The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-06 00:00:00

PORTUGAL. PLYMOUTH, JULY 3. The Dublin Steam-packet Company's steam-ship Duke of Cornwall, Captain Robert Ke4ipstone, which has beer. these last three months in the service of her Majesty the Queen of Portugal, came in this afternoon for coal, bound to London. She left Lisbon on the 28th of June, Op Tto on the 30th, and Vigo on the 30th. She brings English passengers- - Mr. Burnett, Mrs. Appleby and daughters, Miss Barry and Mr. Ottley, with dispatches for the Admiralty, and letter bags from her Majesty's ship America, her Majesty's brig Nautilus, her Majesty's ship Gladiator, and her Majesty's steamer Jack At Lisbon—Her Majesty's flag-ship Hibernia, 104, Captain Peter Richard!: ; her Majesty's ship Trafalgar, 124, Captain John M. Knott ; her Majesty's ship Su perb, 80, Captain .. L. Corry ; her Majesty's ship Canopus, 84, Captain F. M oresb y ; her Majesty's sloop Amazon, 19, Captain James J. Stupford ; her Majesty's steam! sloop Bulldog, Commander A. C. Key; her Majesty's steam sloop Phoenix, Commander James S. A. Dennis ; her Majesty's steam-frigate Sidon, Captain William H. Henderson ; her Ma jesty's steam-frigate Terrible, Captain Ramsey. At Oporto—Her Majesty's ship America, 50, Capt. Sir Thomas Maitland ; her Majesty's brig Nautilus, 10, Commander W. T. Rivers; her Majesty's steam vessel Gladiator, Captain Robb; her Majesty's steam. vessel Jackal, Commander George Western. The Queen's authority has been fully established at and near Lisbon. The prisoners taken by the British forces have in great numbers volunteered into the royal servi!.,e. The rest are sent to their ,homes. The Government had issued a decree to the mer chants, in expectation of raising a loan on payment of the duties at Oporto, but money was very scarce. The harvest is promising. There is no fruit for shipment. The ships Royal Tar, Mindello, Oporto, and Eighth of July, captured in the employ of the' insur gents, were all given up, and are now recommissioned by the Portuguese Government. • The Spaniards, under General Concha, wdre vir tually in possession of Oporto. A skirmish took place at Villa Nova, to the south of that city, on Sunday last, the 27th ult., between the Queen's forces and the insurgents, when about fifty on either side were killed. The insurgents there are ready to lay down their arms and surrender when they know who is to pay their arrears for past service. The English residents are respected and protected at Oporto. At Vigo the English ships which have been de tained by blockade were about to sail, on the 30th ult., for Oporto. lON THE SPANISH INTERVEN IN PORTUGAL. RIDAJOZ, JUNE 22.—Notwithstanding that war in Portugal may be said to be at an end, the Government have not desisted from their oetert to interfere, and, in consequence, the division army of operations which belongs to the distric tremadura will this day cross the fronti march on Ylves and Estremcz. The 1 this divisidn is about 4.500 infantry, battalions of artillery, and 400 horse, to which added a few detached bodies of infantry and which had crossed the frontier several days a mentioned in a former letter, and now occup Campo Mayor, and other cantonments on the h to Lisbon. The motive assigned for this division penetral Portugal is, that the Government of the Quee Maria has asked for a force of the Spanish army the principal fortresses and towns of Alemtejo,o are now dispersed the disbanded forces of Sa Bani the Count Mello, to secure the public tranquillid present, and give time to the Government of re-organise the administration of the country, a in a state of the utmost confusion. The Captain-General Nozagaray, who commi force, has to-day published a proclamation to t inculcating the utmost order and discipline in tli meat, ancipromising the severest punishments( who attempted in the least to injure or ill-treat tuguese inhabitants. The detached parties of troops which have already entered Portugal 1 place, and which were thrown forward as feelerl _ tarn the state of feeling of the people, were very we__ received; and no doubt, should the main body of the division which this day marches on Ylves conduct them relves in a temperate and orderly manner, they also will be well received, because the peaceable inhabiants only seek for security for their lives arid property, and gladly receive any force which will secure them, for the present, tranquillity in th , ir homes. Several Portuguese refugees have entered Spain along the line of frontier. A depot is ordered to be formed at Merido, on the road to Madrid, for their reception, where there are given rations for the men, and a small allowance, according to rank, to field-officers and subal terns. From everything I can learn from Portugal I can safely assure you that it will be the presence of a toreign torte which can alone preserve nrder and tranquillity there for the present, and that it ,would be utterly impossible that a Government of any party could re-organize the administration of the country if heft to depend on its own resources to insure peace and order. I follow the army to Ylves and Estremcz, and I shall detail to you, on the spot, the teatures of affairs, after so long and violent a political struggle as that which has iust ended.— Times. the civil Spanish bination of the t of Es r, and orce of three may be cavalry ;o, as I Ylves, Igh road ing into Donna Go occupy Aer which ;eira and for the o isbon to I,t present Inds this ,he army is move to those the Pur ' Spanish rrom this to ascer- THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION. On Friday night, at eight o'clock, a meeting of Mr. C. Lushington's general committee was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, on the business of the election. Mr. Henry Geor g e Robins*, of St. George's parish, in the char. Mr. G. floGoErr, the secretary, said that since the last general meeting several sub-committee meetings had been held, and that gentlemen connected with various parishes .had come forward volunteering their services to canvass their respective districts ; that sone parishes had been almost entirely gone through, and t e result of the canvass was most satisfactory.—(Hear.) , Mr. HEALEY observed that some persons had been threatened with actions, in consequence of the circular emanating from the society. It would be we I, perhaps, we to consider what course the committee shout pursue is ae event of Mr. C. Cochr ane takin g le g al pr eedings. Mr. LEWIS, jun., said that they would hea enough of law proceedings dur in g the election, after hich they wou ld hear no more. l ie would su gg est t those who h a d received letters to keep t hem in their p kets. Mr. PROUT said it was stated in the repOrt given in the Morning Advertiser of that day of the meeting held at the Hanover - square Rooms t he previous 'day, that if only one-tenth part 'of the allegations in the circular were true of that with which he bad been charged, that he ought to be scouted from all decent society. What ever the committee had published in their circular they would prove to be true. Mr. GUTHRIE observed he was happy o hear the observation, as it would leave a strong impression upon those who had been induced to give their promises to Mr. Cochrane. The meeting separated, measures havingl been taken to carry on the canvass. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, honoured the performances at this theatre on Saturday with their presence. The royal suites included the Countess of Desart, the Countess Vanderstraeken, Lord Byron, Col. Buckley, Lieut. Colonel Seymour, and Maj,l Moerkerke. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his Imperial Highness Prince Peter and the Princess Olden burgh, and by their Royal Highne , ses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and attended by the Countess Assenburg, the Hon. Miss Eden, the Count de Beust, the Baron Zeigesar, Captain Taylor, and the Hon. William Ashley, were also present. Their Riyal 11ighnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge; at tended by the Baroness Hammerstein, the Baron Knese beck, and Mr. E. St. Juhn Mildmay, occupied her Royal Hi g h ne ss's b , ,x. Amongst t_ e ln r g o ener t l Duke of Wet company were a his Royal Highne ss Prince Cv_apoeon, the Duke and , he , lington, the l'rince Louis Napoleon, Duches s of Cleveland, and L ad y Augusta aulett, the Duchess (Dowager) of Cleveland, the Ma' (pis and Marchioness of D,,u4las, the Marquis and Marchioness of Camden, Marquis and Marchioness of Aitesbury, Mar quis and Marchi oness o f Douro, the Marchioness of Westminster, Marchioness (Dowa g er) of Sligo , and the Ladies Browne,the Marquis of Clanri carde, the Baroness Lochner, the Earl of runn°w th e E..rl of and Madlle. Olga de he Earl and Countess Falmouth,of Lady C. Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Cardigan, Leven and the Ladies Melville,r, the Earl and Countess of field, the Earl of Munster, the the Countess of Chester, and Countess of Wilton, tin. Earl and CDe ountess the Earl gall, the Earl of Aboyne, the Harrington and Lady Jane Stanho pe, I;.tnd Countess of ton, the Viscount Canterbury, C ot Somer- Viscountess Dungannon and Miss Irvine, t r r idalet " , A Fitzclarence, Lord and Lady Marianne Alford,ord Southampton, Lord Sandys, Lord Saltotm, Lord dale, L tdy Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord James Stuart Lady Meux, Lord Forester, Lord Macdonald, b B ra ybrooke and the Hon. Miss Neville, Lord Burleiell Sir P. P. Acland , S ir G. and Lad y H ouston , Sir An thony and Lady Rothschild, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir H. Willoughby. Sir Henry Meux, Lady Foulis, Sir G. Wombwell, Bert., Baron Koller, Baron Nicolay, Baron and Baroness Lionel Rothschild, Baroness Rothschild, Count KoudriatTiky, Miss Burdett Coutts, General the Hon. A. P. Upton, Captain the lion. James Macdonald, Chief Justice Doherty and Mrs. and Miss Doherty, lion. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, Mr. aild Lady Augusta Wentworth, Hon. Mrs. Rn.h jut, Hon. W. Arbuthnot, Hun. Mrs. Tollemache, Hon. C. Forester, Colonel Bailey, Colonel •Gardiner, Colonel Campbell, Major Buckley, Mr. Mon tague Gore, Captain Smith, Captain Reynolds, Mr. - V.lrereton Trelawney, Mr. T. S. Duucombe, M.P., Mrs, a. Ad Miss Trelawney, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Williams, Uzielli, Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. H o igson, Mr. Errington, Mr. Broadley, Mr. Hubert De Bur, h, Mr. C. W. Packe, M.P., and Mrs. Packe Read ing, Mr. Mildmay, Miss Fitzroy Somerset, Mr. and Mrs. Hail...ay, Mr. Askew, the Rev. Ger ar d Wellesley, Miss s . Fb*incin. G. Byng, Captain Duncombe ' Mr. and i r rAlnitek,.Mr. and Mrs. E. Phillip s , Mr. and Mrs. Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Majorihanka. T DEVOItaIIIRE RIOTERS. Several persons here tried at the Exeter Quarter Sessions, last week, for the late food riots in that district, and those w h o were t foun d guilty were mostly recommended to mercy on a cc o ant •of the dearth, and discharged on their own re cogni tisavo. THE SUN, LOND ON, - - NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 4.—The Vestal, 26, Captain Charles Talbot, arrived this morning from the China and East India station, whereon she has been employed the last three years and a half, under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker and Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane. She left Hoeg-Kong on the 4th of March, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the 27th of April, and left on the sth of May, bringing the latest news from that colony; passed St. Helena on the 23d of May, but did not communicate, neither did she call at Ascension. She has brought mails from the Cape and squadron employed on that station, under Rear-Admiral Dacres, the Commander in -Chief, whose flag-ship, the President, 50, Captain Stanley; the Conway, 26, Cap tain Kelley; the Nimrod, 20, Commander Dacres; and the Medea, steam-sloop, Commander T. H. Mason, were all in Simon's Bay when she sailed. The Helena, 16, Commander Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, sailed from Simon's Bay fur St. Helena, Ascension, and England on the 30th of April. The Conway, 16, Captain Kelly, was to sail on the Bth of May (three days after the Vestal) for Eng land. The Rosamond steam sloop, Commander Foote, left Simon's Bay on the 4th of May, with a levy of tiottentots for Waterloo Bay. Squadron all well. The other ships not mentioned were cruising. One of Green's fast sailing ships, the Stag, Capt. Parish, sailed out of Simon's Bay on the 29th of April for Eng land. The Vestal has experienced a very long suc• cession of fine wt ether, has never had double-reefed topsails but twice, and did not take in her royals for 5.000 miles. She came up to Spithead under royals and flying jib this meriting in most gallant style, and shortened sail and furled very smartly. the ship ap peared to us to be in admirable order, the effects of ex cellent discipline and S) stem being everywhere visible. She saluted the Commander in Chief with 17 guns. Mr. King, late Master Commanding the store-ship Minden at Hong Kung, has come home passenger in the Vestal, the only officer from the squadron. The Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, returned from his inspection of the Channel Islands just before sunset on Friday evening, when he changed his tiag from white to red at the main on board the Victory, and all the ships at the port under his command changed their ensigns accordingly. It is 10 years since the flag of an Admiral of the Red has flown in this har bour, the laet occasion being that of the late Sir Philip Durham, when Commander-in-Chief of this port. We are happy to state that Sir Charles Ogle enjoys excel lent health, and is beloved by all who know him. While the courts-martial on the officers of the Lily were yet pending, the Admiralty sent down orders for her immediate paying off. Yesterday morning, however, this order was superseded by one, by electric telegraph, to say she is not to proceed with preparation to pay off. The Rifleman and Sharpshooter steam-gun vessels, both propelled by the screw, arrived at this port on Fri day from Woolwich, the former shortly after five o'clock, and the latter an hour afterwards. Both vessels are from the same design, by Mr. Fincham, master•shipe wright of this dockyard, the Rifleman having been built of wood under that gentleman's superintendence, whilst the Sharpshooter is of iron, and built by Ditchburn and Mare, of Blackwell. The engines of each vessel are of the collective power of 200 horses, and so arranged as to be several feet under the water-line. They are the pro duction of Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill, of London, and have been constructed on precisely the same plan. In order to get the machinery thus low in the vessel, the cylinders are placed on their sides, similar to those of a locomotive engine, and the connexions made to the driving wheel are also effected by a like arrangement. From the trials that have been made between the two vessels the speed has been in favour of the iron vessel, which is supposed to be owing to some difference in the farm of the vessel in the immediate neighbourhood of the screw aperture. In a trial of speed which took place during their passage here the Rifleman was beaten by the Sharpshooter apparently at the rate of one mile per h )ur, but in consequence of the former having had the spare gear and stores of both vessels on deck, be sides all :he masts, spars, and rigging of the Phcenix, weighing together not less than 30 tons, she cannot be said to have had a fair trial with her competitor. We understand that both vessels were considerably detained during the night owing to the unsteady state of their compasses. The Rifleman is to be docked immediately with the view of making an alteration to the screw aperture, which will, perhaps, when completed, render her speed tinder all circumstances quite equal to that of the iron vessel. Both will be commissioned at this port by lieutenants. They were tried yesterday in the mea sured mile in Stoke's bay. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington, was sud denly ordered out of harbour yesterday morning, and out she went accordingly, and joined the squadron at Spithead, but is not yet placed under the orders of Sir Charles Napier. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert was brought down from her moorings yesterday morning to a buoy opposite the Clarence yard, and preparations are mak ing for sending her to Woolwich. The boilers and part of the machinery for the Ajax, 56, steam guard-ship, arrived on Friday in two merchant vessels. On of the boilers was put on board the Ajax yesterday. Ad the ships composing Sir Charles Napier's squadron are to take on board five months' provisions and water, and to be ready on the 10th at Spithead. The followine , are the promotions and appointments for the past week:— PROMOTION. Mate—Philip Saumarez (1845), to the rank of Lieu. tenant. APPOINTMENTS. Commanders—Henry G. Shute, G. A. Halsted, and George Morrett, to the Coast Guard Service. Lieutenants—Lumley NV. Peyton, from the Penelope, to the Favourite, vice Strangways, invalided; H. A. Powell, to the Styx; John Parsons, to command the Crane packet, vice Lewis; E. H. Lambert, to the Raleigh. Mate—John P. Miller, to the Vixen. Naval lustructor—G. H. Mackay, to the Odin steam. rigate. 11lidshipman—Henry Decie, to the Raleigh. Clerk—George A. Eversfield, of the Prometheus, to be acting Paymmter and Purser of the Favourite, vice Wilson. Naval Cadets—F. L. Barrington, to the Odin; W. T. W. Hambly, to the Belleiele ; A. C. It. Eckford, to the St. Vincent. Master's Assistants—J. M'Niel Dyer, to the Thetis ; Charles Williams and J. B. Miller, to the Caledonia ; David Brown, to the Victory. - ROYAL MARINES.—Second Lieutenant A. Ellis, to the Chatham Division. MARINE CADETS.—The following young gentlemen have been appointed by Lord Auckland Marine Cadets to the Excellent, gunnery ship, to study for commissions in the corps of Royal Marines :—Mr. Whylock, son of Major Whylock, of the Royal Marines ; Mr. Lock, grandson of Admiral Lock ; Mr. Travers, son of Sir Eaton Travers, Bart., and Mr. Savery. WooLwlcu, JULY 3.—The Garland steam-vessel, Captain Smithett, is expected to arrive at Woolwich on Sunday from Dover to convey the King and Queen of the Belgians to Ostend. Their Majesties intend to embark at Woolwich on Monday on their return to the continent. The Athol troop-ship, Master Commander Pearn, is hourly expected at Woolwich to embark two companies of the Royal Artillery for Ceylon, and will take out large detachments of the 7th Dragoon Guards and 73d Regiment of Foot, to join the head-quarters of their respective corps at the Cape of Good Hope. 2 cornets, 1 sergeant, 2 corporals, 1 trumpeter, and 50 privates of the 7th Dragoon Guards; 9 ensigns, 1 sergeant, and 42 privates of the 73d Regiment of Foot, arrived at Wool wich on Monday, and will remain in billets until they embark in the Athol. The report credited and promulgated by many re spectable persons of the finding of a number of doubloons in a box in the Royal Arsenal proves to be incorrect on inquiry of those who have the best means of knowing officially all that takes places in the establishment. CHATHAM, JULY 3. On Friday, the 2d inst., the Royal Marines of this division, comprising about 700 men, including non commissioned officers, were inspected in the square of the barracks by Major-General Thomas William Brotherton, accompanied by the Commandant, Colonel John Wright, K.H., and Colonel Charles - Menzies, K.H,, second in command of the division, which was drawn up in line at eleven o'clock.. The line was then opened, and the Major-General, attended by his Aid-de-Camp, Lord de Ross, and Colonel Sir John Owen, K.H., Deputy-Assistant-General of Royal Marines, and Captain Logan, of the Royal Ma rine Artillery, passed up tne front line and down the rear, and inspected each company minutely. The clean and soldierlike appearance of the men, who are nearly all recruits; beihg in excellent order, gave great satisfac tion. The Inspector-General then proceeded to inspect the barrack room, and the non-commissioned officers' mess-room, containing a most excellent library, and then the boys' and girls' school, containing about 80 children, who underwent an examination, and the ready answers given by them proved that great attention had been paid to their instruction by their master, Sergeant William Maxwell, who was highly complimented on the occasion, and the Inspector-General expressed his m , st Gen era I and perfect satisfaction at the good order and regularity other officers at the conclusion of son T o h f e inspectiontheeajor pervading every department.olu pro ceeded *se as taught on board the Excel lentof the great gun exerci , to the gun-battery and witnessed the performance ma noeuvring of the guns directed by Captain J. T. were direct .Gal after at Portsmouth. The order of firing and the Brown. At the conclusion, the Major- ener , Maidston e t o i nspect t h e troops there. Paying a just tribute to the Comm andant, p roceeded to DE who had ------------15A NINO —A ITU or AN OLD ANGLER BY Rolf. , • few days er ron Avon," near P vied nearly of years, while pursuing a century ye • his darling av oe • lied an aged analer, named William Wooten, b some 'mischance fell into the y . treacherous stream, and observed The veteran was at the river on the banks of "soft . flowing o'clock in the morning, river side as early as eight searched,unobserved, was drowned. noon to fetch him to dinner, andhcl.n a person going about ed ,i o n the surface of the and e t Nhvoadsytboufndthoen the d e . ' . vas Mr. Best, coroner,held an inquest on bank, and his hat being ceased water, wasthe fo river aad deceased had been little doubt uycaeletT Journal. eapt. the body, when it appeared that subject to fits, and as there could b that he was so afflicted when he fell into the water, a verdict to that effect was returned.