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

+ 0 SUN OFFICE, Seven L,'Clock. TATTERSALLS:--(This Evening.) EBOR HANDICAP. sto I agst Tasmania (taken) sto 1 agst' Warlock (taken) GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. 6 to 4 aget Vedette (taken) 100 to 6 aget Saunterer ST. LEGER. 65 to 40 agst Blink Bonny (taken) sto 1 agst Ignoramus (taken) Bto 1 agst Tournament (offered) Even on Blink Bonny and Ignoramus( (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—{This Evening.) ROYAL COMMISSION. Their lordships assembled at four o'clock. The royal assent was given by clmmission to the following bills : County Court Judges (Falconer's and Yates Salaries), Superannuation Act Amendment, Boundaries of Land (Inland), General Board of Health Continuance, Attcr sties and Solicitors (Colonial Courts), Iliicit Distillation (Ireland), Loan 'Societies, Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act (1855) Amendment, Summary Proceedings be fore Justices of the Peace, Glebe Lands (Ireland), Banking. Crown, &c., Suits (Scotland), Land Tax Commissioners Names, Industrial Schools, Muni cipal Corporations, Fraudulent Trustees, New Zea land Loan Guarantee, New Zealand Company's Claims, New Zealand Government Act Amendment, Haslingden and Todmorden Roads, Weet Somerset Railway,, New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land Company, Norfolk Estuary Act Amendment, Thames Conservancy, Tweed Fisheries, British and Irish Grand Junction Railway, Fins bury Park (No. 2), Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway, Herne Bay and Fat ers a m Railway, Taff 'Vale Railway, South-Eastern Railway (Greenwich Junction to Deptford), Newry and Enniskillen Rail way, Mayor's Court of the City of London, Wycombe .Railway, Shepherd's Disabilities Removal, Baring's Divorce, and Guistiniani's Naturalisation. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the E»•1 of Harrowby, and the Duke of Argyle. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Caper, Fife, praying that certain enactments in the Boundaries of Burgh bill might be made obligatory instead of per missive. THIRD READINGS. Oa the motion ~f Lord REDESDALE, the Scinde Railway and the Eastern Bengal Rail N ay (Amendments) bills were read a third time and passed. ROYAL BRITISH BANK The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from tha shar,hs 1 Jere in the Royal British Bank praying that that portion of the Joint Stock. Companies B:11 which bad reference to them migh; not be passed into a law. Tne Commons' Amendments to the Lords' Amend. ;rents in this bill were then con,idered. As the bill was first framed the Tipperary Bank shareholders were required to refund the 24. dividend which they had re ceived, in order to share the advantages of the present measure. The Commons did not think it was fair to ask those lodgment creditor 4 to refund the 2g., and ',posed amendments occordingly.l The LORD-CHANCELLOR Made a further amend ment to the amendments, to the effect that the share holder should not refund the 2a. He o oved, therefore, that the Commons' amendments with an amendment be agreed to. - Lord ST. LEONARDS was of opinion that the Corn• mope amendments were such as ought to be agreed to. Their lordships divided, when there appeared— Content ll Non-content 9 Maj :ritv.- —2 REFORMATORY SCHOOLS BILL. The Commons' amendments to this bill. were consi dered and agreed to. DULWICH COLLEGE BILL. The Commons' am en d ments to thi s bill were consi dered. The Earl of HARROWBY moved that the Commons' amendments to clauses 3,4, 5, and 6 be not agreed to. Tne motioa WAI agreed to. LUNATICS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill as amended was read a third time and passel. BURIAL ACTS (AMENDMENT) BILL. This h,ll as amended wal read a third time and passed after the Earl of GRANYILLI had made certain amend ments, whin]) were a reed to. BOUNDAIIEES OF BURGHS (SCOTLAND) BILL, Tuffs hill was read a third time aid passed. The Valuation of Land (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. The Ecclesiastical Commission Bill passed through committee. The Consolidate, Fund Approopriation, the Probate and Letters of AdroiniFtration (Ireland), the Parochial Schoolmaster's (Scotland), and the East India Mutiny B 1k were read a first time, Their lordships shortly afterwards adjourned. HOUSE OF CIONAIONS—(Tb.i3 Day.) • The Srfcauct took the chair at twelve o'dock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' Amendments to the Lanca,ter and Car - lisle and Ingleton Railway Bill were considered and • agreed to. • MERSEY CONSERVANCY BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM Moved that a select committee be appointed to inspect the Lords Journal relative to the Mersey Conservancy Bill, which had pas::e•l this house. The right hon. baronet having explained the objects of the bill and its progress through this house and the House of Lords up to its being referred to a select committee, said that the object of the motion was to put an end to the present bill, will a view of introducing another bill this seseinn, to be passed through i•s -various stage 4 without eh lay, to give effect to the bill in the House of Lord', changing the amount of compensation Irons 750,0001. to 1,500 0001. Mr. J. EW.A.B.T seconded the motion. After some remarks from Mr. HENLEY, The motion was agreed to and the committee named. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. The committee was resumed on this bald oi•clause 28, providing for the dismissal of petitions, Mr. EIENLEY a4ked for an explanation of the clause. The AT rottNEY-GENERAL said that the the 27th and 28th clauses were proposed with a view of prevent ing , n between the par,ies in uncontested cases, and the 29:h leave en extended area of defence. Mr. HENLEY moved the omission. of the words "alleed adultery," and the insertion in their plate "facts alleged," to make the clatise consistent with the 27 •h clause. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the amendment. After a discussion in which Sir W. Heatholte, Lord • John Manners, Mr. Ayrton, the Attorney-General, Mr.. I Butt, Mr, Henley, Mr. B.)vii, Mr. Wigram, and Mr. Wel?ole, took part, • The amendment was withdrawn. 31r. BOVILL moved an amendment :—That condo ..lWion of adultery on the part of the husband should net . be an absolute bar to a di:orce for subsequent adultery . - On the part of the wife, but that it should be left to the . discretion of the ciert. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL accepted the amend . - nent, and it was subsequently agreed to by the Con;- ' Inittee. Mr. H. INGRAM moved an amendment, prohibiting , a petitioner, whose petition has been dismissed from again petitioning the court in the same case within five years. If parties aggrieved were allowed perpetually to apply to the court it would engender the worst feelings and destroy domestic pacr. On the other hand a period of five years was likely to cool down the passions, and give rise to a reconciliation. