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THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
MEETING AT SOUTHAMPTON.
THE CATTLE SHOW.

The yard was opened at a very early hour, about six
o'clock, but there were very soon plenty of farmers hard at
work scrutinising the animals, and plenty of material there
was for their researches. No less than nineteen frames or
tents, each 250 yards long, were appropriated for the recep-
tion of the animals. The frame to the extreme left was set
apart for the horses. This portion of the show did not, how-
ever, offer very much attraction ; the animals in general ap-
peared to be of mediocre quality, and did not, therefore, at-
tract much attention. There were, however, brilliant excep-
tions. One of these was a thorough-bred stallion, exhibited
by the Duke of Richmond, and a more beautiful creature, in
point of form and symmetry, could hardly be produced. The
first prize of 30 sovereigns, for the best stallion for agricul-
tural purposes, was awarded to Mr. Catlin, of Bushy, Suf-
folk, who exhibited a magnificent animal; and the second to
the Earl of St. Germains. Mr. Catlin's horse was very gene-
rally admired. He has travelled 1,430 miles during the pre-
sent season. The Earl of St. Germains' horse was conveyed
by steam from Plymouth. Among the other successful com-
petitors we may mention were the Right Hon. Mr. St. John,
Mr. R. Curtis, and Mr. T. Glasspool, who exhibited very
fine animals. Many of the horses shown were of large dimen-
sions. In the sth class we observed no less than six tho-
rmigh-bred stallions. However, taking the horses all in all.
the show was, as we have stated, rather poor. Next to
the horses came the short-horned breed of cattle. The
number exhibited was not, we understood, so numerous as
that which has been shown on former occasions, but what
was wanting in quantity was made up in quality. The
first prize in the first class was carried off by Mr. John
Cooper, of Bankwood, Thengeston, who exhibited an
animal of gigantic proportions and great symmetry. It was
conveyed upwards of two hundred miles by railway to the
exhibition. Mr. Hayter, M.P., obtained the next prize for
an' animal which was very generally and deservedly ad-
mired ; and the same may be said of an almost milk white
beast from Lincolnshire, belonging to Mr. H. Maw. The
Duke of Devonshire obtained a prize for the best heifer in
calf in the fourth class, and the animal was generally highly
approved of. Much attention was also bestowed upon a bull
of the short-horned breed, bred by Mr. C. Turner, of Rooks,
Godetone, which was of colossal dimensions. We mays also
mention a cow, bred by Mr. J. Booth, and another by' Mr.
Farrant, of Ibolton, Cheshire. The latter gentleman exhi-
bited an animal, which was greatly admired, and by many
farmers thought equal to that which obtained the prize. The
next neighbours of the short-horns were the Herefords. As
in the case of the short-horns, although the numbers were
not great, the quality was excellent. The principal prizes
were awarded to Mr. William Perry, of Monkland, Leomin-
ster, and Mr. G. Brown, of Avebury Wells. The number
of Devons exhibited was small. A fine cow, of a cross-breed,
with a calf, was much admired. The quality of the Channel
Islands cattle was judged exceedingly good, but not well
suited for the practical purposes of agriculture. The next
three frames were appropriated to the sheep, many of which
were exceedingly fine animals, both in point of breed and
excellence of proportion. The show of Leicesters was
capital. Among the successful competitors were, Mr.
Watkins, of Ombersley, Stourport ; Mr.. Beasely, of
Chapel Brampton, and Mr. T. Paulet, of Beeston,
who severally exhibited very fine animals. The South Downs
were quite equal to the show of any preceding year. The
Duke of Richmond carried off the first prize. Some of the
long-wool sheep were excellent, and attracted great atten•
tion. Mr. C. Large, Oxon, carried off the first prize for the
best ehearling. We understand that the animal was valued at
2001. Mr. Large also obtained a prize for extra stock. Mr.
G. Handley obtained the first prize in Class 2, and Mr. G.
Smith of Charbury, was declared the winner of the first prize
in Class 3. The Hampshire Downs, although of fair quality,
were not deemed worthy of prizes.
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This grand wind up of the social proceedings of the show
took place to-day, at four o'clock. The Pavilion was erected
at the upper end of Houndmell ; and although considerably
smaller than that used at the Derby meeting, was extensive
enough to seat upwards of 1,200 people.
Earl Spencer occupied the chair. His Lordship also acted
as chaplain, and at the beginning and end of the repast pro-
nounced a short grace, in a loud, sonorous tone.
The Duke of Richmond acted as Vice-Chairman.
Among the gentlemen present we may mention the Duke
of Leinster, the Marquis of Downshire, the Earl of Car-
narvon, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Chichester, Lord
Hatherton, Lord Portland, Lord Worsley, Lord Grosvenor,
Sir John Easthope, Bart., M.P., Colonel Challoner, the
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Mr. Shelly, Colonel Le Couteur, Dr. Buck-land, Mr. Benet,
M.P., Mr. Cowper, M.l'., Sze.

