THE ALTAR, THRONE, AND LAND WE LIVE IN. ttatfti WC& CE; GV\ A^ P AS/ V | ^^ liJ^ xSy w& dSAiaxj Na 604. WORCESTER, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1846. PRICE 5d. EXTRAORDINARY CURES BT HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT. Wonderful Cure of dreadful Ulcerous Sores in the Face and Leg, in Prince Edward Island. The Truth of this Statement was duly attested before a Magistrate. IHUGH MACDONAI. D, of Lot 55, in King's County, do • hereby declare that a most wonderfal preservation of my life has been effected by the use of Holloway's Pills and Oint- ment ; and I furthermore declare that I was very much afflicted with Ulcerous Sores in my Face and Leg; so severe was my complaint, that the greater part of my nose and the roof of my mouth was eaten away, and my leg had three large ulcers on it, and that I applied to several medical gentlemen, who prescribed for me, but I found no relief. My strength was rapidly failing every day, and the malady on the increase; when I was induced to try Holloway's Medicines. After taking two or three boxes, I experienced so much relief, and found the progress of the disease was so much arrested, that I was enabled to resume my ordinary labours in the field. The sores which were so disagreeable and repulsive to behold are now nearly all healed. Having received such truly beneficial aid, I feel myself bound to express my gratitude to the person by whose means I have thus been restored from the pitiable and misesable state I was in; and for the sake of humanity make known my case, that others similary situated might be relieved. ( Signed) HUGH MACDONALD. This declaration made before me, at Bay Fortune, the 3rd day of September, 1845. JOSEPH COFFIN, Justice of the Peace. The above case of Hugh Macdonald, of Lot 55, came person- ally under my observation; and when he first applied to me to get some of the medicines I thought his case utterly hopeless, and told him that his malady had got such hold that it was only throwing his money away to use them. He however persisted in trying them, and to my astonishment, I find what he has aforesaid stated to be perfectly correct, and consider the case to be a most wonderful cure. ( Signed) WILLIAM UNDERHAY, Bay Fortune. A Cure of Ringworm of Four Years Standing. Copy of a Letter from Mrs. Grace Moro, 6, Hemlock Court, Carey Street, London, 6th November, 1845. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— About four years ago my little girl caught the Ring- worm, and although I have ever since had advice from many doctors, and tried every means to get rid of it, yet I was unable to do so. About three weeks ago I was induced to try some of your Pills and' Ointment, and I am most happy to say the result has been a perfect cure • ( Signed) GRACE MORO. • » Skin Diseases, peculiar to any part of the Globe, may be effectually Cured by the use of these celebrated Medicines. Cure of a Desperate Case of Erysipelas. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Joseph Gildon, jun., a Farmer, East Kent, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 8th April, 1846. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR, I have the gratification to announce to you a most wonderful cure wrought upon myself, by the use of your Oint- ment and Pills. I had a severe attack of Erysipelas in my right foot, which extended along my ankle, and was attended with swelling and inflammation to an alarming degree, insomuch that I was unable to move without the use of crutches. I con- sulted a very eminent Physician, besides other medical men, but to no purpose. At last I tried your Ointment and Pills, when, strange to say, in less than two weeks the swelling and inflammation gradually subsided to such a degree that I was enabled to pursue my daily avocation, to the utter surprise and amazement of those who were acquainted with my case, seeing that I was cured so quickly. I and my family are well known here, as my father holds his farm under the Rev. J. Spence, Rector of our parish. ( Signed) JOSEPH GILDON. The Testimony of Dr. Bright, of Ely Place, Holborn, as to the Extraordinary Power of Holloway's Ointment in the Cure of Ulcerated Sores. Extract of a Letter from the above celebrated Physician. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— I think it but an act of justice to inform you that I have tried your Ointment in several old cases of Ulcerated Sore Legs, which for a considerable time had resisted every kind of treatment, but which were afterwards effectually cured by its use. In the treatment of Bad Breasts I have also found your Ointment of the greatest service. Indeed, from qpy practical knowledge, I conceive it to be a most invaluable remedy. ( Signed) RICHARD BRIGHT, M. D. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT will Cure any cases of Bad Legs, Ulcerous Sores, Bad Breasts, Sore Nipples, Cancers, Tumours, Swellings, Contracted or Stiff Joints, Gout, Rheu- matism, Lumbago, Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Chapped Hands and Lips, Bunions, Soft Corns, Piles, the bite of Moschettoes, Sand Flies, Chiego Foot, Yaws, Coco Bay, and all Skin Diseases common to Europe, or to the East and West Indies, or other tropical climes. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS should be taken in most instances when using the Ointment, in order to purify the blood and invigorate the system. Sold at the establishment of Professor HOLLOWAY, 244, Strand, near Temple Bar, London, and by most all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines throughout the civilized world, at the following prices in Pots:— Is. l^ d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., lis., 22s., and 33s. each. There is a very considerable saving in taking the large sizes. N. B. Directions for the guidance of Patients in every Disorder are affixed to each Pot. Messrs. R. & L. 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A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM, in both sexes; bein°" an Enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy, and the ability of manhood, ere vigour lias established her empire • with observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION; Local and Constitutional WEAKNESS, NERVOUS IRRITATION, CONSUMPTION and on the pkrtial or total EXTINCTION OF THE REPRO- DUCTIVE POWERS; WITH MEANS OF RESTORATION ; the diS- tructive effects of Gonorrhoea., Gleet, Strictures, and Secondary Svmvtoms are explained in a familiar manner ; the Work is EMBELLISHED WITH TEN FINE COLOURED ENGRAV- INGS, on Steel, representing the deleterious influence of Mercury on the'skin, by eruptions on the head, face, and body ; with APPROVED MODE OP CURE for both sexes ; followed by Observations on the Obligations of MARRIAGE, and healthy perpetuity ; with direc- tions for the removal of certain Disqualifications; the whole Eointed out to suffering humanity as a " SILENT FRIEND," to e consulted without exposure, and with assured confidence of success BY R.' & L. 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THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM Is a gentle stimulant and renovator of the impaired functions of life, and is exclusively directed to the cure of such complaints as arise from a disorganization of the Generative System, whether constitutional or acquired, loss of sexual power, and debility arising from syphilis : and is calculated to afford decided relief to those who by early Indulgence in solitary habits have weakened the powers of their system, and fallen into a state of chronic debility, by which the constitution is left in a deplorable state, and that nervous mentality kept up which places th ® individual in a state of anxiety for the remainder of life. 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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 CONTAJIINATION, if not at first eradicated, will often remain secretly lurking in the system for years, and, although for awhile 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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The Earl of Powis presented a petition from the members of the Convocation of the University of Oxford, praying their Lordships to repeal the act which unites the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. The Bishop of London presented two petitions against Sunday trading. Their Lordships then adjourned. MONDAY, JULY 6. Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Kenyon, the Eail of Ellenborough, the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Buckingham, and several other of the leading Con- servative members of the House, took their seats on the opposite benches. The Treasury bench was occupied by the Marquis of Lans- downe, the Earl of Minto, Lord Campbell, the Marquis Clan- ricarde, Earl Grey, Lord Auckland, and the Earl of Clarendon. Lord Brougham, on entering the House, took his seat betwen Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Stanley, amidst loud laughter. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up a great number of railway bills, which were laid on the table. Lord Cottenham entered the House a few minutes after five o'clock, and took his seat on the woolsack. The Duke of Richmond presented petitions from several parishes in the counties of Hereford, Wilts, and Glamorgan, against the Lunatic Act. The Marquis of Lansdowne submitted to their Lordships the propriety of continuing to sit for the purpose of proceeding with private business, on the understanding that no controvertible business should be proceeded with until after the return of the writs which had been issued by the other House. After a few remarks from Lord Stanley and Brougham, the suggestion was agreed to. Several bills having been forwarded a stage, their Lordships adjourned. TUESDAY, JULY 7- Messengers from the House of Commons brought up several bills, which were ordered to be laid on the table. Lord Redesdale presented a petition from the Alleged Lunatics' Fund Society, praying for improvement in the law relating to insane persons. JUVENILE OFFENDERS BILL The Marquis of West- minster postponed the second reading of this Bill till Thursday. SELECT COMMITTEE.— The Duke of Richmond said he wished to say a few words on the subject of Select Committees. Although there was an immense number of bills before their Lordships, they had only been able to get three Committees together. Now, Noble Lords were exempt from serving on juries, in consequence of the duties they had to perform in that House, and he hoped after this notice, they would come down to attend to the business of the country. The Earl of Clarendon was glad the Noble Duke had called attention to thi? subject. It was a crying evil, and they ought to be much obliged to the Noble Duke for the exertions he had made to provide Committees. If Noble Lords did not think proper to attend after that notice, it would be absolutely neces- sary to pass a resolution to compel them to do so. ( Hear, hear). Lord Hatherton was connected with some of the railways in the centre of England, and he could positively state that out of doors there existed a feeiing of great dissatisfaction as to the slow progress their Lordships made in the appointment of Railway Committees. ( Hear). Lord Redesdale denied that the public had any cause to com- plain of the House having neglected its business, for he believed not a Bill had come up from the other House this Session which had not had a Committee appointed on it within a week after- wards. ( Hear, hear.) The fact was, the blame inmost cases rested with the gentlemen who had charge of the bills, and not with the House. ( Hear, hear). Lord Hatherton admitted that in a few instances that might be the case, but still the feeling in the country was that most of the blame rested with the House. Many bills would come up in a few days, and if they were not got through this year, of course the House would have to make them remanets for next. ( Hear, hear). Several bills were advanced a stage, and the House adjourned till Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, JULY 3. NEW WRITS.— The following new writs were issued in consequence of the Ministerial appointments :— For the City of London, in the room of Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury. For the Borough of Tiverton, in the room of Lord Palmerston, Secretary for Foreign Affairs. For the Borough of Devonport, in the room of Sir George Grey, Secretary for the Home Department. For the Borough of Halifax, in the room of Mr. C. Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer. For the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the room of Lord Morpeth, Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests • and Land Revenue. For the Borough of Taunton, in the room of Mr^ Labouchere, who has accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. For the Borough of Nottingham, in the room of Sir J. C. Hobhouse, President of the Board of Control. For the City of Edinburgh, in the room of Mr. Macaulay, Paymaster General of the Forces. For the Borough of Worcester, in the room of Sir T. Wilde, Attorney General. For the Borough of Dungarven, in the room of Mr. Sheil, Master of the Mint. For the Borough of Perth, in the room of Mr. F. Maule, Secretary at War. For Plymouth, in the room of Viscount Ebrington, one of the Lords of the Treasury. For the Leith District of Burghs, in the room of Andrew Rutherford, Esq., Lord Advocate of Scotland. For Kircudbright, in the room of Thomas Maitland, Esq., appointed Solicitor General for Scotland. The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. Some other private business was disposed of, and the House adjourned. MONDAY, JULY 6. NEW WRITS— On the motion of Mr. Tuffnell ( who took liis place on the Ministerial benches), new writs were ordered for the following places, in the room of members who have accepted office under the new Administration :— CHESTER.— In the room of Mr. John Jervis; accepted the office of her Majesty's Solicitor General, SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE— In the room of the Hon. G, Anson; who had accepted the office of Clerk to the Board of Ordnance. GREENWICH— In the room of Admiral D. Dundas; appointed to the office of one of the Lords of the Admiralty. CITY OF GLOUCESTER.— In the room of the Hon. Captain F. Berkeley; appointed one of the Lords of the Admiralty. HERTFORD— In the room of the Hon. William Cowper ; accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Admiralty. EVESHAM.— In the room of Lord Marcus Hill; appointed Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. ROSCOMMON.— In the room of the O'Connor Don; appointed one of the Lords of the Treasury. RICHMOND ( Yorkshire).— in the room of Henry Rich, Esq.; appointed one of the Lords of the Treasury. On the motion of Mr. Thornley, a new writ was ordered for the Southern Division of Lancashire, in the room of Lord F. Egerton ; called to the House of Peers, by the title of Lord Ellesmere. On the motion of Mr. Tuff'nell, a new writ was ordered for the borough of Manchester, in the room of Mr. M. Gibson, appointed to the office of Vice President, of the Board of Trade. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.— On the motion of Mr. F. Baring, it was agreed that the House should sit to- morrow, and on Thursday and Friday, at 12 o'clock, to proceed with private business. It is understood no public business will be taken until after the new elections. Adjourned. TUESDAY, JULY 7. A new writ was ordered for Liskeard, in the room of Mr. C. Buller, who had accented the office of her Majesty's Judge Advocate; and also for Edinburgh in the room of Mr. W. G. Craig, appointed one of the Lords of the Treasury. The reports on the following bills were brought up :— Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail- way. South Staffordshire Junction Railway with Branches ( No. 1). South Staffordshire Junction Railway ( No. 2.) ( Bilston and Priestfield Branch). South Staffornsliire Junction Railway ( No. 3.) ( Showhill and Portobello Branch). South Staffordshire Junction Railway ( No. 4.) ( Willenhall and Bloxwich Branch). The Ludlow Charity Estate Bill was read a second time. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY.— On the order of the day being read for the further consideration of the report on the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Rail- way Bill. Mr. E. Denison suggested that the further consideration of this Bill should be postponed for a short time. He was of opinion that its details were not sufficiently known. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. F. Baring, Mr. Bernal, and a number of other Members took part. Sir G. Clerk moved that the debate be adjourned until Thursday. Another discussion ensued, after which it was ordered that the Bill be recommitted. Leave for the Committee to sit and proceed with the inquiry to- morrow was granted. The following bills were also ordered to be re- committed :— The Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway ( Birmingham Extension) Bill, the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dud- ley Railway Bill, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley ( Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Lines.) Some further private business was disposed of, and the House adjourned until Thursday. WORCESTER ELECTION. NEW CHURCHES NEAR MANCHESTER.— Three new Churches were consecrated in the neighbourhood of Man- chester last week by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester. On Friday morning, St. John's, Long- street, erected by the Manchester aud Eccles Church Building Society, was consecrated. The building cost upwards of £ 4000. The Re. v. J. Dobie has been appointed incumbent.— In the afternoon of the same day, a new Church, erected by T. C. Worsley, Esq., in Platt- lane, Rusholme, was also consecrated by his Lordship. The Church cost £ 3600, and was very much wanted in the neighbourhood. The Rev. J. Currie was appointed incumbent.— On Saturday afternoon St. Stephen's, Andenshaw, was consecrated. The Bishop was accompanied by the Rev. Canon Clifton, of Manchester, and several other clergymen. In each case his Lordship preached very appro- priate sermons to crowded and respectable audiences. The election of a citizen to serve in Parliament as member for the city of Worcester, in the place of Sir T. Wilde, the late member, who has accepted office under the new Govern- ment, took place on Wednesday, and resulted in the return of a Government nominee— a gentleman of whose existence, up to an hour before his election, the electors were utterly ignorant! To a stranger such an announcement may seem incredu- lous; but the " damning fact" is, nevertheless, beyond denial, and we shall now proceed to record in our columns " the manner how" this gross case of representative smuggling was carried out. Sir Thomas Wilde having accepted, on Friday, the office of Attorney- General, the new writ for the election was moved for on Friday night, and on Saturday it was received by the Sheriff for this city, F. T. Elgie, Esq. Incompliance with the injunc- tions therein contained, Mr. Elgie proceeded in the afternoon of Saturday, accompanied by his Under- Sheriff, and the usual city officers, to make the proclamation that he should proceed to that election on the following Wednesday morning. On the same night Sir Thomas Wilde's address to the electors, ( which appears in our advertising columns,) was printed and distributed in the shop windows and on the walls, and the election at once became the general topic of conversation among all classes. Late on Saturday evening the friends of Sir Thomas Wilde having met, decided on con- vening a meeting of their partizans for an early hour on Monday morning, and before the hour fixed in the circu- lar, the friends of Sir Thomas Wilde mustered in the Masonic hall, at the Bell Hotel, where the Hon. gentleman, having been received in the usual form, aud the Mayor having been selected as chairman of the meeting, Sir Thomas Wilde at once proceeded to address the assem- bly. When our reporter arrived at the place of meeting, a few moments after the appointed hour, Sir Thomas Wilde was alluding to the recent passing of the new Corn- law, and impressing upon his auditors his conviction that that law had been required by the pressure of circumstances. He said it could not be expected that the constitution of the country could last for ever: that that which had been framed to suit a limited state of society would meat all times and circumstances, therefore it became the interest and duty of statesmen, in regulating matters of this description, to look to the advances of age, and by timely reforms and careful prunings, to part that which was falling into decay from the original trunk. He observed that the time of peace was the period for social and internal reform : they had now enjoyed the blessings of peace for a number of years, and it was now in- cumbent upon the statesman to direct his attention especially to national aud social reformation. By these means he trusted they would succeed in establishing the country in a state of permanent peace, good government, and general prosperity. The new Corn Bill had been passed into a law, and he hoped Parliament would now pursue from that date a course of gradual improvement. They could not expect that in any large bodies of persons unanimity of opinion could prevail,— such an unanimity would, perhaps, be an unanimity of error; but it was by the comparison of opinions and by discussion that they were enabled to arrive at the truth. Whatever might come he trusted that a calm and dis- passionate hearing would be given on either side, and that Englishmen would continue to maintain their reputation for such qualities. He considered that the general institutions of the country had been founded on great wisdom, allowing the utmost liberty and freedom to all. They had been com- pelled to make many alterations, but the principle of the constitution was still maintained ; that principle, he trusted, would never be departed from. In conclusion, Sir Thomas Wilde thanked the electors for the confidence which they had reposed in him, and assured them that all the promises he could make to them were, that he would continue in the same course as that he had always pursued, and would pay his best attention both to the general and local interests of his constituents. He feared that in consequence of the shortness of time allowed him he should not be able to pay his respects personally to each individual elector; if, therefore, he should unfortunately not call upon every elector he hoped they would believe it was not want of respect, but want of oppor- tunity which prevented him. He would now commit himself to their hands, hoping that his return to Parliament would be sanctioned by their good opinions. F. E. Williams, Esq., then rose and moved the adoption of the following resolution :— " That this meeting tenders its congratulations to Sir Thomas Wilde on his re- appointmeut to the office of her Majesty's Attorney- General, and offers him its warmest support in obtaining his re- election as one of the Representatives of this city in Parliament. " That from the short period to elapse before the election, and the circumstances under which it occurs, it is the opinion ot this meeting that it is unnecessary for Sir Thomas Wilde to commence a personal canvass of the electors, which must of necessity be limited, and therefore partial." George Allies, Esq., seconded the resolution. E. Evans, Esq., then addressed a few words to the meeting, in the course of which he dwelt upon the attention which had at all times been paid by Sir Thomas Wilde to the local interests of the city of Worcester. The resolution was then put, and of course carried unani- mously. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Mayor, and the meeting broke up at a quarter to ten o'clock. At the foot of the bills which announced the determination of Sir Thomas not to make a canvass, it was announced that the Hon. Gentleman would address the electors from his Committee- room in the Corn Market, at seven o'clock in the evening. Accordingly, about the time appointed, some two or three hundred men, women, and children assembled at that place. The Mayor, W. Lewis, Esq., introduced the Queen's Attor- ney Gener& l to the notice of the citizens, and observed that lie had great pleasure in doing so, for the Hon. Gentleman had proved himself a good, upright, and consistent Member, and he thought they could not do better than again elect him as their Representative. ( Cheers.) Sir Thomas Wilde then came forward, and was received with a very faint demonstration. He said— Gentlemen, I appear before you under rather extraordinary circumstances. On a former occasion I was only known to you as a man of promise; I made certain promises and offered certain profes- sions, upon which you were kind enough to bestow me your confidence, and sent me to Parliament. ( A voice," Louder.") I can assure you it is not so easy, my friend. Soon after that period my party were driven from power by an opposition to the principles they professed ; but I now appear before you, those very principles having triumphed, not by direct means, but by the very party who opposed them, but subsequently obtained the power to carry them into effect. Not that those parties who had opposed the principles were without coadjutors in the task; the VVhigs who had proposed Free Trade years ago— the Whigs who advocated those principles through evil report and good report,— without their assistance those mea- sures would not have been carried into effect, and I say it is strauge that parties should have beeD driven back for the profession of principles which have a great share of public esteem. Those principles which have triumphed I still main- tain. ( Hear, hear.) I have attended in my place for the purpose of maintaining them. I rejoice tliey have triumphed, and I hope you will partake of the benefits to be derived from them, and I ask you to send me to Parliament still to maintain them, and to carry them more fully into effect. ( Cheers.) Gentlemen, Sir Robert Peel retired from power with a great share of popularity—( hear, hear),— he deserves a great share of popularity for what he has done, and when the poor man sees on bis table an untaxed loaf, he will, no doubt, bless his name. ( Cheers). But I hope, though Sir Robert Feel might effect it, I hope the poor man will not forget the party who prepared the public mind for the ques- tion by continually bringing it under notice, and forced the carrying of a measure which was no longer to he resisted. While, therefore, I think Sir Robert Peel entitled to great credit for the manliness and fervour with which he advocated the principles which he formerly opposed, while I give him great credit for the sacrifice he made on relinquishing power, and a party the strongest which has ever existed in this country, still I say that he came in at the eleventh hour, and carried a measure which others had been working at for many years, and I put in a claim for their share. ( Loud Cheers.) Gentlemen, Sir Robert Peel was most just when he referred to the name of Richard Cobden—( hear, hear),— a man who is above all praise, a man who has put himself forth in a manner which few men have had the opportunity, and still fewer the honesty to do; a man upholding an impor- tant public principle ; not seeking popularity in another way, and then advocating a public good; not putting himself forward to claim praise in that way, but by devoting his talents and energies in seeking one great object, and that for the public good alone. Mr. Cobden resorted to means often resorted to for bad purposes, and seldom for purposes so good as those he resorted to them for, and never used with equal justice, propriety, and good conduct,— large combinations to carry particular objects may be used for bad purposes, but Cobden has shewn throughout his career such a destitution of personal vanity, as entitles him to the warmest praises of all Englishmen; and the moment he has succeeded he retires into private life a consistent, honourable, and praiseworthy man. But while I agree with Sir Robert Peel in the praise he bestowed upon Cobden— and while I will not withhold a just meed of praise to Sir R. Peel, I put in my claim for those who laboured in the vineyard so many years before. Among these the Hon. Gentleman mentioned Mr. Charles Villiers, and asked if he was not entitled to the share of praise; he was a man steady to his party, consistent in his principles, and was entitled to credit; and he did not think it right for Sir R. Peel to retire without awarding the deserved merit to him as well as others. He continued— When I ask you to return me to Parliament as attached to that party, I ask you to send me with a party who are steadfast to their principles, who will not lise to power by abandoning those principles, but who will profess what they mean to do, and who mean when they get power to carry into effect what they professed before, and I ask you to look at the course of the party to which I belong, from the earliest period in the history of this country. The Honourable gentleman then adverted to the general conduct of the late Premier. He remarked that whatever principles Sir Robert Peel had advo- cated he had been most fortunate ; many principles he had strenuously opposed, but wben they became ripe for execution he had been so fortunate as to step in and carry them. Such had been the case with the Catholic Emancipation Bill, and in all matters of civil and religious liberty. While the Wliigs had consistently advocated them, Sir R. Peel had been their chief opponent, but, nevertheless, had at the last moment advocated them and carried them. Parliamentary reform met with no friend in Sir R. Peel; but it was Parliamentary reform which carried the Corn Bill. The Whigs went into power not to govern for partial or party interests, but for the country generally. We had heard of nothing for a number of years but protection to the landed interests, but when the injustice of that, at the expense of the poor man, was shewn, ( that is, when it was not convenient) the title dropped, and the poor man was taken in, but not till the old story of piotec- tiou to landed interest had been worn out; and having passed the law for the purpose of protecting the landed interest, then they wished to persuade the poor man that it would be better for him to buy a dear loaf than a cheap one. He should think they must be at a loss to know what the brains of Englishmen were made of when they attempted to force such a fallacy upon them. However, since the law had been passed he hoped all would reap benefit from it to the extent of their most sanguine expectations, though he thought more moderate advantages would be nearer the truth. If they sent him back to Parliament, he would advocate the same principles he had in 1841, and which had been lately- carried by the opponents of his party. The victory of his party had been a double one, for they had not only beaten their opponents but had convinced them. ( Loud cheers.) Sir R. Peel bad been brought to reason; for how many years it had failed, but how short the time before, the whole work was completed. Sir R. Peel, in retiring, remarked the Hon. Gentleman, has turned out a most extraordinary Liberal, I doubt whether he could have carried the Corn Bill, had he made his last dying speech and confession at an earlier period. ( Cheers and laughter.) I question whether his party would have stuck to bim if they had heard him avow those principles which he did at the close of his Parliamentary career. ( Hear, hear.) If you had seen their long faces you would have been much amused. ( Laughter.) The Whigs have been in power at a certain time professing to carry certain measures. One portion of the public said they went too fast, another said they did not go fast enough, aud they have never been in a situation to do what they wished for want of power, while at the same time they have been reproached for not doing more than they could possibly accomplish. If you want Free Trade, and the institutions of the country made more available, you must support a Government which professes those principles; and if they slacken in their professions dismiss them, and dismiss them with disgrace, but at the same time do not give them scanty support if you expect great measures to be accom- plished. I trust they will conduct the Government on the principles they profess. You are aware how ill Ireland has been governed for centuries; you are aware of the destitu- tion of the humble Irishman, and it would make your hearts bleed to read accounts of their history. Few in England know how degraded and unfortunate the condition of this people is. One course of Government has been pursued to them, and, unfortunately, when Peel hands over the Govern- ment to the Whigs he does it with professions of those principles which should be used towards Ireland, but hands over to them a wretched Coercion Bill to lock them up from sunset to sunrise. He tells them to adopt measures of liberty, at the same time handing them a bill marked with some of the darkest spots of legislation to Ireland. I took great pains to examine that bill, aud the cases brought forward as the alleged foundation for it, and all I can say is, ( and 1 am not unused to examinations of that descrip- tion) that I consider the bill was absolutely unnecessary. ( Cheers, and a voice on the platform " I don't.") I hope, however, that that is the last Coercion Bill for Ireland, and trust that at the present elections such Members of the Government as are returned to their constituents like myself will be appealed to on this ground, and I trust that the public voice will pronounce with vehemence that Ireland is to be governed on a different principle. If you return me to Parliament those principles I professed in 1S41 I profess now. No man feels more warmly for those principles by which liberty and property are protected than myself, but, as others have said, you can only protect them by timely and seasonable repairs, in time of peace, when you bavo the management of your own affairs, and I hope that Government will conduct them on those principles; and I ask you to return me that 1 might assist in that object. These are public principles.