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the appre hension, of-the hon. member was unfounded, because tbe bill prevented a second application to the Court aft er a decision in the same case. After some discussion the amendment was negatived. The clause, with amendments, was then agreed to. Clause 29 decrees dissolving marriage. Mr. M`MAHON moved an amendment that adult ter', previously committed by the petititioner, should be a bar to obtaining a, divorce for subsequi•nt acts of Multery on the part of . the husband or wife, as the case carght be petitioned against. diocnssio n ensued, and the committee divided. • For the amendment Against it: The amen d sjo r i t —4l in . nt M. m oNs i L zias consequently lost. such marriage te ,, bepro.posed to leave out the words ',g dissolved," for the purpose of in serting the words z e of judicial separation for life." He thought it the of raisini 4 the impor tant question, that hiand encontos:i7cnausidered by the committee or the hou, ab w ou ith this bill, - vi _ eu t . to be constituted whe ther they would give to the court the power of granting divorce a the parties to marry again. " 1 0, with power to Mr. WIGRAM rose to order. Ile doubted if it wag Competent to raise the question after the committee had passed the 25i,h clause. Mr. FITZEIOY said that the committee ha v i ng de cided to give the new Court power to grant divtirce b y the 25th clause, it could not be again seised. Mr. MONSELL said his oiject in wishing to take a discussion on the question of divorced parties then was , to wave time. The motion being out of order was then withdrawn. • On the question that the clause stand part of the bill, Mr. WALPOLE moved a provisio to the effect that the Court should not on an application from the husband for divorce against the wife for adultery, grant or decree a divorce NO - ere it was proved that the husband had pre viously committed adultery without condonation on the part of the wife. • The ATTORNEY -GENERAL opposed the amend ment, as being inconsistent with the principle of the bdt. It wool] be hard if they permitted divorce with condo nation to adopt such a proviso as this. To suppose an estr:me case, it would be a hari;ship to refuse a hut . band a divorco from a profligate wife because some twenty years before be had committed an isolated act of adultery of which his wife was I;norant, till proceedings TE SUN, *LONEON, MONDAY PEN 1 1 NG Au-Gusr 17, 1857 were instituted against her, and her agents had made the discovery. The husband might have repented of his error, and his subsequent conduct have been such-as to give his wife no cause of complaint. It was a question that might safely b.. left to the diecretion of the court. Lord J. RUSSELL supported the proviso. _ After some discussion 'the committee divided. The numbers were— For the proviso Against it M,jority against it ~ 41 .. 80 .. -39 Mr. BOVILL moved an amendment, that " no de cree shall be issued by the Court where a petit'oner shall have been gaily during the marriage of misconduct or neglect towards the other party to the marriage." He urged that this discretion, which was similar to that exercised by the House of Lords, should be granted to the Court. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL accepted the principle of the words of the amendment, but thouht them too general for the object in view. He wouid consent to the introduction of words for withholding the decree where the aduitery was caused by the neglect or miscon duct of the husband. Mr. BOVILL consented to the modification, andithe amendment so a ltered was inserted in the clause. Mr. BOVILL then moved another amendment, that the decree should n t be granted "where the parties shall have been living apart from each other by consent previous to the adultery." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL agreed to the intro duction of words to carry out the object of the hon. and learned member for Ga Ilford. Mr. BOVILL then moved a third amendment to give the Court the widest possible discretion;--the same as that enjoyed by the House of Lords. After the limita tion for divorce in the clause he moved tl add "or where a petitioner couk not as heretofore have obtaiued a divorce." After some discussion the amendment was negatived without a division. On again putting the motion that the clause stand part of the bill, Mr. MONSELL proceeded to raise the question of marriage by divorced persons, which he said would be contrary to the laws of Cbristendom, and he instanced the frightful consequences that had resulted to society from such a permission in Prussia. He asked the com mittee to express its opinion on the subject, and he therefore moved the expulsion of the clause. The committee then divided. The numbers were— For the clause B3 Against it 2l Majority The clause was then added to the bill, and the house resumed. The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill, the Probates and Letters of Administration (Ireland) and the Jurisdiction in Siam Bill were read a third time and passed. The Cust.)ms and Excise Bill, and the Customs Bill were considered or amended and agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The sitting was suspended at 4 o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. [LEFT SITTING Country Markets. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—AUG. 14. Qrs. Best. Current. Infeiin 641 Wheat 603 63 3Bs 7d 233 Oats 34s 03 3ls lid 26• 61 110 Barley 38s 03 34s le 293 9d 15 Peas & beaus 60s 64 49i 901 49 ed HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—Ana. 14. WHEAT. BARLEY OATS. I snAng • First 6Bs 03 38s 63. 363 93 1 52s 01 Second 43s 53 I 34s 6d I 333 5d j 46s 111 Third 34s 03 132 s 0.1 131 s 03 I 45s vd Total quantity of wheat in market, 1114 qrs.,lolB sold barley „ 243 qrs., 214 sold oats ,; 3.31. qrs., 306 s. , ld 11 fl beans ~ 37 qrs., 37 sold AVERAGES PER IMPIRTAL QUARTER. Wheat, U. 19 10 0-12ths j Barley, ...1/: 13 4 3-12ths Oats, ... 11. 12 4 11-12ths I Beans, ..... 21. 710 0-12th PP I ABERDEEN—AUG. 14. Potato oats Common oats 2 2 s s 0 0 C d 1 t t o o 2 2 4 6: 01 Od r t Elbe per bushel Bere qOs Od to 3 s Od 1 „531bs Barley 30 s Od t o 31 s Od Wheat, red (spring)36B Od to 40s Od 1 621b9 ~ , white 36s Od to 46 3 Od f Oatmeal ' 2os 01 to 21s 01 per boll. Flour 448 Od to 45s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 61 to 9d I Butter, p lb. is —d to Is lc Mutton, per lb 6d to 9d Eggs, p doz. Os 9d to Os 10d Lamb, Ldo., Os 6d to Of. 81 I Hens, p pair 2s 6d to 3s 0.1 Veal, per lb ... 5d to Os 7d I Chickens,do. is 6d to 2f. 0 I Pork, perlb...os 6d. to Os 7d Ducks, do., is 6-1 to 1 00 Salmon, per lb .........ls Od Ducklings,o Is 6d to 24 0 Grouse, per brace Os to Os 1 Turkeys, each 4s Od to 4-s 6 i Tallow, p stone, Os to HS 0-1 Potatoes, pr peck, d --to 10 Rabbits, each Od to OJ. Butter for explrtation (present cure) per cwt.... 988 to 103 s Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen --d to 7d RETAIL PRICES. F10ur,141b....0s Od to 2s 6d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2s 2d Oatmeal Os Od to 2s ld „ dust, Beremeal ....Os Od to 2a Od „ per lb 2d to 2i.1 Peasernoal... Os Od to 2s 4il Sids, 7d Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6a 4-lb. 10af...8d. I 2-Ib. loaf ...4d. 