After the usual loyal toasts, the Earl of CARNAnvos pro-
posed " Success to the Royal Agricultural Society of Eng-
land." It was a toast which he fully expected would be
hailed with an unanimous burst of accjaination.—(Loud

cheers.) He knew their absorbing anxiety for the advance
of agriculture, and although the appearance of such a body
anywhere assembled would give him the greatest pleasure,
yet such a meeting in Hampshire—his native and cherished
county—inspiring as it did the thought that all the concen-
trated agricultural intelligence of this great kingdom was
collected within its bounds, filled him with inexpressible
pleasure. The Society brought together exhibitions of agri-
cultural skill, supported and advanced by science such zs the
world could not equal.—(Cheers.) They knew that the ex-
perience of a single district was limited, and they were too
apt to suppose that what was the best in their district was
the best which could be produced. Such exhibitions as they
bad lately seen tore away the veil from before their eyes. Al-
though a man ought return a disappointed, he would not, he
hoped, return a disheartened competitor, but would come
back to the trial next year, supported and improved by the
experience of the last.—(Cheers.) The condition of the la-
bourer had been an object of great solicitude with the So-
ciety, the aim of which was to induce him to look upon the
enlightened farmer who kept the best cultivated land as his
best friend.—(Hear, hear.) Although they often heard it
stated that machinery was prejudicial to the labouring man,
lie did net think so.—(Hear.) The persons who availed them •
selves largely of machinery could often employ the greatest
number of labourers, thus benefiting in the greatest degree
themselves, their poor neighbours, and the country, by in-
creasing the general amount of human subsistence. It was
difficult to calculate the great development of the re-
sources which might be effected by the progress of agricul-
ture. He must say that his hopes for the prospects of agri-
culture were much strengthened by the high moral character
of those who were at the head of this Society, and with his
heartiest wishes for its continued success, he begged leave to
give the " Royal Agricultural Society of England."
Earl SPENCER proposed the next toast, "The Foreign Mi-
nisters present." He expressed his-„firm conviction that the
Society had been of the greatest benefit to England. They
had all great reason to rejoice at its 'establishment, but they
would not be so selfish as to confine its benefits to their own
land, and they would be most glad to communicate what
they knew to the farmers of other countries receiving in re-
turn the advantage of their varied knowledge and expe-
rience.—(Cheers.) He had always great satisfaction in re-
ceiving distinguished foreigners amongst them, and he hoped
that they would return with some information which might
be of advantage to them in their own countries.—(Hear,
hear.) He had great pleasure in proposing the next toast,
"The Foreign Ministers present, coupled with the name of
their illustrious guest, Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Mi-
nister."—(Loud cheers.)
The Chevalier BUNSEN returned thanks. It was five years
ago, at the beginning of the career of this excellent Associa-
tion, when he was first honoured by an invitation to take
part in its proceedings. He was then at Oxford. It was
when he had first arrived in England, and before he held any
official situatidn. He then said a few words to them, and the
kindness with which he .was then received he should never
forget.—(Hear.) He had watched with great interest the
rise and progress of the Society. It was unnecessary for him
to explain all the reasons why he considered that the pros-
perity of the State was intimately connected with the prospe-
rity of agriculture He thought so with respect to this
country and to his own. There were many things which
must strike a foreigner when he arrivedin this great country,
but he knew nothing more striking, in the history of the de-
velopment of its mind, than the yearly recurrence of scenes
such as that which he now saw around him.—(Cheers.)
That country must be pleased and happy for many years and
ages which could boast of so many of its great legislators and
statesmen who thought it not unworthy of them to conse-
crate their leisure hours and their experience to the improve-
ment of agriculture and the welfare and happiness of those
who cultivated the soil— (Cheers)—a country in which the
illustrious conqueror himself—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—
turned his sword into a ploughshare, and assisted in the
peaceable pursuits of his countrymen. The history of
their own country, and not less that of Prussia
and Germany, proved that country life was the cradle of
every civic virtue and military achievement, and the promo-
tion of agriculture ought to be amongst the first of the cares
of a good and enlightened Government.--(Loud cheers.)
Their Society furnished an excellent example to the rest of
the world, and an example which in Prussia they were try-
ing to follow as well as they could.—(Hear, hear.) In those
countries of good old Saxon blood, they had all the same
love of country life. They loved peace and domestic enjoy-
ment ; and no person could better insure the one, and enjoy
the other, than the farmer.—(Hear, hear) In every pro-
vince of Prussia they had societies modelled upon the plan of
this ; they published agricultural journals connected with
them, and laboured to bring into general use those improve-
ments, the nature of which were attested by experince.—
(Hear, hear.) Perhaps they would allow him to tell them
an anecdote of the King of Prussia, his Royal master, when
upon his late visit to this country. When visiting the splen-
did establishment at Eton, and gazing from one of the old
gothic windows upon the magnificent scene around him—the
ancient structure in which he stood—the fields and woods
smiling around it, and the happy faces of the boys gazing up
to his—looking at this union of old and new, he exclaimed,
" Blessed is the country where the old is ever new, and where
the new is ever entwined with the old."—(Loud cheering.)
The Hon. Gentleman concluded by returning thanks for the
honour done him.