— . ;WEST INDIA PINES.—The Trinity Hounsell, has arrived in 25 days from the West Indies, ain consigned to Keeling and Hunt, bringing an entire cargo, consisting of 35,000 pines, a portion of the same bein brought on the deck of the vessel, growing in th e soil in- which they were originally pinted. The Duke of Wellington left Apsley House on Sunday afternoon for Hatfield house, Herts, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury. His Grace left Hatfield at an early hour yesterday morning for Hertford, and go by railway to Cambridge, to be pre sent at the installation of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. IRELAND. THE ELECTIONS. DUBLIN, JULY 2.—The contest fur the county of Cork may be said to be virtually at an end, unless, indeed, the Conservatives take heart and make a rally fur their can didate ere it is too late. At the close of the poll yester day the numbers on the gross poll stood thus : Power 712 Leader . _ _ Majority for Power -211 FALL IN THE PRICE OF GRAIN. The corn market to-day showed a still further ten dency to downward rates, and the " re-action" which was expected to have set in at least a month before the present time, appears to have now actually com menced. The splendid weather of the last week has, of course, mainly contributed to reduce prices to their ordinary level. The Corn Exchange report of this day says ." The continued favourable weather and the very de-. pressed state of the English markets have influenced our market considerably to-day; even the best wheat aid oats were offered at a reduction of 2s. on the former and is. on the latter; but only the most trifling retail business could be done. Prime Indian corn was neld at nearly the prices of Tuesday, but buyers generally re fused to purchase Other descriptions of this grain were unsaleable, though a very smart reduction would have been submitted to. White wheat, 435. to 485.; millers' red wheat, 40s. to 455.; barley, 24s to 265.; oats, to 225.; oatmeal, 225. to 245. 6d.; second fluur, 245. to 265.; Indian corn. 355. to 495. (per 4801 h.) ARRIVAL OF THE IARL oP CLARENDON. JULY 3.—The Lord Lieutenant and the Countess 0, Clarendon and suite arrived at Kingstown at a quarter before Fix o'clock this mornir.g, and having disembarked proceeded by special train to the Westland-row ter minus of the railway, where carriages were awaiting his Excellency's arrival. The Viceregal party reached the Lodge in the Phoenix Park at seven o'clock. The following is from the Evening Post:— This morning his Excellency the Lurd Lieutenant. the Countess of Clarendon, and their tour children, Ladies Alice, Mary, and Emily Villiers, and Lord Vis. count Hyde, arrived in Kiagstown harbour shortly before six o'clock. His Excellency was attended by Mr. Corry Cornellan, Private Secretary, and the Hon. Gerald Pon sonby,- Assistant Private Secretary, Captain Henry Ponsonby, A.D.C., the Hon. Captain Daly, A.D.C., and Captain Willis, Gentleman Usher. On coming ashore his Excellency was received by Major Turner, Master of the Horse, and Mr. Fitzgerald, A.D.C.,under a royal salute of 21 guns, immedi a tely aft e r hich his Excel lency and the Countess, accompanied by their children and suite, proceeded to the railway station, where a special train had been in waiting to convey them to Westland-row; on arriving at which place, private car riages being there to receive them, they drove off to the Viceregal Lodge, where his Excellency and the Countess and suite are staying. His Excellency and the Countess of Clarendon have already become the patrons of Irish manufacture. When coming ashore this morn ing his Excellency and the Noble Countess wore several articles of Irish fabric, and their patronage of Irish artisans having been reduced to practice at this early stage of what we hope will be their lengthened career in Ireland, the most beneficial results may be anticipated from so auspicious a beginning." THE ELECTIONS. The Repealer has won the day in Cork. The gross poll at the close yesterday stood thus — Power .... B3l Leader 550 Majority —2Bl The Cork Examiner says : " It is stated that Mr. Leader has sent in his resigna tion to the Sheriff, and that Dr. Power will be conse quently declared elected this evening." The Hon. Vesey Dawson (Whig) is positively to be one of the candidates for the county of Monaghan, and it is said that no doubt is entertained of his success as well as that of one of the present Members (Mr. C. P. Leslie.) The rumour is again revived that Viscount Jocelyn, who is extremely popular in Ireland, intends to solicit the suffrages of the electors of Dundalk, in succession to Mr. Daniel O'Connell, whose re tirement has been already notified. There is some pro bability of a contest for the borough of Carlow, although as yetsMajor Layard is the only candidate who has ad dressed the constituency; but it is stated that Mr. John !•ladleir, of Ems, a gentleman of independent fortune, has commenced an active canvass upon Liberal priuci- pies. The Carlow Sentinel says— " Mr. Sadleir is a non-repealer, and declares his inten tion to maintain the interests of the country without reference to party or Governments. Of the precist nature of Mr. Sadleir's principles we are not informed, but we suppose upon this point we shall not be long ignorance, as he has taken the field in earnest. The Liberal electors were canvassed on Thursday last with the view of ascertaining the precise number of suppor ters both gentleman could calculate upon, and if the ma jority were favourable to Mr. Sad►eir, Major Layard would be called upon by his friends to resign. This was done, we apprehend, to prevent a division of the 'Liberal' interests.' Nevertheless, there is scarcely any doubt of the re election of the present gallant and popular representative. THE GREAT BRITAIN. TYRELLA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30.—The weather fur the la.t few days has been remarkably fine, and the wind light, consequently the tides have at length ebbed out sufficiently to allow all the work outside and inside th.. ship to be proceeded with, but the boxes not being all up, and none of them having been filled, no attempt has been made to raise her higher; the springs did not rise to the calculated height. By the next springs, it appear by the progress made, 14 boxes being in places, and two more on the move, that their power will be tested. The small spars have been radidly disappearing from off the breakwater, and are used up as shorts to the upright bulks, or the boxes themselves; and many have, under Mr. Bremner's direction, been brought down to the rock, in a line of four or five yards—abreast of the engines, remarkably close together—between and beyond the boxes, spars, thereabout, to which they are attached by a stout beech tree, resting on the top, and abreast of them smaller ones, and about six feet high. This, at first, gave an idea they were intended to sustain the spars against the sea, should a sudden gale come or, from the southward; but Captain Claxton kindly ex plained to us that they were intended for a fulcrum, on which the large sparsof the breakwater were to rest with their butts under the bilge keel, at an angle of 45 degrees; and at the upper ends of these trees weights were either to be suspended, or ballast laid on stages—it is presumed in bags, so as to act like ballast-levers. The large spars of the breakwater were, a good many of them, taken down yesterday, and a dozen or two are being placed to-day on this fulcrum; as they are more then 50 feet long, and as the butts will touch the ship at about seven or eight feet from the fulcrum, the leverage will be very great, it is said, equal to 200 tons, and as a set of American elm bulks are being braced together on the strand for a similar purpose, at the stem of the ship, probably the power will be doubled, while the 20 boxes, it is said, will be good for 800 or 1,000 tons. An officer of the Royal Engineers, whose name we could not learn, came down to the ship with Captain Claxton on Mon day, and passed some hours on the foundation of th.- breakwater and afterwards in the ship. Yesterday he was to be seen taking notes and making measurements with Mr. Bremner and Captain Claxton; he is still here. Since my last communication nothing could be much worse, as far as the ebbing out of the tides went, for the operations. For nine whole days the poor fellows who had contracted to remove the still remaining portion of the breakwater were unable to perform a stroke of work upon it; and Mr. Crew, the head man of the smiths or boilermakers, said he had not been able to do anything further inside; all hands, however, since Monday, seem to have had their hands full, and are making the most of the smooth water. The interest seems to increase, if one may judge by the numbers of carriages, cars, and visitors; and, as she w ill b e pro b a bl y raised on the corn ing springs (about ten or twelve days hence), it is not likely to fall off. A large lot of stones has been col lected to place under her, after the plan adopted by Cap tain Claxton, which has succeeded in keeping her up nearly five feet. It is said Mr. Bremner has contrived a very ingenious mode of assisting this operation, but I have not been able to learn the process; by my next I hope to do so, as all connected with the ship are civil, obliging, and cotnmunica4ive.