The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-28 00:00:00

fourtblibttion We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. They state that the Vorort of the Swiss Diet, M. OCIISSISHEIM having communicated to M. Boss LE Comm, the French Minister in Switzerland, a letter which he had received from M. JEI44, the gentleman accused of having decorated his dog with the Legion of Honour, denying that the dog had been so decorated, and stating that nothing but a powerful imagination could have traced any resemblance between the de 'oration in question and the pieces of tin attached to dogs' collars, M. Boss LE COUTE had expressed him self satisfied with the explanation, and M. GUIZOT was satisfied with the satisfaction of M. Boss LE COMM The Chamber of Peers sat on Monday, and regis tered, rather than discussed, an immense number of Bills sent up to them from the Deputies. BOURSE.—PARIS, JULY 27. THREE o'CLooK.—The market was better, particu larly towards the close, when prices were much stronger than during the rest of the day. Railway shares have recovered in a great measure from the effects of the fall of the day before. The Three per Cents. opened at 77f. 50., and went up to 77f. 25c., at which they closed. About two o'clock prices gave way, and every thing seemed again inclined to go down, when, a little before the bell rang, a general advance took place—the last prices being the highest of the day : Cfanneron Bank Shares, which had not been quoted for some days, show a fall of 25f. Rouen Shares closed at 965 f.; Rouen to Havre, 637 f. 50c.; Paris to Orleans, 1,258 f. 75c. ; Northern, 567 f. 50c. ; Paris to Lyons, 411 f. 25c. ; Lyons to Avignon, 430 E ; Or leans to Vierzon, 550 f. ; and Marseilles to Avig non, 587 E 50c. For the Account, the French Three per Cents. have risen loc. ; Five per Cents, 200. For Money, the Three per Cents. have fallen 5c., Five per Cents., 3c. Bank of France shares, and Gouen Bank I,ooof. shares are unchanged. Roman has risen Rothschild's Receipts have fallen 10c., being quoted at 101 f. 60c. Exchange on London (thirty days), 25f. 20c.; ditto (ninety days), 25f. The Swiss Diet, on the 23d, considered the motion of the Deputies of Geneva for striking out from the rolls of the army of the Confederation the names of all officers who shall continue to serve in the forces of the Sonderbund. The motion, although strongly opposed by the Deputies of the seven cantons forming the Sonderbund, was carried by a majority of twelve votes and two half votes, and the Diet was instructed to draw up a list of such officers. According to the German papers, negotiations lave been commenced for the purpose of securing the succession to the Duchy of Brunswick to the family of the reigning Duke WILLIAM. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.) The Share Market has been rather firmer to day, and rather more business doing. We subjoin a few or the quotations at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s weekly sale of Shares held this day : London and Manchester (Remington's) 0 6 0 East Indian Barbadoes Calcutta and St. George's Point 0 3 0 Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire 0 7 6 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 15 0 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ( B). ..... 2 4 0 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock. „.. Louvain ala Sambre, ex int 0 14 6 North Staffordshire Great Northern North British, Thirds ..... Liverp. blanch. andNewcastle-upon-Tyne 0 15 0 THE NOMINA.TIONS. (THIS DAY.) WESTMINSTER. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. LUSHINGTON said, from the noise and clamour which had prevailed throughout the whole proceedings, it would be utterly impossible for him to answer any statements made by those who opposed him. The High Bailiff had expressed a wish that personal mention of any candidate ought to be avoided, and therefore he should only express his own sentiments for the in formation of the electors. It was his firm con viction that the great majority of the electors of Westminster were desirous of being represented by staunch Reformers.—(Cheers.) The elections which took place between 1807 and 1840 bore him out in this impression. But it was only in 1846 that, after a short interruption, they resumed their Reform principle, and elected two Reformers to represent them.—(Cheers.) Be professed himself a staunch Radical Reformer. He stood before them as the advocate of civil and religious liberty.—(Cheers.) The principles which he wished to see carried out were those which would secure to the people equal rights, and which would enable them to ex ercise the rights of conscience wholly unfettered. When he was in Parliament, from 1835 to 1841, he supported measures for the extension of the suffrage, and for the abridgment of the duration of Parlia ment.—(Cheers.) He constantly voted for the in troduction of the ballot, and for the aboliticn of the qualification for Members of Parliament. He had always Toted against church-rates, and when any measure of a liberal character was discussed in Parliament he was -never absent. He, therefore, could give them better pledges than those which consisted of mere words, because he offered to them his Parliamentary career in the years to which he had adverted, as a guarantee that his conduct was not adopted for the mere purpose of pro curing a few votes.—(Loud cheers.) He reminded them that when Mr. Buncombe brought forward his strong resolutions in respect to the unredressed grievances of the people 9 • he voted in a small minority with him. (Cheers.) He supported the Chartist petition, signed by 2,000,000 of the people, because, though he did not 'agree in the whole of it, he considered that it deserved the most serious and deliberate attention of the Legis- Ware. With respect to the union of Church and State he entertained very strong opinions, but he was not a destructive. —(Applause.) He was of opinion that their relations were neither beneficial to the State nor to the Church, because they encumbered the State and weak ened the Church. No doubt in the next Parliament many grave and important measures would come under con sideration; for instance, the extension of education .and the modification of the taxes, so that the rich might pay more and the poor less.—(Cheers.) The poor-law, in spite of the modification it had received, still pressed heavily on the people, and he should sup port any measure which proposed to effect the required modification. If, however, the Legislature did not do its duty, the people must do theirs.—(Cheers.) lago whispered to Othello, " Beware, my lord, of jealousy;" and the people would be justified in calling in the ear. of Lord John Russell, " Beware, my Lord, of finality." --(Laughter.) If it should please theta to elect him as their representative, it should be his earnest task to fulfil the dutie-, which would devolve upon him as their representative. His health and all his strength and ener gies should be devoted to their services, and he should be Satisfied with the honour of representing them without see king any employment. Objection had been made tit hie' on account of his age, but in regard to that objec tion b e might say, that he should not have been s o un • principled as to ask for their suffrages if he had f e l t t h at he was incomp etent to discharge satisfactorily the duties which devolved on a Member of Parliament; but when be was unable to do so he would cheerfully return the trust they had reposed in him into their hands, and whenever they should think proper to call upon him to ;surrender that trust he would cheerfully act in accord once with their wishes. NORWICH. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NORWICH, THIS AFTERNOON, QUARTER TO THREE. The Marquis of Douro, at the nomination this fore noon, was proposed by Mr. Beckwith, and seconded by Mr. S. Bignold. Mr. Peto was proposed by Mr. Spring field, and Mr. Parry by Mr. Dawson. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Peto and Mr. Parry. The Marquis of Douro demanded a poll. CHIPPENHAM. (BY EXPRESS). Th e election of two Members toservteeineParliarsent et Hall aera ardl. this for this borough took place at the w mor ning, at nine o'clock. The hall wa s (until ee l h mission of the juvenile part of the inhabitants)e v y e mpty, and less interest was excited than we =em ber. G. M. M. Esmea de , Esq., of Monkton re- Bouse, administered the usual oaths to the m ayor ( Willi a m Colborne, Esq.) West Awdry, E sq proposed Jo se p h Neeld, Esq., which was seconded by Richard T. Deere, Esq. Captain Boldero was proposed by Harry Goldney, Esq., and seconded by Mr. John Slater. There were no points in their addresses of any public intere s t. The Gallant Captain dwelt in his speech upon site necessity of a division of the House of Commons iswo two great sections, but Mr. Neeld touched on no wniaject of importance except the want of sanitary reform, ancl the advantage of its being carried out by rc•pre seat, stave rate-payers. The proceedings closed at ten o'cla ak with a vote of thanks t the mayor. PRESTON. cEit°3l A CORa - , :PODET ) .JULY 428.-1 r u s N N am, thank G o d, but ju s t a li ve , a ft er wit noising %lee of the mo stsickeningen o i b ng and rev o lti ng scenes possible—azi electioneering mob Lave been paradi ng d and enc lraged and infur, ; ated set of idi o t s . They a'nand riot--a t d run k en witi; banners, countenanced ve the streets by their l e a:ger. The signal for onslaught .0 t e mpt of the Tory cazl oid ute to speak 7rorawaa th e a t liosc , Th e y drove us Lion: our room b y pouringU r in 'in - n( ea rly a cart - load of missiles—stones wei ghing fry m I po and tc 5 ( r 6 p ounds weight. I cannot conceive uny thi u, m ore culpable th an the authorities, agents, &e., in i uflating this blind mob, and taking no steps fur pro tcction or defence—no civil or military force. The whole frames of our windows are carried in, and sNe arc obliged to seek refuge as best we can, in the lobbies, &c. The damage to this house and pro perty is very great, but that is not the worst ; I saw one poor wo.nan who was thrown by the mob into our room, She has a fearful cut on the forehead ; I question if not fatal. I fear there are many others hurt. The mob who were composed of the operatives and navvies, com menced their work of destruction soon after nine o'clock which continued with great fury for nearly an hour. Thank God they are quiet now (a quarter past ten). Buil Inn, Preston. DEPARTURE OF THE FOREIGN MAILS FOIL ST. The following notice, giving the dates on which the foreign mails will be made up in London, and the dates on which the return packets will be due at Southamp ton, Liverpool, and Falmouth, was issued yesterday at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand : Madeira, West Indies, &c.