The Earl of CHICHESTER then proposed the next toast,
that of "The Agricultural Labourer," a toast which was
drunk amidst loud cheering.
The PRESIDENT next proposed " Prosperity to the High-
land and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and the Royal
Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland."
The Duke of LEDZSTER, as President of the Irish Society,
said a few words in acknowledgment..
The PRESIDENT then proposed the last toast—" The health
of the Duke of Richmond, the President of next year."' (The
toast was received with the •most marked enthusiasm, the
company cheering as one man for several minutes.) The
President observed, that the character and conduct of the
Noble Duke had always been such as to entitle him to their
approbation. When the Society elected him as their pre-
sident for the next year, they made a choice which must
have been approved of by every farmer ; and he had no
doubt but that their president elect would carry out the ob-
jects of the Society in the manner most conducive to its
interests.—(Loud cheers.)
The Duke of RICHMOND, who was received with a perfect
tumult of applause, acknowledged the toast, and assured the
meeting of his deep gratitude for the reception which they
had given to him. He would always be found at his post in
the maintenance of the prosperity of agriculture, on the well-
being of which he conceived that all classes of his native
land depended.—(Cheers.) He required nothing as a land-
owner from his tenants which as a farmer he would not be
happy to pay.—(Chiers ) The Noble Duke concluded by
expressing his gratitude to the farmers of England for the
manner in which they had uniformly received him, and
his hopes that he would never do anything calculated to
make them repent of the confidence which they had placed
in him.—(Loud cheers.)
The party broke up at nine o'clock.

