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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS

The quarterly mleting of the Town C,nnei! was
held yesterday, but we regret to say that no busi-
ness of any interest or irnporanee was trans tcted
Indeed, a long discussion look piece whether any
business should be done or not. At the outset', a
sort of regret was expressed at the compulsory
retirement of Mr. Fit ming, late member for
Rodney-street ward. Several appointments sug
gested by the Finance Committee were made. It
was also decided that the Recorder should be
empowered to hold a second ccurt of quarter

At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Oldhall-s•reet, 4 old Iron
Tanks, and 38 casks anl casea Tallow.—G!adstone and Serjea- tson.
At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, York-buildings, Dale-street,
200 bags Ginger, and 682 bags Mce.—Pattinson and Clark.
At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 60 tons Cattle Bones.—John
and .t,ainuel Beckwith. -
At twelve o'clock, at the broker,' office, 2, Da'e-street, a quantity
of Teel S el, Rapeseed, and Yellow Mustard.—Browne, Hunter
and Co.
♦t twelve o'clock, at the brake.•'s office, 30s, Exchange-street East,
16,500 bags Rice.—Percival, Campbell and Co.
At twelve o'cloc`=, at the brokers' office, 4, Chapel-stret, about '2OO
boxes Pearl Sago —R. L. Claro.
At twelve o'clock, at the brok er,' office, Middletor-bui!dings, 1, Rum
ford-street, a quantity of Sip Sores.—Tonga and Co.

Respecting affairs in India, we learn from the
Paris 1 nrnals that the rumours expressed by the
English press, accusing Russia of having, by its
intrigues, excited the natives to revolt, is not true.
The Paris Pap says :—" These accusations appear
to be devoid of foundation, and we are assured
that they are contradicted by an official document
recently issued by the Governor-General of India
himself. This docurn.nt declares that the revolt
was spontaneous, and that it was produ' ed by
numerous internal causes,.and that up to the prent
time no trace of any foreign excitement has been
discovered." Qa the other hand,linw-ver, the I'resse
states, on the authori-y of a traveller just arrived
from _Ems, that at a grand dinner giwaa the other
ay, at which Russian Boyards only were present,
e host proposed the health of the " Great
ogul," and that the toast was received with
antic applause. Which side are we to believe?

In the House of Commons yesterday, Sir E.
Perry moved the second reading of the Sale of
Obscene Books and Prints Bill, and appealed to
the House to pass the stage without discussion,
that the bill might go into committee pro !mita,
for the insertion of amendments sugges:ecl by the
Government, acid to which Lord CarnpMl did not
abject to. Sir G3orc,Te Grey agreed to the course
proposed to be taken, and the bill was accordingly
road a second time. The Committee on the
Ecclesiastical Commission Bill was resumed,
ani some new clauses having been added, the
bill was ordered t) be reported. On the
me`_ion for going into Committee of Supply,
Colonel North asked the reason of ,ending
one hundred and forty men only to the East Indies
as the eotaplement of a troop of Horse Artillery,
when'the. war complement of such a troop was
three hundred .and fifty. Sir John Ramsden
explained that taw .artillery f,rce was put under
orders for the East in compliance with a requisition
made upon the Government by the East India
comp my. That recinisitioa specified the number
of the forces to be sent, and it wai on that account
that the aria i
gement referred to was made. The
motion fo: supo'y was then postponed till atter the
other or lers. It was ordered that Charles Woolfen,
having expressei his oontrition for his coadtu•t
towards the Tamcrortli Committee, should be dis-
charged from the gaol of Newgate. After some
fUrtlior business the House went into committee
of supply.

sessions Some discussion took place respecting
the Mersey Conservancy Bill, but the result was
that further discussion was adjourned. A very
long and rather turbulent discussion occurred cn
the motion for the re-election of four members of
the Dock Committee, including Mr. Charles Turner.
Some very warm language was used, and altogether
there was a "scene."

We have one day's later news from America, by
the arrival of the City of Washington, but it does
not possess any fQatures of importance. Kansas, it
appears, is very unsettled, notwithstanding the
edict of the governor of that territory, proclaiming
peace.

The local news, to-day, is confined to a case of
importance, which came beforethe magistrates yes-
terday, respecting smoke nuisance. The magis-
trates, after hearing the evidence, did not feel
themselves competent to give a decision, and
adjourned the case until Mr. Mansfield was in
town. What is the use of lay magistrates if they
cannot give a decision after hearing evidence? It
is a farce to pretend to dispense justice. We want
two or three stipendiary magistrates, and the
sooner we have them the better

The forthcoming election for Birmingham is
the most important news of a political kind we
have from the country. There appears to have
been a very large public meeting in Birmingham on
Tuesday night, to decile upon a Liberal candidate.
In the presence of some ten thousand people, the
name of Mr. Bright was received with so much
enthusiasm as almost, we should say, to place his
success beyond all question. Mr. George Dawson
was also proposed as a candidate, and was
received with very great applause, but he declined
the honour• at present, and gave way in favour of
Mr. Bright. In the estimation of the people of
Birmingham the main recommendation of Mr.
Bright is the resolute manner in which he is able
to resist the policy of the Prime Minister ; and
should be be elected because of that qualification,
one of the most important towns in the kingdom
will thus have pronounced against Lord Pal-
merston.

