The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-14 00:00:00

fniptrial pzieltatitfift._ isoRDSXMaI3A HOpjEco-",),L MSENT. The royal assent was given by commission to the Exche chequer Bills Bill; the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, the Ad ministration of Justice (Court of Chancery) Bill, the Infant Felons Bill, the Population (Ireland) Bill, the Stock in Trade Rating Bill, the Railways Bill, the Austrian Treaties Bill, the Postage Bill, the Non-parochial Registers Bill, the Mu• nicipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill, the Borough Rates Bill, the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Bill, the Population Bill, the Midland Counties Railway Bill, and other bills. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and the Earl of Clarendon. Upon _the motion of Viicount DUNCASNON, the Coal Du ties Bill was read a second time, and was committed, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The .Consolidated Fund Bill was read a third time and passed, upon the motion of the same noble viscount. LICENSE OF COUNSEL The Bishop of LoNDON presented a petition of the inhabi tants of London, including some members of the bar, praying for some alteration in the law which enabled prisoners' coun sel to address the jury on their trial on their behalf. He begged to be understood to disclaim any intention to throw any imputation upon any individual member of the bar; but he begged to say, that he thought that there were some por tions of the Scripture which forbade persons exerting them selves to prove a man innocent, when he had confessed him self guilty. The occurrence of a late melancholy case tended to confirm his belief in the opinion expressed by the petition ers as to a change in the law. Lord BROUGHAM was at some loss to understand the grounds upon which the petitioners rested their prayer. It was a privilege upon which the elucidation of truth, the pre vention of injustice, depended ; and the life, liberties, and property of the subject were not worth an hour's purchase if the freest scope, he would say more, if the most unrestrained license, was not given to the bar. The Bishop of LONDON said the noble and learned lord had admirably demolished the phantom of his own creation, for he had said nothing which called for the observations of the noble lord. In the Loan Societies Bill and Joint Stock Companies Bill, for which conferences between the two houses took place, their lordships abandoned their amendments. Their lordships then proceeded to give judgment in two appeal cases ; after which they adjourned at a quarter before eight. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY Mr. Fortescue, the new member for Louth, took the oaths and his seat. The hon. member was introduced by Viscount Morpeth and Mr. M. O'Ferrall. Sir C. GEEY gave notice, that in the next session he would *love for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Municipal Cor porations Act. The house was summoned by the Usher of the Black Rod (Sir A. Clifford) to attend in the other house, to hear the royal missixt_gin.ll bY.C9,Milgt9W?Aetraiil s ession he would move for leave to bring in a bill to regulate factories in Ire land ; also for leave to bring in a bill for the drainage of lands in Ireland. NSW WRIT On the motion of Mr. E. J. STANLEY, a new writ was di rected to issue for the election of a burge.,s for Clonmel, in the room of Mr. Pigot, who had accepted the office of At torney-General for Ireland. LOAN SOCIETIES BILL. Mr. F. MAULS moved, that this house agree to the lords' amendments made in this bill. Mr. HAWES moved, that the clause which prevented the transactions of loan societies from being carried on at public houses be expunged. Mr. WAKLEY seconded the amendment. Mr. F. MAULS said, that he by no means approved of the clause ; but he feared if the clause were now expunged, the bill would be lost for the present session. lf the clause could be struck cut without risking the loss of the bill altogether, he should vote for its expunction. After a short discussion the house divided, when the num bers were.—For the clause, 14 ; against it, 40; majority against the clause, 26.—The clause was struck out, and the other amendments were agreed to. JOINT-STOCK BANKING COMPANIES BILL The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the amendments of the lords i❑ this bill be disagreed with. By those amendments every shareholder of such companies was rendered liable to be taken in execution after judgment ob tained against the public officer of the company, without notice. Against the liability of bond fide shareholders he did not object, though they ought not to be liable to execu tion without notice ; but there were cases of disputed share holders, and he thought that parties so situated ought first to have the opinion of a court of law upon their liability. Another amendment of the lords to which he objected, ex tended this liability to all who had ever at any time been shareholders; whereas, under the existing law, the liability was confined to those who had been three years shareholders. These amendments were so inconvenient, that, while he ad mitted there must be some alteration in the existing law, as regarded liability, he thought it better at once to move that they be disagreed with. The motion was agreed to, and a committee was appointed , to draw up reasons, and, demand a conference with the lords. ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES AND REVENUES BILL. Messengers from the lords communicated to the house that their lordships had agreed to the commons' amend ments in their lordships' amendments to this bill. LOAN SOCIETIES BILL - JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES BILL. Messengers from the lords, subsequently, informed the house that their lordships did not insist upon their amend ments on these several bills. The house then adjourned at seven o'clock HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. This day havirg been appointed for the prorogation of the Imperial Parliament, the vicinity of the two houses exhibited a very animated scene from a little after eleven o'clock, at which hour the line of equipages through Charing-cross, Whitehall, and Parliament -street, was seen to progress to wards the House of Lords. The doors leading to the gal leries and to the body of the House of Peers were thrown open at twelve o'clock, soon after which hour the peeresses and other ladies of distinction began to arrive. The appear ance of the interior of the house was unusually good, from the fact of the chandeliers having been removed, as well as the cross benches, the Usher of the Black Rod's box, and the draperies at the extreme end, next to the doors which form the usual entrance for peers. The throne on this occasion was raised on a platform, which was covered with a splendid carpeting, similar to that used at her Majesty coronation, and it extended nearly the whole width of that part of the house. The carpet was of a very rich claret colour, suberbly embroidered with the Norman rose. The top of the canopy of the throne, and the footstool, had been most elaborately re-gilt. To the left of the throne, and at a lower elevation, was placed a beautiful chair of state, richly carved and gilt, for Prince Albert ; and on the floor, to the right of the throne, were also placed two very elegant chairs for their Mujcsties the King and the Queen of the Belgians. The places allotted for members of the corps diplomatiqu• were railed off behind the bishops' bench, and the limited space thus allotted was crowded to the extreme. Up to a little after one o'clock the attendance of peeresses and other ladies in the body of the house was small, but within half an hour the numbers had increased rapidly ; and prior to her Majesty's arrival we reckoned about 300 ladies present. The attend ance of peers on this occasion, as well as of peeresses, &c., was larger than we remember to have seen on any former occasion; a fact which might readily be accounted for, inas much as their Majesties the King and the Queen of the Bel gians, Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent, were expected to attend to witness this interesting ceremony. Amongst the b amities of the haul ton who were present, we observed the Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Viscountess Palmerston and her daughter, Miss Cowper, the Hon. Mrs. Norton, Prin cess Lieven, &c. Amongst the peers present were the Earl of Falmouth, Lord Seaton, Lord Keane, Lord Brougham, Lord Portman, the Marquis of Normanby, Viscount Duncannon, the Mar quis of Clanricarde, Lord Hawarden, Lord Lilford, Lord Strafford, the Earl of Eldon, the Marquis of Lansdowne, his Grace the Duke of Norfolk (hereditary Earl Marshal of England), the Duke of Beaufort. Lord Calthorp, the Earl of - Clarendon, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lords Fingall and Redesdale, Viscount Melbourne, Earl Willonghby d'Eresby (the lord great chamberlain). the Earls of Cardigan, Minto (first lord of the Admiralty), Charlevilll, Scarborough, Al. bemarle (master of the horse) ; the Bishops of London, Ely, and Lichfield ; Mr. Justice Bosanquet, &c. About 20 minutes past one o'clock the Lord Chancellor entered the house and took his seat upon the woolsack ; when Viscount DUNCANNON moved the third reading of the coal duties bill, which bill was accordingly read a third time and passed. . _ Amongst the forei7n ministers we observed the Russian, Turkish, Dutch, Swedish, Austrian, Bavarian, and Prussian, the chargé d'affaires of the King of Naples, &c. These dis tinguished personages presented a very gorgeous appearance, from the display of a variety of orders richly jewelled. At about a quarter to two her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent appeared. preceded by the Lord Chamberlain, and attendee. by a lady in waiting. On l.er entrance, all the peers, peeresses, &c., rose simultaneously to receive her. tier royal highness took her seat immediately in front of the throne on the woolsack, her face looking to the throne. Her royal highness wore a splendid dress of white satin, richly embroidered with gold. _ -The King and Queen of the Belgians next arrived, pre ceded by the Lord Great Chamberlain, and their Maj es ti es' hiving bowed to the peeresses, &c., who all stood up o n their entering the house, took their seats on the chairs which had been allotted to them on the floor of the house to the right of the throne. His Majesty wore the full uniform of an English field marshal, and looked extremely well. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians was attired in a rich dress of white watered silk, with a profusion of diamonds, which harmonised with her Majesty's very delicate complexion and figure. -- His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived soon after their Majesties, and shook hands with them and with the. Duchess of Kent. At ten minutes past two o'clock the first fire of a salvo of artillery announced her Majesty's arrival at the portal of the house and this was accompanied with the sound of the trum pets, A few minutes only elapsed when her Majesty en tered the house, preceded in the usual manner by the heralds and pursuivants, the Duke of Norfolk (earl marshal), the Earl of Albemarle (master of the horse), the Earl of Claren don (lord privy seal), th e L or d Chance llor , Lorct Willoughby d'Eresby (lord great chamb er l a i n ) , the Earl of Shaftesbury, bearing the cap of maintenance, Viscount Melbourne, bear ing the sword of state ; an officer, earrying the crown on a cushion, &c. His Royal Highness Prince Albert led her Majesty to the steps of the throne, and took his seat in the state chair which had been prepared for him. His royal highness was dressed in the uniform of a field marshal, and wore the riband, &c. of the order of the Gart e r. Her Majesty, we are happy to say, looked extremely well, and was attired in a gorgeous robe of white satin, richly trim med With lace, with a gold cord and massive tassels in front, with a stomacher, ear-rings, necklace, and tiara of brilliants. Sir Augustus Clifford having been desired to summon the House of Commons to attend her Majesty. the SPEAKER, in his state robes, attended by a numerous body of members, shortly afterwards appeared at the bar. The right hon. gen tleman then addressed her Majesty as follows : " Moat Gracious Sovereign, " We, your Majesty's faithful Commons of Great Britain and Ireland, att en d y our M a j es t y w ith the bill which closes the supplies for the present year. In granting the supplies to your Majesty, we have shown our determination to sup port the public credit and maintain the national honour ; and although it has been our painful duty to impose addi tional burdens on the public, we have endeavoured to in crease the available revenue of the country by such measures Of taxation as will produce the least possible derange ment of our commerce and industry. At the commence ment of the present session, your Majesty was graciously pleased to recommend to our attention the state of the affairs of Canada, the state of the municipal corporations of Ireland, and the report of the ecclesiastical commissioners withxeference to the established church. We have applied ourselves with unremitting vigilance to the consideration of these important subjects. We have enabled your , Majesty to re-unite the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and it has been our anxious desire so to p rov id e f or the constitu tional governmenf of the colony as to insure its permanent tranquillity, and by giving every facility to the full develop ment of its resources to lay the foundation of its future pros perity, so as to render it a source of greatness to the empire. The municipal corporations of Ireland have been long since ascertained te_inconister.t with the present state of society, and.iligatlapar the walittbof the Iciqi people. ..go remedy these defects we have remodelled the corporations Orece larger cities and towns—we have enlarged and defined the franchise, and by extending to Ireland the same principles which have been successfully applied to England and Scotland, we trust that we have ensured to the municipal institutions of that part of the United Kingdom the respect and confidence of those for whose advantage they have been established. We have anxiously considered the suggestions of the eccle siastical commissioners, with a view of supplying the want of churches, and of resident clergy, so much felt in various parts of the country. To increase the fund applicable to those objects, we have made most important modifications in the constitution of chanters and cathedral colleges, which, without impairing the efficiency of these valuable institutions, will furnish the means of providing a large class of your Majesty's subjects with the blessings of public worship and sound religious instruction. Various other subjects have pressed on our consideration during the present session, but these three important measures have been brought to com pletion, in pursuance of your Majesty's gracious recommen dation. We anxiously hope, under the blessings of Divine Providence, that they will produce those salutary results which we have ventured to anticipate, and we feel confident that they will be regarded as an additional proof of your Majesty's constant anxiety to advance the constitutional liberties, and promote the religious welfare of your loyal and grateful people. It is now my duty to present to your Majesty a bill to apply a sum out of the consolidated fund for the service of the year 1840, and to appropriate the sup plies granted in the present session of parliament, to which, with all humility, we pray your Majesty's gracious assent." The royal assent was then given in the usual form, by her Majesty, to the consolidated fund bill, with the appropria tion clause, the ecclesiastical duties and revenues bill, the loan societies, the joint stock banking bill, and the coal duties (London) bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR, kneeling on one of the steps of the raised platform, presented the royal speech to her Majesty, who proceeded to read it with that enunciation and intonation, and with that degree of self-possession, which so peculiarly characterise her Majesty's demeanour on all occasions of this nature. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. " My Lords and Gentlemen, " The state of public business enables me to close the session of parliament ; and in releasing you from your at tendance I have to thank you for the care and attention with which you have dischirged your important duties. " I continue to receive from foreign powers assurances of their friendly disposition, and of their anxious desire for the maintenance of peace. " I congratulate you upon the termination of the civil war in Spain. The objects for which the quadruple engagements of 1834 were contracted having been now accomplished, I am in communication with the Queen of Spain, with a view to Spain. " I am happy to inform you that the differences with the government of Naples, the grounds and causes of which have been laid before you, have been put into a train of adjustment by the friendly mediation of the King of the French. " I rejoice also to acquaint you that the government of Portugal has made arrangements for satisfying certain just claims of some of my subjects, and for the payment of a sum due to this country under the stipulations of the convention of 1827. " I am engaged, in concert with the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, and the Sultan, in measures intended to effect the permanent pacification of the Levant, to maintain the integrity and independence of the Ottoman Empire, and thereby to afford additional secu rity for the peace of Europe. " The violent injuries inflicted upon some of my subjects by the officers of the Emperor of China, and the indignities offered to an agent of my crown, have compelled me to send to the coast of China a naval and military force, for the purpose of demanding reparation and redress. " I have gladly given my assent to the act for the regula tion of municipal corporations in Ireland. " I trust that the law which you have framed for further carrying into effect the reports of the ecclesiastical commis sioners will hare the beneficial effect of increasing the effi ciency of the Established Church, and of better providing for the religious instruction of my people. " I have observed with much satisfaction the result of your deliberations on the subject of Canada. It will be my duty to execute the measures which you have adopted, in such a manner as, without impairing the executive authority, may satisfy the just wishes of my subjects, and provide for the permanent welfare and security of my North American provinces. " The legislative bodies of Jamaica have applied them selves to the preparation of laws rendered necessary or ex pedient by the altered state of society. Some of these laws require revision and amendment, but I have every reason to expect cordial assistance from the Assembly of Jamaica in the salutary work of improving the condition and elevating the character of the inhabitants of that colony. The conduct of the emancipated negroes throughout the West Indies has been remarkable for tranquil obedience to the law, and a peaceable demeanour in all the relations of social life. " Gentemen of the House of Coninzons, " I thank you for the supplies which you have granted fur the service of the year. "I lament that it should have been necessary to impose ad ditional burdens upon my people, but I trust that the means which you have adopted for the purpose of meeting the exi gencies of the public service are calculated to press with as little severity as possible upon all classes of the community. " My Lords and Gentlemen, " In returning to your respective counties, you will resume those duties which you perform so much to the public benefit and advantage. It is my anxious desire to maintain► tran quility at home and peace abroad. To these objects, so es- Fential to the interests of this cvntry and to the general welfare of mankind, my efforts Al be sincerely and unre mittingly directed ; and, feeling assured of your co-operation and support, I humbly rely upon the superintending care arid continued protection of Divine Providence." The LORD CHANCELLOR then said, it is her Majesty's will and pleasure that this parliament be prorogued to Thursday, the Bth of October. to be then here holden. The royal procession then quitted the house in the same order in which it had entered, the King and Queen of the Belgians (who did not leave until a few minutes had elapsed from the departure of her Majesty) bowing most graciously on retiring to the company around them. The whole scene was one of very gorgeous display, and of peculiar interest ; and the number of peeresses, &c. present could not, we are assured, be less than three hundred. HOUSE_OF COMMONS.—Tur.sruy The Speaker took the chair at a quarter before two o'clock Mr. H AWES presented a petition from certain parties, complaining of the license allowed to counsel in the manage ment of criminal causes, and praying that protection might be extended to those who had to give evidence on such trials. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed that the allegations in the petition formed more of an attack on the privileges of the public than of the bar. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. Mr. FRESHFIELD presented It report of the committee on public petitions. Mr..EWA RT gave notice that he should take an early opportunity, next session, to move certain resolutions for the better regulation of private business, and of private bill committees. Mr. J. STEWART presented a petition from Cumberland, praying that, next session, a bill might be introduced for the amendment of the law relating to the enfranchisement of copyholds. Mr EWART asked the right hon. gentleman (the Presi dent of the Board of Trade) whether it was intended by the government to introduce any measure respecting the law of principal and factor ? The subject was very important, and he trusted that some steps would be taken upon it. Mr. LABOUCHERE answered that he was quite aware of the importance of the subject, and that some measure was daily becoming more and more necessary, in order to place the law on a more satisfactory footing. His noble friend (Lord Clarendon) in the other house had introduced a bill on the subject; but he had received no encouragement in it, and had not persevered. He hoped, however, that next session a measure on the subject would be again brought forward. SUGAR. DUTIES Mr. HAWES said, that the question of the existing sugar duties was one of great weight; he trusted that something would be done during the recess, in order to facilitate the introduction of this article upon fair duties. There was . a strong feeling in the public mi n d u p on th e su bj ec t , and .it would be necessary that so me s t e p s s h on ld b e a d opte d on it. He moved for copies of any memorials presented to the Board of trade on the present operation of the sugar duties. Mr. LABOUCHERE stated that he had not placed his defence of the present system of sugar duties upon financial or com mercial grounds. He was quite aware of their oppressive nature ; and he should not oppose the return for which the hon. member had moved. The return was then understood to be ordered. PROROGATION. Sir Augustus Clifford, the usher of the black rod, appeared at the bar at a quarter past two, and summoned the house in these words :—" Mr. Speaker. The Queen demands the immediate attendance of this house in the House of Peers." The Speaker, attended by the members present, then went to the Lords. - On their return, The SPEAKER read the sneech, and the house then sepa rated at a quarter to three o'clock. STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER. — The improved feeling manifested last week was fully maintained yesterday, and thedetnannudboetrh for goods and yarn was decidedly better than for some weeks small l ee a k ds s previously. In some few articles, especially in low numbers of throstle-yarn, and in 27- inch printing lot 'ranee was realised ; though , generally speaking, business was done at the full rates of last week. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, AUG. 10. There has been an improved demand for flannels to-day, a n d more buyers in the market ; but no higher prices have been given. There is no change in the wool market, and the last week's prices have been fully maintained. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, AUG. 11th.—This market pre sented an aspect pretty nearly as animated as the one last week; there being many buyers, and large sales effected, in nearly all descriptions of goods for which it is celebrated. In heavy woollens, especially, the demand was brisk. Fancy waistcoatings, and other light goods, were also in greater request.. In wools, some heavy sales took place. Prices, may be expectetl too, were a little • tu done during the red articles are ' arid consider able expected. In • and as the stocks of manufac nlont the unusually 1 warehouses large, , a a fair steady business ini improvement rhoayse mbeen t plen tiful, Workorders iL i becoming hni id. _ m m a o n r c e n at e Guardian. ACCIDENT TO THE APOLLO BELV IDEHE .—A l e tt er , d a t e d Florence, July 27, in .--- -- - - ---- - - the Quotidienne, men ti ons an unfortu nate accident which occurred in in the National Gallery there. horseback, by Vandyk, fell from attached,struck d down the celebrated the e p owratlrla to t o ()i* whichC ha Charles sV was. statue of the Apollo Belvidere, a ra f it r t actured the two arms, been appointed the left leg, and right foot. ALM ' to take the best means of reepvaeinriintiggatnhnoosneuenihrgries. e o r passed under . The Gazette of Tuesday Right eUnited that the Queen has been .pleased to direct letters-patent t n o e t the great seal, granting the dignity of a baron Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Hon. Charles Poulett Thomson, governor - general of alh jesty's provinces on the Continent of North America, a'. Ma the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the and , style, and title of Baron Sydenham, of Sydenham, name, in the I county of Kent, and of Toronto, in Canada. THE UNITED STATES By the packet-ship North America, Capt. Lowlier, we have received New York papers to the 20th ult., inclusive. The British Queen steam-ship arrived on the night of the lith. She had encountered very severe and adverse gales through out the voyage out. We subjoin the most interesting ex tracts from the New York papers. (From the Courier and Enquirer of July 18.) There was not a large business done in stocks to-day, and but little alteration in prices. The New York State five per cent. loans of one million of dollar , fr., 'ent of the Erie canal, and of two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars for the Genesee Valley canal, redeemable in 1858, were taken yesterday at 90 per cent., which is about equal to 104 per cent. for six per cent. stock. The purchasers were Mr. Auguste Belmont, the representative of Messrs. Rothschilds) for 550,000 dollars, and the residue by the Mechanics' Bank, bank of the State of New York, and Bank of Commerce, and Messrs. Prime, Ward, and King. In foreign exchanges nothing done, and but little in inland at yesterday's quotations. There is no change in uncurrent money, except in the notes of the Miller's Bank of Clyde, which are again in bad repute, and only purchased at a dis count of 12 to 15 per cent. Southern flour is scarce. Baltimore and Georgetown has been sold in small lots at 5-1 dollars; Genesee is held at 1i dollars; 6900 bushels southern corn have been taken at 55c. measure, and 524 to 53c. by weight, cash. 300 to 400 bales cotton sold at no improvement in price. (From the New York Morning Herald.) COTTON.—In this market but little has been done, and prices have undergone no change. In the southern ports prices are well maintained, and in some cases an advance has been effected. The following is a table of stocks, sales, prices, and remarks at the different ports, for the week pre vious to the date affixed : Stocks. Sales. Prices. Remarks. New York, July 17 21,000 3,300 7 to 104 firm New Orleans, „ 10 79,956 15,300 5/ to 114 „ Mobile, „ 10 71,240 1,200 7 to 9i dec. to lc Augusta, „ 10 4,000 300 6to 9i firm Savannah, „ 10 4,292 1,041 6to 10 „ Charleston, „ 11 7,867 1,773 6.1- to 10 „ TREASURY REPORT.—The treasury department has given notice that the clause of the sub-treasury bill, which autho rises the department to issue receipts for money received in payment for public lands, will go into immediate operation, at the offices of the receivers generally. The secretary has laid before the house a statemeut of the receipts and expenditures of the treasury from Jan. Ist, 1840, to July Ist, 1840, as follows : Expenditures. Customs Lands Miscellaneous Treasury notes Receipts has geelf l paid out ortVe - b — rdance on hand at the commence ment of the year. The probable deficiency arising from the continued sus pension of the banks, decisions on the tariff, and in receipts from lands, is Computed at The treasury-note bill will pay 6,150,000 5,000,000 Balance left Add probable excess of expenditure for Florida war, and new appropriations To be provided for 4,400,000 If no new appropriations are made, de duct Balance 2,900,000 If the new appropriations are reduced to the extent of the balance, or the banks pay what is due from them, there will be no balance to be provided for. THE CurToN CROPS.—The cotton crop in Florida is very forward and promising. The season thus far has been highly favourable. THE COTTON IN MISSISSIPPI.—We are happy to learn that the cotton prospects are grand almost beyond parallel, where the soil has suffered no inundation in Mississippi. Both on high grounds and on river bottoms the growth has been astonishingly rapid ; and if serene dry weather should come on, as expected, great quantities of cotton will be pick ed in Adams county and in the parish of Concordia, opposite side of the river, in the month of July.—Natchez Free Tra der. CROPS IN Onio.—The Columbus State Journal of the 9th inst. says :—" The wheat harvest commenced last weeic in this and the adjoining counties. It promises more than an average yield, and of excellent quality, so far as our in quiries have extended. MAMMOTH SKELETONS.—Mr. Koch has just returned from a three months' tour up the Missouri, procuring mam moth bones and other curiosities fir his museum in this city. He brought with him 20 boxes of mammoth bones exclusively. We have not seen Mr. K. himself, but we understand that he has brought with him two perfect skeletons, one of which is the largest ever found, either in whole or in part. It is said to be 18 feet high, and the circumference of the thigh bone is 42 inches. They were found about 100 miles from Boonville, on a stream called Shoal Creek.—St. Louis Re publican. A BALL IN MOTION.—We were, on Saturday last, favoured with an examination of a patent bullet mould, invented by a gentleman of this city. By its operation, from 100 to 1000 balls can he cast in five minutes; the expedition of the pro cess depending upon the size of the mould, which may be in creased to cast 5000 in the same time, with little or no neck. This will be a valuable improvement for this country, and another feather in the caps of the Baltimore mechanics. — Baltimore Sun. FLORIDA WAR—LAST ATTACK OF THE INDIANS.—A gentleman resident of this city, just arrived from Florida, has furnished us with the following account of a bold attack of the Indians on a steam-boat :—" The steam-boat Irwinton, Captain Brown, from Apalachicola, bound to Columbus, when below the town of Irwinton, and above the military post, was tired into from the shore by Indians. The Irwin ton had 15 passengers, three of whom were ladies—Mr. Brooks and family, Mr. Hamilton, wife and child, for New York, Judge Spang, Mr. Metchner, of Georgia, and others. Capt. Brown having perceived several smokes on the shore, suspected Indians were in the neighbourhood, and advised his passengers to retire to the cabin. They had only done so when a volley was fired, killing the cabin boy, named John Gill, of Pittsburg. The Indians fired from both shores. Some of the bullets passed through the cabin, and the pas sengers threw themselves on the floor and escaped the shots. The pilots also cast themselves upon the deck, and were un hurt. The captain was at this time below crowding the fires. An alarm was now given that the boat was crowded with In dians, and " we are lost." Alongside of the boat was a loaded barge which she was towing up, on which they first got, and then entered the steamer. Eleven of these scoundrels came off in a canoe, three of whom in jumping to the barge capsized the canoe with the other eight, who were passed floating down. Two of the Indians, who got on board the Irwinton were killed by the engineer and mate, who knocked them down with wrenches, and threw them into the wheel where they were torn to pieces. The third, who appeared to be the leader, end who supposed his men were with him, entered the cabin calling loudly to the others to follow him. Most of the pas sengers hid themselves, and the Indian posted himself at the head of the table, apparently waiting a moment for reinforce ment. Mr. P. Hendricks seized a chair, as the only weapon of defence at hand, when the chief threw a chair at him across the table. Mr. Metchner, of Randolph county, Geo., a stout man of about fifty years of age, then clasped the Indian in his arms from behind, and endeavoured to force him out of the cabin, but was not able. At this time the mate came in and stabbed him in the abdomen and threw him in the wheel. Judge Spang continued at the wheel, assisting and encourag ing the pilots during the affair.—New Orleans Bulletin. DEATH FROM SWALLOWING PERCUSSION CAPS.—OR Wednesday last, an interesting child, aged 18 months, daughter of Mr. Robert Hill of this city, swallowed several percussion caps, which she met with at a time when no per. son was present with her. One of them stuck between her teeth, and she came to her mother for relief, pointing with her finger to the cause of her uneasiness ; and thus it was discovered she had been swallowing them. Eight passed her bowels and four were thrown off her stomach ; but she still continued to be exercised by the most excruciating pains, which terminated her existence on Thursday morning. It is said that no blame can attach to any person, as the caps had been in the house shoat two years, had been long unthought of, and were discovered by the child herself, while seeking amusement, as is natural to children of her age.—Baltimore Sun. The following appeared in the second edition of the STANDAILD of Tuesday : MONEY MARKET, JULY 12.