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24/10/1846

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The Worcester Guardian

Date of Article: 24/10/1846
Printer / Publisher: Francis Parsons 
Address: No 5, Avenue, Cross, Parish of Saint Nicholas, Worcester
Volume Number:     Issue Number: 619
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tt& Mtt THE ALTAR, THRONE, AND LAND WE LIVE IN. N°- 619. WORCESTER, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1846. PRICE 5d. ASTONISHING EFFICACY OF HOLLOW AY'S PILLS. IURTIS ON MENTAL AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. The Testimony of a Clergyman vouching to Eleven Cases of Cures by these wonderful Pills. Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Geo. Prior, Curate of Mevagh' Letter Kenny, Carrigart, Ireland, 10th January, 1840. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— I send you a crude list of some eleven cases, all cured by the use of your Pills. I cannot exactly give you a professional name to the various complaints, but this I know, some of them baffled the skill of Derry and this County. In a previous letter this gentleman states as follows:— Within a short distance of my house resides a small farmer, who for more than twenty years has been in a bad state of health ; Mrs. Prior gave him a box of the Pills, which did him so much good that I heard him say, for twenty years past he never ate his food or enjoyed it so much as since taking your Pills. ( Signed) GEORGE PRIOR. %* The above reverend and pious gentleman purchased some pounds worth of the Pills for the benefit of his poor parishioners. Bad Digestion, with extreme Weakness and Debility— an Extraordinary Cure. Mr. T. GARDINER, of No, 9, Brown Street, Grosvenor Square, had heen in a very bad state of health for a long time, suffering much from a distended Stomach, very impaired Digestion, with constant pains in his Chest, was extremely nervous, and so greatly debilitated as scarcely able to walk one hundred yards : during the long period of his declining health he had the advice of four of the most eminent physicians, besides five surgeons of the greatest celebrity in London, from whose aid he derived no benefit whatever, at last he had recourse to Holloway's Pills, which he declares effected a perfect cure in a very short time, and that he is now as strong and vigorous as ever he was in his life. This being so extraordinary a case, may lead many persons almost to doubt this statement, it might therefore be necessary to say that Mr. Gardiner is a broker and well known. Cure of a Confirmed Asthma, accompanied with great Debility Extract of a Letter from John Thompson, Esq., Proprietor of the Armagh Guardian, Armagh, 17th April, 184( 5 To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— There is at present living in this city a Serjeant, who had been for many years in the Army at Cabul, in the East Indies, from whence he returned in September last. On his way here, from the change of weather of a tropical to a moist climate, he caught a very violent cold, which produced a con- firmed case of Asthma. In December last he commenced taking your Pills, and by the use of two lis. boxes, with two 4s. 6d. pots of your Ointment well rubbed into his breast, he is I am happy to say, not only quite cured of the Asthma, but is also become so strong and vigorous, that he informeed me yesterday he could now run round the Mall, with any person in the city, and that he never got any medicine equal to your Pills and Ointment. ( Signed) J. THOMPSON. The Earl of Aldborough cured of a Liver and Stomach Complaint. Extract of a Letter from His Lordship, dated Villa Messipa, Leghorn, 21st February, 1845. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— Various circumstances prevented the possibility of my thanking you before this time for your politeness in sending me your Pills as you did. I now take this opportu- nity of sending you an order for the amount, and, at the same time, to add that your Pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my Liver and Stomach, which all the most eminent of the Faculty at home, and all over the Continent, had not been able to effect; nay ! not even the waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad. I wish to have another Box and a Pot of the Ointment, in case any of my family should ever require eithers Your most obliged and obedient Servant, ( Signed) ALDBOROCGH. The mighty powers of these extraordinary Pills will do wonder in any of the following Complaints :— Ague Female irregularities Retention of urine Asthmas Fevers of all kinds Sore Throats Bilious complaints Fits Scrofula or King's Blotches on the skin Gout Evil Bowel complaints Head- ache Stone and Gravel Colics Indigestion Secondary symptoms Constipation of the Inflammation Tic- Douloureux Bowels Jaundice Tumours Consumption Liver complaints Ulcers Debility Lumbago Venereal Affcctions Dropsy Piles Worms of all kinds Dysentery Rheumatism Weakness, from Erysipelas whatever cause, & c Sold at the establishment of Professor HOLLOWAY, 224, Strand, near Temple- bar, London, and by most all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines throughout the civilized world, at the following prices :— Is. l^ d., 2s. 9d., 4s. fid., lis., 22s , and 33s. each Box. There is a considerable saving by taking the larger sizes, N. B. Directions for the guidance of Patients in every Disorder are affixed to each Box. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OR ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM. " THE SILENT FRIEND," NINETEENTH EDITION. Price 2s. Cd., aiul sent free to any part of the United Kingdom, in a Sealed Envelope, from the Establishment, on receipt of 3g. 6d. in Postage btamps. AMEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM, in both sexes; being an Enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy, and the ability of manhood, ere vigour has established her empire; with observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION; Local and Constitutional WEAKNESS, NERVOUS IRRITATION, CONSUMPTION and on the partial or total EXTINCTION OF THE REPRO- DUCTIVE POWERS; WITH MEANS OF RESTORATION; the dis- tructive effects of Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Strictures, and Secondary Symptoms 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 OF 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. PERRY & CO., CONSULTING SURGEONS, Published by the Authors, and sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster Row; Hannay & Co., 63, Oxford- street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall- street, London ; Newton, 16 and 19, Chuich- street, Rawl Church- street, Liverpool; Ingram, Market- street, Manchester ; D. Camp- bell, 136, Areyle- street, Glasgow; R. Lindsay, II, Elms row, Edinburgh ; Powell, 10, We.- tnioreland- street, Dublin ; Deighton, Worcester: Pennell, Kidderminster; Bromley, Kidderminster; and by all Booksellers and Patent Medicine Venders in town and country. Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who are prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, througe fear of certain disqualifications for the discharge of the sacred obligations of marriage, and to the thoughtless youth, whose follies, ( to speak mildly,) have entailed upon him debility, and disfiguring disease in their worst forms ; therefore the Silent Friend will be found an available introduction to the means of perfect and secret restora- tion to Manhood. Part II. treats perspicuously upon those forms of diseases, either in their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showing how numbers, who through temporary remissness or fastidious feeling, neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail upon themselves years of misery and suffering, and of which ulti- mately those dearest to them, are innocent but equal participators. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM Is a gentle stimuiani 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 ot 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 the individual in a state of anxiety for the remainder of life. Constitutional weakness, sexual debility, obstinate gleets, excesses, irregularity, obstructions of certain evacuations total impotency and barrenness, are effectually removed by this invaluable medicine. Price lis., or four at lis. in one Bottle for 33s., by which lis. are saved. The J. 5 cases of Syriacum or Concentrated Detersive Essence can. only be had at 19, Berners Street, Oxford Street, London ; whereby there is a saving of A'l. lis., and the Patient is entitled to receive advice without a fee, which advantage is applicable only to those who remit <£ 5 for a packet. A minute detail of the case is necessary. THE CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, AN ANTI- SYPHILITIC 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 £ b cases, to be had only at the London Establishment. VENEREAL CONTAMINATION, if not at first eradicated, will often remain secretly lurking in the system l'or years, and, although for a while undiscovered, at length break out upon the unhappy indi- vidual in its most dreadful forms; or else, unseen, internally endanger the very vital organs of existence. To those suffering from the consequences which this disease may have left behind in the form of SECONDARY SYMPTOMS, eruptions ol' the skin, blotches on the head and face, ulcerations and enlargement of tiie throat tonsils, and threatened destruction of the nose, palate, & c., nodes on the shin bones, or any of those paint'u affections arising from the dangerous effects of the indiscriminate use of mercury, " or the evils ot an imperfect cure, the CONCENTRATED D.' TI: RSIVE ESSENCE will be fonnd to be attended with the most astonishing effects in checking the ravages of the disorder, removing all scorbutic com- plaints," and effectually re establishing the health of the constitu- tion. To persons entering upon the responsibilities of mutriniony, and who ever had the misfortune during their more youthful days to be affected with any form of these diseases, a previous course of this medicine is highly essential and of the greatest importance, as more serious affections are visited upon an innocent wife and offspring, from a want of these simple precautions, than perhaps halt the world is aware of ; for, it must be remembered, where tlie fountain is polluted, the streams that flow from it can. iot be pure. Messrs. PERRY expect, when consulted bv letter, the usual Fee of One Pound, addressed to the London Establishment, with- out which no notice whatever can be taken of the communication. Patients are requested to be as minute as possible iu the detail of tbeir cases, as to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, habits of living, and general occupation Medici:. es can be forwarded to any part of the world : no difficultv can occur, as they will be securely " packed, and carefully protected from observation. PERRY'S PURIFYING ' SPECIFIC PILLS, Price 2s. 9d., 4s. tid., and lis. per Box. The most certain and effectual cure ever discovered for every stage and symptom of the Venereal Disease, in both sexes, includ- ing Gonorrhoea, Gleets, Secondary Symptoms, and Strictures. Messrs. it. & L Perry & Co., Surgeons, may be consulted as usual at No. 19, Berners- street, Oxford- street, London, daily, punc- tually from Eleven in the Morning until Eight in the Evening, and on Sundays from Eleven till One. Only one personal visit is required from a country patient, to enable Messrs. PERRY and Co., to give such advice as will be the means of effecting a permanent and effectual cure, after all other means have proved ineffectual. Medicine Venders can be supplied by most of the Wholesale Patent Medicine Houses ill London. Agent for Worcester A. DEIGHTON, Journal Office Kidderminster... THOS. PENNELL, Bookseller. N had the -" SILENT FRIEND,'^ Just published, A MEDICAL WORK, in a sealed Envelope, at 3s., and sent, post paid, for 3s. 6d. MANHOOD; the Causes of its Premature Decline, with plain direc- tions for its perfect restoration, addressed to those suffering from nervous debility or mental irritation, followed by observa- tions on MARRIAGE, NERVOUSNESS, and the treatment of Diseases of the generative system, illustrated with cases, & c. By J. L. CURTIS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, 7, FRITH STREET, SOHO SQUARE, London. TWENTY- SIXTH THOUSAND. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their Residence ; also sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster- row; Burgess, Medical Bookseller, 28, Coventry. street, Haymarket; Hannay, 63, Oxford- street; Mann, 3!), Cornhill, London; Guest, 51, Bull- street, Birmingham; Hobson, 5, Market- street, Leeds; Allen, Long- row, Nottingham ; T. Sowler, 4, St. Anne's- square, Man- chester; O. Phillip, South Castle- street, Liverpool; Cooke, Chronicle Office, OXFORD ; Smith, Rose Crescent, and at the Gfficeof the Independent Press, CAMBRIDGE; Clancy, 6, Bedford- row, Dublin; Henderson, Castle- place, Belfast; W. and H. Robinson, Booksellers, Greenside- street, Edinburgh ; Love, 5, Nelson- street, Glasgow; and sold in A SEALED ENVELOPE, by all Booksellers. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. MANHOOD. By J. L. CURTIS and Co. ( Strange.)— In this age of pretension, when the privileges of the true are constantly usurped by the false and the ignorant, it is difficult to afford the sufferer from nervous debility, the unerring means of judg- ment where to seek relief. The authors of this work have obviated the difficulty. Their long experience and reputation in the treatment of these painful diseases is the patent's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense circulation.— Era. We feel no hesitation in saying that there is no member of society by whom the book will not be found useful, whether such person hold the relation of a PARENT, a PRECEPTOR, or a CLERGYMAN.— Sun, evening paper. To the married, as well as the unmarried, this little work affords consolation and cure in peculiar cases, and we are doing a service to society in recommending it to general notice.— Essex and Herts Mercury. CURTIS ON MANHOOD. ( Strange.)— A perusal of this work will easily distinguish its talented authors from the host of medical writers whose pretensions to cure all diseases are daily so indecently thrust before the public. Having for many years been the standard work on these diseases, its originality is apparent, and its perusal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the patient.— Naval and Military Gazette. CURTIS ON MANHOOD should be in the hands of youth and old age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the treatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been the prey of the illiterate and designing— United Service Gazette. Messrs. CURTIS and Co. are to be consulted daily at their residence, No. 7, FRITH STREET, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON. Country Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases. The communication must be accom- panied by the usual consultation fee of £ 1, and in all cases the most inviolable secrecy majr be relied on. CAUTION. In consequence of the numerous complaints made to the Authors by Patients who have been induced to purchase spu- rious copies of this work, advertised by illiterate pretenders, under titles imitating as closely as possible the word MAN- HOOD," PATIENTS are informed they can have this work forwarded them, by initial or otherwise, to any address, DIRECT from the Author's Residence, on remitting 3s. 6s. in postage stamps. They are also particularly requested to notice in the Pretace, pages 5 and 6, the official declarations made before the Lord Mayor of London, on the 6th of April, 1844, proving the numbe printed, bound, and sold since May, 1840, which will prevent disappointment, and secure the original* to the consideration of the report of the Visiting Magistrates, which was received and adopted. HALL AND HOUSE COMMITTEE.— No report was pre- sented from this Committee. This Committee was appointed last Sessions, for one quarter only, and the Rev. T. Pearson having observed that a feeling had been expressed in favour of a succession of magistrates on this Committee, said he was very willing to give place to any one. The Chairman said he should much regret to see any one appointed to Mr. Pearson's place. The Court appointed the Committee for another twelvemonth. POLICE COMMITTEE. — This Committee reported the progress of the erection of the several police stations, and that the" money voted at the Midsummer Sessions would cover the cost of the erection. With regard to the Dudley station, Mr. Eginton, the architect, had reported to the Committee that the land required not being so much by some 500 yards as was antici- WORCESTERSHIRE MICHAELMAS SESSIONS. The Michaelmas Sessions for this county commenced on Monday, before Sir J. S. Pakington, M. P., and the following Magistrates: Sir O. P. Wakeman, Bart., the Hon. and Rev. W. VV. c. Talbot, Rev. T. Pearson. Rev. J. Pearson, T. G. Curtler, Esq., J. H. Allen, Esq., Colonel Bund, F. Holland, Esq., W. H. Ricketts, Esq., — Foley, Esq., Rev. T. Baker, F. E. Williams, Esq., Rev. G. R. Gray, T. S. Lea, Esq., Rev. J. R. Ingram, E. Vernon, Esq., R. Temple, Esq., F. Eyston, Esq., E. G. Stone, Esq., Slade Baker, Esq., P. V. Onslow, Esq., T. Cartwright, Esq., Rev. A. B. Lechmere, Captain Sanderson, Rev. W. Vernon, — Bearcroft, Esq., J. Y. Bedford, Esq., H. Talbot, Esq., J. Merry, Esq., Captain Rushout, R. P. Amphlett, Esq., & c. The first matter of general interest brought before the Court was the FINANCE COMMITTEE'S RIPORT.— This report was read by W H. Ricketts, Esq., as follows:— *• Your Committee have to report that they have examined and allowed the Treasurer's accounts of receipts and expenditure lor the quarter ending the 31st Of August last, and that there was a balance of £ 781, 10s. in the Tieasurer's hands on that day, as shown in the printed quarterly statement of accounts. " The Court having at the last Sessions referred to your Committee to consider and report as to the means of enforcing payment of county anu other rates from Shell and other extra- parochial places, within the county. Your Committee consider that ample means lor the purpose are provided by the Statutes of 5t> Geo. Ill, c. 49, and 1 and " 2 Geo. IV., c. 85. •' Your Committee have to report that since last Sessions a memo- rial has been addressed to them by the Guardians of Winchcomb Union, requesting that the hamlets of Alstone and Wash bourne should be considered as within the jurisdiction of the county of Gloucester for police purposes; and therefore that no rate should be assessed in such hamlets by the county of Worcester. Your Com- mittee replied that thev had no power to concur in the request, but that the subject should be reported at the ensuing Quarter Sessions. " The Coroners' bills for this quarter call for no observation on the part of your Committee. " Your Committee have to report that a half- penny rate will be required this quarter for general purposes, and a farthing rate only for police purposes. . 1 ' r « W. Ii. RICKETTS, Chairman. " T. G. CURTLER, " J. PEARSON." A brief discussion took place on the presentation of this report. With regard to the memorial from the Guardians of the Winchcomb Union the Chairman said he could not see how it could be entertained by this court. The question would never have been raised had it not unfortunately happened that in framing this Act of Parliament political feeling had been allowed to have influence. On referring to the Boundary Act, however, it appeared that the parishes in question— Alstone and Washbourne— had been erroneously voting for East Wor- cestershire, and that they ought to have been included in the registration of Gloucestershire. After some conversation cn the bench, only detached portions of which could be heard, and an examination of the case submitted to the Court by the VVinchcomb authorities, it was agreed to with some slight amendments. TREASURER'S ACCOUNT The accounts of the Treasurer were produced, audited, and deposited with the Clerk of the Mr." Curtler drew the attention of the Court to the propriety of altering the rules affecting the auditing of the Gaol accounts. Rev. J. Pearson thought there was a necessity for revising other rules of the Court besides this. The Chairman said he was not prepared for this discussion, and thought the best plan would be for Mr, Curtler to give notice of motion for next Sessions. After a few words from the Hon. and Rev. W. W. C. Talbot and Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Curtler gave notice of a motion on the subject for next Session. QUARTER RATES— A halfpenny rate was granted for general purposes, a halfpenny rate under the County Hall Act, and a farthing police rate. FINES AT PETTY SESSIONS— On the several quarterly accounts of fines at Petty Sessions received by the Finance Committee being called for, the Chairman read a letter which he had received from Mr. Byrch, Clerk to the Magistrates of the borough of Evesham, in consequence of the letter sent to them respecting the non- payment of tines, received at the Petty sessions of that borough, to the County Treasurer. Mr. Byrch stated that the matter having been laid before the Evesham Town Council, they had requested him to ask the Court to join in a case for the opinion of counsel, the Evesham Town Council being of opinion with him, that these tines were payable to the Borough Treasurer. The Chairman having read Mr. Byrch's letter, said that, after reading the Municipal Act, he was of opinion that these fines were all payable to the County Treasurer, except in boroughs having Quarter Sessions of their own. In this opinion the Court generally concurred, and it was unanimously decided that, such being the opinion of the Court, it was unnecessary to take the opinion of counsel on the subject, and the Clerk of " the Peace was instructed to take the necessary steps for the recovery of the tines. CRAVINGS The Clerk of the Peace's cravings, amounting to 113/. His. 7d., and the following Coroners' cravings, were also allowed :— Mr. Robinson, 26/. 2s. 9of.; Mr. Docker, 95/. 16s. Id.-, Mr. Hughes, 123/. 13s.; and Mr. Hinchcliff'e, 14/. Ids. bd. JNo bill was sent in by Air. Best. VISITING MAGISTRATES— Mr. Allen read the following report of the Vising Magistrates : — " Your Committee have to report that the prisoners have generally been health} ; lhal the officers have been very vtiicient in the uischaiye ol their respective duties, some changes having occurred in the estab- lishment during the last quarter. " Your Committee recommend the following appointments, viz., William beach, as assistant turnkey, in the room ot George Doughty, retired, and Jaines lUliliiige, school- master, iu the place of William Henry Milliage, who resigned. " Your oouiiimtee have thought it prudent to alter ibe entrance to the mill, at the cost ol £ i>, so that in future all intercourse with the mill will be under thy immediate eye ot the Governor. The miller, William Warner, having resigned, the assistant miller, Thunias Harris, has taken tne sole management 01 the mill at the wages of £ i. ^ s. per week, thereby effecting a weekly saving of 13s. " Your Committee have to repoit that the chapel is finished, except the painting, which is in progress. " Your Committee have just leceived the appended petition from the subordinate officers of the prison, praying tor an inciease of salary, which they beg to refer to the Court l'oi consideration. " J. H. ALLEN " ERAS. HOLLAND. '* EL) W ARD VEiiNON." The following were appointed Visiting Magistrates for the ensuing quarter:— Mr. Onslow, Mr. Bearcroft, Mr. Cookes, Mr J. Holland, and Mr. Skey. The petition from the Turnkeys of the gaol was read by the Clerk of the Peace ; it craved an increase of wages on account of alleged increase in their duties. The Visiting Magistrates made no recommendation on the subject. Mr. Curtler, on the memorial being presented, reminded the Court that in addition to the pay of the turnkeys ( 1/. Is. per week) they were entitled to an annuity after long service. These men were certainly in a much better situation than agri- cultural labourers, or those persons working for tradesmen in the city, and he thought the memorial did not reflect much credit upon them. The Chairman regretted that this opinion had not been embodied in the report. The Court made no order upon this memorial.- and pawed on proceed to the amount of the purchase money to be refunded UPTON BRIDGE The Rev. A. B. Lechmere read the following report of the Committee appointed at the last Quarter Sessions upon this subject:— " Your Committee having met on Saturday, Sept. the 0th, received a deputation from the Severn Improvement Commission, and pro- ceeded to investigate the plans of the intended draw- bridge to be erected at Upton. Mr. Leader Williams, the engineer to the Severn Commission, stated that it was proposed to remove the centre pier and two arches of the present bridge, and that the roadway of the new part would be eighteen feet wide, the present being only thirteen — to be constructed either of timber or asphalte. " On the subject of a new bridge being mooted, Mr. Leader Williams presented a plan of a neat iron bridge of three arches and stone piers, by which the drawbridge would be built on the side nearest the town of Upton, instead of the centre, provided an arrange- ment could be made with the county. The Severn Commissioners to pull down the old structure and erect a new one in its place. " Mr, Wheeley Lea on the part of the Severn Commission inti- mated that they were ready to meet the county in the fairest and most open manner, and ill consequence of the thin attendance of the members of your Committee, it was thought advisable to adjourn the meeting to the 19th September, when the important subject of the dilapidated state of the bridge and the projected alterations of the same were again discussed. A fuller attendance of its members were present, anions them Sir J. Pakington, Mr. Temple, the Rev. John Pearson, Mr. Allen, Mr. Curtler, Dr. Beaie Cooper, the Rev. Charles Dunne, and the Rev. A. B. Lechmere, and also the deputa- tion from the Severn Commission. " After recapitulating what had transpired at the first meeting, Sir John Pakington questioned Mr. Williams more minutely on the probable expense of the new bridge, when, according to his calcula- tions, he estimated the cost would be £ 12,000, and accordingly the following resolution was submitted to the committee and unani- mously adopted:— " ' Resolved,— That in consideration of the advantages both imme- diate and prospective which would result from the erection of a new bridge at Upton instead of repairing that bridge at a considerable expense, as has been agreed to by the Court of Quarter Sessions, this Committee do recommend the Court to contribute £ 3,000 towards the building of a new bridge by the Severn Commissioners, if the Commissioners are disposed to accede to such terms, all details to be settled hereafter in the event of the offer being accepted, both by the Commissioners and the Court.' " A copy ol' this resolution was handed to the Severn Commission, and the meeting was again adjourned to Saturday, the 10th October instant, to await their decision. " Your Committee, therefore, again assembled on that day, when the reply of the Severn Commission was read, of which the follow- ing is a copy :— " ' Severn Commission. At a meeting of the Board of Works and Finance, held this 9th day ot October, the resolution of the Committee of Justices, relating to Upton bridge, dated September 9th, iijftj, was read. " ' Resolved thereon,— That the Severn Commission consider it to be most desirable that a new bridge should be erected at Upon- upon- Severn, rather than that the present dangerous and uilapidated structure be altered or repaired, and are anxious to use the powers with which the Legislaiure have entrusted them to the advantage of all the interests connected with tiie bridge, but the Commission would not be justified in expending a further sum towards the re- building of such bridge than would be requisite to effect the altera- tions, lor which powers have already been obtained, and cannot therefore undertake the same on the terms suggested. "' As, however, the estimates lurnished to the Commission show that a new and efficient structure, suited to the trade of the district, both by land and water, may be erected for a sum not exceeding £ 1^, 000, the Commissioners, to accomplish so desirable an object, would be willing to expend in the rebuilding, rather than in the alteration of the bridge, a sum not exceeding £ ti, 000.' " Whereupon your Committee resolved that it wa3 with regret that they did not feel justified in recommending this Court to accede to terms propounded in that reply. Your Committee, however, having thought it uesirable to obtain anothei interview with the ( Severn Commission, Mr. J. W. Lea and Mr. J. M. Gutch, accom- panied by Mr. Leader Williams and Mr. Waters, attended accordingly upon your Committee, when your Committee learnt trom these gentlemen that it was not the intention of the Commission to com- mence any alteration at Upton bridge under their Act at least until the spring, on account ot the increasing dilapidations of the bridge. Under these circumstances, and having regard to the time of year, your Committee also recommend to the Couit to suspend for the " present any proceedings oil the pait of the county. " A. B. LhiCHMEltE, Chairman of Committee." Mr. Lechmere said, in the event of the Committee being re- appointed, he should wish to withdraw from it, as he should not iike to be a party to the expenditure of any further sum of money on the old structure. The Committee, however, was reappointed to watch events, and Mr. Lechmere requested to continue his services. LUNATIC ASYLUM— The Chairman would now call the attention ot the Court to the subject of the appointment of a Committee of Justices to carry into operation in this county the Act of 8 and 9 Vic. ch. 126, which was the next matter which appeared on the paper. Pending the discussion which had taken place in that Court on this subject, an important Amendment Act had been passed, which would control the numbers of lunatics to be placed in each asylum, and he thought it possible that this Act might operate to induce the Court to rescind the resolution, passed at the Epiphany Sessions, not to join any other county. The Rev. A. B. Lechmere had given notice of a motion for rescinding that resolution, but he thought that a proposition which he should make to the Court would obviate the necessity of Air. Lechmere persevering in his motion. He should mention that. Earl Somers had suggested to him the propriety of the counties of Worcester and Hereford joining, and he had since received a communication from Mr. Clifford, Chairman of the Hererfordshiie Sessions ( which he read to the Court), suggesting that the counties of Hereford, Worcester, and Radnor should join together for this purpose. The suggestion, therefore, which he should throw out for the consideration of the Court was this, that looking to the time which had elapsed, and the frequent postponements of the matter which had taken piace, they should now proceed to the appoint- ment of a Committee under the Lunatic Act, for building an asylum for the county of Worcester. He should also suggest that the Committee be instructed to inquire what effect the recent Act would be likely to have upon the number of lunatics, and how far they weie disposed to rescind the resolution of last Epiphany Sessions on this subject, and whether it would not be advisable to join some other county in the use of a common asylum. Rev. A. B. Lechmere then, at the suggestion of the Court, withdrew the motion on this subject, of which he had given notice, and after a few passing remarks the following gentlemen were appointed the Lunatic Asylum Committee:— Sir J. Pakington, T. G. Curtler, Esq., Rev. J. Pearson, T. B. Cooper, Esq., T. Badger, Esq., R. Temple, Esq., W. H. Ricketts, Esq., P. V. Onslow, Esq., W. Trow, Esq., O. Ricardo, Esq., James Taylor, Esq., Rev. T. Pearson, and J. Stone, Esq. CHIEF CONSTABLE'S REPORT— Mr. Harris produced his quarterly report, with a register showing the actual state of the Constabulary during the last quarter. The Chief Constable reported that in consequence of the disturbances which had taken place in the neighbourhood of Dudley by the nailors turning out, it had been found necessary to send a number of extra constables into the district. The nailors however had now, for the most part, returned to their work, and the extra policemen had been withdrawn. This was the only interesting feature in the Chief Constable's report. The usual monthly returns were also produced by the Chief Constable. The Court then proceeded to hear the only motion remaining on the paper, the Rev. A. B. Lechmere having withdrawn his motion on the subject of Lunatic Asylums. Mr. Ricketts moved the appointment of a Committee to revise the table of Fees to Justices' Clerks, and took the oppor- tunity of pointing out to the Court the inconveniences of the present system. The Committee wasgranted. UPTON BRIDGE— On the annual account of the Trustees being produced, Mr. Curtler enquired how it was that the county was charged for the filing of this account, and also with four guineas a- y ear salary to the bridgewarden, Rev. A. B. Lechmere explained that Mr, Luke Day had been appointed by this Court some years since as bridge warden, and that his duties were to see that a certain distance— he believed a hundred yards— on each side of the road, at each end of the bridge was kept in repair. After some remarks from the Chairman, 31 r. Lechmere, Mr. T. Beale ( of Upton), Mr. Curtler, and others, Mr. Curtler moved that the Finance Committee be instructed to ascertain the claims of the county upon the funds left by the late Mr. Hall for the repair of Upton bridge. The Court agreed to this motion without the usual notice. AUDITOR OF CATTLE MARKET The Rev. A. B. Ledi- niere moved tile appointment of Mr. Henry Lakin Auditor of the Cattle Market, in the room of the late Mr. Lakin, his father. The motion was agreed to. The Jury Lists, and the Quarterly Lists of Lunatic Paupers received from the medical officers of lunatics not confined in asylums, registered hospitals, or licensed houses, were then handed in, and the record of the Licensing of Dissenting Chapels was made. Tne application made by Messrs. Ricketts and Hastings, tor renewing their license to keep a lunatic asylum at Droit- wich, for the reception of 105 insane persons, was granted, and the visitors were re- appointed. SCOTCH PAUPERS— The Court appointed Thomas Horner and I hum as Shaiples conductors " for the removal of poor persons born in Scotland, Ireland, and the Islands of Man, Sciliy, Jersey, or Guernsey, and chargeable in England." ALTERATION or FENCE TIME FOR THE SEVERN.