THE ALTAR, THRONE, AND LAND WE LIVE IN. T>. 605. WORCESTER, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1846. PRICE 5d. ASTONISHING EFFICACY OF HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. DREADFUL MINING ACCIDENT. 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, 184fi. To Professor HOLLOW AY. 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 ot' the most eminent physicians, besides five surgeons of the greatest celebrity in London, from whose aid he derived no benefit whatever, at last he had recourse to Holloway's Pills, which he declares effected a perfect cure in a very short time, and that he is now as strong and vigorous as ever he was in his life. This being so extraordinary a case, may lead many persons almost to doubt this statement, it might therefore be necessary to say that Mr. Gardiner is a broker and well known. Cure of a Confirmed Asthma, accompanied with great Debility. Extract of a Letter from John Thompson, Esq., Proprietor of the Armagh Guardian, Armagh, 17th April, 1846. To Professor HOLLOWAY. 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 informed me yesterday he could now run round the Mall, with any person in the city, and that he never got any medicine equal to your Pills and Ointment. ( Signed) J. THOMPSON. The Earl of Aldborough cured of a Liver and Stomach Complaint. Extract of a Letter from His Lordship, dated Villa Messina Leghorn, 21st February, 1845. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR, Various circumstances prevented the possibility of my thanking you before this time for your politeness in sending me your Pills as you did. I now take this opportu- nity of sending you an order for the amount, and, at the same time to add that your Pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my Liver and Stomach, which all the most eminent of the Faculty at home, and all over the Continent, had not been able to effect; nay ! not even the waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad. I wish to have another Box and a Pot of the Ointment, in case any of my family should ever require either Your most obliged and obedient Servant, ( Signed) ALDBOROUGH. The mighty powers of these extraordinary Pills will do wonders in any of the following Complaints :— Ague Female irregularities Retention of urine Asthmas Fevers of all kinds Sore Throats 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 Affections 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; tfd., Us., 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. Messrs. R. & L. Perry & Co. may be consulted at 19, BER" NERS STREET, OXFORD STREET, LONDON, daily' 106, DUKE STREET, LIVERPOOL, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ; and at No. 10, ST. JOHN STREET, DEANSGATE, MANCHESTER, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. " THE SILENT FRIEND," ON HUMAN FRAILTY. Price 2s. Cd., and sent free to any part of the United Kingdom, ia aoealed Envelope, from either of the above Establishments, on receipt of 3s. 6d. in Postage stamps or Post Office Order. AMEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM, in both sexes; beine 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 pkrtial or total EXTINCTION OF THE REPRO- DUCTIVE POWERS; WITH MEAN'S OP RESTORATION ; the ctis- tructive effects of Gonorrhoea, Gleet. Strictures, and Secondary Svmvtorns are explained in a familiar manner; the Work is EMBELLISHED WITH TEN FINE COLOURED ENGRAV- INGS, on Steel, representing the deleterious influence of Mercury ontheskin, byeruptionsonthehead, 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 pointed out to suffering humanity as a " SILENT FRIEND," to be consulted without exposure, and with assured confidence of success, & L pERRY & CO j 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, Raw! Church street) Liverpool; Ingram, Market- street, Manchester; D. Camp- bell 136 Argyle- street, Glasgow ; It. Lindsay, 11, Elms row, Edinburgh ; Powell, 10, We.- tmoreland- street. Dublin ; Deighton, Worcester; Pennell, Kidderminster; Bromley, Kidderminster; and by all Booksellers and Patent Medicine Venders in town and country. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM Is a gentle stimulant and renovator of the impaired functions of life, and is exclusively directed to the cure of such complaints as arise from a disorganization of the Generative System, whether constitutional or acquired, loss of sexual power, and debility arising from syphilis : and is calculated to afford decided relie'f to those who by early Indulgence in solitary habits have weakened the powers of their system, and fallen into a state of chronic debility, by which the constitution is left in a deplorable state, and that nervous mentality kept up which places ths individual in a state of anxiety for the remainder of life. The consequences arising from this dangerous practice are not confined to its pure physical result, but branch to moral ones; leading the excited deviating mind into a fertile field of seductive error— into a gradual " and total degradation of manhood— into a pernicious application of those inherent rights which nature w isely instituted tor the preservation of her species; bringing on premature decrepitude, and all the habitudes of old age. Constitutional weakness, sexual debility, obstinate gleets, excesses, irregularity, obstructions of certain evacuations total impotencyand barrenness, are effectually removed by this invaluable medicine. Sold in Bottles, price lis. each, or the quantity of four in one Family Bottle for 33s., by which one Us. bottle is saved. THE CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, A* 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 Us. or four bottles in one for 33s , by which lis. is saved, also in £ 5 cases, which saves £ 1. 12s. VENEREA!. CONTAMINATION, if not at first eradicated, will often remain secretly lurking in the system for 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 of the skin, blotches on the head and face, ulcerations and enlargement of the throat tonsils, and threatened destruction of the nose, palate, & c., nodes on the shin bones, or any of those painful affections arising from the dangerous effects of the indiscriminate use of mercury, or the evils of an imperfect cure, the CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE will be found 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 matrimony, and who ever had the misfortune daring 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, thaji perhaps hair the world is aware of; for, it must bo remembered, where the fountain is polluted, the streams that ( low from it cannot be pure. May be had of all Booksellers and Patent Medicine Venders in Town and Country, and of whom may be had the " SILENT FRIEND." Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases. Messrs. PERRY expect, when consulted bv letter, the usual ee of One Pound, to be addressed to the London Establishment, where all communications and orders are requested to be forwarded. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, Price 2s. 9d., 4s. ( id., 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. R. ^ c L. Perry & Co., Surgeons, may be consulted as usual at No. 19, Berners- street, Oxford- street, LONDON, daily, and one of the above firn at lu6, Duke street, Liverpool; every Thursday, Fri lav, and Saturday, and at 10, St. John- street, Deans- gate, Manchester, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, punc tually from Eleven in the Morninguntil 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 s uch advice as will be the means of effecting a permanent and effectual cure, after all other means have proved ineffectual. N. B. Country Druggists. Booksellers, and Patent Medicine Venders can be supplied with Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, and Cordial Balm ol Svriacum. with the usual allowance to the Trade, by most of the" principal Wholesale Patent Medicine houses in London, Agent for Worcester A. DEIGHTON, Journal Office Kidderminster... THOS. PENNELL, Bookseller. Whore may b « had the " SILENT FRIEND The most fearful calamity ever known in Cornwall occurred yesterday week, at East Wheal Rose Lead Mine, Newlyn. A thunder storm of unprecedented violence, attended with a flood which resembled rather the bursting of a water. spout thau the heaviest rain, broke over the neighbourhood. The water pouring from Newlyn Downs collected towards the valley, where the mine is situated, and rushing in torrents down the shaft, quickly filled every level. Some of the miners made their way to the surface and escaped, but it is believed they were very few. Others reached so near as to be seen from the surface, but exhausted by their previous exertions to hasten up the ladders, were beaten down by the water and perished. Forty- three were drowned in the mine. The following particulars of this dreadful occurrence may be depended on :— At about one o'clock in the afternoon dense thunder- clouds gathered over the mine from the north- west, and in a few minutes they poured down, amidst vivid lightning and appalling thunder, such a flood of rain as very shortly covered the surface of the mine to a depth of some feet. The flood, rushing onward through tlie mine, which descends towards the north, on reaching a narrow gut between the hills, attained a height of about eight feet; and such was its force that it bore onward large pieces of balk and of iron boiler- plates, which were lodged at a height of several feet above the ground. Unhappily, on being checked by the sudden narrowing of the land, the water rushed into one of the lower or most northern shafts, and soon afterwards, more or less, into the other shafts of the mine. The superincumbent weight of the water, about the same time, broke in the " country," forming a large pit. The timbers in the levels beneath, it is supposed, had been washed down by the water which had rushed into the shaft, and the " country," or soil being of an exceedingly loose, friable nature, instantly gave way to the weight above, when deprived of its artificial props. In the levels at the time were upwards of 200 men and lads. The rush of wind, caused by the sudden influx of water and breaking in of the 14 country," instantly put out all their candles. They groped on as well as they could towards the shafts, where every effort was being made from above to assist in bringing to " grass" all who could lav hold of the chains and kibbles let down for them. Clusters of the poor fellows were successively brought up; but we regret to say, that after well- directed efforts had been sustained for a long time to get up the men, it was found in the evening that forty- three were still below. Of these four came up the next morning early, and two were taken up dead from the 50- fathom level, about the middle of the day; the remaining thirty- seven are, alas ! still below, drowned, or buried beneath the fallen masses of earth. The mine was being worked to the depth of nearly one hundred fathoms; and was flooded by this dreadful accident up to some feet above the 50- fathom level; this last- named level, the principal one in the mine, being about a mile in length. Great is the affliction in and about the neighbourhood of the mine from the loss of so many lives, and from the fear that a large proportion of the labour must be stopped. The mine now pays £ 2500 a month for labour only. The adven- turers and agents are using every exertion to procure for the bereaved families the sad consolation to be derived from the recovery of the bodies of the men lost; they are also kindly and considerately taking means to alleviate the distress which must necessarily result to the survivors, deprived of their only means of support by this awful visitation. To understand why the waters attained so suddenly such considerable depth and power, it should be known that the workings of the mine run north and south through the middle of a natural amphi- theatre, with only one outlet— a narrow ravine at the north. The rain, which appeared to fall in almost solid masses, poured in on the basin in which the mine is situate from all the hills around; and, as we have already said, the outlet was insufficient for the rapidly accumulated waters. The storm altogether lasted but little more than an hour, and was so partial as scarcely to extend beyond the limits of the hills which encircle the site of the mine. An inquest was held at the Court- house of the mine, before Mr. J. Carloyn, coroner, on Friday, on the two bodies found. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," and expressed themselves satisfied that every effort was made in the first place to prevent the water getting into the shafts, and next in preserving the lives of the men who were below. TERRIBLE FIRE IN QUEBEC, Last night, at ten o'clock, a fire broke out in the Theatre Royal, St. Lewis Street, at the close of Mr. Harrison's exhibi- tion of his Chemical Dioramas. From the information we have been able to glean, a camphine lamp was overset from some cause or other, and the stage at once became enveloped in flames. In an incredibly short space of time the whole of the interior of the building was enveloped in one sheet of flame. The writer of this article was one of the earliest on the spot, and present at the closing moments of the hapless beings who perished from their over exertions to escape. The staircase communicating with the boxes was a steep one, and we are of opinion that it had fallen from the weight of those who crowded upon it. One foot was interposed between the hapless crowd and eternity ! and on that space we, with five or six others, stood, the fierce flames playing around us, and the dense smoke repelling all efforts to extricate us. As far back as we could see there was a sea of heads, of writhing bodies and out- stretched arms. Noise there was none— but few moans escaped the doomed. At the extreme end in view there were faces calm and resigned; persons, who, from the funeral veil of smoke which gradually enshrouded them, appeared calmly to drop into eternal sleep. By our side was one brother striving to extricate another, but abandonment was unavoidable. One poor creature at our feet offered his entire worldly wealth for his rescue; the agonising expression of the faces before us can never be effaced from our memory. The flames at the time were above and around us— but human aid was of no avail— in five minutes from the time of which we make mention the mass of human beings who had but a short interval previous been in the enjoyment of a full and active life were exposed to our view a mass of calcined bones. 46 bodies have been recovered— Quebec Mercury, June 13. DISSOLUTION OF RAILWAY COMPANIES' ACT. The " Act to facilitate the Dissolution of ail Railway Com- panies not incorporated by Act of Parliament before this Act passed" has at length been printed for general circulation. The Act provides that the Provisional Committees shall have the power to call meetings to determine on dissolution ; and any five shareholders may also call a meeting if after six days' notice from them, the Provisional Committee fail in calling the share- holders together. Votes are to be taken by the number of shares, each share counting one ; and to constitute a meeting to decide on dissolution one third of the shares issued must be represented, and either a majority of the whole or three- fifths of the parties present must vote in favour of dissolution or of bankruptcy. No votes shall be allowed for scrip or receipts issued after the 31st of March last; and the 18th clause of the Act requires that, for the purpose of ascertaining the number of shares actually issued, the Committee of every projected railway company shall, within twelve days after the passing of the Act, be bound to send in to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies a return in writing, under the hand of any member of such Committee, specifying the number of shares, scrip or receipts actually issued or given, the amount of each share, and the deposit paid on and to be paid thereon. And that in case such return shall not be sent in within the aforesaid period every member of the Committee shall forfeit a sum not exceeding 20/., to be recovered in the form provided in the 7th and 8th Vict., c. 110, the Joint Stock Companies Incorporation Act. Within six days after the passing of the Act the registrar is required to send a notice to the place of business of each Company that such return is required, but the omission to give this notice does not exempt the Committees from the penalties. All persons are to have access to the registeis on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d., and the certificate of the registrar shall be evidence, for which a fee also of 2s. 6d. is chargeable. Parties knowingly making a false return are guilty of a misdemeanor, attended with the usual penalties. The affairs of the Company may be wound up by themselves, as in ordinary cases of partnership, or they may be placed under an official assignee under the Joint Slock Companies Act. e extract the 31st clause verbatim, as it is of great import- ance ;—" That when the dissolution of a Company shall have been resolved under this Act, if judgment shall have been recovered, or shall afterwards be recovered, in any action against any member of the Committee, for any debt due by such Com- pany or from such Committee in respect to the undertaking, the member against, whom such judgment shall have been recovered shall be entitled at law to a contribution from each of the other members of such Committee towards the payment of the monies recovered by such judgment, and of all costs and expenses in relation thereto, of such a share of the whole amount of such monies, costs, and expenses as would have been borne by such respective member upon an equal contribution by all the members of such Committee, and may recover the contribu- tions to which he way be so entitled, or any of them, by action or actions of debt or on the case against all or any such other members of such Committee ; but so that no such member shall be liable in any such action as aforesaid for more than the share to which he shall respectively be liable to contribute under this provision." Provision is made in the next clause that after the dissolution of companies no attorney can bring an action for his account until one month after he has rendered it, and power is given to all the judges in the superior courts to submit them to taxation, with the customary provision as to the costs. The rest of the act refers to the modus operandi of the machinery, which is of minor importance, the parts we have selected requiring the immediate attention of parties interested. STATE OF TRADE IN MANCHESTER.— The yarn market continues very quiet; and prices of some descriptions, parti- cularly warps and the qualities of mule yarn suitable for the Indian market, are again rather lower. The demand for cloth continues much the same as last week, and prices remain steady.— Manchester Guardian, Tuesday. THE INCENDIARY FIRE AT SOHAM.— The Magistrates of Soham, the Rev. Mr. Bennett and Mr. Dobede, were engaged the whole of last Saturday, in investigating certain charges preferred against a Mr. Harvey and another, as being feloniously concerned in the origin of the recent great fire in that village. The prisoners underwent a brief examination on the day after the fire, and were remanded to the county gaol at Cambridge until Saturday, when they were brought up in custody of Mr. Orringe, the governor. After the examina- tion of witnesses, the magistrates retired to a private room, and, after an hour's consultation, returned, when the chairman, addressing the prisoners, said they considered the evidence fully warranted them iu committing them both to take their trial at the ensuing assizes. A PRETENDER EXPOSED.— A most extraordinary scene occurred a few evenings since at the City of London Literary and Scientific Institution. A gentleman ( Mr. O'G,) who styled himself " B. A. M. D." was engaged by the managers to deliver two lectures on the " Use and Study of History." He delivered the first of these lectures on Wednesday the 24th ult., and as many of the members discovered " a marvellous coincidence" between that and the introductory lectures of Mr. Mc'Cullagh ou the same subject, two of the committee, with the secretary of the Institution were induced to bring down Mr. Mc'Cullagh's work on the next evening, to ascertain the correctness of their surmises. They then found that the lecture he was delivering was a literal transcript from one contained in the work before mentioned. At its conclusion he was charged by the secretary with the servile plagiarism he had endeavoured to impose on the members. This he faintly denied, and immediately made his exit, pursued by forty or fifty of his audience, till he was lost in the precincts of Islington. He had been highly recommended by the committee of Sussex Hall, where he had delivered the same lecture some time previously. A DUEL SELON LES REGLES.— A letter from Munster states that a duel took place near that town, under the sanction of one of the tribunals of honour now established throughout the Prussian army. It appears that Baron de Denkhaus, a lieutenant of the lltli Regiment of Hussars, having, when playing billiards, used some insulting expression to Lieut, de Bounhart, of the 13th Infantry, the latter brought the matter before the Tribunal of Honour of the place. The court endeavoured to induce the offending party to retract the expression used; but finding this to be impossible, it author- ized a duel with sabres between the parties. The meeting took place near the town, at three in the afternoon, in the presence of an immense crowd. A stand was erected at one end of the lists for the judges, who took their seats, dressed in full uniform. On the arrival of the combatants a new attempt was made to effect a reconciliation, but, on its proving unsuccessful, the opponents were directed to choose out sabres with their eyes blindfolded, and then, with head bare, and in their shirt- sleeves, to commence the attack. They fought with great determination, M. de Bounhart receiving two slight cuts on the arm; but soon afterwards giving M. de Denkhaus a severe wound on the thigh, which prevented his standing, the fight was declared at an end. After the first medical aid was given, the judges recommended the disputants to be reconciled, which they consented to, and shook hands, amidst the cheers of the multitude. All the parties concerned then withdrew. This is the first duel authorized by any tribunal of honour, reconciliation having been effected in all the other cases brought before them. A REMARKABLE CHARACTER.— On the 80th of June died, at the age of 88 years, Air. John Cheetham, of Hole- bottom, Coynston, farmer and weaver. He had used the same set of looms for nearly eighty years, to such a degree as to impress the lathe with the marks of the constant application of the arm to one particular part of it. He was remarkable for being the father of six sons and seven daughters, and grandfather and great grandfather to the large number of 148 individuals, He was interred on Sunday last at Holy Trinity Chapel, Shaw, and the fuueral was attended by a pro- cession of 107 relatives and others. AN EXPENSIVE PAUPER.— About a week since. a female pauper named Piecraft, died in the Union Workhouse at Yarmouth, at the advanced age of 97. There are some very singular circumstances in connection with this old lady's history. She was found in the churchyard, and as no clue could be obtained of her parents, she was taken to the work- house, and she has remained, with the exception of three months, an inmate of the parish workhouse from the day of her birth to the day of her death. This three months of independence was, however, a very eventful one. She married a soldier, who deserted by turns both his wife and his regiment; for we hear he was absent on that description of furlough known as " French leave," when he was very soon glad to rid himself of her. She then returned to the workhouse, where she lived until lier decease. She has cost this parish something like £ 900. MORE RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.— On Saturday last an inquest was held at Birmingham on the body of a man named Thomas Kirkland, who was killed on the Birmingham and Derby Railway. The deceased was 49 years of age, and had been employed as a workman in erecting posts for the telegraph on the above line, a short distance beyond the forge station. He had just finished the erection of a post he had been engaged at, and was retiring with some of his fellow workmen, when he recollected that he had left a tool behind him, and he returned for it walking between the up and down line, until he came to within a very short distance of the spot where he had to cross over to the post. At the moment, however, an engine with some empty waggons suddenly appeared in sight, and the deceased attempted to run across the line, but before be could get over the rails the train came up, and the buffer of the engine struck him, knocked him down, and the wheels passd over his body, almost severing it in two. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." — On the same day an inquest was held at Beeston, near Nottingham, on the body of a child named Lowe, aged two years, daughter of a gamekeeper residing near the railway, who was killed on the previous day under the following circumstances. It appears that as the 5 p. m. train from Nottingham was approaching Beeston station, the engine- driver, John Fisher, observed a child crossing the rails a short distance before him; he immediately shut off the steam, reversed the engine, and blew his whistle, at the same time the guard put his break on; but the train going at the rate of nearly forty miles an hour, it could not be stopped until it passed over the poor child, and crushed it atmo t to atoms. The train having been stopped, upon examining the body it was found that the upper part had been severed from the lower, and was horribly mutilated. A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. CLAIMING A HUSBAND— At Brighton, the other day, a young woman named Denning, claimed Captain Mercer, a half- pay naval officer, sixty years of age, for her husband. She asserted that he had married her on the 31st of October, and annoying him by her intrusions, the case was brought before the Magistrates, when the captain was able satisfac- torily to prove an alibi, and the counsel for the girl admitted that she must have been mistaken as to his identity. THUNDER STORM IN LONDON.— Another thunder storm burst over the metropolis on Friday afternoon. Its influence was felt, more or less, in all parts of the town and its neigh- bourhood, but the storm seems to have burst with the greatest violence in the region of Finsburv, The lightning struck down a man in Milton Street, near the late City Theatre, and also severely damaged a house in Wilson Street, occupied by Mr. Lyons, fur dealer, displacing an angular abutment, tearing up the lead, and knocking over four chimney pots, which fell through the roof. A WOMAN KILLED BY HER HUSBAND AT HER OWN REQUEST.— The following curious case of murder occurred lately in a small village in Wurtemburgh: Adam Gayring, shepherd, a man of 64 years of age, of honest and upright dealings, loved and respected by all who knew him, presented himself on the 8th ult. before the authorities at Heidenheim, and stated calmly that he had just killed his wife. His declaration was immediately taken, as follows:—" My wife," he said, " as every one knows, has been suffering for a long time from illness, and at times the pains she had to endure were such as to affect her reason ; she latterly gave up all hopes of her recovery, and continually repeated, that not only was life a torment to her, hut that she feared that if I died before her, she would be reduced to misery. This morn- ing, after we had read together the 4th chapter of the Book of Judges ( they were very devout people and read the bible every day), she requested me to drive a nail into her temple, as Jael did to Sisera, as such a death seemed to her short and easy, and would put an end to her sufferings; she said she forgave me beforehand for the act, of which she absolved me before God and man. A nail she said would not cause a great hemorrhage, and would make hut a slight wound. 1 As soon as I am dead,' she added, ' you can close the wound, put me on a clean cap, and no one will know anything about it.' After long resistance ( continued Gayring) I gave way to the wishes of my wife. I took a nail and began to drive it into her left temple with a hammer, but the nail was too weak, and the point, instead of entering, flattened itself on the bone. I then took a small drill, but was equally unsuc- cessful. My wife grew impatient, and requested me to kill her at once with the hammer, which I did accordingly, by knocking in the skull. The body of my wife is at my house, where you can examine it at your leisure." The Magistrate immediately proceeded to the house with a medical man, and Gayring under a strong guard. They found the body dressed upon the bed. On the left temple there were two wounds, and the right side of the skull was knocked in as low down as the temple. Beside the bed was a table on which was a bible, the nail, drill, and hammer alluded to. On the ground was a basin of water, in which the murderer, according to his own declaration, washed his hands before presenting him- self to the authorities. Gayring is now in prison; he is perfectly calm, and convinced that he acted well iu fulfilling the wishes of his wife by putting an end to her sufferings. Some Wurtemburg papers state that the inhabitants of the village of Gussenstadt, where the murder was committed, left their work as soon as they heard of the murder, and spent the day in tlie church, fasting and praying for the soul of the departed. DREADFUL FIRE AT BERMONDSKY WORKHOUSE.— At an early hour on Monday morning a fire broke out in the workhouse of Bermondsey parish, situate in Russell Street, Bermondsey. At about a quarter- past four o'clock the occupants of the female infirm ward were awakened by smoke, and it was soon ascertained that the shoemaker's workshop immediately beneath was on fire, and in a short time the flames penetrated the flooring under the beds of two or three of the paupers. The door of the room being locked, the nurse opened the window which looked into the yard, and screamed out " fire." Some of the male paupers were washing themselves in the yard, and noticed the flames issuing from the windows of the work- shop. They instantly clambered over the walls that divided the yards, and alarmed the master, who seeing the perilous situation of the poor creatures in the ward, hastened to it with the able- bodied paupers, but the flames and smoke rendered their rescue a work of difficulty ; some were led out, and those bedridden were dragged out. The flames spreading across the angle to the adjoining wing, which was chiefly occupied by infirm paupers, the exertions of the master and able- bodied inmates were next directed to their rescue. The engines were called in, and the fire was by great exertions got under, the damage not being so considerable as appearances at first indica- ted. The building was insured in the Alliance Office, for 3000/, THE LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.— IMPORTANT DECISION.— In the Law Times we find the following case:— Toomer v. Gingell.— Since the passing of 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 96, the final order only protects the person of the insolvent from process, and therefore such final order is no bar to an action brought against the insolvent. This was an action of assumpsit. The defendant pleaded, that after the making of the said promises, and before the commencement of the suit, he had presented his petition for protection from process to the Court of Bankruptcy, and that the commissioner had granted him the final order. The whole of the proceedings were fully stated in the plea, which disclosed everything requisite to give the commissioner jurisdiction. The final order itself was in the form given iu Schedule A, No. 3, of the 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 96, and directed to be employed by sec. 22 of the statute. To this plea there was a general « demurrer. Serjeant Channel, in support of the demurrer, referred to Cook v. Henson ( 14 Law J. N. S., C. P. 29o), and to the several clauses of o and 6 Vic., c. ] 16, and 7 and 8 Vic., c. 96 ; and contended that, although the former statute had contained a clause making the final order granted under that Act pleadable iu bar, yet that by the latter statute the form of the final order was changed, and the plea in bar taken away, the final order now operating merely as a protection to the person of the insolvent. Serjeant Talfourd, for the defendant, when the case first came before the court, argued that since the new statute the final order for protection of the person had the same effect as formerly the final order for protection and distribution, but afterwards he said that he liad looked at the case of Nichols v. Payne ( 2 D. and L. 629) and that he could not support the plea. Justice Mauie : I have read the statute through very carefully, and it seems to me to have been the intention of the Legislature that the final order should no longer operate any further than as a protec- tion for the person. Judgment for the plaintiff. [ By this decision, it is laid down that notwithstanding an insolvent has received a protecting order, under the provisions of the Insolvent Act in the Court of Bankruptcy, still such order will not protect him from any process otherwise than one against his person. Any goods which may be in his posses- sion are liable to seizure by his creditors.] NEW PENSIONS.