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COMMONS SUMMARY.

In reply to Mr. T. DUNCOMRE, ---
Lord J. RUSSELL stated that it was true that he had
offered Lord DRLHOUSIE, Lord LINCOLN, and Mr. SIDNEY
HERBERT, places in his Government, because for the
last five years they had been gradually approaching
towards his opinion ; but he should not have done so
had they maintained the opinions which they had ex-
pressed in 1841. He thought it was sufficient
if the Members of a Ministry agreed in general
principles without insisting that every Member
of the Ministry should agree upon any
question which should be brought before Parliament.
For instance, he did not agree with Earl GREY in every
opinion which he entertained with regard to the
Irish Church. With retard to Ireland, he considered
the social grievances of that country called for an im-
mediate remedy, and he and his colleagues were
prepared to propose measures which would afford not
perhaps an immediate remedy, but which would produce
bs•neficial effects, so that, in the course of ten years, the
social condition of Ireland would be greatly improved
With regard to the franchises of Ireland, he did not
imagine that the question of the franchise was one of small
consideration. He thought that possession of the franchise
elevated a man in his own opinion, and in that of his
neighbours, and he was, therefore, prepared to propose
fur the people of Ireland an enjoyment of the franchise
equal to that possessed by the people of England.
[LIFT erzAEINO•J

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Oxford, July 15.
CRO ,YN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Ma tILE. )
Jane Cross, aged 30, was indicted for having on the Bth of
May last, feloniously set fire to and burned down a certain
dwelling-house, at Shipton.under•Wychwood, with intention
to injure Elizabeth Cross and Thomas Lee.
Mr. Dowdeswell conducted the prosecution; and Mr.
Pigott and Mr. Huddlestone defended the prisoner.
For some time back, it would seem, there had been dis-
putes between the husband of the prisoner (who was, how-
ever, indicted as a single woman, there being another indict-
ment for the same crime against her husband) and his mother
respecting the dwelling-house in question, which was her
property. Some time since there was an attempt made by
Mrs. Cross to dispossess the prisoner's husband, and to turn
him and the prisoner out of the house. The parties who
aided in so doing were indicted for the forcible entry and
convicted. The house in question had been, it appeared,
mortgaged by Mrs. Cross_ to a Mr. Lee, an attorney. An ac-
tion of ejectment was brought, and judgment having been
obtained,
a writ of possession was sued out and placed in the
hands of Whitelock, an officer of the Sheriff of Oxford, to be
executed. He proceeded on the Bth of May last, about
eleven o'clock in the morning, to the prisoners house, and
afterwards left it, and returned soon in eompany of a con-
stable named Franklin, and his own servant, North. On
going back, he saw Cross in the garden, and the prisoner at
the first-floor window of the house, the door of which was
locked. The window was open, and she continued at it
while he was talking to her husband. He asked the pri-
soner's husband to deliver up possession, butsthe latter re-
plied that he would sooner die than do it. Whitelock went
to a carpenter, leaving North and Franklin at the house, to
borrow an axe and a pair of pincers. On his return he
called out to Cross, asking whether he was still in the
same mind ; he made no answer, but the prisoner said from
the window, " Don't let them in, let them break in."
Whitelock immediately called to Franklin, saying, He
does not mean to open the door, or to make any resistance,"
and then proceeded to draw out the staple by which the door
was fastened, and at the moment heard some one cry out
" The house is on fire." He looked up, but the prisoner was
not at the window. Having forced the door, he went in, but
did not, owing to the flames, go up stairs. He went in search
of a back door, but found none, neither did he see any one
in the house. Franklin noticed that as they were breaking
in the prisoner was at the window, though, when the fire
broke out, which was in about a minute after they began
to force the door and break the window, she was gone from
it. When she came out she denied any knowledge of the
cause of the fire. The house was burned, and 100/. damage
done, which, however, the Royal Exchange Assurance Com-
pany paid to Mr. Lee. The prisoner and her husband fol-
lowed the trade of shoemaking, and one of the implements
of that business is a sort of iron tool inserted
in a wooden handle, and called a " polisher." To make use
of this tool it must first be heated in a candle or the fire,
and then applied to the leather; and so frequently is the
handle set on fire in this operation that it is always covered
with a tin plate. That produced in court had its handle
completely converted into charcoal by the action of the fire
and heat to which it had been subjected. It was urged for
the prisoner that it was most probable that this tool had just
been taken from the fire when the first alarm of the attempt
to eject the family was given ; that she or her husband might
have been at work, and that in the fright of the moment it
was thrown either on a bed or on the floor, and that the
weather having been previously both hot and dry, the result
had been that the wood of the floor, or the bed, ignited. The
prisoner was seen at the window till within a minute of the
cry Of use, And that gry Ofiteita Mai Wake het IWO it 11