—The stock market yesterday presented the usual appearances. Sales of fancy stocks were .large, and p r i ces genera ll y d ec li ne d . North American Trust and Banking Co. fell off 14 per cent., Harlem * per cent. ; the United States Bank improved per cent. There were sales of bills on Baltimore at 24- to 24 per cent. dis coun t, an d on Philadelphia a t 21 t o 2 per cent. discount. In domestic bills generally, there was but little doing. The resignation of the president of one of the banks under the new law, has been currently reported, but not officially announced, owing, it is said, to some difficulty in selecting a suitable successor. The Neu York Morning Herald says, " The Bostonians are getting ready to go into hysterics on the arrival of the steamer Britannia. The city will be crowded. Numerous parties, of both sexes, are coming from Springfield, Port land, Worcester, Salem, Providence, Taunton, New Bed ford, and other places, for the purpose of seeing her. All the hotels and public and private boarding-houses will be filled with strangers, and there will he bustle and business enough in the streets and market-places for the middle of Julv." A letter from Washington, dated July 11th, states that Congress was drawing to a close, and that " each man's speech contains a dose and mixture of gangrene and gall." No business of importance was consequently got through with. The weather was very hot, the thermometer ranging at 95 degrees. The cotton has been injured by the worm in East Missis sippi. The Mississippi had fallen 10 feet at Natches. Advices from Philadelphia, of July 10th, say that the de falcations of Benjamin Smith, of the Pennsylvania Bank, who was missing some weeks previously, amounted to 61,000 dollars. At New York, on the 12th July, the weather was oppres sively sultry. The thermometer stood in the shade at 94 degrees. A dreadful storm took place on the Bth, at the city of Shrewsbury, York County, Pennsylvania, which destroyed many of the houses, unroofed others, and involved " great loss of property and life." Several persons were killed by the falling of the houses, and others so much injured that their lives are despaired of. The full extent of the destruc tion was not known when the accounts left, as it was then dark. The New York steamer Chester collapsed two of her flues with a dreadful explosion on the 10th, when about 20 miles from the city. Two mea were blown into the water and drowned. Four others were badly scalded. The vice-president of the United States, Colonel Jackson, was on a tour through the country, and was everywhere well received. The New York editors were under the impression that the British Queen and the Britannia, Halifax mail, both sailed on the same day, and many were the speculations as to which would beat in the " race across the Atlantic." The New York papers contain long articles on the recent discovery of a new continent in the Southern Ocean, by the American exploring expedition. The Queen has conferred the honour of knighthood upon James John Reid, Esq., chief justice of the United States of the lonian. On Monday morning were married, at St. George's, H a _ nover-square, by the Lord Bishop of Peterborough, the Right Hon. Lord Carrington, to the Hon. Miss Drummond Wil loughby. Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby, the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Lord and Lady Albert Conyngham, Lord Fo rester, Mr. and Mrs. Heathcote, Mr. and Mrs. Villiers, Lord Gardner, &c. were present. The bride was attired in a magnificent dress of Buckinghamshire lace, and the noble pair left town immediately after the ceremony. COURT CIRCULAR.-TUESDAY The Queen held a Court and Privy Council, yesterday af- ternoon, at Buckingham Palace. At the Court the Rev. Dr. Thirlwall, Bishop of St. David's. had an audience of her Majesty in the Royal Court, and did homage on his appointment. The Marquis of Normanby, Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Dean of Hereford, deputy clerk of the closet in waiting, assisted at the ceremony. The Marq'ills of Douglas had an audience of the Queen. The Privy Council was attended by the Lord President, the Lord Chancellor. the Lord Priv} Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the' President of the Board of Control, the Chief Commissio‘ner of the Woods and Forests, the Secre tary at War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. Her Majesty's speech on closing the session of Parliament was arranged and agreed upon at the Cguncil. Some decisions of the Judicial Committee were confirmed. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. the Earl of Lovelace to be Lord Lieutenant of the county of Surrey, his lordship took the customary oaths ap pointed to be taken. Mr. C. Greville was the clerk of the council in waiting. Her Majesty gave audiences to the Lord President, Vis count Melbourne, and Viscount Palmerston. The Court was attended by the Ducheis of Bedford, lady in waiting; the Vice-Chamberlain; Lord Hill, gold stick in waiting ; and Col. Wemyss, equerry in waiting. Viscount Torrington and Gen. the Hon. Sir \V were the lord and groom in waiting Lumley, Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians ho noured the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's Park with a visit yesterday. Their Majesties visited the Duchess of Kent, at Ingestre House, Belgrave-square, and lunched with her royal highness. The Queen afterwards visited the Princess Augustus, at Clarence House. The king of the Belgians paid visits to the Duke of Sussex, at Kensington Palace, and the Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. The Queen had a dinner party last evening. The company consisted of their majesties the king and queen of the Bel gians, their royal highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duch ess of Gloucester, the Duke of Sussex, and the Duke of Cambridge ; the Belgian minister and Madame Van de Weyer ; Baron de Bourqueney, the French charge d'affaires ; the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duchess of Inverness, the Earl of Erroll, Earl of Ux bridge, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess Pal merston, Lady Fanny Cowper, Lord Keane, Lord George Lennox, Madame d' Hogvorst, Count Arschot, M. Van Prcet, Duchess of Bedford, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Spring Rice, Baroness Lehzen, Right Hok. George Stevens Byng, Col. Jones,, Viscount Torring ton, Generol Hon. Sir W. Lumley, Colonel Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie. The band of the royal regiment of horse guards attended . ?ISWe l a la o c r e- p s iqu d s i ra n e r e - eived visits.. vesterday.irnm-the Duke of Sussex paid a visit to her royal highness, on Sunday evening. The following was issued yesterday : " The Princess Augusta continues better. " Clarenee House, Aug. 10." WEDNESDAY The Queen went in state, yesterday, to the House of Peers to close the session of Parliament with a speech from the throne. The state procession was formed, at half-past one o'clock. in the following order :—A carriage drawn by six bays, conveying Sir Frederick Smith, Col. Harris, and Mr. Alfred Montgomery, gentlemen ushers, and Capt. Seymour Sadler, exon in waiting ; a carriage drawn by six bays, con veying Capt. Seymour, groom of the robes, Messrs. Cowell, Chichester, and Wetnyss, pages of honour, and the silver stick ; a carriage drawn by a set of bays, containing the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, comptroller of the household, Gen. the Hon. Sir W. Lumley, G.C.8., groom in waiting, Col. Wemyss, equerry in waiting, and Col. Bouverie, equerry to Prince Albert; a carriage drawn by six bays, conveying Lord Hill, G.C.8., gold stick in waiting, the Earl of Itches ter, captain of the yeoman guard, the Earl of Surrey, trea surer of the household, and Sir Geo. Anson, G.C.8., groom in waiting on Prince Albert; a carriage drawn by six black horses, conveying the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, lady in waiting; the Earl of Erroll, K.T., lord steward, Viscount Torrington, lord in waiting, and Lord George Lennox, gen tleman in waiting on Prince Albert. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left the state rooms at 20 minutes before two o'clock, preceded by the Earl of Ux bridge, lord Chamberlain, and the Earl of Belfast, the vice chamberlain, her Majesty's train being borne by the pages of honour in waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was habited in a field marshal's uniform, and wore the collars of the most noble orier of the Garter, and of the most ho nourable military order of the Bath, with the stars of both orders. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted to the state coach, in which were also the Duchess of Bed ford, lady in waiting, and the Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H., master of the horse. The Queen's marshalmen, two and two ; the Queen's footmen, in state liveries ; and a party of the yeoman guard preceded the state coach. The royal cor tege was escorted by a party of the royal regiment of horse guards. Their Majesties the King and Queen - of the Belgians left the palace, at the same time, for the House of Lords. His Majesty wore the uniform of an English field marshal, with the riband and jewel, and also the star, of the most noble order of the Garter. The crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by Sir William Martins, gentleman usher. Her Majesty and Prince Alllea were received on their re turn to the palace by the Lord Chamberlain and Vice-Cham berlain, and were conducted up the grand staircase. The yeoman of the guard were on duty in the marble-hall, and Mr. Ellerton, clerk of the cheque to the corps, was in attendance. The Queen's guard of the grenadier guards was on duty, with the band of the regiment, on the palace lawn. The foreign ministers came yesterday afternoon to Bucking ham Palace, to have audience of his Majesty. the King of the Belgians. Her Majesty, and the Queen of the Belgians, and Prince Albert, took an airing, yesterday afternoon, in an open car riage and four. The royal dinner party, last evening, included their Ma jesties, the King and Queen of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Belgian minister, and Madame Van De Weyer, the Earl of Erroll, Viscount Mel bourne, the Right Hon. F. Baring, the Right Hon. H, and Mrs. Labouchere, the Right Hon. T. B. Macauley, the Right Hon. George S. Byng, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Lord Geoge Lennox, Madame d'Hoogvorst, Count Arschot and M. Van Proet. The band of the 2nd regiment4if lifeiTuardst*was in attend ance during dinner at the palce. The Queen gave a concert, On Monday evening, at Buck ingham Palace. Among the company were. Baron Bulow, the Prussian minister; Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese minister: the Russian minister and Baroness Brunow ; Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon minister ; the Austrian special minister, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cottenham and Hon. Miss Pepys, the Duchess of Northumberland, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Lady C. Stanhope, Lady A. Somerset, Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Mar quis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Nortnanby, Earl and Countess Albemarle, Earl and Countess of Belfast. Earl of Clarendon, Earl of Minto, Earl and Countess of Surrey, Lady Mary Howard, the ladies Eleanora and Constance Paget, the Countess of Erroll, Lady Isabella Wemyss, Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Viscount Dancannon, Lord and Lady Burghersh, Lord John Russell, Honourable Miss Lister, Lord Hill, Lord and Lady Leveson, Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley, Sir Edward and Lady Cust, Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, Miss Gardiner, Right Hon. F. T. Baring, Right Hon. T. B. Macauley, Hon. General Upton, Colonel and Mrs. Cowper, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. George E. Anson, Hon. W. Cowper, Mr. and Mrs. Labouchere. The Princess Augusta received visits, yesterday, from the Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucester. The Duke of Cambridge visited her royal highness, on Monday evening. The following was issued yesterday :--- " The Princess Augusta has passed an indifferent night, but her royal highness is not worse than yesterday. " Clarence House, August 11." THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Queen of the Belgians, left town at a quarter past four o'clock, yes terday afternoon, in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of lancers, for Windsor Castle. A chariot and four followed, conveying Colonel Wemyss, equerry in waiting, and Colonel Bouverie, equerry to Prince Albert. Two open carriages and four followed, contai n i ng th e D uc h ess o f Bed ford, lady in waiting, Hon. Miss Pitt, and Hon. Miss Spring Rice, maids of honour in waiting, and Viscount Torrington, lord in waiting, and the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, comptroller of the household, General the Hon. Sir W. Lumley, groom in waiting, and Lord George Lennox, gen tleman in waiting on Prince Albert. Her Majesty ;as conducted to her carriage by the Earl of Albemarle, master of the horse, and the Earl of Belfast, vice chamberlain. The royal standard was lowered fiom the marble arch on her Majesty's departure. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen of the Bel gians, yesterday, in Buckingham Palace.' Her Majesty gave audience yesterday to Viscount Mel bourne and Lord Hill. The Duke of Cambridge visited the King of the Belgians yesterday morning, in Buckingham Palace. His Majesty King Leopold, attended hy Mr. Van Proet, left Buckingham Palace at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for his seat at Claremont. The royal dinner party at Windsor Castle, last evening, was expected to include her Majesty, the Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, M. Van de Weyer, the Bel gian minister ; the Earl of Uxbridge and the Ladies Eleanor and Constance Paget, Viscount Palmerston, Lord G. Len nox, right hon. G. S. Byng, Mr. G. E. Anson, Madame d'Hoogvorst, Count Arschot, Duchess of Bedford, Lady C. Dundas, hon. Miss Pitt, han. Miss .Spring Rice, Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Torrington, Gen. Sir W. Lumley, Col. Wernyss, and Col. Bouverie. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady C. Dundas, left Ingestre House, Belgrave-square, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her majesty at Winsdor Castle. The Princess Augusta received visits yesterday, from the King of the Bel g ia ns , th e D u k e o f S ussex , an d the Duchess of Gloucester. The following was issued yesterday : " The Princess Augusta has passed another restless night, and her royal highness is not quite so well to-day. " Clarence House, August 12." Viscount Falkland had an interview with Viscount Mel bourne yesterday, in Downing-street.. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Major Stark, and Mr. F. Lewis, had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home -office. Sir William Nicholay and Lord Falkland had interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Colonial-office. WINDSOR, W EDNESDAY.—This afternoon, at a quarter past six o'clock, her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Queen of the Belgians, arrived at the Castle, under an escort of the Ist Life Guards, commanded by Lord George Paget. _ Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by_LadyC. Dundas, arrived early in the afternoon. • Her Majesty was also accompanied and preceded by the following distinguished visitors and suite, who will form the royal dinner party this evening. The Duchess of Bedford (lady in waiting), the Hon. Misses Pitt and Ansou (maids of honour), Viscount Torrington, Sir William Lumley (lord and groom in waiting) ; Lord George Lennox, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Viscount Melbourne, Hon. Mr. Anson, Hon. Mr. Byng, Mr. Seymour, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel Wemvss, D r . stone', Mons. Van. Pruet, Count D'Arsobet, Madame d'Hoogvoost, Mon. Van de Weyer, and Baroness Lehzen. The King of the Belgians left town for Claremont, and will arrive at the Castle to-morrow (this day). Mr. O'Connell has this month entered his 66th year. A private letter, dated Perpignan, Ist inst., in the Memo rial BordelaiB, says that the late riots at Barcelona were pro ducing their consequences, and that a great number of rich inhabitants of that city, belonging either to the national guard or to the moderate constitutional party, have fled for protec tion to France ; 19 arriyed at the port Vendres the 27th ult. by the steam-boat. Among the strange packages which came by the general post on Tuesday to Stamford was one containing 200 leeches. On emptying the letter-bag the postmaster found to hi: dis may some scores of the reptiles crawling about it ; some had crept into the letters, and others immediately seized upon his hands, and it was with great difficulty that the dismayed official escaped a bleeding; they were all secured after a diligent search.—Maniford Mercury. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER (From the correspondent of the Morning Herald.) BUCKINGHAM, MONDAY NIGHT Yesterday afternoon, shortly after a quarter-past three, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and attended by Earl Howe, lord chamberlain, Earl of Denbigh, master of the. horse, and the Countess of Sheffield, lady in waiting, the Earl of Sheffield, and Ladies Georgians Curzon and Mary Fielding, arrived at Wolverton by the railroad from Gopsall Hall, where her Majesty has been passing a week on a visit to Earl Howe, en route to visit the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, at Stowe. A. special train was engaged on the occasion, and the di rectors of the railway company caused extensive preparations to be made at the above station to facilitate the arrival and departure of her Majesty and suite, so that no inconvenience should be experienced from the concourse of persons assem bled. The Newport Pagnell troop of yeomanry cavalry, under the command of Captain Lucas, was drawn up in a line in front of the carriage way, and after the royal party were ready to start, formed an escort to the queen dowager's carriage. The liveliest interest was excited at Stoney Stratford, and, indeed, along the whole line of the royal route. On gaining the main road from Wolverton to Stoney S.rat ford, a triple arch, formed of the usual materials, evergreens, &c, was erected near the bridge ; but these temporary struc tures of respect and joy were not general until the royal cor tege arrived at the last mentioned town. Just on entering Stoney Stratford there was an immense triumphal arch of oak and evergreens profusely ornamented with flowers and flags. Nearly every house in the High street- and there were but two or three exceptions, was adorned by some external emblem in flowers, laurels, and ribands, and two magnificent arches extending across the street were tastefully arranged with flowers, and ornamented with flags. On the largest, just before the post-office, was a blue and yellow banner, with the words, Long may she live" inscribed in large characters. What with the clamour and applause that greeted the illustrious visiter,,the ringing of the church bells, and the waving of flags and handker chiefs from the upper apartments of the houses, this other wise retired town seemed bewitched. There was nothing worthy of notice until her Majesty and revenue arrived at Daneshanger. A troop of the Buck's yeomanry cavalry, under the command of Captain Brinkwell, was stationed on the green to relieve the Newport Pagnell troop. Two unique arches were erected across the road, the largest one was at the entrance of the Buckingham road, and had a white banner, the border vandyked with blue and pink, with the inscription, "God. save Queen Adelaide, grant her in health and wealth long to live," in letters of gold, and emblazoned with a crown and laurel wreaths in gold.— Several hundred persons had collected at that retired village, and warmly Chemed her Majesty on passing through. The royal cortege then pursued its route to Buckingham. On the road, about two miles and a half from Buckingham, e th r z t e io w il a , s h : t l i p l llcyA . ,! x ri i tAn g i t p a hal , a tt f i c e h z 4 and t M 9t a h i e d r sm e o le ct a o n n t .agautia The mayor and the inhabitants of the town have been un ceasing in their endeavours to give her' Majesty a reception becoming her exalted station, and I must give them credit for their exertions, for the arrangements were conducted on such an extensive scale and with such remarkable good judg ment that they could not fail to have given the greatest pleasure to the illustrious visiter. That there was much thought of the visit of the Queen Dowager you tray easily imagine, when I inform you that no Queen has been in Buckingham since 1582, when Queen Elizabeth, in her way from Kenilworth to Oxford, rested here. The Queen dined there at 12 o'clock, and was received with great pomp by the bailiff and burgesses, who conducted her to the boundary of Oxfordshire. Charles I. was at Buckingham, June 24, 4644, when he had the tidings brought him of the birth of a daughter. his Queen having been confined at Exeter four days before. Prom an early hour in the morning all was bustle and . activity, waggons entering the town from all quarters, bur dened with laurel and oak, and flags were being made out of number. The market-place was crowded by three o'clock ; and the worthy mayor, G. Parrott. Esq., with the members of the corporation, the Rev. Mr. Silvester, Rev. Mr. Oldred, Rev. Mr. Blewett, and the clergy and gentry of the neighbourhood, assembled at the Town-hall. A strong posse of special constables lined the carriage way. 4' would be an irksome task for me to deScribe, even briefly, the decorations of the town. Every house gave evi dence of the loyalty of its occupier, by displaying some ex ternal demonstration. A grand arch was erec t e d out three quarters of a mile from the town, ornamented 'tastefully with flowers and flags, with the welcome of the town inscribed in large letters, " Welcome Queen Adelaide to the town of Buckingham." A short distance from the arch, towards the town, is the workhouse, in the garden of which an elevated platform was erected for the poor inmates. This was a kind action, and reflects honour to the feelings of the board of guardians, for catering to the amusement of the unfortunates who dwell beneath its roof. They had a clean appearance, and seemed contented, and to highly relish the festivity of the day. Immediately beyond the gaol was a row of seats for the children of the national schools, amounting in num ber to about 350. All of them had crimson rosettes. In the centre of the market-place was a superb triple arch, composed of oak and laurels, and otherwise decorated, with the words " God bless Queen Adelaide," in Roman capitals. On each side of the arch was the Buckingham troop of the Bucks yeomanry cavalry, commanded by Captain Carrington and the Marquis of Chandos, who were appointed to conduct her Majesty to Stowe. The Procession, in which there were not less than 800 per sons, all wearing crimson satin rosettes, proceeded at a slow pace until it reached the gaol, where the children of the na tional school were stationed, where they halted while the children Sang the National Anthem. Her Majesty and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar seemed much gratified with the humble efforts of the yougkful vocalists. - The cavalcade then resumed their route amidst the rap turous acclamations of the spectators. Her Majesty re peatedly acknowledged