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the island, besides that one particular paper in the
course of the year." The Under-Secretary of State
answered, " Yes, certainly; but I am not aware of
any dispatch from him of any importance, which
had been withheld from the Committee. Well then,
now they were to understand the lion. Gentleman to
say that he had intended this dispatch to be laid before
the Committee.

Mr. HAWES—It had been ordered to be laid before
the Committee.

Lord G. BENTINCK wished now to draw attention
to the next answer, which was, " We have received
from other colonies very considerable details as to the
state of the colonies and the prospects of agriculture, but
from Jamaica I can find nothing of the kind. Except
until very recently I think there has been no such
general dispatch received. That dispatch is now pre.
paring for this Committee. I ought, however, to state
that the Governor has been in the island a very
short time." That next answer placed the matter
beyond all doubt, for it represented the dispatch
which had been received to be not of the nature
of that one to which the Right Hon. Gentleman alluded
to, but still the Hon. Gentleman said it should be
furnished to the Committee.—(Hear, hear.) Not
of the nature to which the Right Hon. Gentleman
alluded? Why, now it tarried out to be exclusively of
that nature, and of all the dispatches which had been
laid before the House or the Committee, it was
the most important that could have been laid before
the Committee at that critical mornent.—(Hear, hear )
Before that Committee the Under-Secretary 'for the
Colonies (Mr. Hawes) stated that up to the sth of
April no dispatch had been received with regard to the
state of the island. The President of the Board of
Trade (Mr, Labouchere) had also officially declared
in the House of Commons that the Government had
received no dispatches from the Governor of Jamaica
explanatory of the political and social condition of the
colony. On the Bth of February the Member for the
University of Cambridge (Mr. Goulburn), inquired why
Jamaica had been omitted in the statement of the affairs
of the several West India colonies, which had been
laid before the House; and also if the Government
had any objection to lay the last dispatch upon the table
of the House? In reply to that inquiry, the President
of the Board of Trade stated that no dispatch had been
received giving any account of the state of the island,
but as soon as such a document was received it was
the intention of the Secretary of State for the Colo-
nies to communicate it to the House without delay.
—(Hear, hear.) Now he (Lord George Bentinek)
was in a condition to show that a dispatch had been
received at that time.—(Hear, hear.) On the 7th of
February, which was the day previous to§ that to
which he had alluded, Earl Grey stated that
out of the many documents which passed
' through his hands connected with his department there
was one which very much struck his attention, from a
number of planters in the western part of Jamaica, who
had invested 142,000 in their estates, which
they bad (purchased since the Act of Emancipation.
The speech of Earl Grey at that time concluded by
saying that he knew of no place which appeared so va-
luable an investment for capital, or where a man was so
likely to realise a fortune, as in Jamaica.—(Hear, hear.)
But the House should see what information that Noble
Lord was in possession of the time when he lamented
the deplorable condition of the colony, and instanced
absenteeism as the real cause of that condition. The
colonists had intimated to him that [if the same state
of,things existed, the production of sugar could not be
carried on for another year. This was a remarkable and
an important document, yet it was altogether withheld
from the Committee.—(Hear. hear.) But more,
at the time the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) stated,
that the Colonial office came only in possession
of general information as to the condition of the
colony. lie should read a dispatch to the House which
was dated on the 24th of September, and reached the
Colonial-office on the 22d October, three weeks before
he (Lord G. Bentinek) moved for a return with respect
to the island of Trinidad. He alluded to a dispatch
from Governor Grey, and stated that he felt it his duty
to state that the low price of sugar in London withou t
any corresponding reduction of duty, really threat-
ened to ruin many planters who were strug-
gling hard to keep their heads above water,
and he beheld the germs of a movement
towards supporting the party in the ensuing session
who advocated the principle of protection. Ile said he
should do this but to persuade them to a temperate
course of action, but he could not deny that the low
rate at which cotton was imported, and the duty of 14s.
on Muscovado sugar, together with other anomalies,
tended much to aggravate discontent in the colony.
This was not the only instance of concealment, he
alluded to the case of the Trinidad papers, which were
moved for on the 20th of November, and were not pro-
duced until the night on which the debate was concluded.
Returning to the month of April, he would make it
clear to the House that there was a guilty keeping back
of this dispatch.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

LAW INTELLIGEN CE.