— The official county business having been disposed of, Mr. M'Millan made an application to the Court, under the 58th Geo. 111., cap. 126, and 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 33, for the , alteration of the present fence time, during which it shall be j unlawiul to take salmon, or fish of the salmon kind, of the river Severn or its tributaries. Mr. M'iVlillan reminded the Court that in the year 1844 they had, on his application, altered the fence time, so as to exclude the month ot January ; but the experience of the past two years had shown that that was one of the most important breeding months in the year. Of this fact the Severn Fisheries' Association, on whose behalf the present application was made, were convinced, when the former application was made, but their object then was the assimilating of the fence season throughout the whole course of the river Severn, the autuorities of Shropshire and Gloucester- shire being at that time opposed to the including of the month of January in the fence season. However, it appeared that they were now convinced of the desirableness of making January a fence month, and had given notice to alter the fence time at the Sessions to be holden this week for both those counties. Under these circumstances, he applied to the Court to make the fence time for taking salmon to extend from the 14th of September to the 1st of February. The Chairman and the Court generally appeared to concur in the necessity of altering the fence time as proposed, but the Chairman said that knowing the strong feeling which existed in Shropshire against making January a fence month, he feared an application to the Shropshire Court of Quarter Sessions would not succeed. He thought this Court had better wait the result of the application to the Gloucestershire and Shropshire Courts, and in the event of their granting the appli- cation, he had no doubt this Court would decide on similar proceedings. Mr. M'Millan suggested that it would be politic, under any circumstances, for Worcestershire to set her neighbours a good example, but, the Court thought they had better wait the result of the applications to the Shropshire and Gloucestershire Courts, and the further consideration of the application was accordingly adjourned. [ On Wednesday, Mr. M'Millan announced to the Court that communications had been received from Glou- cester and Shrewsbury, announcing the withdrawal of the application for altering the fence time for the counties of Salop and Gloucester. He, therefore, with the view of preserving as much uniformity as was practicable under the circumstances, should now withdraw his application as respected the county of Worcester. The fence time, therefore, remains as before, viz., from Sept. 14 to Jan. 1.] The Court then proceeded to the hearing of— APPEALS. These were few in number, and of a very uninteresting character. The first was a respited appeal from last Sessions— The Churchwardens and Overseers of Tipton, in the County of Stafford, Appellants, and the Churchwardens and Over- seers of Dudley, in the County of Worcester, Respondents. In this case, an appeal against an order of removal of Sarah Hughes, widow, Mr. Whitmore moved, on behalf of the respondents, that the order be quashed without costs. Mr. Huddleston consented, and the order was quashed accordingly. The Churchwardens and Overseers of Essington, in the County of Stafford, Appellants, and the Churchwardens and Overseers of Hawn, in the County of Worcester, Re- spondents. Mr. Whitmore appeared in this case for the respondents, and applied for costs, the appellants having given notice of trial at these Sessions, and not appearing. Costs were granted. The Churchwardens and Overseers of Astley, Appellants, and the Churchwardens and Overseers of Dudley, Respondents. This was an appeal against an order of removal of a pauper named John Cooke. Mr. Whitmore appeared for the appel- lants, and Mr. Lutwyche for the respondents. This case was one entirely of technicalities. Mr. Lutwyche admitted that the order of removal was good, but it had been vitiated by the statute. The Court dismissed the appeal on account of a technical error in the grounds of appeal. The Churchwardens and Overseers of Dudley, Appellants, and the Churchwardens and Overseers of The Lye, Respondents. This was a case of appeal entered and respited until next Sessions. TUESDAY, BEFORE SIR J. PAKINGTON, M. P., CHAIRMAN. The Court met at nine o'clock, when the following were sworn of the Grand Jury :— Mr. R. Deakin, Foreman, Mr. Thomas Martin, — Edward Moore, — John Moore, — Edward ftlytton, — Thomas Penn, — William Rogers, — J. H. Scroxton, — Joseph Turley. Mr. Richard Allport, — Samuel Barrell, — Thomas Boddington, — Thomas Baldwin, — Wr. L. Curnock, — Francis Dingley, — Michael Davis, — John Davis, — Thomas Hutton, After the observance of the usual formalities, the Chairman proceeded to address the Grand Jury. He was happy to be enabled to state that the calendar of prisoners was not by any means a heavy one. There were only 74 prisoners at present contained in it, which compared with the usual number of prisoners for trial at these Sessions was by no means a large number. He was moreover very happy to add that there were few cases in the calendar of a serious complexion, and after looking over the depositions he did not find any case presenting difficulties which would call for any remark from him. There were, however, one or two other matters to which he thought it desirable that he should call their attention, before dismissing them. Amongst these was an Act of Parliament which had naturally excited a great deal of interest in the country. It was passed in the Session of 1845, and made it compulsory to erect Lunatic Asylums for the confinement of pauper lunatics. The Court of Quarter Sessions had no discretion on this subject so far as the carrying out of the requirements of the Act. The only discretion which this Court had, was in the exercise of as strict an economy in carrying out the Act as was consistent with its purposes. This had been considerably facilitated by an Amendment Actpassed in the lust Session which gave discretion as to the parties who should be confined in these asylums, and would necessarily have an influence in diminishing the number of the inmates. This Court having now had the ques- tion before them for twelve months, decided on the previous day that there was no further ground for postponing the settlement of the matter. Accordingly they appointed a Committee to carry the Act into execution, and at the same time the Court instructed the Committee to endeavour to ascertain what effect the Amendment Act would have in diminishing the number of pauper lunatics to be provided for, and wherher or not the diminution of the numbers would not influence them in recommending that a resolution passed at the last Epiphany Sessions not to join any other county should be rescinded. The Hon. Chairman next addressed to the Grand Jury some remarks on the Small Debts Act of last Session. They were probably aware that the subject of establishing Courts for facilitating the recovery of small debts had frequently occupied the attention of the Legislature in consequence of the insufficiency of the existing County and other Courts for the purposes intended; but until the last Session this object had not been attained. A bill, however, was passed in the last Session for this purpose, the leading features of which were that her Majesty's Council were empowered to divide the country into districts, and judges were to be selected from among the most eminent counsel at the bar, who were to hold courts for these districts from time to time— at least once a month— and by these courts every facility was intended to be given for the recovery ot debts not exceed- ing 20/. in amount. Whether the agency of these Courts might be further extended was another question, but at all events the present enactment formed a very important alteration in the law of the country. In consequence of the complex nature of the law it would not be availaoie for all parts of the country at once, but must be brought into exercise by degrees. Sir John Pakington then proceeded to offer some observations on the New Settlement Act, remarking that it was an enactment so im- portaut as regarded the interests of the labouring classes that he should be remiss in his duty if he passed it over unnoticed. Whatever might be the objections to the New Poor Law Act' there was nothing which inflicted so much suffering upon the poor as that part of the law affecting the question of settlement which was of older existence than what was called the New Poor Law. Now the main principle of this new Act was that no man should be removed from a place where he had resided for a period of five years, no matter what his original settlement might have been. It certainly might happen in carrying out this enactment that when large numbers of persons of any particular class were found to have con- gregated together, and any temporary depression affected their particular trade, the burdens upon the ratepayers might become dispropoitionably heavy, but he thought that the burden of maintenance of the poor ought to fall where their labour was exercised. He had heard of complaints of the difficulty which would be experienced, in the first instance, in carrying this new law into effect, and he found that in several places Boards of Guardians had resolved upon discontinuing all out- door relief to paupers in consequence. That such should be the result of this new law was neither unnatural, nor perhaps, improper; and the course which seemed to him the most desirable to pursue was, that Boards of Guardians should at once proceed to ascertain which of the paupers belonging to other unions, but resident in theirs, came within the cluss of the five years' residents provided for in the new Act, and at once to acquiesce in the new law, and take upon them the maintenance of those paupers. He thought that in the end it would be found that this Act would not add to the burdens of the ratepayers, while it would be a great relief to the poor. He had the satisfaction to state that the Court had not found any necessity for enforcing at these Sessions any heavy rates. The usual halfpenny rate tor the general expenditure of the county, and a farthing rate for police purposes, had beeu granted on the previous day. The Court then proceeded to the TRIAL OF PRISONERS. Sarah Jackson, 36, widow, pleaded guilty to having on the 2nd Oct. instant, at Dudley, stolen from the person of Edward Davis a purse containing a sum of money. The prisoner handed in a petition for mercy, and was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, to hard labour. Benjamin Baxter, 35, labourer, pleaded guilty to having, on the 3rd Oct. instant, at Dudley, stolen two fowls, the property of Joseph Whitehouse. Sentence— Two months' imprison- ment, to hard labour. William Spiers, 13, labourer, pleaded guilty to having, on the 9th August last, at Bewdley, feloniously stolen Is. 6d., the property of Ezra Clark— Two months' imprisonment. Catherine Collins, 29, single woman, was charged with stealing a pair of worsted shoes, at Evesham, the property of Josiah Wheatley— Mr. Hooper prosecuted— The prisoner, who is an Irishwoman, possessing the national volubility in an eminent degree, went into Mr. Wheatley's shop on the 24th of July last, and inquired for a pair of shoes. She tried on several pairs, but could nut find any to suit her, either in quality, fit, oi price, and while so occupied she contrived to conceal a pair of shoes on her person. She was detected in the act, placed in the custody ot a policeman, and after a short trial was found guilty, though she strongly protested her innocence, and said she could' " take her oath" that she had never seen the shoes before that day. In consequence of her having already been nearly three months in gaol, the Court sentenced her to 14 days' imprison, ment only. Elizabeth Field, a very young girl, respectably attired, sur- rendered to her bail, and pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a pair of stockings, at Tardebigg, the property of Francis Baugh. The prosecutor addressed the Court on behalf of the prisoner, praying for a lenient sentence, as she had borne a a good character previous to this transaction, and her employer, a needle manufacturer, was willing to take her again into his employ— The Court sentenced her to six weeks'imprisonment. Benjamin Homer also appeared to his bail, on the charge of stealing a " wrought- iron scotch," the property of the New British Iron Company, on the 23rd of September, at Dudley. Mr. Streeten prosecuted, and Mr. Selfe defended the prisoner. The evidence of two servants to the Company went to prove that the prisoner took the iron— used for the purpose of stopping the waggons on the Company's private railway— from the line, and earned it away. For the defence the prisoner's counsel submitted that the evidence was so loose as to the taking of the iron, and especially as to the animus of the prisoner in removing it, as to lead to great doubt of the prisoner's intention of depriving the British iron Company of their properly in it. He submitted, therefore, that the prisoner ought to have the benefit of the doubt raised, especially as he was a man of previous unimpeachable character. The Jury found the prisoner not guilty. Alary Chambers, 22, married, was charged with stealing a silver watch, from the person of Wm. Downing, at Dudley, on the 3rd of August last— Mr. Huddleston prosecuted This was a Dudley case par excellence. The silly prosecutor, a young man living in Dudley, fell in company with the prisoner, a decent and rather good- looking young woman, far above an average sample of the Dudley Daiilahs, and yielded to her solicitations to accompany her for " a walk," it being then just past midnight, The paities were in an entry together j the prisoner cried out that a man was coming, and ran away; on which two men rushed upon the prosecutor and knocked him down. On getting up again his watch had flown from his fob. Guilty. Four months' imprisonment, hard labour. Richard Smith, 17, nailor, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a fowl, the property of William Tedderton, at Broms- grove, on the 28th Sept. last.— Three months' imprisonment. Samuel Dimmack, 39. nailor, and Mary Ann Dimmack, 39, his wife, were charged with stealing a cheose, the property of William Eld, the elder, at Dudley, on the 4th Oct. inst. Mr. Whitmore prosecuted, and Mr. Owen defended the prisoners. After a long trial, the chief feature of which was the difficulty of identification of the cheese alleged to have been stolen, the jury found the prisoners not guilty. The female prisoner has been convicted of stealing cheese on a former occasion. Luke Charm, 25, collier, was charged with stealing a hat, the property of Joseph Shin, of Halesowen, on the 26th July last. Here also was experienced a difficulty in the identifica- tion of the stolen ( or alleged stolen) property, and in the absence of sufficient testimony to connect the prisoner with the offence charged, he was acquitted. Edward Perry, 51, higgler, was charged with stealing a fowl, the property of John Jewkes, at Dudley, on the 3rd inst. Mr. Hill prosecuted, and Mr. Huddleston defended the prisoner. This was another uninteresting case, depending upon circumstantial evidence, and terminating in a verdict of not guilty. John Juggins, labourer, was charged with stealing a pair of cord trowsers, the property of Thomas Conolly, at Bromsgrove, on the 4th August last. Mr. Lutwyche prosecuted; the prisoner was undefended. The prosecutor went into a public- house in Bromsgrove on the 4th of August, and called for half- a- pint of beer. He stated that while occupied in p » ying for the beer, he threw the trousers on the floor of the room, and that the prisoner picked them up, and ran away with them. A soldier who was in the house at the time met the prisoner a few days afterwards, and asked him, " What about the trousers ?" to which he replied that he had sold them, and spent the money. For the prisoner it was attempted to be set up that the prose- cutor was very drunk at the time of the transaction, and that he threw the trousers to the prisoner. The jury found a verdict of guilty, and the Court sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment. Rowena Blunt, 25, servant, surrendered to her bail to answer to a charge of stealing three table cloths, and a quantity of other linen, the property of the Rev. J. J. Elsworth, of Stour- bridge, in whose service the prisoner was at the time. The prisoner, who appeared a decent- looking country girl, was recommended to mercy by her master the prosecutor, and the Court, having heard a good character of her from several wit- nesses, passed upon her a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment. Frederick Tustin, 20, labourer, also pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a piece of elm timber, the property of Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., at Broadway, on the 26th September. — Six months' imprisonment, the prisoner having been con- victed of larceny at a previous Sessions. George Young, 22, sailor, also pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a coat and other articles of wearing apparrel, at North- field, the property of Thomas and Joseph Hall.— Twelve months' imprisonment. Charles Russell, 16, baker, was charged with stealing two loaves of bread, the property of Mr. J. B. Smith, baker, of Bengeworth, on the 25th of July. Mr. Huddleston prosecuted. The facts are briefly these. The prisoner was in the service of the prosecutor, and was employed by him to deliver out bread to his customers. Among the prosecutor's customers was Miss Bailinger, who usually had twelve loaves a day. She, however, on some occasions required two extra loaves, and the prisoner still pretended to his master that he took twelve only, while in fact he took fourteen and received payment for that number. These facts were proved in evidence, and the prisoner offered no defence. He was found guilty, but received a previous good character. The prisoner was further charged with stealing bread on another occasion, but this case was not pressed against him, and he was sentenced on the first conviction to three months' imprisonment, hard labour. Priscilla Roberts, 30, married, was charged with stealing 7s. ( id. from the person of William Penny, at the borough of Bewdley, on the 10th August last. Mr. Owen prosecuted, and Mr. Huddleston defended the prisoner, who appeared at the bar with an interesting child in her arms. The prosecutor, who is a tailor, deposed that as he was returning home on the night of the 10th August he heard music at the Horn and Trumpet. He went in and had a " small jug of ale" after drinking which he retired to the yard, and was followed by the prisoner, who importuned him with improper overtures, but he strongly resisted her importunities. She however insinuated her hand into the prosecutor's trowsers pocket, and took thereout three half- crowns. Thereupon he charged her with the theft, which she at first denied, but afterwards gave him up one half- crown, saying that he should have what drink he pleased but no more money. He adjourned with her to another public- house— the " Dog Wheel" where he had some brandy, and while she was there fetched a constable who apprehended her. On her appre- hension the prisoner fell on her knees and begged the prosecutor to forgive her, offering to return him his money. The counsel for the prisoner having in his address to the Jury made some remarks reflecting upon the character of " the little tailor," as he rather facetiously called him, the Chairman told the Jury that there was nothing in the case affecting the prosecutor's character.— The Jury, after some hesitation, found the prisoner guilty, and the Court sentenced her to six weeks' imprisonment. In the case of Charles Wilkes, 16, gas- fitter, charged with stealing a purse and its contents from the person of Sarah Mason, the Court enlarged the recognizances of the witnesses until next Sessions, in consequence of the illness of a material witness. The prisoner was liberated on bail. William Cressteell, 55, fence carpenter, was arraigned on a charge of stealing a hand- saw, the property of Samuel Worrall. — Mr. Lutwyche appeared for the prosecution— It appeared that in J uly last the prisoner went to a public- house in Bewdiey, and had some ale. Not having any money the prisoner left a saw in pledge until he should call again and pay his score. He called on a subsequent occasion anu paid the score, but did not take away the saw. The prisoner had been in the employ of the prosecutor, and had used the saw in the course of his work. The prosecutor identified it by certain marks in the handle, but the Jury nevertheless found the prisoner not guilty. George Edwards, 20, carpet- weaver, was charged with stealing 21bs. weight of lamb, the property of James Cole, on the 20th August last. Mr. Owen prosecuted; the prisoner was undefended. This was a clear case, the meat having been stolen from the prosecutor's shop by the prisoner, who was seen in the act by a neighbour of the prosecutor. After a short trial, the prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. There was a former conviction proved against him. BEFORE T. G. CURTLER, ESQ. George Edwards, 20, tailor, charged with having at Dudley, on the 19th September last, stolen one sovereign and three half- crowns, the property of Joseph Cook, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Thomas Burton, 25, nail factor, was charged with having, on the 10th October inst., at Dudley, stolen a coat, the property of Dudley Handley. Mr. Whitmore prosecuted, and Mr. Huddleston defended. The prosecutor, an Irish pedlar, whose brogue was very difficult to understand, was offering his goods for sale, at the Miner's Arms, Dudley, when the prisoner was seen by a woman named Jackson, to take a coat, and carry it into the yard at the back of the house. Two witnesses were called to character, one of whom, who stated that he lived in " Paradise," said he had known the prisoner for 14 years to bear a good character; but he admitted that he knew the prisoner had been tried for larceny, though not convicted, on a previous occasion. Guilty. Three months'imprisonment. Thomas Nash, 27, comb maker, was charged with having, on the 8th October inst., at Bromsgrove, stolen fourteen prun- ing knives, the property of Edward Perkins. This was a very clear case. The prisoner was seen to thrust his hand through Mr, Perkins' shop window. He was immediately followed, and the property found upon him. Guilty. Three months' imprisonment. Luke Barton, 46, lace maker, was charged with having, on the 1st August last, at Tardebigg, unlawfully uttered a counterfeit half- crown. The prisoner went into the Do" and Duck public- house, at Tardebigg, and called for a glass of ale. He represented that he was a commercial traveller, and was going to purchase needles at Redditch. It was on this occasion that he passed the bad money. W. C. P. Humphries appre- hended the prisoner on the 2nd August, and found a quantity of counterfeit half- crowns upon him. He also found a quantity of lace goods and needles upon him, and cards, representing him as a lace manufacturer of Nottingham. Mr. Skarratt, of Broad Street, proved the baseness of the coins. The Chairman summed up, and the Jury, after consulting for some time, hesitatingly returned a verdict of guilty, upon which the prisoner said, " Gentlemen, you have injured an innocent man." . Nine months' imprisonment. Richard Weaver, 27, labourer, was indicted for stealing, on the 23rd of September last, a quantity of gunpowder and a bag, the property of Richard Webb, one of the contractors of the railway works, near this city. The prisoner was employed on the works in question, and managed to extract the powder from a cask in which it was kept, and the next dav offered it for sale. Guilty. The prosecutor strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy, and he was sentenced to 14 days' imprison- ment. M r. Selfe prosecuted in this case, and Mr. Hill defended the prisoner. George Taylor, 19, carpenter, pleaded guilty to having, on the 4tn October instant, at Bengeworth, stolen a watch and chain, the property of George Baylis. Three months' imprison- ment. Thomas Grove, 26, was charged with stealing a knife and other articles, the property of Wm. Jarvis. Mr, Selfe prosecu- ted; Mr. Whitmore defended the prisoner. The prosecutor and prisoner had been drinking together at a public- house, at Honnington; and both being the worse for liquor, they returned home. On their way home, the prisoner proposed that they should lie down in a barn they came to. They did so, and when the prosecutor awoke he found his property gone. Not Guilty. Thomas Horton, 43, labourer, was chargocl with having on the 5th Aug. last, at Kingswinford, stolen a tame duck, the property of John Austin. Mr. Selfe prosecuted, and the prisoner was undefended. The prisoner was seen to drive some ducks into the corner of the field, and put one of them in his pocket. He was followed and the duck found upon him. Fourteen days' imprisonment. James Hyatt, 48, tin- plate worker, was charged with having, on the ! 5th September last, at Stourbridge, stolen two half- crowns, the property of Ann Solloway. Mr. Hodgson prose- cuted ; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared that during the temporary absence of the prosecutrix, prisoner extracted the money from the till. Guilty. . Two months' imprisonment. James Moore, 14, snuff maker, was charged with having, on the 7th October inst. at Dudley, feloniously stolen half- a- crown and two shillings, the property of Thomas Richards. Mr. Tearne prosecuted ; the prisoner was undefended. The prisoner went into prosecutor's shop and asked for a pennyworth of apples. The prisoner extracted the money from the till while the prosecutor was in another room. The defence was that he found the coins amongst some potatoes. Guilty— Three months' imprisonment. John Russell, 30, labourer, pleaded guilty to having, on the 22nd July last, at Eastham, stolen a shirt, the property of Wm. Cork.— One day's imprisonment. Sophia Liliy, married, pleaded guilty to having, on the llth September last, at Dudley, stolen 55 lbs. of coal, the property of Jjhn Joseph Bramah and another Fined Is. Sarah Cooper, married, pleaded guilty to having, on the llth September last, at Dudley, stolen 55 lbs. of coal, the property of John Joseph Bramah.— Fined Is. Thma « MMny( Qn} 86, labourer, was charged with having, on the 22nd September last, at Pershore, stolen a quantity of potatoes, the property of Alfred Rickett Hudson.— Not guilty. William Jones, 28, nailor, was charged with having, on the 16th August last, at Northfield, stolen one sovereign, the property of William Curtler. Mr. Selfe prosecuted; the prisoner was undefended. The prosecutor was returning from harvest work and called at a public- house at Northfield, wher. e he met the prisoner and treated him with some beer, and being tired, laid his head upon the table and went to sleep. A woman who was in the public- house at the time stated that she saw the prisoner extract the purse from the prosecutor's pocket. Guilty Three months' imprisonment. Thomas Baker, 27, puddler, was charged with having, on the 12th October inst., at Shravvley, assaulted John Arnold, police constable, whilst in the execution of his duty. Mr. Corbett appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. lluddleston defended the prisoner. It appears that the prisoner and another man were fighting at a public- house, and on the policeman attempting to take the prisoner into custody the prisoner struck him. Mr. Huddleston attempted to show that the blows were the result of accident; but the Jury found him guilty.— One month's imprisonment. Anne Stokes, married, pleaded guilty to having, on the 25th September last, at Evesham, stolen 9 lbs. of beef, the property of James Woodward. The prisoner received an excellent character, and was also recommended to mercy by the prose- cutor,— Fourteen days' imprisonment. WEDNESDAY. BEFORE SIR J. S. PAKINGTON, BART. On the Court re- assembling at nine o'clock this morning, Richard Green, 13, labourer, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a leading rein, the property of Mrs. Moillett, at Abberley, on the 23rd of July last, and in consideration of his youth, and the long time he had been in prison, the Court sentenced him to three days' imprisonment from the commencement of the Sessions, which permitted his immediate discharge. William Jackson, alias Gorlhrupp, 24, sail maker, was charged with stealing 2s. 8d. from the person of Mrs. M. A. Clements, on Bromsgrove race course, on the 19th of August last. Mr. Hooper was counsel for the prosecution. The case against the prisoner was very clear. He was seen in company with some companions to hustle Mrs. Clements, who imme- diately missed her money from her pocket. An alarm was given, and on the prisoner being charged with the theft, an attempt was made by his companions to prevent his arrest. He was found guilty, and a previous conviction having heen proved against him, he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The prisoner was in a very feeble state of health, being much, emaciated, and apparently labouring under a severe pulmonary- disease. On the sentence being passed, he was immediately- conveyed back to the prison hospital whence he had been brought. Samuel White and Abraham Challiner surrendered to their bail to take their trial on a charge of having feloniously stolen four cwt. of pig iron, the property of Messrs. Blackwell, at the parish of Halesowen. Mr. Huddleston appeared for the prose- cution, and Mr. Selfe for the prisoners. Messrs. Blackwell are ironfounders, carrying on business at Russell's Hall Works. Messrs. Blackwell being under contract to furnish Messrs. Kenrick with a quantity of pig iron, portions of the order were dispatched by canal on the 15th and 20th of July last. The full weight, however, did not arrive at its destination, some few pigs being missing. To account for the deficiency, it was shown in evidence that on its transit some few pigs were seen to fall into the canal, and these pigs of iron were dragged from the canal by the prisoners, who raked it out as treasure trove. It was admitted on the part of the prisoners, that the four pigs of iron found in their possession were part of the cargoes trans- mitted from the prosecutors' works to Messrs. Kenrick, and lost in the transit. White, on being arrested, said he got the iron out of the canal, and meant to keep it. One of the men who loaded the boat said that the iron was loaded up to the gunwale, and not higher, and that the pigs could not have been easily thrown into the water by the rope getting entangled. When the prisoners were examined before the magistrates, White said that, having been told by some colliers that some pigs of iron had been pulled off a boat into- the canal by the rope, he and Challiner agreed to rake for them, and they raked up four pigs. Challiner when before ihe magistrates corroborated the statement made by White. The case for the prosecution having been closed, Mr. Selfe addressed the Jury, submitting that the prisoners had taken the iron under the notion that they were entitled to appropriate it to their use as a waif, and that therefore there was no felonious intent in the appropriation of the iron by the accused. After an address from the Hon. Chairman, explaining to the Jury their duty in this curious case, a verdict of " guilty" was returned against both the prisoners. Mr. Huddleston, on behalf of the prosecu- tion, recommended the prisoners to the merciful consideration of the Court- He said the object of the prosecution had been to show the prisoners and all others who may act under similar impressions, that property of this kind was not to be wrongfully appropriated with impunity. The Court sentenced the prisoners to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Elizabeth Payne, 28, widow, was charged with stealing four kypes1 of apples, the property of George Williams, at Birts- morton, on the 12th instant. Mr. Huddleston prosecuted the case, and Mr. Selfe defended the prisoner, who appeared in the dock with a child in her arms. The prisoner, it appeared, lived near to the prosecutor, who missed a quantity of apples from his cider heap, and traced footsteps in the direction of the prisoner's cottage. Subsequently, Mrs. Williams, a relative of the prosecutor, bought some apples of the prisoner, and these the prosecutor identified as of the same sort as his own which he had reared himself from kernels. The defence set up by the prisoner was, that the apples were grown in her own garden, or rather, in the garden of a person named Kendrick, with whom she cohabited; and some apples from Kendrick's garden were brought into court, and appeared very similar to Williams's. The Jury immediately found the prisoner not guilty. Richard Stephens, 26, and Charles Sharland, 16, labourers, were charged with stealing 31bs. of cooked mutton, the pro- perty of William George, at Evesham. The prisoner Stephens, it appeared, was seen at the shop door of the prosecutor, who keeps an eating- house, at Evesham, on the 2nd instant; and about the same time a piece of a breast of mutton was missed. Immediately afterwards he entered a public- house, and there ate a portion of a breast of mutton, the remainder of which, found upon him, was identified by Mrs. George as a portion of the missing joint. The prisoner declared that he bought the mutton of a relation in Evesham, and paid 6d. for it. The only point in the evidence against the younger prisoner, was the fact of his being seen in Stephens' company in the course of the day. The Jury acquitted Sharland, but found Stephens guilty, and he was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment. The younger prisoner said he came from Wellington, near Taunton, Somerset, with the elder prisoner, in search of work on the railway. The Court instructed the governor of the gaol to pro- vide him with temporary assistance. Cornelius Dukes, 25, labourer, was charged with stealing two turkeys, the property of Barnaby Yarnall, at Kidder- minster, on the 14th instant. Mr. Huddleston prosecuted; the prisoner was undefended. The prisoner was seen in the yard of the Vine Inn, Kidderminster, in the occupation of the prosecutor, with something bulky under his frock. A lad who was in the prosecutor's service suspecting that all was not right, told his master, and under his directions went up to the prisoner, turned up his frock, and there was found the body of one of the prosecutor's turkies, which had recently been killed. The other was found on the ground near. After a very shor trial, the prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. John Williams, an aged man, stated in the calendar to be a labourer of the age of 66, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing two dead partridges from the dwelling- house of Sarah Wright, at Low er Mitton, on the 5th of October instant One month's imprisonment, hard labour. Jane Toovey, 17, singlewoman, also pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a gold brooch and two pair of side- coombs, the property of her master, Natal Cattanio, at Kidderminster, on the 24th of July last.