—The mails for Madeira, the British and foreign colonies in the West Indies (except Honduras, Bermuda, and Havannah), and Venezuela, will be made up on the mornings of the 2d and 17th ; Mexico, Honduras, and Havannah, on the morning of the 2d only. Bermuda, Sun Juen de Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili, and Peru, on the mornings of the 17th only. The mails of the morning of the 2d will be for warded by the Medway steamer via Southampton. Next packets due, the Great Western steamer on the 7th, and the, Severn steamer on the 22d. Mediterranean, India, &c.—The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, and China, will be made up on the mornings of the 3d and 20th to be forwarded via Southampton. By the fortnightly overland closed mails to the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, &c., on the evenings of the 7th, and 24th, via Marseilles. British North Ame rica, &c.—The mails for British North America, Ber muda, and the United States will be made up on the evenings of the 3d and 18th. The mails of the 3d will be forwarded by the Cambria steamer, via Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston ; the Britannia steamer, due on the 15th, and the Hibernia steamer on the 30th, at Liver s ._ pool. Madeira, Brasil, &c.—The mails for MadeirM Brazil, and Buenos Ayres will be made up on the even ing of the 4th, to be forwarded by her Majesty's brig Swift, via Falmouth ; next packet due, her Ma jesty's brig Express, on the 26th. (From August to January inclusive, thepacket touches at Pernambuco and Bahia on her outward passage to Rio do Janeiro, and the other six months on her homeward passage.) Oporto, Lis bon, &c.—The mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, via Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, will be made up on the mornings of the 7th, 17th, and 27th, to be for warded via Southampton; next packet due, the Juniper steamer on the 6th, Montrose 15th, and the Tiger steamer on the 25th, at Southampton. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and New Zealand, on the evening of the 31st, to be forwarded by the monthly contract sail ing packets from Gravesend. In consequence of the opportunities afforded for forwarding letters and news papers from this country direct to Port Adelaide, South Australia, and to Port Philip, New South Wales, by private vessels so frequently, they will be forwarded to those places by private ship, unless spcially addressed to go by the Sydney packets. The postage will be Bd. for letters not exceeding half an ounce, and newspapers ld. each. Letters and newspapers for New Zealand will still be forwarded by the Sydney contract packets unless specially addressed by private ship." Letters and newspapers to New York via Havre. The French Government hav ing established a line of mail steam packets to run between Havre and New York, all letters and news papers intended to be forwarded from the United King dom to America by these vessels must be specially ad dressed "by French, packet from Havre." Tae p 'stage on letters forwarded by this route must be paid in ad vance, and will be as follows :—For letters weighing under a quarter of an ounce, British postage 53., foreign 10d., total ls. 3d. ; one and a quarter ounce British postage 13. Sd., foreign 4s. 2d., total ss. 10d., and so on in proportion, sd. and 10d. for every quarter of an ounce; and upon eacu newspaper the charge will be 2d. These packets are appointed to leave Havre on the 15th and last day of each month until further notice. Letters and newspapers addressed to be forwarded by the packets will be specially sent in the French mail to Calais, unless specially directed " via Southampton." MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of July 27.) SUGAR.—To day there was a decrease in the demand for all kinds of Raw Sugar, for both home consumption and export, whilst holders were more inclined to realise, and a tall in the value of most kinds took place. The purchases made in all sorts of West India Muscovado were to a small extent only for both the scale and pan, although the rates taken are 6d per cwt under those of Friday for all qualities. Three parcels of Barbadoes, amounting to 341 hhds, 47 tres, 80 brls, were offered at public sale, but a part only sold at a decline of 6d. REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods were operated in with caution by the home trade, although there were sellers of low to good brown Lumps at 56s to 575, and standard Lumps at iSs to sas 6d per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar was only in limited request, and there are sellers of first quality at 32s per cwt. MAURITIUL—There has not been much desire evinced to purchase brown or inferior yellow or grey sorts, and the supply having been good, prices suffered a depres sion of 6d to Is per cwt; but for good and fine yellow, as well as for grey, the demand has been good, whilst former rates are supported. At auction 4,317 bags and 28 casks were sold. FOREI4N.—To-day the only transactions in Foreign Sugar privately worth noticing were 2 cargoes of yellow Havannah Sugar at 24s 6d to 255. Holders are not disposed to press sales of any sort. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there were four public sales of Bengal Sugar, consisting of 3,645 bags; there was less desire shown to operate, and a part only sold at a fall on former rates of is per cwt. The strong and 3ellow sorts have, however, fetched the full worth. COPFEE.—This afternoon Jamaica Coffee met with:at tention, and 143 casks, 5 brls, 7 bags at auction were sold at full rates. Native Ceylon is wanted, but stiffer rates being asked, prevented purchases of moment being made privately, and 550 bags at public sale were taken in at 38s for good ordinary, which is above the value, but damuged sold at 33s to 36s 6d. Plantation is re quired, and the parcels sold privately were at dull rates. At public sale 292 begs went as follows;—fine fine ordinary 55s to 55s 6d, fine ordinary 48s 6d to 53s 6d, good ordinary 445, triage 35s 6d to 40s, and very low 19s per cwt. Tic —To-day there was a good demand for Tea, and holders obtained lull rates -, good sound common Congou for cash was with difficulty to be obtained under 10d per lb. For auction on Friday 3,300 pkgs are declared. Duty was paid on 521,000 lbs at this port during the past week, and none has arrived during that time. CINNAMON.—The sales went off with great irregu larity, and scarcely one-half found buyers. For the first sorts there were few purchasers, and the small quantity sold was at a decline of 3:1 to 4d per lb. The good and fine qualities of second and third sorts said briskly, and realised fully last sale's prices, but inferior qualities of each were diffi , ult of sale, even at a reduction of 2 , 1 to 3d per lb, and the very ordinary was almost unsaleable at any price. RICE.—To-day there was no public sale of East India Rice, and privately less desire was shown to do business, whilst rather lower rates were taken, and 16, 6d to 19s is the value of low to fine white Bengal. SPIRITS.—To-day the market had a firmer appearance for Leeward Island Rum, and a fair amount of business was done at 2s 7d proof. East India sells more freely at 2s 6d. For Jamaica the market, however, has a dull appearance for all sorts. INDIGO. —Without apparent cause an increased desire leas been evinced by holders of all descriptions of Bengal Indigo to realise, and they submitted to a reduction at the quarterly sales held since our last report, 3 3.5 d C t o o mp 6 a d re f d o rN g ,/ t o h d the prices fine, 2d for middling, and 2d to 3d for ordinary and low, but upon these terms all parties have been induced to operate with in creased freedom, exporters and the home trade having been large purchasers, whilst speculators have been in duced to take many parcels. The consuming sorts at and under 3s 8d per lb, have been the most in re quest. Madras was in good demand up to the close of last week, and the rates of the May sale were generally supported ; but yesterday there was little desire shown to operate, and prices ruled from those of the last quarterly sale to 4d per lb decline. Kurpah has been in fair demand, but mer chants have been willing sellers at the rates of the May sale to 2d under, and_ at 4d to 6d pe r lb decline for good and fine. Oude and Pondicherry went off upon reduced terms. Si e n e c: g o e u o r d la f s e t r r a e r po s r o t r t t s he o h f o ß m e e n a g n a d l p e r x i- - p a p ft l e y rn h o o o ld n er a s t arepu public sale avahlteedly,toanodbtoawininsgtifftoratthees. small Th i s s u sal value.ess 552 bags of Calcutta were , however, taken above the COCHINEAL.—This afternoon there was less demand aa and da p the public n sales,ly sold which2d to consisted s u i s h t d e e d r o f o f r l m 6 5e bagsformer rates; I e silversx c a n, went at 4s 9d to 4s 10d, and blacks Ss 2d to 5s B d. _ TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 48s 3d per cwt. on the spot, and town 30s 6d per cwt. NCIIEST EK H 27.—The STOCK EXC ANGE, JULY 255. sales today were--Amber gate, Nottingham, and Boston, 6d. dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 3 A dis.— Counties, Derby, St a ff or d , and Worcester, 355. 6d. dis.—Eastern Fleetwood, 20— East Lancashire, New (scrip), 1-16 dis.— d, Prest on , and West Riding, 1.16 n. dis.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 33 4—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quart ers, (B), 6 p.—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares, /4 dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Ridins Union), 1 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Linco!nshire),3l4 dis. — Newcastle and Berwick, New, 4 11-10 r.