— s -elvry Telegraph. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVEN T.GARDEX. On Saturday evening her Majesty's box was occupied b) the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgecumbe and Miss Macdonald, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, the lion. Col. Phipps, George E. An son , E sq ., t h e M on. M rs. Anson, Major General Bowles. There were present the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Duchess 01 Beaufort and Lady Blanche Somerset, the Duchess of Hamilton, the Duchess Dowager of Bedford and Lady Rachel Russell, the Marquis of Douro, Marchioness of 1 Bristol, Earl and Countess of Fingall and the Ladies Emma and Henrietta Plunkett, the Countess-Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnston, the Earl of Cawdor, Viscount Clitden, Viscount Dupplin, Count Metaxa, Viscount Maynard, and the Hon. Misses Maynard, Lady William Poulett, Lady Suffield, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Otho Fitz Gerald, Lord Wallcourt, Lord Henry Lennox, Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord and Lady. Car rington, Lord Suffield, Lord George Manners, Lord Bateman, Lord and Lady Templemore, Lord Macdonald, the Hon. Sir Edward and Lady Butler, Hon. Mrs. Ba thurst, Hon. T. Byron, Hon. Henry Chichester and the lion. Misses Chichester, Hon. P. Barrington, Sir Wm. and Lady Georgiana Codrington, Hon. E. Fane, Hon, George O'Callaghan, Hon. C. Neville, Hon. Mr. Carew, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Fitz Gibbon, Lion. Mr. Plunkett, Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. John Fortescue, lion. Mr. Duncombe, Hon. Mrs. Ives, Hon. Geoffery Browne, Sir W. de Bathe and Captain de Bathe, Sir Henry Webb, Lady Wilson, Lady Chantry, Sir W. and Lady Moles worth, Sir Jasper and Lady Atkinson, Lady Jodrell, Sir S. and Lady Scott, Baron Para- Lady gham Graham, Sir H. Meux, Sir R. b 11 Camp e , Sir Thomas Hare, Sir C. Kent, Lady Whych- L'icnincih'3'BlSacliorr:Brel,ealuSleiinir John Campbell, K.C.T.S., and Lady y H Marshall, Lady Maclean, H. Baring, Esq., M.P., Si r Bart co te, Sir John and Lady Jervis, Lad y Wilson, Sir C. Offley Wakeman, ~ Colonel Rolleston, M.P.. and NI P John Stanley, Lq., M. Rebello, Leslie, Esq., i • .. Irs and Miss Whitbread, John Forbes Campbell, Esq., b . and Mrs. Dennistoun Miss Mrs. Rolleston, W. H. Gregory, Esq., M.P., C. P. Dennistoun, Esq., M.P. , .- Esq.,' 14. 'Sq., Captain Baillie, Burdett Coutts, Frank Esq., Dudley Carleton, Esq., --- Colonel Knox, Colonel Blane, Mr. and 'Howard, Charles Greville, Esq. S. J a . rie L s u l s v hi e n ni gto s n s , Windham, Esq., )' Mrs. Bates, Miss Mr. and Mrs. Coghlan, E. Delafield, Esq Arthur 'Webster, Esq., Lloyd . Mr. Riddell, Ch Clayton, Esq., Henry 11. Clayton, Esq., Byrne, &c. GREENWICII HOSPITAL.—We understand that the Governorship of Greenwich Hospital, the Misses vacant by the death of Sir R. Stopford, will be conferred on' Sir Zdward Codringtom MORNING-3 JULY 6, IM7 . no one has any bill or promissory note of mine that I am aware of. I gave instructions for the apprehension of the prisoner, on a charge of fraudulently obtaining two bills of exchange. Monsieur J. Orsi examined—Resided at 18, Stock bridge-terrace, Pimlico. Was private secretary . to Prince Napoleon. In the early part of June had received instructions from the Prince respecting a loan of 2,0001. Had never applied to the prisoner on the subject. He was quite a stranger, and had never authorised him to call on the Prince. First heard of Pollard on the Saturday, when he accompanied the Prince to Essex•street. Saw the servant girl at the house, and can confirm all the Prince has stated. Had since been to Eisex- street, and had seen Mrs. Lee, the landlady, and also Mrs. Pollard. Called again on Sunday, and saw Mrs. Lee again. Did not see Pollard at all. Went afterwards to Mr. Symons's house, No. 16, London-street, but did not sea the prisoner. Cross-examined—Did not know how Pollard came to hear that the Prince wanted accommodation. Had only applied to Mr. Arnold, of Sackville.street, on the subject. Mr. J. Arnold, of 37, Sackville-street, examined— llld an application for it loan of 2,000!. for Prince Na poleon made to him. The money would have been ad vanced almost immediately. 500/. or 1,000/ would have been advanced at any moment. Had a knowledge of the prisoner. and had not instructed him to apply to the Prince to make the loan. About a week ago the prisoner was pointed out to him at the late Crockfurd's Club, in St. James's street. Cross-examined—Some gentlemen have more difficulty in raising loans than others. Had mentioned the fact of the Prince wanting a loan to three persons only. Ann M'Lellan examined—Was servant at No. 10, Essex-street. Recollected the Prince calling to see Mr. Pollard last Saturday week. Mr. Pollard was then in the house. The prisoner occupied the front parlour. Any one in the 'parlour can see all persons who come to the door. Monsieur Orsi called on Sunday. Mr. Pol lard was in the house at the time. Mr. Pollard was also in the house on Monday and Tuesday following. The prisoner had lodged about three months in Essex-street. He had always been at home with the exception of three days last week. Mr. Bush here said be was prepared with other testi mony to show that the prisoner was in actual possession of the bills very lately, but he wanted the evidence of certain witnesses to complete his case, and he should, therefore, apply for a remand. The evidence he should produce would show that toe prisoner had avowed his felonious intention, and that he had boasted to others that he had " got hold of a very good thing." As far as the evidence now went, be contended that a felonious intent had been proved against the prisoner. Mr. Hawkins wished to know what charge he was to address himself to. Mr. Bush said the case was one of felony; but, at all events, the larceny was established. Mr. Hawkins denied that this was proved. Admitting all to be true that had been given in evidence, there was no case whatever against the prisoner. The stamps were the prisoner's own property, and the fact of the Prince having signed his name on them did not make them the property of the Prince. He contended that the whole case had failed. Mr. Bush insisted that the Prince bad a property in the bills. The bills were not the property of the pri soner. When laid on the table with the signature or the Prince, they were the property of the Prince, and, though. the prisoner afterwards put his name to tnern, and took them away, still he maintained the Prince con tinued to have a property in the bills, and could main tain an action of trover for their recovery. But, in ad dition to this there was a palpable fraud and misrepre• sentation. which the prisoner had no right to escape from. Mr. HARDWICK said he was inclined to think there was a sufficient property in the bills on the part of the Prince. After the Prince had signed the bills he was inclined to think the Prince acquired a property in the bills, for he could have taken them up, and refused to part with them. Mr. Hawkins said the bills were laid on the table for the purpose of having the prisoner's name affixed to them, and then for the prisoner to carry them away. All that Mr. Pollard took away was the Prince's name, and that, he apprehended, did not constitute a case of larceny. Mr. Bush said the point raised about the stamps was illuscry. If allowed to prevail it would invalidate half the mercantile transactions of the kingdom. Mr. HanDwicx said he had overruled the first objec tion. The next point was whether a constructive lar ceny had been proved. It appeared that the prisoner htl'stati-d he was ready to .pay over the money in . cheques and notes. He took away the bills, and nothing more was heard of him or the bills. Mr. Hawkins said, if the prisoner had intended to act dishonestly he would not have called on the Prince to say he was unable to procure discount for the bills. There was no evidence to show that the prisoner had any felonious intention when he took away the bills. Mr. HARDWICK said there was not much in the point that the prisoner had called on the Prince ; that might have been done only for a blind. The question was, what, under all circumstances, were the prisoner's inten tions Constructive larceny was difficulr. to prove, be cause it was impossible to dive into a man's mind to see what his thoughts were at the time. The question was always left to a jury, whether a person taking away bills intended to steal them at the time. This was the ques tion he should certainly feel it to be his duty to submit to a jury in the preterit case. Bail was applied for and refused. Tuesday next was fixed tor re-examination. John Moleswo,th, a well dressed young fellow, was [laced before Mr. Bingham, charged with assaulting Robert M..tcalf, one of the waiters at the Blue Posts Hotel, Haymarket, and also with assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. The complainant stated, that about eight o'clock on Saturday evening the prisoner entered his master's house, and ordered to be supplied with a dinner, consisting of salmon, cutlets, and a bottle of sherry. After the pri soner had partaken of his dinner he rang the bell for witness, and requested him to inform him (prisoner) what he had to pay. Witness gave him the bill amounting to Bs. 9d. Directly the prisoner took the bill in his hand he demanded his change, witness said What change, I have received no money yet." The Prisoner said, " Yes you have, I have given you a half sovereign." Witness persisted that he had not received the money, and told the prisoner that he must be labour ing under a mi-take. The prisoner then got into a most violent rage, and struck witness several severe blows. He at length became so violent that witness was obliged to call his master to his aid, who endeavoured to pacify the prisoner, and induce him to leave the house quietly. The prisoner, instead of doing so, struck and kicked about him in all directions. Witness then ran for the police, who speedily arrived and took charge of the prisoner. Police-constables A 176 and C 141 proved going to the Blue Posts and taking the prisoner into custody. The former constable was struck by the prisoner in the face, and the latter received several severe kicks on his shins and the lower part of his person, and added that it was with the greatest difficulty that they got him to the station. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, persisted that he had given the waiter the money. He denied assaulting either him or the police. He certainly was very much excited in consequence of the waiter refusing to !sive him the change out of the half-sovereign. He could assure the magistrate that he was highly respectable. Mr. Busexam said that latterly there had been several persons before him who subsisted entirely by robbing publicans. Ho was surprised that prisoner, who called himself respectable, should adopt such a course. He should fine him for the first assault 405., or fourteen days, and for the latter he should commit him to the House of Correction for fourteen days, with hard labour. The prisoner then became so violent .that it took tour constables to remove him. - Mary Ann Maids was brought before Mr. Bingham for final examination, charged with having caused the death of her husband, Edward James Maids, by stabbing him with a knife. There being no further evidence in addition to that which appeared in this journal of the Ist inst., the depo sitions were taken, and the prisoner fully committed :o take her trial at the sessions now holden at the Old THAMES. CONFLAGRATI(N OF' THE TOWN HALL OF LINLITHGOW. Enrssuscu, JULY I.—The Edinburgh and Glasgow railway train, which reaches the Edinburgh terminus at half past two, having brought the alarming intelli gence that the venerable old fabric, the Town ball ot Linlithgow, situated in front of the church and palace, was in flames, a tire•engine, accompanied by a brigsde of firemen, was instantly attached to the halt- past three davn Train from Edinburgh, which reaches Linlithgow at ten minutes past four. We regret to learn, however, that at a quarter to five, when the up tram from Glas gow passed the station, the Town house was still on fire, and the flames had reached as high as the top of the church steeple. The fire commenced early in the fore noon, and is supposed to have been occasioned by the bunting rays ot the sun igniting the old wood of the roof where it commenced. The fire-engine from Edin burgh was dispatched by order of Sheriff Clay. We regret to state, that when the'down train, which reached Edinburgh at halt-past seven, passed Linlithgow, at twenty five minutes past six, the building was still burning, but a:most completely burnt down, and the engines Mill playing upon it. LINLITUG ,W, HALF-PAST TEN.—The fire is at length extinguished, but it has eft no remains of the Town house except a few blaekened:walls. The ignition of the building can be traced to no other cause than the one we have, already menti, ned, though time may perhaps afford a more satiiesetOry reason for so destructive a conflagration. —North British Mail. Mary Ann Pettier was brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged with stealing a necklace from a dying woman in the Loudon Hospital, under circumstances of great atrocity. On Friday night Mr. Thomas Blyth, a shoemaker, carrying on business in Combie's-row, Commercial-road East, Mrs. Blyth, his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Owen, of Cock hill, Ratcliffe, and their daughter, were returning home from Fairlop fair in a chaise cart, drawn by one horse, be!onging to Mr. Blyth, when, in endeavouring to pass a waggon, the wheel of the chaise cart came in contact with a kerbstone, and was overturned. All the . party were thrown out, and all were seriously injured. Shutters were procured, and the sufferers were carried off to the London Hospital, when it appeared that Mrs. Blyth, whose legs had been crushed by the waggon, was fast sinking, and as she was laid in a bed the prisoner, who, by some means, had obtained admis sion with the police and others, was hanging about her neck, and appeared very officious. The nurses asked her whether she knew the patient, and she said she was her friend and ne►ghbour. Mrs. Blyth soon afterwards expired, and the prisoner quitted the ward, but not before she had clasped the lifeless corpse of the patient, and pretended great sympathy for her dreadful fate. The suspicions of the nurses were somewhat raised by the conduct of the prisoner, and they directed a policeman to watch her. The policeman then asked the nurses it they had missed anything, and they discovered that a coral necklace had been taken off the neck of the deceased, and the prisoner was accused of the theft. She was searched, but nothing was found upo❑ her. The police. man, however, in escorting her down stairs, heard the necklace drop upon a rug, and immediately took the prisoner off to the station-house. The nurses said the necklace was dragged from the deceased's neck with so much force that some of her hair was attached to it. - - RAILWAY SHAKE NiARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lanca shire and Cheshire Junction, 11. 13s. 9d. dis:-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 2 1 4 dis. ex int.-Ditto, Preference, 3 p. ex int.-East Lancashire, New (scrip), ILA p.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 70-Great Northern, 1 1 / 2 sits. ex int.-Ditto ( Lon don and York Extension), 1 dis. ex int.-Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 2 3 / 4 p.-Ditto, Extension, y e p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 4 1 / 2 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 5 dis.-Liverpo .1, Crosby, and Southport, 1% p -London and North-Western, 181 1 4-Ditto, Quarters, 17 3 / 4 p.-Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 9 p.-Ditto (late Hud. and Sheff.), 3 1 4 p. ex int.- Ditto, 32L Shares, % p.-Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), % p.-Manchester and Southampton, 3 4 dis.-Man chester, Matlock and Midland, Is. 3d. dis.-Midland Stock, 138%-Ditto, 401. Shares, 8% p.-Ditto, New, 4% p.- Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3 p.-North Staffordshire, p. -Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 274 dis.- Shrewsbury and Chester New. Is. 3d. p.-South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 2, % p.-Ditto, New, No. 4,3 s. 9d. dis. ex int.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 4 1 /2 p.-York and North Midland (East and West Ridng Extension), 13 )6 p. -Dutch Rhenish, 3 dis.-Jamaica ' 40. MANCHESTER, JULY 3. STOCK EXCIIANGK.-The sales are-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 7 3-16 p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 2 dis.-Ditto, Preferentials, 31 / 2 p.-Derbv, Stafford, and Wor cester, 1 5-16 dis.-East Lancashire, STew, dis.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, dis.-Hudderstield and Man chester (19/. paid), 2% p.-Ditto, Thirds, 3 / 4 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials, 9-16 dis.-Leeds, and Dewsbury, Branches, Halves, 3 p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcas tle Junction, 295. 31. dis.-Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), % p.-Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), is p.-Manchester,Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Shef field and Lincolnshire), 7-16 dis.-Manchester and South ampton, 1 3-16 dis.-North Staffordshire, 3 3 16 p.-Old ham Alliance, par-Preston and Wyre, Halves (A) 4 1 / 2 p.- South-Eastern and Dover, 37 1 4-Ditto, No. 4, 3-16 dis.- South Staffordshire, 1 / 2 dis.-Cheshire Junction, 1 3 / 4 dis.- Grimsby, 121.105. Shares. 1% dis. LEEDS, JULY 3. STOCK EXCHANGE. -There has been a considerable rally in the price of shares this week, but which seems to be now gradually dying away again, and the markets look quiet. The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 245. dis.-East and West Yorkshire, 1 1 4 dis.-Huddersfield and , Manchesit , .r, 3 p.-Ditto Thirds, 17s. 6d. p,-Leeds and Thirsk, 5 1 4 dis.-Ditto, Ilreference,l3ss s. dis' West and Leeds, 321. Shares, 6s. 6d. p.-Ditto (West Riding Union), 6s. p.-North British, Thirds, 335. p.-Ditto, Ex tension, 3s. p.-North Staffordshire, Is. 3d. p.-Northern Counties Union, -2 3 4 dis.-North-Western, 275. dis.-York and North Midland (East an d West Riding), 13,4 p. SHEFFIELD, JULY 3. STOCK E x c; 29 }? N d o i s E . ... TA T I a l n e e s h a e l e s s t e l ar e a - n dMLaenecdhs (Wet ter anßiding - coin Union, • Union), Bs. 6d. p.--Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 12/. 10s. Shares, 1 1 / 2 dis. -Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 51s. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 3. STOCK EXCHANGL-The sales are-Caledonian, New, 10s. dis._ Edinburgh and Northern, Newport, 12s. 3d. p.-Great Northern, 31s. dis.-Newcastle and Carlisle, New Scrip, 12 p. EDINBURGH, JULY 2 STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 301. 12s. 6d.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 10s.-Arbroath and Fortar, 261. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 14/. 10s.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. 53.-Caledonian, 30/. 15s -Ditto New, 21.5x.-Caledonian an d Dumbartonshire, 1/. 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 491.- Deeside, 31. 55.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 11. 7s. 6d. -Dundee and Arbroath, 371. 10s.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 28/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 301. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31. 2s. 6d.-Dundee and Northern Junction, 11. Ils.- Dundee and Perth, 321. 10s.-Ditto, New, 131. -Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 75. 6d.-East of Fife, 1/. 188.-East Lothian Central, 2/.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 71. 10s.-Edin burgh and Glasgow, 6 9 1.-Ditto, Halves, 221. IN.-Ditto, Quarters, 171. 2s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 191. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 20/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 21. Is. 6d. -Ditto, Quarters, 13s. 9d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 181. 10s.-Ditto, New, 3/. 18s.-Ditto, Newport, 7/. 12s. 6d.- Ditto, ditto, New, 21. 