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 Sou , h-E 'stern Railway, and caused so severe a concussion that the porters who were unloading the train contain ing fruit for the metropolitan markets instantly jumped off the platform in a state of the greatest terror. The chief officers on duty, Mr. Biggs and Mr. Wells, examined the iron roof, and immediately orlered a policeman to prevent all persons from walking uuder it. This order fortunately was strictly obeyed, as about two hours afterwards a portion of the roof, about 350 feat in length, toge ther with the massive girders and iron pillar4 ' fell with a tremendou s cras h, 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 just 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 5) men o intinually at work on the platform. Immediately the roof fell in, Mr. Noden ordered the muster-roil to be called, and no one was missing. Although the accident caused serious inconvenience, the roods trains left the station at their appointed tams, 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 aunty 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, Chigwell, 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 Lrwestofr. 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 suburbandistricts of Hackney, Homerton, Old Ford, Kiugsland, 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. Nicnole, the builder, of No. 25, Strathmore-terrace, Back-road, Br. Paul's, Shadwell, was struck by lighming. A large stone chimney was forced from the brickwork of the roof, and carded by a sudden gust of wind *moss the street into 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-pest 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 disrupture 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 c'rele, fell into the ro of the tower. Immediately at the base of the pinnacle there is a three-inch iron spout or tube erected to convey 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 spouting in this instance, and by mere accident, acted the 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 Rexford was inundated with water to an extent that has had no parallel for the last 62 yeais. In at least half-a-dozen places the watsr rose above the basement floors of the houses, and in Spring-gardens and the lo cality mar 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 h'gh-r up. From Betford to Bawtry, along the course of the Idle, and on bob sides of the Great Northern Railway, the lands were more or 1 E 33 submerged, and all kinds of crop -, , 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 Dencaster 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 age 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, bay, &c., were carried down the river, having been sweptoutof the fields where harvest operations have been a. rested. by the late he ivy rains. At Mt3X borough, a few miles above Doncaster, the flood is the h ghest recorded, and several head of cattle have been lost. A great fall of earth was caused by the rain at Scarborough, on the eastern face of the Castle-hill. A semictrou'ar piece of about half an acre has gone sheer down, le-tvince a precipitous face from the top to the bottom, a depth' of well nigh 200 feet. The quant . ty of earth and rock which has fallen cannot be less 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 curiosity 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 hall has perished along with the portion of the cliff which has fallen, and may have been the cause of this fall, by filling wi.h a weight of water beyond the telacity of the cliff to resist'. Manchester and its neighbourhood were visited with heavy thunderstorms on Thursday, Fri day, and Saturday morning, resultin g in the flood ing of the rivers to a hei g ht which has not been known for many years and a serious loss of life and property. Heavy rains had fallen on the earlier days of the week, but the first thunderstorm was on Thursday evening, when the lightning was ex tremely vivid, coming in triple flashes, and the rain descended in torrents. During Thursday night and up to 10 o'clock on Friday morning there was a succession of very heavy showers, and the rivers Irwell, Irk, and Medlock were swollen dur ing the whole of the day. The most serious storm however, was one which commenced about 10 o'clock on Friday night and lasted until 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. The flashes of lightning and peals of thunder followed each other with un usual rapidity, and the deluge of rain that came down converted the streets into pools of water. The rivers hid risen above the level of their deep channels, and in many places were over flowing their basks. Many people say these streams have not been so high for 30 years past. The destruction of life and property by the floods was very imperfectly known up to Saturday night. A man was drowned in the Ir well, near the Victoria-bridge, and several lives are said to have been last at Blue-pits by the bursting of the reser voir, and higher up the streams it was reported that lives had been lost, including two boys named Robinson and Fos, drowned at Ashton-und-r- Lyne. The destruction of property has been very great in Manchester alone, caused chiefly by the overflow of the Medlock. We have heard it vari ously estimated at 40,0001. to 50,0001. Among the principal buildings flooded were the cotton mills of Messrs. J. and W. Bellhouse, Messrs. Birley and Co., Alderman Barnes, Messrs. Hilton and Co. (Bolt-town), Mr. Jones (Mount-street), and the Hanover-mill. The moat serious loss among these cases will probably have accrued to Messrs. W. and J. Bellhouse. In their mill the water is said to have risen 3 feet 6 inches above the level it attained in the flood, of last'August. The cotton mill of Messrs. Marsden at Ancoat-bridge was flooded to the depth of nine feet, and the night watchman on fluty had,• a narrow escape. Hanover cotton-mills, at Buxton street, were flooded to a depth of 17 feet in the boiler-heuee, and of 5 feet in tie throstle-roan. At Mr. Thomas Chester's brewery, Stove-street, 33 pockets of hops were immersed, 37 puncheoes of ale destroyed, asid a portion of the building da maged. The 10-s is estimated at about 7501. At some cottages in this street not only the cellars but first story rcoms were under water, the fib id 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 Mt ssrs. Teenat 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. J ames D ona ld son , 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 Leak, engravers ; of Mr.' Muir, machine maker ; Mr. Harding, cotton spinner • and Mr. De Bergue, machine maker. The total 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 Edlerow 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-stree', 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, dienot 