the bursts of welcome that hailed her presence on every side by inclining her head. The crowd was very great, and in the market-place the Duchess of Saxe Weimar evinced some alarm at the cries of several women and children who were in the middle of the mob, but no accident happened that I am aware of. The Buckingham Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, under the command of Captain Carrington and the Marquis of Chan dos, then joined the procession. The Queen and suite then went direct to Stowe, along the road by which that mansion is approached. Before entering the lodge gates a neat arch was formed across the road, as an inscription stated, " A tribute to public and private virtue." In that part of the park, on the left of Crackmore, a beau tiful arch was erected, the green foliage of which was relieved with bouquets of natural and artificial flowers. .On each side the children of the local infant schools were formed in ranks, each child having a small rosette. The villagers of Crack more gave a suitable welcome to her Majesty. The high sheriff of the county (Mr. Deering) had the ho nour of receiving her Majesty, on the royal cortege entering the avenue. I need not observe it was quite a holiday, and some thou sands of individuals from Oxfordshire, and the surrounding counties, came to Buckingham on the occasion, to witness 11;T Majesty's passage. For about a mile and a half the tout ensemble was most magnificent, from the divers flags that floated in the air, and the tasteful exteriors of the houseg, the balconies of which were enclosed with different coloured draperies for the accommodation of spectators. Some time before the arrival of the Queen Dowager all the balconies were filled with elegantly-dressed ladies, and I do not recol lect having seen, during her Majesty's tour, such a galaxy of feminine beauty as was assembled on this joyous occasion. Cast your eyes in whatever direction you pleased, not even the smallest casement was without a party. A respectable member of the corporation said to me, He never saw such an influx of strangers during a residence of 50 years in the town." At five o'clock the mayor and members of the town-coun council, with all their paraphernalia of office, with the clergy in their canonicals, received her Majesty at the triumphal arch, a short distance from the road, attended by Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bart., M.P., and the principal inhabitants of the borough. The cheering of the multitude was, as might be expected, most enthusiastic. The cavalcade then formed, and entered the town. In the rear of the royal cavalcade were the Earl and Coun tess of Jersey, Lady Sarah Villiers, and Lord Adolphus Fitz clarence, who arrived at Stoney Stratford as the royal cortege went through that town. At the Corinthian arch, through which the gardens are entered, was a troop of artillery with their field-pieces ' who, on her Majesty' s arr i va l, sa l ute d h e i w i th a royal salute of 21 guns. The Royal Standard was hoisted on the flag-staff, on the top of the arch, which is 60 feet high, and is of stone. The Queen and retinue then went by a circuitous drive to the north front entrance of the mansion. His Grace the Duke of Buckingham received her Majesty, on alighting from the carriage, at the bottom of the pottico steps, and then conducted her to the north hall, where the Duchess of Buckingham and Lady Ann Grenville were in waiting to receive her august visitor. The'guests invited to meet her Majesty were also assembled in the hall, including his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley, Countess of Bridgewater, Lord de Lisle, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, Hon. Miss Copley, Sir Thomas and Lady Free mantle, Sir William Freemantle, Sir W. and Lady Young, Hon. Miss Murray, Mr. Tatton and Lady Charlotte Egerton, Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, of Ankerwycke, &c. Her Majesty and her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Weimar were then conducted by the noble host and hostess through the splendid saloon to the music -room, which was appropriated solely to her Majesty's use, it afford ing the greatest facility of communication with the state bed-room and other private apartments. Of the saloon and the other attractions of Stowe I intend giving as account in a future letter. WGen her Majesty arrived, the band of the yeomanry corps struck up " God save the' Queen," and the tenantry and villagers, exceeding 300 in number, on the lawn, testified their pleasure by their hearty cheering. STOWE, TUESDAY MORNING. The dinner party last evening, in addition to her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, included the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley ; Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lady Sarah Villiers, Earl Howe, Countess of Bridgewater, Earl, Denbigh, Lord and Lady Ly n dh urst, H on. Miss Copley, Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Lord De Lisle, Lady Mary Fielding, Lady Georgiana Curzon, Viscount Villiers, M.P., Mr. Tatton Egert on , M. P., an d L ady Charlotte Egerton, Lord and Lady Nugent, Sir William Fremantle, Bart., Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bart. M. P., and Lady Fremantle, Sir W. and Lady Young, Mr. Spencer, Hon. Miss Murray, Mr. R. Neville, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Mr. Geor ge D u Pre, M.P., Mr. and M rs . H arcourt. of Ankerwycke, Mr. and Mrs. Grenville Pigott, the High Sheriff of Bucks, Mr. Deering, &c. Covers were laid for 45. The display of plate was most princely, but of that more anon. • At Buckingham there was a grand public dinner at the Cobham Arms, where the worthy mayor presided, and was ably supported by members of the corporation, the officers of the yeoman corps, and the influential inhabitants of the town. It was a sumptuous dinner, the Duke of Bucking ham kindly sending the venison. " The Queen," " The Queen Dowager," " Prince Albert and the members of the Royal Family," " The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos," " The Duke of Wellington." and Prospe rity to the Town of Buckingham," were the staple toasts of the evening. The hilarity of the evening was kept up until after eleven, w h en t h e party separated, after passing a cheer ful evening. E very j ustice was done to the toasts b y the loyal muster, as also the health of the chairman, for his abi lity in the chair. There is to be a grand ball to-morrow night at Stowe, to which upwards of 700 of the nobility and gentry of the county have been invited. A temporary saloon has been erected, at great expense, on the north-east side of the mansion. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager does not intend leaving until Thursday morning, and, from what I hear, it is pro bable her Majesty will not go to Bushey, but to visit the Archbishop of York, at Nuneham, Oxfordshire. The Duke of Buckingham, with a liberality becoming his princely fortune, has given sums varying from £2O to £5 to the surrounding villages, so that the poor may enjoy them selves on occasion of the royal visit to Stowe. (From a Correspondent of the Morning Herald of yesterday.) STOWE, WEDNESDAY MORNING. Yesterday morning her Majesty the Queen Dowager, ac companied by the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, Arch bishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley, Countess of Bridge water, Earl Howe, Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Lord De Lisle, Eaal Denbigh, &c., attended divine service in the pri nate chapel. The Rev. Mr. Andrews, his grace's doresstio chaplain, was the officiating clergyman. The chapel is wainscotted with cedar, and has a gallery of the same hung with crimson velvet. A. portion of the wainscotting was brought out of a Spanish prize by the Earl of Bath to Wm) his chapel at Stowe, near Kilkhampton, in Cornwall. the seat of the Cornish branch of the Grenville family, from whence it was brought by Lord Cobham, who purchased it when the - house was pulled down ; the other portion is from the chapel at Bulstrode, the seat of the late Duke of Portland. The carvings are by Gibbons. The cieling is very good, after the design of that at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. It has a small but good-toned organ, which originally belonged to James 11., and was used at his private chapel, at the camp on Hounslow-heath. It subse quently was purchased by Lord Wharton, for his chapel at Whinchendon, Bucks, and from thence came into the posses sion of the Grenville family. Over the communion-table is a copy of the " Holy Lamb." by Rubens, and above it the royal arms richly carved and gilded. . In the chapel there is a curious antique shrine, composed of groups of figures, representing the Crucifixion. Within the rails of the com munion table haw , a the colours of the first provisional batta lion of militia, which, under the command of the late Duke df Buckingham, volunteered for foreign service, and joined the British army in France, under the Duke (then Marquis) Of Wellington in 1814. In the course of the morninr , the Queen Dowager and her Royal Highness the Duchess of a Saxe Weimar, attended by the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, Marquis of Chandos, Lady Anna Grenville, and accompanied by a party of the r oblemen and ladies partaking of the hospitalities of the noble duke and duchess, went over the mansion. From this splen did chateau being unrivalled from the regularity of its archi tecture r.nd the beauty of the surrounding domains, it may not be out of place to give a short space for a descriptive mention of its manifold attractions. I should say that those tourists who have had the opportunity of going over the house and grounds cannot but exclaim with Pope, that it is a place " Where order in variety we see, And where, thqugh all things differ all agree." The mansion is approached from Buckinghain by a straight road, two miles long, through an avenue of trees, at the end of which is a Corinthian arch, and the house is gained by a circuitous road of three miles. Thy entrance is by the north portico, formed by four lonic columns and two pilasters. On each side is a figure of a lion couchant. -On each side of the portico are two circular corridors, supported on each side by 27 lonic columns and one pilaster. The corridors are adorned with marble busts, and ornamented with niches and pilasters. In front of the mansion is a fine equestrian statue of George 1., in armour, with the following Latin inscription on the pedestal : ' " In medio mihi Caesar erit— Et viridi in campo signum de marmore ponam." COBHAM. After luncheon the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duchess of Buekingham, went over the gardens in a pony chaise. Her Serene Highness the Duchess of Sax Weimar, the Duke of Buckinghain, Azcbbishop of Canterbury, Countess of Shiffiisid, EarrHOwe Earl of Denbigh. Lord de Lisle. Lod and. Lady i‘ugent. Lord Adolphus nu.