 P• int.-East Lancashire, New (scrip), p.-Edinburgh r i L. Glasgow, 70-Great Northern, 1 1 / 2 dis. ex int.-Ditto (~i1 ; k 1 don and York Extension), 1 die. ex int.-Huddersfieldil i o and Railway, 2 3 4 p.-Ditto, Extension, y g p.-Leeds Dewsbury, VA p.-Leeds and Thirsk, Crosby, and Southport, 1% p.-London and North-Wesnf, 181 1 4-Ditto, Quarters, 17 3 / 4 p.-Manchester and Le`, Halves, 9 p.-Ditto (late H u d. an d Sheff.), 3 1 4 p. eX ,' Ditto, 321. Shares, p.-Ditto, Fifths (late West Ridgy Union), % p.-Manchester and S ou th amp t on , 34 dis.- -31 ,4 1 chester, Matlock and Midl an d, I s . 3d. di s. -Midl an d SL O 138%-Ditto, 401. Shares, p.-Ditto, New, 4V E r e Newcastle and Berwick, N ew , 3 p. -N orth Staffor dW / 39,1 p.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 2N 4 d 1 : 1 11 Shrewsbury and Chester New. Is. 3d. p.-South-Easters, Dover, New, No. 2, % p.-Ditto, New, No. 4,3 s. 9d• otl ex int.-York and New cas tl e, P reference, 4% p North Midland (East and West Ridug Extension), 19 ' -Dutch Rhenish, 3 dis.-Jamaica, 40. MANCHESTER, JULY 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birmingliani. e ) Oxford Junction, 7 3-16 p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, c Zfor dis.-Ditto, Preferentials, 3 1 / 2 p.-Derby, Stafford, and 'oil cester, 1 5-16 dis.-East Lancashire, New, v i Counties, York Extension, 96 dis.-Huddersfield and A d! chester (191. paid), 2% p. -Ditto, Thirds, Thirsk, Preferentials, 9-16 dis.-Leeds, and Dew'sb e i Branches, Halves, 3 p.-Li verpoo l , Manchester, and Netord tie Junction, '29s. 3,1. dis.-Manchester and Leeds, 32/. S" W (late Extensions), A p.-Ditt o , F i f t h s (late est b. c '7,l , Union), p.- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 001 , field and Lincolnshire), 7-16 dis.-Manchester and 5°50 , , ampton, 1 3-16 dis.-North Staffordshire, 3 3-16 l ham Alliance, par-Preston and Wyre, Halves (A). 4 1 /02 . • South-Eastern and Dover, 37 1 4-Ditto, No. 4, 3-16 'AV South Staffordshire, 1 / 2 dis.-Cheshire J unc ti on , 1% u, Grimsby, 12/..105. Shares, 1% dis. LEEDS, JULY 3. 111/1 STOCK EXCHANGE. -There has been a considerable r in the price of shares this week, but which seems to be :jib gradually dying away again, and th e mar k ets l oo k cl o y, The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bostou•, 0 1 dis.-East and West Yorkshi re , 1% die.-Huddersfield o si Manchester, 3 p.-Ditto, Thirds, 17s. 6d. p.......Leed?4$ Thirsk, 5 1 4 dis.-Ditto, Preference, 13 s . s . di s . - M a ncop and Leeds, 32/. Shares, 6s. 6d. p.-Ditto (West Il i gg Union), 6s. p.-North British, Thirds, 335. p.-Ditto, o sl4 tension, 3s. p.-N or th S ta ff or d s hi re, Is. 3d. p.-Noriro# • Counties Union, 2% dis.-North-Western, 275. dis. and North Midland (East and West Riding), 13% P. SHEFFIELD, JULY 3. A Die STOCK EXCHA NGE .-Th e sa l es are-Manchester 1111„".ditk, coin Union, 295. di s .-M anc h ester and Leeds (West 0100 Union), Bs. 6d. p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Liuceill ix ll. (Grimsby and Sheffield), 121. 10s. Shares, 1% (Sheffield and Lincoln), 5 ls. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 3. 10 STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, NO' dis.--Edinburgkand Northern, Newport, 12s. 3d. Northern, 31s. dis.-Newcastle and Carlisle, New Serif) , EDINBURGII, JULY 2 ni STOCK EXCHANGE.-Th e sa l es are-Aberdeen, 3v,-rtr' 6d.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 10 s .-A r b roat h an d r . ,, f) p 261. 103.-Ditt o , H a l ves , 14/. 10 8. -A yr and GallowlkY:4o ss. -Caledonian, 301. 155.-Ditto, New, 2/. 55.-Caled o 9 '"/./ and Dumbartonshire, 1!. 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 4 64: Deeside, 31 55.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 1/. 7 .' 4. -Dundee and Arbroath, 371. 10s.-Ditto, New, No. " 140' 7s. 6d.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 30/. 75. 6d.-Ditto, Ne/" 4 ,1 • P 3,3/. 2s. 6d.-Dundee and Northern Junction, o 11 • n i Dundee and Perth, 324 10s.-Ditto, New, 131. --D Quarters, Si. 7s. 6d.-East of Fife, I/. 18s.-East r- ) ' Central, 21.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 71. 103.- - V li ttOl burgh and Glasgow, 694-Ditto, Hal ves , 22/. 10s.-" 1 " - 19 0 Quarters, 17/. 2s. 6 . -Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantor: 64 2s. 6d.