The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-03 00:00:00

MUSSEL FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL This Bill alsLpassed t'r.rough Committee. Rep )rt on Monday. SEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. Viscount MORPETH obtained leave to bring in a Bill to Vary the priorities of the charges made on the Lon ion bridge Approaches Fund, and to give further indemnity to the land revenues of the Crown. The other orders of the day were then dispose] of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter after One o'clock. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buck ingham Palace. blis Royal Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia, ac tompanied by the Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, had an audience of the Queen. His Royal Highness 'was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.13., her lztajesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign , Affairs, and conducted by Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Qat, her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. eras The Prime was att en d e d by B aron d e L aner, hi s sian - Majesty's Ch am b er l a i n , C ount O r i o l e an d Count 11- :coeben ()dicers of the Prussian staff ; and also by Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, Secretary of th 6 -erassian Legation. 4is Excellency the Count de St.Aulaire, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the Xing of the French had an audience of the Queen to present his lett ers o f reca ll . His Excellency was intro uced by Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by the H - on. Sir Edward CusCher Majesty's Master of the Coteemonies. Sir Edward Disbrowe, G.C.H., her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Ma jesty the King of the Netherlands, was presented to the queen at an audience by Viscount Palmerston, to take leave on his return to his post at the Hague. The Queen gave audience to Viscount Palmerston. The Court was attended by Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting ; Sir Edward Bywater, Groom in Waiting, and Lieut.-Colonel Se.Yrrbur, Equerry iu Waiting to Prince Albert His Mal;::sty the King of the Belgians left town soon after 0 7relve o'clock yesterday, attended by Dr. Carswell, fur '.laremont. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a committee meeting of the Commission for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts, in the re building the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Sey mour, arrived at the new Palace at a quarter before three o'clock. The Commissioners present were 'Viscount Mahon, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and !Sir Itohert U. Inglis. The secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was attendance. The meeting broke up at six o'clock. The Queen and the Queen of the Belgians took an airing in an open barouche and four yesterday. The querry in Waiting attended on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, took a carriage drive yesterday. Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena took airings yesterday in the Royal gardens. hThe Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Bucking art Palace. The company included her Majesty the iqueen of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess 'of Cambridge, his Royal Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia, their Excellencies the Count and Countess de St. Aulaire, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, his Ex cellency the Chevalier Bunsen, his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Countess Vanderstraten, Lady Augusta Cadogan, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl and Countess of Mint), Viscount Palmerston, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Baron de Laner, Major de Aluerkerke, Count Oriole, and Count Groeben. The band of the First Life Guards was in attendance during dinner. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke mid Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, attended by the Countess of Assenburg, Count de Beust, and Baron de Ziegesar, returned to Marlborough House, the residence of the Queen Dowager, on Thursday evening, from a tour. Yesterday her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accom panied by their Royal Highnesses, paid a visit to the Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. His Royal Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia, accompanied by the Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minis ter, paid visits yesterday to her Majesty the Queen I)l3 "sag' — e, at Marlborough House ; the Duchess of P i " s eucester, at Gloucester House ; and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge dined with the ' Nulli Secundus " Club yesterday evening, at the Clarendon Hotel. His Royal Highness Prince George visited the Exhi bition of the Works of Art, in Westminster Hall, yes terday. Thc Earl of Clarendon (Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland) and the Countess of Clarendon left town at nine o'clock 'esterday morning, for Dublin. The British Museum Commission held a meeting at Ciwydyr-house, yesterday. The Commissioners present mere the Earl of Ellesmere, Lord Langdale, Lord Wrot tesley, the L or d Ad vocate, Sir Philip Egerton, Sir C. Lemon, and Mr. R. M. Milnes, M.P. The Secretary, Mr. P. Collier, was in attendance. The Bishop of Antigua had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial -office. A meeting of the New Bishopric Commissioners was held in Whitehall•place yesterday. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord John Russell, the Earls of Chichester and Powis, the Bishops of London, Durham, Winchester, and Lincoln. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. THE ROYAL VISIT. CAMBRIDGE, JULY I.—The following announcements have just been issued by the Vice-Chancellor:— ST. CATHARINE'S-HALL LODGE, JUNE 30. The Vice-Chancellor has the honour to announce that it is the intention of her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Chancellor of the University, to arrive at Trinity-lodge on Monday, July 5, at 1 o'clock. His Royal Highness alighting from the carriage and receiving from the Vice-Chancellor the staves of office, carried by the Bedells, will lay them at her Majesty's feet. Her Majesty has signified her pleasure to receive the address of the University in the hall of Trinity College at half-past 1 o'clock. At 9 o'clock in the evening of Tuesday, July 6, her Majesty will hold a reception, at Trinity Lodge, of noblemen who are members of the University, the heads of colleges, the professors, the officers of the University, the rice -masters and tutors of the several colleges, and the ladies of their families resident in Cambridge. Gentlemen in full dress and ladies in full dress, but without feathers or trains. COMMENCEMENT, 1847. ST. CATHARINE'S-HALL LODGE, JUNE 30. The Vice-Chancellor has the honour to announce to the members of the University that it is the intention of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Chancellor, to arrive at Trinity-lodge, on Monday, July 5, at 1 o'clock. At half past 1 o'clock his Royal Highness will proceed to the hall of Trinity College, for the purpose of reading and presenting to her Majesty the addr ess o f t he University. At 3 o'clock his Royal Highness will proceed from Trinity -lodge to the Senate-house, to confer the honorary degrees. On Tuesday, July 6, the creation of Doctors in the several faculties will take place in the Law schools, at 8 o'clock in the morning ; and the creation of Masters of Arts, in the Arts' schools, at half:past 9 o'clock in the morning. His Royal Highness will proceed to the Senate-house at 10 o'clock, when the prize exercises will be recited, and the Installation Ode performed. On the morning of Wednesday, July 7, his Royal Highness will bold a levee at Trinity-lodge, at 9 o'clock, for members of the Senate. Doctors of all faculties are to appear in the Senate house in their robes, Bachelors of Divinity in their cassocks, and other members of the University, in their proper dress of gown and bands. The Vice-Chancellor appoints Saturday next, July 3, for Dominus Perowne, of Corpus Christi College, and Dominus Monk, of Trinity College ; also, for Brooke Foss Westcott, of Trinity College, and David James Vaughan, of Trinity College, to recite their prize essays. The Vice-Chancellor als' appoints Tuesday next, July 6, for Henry Day, of Trinity Hall, to recite his English poem for the Chancellor's medal ; for James Camper Wright, of King's College, to recite his exercise for the Camden medal ; for Brooke Foss Westcott, of Trinity College, to recite his Greek ode ; and for David James Vaughan, of Trinity College, to recite his Latin ode and epigrams for Sir William Browne's medals; and for George James Gill, of Emmanuel College, to recite his exercise for the Porson prize. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—Among the novelties lately deposited in this museum is a beautiful (9a graving of the "head of Christ," by Mr. Wass, of Adam-street, Adeiphi, after a picture by . Etty. The engraving is of the same siz - 3 as the original painting, which is an advantage, as enabling the engraver to give a more perfect copy of the original, and furnishing to the purchasers of the print a transcript not too dimi nished to convey the manner of the artist at once to the eye when hanging against the wall of a room. The painting was exhibited in the year 1844 in the Gallery of the British Institution, and was then much admired. There is great boldness and breadth in the painting, and it is strictly an original conception. There is no subser viency of copying, nor any pre•conception from the heads of the Messiah so repeatedly produced by the Italian and Spanish masters. It partakes of the human attributes, and is not idealised or rendered effeminate by an attempt to refine. The engraver purchased the painting, and has been assiduous, and certainly success ful in his efforts to produce the print. It is engraved in 3, manner that preserves solidity, and brings it nearer to the style of the painter and to the imitation of painting than heretofore has been met with. There is something original in the manner in which Mr. Wass has produced this effect, and he will do well to cultivate his talent for this novelty in art. The engraving is of an oval shape; the whole is very vigorous, displaying great freedom of hand and great power of expression. THE POTATO DISEASE.