it m Jpmii LLDVJS THE ALTAR, THRONE, AND LAND WE LIVE IN. N° 603. WORCESTER, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1846. PRICE 5d. ASTONISHING OF H O L L O W A Y EFFICACY PILLS WORCESTERSHIRE MIDSUMMER SESSIONS. The Testimony of a Clergyman vouching to Eleven Cases of Cures by these wonderf ul Pills. Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Geo. Prior, Curate of Mevagh, Letter Kenny, Carrigart, Ireland, 10th January, 1846. To Professor HOLLOW AY. O IR,— I send you a crude list of some eleven cases, all O cured by the use of your Pills. I cannot exactly give you a professional name to the various complaints, but this I know, some of them baffled the skill of Derry and this County. In a previous letter this gentleman states as follows:— Within a short distance of my house resides a small farmer, who for more than twenty years has been in a bad state of health ; Mrs. Prior gave him a' box of the Pills, which did him so much good that I heard him say, for twenty years past he never ate his food or enjoyed it so much as since taking your Pills. ( Signed) GEORGE PRIOR. * * The above reverend and pious gentleman purchased some pounds worth of the Pills for the benefit of his poor parishioners. Bad Digestion, with extreme Weakness and Debility— an Extraordinary Cure. Mr. T. GARDINER, of No. 9, Brown Street, Grosvetior Square, had heen in a very bad state of health for a long time, sutfering much from a distended Stomach, very impaired Digestion, with constant pains in his Chest, was extremely nervous, and so greatly debilitated as scarcely able to walk one hundred yards : during the long period of his declining health he had the advice of four of the most eminent physicians, besides five surgeons of the greatest celebrity in London, from whose aid he derived no benefit whatever, at last he had recourse to Holloway's Pills, which he declares effected a perfect cure in a very short time, and that he is now as strong and vigorous as ever he was in his life. This being so extraordinary a case, may lead many persons almost to doubt this statement, it might therefore be necessary to say that Mr. Gardiner is a broker and well known. Cure of a Confirmed Asthma, accompanied with great Debility. Extract of a Letter from John Thompson, Esq., Proprietor of the Armagh Guardian, Armagh, 17th April, 1846. To Professor HOLLOWAY. gIR) There is at present living in this city a Serjeant, who had been for many y(* ars in the Army at Cabul, in the East Indies, from whence he returned in September last. On his way here, from the change of weather of a tropical to a moist climate, he caught a very violent cold, which produced a con- firmed case of Asthma. In December last he commenced taking your Pills, and by the use of two lis. boxes, with two 4s. ( id. pots of your Ointment well rubbed into his breast, he is, I am happy to say, not only quite cured of the Asthma, but is also become so strong and vigorous, that he informed me yesterday he could now run round the Mall, with any person in the city, and that he never got any medicine equal to your Pills and Ointment. ( Signed) J. THOMPSON. The Earl of Aldborougli cured of a Liver and Stomach Complaint. Extract of a Letter from His Lordship, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, 21st February, 1845. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR, Various circumstances prevented the possibility of my thanking you before this time for your politeness in sending me your Pills as you did. I now take this opportu- nity of sending you an order for the amount, and, at the same time, to add that your Pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my Liver and Stomach, which all the most eminent of the Faculty at home, and all over the Continent, had not been able to effect; nay! not even the waters* of Carlsbad and Marienbad. I wis'h to have another Box and a Pot of the Ointment, in case any of my family should ever require either Your most obliged and obedient Servant, ( Signed) ALDBOROUGH. The mighty powers of these extraordinary Pills will do wonders in any of the following Complaints :— Ague Female irregularities Retention of urine Asthmas Fevers of all kinds Sore Throats Scrofula or King's Evil Stone and Gravel Secondary symptoms Tic- Douloureux Tumours Ulcers Venereal Affections Worms of all kinds Weakness, from whatever cause, & c. Bilious complaints Fits Blotches on the skin Gout Bowel complaints Head- ache Colics Indigestion Constipation of the Inflammation Jaundice Liver complaints Lumbago Piles Rheumatism Bowels Consumption Debility Dropsy Dysentery Erysipelas Sold at the establishment of Professor HOLLOWAY, 224 Strand, near Temple- bar, London, and by most all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines throughout the civilized world, at the following prices :— Is. l^ d., 2s. 9d., 4s; ( id., lis., 22s , and 33s. each Box. There is a considerable saving by taking the larger sizes, N. B. 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ITIC REMEDY for searching out and purifying the diseased humours of the blood ; conveying its active principles throughout the body, even penetrating the minutest vessels, removing all corruptions and contaminations, and impurities from the vital stream,— eradicating the morbid virus ; and radically expelling it through the skin. Price lis. or four bottles in one for 33s , by which lis. is saved, also in £ 5 cases, which saves £ 1. 12s. VENEREAL CONTAMINATION, if not at first eradicated, will often remain secretly lurking in the system l'or years, and, although for a while undiscovered, at length break out upon the unhappy indi- vidual in its most dreadful " forms; or else, unseen, internally endanger the very vital organs of existence. 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Country Druggists, Booksellers, and Patent Medicine Venders can be supplied with Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, and Cordial Balm of Svriacuin. with the usual allowance to the Trade, by most of the" principal Wholesale Patent Medicine bouses in Londou. Agent for Worcester A. DEIGHTON, Journal Office Kidderminster... THOS. PENNELL, Bookseller. Wlieie way tie had Uie .'.' SILENT FRIEND The Midsummer Quarter Sessions for this county commenced on . Monday last, when in the unavoidable absence of the chair man, Sir P. S. Pakington, Bart., M. P., who is detained in Lon- don by his Parliamentary duties, T. G. Curtler, Esq., was unani- mously called to the chair. Among the M agistrates on the Bench we observed the Hon. and Rev. J. S. Cocks, Rev. J. Foley, Gen. Marriott, H. Talbot, Esq., liev. J. Pearson, Rev. A. B. Lech- mere, T. S. Lea, Esq., liev. G.' R. Gray, A. Skcy, Esq., F. Holland, Esq., J. G. Watkins, Esq., Captain Hastings, J. Y. Bedford, Esq., William Talbot, Esq., H. Cartwright, Esq., Rev. J. R. Ingram, Rev. T. Baker, F. E. Williams, Esq., C. E. Hanford, Esq., P. V. Onslow, Esq., Rev. T. Pearson, and J. Williams, Esq. FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.— This report was read by Mr. W. H. Ricketts. It recommended the payment of the usual accounts ; and they referred to the investigations which had taken place into the returns of fines payable at Petty Ses- sions. It stated that the clerks of Petty Sessions were generally regular in their returns; that in reference to the fines recover- able from the boroughs the Committee were of opinion that many were not duly paid over to the county, and suggested that the Clerk of the Peace do investigate the matter, and, in case they were not paid, institute proceedings. Special mention was made of the borough of Evesham, which claimed certain fines under the power of an old charter, but the com- mittee were of opinion that the charter only provided for the payment of fines enforced by statutes in existence before the granting of the charter, and not for offences newly constituted since. They therefore recommended a similar course to be adopted as with the other boroughs. The arrears of rate due from the Alcester Union, including the parishes of Feckcnham, and Inkberrow, had been recovered, together with the fine imposed, which amounted to 61. 14s. 5d.; the costs of enforcing the order of the Court had amounted to 12/. The report con- cluded by recommending that a rate of a half- penny be granted for county purposes, and a penny rate for police purposes. FINES AT PETTY SESSIONS Some discussion took place upon this subject, in which it was suggested that the clerks of Petty Sessions be furnished with a proper form for the due keeping of the accounts. POLICE RATE.— On the rate of Id. being proposed, the Rev. T. L. Baker, of Hartlebury, asked how long the enormous expenditure for the police force would be carried on; it was now costing the county at the rate of 12,000/. a year. The parish of Hartlebury had paid 50/. last quarter, and another 50/. would have to be paid this, which would be at the rate of 200/. a year for that parish, a sum sufficient to retain the services of four or five constables. This enormous outlay was justly giving rise to great dissatisfaction.— The Chairman explained that the increased cost was owing to the recent addition of Dudley and Halesowen to the jurisdiction of the county, and the necessary accommodation required for those districts. This rate would, however, be sufficient to conclude the works. He could not see how the Rev. Gentleman made the expenditure for the police 12,000/. per annum. It was not a proper way to estimate the average cost to take into account the casual expenditure at present made. In connection with this subject the Chairman said that an estimate had been handed in for additions which were necessary to the Worcester station, and he asked the Court for a grant of 200/. for the purpose The rate was granted, and the sum of 200/. allowed, as asked by the Chairman. TREASURER'S ACCOUNT The Treasurer's account was put in and allowed Mr. Simcox Lea, enquired why the Evesham Union had not paid the fine of 10 per cent, which had been imposed last Session for non- payment of county rates. He thought it ought to be made public that a fine of 2s. in the pound would be enforced in cases of irregularity.— Mr. Hanford and Lieut.- Gen. Marriott replied that it was owing to some neglect on the part of the officer, who was not fully acquainted with the new law ; and suggested that the fine should be excused.— The Rev. G. R. Gray would have no objection to such a course, but he thought the Alcester Union ought to have their money returned to them as well— The Chairman remarked that if they excused one they must the other; but it would fall upon the county generally to pay the 12/. incurred in the matter of Alcester. The Treasurer of the Union was not responsible but the parishes in that Union— The Rev. John Pearson said the fine ought to be imposed; it was not proper for the Court to excuse the fine.— Mr. Helm said that a fine was also due from Winchcomb Union, who had referred the auestion to the Poor Law Commissioners; but he had not yet received their answer.— Some conversation then took place with reference to a small sum due from the extra- parochial part of Shell to the county rate, the payment of which was disputed The Rev. Thomas Pearson moved that the matter be referred to the Finance Committee, with power to take the opinion of Counsel if necessary.— This was agreed to; but on the motion being put and seconded, that the Unions of Alcester and Evesham be excused the fines imposed, it was negatived by a large majority. CRAVINGS The Clerk of the Peace's Cravings amounting to 111/. 12s. Ik/, and the County Solicitor's Bill tor 4/. 18s. 2d. were granted. The Coroner's Cravings were also allowed as follows:— Mr. Hughes, 104/. as. lrf.; Air. Best, 62/. Is.; Mr. Robinson, 32/. 14s. It/.; Mr. Docker, 96/. 9s. < W.; Mr. Hinch- clifle, 31/. 13s. 2d. The Rev. John Pearson said that had Mr. Hughes been in Court he would have asked him if he could not appoint a deputy coroner in the room of Mr. Becke. In his ( Mr. Pearson's) neighbourhood an inquest had to be held, but Mr. Hughes being from home Mr. Best was obliged to come from Evesham to attend, which added to the expense of the county The Chair- man observed that he had no doubt Mr. Hughes would comply with the suggestion of Mr. Pearson. VISITING MAGISTRATES The report of the Visiting Magistrates was read by Captain Hastings. The prisoners had been generally healthy ; the erection of the new chapel was progressing satisfactorily and it was expected to be completed during the next month.— T. E. M. Holland, E. Vernon, and A. Skey, Esqrs., were then appointed Visiting Magistrates in the room of Captain Hastings, F. E. Williams, and J. G. Watkins, Esqrs., who retired by rotation. HALL AND HOUSE COMMITTEE.— There was no report from this Committee, but the Rev. Thomas Pearson stated that the Worcester and Weedon railway having adopted the same line as the Tring, near to the Shirehall, and not being limited as to the position of their station, the Committee had thought it advisable to petition against the line being brought nearer than 300 yards to the Hall. He had not received any official answer but had heard the petition was successful, and that the station would not be erected in Sansome Walk— There was no rate asked for. DISTRICT CONSTABLES' COMMITTEE.— This report was read by IV] r. Helm. It merely advised the payment of certain sums to the contractors for the erections of the Dudley and Worcester stations Lieutenant General Marriot said some observations had been made as to the expense of the constabulary force ; he would, however, bear his testimony to the efficiency of the force in his district. LUNATIC ASYLUM— The appointment of a Committee to carry into effect the Lunatic Asylum Act having been ordered this Session, the Chairman introduced the subject by apologiz- ing for the absence of Mr. Pakington, which was occasioned by his attendance upon an important Parliamentary com- mittee, who had appointed that day to consider their report. The punctual attendance of Mr. Pakington during the period in which he had presided over that Court as their Chair- man, was a guarantee that nothing but the most urgent business would have prevented him from attending these Sessions. ( Hear, hear). He had, however, received a letter from Mr. Pakington, wherein he informed him that the Secretary of State had applied to the law officers of the Crown as to what class of lunatics would have to be confined in these asylums, and the opinion was that all lunatics, even the most harmless, were included in the bill; at the same time stating that that portion of the Act was unnecessary and would doubtless be repealed. Should those alterations be effected in the bill it would cause a material difference in the building required, and under those circumstances Mr. Pakington had thought it advisable, ( without interfering with the judgment of the Court,) to advise the postponement of the appointment of the committee till the Michaelmas Sessions. ( Hear, hear).— The Rev. Thomas Pearson thought the provisions of the bill for compelling idiots of all descriptions to be immured in an asylum very cruel and unnecessary— A petition against the appointment of the committee was presented by the Rev. Mr. Gray, from the parishioners of Inkberrow.— The Chairman observed that it had been stated before and he would now repeat that the Court had no discretion upon the matter.— In answer to a question from the Rev. A, B. Lechmere, Mr. Helm stated an order had been made that no jointure should be effected with any other county for erecting a lunatic asylum. Air. Lechmere then gave notice that he should move the res- cinding of that motion ; the Chairman observing that if the anticipated alterations were made in the bill such a course might probably become necessary. FEES OF THE CLERKS OF PETTY SESSIONS.— Mr. W. H. Ricketts called the attention of the Court to the fact that the present table of fees had not been revised for a period of 23 years, and there were many duties now performed by the clerks for which no stipulated fees were allowed ; and they were con- sequently not in a position to enforce the payment of them. Mr. Ricketts read a long list of duties for which there were no allowances.— The Chairman observed that the same remark applied to the Clerks of the Peace ; but those gentlemen had a club in London at which they met and settled what fees they should charge for certain duties. Whenever any question arose as to the fee, the ordinary mode of procedure was to apply to a neighbouring county for the amount they paid; and of course the charge corresponded, it having been previously fixed upon at their club meeting. ( Laughter)— Mr. Ricketts then gave notice of a motion for the appointment of a committee to revise the tables of fees. UPTON BRIDGE— The Rev. A. B. Lechniere gave notice of a motion for the re- appointment of the Committee, with the addition of the names of the Rev. Charles Dunne and J. II. Allen, Esq., with power to call in a competent engineer, for the purpose of enquiring whether the bridge could be widened. After an adjournment for twenty minutes the Court proceeded to the hearing of APPEALS. WOLVERLEY v. STOURBRIDGE.— The first case was one in which the parish of Wolverley was the appellant, and the township of Stourbridge respondent, on the order of removal of Mary Price, aged 77 years. Mr. Lutwyche appeared for the applicant and Mr. Huddlestou for the respondent. The order was confirmed, with costs of coming into Court to be taxed by the Clerk of the Peace. CHELTENHAM V. HANBURY— The second was an appeal from the parish of Cheltenham against an order of removal of John Edwards, his wife, and two children from the parish of Hanbury, in this county. Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Hodgson appeared for the appellant, and Mr. Streeten with Mr. Lut- wyche for the respondent parish. The counsel for the appellant contended that the order was an insufficient one, it being conditional and not absolute ; sup- posing the Court to rule that a conditional order was sufficient, then it was contended that one of the conditions specified by the Act had been omitted. Upon these points the Court decided that the order was not bad because it was conditional, nor on the second objection, although upon that one the counsel might reserve the point if they thought tit. Mr. liuddleston then raised another objection, viz., that the captions of the examinations did not set forth that they were taken on the complaint of the parish officers, and that the Justice's jurisdiction did not therefore appear on the face of the examinations. In support of this position he quoted a case which was reported in the last number of the Law Journal, " The Queen v. the inhabitants of Molesworth," in which the identical objection had been decided to be fatal.— Mr. Streeten observed that he had never heard of such a thing as setting forth the authority in the captions. On this decision the Court quashed the order with common costs. IPSLEY v. HIMBLETON.— This was an appeal against an order of removal of a pauper. Mr. Huddleston appeared for the appellants. The respondents did not appear; and Mr. Huddleston complained that although they had been duly served witli the notice and grounds of appeal, they had neglected to appear or give any intimation to the appellant parish, thus entailing upon them the expense of coming to Court; he thought it a very hard case and hoped the Court would grant them the full costs. The order was therefore quashed with full costs to be taxed by the Clerk of the Peace. TUESDAY. ( BEFORE T. G. CURTLER, ESQ.) The Court met this morning at nine o'clock, when the following were sworn of the Grand Jury :— Mr. James Deakin, Foreman. Mr. Alexander Anderson, — Charles Allcock, — Thomas Burrow, — Robert Chester, — John Cornhill, — William A. Greening, — P. Haynes, — Thomas Jones, — John Law, — Thomas Millichap, Samuel Marsh, Mr. Thomas Nott, — Daniel Nightingale, — Edward Russell, — John Ricketts, — Jabez Stanley, — David Taylor, — Thomas Turner, — Benjamin Tandy, — John W. Vauyhan, — William Weaver, — Thomas Wakeman. The usual proclamation having been read by the Deputy Clerk of the Peace, Mr. Curtler addressed the Grand Jury to the following effect:— He regretted that they would be deprived of the valuable services of the Chairman on the present occasion, Mr. Pakington being prevented from coming down from London in consequence of being required to attend to certain parliamentary duties, from which he could not excuse himself. On this occasion it was usual, following the course adopted by the Chairman, to inform the county, through the medium of the Grand Jury, of any business connected with the county expenditure, which had been transacted on the previous day. He had therefore to inform them that a rate of in the pound ( being under the usual amount) had been granted for general purposes, and a ir/. rate for police purposes. The police rate was larger in amount than usual, which arose from the necessity of building police stations at Dudley, Halesowen, and Worcester. The valuable and extensive district comprised in the two first- named towns, however, would in future con- tribute their shares towards the police expenses. Mr. Curtler then alluded to the matter of the Lunatic Asylum, the discus- sion on which subject he told them had been deferred for a quarter until the passing of the proposed amendment Act giving discretionary powers to Boards of Guardians. Mr. Curtler then proceeded to refer to the calendar. He was sorrv to communicate to them that the number of prisoners contained in it exceeded the number for trial at the corresponding Sessions of last year, and that since the calendar had been printed eleven prisoners had come in, which made the number for trial 81. The offences were mostly of a trifling character, but, nevertheless, there were a few of a much more serious nature: these, however did not appear from the depositions to involve any greater diffi- culties than the minor cases. He had been requested to men- tion that a great inconvenience had been suffered by the Court in consequence of Magistrates' clerks neglecting to return prisoners admitted to bail, and also in their neglecting to send in the depositions in the several cases until the last moment. This neglect rendered it impossible to calculate the amount of business to be transacted, and kept from them that knowledge of the several cases which they ought to possess. Some depositions, he observed, which had been taken so far back as the 8th May had only been returned on the previous night. It was the opinion of the Magistrates that in all cases where the Magistrates' Clerk neglected timely to return the depositions in cases in which they happened to be professionally engaged, they should be deprived of the whole of their costs. Recurring to the calendar lie found it would only be necessary to allude to two cases. The first was No, 14* wherein John Tyers was charged with maliciously cutting a carpet loom. Offences of this description became so common a few years ago that Parliament legislated specially for them ; and it was merely necessary for him to allude to it in order to inform them that although malice was alleged it was unnecessary for them to be particular in satisfying themselves of the existence of such a feeling, as the law implied malice in the act itself. The other case to which he alluded was No. 41, wherein a prisoner was charged with embezzling monies of his master; and although they might not come to the conclusion that the relation of master and servant between the parties was strictly shown, still, there would be a sufficiency of service to bring the parties in that relation to each other for the purposes of the indictment. They might, therefore, leave that question out of their consideration. After a few further remarks Mr. Curtler dismissed the Grand Jury to the discharge of their duties. A Petty Jury having been sworn, the Court proceeded to the TRIALS OF THE PRISONERS. Maria Sparrow, 26, married, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing nine yards of ribbon, the property of Mr. W. Rodd mercer, Evesham. She was further charged with stealing a pair of child's shoes, the property of Josiah Wheatley, of Eves- ham, and pleading not guilty on this indictment she was placed on her trial. Mr. Huddleston prosecuted : the prisoner was undefended. It appeared from the evidence that on the 18th May the prisoner went to the prosecutor's shop in company with two other women and asked to look at some shoes. They made no purchase, but after they had left the shop the shoes were missed, and the prisoner being apprehended, they were found upon her. The prisoner begged for mercy, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour in each case, making six months in all.— The Grand Jury ignored a separate indictment against Sarah Day 28, mar- ried, for stealing a pair of shoes at Wheatley's house at the same time as the above prisoner. The Court expressed their disapprobation of the unnecessary expense entailed upon the county by two indictments when one would have sufficed and disallowed the expenses of the prosecutor. Sarah Taylor, 30, married, also pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing four pairs of boots from the shop of George Ballinger, at Evesham, under similar circumstances, and was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment. William Pitt appeared on his trial to answer a charge of stealing 700 tops of hop poles, the property of William Shep- herd, at Mathon, on the 31st May last. Mr. Owen prosecuted and Mr. Hill defended the prisoner. The prosecutor deposed that the sticks were used for hops of the first year's growth, and proved the finding of a large quantity on the prisoner's premises. The prisoner stated at the time that they had been brought there by his mother- in- law, and lie offered to return them to the hop yard from which they had been taken, if the prosecutor would forgive him. The value of the sticks was estimated by the prosecutor at lOd. Mrs. Evans, mother- in- law of the prisoner, was called for the defence, to prove that the sticks found on the prisoner's premises were deposited there bv her, she having gathered them off' lands of Mr. Jones, which adjoins the prosecutor's hop yard. The learned counsel for the defence also called witnesses to character. The jury found the prisoner not guilty. Thomas Allerton, 36, labourer, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing 5s., the property of Mr. John Watson, of Kidder- minster. Mr. Watson appeared in Court, and recommended the prisoner to mercy, he having been seven years in his em- ploy. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. Edward Harris, surrendered to his bail to answer to a charge of stealing 561bs. weight of coal, the property of Messrs. Clay and Newman, of Droitwich. Mr. Hill prosecuted, and Mr. Huddleston defended the prisoner. It appeared tha: a " ood deal of coal had been missed from prosecutor's yard, and " they consequently set a watch on the premises. At about midnight on the 23rd May, the prisoner was detected carrying some coal from a heap in the yard. The constable of the borough was on the- look out, and observed his proceedings for a short time. He saw the prisoner removing coal from the heap to the side of the brook, which was alongside the coal yard, and as he was about to remove the coal from the premises the watchman pounced upon him, whereon the prisoner leaped into the brook, and the watchman leaped in after him. After some floundering in the water the prisoner was secured, but on the way to the" watch- house he escaped, scrambled over the canal wall and took to the water again. The constable, however, was soon in the canal after him, and again secured him. The prisoner bore an excellent character previous to this transaction, and his counsel made an appeal to the Jury on the ground that the prisoner was intoxicated at the time of the alleged stealing. The prisoner's master expressed his willingness to take him into his service again if released. He was found guilty and sentenced to a month's imprisonment. William Phipps, an aged labourer, of Holy Cross, Clent was found guilty of stealing two bushels of potatoes the property of Henry Pearman, and was sentenced to a month's impri- sonment. Thomas Cope, 17, carpet weaver, was charged witli stealing six ducks, the property of Thomas Hair, of Kidderminster, on the 7th June last. Mr. Huddleston prosecuted, and Mr. Owen defended the prisoner. The chief question in this case related to the identity of the birds. It seems the ducks were taken on the 7th . June, and on the 11th three of them were found in the possession of the prisoner, the remaining three having been proved to have been in his possession on the 13th of June. The prisoner when charged with the felony declared that he had reared three of them, and that the three others belonged to his sister. These statements proved to be false. Miss Jordan was called to prove the identity of the ducks. She swore positively to the fact, but there were no peculiar marks upon the birds ( which were young ones) to strengthen this impression. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. GROSS ASSAULT ON Harris' statement, and the prisoner in his defence alleged that he should not have resisted the constable had he not ill- used him. He was found guilty and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Matthew Cross, 23, labourer, was charged with stealing six hen fowls the property of Mrs. Greenway, farmer, of Castlemor- ton, on the 11th April. Mr. Huddleston prosecuted; Mr. Hill defended the prisoner. The prosecutrix and her servant hav- ing proved the loss of the fowls, policeman Raby deposed that he traced marks of blood and of feathers from Mrs. Green way's premises to the house where the prisoners resided. He also observed footmarks accompanying the traces, and these on comparison with the prisoner's shoes were found to correspond. One of these footmarks the policeman cut out of the soil and produced in Court together with the prisoner's shoe correspond- ing therewith. On entering the prisoner's house a heap of feathers, recently plucked, was found in a corner of one of the rooms, and some of them were identified by the prosecutrix, as having been a portion of the clothing of the stolen fowls. The body of a boiled fowl was found elsewhere. There were, how- ever, several families living in the same house, and some of them kept fowls, with which they regularly supplied the Wor- cester and Malvern markets. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment to hard labour. CHARGE OF HORSE STEALING. Thomas Jones, 22, and William Mander, 22, labourers, were charged with stealing a horse, the property of William Beardsmore and another, at Dudley, on the 16th April last Mr. Lutwyche for Mr. Huddleston prosecuted : Mr. Owen defended the prisoners. The prisoner Mander is blind. It appeared that the horse in question was used in a coal pit near Dudley, called Russell's tlall Colliery, by the prosecutors. Messrs. Beardsmore, and had been removed from the pit durin some temporary repairs. A blacksmith named Gilbert deposed that he slioed the horse for the prosecutors and took it to their stable near the coal pit, where he locked it up. William Stamps, one of the colliers at the works, deposed that after drinking with the prisoners until after midnight, he went to his work, leaving thern near to the stable in which the horse was lying. Another witness proved seeing the prisoners with the horse three or four hours afterwards at Wolverley. Jones said he had brought the horse from Ludlow fair for a man named John Lees. They took the horse to a public house called the " Sailors' return." Several other witnesses were examined, and among them was Charles Cook of the Worces tershire Constabulary, who deposed to the finding of the horse at the Inn. There was also a rope lying among the straw in the stable. This witness apprehended the prisoner Jones on the Clee Hills, near Ludlow, about twenty miles from Wol verley. Police Superintendent Brown, of Stourport, received the prisoner Jones from Cook's custody, and on the road to Stourport, Jones said " I suppose blind Will has told all about it, as they have got him, and got me into this trouble.'" Witness cautioned him, and Jones then said he'd tell all about it. He went on to say that " he was with blind Will on Wednesday night in Mr. Beardsmore's hovel on the Dock Colliery : there was another man with him, and blind Will wanted him to knock the man down with the shovel, but he would not." The prisoner went on to say—" We brought the horse out, I helped blind Will on the horse, and I led the horse into the turnpike road, and off'we caine." When taken to the stable where the horse was, Jones said that was- the horse they had taken, and that he would have had nothing to do witli it only that blind Will told him it was his father- in- law' horse. This being the case for the prosecution, Mr. Owen submitted to the Court that there was no intent of larceny proved. He submitted that there had been no felonious con version of the prosecutor's property: the men had no doubt improperly made use of the horse for the purpose of forwarding them on their journey to the Cite Hill, where they resided The prisoners therefore, although greatly to blame, and open to a civil action for damages, were not liable to a conviction for felony. After a careful summing up, the Jury consulted for a few moments and found both the prisoners guilty. A previous conviction was proved against Mander for felony ; he has been convicted of felony in this Court of robbing his own father The other prisoner has also been convicted of fowl stealin^ and imprisoned in Salop Gaol, under the name of Samuel Lewis, but of this fact a witness named Pearce ( who gave him a good character) confessed his entire ignorance. In passing sentence, the Court intimated that enquiries would be made into Pearce's knowledge of the fact and if it turned out that Jones' conviction was known to him, he would be prosecuted for perjury. The Court believing that the prisoner Mander was by reason of his infirmity the less guilty of the two prisoners sentenced him to six months' imprisonment, and Jones to twelve months' imprisonment. Thomas Hunt, 19, labourer, was charged with having, on the 20th February last, stolen two razors and a hone, the property of Ann Swadkins. of Beoley. It appeared on this trial however, that all traces of the property had been lost between November 1845 and April 1846, when it was found in the prisoner's possession. Under these circumstances, and in the absence of more direct evidence, the prisoner was acquitted. CONSTABLE. William Price, 37, labourer, was charged with having, on the 17th June last, assaulted and beaten Thomas Harris, consta- ble, of Droitwich, while in the due execution of his duty. Mr. Huddleston prosecuted; the prisoner was undefended. The prosecution was instituted at the instance of the Watch Com- mittee of the borough of Droitwich for the protection of their officers. The constable deposed that on the above mentioned day a warrant was put into his hands for the apprehension of the prisoner, when approaching the prisoner he ( prisoner) said he " was not going to be locked in that — hole," and ran away. Witness overtook him, and the prisoner falling down, witness fell upon him. Witness was attempting to handcuff" him, but was prevented by the mob closing round. After several scuffles in the course of which the mob pelted witness with brickbats, witness charged a man named Carter to assist him, on which Carter was knocked down by the mob and witness was left with the prisoner. The prisoner, during this affray, struck and kicked the witness several times. At last, however, he secured him, and was conveying him to the lock- up when he again struck him severely unawares, and witness had since suffered from the blows which he had received from the prisoner and the mob. Thomas Carter, the man referred to by the constable as having been charged to aid and assist, corroborated The trials of prisoners were commenced in the second Court about half- past eleven, BEFORE THE REV. THOMAS PEARSON. Frederick Hall, 16, labourer, was acquitted on a charge of stealing a shilling, the property of his master, Mr. Charles Williams, of Evesham, on the 9th April. William Tungg, 44, labourer, was convicted of stealing shovel, a fork, and other agricultural implements, the property of Edward Pass, at Bromsgrove, on the 20th April.