Viscount PALMERSTON proposed the next toast. After
an eloquent eulogium of the Chevalier Bunsen, his cha-
racter, and his country, the Noble Lord said that the more '
immediate subject which called him before them was the
toast of " Prosperity to Agriculture, Manufactures, and Cora-
inerce"—(Hear, hear)—those three great branches of the
prosperity and power of this country ; three branches in-
separably dependent upon each other, and intimately inter-
twined and connected in all their most important interests
and relations. Agriculture gave employment to commerce,
commerce gave encouragement to manufactures, and then both
commerce and manu actures repaid with ample, interest the
obfigations which- they owed' to their mutual parent:L.-
(Cheers.) Commerce brought back capital—manufactures
contributed spirit and demand, and by the united operation
of commerce and manufactures, agriculture arose from
its plain and primitive condition, until it assumed the proud
and pre-eminent position which it occupied in this country.
—(Loud cheers.) There was, indeed, no country in the
world, he might venture to say, in which these three great
sources of national prosperity stood out so boldly in
relief as they did in this great kingdom.—(Hear, hear.)
Their commerce carried their ships to the most distant parts
of the ocean—their commerce was wafted upon every wave
which washed the remotest shores of the habitable portion
of the world.—(Loud cheers.) Their manufactures supplied
the wants and wishes of a great portion of the human race,
and their commerce and manufactures creating that wealth
which abounded in this country, furnished to the agricul-
turists those means of developing the resources of the soil,
without which these resources could not be brought to bear,
and provided also that population which increased the value
of the land, and tended to give his due reward to the tiller of
distin-
guished from manufactures and agriculture, because the func-
tions and not creative. Agri-
) Commerce, indeed, stood
were both creative processes—they
Agri-
culture nmelt
us
rooefi
and
—10.2( Hm ec arere,
manufactures
differed more in name and degree than in reality. Agricul-
ture and manufactures both enlisted in their service the
powers and laws of nature, and both were dependent upon
the exertion and skill and ingenuity of the machinist.—
(Hear, hear.) Indeed, lie might • venture to say that if
the agriculturist of the olden time, one of those who
lived a century or a century and a half ago, should
rise from his grave, and witness the magnificent
display of manufacturing skill which they had all
seen in the show-yards of this town, it would be difficult to
persuade him that that great amount of the results of
human industry did not belong to the manufacturing enter-
prise of several large towns, instead of being the implements
with which agriculture was pursuing its useful and daily-
improving ocofl con se.—(Cheers.) Whenever it had been the
misfortune country to be compelled, either for the de-
fence of its interests or the vindication of its honour, to draw
the sword, and en4age in the calamities of war the result
had been to record on the page of history the triumphs and
prowess of British arms.—(Hear.) That result must ever be
the consequence of the unconquerable energy, untiring per-
severance, and the inestimable resources of our national cha-
racter. He trusted that the day was far distant indeed
when it would be our unfortunate lot to be compelled, by the
aggression of a foreign State, to add another chapter to the
military and naval annals of Great Britain; and in the mean-
time let them employ their national energies in acquiring
those distinctions so far superior in point of advantage, and
not inferior in point of honour, which arose from pre-emi-
nence in the arts of peace; and among those of peace, what
was there more deserving of the cultivation of a great and
free people, than instructive arrd enlightened agriculture?—
(Cheers.) Instructive and enlightened agriculture was the
best foundation for high and exalted national character, and
was the surest and most enduring basis for permanent na-
tional prosperity.—(Cheers.) But to encourage and pro-
mote instructive and intelligent agriculture was the peculiar
object for which this Society was formed. It was an object
for the attainment of which it had laboured with exemplary
patience and astonishing success; and he might venture to
add, that there never was a great association in a great em-
pire
• which more deserved than this did the good opinion and
support of the rest of the community, or ought more to evoke
those feelings of self-satisfaction which must be shared by
all who had the honour of belonging to it. The Noble Lord
concluded by praposing the toast, which was received with
great applause.
Lord PORTMAN proposed the next toast, "Practice with
Science."
Dr. PLAYFAIR returned thanks.
Mr. PUSEY then proposed the " Health of the President,
Earl Spencer".—(Loud cheers.) It was not in his private
character—most excellent and most estimable as that pri-
vate character was—that he had to introduce the object of
the toast to the meeting it was as the President of the So-
ciety, as its more than founder and creator, that lie called
upon them to ;drink Earl Spencer's health.—(Cheers.) He
had never shown indolence or lassitude in the service of the
British farmer, and he was sure that it was their unanimous
wish that he might long be spared in health and prosperity
to combine his labours on behalf of agriculture, the cause of
which lie had so greatly advanced.—(Cheers.)
Earl SPENCER acknowledged the toast. His Hon. Friend
had said too much when he stated him to have been the only
founder of this Society. He had not been its only founder.
DukeHe ha
((Ix
iic
firstt mmeandde
(c)—and both of them agreed thethat
heersproposition to his Noble friend the
such a Society must and would be of the greatest possible
advantage to the country.—(Hear, hear.) It had been
agreed between them that he should propose the subject to
the Smithfield Club. He did so, and the proposition was re-
ceived as it ought to have been by English farmers.—(Hear,
hear.) The matter continued to advance, and his Hon.
Friend (Mr. Handley) aided its progress, by writing a pam-
phlet upon the subject. He must, therefore, include Mr.
Handley among the founders of the Association. But after
all, it was idle to talk of originators and founders. He be-
lieved that the success of the Society would be of enormous
benefit to his fellow-countrymen at large. Its success would
improve agriculture in the greatest possible degree.—(Hear,
good, in
Science itself.ought H e
hear.) Their motto, ha would remind them, was " Science
and practice ;" but they.must not forget that it was very
s nheecuesl
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Ltoa
xbee
excellentapi,lieil top
practicalrac. . ;farmbuti the first great object was to
fanning general over the country.
His Lordship concluded by thanking the company for the
reception which they had given to the toast of his health.
Mr. SMELLY, in a short and energetic speech, proposed
" The Ladies present," and the toast was done full justice to.
practice universally should