effect her escape. It was contended that all her words, "Le
them break in," meant was, Let them do as they did befor
and we can indict and punish them for their act. It was
most improbable that she would risk her own life and destroy
her own property by committing the crime alleged.
The Learned Judge summed up, and, in a minute, the jury
Acquitted the prisoner.
There was applause in court, which was instantly sup-
pressed.
(Before Mr. Sergeant GAZELER.
A PRIZE. Flour— Wm. Gill and Thomas Oliver surren-
dered to take their trials on a charge of riot, and of assault-
ing, on the 12th of May last, George Hall alias George
Norley, in a prize-fight, and for other misdemeanours, in the
parish of Shipton-under-Wvchwood.
Mr. Keating and Mr. Phillimore appeared for the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. J. J. Williams conducted the case for the de-
fendants.
By an arrangement made by the gentlemen of " the ring,"
who appear to have patronised this county of late, a contest
for the "championship of the light weights" was to take
place at Northleigh, for 2501. a side. The heroes who were
to struggle for the honour above-named, and the trifling pe-
cuniary advantages attached to it, were William Gill, of
Coventry, and George Hall. Some intimation of the pro-
posed " passage of arms" having reached the authorities, A
constable went to the spot, and thus the contest was pre-
vented there ; but the combatants repaired to Witty-green,
near Ramsden, where the fight actually came off. The
county magistrates determined not to let the pugilists escape
so easily, caused indictments to be preferred against the de-
fendants William Gill, John Brown, and Henry Brown, twa
worthies of "the fancy," and who appear to have made
themselves very conspicuous in the matter, and also against
the ringkeeper or " commissary," Thos. Oliver, the other de-
fendant. For a very strange reason (when the administration
of justice is concerned) no proceedings were taken against
Morley, it being considered that as he lived somewhere in the
north, it would cost a great deal to follow, apprehend, and
bring him to Oxford to take his trial. There were present
at. this fight upwards of 1,000 persons, who appear, except as
regarded huzzaing and shouting, to have behaved in an or-
derly manner. The constable said that there were maul
vehicles there, and several "good imitations of ladies and
gentlemen."—(Laughter.) He also identified the defendants.
Other witnesses confirmed the evidence of the constable.
At this stage of the case,
Mr. J. J. WILLIAMS said be should advise the defendants
to withdraw their pleas and plead guilty.
His LORDSHIP, having first conferred with Mr. Justice
Maule, said, that without going the length of saying that all
parties present at a prize-fight as spectators were equally
guilty with the principals, yet this he would say, that if any
of the gentlemen assisting at such a lawless transaction as
this had been brought before him, he should have made most
severe examples of them. The defendants had committed an
offence of by no means a light character; but that of which
those gentlemen were guilty who had stimulated them en
was much more grave in its nature. He should deal
leniently with the defendants, and should therefore order
them to be imprisoned for three weeks, and at the ter-
mination of the imprisonment to enter into their own re-
cognizances of 1001. to keep the peace for one year.
The business of the county has this day terminated. The
commission will be opened at Worcester on Friday (to-
morrow).

