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The SHIRE MARKET has been very steady and
well supported during the week. The novel features
of it have been a great disappointment in the Great
Western dividend, and a great decline in Eastern
Counties. The Great Western dividend has been
announced as at the rate of three per cent. per
annum, being a reduction of one per cent. This
has only surprised those who have not taken the
trouble to calculate the amount of the Shrewsbury
dividend, which has now to be paid by the Great
Western Company, under the new arrangement,
which will make a material impression upon the
sum to be divided until these lines are further
developed and begin to tell as feeders to the main
line. The fall in Easterns has been caused by
some heavy sales of this stock, principally on
Manchester and Scotch account, from which (these
people being generally very sagacious,) we should

&liar something unfavourable yet to be made
known in the report of this company ; nothing,
however, is yet known. This day has been occupied
principally in the settlement of the account,
which proves rather bullish. Advanced prices are
being paid for next account. We annex prices :
Caledonians, 31 2 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
681 9 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, sot ' • Lancaster
and Preston, 52-1-p ; Sheffield Stock, 241 4 a 38 ;
Midland Stock, 671 8 it ; South Eastern, 194
11-16 13-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire £l6 pref.
shares, id ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
£6 pref. shares, 7-16 p ; Liverpool and and London
Fire and Life, 6lp
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COTTON.—There has been a fair demand during
the week, particularly from the trade, owing to
the continued activity of the manufacturers, and
the more favourable appearance of the Money
Market ; but supplies have been freely brought
forward, and buyers have had the advantage, par-
ticularly in the lower qualities of American, so that
prices have slightly given way, middling being
quoted 1-16 d., and ordinary 1-Bd. per lb. lower. The
sales during the week, up to Friday, amounted to
46,640 bales, of which 4950 were taken on specu-
lation, and 4000 for exportation, leaving 37,690
for the trade. Of these no less than 7200 bales
were Surats, which have recently come largely into
consumption.—To-DAY the market has been rather
inactive, the sales since Friday amounting only to
11,000 bales, of which about 2000 are on specula-
tion and for export, without change in prices.

PRODITCE.—There has been considerable activity
in the Sugar Market, and the demand having been
freely met, a large amount of business has been
done. For Coffee there has been a steady demand,
and Tea has sold at full rates. Saltpetre very dull.
Hides have realized full prices. Palm Oil has
been in good request. Tallow without alteration.
—To-DAY, Sugar was quiet, but steady, the busi-
ness comprising 200 hhds. Barbadoes to the gro-
cers, at 30s. to 365., being higher prices ; 650 bags
Benares, at 38s. 3d. to 395. ; 40 hhds. Porto Rico,
at 325. 6d. to 355., and 50 hhds. Cuba at 355. per
cwt. There is nothing to notice in Molasses. Rum
continues in good demand, the sales consisting of
150 puns. Demerara, the price of which is not re-
ported, and 350 casks uncoloured Havanna, at
ls. 11d. per wet gallon, being PA. to 2d. per gallon
advance on the price obtained for 200 pipes reported
on Friday. Several parcels of Coffee will be offered
by auction to-morrow. The demand for Tea has
been small, but in prices there is not any alteration
to notice : sound Common Congou is worth 102 d.
to 101,01 per lb. Nothing to notice in Rice or Salt-
petre. 200 bags Sago Flour are reported at 16s. per
cwt., and 50 cases Castor Oil at 41d. per lb.
WooL.—The improved feeling noticed for seve-
ral weeks back continues to characterise the trade
throughout, and prices generally are very firm,
with an upward tendency. We cannot quote any
material alteration in the prices of low Wools,
except for first and second class Egyptian, which
had suffered more in the general depression than
any other low descriptions. Fair whites may now
be quoted at 10d., and very little on the market at
that. The London sales closed very firm on Satur-
day night. The attendance of both home and
foreign buyers has been very numerous. Prices
opened firm, at an average advance of 6 to 7 per
cent. on well-conditioned Wools—on the May
series—which gradually increased to the close,
establishing an advance of 10 to 11 per cent.—
Imports for the week, 320 bales, viz., 167 Iceland,
5 Buenos Ayres, 4 Mediterranean Ports, 39 Irish,
89 Scotch, and 16 Coastwise. The demand for
English and Irish Fleece Wools has been brisk
this week, both for the home and continental
trades, and the advance established during the
previous fortnight has been fully maintained.