—Mr. Cooke, of Snenton, near this town, a well known florist, states as the result of his personal examination, that every sample of new potatoes exhibited on sale in Nottingham market, last Saturday, was more or less affected with the disease. lie attributes the cause to the aphis vastator. A few days since, finding his own potatoes infected, Mr. Cooke riddled lime upon them so as to whiten the tops all ovcr, with a view of destroying the insects. This, ho Tapreseuts, has been snecosstul; and his potatoes aro now appareutly in di healthy state. The experiment is at all event s wort h a tr i al, as the lime cannot possibly hill the plants, if used with moderation.—Nottingham .Revieto. VLF, SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY, JULY 2.—As we stated yes terday, the court-martial which tried the master of the Lily proceeded, after the termination of that case, to try John Powell Branch, second lieutenant of the Lily, on the following charges preferred by Commander New ton of that sloop: " 1. For that he, Lieutenant J. P. Branch, was on se veral occasions, between the 9th day of October, 1845, and the 11th day of May, 1846. highly insubordinate and disrespectful to me his superior officer. " 2. For that he, the said Lieutenant J. P. Branch, cn or about the 11th day of May, 1846, made use of highly disrespectful language to me his superior officer." This was a most important and extraordinary case and excited intense interest, both on account of the nature of the charges and the immense extent of time which has elapsed since they were laid, nearly seventeen months, since which period the prisoner has been under arrest on board the Lily. Mr. Hocking, solicitor, of Gosprt, also assisted this , prisoner. The first witness called was Captain Brisbane, of the Larne, 18, just returned from the same station as the Lily, and who had been subpoenaed from Sheerness by Commander Newton. Captain Brisbane, on being called on, stated that he recollected being ordered on board the Lily on the 25th of December, 1845, by the late Commodore Jones, then Commander-in-Chier, to perform a specific duty, and that whilst in communication with Commander Newton relative to the absence of the first lieutenant of the ship (Lily), whose services might be required upon the court of inquiry which he (Captain Brisbane) was directed to hold, the prisoner approached him and said, to the best of his recollection, that his commander (Newton) was not explaining to him (Captain Brisbane) correctly why the first lieutenant was not on board, which he (Captain Brisbane) considered a breach of discipline on the part of Lieutenant Branch, and consequently took occasion to admonish him (tbe prisoner) for making such a report to him in preference to his own commander, which ad monition was approved by Commodore Jones when the circumstance was officially reported. Sir C. Napier—Were you senior officer when you were with Commander Newton on the above occasion ? —I was. Did not Commander Newton seem satisfied that the admonition was equal to the offence committed?—He did appear satisfied. When you reported to Commodore Jones the admoni tion, did ho seem satisfied that that was sufficient ? He did. Captain Chads--Did Commander Newton state that he should take any further steps after hearing you admonish that officer (the prisoner)?—l think not. Lieutenant Williams, first of the Lily, was then called and was examined as follows : Commander Newton—Do you recollect my issuing an order on or about the 9th of October, 1845, relative to the wear of blanket clothing ?—Yes. Do you recollect my sending for you relative to Lieutenant Branch refusing to si: 0 that order ?—I do. Were you on the quarter-deck when I sent for Lieutenant Branch relative to his refusal to sign that order ?—I was. State what occurred on that occasion.—Commander Newton asked Lieutenant Branch why he refused to sign that order. Lieutenant Branch answered that he did not understand the order. Commander Newton then said, " You will wear the established uniform in future." Upon this Lieutenant Branch said, " I suppose you mean a mere jacket, without skirts to it," and walked be What was Lieutenant Branch's manner to me on that occasion ?—lt appeared to me that he meant to ridicule the order by the expression. Do you recollect signal being made shortly after this for the commander of the Hecate ?—I remember a signal being made. Do you recollect my calling on Lieutenant Branch on the following morning, the 10th of October, 1845, relative to his refusal to reply to my memorandum on that occa sion, and also his reason for not understanding it ? President—When the commander asked the prisoner why he refused to sign the order, was the prisoner's manner to the commander respectful or otherwise ?—lt was respectful. Did you, between the 9th day of May, 1845, and the 11th day of May, 1846, ever see the prisoner disrespectful to the commander, or his conduct insubordinate ?—I can scarcely recollect between those dates. When you took the order-book to Lieutenant Branch to sign, did he say anything to you about not signing it ?—No. When was the prisoner suspended from duty ?—On the 9th of May, 1845. Witness then proceeded—l was carrying on duty when weighing and making sail from Sestos on the 15th of March, 1846, at which time Lieutenant Branch was on the forecastle. IR making sail, sheeting home the topsails, I had ordered the topsail halyards to be manned, and the starboard foretopsail sheet was not home. I hailed the forecastle two or three times to man the halyards, but there was no notice taken of it at all by Lieutenant Branch; they still kept on hauling the sheet home until Commander Newton hailed the fore castle twice to man the topsail halyards and leave the topsail sheets alone until sail was made upon the ship, when Lieutenant Branch turned round to the men and said, " There, drop the sheet, and man the halyards." After the brig Lily was under weigh, I called the watch, and Lieutenant Branch came aft on the quarter-deck and went below, when Commander Newton called him and asked him why the topsail sheet was not hauled home. On one occasion Commander Newton said, "It is the duty of the officers to set a good example to the men, and make them work;" when Lieutenant Branch replied, "It is also your duty to set a good example to the men." Whereupon Commander Newton said, "This will never do," sent Lieutenant Branch on deck, and placed him under arrest. This was the substance of Lieutenant Williams's evi dence, except that, on being asked the question in va rious shapes, of what construction he put upon Lieu tenaat Branch's conduct towards Commander Newton, he replied, highly disrespectful. It being now twenty minutes past five o'clock, and the Court having been sitting upwards of eight hours, the Court adjourned until ❑ine o'clock this morning. FRIDAY.—At nine o'c,ock this morning the Court re opened; when the President (Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker) asked Commander Newton if he had any further eTidenee to offer, to which, to the astonishment of all present, he replied, " None whatever." The President then declared the prosecution closed, and called upon the prisoner for his defence, when ha asked until twelve o'clock, which was granted, and the Court adjourned until that hour; when another halt hour was asked, the prisoner not having completed his de fence, from the fact of his being in total ignorance of what he was to be charged with. This indulgence was most readily granted, and at the expiration of the half hour the Court was re-opened, and the prisoner having obtained permission, his " friend," Mr. Hoskins, read an address to the Court, the effect of which will be suffi ciently understood from the evidence subjoined. Certificates were then read from Captain Wilson, of the Java, dated 1827, eulogising Mr. Branch's conduct as a volunteer of the first class, being his entrance into the navy; from Captain Studdart, of the Champion, dated 1828; from Captain Gray, of the same ship, Captain Jervis, dated 1831; from Captain Fisher, same date; from Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, of the Excellent, dated 1834 ; Captain Elliott, of the Revenge, dated 1837; from Captain Maitland, of the Wellesley, dated 1828; from Commander Stanley, of the Wolf, dated 1839; from Captain Houston Stewart, of the Benbow, dated 1839; from Commander Aldridge, of the Perri broke, dated 1840 ; from Commander Snell, of the Flamer, dated 1840; from Commander G. F. Hasting,, of the Harlequin, dated 1841 ; and from Captain Lord John Hay, of the Warspite, dated 1841—all of which were eminently to the credit of Lieut. Branch, both as an officer and a gentleman. Lieutenant O'Reilly, third lieutenant of the Lily, was then called and examined by the prisoner, and stated— I was present on the quarter-deck of the Lily on the 9th of October, 1845, when Captain Brisbane came on board in the forenoon for the purpose of inquiring into a com plaint made by Commander Newton to the commodore, respecting the bread binns. After going down into the cabin, Captain Brisbane came on deck and told Cora sander Newton that he wished to see all the officers. Commander Newton asked Lieutenant Branch if they were all present ? Lieutenant Branch replied, " All but Mr. Williams," the first lieutenant, who was then on board the Penelope. Commander Newton directed Lieutenant Branch to send for him immediately. The gig was immediately manned, and Mr. M'Dermot, the master's assistant, sent on board for Lieutenant Wil- Hams. Mr.lM`Derinot returned in the gig, bringing this message. " Lieutenant Williams will be on board after dinner." Mr. Branch then stepped forward to Captain Brisbane, touched his hat, and spoke to him in the most respectful manner, delivering the message which I have before stated. The boat was then sent for Mr. Williams, the second time, when he returned on board and reported himself. Captain Brisbane told Commander Newton to ask the officer, meaning Lieutenant Williams, his reason for keeping him waiting when he was sent there on a particular duty by his commodore. I did not hear Lieut. Williams answer. Do you remember my saying anything to Captain Brisbane relative to my thinking that Lieutenant Wil liams had mistaken the message?