The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-05 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY (BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY.) In .Re Jo RN Rost. —In this case hi s H onour sa id h e saw to reason for withholding a first class certificate. In Re. J. gun' rsur.—ln this case his Honour gave a certificate of the second class. In Re COLPITTS HARRISON.—His Honour delivered the Following judgment :—ln this case, the allowance of the bankrupt's certificate, which was applied for on his behalf by Mr. Bardswell, his solicitor, has -been opposed by Mr. As Piaall, as cou nse l f or the assignees Miss Mary Brandeth, upon the several grounds of misapplication of trust funds, of contracting debts without ability to pay, and of failure-to 1 ,,t'e1 . ) Proper b oo k s o f account ; and also on the ground of e bankrupt's ha'ing occasioned unnecessary expense by vexatious and frivolous delay to a suit for the recovery of a debt provable under his bankruptcy. With respect to the last ground, I think it right at once to state th a t I d o not con sider it to b e a t all tenable. The debt or demand to Which' he 7th branch of the 226th section refers, is a debt or demand provable under the bankruptcy of the party sought to be affected with the final consequences of that portion of :the bankrupt law consolidation act, 1849.. Now, the debt in question could only have been ascertained by accounts taken in the suit, or by the admission of the debtor himself, without taking such accounts. The ground is also an untenable one, as it appears to me, for other reasons, viz.,--That the snit instituted was one necessary for the a dministration of the assets of the testator, William Brandreth, the elder, the late partner of the bankrupt, Who was one of the executors named in the will, and that there was neither vexatious nor frivolous di the bankrupt in the way of the plaintiffs t to the other grounds of objection to the be necessary to enter into a history - bankrupt with his late partn , - elder, and with his partner'- ay inter e connection of the s etnent, in his answer, was in the year 1845, to —.4 mm In the management of his busi- AdrPth agreeing to give him (the bankrupt) the according to his empinypcl by the lot superintend and n es , ' Mr. Br annual A resentativeg. Mr. Ilarriso M Mc. R ration .t. 250 far two years c er t a i n ; an d , at the exp.. one ( hereof, to admit him t o b e a partner, allowing him third sha re o f th e pro fi ts of such business. In the early 'part of January, 1847, Mr. Brandreth., who was then in a very bad state of health, informed Mr. Norris, his solicitor —two--two of whose affidavits, made in the suit of Brandreth v of have been produced to this court—that it was his intention, in the month of June following, to take the bankrupt into partnership, upon which Mr. Norris suggested that it might be advisable to anticipate the period of such Partnership, and to let it commence from the let day of 3.1 ° 112 rY, 1847, a suggestion which Mr. Brandreth informed Mr. Norris. a day or t wo a ft er, h ad b een approved of by both himself and the bankrupt, to whom Mr. Norris was referred as to the terms of the partnership, and from whom the deed states himself to have received instructions for toehi..ed of partnership 'Kb; eh was ultimately prep4red. As' s point, Mr Harrison has; ;n his affidavit, stated that tr idnstructions. Wag 'n . hite ist of , - were taken by Mr. Norris from Mr. when, as he admits,. Mr. Br . andr, th e •th'ertti2, a condition in which it was hot vete • et , likely th at he would be capable of eivine; to -`d for a deed of partnership. Previously w lis n'tte exe cution of the d ee d, M r . B ran d ret h h a d made his ..,„', 1 3 ; ~d a t e d ' s th Angt, 1846, a n d ao p o i n t e d M r . H arr i son --- "Jr• Christopher ' Bushel executors. The deed of nart_ trtership hears date the' Bth of January, 1847, and by it a a„lnershi between the testator and Mr. Harrison, in the ter"'lle% f wine and spirit merchants, was created for a Th e of !even years, f rom the Ist of January in that year. tevat"eapital, which was altogether brought in by the IC and of th w as to Consist of the stock th en b e l ong i ng t o hi m , - e beok and other eebts then doe and owing to thein resnect o f the business the stock being taken at t,h valuati on made on the 31st of which they' Should produce. at ,e 5 p er cen t .,ital the testator was to be entitled to interest and interest after the same rate was to be Paid to each of the partners upon any other capital Which they might bring in daring the partnership. The het profits, after payment of rent, taxes, selaries, and other expences, and akEr making gond any losses which might be sustained., were to be divided thus :—The tes tator was to he.ve two-thirds shares, and Mr. Harrisen on-tbird sh 2 :4, and p wer was given to the testator, in addi ti°n 1.1 7, the interest on his capital, to draw by half learly, tiarterly, or other payments, any sum or sums of' "'''. l ey not exceeding his share of the current profits, and Power wis, in like manner, given to Mr. Harrison to draw, nut of his share of the current profits, any sum or somsums of money not exceeding £5OO a-year in all. After e provisi ons w i t h respect to the keeping of accounts, to th e mak i ng up, on the 31st of December in each sear, of a general account to ascertain as well as the stock 'on hand as the pr , fits divisible between the parties, the deed provided that if the testator should die' during the 'Partnership (an event which h appene d two dlys after the execution of the deed), Mr. Harrison should carry on the business until the expiratian of the term, for the benefit 9f himself and of the personal representatives of the testator H i the sh ares b efore mentioned, and subject to the several Pulationa in the deed, so far as circumstances would P ern alti the capital of the estate being left in the concern at interest, a particular accromt and valuation of which capital was to be'rnade out with all cavenient spetd by the sur vivia ... g Partner and the executors, in order that the interest "` e ach in the concern, at the death of the testator, might be clearly ascertained. The deed contained a further pro_ 'vision for the admission of Robert Brandreth, the testator's d sit, into th e partnersh i p, and then followed direo cos for a eeneral account to be made out at the 'eati on of three months from the termination ofin the \ it), such account t o em b race a ll th anti effects, with a view to a diyisieonsbetween Portner s h l, debt R trad e 1 th e 1)1 or their representatives, according to their - On the drip of the execution of the 4 ,d the test ator mi d e a c odicil to his will, in which, among Othe r n 11/1" r Niynn to illa rem • •I'c'etlre ey 0 - - *Beenters, and decl - at the circumst "n having become his p qr. Hu fere with lite actnr , as on basing d* sd on the 10th o f J anuary, 1847, the will was Droved by Mr. Harrison and Mr. Bushell, alone, on the 224 Of July following, Mr. Nixon never having acted as execu tor, but the trustees named in the will, Dr. Joseph Pilling ten Brandreth and Mr. George Lock, have acted in the trusts devolved upon them by the testator, and in particular on th 3t f Decemr, 1847, they adtted Roert Brandre eth ls o as a pzrtner be in the concern, in mi place of b his fat her, and, though no deed o f p artners hi p was executed, he so remained until his death, in March, 1851. At the expi ration of the partnership, no such account as that required by the deed of the Bth of January, 1847, was made out by the bankrupt, who also failed to eeep such books of account as were required by that deed. As to this last Matn t ter, I obse rve t h a t t h e b an k rupt, in his answer, will not 'veure to pledge more than his belief that the books Were such as were r quired by that deed, and as to the other aceonnt, he states that a general account' and valuation had been made up to the 31st of December, 1853, and that in the month of Ftbruary, 1854, he placed, with the assent of his co-executor, Mr. Bushell, the books of the Partnership in the hands of Messrs. Harmood Banner and Son to prepare a balance sheet, which was commenced tby them i n F e b ruary, and completed in the following June. ave, with respe t to the epics ion of misapplication of trust. the whi c h has been raised by M r . As p i na ll on behalf o f assignee, it is admitted by the bankrupt, in his answer to the bill that if he is bound by the literal construction of that part of the indenture of partnership authorising him to draw m o n e y s cut of the partnership funds, he being at tile tune an executor of the will of his late partner, and therefore a trustee for parties beneficially entitled under that I'll had withdrawn from the copartnership in the sum of 4 2,868 O s. B d ., b eing one of the sums ordered to be paid by him under the decree of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster, dated 2u'l of February last. The bankrupt, however, contends that he was led .to eep,et that he would be entitled to draw out £5OO a Year, at the least, being £3,500 for the while term of the partnership ; and in the schedule, to his answer, he shows that he had, during that period, drawn out sums amount ing to £3,522 159. 