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of February next, at the hour of ten o'clock in the fore- : Sovereign Lady the
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Queen of two thd pounds
noon • and that the said Daniel O'Connell, John O'Con-
of -lawful money of Great Britainousan and Ireland,
nell, Thomas Steele, Thomas Mathew Ray, Charles and be imprisoned in the prison of our said Lady
Gavan Duffy, the Rev. Thomas Tierney, John Gray, '
the Queen in and for the county of the city of
and Richard Barrett, do again appear at the bar of this Dublin, called the Richmond General Penitentiary, on
court at that time, in order that the said trial may be the South Circular-road, for the term of twelve calendar
continued ; and now at this day, that is to say, on the months now next ensuing, and that the said Daniel
said first day of February, at
the hour aforesaid, the O'Connell do before some one of the Justices of the
said Attorney-General for our said Lady the Queen Court of our said Lady the queen here enter into a ra-
cemes into court here, and the said Daniel O'Connell, cognizance, to be acknowledged b'y him d two
John O'Connell, Thomas Steele, Thomas Mathew Ray, cient sureties to our said Lady the Queen an ,
himself the
Char!es Gavan Duffy, the Rev. Thomas Tierney, John said Daniel O'Connell in the stun of five thousand
Gray, and Richard Barrett, appear at the bar of the said potincls, and each surety in the sum of two thousand
court here, as in that behalf directed as aforesaid, and live hundred pounds, conditioned to keep the peace and
the said jurors so empanelled and sworn as aforesaid be of good behaviour towards our said Lady the Queen
also come, and the said trial of the said issues and all her liege people for the space of seven
is tune hereupon continued for a certain time, the years next ensuing the acknowledgment thereof.
et. being necessary for the purpose thereof, And it is ordered that the said sheriff
do deliver the said
that is to say, until and upon Monday, the twelfth day Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, John Gray, Richard
Of February, hi the year of our Lord one thousand eight Barrett, Thomas Steele, Thomas Mathew Ray, and
hundred and forty-four.- And now at this day, that is Charles Gavan Duffy, into the custody of the keeper of
to say, on Monday, the said twelfth day of February, the prison called the Richmond General Penitentiary, to
the said jurors, so empannelled and sworn as aforesaid to be severally kept in safe custody in the said prison in exe-
try the said issues, upon their oath say, that as to the cution of this judgment, and until they shall have paid
pl'plises in the said first and second counts of the said their said fines respectively, and have severally entered
_alodilictinent respectively charged as aforesaid, the said into such recognizances and with such sureties as afore-
,', iel O'Connell, John O'Connell, Thomas Steele, said to keep the peace and to be of good behaviour in
Tahnamu
oinas Mathew Ray, Charles Gavan Duffy, the Rev. manner and form aforesaid, and for the term aforesaid."
Tierney, John Gray, and Richard Barrett, are He would now consider if there was one bad count in the
them
each of' them is guilty of so much thereof as charges indictment, and the jury found the party guilty upon the
'nem for that they unlawfully, maliciously, and sedi- whole, and judgment was given on the whole, how far
tiously contriving, intending, and devising to raise and that judgment would stand if one count was bad. He
create discontent and disaffection amongst the liege sub- submitted that it would not. There was a distinction
• ets of our said Lady the Queen, and to excite the said taken in the text book between criminal and civil cases.
liege subjects to hatred and contempt of the Government The question was to what extent that distinction applied
en_ d Constitution of this realm as by law established, whether it was applicable only in cases of arrest of
and to excite hatred, jealousies, and ill-will judgment, or whether it was applicable after judgment
did anion to
different classes of the said subjects, had been given, and the case came before the court
unlawfully, maliciously, and seditiously combine, of error. There was nothing in the judgment
inspire, confederate, and agree with each other, and of Lord Mansfield in the case of " the King and Ben-
twllit divers other persons, whose names are to the jurors field," 2 Burrows, 981, to show that in a case in which
~I2Knewn, to raise and create discontent and disaffection one count was good, and another was bad, a court of
amend the liege subjects of our said Lady the Queen, error would not reverse that judgment, for if the court
atle,,Q to excite such subjects to hatred and contempt of of error saw that the court below had given judgment
kt;°overnment and Constitution of this realm as by on both counts, they must assume that that judgment
to
thestablished, and to unlawful and seditious opposition had been given in respect of each count, and had not
stir ~ sa.id Government and Constitution, and also to been lessened on account of the deficiency in one of the
eiaas 9 Jealousies, hatred, and ill-will between different counts. (The Learned Gentleman then quoted the case
es of her Majesty's subjects, and especially to pro- of " the King and Fuller," which had been alluded to
root
•of e,.amongst her Majesty's subjects in Ireland feelings Testerday by Sir T. Wilde, in support of his argument.)
jest'', will and hostility towards and against her Ma- The Learned Counsel then referred to a dictum of Lord
IrelY'S Stillieets in the other parts of Great Britain and Mansfield, in Cooper's Reports, and also to a dictum in
sr, and, and especially in that part of the said United Douglas's Reports. Now, he would ask his Learned
doin called England, in the said first and second Friend the Attorney-General, upon what principle he
eeents of the said indictment respectively charged as would contend if there were two bad counts in the in-
tetisforesaid in manner and form as therein is so above dictment, and it appeared :from the record sent to a
P"erged as aforesaid ; and as to the residue of the said court of error that the judgeshad given judgment on those
aremises in the said first and second counts of the said counts,that thecivilcourtshadnojuriscliction? Wasitto be
saa?,,ictin mit respectively charged as aforesaid, the said that the judgment was warranted by law, and, there-
", jurors upon their oath aforesaid, say that fore, that a court of error could not take it into considera-
the said 'homes Tierney is not guilty thereof." tion ? Was it to be said, if there was a single good
On the 15th day of April cometh the Attorney-General count in an indictment, that that was sufficient, and that
and
parries into Court. Now, that was the place where the party was bound to submit to the judgment
there
thie was the discontinuance—that, from the time of pronounced against him, as there was no appeal ?
parties being found guilty, there was no mention of It would take away the power of appeal
in every case.
men the parties were to be brought up to receive Suppose a jury were to find a party guilty, in a case of
Jildginent.
felony, of the murder of A and the murder of B, the
The LORD CHANCELLOR—The trial was out of term, court could not pass sentence of death on both those
ceder the authority of the Act; it was continued during counts, because that would not be a judgment warranted
the vacation under the authority of the Act. by law. Directly a man had sentence of death passed
Mr. PEACOCK admitted that the trial took place out upon him he was attainted, and the court could never af-
of term, but he submitted that the order was not suffi- terwards pass sentence upon him for another offence,
of
diemthe to meet what was required by the Act If the court did so, it would be a ground for reversing
Ist and 2d William IV., c. 31, sec. 3, the judgment. If two sentences were passed it would
lun,deer_ which the days for holding terms were altered, be a good ground of reversal. A man could not be tried
Jae day originally fixed for the trial was the 15th of for one murder whilst he was under attainderfor another
1,,,e uary, and the trial took place during the term. On murder. The plea of " au.trefois atteinte" would be an
:V:tai: 13th of January an order was made, not that a cer- effectual plea, according to Hawkins' Pleas of the
numberti of days should be fixed for the trial, but an Crown. It was impossible in the case of felony that
the trial
or rather a conditional, order, that in case sentence could be passed for two distinct offences. If
tl2_,. . should not be completed by a certain day, ad- a man were sentenced to transportation for life twice,
;T,lt:onal days should be added. The question was, whe- and then pardoned for one of the offences, what would
art:that was an order within the meaning of the Act of be done with the remaining sentence? He contended
tf,
place the Court ought net, in the first that it would be void for ambiguity. It was a general
r 7, ,to have appointed a certain number of days for the rule of law that a party could not be tried
Learned
at bar, making those days a part of the term. The twice for the same offence ; and if a party
The Counsel then read extracts from the record. received sentence on a bad count, it would
'-'' order for the trial at bar was made in Michaelmas be a sufficient reason for setting aside a good
wre, re
thr,„. . -the preceding part of the proceedings showed one. In the case of appeals in 4th Cook's Reports, it
against
Michachaaas- term the Court gave judgment was laid down by Lord de Grey that the reason why
Lordship, would
trtaversers upon the plea of abatement. Their autrefois acquit was a maxim of English law, was that
istiroestPs would observe, that before the order of the the life of a man should not twice be put in jeopardy
tcs. t January there was an order made in Michaelmas for one and the same offence. Suppose Mr. O'Connell
nary,T, that the trial should take place at bar, should be charged to-morrow with the same offences,
i',._), order for the trial at bar having been made, the and the counts should be better drawn, would he be able
efle'mere summoned for that day, and before that day to plead his former conviction, even though he was suf-
Y, on the 13th January, two days before the return fering imprisonment on the judgment ? He contended
4,s"sel;enire, an order was made that in case the trial, that the only conclusion to which their Lordships could
enc,,_st r
.the i sth January, should not have terminated come was, to reverse the judgment.
-,eb`..e
alpt day of Hilary term, then Thursday, the Ist of Their Lordships then retired for refreshment, and
April, sy next, and every, succeeding day till the sth of the proceedings were suspended. On the return of their
clays
shonootudldhebe appointed for its continuation, and such Lordships,
tuns w„ whethtakcn to be part of the term. The ques- Mr.. PEACOCK resumed. .He would cite the case o
for the trial bar if the Court originally made an order the King v. Holland, sth Term Reports, page 607, where
they could, on the
t to
take place on the 15th of January, an information was filed -by the Attorney-General
alternative ;hat e l3th of January, made an order in the against the defendant, for malversation in an office.
by a pertainwsheorue,ld be addet:ls.''
-' in case the trial should not be concluded He submitted that the dicta to be found in the text
%%tile that and certain succeeding days books, amounted merely to this, that where there were
words of the Act of Parliament several counts, and the jury found entire damages, and the
h_. " provided that any trial at bar shall be directed court were not able to distinguish how the jury
illne• by an of the said Courts, it shall be competent to the assessed the damages, they must recite it in the judg-
sof the Court to appoint such day or days for the ment, but in a criminal case, where there was no ember-
rtal as they should think fit." Now, unless the order rassment about the finding of the jury, for the Court
were an order within the meaning of the Act of Parlia- themselves assessed the amount of punishment, and
anent the trial at bar was clearly in error. where judgment was given against the defendants upon