— The pensions charged on the civil list during the year ending the 20th of June last, were as follow : — I. Mademoiselle Augusta Emma d'Este, £ 500 a year " additional, in consideration of her just claims on the Royal benevolence." 2. Dame Mary Archer Shee, £ 200 a year, " the wife of Sir Martin Archer Shee, President of the Royal Academy, in consideration of his eminence as an artist, and of his services as President of the Royal Academy, during a period of 16 years." 3. Mr. Alfred Tennyson, £ 200 a year, '' in consideration or his eminence as a poet." 4. Mr. James David Forbes, £ 200 a year, Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, in consideration of his attainments in science." 5. Jane Loudon, " widow of the late John Claudius Loudon, author of several works con- nected with botanical science, in consideration of his services and merits." VAGRANTS, ENGLAND AND WALES.— From a return just laid upon the table of the House of Commons, relative to the number of vagrants received into union workhou-; es ot England and Wales, during the years 1841,1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845, it appears that the total number of unions in the counties of England and Wales, amounts to 480. In 1S41 there were received into them 93,985 men, 24,095 women, 43,577 of the males between 18 and 40. In 1842, males 102,163, ( 78,995 between 18 and 40,) and 33,889 females. In 1843, males 241,665, ( 112,533 between 18 and 40,) and 40,831 females. In 1844, males 252,558, ( 118,280 of whom were between 18 and 40,) and 39,837 females. In 1815, males 247,377, ( 116,725 between 18 and 40,) and 39,539 females EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF BUTTERFLIES.— One of the largest flights of butterflies over seen in this country crossed the Channel from France to England, on Suuday last Such was the density and extent of the cloud formed bv the living mass, that it completely obscured the sun from the people on board our continental steamers, on their passage, for many hundreds of yards, while the insects strewed the decks in all directions. The flight reached . England about twelve o'clock at noon, and dispersed themselves inland and along shore, darkening the air as they went. During the sea passage of the butterflies the weather was calm and sunny, with scarce a puff of wind stirring; but an hour or so after they reached terra firma, it came on to blow great guns from the S. W., the direction whence the insects came.— Canterbury Journal. COMMITTAL OF THREE MEN FOR A DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN A RAILWAY TRAIN.— One of the most deliberate and wicked attempts to injure a railway train ever heard of was made to overturn the mail train of the Great Western Company on the morning of Tuesday last. The train left Bristol at its usual time for Exeter, and had got as far as a bridge which crosses over . the line at a place called Parson's Gate Lane, when a severe shock was felt both by the mail train and by the luggage train which immediately followl- d it. The engine- drivers and guards imagined that the springs of the engine or tender had given way, and the steam was immediately shut off, and the usual signal given to stop the train, which was done, and a minute examination of the engines, tenders, and carriages made. Subsequently a large oak gate, over which both trains had passed, was found across the down line, where it must evidently have been placed with the wicked intention of oversetting the train. The most rigid inquiries to discover the perpetrators were immediately set on foot by the officers of the Great Western Company; and Superintendent Burton, of the railway police, succeeded in obtaining information which led to the apprehension of three men, named Isaac Green, Henry Hazell, and Thomas Grey, who, after under- going an examination at Wraxall, before the Rev Henry Mirehouse and Thomas Kington, Esq., two of the Magistrates of the county of Somerset, in which the offence was perpe- trated, were fully committed on Wednesday evening, under the Great Western Railway Act, to take their trial at the assizes. The offence was clearly brought home to them by a woman of the name of Shepperd, who, fortunately for the ends of justice, witnessed their proceedings. She states that as she was standing at the hatch of a garden leading to her father's house, she saw Green, Gray, and Hasell, together with another man whom she did not know, unhang the gate, from a paddock belonging to farmer Chamberlain, and carry it to a bridge which crosses over the line. They then held it over, and dropped it designedly on the down line, so as to lay it completely across the rail; after which they made off. THE MURDER AT NORTH ASTON.— CONVICTION.— On Tuesday last, at Oxford, before Mr. Justice Maule, James Biddle, aged 28, and Isaac Sheriff, aged 40, were placed at the bar, charged with the wilful murder of George Mobbs, in the parish of North Aston, so far back as the 28th of September, 1842. The facts were these:— The deceased was a very respectable farmer, and resided at a lone farm- house called Dean Hill, in the above- mentioned parish. On the evening of September 28, 1842, he rode from home, to Steeple Aston, a distance of about three miles, in order to attend a lecture on astronomy. He left, in company with another farmer, about eleven at night, and they rode together as far as a public- house called the Fox Inn, on the road between Dunsten and North Aston, where they separated, their several roads lying in different directions. That night, between twelve and one, a person riding along the road was startled by his pony shying, and on looking round saw a man lying on a heap of stones, and a grey horse, without a rider, on the road. He, however, took no further notice and went on. The next morning the body was found on the heap of stones in question, which was in a hollow part of the road, and quite near the deceased's own gate. The ordinary steps were then taken, and a coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Found dead," and every person in the neighbourhood thought his death was accidental. This impression was not removed till the month of March last, when a travelling tinker, named Skerry, on being apprehended for robbing a farm- yard, made a statement which he repeated before a Magistrate on different occasions, and it was always sub- stantially the same, and to the effect that on the night in question he saw the two prisoners knock the deceased off his horse, and strike him when down, one of them saying, " D— your eves, you shall never dawn another daylight" That they then ran away, and he, having been on the tramp with them followed them, and came up to them, and they threatened to kill him if he ever " split;" that from that time he did not see them for twelve months, and again not for another year, and that on each occasion they alluded to the murder. The prisoners, on being taken, confessed circumstantially to the murder; saying that they had killed the deceased by pulling him off his horse, and striking him with a stick. These con- fessions were clear and circumstantial, and the prisoners were at once convicted and sentenced to death. THE MURDER AT SUNDERLAND.— On Saturday, an inquest on the body of Catherine Hindmarch, ( whose violent death has occasioned such a deep and melancholy interest) was concluded at Sutherland before Mr. Maynard, coroner. Not only the room in which the proceedings took place, hut the street in front of the house was crowded. A person named Turton, was suspected of having a knowledge of the means of her death, but the evidence connecting him with the deceased was very unsatisfactory. Turton, in his voluntary examination, confined himself to denying his guilt, and urging, that if he had been guilty he should have absconded. The coroner briefly summed up, when the jury, after a long con- sultation, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." The mortality of London, and indeed, of England generally, shows a gradual annual decrease, whilst it is well known the population increases considerably. The rates of premium for Life Insurance have been greatly reduced during the last few years, yet the offices continue as prosperous as formerly. These " facts clearly demonstrate that some cause, either unknown or unheeded, must have produced such favourable results. Amongst these causes, the increased knowledge of anatomy and the many very valuable discoveries in medicine will stand most prominent. The small- pox, that annually carried off thousands, has been successfully combatted by veccination ; and gout, that used to claim its numerous victims, has been thoroughly vanquished by Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills. DOCTOR DE DASSELL, OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND HOL- LOWAY'S PILLS.— Extract of a letter from John Knight, Esq., dated Launceston, March 1,1845:—" Professor Holloway.— Dear Sir,— I am authorised by Doctor de Dassell, of this colony, to inform you, that having witnessed here in several instances the extraordinary effect of your Pills, he, in consequence, is induced to say that you may make use of his name as attesting their efficacy.— Signed, John Knight, Carr Villa, late proprie- tor of the I. aunceston Advertiser These Pills act upon the foundation of the system, thus curing the most deep- roofed complaints, even when every other treatment has failed. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE ON THE GREAT FRENCH NORTHERN RAILROAD. The London journals of Saturday mentioned briefly that a serious accident had occurred on the above line near Arras. The Paris National of Friday gives the following on the authority of a person who was at the scene of the accident, and gathered his informatiun from persons who witnessed it:— u The train consisted of 24 carriages, and was drawn by two locomotives. At five minutes past three the train was in front of the village of Fampoux and near Roeux, where there is an embankment near a deep lake over a peat bog. At this point the rails were either disjoined, or displaced, or broken. The first locomotive, however, got over them, but the second entered the sand without going completely off' the rails. The violence of the shock, from this sudden stoppage, was such that the chain which united the carriages to each other was snapped like glass, not precisely close to the locomotive, but at the fifth or sixth carriage. The carriages thus detached were thrown into the marsh. The first was literally broken to pieces, others were upset and submerged. Yesterday there were nine carriages lying on the embankment where they had stopped after the first impulsion had ceased. Nobody can know exactly the number of passengers killed or drowned. The water is very deep at this spot," The company admits that eleven dead bodies have been removed. The person from whom we had our information, heard on the spot, that up to yesterday it was ascertained that there were seventeen killed. The Liberal of Douai, states the number to be twenty. As to the number of wounded, one account gives fifteen. At Douai and Arras, however, it was said that fifty persons had been wounded, which is not impossible, as fifteen carriages ran off the rails, and we may suppose that most of the passengers in them received more or less injury. It is impossible to conceive the alarm and anxiety that was felt at ihe different stations towards Belgi um on the non- arrival of the train. The delay was the subject of general conversation of the crowd who had assembled at the stations. When the report of the accident had spread, there was a concerL of imprecations on the com- pany. It was said that they were not provided with materiel, that their personnel was without experience, and that the whole service had been carried on in a most shameful manner. It was added that in many parts of the line it was easy to see that the earth had sunk, and the directors were bitterly reproached for having opened the line without having taken the'proper precautions for the safety of the public. So great indeed was the indignation, that it was found necessary to order the troops at Arras, Douai, and Valenciennes to enter the different stations to prevent serious disturbance. Carriages had been sent for to Douai, but there were none there, and it was found necessary to borrow from Valenciennes those belong- ing to Belgium. When it was known that linen, lint, and surgical instruments had been sent for, the emotion became general. General Oudinot and his wife were in the train, but quite at the end, in their private carriage, and they experienced no injury. It is said that one of their men servants was pre- cipitated into the water, and saved himself by swimming. M. Lestiboudois, the deputy for Lille, was in one of the submerged waggons, but he saved himself by swimming, and had only his wrist put out of joint." The Epoque states, from information received, that the number of persons killed was sixteen. It is said that the engine, at the time of the disaster, was not proceeding at a greater speed than 15 miles an hour, and it is in a great measure owing to this fortunate circumstance that the sacrifice of human life was not of a more appaling nature. The North of France line was opened to the public about a month ago by the King of the Belgians, and up to the occur- rence of the accident, which has been attended with such melancholy results, the trains ran regularly each day, at inter- vals of two or three hours. On Friday another accident happened on the Northern Rail- road, at the Blanc Misseron station. When the train which left Valenciennes at a quarter past eight o'clock arrived at the station, the guard, who was standing on the step of one of the waggons, stooped to put on the break ; unfortunately the rails which surround the station are not more than seven or eight inches from the carriages, and he received a blow on the head which knocked him down, and stunned him so completely that for a time he was believed to be dead, and it was not till late in the evening that hopes of saving him could be entertained. UNITED STATES AND CANADA. The Great Western arrived in Liverpool on Saturday last with American news of a very interesting character. The accounts from Washington by this arrival reach to the 24th ult., inclusive. The Oregon treaty had been finally ratified by the Senate by a vote of 41 to 14; and the document itself, we are informed, has now arrived in charge of General Armstrong, the United States Consul at Liverpool. Great credit was accorded to Mr. M'Lane, as ths chief instrument by which this happy settlement of so perilous a source of contention has been brought about. Mr. Buchanan, it was anticipated, would now take his seat upon the supreme bench. Rumours were also current that Mr. M'Lane had solicited a recall from the im- portant post he now holds, and it is stated that he would be elevaied to the State Department. Important intelligence had been received from the Rio del Notre. According to the reports published in the American journals, it appears that General Arista, at the head of an army of 15,000 men, had established his head quarters at Monterey, and had sent proposals of an armistice 10 General Taylor, to which General Taylor is stated to have replied, that he would meet him at Monterey. It also appears, that the Mexican General Canales, and a force of 1,500 men, were concentrating at llionosu, a small town about sixty miles from Matamoras, to which place an American force of 800 men, under Colonel Wilson, were proceeding. Reports of a collision were daily anticipated. The Canadian news is of a melancholy character. Another dreadful fire ( of which full particulars are given elsewhere) had taken place at Quebec. Several material changes had taken place in the province. Many rumours were afloat. Mr. Robinson, it was said, was to be Chief Commissioner of Public Works. It was stated also that Sir Allen M'Nab was to be Adjutant- General; Mr. Papineau had resigned. Mr. Sherwood, late Solicitor, had also resigned, and was to be succeeded by Mr. Boulton, or Mr. Cameron. Mr. Moren was talked of as Sir Allan M'Nab's successor in the Speakership. There was a rumour afloat that the cholera had appeared at Quebec after the fire, but it wants confirmation. Imperial IJarUamnit. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JULY 10. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up a great number of railway bills. The bills on the table were advanced a stage. Lord Denman presented a petition praying for the abolition of capital punishment. Their Lordships then adjourned. MONDAY, JULY 13. Lord Brougham presented a petition from a large number uf shareholders in the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Com- pany, praying the House not to pass their bill. Messengers came from the Commons, bringing up several bills. Lord Campbell presented several petitions in favour of the bill then in their Lordships' House for the recovery of small debts. The Marquis of Breadalbane presented a petition against railway travelling on Sunday. Lord Redesdale presented a petition from Herefordshire, complaining of the operation of the Lunatic Bill passed last year. The Marquis of Lansdowne laid upon the table of the House the report of the Factory Inspectors for 1846, and an abstract of a statement of monies received and expended on account of boroughs in Ireland, pursuant to Act of Parliament. PENSIONS OF LORD GOUCJH AND VISCOUNT HARDINGE The Marquis of Lansdowne gave notice that on Thursday, when the report on the Bill for granting pensions to Viscount Hardinge and Lord Gough was brought up, he should move, with regard to its pecuniary character, that the bill be restored to its original form. The Duke of Richmond said he should certainly take the sense of the House upon the question. Several bills were advanced a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. TUESDAY, JULY 14. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up the Wolverhampton Stipendiary Justice's Bill, the South Stafford- shire Junction Railway Bill, the Caledonian Railway Bill, and several other bills, which were laid on the table. Earl Povvis presented petitions against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, and for the immediate appointment of a Bishop of Manchester. Some sparring took place between Lord Brougham and Earl Grey, respecting the salary of the Lord Chief Justice, and the House shortly afterwards adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, JULY 10. NEW MEMBER.— Sir D. Le Marchant was introduced by Mr. F. Baring and Sir C. Colebrooke, and took the oaths and his seat for the city of Worcester, in ths room of Sir T. Wilde, appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. The following bills were read a third time and passed: Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Bill, Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway ( Birmingham Extension) Bill, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Bill, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway, ( Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Line} Bill, Bristol and Birmingham and Midland Railways Bill, and various other railway bills. The orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned. MONDAY, JULY 13. NEW MEMBERS.— The following Members, who have ac- cepted office under the new Government, took the oaths and their seats, consequent on their re- election :— Lord John Russell ( First Lord of the Treasury), for the city of London. Sir George Grey ( Home Secretary), for the borough of Davenport. Colonel Fox ( Surveyor of the Ordnance), for the Tower Hamlets. Sir J. C. Hobhouse ( President of the Board of Control), for the borough of Nottingham. Lord Palmerston ( Foreign Secretary), for the borough of Tiverton. Mr. Jervis ( Attorney- General), for the city of Chester. Mr. Labouchere ( Secretary for Ireland), for the borough of Taunton. • Amiral Dundas ( one of the Lords of the Admiralty), for the borough of Greenwich. Mr. C. Wood ( Chancellor of the Exchequer), for the borough of Halifax. Lord Marcus Hill ( Comptroller of the Household), for the borough of Evesham. Captain Berkeley ( one of the Lords of the Admiralty), for the city of Gloucester. Lord Hotham moved the issuing of a new writ for the elec=- tion of a Member for the borough of St. Ives, in the room of Mr. William Praed, deceased. The Lords' amendments to the Worcester New Gas Bill were considered and agreed to. The Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY, WITH BRANCHES— The report of the Committee upon this bill was considered, by order, and the bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. M. J. O'Connell, a new writ was ordered for the county of Kilkenny, in the room of the Hon. Col. P. Buller, deceased. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES— On the motion of Sir G. Grey, this bill went through committee pro forma. PUBLIC BUSINESS.— Sir J. Graham said there were three bills on the paper for this evening, which he had introduced. The first was the Highway Rates Bill. He proposed to with- draw this measure. The second was the Poor Removal Bill. He was anxious that some part of that measure should pass during the present session ; but as it was a bill of such vast importance he thought it ought, to be conducted by her Majesty's Government, and not by an individual Member of the House, He should, therefore, with the consent of the House, postpone the second reading of the Poor Removal Bill until Thursday, in order to give the Noble Lerd at the head of the Government time to consider what course he would adopt. With respect to the third measure, the Highways Bill, he wished it to go through committee pro forma, if the House did not object. Sir G. Grey said there would be no objection to going on with the Highways Bill this session. Sir J. Graham said as that was the case he would move that the Highways Bill be read a second time that day six months. The motion was agreed to. Sir J. Graham then moved that the committee on the Poor Removal Bill be postponed until Thursday. Mr. T. S. Duncombe strongly complained that important measures of reform, introduced by Sir R. Peel's Government, were likely to be postponed over the present session. Sir J. Graham was not at all aware that her Majesty's pre- sent Government intended to postpone the important bill relating to the poor till another session. If there was any such intention, he repeated that he was not aware of it. He trusted, at least, a portion of that measure would pass during the present session. Lord John Russell, after what has passed, I think it will be necessary for'me to state to the House what are the intentions of her Majesty's Ministers with respect to the Poor Removal Bill, and I hope it will tend in some degree to remove the despair of my Hon. Friend the Member for Finsbury. ( Hear, hear.) It is our fixed intention to proceed with it, but with respect to the provisions as to the residence of the poor there is certainly some doubt. I can assure my Hon. Friend that it is our determination to proceed with the bill without delay. ( Hear, hear.) I certainly voted with my Hon. Friend the Member for Malton as to the instructions to be given to the committee, because of the existence in the minds of many of no great doubt as to the expediency of the provisions with regard to the residences of the poor. ( Cries of " Hear, hear.) I would like very much to have a general committee with respect to the law of settlement, which was most complicated and difficult—( Cries of " Hear, hear")— and I do trust the bill will get all the benefit of such a committee. Having said this much, I have a short statement to make to the House. Her Majesty's Ministers having very lately accepted office, and not having all of them assembled in consequence of the necessity of vacating their seats and attending on their elections, I do not think it would be wise to state the particular measures which we propose to carry out, or in what respect we propose to alter the bills at present before the House, ( Hear, hear.) I will make a statement on Thursday with reference to what period I propose to bring forward the Sugar Duties Bill. I am quite aware of the injury which would result to trade and commerce generally should this question remain unsettled, and I will, therefore, when I fix a day, give notice for a further continuance of the sugar duties for a short period, as the measures which I niay introduce may meet with very great opposition. At the present moment I have no further state- ment to make to the House. Colonel Wood had a notice on the books to divide the Poor Removal Bill into two ; but in consequence of what had fallen from the Noble Lord he would not bring that motion on. Mr. Wakley had heard the statement of the Noble Lord with great satisfaction. An inquiry into the working of the Poor Law was absolutely necessary. By making residence for a time a claim to relief, and not going a point beyond it without full inquiry, was, he apprehended, the proper course, and he trusted the bill, as proposed to be amended by the Noble Lord, would meet with the unanimous approval of the House. Sir J. Pakington highly approved of the course proposed to be taken by the Noble Lord. He wished to ask the Right Hon. Genrteman the Secretary for the Home Department, whether it was his intention to introduce a bill, notice of which had been given by his predecessor, for the regulation of lunatic asylums ? Sir G. Grey said he believed it would be necessary to proceed with a bill which had been prepared, giving further powers to Magistrates in cases relating to lunatics, but he would be prepared to state more upon the point, on Thursday. In answer to a question by Mr. B. Osborne, Mr. Labouchere said that he would state on Thursday next what course the Government intended to pursue in relation to the bills recently introduced by his predecessor ( Lord Lincoln) with respect to landlord and tenants in Ireland, Tenants Com- pensation and Ejectments Bill, those measures were undergoing his careful attention, and he was materially assisted in his inquiry by the Noble Earl. ( Cheers.) He would state the views of Government on Thursday. SUPPLY— On the order of the day being read for goirg into a Committee of Supply. Lord Ingestre rose and moved an address to her Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to give directions for the investigation of Mr. Warner's inventions. Captain Pechell thought that Captain Warner would do better if he turned his attention to the promotion of the principles of free trade, instead of persevering in his inventions of modes of destruction. Sir H. Douglass defended the course pursued by the former commission, but thought the Government ought to give Captain Warner an opportunity of testing the value of his long range. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the Government would consent to the appointment of three officers to inquire into the matter, and he, therefore, hoped the Noble Lord would withdraw his motion. After some further discussion, lx) rd Ingestre thanked the Government for the course it proposed to pursue, and allowed his motion to be negatived without a division. Mr. Williams then drew attention to the magnitude of the the estimates of the year, which had been prepared in anticipa- tion of war, and were for the present year seven millions more than they had been in the year 1835. He hoped the whole subject of the expenditure of the country would be revised by the present Government. After some observations from Mr. Hume and Dr. Bowring, Lord J. Russell said the whole of the increase in our naval and military forces was not attributable altogether to the probability of war. Much of it was owing to the increase of our colonies, and to the extension of our commerce. Indeed, our present force did not enable the Government to give the necessary reliefs to that portion of the army engaged in foreign service. The House then went into Committee of Supply, and the remainder of the evening was occupied in the discussion of the estimates. TUESDAY, JULY 14. Mr. M. Gibson took the oaths and his seat on his re- election for Manchester, and Lord Ebrington on his re- election for Plymouth A new writ was ordered for the county of Sutherland, in the room of Mr. Dundas, appointed to the office of Solicitor- General. SUGAR DUTIES Mr. H. Baillie asked if the Noble Lord, the first Minister of the Crown, intended, on Thursday next, to state the precise nature of the measure he intended to pro- pose, respecting the sugar duties. Lord J. Russell said that several inquiries were being made in relation to the subject. On Thursday next he should pro. pose a temporary bill, but he should not wish the House to consent to it until Hon. Members were in possession of the nature and details of the general bill which the Government intended to bring forward on the subject. ( Hear, hear.) He could not state more on the present occasion. Mr. T. S. Duncombe asked if the Noble Lord on Thursday next intended to state what would be the general policy of his Government, and the principles by which they would be actuated. And if not prepared to do so on Thursday, would the Noble Lord name some other day ? ( Cheers.) Lord J. Russell said he should act in accordance with the general principles he had always professed and declared in that House. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. T. S. Duncombe intimated that probably he might feel it his duty to ask some questions relating to the intended policy of the new Government on Thursday next. ( Hear.) The House was shortly afterwards counted out. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15. Mr. F. Maule took the oaths and his seat on his re- election for Perth, and Mr. Cowper on his re- election for Hertford. POOR REMOVAL BILL.— In answer to a question by Capt. Pechell, Sir G. Grey said the Poor Removal Bill was divided into three parts, but the Government did not intend to proceed with the third part, respecting union settlements. The other parts would be considered without delay. The second reading of the Smoke Prohibition Bill was post- poned for six months. The Commons Inciosure Bill went through committee, pro forma, and was ordered to be recommitted on Friday. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL— Mr. Hume moved the second reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill. He trusted the House would agree to the motion, and take the discussion on going into committee. Sir G. Grey said he had no objection to the second reading of the bill, but he should have several amendments to propose in committee. After some observations from Dr. Bowring and Mr. Bemal, Mr. A. S. O'Brien said he considered this bill too important to rest on the responsibility of a single member of parliament. He was aware that many abuses existed in charitable trusts, and he wished to see them removed, but under present cir- cumstances he thought the House <* as not prepared to give the subject a full consideration. He therefore moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. B. Escott supported the second reading. He thought the subject ought to be considered without delay. Mr. Buck supported the amendment. Mr. Spooner did not deny that any individual member had a right to bring forward a bill like the present; but as the subject was so important he was of opinion it should be left in the hands of the Government. Sir De Lacy Evans supported the bill. Mr. Estcourt trusted the Hon. Member for Montrose would withdraw his motion for the second reading of the bill; such an important measure could not be discussed with satisfaction at that late period of the session. If, however, he persevered, he ( Mr. Estcourt) should vote in favour of the amendment. Sir J. Graham said, the measure was introduced with the consent of the late Government, and therefore he should give his support to the second reading. If it was thought too com- prehensive in its details they might be considered in committee. He thought the Legislature were called upon to provide some THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1846. salutary remedy for theevils which now existed in the adminis- tration of charitable tracts. He should give his willing vote for the second reading of the bill, without pledging himself to its details. Mr. Newdegate opposed the motion. Mr. T. Egerton also opposed the second reading. Mr. Hume in reply said his object was that the funds of all charities should be applied to the purposes intended by the donors. Lord G. Somerset said he should vole for the second reading of the bill, but he protested against being considered as pledged to support all its details There were imperfections which he should endeavour to rectify in committee. The House divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 42 For the amendment 12 Majority — 30 The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The report of the committee of supply was brought up and agreed to. Mr. Hastie obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the Land Clauses Consolidation Act of 1( 545, and the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act of 1845. The Hon. Member after- wards brought in the bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on this day week. The orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned. THURSDAY, JULY 16. Mr. Shiel took the oaths and his seat on his re- election for Dungarvan. Lord A. Paget took the oaths and his seat for the city of Lichfield. The report on the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester- shire Junction Railway Bill was further considered, and the bill ordered to be engrossed. MINISTERIAL POLICY. Lord John Russel!— I stated that I would to- day give notice to the House the general court- e of policy which it is the inten- tion of her Majesty's Government to pursue with respect to those biils before the House, and I will do so in moving the consideration of the order of the day. On Monday I will state to the House the policy which it is the intention of the Govern- ment to pursue with respect to the sugar duties. I will then unfold the plan we consider ought to be adopted, after which I propose to adjourn the further consideration of the question until to- morrow week ( Friday). It is now late in the session to lose time, and I will make as little delay as possible; at the same time I propose a short bill for the continuance of the sugar duties for one month, or until Parliament shall otherwise approve. ( Hear.) With regard to the Poor- law Removal Bill, I have already stated my general views respecting it to the House, and what is further proposed to be done will be stated by the Secretary for the Home Department. The next bill before the House is the Drainage Bill. Some members of the Government will undertake the care of that bill, with the hope of carrying it through. The next are the bills brought in by the late Chief Secretary for Ireland— one of the most important of these bills, the Ejectment Bill, it is our intention to adopt with some slight alterations, preserving especially that clause which prevents the seizure of growing crops. We also propose to proceed with the Lease Bill; but with respect u> the Tenants' Compensation Bill, we find the machinery so exceedingly com- plicated that we will postpone it for further consideration. There are some other bills affecting Ireland, regarding which the Chief Secretary for Ireland ( Mr. Labouchere) will be able to answer whatever questions will be put to him. There are some bills now in the House of Lords; one of them is called the Small Debts Bill, which is a bill similar to the one which has been introduced by the former Government, and which has been repeatedly before Parliament. The present Government entirely approve of the general purport of that bil , and although it is a bill of great length, containing many provisions, they do hope they will be enabled to obtain the sanction of Parliament to it during the present session, as it is a measure of very great importance. There is another bill, which likewise is at present in the House of Lords, which the Government d J not propose to take into their own hands unless necessary, but which I trust will obtain the assent of Parliament— it is called the Religious Opinions Bill. That bill was introduced by a Member of the late Government, in the name of the Government, and, there- fore, is a Government Bill. I trust the author of that bill will continue to take charge of it; but if he should not do that, some Member of the present Government will then propose that bill in its present shape- There are many other bills which are not of great importance, which we propose to go on with. With respect to other measures proposed to be introduced I will not give any detailed notice- I will only say that, looking at the improvement of wast lands in Ireland as a subject of the greatest importance, we shall endeavour to introduce a pre- paratory measure; and if it is necessary to ask the aid of Parliament for any measure of that kind, we shall do so this session. At all events we shall endeavour to take steps betvvten this time and the next session for the introduction of some measure on the subject. These are the general statements I have to make, and - I beg to move that the orders of the day be now read. On the question for going into committee on the Poor Removal Bili, Mr. E. Denison said the question of union settlements was one of the greatest importance to agriculturists as well as manu- facturers, and he regretted, from the avowed opinions of many members of the Government, that it was not likely to be taken into favourable consideration. Although desirous to see the Government of the Noble Lord ( J. Russell) a lasting one, he would frankly declare that its composition was not such as to inspire him with confidence. After some observations from Colonel Wood, Mr. T. Duncombe complained of the vagueness of the declaration of Lord John Russell as to the principles upon which the Government would be conducted— vagueness the more suspicious, ow < g to the rumours which were afloat as to his having applied tu Sir R. Peel for the loan of three members of his Government. He also asked what were the intentions of the Minister with respect to the Irish Church. Did he mean to adhere to the proposition which he had once supported, that the increased grant to Maynooth should be paid out of the surplus revenues of the Established Church in that country ? Would he favour an extension of the franchise, or did he still mean to contend for the finality of the Reform Bill ? Would he, now that he was in office, bring in a bill to limit the hours of labour in factories ? It was rignt that all these things should be understood, for the support the Noble Lord would receive would be in proportion to the liberality and comprehensiveness of his measures. Lord J. Russell had no hesitation in saying that he had asked the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Dalhousie, and Mr. Sidney Herbert, to . loin his Government. He had found himself for several years acting in harmony with tlie general opinions of those individuals, and he did not think any difficulty would arise from their uniting with him. His proposals had been declined ; but he saw nothing to regret in having made the application, for it was not absolutely essential that the Members of a Government should agree in every particular. He might instance the fact that he could not agree with Earl Grey in his opinions respecting the Irish Church, and even his own senti- ments were looked upon as extreme by some of the Members of the Cabinet. He thought it advisable to deal as soon as possible with the social evils of Ireland, and he would not be led away from that practical object by subjects upon which nothing could at present be effected. He would endeavour that the people of Ireland should have a political franchise in every respect equal to that possessed by the people of England. He had voted with the Hon. Member for Sheffield that the in- creased endowment for . Maynooth should he furnished from the surplus revenues of the Irish Church, and he still adhered to his opinions on that subject, as well as upon the sub. ect of the Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches; but he did not think it wise to urge these opinions to the delay and perhaps defeat of practical measures of improvement. The destruction of the Protestant Church of Ireland, he thought, would be a fatal proceeding, for it would he the immediate signal for a religious war. He thought, however, that Mr. Pitt was right in thinking that the Catholic priesthood might be endowed by the State, and he ( Lord J. Russell) believed that great advantage would have followed that measure had it been carried out at the time. Now, however, it was impossible to think of it. He had never contended for the finality of the Reform Bill, but still he could not agree to the five points of the charter. With respect to the hours of factory labour, he would vote for limiting them to eleven. Mr. Labouchere, however, was against any limitation, and though he would always vote for the restriction to eleven hours, he would not require the other Members of his Cabinet to do so. Mr. B. Osborne said he was entirely dissatisfied with the Noble Lord's declarations respecting the Established Church of Ireland, which was, he said, a disgrace to any civilised country. And yet, t3 spare this Church, they were to be put off' with a few social reforms of small amount. He would take an early opportunity of testing the sincerity of the Noble Lord's opinions on the Irish Church, by reproducing the motion of Mr. Ward. After some further discussion, Sir G. Grey, in moving that the Poor Removall Bill be com- mitted pro forma, stated the course which the Government intended to pursue with respect to it. A discussion of some length took place, in which several suggestions were made for the improvement of the bill, and several recommendations offered for the postponement of it till next session. The speakers were— Sir J. Pakington, Colonel Packe, Mr. Spooner, Mr. V. Smith, Lord H. Vane. Mr. Sti utt, and Mr. Henley, who recommended t ie passing of a bill sus- pending all removals for the nest 12 months, Mr. Wakley, Mr. P. Scrope, Colonel Wood, the Attorney- General, Mr. B. Escott, Mr. Borthwick, Mr. Bodkin, Captain Pechell, Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Wodehouse, and Captain Egerton. The bill was then committed pro forma, and the report received forthwith. The bill was then ordered to be printed. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, JULY 16. The Royal Assent given by commision to nearly a hundred public and private bills, amongst which was the Worcester New Gas Bill. Messengers from the Commons brought up several bills, which were ordered to lie on the table. The Bishop of London moved that the order of the day for the House going into committee on the Correction of Clerks Bill be discharged, for the purpose of postponing it to a fitter opportunity, principally in consequence of an intimation which he had received from the Lord Chancellor that there were cer- tain portions of the bill, to which he could not give his assent. He trusted that in another session he should be able to make such alterations as would meet the views of the Noble and Learned Lord. The Bishop of Norwich presented petitions in favour of the bill from Norwich and Cambridge. The Lord Chancellor said, that no member of the Right Rev. Bench felt more deeply the inefficiencies of the law, and the necessity of some legislative remedy to correct the errors which now existed, and he should he glad to render any assis- tance in framing a measure to obtain the necessary objects, but he objected to the bill of the Right Rev. Prelate on the ground that it might expose the great body of the clergy to unnecessary annoyance. The order of the day was then discharged. VISCOUNT HARDINGE AND LORD GOUGH'S ANNUITY BILLS.— The Marquis of Lansdowne, in bringing up the report on Lord Hardinge's Annuity Bill, moved that the amendment of the committee be dissented from. He deprecated anything like a want of unanimity between the two Houses of Parlia- ment upon a subject like this, which was peculiarly within the province of the House of Commons; and he had also to inform their Lordships that he had received a letter from theViscountess Hardinge, in which she expressed an earnest hope that the unanimity upon the subject might not be disturbed, feeling con- fident that Lord Hardinge's feelings would be entirely in favour of the provision brought forward by the Government. The provision made by the East India Company could only be carried out with the consent of the Crown, and had a right to be considered, therefore, in connection with that made by Par- liament. The Duke of Richmond opposed the amendment, hoping that the House would not deal with Noble Lords who had con- ferred such benefits on the country in a paltry spirit of economy. He regretted that the present Government had taken the same view of this case as the former one, but he still hoped to have the votes of some of its members. The Postmaster- Genera! had voted with him in committee, and he hoped he would also give him his support that night. The Earl of liipon adhered to his former opinions upon the subject, and would support the amendment of the Noble Marquis. Lord Brougham supported the views of the Duke of Rich- mond, and contended that the more disinterested the family of Lord Hardinge proved themselves to be, the more just and generous they should be towards them. The Duke of Wellington warned their Lordships, for the sake of the officers of the army, not to make those marks of honour too expensive to the nation. He also said that this was the first time in which that House had ever interfered so directly with the peculiar privileges of the House of Commons as to increase the burdens of the country. The Marquis of Clanricarde said, when he voted with the Noble Duke Richmond) on a former evening, he did so on the impulse of the moment, and a very imperfect knowledge of the circumstances of the case. He had, however, since then given the subject his consideration, and would most certainly vote for restoring the bill to its original shape. After some observations from the Earl of Galloway and the Earl of Wicklow, Their Lordships divided, and the amendment of the Marquis of Lansdowne was carried by a Majority of 47 to 18. The bill is therefore, restored to its original state. Some bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. ANNUAL COUNTRY MEETING OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. The annual meeting and exhibition of the Royal Agricul- tural Society of England for the present year commenced on Tuesday, at Newcastle- upon- Tyne. The entry of implements exceeds in number that of any previous meeting. There are no less than 110 exhibitors, some of whom have as many as 40 articles, and they include the principal makers in the kingdom. On Friday the private trial of barn and other implements was held in the outer yard, and on Saturday and Monday the general private trials took place, under the superintendence of Mr. Miles, M P., and Mr. Shelley, the stewards of this department; On Tuesday morning the public trial came off', and was attended by a large number of the members of the Society, of the neighbouring farmers, and others. On the preceding evening the judges delivered their award of prizes for implements, and the following is a list of them :— £• Best plough adapted to heavy land— Mr. John Howard 10 Best plough adapted to light land— Mr. John Howard 10 Best drill for general purposes, and also for distribut- ing compost in a moist or dry state— Mr. Hornsby 15 Best turnip drill on the flat, and also for distributing compost in a moist or dry state— Mr. Hunter 10 Best turnip drill on the ridge, and also for distributing compost'in a moist or dry state— Mr. Teasdale 10 Best scarifier— Mr. Crosskill 10 Best chaff- cutter— Mr. Cornes 10 Best machine for making draining tiles or pipes— Mr. Scragg 20 Best harrow— Mr. Coleman 5 Best drill presser, depositing manure and seed - Mr. Hornsby 10 Best churn— Mr. Robinson 5 Best weighing machine for farm produce and live cattle— Mr. James 10 Best steaming appai atus for roots— Mr. Robinson 5 Best skim or paring plough— not sufficient merit 5 Best subsoil pulverizer— Mr. Read 10 Best horse seed dibbler— not sufficient merit 15 Best hand seed dibbler— Mr. Crawford 5 Best linseed crusher— Mr. Crosskill 5 Best one- horse cart— Mr. Crosskill 5 Best thrashing machine— Mr. Garrett .. 25 Best set of draining tools and instruments— not suffi- cient merit 10 Best steam power, applicable to thrashing and other agricultural purposes— not sufficient merit 25 Best horse power, applicable to thrashing and other agricultural purposes— not sufficient merit 25 MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. Hayband maker— Mr. Pierce 2 Corn Crusher— Mr. Zachariah Parkes 3 Winnowing machine—. Air. Hornsby 3 Rowan's patent axle— Mr. Robinson 5 Hav- rake— Mr. Grant 3 Haymaking machine— Messrs. H. Smith 5 Norwegian harrow— Mr. Stratton 5 Tile machine— Mr. Garrett 5 Grubber— Messrs. Smith Silver medal Spike roller— Messrs. Barrett and Ashton Silver medal Wheels and axle— Mr. Crosskill Silver medal Kent drill— Mr. Garrett Silver medal Root washer— Mr. Richmond Silver medal Whipple trees— Mr. Harding Silver medal Mr. White, of Tewkesbury, exhibited an improvement for gig and waggon shafts, which drew considerable attention. The award of prizes for cattle and stock took place on Wed- nesday night. We have only space to particularize such por- tions of the award as are locally interesting, and therefore generalize the remainder. SHORT HORNS. In this class the prizes were awarded to Mr. Hopper, of Newham, Stockton- on- Tees ; Mr. Ranee, of Morton, Tin- mouth, Darlington; Mr. T. Wetherell, of Durham ; Mr. R. Booth, of Wallaby, near Northallerton ; Mr. J. Booth, of Killerby ; and Mr. J. B. Stanhope, of Revesby Abbey, near Boston. HEREFORDS. CLASS I The first prize of 40 sovereigns, for the best bull, calved previously to the 1st of January, 1844, adjudged to Mr. Edward Gough, of Gravel Hill, near Shrewsbury : the second prize of 15 sovereigns, to Mr. Edward Williams, of Lowes Court, near Hay CLASS II — The prize of 20 sovereigns, for the best bull, calved since the 1st of January, 1844, to Mr. Carpenter, of Eardisland, Leominster. CLASS III — The prize of 15 sovereigns, for the best cow in milk, or in calf, to Mr. Cnarles Walker, of Sutton, Tenbury. CLASS IV — No competition CLASS V The prize of 10 sovereigns, for the best yearling heifer, to Mr Carpenter, of Eardisland, near Leominster. CLASS VI— The prize of 10 sovereigns, for the best bull calf, not exceeding one year old, also to Mr Carpenter. DEVONS. Prize- holders— Mr. G. Turner, Barton, near Exeter ( two prizes); Mr. Fouracre, Durston, near Taunton ( three prizes) ; and Mr, T. Bond, Bishop's Lydeard, Taunton ( two prizes). CATTLE OF ANY BREED. The prize holders in this class were Hon. M W. B. Nugent, of Hinckley ( five prizes), and Mr J. Marshall, Scaleby, the sixth prize Mr. Jos. Dunn, of Ensham, Oxon, was one of the judges in this class. HORSES. Mr. Day, of Ensham, Oxon, was one of the judges in this class. The winners of premiums were— Mr. John Bartropp, Woodbridge; Mr. T. Richardson, Solemain, Brampton; Mr. F. T. Bryan, Knossington, Leicestershire; Mr. E. Mills, Molesdon, Morpeth ; Lord St. John, Higham Ferrers ; Mr. T. Foster, Rothbury ; and Mr. G. Holmes, Thirsk. LEICESTER SHEEP. Prize- holders Mr. G. Turner, Barton, near Exeter ; Mr. R. Smith, Oakham; Mr. R. Burgess, near Nottingham; Mr. Pawlett, Beeston, Beds; and Mr. G. Angus, Driffield. SOUTHDOWNS. Mr. Jonas Webb, of Babraham, near Cambridge, won three prizes, the Duke of Richmond two, and Mr. Barnard, M P., one. LONG- WOOLLED SHEEP. Mr. Charles Large, of Broadwell, near Lechlade, won two prizes, viz,, forty sovs. for the best shearling ram, and 15 sovs. for the second best ram ; Mr. E. Handy, of Sevenhampton, near Andoversford, two prizes ; and Mr. Smith, of Charlbury, near Enstone, one prize. MOUNTAIN DISTRICT SHEEP. Mr. Elliott, of Hendthorpe, Jedburgh, took two prizes, and the following one prize each— Mr. Bolam, Fawdon, Whitting- ham ; and Mr. W. Foster, Burradon, Rothbury. PIGS, AND WOOL. The whole of these prizes were taken by parties from Leeds, Thirsk, Wigton, York, Kelvedon, Jedburgh, and Kendal. On Wednesday evening there was a lecture on draining, which was attended by about a thousand persons. Yesterday ( Thursday) there was a lecture in the morning on the cultivation of flax, and the great dinner took place in the pavilion in the evening. & ocal s& flilfcoaj) intelligence. Now that the political world is becoming in a rather more settled state, people have time to return to the consideration of railway matters. The several bills for new lines now before Parliament are proceeding with varied success, and although there has been a considerably extensive " weeding" of these speculations, still a very large number of schemes have received the sanction of Parliament. About 80 projects have already received the Royal assent in the present session, and we fin', that the capitals and " farther sums authorised to be raided" by these bills, and the parliamentary deposits paid, to be as follows :— Capital stock authorized by the eighty Acts .... £ 39,260,930 Amount authorized to be borrowed beyond the capital ." 12,933,744 Total authorized to be raised 62,194,674 Length of lines, 1429| miles. Amount of Parliamentary deposit released from the Accountant- General's hands, £ 1,307,685. Among the bills comprised above are the North Staffordshire ( three bills), Bristol and South Wales Junction, and Buck- inghamshire, Oxford, and Bletchley Junction. An important report has lately been issued by the Lords Select Committee on Railways, wherein the defects of the present imperfect system of railway legislation are pointed out. It recommends that the expenses incurred in the pro- motion of a new line of railway should be lessened by an assimilation and simplifying of the standing orders of both Houses of Parliament, that power should be given to amend errors in plans and sections, so as to avoid the loss of valuable schemes on mere points of detail; that the detailed enumera- tion of parishes now required should be dispensed with; that notices ( if the post- office arrangements would admit of it) should be forwarded as registered letters, in a similar way to notices of claims and objections to voters, such registration to be a proof of service; that a railway board should be estab- lished for the supervision of all railways and canals; that all new railway projects should be submitted to them, and on their being satisfied of the necessity of such projects, and of the capabilities and bona fide, intentions of the parties pro- moting them, they should have the power of permitting surveys to be made. It is also proposed that this board should decide upon the compliance or non- compliance with standing orders. The report also recommends that the sale of scrip should bo prevented until complete registration has taken place. It also recommends the abolition of provisional regis- tration and payment of deposits. THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY The immediate neighbourhood of Dudley exhibits, at the present time, a sceneof active industry, owing to the large number of men engaged in the construction of this line. To show the energy with which the works are carried on, we may stare that the day on which Mr. Hughes, the contractor for the supply of bricks, received notice to commence operations, he removed the turf from the field from which he obtained the clay, and in twenty- four hours afterwards thousands of bricks were moulded and ready for the kiln. JU is most fortunata for all parties concerned, that the field adjoining the race course, which the railway will cross, skirting the Castle Hill, supplies, at fifteen inches from the surface, an abundant supply of clay for the manufacture of bricks, of which not less than seven millions will be required to complete the Dudley tunnel alone ! The duty on the bricks which Mr. Hughes is under contract to make will yield the Government at least 40J. a week. The brick work linings of the tunnel will be three feet in thickness, and there will be five shafts altogether, two of which are already sunk to their proper depth. One of these is between thirty and forty yards, and the other about twenty- six yards deep; the other shafts are in rapid progress. The cutting for the tunnel will be thirty- two feet wide, and thirty feet high, and the whole will be completed within three years. As this is the heaviest piece of work on the line, it is probable that the railway may be partially opened before that period. The expenditure of the large sum in Dudley required for the payment of workmen's wages, will be of infinite service to the retail tradespeople of the town. The men are well conducted, and in this respect will, we hope, prove an exception to the character for drunkenness and disorderly conduct which the navies have obtained in other quarters.— Birmingham Journal.—[ The same activity pre- vails in forwarding the works of this line in the immediate vicinity of this city.] The Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway Bill passed the House of Commons on Monday night, as also the Bill of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway, with branches. The Corporation of Hereford have intimated that, unless the Great Western immediately proceed with the Hereford and Monmouth, they will petition the Parliament not to pass any more of their bills ! RAILWAY TRAFFIC.— It apears from official returns that the amount of traffic for the last week, on nearly 1,800 miles of railway, was 155,373/., thus accounted for:— 92,825/. for the conveyance of passengers only, 30,589/. for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of 31,959/. for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase over the corresponding week of last year of 17,718/. WORKING STOCK OF EXISTING RAILWAYS.— An abstract of the returns made to the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, in pursuance of an order of the House of Lords, of the " Working Stock ( engines, carriages, and waggons) belonging to railway companies at present in operation," has been published, from which we glean the following informa- tion:— The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway stock con- sists of 40 engines, 48 passenger carriages, and 086 luggage vans, trucks, and crrriages. Bristol and Gloucester, 11 engines, 20 passenger carriages, and 213 luggage vans, trucks, and carriages. Grand Junction, including Liverpool and Man- chester, and Bolton and Leigh, 128 engines, 343 passenger carriages, and 1978 luggage vans, trucks, and carriages. Great Western, 127 engines, 232 passenger carriages, and 919 lupgage vans, trucks, and carriages. Midland, 109 engines, 251 passenger carriages, and 1842 luggage vans, trucks, and carriages. London and Blackwall ( all the engines stationary), 8 engines, 47 passenger carriages, and 9 luggage vans, trucks, and carriages. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The committee assembled to- day at the usual hour. There were present the Earl of Shaftesbury, chairman ; Lord Devon, Lord Hawarden, Lord Radnor, Lord Fortescue, and Lord Redesdale. THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY ( BIRMING- HAM EXTENSION)— The committee declared the standing orders to have been complied with. THE BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY RAILWAY—'! he same announcement was made in respect of the bil! for this line. THE SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY— The committee arrived at the same decision with respect to this line. THE RUGBY AND LEAMINGTON RAILWAY.— The standing orders were then declared to have been complied with as to the bill for this line. THE MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY— The like intimation was made in this case. THE TRENT VALLEY, MIDLANDS, AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY— The same announcement was made as applicable to the bill for this line. THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY In this case the committee decided that the standing orders had not been complied with, but intimated that they should recommend that the standing orders should be dispensed with. THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION ( BIRMING- HAM EXTENSION) RAILWAY Precisely the same decision was come to in this as in the above case. To the Editor of the Worcestershire Guardian. Middle Hill. 9th July, 1846. Sir,— I regret 1 did not find the following authentic docu- ment before the fatal decision of the House of Lords. It is important in an historical point of view, independently of its merit in confirming the old auage " Fas est et ab hoste doceri., f It hence appears that at this time, so far from requiring other nations to feed us, we were actually feeding France ( our enemy too) at a cheaper rate than other nations could; and instead of our buying 500,000/. worth of corn from abroad, we were actually selling that amount to go out of the country— and this no longer back than about fifty years. Every one will be able to make their comments upon this fact, and in our present state of affairs it is not a little curious and contradictory. The setier being 12 bushels, it follows ( hat nearly 1,000.000 bushels went out of this country in that year, and probably 1,200,000, as that amount had been ordered by M. Roland. Now this is the situation I should be glad to see this country maintain, namely, that of being, like Egypt of old, the granary of the world— not, however, by buying corn abroad to sell again, but by raising it on its own soil, as it seems to have done at the epoch in question. The price of the bushel was at this time four francs, not very far below the price we have lately seen it at. The true patriotic course for us to adopt in this corn question would be to establish granaries in all the country towns, to ascertain exactly, or as nearly as possible, what quantity of bread the whole population ought fairly to consume in the year, then to purchase one year's stock of corn on the continent, lodge it in the granaries, sell it out the first year, or rather give it out in exchange for our own produce of that year, bushel for bushel and quarter for quarter, by which means we should always have one year's stock of fresh corn in hand at least, and if bad harvests should take place, we should have time to contract with other nations for the purchase of as much as would supply the deficiency ; and on the other hand, if an abundant harvest in our own country should bless us, the surplus would be laid up in store against the occurrence of a defective one. This is the true and safe policy for the nation to follow, and not to incur, as we do by the present plan, the risk of foreigners shutting their ports against us, and leaving us in a moment destitute, with the horror of famine alarming us. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOS. PHILLIPPS. '' Rapport du Ministre de /' Interieur. a la Convention Na- lionale, 31 Octobre, 1792, Van 1 de la Republique. " Le 23 Septembre dernier j'ai mis sous les yeux de la Con- vention Nationale un appen,' u de la distribution des douze millions,* qui ont ete mis a ma disposition par le Decret du 4 du meme mois, pour faire faire des achats de Grains et Farines chez 1' Etranger, & donner des secours pecuniaires aux divers Departemens qui peuvent eprouver des besoins en subsistances. Je vais, aujourd' hui, rendre compte a 1' assembled de 1' emploi que j' ai fait de ce fond de douze millions. " La Convention Nationale a deja en connaissance des motifs, qui m' cnt determine a ne point faire faire d' achats de grains dans les contrees meridionales de 1' Europe et des diverges con- siderations, qui m' ont porte a faire diriger exclusivement ces achats en ANGLETERRE & en IRLANDE. ".)' observerai, seulement, que j' ai trouve dans cette mesure, ( 1) plus d' economie dans les prix, ( 2) line meilleure qualite dans la denrte, 4" ( 3) plus de ctltrilt dans les transports. La quantite que j'ai d'abord commissionne'e, nionte a 02,000 setiers de Ble, et 50,000 sacs de Farine, qui couterout environ 7,000,000 ; maisj' ai recommande', depuis, de n'acheter, sur cette quantite', qu' environ le quinzieme en Farine, & le surplus en Ble', parcequ'il est plus facile de conserver cette derniere denree que la Farine. " Les achats, deja faits, s' ele'vent a 78,000 setier$+ de Ble', & 9188 Sacs de Farine qui forment une Valeur de 4,536,000 livres. De ces quantites, il y en a deja d' arrive'es dans nos Ports, savoir, 30,000 setiers de Ble, & 3000 Sacs de Farine; partie du surplus est en mer, & le reste sera expedie successivement. " 38 Departements demandent des secours en Nature, dont la totalite est de 2,006,000 quintaux de Ble', qui representent un fonds de plus de 52,000,000 ( de livres) independemment de 6,165,000 livres en argent. Je ne dome pas que ces demandes ne soient forte e'xagerees, maiselles servent toujours a faire connaitre combien les besoins sont considerables. " J' ai deja distribue 2,227,000 livres en avances pecuniaires, & je vais egalement proceder a la distribution de Grains & Farines, a niesure qu' elles arriveront d' ANGLETERRE. Dans cette position, j' ai cru qu ii etait indispensable de faire de nouveaux achats de grains, & je viens d'en coinmissionner encore 100,000 setiers, qui couterout, a peu pies, 4,800,000 livres. En ajoutant cette somme a celle de 7,000,000, pour le premier achat, il en resulte que la totalite des Bles & Farines, commis- sio nnes ciiez 1' etranger, formera une depense d'environ 11 . tiOO. OOO livres (£ 472,000) a quoi ajoutant ce qui a ete deja avanee en secours pecuniaires, & qui monte a 2,270,000 livres, celafait un total de 14,070,000 (£ 5( 52,800). '' D' acres ces details, dans lesquels ne se trouvent pas compris les depens. es extraordinaires de ilechargement, loyers de Maga- sins & autres frais de manutention, la Convention Nationale sentira, sans doute, la necessite de mettre de nouveaux fonds a ma disposition, et je pense qu'ils ne peuvent etre moindres de 12 millions. Je prie done 1' Assemblee de me faire connaitre promptement ses intentions a cet egard. " Fait a Paris le trente un Octobre 1792, l'an premier de la Republique Frau^ aise. " Le Ministre de 1' Interieur, " ROLAND." * De Francs. t Tbe setier is 12 bushels. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BIRMINGHAM.— Afire, attended with a considerable sacrifice of property, took place at Bir- mingham, on Monday, on the premises ol Mr. H. Florentine, button manufacturer, in Princess Street. It is supposed that owing to the over- heating of a flue the premises took fire ; but from whatever cause it proceeded, it assumed a most alarming appearance, the flames being visible from a considerable distance. The engines from the various fire offices were immediately on the spot; but before they could extinguish the flames property estimated at £ 2000 was destroyed. The premises were, however, fortunately insured, and the fire did not extend beyond them. IRON TUNNEL ACROSS THE MENAI STRAITS.— Mr. Stephenson, in order to set at rest the doubts expressed respecting the practicability of this scheme, has had an iron model of his intended tunnel, twenty feet long and four feet high, made and fixed at an engineering factory at Millwall. Extensive experiments were made on it on Wednesday in the presence of several distinguished scientific gentlemen, with the most satisfactory results. THE SOCIALIST SYSTEM.— Harmony Hall, near Stock- bridge, in Hampshire, has followed the fate of all its predecessors of the " Communist," or " Owenite System." Last week a general congress of the members of the " Rational Society," from ali parts of the country, was held at Rose- hill, in the vicinity, where the accumulated property was transferred to three trustees, for the benefit of the creditors, THE IRON TRADE.— We gave in our last a notice of the proceedings of the Ironmasters at the quarterly meeting at Birmingham on the day before that of our publication, and we have now to add that at the concluding meeting, which was held at Dudley, on Saturday last, the prices agreed to at Birmingham were confirmed. The iron trade of this district is now in a very prosperous state, and is likely to continue so for some length of time. Many heavy orders were given at the late meetings for iron, particularly for pig, for which kind alone orders were received for about 25,000 tons. Under these circumstances no reduction may be expected for the present. TITHE COMMUTATION.— On Wednesday the Parlia- mentary returns presented by the Tithe Commissioners were printed, of all agreements and of all awards for the commu- tation of tithes confirmed by them, as also of all apportion- ments confirmed from the 1st of July, 1845, to the Ist of January, 1846. The first branch of the return has reference to the agreements confirmed by the Commissioners in the half- year mentioned, showing the amount of rent- charge agreed to be paid in lieu of tithes. By the summary it appears that the compositions and rates amounted to £ 6545. 2s. 6^ d.; rent- charges, £ 7143. 14s. 4d.; increase of rent- charges, £ 604. 10s. 0| d.; decrease of rent charges, £ 5. 18s. 2£ d.; rent- charges for which compositions cannot be ascer. tained, £ 656. 16s. 5d. ; rent- charges of the present return, £ 7800. 10s. 9d. ; rent- charges of former returns £ 2,454,338.19s. 9 § d.; total rent- charges, £ 2,462,139. 10s. 6£ d. The result shows that the total increase in the present return is £ 598. lis. 9fd., and in former returns £ 56,542. 5s. 5fd., making the total increase £ 57,140. 17s. 3fd. The second branch contains a return of all awards for the commutation of tithes which have been confirmed in the period specified, specifying the amount of rent- charge awarded to be paid in lieu of tithes, and showing whether the same be payable to appropriators, impropriators, or clerical incumbents. The total rent charges of this part amount to £ 61,196. Os. lid.; and of former returns, £ 1,088,282. 8s. 4±., making the total rent- charges of this part amount to £ 1,149,478. 9s. 3| d. The third part shows the apportionments confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners in the six months from July to January. The document extends to twenty- two pages. SILVER STREET CLASSICAL, COMMERCIAL AND MATHEMATICAL ACADEMY, CONDUCTED RY THE REV. J. COLVILLE, M. A., WITH ASSISTANTS, ILL be Re- opened, after the present Vacation on SATURDAY, the 25th JULY, on which day punctuality of attendance is particularly requested. The Terms may be known on personal application, or by letter. ACADEMY, 14, FRIAR STREET MR. BARD IN RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends the Duties of his DAY SCHOOL for YOUNG GENTLEMEN, and EVENING SCHOOL for YOUNG LADIES, will be RESUMED on MONDAY, the 20th Instant. SAN SOME WALK ACADEMY, CONDUCTED BY MR. J. SPOONER, WILL be RE- OPENED on THURSDAY, the 23rd Instant. Sansome Walk, July 15th, 1846. WORCESTER DIOCESAN SCHOOL, SIDBURY HOUSE, ( OPPOSITE BATH ROAD,) Under the Patronage of the LORD BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE and the Board of Education. rrllE above SCHOOL will be RE- OPENED on I SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1846. Applications to be made to the Rev. George Elton, Head Master ; or to any . Member of the Diocesan Board of Education. EDUCATION. TO THE CLERGY" AND GENTRY. ALimited Number of PUPILS, sons of Clergymen, Private and Professional Gentlemen and Merchants, are carefully EDUCATEDand prepared for their future pursuits, at a School in a very healthy village a few miles west of London. The moral", health, and comforts of the Pupils, and their reli- gious instruction, are objects of constant solicitude. The terms, inclusive of every expense, are 40 Guineas per annum. A prospectus of the system of education, with the addresses of parents and guardians, may be obtained upon application, by letter only, to M. C., care of Messrs. Hatchaid's, 187, Piccadilly. MR. DRAWING. W. H. WOOD BEGS to inform his Pupils and the Public that he RESUMES his Professional Duties on and after the 29th Instant, in this CITY and following Places, viz. :— KIDDERMINSTER, BEWDLEY, STOURPORT, BROMS- GROVE, and MALVERN. 35, Foregate- street, Worcester. DANCING. MR. J. H. D'EGVILLE BEGS most respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, the Public, and his Friends generally, that he has entered into an arrangement with his Father to succeed him in his professional business after the present vacation. Mr. J. H. D., in soliciting the support of his Father's con- nection, trusts confidently on his behalf and his own to secure their patronage, and hopes that a ten years' practice among most of the County families and schools will secure for him that professional reputation his Father enjoyed. Britannia Square, Worcester. %* Any Person having any Claim against Mr. L. H. D'EGVILLE, late of this City, is requested to forward the same to the above address, and it will be immediately dis- charged. DANCING. WM. D'EGVILLE, 74, HIGH- STREET, WORCESTER, RESPECTFULLY announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and Residents of the City and County and adja- cent District, that on the occasion of the RETIREMENT of his FATHER, with whom he has for the past seventeen years been engaged in Tuition, he CONTINUES the PRACTICE of his PROFESSION as above; also at the Hall of the Athenaeum, in Foregate Street, and the Residences of Pupils; and he hopes to meet with a portion of public patonage, which it will be his constant endeavour to merit, by devoting the utmost attention and assiduity to the advancement of his Pupils. W. D'Egville's present engagements extend to Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Powick, Malvern, Colwall Green, and Ledbury. His general Academy, for the accommodation of Pupils who prefer that mode of Tuition, is held in the Athenasum on Satur- days, from Three till Five o'Clock p. m. Further particulars may be learnt of Mr. W. D'Egville, 74, High Street, Worcester. VINEY'S NEW TOOTH B R U S H. r j ^ HIS Tooth Brush has the advantage of thoroughly JL searching into the divisions of the Teeth, and cleansing them effectually; the Hairs are also warranted not to come loose. Also, a large Assortment of Ivory, Satin, and Rosewood HAIR BRUSHES, of the best Russia Bristles; and the largest Stock of very fine SMYRNA SPONGE, to be had only at VINEY'S PERFUMERY WAREHOUSE, 26, CROSS, WORCESTER. N. B. The Tooth Brushes are all Stamped " VINEY, WORCESTER." WORCESTER DIOCESAN CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY. ASPECIAL MEETING of the COMMITTEE will beholden at the GUILDHALL, on MONDAY NEXT, the 20th Instant, at Two o'Clock, THE LORD BISHOP of the DIOCESE in the Chair. II. J. STEVENSON,? Honorary J. D. SIMPSON, j Secretaries. Worcester, July 11, 1846. WORCESTER NEW GAS LIGHT COMPANY. \ TOTICE is herebv given, that a GENERAL iM MEETING of the above COMPANY will be held at the Offices of the said Company, at No. 65, Broad Street, in the City of Worcester, on Tuesday, the 28th day of July instant, at 12 o'clock, in pursuance of the Act of Parliament incorporat- ing the said Company. G. C. CARDEN, Solicitor to the said Company. Worcester, July 17th, 1846. BERROW'S WORCESTER JOURNAL and SUPPLEMENT of THURSDAY, July 23rd, will contain FULL REPORTS of the WORCESTERSHIRE MIDSUMMER ASSIZKS, the WORCESTER CITY SES- SIONS, the ANNUAL MEETING of the BROMSGROVE FARMERS' CLUB and DINNER, & c. & c. The JOURNAL will be published on WEDNESDAY EVENING, July 22, and may be had of the Agents in the various Market Towns in the County, and of the Newsmen. THE FIRE AT ALLESBOROLGH. MR. OSBORNE, with heartfelt gratitude, begs to return most sincere thanks to his numerous Friends and Neighbours,— old and young, rich and poor,— for their kind, prompt, long- continued, and efficient services at the distressing Conflagration in his Rick- yard on the 14th Instant. Allesborough, July 16th, 1846. Important Sale of Extensive and Valuable FREE- HOLD ESTATES, MANSION HOUSE, with Ornamental Grounds, in the Counties of WOR- CESTER and HEREFORD; and large and com- modious HOUSES, with WAREHOUSES attached, in the centre of the CITY of WORCESTER. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HOBBS & SON, On Friday, the 31st day of July instant, at the Star and Garter Hotel, Worcester, at Eleven for Twelve o'Clock, by the cirection of the Trustees for Sale of the late JAMES MASON, ESQ., and others; LOT 1. k DESIRABLE and COMPACT ESTATE, J\_ Land- tax redeemed, called COWLEY GATE, situate in the parish of CRADLEY, in the county of HERE- FORD, containing 59A. 3R. OP. of fertile Pasture Meadow, and Arable Land, Coppices, and Orcharding, all in a ring fence, with fine Stream, a comfortable Farm- house, Cider- mill, Garden, and commodious Farm Build- ings, in good repair. The Property is Freehold, except 1A. 2R. 21P., which is Copyhold of Inheritance under the Manor of Cradley; is only TWO MILES FROM GREAT MALVERN, has a considerable Frontage to the Turnpike- road, and is in the occupation of Mr. Bennett, a yearly tenant, the Coppices being in hand. LOT 2.— A capital ESTATE, FREEHOLD, TITHE- FREE, AND LAND- TAX REDEEMED, known as the NORTH PIDDLE ESTATE, about eight miles from Worcester, in the highest state of cultivation, containing 153A. 2R. IIP., in a ring fence, and well divided by fine thriving quick hedges, Farm- house, and necessary Buildings, with a good Barn, Shed, and Yard, at a short distance from the Homestead; also THREE COTTAGES and GARDENS attached. This Estate is bounded by a Stream of Water, which may be made available for the purposes of irrigation. The Tillage Land is a deep strong soil, suitable for the growth of wheat, beans, and clover, and is in the occupation of Mr. Samuel Smith, a yearly tenant. LOT 3_ A very superior and valuable ESTATE, in the PARISH OF CLAINES, THREE MILES FROM WORCESTER, called TAPENHALL or PUCK PIT, containing about 78 ACRES, 57 of which are FREEHOLD and Land Tax Redeemed, and the remaining 21 Acres are Copyhold for Four Lives under the Bishop of Worcester, and are subject to a Land Tax of £ 1.19s. 4d. ; the whole Estate is WELL DRAINED AND IN A HIGH STATE OF CULTIVATION, and is in the occupation of Mr. James Webb. The HOUSE is well built and in good repair, with GARDEN, STABLES, and COACH- HOUSE ; THE FARM BUILDINGS ARE NEWLY ERECTED, and enclose a Yard, with every accommodation. The LAND is of first- rate quality, well Watered, and intersected with good hoads. The Worcester and Birmingham Turnpike Road runs through a portion of the Estate, thereby affording several ELIGIBLE SITES FOR VILLAS. There are also FIVE deatched COTTAGES, with GARDENS. LOT 4.— A delightful FREEHOLD MANSION, with Plantations, & c., Land- Tax Redeemed, called OAKFIELDS, containing 12A. 2R. 27P. of CAPITAL LAND, in the Parish of Claines, 2i MILES FROM THE CITY OF WORCESTER. This elegant and ATTRACTIVE MANSION has been lately built in the most substantial manner, is pleasantly ERECTED ON AN EMINENCE, and commands views over the fertile counties of WORCESTER, HEREFORD, AND GLOUCESTER. There is an Entrance Hall, Two HANDSOME SUITES OF LOFTY ROOMS, communicating by folding doors ; Staircase, well- proportioned Drawing- room, with Ante- room and Breakfast- room ; also a Secondary Staircase and 15 Bed- rooms, Dressing- rooms, Kitchens, Pantries, and Necessary Offices, Stable, Double Coach- house, & c. & c. A good Kitchen Garden, partly walled, and plained with Fruit Trees. A CONSERVATORY and tasteful FLOWER GARDEN. The whole is held under a repairing lease for the term of 21 years, which will expire in 1853. LOT 5— Two pieces of FREEHOLD LAND, with Land- tax redeemed, fronting the Worcester and Birmingham Turn- pike- road and Claines Church- road, about 2 miles from Wor- cester, containing 11A. 1R. 18P. of PASTURE and ARABLE LAND, and which are admirably adapted for Building pur- poses and being a deep and rich soil, are equally desirable for Market Gardeners. LOT 6.— A FREEHOLD HOUSE, with Land Tax Re- deemed, being No. 12, FOREGATE, IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY OF WORCESEER, substantially built, with capacious DOUDLE - FRONTED SHOP, and Cellars, with Laboratory, large Yard, Stable, & c., & c., extending a considerable depth, and enjoying A FRONTAGE OF THIRTY- THREE FEET. These Premises are now in the occupation of Mr. Anderson, and are well known as an OLD- ESTABLISHED HOUSE, in the wholesale and retail Drug Business. LOT 7.— A CAPITAL FREEHOLD HOUSE, LANDTAX REDEEMED, adjoining the last Lot, in the occupation of Mr. Lewis, consisting of a large and lofty Double- Fronted SHOP, Entrance Hall, Parlour, and two Kitchens, very extensive Cel- laring, front Drawing- room, Sitting- room, and Ante- room, Back- room, with Closets, and five Bed- rooms. The HOUSE is REMARKABLY WELL BUILT, with lofty and well- proportioned rooms, oak floors throughout, marble chimney pieces, and glasses fixed in wainscoting ; noble oak staircase, with mahogany rail and convenient landings, well lighted; a separate entrance, leading to a large paved YARD, and SUBSTANTIAL WAREHOUSE OF THREE STORIES, EIGHTY FEET LONG, by 19, with Sample- room, Counting- house, and Vaults under • a small GARDEN behind, and two- stall STABLE, with Loft over, now occupied by Messrs. Wheeler and Giles. The entire depth is 174 feet, with a frontage of nearly 33 feet. The Premises are arranged in a superior manner, and well calculated for any business requiring room. Lot 4 may be viewed on the 28th and 30th July, between the hours of eleven and two, by Cards only, to be had of Messrs. Hobbs and Son ; and the several other Lots may be viewed by permission of the respective Tenants, any time prior to the Sale; and further particulars may be had of Messrs. Bedford and Pidcock, Solicitors, Worcester; Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, Solicitors, 8, Moorgate- street, London; Messrs. J. W. and G. Whateley, Solicitors, and Messrs. Barker and Griffiths, Solicitors, Birmingham; of Mr. James Webb, Land Surveyor, and Messrs. Hobbs and Son, of Worcester. WORCESTER COUNTY GAOL. WANTED, a steady Man as SCHOOLMASTER. Salary £ 50 per Annum. Applv at the Gaol. July 15th, 1846. SEVERN NAVIGATION COMMISSION. NOTICE is hereby given, that the INTEREST on the MORTGAGES granted under the SEVERN NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENT ACTS, and due the 1st day of July instant, is NOW PAYABLE at Messrs. Robarts and Co.' s, London; the Wolverhampton and Stafford- shire Banking Company, Wolverhampton ; or at Messrs. Farley and Co.' s, Worcester. THOMAS WATERS, Clerk to the Severn Commission. Worcester, July 2, 1846. TO COAL MERCHANTST WANTED, by the COMMISSIONERS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER, 120 TONS OF BEST TIPTON RAKED SLACK, delivered at the Engine Yard in drafts of 2£ Cwts. Thirty Tons to be delivered on each of the following dates, viz., August 14th, September 14th, October 16th, and November 16th, 1846. Any Person willing to supply the same, is requested to send in sealed Tenders ( marked " For Coal" j, post paid, on or before Saturday, the 25th instant, to JOHN MATTHEWS, 39, High Street, July 14th, 1846. Secretary. WORCESTER, HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. Provisionally Registered. THE Provisional Committee of this Undertaking do hereby, by virtue of an Act of Parliament, made and passed in the 9th and 10th years of the reign of her present Majesty, cap. 28, call a MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS, to be held at the Offices of the Company, 449, West Strand, in the City of Westminster, on TUESDAY, the 28th day of JULY instant, at One o'Clock, p. m., precisely, for the purpose of determining u whether the Partnership or Company formed or intended to be formed shall be dissolved." Forms of Proxies to vote at such Meeting may be had on application at the Com- pany's Offices, 449, West Strand, after the 14th instant. Dated this 14th day of July, 1846. Signed, On behalf and by order of the Committee, ROBERT PRICE, One of the Members of the Committee. WORCESTER, HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY. IT is requested that all Persons having any Claims against this Company will send them in to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, 449, West Strand, forthwith. THOS. PHILLPOTTS, Jun., Secretary pro. tem. 14th July. 1846. OYAL PORCELAIN WORKS. B* GEORGE GRAINGER EGS most respectfully to inform the Nobility, Clergy, and his Friends in general, that he has just returned with a MAGNIFICENT SELECTION of BOHEMIAN AND FRENCH GLASS, Ornamental and Useful; and having made a very advantageous arrangement with the best Houses for a constant supply of the MOST MODERN IMPORTATIONS AS THEY ARRIVE, he will supply the same at the most moderate prices, AS THE FACT IS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN, G. G. takes this opportunity of informing his Friends, that in addition to his EXTENSIVE STOCK of WORCESTER PORCELAIN, he has a LARGE STOCK OF EARTH- ENWARE and GLASS, from the most expensive down to the commonest articles in Black and Brown Ware for Culinary purposes, and the prices as low as any House in the Kingdom. A GREAT VARIETY of LACE FIGURES, of which he is the MANUFACTURER. N. B. — A VARIETY OF BLANCHE MANGE AND JELLY MOULDS, GOOSEBERRY BOTTLES, AND PICKLING JARS. FREEHOLD HOUSE & BUILDING LAND, AT CATSHILL, IN THE PARISH OF BROMSGROVE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY WILLIAM JOHNSON, At the house of Mr. Charles Edwards, known by the sign of the Crown Inn, at Catshill aforesaid, on Monday, the 27th day of July instant, at three o'clock in the afternoon, ( by order of the Trustees for Sale and Mortagees,) subject to conditions then and there to be produced, in one or more Lots, as may be agreed upon at the time of Sale; ALL that substantially- built MESSUAGE or DWELLING- HOUSE, with Brewhouse, Stable, and other Outbuildings, GARDEN, and TWO PIECES or PA RCELS of LAND thereto belonging, containing upwards of ONE ACRE and a HALF, situate at CATSHILL, in the Parish of BROMSGROVE, and part of which adjoins the Turnpike Road leading from Bromsgrove to Stourbridge, late in the respective occupations of Sarah Parkes and John Jones, deceased, but now of Mr. Darwin or his under Tenant. To view the Premises apply to the Tenant; and for all other particulars to the Auctioneer, or to Mr. Robeson, Solicitor, both of Bromsgrove. THE IRON STEAMER, " SABRINA," WILL start EVERY MORNING, until further notice, from WORCESTER QUAY, punctually at Seven o'Clock, to GLOUCESTER, calling at Kempsey ... about 30 minutes past 7- Cleveload 50 „ „ 7. Rhydd 56 „ „ J. Hanley Quay 20 „ „ 8. Upton 30 „ „ 8. Tewkesbury 30 ,, „ 9. And will return EVERY EVENING from GLOUCESTER to WORCESTER, punctually at Two o'Clock, calling at Tewkesbury ... about 30 minutes past 3. Upton 40 „ „ 4. Hanley Quay 45 „ ,, 4. Rhydd 15 „ „ 5. Cleveload ..-. 30 „ „ 5. Kempsey 55 ,, „ 5. Single Fares up and down:— Saloon, 1 \ d. per mile; Fore Cabin, 1 d. ditto. Parcels not exceeding 561b. 4d. each. Ditto ditto 112ft. 9rf. each. Light Goods 10s. per ton. Apply to Air. WALL, St. Clement's, Worcester, Mr. Day, King's Head, Upton ; Mr. Dee, Anchor Inn, Tewkesbury ; Mr. Chandler, Wine Vaults, Westgate Street, Gloucester; Mr. Moore, Commission Agent, Lower Basin, Gloucester. PLEASURE TRIPS to CAMP every Evening from Wor- cester Quay, about Eight o'Clock. REFRESHMENTS ON BOARD. A Carriage from Malvern will meet the Steamer at Cleve- load every Morning and Evening for the convenience of Pas- sengers to and from the Cheltenham Railway Station, Tewkes- bury. July 15, 1846. TO PERSONS VISITING LONDON. PORTRAITS, LANDSCAPES, COPIES OF PAINTINGS, & c., BY THE AGKNCY OF LIGHT. MR. BEARD'S recent IMPROVEMENTS in the DAGUERREOTYPE INVENTION have been honoured with the following, among a variety of other notices by the leading public Journals:— " We witnessed with great gratification the improvements Mr. Beard has lately effected."— Morning Herald. " The Portraits are now fixed on the plate in all their natural hues of Colour."— Britannia. " They exhibit a degree of boldness, and stand out with a relief, greatly desiderated in all the earlier specimens."— Times. " The fidelity of the likeness is wonderful, and the effect imparted by Mr. Beard's new process of Colouring, is extremely beautiful."— Critic. " As family Portraits, these Miniatures are invaluable _ Church and State Gazette. Portraits taken daily from Nine till Six, and Licenses to exercise the Invention in London or the Provinces, granted by Mr. Beard ( Sole Patentee), at 85, King William Street, City, 34, Parliament Street, and the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. riiHE established superiority of I BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY over every other Spirit, British orForeign, for PRESERVES, the strengthening of HOME- MADE WINES, and other domes- tic purposes, renders it only necessary to caution the Public to observe that the PATENT BRANDY, in Bottles, is invariably protected by the Patent Me- tallic Capsules, thus embossed :— Sold at 3s. per Bottle, the Bottle included, or at 16s. per Gallon in bulk, by the most respectable Wine and Spirit Mer- chants in everv locality. For every purpose BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY is a perfect substitute for Foreign, and is so preferred at St. George's, Guy's, St. Thomas's, the Westminster, Manchester, Brighton, Bristol, and other Hospitals and Infirmaries, having undergone the most searching analysis of the first practical Chemists, from whose testimonials the following are extracts :— " Your Brandy is free from uncombined acid and astringent matter, which exists, more or less, in most of the Brandies im- ported from France. " JOHN THOMAS COOPER, " Lecturer on Chemistry." " I am bound to say, and do assert it with confidence, that, for purity of spirit, this cannot be surpassed. " JOSEPH HUME, " Chemist to her Majesty." " I do not hesitate to express my conviction that your Patent Brandy is fully as free from everything injurious to health, and contains as pure a Spirit, as the best varieties of Foreign Brandy. " EDWARD TURNER, " Professor of Chemistry in the University of London." And, where the apprehension of epidemics has existed, BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY has always been in extensive demand as a stimulant, which may be made suitable by dilu- tion to the most delicate or infirm. This fact was established in 1832, when its use was almost universal. THE NASSAU SELLERS WATER is now to be obtained with equal security, as will be apparent from the following declaration :— II The General Direction of the Domains of his Highness the Duke of Nassau, " Declare by these presents, that being desirous to prevent and put a stop to the numerous falsifications committed in respect to the Waters of Sellers ( in England called Seltzer Water), they have granted to JOHN THOMAS BEI'TS, Patentee of the Metallic Capsule, and to no one else in the kingdom of Great Britain, its Colonies and dependencies, the EXCLUSIVE RIGHT to PURCHASE and EXPORT, direct from the Springs, the Waters of Sellers, iachingen, Schwalbach, and Weilbach. " They declare further, that the bottles, after being filled with the respective mineral waters, are to be immediately, and in the presence of their officers, closed with the above- named capsules, which bear the impression and inscrip- tion in the annexed drawing :— " The present declaration is granted lo Mr. Betts, with authority to publish the same. Given at Weisbaden, this 18th day of December, 1844. " The President of the"| Direction- General, Du- J-" BARON DE BOCK HERMSDORFF. cal Domains, Nassau. J " HENRY HENDEL, Secretary." HEALTHFUL BEVERAGES. With powdered lump sugar and the PATENT BRANDY, SELTERS WATER forms a most delicious and restorative effervescent draught. Hitherto Selters Water, in this country, has been found only at the table of the opulent, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the exorbitant prices demanded, having prevented its general use; whilst throughout Germany, Holland, and indeed the Continent, Selters Water is seen on every table, at every meal, as a corrective of acidity, and an antidote to dyspepsia. The Selters Water is imported in hampers, containing four dozen large bottles, ( each bottle equal to five bottles of Soda Water,) or five dozen small; and sold, exclusive of carriage, at 10s. per dozen for the large, and 7s. per dozen for the small, bottles and hampers included, and not returnable. A liberal allowance made to the Trade. The Depot having been removed from No. 1, Wharf Road, City Road, letters to be addressed J. T. BETTS, Jun., and Co., PATENT BRANDY DISTII. LERY, 1, SMITHFIELD BARS, LONDON. AN Additional and Important Evidence of the Salutary Effects of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, from Mr. Samuel Dixon, of Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire. " Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire, March 14, 4846. " To Mr. Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London. " Sir,— I feel it a duty which I owe to yourself and the public to inform you of the great benefit which I have derived by taking Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills. During several years I was frequently laid up by attacks of gout, being unable to attend to business for months at a time. I had often been advised to try Blair's Pills, but it was riot until a friend pressed them upon me that I was induced to take them, and from which I found speedy relief. This is several years ago, but I continue to take them whenever an attack comes on, and am thereby enabled quickly to resume my business. " I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, " SAMUEL DIXON. The above testimonial exhibits the never- failing effectsof this valuable medicine, which affords to the afflicted with gout, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, and all analogous complaints, speedy and certain relief. Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, none have contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community, nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the important discovery of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recommendation of many of the greatest men of our day. They are effective for Gout and Rheumatism, in all its various forms, including sciatica, lum- bago, pains in the head and face, frequently treated as tooth- ache, & c. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London; and by his appointment by Stratford, Deighton, Anderson, and Lea and Perrins, Worcester; May, Evesham; Maund, and Haines, Bromsgrove; Pennell, Kidderminster; Morris, Bewdley; Williams, Stourport; Hollier, Dudley; Wright, and Anthony, Hereford; Nicholas, and Lake, Bridgnorth; Kendall, Strat- ford ; and all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each Box of the Genuine Medicine. THE W O R C E S T E R S H I R E GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1846. STOCKS.— At ' io'ct. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red Ann. 3 per Cent Cons Cons, for Account.... 3i perCent. 1818 .... 3 per Cent. Red New 3$ per Cent 3 per Cent. 1826 Bunk Long Ann India Stock India Bonds Excheq. Bills FIU. SAT. MUX. TUF. S. w r n. TIIURS 208 209 209 209 208 90* 9SJ 9fii 96 98J 9"> j 9S 9o; 95 j 9 95 » 95j 9o 95 j 95 i 95^ 9- Jj) 97 J ~ 97 § " 97| 97 § ~ 971 104 108 108 log 10* 262 22 r 20 P 12 p 11 r 15 p 15 r 12 r 10 P TO CORRESPONDENTS. ASSIZE SUPPLEMENT.— In order to afford space for a full report of the business of the Assizes and for other local tnatters, a supplement ivill be presented guitis with next tveek's Guardian. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1846. LAST WORDS OF LOUD RUSSEL ON TUB SCAFFOLD. " I did believe, and do still, that Popery is breaking in upon " this nation, and those who advance it will stop at nothing " to carry on their designs; and 1 am heartily sorry that " so many Protestants give their helping hand to THE strictures which we last week put forth upon the subject of the hole- and- corner election appear to have touched some of the more unscrupulous of the Radical fraternity to the quick, and they have accordingly opened fire upon us in a weak, laboured, and far- fetched effusion in last Wednesday's Chronicle. The article to which we refer abounds in banter and abuse, and manifests a plentiful lack of argument; so much so, indeed, that the task of replying to it is by no means an easy one, as it really contains scarcely anything to reply to, and leaves the " positions which we established last week almost untouched, and quite uncontroverted. As our contem- porary," however, may perhaps consider us somewhat uncourteous should we pass over his diatribe entirely un- noticed, we shall cull one or two " flowers of rhetoric" from the article in the Chronicle, and offer, very briefly, some remarks upon them. Our contemporary talks of our " latent choler" having been stirred up, and accuses us of having put forth " an abundant effusion of bitter- ness and bile." Now we will leave it to any candid and impartial person to read and dissect the leading article in last week's Guardian, and if he can point out to us one phrase in it which is choleric, bitter, or bilious— any exhi- bition of ill- temper— any expression which goes beyond the limits of fair and legitimate argument, we will be content to offer an humble apology to the Chronicle, and to th* parties whose cause in this instance it pleads. Our contemporary proceeds to narrate the circumstances under which our newly appointed representative came to the city, and says— " Sir Denis regardless of the risk of breaking his neck, reaches Worcester by the express train at half- past nine o'clock, and because Sir Thomas Wilde's letter to the Mayor, announcing that his acceptance of the judicial office would disqualify him as a candidate for the representation, was not dated till eleven o'clock, the Guardian styles it ' a tardy announcement !' Surely an hour and a half's time to summon his friends round him for consultation, and to determine on the course to be pursued in such an emergency' was not unreasonable." It is somewhat strange that this sudden journey of Sir Denis Le MARCHANT should have been the first circum- stance which has occurred to open the eyes of the " Pro- vincial Railway Gazette" to the peculiar break- neck character of express trains, especially on a narrow- gauge line of railway. But let that pass. We still say that the announcement was a tardy one ; and we maintain that there was no necessity for consultation j for as we imagine that Sir Thomas WU. DE did not for a moment entertain the idea of declining the proffered dignity, his interest in the election ceased and determined the very moment he had read Lord John RUSSELL'S letter, and any further interference on his part was improper and indelicate. But of this more anon. After some badinage and banter the Chronicle goes on to say— " But as the event was ruled, it took place so shortly before the election, that no other resource remained hut to choose, as it were impromptu, the man who presented himself. The real source of the gall manifested by the Guardian and the Journal is that the Liberal party, more by a fortuitous con- course of circumstances than any previous contrivance, were provided with a suitable candidate, while the Conservatives were vainly beating the bushes to start a show of opposition ; for a real opposition we are. sure they never ventured to contemplate." Had not the " fortuitous concourse of circumstances" been concealed from the knowledge of the electors by a « contrivance" until the hour of nomination was close at hand, it is more than probable that the Chronicle's own champion, Mr. HARDY, would have offered himself to the electors; and at all events, had the news been made known as soon as it was practicable, the constituency would not have been so thoroughly taken by surprise, and the election proceedings would have carried a more open aspect than they now wear. With regard to the imputation that " the Conservatives were vainly beating the bushes to start a show of opposition," that is simply a gratuitous assertion, without a shadow of foundation in fact; for the Conservatives entertained no desire nor intention to oppose the return of Sir Thomas WILDE, nor are they, as a body, disappointed or displeased with the election of his successor for the remainder of tiie present Parliament. It is the Whigs themselves who are displeased with the method of the election ; it is they who complain that the " impromptu" was a studied one ; and it was solely on account of our having heard numerous complaints from them that we wrote as we did last week. The Chronicle does not attempt to palliate the impropriety of the letter to the Mayor appearing on the same sheet with Sir Denis Le MARCHANT'S address, but charges it upon the printers— whether rightly or wrongly we have not the means of ascertaining. One more observation, and we shall quit the subject. At the time of the election either Sir Thomas WILDE was Lord Chief Justice, or he was not. If he was, by recommending a gentleman as his successor, or interfering in any way in the election, he committed himself to a most extra judicial and most indelicate proceeding— a proceeding tending to the serious depreciation of the judicial character. If lie was not Lord Chief Justice at the time, we conceive that the strictly proper course for him to pursue would have been to allow himself to be elected, and then to have accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, thereby giving the constituency an opportunity of exer- cising their own free choice. From this dilemma neither Sir Thomas nor the parties who managed the negociation can possibly escape. The Hereford Journal of Wednesday remarks upon the election in the following terms :— " The Worcester City Election was one of the oddest things imaginable, and yet perhaps no inappropriate re- commence- ment of the domination of shuffle and trick, expelling and taking possession. One might have thought that those entrusted with the franchise would have been allowed at least a day or two to consider of their choice—( Parliament would have ratified the delay)— instead of which the whole consti- tuency of the " faithful city" weie transferred into other hands with much less ceremony than is adopted in the con- vevance of Russian serfs to fresh owners, and they will forfeit all claim to the character of Englishmen if they submit to such treatment without remonstrance. Sir Thomas Wilde, we have no doubt, meant well, but it was painful to hear him speaking of religious motives and the final account which we shall all have to render, whilst such a shameless bargain and disposal of men's rights and consciences, was going on before his face." THE ELECTIONS.— The elections consequent upon the acceptanee of offices under the new Government, have all resulted in the return of the old Members, without opposition, except in one or two instances. At Plymouth Lord Ebrington was opposed by Vincent the chartist, and the election took place on Saturday. At the close of the poll the numbers were, Lord Ebrington 716, Vincent 188; majority 528. Capt. Berkeley was re- elected for Gloucester on Saturday, and Lord Marcus Hill for Evesham, without opposition. Mr. Rutherford was re- elected for the Leith district of Burghs, and Col. Fox was elected for the Tower Hamlets on Saturday. The election for Devonport took place on Friday : Sir George Grey was re- elected. On Saturday the elections for Chester, Hertford, and Perth, took place. Mr. Jervis, the new Attorney General, was re- elected for Chester, the Hon. W. F. Cowper for Hertford, and the Hon. Fox Maule for Perth. Monday's elections were Greenwich— Admiral Dundas re- elected; and Manchester— Right Hon. T. M. Gibson re- elected. The election for Edinburgh took place on Wednesday, Mr. Macaulay's re- election was opposed by Sir C. E. Smith, on anti- Maynooth grounds. At the close of the poll the numbers were, Macaulay 173o, Smith 832; majority for Macaulay 903. Lichfield election also took place on Wednesday, and terminated in the unopposed re- election of Lord Alfred Paget. The city throughout the day maintained its wonted quiet, and but few parties appeared to take any interest in the proceedings. On Friday, Lord Palmerston was returned for Tiverton. The most noticeable feature in the election- speech of the Foreign Secretary is the bitterness displayed towards Sir R, Peel as the leader of the party who thrust the Whigs from office in 1841, and after wards, as he says, adopted " our" opinions and carried " our measures into execution." The Whigs, however, have had their " satisfaction ;" but the country required something more than the mere carrying of the measures: political morality had to be vindicated ! VISIT OF THE QOEEN TO IRELAND.— The Ballinasloe Star, says that her Majesty will visit her Irish subjects before the close of the present autumn. Lady Caroline Somers Cocks and the Hon. Frances Devereux have succeeded the Hon. Misses Stanley and Dawson, as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen. Amongst the recent arrivals at Malvern, Lord Denman is announced on a visit to his son, Captain Denman. Lady Peel and family leave town early in the ensuing week, for Drayton Manor, Staffordshire, for the season. Sir Robert will be detained in town about a fortnight longer. There is no truth whatever in the report that Sir Robert and Lady Peel purpose shortly to go oil a tour in Italy. ACCIDENT TO SIR ROBERT PEEL.— We learn that the absence of Sir Robert Peel from the House of Commons on Monday night, arose from the Right Hon. Baronet being confined to his residence by the effects of an accident. We hear that while dressing, in the morning, he incautiously rested his foot on a china basin, and by the weight of his person the bottom broke and slightly lacerated his foot. Sir Benjamin Brodie was promptly in attendance on the Right Hon. Baronet. Sir Robert took a carriage airing on Wednesday afternoon, and in a few days he will no doubt be able to attend the House of Commons. Lord Foley entertained a distinguished party to dinner on Wednesday, at his Lordship's mansion in Grosvernor- square. Sir Denis Le Marchant took his seat in the House of Commons on Friday evening. The Hon. Baronet was accom- panied to the table bv Mr. F. Baring and Sir T. E. Colebrooke. REPRESENTATION OF WORCESTER.— We copy the following from the Journal of Wednesday :— We have the best authority for making the announcement that at the next general election, whenever it may occur, Mr. Robert Hardy, of this city, should his health permit, will again contest the representation. It is not improbable, also, that there will be two other " liberal" candidates, and we already know of two candidates on the side of the country party. DEPARTURE OF IBRAHIM PACHA.— On Wednesday his Highness Ibrahim Pacha left this country, after a long and interesting visit. His Highness left Mivart's Hotel, London, in the evening, and arrived at the South Western Railway Station at eight o'clock. Here the Pacha took farewell of Edib Effendi, his Excellency Saint Pacha, Mr. Briggs, and M. Zohrab, and thenjentered the carriage. The signal was given, and the train instantly started for Gosport, where his Highness was expected to arrive by half- past ten. As his Highness contemplates visiting Cadiz, Gibraltar, and probably Lisbon, it is uncertain how long it will be before he reaches Alexandria, but he is desirous of being there by the 15th of the ensuing month. PREFERMENTS.— The Rev. John C. Miller, M. A., of Lincoln College, Oxford, Minister of Park Chapel, Chelsea, to the Rectory of St. Martin's, Birmingham, vacant by the resig- nation of the Rev Thomas Moselv, M. A. Patrons, the Trustees. — The Rev. M. W. Foye, M. A., Oxon, Minister of St. Bartholo- mew's, Birmingham, has been preferred to the Vicarage of Wimbish- cum- Thunderley, in Essex. Patron, John Greensall, Esq.— The Rev. C. Griffin, lately elected to the Chaplaincy of the Stratford Union, and appointed to St. Peter's Church, Bishopton, has now been presenied by the Lord Chancellor to the Rectory of Haselor, near Stratford- on- Avon. CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY.— It will be^ seen by notice in our advertising columns, that a special meeting of the Committee of the Worcester Diocesan Church Building Society is appointed to be held at the Guildhall, on Monday next, the Lord Bishop of the diocese in the chair. ALL SAINTS' CHURCH.— The cause of one of our most useful Church Socieiies was advocated in this spacious sanctuary on Sunday last—" The Society for the employment of Addiiional Curates in Populous Places," which is under the direction and superintendence of all ( he Bishops, and liberally supported by our own respecied Diocesan ; a Society which is the means of supplying 250 working and faithful Ministers in places most inadequately provided or wholly destitute. The sum collected was 15/. 2s. id. The Rev. W. R. Holden, who is the Treasurer of the District Society in this city, and the Rev. Robert Sarjeant, Rector of St. Swithin's, were the preachers on this occasion. MALVERN DISPENSARY.— On Sunday morning last a most eloquent and impressive appeal on behalf of this excellent institution was made from the pulpit of the Abbey Church, by the Rev. J. W right, the vicar, and chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge. The collection, including a small sum added at the evening service, and a donation of £ 5 from — Peile, Esq., amounted to £ 4' 2. 3s. The plates were held by W. Essington, Esq., Mrs. Essington, Mrs. Wright, and the Rev. C. Baumgarten. The institution, which was established in 1830, has been productive of much good. The report of the medical officer exhibits a total of 412 cases, attended between the 1st of January, 1845, and the 1st of January, 1846; of this number 330 were medical and 82 surgical cases. In the latter are included two fractures of the arm and one of the leg, and four cases of hernia. Of the whole number of cases eight have died, and the remainder have been either cured or relieved. LOWER MITTON.— On Sunday last two sermons were preached in the parish church of Lower Mitton, on behalf of the Church Missionary Society, by the Rev. John Warburton, M. A., Missionary from Sierra Leone; and on Monday evening a meeting was held, at which T. S. Lea, Esq., of Astley Hall, presided. The meeting was addressed bv the Rev. Wvndham Maddeu, Rev. J. Cawood, Rev. H. T. Hill, Rev. D. Wheeler, Rev. H. J. Hastings, Rev. J. Adlington, and Rev. J. Fietcher, who severally pointed out the duty of supporting Christian Missions and the advantages resulting to such as discharge this duty in a right spirit; and the Rev. J. Warburton related many particulars respecting the operations of the Society in Western Africa, and the character of the people, in which the meeting appeared to be very much interested. The collection amounted to the sum of £ 27." 13s. 6| d. KIDDERMINSTER ORANGEMEN.— The several Lodges of the Loyal Order of Orangemen held their annual procession and festival in Kidderminster, on Monday last. The members of each Lodge walked in the morning to the parish church, where a very excellent and appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. J. C. M. Mottram. After service the members again formed in procession, and after perambulating the town, pre- ceded by a band of music, and carrying flags and emblems bearing appropriate rnottos, and followed by a second band, proceeded to their several inns, to partake of the sumptuous provision set. out by their respective hosts and hostesses. The remainder of the day was spent in a very harmonious manner. THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. — The annual sermons on behalf of this Society were preached on Sunday last at the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, in Birdport Street, and Angel Street Chapel, Worcester, and at Leigh Sinton, by the Rev. Mr. M'All, and the Rev. W. Buyers, Missionary from India. The annual meeting of the Society took place on Monday evening at Birdport Chapel, when several interesting addressss were delivered by the above named gentlemen, who attended as a deputation from the Parent Society, and also by several ministers connected with this city and neigbourhood. The amount raised by the Worcester Auxiliary during the past year, including collections after sermons at Worcester and Leigh Simon and at the meeting on Monday, amounts to upwards of 120/. THE ASSIZES.— The commission for this city and county was opened this evening at four o'clock, at which time Mr. Justice Maule, accompanied by Mr. Justice Gaselee, arrived in this city from Oxford. The business will com- mence at eleven o'clock to- morrow ( Saturday) mornitlg. The Judges attended Divine service at the Cathedral this afternoon. The number of prisoners for trial at these Assizes is, for the city, 2, including the will forgery case; and the county 36. Among the latter are included the cases of Benjamin, Martha, and Benjamin Hill, for perjury; Wm. Wood ward, for cutting and wounding Henry Mann, at Ombeislev; Win. Stokes and Samuel Cartwright, for cutting and wounding Joseph Wardle, at. Dudley; James Heath, for cutting and wounding Thomas Bint, at lledditch ; John Thompson and John Seymour, for burglary at the house of James Wilkinson, at Dudley; James Millner, for not surrendering himself to the Birmingham Bankruptcy Court; Wm. Reece, breaking and entering into the dwelling- house of Joseph Burrows and John Raven, at Dudley ; John Billingham and Benjamin Garratt, for robbery and violence on Richard Briscoe, at Yardley; Henry Hughes and John Sullivan, feloniously assaulting Harriet Turner, at Kingsnorton; Richard Durnell, bigamy; Henry Leek, assaulting Ann Hall, at Yardley; Thomas Ryder, assaulting Maria Share, at Stourbridge; Edwin Cole, an unnatural crime at Dudley; Thomas Morgan, stabbing Samuel Smith, at Droitwich; George Hall, George Madlam. Wm. Chambers, aad John Woodward, highway robbery, at Kingsnorton; and Iliclid. Burrow, wounding Edward Thomas, at Great Malvern, by biting off his ear. The residue of the cases are of a common character. We have not heard of any very interesting case likely to be brought before the Nisi Prius Court at these Assizes, but there will be two or three special jury cases. We shall, by the aid of a Supple- ment, publish a full report of the business of both Courts in our next. PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO LIVERPOOL.— A special train is engaged to convey passengers, at cheap fares, on Tuesday, the 28ih instant, from Worcester to Liverpool and back. Full particulars will appear in our next publication. WORCESTER NEW GAS COMPANY.— The bill of this Company received the Royal Assent last night, the Lords' amendments having been agreed to by the Commons on Monday. BROMSGROVE FARMERS' CLUB.— The annual meeting and dinner of the Bromsgrove Fanners' Club will be held at Bromsgrove on Tuesday next. We shall report the proceedings fully next week. UPTON UNION.— The Poor Law Commissioners have peremptorily refused to sanction the re- appointment of Mr. Barnes, the late governor, and have directed a new election, which is fixed for Thursday next. UPTON BRIDGE.— The Bill of the Severn Commis- sioners, taking powers for altering this bridge, by substituting a swivel bridge in place of the two centre arches, and for other purposes, was read a third time in the Commons oil Tuesday, and is now before the House of Lords. ROBBERIES ON THE SEVERN.— Some thieves have lately been robbing the boats of our fishermen of the salmon and other fish kept in them, and they have also stolen lead from the nets while hanging out to dry. A man named Thomas Floyd has been committed by two of our county magistrates for stealing lead weights from a net belonging to J. and G. Jenkins and D. Spiers, three of the fishermen living in Diglis- street. FREE TRADE.— The agent of a German manufacturer has this week been in Sheffield, with patterns of various kinds of cutlery, as well as of saws, files, and edge tools, which he has offered to our merchants. The quality and price of some of the articles are such as to command a sale.— Sheffield Independent. THE POTATO DISEASE.— There are some accounts from Ireland of further failures in the potato crop, but generally the reports in the provincial journals are still favourable. QUEEN'S OWN WORCESTERSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY. — This Regiment, is to assemble in this city on Thursday, the 10th of September, for its annual period of training and exercise. The subjoined circular notifying the arrangement has just been issued :— " Head Quarters, Hewell, July 10, 1846. " By Command of Colonel the Hon. Robert Henry Clive. " SIR.— I beg to inform you that the Queen's Own Regiment of the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, will assemble under the sanction of her Majesty, on permanent duty, at the city of Worcester ( in marching order), on Thursday the 10th day of Sept. next until the 17th day of Sept., for which period your presence as a member is requested. " I am further directed by the Commanding Officer to remind the Regiment how essential it is to its welfare that the attetid- ancc of each member should bo constant during the permanent duty. " RULE ON PREMIUM FOR HORSES.— The horse to belong to the Regiment in the month of June, and to perform four drills with his own troop and the whole of the eight days' per- manent duty, and to be 15 hands high. Any horse having obtained a prize in a preceding year, before a second prize can be awarded to him, must be worth £ 5 more than any horse shewn for the premium in 1846. " Having the honour to be, Sir, " Yours most respectfully, " W. EMMOTT, " Captain arid Adjutaut of the Queen's Own Regiment W. Y. C. " N. B. White trowsers not to be worn or taken on permanent duty." Colonel the Hon. R. H. Clive has appointed George Bodington, Esq., of Erdingtoii, and of Broad Street, Bir- mingham, veterinary surgeon, to be Assistant Veterinary Surgeon of the Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR PERSHORE.— On the morning of Tuesday last, about twelve o'clock, a rick belonging to and situate in the rick- yard of Mr. Thomas Osborne, of Allesborough Hill Farm, near Pershore, caught fire, from having been put together in an unfit state; the flames speedily com- municated to an adjoining rick, aud in a short time four hay ricks were enveloped in flames. An alarm having been raised, the two engines arrived from Pershore, one from Evesham, and one from Croome, all which were quickly brought into operation b£ the exertions of the neighbours who had promptly assembled; the female portion especially rendered the most efficient services in staying the fire. Four ricks of hay and a barn of straw were consumed, and the probable loss is £ 400. Fortunately the wind blew in an opposite direction to where two wheat ricks were standing ; and a barn, into which two other wheat ricks had only last week been removed, escaped destruction. The fire was raging until ten o'clock at night. At least a thousand persons were present, and it will be seen by a notice in out- advertising columns, that Mr. Osborne publicly expresses his obligations to all for their " kind, prompt, long- continued, and efficient services" on the occasion. We understand that Mr. Osborne was insured in the Farmers' Insurance Office. In connection with this melancholy occurrence we notice a rumour which has got abroad in tiie neighbourhood— to the effect that Mrs. Stanley, of the Northwick Anns, Bengworth, refused to allow her horses to convey the Evesham engine to Pershore— for the sole purpose of contradicting it. The report is entirely false, for Mrs. Stanley had, unfortunately, when applied to no horses in her stables, the whole of her stud being out at the time with flys and posting jobs. It may not be ill timed just to mention in this place that when a fire took place in the neigh- bourhood of Evesham, some time ago, Mrs. Stanley ordered her horses saddled, and offered to take the engine, free of charge, to the place where the fire took place, viz., Mrs. Precdy's of Hampton. MORE DERSTRUCTIVE FIRES.— We regret to have to add to the above an account of two fires which happened in the vicinity of Evesham, on Wednesday and yesterday. The Evesham engine, which had been to Mr. Osborne's, of Allesborough Hill, had not long returned home before the firemen were again called out to go to Church Honeyboum, about four miles from Evesham, to Poden Farm, belonging to Mr. Caldicott. The loss here, we regret to state, is very considerable, comprising two bean ricks, two hay ricks, a stubble rick, a straw rick, a barn, shedding, stables, cottage, and the horses' gearing. The firemen had great difficulty m preventing a fine field of nearly ripe wheat from taking fire. — The engine had not long returned from this destructive fire, yesterday morning, when the alarm was again given that another fire iiad broken out at Mr. Riinell's, near Norton Grounds, about six miles fioni Evesham, and about three miles from Church Honeyboum and Campden. We have not received the full particulars of the loss occasioned by this last fire, but the successive alarms have cast quite a gloom over the town of Evesham. THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION AT DKOITWICH.— The unfortunate youth Robert Bickley, who we stated in our last was in extreme danger from the injuries which he received at Droitwich on Friday se'nnight, expired on Saturday last. An inquest was held on the body on the succeeding day, before W. S. P. Hughes, Esq., when it was sliewu that the deceased was with a horse and cart, loading salt, and that from the violence of the concussion both the horse and cart were forced into the river Salwarpe. Deceased was much scalded about the head and arms; he was immediately attended by Mr. Kitsell, surgeon, and sub- sequently by Mr. Ricketts and Mr. Jaques. In addition to the evidence of the workmen, that of Mr. Ellins, the proprietor, and of Mr. M'Connell, engineer, and of Mr. Greenshields, architect, was taken; but it was precisely siniiiar to that tendered on the other inquests which was reported in our last. A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned, with the nominal deodand as before. MORE DEATHS BY DROWNING.— A fatal accident occurred in our river on Monday evening last to Mr. Joseph Pitcher, leather seller, of Sidbury, while bathing between the bottom of Diglis Street and the lock of the canal. From the evidence of Mr. Robins, bird stuffer, of this city, at the inquest, which was held before Mr. J. Tymbs, deputy coroner, at the Angel Inn, Sidbury, on Tuesday evening, it appears that the deceased and a man named Rose called at Bateman's, the Hope and Anchor, Newport Street, where they had supper, the de- ceased drinking but one glass of ale. In witness's opinion he was rather lively when he came in, but not intoxicated. After supper the deceased suggested that they should have a bathe, from which witness endeavoured to dissuade them, but to no avail; and he followed them nearly to Diglis, where the de- ceased undressed, got in the water, and commenced paddling about, but did not appear to know how to swim. As soon as his companion Rose was undressed he went to the water side and said to Pitcher " Do you call that swimming," and im- mediately afterwards Pitcher sunk. Rose jumped in after him twice, but could not find him, and in the meantime a boat belonging to John Darke, fisherman, arrived, and the body was got out after about ten minutes' search. As soon as the accident became known numbers of persons from the surrounding neigh- bourhood flocked to the spot and rendered every assistance by applying hot blankets and other ordinary methods for resus- citation, in which they were materially assisted by Mr. E. L. Williams, of Diglis House. Messrs. Jones and Everett, surgeons, were quickly in attendance, and ordered him to be conveyed home, where every means were again applied to restore him, but to no avail. Deceased was a single man, about 30 years of age. The place where he was drowned suddenly shelves oft" from a depth of four feet to a depth of eight feet, and is exceedingly dangerous. After hearing the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death by drowning."— Wm. Pumfrey, a child aged but U years, was drowned on Saturday in a clay pit, in Upton parish, while bathing with some more children. Mr. Hughes held an inquest at the Star Inn, Upton, on Monday, when a verdict of " Acci- dentally Drowned" was returned. SHOCKING DEATH FROM BURNING.— On Saturday last a poor old woman named Kendal, aged 84, living at Bredon, was left by a woman who waited upon her sitting in her chair by the fire, apparently quite safe, but on her return in a quarter of an hour a most shocking spectacle presented itself; the poor old creature had fallen on the fire and was lying before the fender a mutilated and disfigured corpse, part of one arm and a portion of the body being partly consumed. It is supposed that she must have been seized with a fit of epilepsy, as she has been subject to this distressing malady for many years, and on two or three occasions has narrowly escaped a similar catastrophe. An inquest was held on the body on Monday, when a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. FATAL WAGGON ACCIDENT.— On Monday afternoon last, about four o'clock, a waggon, belonging to Mr. Joseph Fidoe, of Claines, drawn by three horses, was coming from the Back Lane into Salt Lane, when, making a very wide turn, the thiller horse, which was led by Joseph Fidoe, aged 43 years, son of the owner of the waggon, ran against a post which is placed to protect Mr. James Eaton's house, and thrust Fidoe against the post, the shaft of the waggon crushing in his back. Mr. Samuel Beadle, of the Tything, was coming by at the time, and immediately laid hold of the horse, and lifted Fidoe from his perilous position. With assistance he removed him to the Infirmary, where he died on the following morning, at five o'clock, from the injuries he had sustained. An inquest was held on the body at the Infirmary, on Wednesday, before Mr. J. Tymbs, deputy coroner, when Mr. Beadle stated in his deposi- tion that when they had arrived with the deceased at the Infirmary, the porter at the house told him to get a chair, which he did, and put the deceased on to carry him into the bouse, but the porter never offered to lend them a helping hand. Witness and his helpmates carried him up stairs, when a nurse came and directed them to take his clothes off" while she made a bed up for him, but it was quite a quarter of an hour after the man was carried into the ward before any surgeon or pupil came to him. Witness did not know that the house surgeon or pupils knew of the deceased being brought in, and at the end of the quarter of an hour witness left him, as he felt very faint. Mr. Herbert Cole, house surgeon, deposed as to the nature of the injuries deceased had received, and stated that he had attended him within ten minutes or a quarter of an hour after he had heard of the accident, merely giving the nurse time to get the deceased stript and put into bed. Every thing was done for the deceased that possibly could be done. Verdict, " Accidental death, with a deodand of Is. upon the waggon and horses." CITY POLICE.— This morning ( Friday) Alfred Hopkins was summoned by Thomas Cleaton for assaulting him yesterday morning. The defendant is an apprentice of complainant's father, who is a butcher, residing in St. John's, and having been requested to assist complainant in removing a calf from the cart, which he neglected to do, and continued chopping wood in the passage along which it was necessary for the calf to be taken, and to enable him to pass, the complainant pushed Hopkins with his knee, whereupon he lifted up the axe and threatened to knock him down, and on complainant attempting to wrest the axe from him, defendant struck him a violent blow in the eye. Tfiese facts were corroborated by complainant's brother ; and the Bench considering the assault proved, fined the defendant 5s., and 10s. costs.— John Trehern preferred a similar charge against Ann Rawlings, landlady of the Odd Fellows' Arms, in Fish Street. The quarrel arose in consequence of an unpaid score of the complainant's, for which he was subject to annoyance from the complainant and her husband. On fair promises from both parties the case was dismissed. CAUTION TO HORSE- DEALEKS.— Ahorse- dealer named Thomos Boughton, of St. Peter's, in this city, was this morning convicted in a penalty of £ 2., and co? ts, for exposing eight horses in the Corn Market and New Street, for sale, on Saturday, the 4th inst. The information was laid under the Cattle Market Act, which gives the Commissioners power to prosecute all parties exposing horses for sale in any other place within the city than the Cattle Market; and we understand, that from the serious obstruction of many of the throughfares thereby occa- sioned in this city, the Commissioners are determined to pro- secute ail cases which come under their notice. THE GOSPORT DUEL.— Lieutenant Hawkey was yesterday tried at Winchester Assizes for the wilful murder of Mr, Seaton, and acquitted. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.