5-1., being a small excess over the former amount. He says,.that in making a proposal for an immediate partnership, the testator asked him how much be should require to draw for his maintenance and pe,•sonal expenses, end that he stated that he should require to draw £5OO a- ear ; that the testator rejoined that that.sura was not suffiCiene;'but that he (the bank rupt) replied, that he would endeavour- to make that sum do. until he had ascertained whether the business would allow him to dra w more. Now, this conversation the bankrupt represents as having taken place when, as he aa:ys, the, testator w e , giving those instrue himself in extremis, and yet was gone for the deed of partnership to Mr. Norris, which I'l4. 'Norris states were given by the bankrupt. - It is observable, also, that according to the account given by' the b an k rupt of what passed between the testator arid himself, when he wag engaged at a salary of £250 a year, his share of. pr e e th, when.he was ultimately to be admitted to the partnership, was stated at one-third, the amount fixed by the deed. Again, if reference be made to the sums stated in the scheduleeto the answer, to have been dra*n by the bankrupt, it will be Seen that, in the first pea r of the:partnership, he drew only £444 1.6 s Cl., a e l reura :Oauce'teudi eg a little towards the conclusion that, at that time he did not conceive himself entitled to draw an eb eel t -But it .ie urged by 11, 0 u e sum of £500.. Mr. un lik e ly that his client. well, that it was very would Save „g zi,,,,,)7 consented to a partnership which, taliin 9., falling to , him in the seve n „,,,,, 78 , 1 as the whole profits • q u it e f,,IL, would give him ,an average Teeet t of not •250. The a Year, in exchange for a regular_Psala.sr.y an answer to th s e r l o schedule appears to me to share of proatarzument in the fact .that the ban .e3S9 .1 2s lid, giving txB for 1 847 is stated ley himself at of the partnership, rtienkirunpt's eer:biexcess above his salary in the first year added the win:llse,' 1 , Now, if to these several facts u", he read over the ( 1 1 % 1 1 the bankrupt, in his answer, that could, I think, be no e e rore he executed the same, there his part, that h e was tAf3 dramsou for the expectation on events; and .he must, tl out the excess over a sum of 500 a year at all leretort, be .taken to have drawn violation of the his share of the profits in wilful provisions of the deed of ,partnership, ;ner was not to int f the executors of hi THE NORTHERN TIMESQ---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. for which he had, acconling to Mr. Norris;himself given instructions, and which he had read over before its execution, and which wa6 alio read over in his presence by Mr. Norris. I am aware that the bankrupt has, by an affidavit filed by him in the suit of Brandreth v. 13arri6on, on the 16th of January last, in answer to the second of two affidavits filed by Mr. Norris, on the sth and 20th of September,`not only denied the fact of giving instructions for the deed of partnership, but has also con tradicted his own statements in the answer as to his having read over the deed before executing it. Mr. Norris, however, has been examined within the last week in the presence of the bankrupt and his solicitor, and has confirmed, viva-vote, the contents of both these affidavits. In connection with the ground of misapplication of trust funds,Mr. Aspinall adverted to a su m w hi c h th e b an k rup t had btained by stopping the delivery of some wine, part of the testator's stock, and which the bankrupt, by mis take, admitted to amount to between £2OO and .e3OO. I have examined the cash book with respect to that matter, and I find that the amount was but .el9O 16s, and that payments were made for rent £125, hire of sale room .15, salary to a person named Gillebrand £9, petty expenses .e 29 lls 101, Colpits Harrison -X9, making together more than the amount of £l9O 16s ; and, on reference to the paper filed with the balance sheet, the sum of £29, taken by the bankrupt for himself, will be found to he included in the amount of £9so6s 61, one of the sums folind due from him by the decree. As to that portion of the case, therefore, the objection to the bankrupt's certificate has failed. It appearing, however, that tho sums of £2,868 Os 81 and £954 Ils 21 (being the sum of .£9=o 6 - 61 mentioned in the decree, reduced by a small su costs) are still dot the bankrupt, not having been !ri pursuance of the decree of .Lancaster, in the suit of trandreth n which the plaintiffs waived their clear paid before his bankruptcy the buchy Court of LP- V. Harrison nt of going further into 'the accounts as against the bankrupt, and that these sums have become doe in con sequence of the Violation by the bankrupt of the provi sions of the deed of partnership, and looking at the fact that he was also, from the confidence reposed in him by his late partner, invested with the fiduciary character of executor, an office which imposed upon him the duty of protecting, for th of thOse interested-le; will, every portion of the testator's prope rt ywhich came to his hands, I feel it my duty, a very painful one, considering the family dependent upon the bankrupt, to refuse the certificate altogether. Mr. Bardswell asked the court to extend the bankrupt's protection, to aff)rd him an opportunity of taking the opinion of another court. His flimour : Tf I were satisfied that a petition would be presented. Mr. Bardswell : Cer tainly ; I pledge myself to His Honour then ordered that the nroteetion should be extended for twenty-one days, on Mr. Bardswell undertaking that a petition should be presented. REVOLTING CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER At the Bodmin Assizes, on Thursday lasf, Ann Matthews, aged 32, James George, aged 19, and Richard Jose, aged 35, were inflicted before Mr. Baron M Iran; for the wilful murder of an infant, born of Matthews, at Truro, on the 27th of March. A second count charged Matthews and George with harbouring Jose atter he had committed the murder. From the statements of counsel it appeared *hat Matthews was a widow, with three children. Her husband had died four years ago, and had been a very respectable man. About twelve months ago, in a fatal hour, she met the pri soner Jose; an intimacy arose between them, and soon afterwards he came to lodge at , her house, and from that time they had lived in a state of adultery, for Jose was a married man. In the ssme house wore living the prisoner George, and a young woman named Fliza B ins, 19 years old, who carried on the same sort of illicit intercourse as the other. The intimacy that subsisted between Matthews and Jose led to its natural consequences, and - she became with child. The greatest seeresy was maintained, because she had an allowance from the parish for herself and her children, which she was afraid would be withdrawn if she had a natural child. On the evening of the 16th March the pains of labour appear to have commencad. Jose came home from his work, but did not go to bed that night. About four o'clock on the morning of Thursday, the 27th of March, Matthews came from her bed and went down into livered o girl Barns, and asked her to come down to POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY, (BEFORE MR. G. MAxWELL CONCEALED WITH INTENT TO R013.