ARCHES' COURT, June 24.
(Before Sir H. J. FUST.)
WILSON V. WILSON.
This was a suit for divorce, by reason of cruelty,
promoted by Mrs. Ann Wilson against her husband,
who resides at Pershore, in the diocese of Worcester.
The cause was brought to this court by letters of
request. A libel was given in on behalf of Mrs.
Wilson, and witnesses examined upon it. No de-
fensive plea was tendered by Mr. Wilson, but he
interrogated the witnesses adduced by his wife.
The parties were married in May, 1817, and
cohabited together until September, 1833, when in
consequence of Mr. Wilson's misconduct a deed of
separation was drawn up, by which it was agreed
that he should allow his wife 451. per annum ; but
this sum, as alleged by Mrs. Wilson, not being
regularly paid, notwithstanding he had received a
large accession to his income, making a gross
amount exceeding 1,8001. a year, she instituted a suit
in 1847 for the restitution of conjugal rights, and he
was decreed to take her home. He provided her with
a house next door to his own residence, and occasionally
took a small portion of food there, under the sem-
blance, as was
,psleaded, of complying with the order
of the Court. I.he charges of cruelty embraced two
periods—thatinflicted prior to the separation in
1633; and that which occurred in the time intevening
between the return to cohabitation and the final se-
paration in October, 1847.
Dr. PHILLIMORE contended that the cruelty ante-
rior to the first separation was clearly and distinctly
proved, and that from its aggravated character it
mounted to legal scevitice. There was not only great
harshness, and the frequent use of most insulting lan-
guage, but he several times struck her violent blows.
On one occasion he jammed her head, according to a
witness, against the cellar door, and caused the blood
to flow from her nose. If those facts had been
brought before the Court, in 1833, it would have had
no difficulty in granting the separation ; and the
only question was whether there was not a sufficient
revival of that cruelty by the subsequent acts. Mr.
Wilson was
.ordered to take his wife back, and treat
her with conjugal affection ; but what had been
his conduct towards her ? Although he had an ad-
mitted income of 1,800/. per annum, he allowed
her only one servant, who was entrusted
with the entire management of the household affairs.
His conduct was so bad that the servant used to
make a point of stopping in the room when Mr.
Wilson was there, in order to protect the wife from
his violence, and he sometimes said that he so treated
her in order to get rid of her. When suffering from
a bad foot, he deprived her of fruit in the garden,
which was deemed necessary, and said he must sell
it to pay for the servant. He shook his hands back-
wards and forwards before her face, and thrust a
candle so near her that it was difficult to prevent him
burning her, in fact, he kept her in a state of con-
stant alarm. He said he would not strike her, but
would go as far as he could. He did not accompany
that declaration with violence, but with threatening
and most abusive language. Another witness de-
posed that he used to clench his fist and strike it on
the table, but she added, that he did not shake his fist
at his wife. It was impossible, however, that Mrs. Wil-
son could return to cohabitation without danger to her
life. Insinuations were made against the wife of in-
toxication and infidelity in the interrogatories, but
they had not been put in plea, so that the wife was
unable to answer them, and the witnesses had nega-
tived them. He (Dr. Phillimore) admitted that the
former cruelty had been condoned by the return to
cohabitation, but he submitted that it had been
revived. The whole of the evidence tended to show
that Mrs. Wilson was a lady of great mildness and
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Mr. Wilson had been outrageous, affronting, indecent,
and insulting to an extraordinary degree ; the home
of Mrs. Wilson had been wretched and miserable,
and he trusted that the Court would not send her
back to cohabitation which must end in the ruin of
her health and the misery of her life.
Dr. ADDAMS followed on the same side.
Dr. JENNER said, that the simple question which
the Court had to decide was, whether or not since the
return of Mrs. Wilson to cohabitation her husband
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He submitted that he had not. What was it that in-
duced this lady to institute the suit for the restitution
of conjugal rights ? Her object was doubtless to ob-
tain a larger amount of alimony than 45/. a year.
But whatever the reason might be the parties had
lived together for a period of six months, and it was
proved that Airs. Wilson had said that she wrote a
letter to her attorney every day ; that she kept a re-
gular journal, and if she could procure an additional
allowance she would pay the debts of a relative. The
frequent absence of Mr. Wilson from the house occu-
pied by his wife, and the not partaking of his meals
there, arose from his pursuits as a farmer. It ap-
peared that when the candle was put in the lady's face
she only laughed at it, so that she could not have anti-
cipated any danger. He admitted that there might have
been a want of affection on the part of Mr. Wilson,
but it was not likely that after the parties had been

separated for fourteen years they would live together
very comfortably. Mrs. Wilson could not expect that
her husband would be all at once converted into an
angel. There had been harsh language used by him,
and it was not his (Dr. Jenner's) intention to justify
it; but hard words, according to a doctrine laid down
in that court, broke no bones. Not the slightest fear
need be apprehended that there was any danger to
life, health, or limb. He refrained from entering into
a consideration of the former cruelty, because he con-
tended that nothing had occurred during the renewed
cohabitation to revive it. The dictum of the Learned
Judge in " Westmeath v. Westmeath" had no bear-
ing on the present case. There the husband entreated
his wife to remain with him, but here the return of
the wife to cohabitation was voluntary. The life of
Mrs. Wilson might have been rendered very uncom-
fortable, but beyond that the case did not go; and if
the Court granted the wite's prayer, it would be car-
rying the doctrine applicable to these cases to a
greater extent than had ever been done before.
Dr. BAYFORD was heard on the same side.