— On Saturday last Mr. Thos. Rogers, farmer, of Peopleton, wits at his farm at Broughton Hackett, cutting vetches, and had carried a gun thither for the purpose or shooting pigeons; a lad named William Reynolds, aged about 11 years, was with him, and on going to dinner, Reynolds put the gun in the hedge. About four o'clock in the afternoon, the boy, seeing some pigeons at the bottom of the ground, was directed by his master to fetch the gun. In pulling the gun from the hedge it went off, and he was killed on the spot, the contents entering his left breast. Mr. Hughes held an inquest on the body on Monday, at the New Inn, when a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. RUFFIANLY ATTACK ON A FEMALE.— A few days ago, Sarah Fox, servant to Miss Daniel, dress- maker, Mill- street, Ludlow, was sent by her mistress, about half- past six o'clock in the evening, to Downton Hall, a distance from Ludlow of about five miles, with some work. On her return she fell in company with a man and they walked together; he then put some questions to her as to where she was going, and she said she was going to Ludlow; he asked her if she was a servant in Ludlow, and she said she was; he said she was more fit to be a wife. They then walked on until they came opposite the gravel- pit, near Fishbrook, when the ruffian laid hold of her, crammed a handkerchief into her mouth, threw her on the ground, and attempted to violate her person ; but she cried out, and he then told her if she made any noise he would cut her throat, and instantly cut the ribbon which fastened her bonnet; he then tied the handkerchief tight round her mouth and again made another attempt; she still struggled hard and cried out; he then cut her across the neck with a knife or some sharp instrument, and also lacerated her right hand as she was attempting to save herself. It is supposed that a dog belonging to James Davies, Esq., of Elm Lodge, coming up at the tiinc, frustrated the villain's purpose and he ran away. She then went to a cottage occupied by Mr. John Bowen and called for assistance. Mrs. Bowca was tiie first to see the poor girl, who was bleeding very much at the time and in a dreadful state of agitation. Mrs. Bowen immediately went to Ludlow for a surgeon, who quickly arrived with the father and found the poor girl bleeding profusely. Mr. Walker examined her and found a wound in her neck, and several scars across her chin and her hand much cut; but we are happy to say none of the wounds are of a dangerous character. The poor girl lias been very ill from the fright. Search has been made for the ruffian ; but we are sorry to say, as yet, without effect. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.— Oti Monday evening a fatal accident occurred upon the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, about six miles from Birmingham, under the following circumstances:— Between Bromsgrove and the Barnt- green station, William Stock, the guard of the passenger train which arrives in Birmingham at half- past three p. m., left his seat at the break on the carriage, immediately behind the tender, to enter into conversation with a person— a contractor for work on the line— who was seated on the roof of the succeeding carriage. For this purpose Stock walked across the roof of his own carriage, and sat upon the roof of the one upon an outside seat of which his friend was seated. Upon arriving near the Brant- green station, the engineer or stoker, whose duty it may be, gave the usual signal by whistle, when the unfortunate man Stock, whose back was towards the station, jumped up from his seat, with a view to return to the break, when his head almost instantly came in contact with the arch of the bridge, and his body was thrown between two of the carriages. The train passed over him, and it was not until the train stopped at the station that the body of the deceased was taken up. It was then ascertained that the skull was dreadfully fractured ; otherwise he had suffered little injury. The deceased, who, although insensible, was still living, was immediately con- veyed in a compartment of one of the carriages to the Birmingham station, and thence to the Queen's Hospital, at Hollow- head. He arrived there about four o'clock, and died about half- past five. It will be recollected that a year and a half ago an accident somewhat similar happened on this line, at the Kingsnorton bridge, only two or three miles distant from the spot where the present one occurred. In that instance the company were blamed for the erection of pillars on each side, for the support of the arch of the bridge. A guard of one of the trains, at the time referred_ to, met with his death in consequence of his head coming in contact with one of those pillars. In the present case it does not appear that blame is to be attributed to any improper construction of the bridge. It is one of the highest on the whole line between Bristol and Birmingham. So far as can be ascertained from present evidence, the accident, lamentable as it is, would appear to be the result of the deceased's own indiscretion. He was a man nearly six feet high; and his head was struck by the centre of the arch. The deceased was a remarkably steady sober man, and much respected by the superior officers of the company. He has left behind him a wife and five children. On Wednesday the inquest on the body of the ill fated deceased was held at the Wellington Hotel, Birmingham, before Dr. Birt Davies, the coroner for that town. The only important evidence was that of Mr. M'Connell, the chief- engineer of the company, who deposed that the deceased had no right, according to the regulations of the company, to traverse the roof of his carriage to join company with a friend behind. His ( the deceased) duty was to remain in his seat at the break. Witness also deposed that the bridge was sufficiently high to admit trains and passengers through without danger. The deceased stood upwards of six feet high, and if he had stood where he ought to have stood, or sat, no accident could have occurred. The space between the floor of the place where deceased sat and the arch of the bridge was 6 feet 6 inches. No accident had ever previously occurred at that bridge. The coroner, in his charge, observed that there did not appear to be any substantial accusation against the company. It seemed to be an accident. The jury, under the direction of the worthy coroner, returned a verdict of " Accidental death, with a deodand of Is." The officers of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway were in attendance, if necessary, to prove that not the slightest blame was attributable to the company. Mr. Saunders, the secretary, evinced the greatest concern for the family of the deceased, and it is understood that an attempt will be made to provide for them. THE CASS OF SHOOTING AT HIMLEV.— Hull, the underkeeper to Lord Ward, and who is in custody on a charge of shooting Mr. Norris, the keeper, was on Monday last brought from the lock- up at \ Volverhampion to the Townsend, King- swinford. Norris not being in a fit state to attend the sitting of the justices, Hull was reminded for a fortnight. The latest account respecting Norris is, that he is not quite so well, owing to the introduction of Hull into his room oa Monday, with a view to further investigation. Norris was much excited, and his neck has swollen much since, but the inflammation is reduced by the use of fomentation. Norris still persists in his first statement that Hull deliberately shot him. THE MURDER AT KINETON.— A reward of £ 100 has been offered by Government for the apprehension of the murderers. SUDDEN DEATHS.— An inquest was held yesterday ( Thursday), at the Black Cross Inn, Tenbury, before W. S. P. Hughes, Esq., Coroner, on the body of Wm. Wright, blacksmith, of that town. The deceased had retired to rest on Tuesday night in his usual good health, and in the morning he was dis- covered dead in his bed. Mr. Sweet, surgeon, made a post mortem examination of the body, and gave it as his opinion that the cause of death was apoplexy. A verdict to that effect was accordingly returned.— This evening Mr. Hughes holds an inquest at Dodderhill, on the body of Abel Steel, of that place, tailor, who died yesterday ( Thursday) afternoon, from the effects of over exertion while haymaking the previous day.— On Mon- day an inquest was held at the Cross Keys, near Tewkesbury, on view of the body of Mary Coleman, aged 73, who died suddenly at her residence, in Townsend Street, on Saturday. It was proved in evidence that the deceased, though labouring tinder the effects of a chronic disease, was in her usual health on Friday night, and that the inmates of the house found her dead in her bed on Saturdav morning. Verdict, " Died by the visitation of God."— On Friday last, R. Docker, Esq., coroner, held an inquest at the Crown Inn, Catshill, near Bromsgrove, on the body of Miss M. Bailiss, who died suddenly on the pre- vious Wednesday evening, at the house of her uncle, Mr Bailiss, grocer, of the above place. It appears that on Wednesday evening the deceased was standing at the door looking into the garden when she was suddenly seized with a violent pain in the head. She immediately swooned away, and medical assistance was procured, but on the arrival of Mr. Fletcher, surgeon, she was dead. Mr. Fletcher made a post mortem examination of the body, and gave it as his opinion that death ensued from apoplexy ; a verdict accordingly was returned. The father and a brother of the deceased also died suddenly. DEATH FROM IMPROPER MEDICAL TREATMENT.— An inquest was held at the Townhall, Tewkesbury, on Monday evening last, before G. Tate, Esq., coroner, on die body of William Pumplirev, who came by his death under very sus- picious circumstances. The first witness sworn was Sarah Pumphrey, mother to the deceased, who deposed that her son had been ill for some time prior to the 29th of June, but on that day lie seemed much better, and left home about seven o'clock in the evening ; he returned about eight, and appearing exceed- ingly ill, was put to lied. He requested bis mother to fetch one Hopkins to him, which she did, and Hopkins prescribed nitre and turpentine on several occasions. At length deceased growing worse, Mr. Peacey, assistant to Mr. Higginson, sur- geon, was fetched, who found him labouring under acute pain in the bowels and scrotum. Mr. Peacey prescribed, but recom- mended the mother of the deceased to call in Mr. Prior, the Union medical man, which she did, and that < rentleman attended him till his death, which took place on the Thursday after Mr. Pearev saw him. Mr. Prior made an examination of the body, and found local injuries, occasioned by improper treatment suffi- cient to account for death. The coroner having summed up in a verv able manner, the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Edwin Hopkins," who has accordingly been committed for trial. DEATH FROM MILITARY FLOGGING AT HOUNSLOW.— During the present week an extraordinary feeling of excitement has been created in Hounslow, and the surrounding neighbour- hood, in consequence of a report petting afloat that f rederick White, a private of the 7th Royal Hussars, at present quartered at Hounslow Barracks, had died in consequence of the severity of a flogging he received shortly before by order of a court martial. From the great secrecy which is always maintained on ihe part of the military authorities respecting occurrences wtihin the barracks, the actual particulars of the affair have not been allowed to transpire beyond the barrack walls, and con- sequently all that is at present known is rumour and report. There can be no doubt however that the soldier died soon after he had received a whipping. On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was commenced on the body of the deceased before the Coroner, Mr. Wakley, M. P., but in consequence of the absence of witnesses it was adjourned for a few days. The jury viewed the body, which was lying in the coffin, and found extensive discolouration and scarification on the back. In one place between the shoulders a piece of skin, 9 inches by 8, had been removed. A surgeon unconnected with the army is appointed to view the body previous to the jury meeting again. The cork manufactory of Mr. M'Eachen, situate in Cooper's- row, Liverpool, was totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday last. ... ( WORCESTER CITY SESSIONS. The Quarter Sessions for this City were held, according to appaintment, yesterday, at the Guildhall. The Recorder, J. Buckle, Esq., being still in ill health, — Turner, Esq., officiated as Deputy Recorder at these Sessions. On the opening of the Court at ten o'clock, the following were sworn of the Grand Jury :— air. T. A. Venables, Foreman. Mr. W. Amphlett. Sir. Luke Maybury. W. Bourne. — Benjamin Bibbs. — Henry Chaplin. — Willi:! m Causer. — Joseph Godwin. — James Groves. — Joseph Harlow. — Williarm Leicester. — William Lucy. George Mountford. — Joseph Pettipher. — Richard Ockey. — Henry Rowe. — Robert Steed. — . losepli Wood. — Joseph Weldin. — John Webb. — Charles Westbury. After the observance of the usual preliminaries, the Deputy Recorder proceeded to address the Grand Jury. He regretted that the continued indisposition of the Learned Recorder ren- dered it necessary for him again to appoint a deputy to preside at these Sessions; but he trusted that by the next Sessions he would be sufficiently recovered to resume his duties in person. On looking over the calendar of offences, he found there was no case in it which called for any remark from him, especially as he observed that there were several of the Grand Jury who had served on former occasions. The cases were all of the common description of petty larceny ; but if, in the course of their in- vestigations any point should arise on which they should require his opinion, he should be happy to render them an}' assistance in his power. He would only make one remark with reference to a principle of law, which would no doubt arise in the course of their inquiries; he aliuded to the law as it affected the pos- session of stolen property, which was this:— If stolen property was found in the possesion of a party shortly after its loss, the law presumed, that such party was the thief, unless he could satisfactorily account, for his lawful possession of it. The Jury then retired, and shortly afterwards returned into Court with the first bill, when a petty jury having been sworn, the trials of the prisoners were proceeded with. In the mean time the only appeal case entered was mentioned by Mr. Huddleston. ST. CHAD'S, SHREWSBURY, Appellant, and ST. PETER'S, WORCESTER, Respondent. Mr. Huddleston moved in this case for leave to enter and respite the appeal, which was granted. TRIALS OF PRISONERS. The first trial was that of— Edward Rudge, 28, labourer, who was charged with having, on the 8th June last, stolen a merino shawl, the property of Wm. Evans. The prisoner, on being arraigned, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Herbert Haddell, 21, labourer, was charged with having, on the 21st ult., stolen a waistcoat, pair of stockings, and handkerchief, the property of John Hawkins, and a piece of towing line, the property of Giles Miles, at the parish of St. Clement. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing the rope, but denied the larceny of the clothes. As the whole of the articles were included in one indictment, the pleading guilty to stealing one was considered sufficient. Mr. Bourne, of Bull entry, gave the prisoner a good character, and Joseph Gittins, a warterman, was also called to prove that the prisoner was an honest and well conducted young man. William Freeman, a person in the same class of life as the other wit- nesses, gave the prisoner a good character for honesty and sobriety ; and the Court sentenced him to a month's imprison- ment, with hard labour. Thomas Brimmall, 24, boatman, was charged with having, on the 19th May last, stolen a copper tea kettle, the property of Edward Gunnell, at the parish of St, Peter the Great. Mr. Selfe prosecuted, and the prisoner was undefended. The prisoner, in cross- examining one of the witnesses to whom he had sold the kettle, inadvertently admitted the fact, and the evidence of other witnesses was very conclusive of his guilt. The dilapidated kettle, minus the lid, was pro- duced, and the prosecutor's wife was called to identify it, which she did by two particular bruises upon the spout, but as to the general appearance of the kettle it was sadly disfigured. When the witness last saw it it was in a state of perfection," but had been broken by prisoner for its more ready appropriation. The prisoner harangued the Jury for some time principally upon the identity of the article in question and contending that Mrs. Gunnell was not correct. He then called several witnesses in his behalf, the first of whom stated that the prisoner was her brother- in- law, and she had frequently seen in his possession a copper kettle, but whether it was the same as that prodaced in Court or not she did not know; and also that Mrs. Gunnell had said she could not identify the kettle without the lid, and that portion of the article was not sold by Briinmall. This, Mr. Selfe contended, more clearly substantiated tiie guilt of the prisoner, and the Learned Recorder having summed up, a verdict of guilty was returned; and a previous conviction at the Midsummer Sessions of 1841 having been proved against him, he was sentenced to seven years' transportation. Emma Evans, 10, spinster, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a shawl, the property of her mistress, Mrs. Wilson, of Park Place, on the 15th June last.— Two months' imprisonment, the first and last weeks in solitary confinement. STEALING LEAD— Joseph Vaughan, 27, boatman, and Francis Morris, 19, boatman, were arraigned on two indict- ments, the first charging them with stealing 631bs. weight of lead, the property of Sir Anthony Lechmere, Bart., on the 22nd day of June ; and the second with stealing ltJlbs. weight of lead, the property of the Rev. Thomas Littleton Wheeler, from some cottages callc- d Hardwick Spring Cottages, in the parish of St. John, on the 24th day of June. The latter charge was first entered into. 31 r. Huddleston prosecuted; the prisoners were undefended. The Rev. T. L. Wheeler was first called, and deposed that there was a quantity of lead piping affixed to the end cottage about midday on the 23rd of June, and on the following day he missed it. On the next morning policeman Doughty brought the piping, which had been cut into three pieces, and on comparing it with the place where it had previously been affixed on the cottages, wit- ness was perfectly satisfied that the piping was his property. Policeman Williams stated that he was on duty between two and three o'clock on the morning of the 24th, round the Hen- wick beat, and saw two persons going along a field in the direction of the ferry from Hardwick Cottages; he could not see their faces but was able to distinguish their dresses, and at the time he saw the prisoners before the Magistrates they were dressed similarly. A little girl named Fudger deposed that the prisoner Morris came to Mrs. Houghton's shop in Bank Street, and sold IC^ lbs. of lead. She called to her aunt, Mrs. Houghton, for Is. 4% d. to pay for it, and in the meantime Vaughan came in, lit his pipe, and then left with Morris; Vaughan shortly returned alone and received four penny pieces from Mrs. Houghton, in addition to what she had given Morris for the lead, as he said it was worth l^ c?. a lb. Mrs. Houghton said she would much rather not buy it, for the last lot of lead she bought of Morris she had a bother about; but she ultimately consented, and gave him the additional money. This lead was in three pieces, and was the same as that identified by the Rev. T. L. Wheeler. The identity was further proved by Mr. Fildes, plumber of St. John's, who had manufactured the piping. Both prisoners were found guilty. The second indictment was then proceeded with, the lead in this instance having been stolen from a cow- shed on a farm situated near the Ketch public- house, on the Gloucester Road, in the occupation of Air. James Dorrell, who spoke as to the lead having been stolen, and also to its identity. The lead was found by policeman Averill, of the County force, at Mr. Close's, plumber and glazier, Sidbury, where the prisoners offered it for sale, saying they had bought it off' a man about two miles on this side of Upton. On comparing it with the shed from whence lead had been stolen, several plugs were found to correspond, and this fact left no doubt as to its identity ; and in addition the prisoner Vaughan told police- man 14, while being conducted to the station house, that he had sold 63 lbs. of lead to Mr. Close, for which he had paid them 7s. 10c?-; but that the other man had stolen it. j Both prisoners were again found guilty, and the Learned i Recorder sentenced each of them to be imprisoned for six j calendar months, the first fortnight in solitary confinement, for : the first offence ; and for the second, to be imprisoned for three months, the last fortnight in solitary confinement. Ellen Haijnes, 19, spinster, pleaded guilty to a charge of j stealing a pair of woman's boots, the property of Joseph i Williams, in the parish of St. Helen, on the 29th of June last. Haynes has been convicted before. Six months' impri- ! sonment, first and last weeks in solitary confinement. James Cross, 213, labourer, was charged with picking the pocket of Elizabeth Rudge of a purse containing four half, crowns and about five shillings in other silver money, on the race course, on Wednesday, the 8th inst. Mr. Selfe prosecuted, and Mr. Huddleston defended the prisoner. The prosecutrix was owner of a cake stall, at which she had a lottery, and the prisoner, with his companions, had dealings with the lottery. During the time they were standing by the stall, Rudge had occasion to pull out her purse, aud immediately afterwards she felt some one's hand in her pocket, and on turning round Cross had decamped. On the prisoner being pointed out to policeman Fudger by a bov, that officer attempted to take him into custody, when he was knocked down, and the man escaped, but was subsequently again apprehended by Fudger as be was running away in the direction of the Water Works. When taken to the station- house, 14s. 9d. was found in his possession. In cross- examining the prosecutrix, Mr. Huddleston elicited that her husband had been convicted previous to this robbery, and upon that fact Mr. Huddleston objected that the property ought to have been laid as the property of the Queen, the prosecutrix's husband being a convicted felon, and in support of his position he quoted the case of the " King v. Whitehead." It appeared, however, that the conviction took place nearly four years ago, and the imprisonment was only for three months; Mr. Selfe contended thereupon that the stolen property was, in all probability subsequently acquired, and also that his Learned Friend ought to prove the conviction in the ordinary mode, and not s: ilely from the oracular testimony of a witness. The objection was therefore overruled. In addressing the Jury, Mr. Huddleston questioned Mrs. Rudge's powers of identifying the prisoner at the time he was pointed out to her, and repudiated the manner in which his Learned Friend had opened the case, by stating that Cross was not a " Worcester man." He asked was that to operate against, the prisoner, or any other man ? and how would Sir Denis le Marchant, who all of a sudden had been elected M. P. for the city of Worcester, have fared, if the cry had been raised that he was not a " Worcester man," and an inference left to be drawn therefore that he was not altogether free from sus- picion. ( Laughter.) He complained that the boy who pointed the prisoner out was not produced as a witness, aud suggested that the boy might possibly have been an accomplice of the real thief, whose interest it would be to get the offence palmed upon some one else, while lie made his escape. The Learned Recorder having summed up, the Jury returned a verdict of " Not guilty." Sarah Langford, 20, married, was charged with stealing a shawl, the property of Esther Morgan, on the 12th May, 1845. Mr. Hill conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was unde- fended. The prisoner had been admitted to bail at the time of her committal, and since then the prosecutrix has left the town, and cannot be found. The evidence was incomplete, and the Jury acquitted the prisoner. Thomas Chellingworth, 21, boatman, was charged with stealing about seven cwt. of coal from a stack belonging to John Fleming. Mr. Selfe prosecuted. The facts of this case were given by us some few weeks ago. The prisoner impugned the statement made by policeman Grubb, and said " he would swear any man's life away for only biting his finger nails." On being asked whether he had any- thing to say to the Jury, he said " No, but I should like to turn one on ' em out." This wish was expressed too late, and he seemed much disappointed at being informed that ha had allowed bis only opportunity of challenging to pass by. He said, he " dainf understand law," and so must take his chance ; and the Learned Recorder therefore proceeded to sum up, after which the Jury returned a verdict of " Guilty," with a recom- mendation to mercy.— Three months' imprisonment, first and last fortnight solitarv confinement. The prisoner expressed his thanks to the Recorder, and said he was perfectly satisfied. 1 This case concluded the business of the Session, and the Court rose shortly before five. In the case of John Allen, bctatman, charged wifh stealing a variety of articles of wearing apparel, the property of James Bidmead, the prosecutor did not appear; and on the application of the solicitor for the prosecution, who stated that his client was not aware of the holding of the Sessions, the recognizances were discharged, leaving it at the option of the prosecution to prefer another bill at the next Sessions. BILL IGNORED.— Against John Butler, for stealing two bottles of Lea and Perrin's Worcestershire sauce. ^ porting* CRICKET. STOURROUT AND DUDLEY. — On Wednesday the return match was played on the Dudley ground between these clubs; the first match was played last season, on a challenge by the Dudley against the county of Worcester, Stourport taking up the cudgels, and beating the Dudley in one innings, with 47 to spare. On Wednesday last, the Dudley men went in and obtained 51 in their first innings. Stour- port then took the bat, and on the first innings being concluded, they headed the Dudley 25 runs; at this juncture the cricketers adjourned to a tent on the ground, and partook of a cold collation provided for the occasion. Afterwards the Dudley resumed play, and at the close of iheir second innings had run up their whole score to 113. Stourport immediately commenced, and soon succeeded in ubbing off the score, with six. wickets to go down. WORCESTER AMD STOURBRIDGE.— A match will be played on Pitch- croft between these Clubs on Thursday next. SEVERN STOKE AGAINST THE TOWN OF LEDBURY.— The return game between tlvse clubs will be played on Monday next, upon Smithmore Common, near Upton. LEDBURY AND KEDMARLEY.— A match was played at the former place on Monday last, which after an excellent game was won by the Ledbury, with thirty runs to spare. LIVERPOOL RACES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15. The Croxteth Park Stakes, of 15 sovs. each, with 30 added, were on by two lengths by Mr. J. Green's The Conjuror ( Longstaff), won beatin Inheritress. The Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, were won by two lengths by Mr. Green's Lady Harkaway ( Murphy;, beating Danceaway. Mr. Irwin's Danceaway walked over for the Sefton Stakes; and Colonel Anson's Iago, for the Bickerstaffe Stakes. The Mersey Stakes of 25 sovs. e. ich, with 50 added, were won by a length by Lord Eglintoun's Von Tromp ( J. Mann), Lord Caledon's c. by Simoom second. The following also ran :— The Maid of Motherwell, Tyrone, Infringe, Chat, Meanee, Miles's Boy, Helias, and Projectile. Lord Stanley's Abdiel'neat Lord Glasgow's f. by Retriever, by a length, in a match for £ 200. Flute of £ 50, won in three heats by Mr. Green's Lady Harkaway ( W. Abdale), beating Mr. Smith's c. by Jerry, Monsieur Perrotf, and Chartist. THURSDAY. Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added, won by a length by Lord Stanley's Tour de Force ( Irvine), beating Mr. Arnold's Alice. Colonel Anson's Iago walked over for the Foal Stakes. The Liverpool Cup of £ 300, added to a Handicap of 25 sovs. each, won by a length by Mr, Meikiam's Lightning ( Templeman), Plaudit second, Yardley third. The following also started:— The Baron, Intrepid, Highwayman, Satyr, Mendicant, The Conjuror, My Mary, As You Like It. Mongrel, Robin Burns, Cranebrook, Best Bower, Tragical, and Driffield. CUFTON- ON- TEME RACES.— We are given to understand that the inhabitants of Clifton- on- Teme instead of holding their Sunday Wake as usual, which would have been held on Sunday next, have agreed lo celebrate the event on Monday, the 20th, by having some races. There will be several stakes to tie run for. Sir Tj E, Win- nington, Bart., Stamford Court, has promised to become a subscriber to the races, in consequence of above arrangement to do away with the Sunday Wake. BANBURY WOOL FAIR.— This fair, the second of the kind, was held on Tuesday last, and was much better attended than that of last year; a much larger quantity of wool having been brought for sale. The quantity of wool pitched was 3,354 tods, of which 3,253 tods were sold. The prices ranged from 26s. 6d. to 28s., and one lot, that of Mr. Timms's of Newbo'ttle, fetched 33s. 6d. per tod. The largest contributor was Mr. N. Stilgoe. CORN AVERAGES.— General average prices of British corn for the week ended July 11, 1816, made up from the Returns of the 1 nspectors in the different cities and towns in England and Wales per imperial qr.— Price: Wheat, 52s 3d; Duty, 5s Od; barley, 27* 7d, 4s Od ; oats, 24s 3d, Is Od; rye, 33s lld, 4s' 0d; beans, 57s lid, 4s Od ; peas, 35s 3d, 4s Od. WORCESTER HAY MARKET, JULY 11.— A tolerable supply of hay and straw, which met with a slow sale at the under- mentioned prices :— Good old hay, £ 3. 5s. to £ 3. 10s. per ton ; new ditto, £ 2. los. to £ 3.; straw, hand thrashed, £ 2; machine ditto, £ 1. 15s. to £ 1. 18s. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 14.— Best hay, £ 3. 15s. to £ 4 per ton ; new ditto, £ 3. to £ 3. 5s.; straw, £ 2. 5s. to £ 2. 10s. ; clover, £ 2. iOs. to £ 3 per ton ; packing straw, £ 2. per ton. SMITHFIELD, JULY 11.— Meadow Hay, £ 3. to £ 4.; clover ditto, £ 4 4s to £ 5 14s; oat straw, £ 1 10s to £ 1 12s; wheat straw, £ 1 12s to £ 1 14s per load. Trade dsll at the above quo- tations. BIRTHS. July 14, the lady of Oswald Cheek, Esq., solicitor, Evesham, of a daughter. July 16, at West Bromwich, the lady of the Rev. W. D. Corken, late of Ledbury, of a son. MARRIAGES. June 30, at St. Mary's Church, Bridgnorth, by the Rev. W. C. Blathwaytc, B. A. Mr. Francis Walker, draper of Bridg- north, to Miss Elizabeth Walker, of Rock, near Bewdley. July 2, at Kingswinford, Mr. G. E. Thornbury, second son of the late Mr. Thornbury, solicitor, of this city, to Martha, third daughter of the late Mr. Onslow, of Wombourne. July 7, at St. Lawrence Church, Ludlow, by the Rev. Robt. Meyricke, Mr. John Davis, to Miss Bateman, of the Half- moon Inn, Ludlow. July 8, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Cradley, by the Rev. W. P. Peek, Mr, W. Hadley, cabinet maker, to Betsy, second daughter of Mr. John Hill, builder, both of Stourbridge. July 9, at St.. James's, Westminster, by the Rev. C. S. Fan- shawe, Rector of All Saint's, Southampton, Chandos Wren Hoskyns, Esq., of Wroxhall, in the county of Warwick, second son of Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, Bart., of Harewood, in the county of Hereford, to Anna Jane, youngest daughter of Chas. Milner Ricketts, Esq. July 9, at the parish church, Leeds, by the Rev. J. Hamilton, by license, Mr. George Dixon, Master of St. Peter's National School, in this city, to Emma, youngest daughter of the late Mr. John Watts, coach builder, Long Acre, London. July 11, at St. Pancras Church, London, by the Rev. Thomas Beames Freeman, Wm. Coe, Esq., of Upper Clapton, Middle- sex, and Coleman Street Buildings, London, to Catherine Jane, the eldest daughter of St. John Chivertou Charlton, Esq., of Apley Castle, Shropshire. July 11, at St. Matthew's Church, Walsall, by the Rev. J. Sharwood, vicar, Mr. Theophilus Steward, chemist, Kidder- minster, to Miss Highway, youngest daughter of the late Isaac Highway, Esq., of St. Paul's Close, Walsall. July 13, at St. Nicholas Church, by the Rev. W. H. Havergal, Mr. William Cope, to Miss Mary Ann Best, both of this city. July 13, at St. Thomas's Church, Dudley, Mr. Jos. Hingley Leek, steel- caster, Wordsley, to Lucy, daughter of Mr. Benjamin Woodhall, ironmaster, Cradley. July 14, at All Saint's, Leamington Priors, C. G. H. St. Pattrick, Esq., of 9, Foregate Street, in this city, to Henrietta, second daughter of the late John Jones, Esq , of Franklyn, riear Exeter. July 16, at the Independent Chapel, Angel Street, by the Rev. W. Crowe, Mr. Joshua Smith, boot- maker, Kidderminster, to Miss Mary Ann Beck. DEATHS. July 5, at Reddifch, aged 27, after along and severe illness, Sarah, daughter of the late Mr. Win. Smallwood, needle manufacturer. July 6, at Liverpool, Mr. John Wilde, aged 48, formerly of Stourport, second son of the late Mr. Win. Wilde, of that place. July 7, at Buckingham Place, Clifton, John Dennis, the eldest son of the late Rev. John Dennis, of Clifton, Bristol, aged 31. July 8, at Bromsgrove, in the 48th year of his age, John, eldest son of the late Mr. Joseph Ward, of Kidderminster. July 9, at his residence, Torton, in the parish of Hartlebury, aged 65, Mr. John Ginks, farmer. July 10, much respected, at his mother's residence, Hanbury Wharf, in the 19th year of his age, Robert Bickley, from wounds received from an explosion at the Salt Works, Droit- wich. July 12, at Bromsgrove, aged 11, Henry, the eldest son of Mr. James Amiss, grocer, of that place. July 13. Mr. Joseph Fidoe, jun., of Claines, aged 43. July 13, aged 69, Mr. Henry Shaw, of Netherend, near Stourbridge. July 14, aged 7, George Edward, the much beloved son of Mr. Henry Chamberlain, maltster, of this city. July 16, aged 66, Sarah, relict of Mr. Birbeck, hair- dresser, of Hylton Street, in this city. SECOND EDITION. Saturday Mornings July 18. STOCKS.