The LORD CHANCELLOR—The Act is to be considered an indictment of which some of the counts were good,
as
_ti remedial Act. and others bad, how could this House, upon the case
Mr, l'Escocx—The question was whether an order being removed by. writ of error, distinguish between
of the court, under that Act, was in compliance with that portion of the Judgment which was given upon the
that Act. He contended that the court should have good counts, and that portion which was given on the
made a positive order that these further days should be bad counts ,?
When the court passed sentence where
led for the trial at bar. In this case it was merely some counts were good and some bad, and
snordered e that in case the trial should not be completed by the judgment was discretionary, the judgment
a'
lirhtain day then additional days should be fixed. shonld be reversed altogether. He believed his
that
The
Lorin CHANCELLOR—Would it not be sufficient Learned Friends could produce no case where this point
„... the day were fixed for the continuance of the trial ? was distinctly decided, and he trusted their Lordships
41r. p
the EiteocX—Yes, but this was not an order that would maturely weigh it. The next point was with re-
but days should be hereby fixed for the continuation, gard to the suggestion as to whether that House could
es_._ that in case the trial should not be completed, then amend the judgment of the court below, as he contended
".,!ien days should be appointed. the judgment of the Court below was defective, as
fo?! Loan CHANCELLOR—And that the days so fixed judgment was not given upon those points where the
of' the continuation shall, accordingly, for the purpose defendants were acquitted, and he apprehended their
such trial,
r. , be taken for part of the terns. Lordships could not amend that judgment. The case of
it Shy. ' 21tcocK said the Court would not say that in case the King v. Nalcot, in 4th volume Modern Reports,
poininn,d be necessary, then certain days should be ap- p. 395, was a strong authority on that point. That was
and :Lea. The trial took place on the 12th of February, writ of error to reverse one attainder for treason
tickle jury having given their verdict on that day, the committed by the father of the defendant. Certain
lows had had no notice to appear in Court on the fol- formal words were left out of the judgment of the Court
ilatJ term, therefore, whether the days from the Ist of below, and the question was whether those words could
w ''rY to the 12th of February, were days of term, be added to the judgment of the Court below.
48
inmate •
who,
ha vi ernd. He referred to " Coke upon Littleton," That ease showed that the omission of words was the
other "vmg spoken of discontinuance, says, "there is an- ground of the reversal of the attainder, and that
a erroneous proceeding that consisteth in misdoing, the Court could not amend the record, and add
8 when
day ne process is awarded instead of another, or a those words. In the case of " Showers," the
thin given, that was not a legal day. This ;is a miscon- words " and be burned before him," were omitted,
to it, iee, and if the defendant does not choose to appear and the House of Lords reversed the attainder
not a 14;18 an error ; but, if he did appear, then it was on that account. That was a proof that the house could
eontien.„4ceatinuance." In the present case there is no not amend the record by the insertion of words. The
It taiga" at all, and, therefore, it is a discontinuance. judgment of every court of error must be either an he was " `'e said that this was a technical objection, but affirmation or a reversal of the judgment of the court
What itrilthere to say what 'the law ought to be, but below. If it were a reversal, some questions might
. The -1- --* arise as to what that judgment ought to be. In
it The
a "'enneneareELLoll—The question is not whether Bacon's abridgement to the Error Letter, it was
Mr
te...chnical objection, but whether it is a valid one. said that " Judgment is an entire thing, and
cannot regularly be reversed part, and affirmed
'Tate:. -u-EAcocx cited the case of Bradley v. Banks, in
part." If judgment were passed upon various
.
leetic-s; 283, which was an appeal against which an ob-
th - was taken. It was moved for the defendant, parties, and it was erroneous against one, it was
at this reversed against all. In the case of the King
Writ of aPPeal had been discontinued, because the
and the appeal was returnable on the 16th of October, and Kenworthy,7 Barnewall and Cresswell, page 707,
day, capita ought to have been awarded on the same a party had ben tried and convicted at Chester,
ea whereas for perjury, and ;Owes entered on the record that he had
days bein the capias was dated on the 23d,. seven
been ordered to be transported for seven years. In that
man g thus omitted. It was argued that it was a
held that the entry merely wrong, and a
case it was
aho st discontinuance and the court so resolved. He
le the the case of- the Queen v. procedendo was ordered to issue to the Court below,. or 9r-
ing them to proceed. to judgment,.and,,Lord Chief Justice
The r 214
of Lord Raymond's Reports, Hp.atelh,Oin6gl.,
ija 2 4th Mode Abbot, in giving judgment, said, It appeared from
eott, marned Gentleman also quoted the King v. Wal-
the record that an order had been made, but not fol-
sec. .'"awkins'
rnlteports, page 395, and several cases
lowed up by judgment." In the case of " The King v.
Lord°4* The n Pleas of the Crow ,book 2, page 27,
Ellis," 5 Barnewall and Cresswell, 395, in which the
h ships, next point to whichnhe would call
.their
cause of Kenworthy was quoted, judgment had been
ae be rtttention, was that no judgment of acquittal
Reiltse", given in this case upon the finding of "not given in the court below, the court reversed the judg-
nell i',,, °E the jury, either as regarded Mr. Daniel O'Con- ment, and held that they not send it to the court
below, in consequence of that reversal. The prrsoner
man quote of the other parties. The Learned Gentle-
had been sentenced to fourteen years' transportation for
sur°lecl 'triflers' Abridgment, and Rolls' Abridgment,
topoint petty larceny, an offence punishable by law with only
wthPife.iirt of his view upon this point. The next
seven years' transportation. The distinction between these
eh' - be would call the attention of their Lord-
. ips ,
two cases was material. In the first no judgment
has, i'vas that the verdict and the judgment were
had been passed ; in the second the one which had been
into -oer,esnitlch as it ordered the parties to enter -
Passed was erroneous, and the prisoner was discharged.
F,0,41.,-;;°,,giiism3,es to keep the peace, and to be of P
In the cases of the King against Board and others, 7
:,ue ackr,-"avi, for-our' he space of seven years next ensuing
Adolphus and Ellis, page 58, prisoners had been stn-
s ' -"led°. tthe;or The question was, whether
_s, Juds_ent men ,
At time, tenced to transportation for an offence, the le-
e a pail,in was good. It wes doubted. one
gal
punishment of' which was death. In that
enter int of its judgment, the Cogrt ordered parties to
-L
d Denman,giving judgment, said that,
case or.
had been
Was co
.0 rece-
gnizances to keep the peace. That case
b , th
as an erroneous judgment . passed
White4,eldered before this House, in the case of Hart v.3e
pliem the
i 30th vol. of the State Trials, and the part inferior court, that court sitting in error had neither
the power to pass the proper sentence nor to
iThe o`u'e to the ease would be found in page 1334.
send back the case to the court below.
and Theli
'lad 'ti"tinn was, whether the Court of Queen's Bench
th,iirnwer to send the defendant to any prison beyond judgment, therefore, must be reversed,.h. t e
st,riab?wn jurisdiction, and whether sureties for a rea. Prisoners discharged. Their
the judgment,
t had_ no
itiel,.c'e time for good behaviour could be required. The Power, except to reverse or affirm ludgmen,because
autt 8 laid, the had doubt whatever as to their
3'
himnoif they were to amend it there would be two judgments
theyeritY toon the record—an original judgment of the Court of
we send to any prison in England ; and
the
re ually of opinion that the court possessed .
Queen's Bench of conviction, and an original judgment of
authority -
th Court of Error of acquittal.
'4'441 •
legally to require such surety for a rea- e
tee° e time. The question whether this (The Learned Gentleman was proceeding when our
Rtlizan was,
report left.)
reason , ce was one requiring surety for a
~ aole .•
:iiet. Th "me- He submitted that it was
THE BEDFORD BANK ROBBERT.—It will be re-
lee ties e time fixed was seven years from membered by some of our readers, that in the month of Sep-
ande of
the the acknowledgment of the recognyance tember last, the Bedford coach was robbed on its way to
reeegni Party was ordered to be- imprisoned until the London, of a parcel containing 1,1001. in bank-notes and
valid, 'anee should be given. Now if that sentence were bills of exchange, which had been forwarded from Mr. Bar-
'eight red if the person were unable to find sureties, he nard's bank, for Sir Charles Price and Co., the London
kibreittedimprisoned for the whole term- of his life. He agents. For a long time the affair remained undetected ;
ought that to make it a reasonable time, the time but about six weeks back a man was found uttering some of
the lost notes in Dunstable. He was apprehended and con-
to , e to be fixed ; for instance if he had been sentenced
ci.f_ imprisoned for one, andthen to enter into recog- veyedb toinßter Jedsaoonl,,3 andoo on
tlolrtieesday 117:glracaell at
ofilTseos to keep the peace for seven years from the time theci inquiry, the jury delivered rat' vertdict"of hisand the pornig-
eaus !mprisonment, that sentence would be valid, be- 111-111 - '
sentenced to be transportedf guilty,
re •if he could stoner was or seven years.
soned
so not find the sureties, he would be im- STEAM-BOILER EXPLOSION AT BOLTON.—BOLTON,
i °L. WOUld be discharged,
and at the expiration of that time THURSDAY Momsina.—Yesterday, at two o'clock, an in-
-n 'act fulfil e discharged, because he would have quest was held at the Court-house, on view of the
peace i. led his recognisances, he would have kept the bodies of the three unfortunate individuals who lost their
straic,l9! seven years, he would have been under re- lives by the recent boiler explosion in this town, before the
he
net during that time. But under the present sentence Borough Coroner and a respectable jury. After a long in-
Procurer
would get released at all, if he could not quiry, the inquest was adjourned. The Coroner directed that
~„_,e
_e reepgnisances. (The Learned Gentleman then W. Fairburn, Esq., of Manchester, be sent for and. requested
gomu_t„ d the judgment in the case of White and Hart, vol. to examine the boiler, to enable him to giveaanaoig.inion upon
of the State Trials, page 1321.) In that case the judg- the cause of the explosion when the jury metittegd a Wrox-
tenter .as a legal one, for the parties were sentenced to An act of incendiarism was coma
rf,_
,!nto recognisances to keep the peace for five years hall, Warwickshire, on the afternoon of Sunday
week. It
Peter Woolley, a tramp
Ci the
expiration of the term of imprisonments So turns out to have been committed byof .
wife of
• )hies if th
it in revenge of a refusal on the part the wife of
olikt, oy were unable to find recognisances, they who did
give him
He has confessed, and is now
this case diseharged at the end of the five years ; but in topliw'lyrneircit l. relief.
tep_euit might be imprisonment for life. The sera- 111
So severelyg is the scarcity of water felt in the
u,oirc,,,s . pit Daniel O'Connell was in the following of Bristol, that ' '1;
it Is an • •ect of successful specula-
tieing •--" Whereupon all and singular the remises suburbs
f.,.,
- d
ate
t 13 a cask of
L. ,g seen and fully understood by the Court of our said. 1711.0fnetsch it r.om a distance,
,ao se a ,
and in smaller quantities at a penny and two-
by the Queen now here, it is considered and adjudged pence per gallon.
f,frtn,e. said Court here that' the said Daniel O'Connell Dispatches from the Governor of Canada, and also from the
Ins offences aforesaid, do pay a fine to our Governor of the other North American Colonies, were received
yesterday at the Ctdcsild-eface.

CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
Lorrnobr, Jur.v 4.—Wind this day at noonN.E.
LIVERPOOL, Jury S.E.—Arrd. Columbus, Green,
Pernambuco. Ski. Mary Hartley, Calcutta; Thomas Caity,
Bombay; Nereid, Cape of Good hope; Deenster, Horatio,
and Henry Bell, Ichaboe; Amazon, Brazils; Ritson, St.
Thomas's; Abbot Lord, Boston; Hibernia!(steamer), Halifax;
Robert Watt, Quebec; Syren,' Montreal. Off, Resolution,
Maranham ; Carolus, New Orleans.
OFF CORR, JULY 2.—Andover' Burns, Lima; Atalanta,
Demerara; Hopewell, Goodwin, Savanilla ; Hebderr, Porto
Cuba. A brig, supposed Irish, Whiteway, from Buenos
Ayres.—The wreck of a vessel, apparently timber laden,
level with the water's edge, and masts gone, waS-pasSed in
lat. 53, 10n:29, by the Hopewell; off this port.
OFF CROOKHAVEN, JULY 2.—Marnella, Vallent, Callao
Helen Noel, Valparaiso (170 days) ; Theodore, Quebec;
Thetis, New Orleans ; Mary Ann, Seymour, Trinidad ; Funch,
Mobile; Elora, Turnbull, China; Argyll, 'Welsh, West Coast
of Africa.
DEAL, JULY 4.—P M. Wind S.W.—Arrd. Gulnare, China ;
Pilgrim, Batavia, for Stockholm; Fenella, Buenos Ayres, for
Rotterdam ; Maria Albina, ditto, for Bremen ; Clifton, Ma-
tanzas, for St. Petersburgh ; Falcon, New Orleans, for Rot-
terdam; Asia, Baltimore, for ditto. Sld. Foam, China; Dub-
lin, Sydney; Constant, Madras; Wilhelmine, Cape de Verdi.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 4.—Wind W.—Sid. Agincourt, Cal-
cutta. Off, William Wise, Lowe' .Launceston ; Tasmania, Ja-
mieson, ditto, sailed March 24; Osiris, Java, for Amsterdam;
Keelsing, Thomas, for Flushing..
COWES, JULY 4.—Arrd. Winnegance, Lowell, Havannah ;
Nimrod, Matanzas.
SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 3.—Sld. Lady Mary Wood (steamer),
Gibraltar. 4.—Liverpool (steamer), Lisbon, &c.
PLYMOUTH, JULY 4.—Wind moderate.—Arrived Asia,
London, for alcutta, to land two sick men • H.M.S. Syden-
ham, and sailed for Malta ; Wave, Baines, Sierra Leone.
FALMOUTH, JULY 4.—Wind moderate. Arrd. Vesta,
Shearer, Ichaboe, April 20 ; Maria, Ratje, Rio ; Cxsara, Go-
del, Cape St. Paul's, Africa ; Jane, Chandler, Aux Cayes.
Off; Grace, Wilkin, Ichaboe, May 3 ; Caroline, Harris, ditto.