Irish Hogs and Wethers meet with a ready sale,
at 124 d. to 131 d., with light stocks. English
Skin Wool is now becoming scarce, and as Fleece
Wools have :advanced so rapidly of late, holders
are not inclined to sell this description unless at
Id. to ld. higher rates than were current a month
ago.

Tuz M4TD OP JUDJH has arrived in the Downs from
New South Wales, from whence she sailed on the 11th
May. She brings 118,698 QT. of gold, of the value of
075,392, ang glaten j tntreigulk

WIElt regard to the feasibility of an attack on the
stronghold of Russian naval supremacy in the Black Sea,
there is an article in the Journal des Delats, which, at
the present moment, is highly interesting. It says :
Before 1852, Sebastopol was scarcely fortified on the
land side, and was commanded by the surrounding
heights ; but those hills nearest the town have been
partly levelled, and the earth transported to the lower
grounds and hollows, which might facilitate a besieging
force in approaching the place. On the ground so pre-
pared, a circular wall, starting from the citadel, which
rises behind the quarantine fort, has been traced out.
This wall must have at least three-quarters of a league in
circuit, and is an exceedingly important work, requiring
much time and outlay. Constructions of strong masonry
are necessary to constitute fortifications capable of resist.
ance, and a mere rampart is not sufficient ; and, in
addition, a fortified place must have half-moons and
lunettes also, in strong masonry. So great a work can-
not be executed all of a sudden. However, the report
goes, that all the soldiers and seamen are now employed
on it, to the number of 40,000, and with the Russian
method, which consists in sacrificing men by thousands,
for any works whatever, whether of war or not, it is not
impossible that the fortifications may be in part finished
when the Allies arrive before the place. In spite of the
works of levelling which have been executed, Sebastopol
not the lass remains commanded by heights which it is
impossible to remove, and on which is marked out by
nature the position of an entrenched camp for a beseig-
ing force. It is true that outside, neither the port nor
even the masts of the vessels can be seen, on account of
the depth of the maritime site with respect to the sur-
rounding cliffs. But when the seige works shall have
been carried towards the right, the great military port
will then be laid open, and may be raked by cannon
along its whole extent. That will always be the most
vulnerable point of Sebastopol on the land side, unless
immense fortifications were raised there, which certainly
the Russians cannot have time to construct with sufficient
solidity. Besides, every strong place, besieged in the
rules of art, and with the necessary means, is of necessity
a place taken. But for the siege of Sebastopol nothing
less than a whole army is required, for most undoubtedly
the Russians will send one there for the defence of that
great arsenal. The preliminary operation of the siege
will be the landing in the Crimea of an army with its
materiel. A landing in an enemy's country is always
one of the most difficult operations of war. The coasts
will certainly be well provided with troops to oppose the
landing. Where will the allied forces be landed on this
occasion ? Is it on the southern coast at the Monastery
of St. George, or in the excellent harbour of Bolaklava, or
on the fine strand of Yalta, or in the inlets of Cape Cher-
sonesus ? The most distant of these inlets is only three
leagues from Sebastopol ; four of them are known, the
following are their names :—Strebetska, Pestchanaia,
Kamiesk, and Kasach. In landing in one of these little
bays there would be this advantage, that of being very
near the place to be attacked, for the conveyance of siege
materials. But our generals and admirals will no doubt
know how to choose the proper point for landing. As to
the expedition itself, there appears to be no doubt that it
will take place, and the Russians expect it every day.
In the same article it is said : The appearance of
Sebastopol, on arriving by sea, is truly formidable. A.
little on this side of Cape Kherson, the extreme south-
west point of the Crimea, the Bay of Sebastopol opens
itself, between two white cliffs, from fifty to a hundred
feet in height. It forms a deep roadstead, narrow at its
entrance, and running back three or four miles, in a
direction from west to east. The town is on the south
side of the bay. In this long roadstead, which is in itself
a vast and magnificent port, four separate ports open
themselves, all perfectly sheltered; namely, the port of
Quarantine at the entrance, that of the Artillery further
on, next the Grand Port, and last the port for Careening.
The hollows which form these ports form, at the same
time, rocky peninsulas, or promontories, on which are
placed covered forts, with many stages of batteries, which
cross their fire over the whole extent of the bay. Each
port is flanked by similar forts, and, in addition, a chain
under water closes the entrance to the great military port.