—yes. Was there anythi ng disresp ec tf u l towar d s Comman der Newton. either in effect or in my manner?—Cer tainly not. Were you present on the quarter-deck of the Lily on the 9th of October, 1845, when Commander Newton sent for me respecting not signing the order-book?—Yes. Was there anything disrespectful in my language or manner towards Commander Newton on that occasion? —Not that I observed. anything e t on? No. disrespectful in my con duct ri a t v o e w y a d u sevCommandererseseen Nw What has been my general characterankdncoowndn me uet in as an officer and a gentleman since you have the Lily?—Mr. Branch has always cond ucted himself a s an officer and a gentleman. P tain r ß es r i i d sb en a t n — e DthidatyoCtol m h e m a a r n L d i e e r u Lieutenant o B n r a h n a c d h t not e ll Cap ex plained to him the reason of Lieutenant Williams' ab senee?—No. Sir C. Napier—Did you hear Captain Brisbane wmu nish Lieutenant Branch?—Yes. • What did he admonish him for?--For not reporting Mr. Williams' absence to Commander Newton, instead of to him (Captain Brisbane). Do you consider it disrespectful of Lieutenant Branch in reporting what he did to Captain Brisbane instead of to his own commander?—Yes. Now, Sir, you have stated in your former evidence that you never saw anything disrespectful is Lieutenant Branch's conduct towards Commander Nowt,ra?—if may be allowed to remark, Sir, I think Lieuteanut Branch understood that Captain Brisbane asked him the question; oth,rveise I think Lieutenant Branch should have reported the subject to Commander Newton. Then you think it was simply an error of judg ment in Lieutenant Branch's reporting the matter to Captain Brisbane instead of to his own commander ? An error in judgment. The prosecutor asked this witness no question. Mr. Tanis, clerk of the Lily, examined by the pri soner. Did you bring me the order-book on the 9th of Octo ber, 1845 ?—I did. By the Court—State what passed. Witness—Lieutenants Williams, O'Reilly, and Mr. Wilkins signed the order, but the prisoner refused, stating he did not understand it. I then took it back to Commander Newton. Were you present in the gun-room of the Lily on the 9th of October, 1845, when Lieutenant Williams came to me respecting not signing that order ?—I do not re• member. Did you hear Lieutenant Williams say that he did not understand the order himself ?—I did. He said he did ' not properly understand it. . I believe those were his words. Do you remember my sending for you on the quarter. deck at 12 30 on that day, to bring me the order-book, in order that I might sign it do. Did you then procure the order-book ?—I could not. State the reason why ?—lt was in the cabin, and Commander Newton was engaged. As soon as you could procure the order-book, did you bring it to me, and did I sign it ?—I brought it during the afternoon on the same day, when he (the prisoner) signed it. Was my conduct towards Commander Newton on all occasions, as far as you have observed, respectful or die. respectful ?—Respectful, so far as I can remember. Captain Chads—What time elapsed between the issuing of the order and the prisoner's wishing to sign it ?—About an hour and a half. Cross-examined by Commander Newton—Do you recollect my sending for Lieutenant Williams after you br( ught me the order-book into my cabin, signed by all the officers except Lieutenant Branch, and asking him, as he had signed it, if he had understood the order? —I do not recollect. Do you recollect my directing Lieutenant Williams to go w ith you to Lieutenant Branch with the order-book to explain the order to him,,in order to his signing it ? I recollect something of it. Commander Newton—Were you on the quarter-deck when I sent for Lieutenant Branch, and he refused to sign the order?—Not that I remember. Were you aware that I had directed Lieutenant Branch to wear the established uniform in consequence of his refusing to sign the order?—l do not remember. You have stated that the prisoner signed the order on the day I issued it; are you aware whether I was ap prised of his having signed it? The Court declined to permit any conversation of this sort, and dismissed the witness from further exami nation. James Steele, M.D., surgeon of the Lily, called. Prisoner—Were you present in the gun-room of the Lily on the 9th of October, 1845, when Lieutenant Williams came to me respecting not signing the order book ?—I was. Did you hear Lieutenant Williams say he did not understand the order himself?—l heard Lieutenant Wil liams say to the clerk that he did not understand the order properly. Were you on the quarter-deck of the Lily on the 11th of May when Commander Newton sent for me?—l was. Was there anything disrespectful in my manner or behaviour towards Commander Newton on that occasion? —I saw nothing on that occasion but the most respectful conduct towards Commander Newton. Has my conduct towards Commander Newton on all occasions as far as you have observed been respectful or disrespectful?—Respectful. What has been my general character and conduct as an officer or a gentleman since you have been on board the Lily?—l have never messed with a more zealous or a more correct officer i❑ my life. President—You stated that you were on the quarter deck on the 11th of May, 1846. What did Commander Newton say to the prisoner?—" You have been inter fering with the first lieutenant in the performance of his duty, and objecting to the removal of some yarns from the gun -•room; you have no right to interfere with anything in the ship, as you are suspended from all duty." Lieutenant Branch replied, that they were part of his property, having paid for them, and that he had surely a right to look after them. Commander Newton said, " You have no right to speak on anything in the ship, and I will confine you to your cabin;" and ordered Lieutenant Branch to go below. At that particular time was the conduct of the pri soner respectful to his commander?—lt was most re spectful, Sir, I never saw an officer behave in a more respectful manner than the prisoner did on that occasion Do you know on what charge the prisoner was first put under arrest?—l have not the slightest idea. Captain Pasco—Do you know any instance of dis respect shown by the prisoner to his commander be tween the 9th of October, 1845, and the 11th of May, 18467—None. Sir J. Stirling—Did you happen to be on deck when the prisoner was first put under an arrest?—No. Captain Chads—Was the prisoner confined to his cabin after what hal passed on the 11th of May?—No. Captain Milne—Did you hear Lieutenant Branch on going down the ladder on the 11th of May, after the in interview with Commander Newton, say to the latter that he would interfere again?—l did not. Captain Dacres— Were you sufficiently near to have heard all that passed on that occasion ?—I was standing by the wheel close to Commander Newton and Lieuts. Branch and Williams, and was desired by Lieut. Branch to teke notice of what took place. Thomas Anstruther, boatswain of the Lily, was called, and corroborated the testimony of the foregoing witnesses in every point, and entirely disproved the assertion of Lieutenant Branch's refusal to order the topsail sheets to be hauled home, and to man the top sail halyards ; and also disproved the assertion made by Lieutenant Williams, that Commander Newton had told Lieutenant Branch that he ought to set an example to the crew, and the alleged reply of Lieutenant Branch, that he (Newton) ought also to set an example to the crew. Commander Charles Eardley Wilmott, in answer to " What has been my character and conduct since you have known me," stated, " he had served on board the Lily as her first lieutenant for about eight months, at which time the prisoner was a lieutenant on board, and observed his conduct was always respectful, as far as his observation went. The prisoner is a man of few words, and, it strikes me," continued Commander Wilmott, "of sulky appearance, and by some that might be attributed to convey a disrespectful manner, when I know that he is proud of the service, and desirous of carrying the orders of his superiors into effect. lie has expressed to me more than once, and I think it may have escaped his memory, that he was ambitious of serving with thorough and efficient officers, who would express no approbation to him, but would be sensible if he deserved it from them without receiving those expressions from them. As a gentleman he is as honourable a man as I have over messed with." _ President—During the time you were first lieu tenant of the Lily did the prisoner execute all the orders of his superiors as a good officer should do, most readily and efficiently?—On one occasion when he received cen sure from a superior officer I remember the prisoner saying, " Could he foresee or form a comprehension of what his superiors would wish him to do, he would wear himself to the bones but he would accomplish those wishes." President—You have done quite right to state that. This closed the defence, and the Court was cleared for deliberation. In about half-an• hour it was again opened, when the Judge-Advocate delivered the following as the finding:— . . . . " Tiie Court is of opinion that the charges have not been proved against the said Lieut. John Powell Branch, but are frivolous and vexatious; and the Court doth ad judge the said Lieut. Joh❑ Powell Branch to be ac quitted, and he is hereby acquitted accordingly." The President then called the late prisoner to the head of the table, and addressed him as follows :—" Lieut. Branch, I beg to return your sword, and I am directed by the Court to express the pleasure they have in re turning a sword of which you have been so long and so unjustly deprived." The Court then broke up. PLYMOUTH, JULY I.—This morning, at half-past ten o'clock, a strange sail, apparently a large 26 gun ship, hove in sight from the westward, about three miles out side the breakwater. She had her courses, topsails, topgallant sails, and royals set and hoisted, a blue burgee over a quarantine flag, with the union-jack under. She is supposed to lay the Curacoa, 24, Captain William Broughton, from America. At twenty minutes after eleven o'clock she was saluted with 17 guns by her Ma jesty's ship Queen, 110, Captain Sir Henry J. Leeke, at her moorings in the Sound. The stranger is gone up Channel, with a smart breeze from S.S.E. MALTA, JUNE 24.