— Sir Thomas Wilde conculded by briefly referring to the local interests of the constituency, assuring his hearers— as in the morning— that they should always have his best attention, and that his best services were at the command of every individual elector, whenever they might be called into requisition. He thanked them sincerely for the partiality and favour which they had shown towards him when he solicited their suffrages five years ago, and solicited their continuance. He trusted that they would again elect him as their representative, and that they would send him back to London to announce, that however they might be divided at Worcester, they were all Protectionists ( laughter);— not Protectionists of corn, not Protectionists of sugar, but Pro- tectionists of the best interests of the whole community, without reference to classes, a protection which was very different to that comprised in the word recently adopted by a certain party. The Learned Attorney- General then bowed to the crowd and retired. His friends then having given him three times three hearty cheers, the same compliment was paid to Lady Wilde; and lastly, three were given for the Queen, and then the assembly dispersed. The whole of Tuesday was occupied in perambulations of the city by little knots of canvassers for Sir Thos. Wilde, and in preparations for the election next day, Sir Thomas Wilde's party continuing to profess the Hon. gentleman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the benefit of the citizens of Wor- cester, and that he sought re- election on public grounds and pro bono patriae. The Conservative party offered no opposi- tion to his re- election, and everybody went to bed on Tuesday night, with the conviction on their mind, that Sir Thomas Wilde would, as a matter of course, be re- elected in the morning. But what was the fact:— at eleven o'clock on Tuesday night— so it is declared, but it might have been much earlier— Sir Denis Le Marchant, formerly " Secretary to the Board of Trade, Secretary to the Treasury, and Private Secretary to Lord Melbourne"— this is his description as given by his seconder— arrived in this city with the news, that in consequence of the death of Chief Justice Tindal ( which took place on Monday), Sir T. Wilde had been appointed to that office, and of course, therefore, became inca- pacitated from undertaking the duties of the representation of Worcester in Parliament. Sir D. Le Marchant, the bearer of this intelligence, at once announced himself as a candidate for supplying the second vacancy thus suddenly happening, and Sir T. Wilde wrote a letter to the Mayor, stating the fact. This letter, together with the address of Sir D. Le Marchant, were printed on the same sheet of paper, and circulated early on Wednesday morning: they will be found with the other docu- ments relating to the election in our second page. We need scarcely say that their appearance astounded every individual elector. It was felt, however, that there was no time to put in nomination another candidate, but two or three were named by parties who felt justly indignant at the move. A bill was also placarded at an early hour, stating that there would be a meeting of electors at the Bell Inn, at nine o'clock, and accordingly at that hour the large room was nearly filled. The meeting was, of course, entirely composed of the Wilde party, and the resolutions were unanimously carried. On the arrival of the Mayor, he was received with hearty applause. Aid. E. Evans moved that the Mayor take the chair, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Evans then continued,— Fellow citizens,— I will not dissemble that I appear before you with mingled feelings of regret and congratulation. I have only to state that the report you have seen on the bills issued is strictly and literally correct. The news of Sir Thomas Wilde's elevation to the office of Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas was not received till a late hour last evening, and there was no time for calling a meeting at an earlier hour than the present, and I hope you will rest assured that no individual has been excluded. The Lord Chief J ustice died only yester- day morningand it was not until 11 o'clock last night that Sir Thomas Wilde knew of his appointment. With these remarks Mr. Evans proposed a resolution to the effect that while the meeting congratulated Sir Thomas Wilde on his appointment, they sincerely regretted the loss of his services as the Member for Worcester. ( Cheers.) This resolution was seconded by Mr. Alderman Palmer, and being put by the Mayor, was carried. Mr. Evans then moved the second resolution. He felt great difficulty in proceeding with the task assigned him, inasmuch as he had no previous knowledge of the gentleman proposed in Sir Thomas Wilde's stead, but he was convinced from report, that as a man of business talent, and private honour, he was not to be exceeded by any gentleman in the kingdom. He had been Secretary to the Treasury and the Board of Trade, and private secretary to Lord Melbourne during his late administration, and had moreover the intro- duction of Sir Thomas Wilde ; but at the same time Sir Thos. was not a party to his coming among them, for he did not know of it until a late hour last evening. From the proximity of the hour appointed for the nomination, he would say nothing of the principles professed by the new candidate, further than that all those principles of which Sir Thomas Wilde was the epitome, were embodied in SirD. Le Marchant, who was all that would be desired, except Sir Thos. Wilde— ( Cheers)— and he questioned if they could select one man, not now in the House of Commons, possessing the requisites he did for representing them in Parliament. Mr. Evans then read the 2nd resolution, which was to the effect that as Sir Denis Le Marchant professed the same principles as SirThos. Wilde, the meeting do pledge itself to support his election. This was seconded by Mr. Allies, and carried. The mover and seconder of the last resolution were then appointed a deputation to wait upon Sir Denis, and lay the resolutions before him; and shortly after he was introduced by Mr. E. Evans, and was received with slight applause. Having mounted a chair, he addressed the meeting as follows:— Gentlemen, I cannot but feel highly grati- fied by the resolutions just placed in my hands ; resolutions from a meeting so respectable must encourage me with hopes of success. It may be a matter of surprise that a stranger like me should offer himself as a candidate, but the circumstances under which 1 appear must plead my excuse. It was only yesterday morning that no idea was more distant from my mind than appearing here to- day; but about noon I received information of the death of Lord Chief Justice Tindal, audi was the bearer of Lord John Russell's The late Chief Justice died, as we have already stated, on Monday, letter to Sir Thomas Wilde, announcing his elevation to the appointment of Lord Chief Justice. I was aware of the great difficulty in which the constituency of this city would be placed— a difficulty almost unparalleled,— for a candidate on the eve of a nomination to be taken from the field is most rare. I thought it, therefore, a good opportunity, and feeling desirous of representing such a constituency as that of Wor- cester, I communicated my wishes to Sir Thomas Wilde, and he encouraged me to appear here to- day ( Cheers.) I am aware of the great disadvantage under which I labour in following such a man, and condole with you on your loss, while I con- gratulate him on his elevation to the highest honour of his profession. All I can state of m. yself is that his principles are mine. ( Cheers.) I shall endeavour to follow iiis example, and to tread in his steps as far as my limited capabilities permit. My principles are the same as those of the present Government ( Cheers.) Sir Denis here recapitulated the list of offices he had held under the Whig Government, and said that his situation under Lord Melbourne was one of great confidence and importance. He continued— In 1841, with the rest of the Government, I resigned my appointment; and presented myself to a constituency, where, by an unpar- alleled system of bribery, I was defeated. That constituency was, however, a very different one to this, and I feel convinced I have nothing to fear ( if my principles are approved,) of meeting with success. I advocate civil and religious liberty, and Free Trade to its fullest extent. ( Cheers.) These are the principles I profess, and those which I will, if I am returned to the House of Commons as your Representative, use my utmost abilities to see fully carried out. We have seen in the last few weeks what may be done by energy, w hat may be done by adhering to good principles. In 1841, when I appeared on the hustings advocating the principles of Free Trade, I could scarcely get a hearing ; but in 1846 I have witnessed a triumph, the benefits of which will be felt by all who hear me, and by the country at large. ( Hear, hear.) 1 had intended to state more of my views on Free Trade, but I am told it may be better to reserve it for the hustings, when I shall again have the honour of addressing you. All I have to repeat now is, that none are more anxious than myself to see those principles fully carried out, or will strive more urgently to attain that object. ( Hear, hear.) 1 shall be happy to offer a more full explanation of my senti- ments if auv gentleman is disposed to ask any question. ( A voice, " We are perfectly satisfied, if they will be adhered to.") If I am honoured with your representation, I shall pay attention to the great interests of the place, and the trust placed in my hands will not be neglected. He con- cluded by saying, that as a contest was not impossible, he would impress upon them the necessity of repairing to the hustings. THE NOMINATION was proclaimed by the Sheriff to take place at ten o'clock, but so fearful was the party that another candidate should appear in the field that the time was anticipated, and at ten minutes before ten ( if not earlier) the business commenced by the proclamation for silence, the reading of the writ by the Sheriff, and of the other documents by the deputy Sheriff, Mr. Goldingham. Mr. Sheriff Elgie then said the electors had been called together for the purpose of electing a citizen to represent them in Parlia- ment, and he claimed for all an impartial hearing. The Mayor then presented himself, and said he came before them under rather different circumstances to what he had ex- pected. He met them under circumstances of pleasure and regret at the same time. They had all heard of the elevation of their much respected member Sir Thomas Wilde to one of the highest situations in the kingdom. That the country should be blest with a man of such a character in so high a situation, must be a matter of pleasure to the whole realm. ( Applause). That we should have lost an advocate of civil and religious liberty was a source of great regret; but we must bow to such things as it was the will of Divine Providence. The Chief Justice died yesterday morning, and the news arrived in Wor cester at eleven o'clock at night, and he had no other means of letting them know than by the letter he had published, and he hoped they would give him credit for making the circumstance known to them as quickly as possible. ( Hear, hear). It would be unnecessary for him to eulogise the conduct of their late member for all he had done for them, and he would at once proceed to introduce to their notice Sir Denis le Marchant, of Cobham Place, Surrey, a party well known to Sir Thomas Wilde; and such was the character of that gentleman, which he had received from Sir Thomas, whom they might depend on in giving a right one, that he had no hesitation in proposing him as a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament. F. E. Williams, Esd., seconded the nomination. Sir Denis le Marchant claimed to be elected under those principles which had placed Sir Thomas Wilde in the proud station he now occupied ; and in him the city would still have the advantage of the services of a great man of business, who had held the offices of Secretary to the Board of Trade, Secretary to the Treasury, and also Private Secretary to Lord Melbourne, and other offices, the duties of whic'n he had discharged with credit to him- self and satisfaction to the country. ( Hear, hear.) He would not detain them any longer, for Sir Thomas Wilde would give them a full account of the new candidate. The Sheriff then asked if any elector had any other can- didate to propose. The question having been put three times and no one responding, he declared that Sir Denis le Marchant was duly elected. The announcement was received with great cheering, which having subsided, the Sheriff said that although Sir Thomas had not a right to speak at that meeting, still he was confident that in consideration of the valuable services he had rendered the city they would give him a hearing. Sir Thomas Wilde then came to the front of the hust- ings, and was received with considerable applause. He said Gentlemen, it is my desire to address you, and to perform a task which to many would seem a very simple and easy one. It is to return you thanks for those many acts of kindness you have bestowed on me since I first had the honour of appearing before you. 1 came almost a stranger; I professed certain prin- ciples ; you were more attached to principles than persons, and honestly gave me credit for honesty and integrity in those profes- sions, and for sincerity in my purpose to act up to them. You returned me in a manner which has seldom occurred to an individual so little known to so large and respectable a constitu- ency as the city of Worcester contains. Since my election you have been pleased, many of you, to express yourselves in the handsomest and most liberal manner of my efforts ;—( a voice, " We have,")— you have rather estimated my merit by the sincerity of my intentions than the efficiency of my efforts. (" No, no.") My best services you have had ; and I thank you for the opportunity you have afforded me of rendering those services. ( Hear, hear.) To return those thanks may be to some an easy task, but to me it is far from being attended with pain. ( Cheers.) Gentlemsn, the treatment I have received, not from one party alone, not from gentlemen professing my own principles, but from all, merits my most grateful acknowledge, ments; and also for the unbounded kindness and support of those who coincided with my own particular opinions, I beg to return my most heartfelt thanks. ( Cheers.) To the gentle- men professing Conservative principles, and with whom it was not my good fortune on many subjects to agree, I owe a great debt of gratitude for the manner in which they conducted the last election, and also for the reception I have met with on the present occasion—( hear, hear)— and I may say that when I quit Worcester as a political character, I shall carry with me not only a deep sense of gratitude to my friends, but a deep sense of thankfulness to those who have been opposed to me. I should have had more regret than I even now feel at quitting you, considering the circumstances under which it occurred, had you not elected my worthy and honourable friend, Sir Denis le Marchant. I claim no share of credit in his appearance here. I had no opportunity of communicating with him or any other person on the subject till he appeared in this city, I should have been happy if I had contributed to his appearance, but I have not done so, therefore I must disclaim all thanks for his appearance. I rejoice he is here, and still more that you have accepted his services. ( Loud cheers.) I have known him many years, and seen his manner of discharging public duties ; I have known his principles and can bear witness to his integrity, and I rejoice that I can confirm the statement of your honourable and worthy Mayor. I can vouch for him as a man of honour as a public servant, and for the integrity of those principles he has this day professed before you. ( Cheers.) I know you will find, however short has been your opportunity of forming your opinion of him, that you have formed a correct one, and secured for yourselves a good representative, and a man who is much better for you than I could have pretended to be. ( No, no.) He gave them many thanks for their good opinions. The situation he was now called upon to occupy was such that he could be a political man no longer. It was the policy of this country that the judicial bench should be free from politics, and he trusted he should carry with him that honest integrity and impartiality which distinguished the British Bench and secured the well- being of this country. They were aware that in courts of justice it was that the liberties of all subjects in this kingdom, their lives, characters, and everything which appertained to social life, were protected, and the moment the judges became political that moment the impartiality of the bench was endangered. He should therefore forbear introducing such political matters into his speech as he would otherwise have done. He had now only to say " farewell," and to assure them that whether at Wor » cester or elsewhere he should never cease to entertain the deepest feelings of regard for the welfare, peace, and happiness of their faithful city. ( Cheers.) For the last time as their late repre- sentative he tendered to the electors his warmest acknowledgments for the confidence which they had reposed in him. As for liis successor, he could assure them that whenever he should return into their hands the high and important trust which they had confided to him it would be pure and unsullied. The Learned Chief Justice then retired amidst the plaudits of his friends. Dr. Hastings then came forward and begged to address a few words to his fellow citizens on a subject which although not a political one was one in which they were deeply concerned he alluded to the necessity for the establishment of better sanatory regulations for the preservation of the public health throughout this country. In the midst of the party struggles which had latterly taken place this subject had been overlooked, and he now begged to draw attention to it thus publicly, with the object of impressing upon their new member the strong feeling which existed in this city relative thereto. He trusted the time was now come when peace, harmony, and good will would exist among them, and that the politicians of the day would now turn round and do all they could to advance the social, intellectual, and moral improvement of the country. ( Cheers.) He hoped and trusted that the great question of medical legislation would receive from Sir Denis le Marchant his fullest consideration, and that he would impress upon the Government the strong feeling which existed on the subject on the part of the constituency of Worcester. He believed he spoke the sentiments of all who heard him, and would be glad if those who agreed with him would signify their assent by holding up their hands. A " forest of palms" here arose in the hall, on which Dr. Hastings sai^ —" Thank you gentlemen, I'm much obliged to you," and gave place to— Sir Denis Le Marchant, who addressed the electors to the following effect:— If his honourable friend the Mayor felt a difficulty in addressing them under the peculiar circumstances which surrounded him, what must be his feelings in standing before them. ( A voice, " speak louder.") He was speaking as loud as he could. ( A laugh). No one could feel more than himself the loss which they had sustained by the preferment of their late member to the Lord Chief Justiceship. [ The newly- elected member here, and several times in the course of his speech, dropped his voice so as to make his words inaudible.] But in presenting himself before them he had this encourage- ment— that the reception which Sir Thomas Wilde had received in that hall from all classes proved their readiness to appreciate an active and conscientious discharge of public duties ; and so far as his humble efforts could be used to the same end, they should not be wanting. He would take the liberty of adding his humble meed to the terms of admiration which had already been expressed of Sir Thomas Wilde's services. He had known that hon. gentleman long: he had watched his bright career with admiration, and one of his earliest recol- lections was of the manner in which he had conducted a cer- tain case before the House of Lords. He recollected with what applause he was received on that occasion, and he knew how well he deserved it. As he ( Sir Denis le Marchant) had not had the privilege of living in the neighbourhood of Wor- cester and becoming acquainted personally with the electors, he laboured under some disadvantage, but with regard to his political principles, they were those of Sir Thomas Wilde, their late honourable representative, and were identical with the principles advocated by the present Government. ( Cheers). From what he had observed that day, he was induced to believe that these were the principles of those he saw before him. Among those principles there was none to which he adhered more firmly than those of Free Trade. He was for Free Trade in its widest sense ( hear), and from the experience of the last few years, he was fully satisfied of the correctness of his views. In the year 1841 he advocated these principles to the best of his ability, but the elections then were against them. Since then " Free Trade" had become the watchword of a party having Sir Robert Peel at their head ; and while they gave Sir Robert Peel the fullest credit for his exertions in passing the new Corn Bill, they must not omit to remember that there was credit on the same account due to others. The party to which he belonged had advocated the principles of free trade— although unsuccessfully— for many years, although the Ministers of the Crown, who at first opposed them, had eventually carried them out. But, he asked, could those Ministers have succeeded in passing this measure unless ihey had been supported by public opinion; and who, he would ask, had set that public opinion in motion but the party to which he belonged ? ( Hear, hear.) He was grateful to Sir R. Peel for the efforts which he had made in the cause, and was proud to hear the language of that Minister echoed by Lord John Russell. He trusted that the principle of free trade would eventually be carried out to its fullest extent: the struggle was not yet over— there were other articles besides corn which were subject to monopoly, and he should use his humble efforts in the House of Commons for carrying out the principle of free trade in respect of them. [ The speaker again became inaudible here, and our reporter lost a sentence of the speech.] He was glad to find that the state of Ireland was beginning to excite a general interest. He had always entertained an opinion that that country was fully entitled to equal rights with England, and he should wish to see her wrongs redressed. These senti- ments, which were now becoming general, had until lately been confined to the Liberal party, but now they were adopted by Sir Robert Peel, who had declared in his place that Ireland was entitled to equal rights with this country, and that there ought to be no distinction between the two. After this declaration he trusted there would be no difficulty put in the way of the adop- tion of the measures for putting Ireland on au equality with England. It had just been suggested to him that the subjeet of education was one which it would be fit to advert to on the present occasion, as exciting at this moment a good deal of attention. He concurred in a sentiment which had been expressed on this subject, that no real good could be attained until every child in the kingdom could read and write. ( Cheers.) His Hon. Friend, Dr. Hastings, had called his attention to the subject of sanitary regulations for the kingdom, and he begged to say that he concurred in every word which had fallen from that gentleman on the subject. It was a subject of the greatest importance, and should receive his best attention. He had, moreover, good reason to believe, from what had transpired, that the attention of the Government had been drawn to the subject, and that it would form matter for legislation. He trusted an efficient system of legislation on this subject would be adopted, for it would be sad indeed if, on a subject of this great and general importance, party feelings were allowed to interfere to its detriment. He would now merely add a few words relative to the local interests of the city, which, he said, should at all times receive his best attention. ( Hear.) He had been told especially that the subject of railways, together with the matter of gauge, was one of considerable local interest. He would use his best efforts to advocate the interests of the town on that subject. Railways had now become the great and general highways of the kingdom, and might greatly affect the prosperity of a district. The matter of the improvement of the navigation of the Severn had also been brought under his notice, and this sub- ject should also receive his best attention. He had nothing further add to but to return them his hearty thanks for the honour which they had conferred upon him that day. He was deeply sensible of the high importance of the duties of a Member of Parliament, and he should do the best to discharge those duties with faithful- ness. Whatever might befal him he trusted his constituents would give him credit for his good intentions. ( Loud cheers.) E. Evans, Esq., then moved a vote of thanks to Sir Thomas Wilde for the services which he had rendered the city during the period he had represented it in Parliament, and eulogised those services as beyond all praise. If Sir Thomas Wilde should discharge his new duties with the same ability and honour as he had discharged those of their representative— as he doubted not that he would— then her Majesty would not have a more faithful, just, and honourable servant than him. G. Allies, Esq., seconded the vote of thanks, and bore testimony to the faithful discharge of his Parliamentary duties by their late member. The resolution was put to the meeting by the Sheriff, and passed by acclamation. Sir T. Wilde again came forward and was greeted with enthusiastic applause. He said if it were necessary to extend his language to a length proportionate with his warmth of feeling towards them he was afraid he should detain them a very long time; ( No, no. " Go on, we'll listen") but when a man spoke from the heart he seldom spoke much at length. ( Hear.) He most heartily thanked them for the kindness and regard they had evinced towards him; and he had received the most cogent proof of that regard by their acceptance of his Hon. Friend Sir D. le Marchant on his recommendation. If he could want any motive for the strict and faithful discharge of the solemn duties which had now suddenly devolved upon him it was in the fact that the citizens of Worcester were looking towards him as their late representative. He ascended the Bench of Judges under very peculiar circumstances. The late Chief Justice— a man whom he respected as Judge, and loved as a friend— was alive yesterday morning, but having been suddenly called from this world, he ( Sir Thomas) had been chosen to occupy his seat. How soon he might be summoned to follow him no mortal could divine, but the circumstances under which he was called to the Bench must impress him with a conviction of the uncertainty of human existence, and of the necessity of being always ready and prepared to render a " final account." ( Hear.) His change of position called on him to relinquish all interference in political matters, as such interference would be inconsistent with his new and solemn duties. He could not say what share they had had in his elevation, but he could not doubt that the approbation of a city like Worcester— equal in intelligence to any other in the kingdom— had had its influence in his promotion. The speaker thus concluded— To you therefore I engage for that fidelity in the discharge of my new duties which I trust will secure me the approbation of my God when I shall be called away from among you. Sir T. WTilde retired amidst the repeated cheers of the meeting. Sir Denis Le Marchant then moved a vote of thanks to the Sheriff, which was carried by acclamation. The Sheriff acknowledged the compliment. He said it was well known that he had been bred up among them in a very different sphere from that which he occupied that day. He had been frequently before his fellow citizens in that hall, but as a working horse in the city team. When he had been honoured by his election as Sheriff of the city, he had pledged them that the honour and dignity of the office should lose nothing in his keeping, and he endeavoured so to conduct the proceedings of the day as to avoid all show of partiality. He trusted that at some future meetings in that hall he should be found among the supporters of their newly elected member. ( Cheers.) Mr. Waters then called for three cheers for " our new member," hoping he might live long enough to become " our old member." The cheers were given and the crowd quietly dispersed. Yesterday was appointed by the friends of the newly elected Member for the usual procession, it having been arranged that there should be a meeting of the party at the Guildhall, at ten o'clock ; there to form the procession in order. At the time appointed there were a number of electors and others assembled at the Guildhall, with banners, colours, and a brass band, all ready and " eager for the fray." The fates, however, were unpropitious, the rain falling heavily and without intermission, until eleven o'clock. Before that hour, however, it transpired that the " newly elected" had bolted, and that despairing of the weather clearing up, he had made up his mind to start at once for London, leaving his friends to make the best apology for him they could invent. A number of females had assembled in the streets at eleven o'clock ( when the weather cleared up for a short time), in the expectation of the usual " spectacle," and they com- plained bitterly of the lack of gallantry showu towards them by their new Member. In order to amuse them, the band was sent round the town, and they were told that Sir Denis would come back again some day next v eek. The music of the band and the church bells were therefore substituted for a speech and a " chairing." A notification issued yesterday morning, states that Sir Denis Le Marchant has beeu " compelled by important duties in London to postpone his personal visits to the electors to an early day in the next week," and thus has closed this eventful affair. 11, 1846. THE NEW MINISTRY. The following- is a list of the new Cabinet:— First Lord of the Treasury, Premier— Lord John Russell. Lord Chancellor— Lord Cottenham. President of the Council— Marquis of Lansdowne. Lord Privy Seal— Karl of Minto. Secretary of State for the Home Department— Sir G. Grey. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs— Viscount Palmerston. Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs— Earl Grey. Chancellor of the Exchequer— Mr. Charles Wood. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster— Lord Campbell. Paymaster General— Mr. Macaulav. Chief Commissioner of Woods & Forests— Viscount Morpeth. Postmaster General— Marquis of Clanricarde. President of the Board of Trade— Earl of Clarendon. President of the Board of Control— Sir John Hobhouse. Chief Secretary for Ireland— Mr. Labouchere. First Lord of the Admiralty— Earl of Auckland. The following are Members of the Government, but without seats in the Cabinet:— Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland— Earl of Besborough ( formerly Lord Duncannon). Commander in Chief— Duke of Wellington. Master General of the Ordnance— Marquis of Anglesea. The undermentioned appointments have also been made:— Master of the Mint— Right Hon. R. L. Shiel. Vice- President of the Board of Trade— Mr. Milner Gibson. Judge Advocate— Mr. Charles Buller. Secretary at War— The Hon. Fox Maule. /- Admiral Sir W. Parker. kAdmiral D. Dundas. ' Captain Hon. M. F. Berkeley. JHon. W. Cowper. {. Captain Lord John Hay. Secretary of Admiralty— H. G. Ward, Esq. Junior Lords of the Treasury— Lord Ebrington, The O'Conor Don, Mr. Rich, and Mr. Gibson Craig. Joint Secretaries of Treasury— T. Parker, Esq., and H. Tuf- nell, Esq. Secretaries of the Board of Control— Right Hon. G. S. Byng, and T. Wyse, Esq. Under Secretaries f J° jrei? n- » i^ t Ht% E' J" Stanley- nfctoto -( Colonies— B. Hawes, Esq. or >~ tate (. Home— Sir W. Somerville. f Colonel C. Fox, Surveyor. Board of Ordnance K Hon. G. Anson, Clerk. (. Lord C. Paget, Secretary. Attorney- General— J. Jervis, Esq. Solicitor- General Romilly, Esq. Lord Advocate for Scotland— A. Rutherford, Esq. Solicitor- General for Scotland— Mr. Maitland. Und ecretary for Ireland— Mr. Redington. Lords of the Admiralty Empertai parliament* [ CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.} HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, JULY 9. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up the Severn Navigation Bill, the South Wales Railway Bill, and upwards of 30 other bills which were laid on the table. Several bills having been forwarded a stage, their Lordships adjourned until next day. HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, JULY 9. Mr Clintock took the oaths and his seat for the county of Carlow, in the room of Mr. Bunbury, deceased. On the motion of Mr. Tuff'nel, a new writ was ordered for the city of Lichfield, in the room of Lord Alfred Paget, who had accepted the office of Clerk Marshal ( Chief Equerry j, in the room of Lord Charles Wellesley. The Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway, Bristol and Birmingham, and Midland Railways, Monmouth- shire Railways, Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway, Severn Navigation, Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Railway, Shropshire Union Railways and Canal ( Chester and Wolverhampton) line, ar. d Shropshire Union Railways and Canal ( Shrewsbury to Stafford), Bills were read a third time and passed. WORCESTER NEW GAS BILL— The Lords' amendments in this bill were read and agreed to. THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD RAILWAYS— Mr. Muntz moved that the Committee on the Binningham and Oxford Junction Railway and the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway ( Birmingham Extension) Bill, have leave to report forthwith, and that tbe reports be taken into consideration. Mr. E. Denison objected to the toll clause as it now stood in the bill, and thought it ought to be revised. The first part of the clause might remain, but the latter, he considered, ought to be altered. Mr. T Baring said the object sought by the re- committal of the bill was the tevision of the toll clauses. He thought the clause as it now stood gave the Great Western Company prac- tically a complete control of the line. He would ask the Chairman of the Committee what the members of it meant by the inireduction of the altered words in the clause? Sir R. Ferguson said before the alteration was made the Committee consulted both Companies interested, and the result was the clause which was now submitted to the House. He thought the clause fair towards the interests of all the parties concerned. Sir G. Clerk did not think the clause to be such as some Hon. Members represented it. From reading it he did not think it would throw the whole management and advantages of the line into the hands of the Great Western Company- The interpretation he put on it was nothing more than that the shareholders of the Company should not have the power to prevent the Great Western Company running along it; and that the former should not be allowed to play into the hands of the other great rival Company. Under all the circumstances he must support the clause. Mr. Hodgson thought they ought to judge the clause, not in reference to the London and Birmingham or Great Western Companies, but in regard to the public interests. He thought the clause so important that it ought to be printed, and that time should be given for its consideration. They would then see whether it was really in agreement with the general inten- tions of the resolutions on railways passed by Parliament. Lord Granville Somerset was in favour of the clause as it stood. Mr. G. W. Hayter admitted that this case was provided for by the Consolidated Act, in the event of the two parties being favourable to the union ; but the House must recollect that the Grand Junction and Manchester and Birmingham Companies, who were allied to the London and Birmingham, held the majority of the shares in the proposed line, and hence the latter Company would have the power of preventing the Great Western Company from using the line unless the House agreed to the clause in its original form, ( Hear, hear.) Now, under these circumstances, he contended that it was for the benefit of the public that the amendments which had been proposed should be agreed to. Mr. Greene protested that there was no necessity whatever for inserting the clause in the bill at all, in so far as the original Consolidated Act gave the Great Western Company sufficient power and control over the new line, either as regarded the rights of themselves or the interest of the public. ( Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. Muntz and Mr. Denison, the amendment was withdrawn, and the clause in its original form was agreed to. The report was then received, and the bill, as amended, ordered to be engrossed. BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM, AND MIDLANDS RAILWAY. — On the question being put for the third reading of this bill, Lord Granville Somerset suggested that the bill should be postponed, in order that a similar clause to that introduced into the Oxford and Birmingham Railway Bill should be in- serted in this Bill. The circumstances connected with the two lines, and their relations to other companies, were precisely the same. The third reading under these circumstances was postponed. The reports on the following bills were received:— Shrews- bury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Rail- way ( Coalbrookdale Branch); South Staffordshire Junction Railway with Branches ( No. 1); Warwickshire and London Railway ( Hampton and Ashchurch Line); Warwickshire and London Railway ( Hampton and Banbury line); and the War- wickshire and London Railway ( Worcester and Weedon line.) The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. LONDON.— Lord John Russell was on Wednesday re- elected for the city of London. There was no opposition. The Noble Lord, in his speech from the hustings, congratulated the citizens of London on the success of Free Trade principles; and in doing so, he paid a high tribute to Mr. Charles Villiers, Mr. Cobden, and other gentlemen, for their exertions on behalf of those principles. He also remarked that he was anxious to do justice to Sir R. Peel, who had introduced the measures recently passed into law by Parliament, and trusted that the principles of Free Trade would be carried on in the councils over which he had to preside, to their full and just extent. Upon the subject of the sugar duties, he would not advert to that further now, than to say that taxes ought to be imposed for the benefit of the whole community, and not tor the exclusive benefit of a class; and he trusted that the time was not far distant when Free Trade principles would be adopted by the other great nations of the earth, and particularly by France and the United States of America. ( Cheers.) Free Trade was not a fanciful theory, as some represented ; it was merely the assertion of the principle that we should not attempt to direct and interfere with the industry of the country. ( Hear.) With regard to national education, no plan could be good or worthy the adoption of Parliament that did not sanction and maintain the principle of religious liberty. ( Loud cheers.) Having addressed these sentiments to them, he must express his fear that his powers were not adequate to the task he had undertaken ; but if they were commensurate to his wishes, then he might hope to see peace, liberty, and commerce flourish amongst us to all genera- tions. ( Loud cheers.) EVESHAM— The writ for the election of a burgess in the room of Lord Aiarcus Hill, who has accepted the oflice of Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, was received on Tuesday last, about mid- day, and proclamation was forthwith made by the authorities, appointing Saturday ( to- morrow), at eleven o'clock, as the time for proceedi g to the election, when there is no doubt of his Lordship's re election. GLOUCESTER CITY— The appointment of Capt. Berkeley to a seat in the Admiralty vacates his seat for Gloucester. The gallant Captain's address to the electors was extensively issued early on Tuesday morning, and about one o'clock he arrived in Gloucester, and immediately, with his friends, commenced an active canvass. No opposition is expected, and the Sheriff has fixed Saturday ( to- morrow) for the nomination. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE— The writ for a new election to supply the vacancy caused in the representation of the southern division of Stafford was moved in the House of Commons on Monday night- It is said that no opposition will be offered to the return of Colonel Anson. Lichfield is the place of nomina- tion. The election has been fixed to take place at ten o'clock on Friday, the 17th instant, at the County Court House. NOTTINGHAM— The election for this borough took place on Wednesday. F. Hart, Esq proposed Sir J. Hobhouse, Bart., as a fit and proper person to represent the borough of Notting- ham. ( Groans and cheers.) It was his opinion that Sir J. Hobhouse had strong claims upon them ( great confusion), and it was their duty to choose him as their representative. He had during the whole course of his political life, supported and advocated those measures which they themselves supported and desired to see carried into effect. ( Hear, hear.) Thomas Herbert, Esq, Mayor of Nottingham, seconded the nomination. Mr. James Sweet, after indulging in some very severe remarks upon the past conduct of Sir John Hobhouse, proposed Feargus O'Connor, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent Not- tingham. Mr. William Mott seconded this nomination. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, on rising, was greeted with partial cheering and tremendous groans and hisses," which having sub- sided, he addressed the electors. Mr. O'Connor then addressed the electors and non- electors present, ir » a highly inflammatory speech which lasted about two hours. A great portion of his observations were addressed personally to Sir John Hobhouse, and were coarse in the extreme, sometimes bordering upon the seditious. He dared him to continue to resist the progress of Chartist principles, and charged him to convey various measures to the Cabinet for their instruction and warning. Having had his say, Mr. O'Connor withdrew from the contest, although the show of hands was greatly in his favour, and the Sheriff declared Sir John Hobhouse to be duly elected. YORKSHIRE ( WEST RIDING).— In consequence of the Yorkshire Assizes being likely to last over next week, the high sheriff has appointed the election of a member for the west riding, in place of Lord Viscount Morpeth, appointed First Commissioner of Woods, Forests, & c., on Saturday, the 18th instant, at Wakefield, the place appointed by the Reform Act. Lord Morpeth's return will, for anything that has hitherto appeared, be unopposed. HALIFAX The Right Hon. Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was yesterday re- elected for Halifax, without opposition. CHESTER The election takes place to- morrow. Mr. Jervis, the new Attorney- General, is the only candidate. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM ( COVENTRY TO NUNEA- TON) ; NORTH WALES; COVENTRY, NUNEATON, BIR- MINGHAM, AND LEICESTER.— Their Lordships decided that in the above cases the Standing Orders had been complied with. SELECT COMMITTEES. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ( TRING TO BANBURY.)— The Com- mittee on the above bill met to take into consideration the points on which it had been re- committed. Lord Stanley took the chair as usual. There was no opposition ; and after the adjustment of some of the clauses the Committee passed the bill in its amended form, and then rose finally. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8. GROUP 33. In consequence of the order of the House of Commons, the Committee on this group of bills re- assembled this morning for the purpose of recommitting the OXFORD AND BIRMING- HAM JUNCTION, and the OXFORD AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION EXTENSION BILLS. The members present were Sir Robert Fergusson, chairman, the Marquis of Worcester, and Lord Hervey. These Bills were referred back to the Committee, on the point as to their having adhered or not to the resolution of the House in April last, on the subject of the amalgamation of railways, in which it was ordered that, before the House assented to such an arrangement, the Committee should examine and regulate the tolls and charges on both lines. It appeared that these bills contained clauses empowering the Great Western Railway Company to lease their new railways ; and it did not appear that the Committee had gone into the question of the tolls and charges paid on the Great Western Railway. This morning, Mr. Burke, the Parliamentary agent for the Great Western Company, submitted a number of'clauses to the Committee with respect to the leases of these lines. One of them was to the effect that the lease should not take effect until after certain contingencies, one of which was that they should have the power of amalgamation conditional on the tolls and charges of the Great Western being reviewed or reduced by Parliament. At the same time, however, the Great Western Company should not be obstructed in the use of their new lines until the maximum of the tolls and charges on the Great Western Railway are reduced so as not to exceed the tolls and charges on those Bills. Mr. Mellor, who appeared for Sir Henry Smythe and four other landowners, contended that tjie tolls of the Great Western Railway, if these lines were amalgamated with it, should be reduced to the rates charged on the London and Birmingham Railway since it had had other railways amalgamated with it. Mr. Burke objected to counsel being heard on this point. It was clear that the landowners had no locus standi on this point. The allegation respecting tolls was not mentioned in any of the petitions presented against these bills. The Committee determined that the landowners could not be heard on this point. -——• Mr. Alexander subsequently applied to be heard for the Marquis of Hertford, the Earl of Abergavenny, and other land- owners on the proposed line, and contended that by the order of the House, of yesterday, the Committee were bound to go into the whole question of the Bills of the Great Western Railway with which these lines were to be amalgamated. He asked that the tables of the rates and charges of the three lines should be reviewed, with a view to their being assimilated to the reduced charges of the London and Birmingham Company. The Committee again deliberated, and the Chairman stated that they had determined that the landowners could not be heard in the present . stage. The Committee also determined that they felt called upon to alter the tolls on the Great Western when the amended clauses were adopted. Mr. Alexander wished it to be understood that he did not assent to these clauses, but he felt that he could not proceed, as the Committee had refused to hear him before the clauses were brought up. The several clauses, similar in substance to those read by Mr. Burke, were then gone through and added to the Bill, and the Bill was ordered to be reported. It was intimated in the Committee room that the proceedings of the Committee in refusing to hear counsel on behalf of the landowners, would be brought under the notice of the House. WORCESTER TOWN COUNCIL. On Tuesday last the usual monthly meeting of this body was held at the Guildhall. The Mayor ( W. JLewis, Esq.,) took the chair, and there were present twenty- six other members of the Corporation. FINANCE— Mr. Alderman Chalk read the report of the Finance Committee, which recommended the payment of tradesmen's accounts to the amount of £ 99. 7s. 8d., governor of the gaol bills to the amount of £ 116.19s. 4d., and also payments for Guildhall and offices repairs, and for servants and officers salaries, poor rates, & c., amounting in the aggregate to the sum of £ 310. 13s. fid— The accounts were passed. COSTS OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS— Incidental to the production of the Finance Committee's report Mr. Alderman Chalk laid before the Council certain correspondence which had taken place between the City Treasurer and the Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, and which had been communicated by the Treasurer to him ( Mr. Chalk) as Chairman of the Com- mittee. From this correspondence it appeared that on the City Treasurer ( G. Farley, Esq.,) drawing as usual upon the Lords of the Treasury for the Government proportion of the expenses of criminal prosecutions, an observation had been made by their Lordships enjoining the strictest investigation into their accounts, and complaining that several prosecutions appeared to have been instituted against one party. To this remonstrance the City Treasurer replied, pointing out that he had no controul over the presiding judge who ordered the payment of the costs of such prosecutions. The reply of the Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury to this communication was, that he was aware the City Treasurer had no such power, but their Lordships still urged the necessity of curtailing the expenses of prosecutions, and requested the Treasurer to convey these wishes to the Clerk of the Peace of the city, the Recorder, Magistrates, & c. In the course of his observations on this subject Mr. Chalk incidentally mentioned that the costs of prosecuting a certain charge of embezzlement at the last sessions amounted to no less than £ 76. The Town Clerk pointed out the necessity which frequently existed ( in order for furthering the ends of justice) of preferring ; a plurality of charges against offenders : this of course increased the costs of prosecutions. Mr. Sheriff' Elgie admitted that a discretionary power in these cases must be left in the hands of the prosecutor, but alluding to the case referred to by Mr. Chalk, expressed a wish to know the particulars of the monstrous charges referred to. He asked could there by any possibility be a necessity for si* indictments ( as was the case) against one individual. It might have been politic to have two indictments in case one should fail, but if both failed a fresh one could be prepared before the Court broke up. He found in the case referred to that besides the fees to Counsel with brief, there was charged a fee to Counsel of £ 1. 3s. 6d. for " settling" each indictment: and this while the Clerk of the indictments was still paid his annual fees, and yet after all this very case failed for want of evidence. He would in future advocate the necessity of selecting a public prosecutor. ( Hear.) MARKETS.— Alderman Thompson produced a report from the Markets Committee. The only matter of general interest alluded to, was the subject of a memorial which had been addressed to the body by the market occupiers, for a reduction in the tolls, but on this subject nothing definitive had been settled. The report was adopted without discussion. QUAY AND ESPLANADE— Alderman E. Evans read a short report from this body, recommending a payment of £ 5. 12s. to the conservator, William Bowen, for arrears of wages. This report was also adopted. SURVEYS— The Town Clerk read a report from the Surveys Committee, recommending the adoption of certain assessments for renewals. Mr. Stallard enquired upon what grounds these renewals were calculated. Tbe Town Clerk replied that the calculation was as before, one year's improved annual rent. Mr. Stallard said, that being the case, he should move a direct negative to the adoption of the report, inasmuch as he looked upon this mode of calculation as unfair to the rate- payers in thus disposing of property in which they had a direct interest. Mr. Stallard reminded the Council, that in April last he pro- posed an alteration of these terms of leasing the property, whereby the rate- payers would be benefitted to an extent to which they were entitled. That proposition was rejected by a large majority, and he would now ask the Town Clerk whether the Corporation was bound to renew the leases on such terms. The Town Clerk said his opinion certainly was that they were bound to renew them on these terms as long as the resolu- tions of the 8th of June, 1837— which were in fact a mere repetition and confirmation of similar resolutions passed by the Old Corporation in the year 1700— remained on their books. By these resolutions they bound themselves to grant leases to the tenants of Corporation property on a year's improved rent. Mr. Stallard contended that this resolution was no agreement, inasmuch as there was only one party to it, and that therefore it could be rescinded. He also referred to the former attempt to enfranchise the Corporation property, and— The Town Clerk took the opportunity of noticing that this proposition had fallen to the ground for want of the general approval of the tenants. Mr. Stallard said he had been advised that the resolution of June, 1837, was perfectly illegal. The Town Clerk expressed his astonishment at this announce- ment. Mr. H. Webb seconded Mr. Stallard's amendment, and said that as long as they were calling on the burgesses to put their hands into their pockets to pay rates, they ought, in justice to them, to make the best they could of the property, for which he contended the Council were acting as Trustees. The Council acted very differently when they came to deal with the Corporation wine, but he could not see what difference existed here between Corporation wine and Corporation bricks and mortar. ( Laughter.) It appeared to him as though the Council instead of courting enquiry into their actions, sought, in this instance, to stifle investigation, since they refused tbe appointment of a committee on the subject. Mr. E. Webb regretted that he should differ in opinion on this subject from his brother and his friend Mr. Stallard, but he repudiated the charge which had been made that they were not acting honestly with the rate- payers by renewing the Corporation leases upon the existing terms. The wine affair alluded to by his brother was not at all a parallel case. His brother had said that there was no difference between Corpora- tion wine and Corporation bricks and mortar, but he differed from him on this point, and should prefer the wine. Mr. Elgie said there was no law whatever in the doctrine laid down by Mr. Stallard. He considered the present a most ill- timed and indiscreet discussion ; and he had hoped that the large majority which Mr. Stallard had found arrayed against him when he last mooted this subject would have settled the question for ever. The Mayor then put the question that the report be received and adopted, and that the leases be granted as recommended, which was carried with two or three dissentient voices. REPAIR OF HIGH STREET.— This everlasting subject was again opened by Mr. Alderman Thompson, who read a motion of which he had given notice, and which had been framed with the object of reducing the present cost to the Council of keep- ing the High Street in repair. Mr. Aid. Thompson referred to the dispute which existed some years ago between the Council and parishes as to the competent party to repair this street, and which ended in the Corporation repairing the street wider protest. The consequence was, that the street was neglected until it became in almost a dangerous state, when the Council repaired it at a cost which was greatly increased by such neglect. He proposed that either the Corporation should contest the question as to which body was liable to the repairs of the street, or that they should at once admit that they ( the Council) were the proper parties, and repair the road in an efficient manner. Several members of the Council having remarked on the folly of continuing the farce of repairing and protesting against their liability at the same time, The Town Clerk said the Council were as much bound to repair the High Street, as they were to continue the present system of leasing the Corporation property. This was his own opinion as legal adviser to the Corporation, and Mr. Fox Maule had given a similar opinion on a case submitted to him some years ago. After a very tedious and irregular discussion, in the course of which there was a narrow escape of a division on the question, ( which was prevented by the discovery that the motion on which the Council were about to divide could not be entertained with- out previous notice given) it was ultimately agreed to refer tne matter to the Highway Committee to report thereon to the Council. The meeting then broke up. ALLEGED CRIM. CON. AT TENBURY. For some time past the inhabitants of the town of Tenbury have been expecting weekly the hearing of a curious inquiry before the Magistrates of that district, respecting an allegation of crirn. con., wherein Mr. John Everall charged a person named Freeman with criminal intercourse with his wife. On Tuesday last the matter became the subject of judicial in- quiry, on the husband being summoned to show cause why he refused to contribute to the support of his wife, whereby she became chargeable to the parish. The Magistrates present were Rev. T. E. M. Holland, Sir W. Smith, Bart., and Rev. W. Joyce. The first witness examined was William Collings, who de- posed that Ann Everall became chargeable to the parish on the 22nd of June. Mr. Fuller appeared for defendant, and objected to Collings' statement, on the ground that his client had discharged all claims of that nature. Mrs. Everall now stood forth and said— I am the wife of John Everall. I have been married to him about 15 years, and lived with him till the 3rd of March last. He then turned me out of his house, and has since refused to maintain me, in consequence of which I became chargeable to the parish of Tenbury, and was in the workhouse on the 22nd of June. Cross- examined.— Recollects her husband saying he was going to Newton on the 3rd of March ; wished him not to go, as it was wet and cold; but he would go, and left her. He came back again on the same night, about ten o'clock, and the front door being locked, he made a great disturbance. This was the complainant's statement. John Everall, sworn, said— I still refuse to support her, on the plea of her committing adultery with that man there, William Freeman. [ Mr. Freeman, who is an occasional con- tributor to the local newspapers, was present.] Air. Russell, for complainant, interrupted Mr. Everall, and addressing the Bench endeavoured to show that adultery had nothing to do with this case. But he was checked, and de- fendant proceeded. On the 3rd of March last I succeeded in making my wife believe that I was going to Newton, when she came to the King's Head, a quarter before seven o'clock, and asked me to have an umbrella. 1 replied I could not wait. She then asked me when I should return. 1 answered " Thursday or Friday." She said, " You need not be in a hurry." 1 then said, " I shall stop till Sunday," and she left me. After finishing my ale I went down the street, and making a turn and fording Kyre brook, came to the back of my own premises ; and having the key of an empty house next door to my own, I listened, and heard some female stranger in the house; I cannot tell who. The partition between the two houses is lath and plaster. I went into the coal- house, which is quite close to my own kitchen. I then went up to the bed room window, which is opposite the gas lamp, and saw Freeman come past, about halt- past seven o'clock. He heard some visitor, and went away, but came again about nine o'clock, and " raking his throat," my wife came to the door, and Freeman, in an under tone, said " Is he gone— is he gone ? How did he go— how did he go?" She answered, " By the Red Rover?" He rejoined, " Is he safe ?" She replied, " Oh, yes, safe enough." And then one of them locked the front door, and also the back door. I then distinctly heard my wife draw a jug of ale. The jug was put on the table, and I heard the door open, and saw my wife look up and down the street. The door was then shut, but in two or three minutes was again opened, and she looked up and down as before. I now hastened to fetch Bond. About half- past nine o'clock heard a tustle in my house, and then all was still. Soon after a chair went down, and then another jug of ale was drawn, followed by busy talking, and then all was quiet again. I thought Freeman was gone, and slipped out of the vacant house and saw him at my back door. My wife was standing close by him. WThen he saw me drawing nigh he exclaimed aloud, and flew towards the front door, which my wife unlocked, but could not open. He then ran up stairs, while I entered and bolted the garden door; but while I ran to let Bond in at the front door my wife unbolted the back door, and Freeman came down stairs, and escaped through the gar- den, my wife placing herself between me and her paramour. Mr. Bond now entered the house, and I handed the woman out also to follow the wretch she had been feeding and pampering for upwards of a twelvemonth. Gentlemen, I have been dis- turbed by this fellow at all hours of the night, and when I remonstrated with her she would answer, " If it is he, why don't you speak to him yourself?" Cross- examined— William Freeman was once an intimate of mine. I frequently was foolish enough to take him home with me when he was apparently very drunk. He slept at my house and boarded there for days together. But at length he awakened my suspicions of his own villainy and my wife's infidelity. I was well aware that I should only lose my own cash by bringing an action against him. So I took no public notice of the matter, but ever after looked shy at him, and meeting him upon Ten- bury bridge, I told him never to come to my house again. I cannot say that I ever treated him with drink since he was in the Unicorn Tavern with Page, or that Freeman got up and ventured to boast, " Gentlemen the is jealous of me." I brought my wife before the Bench to save my life and property. 1 can't say what she threatened me for. 1 did not see the strange female leave my house. I cannot say how long I remained in my hiding- place after I saw Freeman; was too much agitated ; probably it was two hours. Have never been with Freeman in Ludlow within the last three years. Re- examined There was no female in the house with Freeman, but my wife and daughter, the latter in bed and asleep. William Bond sworn.— I recollect, the 3rd of March, Mr. Everall came to my house, breathless and without his shoes, and pressed me to go with him home. I hastened with him to the vacant house, belonging to his mother, he assuring me by the way that there was a dangerous interloper with his wife, in his own house. I went with Everall into the coal cellar, under the stairs, and remained there an hour and more, and heard drinking and scuffling. Afterwards there was silence for about ten minutes. Mr. Everall then went up stairs, but came down again directly, and I then heard earnest conversation till at last the parties were again silent. I then ran to the front door and soon after heard a man cry out, and at the same time heard Mr. Everall sing out, " Mind the front door." I called out, " Mind the back door." Soon after, Mr. Everall came to the front door and said, " Let it go, it is 1," and I entered the kitchen and met Mrs. Everall coming from the back door. It was Freeman's voice, and a doleful voice it was. The children, it seems, were put to bed in their own garden room, but their mother that night had carried them thence and put them into the street room, and made up another bed in the garden room. I do not know from my own observation that anything wrong was going on, but I positively swear it was Freeman's voice that cried out in terror. Mr. Everall never asked me to go after William Freeman that night, and never mentioned his name to me since, so far as regarded that distressing occurrence. Mr. Reynolds sworn and examined— I am a native of Teri- bury. and know Mrs. Everall and Freeman well. I saw them together on or about the 19th December, 1845, in Probert's yard. I knew them by the light of the gas lamp. They were close together, and I saw Freeman's arm round Mrs. Everall's neck. I saw them together several times since. I have seen Freeman pass Air. Everall's house, and scrape his foot, and cough. Don't know how long Freeman had spoken to him to hush this business, but he told Mr. Everall of it full two months ago. In Probert's yard, I, and a party with me, were within a few feet of them, but we did not speak to each other. The witness was proceeding to detail acts of familiarity when Mr. Holland and Sir W. Smith interrupted him, saying they had heard quite enough. The Bench, after retiring for two or three minutes, dismissed the case. There were about fifteen other witnesses in attendance to prove the intimacy of Mrs. Everall with Freeman, but they were not examined. Many portions of the statements made by the witnesses examined were of too gross a nature for publication. Mr. COBDEN.