—North Staffordshire, 2 13-16 n. p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, % dis. UNDAY, engravings of Bell's Life in London, S AUGUST 1 .. Goodwood Races and incidents; e r pr r • i A l ci l u te at P L: ri s T o — rts Th of e T th h e am w e e s e ß k e . ga A tt v a t , r e a l a sale of any part three : 'sixa Strand, d all r the, Bell's i 1 Life in London, 27,000 A sixpence,postage stamps, enclosed to Mr. Clement, jun., 1 insure a copy of Bell's Life by return of pooh to of Digital , , Scotland, or Ireland. [ADVERTISEMENT ]--AN IMPORTANT CURE BY THE Cat or HoLLowAY's PlLLS.—Extract of a letter from a gentleman residing at St. Helier's, addressed to the Editor of the " M:rior de Jersey," da ed June 18, 1847.—Sir,—For gorse time I have suffered from a v e ry severe maia ly, for which I sought the advice of the most eminent of the faculty, hut to no purpose . 1 reio:ved. therefore (and in sheer despair), to give Holloway's Pills a tr ial ; b y the use of one box 1 found m y self better, and by a short cont inuance of tint inap preciable medicine, I was perfectly cured, to the great ast o nis h m e nt of my neighb ours, who su: posed that I could not coszibly have re eo-v,ed.—Druggists Sold by all at Professor Holloway's eats bllsinuell.t, 244, 3traud, London. , and LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, July 27. POYNDER U. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COItIPANY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The LORD CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of tilear guments, gave judgment, ordering the injunction to be continued until the parties gave a proper bond. His Lordship rose at four o'clock. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN C I7'.—Exeter, July 26. CROWN COURT.—(Belore Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) CHARGE OF PIRACY AGAINST THE CREW OF THE MER- CHANT SHIP THE JAM F.. 9 CAMPBELL BY THEIR C.APIAIN Gi urge liove„l,,h, Hurults, Richard I homes Lary, johit ,S'huiton, John 111•Phee, Robert Craig, Robert ii right, Daniel Lean, Charles _Moffatt, Thomas .trat• wn, alai James 'Vettles, were indicted or having on the 28th of March last, on the high seas, and within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, being mariners on board of a ship called the James Campbell, the pro perty of William Graham and others, feloniously and piratically assailed William Graham, the master of the said ship, and confined him in the cabin on board the said ship, and kept him so confined for the space of ten days. There was a second count, charging the prisoners with fraudulently betraying their trust, and revolting against the said William Graham, the master of the said ship. Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., and Mr. Collier, appeared as counsel for the Crown ; Mr. Poulden and Mr. Rowe defended Rose and Nettles; Mr. Stode, Stratton ; Mr. Stone, with whom was Mr. Firwood and Mr. Cox, de fended the rest of the crew. This case excited the greatest interest, and at an early hour the court was crowded to suffocation, the bench and grand jury gallery being, as is generally the case on those occasions, crowded with ladies. _ Mr. COCKBURN opened the case to the jury, stating the facts as they will be found detailed in the evidence of the captain with respect to the case. The prisoners were indicted under the 11th and 12th Wm. 111., c. 7, sec. 9, by which it is enacted amongst other things, that if any seaman " shall lay violent hands on his commander, thereby to hinder him from fighting in defence of his ship, or the goods committed to his trust, or shall confine I his master, or make, or endeavour to make, any revolt in the ship, shall be adjudged a pirate, felon, and robber, and being convicted thereof, shall suffer death,"&c. This statute has been amended by a late statute as to the punishment, which is now reduced to transportation for life, or imprisonment for not less than three years. The principal question would be in this case whether any justification, such as the law considered a justification, of the conduct of the crew could be made out. If he (the Learned Counsel) was properly instructed, no such ustification could be so proved. He then cited the cases of R. v. Hastings, 1 Moody's Crown Cases, s. 2, and R. v. M`Gregor, 1 Cor., to show that nothing short of an actual and well-founded fear of danger to life or person could justify the conduct of the crew. The first witness called was Captain William Graham —I am master and part owner of the barque James Campbell. She was a British ship, registered at the port of Glasgow. of 326 tons burden. She belonged to Peter Graham and William M'Callum. On the sth of .Nlarch last we sailed from Glasgow on a voyage to Batavia and Singapore. The crew consisted of sixteen men, including myself. George Rose was the first mate; John Harults the second mate; Charles Moffatt the car penter. The rest were mariners, of whom three were bo) s. The value of the cargo might be about 10,000/. Everything went on well up to the 22d of March, when I had a slight dispute with the mate. We were in latitude 42, longitude 14, out of sight of land. We were about 110 miles from Cape Finisterre. I was on the deck about twelve in the forenoon, Stratton was at the twit)]. One half of the crew were also there. Strat ton was not paying attention to the helm. He ap peared to be rather drunk or stupid, putting himself in constraining attitudes. I ordered him from the helm, _ _ _ and ordered another man to take it. M'Lean came for ward and took it. When Stratton left the helm I told him to grease the mast. He said he would not. I asked him why ? He said there were boys on board the ship, it was their duty, and he would nut do it. He said it in a way of defiance. I told him to go below, and as he did not go at once, I pushed him slightly. He put up his fists and made as to fight me, saying " Come on." I drew my hand across his face, just toughed him, and told Rose, the mate, to put him in irons, as I did not wish to strike or fight with him. He was not put in irons, as I countermanded the order. At this time, Lacy, M'Phee, Wright, and Rose, the mate, were standing together. I told the mate to send some one else to grease the mast. I believe he told them, but they all refused. Rose told me so. I did not hear him tell them, but I called out myself, loud enough for every one in the ship to hear it. I told the mate to call all hands up ; this was done. They all came up, and I asked them to grease the mast. They all refused. I then told them they should have no beef for dinner. There was beef boiling in the copper for their dinner. Lacy said he would take good care I should not have the beef, and defied me to take it. The two mates and all hands were standing by. I saw there was a conspiracy not to obey orders. The mates never interfered, but seemed to take part with the men. I went down below and brought a cutlass up, when I saw that they were determined to keep the oeef from me, I came forward to the galley where the beef was, and warned the men not to give me any resist ance in taking the beef aft; if they did I would use my cutlass. I never attempted to strike either of them. The cook handed the beef out to the steward, and he carried it aft to the cabin. I walked aft with the cutlass, end put it below in the cabin. I came up and stopped a few minutes on deck. At that time I had no arms of any kind with me. No words passed between me and the crew at that time. The men were all forward. I went below again, looked at a chart, stayed about a quarter of an hour, and went on deck again. I ordered the ship to be put ;bout. I then went below, and told the second mate to give the men their beef again, which was done. I came on deck again, about one o'clock. The mates, cook, and steward were also on deck. I stayed there about three-quarters of an hour, and then went below. Some time before I went below M'Phee said something of doing no more work. I remained below until four o'clock, when the steward called me. I had pistols and cutlasses in my cabin. I did not load my pistols, thinking all was over and going right. When the steward called me he told me the men wanted to speak to me. I went up. I took no weapon with me. When I got on deck I found all hands congregated on the front of the quarter-deck, close to the cabin door. M'Phee asked me what 1 infended to do in this affair. Before I had time to give him an answer Lacy and several others came behind me without my observing them, they seized my arms and pinioned me from behind. MiLean put his arm round me, and others came in front. Moffat brought the irons and shackled them on to my arms. I don't know where they got them. They then took lashings andlashed my arms behind my back, so that I could not move. I turned round and saw Harults, Rose, and Nettles behind me. I asked them if they meant to see this done. Rose said, " The men have taken charge of the ship, I shall do nothing in it, but am to take the ship back to the nearest port." I asked the reason. Some one said they were in fear of their lives. I told them they need not be afraid of their lives, as I did not want to hurt any of them, provided they did not try to take the ship from me. They made no answer, and Lacy came and lashed my legs. I saw it was no use to expostulate with them, and I made my way to the cabin as well as I could. I shuffled along, as my legs were tied. Nu one helped me. When I got down I tOund Rose, Nettles, and Moffat removing the chrono meters out of the room, and the fire-arms, nautical in struments, and other things. There are several cabins on the same floor. The one they cleared out was my private cabin. After it was clear ed out, Harults told me it was ready, and I had better go into it. I asked him to see the crew, and try and win them over to let me free, and take the ship on. He replied " that they had gone so far that they must go on with it." I then asked him to alter the irons, as they were put on wrong. He locked me in the cabin, and they took the cutlass which I had had on deck with me when I went up, and set a guard with it outside