— Bank Stook, 208£ ; 3 per Cent. Red., 96 ; 3 per Cent. Con., 95| ; New 3} per Cent., 974; Cons, for Acct., 96; Long Annuities, I0f ; India Stock, — ; India Bonds, 25 ; £ 1000 Excheq. Bills, 10. PARLIAMENT, FRIDAY— The House of Lords met at five o'clock, when several railway and other bills were forwarded a stage. The other business transacted up to past time was not of importance.— The House of Commons assembled at four o'clock, and several members took the oaths and their seats on their re- election. Lord Palmerston laid on the table the treaty recently concluded between this country and the United States, for the settlement of the Orregon boundary, and stated that the ratification of that treaty had been exchanged this day between himself and the Minister accredited by the United States. Dr. Bowring gave notice that he should on Monday ask a question of the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Depart- ment, relating to the alleged death of a private soldier in the 7th Regiment of Hussars, stationed at Hounslow, in conse- quence of military flogging. The House then went into a Com- mittee of Supply, and was left sitting. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.— There is no alteration to report. either in the value or demand for wheat, in which only retail s'ales were reported, but flour continues in fair request at rather under our previous currency. Beans and peas, malt, and grinding barley firm, and the turn in favour of sellers. A liberal supply of oats, and the show of granary samples very large, and since the liberation under the new bill, the trade have only taken sparingly for their present wants. This week four or five cargoes of Archangel oats have come to hand, and freely offered at 23s., while buyers still act on the reserve; and we must note all descriptions a very dull sale, at Is. per qr. decline. SMITHFIELD, FRIDAY— There was a fair average supply of stock : for Beef the. trade ruled dull, but the demand for Mutton and Lamb was active. Beef, 2s. 4i. to 3s. lOd. ; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4=. 4d.; Lamb, 5s. to 6s. ; Veal, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; Pork, 3s. 8d. to 4s. lOd. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Kdward Weeks, King's- road, Chelsea, hothouse builder. David Johnstone, Chorlton- upon- Medlock, Lancashire, joiner. BANKRUPTS. David Kempton, Bermondsey- street, bed and mattress manu- facturer. Robert Hayes Easum, Commercial- road East, rope maker. John Benstead, Fleet- street, hosier. Edward Boult, Isleworth, grocer. Edward Hodges, Circus- street, New- road, Mnrylebone, victualler. William Hunt, High- street, Marylebone, p- inter. Charles William Graham, King's Arm - yard, Coleman- streetB merchant. William Henry Broad, Stourport, Worcestershire, maltster. Robert Cook, Gainsburgb, Lincolnshire, surgeon. Richard Hodson, Everton, Nottinghamshire, farmer. Edward Hanks, Leeds, grocer. John Seaton, Frickley- cum- Clayton, Yorkshire, farmer, Robert Priestley, Manchester, grocer. Joseph Lawrence Butler, Liverpool, coal merchant. THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1846. LIGHT SUMMER WRITING— MOISTURE. A DITHYRAMBIC ODE. The rain's come at last! And ' tis pouring as fast As if ' t would pay up the arrears of the past. While the clouds on the wind Press on thicker and thicker, As if they'd a mind To disgorge all their liquor. Let them patter away— There's a toper to- day That will take their whole tonnage to moisten his clay. Yea; though they keep up For a fortnight their dropping, He won't ask a cup, Nor require any mopping. Yes; earth, that was curst With a vehement thirst, Is drinking so eager you'd fancy he'd burst. And his hot chappy lips- How he smacks them together '!' As he gulps, tastes, and sips The delicious wet weather: See the beautiful flowers, How they soak in the showers, That plash on the meadows or splash thro' the bowers. Leaves, blossoms, and shoots, Quaff with succulent mouth ; And the fibres and roots Are imbibing the South. The farmer's nice ear Distinctly can hear The growth of his crops thro' their bacchanal cheer. And the boozy potatoes Cry out under cover, " With elbow- room treat us, '.' Arrah ! neighbours, lie over." The horses and cows, Neglecting to browze, Stand still while they give their parched hides a carouse. And the indolent sheep, Their frieze jackets unbutton. While with rain- drops they steep Their half- roasted mutton. The birds of the air Seem little to care If the Summer should never again take up fair. For they're dabbling like snipes, And rejoicing together, While the quail tunes his pipes To wet- weather! wet- weather! The ducks and the drakes Spread their feathers in flakes, And dabble their bellies in stable- yard lakes; And nothing on earth Can be half so absurd As the bibulous mirth Of the pond- loving bird* In brief to sum up— All things seem to sup New vigour from Nature's most bountiful cup: While the sky, dropping rain, And the sun shining Southerly, Make the country again Look good- natured and motherly. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VARIETIES. Deacon H. used to say his wife had a certain recipe for test- ing the quality of indigo. It was, to sift a little indigo on the surface of some cold water ; if the indigo was good, it would either sink or swim— she could'nt tell which. CURIOUS EJPITAPH— A lady having met with a fatal accident, the following epitaph was inscribed on her tombstone : " Sad was her death ! she met it thus: She was druv over by a bus." A son of the Emerald Isle meeting a countryman, whose face was not perfectly remembered, after saluting him most cor- dially, inquired his name. Walsh," said the gentleman, " Walsh, Walsh," responded Paddy: " are ye from Dublin? I know two ould maids there of that name ; was either of ' em your mother ?" A Quaker at Liverpool once sent a letter to a correspondent asking the news by a simple note of interrogation, thus, "(?)" His friend replied in the same vein, " 0." A lawyer on his death bed, willed all his property to a lunatic asylum, giving, as a reason for so doing, that he wished his property to return to the same liberal class who patronised him. A boy at school, when called to recite his lesson, was asked, " What is the German Diet?" He replied, " Sour krout, schnapps and sausages 1" SCENE NEAR THE POLYGON BUILDINGS, CLIFTON.— Time, the morning— Present, the Lady of the House and an old Nurse.— Lady: " Why, nursa surely the bolster and pillows are much thinner and lighter than they were?"— Nurse ; " Ah, ma'am, its owing to those owjus new fashions. There was 110 such things when I was a girl "— Lady : " What do you mean?" — Nurse : Mean, ma'am ; why I mean that the housemaid and cook have made bustles out of your down feathers." PLEASURES OF ACTIVE LIFE— None so little enjoy life, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. The active only have the true relish of life. He who knows not what it is to labour, knows not what it is to enjoy. Recreation is only valuable as it unbends us; the idle know nothing of it. It is exertion that renders rest delightful, and sleep sweet and undisturbed. That the happiness of life depends on the regular prosecution of some laudable purpose, or lawful calling, which engages, helps, and enlivens all our powers, let those bear witness who, after spending years in active usefulness, retire to enjoy themselves— they are a burden to themselves.— Joy. ANIMAL DIET FAD FOR CHILDREN.—- On the subject of giving animal fo I to young children, the following opinion of Dr. Clark, Physician in Ordinary to the Queen, expresses the views of most of the celebrated physicians :—" There is no greater error in the management of children than that of giving them animal diet very early. By persevering in the use of an over stimulating diet, the digestive organs become irritated, and the various secretions, immediately connected with, and necessary to digestion, are diminished, especially the biliary secretion; and constipation of the bowels, and congestion of the abdominal circulation succeed. Children so fed become, moreover, very liable to attacks from fever and inflammation, affecting particularly the mucous membranes; and measles, and the other diseases incident to childhood, are generally severe in their attack." In reference to this last remark, a distinguished medical gentleman mentioned to us that, in families where children lived on a simple diet, without tea and coffee, if they were seized with measles, whooping cough, mumps, and similar diseases, he never called but once, as he knew there was no danger; but that in families where an opposite course was pursued, lie always expected trouble. — The Engl. sh Wife. A CHINESE OATH.— The judicial department of the House of Lords exhibited a curious scene the other day, when in the case of Matthyson's Divorce Bill, a Chinese woman summoned as a witness, was required to take an oath after the custom of her country, which she did by breaking a saucer. Lord Brougham, to make the proceeding more binding, caused her to repeat the oath after this fashion, which she did, but with reluctance. She then detailed the circumstances within her knowledge, and the case was con- sidered to be proved. BEST WATER FOR PLANTS.— it is well known that rain- water is far better than spring- water for promoting the growth of plants; this is from the former containing that which is a necessary ingredient in their formation— namely, ammonia; and which is abundant in liquid manure. The efficacy of this may be soon developed by sprinkling one- half of a grass- plot with spring- water, and the other half with water in which pounded carbonate of ammonia ( about one ounce to the gallon) has been dissolved; the former will keep it alive, but the latter will give it vigour and luxuriance.— The Builder. FALL OF RAIN.— The following is stated in The Builder to be annual fall of rain at different places in Great Britain and elsewhere:— Inches. Bombay 82 Calcutta 81 Yera Cruz 63.8 Plymouth 44 Lancaster 39.714 Rome 39 Dover 37.52 Dumfries 36.919 Manchester 36.140 Inches. Liverpool Chatsworth ... 27.664 Edinburgh ... 24.5 London .. 23.10 Glasgow 21.331 Paris ... 19.9 Petersburgh ... ... 17.5 Uleaborg ... 13.5 THE WEATHER— YEARS WHICH WERE EXTREMELY HOT AND DRY. In 7t> 3, the summer was so hot that . the springs dried up. In 870, the heat was so intense, that near Worms the reapers dropped dead in the fields. In 903, and again in 924, it was so hot that the corn and fruit were burnt up. The year 1000 was so hot and dry that in Germany the pools of water disappeared, and the fish being left to stink in the mud, bred a pestilence. In 1122, the heat was so excessive, that both men and cattle were struck dead. In 1130 the earth yawned with drought. Springs and rivers disappeared, and even the Rhine was dried up in Alsace. In 1159, not a drop of rain fell in Italy after May. The year 1171 was extremely hot in Germany. In 1232, the heat was so great, especially in Germany, that it is said eggs were roasted in the sands. In 1260, many of the Hungarian soldiers died of excessive heat at the famous battle fought near Bela. The consecutive years 1276 and 1277 were so hot and dry as to occasion a great scarcity of fodder. The years 1293 and 1294 were extremely hot; and so were likewise 1303 and 1304, both the Rhine and the Danube having dried up. In 1333, the corn- fields and vineyards were burnt up. The years 1393 and 1394 were excessively hot and dry. In 1447 the summer was extremely hot. In the successive years 1473 and 1474, the whole earth seemed on fire. In Hungary one might wade across the Danube. The four consecutive years, 1538, 1539, 1540, and 1541, were excessively hot, and the rivers dried up. In 1556, the drought was so great that the springs failed. In England wheat rose from 8s. to 53s per quarter. The years 1615 and 1616 were very dry over Europe. In 1646 it was extremely hot. In 1652, the warmth was very great, the summer being the dryest ever known in Scotland ; yet a total eclipse of the sun had happened that year, on Monday, the 24th of March, which hence received the appellation of " Mirk Monday." The summer of 1670 was remarkably hot. The first year of the eighteenth century was excessively warm, and the two following years were of the same description. It is a singular coincidence, that in 1718, the weather was extremely hot and dry all over Europe. The air feit so oppres- sive that all the theatres were shut in Paris. Scarcely any rain fell for the space of nine months, and the springs and rivers dried up. The following year was equally hot. The ther- mometer, at Paris, rose to 98 degrees by Fahrenheit's scale. The grass and corn were quite parched. In some places the fruit trees blossomed two or three times. Both the years 1723 and 1724 were dry and hot. The year 1745 was remarkably warm and dry, but the follow- ing year was still hotter, insomuch that the grass withered, and the leaves dropped from the trees. Neither rain nor dew fell for many months ; and, on the continent, prayers were offered up in the churches to implore the bounty of refreshing showers In 1754 it was likewise extremely warm. The years 1760 and 1761 were both of them remarkably hot; and so was the year 1763. 1774 was excessively hot and dry. Both the years 1778 and 1779 were warm and very dry. The year 1788 was also very hot and dry; and of the same character was 1811, famous for its excellent vintage, and dis- tinguished by the appearance of a brilliant comet. WORCESTER CITY COMMISSIONERS.— A meeting of this body was held on Tuesday at the Guildhall; F. Hooper, Esq., in the chair. The Secretary first read the report of the Engine Committee : it contained nothing of public interest beyond the recommendation of certain bills for payment, and direction to the Secretary to advertise for 120 tons of coal. The report of the Street and Drainage Committee was next pre- sented, embodying a memorial from the inhabitants of Lowes- moor, for the making a drain from the corner of the allotment field to the main sewer in Pheasant Street, and also a memorial from the farmers and others to allow the custom of exposing for sale in the Corn Market, agricultural implements, besoms, & c. The former was postponed till the measures now before Par- liament for the more effectual drainage of towns, & c., should be determined ; the latter was rejected, being opposed to the City Commissioners' Act of Parliament, and also to the petition presented by the inhabitants of the Corn Market to the Com- missioners at their last meeting. The report of the Finance Committee was read by the Chairman, ( Mr. E. Wall), and recommended that the collectors get in at least three- fourths of each rate within three months after the granting of the rate, and the remainder within four months from that time; and that notice be given by the Law Clerk, to Mr. Slade, of the Com- missioners' intention to pay off 100/. mortgage due to that gentleman, as there will be sufficient funds in the hands of the treasurer, arising from the reduction of interest from four- and- half to four per cent, for that purpose. Mr. Thompson asked the Commissioners to allow 30s. to repair and paint the posts and chains from the bridge to Saint John's; which being seconded by Mr. Wall, was granted. A desultory and some- what animated conversation took place in reference to the petition presented by the Commissioners against the New Gas Company's Bill, which ended in a resolution to the following effect:— Proposed by Mr. Pierpoint, and seconded by Mr. Summerfield—" That if a bill be sent in to the Commissioners for the petition presented against the New Gas Bill by Mr. Bedford in behalf of the City Commissioners, that previons to any order for payment of such bill being made, a special meeting of the Commissioners be called for the purpose of taking such bill, & c., into consideration." After a few appeals the meeting was adjourned to September 8. FATAL FLY ACCIDENT.— On Tuesday evening, about six o'clock, as a man, named William Banks, was driving a fly belonging to Mrs. Ann Bayliss, of Malvern, containing two ladies and a gentleman, one of the traces became unfastened, and striking against the horse's leg, the animal started off near the top of the Link, and upset the fly, pitching the driver. Banks, upon his head. A labourer, named Young, who saw the accident, immediately ran to his assistance, but the unfor- tunate deceased only breathed once : his head was doubled under his breast, and he had been jerked more than fourteen feet from the fly, which was upset about half way down the Link. The horse broke loose and ran away. The fly appeared to have run over some part of the road, which was in an im- perfect state of repair. The gentleman got up immediately; but Young, who was examined at the inquest, held on Wednesday before Mr. Hughes, coroner, could not say whether the ladies were hurt or not; we have been informed, how- ever, that they were hurt, but not seriously. Verdict— " Acci. dental death;" and the Jury recommended the attention of the Turnpike Trustees to the state of the road where the accident happened, it being very dangerous to the public. A deodand of Is. was imposed upon the horse and fly. EVESHAM ELECTION. The re- election of Lord Marcus Hill as representative of this ancient borough took place on Saturday last, and was one of the quietest affairs of the kind which we ever witnessed. No interest whatever seemed to be taken by the inhabitants in the matter, and but for the ringing of the bells in the morning the general body of them would have been ignorant of what was going on. The election was fixed by the Mayor for eleven o'clock, and soon after that hour Lord Marcus Hill, accompanied by his proposer and seconder and a few friends, entered the Townhall, when the proceedings were opened by the observance of the customary preliminaries, and the reading of the precept from the Sheriff of the county. This done, the nomination of the candidate was proceeded with. T. N. Foster, Esq., rose to propose the re- election of Lord Marcus Hill. He said his Lordship had been their faithful representative ever since 1838, and he was glad to find that no opposition to his re- election was contemplated. Alderman New seconded the nomination. A brief pause ensued, the Mayor appearing not to have been sufficiently instructed as to the proceedings which should follow. The pause, however, was but of short duration, for the Mayor almost immediately rose and said, " You have been called upon to propose a burgess to represent you in Parliament, and you have declared Lord Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill to be your choice. I therefore declare Lord Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill to be duly elected." This announcement was received without the slightest exhibition of feeling, and Lord Marcus Hill was proceeding to address the electors when the returning officer intimated that several of the burgesses desired to be parties to the return. Accordingly the indenture was produced and signed by several. Lord Marcus Hill addressed the assemblage in brief and general terms. He said the proceedings had terminated in a manner very gratifying to his feelings, and that he was much pleased to find by the unanimity of sentiment which had been actively and passively expressed towards him on this occasion, that his public conduct had met their approval. The Noble Lord then proceeded to review the conduct of the late Ministry, and especially in reference to the causes of their recent defeat; he attributed their fall to the fact of their having abandoned the policy which had first placed them in office. He would not now criticise their motives, or disparage their measures; yet he must say that Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues must some- times feel a pang when they reflected on the course which, for several years preceding 1842, they had chosen to pursue towards their opponents in rejecting that policy which they themselves had subsequently followed. lie then proceeded to advert to the system of policy adopted in/ regard to Ireland. Sir Robert Peel had said that Ireland would be his chief difficulty in retain- ing office, and so it had proved. Now he would ask could it by possibility be otherwise, since the course of conduct which had been adopted towards that country was certainly not such as to win the confidence and affection of the Irish people. The death blow to Sir Robert Peel's government he declared had been given by his own party ; and the new Corn Bill, which was so much at variance with the former principles of Sir Robert Peel, had sealed his doom. He believed Sir Robert had adopted that measure in the conscientious and patriotic feeling that it would tend to the welfare of his country; but it was a very poor requital to that party which had placed him in power. But let that be as it might, the course of events had at length restored to them men who had exhibited in their political conduct no factious impatience for office, but had conscientiously supported Sir Robert Peel's Government when- ever they could do so consistently with the general political principles which they advocated; and this country owed to those men some of the best laws with which they were governed. Guided by the counsel of his constituents, and supported by their generally expressed approval of his public conduct, he should endeavour to uphold the present Government, which he doubted not would during their reign cfl'ect much improvement. The Noble Lord then alluded to the prospect of speedy railway communication being afforded to the vale of Evesham by the construction of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver- hampton railway, and after briefly dwelling on the importance of railway accommodation said he hoped on his next visit to travel to the borough by that line. ( Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor. Air. Foster having seconded the vote, it was carried by acclamation. The Mayor acknowledged the compliment, and expressed his sense of the honour done him by his fellow townsmen in electing him to the office which he held. He thought the burgesses had that day returned as good a man to represent them in Parliament as they could get, and he for one could certainly not find any fault with him. The proceedings thus terminated, and the few people assem- bled dispersed to their homes. TENBURY HORTICULTURAL SHOW. The following is a list of the prizes awarded at this show last week. The whole of the specimens exhibited were very good, and numbered nearly 100 more than at the corresponding show of last year. The following is the list of prizes :— GERANIUMS.— 1st Prize, Joseph Bailey, jun., Esq., M. P. ; 2nd, not awarded. BALSAMS.— Ist, Mr. Sweet; 2nd, Captain Rushout. ROSES.— 1st, Thomas Varranton, Esq. ; 2nd, Mrs. J. L. Sweet. PINKS.— 1st, Mr. Woontner ; 2nd, Mr. Harman. CARNATIONS.— 1st, Mr. Lies; 2nd, James Thos. Woodhouse, Esq. DESIGN IN FLOWERS.— Mrs. J. Bailey. NOSEGAY.— 1st, Mrs. Sweet. CAULIFLOWERS.— 1st, Rev. T. E. Miller; 2nd, Captain Rushout. 1JEAS.— 1st, Mr. Henry Davis; 2nd, Jas. Thos. Woodliouse, Esq. BEANS.— 1st, Mr. S. Collius : 2nd, Mr. Harman. STRAWBERRIES.— 1st, Jas. Thos. Woodhouse, Esq. ; 2nd, Thos. Yarranton, Esq. GOOSEBERRIES.— 1st, Mr. Lies; 2nd, Mr. Foster. CURRANTS.— Mr. M. Trumper: 2nd, . las. Thos. VVoodhouse, Esq. CHERRIES.— 1st, Mrs. Bradley; 2nd, Mr. Harman. RASPBERRIES.— 1st, Mr. M. Trumper; 2nd, Mr. Preston. COTTAGERS'.— Peas : 1st, Ann Hays ; 2nd, Stephen Marks.— IJeaus: 1st, George Cowdall; 2nd, George Broom,— Gooseberries and Currants : 1st, George Cleaton ; 2nd, George Cowdall. GARDENERS'— Fruit: — Vaughan, gardener to Jas. Thos. Wood- house, Esq.— Flowers : Levi Weaver, gardener to Capt. Rushout.— Vegetables, ditto. EXTRA PRIZES, To the Cottagers producing the two best quarters of a peck of young Potatoes, the gift of Miss Harriet Rushout; Samuel Davis, ( is., and William Bathuist, 4s. To the Cottagers for the two best Collections of Vegetables, the gift of Joseph Bailey, jun., Esq., M. P.; Stephen Marks, 8s., and Saml. Davis, Gs. To the Cottager for the best Collection ot" Garden Herbs, the gift of Mr. Sweet; Widow Lucas, 5s. Cottage Potatoes grown in Great or Little Kyre, the gift of Messrs, Winton and Boucher ; Elizabeth Benbow, 4s., and Hannah Hays, 3s. " f Cottage ROSPS grown within a mile of Teme Bridge, the gift 0 Mrs. lurner, Manchester; Elizabeth Pritchard, 5s. Childrens'Wild Flowers : 1st, Susan Price, 2nd, Hannah Bishop. Cottagers Keeping Apples ; Elizabeth Wright. Horton; 2nd, Mr. Perks.— Turnips, Mr. Wilkins.— Potatoes, 1st, Mr. Horton; 2nd, Mr. T. Cowley.— Lettuce, Mr. Andrews. COTTAGERS' PRIZES.— Greenhouse Plants. 1st, Sophia Andrews ; 2nd, — Hewlett; Flowers in Pots, 1st, — Willis; 2nd, Sophia An- drews.— Herbaceous, 1st, Thomas Bunn ; 2nd, Mary Andiews.— Annuals, 1st, Sophia Andrews; 2nd, — Osborne.— Pansies, 1st, Mary Andrews: 2nd, Sophia Andrews.— Dahlias, 1st and 2nd, ditto. — Perennials, 1st, Thomas Bunn; 2nd, — Green.— Carnations, Sophia Andrews.— Gooseberries, 1st, — Hay ; 2nd, — James.— Cur- rants, Black, 1st, — Hay ; 2nd, Betty Green ; Red, Sarah Johnson ; H'lute, Mary Andrews.'— Raspberries, Betty Green.— Potatoes, tst, Willis; 2nd, Daniel.— Peas, 1st, James; 2ud, Ballard.— Kidney Beans, Daniel.— Lettuce, Nevvlett; Rhubarb, Millard.— Onions, ditto.— Apples, Daniel; Extra, Ballard. PERSHORE PETTY SESSIONS. TUESDAY, JULY 14. Magistrates present— C. E. Hanford, F. Eyston,' J. Y. Bedford, and F. Holland, Esqrs. ASSAULT Ann Phipps, of Eckington, charged Hannah Meredith, of the same place, with an assault. The Magistrates, after hearing the case, dismissed it as frivolous. TOLL CASE Mr. Joseph Burch charged Thomas Milward, of Pershore, butcher, with non- payment of one penny toll; and the case having been proved, the Magistrates ordered the pay- ment of the toll by the defendant, with costs. DROITWICH PETTY SESSIONS. FRIDAY, JULY 10. Magistrates present: Revds. William Vernon and J. R Ingram, and W. H. Ricketts, J. H. Galton, and E. Beai- croft, Esqrs. Joseph Phillips, of Feckenham, labourer, was brought up under a warrant for assaulting and illtreating his wife Maria, on the 7th instant, and thereby, together with other threats, since used, putting her in bodily fear. The case being proved defendant was ordered to find a surety in 20/. and enter into his own recognizance for 20/. more to keep the peace towards com- plainant. Being unable to find a surety he was committed to the House of Correction until the same should be forthcoming. MONDAY. Thomas Harrison, otherwise Hartlcs, a labourer, of this place, was brought before the Rev. W. Vernon, and W. H. Ricketts, Esq., charged with stealing four tame fowls, the pro- perty of Mrs. Sarah Quarrell, of Martin Hussingtree. The fowls were missed on the previous morning and were traced to two cookshops here, kept by a Mrs. Joseph Wood, and Mrs. Chatterton, to whom they had been sold by the prisoner. He in his defence said he had bought some goods off Mrs. Quarrell's waggoner, and as he was bringing them home he found the four fowls in a bundle lying in the road. He was fully committed to take his trial at the ensuing Assizes. ABBOTS MORTON HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. This annual and delightful meeting came off in the grounds adjoining the Rectory House, on Tuesday last. The day was all that the gay assemblage could have desired, and the Wor- cester band added much to the mirth and pleasure of it. The flowers and fruit exhibited were displayed in three marquees, and presented a choice and varied collection. The distribution of the prizes appeared to give satisfaction, and the fortunate takers of them well deserved the encomiums bestowed upon them by the company. In the evening, the hospitality of the worthy Rector and his lady was partaken of by the large party assembled on the occasion, and the merry dance was kept up with spirit until after the last rays of the sun had ceased to cheer the scene. Pinks, Piccotees, and Carnations, Mr. Barnes.— Roses, Mrs. Walker.— Pansies, Mr. Barnes — Dahlias, 1st and2nd, Mr. R. Cowley. — Annuals, Mrs. U alker.— Marigolds, Mr. Horton. — Perennials and Herbaceous, Mrs. Walker.— Nosegay, Miss Cowley, ( commended), — Stove Plants, 1st and 2nd, and Greenhouse Plants, 1st and 2ud, Mr. Horton.— Best Geranium, Mr. Fan; Six Geraniums, Mrs. Walker.— Six Balsams, Calceolaria, and Best Fuchsia, Mr. Horton. — Six Fuchsias, 1st and 2nd, and Basket of Plants, Mrs. Walker.— Extra Prize, Rev. J . Amphlett.— Ditto, Fuchsia Fulgens, Mrs. llorton. Cherries, Mr. Hortou.— Pears, Mr. T. Cowley.— Apples, Mr. Perks. — Strawberries, Ist, Mr. llorton ; 2nd, Mrs. Hemming. — Raspberries, and Gooseberries, Red, Mrs. Walker.— Gooseberries, Green, Yellow, White, Mr. Horton.— Currants, White, Mrs. Hemming; Red and Black, Mr. Horton ; Extra Prizes, Red, Mrs. Walker ; White, Mr. Horton; Black. Mr. Perks.— Cucumbers, 1st, Mr. Perks; 2nd, Mrs. Walker,— Cauliflowers, 1st and 2nd, Mrs. Walker.— Peas, 1st, Mr. Horton; 2nd, Mr. P> 1 ks.— Beans, 1st, Mr, Horton ; 2nd, Mr. T. Cowley .— French Beans, Ist, Mr. Perks; 2nd, Mrs. Walker.— Onions, Ist, Mr, Wiikins; 2nu, Mr. Perks,— Carrots, iat, Mr. BROMSGROVE PETTY SESSIONS. TUESDAY, JULY 14. Magistrates present— W. H. Ricketts and G. F. Iddins, Esqrs. Mrs. Allen, widow, of Stoke Prior, charged W. Horton and Samuel Allbutt, of the same place, with stealing peas out of a field in her occupation, on the 11th inst. Mr. B. Taylor, jun., appeared for the defendants, and prayed for an adjournment of the case for a fortnight, which was granted on the defendants paying the costs of the day. A " BENEFIT" SOCIETY.— Joseph Johnson, of Rednall, summoned Thomas Harris and Thomas Rogers, stewards of a Benefit Society, held at the Old Rose and Crown Inn, Broms- grove Lickey, to show cause why they refused him nine shil- lings for three weeks' pay. The stewards employed Mr. B. Taylor on behalf of the society, who pleaded that the com- plainant had been at work, and called Henry Hemming, who said that he saw Henry Johnson carrying a scuttle of manure up his garden, and setting potatoes. Two other witnesees also deposed to having seen him working in his garden, all of which was done while he was in receipt of pay. Mr. Ricketts said he did not consider that could be called work according to the meaning of the rules. Mr. Iddins took a different view of the case, and no other magistrate being present, the case was adjourned for a fortnight. DESERTION.— John Court, of Redditch, was charged by Mr. Cot. trell, relieving officer of Bromsgrove, with neglecting to support his wife and child, whereby they had become charge- able to the parish of Redditch. Committed to prison for 21 days. ASSAULTS— Ann Millward, of Bromsgrove, charged Wrn. Smith, of the same place, with assaulting her on the 8th of July. Fined Id., and 7s. 6d. costs— Elizabeth Wall, of the Lickey- end, charged James Pinchin, of the same place, with assaulting her on the 5th of July. Fined 6s. 6d., including costs.