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 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 b e i ng comp l e t e l y 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 wingof the canal, and 150 piecs s of valuable mohair clothes swept were away, and great d image -o done to the premises and works, estimated at upwards of 1,0001. -The premises of Mr. W. Ar nold, boilermaker, 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 wore 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 lease, 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 comparativ e ly small. A portion of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, between Brockholes and Henley, 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 cf several feet, leaving 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 mile-i distant from Huddersfield, a worn _nanied Betsy Farrand, who was housekeeper to Mr. Edwd. Roberts, of etorthes-moor-house, was struck by the .electric fluid on Friday night, and was killed whi'e she was sitting sewing in a chair. The near Holme subsigitel as rapidly as it overflowed, and strangers wouldlee at a loss to conceive the possibility of so small a stream having inflicted so mewl damage on this locality. From nine o'clock in the ese ning the rain came down in torrents, accompanied by heavy thunder and vivid flashes of lightning, and conti nued without intermission until 4 or 5 o'clock the following morning. There had also been much rain during the week, and the rivers and streams had been much swollen in consequence. Never since the Holmfirth flood has there been so much damage done, and even then it was less ex t ens i ve i n many places than now. y were and Fridayl as t th e town and county of e visited by th e most violent and O D n e T rb h destructive thunderstorms that have occurred fur many years. On the Little Chest er rea d , a b out a mile from Perby market place, th e h ouses were ex and the t urnp ik e for a mile was in water, a n d b e i ng market daye d i d ic e o p nvenienice wa s consequently sus tained.t On the Nottingham road leading out of Derby the -flood was also very high. But the greatest injury done is that occasioned to the wheat crop, some hundreds of acres being under water. On the hanks 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 even . n e auceher 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 th e l oca l li nes out of Derby were blocked. At S utton, near Mansfield, a culvert burst, and blocked both lines for many hours. At Fickerton, on the Liuco'n line, the road was for about two miles completely under water, and the sleepers were washed from under the rails. On the North Safford line the water washed. about 100 yards of line away at Hare castle. The. Ripley br.ench of the Midland Rai'- way was a l mos t wholly submerged, and great damage was sustained. The flood continued very high throughout Saturday. The town and country round Whit c h urc h,. Salop, were ou Friday morning th e 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 tee land gently rising on all sides of ie, the Bickert )n hills being some 10 miles distant, and the Welsh hills forming the back-ground of the landscape. This position affects it to ecertain degree, a n d, conse ly, the amount of rain is a little above the aver age, the &M t' 27.18 in. Still, A ugust last year having is not gene ra lly a we t mouth, 6 and its average for the last two years has been only 1.321 inches. This month the rain commenced on the 6th, and be tween that date and the 12th the amount registered was 1 . 925 inches, the b srometer meanwhile ranging between 29'5 and 29.9 inches. On, the 13th the fall was .805 inches, and people were beginning t ) hope that this was the end of it, and the fine wea ther returning. The event showed they were saely mistaken. By all accounts it was fine till nearly four o'clock next morn ing, when the storm com menced, and continued till nearly half past six. The rain fell in torrents, while the vividness of the lightning was terribly graud. As yet there are no tidings of damage done by lightning, but the ra vages of the rain are only too palpable. The amount registered by the rain-gauge in less than three hours is almost incredible- 3.18 inches. The Chester and Ellesmere canal has overflowed its banks, and i n th e town a ll the ordinary outlet s were insufficient f or t h e carrying off so large a b e l y of rain, and the water flowed down the High -street in a stream. Many of the houses in the centre of the town, where the ground is low, have been com pletely flooded, and the damage done is consider- Wile. At one shop in the High-etrr et a large pump was found useless for the removal of the water col lected in the cellars, and the parish engine was put in requisition. The post:office suffered severely, but fortunately, owing to the exertions of the post master the mail bags were uninjured, and the letters were delivered at the usual hour. The cellars of a public-house, the Fox and Goose, were filled, and the flags of the floor above torn away, the contents of the cellars being spoiled, and some owls de stroyed. The meteorological report for the morning is as follows :—Barometer, 29 56 inches ; thermometer, 59 deg. ; wet bulb thermometer, 59 deg. ; amouut of rain. 3•inches; wind, W. On Thursday night the electric fluid s'ruck the Flag Tower of Windsor Castle, displacing about 4 tone of the parapet, but fortunately did no further damage to any other portion of the Castle. One of the trees in the Home-park nearly opho-i►e the re sidence of the Duchess of Kent, was struck by the lightning and stripped of a cons'derahle portion of b irk. An elderly female, named Wilkins, w.s found dead in her bed on Fri 'ay m•:rning ; her death is supposed to have bean occasioned by fright at the violence of the storm. At Thorpe, the lightning struck a barn belong ing to Mr. Joaeph Taylor, causing great destruction a farm property and produce. At Reading the storm was equally terrific and desq.uctive ; the lightning struck the engine -house at Messrs. Rirratt, Exall, and Co.'s, French piele wgs rend to me by Mr. Payne, but I swear I never slw the defendant's work .befor3 - I wrote thy oam. The incidt-mts and chlr , tcters in our piece are differi , nt from Viose in the Paella. There was a suffocating by charcoal seen ,, , a pistol so -rae, and a supper ticene, and a double scene on the stage in the French piece, and so there are in ours, but the in c i d i eu t s.ar©y managed. Air. James—The first act end., I believe, by One of the characters, Raven , itore, handcuffed by the police as the drop fall.; and then there is a tableau. That, of course, is not in the French original ? Witness---Ceriainly not. (A laugh.) Mr Janes—And at the conclusion of your piece, Martha, another of the characters, aidresscs the audience, and SITS, " May we, with your permis sion, siy all right, and reckon on a repel4t to-mor row night." (Much laughter.) That is, of course, also original." Witness—That was not in the French piece. He went on to sly that the title f Mr. B,eede's piece was Poverty and Pride, and. Mr. Payne gave t!eir piece the title of The Pride of Poverty; or, the Real Poor of London. Cr..ss:exam - ina, ion—Poi.oning by charcoal was a very common incident of a play, not only in Franca but at the Strand Th"atre. (A laugh.) Mr. James—l believe another "incident" in your play is wher.3 R►rens`one - stuffs a table cloth into a hole in the pa; ti ion 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 w not in the French piece. Witiiess.