— We hear that Mr. Cobden, M. P.,- has issued an address to the electors of Stockport, in which he says that the state of his health compels him to go abroad for a twelvemonth ; that he therefore begs to be considered in the enjoyment of the privileges and immunities of private life ; at the same time he feels it his duty to place his seat at their free disposal, iu case a dissolution of Parliament should occur during his absence from England. No. 2, FRIAR STREET ACADEMY, CONDUCTED BY MR. H. CLEMENTS. FT^ HE 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 THE DIOCESE and the Board of Education. I"' HE above SCHOOL will be RE- OPENED on X 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. ALL SAINTS' CHURCH. T^ WO SERMONS will be Preached in this Church on SUNDAY NEXT, the 12th JULY, in AID of the FUNDS of the SOCIETY for the EMPLOYMENT of ADDITIONAL CURATES in POPULOUS PLACES. Morning Service will commence at Eleven o'Clock; Evening at Half- past Six. The " Venite" and " Jubilate" chanted— and the " Bene- dicite" ( an adaptation) will be sung in the Morning. In the Evening, the " Magnificat" and " Nunc Dimittis," ( Whit- field's Service.) ANTHEMS " Lord, for thy tender mercies' sake." Far- rant " Thou visitest the earth." Dr. Green.—" In time of tribulation." Bierey.— 100th Psalm. Tallis " God is gone up." Croft " Prepare ye the way of the Lord." Wise. MR. DONE will preside at the Organ* GREAT MALVERN. ASERMON will be Preached in the ABBEY CHURCH on SUNDAY, the 12th INSTANT, by the REV. J. WRIGHT, M. A., F. R. S., F. A. S., Vicar, and Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, in aid of the FUNDS of the GREAT MALVERN DIS- PENSARY. Service will commence at Eleven o'Clock. WORCESTER INFIRMARY. EXTRACT from the Minute Book of the Weekly Committee, July 4th, 1846 :— " The Books kept as a record of the attendance of the Phy- sicians and Surgeons, spoken of by Mr. Curtler at the General Meeting of the Worcester Infirmary, have been produced to the Weekly Committee, and the word private is not written in any of them. " Ordered— that this Resolution be inserted in all the Wor- cester Papers." D. W. NASH, Secretary. To the Worthy and Independent ELECTORS of the FAITHFUL CITY of WORCESTER. GENTLEMEN, HAVING been called by our Gracious Sovereign to assume for a second time the office of Attorney- General, a wise and constitutional usage requires the surrender into your hands of the trust which for five years has been confided to me as your representative in the House of Commons. My conduct in Parliament during that period I trust has been such as to justify my respectfully soliciting at your hands a renewal of that honourable and highly important trust. I congratulate you most sincerely that the statute book at length records the triumph of those great principles of com- mercial freedom, the advocacy of which was among the most prominent grounds of my claim for confidence at my first elec- tion into your service. That this successful issue to the Free- trade contest has been brought about by the conversion of those who but lately were arrayed in opposition to its principles, is at once a recognition of their truth, and an encouragement to proceed in their appli- cation to other subjects. The justice which has accorded freedom of trade in corn cannot deny us the blessings which must result from the application of similar principles to the trade in sugar, and other articles, forming the necessaries of life. The entire regulation of our tariff by those principles of commercial freedom, for which we have together contended, remains now to be effected by those whose first efforts for that object were effectually thwarted. By your aid I seek to assist a Government devoted to the wise completion of a free com- merce. If the pursuit of that object, alike in power and in opposition, be evidence of a just appreciation of a public neces- sity and of a consistent zeal in pursuing it, the statesmen now called to the Government of our country present both these claims for public confidence. Your entire acquaintance with my political principles and conduct precludes the necessity for any detail of the one, and I trust also, of any explanation of the other. What I have been I shall continue to be. In again soliciting the favour of your suffrages I seek only to continue the same course of service to your faithful city, and to the public interests, which I have already pursued. I shall immediately, in person, seek to afford to the entire constituency an opportunity for that reciprocal expression of opinion which has before resulted in so much pleasure and advantage to myself, and I hope I may add, in satisfaction to the electors and inhabitants of the City of Worcester. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful Servant, THOS. WILDE. Stanhope- street, London, July 4th, 1846. CITY OF WORCESTER ELECTION. AT a numerous MEETING of Friends and Supporters of SIR THOMAS WILDE, at the BELL HOTEL, Broad- street, Worcester, on Monday, the 6th of July, 1846, THE MAYOR, WM. LEWIS, ESQ., IN THE CHAIR : It was moved by FRANCIS EDWARD WILLIAMS, Esq., seconded by GEORGE ALLIES, Esq., And resolved unanimously— That this Meeting tenders its congratulations to Sir Thomas Wilde on his re- appointinent to the office of her Majesty's Attorney- General, and offers him its warmest support in obtain- ing his Re- election as one of the Representatives of this City in Parliament. That from the short, period to elapse before the Election, and the circumstances under which it occurs, it is the opinion of this Meeting that it is unnecessary for Sir Thomas Wilde to commence a personal Canvass of the Electors, which must of necessity be limited, and therefore partial. WILLIAM LEWIS, Chairman. LETTER from SIR THOMAS WILDE to the MAYOR. Bell Hotel, Worcester, 7th July, 1846, 11 o'Ciock, P. M. MY DEAR MR. MAYOR, IAVAIL myself of the earliest practicable moment to announce to you that I have received an intimation that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint me the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, in consequence of the most sincerely lamented death of the late Lord Chief Justice, and that I am therefore ineligible to receive the honour I have so ardently desired— that of becoming your Representative in Parliament. I feel it to be proper to lose no time in making this communication to you, that you may take such steps to make it known to my late worthy constituents, as you may deem most proper. I forbear to add more at this moment than that I shall ever retain the deepest and most grateful sense of your personal kindness to me, and shall remain, My dear Mr. Mayor, Your sincere and obliged Friend, THOMAS WILDE. To the Mayor of Worcester, The Mount, Rainbow Hill. The Mayor deems it right to make the above letter public without delay. Worcester, 8th July, 1846. To the Worthy and Independent ELECTORS of the FAITHFUL CITY of WORCESTER. GENTLEMEN, HAVING been informed, by authority, of the eleva- tion of my friend and former colleague, Her Majesty's Attorney- General, Sir Thomas Wilde, to the office of Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, I have hastened to your faithful city with the object of presenting myself before you as a candidate for the honour of representing you in the House of Commons, to which he has become ineligible by the highly- merited distinction he has received. I have been favoured by an interview with some of your number, in whose judgment I believe you place confidence, to whom I have explained the circumstances under which I so suddenly appear amongst you, and it is with their approval that I now address you. My political principles are in entire accordance with the statesmen who at this juncture have been called to the Govern- ment of our country. If sent to give your vote in the National Councils, I shall be found recording it, at all times, in favour of the progress of civil, religious, and commercial freedom. The complete removal of all remaining restrictions on the freedom of our commerce I regard as one of the first duties of our statesmen. The condition of Ireland must also receive the instant attention of Parliament, with the object of assimilating its franchises to those of England, and of removing all just grounds of dissatisfaction in that country. The consummation of the nation's wishes on the subject of the Corn Laws will afford opportunities for calling the attention of the Legislature to the questions of education— of sanatory and social improve- ments— of the state of crime, and the best means for its repression. On all these subjects Parliament must speedily legislate, and I trust will be found doing so in a spirit of enlightened liberality. I seek power from you to aid in so good a work, and if honoured by the distinction I crave, I shall ever be found, for such objects, Gentlemen, Your obedient and faithful Servant, DENIS LE MARCHANT. Bell Hotel, Worcester, 8th July, 1846. A WORCESTER ELECTION. T a MEETING of Electors of the City of Worces- ter, held this day ( Wednesday), July 8th, 1846, at the BELL HOTEL, Broad- street, THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR IN THE CHAIR, It was unanimously resolved— Moved by EDWARD EVANS, Esq., and seconded by GEORGE ALLIES, Esq., That whilst this Meeting congratulates Sir Thomas Wilde on his appointment to the office of Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, they most sincerely regret the loss of his services as Member for the City of Worcester. That this Meeting has heard with pleasure of the arrival of SIR DENIS LE MARCHANT, and of his willingness to become a Candidate for the City of Worcester, and being satisfied that he will steadily pursue the same enlightened policy hitherto pursued by Sir Thomas Wilde, this Meeting offers him their warmest support, and pledges itself to use every means at their disposal to secure his election. WILLIAM LEWIS, Mayor, Chairman. To the Worthy and Independent ELECTORS of the FAITHFUL CITY of WORCESTER. GENTLEMEN, ICANNOT adequately express the deep feelings of gratitude with which I desire to acknowledge your great kindness in entrusting to my charge your important interests in the House of Commous. The circumstances under which you have imparted to me your confidence, add greatly to my responsibility ; and I shall ever regard these as calling for my most devoted service to you interests, both national and local. It will be my proud duty to support in the House of Com- mons those principles which I have professed in my address, and at the hustings. To assist in embodying those principles in our laws will be my highest pleasure, and best expression of thanks for your kindness this day. I shall immediately wait on each Elector to attempt in person an expression of my gratitude, and to afford an opportunity for the interchange of sentiment and opinion. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your grateful and faithful Servant, DENIS LE MARCHANT. Bell Hotel, Worcester, July 8th, 1846. I WORCESTER ELECTION. N consequence of the state of the weather the Friends of SIR DENIS LE MARCHANT Have prevailed upon him to ABANDON his intention of RIDING IN PROCESSION through the City this day. SIR DENIS LE MARCHANT has been compelled by IMPORTANT DUTIES in LONDON to POSTPONE his PERSONAL VISITS to the ELECTORS to an EARLY DAY in the NEXT WEEK. Bell Hotel, Worcester, Ten o'clock, Thursday Morning, m July, 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 Garter Hotel, Worcester, at Eleven for Twelve o'Clock, by the rirection of the Trustees for Sale of tbe late JAMES MASON, ESQ., and others ; LOT 1. A DESIRABLE and COMPACT ESTATE, XJL 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- FItEE, 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, 2i MILES FROM THE CITY OF WORCESTER. This elegant and ATTRACTIVE MANSION has been lately built in the most substantial manner, ie 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, LANDTAX 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. SEVERN NAVIGATION COMMISSION. NOTICE is hereby given, that the INTEREST on the MORTGAGES granted under the SEVERN NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENT ACTS, and due the 1st day of July instant, is NOW PAYABLE at Messrs. Robarts and Co.' s, London; the Wolverhampton and Stafford- shire Banking Company, Wolverhampton; orat Messrs. Farley and Co.' s, Worcester. TH O. MAS WATERS, Clerk to the Severn Commission. Worcester, July 2, 1846. CITY OF WORCESTER SUMMER ASSIZES, 1846. THE COMMISSIONS of Nisi Pritis, of Oyer and Terminer, and of General Gaol Delivery, for the City of Worcester and County of the same City, will be opened at the GUILDHALL, in the City of Worcester, on FRIDAY, the SEVENTEENTH day of JULY, 1846, before the RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR NICOLAS CONVNGH AM TINDAL, KNIGHT, Chief Justice of our Lady the Queen of her Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, and SIR WILLIAM HENRY MAULE, KNIGHT, one of the Justices of our said Lady the Queen of the same Court; when all Justices of the Pence, Mayors, Coroners, Chief Constables, and Bailiffs of Liberties, within the City and County aforesaid, and all Jurors summoned to attend, Persons bound by Recognizance, Wit- nesses, and others having Business, are requested to give their attendance. Dated the First day of July, 1846. FREDERICK THOMAS ELGIE, Sheriff. WORCESTERSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES, JULY 17, 1846. VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that by virtue of the Precept of the RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR NICHOLAS CONYNGHAM TINDAL, KNIGHT, Chief Justice of our Ladv the Queen of her Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, and SIR WILLIAM HENRY MAULE, KNIGHT, one of the Justices of our said Lady the Queen of the same Court, the COMMISSIONS for holding the next ASSIZES for the County of Worcester will be opened at the SHIRE HALL, on FRIDAY, the SEVENTEENTH day of JULY instant, and that bath Courts will proceed to business on SATURDAY, the EIGHTEENTH da/ of JULY instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon ; and all Justices of the Peace, Mayors, Coroners, Chief Constables, Persons bound by Recog- nizance, Jurors summoned to attend on the several Inquests, and others concerned, are required to give their attendance at the Shire Hall accordingly. Dated this Sixth day of July, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty- six. WILLIAM HEMMING, ESQ., Sheriff. N. B.— Sheriffs' Courts for executing Writs of Trial and Inquiry will be held at the Shire Hall at any time, provided eight days' notice be previously given to Messrs. Gillam and Sons, the Acting Under- Sheriffs. INSOLVENT DEBTORS, To be heard at the Court House, Warwick, in the County of Warivick, on Friday, the Tiventy- fourtli day of July, 1846, at the Hour of ' Ten in the Morning precisely. JOHN LEES, formerly of the Albion Tavern, Wheeler Street, Birmingham, Architect and Builder, part of the time licensed to sell Ale and Beer by retail, and dealer in Tobacco; next of the Wellington Road, Handsworth, Stafford, shire, Builder and Architect; next of the Royal Old Wells Walk, Bays Hill, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Clerk to the Bays Hill Building Company ; next of the London Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, out of Business ; next of the Droit- wich Road, Claines, near Worcester aforesaid, Architect, Builder, and Coal Dealer; next lodging at Number Three House, Number Two Court, William Street, Five Ways, Bir- mingham aforesaid, Architect and Builder; next lodging at Francis Street, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham afore- said, Architect and Builder; and late lodging in Icknield Square, Monument Lane, Birmingham aforesaid, Architect. A. T. FORDER, Insolvent's Attorney, Leamingtora Priors and Warwick, FREEHOLD HOUSE & BUILDING LAND, AT CATSHILL, IN THE PARISH OF BROMSGROVE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY WILLIAM JOHNSON, At the house of Mr. Charles Edwards, known by the sign of the Crown Inn, at Catshill aforesaid, on Monday, the 27th day of July instant, at three o'clock in the afternoon, ( by order of the Trustees for Sale and Mortagees,) subject to conditions then and there to be produced, in one or more Lots, as may be agreed upon at the time of Sale; ALL that substantiallv- built MESSUAGE or DWELLING- HOUSE, with Erewhouse, Stable, and other Outbuildings, GARDEN, and TWO PIECES or PARCELS of LAND thereto belonging, containing upwards of ONE ACRE and a HALF, situate at CATSHILL, in the Parish of BROMSGROVE, and part of which adjoins t- he Turnpike Road leading from Bromsgrove to Stourbridge, late in the respective occupations of Sarah Parkes and John Jones, deceased, but now of Mr. Darwin or his under Tenant. To view the Premises apply to the Tenant; and for all other particulars to the Auctioneer, or to Mr. Robeson, Solicitor, both of Bromsgrove. MIDDLE FARM, CROPTHORNE, WORCESTERSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. AGG, On Thursday, the 16th day of July, 1846, on the above men- tioned Farm— ALL the very capital FLOCK of pure LEICESTER SHEEP, Short- horned CATTLE, powerful Waggon HORSES, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, CASKS and CIDER, and other Effects, by direction of FRANCIS HOLLAND, JUN., ESQ., of CROPTHORNE COURT, who has Let his Farms, and is declining business. THE STOCK comprises 68 very superior breeding ewes, 40 theaves, 30 shearhogs, 60 lambs, 21 fat ewes, nine capital short- horned 2- years- old heifers, seven powerful cart geldings and mares, and a capital hunting mare, by " Nimrod," with colt foal at foot, by " Comet." THE IMPLEMENTS are— one capital and substantial 6 inch waggon, in good condition, five narrow- wheeled ditto, four broad- wheeled carts, 15 sets of geers, ploughs, harrows, drills, rollers, and a variety of minor implements; one pipe of cider, and six empty pipes and hogsheads. Sale to commence precisely at Eleven. The Stock is well known, and comment would be superfluous; it may be sufficient to say, that the Sheep and Cattle may be equalled, but cannot be excelled by any in the County. Catalogues may be had at the Crown Hotel, Worcester, Fleece Inn, Evesham; the Three Tuns and Bell, Pershore; and of the Auctioneer, Hasler Hill, near. Evesham. 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. RUGBY, WARWICK, AND WORCESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. fT^ HE DIRECTORS feel it is their duty to lose no JL time in announcing to the Shareholders of this Company, that the Application of the Amalgamated Company to Parlia- ment has been thrown out by the Standing Orders Committee, and also to state, that so soon as the Accounts of the Amalga- mated Company are settled, a Statement of the same will be prepared and submitted to the inspection and examination of the Shareholders. The Directors in the meantime have determined, in accord- ance with the wish of many of the Shareholders, to return immediately 15s. per Share to* the holders of the Rugby, War- wick, and Worcester Scrip, who are hereby requested forthwith to forward the same for examination to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, No. 1, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall Street, London, accompanied by the annexed Form of Applica- tion. The above Instalment will be payable on and after seven days from the receipt and examination of the Scrip. By order, May 25th, 1846. GEO. H. WELLER, Secretary. GENTLEMEN,— Being entitled to Shares in the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Company, the Scrip of which is herewith sent, I hereby assent to the cancellation of the said Shares, and to receive back the sum of 15s. on each of such Shares, and such further sum as the Committee of Management shall declare payable after the final settlement of all claims upon the Company and Directors in full of all my share and interest whatever in the said undertaking. Christian and Surname in full of the\ Person entitled to Shares J Address Profession or Business Dated day of 1846. To the Directors of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Company, and also to the Directors of the Warwick and Worcester Amalgamated Railway Com- pany. N. B. The Shareholders who have not already replied to the above advertisement, are requested forthwith to communicate with the Secretary, or they will be excluded. 9th June, 1846. THE IRON STEAMER, " SABRINA," WILL start EVERY MORNING, until further notice, from WORCESTER QUAY, punctually at Seven o'Clock, to GLOUCESTER, calling at Kempsey ... about 30 minutes past 7. Cleveload 50 „ Rhydd 56 „ Hanley Quay 20 „ Upton 30 „ Tewkesbury 30 ,, And will return EVERY EVENING from GLOUCESTER to WORCESTER, punctually at Two o'Clock, calling at about 30 minutes past 3. Tewkesbury Upton Hanley Quay Rhydd Cleveload Kempsey Single Fares up and down: Cabin, lrf. ditto. REFRESHMENTS ON BOARD July 8, 1846. 40 45 15 30 55 Saloon, \ i± d. per mile; Fore BETTYS PATENT BRANDY. T^ HE established superiority of , _ I BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY overevery other Spirit, British or Foreign, for PRESEIIVES, the strengthening of H oME- MADe Wi nEs, and other domes- |^ PATENT tic purposes, renders it only necessary to I • - - caution the Public to observe that the PATENT BRANDV, 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 Wine and Spirit Mer- chants in everv 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. " JOSEPH HUME, " Chemist to her Majesty." " J 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 Foreign 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 be made suitable by dilu- tion to the most delicate or infirm. This fact was established in 1832, when its use was almost universal. THE NASSAU SELLERS 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 Selters ( in England called Seltzer Water), they have granted to JOHN THOMAS BETTS, 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 EXPORT, direct from the Springs, the Waters of Selters, Fachingen, 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 fo Mr. Betts, with authority to publish the same. Given at WeLbaden, this 18th day of December, 1844. " The President of the") Direction- General, Du- V" BARON DE BOCK HERMSDORFF. cal Domains, Nassau. ) " 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 on 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, Wrharf Road, City Road, letters to be addressed J. T. BETTS, Jun., andCo., PATENT BJUNDV DisiiiLfiflyj 7, SmiHriELD BABS, LOMPOK, THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 184 6. STOCKS.— At' 2 o'cl. | Bank Stock j 3 per Cent. Red Ann. i 3 per Cent Cons ; Cons, for Account.... 3i per Cent. 1818 3 per Cent. Red New 3J per Cent 3 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann India StocK India Bonds Excheq. Bills FRI. 206 § 95| 95i SAT. 207j 96 95$ HON. 208 96 95$ TUES. 208* 9f » 95j 95j WED, 208 96j| 96 THORS 209 96{ 9oj 95 J 97 ITS ~ 97i 971 10$ 104 104 104 261J 17 P 10$ 10$ 20 P 15 p 25 p 16 r 17 p ~ 14~ p 16 i> FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1846. LAST WORDS OF LORD RUSSKL ON THK 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 I am heartily sorry that " so many Protestants give their helping hand to it." IT has generally been thought necessary, and accordant with the spirit of the constitution, that the various consti- tuencies of the Empire should have a voice in the election of their several representatives ; but it would appear that, so far as this city is concerned, nous avons change tout cela; for the retiring Member nowadays hands over the seat and the constituency to a successor of the Minister's choosing, with as little ceremony or compunction as if he were merely transferring a bundle of the worthless scrip of one of the " Warwickshire and London railways. Many of our good citizens, especially amongst the Whig portion of them, are highly and justly indignant at being thus coolly made a convenience of, and the more so as the transfer was accomplished by means of a little skilful legerdemain. We remember to have read of SHERIDAN, when addressing his Stafford constituents upon some occasion or other, shouting to them, in consequence of certain unequivocal symptoms of disapprobation having manifested themselves in the crowd,—" I bought you, you rascals, and" ( with an oath) " I'll sell you." Now we do not mean to say that the proceeding at our Guild- hall on Wednesday was similar to that narrated in this anecdote; but it cannot be denied, we think, that the two cases are somewhat analogous. We can imagine the process of reasoning in Sir Thcs. WILDE'S mind to have been somewhat to this effect:—" It cost me a tolerably round sum to get into your good graces, my Whig friends, in 1841 ; and as I have now no further occasion for you, I will make a present of you to my friend Sir Denis for the rest of the session." Whether it were so designed or not, the majority of the Whig electors feel that the effect has been the same as if they had been made the subjects of a bargain or treaty, and they are indignant and wrathful accordingly, almost to a man denouncing the farce enacted on Wednesday as a juggle and a hole- and- corner trick; and there is no man more easily offended, nor more difficult to appease, than your Whig, when he has reason to believe that any of his privileges have been trenched upon. Like the late Earl GREY, he will sacrifice anything for his " order." With these few preliminary remarks we hasten, our space being very limited, to relate a few particulars, so far as we have been enabled to clear them from the dark and studied mystery in which they have been enveloped, of the mode in which this farce, miscalled an election, was concocted and conducted. Sir Thomas WILDE having accepted the office of Attorney- General, a new writ was issued for the city on Friday night, and on Saturday proclamation was made by the Sheriff and his officials that the election would take place on Wednesday. Sir Thomas arrived here on Sunday; on Monday he met liis leading supporters, and in the evening addressed the public in the Corn Market. His re- election would have been a matter of course, no opposition being con- templated in any quarter. Thus matters remained until Tuesday evening, when the work of shuffling and mysti- fication commenced. Lord Chief Justice TINDAL died at Folkestone a little after seven on Monday evening, and there can be no doubt that the intelligence of his lamented decease reached Lord John RUSSELL, if not the same night, very early on Tuesday morning ; and his Lordship immediately dispatched Sir Denis Le MARCHANT with a letter to Sir Thomas WILDE, announcing his elevation to the vacant dignity, and, we may reasonably conclude, stipulating for the return of Sir Denis for Wor- cester in his room. We do not say that there was any great harm in this^ nor do we object to Sir Denis as a Member; for as a general rule one Whig is as good as another, and we believe the Hon. Baronet to be amply endowed with the requisites to form a good and efficient representative; but we do object to the narrow, shabby, and crooked policy by which a clique succeeded in con- cealing the new and unexpected train of circumstances from the knowledge of the electors until the hour of nomination was close at hand. Sir Denis Le MARCHANT arrived here shortly after nine o'clock, and it was the duty of Sir Thomas WILDE immediately and without a moment's delay to have communicated to the electors the object of his mission. Instead, however, of this open and manly course being adopted, a clique assembled in secret conclave at Sir Thomas's head quarters, when a letter, dated 11 o'clock, p. m., was written, not to the electors, but to the Mayor, and even that tardy announcement was not made public until the following morning, so necessary did the " secret committee" appear to consider secresy to be in the negociations for the safe and insouciant transfer of the seat and the " most sweet voices" of the " free < md independent" from Sir Thomas to Lord John RUSSELL'S nominee. The electors have also, upon some points, been securely hoodwinked ; for instance, no allu- sion to religious opinions, further than the general and indefinite clap- trap of " civil and religious liberty," is made either in the address or the speeches of Sir Denis Le MARCHANT ; so that the constituency of this Cathedral city do not actually know at this moment whether they have elected a Protestant or a Papist— whether they are represented by a " Jew, Turk, Infidel, or Heretic. 1' Upon the whole, we certainly never heard of a greater mockery than this of the boasted " freedom of election." The following handbill on the subject was circulated yesterday morning:— • TO THE ELECTORS OF WORCESTER. Brother Electors,— The farce is over, and the man of your choice (?) is snugly seated by the dodging of a certain clique, as your Representative. (?) Will you submit to this ? Will you submit to the mandate of a Mayor, and to the dictation of a Town Clerk ? an officer paid by you, and paid for doing bis duty to the Town, and not for interfering in political strife. Look at Sir Thomas Wilde; he is now holding a judicial office; he, as a right- minded man, has told you he ceases to interfere in political affairs ! Why does not the little official follow this good example ? Will you he humbugged, duped, and deprived of that free exercise of choosing your own man in future ? Is this hole and corner work likely to last long? Have not that particular section of the party— I mean those who are pulling the puppet strings— invariably opposed not only innocent amusements, hut also the progress of improvement? Have they not been ( I mean that particular lot— mind— you know who I mean), afraid lest Races should make you infidels, and CHEAP GAS injure your constitution ! Gentlemen, the time is come when their sun is set; and although by an artful dodge they may have returned a very proper man, yet you have been insulted— you have not had a fair voice in it; it has been like a pig with one ear, all on one side, a regular Bridgnorth concern ! ! Don't promise your votes against another Election to either side; hold fast, Mid perhaps you may then be permitted to choose some one who may serve you as faithfully as your faithful City deserves. Yours, July 8th, 1846. AN ELECTOR. We have only further to remark upon the subject of this election, at present, that we very much question the propriety of the Mayor, presiding as he does over all parties in the city, appearing in so very prominent a character as he has done, as a partisan. The judicial and partisan characters are clearly and widely incom- patible. The clique appear to have been somewhat needlessly alarmed with regard to the probability of an opposition; for the proceedings were commenced before the appointed time, and the preliminaries, the reading of the writ, precept, Bribery Act, & c., were got through, as a gentle- man on the platform remarked, at railway speed. Lord and Lady Hatherton have left town for their seat, Teddesley, Staffordshire. The Marquis and Marchioness Camden and family have left town for the Wilderness, near Sevenoaks. His Excellency the Earl of Besborough left Cavendish- square yesterday for Dublin, to enter on the duties of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. Barneby, late Chairman of the Herefordshire Sessions, and Member for East Worcestershire, is, we hear, at the Baths of Eins, on the banks of the Rhine, and has derived benefit from drinking the waters. HEREFORD MUSIC MEETING.— We have been favoured with an early copy of the programme, of which we have only room to say that the selection displays a highly cultivated taste and sound judgment, as we shatl take a speedy (. opportunity to demonstrate. Joseph Bailey, Esq., M. P. for this city, has become the purchaser of the Llangoed Castle Estate, Brecknock- shire, from Arthur Macnamara, Esq., together with the rest of that gentleman's property in the above- named county and the adjoining county of Radnor. These purchases, besides the manors and two advowsons, comprise upwards of 6000 acres of inclosed freehold land, in addition to the hill property, estimated at from 12,000 to 16,000 acres. ADDITIONAL CURATES' FUND.— We perceive that the cause of " The society for the employment of additional curates," will be advocated in All Saints' Churchy on Sunday next. Through the instrumentality of this society 250 additional clergymen, or more, are now labouring in places which were formerly inadequately or wholly unpro- vided for. The anthems and choral part of the service will, on this occasion, it appears, be especially cared for, and Mr. Done gives his able assistance at the organ. CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY.— A quarterly meeting of this Society was held at the Guildhall on Wednesday, present, J. Williams, Esq., in the chair; the Revds. W. H. Havergal, W. Godfery, T. L. Wheeler, A. Wheeler, J. D. Simpson, E. W. Wakeman, and J. M. Gutch and H. B. Tymbs, Esqrs. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, the Rev. E. Wakeman made a communica- tion to the meeting relative to the site of the intended new church at Fearnal Heath, from which it appeared that every exertion was being made on his part to carry out this important object. After some general conversation on other matters the meeting broke up. The treasurer acknowledged the receipt of a legacy of £ 500 from the executors of the late Miss Rebecca Sargent, of Kempsey After a sermon preached by the Rev. J. Walcot, at Kempsey Church, on Sunday last, in aid of this Society, the sum of 14/. Is. 1 was collected. ST. ANNE'S CHAPEL, BEWDLEY.— We understand that after Sunday next, St. Aune's Chapel, Bewdley, is to be closed for a week or two, whilst the interior of the building is undergoing a course of renovation. We are informed that there is a probability of the removal of the east painted window, and the substitution of one of plain ground glass in its stead, which, in this instance, would be a decided improvement. The work is confided to Mr. Edward Bryan, under the regulation of a Committee. OPENING OF THE ORGAN AT ARELEV KINGS.— By the unwearied and spirited exertions of the worthy Rector of this parish, a new organ has recently been erected in the parish church, by Mr. Nicholson, of this city, and yesterday ( Thursday) was fixed upon to celebrate the opening of it. The sermon, in the morning was preached by the Rev. W. II. Havergal, of this city, and that in the evening by the Rev. Mr. Madden, of Fareham. The selection of music was performed by a choir selected from among the members of the Worcester Harmonic Society, who throughout the whole of the performance acquitted themselves in a most satisfactory and efficient manner. Among the anthems per- formed on the occasion was that beautiful recitative and air from Handel's Messiah, " He was cutoff," which was very delicately sung by Miss S. Barnett; a little cultivation would greatly improve her voice, and we doubt not she will j in a little time prove herself of great service to the^ Har- j monic Society. Mr. J. Jones, organist of St. Swithin's, in j this city, presided at the organ. The day was exceedingly unfavourable, but nevertheless, the very liberal collection of £ 41. 2s. 5| d. were made. TENBURY.— An election of organist to the parish church took place on Friday last. The late organist ( whose period of office has expired) having permanently left the town, a meeting of the parishioners was held to decide whether the vacant situation should be advertised, or whether it should be given to Miss Mary Walker, the only candidate. Between 300 and 400 attended the meeting, and some unfriendly feeling was exhibited, some of the inhabitants desiring a male organist, but the great majority were in favour of Miss Walker, who was accordingly elected. The father of the lady, by way of commemorating the election, directed the landlord of the Royal Oak Inn to distribute to the poor some hundred gallons of cider, ale, & c., with a dozen score of excellent plum cakes, made of convenient size to be carried away. On the same evening the Rev. H. Morgan, Vicar of Tenbury, gave a sumptuous dinner to a select party in honour of his fair eleve's victory. MR. RUSSELL'S ENTERTAINMENTS.— Mr. Russell's concert on Tuesday night, at the Natural History Society's Room, was but thinly attended, which was doubtless owing to any other reason than the want of attraction in the entertain- ment. We can only assure the absentees that they lost a great treat. Mr. Russell, whether in the humorous or pathetic portions of the programme, acquitted himself to the general satisfaction of his audience, the former being given in a style totally devoid of anything approaching to burlesque, while the latter were rendered with an intensity of passion generated by the feelings of an artist devoted to his art. THE ATTORNEY- GENERAL V. MAYOR AND CORPORA- TION OF WORCESTER.— In the Court of Equity on Tuesday last, the Attorney- General filed an information against the Corporation of Worcester, describing them as " The Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of that city." The corporation appeared, and put in their answer, describing themselves as they were described in the information. They afterwards applied to the Vice- Chancellor Wigram, upon motion, for leave to amend this decription in their pleadings, and to call themselves the " Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of Worcester," which they alleged was the style used in their charter, and iu all legal documents; the Vice- Chancellor refused the application. From this the corpora- tion appealed, and Mr. Rolt, on behalf of the appellants, contended that the Municipal Reform Act did not change the style of the corporation, and that they were right in adhering to this ancient name. Mr. Wood appeared for the relators, and urged that the Municipal Act had estab- lished a uniformity of designation, that the word " burgesses" was properly used now, where " citizens" had been pre- viously used. Mr. Rolt in reply said, though of no moment to the relators, it wasof much importance to the corporation, since it might occasion doubt in executing legal documents. The Lord Chancellor said he would look into the clauses of the act before giving judgment. On Wednesday the Lord Chancellor gave judgment upon the point. Having referred to the 6th section of the Act, the interpre- tation clause, and the clause having reference to the city of Oxford and the borough of Cambridge, his Lordship said that he had no doubt in coming to the conclusion that the true interpretation of the Act, as it applied to this point, was, that in a borough the proper appellation of the corpo- ration was the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, and in a city the mayor, aldermen, and citizens. He therefore thought the defendants should have leave to make the amendment in their answer which they had asked. The order of Vice Chancellor Wigram, refusing the defendants leave to amend, should, therefore, be discharged. DEATH OF R. V. RICHARDS, ESQ., Q. C.— We regret to have to record in our obituary of this week the decease of a respected and eminent member of the English bar, R. V. Richards, Esq., whose name must be familiar to many of our readers. He expired on the 2ud instant, at his residence in Whitehall- place, aged 53 years. The complaint which proved fatal to the learned gentleman was an affeciion of the spine of long standing. Mr. Richards was son of the late Lord Chief Baron Richards, was called to the bar in 1819, and continued for many years to practice in the Nisi Prius Courts and on the Oxford Circuit with fair success. WORCESTER AND BIRMINGHAM CANAL.— The usual half yearly meeting of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal Company was held on Tuesday, at the Star Hotel, in this city. The report presented at the meeting was most gratifying. A dividend of 30s. per share was declared ; and it was staled that during the last half- year the tonnage on the canal had considerably increased. WORCESTERSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES.— The Assizes for this city and county commence on Friday next, on which day the commission will be opened. It is presumed that the vacancy occasioned in the commission by the death of the late Chief Justice Tindal will be filled up by his suc- cessor, Sir Thomas Wilde. At present the notice given by the Sheriff contains the names of the late Chief Justice and Sir W. H. Maule. STEAM NAVIGATION ON THE SEVERN.— It will be seen by advertisement in another page that the Sabrina steamer now plies daily between this city and Gloucester, stopping on her route at Kempsey, Pixham, Cleveload, Rhydd, anley Quay, Upton, and Tewkesbury. Mr. E. L. Williams, of this city, has been elected a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. UPTON- ON- SEVERN BRIDGE.— The Bill of the Severn Commissioners, conferring powers for altering this bridge, by substituting a swivel bridge in the place of the two centre arches, and for other purposes, has passed through Committee in the Commons. Opposition was offered to the bill on behalf of the inhabitants of Upton, but to no avail, the Committee having sanctioned all the other clauses as originally framed. Alcester has received the advantage cf the Post- office money- order system. The new arrangements were carried into effect on Monday last. The Abbot's Morton Floral Exhibition will be held on Tuesday next. The Great Britain steam ship sailed from Liverpool on Tuesday for America, taking with her 110 passengers, and a large cargo. THE SCRIP FORGERIES.— The trial of Faulkner and Fabian, charged with forging scrip of the Buckinghamshire Railway, has been again postponed, as a most material witness, of the name of Richards, cannot be found. Richards was not examined before the Lord Mayor, and therefore is not under recognisances. EARLY HARVEST.— We have now before us one of the finest specimens of barley we have ever seen, taken from a rick which was stored last week, on the Abbey Manor Farm, of E. Rudge, Esq., situate near Evesham. We learn from various correspondents that the wheat crops generally are looking in a beautiful condition, and there is reason to expect that the crop will be a heavy one. On the same farm some wheat of a peculiar grey description, used for cattle, and commonly known as wheaten barley, has been cut in admirable condition. This description of wheat ( or barley, for we do not exactly know to which class it properly belongs) is very prolific, and is said to be very fattening for cattle. Our July fair takes place on Monday next the 13th instant. SHREWSBURY FAIR.— This fair, on Tuesday, was exceedingly well supplied with prime fat sheep, principally of large weights, the prime small hill sheep being very scarce. The demand at first was but sluggish, but improved duiing the morning, and only a few lots remained unsold. The most remarkable animals realised something over 6d. per lb., but the general ruu was about 6d. The demand for lambs was, as is usual at this time of the year, very brisk, and all was cleared off early at from 6d. to 7d. per lb. There was a good supply of pigs in market, but large stores sold best, the small ones falling off from 3s. to 4s. per head of former markets. THE LATE CASE OF SHOOTING AT HIMLEY.— The under gamekeeper to Lord Ward ( Hull) was examined on Monday last oti the charge of shooting at the head gamekeeper, Mr. Norris. The examination took place before S. S. Briscoe and T. W. Cope, Esqrs., at the Townsend. Mr. Fereday said Norris was doing well, but not out of danger ; he could not say he would be able to attend in a week, but he might. The court remanded Hull for a week. THE IKON TRADE.— At the Birmingham meeting of iron masters yesterday it was understood that the prices of last quarter- day— namely £ 10 per ton for bar iron, £ 12 for hoop, and from £ 4. 10s. to £ 4. 15s. for pig iron were to be maintained ; but according to usage, the final decision of the ensuing quarter's prices is reserved for the meeting at Dudley to- morrow. During the past quarter, owing to the unsettled state of our political affairs— which at one time threatened to swamp the railway legislation in course of progress, the iron trade partook of the general tendency to depression, and reductions from the prices agreed to in the month of April last were made by some houses equal to, it is said, from £ 1 to 10s. per ton. Yesterday, however, such was the general state of the market, that the parties who had thus reduced during the during the quarter, refused to sell for the prices to which they had previously come down, and demanded an advance, but with no great success- The large houses were firm in the full demand, but whether they will be able to maintain their ground it is difficult to say. They all represent the trade as being firm, the demand fully- equal to if not greater than the quantity which can be made. On the other hand, the manufacturers buy with reluctance, alleging that the prices required are greater than their profits on the manufactured articles will warrant. It is principally on the demand for the proposed new railways the iron- masters rely, and to a considerable extent they will not be disappointed. Some orders were in readiness for iron of that description; but the precise terms of these contracts, if finally entered into, are known only to the parties themselves. From £ 10 to £ 12 were demanded. The purchasers of iron complain that the trade is in an unsatisfactory state; that they know not when or to what extent to buy, and that this uncertainty arises from the fact of the prices having been pushed by the large houses to the highest possible scale compatible with our commercial returns, while sudden and unavoidable reductions by the small makers of iron, who cannot bear stock, are liable to be made during the quarter. The Coal and Lime masters' quarterly meeting, will be held at Stourport, on Monday next. AWFULLY SODDEN DEATH.— On Sunday evening, Mr. Finch, butler to Mrs. Lea, of Areley House, near Stourport, went a distance of about a mile for the purpose of seeing a friend. He arrived at the house, but not seeing his friend he returned, and a short distance from the house met the wife of Joseph Sharp, gardener to the late Mrs. Jukes, of Stourport. After talking a few minutes she asked him how he was ( he having complained of a slight pain in the bowels) ; he remarked in his usual peculiar manner that he never felt better in his life, but he had scarcely uttered the words when he staggered a few paces and fell into the hedge. Mrs. Sharp took a handkerchief from her son, who was with her, and went towards him, he having scratched his face in the fall; they attempted to get him up but could not, and a young man coming by at the same time, they borrowed a light cart and took him with all speed to Mrs. Lea's. Mr. Watson, surgeon, Stourport. attended him, but he never spoke afterwards, or appeared sensible in the least degree, and about two o'clock the following morning he breathed his last. He had lived with Mrs. Lea about three years, during which time he has borne an excellent character, and was Generally liked among his fellow- servants and the family and all who knew him. Mr. Hughes held an inquest on the'body on Wed- nesday, when Mr. Watson stated that having made a post mortem examination, he found death to have been caused by apoplexy. Verdict accordingly. FATAL ACCIDENT.— It is again our painful duty to record another fatal accident through the effects of intoxication which happened on Saturday afternoon last. It appears that the deceased, a man named Morgan, in the employ of Mr. Seal, of Knightsford- bridge, was returning from market with his master's cart, when just as they reached Crow's- nest, the shaft of the cart struck the shoulder of the unfortunate man and knocked him down, the wheel passing up his body and over the back part of his head, causing instantaneous death. On Monday, Mr. Hughes held an inquest at Summer Place public- house, where the body was taken immediately after the accident, when a verdict of " Accidental death" was relumed. The deceased, who was about 50 years of age, has left a widow and several children to deplore his loss. BURGLARY AT HARTLEBURY A few nights A< TO some thieves broke into the premises of Mr. Frederick Lett, of Pansington, Hartlebury, in this county, and stole a desk, containing various papers and books, together with a copper coal- hod, and various articles. We believe no clue has yet been obtained which is likely to lead to the detection of the guilty parties, but a reward of £ 5 has been offered for their conviction. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— Last Saturday an attempt at self- destruction was made by a woman named Hannah Siveter, the wife of a nailor living at Dudley. It appears the poor deluded woman and her husband had a quarrel, when she became so excited that she took a razor unknown to any of the family, and went up stairs; no suspicion, however, was entertained until they heard a fall on the floor; the daughter then went up stairs and found her mother lying on the floor in a pool of blood, with a deep cut in her throat; she gave an alarm, medical assistance was soon procured, and the wound sewn up; she however in the night tore it open, and it was again sown up, but she now lies in a dangerous state. This is not the first or second time she has attempted self- destruction, having at one time jumped down a well of some depth; on which occasion she was with great difficulty restored. The husband of the poor woman is a nailor, and has two wooden legs. BROMYARD PETTY SESSIONS.— On Monday last, before the Revs. W. P. Hopton and W. Cooke, Mr. ' John Oliver summoned WTilliam Caldicott for having neglected and refused to work six and a half acres of hop land, according to agree- ment. Mr. Oliver appeared as the agent of Mrs. nFido," and Mr. P. Bray for the defendant. Mr. Bray contended, from the circumstances disclosed in cross- examination, that the defendant was not the plaintiff's exclusive_ s£ xvaat. in which the Magistrates coincided, and dismissed the case with costs.— Richard Wanklin<* summoned his master, Mr. George Skipp, of Mounton, for £ 3. 18s. wages due to him, and he was ordered to pay it, with 8s. 6d. costs.— Mr. Parker, of Marsh Court, who, it will be remembered, was summoned by his servant, Thomas Clayton, about a month since, now appeared to complain against the said Thomas Clayton for inattention and neglect of work. It appeared that the defendant had been injured by a plough, and while labouring under the indisposition he had been ordered to mow thistles, which he had not done to his master's satisfaction. The Magistrates dismissed the charge, saddling the complainant with 7s. costs, and accompanying their decision with some remarks condemnatory of Mr. Parker's conduct in the matter. WORCESTERSHIRE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The second show in connection with this excellent Institu- tion took place yesterday ( Thursday), at the Guildhall, in this city. The rain unfortunately poured down in torrents throughout the morning, which had the effect of causing a thin attendance, and to keep back many specimens of horti- culture which would otherwise have been shown. There were, nevertheless, some beautiful specimens of all flowers in bloom, including, especially, a great variety of elegant fuschias, among which Mr. Hooke's Fuschia Exoniensis shone resplendent. The specimens of carnations and picotees were very good, and in the fruit department there were some remarkably heavy gooseberries. The following is the list of prizes awarded by the judges:— ROSES.— Stand of six Blooms, Varieties: 1st Prize, Mr. Bozward. — Single Blooms: 1st, Mr. Brown; 2nd, Mr. Bozward; 3rd, Mr! Cooke; 4th, Mr. Brown; 5th, Mr. It. Francis; 6lh, ditto; 7th", ditto ; 8th, Mr. Stanton. PANSIES.— lst, Mr. Bozward; 2nd, Mr. R. Francis; 3rd, Mr. Payton. CARNATIONS. — Stands of six Blooms : 1st, W. Barnes, Esq.; 2nd, Mr. Colerick; 3rd, Mr. Brown— Single Blooms, Scarlet Bizarre: 1st,' Mr. Brown; 2nd, W. Barnes, Esq— Crimson Bizarre: 1st, Mr. Paytou; 2nd, Mr. Colerick.— Scartei Flake: 1st, Mr. R. Francis; 2nd, W. Barnes, Esq— Purple Flake: W. Barnes, Esq.— Rose Flake : 1st, W. Barnes, Esq.; 2nd, Mr. Colerick. PICOTEES.— Stands cf six Blooms : Mr. Colerick Single Blooms, Bed: 1st, Mr. Bond ; 2nd, Mr. Colerick— Purple : 1st, Mr. Colerick; 2nd, W. Barnes, Esq. — Ornamental Collection in Basket: T. Hooke, jun., Esq.— Collections of six Plants not in Basket: 1st, T. Hooke, jun., Esq.; 2nd, Mr. Colerick.— Collections of six Plants in Basket : 1st, X. Hooke, jun., Esq. ; 2nd, Mr. Gaunt. FUSCHIAS.— Collections of Jive Plants not in Basket: Mr. Cooke. BALSAMS 1st, Mrs. Morton ; 2nd, ditto ; 3rd, ditto. STOVE PLANTS— 1st, Stephanotis Florabunda, Mr. Gaunt; 2nd, Aikemenes Grandiflora, T. Hooke, jun., Esq. ; 3rd, Aikemenes Longi- flora, Mrs. Morton; 4th, Menitta Glabra, T. Hooke, jun., Esq. GREENHOUSE PLANTS— 1st, Fuschia Exoniensis, T. Hooke, jun.. Esq.; 2nd, Fuschia Seratifolia, ditto ; 3rd, Rose, Mr. Gaunt; 4th, Erithrina Laurifolia, T. Hooke, jun., Esq. ; 5th, Geranium, Mr. Cooke ; 6th, Fuschia Giganthia, T. Hooke, jun., Esq. CAPE HEATHS— 1st, Erica Ventricosa Coccinnea Minor, T. Hooke, jun., Esq.; 2nd, Erica Ventricosa Alba, ditto; 3rd, Erica, Mrs. Morton. HARDY ANNUALS 1st, Lobelia Ramoso. T. Hooke, jun., Esq.; 2nd, Viscaria Occulata, ditto— Calceolarias: 1st. Mrs. Morton; 2nd, ditto.— Cut Specimens, six Varieties: 1st, Mr. Cooke; 2nd, Mr. R. Franeis. TENDER ANNUALS,— lst, Salphiglosis, T. Hooke, jun., Esq.; 2nd, ditto. DAHLIAS.— Twelve Varieties: lst, Mr. Stanton; 2nd, Mr. R. Francis; 3rd, ditto; 4th, Mr. Stanton; 5th, ditto; 6th, Mr. Colerick; 7th, Mr. Stanton ; 8th, Mr. R. Francis. NOSEGAYS.— lst, Mr. Colerick; 2nd, Mr. Grayton. GOOSEBERRIES— Best- flavoured Red: lst, Mrs. Morton.— Green: lst, W. Lewis, Esq.— White: lst, Mr. Colerick.— Yellow: W. Lewis, Esq.— Twelve heaviest Red: lst, Mr. Brown.— Green: lst, Mr. Payton.— White: 1st, Mr, Brown.— Yellow: lst, ditto. CURRANTS.— White; lst, Mr. Cooke ; 2nd Mr. Brown Black: 1st, Mrs. Morion; 2nd, Mr. R. Francis.— Red: lst, Mr. Cooke; 2nd, Mrs. Morton ; 3rd, Mr. Brown. RASPBERRIES Red : lst Mr. Brown; 2nd, Mr. Gaunt. GRAPES.— Black: Ist, Mr. Hardy; 2nd, ditto; 3rd, ditto.— White: lst, Mrs. Morton ; 2nd, ditto ; 3rd, Mr. Hardy. PINES.— Mr. Gaunt. MELONS.— lst, T. Hooke, jun., Esq.; 2nd, ditto. APRICOTS.— Mrs. Morton. APPLES.— Early Dessert: lst, Mr. Eaton ; 2nd, Mr. Cook ; 3rd, Mr. Hardy. PEARS .— Early Dessert: lst, Air. Hardy; 2nd, ditto; 3rd, ditto. PLUMS.— lst, Mr. Hardy ; 2nd, ditto. CHERRIES.— Mr. Eaton. PEAS.— T. Hooke, jun., Esq. CUCUMBERS.— lst, Mr. Hardy; 2nd, Mrs. Morton. LETTUCE.— lst, Mr. G. Chamberlain ; 2nd, Mrs. Morton. CELERY.— Red: Mr. Stanton White: ditto. EXTRA PRIZES lst, Collection, Mr. Colerick; 2nd, ditto, ditto; 3rd, ditto, Mr. Gaunt; 4th, Rhubarb, Mr. Cooke. COTTAGERS' PRIZES— Potatoes, J. Broomfield; Beans, ditto; Kid- ney Beans, ditto; Gooseberries, ditto ; Currants, ditto ; Collections, ditto. CORN AVERAGES.— General average prices of British^ corn for the week ended July 4, 1846, made up from the Returns o the Inspectors in the different cities and towns in England and Wales per imperial qr— Price: Wheat, 02s lOd ; Duty, 5s Od; barley, 27s 6d, 4s Od ; oats, 23s 8d, Is 6d; rye, 33s 3d, 4s Od; beans, 38s 5d, 4s Od ; peas, 35s 5d, 4s Od. WORCESTER HAY MARKET, JULY 4.— Hay, best quality, £ 3. 5s. to £ 3. 7s. 6d. per ton; straw, liaud thrashed, £ 2; machine ditto, £ 1. 15s. to £ 1. 17s. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 7-— Best hay, £ 4 per ton ; inferior ditto, £ 3; straw, from £ 2. 5s. to £ 2. 10s. ; clover, £ 3 per tou; packing straw, £ 2. 5s. per ton. SMITHFIELD, JULY 9.— Meadow Hay, £ 3. to £ 4. ; Clover ditto, £ 4 5sto£ 5l3s; oat straw, £ 1 10s to £ 1 12s; wheat straw, £ i 12s to £ 1 Hs per load. Both hay and straw met a dull sale, at barely sUtivuary prices, DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT DROITWICH. LOSS OF TWO LIVES. In the afternoon of Tuesday last, the town of Droitwich was thrown into a state of consternation by an explosion which took place at the Patent Salt Works, belonging to Messrs. Ellins and Co., of that place, by the bursting of the boiler of one of the salt pans while at full work, and at the time of its being full of boiling brine. Two workmen named George Carter and his son James Carter, who were loading a cart with salt close to, and in the direction of the explosion, were both very dreadfully scalded with brine from the pan. One of them ( the elder Carter) was literally covered with brine from head to foot; in fact they both presented a dreadful spectacle, and being in excruciating agonies they rashly, but unthinkingly, jumped into the brook close adjoining the works, which act added much to the fatal effect of the scalds. A boy named Robert Bickley, who was minding the above mentioned cart, was also very much scalded, though not so frightfully as the two Carters. Medical aid was promptly on the spot, and the two Carters were forthwith conveyed to Worcester Infirmary. The elder Carter died on Saturday morning, and his son on Monday; the boy Bickley is going on favourably at present, though yet scarcely considered out of danger. The explosion was so very powerful that the salt pan was severed into two parts, and one part which was nearly twenty tons' weight was lifted up several yards to the ceiling above, leaving the marks of the rivets on the wooden beams, and being removed several feet, from its original position. Two walls by which the building was enclosed were thrown down, and the building is otherwise much injured. The horse and cart before mentioned, and also a horse and cart which were passing near at the time were all driven into the brook, several yards distant. The horses were much scalded and have both been since destroyed. We shall not attempt to hazard an opinion on the origin of the catastrophe, but refer our readers to the evidence given on the inquest yesterday, which we have fully reported below. Since Friday the proprietors of the works where the accident happened, have surveyed the ruins of the premises, and find it would take a thousand pounds to put them in sufficient repair for use. There has not been a similar accident at these or any other salt- works at Droitwich within recollection. It was a most providential occurrence that the accident happened just as the persons employed at the works had gone to dinner, or the loss of life would have been frightfully increased. THE INQUEST was opened on Monday last, at the Infirmary, in this city, before John Tymbs, Esq., the deputy- coroner, and a jury composed as follows:— Leonard Greenbank, Foreman. John Morris John Hatch Samuel Stephens William Ilardvvick James Eaton Coningsby Norris John Savage John Millichap John Mortimer George Millward Jos. Price Samuel Kettle On the assembling of the jury on Monday, it was found advisable, in consequence of the absence of several material witnesses, to adjourn the inquiry until yesterday ( Thursday), when it was resumed. In the mean time the unfortunate sufferer, James Carter, died, and it therefore became necessary that an inquest should be held on his body also. Mr. Rea, solicitor, of this city, attended as the professional adviser of the Messrs. Ellins and Co., and Mr. George Ellins was also present for the purpose of explaining the construction of the \ vorks. For this purpose he produced a plan of the premises showing the relative position of the pans and tubes. It appeared that the pans for making and conveying brine consisted of four sets, and the accident happened by the bursting of No. 3 of these. Adjoining to these tubes was the loading room, used for loading salt, and here the two unfortunate men were in the act of load- ing a cart with salt when the accident took place. The first inquiry had reference only to the death of George Carter. Thomas Hughes, one of the men employed at Messrs. Ellins' salt works, deposed that he was at work attending to the No. 3 works on Friday last, the 3rd instant. About one o'clock in the afternoon he was attending to the salt- pan No. 3, and was talking to Thomas Jones outside the works, in the carriage way adjoining the works. While standing in this place he heard a loud report in the works, and immediately ran off to tell Mr. Ellins, as he knew something wrong had happened. He met the clerk and told him of the circumstance, after which he returned to No. 3 works. Here he found the pan on the ground floor broken to pieces, the " rivets" being torn, and the pan forced from its place. He had not seen either of the deceased immediately before this explosion, nor did he see them after it had taken place. Went to work at five o'clock in the morning, and did not observe any difference in the appear- ance of the pan, which was in its usual working state. He was an overlooker, and superintended the drawing of the salt from the pan. This was done once every twelve hours. He had been engaged in the works for some years, and had super- intended the pan No. 3 for about ten months. When he returned to the pan after meeting the clerk, he found water and brine scattered in all directions about the premises. No accident ever happened at the works before. William Bunn, another labourer at the Patent Salt Works, whose chief duty was to wheel coals from the stack to the works, was next examined. On Friday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, he was employed wheeling coal to the works Nos. 3 and 4, having just returned from his dinner when the explosion in the works took place. He then saw James Carter come from the loading room. The explosion was like a clap of thunder, and at first he thought it had been thunder. When James Carter came from the works he walked towards the river, and witness' attention was diverted from him for a few minutes by observing a portion of the loading room fall to the ground. Looking again for James Carter he saw him lying in the Salwarpe river at full length. When James Carter was proceeding from the works he had no coat or waistcoat on, and his clothes were quite wet. Shortly afterwards George Carter came from the works in a similar condition to his son James, wiih his clothes wet. He had been in Mr. Ellins' employment ever since last Christmas. Thomas Jones deposed that he was attending to the works as foreman on Friday last, when the accident happened. A cart and horses had just passed into the loading room, and was being laden with salt by the two deceased when the explosion took place. He immediately turned round and saw that the cart and horses had been blown into the Salwarpe river, and that the pan in No. 3 had been ripped up and removed from its place, part of the building being also thrown down. He went to assist to get the horses out of the river, and while so doing, he saw George Carter getting out of the river, James having just left the water. He could see that George Carter was much scalded about the face and breast. Had been in Mr. Ellins' employ about two and a half years, and had attended to the fires in the works since they had been erected— about nine or ten months since. George Ellins, Esq., was next examined) and deposed as follows:— I reside in the parish of St. Peter, Droitwich, and am the proprietor of the Patent Salt Works, in the same parish. The works consist of four sets, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4. Each set is separate, with the exception of a small feeding pipe, which supplies the boilers in all the sets. The set No. 3 consists of one fine salt- pan, having a boiler underneath the front, another pan in the rear, in which brine is heated by means of fire heat passing through a flue, which flue communicates with a chimney; another salt- pan, viz, the pan which adjoins the loading room, having a boiler underneath the whole extent of it. The top of this boiler forms the salt- pan, and is in length 40 feet, by 20 feet wide, but the top of the boiler being of a corrugated shape, gives a heating superficies of 120 feet. The boiler consists of wrought iron plates of the thickness of 9- 16ths of an inch, the dimensions of the boiler being three feet wide, and five or six feet long, or thereabouts. This boiler supplies the water from the boiler under the fine salt- pan, and is always kept full of water. The water from this boiler ascends by three vertical pipes to three pans placed above, which have double bottoms of wrought iron, and after passing under the bottom of these salt- pans, and giving off a portion of the steam, returns by a pipe to the bottom of the boiler beneath. The upper pans have cast iron pipes running backwards and forwards under the whole extent of the bottom of the pans, and receive a portion of the steam so given off", and thence communicate with the boiler under the fine salt- pan. Each of the upper pans has safety valves in connection with it, and the pipes have stop- cocks for opening and closing for the purpose of safety, and of regulating the steam. In connection with the boiler which has burst there is a safety valve, and at the end of each corner of the pan is a tap for the purpose of ascer- taining the heat of the water in the boiler, and of letting off any gas or foul air. The boiler which has burst was con- structed ten months ago, and has been in operation ever since, with the exception of occasional intervals of two or three days. No accident has ever happened to the boiler before : it was built at my own works, and was put up under the superin- tendence of myself and my boiler foremen, Humphries and Hulls. The plan adopted at my works is a new mode, an important object being to obtain an additional heating surface, I have three patents for manufacturing salt at my works, and I am not aware that the same principle is adopLed at other works. The principle of making salt by fire heat, boiling water, and steam, is common, but I circulate heat at the bottom, and give my salt- pans a larger amount of surface heat,— three heating surfaces to one evaporating surface. The only departure from the ordinary mode of making boilers, is by the extension of surface heat, which 1 effect by making it in a corrugated form. I have been acquainted with machinery for upwards of thirty years, and before I erected this boiler I consulted several engineers, among whom was Mr- Farey, of Giltspur Street, Russell Square, London, who approved of it, both before its construction and after it had been in work. I also consulted Mr. Mc Connell, superintendent of the locomotives on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, and