— Two months' imprisonment. George Mobbey, 26, labourer, pleaded guilty to stealing fiv hen eggs, the property of Daniel Merrill, at Bredon, on the 5th May.— Ten days' imprisonment. George Bagnall, 39, carpet weaver, pleaded guilty to stealin^, a sha wl, the property of . Joseph Juston, at Kidderminster, on the 14th June.— One month's imprisonment. Elizabeth Bundle, 29, married, was acquitted on a charge of stealing a quantity of peas and flour, the property of Thomas Hill, at Rock, on the 1st of May. William Stokes, 26, labourer, was convicted of stealing two pigeons, the property of William Jarvis Hodgetts, at Halesowen on the 2nd May.— A fortnight's imprisonment. Dorothy Grove pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing about 601bs. weight of rod iron, the property of Messrs. Rock, of Cradley, on the 30th May.— One month's imprisonment. George Taylor, 36, labourer, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing three bottles of wine, the property of William Yate Hunt, at Halesowen— Three months' imprisonment. Richard Evans, 33, labourer, was convicted of stealing two bushels of wheat, the property of John Lane, at Hanley Castle, on the 27th May.— Three months'imprisonment. David Chambers, 27, shoeing smith, was convicted of stealing a gun, the property of John Huntriss, his master, at Dudley on the 29th of March.— Two months' imprisonment. Thomas Wytheford, 20, and Joseph Wytheford, 20, boatmen, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a basket containing a quantity of grocery, the property of William Benson, at Alve- church, on the 28th March.— Three months' imprisonment each. Stephen IJicks, 25, labourer, was convicted of stealing two sovereigns and two half sovereigns, the property of William Griffiths, at Dudley, on the 19th of April Twelve months' imprisonment. John Plato, 22, boatman, was convicted of stealing a cloth cap, the property of Joseph Sheldon, at Hallow, on the 3rd of June.— Three weeks' imprisonment. James Woodall, and Samuel Whitehouse, were convicted of stealing 401bs. weight of iron, the property of the New British Iron Company, at Dudley, on the 13th of June.— Six weeks' imprisonment. Henry Doughty, 14, labourer, and Jonathan Hull, 17, labourer, were convicted of stealing a fishing rod, the property of Thomas Lloyd, at Hallow, on the 3rd of June Hull was sentenced to one week's imprisonment and Doughty to three months. Thomas Masterson, 20, and Thomas Proverbs, 20, labourers, were convicted of stealing a quantity of lead, the property of William Bateson Cliffe, at Mathon, on the 17th of June. Six months' imprisonment each. John Wright was acquitted on a charge of stealing a quantity of brass wires, five hanks of leisli, and some bobbin thread, the property of Gregory Barrett, at Kidderminster, on the 22nd of April last. William Freeman, 18, labourer, was charged with stealing smock frock and a waistcoat, the property of Charles Haines, at Droitwich, on the 16th May. He was found guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. William Bayley, 22, brass caster, and Thomas Damon, 14, rule maker, were convicted of stealing two live ducks, the property of Benjamin Steadman, at Yardley, on the 11th June. Bayley was sentenced to be imprisoned for one month, and Damon for fourteen days. Elizabeth Winter Colson, 21, single woman, was acquitted on a charge of stealing a gold ring, the property of Mr. Everett, . surgeon, of this city, at Malvern, on the ist of December last. The Court adjourned at seven o'clock. WEDNESDAY. BEFORE T. G. CURTLER, ESQ. The Court met again this morning at nine o'clock, when, according to previous arrangement, the Dudley appeal case came on first for argument. MUSSELWHIXE AND THE COMMISSIONERS OF DUDLEY This was an application made by Mr. Musselwhite, of Dudley, to the Court of Quarter Sessions, under the Dudley Improve- ment Act, to assess the value of certain premises authorized to b § taken under the said Act by the Commissioners. The applicant was represented by Mr. Sergeant Shee, who had a special retainer for the purpose, and with whom were Mr. Selfe and Mr. Owen; and Mr. Godson, Q. C. ( also specially retained), and Mr. Whitmore, appeared for the Dudley Commissioners. In the opening of the proceedings, a long argument took place between the learned Counsel engaged on each side, with reference to the form of oath to be administered to the Jury. The Court decided that the Jury should be sworn to ascertain only the value of the premises taken and required by the Com- missioners, and not any damage " otherwisesustained" thereby. A number of the Jury in the panel were challenged, and the following were sworn to enquire into " the purchase money to be paid to Ralph Musselwhite for his properly intended to be taken " under the Act:— Mr. William Lucas, Bromsgrove, yeoman, Foreman. Mr. Joseph Allen, gentleman, Stoke Prior. — W. Brown, Bromsgrove, painter. — W. Bridge, Oldbury, carpenter. — Cornelius Bagnall, Oldbury, cordwainer. — Henry Dalton, Bromsgrove, carrier. — Charles Edwards, Bromsgrove, victualler. _ Phillip Phillips, Hill, farmer. — Allen Randle, Martley, farmer. John Richards, Bromsgrove, worsted maker. _ Anthony Trehearne, Kidderminster, currier. — Wm. Thomas, Stoke Prior, innkeeper. The Jury having been sworn Mr. Godson applied to the Court for precedence to open the case. Sergeant Shee contra claimed precedence. Mr. Godson replied that the other side had no locus standi until he had stated his case. The Court called upon Sergeant Shee to state the case of Mr. Mussel white. The learned Sergeant then proceeded to state his client's case at full length, Iu the course of his speech he stated the extent of the premises of Mr. Musselwhite, and the large amount of business transacted by him there during the last seven years. The learned Sergeant's speech occupied about, an hour in the delivery. At its close he proceeded to call witnesses to prove the value of the premises. Mr. Ebenezer Robins, auctioneer and surveyor, of Birming- ham, was examined by Mr. Selfe. He deposed :— He had had experience in valuing houses in Dudley, among other places. In the year 1840 he valued the part of Mr. Musselwhite's pre- mises formerly Badger's ; adjoining this house was another, then Stephens's, but now thrown into Musselw hite's premises. The valuation which he then placed on Badger's house was £ 150 per annum, which he considered the premises were well worth at the time. There had been a large business carried on there by Musselwhite from 1840 down to the present time, and the value of the premises had been enhanced by their bein^ thrown into those adjoining. The witness here produced ' a plan of the premises, showing the exact position of the premises and the relative positions of the shops and household. In his opinion the fair lettable value of the smaller house, originally Stephens's, was £ 60 per year, jmaking the whole as now thrown together £ 210 per annum. There were five separate front entrances into the premises, besides the entrance by the yard. He considered that 20 years' purchase was a fair estimate for good central property like this in question. This would bring the value of the premises to £ 4,200. Witness had been expe- rienced in the valuation of land taken compulsorily under Act of Parliament. Mr. Godson objected to any comparison being made with reference to compulsory purchases. That was a tenant right ; and they had only to inquire into the value of the property for purchase as between man and man. Sergeant Shee contended that they were entitled to offer evidence showing an increased value on compulsory purchases. The Court allowed the evidence to be taken. Mr. Robins then proceeded to depose, that in cases where sales of property were compulsory, a surveyor generally allowed five years extra purchase money, but he had taken a calculation for three years extra in respect of the premises in question. This added £ 630 to the £ 4,200. Cross- examined— The principal footpath opposite Mr. Mus- selwhite's premises is on the opposite side of the road, and there is'no footpath approaching Mr. Mussehvhite's premises. The people walking along High- street pass on the opposite side of the way. In some respects, this is somewhat an advantage, as the shop is brought more in view. The street is about 30 feet broad from house to house. The premises of Mr. Mussel white contain 220 square yards. There might be made five shops out of the premises, viz., two looking into High- street and three into Queen- street. The frontage to Queen- street would afford 12ft. 6in., for each shop at least. I do not know that Mr. Musselwhite returns the value of these premises at £ 105 per year. I know Grainger's premises, late Williams's, a mercer's shop opposite Mr. Musselwhite's premises. If those premises contain 770 square yards, they would not be so valuable as Mr. Musselwhite's containing 220 square yards, because the latter has a larger and better frontage. Witness said he had valued houses m Dudley, for Lord Ward, Sir Horace St. Paul, and Mr. Guest; and had, he believed, valued more than a hundred houses in the town. Had never valued a house in Dudley before at £ 210 per annum, and believed the house in question was as good as any other in Dudley. The house and shop which Mr. Musseiwhite ihad lately taken, was rented at £ 150 per annum : this was a newly built house. Persons taking to premises with a knowledge that they might be taken from them by compulsory purchase, ought nevertheless to be allowed the three years extra purchase, unless they knew when they entered that the premises would be required immediately. The rate at which the value of the premises had been estimated was in the aggregate £ 106,800 per acre. Witness would not at the rent stated call for any allowance for repairs. The purchase money estimated by the witness, would at 4 per cent, produce an income of £ 193 per annum, Re- examined— The area of 770 yards of Mr. Grainger's com- prise but a small proportion of building, the greater part being garden ground and yard. Mr. Mussehvhite's new shop and premises, rented at £ 150 per annum, are nothing like so con- venient in any respect as those in respect ot which compen- sation was no. v sought. The old premises are better worth £ 200 than the new £ 150 per annum. The idea of estimating the value of buildings by the square yard is absurd" If notice was given and not immediately carried into effect I should give the extra valuation for compulsory taking, but if the premises were purchased immediately after notice given I should not allow the compulsory addition to the estimate. Mr. J. Davies, of Longlands, Stourbridge, has been in business for 30 years, and has valued property in Dudley. Iu 1840 he valued the large house of Mr. Musselwhite's at £ 150 a year, giving 20 years purchase. This he considered a valuation rather under than over the mark, without taking into consider- ation any addition for compulsory purchase. He concurrred in Mr. Robins's description of the premises. Witness valued the whole of the premises last March, and also on Saturday last, estimating the whole at £ 210 per annum, allowing 20 years purchase for an ordinary purchase. He considered the owner entitled to from three to five years extra purchase for the com- pulsory taking, making the whole valuation £ 4,880. The property was well built, and in good tenantable repair. The property is not damaged by the taking down of houses adjoin- ing: this would prevent competition in trade. I thought Grainger's side of the street preferable to Musselwhite's, on account of the flagged pavement. Mr. Barnabas Cheshire, surveyor, of Birmingham, gave similar testimony to the last witness, as to the value of the premises. He did not take into his calculation the amount of poor rates assessed on Mr. Musselwhite's property. Mr. Stephenson, the original owner of a portion of the premises in question, deposed that he let them for some time to Mr. Musselwhite, at £ 50 a year, and afterwards sold them for £ 1000 to him. He bought them for £ 820. Mr. Jesson sold this same portion to Mr. Stephenson for £ 820, having purchased it 25 years before for £ 405. Th s evidence was adduced to show that property in Dudley con- tinued to increase in value. John Masefield, carpenter, of Dudley, proved that the premises in question were in good repair; and Mr. C. Musselwhite, nephew of the applicant, proved that the premises were excellently adapted for business. On his cross examination he admitted that the premises were assessed to the poor- rate at £ 87- 10s. Mr. Chinner, the owner of the house recently taken by Mr. Musselwhite, was next called, but he proved nothing which had not previously been given in evidence. The examination of another witness closed the case for the applicant. Mr. Godson then rose and addressed the Jury on behalf of the Town Commissioners in answer to the application. He contended that the valuations had been excessive, and sub- mited that the Jury could only give a fair remuneration for the premises without reference to the particular line of business carried on in it. He also contended that Mr. Musselwhite had endeavoured, by purchasing the property in question after it was known that it would be required for improvements by the Dudley Commissioners, to turn a supposed injury into a source of profit. He submitted that a sum of £ 2500, or at the outside £ 3000, was the utmost which the Jury could in their consciences award to Mr. Musselwhite for his property taken from him by the Commissioners. The learned Counsel then called the following witnesses:— Mr. Jeremiah Matthews, surveyor, of Park Hall, near Kid- derminster, deposed that having surveyed the premises in question for the purposes of valuation, he could not bring him- self to put the yearly rent higher than £ 100 a year. The pro- perty was worth 20 years' purchase, which would make the purchase money £ 2000. Mr. Bateman, land surveyor, of Dudley, being examined on the same point, said he had assessed the " annual value of these premises at £ 108, after deducting repairs. Mr. Musselwhite paid property tax on £ 105 as the annual value of the premises in question, and the poor rate was assessed on the same amount. Mr. Marsh, surveyor, of Dudley, assessed the yearly rent of the property in question at £ 140. Mr. J. O. Brettell, another surveyor, fixed the rental at £ 105, viz.. £ 120 for rent, and allowing £ 15 for rates and repairs. Property in Dudley had lately been gradually in creasing in value. Mr. Abathia Bunch, auctioneer, of Dudley, calculated the premises at a rental of £ 110. Mr. Newbold, auctioneer, of Dudley, calculated the rent at the same as Mr. Bunch. He considered £ 110 a fair rental. Mr. Hamilton, surveyor, of Wolverhampton, estimated the rental of the premises at £ 114. Mr. Bourne, clerk to [ the Dudley Commissioners, deposed that Mr. Musselwhite was a member of that body, that he attended the meetings, and occasionally officiated as chairman. He produced a paper, in which was set down the number of square yards of property taken by the Commissioners, and the compensation paid for the same. The number of yards taken was 919, and the gross compensation £ 7,835. This closed the case for the Dudley Commissioners, and Sergeant Shee thereupon rose and addressed a powerful reply to the Jury on behalf of Mr. Musselwhite. The Chairman then summed up in a comprehensive speech, and recapitulated the whole of the evidence. With reference to the evidence given by the surveyors, he had never yet found that class of witnesses when examined in a controversy to agree on any point before to- day, but all the surveyors examined in this cause had agreed in one point, viz., that 20 years' rent was a fair valuation of property. He directed the Jury not to take into account the question of tenants' fixtures ; but they must make an allowance for those belonging to the landlord. The three surveyors examined on one side had agreed that £ 210 was a fair rental for the premises in question, while on the other side seven more witnesses of the same class had fixed the rental at sums varying from £ 100 to £ 140. Under all the circumstances of the case, he recommended the Jury to bear in mind the following points in considering their verdict, viz., that Musselwhite had paid £ 1,000 in 1840 for . a portion of this property, then Stephens's. The remaining portion might be estimated at about double that amount, making £ 3,000. They should add to this, or whatever sum they might fix upon, a sum of £ 28 for landlord's fixtures, and they would consider whether they would add anything for increased value since 1840, and for the compulsory taking. The Jury then retired for about a quarter of an hour, when they returned into Court with a verdict for Mr. Musselwhite for £ 3,440, viz., £ 2,100 for the house late Badger's, £ 1,000 for the premises late Stephens's, £ 12 for the right in the yard, & c., £ 28 for landlord's fixtures, and £ 300 for the compulsory taking. Mr. Godson mentioned that the Commissioners had offered Mr. Musselwhite £ 3,000 compensation a short time ago. The verdict seemed to be satisfactory, and the Court adjourned at eight o'clock, after having been occupied the whole day on this trial. BEFORE THE REV. THOS. PEARSON. Business was resumed at nine o'clock. Joseph Lowe, 27, labourer, was convicted of stealing a bridle, the property of Edward Green, at Beoley, on the 28th of April. — Three months' imprisonment. Thomas Goodman and Thomas Howell, were acquitted, on a charge of stealing two pig's feet, the property of Thomas Francis Cook, at Lower Mitton, on the 13th April last. John Wilson, 56, linen weaver, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing 2lbs. of bacon, the property of George Connop, at Stourbridge, on the 20th April last.— One month's imprison- ment. * Edward Elwell, 55, ironmonger, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a black lace veil, on the 24th March last, at Stour- bridge.— Three months' imprisonment. John Kimberley, 34, labourer, was convicted of stealing a quantity of peas and butter, in two hampers, the property of John Pearson, at Stourbridge, on the 19th June.— Two months' imprisonment. Harriet Weaver and Jannetta Weaver, 20, single women, were convicted of stealing a gold ring, and a variety of articles of wearing apparel, the property of Thomas James, at Mathon, on the 28th February last.— Six months' imprisonment. Thomas Watkins was convicted of stealing a silver watch, the property of John Yeadon, at01dswinford, on the 12th June, and was sentenced to four months' imprisonment. Elizabeth Waterfield, 80, married, was convicted of stealing a purse containing £ 2. 2s., the property of John Horn, at Dudley, on the 27th June.— One month's imprisonment. Thomas Booton was acquitted on a charge of feloniously assaulting Sarah Winwood, at Lindridge, on the 4th of- April last. Henry Steevens, whose case had been reserved for determi- nation at these Sessions, on a charge of keeping a house of il fame at Dudley, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. James Robinson, 35, shoemaker, George Vaughan, 28, and Thomas Allcock, 36, labourer, were charged with assaulting Thomas Grainger, at Bromsgrove.— They were'each bound over to keep the peace in their own recognizances of £ 20 each. George Fereday, 22, paper- maker, was convicted of stealing a pair of cotton trousers, the property of Thomas Wale, at Lower Mitton, on the 16th June, and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment.. James Bosworth, 25, labourer, was charged with stealing a quantity of books and tracts, the property of the County, at the County Gaol, on the 1st of July— He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Matilda Mace, 16, spinster, was convicted of stealing a pair of stockings, the property of John Humphries, at Kiddermin- ster, on the 8th April last.— Seven years' transportation. Mary Ann Taylor, 19, single woman, was convicted of obtaining a coat from John Royall, of Dudley, under false pretences, with intent to defraud him of the same.— Two months' imprisonment. Mary tlallibon alias Clarke, 20, married, was convicted of stealing four napkins and three pounds of butter, the property of John Lee, on the 14th instant, at Hanbury.— Two months* imprisonment. Maria Jones, 30, married, was convicted of stealing a purse and monies, the property of Samuel Insall, at Kidderminster, on the 11th June— Three months' imprisonment. Eliza Turberfield, 17, single woman, and William Field, 24, needle maker, were charged with stealing £ 3. 9s. and a foreign coin, the property of Henry Rider, at Bromsgrove, on the 26th June. Turberfield was sentenced to three months' imprison- ment, and Field was acquitted. George Cox, 18, labourer, was convicted of stealing an iron weight, the property of John Stanley, at Kidderminster, on the 20th February last.— Six weeks' imprisonment. John Best, 15, labourer, was convicted of stealing 5s. worth of copper money, the property of Thomas Morgan, at Kidder- minster— One month's imprisonment. Henry Corbett was charged with stealing three half- crowns and other articles, the property of James Priest, at Bromsgrove, on the 10th May last Two months' imprisonment. BILLS IGNORED The Grand Jury ignored the bills pre- sented against Joseph Fletcher, for felony ; John Wright, 19, for felony ; Richard Weston, 19, for felony; Hannah Bough and Thomas Bough, for felony ; George Ashcroft and Mary Blount, on two charges of felony ; Michael Lickert, for embez- zlement; James Price, 14, for felony; William Baylis and Thomas Baylis, two charges of felony. THURSDAY. ( BEFORE T. G. CURTLER, ESQ.) On the Court re- assembling at nine o'clock this morning, Thomas Smith, 14, printer, pleaded guilty to a charge of tealing a shilling from the person of Jemima Storer, at Dudley, on the 9th May, and was sentenced to a month's imprisonment. Joseph Ilore, was charged with picking pockets at Kempsey, on Sunday last. This was a very simple case : it appeared that on the first voyage of the Sabrina steamer from this city to Kempsey on Sunday, a large number of the villagers assembled on the banks of the river to view the novel sight, and while their attention was attracted to the vessel, the prisoner was busily employed appropriating their loose property. He was detected in his manoeuvres, and when secured he dropped a silk handkerchief, which he had purloined from the pocket of John Phillpotts, one of the astonished rustics. Guilty : three months' imprisonment. John Rhodes, 25, tailor, and John Summerfield, 22, nailor, were charged with " having feloniously ripped and broken up 19 lbs. weight of lead fixed to a certain building ( to wit), the casting house," of Sarah Wainwright and others, at Dudley, with intent to steal the same. Mr. Streeten prosecuted and Mr. Selfe defended the prisoners. It appeared on the night of the 14th April last, one Edwards heard some parties at the top of the casting house of the prose- cutrix's premises, and pursued them on the building with a gun, which was loaded with small shot. They endeavoured to escape, and witness fired at one of them ( Rhodes), wounding him in the leg. The unfortunate piisoner had been lame ever since, and is likely to continue so for some time to come. He appeared ill when placed in the dock, and was allowed a seat during the trial. The other prisoner was apprehended by Jewkes, inspector of police, who proved that Summerfield's shoes were dirty when he apprehended him. This was the only fact proved by this witness; and the Chairman remarked that it was perfectly unnecessary to have subpoenaed him on the trial. A technical objection to the indictment was raised by Mr. Selfe, which was overruled by the Court. Mr. Selfe, in addressing the Jury, reprehended the conduct of Edwards in firing a deadly weapon at the prisoners, which had lamed the unfortunate prisoner Rhodes— perhaps for life. The learned Counsel submitted that with reference to Summerfield the evidence of identity was not conclusive. In summing up the Chairman said the conduct of Edwards in firing the gun at the prisoners was most reprehensible and unwarrantable. The con- sequences might have been that he would have had to take his trial at the Assizes for manslaughter, and on conviction he might have suffered transportation to the penal colonies. No one was justified in using fire- arms for the purpose of protecting property like this. In consideration of the suffering which Rhodes had already undergone, and the probability of his being a cripple for life, the Court sentenced him to three days' im- prisonment from the commencement of the Sessions, which would enable him to be immediately liberated. Summerfield was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. James Bailey, 50, agricultural labourer, was found guilty on the clearest evidence of stealing a spade and potato fork from the premises of Daniel Perks, at Dodderhill, on the 1st of May. The prisoner lodged with the prosecutor, and on leaving his lodgings the property was missed, and was subsequently found in his possession. Mr. Lutwyche prosecuted: the prisoner was undefended Fourteen days' imprisonment, hard labour. In the case of Elizabeth Cooke, 17, single woman, charged with uttering a counterfeit half- crown at Lower Mitton on the 7th April last, no prosecutor appearing, the woman was dis- harged. William Payne surrendered to his bail on the charge of having " feloniously stolen a hat" from the person of James Wheeler, at Kidderminster. Mr. Hill prosecuted, and Mr. Selfe defended the prisoner. The prosecutor stated that he was standing in the streets of Kidderminster on the night of the 4th of May last, when the prisoner came up and struck him in the face. This caused his hat to fall off, and as witness turned to pick it up the prisoner seized it and ran away with it. On cross- examination the prisoner admitted that he had been drinking that night at a public house in company with two girls. The prisoner wore a light jacket at the time. Another witness corroborated this testimony. Constable Lloyd* of Kidderminster, deposed that when he apprehended the pri- soner he said he was innocent, and could bring a man to prove it. The prisoner when before the committing magistrate, Mr. Nickolls, made a statement to the effect that on the night in question he was with two other persons in the streets of Kid- derminster, having changed coats with one of his companions. On passing the prosecutor, the companion who wore his ( pri- soner's) clothes, struck Wheeler and ran away, and he after- wards saw the same party with an extra hat in his possession. Mr. Selfe submitted that even believing every thing said by the prosecutor, there was no case of felonious appropriation against the prisoner. But he should prove that the statement of the prisoner was perfectly true. He therefore called a witness named Pugh, who swore positively that one Sweetman was the man who struck Wheeler and picked up the hat, and that Sweetman had changed clothes with Payne on that night. The Jury, nevertheless, found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment. Robert Callow, 36, brick maker, was charged with obtaining £ 1 5s. 6d. from Mr. John Brinton, the monies of Mr. Henry Brinton, at Kidderminster, on the 17th of March. Mr. Broome prosecuted and Mr. Selfe defended the prisoner. The prisoner was employed by Mr. Chellingworth, of Kidderminster, in the making of bricks, and Mr. John Brinton was called to prove that he had ordered 850 bricks, from Mr. Chellingworth, on the 13th of March, and on the 14th they were delivered without any bill, but three days afterwards prisoner came to witness, and presented a bill for the amount in the indictment, telling the witness that the bricks were sold at a ready money price. The money was therefore paid to prisoner, who receipted the bill. In cross- examination by Mr. Selfe, the witness did not seem quite positive as to the identity of the prisoner. The overseer of the brick works was called and deposed that the prisoner had authority to receive ready money for bricks sold in the yard, but was forbade to make out bills, or apply to any one for payment of accounts. But it appeared that after the order had been made the prisoner continued to receive money for bills, which he duly accounted. This was considered tacit authority, and in the absence of evidence to show a felonious intent, a verdict of acquittal was directed. A second indict- ment was preferred but was withdrawn. John Morris, 13, labourer, was placed at the bar on a charge of stealing an ass, the property of James Bore, on the 18th of April last, at Ribbesford. The animal was borrowed by the prisoner from Mrs. Bore, who had obtained the animal from prisoner's mother for damages it. had done by trespassing in her garden. The prisoner instead of returning the donkey sold it for 7s., the purchaser raffling it away. The ass was then re- raffied, and passed through a variety of hands, until it came into the hands of the law— being seized by Superintendent Pennington. The case was proceeding, the evidence being to all appearances conclusive against the prisoner, when the prisoner's mother came into the box and said she had never consented to Mrs. Bore having the donkey for the damages done to her garden ; moreover, the donkey belonged to the prisoner, his father having given it to him. On this evidence it was clear that the prisoner had been indicted for stealing his own donkey ! A verdict of acquitted was therefore directed. William Fellows, 53, jobbing smith, was convicted of stealing grindstone, the property of Elizabeth Bayliss, at Kidder- minster, on the 5th May last. A previous conviction, sixteen years ago, was proved against him, and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. William Clarke, pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of stockings the property of Mary Colston, at Kidderminster, on the 17th May. He also pleaded guilty to a former conviction in 1838, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. This concluded the business of the Sessions, and the Court broke up at half- past one. There was no second Court sitting to- day. EDUCATION IN WALES.