Dr. PHILLIMORE and Dr. ADDA:IISCrifIy replied.
The Learned JUDGE said, it really appeared to him
I that the case lay within a very narrow compass.
With the deed of separation he had nothing to do.
The Court could not inquire on what grounds Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson had lived separate and apart, nor
upon what principle it was that 451. per annum had
been allowed her. The ill-treatment to which the
wife had been subjected from the time of marriage
up to the first separation was sufficient to create ap-
prehension that the same cruelty would be resorted to
on her return to cohabitation, even if it fell short of
absolute personal violence. It was impossible not
to see that gross cruelty had been prac-
tised towards this lady from 1821 to 1833.
One of the witnesses had seen the husband aim blows
at her, and something strike her. Without the
slightest provocation on Mr. Wilson's part he once
struck her, wad a black eye supervened on the blow.
On other occasions he struck her with his open hand.
He was frequently in a violent passion, and had
attempted to push her down stairs even when he was
not in that state. There had been no denial of these
facts, and no attempt to excuse them. The epithets
applied by Mr. Wilson to his wife were most
oppro-
brious. He (the Learned Judge) would say nothing
as to the mode in which the lady had been received
on her return to cohabitation ; the usual certificate
was exhibited, and no complaint was made until after
the final separation. Was Mr. Wilson emendatus
nsoribus during the period that she resided with him
the second time ? On the contrary, there was con-
stant abuse, unkindness, and harshness, and a series
of acts of personal violence. There were reasons
connected with his occupation which might, particu-
larly during harvest, prevent him taking his
meals with his wife ; but he had by a variety of
acts sought to annoy her. If there was any
truth at all in the insinuations contained in the
interrogatories, the facts ought to have been pleaded
so that Mrs. Wilson might have had an oppor-
tunity of replying to them ; but in his (Sir H. J.
Fust's) opinion there was no ground for them what-
ever. It was true that Mrs. Wilson some times laughed
when her husband had recourse to conduct which
was now charged against him ; but the reason she
assigned for it was, that had she acted otherwise he
would have subjected her to still greater cruelty, and
the Court saw no reason to doubt the truth of her
statement. The shaking of his fist in her face, and
the striking of the table with the clenched hand,
showed a malignant disposition on his part towards
his wife. The holding of a candle to her face was
not clearly proved. There was, however, enough in
the'conduct of Mr. Wilson to excite terror and alarm.
If the case had rested on what had occurred since the
renewal of the cohabitation, there might have been
some difficulty in ptonouncing that there was a sub-
stantive case of cruelty to justify the Court in ac-
ceding to the wife's prayer ; but, looking to what took
place in the former part of the cohabitation, there
was every reason to apprehend that Mr. Wilson would
renew his violence. He had no hesitation in saying
that the case was sufficiently proved, and in signing
the sentence of separation.
Sentence signed accordingly.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. T. Cromer, St. Mary-axe, merchant, July 14, at
one—T. K. Thompson, Great Tower-street, wholesale
grocer, July 14, at half past eleven—S. T. Taylor and
W. Byers, Skinner-street, woollen and Manchester
warehousemen, July 14, at half past one—M. Lewis,
Oxford street, linen draper, July 14, at eleven—M.
Merentie, King William-street, City, merchant, July 14,
at eleven—J. Coates, R. T. Bartlett, and G. Beck, Wat-
ling-street, warehousemen, July 14, at eleven—W.
Hughes, Chatham, and Stoke, Kent, grocer and cheese-
monger, July 14, at twelve—A. Campbell, Regent-street,
army agent, July 14, at twelve—H. Tamlyn, Totton,
Hampshire, coal merchant, July 18, at eleven.
In the Country.
W. Anderson, Chester-le-street, Durham, draper,
July 20, at half past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne—J. Graham, son., Alnwick, Northumberland,
bookseller, July 18, at half past ten, at the Court, New-
castle-upon-Tyne—C. Dearlove, Knaresborough, York-
shire, grocer, July 25, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Baker and J. Baker, Fore-street, City, tobacco-
nists, July 14, at half-past one—ll. S. Searle, Queen's-
place, Kennington, dealer in surgical instruments, July
17, at twelve—Henry Roose, Salisbury-street, Strand,
and Liverpool, merchant, July 14, at half-past two—
J. Keymer, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, warehouseman,
July 14, at twelve.

I❑ the Country.
J. Sargent, Beaufort, Brecknockshire, innkeeper,
July 14, at eleven, at the Court Bristol—W. Anderson,
Chester-le-street, Durham, draper, July 17, at eleven,
at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—G. Cradock, Dar-
lington, Durham, ropemaker, July 20, at half-past one,
at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Lee and J.
Lee, Sunderland, ironfounder, July 20, at eleven, at the
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—C. Dearlove, Knares-
borough, Yorkshire, grocer, July 25, at eleven,
at the Court, Leeds—W. Dickinson, Clayton West,
Yorkshire, corn-dealer, July 25, at twelve, at the
Court, Leeds—J. B. Browne, Newcastle-under-Lyme,
wine and spirit merchant, July 18, at eleven, at the
Court, Birmingham—T. Holt, Bury, Lancashire, rope
manufacturer, July 18, at eleven, at the Court, Man-
chester.