The port of Sebastopol is justly considered one of the
finest in Europe.
There exist on two sides of the harbour twelve forts,
six on the same side as the town, and six fronting it, on
the north side of the bay. These forts are in some
degree placed in pairs on the two sides of the bay, the one
opposite to the other. The total number of pieces of
cannon which they mount is from 1,300 to 1,400, includ•
ing the batteries for firing shells ; and there are also, on
several points, furnaces for heating balls.
Each couple of forts forms a separate point of resist-
ance which a fleet would have to pass, and at each of these
points the ships would be exposed to the fire of 300 or
400 pieces of cannon, without counting the guns of the
more distant forts, or the bombs and redhot balls. The
stone of which the forts are built are said to be of a
friable quality, and it is said that the casemates of the
batteries would soon be filled with smoke. Still it would
take considerable time to demolish the two first forts,
and after that it would be necessary successively to de-
molish ten others. There are also forts which command
the entrance and the roadstead from a height of 120 feet,
and the fire of vessels is extremely uncertain at such an
angle of elevation. Moreover, the entrance, which is
very narrow, is flanked by three tiers of batteries. As to
the military fort, the fortifications are such as may be
compared to those of Malta and Gibraltar. All the works
of the port and of the roadstead are great and magnifi-
cent. The Russian government has expended more than
twenty millions sterling upon them.
From these facts one need not be surprised that the
English and French Admirals have discovered that an
an attack on Sebastopol by sea does not present any chance
of success. It is not so, however, with an attack by land.
Sebastopol, called by the natives Ak-tiar, or the White
Rock, rises in the form of an amphitheatre above the port,
on a soil of chalk, of which the barrenness extends far
round the environs, as at Odessa. The population is esti-
mated at 40,000 souls, of whom three-fourths are soldiers,
sailors, or government officers. The town is steep, and of
difficult access. " The high hills which protect the har-
bour present, as far as the view can extend, the aspect of
an eternal desolation," says Count Demidoff, in his inte-
resting journey in Southern Russia. " The inhabitants of
this town, of which the symmetrical streets are formed in
spite of the difficulties of the ground, circulate with diffi-
culty on the ledges of the cliffs. • The traveller, who dis-
covers the town perched on its white and burning rocks,
is tempted to give way before such obstacles, and seeks
with anxiety for some way of approach easier and less
oppressive. A single street, a little more endurable than
the others, runs parallel with the great port, on a raised
terrace, and unites on its two sides all the remarkable
buildings of the town. If you ascend to the summit of
the town, you find some neat little houses ; but this part
of the place is a prey to the winds of the steppe, which
raise in the summer whirlwinds of sand. However, at the
view of the roadstead, you are compensated, by the beauty
of the scene, for the fatigues of so painful an ascent."
' Sebastopol, as will be seen, is a detestable residence.
The same author also tells us that the inhabitants are sub-
ject to diseases of the eyes, like the Egyptian opthalmia.
These are caused by the prodigious quantities of dust
which the winds keep blowing about amongst the hills
rising above the town, which hills have been laid bare in
the attempt to level their surfaces. Thirty thousand
soldiers or seamen, employed in this painful labour, have
been the victims of this epidemic, which makes frightful
ravages. In a few days the eye:decays, and is destroyed
in its orbit.

COUNTY OP ABERDEEN.—The Sheriff has fixed Tues-
day. the 22d inst., for the nomination of candidates.
Admiral Gordon has issued a farewell address to the
electors. It is rumoured that Earl March, eldest son of
the Duke of Richmond, will contest the county with Lord
Haddo, son and heir of the Earl of Aberdeen.
Du. GRAIIAMSLEY, superintendent of the Worcester City
and County Lunatic Asylum, at Powick, committed
suicide on Monday, last week, by swallowing prussic acid.
HELL ELECTION.—There are two candidates in the
field, Mr. Dickson and Mr. W. H. Watson. The former
gentleman announces himself " a true Conservative in
principle," an advocate of " perfect liberty of conscience,"
but "an unflinching opponent of Popery." Mr. Watson
comes forward on " Liberal and Reform principles."