—The Ardent left at one o'clock, A.M., o❑ the 16th, for Marseilles, with the overland India mail for England, brought from Alexandria by the Ripon, which left for Southampton on the afternoon of the 16th. The Eszeri Gdied, Ottoman war-steamer, and the Nile, Egyptian war-steamer, arrived from Tripoli in Barbary on the 18th, and proceeded to Salonica on the 19th, having on board 600 Ottoman soldiers, a regiment lately relieved by another from the capital. The Ariel, Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet steamer, which left Malta with the Indian mail and pas sengers for Alexandria at sunset on the 14th, returned at eight o'clock, A.M., on the 22d, in only 85 hours from Alexandria; but the overland India mails for England were not dispatched to Marseilles by the Spitfire until three, P.M., on the 22d. Neither Sir Edmund Lyons' dispatches from Athens, which only arrived by the Lo cust from the Pirmus on the morning of the 23.1—Lord Cowley's, from Constantinople, by the monthly Queen's messenger, who arrived in the Achilles late on the night of the 22d—nor the lonian mails, which have not yet arrived, by the Flamer, were in time for the overland mail by the Spitfire. The Achilles took her departure for Southampton on the afternoon of the 23d, having a full cargo, consisting of wheat, barley, opium, and Levant produce, and many passengers. Among these latter was Captain Joy, of th , . Peninsular and Oriental Company's Service, who for ;.he last three months has commanded the Ariel, aura mainly contributed to her suce , -ssful and amazingly quick voyages between Malta and Alexandria. This universally esteemed officer bas been relieved by Captain Caldbeck, who had returned from a short leave. The Baretto Junior transport, with naval stores, ar rived from Deptford on the 20th, and the Levantine screw steamer, for Liverpool from Constantinople, on the 22d; but having met with some damage in her machinery, she will be detained a day or two to repair. The Rodney made her number from the Piraeus the ven i ng o f the 23d, but owing to calms. has nut got into harbour. On the 19th tha Vanguard and Albion, after having „ ru i se ac far a.:4 Syr.; and wst,,r,d nirc,.. turned to and were lying in Phalcrian Bay with the In flexible, bearing the flag of the French Bear-Admiral TurPiu, and the Triton, ships of the line. VEN IN G, JULY 3, 1847„ The Bonetta was at the Pirmus with the French war steamer Rubis, the Austrian brig Delphi!), and the Aus trian schooner of war Elizabetta. I❑ politics there was nothing new, and the Gr[cco- Turco question remained in stain quo. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, July 2. have been thrown down with great force, and aecallf much injured. Madame Ronzi de Begnis said the complainant was her servant. The complainant was rude and disobedient on the morning of the accident. The defendant remon strated with the complainant, and gave her a slight push, but he used no violence towards her. The defence was that the complainant fell down stairs accidentally. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) BEARD v. EGERTON AND OTHERS. The Court was occupied the whole of the day in try ing this case, which was brought for the infringement of the patent for Daguerreotype, taken out in this coun try by Mr. Berry, and of which the plaintiff became assignee._ The defendant was ordered to find bail, himself in 1001., and two sureties in 80/. each. Prince Napoleon Louis,Buonaparte, of No. 3 A, King street, St. James's square, yesterday attended at this court to prefer a eharge against Charles Pollard, of No. 10,l,Essex•street, Strand, for having obtained from him, under fraudulent pretences, two bills of exchange for 1,000/. each. Sir F. Thesiger, Q.C. (with Mr. Robinson and Mr. Webster), appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Watson, Q.C. (with Mr. J. Brown), for the de:endant. The invention called Daguerreotype is well known as a means of producing pictures and likenesses by the action of light, and it appeared from the evidence given on the part of the plaintiff; that in the preparation of the plates, before putting them into the camera obscure, it is essential they should be exposed to the evaporation of iodine, in order to produce the sensitive coating. If iodine, however, is only used, the image from which the representation is taken must be stationary, and the pro cess is, besides, very slow; and it has since been found a great improvement to use iodine with chlorine or bro mine, as it considerably increases the sensitiveness of the coating and accelerates the process of taking the likeness. In the specification to the patent the use of iodine only is pointed out. At the close of the plaintiff's case, Mr. WATSON took several objections, the principal of which was, that the specification was inaccurate. The patentee had stated various stages in the process, and had accordingly divided the specification into various separate parts. In the first of these parts acid was stated as proper to be used for the cleaning of the plates, and towards the end of that first part the following paragraph occurs :—" When the plat e i s no t i n tended for immediate use or operation the acid may be used only twice upon its surface after being exposed to heat. The first part of the operation may be done at any time. This will allow of a number of plates being kept prepared up to the last slight operation. It is, however, considered indispen sable that just before the moment of using the plates in the camera, or the reproducing the designs, to put at least once more some acid on the plate, and to rub it lightly with pounce as before stated." The evidence showed, and indeed it was admitted, that if the acid or rubbing were applied after the plates had received the iodine, it ‘vould entirely destroy their efficacy ; and therefore it was contended the specification was bad, as a party could not follow out this part of the specification as described. On the other side it was contended that no ordinary person could be misled by the specification ; as the only object of the first part was to get the plates ready for the second part of the process, which related to the exposing of the plates to the operation of iodine, it could not be supposed that the acid was to be applied after the iodine had been used. His Highness wished to defer the charge until he had an opportunity of obtaining the professional advice of his solicitor. Mr. HARDWICK said, before he could remand the prisoner he must have some statement on which to act. His Highness then said, on the 14th of June the pri soner called on him at his apartments in King street, and stated he was a money lender. After some con versation the prisoner induced him to give 2,0001. in two bills of 1,0001. each into his hands for the purpose of getting them discounted. The prisoner, at the same time, said that if he (Prince Napoleon) would sign the bills, he would bring him the money on the following day. Believing the prisoner to be an honest man, he signed the bills, and the prisoner went away. The pri soner called the next day to say he could not bring the money that day, but he would the day after. Since that period he had neither seen the bills nor the prisoner. The bills in question were drawn by the prisoner, who, at the first interview, was provided with stamps. A gentleman from the office of Messrs. Bush and Mullens entered the court, and stated that he appeared professionally for Prince Napoleon. The Prince stated that Messrs. Bush and Co. were in possession of the letters which would throw a com plete light on the transaction, and therefore he would wish to defer the imperfect explanation he could give until a future day. Mr. HARDWICK appointed Saturday to go into the charge. _ _ _ His LORDSHIP, however, was of opinion that the specification was in this respect, to say the least, am biguous. The public were not to be compelled to read the whole of the specification, and then to reason on the whole, whe❑ so read together. Here it was stated the acid should be used just before the moment of repro ducing the designs. The time was pointed out so dis tinctly and emphatically, that the specification was cal culated to mislead, although probably it was not so in tended. Still if it left it in any doubt it was equally objectionable. Mr. WATSON then submitted that the use of chlorine and bromine in conjunction with iodine was not an in fringement of the patent; but His LORDSHIP held otherwise. Upon which Mr. WATSON declined addressing the jury; And a verdict was then taken for the plaintiff on all he issues except the one raising the above objection to he specification, and on that the verdict was entered for ,he defendants, leave being given to the plaintiff to move hereon before the Court next term. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Henry Smith was charged with having committed Frauds. John Thompson, tailor, of Wellington -place West, East India Dock-road, said,—On Thursday, the 24th of June, the prisoner came to my shop, and said he be longed to the ship Kestrel, the property of Mr. Smith, of Newcastle; that he was chief officer of the vessel, which was being repaired in Mr. Green's dock, Blackwall ; that he was recommended to me to get his outfit by several customers of mine, and that he was going out in her again a long voyage. He then gave me an order for the usual outfit to the amount of about 701., said he would write home for the money, and that he would draw 1001. I asked him whether he was sure he could get it, to which he replied, " Yes, it was all his own private money, and he should have it on the following Tuesday, until which time he would be short of cash." He asked me to let him have a couple of sovereigns, and I accommodated him. Next day he came and received 31. more from me, and finally he got from me 101., all of which he pro mised to return to me on Tuesday, the 29th of June. He told me to have some of the clothes ready for him on Monday, as he was going into the country on that day. He called on Monday to try on the clothes, but I had in the meantime discovered that he was a regular cheat, and, having asked him up stairs and said that I should be under the necessity of giving him into custody, he in stantly started up, jumped over the balusters of the stairs, and escaped. Thomas Cox, foreman to Mr. Thompson, deposed as to the advance of the various sums of money