.IiOiIFORD, JULY 3.—We had only a moderate supply of
stock on offers to-day, yet the general demand was in a
sluggish state, and in some instances had a' 'downward- ten-
dency—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s; Lamb,
4s 2d- to 5s ; Veal, 3.s to 3s 10d ; and 'Pork, 2s Gd to 3s 6d
per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 265; Quarter-old -Store
Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Mulch Cows, with their small calves,
161 to 191 each.
LEWES, JULY 2.—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 2s 8d
to 4s 2d; Lamb, 4s to 4s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork,
2s 4d to 3s 6d per Blbs.—A limited supply, and a steady de-
mand.

AND

" Who runs may read"

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COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
- (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTR .)
LAUNCH ON THE COM MODOE'S YACHT KESTREL.—This
fine yacht was launched from Ilqnsen's yard on Monday last.
at noon. ..Never was there such opposite opinions amongst
those who profess to be judges, as to her appearance and rig,
some extolling, while others condemned her as the image of
by-gone days. Who shall decide, when yachtmen so disagree?
LAUNCH ON THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAMER
BRAGANZA.—This ship, which has been lengthened amid-
ships 30 feet, is now 875 tons, and was launched from Messrs.
Thomas and John White's yard on Monday : she is decidedly
improved in her appearance, and is now considered a first-.
rate steamer. We understand she is intended to. run to Con-
stantinople
Wednesday, at noon, the foundation stone of the eastern-
most dock-head of the new steam-frigate-dock was laid by
Mr. Thomas White, the spirited proprietor. - --
RAEK COME AT LAST.—After a drought unprecedented,
being from the 14th of April till the 2d of July, the parched
fields have been visited by some refreshing showers. There
was some heavy rain at Itireshwater and Compton on Friday
last, but it did not reach to the north of the island. One
farmer on Saturday sowed 16 sacks of barley. The barley,
oats, beans, and grass are a failure.
The following are amongst our arrivals this week :—Sir
Henry Webster and family, at Harriet Lodge; Mr. Powell
and. family, Adelaide Villa ; John Congreve, Esq., and
family, Beach Villa; Sir C. Egerton and family, 9th Cot-
tage; G. H. Ackers, Esq., 2, Bath-buildings • the Duke and
Duchess of Montrose, Belmore House ;A. Corbet, Esq. and
family, Parade House; Mrs. Amphlett and family, Sea-
view House ; Mrs. Bennett and family, Small Pavilion ; -Lady
Fitzgerald and family, Trafalgar House.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
WINCHESTER RACES—THURSDAY.
Handicap of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, with 25 added; the winner to
be sold for 100 sovs. Three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. Preston's Bosphorus, aged (Mann) 1
Capt. Delme's Red Skin, 3 yrs
Capt. Povntz's Cayenne, 5 yrs 0
Mr. W. ktwall's Pelerine, 6 yrs
Mr. W. Sadler's Alice Lowe, 3 yrs. .. .....
The Two-yrs-old Stakes of 15 sovs. each, with 25 added.
T.Y.C.
Mr. W. Etwall's f by Defence, out of Soldier's Joy (Nat) 1
Duke of Richmond's c by Mus, out of Belvidere 2
The Winchester Stakes of 10 soya, each, h ft, with 100 added;
the winner to be sold for 1501. Heats, one mile.
Lord G. Bentinck's The Best Bower, 3 yrs (Abdale) 0 1 1
Mr. Etwall's Palladium, 5 yrs 1 0 2
.
Mr. Braithwaite's Gaiety, 3 yrs
Mr. Etwall's Venatrix, 4 yrs
Mr. King's f, by Jack-in-the-Green, out of Eliza... 3 0 dr
The City Members' Plate of 50 sovs. for 3 yrs old, 6st 41b ;
four yrs, 7st 91b ; five yrs, Bst 41b ; six yrs, Bst 111 b ; and
aged, 9st. Winners extra; mares, &c., allowed 31b. Heats,
two miles.
Duke of Richmond's Lothario, 4 yr 5...... (W. Howlett) 1 1
Mr. Sadler's Belissima, aged ..... 0 2
Mr. Pearce's:Jack, 5 yrs
Mr. England's Spring Bok, 3 yrs
Mr. Etwall's Queen of the Chase, 3 yrs 3 0
Captain Poyntz's Fire-king, 4 yrs 0 0

MARYLEBONE SAV GS' BANK,
76, WELBECK-STREET.—Established July 5, 1830.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF PROGRESS, AT SPECIFIED
PERIODS, DURING THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
Sums invested with
Open Deposit National Debt
Accounts. Commissioners.
On "July 5, 1838 E10,703 179,381
1839
1840........ 12,445 243,469
1841 12,881 20,852
1842 13,100 275,072
1843 13,820 305,383
1844 14,638 340,509
D. FINNEY, Assistant-Secretary.