RUMOURED RECAL OF ADMIRAL DUNDAS. It is
rumoured somewhat confidently that a change is contem-
plated in the constitution of the board of admiralty, and
that in those changes whatever they may be, it is desired
that the business habits and great knowledge of admiralty
routine possessed by the gallant commander-in-chief of
the Black Sea, Vice-Admiral Dundas, should be made
available to the country. It is also spoken of as contem-
plated to make the " manning the fleet" a distinct depart-
ment, converting the " coast volunteers" into a class of
itself, of which the present senior naval lord, Vice-Admiral
Berkeley, would be the head. This would make room for
Admiral Dundas. It is in connexion with these questions
our gallant port admiral, Sir William Parker, has been
summoned to the admiralty.—Plymouth Mail.
THE MINISTERIAL FISH DnuEß.—The following mem-
bers of the Ministry were present at the fish dinner at
Greenwich, on Wednesday :—Lord J. Russell, Duke of
Argyll, Earl Granville, Duke of Newcastle, Viscount
Palmerston, Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., Right
Hon. Sir William Molesworth, Bart., Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert, Viscount Canning, Viscount Sydney, Lord Wode-
house, Lord Stanley, of Alderley, Right Hon. W. G.
Hayter, Right Hon. Lord Ernest Bruce, Right Hon.
Edward Cardwell, Right Hon. Earl of Mulgrave, Right
Hon. Sir John Young, Mr. Grenville Berkeley, the
Solicitor-General, Major-General Buckley, Mr. Chichester
Fortescue, Lord Alfred Hervey, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Monsell,
Mr. Frederick Peel, and Mr. James Wilson.
SUDDEN DEATH OF LORD JOCELYN.—We have very
great regret in announcing the sudden death of Viscount
Jocelyn, M.P. for King's Lynn, which took place at half-
past one o'clock on Saturday morning, at the residence of
Lord Palmerston, in Carlton-gardens. Lord Jocelyn was,
we are informed, attacked with Asiatic cholera during
Friday afternoon, while fulfilling his military duties at
the Tower (he was colonel of the Essex Rifles, now
quartered in that fortress) ; and the violence of the attack
in a few hours overcame alike the efforts of his medical
advisers and the vigorous constitution of the noble lord.
The deceased, Robert, Viscount Jocelyn, was eldest son
of the Earl of Roden, and brother to the present Mar-
chioness of Londonderry, was born in 1816, and married
in 1841, Lady Fanny Cowper, daughter of Viscountess
Palmerston, and Lady-in-Waiting to Her Majesty, by
whom he leaves two sons and two daughters. Lord
Jocelyn was in early life in the Rifle Brigade, and was on
the staff of Lord Saltoun in the China expedition in 1842,
the results of which he published in a very agreeable
volume called " Six Months in China." He shortly after-
wards left the service, and entered Parliament. He filled
the office of Secretary to the India Board during the last
couple of years of Sir Robert Peel's administration.
Latterly his votes indicated a more Conservative tendency
than those of the younger of the followers of that states-
man, and it was said that a day or two before the break-
up of the Derby Government he was offered, and accepted,
the office of Secretary-at-War, in the room of Major
Beresford, in reference to whose electioneering trans-
actions a committee of the House of Commons reported
in terms which rendered his resignation a matter of ne-
cessity. The break-up of the ministry which immediately
followed prevented Lord Jocelyn's actual appointment.
A number of families, of rank are placed in mourning by
his demise, and one of the seats for King's Lynn is vacant
—Observe.n

THE BALTIC, United States mail steamer, Comstock,
commander, sailed on Wednesday, about noon, for New
York, with 191 passengers (including Grisi and Mario),
the usual cargo, and mails.
ANOTHER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO BLOW OPEN
MILNER'S HOLDFAST SAFE WITH GUNPOWDEE.—We
have to record a means of robbery which has been very
general in the north, but we believe this is the first at-
tempt of the kind in this city. On the night of Friday
last, the premises of Messrs. F. and J. Amory, grocers,
Bridge-parade, were entered by thieves (access having
been obtained through the adjoining void house), whose
sole object, it appears, was to plunder the iron safe, the
door of which they opened by means of gunpowder, but
inside this usual wall safe, Messrs. Amory had fortunately
recently placed one of Milner's Patent Holdfast, Violence,
Robbery, and Fraud Resisting Fire Safes. This the
thieves got out, and endeavoured to open by the same
means, but without 'success, The report from the explo-
sion of the gunpowder was heard in the night by several
parties at a considerable distance, but did not attract the
attention of the police, one of whom saw two men leave
the adjoining void house about half-past four o'clock on
Saturday morning, and chased them down Thomas-street,
and into Temple-street, where he lost them. During the
chase they dropped a parcel containing picklocks, &c., and
a crowbar and centre bit has since been found on the roof.