—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 consid-red the general character of the piece was so altered that it might fairly be cansidered an origi nal productim. Mr. James. —I Fee 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 10 be more sensible, for he says he shill have his supper and proceeds to eat 4 ounces of boiled beef. (A laugh.) Mr. ChamberA.—Thera 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 Frsnch. Mr. James. —The_only difference being that in your piece he is a " British Bank"—er. Witness.—Exactly so. Mr. B. Barnett deposed that ho was the joint author of the piece in question, with Mr. Johnstone. He understood the French lancruao porfecly, and his attention was attract ;d - Co the French piece " Les Feuivres de Paris," and he got a copy of it and read it carefollY through, and after wards read a rough translation of it to Mr. Payne, and he said that it was too long, and suggested that witntss and-Mr. Johnstone should •write a short drama ; and upon this they wrote the one in question. They only adopted the resin incidents of the French piece, and intro 3 uced altogether new chit- . ramters.' The comic chary ier of their plece was a man who sold books in a lo,irrow. In the "Freaur piece a signpain'er was the comic peraona4e. He sail the idea was taken from the French piece, but he considered that their own piece, notwithstand ing,:wasquite The Ch of Baron, at the conclusion of Mr. Bar nett's evidence, s =id he really thought it was quite useless to g. in to anym ,, re evidence. The only ques tion was whether the plaintiffs' piece was a piratical imitat'on of the other, and this could much m.ire easily be ascertained by reading over the original French piece and the two others. Mr. fam?s said he should submit that the pl tin tiffs had mide out no case at all, and. that, as they had not complied with-the provisions of the Copy right ACt, they had n 1 property what3ver in the piece in question, and had no ground of action. Vtie question was one of considerable importance, undoubtedly b )th to Englishand to foreign author 4, and the defendant, as tie authorised agent of the latter, and who iu that capacity hal duly registered his work, " : was very anxious that the point should be settled. The Chief Baron said he was certainly of opinion that if the plantiffs had not registered their work they had no legal property in it, a n d h a d no groun d for sustaining the present action. Mr. Gtambers said .that this was a question of law which he should wish to have settled. The learned counsel - on both sides then conferred, together, and the result was teat as arrangement was come to that the.plaintiffsshoald be nonsuit3d, but with the understandi ng that all the facts an I the question of law should undergo further consi deration, and if the result shoul , l be in favour of the plaintiffs the nonAiit wal to be set misde ' an 1 the aiurt woul,l be empowered to ASS9SS the dam age sustained by thew. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, AUG. 14. THE CROWN COURT. rt (BefO;e Mr. Baron Watson.) -- James Davies was indicted for the wilful mu-der of Robertolitiules ac Liverpool on tlia 25th o f May Mr. Blair appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. A.soinall'far the defer;ce of the pris tner. It appeared from the statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution and from the evidence adduced that the prisoner is a t tilor by trade, and resided at No. 3 Court in Bos'ock-street, Liver pool. On the night ofthe 25i hof May last the pri soner entered a pubic house in Scotand-roa I, drunk and in an excited state, and asked a man name: Robert Hodson to go down with him to his house, as there was . a man in bed with his wife, and he could show hini(aodson) some 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 an. The deceased then struck and abused his wife, and asked Hodson to go upstairs with him. He followed the piisOner 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 hie was in the house somewhere. The bedclothes were tumbled. Th-y then went into the garret and found the deceased there, lying on a bet on the floor, apparently asleep, with his clothes on. The prisoner said, "The is here," and ran and jumped on the deceased'd face. The deceased turned and fell on the florin The prisoner: then took from his pocket a pair of miss era and shoved them into the side of the deceased, woo male no resistance and did nit speak. Hodson asked the prisoner if he meant, to kill the min, and the pri goner cried out, "Stand bac:t. ' -or I will serve you the same." The prisoner rh-n went down stairs, and Hodson went for Dr. Horrocks, with whom he returned immediately. The deceased was then dying and unabln to speak, and died in ten minutes. On examining him two wounds were found in the upper part of his left breast, and also some con tused wounds on his face. On a post mortem ex amination the aorta wal found to be perforated in two places, and the dece , oted had died from loss of blood. There 'were other two wcuuds, which penetrated the chest. The examination of the body of the decea-ed showed that he had had re cent connexion with a woman. - _ _ His lordship, in summing up the evidence, c►lled the attention of the jury to the law as laid down by the text writers that a man killing another caught in the art of s.dul'ety with his wife was not murder, but inans!augliter in the lowest degre , , and it was for them to sty 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. The jury acquitted the pri.oner on he ground of insanty, an d s h e was or d ere i to be detained d ur i ng her M*jesty's pleasure. AUGUST 15. CIVIL COURT.—(Btlfore Mr. Baron Diannell.) WOOD V. GARSIDE. This was an action for breach of promise of mar riage. The defendant pleaded that he did not promise, Mr. Mono]; Q C., and Mr. Ovens appeared for tht, plaintiff; aid Mr. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Spinks for the defendant. It appeared from the opening statement of the learned counsel for the plaint ff that the plaintiff was a framer'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, and at the time tie defendant became ac quainted with her she was a person of rare personal beauty. Her father was some time ago a fat'iner, - haiVing some land and keeping cattle ' • bat lie be came reduced in circum.tances, 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 br.rthers an d sisters, who worked at the ritanufactory at Saddle worth. The defendant carried on a business of considerable extent there. He was of considerably greater age than the plaintiff, and when the ac quaintance first commenced she was ab .ut 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 hid over and over again avowed his deep attachment. He was told there-was a disproportion in their years and a disproportion in their for.unes —that the marriage would nO be a suitabl e one on hi s part .) and that he bad bolter abstain. He stated that he h td fixed his affec ions firunly ai:d strongly won her, an I - hat h, could no live withou : her. On one oc ca i n he spoke of hu,l&ng a houss for her in anY s'yle she , laose, and for a long period of time he was m st assiduous in his attentions, and even risort-d to ing-iious exiled eats for the purpo-e 0 otraliiing access to her. He. at length succeeded in his at tentions and removed her zeluct Alice, and no donq her affections were given to him, for shortly . a`ter, she give birth to a child. In the condition 01 misery Lnd_disgrace to which she was reduced her father went to the defendant and told him his daughter was fret - ing h-rself very much,_ and the defendant sail, "I don't mein to do anything ; I have bad an I 'wanted."' The father told him he was a sc , iundrel, - and then left him. These were the whole facts of the case. These facts having been proved by the pliintiff':' mother, a wailers named Solomon Coates proved that he was the cousin of the plaintiff, and hid known Garside for more than 20 years. He is woollen printer. I have had many transactions' with him. I-have a sister named Shaw, w h o lives n--ar the place wher e th e deferid.int residee I r-- collect one day Mt s. Shaw, her husband, the plain' tiff, and sister Mary, corning to my house. It was on a Sunday, and they had dinner at my hou"e' After dinner we wont 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 he stid he had fallen in love with Miss Wood when she used to visit Shaw's 'hou-o. He saidatshe wits very shy, and wanted me to s peak to dier ; 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 mace over 1001. a-year to her, and build her house where - , ever she thought proper. At tea, of erthe walk, the defendant paid great attention to Miss Wood ' , hut she was very shy. I remember their leaving to go home; they all went in the same conveyance. Before g tieg he pressed me to persuade her to listen' to him. In July, 1856, I saw him. The plaintilt and her sister were with him. He told me he was very glad she was so altered, and they were going to he . 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 sail that as . his father was old it might make 7,002/. or 8,0001. dfffereuce to hinl• He talked about going to Gretna-green to be married ; but I said I didn't understand anything• oat that. Mr. White, the sexton of our chinch,' just then came up, and I said, "This gentle-; man wants to speak to you." I then left theta- A short time after this Mr. White brought me!: letter, and - Laid me to give it to Garside, which . 1 : did. He read it, and . said, "It will be just the thing." Ho asked. me if I could allow my w ife to; reside with the pltintiff in the Isle of Man fer 3 0 days ; it needed that time before they could get. married. I consented, but afterwards he corn". plained that work lied come in to prevent his gO7. 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 be lau e hed at me. I subsequently got a doCutneat, from Mr. Stranding, and gave it to the defendant. John White said—l live at Rochdale,. and am sex' on of the parish a church. I reco ll ect Sandal in Auguet, 1855, and remember being consulted by Mr. Gareide respecting a marriage license. asked if they both resided in the parish, an d ho said they did, arid that they were bath of ae'e. He said he wished t o b e marr i e d to H anna h Wood. t ' 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 felks to know of it,` as they were very rich., He seemed very . seriode in the matter, .as they generally are in those mat' ters. (Laughter.) • • Cross-examined by Mr: Hill. —What occupation., were.. you ? - : . ' Witness.—l was sexton. Mr. Hilt —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. Wintarbottom said she was the sister of the plaintiff, and the wife, of James Winterb ittorn,• of Higgiushaw.. She'proved a promise of marriage by the detendant'to the plaintiff, and when witness s id 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 tier or no . one else would. He s:sid his heart beat for her b nth night and thy, and if Ole would not marry. him h-) would drown himself. Of 03S• ex irnined. by Mr. Hill—Her husband kept . the Hare and Hounds.': - It. was a sporting house. The plaintanever went to the racing ground, but served drink in the h,use. Ge.ei Wood, the fath-T of the p'aintiff, said—to 1856 I t , b , terved my daughter was fretting, and went to Mr. Garsije. I toll iiitu he never CrCa° to see my daughter since her misfortune, for she had mi-carried. He said, "No, I think I have done with her. have nothing more to do with either her or you." I said, " You are a bonny man —y - ou 'aro a d--• scam." Mr. Hill,' on. beha'f of the defendant, addressed the jury at considerable length. He asked where two parties came into court under such circum stances as the plaintiff an I defendant, giving tba plaintiff all th e a d van t age of y.uth and beauty , and the manner in which she had been wronged what chance had any one of dealing diTassionatelY with the case ? The feelings of the jury must of ne cessity exercise ! , .n influence on the judgment ' • .but he appealed to them calmly t o cur i s id er a!1 the cir eumst:nces of the case. He commented on the singular fact that no evidence had been produced to show how the plaintiff had passed ber time, or with wh , .,m she had consorted between July or August, 1855, and the time Of the mi , ctrriage is 1856 ; and he earnestly called upon the jury to exercise the utmost amount of caution in coming to their decision. L rdship having minutely summed up th.o evidence, the jury returned a verdict for the phi/t -ar—Damages, 3501. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 15. STOCK'EXCHANGE.—TIA transactions in this markeib have been dull, but p - ices have slightly improved. Midiland, 841 I—M anc h es t er , Sheffield, and Lincoln, 33 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 99; - Ditto, new 91., 4 p.-- • London and N rth-Westerns, 102 k dedonian, 3f31 —Grand Trunk of Canada, 13--Great Western of Caw nada, new, 11 p.—South Eastern, 211 21—Dutch Rho. nish, 4 d. LEEDS, AUG. 15. &roux EXOHANGE.—The market inactive, and pricewithout .aoy materi a l c h ange. New Cantaa, 10 9-16--• Midlands, 811--North Eastern, Leeds, 22g. M NOHE3TEIt, AUG. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market was moderately active to-day, and prices were rather steadier. Sheffield, - : —Lon.ton and North -Western N.:w Eighths, N d.—Law cashire an i Yorke ) i re , 99.} il—Ditto, new 9/., dis. Great Western, 53 —Midands, 84:;—Dovers, 21 1 1- 7 -Gran:ol Trunk of Canada, 13—Eastern Countiou, 114. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was r►ther better to.