— Six months' imprisonment, to hard labour. Alfred John Severn and William Thome, alias Tanner, 35, fellmongers, were indicted for stealing a quantity of shoes and boots, the property of Ann Pitcher, at Upton- on- Severn, under circumstances detailed in this paper in July last— the time of the committal of the alleged theft. Mr. Huddleston prose- cuted ; the prisoners were undefended. After some delibera- tion, the Jury found the prisoners guilty, and the prosecutrix recommended them to mercy on account of their previous good character Severn was sentenced to nine months' imprison- ment, but Thomas' guilt being of a less heinous character ( Severn having been in the employment of the prosecutrix), an , moreover, having been in prison since July, while Severn had been out on bail, the Court sentenced him to three months* imprisonment, hard labour. Daniel Higley, 1- 8, fruiterer, was, after a very short trial, found guilty of stealing a mare, value £ 15., the property of Thomas Waldron, of Bellbroughton. The prisoner had, it seems, yielded to sudden temptation, and sold his master's horse to x^ lr. Cecil Mc'Cann, of Malvern, for a sovereign, a bridle and saddle, and a mule. When apprehended, he said he did not know what had induced him to do it, but he hoped the prosecutor would forgive him. Guilty. Twelve months* imprisonment. Mr. Huddleston prosecuted in this case. Benjamin Reading surrendered to the charge of stealing a bundle of clothes, at the Dog Inn, in Dunley. Mr. Hooper prosecuted, and Mr. Huddleston defended, the prisoner. It appeared, that on the evening of the 21st ult., the prisoner and the prosecutor, John Pitt, were at the above- mentioned inn together, when a fight took place. On leaving the house the prisoner took away a bundle, which proved to be the prose- cutor's ; but which there could be no doubt from the evidence of the daughter of the innkeeper, that it was taken in mistake for his own. The Counsel for the prosecution accordingly threw up his brief, and the prisoner was acquitted. John Brettle, 18, nailor, was charged with having on the 13th August last, stolen a steel " hardy"— an instrument used in the making of nails— the property of Joseph Jones. The prosecutor swore to the " hardy" found in the possession of the prisoner being his property, while the prisoner declared that it had been sold to him by the prosecutor some twelve months since. The Jury found the prisoner not guilty. William Price, labourer, surrendered to his bail, charged with having on the 3rd instant, at the parish of Doddenham, feloniously stolen two £ 5 notes and 10s. in silver, from the person of Edward Fowler; Mr. Selfe prosecuted, Mr. Hud- dleston defended the prisoner. The prosecutor deposed to the following effect. I was return- ing from Worcester on Saturday, the 3rd inst., where I had been selling my hops, and had in my pockets the produce £ 18. 17s. fid.; I never was in any house after I received the money; I saw the prisoner near the Sandpitts and took him up in my cart; I then went fast asleep; he rode to Bringsty common, when he jumped off; I afterwards missed the money; Ann Powell rode with us to Knights- ford Bridge; I discovered the loss at Bromyard- down; I left Worcester a little past four o'clock, and was in Bromyard by eight o'clock; the prisoner got into the cart at Crow's Nest, near the lane leading to the Bransford- road ; there were also in the cart my son, Wm. Fowler, Ann Powell, and the prisoner ; the prisoner sat in the cart with me; Mrs. Powell left at Knightsford; she rode about 5 miles ; when she left, the prisoner came and sat down in the cart by me ; and I lay myself down at length; we had very little conversation, but the prisoner said, " Lie down, you'll be easier there;" I lay down and slept until I came to Bedlam, on Bringsty common; my son was in the cart all the time, except when he got out to let people pass^ the prisoner gotjout at the blacksmith's at Bringsty, and said he would catch me in a minute; I looked for the prisoner to return but he did not, and on looking to my clothes I found my pockets turned inside out, and my money aU gone, We got a lantern T H E W O R C E S T E R S H I R E G U A R D I A N , SATURDAY, OCTOBER 121, 1846. and found in the cart a sovereign, and a half sovereign. I was not drunk, though I had taken some ale at Worcester ; I was not turned out of the Hop- market for being drunk. I was very anxious to have my hops weighed, and if policeman Nott ordered me out of the market I did not go. Wm. Fowler, son of prosecutor, deposed: On Saturday, the 3rd inst., I left Worcester with my father, about four o'clock in the evening; I drove all the way from Worcester to Bromyard ; I sat oft the outside of the cart some of the time, and sometimes got out and walked ; father was in the cart, and the prisoner got in at the Sandpitts, as did Ann Powell, which was a, few minutes after my mother had left the cart. The prisoner rode all the way to Bringsty- common. The prisoner lay down in the cart; when the prisoner first got up he sat on a box at the end of the cart, and when Ann Powell got out he changed his place, and said to father, " You'll lie easier the other way ;" father moved round; the prisoner got off the cart at the black- smith's shop at Bringsty, and said he would overtake us in a few minutes as he was going to light his pipe. Father was not drunk, but was not quite sober. Heard Ann Powell laugh sometimes, but not as though she was being tickled. It was dark when father got out of the cart and missed his money. . Never heard father say that he thought he had lost his money. Mrs. Fowler, wife of the prosecutor, corroborated portions of her husband's testimony. On leaving her husband's cart at the Sandpitts she said to him " Goodbye, Fowler, be sure take care of your money," to which he answered " Oh, its all right." Ann Powell, residing at Ankerdine Hill, also confirmed the statements of the prosecutor and his son as to the time when the prisoner got into the cart. The prosecutor did not take the slightest liberties with her while she was in the cart, but behaved himself in a very becoming and decent manner. Mr. Huddleston having addressed the Jury for the prisoner, called the following witnesses :— Mr. James Benbow, farmer, residing near Bromyard, deposed that on the day after the loss of the money the prosecutor called on him, and while talking of the affair of the previous day, he said he suspected the prisoner. He added " But I'm going to Worcester. I have no recollection of it, but 1 fancy I left the money with my wife." Cross- examined I never saw any one about this case until last Friday, though I had men tioned these circumstances to other persons. On Friday the prisoner's sister ( whom he did not then know) called on him and asked if Fowler had seen him. Shem Hallow, blacksmith, of Bringsty Common, deposed that he saw the prisoner get on the Bromyard coach at about seven o'clock on the Saturday evening. This must have been immediately after he had left the prosecutors cart— Another witness, a passenger on the coach, proved that the prisoner travelled from the blacksmith's shop to Bromyard ; and a third was called to prove that he saw the prisoner in Bromyard at about eight o'clock that evening. Policeman Nott deposed that the prosecutor, Fowler, was in the Hop- market at about three o'clock in the evening of the 3 rd October, and was finite drunk. He seemed anxious to get his hops weighed out of his turn, and was very clamorous— Mr. T. Green, farmer, of Bromyard, also saw Fowler at Wor- cester market; he was tipsy. Saw him again about eight o'clock in the evening going into Bromyard, but it was dark and he could not see whether he was then drunk or sober. Witnesses were called to character, and the Counsel for the prosecution having replied, the Chairman took considerable pains in summing up the case to the Jury. After a few minutes' consultation the Jury returned a verdict of " Not guilty." William Wise surrendered to his bail, charged with keeping a common brothel, at Dudley. Mr. Streeten prosecuted, and Mr. Huddleston appeared for the prisoner. The prisoner keeps a beer- house in Hall Street, Dudley, and the evidence of the policemen called to prove the case showed that the most gross and obscene transactions took place daily in the house. Ac the close of the case for the prosecution Mr. Huddleston submitted that there was a discrepancy in the case, no proof having been given of the parish in which the offence was alleged to have been committed. The indictment laid the offence to have been committed in the parish of Dudley, and the proof offered showed the house of the prisoner to he situate in Hall Street, Dudley. The Court however would not allow this objection to stop the case, and recalled policeman Jewkes, who deposed that Hall Street was in the parish of Dudley. Mr. Huddleston to Jewkes.— Were you ever whipped then at the post, when the boundaries were beat ? Jewkes.— I came here, sir, to give a civil answer to any proper question, but not to be insulted. Mr. Huddleston then addressed the Jury, contending that the evidence offered was of so general a character that no Jury could convict upon it. A verdict of guilty was returned, and the Court sentenced the prisoner to four months' imprisonment. In the case of Samuel Lane, 25, labourer, who was out on bail, charged with stealing an axe and a can of oil, the property of Mr. J. G. Price, of Eldersfield, the prisoner did not answer when called upon, and we believe the recognizances of his bail were estreated. BEFORE T. G. CURTLEU, ESQ. Sarah Hassell, 22, single woman, was charged with having on the 22nd July last, at Kidderminster, stolen a shirt, the property of William Packwood. Mr. Hodgson prosecuted; the prisoner was undefended. The prisoner was in the habit of occasionally doing household work for the prosecutor, and while the prosecutor was out on the day in question, the prisoner managed to extract the shirt from a box in the prose- cutor's bed- room. The prisoner was proved to have pledged the shirt at Mrs. Hughes's, pawnbroker, Kidderminster. Pri- soner's defence was, that the prosecutor had given her the shirt. Guilty— Seven days' imprisonment. Elizabeth Jukes, married woman, was charged with having, on the 28th Aug. last, at Dudley, stolen 341bs. of coal, the property ofHenry Philpotts. Mr. Huddleston prosecuted. The prisoner was undefended. She was found guilty, fined Is., and discharged. Joseph Homer and John Farmer, sinkers, were charged with having, on the 26th Sept. last, at Dudley, stolen four elm slabs, the property of John Kenyon Blackwell and another. Mr. Whitmore prosecuted; Mr. Hodgson defended. The prisoners were employed at Messrs. Blackwell and Co.' s, and represented to the person whose duty it is to give out wood for such purposes, that they wanted the slabs to prop up a rock in the pit. P. C. 28 deposed that he found the slabs at the house Of the prisoner Horner's sister. Two witnesses were called, who gave the prisoners an excellent character. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty. John Rose, 24, labourer, and Charles Barnelt, 21, iron moulder, were charged with having, on the 21st July last, stolen from the person of Anne Churchley, on Dudley race- course, one shilling and three- pence. Mr. Hodgson prosecuted; the prisoners were undefended. Policeman Davis deposed that he saw the prisoners, in company of some others not in custody, lift up the prosecutrix's dress and take the money from her pocket. The prisoners received a good character. Barnett pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months', and Rose to three months' imprisonment. James Bowkett, 19, labourer, was charged with having, on the 13th Sept. last, at Mathon, stolen from the house of Thos. Bush, a jacket and prayer- book. Mr. Hodgson prosecuted, and Mr. Hill defended the prisoner. The prosecutor stated that he laid down his coat, which contained the prayer- book, on a table in his own house. The prisoner and a brother of the prosecutor had been drinking together in various public- houses in the neighbourhood. When they returned, they went to the prosecutor's house. The prosecutor's brother went to sleep, and when he awoke, he found the jacket gone. The coat and book were found next day in a box in the prisoner's house.— Not guilty. James Dancer was charged with having, in the month of April, 1845, at Wolverley, stolen a boat- pump, the property of Henry Whitehouse. Mr. Whitmore prosecuted. This case was not gone into, and under the direction of the Chairman, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Charles Barton was charged, on three indictments, with stealing a quantity of coal, the property of Mr. Williams, at Strensnam, in this county. Mr. Hill prosecuted ; the prisoner was undefended. A man in the employ of Mr. Williams, who was watching near the kiln, stated that he saw the prisoner take the coal and secrete it under his coat. The prisoner was followed, and the coal found upon him. Guilty upon all three charges.— One week's imprisonment for each offence. Elizabeth Sarrell, 17, single woman, was charged with having feloniously broken open the houses of Elizabeth Hay ward and Jane Tyler— Mr. Streeten prosecuted, and Mr. Selfe defended the prisoner Elizabeth Hayward stated that she went from home in the morning and locked the door, but left a window open. On her return she found the door still locked, but some one had entered the window, and stolen various articles of wearing apparel. Policeman No. 46 deposed to apprehending the prisoner at her father's house, and finding a part of the things stolen in a box in the prisoner's bed- room. Jane Taylor deposed that her house was1 broken open and robbed while she was from home, and Policeman No. 46 deposed to finding part of the property in the prisoner's possession. A verdict of guilty was returned on both charges. — Six months' imprisonment for each offence. Edward Price was charged with having, on the 1st of September last, at Ribbesford, stolen a parcel containing 24 neck handkerchiefs and other articles, the property of James Jones.— Mr. Selfe prosecuted, and Mr. Hodgson defended the prisoner.— The prisoner, who is a hawker, was travelling from JBirmingham to Bewdley, and sat down by the side of the road and fell asleep. This was between nine and ten o'clock at night, and the moon was shining brightly. Prisoner, who was on horseback when he came up to the prosecutor, was seen by a woman to pick up the parcel which was lying by the pro- secutor— Mr. Curtler, in summing up, . suggested that the prisoner had not taken the parcel with a view of stealing it, but merely with a view of keeping it until some reward was offered; and the Jury, under his direction, returned a verdict of not guilty. James Corns, 21, bricklayer, was charged with having, on the 3rd October instant, at Dudley, stolen a shawl, the property of Thomas Wood. Air. Streeten prosecuted, and Mr. Hodgson defended the prisoner. The prisoner was proved to have ottered the shawl at a pawnbroker's on the following day. The pri- soner admitted a previous conviction. Guilty— Twelve mo ths* imprisonment. Joseph Walker, 23, labourer, pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing, at Evesham, on the 16th July last, a bolting of wheat straw, the property of his master, Mr. George Smith. James Griffin, 60, labourer, was charged with having, on the 21st September last, at Clifton- upon- Teme, stolen from the dwelling- house of James Minton, a cake of bread. Guilty Seven days' imprisonment to hard labour. V& Henry Portman, labourer, was charged with having, in the month of July last, stolen eleven wooden staves, and a quartern wood measure, the property of George Parkes Hanson.— Fourteen days'imprisonment to hard labour. William Brotherton, labourer, was charged with having, on the 8th September last, stolen flour and other articles, the property of Joseph Robins, at Evesham.— Not guilty. Phoebe Young, 36, single woman, was placed at the bar, having surrendered to her bail, charged with having, on the 10th August last, stolen three quarts of milk, the property of Anne White, at Norton- jnxta- Kenipsey, in this county. On being arraigned, the prisoner refused to plead, and, persisting in this refusal, her brother was sent for, and he endeavoured to prevail upon the prisoner to plead " not guilty." She, however, resolutely persisted in refusing to plead at all, and accordingly the officer of the Court put in a verdict of " not guilty " for the prisoner. She was subsequently placed on her trial, found guilty, and sentenced to a month's imprisonment. BILLS IGNORED.— The Grand Jury ignored the bills pre- sented against the following prisoners :— John Truncher and Maria Whitehouse, for felony, at Dudley; Robert Hill, charged with a felonious assault upon a child under twelve years of age, at Kidderminster; and William Round, for stealing a knife at Dudley. The business of the Sessions terminated shortly before eight o'clock. forms, the following were Mr. H. Mr. Jos. Allcock — John Burlingham — Robt. Bosley — C. H. Birbeck — Henry Curtis — Vincent Cooke — Chas. Chamberlain — Thomas Cook — Thomas Dutton — G. T. Everill sworn of the Grand Jury Barnard, Foreman. Mr. Richard Garratt — George Joseland — Edward Lucy — Coningsby Norris — Charles Pointer — Solomon Stannah — J. M. Skarratt — Richard West — J. B. Wagstaff — Wm. Winwood CITY SESSIONS. Theee Sewion* were held on Monday, before J. Buckle, Hiq., Reeorder. The Court having been opened with the usual The Grand Jury having been empannelled, the usual procla- mation against vice, profaneness, and immorality, was read by the Clerk of the Peace, after which The Recorder very briefly addressed the Grand Jury. He observed that as the whole of the cases in the calendar were of a very simple character, it was unnecessary for him to detain them by any remarks. He therefore at once dismissed them to the discharge of their duties. APPEALS. ST. CHAD'S, SHREWSBURY, APPELLANTS, AND ST. PETER'S, WORCESTER, RESPONDENTS. Mr. Huddleston in this case— an appeal which was entered and respited at the last Sessions, consented to the order of removal being quashed on the first and second grounds of appeal, with common costs. FRANKLEY, APPELLANT, AND CLAINES, RESPONDENT. In this case Mr. Huddleston moved to enter and respite in the usual form. The^ e were the whole of the Appeals brought before the Court, and the Grand Jury having returned some true bills, the Court proceeded with the TRIALS OF THE PRISONERS. Henry Bell, alias Crouider, 24, labourer, was charged with stealing a book, value 3s., the property of Mr. T. N. Stratford, of the Cross, on the 22nd July last. Mr- Huddleston prosecuted ; the prisoner was undefended- The Jury returned a verdict of guilty ; and a previous conviction for felony having been proved against the prisoner, he was sentenced to seven years' trans- portation. Mary Oliver, aged 17, spinster, pleaded guilty to stealing, on the 24th July last, one dimity pocket, and other articles, the property of Eliza Powell, of Sansome Walk. Five weeks' imprisonment. Anne Fisher, 21, spinster, was charged with stealing three half- crowns and six shillings, the property of Harriet Jackson, on the 11th September last. Mr. Hill appeared for the prose- cution ; the prisoner was undefended. Policeman Grubb deposed to apprehending the prisoner at a house in Fish Street, at eight o'clock the same morning, with part of the money in her possession. One of the coins was marked with a letter S, which the prosecutor identified. Verdict guilty. Six months' imprisonment; first and last fortnight solitary. Maria Dufty, 34, married, was charged with having, on the 27th July last, stolen a pair of woman's boot, the property of Joseph Williams, of Friar Street. Mr. Hill prosecuted : the prisoner was undefended. The prisoner pledged the articles at Mr. GWynne's, pawnbroker, High Street, in the name of Jones. Guilty. A previous conviction for felony having been proved against her, she was sentenced to seven years' trans- portation. William Owen, 24, William Jones, 23, and Thomas Birchen- hall, 22, boatmen, were charged with stealing one gallon of Port wine on the 1st instant, from a boat called the Thistle, on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, the property of Messrs. Pickford and Co. Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Hill prosecuted, and Mr. Selfe defended the prisoners. Mr. Huddleston stated the case to be what is technically called " sucking the monkey," which consists of extracting a quantity of the liquor from the cask, and filling it up with water. Mr. James Hobro, clerk to Messrs. Pickford and Co., deposed that the boat arrived two hours and a quarter behind the proper time, and that all the men were intoxicated riore or less. Two jars of Port wine were found hidden in the boat, and also a can containing a portion of the same liquid. The Learned Recorder summed up and the Jury returned a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners. Owen was sentenced to seven years' transportation, and Jones and Birchenhall to three months' imprisonment, first and last three weeks solitary. Frederick Powell, 19, cordwainer, was charged with having on the 22nd of December, 1345, stolen two silk handkerchiefs, the property of Richard Cornpton, of The Greens, Kempsey. It appears the prosecutor was returning from Worcester market, and called at the Albion Inn, and began dancing in the kitchen, and threw his coat on the screen. The prisoner was seen with the handkerchiefs round his neck, and they were afterwards found under the roof of the house where prisoner lodged. The Recorder having briefly summed up, the Jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Charlotte Bell, alias Powell. 19, spinster, pleaded guilty to obtaining under false pretences, half a sovereign and a shilling, on the 24th of July last, the property of Ann Dolvere. Seven years' transportation. Joseph Smith, 14, labourer, pleaded guilty to obtaining goods under false pretences, from Mr. F. Woodward, draper, of High- street. The prisoner was errand boy to Mr. Wood of Broad- street, and represented to Mr. Woodward that the goods were for Miss Wood. Two months' imprisonment, first and last three weeks solitary. James Pope. 14, cordvvainer, charged with stealing half- a- crown, the property of Mrs. Dipper, of Tallow Hill. No bill. The Grand Jury concluded their labours about half- past one, and after being thanked by the Recorder, were discharged. The Petty Jury also concluded their duties, and were dismissed shortly after five o'clock, when the court broke up. local Hail& ap Intelligence. As the time for giving the requisite notices draws near, the intentions of the railway authorities of this district of the country, with reference to future legislation, are oozing out. Among the newly projected lines, we hear that the directors of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway contem- plate the construction of a branch line from Dudley to Halesowen, through a most important mining district, which is at present destitute of railway accommodation, although holding out a certain prospect of an amply remunerative traffic. It is rumoured also that the Birmingham, Wolver- hampton, and Dudley Company are about to construct a line to join this blanch at Netherton, near Dudley, thus complet- ing the chain of communication from Halesowen and the surrounding district to Birmingham, and thence to the north and east of the kingdom, while the same district will be put in immediate communication with the West of England through the parent line— the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol- verhampton. It is also said that a line is about to be constructed between Cheltenham, Evesham, and Stratford- on- Avon, and that the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Company contemplate throwing out a line from Stratford to Warwick, which under- takings, should they be effected, will complete the broad gauge communication from Birmingham to the Land's End, and collaterally through Wales, forming in the aggregate, one of the most important undertakings yet projected. The question of a line between this city and Hereford is not yet decided, but it is thought not improbable that the Great Western Company may take up the matter, and form the line in conjunction with the support which may reason- ably be expected from the shareholders in the late under- taking. The share market is pretty steady, and the following are last night's London quotatious :— FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Share Itaihvays, Paid. Closing 1' rices. Business Done- luo 25 Birmingham and Gloucester.. L> o. New ( issued dis.) £. 100 17$ 129 — 131 30 — 32 ISO 20 Birmingham andOxford June. 2 4i- 4* pm 0i 50 20 30 20 — 22 pin dis ... Buckinghamshire 42s. U- 5 100 Great Western 85 51 - 51 pm 137 50 l) o, Half Shares 50 28 — 30 pm 25 Do. Quarter Shares 10 91— 104 pm 194 20 Do. Fifths 20 lo — n jim 30* 20 Leicester and Birmingham .. 22s. i - 1 dis Stock London and North Western.. 100 197 — 199 199 Aver. London and South Western.. 41.0.10 70 — 72 72 40 Manchester and Birmingham. 40 75 — 77 77 Stock Midland 100 135 — 137 137 20 North Staffordshire 42s. I — 21 pm 2 pm 20 Northampton, Ban. and Chei. 2 I- i dis 50 Ox., Wor., & Wolverhampton m 6 — 5i dis 61 25 Shrew., Wolv.,& S. Staf. Jun. 2i 25 Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 par — i pm 3j 20 Shropshire Union 42s. 6- J dis ft dis 50 South Wales 5 - 1 dis I3* 20 Warwickshire and London .. 42s. 20 Welsh Midland £ 1 13- If dis BEWDLEY REGISTRATION. The revision of the list of voters for this borough, after an arduous contest of two days, was brought to a close on Friday, the 16th inst., at six o'clock in the evening, and the following is the result: — Conservative objections 20 Sustained 12 Failed 8— 20 Liberal objections 28 Sustained 11 Failed or withdrawn 17— 28 Conservative claims 6 Allowed 3 Disallowed 3— 6 Liberal claims 7 Allowed 3 Disallowed 4— 7 The following are a few of the most interesting cases. David Lowe, objected to by the Conservatives, rents a house and garden in Wribbenhall, at £ 10 a year, but underlets a part of the garden to William Pountney, at 16s. a year. The Barrister said that as rent was the best criterion of value, and as Lowe had reduced the value below £ 10 by underletting, his name must be expunged. The Rev. Joseph Fletcher, objected to by the Liberals, has rented a cow- house and land under Mr. George Baker for the last five years, at £ 10. 10s. a year. The land, an acre and a half, is cultivated as an orchard, and planted with valuable young pear trees. Mr. John Davis valued the land at £ 4 an acre, and the Cow- house at 20s., making together £ 7. Mr. T. H. Davis valued the land at £ 6, the fruit at £ 1, and the cow- house at 10s., making together £ 7. 10s. a year. The former Surveyor, however, on cross- examination by Mr. Bedford, admitted the fruit to he worth £ 3 a year. So that if Mr. John Davis' valuation of the cow- house and fruit at £ 4, and Mr, T. H. Davis' valuation of the land at £ 6, were added together, it would amount to exactly £ 10. The Barrister said that though he had laid it down as a rule before, that rent was the best criterion of value, yet that principle was much iveakened in the present case by the testimony of two Surveyors, whose veracity he could not for an instant dispute. He must therefore strike off the name of Mr. Fletcher from the list of voters. Edward Bevan was objected to by the Whigs for about the ninth time; in facta Bewdley registration without old Bevan would be a very flat affair, as was the case last year when he was not objected to. The Messrs. Davis valued his house at £ 7. 10s., though it is perfectly well known that he has been repeatedly offered £ 10 for it, and it is also a fact that all the Overseers, both Whig and Conservative, have thought it worth that sum by always putting him on the list of voters. The Barrister however said he had decided the case before, and the name must be expunged. Joseph Mountford, objected to by the Whigs, occupies a house and garden, his own property, which he considers worth £ 10 a year. The Messrs. Davis valued the property at £ 8, but in this important case a third Surveyor, Mr. Webb, was called in, and it is pleasing to slate that this gentleman gave his evidence in a most fair and impartial mauner, and the property, in his opinion, was worth £ 9. 10s. The Barrister said that if the evidence of the Messrs. Davis had been like Mr. Webb's, he should have put Mountford on, but as it was he must expunge his name. It is worthy of remark that in the year 1841 this same case was tried before Mr. Chichester and Mr. Thompson, on a claim made by Mountf'ord; at that time Mr. Barnes, of Bewdley, who had voted for Sir T. Wilmington, was examined, and valued the property at £ 8, but his evidence was considered inadmissible as coming from a partisan, and in consequence of the very fair and clear statement made by Mountford, for which he was complimented by the Barristers, his claim was admitted, so that in this case, although Mr. Chichester had " decided before," he thought fit now to reverse his decision. Joseph Harrison, a Whig, claimed to have his name inserted on the list of voters. Harrison rents two houses and land of Sir T. Winnington, at £ 13. 10s., lets one of the houses to Wright at £ 3. 10s., and did let a part of his house to John Field till September, 1845, at lOd. a week, or £ 2. 3s. 4d. a year, reducing the property in his occupation to £ 7. 16s. 8d. Mr. T. H. Davis stated that the land without the piece called " Scotch Mount" measured IA. 2R. 18P., but according to the map of the borough, made in the year 1834, and which in every instance has been found correct, it is only altogether 1A. IR. 38P., and in the dreadful hurricane of July, 1815, had fifty fruit trees blown down on it; but it is still, according to Mr. T. H. Davis, worth £ 13. 10s., and the Barrister decided on admitting the claim. Samuel Tench, a Whig, claimed to have his name inserted on the list of voters for a house, shop, and garden. The shop being detached could not be taken into account. The Messrs. Davis valued the house at £ 5, and the garden measuring a quarter of an acre, as worth £ 5 a year. The claim was disallowed.— From a Correspondent. FIRE AT MESSRS. ERARD'S HARP AND PIANO- FORTE FACTORY.— On Tuesday evening, the inhabitants of Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Street, and the vicinity, were greatly alarmed by the sudden outbreak of a fire upon the extensive pile of buildings belonging to Messrs. Erard & Co., harp and piano- forte manufacturers to her Majesty, situate at 15 and 16, Marlborough- mews, and extending through the mews to the front house, numbered 18, Greai Marlborough Street. The flames were first discovered issuing through the factory termed the bracing and veneering shop. The fire was fortunately confined to the room in which it commenced. ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.— On Wednesday, the up train, which should have reached the Sboreditch station at ten minutes past ten o'clock, did not arrive until twenty- five minutes to twelve. The cause of the delay was that a luggage- train ran off the line betwesn Chelmsford and Brentwood, through the alleged carelessness of the servants of the company. No mischief happened, nor any further inconvenience than the detention of men of business, coming up to town on their different avocations. The services of the electrical telegraph were at once brought into requisition, and a pilot engine was immediately de » - patched from town. OXFORD AND RUGBY— The heavy rains of the last few days have filled the brooks; the brooks have filled the river; and the river has filled the cuttings in course of formation on its banks by the Oxford and Rugby Railway Company. Some of these had been made to a considerable depth, for the purpose of laying the- foundations of the bridge to the station, and as they are much below the level of the bed of the river, the water will require to be pumped out. In order to form the line, it has been necessary to straighten a slight curve of the river, by cutting a direct course for the water, and filling up the old • channel. This proceeding, unimportant as it would be at most points, from peculiar circumstances, the river forming the boundary of the county, gives rise here to the question,— have the Railway Company power to remove the boundary of a county— to take a part of Oxfordshire and give it to Northamp- tonshire ? The quantity taken is, it is true, very small, perhaps not more than 50 or 60 yards in length, and 10 or 12 wide ; turning, from the widest part, in the shape of a bow, to • a point at either end. Still, the question remains— where will be the boundary of the county ; and, when the rails are laid down, how can it be defined ? If, on this identical spot, some disastrous and fatal accident should arise, what coroner is to have the power of inquisition— the Oxfordshire or Northamp- tonshire one ? The railway enters the parish of Banbury only for this short distance— Banbury Guardian. RUGBY AND LEAMINGTON— The first general meeting of shareholders was held at Rugby, on Saturday ; and thereafter • a special meeting took place " to consider the propriety of selling the line to the London and North Western Company, on terms to be agreed upon, and to authorise the Directors to execute the agreements and conveyances necessary for carrying the sale into effect." Sir Gray Skipwith, Bart., the Chairman of the Company, occupied the chair. The report read by the Secre- tarycongratulated the proprietors on their success, after the severe • contests they had encountered before the Parliamentary Select Committee, and it went on to express the opinion of the Directors, that " out of the numerous railway schemes of last Session, there was none which offered greater advantage to the public by its formation than the Rugby and Leamington." Allusion was also made to negotiations pending for the sale of the line to the London and North Western Company, accord- ing to the provisions of the Act. A resolution was passed authorising the sale of the line, and, with reference to the terms, the Hon. Chairman observed, that he might state generally that the London and North Western Company pro- posed to give them a premium of 51, upon each share, and to be subject to ail the existing contracts, agreements, and liabilities incurred by this Company ; the total amount to be received, therefore, inclusive of the deposits, will be 71,571 6s. Sir Gray Skipwith also announced tliat it was probable the money would be paid over in less than a month, if the North- Western proprietary consent to the purchase. GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN.— A meeting of the shareholders in this Company was called, on Monday afternoon, by the Committee appointed by holders of more than 10,000 shares. The advertisement stated that this Committee so appointed addressed a letter to the Chairman of the Company, requesting to be allowed to examine the books and accounts; the answer which they received was far from satisfactory, and there- fore they thought it advisable to call the shareholders together, in order to take into consideration the measures which ought to be adopted for the protection of the interests of the shareholders. At the appointed hour several shareholders were present. Air. Jllaubert occupied the chair. Mr. Spackman read a copy of the letter which, at the request of the Committee, he addressed to H. G. Ward, Esq., M. P., the Chairman of the Company, expressing the wish of the Committee to inspect the books and accounts of the Company. It further stated that they had addressed a similar letter 10 all the members of the Provisional Committee, but that they had only received a reply from one ; it also intimated that he had never sanctioned the use of his name in connexion with the undertaking. The reply of Mr. Ward simply intimated that he had made an otier to Mr. Maubert, which he considered would have led to the co- operation of the dissentient with the satisfied shareholders, but that Mr. JMaubert had rejected his offer. The Chairman explained, that Mr. Ward offered to allow him to examine the books and accounts, on condition that he did not make use of the results. Such an offer was perfectly absurd, and he replied, with con- siderable warmth, that he should make use of such an examination in favour of the shareholders, and, if deserving, against the Directors. He reminded them that the prospectus stated that no more than 10s. per share would be expended until a meeting of the shareholders was called, and they sanctioned a further expendituie. Ten shillings per share would amount to 35,001^., which he considered was a sufficient sum for preliminary expenses. Then only 40,000 shares, out of the 70,000, were issued ; thus, those holding the 40,000 shares would have to bear the expenses which ought to have been spread amongst 70,000. They ought not to submit to have 1/. 15s. per share deducted. They ought not to submit quietly, and ought to make every exertion in their power to put a stop to such proceedings. If they were tolerated, confidence between man and man would be destroyed. A series of reso- lutions was then carried, pledging the meeting not to submit to a deduction of 1/. 15s. per share, unless it should be shown that the money had been properly expended, especially as 10s. per share only was promised to be expended, and as every application to inspect the books of the Company had been heretofore refused; and appointing a Committee to take, on behalf of the shareholders, any measures they might think proper, to obtain a return of the deposits, and to bring the matter under the attention of the House of Commons. The shareholders were invited to pay 2s. per share to defray the necessary expenses. THE TRENT VALLEY.— In order to expedite the works upon this line, the Directors have ( says the Morning Chronicle) guaranteed a bonus of 10,000/. per month to the contractors, for every month saved in the completion of the railway nnder the time originally specified in the contract; and such has been the impetus given to the works in consequence of the induce- ment held out, that it is expected, should the winter prove favourable, that the line will be opened to the public in January next, instead of May, as was intended. THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. — It is the intention of the Buckinghamshire Directors to apply, in the next Session, for Acts to extend their line from Brackley to Banbury, and from Claydon to Aylesbury. This would offer great facilities to Banbury. The North- Western Directors guarantee the same securities on the extensions as they have already clone with regard to the other parts of the line. The surveys have been completed. The formation of that portion of the Buckingham- shire scheme which has received the Royal assent is to be gone on with immediately. The Duke of Buckingham has been solicited to turn the first sod. SECOND EDITION. Saturday Morning, October 24. STOCKS.— Bank Siock, ; 3 per Cent. Red 93|; 3 per Cent. Con., 95 § ; New Si per Cent., 95J ; Cons, for Acct., 95j ; Long Annuities, 9j ; India Stock, — ; India Bonds, — ; £ 1,000 I2:; cheq. Bills, 13. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY— At this day's market there was but a limited show of English wheat, which readily brought Monday's prices:. In foreign a moderate business was transacted at full rates. Barley continues very scarce, and is again rather dearer. The same remark applies to malt. A fair arrival of Irish oats, but the boisterous weather has prevented further supplies. Owing to the advance in Irish markets, this article was held for Is. per qr. more money, which checked business, but buyers freely offered at previous currency. Low qualities of beans and peas for feeding purposes were is. to 2s. dearer. An extensive inquiry still exists for Indian corn, but there was none there, and but few floating cargoes on sale. SMITHFIELD, FRIDAY At this day's market there were 21 Beasts and 310 Sheep from Holland- The number of Sheep limited, yet the Mutton trade was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Prime small Calves produced late rates. The Pork trade was in an inactive state, at previous quotations. Beef, 2s. lOd. to 4s. 2i ; Mutton, 4s. 2d. to 5c, 4d.; Veal, 3s. 8d. to 4s. 8d.; Pork, 3s. lOd. to 4s. lOd. SPAIN. THE ROYAL MARRIAGES. The ceremony of the velacion of the Queen and the Infanta took place on the 11th instant. At twelve o'clock the Royal family left the Palace for the Church of Atocha. The cortege consisted of thirty carriages of the Queen's household and that of Count Bresson, the French Ambassador. The streets were lined with troops and filled with a dense population, but not a single cheer was uttered in favour of her Majesty, the Infanta, or the French Prince. The religious ceremony customary on the marriage of the Kings of Spain was performed with extraordinary pomp, and at four o'clock the Royal family returned to the Palace. " All the houses on the passage of the cortege," says a French letter, " were adorned with flags, and presented a gay appearance, except one— the hotel of the Minister of England. In the morning Mr. Bulwer was seen in a job- coach, wrapped up in his cloak, which covered him to his eyes." The Gazette contained a Royal decree, dated the 10th, appointing the Infante Don Francisco de Assis Captain General of the army. At a chapter of the Order of the Golden Fleece, held on the preceding day, the insignia of that order were bestowed by the Queen on the Duke de Montpensier. The Duke d'Aumale, already a member of that order, acted as sponsor to his brother on the occasion. The Queen and her sister had set out in the evening. for Aranjuez. The dissolution of the Cortes was to be pronounced by a Royal decree. The Gazette of the 12th publishes a Royal decree, conferring on the Prince Don Francisco de Assis Maria de Bourbon the honorary title of " King," with the style of " Majesty." By another decree, the Queen, with a view to perpetuate in the family of Count Bresson the recollection of the marriage of her very beloved sister Donna Luisa, and the part he had taken in it as Plenipotentiary, had granted to his son ( her Majesty's godson) the rank of Grandee of Spain of the first class, and the title of " Duke de Santa Isabel." A brilliant levee was held on that day at the Palace. Queen Christina was not present at the ceremony, but all the civil, military, and ecclesiastical authori- ties, and the Foreign Ministers, amongst whom was Mr. Bulwer, were in attendance. The Court was to repair, in the evening, to the Theatre of La Cruz, and the Queen was to receive, on the following day, the law officers of the Crown. The Duke de Montpensier had presented M. Donoso Cortes, the Queen's Secretary, the Potitical Chief of Madrid, the Duke de Veregua, the Marquis of Acapulco, and several high functionaries, with Crosses of Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour. The Prince had also given in his own name and that of his father a number of richly ornamented snuff boxes to the Ministers, the Master of the Ceremonies of the Palace, the Marquises de Santa Cruz and del Povar, & c., and bestowed large sums on the charitable establishments of Madrid. An amnesty for political offences was still talked of, and the Heraldo observed that " those days of joy would not pass over without the publication in the Gazette of some act of Royal mercy." None of the Madrid journalists had been invited to the marriage ceremony, and the Heraldo itself bitterly com- plains of that oversight of the Intenaant of the Palace, which, he trusted, would not be repeated. The Espagnol asserts that Mr. Bulwer was present at the ceremony of kissing hands on the 12th, and that he congratulated the Queen on her marriage, although he did not pay the same compliment to the Infanta. The Tiempo, however, denies that the British ambassador was present at any of the ceremonials connected with the Royal marriages. The day had not been fixed for the departure of the Duke and Duchess deMontpensier. The Royal party had visited the Theatre, and had been well received. On the 13th the whole of the Royal Family and the French Princes assisted at a bull- fight on the Plaza de Toros. On the 14th the Queen and King- Consort, the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier, and the Duke d'Aumale, left for La Granja and the Escurial. They were to return in the evening of the 15th, and to be present on the following day at a Royal bull- fight. A Cabinet Council was held on the 14th, at which the question of amnesty was discussed. The result of its deliberations, however, had not transpired. The Heraldo announces that the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier and the Duke d'Aumale would not depart for France until the latter end of October. PORTUGAL. We learn from Lisbon that a political counter- movement of the most complete character had been quietly effected by the Court and the army in conjunction; and the people of Lisbon and the surrounding district, so far from opposing it, had \ generally demonstrated their satisfaction. The Duke of i Palmella and his colleagues were summarily dismissed by Her Faithful Majesty on the night of the 6th, and a new Ministry, by previous arrangement, immediately formed as follows:— ^ InSr^ W^^"^ Saldanha. . an.'!' \ Viscount d'Olivcria. Justice J. J Valente Farinho. Marine and Colonies D. Manoel de Portugal e Castro. Foreign Affairs Viscount de Carreira No member of the Cabral Administration entered into this combination, but the policy of the new Administration would be merely identical with that of the Cabrals. Most of the Palmella policy had been revoked by a stroke of the pen. The garantia has been suspended, as well as the publication of the journals, and the partisans of the Cabral Administration have been all restored to office. The large armed force collected in Lisbon, which is officered exclusively by Cabralista partisans, keeps the capital quiet, but the provinces are preparing for a vigorous resistance. The Duke of Terceira, who had been sent by the new Government to Oporto, to restore the Crabralista regime in that city, was arrested immediately on his landing, and Viscount Das Antas, who was in command of the troops in the northern provinces, has proclaimed the Prince Royal as King, under the title of Don Pedro V., the Viscount taking upon himself the office of Regent provisionally. THE KAFFIR WAR. Intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope, to the 19th Aug. inclusive, has reached us. From the scene of hostilities in Kaffirland there is not much news of particular importance. The events are, however, distressing, though the general aspect of affairs is not greatly altered. A day or two more were expected to bring all the divisions on the Buffalo Poort, where it was believed that the main body of the Kaffirs would be assailed and brought to action. His Excellency the Governor was on the 8th of Augusc at Pierie, ready to move either upon the Amatola, or upon the upper spruits of the Buffalo. There had been a good deal of skirmishing with the Kaffirs, but no general engagement. The results do not appear to have been very important. The accounts mention 70 of the enemy as killed by Colonel Hare's division, and 57 by Sir A. Stock- enstrom's; while the loss on our side is said not to amount to more than 10 or 12 killed, and a few wounded. Both Colonel Somerset and Captain Wright, Aide- de- Camp to the Lieutenant Governor, had been struck with spent balls, but not injured. A rather sharp affair took place on Sunday, August 9, between some Stellenbosch Burghers and the Kaffirs, in the notorious Kloof called Hell Poort. The handful of brave men were hemmed in by the Kaffirs in a narrow footpath, from both sides of which the savages poured upon them a deadly fire, and five fell mortally wounded. We hear by this arrival that Sir Cornwallis Rickets, of her Majesty's ship, Helena, had recovered from his severe indisposition; but several of his crew were seriously ill in the hospital. We are also apprised of the death of Lieut. Lewes, 27th Regiment, at Fort Cox. FIRE AT A TURPENTINE DISTILLERY.— On Wednesday morning a fire broke out upon the Turpentine Works belonging to Messrs. Garton and Company, at Rotherhithe, near the Commercial Docks. It was caused by one of the still pipes bursting, which allowed the turpentine in the still to overflow, and running into the fire, speedily became ignited. The workmen at once commenced removing the roof from the still- house to prevent the further progress of the flames, at the same time intelligence was forwarded of the outbreak to the dock people. The engine from that 1 establishment was instantly dispatched to render assistance, j but before sufficient time had elapsed to get the machine to j the place about 100 gallons of turpentine had taken fire, i and was blazing considerably higher than the top of the : still- house. Owing to the exertions of the workmen and , strangers the fire was confined to the still- house. REMOVAL. MR. McGREGOR, Surgeon Dentist, informs his Patients and the Public that he has removed to No. 50, Foregate Street, next door to the Post Office, where he may be consulted daily from Ten till Four o'Clock. BANKRUPTS. James Plum ley, Reading, Berkshire, stone- mason. George Robothara, Laue- end, Staffordshire, currier. Robert Williams, Manchester, publican, WORCESTER GAS. TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE NEW' COMPANY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A LTHOUGH I feel it to be quite superfluous to IX. attempt to increase your zeal and confidence, still I have great pleasure in communicating to you the contents of a letter I have lately received from Messrs. Reeves and Sons, of Taunton, Solicitors to the New Gas Company established there last year. Their letter is accompanied by the first annual report of the Directors. 1 may here observe that the New Company at Taunton was promoted uuder circumstances precisely similar to those at Worcester. The Taunton New Company, after having been opposed in Parliament by the Old Company, at length succeeded— bought the Old Company's Works— estab- lished new ones— and reduced the price of Gas 30 per cent. Mark the result. The Taunton New Company, with a capital of 14,000/., and an income not quite reaching £ 2000 a year, declare the very first half year a dividend of 7i per cent., with an increasing demand for Gas. Messrs. Reeves write : " We are happy to inform you that our gas shares are nearly doubled in value; in fact, so valuable are they, that none are in the market for sale." By inference, this state of affairs must be highly satisfactory to you. Your capital of £ 15,000, with an income more than double that of the Taunton, must ( independ- ently of the extra consumption of gas), produce a result fully up to the maximum of your wishes. Yours faithfully, THOMAS CLUTTERBUCK. Hop Market Yard, Oct. 21, 1846. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER- HAMPTON RAILWAY. Call for Third Instalment of Five Pounds per Share, making Seventeen Pounds Ten Shillings called up per Share• NOTICE is hereby given, that the Directors have this day made a CALL OF FIVE POUNDS per Share, payable on the 20th NOVEMBER next. The Proprietors are requested to pay such Call to either of the undermentioned Bankers, namely, in London to Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. Liverpool „ Messrs. Moss and Co. Stourbridge „ Messrs. RufFords and Wragge. Interest after the rate of £ 5 per Cent per Annum will be charged on all Sums which may remain unpaid after the 20th November. By order of the Board of Directors, NOEL THOS. SMITH, Worcester, 20th Oct., 1846. Secretary. EAST WORCESTERSHIRE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. RPHE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the A ASSOCIATION, will be held at the GEORGE HOTEL, in DROITWICH, on Wednesday, the 28th inst., at one oclock. SIR JOHN S. PAKINGTON, BART., M. P., IN THE CHAIR. W. H. RICKETTS, Hill Court, Ost., 10,1846, Honimwy Secretary. 4 TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE WORCESTER INFIRMARY. MY LORDS, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN, ALTHOUGH a canvass has been already commenced . by some of the Medical Gentlemen of this City for the appointment of another Surgeon to your Institution, in conse- quence of a notice given by Mr. Williams at the last Quarterly Meeting, I do not feel myself warranted in calling upon you to solicit your votes at present ; but should you decide upon increasing the number of Surgeons, I shall lose no time in becoming a Candidate, if it shall then appear that the Governors have so far withheld their promises as to justify me in the attempt to obtain your support. I have the honour to be, My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Bridge- street, Oct. 16, 1846. JAS. ORWIN. J. G. CRIPPS, IN retiring from the Wine Trade, begs to return his best thanks to his Friends and the Public for the liberal support they have favoured him with for the last 30 years, and takes. this opportunity of introducing to their notice his Nephews and Successors, Messrs. G. & A. KENDALL, whom he can with the greatest confidence recommend for a continuance of those favours hitherto bestowed on him. G. AND A. KENDALL, IN taking the above Business, beg to solicit that patronage and support so long enjoyed by their predecessor, assuring the Public that they will endeavour to merit the same by selling the finest quality at the lowest remunerating price. G. & A. K. having added to the well- known STOCK of MR. CRIPPS an assortment* of CHOICE WINES, selected from the best vintages, and shipped to them direct by the growers, feel much pleasure in being able to invite their friends to make a selection from their Cellars, assuring them that they are enabled to offer to the Connoiseur Wines of such quality that they feel confident will give that satisfaction which it will be their study to secure. 54, Broad Street, 14th Oct., 1846. WORCESTER TURNPIKES. TOLLS TO BE LET. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the WORCESTER TURNPIKE ROADS will he held at the SHIREHALL, in the City of Worcester, on THURSDAY, the 12th day of NOVEMBER next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for LETTING BY AUCTION, to the best Bidder or Bidders, the TOLLS authorised to be demanded and taken on the under- mentioned several Districts of Roads in this Trust, under and by virtue of an Act passed in the 5th and 6th years of the Reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled " An Act for Improving and more effectually Repairing the several Roads leading into and from the City of Worcester," and to be col- lected and received in the manner directed by the said Act, for the Term of One, Two, or Three Years, as shall be then agreed upon, commencing on the Is1: day of January next, in the manner directed by the Acts passed in the 3rd and 4th years of the Reign of King George the Fourth, " For Regulating Turn- pike Roads ;" and the same Tolls will be Let in Eight several Lots or Parcels, as hereinafter- mentioned, and subject to such Conditions as will be produced at the time of Letting, which said Tolls produce for the current year ( clear of all deductions in collecting them), the Sums following ( that is to say} :—• The full TOLLS arising and payable at the several Toll Gates on the LONDON, or First District of the said Roads, viz , the London, Allesborough, Brough- ton Lane, Egdon Hall, Broughton Hackett, and Radford Gates, with the Weighing Machine at the London Gate £ 2,005 The full TOLLS arising and payable at the several Toll Gates on the UPTON, or Second District of the said Roads, viz., the Upton, Blue Bell, and Croome Gates, with the Gate and Bars at Abbott's Wood... 805 The full TOLLS arising and payable at the several Toll Gates on the POWICK, or Third District of the said Roads, viz., the Powick Gate at Saint John, the Gate in the Village of Powick, and the Gates at Newland, the Waterloo Oak, Malvern Link, Malvern Lane, and Malvern, the Twelve Mile Gate at Little Malvern, and the Gates at Hanley, Rhydd Green, Cleaveload, Old Hills, and Pixhain Ferry... 2,315 The full TOLLS arising and payable at the several Toll Gates on the BRANSFORD, or Fourth District of the said Roads, viz., the Bransford Gate at Saint John, the Side Gate at the End of the Watery Lane, and the Gates at Claphill Lane, Leigh Sinton, and Storridge 870 The full TOLLS arising and payable at the several Toll Gates on the BROADWAS, or Fifth District of the said Roads, viz., the Broadwas Gate at Saint John, the Gate and Side Bar at Knightsford Bridge, and the Side Gate at Henwick, with the Weighing Machine at Saint John 750 The full TOLLS arising and payable at the several Toll Gates on the HENWICK, or Sixth District of the said Roads, viz., the Henwick, Laughern Hill, Sapey, and Holt Gates, the Side Gate near the Blue Bell on Broadheath, and the Bar at the Porto Bello 1,030 The TOLLS as reduced by order of the Trustees, and which are now arising and payable at the several Toll Gates on the BARBOURNE, or Seventh District of the said Roads, viz., the Barbourne, Mitre Oak, and Mitton Gates, with one Half of the Weighing Machine at Claines Gate 740 The full TOLLS arising and payable at the several Toll Gates on the LOWESMOOR, or Eighth District of the said Roads, viz., the Newtown, Rose Hill, Rainbow Hill, Raven's Hill, Crowle, Coddywell, Hallow Field, and Bradley Green Gates 290 The said TOLLS will be put up in the Eight several Lots or Parcels, and at the respective Sums above- mentioned, and subject to such Conditions as aforesaid. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder or Bidders must, immediately after being declared such, pay down One Month's Rent in advance, as a Deposit; and in case such Deposit- money shall not be so paid down, the Tolls will be put up again and re- Let; and the best Bidder or Bidders must, at his, her, or their own Expense, give Security, with two sufficient Sureties, to the satisfaction of the Trustees, for payment of the remainder of the Rent Monthly, and so as One Month's Rent shall at all times be paid in advance; and such Sureties must attend the Meeting and Sign the Securities for Payment of the said Rent accordingly. By order of the Trustees, JOHN BROOKE HYDE, Clerk. Worcester, 7th October, 1846. WORCESTER TURNPIKE ROADS. . TO LAND SURVEYORS. PERSONS desirou- i of making the Parliamentary Surveys, Plans and Sections, and Books of Reference, of certain Improvements, intended to be madeon the above- named Turnpike Roads, and also of depositing the Plans and Sections, and Books of Reference, with the Clerks of the Peace, and the Clerks of the Parishes in which such Improvements lie, in the Counties of Worcester and Hereford ; and also of serving the Notices upon the Owners and Occupiers of the Property required for the Improvements; and of attending before the Houses of Lords and Commons to give the required proofs thereof, are requested to send a statement of their terms for the several matters aforesaid, under separate heads; and under seal, free of postage, addressed to the Trustees of the Worcester Turnpikes, at tlie Offices of Messrs Hydes and Tymbs, Solicitors, Worcester, on or before the 30th day of October instant. Information as to the probable amount of work to be done, and on what Roads, may be known by applying at the Offices of the said Messrs. Hydes and Tymbs. The Trustees will not be bound to accept the lowest Tender, nor to make any compensation to those Persons whose Tenders are not accepted. By order of the Trustees, J. B. HYDE, Clerk. Worcester, 7th October, 1846. ~~ S¥ O UR B RIDGE R O A D S7~ TOLLS TO LET. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at the several GATES and SIDE BARS upon the first District of these Roads, WILL BE LET BY AUC- TION, for One Year, in manner following, viz.:— Lot 1 from the first day of JANUARY next, and Lot 2 from the first day of DECEMBER next, to the best Bidder, at the House of Benjamin Brooks, the TALBOT HOTEL, in STOUR- BRIDGE, on MONDAY, the 9th day of NOVEMBER next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon of the same day, in the manner directed by the Acts passed in the 3rd and 4th years of the reign of his late Majesty George IV., " For Regulating Turn- pike Roads," in the following or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the time of Sale. LOT 1 The TOLLS arising at Wordsley, Coalbournhrook, Holloway End, Oldswinford, and Heath Gates, and Side Bars. LOT 2 The TOLLS arising at Farfield and Sheepcoat Gtaes, and Bell End Side Bar. Being the TOLLS arising within the first District of Roads, and which are Let for the present Year for the several sums of £ 2405 for Lot 1, and £ 422 for Lot 2, above the expenses of collecting them. Whoever happens to be the highest Bidder for either of the said Lots, must at the same time pay One Month's Rent in advance, and give Security with sufficient Sureties for payment of the remainder to the satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Roads, and at such times and in such proportions as they shall direct. G. GRAZEBROOK, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Roads. Stourbridge, Oct. 5th, 1846. THE CHELTENHAM HYDROPATHIC INSTITUTION, AT SHERBORNE V LLA, and SHERBORNE HOUSE, is now Re- opened, with considerable improve- ments in the BATHS, DOU< TIES, & c., under the direction of Mr. HARNETT, whose exne'lence and knowledge of the treatment both in Germany end : l England entitles him to the confidence of the Patients. Board, & c., in the Establishments, with the treatment, medica' attendance, & c., £ 2. 12s. 6d. per week. Persons of limited means will be received at £ 1. 6s. per week Out Patients will receive the full treatment at from £ 1. Is- to 12s. per week. Single Baths, Douches, & c., may be had. There is also employed at this Institution, in all cases where it is applicable, the celebrated Hemospasique Appareil,— invented by Dr. Junod, and recommended by the principal Physicians in Paris, & c., for local inflammations, and com- plaints arising from the fulness of blood and obstructed circulation. The blood and fluids are drawn from the diseased part to the arms or legs, thus giving instant relief, without pain or inconvenience; and supersedes bleeding, blistering, leeches, & c. The combined treatment is eminently adapted to the cure of Apoplexy, Paralysis, Tic Doloreux, Pulmonary Complaints, Nervous " and Mental Diseases, & c. Persons desirous of satisfying themselves of the agreeablenes. and efficacy of the treatment, will be furnished with Board and Lodging only on the most reasonable terms. H. TAYLOR, ESQ., M. R. C. S., Reeident largess. MR. BENTLEY TTERY respectfully informs his numerous Friends * and the Public that he has entered into PARTNER- SHIP with MR. CHARLES H. SAUNDERS, of KID- DERMINSTER. He trusts that the very liberal patronage he has for so many years been favoured with as an Auctioneer, Appraiser, Estate and House Agent, and Timber Valuer, will be continued to Himself and Partner; and begs to assure the Public their best endeavours will be used to render themselves in every respect worthy of support and confidence. HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE. VALUABLE OAK AND ASH COPPICING, NEAR LEDBURY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY BENTLEY AND SAUNDERS, At the Feathers Inn, Ledbury, on Monday, the 2nd day of November, 1846, at two o'clock in the afternoon, subject to conditions then to be produced,— TH E following FALLS of most valuable COPPICING, Tithe- free :— LOT 1 Part of NEWS WOOD, in the Parish of Ledbury, adjoining Walms Well, containing about Seven Acres, the Stores marked Red. LOT 2.— Other part of NEWS WOOD, in the Parish of Ledbury, adjoining the last Lot, containing about Seven Acres, the Stores marked White. LOT 3 The lower part of NEWS WOOD, in the Parish of Ledbury, called the NEW LEASOW, containing about Ten Acres, the Stores marked Red. LOT 4 Part, of the East Side of the FRITH WOOD, in the Parish of Ledbury, adjoining Upper Mitchell Hopyard, containing about Four and a Half Acres, the Stores marked Blue. LOT 5 Other part of the FRITH WOOD, adjoining Bradlow Knoll, containing about Six and a Half Acres, the Stores marked Red. LOT 6.— Part of HAYCLOSE COPPICE, near Clencher's, Mill, in the Parish of Eastnor, containing about Eight Acres the Stores marked White. LOT 7.— Part of PENDOCK GROVE, in the Parish of Eastnor, adjoining the Fowlet Coppice, near the White- leafed Oak, containing about Two Acres, the Stores marked White. LOT 8 — MARTIN'S COPPICE, in the Parish of Eastnor, adjoining Rowick's Grove, containing about One Acre, the Stores marked Red. LOT 9.— Part of a PLANTATION in the Parish of Eastnor, adjoining May Hill Coppice, near the Holts Cottage, containing about Three Acres, the Stores marked Red. LOT 10— Part of MA1NSWOOD, in the Parish of Ash- perton, adjoining the last year's Fall, containing about Four Acres, the stores marked Blue. LOT 11— Other part of MAINS WOOD, in the same Parish, adjoining the last Lot, containing about Four and a Half Acres, the Stores marked Red. LOT 12.— Part of the MILL COPPICE, at Alfrick, in the County of Worcester, adjoining Old Storridge Common and the last year's Fall, containing about Four Acres, the Stores marked Blue. LOT 13— Other part of the said COPPICE, in the same Parish, adjoining the last Lot, containing about Four and a Half Acres, the Stores marked Red. LOT 14— Part of BLACKHEATH COPPICE, in the Parish of Mathon, in the County of Worcester, near Mathon Lodge, containing about Two Acres, the Stores marked Red. LOT 15— Part of the SLACK COPPICE, in the same Parish, near Mathon Lodge, containing about Two Acres, the Stores marked White. LOT 16— Part of CASTLE WOOD, in the same Parish, near the last Lot, adjoining Castle Field, containing about Half an Acre, the Stores marked Blue. The Coppices are conveniently situated for the Roads leading to Tewkesbury, Upton, Ledbury, Malvern, Worcester, Mathon, and Bromesberrow. For a view of Lots 1,2, & 3, apply to John Dance, at his Cottage on Midsummer Hill, near Eastnor; for Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9, to John Pritchard, Woodman, at his Cottage in Clencher's Mill Wood, in the Parish of Eastnor; for Lots 10 & 11, to Mr. Gwillim, of the Brainge, near Putley, who will appoint a Person to show the same; for Lots 12 & 13 to Joseph Booth, Woodman, at his Cottage on Old Storridge Common ; for Lots 14, 15, & 16, to Mr. Racster, at the Spout Farm, near Mathon Lodge, who will appoint a Person to show the same; and for further particulars, to Mr. Watson, Bronsil, Eastnor, near Ledbury. WORCESTERSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MESSRS. HOGGART & NORTON, At the Bell Inn, Gloucester, on Tuesday, the 27th October, at one o'clock precisely, ( by order of the Mortgagees under power of Sale,) in three Lots— AMOST desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE, contain- ing 170 ACRES, known as LO WBANDS and APPLE- HURST FARMS, situate in the Parish of REDMARLEY D'A BITOT, in the County of Worcester, about nine miles from Gloucester, six from Ledbury, eight from Tewkesbury, and twelve from Cheltenham. LOT 1— Comprising a good FARM HOUSE, suitable AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS, and 160 ACRES of very superior ARABLE, MEADOW, and PASTURE LAND, lying in a ring fence. The Meadows adjoin an excellent Stream, from which they may be irrigated. The Tithes are commuted, and the Parochial Rates exceedingly low. The ESTATE, which abounds with thriving Oak and Elm Timber, is now in hand, and the Purchaser may have imme- diate possession. It has been let for the last twelve years at £ 336 per Annum, and the Land is capable of great improve- ment. LOT 2.— A FREEHOLD CLOSE of MEADOW LAND, called GYLES' MEADOW, situate near the Turnpike Road leading to the Village of Redmarley, containing 3a. ir. 9p., now in the occupation of the Proprietor, Mr. John Aston. LOT 3— TWO LEASEHOLD INCLOSURES of ARABLE LAND, called HUNTHOUSE and LITTLE HUNTHOUSE, adjoining the Turnpike Road leading from Gloucester to Malvern Wells, containing together 7a. lr. 10p., now in the occupation of the Proprietor, Mr. John Aston. This Lot is held for a term of 1000 years, commencing 24th May, 1649. For further Particulars apply to Messrs. Sewell and New- march, Solicitors, Cirencester; or to Messrs. Hoggart and Norton, 62, Old Broad- street, Royal Exchange, and at the Bell Inn, Gloucester. The Bailiff on the Estate will show the Property. WORCESTER INFIRMARY. THE LATE MISS KYRWOOD'S LEGACY. * * IT* XTRACT from the Report of the Speech of JQj Mr. T. G. Curtler at the last Quarterly Meeting of the Governors:— *' He also mentioned that he yesterday discovered that a legacy of ,£ J1,000 had been paid from Miss Ann Kyrwood, of Droitwich, to the Institution, without having been mentioned in the accounts."