by his em ployer to the prisoner, and the pretext upon which the prisoner required the cash. On Monday last the prisoner walked into the shop, and asked whether the things he had ordered were ready, saying that he wanted a suit that night, as he was going down to Southampton. Witness, at his request, after he was charged with being a cheat, accompanied him to the dock, where it was denied that he belonged to the vessel at all. The pri soner subsequently gave witness a letter, authorising him to receive a cheque for 201 from a Mr. Morley, who, upon being applied to, refused to honour the cheque, and gave a very bad character of the writer of it. It was proved by one of the owners of the KestreL that the prisoner was not chief officer of that vessel, nor at all employed in their service. James Slatter, shopman to Messrs. Baldwin, of Corn hill, drapers and tailors, stated that on the 28th of June the prisoner called at their shop, and ordered a suit of uniform and other articles, stating at the same time that he was first officer of the Marlborough, lying in the East India docks; that Messrs. Smith, of Cornhill, were the owners, and that he was then going to them for the purpose of getting some money from them upon account. In a few minutes he returned, and said their ed upon the two charges. office was closed, and h e u l t i mate ly prevailed upon witness to lend him 3 s . to pay for his return to t he s h ip. The prisoner was committed Henry Gratz, fore man to Messrs . Moses, of Tower hill, tailors, was com m i tte d for tr i a l u pon the charge of having pawned a p a i r o f trowsers , the property of a customer to the firm. Th e d upl i cate o f the trowsers was found in his pocket by a po li ceman . GUILDHALL. Henry Bird, an Irishman, who had the appearance of being a light porter, was re-examined, charged with stealing a coat from the premises, No. 14, Gresham street. At the previous hearing it appeared that the prisoner was found leaving a room on the second floor at the Great Northern Railway office, in Moorgate-street. A porter met him at the top of the stairs, and asked his business. He said he wished to see the secretary; and when he was introduced to that gentleman it was fbund He had a coat that he had no real business with him. tied up in a bundle under hi s a rm; n n ' i ' as it was sa p . posed he had stolen that f rom some ot her house, ho was delivered to the custody of the police. Mr. llartridge, the o wner o f the coat, now attended. He stated that he is clerk at No. 14, G r esham-street, and o o f ut cr business. dor A pair of gloves, card.case, and some o left his c iat, worth 31., in a room on the second floor, about one o'clock in the day. lie missed it about four o'clock, and gave notice to the police in the evening, and subsequently found the prisoner had been stopped with it. He had no knowledge of the prisoner. The 'er articles of the premises stands open during the hours found on the prisoner, had been taken from the po c k e t s of the witness's co a t. 31, stated that he otn ' The City Police-sergeant, Hodges , found duplicates on the prisoner re latin g to t w o pairs of trowsers and a coat. He had foun d the owner o f the coat. Mr. Evans, a barrister, of 15, Sergeant's I nn , s t ate d that on the day preceding the prisoners appreh ens i on , three coats were purloined fro m his cham bers , which are on the second floor. Ile was in an inner room when he heard a noise in the outer room. He supposed th e laundress had come in; but on goingdoor closing, int o th e room im mediately after he savr the outer some person go down stairs. 1f an hour elapsed b e f ore he missed his coats from a chair. The co a t now pro duced was one of the three. He gave n o ti ce o f the rob bery at the police-station , and one of th e p o li ce after wards called and accompanied him to Mr. Ki ng ' s, a ptoawhinmbr.oklet vas r,in the s ame now were his co a t was s h own h now produced. The prisoner declined o fferin g an y de fence. Mr. Alderman GIBBS co mmitted him f or trial. MARLBOROUGH - STREET. Gaspar Gena, a foreigner employed in the orchestra of the Italian Opera House, was summon e d b e f ore M r . Hardwick for having en dangered the life of Madeline Lampion, lady's-maid to Madame Ronzi de Begnis, by throwing her down stairs. A certificate from Middlesex Hospital was handed to the magistrate to prove that the complainant, owing to where Mada me the injuries she had sustaine d, was unable for the present to appear personally to ma ke her c omplaint. Charlotte H a rwood said she was servant.asbtroeuett,awfort night „gns also n 1 ago defendant aoAt occupiedrlso.dgei About an Harris,o fNo. apartment, a fi 184,,r andßegenttniaht ago she heard high words from Madame do Begnis to the complainant. 1%10 deYel,dmit j ;hied in the disturbance, and, at ri-r some words, he 1:i'l hold of the co:nplaillant and terew het• down stairs. Witness saw the complainant fall, and went to assist her to rise. The complainant went into the kitchen and sat down. In a few minutes she began to spit blood, and she then requested witness to assist her to a box which was in the next kitchen that she might lie down on it. The complainant did lie down, but in a short time she went into convulsions. It was found necessary to send for a medical man, who advised the immediate removal of the complainant to the hos pital. The complainant had found herself so much better as to be enabled to quit the hospital; b ut it appeared that she had overrated her convalescence, and that she had boon again oblif,•., , ed to have recourse to the hospital. Louisa Harding, auother servant, said she saw the complainant fall down stairs, but she did not know who 1 had thrown her down , The complainant appeared to Blackburn, printer, Clackheaton, Yorkshire, A at the Le th ed e s e D on is t t r r a i r c y t , C o o n u t r h t. e day Aug. 5, 4 ten, r FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. _ CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause h l)e Shown to herein mentioned. FORE MN' OFFICE, JULY 1, 1847. les anß Colchester, el 1 eJriuclayv'23E-sseAz.,july 23au-c- Ite Queen has I seen ID ieased to approve of Mr. Noble Towner, as Consul at l3a. rbadoes for the United States of R.Jl.vCigoloirrnera,n,cadtrtalepesra, A.BleriCa. The Queen has aYso boon 'leased to approve of Mr. Na- : tioneer, Regent-street, July 23-J. H. Mackay, Rainy, • 1 Solomon, as "Vice Consul at St. Helena fur ths Free ! St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street July 4 me rchant ' thank' . , 23-T Pott; c cities of Hasaburgh any. Lubeck. I draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyn e Jul 23 ' - • .., Henseatll , 3' -R. Law, ironmonger, Wilit OFFICE, JULY 2. I Bris I July 23-S. ' , te , and J. Chappel, h eart enware manutac 10th Light . Dragoona---Regimenta,' Sergeant-Major Sesepit i turers, Leeds, July 22-J. Mather, builder, RockferrY, Tr from • ennery, , . ,_ h Ligh Dragoons, to be Cornet, %lame Cheshire, July 23-J. Wilkinson. builder, Birkenhead, purchase, vice M'Als."r l l'A'' omoted, July 2. July 23-T. Wright, ironmonger, Birkenhead Juty.2l--.T. 11th Light Dragoons-- Lieutenant Cha?les Morant, from Herbert, gro cer , B r id gewa t er , July 28---J. Tranter, jun., 14th Light Dragoons, to br i. . , ILieuteiant vice' Bridgeman, ap- timber merchant, Uttoxeter, July 24-J. Ross, woolst apler, appointed to West India Re.: qiment, July 2. ,7nderby, Leicestershire, July 24-R. , hotel - treper, 14th Light Dragoons-Lib.' John Theodore Ling, I Ma,`lti s ester, July 23-J. Nortcliffe, dyer, Halifax, -, Farkf3...- • from the Ist West India Regi+Oent, to be Lieutenant, vice IW. Waite, builder, Morpeth-street, Bethnal-green, July 23 Morant, appointed to 11th Digit,: Dragoons, July 2. i J. Sotl'4w, wine merchant, London-brid ge , July 23..... m, 15th Light D r a goon s.-Eneigtt and Lieutenant Duncan 1 Johnson, spindle maker, Leeds, July 23-R. Dickinson, spirit Davidson, from half-pay Clldstream Foot :Guards, to be merchant, roulton in the Fylde, Lancashire, July 23-W. Cornet, vice Hartman, promotOd; William Bennett, Gent., to H. and F. J. A Weft, drapers, High Itejhorn July 23-J. D. be Cornet, by purcha se , vi ce D a vidson, who retires, July 2. L angmea d, draper, Judd-street, July"=4.o: Steele, grocer, 16th Light Drag o o ns -C a pt a i n ` Augustus Charles Skynner, Clayp a th, D ur h am , J u l y ' 23 . from half-pay 15th Light Dragmona, to be Captain, vice PARTNERS'HIPS DISSOLVED. Brevet Major Edward Baker Due, who exchanges; Lieut. W. Webb and R. Wrighe‘on, stationers, Birmingham-W. Robert Abercromby Yule to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Casson and R. Armstrong, slate dealers, Liverpool-J. Craine Skynner, who reti res; C orne t Th e mes Robert Charles Dims- an d P. 11. Shone, saddlers, B.iskenhead-J. Walt ers an d J. dale to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Yule; Francis Wil- Wishart, ship builders, Exmouth-A. Mitchell, J. C. Heaton, Liam Grant, Gent., to be Cornet, by ps.rch•ase, vice Dimsdale, and S. Mitchell, p r i n t ers , Liverpool-J. and W. Hill, builders, July 2. Philpot-street, Commercial road East-B. Massey, L. W. Coldstream Regi m e n t o f F oot Guards-Entign and Liente- Jarvis, and L. W. J arv i s, b an k ers , Ki ng ' s Lynn, Norfolk nant and Adjutant James Halkett to have the rank of Lieu- W. F. Smith and J. G. Beard, coppersmiths, Liverpool-W. tenant and Captain, July 1 ; Ensign and Lieutenant Sir John Booth and J. Nuttall, coal proprietors, Rochdale, Lancashise Edward Harington, Bart. to be Lieute.nant and C:lPtain, by -W. Horsfall and R. Dinwoodie, cotton spinners, Man,- purchase, vice the Honourable:Charles Gihnston,who retires ; chester-A. J. Saalfield, A. Alexander, and L. Heymann,- chase Charles Baring, Gent. to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur- merch an t s , N ott i ng h am-T. Cooke, R. E. Hyde, I. Hyde, , vice Sir J. E. Harington, July 2. LI.