PRACTICAL WORKING OF THE
LIBEL LAW.
(From the Cheltenham Examiner.)
As an illustration of the practical working of the Law
of' Libel, and the immense expense it entails on those
who unhappily fall under its operations, the following
particulars of the recent actions against the proprietors
of this paper may not be uninteresting to the public.
At the close of the year 1842, and early in 1843, certain
proceedings took place at the Cheltenham Police-office,
which created a great degree of excitement in the public
mind. A series of articles commenting on these pro-
ceedings appeared in the Cheltenham Examiner and in
the month of January, 1843, Messrs. Rowe and Norman,
the proprietors, were served with a copy of a writ, in an
action complaining of four articles which had appeared
respectively on the 7th, 14th, and 28th of December,
1842, and the 25th January, 1843. This writ was
served at the suit of Mr. Augustus Newton, and shortly
after another action was commenced in the names of Mr.
and Mrs. Newton, conjointly, complaining of one only of
the same four articles. This action, after having had
the venue changed from Herefordshire, was brought to
trial at the Gloucester spring assizes, April, 1843, before
Mr. Justice Erskine and a special jury, and resulted in a
verdict on the general issue of not guilty for defendants.
The expenses of this action to the day of trial, and in
answering subsequent unsuccessful applications by the
plaintiffs fur a new trial, were to the defendants about
240/. ; of this sum they never received one farthing, the
male plaintiff discharging his personal liability by means
of the Insolvent Court. In the month of January, 1844,
defendants were served with a copy of declaration, in the
first action by Mr. Newton alone, and embracing, be it
remembered, the very article, on which in the former
action, the defendants had been declared not guilty, and
the action, after repeated delays, came on in the Court
of Common Pleas, at Westminster, before Chief Justice
Tindal, on the 15th of June, just passed. The defendants
pleaded a justification to the whole, and after a hearing
of three days, and the examination of numerous wit-
nesses for the defence, the jury returned a verdict, that
the justification was established on two material counts
in the declaration, and a verdict on the two other counts
for the plaintiff, with one farthing damages on each. The
expense of this second action to the defendants, including
counsels' fees, travelling expenses, maintenance and pay-
ment of witnesses, and other unavoidable charges,
amounted in the whole to upwards of 600/. Thus the
two actions, grounded on nearly the same articles, and
arising out of the same transactions, and on both of
which the jury have returned virtual verdicts of not guilty,
Messrs. Rowe and Norman have been put to the enor-
mous expense of nearly 9001.; and that of course reckon-
ing nothing for anxiety of mind, interference with busi-
ness, and their own personal expenses.
The expense of these actions is a standing witness
against the present Libel Law, and is enough to deter the
journalist from doing his duty to the public, by com-
menting freely on matters of public import. These ex-
penses, be it remembered, are incurred by parties pro-
nounced not guilty; had the results been otherwise, and
by a failure of the justification, a verdict of 40s. damages
been given against them, the defendants, in addition to
this 9004 would have had to pay the plaintiff's costs,
amounting to several hundreds more.

_ -
TATTERS ALL'S.—YESTERDAY,
THE LATE DERBY.
The following notice was received yesterday by Messrs.
Tattersall, and posted on the door of the Subscription-room :
" The opinion of the Stewards of the Jockey Club having
been asked as to the day on which the Epsom account ought
to be settled, they recommend that Monday, the Bth instant,
should be fixed for that purpose, and that notice should be
given at Tattersall's accordingly.
(Signed)

" GEORGE BYNG.
Jul 3. " STRADBROKE.
y " ETER.
Pursuant" to this recommendation the XE
settling will take
place on Monday next.

GOODWOOD STAKES.
10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil
12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer
16 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Franchise--taken
17 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Canton
18 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's The Currier—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Best of Three
18 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's The Pride of Kildare
18 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's The Era
18 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Lucy Banks
20 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Parthian—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Elegance filly
20 to 1 agst Sir S. Spry's Subduer.
Franchise was backed to win a good stake at various
prices, commencing at 19 to 1, and finishing at 16 to 1; the
betting in other respects, although it embraced an extensive
list of favourites, had nothing in the Shape of novelty to re-
commend it beyond the advance of Croton Oil to 10 to 1.

GOODWOOD CUP. -
6 to 4 agst Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn—taken
9 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's, the Squire--taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorham—taken
ST. LEGER.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Williamson's The Cure—taken
7 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Ithuriel
8 to 1 agst Col. Anson's the Princess—taken
8 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's the Ugly Buck—taken
11 to 1 agst Mr. John Scotts Bay Momus—taken
12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. H. Robinson's Morpeth—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Irvine's Foig-a-ballagh—taken:
The Cure was backed for two or three hundred pounds at
4 to 1, Ithuriel freely at 8 to 1, and in some instances at a
point less; ThelPrincess at 8 to 1, and Bay Momus at 10 and
11 to 1 • the investments much heavier than we have noticed
since the Derby.

DERBY, 1845.
5,000 to 100 was betted agst Mr. Herbert's Bloodstone
(afterwards offered), and 3,000 to 50 agst Mr. Ferguson's
Clear-the-way.

THE RUNNING REIN CASE.
The Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Jockey Cfub, several
proprietors of race-horses, and others interested in the
honour and prosperity of the turf, intend to present Lord
George Bentinck with a piece of plate, to mark their sense
of the immense service he has rendered to the racing com-
munity, by detecting and defeating the attempt at fraud
exposed in the late trial in the Court of Exchequer. The
subscription is to be confined to twenty-five pounds, and
from the number of names already down, at Messrs.
Weatherby's, comprising some of the highest on the turf, will
no doubt be a very large one.