It has been ascertained that the burglars were on the
premises upwards of six hours. Mr. Milner's safe was,
however, strong enough to resist all their efforts to get
it open. Had they succeeded in doing so, their booty
would not have been large, as it only contained a small
sum, it being Messrs. Amory's practice to bank daily.
No goods of any kind were stolen, but considerable
damage has been done to the premises by the explosion of
the gunpowder ; the counting-house window, dome light,
&c., being blown to pieces.7-Bristol Gazette, Aug. 10.

A POLICE INSPECTOR STABBED BY A
About seven o'clock on Saturday morning, police-officer
446 noticed a man behaving in a very extraordinary man-
ner near the Zoological Gardens. He threw half-a-sove-
reign, sixpence, and his coat into the middle of the street,
and then ran off down Brunswick-road. He (the officer)
followed him as fast as he could, and while doing so met
Inspector Marshall, who accompanied him. They came up
to the man who had acted so strangely in London-road,
and on speaking to him, he said he would have his (the
inspector's) life, as he had had another person's. He then
made a stab at the inspector with an open pocket-knife,
but the inspector managed to ward off the blow, though
a small portion of the sleeve of his coat was cut. He then
turned upon officer 446, and stabbed him slightly in the
hand. Another police-officer, 587, then came up and
knocked him down with his staff. He was conveyed to
bridewell, and a surgeon being called in, it was discovered
that he was insane. The unfortunate man is an Irish
emigrant, and it appears that he had paid for a passage to
Australia in the Clasmerden.
SALE OF LOUGIECOOTER CASTLE.— On Friday, Mr.
Littledale sold, by public auction, at his rooms, on Ormond-
quay, Dublin, the castle and demesne of Loughcooter,
formerly the property of Lord Gort. This is the second
time Loughcooter has been sold by auction within two
years. It was knocked down, by the Encumbered Estates
Court, in June, 1852, to Mr. Ball, for the sum of £17,000.
This was considered an " awful sacrifice," there having
been expended on the castle alone by Lord Gort no less a
sum than £85,000. Mr. Ball immediately converted the
splendid edifice into a nunnery. There was no lack of
religious ladies to occupy it. A bell was set up, which
cost £lOO, and an organ £l5O. After some little time an
interdict from the Pope was received by the legate of his
holiness, Archbishop Cullen, and the establishment was
broken up. The Pope and his legate thought the place,
from its grandeur, ill adapted for the purpose to which
Mr. Ball had applied it. It has now passed into the
hands of General Lord Gough, an Irishman of whom his
country is proud. He was the successful bidder, and Mr.
Littledale declared him the purchaser at £30,000.
MEETING OF GAS CoNsrmEas.—As the annual state-
ment of the affairs of the Liverpool United Gas-light
Company will be made public this day, a meeting of the
principal gas consumers of the town was held on Satur-
day, in the large room, No. 3, Ilackin's-hey, convened by
a circular which stated that " the maximum dividend of
ten per cent. has been attained, and it is expected that the
reserve fund will have been made up during the last six
months, or nearly so ; the good management of the com-
pany, therefore, can no longer be considered exclusively a
matter for the proprietors ; but the consumers, it may now
fairly be said, have an equal interest. You are, therefore,
invited to attend a meeting of a few of the largest con-
sumers of gas, with a view to a conference with the di-
rectors on the subject of an early reduction in the price,
and to request that some definite statement shall be made
to the meeting on Tuesday next." The circular was
signed by Mr. J. R. Jeffrey, Mr. R. A. Macfie, and Mr.