• day. There was an improvement in prices. Binning.- ham and Stour Valleys, at S -Great Westerns, at U.-- London and North Western, 1011. enTsTAt PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.--Saturd'ar, Aug. 15. Aoi sions o n 'p4.yrtieut, 10,245; ditto by adon ticicet, 1,789 ; 1.-)tol, 12 034. BIRTHS. OP ♦ SON. On the 12th inst., at Eccleston-terrace, the wife of Lieu tenant-Colunel Evelyn. On the .11th inst., 130, Westbourne-terrace, the wife of John George Maclean, Esq.—twins. • ' OF A DAEGHTER , On the 14th inst., at Thornhill-square, Mrs. Jam e s Spence . On the 1.511 inst., at Great Amwell, Herts, the wife of Edmund Di Beurdillon, Esq. i n e t ' i t i t t n a h i e F ra r ß l anc,s, , , • MARRIED. Charles Hughes Rev. Hughes D'Aeth, of foal, Barham, Rear to a r A ha n only daughter of the late General Sir Henry T. Montresor, K.CB., &0., of Denne bill, in the same county. On the 13th inst., at Spanish -place, John H. S. Pigott, D IC n'OAonewt the en third h c 3 i i : d r i t n , s so S tn. e ' E s q., of Brockley Hall, Sometsbtshire, to Blanche Mary", second daughter of Eleory'R. Arundell, Esq., of 32, Oxford square, 11y -de-park. DUBLIN, Aug. 14. Our corn market 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 is. New berg may be quoted 6d cheaper. A sample of new white wheat brought - 375. One of new barley ap peared, but was not sold. New rape was is lower. • No business doing in Indian corn. White wheat, 353 01 to 37s 61; red ditto, 31s Od to 35e Od; ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 16s 61 to 25s 6d ; grind ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 15s 64 to 18s; ditto; new, 16s 6d to 17s 01; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 17s; here, new, 16s to 17s Od ; rapese- d, 29s Od to 31s 6d per brl ; bakers' flour, 198 od to 24s Oct per cwt; Indian corn, 38s 61 to 393 01 p•r 480 lbs. RAILWAY- TRAFFIC BET U.RIV2. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. _ Milos I Receipts. o ‘ Jened. NAME OF RAILWAY. 1857. 1857. 1856 - .........----....-. REITISH : £ ' £ 115 Aberdeen -•• • • .... --•• • • - ..... - - 65 Belfast and Ballymena -••• . ~ ...... 1,414 1,145 17 Belfast and County Down ........ •• .. 380 352 83 Birkenhcn.d, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2.9 .2 3,026 2656 Bolton, 13 metburn, and West York •• •• 1,065 951 117 ' Bristol and Exeter ...... ...... ••• • .. 6,935 7,95; 19 814 Caledonian. ............ 15,691 ' 14,17 J 91 1 4 Chester and Holyhead.- - .......... 7,314 7,256 6 58 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage .....• 36 4 380 20 Cork and Bandon ................. 318 292 56 1 1 Dublin and Belfast I unction ......... 1,173 1,161 63 Dublin and Drogheda -. ......... 1,733 1.678 46% Dublin and. Kingstown . 1 6% Dundee and Arbroath .........• .... 733 611 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 1,270 1,149 36 Dundalk 5114 Enniskillen • • •••• • • • • 510 406 67% . East Ang'ian...... - .............. - 937 1,081 2 7 5 93 East Lancashire., • . 48 3 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. ••.. 1 25,8 4 4 3 4 69 Eastern Union - - - 2;7 1 ............. 142 Efi!nhurgh and Glasgow ............. 6 296 6.123 124 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.. ...• 4,020 3,853 6 Exeter and Crediton.. • ....... ...... - ' - 22 Fu rness R a il wa y .. , „. „... ~,,, ...„ .. 1,291 1.274 183% Glasgow, and South-Western........ 8,040 6,834 283 Great Northern • . --•• •• - 25,372 24.162 203 16 Great Sot - Ahern and Western (Ireland) 7,130 6.407 457 Great Western .................... 33,606 36870 2514 Irish South Eastern -•••••••• •• •• •• 27; 292 90 Lancaster and Carlisle .....• .. ...... 7,331 6 919 28651 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ 27,850 25,733 . - Leeds Northern ........ •• •• - •.. .. - - - 16s} Liverpool, Crosby, and sou-MlN:et •••• - - - 637 London and North We5tern......... 74,171 70.359 5 % London and 81actva11.............. 1,673 1,779 183% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 20 , 42.5 20,963 277 London and South We5tern......... 20,148 21,585 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 728 721 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - - 173% Mancheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 11.702 9,843 956 Manchester and SonthJunction • • .... 1,251 841 28 Maryport and Carlisle .... • • ........ 1,194 1,203 567 Midland .....- •••• •• • • •........... 34,9.14 32,946 177 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 3 ,535 3,235 52 Monklands .... •• • • •• • • • • •- • • ...... - - 7834 Newcastle and Car1i51e.............. 3,871 1,737 149 North British ...................... 6,251 5,866 233 North Staffordshire ............... 8,710 7,503 47 North-Western ••.. • • • ... .. .... .... 1,211 1,216 50 Scottish Central •• •.• ..... .......... 3,370 3,246 32 56 Scottish Midland .. •. • • .......... - - 29 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 2,087 1,976 4836 9hrewsbury and Chester ............ 3,614 3,561 30 Shropshire Union .................. 951 893 57 • Routh Devon ......... •............. 2,948 3,361 301% South Easiern.• .... • • .............. 23,415 25,251 171 South Wales .. ••-•• • • • • .......... 8,263 7,110 108 N South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 2,73.5 2,588 39 Taff Vale •• - •..• •••• • • • • .......... 4,124 4 187 36 Ulster. ............................ 1,557 1,514 77 Waterford end Limerick ............. 1 ,133 1,193 27 West Cornwall ...• - • .... • ...... 735 684 1236 Whitehaven Junction •••• • • • .... 444 455 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. - - FOREIGN: 109 Dutch Rhenish •• -•••••• •• •• • • •••• 3 , 5 37 3,287 344 Lyons and Mediterranean .......... 23,826 29,233 63 Monterean and Troyes .............. - - - Namur and Liege .. • • .............. - - 445 Northern of France -•• • • .......... 36,791 37,210 - Orleans and Central ............... - - 387 Paris and Lyons ................., 31,757 34,676 - Paris and Rouen. • • •• .• •• • • •• • • • • .. - 566 Paris and Strasburgh ..........., .. 37,329 32,686 - Rouen and Havre- ..... ....... •• . .. - - 548 West and North-West of France .... 33,509 32,733 The annual meeting of the Falkland Lianas Company La called for the 27th inst. THE WORCESTER FESTIVAL —We hear it is probable Worcester may be favoured with a visit from the Duke of Cambridge during the approaching festival week, and that h e w il l ta k e np h i s re4 id ence with Canon Wood in t he College-green.— Worcester Journal. th ati s s tate d that the Coolnamuck property, formerly estat e of James Sadleir, has passed into the posses. Sion of Lord John Bereefor'd, brother of the Marquis of Waterford, ha v ing been pu rc h ase d i n t rust f or hi e lord ship at the rece n t Arrvicirria „ a l e i n t h e E ncumbered Estates Court. —lncredibl e z ci . z %T.]—Hollow a y' s O intment an d Pill s. ain•hie,t Thursted Farm, three miles Standing.