--A stout determined• looking young man, earned Patrick Abbott, was placed in the dock'' charged with having been concealed in the Journal office with intent to rob. He was detected behind the coun ter near the Cash drawers, and was arrested concealed in a doorway shortly afterwards. He was remanded until this day. TAB ROBBERY OF THE SEVEN £5 NOTES —A dissipated looking fellow, named Patrick Carroll, was brought up in custody by detective officer Eaton, and charged with having been one of the parties concerned in the robbery of the seven £5 notes from a woman named Berry, and for which the man Burns was remanded on Saturday. The notes were largely stained with blood; and the principal evidence against the prisoner was, the fact of his having been seen by several parties fighting with the old woman who lost the money, end biting her fingers. The supposition is, that after the fight, the prisoner concealed the notes in his mouth and so stained them. He was remanded for a week. A Fo 'L AND HIS MONEY SOON PARTED.—A respectably. dressed man, named Hugh Flannagan, who had the appear ance of a returned emigrant, charged Mary Roach, the keeper of a disreputable house, with robbing him of £24 and a gold watch and chain on Sunday night. The prose cutor was drunk at the time he entered the house, and conld not positively state whether he lost his money before itisitirg the house or not. The prisoner was accordingly discharged. BRUTAL ASSAULT.—A fellow, with only one arm, and who gave his name as Charles Ward, was charged with assaulting Charles Ratcliffe, M Bedford-street, on Saturday last. The complainant, whose face was much disfigured by some sharp instrument, stated that he was returning home about twelve o'clock, when he saw two boys fighting, and stopped and looked on for a few minutes, when the defendant came up and struck him a violent blow in the face. He called out police," when the defendant ran away, and he pursued him, when he was again knocked down and ill-treated. The police came up and took the defendant into custody, The surgeon from the Southern Dispensary had dressed the wound and found that, although the complainant would be scared for life, there was no immediate dancer. Mr. Mansfield ordered the defendant to he committed for two months with hard labour. VIOLENT ASSAIILTE.—Patrick Mealev was also committed for two months, for assaulting Catherine gray, on Satur day night. Charles Walker was also committed for one month, fcr assaulting John Smith in Greenfield street. STREET NUISANCES TO THE EDITOR Or THE NORTHERN TIMES. .._ Scn,—Yesterday witnessed another gathering round the new lamp at the top of Monnt Pleasant—the preachsr was the same, but the crowd considerably smaller than that of the previous Sunday. This, I ti - Ink, you wi'l consider is a nuisance ; but Mount Pleasant seems destined to be the centre of nuisances. A grievous one exists in consequence of the new building going on in connection with the Train ing School of the Sisters of Notre Dame. As a freqaenter of Mount Pleasant as a thoroughfare, I shou'd like to know by whose authority and by whose permission the hoarding for this building has been brought so far on the pavement. Certainly two-thirds of it are occupied, which leaves but a narrow spats for pedestrians. and then to add to their discomfort, a huge mass of briers are piled up on the other side of this passage, in such a careless and unworiananlike manner, that they might at any moment slip, and, if so, would be the cause of a severe accident to the unlucky passer-hi'. Again, all the stone work for the building is worked out side the hoarding, and it requires considerable dexterity to shoot past without being struck by the pieces of stone which fly off. In short, to s y nothing of the danger, this passage is almost impracticable, for the door-way in the centre is generally blocked up either with a wheelbarrow, a large stone, planks, or a hod-man with a load of bricks, The dangers to which piseengers are exposed must have been seen by the police, unless they pass by in a state of som nolency, which there is every reason to suppose they do, seeing this nuisance has been tol' rated for more than a fortnight. Apologidng for the length of these remarks,— I am, sir, yours, &e., QUIETUDE. Liverpool, 41 August, 1856, MAJOR•GENERAL WINDHAM AT NORWICH• On Saturday last, the demonstration in honour of Major. General Windham, at Norwich, was concluded by a grand banquet in St. Andrew's Hall. The scene presented in the Ene old building was magnificent. - Mrs. Windham and several of the general's more immediate friends were present. The roof was hung with banners and other devices, and the words " Alma," " Balaklava," " Taker mann," " Sebastopol," &c., recalled the glorious scenes through which the guest of the evening had so trium phantly passed. The Earl of Albemarle presided, and , was supported by Lard Stafford, Lord Hastings, Lord Suffield, the Hon. W. It. Rous, and a large numblr of the principll inhabitants of the city and county. There was also a fair sprinkling of red coats, and several Crimean heroes connected with the district. After the usual preliminary toasts, the Chairman Presented to General Windham two handsome swords, subscribed for by the inhabitants of the county, to mark their admiration for hio services. The one was a fi.eht ing and the other a holiday sword, and the noble lord expressed his hope that for the sake of civilisation and humanity, the gallant officer might hereafter wield only the dandy weapon. At the same time he expressed his ,confidence that if her M jesty should again require the services of her army, General Windham would not draw the fighting sword in vain, but would give fresh cause for pride to the inhabitants of the county, (Loud cheers.) The health of the gallant general was then drank amid enthusiastic cheering. Major-General Windham, who was received with fresh bursts of applause, returned thanks. After alluding to his associations with the county and his long friendship with many then present, he observed, I well remember an incident on the 18th of June, 1855, when the first attack on the Redan took place, which shows strong!y ,the attachment of Norfolk men to their county. I was not what you would call employed in the attack ; I was merely put there in reserve, and I did not run a bit more danger than any of my friends whom I see around me. I was sent at one time by Sir H. Bentinck to find out what was going on, and two or three yards ahead of me I saw a man walking in the trench. A round shot came and scattered the dust all over him. I thought it had killed him, but when the dust subsided I saw an individual reclining in the trench, with a countenance presenting a curious admixture of fright and joy. Scratch ing his head he said to me, " Well, dash my buttons but that was most amazin' nigh !" (Laughter.) I said to him, " Aye, aye, my boy, we had better be digging trenches at three pence a rod in Norfolk than fighting here." The only reply was an expression of astonishment that I should have discovered his native county. " What do yow to belong to Norfolk ?" (The successful manner in which he gallant general mimicked the Norfolk patois excited bursts of laughter.) Lord Albemarle •has been pleased to pay me some very great compliments as chief of the staff. I honestly tell you, as I told the inhabitants of Leamington, that that office was not nearly so difficult as many would be inclined to think. I had, both at head-quarters and also in the divisions of the army, a remarkably able lot of young officers to carry out any orders which the Commander-in-chief issued ; and though I know it is the habit, not of the press but of individuals who are in the habit of writing in the papers to constantly insinuate that every British staff .officer is something next door to a fool, I beg leave to tell you that in my humble opinion, after a few months' practice, which at the commencement of the war they undoubt edly required, they were just as efficient and just as good as the officers of the French service. I will appeal, in support of this remark, to the 'appearance of the two armies at the conclusion of the last winter. The mag nificent appearance of the army, gentlemen, has nothing to do with me. I left the generals of division alone, and it is a remarkably good thing for any young soldier to know that you had better