he also approved of the construction of the boiler. The value of the boiler before the explosion was about £ 400: it is now only valuable as old iron. On examining the works after the accident, I found that the boiler in No 3 had exploded, and that one of the troughs was rent entirely across; the side of the boiler from the extreme end to the centre was also rent, and the vertical pipes were severed. Icannot account for the explosion : I examined the works on the morning of the accident, and found them safe. I also examined them afterwards, and did not discover any defect in the boilers, & c. The ordinary working pressure upon the boiler does not exceed 5 lbs. to the square inch. I tested the pressure shortly before the accident: the pressure was then about 5 lbs. In my opinion the accident was caused by foul air being in the boiler, which caused it to burst. I tested the boiler shortly after its erection, to ascertain the maximum heat to which I could get the brine, working the boiler with safety. I had then the brine at 229 degrees, which was about 30 or 40 degrees higher than the brine was just before the accident took place. In my opinion the brine had not injured the iron. Mr. Mc Connell, superintendent of locomotives on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, was next examined. He corrobo- rated Mr. Ellins' statement as to the safety of the works. He stated that his opinion was given on models of the works, and was given in friendly conversation, and not professionally. He had seen an engine on the South Western Railway, the boiler of which was constructed on the same principle of corrugated surfaces as Mr- Ellins' boiler, and bore a pressure of ( 30 lbs. to the square inch. He had examined the works since the accident, and was satisfied from that examination that there had been water in the bottom of the boiler when it exploded, or the boiler would have been burnt, which was not the case. Weighing the safety valve, he found that there had not been more pressure on it than 4 or 5 lbs., and he considered that the plates of the boiler were capable of resisting- double that pressure. He could not give an opinion as to the agency of the explosion, whether from steam or from gas. He observed an incrustation of salt below the bottom of the boiler, which had lifted it about an inch. The effect of this would be to injure the vessel to a certain extent, but he could not tell how far that injury had gone, as he could not ascertain the state of the boiler before the explosion. From his experience as an engineer, he was enabled to state that there were frequent explosions of steam boilers, the real cause of which could not be properly ascertained. Mr. Thomas Greenshields, architect, of Stoke Prior, deposed that he was now superintending the erection of the Imperial Salt and Alkali Works at Stoke Prior, and had been con- nected with engineering all his life. He examined the Droit- wich Patent Salt Works on Saturday with Mr, Mc Connell, and described the effects of the explosion as already detailed above. He agreed with Mr. Mc Connell and Mr. Ellins that the pressure on the boiler at the time of the explosion did not exceed 4 or 5 lbs. to the square inch ; it could not have given more than 6 lbs. as the maximum pressure under ordinary circumstances, but the force operating to produce the explosion on Friday must have been from 40 to 60 tons, and that generated in a very short space of time. He could not account for the accident: there was no obstruction in the pipes. Evidence was next taken showing the nature of the injuries which the deceased bad sustained. Mr. Knapp, pupil to the Infirmary, stated that both were suffering when brought to that institution from very severe scalds about the back, chest, abdomen, and other parts, which injuries caused the death of both. The deputy coroner then addressed the jury on the evidence which had been laid before them, and after a brief consultation they returned the following verdict:—" Accidental death from the bursting of a boiler in the salt works of George Ellins, Esq., of Droitwich. Deodand on the boiler one shilling." The proceedings thus terminated as respected the inquiry into the cause of death of George Carter, and the same jury was again sworn to ascertain the cause of James Carter's death. The same evidence as that already given was repeated by the several witnesses, and the jury, of course, returned a precisely similar verdict as in the first inquiry. CITY POLICE. MONDAY. This being a special session for transferring victuallers' licences, the following transfers were effected :— White Lion, Lowesmoor Wharf, from Charles Beesley to Wm. Probert, the younger; Wraggon and Horses, Angel Street, from Sarah Fidoe to Matthew Cooke; Royal George, Hylton Street, from Richard Rowberry to ^ John Lane; York House, Moors, to Joseph Tovey. Samuel Price, a hanger- on at races and fairs, was charged by Police Constable Nott with being drunk and creating a dis- turbance in Bridge Street, and obstructing the thoroughfare. He was sent to gaol for seven days to hard labour, in default of paying a fine of £ 1 and costs. ILLEGAL WEIGHTS— Charles Brook, a baker and flour dealer, of Boughton- street, St. John's, appeared to a summons taken out at the instance of Mr. Orchard, inspector of weights and measures, for having an unjust beam and scales for weigh- ing flour, and several weights in his possession, in the shop. Mr. Orchard proved the seizure of the weights and scales by him on the 2nd instant, and that he had compared them and found the weights light and unstamped, and the weight scale nine ounces lighter than the other. Fined 50s. and 9s. costs, which was immediately paid. Ann Everton, of Cripplegate, baker, who did not appear to the summons, was also fined Is. and 9s. costs, for having an unjust beam and scales for weighing flour in her possession, there being a difference of one ounce in the weight of the two scales. THURSDAY. Thomos Cutts was fined 36s., including costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment, for assaulting policeman Fudger on the previous day. John Hammond, for a similar assault on Policeman Hall, of the city force, was fined in the penalty of 5s., with 6s. costs, or seven days' imprisonment. William Kerby was charged with uttering a counterfeit sovereign to Henry Dunn. The prisoner was remanded for further examination on Tuesday next. FRIDAY ( THIS DAY.) Richard Parry charged William Collett with assaulting him yesterday on the Race- course. The man appears to be a noto- rious character, and in his possession were found a full comple- ment of thimbles and peas. He was convicted and sent to gaol for two months. THE CAD NUISANCE Mr. William Waite, book- keeper at the Star and Garter coach- office, preferred a complaint against John Smith, a cad, for having threatened to " give him one for his nob, in a quiet way," on his refusing to let the defendant remove some luggage from the office. This was only one instance of the abusive conduct of the defendant and others of a similar class, and from the previous insolent behaviour of Smith, the complainant applainant applied that he should be bound over to keep the peace. gporting » WORCESTER SUMMER RACES. Our Summer Races came off on Tuesday and Wednesday last, and afforded some capital sport, under the Stewardship of J. J. Martin and R. Peel, Esqrs. The attendance was an average one, and would, no doubt, have been considerably larger on the second day but for the unpropitious state of the weather. The receipts at the Grand Stand on Tuesday ex- ceeded, by a considerable sum, those of the first race day at the last SummerMeeting; and even with the draw back of unfavoura- ble weather, there was also an increase on the second day's receipts. The arrangements of the Committee were throughout most excellent, and one remarkable feature in the proceedings was the strict attention to punctuality in starting the horses at the appointed time. FIRST DAY. The weather to- day was very pleasant, being cloudy and cool, but without the disagreeable of wet, and the course was in excellent condition. At two o'clock the following horses were brought to the post for The Severn Stakes, of 5 Sovs. each, with 25 added. Three years old, 7st.; four, 8st. 41b.; five, 8st. 13lb., six and aged, 9st. 31b. Mares and Geldings allowed 31b, Mile and Quarter. Mr. E. Peel's br. c. Spithead, 3 yrs. ... ( H. Bradley, Jun.) 1 General U. B. Liygon nas. Fair Charlotte, 5 yrs 2 Mr. J. Thompson's ch. f. Hope, 4 yrs 3 Mr. J. Clay nas. ch. c. Pal, by Confederate, 3 yrs 4 Mr. Wall's b. c. Borrani, 4 yrs 5 Mr. B. Collett's b. f. Nannie, by Epirus, 3 yrs dr Mr. G. Dumble's br. g. Rosin the Beau, 3 yrs. ( h. b.) dr Mr. E. Griffiths's b. h. Newcouri, aged dr Sir J. Gerard's Mermaid, 3 yrs dr Sir J. Gerard's Morocco, 3 yrs dr This was a very good race. The quintett kept well together during the mile and quarter; and after a capital run in, Spit- head beat Fair Charlotte by about half a length, Hope and Confederate running in together close at their quarters. The winner was decidedly the favourite in the betting ring. The Two- Year- Old Stakes of 10 Sovs. each, with 25 added. Colts, fist. 51b.; Fillies, 8st. 21b. A straight run of Half a Mile of the Five- furlong Course. Mr. E. Griffiths's Lady Lift ( Marlow) 1 Lord Caledon's gr. f. by Simoom, out of Pergame 2 Mr. Pearce's b. f. Yellow Rose 3 Mr. E. Peel's br. f. Tweed dr Mr. Yarworth's Commerce dr The grey f. by Simoom ( which by the bye looked very like a black) was backed against the field to win, and certainly looked strong for a young one. The three got off very prettily together and of course very soon ran over the half mile. All three came down the straight run together at a clipping pace, Lady Lift having her head and neck in advance of her pretty compeers at the Stand. Here Denman on Simoom made an effort to im- prove his position, but found he could not overhaul the lady, who came in a winner by about a length. Then followed, after the lapse of about an hour, the principal race of the day— The Worcestershire Stakes of 20 Sovs. each, 10 forfeit, and only 5 if declared, & c., with 100 Sovs. added. The Second Horse to receive back his Stake. Two Miles. Five to remain in or no Race; and five to start, or only 50/. will be added. The Winner to pay 20/. towards expenses. Capt. Harcourt's br. c. The Druid, 3 yrs., 6st. 61b. ( Duncan) 1 Mr. W. R. Puleston nas. ch. g. Dulcet, 4 yrs., 7st. 121b. ... 2 Mr. A. W. Hill's ch. c. Ironmaster, 4 yrs., 7st. 41b 3 Mr. I. Day nas. Zela, 5 yrs., 6st. 61b 4 Mr. J. R. Cookes nas. br. h. Teiemachus, 5 yrs., 8st. 31b. ... dr Mr. R. Clifton's ch. g. Wilford, 5 yrs., 7st. 81b dr Sir W. Don nas. br. c. Brother to Sir Henry, 3 yrs., 7st. lib. dr Mr. J. C. Johns nas. br. g. Minus, 5 yrs., 6st. 81b dr Betting— The Ironmaster was the favourite at 5 to 2, 5 to 4 being laid against Druid, and 10 to 8 on the field. The start took place at the top of the course, and the nags passed the Grand Stand for the first time, in the following order— Dulcet 1, Druid 2, Ironmaster 3, and Zela 4. This position each maintained round the bottom, and were returning again Stand- wards, when Dulcet made play, and shortly after- wards showed in front. Whitehouse on Dulcet now tried the persuaders, but there was no response, and Druid won by about two lengths. The two others were several lengths behind, and judging from the exertions which Denman used to urge on his horse, Ironmaster must have been in wretched condition. The concluding event of the day was the— Purse of 50 Sovs, given by the Members for the Western Division of the County, for horses that never won before the 1st of May last; three years old to carry 7st. 121b.; four, 9st. 41b.; five, 9st. 121b.; six and aged, lOst. Mares and Geldings allowed 31b. Half- bred horses allowed 71b.; and horses bred in the county, bona fide the property of an Elector, allowed 71b. To pay 2 sovs. entrance, which will go to the second horse. Two- mile heats. Mr. Dumble's br. g. Rosin the Beau, 3 yrs. ( Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. Collett's b. f. Nannie, 3 yrs 2 2 Mr. Herbert's Powick, 4 yrs. ( h. b.) bred in the county 3 3 Mr. Williams's b. c. by Chit Chat and Mr. Thos. Parr's b. m. Slipshod were drawn. These two heats afforded but a poor wind- up to the day's sport. Each was won easily by Rosin the Beau, the others appearing to have no chance. The Stewards' ordinary this evening was held at the Star and Garter Hotel, and was well attended. SECOND DAY. The attendance was nearly as numerous to- day as on Tuesday, notwithstanding that it rained all day long. Some of the pleasure seekers, however, got wofully bemired, while others, if they had any cares at all on account of the elemental hindrances, " drowned it in the bowl," making themselves comfortable in the booths. The first race of the day was for— * The Droitwich Stakes of 10 Sovs. each, with 20 added. Two years old, 6st. 81b. ; three, 8st. 101b.; Fillies allowed 31b. A straight run of five furlongs. Mr. E. Peel's br. c. Spithead, 3 yrs ( Marlow) 1 Mr. Raworth's b. c. Engineer, 3 yrs 2 Mr. T. Carr nas. ch. c. by Coronation, 3 yrs 3 Gen. Lvgon ras. b. c. by Chit Chat— Lady Blanche, 3 yrs. 4 Mr. E. ' Griffiths's b. f. Lady Lift, 3 yrs dr This was a very good race between Spithead and Engineer. Won by half a length. Spithead the favourite. The Selling Stakes of 5 Sovs. each, with 30 added. Three years old to carry 7st. 101b.; four, 9st.; five, 9st. 101b. ; six and aged, lOst. Mares and Geldings allowed 31bs. The winner to be sold for £ 200, if demanded, & c.,; if for £ 150, to be allowed 71b.; if for ,£ 100,141b.; and if for £ 50, 211b. A mile and quarter. Mr. Hope Johnstone's, b. g. Blind Hookey, aged, 8st. 111b. ( to be sold for £ 100) ( Marlow) 1 Mr. Barton's br. m. Princess Olga, 4 yrs., 7st. 41b. ( to be sold for £ 50) 2 Mr. Thomas Parr's b. m. Slipshod, 4 yrs., 7st. 41b. ( to be sold for £ 50) 3 Mr. Wall's b. c. Boranni, 4 yrs., 8st. ( to be sold for £ 100) 0 Mr. Shelmerdine's b. mM The Persian Lady, 8st. ( to be sold for £ 50) 0 Mr. Pearce's b. f. Florine, 4 yrs., 7st. 41b. ( to be sold for £ 50) 0 Mr. B. Collett's b. f. Nannie, by Epirus, 3 yrs., 6st. 71b. ( to be sold for £ 100) 0 Mr. Walters's ch. c. by Coronation, 3 yrs., 6st. 31b. ( to be sold for £ 50) ! 0 Mr. Thomas Williams's b. c. by Chit Chat, 3 yrs. 7st. 101b. dr Won by a length. The " blind un" the favourite with many. A good race between the first two placed. The Tradesman's Cup, of 50 Sovs. in Specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 Sovs. each, 10 forfeit, and only 5 if declared on or before the 21st day of June. Three miles. A winner of 300 Sovs. value at any one time after the weights are out, to carry 5lt> » extra. Three to start or no race. The second horse to receive back his stake, and the winner to pay £ 10 towards expenses. Mr. T. Parr's ch. g. Dulcet, 4 yrs., 8st. 71b. ( Whitehouse) 0 Mr. B. Collett's Pal, by Confederate, 3 yrs., / st. ...( Crouch) 0 Mr. Wall's b. g. Minus, 5 yrs., 7st. 71b 3 Mr. St. Paul's br. h. Teiemachus, 5 yrs. 8st. 121b dr Captain Harcourt's br. c. The Druid, 3 yrs., 7st. 71b dr This event caused a good deal of interest as usual, and afforded splendid sport. Mr. St. Paul's Telemachus, and Captain Harcourt's The Druid, were drawn. Dulcet went oft with the lead at a slow pace, closely waited upon by Pal, Minus being a couple or three lengths behind. These relative positions were maintained by the three all round until the straight running, where Dulcet and Pal were abreast. Opposite the stand Crouch called upon the colt and plied whip and spur with vigour. The judge declared it to be a dead heat. Crouch, however, maintained that he had won, and it was said refused to go again. It was, however, arranged that Dulcet should walk over and that the stakes should be divided. Bets are consequently divided also. The closing event of the day was the race ( heats) for— The City Member's Plate of £ 50. Three years old, fist. 101b. ; four, 8st. 21b. ; five, 8st. 91b.; six, 9st. 21b.; and aged, 9st. 41b. Mares and Geldings allowed 31b. To pay 2 Sovs. entrance. Two mile heats. The second horse to receive the entrance money. • Mr. Shelmerdine's br. h. Rolla, 4 yrs ( Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. W. Smith's b. g. Master Downes, 4 yrs 2 2 Mr. Oliver's br. m. Teresa, by Physician j 5 yrs 5 3 Mr. Raworth's b. c. Engineer, 3 yrs 3 dr Mr. G. Dumble's br. h. Rosin the Beau, 3 yrs. ( h. b.)... 4 dr Mr. Thomas Williams's b. c. by Chit Chat, 3 yrs dr Mr. Thompson's ch. f. Hope, 4 yrs dr The first heat afforded an exceedingly pretty race, all the five keeping near together to the close. They entered the straight running in a very pretty group, Rolla and Master Downs being in the front rank. A very good race followed between these two, Rolla being an easy victor. Second heat.— This heat afforded a pretty wind up to the meeting, Rolla again winniug easily. It will thus be seen that in our prophecies last week respecting the result of these races we have been about as correct as racing prophets usually are, having out of three prophecies ( for we stipulated that the horses named should start) been correct in half a one; we allude to the race for the cup, for which we selected Mr. Collett's horse. The meeting was wound up by some pony and donkey racing yesterday, ( Thursday), which afforded the many- headed rare amusement. We are glad to hear that the prospects of sport at the autumn meeting are unusually good. CRICKET. SEVERN STOKE V. LEDBURY.— The first game of this match was played at the latter place, on Wednesday last; and notwithstand- ing the frequent heavy showers, so determined were they to play the game out, that it did not damp their ardour, and the game was brought to a conclusion with the following result, which gives to the Ledbury men a considerable majority on the score. LEDBURY. SECOND INNINGS. FIRST INNINGS Cooke, c. Hughes 1 b. Shepherd ... Mutlow, b. Baker 2 b. T. Woodward Woodward, b. Baker 2 c. Green Reece, b. Shepherd 8 b. J. Williams 9 8 1 6 Webb, b. Shepherd 2 b. W. Woodward 14 Harris, b. T. Woodward .... 13 b. T. Woodward 6 Burden, b. J. Williams 18 b. Shepherd 6 Norris T., c. Shepherd 1 c. W. Woodward S Higgins, not out 27 b. J. Williams 5 Baylis, c. W. Woodward 11 S. 0 11 9 2 Wide balls .. 0 86 SEVERN STOKE. FIRST INNINGS. SECOND INNINGS. Woodward, W., b. Webb 15 1 6 .. IT 0 Woodward, W., b. T. Norris 7 Woodward, T., c. T. Norris.. 3 11 3 c. Harris .. 1 0 Shepherd, b. Cooke 4 Williams, G., not out 2 b. Webb ,. 0 Byes 3 Byes . 0 58 55 First Innings 38 Total US LEDBURY AND REDMARLEY.— The Match between the Ledbury and Redinarley clubs is fixed to come off at the former place oa Monday next. MARRIAGES. June 24, at St. Mary de Lode Church, Gloucester, Dr. Huxley, resident medical officer of the lunatic asylum, to Mary, youngest daughter of the Rev. Wm. Prosser, of Tewkesbury. July 1, at the parish church, Ledbury, by the Rev. G. J. Watts, Mr. Henry Hinns, to Miss Aim Matthews, youngest daughter of Mr. John Matthews, builder, Ledbury. July 1, at Rugeley, by the Venerable George Hodson, Arch- deacon of Stafford, the Rev. R K. Haslehurst, to Hannah Stephen, youngest daughter of the Rev. T. D. Atkinson, Vic- ar of Rugeloy, Stafordshire. July 2, at VVilloughby, by the Rev. Richard Tawney, Yicar, Alexander H. Renton, Esq., M. D., to Mary Ellen, only survi « ving daughter of the late Richard Tawney, Esq., Dunchurch Lodge, YVarwickshirc. July 5, at the Ebenezer Chapel, Barn Street, Kidderminster, Mr. William Taylor, to Miss Elizabeth Sharman, both of Kidderminster. July 7, A. S. Field, Esq., of Leamington, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Samuel Martin, Esq., of Calthorpe Fields, Edg- baston. DEATHS. June 24, aged 80, at the residence of her brother, Mr. Thos. Hughes, Stourbridge Iron Works, Jane, the beloved wife of Mr. Edward Maud, grocer, of Westbromwich. June 26, at his residence, in High Street, Hereford, William Webb, Esq., in the 67th year of his age, sincerely regretted by a very large circle of friends and relatives. Mr. Webb served the office of Mayor of Hereford for two successive years, 1843 and 1844, and at the time of his decease was one of the Charity Trustees. June 26, in her 71st year, Mary, relict of Mr. Waren Tay, of Warndon, near this city. June 27, Marianne, the infant daughter of Mr. J. Southan, of Ttiorneloe Villa. June 29, at Winchcomb, aged 69, Hester, wife of Mr. George Timbrel!. June 30, at Bath, at the residence of her son, Mary, relict of Richard Me » , Esq., of Cheltenham. June 30, at No. 9, St. Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, Susan Jessie, daughter of Thomas Denman Whatley, Esq., aged one year and four months. June 30, at the Knowle- sands, near Briilgnorth, { aged 73, Sarah, relict of Godfrey Sykes, Esq., solicitor to the Board of Stamps and Taxes. July 1, at Ludlow, Edwin, second son of Mr. Edwin White, of that town, in the 5th year of his age. July 1, aged 46, Ann, the beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Danks, printer and auctioneer, of Dudley. July 2, in the 83rd year of his age, Mr. George Bedford, of Martin Hussingtree. July 2, at Boughton Fields, Mr. Thomas Tongue, aged 70, for many years an old and respected inhabitant of this city. July 2, Robert Vaughan Richards, Esq., Q. C. July 2, at Great Alne, in the county of Warwick, suddenly, the Rev. Robert Pedder Buddicom, M. A., Principal of St. Bee's Clerical College, Cumberland, and late Incumbent of St. George's, Everton, aged 66. July 4, aged 32, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. George Day, Angel Inn, in this city. July 5, suddenly, in the 79th year of his age, Mr. Job Siveter, of Rowley Regis. July 5, at Wilden, near Stourport, in this county, Elizabeth Emily, the beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Weaver Lewty, aged 36 years, after a short but severe illness; also, her infant daughter, Catherine, aged 7 days. WORCESTER OPHTHALMIC INSTITUTION. Monthly Report for June, 1846. Patients remaining at the last Report 66 Admitted during themonth 14 — 80 Discharged cured 19 — relieved 2 — incurable . . 3 — irregular 1 — 25 Remaining under treatment 55 Physician, Dr. Streeten ; Consulting Surgeon, Mr. Stevenson. Surgeons: Mr. Walsh, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays; Mr. Or « vin, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. Assistant Surgeon, Mr. T. W. Walsh, daily. EDWARD COBLES, \ Honorary MAURICE DAVIS, J Secretaries SECOND EDITION. Saturday Morning, July 11. STOCKS.— Bank Stock, 208 ; 3 per Cent. Red., 9S$ ; 3 per Cent. Con., 9S|; New 3} per Cent., 97j ; Cons, for Acct„ 95|; Long Annuities, 10J ; India Stock, — ; India Bonus, — ; £ 100( 1 Excheq. Bills, 12. PARLIAMENT, FRIDAY.— The House of Lords sat for a short time, but, excepting forwarding some bills a stage, no business of importance was transacted.— The House of Com- mons met at twelve o'clock, when Sir D. Le Marchant took the oaths and his seat for this city, in the room of Sir T. Wilde. The Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Bill, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway ( Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley line) Bill, Bristol and Birming- ham and Midland Railways Bill, and many other railway and other bills, were read a third time and passed. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned shortly after two o'clock. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.— The weather is unsettled here, and in the north it appears with the thunder storm of Sunday they had much heavy raiu, which had overflowed the low lands. This has imparted a firm tone to the wheal trade this morning, and an advance of Is. to 2s. per qr. was generally demanded on English, while there were more buyers at full prices. There continues a good sale for flour, but not much business took place in foreign wheat, which, however, was held with increased firmness. A large arrival of toreign oats, which continue to be pressed off atlower proportion- ate rates than other sorts, aud at irregular prices, according to quality and degree of condition, which makes it difficult to progress with, other sorts without yielding in favour of buyers. Other grain unaltered in value, and goes off steadily in retail sales at our previous currency. The question of the duty on beans and peas is not yet adjusted, but the present Government appear willing to re- consider the matter. SMITHFIELD, FRIDAY.— A full average supply of stock, and a fair trade done. Beef, 2s. 4d. to 3s. Gd.; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. ; Lamb, os. to 6s.; Veal, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; Pork, 3s. 8d. to 4s. lOd. BANKRUPTS. Alfred Barlev March, Cambridgeshire, draper. Philip Flood" Page and Philip Norris Page, King's- road, Gray's- inn, builders. Edward Brailsford, late of Brighton, music seller. William Osborn, jun., St. James's- street, Piccadilly, silversmith, John Stiles, Well's- street, Oxford- street, soda- water maker. Henry Savage, Dorset- place, Dorset- square, apothecary. James Ballard, Hastings, innkeeper. Robert Harding Evans and Charles Evans, New Bond- street, auctioneers. Edwin Cox Nichols, Bristol, broker. Frederick Butler, Stafford, ironmonger, Spence Purser, Cheltenham, drauer. John Mozley Start, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, bookseller: William Watts, Doncaster, millwright. Benjamin Scott, Bath, seedsman. David James, Cardigan, licensed victualler. Thomas Hutchinson, Sunderland, and Wingate, Durham, tes dealer. William Robinsop,, Spring Meadow « Saddleymtbi Ypjk » bire# dyer, THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 184 6. THE FADED FLOWER. Gaze upon this faded flow'r, Once the pride of my parterre, How its bloom adorued thy bow'r, How its sweetness filled the air! All its charms are lost for ever, It is wither'd,— it is dead : And but vainly you endeavour To uphold its drooping head. " View thy doom here, lovely maiden! Now thy charms outvie each flow'r, But thy head, with furrow laden, Soon shall fade beneath my pow'r." Thus speaks Death,—' tis wise to listen, Turn not heedlessly away 1 Soon thy eyes will cease to glisten- Soon thyself be turned to clay ! A. M. THE WEDDED PAIR. ( By Miss CHILD.) Dost thou remember, my Bessy, when youthful and happy, We first spake of love, ' neath the evergreen tree, When the garland of Summer, I cull'd in its beauty, And the choicest fruits sought for, and gather'd for thee ? 3 ne'er may forget when the rich orange blossom In graceful arrangement encircled thy brow, Nor the rapturous joy of the heartfelt emotion, When thy tremulous voice made its holiest vow. All bright were those tresses, with the orange wreath deck'd, And polish'd and snowy thy delicate haud, When I placed on thy finger the circlet that wed us, And of Hymen acknowledged the mystical band. No longer do ringlets adorn a fair forehead; Thy tresses are silver'd and wrinkled that brow; But thou cling'st to my heart as, when rich in thy beauty Thou gav'st to my keeping the hand I press now. Life's joys and its sorrows we've long shared together; If clouds have arisen, Love lessen'd their gloom, The sunbeam seem'd lighter, the rainbow yet brighter, That still hand in hand we encounter'd earth's doom. And thus to the valley of years while descending, Though gloomy and darker the shadow it throws, We'll still extract comfort from life yet remaining, Nor look with dismay to its hastening close. VARIETIES. DEADLY LIVELY.— Two sextons meeting the other day, one of them remarked on the vast increase of mortality. " Well," replied the other, " you're luckier than me,— for I haven't buried a living soul these three weeks 1" " Well, Patrick," asked the doctor, " how do you do to- day ?" —" Oh dear, doctor, I enjoy very bad health intirely. This rheumatiz is very distressing, indaue. Whin I go to sleep I lay awake all night, and whin I get up my toe is swelled up as big as a goose's hen's- egg, so whin I stand up I fall down again directly." • A cockney, whose mother was married a few years ago, at Ramsgate, to a dashing blade of the town, betrayed great emotion on the occasion. He was desired by a friend not to fret himself, for his step- father, it was probable, might reform, and become an affectionate parent. " I care not for that," replied young Wattey, " I am only afraid as how she will have an older son than I, and then I shall lose my fortune!" LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE " Mr. Thompson's compli- ments to Mr. Buggins, and requests he will, in futHre, prevent hispiggs from trespassing on his grounds."—" Buggins' com- pliments to Mr. Thompson, and requests that, iu future, he will not spell pigs with two gees."—" Mr. Thompson begs to request that Mr. Buggins will add the letter e to the last word in his note just received, so as to represent Mr. Buggins' wife and family."—" Mr. Buggins returns Mr. Thompson's note unopened. The impertinence it contains is only equalled by its vulgarity."— American Paper. PUBLIC BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.— The bill to pro- mote the voluntary establishment of public baths and wash- houses in boroughs and parishes in England and Wales, which has been read a first time in the House of Commons, was printed on Friday, It bears the names of SirG. Grey, Mr. Hawes, and Lord Courtney, and contains 43 clauses, with two schedules annexed. The preamble of this measure very clearly declares its object," that is is desirable, with a view to the promotion of the health, comfort, and welfare of the inhabitants of towns and populous districts, to facilitate the establishment therein of public baths and washhouses, and public open building places." With respect to boroughs, it is proposed that the. measure may be adopted by the- council thereof, and the expenses to be paid out of the borough fund, to which fund the income to be derived from the baths and washhouses is to be paid. As to parishes, on the requisition of ten ratepayers, the churchwardens may convene a vestry meeting, and the act may be adopted by two. thirds of the vestry and com- missioners appointed by the vestry to carry the same into operation, of whom one- third shall go out of office yearly. The expenses of baths and washhouses are to be raised out of the poor's rate. There is a provision to authorise the sale of baths, & c., after seven years, when they are unnecessary or too expensive to be kept up. By the schedule ( B) the maximum charge to the labouring classes is to be one penny for a cold bath, with a clean towel, and twopence for a warm bath, and in open bathing places the charge per head is to be one half- penny. The title of the bill is " For promoting the voluntary establishment in Boroughs aud Parishes in England and Wales of Public Baths and Washhouses." EFFECT OF IMAGINATION ON THE PHYSICAL FRAME.— Many years ago, a celebraied physician, author of an excellent work on the Effects of Imagination, wished to combine theory with practice, in order to confirm the truth of his propositions. To this end, he begged the Minister of Justice to allow him to try an experiment on a criminal condemned to death. The minister consented, and delivered to him an assassin of distinguished rank. Our savant sought the culprit and thus addressed him :—" Sir, several persons who are interested in your family, have prevailed on the judge not to require of you to mount the scaffold, and to expose yourself to the gaze of the populace. He has therefore commuted your sentence, and sanctions your being bled to death within the precincts of your prison; your dissolution will be gradual and free from pain." The criminal submitted to his fate; thought his family would be less disgraced, and considered it a favour not to be compelled to walk to the place of public execution. He was conducted to the appointed room, were every preparation was made beforehand; his eyes were bandaged; he was strapped to a table; and, at a preconcerted signal, four of his • veins were gently pricked with the point of a pen, At each corner of the table was a small fountain of water, so contrived, as to flow gently into basins placed to receive it. The patient believing that it was his blood he heard flowing, gradually became weak; and the conversation of the doctors in an undertone confirmed him in this opinion. " What fine blood ( said one); what a a pity this man should be condemned to die, he would have lived a long time." " Hush!" said the other; then approaching the first, he asked him in a low Yoice, but so as to be heard by the criminal, " how many pounds of blood are there in the human body 1" " Twenty- four. You see already about ten pounds extracted; that man is now in a hopeless state." The physicians then receded by degrees, and continued to lower their voices. The stillness which reigned in the apartment, broken only by the dripping fountains, the sound of which was also gradually lessened, so affected the brain of the poor patient, that although a man of very strong constitution, he fainted, and died without Laving lost a drop of blood. THE ICE TRADE.