— An extraordinary effort is being made to promote education throughout Wales. Several meetings for this object have been held, and were crowded to excess, We are told that men of different religious persua- sions and all shades of politics, were present. The Silurian says, " Nearly a thousand pounds have been collected for the Normal School, and we are happy to learn, that among the subscribers may be fouud the names of most of our leading provincial gentry." Its one great object is, to educate and to train teachers, leaving to themselves, and their respective local Committees, to determine the nature and amount of religious instruction to be given in particular schools, THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 184 6. UNITED STATES. SETTLEMENT OF THE OREGON DISPUTE. Shortly after twelve o'clock on Sunday the Royal mail steam- ship Hibernia entered the Mersey, bringing eight days later news from the United States. The papers by this arrival contain intelligence of a most important character, and will no doubt be hailed with extreme satisfaction by all parties throughout the United Kingdom. The lonji- pending dispute between Great Britain and the United States respecting the Oregon Territory, has been at length brought to a peaceful termination. The steamer which sailed from Liverpool on the 19th of May, carried out the ultimatum of the British Government. Mr Pakenham appears to have submitted its provisions to the United States' President without delay ; but as Mr. Polk had pinned himself down both in his inaugural address and annual message to 54° 40m. he felt unable to accede to the proposals of the British Government, and referred the matter to the Senate for their decision. In the message which he sent on the subject to that body, the President quoted Gen. Washington as a precedent for the part he then acted. Accordingly on the 10th, 11th, and 12th inst. the senate took up the matter, and, after a very moderate- toned discussion, agreed to Mr. Pakenham's proposal, and authorized the President to sign a treaty with the British Minister. A telegraphic dispatch received at New York just as the mails for the steamer were being made up, states that the treaty had been signed by Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Pakenham, and would be sent up to the Senate on that day, June the 15th. The terms of the settlement are variously stated. The basis of this treaty is stated to be the 49th parallel, from the Rocky Mountains to the Straits of Fuca, through those straits to the Pacific, giving the whole of Vancouver's Island to England ; also conceding the free navigation of the Columbia river to English vessels during the continuance of the Hudson Bay Charter, and also providing for compensation to the Hudson Bay Company for any relinquishment of property south of 49 degrees. From Mexico nothing new had been received, General Taylor was still at Matamoras, but it was reported that he intended to pursue the enemy into the interior and bring them to an engage- ment. Vera Cruz was blockaded by the United States ships of war, but not very effectually, as a New York barque slipped port although chased by the boats of the blockading ships. DREADFUL FIRE AT NEWFOUNDLAND. DESTRUCTION OF ST. JOHN'S. The city of St. John's, the capital of Newfoundland, which had attained an unfortunate notoriety for the periodical recur- rence of serious fires, has been almost wholly destroyed by an unhappy catastrophe of this description. The news was brought to Liverpool, via Glasgow, on Tuesday morning, by the schooner Roselle, which left the port on the 12th June. At about half- past nine in the forenoon of the 9th June the fire broke out, from what cause is not precisely ascertained, and spread with great furv, notwithstanding the efforts made to arrest its progress. The majority of the buildings being composed principally of timber, of course assisted the spread of the conflagration. Some of the stores, however, of the leading merchants are substantial stone erections; and it was expected that these would withstand and check the fire. They shared, however, the common fate. By six in the evening the whole town, with the exception of some surburban streets, was in ashes, only a chimney here and there raising its head above the common ruin : and between seven and eight thousand human beings were left without a shelter for their heads, or an item of pro perty to call their own. So universal has been the destruc- tion that not even a newspaper- office was left with sufficient type to tell the tale, the only printed account published being a slip composed from a few handfuls of type saved from the general wreck, The loss, in money, is said to be upwards of a million sterling; but of course that must be taken as a rough guess, and is probably below the mark. The number of buildings destroyed is from 1,500 to 2,000. The loss of life happily has been but small, only two persons being known to have perished. It is said that the fire first broke out in a cabinet- maker's shop; and that, after communicating with other buildings, ( fish stores, & c.) containing oils, and other highly combustible matter, it spread in four directions, and the flakes were circu- lated by the wind in all directions; various parts of the town thus ignited at once, many of the inhabitants of which were ignorant that any other than their own immediate locality was affected. In some cases invitations to home and shelter were given by parties who, in a few hours, discovered that they had no homes themselves. We may explain that the bulk of the fish, oil, and other stores, are* built of wood and upon piles, as more fitted for the business of fish curing, and as security against rats. The city stood upon the side of a hill, and had an ampliitheatrical appearance from the harbour. The houses for the most part were painted white, with slate coloured roofs, and the others yellow, with red tops. The stores are chiefly red. DOUBLE SUICIDE AND SUSPECTED MURDER. A shocking tragedy was discovered at Nottingham on Wednesday— the suicide of two brothers; and it is feared that to the heavy crime of self- murder the yet deeper offence of parricide must be added. The two brothers alluded to were William aud Samuel Collyer, both joiners, residing in Coal Court, Parliament Street, of the respective ages of 36 and 32. Their father ( also named Samuel) was 73 years old, and possessed 14 houses in the court, but the property is mortgaged. The father and his sons lived together, and were of most singular habits; latterly they have employed no female servant, but washed, cooked, & c., themselves. The neighbours, it seems, uniformly treated the family with great shyness. The father and the eldest son have also seemed to grow very dejected ; but the youngest went about as usual, and collected the rents. About five o'clock on Wednesday morning, Charles Sewell, a rope- maker, employed by Mr. Baker, went to work in a field near Shaw's- lane, and on going into the shed, to his great alarm found the two men suspended within two feet of each other, from the roof, one bv a pair of braces, and the other by a cord. Sewell ran for assistance, and the bodies were cut down; but though they were warm, life was quite extinct. Information was of course given to the police, who immediately proceeded to their house, but the old man was missing. It appears that at two o'clock on Sunday morning, the driver of the London train passed him on the Midland Railway, near Beeston, and having taken in the train returned with the engine to see who he was. Collyer told him that he had missed the road, and had therefore come on the line, hoping, thereby, to find his way to Nottingham. He was taken to the station, but soon afterwards he was allowed to go away; and he has not been heard of since. What has become of him is, therefore, a matter of mere conjecture, but the circumstance of both sons choosing the same time and place to commit self destruction has given rise to very grave suspicions. A rumour is also afloat that the old man has been found drowned in the canal at Lenton, about two miles from Nottingham, but it is not corroborated. In the house of the deceased, which was miserably fur- nished, and appeared to have been ransacked, two shillings and three- pence, several ancient coins, and four or five pawn tickets, were the only articles found that require particular mention. Inquests were held on the bodies on Wednesday, when after some consultation, the Jury returned a verdict that " both the deceased committed suicide while in a state of temporary derangement." THE LATE MR. B. R. HAYDON.— Last Tuesday a meet- ing of gentlemen took place at the chambers of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, in Sergeant's- inn, to devise some means of provid- ing for the widow and daughter of the late Mr. Haydon, the melancholy circumstances of whose decease were mentioned in our last. Lord Morpeth presided, and several resolutions were proposed and adopted, the first embodying an expression of deep regret at Mr. Haydon's death, which had been caused by distraction of mind consequent on his pecuniary embarras- inents. The second and third resolutions were in the following terms :—" That without presuming to offer any judgment as to the place which Mr. Haydon will ultimately fill in the annals of his art, or any opinion on the controversies in which he was sometimes engaged, this meeting feels that the efforts of his genius, and the circumstances of misfortune which obstructed them, justify an expression of public sympa- thy with his widow and daughter. That such expression'would be most fitly conveyed by securing a permanent provision to his widow and daughter, left wholly desti ute by his death ; and that a public subscription be opened for that purpose." Mr. Sergeant Talfourd read a letter he had received from Sir R. Peel, expressing his regret that the pressure of public business would prevent him from attending the meeting, and stating that the Queen had been pleased to giant Mrs. Haydon a pension from the Civil List of £ 50 a- year. The Right Hon. Baronet requested, that in the event of a subscription being entered upon, his name might be put don n for £ 100 as a contribution from his private purse. It was stated that Lady Peel had assigned a pension of £ 25 a- year to Mrs. Haydon out of a fund over which, from her position, she has control; and that Sir Robert Peel, having found that a son of Mr. Haydon, who held a situation in the Customs, was of sufficient standing to receive promotion, immediately gave him a step in rank. A vote of thanks was passed to Sir R. Peel, and Lord Morpeth, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, and Mr. W. Hamilton, were appointed Trustees of the subscription. The subscriptions announced at the meet- ing ( including Sir R. Peel's contribution of £ 100) amounted to upwards of £ 400. MUTINOUS CONDUCT AT CHATHAM BARRACKS.— On Saturday night, between ten and twelve o'clock, Chatham Barracks became a scene of riot, which, for a time, appeared likely to lead to serious results. Detachments of various corps, it appears, were at the time held in readiness to march to Gravesend, on Monday, to embark for India, and some of their comrades being placed in confinement for breaches of military discipline, a number of men of the 98th Regiment united for the avowed purpose of liberating them, to effect which they first commenced by an attack on the guard, removing the soldiers from their posts, overturning the sentry boxes, and bursting open the doors and wrenching off the iron bars of the black hole and liberating the prisoners. At this stage of the proceedings the most serious consequences were apprehended; a detachment was called out, and with muskets loaded with ball proceeded to the scene of riot. After some resistance the ringleaders were secured, and being put in con- finement, order was speedily restored. One Serjeant received very serious injury in the affray from a violent blow on the head. On Monday morning when the detachments marched to Gravesend, 13 of the rioters, handcuffed, accompanied them. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.— There is at present a High- landman employed on the Scottish Central Railway, near the Bridge of Forteviot, who will take a rail in each hand and carry them a distance of from 40 to 60 yards. In carrying the rails to where they are to be laid, he saves the labour of sometimes six, and never less than four men. Six rails is the burden allowed for the railway horses to carry, and these weigh 21 cwt., which makes two equal to 7 ewt., or 3j cwt. each, a weight sufficient for a Hercules.— Perthshire Courier. Empmal IgarUammt I CONTINUED FROM FOURTH PAGE.] HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, JULY 2. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Bill, and several other rail- way bills, which were laid on the table. The Marquis of Lansdowne said he understood the Noble Earl opposite ( Powis) had given notice of his intention to move the second reading of the bill to prevent the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor on Thursday week. He was authorised to state that a Noble Friend of his ( Lord John Russell) had, since the last meeting of the House, received her Majesty's commands to construct a new Administration. After the con- struction of that Administration, if it should be constructed, some little time must esapse connected with the proceedings of the other House of Parliament, before those whom her Majesty might be pleased to select could take their seats, and therefore an obvious inconvenience in proceeding with public business until those returns should take place. He would therefore suggest to the Noble Earl the propriety of postponing his motion until this day fortnight, assuring him that the delay would not have the effect of defeating a full consideration of the question during the present session of Parliament. The Earl of Powis said it would certainly be very incon- venient to discuss a question of that importance in the absence of her Majesty's Ministers, and he trusted no unnecessary delay would take place, but that every facility would be given for the consideration of the measure. As the day suggested by the Noble Marquis would be inconvenient for many of their Lord- ships he would fix the second reading for Monday, the 20th of July. The bill£ on the table were advanced a stage, after which their Lordships adjourned. THE NEW IMPORT DUTIES UPON CORN, NOW IN FORCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE ISLE OP MAN. If imported from any FOREIGN COUNTRY: WHEAT:— Whenever the average price of Wheat, made up and s. D. published in the manner required by law, shall be for every quarter under 48s., the duty shall be for every quarter 10 0 48s. and under 49s 9 0 49s. and under 50s 8 0 50s. and under 51s 7 0 51s. and under 52s (> 0 52s. and under 53s 5 0 53s. and upwards 4 0 BARLEY, BEAR, OR BIGG:— Whenever the average price of Barley, made up and published in the manner required by law, shall be for every quarter under 26s., the duty shall be for every quarter 5 0 26s. and under 27s 4 6 27s. and under 28s 4 0 28s. and under 29s 3 6 29s. and under 30s 3 0 30s. and under 31s 2 6 31s. and upwards 2 0 OATS :— Whenever the average price of Oats, made up and published in the manner required by law, shall be for every quarter under 18s., the duty shall be for every quarter 4 0 18s. and uuder 19s. 3 6 19s. and under 20s 3 0 20s. and under 21s 2 6 21s. and under 22s 2 0 22s. and upwards 1 6 RYE, PEASE, AND BEANS.— For every quarter, a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of Barley. WHEAT MEAL AND FLOUR.— For every barrel, being one hundred and ninety- six pounds, a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on thirty- eight gallons and a half of wheat. BARLEY MEAL.— For every quantity of two hundred and seventeen and a half pounds, a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of barley. OATMEAL AND GROATS.— For every quantity of one hun- dred and eighty- one pounds and a half, a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of oats. RYE MEAL AND FLOUR.— For every barrol, being one hundred and ninety- six pounds, a duty eqnal in amount to the duty payable upon forty gallons of rye. PEA MEAL AND BEAN MEAL.— For every quantity of two hundred and seventy- two pounds, a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of pease or beans. If the produce of and imported from any British posses- sion out of Europe: Wheat, barley, bear, or bigg, oats, rye, pease, and beans, the duty shall be for every quarter 1 0 Wheat meal, barley mdal, oat meal, rye meal, pea meal, and bean meal, the duty shall be for every cwt. .. 0 4 § The averages will be made up as at present under the Act 5th and 6th of Victoria, cap. 14. On and after the first of February, 1849, the duty on all wheat, barley, oats, rye, pease, and beans, will be one shilling per quarter, and so in propor- tion for a less quantity : upon wheat meal and flour, barley meal, oat meal, rye meal and flour, pea meal and bean meal, for every hundred weight fourpence half- penny, and so in proportion for a less quantity. On foreign live- stock there is now no import- duty whatever. Socal BaiimapJMeiligenee, The several projects before the Parliamentary Committees have been pushed forward with alacrity during tho week, the promoters being urged by the apprehension of an early dis- solution of Parliament. Among other mutual arrangements precipitated by this fear, has been one entered into between the South Staffordshire Junction and Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction Companies. At special meetings of the shareholders in these companies held yesterday, these two undertakings wereagreed to be amalgamated. By this arrange- ment the shareholders in the Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction Company will have an interest to the extent of four- ninths of the actual capital of the united company, the remaining five- ninths being taken by the proprietors of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway. The arrange ments as to the. line are, in substance, that the Trent Valley, Midlands line shall be adopted from its commencement at the proposed junction with the Birmingham and Derby branch of the Midland Railway, and shall pass through Lichfield, to or near Walsall, from which point the line of the South Staffordshire Company will be adopted to Dudley. The South Staffordshire Junction Company are to make their two communications with the Grand Junction Railway, called the Darlaston and Birmingham Branches, and the Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction Railway Company, their branch communicating with the Trent Valley Railway. The line, as now proposed, will consist of about 30 miles of railway. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. GROUP 33. FRIDAY, JUNE 26. WORCESTER AND WEEDON HAMPTON AND BANBURY HAMPTON AND ASCHCHURCH— On the meeting of the Com- mittee on this group of bills this morning, Dr. Wynter, the President of John's College, Oxford, was called and examined in favour of the Birmingham and Oxford J unction Railway. His evidence was strongly in support of that line. Mr. Brunei, the engineer for the line, was then called and examined by Mr. Whateley The lines comprised under the head, the Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and the Birming- ham and Oxford Extension, would be about 120 miles long, and the estimate for the construction was £ 1,400,000. The length of the three Warwickshire and London lines would be about 160 miles, and if these and the Birmingham and Oxford lines were constructed, the cost would be about £ 3,000,000. The latter line, if made, would afford ample accommodation to every place of any importance in the district, and it would be of greater advantage to the Staffordshire coal and iron districts, as well as to the potteries. There were no engineering difficul- ties in its construction. The gradients, were, generally speak- ing, extremely good, and they could all be worked with the greatest facility. This line of railroad, if made, would afford superior accommodation to that which would he given by the three London and Birmingham Company's lines, called the Warwickshire and London Railways. The examination then proceeded at very great length as to the engineering merits of the rival projects, but it was of too technical a character to be interesting to the general reader. After hearing some further evidence the Committee adjourned. SATURDAY, JUNE 27. The Chairman stated that the Committee had determined to hear the evidence tendered yesterday as to the incorrectness of the plans of the levels deposited by the promoters of the War- wickshire and London lines. Mr. Hughes, the engineer, was then called, and examined by Mr. Sergeant Kinglake. He had been over the proposed line, and had compared the result of his observations with the plans deposited, and he found the latter so inaccurate that the rail- ways could not be constructed in conformity with them. Mr. Bedford, and several other engineers were called and examined on this point. They all pointed out errors in the plans deposited. It was intimated that further evidence on this part would be brought forward. Mr. Alexander then called witnesses on the part of the Earl of Warwick, and other landowners, against the Birmingham and Oxford Junction. This part of the case was only partially gone into, when the Committee adjourned. TUESDAY, JUNE 30. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION Mr. Mellon addressed the Committee against the Bill, and Mr. Whateley replied on the part of the promoters. Mr. Austin was then heard on behalf of the Warwickshire and London ( Worcester and Weedon, Hampton and Banbury, and Hampton and Ashchurch line), and the Committee ad- journed. THURSDAY, JULY 2. The Committee this morning proceeded to consider the objections raised to the levels of the three Warwickshire lines, in connexion with the London and Birmingham Railway Com- pany, and on the narrow gauge, namely, WORCESTEER AND WEEDON, HAMPTON AND ASHCHURCH, HAMPTON AND BANBURY. The Chairman observed that the Committee would take the first, seven miles of the Worcester and Weedon, which had been reported on as samples of the levelling on the whole. Mr. Austin, for the promoters, said that he was rendy to put in evidence to disprove the alleged erroneousness of the levels. The Chairman said—" Which evidence the Committee have decided not to hear." The room was then cleared, and after about half an hour's deliberation the parties were re- admitted, when The Chairman announced the decision of the Committee to be, that with respect to the BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION, the preamble was proved, and that with respect to the BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION ( BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION), the preamble also was proved. That in respect to the War- wickshire and Loudon line, the preamble of the WORCESTER AND WEFDON was not proved. In respect to the HAMPTON AND ASHCHURCH, the preamble was not proved; and in respect to the HAMPTON AND BANBURY, the preamble was not proved; but that in respect to the RUGBY, LEAMINGTON, AND WARWICK, the preamble be amended, by striking out the words " towns of Leamington and Warwick," and by inserting the words " town of Leamington" instead thereof. The preamble, as so amended, was declared to be proved. In the case of the LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM ( BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION ), the preamble had been proved. During the remainder of the sitting the Committee were occupied in passing the clauses of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction. GROUP 53. FRIDAY, JUNE 26. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY— Mr. Henry Crane, Mr. Joseph Walker, Mr. John Perks, Mr. W. Henderson, and Mr. John Hartley, all of Wolverhampton, gave further evidence in favour of this bill, the case for which had not concluded when the Committee adjourned. MONDAY, JUNE 29. SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND CANAL.— Air. Lang said that he wished to make an application to the Committee, which he hoped would have the effect of relieving them from their labours as regarded one of the bills on which they had to decide, viz., the Shropshire Union line from Shrewsbury to Staffordshire, which Bill was entirely unopposed as far as re- garded the district of Wellington, with the exception of a competition on the part of the promoters of the other Shrews- bury line. Looking at the period of the Session, and the great evil which resulted from any delay, they had made up their minds to enter into an arrangement to the effect that this Com- pany's powers, with respect to the line between Wellington and Shrewsbury, should never come into operation, so as to reduce the line simply to a line between Wellington and Staffordshire. This arrangement would remove all opposition. Then, as re- garded the South Staffordshire Company, an arrangement had been come to, and he hoped the Committee would allow the Bill to be referred to Mr. Greene, the chairman of the Com- mittee of Ways and Means. The Hon. Chairman intimated that the Committee would have no objection to that course, provided a clause setting forth the arrangements were inserted in the Bill. Mr. Lang said that such a clause should be inserted as a matter of course. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM, AND BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY.— Mr. Hope said that the Shrewsbury and Birmingham party were fully disposed to enter into negociations with the promoters of the other measure, in order to ascertain whether, with due regard to the wants of the public and the interests of the district, and also with due regard to what might be fair towards existing railways in that quarter, any arrangement could be made with the competing schemes. He had been informed that the other party were not indisposed to look at the point with a view to negociating. But all the members of the Committee of that Company not being in town, no such negociation could be entered into at that moment. Under those circumstances, what he should propose to the Committee was, that, in order to save their time, they should have an adjournment of the Committee that day, in order that the parties might in the course of the day meet together, and see whether they could effect any settlement of the line. The Hon. Chairman said that he hoped that such an arrange- ment might be come to as would satisfy all parties; and with the view of affording time to enter into that negociation, the Committee would stand adjourned until to- morrow. SHREWSBURY AND STAFFORDSHIRE.— Mr. Lang.— Then, as regards this other matter, I have the satisfaction to state that we have made an arrangement with the other parties respecting the Wellington and Shrewsbury line, which will leave the matter open for discussion during the next Session. The Bill was referred to Mr. Greene. Mr. Selfe reserved the power of objecting to the preamble, or any part of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Bill, notwith- standing any arrangement that might be come to between com- peting Companies.— Adjourned. TUESDAY, JUNE 30. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM, BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY.— Mr. Hope stated, that, acting upon the suggestion made by the committee on Monday, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company had endeavoured to come to terms with their opponents, but their attempts to effect any arrangement had been altogether un- successful. After some discussion between counsel, the committee ad- journed for the purpose of giving the parties a further oppor- tunity of agreeing upon terms; but on re- assembling it ap- peared that, so far from coming to a settlement of the points in dispute, the parties could not even agree upon the facts. Counsel were again heard at considerable length, after which The Chairman said the committee had come to a decision in favour of two stations at Birmingham, and also two at Wolver- hampton. They had also decided that the whole of the lower line should be assigned to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the upper to the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dud- ley Company. Subsequently it was announced that in the case of the " Shropshire LTnion Railway and Canal ( Chester and Wolver- hampton)," the Committee had decided in favour of the pre- amble of the bill. — Adjourned. WEDNESDAY, JULY 1. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY The evidence of Mr. M'Lean, the engineer to this line, was resumed and concluded. Mr. Cockburn, in reply to a question put by Mr. Laing, said that the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company could not acquiesce in any arrangement which would preserve the Stour Valley Line. They should therefore continue to give it every opposition. The preamble of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley bill was declared to be proved. SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND CANAL ( CHESTER AND WOLVERHAMPTON LINE.)— The clauses of this bill were gone through, and the report was agreed upon. GRAND JUNCTION ( BRANCH FROM SHOWHILL TO PORTOBELLO).— The preamble of this bill was declared to have been proved. The clauses were gone through, and the report was agreed upon. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STOUR VAL- LEY ( STOUR VALLEY LINE).— Mr. Laing, in pursuance of the conversation which had taken place in the morning, and in consequence of the declaration made by his learned friend, begged to inform the Committee that the bill would not be pro- ceeded with. He should therefore, in accordance with his in- structions, beg leave to withdraw it. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STOUR VAL- LEY ( BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY LINES), AND BIRMINGHAM AND SHREWSBURY.— Mr. Laing said that these bills being included, with nearly all remaining before the Committee, in the arrangements entered into on the preceding day, lie hoped their preamble would be declared proved, and their clauses gone through to- morrow. The Chairman assented, and appointed the next morning for going also into the clauses of the Birmingham, Wolver- hampton, and Dudley, and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham bills. The Committee then adjourned. THURSDAY, JULY 2. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STOUR VAL- LEY ( BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY LINES).— This bill was proceeded with, and the preamble de- clared to be proved. On the clause with respect to stations being read, Mr. Cockburn, Q. C., said that the party whom he repre- sented proposed to insert a clause, the effect of which would be to regulate the situation of the stations of the two Com- panies at Wolverhampton. The Committee were aware that both parties had scheduled the same land as the site of their stations, and there was to be, as they were aware, a double station at the high and the low level. Now, it so happened that the land of both parties scheduled for the purposes of stations, were intersected by the canal in that district; and he proposed, therefore, a clause that should give this Company one side of the canal, and that party which he represented, the other side. The effect of the clause ( which the Learned Counsel read and put in) would be to restrict the Companies to a particular side of the canal. Mr. Hope, on the part of this Company, objected to the clause. A long discussion ensued between the engineers of the two companies; but eventually an arrangement satisfactory to both parties was entered into. The station clauses and the remain- ing clauses were agreed to, as well as the report. The Hon. Chairman intimated that, if the Shrewsbury and Birmingham parties were not prepared with their case, the Committee would most probably adjourn for a week. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION ( BILSTON AND PRESTFIELD BRANCH) The promoters of this bill an- nounced that they did not intend proceeding with it. The bill was accordingly withdrawn. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION ( WILLENHALL AND BLOXHAI. L BRANCH).— This bill was also withdrawn. DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, AND WORCESTER JUNCTION.— The Hon. Mr. Talbot, Q. C., ( with whom was Mr. Matthews), stated the case on behalf of the promoters. The line would commence at Rudgley, upon the Trent Valley line, and would pass through the mineral district in that neighbourhood, which was a most important one. It then passed through Cannock, and so down to a place called Rushall, on the line of the South Staffordshire Railway, and afterwards formed a junction with the Grand Junction Railway, and thence it proceeded to Birmingham and Wolveahaniptou. The length of the line, he believed, was between 14 and 15 miles. The whole estimate would amount to 260,000/. There would be two unimportant tunnels. The object of it was to introduce into the country already mentioned a railway which would give them a communication with the important district of Bilston, Wednesbury, & c. Having descanted upon the opposition offered to the line by the proprietors of the Birmingham Canal, who he stated were the only opponents of the line, the Learned Counsel proceeded to call, in support of his case, Mr. George Remington, who stated that he and Sir John Rennie were the joint engineers of the line, and having des- cribed the route of the line, and the character of the country, as far as regarded the traffic, he said that this was the best engineering line the country could admit of. The worst gradient on the line would be 1 in 90, aud the ruding gradient 1 in 230. It would be a double line, and he had no doubt that the traffic of the country would justify the construction of a double line. He then gave a detail of the estimates, and after- wards described the mode in which the promoters proposed to cross the Birmingham Canal. The witness was cross- examined at great length by Mr. Alexander, Q. C., after which the Com- mittee adjourned. SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. — An accident, attended by somewhat serious con- sequences, which it is only marvellous did not result in the sacrifice of human life, occurred on Saturday evening to the up express train on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway. The train left the station at Temple Meads, Bristol, at the usual hour, half- past four o'clock, and proceeded as far as Wickwar without any unusual occurrence, when at about midway between the Wickwar and Berkeley stations one of the leader wheels of the engine suddenly flew off, and dashed with violence against the down rail, in the embankment of which it embedded itself to a considerable depth. The effect upon the train was ( as may be supposed from its speed) tremendous. The engine, with its tender, jumped to the distance of fifteen or twenty yards across the down line ; the carriages were thrown off the rail, and most of them greatly injured, that nearest to the tender being very much smashed. The engine driver and stoker were very much bruised, and one of them had his leg severely cut. The passengers were also thrown violently against each other, and against the sides of the carriages, but beyond the alarm occasioned them, which was very great, and a few comparatively unimportant bruises, we cannot find that they sustained any injury. Intelligence of the accident was promptly forwarded to Bristol, from which terminus an engine and carriages were dispatched to take on the passengers. a STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE FOR THE MINING DISTRICT. — The South Staffordshire Mining District Stipendiary Magistrate Bill passed through the House of Commons' Committee on Friday last. The Committee consisted of Mr. Stuart, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Masterman, Viscount Inges- tre, Mr. Thorneley, Mr. Villiers, and Mr. R. Scott. The case was opened by R. W. Hand, Esq., of Stafford, the pro- moter of the bill.. The only witnesses examined • were H. Hill, Esq., and Colonel Hogg. Both these gentlemen were cross- examined, with a view to establish a claim for com- pensation on behalf of the Magistrates' Clerks. Memorials from the other clerks in the district were presented, but no one appeared in their support. One of the last Ministerial acts of Sir Robert Peel was the recommendation of Mr. M'Culloch to her Majesty for a pension of £ 200, for the services he has rendered by his writings on political economy. SILVER STREET CLASSICAL, COMMERCIAL AND MATHEMATICAL ACADEMY, CONDUCTED BY THE REV. J. COLVILLE, M. A., WITH ASSISTANTS, WILL be Re- opened, after the present Vacation on SATURDAY, the 25th JULY, on which day punctuality of attendance is particularly requested. The Terms may be known on personal application, or by letter. No. 2, FRIAR STREET ACADEMY, CONDUCTED BY MR. H. CLEMENTS. ryiHE above SCHOOL will be RE- OPENED on JL MONDAY, July 13th. A sound Commercial Education is given to the Pupils, coupled with Religious Instruction. N. B.