SUMMER ASSIZES.
NORFOLK ClRCUl2l—lpswich, Jai W.--
The Courts both opened this morning at ten o'clock. In
the Civil Court there were eleven common jury causes, all of
which, with one exception, were disposed of, one way or
another, in the course of the day.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
ARSON. —Ann Manning, aged 32, was indicted for having
set fire to a dwelling-house in Waagford, on the 25th of June
last, the property of James Rathen.
Mr. Prendergast prosecuted, and Mr. Palmer defended the
prisoner.
From the statement of the prosecutor and others, it ap-
peared that the husband of the prisoner being in prison on
some charge connected with the game-laws, left his wife and
infant family in the occupation of his cottage in the deepest'
distress and want. In this state of things there was, as might
be expected, great difficulty in her satisfying the rent due to
the landlord, who found it necessary at length to put in a
distress on the premises on the 40th of June, there being then
2/. 7s. 6d. due. While the distress was in, the prisoner sent
for the prosecutor, and told him she should not suffer her
things to stir before her husband came out of prison. The
prosecutor said he had now no control over the matter, and
the law must take its course ; upon which she replied, " Yon
d—d old rascal ; before you shall have my things I will burn
them in the middle of the room, and your d—d old house,
too." In spite of this, the goods were sold on the 17th, with
the exception of a few articles of wearing apparel. Though
she afterwards asked the prosecutor to take as many of the
things as would pay the rent, on the morning of the 25th the
house was found to be in flames, the fire having originated
evidently from the inside of the roof. An inquiry was set on
foot, and the prisoner then denied having had any fire in the
house on the day in question; but she refused to show the
officers where the fire had burst out. When before the ma-
gistrate, the prisoner made a statement to the effect
that " as she was going into the union-house on the following
day, she had, on the morning of the 25th, put an old mat-
tress into the oven to burn ;" but several witnesses deposed
to the total absence of any marks of fire having been seen in
the oven. In the course of the inquiry to-day, it appeared
that though the goods seized realised 2/. 195., the prosecutor
only received 18s. towards his rent, the great balance being
all absorbed in the expense of the distress, a fact which
seemed to excite great surprise on the mind of the Learned
Judge.
Mr. PALMER then addressed the jury on behalf of the pri-
soner, and called upon them to view the case with mercy
and compassion, and contended that there was really no evi-
dence against his client but the declarations proved against
her, which were rather to be considered as the offspring of
anger than of any determined intention to commit the out-
rage imputed to her.
The Learned JUDGE then briefly recapitulated the chief
points in the case to the jury, who, he said, were not to be
swayed, while inquiring into the truth, by those moving
topics to which the Learned Counsel had called their atten-
tion. If they saw any reasonable doubt of the' prisoner's
guilt on the evidence, they would give her the benefit of
that doubt; but i fthey did not, their duty was to find her
guilty, and leave any circumstances of mitigation or com-
passion which might exist to the consideration of the proper
tribunal.

The jury then retired to consider their verdict, and ulti-
mately returned a verdict of Guilty, accompanied by a strong
recommendation to mercy.
Mr. Baron ALDEREAN—I quite agree with your verdict,
gentlemen, in both its branches. The case is one which
does call for mercy and compassion, and I will take the
matter into my consideration before I pass sentence on the
prisoner.
David Clow, aged 40, was indicted for feloniously setting
fire to a shop, the property of James Hefter, at Farnham, in
this county on the 18th instant.
Mr. Derent conducted the case for the prosecution ; the
prisoner was not represented by counsel.
It appears that the prisoner, whose family occupied the
" town-house," near to the premises of the prosecutor, had
recently taken upon himself to erect a straw hovel, or "lean-
to," aganibt one 'side'of the prosecutor's shop, •in wfiich he
used to pass the nights. On the night in question` he was
overheard to grumble to himself, " I'll be d—d if I don't go
and burn down the whole set of them ; I'll set fire to the
straw shed." This he said about twelve o'clock, as he was
going towards the hovel. In a short time afterwards he
went to the window of the " town-house," somewhat tipsy,
and asked for a light for his candle. Having been accom-
modated with a light, he crossed the yard towards his bed-
room, and was there lost sight of. In about three-quarters
of an hour the premises were discovered to be on fire, and the
prisoner was seen hurrying out of the yard half-dressed, and
with his clothes on fire. On this fact coming out,
Mr. Baron ALDERSON inquired of the jury whether they
were not satisfied that the fire originated in accident, not de-
sign ? The man was " somewhat tipsy," and the fire did not
break out for three-quarters of an hour after he went to bed.
What more likely than that he fell asleep, and set fire to the
bed and his own clothes too ?
A juror said that he should think so too, but for the ex-
pression of the prisoner.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON—I think that that is rather favour-
able than otherwise to the prisoner, as it was decidedly the
conduct of a drunken man. However, if the jury wish it,
the case shall go on.
The jury then laid their heads together, and in a few mo-
ments said they were quite satisfied, and returned a verdict
of—Not Guilty.