Walter Macgregor. Mr. Macfie, on being called to the
chair, said that he thought every one acquainted with the
subject would see that it was high time that the gas con-
sumers in this town should meet to consult upon the best
means of reducing the price of gas, and as to the position
of the Gas Company in connection with the public. The
meeting, he might say, was not called in hostility to the
Gas Company, as they considered that the interests of the
shareholders in that company and those of the public were
identical. He thought that the gas supply might be regu-
lated in the same manner as the water supply, and on the
principle by which gas was supplied in Manchester and
Greenock. Mr. J. R. Jeffery then addressed the meeting
at considerable length. After alluding to several facts
connected with the finances of the Gas Company, he sug-
gested that, to check wasteful expenditure, an officer, say
the borough engineer, should be appointed to enter the
works whenever he wished, to report at intervals to the
consumers. It was also desirable, he thought, that a Go-
vernment auditor should be appointed to examine the ac-
counts of the company ; and that some competent person,
say an inspector of weights and measures, should be au-
thorized to lest the meters, with the records of which
many persons were naturally dissatisfied. The consumers
had long been waiting for a reduction in the price of gas,
and asa means of attempting to procure so desirable a boon
to the public, he would move the following resolution,
which was seconded by Mr. Walter Macgregor :—" That
the following gentlemen be a deputation to confer with
the directors of the Gas Company, with a view to obtain
an immediate reduction in the price of gas, and to request
that some means be adopted to secure the interests of the
consumers in accordance with the circular calling this
meeting :—Mr. Macfie, Mr. Jeffrey, Mr. Woolwright, and
Mr. Macgregor, and that Mr. Henry C. Beloe be also re-
quested to accompany the deputation in his capacity of
auditor on behalf of the ratepayers." Mr. Reay, secretary
of the Guardian Society, said that, on the 16th of June, a
deputation of the Guardian Society had an interview with
the directors of the Gas Company, when they urged the
views just made public by Mr. Jeffery, but they could re-
ceive no satisfactory reply. After some remarks from Mr.
H. C. Beloe, the auditor of the accounts of the Gas Com-
pany appointed by the Recorder on behalf of the rate-
payers, and from other gentlemen, the motion of Mr. Jef-
fery was agreed to with but one dissentient voice, and
after a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting ter-
minated.
A SON OF TIPPOO SAID, now upon a visit to this coun-
try, visited the Tower of London last week, accompanied
by his son, a youth of 18. In passing through the armoury,
the warder pointed out to them the sword and sash of
their gallant but unfortunate ancestor. They were both
much affected at the incident, and the father deseribecli to
Ills son the soldier-like death his grandfathq ;int at
I SerizigapAtua.—.United Sea* Guette,

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE AT SEA.—A short time
since, Richard Hurry, a wheelwright, who formerly resided
in the neighbourhood of Liverpool, engaged a cabin pas-
sage on board the ship Liberia, bound from St. John,
N. 8., to this port. He manifested aberration of intellect
soon after the ship left St. John. On Tuesday last, when
the ship was in lon. 10 W., lat. 51, deceased came on deck,
and asked the captain (Cruikshank) to hoist a flag with a
black ball on it for a minister. The captain sent him be-
low, and told him to compose himself. He went below,
and shortly after, smoke was seen issuing from the state-
room occupied by the deceased. On going into it, he was
discovered heaping his bedclothes on a sheet, to which he
had set fire, on the cabin floor. On being asked what he
was doing, he rushed up the cabin stairs on deck, and be-
fore any one could restrain him in the confusion, it being
reported that the ship was on fire, the deceased jumped
overboard. The quarter-boat was immediately lowered,
the helm was put hard down, and four men got into the
boat, and made every exertion to pick up the deceased, but
in vain. He was never afterwards seen.
UNHAPPY CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO SUICIDE.—
On Wednesday a stranger, who had described himself as
" Mr. William Dean Gowar," and who had been lodging
at the houseof Mr. Clabbarn,24, Greek-street, London -road,
committed suicide by hanging himself in his bedroom.
An affecting letter to his wife, directed " Vauxhall, Pim-
lico, London," stated that, before committing the rash
act, he was heartbroken by repeated failures to obtain
employment, and " almost starving of hunger?' At
an inquest, held before the deputy coroner, on Saturday,
William Dean Gowar, son of the unfortunate man, was
present. He said that he was a law-writer in London,
where deceased had failed, as a coachbuilder. Last Christ-
mas the different members of the family collected a sum
of money, with which the deceased came to this town with
the intention of emigrating to America. The money,
however, was insufficient for the purpose,and the deceased,
while vainly attempting to procure employment, lived on
it till the day of his death, when it was exhausted. He
had received a letter similar to the one produced, written
to his mother, who resided with him, (witness). The
jury, after a brief summary of the facts of the case from
the coroner, returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity."