— AN EVENING SCHOOL. WORCESTER DIOCESAN SCHOOL, SIDBURY HOUSE, ( OPPOSITE BATH ROAD,) Under the Patronage of the LORD BISHOP OF TIIE DIOCESE and the Board of Education. rpHE above SCHOOL will be RE OPENED on . JL SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1846. Applications to be made to the Rev. George Elton, Head Master; or to any Member of the Diocesan Board of Education. DANCING. MR. J. H. D'EGVILLE BEGS most respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, the Public, and his Friends generally, that he has entered into an arrangement with his Father, to succeed him in his professional business after the present vacation. Mr. J. H. D., in soliciting the support of his Father's con- nexion, trusts confidently on his behalf and his own to secure their patronage, and he hopes that a ten years' practice among most of the County Families and Schools will secure for him that professional reputation his Father enjoyed. Britannia Square, Worcester. Any Person having any Claim against Mr. L. H. D'EGVILLE, late of this City, is requested to forward the same to the above address, and it will be immediately discharged. THEATRE ROYAL. ME. HENRY BENNETT, LESSEE, COLLEGE STBEET. Under the PATRONAGE of J. J. MARTIN, ESQ., and ROBT. PEEL, ESQ., STEWARDS of the RACES. MR. BENNETT has much pleasure in announcing the following extraordinary Attraction for THREE NIGHTS ONLY, viz., TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY, JULY 7th, 8th, and 9th:— THE TROOP OF BRITISH FEMALE DANCERS, Thirty- six in number, from four to ten years of age, under the sole in- struction of the celebrated MR. and MRS. J. RIDGWAY, from the Theatre - Royal, Covent Garden, who will also appear in'some of their New Dances. To be followed by a GRAND CONCERT, introducing the celebrated MISSES COVENEY, MR. Wr. H. REEVES, and MR. ROUSE.— Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be had at Mrs. Deighton's Library, High Street. NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY'S ROOM, WORCESTER. V, MR. H. RUSSELL, Composer of the Popular Songs—" Woodman spare that Tree," " The Ivy Green," " I'm afloat," " The Maniac," " Ship on Fire," " Old Arm Chair," " Dream of the Revel- ler," The Gambler's Wife," & c., " AS THE HONOUR TO ANNOUNCE HIS H VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT at the above Room, on TUESDAY EVENING, July 7, 1846. Full particulars in Programmes. Mr. RUSSELL will accompany himself on the Piano- Forte. Doors open at Half- past Seven. To commence at Eight. Tickets, 2s. 6d. each, or Family ditto, to admit Five, 10s. 6d.; may be procured at Mr. Stratford's Library, Cross, and Music Warehouse, High Street; of Mrs. Deighton, High Street; and at the Doors. SALE OF CONDEMNED SEIZURES, COMPRISING SHAWLS, SATINS, & c, & c., At the NATURAL HISTORY ROOM, FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER, FOR POSITIVELY SIX DAYS ONLY. THE ORIENTAL COMPANY disclaim all con- nexion with any other Sale or Sales whatever. The Number of the License of their Agent and Chief Clerk being attached thus, James M'Donald, Licensed Hawker 1170, B. Hitherto property of the above description could only be sold at the Queen's Sale Rooms in London, but the above License legalizes the Sale of Prohibited Merchandize in any part of the United Kingdom. Open at Ten and close at Six o'clock. JUNE 20, 1846. f" PHERE willbeaMEETINGof the SUBSCRIBERS 1 to MR. CANDLER'S TESTIMONIAL at the STAR AND GARTER, on SATURDAY, JULY 4th, at One o'Clock p. m., to consider the best mode of applying the Fund raised for that purpose. WORCESTER DIOCESAN CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY. \ QUARTERLY MEETING of the COMMITTEE l\ will be holden at the GUILDHALL, on WEDNES- DAY NEXT, the 8th Instant, at One o'Clock The LORD BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE in the Chair. H. J. STEVENSON,? Honorary J. D. SLMPSON, 5 Secretaries. Worcester, July 1st, 1846. ARELEY KINGS, NEAR STOURPORT. ON THURSDAY, JULY 9th, TWO SERMONS will be Preached in the Parish Church of ARELEY KINGS, near Stourport; that in the Morning by the REV. W. H. HAVERGAL, M. A. . Rector of St. Nicholas, Worces- ter, and Honorary Canon of Worcester Cathedral; and that in the Evening by the REV. WYNDHAM MADDEN, M. A., Incumbent of Trinity Church, Fareham, on the occasion of OPENING A NEW ORGAN, recently erected in that Church by Mr. Nicholson, of Wor- cester. A SELECTION of SACRED MUSIC will be performed by an efficient Choir. MR. J. JONES, Organist of St. Swithin's Church, " Wor- cester, will preside at the Organ. The Morning Service will commence at Half- past Eleven, and the Evening at Half- past Six. After each Service a COLLECTION will be made in aid of the Funds. WORCESTER CHARITIES. WORFIELD'S GIFT. HP HE TRUSTEES of the WORCESTER CHARI- JL TIES hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 30th of JULY next ensuing, " Two able, honest, and learned Persons, having the Degree of Masters of Arts," will attend i; n the GUILDHALL, in the City of Worcester, at Twelve o'Clock, to examine into the fitness of such Students as shaill apply for WORFIELD'S GIFT or BEQUEST towards the Support and Maintenance of Scholars at either of the Univer- sities, in order to their being elected, if duly qualified to receiv e the same. By Mr. Worfield's Will, applicants for the above Gift must be individuals " whose parents are dead, or whose parents are of very mean ability and have not wherewith to allow mainte- nance unto them. They shall be born in the City of Worcester , or in the Parish of Powick, Leigh, Bransford, or Wick, in tht: County of Worcester." II e moreover directs that any applican t who may claim as allied in blood to him, wheresoever born, shal I be preferred and elected before any other; he also allows 11 higher range of pecuniary status or ability to applicants of tht j latter class. All children not born in lawful wedlock ar » J excepted. Persons intending to apply for Mr. Worfield's Gift, and fot examination on the above- named day, are requested to give notice of such their intention on or before Monday, the 20th day of July next, to Mr. Edward Corles, Solicitor, Broad Street, Worcester. Worcester, 29th June, 1846. COUNTY OF WORCESTER. WANTED, TWO PERSONS to undertake the duty of CONDUCTORS, for the purpose of conveying poor persons born in Scotland, Ireland, and the Islands of Man, Scilly, Jersey, or Guernsey, from different parts of this County, pursuant to the Act of 8 & 9 Vic., ch. 117, according to the Rules and Regulations and Scale of Allowances in use in this County, and which may be had on application at my Office in. the College Yard, Worcester. It is wished to appoint one person resident in the neighbour- hood of Stourbridge or Dudley, and the other in or near Wor- cester. C. A. HELM, D. C. P. Clerk of the Peace's Office, Shirehall, Worcester, 30th June, 1846. Important Sale of Extensive and Valuable FREE- HOLD ESTATES, MANSION HOUSE, with Ornamental Grounds, in the Counties of WOR- CESTER and HEREFORD ; and large and com- modious HOUSES, with WAREHOUSES attached, in the centre of the CITY of WORCESTER. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HOBBS & SON. On Friday, the 31st day of July instant, at the Star and Garte r Hotel, Worcester, at Eleven for Twelve o'Clock, by the < irection of the Trustees for Sale of the late JAMES MASON, ESQ., and others ; LOT I. A DESIRABLE and COMPACT ESTATE, J\. Land- tax redeemed, called COWLEY GATE, situate in the parish of CRADLEY, in the county of HERE- FORD, containing 59A. 3R. OP. of fertile Pasture Meadow, and Arable Land, Coppices, and Orcharding, all in a ring fence, with fine Stream, a comfortable Farm- house, Cider- mill, Garden, and commodious Farm Build- ings, in good repair. The Property is Freehold, except 1A. 2R. 21P., which is Copyhold of Inheritance under the Manor of Cradley; is only TWO MILES FROM GREAT MALVERN, has a considerable Frontage to the Turnpike- road, and is in the occupation of Mr. Bennett, a yearly tenant, the Coppices being in hand. LOT 2— A capital ESTATE, FREEHOLD, TITHE- FREE, AND LAND- TAX REDEEMED, known as the NORTH PIDDLE ESTATE, about eight miles from Worcester, in the highest state of cultivation, containing 153A. 2R. IIP., in a ring fence, and well divided by fine thriving quick hedges, Farm- house, and necessary Buildings, with a good Barn, Shed, and Yard, at a short distance from the Homestead; also THREE COTTAGES and GARDENS attached. This Estate is bounded by a Stream of Water, which may be made available for the purposes of irrigation. The Tillage Land is a deep strong soil, suitable for the growth of wheat, beans, and clover, and is in the occupation of Mr. Samuel Smith, a yearly tenant. LOT 3_ A very superior and valuable ESTATE, in the PARISH OF CLAINES, THREE MILES FROM WORCESTER, called TAPENHALL or PUCK PIT, containing about 78 ACRES, 57 of which are FREEHOLD and Land Tax Redeemed, and the remaining 21 Acres are Copyhold for Four Lives under the Bishop of Worcester, and are subject to a Land Tax of £ 1.19s. 4d.; the whole Estate is WELL DRAINED AND IN A HIGH STATE OF CULTIVATION, and is in the occupation of Mr. James Webb. The HOUSE is well built and in good repair, with GARDEN, STABLES, and COACH- HOUSE ; THE FARM BUILDINGS ARE NEWLY ERECTED, and enclose a Yard, with every accommodation. The LAND is of first- rate quality, well Watered, and intersected with good Roads. The Worcester and Birmingham Turnpike Road runs through a portion of the Estate, thereby affording several ELIGIBLE SITES FOR VILLAS. There are also FIVE deatched COTTAGES, with GARDENS. LOT 4.— A delightful FREEHOLD MANSION, with Plantations, & c., Land- Tax Redeemed, called OAKFIELDS, containing 12A. 2R. 27P. of CAPITAL LAND, in the Parish of Claines, 21 MILES FROM THE CITY OF WORCESTER. This elegant and ATTRACTIVE MANSION has been lately built in the most substantial manner, is pleasantly ERECTED ON AN EMINENCE, and commands views over the fertile counties of WORCESTER, HEREFORD, AND GLOUCESTER. There is an Entrance Hall, Two HANDSOME SUITES OF LOFTY ROOMS, communicating by folding doors; Staircase, well- proportioned Drawing- room, with Ante- room and Breakfast- room ; also a Secondary Staircase and 15 Bed- rooms, Dressing- rooms, Kitchens, Pantries, and Necessary Offices, Stable, Double Coach- house, & c. & c. A good Kitchen Garden, partly walled, and planted with Fruit Trees. A CONSERVATORY and tasteful FLOWER GARDEN. The whole is held under a repairing lease for the term of 21 years, which will expire in 1853. LOT 5— Two pieces of FREEHOLD LAND, with Land- tax redeemed, fronting the Worcester and Birmingham Turn- pike- road and Claines Church- road, about 2 miles from Wor- cester, containing 11A. 1R. 18P. of PASTURE and ARABLE LAND, and which are admirably adapted for Building pur- poses and being a deep and rich soil, are equally desirable for Market Gardeners. LOT 6.— A FREEHOLD HOUSE, with Land Tax Re- deemed, being No. 12, FOREGATE, IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY OF WORCESEER, substantially built, with capacious DOUDLE - FRONTED SHOP, and Cellars, with Laboratory, large Yard, Stable, & c., & c., extending a considerable depth, and enjoying A FRONTAGE OF THIRTY- THREE FEET. These Premises are now in the occupation of Mr. Anderson, and are well known as an OLD- ESTABLISHED HOUSE. in the wholesale and retail Drug Business. LOT 7 — A CAPITAL FREEHOLD HOUSE, LAND TAX REDEEMED, adjoining the last Lot, in the occupation of Mr. Lewis, consisting of a large and lofty Double- Fronted SHOP, Entrance Hall, Parlour, and two Kitchens, very extensive Cel- laring, front Drawing- room, Sitting- room, and Ante- room, Back- room, with Closets, and five Bed- rooms. The HOUSE is REMARKABLY WELL BUILT, with lofty and well- proportioned rooms, oak floors throughout, marble chimney pieces, and glasses fixed in wainscoting ; noble oak staircase, with mahogany rail and convenient landings, well lighted; a separate entrance, leading to a large paved YARD, and SUBSTANTIAL WAREHOUSE OF THREE STORIES, EIGHTY FEET LONG, by 19, with Sample- room, Counting- house, and Vaults under ; a small GARDEN behind, and two- stall STABLE, with Loft over, now occupied by Messrs. Wheeler and Giles. The entire depth is 174 feet, with a frontage of nearly 33 feet. The Premises are arranged in a superior manner, and well calculated for any business requiring room. Lot 4 may be viewed on the 28th and 30th July, between the hours of eleven and two, by Cards only, to be had of Messrs. Hobbs and Son ; and the several other Lots may be viewed by permission of the respective Tenants, any time prior to the Sale; and further particulars may be had of Messrs. Bedford and Pidcock, Solicitors, Worcester; Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, Solicitors, 8, Moorgate- street, London; Messrs. J. W. and G. Whateley, Solicitors, and Messrs. Barker and Griffiths, Solicitors, Birmingham; of Mr. James Webb, Land Surveyor, and Messrs. Hobbs and Son, of Worcester. THE IRON STEAMER, « SABRINA," WILL START from WORCESTER QUAY to KEMPSEY, UPTON, and TEWKESBURY, on SATURDAY, July 4th ; MONDAY, July 6th; TUESDAY, July 7th ; and WEDNESDAY, July 8th, at Six o'Clock a. m., and will return the same Mornings in time for the Worcester Markets and Races. After which the Sailing of the Packet will be duly announced. SINGLE FARES UP AND DOWN. Saloon Ud. per Mile. Fore Cabin Id. per Mile. Worcester to Kempsey, 4 miles; Upton, 10 miles; Tewkes- bury, 18 miles; Tewkesbury to Upton, 8 miles; Kempsey, 14 miles; Worcester, 18 miles. Refreshments on Board. PLEASURE TRIPS EVERY EVENING, except SUNDAY. TO PERSONS VISITING LONDON. PORTRAITS, LANDSCAPES, COPIES OF PAINTINGS, Sic., BY THE AGENCY OF LIGHT. MR. BEARD'S recent IMPROVEMENTS in the DAGUERREOTYPE INVENTION have been honoured with the following, among a variety of other notices by the leading public Journals:— " We witnessed with great gratification the improvements Mr. Beard has lately effected."— Morning Herald. " The Portraits are now fixed on the plate in all their natural hues of Colour."— Britannia. " They exhibit a degree of boldness, and stand out with a relief, greatly desiderated in all the earlier specimens."— Times. " The fidelity of the likeness is wonderful, and the effect imparted by Mr. Beard's new process of Colouring, is extremely beautiful."— Critic. " As family Portraits, these Miniatures are invaluable— Church and State Gazette. Portraits taken daily from Nine till Six, and Licenses to exercise the Invention in London or the Provinces, granted by Mr. Beard ( Sole Patentee), at 85, King William Street, City, 34, Parliament Street, and the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London. TO MOTHERS AND NURSES. MRS. JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, FOR CHILDREN CUTTING THEIR TEETH. — This infallible Remedy has preserved hun- dreds of Children when thought past recovery from Convul- sions arising from painful dentitition. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the Gums, the Child will be relieved, the Gums cooled, and the inflammation reduced. It is as innocent as efficacious, tending to produce the Teeth with ease; and so pleasant, that no Child will refuse to let its Gums be rubbed with it. When infants are at the age of four months, the Syrup should be rubbed on the Gums; and Parents should never be without the Syrup in the Nursery where there are young children; for if a Child wakes in the night with pains in the Gums, the Syrup immediately gives ease; thereby pre- venting Convulsions, Fevers, & c. The great success of this Medicine during the last 25 years has induced unprincipled per- sons to imitate it, under the name of American Soothing Syrup, and copying parts of Mrs. Johnson's Bills, & c. Parents will, therefore, be very particular to ask for JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, and to notice that the names BARCLAY and SONS, 85, Farringdon Street, London, ( to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold the recipe), are on the Stamp affixed to each Bottle. WMILES begs to solicit the support of his Friends • and the Public in the department of a Licensed AUCTIONEER, and at the same time to thank them for favours so long confer- red upon him, as an ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL AGENT, SHAREBROKER, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, and VALUER, assuring them that in every department the utmost attention will be paid to their commands. ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT, Giving a VOTE for the WESTERN DIVISION of the County of Worcester. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY W. MILES On Monday, the 6th day of July, 1846, precisely at four o'clock in the afternoon, at the Hop Market Inn ; ALL that FREEHOLD FRONT DWELLING- HOUSE, situate at the corner of HARE- LANE, BIRDPORT- STREET, Worcester, and adjoining Property belonging to Mrs. Malpas; together with the COTTAGE or TENEMENT immediately behind the same, part of which Premises are in the occupation of Charles Baker, and the remainder void. Further particulars may be obtained of Mr. W. S. P. Hughes, Solicitor, or the Auctioneer, 1, Foregate Street, Worcester. EXTENSIVE SALE of VALUABLE CROPS of CORN, Sjc., at CROPTHORNE, midway betwixt EVESHAM and PERSHORE, Worcestershire. MR. AGG, AUCTIONEER, RESPECTFULLY announces to the Public gene- rally that he has received directions from FRANCIS HOLLAND, JUN., ESQ., of CROPTHORNE COURT, ( who has let his Farms, and declining Agricultural pursuits,) to SELL by AUCTION, on Wednesday, the loth day of July, 1846, on the undermentioned Farms, at Cropthorne aforesaid;— Upwards of 62 ACRES of luxuriant WHEAT, 32 ACRES of BAR LEY, 21 ACRES of BEANS, 14 ACRES of OATS, and a LARGE RICK of OLD BEANS, in the following Lots:— ON THORNETT'S FARM, ( opposite Cropthorne New Inn.) LOT Description. A. R. P. 1 New Inn Ground Lammas Wheat... 9 2 14 2 Half- yard Land Ditto 6 2 20 3 Wool lams Ditto 13 3 36 4 Gravel Walk Ground... Ditto 7 0 22 5 Clay Walk Barley 3 1 I ON MIDDLE FARM. 6 Hasler Hill - Oats 13 3 14 7 North Hill Lammas Wheat... 14 6 21 8 Red Furlong Barley 12 2 22 9 Bottom Ground Ditto 9 1 18 10 South Farm Furlong... Beans 14 1 0 11 A large Rick of old Beans ON TIMMS'S FARM. 12 The Reed Wheat 9 1 8 13 Dry Ground Barley 7 0 28 14 Long Cole Hill Beans 6 3 0 Barns and Yards will be provided for thrashing and spend- ing the Straw and Fodder on the respective Farms, and proper time allowed for that purpose; and the purchasers can be sup- plied with Bolting Straw to thatch their Ricks at half the usual selling price. Payment.— A deposit of 25 per Cent to be paid at the time of Sale, and approved Bills at Three Months will be taken for the remainder. The Sale will commence precisely at eleven o'clock, at the New Inn Ground, and proceed to the respective Lots as per Catalogue. Catalogues may be had at the principal Inns in Evesham ; Three Tuns, and Bell, Pershore; Cropthorne New Inn; and of the Auctioneer, Hasler Hill and Evesham. N. B.—- The powerful Horses and the substantial Implements will be sold some time in the month of July; and the fine Flock of Leicester Sheep, and the beautiful Herd of Short- horn Cattle, in the month of September next, of which due notice will be given, and Catalogues timely distributed. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause PARKHURST versus PARKHURST, the Creditors of the REVEREND FLEET- WOOD PARKHURST, late of Ripple, near Tewkesbury, in the County of Worcester, Clerk ( who died on the 29th day of October, 1844), are forthwith to come in and prove their Debts before Sir William Home, one of the Masters of the said Court, at. his Chambers, in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, or in default thereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. TO BROAD GAUGE SHAREHOLDERS. Now ready, price 6c?., rpHE BROAD GAUGE THE BANE OF THE 1 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. With an Account of the Present and Prospective Liabilities saddled on the Proprietors by the promoters of that peculiar Crochet. By £. s. d. " A barbe de fol, on apprend a raire." [ Which being translated for the benefit of Country Gentlemen, means]— « ]\ ir. Brunei has learned to shave on the chin of the Great Western Directors." London: JOHN OLLIVIER, 59, Pall Mall. Just published, price 6d., NATIONAL UNIFORMITY OF GAUGE, A Short Letter to Lord Dalhousie, submitting Reasons for preferring the original recommendations of the Gauge Com- missioners to the recent proposals of the Board of Trade. Published by W. STEPHENSON, 12 and 13, Parliament Street. A COMMERCIAL VIEW OF THE GAUGE QUESTION. ALETTER TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, showing the Public Evils and Troubles attendant upon their Break of Gauge, and pointing out the REMEDY. By an OLD CARRIER. Manchester: BRADSHAW and BLACKLOCK, Brown Street; and all Booksellers. yjirivx JSiS FREE TRADE FOR THE HOME TRADE. Just published, in 1 vol. imperial 8vo. Second Edition, enlarged and revised, price 5s. cloth lettered. HISTORY and PROSPECTS of the RAILWAY SYSTEM Illustrated by the Evidence given before the Gauge Commission. By SAMUEL SIDNEY, Author of " Bristol a Free Port," & c. With a Map. EDMONDS, 154, Strand; and VACHER, Parliament Street. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. THE established superiority of BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY over every other Spirit, British or Foreign, /' S^^ TT?' for PRESERVES, the strengthening of HOME- MADE WINES, and other domes- J^ P ATP," N tic purposes, renders it only necessary to caution the Public to observe that the PATENT BRANDY, in Bottles, is invariably protected by the Patent Me- tallic Capsules, thus embossed :— Sold at 3s. per Bottle, the Bottle included, or at 16s. per Gallon in bulk, by the most respectable Wrine and Spirit Mer- chants in every locality. For every purpose BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY is a perfect substitute for Foreign, and is so preferred at St. George's, Guy's, St. Thomas's, the Westminster, Manchester, Brighton, Bristol, and other Hospitals and Infirmaries, having undergone the most searching analysis of the first practical Chemists, from whose testimonials the following are extracts :— " Your Brandy is free from uncombined acid and astringent matter, which exists, more or less, in most of the Brandies im- ported from France. " JOHN THOMAS COOPER, " Lecturer on Chemistry." " I am bound to say, and do assert it with confidence, that, for purity of spirit, this cannot be surpassed. 11 " JOSEPH HUME, " Chemist to her Majesty." « I do not hesitate to express my conviction that your Patent Brandy is fully as free from everything injurious to health, and contains as pure a Spirit, as the best varieties of torexgn Brandy " EDWARD TURNER, " Professor of Chemistry in the University of London.' And where the apprehension of epidemics has existed, BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY has always been in extensive demand as a stimulant, which may he made sultable by dilu- tion to the most delicate or infirm. This fact was established in 1832, when its use was almost universal. THE NASSAU SELTERS WATER is now to be obtained with equal security, as will be apparent from the following declaration : — " The General Direction of the Domains of his Highness the Duke of Nassau, « Declare by these presents, that being desirous to prevent and put a stop to the numerous falsifications committed in respect to the Waters of Sellers ( in England called Seltzer Water), they have granted to JOHN THOMAS BE I l5>, Patentee of the Metallic Capsule, and to no one else in the kingdom of Great Britain, its Colonies and dependencies, the EXCLUSIVE RIGHT to PURCHASE and EXPOR1, direct from the Springs, the Waters of Selters, lachingen, Schwalbach, and Weilbach. " They declare further, that the bottles, after being filled with the respective mineral waters, are to be immediately, and in the presence of their officers, closed with the above- named capsules, which bear the impression and inscrip- tion in the annexed drawing:— " The present declaration is granted to Mr. Betts, with authority to publish the same. Given at Weisbaden, this 18th day of December, 1844. " The President of the " J Direction- General, Du- V" BARON DE BOCK HERMSDOHFF. cal Domains, Nassau. J " HENRY HENDEL, Secretary." HEALTHFUL BEVERAGES. With powdered lump sugar and the PATENT BRANDY, SELTERS WATER forms a most delicious and restorative effervescent draught. Hitherto Selters Water, in this country, has been found only at the table of the opulent, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the exorbitant prices demanded, having prevented its general use; whilst throughout Germany, Holland, and indeed the Continent, Selters Water is seen pn every table, at every meal, as a corrective of acidity, and an antidote to dyspepsia. The Selters Water is imported in hampers, containing four dozen large bottles, ( each bottle equal to five bottles of Soda Water,) or five dozen small; and sold, exclusive of carriage, at 10s. per dozen for the large, and 7s. per dozen for the small, bottles and hampers included, and not returnable. A liberal allowance made to the Trade. The Depot having been removed from No. 1, Wharf Road, City Road, letters to be addressed J. T. BETTS, Jun., and CO., PATENT BRANDY DISTILLERY, 7, SMITUFIELD BARS, LONDON. 1 1 J THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 184 6. i STOCKS.— AtZo'cl. FRF. 1 SAT. ! MON. TUES. WED. THURS Bank Stock 2051 1 204 i 205 205 J 20! U 3 per Cent. Red Ann. 94J 95 9oi 95| 951 3 per Cent Cons - •• Cons, for Account.... 95 95 95$ 95j 95} 3} per Cent. 1818 .... — 3 per Cent. Red — New 3J per Cent 96j 96} 9i)| 97 9UJ 96J 3 per Cent. 1826 • — — - '• •• Bank Lon^ Ann India Stock 10* 10} 10} 10} i India Bonds 25 P 18 P 18 p Excheq. Bills 13 r 13 l 14 p 14 v 13 p 12 P by bis public advocacy of Corn Law repeal will enter Lord RUSSELL'S Government." So be it. Such an insult to the country can tend only to hasten the advent to power of those to whose hands it ought long since to have been confided. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1846. LAST WORDS OF Loan RUSSEL ON THE SCAFFOLD. " I did believe, and do still, that Popery is breaking in upon " this nation, and those who advance it will stop at nothing " to carry on their designs; and 1 am heartily sorry that " so many Protestants give their helping hand to it." THE anticipations which we last week ventured briefly to express have been fully realised. The Royal Assent was given to the Corn and Customs Bills on Friday night, and Sir Robert PEEL has, like WOLSF. Y, bid " a long farewell to all his greatness." The Government supported by place- men, hungry expectants, renegades, and flunkies, is no more; and, as we foretold in the Guardian of June 13th would be the case, the downfall of the PEEL Ministry is rejoiced over by all parties on the grounds we then specified. The Duke of WELLINGTON briefly announced to the House of Lords on Monday night the resignation of Ministers, and the acceptance # f that resignation by her MAJESTY ; and Sir Robert PEEL communicated the same " great facts" to the Lower House in a long, somewhat whining, and, more suo, exceedingly egotistical speech, in the course of which he warmly eulogised all the measures of " my administration;" but made no allusion to the split in the Cabinet in November last, nor to the alleged famine, nor to the potato disease, which were brought forward as the pressing reasons for the necessity of that destructive measure which has just become law. But there was one subject in reference to the Corn Bill which Sir Robert PEEL did touch upon in his funeral oration, which, taken in connection with* circumstances that must be fresh in the public memory, is so curious that we are tempted to extract, for the benefit of our readers, this portion of the speech:— " As I said before, Sir, in reference to our proposing these measures to which I have before alluded, I have no wish to rob any person of the credit which is justly due to him for them. But in reference to this point I may say, that neither to the right hon. and hon. gentlemen sitting on the benches opposite, nor to myself or the gentlemen sitting around me—• 1 sav that neither of us are the parties who are strictly entitled to the merit of the measure. ( Loud cheers.) There was a combination of parties, and that combination of parties, together with the influence of the Government, has led to the ultimate success of the measures. But, Sir, there is a name which ought to be associated with the success of those mea- sures; it is not the name of the Noble Lord the Member for London, neither is it ray name. Sir, the name which ought to be and which will be associated with the success of those measures is the name of a man who, acting, I believe, from pure and disinterested motives, has, with untiring energy, and by appeals to reason—( loud cheers)— enforced by an eloquence the more to be admired because it ivas unaffected and unadorned— the name which ought to be and which will be associated with the success of the measures is the name of Richard Cobden. ( Loud cheers.) Without scruple, Sir, I attribute the success of those measures to hiin." It will readily be remembered that, until the present session, in the beginning of which Sir Robert PEEL disclaimed the imputation to Mr. COBDEN of having suggested his assassination, and " Richard COBDEN" was graciously pleased to accept the disclaimer, the speeches made at each other in the House of Commons by " Richard and Robert" have been stuffed with the bitterest and most acrimonious personalities ; but now the tone has so changed that the Bottom of the comedy, though still inclined to play the part of Lion, so " aggra- vates his voice" that he " roars you an ' twere any night- ingale." We do not know whether the wholesale perjuries of the Warwickshire Registration Courts, and the swamping of the legitimate constituency by the manufacture of faggot votes, are included among the " appeals to reason;" or whether the Covent Garden harangues, in which the " proud aristocracy," the landed gentry, the farmers, and all classess connected with agri- culture were wont to be described in terms similar to those which Mr. COBBETT applied to the Whigs, are to be taken as samples of the " unaffected and unadorned eloquence." Perhaps, however, after all, the ascription to Mr. COBDEN of the " merit" of passing the Corn Bill, may be intended by Sir Robert PEEL as a loophole through which to escape from the just indignation of the great party whom he has betrayed ; as thus— t; Really, gentle- men, I feel that all your censures are just; but indeed I am less to blame than you imagine. * Richard COBDEN' is the man. He has done it all." Such an excuse, how- ever, only aggravates the offence, which is still farther heightened by the fact of the Minister of this great country having stooped so low as to toady the leader of a seditious conspiracy. Neither will his adulation of Mr. COBDEN increase his popularity with the more honest portion of the Leaguers, who, he may be assured, how- ever much they may love the treason, cordially hate the traitor. Sir Robert appears then to have fallen " like Lucifer, never to rise again." Lord John RUSSELL, who had been commanded by her MAJESTY to undertake the formation of a new Ministry, went down to Osborne House on Tuesday, and returned on Wednesday ; nothing final had then, however, been decided on. Her MAJESTY and the Royal Family returned to town yesterday, and the QUEEN granted Lord John an audience for the purpose of submitting the list of the proposed members of the Cabinet. The Times of this morning says that the following list may be depended on :— THE CABINET. Lord Chancellor Lord COTTENHAM. President of the Council Marquis of LANSDOWNE. Lord Privy Seal Earl of MINTO. Home Office Sir GEORGE GREY. Foreign Office Viscount PALMERSTON. Colonial Office First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer ... Chancellor of thel) uchy ofLancas. Paymaster- General Woods and Forests Viscount MORPETH. Postmaster- General Marq. of CLANRICARDE. Board of Trade Earl of CLARENDON. Board of Control Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE. Chief Secretary for Ireland Mr. LABOUCHERE. Admiralty Earl of AUCKLAND. NOT OF THE CABINET. Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland Earl of BESBOROUGH. Commander- in- Chief Duke of WELLINGTON. Master- General of the Ordnance .. Marquis of ANGLESEY-. We shall not at present offer any retnatks upon the subject of this list; but shall quote the opinion of a Whig correspondent of to- day's Morning Herald, who gays that " according to all appearances the Whig Government promises to be of brief duration. There is the taint of decay in the growing plant; and we may well doubt that any future efforts of art can give it vigour, or impart to it a healthy existence. As far as Lord John RUSSELL, and the few members of the old MELBOURNE Cabinet have gone, they have realised the worst things that ever have been said of the Whigs— namely, that they were ' an aristocratical clique, who alone governed for, and through, an oligarchy.' " This writer adds—" If Mr. LABOUCHERE be the Whig Secretary for Ireland, in defiance of the will and the wishes of the Whig Irish members— if a gentleman who is merely an honest official, and an adroit red tapist, but, at the same time, utterly ignorant of the country which he would have to govern— if this mad appoint- ment be made, then there can be no great skill displayed in prophesying that Ireland, which was ' the difficulty' of Sir Robert PEEL, will be the destruction of Lord John RUSSELL." The Times makes an announcement which will startle our readers. It is this:—" A communication has, we believe, been made by Lord John RUSSELL, with the acquiescence of his intended colleagues, expressing his deep sense of Mr. COBDEN'S services and consequent claims, and conveying also the prospective offer of a seat in the Cabinet, contingent on Mr. COBDEN finding himself some day in sufficient health and wealth to discharge that great responsibility without danger to his life or fortune. Proposals have also, we have reason to believe, been made to two other prominent members of the League; and, although in one case they were, also from private reasons, unsuccessful, it is not improbable that at least one gentleman who has distinguished himsel. THE REGISTRATION.