At the Court of Review, July 14.
E. A. Taylor, Tottenham Court-road, licensed
victualler—J. H. Adams and W. Adams, Samp-
ford Peverell, Devonshire, machinists—A. W. Hart,
Liverpool, merchant—T. Morris, Maida-hill, dealer
—G. F. Arnold, Apsley Guise, Bedfordshire,
carpenter—D. Martindale, Star-court, Bread street,
warehouseman —G. Clarke, Dunstable, common
brewer—J. Kershaw, Brecon, draper—S. King,
Cheltenham, dealer in cutlery—S. Timperly, Ashton •
under-Lyne, linendraper—F. Waters, Church-street,
Hackney, cheesemonger—F. Butler, StaffUrd, iron-
monger—W. I. Dawson, Lime-street, City, cigar mer-
chant—W. Wheeler, Adelaide-terrace, Notting-hill,
builder—W. Beach, Salisbury, cutler—l). Gilby, Bores
St. Mary, Suffolk, coach builder—Amos Potter, Peken-
ham, Suffolk, butcher—A. Duncan, Wilson-street, Fins-
bury, manufacturer of preserved provisions.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Hawke and W. Hawke, Billiter-street, City, and
James-street, Covent-garden, builders—J. Greenhalgh
and H. Greenhalgh, Manchester, watchmakers and
jewellers—W. Ellis and J. Birks, York, law stationers
and stock brokers—E. A. Starling and J. G. Atkinson,
Norwich, warehousemen—A. Croysdale, J. Croysdale,
J. Croysdale, and W. Croysdale, Leeds, dyers and
ware grinders (so far as regards A. Croysdale)—J.
Lowndsborough and J. Harding, jun., Liverpool,
estate agents—T. Jepson and W. May nes, Woodley
within Bredbury, Cheshire, wool carders and fur
blowers—J. Gott and W. Exley, Rawdon, York-
shire, clothiers—J. Smedley and T. W. Whittaker,
Manchester, cabinetmakers—F. C. Norton, Shrewsbury,
and J. Morris, Knighton, Radnorshire, drapers and
grocers—J. Dean, E. Dean, and J. Redhead, Liverpool,
salt agents (so far as regards J. Dean)—.T. Fisher and
J. Peake, Watling-street, City, clieesemongers—S.
Woods, jun., A Woods, and I. Stubbs, Liverpool, stock
and sharebrokers (so far as regards S. Woods, jun.)—S.
Parker and W. Rayner, Birmingham, millers—l).
Abbott and M. Swallow, Huddersfield, tobacconists and
coffee housekeepers—F. Savage and R. E. Honeywill,
Bristol, sugar refiners--J. T. Walker and H. Hill, Corn
Exchange, City, corn factors—G. Rendall and A. Hen •
drill, Cape de Verd Islands, and Bathurst, river Gambia,
merchants—ll. H. Mason and J. T. Smith, Old-street,
St. Luke's, chemists and druggists—T. B. Ayshford and
J. Chamberlin, Drury-lane, wheelwrights—Mary Emily
Kirby and Lucy Ann Maitland Hill, Surrey-square,
Newington, schoolmistresses—J. Lord and P. Lord,
Scarborough, ironmongers and hardwaremen—W.
McClure, J. Booth, and H. Leigh, Manchester and Pa-
tricroft, silk manufacturers—G. Wheatcroft and J.
Kendall, Darlaston, Staffordshire, coach and railway
carriage smiths.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
William Fenex, Pensnett, Staffordshire, huckster.
Henry Haaeldine, Am blecote, Staffordshire, horse dealer's
assistant.

PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
D. Hawkesford and J. Hawkesford, Bilston, Stafford-
shire, ironfounders, 2d., any Thursday, between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Valpy,
Birmingham.

W. 'Penn, Liverpool, licensed victualler, 6d., any
Thursday. between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
J. Roberts and Son, Liverpool, ironmongers and ship
smiths, 35., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
J. Roberts, Liverpool, ironmonger and ship smith,
205., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
D. Robertson, Aberdeen, hotel keeper, to meet June
28, and July 20, at twelve, within the Royal Hotel,
Aberdeen,

D. Davidson, Leith, corn merchant, to meet June
26, and July 17, at eleven, within the New Ship Hotel,
Leith.

N. Shaw, Johnstone, Renfrewshire, grocer, to meet
June 29, and July 20, at two, within the Saracen's Head,
Paisley.
J. Davidson, jun., Dundee, flax spinner, to meet July
3, awl 19, at ono, within the British LLotel, Dundee.

J. Gibbon, 11. Robinson, and J. Skinner, Glasgow,
and Riverbank, Pullockshaws, calico printers, to meet
June 29, and July 20, at one, within Carrick's Ruyal
Hotel, Glasgow.