the door. The crew took it each in turn until we got to Plymouth. Rose, Nettles, Mof fatt. Stratton, Lacy, M'Lean, were present when Marults locked me in. I was kept in irons until the Bth of April, when we came to Plymouth. The irons were only off my arms once during this time. They took the lash ings off my legs when I got to the cabin. The lashings on my arms they kept on two days. We passed several ships while I was confined, and spoke two. I think Rose spoke to them. Once asked them to put the ship into Sladeira, as the wind was foul for England, and it would be better for the owners and all connected with the ship. I told them to tell the first ship they spoke to of what had taken place, they did not. I could with difficulty feed myself'. I was released at Plymouth. Cross-examined by Mr. POULDEN—I know William Thomas, he is a policeman, he was there when I was re emotook off re leased. I d on ' t k now whether I was given into his custody, but I went on s h ore w i th him. Mr. Colliers' man en na u ted apprehended. Previous Mr. n Edmonds, irons. a Ho si solicitor, lt i a oc n i tt agent g rf e n la t a s f at o ow r Lloyd's. i thein I his o • thee. When my irons were taken off by Drew, Colliers's man, APLean, was keeping guard with a cut lass. I did not hear him give m e into the custody of the policeman, Thomas. I did not hear M'Lean say ' give the captain int o y our c h arge; no one shall takeh'' I but an officer." I came as h ore a b out two hours the anchor was let go, whi c h was about midday.ater Stratton and Lacy were first t a k en i nto custody; this was the next morning; then all wer e t a k en into custody. but Rose and Nettles. I heard what Mr. Edmonds said when before the magistrates (he appeared for me). I did not hear him say he should call Rose and Nettles. When before the magistrates I charged all th e crew, mates and all. I think Rose and Nettles were in cus tody. I was twice before the magistrates. Rose and Nettles were not in custody when I went before the magistrates the first time. Rose and Nettles were at large in the court on the second occasion, and were sub seqaently taken in custody. I had charge of the James Campbell six or eight weeks before we sailed, I had the charge of the George before that; that was six or seven months before. I was in custody six months before I took the ship James Campbell, in Newga'e. I was con fined for an assault on my steward. There was an other charge against me. Also once before, at Madras, I was fined 51. or two months' imprisonment. I have many times been charged with assaults, but without any grounds ; once in Hong-Koug, once in Glasgow, and was acquitted. I dare say I have been accused more than a dozen times of assaults, but was acquitted of all but two. I will nut swear I have not been complained against more than twenty times. The 29th of starch was Sun day. Greasing the masts was every man's duty, but it is generally done by the boys. i'he masts had been greased the day before, but nut properly. I ordered the man to grease the mast first as a punishment, p%rtlY be cau , e it requirk , d greasing. There was a boy !gained AlsClasky on deck when I ordered Stratton to grease the jests. The other two were below. I remember calling Stratton a d—d son of a b--h. This was when he re- ' THE S r UN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY __EVENING, JULY 28, 1847. fused to grease the masts. I don't know how often I said this. I threatened to cut the men down when I came up with Oie co iris. I shook it in my hand, and I bdieve struck a cal. with it. I was not in a great pas sion, only a little excited. Ido not recollect saying I would be the death of some of them. If I did it must have been with the condition that they molested me. I said I would look a little sharper after them than I had done. When they put me in irons they said they were afraid of their lives. I had asked them why they put me in irons, and they said that. Ido not recollect whether at the time something was said about my conduct on board the George. I dined about two o'clock. Rose dined with me. We took wine together. Nettles was at his duty from time to time, up to the time when I was sent for on deck. There was a log-book. Rosh kepi it. By Mr. SLADE—The crew had conducted themselves well up to the time I nave spoken. I had congratulated myself with having a fine set of young fellows fur my crew. I had been six weeks out of Goole when I took command of the ship. I have heard of the trial of Cap tain Johnson for the murder of his crew. I was cool when I came up with the cutlass. When I struck the steward of the George I struck him with my hand. His face was cut. I did not order the steward of the ship in which I was going to Madras to go out on the mar tingale stays when the ship was pitching. I was fined 5/. for assaulting him. I caught him drinking rum. to Manilla, on board the British goingtoget a fresh crew. The crew would not Isle,Once,w w work.hanes obliged I I m was ade a complaint against them at Hong- Kong. I took them there in custody. The' magistrate dismissed the complaint, and ordered them their whole wages. I don't remember, when before the magistrates, that Mr. Edmonds stated that he went to call Rose and Nettles (his deposition was put in his hand, but he still denied it). I believe Mr. Edmonds was at one time for calling them. I had told them to be ashore on the day of the examination. I had not determined to call them as witnesses. I had then made up my mind as much to have them apprehended as I had to call them as wit nesses. I did not say to Stratton, " D—n your eyes, what are you staring at ?" I did not push him until lie got to the main deck. He told me to keep my hands off him. This was before he squared at me. The crew did say they would not grease the mast because it was Sunday, and it had been greased the day before. By Mr. STONE—We had gone about 400 miles ere the dispute took place. We had 10,000 miles to go ere we got to our port of destination. I saw M'Clasky on deck when the disturbance took place. When I told the crew to grease the masts they said theyhad been done the day before and did not want it. They did grease the masts just after the beef was taken out of the copper. I never complained of the mode of my confinement. The crew never used any harsh expressions to me. They always brought me provisions at the proper times. They re fused me nothing but my liberty and the taking off the irons. I believe before I charged Rose and Nettles with the other men, they had made a charge against me with Mr. Collier, Lloyd's agent. By Mr. Cocxnunsr—There were only two cases out of the complaints against me on which I was convicted. John Mattison examined by Mr. COCKBURN—I was an apprentice on board of the ship James Campbell. I re member the 29th of March. I was below and was called up. The crew were told to grease the masts. They did not ; there was no occasion. I have been in Scotland since I came back. I have not been keeping out of the way of Mr. Edmonds, or been with the persons getting up the defence. When the men refused to grease the masts the captain came forward with his cutlass. He or dered the cook to take the meat out of the galley. It was done, and the captain went alt. I next saw him when I was greasing the masts. He was walking on the weather side of the poop. We greased the mainmast and then the mizen. I then went below to get my dinner. The meat was there. Sholton had the helm. I was sent there, but the captain ordered me away when I was at my dinner. The men were below. p,l.at four didn o'clock, otseetheamll writing. Wh en t h e cap t a i n came u hands spoke to him. I saw them put him in irons. I did not see the second mate or the steward there at that time, but all the others were. Tnere was a man sta tioned at the captain's cabin after he went below. rose navigated the vessel home, the second mate acted as he had before, and all the crew worked as they had on the voyage out. Crose-exatnined by Mr. ROWE—I have never been spoken to on this matter by the attorney for the defence. When I first saw the captain he was standing by the galley; he was flourishing the cutlass about his head. Ile said he would cut down the first b— that touched the a bo u m t eat half a Hy e h owuars w v i e t r h y t n v i e o l n e n n t t ia . H elr was e m s remained i o n n g deck about half an hour with the cutlass. I was looking over the ship's bow, and the cook came forward and said, " I am so frightened I don't know what I am doing or look ing for." I said, "I am the same." The captain had Bono aft, I saw the captain strike a cask with the cnt lass. This did not make me much more comfortable. I wanted to go to the binnacle, but was afraid to go aft and the captain there. I beard nothing disrespect ful to the captain. I never saw the mate in the forecastle when the captain was put in irons. The crew said they should take the ship uack to the nearest port in Britain. When we came to Plymouth, the chief mate went ashore directly. By Mr. SLADE—I never saw anything about the cap tain's legs. I saw him walk to the cabin. When the captain flourished the cutlass over his head, the men were much frightened, and looked at one another. I was in actual fear of my life. There was uo occasion to grease the masts. I greased them on Saturday, and on Sunday the grease was thick on them. Enough to last to the next Saturday. The boys always grease the masts, when there are boys on board. We generally greased them once a week. Cross-examined by Mr. Cocitnnnx—When the cook told me he was afraid, I told him he did not look so much afraid as I was. John AL‘Dermot examined by Mr. COLLIER—I was an apprentice on board the James Campbell. I saw the captain drawing his open hand across Stratton's face. He struck him on the face, and called him a d—d son of a bitch. Stratton was going back and fending off the captain's blows. I never saw Stretton square up to the captain. I heard the captain say the men should not have any meat, and I heard him tell Stratton t o grease the masts. He said it was not his place, as long as there were boys in the ship. He told the first mate to send a lad to grease the masts. He sent one of the boys. All the crew were ordered up, and the captain