— Feeling the urgency of the subject we call the attention of the conservative electors of this district to the following hints. We have already stated that the time for making claims for county votes is from the 20th of June to the 20th of July inclusive; any claim made after the latter date will be too late. The county franchise is divided into four important clauses of qualification :— 1st. Freehold, which includes the ancient 40s. freehold of inheritance for ever; and property held under a lease for lives, which should be described as freehold in the notice of claim. 2ud. Leasehold for a term of not less than 60 years, originally of £ 40 annual value; or if for a term of not less than 20 years, of £ 50 annual value. 3rd. Copyhold of £ 10 annual value. 4th. Occupiers of land, or building and land under one landlord subject to a bona fide rent of £ 50 a year. In the first class, the owner of a 40s. freehold for ever must have been in possession from the 31st of January of the present year; and the same in the case of the owner of lease- hold for lives of 40s. a year provided he be himself in the occupation of the property. If the owner of the lease for lives do not occupy, the property must be. of the annual value of £ 10. In the second class, the owner must have been in posses- sion from the 31st of July, 1845. And in the third class, the occupation must also be from the 31st of July 1845. Earl GREY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Mr. CHARLES WOOD. Lord CAMPBELL. Mr. MACAULAY. COUNTY QUARTER SESSIONS.— Our report of the proceed- ings at these Sessions will be found in our first page. The county business was unusually uninteresting, as we hinted last week, the only matter for actual discussion, beyond the usual routine of business, being that of the proposed erection of a county lunatic asylum, under the regulations of the Act recently passed by the Legislature. This matter, however, was postponed, in consequence of certain amendments to the Act which have recently been suggested not having yet received the sanction of the Legislature. The calendar, we regret to say, was unusually heavy, though the offences charged were not of a very serious character, and the business of the Sessions was not finished until yesterday ( Thursday) afternoon. The case of " Mussel white and the Commisssioners of Dudley," it will be seen, occupied the attention of the principal Court the whole of Wednesday, and ended in a verdict for Mr. Musselwhite for £ 3,440, being £ 440 beyond the sum offered to him by the Com- missioners. The rates granted by the Court on Monday were a halfpenny rate for general purposes, and a penny rate for police, the latter being increased beyond the average amount in consequence of the expense now being incurred in the erection of a police station in this city, and others at Dudley and Halesowen. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left their residence in Whitehall- gardens, on Wednesday morning for Drayton- nianor, Staffordshire. The Countess of Powis has issued cards for soirees on the 8th and 10th instant, at her house in Berkeley- square. The Earl and Countess of Dartmouth received a large circle to dinner, on Tuesday, at the family residence in St. James's- square ; after which the Countess had a soiree. The Hon. R. H. Clive has arrived in London from Antwerp. NEW PEER.— The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the digni- ties of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable Lord Francis Egerton, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Viscount Brackley, of Brackley, in the county of Northampton, aud Earl of Ellesmere, of Ellesmere, in the county of Salop. PROMOTIONS.— Tuesday's Gazette contained the follow- ing promotions. Lord Francis Egerton to be Earl of Elles- mere and Viscount Brackley, aud the following gentlemen to be Baronets :— J. S. Pakington, Esq., of Westwood Park, in this county; Right Hon. Thomas Frankland Lewis; John Gladstone, Esq., of Fasque ; James Weir Hogg, Esq.; Wm. Fielden, Esq.; William Verner, Esq. ( the Protestant Colonel), and Sir Moses Montefiore. The elevation of Lord Francis Egerton to the Peerage occasions a vacancy in the representation of South Lancashire. On Sunday morning last, the Bishop of Worcester delivered a sermon at St. Mark's District Chapel, London, in aid of the funds of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest. The Right Rev. Prelate took his text from the 16th verse of the gospel of St. Luke, and after a very impressive discourse a collection, amounting to nearly 60/. was made. WORCESTER CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY. — The Bishop of this diocese, it will be seen, is to preside at the Quarterly Meeting of the Committee of the above Society on Wednesday next. PREFERMENT.— The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Brownrigge Collisson, B. A., to the Vicarage of St. Michael, in the city of Coventry and diocese of Wor- cester, void by the death of the Rev. Robert Simson. ACCIDENT TO THE REV. C. P. WILBRAHAM.— The vicar of Audiey, Staffordshire, met with a severe accident on Saturday last. As he was riding near Scot Hay, his horse fell, and rolling upon him broke one of his thighs. The rev. gentleman is in a fair way of recovery. BLOCKLEY.— After a sermon preached in the parish church of Blockley on the ' 21st ult., a collection was made amounting to £ 7. 0s. 10d., in aid of the Incorporated Church Building Society. PRINCELY MUNIFICENCE.— We aie informed that Trinity Church, Tewkesbury, lately built by subscription, is about being erected into a district church, with the consent of the Rev. — Davies, the rector of the parish. The endowment is furnished by a gentleman named Terrett, who has subscribed the handsome sum of £ 4,000 to be applied to that purpose; to this will also be added a previous subscription of £ 1,000 by a lady. At the County Sessions, on Monday, the following gentlemen qualified as Magistrates for this county :— The Rev. John Richard Ingram, of Droitwich ; the Rev. Paul Amphlett, of New Hall; and the Rev. Geo. Prothero, of Clifton- on- Teme. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER.— Worcestershire Militia.— E. Lavie, Esq., Captain in her Majesty's 8th Regiment of Foot and Adjutant of the Worcestershire Militia, to be Captain. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Chas. Phillips, Esq., Barrister- at- Law, to be one of the Commissioners for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, in the room of David Pollock, Esq., appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay. NEW ORGAN AT AUELEY KINGS.— An advertisement announces that two sermons will be preached on Thursday next at the church of Areley Kings, on the occasion of opening a new organ just erected there by Mr. Nicholson, of this city. WORCESTER CHARITIES.— Students born in the parishes of Powick, Leigh, Bransford, Wick, or Worcester, will see by advertisement that the benefit of Worfield's gift towards the maintenance of scholars at the Universities is to be dispensed at the Guildhall, in this city, on the 30th instant. WORCESTER INFIRMARY.— On Saturday last, at the meeting of the weekly Committee of the Infirmary, the follow- ing minute was agreed upon:—" In consequence of what took place at the quarterly meeting yesterday, respecting the fee paid by Mr. G. A. Knapp, house pupil, it was ordered that a meet- ing of the weekly Committee be called for the following Wednes- day, at eleven o'clock. The Committee accordingly met on Wednesday last, when the following minute was unanimously agreed upon : " That an error had been made in the printed annual statement of the Infirmary, in carrying one hundred pounds to the credit of subscriptions received, instead of carry- ing that sum to the premium of Mr. Ktiapp. It appears from the bankers' book that on the 13th of May, 1845, Mr. Wheeler paid to the credit of the Infirmary 100/. in cash, and a note of hand for 99/., which the Committee have no doubt was the premium received from Mr. Knapp. In making out the accounts of the late Secretary ( Mr. Wheeler) with the Infirmary, the error occurred by carrying the 100/. in cash, paid into the bank on account of the premium, to the subscription account." THE INFIRMARY.— We have pleasure in stating that a donation of £ 10 has been received from John Anderson, Esq., of Ryall Hill, near Upton- on- Severn, in aid of the funds of this valuable institution. Sunday last being the anniversary of the coronation of her most gracious Majesty, the bells of the various churches in this city were rung at intervals during the day. BIRTH- DAY CELEBRATION.— On Tuesday week the whole of the workmen and women in the employ of Francis Rufford, Esq., of Stourbridge, with their families, were entertained by that gentleman to celebrate his attaining his 24th year, and the period at which the trusteeship, under the will of the late Francis Rufford, Esq, expired. The company, more than 250 in number, was distributed at five public houses, where ample store of old English fare was provided, to which they did ample justice; and, in copious libations, drank long life and happiness to the founder of the feast. THE THEATRE.— This place of amusement will be opened for three nights next week, and it will be seen that Air. Bennett has, at some considerable expense, entered into an engagement with the celebrated Mr. and Mrs. llidgway, aud their troop of British Female Dancers, 36 in number, from four to ten years of age. Mr. Bennett has made other engagements, but we refer to the advertisement for extended particulars, doubting not but the attractions announced will draw large audiences. MR. RUSSELL'S ENTERTAINMENTS.— It will be seen by an announcement in our advertising columns that Mr. Russell, who delighted a numerous and fashionable Worces- ter audience a short time since by his vocal entertainment given at the Natural History's Room, will pay another visit to this city on Tuesday evening next. CITY SESSIONS.— Worcester City Midsummer Quarter Sessions are fixed for Thursday, the 16th instant, the day before the opening of the Assize commission. HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. — We remind our readers that the next exhibition of plants, flowers, and vegetables in connexion with the Worcestershire Horticultural Society, takes place on Thursday next, at the Guildhall, as usual. The second exhibition in connexion with the Tenbury Horticultural Society also lakes place on the same day, at Tenbury. QUEEN'S OWN WORCESTERSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY. — James Taylor, Esq., Captain of the King's Norton troop of the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, gave, his atinual banquet, in honour of the battle of Waterloo, to the members of his troop, on the lawn of Moseley Hall, on Wednesday se'nnight. In the course of the day Captain Taylor highly complimented the members of his troop on their efficiency and high state of discipline. The festivities terminated with a dance. REPRESENTATION OF LEOMINSTER.— In the event of no Pro- tectionist Candidate opposing Mr. Barkly at the next election, Mr. Thomas Brayen has declared his intention of offering him- self as a candidate for this borough. THE HEREFORDSHIRE MEMBERS.— Mr. Joseph Bailey, one of our county Members, has paired off, being, we deeply regret to learn, obliged to leave London, in consequence of severe indis- position.— Perhaps it will not be improper to avail ourselves of this opportunity of expressing the thauks of a majority of the electors of Herefordshire for the manly and straightforward way in whichjMr. Hoskyns, Mr. Mynors Baskerville, and Mr. Bailey, have redeemed the pledge made at one of the most respectable meetings ever held in the city of Hereford, and voted against measures which they believed to be injurious to the agricultural aud general interests of the country.— Hereford Journal. TURNPIKE TRUSTEES.— The monthly meeting of this body was held on Wednesday last, at the Shirehall, G. J. A. Walker, Esq., in the chair. The preliminary business of passing the accounts having been gone through, a motion was passed that the horsepool on the side of the Ombersley road, about two miles and a half from this city, be drained, if it could be done for £ 50, and the owners of the land adjoining would consent to fence it in, and if the Trustees have the necessary powers for diverting the watercourse of such pool.— Mr. Hyde, the Clerk, announced that advertisements had been inserted in the Guardian and Chronicle papers for tenders to lower the Ryall Bank Hill, at Norton; only one lender had been received, and only one person had applied to examine the specifications. The tender was accepted ; it amounted to £ 295.— The attention of the Trustees was then directed to a motion by Mr. Stokes for altering the system of taking tolls upon the whole of the Wor- certer district of roads, by regulating the imposition of tolls according to the distance travelled. To effect this he proposed that all persons leaving this city, should pay a toll at the first gate, and also at the third; taking a ticket from the third to free such traveller to the extreme end of the district; and in the case of a person coming from a distance, he should pay at the first gate through which he passed, a ticket from which should free him from any further toll throughout the whole of the district, unless he came into the town, and if he did, a second toll to be taken from him at the gate leading into the town. This plan, Mr. Stokes thought, would obviate the present oppressive pay- ments which were made within short distances, and would throw the burden upon the long traveller. After some discussion as to the powers of the Trustees to effect such an alteration under the provisions of the present Act, the Rev. John Pearson moved a direct negative, on the ground that such an arrange- ment would enable a person to travel 30 or 40 miles throughout the district on payment of one toll, supposing they did not choose to come into the town. Mr. Pearson's amendment, on being put to the meeting, was carried by a majority of 9 to 8.— On the motion of the Rev. A. B. Lechmere that the tolls on the London and Stonebow and Upton roads be reduced one- third, the Rev. J. Pearson proposed as an amendment that a Committee be appointed to investigate the affairs of the whole Trust with a view to reduce the tolls on all the roads at present out of debt. The amendment was carried by a majority of 9 to 8. Mr. Stokes subsequently proposed that counsel's opinion be taken as to the powers of the Act for effecting the alteration he had proposed. We understood his proposition to be acceded to, and that the opinion will therefore be taken. STEAM ON THE SEVERN.— It will be seen by advertise- ment elsewhere that the Sabrina ( which commenced her voyages to Gloucester yesterday) will ply between this city and Tewkes- bury daily to Wednesday next inclusive, and that to- morrow and on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next, she will start at an early hour in the morning, so as to return to Worcester in time for the market and races, taking pleasure trips in the afternoon of each day. In her passage to and fro the vessel will stop to take in passengers at Kempsey and Upton. For further particulars we refer our readers to the advertisement. During the past week hundreds of our citizens have availed themselves of the opportunity of taking a " voyage." On Tuesday night last as the Sabritia was approaching the bridge, on her return from Kempsey, a trifling accident occurred, which caused the sinking of a lighter belonging to Mr. Head, of Tewkesbury. It seems a barge and lighter belonging to the same owner were moored against the lower Quay wall, and that both were heavily laden, the gunwale of the lighter being level with the water's surface, without any side being made to prevent her from filling. The steamer was making for the arch, when it being dusk, the looker out could not see the lighter, which lay with nothing but her tarpauling above the water, and the consequence was that one of the paddle- boxes struck her, and the passengers rushing to the side to see what was the matter forced the box against the boat with greater violence, and she sunk. A boy was on board, and was picked up. A great deal of recklessness seems to be displayed in the mooring of boats on our river by parties having the care of them, and the owner of the Sabrina complains sadly of the carelessness of parties trafficking on the river. In the voyage to Gloucester yesterday the engineer had to turn off the steam at least twenty times, in consequence of the obstructions offered to the free passage of the vessel by barges. OMNIBUS ACCIDENTS.— On Tuesday morning last, as Gardner's omnibus, drawn by three horses, was coming to this city from Kidderminster, on arriving near the Hoo Brook Gate the reins broke, and the horses ran with violence against the wall leading to the coach- house at the inn there, part of which they knocked down, the leader horse breaking through the coach- house door. No person sustained any injury.— Last night, as Jordan's omnibus, was on its way to Kidderminster, rather heavily laden with passengers, when at the top of Hoo Brook Hill the hind axle- tree sprung, but, fortunately it was immediately discovered by the driver, who pulled up before the vehicle could fall. The passengers alighted, and the guard being dispatched to Kidderminster for another omnibus, they were conveyed the remainder of the distance in safety. As the man was going into Kidderminster on horseback at a rapid pace he ran against an Irish drover, who was knocked down, his face being cut severely, but no further injury was sustained by him. SMALL DEBTS.— A bill brought into the House of Lords by the Lord President has just been printed, for the more easy recovery of small debts and demands in England. There are 133 clauses in the measure, and its object is to divide counties into districts, and to establish courts for the more effectual recovery of debts to £ 20, than now exists. Many of the clauses have appeared in former county courts billi. THE SALMON FISHERIES.— The clause introduced by Lord Clive into the bill proposed by Sir T. E. Winnington, for the improvement of the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales, has excited the most hostile feelings throughout the country, and we find the following letter published in the Salopian Journal of Wednesday last, as emanating from a Shropshire writer, on the subject of the letter published in our last, as from a gentle- man at Clitheroe:— To the Editor of Eddowes's Journal SIR,— In your Journal of last week, I have read an extract from a letter written by Mr. Thomas Gurnett, referring to the bill intro- duced into the House of Commons relating to the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales. Mr. Gnrnett concludes with the following observation:—" But all the benefit which was expected to be derived from the new bill, is likely to be lost in consequence of a clause introduced by Lord Clive, which goes to legalise every trap, device, or contrivance for killing them ( however objectionable it may be J, tf it has been in existence twenty years." Individually I have the highest respect for Lord Clive, and beg to state that I cannot have the slightest feeling of a personal nature, when, asking, through the medium of your Journal, whether his lordship really did introduce such a clause ? but, if so, the Fisheries of all the Proprietors of the Severn from Pool Quay to Llanidloes are not only jeopardised, but directly assailed, anu it will assuredly become necessary that they should, without delay, investigate the facts of the case, and endeavour to modify, through their represen- tatives in Parliament, a law which wili savour much more of the exclusive powers of early Norman oppression, than of those enacted in accordance with the spirit of the 19th century. I am, Sir, Your obedient humble Servant, 26th June, 1816, MAGLOAN. WORCESTERSHIRE FRIENDLY INSTITUTION.— On Mon- day last the members of the Bredon branch of the Wor- cestershire Friendly Institution assembled to celebrate the first anniversary of the club's existence in the village. Twelve months ago there were but six persons in the district connected with the institution, whereas at the present time the number amounts to sixty ; and we are glad to say that this thriving branch has the concurrence and support of the sur- rounding gentry and the respectable farmers of the place, several of whom have already become annual subscribers to the institution. At twelve o'clock the members assembled at the endowed school ( a spacious building in the early English style, lately erected,) whence they moved in procession to the fine old village church, headed by a band of music and flags ; several of the neighbouring clergy and gentry accompanying them. The Rev. J. Foley preached an excellent sermon on the occasion, and when the service was ended, the members again formed into procession and perambulated the village. At two o'clock the company was shown into the school- room, where the dinner was laid out. The chair was . ably filled by the Rev. G. Murray, curate; and amongst the company were the llevds. J. Foley, of Pershore; W. Parker, of Little Comberton; and Edward Laing, of Bredon; Nathan Dyer, Esq.; Messrs. Pike, Higgins, and other respectable inhabitants of Bredon. After the cloth was withdrawn and the usual toasts had been drunk, some glees were given in capital style by Messrs. Tovey, Wadley, and Howes, of Pershove. The day was spent in the most agreeable manner, and it is hoped that the Bredon branch of this excellent institution will be found yearly to increase. TENBURY ANCIENT FORESTERS.— Last summer a " Court" of the Ancient Order of Foresters was formed, a little mile from Tenbury, at Mr. Smallnian's, the Peacock Inn, and entitled the " Foresters' Retreat, No. 1779 ;" and on Thursday last the first anniversary of the Society was celebrated with due ceremony. TENBURY WELLS.— The efforts of the inhabitants of Tenbury, to open another medicinal well, have been crowned with success; and last week Dr. Davis, of Presteign, visited it, tasted the water, and pronounced it to be similar to that found in the well opened a few years ago upon Mr. Godson's premises, and expressed an opinion that it would, no doubt, prove very advantageous to the town. We are informed that at no distant period a prospectus will be issued and a Company formed for the working of a plan, whereby the public will be enabled to obtain the water in an unadulterated state and at a moderate payment; and it is intended very shortly to erect baths, & c. BEES NOT TEETOTALERS.— On Friday an unusually large swarm of bees, either from accident or design, alighted on the top of a chimney at Mr. Paskins', Royal Oak Inn, Brierley Hill, in this county, and appeared to make an attempt to settle. However, in a few seconds, the bulk of this living mass went down the chimney into a bedroom, where two females were busily engaged at their toilette, who, as might be supposed, were dreadfully terrified by the formidable appearance of their unbidden guests; one of them, we are sorry to say, was much injured from the stings of the intruders as she attempted to escape. The house was deserted in a few seconds, and the landlord in vain offered various sums of money to any one who could rid the premises of his unprofitable customers. VISITATION AT BIRMINGHAM.— On Wednesday morning the Venerable Archdeacon Spooner held his aunual visita- tion at St. Phillip's Chuiclj, Birmingham. There was a very numerous attendance of the clergy and laity— much greater than has been witnessed for years past. Prayers were said by the Rev. J. E. Rudd, curate of St. Mark's Church; after which an appropriate discourse was delivered by the Rev. M. Collisson, incumbent of Bishop Ryder's Church. The Venerable Archdeacon then proceeded to the Communion table, attended by the Rev. J. Garbett, rural dean, and the Rev. Archer Clive, and commenced his address by urging the necessity of imparting sound scriptural education to the masses throughout the country. He then traced the progress of Tractarianism in England, observing that its real character and tendency was to pro- duce a reconciliation with the Church of Rome, and that the holders of these opinions had at last taken off the mask, and joined that communion to which they were formerly opposed. He most sincerely regretted that sentiments such as were held by the members of the Church of Rome, with reference to the sacred scriptures and other points, had found adherents in the Church of England, and he advised the clergy to follow the counsels of their own diocesan, and be careful while they fulfilled the outward ceremonies prescribed by the Church, which were in them- selves decent and edifying, that they did not attempt to press upon reluctant congregations practices which had fallen into disuse. The Rev. Gentleman in conclusion impressed upon the clergy the necessity of union aud active co- opera tion amongst themselves for the promotion of the objects of their sacred calling. The usual business of the visitation was then disposed of, and in the evening the clergy dined at Dee's Royal Hotel. THE FUTURE MOVEMENTS OF THE ANTI- CORN- LAW- LEAGUE. — Yesterday ( Thursday) a meeting of the General Council of the League was held at Manchester, " for the purpose of con- sidering what course the League shall take, now that the bill for the repeal of the Corn Laws has received the Royal assent." Mr. George Wilson, Chairman of the League, presided, and Cobden and Bright were present. After long speeches from the Chairman and the two League heroes, a series of resolutions was adopted for the purpose of closing the affairs of the League. One of the resolutions declared " That this meeting views with unfeigned admiration aud gratitude, the long, arduous, and invaluable services rendered to the League by the Chairman of its Council, George Wilson, and hereby authorise the Executive Council to present him, and to request his acceptance of, a sum of not less than £ 10,000, to be paid out of the funds of the League." It was also agreed that a " suitable testimonial" should be presented to the Executive Council of the League, and a threat in the following terms was held out against the Protec- tion party ; " That in case any serious attempts be made by the Protectionist party to induce the Legislature to retrace its steps, or prevent the final extinction of the Corn Law in February, 1849, the gentlemen who have hitherto so ably fulfilled the duties of the Executive Council be hereby authorised to call the League into renewed existence." TESTIMONIAL TO W. VEVERS, ESQ., OF DORMING- TON.— A mark of respect is about to be presented to this gentleman, for the liberality displayed by him when con- nected with the Herefordshire Hunt. It consists of a massive silver tea and supper service, with toast rack, spoons, forks, & c., beautifully chased, and manufactured in the richest style by Messrs. Martin and Co., of Cheltenham, with whom it will remain a few days for inspection. Each article bears the following inscription:—" Presented to Wm. Vevers, Esq., of Dormington Court, Herefordshire, by his friends and neighbours, in testimony of his generous and social qualities, superior talents, and determined zeal and activity which have distinguished him as a sportsman for more than half a century; and in grateful acknowledg- ment of the spirited manner in which he upheld the pre eminence of his native county in the contest between the members of the Herefordshire and Monmouthshire Hunts, at their Steeple Chase on the 27th day of February, 1845." MELANCHOLY AND SUDDEN DEATH.— An awful instance of the uncertainty of life occurred on Tuesday morning, about ten o'clock, at the Angel Inn, St. John's, where Mr. Robert Browning, of Lingen's Farm, Wichenford, died sud- denly, while transacting business at that inn. The facts of this melancholy affair are briefly these:— Mr. Browning went into the Angel Inn, and was speedily followed by a man who had been purchasing a hogshead of cider from him, and the former calling for a pint of ale, they sat down together in the smoke rooin ; the deceased being quite jocular, and apparently in good health and spirits; but in a moment, while reaching some money from the table he suddenly fell forward. His companion immediately raissd him up and asked him what was the matter, but deceased gave no answer ; whereupon Mrs. Collins, the landlady was called in, and she sent for Mr. Turley, who was speedily in attendance. In the meantime, however, deceased had given three or four deep sighs, and although cold water was applied to his head, and pillows were brought to lav him upon, he never spoke again, and died before Mr. Turley's arrival. Immediately Mr. Turley saw him he said assistance was useless. The deceased has left a widow and four children. He was much respected by a large circle of relatives and friends. An inquest is appointed to te held on the body to- morrow morning. BIRMINGHAM BANKRUPTCV COURT.— On Tuesday last, before Mr. Commissioner Daniell in re Corbett, of Wor- cester, money scrivener, the bankrupt came up for a last exami- nation ; Mr. Motteram supported, and Mr. Hughes opposed, on behalf of some creditors. After some discussion on the points raised for the opposition between the above solicitors, and it being announced that the balance- sheet was not yet filed, although Mr. Motteram showed that due diligence had been exercised, the Learned Commissioner said, that as the case stood, he considered it best to direct an adjournment. The balance- sheet not beiug ready was in itself a great obstacle to proceeding with the business, and as the matter really belonged to his Learned Colleague, Mr. Balguy ( for whom he, the Com- missioner, sat that day), it would be better to let the business stand over for a month, by which time, it was understood Mr. Kettle, the accountant, would have the balance- sheet in readiness. Mr. Motteram at once assented to this arrangement, but Mr. Hughes complained of the delay as expensive and vexatious to the parties for whom he appeared. The Court, however, under the circumstances, directed an adjournment for a month.— On the same day, in re Russell of Kidderminster, coal dealer : this also was a last examination; but as an adjournment was ultimately ordered, we now only notice the fact. Mr. Brinton of Kidderminster, attended as solicitor. ROBBERY OF A DRUNKEN MAN.— On the morning of Friday last a Mr. John Dovey, of Kidderminster, while lying in the streets of Perstiore, drunk and incapable of protecting himself, was robbed by some parties of a pair of shoes, a hat, a silk handkerchief, and a silver watch ( maker, Hill, Kidderminster). He also states that he was robbed of a £ 50 Kidderminster Old Bank note. The thieves have not been detected, but are suspected to have formed a portion of the vagabonds that usually attend Pershore fair. LORD WARD'S HEAD GAMEKEEPER SHOT.— On Tues- day Mr. Norris, gamekeeper to Lord Ward, was passing through the preserves at Himley, near Dudley, when he met a man of the name of Hull, an under gamekeeper, who had some dogs with him in the preserves, for which Mr. Norris had formerly rebuked him, on account of the game being very young. Mr. Norris, it appears, again sharply reprimanded Hull for having the dogs with him, after having been told not to take them into the preserves. A sharp altercation ensued, when Hull, who had a loaded gun in his hand, drew back three or four yards and shot Mr. Norris oil the left side. A portion of the left arm was literally blown to pieces, and a quantity of shot lodged in the side, close to the heart. After this was done, Hull walked away, leaving Norris alone weltering in his blood; and as he was crossing an adjoining field, in which two men were at work, they asked him where Mr. Norris was; he told them that he was down in the preserves, and that he had shot him. The men immediately went to the spot where Norris lay, and found him in the state described, and quite insensible. Messages were immediately dispatched to Dudley for medical aid, and Mr. Fereday, surgeon, arrived at Himley as they were taking the unfortunate man home. Mr. F. immediately cut Norris's coat and waistcoat open, and found that the large artery in the thick part of the left arm was severed in two, and that poor Norris was nearly dead from loss of blood. After the artery had been bandaged up, in the road, Norris was conveyed home. Dr. Cartwright, a Magistrate, soon afterwards arrived, and found him a little recovered, so as to be able to answer some questions which were put to him. Hull was immediately taken into custody, and J. Cope, Esq., Magistrate, ordered him to be taken to Norris's house, where some questions were asked Norris on the subject in Hull's presence. The answers to these ail went to confirm the fact that Hull deliberately shot the sufferer. He was remanded. Norris is very ill and not at ail likely to recover. He is a married man, and has a wife and two children. Hull is also a married man, with a wife and eleven children. Three medical gentlemen attend Norris day and night, and they are of opinion that he cannot recover. They have extracted a quantity of shot, which, it is stated, had missed his heart by about an inch. CITY POLICE.— The following cases have been brought before the City Magistrates, during the past week. On Saturday, John Mayglothling was charged with having obtained a waistcoat under false pretences from Mr. F. Woodward, of High- street; he was remanded till Monday, when, as the prosecutor declined to prosecute, the prisoner was discharged.— On Monday, John Digger, a bad character, who, while drunk and disorderly, attempted to cut his throat, and also threatened to stab a woman named Hinks, with a pen knife, was fined 5s. and 6s. costs, and in default of payment, was sent to gaol for fourteen days.—- Ellen Hayes, for stealing a pair of boots, the property of Joseph Williams, of Friar- street, was committed for trial at the next Sessions. At the City Magistrates' Office this morning ( Friday) a man named Tomlins was convicted of bathing in the river at Warmstrey Slip, on Tuesday afternoon last, between five and six o'clock. He was in a state of drunk- enness, and but for the timely assistance afforded him must certainly have been drowned. He was fined 9s., including costs, or seven days imprisonment; he was allowed three days to find the money.