THE MACKEREL FISHERY.—BRIGHTON, JULY 4.
This morning our mackerel boats returned with a large
quantity of finemackerel, which were retailed in the streets
at eight for a shilling.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Yesterday afternoon the
neighbourhood of Redcross.street, Southwark, was thrown
into great excitement by a report that a woman had mur.
dered her husband. The unfortunate sufferer, Mr. Samuel
Johnson, is a highly respectable man.. Yesterday afternoon
he arrived home to dinner from Billinsgate-market, at which
place he is a. salesman, when he found his wife inebriated,
and no dinner provided for him or- his family. He remon-
strated with her for her conduct, and was about to leave the
house, when his wife, in a state of frenzy, seized a table-
knife and stabbed him the back of the head, just below the
scalp. Their son, a lad about ten years of age, was in the
room at the time; he immediately rushed out and alarmed
the neighbours, who called in the assistance of the police.
Constable 176 M, found the unfortunate husband lying in
the passage in a pool of blood, which was streaming from the
back of his head, where the knife still was. He pulled it
out immediately, and conveyed him to Mr. Woods, a sur-
geon, in Union-street, who found the wound of such a dan-
gerous description, that after stopping the blood, he ordered
him to be taken instantly to Guy's Hospital. It was there
ascertained that the knife had entered with great force be-
tween the nape of the neck and the skull-bone, against
which it had struck, and that little hopes were entertained of
the man's recovering. The wife, a dissipated-looking female,
about3o years of age, was taken into custody.
REPRIEVE OF DALMAS.—Yesterday afternoon a
reprieve, during her Majesty's pleasure, was received at
Horsemonger-lane Gaol for Dahlias.. It is understood that
Doctors Sutherland and Monro have' reported to Sir James
Graham their opinion that the prisoner's mind is affected.
He will not, therefore, be executed, but confined, it is pre-
sumed, in one of the lunatic hospitals.
STIPENDIARY JUDGES.—A return has been pre-
sented to the House of Commons, on the motion of Mr.
Wallace, of the number of Stipendiary Judges in the 'United
Kingdom, with the amounts of their salaries. The
number of Judges in Superior Courts in England is
228 their salaries amount to 123,5771. ; the Judges
of the Inferior Courts, including the Bankruptcy and In-
solvent Debtors Courts, stipendiary magistrates and
with an aggregate amount of salary of
Ireland, there are 16 Judges of Superior
80t51:3e9r59,1. are 123,
Courts, with salaries amounting 63,004/. ; and 108 Infe-
rior Judges, with 53,0821. Scotland has 13 .Superior
Judges and 81 Inferior, with salaries of 42,5001. and
34,470/. respectively.
ACTIONS FOR GAMING DISCONTINUANCE BILL.—
A Bill further to stay proceedings in certain actions under
the provisions of several statutes for the prevention of ex-
cessive gaming, and to prevent any similar proceedings being
taken under those statutes during such further limited time,
has been prepared and brought in by Viscount Palmerston
and Mr. Tufnell, M.P. By the first clause qui tam actions
for the recovery of gaming penalties are further suspended
until the end of the next session of Parliament. The second
clause enacts, that in any case where actions are prosecuted
Act, a verdict is to be found
believe, awaiting a second
fcoerntthraerdyetfeontdhaenporovTishioenßill
is,th iws e
reading on the table of the House of which Lord Palmerston
is so distinguished a member.
CONVICTIONS, &C., OF GAMBLERS.--Some curious
evidence is just printed in the Report of the House of Lords,
given before the Committee appointed " to inquire into the
laws respecting gaming." Thus, one of the police superin-
tendents delivered the following summary of what he had
done :—" Out of the number of 95, 85 were convicted. The
number discharged without fines was seven. The amount of
cash I seized in the different banks where I have gone was
59/. 2s. 2d. The amount of fines inflicted by the Magistrates
was 949/., and the amount paid was 704/. The amount not
paid was 245/., and those men served their time in prison.
Two appealed against the Magistrate's conviction, which
was confirmed by Mr. Sergeant Adams, at Clerkenwell.
They served their time in prison. The total amount of cash
and fines paid to the reeeiver of the metropolitan police, is
763/. 2s. 2d. The number of houses broken into is eight."
The following is an instance of the contrivances the officers
resort to, in order to obtain admission to the gambling-houses.
Mr. Superintendent Baker said—" It was by a plan of my
own which was adopted in getting the doors open so readily
as we did. A supposed twopenny postman, with a band upon
his hat, and a cockade, gave a knock at the door and the
porter came to answer the door. The porter who came to
answer the door at that moment made his escape, fortu-
nately, but I apprehended twenty-eight. The wife of the
porter threw herself, with a baby, between my constable and
the man he had got hold of, and if he had not let go some
thing serious would have happened to the child or the
woman ; but her screams raised an alarm which caused a
number of the persons in the gaming-room to rush up stairs.
Some were detected upon going into Lei-
cester-square." the roof, and Some
HORRIBLE DEATIL--B'NSRAMI OXON, JULY 2.
We had a dreadful occurrence in the village last week. A
wild young fellow slightly stabbed two men in a drunken
quarrel, for which he was put in the cage ; he begged and
entreated he might not be locked up alone, and offered money
to any one who would sit up with him, but in vain ; -they
locked him in, and had not left him long when they found
the cage was on fire. It was some time before the constable
who had the key could be found, and when the door was at
last opened the flames rushed forth to such a degree that
they could not get the poor wretch out till water had been,
thrown in to extinguish them. The man was then dragged-
out quite insensible, though not dead, and dreadfullyscorched.
Dr. Hitchins, from Oxford, arrived just in time to see him
expire.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

Since Monday we have received a full average time-of-year
supply of English Wheat, the quantity of which on offer was
tolerably good. Although the attendance of buyers was
somewhat numerous the demand was in a very slaggish state,
and prices had a downward tendency. Foreign Wheat was
a mere drug, and might have been purchased on easier terms.
For all descriptions of spring corn, the supplies of which
were by no means large, we had a very dull sale, and in al-
most every instance the currencies were somewhat easier.
ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour
English. 4,160 qrs. 350 qrs. 4,620 qrs. 4,2losacks.
Irish - 2,530 -
Foreign 11,12) 4,890 10,090 -
It. 2,710 qrs.

SMITHFIELD.
The numbers of beasts on offer were only moderate, yet
the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at, in some in-
stances, a decline of 2d per 81bs. There were on sale 12
beasts from Holland, and 70 horned and polled Scots from
Aberdeen. The supply of Sheep was tolerably good, yet the
Mutton trade ruled somewhat active, at full prices. In
Lambs a good business was doing, and Monday's quotations
were well supported. Although the numbers of Calves were
very extensive, the Veal trade was somewhat brisk, at full
currencies. In Pigs little was doing, yet previous rates were
supported. Mitch COWS moved off, steadily at from 161 to
191 each.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1844

SUFMANY OF NEWS

:Ptibtir Opinion,

rxxcire.
It was expected that Loun.
is Philippe would on Monday
have paid a last visit to the Exhibition of National Industry,
preparatory to the removal of the splendid collection of pro-,
ducts that it contains; but the intention was abandoned, and
his Majesty remained at Neuilly, where he received succes-
sively'M. Guizot and Marshal Soult. Some of the journals
attribute the absence •of his Majesty to the excitement caused
by the article in the Moniker of Sunday. •
The ?lance states that the Archbishop of Paris was on
Tuesday sent for to Neuilly, to be ready to baptise at the
proper moment the infant of the Duchess of Nemours, whose
accouchement is hourly expected.
The Committee on the Secondary Instruction Bill on Tues-
day decided on several important resolutions, particularly re-
lative to the ecclesiastical schools The majority of the
Committee were of opinion that the clause adopted on this
subject by the Peers ought to be rejected.
The National states that the. Prefects-Wave received in-
structions from the Minister of the Interior to have a pam-
phlet, containing the relation of the Duke de Bordeaux's
Journey to London, sought for and seized.
The principal electors of Louviers have written a collective
letter to M. C. Laffitte, calling on him to withdraw the offer
which he made to the Minister of Public Works relative to
the branch line from that town to the Rouen Railroad. M.
C. Laffitte expressed his willingness to yield to the wishes of
his friends what he had denied to his opponents, and has
withdrawn the offer. It is supposed that he will be again
elected.
A letter from the island of Bourbon, May 5, announces the
arrival there, on the 30th April, of the Syrene and Vic-
torieuse, on their way to China, with part of the mission from
this country. A grand ball was given to the governor on
this occasion. The Syrene and Victorieuse were to sail for
Singapore on the 15th of May.
The Siecle of Wednesday contains the following:—" A
meeting of the merchants, whose commerce has been ma-
terially affected by the situation which, through the fault o
the Government, has been imposed on France on the banks of
La Plata, was to have taken place yesterday at two o'clockf
at the Rue de Grenelle St. Honore, No. 45, but at one o'clock po-•
lice agents were posted at the door of the house to prevent the
meeting. Four or five hundred merchants were in this way
refused admittance. A great number of them then repaired
to No. 10, Rue du Sentier, and the meeting was immediately,
opened with M. Reynaud in the chair. A petition to the
Chamber of Deputies was adopted.
LAW AND POLICE.
• At the Lewes Quarter Sessions, on Wednesday, James
i:Simmonds, of Maresfield, shoemaker aged 75, was indicted
Ilor unlawfully attempting to hang himself by the neck to a
tree. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The Earl .of Chichester
(chairman) asked the prisoner if he was sensible of the enor-
mity of the offence? The prisoner replied that he was. His
Lordship then sentenced him to six months' imprisonment.
At Guildhall Mary Bourke, an aged Irishwoman, with a
child in her arms, was charged before Mr. Alderman Hooper
with having stolen a piece of cloth, value 41. 45., from the
shop of Mr. Charles Wilson, 8, Ludgate-hill. The Alderman
said the case was clear, but he would remand the prisoner with
the hope of laying hold of some of her confederates.
George Kimpton, alias Dozer, a canal boatman, was
brought up in custody, and placed at the bar, before Mr.
Long, at Marylebone, charged with having been concerned
with three others, who have been tried and sentenced to
transportation for the crime, with having committed a rape,.
under circumstances of great atrocity, upon a female, on
Wigginton-common, Hertfordshire, about six months ago.
The prisoner, who denied that he knew anything about the
matter, was sent at once to Berkhampstead, in the custody of
the constable by whom he was apprehended.
At Worship-street Francis Abbott, a journeyman watch-
maker, was charged before Mr. Bingham with having by
false pretences obtained possession of a large number of
watches, the property of various tradesmen in the metro-
polis. Inspector Shackell said that the prisoner was appre-
hended on Tuesday last in the city, of Bristol, and he wished
him to be remanded, having reason to believe that several
other charges would be brought against him. The Magis-
trate acceded to the request, and the prisoner was remanded
for a week.
Jonathan Rothon, a master chimney-sweeper, residing
in Ropemaker's-fields, Limehouse, appeared at the Thames
Police-court, to answer a charge of knowingly permitting and
suffering a person under twenty-one years of age to ascend a
chimney in the West India Dock Tavern, at Poplar, for the
purpose of sweeping it. by which he had incurred a penalty
not exceeding 10/. The case was made out, and as the de-
fendant had been fined once before for a similar offence, the
magistrate said he should now inflict a penalty of 31. and
costs.
At the Greenwich Police-court, Susan Dunbar, a pauper
inmate of the Rotherhithe workhouse, was charged before
Mr. Traill (who sat for Mr. Jeremy) with having wantonly
broken 133 squares of glass, value 51. and upwards, in revenge
for punishment on account of irregularity. The prisoner was
fined 5/., and in default of payment sentenced to two months'
imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction.
COURT—FASELIOZTADLE.
It is understood that the removal of the Court from Buck-
ingham Palace to Windsor Castle has been postponed until
Wednesday or Thursday next, at the latest. Her Majesty
will have a large dinner party on. Monday next] at the
Palace, which, it is expected, will close the Royal banquets in
town for the present season.
The Duke and Duchessof Montrose have taken a residence
at Cowes for the autumn. The Duke came to town on Tues-
day from Cowes. The Duchess and family remain there for
the present.
The Earl of Haddington held a levee on Thurday at the
Admiralty, at which several naval officers of distinction had
the honour of paying their respects to his. Lordship. The
next levee will take place on Thursday, the 11th inst.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton gave a dinner at their
mansion, in Grosvenor-square, to the Duke of Montrose,
Viscount and Visconntess Newport, Viscount Ossulston,
Viscount Cantilupe, Lord_ and Lady Seymour, Viscount
and Lady Marianne Alford, Lord Foley and Hon. Miss A.
Foley, Hon. Francis Villiers, Lady Alice Peel, &c.
The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's and the youthful
Earl of Burford, and Lady Diana Beauclerk, are expected to
remain at Holly Grove until the close of the ensuing month,
when they proceed to Redbourne Hall, near Brigg, for the
season.