— See Berrow's Worcester Journal, October 8th. 1846. The Secretary, Mr. Nash, having been requested by the Weekly Board to make enquiry into the above statement, received in answer to his enquiry the following letter, flora the Rtv. Joseph Amphlett, one of the Executors of the late Miss Ann Kyrwood: — " Mr. Amphlett begs to inform Mr. Nash that the Worcester Old Bank receipt for £ 1,000 Consols, amount of Legacy be- queathed by the late Mrs. Ann Kyrwood, to the Worcester Infirmary, bears date September lltli, 1839. " Hampton Lovett, May 13th, 1846." In answer to his further inquiry, made to the Treasurers of the Infirmary, he received the following answer from Messrs. Berwick, Lechmere and Co.:— Worcester Old Bank, 14th October, 1846. " Silt,— With reference to your enquiry relative to Miss Kyrwood's Legacy of £ 1,000 Three per Cent Consols, to the Worcester Infirmary, we beg to state that this sum was trans- ferred to the Trustees on the 12th September, 1839. The sum of Consols previously standing in the Trustees' names was 710/. 19s. 3d., and on the 29th November following 1,710/. 19s. 3d. Consols, consisting of the above mentioned sums, was sold and the proceeds invested in reduced. " We are, Sir, " Your very obedient servants, " BERWICK & CO. " To the Secretary of the Worcester Infirmary." The following extract from the Printed Reports exhibits a perfect correspondence with the statement of Messrs. Berwick and Co. Infirmary Stock Account, 1839 and 1840. 1839. £. s. d. £. s. d. . Consols 400 0 0 Ditto 710 19 3 3i per Cents. Reduced 12,943 6 0 Ditto 2,256 14 0 Ditto 1,000 0 0 Ditto 500 0 0 3 per Cents. Reduced 200 0 t) 3£ per Cents, ditto Purchased 1,581 17 6 19,592 16 9 Deduct Consuls Sold 1,710 19 3 17,881 17 6 1840. Per Account of 1839 17,881 17 6 3£ per Cents. Reduced Pur- chased 1,003 15 3 Ditto ditto 365 10 10 Ditto ditto 181 6 3 19,432 9 10 Deduct Consols Sold, .£ 400 and £ 200 600 0 0 18,832 9 10 Dividends were received this year on 19,832 9 10 It thus appears that in consequence of the Legacy being a transfer of Stock, it was passed directly to the Stock Account." Extracted from Minute Book of the Weekly Committee. D. W. NASH, October 17, 1846. Secretary. 1846. LUNATIC ASYLUM, IN THE PARISH OF SAINT ANDREW, IN THE BOROUGH OF DROITWICH. A T the GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the XJL PEACE for the County of Worcester, held at the Shire- hall of the said Cour. ty on Monday, the 19th day of October instant, the following VISITORS were appointed for the said Asylum. Visiting Justices. The Rev. JOHN PEARSON, Clerk, Sucldey, Worcestershire. Sir WILLIAM SMITH, Bart., Eardiston, Worcestershire. WILLIAM TROW, Esq., Ismere House, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. Visiting Physician. JONAS MALDEN, M. D., Worcester. Clerk. CHARLES AUGUSTUS HELM, Solicitor, Worcester. C. A. HELM, D. C. P. For the County of Worcester. Clerk of the Peace's Office, Shirehall, Woreeetec, 19th Oetober, 1846. THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1846. i STOCKS.— At 2 o'cl. | Bank. Stock 3 per Cent. Ited Ann. 3 per Cent Cons | Cons, for Account....; perCent. 1818 : 3 per Cent. Red New 3J per Cent 1 3 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann India Stock India Bonds • Excheq. Bills pnr. | SAT. I MOV. TUH3. WRD, THUUS S06i 2or> i 205 i 93* 206i • » 06i 93 i 93i 95 91 91 934 0. Vi 9> ft 91s 91J 91 i | 05} 95} 9> J 95 94j —— 1 —- 95| 95$ 95$ 95$ 955 9J* ' Ji 9ft 95 9fi 95 259 — 21 P —- 17 P 10 l 16 P 16 P 13 t 10 P TO CORRESPONDENTS. IV e have received a printed circular bearing the signature of Mrs. Millington, with reference to the late trial of " Millington v. Claridge," heard at our last Assizes, but which as an ex parte statement we can only insert as an advertisement. The circular states that a new trial is to take place next term. FRIDAY EVEINING, OCTOBER 23, 1816. LAST WORDS OF LORD RUSSEL ON TUB SLAKC . I. D. - J did believe, and do still, that Popery is breaking in upon " this nation, and those who advance it will stop at notiiiny " to carry on their designs; and I am heartily sorry that " so many Protestants give their helping nan. i u • WHEN Sir Robert PEEL first threw off the mask, and openly proposed the virtual repeal of the Corn Laws, and amidst th » storm of indignation which such treachery naturally excited in the breasts of the agricultural com- munity, the Free- traders changed their ground, and adopted a new taclique, endeavouring to persuade us that not only would the agriculturists not be injured by the admission of foreign corn at a nominal duty, but that the manufacturers of this kingdom would be greatly benefitted, as the foreigners would take their manufac- tures in exchange for the grain supplied to this country, and that the greater the quantity of corn imported the greater would be our exports of manufactures. We, in common with most of the Conservative press, strenuously combatted this fallacious doctrine when it was first broached, and endeavoured to show that English gold, not English manufactures, was the object most coveted by the foreign corn- growers and the Marti Lane gamblers and famine- mongers. A most valuable paper eppears in the current number of the Quarterly Review, which goes far to prove that we were indisputably right in the position which we had assumed, and shows to demonstration that where our exports of goods have been largest, our imports of wheat have invariably been smallest. The natural inference deducible from this— in fact almost a necessary corollary resulting from it, is that where our imports of wheal are largest our EXPORTS of goods are SMALLEST. But let us illustrate this fact by an extract:— " To show in the most convincing manner how little neces- sary is the importation of foreign corn to our manufacturing prosperity, and how fallacious is the promise that exportation of goods to foreign conntries is to be proportionable to the importation of their corn, we abstract from the latest return of the ' Statistical Department of the Board of Trade' the fol- lowing most curious and conclusive— a ^ 3 £ a o © "£ j £ * o. 2 ° 1 s s PSC? £ ® H - fa} a 01 nA W " ti a ° w X H as « a s w « r J3 60 H. S § •< 13 W H - go » > to" PS © o ta « 0 < a u 3 . s - J — « V -< 5 a o 5 ® s 3 • a o v j o H ~ 5 § 1 a O JS Q K Of a 2 t. i PS co s o z ° Q I | « o o cs - I » o a O £ A w Cl, * O Z CO < - 3 » § w ^ o 1845 ( first eight months), grain in qrs., 773,543; flour in cwts., 267,485. .... ... a 1816 ( first eight months), grain in qrs., 2,04 « 3, o0o; flour in cwts., 2,905,252. « A difference between the first eight months of the year of Corn Laws and of the year of Free Trade of 1,269,962 quarters of grain, and of 2,637,467 cwt. of flour imported to set off against a difference of nearly two millions decliae of exports." So faithfully do the facts up to the very latest, support the inference of the Quarterly Reviewer. But though the delusion that by increasing our importation of grain, we can increase our exportation of manufactures also, has been decisively exploded by the testimony of the last seven years, we may expect au increase in the home demand. This is a delusion more gross than the other. The immense majority of consumers are of the agricultural class, or directly depen- dent on the agricultural class ; they certainly will not be more liberal purchasers of manufactured goods in consequence of the depreciation of their produce. But the matter does not end here ; the decrease in exports affects manufactures in more ways than one. Manufacturers are reciprocally buyers and sellers among themselves; the man who makes shoes wears cotton and woollen clothes, to the value of his earnings, minus food and rent; the man who makes cotton shirts wears shoes and woollen clothing; so of the hardware worker, the worker in silk, the printer, and of all, through eur complicated systems which thus renders the impoverishment one class in a greater or less degree of impoverishment of all classes. << \" e must, therefore, prepare for a universally pervading impoverishment, independently of the direct loss to which gome of the most important classes are exposed. It is said to be the intention of ministers to meet this deterioration, and to hide it by substituting an enormous property aud income tax for the failing and tell tale indirect taxes. " Let them try to put this design into execution if they dare. We know how the country will receive the attempt." MR. E. J. SHIRLEY, M P. for Warwickshire, and a large proprietor of land in the. county of Monaghan, Ireland, has issued an address to his Irish tenants, containing some advice, which, while it is peculiarly suited to the present condition of Ireland, may also be found profitable to the English farmer, who seems to be unaccountably holding back his produce from the market, in the hope of obtaining even higher profits than the remunerating prices afforded him at the present moment. The circular issued by Mr. SHIRLEY was issued a month since, but has only just now met our notice. It is addressed " To the Tenantry of the Shirley Estate," and is as follows:— « My Friends and Tenants,— Application having been made to me by some of you on the subject of the existing distress and alarm caused by the failure of the potatoes, I take this method of stating my opinion and advice on the occasion. " It becomes the " duty of all classes, under this affliction of Divine Providence, to exert themselves to alleviate the distress occasioned by the awful dispensation ; the poor, to exert their patience and to calm their fears ; the rich, to aid in devising the best plan to secure food for those whose means will soon be exhausted. The Government is ready and willing to assist in the good work ; and grants of money are making, under certain regulations, to enable proprietors and landlords to employ those in want of work ; and thus all such will have means to provide for their families. The larger tenants must take care of their cottiers, and supply them with money, or meal in lieu of their potatoes: thus the burden will be divided, and all will bear a share of the general calamity. " Meanwhile, let the tenantry take advantage of the blessed weather, by increased exertion in securing, threshing, and sell- ing their corn while the market is high, and paying their rent, aiding the landlord to help the distressed. Thanks to a mer- ciful God, the corn is in a good condition, well saved, no wind to shake it out, no wet to injure it; the hot sun we are blessed with must be beneficial to the potatoes. " Let us, by cheerfulness and firmness, soothe the timid and encourage the active and industrious ; remembering that this affliction is intended as a trial for our good, and must be borne with resignation to the Divine will. But above all things avoid the counsel of these bad men, who, with their rents in their pockets, delay in paying it, while they endeavour, for their own selfish purposes, to increase the alarm in the minds of the poor and weak. If such should be found in Farney, let them beware; for, if detected, neither their wealth nor their station shall secure them from the utmost punishment an injured land- lord can inflict. " I remain, your faithful landlord, « E. J. SHIRLEY." THE PUBLIC HEALTH.— We stated in our last that the City Commissioners invited communications from the inhabi- tants of this city, respecting any existing nuisances, and we now append a copy of the circular which has been distributed by order of the commissioners' committee. It contains a list of questions, to which answers are invited, to be returned t0 Mr. Matthews, the secretary; and this we conceive to be the best arrangement the committee could have made, as indi- viduals can now send in their complaints of nuisances existing near them without making their own names known to or excitiug the ill- feeling of the offending parties :— 1.— Do you experience any annoyance arising from bad drainage, open cess pool, pig- sty, slaughter- house, or other nuisance, in your neighbourhood. 2.— Are there any houses in your neighbourhood which have no privies attached to them, or if any houses have the joint use of the same i 3.— Is the spring water used by you of good quality and abundant in quantity, or is it at any time contaminated with leakage from cess pools, & c. I 4.— How often are the streets or courts in your neighbour- hood swept, cleansed, and the refuse removed by the scaven- gers } 5.— Are there any other particulars within your knowledge which inyour opinion the committee should be made acquainted with? We are glad to see this subject attracting general attention. On Tuesday last, Mr. Orwin, surgeon, of this city, delivered an interesting lecture on " the health of towns," to a respect- able audience at Cheltenham. A detailed notice of the lecture will be found in another column. The new Act— 9 and 10 Victoria, c. 96, has already been put into force at Bath, where three convictions took place on Friday last. One was a con- viction of a tenant for having a foul drain on his premises, and the others were for having offensive privies. The con- victions were obtained on the prosecution of a society called the Bath " Health of Towns Association." The mode of pro. ceeuiiig was this. The Association obtained from " two duly Qualified practitioners," as required by this Act, a correspond- ing number of certificates attesting the " filthy and unwhole- some condition" of the places in question. These they presented to the City Police Commissioners, accompanied with a request that that Body would be pleased to take the other steps prescribed by this Act for remedying the grievances. The Commissioners, in consequence, authoiized their Clerk to lodge complaints before the City Magistrates; who there- upon issued their summonses to the offending parties. On the dav of hearing, the medical gentlemen attended to confirm the allegations made in their certificates; as did also the City Commissioners' Surveyor further to prove, from his own knowledge and cognizance, the existing facts of each case. Thus fuilv provided with evidence, says the Bath and Cheltenham Gazette, the Bench had no difficulty in coming to a decision in these cases; and adjudged accordingly : senten- cing one of the parties, who had then begun to abate his nuisance, to tho costs only of the process; and requiring the two others, on pain of the penalties of fine or imprisonment imposed by this statute, to remove their nuisances within two clear days from the issuing of the magistrates' Order to that • ffect. These hints may be of service to the authorities of Worcester. QUARTER SESSIONS.— The Michaelmas Quarter Sessions for this city aud county have been held during the week. The proceedings were of an unusually uninteresting character, and call for little observation from us in this place; they are fully reported in preceding pages. On reference to this report " This document proves, if there be any faith in statistics, a fact of which we had already had some indication in the comparison of our German and Prussian trade, but of which we had not such detailed proof as this account affords, namely, that the export of our manufactures to foreign countries does not only not increase with tl e import of their corn, but has precisely the opposite movement— and this not with regard to one country in one year, but, as if by a general rule and without exception, to all countries, and dur- ing a series of years. This is really so curious, that we think our readers will be glad to see the results of the above account in a still more striking form :— Denmark— between 1839 and 1814 — Increase of British manufactures exported to, £ 142 927 Decrease of corn imported from, 113,488 qrs. Russia— Increase of British manufactures exported to, £ 352,500 Decrease of corn imported from, 268,294 qrs. Prussia- Increase of British manufactures exported to, £ 298 524 Decrease of corn imported from, 216,720 qrs. Germany— Increase of British manufactures exported to, £ 93fi, 373 Decrease of corn imported from, 319,148 qrs. We know very well that in the countries where wheat is cheapest, and which of course export the most, the population are poorly clad as well as poorly fed, and of course very bad customers to Manchester and Leeds; but we confess we were not prepared to find this principle working in so regular and continuous a manner as to indicate, as a general fact, that the more corn we import from any country, the less of onr manu- factures that country consumes. This seems at first sight a strange result from a document furnished bv the Statistical Department of the Board of Trade, the individuals of which so strenuously advocate a free trade in corn as the best mode of extending our manufactures ; but there are the indisputable facts and figures ! and the result, on consideration, is easily explained on the obvious principle we have before alluded to — that as the interior districts of those countries advance in civilisation, and use a larger proportion of manufactured necessaries or luxuries, there must also be a general improve- ment of their own domestic habits and diet; they consume more of their own produce, and have less to spare to us, and contrive to balance their accounts with us by some other medium than corn." I it will be found that the subject of establishing au asylum for The following commentary upon this passage is ; pauper lunatics for this county, under the new act, has been borrowed from the Standard, and is so conclusive that we HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE QUEEN DOWAGER. On Monday last, according to previous arrangement, her Majesty and Prince Albert proceeded to Cashiobury, on a visit to Queen Adelaide. They were accompanied by the Countess of Gainsborough, the Hon. Miss Dawson, and the Lord and Equerry in Waiting, in attendance upon the Queen, and Colonel Seymour, Equerry in Waiting, and Mr. G. E. Anson in attendance upon the Prince. The Royal cortege consisted of three carriages, the first conveying her' Majesty and Prince Albert, and the other two the per- sonages abjve named. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort left Windsor Castle by the route through Uxbridge, where a relay of horses was supplied to the Royal carriages, and on the arrival of the Queen at Harefield an escort of the Herts Yeo- manry Cavalry, under the command of Captain Halsey, M. P., was in waiting to receive her Majesty with due honours. Her Majesty on alighting from the Royal carriage was welcomed by " the Queen Dowager, and the Earl Howe, the Earl of Denbigh, and Lady Clinton, of Queen Adelaide's household. Before entering the mansion her - Majesty recognised the ser- vices of the yeomanry by her gracious acknowledgments. The crowd of persons that had collected in the park quietly dis- persed. In accordance with the expressed desire of her Majesty, not the slightest display was exhibited on the part of the inhabitants of Watford or Rickmansworth, so that the Queen's visit was unattended by any public demonstration whatever. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived at Cashiobury, from London, shortly after six o'clock. At eight o'clock dinner was announced, when the circle comprised her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Serene Highness the Princess of Hesse, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and a distinguished party. On Tuesday morning the Queen and Prince took their customary early walk in the pleasure- grounds. Shortly before ten o'clock her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and attended by the Countess ot Gainsborough, the Earl Howe, and the youthful Ladies Adelaide and Emily Curzon, left the mansion to inspect the extensive gardens, and visit the orangery. After walking through the gardens, the Queen and party subsequently went to the dauy at the home farm, wiih the arrangement of which her Majesty seemed highly (. leased. After luncheon the illustrious party went out in three pony equipages and four, with outriders, for a drive to the Grove and the Priory. The Queen Dowager was accompanied in the first carriage by the Queen and Prince Albert and her Serene Highness the Princess of Hesse. The august parry moceeded direct to the Grove, to honour the Earl and Cuuniess of Clarendon with a visit, and remained there nearly an hour to see that mansion. The Earl of Clarendon duly received his illustrious visitors, and personally conducted the party over the house. The Earl and Countess Spencer were at the Grove. The Royal party thence pro- ceeded to the Priory at Stanmore, the seat of the Marquis of Abercorn, and after viewing all the attractions deemed worthy of notice at that beautiful retreat her Majesty with the Qjeen DJwager and party, returned to Cashiobury Park. The Royal dinner circle in the evening was the same as the previous day, with the addition of the Earl and Countess Spencer, who received an invitation to join the party. Throughout the morning parties of the respectable inhabitants of Wattord and vicinity congregated in the Park, with the object of obtaining a glimpse of the Queen and Prince. It is due to those present to say that they conducted themselves decorously, so that Royalty could not complain of any intrusion. On Wednesday morning, at eleven o'clock, his Royal High- ness Prince Albert and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, accompanied by Sir Horace Seymour, Colonel Seymour, and Mr. George Edward Anson, left the mansion to enjoy the excellent shooting afforded within the park. The party who went with the illustrious Princes did not shoot. Prince Albert and Prince Edward were taken to the preserves at Callolands Spring, and after about an hour and a half they succeeded in killing 46 head of game. Prince Albert killed 31 pheasants, four hares, and two rabbits; and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar succeeded in killing seven pheasants, one partridge, and one hare. After luncheon the august party went to Moor Park, the seat of the Dowager Marchioness of West- minster, near Rickmansworth. There they were conducted over the entire apartments of the interior, which could not fail to gain their approbation, from the choice collection of works of art deposited there bv the late Marquis. The Queen and Prince Albert walked through the pleasure grounds, prior to taking their final leave of that beautiful seat. The Queen Dowager did not accompany the Queen and her Royal Consort, from the extreme dampness of the ground. The Dowager Marchioness of Worcester at present in town and labouring under slight indisposition, was absent, and as Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor are residing with their family at the Isle of Wight, they were unable, from the short notice given of the intended Royal visit, personally to attend and welcome the Royal party. The dinner party at Cashiobury Park in the evening num- bered 22, and the London papers state that " a costly service of china was used at dinner from Sparks's well known establish- ment at Worcester, the Queen Dowager, while at Witley Court, having been a great patron of the local manufacture." Yesterday ( Thursday), the Queen and her Royal Consort left Cashiobury Park to honour the Marquis of Salisbury by their company. The Duke of Wellington had a very narrow escape of what might have proved a serious accident, as the Royal carriages drove up to the door of Hatfield House. He had ridden on before the Royal carriages, but on their approach- ing the mansion he pulled up to let her Majesty's carriage stop at the entrance ; but there was another carriage, the second of the whole cortege, immediately behind, and coming up at a very rapid pace. Unfortunately the Duke did not hear the noise of this carriage behind him, and the consequence was that he was very nearly driven over by the postboys. Happily their speed was arrested at the critical moment, or the consequences might have been more fearful than we like to anticipate. His Grace was warmly congratulated on his escape. We understand that her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert will return to Windsor to- morrow ( Saturday), and that no time has yet been fixed for their visit to Arundel Castle, although it may be expected to take place in November. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by Lady Caroline Murray and the Hon. Captain Liddell, arrived on a visit to Queen Adelaide yesterday, from Richmond. The Countess Howe also arrived at Cashiobury yesterday, and remains till to- morrow ( Saturday), when the Earl and Countess depart for Gopsall Hall, near Atherstone. Her Serene Highness the Princess ot Hesse and suite leave Cashiobury to- day ( Friday), for Cambridge Cottage, at Kew, there to visit their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, till Monday next, when her Serene Highness will return to the Queen Dowager's residence. shall not venture to add a word to it: — " The periods referred to by the reviewer are proved to be fairly taken by the fact that they are not selected, but taken in sequence, coming down to the latest year, the official accounts of which were attainable. Let us see how far the reviewer's inference froin them— that the more of corn we import the less of manufactured goods we export— is sup- ported by the experience of the current year, so far as it has proceeded. It is scarcely necessary to remind our readers that the first eight months of the year presented nothing unusual in the natural phenomena of the country ; that the devastations of the potato rot were not suspected before the middle of August, or at all appreciated to any extent before the first week in September— we indeed had to offer an apology for directing attention to the scourge, after the middle of the month last named. The potato rot can therefore have, had nothing to do with the progress of commercial affairs during the first eight months of the year. " According to the official statements of the Board of Trade tho exports of manufactured goods, & c., stand as follows :— 1845 ( first six months) .... £ 26,166,732 1816 ( ditto) 25,020,970 1845 ( first eight months) .. 36,408.595 1846 ( ditto) 34,591,485 A decrease of nearly two millions on the year, one half of which has arisen upon the two months between the passing of the Corn Law Repeal Bill and the end of the periods for which the accounts are made up. The decrease upon cotton goods has been.. £ 1,130.817. In woollen and woollen yarn 1,089,650. Now let us turn to the other side, and glanc « at the amount of our corn imports. settled at last by the appointment of a committee to carry the act into execution. A proposition has been made for joining with Herefordshire and Radnorshire for this purpose, and it seems most probable that ultimately an arrangement will be made to this effect. It will be seen that the Upton Bridge question was again brought before the Court on Monday, but nothing definitive has yet been settled on this everlasting subject. A motion, made on Monday, for altering the fence time for salmon fishing in the Severn and its tributaries, and adjourned to Wednesday in order to ascertain in the mean time what had been done by the Gloucestershire and Shrop- shire Courts of Quarter Sessions, was on the latter day with- drawn, in consequence of the withdrawal of similar applica- tions made to those courts. The fence time will, therefore, remain as before,— viz., from the 14th of September to the 1st of January. There was no other matter of general interest brought before the County Bench. The Court, it will be seen, ordered rates of one halfpenny for general purposes, one halfpenny for the County Courts, and one farthing for the police. The trials of the prisoners offered no feature of interest in the City or County Court; the only trial of any interest at all was the last but one heard on Wednesday before Sir J. PAKINGTON, in which a young man was charged with robbing a farmer of a sum of money which he haJ received for hops in this city, on the 3rd instant. It appears that of the 74 prisoners tried at the County Sessions, 18 could neither read nor write, 36 could read aud write but imperfectly, while there was not one that could read or write well. Twenty prisoners having been admitted to bail, their state of instruction could not be ascertained. Lord Ashburton has given his Somersetshire tenants the exclusive right to all the game on their respective farms, PREFERMENT.— Lord Ward has presented the Rev. H. Downing, son of one of the trustees of Kingswinford Hospital, to the valuable living of Kingswinford, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Penfold. CONSECRATION RF A NEW CHURCH BY THE BISHOP OF OXFORD.— The chapel of St. John the Evangelist, atStoke- row, in the parish of Ips len, near Wallingford, was consecrated on Tuesday last, by the Lord Bishop of Oxford. His Lordship preached a most eloquent sermon from John vi., v. 2, strongly setting forth the need of personal holiness in religion, and reminding some of his hearers that 20 years ago it was his lot to be the appointed minister of some of those whom he now addressed as bishop. The collection, which was in aid of a fund for a parsonage house, amounted to £ 93. The Bishop previously- walked round the churchyard, according to the form of conse- cration, attended by Archdeacons Clerk and Berens, Dr. Philli- more, the Chancellor, Rev. R. Twopeny, and other of the local clergy. HEALTH OF J. BARNEBY, ESQ , M. P.— There has been within tlie last few days a rumour in Hereford, and also in this city, of the decease of John Barneby, Esq., M. P. for the Eastern Division of Worcestershire, who is on the continent for the benefit of his health. We have made inquiries in well- informed quarters, and are happy to learn that the rumour lias not been confirmed and is not credited. The Hon. Gentleman has been residing at Ems, on the banks of the Rhine, for a considerable period, but is, we hear, coming to England. THE LATE MR. VALENTINE LEE.— The remains of the late F. V. Lee, Esq, were privately removed from his residence at Boraston, on Sunday evening last, for interment in London, where some of his family are buried. An inquest was previously held on the body before Mr. Weyman, one of the corouers for Shropshire, ( Boraston being in that county) at which a verdict of " natural death" was recorded. Only two witnesses were examined, and they proved the facts attending the deceased's death almost precisely as they were stated in our last. The deceased had been out shooting after a hearty dinner, and it appears he had just shot a partridge, which one of his dogs rushed upon when killed. On this Mr. Lee called out vehemently to the dog, and at that moment something appeared to give way at his heart, and he immediately became sick and faint. With consider- able difficulty he contrived to crawl to the road side, where he was first observed by Mr. W. Goode, farmer, of Boraston, who was passing by on horseback. Mr. Davis, the surgeon, of Tenbury, who was called in, deposed that he found the deceased in a state of collapse, but perfectly sensible. He was extremely faint, and was only kept up by the constant application of stimulauts. He was put to bed, and in about half an hour was very sick, and vomited the contents of his stomach, which contained his dinner in an undigested state. There was nothing deleterious in the contents of his stomach. The deceased had had two similar attacks on former occasions, and had frequently co. mphined of pain in the region of the heart, though not very recently. The deceased was extremely cold, notwithstanding the free use of friction and the application of stimulants. Dr. Hastings, of this city, was sent for, and arrived at Boraston about one o'clock in the morning, when Mr. Davis left the patient, apparently rather better. Witness returned to him at half- past three, when he found him more feeble; and, although stimulants were again had recourse to, he gradually grew weaker, and died about nine o'clock— some eighteen hours after his seizure. DEATH OF THE REV. DR. PENFOLD.— We have to announce the death of the Rev. George Saxby Penfold, D. D., Rector of Trinity Church, Marylebone. Dr. Penfold was educated at Cambridge, and obtained high honours in that University. The Rev. Gentleman for many years officiated as minister of Christ Church, but on the division of the parish of St. Marylebone into ecclesiastical districts, he was presented to the Incumbency of the Trinity district By the death of the Rev. Gentleman, the rectory of Trinity Church, and that of Kingswinford, Staffordshire, have become vacant. THE ITALIAN OPERA AT COVENT- GARDEN THEATRE. — Mr. Beale, of the firm of Cramer, Beale, and Co., the well- known music publishers, has been appointed acting- manager and chief director of this new undertaking. THE CARLTON CLUB.— The whole of the premises in Pall Mall, situate between the Carlton Club and the Duke of Buckingham's, have been razed, the site they occupied being required for the enlargement of the Carlton Club house. It is intended to. raise the building another story ; an entirely new architectural frontage will also be built, the estimated cost of the Iterations and improvement! being £ 22,000, SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS.— A meeting of the Kidderminster Auxiliary Branch of the above excellent and venerable society was held in the Boys'School- room of the parish church on Tuesday morning last, and was very respectably attended, a large portion of the audience consisting of ladies. The chair was taken by the Vicar, who had on his right the Bishop of Newfoundland, and on his left the noble Lord Lieutenant of the county, Lord Lytlelton. Among the " entry present were the Mayor of Kidderminster, ( W. B. Best, Esq..) W. Boycot, Esq., George Huoinan, Esq., J. Homfray, Esq., B. H. Woodward, Esq., Thomas Bradley, Esq., G. W. Jothatn, Esq., the Rev. John Downall, the Rev. F. Tale, the Rev. John Sandford, the Rev. E. Tuffnell, the Rev. H. A. Woodgate, the Rev. H. J. Hastings, the Rev. H. T. Hill, and most of the clergy of the neighbour- hood.' Addresses were delivered by the Bishop of Newfound- land, the Vicar of Kidderminster, Lord Lytteiton, Rev. John Downall, ( secretary), Rev. J. Sandtord, and others. A second meeting was held in the evening, at which, addresses were delivered by the Bishop of Newfoundland, the Rev. E. Tufnell, and the Rev. John Sandford, and resolutions, similar in effect to those of the morning, unanimously agreed to. The collections made at the close of the meetings amounted together to the gratifyins sum of £ 47. 16s. including a donation of £ 5 from J. P. Westhead, Esq., of Lea Castle. SAINT PAUL'S CHURCH.— Sermons were preached at St, Paul's Church, on Sunday last, when a collection for defraying the church expenses was made and amounted to the liberal sum of £ 26. THE WATERMENS' CHURCH.— The handsome sum of 18/. 