— A charge of assault was also heard against William Davies, preferred by Ann Palmer. The assault was committed about midnight on Monday last, at Mr. Maybury's, the Wheiry public- house, where she had gone in search of her husband, who was quarrelling with some others, whell the defendant came to her, and after abusing her, knocked her down several times, and notwith- standing she had a child in her arms, he kicked her violently. Some policemen interfering, the complainant was removed home, her face and breast having been much bruised from the violence of the assault. In his defence the man said the complainant was quite intoxicated herself, and that the bruises she exhibited were occasioned by her husband in his attempts to restrain her, for she was " like a inad bull- dog, scratching tearin', and abusin', everybody as her come nigh." Sergeant Chipp and Policeman Hall said she was not drunk, and the defendant was thereupon fined 10s., and ] Is. costs, or 14 days imprisonment. He was sent to gaol. MANSLAUGHTER.— A man named George Hocker, has been committed for trial at the next Stafford Assizes, charged with the mauslaugliter of Joseph Macduff, a butty collier, who met with his death in consequence of alleged inattention by Hocker to his duties us under engineer at a coal pit at Rowley Regis. gfoortmg* WORCESTER SUMMER RACES.— We need scarcely remind our readers that our Summer meeting takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday next, aud with every prospect of good sport. The usual preparations are actively in progress on the course in the erection of booths and other accommodations for the holiday people. We are glad to hear that the proprietors of the Grand Stand have made a satisfactory arrangement with the Race Com- mittee, by which, after the liquidation of the present liabilities of the stand proprietors incurred by their endeavours to pro- mote the sport, the proceeds of the stand will be entirely at the disposal of the committee. The ground is in excellent condition for the sports of next week, and as the races will thus happen between the two harvests of hay and grain, it is hoped that our country friends will flock in upon us in goodly numbers on Tuesday and Wednesday next. We cannot boast of a very intimate acquaintance with turf matters, but we are nevertheless half induced— since prophesying on such events has become almost an indispensable requisite to journalism — to try our hand at a vaticination of the winners on Tuesday and Wednesday ; but our prophesy, like the answers of the Cumsean Sybil, shall be very short and oracular, and we shall not offer any reasons for fixing upon the horses we are about to pick out, neither shall we descend to the expedient of naming three or four in each race, aad then, in the event of either ono of the lot winning, claiming the merit of successful anticipation. We shall name only one horse in each race, but we must stipulate for the proviso that he shall start and run honest. Looking over the entries for Tuesday, then, we should without much hesitation award the Severn Stakes to HOPE For the Two- year- old Stakes we should say that TWEED will prove to have come too far north for her competitors ; and as to ihe Worces- tershire Stakes, if IRONMASTER is not the winner there must be a screw loose somewhere. We are not in a position to hazard more than one conjecture as to the result of Wednesday's sport; but we may venture to say that that conjecture will be a popular one with our good citizens. It is that, if all's on the square, the Tradesmen's Cup will go to Grafton Manor. DUDLEY RACES.— These events are fixed for Monday and Tuesday the 20th and 21st instant. The first day's sport will consist of the Ladies' Purse, the Innkeepers' Stakes, and the Half- bred Stakes; and the second day's running will comprise the Dudley Castle Stakes, the Selling Stakes, and the Asliwood Hurdle Stakes. All prizes are to be contested for in heats. WELLAND RACES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1. Stewards : W. Vevers, Esq. and J. Pearce, Esq. This old- fashioned annual meeting was held on Wednesday last, on Welland Common, and afforded as usual some excellent sport. The weather being fine there was a large attendance of company, amongst whom were many from this city, who seized the opportunity of enjoying a water excursion to Hanley Quay and back by the Sabrina steamer. The following is a return of the sport:— The Ladies' Plate of 20 sovs. in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Mr. Pearce's b. f. Florine ... ... ( Hall) Mr. Davenport's b. g. Chester Mr. Coliins's br. g. Brunei Mr. J. S. Francis' ch. f. Maid of Orleans Mr. John Davies's Coheiress Mr. Newman's b. m. Emily Copeland These, were capital races, the first heat being won by only a length, and the second and third by barely half a length. The Hurdle Race of 3 sovs. each, and 15 sovs. added. Mr. John Davies's Coheiress ( Lad) Oil Mr. Pearce's br. c. Joe Banks ' ... 0 2 2 Mr. Jacob's b. m. Valeria ] 3 4 Mr. Gunter's b. m. Brown Bess 2 0 3 Mr. Vevers's br. g. by Tom Brown 3 d Mr. Dadge's b. g. Bustard 0 0 d The usual Welland Stakes did not fill, but in the place of this event there was a— Handicap of 3 sovs. each, with 15 sovs. added, and for which there was another good race, with the following result: — Mr. Biss's Chevy Chase, 4 yrs ( Holman) 1 1 Mr. Davenport's Chester, 4 yrs 2 3 Mr. Pearce's Foxberry, aged 3 2 0 LUDLOW RACES, WEDNESDAY, JULY- I. Viscount Clive, M. P., Steward— Mr. Wayn, Clerk of the Course. The " proud Salopians" have added to a long list, another annual festivity, and although it was not a first- rate exhibition, the visitors not so numerous, nor the racing so good as on former occasions, still there was nothing to complain of, on the part of the managers and officials. The betting was of an indefinite kind— the course was in its usual excellent state, and the clerk kept it in very efficient style. The town itself presented a blank appearance, especially on the first day, but on Thursday a much larger assemblage met. The racing commenced within half- an- hour of the time specified on the card, with— The Ludlow Stakes of 15 sovs., with 30 sovs. added, given by J. Ackers, Esq., one of the members for the borough. Once round and a distance. Mr. T. Parr's ch. g. Dulcet, 4 yrs., 8st. ( Whitehouso) 1 Mr. Ackers nas. b. c. General Nott, 4 yrs., 7st. 91b. ... 2 Mr. Halifax nas. ch. g. Jolly Besgar, 5 yrs., 7st. Gib. ... 3 Arthur, Carissima, and Sweetbriar also started. The following paid 5 sovs. each:— Reindeer, Princess Royal, Cceur do Lion, John Goldham, and Elimea. Jack Cade, Vitula, b. g. by Elis, and Redstreak were drawn. Arthur, Dulcet, and Sweetbriar, were favourites, with their respective parties. When about half- way round the course, Sweetbriar, who had held a strong lead, gave way to Carissima, and General Nott, both of whom were headed by Dulcet, and after a good race from the distance, Dulcet won easily. Jolly Beggar a good third. A Maiden Plate of 50 sovs., given by Beriah Botfield, Esq., one of the Members of the borough, for horses that have never won more than £ 50 before the day of entrance. Ludlow Stakes Course. Mr. Shelmardine's br. c. Rolla, 4 yrs., 8st. 5lb. ( Whitehouse) Mr. T. A. Ball's b. f. Tesane, 3 yrs., 7st. 21b Mr. Mason's b. m. Lucy, 5 yrs.,* 8st. 131b Mr. Parr's ch. f. Lady Harriet, h. b., 4 yrs.. 8sc. 21b.... Sir C. Cockerell's ch. m. Amazon, 3 yrs., 7st. 2lb. ... Mr. E. Edwards's b. m. The Nun, 5 yrs., 8st. Gib. ... Mr. Barton's b. m. Reliance, 4 yrs., 8st. 21b Captain Knight's ch. c. Raymond Lully, 4 yrs., 8st. 51b This was but a poor affair, Rolla winning each beat very easily ; Tesane being the only one up in the first, and Litcy in like manner in the second heat. The Oakley Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with £ 25 added, given by the Hon. R. H. Clive, for half- bred hunters. Ludlow Stakes Course. Jockey riders. Lord Clive nas. ch. g. Shipmate, 6 yrs., ( Calloway) Oil Earl of Powis nms. Sweetbriar, 3 yrs. ... ... 1 O 3 Mr. Botfield nas. Kitty Wee, 4 yrs 2 2 d Mr. Ackers nas. b. g, St. David, 3 yrs 3 3d Mr. Phillips's b. g. Tallybo, 5 yrs 0 0 2 The first heat was well contested, and won by Sweetbriar by half a neck— the other two heats won easily. THURSDAY. A Gold Cup, ( to be paid in specie,) by subscription of 10 sovs. each, with £ 20 given from the fund. Twice round, starting from the winning chair. Earl of Powis nas. Arthur, 4 yrs., 8st. 3lb. ... ( Marlow) 1 Mr. Thompson's ch. f. Hope, 4 yrs., 8st. 2 Mr. Botfield nas. ch. g. Sailor, aged, 9st 3 Jack Cade and Little Fan were drawn. The Sailor led round the course the first time, Arthur being held to the distance, where he was let out and won easily. A Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, with 30 added from the fund, for 2- yr.- olds. T. Y. C. Lord Caledon's gr. f. by Simoom — Pergama ( Denman) 1 Mr. P. Foster's b. f. Julia by Jereed — Tranby's dam ... 2 Mr. E. Peel's br. f. Tweed 3 Julia and Tweed had no chance against the grey, who com- pletely ran away from them. The Borough Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with £ 20 given by J. Ackers, Esq., one of the Members for the Borough. Mr. Johnstone's br. g. Blind Hookey ... ( Marlow) 1 0 1 Mr. Botfield nas. ch. m. Charity, h. b 2 10 Mr. J. Mason's b. m. Lucy 0 2 2 Mr. Ackers nas. b. m. Reliance 0 0 0 Mr. Parr's b. f. Lady Harriet, h. b 0 d Sir W. W. Wynne's b. g. Confab 0 0 d Blind Hookey won the first heat cleverly, and the third very easily. Charity and Lucy made a good race for the second, the former winning by half a neck. The South Shropshire Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added, given by the Members for the Southern Division of the county. The second horse to save his stake. Mr. T. Parr's ch. g. Dulcet ( Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. Davies's b m. Kitty Wee, h. b 2 2 Jack Cade, Shipmate, and Reindeer were drawn. Dulcet won easily, Kitty Wee having no pretensions to the race. Match, 25 sovs. each, over five flights of Hurdles. Mr. Turner's br. g. Brewood, aged, list. ... ( Owner) 1 Mr. Davenport's b. m. Victress, 5 yrs., list 0 AQUATICS. THAMES REGATTA. TUESDAY. THE GRAND CHALLENGE CCP, for Eight- oared Boats. The Thames Club, London I R. J. Walmsley, stroke, Strutton 7, P. Plavford 6, Robinson 5, Webb 4, Blake 3. W. Field 2, H. Field 1, Walmsley, steerer. Eton and Westminster ( Oxford) 3 W. H. Milman, stroke, W. A. Heygate 7, W. Winter 6. J. W; Conant 5, F. M. Wilson 4, H. E. C. Stapylton 3, P. Burton 2, W. C. Stapylton 1, nl. Haggard, coxswain. First Trinity, Cambridge 0 F. George, stroke, Vincent 7, Woolstenholme 6, Cloves 5, Garfit 4, Turner 3, Sidebottom 2, Maule 1, Wallond, coxswain. They all went off at a great pace, the Oxford boat taking a slight lead at first. The Thames, however, opposite the committee barge outstripped them, and took the leading position, the Cambridge boat being in the centre, about half a length in the rear, aud the whole forming as pretty a picture as could well be conceived. The Thames retained the lead, winning by upwards of three lengths. WEDNESDAY. The sports commenced at half- past four o'clock with the trial heats for— The CHAMPION FOUR- OARED RACE, open to all the world, On ® Hundred Guineas. Five boats were entered viz., the Fishermen's crew ( Lambeth), the Chelsea* crew, the Unity, the Old Fox, and the Trial Crew. All the crews were made up of Th; ime3 watermen. Iu the final heat, the three competing boats came in in the following order-.— Unity 1, Old Fox 2, and Fishermen's crew 3. The winning crew consisted of R. Coonibes, W. Pocock, R. Newell, and John Phelps, D. Coombes, coxswain. The second boat was manned by the two Doubledees, C. Campbell and Leacb, G. Campbell, coxswain. AMATEUR FOUR- OARS MATCH for the SILVER CHALLENGE CUP. For this prize eight boats started, in two heats, the first and second in each heat competing in the final heat. The boats were from the by t sity and the Ariel, and the second by the First Trinity and the Thetis; The final heat between these boats afforded a good race, but was won by the First Trinity ( Cambridge) beating the Oxford University by two lengths, Ariel third, and Thetis last. The winning boat was manned by Messrs. Vincent, F. George, Woolstenholme, aud Clowes, Mr. Holland coxswain. The Oxford University boat was won by Messrs. Stapylton, Conant, Wilson, and Milman, Mr. Hazzard, cox- swain. The TRADESMEN'S CHALLENGE PLATE MATCH was won easily by the Lambeth Acquatic Club, beating the Sceptre. The race closed with a SCRATCH MATCH with eight- oared boats, the prizes, Silver Medals, and the Regatta was wound up by a procession of boats, which made a beautiful finish to the sports. The Regatta altogether was admirably conducted. CRICKET. WORCESTER AND PERSHORE. A match came off yesterday on Pitchcroft Ham, between the Wor- cester and Pershore clubs, the tents of each party being pitched early mtheday. It was soon perceptible that the Worcester men were gaining advantage on their antagonists, and ultimately the contest was decided in favour of the former ( shortly before tive o'clock in the evening), with 8 men to go in. Tile following is the scorce :— PERSHORE. FIRST INNINGS. SECOND INNINGS. J. Williams, c. F. Maiden 2 b. Bentley 0 J. Baker, b. Bentley 11 C. Rowlands 2 Wm. Woodward, e. Sidebottom .. 4 b. Bentley ' 9 R. Reece, c. Bentley 0 c. Bentley 0 F. Higgins, b. Sideboltom 1 b. Bentley 0 W. Bomford, run out 3 b. Sidebottom G F. Stevens, 1). Beutley 0 b. Bentley 14 R. Pensoiw b. Taylor 0 not out 3 J. Osborne, c. Sidebottom 8 c. Rowlands G G. Williams, not out 2 b. Bentley 3 J. Butt, b. Beutley 2 b. Bentley 5 Byes 7 Byes 6 Wide balls 6 No balls 1 Noralis 0 Wide balls 3 46 104 WORCESTER. FIRSR INNINGS. SECOND INNINGS. M. Noble, b. Woodward 7 T. Baker, b. Higgins 7 not out 2 Bentley, b. Baker 2 not out 20 Curtler, c. Reece 4 Sheppard, b. Williams 20 Rowlands, c. J. Williams G F. Maiden, b. Baker 3 Sidebottom, not out ... 0 Taylor, b. Baker 11 Blandy, b. Baker 0 Addenbrooke, I). Woodward .... 8 b. Woodward .... 3 Byes 2 Byes 1 W'ide balls 2 " Wide balls 0 No balls 2 No balls 0 74 105 The batting of Messrs. Bentley, Sheppard, and Taylor, on the part of the Worcester club, was very much admired, and also the fielding of Mr. James Williams, on the part of the Pershore club. At the close of the game, the parties dined together at the Grand Stand, Pitchcroft, and spent a pleasant evening together. ILLEGAL FISHING.— CAUTION.— On Monday last, three persons were convicted, in the mitigated penalty of 26s: each, before Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., for fishing in the Severn, in the parish of Kinnerley, Salop, on the 1st of June, with a net, the meshes of which were under the legal size for the months of June and July— viz. 2| inches square, or 10 inches round. We would caution all parties fishing in any way illegally, as the Fisheries Association is deter- mined to enforce the law in all cases. We find a reward of two guineas is given by the Shrewsbury Association for any information leading to conviction. CORN AVERAGES.— Genera] average prices of British com for the week ended June 21, 1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different cities and towns in England and Wales per imperial qr— Price: Wheat, 52s 2d : Duty, 5s Od; barley, 27s 4d, 4s Od ; oats, 23s Gd, Is Gd; rye, 32s 7d, 2s 0d; beans, 37s Gd, 2s Odpeas, 35s Od, 2s Od. WORCESTER HAY MARKET, JUNE 27.— Best hay, £ 3 to £ 3. 10s. per ton; straw, hand thrashed, £ 2 ; machine, £ l/ l5B to £ 1. 18s. BIRMINGHAM, JUNESO.— Best hay, £ 3. 15s. to £ 4 per ton; inferior ditto, £ 2 to £ 1. 10s.; straw, from £ 2. 5s. to £ 3. 10s. ; packing straw, £ 2. to £ 2. as. per ton. SMITHFIELD, JUNE 30.— Meadow Hay, £ 3. to £ 4.; Clover ditto, £ 4 os to £ 5 15s; oat straw, £ L 10s to £ 1 12s; wheat straw, £ 1 12s to £ 1 14s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. A cricket club has been formed in the western division of the county of Gloucester under the distinguished patronage of Sir W. Codrington, Bart., M. P., the Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M. P., R. B. Hale, Esq., M. P., for that division of Gloucestershire; G. N. Blath- wayt, Esq., Dyrham Park, and other influential county gentlemen, which bids fair to be a most able and well supported club ; upwards of 40 gentlemen resident in the western division of the county having already signified their wish to be enrolled as members. LEDBURY AND. SEVERN STOKE.— A match has been made between the town of Ledbury and the Severn Stoke Club; the first game is to be played upon the ground of the former ou Monday next. BIRTHS. June 21, at St. Gluvias Vicarage, the lady of the Venerable Archdeacon Phillpotts, of a daughter. June 26, at Leominster, the lady of the Rev. J. C. Napleton, of a daughter. June 27, in the College Yard, the wife of the Rer. J. H. Wilding, of a son. MARRIAGES. June 24, at Wem, Robert, fourth son of Mr. Franklin, stationer and auctioneer, to Susan, third daughter of the late Richard Taylor, Esq., of Stableford House, near Bridgnorth. June 25, at Cradley, by the Rev. G. S. Munn, Mr. George West, of Hardvvieke, near Bromyard, to Mary, only daughter of the late Mr. Edw. Freeman Chambers, of the Hill, Bishop's Froome. June 25, at Wisbech, by the Rev. R. King, Mr. C. R. Doward, of this city, to Miss Isaoella Walker, eldest daughter of Mr. N. Walker, of the former place. June 29, at St. Martin's, by the Rev. G. Elton, Mr. William Pursell, currier, to Mrs. Mary Ann Birch, both of this city. June 30, at St. John's Church, Paddiugton, London, by the Rev. Francis Henchman Buckerfield, M. A., Vicar of Little Bedwyn, in the county of Wilts, Thos. Henchman Buckerfield, Esq. , youngest son of the late Rev. Bartholomew Buckerfield, Rector of St. Peter's, Marlborough, to Elizabeth Letitia, eldest daug- hter of the late John Wingfield, D. D., formerly Prebendary of this Cathedral. June 30, at Argyle Chapel Bath, Bailey Symes Andrews, Esq., of Saltford, to Selina, daughter of the late Mr. W. Chesterton, of this city. June 30, at Hornsey Church, by the Rev. R. Harvey, rector, Mr. J. T. George, eldest son of Mr. J. H. George, of Green- hill, London Road, near this city, to Henrietta, eldest daughter of the late John Daviss, Esq., of Upper Holloway, and Wilson Street, Finsbury Square, London. July 1, at St. Mary's, Leckhampton, Captain Young, eldest son of the late Vice Admiral Young, of Barton End, Glouces- tershire, and nephew of the Hon. General Gardiner, to Anne Eliza, youngest daughter of Francis Longworth, Esq., of Cotswold, and Cragan, Westmeath. July 1, at St. Giles's Church, Camberwell, Charles Wyatt Oxford, Esq., of Lifford, King's Norton, Worcestershire, to Lilly Walshman, only daughter of B. Blake, M. D,, of the Grove, Caraberwell. DEATHS. Dec. 21, at Hobart Town, Van Dieman's Land, Mr. James Southall, late of this city. June 16, at the house of her brother, Mr. John Worrall, builder, of the Lower Park. Bewdley, aged 56, Mrs. Richardson, formerly of Fairfield, in this county. June 16, at Boulogne, Mary Ann, the widow of the late Robert. J. Kerr, Esq. June 19, at Quatsford, near Ledbury, whilst on a visit to her brother Mrs. Margaret Weaver, aged 65, widow of Mr. Thos. Weaver, of Kidderminster, and formerly of Bromyard. June 20, after a lingering illness, in her 55th year, Miss Mary Clarke, of Bromyard. Deceased had lived 30 years in the service of the late Mr. George Kilsby, of Bromyard. June 21, in the prime of manhood, at the residence of his brother, Mr. Wm. Ru^ ton, of Bellbroughton, in this county, Mr. Cornelius Ruston. June 22, at Blakeshall, after a long and painful illness, John Jennings. June 23, at his residence, Porter's Field, Dudley, Mr. Jeffrey Finch, aged 59— a man much respected by all who knew him. June 23, at his residence, in Castle Street, Dudley, Mr. Rice, surgeon and apothecary. He was highly respected by a large circle of friends, and is much lamented. * Jane 24, after a lingering illness, Mr. Jasper Miller, of Hyltoa Street, aged 61. June 25, at his residence, Stoke, near Hodnet, Salop, the Rev. Oswald Leycester, aged 23 years. June 25, at Blakebrook, Kidderminster, after a lingering illness, Mr. Wm. Nettleship Horton. June 26, at Upper Parade, Leamington, Mary, relict of the Rev. S. Sandys, formerly rector of Southam, and for more than forty years an active magistrate of Warwickshire. June 27, Lucy, the wife of Philip John Ducarel, Esq., of Newland House, Gloucestershire. June 27, deeply regretted by his relatives, Thomas, son of Mr. Handley, of the Tan House, near Tenbury. June 28, in the Bull- ring, Ludlow, Mary Louifa, infant daughter of Mr. Cocking, druggist. June 29, aged 43, Mr. Benjamin Talbot, confectioner, Coventry Street, Stourbridge. June 29, at Northwick, near this city, in the 49th year of his age, Mr. Thomas Pardoe, highly respected and deeply lamented by his family and friends. WORCESTER INFIRMARY, JULY 3. Physician and Surgeon for the week, Dr. Maiden and Mri Sheppard. For the ensuing week, Dr. Maiden and Mr. Pierpoiut- In- Patients. I Out- Patients. Admitted, 13.— Discharged, 20. | Admitted, 20.— Discharged 8; In the House, 78. ACCIDENTS,— George Merriman, wound of the cornea; Clara Wal- ters, contusions , Charles Pritchart, contused knee; Thomas Bunn, severe wounds; Harry Munn, contused foot; Maria Stevem, wound. SECOND EDITION. Saturday Morning, July 4. STOCKS.— Bank Stock, 206} ; 3 per Cent. Red., 95| ; 3 per Cent. Con., — ; New 3J per Cent., 97 ; Cons, for Opening 95} ; Ljng Annuities, 10J; India Stock,—; India Bonds, 20; £ 10011 Exciieq. Bills, 15. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JULY 3. Their Lordships met at four o'clock, when the Royal assent was given by commission to several bills, but none of local interest. On the motion of Lord Brougham, the Bankruptcy Acts Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. The Earl of Powis presented a petition from the members of the Convocation of the University of Oxford, praying for a repeal of the Act which unites the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Some other unimportant business was then transacted, and their Lordships adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY. The House resumed its sitting to- day at four o'clock, at which time a considerable number of Members were present. NEW WRITS On the motion of Mr. Tuffnell, new writs were ordered for the following places, in the room of those Members who now formed part of the new Administration :— London, Tiverton, Devonport, Halifax, West Riding of York- shire, Taunton, Nottingham, City of Edinburgh, Dungarvon, Perth, and Worcester, in the room of Sir Thomas Wilde, who. has accepted the office of her Majesty's Attorney- General. The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Bill was read a third time and passed— Left sitting. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.— At this day's market the wheat trade assumed a more steady appearance. The few samples of English were taken at our previous currency. There was more inquiry for foreign, but buyers only took sparingly for their present wants. The supplies of oats only slightly increased since last market day ; but there was a large quantity on sale of foreign, and a fair show of Irish. Good fresh horse corn scarce, but in moderate request, at Monday's currency; but the prices of foreign irregular, and fully Is. per qr. lower. Barley in better request; other grain unaltered. SMITHFIELD, FRIDAY— A good supply of stock, and a fair amount of business doing. Beef, 2s. to 4s.; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 4d.; Lamb, 5s. to fis.; Veal, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; Pork, 3s. 8d. to 4s. lOd. INSOLVENT. George Hornsby, Lesbury, Northumberland, builder,. BANKRUPTS. Michael Goodale, Rutland- terrace, Hornsey, New- road, Holloway, builder. William Rouse, Neptune- street, Rotherhithe, bread and biscuit Alfred Samuel Holl, Norwich, grocer. Joseph Lord, Sheffield, tanner. John Senior, Salford, Lancashire, common brewer. John Davis, Worcester, miller. Wilton Wood, Liverpool, flat rope and patent hemp manufac « turei. James Irvine, Paradise- street, Liverpool, ironmonger. Jaraes Dent, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, cloth merchant. THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 184 6. THANKS FOR FLOWERS IN SICKNESS. Welcome, sweet friends! for flowers are all men's friends! Friends that are aye true, and deceive not! From earliest childhood till our vexed life ends, Flowers are friends we trust yet us they grieve not! Surely uprising in the Spring from each low bed, Meekly uprising, bursting into beauty, As meekly, at the bidding, bowinfr each fair head- Flowers thus to us may speak of silent duty, Be we as prompt to hear, as cheerful to obey Each summons, as ye are, fair flowers! we pray. llere be fair Snowdrops! white with freshest green- Winter with Summer mingled— sure Spring's fairest child! Violets! with faint sweet breath, like Love's, which, still uuseen, Hath power to throw a fragrance o'er the sterile wild. Here be Primroses! haunters they of green lanes Elm over- arched; lovers of grassed high banks : Passing o'er haughtier flowers, our Shakspere deigns To cull them forth as favourites from the ranks. He added to our pleasant thoughts when he compared to ye Imogen's pallid cheek, travel- worn star of purity 1 llere too is Myrtle, accepted type of love! With which the South her deathless poets erowned; Corinna, under thee Fame's worthlessness did prove! ' Neath Bay and Myrtle Dante's visage frowned ! Sweet- scented Wall Flowers! last. I saw ye blooming Above the cloistered silence of the dead ! Bitterly weeping, " When me the earth's entombing, Still shall the flowers laugh brightly overhead." But even then ye won me from that selfish hour, For flowers have eloquence where words have lost their power. Beautiful, universal friends are flowers! the Rose doth clamber And fill the cottage window with its richest bloom. The lady, jewel- proud, still deems her lighted chamber Dark if ye smile not: I, amid the gloom Which will haunt sickness, turn me to ye longing For the warm sheltered vales which gave ye life, Turn me in thankfulness for good thoughts, thronging, Helps to my weakness, bucklers in the strife! O'er him whose kindness sought ye in your dewy homes, Shed thanks, sweet comforters ! where'er he roams! 11. E VARIETIES. The theatre at Cincinnati, says an American paper, was so crowded the other evening that the spectators hadn't room enough to laugh in. Several persons had their sides badly bruised in making an unsuccessful attempt. THE QUEEN AND THE QUAKERESS. In the autumn of 1818 her late Majesty Queen Charlotte visited Bath, accompanied by the Princess Elizabeth. The water soon effected such a respite from pain in the royal patient, that she proposed an excursion to a park of some celebrity in the neighbourhood, then the estate of a rich widow, belonging to the Society of Friends. Notice was given of the Queen's intention, and a message returned that she should be welcome. Our illustrious traveller had, perhans. never before held any personal intercourse with a member of the persuasion, whose votaries never voluntarily paid taxes to " the man George, called King by the vain ones." The lady and gentle- man who were to attend the august visitants had but feeble ideas of the reception to be expected. It was supposed that the quaker would at least say" Thy Majesty," " Thy High- ness," or " Madame." The royal carriage arrived at the iodge of the park punctually at the appointed hour. No preparations appeared to have been made ; no hostess, or domestics, stood ready to greet the guests. The porter's bell was rung; he stepped forth deliberately with his broad- brimmed beaver on : and unbendingly accosted the lord iri waiting with—" What's thy will, friend?" This was almost unanswerable. " Surely," said the nobleman, " your lady is awaro that her Majesty Go to your mistress and say the Queen's here." " No, truly," answered the man, " it needet'n not; I have no mistress nor lady, but friend Rachael Mills expecteth thine. Walk in." The Queen and the Princess were handed out, and walked up the avenue. At the door of the house stood the plainly- attired Rachael, who, without even a curtsey, but with a cheerful nod, said, " How's thee do, friend ? I am glad to see thee, and thy daughter. 1 wish thee well! Rest and refresh thee and thy people, before I shew thee my grounds." What could be said of such a person ? Some condescensions were attempted, implying that her Majesty came not only to view the park, but to testify her esteem for the society to which Mistress Mills belonged. Cool and unawed she answered, " Yea, thou art right there- The Friends are well thought off by most folks, but they need not the praise of the world; for the rest, many strangers gratify their curiosity by going over this place, and it is my custom to conduct thern myself; there- fore I shall do the like by thee, friend Charlotte ! Moreover, 1 think well of thee as a dutiful wife and mother. Thou hast had thy trials, and so had thy good partner. 1 wish thy grandchild well through hers." ( She alluded to the Princess Charlotte.) It was so evident that the Friend meant kindly, nay respectfully, that offence could not be taken. She escorted her guest through her estate. The Princess Elizabeth noticed in the hen's- housea breed of poultry hitherto unknown to her, and expressed a wish to possess some of these rare fowls, imagining that Mrs. Mills would regard her wish as a law; but the quakeress merely remarked, with characterised evasion, " They are rare, as thou sayest; but, if any are to be purchased in this land or in any other countries, I know few women likelier than thyself to procure them with ease." Her Royal Highness more plainly expressed her desire to purchase some of those she now beheld. " I do not buy or sell," answered Rachael Mills. " Perhaps you will give me a pair," persevered the princess, with a conciliating smile. " Nay, verily," replied Rachel, " 1 have refused many friends; and that which I denied to mine own kinswoman, Martha Ash, it becometh me not to grant to any. We have long had it to say that these birds belonged only to our house; and 1 can make no exception in thy favour." This is a fact. CONCENTRATED EXTRACT OF MALT AND HOP.-— The art of brewing is likely no longer to remain a mystery; we expect before long that every man will be his own brewer, and quaff his mug of nut brown ale under his own roof or ' tree, however humble. A company is now in operation, manufacturing, on a large scale, an essence of malt and hop, very like honey in appearance, and which has only to be dissolved in hot water and fermented to afford excellent home- brewed ale, at a price varying from 4d. to 2s. per gallon and upwards, according to the fancy and taste of the party using it. It is very compact; four one- gallon bottles weigh about 100 pounds, and one of these is sufficient to brew 18 gallons of good ale, or about 25 gallons table beer. For use at sea, it must prove invaluable, and will, no doubt, introduce our national beverage into the remotest parts of the globe. A NEW USE FOR IDLE FIRE ENGINES.— During the recent excessively hot weather, the Police Board of Glasgow have employed a portion of the fire- brigade in watering the streets and washing out dirty courts and alleys. The effect has been very apparent in the increased comfort with which parties have been able to perambulate the portions of the city thus cleansed and cooled. PENCIL CEDAR.— Nearly all the railway sleepers in America are made of this wood, as it never rots, and it hardens by exposure to wet. It is now being introduced into some of the railways in the north of England for the same purpose; it is also extensively used in America for ship- building, having the property, when used with other wood, of preventing its rotting. There is no limit to the quantity that can be obtained of this wood if required. Its present selling price averages about 5d. the superficial foot.— The Builder. SAGACITY OF A LAMB.— Mr. Thomas, of Gilvach, having sold at Carmarthen fair a number of lambs, went into the Three Compasses for refreshment. He was sitting at the window when the lambs were driven past; one of them recognising its late master, sprang through the window, breaking two panes, and fell at his feet. The little creature was removed, but net without casting many a pitiful look at Mr. Thomas. JOSEPH ADY.— At the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, Joseph Ady was charged with having obtained a sovereign from Mr. Homsby, with intent to defraud him thereof. Mr. Ballantyne, on behalf of the prisoner, said that the indictment must fall to the ground, as at the bottom of every receipt were the words, " if no benefit is derived by the. parties from the information, the money shall be returned if applied for." The prosecutor had not applied for the money, therefore the charge of fraud had not been proved. The Common Serjeant concurred in this view of the case, and he directed the jury to acquit the prisoner. After he was liberated, Joseph came back and claimed the " deliverance" of his money held by the officer. The Common Serjeant said in cases of this sort it was usual to give the money to the prosecutor. He ( Ady) might bring his action. ( Laughter.) LAMENTABLE MISTAKE. — At St. Leonard's Hill, Windsor, the seat of the Harcourt family, the venerable Marquise swallowed poison. It appears that for some time her Ladyship had been so much indisposed as to be confined to her bedroom, under the care of Mr. Brown, of Windsor, the medical attendant of the Harcourt family. On Monday afternoon she observed a number of medicine bottles on her toilette, and among which was a bottle of laudanum; she remarked to the persons about her, " That those bottles had better be put away or possibly some accident might arise." The remark was not immediately attended to, and some time afterwards the laudanum bottle was missed. Earnest inquiry was made after it, and it was ascertained that the Marquise had swallowed the whole of its contents, in mistake, it is supposed, for a draught of a similar colour. Her Ladyship died on Thursday week. The Marquise d'Harcourt is the relict of Major General C. Amedee Harcourt, Marquis d'Harcourt, a peer of France, who was killed by a fall from his horse in 1831, at St. Leonard's. BALLOON ASCENT.