told them to grease the masts. They refused, sa yi ng it was no t while there we re b oys i u t h e s hi p , an d i t was h y. The capt a i n t h en ran a f t to t h e c t ab ei i r n S a p n lna d ncdea got a cutlass. He then came forward and or dered the meat to be taken out of the galley. I had not heard the men refuse to take it out. The steward took the meat out, and the captain ordered the mate to see that it was all out. He then ordered it to be taken into his cabin. I afterwards saw the st ewar d b r i n g the meat out of the cabin, he gave it to me, and I took it to the forecastle. I saw all the crew there except the cook. I saw them with a paper. Lacy wrote on it, and Craig ; no one else. I did not see it handed round. I saw the captain come up about four o'clock. The crew were on deck. Th e y gathered round the captain, and put the irons on him. He went below. Cross-examined by Mr. POULDEN—When the captain brought up the cutlass, he "swaggered" it about his head, and said, "The first br— that t o u c hes the beef, I'll cut him down." The men were frightened. The cap tain was in a great rage. He struck a cask with the cutlass. He was on deck with the cutlass about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, flourishing it about. The men ,aid they were afraid of their lines. I was very much afraid of mine. Rose and Nettles were not below when the writing was going on. By Mr. SLADE—When I was examined at Plymouth, I was told by the gentleman who examined me, that if I should be t ransporte d an d put b y t h e ep n r d isoners. Th a t was t h e gent l eman w h o s l ide did of the ; h tmi me for the prosec u ti on j ust now . I t o ld t h e and have now. Durin g a ll the tim e th e ca p. Lain was flourishing the cutlass about he abused. exami ned truth then, By Mr. COLLIER—When you examined me at Ply mouth you did aay that ifl did not tell the truth I stood a chance of being indicted for perjury. But you also said that if I did not mind you would put me by the side of the other man and transport me for life. Mr. CoLLIER—I think I ought to call myself to con tradict this witness. Mr. Justice Wunnams—You can't do that. Re-examination resumed—l heard the captain abuse the crew before the 29th of March. 1 heard him say to the mate, " You are a pretty —to get married." I can't judge for the rest of the crew whether they had cause to be afraid of the captain. The mate had. Cross-examined by Mr. PoULDEN—When the dis agreement of the captain with the mate took place he had ordered the mate to furl the topgallant sail. He did not go, and the captain abused him and knocked him off the poop. He afterwards did go aloft and furled the sail. William Thomas —I am a sergeant of police at Ply mouth. On the Bth of April I went onboard with Rose, and Mr. Drew, Mr. Collier, Lloyd's agent's assistant. The second mate came forward. Mr. Drew said to the crew, " My men, I hear you have your captain in irons, lam come to take him on shore." They said yes, we are willing, for that all we want is justice. Moffatt then went below to uniron the captain, and about ten minutes after he came up. I had a conversation with the chief mate; he said the captain had been aggravating him for many days, chiefly at meal times, but he had made up his mind to take no notice of it. He showed me a place in a cask which he said the captain had done with the cutlass. He said that the row commenced on the day in question by the captain saying to the man at the helm, " What the hell are you looking at?" The man said, "At the head of the ship." The captain said, " You are a liar," and ordered him to leave the helm. That he ordered another man to take the helm, and told the man to grease the masts, which he refused. The captain then desired the mate to send another hand to do it, which he did. The captain said he would make them know before he bad done with them. But the crew got afraid of him, and began to murmur, and said they would not work; that the captain went below, and came up with a cutlass, and struck the blow on the cask, which he had shown me; it was a dent. Ho said he was glad that he had not taken any notice of the captain's conduct, as he was sure he would go on with the men. _ _ Drew and ,a,al,rhee is e a t p i : e a i c u a p c t a a tn i n e ; u up. The Cross-examined by Mr. ROWE—I went on board with for Lloyd's. I was sent for to Mr. Collier's. Rose was Rose. Drew is clerk to Mr. Collier, the agent there. Ile hilt] given information when I came on board, to you. No man but an officer should have taken him." The captain give him mhiamil up to the cutlass said, made no charge against the men. I was in uniform. Ile knew me to b e a po li ceman . When ho came ashore he made n o c h arge against the men, b u t walked away w i t h Drew. Rose said h e too k c harge of the ship at the in stance o: the me n to b r i n g her to England. lie also said that the m en sa id they were afraid of the captain on ac count of what he bad done in other ships. On the Fri flay, the mate, Rose, was in attendance. • I did not hear any char go made by the captain against him. The rest of the crew were in custody. On the Tu:sday, Rose and Nettles attended before the magistrates. They were at large by the captain's order and that of Mr. Luscombe. I took Rose and Nettles into custody.: By Mr. Sr. ,- r , r.---717-.• on fho (1e , .1( in whir•ll the dent wa; ; ii, % as Lo the wcattcr, and close with the wet. Mr. R. a Edmonds—l acted as attorney for this pro secution. On the first day Rose and Nettles were not in custody. I was hot acquainted with the conversation which the policeman had with Rose when he went to liberate the captain ; then, by the advice of Counsel, I had Rose and Nettles taken in custody. By Mr. Row E—l did state to the magistrates that I proposed to call Roie and Nettles as witnesses. This was the ease for the prosecution. Mr. POULDEN then proceeded to ad tress the jury for Rose and Nettles, contending that everything which the crew had (lone on this occasion moss perfectly justified by the emergency under which they were p!aced. It was evident that the captain was a man of t violent and brutal nature, and that his conduct on the 29th of March was such as to induce the crew (who had a knowledge of his previous character) to think that it was not safe for them to proceed farther on the voyage with him if they valued their lives. This being so, they took the only course which was open to them ; deprived the captain of the power of doing injury to any one, and at once brought the ship to the nearest port, and submitted themselves to the laws of their country. The Learned Counsel then commented minutely on the evidence, and concluded by calling on the jury to acquit the prisoners, and restore them to liberty and that good character which they had always borne. Mr. BLADE then addressed the jury for Stratton in a most forcible speech, following the same line of defence, and contending that it was evident, even from the cha racter which the captain had been compelled to give himself, that he was a most brutal man, and having just come out of Newgate, where ho had been confined for a most violent attack on one of the crew of the ship he had formerly commanded, would never have obtained the command of the James Campbell, or any other ship, if he had not been a part owner, and that indeed was also the true cause of the present charge against the crew; for, no doubt, had he not been a part owner of the James Campbell he would have been dismissed by the owners on the complaint of the crew when they brought the vessel home, and nothing would have been heard of this ' cruel prosecution against them for piracy—a more un founded charge than which had never been made, or against, to use the captain's own words, a " finer set of young fellows " than those now on their trial. Mr. STONE then proceeded to address the jury for the rest of the crew, when The foreman told the Learned Counsel they would not trouble him further, as the jury had made up their minds to acquit all the prisoners. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said that it was of great na tional importance that this case should be duly consi dered, and therefore he should wish to explain his view of the law of the case to them, and then, if they remained of the same opinion, they could at once act upon that opinion, and acquit the prisoners. If, however, they should then have any doubt, they could hear the Learned Counsel. The Learned JUDGE then stated that, in his opinion, the great question in this case was whether there had been any reasonable and just cause in the crew to apprehend danger to their lives, or danger of grievous bodily harm from the acts of the cap tain. It was quite clear that seamen were not justified in rising and imprisoning their captain merely for being capricious, giving unreasonable orders, or harassing his crew; for if there were, there would at once be an end to all discipline. There was only one view in which it could be justifiable for a crew to impri: son their captain, and one case alone, which was, where the conduct of the captain was such as to endanger the lives of the crew, or place them in peril of grievous bo dilt• harm. If, therefore, the jury thought that there was reasonable ground for the crew of the James Camp bell to b'-lieve themselves placed in a situation of such peril as this, from the conduct of the captain, that would be a justification to the crew for the course they h.id taken, and it wou!d he their duty to aNuit them; but it; on the other hand, they did not think that there was such cause existing, •hey must then hear the Learned Counsel for the prisoners. The jury said they did not wish to trouble the Learned Counsel further. They were all of opinion that there was reasonable ground for the crew to apprehend vio lence from the captain, either to life or person ; they therefore bsgged to return a verdict of Not Guilty against all the prisoners. This verdict was received by a burst of applause in the court, which was with difficulty suppressed. NISI PRIUS-COilliT. THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF THE BISHOP OF EXETBR •. THE EDITOR OF THE WESTERN TIMES. This case has been made a rernanet, owing to the im possibility of its being tried in time for the judges to leave for Cornwall, the commission day for which county is Wednesday. The postponement of this case has given the greatest disappointment. HOME CIRCUIT. Maidstone, July 26. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. BARON PARKE and a Special Jury.) EDWARDS AND ANOTHER (ASSIGNEES) V. COOPER. This action was brought by the assignees appointed under a fiat of bankruptcy against a person named Thomas Young, nominally against the defendant, who is the sheriff of the city of Canterbury, to recover a number of bills of exchange, amounting in value to between 7001. and 8001., and which had been seized by him under an execution prior to the bankruptcy. Mr. Bovill and Mr. Prentis were for the plaintiffs; Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Willis for the defendant. This case occupied the attention of the Court up to a late hour on Monday night, and the circumstances ap peared to be of rather a singular character. From the very concise and clear statement of the Learned Counsel for the plaintiffs, it appeared that in 1841 a person named Thomas Young, who at that time lived in London, married the widow of a leather cutter and currier named Mutton, at Canterbury, and he proceeded to carry on the trade until 1846, when he became embarrassed, and one of his creditors in particular was pressing him for pay ment of his account, and threatening to take proceed ings in bankruptcy against him, and it appeared that he eventually did so. At the time of the marriage a Mr. Lepine, a watchmaker at Deal, and who by the marriage had become Young's brother-in-law, stood in the posi tion of a trustee fur some money that was invested in the business, and he held a judgment as security for the payment of that money. It appeared that directly the creditors began t.,king proceedings to make Young a bankrupt, he went, in company with Lepine, to a per son named Russell, who acted as a sort of law-agent at Deal, and upon the representation that Young owed him 8001. for money advanced ; and for an I 0 U, proceedings 1 1 were taken at the inst wee of Russell against Young, and no defence being ofr-red judgment and execution was speedily obts.ined, and under that execution and the one held by Lepina as trustee, the whole of the stock in trade, iurniture, and every other vestige of property, was swept away, so that the other creditors did not get a single farthing under the bankruptcy. So effectual were the proceedings of the parties to realise every vestige of property that could in any way be turned to account, that it appeared, in order to render the book debts, which were to a very considerable amount, avail able for their purpose, they induced the parties, instead of waiting for the -usual period of credit to expire, to give bills of exchange fur the amounts of their re spective debts, payable at a lung date, and as it au• peared that it was a pxceeding contrary to the custom of the trade to give bills of exchange under such cir cumstances, the parties who ob 2 ectwl to it were 'educed to consent by having in imma easel a portion ot• their debt struck oft and ►n others an extended period given them for payment, and on the result, the whole of the debts were transferred into the shape of bills of ex change, and placed in a cash box. This box and its oontents ware seised by the sheriff under Lupine's exe • cation, and when the other creditors came in they found that nothing remained for them. An application was read* to the sheriff to give them up to the official as signee, but he declined to do so, under the indemnity of the execution creditor, Lupine, and the pre.;ent action therefore, although nominally brought against the sheriff . was in point of fact intended to try the ques tien whether the proceedings between the bankrupt and his brother-in law, with regard to the alleged debt due to the latter, were bona fide, or whether it was not a fraudulent arrangement made for the purpose of secur ing all the bankrupt's property to his own family and connexions, in fraud of the other creditors. The Learned Counsel having stated all the facts in support of the case for the plaintiff, said that if the jury should be satisfied by the evidence that the seizure of the pro perty was the result of a fraud and juggle between the parties, the sheriff would be bound by their finding a verdict for the plaintiffs to restore the property; but if this should not he made out, but they should believe that the bankrupt had himself procured his property to be taken in execution by a favoured creditor, in that case also it would, by a recent statute, vitiate the transaction, and the plaintiffs would still be entitled to the property. Mr. CHAMDERS, at the close of the plaintiff's case, took some legal objections to the form of the action, but they were overruled by the Court; and he then made a long and energetic address to the jury for the defendant, urging that the transaction was boni fide, and that he had merely exorcised his just legal right, and that there was no evidence of anything like fraud in the transaction. Mr. Baron PARE having gone through the evidence, The jury deliberated for some time. when they re turned a verdict for the plaintiffs, the amount ofdamages to be rendered nominal, upon the bills in question being delivered up. OXFORD CI RCUIT. —Shrewsbury, July 26. The commission w as o p ene d here late on Saturday evening by Mr. Justi ce C o l er id ge. Business commenced a , t . ten this morning. Ther e were three causes for trial. Since the last assize s th ere h ave been 2,000 cases dis in posed of the county courts of this shire; and there are 200 already entered tor trial for the new county court for the Shrewsbury district. The calendar contained the names of thirty prisoners, of whom twelve were marked as unable to read or write, and none as able to read and write well. There were only six cases that could not, and oug h t not, to have been disposed of at sessions, the gravest of these being a charge of assault ing a gamekeeper with intent to kill him. The rest were the most paltry petty larcencies we ever recollect to have seen on an assize calendar. Of the causes en tered for trial, one was for special jury, and was fixed for tomorrow. The other two were disposed of before three o'clock, an d t h en M r. J ust i ce Erie assisted in try ing prisoners. All the criminal business is expected to bo over thi s even i ng , an d so pro b a bly might all the civil too if the special jury had been summoned for to-day. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Joseph Wall was indicted for having, on the 29th of January last, at the parish of Acton Round, feloniously wounded Abel Martin upon the head and face, with intent to kid him. Gri , aveg and Mr. B. Kettle conducted the prose cution, and Mr. iluddiestoue the defence. It appeared that the prosecutor was the gamekeeper of Lord Granville, and that on the night of the 29th Jam/al-7, firviin7 the 7ri,.,mer 1t 1115 master's pr e rye with a inteaarit to his hand, he went up to him and called on him to give up the pheasant. This the pri • sonerirefused:to do, and thereupon the prisoner attempted to arrest him, pursuant to the provisions of the statute in that behalf; whereupon a seutfl3 ensued, in which the prosecutor first struck the prisoner with a life preserver, and the latter retaliated upon him by inflicting several severe wounds on the head and face, which for a time seriously endangered his life. The prisoner fled, but wee known to have been so seriously injured that he was de scribed in the Hue and Cry as being severely wounded on the side of the head. In the course of the ease it appeared that Lord Granville was not the lord of the manor, or owner or occupier of the land, but had exer ei,ed the right of ehooting over it for the last seven years, and this was hell a sufficient pi ima facie to enable him to authorise the prosecutor to arrest poachers having game on their persons. Mr. HIIDDLESTONE having addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that it was an affray begun by the constable, and in which the prisoner was forced, in self defence, to strike his assailant, _ _ _ His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict of Not Guilty. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Durham, July 26. The assisies for this county began here to-day, the commission having been opened at Durham on Saturday, the 24th. The business on the civil side is light—fourteen cases in the whole, two of them special juries. The cakadar contains the names of forty prisoners, six of whom are to be tried fur rape, five maliciously wounding, one burglary, one manslaughter, one uttering forgeries, five stealing from the person, and one horse stealing. The rest are for felonies of a minor character, except four, which are for misdemeanours. The Lord Chief Baron proceeded to charge the grand jury at ten o'clock this morning, and Mr. Justice Wight man took his seat on the civil side at twelve. Nothing of importance was tried in the Crown Court, and some of those engaged in the actions had been so dilatory in getting their witnesses ready, that a good deal of the time of the Nisi Prins Court was wasted. His Lordship several times spoke of the necessity of striking out some of the causes from the list, and leaving them remanets till the next assizes. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) WIGHTWICK V. SADLER. This was an action for breach of promise of marriage. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and also among other pleas, that the plaintiff had released him from the promise by executing a deed for that purpose. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Addison were Counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Watson and Mr. Jones for the de fendant. The plaintiff, Lucy Wightwick, it appeared, is a young woman of about thirty years of age, and the de fendant, John Sadler, a man of sixty. She is the daugh ter of a farmer in the south of England, and in 1844, had been residing along with a married sister, Mrs. Loads, whose husband is traveller for a wine merchant at Newcastle-on-Tyne. The defendant is a manufac turer of good property, at Whitepoint, between Newcas tle and North Shields. The plaintiff, wishing to go into some employ, advertised for is place as housekeeper, and in consequence the defendant called at the house of plaintiff's brother-in-law, and engaged her to live in hit house in that capacity. SAO went to defendant's, and after remaining there some time, he became so far pleased with her that he made her an offer of marriage, and was accepted. At that time she was receiving 101. per annum wages ; not, however, as menial servant, but sometimes taking part in the business of the household. The defendant named a day for the mar riage, but he subsequently said that he was already engaged to another, a Miss Todd, and that there wa some difficulty to induce Miss Todd to relinquish her engagement with him. Eventually it was discovered that the defendant had seduced the plaintiff by means of the influence of his promise to her, and in July, 1845, she was brought o bed of a daughter at Sunderland, to which place she went by his desire. It was not denied that she had subsequently given the release to the defendant on his paying her the sum of 301., though Mr. Knowles now said that the deed was obtained by fraud, the plaintiff taking it, at the time, to be no other than an acknow ledgement for tae 301. Mr. WATsoN, upon this being stated, sa'd, Vat if there were fraud, it should have been pleaded. It was not so, and, therefore, nothing of that kind could be contended. Mr. KNOWLES said that he could show a subsequent promise of the plaintiff ; but there was this in the re lease itself, that it recited that the defendant had made a promise of marriage. The defendant had afterwards refused to maintain the child, and obliged plaintiff to affiliate it upon him, and then, there having been a re port of the making of the order of affiliation in one of the papers, he had obtained a copy of that paper, scored the part of it relating to the order, and written besides upon the margin these words : " A comna,n prostitute's report." He afterwards showed that same paper to a female, to whom he said he wished the plaintiff to see the paper, and that the child might see it when she could read, and learn what kind of woman her mother was. Mrs. Loads was called to prove the conduct of the defen dant, after the making of the release, which amounted to a subsequent promise to marry. Mrs. Dunn, a woman who had nursed the child at Sunderland, stated that the defendant had shown her the newspaper, saying he wished plaintiff's family and the child to see it. Mrs. Dunn, cross-examined, said that the plaintiff had always talked against defendant, and said that he was of such a bad temper that she could not bear to live with him. Plaintiff had said that she thought he was insane. Mr. Dale, attorney, of Sunderland, stated that the de fendant was a man of considerable estate. He had seve ral houses in North Shields, besides, to witness's know ledge, thirty shares in the Shields steam-ferry, worth 1201. per share. Mr. WATSON treated this as a most trumpery case, and said he thought the jury must consider the defendant as having paid dearly in the 30/. acknowledged by the deed of release which he had received from the plaintiff. Verdict for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. A powerful fellow named Thomas Holsey was charged with a brutal assault upon a married woman named Catherine Shannon, livii:g in Devonshire-street, Bishops gate. . _ _ The complainant, whose face was terribly swollen, bruised, and cut, stated, that upon entering a public house in Shoredith on the previous night, in the com pany of her husband, to procure some refreshment, she found the prisoner and a woman named Locoek stand ing at the bar together, the latter of whom, without any provocation on her part, loaded her with the foulest abuse, and then commenced a violent attack upon her, while protecting herself from which she was flung to the ground by the other woman, and as soon as she had fallen the prisoner —to whom she had not even spken— ran furiously up to her, and, exclaiming with an oath that he would kick her eyes out, d- At her such a fero • eious kick upon the forehead just over the left eye, that her dress was instantly covered with blood, and she was reduced to insensibility. Several persons present, upon witnessing the blow, interposed for her protection, and, the police having been called in, the prisoner was given into cthtody and conveyed to the stati , ,a, while she was assisted to her own residence, where she had been verb ick and ill ever smae. A man natniAl Matthews, who rescued the complainst from further illuage, and Few, a constabl,- of the 11 di• vision, corroborated tile preceding statement in its lead ing particulars, deser:bed the attcck by the prisoner as unprovoked and brutal in the extreme, and one ex pressed his surprise that the woman had escaped so for tunately even as she had, the prisoner having on a very heavy pair of boots, the toes of which were covered with plates of iron. When called upon for his defence, the prisoner said that a dispute had arisen between the complainant and the woman who was in his company, and that an unjus• tifiable assault having been made by the former upon the latter, be had interfered to separate thorn, and might have behaved rather roughly towards Shannon, but he denied must positively that he had either struck or kicked her. The complainant wished for a summary adjudication on the case, as she could spare neither the time nor the expense of carrying it elsewhere; and M r. Ilsbniu.r., who commented in terms of severe re prehension on the prisoner's brutality, and told hint that it was only out of consideration for the complainant her self that he did not send him to answer the charge at the sessions, sentenced him to pay the highest analunt of penalty 't was in his power to inflict, namely, 51., or in default of so doing, to stand committed to the House of Correction for two months. The fine not being paid, the prisoner was removed in the van. WESTMINSTER Yesterday, Elisha K Ken n cle N rk to Mrs. Marsh, house agent and valuer, 46, Park street, Grosvenor square, was brought up tor re-examination, charged with stealing a valuable muslin dress from the residence of the Hon. Captain C. G. Scott, of the Scots' Fusilier Guards. The following is a brief outline o f th e e vidence given on the first examination :—Sir Edward Brackenbury and his family vacated a house of the Hon. Captain Scott's, which they had been occupying in Ches ham street, Belgrave-square, on Thursday week, and in the hurry of departure left a box containing a valuable mus lin dress. The prisoner, as clerk to Mrs. Marsh, who was engaged as Captain Scott's agent, called at the house several times immediately after the departure of Sir Ed ward and his family, and on the occasion of his vi s it yesterday week, the housekeeper informed him that she had missed a box from the drawing-room table, and said she was much annoyed at the circumstance, as a person was to call that day fur it, and added, that she suspected some men who had been engaged in taking up the car pets had stolen it ; to which the prisoner replied it was hard to judge anybody. On the loss of the box being communicated to Captain Scott, he sent for the police, and Sergeant Thornton, an officer of the A division, was employed in the matter. He went to Mrs. Halliday's, in Regent street, who made the dress, and there found that a person answering the prisoner=s description, and who, in fact, afterwards turned out to be the accused, ;had been there two or three days previously, and asked if they had sent a box to Sir Edward Brackenbury's ? and, on being answered in th e ail mative, inqui re d what it contained. lie was told that it contained a dress, and the sbopman having recommended him to communi cate with the person to whom it belonged, the prisoner promised to do so, and left. Thornton then proceeded to Mrs. Marsh's, where he told the prisoner that he was an officer sent by Captain Scott about the box and dress, upon which the prisoner produced it, but the box, which had been sealed and directed, was found to have been broken open. The officer then left the prisoner and consulted Captain Scott, who directed that the prisoner should be taken Listody. Ou the same eveuin& the prisoner visited the housekeeper in Cheshain-Pine' asked her how she could have made; such a Illis' a l„ e '. l, !It and told her that she saw him take' s: box out of the house, and that he informed her a ' to o l time that he intended to forward it to the oviner; al l 1 . which the housekeeper positively denied. Theprisqljeci who had made a similar re p resen t a tion to Thornton, sn who added that he had told his fellow-clerk, but not Dfrs7 Marsh, was apprehended, when a letter was found lirgg him, addressed to Sir Edward B r ackenburYl -street 1 him that a box bad been left ih Chesharae 41,1130 that the writer would be happy to forwa rd it. : ed letter , was signed " tbr Mrs. Marsh," and eontE"., hat te a po.ticript informing Sir Edward that it had been val on the 19th, but, by mistake, was not posted u ntil tP day (e prisoner repeated his account of having ta de, box with the knowledge of the housekeeper , and cr. to meant Glared that he had no dishonest intention, mew big forward it to the owner, and had mentioned it to tee, fellow-clerk in order that the letter might be vr ! t the which was done, but that it was delayed owing Sir inssure of business and their not exactly knowing hd ward's address. On the prisoner being placed in the dock Yes terds Thornton said that he had immediately after the P ots, vious examination gone to the prisoner's aPa l t e da• and there, in the locked drawer of a box, found 'coo plicates, relating to property of all ideec, ri P„ i l i ker• Two of the duplicates referred to a scarf and O.