- Cooke, and T. Knowles, cotton spinners, Manchester (so Ist Regiment of Foot-Ensign William James Gillum, to far as regards T. Knowles)-J. Dean, G. Brumby, and W. be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Reader, promoted in 3d King, fancy cloth dealers, Manchester (so far as regards J. West India Regiment ; John Alexander Chrystie, Gent., to Deal. , )-H. G. and ...T. C. Webb, watch-case makers, Skinner be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gillum; July 2. street, Clerkenwell---.1. B. Oliver and W. Lindsell, solicitors, 90th Foot-Robert Dymock Vanghtou, Gent., to be En- Raymon,q-buildings, Oray's Inn-J. W. Phillipps and J. sign, by purchase, vice Nazer, Ntho retires, July 2. Nancarron:, carpenters, Aedruth, Cornwall-J. C. Irving and Rifle Brigade-Captain Richard Henry Fitz Herbert to J. C. Wigs, Liverpool -J: and G. Glossop, drapers, Man be Major, without purchase, vice Robert Walpole, who re- chester-J. Diethelm and F. E. Gaddum, merchants, Man tires upon half-pay; Captain John Read Vincent, from half- chester-J. Hunt, W. Brown, and L. Freer, iron masters, pay 4th Foot, to be Captain, vice Fitz Herbert; Lieutenant Kiugswinford, Staffordshire -IT. T. Capeland and T. Gar- William Harry Earl of Errol to be Captain, by purchase, vice rett, merchants, Portugal-street, Lineoln's Inn-fields--T. P. Vincent, who retires ; Second Lieut. the Hon. William Draper Flint, A. J. Flint, and J. Lambert, drapers, Bi rm i ng h am (so Mortimer Best to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the far as regards T. P. Flint). Earl of Errol; Henry Tryon, Gent., to be Second Lieute- SCOTCH SEQUESVRATIONS. nant, by purchase, vice Best, July 2. William Addison, flesher, Dunfermline, July 8 and 2g, at Ist West India Regiment-Lieutenant Orlando Jack one, at the office of Mr Jofinson, Dunfermline. Charles Bridgeman, from 11th Light Dragoons, to be Lien- John Fyfe, boat builder, Ardrossan, July 6 and 27, a t one , tenant, vice Ling, appointed to to 14th Light Dragoons, at the Railway Hotel, Ardrossan. July 2. Thomas Henderson, accountant, Paisley, July 6 and 30, 3d West India Regiment-Major Thomas Abbott, from at twelve, at Taylor's Tavern, Paisley. half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Maclean, promoted; James White, farmer Torphichen, Linlitbgow s hi re -J u ly Captain William Willington Powell, from half-pay, 10 and Aug. 7, at one, at Leslie's Red Lion Inn, Linlithgow. 86th Foot, to be Captain, vice Virginius Murray, who ex- Robert Murray, merchant, Tillicoultry, Clackmannan, changes ; Lieutenant William Reader, from the Ist Foot, to July 7 and 28, at one, at Stark's Crown Inn, Alloa. be Captain, by purchase, vice Powell, who retires, July 2. PRICE OF SUGAR. STAFF.-Major Robert Walpole, of the Rifle Brigade, to The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed be Deputy Quartermaster-General i n th e lonian Islands, rom the returns made is the week ending June 29, with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, vice Colonel 1847, is 28s. 4d. per cwt. Francis Henry Dawkins, deceased, July 2. HOSPITAL STAFF.-Local Deputy - Inspector General of Hospitals Sir James Pitcairn, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals ; Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals, Sir James Pitcairn, M.D. to be Inspector General of hos pitals, with local rank, July 2. UNATTACHED. Brevet Major Thomas Abbott, from 3d West India Regi ment, to be Major, without purchase, July 2. BREVET. To be Majors in the Army-Captain John Read Vincent, of the Rifle Brigade, Jan. 10, 1837. Captain Charles Augustus Skynner, of the 16th Light Dragoons, Nov. 23. 1841. The under mentioned Cadets, of the Honourable the East India Company's Service, to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign, during the period of their being placed under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for field instruction in the artof Sapping and Mining, viz.:- James Francis Tennant, Gent. ; William Henderson, Gent. ; Julius George Medley, Gentleman ; Frederick Sherwood Taylor, Gentleman ; Edward Davidson, Gent. ; Samuel James Humfrays, Gentleman ; John Salusbury Trevor, Gentleman; Henry St. Clair Wilkins, Gentleman, July 2; MEMORANDIML-Lieutenant Benjamin Hutchins Edwards repaid, on the 7th May, 1847, when appointed Adjutant of a Recruiting District, the difference he received upon his ex changing from 98th Foot to half-pay Unattached, July 1, 1836. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 2. STOCK EXCILANGE.—The market has been depressed to day, and but a small business has been transacted at lesser rates. The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, 1% dis.—Bl ac kb urn, Clitheroe, &c. 'Pre ference, % p.—Birkenhead, Lanc as hi re and Cheshire 'Junc tion, 11. 13s. 9d. dis.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 714 p . —Eastern Counties, 21%—Edinburgh and Glas_gow, Quarters, 17%—Great Northern, 1% dis. ax int.—Hud dersfield Canal and Railway, 278 p.—Leeds and Dews bury, 5 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 4 dis.—Leicester and Bedford, dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, New (late 'West Lancashire), 1 -, y' s p.—London and North-Western, 182% — Ditto, Quarters (late L. and B.), 18 p.—Manchester and Leeds, 23 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 5 p.—Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extension), 5 p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 11s. 3d. p.—Manchester, Matlock and Midland, par—Mid land Stock, 131% Ditto, New, Halves, 4, 5 8 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3 p.—N ew castl e and Carlisle, New, 9 p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap, 27—Shrewsbury and Chester (late N.W.M.), New. Is. 3d. p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, % dis.— York and Newcastle (late Newcas tle and Darlington, Prefer ence, 434 p.—Chester and Birkenhead, 41)i. MANCHESTER, JULY 2. Sroca EXCRANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, 1 3-16 dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1 9-16 dis.—Birmingham and Oxford Junc tion, 7 1 4 p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 2 dis.—Ditto, Pre ferentials, 3 p.—Derby, Stafford, and Worcester, 1% die. —East Lancashire, New, par—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 17 1 4—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1% dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, % p.—Huddersfield and Man chester Railway and Canal, 31 3 4 pa--Dittc., 234 p.—Ditto, Thirds, 7f, p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials, c. dis. —Leeds , Dewsbury, and Manchester, Branches, Halves, 3 p.—Liver pool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1 1 ,4 dis.—London and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), 72 Ditto Quarters (C), 6 3 ,( p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, par—Manchester and Leeds, 321. (late Exten sions),% c. p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 9-16 p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 3 c. p.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), % c. dis.— North Staffordshire, 3 5-16 p.—Northern Counties Union, 2 3 / dis.—Oldham Alliance, % p.—Preston and byre, 38 — South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, % dis.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, % dis. LEEDS, JULY 2. COMMISSARIAT.—The promotion of Deputy-Assistant Com missary-General Thomas Turner to the rank of Assistant- Commissary-General, on 26th December, 1846, which ap pared in the Gazette of the Bth January, 1847, has been can celled. Commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. Benjamin Cohen, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, June 23. Commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Southampton. North or Ist Regiment of Militia.—Sir Henry Paulet, Bart., to be Major, vice Sir James Gardiner, resigned, June 15. Commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. South Herts Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Sir Henry Meux, Bart., to be Captain, vice Paris, resigned ; Sir Robert Murray, Bart., to be Cornet, vice Meux, promoted, June 21. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 26. The following promotions have this day taken place, con sequent upon the death of Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom : Admiral of the White Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., to be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue Sir Edward Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red Richard Matson to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White Sir George Mundy, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice Admiral of the Blue John Allen (a) to be Vice Ad miral of the White. Rear Admiral of the Red the Right lion. Lord William Fitz- Roy, K.C.8., to be Vice Admiral of the Blue. Rear Admiral of the White Sir Thomas John Cochrane,Knt., C. 8., to be Rear Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, Bart., C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain John Coode, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 29. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet Richard God dard Hallilay to be Second Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, JUNE 26. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Lamb, of Bar nard Castle, in the county palatine of Durham, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. George Stephen Taylor, saddler, Whitstable, Kent, to surrender July 13, at twelve, and August 13, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrence and Flews, Old Jewry-cham bers. William Wright, builder, Holland-road, Brixton, July 9, and August 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. L Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Hall, Moorgate street. Henry Simmonds, law stationer, Gresham Rooms, Basing hall-street, City, July 9, at half-past one, and August 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as signee; James, Basinghall-Street. John Thomas Curtis, grocer, Norwich, July 9, and August 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as signee ; Thompson and Debenham, Salter's-hall, St. Swithin's lane. Robert Nicol, grocer, Fenchurch-rtreet, July 9 and Aug. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Bower, Tokenhouse-yard, City. Edward Beck, doctor of medicine, Ipswich, July 9, at half past two, toad August 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row ; Nutoutt, Ipswich. Isaac Boyd and Richard Harmer, silk manufacturers, Spital-square, July 16, and August 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Crowder and Maynard, Coleman-street. Richard Carkeet Coulson, tea dealer, Exeter, July 13 aad Aug. 10, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Herna man, official assignee, Exeter; Laidman, Exeter; Clowes, Wedlake, and Clowes, King's Bench-walk, Temple. George Cosway, woolstapler, Tiverton, Devonshire, July 14 and Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Dommett and Canning, Chard ; Turner, Exeter. Alexander Webb, seed merchant, Wakefield, July 15, and Aug. 