THE POLICE FORCE AND THE

PUBLIC.

Yesterday. Mr. Henry was engaged at Lambeth-street
police-office in investigating a charge of an important nature,
as respected the police force and the public, preferred against
two constables belonging to the K division of police, named
George Hailes, 54; and Edward Hawley, 209 K, for a gross
violation of their duty, in unlawfully withholding certain
moneys allowed for expenses to three witnesses, in a case of
felony, tried at the Middlesex Sessions, on Monday week.
Mr. Pelham attended on behalf of the constables.

The constables Hailes, Hawley, and three witnesses named
Donovan, Hawson, and Collins, were bound over, at this
Court, to appear at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, to
give evidence in a case of felony. They attended accordingly,
and after the conviction of the prisoner, they went to the
office of the Clerk of the Peace to obtain their expenses,
and the Clerk then gave an order on the county treasurer for
the payment of 21.35. Bd., which the constable Hailes re-
ceived. The parties, at the request of Hailes, then retired to
a public-house in the neighbourhood, where Hailes called
for some paper, a pen, and ink, and after making some cal-
culations, he handed the witness Collins half-a-sovereign,
and Hawson 6s. 6d. or 75., she was not sure which, saying
that those were the proper sums allowed them by the Court
for their expenses. He also offered Donovan 35., which he
said was her share of the expenses allowed; but she got into
a violent passion, said she had observed Bs. opposite to her
name, or Bs. 6d., as the sum allowed by the Court, and that
she should not take less than that sum. Hailes told her
that by the printed list in the Court servants were only
allowed eighteenpence a day as their expenses, and being
only two days in attendance he could not think of giving her
more. It should be here stated, that in the office of the
Clerk of the Peace but a few months before, Hailes repre-
sented that the witness Donovan was but a poor servant,
and succeeded in obtaining for her the highest rate of allow-
ance, so that the amount to which she was entitled was 7s.
Donovan left the public-house, refusing to take the 35., and
on reaching the house of her master, in High-street,
Wapping, she found both Hailes and Hawley there.
Hailes again offered her the 35., but she refused it for the
reasons she had before stated, and they left her master's
without giving her anything. A night or two afterwards
Donovan asked Hawley, who was on the beat, about the
money, and he told her that, as she had refused to accept it,
they, namely, himself and Hailes, had divided the 3s. between
them. Having left her situation on the Thursday following,
Donovan had determined upon calling at this Court and in-
quiring into the matter, and on Friday she attended for that
purpose, and spoke to the chief clerk on the subject. Hailes
being at the Court with a charge at the time she called, and
seeing her, became no doubt alarmed as to the affair, and the
consequence was, that the same evening he called at the
house of Hawson, one of the witnesses, and sent for the other
two. He then acknowledged that he had made a " mistake"
in calculating their expenses, and paid to Hawson and Col.
lins 2s. each, and to Donovan 55., still retaining 2s. of what
was properly due to her. Donovan at the time told him.she
had been to the chief clerk at this Court on the subject, and
that, in obedience to his requtst, she must attend again.
Hailes replied that there was no necessity for her attending
again ; that if she did not call, she would not be sent for,
and that the thing- would blow over.-- .
The constable Hailes said that it was entirely a mistake,
that he was very sorry for it, 'aud that as soon as he had
discovered it he had paid the parties.
Hawley said, he was not aware what was the proper sum
to be paid to the witnesses ; that he only received three
shillings and half of the other three shillings, which Donovan
had refused, and which he had taken in consequence of what
Mr. Hailes had said.
Mr. HENRY observed, that there could be no doubt what-
ever that Hailes had been guilty of a gross and deliberate
fraud. The Act of Parliament gave him the power of en-
forcing a penalty of 201. for the offence committed by the
prisoner, or of sending the guilty party to prison for one
month ; and he did not think he would be discharging his
duty towards the public if he did not adopt the latter, and
commit him to prison for the whole of that term. With
respect to the other constable, Hawley, he was glad he could
take a more favourable view of the case, as, from the evi-
dence, the only thing against him appeared to be a negligence
of duty in not repoqing the fact of the witnews in the case