14s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 1/. 3s. 6d. -Ditto, Halves, 6s. 3d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1201. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 421. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 81. 195.-Ditto, Halves, No. '2, 61. 155.- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5/. 78.6 d• --Glasgow and Garnkirk, 40/.-Glasgow General Terminus, 12/. 155.- Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, Halves, 9/. IN.-Ditto, Preference, 81. 2s. 6d.--Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 41.; 511.-Great North of Scotland, 11. 17s. 6d.-Great North ern (late Direct Northern), 41. 12s. 6d.-Dit.to (late London N and r t h Y o British, rk), 1/ 31327..2-s.N6edw.fasptiltetor alßvees7lsckl., 291. lOs.- New Quarters (scrip). 168.- Fifths, 61. 10s.-Scottish Q p u it a t r o t , er r s r , hi tr d . s, l 4 2 l.. - D is i s. tt _ o, Central, 27/. 155.-Scottish Grand Junction, 195.-Scottish Midland, 18/. 10s.-Shrewsbury and Ilerefo . rd, IN.-Shlrews bury, Oswestry, mad Dunfermline,Chter,sl9./.551.2.5-tiDriiinttgo, aNnedwhiidland, -Stirling and 3281.1.65.-Vistiaw a nd Coltness. 4 9 1 . - York and Newcastle, 155.-Ditto, New, 171. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 12/. 17s. 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s. 3d.-East Indian, 2s. 9d.-Great North of India, 2s. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras, 25.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 6d. GLASGO tS , JULT 2. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Ayr and Galloway, 455. -Caledonian, New, 425.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s. 3d. -East _lndian, 45. 9d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 691.- Ditto, Halves, 231.-Edinburgh and Perth, 235.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 120 1 / 2 -Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 4234-Ditto, Halves, No. '2, 61. lls.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5 1 / 2 -Great Western of Bengal, 25.-Manches ter and Southampton, 165.-Ditto, New, 245. 3d.-Midland, Halves, 10 1 4 -North British, Quarters, 935.-Scottish Cen tral, 281.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 123/4. • The prisoner in her defence impudently endeavoured to insinuate that the neckl a c e had been ' stolen by the Policeman, who must afterwards have dropped it on the rug. Mr. Thomas Blyth, who was in a state of great suffer ing, identified the necklace, which he said was worth 31., and said his wile had it on when she was thrown out of the chaise. Mr. BALLANTINE said he had no doubt the prisoner had stolen the necklace. It was a most shocking case, and he should commit her for trial. Mr. and Mrs. Owen and their daughter are in a pre carious state. Mrs. Owen's leg was fractured, and has been amputated. Mr. Owen sustained a fracture of the thigh bone, and had two ribs broken. His daughter, who is also in the hospital, sustained so much injury that she is not expected to survive. John Gotfrey Brown, a .German, and two women, named Mary Ann Sumner and Mary &Oh, were chirged We understand that Mr. Labouchere will enter upon the office of Presifient of the Board of Trade im mediately before the dissolution of Parliament. The Right Hon. Gentleman will be succeeded by Sir William soraerfillo go Secretary for Ireland, with having burglarionsly abstracted three watches, and I MARKET NEWS.--(YESTERDAY-) a quantity of cloth coats, waistcoats, silk handkerchiefs, • • COE= EXCICILNGE. silk lining, &c., together with some gold, silver, and - Last week's arrivals of ail kinds of' grain of home other coins, from the premises, No. 32, Wellclose-square, produce were on a very limited scale, but thoie of , flour , and No. 30, Parsons - street, both near the docks. - though small, were somewhat on the increase. From There were three separate charges against the pri soners, and the evidence, which was rather intri ca t e , , Ireland and Scotland scarcely any grain came to band; was gone into at great length. The first case preferred but the imports of foreign corn were immense—they was by Mr. Verdet, proprietor of the house inWellelose- having amounted to not less than 68,000 quarters of square (a lodging-house for German emigrants), who Wheat, 9,558 quarters of Barley, 53,188 quar4rs of stated that the prisoner Gotfrey came to lodge at Oats, 14,676 quarters of Beans, 9,565 barrels and,4,210 his house about a fortnight since, and after that period a large quantity of articles belonging to various lodgers sacks of Flour, being one of the largest arrivals on in the house were missed at different times, and it had record. Fresh up this morning the receipts or 'Wheat since been ascertained that the prisoner Gotfrey had of home produce, coastwise as well as by land . aiiriage abstracted them by means of some ingeniously-con- , and sample, were on a very moderate scalet yet the show trived skeleton keys which were found on his person. The of t parcels was larger than those exhibited on this day articles were of the most varied and incongruous de •• n and the space between the witness-box and scripuo , se nnight. Owing to the immense importations of foreign the dock was completely covered with garments of every corn, most of which are being placed in warehouse, the kind, together with a large bundle of silk handkerchiefs, ' splendid weather for the growing crops (the accounts &c., the stolen articles. Mr. Verdet and several other respecting which are very favourable), and the thin at witnesses identified the various articles as their pro- tendance of buyers from all quarters, the trade with all perty, and a valuable cloa k, with 16 y ards of silk kinds of English Wheat was excessively heavy,' AT A lining, the property of a German named Christian DECLINE IN THE QUOTATIONS OBTAINED ON MONDAY Kroll, was clearly traced to Gotfrey by a tailor named LAST, OF FROM EIGHT, TO, IN SOME INSTANCES, TEN Wilhelm Jenes, to whom he had given it for the puesease SHILLINGS PER QUARTER, and at which a clearance of having it altered. was not effected. At the close of the market several Police-constable H 99, stated that, from information parcels in bulk remained over for Wednesday. There he received, be went to a house in Bridgman's-alley, was a very large quantity of Foreign Wheat on show ; kept by the female prisoner Smith, where he found the hence the sale was excessively depressed, and THE coats produced. ''Both Smith and Sumner appeared RATES DECLINED FROM SIX SHILLINGS, TO, IM SOME greatly alarmed when he informed them that he must , , ! CASES, TEN SHILLINGS PER QUARTER, and at-which o search the house, and exclaimed , " I t is all out nw, the millers were by no means anxious .-buyers. Ile at first took them into custody merely on suspicion Since the returns were made up on Saturday,. about of having been concerned in receiving the stolen pro- seven thousand additional quarters have come in. perty, but he had since discovered that all three had Scarcely any English Barley was on sale; but the sup p been concerned in burglariously entering the house of ply of foreign was larger. All descriptions were very Mr. Adolphus Litman, an outfitter, and stealing a quan- dull, and from is to 2s per quarter beneath last,week's tity of foreign coins. He also produc' d a letter, signed figures. The supply of Malt was tolerably good, while by Mary Sumner, addressed to Gotfrey, in which she the sale for - allkinds was extremely inactive, and the said, that if he felt as she did, he must be miserable, rates declined from is to 2s per quarter. The immense f>r that she could get no rest day or night for reflecting imports of Foreign Oats noticed above produced great on what had been done, and concluded with the singular heaviness in the Oat trade, and where sales were effected, expression, "not one kiss more.' the prices receded from 2s to 3s per quarter. For Beans The evidence, with regard to the abstraction of pro- we had a very dull sale, at 2s to 3s per quarter less perty of the same description from the house in Par- money. Scarcely a transaction took place in Peas, the sons-street (also a German lodging-house), was of a rates of which were 2s per quarter cheaper r Indian similar character. Corn was a mere drug, and might have been putchased With regard to the burglary at the premises of Mr. at a reduction of 4s to 58 per quarter. The Flour trade Adolphus Litman, owing to the accidental absence of was very dull. Town-made and country - qualities fell that gentleman, who had been ordered to be in attend- 5s per sack; the highest price being 655, and Foreign 4s ante at ten o'clock, it could not then be proceeded with, per barrel—the extreme rate being 34 5. and the three prisoners were removed, in order to per - CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE fect the evidence, with a view to the depositions being Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier. ••• • • 732 to 788 taken, and it was understood other and similar charges .. Sew.. . 6 7 8 2 s s t o 8 7 0 4 8 , 1, i oats—Yorkshire ncoin sh . . F e a . n d d . . 2 8 s 348 Dittoltd. ..: ,l e Vidte would be preferred against them. Norfolk and Lin- Potato .. 30s 368 GREENWICH. coin, Red.. •.. 68s 74s Youghal and Cork,. George Forster, a market gardener at Chislehurst, Ditto, White .•.•• • —a —s Black ... • . ~27s 29S Kent, appeared to a summons at the instance of Mr. Irish, Red —••. • .. —ll —s Cork, White ....: - 28s 30g Ditto, White •.• • .. —s —B Scotch, Feed. .".....:33s 35 5 John Dickenson, the landlord of the Earl Rodney public- Rye-01d •••••••. • • • • —s s Beans—Tick ......:.; . 445 4 69 house, Deptford green, for an improper assault on his New... .. .. .. .... 608 63s Pigeons .. • srs ssi daughter, Jane Dickenson, 14 years of age, under the Barley—Grinding..... 37s 422 Peas—Gre,y .......... 52s 5! Malting ... • • .... 472 50s Maple .••.•• • • • • • 52s 5 75 following aggravated circumstances:— Chevalier suffo .. ... 0 . 1. .. 51s 52s White ........... 55% 58S Malt— Suffolk and N It appeared that on the evening of Tuesday, the 22dBoilers ... • ... • . 58s 6 19 ult., the defendant called at Mr. Dickenson's house on folk ••• • • • ...... 705 73s Flour—Town-made... 60s 65 8 to Suffolk ekta • ..8i N — oWolk . 531 6 0 . his way home with his van, for the purpose of taking Bl'swn••• ••s• •• •• ,?' 