by far let a man do his duty without constantly interfering with him. (Cheers.) If I deserve any credit at all, it is because I allowed those who sought to do their du'y to do it without interference. (Cheers.) I hope there is no officer nn the staff who can ever say that I either gave myself airs,gave him a cold shoulder, or refused to listen to what he had to say, and that I did not immediately do all in my power to make what he wanted go smooth and easy. The instant I saw he was inclined to do his duty properly, it did not matter much to me whether he took his own method of doing it or mire, provided it was well done. (Cheers.) I believe I should say too much for human nature if-I were to say there was no kind of jealousy at my promotion; but I must honestly say that many of those over whose heads I have gone in the Crimea showed me personally no jealousy. One of the best as well as one of the oldest soldiers connected with the army there, Major-General Garrett, who served in the Peninsula when I was in my cradle, and who has been twice wounded, came to me after my promotion had been announced, threw his arms, not like a Frenchman round my neck, but like an Englishman round my shoulder, and, pasting me on the back, said, " Well, old fellow, I am charmed at it; they sent you through a devil of a fire, but you did it well, and I should be unworthy of myself if I felt jealous." (Cheers.) That fine old soldier has not •yet been promoted, but most anxiously do I hope that both he and many others will be, for I am not one of those who wish merely to get on myself. I evish to do so, of course, but I wish also that others who have done—barring the luck—just as much service as I have, should, at the end of this great war, meet with some reward. (Cheers.) The Chairman gave " the other Crimean heroes con nected with Norfolk." Colonel Hodge responded to the toast, which was drunk with lold cheer. Major-General Windham, in proposing " Our Allies," said they had always acted with the greatest cordiality and good feeling. The gallant general mentioned inci dentally that a week before the assault on the Redan, there was no intention on the part of either French or English to make the attack. When the French, how ever, decided on making the attack, the English Com mander-in-Chief could not do otherwise than allow the British army to partake in it. He (General Windham) had never heard any French officer reproach the British with the results of their attack, and he might fairly say that the French had never exhibited any disrespect towards us. The Chairman, in giving the memory of the brave who had fallen in the war, referred to the melan..loly deaths of Lieutenant Boileau, and Lieutenant Sparke, both members of Norfolk families. The toast was drunk in silence. Viscount Bury (son of the chairman), gave " Miss Nightingale, and the ladies who have served their country abroad and at home." (Loud cheers.) Several other toasts of a formal character were given anal responded to, and the company did not separate till a late hour. INSPECTOR FIELD AT A LLSOP'S WAX WORK FXIIIIIITION. —Every one who had seen Palmer, declared that his lik-- ness at this establishment is the best that is extant, and a day or two since, Mr. Field, the celebrated Landon officer, on visiting the exhibition, was at once struck with the exact likeness of that notorious person, aid declared it to be the most perfect he had ever beheld.—. Adv. MINERS' Gitinva.Nens.--On Saturday morning, a public meeting of the coal miners of Oldham district was held in Tommyfield, behind the New Market, for the purpose of taking into consideration the present condition of the trade, and to appoint a deputation to wait upon the employers, for the purpose of requesting a cessation of labour at one (.'clock on Saturday afternoon. The attendance was not very numerous, there not being more than between 400 and 500 persons present. Mr. John Thorpe, who presided, urged upon his hearers the claims of the miners to the consideration of their employers stating that, in his opi nion, from the dangerous and laboihus work in which they are engaged, no man ought to descend a pit to work for less than .ss. per day; and he concluded by steing that the miners of Oldham would never rest satisfied until the 21; in the shilling which had been taken from them was restored.--Joseph Price then moved the fallowing resolution :—" That the miners pledge themselves never to rest satisfied till they have rec-ivel back that which was taken from them." He supported the resolution in a brief speech, in which he commented upon the injustice to which the miners hp.d been exposed, by the reduction in their wages to the extent of 2d. in the shilling, end the resolution having been seconded and put to the meeting, vKas carried by acclamation.—James Ainsworth next moved :—" That it is requisite that the miners who are employed in the different collieries appoint a deputation to wait upon their employers, requesting them to give them the same privilege as Messrs. Jones and Co. have done of leaving work at one o'clock on Saturdays." The resolution was secinded, and unanimously a d opted. _ Allen Tatlow then said that the ;factory workers left work at twelve, and.ones and two o'clock on Saturd ay , and he could not see why the miners should not have the same privilege. Since the coal trade had recovered from the depressed condition it was in in 1851, the price had been advanced three times 10d per ton, which had been paid by , the public cheerfully, as they considered that the, miners participated iiithe advance, but thiS had not been the case, as they had never received is fracion of either of the three tenpences. He urged on the colliers present the necessity of union, and vindicated trad societies horn several of the charges brought against them and titer a lengthy speech, he moved :—" That there ba a proper oegainsation of the coal miners in Lanca'Atire, Yorkshire, and Cheshire." The resolution was seconded, and was unanimously agreed to. It•was intimated that a meeting of delegates (one from each colliery in the neigh.; hourhood) should be held on Wednesday next, in order to decide what further steps should be taken for the redress of their grievances. stock on hand Delivery last week Do. from Ist June Ar,lval last week.. Do. frorulet June Price Y.C. per cwt. Do. Town.. , 33_g87 1 4 4,020 12,205 946 1,7='2 1.868 9.e32 1 5,387 19,52 s 1,315 I 915 844 7,619 ! 11,692 14,010 678 3d 1 556 6d 514 6d 6s 9d I 56a 6d 64s 3d Arrival for the week ending August 13, last year, 731 casks, arid delivery 2,589 c'.sks. The arrival last week comprised 334 casks frcm Russia, 205 from Australia, 303 from South America. and from other places. Total 841 casks. Borman HOP.—In consequence of the last week of extreme heat, the accounts from the hop planta.ions speak of very great Improve ment generally, and the duty is freely backed at £240,000. Market very quiet. Cossr.—The weather continues highly favourable for bringing the growing crops of grain to maturity. This circumstance, combined w.th liberal foreign arrivals of wheat and a large display of simples upon the Es'se,, and a 'air 'how upon the Kentish stands, caused the trade in Mark-lane to he dull In the extreme this morning, and although freely offered at 7a to 8s per quarter decline, the English wheat was unsold at a late hour. looreign wheat maybe considered nominally ,s much cheaper; factors, however, were not generally pressing sellers at the reduction. The top price Of town-made dour underwent no change. Country flour was 3s to 4s per sack cheaper. with a dull sale; Norfolk, 465. Barley continues very scarce. and its value is hell supported. The finer qualities of oats were quiteast dear as nu Monday last, but other qualities must be noted 6d to it hwer than on that day. Beans and pease were only saleable at to 2i decline. Arrivals into r ondon from the tfith of July to the Snd of August.—Coa'twis', Engl;sh —Wheat, 3,1'89 qrs; malt. 4,731 qrs; oats, 131 qrs; beans, 262 qrs; &oar, 1,170 sacks. Scot _h.... - . Barley, 35 qrs; m .lt, 25 qrs Irish—Oats, 4,1•9 qrs. Foreign—r Wheat, 16,453 qrs ; barley, 1,651 qrs; oats, 19,364 qrs; beans, 2,240 qrs; flour, 19,469 brls, 310 sacks. Eastern Counties Rsllway W , eat, 2,135 qrs; barley, 144 qrs; malt, 6,833 qrs; oats, 231 qrs; beans, 157 qrs; pease. 