—James V a B id Legs of Seventeen Years' from Chatham: was the sur u T o tiorn e 9.1%re thirteen wounds in inveterate sore legs. T, eerd for seventeen years with and Guy's Hospitals li,kgeelwhicetuhnleat t t h h i e n r g ef ore likely to save him. TniA them. He was in nearly seven months, 'a , l ans n)nourring that was too great amputation we: e t a h c e ri o fi n c l e y , i n e e d ed al n l ai t o h g e Holloway's Ointment and Pills wounds in a short time, and resto re d him "to p er f ect health.—Sold by all medicine vendors th roughout the world 0;, Maiden-lane, atPro Professor Holloway ' s, New York ; or 244 , b Strand, L on d on, and y A. stamps stantinople ; 'A. Guidicy, Smyrna; and E. Muir; Con:' Malta." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. CROYDON—Auer. 15. (Before the Chief B iron and a Special Jury.) BARNETT AND ANOTHER V. REEDE. The plaintiffs in this action, Messrs. Barnettand Johnston, are well known, the former as a dramatic author, and the latter as an actor and dramatic coin- . poser at the Strand Tlisatre, and the defendant is also well known as a dramatic author. Toe action was brought to recover damages from the defendant for having inserted a notice in the Era nesspaper, in which he alleged that apiece about to be .pro duced at the Strand Theatre was a piratical imita tion of a work he had himself written ; and the plaintiffs represented Vial in consequence of this notice they were prevented from taking a Ivanfage 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, which excited considerable sen sation, and the defendant, who is the, agent for fo reign authors, made a tra ns l a ti on of this work, arid registered it, in accordance with the provisions of the International Copyright Act, as hie property. 'Die plaintiffs subsequently, it appeared, jointly pro. duced another version of the same piece under the title of " The - Pride of Poverty, or tae 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 f , •r perform ance the first time on Monday, the Pith of Fe bruary. The title of the defendant's piece, it ap peared, was " Poverty and Pride," and although it was adtnitt, , d by the plaintiffs that both the dramas were derived from tne 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 thst a notice was inserted in the Era news piper 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 under the penalty of disobeying an injunction from the Court of Chan ' eery. This notice purported to be signed by Mr. Anuesley, the attorney for the defendant, but in a letter that was subsequently written by Mr. Reede he state 1 that Mr. Anneley 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 filed, 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 Ace, 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 manag ers b e i ng o f 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 st tted 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 the de fendant with slander, 'and he said he should sub mit that the notice in question, denying toe right of tha plaintiffs to the piece thet was to be produced, amounted .in law to what was called a slander of title, fur which the plaintiffs were also entitled to damages. The Chief Baton berp observed that t) support the allegation of a slander of ti le the act must be done maliciously, and haetould certainly rule that if the person who gave such a notice as the one new refer red to' did so' boria file, and wider the be lief that the work was a Piratical imi ation of his own, he would not be ltab!e 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 fel-e representation in reference to the proceedings in Chancery were evi dence of malice. • e Tao Chief B troa ob9erved 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 ftotn the French. Mr. James said they had them both in court, and the defendant's work also, and they could all be read in French and English. (A laugh.) There wain only seven acts to the French play. (Reueived laugh'er.) The 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). Suppose a per son 'had a patent for washing or mangling-- Mr. E. James.e—My lord, your observation ap plies is this play exactly. (Laughter.) The Chief Baron said he was going to sate 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. Mr. J. Ir. Johnroue was then called as a wit ness. 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 p - eces. He heard of the piece being played in Paris called " Lea Palmas 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. Thj French work probably was read to him. The name given to their drama was " The Pride of Poverty ; or, the Real Poor of London." (A copy of it was here produced and ideetified by the witness.) Witness was the author of the drama now produced conjointly wi h Mr. Barnett. He had never reed the French originsl and did not un derstand French, but Mr. Barnett gave him a genesil idea of the nature of the French piece. He was not guided by this entirely, but acted princi pally from his own original idea s in t h e par t o f t h e piece that he wrote. When it was finished the piece was. offered to Mr. Payne, of the Strand Theatre and he accepted it, and is was adverti se d for performance on Monday the 16th of Febtuary. It was rehearsed previously, and every means were taken to get the piece up properly. It 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 he had seen the notice referred to in the Era newspaper, and also tie advertiseuiefit 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 cr read. • The witness then further stated that in conse quence of the notice he was prevented from selling the right of representing the pi ece t o a country manager, which was a considerable source of profit to the author of a successful piece. Crois-xamined 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 bad 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 pi eces generally _ -- are. The piece was never printed, and he did not re,,oi,ter it under the Copyright Act. It took him about two days to write it. Mr. James here 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 continued. 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 original piece. I believe a translation of the D lED. _ _ • On the 15th i ns t ., at 17, Hart-street, Bloomsbury, F. Edwards, Esq., architect, aged 73. On the 14th inst., at 6, Lansdowno-place, Hackney, Mr. H. R. Bonifield, aged.2o. On the 14th inst., Maria Meudham, wife of Dr. Charles Steggall, of Fulharn=place, Maids-hill west, and 36, North ludley-street, Grosvenor-square. On the lith inst., at Oakhatn, Henry Hough, E sq ., so licitor, aged E 6. On the .13th inst., at Northchurch Rectory, Herts,'Caro line Mary, child of the Rev. Sir John H. Culme Seymour, Bart.. On the 13th inst., at Sutton Cnldfield, W arw i c k s hi r e, the Rev. Watkin addy, MA., late Fellow of St. John'g College, Cpmbridge. Onthe 10th inst.;"at CaMon House, Uffoultne, Richard Hurley, Esq., a Deputy-Lieut. for the county of Devon, - aged 86. LONDON i Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at 27a Suss Office, A: Q. 3.12, Strand, in the Precinct of the 3.'avay, in the county of lifiddleiex, Moudfiy, August 17, 1857. cc) cc) ax -::- tTe and to tort