7356.755 s 601 Miss Dickenson Nwith him to Chislehurst to visit her Kingston eau Ware dos s s mother, who was staying there for the benefit of her . . SIOZITUPIELD. health. She left with him in the van about half past The following importations of live stock have takeil lace in London Burin eight o'clock in the e ening, and before she had got far pg the past week : on the road he kissed her against her will, and made her From whence. Oxen. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs promise she would not tell her father. He afterwards Flushing ... ...... ... 451 ... .. ... —. her, and when they Rotterdam spoke in improper language to •—• Antwerp Antwer reached the White Horse Inn , near C hisleh u rst, he Hamburgh 172 ... 398 ... ... . ... --- stopped the van, and wanted her to have first some Harlingen whisky or rum, and then some ale, but she declined Nieu Diep - taking any. When on Chislehurst - commo n, about halt a mile from the White Horse, he took liberties with her, and used expressions which the witness objected to repeat. Her clothes were torn in struggling to keep him away. Mr. Dickenson said he had been acquainted with the defendant's family, which made the case worse. Mr. TRAILL fined the defendant, who said the whole statement was a fabrication, in the full penalty of 51. which he paid. Total ...... —. 693 2,603 47 176 . 2 In addition to the above about 380 Beasts, 700 Sheep and Lambs, and 40 Calves, have been landed at Hull and the other northern ports, mostly from Holland. The supply of foreign stock on offer to-day was very extensive, vir. 384 Oxen and Cows, 3,492 Sheep and Lambs, and 2 9 Calves, nearly the whole of which found buyers, at fullf last week's qucoations. For the time of year the arrival' of Beasts from our own grazing districts were tolerabll good. Although there were several well made-up drove' on sale, the general quality cf this descriptiou of steel‘ was by no means prime ; and the butchers complain not without cause, that the beasts " die" badly. Notwitiv standing the weather was unfavourable to slaughtering} the Beef trade, owing to the increased attendance "' both town and country buyers, was steady, at prices fulli equal to, but at nothing quotable beyond, those eh' tamed on this day se'nnight. The primest SO° were disposed of at, from 5s to 5s 2d per 8110 , The arrivals of &sots from Norfolk, Suffolk, EsseX' and Cansbridgeshire, consisted of about 900 Scots, horar, breds, and short-horns; from the western and midlsn o districts, 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, Ere.; from other parts of England, 700 of various breeds; and from Scot land, 320 horned and polled Scots, Compared Wi th those exhibited on Monday last the numbers of Sheer were small, but of full average quality. On the whele' there was an improvement in the Mutton trade, and some few instances the primest old Downs sold at 5i 6 " per 81bs, being an improvement in value of 2d per 8 113 1 while the value of most other breeds—a clearance which was effected prior to the close of the market—h° all upward tench ncy. There was a fair supply of La m ' on show; yet the trade was firm at last week's cu r : rencies. The highest value of the best Down qualitie' was 6s per Sibs. Calves, the numbers of which wets but moderate, moved off slowly, at about stationer/ prices. In Pigs ntxt to nothing was doing, at late rate' Per sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts... 310 4 2 Second quality •.. 4 4 4 6 Prime large Oxen • 4 5 410 Prime Scots ••• .. 0 5 2 s. d. to 9• t Second quality ditto 4 6 4 i Coarse-woolled ditto 4 10 5 6 Southdown Nether 5 4 5 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Cadres 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 it 5 0 , •ucklia,T, Calves •18 0 29 0 Inferior Sheep • . 4 2 4 4 Large Hogs Small l'orkers 4 6 f 0 Quarter old Pigs •.17 0 2 2 0 , Lambs ..... 6 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. _ lit easta. 2,882 i PIK 8 • 248 Sheep. I Calves. T 23,740 222 ATEIVIGATE AND LEADENECALL. -k " ` e l Considering the time of year, arrivals of country meat up to these markets since Monday last have be. e " tolerably good, though of inferior quality. The supPlw e slaughtered in the metropolis have been small. Prio ll Beef, Mutton, and Veal have moved off steadily; 9 0 other kinds of meat slowly; and the general quotation; must be considered a trifle beneath those obtained W. week, owing to the caution with which the butchers made their purchases. Nearly 1,100 carcases of fore's meat, killed in London, have been on show. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. S. d. to g. Beef, inferior.. 3 6 3 8 Mutton, inferior .. 310 4 middling .. 3 0 4 0 middling.. 4 4 4 0 prime large .. 4 2 4 4 prime 4 10 id prime small .. 4 4 4 6 York, large— 310 ; ll Veal.. ••• • • • 310 410 small 4 t• Lamb. 4s 10,1 to 5s 10d. BOROUGH HOP MAVMET. The accounts relative to the gr ow i ng bi ne b e i n g CO n : sidered favourable, the quantity of H o p s on o ff e r is °, .; the increase; hence the demand for a ll d escr iptions 1 0 heavy, but we can notice no alteration in the genet,d, quotations. In the duty next to nothing i s doilig i Sussex Pockets, 41 to 41 10s; Weald of Kent ditto, 41 1 v to 5155; Mid and East Kent ditto, 5/12a to 718 s per el BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. 0 Scarcely any old Potatoes are now on sale in th. e . „ markets. About 150 tons of new ones have been sw3 ported from Holland, and which have mostly four buyers, at from 8s a to 9s per cwt. The supplies from ° jo n e ighbour counties are on the increase. The q ualitl o excellent, and a good business is doing, at from 9s 10 1 per cwt. WOOL. The arrivals of foreign and colonial Wool into V II ; don since Monday last have been about 2,200 packag e o The public sales have closed so m ew h a t more firmly °hi the) commenced, but pri ces h ave not i mprove d. 00 t o whole the transactions at the auctions, considering large quantities brought forward, were decidedly g"; . There is rather more d o i ng i n t h e b est qua li t i es of Pp lish Wool, at full p r i ces; b ut a ll ot h er ki n d s are n eglect for the present. TALLOW. On the whole this market is steady, at barely late (1 0"i' dons. Town Tallow is dull at 50s nett cash. BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—It is with f 13 119° un . pleasure we announce to our readers the intelligeo‘,;; that the British Association has decided on holding ' O . I next meeting at Swansea. The time fixed is the 9tb August, 1848. The Marquis of Northampton, President. The Nlarquis of Bute, Viscount Adtil; M.P., J. H. Vivian, Esq, F.R.S., M.P., Sir H. de g o Bache, F.R.S., L. W. Dwyllyn, Esq., F.R.S., the of Llandaff, and W. R. Grove, Esq , F.R.S., Vice-P.,. 1 ; 0 1 dents. J. G. Jk-ffwrys, F.R.S., Treasurer. Dr. P 1 and M. Moggridge, E q., Secretaries.—Cambrian. Q e We learn from Constantinople that the P a lhe being built by the Viceroy of Egypt at Beycos, ', lO Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, will be of the finest tittl e that eau be procured, and adorned with 150 Ma„,rvbe columns. Close to it will be a Kiosk for the Sultan. .1,0 facade towards the sea will be 200 pies (more than 4v.ii feet) in length. It is believed that the construction 1110 require three or four years, and the cost is estimate d 50,000 purses (6,000.000 f.) 27th ult., th BIRTHS. lad Of Egg" On the „tie . [y of Edward A. Holden, Aston Hall, Derbyshire, of a son. On the 29th ult., at Rugby, the wife of the Rev. Ge °r° Cotton, of a son. On the Ist inst., at Spond on , D er b ys hi re , th e H o n.O' Drury Holden, of a son. On the Ist inst., at Grazl e y L o d ge , R ea di ng , - fq r o ' Mrs. Bogle, of a son. On the Ist inst., at Sevenoaks, lira. W. F. Holcroft. ° f 0 daughter. On the 2d inst., the wife of the Rev. T. Anchitel Anson , a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Iver Lodge, Uxbridge, Mrs. Venab le* of a daughter. . . On the Ist in s t., at W MARRIED altbatnstow, Francis Halhed, of the Middle Temple, - to Mary Anne, daughter of the 1 " James Powell, Esq., of Clapton House, Middlesex. On the Ist inst., at Christ Church, St. Marylebone• Rev. 11 illiam Samuel Hartley, 8.A., Vicar of Laugl l 9, Yorkshire, t o Eli za b et h, younges t d aug hter of the Bev' - Boyce, M.A., of the Abbey-road, St. John's-wood. MED- On the 2d inst. Percy Sedglev Snape. On the 24th inst., last, at "Barnangora, near Darjeli l l; in the East Indies, Reginald John Walker, Esq., a Lieu' nant in the Bengal Engineers, aged 24. of On the Ist inst., at Leamington, John Pate Nevile, EC" Skel brook-park, Yorkshire. On the 2d inst., at Norwood, Surrey, Christopher Jor son, jun., Esq., aged 43. On the 2d inst., in Upper George-street, Bryanst ° square, Jane, widow of W. Spilsbury, printer, aged 71. On the 2d inst., in Tavistock-square, Mrs. E. Guest. On the 3d inst., at Hastings, W. F. White, Esq., D.C.L• ~. . , _ ~.,..,,~.... __ ....,, w ... ~. LonOon : Printed awl Published by hitfliDO YOUNG, of Nt 6 :,4 and, Primer, at The Sun Office, No. I 11. Strand, In the For. I, of the Savoy, in Us County of Iliddlesex, Taesday, Job 1647.. 