13s. lOd. was collected at this humble place of worship on Tuesday afternoon, after a sermon preached by the Rev. C. G. Davies, Vicar of Tewkesbury ( from Matthew xi, v. 28), in aid of the fund for defraying the annual expenses. It is gratify- ing to find that some improvement is beginning to take place among the men employed on our navigations, so long proverbial for ignorance and immorality; but the prevalence of Sunday traffic is a grievous hindrance to the success of the efforts being made to raise this class of men in the scale of society. It is hoped that ere long something will be done towards removing an evil so universally and so justly complained of, and which has been productive of such injurious consequences to the boatmen, both in a temporal and moral point of view. As long as any class of working men are liable to be turned out of their situa- tions for assembling to worship their maker on the day more especially set apart for this sacred purpose, a strong barrier indeed is presented to their improvement in religion and morals. Yet such is the case with the boatmen in general, for while there are a few boat- owners who, much to their credit, " do as they would be done by," and allow their men to have an opportunity of having the rest of the Sabbath, and sharing its privileges, it is far otherwise with a large majority ; so that as relates to the bulk of the watermen throughout the kingd . m, the observation made by the late Baron Gurney at the trial of ihree boatmen at Stafford, for murder, is at th- j present time but too applicable—" I knew of no class of men so desiitutj of all moral culture as boatmen ; they know no Sabbath, and are possessed of no means of religious instruction." As well- wishers to all the working classes, we shall be glad to hear of measures bJrg adopted to ameliorate the condition of such among them as may, from any cause, be exposed to privations injurious to their interests. We are requested to state that the sum of £ 6. 16s. lOd. was collected at St. Clement's church on Sundav, Oct. 11, in obedience to the Queen's letter on behalf of the sufferers bv fire at St. John's, Newfoundland. OLDSWINFORD. — On Sunday last the new organ recently erected in Oldswinford Church by Mr. Nicholson, of this city, was opened, when suitable sermons were preached by the Rev. C. H. Crawford, M. A., and the Rev. T. L. Claugh- ton, Vicar of Kidderminster. A selection of sacred music from Handel's " Messiah " was performed by an efficient choir ; Mr. Jones, organist of St. Swithin's Church, Worcester, presiding at the organ on the occasion. The total collections made amounted to nearly 751. WORCESTER SUBSCRIPTION BALL.— We understand that arrangements are being made for the first subscription ball this season to take place at the Guildhall Assembly Rooms in this city, about the last week in November; and, we doubt not, from the very excellent arrangements which were so successfully carried out on the last occasion, that an extended patronage will reward the spirited exertions of the originators. THE INFIRMARY.— An advertisement in another place announces Mr. Orwin as a candidate for the additional surgeoncy in this Institution proposed by Mr. Williams. Iti our adver- tising columns will also be found some documents explaining a supposed omission in the accounts of a legacy of £ 1,000 left" by the late Miss Kyrvvood, to the Infirmary. EAST WORCESTERSHIRE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. — It will be seen by advertisement elsewhere that the general annual meeting of the East Worcestershire Conservative Association will be held next Wednesday, at Droitwich, Sir J. Pakington, M. P., in the chair. ^ CITY POLICI;.— To- day ( Friday) Mr. Longstretli, Governor of the Union Workhouse, appeared to prefer a charge against Elizabeth Webb for creating a disturbance in the Workhouse this morning. It appears the prisoner made application to the Governor this morning for permis- sion to go into the town, but as she is subject to fits he did not consider himself authorised to let l. er go, and upon his refusing her application, she became very violent, and struck and kicked him; she also attempted to gel over the Workhouse gate, at her great peril. Ii appears she has suffered a mouth's imprisonment some three years ago for stabbing a woman in Wales. She was sent down to prisun for fourteen days. THE WEATHER.— Since the last change of the moon— Tuesday last, 8 a. m.— the weather has become more dry and settled, the wind, which had been steady at the south, having veered more westwardly. Yesterday we had a dry cool wind which was very acceptable to pedestrians alter the succession of wet weather, aud to- day we have a brilliant sun, which is most cheering after so much gloomy. ACCIDENTS.— On Saturday morning last, a waggon, laden with hops, was proceeding up Broad Street, and when opposite the shop of Mr. Be van, the hatter, one of the axles broke, and the waggon in its fall discharged its contents against the shop window, breaking upwards of a dozen panes of glass.— An accident occurred at Mr. H. Burliug- hatn's Wharf, Bengeworih, on Tuesday last. Some men employed in a boat unloading coals were lowering the mast pole, and while in an inclined position the ropes slipped and it fell, striking two men. One named Westwood was carried home dreadfully bruised, aud his shoulder dislocated. He has had a family of no less than seventeen children, ANOTHER DEATH BY FIRE.— Yesterday evening week, at Pirton, near Kempsey, a little girl named Elizabeth Randell, aged 7 years, the daughter of Sarah Randeil, single woman, was left at home at the house of John Wadley, labourer, under the care of Wadley's father, an infirm old man, and whilst he left her for a short time her clothes caught fire, and she ran out of the house in the direction of a neighbour's, but fell down on the road before she reached it. Thomas Aston and Mr. Beadall ran to her and extin- guished the fire, but she was burnt so seriously as to cause her death on the following morning. Mr. Hughes held an inquest on the body on Saturday, when a verdict of " Acci- dental death" was returned. POACHING AFFRAY NEAR TENBURY.— On Tuesday last a man named John Baldwin, too well known to the police authorities in the neighbourhood of Tenbury as a trouble- some customer, was brought up in custody of constable Page, before J. Bailey, jun., Esq., M. P., and Rev. J. W. Joyce, on a charge of violently assaulting John Owens, gamekeeper to the Rev. E. Higgins, and beating hiin with a hedge stake. It appears that Owens while going his rounds on Mr. Higgins' farm in the occupation of Mrs. Bradley, at Bernngton, near Tenbury, encountered the accused, whom he suspected of being in search of game, and it was on this occasion that the affray took place. The Magistrates marked their sense of Baldwin's conduct by fining him in the penalty of £ 4, with 19s. costs, and a? he was of course unable to raise so large a sum, he was com- mitted to the Worcester county gaol for a period of two months. There is also a summons issued against Baldwin and a man named Thomas Bytheway, for trespassing in pursuit of game at the time of the assault. This summons is returnable on the 27th instant. KIDDERMINSTER BOROUGH POLICE.— On Monday the following complaints were heard before George Hooman and William Nickolls, Esqrs. John Taylor, was brought up on a warrant, charged by his better aud his elder half, who appeared to be some thirty years his senior, with assaulting and threatening her. Defendant admitted the assault, and was fined 5s. aud 10s. costs, and was also bound over to keep the peace for six months.— Thomas Onslow was charged with assaulting P. C. Freeman on the 11th of July last. It appeared that on that day a fight took place, which the officer put a stop to ; and he was not only obstructed in the execution of his duty, but violently assaulted ; since which time prisoner decamped, and has been an inmate of Bridgnorth gaol till within the last few days. In default of paying a fine of £ 2, and 12s. 6d. costs, he was committed to hard labour for one month. TEWKESBURY QUARTER SESSIONS.— These borough sessions were held on Friday last, before A. W. Daniel, Esq , Recorder; there were only three prisoners for trial. George Howship, labourer, charged with stealing a pair of boots, the property of Benjamin Webb, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour.— Jane Pearce, wife of Thomas Pearce, of Cheltenham, was charged with stealing 16 yards of printed Orleans cloth from the shop door of Mr. Frederick Bluck, draper. The prisoner was seen to take the cloth from the shop, and being found guilty, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment.— John Taylor, of Stroud, labourer, was also found guilty of stealing a sleeve waistcoat from the shop door of Mr. James T. Horniblow, draper, on the 9. h instant, and was sentenced to four months' imprisonment. THE ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES AT ROGERS AND CO'S. — Within these last few days circumstances are understood to have transpired which leave no doubt that ere long the large amount of property stolen from the banking- house of Messrs. Rogers and Co. will be recovered. That the whole of the notes, to the amount of £ 40,000, are still in exis ence, has been satisfactorily proved by the fact that a few days since a £ 1 note, the number of which does not appear in the printed list published and circulated, but which was stolen at the time, was forwarded to the banking- house, the party sending it requesting the receipt of it to be acknowledged in the newspapers, and stating the whole of the notes would be restored upon the payment of £ 10,000, the acknowledgment to be to " H. F." This request was accordingly complied with; but, as to the compromise, that has not been entertained ; and, from a variety of circumstances which have transpired, but which it would be at present highly injudicious to notice, further than the mere assertion, no doubts are now entertained but that the whole of the stolen notes will be recovered, and at the same time such evidence will be adduced as to lead to the conviction of the offender. Paragraphs have occasionally appeared, stating that some of the stolen notes have been circulated on the continent. This is incorrect, for the steps taken by the solicitor for the prosecution, who sent over to the continent a most intelligent gentleman, who visited every banker, money- changer, hotel, and cafe between this country and Russia, render the negociatton of them impossible; and it is, therefore, well known that the whole of the stolen notes are at the present period secreted in the metropolis. A few days or weeks may, in all probability, elucidate this extraordinary and hitherto mysterious robbery. ^ potting. WORCESTER AUTUMN RACES AND STEEPLE CHASE. As the fixture for our autumn sporting events draws near they are becoming the topic of conversation in every circle, and from the note of preparation making on all hands we are led to expect that this will be one of the most brilliant meetings of the kind which has ever happened in this part of the country. There are several reasons why this should be so. The entries and handicap for the grand steeple chase stake— " The Worcester Handicap" of 20 sovs. each, with 100/. added, have already been published in this paper; forty- one horses are entered, and it is hoped that the handicap will induce a large muster at the post. This event will be looked forward to with the deepest interest, not only by the sporting men of our own county but by the " bloods" of Tattersall's; and indeed from what we hear of the interest which this race excites throughout the country we are induced to believe that it will present features of attraction which will make it second to no provincial event of the kind. In London, Manchester, and Liverpool this race is looked forward to— being the first steeple chase of the season— as a test of qualification, which will be of considerable value in estimating the chances of competitors in events to follow, and hence a very large attendance of sporting men is anticipated. Already we find that nearly all the beds in the principal inns are bespoken. The steeple chases come off on Friday week, ( Nov. 6) and the flat races on the Wednesday and Thursday previous. A great deal of anxiety has been expressed on the part of the people of Worcester that the steeple chase should come oft' in the immediate neighbourhood of this city ; and our readers may depend upon our assurance that their wishes on this point will be fully carried out. Having now " had our say" for the present on the grand event of this meeting we turn to the other event of Friday the " Worcestershire Free Handicap Hurdle Race" of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added. The entries and weights for this affair were made known on Tuesday, and will be found published in our fourth page. They present an array of no less than 98 horses, including many of those entered for the steeple chase, and most of them having pretensions of no mean character. The entry is numerous, we believe beyond precedent, but this is to be accounted for, in a great measure, by its peculiar conditions, there being no forfeit. Of course the acceptances will depend upon the owners' opinions of the handicap, but as these are not required to be declared before November 1, we shall not be in a position to give any further information of the matter even next week. There can, however, be no doubt that out of so numerous an entry there must be a large field. We wish the affair well over, but we must confess that we are no admirers of hurdle races. Although we have left our notice of the " flat races" until the last, they are assuredly not the least " in our dear love." It is notorious that the " Worcester Autumn eeting ' invariably presents a brilliant finish to the racing events of the season, and affords such sport as is rarely to be met with at any other time, or in any other place. This being somewhere about the last of ( he flat s for the season, there is always a good entry of horst, , r owners giving them a chance of winning their winter's corn, before they lie by for the season. There will be three prizes to be contended for on each day, as usual, and as at this meeting all are heats, the work must necessarily be done " fast and furious," in order to get through it before dark. In addition to the events already enumerated, we should observe that the cards will present two matches to be run at this meeting. The following are the conditions:— M ATCII— 200 sovs., half forfeit. Three miles; over six hurdles. Mr. Williams' Limerick, 12st. 101b.; Mr. Mytton's ro. m. Gipsey Queen, 12st. MATCH.— 300/. to 200/., half forfeit. Soi\. . i, 7st. 71b., against Gipsy Queen, 4 yrs, Jst. One mile « ., d a quarter. With such ingredients, we think we have good grounds for prophecying that the Worcester Autumn Meeting of 1846 will eclipse all its predecesors in point of attraction ; and that it bids fair to throw into the shade all other country meetings of the kind. In older that no attraction may be wanting, the Hunt Committee have so arranged the first week's meetings of the hounds for the season, under the new management, as to afford two days' hunting to our visitors. The hounds will meet on Tuesday, the day preceding the races, at Monk's Wood Green, and on Saturday, the day after the steeple- chases at the Kennel. TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKE?.—. 3 to I ai; st Alarm ( take 7 to 2); 10 to 1 agst Sister to Joanna colt ( taken); 11 to I a,' st la„' o ; 14 to 1 a^ st Sting i takfn) : 15 to 1 a^ st Conspiracy ( taken); " l 6 to 1 agst Red Ro:> in ( taken); 20 to 1 a^ st Be- t Biwer : taken); 25 to I a^' Garry Owen ; to 1 ajj; st Refraction ; 30 to l a « st Alex* ; taken, • 30 to 1 asjst Lady Wildair; 33 to 1 ajjst Laundryraaid ; 33 to 1 a"' st Sisler to Pi'rgularfa; 35 to 1 agst False Report; 40 to 1 a;; st Evenus ( taken); 40 10 I a ^ st Terrier ( taken ; 50 to 1 a„' st K" slien" ( taken)- 50 to 1 agsi Sorella; 1,000 to 10 a^' St Cherry ( taken!; ftlOO to 10 agsi To'ir de I'Vnee ( taken) ; 3,000 to 300 on " Alarm agst Syrella THE CRITERION STAKKS. — 7 to 4 ; igst Planet, ( taken). DERBV.— 8 to 1 agst Van Tromp ( taken) ; 50 to 1 agst Miss Iris colt (. taken) ; 00 to 1 a>; sr West India Planter. HUNTING APPOINTMENT. THE WORCESTERSHIRE HOUNUS.-^ half- past ten. Tuesday .... Nov. 3 Monk Wood Green. Saturday — 7 The Kennels. General Tom Thumb, as he is cailed, paid a visit to Kidderminster on Friday and Saturday last. THE CASE OF HOJIICIDE AT BIRMINGHAM.— With reference to the death of a woman named Keefe, who we stated in our last had died in consequence ol injuries inflicted bv her husband, the coroner's jury have returned a verdict of " Homicide by misadventure." IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. We extract the following remarks from a recently published work of an intelligent Scottish traveller, J. Burn Murdoch, Esq. hrough France and Italy. After meniioning the great delay, and imposiiion to which a fellow- traveller ( a co; ich- builder by' trade who was going out to Naples upon a contract for a year, to the Naples and Custellamare Railway Company,) had been ex- posed in his journey across France to Marseilles, from his total ignorance of the French language; he proceeds—" At present when railways are extending over the whole continent of Europe, there will be a great demand abroad for British skill; and numbers of our young men will find employment both in the formation and conducting of such undertakings. I would therefore strongly inculcate upon the managers of Mechanics' Institutions, and other seminaries more particularly devoted to the education of artisans, the propriety of establishing a French class in each of them. A course of six months' instruction in the French language would be of inestimable advantage. Upon first landing in France, the words used would not be quite new to them, and in a very short time the language would be acquired in sufficient fluency for every purpose in life." We are happy to say that the Worcester Literary Institution, among its many other advantages, affords facilities for acquiring he French language and drawing at a very moderate price. LECTURE ON THE HEALTH OF TOWNS.— A lecture was delivered at the Cheltenham Literary and Philosophical Institution, last Tuesday evening, " On the Health of Towns," by J. Orwin, Esq., M. R. C. S., of this city. There was a numerous and respectable auditory. Thomas Wright, Esq., M. D., one of the Vice- presidents of the Institution, took the chair, and introduced the lecturer, by making a few brief remarks upon the nature of the subject about to be treated. Mr. Orwin's lecture comprised the remarks contained in his address recently delivered in this city. In the course of his observa- tions on this interesting subject, he showed in what manner defective drainage tended to deteriorate the atmosphere, as well as the water which was used for household purposes, after which he explained the advantages of ventilation aud of personal cleanliness, illustrating the former division of his subject by a number of very well executed diagrams. He detailed in tho course of his lecture some startling evidence by numerous distinguished men who had examined into the question, as well as statistics collected by the commission, and contained in reports of the Registrar General, all of which justified the conclusions he contended for. He also explained the calculations which has been made as to the economical advantages of drainage and improved public health, concluding a most instructive and valuable lecture, by- repeating the arguments he he had endeavour prove, namely, that owing to the causes stated the healtii of the population of towns was found to be much inferior to that of the country,— that the average duration of life between the two divisions of the population differed not less than twenty years on an average,— that this limited period was spent amidst disease which might be almost wholly eradicated,-— that the expense of present remedies for the system exceeds the cost of the proposed ouies— and finally, that the evils complained of produced wide- spread moral as well as physical disease, which might be removed or counteracted by the improvements proposed;— thus both the moralist, the philan- thropist, aud the politician, could be safely ca :- d upon to combine for these great changes so much desirt j - nd so easy of attainment. At the conclusion a vote of tham. s was pro- posed to the lecturer, which on being put from the chair, was carried by acclamation. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO A CLERGYMAN AND FOUR OTHER PERSONS.— On Wednesday an accident took place near Shoreditch Church, by which five persons met with most serious injuries. It appears that the Rev. Richard Cruttwell, Rector of Spexhall, near Wickham Market ( who had been on a visit to the metropolis), was driving a spirited horse in a chaise along the Old- street- road. At the corner of Hoxton Old Town the horse took fright at a railway carriage placed on a truck. The Rev. Gentleman used all his endeavours to restrain the animal, but without effect; he dashed madly forward until the chaise came in violent collision with a cart laden with bricks, literally smashing the chaise to pieces, the Rev. Mr. Cruttwell being thrown with fearful violence to the ground ; the horse, finding himself disengaged, rushed on, and in its progress knocked down an aged woman residing in the Shoreditch Almshouses, and also a little child, both of whom were much hurt. A man endeavouring to stop the frightened animal, was also knocked down and severely injured ; as also the waterman of the Shore- ditch rank, who received a severe contusion of the left eye, and his arm and leg severely injured. The horse then ran on to the pavement and smashed several panes of glass in the Albion Coffee- house, and continued its career until it was secured in the burial- ground of Shoreditch Church, which fortu- nately happened to be open. On the Rev. Mr. Cruttwell being picked up he appeared to be insensible, and it was found that his collar- bone and two of his ribs were broken. ATTEMPT TO SET FIRE TO A MILL AT LEEDS.— A young man, named J. J. Hall, is now in custody at Leeds, charged with having wilfully attempted to fire the flax- mill of Messrs. Ines and Atkinson, one of the largest in the town. On Tuesday circumstances of a strongly suspicious character were stated before the Magistrates, and the prisoner was remanded. He is apprenticed as a clerk to the above firm, and, apparently, is not more than 16 or 17 year* of age. 1 LEASING TESTIMONIAL.— On Wednesday afternoon, according to previous arrangement, a dinner was given at the Sw< n Hotel, Tewkesbury, to Mr. John Rayer, bv his neighbours, on the ocrasion of his retiring from his farm at Twynhig, and hi testimony of the great respect they emwtfcin for him. Capt. R ' of Hillsworth, Longdun, and Mr. Ri<- hmi Procior presided on the occasion, and there were nearly 100 gentlemen ptesent. After dinner the health of the respected guest was given and responded to in the most enthusiastic manner by ihe whole company, to which Mr. Rayer replied in suitable terms. The remainder of the evening was spent in the most pleasant manner, and the party did not break up until a lata hour. ACCIDENTAL DEATH. — On Friday evening, aa inquest was held before W. Robinson, Esq., at the house of Benjamin Bill, Cross- street, Dudley, upon the body of Isaac Harper, whose death occurred under the following circum- stances:— On Thursday morning, he was at work at the Wren's Nest Lime Works, in a pit belonging to Lord Ward, when a portion of the mine suddenly fell upon him, and caused his death. He was not extricated for four hours and a half, and when taken out he was quite dead. The poor fellow was only twenty- six years old, and was a very worthy and well con- ducted man. A witness named Porter said he had been st limestone miner eighteen years, and at the time the stone fell he did not apprehend any danger. The inquest was attended by the Rev. W. Davis, who appears to have known the deceased, and on this account was anxious to become acquainted with all the facts of the case. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." FATAL ACCIDENT.— Mr. Hyde held an inquest this afternoon ( Friday) at the Infirmary, on the body of Thomas Freeman, aged 45, labourer, of Tibberton. The deceased was picking apples on the farm of Mr. Matthews, of Tibberton, and while so eugaged, the bough on which ha was standing gave way, and he fell to the ground, and injured the spine of his back so severely that he died on Thursday. Verdict accordingly. LORD ROSSE'S TELESCOPE.— The paragraph in circu- lation last week respecting an attempt to demolish this noble work of science, made by two persons from Cheltenham, turns out to be a stupid hoax. ANOTHER ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.— Yes- terday morning the bakers in nearly every locality of tho metropolis made a still further advance of one half penny in the price of the quartern loaf, making about the fifth rise in price during the present month. The prices range ( according to locality) from 8d. to lid. the 41b. loaf. In the low neigh- bourhood of the New Cut, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, and its immediate vicinity, the price is only :. i some instances, aud 8d. in others. In n the Blackfriare d, Southwark, the Borough, and other parts of the Surrey side of the river, the latter sum is the utmost demanded', except for full- priced bread. In the City, without exception, the price is ts£ d. and 9d..; 8.3d. and 9d. is charged in the vicinity of Clare- market and Picket- street, whilst for a similar article but 7Jjd. and 8d. is ci inauded at Whitechapel, Poplar, East Smithfield, & c. Iu some neighbourhoods 110 less than 9| d. is charged per 41b. loaf. The amount charged for the best or " full- priced" bread averages from between 9| J. to 10£ d. and lid. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF LIVERPOOL.— Au inquest was held last Tuesday, at Kingston, by Mr. Carter, the coroner tor East Surrev, upon the rpmalnt of M ary, the Dowager Countess of Liverpool, relict of the late Earl of Liverpool, who died suddenly at Norbiton Halt, the residence of her nephew, R. H. Jenkinsqn, E- q., on Sunday last. It appeared from the evidence ot Marv Hawkes, her ladyship's waitingwoman, that on Sunday morning cnout eiyht o'clock, she went into the deceased's room, and on looking at the bed she observed that the deceased looked very pallid, and that she had not moved from the position in which sue had left her on the previous night. She was so struck with her ladyship's appear- ance that she ran down stairs and gave an alarm, and another domestic returned witl\ her to the be I room, when they found that their mistress was dead. Mr W. S Roots, surgeon, of Kingston, deposed that he had known the deceased lady for 24 years, ar. d during the last twenty years he had been her medical attendant. He considered her of very sound mind, but her health was at most times delicate, in conseqnenre of her suffering from a disease of the heart and lungs, and which he was satisfied would sooner or later end fatally. He was quite satisfied that the deceased had died a natural death, and the Jury therefore immediately returned a verdict that the deceased died a natural death, from disease of ihe heart. The deceased lady was born in 1777, and was ihe daughter of Chailes Chester, Esq., brother to the first Lord Ba.-' ot. She was married to the late Earl on the 24; h of September, 1822. His Lordship was previously married to Lady Ljuisa Hervey, daughler to the fourth Earl ol Bristol, but bad no issue, nlthough twice married. He expired on the 4th of December, 1828, and was succeeded by the present Earl, late Lord Steward to uie Queen's Household CONVICT EXPENDITURE.— Convict expenditure at New Soulii H ales aud Van Diemen's Land amounted ( according to a Parliamentary paper) to £ 300,0t; 0 in i841- 5, £ 250,000 in 1845- 6, and a similar sum in t. ie present year. I h • con- ucis at home an i at Gibraltar . uid Bermuda cost iu 18415, £ « 7,090; in 1845 6, £ 62,350; and in the present year, 1846- 7, £ 2,330. SINGULAR CAPTURE OF AQUATIC BIRDS.— Thismorn- iug au extraordinary capture of two Stormy Petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens as these birds are popularly called, took place by a peison passim; along the fields under Perry Wood, near this city," the birds having been, as we are informed, knocked down with a whip. Thi9 is a most remarkable captuie, occurring at such a distance frutn the sea, and it is supposed that the birds have been forcei so far inland by the recent high winds. They are now in the possession of Mr. Robins, bird stuffer, of the Corn Maiket, who also has several specimens of the grey phalarope. which have recently been captured in this neigh- bourhood. THE WELLINGTON STATUE.— The whole of the scaffold is removed, so that the statue can now be viewed distinctly. THREE HUNDRED POUNDS STOLEN.— On Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, a daring burglary was com- mitted at Birdcourt, Walbrouk. The robbery was effected by opening the door of the rootn on the second floor, in the occupation of Mr. Needle, the landlord of the house, which is let out in oflic es, and the thieves succeeded in carrying off a brass- bound mahogany writing desk, upon which was a brass plate, engraved with Mr. Needie's iuitials, " W. N.", and which contained notes and gold to the amount of £ 300, as also valuable memoranda. KIDDERMINSTER, OCT. 22.— Wheat sold to- day at a slight enhancement in price over last week's rates. Barley and beans unaltered iu value. Prices ranged as follows-.— Wheat, 7s 2d to 8s lid; malting barley, 5s ^ d to 5s lOd : beans, 5s4dto6s8d; peas, 5s 4d to 7s Od per bushel. WORCESTER HAY MARKET OCT. 17.— Best old hay per ton, £ 6 to £ 3 3s ; inferior hay, £ 2 5s to £ 2 15s; new hay, £ 2 15s to £ 2 17s Od; straw, £ 2. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 20.— Best hay, £ 3. 12. 6d. to £ 4 ; new ditto, £ 3 5s to £ 3 10s per ton ; straw, £ 2 Os to £ 2. 10s. BIRTHS. Oct. 13, at Onibury, near Ludlow, the lady of the Rev. W. E. Lumb, of a son. Oct. 15, at Summer Bank, near Kidderminster, the lady of Mr. S. Tolley, of a son. MARRIAGES. Oct. 12, at Martley Church, by the Rev. E. A. Davies, Mr. Michael Davis, of the Hope House, son of Mr. Daniel Davis, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Potter, of the Rodge Hill Farm, all of Martley. Oct. 13, at Blurton Church. Staffordshire, by the Rev. John Hutchinson, M. A., George Henry, only son of Henry Bask- comb, Esq., of Chislehurst, Kent, to Sarah, only daughter of Charles Harvey, Esq., banker, Lane- end, and a Magistrate of the county. Oct. 14, at Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, by the Rev. John Brown, Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, the Rev. Fielding Palmer, Vicar of Felmersham, Beds, to Frances Emily, only daughter of Captain John Campbell, Lansdowa Crescent, Cheltenham. Oct, 15, at the Church of St. Mary de Crypt, by the Rev. R. Trimmer, Fellow of Wadham College, Oxfurd, the Rev. Wm. H. 11. Merriman, B. A., of Brasenose College, Oxford, to Eliza, eldest daughter of S. Trimmer, Esq., of Gloucester Oct. 17, at the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, byr the Rev. G. Hewlings, Mr. Henry Pastridge, of Whittington, to Miss Louisa Eellitt, of London Road, in this city. Oct 18, at the parish church, Kidderminster, Mr. Joha Jones, of Trimpley Green, to Mary, widow of Mr. Thomas Humphreys, painter, Kidderminster. Oct. 19, at St. Nicholas Church, by theRev. W. H. Havergal, Mr. Thomas Field, to the eldest daughter of Mr. J. Millard, of this city. Oct. 19, at All Saint's Church, Mr. Richard Evans, of Angel Street, in this city, to Ann Chapman, of Alcester. DEATHS. Oct, 11, at Clifton, Eliza Ann, wife of Captain Chambers, R. N., and daughter of T. W. Hodgetts, Esq., Hagley, in this county. Oct. 12, in Dublin, Francis Beaufort Edgeworth, Esq., son of the late Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq., of Edgeworth's Town, Ireland, aged 37. Oct. 13, at Tewkesbury, in the 53rd year of her age, Maria, wife of Mr. Edward Robinson, deeply regretted by her numerous family and friends. Oct. 14, the Rev. G. Saxby Fenfold, D. D., Rector of Trinity, St. Marylebonj, and of Kingswinford, Staffordshire. Oct. 14, deeply regretted, Mr. Thomas Thrupp, blacksmith, Hawford, agep 50. Oct, 15, at Dudley, aged 87, Esther, relict of Edward Guest, Esq. Oct. 15, at Onibury, near Ludlow, the infant son of the Rev. W. E. Lumb. Oct. 15, at the residence of his father, at Stratford- on- Avon, Master Stephen Adams, aged 15; he was a young musician of great promise, and had been recently appointed by the Rev. T. R. Medwin, A. M., organist to the Chapel of the Holy Cross, iu that town. Oct. 16, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Reynolds, Newton, Salop, deeply regretted by her family and friends, Mrs. Everall, of Tenbury, aged 70, the respected relict of Mr. John Sverall, buildjr, of the same town. Oct. 17, at Gloucester, aged 64, Elizabeth Frances Catherine, relict of Henry Pcumsey, Esq., of Chesham, and daughter of the late Sir Robert Murray, of Stanhope, Bart. Oct. 17, Mr. John Collins, butcher, Cropthorne, aged 72. Oct. 17, of consumption, in the 23rd year of his age, Thomas, second son of Mr. William Shipway, of Hanley Castle in this county. Oct. 17, Mr. Wm. Beaman, Welsh Gate, Bewdley, aged 77. Oct. 18, at her residence, 14, Upper Grosvenor Street, the Hon. Harriet Grimston, aged 69. Oct. 19, in the 5th year of her age, from the effects of scarlet fever, Mary Ann, the beloved and only daughter of Mr. Charles Bird, of the Bath Road, in this city. Oct. 20, in the 42nd year of his ago, Mr. Thomas Tyler, Anchor Inn, Bewdley, much respected by a large circle of relatives aud friends. Oct. 20, at Hagbourn Vicarage, Berks, in the 16th year of his age, Edward, second son of the Rev. R. Meredith, vicar. Lately, at his house, Dudh> y, after a severe illness, Mr, B » Shaw, solicitor. T H E W O R C E S T E R S H I R E G U A R D I A N , S A T U R D A Y , O C T O B E R 119 1, 1 8 4 6. A WOMAN'S SHORTCOMINGS. ( By Elizabeth Barrett Barrett.) She has laughed as softly as if she sighed; She has counted six and over, Of a purse well filled, and a heart well tried— Oh, each a worthy lover ! They " give her time for her soul must slip Where the world has set the grooving : She will lie to none with her fair red lip— But love seeks truer loving. She trembles her fan in a sweetness dumb, As her thoughts were beyond her recalling; With a glance for one, and a glance for some, From her eyelids rising and falling ! — Speaks common words with a blushful air; — Hears bold words, unreproving : But her silence says— what she never will swear— And love seeks better loving. Go, lady ! lean to the night- guitar, And drop a smile to the hiinger; Then smile as sweetly, when he is far, At the voice of an in- door singer ! Bask tenderly beneath tender eyes; Glance lightly, on their » noving; And join new vows to old penuries— But dare not call it loving I Unless you can think, when the soug i3 done, No 01 her is soft in the rhythm ; Unless you can feel, when left by One, That all men beside go with htm ; Unless you can know, when unpraised by his breath, That your beauty itself wants reproving ; Unless you can swear—" Fcr life, for death !"