OLIvER TESTIMONIAL.—On Saturday a splendid ser-
vice of massive silver plate, valued at £2,000, was presented
to Mr. Edward Oliver, shipowner, at his residence, Clifton-
house, Liscard. The inscription stated that the testimonial
was presented "by bankers, merchants, and traders of
Great Britain and Ireland, the British provinces of North
America, and the United States, as a testimonial of their
appreciation of the energy and ability which, directing his
spirited enterprises, have rendered such distinguished ser-
vices to the great shipping interest. Liverpool, August
12, 1854." The plate was manufactured by Mr. Dismore,
Bold-street.

DEATR PROM APOPLEXY.—On Friday, as Mr. Watkins,
land-steward to Mr. Stewart, of Kimmel-park, Wells, was
travelling in a gig from Congleton to Morton, he was
seized with a fit of apoplexy, which, in a few minutes, ter-
minated his existence. Mr. Watkins was forty-five years
of age, and highly respected.
THE BARNSTAPLE ELECTION.—Two gentlemen of oppo-
site politics have announced themselves as candidates for
the borough—Mr. R. S. Guinness, the well-known porter
brewer, who comes forward in the Conservative, :and Mr.
Tite, the eminent architect of London, and chairman of the
North Devon Railway Company, in the Liberal interest.

THE BIRMINGITAIII GAOL CRUELTIES.—We understand
that Messrs. J. W. and G. Whateley, of this town, have
received instructions from the government to take the
necessary legal proceedings against Lieutenant Austin
and Mr. Blount, late governor and surgeon of the borough
gaol. Midland Counties Herald.
THE ESHER MURDER CASE was tried at Guildford, on
Wednesday, when the unfortunate woman Brough was
arraigned upon six separate indictments for the murder
of her children. The case attracted a crowd of spectators,
and occupied many hours in its recapitulation, and in the
examination of witnesses. Throughout the proceedings
the culprit exhibited much indifference, if not absolute
unconsciousness of her awful situation. The facts of the
crime were established in legal form to the jury. Medical
''state
was then given at great length as to the probable
'state of mind of the prisoner at the time the acts were
committed. Ultimately the jury returned a verdict of
not guilty, on the ground of insanity, and the woman was
consequently ordered to be kept in close confinement dur-
ing her Majesty's pleasure.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The directors' report
just issued shows a disposable balance of £168,074 12s. 7d.,
and it is proposed by the directors to liquidate a claim of
£30,000 by the Shrewsbury and Chester and the Shrews-
bury and Birmingham shareholders out of the disposable
balance, thus reducing it to £138,074 12s. 7d.; the half-
yearly dividend will, in consequence, be reduced to £1 10s.
per cent., which will require £123,514 2s. 10d., leaving a
balance to be carried over to next half-year's account of
£14,530 9s. 2d. Appended to the accounts is a circular
statement, in which the directors explain the reason for
the proposed payment of £30,000 to the two Shrewsbury
companies out of their revenues for the half-year, and
which will prevent the payment of the usual half-yearly
dividend of £2 per cent.
THE NB,v. BEER BlLL.—Sunday last was the first day
on which the new Beer Bill came into operation, and after
10 o'clock at night there was some excitement in the
vicinity of the railways. Half-past 2 o'clock in the after-
noon, the time appointed for closing the different houses,
passed off, generally speaking, without any disorder ; but
as the hour of 10 drew near, most of the licensed victual-
lers, who had put the hands of their clocks forward some
few minutes, so as to clear their houses in sufficient time
to avoid the pains and penalties of the new law, had the
greatest difficulty in getting their customers to leave.
Many refused, unless they were turned out by the police,
and owing to the arrangements made by the respective
superintendents of each division, in having constables
placed round each house, the various taverns were soon
cleared. It was remarked by the police that they never
found the trade so anxious to conform to any act of Par-
liament as on the present occasion.—Times.

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT.
MONDAY, AUGUST 14.

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London, wind W.S.W., very fine; Hull, W.S.W., cloudy;
Scarborough, W.S.W., very fine; Sheffield, W.S.W., fine;
Leicester, S.W.,very cloudy; Nottingham, S.W., rain,
Southampton, .W., cloudy; Doncaster and Bridlington,
S,W., fine ,• Ipswich; S.W., cloudy; Oswestry, Lowestoft, and
Bristol, S.W. fine ; Stamford, S., very cloudy; Portsmouth,
S. rine ; Brighton, S., cloudy ; Carlisle, W., rain; Poole;
W.: fine Gloucester, N., cloudy ; Glasgow, N.W., cloudy
liimaclngter due.