1 CENTRAL. CRIMINAL ;COURT. OLD COURT. These sessions the ninth ot the present Mayoralty,com menced yesterday before the Lord Mayo; the Common Sergeant, Aldermen Wilson, Hughes Hughes, Sidney, Sir Chapman Marshall, the Sheriffs, &c. The grand jury having been selected and sworn, The Com.most SERGEANT, in the absence of the Re corder, delivered his charge to them. The calendar con tained the names of no less than 135 prisoners, although not store than twelve days had elapsed since the termina tion of the last session, and the probability was, that that number would be increased to 170 or 180 before the termination of the session. Most of the charges in the calendar were of an ordinary character, but there were several of the cases to which he wished particularly to refer. There were three persons charged with rape. Henry Wyatt and Isaac White were charged with a rape on Sarah Lavin, and if her evidence was correct, a worse case against both the prisoners could hardly exist. There was another charge of rape against Samuel Pritchard upon Matilda Langton. All the in gredients of rape would probably be brought in evidence before the grand jury. In cases of this kind juries in general expected. ar.d reason demanded, that there should be evidence of cries at the time, and immediate complaints after; but all cases in criminal courts must ever depend on circumstances. In the present instance the object of the attack was little more than a child, only just turned fourteen years, and threats and fears might have induced silence. It was, however, he thought a case that ought to be placed before a judge and jury. There was then a charge against a person of the name of Edward Fox of threat ening to accuse a man of an infamous crime, the object and intent being to extort money. Such charges as these were of a most serious nature, and the safety of the community required that an investigation should take place, in oriier that, if proved, such offences might be severely punished. There were several cases in the calendar of cutting and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. This offence, he was sorry to say, was of late greatly on the increase. It was right that he should inform the grand jury that it was not necessary that the ' cutting should be with a sharp instrument—wound ing with any instrument was sufficient to con stitute the offence. The charge against Isaac Cannon was a case of this kind. He was an inmate of Shore ditch workhouse. Great violence had been repeatedly used by him, and it was in his opinion desirable that the case should be brought before a jury, that they might determine whether he was or was not of unsound mind, as in the one case he would be punished, and in he other taken care of in a proper manner. There was a charge against William Trade and Edward Harris of stealing and receiving. The pawnbroker, Mr. Richardson, had done himself great credit by sending for a policeman, and detaining and giving both prisoners into custody. These prisoners were committed (observed the Learned Judge) on the 21st of .June, by one who hath finished his : course. Mr. Rawlinson was a magistrate to whom those con nected with this Court were ever greatly indebted. The depositions taken before him were all of one character — clear, concise, to the point. " Not slothful in business," he looked neither to the right nor to the left. The rich and the poor alike foun I in him the same firmness and resolution the same integrity and mercy. Ever " ready to every good work," justice was administered with judgment. His loss will not easily be la placed. It is not often we find united in one mind simplicity, decision, probity, charity, and religion. The Learned Judge (who was deeply affected during the latter part of his address) then re mitted the grand jury to the discharge of their duties ; and the remainder of the morning was occupied with swearing in the petty jury. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Messrs. Miall and Cockshaw, the printers of the Non conformist newspaper, were summoned before Aldermen Gibbs and Wilson, for refusing to pay Ms. 4d., their quota towards a church-rate for the parish of St. Martin, Ludgate. Alderman GIBBS having asked Mr. Miall why he re fused to pay the money ? Mr. Miall replied, he had newly come to reside in the parish. Alderman GIBBS asked how recently ? Mr. Miall said about the Ist of April. The Alderman inquired whether the rate was retro spective or prospective ? Mr. Gould, the churchwarden said it was prospective, being made on the 6th of April roe a year ending Lady-day, IE4B. Mr. Alderman Gisns told Mr. Miall that as the rate was prospective he was bound to pay it, as he would have the benefit of it. Mr. Miall said he should derive no benefit from it. lie did not use the church, nor even know where it stood. He objected on principle to the payment of church-rates. ['here was a law of justice above sill human law, that no one should be compelled to aid the dissemination of what he believed to be error. Mr. Aldrman WILSON asked if he was a Quaker? Mr. Miall said he was not. He was a Dissenter, and, having a conscientious belief that some of the doctrines of toe Established Church were erroneous, no power on earth ought to compel him to contribute to the support of that Church. What would he, as a Christian, say if he were compelled to assist in the diffusion of the errors of Nlahomedanisin? - Dissenters felt as much re pugnance to aiding the diffusion ot the errors ot the Established Church, Mr. Alderman Wit.som said, if the laws of the com munity in which he live d ruquired him to contribute to the support of a religion because it was the faith of the majority, ho shoul think it his duty to submit to the law. Mr. Alderman GIBBS explained to him where the church stood, and said it he did not use it that was his •iwn fault. As magistrates, they mulct take no cogni zance of his objections to the doctrines of the Es tablished Church. They were to administer the law as 'hey found it, and, as Mr. Miall did not object to the rate as not being made according to law, they must enforce payment. They ordered the amount to be paid. MARLBOROUGH STREET. Mr. Charles Pollard, described in the police-sheet as a gentleman, of No. 10, Essex street, Strand, was brought up on Saturday at this Court, before Mr. Hardwick, on t charge of having, by fraudulent pretences, obtained two bills of 1,000/. each from Prince Napoleon Louis Bona parte, of King-street, St. James's. Mr. Bosh, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, attended for the Prince; and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Gates appeared for the accused. Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte was sworn.—l live at No. 3, King-street, St. James's-square. In the be ginning of the month of June I expected remittances trom my Florentine agent exceeding 3,000/. I received a letter from my agent stating that the money could not be sent before August. On receipt of this letter I in structed Mr. Orsi, my private secretary, on the busi ness. This was in the beginning of the month of June. A few days afterwards I received by post, or by some other means, a letter, at my house in King-street. On Friday, the 11th of June, the prisoner presented hitnse;f to me as Mr. Pollard, the person who had sent the letter. fhe prisoner said he had some bill stamps in his pocket, and all he required me to do was to sign the bills in blank. I said I was not in such a hurry ;my only object in wanting accommodation was, that I was arnhweilli prisonern my French railway shares. let me have 3.000/. or 4,000/. o r even 5, 0001 . I asked the prisoner if he wished gto force offered a sale t o o f for security, and he replied it was not necessary ; I had only to sign the bills, and then give the five per cent. in terest. I told the prisoner I was uncertain whether I would accept any bills. I said I would consider the proposal, and would give him an answer on the follow ing Monday mo rnin g. I asked the prisoner ho w he came to know that I wanted accommodation. He said, " When anybody wants money they come to us," adding that they had lately made large leans to persons who wanted temporary aid. He said also he was trying to find a loan fur 40,000/. for a gentleman whom 1 knew. 1 am sure that at the first interview the prisoner produced blank stamps, and asked me only to write my name oil them. I excused myself from doing so. I asked the prisoner for his address, and he told me it was at No. 10, Essex street, Strand. The prisoner then went away. I directed a certain person to make inquiries about the prisoner. On the Monday following the prisoner came to me in King-street, at 12 o'clock, according to appoint. meet. The prisoner commenced the conversation by speaking of tt.e difficulty of finding money in the market on account of wha:. he called the " monetary crisis." I told him it hit had any objection to go on with the busi ne ss , it would not matter, as I had no particular neces ,ity for accommodation. The prisoner said he was will tag to m a k e t h e sam e engagement which he had offered before, and then produced two bill stamps filled up. I took a copy of the bills. There was no name at the toot of the bills. The prisoner requested me to write the word " accepted," a nd to put my na m e across the bills. I did so; and I left the bills on my table. At this time there was no name written at the bottom of the bills. The prisoner afterwards put his name to the bills, and said to me, " Now, you see, if you don't is Ay, lam responsible." The prisoner asked me how I wished to be paid; I said 800/. in cash, and the balance in a cheque on his banker. The prisoner said the rate of interest was to be 5 per cent. The bills were drawn at two months, and the prisoner told me if I did not choose to pay he would be willing to renew the bills after that t i me. The prisoner said he would pay me the money the day aft er wards at twelve o'clock. The pri soner came the next day and told me he could not give me the money then, because in the present state of the market he would lose 2001. by the affair. The prisoner went away, promising to bring the money the next day, or certainly the day after. I asked him to write down that promise on a p e r The prisoner copied a form I which gave andhini, he signed the paper now pro duced. Th e pr i soner, on go ing away, remarked that he was very sorry disappoint me. In the form which t' or to wrote tor the risoner to copy I used the word "chequ es " instead p of bills." The prisoner, though I told him to correct any bad English, made an exact copy of the paper I gave him. I did not see the prisoner on Wednesday, anti the following Friday I wrote to him, but aid not keep a copy of the letter. On Saturday I went to Essex-street. but I was told that the prisoner was out, though at first the servant who opened the door said Mr. Pollard was at home. A lady came down, who said she was Mrs. Pollard. I had some con versation with h er, and then I went away. I received a i etteLfrom Birmingham by post. I immediately caused active inquiries to be made after the bills, and I caused advertisements to be put in the public p a p ers. I w rote an answer to the lettr I received from Birmingham. Cross- examined —I had never before accepted a bill, and was not acquainted with the distinction between a bill and a cheque. I had never before had occasion to raise money. I gave instructions to Mr. mains, the bookseller, to inquire into the character of the prisoner. Mr. Pol lard's name -had never been mentioned to the before I received the lust note, do not moor a lan, James, and TUESDAY 1 P ~~