18 qrs; flour, 8 320 sacks. Great Northern Railway—Wheat, 326 qrs; barley, 2 qrs; malt, 712 qrs; oat.. 67 qrs; flour. 1,229 tacks. Exported—Wheat, 4SO qrs; oats, 4 qr.; '95 qrs ; flour, 1,493 cwts. a.—We have a ;ain a large supply of beasts and purchasers are very cautious owing to the hot weather. Prices are lower and several remain unsold. The sup .ly of sheep is by no means large, however, the demand has de r, consequently prices have given Way a . little. Choice lambs are rather dearer. Calf trade is rather worse. From Germany and Holland there are 1,513 beasts, 4,000 sheep. 232 calves, and 110 pits . Scotland, 100 beasts. Norfolk and ioffolk, 150. Ireland, 300 beasts and 2 000 seep and lambs; and 1,00) beasts from the Northern aed Si'diand Count Beasts at market, 4,682; sheep and lambs, 25,420; calves, 330; pigs, 275. pease, 'E CATTL )RTING INTELLIGENCE THE MODERN DRUIDS Last evening the members of the Royal Oak Lodge of Modern Druids held their annual festival at the Fleece Inn, Scotland-road. On this occasion host Fazakerley provided a most excellent and substantial dinner for the members of the lodge and the guests invited, most of whom were the district officers of other lodges of the same order. The good things provided on the occasion having been amply discussed, and the inner man satisfied, Mr. Carlisle, a P.A. of the order, :vas unanimously called upon to preside over the festivities of the evening, while Mr. Ward, also a P.A. of the order, was selected to fill the. Vice-chair. The Chairman said the first toast he had to propose was one which was dear to the heart of every Englishman, Irishman, and Scot chman, and therefore needed no pref , ce—it was the health of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. (Applause.) Song, " Hearts of Oak," by the Vice-chairman. The healths of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal family were drunk in succession, and warmly responded to by the company. The Chairman then rose and said. the next toast he had to propose, he knew would he received with enthusiasm. It was " Prosperity to the Royal Oak Lodge of Modern Druids," which lodge had, through good and evil report, fully developed itself, and with that toast he would beg to connle the name of Mr. Joseph Shepherd. (Applause.) The toast having been duly honoured by all present, Mr. Shepherd rose to give his resnowe. In doing so, he said—all who were then assembled were Druids, or the friends of Druidism. But there was one matter upon which he wished to set, not only the members, but also the people out of doors right, • and that was as to the name of the lodge. He wished it :to lie understood that this Royal Oak Lodge had nothing whatever to do with a society of the samo name, which of late had come into rather an unenviable notoriety —he meant the Royal Oak Burial Society. Let it be distinctly understood that this lodge had no connection with that society. He (lid not wish to say anything against the name of the lodge for he believed it to be a truly English name, but it was the doings of the persons in connection with lodges of that name rather than with the name itself. He expressed his sincere well wighes for the particular lodge of which he had been a member for no less than fourteen years, and during which period he had always done his utmost, for the interest of the order, and in promulgating, as far as he could, the objects he had in view amongst the working classes. The lodge was, he said, one delightful family compact, and its organisation was such, that when one member was considering the interest of one of the mem bers of his own particular lodge, he was consulting the welfare of the entire body—for the interest of one member was the interest of all—(applause)—therefore, it was that the orgnisation of this society was perfect. The objact of our . congregating here this evening is merely for the purpose of celebrating the anniversary of this society. Mr. Shepherd then at considerable length, and with great animation, detailed the objects of the society, and the numerous advantages which were to be derived from persons becoMing members, which may he thus sum marised—for the payment of Is. 2d. per fortnie-' ber of this society was entitled .to 12s. per wet sickness, and a superannuation in old age, and that when the member should be called to his account his widow would be entitled *- "" "- • ' a. mem- ek during to she retained the name of her late husband, and her representatives, by the payment of 2s 6d per annum, will be entitled to .e 5 on her death. He then stated that this was owing to the society being managed by the members themselves. (A. Voice, "We have no collectors.") He had been the trustee of the funeral fund for upwards of eighteen years, and during the whole of that time they had always been able to meet the payments, which was more than could be said by many societies. He next alluded to the facilities which were afforded to persons becoming members and plrtieipatingt, in the benefits of the society, besides affording harmony and good feeling to all, and not allowing any squabb!es, by introducing either religious or politicial subjects at their meetings. Having pointed out the advisibility of the working classes taking their own matters into their own bands, he commented upon the conduct of some of the officers of the Royal Oak Burial Society, and quoted the words of the Judge of the County Court, when alluding to that important point, and called upon all who took an interest in that society, to attend the meeting on Thursday ni'rbt, and show the present officers that they did take an interest in the affairs. The Vice-Chairnian then gave the healths of the guests prPoent. M-. Mellor, P.D.M., responded to the toast in the most suitable manner. Mr. M'Phillips proposed "The Press," which he did with his nsu 1 hilarity and pointedness. Mr. J. S. Harman, of the NO RTHERN D AIL Y T I M ES , responded to the toast , after it had been most enthusiasti cally received. The health of 'the District Officers was next proposed, and heartily responded to. Mr. Reddinzton, in acknowledging the compliment, took the opportunity of aiimadvPrting on the conduct of some of the boiy (members of the Royal otk Burial Society), who had shown themselves as enemies to the interests of the association. The health of the Officers of the Funeral Fund was then propooed, and most cordially drank. Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Robson, two of the officers, responded, and expressed a hope that by this time twelvemonths the funds would exceed what they at. present amounted to, viz., £7OO, by twice that aminnt, which, they hail no doubt would ba the cage provided the members acted on the advice of Mr. Shepherd, and kept their own affairs in their own hands. The health of the Chairman, and Vice• Chairmen were duly given and responded to. The health of Host F',.z tk erley, who had supplied such an abundant repast, was given and responded , o with enthusiasm. Several other toasts were drank, and numerous sorws sung, and after a most delightful evening the ruemburs separated at an early hour. MURDER OF TWO GIRLS A donble murder was committed on Saturday morning, about five miles from Dover, by a man named Serlet Redenies, a Neapolitan. in the 4 , 11 company of the 2nd battalion 2nd Regiment British S w i ss L eg i on, now stationed at Shor ncliffe. Redenies, it appears, has for some time been paying his addresses to a yourg girl of 18, named Caroline Back. On Saturday evening he called at the hou se o f h er paren t s , w h o are working people, residingin Albion-phico,Dover, and stayed there rintikhree o'clack yesterday morning. Th e girl's sister, Maria Back s was present during thetime.. It a p pears t h at d ur i ng t h e evening Redenies quarelled with Caroline, and accused her of carrying , on a correspondence with a sergeant of the same regiinent. He, however, prevailed upon her to consent to go with him to the camp to spend the day, accompanied by her younger sister Maria. The bodies of both the girls were found on Sunday morning about eight o',cleck in a hollow Close by a footpath_ leading to Folkstone. The elder si s t er ' h a d rece i ve d ' f our sta b s near the heart, an d was quite dead. Th e younger g i r l, M a ria, anvared to have her _struggled hard with her assailant. S,ve!al of fingers were severely cut. The discov-- - made by a far m servant who obtained medical a,. was of no ava il . The s u pp ose d mur d erer was se e n runnin; hrough the v ill age of Capel shortly after the occurrence. 