J. Davidson and E. Davidson, Leith, merchants, to
meet June 30, and July 21, atone, within the New Ship
Tavern, Leith.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
OPENING OF THE METROPOLITAN EXTENSION.
The extension of thi► line to Waterloo•bridge will
be opened to tee public on Saturday next. It is
understood that the first experimental trip will take
place on Wednesday, and the Government inspector
will survey the line on Friday. The following is a
brief account of the works :—The undertaking was
commenced in July, 1846, the contract having been
taken by the Messrs. Lee, who engaged to complete
the works by the Ist of July this year. Mr.
Thompson has acted as sole superintendent on
the part of the contractors, and Mr. Curlew, on
behalf of Mr. Locke, the engineer. The length of
the new line is nearly two miles and a:quarter. The
first quarter of a mile is carried over an embank-
ment, then succeeds a viaduct, consisting► of six
massive iron girder bridges and three hundred arches
(exclusive of those forming the present station i❑
the Waterloo-road). These arches, which are
expected to form a very considerable item in the
receips of the company, have been so carefully con •
strutted as to be easily applicable to various purposes,
and their perpetual dryness has been insured by the
application of the Seyssel asphalte, which has rendered
them impervious to wet.

There are four distinct lines of rail, and the quan-
tity of iron alone consumed in laying down what is
technically called the " metals," is at least 1,200
tons, independently of about 800 tons weight con-
sumed in the erection of the bridges. In the con-
struction of the viaduct and station in the Waterloo-
road upwards of 80 millions of bricks have been
consumed ; and the present terminus, which is all on
arches, covers a space of three quarters of an acre of
ground, its width being 260 feet. The major part
of the present terminus has been coated with the
asphalte, so that the arches on which it rests may
with safety be made use of as storehouses, &c.
The whole of the permanent way is laid down and
ready for the trains to traverse ; but the stations,
both at the Waterloo-road and Vauxhall aro not yot
completed, although, being for the most part wooden
erections, their completion may be considered as
certain at the lapse of three or four days.
To the present terminus in the Waterloo-road there
are no less than four approaches for carriages and
foot passengers, the pedestrians having in each ap-
proach footpaths eight feet in width. At Vauxhall
station there will be only two entrances.
The stations at both Waterloo-road and Vauxhall
will be only temporary.
The fares on the main line are to be increased as
follows :—First class, 6d.; second class, 4d.; third
class, 2d. The trains will run at the present fixed
times.