Yesterday afternoon the Duchess of Buccleuch gave a
grand fete at Montagu House. In the earlier part of the day,
the weather promised to be unpropitious for anything like a
fete al fresco, but notwithstanding the threatening appear-
ances of rain, at least one thousand of the leading nobility
congregated at Montagu House, the carriages continuing,
without intermission, for three hours to set down visitors.
The garden in the rear of the mansion fronting the Thames
was suitably laid out with costly furniture for the accommo-
dation of the brilliant assemblage.
aISCELLANZIOTIS.
The annual general meeting of the London Coachmakers'
Benevolent Institution was held at the Red Lion, King-street.
Golden-square, for the purpose of receiving the report of the
past year, and for the election of president and other officers
for the ensuing year, Mr. William Savage, president, in the
chair. From the report it appeared that although the Insti-
tution was but in its infancy, upwards of 80 members of the
trade had enrolled their names on the books, and, from dona-
tions and subscriptions, the funded stock of the Society
amounted to 3601. Ils. 9d., with a steady prospect of increase.
Dalmas has received a reprieve during her Majesty's plea-
sure, and will probably be confined in Bedlam for life.
Covent-garden and the Borough markets have notfor many
years past been so well and extensively supplied with fruit as
at the present season, large quantities of cherries and currants
being daily imported from France and Belgium.
On Wednesday two works at the sale of the library of the
Duke of Sussex brought the enormous prices of 1901. and
170/. ! The former was for a Latin Bible printed by Guten-
berg and Fust, being the first edition of the Holy Scriptures,
and the first book ever executed by the inventors of printing
with moveable types. This edition is generally known by
the name of the 11Iazarine Bible. It was printed between
1450 and 1455. The second work (that sold at 1704) was a
copy of the first edition of the Latin Bible with a date, 1462,
and which was printed by Fust and Schoeffer.

EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—We learn from
the Ceylon Overland Observer, that a singular accident oc-
curred on board the Bentinck steamer, on the 6th February
last, while on her voyage from Aden to Galle, the partidttlars
of which we have not seen mentioned in any of the English
papers. It appears that the builders of the Bentinck placed
in her bottom, some distance below the water line, a large
brass sea-cock, through which, when requisite, a stream of
sea-water could-be admitted; which, mixing with the bilge
water and pumped out by the engine pump, would moisten
and cleanse the vessel. This operation had several timse
been performed with success during the voyage from Suez.
On the morning of the 6th of February a slight smell of
bilge being perceived, the sea-cock was turned, and the un-
pleasant odour soon abated; 'upon which the carpenter was
sent down to stop the influx of the water. The method of
closing the pipe was by turning a screw which worked in a
brass valve. Something having got displaced, the screw
moved without turning the valve, and all the efforts of the
carpenter to check the flow of the sea into the vessel were
unavailing. The water gained in spite of the pumps, and
son completely flooded the lower parts of the vessel, damag-
ing some portions of her cargo. Endeavours were made to
stop the flow of water by means of sheets and blankets, but
without effect ; and at length, when the engines were stopped,
the passengers became acquainted with the state of affairs,
and much alarm prevailed. At length, after much labour,
the water having in the meantime risen several feet, the
carpenters and others contrived to force the end of a plank
over the top of the valve, forcing it down with a lever. By
this the influx of water was temporarily stayed. Bolts and
nuts were subsequently prepared, and the valve'was securely
stopped. There were 250 persons on board the Bentinck
when this accident occurred. The impracticability of acting
on the valve was discovered at eight o'clock in the morning,
and it was not till three in the afternoon that the vessel was
reported to be water-tight.—Liverpool Albion.
EXCISE AND CUSTOMS DUTIES.—SOIIIO returns of
the amount of Excise and Customs duties received in the
United Kingdom during the years ending the sth of January,
1842, 1843, and 1844 (in continuation of Parliamentary
paper No. 45, of Session 1843), have been printed, on the mo-
tion of the Hon. John Stuart Wortley, M.P., for the West
Riding of Yorkshire. As regards the Excise duties, we find
that the amount charged in 1843, in the whole of the United
Kingdom, was distributed as follows :—viz., on auctions
(amount of sales), 284,5551. ; on bricks, 363,375/. ; on flint
glass, 83,454/. ; on plate glass, 65,909/. ; on crown glass,
394,5421.; on German sheet glass, 112,4981.; on green glass,
123,585/. (making a total amount, on glass alone, of 779,8000 ;
on hops, 243,796/. ; on licenses, 1,021,082/. ; on malt,
4,827,950/. ; on paper, 678,8884 ; on post-horses (amount of
duty), 162,198/. ;on post-horse licenses, 4,400/. (in neither of
the two preceding items does Ireland figure at all) ; on hard
soap, 1,081,337/. • on soft soap, 67,349/. ; on spirits, 4,903,201/.
(viz., 3,025,253/' in England, 1,025,529/. in, Scotland, and
only—thanks to- Father Mathew-852,4821. in Ireland !);
on medicated spirits and sweets, 9701.; on British manufac-
tured sugar, 4,843/. (on 3,843 cwts.) ; one vinegar, 26,256/. ;
and on game certificates in Ireland (3,756), 11,831 ; making
altogether for the past year a grand sum total for Excise du-
ties alone amounting to 15,471,831/. We have neither time
nor space at present to institute a comparison between the
Excise duties received in 1843 and those received in the years
1841 and 1842, excepting that in the following articles, viz.,
auctions, bricks, glass, hops, licenses, malt, post-horses,
spirits, and vinegar, the difference of duty is, between the
two extreme periods, in favour of 1841, but of course this fact
is utterly insufficient to warrant any interference ; we
merely mention the circumstance en passant. As regards
the Customs duties, the total amount of duty received in the
year 1843 was 22,636,659/. against 22,596,2634 in the year
1842, and 23,606,124/. in the year 1841.
FIRES IN SUFFOLK.—In Bury gaol there are nine
prisoners on charges of arson, and one for sending threatening
letters; at Ipswich gaol ten for arson, and two for sending
threatening letters; at Beceles House of Correction, four
prisoners for arson, and one for threatening to burn, waiting
ler trial at the next assizes.—Essex Herald.