- eiarenee, Lord Villiers, &e., followed on foot. Her Majesty first visited the Temple of Venus, a building in the lonic order, within which is a beautiful Venus disco . vercd in an excavation near the palace of the Cesars at Rome. The party then went to the Temple of Friendship, a large structure of the Tuscan order. Within are busts, in white marble, of Richard Viscount Cobham, Frederick Prince of Wales, the Earls of Westmoreland, Chesterfield, and Marchmont ; Lords Cobham, Gower, and Bathurst; Richard Grenville, afterwards Earl Temple ; William Pitt, afterwards Earl of Chatham ; and George Lyttelton, after: wards Lord Lyttelton, political friends of Viscount Cobham. From thence the royal party went over the Palladium-bridge to visit the Gothic Temple, rather a large building of yellow stone, after the Moorish-gothic. The windows are all of curious old coloured glass, with heraldic bearings of the Saxon Heptarchy. Her _Majesty did not ascend to the tower, but her 'Serene Highness thee. Duchess of Saxe Weimar went to the top, and expressed her delight at the extensive view it affords of the surrounding country. The Queen Dowager here alighting froth the pony phaeton joined the party on foot, and next proceeded to see the Tem ple of British Worthies, which contains the busts of Alex ander Pope, Sir Tho Mas Gresham, Ignatius Jones, John Milton, William Shakspeare, John Locke, Sir Isaac New ton, Sir Francis Bacon, King Alf re d, Ed war d Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth, King William 111., Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, John Hampden, and. Sir John Barnard, by Rysbrack and Scheemakers. The Grotto and Queen's Building were next viewed by the illustrious circle. The lat ter building was dedicated by George Marquis of Bucking ham to Charlotte Sophia Queen of England, on the recovery of George 111. from his illness, in 1791. After visiting the Temple of Ancient Virtue, a rotunda in the lonic order, em bellished with full-length statues of Lycurgus, Socrates, Homer, and Epaminondas, by Scheemakers, her Majesty and her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Weimar then came to the south portico, where, on the lawn in front, seve ral thousand spectators had congregated, the greater portion being the gentry of the county, for the duke has kindly given permission to the public to promenade from four until eight in the evening. On her Majesty's ascending the steps the cheering was general, and her Majesty recognised their kind manifestation of pleasure by occasionally bending forward. In addition to her Majesty and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, all the com pany staying with the duke and duchess had assembled under the portico. Two tine bands were stationed on the lawn, which added considerably to the gaiety of the scene. In fact, yesterday seemed another holiday here, for the surrounding villages were thronged with vehicles of all de scriptions. At night one of the bands paraded the town of Buckingham, and it was long after night had set her mantle on all around that silence resumed her sway. The dinner party last evening was the same as on Monday, with the exception of the Earl of Jersey and Ladies Mary Fielding and Georgiana Curzon, who were erroneously in serted in the list forwarded to you. Miss Wheatley is the maid of honour in waiting on ber Majesty. To-morrow morning her Majesty leaves as early as nine o'clock for Bicester, en route to Oxford, to the Arcbishop of York's at Nuneham. Her Majesty will be at Bushey positively on Saturday next. THE LATE DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT, INQUEST ON THE BODIES On Saturday morning, the coroner for the county, M. Pearson. Esq., of Selby, arrived by the train at the place where the castastrophe occurred, where he was met by C. H. Philips, Esq., solicitor to the Hull and Selby railway com pany, and several of the directors. Three persons killed on the spot had been removed into the jurisdiction of Howden. The jury being sworn, proceeded to view the bodies. They presented a most awful and terriffic spectacle, every feature being disfigured or obliterated either by wounds or blood ; and the bones, especially of the female, almost all crushed to atoms. Witnesses were called to identify the bodies. ThOse of Mr. Nicholas Veltman and Mr. Stead were identified ; that of the female was not known. The rope was here pro duced that had been used to fasten the casting on the truck. It was evidently nearly worn in two by friction in several places, and had been cut by the casting. A juryman asked if the weight of the iron had been ascertained. A gentleman replied about three tons. Examination--Neither the engine nor the tender had been thrown off the road, nor the truck upon which this casting was laid. They were all on the road, as was also the truck on which the casting was laid. Seven carriages next to the truck were all thrown off the rails and crushed to pieces. All were overturned. All the seven were laid upon the road, under which the two bodies were laid. I did not notice many persons upon the road. The carnage train was only coming at its usual speed. They were travelling according to my idea, from twenty to twenty-four miles an hour. R. Hesketh evarnined-1 live at Selby, and am an engine driver on the Hull and Selby Railway. Yesterday morning, about seven minutes after eight o'clock, 1 started from Selby with the train, I managing the engine. Everything was right at Selby. I got off the engine and examined the coupling, which is the chain that attaches the first carriage to the ten der. This carriage was the truck upon which the metal was placed. I cannot say whether the casting was either fastened or tied to the truck by chain or rope, or whether it was not. I did not make that observation. The casting was laid fair and level on the truck. It projected a little over each side, as it was longer than the truck, and overreached about an inch and a half on each side. It did not reach over more on one side than the other. All was right when we got near to the Howden station ; at least I saw nothing that alarmed me until the time the accident occurred. It was about half a mile on this side of the Howden station when the engine gave a jump.. I perceived nothing fall from the train before the engine jumped. I had been looking forward. The engine after the jerk began to go faster. I then l oo k e d b ac k an d saw the engine hnd tender and one truck were separated from the rest of the train, and that I had left the passenger car riages behind. The engine was on the line, but the two hind wheels of the tender were off. All four wheels of the truck were off the line. Neither engine, tender, nor truck was overturned. As soon as I could stop the engine I got off and went to the passenger carriages. They were froni sixty to one hundred yards from where I stopped the engine. The hind wheels of the tender were thrown off, in my opinion, in consequence of my having stopped the engine so suddenly. According to my idea, as near as I can speak, I was going at the rate of twenty-three to twenty five mileS an hour. This was about our usual .speed. It is cust omary to l et off our steam when approaching the station, but we did not go to the spot where we usually do so. This was not a:dangerous rate to travel at, provided the road had been clear; it is slower than that at which passenger trains generally travel. I have been employed upwards of seven years as engine -driver— first, on the Bolton and Leigh Junction, then on the Liver pool and Manchester; afterwards, in Belgium, for Brussels and Antwerp, and now upon the Hull and Selby. The jury expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the witness's conduct. William Greaves, whose face was severely cut, was next examined. He said—l reside at Leeds. lam a guard in the employ of the Leeds and Selby Railway Company. Before we started for Selby I went from one end of the train to the other, and ascertained that all the " couplings" were safe. I noticed that a truck- followed, and was attached to the tender,- between it and the passenger train. . Everything appeared to me, as f ar as I co uld see; to be ' sa f e ari d r i ght. I observed nothing calculated to excite any alarm, or appre hension of danger. It is my opinicn that it would be safer to put trucks, having iron or castings upon them, behind the passenger carriages ; for if anything fell from these trucks they could in that case do no . harm to the passengers. It is considered conducive to the safety of those who. may be passengers to place the passenger carriages at a distance from the engine, It is, therefore, usual to place, the goods between the engine and the passenger carriageS, as in case of any accident happening to the engine it would be safer for the passengers that the passenger carriages should be placed last. In this case, were the engine to get off the line, the carriages at the greatest distance from the engine would be most secure. I have seen this occur, - and it is the cause from which accidents are most to be apprehended on rail ways. Before we started from Selby 1 did not observe whether the casting was fastened. to - the truck by any ropes. This casting had come from Leeds, but not by the train which I arrived by. The coroner asked how the casting had come from Leeds to Selby? One of the company's servants answered that it came by the goods train. •The inquest was then adjourned till nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, at Loftsome-bridge Inn. The only clue as yet found calculated to lead to the identity of the woman is the following mark on her chemise—" E. Lee, No. 3." In reply to many inquiries which have reached us on the subject, and in reference to a paragraph in a contemporary journal, affirming that no Brevet will take place unless the child of which her Majesty is enceinte should turn out to be a boy, we have to state, once for all, that the sex of the young stranger will make no difference in the matter. Whether boy or girl a Brevet will assuredly take place on the event. It would be but a poor compliment to her Majesty to presume that a daughter (an heiress presumptive at all avents) may not prove as good and efficient a Queen as herself. At all events, no such distinction as that which has been guessed at by our contemporary is in the least likely to be drawn. — United Service Gazette. GREAT VIADUCT.—The grand viaduct which crosses the Union Canal, below Port Downie, will, when completed, be one of the most imposing works of the kind in Britain—an ornament to the improved masonry of the age, and, we trust, a permanent example of the stability that railway work ought to exhibit. The principal span is 130 feet, and the second 60 feet. We believe there will only be one other example of a similar arch with so low an elevation, it being only 24 feet in the whole, which will tell at once to the scientific calcula tion of the engineer, and will reflect deserved credit on the contractors.—Stirling Observer. STATIONS OF PREACHERS IN THE ' METHODIST CONNEXION WESLEYAN The following are the stations of the several preachers in the Liverpool and Manchester district, as appointed by con- ference LIVERPOOL Liverpool, North (Brunswick Chapel, &c.)—John Davis, Chas. Haydon, David Hay; Calverley Riley. Supernumerary- Liverpool, South (Pitt-street, &c.)—William Vevers, Jo seph Beaumont, John Nelson, Richard Brown. Liverpool, Welsh (Benn's Gardens, &c.)—Thos. Aubrey , William Owen. Chester.—William France, Joseph Hargreaves, Edward Jones ; Isaac Lilley, Supernumerary. Holy;vell, (English.)—Henry Hine, George Greenwood; William Henshaw, Supernumerary. _ . . , . Carnarvon, (English.)—George Hughes, John Ward, jun , Wrexham.—Luke Heywood, Thomas Denham. _ - - Whitchurch (Salop.)—John Squarebridge, Thos. Rodham• Warrington.—Samuel Wilde, James Laycock, Walter Coates ; William Jones, Supernumerary. St. Helen's and Prescot.—Thos. Shin, George Dickinson• Wigan.—Richard Sinetham, James P. Fairbourne. Southport and Ormskirk.—Ralph Gibson, George Paterson. Preston and Chorley.—Thomas Cocking, Benjamin Slack, William Winterburn ; illiam WKitrick, Supernumerary. Garstang.—Moses Rayner, John P. Johnson. Lancaster.—Thomas Hall, William Baddeley. WILLIAM VEVERS, Chairman of the District. JOHN NELSON, Financial Secretary. MANCHESTER AND BOLTON First Manchester (Oldham-street, &c.)—John Rigg, John Smith, 3d., William M. Bunting; Edward Gibbons, John Thompson, W. 0. Booth, supernumeraries. Second Manchester (Irwell-street, &c.