Nine Elms station is to be closed entirely to pas-
senger traffic.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—After an abundant fall of rain,
we have had several days of favourable weather, in
which great progress has been made in cutting, making,
and securing the hay crop. A considerable quantity of
hay has been housed on the early lands about
Liverpool; and the hay grass is cut very generally
throughout this country. In Lancashire the yield
of clover and rye grass will be heavy, and that both of
upland and meadow hay will be very good; but the
accounts of the yield are not so favourable for the
South and Midland Counties. The grain crops con-
tinue to improve, and give promise of a good and un-
usually early harvest. Potatoes and turnips now look
very well ; and though we have heard of two or three
instances of the appearance of the potato disease, yet
there is no reason to believe that it is general, or even
extensive. There is a great abundance of strawberries,
raspberries, and gooseberries ; but only a moderate crop
of apples, damsons, and the larger descriptions of fruit.
—Liverpool Times.
WEST RIDING OF YORIESHIRE.—NearIy five inches of
rain has fallen up to this period in June (the 21st), so
that the crops are recovering amazingly from the effects
of the drought end heat of May. The corn crops are
now safe, as far as regards moisture, and should July be
warm and dry, the harvest will be very early. and one of
the most abundant ever known. Potatoes never looked
better; a great breadth has been planted this year. Small
fruits, such as strawberries, currants, gooseberries, and
raspberries, are an abundant crop; but the apples, pears,
and plums have again tailed in many localities, from the
attacks of insects.—Slieffield Iris.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—The wheat plant is looking
very promising in most districts in this vicinity, and
many broad acres are in full head; the straw is rather
short upon clay lands. Barley begins to feel the
effect of the genial showers, and the farmer may ex-
pect an average crop. Beans look very healthful,
but are, in general, short upon the straw. The crops
of scuds and grass are heavy, and considerable quan-
tities of both kinds have been cut during the present
week. The farmer is busily engaged in getting in his
turnip seed, and the weather is all ho could wish for
such an operation. The potato plant is looking strong
and healthful, and hopes are entertained that an abun-
dant crop will be gathered, as the diseaes seems to have
worn itself out, and it much greater quantity of this
useful vegetable has been planted this year.—Notting.
ham Journal.
LEICESTER.—We have had some fine rains during the
week, with rather a high temperature; these circum-
stances will accelerate the growth both of corn and grass
crops. Haymaking has commenced, and some fine
weather would be very acceptable. Rain fallen in the
week ending on Wednesday evening, the 21st, 0.99
inches. Barometer, lowest, 29.73; highest, 30.10.
Thermometer, lowest, 50; highest, 76, in the shade, be-
tween 8 A.M. and 8 P.M.—Leicester Journal.
THE WEATHER AND CROPS IN ZsCOTLAND.—Too ranch
of ono thing is said to be good for nothing, and farmers
say that we have certainly had too much rain of late
to be good for anything. Still the crops look
well, and with favourable weather would undoubtedly,
in our district, be above an average in respect of ,bulk.
The winter wheat will not be so bulky as it at
one time promised; but oats and barley, where
the braid came well away, have seldom looked
better. Beans arc decidedly better. Potatoes
have come up well, and have a vigorous appear-
ance, but of course that is no security against the
old disease at a future stage of their progress. It is
somewhat singular that, prior to the introduction of the
rot, great difficulty was experienced in getting the po-
tato to vegetate freely, and farmers were put to consi-
derable trouble and expense in procuring seed from all
sorts of outlandish districts, as it was found that those
grown in late and high localities, and if among peat so
much the better, throve best, and were less subject to
curl. Now, however, provided the seed be sound and
good, little attention is paid to whence it comes, as all
seem to grow equally well. Turnips have not brairded
very readily, and in some localities have been much in-
jured by the fly.—Scotsman.
PROSPECT of ..TLIE CROPS.—After about a fort-
night of heavy and continued rain, with slight thunder,
there is, at the time we write, a prospect of fine settled
weather. The barometer indicates " fair," and the at-
mosphere is dry and warm. This will enable parties to
proceed with the hay making, which has been retarded,
whilst the crops already cut, have been discoloured
and injured. The autumn sown wheats have burst into
ear, but are certainly not generally looking so well as
last year; at the same time, a great breadth having been
sown, we do not apprehend any deficiency; on the
contrary, humanly speaking, the favourable prospect in
the United States and Canada renders it probable that
the price of this important article of sustenance will in
the autumn be even lower than it is at present. The
Lent grain has recently improved beneath the genial in-
fluence of the recent showers, and beans and pease pro-
mise well, which, after the total failure of last year, is
cheering. Apples will not be so abundant as was at ono
time expected, but pears will probably offer a plentiful
crop. Potatoes offer a plentiful crop. Potatoes look as
well as we ever remember, although there is a slight talk
of the disease here, arid our Presteign correspondent,
who gives us a very minute detail of prospects in that
neighbourhood, says that there has been a great cry out
about it in that quarter. He trusts, however, that it
will turn out to be nothing more than talk. Tho hop-
yards of this county look well, and we observe, as well
from the state of the markets as the reports, that the
same is the case in the other extensive hop growing dis-
tricts.—Hereford Journal.

ROYAL NAVAL FEMALE SCHOOL, Ricnmortn.—
The annual examination of this excellent institution
took place on Tuesday, the 20th instant, in the presence
of the Right Hon. Earl Manvers, President; Vice-Ad-
miral Lord W. Fitzroy, Sir Henry Baker, Bart., Ad-
miral Hope, the Hon. Captain Maude, Commander
Beechy, Captain R. Williams, the Countess Manvers,
Lady Fitzroy, Ladies Baker, Phipps, Scott, Maude, and
the gentry of the district. The pupils, 82 in number,
were examined in history, geography, geometry, French,
and drawing, principally, by the Rev. J. Hales, minister
of the parish, and acquitted themselves with great credit
to their teachers. But one of the most striking features
of the examination consisted in the performance of the
musical classes under the direction of Mr. W. C. Solle,
illustrating the results of a system of simultaneous musi-
cal tuition invented by that gentleman, which has been
attended with the most pleasing results. About forty
young ladies, after having passed through a rigorous
examination on the theory of musical composition, pro-
ceeded to its practice, and performed in class with re-
markable precision and neatness of execution, from the
works of Osborne, Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and
Czerny, and we cannot but regard the effectiveness of
their performances as indicating the complete success of
Mr. Selle's system, which seems to promise the most
splendid results whenever it can be adopted in accord-
ance with circumstances auspicious to its full develop-
ment. After short addresses from theaßev. J. Hales
and the Hon. Captain Maude, the proceedings termina-
ted with prayer.
ILLNESS OP THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE.—M.
Pasquier, late surgeon in ordinary to the Orleans family,
has just been summoned to Claremont to give an opinion
as to the health of the Prince de Joinville, who is said
to be labouring under a disease of the liver, the origin of
which is referred to his stay in Africa. A great aggra-
vation of his malady has lately occurred, produced, it is
said, by suddenly hearing of the decree of banishment
lately issued against his family.