'The x are in pursuit of him. Aocording'to the rather imperfect account which has reached us, the spot where the bodies were found is situate about two miles from Folkestone, between the Royal Oak public house and the Valiant Sailor public house, at the top of Folkestone Lill. stance, Dover polic ws. Burns soon went down, but found the fastened. She asked Jose to onen it_ hot ivA earl he could not leave itthews. During the time she s standing at the door she heard Matthe As groan and a child cry strongly. She at length got into the reom, and saw Matthews, Jose, and a baby. George came down, and then Jose asked George to help Matthews up stairs, which he proceeded to do. As MattheWs was going ont of the room. she told Jose to stop the child's crying. After George and Matthews had left the room Jose thrust his finger down the throat of the child with great violence, but that did not destroy its lifa. He did this for five minutes. He then said that would not do, and he went into another room and fetched a pan, into which he poured a quantity of water from a pitcher, and he then put the child into the water and drowned it. After the child was destr.)yed the hotly was placed in a cupboard in the kitchen, but Burns said she would not• work in the room if the body remained there, and Jose then took it up stairs into Matthews's room, and put it in a box. Burns went up to Matthews, who asked if the child was dead. At a subsequent period of the day Matthews told Burns not to tell, for, if she did, Jose would be hung, and she should get into trouble. The two men Went to their work and reurned in the evening about six o'clock ; • a conversation then arose as to how the body should be ,disposed of, and Jose asked George to go with him to a certain pond, and he took down a basket and put the body in it, and he and George took the child from the house and carried it to a p-nd about a mile ortwo from Truro. Jose then - attached a stone to the body by a cord, and threw it into the pond. On their return Matthews asked what they had done with the child, and Jose told ber: Matthew; said it, would be sure to be found ; bat Jose said he was not afraid.of that ; people might go.to Australia and not find it Matthews begged them to say nothing, or Jose would be hang. On Friday, the 28th of March, Burns, who was dreadfully flurried with what she had seen, left the house and went to her mother's. On the 29'.,h March, about 3or 4 in the • afternoon, a boy named Truscott, was fishing in the pond, and observed the appearance of the hand of a child in the water. which was unusually low at that time. He give an alarm, and told a man named Snell what he had seen. Snell went to the pond and took up the body of a child, disunited it from the stoma to which it was tied, and took it into the town of Truro, to the Union Hotel, and then informed Mr. Painter, surgeon, who went and saw it. He found it to be the body of a female child full grown, and that it had been born alive, and that it had come to its death by saification. A coroner's inquest was held, and a verdict of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown" was returned. On that evening Borns went to see Matthews. As they weri talking Matthews's little child came in, and said the body of a childhad been found in the pond. Matthews said she was sure it was her child, and bagged Burns not to say anything about it, or Jose would he hung. On Sunday, the 30th of March, the body was placed in a coffin and buried, and, on that day, inq shies having been made by the constable and other persons,'Mr. Painter and another surgeon went to the house of Malthews for the ptirpose of .discovering • • whether she had had a child. She denied it at first and refused to be examined, but aftarwards consented, and, upon examining her, they found she had been delivered within a few days, Matthews then went to the housa of Burns's mother, and im - bored her not to make any revelation on the Oa Monday, the 31st of March, Matthews and Jos- were taken into custody, and subsPquently George and Burns. An inquiry took place before the magistrates, and Jose then said the child had been deeroyed by poison. The body was then disinterred and again examined, but it was evident that that had not been the case, and that it had been suffocated, although the injury to the mouth and throat was snfficient to have caused death very speedily. All four was then committed for trial, but Barns was admitted Queen's evidence. Of course the chief witness was the girl Boras , who sup ported the above statement, adding that, when Jana had his fing , r down the child's throat it struggled, and that she begged Jose not to kill the child. She also said that the child was alive when Jose put it in the pan of water, and that she again 1., ..0.fre.d him not to kill it The, tea'' "'`.1713 -; null the ~,imony of two surge&. ,iho had exams. ant to show that the deith was caused by suffoca), lescribed the injuries in the throat. The appear. antes were consistent with Burns' statement of what had taken place. Mr. Baron Martin, in summing up, said there was no evidence to fix any one with the murder but that of E!izsbeth ; still they were quite at liberty to act upon her evi -, and, if they believed her, it was as foul a murder as ever was committed as regarded the prisoner Jose. child T They also d The jury retired for some time, and then sent in a nofe to the judge, who sent for Mr. Sergeant Channel], and 'bey retired into their private room to consult together. Baron Martin then came into court, and sent an answer, but in a few minutes he sent for the jury into court. His lordship then begged them not to be guided by any opinion of his, but to give their verdict quite independently of it. . The jnry then said they had agreed, and they found Jose guilty of manslaughter, George guilty as an accessory after the fact, and Matthews guilty of concealing the birth. _ _ The Judge then said it was his duty to state that in the paper the , jury had sent in to him they had asked him whether they could find Jose guilty of manslaughter. He had some doubt about it, and had consulted his brother Channell, and the answer he had sent the jury7was that he himself should either find him guilty of murder or acq'iit him ; but he did not know any legal obstacle to their finding him guilty of minelaughter. The jury had taken a most merciful view of the case. His opinion certainly would have been that he should have either found him guilty of murder or have acquitted him, but it was the verdict of the jury, and he should, therefore, sentence Jose to be transported for life, and Matthews and George to twelve mouths' imprisonment. Every one was struck with the gross absurdity of the verdict ; for, if thy believed the girl, a more horrible murder cannot be cunceivel ; if they did not believe her the man was entitled to an acquittal. It was evidently a compromise. BIRKENTIVAD POL CE-CouaT.—Yesterday, Mr. Jackson preadEd in this court, and disposed of the ordinary business, whisk chi, fly consisted of assault cases of a minor descrip tion, to which no public interest was attached. MASTERS AND OPERATIVES CcoMMITTEE.