fHE SILVER MINES OF MEXICO-
The following anecdotes of the secrecy with which
the Indians of Mexico preserve the knowledge of the
silver mines with which their country abounds are told
by a German traveller :—The Indians have discovered
that,their silver mines have made their condition rather
worse than better. They determine, therefore, to keep
secret their knowledge of some rich veins of silver not
yet explored by Europeans. Traditions of these mines
have been handed down, it is supposed, from father to
son, through centuries. Even brandy, which will open,
the Indian's mouth on any other subject, fails in this
case. A few years ago, there lived, in the large village
of Huancayo, the brothers Don Jose and Don Pedro
Irriarte, who were among the wealthiest mine proprie-
tors of Peru. As they had reason to suspect the exist-
ence of rich unexplored veins among the neighbouring
hills, they sent out a young man in their employ to examine
the country, and use the likeliest means of discovery.
Accordingly, he repaired to a village where he found
lodgings in the hut of an Indian shepherd, from whole
he concealed his object. In the course of a few months,
an attachment had grown up between the young ad-
venturer and the shepherd's daughter ; and, at last, the
young man succeeded so far in his object as to win froze
the girl a promise that she would point out to him the
mouth of a rich silver mine. She directed him to follow
her, at some distance, ma a certain day when shs should
go out to tend her flock on the hills ; and to notice where
she dropped her' manta,' (woollen shawl). There she
told him, he would find the entrance of the mine. The
young ngent obeyed her directions ; and after some
digging, found his way into a moderately deep shaft,
which led to a rich vein of silver. He was busily
engaged in breaking off some specimens of the ore,
w hen he was surprised by the old shepherd, who con'
gratulated him on the discovery, and offered assistance.
After working together for some hours, they rested:
and the Indian offered to the young man a cup of chic*
which he drank. Soon after drinking, he felt unwell ;
and, as a suspicion of being poisoned flashed upon ble
mind, he instantly packed the specimens of ore in hiS
wallet, hastened back to the village, and thence rode t°
Huancayo. He had only time to explain his adventure
to his employers, and point out, as well as he could,
the locality of the mine ; for he died in the night. Ail"
other exploring party was immediately sent into the
neighbourhood, but without success :
the Indian and hIS
family had vanished from the place, -and no trace of the
mine could be discovered.
Another story is the following :
A certain Franciscan monk, a passionate gamblerslived at Huancayo. By his friendly offices he bed" n
come a favourite among the Indiana,
to wi,„zu he often
applied when in want of money. One day, when lie
had suffered losses at the hazard-table, he begged of an
Indian, who was his relative, to help him out of hie
poverty. The Indian promised assistance on the folloi
ing evening, and arrived punctually at the appointed
time, with a bag full of silver ore for the monk. Tbo
process was repeated several times, until the still need/.
monk earnestly prayed that he might be favoured wit°
a view of the source from which his wants had been
so often supplied. This request also was granted
by the friendly relative; and, accordingly, on
the appointed night, three Indians came to the
house of the Franciscan—desired that he would
allow them to bandage his eyes—and, he es'
sensing, carried him away, on their shouldersr
some miles along the mountains. There, they lifted bi' •
down—conducted him down a shaft
of considerable
depth—and displayed to him a rich and shining vein
of silver. When he had amply feasted his sight, and •
had taken ore enough for his present necessities, his eyes
were again bandaged, and he was carried home on the
shoulders of his guides. On the road, he slily 'untied
his rosary ; and dropped a bead here and there, that be
might have a clue to the mine. Arrived at home, be
lay down to rest, in the comfortable hope of exploring
the path to wealth on the following day; but in the
course of about two pours, the Indian his relative:
came to the door, with his hand full of bead's—" Father,
said he, as he gave them to the monk, "you lost your
rosary on the road 1"

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JULY 15.
STOCK EXCRANGE.—The sales are--Bristol and Exeter, New, 9%
—Caledonian, New, S —Great Western, Quarter Shares, 233 i
Midland, New, 39%.

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MANCHESTER, JULY 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Eastern Junction, I% dis.-Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, 320•
dis.- Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction,
burn, Chorley, and Liverpool, I% dis.-Chelmsford and Bury, 160•
6d. dis.- Clitheroe Junction, h dis.-Derby and Crewe, 3% c. P.--
Derby, Stafford, &c., 1% dis.-Eastern Counties, New, 7% p.-
York Extension, 1% p. -East Lincolnshire, % db.-Exeter and
Exmouth, % dis.-Grand Union, I6s. dis.-Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Extension, 2 dis.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 250•
dia.- Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 14 p.-Liverpool, Preston,
Manchester. and Southport, 19s. dis.-Manchester, Buxton, Mat-
lock, and Midland, % p.-Manchester and Birmingham, Quartet".)
(A), 10 p.-Ditto, Quarters (B), 10 p.-Ditto. Quarters (C),
-Manchester and Leeds Extension, 2% P.-Manchester, Midland,
lipn.c-tiOonid,hBanag.
9,d8
dirisk.e_nhsehardop,
sticr.e,
and Grimsby, 21s. dis.-North Staftordshlre, 3 1-16 C. p.-Nnrth
‘ Union, d
Wales, Mineral, New, 1 k p•-North Western, % dis.-North
andand LiM:cnollineishid're
south-Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, 9-16 P.-West Mint
Union, 214 p. 34Shdietfis.ell