DIABOLICAL ATTACK BY A.
GANG OF BURGLARS ON TWO mrsEßs.
DEATH OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
YORK, SATURDAY JMORNING.—In the village of
Warthill, about five miles north-east of this city, 6
most atrocious attempt at double murder has been
perpetrated. The unfortunate victims of the brutal
outrage were a quiet, inoffensive, and respectable
widow lady, named Newlove, upwards of seventy
years of age, and her son, Thomas. Newlove, an un-
married man, between forty and fifty years of age.
Jointly and separately they were possessed of con-
sidereble property, and adopted the foolish plan of
being their own bankers, as much as 1,500/. being
kept in their miserable abode. They lived in the
most penurious manner, so much so as to follow the
practice of seldom, if ever, retiring to rest until their
neighbours, in the natural course of things, would be
getting up; the strange object of their strange life
being to watch their hoarded wealth. About eight
o'clock on Monday morning, a labourer, who was in
the habit of milking the cow and doing other little
jobs for Mrs. Newlove and her son, called at the
house as usual. The back door was opened, and
on entering a passage leading to the front kitchen
he was horrified on perceiving her lying on the
ground, apparently dead, and a quantity of blood
about her. The man immediately raised an alarm,
when, upon the neighbours assembling, a search
was made for the son, who was shortly afterwards
found outside. His head was sadly beaten in, And
blood was copiously flowing from the wounds. i\l"
dical aid being procured, the extent of their injuries
was in some degree ascertained. An iron candle-
stick was found in the passage, which had evidently
been used in the murderous affray. It was covered
with blood and hair, and had apparently been beet
by the force of the blows inflicted with it upon the
heads of the poor creatures. On a further examino•
nation, it was quite clear that they had made a vigor.
ous effort to escape from their murderous assailant
which the state of the passage confirmed, pool'
blood being visible in several parts. Mrs. Newlove
in some degree subsequently recovered her senses, and
from what could be gleaned from her, the ruffians
were three in number. They had contrived to ote
tam an entrance into the house by a back wincloW,
and the robbers, believing that the son had fled to the
village to give an alarm, decamped without obtaining
any of the hoards they coveted. The police, her"
ever, discovered 1,8001., chiefly in notes, in different
parts of the house, and 1731. secreted in a shaving'
box. In one of the rooms were several rolls of notes
tied round with thread. This morning the police
received intelligence of the death of Airs. Newleve,
who had sunk under the dreadful injuries sbe re'
ceived. No trace of the ruffians has yet been.
obtained, although the police have been scouring be
country for miles round.

ELECTION OF SHERIFFS.
On Saturday a Common Hall was held for tne
election of sheriffs. The assemblage of liverymen
was unusually small, the office of the shrievalti
having stirred up no man's ambition in the present,
excited and unpromising times. On the contrary, all
applications to gentlemen to serve have, it is said'
failed; and the two who were elected will, according
to the general opinion, rather submit to the several
penalties annexed to refusal, than enter upon
duties of the office.
At one o'clock the Lord Mayor, accompanied bY
several of the aldermen, the sheriffs, and the prince;
!.
pal city officers, proceeded from the Court of Alne
men to the hustings, and the business of the day d.'
immediately commenced.
The COMMON-SERGEANT came forward to officiate
in the room of the Recorder, in consequence of d
heavy family affliction. The Learned Gentleman
having addressed the livery upon the nature and iina.
portance of the privilege they were about to exercise'
Deputy SELSON stood forward for the purpose 73
requesting that the meeting should not call 0%
Alderman Finnis to serve until next year, on account
of the recent election of that gentleman to the Ace
of Alderman.
The livery very readily excused Alderman Fiul)r
and Alderman Lawrence, upon the ground of Oleic
late appointment to the magistracy of the city °'
London.
Their were several names of high commercial enii‘
nence then put up, but, as if by previous arrant of
ment, scarcely a hand was held up until the names
Mr. C. P. Bousfield, citizen and weaver, and Alr.
R. Mills, citizen and fishmonger, were raised nr9.5
the board, and then every one raised his hand and t
voice too, and the two unconscious citizens Were
elected amidst loud applause and laughter.
The Chamberlain was then re-elected, as were sane
of the inferior officers.
A statement of the Corporation accounts was then
read, which, however, want of space precludes us from
publishing.
The Sheriffs having made their return to the Court
of Aldermen, the hall was dissolved.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
A Court as held. After the return by the Sherifii
of the proceedings of the Common llall, the Court
proceeded to consider the petition of Mr. Thom'
Wood (late Alderman of Cord wainers' Ward), sP,'
I\lr. George Martin, chief clerk in the City Solicitor,
office for the situation of chief clerk in the Guildhall
Police Court. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, had also Pe%
tinned the Court for the office ; but he withdrew uP!„
being informed that he would not be permitted
practise in his profession if elected. Mr. Wood Nil,
elected by a majority of three over Mr. Martin.---1°
journed.