-00. Saturday nyriing was iss•led the report of the select committee ep• pointed to enquire into the exp diency of establishing equit able tribunals for the adjustment of differences between masters apd operatives. The committee have examined a great number of witnesses of different positions in life, all of whom expressed themselves favourable to the establishment of B. ards of Arbitration, but theydiffered as to the consti tution of the roposed boards, and still more so as to Heir jurisdiction. ,Havinglinted one that the (x.isting Law of Arbitration between masters and workolqi as established by the 6th Geo. IV., c. 96, is neirly inopOitike, the report goes.on to say that to obviate the objections taken to the machinery and working of that act, it had b?on proposed to establ'sh 'in 'the N.rar s InaliuNcturinT districts c"pr coaciii ,rion similar to the "C which exist in France. Same of the o r . _ nr.pood that these courts should h ave a i nure ex _ Ipcili i tended jurisdiction than those of FranceOrthat'reeognijed by the arbitration acts of England, while other; had ex preFsed a.desire that they should also have po wer to regUlate the rate of. wages. On the other hand, the e m ployer 3 examined hefore the committee had diff,,rea in opinim as to the propriety of establishing such tribunals at all; some thought that they would prodttee more evil than good ; others were strongly favourable to their establishment. " On the whole," the report slys :—" Your committee Cannot but arrive at the conclusion that the attention of the legislature might with 'advantage be directed to the sub . . j‘Tt of this enquiry, and are of. opinion that the forinatvm of courts of conciliation in the country, more particularly in the -large commercial and manufacturing P d mining dis tlicts, would be beneficial. Your committee would sug gest that such a mnswe might be introduded as an amendment in the present arbitration sct, by a recon struction of that act in the 10th and 13th sections, by ,which means both masters and operatives would be enabled, each from theirAown class Or calling, to appoint referees, an equal number by each party having power to elect a chairman unconnected v, i h either side having a casting vote. &eh a tribunal to be app o inted fr a cirtain period, PIA not for any particular cmirov.rsy." ne committee further suggest that the existing boards of arI)CIT ition such as that established in the Potteries should he liecnipd by the Secretary of State so as to invest them with power to determine existing contracts, and to enforce their decisions, but they believe it would be impossible to give these or any other tribunals any power whatever of forcibly regulatiug the Irate of wages. VIE ACCIDENT AT GOODWOOD. A Sunday cotempqrary gives the folawing interesting account of the contretemps th , t occurred during the race for the apcdwood Stakes on Wednesday last : "Immediately the race was over the weighing-room was besieged by those anxi )us to learn the names 'And fate of the j Ickeys that had fallen, and foremost amongst the en quirers was the Duke of Richmond, who, ever ready to render assistarce on such occasions, despatched his private break and some other vehicles with medical aid to the suf ferers. In the meantime, a great many people bad hastened to the spot, and every attention was shown to the poor fellows, some of whom we regret to state have received such frightful injuries that it is doubtful if they will be able to ride again this year. The catastrophe, which threw ,a gloom orer all, was caused by Chevy Chase, who getting the bet‘or of her feather'—t hat curse of racing— ran op the bank, and rolled over backwards into the middle of the rock, upsetting Jolly Marine a nd Sp ee d t h e Pl oug h , over whom fell Ilun , rerford, Comedy, E nc h an t er , V andal, and Landyfoot. ' The scene of confusion at the moment, as described to us by eye-witnesses, was frightful in the extreme, the seven horses and their maimed jockeys lying on the grow-11 all of a heap.' Fortunately all the liorees instan'ly jumped up and galloped away except Chevy •Chase. whose fore lea was smashed as if by a hammer, all the way down from the knee to the hoof. The poor beast sat upon her haunches, moaning fearfully, but was soon put ctrtt of her misery by being shot. Of the unfortunate jockeys Steggies and Ashmall were the first to come to, and though the latter was suffering from a broken collar-bone, he pro ceeded with Steggles to the assistance of the others. l'ar rholemew lay on his face, apparently dead, aed Salter partly upon poor Ban's shoulder, in a state of insensibility ; bat Ashmall and St eggles succeeded in turning them ever on their backs, and then . went to little Ilearnden and Mundy, the former of whom was lying under the bank, Mundy, in addition to his cellar bone, having his thigh broken in two places! Cresswell received severe centusions on his legs and arm, but Hall eseeped with a shaking only, and both speedily recovered. Upo-i the arrival of medical assistance Bartholomew was placed in the break, Aibmall and Salter in one fly, and itlnndy in another, and dispatched to the Royal Sussex Infirmary at Chichester Hall returned to the stand in a vehicle, and Creswell and Steggles on horse back, whilst lit'le Heernden, looking the picture of death, was placed across Tom Taylor's lip, and conveyed on his pony to the Stand, where he was instantly attended by Dr. Greaterex and Dr. Maudsley of Hanover-square, who, after applying restoratives, recommended his being sent to the Infirmary at Chichester, whither he was subsequently re moved. Cresswell (though suffering a good deal), Hall, and Steeglee, were able, it will be seen, to ride in the Steward's Cup an hour afterwards. The greatest anxiety was felt and expressed on all sides for Bartholomew, w h ose case, it was feared, might prove fatal, owing to his not having spoken or moved up to the moment of his removal. . Poor Munday, th oug h su ff er in g the mo s t excruciatiog agony, bore tip manfully under the cir cumstances, as did Ashmell, whose easuality was of less impoleance. Much Sympathy was expressed on all sides for the unfe.tnn ate suff-rers, and a delay of upwards of an hour O was resumed. It was at first g , racing of the ho rses th a t f e ll h a d me t i C T) Cll p r n r s e e t b d thefaotre two the or t with broken legs nr backs, but fortunately the.e fears turned out unfounded, Chevy Chase alone meeting with that fatality, though it is not unlikely that one or two of them may have received sufficient injury to prevent their re-appearance on the turf for some time to come. Barnn Rethschild's two, we believe, ran loose after the others in the race, hut Enchanter, Speed the Plough, Jolly Marine, and Vandal . jumped the post and rails at the side of the course, and the three letter commeneed fighting in the wood close by. Speed the Plough and Vandal got Jolly Marine down, and attacked -him most furionsly, until a gipsy boy with great courage and presence of mind seized the former by the bridle and separated them, whereupon the old hors , galloped off to a 'pond and indulged in a cold bath, in t`e enjoyment of which he was captured. Vandal had a large piece of flesh torn off his shoulder, and the Jolly Marine, in addition to his bridle being bent and torn, received a similar injury, besides a doe wound in the hip, which had the appearance of being inflicted with a knife or some sharp irstrament. Eleltenter, who is a very savage brute, fortu net, lv did not j in in Ihe melee, but tried his hand at syeple.eha and wrs eventually secured at a smal villa e neE4rl37 . lhree mile ( fr." THE %In: APPARENT TO THF: THRONE OF OUDE. Highness Miorza Wallee Hyde Baharloor, kir appar, - nt to the throne of Oude;- his Highness Murza. Secandra Hush. mal Baliad , or, brother to his Majesty the King of Oude, with her Majesty Juab Allien, the Queen Dowager of Oude, and a suite consisting of 100 attendants, are expected at Southampton by the Euxine, on the sth inst. The.collector of Customs has received instructions from the Board of Customs in London to afford every facility in passing their luggige. " • • SNAPE,--The indictment against Mr. Swipe for manslatigter, in olusinr , the death of a patient at the Surrey Lunatic A s yl um b y the treatment of the shower bath, and the administ ra ti o n of tartar of anVmony afterwards, w i ll b e pre fermi at the Central Criminal Court on Monday week, and the trial will take place befare the judges on the 20th inst. Sir F. Thesiger, Q.C., and Mr. Bodkin are retained for the prosecution ; and Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine for the defence. - The Commissioners of Lunacy are the prosecutors. THE EATR NATIONAL LAND COMPA-:Y. —A cause, en titled " Wearing and Pinnock v. Lee," will come on, by order of Mr. Justice Crowder, at the next London Novem ber sittings, connected with Mr. Feargus o'Conner's grand Chartist, lona scheme. The plaintiffs sue Mr. Lee for several thousand pounds; and tv., who was the active agent and solicitor to the Minster Lovell estates in Oxford. shire, pleads a "set off" of "never indebted.." Eminent counsel have been retained on both 'sides. The cause was to have been tried at the last Oxford Assizes, but was changed from there to Gloucester, and finally to London on the affidavit to show cause of Mr. Lee, the defendant. TRADE REPORT.