being dissatisfied to his superior officers; but he thought a
reprimand for the neglect would suffice.
Hailes was then removed in custody of the gaoler, and
Hawley was discharged.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.

TIMES.—A decree has just made its appearance in
Holland of -great importance to the holders of the diffe-
rent descriptions of stocks to which it refers. By this
document the holders of the New Dutch Five per Cents.
(the " speckle backs") are informed that interest on this
loan ceases on the Ist of September next. Parties de-
sirous of receiving money for their bonds, are to present
them in Amsterdam to be stamped prior to the 20th of
August, otherwise they must take a Four per Cent.
Stock at 954 in exchange, receiving 44- per cent. diffe-
rence in money. The holders of the old Five per Cent.
bonds have the option of declaring from the Ist to the
20th of August next whether they will exchange their
bonds for Four per Cents. at 954, receiving the difference
of 44 per cent. in money. The holders of Dutch Four
per Cents., if they desire Government bowls, and not
inscriptions in the " great book" of Holland, must give
notice before the 31st of August next, and present their
provisional certificates for the purpose.
A correspondence between the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer and the South Sea Company, containing the
propositions which will be submitted to the general meet-
ing of the latter on the 31st instant, and clearly showing
-the intentions of the Government, has just been pub-
lished.

The substance of the matter is this :—The Govern-
ment will make good the Guarantee Fund by the transfer
to the Company of 610,4641. Three per Cents., and by
this they will get from the Company 3,720/. customs,
being the compensation for South Sea duties, all the
unclaimed dividends on the South Sea Annuities (not
stock), with the exception of 10,0001., and 13,7641., the
unclaimed residue of certain capital stock, long since
paid off, and which goes by the technical name of the
" annihilations." The expense of managing the public
debt by the South Sea Company is by the present system
5,9001. per annum, which will be reduced to 3,100/, by
making the charge the same as that of the Bank of Eng-
land, or 300/. per 1,000,0001., and this is all that the
Company will receive from the Government.
Hence a serious question arises to the proprietors.
The expenses of the South Sea House, including direc-
tors' salaries, clerks' salaries, and contingencies, amount
to 9,200/. per annum ; and this expense is, it seems, by
the new arrangement, to be kept up, while the Company
receives only 3,1001, being a dead loss of 6,000/. per
annum. Many of the proprietors are therefore anxious
that the reform should be carried still further, and that
the old suggestions of transferring the annuities at once
to the Bank of England should be adopted. This would
get rid of the expense, and leave nothing but pensions to
be provided, for which, it is said, the Company possesses
means amply sufficient.
SUN.—The English Stock Market leaves off flat, but
this is rather the effect of speculation than anything else,
as the latest money bargains were at 991 buyers, and
those for time at 991 sellers. Exchequer Bills were 795.
premium ; and New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 1021
to
In Spanish there were no further operations, and
prices remained almost nominal. Mexican Bonds were
361 to 1 ; Colombian, 141 to s ; Buenos Ayres, 36 to i;
Belgian, 1031 to 104 k ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 61.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Birmingham and Derby were 291; Green-
wich, 51 ; and Thames and Medway, 91 to 1 discount.
Birmingham and Gloucester, New, 81 ; Great Western,
59i to 61 ; Birmingham, Thirds, 36i ; Ditto, Quarter,
25 ; South-Western, 45k to -if ; Manchester and
Leeds, 44 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter, 31 1;
Northern and Eastern Scrip, 91 ; South-Eastern, 4. to
; Ditto, New, 7i- to i; Yarmouth and Norwich, 104 ?,-;
York and North Midland, 58 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bor-
deaux, 11 ; and Paris and Orleans, 18k 4, premium.
London and Westminster Bank Shares were 61 prem.
The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders
decided to-day on calling a general meeting of their con-
stituents.