— This is one of the most curious branches of modern commerce. A portion of the foreign ice consumed in London is imported from the north of Europe, but much of it comes from the United States of America. The principal locality for cutting ice in that country is the Wenham Lake, near Boston, and there are in Boston sixteen companies engaged in transporting ice to the East and West Indies, New Orleans, South America, and Europe. The quantity exported from Boston in February, 1845, was 3815 tons, and the total export of the previous eight months, 21,152 tons, making the whole quantity exported from June, 1844, to February, 1845, 25,667 tons. Since that time the quantity has been greatly increased. Wenham Lake is situated in an elevated position, and is fed solely by springs which issue from the rocks at its bottom, a depth of 200 feet from the surface. The ice is kept free from snow until it is thick enough to be cut, - when it is marked out in squares by a hand plough and an instrument called a marker. It is then sawn out by a machine. The blocks are deposited in ice houses built of wood with double wnlls, the space between which is filled with saw- dust. From thence it is removed on board ship, packed with straw and Lay in thin deal boxes, which are nearly air tight. In this way it may be transported into almost any country with a very trifling diminution of solid bulk. Ice frozen upon very deep water is found to be harder and more solid than ice of the same thickness obtained from shallow water. The annual crop of Wenham Lake ice is considered good at 200,000 tons, which can be cut and housed in about three weeks.— Macgregor's Commercial Tariff's. IBRAHIM PACHA AND HIS DOCTOR'S BILL.— It is generally known that Ibrahim Pacha spent a few months in the south of France for the benefit of his health, and that an eminent medical man, Dr. Lallemaut, left his practice for a considerable time to attend on the son of Mehemet Ali. Nothing was arranged as to the fees or the salary of the M. D. until two or three days before Ibrahim Pacha was to leave Paris, and then he sent 50,000f. (£ 2000) to Dr. Lallemant. This sum was not considered satisfactory by Dr. Lallemant, who had been building castles with the munificent sum he expected from the Pacha; and he therefore respectfully submitted that he considered his fees should be estimated at 200,000f. ( 8000.) It- was a source of great vexation to Ibrahim to have undervalued the services of Dr. Lallemant, but yet he did not make up the donation named, but sent £ 4000 more to the learned physician, who then declared himself satisfied with the total received, namely, £ 6000. THE GUANO FOWL.— The following account of the guano fowl, in the island of Malagas, near South Africa, is given in the new number of the Periodical Accounts of Missions of the United Brethren ( Moravian), just published : " We had a visit from Mr. Hertzog, a surveyor, who had been sent to Saldanha Bay by Government, in order to see whether the small Island of Malagas contained sufficient guano to make it worth while to dispatch a ship thither. He stated to us, that the fowls, called Malagas, after the name of the Island, were so numerous that he had scarcely room to set his foot down, and their nests covered the Island. He estimated the guano at 60,000 tons, which lay piled up to the height of twenty- two feet, resembling snuff in colour and appearance. One of the fowls he had brought with him; its plumage was of a dirty white, it was about the size of a young goose, with a long neck and pointed bill. They appear to be of exactly the same species with those on the Island of Ichaboe." BRICKMAKING.— It seems by a Parliamentary paper, printed on Wednesday, that in England aud Wales in the year ended on the 5th of January, 1839, the number of bricks made was 1,427,472,282, on which the duty paid was £ 419,103. 13s. 2d., whilst in Scotland in the same year the number was 27,411,493, and the duty £ 8,112. 2s. 3d.' In the year ended on the 5th of January last the number made in England and Wales was 1,820,416,017, and the duty paid £ 558,323. 2s. 4d., and in Scotland 57,321,716, aud the duty £ 17,775, 2s, ? d. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE. COMMON PLEAS.— We regret to record the sudden and melancholy demise of that most excellent and universally esteemed judge, Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, Ivnigbt, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. The melancholy event took place at his seat, near Folkestone, on Monday evening. For the last three or four days the Learned Judge had been suffering under a severe attack of constipation of the bowels, with which he was first seized in the House of Lords on the occasion of his attendance being required on the hearing of some important appeals, upon which the judgment and consideration of the judges was required. The attack was not, however, so serious as to create any alarm, and no appre- hension of his recovery was entertained until Monday afternoon, when the Learned Judge was again attacked with the complaint in so serious a manner that Dr. Penington, who was in attend- ance on him, was compelled to announce that he could not entertain any hope. The attack continued, baffling all medical skill, until death put an end to his sufferings, in the presence of his family and medical attendants. The Learned Judge held the office of Solicitor- General in 1829, in which year he was created Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, on the retirement of Lord Wynford, then Sir Wrilliam Draper Best, Knight. Since his appointment his attention to his judicial duties has been unremitting. Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight, the recently appointed Attorney- General, is the new Lord Chief Justice. OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.— At the Herefordshire Quarter Sessions just held, Mary Anne Stephens, a widow, aged 31, was charged with having, on the 23rd' of February last, obtained, under false pretences, a quantity of mourning, & c., from Mr. John Beddoe, saying that she was servant to Capt.' Johnstone, of Mainstone, and that the goods were for Miss Louisa Johnstone. Mr. Beddoe proved the woman to be the party who procured the goods from him, and said that she represented herself to be Mary Anne Taylor, and a servant to Captain Johnstone.— Mr. Henry Gibbs deposed to having served prisoner with the goods; and Miss Louisa Rebecca Johnstone said that the prisoner was not sent by her for the goods.— A verdict of guilty was returned, and the prisoner was sentenced to seven years' transportation. Two previous convictions for similar offences were proved against her. AWFUL CONFLAGRATION AT SOHAM, CAMBRIDGE- SHIRE. On Friday morning the town of Soham was aroused by the cry of fire, which commenced on the premises of Mrs. Peachev, widow, in Hall Street, and near the spot where two other fires have happened within the last fortnight. The following will give a brief sketch of the extent of this awful calamity. Thirteen houses have been burned to the ground, viz., " the Globe public- house; house at the back, in the occupation of William King; shop, & c. of Mr. Iiobert Collen; house, & c., of Mr. Edward Muns ; house, shop, and goods of Mr. Harvey; house, & c., of Mr. Hicks; the whole of the farming premises of Mr. Edward Staples, with a newly erected mill of five stones; the house, & c. of Job Myson ; the house and shop of Mr. Horsley; the house, & c., of Robert Ginn; all the extensive premises and farm- buildings ( with the exception of the dwelling- house) of Mrs. John Maiden; house and premises of Mrs. Sarah Peachey; Mr. John Pettit, & c. & c. There can be no doubt but that this is the diabolical act of incendiarism, as it evidently broke out in various places at the same time. Of course it is impossible to estimate accurately the amount of damage done by this shocking occurrence, but we apprehend it cannot be less than £ 5,000, nearly the whole of which is insured in the Suffolk, and some in the Norwich Union Office.— Cambridge Chronicle. ECCENTRIC THUNDER STORM AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.— On Sunday afternoon, the metropolis was visited with a thunder storm, the phenomena of which were most eccentric. The clouds appeared to form themselves into a semi- circular girdle in the southern hemisphere, and the electric shocks shot out in rapid aud almost unremitting suc- cession, as if from a continuous park of artillery, until one erratic flash, detaching itself from the general volume, which appeared to spend its fury about two miles to the south, burst with a terrible clatter in the neighbourhood of Denmark Street station- house. Inspector Donegan, who was on duty at the time, judging from the sound that something had been stricken, after careful inquiry, ascertained that the electric fluid had struck the south- west point of the Sailors' Home, in Well Street, Whitechapel, and dislodged about four yards of the brick work, right opposite to the spot where Prince Albert, a few weeks ago, laid the foundation stone of the new Mariner's Church. The heavy mass fell with an im- mense crash into an upper room of the house of a Mr. Ellis, cowkeeper, adjoining the Home, which at present is used as a dressing- room. Mrs. Ellis, who had been dressing there, had fortunately left a few minutes previously, and so sudden was the shock, and so powerful the electric effect, that every inmate of the house was for the moment paralysed. MURDER AT KINETON, WARWICKSHIRE.— Another murder, which is involved in equally as much mystery as that which lately occurred at Berkswell, has just been committed close to Kineton, a market town between Banbury and Stratford- on- Avon. The deceased, William Chater, was well known; he was an unmarried blacksmith and machine maker, aged 53, lesiding at Combrook, near Kineton, with a decrepid mother of about 80 years, who has been confined to her bed for the past ten years. An inquest upon the body was taken before G. C. Greenway, Esq., coroner, at the Swan Inn, Kineton. It was proved that the deceased was at the Rose and Crown, Kineton, on the 1st instant, in company with various persons belonging to an Odd Fellows' Lodge; that he drank with some of these persons till he became intoxicated, and left soon after dark for the purpose of going home, and he was afterwards spoken to by a man, who saw him vomiting against a wall, and advised him to return to the public- house and sit down till he had somewhat recovered, but he replied that he should proceed homewards. About midnight, a young man named Wisdom, while on the road to meet his father, a carrier, found Chater lying groaning under a hedge by the road- side, on Pittern- hill. Supposing him merely tipsy, Wisdom proceeded a couple of miles farther, there waited for his father, and when the latter came up both returned, and on passing Pittern- bill they went to deceased and lifted him up ; it was seen that he was severely hurt, that blood flowed from his mouth, and there was a rattling in his throat. Not having the means of conveying the body they hastened to Kine- ton, called up the constable and Mr. Brown, the surgeon, and the four returned with the empty cart to the hill, and conveyed deceased to the Rose and Crown, in a state of insensibility, and he died shortly after. The surgeon found that his head was fractured, and in such a way as to show that it could not have been done by the fall of a drunken man on foot. Verdict— " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." The hat and coat of the deceased were produced by the constable. The left side of the coat was dirty, as if from a fall. Only a few pence were found in his pocket, and an empty purse ; also some soap, which he had purchased at Kineton, where he had been spending the afternoon. He had also in his possession a packet of coffee, which was strewed on the ground near to where he was found, as if a struggle had taken place. His walking- stick was lying broken in the road. The Magistrates of the neighbourhood have been indefatigable in their exertions to trace the murderer, whose object does not appear to have been plunder, but bloodshed. Deceased was of a quarrelsome disposition, often engaged in disputes with his workmen before the Magis- trates ; some of his men, it is said, have been known to threaten him ; but nothing certain has as yet appeared. HORRIBLE MURDER. — An inquest was held on Saturday last, to enquire into the circumstances connected with one of the most horrible outrages which have ever been perpe- trated. The scene of the occurrence is Dagenham, Essex, and the victim a police officer, named George Clarke, aged about 20 years. Owing to the vigilance of the police in this district they have succeeded in removing many suspicious characters from the neighbourhood. Some of the police, who had thus rendered themselves obnoxious, were, in consequence of various threats from time to time being held out to them, removed from Dagenham to distant stations, and their places supplied by others, among the latter being the deceased. On the Monday night, deceased and three other men were marched from the Dagenham station to go on duty, the deceased being left as usual by his sergeant, at the Four Wants, but not returning to the station in the morning, suspicion was aroused, and the various ponds in the neighbourhood were searched but to no avail. Throughout the whole of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the search was continued, and it was not until late on Friday evening that the body was found in the manner and in the horrible condition subjoined. After passing through a potato field one of the constables remarked that there was a strong and very unpleasant smell in the atmosphere, and on his proceeding a few paces further he discovered a policeman's staff, much cut and chopped about, lying in the ditch which separated the potato from the corn field ; and at no considerable distance a police cutlass sticking in the hedge, and covered with blood and human hair. About ten or twelve yards further on towards the centre of the field was immediately afterwards discovered the body of the deceased man, face uppermost, in a most dread- ful state of decomposition, and so shockingly mutilated and covered with blood that scarcely a single feature was discernible. Mr. Collins, a surgeon, residing in the neighbourhood, was sent for to examine the wounds of the deceased before the body was removed from the field. The result was that the whole of the back part of the poor fellow's head was found completely beaten in. One witness said that he went and minutely examined the ground where the body lay, and found a large quantity of blood about six inches from where the body lay, and portions of the deceased's skull. Some of the pieces of the skull were so firmly imbedded in the earth that he was obliged to use a knife to cut them out. There could be no doubt about the skull being broken to pieces with the truncheon or some other heavy weapon. There were other dreadful injuries, and the brutal murderers had absolutely resorted to the horrible practice, only hitherto known among savages, of scalping their unfortunate victim. The scalp was lying by the side of the body, and with such violence had the deceased been thrown to the ground, that, notwithstanding its hardness, occasioned by the dryness of the weather, the body had made a complete indentation. The corpse was with much difficulty removed to the ruins of an old house near the Three Wants. Here a further examination of the body was made ; and on the removal of the deceased's stock, a frightful wound in the throat several inches in length presented itself, besides several others, aud the thick leather stock was found to be cut through in several places. There was also a wound passing completely through the neck from the right to the left ( corresponding with the cuts in the stock), precisely similar to those made by butchers in the sticking of sheep. These injuries had evidently been inflicted by a sharp double- edged knife or dirk. At the back of the reck was a deep cut, believed to be done with a cutlass, extending down to, and nearly severing the spine, as also a similar wound on the shoulders. The fore finger of the deceased's left hand was cut off, and there were other frightful wounds and injuries about his body, leaving no doubt of the fact of his having been murdered. The inquiry was adjourned for a fortnight. On the termination of the inquest an exceedingly heart- rending scene took place. The poor mother of the deceased, who had come up from Woburn, made an earnest appeal to the Coroner to see the body, the police on duty having, in consequence of its decomposed state and dreadful appearance, refused to allow her to do so. The Coroner said he had no power to prevent her from seeing the body, but he would earnestly entreat of her not to do so, as the shock might be too severe for her. The poor woman entreated the Coroner to allow ber to do so, as the deceased was her only son; and her request was ultimately granted, the horrid spectacle, as was anticipated, having such an effect upon her, that she was led away in a state of insensibility. fiitiltum m parties. A milkman named Ward stands remanded to Tuesday next, on a charge of savagely assaulting a lad named Fink, at Gloucester, by cutting him with a scythe, for trespassing in his field while k^ man, 70 years of age, named Samuel Wilder, committed suicide by hanging himself to a tree at Churchdown, near Gloucester, on Friday. No cause can be assigned for the act. The town of Wellington, near Taunton, was visited with a tre- mendous storm of thunder and lightning on Monday last, one poor boy in a school room was struck dead, and others were seriously injured. At the Gloucester Sessions last week, B. P. Purnell, Esq., expressed his opinion in favour of a reduction of the constabulary force, by one- third; intimating that, if such a step was taken, the county rates would be reduced from eighteen- pence to sixpence in the pound. During the heavy thunder storm of last week, a shower of frogs fell from one of the surcharged clouds over the Humber ; several dropped on decks of vessels navigating the river, and a portion of the coast near Killinghome Lights was, for a time, covered by myriads of these strange arrivals. Last week a swarm of bees took possession of a large lamp in the market- place at Warrington, and commenced forming their combs. The following day they were safely hived, and placed in the garden of Mr. Jones, the superintendent of police. Mr. Serjeant Talfourd has been sworn as Queen's Sergeant. The honour was unsolicited, and was the last judicial act of the retired chancellor. A testimonial of £ 3,000 has been subscribed for Mr. Waghorn, the discoverer of the overland route. During the late thunder storm 74 sheep, the property of Mr. Davis » werastruck dead nearly at one flash, on the Mendip Hill. Elihu Burritt, the " learned blacksmith," has arrived in this country, from the United States, it is his intention to make a pedes- trian tour of England, in order to become acquainted with English manners, customs, and social institutions. Above one hundred thousand men were employed for twenty years in erecting the great pyramid of Egypt. From a computation by M. Dupin, it appears that the steam- engines of England would equal the whole product of this immense application of human labour, in lifting stones, within the short space of 18 hours. At Gloucester County Sessions, on Thursday, Mr. Serjeant Ludlow, who presided in one of the Courts, tried and sentenced no less than fifty prisoners. Thomas Flood, a relapsed teetotaller, hung himself last week, at his house, Blackfriars, in a fit of remorse, at having broken his pledge. The St. James's Club house, better known as Crockfoid's, was sold by auction, last week, for the sum of £ 2,100. The decorations aloue are said to have cost the late proprietor £ 91,000. A banker of Exeter went to the sea side the other day, and took his keys with him. Intimation was sent down by the electric telegraph ; by the next train, the keys came up, and the credit of the concern, it may have been, was thus relieved from the apprehension of a shock, by a flash of lightning ! A curious phenomenon has recently occurred near Imst ( Tyrol) the Erernagtferner Lake in the Oetzthal, having unexpectedly vanished during the 22nd and 23rd ult. The water disappeared through an opening in the earth, without causing any damage or loss of life. Between one and two o'clock on Thursday morning last, a ball, about the size of an orange, apparently fire, was noticed at Wood- bridge, moving through the air from the west to the south- east, with a long train of light after it. It greatly illuminated the atmosphere during its transit, but disappeared in a few seconds.— Bury Post. It is worthy of remark as a circumstance to excite no little surprise in England, that for the four pictures painted by Mr. Edwin Landseer this year he received near £ 7000. An unnatural parent was fined £ 5 the other day by the Hudders- field Magistrates, for forging a certificate of baptism, with the intent of enabling his daughter, who was under age, to work iu a factory. A woman was apprehended at Nenagh on Monday week for steal- ing money, when there was found a sum of £ 9 ingeniously made up in papillotes, neatly fixed under her hair comb. The New York Sun says that a man, charged with having attempted an assault on a female, was apprehended, stripped, tarred, and feathered, and led through the streets by ten men, with a halter round his neck. Next day it was reported that he was innocent, and the third day that he was dead. Ou Sunday week, an Irish labourer near Roslin, being thirsty, got a bottle of porter, but not feeling his thirst quenched, he next drank half a Scotch pint of buttermilk, which caused almost instant death. On Wednesday, a labouring man, named Thomas Pearson, who was at work in a hay- field near Edlington, Yorkshire, drank some cold water, and was almost immediately observed to reel and fall down upon'the ground. He died about ten minutes afterwards. A child only three year* old, recently fell into a pond at Pembroke, and was rescued by a Newfoundland dog which was only fourteen months old. The animal had been a constant playmate with the child. In Sweden fines are rigidly enforced against such as are intoxicated, and for the fourth offence * man is exposed in the parish church the following Sunday, deprived of his elective franchise, and disquali- fied from appearing as a representative. A Boston paper, recording a case of death from bleeding at the gums after tooth extraction, says that iu such cases a piece of cork, burnt to a crisp, and introduced into the cavity from which the tooth has been drawn, is an effectual remedy. The Rev, George Croly confesses at last to the authorship of " Ten Thousand a Year." Dr. Croly, it will be recollected, wrote, a few years since, a high Tory life of George the Fourth; and the same vein of politics ruas through his great work of " Ten Thousand a Year," so long credited to Mr. Warien. Mrs. Magee, of Dublin, has bequeathed £ 20,000 to trustees for the erection of a Presbyterian College in Ireland. An advertiser in an American paper gives the following as part of the description of a run- away apprentice :—" He is thick set, usually wears a glazed hat five feet high, and iron shoes with cross eyes." Mr. John Fowler, of Elsdon, near Kineton, has a buffalo ox, a bull stag, and a marten heifer, which work together on the farm very- well, and are remarkably docile and attached to each other. A man named Charles Simpson, clerk to several Money Clubs in Sheffield, has absconded, taking with him about £ 3,000. He set sail for America on the 28th ult., accompanied by one daughter, leaving his wife and another daughter in England to shift for themselvesj Among the persons for trial at the ensuing county Limerick Assizes, there are twelve for murder, eight for taking forcible possession with arms; three for firing at the police; with others, making fifty- two prisoners for trial. A new method of execution has been discovered by a surgeon of Padua. The culprit is fastened in a machine, and his head is pulled till he is dead. The Government of Venice have ordained that this method shall be universally practised in the Venetian kingdom. A Mr. Clement Irvine recently walked across the harbour at Guernsey, on a rope 700 feet in length, stretched at a height of 70 feet above the water. The rope was on an incline ; Mr. Irvine first ascended it, and then, after five minutes' rest, descended it. On Sunday week a yacht capsized at the mouth of the Tees, by which four young men were drowned, three of whom were brothers. Their bodies were found together entangled among the sails. A new order has recently sprung up at Sheffield, under the title of " The order of the Provident Buffaloes!" The Liverpool Albion describes an " affair of honour" in the following concise manner " Two silly fellows quarrelled the other day, at Plymouth, over their bottle, when one threw a glass of wine in the other's face. This led to an affair of humbug, in which the one who threw the wine was fired at, and discharged Elar own pistol in the air. "— During the height of the late sform of thunder and lightning, a man was seen very composedly trudging up the Side, Newcastle, with two casks of gunpowder on his shoulder! An inhabitant of Corfu, who recently returned from Spitsbergen, after an absence of 28 years, found his wife in very good health, but the wtdoto of three husbands ! At the Tbornbury Horticultural Show, about a week ago, there was exhibited a cradle entirely covered with flowers, with its designa- tion, " Lovers' Fruit Basket!" We haveseensome potatoes grown in the garden of Mr. Thomas Thomas, Red Lion Inn, Cardigan, sown in October last, that weigh near half a pound each, and are of a fine quality when dressed. — Carmarthen Journal. An infant has been killed in London, by its mother incautiously giving it a piece of linen to suck. It swallowed the linen and was suffocated. The New Zealand Company has determined to seek compensation from Parliament for losses amounting to £ 600,000. THE REVENUE. Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended the 5th of July, 1845 and 1846, showing the Increase or Decrease thereof:— Customs Excise Stamps Taxes Property Tax Post- office ... Crown Lands Miscellaneous Total Ordinary Re- venue Imprest and other Mo- nies Repayments of Ad- vances for Public Works YEARS ENDED 5th JULY. 1845. £ 19,807,044 12,074,999 6,846,883 4,228,441 5,261,954 1846. £ 17,688,461 12.025,112 6,988,940 4,229,899 5,183,912 679,000 794,000 125,000 658,819 49,682,140 410,145 975,571 Total Income 51,067,856 Deduct Increase Decrease on the Year 100,000 1,384,096 48,394,420 215,523 1,446,140 50,056,083 Increase. 142,057 1,458 li' 5,000 725,277 983,792 470,569 1,454,361 Decrease. £ 2,118,583 49,887 78,024 25,000 2,271,512 194,622 2,466,134 1,454,361 1.011,773 Customs Excise Stamps Taxes Property Tax Post- office Crown Lands Miscellaneous Total Ordinary Re- venue Imprest and other Mo- nies Repayments of Ad- vances for Public Works Total Income Deduct Decrease QUARTERS ENDED 5th JULY. 1845. £ 4,499,548 2,965,684 1,837,076 2,000,567 909,991 155,000 30,000 13,652 12,411,518 29,262 182,354 12,623,134 1846. £ 4,523,391 3,104,711 1,730,495 2,006,427 1,009,162 181,000 458,001 13,013,187 73,939 111,607 13,198,733 Increase on the Quarter Increase. £ 23,843 139,027 " 5,860 99,171 26,000 444,349 738,250 44,677 782,927 207,328 575,599 Decrease. £ 106,581 30,000 136,531 70,474 207,328 SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.— A most extraordinary and unprecedented instance of adoption may now be witnessed at the Cross Keys Inn, in this town ( D^ yizes). Some time ago a. hen was sitting on eight eggs, part of which were those of the common kind, and part galenas. The chickens being hatched first, were removed and placed in a basket, in order that the hen might continue sitting. A cat belonging to the house adopted them, and has ever since watched over and nursed them with maternal affection ; carrying them in her mouth as she would her own offspring, and defending them from molestation.— Wilts Independent. STATE OF TRADE IN MANCHESTER.— Since the middie of last week, some of the home- trade houses have been buy- ing goods rather more freely than before; but the com- parative absence of shipping demand keeps the market quiet. Prices are, on the whole, well sustained. In the yarn market there has been little demand, and prices are not quite so firm.— Manchester Guardian, Tuesday. Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Extraordinary Cure of a Diseased Knee of Ten Years' standing.— Mr. Edward Per- ryns, residing at No. 21, Foregate- street, Worcester, is now cured of an abscess on the knee and a stiff joint, which had been bad for ten years; indeed, ever since he was fourteen. He lost from the knee joint several pieces of bone, one being two inches in length. He had been under the most eminent of the faculty, and at last was told that his leg must be ampu- tated, as a cure was quite impossible. Nevertheless, a perfect cure has been effected in this hopeless case by these won. derful medicines. THE SUGAR DUTIES.'— Last week the following freehold sugar and coffee plantation estates, situated in Jamaica, were put up to auction, at the Gray's- Inn Coffee- house, under the authority of the Court of Chancery, this being the second time that they have been offered to public competition. The first lot consisted of an estate called " Kelletts," and was situate in the parish of Clarendon. It consisted of about 5,968 acres, and the crop of the estate would produce in fair seasons from 200 to 220 hogsheads of sugar, and from 90 to 100 puncheons of rum. There was a stock also of 171 head of mules, & c., with buildings, & c., and every neoessary for the manufacture of sugar and rum. The auctioneer asked if any one would offer £ 16,000 for it; but no bidding was made. The second property called " Marn- mee Gully," comprised 800 acres, with 85 head of beast; the third " the Burn Plantation," 500 acres; and the fourth " Belmont," 1,501 acres, the returns per annum being 110 hogshead of sugar, and 50 puncheons of rum, There was no offer for any lot, when the auctioneer observed that he attributed the cause to the uncertainty of the continuance of the duty on the importation of Brazilian sugar. Some professional gentlemen were present on the part of West India planters watching the result of the sale. BIRMINGHAM BANKRUPTCY COURT. ( BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER DANIELL.) SATURDAY, JULY 3. In re WM. TAYLOR, Sharebroker, Worcester. The bankrupt came up for his last examination. He was opposed by Mr. John Smith, on behalf of assignees: Mr. Motteram appeared on behalf of the bankrupt, and Mr. Rees, of the firm of Wilde, Rees, and Co., College Hill, London, attended for the National Provincial Bank, at the Worcester branch of which the bankrupt had been manager up to the 5th of May last. The bankrupt was examined by Mr. Smith, and deposed as follows:— I was manager at the National Provincial Bank at Worcester. 1 have been manager five years. My salary when I first went was 250/., and 350/. at the time I became bankrupt. I was sole manager of the bank. Mr. Rees observed that the bankrupt was also a secret partner in Mariott and Company's brewers, at Worcester, but the connection was not generally known. Resumed.—- I had the sole control of matters, subject to orders sent from the head branch in London. Mr. Motteram begged his friend would confine himself to questions simply legal, and not embody in his examination a variety of facts which had no connexion with the matters before the Court. Resumed— I had the sole management of the bank at Wor- cester. Every account of every customer was kept in the books. My own account was kept in the books. I made monthly statements and forwarded them to London ; I did not include every account in those monthly statements. Those that had balances to their credit were not included, but debt accounts I sent a list of. I returned my own account monthly. I com- menced keeping an account with the bank somewhere about the time I took to the management. That was in 1841, about March or April. At the time 1 entered upon the ma- nagement of the bank at Worcester I was indebted to them, but I cannot say to what amount unless I refer to my books. [ On reference the bankrupt said it was about 200/.] I have not been manager of another bank elsewhere, but the debt was incurred by drawing money in the usual way. I have a copy of my account from the time I commenced keeping an account with them. In February last 1 owed the bank 1170/.; that was for money borrowed by me from the bank. Many of my cheques which I had drawn were not paid at that time. I never owed them a larger sum than that. My explanation is that some of the cheques had not been brought in ; they were carried in my book but not paid by the bank. 1 cannot tell what amount I owed the bank at the time I drew those cheques. On my oath I believe I sent an account to the bank in London with 400/. owing from me; but I can't declare that I did for 500/. I always sent up an account to London with my own account in, but it did not show the real state of my affairs with the bank. The account in the bank books with regard to myself are true. The acccounts aie shown by their books, and I mean to declare the books are true, but certainly they do not show the whole of my transactions with the bank, because some of the cheques were not paid. Mr. Rees.