In the Cc,urt of Chancery, yesterday, Vice-
Chancellor Sir R. T. Kindersley delivered a rather
important judgment in the case of Brockwell. It
appeared that Mr. Brockwell, whom it was sought
to render liable for the debts of the Royal British
Bank, was induced to take three shares in that
undertaking in 1855. Tire shares were £l,OOO
each, and he paid £l5O on them. He received two
dividends. On the bank stopping payment, it was
endeavoured to be established against him that be
was de facto a partner, and that be should be
placed on the list of contributories. He contended
that he had been induced to take shares in conse-
quence of the false representation contained in the
half yearly or annual report of the directors
as to the condition of the hank, and
therefore not liable. His Honour having gone
through the objections and evidence, decided that
the report not being rejected by the company, was
adopted, consequently it was an authorised state-
ment, and, therefore, the company were bound by
it. The bank was commenced and continued in
fraud ; and even if he were not supported by
authority, he would decide that Mr. Brockwell
should not be placed on the list of contributories.
His Honour, in reply to an application for Mr.
Brockwell's costs out of the estate of the company,
said he would consider that matter.

From the Continent we have a variety of in-
teresting news. The ministerial crisis at Con-
stantinlple pre-occupies attention on the Continent
almost to the exclusion of everything else. It can
hardly he doubted that an important crisis in
general European polities has now really arrived,
or, at least, is on the eve of taking place. The
telegraphic despatches which have been received
being somewhat at variance in their details, the.
arrival of the mail by steamer must be waited for.
Reports respecting Ow extraordinary state of
things in Moldavia continue to arrive from Jassy.
A. /very great number of electors seem to have re-
fused to vote, and to have protested instead
tv.,ainst the validity of the elections. A deputa-
tion of Unionists has arrived at Paris, just at
the right time it would appear. It is expected
that Turkey will prefer to appeal to the Paris
conference, as is said to have already been suggested
by Prussia.
The jealousy with which the Swedish nation
watch and try to extend their constitutional rights,
appears again from the late proceedings in the
Diet.

Spain continues her preparations for a war with
Mexico. Spain is also hurrying on to absolution
or revolution, and Queen Isabella is at last begin •
ning to be alarmed. " For one reason or another,"
says a Madrid correspondent, "she sees that she
cannot resist the influence of these about her
Hence her great desire for the presence
of her mother in Madrid, to serve as a counter-
poise to the King. Maria Christina has no
wish that constitutional forms should be entirely
des' royed in Spain. There is not one of the many
constitutions which have shot up since the Estatuto
of Martinez de la Rosa in 183-I to the present
day, that would not have sufficed, had it been
respected, for the well-being of the country; but,
unfortunately, almost every party, as it came to
power, paid little regard to law or constitution.
The point in which the Queen has been hitherto
inflt,xible is the restoration of the Carlist Princes.
Matters may drag on as they are until the period of
the Queen's confinement, but I should not be
surprised if it were followed by events of import-
ance."

The Swiftsure has arrived in the Downs, from
Melbourne, with gold valued at n ?arly a quarter of
a million.

THE greater part of the Summer Assizes are
over, and the catalogue of crime which each pre-
sented was not only formidable in extent but
horrifying in character. Murder, aggravated
manslaughter, rape, bigamy, atrocious burgla-
ries, robbery, with intent to murder, besides long
lists of innumerable offences of a minor charac-
ter. The result, too, of these assizes, has been
no less remarkable for the number of capital
convictions and public executions, which have
already followed. CALCRAFT is having an ex-
tensive tour throu4hout the provinces, and from
present appearance the autumn will be pretty far
advanced ere he has completed his bloody task
of strangulation. But it is not only the gallows
which has heaps of victims ; our prisons and
convict hulks are being crowded with thousands
of the scum of humanity, and the gaols are filled
to repletion with characters who will, it is to be
feared, leave the cells of their incarceration not
only unreformed but more vicious injdisposition,
and influenced by a desire and newly acquired
power to practice deeds of dishonesty and infamy.

The assize calendars, appaling though they be,
do not show a greater amount of crime than
records of our police sheets, where offences of all
grades and various degrees of magnitude are
brought forward. A positive proof that, not-
withstanding all the efforts of the most philan-
throphic, crime is on the increase, and do what we
may the seeds of immorality are springing up
around us and everwhere throughout the length
and breadth of the land. The annals of crime
during the past year are a fearful demonstration
of these remarks: Tile doings of BACON—the
Glasgow Poisoning, case—the charge just now in
course of trial, accusing the man SPOLLEN of the
murder of Mr. LITTLE together with the cases of
Fox, wAo murdered his sweetheart, and that of