DUTCH MAIL.
THE HAGUE, JULY I.—His Majesty, by a resolution of
the 16th of last month, has given the necessary authority to
the War Department to call into active service, by the Ist
September next, the militia of the levies of 1841 and ]842,
who are at their respective homes on indefinite furloughs, to
attend the autumnal exercise for one month.
VENLOO, JUNE 30.—The inhabitants of. Maestricht have
no hopes of obtaining a railway to Aix-la-Chapelle, with a
branch to Kerkrade. A company is ready to undertake the
work at its own expense, if the Government will gralt it the
coal mine of Kerkrade for a certain number of years. If it
is true, as is affirmed, thatthese coal mines cause more loss
. than gain to the State every year, why not give them up,
and thus obtain an iron railway, which may be of great im-
portance to Maestricht and the province a Limburg.
A deputation from the Chamber of Commerce of Antwerp
has waited on the King, at Brussels, and presented to his Ma-
jesty, on the 30th ofJune, an address, requesting that on the
project of law on the differential duties the following items
may be suppressed :-
1. The regulation which prohibits ships from touching at
Cowes.
2.' That relative to the privilege granted to Holland to
import seven million pounds of Java coffee.
3. That which raises the duty on .coffee to 25 francs,
-instead of 15 francs, as asked by the Chamber of Commerce
of Antwerp.
In case these three paragraphs should be retained, the
deputation expressed a wish that the project of law might
not receive the royal sanction.
The King seemed much struck with the arguments pro-
duced, and promised that the address should be maturely
considered by him; and then laid before the Council of
Ministers.

COURT CIRCULAR.
•
The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday
morning in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. His
Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out on
horseback, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in
Waiting.
The Royal Family were taken airings yesterday in
the royal gardens.
In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert took
an airing in an open carriage and four. The Equerries
in Waiting, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bouverie,
attended on horseback.
The Hon. Miss Liddell, and the Hon. Miss Paget
have succeeded the Hon. Miss Devereux and the Hon.
Miss Lister, as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the
Queen.

The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yester-
day included the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the
Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis of Granby,
Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lord Forester, and Gene-
ral the Hon. Sir William Lumley.
The band of the Coldstream Guard's was in attendance
at the Palace during dinner.
The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Duke and
' Duchess of Somerset with his company last evening, at
their residence in Park-lane.
Count Jarnac had an interview with Lord Stanley yes-
terday, at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to
the Commissioners fur the Reduction of the National
Debt, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Dispatches from the Governor of New South Wales,
and also from the Governor of. Ceylon, were received
yesterday at the Colonial.office.
THE HEREDITARY GRAND DUKE OF MECHLEN-
BURGH STRELITZ.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt and
Baron Knesebeck, left town at half-past seven o'clock
yesterday morning, for Dover, to receive their Royal
Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz, upon their arrival from the Con-
tinent.

The Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess landed at
two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from the Continent,
and were received by the Duchess of Cambridge.
The royal party took their departure for town by the
South-Eastern Railway, and upon their arrival imme-
diately proceeded to Cambridge House, where they
arrived at twenty minutes before nine o'clock.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester paid
a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the
Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz, at Cambridge House, last night, after the arrival
of the illustrious visitors.

PRINCESS' THEATRE.
A new burlesque extravaganza founded on one of the mar-
vellous tales in the Arabian Nights, and entitled Aladdin, or
the Wonderful Lamp, was produced last night for the first
time at this theatre. It is from the pen of Mr. A'Beckett,
and exhibited much splendour and scenic effect. The dia-
logue is in rhyme, and is full of points and puns—some of
them good, some bad, and many indifferent. The adventures
of Aladdin are adhered to in continuous order. We first see
him dressed in patches, sighing for the Princess, and up-
braided by his mother for entertaining so hopeless a passion.
The magician enters, and in the assumed character of his
uncle, persuades Aladdin to accompany him to the rocky
entrance to the cave where the wonderful lamp is deposited.
We then see the trees laden with gems, the genii of the
ring, and the more powerful genii of the lamp, who heap
stores of riches before Aladdin to present as offerings to the
Princess. The palace, built in a night, is presented,
and its flight through the air, and its return,
lighted by blue fire, are duly exhibited. All these
incidents give ample scope to the machinist, the scene
painter, and the pro_perty-man to display the ex-
tent of their resources. The ballet-master, also, aided by the
efforts of Miss Bailin, Mr. Gilbert, and Mr. and Miss Mar-
shall, contributes some very gracefully arranged pas ; nor is
music forgotten, several very laughable parodies being intro-
duced. A parody on "I know a bank where the wild thyme
grows," to the words " I know a shop where they sell new
clothes," was eapitally sung by Mr. Paul Bedford and Mr.
Wright, who were forced to repeat it. It is upon the points
and hits at passing events in the rhyming dialogue that much
stress is evidently laid for success, and the audience received
the jokes with great good humour. One hit at the Post-
office spy system received rounds of applause. Mr. P. Bed-
ford, Mr. White, Miss E. Stanley, and Madame Sala, per-
sonated the principal personages, and made them as laugh-
ably absurd as any laughter-loving audience could desire.

ANTI-GRAHAM WAFERS.
(From Punch.)
DEDICATED TO THE HOME SECRETARY, AND POLITELY
PRESENTED TO HIM BY THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE,
ESQ , M.P.
We have published this day, at our office, price—but
we will not appeal to the sordidness of our readers—a
sheet of emblematical devices, with mottoes, for Sir
James Fouch6 Graham, which, from the peculiar appro-
priateness of their sarcasm, backed by the extraordinary
adhesiveness of their gum, are adapted to stick to the
Home Secretary for life.
We have also just dotted off a good stinging envelope,
which we intend to hold up as a mirror to Sir James
Poncho Graham's very bad nature.
The following are some of the devices and mottoes :
DEVICE. MOTTO.
{
A blunderbuss on full cock I hope the contents will reach
you.
A black lobster S Not to be red without getting
into hot water.
A manacle
A clenched fist
A bee S Touch my wax, you'll feel
I my sting,
A soda-water bottle lf open'd, a noise will follow.
Crocodile with mouth open You're welcome to the inside.
A fox S You'll be run down, if you
break cover.