— The bank books shall be produced, your Honour, they will assist. There seems something very wrong in these transactions. Resumed— I have not always had the money from the bank, nor generally. Mr. Rees put in an account of the bankrupt with the bank ; but there was no debt of 1170/. nor anything like it. Resumed.— On referring to the bank book at the 4th of May last, I find there is a bill for 300/. there; but 1 did not call at the Old Bank with the bill and ask them to discount it if drawn in a particular way. 1 did with one bill, but not the bill they now hold. WThen I went to treat with them they said they would discount the bill if Mr. Marriott, sen., would endorse it. Mr. Motteram.— I do not see what all this has to do with the last examination of the bankrupt. My friend has not touched upon the balance sheet, if he had, that would have been well enough; but why touch upon these things ; he appears to be asking questions quite extraneous to the last examination of the bankrupt. His Honour said the balance sheet was to assist the examina- tion into the points contained therein, and not only into those but also others. Mr. Smith would explain to his Honour why he wanted to examine into these circumstances. His Honour did not think it necessary and the examination was resumed.— They ( the Old Bank) offered to discount a bill drawn and endorsed by Mr. Marriott, sen.; Mr. Marriott's son is a partner of mine. I got Mr. Marriott's son to go the Old Bank with another bill not drawn by Mr. Marriott, and the proceeds of that bill were paid to the credit of Marriott and Co. I wrote to Marriott the elder for one bill, the other was my acceptance with my partner, and that was the bill discounted by the bank. Mr. Commissioner Daniell Then Mr. Marriott's name was not on that bill. Mr. Smith— No, your Honour. Resumed.— I stated to my partner that except Mr. Marriott, sen., would fulfil his engagement, I should probably lose my situation, tmd Air. Marriott, sen., sent the bill to the firm on conditions that I would personally guarantee the^ ayment- of- it. The bill was to have been added to Marriott andCoT's account, if I had accepted the conditions. It was understood the bill had been intended to pay the debt of Marriott and Co. to the Bank, if I accepted the conditions, which I had neglected to do, The debt, however, had been paid before by the 300/. bill I had got discounted at the Old Bank. Mr. Reece explained that the account of Marriott and Co. had been overdrawn. Resumed.— Mr. Marriott, sen., sent me a bill for 300/. Here Mr. Smith produced and read a letter from the bankrupt to Mr. Marriott, jun., as follows :— ( COPY) Worcester, 5th May, 1846. Dear Sir,— From the tenor of your father's last letter, and indeed the whole of his late communications, as well as from his failing to liquidate your old debts, and keep your capital of 400Z. in the brewery, I clearly perceive it is his intention to throw the whole responsibility of the establishment upon me, and as he holds my pro- missory note for 4U0i., and my acceptances to the amount of 4oOi. more have been required, I can 110 longer consent to go on in the way I have been doing for some time past, being so much annoyed by parties calling here on business connected with the brewery, and as your fatheron my joining you promised to find what money • was required to carry 011 the business, which duty he now wishes to throw upon me, I have considered it my duty to endeavour to protect my private creditors so far as 1 can, and have therefore placed the last bill drawn by hiin upon you as well as the cheques you gave me for the 150£ and 300£. bills to iny own credit. *** « » * I see no possibility of going1 on so as to do any good, and being so deeply involved with the brewery, and also by railway specula- tions, I have felt it my duty to resign my appointment in the bank, and also to intimate these circumstances to your father by sending liim a copy of this letter, and 1 think the soonertlie business of the brewery is brought to a close and a dissolution of partnership takes place it will be so much the better for all parties, as it is certainly at present a losing concern. I may add that my friends would have come forward to assist me in my own affairs to prevent my losing my appointment had I not been connected with you. With much regret that these steps should be necessary, X remain, dear Sir, A. C. Marriott, Esq. Yours truly, Britannia Brewery. WILLIAM TAYLOR. Resumed.— The 300/. cheque mentioned here I got from Marriott, jun.; this was not given to be placed to Marriott and Co.' s account. After the proceeds of the bills were paid into the bank 1 drew 450/. from their account and appropriated it to my own credit with the bank. Mr. Rees here remarked that these were matters which would require strict investigation. By Mr. Commissioner Daniell On the 2nd of May Marriott, jun., paid in 300/. I drew it out again on the 4th, and paid it into my credit in the National Provincial Bank. That cheque was not passed through the bank account. It was paid for a cheque of my own private account. I paid that cheque myself, and it appears on my own book. Mr. Commissioner Daniell.— First, then, the bankrupt has his partner's 300/. paid in on the 2nd of May, and on the 4th he draws it out and applies it to pay a cheque of his own. Resumed.— Mr. Marriott, jun., also discounted a bill for 150/. at the City and County Bank. That was to pay a bill of Marriott and Co.' s in London. That 150/. was paid to my own credit. The 300/. bill sent to me by Marriott, sen., ( on conditions,) for appropriation to Marriott's account, I also paid into the bank for my own private account. Mr. Marriott has not paid the bills, and has deprived me of the power to do it. I have at times advanced money to Marriott and Co,, and have an account to shew the sums advanced. I advanced at one time as much as 300/., and part of that was drawn from the bank. Mr. Smith How much was due to you from Marriott and Co. at the time you appropriated the 700/. ? Bankrupt— Nothing at all. Mr. Smith.— Then you got 700/. from them, when there was not a shilling due to you. Mr. 31otteram.— But his liabilities. Mr. Smith.— Had you paid any of the liabilities. Bankrupt.— There was not one of them due. My liabilities were to the amount of about 700/. Mr. Marriott's name was not on the whole of the bills. The whole of the liabilities amounted to 1150/. His name appeared to about 700/., there was therefore, in fact, only about 450/. I was liable to; and I felt myself justified in appropriating 750/. under the circum- stances, for Mr. Marriott, sen., was applied to at Christmas for more money, which he engaged to find. He sent his son to examine the accounts, and agreed that money should be sent for carrying on the concern, the hops to be purchased for ready money. He neglected to send any until proceedings were taken against the Company, when he sent 60/. or 100/., and 1 thought it unfair I should be made a responsible party. I made myself bankrupt on the 20th of May, and it was on the 4th of May I appropriated the money. At. the time I took the money from Marriott and Co.' s account I knew I was insolvent, but at the same time 1 knew I had been promised money to pay the liabilities of Marriott and Co., and Mr. Marriott, sen., kept mak- ing promises which he put off from time to time, never keeping them. I have been insolvent for a great many years. 1 was not insolvent to the amount of 700/. when I first entered on the bank, but I was when I entered partnership with Marriott. I was not insolvent when 1 entered upon my duties at the bank, but when I joined Marriott and Co. I was. 1 joined Mariott and Co. about the beginning of the year 1844. I was then insolvent to an amount of 790/. I did not tell them. I was insolvent, but saiJ that I could not find money. The bank did not know my circumstances. I communicated to the bank the circumstance of the 750/. 1 paid to them, and I believe I told them I had taken it from Marriott's account. That was after my resignation, and it was to the officer they sent down on the 5th of May, and I told him on the 6th. It was on the 4th of May I paid the 750/. into the bank, and I resigned on the 5th. The bank did not know of the partnership with Marriott and Co. from me. 1 can't say they knew of it at all; but am certain they did not know of it from me. I kept my partnership a secret from my employers. 1 can't say they would not have kept me in their employ had they known I was a partner, if they were satisfied with the securities given for their accounts. 1 have lost by railway transactions about 174/. I had no capital. but bought 011 account. The gross amount of my transaction* on my own account was somewhere about 974/., and out of that I lost 174/. I had not a single shilling to commence with, but was insolvent at that time to the extent of several hundred pounds, and I knew that at the time I commenced business as a stockbroker. Of couise 1 got profit. The balance of the railway share account is shown by the balance sheet, which includes the whole of my own transactions. By Mr. Commissioner Daniell.— The railway share account is entirely my own. Resumed The commission account and the railway share account are shewn separately. I have no other property than is mentioned in the schedule. At my sale there was not a silver tea service sold, I was not posessed of one, neither had I bought one. I declare I did not buy one, but I had a silver tea service in my possession. I returned it to the party from whom I borrowed it. I returned it about the beginning of May. It was not after I had given up my situation; I declare it was before. I had it from Mr. Manning for three months. It was not silver, it was plated. I dare say I should have kept it if I could have paid for it. I have not said I did not contract to buy it. Mr. Commissioner Daniell.— You wished me to believe you only borrowed it. Resumed.— I had an invoice with it. Mr. Commissioner Daniell.— You have prevaricated, sir, let me caution you what you say. Resumed.— I think the worth of the tea service was about 20/. I returned it about the beginning of May, the 4th I believe. I left the bank on the 7th. Mr. Commissioner Daniell But you resigned on the 5th. Resumed— I did not give a farthing to Mr. Manning. He did not ask for the service, I sent it to him without his asking, for I found I could not pay for it. Mr. Smith.— How can you declare you borrowed the silver service. Bankrupt.— There was no actual purchase. Mr. Commissioner Daniell.— You had better say no more about it. It is quite clear you wish us to believe you did not purchase it. Resumed— I bought a quantity of glass a short time before. The greater part of it was given up, but there were some few decanters and glasses returned to the parties they were bought from. They were from Mrs. Passey ; but did not amount to 71. or 81. Some I bought from Sparks, for which he was paid. There were no other things I bought and returned, that I am aware of, nor any that 1 borrowed, with the exception of some things I borrowed to furnish a cottage with for my family, but 1 did not borrow them from my own house. There is an account to shew I was insolvent to the amount of 797/• at the time I commenced business. My balance sheet commenced on 1st January, 1844. [ Mr. Smith complained that it did not go farther back.] I deposited with Mr. Hooper a quantity of shares for 500/., with which money I paid other parties to about that amount for shares I had previously sold for them. Mr. Hooper also holds a life policy. That was given him in Sep- tember, 1844. The 500/. was all lent in one sum on a bill due in 1845, which I have not met, nor paid any portion of it. The shares lodged with Mr. Hooper cost about 700/. or 800/. The value of them now is about 240/. at share list prices. That is a loss of about 500/. The balance sheet shows the loss upon the shares that Mr. Hooper holds. They cost me about 740/. The bankrupt then entered into some explanation as to the nature of the transactions, but the whole of the railway tran- sactions were but imperfectly set forth on the balance sheet, and his Honour remarked that it was very unsatisfactory. This closed the examination of the bankrupt, and Mr. Smith complained that the bankrupt had not acted fairly. To this Mr. Motteram said that the Court had only heard an ex parte statement. Mr. Rees applied to direct the attention of his Honour to the foot of page 5 in the balance sheet. Mr. Smith objected to Mr. Rees addressing the Court. He had not proved his debt, and had therefore no locus standi. He did not see why the bank should be there at all. His Honour thought the bank ought to be there to hear. Mr. Smith contended that they must enter a claim of their debt before they could be heard. To this the Commissioner ultimately gave his assent, and Mr. Rees then said he would formally enter a claim for 200/., and called Mr. Atkinson, who, in answer to questions put by Mr. Smith, said he was not a registered officer. He was an officer of the bank; but not having any legal knowledge, he did not know whether he had any right to enter a claim. Mr. Rees, as solicitor to the bank, would enter a claim. He had never heard the objection raised before. Mr. Smith.— If Mr. Rees will enter a claim, and at the next meeting show proof, I will withdraw my objection. Mr. Rees said he would, and then proceeded to read a memo- randum which appeared at the foot of page 5, in the balance sheet, in which the bankrupt stated that, on applying to Mr. Marriott, jun., lie had informed him that his father had given him instructions not to give him access to the books of Marriott and Co., and that was the reason why he could not give a full account of the dealings of the company. Mr. Marriott, sen., rose to explain, when his Honour said he should adjourn the case for the bankrupt to furnish an account of the dealings of the firm of Marriott and Co., Mr. Marriott undertaking to allow access to the books at all reasonable times; and also for a more correct account of the railway transactions. The 8th of August was fixed upon for the next examination. glgrtcultural Intelligence. BROMYARD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.— The show of entire horses for the prizes given by this society, took place at Brom- yard last week. There was not that competition which could have been wished, there being only a few horses to compete for the prizes. BIr. Joseph Hall, of Collington, was the judge on the occasion, and the following is the award :— To the owner of the best cart stallion attending Bromyard Market regularly each week, from the 1st of May to Mid- summer, £ 2, awarded to Mr. Symonds, of Bromvatd. To the owner of the best thorough- bred ditto, as above, £ 2, awarded to Mr. John Devereux, Falcon Inn, Bromyard. The following cottagers' prizes were awarded on the same day, by John Kempson, Esq., of Birchy Fields :— To the cottager resident in either of the following parishes, being the second district, viz., Collington, Edvin Loach, Jidvin Ralph, Hampton Charles, Linton, Norton- witli- Brockhampton, Upper Sapey, Lower Sapey, Stoke Bliss, Tedstone Delamere, Tedstone Wafer, Thornbury- with- Netherwood, Whitbourne, and Wolverlow, who shall have the best cultivated garden, £ 1; second prize, 10s. First prize, to James Cooke, Wolverlow. Second ditto, to Richard Folke, Stoke Bliss. PERUVIAN MODE OF APPLYING GUANO.— Opposite to the ports of Pisco and Chincha, lie a number of small islands, noted for their large deposits of guano, or huanu, as Dr. Tschudi corrects the orthography of the word. The doctor gives some very interesting particulars concerning this efficacious manure, which, although but recently adopted in Europe, appears to have been used in Peru as far back as the time of the first Incas. The Peruvians use it chiefly for the maize and potato fields; their manner of employing it is peculiar, and but little known in Europe. A few weeks after the seeds have begun to germtnate, a small hole is made beside each plant, filled with huanu, and covered up with earth. Twelve or fifteen hours later, the whole field is laid under water, and left so for a few hours. The effect of the process is incredibly rapid. In a very few days, the plants attain double their previous height. When the operation is repeated, but with a smaller quantity of the huanu, the farmer may reckon upon a crop at least threefold that which he would obtain from an unmanured soil. Of the white huanu, which is much stronger than the dark- coloured, less must be used, and the field must be watered sooner, and for a longer time, or the roots will be destroyed. When the land is tolerably good, seven hundred and fifty to nine hundred pounds of huanu are reckoned sufficient for a surface of fourteen thousand square feet; with poor soil, a thousand to twelve hundred pounds are required.— Von Tschud's Travels in Peru. HOPS. WORCESTER, JULY 10.— The reports received from our plantations are still of a favourable nature, and an average crop is expected. The business transactions on Saturday was rather brisker, and prices tending upwards. The duty was called £ 16,000. BOROUGH, JULY 6.— Although the plantation accounts are not very satisfactory, the demand here for all kinds of hops is heavy, and in some instances, the prices have a downward tendency. The duty is estimated at £ 140,000. Sussex pockets, £ 5. 0s. to £ 6. 6s. per cwt.; Kent ditto, £ 5. 5s. to £ 6. 10s.; Mid. and East Kent ditto, £ 6. 6s. to £ 8. 15s. MAIDSTONE The accounts from this district are quite as good as last week, and the change of weather has had a refreshing influence on many of the grounds. CANTERBURY.— The hops have greatly improved in the past week— the late storms having cleared them of a great quantity of vermin. The duty is consequently in advance. It is now laid from £ 130,000 upwards. FARNHAM.— Our best grounds, and those in the highest state of cultivation are doing well, and fully repaying the labour and pains that have been bestowed upon them, but there are some country grounds which are still very slack of bine and cannot grow many hops. FAIR. STOURPORT.— At this fair on Tuesday there was a tolerable supply of heifers, very few cows, and only five pens of sheep. This fair gradually decreases, and it is expected that shortly nothing will be brought for sale, there being very little increase on the supply of the regular market day. FAIRS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. Worcestershire.— Worcester, Mon, Gloucestershire.— Cirencester, Sat. Herefordshire.— Huntington, Sat. Waricickshire.—' Wa. rvnck, Mon.; Coleshill, Mon.; Atherstone, Sat. Staffordshire.— Stone, Tues. Horticulture* OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES.— Continue to clear away everything decaying, and to introduce good things from pots in the reserve ground. Decayed patches of bulbs, which are required to stand for early spring flowering, may have dressy Verbenas, or other things, introduced from pots between them. Cuttings of Pansies should be got out in succession, before the shoots are too much exhausted. All boundary or other hedges should be clipped forthwith. FLORISTS' FLOWERS.— Auriculas and Polyanthus seed ought to be carefully collected; it should be retained in the capsules till the proper season for sowiug ; perhaps the best way of preserving it is to tie the stems together in small bunches, inserting them in thin paper bags, and suspending them in a dry airy situation.— Ranun- culuses should now be out of the ground ; when the tops are withered they aie extremely susceptible of moisture, and if not taken up will emit fresh roots, which has a most prejudicial effect on them. They may be parted with facility, and this is better done now than wheu they are dry and hard," Seedlings should be carefully taken up, many of these will be very minute.— Pinks: Continue to put in pipings, shading them from extreme heat. Extract decayed petals from the pods in which the seed is forming.— Carnations and l'icotees : As seedlings show their colour, all foolish ones and selfs should be removed, unless any of the latter are of fine form and petal, in which case they might be retained as border varieties. In the south of England most of the main blooms are expanded; where seed of good quality is required, the proper fecundation of the various sorts should now be attended to. KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD.— Let a plot of ground be trenched and highly manured forthwith to receive a good breadth of Cauliflowers and the Walcheren. Grange's Impregnated, if true, is most valuable also, as it is of a self- protecting character, and if planted with the Cauliflower it will form a complete succession. These things done well at this period, will insure a supply of those useful vegetables all through November, December, and even January. Let late Peas have every encouragement, more especially by thorough sticking. The crops of Knight's Marrows and British Queen should be topped when at the top of their sticks; they will branch out sideways if they ground has been thoroughly prepared. Sow a little Endive every week in July. Good breadths of brown Cos Lettuce may soon be sown, as it will not be so liable to " run," Sow more Coleworts of the dwarf and compact kinds; also a pinch of Chervil and Corn Salad, Herb cutting must be attended to, choosing a perfectly dry day, and cutting the moment they begin to blossom. Cut oft'all the bloom from the latest Alpine Strawberries ; the flowers after this period will be sufficient for the latest crop. COTTAGERS' GARDENS.— If the Carrots have failed, a small bed of the Early Horn may yet be sowed. Continue to fill spare ground with Various winter greens. York Cabbage3 may be sown for autumn Cabbages ; they will do to plant in any small gaps that may exist amongst other crops. Stake up flowers, dub hedges, pipe Pinks, and lay Carnations. Cuttings of choice Roses maybe made, choosing the early wood, now getting firm. glflttcmtural ano ottjer fftarfteto. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK- LANE, MONDAY, JULY 6. The supply of English wheat, was moderate, and it was sold at the prices quoted below. The arrival of foreign wheat large, and there was an improved demand this morning; but the prices taken were generally rather below their demand by holders last week. There w as a fair sale for American flour at 26s. to 28s. per barrel, duty paid. English flour without alteration in value. A very short supply of barley, & fine fresh distilling qualities, fetched full prices; ordinary grinding sorts met a heavy sale. Beans Is. per qr. dearer. Peas fully as dear as last week ; the supplies of both articles were small. Oflrishoats there was a fair arrival, but very little from any other part. The stock of foreign, however, j ust liberated, keeps the trade well supplied for the present; and the sales were heavy at about the prices of this day se'nnight. Per qr. rer qr. Wheat, Essex, Kent, & Suffolk. Red - - 50 to 54 White - - - 55 Lincolnshire & York- shire Red White Scotch White Irish - White - 49 . 54 - 46 - 49 - 44 - 46 Barley, Essex and Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk Malting Distilling Chevalier ^ Grinding - Irish, Distilling - Grinding - Rye, Distilling Grinding - Malt, Norfolk & Suffolk 57 Brown - - - 51 - 28 - 26 - 30 - 23 - 24 - 22 - 36 - 34 Malt Kingston and Ware 61 62 Brown - - - 53 Oats, Lincolnshire and 52 Yorkshire, Feed - 22 58 Pota. and Poland - 26 48 Seotch - - - 23 54 Devonshire and Welsh 22 47 Londonderry, Newry, 50 and Clonmel ditto - 23 Limerick and Sligo - 24 Cork and Waterford 30 Black - - 21 28 White- - - - 23 32 Gal way - - _ 17 24 Extra - - _ 19 26 Beans, Tick - - - 34 23 Harrow and Small - 36 38 Peas, Essex, Boilers - 42 36 Blue - - - .44 61 Grey, Maple, & Hog - 34 53 Extra - - - . 37 WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, The show of foreign wheat coutinues to be large, but the sales are also extensive and the stocks decreasing, principally by the pur- chasers for reshipment, the prices of Monday being about main- tained. The stocks of free foreign oats have almost disappeared, and good samples of Scotch and Irish have been taken this morning* at rather higher rates. At this time the accounts from the agricul- tural districts are examined with the utmost interest In the corn trade, as it is certain that prices would rise very rapidly, if not counteracted by an early and abundant harvest; and though this is probable up to the present time, yet in the midst of so exhausted a state of the country the chances of an unfavourable change in the season are such as to prevent further decline until the harvest is secured, and the result known beyond the possibility of a doubt. The duty on foreign wheat rose as was expected to 5s. per qr. on Thursday last, and the full duty, as on barley, is required 011 peas and beans, the Treasury having no power to interfere against the direct terms of the Act. IMPERIAL AVERAGES. ~ ~~ Average Price of Corn, per Imperial Quarter, for the Week ending June 27. s Wheat 52s 6d I Oats .... 23s 6d I Beans . 37s Barley 27s 4d | Rye 32s 7d | Peas .... 35s Aggregate Average of the Six fPeeks which regulates Duty Wheat .... 52s lOd I Oats .... 23s 6d | Beans .. 36s Barley .... 27s 9d | Rye . . 33s Od | Peas .... 34s Duty on Foreign Corn. Wheat .... 5s Orll Oats .... Is ( id I Beans .... 2s Barley 4s Od J Rye .... 2s Od | Peas 2s 6d Od 2d 4d Od Od SEED MARKET, JULY 6. Little doing in linseed, yet holders will not sell, except at full prices. Several parcels of new rape, trefoil, carraway, and turnip seed have appeared on sale; yet we have heard of no " transactions. English linseed cakes steady, at full prices. Foreign dull, at £ 6.10s. to £ 7.10s. Rape heavy, at £ 5. to £ 5. 5s. per ton. In all other articles — the supplies of which are good, next to nothing is doing, at the following prices :— Red clover, English, ( per cwt.) 44s to 57s ; White clover, 44s to 58s ; Linseed for sowing, 54s to 56s ; ditto for crushing 40s to 46s; Caraway, ( English) 47s to 49s; Foreign ditto, •, 4s to 4ys; Coriander, lis to 14s ; Rape seed English { per last) £ 24 to £ 2t>; ditto new, £ 22 to £ 25; Foreign ditto, £ 25; Rapecake English ( per ton), £ 5 15s to £ 6 5s : ditto Foreign, £ 5 5s to £ 0 0s : LinseedCake, English( per 1,000) £ 10 10s to £ 11 lis, WOOL MARKETS. LOND0N> JULY 6.— The imports of wool into London, since Mon- day last have been unusually extensive, they having amounted to 114 baltg from Madras; 317 ditto from the Cape; " 180 ditto from Bombay; 318 ditto from Hambro'; 3,045 ditto from Port Philiip • 4,24o duto from Sydney ; 1,223 ditto from Milbourne ; 39 ditto from Port Victoria; 1,124 ditto from Hobart Town; 78 ditto from Smyrna ; and 200 ditto from other quarters. The public sales com- menced on Friday, and will be continued for ten days. As yet, the bidding has beeu'very inactive, and prices have been with difficulty supported. The total quantity to he offered is about 25,000 bales. In the private contract market next to nothing is doing. LEEDS.— A moderate demand for wool, the announcement of the London sales operating as a check to anything like large purchases; BRADFORD.— Little doing here, at late prices. It is generally asserted that the present year's clip of wool is as fine as lias been seen for many years. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET," JULY 6. During the past week, the imports of foreign stock into London, have consisted of 232 oxen and cows, 787 sheep, 210 lambs, and 16 calves, from Rotterdam, Harlingen, and Ilambro. At the outports they have been liberal— 140 oxen and cows, together with 170 sheep having been landed at Hull, from Holland; and 40 oxen at Plymouth, from Spain. The latter came to hand in middling condition, and found buyers at prices varying from £ 10. 10s. to £ 16 each. To- day there were on offer about 240 beasts, and 400 sheep and lambs from abroad, and which moved off slowly, at barely late rates. From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning, were very extensive, and of excellent quality. The bullock supply being more than adequate to meet the wants of the buyers, the beef trade was excessively dull, at an abatement on last week's quotations of 2d. per 81bs.— the highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding 3s. lOd. per 81bs., and at which a clearance was not effected. The numbers of sheep were great, yet of very prime quality. Ou the whole, the mutton trade was heavy, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath, last Monday's currencies— the primest old Downs selling at 4s. 4d. per 81bs. Lambs— the supply of which was good— met a very slow enquiry aud previous rates were with difficulty supported. In calves a moderate business was doing, at full prices; but pigs were of a very slow inquiry. PRICES PER STONE OF 8LBS. TO SINK THE OFFAL. Inferior Beasts 2 Second quality ditto 2 Prime large Oxen .... 3 Prime Scots, & c 3 Inferior Sheep 3 Second quality ditto 3 Coavse- woolled ditto Prime Southdown.. 3 10 4 2 d 2 6 3 0 3 6 3 10 3 6 3 8 4 0 4 4 Prime Southdown in s d s d wool 0 0 0 0 Lamb 5 0 6 0 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Prime small ditto .... 4 2 4 6 Suckling Calves, eachl8 0 29 0 Large Hogs 3 8 4 6 Small Porlcers 4 8 4 10 Qr. old store pigs, each 16s a 19s SUPPLY AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts, 3,403 | Sheep and Lambs, 31,370 | Calves, 219 | Pigs 147 WORCESTER, JULY 10. There was a moderate supply of wheat on Saturday, which was sold freely at a decline of Is. to 2s. per qr. Barley scarce, and Is. per qr. dearer. Oats 6d. to Is. per qr. lower, except fine ones, which maintained their value. English beans Is. per qr. higher. Wheat, white 7 New ditto 0 Wheat, red 6 Foreign 6 Barley, grinding 3 Ditto new Malting .. 0 Malt 8 Old Oats, English .. 3 New ditto 0 Old Oats, Irish 3 New Oats, Irish 0 Beans, old, English .. 5 Ditto, Foreign .... 5 Ditto new, English .. 0 Peas, Feed 5 Boilers, white 5 Vetches 7 Rye, new 0 s d 3 6 0 6 5 0 5 INSPECTOR'S WEEKLY RETURN OF CORN SOLD. Total quan. Av. perqr. I _ Total quan. Av. perqr. Wheat 481JI 0 6u. £ 2 14 Barley 8 5 18 0 Oats. . 0 0 0 0 0 Rye . Beans , Peas . Oqr. 0 bu.£ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 38 6 1 18 Oj EVESHAM, JULY 6.— This market was very inanimate, no busi- ness being done except in wheat, the price of which was almost nominal, and the highest price was understood not to exceed £ 1 per bag, COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 8.— During the present week a slow trade for English wheat, at the prices of last week, and some holders asked more money. Grinding barley and beans also supported their value. Oats were disposed of at a decline of 6d. per qr. GLOUCESTER, JULY 4.— There was a very small attendance of farmers or millers at this day's market. The supply of English wheat was small, and it was readily bought up at a reduction of about Is. perqr. on last week's rates; and the same quantity of foreign was sold at a reduction of Is. to 2s. per qr. The demand for flour unusually great; scarcely anything doing in barley or beans, prices nominally as before. Oats about Is. per qr. lower.— Averages : Wheat, 223 qrs. 0 bush., 51s 8d: oats, 161 qrs., 25s lid; beans, 25 qrs., 40s. HEREFORD, JULY 4.— Wheat, 6s lOd to 7s 2d; barley, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; beans 4s 6d to 5s; peas, 4s to 4s 3d ; oats, 3s 3d to 4s. LIVERPOOL, JULY 7.— There was a numerous attendance of both town and country millers, some from a considerable distance, and at a slight reduction from Friday's rates, a very lively demand for wheat was experienced ; we quote the general decline of the week at about 4d. per bushel. Flour was also again in active request, and large sulos were effected at a reduction, since Tuesday last, of about Is. per barrel on foreign. Fresh home manufacture being scarce, was no lower. Oats were in moderate request, and being also scarce, the price of this article, and of meal, was supported. Malt was rather dearer, and beans and peas were the turn higher. EneoMent ana Bankrupt l& ecjtater. FRIDAY, J U LY 3. INSOLVENT. George Hornsby, Lesbury, Northumberland, builder, BANKRUPTS. Michael Goodale, Rutland- terrace, Ilornsey, New- road, Holloway, builder. William Rouse, Neptune- street, Rotherhithe, bread and biscuit baker. 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- ture!. James Irvine, Paradise- street, Liverpool, ironmonger. James Dent, Iluddersfield, Yorkshire, cloth merchant. TUESDAY, JULY 7. BANKRUPTS. Benjamin Kent, Rosherville, Kent, now out of business. Alfred Reed and Samuel John Powell, Tottenham- court- road, ironmongers. William Joy, Tonbridge, Kent, plumber. Robert Arthur Fitzhardinge Kingscote, late of Nicholas- lane, Lombard- street, merchant. Henry Woodthorpe, Aveley, Essex, grocer. JohnFarrer, Curtain- road, Shoreditch, cabinet manufacturer. Joseph Ward, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted stuff manufacturer. Jaraeg Sorby, Sheffield, scrivener. William Gribbon, Leeds, glass dealer. Thomas Beilby and William Kaberry, Leeds, flax- spinners, Samuel Griffiths, Wolverhampton, wholesale druggist. George Bury, Handsworth, Staffordshire, surgeon, Wheatley Kirk, Salford, stockbroker. William Sudlow, Liverpool, warehousekeeper. John Barton, Birkenhead, stonemason, Robert Baker, Christchurch, Monmouthshire, farmer. George Hornsby, Lesbury, Northumberland, builder. 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