— Oh, fear to call it loving ! Unless you can muse, in a crowd all day, On the absent face that fixed you ; Unless you can love, as the angels may, With the breadth of heaven betwixt you; Unless you can dream that his faith is fa9t, Through behoving aud unbehoving ; Unless you can die when the dream is past— Oh, never call it loving ! - Blackwood. VARIETIES. THE CLASSICS.—- The boys of a certain academy for young gentlemen, were at some uproarious game, in the play- ground, when one of the most noisy amongst them lustily- called out " Fire away ! mind your eye." The master coming down upon them at the moment these words were uttered, ordered the young vociferator to go into the school- rooin and • write them in Latin. He brought forth the following. " Ignis via ! mens tuus ego." The rays of the sun will put out a fire very quickly. They rarify or disperse the oxygen which feeds the tire. It is by no means a popular fallacy. The pretended science of modern times is as often wrong as right. A large fire will put out a little one in the same room, for, it robs the little one of the draught that feeds it. Fire lives upon cold oxygen, and burns brightest in cold weather or in cold draughts. Moreover it burns best at night, or when the blinds are down and its great rival is shut out. To PRESERVE EGGS.— Put an egg for one minute in water just about to boil ( it will not in that time be hard), and it • will afterwards keep well for a month. Steep one for a short time in sweet oil, and it will keep for half a year. ANECDOTES OF BARKINGTON, THE FAMOUS PICKPOCKET. — At one of the music meetings in St. Martin's Church, for the benefit of the Leicester Infirmary, I noticed a tall, hand- some man, in a scarlet coat, with a gold button hole in a black collar, the fashion of the day, moving with a gentleman- like air. This person proved to be the notorious Barrington, the pickpocket. On going up the middle aisle he was invited into the Mayor's pew, and sat between Miss St. John and Mr. Ashby, of Queenby, our late Member of Parliament. One of the plates was held at the door by this lady and gen- tleman, and when Mr. Barrington laid his guinea upon the plate ho was kindly thanked by his new acquaintance, aud passed on with a graceful bow. The gentry who held the plates retired into the vestry to add their contributions, and when Mr. Ashby would have placed his ten guineas on the plate, to his utter astonishment they had flown from his pocket. After considerable amazement the mystery was explained by one of the company remarking that Miss St. John's pocket was turned inside out; and that the gentleman who sat between them had helped himself to the subscription jhe had put on the plate, and something besides. It is said that Barrington facilitated his operations by instruments, • which he had made for the purpose. I recollect a circum- stance of this kind. He waited on a surgical instrument maker, and ordered a pair of scissors of a curious form. A few days afterwards he called for them, liked them, and paid two guineas which the maker charged. After he had left the shop, the cutler's wife said, " My dear, as the gentleman seemed so much pleased with the scissors, I wish we had asked him what use they were for. He might recom- mend us. Do run after him." The cutler scampered out of the shop, and overtaking the gentleman, hoped he would excuse him, but would he tell him what use he intended to make of the scissors? " Why, my friend," said Barrington catching him by the button of his coat, and staring him in the face, " I don't know whether I can tell you ; its a great secret." " O pray do, sir, it might be something in our way." Upon which Barrington pressing hard upon his shoulder, • whispered in his ear. " They are for picking of pockets." In the usmost consternation the scissors- maker ran back, and, the moment he got into the shop," My dear," he cried, " will you believe it, they are for picking of pockets." " Yes, my dear," cried the wife," what is the matter with your clothes V' The cutler looked, and presently discovered that the scissors had extracted the two guineas he had just received for them. — Gardiner's Music and Friends. THE ARCHBISHOP OK DUBLIN AND THE FAMINE PRAYER.— The Dublin Evening Mail says—" The Arch- bishop of Dublin protests against the form of prayer prepared by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and agreed upon by her Majesty in Council, as well as to that settled by the Lord Lieut at of Ireland, humbly imploring the Almighty God to avert from these countries the impending calamity of famine. The objections are of a twofold nature— legal and spiritual. Dr. Whatelv denies the constitutional right to issue such a command ; and, as he considers the visitation a direct judgment from God, he lo< k- at any attempt at pro- pitiating the Divine wrath in the nature of a blasphemy. His giace preached a sermon upon this subject yesterday in the Episcopal Chapel of St. Stephen, in which he expounded his views, political aud religious. Copies of the form of public prayer, as it appeared in the Gazette, were distributed throughout the Church, but were subsequently removed, and the prayer was not read— orders, as it was said, to that effect having been issued by the Archbishop." TRANSLATION OF THE LORD BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN TO THE SEE OF ST. ASAPII.— We now announce the translation of the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man to the see of SI. Asaph. Dr. Short is, at this moment, in point of fact, Bishop of St. Asaph, and will, if the state of the weather permit, accompanied by Mrs. Short, leave the Isle of Man this evening, for England. Mrs. Short will not return again, and his Lordship will only return for the purpose of winding up his affairs as our diocesan, preliminary to his leaving us for good and all. The announcement here made by us will, we are sure, strike every Manxman, who has the welfare of his country at heart, with extreme sorrow. Since the death of Bishop W'ilson no such blow has fallen upon the Isle of Man as the removal of Bishop Short. Learned, affable, active to a proverb, and zealous, heart and soul, in the performance of every good work — open in purse, wherever money was required for any benefi- cial purpose— we look in vain to the body of English clergy for any man capable of occupying the position which he thus vacates. Bishop Short was appointed to the see of Sodor and M an by a Whig Ministry. A Whig Ministry has again the power of nominating his successor. God grant that they may evince similar judgment and sound discretion in the latter matter as they did in the former. As yet we can give no intimation respecting the perscn who is to succeed Dr. Short. A few week, perhaps days, at the utmost, will throw light upon the subject.— Isle of Man Church of Enqland Journal. TAPPING AN AQUEDUCT.— A novel case of fraud ' Jas been lately discovered near Boston, in America. An aque- duct company which supplies the city of Salem with soft water, were at a loss to account for a failure of the supply for some time past, and went to great expense of examination of logs and pipes to discover the supposed leak. A labourer in a tannery revealed the secret— that his master, a pro- prietor of a very large establishment, had secretly tapped one of the logs, and had been for a considerable time drawing from it with a pipe whose capacity was ten gallons a minute. He had thus not only supplied his own tan- yard, but had let out a right to one of his neighbours, who was ignorant whence the water came. He was arrested and held to large bail. OPEN BOAT ENTERPRISE.— We mentioned a short time since, that a party of young men made an excursion, in an open boat, from Liverpool to Bangor, rowing all the way, and being out two nights during the voyage. The same indi- viduals proceeded, a few days ago, on a similar expedition from Liverpool to Douglas, again hugging the shore as much as possible. On the first night they passed Formby, Black- pool, and Fleetwood. They pulled from the last- named place about ten o'clock, p. m., and met with a thick fog, and after- wards with a stiff breeze. In the morning they saw White- haven and the Scotch coast, and in the evening arrived at Douglas. DESECRATION OF THE DEAD.— Although within the last few days public attention has been called to the exhuming the remains of several hundred persons at the burial- ground attached to the St. Giles's workhouse, in Short's- gardens, no measures have been taken by the Board of Guardians or other parochial authorities to suspend the operation. The consequence is, that workmen, to the number of 26, are still engaged at their revolting task, which, according to present appearances, car. not be brought to a termination for many days to come. Some idea may be formed of the quantity of human remains disturbed from the fact that, although the portion of ground already excavated is 80 or 100 feet long by 20 or 30 feet in breadth, and 15 feet deep, the workmen still continue to discover coffins, heaped so closely together, that they at first resemble a heap of boards crushed together by some superincumbent weight. All the coffins, however, dis- covered up to the present period did not present this appear- ance, as some of them were found to be quite firm, even after the lapse of so many yeers, exposure to the air, and the operation of removal. It would appear that at the time the more ancient coffins were deposited, it was not the custom to affix inscription plates, as many of the lids still sound bear the initials of the deceased person and the date marked out in metal nails. Many of the coffins would seem to have been originally covered with some dark- coloured cloth, as the remains of some 6uch material are still attached to them. On Tuesday morning four of the . temporary boxes or coffins, each containing the relics of about 30 persons, were conveyed in the parish hearse to the new burial- ground, St, Pancras- road. — Times of yesterday ( Thursday), gpmtng, WORCESTER AUTUMN RACES, NOVEMBER 4TH, 5TH, & 6TH, 1846. st. lb. Entry for the Free Handicap Hurdle Race 11 10 Mr. Wesley's ch. h. Councillor, h. b. aged. 11 8 Mr. Bevill's Lycurgus. 11 8 Mr. Roger's The Page, aged. 11 6 Mr. B. Y. Shipley's br. m. Brunette, late Duenna, aged. 11 4 Mr. S. Brown's br. g. Wiverton, aged. 11 0 Mr. G. Higgins's br. g. The Pope, by the Cardinal, h. b. aged. 11 0 Mr. Smith's b. m. Miriam. 11 0 Mr. W. C. Markham's Tomboy, 6 yrs. 11 0 Mr. Bevill's Lattitat. 11 0 Mr. Revill s Roulette. 11 0 Mr. Turner's Sands, 6 yrs. 11 0 Mr. Smith's ch. g. Tramp, by Truant, h. b. 6 yis. II 0 Mr. Biss's Wilton, aged. 11 0 Mr. Mosely's b. g. Jerry, h. b., aged. 11 0 Mr. Samphugh's Legacy, by the Bard, 6 j- rs. 11 0 Captain Willi, in's b. g. The Bed Lancer, by Crescent, dam Jenny Wren, aged. 11 0 Mr. Messer'sBelshazzer. 10 12 Mr. Davenport's Thurgarton, h. b. 5 yrs. 10 12 Mr. E. Humphrey's ch. g. Limerick, by Sloven, out of a young 10 12 Mr. C. N. Parker's ch. g. Ascot, aged. 10 10 Mr. B. Austin's br. g. Little Johnny, aged. 10 10 Mr. Lamplugh's Erebus. 10 10 Mr. K. Humphrey's b. g. Sam Weller, by Wamba, out of Jessy h. b., aged. 10 10 Mr. Smith's Commodore. 10 8 Mr. W. Vevers' Little Tommy. 10 8 Mr. Farrall's br. m. Ermengardis, aged. 10 8 Mr. E. Allen's b. g. Molecatcher, 5 yrs. 10 8 Mr. Pearce's Jack. 10 8 Mr. J. Mills' b. h. The Condor, aged. 10 8 Mr. T. L. Bewer's b. g. Bold Davy, aged, 10 8 Mr. J. Cartin's Rochester. 10 7 Mr. Smith's Obed. 10 7 Mr. Pearce's Foxberry. 10 7 Mr. Smith's br. g. Mulatto, aged. 10 7 Captain Bainett's Marengo. 10 6 Mr. Oakey's b. m. Valeria, 4 yrs. 10 6 Mr. T. Morris's ch. g. Tamworth, h. b. aged. 10 6 Mr. S. Brown's ch. g. St. Alban's, 6 yrs. 10 4 Mr. Dixon's b. m. Waitress, aged. 10 4 Mr. B. Humphrey's b. g. Nimble Harry, late Why Not, by Waverly, dam by Goliah, h. b. aged. 10 4 Mr. Knight's br. h. Kerdiffstown, by the Conqueror, out of the Maid of Ardee, by Napoleon, 6 yrs. 10 4 Mr. P. Snaith's ch. g. Adrian, aged. 10 4 Mr. J. Hankius' Clinker, by Turcoman, aged. 10 4 Mr. Higgins' b. g. Forest Boy, h. b. 5 yrs. 10 4 Mr. Isaac Day's Marius, aged. 10 4 Mr. Brown's Red Hawthorn, aged. 10 4 Mr. F. Pembertori's b. m. Victoria. 10 4 Mr. Griffiths's b. h. Pharoah. 10 0 Mr. G. Whitington's b. g. Oliver Comwell, 5 yrs. 10 0 Mr. W. Vevers' Velocity, h. b. 10 0 Mr. W. Vevers' Freeman, h. b. aged. 10 0 Mr. Holloway's br. h. Old George, 5 yrs. 10 0 Captain W. Crofton's b. m. Twilight, 5 yrs. 10 0 Mr. R. Humphrey's ch. m. Tickle my Fancy, h. b. aged. Rainbow mare, h. b. 6 yrs. 10 0 Mr. J. C. Ibbotsom's b. m. Pimento, 5 yrs. 10 0 Mr. E. Morris' br. h. Conservative, h. b. 4 yrs. 10 0 Mr. Sheppard's br. g. Mudlark, aged. 10 0 Mr. Isaac Day's Tarantella gelding, 6 yrs. 10 0 Mr. E. Allen's s; r. g. Isaac, aged. 10 0 Mr. Brown's Roebuck, 4 yrs. 10 0 Mr. Evans's Redstreak, 4 yrs. 10 0 Mr. Turner's b. g. Tincton, aged. 10 0 Mr. Dawson's ch. m. Cherry Bounce, h. b., 6 yrs, 10 0 Mr. Messer's Secundus. 9 12 Mr. Lukes' br. m. Fortune Teller, aged. 9 12 Mr. Frisby nas. b. g. Salopian, 4 yrs. 9 12 Mr. S. Walmesley's ch. h. Heir- at- Law, 4 yrs. 9 12 Mr. Turner's ch. g. Esperance, by Percy, h. b. 4 yrs, 9 10 Mr. Mason's b. m. Jenny Lind, h. b. 4 yrs. 9 10 Mr. W. Vevers' Oliver, h. b. aged. 9 10 Mr. Holman's br. g. Chevy Chase, h, b. 4 yrs. 9 10 Mr. Turner' 3 Charity, by Elis, h. b. 9 8 Mr. Knight's ch. g. Raymond Lully, 4 yrs. 9 8 Mr. Collett's ch. g. Juvenal, 5 yrs. 9 6 Mr. W. Vevers' b. g. Vindicator, by Tom Brown, h. b., 5 yrs. 9 G Mr. Luke's ch. g. Union Jack, 4 yrs. 9 6 Captain Willan's b. m. Matilda, by Albermarle, 4 yr3. 9 0 Mr. B. Austin's b. g. Wizard, 6 yrs. 9 6 General Gilbert's ch. g. by Dandelion, h. b. 6 yrs. 9 6 General Gilbert's b. in. Pomona, by Safeguard, out of Betty Lop's dam. 9 6 Captain Barnett's Maid of Athens. 9 6 Mr. Haynes' b. g. by Young Cadland, 4 yrs., out of Tutela, by Defence. 9 4 Mr. Biss's br. g. The Man of Ross. 9 4 Mr. Godfrey's Spot, by Mur. dig, aged. 9 4 Mr. Isaac Day's Zela, 5 yrs. 9 0 Mr. Hankins' Teresa, 5 years. 9 0 Mr. W. Vevers' Viscount, by Tom Brown, 5 yrs. 9 0 Mr. W. Vevers' br. g. Vitality, by Pollio, 4 yrs. 9 0 Mr. R. Drewitt's br. h. Castledine, 4 yrs. 9 0 Mr. C. Stait's Dapper, by Brutendorf, 4 yrs. 9 0 Mr. Holman's ch. m. Apple Blossom, by Tipple Cider, 4 yrs. 8 6 Mr. W. Vevers' Very Bad, late Co- heiress, 5 yrs. 8 6 Mr. Bates' b. m. Mrs. Lea, h. b., aged. 8 6 Mr. Brown's Hipbnar, aged. 8 0 Mr. W. Davy's b. f. Sister to Dapper, by Brutandorf, dam by Napoleon- le- Grand, 3 yrs. 8 0 Mr. Hcnson nas. ch. c. Castell, by the Count, out of Polly, h. b. 3 yrs. 8 0 Mr. S. Batten's ch. c. Sir Harry Smitb, 3 yrs. 8 0 Mr. Pearce's Joe Banks, 3 yrs. The above horses will be " scratched" unless notice for them to remain in be sent to the Clerk of the Course on or before Saturday, the 31st of October. PROTECTION. DROITWICH COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16th. Magistrates present— Rev. W. Vernon, W. H. Ricketts, and R. P. Amphlett, Esqrs. William Hammond, late of Hanbury, victualler, was authorized to carry on the George Inn public- house, at Stoke Prior, until the next special sessions, to be held for the purpose of transferring licenses; such authority being given on the application of Mr. Matthew Wilson, to whom a license in respect ot the house was granted at the last licensing meeting. William Featherstone, of Oddinglej', farmer, appeared to a summons, issued on the information of his servant, William Milner, for non- payment of wages, due from the former to the latter, amounting " to £ 1 15s. 6d., which Mr. Featherstone refused to pay, alleging that complainant had not fulfilled his contract. From the statement of the complainant, it appeared he had been twice ordered by his master to take his clothes and be off the premises; that he had taken his master at his word, and that the sum claimed was for wages due up to the time of leaving. The Bench considered complainant had been evidently discharged by his master, and an order was made for the amount claimed, and with 6s. 6d. costs. John Stephens, of Elmbridge, labourer, summoned his late master, Richard Williams, of the same place, farmer, for non- payment of £ 1 16s. 6d. wages ; but owing to the summons not being served in due time, the defendant did not appear; a fresh summons was therelore granted, which is returnable next Friday. Mr. Joseph Rose, the overseer of the parish of Dodderhill, summoned two rate payers of the parish, named Samuel Duggan and Joseph, for non- payment of their rates. An order made lor payment in each case, with costs. Benjamin Biscoe, of Astwood Bank, Feckenham, needle maker, appeared to a summons lor assaulting William Hawkes, of the same place, needle maker, on the 8lh instant. The case was dismmissed, both parties agreeing to pay costs between them. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.— Last Tuesday the marriage of Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Herbert, second daughter of the Earl and Countess of Powis, and Mr. Hugh Montgomery, of Grey Abbey, county Antrim, son of the late Mr. Wm. and Lady Amelia Montgomery, was solemnized at St. George's Church, Hanover- square. The Ven. Archdeacon Clive officiated at the nuptial rite. The fair bride, attended by the Ladies Lucy and Harriet Herbert, her sisters, and Miss Clive and Miss Mary Clive, daughters of the Hon. Robert and Lady Harriet Clive, as bridesmaids, was accompanied to the Church by the Countess of Powis ; the bridegroom, and a large circle of friends, having previously arrived. At the conclusion of the solemnity the newly married couple, followed by the numerous family circle, repaired to the Earl of Powis's mansion in Berkeley- square. The Earl and Countess of Powis gave a sumptous dejeuner at the family residence. The company, on their arrival, were ushered to the principal saloon, where on several tables were displayed a large variety of costly presents, including valuable gifts from the Duchess of Northumberland, the Earl of Maccles- field, the Countess of Pembroke, and the Hon. Robert H. and Lady Harriet Clive, & c. At one o'clock the dejeuner was announced, the table at which covers were laid for upwards of 50 guests, abounding with all the recherche luxuries that wealth could command. The bride- cake formed a conspicuous ornament on the table. The wedding party included, in addition to the Earl and Countess of Powis and Viscount Clive, Ladies Lucy and Harriet Herbert, and the Hon. Captain Percy Herbert, the following connections of both families:— The Dowager Duchess of Montrose and Lady Caroline Graham, the Earl and Countess of Antrim, the Earl of Winchilsea, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Parker, Lady Charlotte Chetwynd, the Hon. Capt. and Lady Mary Hood, Lord Sandys, Lord Bangor, Lady Amelia Montgomery, Lord William Graham, the Hon. Robert Henry and Lady Harriet Clive, and Misses Clive, Sir Watkin William Wynn, Bart., Capt. Justice, Mr. and Mrs. George Clive, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clive, Mr. II. B. Clive, Mrs. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Prescott, Mr. Sullivan and Misses Sullivan, Mr. Wharton, & c. The Earl of Winchilsea, previous to the retirement of the company, proposed the health and happiness of the bride and bridegroom, to which Mr. Mont- gomery made a suitable response. At a quarter to three o'clock the bride and bridegroom left town for Danesfield Park, the seal of Mrs. Scott Murray, to pass the honeymoon. The Earl of Powis consideiateiy provided for an entertainmentto be given to the children of the local schools at Welshpool, and the poor of that neighbourhood, in celebration of his daughter's nuptials SINGULAR AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.— An investi- gation lias been going on at Abingdon for the last week into one of the most extraordinary wholesale thefts that can have drawn the attention of the public at any time; and the pecu- liar circumstances of the case altogether, in the number of persons implicated and great extent of property stolen, as well as the long period in which the system has successfully operated, is the theme of wonder throughout the county. By an accidental circumstance, occurring during the transit of some of the stolen goods through the farm of Mr. John Bad- cock, near Abingdon, the suspicions of the local authorities were aroused, and an inquiry was set on foot which has led to the impeachment and consequent incarceration of no less than 17 persons who are stated to have been more or less con- cerned in the matter. During the last two years, as appears by the confession of one of the prisoners, upwards of 100 quarters of malt have been stolen from various malthouses and warehouses in the town, together with a large quantity of hops, amounting to many pockets; and the precautions taken by the thieves have been so well concerted and carried out that no loss of any consequence appears to have been dis- covered. The inquiry is still progressing. The confession of the principal offender is most voluminous as well as astound- ing in character, involving the disclosure of robberies to a vast amount of money. Three or four hundred separate cases of felony have been admitted by three of the prisoners. To the Editor of the Worcestershire Guardian. Sir,— 1 am no prejudiced Protectionist, but I am a Protec tionist, and in making such a confession, I imply, of course, that I am as much a Protectionist as ever, notwithstanding the measures of the last Session of Parliament. Those must be a very sanguine sort of people who suppose that in com- mercial " and agricultural matters a new order of things is about to be introduced under the potent spell of the presidents of Free Trade, such as Sir It. Peel and Air. Cobden. No class of persons are more ingenuous than farmers, and, following the good advice of Lord Stanley, they are never eager to obtrude politics in a meeting especially convened for th; 3 purpose of the exhibition of stock, & c., but at the same time, there are times and seasons when the political bearing of agriculture occupies the profound attention of farmers. Farmers are not men to be led, or to be exclusively influenced by the press in these times of general enlightenment, when every man of common sense will keep a sharp look out after his own interests, for it is not companies, especially railway companies, that will consult for the public interests, if the public is heedless or over- confident. Mr. Hudson even will defend high fares against such a censor as the Times, and when there is such a demonstration, such a manifestation made of a lucrative predisposition, it is rather too much to expect that the farmers are to make a surrender of their property all at once, and submit to be shorn by an unsparing hand. It is superfluous to say that the prosperity of agri- culture is identical with national prosperity. All the en- comiums that were ever passed upon agriculture by the sages of antiquity are as applicable now as ever they were, and the art which fills the body must rank before that which clothes it; at the same lime, that commerce and agriculture ought to go hand and hand together, but the English manu- facturers overlook the importance of the home- trade, which is their best and firmest lriend and ally. People who live in London and Manchester think, perhaps, more of them- selves than of any other people in the world, but still the people who live in the country are a powerful body, and the country people were never rising in intelligence like they are at this present moment. It is remarkable too, that the farmers who are most attached to Protection are those who are situated nearest to such towns as Birmingham, and, from accurate information, I believe it may be said that the War- wickshire farmers are, with very few exceptions, all of them Protectionists, and that the esteem in which they hold Mr. Newdigate, leaves but a small space in their regards to Sir R. Peel or Mr. Dugdale. As the Mark Lane Express says, Free Trade ought to have a fair trial, and depend upon it, that so generous are the English farmers by nature, that not more tenderly does a mother tend her infant child, than the farmers will nourish, as much as possible, Free Trade, which is now so anxiously and confidently committed to their care. But it cannot be denied that Free Trade is an exotic, and does not spontaneously spring out of the English soil. It is only such men as the Duke of Devonshire who can build conservatories fit for the reception and maintenance of those plants which the intemperate climate of England would soon destroy, if they were not protected from its withering effects. Mr. Woodward thinks the farmers will be able to export corn by and by, but it is to be hoped that when the English farmers send away their corn abroad, they will not then be like the Irish, and have nothing leit but potatoes to subsist upon. All classes have an interest in the prosperity of the native soil. Why ? Let Xenophon answer. " When agriculture is well carried on, all the other arts also are in a strong and vigorous condition, but when the earth is forced to lie waste, almost all the other pursuits of life, both by land and sea, have an extinguisher put upon them." Oct. 13. Yours, & c., C. C. C. STATE OF IRELAND. DANGER OF THE " GREAT WESTERN" STEAM- SHIP. The Great Western, on her last outward passage, reached New York on the morning of the 30th ult. after a most stormy passage from Liverpool of eighteen days. Her larboard paddle- box was washed away, she lost two of her quarter- boats, and her deck cabin was considerably damaged. She encountered the gale of the 20th and 21st, commencing at S. W. and veering gradually to N. N. E., with a terrific sea, and besides the washing away of the quarter- boats and paddle- box, sundry other damage was done to the ship. A splinter struck the captain on the head while standing on the poop, and the force of the blow, together with the sea, carried him over the lee quarter, and he was only saved by the nettings. After this sea had passed over, the water gained on the pumps. The sails on the yards, strongly secured by ropes and gaskets, were blown from their furls, and streamed out to leeward in ribbons. But all this was as nothing. About one p. m., whilst most of the passengers were seated in agonising suspense in the lower cabin, holding fast to the tables and settees, a sea struck the vessel, and a tremendous crash was heard on deck. Instantly the cabin was darkened, and torrents of water came pouring down through the sky- lights. Scarcely had the waters reached the floor, when all in the cabins and state- rooms sprang to their feet, and simultaneously, as if by concert, the ladies uttered a scream of agony, so painful, so fearful, and so despairing, the sound of it will never be forgotten. Several fainted, others clasped their hands together in mute despair, whilst many called aloud upon their Creator. The crash was caused by the tearing up of the benches and other woodwork on the quarter deck. These were hurled with violence against the skylights by the same sea which broke the windows of the salson, drenching the berths on the larboard side, driving out their affrighted occupants, whilst it smashed by its weight the glass over the main cabin, and thus forced its way below. This was a period of intense emotion. So violent were the shocks of the vessel, although firmly braced, it was with great difficulty the passengers could prevent themselves being hurled from their seats, and dashed with such violence against a part of the vessel as to endanger life or limb. Many received severe contusions and bruises, notwithstanding all their efforts. It was an awful hour. The most thoughtless cowered in theii" heart before a danger which none but a fool or a brute would have mocked, and all, therefore, accepted the invitation to moet in the cabin for prayers. The Rev. Dr. Smucker prayed- Rev. Mr. Marsh read the 107th Psalm. Rev. Dr. Beecher made a few solemn remarks. Rev. Dr. Balch repeated the words of Our Saviour, " let not your hearts be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in me,"— com- menting briefly on their consoling import, and then invited ail present to join with him in the Lord's prayer; after which he pronounced the Apostolic benediction. The wind, far from abating, was on the increase. The lulls in the storm being less frequent, and the squalls, if anything, more terrific. The whole ocean was one sea of foam, lashing up into terrible waves, wild and angry, whilst the spray and wind seemed driven through the rigging and over the ship, as if with demoniacal power. As darkness came, clustered together iu the cabin, the passengers all thought and reflected on their fate. Most, if not all of them, had given themselves up for lost. In the evening, about nine o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Balch, at the request of several passengers, administered the Holy Communion in the cabin, to upwards of sixty persons— many of whom received it there, for the first time in their lives. " Monday, 21st, 12 30, continues the log, the storm com- menced raging again in all its fury, and the sea a perfect foam, until eight a. m. at which time the clouds began to break, and the squalls were less furious. Got the ship's head to the N. W, and hauled the yards around, the sea still raging as before, and nearly ahead, curling and breaking over the ship iu every direction. At noon the storm ceased but the sea continued more violent till two p. m. at which time it ceased gradually with the wind— having lasted about thirty- six hours; - during which time, it gives me much pleasure to state, my officers and crew conducted themselves with great coolness and presence of mind." A most graphic description of the storm has been published bv the passengers, who appear to have had a very providential escape. They several times gave themselves up for lost. After the storm had ceased, they drew up a resolution of thanks to Almighty God for their deliverance, and also a most complimentary address to the captain and officers of the ship. They subscribed £ 200 for the captain, officers, and crew, and presented the money in two beautiful purses worked by two of the female passengers. They also opened a liberal contribution, with the view of creating a fund for the relief of families whose heads and supporters have been lost at sea, and in compliment to the ship, as well as in commemoration of the signal mercy they experienced in her, it is to be called the " Great Western Fund." When the danger had all passed the captain said, " Thrice on deck I thought destruction inevitable. Each time a sea of such magnitude and power came at the ship, aud I thought it was all over with us. But unexpectedly each broke just at the side of the ship. Sir, the hand of the Lord was in it." The steamer Hibernia reached Halifax on the morning of the 1st instant, after a fine run of llf days from Liverpool. It does not appear from the Halifax papers that she encoun- tered any very heavy weather. THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM SHIP A private meet- ing of some of ihe propnetors of the Great Western Steam Strip Company was held in Bristol on Monday last, for the purpose of taking into consideration the course adopted by the Directors of the Company in not insuring the vessel. It appears that at a late meeting of the Company at their offices, Pnnce's- street, and before the Great Britain left Liverpool, a question was put to the Chairman as to whether the vessel was fully insured or not. The Chairman, in reply, stated it was not, beyond the sum of 18,000/., to secure Mr. Miles's mortgage to that amount on the vessel, as there was some difficulty or differ- ence as to effecting the insurance. One of the proprietors then observed, that if the insurance should not be effected before the ship started for America, the proprietors ought to be informed of it, that each, by a separate insurance, might secure himself to the extent of his shate from loss. The Chairman concurred at once in the propriety of this course; and said that a minute should be made to that effect, and ttie proprietors furnished with the necessary information in good time. They received no intimation, however; and the vessel, at the time she got aground, was only insured to the extent we have stated, 18,000/. Under these circumstances, some of the proprietors conceive that they may hold the Chairman or Directors responsible for their loss; and we have heard that high legal opinion is about to be procured on the point IVi'lmer's European Times, ( Liver- pool paper,) of Tuesday, says that Captain Hosken entertains sanguine expectations of being able to get the vessel oft'. Break- waters, tanks, and other machinery, are now preparing, which will not be put into practical execution for about six week-; and as she now lies fast on a bed of sand between two rocks, it is expected that she will not sustain much more damage. DREADFUL SHIPPING DISASTER.— On Tuesday the Wyoming, Captain Miercken, arrived in the Mersey from Philadelphia, with loss of nlaintopmast and a number of her crew. It appears that she encountered a dreadful storffi in the Atlantic, and that during the time 20 of the hands were on the yards, a heavy sea struck the ship, and knocktd five of them overboard. No efforts could be. made to save them, and they were drowned. Three others were very seriously injured in the legs and other parts of the body. With the exception, chiefly of the county of Tipperary, Ireland is tranquil. Private letters, however, speak in great alarm of the general state of North Tipperary, which is represented to be in a most deplorable condition, owing to the renewal of predial outrages, such as robbery of arms and money, assaults on the person, & c., rendering it quite insecure even for persons not obnoxious to " the people" to quit their homes without taking every due precaution for their per- sonal safety; and this, too, frequently in the open glare of day. The following is one recent instance of Tipperary outrage :— As Mr. H. W. Hobbs, of Bloomfield Park, parish of Sonha, and his family, were preparing to proceed to church on Sunday morning, three armed men came into his parlour and asked of his daughters for their father. They stated they should not see him, when two of them, aided by their mother, grappled with two of the ruffians, while the third man rushed into the drawing- room where Mr. Hobbs was writing a letter, and presented a pistol at him, which, fortu- nately, missed fire. Mr. Hobbs retired to an inner room and locked the door. While they were breaking in after him, he made his escape through a window looking into the garden, where a meat- safe stands. As the party was going round the house in pursuit of him, he kept moving round the safe, which prevented their seeing him. At this time his daughters ran out, crying, " They are coming," which caused them to decamp, pursued shortly after by Mr. Hobbs, who had laid hold of a gun which was placed in the other side of the house. Up to the present there has been no clue to the party. The only cause assigned for this daring outrage, on a most unoffending gentleman is, that he is brother to Dr. Hobbs, of Borrisokane, who, with his wife, fearlessly trans- ported two ruffians at the summer assizes, 184.5, for a most brutal assault on that gentleman and his lady. The doctor cannot pursue his professional avocations without a police escort. In the Cork Examiner of Wednesday there are four deaths from starvation, reported on the authority of correspondents, viz., a man in Skibbereen, who died from want on Sunday morning; two in Castlehaven, and one in Macroom. The Board of Works has now 20,000 men employed in the most distressed baronies in the south aud west of Ireland, and every day this number will be augmented, until— if the demands upon it continue— 300,000 shall be engaged over the face of the country. Mr. Lloyd, the agent of the Ormonde estate in Kilkenny, has issued a circular to the tenantry, recommending the planting and cultivation of the parsnip as the best substitute for the now- doomed potato. The tenants are to be furnished with seed gratis on a certificate being given that the land is properly prepared and manured for its reception. The repeal meeting iu Conciliation Hall, on Monday, was thinly attended. Mr. Costello, barrister, was in the chair. A letter was read from Mr. O'Connell, eulogising the Lord Lieutenant for his energy and promptitude, and the risk and responsibility he had undertaken, but still urging the assem- bling of a " National Committee" in Dublin, to aid Lord Besborough in carrying out his views. Some sparring took place between Mr. John O'Connell and Mr. O'Neill, in conse- quence of some observations which fell from the latter, and his avowal of an intention to offer himself for Dublin. The week's rent was only £ 47. 