— On Monday evening Mr. Green, the celebrated aeronant, made an ascent from Cremorne- gardens in his Nassau balloon, and descended in a field of barley belonging to Mr. Kynaston, in the parish of Stanford Rivers, Essex, a mile and a half from Ongar, and 21 miles from London, having travelled this distance, besides the entire length of London from east to west, and the further distance that Cremorne gardens are from the capital, in the short space of half- an- liour. The strong wind that was blowing throughout the afternoon obliged Mr. Green to use the heaviest of his grapnels and ropes, weighing together close upon o cwt., the difference between them and his mild- weather apparatus being equivalent to the ordinary weight of three persons. Nevertheless eight gentlemen besides Mr. Green participated in the aerial flight. DECREASE OF DRUNKENNESS IN THE METROPOLIS — For a length of time it has been the practice of the London police to take into custody all persons found in the streets drunk and incapable of taking care of themselves, more especially on Saturday and Sunday nights, when there are generally a greater number of drunken persons about than on any other nights of the week. The following account shows that during the last few years a great decrease has taken place in the number of drunken persons found under such circumstances. In the course of the year 1837, betweeu the hours of twelve on Saturday night and twelve on Sunday night, the number thus taken charge of by the police at the, station- house in Bow- street alone was 755, of whom 404 were men, and 351 women. In 1845 the number was 311 ; of whom 177 were men, and 131 women; thus showing on a comparison between the two years, 1837 and 1845, a decrease of 444 persons, more than one half. RELEASE OF BONDED CORN UNDER THE NEW ACT AT LIVERPOOL.— Tuesday, being the first of the operation of the new measures, was a busy day at our custom- house. We understand that the duty received up to the close of the day- was about £ 35,000 above the daily average receipts from this source. A very large " quantity of grain of all sorts," say upwards of 200,000 quarters, must, therefore, have come at once into the market in this town alone. — Liverpool Standard. IMPORTANT DECISION.— The Court of Exchequer has decided that if a man voluntarily kills himself, whether sane or not, a policy of assurance on his life, containing the usual clause relative to persons dying by their own hands, is void. A verdict given in favour of the widow on five policies for £ 999 each, effected in the Argus office by a gentleman who committed suicide whilst labouring under insanity, was, therefore, set aside. HORRID MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BRIGHTON.— The Brighton workhouse was on Tuesday the scene of a most dreadful murder, committed on an infant six months old by its own mother, who afterwards cut her own throat, and died almost instantly. The infant survived till four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, when it expired. The name of the murderer was Norman, and she was about 30 years of age, and was the wife of a man named Norman, who is now in the House of Correction, undergoing a sentence for felony. The unfortu- nate woman had lately complained of pains in her head, and during the last week had weaned the infant, and owing to her being poorly she did not get up with the other women. She sent for the child, which was brought to her, and immediately afterwards she committed the shocking act, running out of the room with her own throat cut. She had previously requested that her other two children might be brought to her, but fortunately they were not in the way. TERRIFIC THUNDER STORMS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE.— Oil Thursday week about noon, a densely black cloud appeared over Gloucester, and for about a quarter of an hour the dis- charges of lightning, accompanied instantaneously by heavy thunder, were quite terrific. In Barton Street, a carpenter was thrown bark from his bench ; in the same street, a shoe- maker received a shock, and the lightning played around an awl with which he was working, and discoloured the metal; in the Chronicle printing- office one of the compositors was knocked down; and in other parts of the city several minor injuries of the like kind are represented to have been experi- enced. But something far more serious and distressing occurred at the turnpike toll- house, on the Stroud Road. There, a great number of persons who were working in an adjoining field, and others who were promenading in the neighbourhood, finding themselves suddenly in the midst of a storm, ran into the toll- house for shelter. The room in which the} 7 were thus assembled is very small, and at least 15 persons had crowded themselves into it, nearly as close as they could well stand, when, in the moment that they were congratulating themselves upon timely shelter, a flash of forked lightning struck a neighbouring tree, glanced thence into the house in the midst of the affrighted inmates, and, exploding with a terrific report, threw most of them to the ground, and, shaking the building to its foundation, knocked out walls, windows, doors, & c., and covered the room and the bruised and stunned people with some hundredweights of brick, plaster, and large, and small fragments of rafters, door- posts, See. As soon as the catastrophe became known, several of the neighbours and others ran to render assistance, when they found about one- half of the poor creatures lying in a state of insensibility in the midst of the ruins, and of the others most of them were stunned and terrified so as scarcely to be conscious of anything around them. The toll- collector and his mother in- law appear to have been partially stunned, but his wife and infant, who were in bed upstairs, and the latter of whom had only been born a fortnight, miraculously escaped unhurt, and were conveyed away as soon as possible to a neighbour's house. Of the remainder, seven were picked up from among the ruins, most of them being insensible, and one or two on first appearance seemed to be dead. They were carried immediately to the infirmary, and received prompt and able attention. We regret to have to add that the above afflicting and terrific visitation was not the only serious damage which the same stonn occasioned in this neighbourhood. Mr. John Knowles, carpenter, residing between Wotton and Barnwood, about a mile and a half from Gloucester, was coming along the tramroad near Barnwood turnpike, from a field which he occupies there, when the lightning struck him on his face to the earth with great violence, and travelsed his whole body from his shoulder to his heels, leaving behind it a scorched and contused appear- ance, and tearing open his shirt, waistcoat, trousers, stockings, & c. A cry which he uttered as he fell was heard by the toll- collector, who, with others, ran to his assistance, and found him lying in an apparently lifeless state, his naked body exposing to view the livid streak which the lightning had left behind. He was removed to his house, and medical aid obtained; and we believe there is good hope of his recovery, although it will probably be much protracted. His injuries are attended by severe nervous derangement, and by— what is not so customary— very excruciating pain. The lightning iu this case was attracted by the points of a three- pronged fork which Mr. Knowles was carrying on his shoulder. iHttUum in IJarDo. Mr. Samuel Butler, chemist aged 23, residing at 4, Cheapside, London, put a period to his existence on Saturday morning last, by swallowing prussic acid, in consequence of apprehensions he enter- tained that he should not be united to the object of his affections. A bridle bit, under the appropriate name of " The Iron Duke," has been invented: Its peculiarity consists chiefly in its not being placed in the horse's mouth, and with it a lady, or even a child, can manage any horse. It does not injuie theoiKHiih at all, and is very highly spoken of. The dry- house of. Ilothes Bleaclitield, Fifeshire, was struck by the lightning last week, and before help could be procured, it was burnt to the ground. Only a few bundles of yarn were saved. Snow, to the depth of several inches, fell on Bwlch- rhiew- felyn, between Llangollen and Ruthin, on Wednesday evening, the 24t. li ult. J A dreadful hurricane occurred at Lombardy on the 11th ult., which destroyed a forest near that town, 4,000 trees having been torn up by the roots, anil the rest stripped of their leaves. The country was filled with birds killed by the hail. An enormous solan- goose, measuring six feet from tip to tip of the wings across the back, was caught upon a haddock line last week by Mr. George Taylor, fisherman, Newtou Green. It. bad dived to the depth of 40 feet for a fish, which it caught in his gullet; but in rising to the surface again, the hook adjoining the line on which it found its prey got hold of its wing. On Saturday, at Dawlish, while a man in the preventive service was looking from the cliffs overhanging the cutting of the railway, his foot slipped, and he fell a depth of 30 feet, his pistol discharged itself in his pocket, and, what is more remarkable, the man escaped with a scratch. In the Arches Court, on Saturday week, the Rev. James Shore was admonished and condemned in costs of suit, for celebrating Divine worship in an unlicensed chapel within the diocese of Exeter. Last week, a field of wheat, near the needle works, Brampton Moor, Chesterfield, was discovered to be on fire, the excessive heat of the sun having ignited the soil which borders the wheat field. On turning up the soil with a spade, jets of flame burst from the ground to the height of five feet. The fire was extinguished witho u much damage being sustained. Last week, as two boys were playing in a hay field, at Haverford- west, one of them threw his companion on a cock ot hay and covered him over, and thenin a frolic thrust a pitchfork into the hay, a prong of which penetrated the unfortunate boy immediately above the eye, through the eyelid, causing a wound of considerable depth. The eye- ball was uninjured, but the boy is in a dangerous state. A few days ago, Sarah Tustin, a fine young woman, aged 28, residing at Lincoln, on being informed in a joke that her sweetheart had broken an appointment with her, took a dose of vitriol, which caused her death. A grand review took place on Monday in Hyde Park, by the Duke of Wellington, in the presence of Ibrahim Pasha and his suite. On Monday, one of the handles of the coffin of Mary Queen of Scots was sold among the late Mr. Upcott's collection of curiosities for two guineas. The petition to Parliament of the committee and members of the Health and Life Association, and inhabitants of Liverpool, against capital punishment, is 330 feet long, contains about 12,500 signatures, and is twenty pounds weight. Last week, the steam ship Victory arrived at the St. Katharine Steam Packet Wharf from St. Petersburg, with a large quantity of specie on board, amounting to £ 200,900, packedjin twelve iarge cases. It is consigned to merchants in London. The Rev. E. Home, Yicar of St. Lawrence, Southampton, has resigned his preferment and entered the Roman Catholic Church.— Post. A marriage has been arranged between Captain Frederick Grey, brother of Earl Grey, and Miss Sullivan, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Sullivan, Rector of Kempton, Hertfordshire. On Thursday another reduction took place in the price of bread among the bakers of the metropolis. Good bread may now be pur- chased at Gd. per loaf, and 6|' i. to 7d. for the best. On Friday afternoon a little child named Brooks, died at Birming- ham, from the effects of one drop of laudanum which had been administered to it by its grandmother to stay its crying. An iuquest was held last week at Bilston, on a boy aged but 14 years, who committed suicide by throwing himself into a pit. He was quite dead when got out and much bruised and cut. Last week there were engaged making hay at Merryhill, in the neighbourhood of Dudley, three persons whose united ages numbered 204 years. On Wednesday last a man was killed, at Holbeck, by the splitting of a grindstone, which was rapidly revolving. He was forced lliiough a window and picked up dead. At Tarleton, the other day, a pigling, just littered, made its way from the sty, through a hole, into the adjoining shippon, and was found next morning sucking a cow, both parties apparently quite satisfied with the arrangement. A damsel in Ayrshire, Scotland, having two lovers, and not knowing which to prefer, settled the matter by marrying one and immediately eloping with the other. The first prison in England adapted for the reception of prisoners before trial is in the course of erection in Middlesex. It is called a House of Detention." A man in New York, in a fit of jealousy, shaved his wife's head while she was asleep. The woman was celebrated for her beautiful hair. A rat catcher, of Three Colt- lane, Bethnall- green, London, has advertised for one thousand live rats, and otters Id. a head. A meeting of owners and occupiers of land was lately held at Haddington, at which resolutions m favour of the total abolition of the game laws were adopted. There are at this moment elevensteam boats plying on theThames, between London and Westminster Bridge alone, at Id. per trip. Thp Mayors of Lyons and Montpellier, in France, have issued instructions to the authorities to prevent the announcement of quacks and quack medicines on the walls of those cities. The wonderful old man, John Edwards, who is upwards of 107 years of age, and lives in a cottage iu the Wilton Road, near this city, was on Thursday last observed at work in a hay- field, near his residence.— Salisbury Journal. At a recent fair at Little Elm, near Frome, Somersetshire, two horse dealers named Williams and Wiggaus, quarrelled and fought, when Williams, having his victim under him on the ground, iu the most savage manner, plunged a knife into his neck, which divided thejugular vein and caused death iu a few minutes. Ho was appre- hended, and on Wednesday last committed for wilful murder. On Saturday week, a young: gentleman bathing iu the Lee river, at Cork, was kept iu the water for three hours by a hull, which, after throwing the young man's clothes into the water, guarded the bank, and would not allow him to get out. A boat was sent to liim and he made his escape. _ FASHIONS FOR JULY. The fashionable morning toilttles are redingotes of foulards, or high dresses of coutit; the corsages of ihe waistcoat or casaque form, with buttons. Peignoirs of batiste ecrue, embroidered in small designs in led, green, or lilac ; the revers on the body to match. For the promenade lighter materials are preferred, fancy bareges, shot silks, & c.; the corsages are not high ; live flounces of graduated widths ornament the skirt. For the evening, India muslins, grerM- dines, viousselines de soie, papyrus, cotpalys, in pale tints, pinK and white, lilac and white, & c. These dresses lace in front, with revers the whole length to the waist; five flounces are the favourite number just now, and frequently edged with fringe, which is also much in favour for ornamenting the skirt, several rows being laid on. Light colours are fashionable lor dresses as well as bonnets, ecru, lilac, pale green, paille, sky blue. Marcassite and other buttons of graduated sizes are still used. For the lighter dresses, a new kind of pardessus. the Suedoise, is made of rich materials, taffetas veloutes damns Chine, or brovatelle; they do not reach below the waist, and are trimmed with a black lace and half long sleeves, finished with lace. Mantelets and visiles of embroidered muslin are fashionable; many are made of white taffetas trimmed with broad fringe of sky blue, headed by bands of narrow velvet, of a deeper tint. The gipsy form of bonnet has been introduced in Paris, but as yet without much success. The fancy straws, with lace, crape, and paille de riz, divided by bands of silk are very pretty; checked ribbons are very much used on straw bonnets for morning wear. Cannezous are much in request just now, some with points in front rounding oil'on the hips and closing with nceuds of ribbon, those embroidered in stripes are pretty, forming three of four wreaths fioin the shoulders, gradually diminishing to the waist; and others are formed of insertions of work lace, witti long sleeves to match,—* From the " London ami Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion. THE REVENUE.— Mr. W. Williams, the Member for Coventry, on Wednesday week procured to be printed a Parliamentary document, giving an account of the ordinary revenues of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the years 1842, 1843; 1844, and 1845. It appears that the balances and bills outstanding on the 5th January, 1842, amounted to £ 1,499,989. 12s. 8d.; the gross receipts within the year, £ 50,884,012. lis. lO^ d.; making the total £ 52,384,002. 4s. 6 § d. The charges of management in the same year were £ 3,597,808. 18s. 3 § d. ; other payments, £ 680,825. 10s. 8^ d. ; the payments into the Exchequer, £ 46,700,890. Is. 2d.; the balances and outstanding bills on the 5th of January, 1843, £ 1,404,407. 14s. 4| d.; making the total mentioned above. The same course is pursued in the return with regard to the subsequent yeftrs, but it will be sufficient to give the gross receipts in each year and the payments into the Exchequer. In 1843, the gross receipts were £ 55,422,183. Is. lU § d., and the payments into the Exchequer, £ 51,069,978. 7s. Od. In 1844, the receipts were £ 57,903,555. 8s. 1 l § d., and the payments into the Exchequer, £ 53,317,092. 14s. 7d.; whilst in 1845, the gross receipts were £ 56,261,632. 0s. 6 § d., and the payments into the Exchequer, £ 51,719,118. 4s. 4d. RAILWAY BILLS.— By a Parliamentary paper printed on Wednesday week, a return is made of all railway bills which have been reported to the House of Commons during the present session, with a tabular statement of the maximum rates of charges and fares for goods and passengers respectively authorised by such bills. The document contains 138 bills, mado up to the 29th of May. From an examination it appears that in the first class the highest sum per mile to be charged for passengers is to be 3^ d., and the lowest in the same class 2d., whilst in the third class the charge is to be Id. and l| d. In the second class the charge in some instances is to be 1 Jd., and in others 2d. a mile. On some of the railways, when the speed is more than 25 miles per iiour, an additional gd. is allowed in the first class. The charges in some of the bills reported during the present session are to have reference to former acts. In the Great Western Bill no provision has been made with regard to charges of any description. DISAPPEARANCE OF THREE HOUSES.— A very extra- ordinary circumstance took place last week at Hateley Heath, West Bromwich— the total and immediate disappearance of three houses, in consequence of the thick coal having been got from under them some time since. The houses were inhabited, but, fortunately, no lives were lost. About half- past eight o'clock, the middle of one of the houses suddenly fell in; an alarm was given, and as soon as the people could get out, the whole of the buildings immediately sank down with a great crash, the tops of the houses being five or six yards below the level of the surface, covered with the earth which had fallen in around them. The unfortunate occupants of the houses have lost the whole of their property. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS— The following extraordinary case cannot be made too public :— George Wright, of High. street, Vauxhall, well known at Hill's Potteries, Vauxhall- walk, where he formerly worked during ten years, but for the last five his health has been so bad that he could do nothing, being greatly emaciated, suffering from a diseased liver, and also the dropsy, besides an affection of the spine. He was in the hospital at Winchester for five months, and afterwards in Westminster Hospital for three months longer. To sum up— from almost a dying state, he has been restored to such com- parative health and vigour in the short space of five weeks, as to astonish all who know him ; and this by Holloway's Pills" CHURCHES BILL. The following is an outline of the Bill to provide for the erection and repair of Churches in consolidated ecclesiastical districts ( just introduced into the House of Commons by Mr. R. Hodgson and Mr. H. Elphinstone.) The preamble recites the several Acts for building additional Churches, from 58 Geo. III., c. 45, to 8 and 9 Vic. c. 70; and then the Bill proceeds to enact, " That it is expedient to provide for the erection and repair of Churches and Chapels in consolidated ecclesiastical districts ;" and that consolidated ecclesiastical dis- tricts be considered distinct parishes. Churchwardens or other officers are to be appointed for new parishes. Clause 3 relates to the rate for building new Churches:— That it shall be lawful for the rate payers in any such new separate parish ( provided always, that the consent in writing of the ordinary shall be first duly obtained), to make a rate for the building of a new Church, or for the repairing or for the enlarging any Church or Chapel now existing, for the use of the inhabitants of such new separate parish ; provided always, that no such rate shall be valid unless rate- payers occupying at the least three- fourths of the property rated to the relief of the poor in such new separate parish concur in the making such rate ; and no such rate shall be valid unless due notice be given of the intention to make such rate for such purpose, by an advertisement published during three successive weeks, in Some one newspaper published in the county or counties wherein such parish is situated, signed by the churchwardens, overseers, and ten rate- payers, or where there shall be fewer than ten rate- payers, by rate- payers to the amount of one- fourth of the rates levied for the relief of the poor. Clause 4 declares that Churchwardens may raise money for building new Churches by mortgage— provided always, that it shall be covenanted that not less than one- tenth of the sum so borrowed shall be annually paid off", in addition to the interest agreed to be paid for such sum. 4 Clause 5. Providing Sites for New Churches.— That it shall be lawful to erect any such new Church or Chapel on any glebe land on any part of such new separate parish ; and it shall be lawful to take any quantity of such glebe land, not exceeding in the whole two acres, for the purpose of forming a church- yard for the burial of the dead; and the glebe land so taken for the site of such new Church, and for such church- yard, shall thereafter be vestedjin the ordinary for the use of such separate parish; provided always, that such glebe lands shall not be taken unless the ordinary and the clerk in holy orders who may be in the possession of the glebe land shall give their consent thereto in writing. Clause 6 provides that funds now applicable to repairs of Churches may in certain cases be applied for the purposes of this Act. Imperial Harltamcnt. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JUNE 26. ROYAL ASSENT— The Royal Assent was given by com- mission to the Corn Importation Bill, the Customs Duties Bill, and 62 other bills. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleueh, the Earl of Haddington, and the Earl of Dalhousie. Twelve or fourteen other Peers were present during the pro- ceedings; and among those were the l) uke of Wellington, the Earl of Ripon, the Earl of Ellenborough, Earl Delawarr, Earl Grey, the Earl of Radnor, Lord Brougham, the Bishop of Oxford, and the Bishop of St. David's. Lord Brougham laid upon the table a similar bill to that which he had introduced in 1843, for the purpose of repressing crime in Ireland, by changing the venue. This he was in- duced to do in consequence of the rejection of the Coercion Bill by the House of Commons. CORN BILL— PROTEST On the motion of the Duke of Richmond, it was agreed that Peers should be permitted to sign the protest against the Corn and Customs Bill until after the rising of the House on Monday. Some routine business was then disposed of, after which their Lordships adjourned until Monday. MONDAY, JUNE 29. The Lord Chancellor took his seat upon the Woolsack a few minutes before five o'clock. The attendance of Peers was more numerous than ordinary, and there was also a considerable number of Peeresses in the gallery. Loid Brougham said that he had to put a question to the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with respect to" some very favourable reports which he had seen in the public prints, regarding our relations with America, Lord Aberdeen said that the President had sent a message to the Senate with a direct refusal to agree to the proposition of this country to refer the whole matter to arbitration. Since that proceeding on the part of the President, he ( Lord Aberdeen) thought proper to draw up another proposal, and send it to the British Minister. He had that morning received a letter from Mr. Pakenham, a portion of which he would read to their Lordships. The letter stated, that in conformity with what he had the honour to say in his dispatch of the 7th instant, he had presented to the Senate the message with which he was charged, and after a few hours' debate on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the Senate, by a majority of 38 to 12, adopted the resolutions proposed by her Majesty's Government, and advised the President to adopt the terms offered by her Majesty's Government. Mr. Buchanan had sent to him that morning, and had informed him that the conditions offered by her Majesty's Government had been accepted by the Government of the United States without the addition or alteration of one single word. ( Hear, hear.) RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS. The Duke of Wellington— I have to announce to your Lordships that her Majesty's servants have tendered to her Majesty their resignation of the offices which they have held in her Majesty's service. In consequence of that, her Majesty has sent for a Noble Lord, with a view to form an early administration of the Government of this country. As the affairs of this country are now, my Lords, this information will probably induce your Lordships to think that it will be desirable to suspend the discussion of those measures which are likely to become measures of controversy in this House until those who have the honour of being her Majesty's servants, shall have an opportunity of forming their arrangements, and shall be able to come down to this House to transact the public business. One question has been voted for the consideration of this House on Thursday next. My Noble Friend near me has given notice of his intention to move the second reading of the Bangor and St. Asaph Bishopric Bill on Thursday, and I submit to my Noble Friend the necessity of postponing the second reading until her Majesty's servants can come down to this House to attend to the discussion upon it, as her Majesty is interested in this measure. There are other measures which will require your Lordships' immediate attention, and one of them may be laid upon the table this day— I mean the short Sugar Bill for the continuation of the duties on sugar for one month from the 5th of July next, and which it is desirable should pass this House without delay, whoever may be her Majesty's servants. It is desirable that, under these circumstances, I should propose to your Lordships not to adjourn, but to continue sitting from day to clay for the consideration and the passing of this measure; but the consideration of those measures, which must be matters of controversy, should be postponed until the new Government shall be in a position to attend to them. Lord Brougham signified his readiness to postpone his motion. The Earl of Powis also signified a similar intention. The Marquis of Lansdowne entirely subscribed to the propriety of the course proposed by the Noble Duke, of postponing for the present all business likely to involve public discussion, and he thought that the Parliament was indebted to her Majesty's Government for keeping i. r office till the measure respecting the sugar duties be passed. He would suggest also to the Noble Duke the propriety of dispensing with the standing orders for the purpose of expediting the passing of the measure. SUGAR DUTIES BILL— After some delay, the Bill for con- tinuing the Sugar Duties for one month longer was brought up and read a first time. The Duke of Buccleuch gave notice that he should move to- morrow the suspension of the standing orders, in order that the Bill may be read a second time. Their Lordships then adjourned. TUESDAY, JULY 1. On the motion of Lord Brougham, the Vexatious Actions, Protection Against, Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of the same Noble and Learned Lord, the Bankruptcy Act Amendment Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be commit led. On the motion of the Duke of Buccleuch, the Sugar Duties Continuance Bill was read a second time. The standing orders having been suspended, the bill was committed, and afterwards read a third time and passed. On the motion of the Earl of Dalhousie, The Commons' amendments to the Railway Companies Dissolution Bill were agreed to. The Duke of Buckingham moved that the Buckinghamshire Railway ( Tring to Banbury) Bill be recommitted to the former Committee. Lord Stanley ( the Chairman of the Committee) had no objection to the recommittal of the bill; and after a few remarks from Lord Brougham and Lord Campbell, the motion was agreed to. Their Lordships then adjourned till Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, JUNE 26. ROYAL ASSENT— The Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the bar, and summoned the House to attend the House of Lords, for the purpose of hearing the Royal assent given by commission to several bills. The Speaker, attended by several Hon. Members, imme- diately quitted the House. On his return, the Right Hon. Gentleman announced to the House, amidst much cheering, that the Royal Assent had just been given to the Corn Importation, the Custom Duties, and several other bills. The following bills were then read a third time and passed ; The London and Birmingham Railway ( Aylesbury Railway Purchase), the London and Birmingham Railway ( Coventry to to Nuneaton), and the London and Birmingham Railway ( Weedon and Northampton). SUGAR DUTIES.— On the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the report of the Committee on the Sugar Duties Continuation Bill was brought up. The Bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time on Monday. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned. MONDAY, JUNE 29. Private business occupied the time of the House until half- past five o'clock, during which the greatest excitement prevailed. THE SUGAR DUTIES.