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Scott and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields; Taylor and Westmoreland, Wakefield. John England, grocer, Bath, Jaly 16, at half-past eleven, and August 13, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Stevens and Co., Gray's Inn-square; Perkins, Bristol. James Hughes, joiner and builder, Toxteth-park, Liver pool, July 16, at eleven, and August 3, at twelve, at the Li verpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Alilne and Co., Tern ple ; Hore, Liverpool. Henry Allen, draper, Birmingham, July 13, at half-past ten, and Aug. 10, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Reed and Co., Friday-street, Cheapside ; Sale and Co., Man chester; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham: DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Kirkpatrick, banker, Newport, Isle of Wight—fourth div. of 1%41. in the pound, on Saturday and Monday, the 10th and 12th of July, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basing hall-street. T. Lawrance, draper, Reading—first div. of le. 3d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Alder manbury. C. Killick and J. Sadd, paper stainers, Blackman-street— final div. of Is. 6d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbnry. S. and T. P. Franceys, marble masons, Liverpool— final div. of ss. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at 'the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. S. Franceys, marble mason, Liverpool—final div. of ss. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. T. Rees, brewer, Liverpool—a div. of ls. in the account of the first div. of 2s. 9d., on any Wedn esda y , office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. s erpool c u t at the office div. of 2 3 / 4 d. in the pound, on any Wedn first e . iv J. Storey and J. Gibb, ship chandlers, Lfurther of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. pound ,n a d t' the On J. Prince, grocer, Coxhoe, Durham — /B e e of Mr. Baker, New pound, on any Saturday, at the div. of 2s. in th e New castle-upon-Tyne. F. Fothergill, Northumberland—second d i v. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, on y• at the office lamp- Northumberland—second manufacturers, Bell's -close Newcastle-upon-Tyne.t—rst div. of Bd. in the following Saturda °S fa T. Mr.rd Bateman, aN n 'a a lue n Yl v 1 e°t' Thursday,na i e or ar3CaeCoventry—first the r Y o office of Mr. Valpy, Bir mingham. and J. Hellings, brewers, pound, Rugeley, Staffordshire —first div. of 2s. 3d. in the pound, en any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. m. kB Burgess,eo, A unwgr t gee t ui r h l e n CJ,Courtcoach t2acomh3mf ~B a ka ne rk , r uß p a t cm y s , g ß a a t es in, f u h l a y ll 23 -st , re a e t t. one—F. D IVIDENDS. G a m t j a uh n l3 u a.l f f a .2 c p t 3a u , s r t e a r ,tt twelve — h n ar vH p . t . o A s n T - h dsqh Thomas,- canes i Cn r o le n r lindendraper, Carmarthen, July 23, at eleven—F. and J. Holmes, ship builders, Southtown, Suffolk, July 23. at eleven --T. Ratnett, tailor, Cambridge, July 24, at eleven—C. Da tesio, hotel keeper, Slough, July 24, at half-past eleven—lL Tattersall, brewer, New Wharf-road, Battlebridge, July 24, at twelve—J. andeno, market gardener, Grove-street, Hackney, July 23, at eleven. In the Country. R. Ford, scrivener, Stafford, July 27, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—R. Edwards, grocer. Aberi dovey, Blerionethshire, July 27, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. Sarginson and M. Rigby, builders, Bury, Lancashire, July 28, at twelve, at the Manchester D istrict Court—W. I. Barker, auctioneer, Sunderland, July_2e6,da.t ship at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court —J i • ten, at. . L. rr_attman, broker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 26, at half-past • the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—W. Tyne District Court—R. timber merchant, Butter Knowle-lodge, Durham, July 23, at one, at the Newcastle-upon- STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 235. dis.—East Lancashi r e New, 1 4 n. die.—Ditto, New (scrip), 2s. p.—East and West Yorkshire, 245. n. die.—Great Northern, 1% n. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 2% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, Halves, 3 p.— Leeds and Think, Preference, 13s. 6d. a. dis.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 10s. ais. —Manchester and Leeds, Quar ters (late Hud. and Sheff.), 3 5 / 4 p.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 7s. c. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, 2s. 6d. dis.—Midland, Preference, 4 1 4 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3 p.—North British, Thirds, 1% p.— Ditto, Quarters, 295. p.—Ditto, Extension, 3s. p.—North- Western, 265. 6d. dis.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 4/. Us. 3d. p.—North Staffordshire, 3', p. HULL, JULY 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 28s.—Manchester and Leeds (West Riding Union), 10s. p.—North British, Quarters, 955. North Staffordshire, 10 3 4—North-Western, 2s. dis.— Shropshire Union, 31s. dis. —South Staffordshire, 6s. 3d. dia. —Newcastle and Berwick, New, 61s. p. GLASGOW, JULY 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 301,i—Ca1e donian, New, 43s.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 67s.—East of Fife, 365. —East Indian, 4s. 3d.—East Lothian Central, 4 08.—Edinburgh and Northern, Newport, 71. 11 s. —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 120 1 —Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 1241.—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 6%—Gl asgow, D umfries, and Carlisle, W. Bs. 6d.—Glasgow and Garnkirk, 40/.—Glasgow and Greenock, 191.—Ditto, Halves, 9 1 / 2 —Manchester and Southampton, 15s.—Ditto, New, 21s. 6d.—North British, Thirds, 535. 9d.—Ditto, Quarters, 94s.—Ditto New Quar ters (scrip), 16s. 6d.—York and Newcastle, Prde rence , 12%. FUNERAL OF SIR ROBERT STOPFORD. - The mortal remains of this much-lamented Admiral were interred yesterday afternoon in the vaults of the Royal Greenwich Hospital Cemetery with the various forms due to his rank. Shortly before two O'clock the Earl of Auckland and the other Lords of the Admiralty arrived at the Governor's residence, for the purpose of taking part in the proceedings. The admiral's flag was imme diately hoisted in the middle of the square; every other arrangement for conducting the funeral had been previously made. The passage from the Governor's residence to the chapel, and from thence to the south gate, was lined by a detachment of the pensioners, several of whom had halberds covered with crape. Companies of the Royal Marines and Marine Artillery were stationed on either side of the road from the Hospital gate to that of the cemetery. The band of the latter was also in attendance. The procession was formed shortly after two o'clock, at which time a considerable number of naval and military officers, attired in full uniform, had assembled. The procession moving slowly towards the chapel, the band played the" Dead March in Saul," and the guns stationed on One Tree-hill, ad joining the cemetery, fired minutely. Having arrived at the entrance the body was received by the Rev. J. K. Goldney, and immediately placed in the centre of the edifice, the chief mourners and other persons taking up their seats on either side. The pall-bearers were Ad miral Sir E. Codrington, Admiral Lord Colville, Rear- Admiral Sir C. Malcolm, Rear-Adm ils i B r : a o l .: B am o ge w eed le o s : , :p V ie ice tes - Admiral Sir Charles Adam, Sir J. B. Capel.; and the mourners included Admiral Sir T. Byam Martin, Lieu tenant-General Sir Howard Douglas, the Earl of Cour town, Viscount Stopfurd, the Hon. Captain Cust, theßes: A. Stopford. Major-General Fanshawe, Viscount Sydees Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, and Sir George Womb well were amongst the other distinguished porter pro' sent. The prayers having concluded, the proFession was M.G., &c., Governor of 11 Po h n e adc9 A l d ras ra v l " the , once wher emtohree concluding formed, read, the co ffi n was slowly lowered into its , depository. _ of the the service having been an po d rtro o n v T H h e e e. c s en ir tr ß e eh p e la r te t s la te o p r f e er t d h , e a inecn c., THE ROMANCE OF WAR, VOLL ME IV. ; OR, THE HIGHLANDERS IN FRANCE .ANB-13ELGIIIM. A sequel Greenwich Hospital, died s p J a u m no „_ 2s til t , to " The Highlanders in . this spirited and exciting work. The adventures of the Highlanders during the late war are detailed with great brilliancy, and the hero of the story has his full share of fight i ng , glory, and love. By telling the tale of a single brigade, instead of trying to imag ine the history a a w hole army in ac ti on, a continuous intere st is preserved, and a vitality imparted which none but a Walter Scott can give to the enormous masses with whichthe u I • storma of war has to deal. The present volunp, contains a ca pitally written description of the Waterloo day of 1815. Besides the leading commanders—the Dukes of Welling ton and Brunswick, and Prince Blucher--the following officers figure gloriously in its pages :—Sir Dennis Pack, Sir W. Ponsonby, Sir Henry Torrens, Colonel Cameron, and Captains Little, Grant, and Chisholme.—Couet Journal. RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNORSHIP OP MALTA.--.- —Letters from Malta of the 24th of June announce that it is currently reported in that island that his Excellency the Governor, Sir Patrick Stuart, had, in consequence of having been refused a month's leave to visit Italy, on the plea of ill health, respectfully tendered his resigna tion. His Excellency has laboured for some weeks under an attack of dysentery, which constrains him to the step he is said to have taken. The Maltese are w ae is p h o be e 0 gratified.saeCe d h Ira , and iatn is s io n u o s t to ina have pro b a a b lc civiliantheir . will use of Messrs. A considerable heaviness was produced is the ore yesterday ofehstethohe afternoon. e :. : ht : 001 - neo ‘l,dtahl3l;srilen,ella:nmldi e Money-market the cu w of ith Pr t uch respected, but the stoppage hat: not excited much surprise the among those connected with the same part of the collo- Cl partiese.y t Clayton n e 4 , n n n d ee C t ( e .. d , try. The amount of the li a biliti es o f th e h ouse h as n ot yet been ascertained. Other failures were spoken of, but the only one which we could trace was one which occurred some days ago in Wood-street. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JUNE 30.—Almost all descriptions of sugar continue in good demand, and the sales are again tolerably large, at nearly previous rates. There is not much inquiry for rums or nanlasaes.— istol Gazette. 4 ~ 4.'14* • The whole of the " navvies" . e m ployed , at:l3ll . o)es cutting, Yeovil, on the Wilts, Somerset,. u 641 Weymouth line struck for wages on Saturday: • LAMBETH. James Arter was placed at the bar before Mr. Norton, on a charge of stealing several articles of plate from the residence of Mr. Richard Pittman, No. 6, Kennington terrace, Upper Kennington-lane. Harriet Barwick, a servant to: Mr. Pittman, deposed that on the evening before, about six o'clock, the pri soner came to her master's house, and said he was sent from Mr. Pritchard's to put in a pane of glass. She (witness) had not heard of any such order, and told him she thought he was mistaken ; but he said he was not ; that he was told to come to No. 6, Kennington-terrace. Knowing that Mr. Pritchard had been in the habit of doing some glazier's work for her master, she let the prisoner in, and accompanied him up stairs ; and, in the back room of the first floor, found a pane of glass with a small piece broken. It then occurred to her that Mr. Pittman had told Mr. Pritchard to send a person to mend it, and that the prisoner was the person. On examining the square of glass, the prisoner said, that to prevent his breaking the upper part of it, he must have a knife bested ; and he took a knife out of his basket. He then asked where he could heat it ; and the witness told him to take it down to the kitchen, which he did. As soon as he had left the room she (wit ness) examined his basket, and finding no glass there she at once suspected him, and determined to watch him closely. She consequently followed the prisoner into the kitchen, where the plate used for dinner was lying about, and, in the prisoner's presence, collected the dif ferent articles, and put them into a drawer, which she locked. The prisoner subsequently went down stairs twice for the purpose, as he alleged, of heating the knife. The last time he went, she followed him half way down the stairs, when she heard him take some of the plate which she had left iu the closet, and this in duced her to go down the whole way into the kitchen. but in such a way that the prisoner must have heard her. Before reaching the kitchen she plainly heard the prisoner close the plate•closet door, and saw him walk from it towards the fire-place. Immediately after he went up stairs, and on his doing so, she (witness) exa mined the closet, and missed a silver eream jug, six tea spoons, two eggspoons, a mustardspoon, and a teapot stand, all silver, and which she hai picked there when she took the other plate away, and locked it up. She then hurried up stairs, and opened the hall door to look for a policeman, and just as she had done so the pri soner was coming down stairs. He said, " Well, lam tired of my job ; I think I shall leave it now, and come in the morning." She said, " You can please yourself'," and he went out, taking his basket with him. She fol lowed him, and he saw her, and she went into a shop for a moment. When she came out again he was just turn ing the end of Devonshire-street, and when she got there she saw him running with all his might. She pursued him, calling out " Stop him, stop him I" and on turning out of Devonshire-street, he was stopped by a policeman, and brought back. The cream jug and other articles produced were the same she had missed, and were Mr. Pittman's property. Mr. NORTON, after complimenting the witness on her excellent conduct, and the manner in which she had acted, asked her how it was that she allowed the prisoner to leave the house with the property ?—She replied that, although perfectly aware that he had taken the property, she was afraid, from being alone, to stop him in the house. She, however, had made up her mind not to let him escape, but follow him until she could obtain the assistance of the police, to have him secured. William King, a glassblower, said he saw the prisoner during his flight throw a basket over a wall, and, sus • pectin from this he had been doing something wrong, he followed and secured him. On his doing so the prisoner drew from his pocket some of the articles produced, and exclaimed, " Take these, and let me go, or else you'll get me transported!" At this moment a policeman came up, and he gave the prisoner into his charge. Mr. Pritgiard, NO. 4, East-place, Kennington-road, plumber and glazier, stated that he had been occa sionally employed by Mr. Pittman, but had not sent the prisoner to that gentleman's residence on the day before, nor did he know anything whatever about the prisoner. The prisoner, who declined offering anything in his defence, was fully committed to take his trial on the charge, but as it was represented by several of the officers of police that a number of robberies had recently been committed under similar circumstances, he will be again brought up on Monday next, when it is thought that other charges will be established against him. DEVELOPMENT OF STEAM NAVI- GATION AND RAILWAYS IN AUSTRIA. (From La Presse.) Eleven years since (May 16, 1836) an unpretending association was formed at Trieste for navigating the Mediteranean. Supported by the Austrian Government, the Austrian Lloyd's Company has succeeded in increas ing its steam-boats from 6 to 20, and the number of tra vellers conveyed in one year from 7,967 to 124,985. The amount of merchandise, letters and bullion has increased in a similar proportion. 35,000 letters, 5,000 cases, and 10 millions in specie, were conveyed in the year 1836, which increased to 277,000 letters, 136,137 cases, and 80 millions of specie in the year 1846. The preceding de tails, which migh t be multiplied, demonstrate sufficiently that the important establishment of Lloyd's has already brought to Trieste a considerable number of passengers and merchandise which formerly took another direction. It is towards that point the greater part of the mer chandise consumed in Greece, Turkey, Egypt, the Da nubian provinces, and Persia is directed. In this ardent struggle, which will deprive France of the advan tages to which her natural position entitles her, the spectacle is at once sad and instructive which is offered to us by the company of Lloyd's at Trieste, which is establishing agents in the East Indies, and is stimulating, by a combined league of British and German interests, the construction of railroads, and the improvement of the communication between Trieste and London. Whilst on the great French line from the ocean to the Mediter ranean, 1041 leagues of railroads out of 290 will scarcely be completed in a year hence—whilst the execution of the works between Paris and Avignon, a distance of 1851 leagues, is encompassed with difficulties, more than one-half the line from Trieste to Ostend is opened to the public. This matter appears to us of such importance, that we consider it necessary to enter into some details on the subject. The entire transit from Ostend to Tri este, through Cologne, Bonn, Coblentz, Frankfort, Stutt gard, Augsburg, Munich, Saltzburgh, and Bruck, is 430 leagues. Of this line, 100 leagues from Ostend to Bonn, 36 from Bierberich to Heidelberg, through Frankfort, 14 from Heilbronn to Ulm, through Stuttgard, and 16 from Augsburg to Munich, are open to the public; 68 leagues, forming a great portion of the line from Bruck to Trieste. are already finished. Thus of the entire ex tent of 430 leagues, 234 are already open, or are about to be so, and the completion of the remainder of the line is being actively accomplished. Independently of this line, the road from Trieste to Ostend, through Breslau, Vienna, Magdeburg, Minde and Cologne, offers an un interupted continuation of completed roads, since of an extent of 625 leagues 119 only, those portions from Trieste to Lubiana, and from Murzzuschlag to Glogg nitz, are unfinished. THE DAGENHAM MURDER.—A very handsome monument, surmounted by an urn, has been erected in Dagenham Churchyard, over the grave of police-con stable Clark, who was murdered by some person or per sons unknown in June last, while on duty in the parish of Dagenham. A tablet on the monument bears the following inscription:—" Sacred to the memory of George Clark, late a police-constable of the B division of the Metropolitan Police, who was inhumanly and bar barously murdered in a field at East Brookend, in this parish, whilst on duty on the night of the 29th of June, 1846, aged 20 years. His uniform good conduct gained him the respect of all who knew him, and his melan choly end was universally deplored. This tribute of re spect is erected by the inhabitants of this parish and his brother-officers of the B division of the Metropolitan Police." Ma. J. S. 13UCKINGHAMIS CLAIMS.—Mr. James Silk Buckingham's claims for compensation are . ag _a t i , n r to be brought under the notice of parliament„ f having been at rest for some time. Si : D e Lacy Evan has entered a notice upon the books of the fl . o . u o s n e da ot , Commons, intimating that it is his intention, on Monday next, the sth inst., to move that copies be laid before . that House of all corresponden c e between the Board of Control for the Affairs of India and the East India Company, on the subj ect of Mr. Buckingham's claims, subsequent to the report of the Select Committee of th e House of Commons , appointed to consider the sa id claims, in the session of 1834, in which they una n i mous l y us olved " that compensapon ought to be made to Mr. Buckingham." Also copies of all correspondence be tween Mr. Buckingham and the East India Company and between Mr. Buckingham and her Majesty's, Govern• meet, or any members ut the same, on the subject of the said claims, subsequent to the date of th e a f oresa id re port of the Select Committee of 1834, up to the present time. E