13s. 4d. JBulttun in ^ aruo. Liebig, the chemist, has received the rank of hereditary nobility in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. The banking establishments in Sheffield have agreed to allow their clerks a half- holiday every Thursday. The Limerick Chronicle says, the navy promotion will come out with the army brevet on tbe* 9th of November. By the will of the late Richard Simmonds, M. D., the National Gallery becomes possessed of pictures to the value of nearly 4,000 guineas, ( all originals;) amongst them the " Idle Servant,'.' " Blind Piddier," " Juugment of Paris," & c. Adrianople was visited, in the middle of September, by another dreadful conflagration: in three hours and a half five hundied shops, three khans, and other buildings, tell a prey to the flumes. The Jews are completely destitute of everything. On Tuesday afternoon a coal barge was run foul of near London Bridge by a sailing barge loaded with sand, and the steersman of the former pitched into the water. Every exertion was made to save him, but he disappeared almost immediately. Sivori, the great violinist, was a passenger by the Great Western steamer, which left Liverpool on the 12th ult., and encountered such such a fearful storm on its passage to New Yoik. Last Sunday afternoon a party of children were proceeding up the Thames in a small pleasuie boat, in the charge of a « atermau, when a lad tell overboard whilst attempting to reach some article out of the river, and was drowned. It is reported that Sir Benjamin D'Urban is to be the new Governor of the Windward and Leeward Islands. No fewer than 3U0 informations were laid last week against the owners of tenements in Liverpool for cellars which were either defective as respects ventilation, or were of inefficient size for human dwellings. It proposed to dispose of this formidable array by hearing filly summonses per diem. On Tuesday, a ballast- engine ran into some trucks on the Hertford line, between Ware and St. Margaret's: the trucks were smashed, and the railway blocked up tor a time. The chess match between Mr. Staunton and Mr. Harwitz, after a struggle of nearly six weeks' uuration, has terminated in favour of the English player. Mr. Stuuntou gained ihe whole of the games in which lie gave no odds, and the majority of those wherein he gave the very large odds of a pawn aud two moves. A gentleman, who will not permit his name to be announced, pro- Eoses to appropriate £ iO, OUU towards the building of a church in eeds. The " Haydon Fund" has now reached £ 3,200. A viaductof no iess than twenty- eight arches will be constructed over the Tweed at Berwick, iu the formation of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway. The Bavarian Government has purchased grain at Odessa to the amount of £ 200,000 for distribution among the destitute. All the flour destined for bread for the army has been thrown into the Tiber by order of tho Pope, as not being tit for use. Foreign flour is prohibited for the future. A man named James Copley, has been fined 5s., for being drunk and smoking in one of the carriages oil the Leeds and Bradford Railway. The men who were wounded in the last campaign on the Sutlej, and who arrived a few days since at Port Pitt, Chatham, are all in the oest Health and spirit-, although severely mutilated. Fifteen or sixteen have this week been fitted with wooden legs, aud may now be seen making their first essay at walking, accompanied by comraues who have lost an arm. The grpat heat of the summer lately ended, as compared with that of 1815, has been the subject of much remark. In August the temperatuie was five degrees, and lust montluSeptember; six degrees higher than in the corresponding months of last year, It is said that a new company is about to bestarted for the purpose of establishing electric telegraphs along the streets of the metropolis. The cost of a call to the bar is about £ 80, of which sum £ 00 goes to the Government in the shape of duty. We take the following from the report of the Watch Committee adopted by the Liverpool Town Council:—" The head constable was ordered to take measures for preventing boys pulling up stones in the streets with leather suckers." Among the persons apprehended on account of the recent bread riots in Paris are two young women, who were disguised in male attire. These girls made themselves remarkable for the virulence with which they excited the mob. The labourers engaged on the Lincoln Railway, during the excavating of the drains leading to Pouedole, have had some luxu- rious meals from the large quantity of eels that have been captured, some of them weighing 511). each. In 1814, the average cost of producing a piece of calico iu Man- chester was £ 1. 3s. lOd., in 1829 it was 5s. lid. Duriug the last fourteen years 2,257 bulls and 2,931 horses have been killed in bull fights at Madrid. In New York there are said to be fifty physicians who practise on the homoeopathic principle. Lord Ashburton has given his Somersetshire tenants the exclusive right to all the game oil their respective farms. The entire population of Lower Canada is 690,782; and the number of inhabitants of French origin is 524,304. There are at this time nearly forty different building societies in London, for the erection of houses in the suburbs. There are 18,000 windmills in Holland, averaging a force of 90,000 horses' power, of which 60,000 are required to keep the country above water. An old friar at Castle Blaney ( Monaghan) is in the receipt of a hansome income by selling holy water at three- pence per bottle to be sprinkled over the fields to cure the potato disease. A ship just arrived in London, from Labrador, has brought 111 hogsheads, 184 tierces, and 10 barrels of suited salmon, and 10U boxes of the same description of fish in a preserved state. Bachelors'Chambers, for the accommodation of young men who go to reside at Manchester on business, are about to be erected, with a view of ensuring to tliem the comforts and character of a home. The exportation of wheat and flour from the kingdom of Belgium is now prohibited. This prohibition is in consequence of the average prices of wheat for two weeks having been above 24 francs per hectolitre. Mr. Charles Yilliers has written to the Morning Herald, contradict- ing a report that he hud been appointed Governor of Bombay. DR. TURNBULL'S TANNING.— The new method is to prepare a mixture of sugar and water and sawdust— it may be of any other substance containing saccharine matter, such as beetroot, potatoes, turnips, honey, & c. The action of the sugar and pyroxalic, or wood- spirit, is so rapid that the skins are rendered fit to receive and imbibe the tannic acid immediately ; and thus the operation of tanning is pefectly accomplished in a very short time. The leather thus produced is heavier and of finer quality than any leather produced by the present method of tanning. This method of removing the lime is of immense importance, as it not only improves the leather in weight and durability, but enables the tanner to produce a superior article in a much less space of time, and at a much less expense than heretofore. The advantages of the new method appear to be, first, a great additional weight of leather, especially in calf- skins ; second, leather of a much better quality, soft, and not liable to crack or strain; third, a considerable diminution in the expense ; and fourth, the tanning is effected in one quarter of the time consumed by the present mode of tanning. CONDENSATION OF SEWAGE INTO SOLID MANURE. An explanatory lecture was delivered in our hearing at the Westminster Literary and Scientific Institution, on Friday last, by the patentee, Mr. William Higgs, who proved clearly enough, the possibility of condensing, iu a solid form, all that is valuable as manure in the sewage of towns, by collecting it in tanks, wherein all that is solid and insoluble, or merely suspended in the fluid, would of course subside, while by the aid of calcareous or other reagents, the soluble phosphates, or phos- phoric acid, & c., might be converted into soluble salts, and pre- cipitated amongst the general sediment, or apart from it, aud the ammoniacal and hydro- sulphuric vapours, uniting in hydro- sulphret of ammonia, be aiso condensed by aid of chlorine, in covered air- tight areas above the tanks, and added, in form of sal ammoniac and sulphur, 10 the other valuable materials ; the residual water of the sewage thus, in effect, being rendered perfectly pure before it issues into the river that may flow in the vicinity of the town. Into the question of the profitable and practicable adoption, or the relative merits of such an economical and save- all system it is not our province to enter, but we may remark, that certainly the health of towns could not but be vastly benefitted by the absorption and solidification of the volatile and unwholesome vapours, hitherto permitted to emanate from sewers, and even by the purification of the rivers, on the banks of which the habitations of man are so frequently con- structed.— The Builder. The fame of HoHoway's Pills in the curc of headaches, dim- ness of sight, deranged stomachs, and disordered livers, as likewise in restoring strength and vigour in debilitated consti- tutions, is so great that even in the East Indies the different castes of natives are taking but little other medicine than these famous Pills. One native agent, in the Presidency of Bombay, sold, lately, retail, fifty- three dozen boxes in fifteen days. The extraordinary cures performed by those Pills, when all other means fail, is truly wonderful. Females will find this a most admirable medicine. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL- WAY.— On Sunday an accident which might have proved of the most alarming consequences, occurred on this line, and, as we regret to state, entirely from the culpable negligence of the company's servants. The train, which, owing to the small number which run on Sundays, was of great length, left Liverpool for London about a quarter- past nine in the morning, and throughout its progress the wheel work or axle of one of the second class carriages was on fire to such an extent that, at every station copious supplies of water were poured upon it, generally by means of the hose used for conducting water into the engines. Instead of diminishing, however, the evil increased, until at last the white smoke issuing therefrom equalled that from a steam funnel. The train proceeded, however, and on account of these interruptions did not reach Birmingham until after its time. On arriving at Birmingham, ihe whole train was taken to the opposite side of the station, and the inspec- tors and porters, owing to the circumstance of a quantity of luggage being on the top of this second- class carriage, were unwilling to have the trouble of changing it, and thus the lives of some hundreds of passengers were placed in the most awful jeopardy. The reluctant travellers being again seated, the immense train again started, and about three miles out of Bir- mingham had acquired its full speed, when a jar was felt, and the carriage leaned several inches on one side. Providentially, a policeman and porter had entered the back partition of the carriage at Birmingham, and one of these succeeded in winding himself round to the back of the vehicle, and in giving the alarm to the guards, and through them to the engine- drivers, when the train was stopped, after having run some distance further. The engine was dispatched to Birmingham for assistance ; signals of danger were hoisted, and after a detention of one hour and ten minutes the carriage was detached. SINGULAR RAILWAY INCIDENT.— Mr. Parker, of Syden- ham, Kent, was travelling by the mail train from Derby to London, on Monday week, and his only companion in the carriage was a gentlemanly man, about thirty. This person began to ramble in his language, and eventually was seized with a fit of raving madness. He prayed fervently— stripped himself naked— thrust his head through the window, cutting his head and neck with the glass— mauled Mr. Parker severely — and then returned to prayers. Mr. Parker called in vain for aid; and ultimately escaped by scrambling into the next carriage, where he found another passenger, who helped him. The madman tried to follow; but the two sane gentlemen succeeded in keeping him out; and he was last seen near the Watford station, running naked by the side of the road. The maniac was found early on Tuesday morning, near Kensal Green, by some labourers on the farm of Mr. Salter, Notting Barns. He came over a bridge, naked with the exception of his trousers and socks, and covered with blood and earth. On being told he was trespassing, he became exceedingly violent, and it required the strength of twelve men to secure him. He was then bound with cords, and handed over to the police, by whom he was lodged in Kensington Workhouse. He stated his name to be Osborne Markbam, and he said that he lived at 94, Mount- street, Berkeley- square. On inquiry this was found to be correct; and thither lie was removed in the evening by a surgeon whom his friends sent for him. He is now recovering, though still in a state of fever. THE DERBY TELEGRAPH DISPATCH— APPREHENSION or A FUGITIVE LADY At Birmingham, on Thursday evening, another instance occurred of the extraordinary working of the above important invention. A lady, name unknown, on that day left Derby, taking with her 400/., and in ihe care of a gentleman. The telegraph was set to work, and the intelligence having been sent up to Birmingham, Mr. Stephens, inspector of police, received information of her arrival, and she is now quite safe with her lover and money in custody. PORT or GLOUCESTER.— At a meeting of the proprietors of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, held last week, it was resolved to appropriate the sum of 10,000/. for the purpose of enlarging the Gloucester Docks, in order to meet the increasing trade of the port. UNPLEASANT POSIT ION.— Mr. B. Arthur, of Wood Street, Queen's- square, on his way from Taunton to this city, last night found himself in a very awkward situation. Being alone with another gentleman, on leaving Highbridge- station, he heard something running down on the seat and bottom of the carriage. Supposing the gentleman unwell, he inquired, but received no answer. Immediately after, the gentleman made a strange noise, something between a cry and a groan, and fell across the bottom of the carriage. It was quite dark, and no person was on either of the seats next to them. On arriving at Banwell it was discovered that he had attempted suicide by cutting bis throat with a pen- knife which was lying on the seat. A man was placed with him, and he was brought on to the Bristol station, where he was recognized and taken off to one of the hospitals.— Bath Journal. MR. ROWLAND HILL AND THE POST OFFICE It is said that Mr. Rowland Hill has been offered the situation of Post- office secretary for Ireland, in the room of Mr. Godby, who is about to be pensioned on his full salary ( 800/. per annum), after fifty years' servitude. This is considered to be the first step, on the part of ihe Government, to the intro- duction of Mr. Hill to the office in St. Martin's le- Grand.— Sunday Paper. THE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED The foll& wing address, rudely written on a card and attached to a parcel, was left at the booking office of the Swan Hotel, in this town, yesterday : " For john carter to be left at the coach office Starford till called For By a hold salior with one thumb."— Staffordshire Advertiser. StQnnmjiral ImfeUigeuce. HOPS. WORCESTER, OCT. 23.— We have still large quantities of hops flowing into our market, and on Saturday last the former prices of good samples were fully maintained. The demand was general, but not so much after inferior lots; some few of which were parted with at about 2s. per cwt. under last week's rates. The weather continuing so very wet a great many planters are deterred from bringing their hops to market, and on Saturday the supply was not quite so large as had been anticipated. The number of pockets weighed on Saturday at the public scales was 880, and in the week 1,621 ; old 23. The number of pookets of new hops which has already been weighed in Worcester market is somewhere about 25,000, and prices are well sustained. The duty is mentioned at £ 32,000, and for the kingdom £ 222,000. BOROUGH, OCT. 19.— The heavy gloom or rather absence of business to any extent, which has hung over the hop market for the last fortnight, has in no wise been removed by any favourable effect of Weyhill fair. The duty is quoted at £ 220,000. Farnhams sold at £ 5. 5s. to £ 6. 6s., some lots £ 6. 15s.; country, £ 5 to £ 6; Wealds are quoted £ 4 to £ 4. 12s., and Sussex £ 3. 16s. to £ 4. 6s. HEREFORD OCT 22.— At the Hereford October fair, on Monday and Tuesday, the old Town- hall was almost filled with pockets and some few tods, and business was by no means brisk. Purchasers held off very much in hopes of a reduction. The prices may be stated at £ 4, to £ 4. 4s., and £ 4. 10s. per cwt. We did not hear of one sample realising £ 5. KENT.— The duty still continues to rule at £ 220,000, with various opinions as to the accuracy of the estimate. This may perhaps be in some degree tested by the amount of the Canterbury collection, which we hear on pretty good authority will turn out something very like £ 45,071. 17s. Id. There were several buyers at our fair on Saturday, but it seems of late years not to have been the fashion to sell here, otherwise there is no doubt sales might have been effected.— Maidstone Journal. THE DUTY.— The Canterbury Journal has the following on this subject, so interesting to speculators at this crisis: " The estimated hop duty has fallen off materially during the past week. A high duty backer gives the following estimate:— Canterbury,£ 45,000; Rochester,£ 66,000; Sussex, £ 63,000; Worcester,£ 30,000; Farnham,£ 16,000; Kingdom, £ 4,000. Total, £ 224,000. But general accounts say that it will not much exceed £ 200,000. FAIRS. HEREFORD OCTOBER FAIR.— This fair, on Monday and Tuesday last, was well attended and well supplied, and the sales were brisk. Fat cows sold at 6d. to 6£ d.; wether mutton, 7d.; ewe, 63d. per lb. Steers were readily disposed of, and store cattle of every description were eagerly bought up, a few months of winter keep being now no object what- ever. Store pigs are still on the decline.— Fcr salt butter a high price was asked, but the holders gave way a little towards evening; the terms obtained may be slated at lis. 6d. 12s., and up to 13s. per stone in the morning; fresh butter Is. Id. to Is. 2d. per lb. ; onions, 3s. to 4s. per peck; potatoes, 5d. to 6d. per quartern, or 6s. 8d. to 8s. per bushel, four times the price in favourable seasons; bacon, 8d. per lb.; pork, 6 § d. ditto; cheese, skim, 4 § d., best 7d. to 8d. ditto; apples, 4d. to 5d. per quartern, being about the same price as potatoes.— In the horse fair good hacks and animals for agricultural purposes, but of which there were only few, readily found purchasers. The highest priced hack, it appears, went at about £ 31. CHESTER CHEESE FAIR.— There was a large quantity of cheese on Friday. About 200 tons were pitched in the Linen Hall, and in the early part of the day excessively high prices were asked. We have heard of one or two prime dairies selling as high as 70s., and the best sort generally averaged from 60s. to 68s. per cwt. Middling dairies fetched from 64s. to 6Ss., and the poorer sort from 55s. to 60s. At the close of the day a large quantity was left unsold, the market being overstocked with new cheese, which had an unfavourable effect upon the prices of the better qualities. The price was not much short of 10s. per cwt. higher than at the corres- ponding fair of last year. CHESTER CATTLE FAIR.— At the horn and hoof fair on Saturday last, there was a numerous show of all kinds of cattle. The demand for good beef was extensive, and sold from 5^ d. to 6d. per lb. There were more pigs in the market than ever seen on any previous occasion. Fat pigs found plenty of buyers at 5| d. per lb.; but store pigs lell almost 50 per ceut. on the prices of the last few weeks, caused mainly by the high price of ail kinds of provender. Of sheep there was a tolerable number in the market, and prime mutton realised nearly 7d. per lb. In the horse fair there were many buyers for good animals, and sales were effected at a high figure. At the Lancaster Michaelmas cheese fair last week some prime dairies reached as high as 66s. per cwt. FAIRS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. / Worcestershire.— Pershore, Tues. Gloucestershire.— 11 um pton, Thurs. Shropshire— Cieobury, Tues.; Broseley, Wed.; Whitchurch, Wed. ; Bridgnorth, Thurs. Warwickshire.— Rugby, Mon.; Brandon, Mon. ; Warwick, Mon(; Henley- iu- Arden, ' l'huis. ; Nuneaton, Sat. fTjoritmUurc, OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. CONSERVATORIES, STOVE, & c.— Conservatory : The climbers here, at least some of the most rambling, will now want a smart dressing where they obstruct the light in any material degree. Such as flower on the young wood, and which are now in a ripening state, or approaching a state of rest, may be pruned in exceedingly close.— Stove and Orchids: Asomea hat warm temperature may still be main- tained in the stove, in order to consolidate as much as possible immature growths. When this is accomplished, there will be less necessity for strong fire- hwt iu the dead of winter.— Mmtf Green- house: Some skill will be necessary here, at this period especially,; there will lie so many cundidates lor admission that contusion, and, consequently, fuiluies will be inevitable, unless some things be discarued or removed to a cold pit, or plant hospital. Better grow a few things well than many badly. Let winter stuff have every attention. KITCHEN GAKDEN FORCING.— Vines: Now begins the conflict in mauy gardens between the desire to preserve the late Grapes as long as possible, and the attempt to house a great many plants. The com- promise required of a gardener in this respect is of a most painful nature, and cannot be carried out without a sacrifice on one side or both. No pots, with the exception of rest bulbs or Cacti, should ever be allowed to stand in a house of late Grapes, after the end of September. FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES,— Choice things in the par- terre can no longer be depended on as to display ; it is therelore desirable at this period to look over the masses and beds, and see if there be any choice article of a tender character which it is desirable to secure lor next year; such may be potted with bails, and wintered in the cold pit. Alterations may be proceeded with, planting, turf laying, edging, & c. FLORISTS' FLOWERS.— The time is now arrived when all Tulip beds ought to be properly arranged for planting, so that the bulbs may be got into the ground not later than the lust week in October. Some means also should be adopted to shelter the bed or beds from heavy rain, as it is extremely prejudicial to the bulbs before they have begun to appear above ground, and in fact excess of moisture ought at all times to be avoided. Attention ought also to be given to those bulbs whose spike has elongated, aphis or green fly being apt to attack them, which should be carefully brushed off.— Carna- tions and Picotees : In obtaining new varieties the best p'an is to have them immediately, better plants wiil generally be obtained now than in the spring, and they will have time to establish them- selves before winter, which is highly necessary, if they are to be kept in a state of health till next spring.— Auriculas : Mind that the frames in which these are to be wintered have a proper pitch, aud that all the glass is sound, so that the plants may not be subject to drip, which will infallibly ruin them. KITCHEN GAKDEN AND ORCHARD.— At this period let every inch of spare ground, if time permit, be trenched into sharp ridges. Potato murrain will deserve the name of bad gardening. Let a stock of herbs be potted for forcing in winter. Let a good breadth of Cab- bage plants oe pricked out at once on rather poor ground. House a good breadth of half- blinched stout Endive plants iu every spare frame ; also stout and half- blanched Cos and Cabbage Lettuces. Gather Tomatoes as soon as they begin to colour, and complete their ripening process in- doors in a good dry heat. Examine Onions in store, aud give occasional ventilation to the fruit room, shutting up as dry as possible. ^ gricuintial an0 otfjer i^ lariicts. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19. The market for English wheat opened tirmly, and an early clear- ance was effected at fully the rates of this day se'nnight. There w as less doing, but former prices were well supported. Flour wag unaltered. Bailey of all kinds insufficient lor the demand, and 2a. to 3s. per quarter more money realised. Beans and peas maintained the rates oi Monday last, Oats were moie abundant, and the dealer* purchased freely at the currency of last week. Per qr. Wheat, Esse*, Kent, & Suffolk Red - - CI to 69 White - - - 69 73 Lincolnshire & York- shire Red White Scotch White Irish - White 60 • 66 - 58 - 59 - 56 - 57 Barley, Essex and Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk Malting - - - 37 Distilling - - 3ti Chevalier - - 39 Grinding - - - 30 Irish, Distilling- - SS Grinding - - - 27 Rye, Distilling - - 38 Grinding - - - 36 Malt, Norfolk & Suffolk 65 Browu . - - 58 Fer qr. s, a. Malt Kingston and Ware 66 70 Brown - - - 60 62 Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, Feed - 25 27 Pota. and Poland - 29 32 S « otch - - - 26 30 Devonshire and Welsh 25 27 Londonderry, Newry, and Clonniei ditto - 27 29 Limerick and Sligo - 28 30 Cork and Waterford Black - - 25 26 White- - - - 2o 29 Galway - - - 21 22 Extra - - - 23 25 Beans, Tick - - - 42 45 Harrow and Small - 44 46 Peas, Essex, Boilers - 57 62 Blue - --- 60 80 Grey, Maple, & Hog - 40 45 Extra - - - - 43 46 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21. The arrivals of wheat, though not large, was sufficient for the requirements ol the millers, as a consiueruble numoer of samples regained unsold on the last market day, the prices then letused was generally accepted. The supplies of barley limited, and tile advance of 2s per qr. obtained on Monday for the finest samples ; and oats, of which the supplies were still more limited, held lor lull rates. IMPERIAL AVERAGES. Average Price of Corn, per Imperial Quarter, for the Weekending October 10. Wheat 58s lOd ( Oats 24s 7d I Beans .... 43s 7d Barley .... 37s 2d| Rje .... 35s 9d | Peas .... 4os 7d Aggregate Average of the Six IVeeks which regulates the Duty, Wheat 52s 4ti / Oats 23s 9d I Beaus .... 42s Id Barley .... 3JS 3d | Rye . . 3is ldlFeas .... 42s 2d Duty on Foreign Com. beat .... 53 Od • Oats .... Is bd | Beans .... 2s Od Barley 2s Od [ Rye .... as 0u | Peas 2s Od bLEjj MAliKhT, OCT. 19. In new clover seed so Utile was doing, tnat prices ruled almost nominal. Linseed— oolli Euglian auU loieign— moved off readily, at fully pievious quotations, Linseed cuKe* in good request, at me late improvement la value. Kape- cakes suady, al last wecK's tigurrs, WOOL MARKETS. LONDON, OCT. 19.— The iiupoits of vsuoi in the past week have been somewhat Uoerul, viz., 18 bales irom New Yuik, 7 uilto from Rio; 203 uitto I rum iiuinourgli; 038 unto truin Launcestou ; 540 ditto Iroui the Cape ; unu 217 uiuu lioui I'Hlun. Iu iingliali wool a steady business was doing, and puces weie wed supportea in every instance; but foreign aud coloniul qualities commanded veiy little attention. LEEDS.— Foreign wools have bteu only in limited request this week the business dune being chiefly to supply the preseiu wants of the consuiiiei. Prices, liuuever, were ateuuy at late quotations. English . JNo improvement to notice iu this brunch of trade, bale* limited, aud prict s stationary. Li vt. RtooL.—- No improvement to notice in the demand for foreigu wool. SMITHF1ELD CATTLE MARKET. Oct. 19. The supply of home- led beasts on otiei was veiy extensive, but o^ middling quality , Of foreign stock, the show emmaueu 0' JU beasts, 09U sheep, and 20 calves, ' lhe primtot Scots, & c. moved off slowly at last week's quotations ; but all other breeus were heavy, and the paces were 2d per bios, louver than on this oay se'nnight. At the close of themaiKet, a clearance was not ellecieu. Although the numbers of sheep were comparatively small, the mutton nude was by no means so active as on Monday lust; yet that day's prices were mostly supported. The number of calves was good; while the veal trade was heavy, at Fiiuuy's reduced figures. Pigs moved off slowly, at late rates. PRICES PER STONE OF SLBS. TO & INK THE OFFAL. s d s d Inferior Beasts 2 10 3 0 Second quality ditto 3 2 3 4 Prime large Oxen .... 3 6 3 10 Prime Scots, Si. c 4 0 4 2 Inferior Sheep 4 2 4 4 Second quality ditto 4 6 4 8 Coarse- woolled ditto 4 10 5 0 Prime Southdown.. 5 2 5 4 Prime Southdown in s d s wool 0 0 0 Lamb 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 Prune small ditto .... 4 t> 4 Suckling Calves, eachI8 0 30 Large ilogs 3 8 4 Small Porkers 4 8 4 Qr. old store pigs, each 16s a SUPPLY AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts, 4,322 j Sheep 25,200 | Calves, ls7 j Pigs 459 WORCESTER, OCT. 23. There was again a large supply of wheat at our market on Satur- day, which sold slowly at a reduction of Is per qr. Barley Is per qr. deurer. Oats unaltered. Beans tealized about Is per qr. advance, i'eas scatce. Wheat, white New Foreign Wheat, red New Foreign Barley, grinding.... Ditto new Malting , Malt Old Oats, English . New ditto ......... s d s d 8 d s d 8 0 8 4 Old Oats, Irish 4 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 New Oats, Irish..... 0 0 0 0 7 10 8 0 Beans, old, English . 6 6 7 0 7 8 8 0 Ditto, Foreign 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 Ditto new, English . 5 8 6 0 7 0 7 4 Peas, Feed . 5 0 5 6 4 0 4 6 Boilers, white 6 4 6 8 5 0 5 3 Vetches, Winter ... 5 6 6 0 8 6 9 6 ditto, Spring 0 0 0 0 4 6 4 9 Rye, new . 5 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 INSPECTOR'S WEEKLY RETURN OF CORN SOLD. Total quan. Av. per qr. I Total quan. Av. per qr. Wheat 767qis 3 bu. £ 3 2 0J 1 Rye ... Oqr. Obu. JtO 0 0 Barley 167 4 1 19 104 Beans, . 113 7 2 6 0J 0 0 0 I Peas . . 7 0 2 10 I* Oats. . 0 COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 21.— During the present week wheat found ready buyers at fully last week's prices, say 7s Id to 8s Id per 621bs. for good red English, Polish Odessa, 7s lid, hard Spanish, 7s ' 2d per 621bs. Malting and grinding bailey Is per qr. dearer. Beans and oats supported their value.— Averages:— Wheat, 3,393 qrs. 4 bush. £ 2 16s 6d ; Barley, 351 qrs. 4 bush £ 2 0s 3£ d ; Oats, 31 qrs. 2 bush. £ 1 12s; Beans, 51 qrs. 3 bush, £ 2 6s 7jd; Feas, II qrs. 6 bush. £ 1 19s 6d. GLOUCESTER, OCT. 17.— This market for wheat was decidedly- firm, and both English and foreign samples of good quality realised an advance of about is per qr., and a considerable amount of business was done. Barley and beans were firm at last week's rates. Oats scarce, and much enquiied for.— Averages :— Wheat, 472 qrs. 4 bush., 58s 8d ; bailey, 57 qis., 30s lOd ; oats, 80 qrs., 31s lid; beans, 36 qrs., 48s. 4d. HEREFORD, OCT. 17.- Wheat ( old) 7s 6d to 8s Od; barley, ( new) 4s tid to 5s 3d; beans ( old) 6s ; peas, ( old) 5s to 5s 6d ; oats, ( old) 4s 6d. SHREWSBURY, OCT, 17.— Tills day's attendance was rather small owing to the fair held here this week. The trade ruled firm as follows :— Wheat, 6s 8d to 8s 4d ; barley, 4s 3d to 5s 6d; oats, 2s 8d to 3s 8d per imperial bushel. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 20.— All kinds of wheat in fair demand at the prices of this day week, and in some cases rather more money was obtained, especially for fine Irish, which realized 9s. per 70 lbs. Barley was 3d. per 60 lbs. dearer. Malt, beans, aud peas fully sup- ported the rates of last week. Oats were dearer, having been sold at 4s. 6d. per 45 lbs., Prime new oatmeal held for high prices, but scarcely any offering iu the market. ftnatiiuait auo iSaiumipt iicijisicr. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Moore, St. Alban's, furniture- broker. George Luck Harvey, Rood Lane, City, wine- merchant, Thomas Thompson, Brighton, grocer. John Biootte Hillyer, Leeds, dealer. George Crawshaw and George Davison, jun., Leeds, soap- boilers. Thomas Shau, Stoke- upon- l'rent, fetallordshire, victualler, Joseph Howard Fitemau, Birmingham, builder. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20. BANKRUPTS Henry Muggins, Oxford, coachmaker. William Morton, Cannon- street- road, Commercial- road, draper. Richard Gaunt, luginanthorpe, Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire, rape dust merchant arid fanner. John Meais, Bristol, builder, William Isaac Barker, Sunderland, auctioneer. John ll. iwtinson, Spalding, Lincolnshire, tailor and draper. Daniel Baseley, lioliuguruke- row, Walworth, ch esemonger. Geoige Wuoicott, jun., and Euward Woolcott, Doughty- street, Middlesex, builders. 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