-Ditto, P re f erence, 90/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 21 i'tek -Ditto, Quarters, 13s. 9d.-Edinburgh and NortherV 10s.-Ditto, N ew, 31. 18s.-Ditto, Newport, 71. 12s• Ditto, ditto, New, 2/. 145. 6d.-Edinb urg h an d P er th 0 0 0 Co.), 1/. 3 s . 6d. -Ditto, Halves, fis. Giasgoei n ittgt Ayrshire, 1201. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 421. 2 s . 6t1.--;' 9 4 Halves, No. 1,8/. 1 9 5. -Di tto, Halves, No. 2, 6 1 Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5/. 7s. 6c1.-Glasg oo s / Garnkirk, 40/.-Glasgow General Terminus, 121. I p ittOf Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, Halves, 9/. 10s.-- olik Preference, 8/. 2s. 6d.--Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and ArdreOrty 4/.' 55.-Great North o f S co tl an d, U. 17s. 6d.-Great 14° 40 err; (late Direct Northern), 41. 12s. 6d.-Ditto (late D 9 '6 0 ./ and York ), 1/. 125.-Newcastle and Berwick, 291. tots , North British, 33/. 25. 6d.-Ditto, H a l ves, 151 . 105.--,69/ Quarters, 41. 145.--Ditto, New Quarters ( scr ip),,,'",. Ditto, Thirds, 2/. 1 55.-Ditto, Fifths, 6/. 105.-N.''_ i tie Central, 27/. 155.-Scottish Gra n d Junction, 198.-- „ c i. ",ier Midland, 18/. 10s.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 105.-SLiii bury, Oswestry, and Ch es t er , 9/. 10s.-Ditto, New, I 0.- -Stirling and Dunfermline, Si. 5 5 . -Sti r li ng an d M.1" .1 t„l* 2/. 65.-Wishaw and Coltness, 491.-York and NeY1 01 15) , 381.15x. -Ditto, New, 17/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference/ d ip 17s. 6d.-Direct Bo m b ay an d M a d ras, 2 s. 3d.-East 000 2s. 9d.-Great N or th o f I n di a, 2 s. 6d.-Great Soul, of Madras, 25.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 6d. GLASGOW, JULY 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ayr and Gallow* A ga —Caledonian, New, 42s.—Direct Bombay and MadrsO n o v , 3d. —East Indian, 4s. 9d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 67„.010 Ditto, Halves, 231.—Edinburgh and Perth, 233.—G1 89 y, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 120 1 / 2 —Ditto (5 per cent. gliek 42N —Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61. lls.—Glasgow, Dan l b er and Carlisle, 5 1 / 2 —Great Western o f Bengal, 2s.—Mala i e iro d, ter and Southampton, 16s.—Ditt o, N ew, 245. 3(l.—Aliut,'.ol' Halves, 10%—North British, Q uarters, 93s.—Scottish tral, 281.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 1234. BIRTHS. On the 27th ult., the lady of Ed dEscid Aston Hall, D er by s hi re , of i son. ward A. Holden, - On the 29th ult., at Rugby, the wife of the Rev. Ge d Cotton, of a son. g fr On the Ist inst., at Spondon, Derbyshire, the Hon. Drury Holden, of a son. 10 'On the Ist i ns t., at G razley Lodge, Reading, 13er Mrs. Bogle, o f a son . I a' On the Ist in s t., a t S evenoaks, Mrs. W. F. Holcroftt daughter. of On the 2d inst., the wife of the Rey. T. Anehitel Ans° ll ' a daughter. Di e* On the 2d i ns t., at Iver Lodge, Uxbridge, bars. Ve llB of a daughter. On the Ist i ns t . , at Waltham MARRIED tow, Francis HaMed, t,ti of the Middl e T emp l e, to Mary Anne, daughter of the James Powell, Esq., of Clapton House, Middlesex. ibe On the Ist inst., at Christ Church, St. Marylebolit to llt Rev. William S amue l H art l ey, 8.A., Vicar of LauP 0, Yorkshire, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the Re' Boyce, M.A., of the Abbey-road, St. John's-wood. DIED. On the 2d inst., Percy Sedgley Snape. On the 24th of April laat, at Barnangora, near Dal," a te in the East Indie s , R eg i na ld J o h n Walker, Esq., a Lie nant in the Bengal Engineers, aged 24. On the Ist inst., at Lea m i ngton , J o h n P ate Nevile, _„ Skelbrookpark, Yorkshire. 1 rtl ei On the { 2d inst., at Norwood, Surrey, Christopher -° son, jun., Esq., aged 43. Ogt On the 2d in s t., i n U pper G eorge -street, Bryan square, Jane, widow of W. Spilsbury. printer, aged 71. On the 2d inst., in Tavistock-square, Mrs. E. Guest. f.. On the 3d inst., at H as ti ngs , W. F. White, Esq., D.C: . ;/' - Lon ,, on : Printed and P u b l i ntien by 241.111.1i0 YOtLNU, col Ivt strand, Printer. at The ,Stan Mee, No. i LT. Strand. In the I" of the Savoy, in the C ounty of Mid,fAesex, 3101114, J ul° ;. 1847. r pub like has The and or 3