- chief. la no t A pawnbroker produced the property, but eon- W ife identify the person pawing ; and Captain Scott's en identified the property, part of which she had 100 3 sate in her wardrobe. . tbA A professional gentleman having cross-examined 11,0 witnesses without eliciting anything of advantage - client, res ter Thornton asked for a remand, as the duPli e ty referred to bedding, carpets, hearth-rugs, and a !ar s $ of furniture and property, to which the prisoners b ays house-agent's clerk, would at different places '- access. Prisoner was remanded till Friday week. HAMMERSMITH. gad' Shortly before the closing of the Court, Mr. , - `,l„ st: den, the relieving officer of Kensington, bego tendon of the magistrate to the recital of a __ A e" - , great . brutality, on the part of a husband tow O re re wife, in which was also involved a charge of a f ar ° serious character. , „ t elt Mr. Madden stated that, in the course of the Pee'',.:f the he had been applied to for assistance by a worneu t `r sr' name of Sarah Howard, the wife of a journeym a n c ar penter, living in Earl-street, Kensington, wh o 'Tad/ serted her, having on the Saturday before mostjecol ascaulted her, notwithstanding she was seven rae l l t reyeo vanced in pregnancy, after which she had net A r he on him. Having relieved her necessities, he t elu ",,e - sr should apply for a warrant for her husband for ""haa saalt, but she begged he would not, as some daybed, then gone by after it. On Saturday last the 11 . . D at' the who had been absent for the week, suddenly ee te a_ stla house, and seizing a hammer attacked her with 1"00. beat her in a frightful manner, and again deefitrael That morning he received the following CertifiCattglO Mr. Guazzaroni, the medical officer of the K an workhouse, who had visited the injured womae:" . .,ff 144 " I hereby certify that Sarah Howard is 5 " - B e from an injury to the head, and of a fracture o f l ov a the bones of the nose, which injuries have been i n „, l ying by her husband, who is coof w e . as nstantly in the habit 0 her. As she is in a very helpless and rather P ree rvorl‘' state, I would recommend her removal to the house. " JOHN GUAZZARONI, Surgeon, Jay Y While he (Mr. Madden) was t a king the s urge° " t aof structions as to the removal of the women:, t e n woman, who was acting as nurse to her, came ;a the that she was much worse, her husband having tam' interim again been to the house, and during i' w hi 7 e porary abseece from the room put in a cuo . se ill , a al b e , powder, to which he a dd e d wa t er f r om a ittg , .; tbsi, mixed it up, and made his wife drink it, dcc iar n'he su if she did not do so he would beat her about t r u e ' to aste with a hamintr he had in his hand. The 01 1; coP,' woman accordingly swallowed the contents of 1 ° age and her husband instantly quitted the house'osti had had not been since seen. He (Mr. M 1°13 17(0 1* since seen Mrs. Howard, who w as in a state of Lie able to and nearly insensible, so that s h e w as total nn sin ce answer the questions he put to her. She had berate at bled, and antid o t e s h a d b een g i ven h er , but her her a that moment preclud e d a ll id ea & f remo ving her frele bed. He had, und e r th ose c i rcumstan ces, to PPrd,i/ ' tll a warrant for the app re h ens i on o f Th o mas ' ki° l44 husband. sle" Mr BEADON Said ther e was n o necessity t hr ° , h d d , warrant, as the police had th e p o wer to aPP re " — ge• wherever he could be found upo n so serious a cha Sergeant Clark, 13 T, said he would prefer a'wttroe" a br i as the husband was a most p ower ful and despetvola racier, and should he be met by a single office r . t ilieeet be impossible to take him without the aid of ely t was who would more readily give their aid if a Iv or° shown Mr. gD•. ne er BEADON persisted that a warrant Wee roter l sary on such a charge, and directed Mr. Madden ivoch diately to see after and take charge of the euP, in tr y the powder was mixed, and should it be n eee ' s- 10 ' 0 1 ' the husband being captured that her examination of be taken, he would examine the man in h erreow, take her deposition whenever it was neces,ary• d Moore' Sergeant Clark, with S ergeant K e lly, T. 8, an .1 d one of the warrant officers of the Court, Prnneeue to search of the accused, but had not returned When Court closed. RAILWAY SHARE MARlalls LIVERPOOL, JULY 27. 11" STOCK EXCHANOE.-The sales are-Birkenhea d tvolef f shire, and Cheshire, 3 dis. ex int.-Birmingham and oral 6 p.-East Lancashire, New Scrip par-Liverp oo4 ,4o, l l6 and Southport, 265. 3d. p.-London and North-VV r e s ,l), -Ditto, New Quarters, 9% p.-Ditto, Quarters (LI• p.-Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares, % dis. O p (late West Riding Union), V s p.-Midland, Halves, :1;00 Newcastle and Berwick, New, 4 3 / 4 p.-York and 1 !. Preference (guar. 6 per cent. till 1850), 44 " 2"1 LEEDS, JULY 27. T, cal b r STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East --- - 1/./ 11 / 3 New, 12s. 6d. dis.-Ditto, New Scrip, Is. p• -- G fi reil ideal 6v- a, ern, I . K I n. dis.-Ditto, Extension, 9s. 6d. SBI eer and Manchester, 1 3 / 4 n. p.-Leeds and Dewsburih ewer/ 1/. 18s. 9d. p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 6 3 % dis.-Ditt o, 01 :0 12s. 6d. s. dis.-Manchester and Leeds (lat e .,-;;,to Sheff.), 1% p.-Ditto, 321. Shares, ss. n. Riding Union), 2s. 6d. p.-Newcastle and BervvlS o go k 4 3 4 p.-North British, Quarters, 21s. n. shire, 2% n. p.-North-Western, 333. 6d. 11 •,,, di4 411. Doncaster, and Goole, 2s. 6d. di s .-York and JO' land, Preference, 91 / 2 SHEFFIELD, JULY 27. Sh e STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Manchester, re , 5, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 20L„S4Ateser dis.-Ditto, 121. 10s. Shares, 2 dis.-North-iNes. 6d. dis. EDINBURGH, JULY 26. 5 9 0 STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--Ah erde u e ' ll o ' rOl e ' Airdrie anti Bathgate, 3/. 10s.-Arbroath and oi,je 10s. -Ditto, Halves, 14/. 10s.-Ayr and G.lO , d 6d.-Caledonian, 29/. 155.-Ditto, New, 1/. 17 9 . 6 , io Jralj (lonian and Dutnbartonshire 1/. 13s. 60.-ClY °s°ll * 1111 / voall'oirs., tion, 49/. 103.-Deeside, 3/. ' 58.-Dunblane , •,, J s Callender, 11. 7s. 6d -Dundee and Arbroath, Soc• x ".", 5, rt p, Ditto. New. No. 1, 29/ 10s. cx div.-Ditto, Ne v4l , i sl e gOr ex div.-Ditto, New, No. 3,3 L 103.-Dundee I t t iesr 321. 155.-Ditto, New, 121. 17s. 6t1.-Eastern 'Ar c eV 60.-Ditto, York Exten s ion, 61. 10.6.-Ea st j,O 155.-Edinburgh and Iliithgate, 8/. 55.-Eua l ";iers , & - 1,/ Glasgow, 691.-Ditto, lives, 22/. 55.-Ditto , 4,17 - 2 s. v-' l 4 175. 6d.-Edinburgh, Lsith, arid Granton,_ itit i tOP Dit`o, Preference, 201. Jos.-Edinburgh and iNo" / e ... 4 ",„" los.-Ditto, 2/. 17s. 60.-Ditto, Newport, I ,,i e si ditto, New, 11. 18s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth 1/.25. -Glasgow and Ayrshire, POl. 155.-Ditto/0 1 '6t1. 42/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1,9/. 7s. 6,1.-- I h tt sl 7 0 %,0 1 No. 2, 61. 1 Is.-Glasgow, D urn t r i es' and Carlisl e,- -Glasgow and Garnki r k, 39/. est Terminus, 111. 1 55.-Glasgow and G erock, te Halves, 9/. 10s.- Ditto, Preference, 8r1! 6d.i•h-ei_.lo Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan 31. 15s Great N0r4....J:0 land, 1/. 1 65.-Newcas'tle ' and Berwick, - 291. .00 0 • 4 ), British, 31.-Ditto, Halves, 15/. 7s. 6d. -Ude, .. 4 Bs.-Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 35.-Ditto, New Q l oar te rig'sr , 155.30.-Ditto, Fifths, 61. 103.-Scottish Cent 1 end lid► -Scottish Grand Junction, 196.-Scottish Mid ~td t ier Stirling and Dunfermline, 4/. 13-.-S t i r ling a i ll ei sesso7k 2/. 55.-Wishaw and Coltne ss , 49/.-York An" ,2/. "aV 371. 101-Ditto, New, 16/. 55.-Ditto, Preterence;' 65 . •' go. -Direct lionibay and Madras, 25.-East W14114405' Great North of India, 2s. 6d.-Great Southern Of -Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, is. 6d. GLASGOW, Jura- 26. A Giy a drAh STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--Ayr albc i a .a , `"pfe , 485.-Caledonian New, 385.-Direct Bombay and °t or 25.-Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 635. 6d. -- I g sac i g ie* 315.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 81/4-Edinhorivs, P - $Ol6 gow, Halves, 65.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and ":400, No. 2, 61. 85. 6d.- Manchester and Southall'," 225.-North British, Thit ds, 48s. -7,-- On the 23d inst., at Ashley-park, Surrey , Lay bel* t 0 e tc i On the 23d iennstn.a,nint,Doteaand'salygahrdtz o th f e a n d e a v u . g iy hte . r T . wife °P the 24th iust ,at Budle s i , the lliclf °P On the 23d inst , in Ru 1 On the 24th inst., at It t an k d b -ye* 11. W. Askew E • g th De , sq., of a son. On On the 24th inst., th. Mrs. Herbert Ow • ter, Owen, of a son. „ %‘ 3 On the 25th inst., th e it lady of T. C.A are , Parr, Esq of aso 00 wife of Henry Howlett, Esq., of a son. d Bev. Budd, of Howys, of a daughtr. Y l ca o cia e m bo e rnt a gt i d r . r i le tg e e he House , t :E eu l rrtdiarn:t Edina fi b ' S outh p the ------- 0 00 / Smith, of St. 1, fr..,a,. S. On the 16th inst at Sr. AARlpßhiagEDe., Greenwich' ) of A' - ' .i, Kensington, j o h John', s Southwark. to Jane,second daughter„opt(' T. Leek, P itle , rl:Vestininster, the - 4 On the 22cl inst., at the pailsh church of -% t got Charles Bower May, Esq , of Burslem, to ila ril- ef LeT" $. only daughter of the late • Richard Badnall, Eerl't are , 30:,,,k, eld O es n t t d h a e u 2 g 4 h t t h er in of -t A , T a r. t jSots.eGeorge's, Hanover-gl, ' l t gsrg'" E. Noble, of Down-street, • Piccadilly, to . 1 ° 1 ! nlace• ,-•••• ph inie , 2f l_' ________....-- - "Cadogw r 1 On the 27th inst. , at Sparrows, near DIED. Wil li 4 John Erskine Do uglas, aged 89. 111 r• On the 20th hist , at Camberwell -green, Mathieson, aged 81. * T, orig On the 21st inst , John Merewether , aged 81 ; jail -6 On the 23d inst., Selina Duclos, the wee 0, Jo b p NA. ewnham, Esq., late of Newtimber-place, Suseel - _, ow 'On the 23d inst. at Hampstead, Ann, relict co ra , Ea ° Turner Esq., aged 78. Colonel On the 23d inst , in Dublin, Lieutenant. Albion . Knight, half-pay. • h late of On the 23d inst., Thomas Peters, Es -, •*' • igleP street, Hyde-park, aged 39. Thomas M ic On the 24th inst., at Saffron Walden, Watford, A;lniirt: ire of Eq., surgeon, aged 8. the fi On the 25th inst Sin Upper Hyde-park-street, B O enjamin Otiveird, Esq. n the 25th inst., at Lewisham, Mr. Richard i, 0 TD:O, of ea° o I on: t'-in , cd 411 , 1 Puhlwtied by 4V VILDO :- 1 -_, in t he rf A , les Alla, Prin , r, ,A Th e Su, Ofilet- No. 112. St'ai' u, ~.. JP" of the Savoy-, In the Coauty of hilddloos, WedgQo4'.." 1547,