— The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the third reading of the Sugar Duties Bill, in order that it might be sent without delay to the House of Peers. The motion was agreed to, and the bill read a third time and passed. After a pause of some minutes Mr. Pattison entered the House, when some Hon. Member in the gallery cried out £ l Peel, Peel," on which loud cries of " Hear, hear, hear," resounded from all parts of the House, during which the Hon. Member for London quietly took his usual seat. Sir R. Peel entered directly afterwards, and took his seat on the Treasury benches amidst the most profound silence. RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS. Sir R. Peel then said, that he felt it to be his duty to avail himself of the earliest opportunity of notifying to the House that, in consequence of the position in which her Majesty's Government was now placed, and more especially of the vote to which the House bad come on the night of Thursday last, by which it had refused to grant to Ministers those powers which they deemed necessary for the repression of outrage and for the protection of life in Ireland, her Majesty's servants had deemed it their duty to tender their resignation to a gracious Sovereign. If he had had any complainc to make respecting the course taken by the House, the present was not an occasion for making it; and he should therefore abstain from uttering a single syllable which might provoke either irritation or con- troversy. Such a controversy would be at once unsuited to the magnitude of the occasion, and at variance with the feelings which animated him towards those gentlemen on his own side of the House, who had given him on all occasions a cordial and generous support, and towards those gentlemen on the opposite benches, who had also actively co- operated with him in forward- ing measures which they both deemed for the interest of the country. Hoping, therefore, that no expression would escape from him calculated to provoke that controversy which he deprecated, he informed the House that her Majesty had accepted the tender of resignation made by Ministers, and that his colleages and himself only held office until their successors were appointed. He had not proposed the measures connected with our commercial policy without foreseeing the probability that, whether they were made law or not, they would cause the dissolution of the Government. He therefore rather rejoiced that Government had been relieved from any doubt upon the point, by the early decision of the House as to the course which Ministers ought to pursue, for he would not, even if the vote of Thursday night had been in his favour, have consented to hold office by sufferance, or by the evasion of any great and important public question. It was not for the public interest that any Government should remain in power which was not able to carry into effect the measures which it deemed necessary for the public welfare; and in the position of the present Government, by the withdrawal— the natural withdrawal, perhaps,— of those who had heretofore supported it, he did not think it probable that it could have been enabled, with credit to itself and advantage to the country, to continue in the adminis- tration of public affairs. He had, therefore, advised her Majesty to accept the resignation of their services without having recourse to the exercise of the prerogative possessed by the Crown to dis- solve the Parliament. Speaking with a frankness which ought to offend no one, he did not hesitate to declare that if her Majesty's Government had failed to carry in all their integrity the mea- sures of commercial policy which it had recommended, there was no exertion which he would not have made to insure for them ultimately the most complete success. In such a case he should have advised a dissolution of Parliament by the Crown ; for the continuance of doubt upon such a subject he should have deemed a greater evil than the recurrence to a dissolution. Those measures, however, had now become the law of the land ; and he therefore could not consent to advise for the mere exist- ence of the Government the exercise of that Royal prerogative. He thought that he ought not to recommend a dissolution, unless he could reckon upon having in the next Parliament the support of a powerful party, united to him by a general concurrence of views on all great questions; and, after the present division of parties, he did not imagine that he could obtain such a result. Besides, after all the excitement and after all the stagnation of trade consequent on their recent discus- sions, he considered the country to stand in need of repose. He then proceeded to notice the defeat which the Government had received on a question connected with Ireland. He should lament that defeat indeed if it could be thought that the measure which his Government had proposed was an indica- tion that it held different opinions as to the policy to be pursued towards Ireland from those which he had disclosed at the close of last session. To the opinions which he then professed, and to which practical effect had been given by the passing of the Charitable Trusts Act, and of the Irish Colleges Bill, he now, on leaving office, most cordially subscribed. " He had brought forward the Protection of Life Bill, not under the idea that it was a measure calculated to improve the permanent condition of Ireland, but because he thought that the vigorous repression of crime was necessary to give effect to the useful legislation of the house on other subjects connected with that country. It would be unjust to infer from that bill, that his policy with respect to Ireland had undergone any change. He still con- tended that there ought to be established a complete equality of civil, municipal, and political rights, between Great Britain and Ireland; so that no one, on comparing Ireland and its franchises with Great Britain and its franchises, should be at liberty to say that a different rule was established in the two countries. Then, with regard to the executive administration in Ireland, he thought that the favour of the Crown should be bestowed without reference to religious distinctions, and he assured those who were about to succeed him, that if they acted upon that principle they should hear no complaints from him. He had reason to believe that Lord John Russell had been commanded to repair to her Majesty's presence, in order to render assistance in the formation of a new Govern- ment. He had no doubt that the general principles of that Government, so far as the commercial policy of the country was concerned, would be developed in the continued applica- tion of those principles which would give us a more free com- mercial intercourse with other countries. If such should be the policy of the new Governnient he should feel it to be his duty to give to that Government in the pursuit of that policy his most cordial support. If other countries chose to buy in the dearest market, that ought not to be a discouragement to us to buy in the cheapest; and he therefore hoped that the new Government would not haggle with foreign countries about commercial advantages, but would manfully pursue that course which was most conducive to British interests. He admitted that the surplus of the revenue for the coming year was less than he could have wished it to be; and therefore, while he recommended to his successors the application of the principles of commercial policy adopted during the present session, he would not urge them to that simultaneous adoption of them which would either be injurious to interests which had long been accustomed to protection, or would create a derange- ment in either the revenue or currency of the country. He was now speaking of his own intentions rather than of the intentions of others; but he could not doubt that those who had supported him would give the same support to similar measures proposed by others. He did not think it necessary that he should make any other observations ; but he could not surrender the power, which he had now wielded during five years, without expressing a hope that, during that time, neither the interests nor the honour of the country had been compro- mised. He thought that he could say, with truth, that in that time the burdens of taxation had been equalized— that many restrictions on commerce affecting trade injuriously had been removed— and that, without interfering at all with legitimate speculation, stability had been given to our monetary system by measures passed for the regulation of the Bank of England, the Joint Stock Banks, and the private banks of the country in 1843— measures that had met the general support of all parties. He trusted, also, that the stability of our Indian empire had not been affected by the policy of the Government, and that the glory of the British arms by sea and land had been maintained in every part of the globe by the devoted attachment of our soldiers and sailors. Although there had been great reductions in the public burdens, yet he had great satisfaction in saying that the national defences had been improved by sea and land, and that the army and the navy were now in a most efficient state. He hoped that he might congratulate the House upon the fact that the finances of the country were in a buoyant, state, and that the return of the revenue for the quarter ending on the 5th of next July, showing as it did an increased consump- tion of articles, had supplied the void occasioned in the revenue by the remission of certain articles of taxation. He thought that he might also say, that without any harsh enforcement of the law, there had been as great obedience to the law in Great Britain as at any former period of our history— nay, more, that in consequence of the people having a greater com- mand over the necessaries of life, there had been more of con- tentment and less of seditious crpne during his administration than at any previous time. After paying a compliment to the Earl of Aberdeen for his successful maintenance of a peaceful policy, he expressed a hope that he had left the foreign relations of the country in a satisfactory condition. Not only France, but all the other great powers of Europe, were desirous to co- operate with us in the maintenance of peace. Could he have entertained any private wish for the continuance of his own Government in office, he could have wished it to survive the day on which intelligence should be received from the United States as to the result of our last attempt to close the differences between Great Britain and the United States. He then recounted to the House how, within two days after the British Government had received from the President of the United States the notice that the existing convention about the Oregon territory was to terminate at the close of twelve months, accompanied with a declaration that the notice was given in the hope that it might lead to an amicable termination of all disputes, her Majesty's Government had not hesitated, although its offer of arbitration had been reiused, to specify frankly, and at once, the terms on which it would consent to the partition of that territory. The President of the United States, on receiving our terms, had referred them at once to the Senate, and the Senate, acting in the same spirit of patriotism as the President, immediately advised that they should be accepted. He then stated the two main articles in the convention to be, first, that the line of boundary between the British and American territory should be continued along the 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly to the Pacific Ocean, leaving the navigation of the channel and Straits of Fuea south of that latitude open to both parties ; and, secondly, that the navigation of the great northern branch of the Columbia should be free and open to all British subjects. That very day, on returning from the Isle of Wight, he had had the satisfaction of receiving from Mr. Pakenham an official letter, dated Washington, the 13th of June, informing him that the conditions offered by her Majesty's Government had been accepted by the Government of the United States without the addition or alteration of a single word. Thus the Govern- ments of two great nations, both impelled by public opinion, had by their moderation and spirit of mutual conciliation averted a war, which was in danger of breaking out between them, in spite of their common blood and common language, and which, if it had broken out, would not have lasted long without involving Europe in its desolation. Mentioning, at he passed along, that the Earl of Aberdeen had intimated to the United States his desire of employing our good offices to mediate between them and Mexico, Sir R. Peel con- cluded this part of his subject by rejoicing that, before he surrendered his power at the feet of the House, he could assure it that every chance of a war with the United States had terminated with honour to this country. He had now executed the task which public duty required from him ; and in so doing he trusted that he had said nothing which could lead to the probability of controversy. He could say with truth, that her Majesty's Government, in proposing the commercial measures which " had disentitled them to the support of a portion of their former supporters, had been influenced by no other desire than that of serving their country. In bringing those measures forward he had no wish to rob others of the merit of them. A combination of parties and of circumstances had led to their success. Yet the name which ought to be associated with that success, was not the name of John Russell or of Robert Peel, but the name of a man, who, acting from pure and disinterested motives, had with untiring energy and with appeals to reason enforced his cause by an eloquence the more to be admired because it was unaffected and unadorned; the name to which he alluded was that of Richard Cobden. He then closed his address, thanking the House for the favour with which it had listened to him. Within a few hours that power which he had wielded would be surrendered into the hands of others. With- out complaining or repining, but with lively gratitude for the support which he had received, he should leave office with a name severely censured by many who, not interested by personal motives, deeply regretted the severance of party ties— with a name severely censured by many who had conscientiously adhered to the principles of protection— with a name execrated by every monopolist who, from less honourable motives, maintained protection for his own personal interests— but with a name to be remembered sometimes in the humble dwellings of men whose lot it was to labour, and to earn their subsistence by the sweat of their brow, with expressions of good will, when they were recruiting their exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food, the sweeter because it was no longer eaten with a sense of injustice. The Right Hon. Baronet, who had been throughout most loudly cheered, then sat down amid loud applause from all sides of the House ; but shortly after rose and proposed the adjournment of the House till Friday. Lord Palmerston thought that Sir Peel had shown a proper deference to the House in thus bowing to its opinion, and that he had stated very correctly that the present was not an occasion on which he could properly have recommended the dissolution of Parliament. He was glad to hear him announce the principles on which he thought that the Government of Ireland ought to be conducted in future. Declining to follow him into many of his other observations, he remarked, that he could not pass by one of the topics of his speech without expressing the deep pleasure which he ( Lord Palmerston) had received from Sir R. Peel's announcement that the unfortunate differences which had existed for some time past between England and the United States had been brought to a termination which was equally honourable to all parties. Sir R. Peel had well said that the success of the great measure just passed was not so much due to the Whigs on one side of the House and to the Tories on the other, as to the talents, preseverance, and eloquence of Richard Cobden. In the language which he had used Sir R. Peel had paid a deserved compliment to his Hon. Friend ; but the House and the country would look beyond that compliment, and would see, in Mr. Cobden, not only a great improver of our commercial code, but also a great result of Parliamentary reform,— that reform, which was the source of Sir R. Peel's recent power, and which had enabled him, though he had opposed it, to pride himself on having carried his present policy through the House of Commons. Mr. Hume observed, that Sir R. Peel had done more than, any of his predecessors who had been Prime Ministers for the benefit of his country. It was, therefore, with unfeigned regret that he saw him quit the helm of power; still he must know that he quitted it amid the respect and sympathy of admiring millions. He felt, individually, great gratitude to Sir R. Peel for the course which he had taken, and for the unswerving firmness with which he had persevered in it. After a few observations from Sir R. Inglis, Mr. Labouchere, Sir G. Clerk, Mr. Green, and Mr. Goulburn, respecting the injury which might accrue to parties interested in private bills, owing to the proposed adjournment until Friday, the motion to that effect was agreed to, and the House adjourned until that day. ^ ortcuiturai EnteUtgntce. MOUTH AND FOOT DISEASE IN CATTLE.— Let a portion of alum be dissolved in vinegar, and the mouth and tongue rubbed well with a sponge dipped in the liquor, three times a- dav. The vinegar will cut away the blisters on the tongue and roof of the mouth and carry off' the saliva, and the alum will beal the parts. I had upwards of twenty beasts so ill with it, latterly, that it took two men constantly employed attending them ; and at one time I had nine in hospital together. Whilst the sore mouth continues they cannot eat, and must be supplied with meal gruel three or four times a- day, by means of a quart bottle, or through a horn. I have seen some of my cattle so bad, that when the person put his hand into his mouth lie brought the skin in one place off the tongue, for 5 inches up from the tip, and as broad as his hand ; and by the constant application of this wash the beast was able to eat hay in five days. The sore feet are a certain accompaniment to the sore mouth, and can bo easily cured by applying a little, twice a- day, ( with a sponge or lint tied on the end of a stick), of the following:— 2 drachms of sulphuric acid ; half an ounce each of muriatic acid, and hutter of antimony, mixed together. Whilst the cattle are ill, I would recommend half a pound of salts and a little ground ginger to be given to each. The milk of the cow so affected may be used without the slightest fear of injury, and when the disease gets in amongst the cattle it is almost useless to endeavour to stay its progress, till it goes over all the others. I have seen a beast which stood next the one ill not take it, whilst another was attacked with it which stood three or four away from the diseased one.— W. M'Culloch, in Farmer's Gazette. To PREVENT GREEN HAY FROM FIRING.— Stuff a sack as full of straw or liay as possible; tie the mouth with a cord, and make the rick round the sack, drawing it up as the rick advances, and quite out when finished. The funuel thus left preserves it. HOPS. WORCESTER, JULY 3.— Our accounts represent the hops in this district as making fair progress. The business trans- actions on Saturday were on a limited scale, at the prices of the previous market. The duty has risen to £ 15,000. BOROUGH, JUNE 29.— The prevailing fine growing weather causes business to rule dull here, and a decline of from 3s. to 5s. per cwt. has taken place. The dutv is called from £ 135,000 to £ 140,000. Mid. and East Kent Pockets, £ 6. 10s. to £ 8. 10s.; Weald of Kent Pockets, £ 5. 12s. to £ 6. 10s.; Sussex Pockets, £ 5. 5s. to £ 6. 6s. MAIDSTONE.— The hops appear to be getting the upper hand of all their enemies, the unusual strength of bine resisting every adverse influence, and giving promise of a larger crop than could possibly have been imagined a few weeks back. EAST FARLEIGH.— The hops in this parish are doing wonders; there are a few lice to be found on a few hills in some grounds around the outsides ; but on the whole they cannot appear more healthy. A full average crop may be expected. WEST FARLEIGH The hops here are in a very precarious state; some grounds are very full of vermin. The result is very uncertain. SUSSEX.— Our accounts from this district are still as un- favourable as ever. FARNHAM There is a general improvement here, which also partially extends to the country around. By some the duty is rated" at £ 200,000. THE HOP QUESTION.— The cause of the hop planters and labourers was most ably and spiritedly advocated by the Duke of Richmond in the House of Lords on Tuesday. But on this, as on every other part of the agricultural question, reason and argument were thrown away, and the " sic volo, sic jubeo" of the Premier prevailed. The only consolation, poor as it is, that we have left is, that no stone was left unturned by the West Kent Protection Association, to place the question fairly before Parliament, and to ensure the dis- semination among its members of the fullest information, and the most earnest appeals on behalf of the hop growing dis- tricts.— Maidstone Journal. FAIR. PERSHORE.— This fair was held on Friday, and was tolerably well supplied with stock, a great portion of which changed hands at high prices. The display of horses was very meagre, but we are informed that many were sold on the previous day. The weather was very unfavourable, and no doubt prevented many persons from attending. FAIRS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. Worcestershire.— Stourport, Tucs.: Upton, Fri, Gloucestershire.— Gloucester, M on. Herefordshire.— Bromyard, Mon.; Leominster, Fri. Shropshire.— Bishop's Castle, Mon.; Huiton, Mon.; Shrewsbury, Tues. and Wed. Warwickshire.— Nuneaton, Mon.; Soulham, Mon. Staffordshire.— Lichfield, Mon. ; Wolverhampton, Fri, EnaoUjent ansj iSanitruyt Hegtater. FRIDAY, JUNE 19. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Lancelot Newton, Gutter- lane, Cheapside, warehouseman. BANKRUPTS. Dominique Andrew Morel, Lauglium- place, St. Marylebone, dentist. Eli Soul, Tabernacle- walk, Finsbury, bookseller. Thomas Knight, Minories, draper. Francis Hobbs, Romford, Essex, baker. Robert Hayward Beant, Great Yarmouth, wine merchant. Seth Richard Evans, Maiden- lane, Islington, beer- shop keeper. John Sugden, Stoeton, Yorkshire, worsted manufacturer. Enos Dibb, Idle, Yorkshire, grocer. Hermann Julius Marcus and John Naylor, Leeds, sharebrokers. William Lonergan, Liverpool, wine merchant. John Sellick Lyddou, Birkenhead, Cheshire, chemist, Thomas Plumley Derham, Bristol, linen diaper. William Henry Hormsfield, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, draper. James Philp, Bristol, wholesale stationer. Christopher Henry Stonehouse, Newport, Monmouthshire, ship broker. Joseph Iloltam, otherwise Holtham, Leckhampton, Gloucester- shire, grocer. TUESDAY, JUNE 30. INSOLVENT. George Hornsby, Lesbury, Northamptonshire, builder. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Wood, Luton, Bedfordshire, plumber. William Molyneux, Sandwich, Kent, innkeeper. William Henry Hounsfield, Cardiff, draper. Thomas Dolphin Weaver, Liverpool, ship broker. Joseph Clerk, Plymouth, innkeeper. William Jane Geach, Cornwall, auctioneer. James Waterhouse and Robert Sutton, Salford, Lancashire, calico printers. Robert M'Kim, Bombay, merchant. Jane Wright, Manchester, licensed victualler. John Astley, Manchester, fustian manufacturer, George Bury, Handsworth, Staffordshire, surgeon dentist. James Evans, Haywood Lodge, Herefordshire, cattle dealer, Isaac Sausome, Coventry, ribbon manufacturer. Tijtle Joel, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, jeweller, Thomas Melton, Lincoln, victualler. Per qr. s. s. Wheat, Essex, Kent, & Suffolk Red 44 to 55 White - 56 00 Lincolnshire Sc York- shire Red 44 50 White 49 59 Scotch - 43 53 White - 56 59 Irish - 52 55 White 52 56 Barley, Essex and Kpnt, Norfolk and Suffolk Malting - 29 32 Distilling 26 30 Chevalier 33 34 Grinding - 25 27 Irish, Distilling- 27 29 Grinding - 24 25 Rye, Distilling - Grinding - 36 38 33 3S Malt, Norfolk & Suffolk 55 59 Brown . 51 52 i& ortictUture, OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. WINTER CROPS.— The importance of attending in a most special way forthwith to those crops of the kitchen garden which must constitute the chiefsupply for the ensuing winter, and the coming spring, such as getting out Celery in its various stages, Broccolies, Cauliflowers, Brussels Sprouts, Savoys, Green Kale, and a host of other useful things, should be matters of very frequent occurrence The ground from which early Peas, early Potatoes, early Beans, Winter Spinach, & c., has been cleared will come to hand for this purpose. Exhausted plots of Strawberries, too, after the fruit is gathered, will be excellent as a change for the better Broccolies and Cauliflowers. Deep digging and heavy manuring must be resorted to in all these cases, more especially for the Celery, which cannot be produced of that tender and crisp character if lacking manure and moisture. KITCHEN GARDEN FORCING.— Pines : Those who still grow their Pines by the old system must bear in mind that the final shift must in great part be regulated by the period at which the " shows" are required. This, as a general maxim, is at least as safe as perhaps any other.— Vineries : See that Vine roots are moistened with warm liquid man « re, whether in- doors or out, if dry. Even those from which the crop has been recently cut should not be suffered to dry up or wither prematurely, merely because they are to be forced next year .— Peach- house: It is a good plan to stop the wood of strong and healthy Peach- trees about the period when the last swelling for ripening takes place, at least all the grosser portion of the shoots ; give also liquid manurefreely at the same time, provided the borders are dry, and that size in the fruit be a particular object. ^ grmmitral ant) iotijer £ fiarftet » . CORN EXCHANGE, MARK- LANE, MONDAY, JUNE 29. The new Corn- law being now in operation, and the importers of foreign busy in clearing their grain, the demand for wheat of home produce was excessively dull, at a decline in the quotations obtained on Monday last of from four to five shillings per qr., and at which a clearance was not effected. The acconnts which have come to hand from all parts of the country relative to the growing crops are very favourable. The show of foreign wheat was not to say large, yet the millers purchased that article with extreme caution. However, we can notice no actual alteration in value, although prices were with difficulty supported. The best malting barley quite as dear, but all other kinds had a downward tendency, The quantity on offer was comparatively small. Superfine white malt was iu fair request, and last week's currencies were well supported. In all other kinds very few sales took place. The show of English, Irish, and Scotch oats was limited, but that of foreign was on the increase. The oat trade was very dull, at a decline ot from Is. to 2s. per qr. Although very few beans were on offer, the demand for them was heavy at late rates. In peas next to nothing was doing at last week's quotations. The flour trade was extremely dull, and to sell, lower prices must have been accepted. Fer qr. s. s. Malt Kingston and Ware 62 63 Brown - - - 53 55 Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, Feed - 25 27 Pota. and Poland - 26 39 Ssotch - 23 30 Devonshire and Welsh 23 24 Londonderry, Newry, antl Clonmel ditto " - 26 29 Limerick and Sligo - 26 28 Cork and Waterford Black - - 23 2fi White- - - . 27 Galway - - - 20 Extra - - - 21 2a Beans, Tick - - - 30 3< j Harrow andSmall - 35 44 Peas, Essex, Boilers - 39 4i Blue - - - - 44 Grey, Maple, & Hog - 33 3g Extra - - - - 37 3jj WEDNESDAY, JULY 1. Although higher prices have not been obtained, excepting for fine samples, there is a large portion of the bonded supplies being cleared for the outports, the numerous buyers from the country showing the exhaustion of the stocks of English grain, and large as is the quantity suddenly liberated, it is thought that it wiil disappear immediately into consumption, and that the value of all descriptions of grain will be found to have been not greatly affected by Hie new Corn Act. O11 the weather and progress of the growing crops, the markets are expected to much more imme- diately depend, and 011 this subject it is thought that the general intelligence is not satisfactory respecting the crops of potatoes, oats, or beans, though universally good respecting the crops of wheat. The value of oats is slightly lower, as the bulk of the supplies is in bad condition, as otherwise the quantity liberated under the new duty is so small as to have no influence on the market, and the supplies from Scotland and Ireland have been much reduced for some time past. The quantity of foreign giain of ail descriptions now in process of delivery from the bonded warehouses is given as follows in the Gazette of " the 5th of June: — Wheat, 1,477,922 qis.; barley, 106,781; oats, 175; rye, 84 ; peas, 25,315; Indian corn, 2,773; buck wheat, 334 ; total 1,855,459 quarters. In flour : wheaten, I, 298,683 cvvts.; oatmeal 673 ; Indian meal, 22 ; total 1,299,378 cwts. Including subsequent arrivals of all kinds at 200,000 quarters; the total addition of supplies is estimated at 2,500,000 quarters in wheat, a quantity which, considering the deficiency of the last harvest at home and throughout Europe, the number of buyers from Holland and Belgium ready lo purchase on any decline in prices which can allow of re- exportation, with all the chances of the weather and the season during the time yet to pass before the harvest of the present year, is thought to render probable higher and not lower markets, notwithstanding the passing of the new Corn Bill. IMPERIAL AVERAGES. Average Price of Corn, per Imperial Quarter, for the Week ending June 20. Wheat 51s 5d j Oats .... 23s 3d I Beans .... 36s 4d Barley 27s 3d | Rye 33s 4d j Peas 32s 0d Aggregate Average of the Six tVeeks which regulates Duty. Wheat ' 53s 8d | Oats 23s 7d I Beans 35s lid Barley .... 28s Id | Rye 33s Id | Peas .... 34s 3d Duty on Foreign Corn. Wheat .... 18s Od | Oats 5s Od | Beans 7s 6d Barley 9s Od i Rye 9s 6d | Peas 8s 6U WOOL MARKETS. MONDAY, JITNE 29.—- The past week's imports of woolinto London, have consisted of 785 bales from Launceston, ], 66U ditto from Sydney, and 300 ditto from various other quarters. Public sales of about 15,000 bales of colonial being declared for the first week in July, the demand by private contract is very heavy, and, to effect sales, lower rates must be submitted to. We cannot report any revival of trade in any of the provincial markets, manufacturers only purchasing in small quantities to meet immediate Wants. CHELMSFORD WOOL FAIR.— The quantity of wool in the fair was rather below that of last year, the number of fleeces in 1S15 being II, 114, and the number brought to the scale 3,810, weighing 157 cwt. 3 qrs. 6 lbs. This year there were 10,777 fleeces, being 337 below that of the previous year, and the total brought to scale 4,181, weighing 195 cwt. 0 qrs. 17lbs. The buyers present were— Messrs. Johns, Unwin, Bell, Legge, C. Legge, Wells, Stock, and Scotcher; and the average prices of the day were as follow:— Half- bred hog- gets Is 3d; Down hoggets, Is 2d to Is 2Jd; Ewes, Is Od; Kent hoggets, Is 2d ; Kent ewes and wethers, Is Od. SMITHF1ELD CATTLE MARKET, JUNE 29. Since Monday last, the arrivals of foreign stock into London have been moderately extensive— viz., 12 oxen, from Prussia, 20 ditto, from Hamburgh, 120 cows, 50 ozen, 150 lambs, and 8 calves, from Holland, in, comparatively speaking, good condition. At Hull nearly 400 head of beasts and sheep have come to hand from Rotterdam, and at Plymouth, 100 oxen from Spain. There were on offer about 250 foreign beasts, 300 ditto of sheep, 80 ditto of lambs, and 6 ditto of calves, with which the trade was tolerably steady, at fully pre- vious quotations. Fresh up from our own grazing districts, the arrivals of beast9 were but moderate, though fully adequate to meet the wants of the buyers, whose attendance was rather numerous. On the whole, the beef trade was steady, at an advance on last week's currencies of 2d per 81bs.— the primest Scots producing 4s. per 81bs.— and a good clearance was effected. The numbers of sheep were somewhat less than those exhibited on this day se'nnight; yet they were seasonably large. Prime old Downs moved otFsteadily, at full prices; but all other breeds were heavy, at barely stationary prices. Lambs— the supply of which was moderately extensive— were a slow sale, at late rates. Calves and pigs met a very dull inquiry, and, in some instances, the prices had a downward tendency. t'RICES rl! B STONE OF 8LBS. TO SINK THE OFFAL. d s d Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto 2 10 3 2 Prime large Oxen .... 3 4 3 8 Prime Scots, & c 3 10 4 0 Inferior Sheep 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto 3 6 3 8 Coai'se- woolled ditto 3 10 4 0 Prime Southdown.. 4 2 4 4 Prime Southdown in s d s d wool 0 0 0 0 Lamb 5 0 6 0 Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 lo Prime small ditto .... 4 0 4 4 Suckling Calves, eachl8 0 29 0 Large Hogs 3 8 4 6 Small Porkers 4 8 4 10 Qr. old store pigs, each 16s a 19s SUPPLY AS TER CLERK'S STATEMENT, Beasts, 2,618 j Sheep and Lambs, 31,900 j Calves, 201 | Pigs 290 WORCESTER, JULY 3. The final passing of the Corn Law and Tariff Bills caused a stag- nation for some time in our market 011 Saturday, but as the day progressed business revived, and a fair amount of trade was trans- acted in wheat at a decline in the prices of the previous market of from Is. to 2s. per qr. Considerable sales of foreign were made, free at about 4s. per qr. more relatively than could be obtained in bond last week. Barley enquired for, and fully as dear. Beans firmly maintained their value. Very few peas offering. Wheat, white New ditto Wheat, red Foreign Barley, grinding Ditto new Malting ., Malt Old Oats, English .. New ditto INSPECTOR'S WEEKLY RETURN OF CORN SOLD. Total quau. Av. per qr. I Total quan. Av. per i| jr. s d 9 d s d s d 7 0 7 4 Old Oats, Irish . 3 4 3 6 0 0 0 0 New Oats, Irish 3 4 3 6 0 4 7 0 Beans, old, English . . 6 0 6 7 0 7 4 Ditto, Foreign . 5 0 5 2 3 6 3 9 Ditto new, English . Peas, Feed Boilers, white . 5 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 . 4 8 5 0 8 0 8 6 5 0 6 0 3 6 4 0 Vetches 7 0 8 0 3 6 4 0 Rye, new . 0 0 0 0 Wheat 434qr 7 bu. £ 2 15 8j Barley 0 0 0 0 0 Oats. . 0 0 0 0 0 Rye . . Beans , Peas . Oqr. 0 bu. i'U 0 0 10 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 EVESHAM, JUNE 29.— Not a single transaction was entered with the Com Inspector in anything but wheat, the trade in which was very dull, and prices declining, influenced no doubt by the London market of Saturday. 11 may be quoted Is less than last week. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 1.— During the present week, owing to the depression iu London and Liverpool, the wheat market has been paralysed, and sales could only be effected by submitting to a decline of 3s. to 4s. per qr. on English. Holders of foreign were not dis- posed to accede to this reduction, and little has changed hands. Barley nominally unaltered. Oats offering at 6d. per qr. less money. English beans quite as dear; Egyptian rather cheaper.— Averages : Wheat, 2,381 qrs. 4 bush., 55s 6Jd: oats, 112 qrs., 27s 3d; beans, 106 qrs'. 4 bush., 41s Ojd; peas, 11 qrs. 2 bush., 37s 4d. GLOUCESTER, JUNE 27.— In consequence of the passing of the Corn Importation Bill, foreign samples of wheat were sold at some reduction in price ; yet the value of English was maintained, or so nearly so, that we cannot alter our quotations; but at present buyeig will only purchase for their immediate use. Very little doing iu barley, beans, or oats, and the prices nominally unaltered. SHREWSBURY, JUNE 27.— The determination evinced between sellers and buyers checked sales ; the former insisting upon previous rates, and the latter anxious to buy for less money, the trade closed with little doing as follows :— Wheat, 5s Od to 7s 5d ; barley, 3sOd to 4s ; oats, 2s Od to 3s Od per imperial bushel, HEREFORD, JUNE 27.— Wheat, 6s 8d to 7s Od; barley, 3s Od to 4s ; beans 5s; peas, 4s 3d ; oats, 3s 3d to 4s. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 30.— At to- day's market, there was a large show of samples of both wheat and flour, and the attendance of town and country dealers was exceedingly numerous, who purchased to a fair extent of wheat, at a reduction of 6d to 9d per 701bs. on the cur- rency of this day week, A considerable business was transacted in both sack and barrel flour, at a decline of 2s to 3s per sack on the former, and Is to 2s per barrel on the latter article. Oats met but a limited enquiry, at an abatement of id to Id per 451bs. No change was observable in tile value of oatmeal. All other articles were neglected. Printed and Published J'or the Proprietor, at the Office No. 5, Avenue, Cross, iu the Parish of Saint Nicholas, in the Boroui/ li of Worcester, by FRANCIS PARSONS ENGLAND, Printer, residing ai No 52, Moor Street, 1' ything of Whist ones, in the Borough of Worcester. Saturday, July 4, 1846. Advertisements and Orders received by the following Agents : LONDON:— Mr. Barker, 33, Fleet- street; Messrs. Newton & Co., 2, Warwick Square; Mr. G. lteynell, 42, Chancery Lane; Mr. Deacon, 3, Walbrook, near the Mansion House; Mr. Joseph 1 liomas, 1 Finch Lane, Cornhill; Mr. Hammond 27, Lombard- stivet; Mr. C. Mitchell, 8, Red Lion- court, Fleet- street; and Messrs. Lewis and Lowe, 3, Castle Court, Birch in Lane, Cornhill. Birmingham Mr. Wood. Bewdley, Mr. Danks. Bromsgrove, Mr. Maund. Broadway, Mr. J. Tustins,) un. Blockley, Mr. J. G. Edge. Chipping Campden, Mr. W. Greenhouse. Chaddesley Corbelt, Mr. R, Brook, Post Ottice. Droilwich, Mrs. Green. Dudley, Mr. Danks. 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