LEEDS, JULY 15.
STOCK ExCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex.-
' tension, 295. p. -East Lancashire, 4% p.-Great Grimsby and Sher field, Quarter Shares, 195. dis.-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 6/. 165.
p.-Leeds and Bradford, 40 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, Branches, ss.
p. -Leeds and Thirsk, dis.-Manchester and Leeds Extension!!
2/. 3s. 6d. p.-Newcastle and Darlington Junction Extensions, 10"
is. 3d. p.-North British, Carlisle Branch, 225. p.-Oxford, Worces-
ter, and Wolverhampton, 5 dis.-York and North Midland,
EEast4
and West Riding, 12% p.-Clitheroe Junction, 18s. 6d. dia.-
as
and West Yorkshire, 225. dia.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 27
and
dia.-Leeds, Wakefield and Midland, 18s. 6d. dia.-Leioesvter
York,._.
aannedh
eLs
teeerd, 2,
Buxton,22. d 5
orin Bedford,skirkl, Oas
n.
dd
Preston,s .
Ma
43.
Midland, 13s. p.-North Staffordshire, 314 p.-North Western,
dig.- South Midland, 9s. dis.-West Riding Union, 4%.
-ne 12n; a .
are
-Caledonian
Quarter
SHEFFIELD, JULY 15.
on, 20s.
Shares, 20s. 6d. dia.-East Lincolnshire, 155, dia.-Sheffield and Lin-
' .-Liverpool,
and
disS.-Grimsby Steitensiareo-n, 31s.
comshire, 12a. 6d.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 15.
STOCK Excusztox.-The sales are-Caledonian Extension 19s.
and
199. 6d.
dia.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1 p,-Lancashire
Nop.h Weat rt Yorksßidinhire, g
Union, 214 p 215. dis.-Newcastie and Berwick (North Shields),
-. %
10
HULL, Jay 15,
STOCK EXCILiNoz.-The Sales are-North British, Half Shama.
1214 -Ditto, Carlisle, 465. 9d.-Chelmsford and Bury, 125.-Goole,
Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 15s. Chelmsford and
and Bedford, 12g. 6d. "--
Melton and Driflield Junction, 485 .-Manchester, Buxton, and Mat-
lock, 21. 165.-North Western, !,( dis.-North Staffordshire, 51.105. 6d-
-South Mialand, 85. 6d. dis.-Weat Riding Union, 41. 95. cd.
YORK, JULY 15.
&Veit EXCILiNon.-The sales are-Clltheroe Junction, U. 131.---
Eastern Canines, York Extension, 2-Great North of England, Nei"
43-Leicester and Bedford, 138.-London and York, 11,i- Manors and Driffield Junction, 21. 75. -Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
3lidland, 2/. 145. 6d.-Newcastle and Darlington, New.
-North British, Carlisle Extension, 21. &1.-North Staffordshire,
5 -York and North Midland, East and West Riding Extension,
lad, 1 lg„

BIRTHS.
On the 10th inst., in Guernsey, the wife of Captain Mann,
Royal Engineers, of a daughter.
On the 10th inst., Mrs. Puzey, of Surrey-square, Old Kent-
road, of a son.

On the 10th inst., at GoitrewenlHouse, Calgarthenshire,
the wife of Dr. John Morgan Hopkins, M.D., of a daughter.
On the 11th inst., at York House, Croydon, the wife of J.
G. Maud, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 14th inst., at Clapham, the lady of Major William
Soltau Pil:ans, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 9th inst., at Whitburn, near Sunderland, the
Venerable George Bland, Archdeacon of Lindisfarne, and
Vicar of Eglingbam, Northumberland, to Frances Sybel,
eldest (laughter of the Rev. J. Collinsen, Rector of Boldon,
Durham.
On the 14th inst., at Titchfield, Hants, the Rev. Walter
Maude Cosser, M.A., to Sophia p ugusta Leroux, only
daughter of Major Thomas Wilson, of that place.

DIED.
On the sth inst., the Rev. Isaac Bridgman, M.A., minister
of St. John's Chapel, West-street, Walworth, aged 57.
On the 7th inst., Amelia. fourth daughter of the late Rev.
T. H. Walpole, Vicar of Winslow, Bucks.
On the 13th inst., in Red Lion-square, Eleanor, the infant
daughter of W. M. Armstrong, Esq.

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