—MoNDAr unaroos; Corm! —There has been a ,tt 4 :al demand to-dal:and, with an amble supply, prices are firmly maintained. The sales —incind. Ing 1411 Pernambucos 6i i to 7 1. 2to Lialtias 6 7-161. 39 / Egyptians 611 to 91, 1,503 Saws 4id to 4i i—are reported 10,0t0 bales, of Which 3,09 i are on speculation and t , ,r ex:tort. suoArt.—A little more bo Iness has been cl^ne at about Trefoil!! rates. the saes, inclu iinK Srurri, y , 4 transactions. comprising 110 hhds Herbadoes at 451 6d to 49a 6d, 80 hhds Jamaira at 45a to 478. sma'l parcel of Antigua, chiefly in barrels, at 46e 3d to 483 6d, and 1,060 mats Mau hats at 46a, per cwt. Etym.-40 none BarbAdoes, 32 per cent overproof, have realised 2s 6d per proof gallon. COFFKX.--22 bags , St. Dominvo, are reported at 5 . 38 per cwt. Rim—The Beng - 4 - (1,500 bags) offered by auction this morning was all withdrawn; but by private, 2 VOO bags old Larong are re ported at 8s 91. 1,000 bags new Necransie at lOs 3d, and 900 bag* Benga', at 9s 61 tor Ballam, to 12s 3d, per cwt. I.oowoon.—At auction, 70 tons St. Domingo, part all faults, sold at .e 5 2s 6d to 4'5 55. „. _ _ FUSTIO.-70 tons, Ceara, sold at .4'5 7s 61 per ton. LiNSICED.--We have also to report LW.) bags Bombay, at 64s per quarter. SCOTCH Pro laoN.—Our market for warrants closes at 72s 9d. cash, and 73s 6d, three months, open. No business reported. CATTLn.—There was a lair average supply of stock to - day, both of beasts and sheen, and have ,o report a very languid market, prin. nip illy caused by the extreme hot weather, and the consequent losses sustained by the retail bu chers. The reduction on sheep was run t 3s to 4s a-heal, 60 per lb being the general top figure. Beet was also sol , l at Ipss money, 60 bzing the extreme rate. Inferior de• scriptions quite neglected. LONDON. The following sales are advertised for to•morrow:—Sugar': 300 hh is Barbadoes, 8 200 buss Mluritius, 3,010 bags Bengal, and 1,200 bags Madras. Coffee : 150 casks Plantation and 50J bags Native C4lon. Saltpetre 300 bags. Rice: 3,600 bags; and 2,000 bags Bassein pepper. 1,000 bags Sumatra. 0,,r private contract markets have been quiet but firm since Friday. In sugar and coffee Pcareely anything done. R CE. —A limited business done, chiefly in Arracan, Rum is without alteration. COTTON.—About 400 bales sold,. _ _ _ _'eal, pale, , 47 103 to £4B; yellow, '47; brown, ae46 5s sperm, £lO5 to "106 ; cod, .647 , South Sea, pale, £46 to £47; olive, Galli;,alf, £54 to £55; Spanish and Sicily, £52 to £53; cocoa nut, 42s to 46►; pilm, 36, to 435; linseed, 37s to 38s; rape, pale, to aE 55 ; brown, £6l —,.ow.—The market is quiet, with but little doing. The follow ing are thP current quotations : Fawn tallow SIB 6d nett cash; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot 51s to 51s 61; Angust and September. f.O 6d to 50s 9d ; October and December, 49. gd to so's; PARTICULARS OF TALLOW I 1854. I 1855. I 185.•; TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY. LATEST BETTING• BRIGHT( STAR RS 2 to 1 agst C entina (.reding)—taken DEM 3 'I, 1857. 25 to 1 ag.t Ackworth—takenj Tam O'Shanter—taken RIPON RACES -YESTERDA.I TRIAL STAXRS. ...... 1 I Coudenny TWO-YEAR OLD STARES. Saunterer Ten ran 9 ..,,.. 1 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE LIVEIII .I 3OL, AUGUST 5. Hiau I.VATN R--Morn ~1 49—Even. 2 6—Height, 15 ft. 4 in.l OFF THE PORT AND INWARD BOUND. Bradshaw, Matoaka, Fara, and Eastern Queen ARRIVED. Ativ.ust 4.—Victoria, Stony, from Ulverstone—Pelican, Snow, Bellmullet—Gannet (s.s.), Donnal, Rotterdam—Beanty, Edwards. Halifax —E .st Indian, Lecraw, New Orleans—Rachel, Crosbie, St. John, N.B. SAILED. An.enst 3.—Emma, Freeman, for Sinope—Elleter, Evelyn. St. Petersburg —Ornen, Miller, Orcl;ack—Addison Gilbert, Payne, New Yo sir. Auguit 4.—Benco len, Scoßey, for Bombay—Eleanor Thompson, lornn, Vera Cruz—Lilhes, Bell, Callao—Herculean: Kroll, St. Thomas. Bell, Hong Kong—Marion, OUTDO TS. August 2.—Arrived Off—Favourite, from Antwerp for Falmouth, August 1. —Arrived—St. Filomena, Rubin, from Syria —HAtfeld, Asmu-sen, Ancona. Arrived Off—Alfred Herman, Block, from Galata—Johaneas, Voogt, Thrall. Queenstown, August I.—A rrived—Q re^n, M ntz, from Trieste— Mercurius, Buckholly, Rio Gran:'e —Ocean, Dood, Mauritius—Anna Rox , ,y, Cargill, Constantinople—Danebrog, Morganson, Gears — Active„ Power, Gaspe—liallinacurra Lass, Eastway, Riga—Pandora, I brail. MARITIME EXTRACT. The woo4man, hence at Maranhao, alter being ashore, and throwing part of cargo overboard. FOREIGN PORTS. Tigre sziled from Mang;:nill•► for Liverpool, June 29. Glencairn, Bulford, hence at 'Montreal. Helen, and California—both henc,: at Quebec. i BIRTHS On the 30th a:t., the wife of Ur. J. Hughes, of 317rtle-street, of s son. On the 31st ult., at Manchester, the wife of Edward Lund, Esq., of a Gughter. MARRIAGES. On the 29th ult.. nt St. Mary's Church, Wavertree, the Rev. Sam. Fenton. ALA., Christ Church. Oxford, and incumbent of St. Mary's, Wavertr,e, to Catherine Elizabeth, widow of the late Thos. Hayes, Esq., surgeon, of Liverpo , l. Un th 3lst ult., at 'he Parish Church, Cl , fton, Russell, son of the lt,v. H. 'r. tr Day, LLD., vicar of Melesham, to Mary Isabella, daughter of the late 'f. J. Kuowlys, Esq„ of Heysham Tower, Lancashire. t'n the alst ult., at Abbots Leigh, by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Hoi. and Bev James W. Laseellva, fourth son of the Earl of ffarew •od, to Emma Clara, third daughter of William Miles. Efq., M.P., of Leigh Court, Som.rse shire. DEATHS. On the 2gth ult., Mr. R. M. Holden, formerly printer and stationer, of Bolton. _ . On the Slat ult.. at Horsend n House, Ruck., T. 0. Andtrden, Etq , Q C.. and Bencher of Lincoln's inn, ages 70. on the 1.4 inst., Elizab. , th, eldest daughter of the late It. WiLion. Esq., of 105. Shaw-street, Liverpool. On th, 2nd inst., at Tarporley, Air. Robert Thomas, Old Ropery, aged 26. On the 3rd inst.. Vizs, daughter of the late M. T. Tobias, Esq .11. GI cat George's-square. Cr? Births, Marriages, and Pettits, are nnly ingerted when sent to our Offica duly authenticated. , • SU;PFCTED ‘IURDER.—ATI invest has, on Saturday. b een held at the Fountain Hotel, Sheernes s . before Mr. Hill, the countyhowcoserorizathr,eteentmhes to have taken bodyofaynung man, aged a b out 23, place udder vet sus picious circumstances. It was proved th a t d ecease d had en Wi , daesdd) list arrived here by the London steam packet. tie hired-a waterman to row him about the river for an hour in the afternoon, and for a similar time in the evening. Deceased then preceeded for a walk along Queenborough wall, and was not seen alive afterwards. Deceased's hat (which was nearly new) vas found between half-past nine and ten o'clock that night under gieensborough-wal4 immediately opposite to where tho hldy was afterwards found. When deceased's body was first found two large rough stones, which bad no doubt b-ten taken from the sea-facing of the wall were lying on the upper side of the body. T wo w i tnesses state that on g etting him out th stones fell off. Th e co r oner inirnediatety orde red on e of the con s t a bl es t o procee d to t h e APet . ,with the t w o men who first found the body to search for the stones. The collate. ble and the men soon 'after 'returned with a number of the : body had be en t a k en , Th y large stones, all of whioh:,wio6 ,:found lying immediately under the water whence hundred weight. F ur th er ev id enc e , s uigtes an adjournment, stones exceeded,. ,one , led the jury to to give the constables ,:appnrtunity to mak e every enquiry. Deceased informed the man who had been rowing him about the harbour that he was in the service of a judge,. and blid left his place unknown to his employer. He stated that , the sea air had done him a great deal of go od, and on his /.leaving him to proceed along Queenborough - wall, he en gaged him to t a k e hi m out in his boat the following day. no appeared an intelligent y oung man. He was at the time saber. He drank nothing but ginger beer, and appeared in very good spirits. If publicity were given to th se circumstanc es , the coroner and jury were of opinion it might l ea d t o th© identity of the unfortunate man who has apparently, in some brutal manner, been suddenly • launched into eternity.