The Chairman and Court of Directors of the 9:
India Company paid an official visit to the Chinese 30fir
on Friday last. The directors arrived in their respe,.,
tive carriages, attended by several of the officers of t:ra
company, about five o'clock; they remained on kn°to
about an hour, and appeared highly gratified Will'
novelty and interest of the exhibition.
tiles
TYE KELLYS AND TUN O'KELLYS.--A tO
Irish novel has long been a rarity, and we are giscib s
see that Mr. Trollope, whose knowledge of Irish Igne
been amply manifested by his previous productions, lis
the
announced one under the title of " The Kellys antsd the
O'Kelly's, or Landlords and Tenants," from Tillie"
public may be led to expect a picture of society alio,
manners as they exist in the Sister Kingdom whiciti,
the
not fail to amuse, and is very likely to astonil the
reader. The peer and the peasant, the heiress an the
beggar, the rich agent and the poor proprieter%d
sporting parson and the gentleman blackleg, are 551 es
figure in the story with such vividness of portraituree
%,
to excite the impression that they are taken free'
isting originals.
The fire annihilator is a small machine of the else
of a common pail, containing several iron encasern.,,ellia
and in the middle 7lbs, of nitre, carbon, and gYPan,7,; ft
the proportion of six, two, and two, and also one .11-10140,
water; at a touch of the finger on a
of w •
sod
charged with a small quantity of chlorate of pntass into
sugar, the compound is in a moment converted the
steam to an amount so enormous, that it equals is
quantity produced by a five-horse steam boiler, alio
t
equivalent to a brigade fire-engine. The whole mac
is
can be made for 1/. of which the combustible 0P51:1
worth only 14d.—Builder. a 1110
The Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot has close too
visit to the Duke of Wellington, at Apsley Houle'
proceeded to his seat in Northamptonshire.
a 0
[ADYERTISE2riENT.]—Another Person Curensife
Dropsy by Holloway's Pills.—Mr. Duncan, an exte",, for
farmer residing at the Elms, near Boston, had beep
years in a bad state of health, the disease prodecrided
swelling in his feet and ankles which gradually esel
until the whole of his body was affected; convineeu he
he was labouring under a confirmed case of drops Pod
consulted some of the most eminent of the fonnitY„' e 6"
h
used their remedies, from which he derived nortflo
but became worse; in this state he determined "eria
Holloway's Pills, and, to the wonder of all, this stle, of
medicine cured him in an incredibly short sPaolle
time. Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor
way's establishment, 244, Strand, London.

BIRTHS. gUwe,
On the 23d inst., at Grosvenor-street, TiscounteSs
of
dale, of a daughter. idoW
On the 18th inst., at Lee Park A
, Blackheath, thB -w„, of '-
the late C. A. Lushington, Esq., Bengal Civil Sett—'
daughter. ort
On the 21st inst., at Clapham-road-place, Dirs. Fr
W ebb, of a dughtr. 0
On the 22da inst.,•! at North-bank, Regent's-Polk'itk iCif
of Lieutenant-Colonel Kitchener, of a daughter. Fjord
At Clifton, on the 23d inst., the wife of the ger.
W Onatrd, M.A , of a daughter.
the 22d inst., in York-street, Portman-square, the lifif6
of H. Rodwell, Esq., of a daughter. Mrs. -1 GI
On the 22d inst., at Lark-hall-lane, Clapham,
Perkin of a daug,hter.
ill onneP
On the 23d inst. at East Sheen, the wife of F. Om
Esq., of a son.
_..../

MARRIED. 0'
On the 22d inst., at St. Nicholas Church, Great -jar-10 foci!
by the Rev. W. C. Davie M.A ~ Samuel W. riesling' J. Y.
of the city of Norwich, to Mary relict of the late o'l'
Sparke, of the same city. liea
On the 22d inst., at St. Sohn's, Paddington, by the or'
S. Sturges, M.A.,Henry Smith, Esq., of Upper ST-ter '
street, Portman-square, to Elizabeth biortlock, daup
J. Sturges, Esq., of Connaught-square.
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DIED
At Hightield, near Southampthe 18th inst.,ll,(l.t,
Louisa, the wife of Lieutenant-t onlonel E. J. Crabbe, "•
daughter of the late J. Crabbe, Esq., of Shidtield,
On the 20th inst., at Downton, Radnorshire, Mary boy
field, fourth daughter of Sir William and Lady Oc/c
aged 17.
At Plastings, on the 21st inst., aged 74, Mary, relict ci
the Rev. W. Whistler. Ore'
On the 22d inst., J. Peppercorne, Esq., of Thurloe-01
Brompton. aged 74.
On the 22d inst., at Wallington, near Carshalton, Sarre
Hannah, the wife of Mr. T. Rymer, aged 43. e
On the 22d inst., at Eaton-place, aged 19, Gertrude.
therine, seventh and youngest daughter of the Hen.
Law, M.P., Recorder of London. o°l
On the 23d inst., at Montagu-square,aged 77, DiarYt°
of
At te late J. Henderson, Es. Shoe
At Holloway, on the 23d inst., R. Stillwell, Esq., of
ditch, aged 74

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Strand, in the Precinct of the Savey, is tb Pl*"
Monday, Juag 26, 1848.