—James Methley, Thomas Dicken, Henry D. Lowe ; John Taylor, Josiah Walker, supernumeraries. Third Manchester (Grosvenor-street, &c.)—Joseph Tay lor, James Dixon, Peter M‘Owan, Benjamin B. Waddy, William R. B. Arthy. Fourth Manchester (Bridgewater-street, &c.)—Barnard Slater, Timothy Ingle ; William Shelmerdine, supernu merary. Altrtncham—lsaac Woodcock, who will change on one sab bath, in every three weeks, with the preachers of the fourth Manchester circuit. Manchester—(Welsh)—Samuel Davis, who will change on two sabbaths in every three months with the Welsh preachers in Liverpool. Stockport, North (Triviotdale, &c William H. Clarkson. Stockport. South (Hill-gate, &c.)—Amos Learoyd, Louis I—Edward Walker, New-Mills—lsaac Dennison, Thomas 0. Keysell. Glossop—Abraham Watmough, Richard Stepney. Ashton-under-Lyne—John Raby, Samuel Leigh, Jams Scholes. Oldham—Roger Moore, Peter C. Horton, James Little. N.B.—Brother Horton resides at Middleton. Delph (Saddleworth)—Thomas -Ludlam, who shall change on one §abbatli in every five weeks with the preachers at Oldham. Bolton—Thomas Stead, Sohn Bedford, John E. Coulson James Hyde, Richard Allen, supernumeraries. Rochdale—Richard Felvus, William Clough, Joseph Low thian (Brother Lowthian resides at Heywood.) Burnley—James Heaton, Thomas Powell ; John Phillips► supernumerary. Bury—James Blackett, Thomas Jeffries, Joseph Heaton. Blackburn—Thomas Armson, William Exley. . Haslingden—Abel Dernaley, Jabez Rought, John P. Lockwood. Bacup—Benjamin Pearce. James Wilson. Colne—William Levell, Joseph Mortimer; John Barritt , supernumerary, Clitheroe—Christopher Newton, James Houghton. Leigh—John Hague, who shall c h ange on one Sunday al every month with the preachers at Bolton. JOSEPH TAYLOR, Chairman of the District. JoHN SMITH, 3rd Financial Secretary. THE MURDER OF ONE OF LORD BALCARRES'S UNDERLOOKERS AT WIGAN The police force of the borough of Wigan, whose jurisdic tion, according to the provisions of the municipal reform, el tends to seven miles from the borough, have been active is their endeavours to discover the perpetrators of the horrible murder of Coulton, an underlooker of the collieries of Lord Balcarres, in Haigh, near Wigan. This body, notwithstand ing the extension of a great force appointed under the countY constabulary act in the township where the murder was com mitted, appear to have acted with promptitude and ability. Two of the borough police (Neath and Smith) have apple' hended three men suspected of having committed the mur der. They are what are called " navigators," and it bad been discovered that on the night of the murder they were not in their lodgings at all. Their names are George Swift, William Almond, and Thomas Sharpies. Subsequent ia; quiry has discovered, that on S a t ur d ay n i g h t, t h e 20 t h ot July, the night of the murder and robbery, the prisoners re ceived their wages from the " guager," or railway contractor , in whose employ- they were, and proceeded, in company with a person named Halt, to Chorley. about seven miles from the spot where the murd er t oo k place. There they remained drinking until near midnight, and then left. (The murder wa 4 committed about one o'clock.) They were next traced to a place called Rawlinson-bridge, in the same neighbourhood. There they arrived about two o'clock, and stayed in the cabin of a boat, along with the boatmen, about an hour and a half. They lay down to sleep, but the boatman observed that some' thing was wrong, for they appeared very uneasy in their minds , and could not sleep. When daylight appeared, Swift said they must leave before any one saw them, and all three de' parted. The boatman noticed that Swift looked downcast , and more uneasy than the rest. He inquir e d w h ere th e y had been, and th e y said they had been drinking. When brought to the Wigan lock-up, the chief constable asked Swift if lie knew the nature of the charge against him ; to which he " I suppose it is that Johnny Coulton's job." The)' then further said, that on the night of the murder they were drinking at Chorley until twelve o'clock ; that they then left that place, and went to the cabin as above stated, and tha t on leaving there they walked towards Wigan, and arrived at Red Rock-bridge, near the residence of Coulton (the decess - about six o'clock. There they had some drink, and the° left. After that they went to the Boar's Head, where thel found Coulton. who was about being conveyed home. W e , should remark, that Coulto n , on th e day he was shot, state , ' to his daughter and a niece, that as he was passing along th e high turnpike-road he w a s m e t by t wo men, who a ttempted to rob him ; that he f o u g ht d es p era t e l y w i t h t h em, and wou ld have overcome them, but that a third came up and fired at him. He then became insensible, but had sufficient kuow ledge left to know that they robbed him. The man who shot at him Coulton described as a tall man, which so far ag rees with the appearance of Swift, one of the prisoners. On Ss' turday the prisoners were brought before the magistrates at the Court-house, Wigan, and remanded. THE CHARGES OF FORGERY AT STOCKPORT. As the charges of forgery at Stockport, to which we briefly alluded last week, have now become notorious, by the public advertising of a reward for the apprehension of the purl charged, there can be no necessity for any further reserve on the subject. The individual in question is Mr. John Ken yon Winterbottom, solicitor, and recently a banker, at Stoat: port, clerk to the court of requests, councillor for Portwooa ward, clerk to the magistrates at Stockport, prior to the passing of the municipal reform act, and a man not only of extensive practice and considerable reputation in his profes sion, but very generally esteemed an d res p ec t e d i n t h e ne i g h' bourhood by men of all parties. We understand that Mr- Winterbottom, though generally reputed to be a rich man , and being apparently the owner of real property to a consi derable amount, has been for some time past greatly involved in his circumstances, owing to some se vere l osses oe m oney imprudently advanced on mortgage, and to the unfavourable issue of several speculations in which he had embarked, and has therefore been tempted on several occasions to apply to his own use sums of money that have come into his hands on account of his clients ; but the particular circumstance which has led to his flight, and to the offer of a reward for his ap prehension, is understood to be the following :—As solicitor to the late Mr. Isherwood, of Marple Hall, and to the exe cutrices of that gentleman, Mr. Winterbottom was employed to obtain payment of £5OOO, being the amount of a policy on Mr. Isherwood's life in the Pelican Life Assurance Office ; and various communications took place, from time to time, between him and the executrices upon the subject, when be alleged first one thing and then another, as furnishing a rea son why the money had not been paid by the insurance com pany. At length, either from some suspicions which were entertained, or from impatience at the supposed delay, the executrices, a few days ago, applied at the insurance office through another channel; and they then learned that, as long ago as December last, Mr. Winterbottom had received the amount from Mr. Tate, the Manchester agent of the com pany, in a bill at seven days' sight, drawn payable to the order of the executrices, at Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co.'s, bankers, London ; and, on further inquiry being made,. it was found that this bill, bearing endorsements purporting to be those of the executrices (the widow and daughters of the deceased), had been negotiated by Mr. WinterbottOM. through the bank of Stockport i and had been paid by the London bankers. We understand that the executrices de clare that the bill was never endorsed or seen by them ; that they never authorized Mr. Winterbottom to endorse it for them, and that the endorsements purporting to be theirs are consequently forgeries. We believe that, in addition to this charge, there is another of a similar character, and relating to another insurance of £3OOO in another office •, but not hay- . ing heard the circumstances stated on any sufficient autho rity, we shall not now detail them. Mr. Winterbottom, we believe, was last seen in Stockport on Sunday the 2nd instant, on which day he left home in his carriage, accompanied by his wife, of whom he took leave near the railway station, in Liverpool Road, Manchester; and he no doubt quitted this town by railway for Liverpool on that day. In a day or two after his departure, Mr. Bush, the solicitor to the London Banker's Association for the de tection and punishment of forgery, made his appearance at Stockport, and applied to the magistrates for a warrant against him. In the first instance, we believe, the magis trates did not think that there was sufficient evidence of a forgery having been committed, and declined to grant the warrant; but, the deficiency having been afterwards sup plied, a warrant was issued, and delivered to a police officer, who immediately went in pursuit of the fugitive. The fol lowing is a copy of the advertisement, offering a reward for his apprehension, which appears in the London morning pa pers of Saturday last : " FoRGERY.--X2OO Reward.—Abscondeil, since Saturday, the Ist day of August instant, after having committed seve ral forgeries, and having also, as is supposed, taken with him several deeds and valuable securities, not his own property, John Kenyon Winterbottom, lately of Stockport and Heaton Norris, in the county of Lancaster, attorney-at-law and banker. The said John Kenyon Winterbottom is about 55 years of age, five feet six to seven, rather stout and square built (inclining to corpulency), short and quick step, walks erect, not much colour, at present rather sallow looking, large face, with pleasant expression and common features, with whiskers rather grey, hair light-brown colour, but rather bald, thick-necked, voice loud, speaks. thick, with a strong accent and rapid delivery. Usually dresses in black coat, black cloth waistcoat, and checked or plaid trousers. The above reward will be paid on the apprehension of the said John K. Winterbottom.—For further particulars apply to Messrs. Bush and Master, solicitors, St. Mildred's Court, London ; or to J. or D. Forrester, Police Office, Mansion House." Since the above was written, we have been informed that there is little doubt that Mr. Winterbottom took his de parture in the Acadia steamer for Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Tuesday last. It is stated, that he h a d t a k en a b erth in his own name, in the President, for New York, which sailed on the preceding Saturday, and that he was in Liverpool on the morning of that day, probably with the intention of going on board ; but, for some reason or other, he abandoned that in tention, and returned to Stockport, which place he finally left on the following day, as we have already stated, and was seen on the Cheshire side of the Mersey on M on d ay. If, as is believed, he l e ft the country in the Acadia, on Tuesday, he most probably assumed an9ther name ; for hi s name d oes no t appear in the published list of pasSengers by that vessel. — Manchester Guardian. JUNIUS.-A grandson of the late Sir Philip Francis, and his widow, Lady Francis, are each of them said to be prepar ing a life of that accomplished statesman, in which the iden tity of the author of Junius's letters will unquestionably be established. The box or trunk, so frequently alluded to in the investigation of this subject, and winch was always re ported to contain undoubted testimony of this author's name. has, we are told, been discovered by the grandson of Sir Philip Francis.---Morning Chronicle.