— Mary Collins charged Esther Bratt, both of Catshill, with assaulting her on the 4th of July. Fined 2s. 6d., and 7s. 6d. costs. STOURPORT PETTY SESSIONS. TUESDAY, JULY 14. Magistrates present: H. J. Winnington, S. Baker, J. Wor- thington, and J. R. Cookes, Esqrs., and the Rev. T. Baker. John Lloyd ( a notorious character) and John Brown were brought up on a charge of violently beating and assaulting Superintendent John Bevan, of Stourport, and George Bennett, constable, while in the due execution of their duty. It appeared from the evidence that the officers were on duty on Saturday night last about twelve o'clock, and were requested by the landlady of the Black Star public- house, Stourport, to clear the house. There was a great number of persons there, who immediately left, except Brown, whom Bevan was obliged to turn out. When out of doors they all ( numbering about 20) set up a violent noise, and endeavoured to prevent Bevan and Bennett from going along the road. He threatened them several times, and they then began to beat him; however, with Bennett's assistance, he succeeded in handcuffing Brown, who kicked both officers very violently on the road to the station- house. Lloyd ran at Superintendent Bevan, and struck him violently on the nose; and another man threw a large stone, and had not Bevan been on the lookout it must have hit him on the head. They however ultimately succeeded in getting both men to the station- house. Bevan and Bennett are literally covered with bruises. Lloyd and Brown were severally fined 21. and costs, and in default were committed to gaol for two months. Thomas Tolley, of Lower Mitton, beer- house keeper, was summoned for refusing to admit Superintendent Bevan into his house on the night of the 11th instant. He was fined 1 /., with costs. William Turner, George Bedolls, Thomas Price, and Wm. Baker, were summoned by John Jones for an assault committed on the 5th of July instant. Plaintiff' was returning from church, and not being " quite so sharp as he should be," the defendants determined on having a lark, and began pulling him about. The Magistrates thought the matter trivial, and fined them each Is. and costs. William Willis was summoned by Catherine Garrett, both of Upper Mitton, for an assault, and Catherine Garrett was summoned by William Willis for an assault, the parties having obtained cross- summonses. Willis's little girl, an intelligent child of about 12 years of age, spoke as to the first assault being committed by Catherine Garrett. The one case was dismissed, and Garrett convicted in the fine of \ l. and costs, the whole expenses being 18s. 6d. Thomas Hanson was summoned by Mr. John Crane Rogers on behalf of his father, Mr. Joseph Rogers, of Stourport, tanner, for absenting himself from the service of the said Joseph Rogers. The Magistrates, as a remuneration for the loss of his services, abated 2s. 6d. from Hanson's wages, and mulcted him in costs. SHIPSTON- ON- STOUR PETTY SESSIONS. SATURDAY, JULY 11. Present: William Dickins Esq., F. Colville, Esq., Rev. H. Townsend, and other Justices. BALDWIN V. MULDOOM.— This was an assault case. The parties had been drinking together on the 8th instant, on apparently the most amicable terms; but after they had left the " flowing bowl" at the Black Horse, the defendant grew quarrelsome, and wished his companion to " use his fists a bit." The plaintiff, who is a glazier, had his crate 011 his back, and was disinclined to figure as a pugilist; but defendant, who is a native of " Erin's green isle," was determined to " bate" thoiough good fellowship into his phlegmatic companion, and accordingly began by tapping his claret, and ended by smashing his crate of glass into " smithereens."— Fined 20s. POCKET PICKING.— William Nicholls and Mary Ann his wife were charged by George Arthur with having stolen 31. 16s. from his person on the 2nd instant, at Ilmington. There was not the slightest evidence against the male prisoner, and he was at once discharged. As against the female prisoner the pro- secutor swore that he went to Nicholls's house about ten o'clock in the morning of the 2nd instant and treated Nicholls and his wife with beer and rum; that after drinking some short time, Nicholls left and went to his work; that prosecutor fell asleep in a chair in the kitchen and when he awoke he found that his money was gone. On cross- examination, by Mr. Kettle, prosecutor declined to say whether he was sober or drunk at the time; didn't know whether he partook of dinner with Nicholls and his wife; could not tell at what hour he went to sleep nor at what hour he awoke. He felt no one's hand in his pocket, and did not go to a Magistrate till some days afterwards. He could recollect nothing but that he had lost his money. The Magistrates considered that some sus- picion attached to the female prisoner, and decided upon send- ing the case to a jury, but under the circumstances admitted her to bail. LEDBURY PETTY SESSIONS. SATURDAY, JULY 11. Frederick Lane was charged, before the Rev. J. Higgins and Captain Jones, by Mr. Law, with leaving the Ledbury Workhouse, wherein lie was an inmate, on the 18th February last, and taking with him several articles of wearing apparel. Committed to Hereford Gaol for three months. Thomas Mutton was charged with deserting the Union on the 14th of April last, and taking with him the Union clothes. Committed for three months. MONDAY. Thomas Hall, of Bosbury, was charged before the Revds. Joseph and Edward Higgins, with feloniously stealing, on the 6th instant, one half- crown, the property of William Smith, a fruit dealer, of Cradley. The prosecutor deposed that he called at the Chile's Arms, Matlion, on the above day, and saw the prisoner having his dinner. Witness sold him a pound of cherries, which he would not pay for. Some time the same night they had a " tustle," when witness was undermost, and heard his money rattle when he was down. Witness put his hand in his pocket, and missed two half- crowns, but could not find the money on the ground. Prisoner helped to look for it. Prosecutor would swear that the half- crown produced by Mrs. Thomas was his. and one which he had in his pocket about five minutes before he tustled with the prisoner. The half- crowns were marked by Mrs. Thomas, in his presence. The prisoner had given Mrs. Thomas one of the half- crowns she had marked, in payment for a jug of cider. She asked him how he came by- it, when he replied he had it from Bob Jones. Witness would swear it was one of the half- crowns she marked for the prose- cutor. The prisoner, in his defence, said he picked up half a crown out by the gate at the Cliffe's Arms. He was committed to Worcester gaol for trial at the ensuing Assizes. Robert Jones, of Bosbury, was charged by the above- named William Smith with assaulting him on , the day the felony was committed. It appears that Jones was at Mathon Wake, and interfered with complainant, who talked of sending for the constable to search the prisoner Hall for the half- crown he had lost, when defendant struck him and kicked him. Fined Gd., and 9s. ( id. expenses. DUDLEY PETTY SESSIONS. MONDAY, JULY 13. Before Cornelius Cartwright and John Roberts, Esqrs. BREACH OF THE PEACE— Eliza, Catherine, and Margaret Conolly were charged by Bridget Rogers with using threatening language to her on the 7th July. The whole of the parties were ordered to find sureties to keep the peace towards each other. BEER- HOUSE CASES William Wise was charged by Joseph Jewkes with keeping his house open, and allowing ale to be drunk, during the hours of divine service, on the 28th of June last. Wise delared that the party who were in his house were lodgers. This being the third conviction, he was fined 40s. and costs William Marsh, Jeremiah Parker, Joseph Dunn, and John HancoJt, were each fined 10s. and costs, and John Cook 20s. and costs, for a similar offence. ASSAULTS, & C.— Charles Roberts, charged with assaulting William Aston, of Kates Hill, on Tuesday, the 16th of June last, as he was going to work, was fined 10s. and costs— W. Nock, charged with assaulting Phabe Mantle on the 6th inst. was fined 5s. and costs, or one month's hard labour.— Elizabeth Barnes charged her busband with assaulting her in a most brutal manner. As the man did not appear to the summons, a warrant was issued for his apprehension.— Sarah Neath was charged by Eleanor Robinson with assaulting her on the 4th instant, by striking her on the head with her fist, and after- wards with a mop.— Maria Jackson charged Elizabeth Jackson and Hannah Smith with assaulting her on the 11th inst. They were each fined Is. and costs.— Henry Rogers was fined Is., the amount of damage done, with costs, for breaking a quantity of glass in a house of ill fame. SHERIFF'S COURT OF TRIALS, DUDLEY, JULY 14. ( Before W. T. Fletcher, Esq., the Deputy Under- Sheriff.) DAW V. ATTWOOD, JUN. This was an action brought by Mr. Joseph Daw, of Dymock, near Ledbury, cider merchant, against Joseph Attwood, the younger, of Quarry Bank, near Dudley, for the recovery of £ 8. 5s. 6d., the value of two barrels of cider and one of perry supplied to defendant. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted. Mr. John Bolton, of Dudley, was the solicitor for plaintiff, and Mr. Podmore, of Birmingham, solicitor for defendant. The following respectable inhabitants of the town of Dudley were summoned as the Jury on the occasion:— Mr. Wm. Sheppard, liquor merchant, foreman. Mr. Wm. Minty, tailor, — A. Patterson, liquor mer- chant, — John Powell, plumber, — A. Bunch, auctioneer, — Wm. Harper, victualler, Mr. B. Wood, tobacconist, — E. Wood, pawnbroker, — E. Brookes, butcher, — T. Rudd, watch- maker, — Saml. Sedgley, grocer, — John Robinson, turner. The particulars of the case as detailed to the Jury by Mr. Bolton, and which was afterwards proved in evidence, are as follows :— The father of the defendant for some years past carried on business as a publican, at Quarry Bank, and at length, being in difficulties, transferred the business to his son, the defendant, and in the month of November, 1844, also transferred the licence of the house to defendant. In the month of April, 1845, defendant's mother called at the plaintiff's wharf and ordered a barrel of cider and a barrel of perry, from James Hardman, the plaintiff's agent. In a day or two afterwards the defendant himself came to the wharf, with a horse and cart, for the cider and perry, which was accordingly delivered to him. About a fortnight after defendant's mother again called and said to Hardman " If you'll let us have another half- hogshead of cider we'll pay you for it with the other." Hardman told her to go to Mr. Brown, at Dudley, as the plaintiff kept his stores there. She did not go, but on the 24th May, 1845, defendant himself went to Mr. Brown ( who at that time was landlord of the Roebuck Inn, Dudley, and also acted as plain- tiff's agent in the sale of cider) and said to him " I have called for a cask of cider which Mr. Hardman has directed me to have of Mr. Daw." Mr. Brown, supposing it to be all right, let him have it, and assisted him to put it in his cart, on which the name of defendant, " Joseph Attwood, junior," was painted. About two months' after the delivery of tbe cider and perry Hardman went with plaintiff to defendant's house, and on seeing only the father said, they had called for payment of the cider. The father said he had nothing to do with it, and told them to go to his son, who was in the house. They then went into the house and saw both defendant and his mother, and requested payment, which was promised in about a fortnight. The defence set up by defendant was that the business was carried on by his father, and that the goods were ordered by his mother, and consequently he was not liable. Mr. Podmore, to prove this, called the father of the defendant, but this witness, after undergoing a very strict cross- examination by Mr. Bolton, so prevaricated in hi's evidence that Mr. Podmore declined to proceed further in the case, and immediately threw up his brief. The Deputy Under- Sheriff shortly addressed the Jury, who immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, and eulogised the conduct of Mr. Podmore for the manner in which he terminated the defence which he had been led to set up by the false representations of he defendant and his family. iBultum in parfco. The harvest around London has commenced, and only requires a little fine weather to secure a good produce. A few days since seven brothers met and dined together at a tavern iu Preston, of the following ages :— John Barnes, 89; George Barnes, 84, James Barnes, 79 ; Dennis Barnes, 76; Jonathan Barnes, 67; William Barnes, 64; and Joseph Barnes, 59. They have all been married, and have each had large families. The late Mr. Chubb, the celebrated patent lock and key manu- facturer, has left personal property to the amount of £ 15,000. It appears that of the 10,000 locks made by this late ingenious inventor, there are not two to be found that will take the same key. A proposition has been brought forward in the legislative assembly, Pennsylvania, to tax all bachelors over thirty- flve years of age, for the support of maidens who have passed forty- five. A vessel called the Friden, which has arrived in the London docks from Odessa, in addition to a cargoe of Russian tallow had 1,250 bomb shells on board. The importation of so singula! an article of warfare is somewhat remarkable. Twenty- one pieces of sculpture have been submitted to the Com- mittee of the Art Union of London, in reply to their ottered premium of £ 500, and are now exhibiting at the concert- room of the Princesses Theatre, London. The annual exhibition of the Birmingham Society of Artists, is now open at the Athenaeum Rooms, Birmingham. The number of contributions is three hundred and seventy, containing specimens of many well- known metropolitan and provincial artists. A few days since about 1,500 children of the Birmingham Sunday School Union, took a trip to Cheltenham by railway. The children were conveyed to Cheltenham and back for sixpence— a distance of about one hundred miles. The teachers were charged two shillings each. On Friday a fire broke out in the cotton mill of Mr. Sibson Rigg, Manchester, and a portion of the building and property to the amount of between £ 3,000 and £ 4,000 fell a prey to the flames. Mr. Wm. Mansfield, of Buinton, Bucks, farmer, died on Saturday week, in the 82nd year of his age : and it is believed was worth at the time of his death from .£ 40,000 to £ 50,000, but the whole of his personal expenses have not exceeded £ 50 per year. In accordance with his wish, he was taken to the grave in one of his own waggons. Among the pensions granted by Sir Robert Peel before retiring from office, were £ 100 a- year to Mr. Bernard Barton, the Quaker poet; £ 50 each to two aged sisters of the late Major - General M'Caskill; and a pension of the like amount to the daughter of Brigadier General Taylor, killed in the late war in India. New wheat was sold at the Halle aux Blfis of Paris on Friday; such a fact has not been known for twenty years. It appears from official documents that during the year 1845, the number of slaves enfranchised in the French colonies" amounted to 1550, which gives a total of 44,247 slaves set free since 1830. In the parish church of St. Peter, Liverpool, service is performed four times every Sunday. The first, at half- past seven, a. m., is expressly for those who, from deficiency in decent apparel, would not attend at any of the other hours of service. The Corporation of Manchester has just ordered a levy of a rate of 5s. in the pound, which is necessary to make up a deficiency of of £ 20,000! Died at Withington, on the 30th of June, aged 86 years, Miss Sarah Robins, a woman of penurious habits. In her cottage was found after her desth, upwards of £ 368 deposited in different parts of her habitation, in guineas, sovereigns, half- sovereigns, and about forty pounds worth of silver, twenty pounds worth of which was in sixpences. Another mysterious case of poisoning has occurred in Norfolk. Maria Read, a young woman of Norwich, died suddenly, and on the body being examined, arsenic was found in the stomach. The Merthyr Guardian states that the Great Welsh mining case, which has thrown so many thousands of pounds into the whirlpool of the law, is likely to be settled by mutual concessions. A company has been formed at Berwick and Plymouth, to prose- cute a deep sea fishing off the coast of Northumberland and Scotland, in decked vessels, for the supply of Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, and other markets. At Cartlidge, near Dundee, there was found a few days ago a mush- room, measuring 30 inches in circumference, and of corresponding depth in thickness. A bee- hive, belonging to a gentleman near Dumfries, threw off four swarms within fourteen days, a proof of fecundity scarcely ever equalled. From a Parliamentary return it appears that the Commission of inquiry into the potatoe disease cost £ 19,000. Cui bono ! Cheering accounts of the state of the crops in Ireland are announced from various places. The hot weather having rendered the grass on the slopes of the embankments and cuttings of the Great Western Railway very combustible, live coals from the engines have frequently fired it, and for many miles together the herbage has been destroyed. It is said that the losses sustained by the principal Loudon insurance- offices, particularly the Phoenix, London, Imperial, Royal Exchange, and Sun, by the recent conflagration at Newfoundland, exceed £ 100,000. Notice has been given that Captain Hawkey will surrender to take his trial at the Winchester Assizes, for killing in a duel Lieutenant Seaton, at Stoke Bay, Gosport, about fourteen months ago. Money- boxes have been put up at various metropolitan public- houses and beer- shops, for the reception of pence for the purpose of presenting a national testimonial to Sir Robert Peel for his advocacy of Free- trade measures. The amount of the Cobden testimonial has now reached upwards of £ 33,000. The Town Council of Oxford have appointed a committee to provide suitable public bathing places free of charge, A mine of antimony has been discovered in New Cumnock. ( Scotland). It is the only one of the kind in Britain, and contains a great mixture of arsenic and copperas. A horse- dealer named Soirs, while in company with a girl of ill fame named Minors, at Birmingham, on Monday, quarrelled with her, and struck her under the ear, from the effect's of which she fell and died instantly. He has been committed for manslaughter. The girl was a native of Pershore. On Friday, a child, whose parents reside at Little Madeley, Salop, while playing round a washiug- tub containing soap wash, over- balanced itself, fell in, and was suffocated. In the celebrated case of Messrs. Chambers, the London bankers, who were made bankrupts in 1825, a first and final dividend has been declared of twenty shillings in the pound I And this, too, after the absorption of an immense sum in expenses. The present Rishop of London has consecrated 150 churches, and the Bishop of Chester upwards of 160. Mr. M'Lean, member for Oxford, has been made a bankrupt. The Wellington statue will be erected on the summit of the arch in time to be openly installed on August 3. On Wednesday, as a married woman, named Cubbin, was standing looking in at the window of a picture shop, in King- street, Liverpool, a fellow named Robert Jeffereys, at work iu a smithy under the shop, thrust a red hot iron against her legs, burning her severely. The villain has been committed. Dr. Cartwright states that barm, or yeast, is a certain specific for putrid fever. He tested it in the last stages of that dreadful disorder, and never knew it fail, given in doses of two large spoonsful every two hours. The bills of exchange, railway shares, and other documents, which were stolen from the Royal Bank, Liverpool, in May last, have been restored to Mr, Hobler. The thieves have kept the money. A cast of bees was lately presented to a gentleman in Cockermouth which, in the short space of nine days, produced 28£ lbs, of fine rich honey. A short time since, a cat, in Chesterfield, sitting in an open window three stories high, observed a sparrow flying into its nest, under the eaves of the roof, and suddenly making a spring from the window, caught the bird, and dropped upon her legs 011 the pavement of the street uninjured. The cat immediately ran off with the prize. The Magistrates for the county of Edinburgh have determined not to grant any new licences for public- houses until the number at present existing in the city and county shall have diminished one- half. The New York Express states that in one day last month, 31,100 baskets of strawberries, and 35,600 quarts of milk were brought to the city on the Erie railroad. An extra train is run every night to accommodate the strawberry business. A watch- maker, of Cardiff, is said to have invented a self- acting ball, which will run on a level, and keep in motion for an indefinite : number of years. I At the present time there are fourteen thousand able- bodied men receiving employment at the cost of the public in the construction of public works in Ireland, The cost of the prosecution of Royal, Hall, and Mapes, at Yarmouth ] Spring assizes, in 1845, was £ 304. 19s. 6d., and of Yarham at the last j Spring assizes, all for the niuider of Mrs. Candler, at Yarmouth, j £ 237. 9s., making a total of £ 542. 8s. 6d. Ata late sitting of the Bristol District. Court of Bankruptcy In Re Lewis, of Wotton- under- Kdge, clothier, the North Wilts Banking Company were admitted to prove for the small sum of £ 46,2 ' 3,11s. 9d., and the vVestof England andSouth W tiled District Banking Company for £ 1,478. lis, 3d, ! egriniimrai EmcUtgence. HYBRIDISED WHEAT.— At the Council meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society last week, the Hon. R. H. Clive, M. P., laid before the Council a communication with which he had been favoured by Dr. Lindley, in reference to a decisive result obtained by Mr. Maund, of Bromsgrove, in this county, ( the well- known editor of a periodical work entitled the " Botanic Garden,") by crossing Egyptian Cone with an English Red Wheat, and thus producing a beardless wheat; for " although," as Dr. Lindley observes, " there is not at present any proof of what the quality of this cross may be, yet it shows that corn is as open to improvement as any other plant, and that I take to be a highly important fact. All such attempts deserve encouragement; if the Royal Agricul- tural Society were to take up this matter in good earnest, and to offer such prizes as will induce, intelligent men with the necessary leisure and opportunity, to give it their serious attention, important results might be obtained." Mr. Clive then introduced Mr. Maund to the President and Council, when that gentleman exhibited the various specimens of wheat connected with his experiments, and detailed the progress of his operations in effecting the cross in question between different kinds of wheat, for the purpose of producing the artificial fertilisation required. These specimens exhibited the varieties between the Oxford Red and the Donna Maria White Wheat, as well as those between the Egyptian Cone and the Oxford Red. In the produce of the latter cross, some of the ears had awns while others were without them. Mr. Maund stated that the new varieties thus obtained in his experiments appeared to possess great luxuriance and promise of fertility. He thought it uot unlikely that eventually not only any given external character intermediate between those of the wheats selected for the occasion may be obtained, but that the chemical nature of the grain may be favourably influenced for any given purpose required. The President on the part of the Council having then expressed to Mr. Maund tbe thanks which the Council, on the motion of the Duke of Richmond, seconded by Sir Robert Price, had voted to him for his attention in submitting to them his interesting and valuable results, requested that he would prepare for the Journal Committee, in the course of the autumn, a detailed statement of his experiments and their results, including not only a reference to the scientific circumstances of the fact, as connected with the laws of vegetable physiology, or the changes produced in the chemical constitution of the plant, but also to the more homelv but not less important result of the practical value of his products as obtained by the miller and the baker. ENCOURAGEMENT TO AGRICULTURE.— Among the many excellent plans for the improvement of land and giving encouragement to the tenants, we have to notice one recently adopted by William Speke, of Jordan's House, near Chard, Somerset. About six months since he announced his inten- tion of awarding at his rent audit in June, a prize of twenty guineas to the best farmer, renting £ 150 a year and upwards of his estates; and a few weeks since such estates were visited by Mr. James, of Ford's Croft, an experienced farmer and surveyor, who, on the 6th ult., at the audit, gave Mr. Speke his report, recommending the premium to be divided equally between Mr. Joseph Duke and Mr. James Howard, being unable to give either the preference. This Mr. Speke did, and to the gratification of his tenantry, intimated his intention of giving, next year, two premiums of £ 15, and £ 10 to the first and second best farmer. Mr. Speke's example, which is one worthy of imitation, is, we hear, to be followed by one, if not more, of the landed proprietors of the neighbourhood. MR. JONAS WEBB'S ANNUAL TUP SHOW.— The twentieth annual show of pure Southdown tups, the property of Mr. Jonas Webb, was held at Babraham, in Cambridgeshire, on Thursday, the 9th instant. The show took place as usual in a field adjoining the residence of Mr. Webb; where the tups were arranged so as to afford the public an opportunity of inspecting them conveniently. The company present at the letting was one of the most influential and respectable ever witnessed, not only at Babraham, but at any place, under any circumstances. There was but one universal expression of satisfaction and admiration at the show ; the most eminent breeders and agriculturists were unanimous in declaring this to be the best exhibition, as to the quality of the stock shown, ever offered to public inspection by Mr. Webb. Amongst the company present were the agents of various noblemen, agri culturists, and breeders, from every county in the kingdom. The highest priced tup publicly let was one hired by the agent of the Earl of Leicester, for fifty guineas the season. The sire of this sheep was let privately by Mr. Webb at the dinner for the same sum. At and after dinner several sheep were jet at higher prices than were obtained at the letting. The usual number of rams ( 120) were placed on the ground, and before dinner, about GO had been called out, and let, in most instances, for a considerable advance above the reserved price. After the letting, the company were invited to partake of a dinner provided for them in the style of old English hospi- tality for which Mr. Webb has been so long celebrated. TRANSPLANTING POTATOES.— Experiments of this kind have been practised this year with success in the neighbour- hood of Hereford. We learn from the Hereford Times that a tenant who lately entered on the occupation of Scut Mill House, found the garden belonging thereto covered with growing potatoes, the produce of seed which had been left in the ground. Partly for economy's sake, seed being very dear, and partly for the sake of experiment, he caused these potatoes to be got up with as much mould as he could to the roots, and transplanted them in rows. This he did on or about the last day of May. On the 1st instant, one calendar month after the time of transplanting, he dug up one row of these potatoes and had the satisfaction of finding it produce a good crop. The potatoes were early purples, and were decidedly the best potatoes in quality which he has eaten this season. The plan being successful in a dry season like the present, there is every reason to think it would be eminently so in one attended with rain about ths time of performing the operation. HOPS. WORCESTER, JULY 17.— There was a steady demand for hops on Saturday, and a slight advance was obtained on good hops, the best fetching £ 6. 6s. to £ 6. 16s. per cwt. The present fine weather is favourable to the plantations, and should it continue so for some little time longer, a fair average crop mav be the result. The dutv is now stated at £ 15,000 or £ 16,000. BOROUGH, JULY 13.— The accounts from the plantations being generally favourable, the market was in a verv sluggish state, at barely late rates. The dutv is backed at £ 135,000 to £ 140,000. New Pockets. £ s. £ s. New Bags. £ s. £ s. Farnham 7 7 10 10 Kent 5 0 7 10 Kent 5 5 9 0 Sussex 0 0 0 0 EastKent 0 0 0 0 Yearlings..... .... 4 15 5 15 Sussex 5 2 6 4 OldHops 10 5 0 Yearlings 4 15 7 0 EAST KENT.— The accounts from this district represent that the vermin still abounds in some grounds, whilst in others the bine is strong and clean, and the burr is bursting into full and healthy flower. CAUTION TO HOP GROWERS.— All hop growers will do well to remember that during the present month they must deliver to the proper officer of excise a true entry in writing of the number of acres in plant; also all oasthouses, oasts, and store- rooms intended to be used by them for the purpose of curing and storing hops; a neglect of which will subject them to heavy penalties, under the Act 4 and 5 William IV., cap. 51, 5. FAIRS. WORCESTER.— Our fair was held on Monday last, and the weather being fine, attracted a full attendance. The supply of stock was more than presented for sale at many previous fairs. Nearly, if not the whole of the beef exhibited, was sold, at 6d. per lb.; superior kinds a shade higher. Good cows and calves met a ready sale at great prices, as also fresh barrens. Sheep— wethers, 6 § d.; the larger fat ewes not more than 5^ d., there not being many buyers for that description of stock. Lambs from 7d. to 7 § d.; readily sold. Yerv few sheep remained unsold. Not many pigs were brought. There was a lurger display of horses than has been seon for a long time, and a great many changed hands at good prices. WARWICK.— This fair, on Monday last, was well supplied with sheep, and moderately with beasts. Both beef and mutton fetched from 6d. to 6£ d., and scarcely a carcase was left unsold. Milkers and stores were high in price, but did not sell briskly. WOLVERHAMPTON.— There was a small supply of fat stock. High prices were demanded, but there was not a great deal of business done. There was as usual a large supply of inferior horses, which were not much sought after. Useful horses were in demand, and obtained good prices. FAIRS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. Worcestershire.— Bewdley, Mon, Gloucestershire.— Leonard Stanley, Mon.; Tetbury, Wed.; Stow- on- the- Wold, Fri. Herefordshire.— Ross, Mon. Shropshire.— Newport, Tues. Warwickshire.— Dunchurch, Mon, ; Hampton- in- Arden, Mon. ; Henlev- in- Arden, Mon.; Coventry ( cheese fair), Tues. Staffordshire.— Fazeley, Mori.; Lane End, Wed. horticulture, OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. CONSERVATORIES, STOVE, Sic.— Stove and Orchids : Some of the Bietias, as also the old Phaius grandifolius, are well adapted for producing winter flowers.— Orchids : Let those making surface- roots be attended to in regard to top dressings of peat, & c.— Mixed Green- house-. Some of the Statices— as sinuata, puberula, & c., exhausted with blooming, may be shaken out of their pots and repotted. These plants delight in an open compost, with thorough drainage, and some of them are partial to a close and moist atmosphere. Stop gross shoots of the greenhouse Azaleas, and see to cuttings of the best Pelargoniums. The earliest sownPrimula sinensis may receive their final shift— these will blossom through October and November, when flowers will be scarce. Continue to pinch off all blossoms from pot Roses intended for flowering in November and December, and stop all luxuriant shoots. Young stock of these for winter work should now have their final shift. KITCHEN GARDEN.— Let a good planting of Leeks be made directly- using as much manure as for Celeiy. Endeavour to get out good breadths of Celery forthwith. The principal secret in growing very tender and crisp Celery, irrespective of size, is to sow it rather late, and grow it very quickly by means of plenty of manure and moisture. Shalots inclined to ripen should be raised slightly with a Potato- fork, in order to admit air to counteract mouldiness. Let a good breadth of autumn turnips be got in without delay, choosing for the kitchen garden the Dutch or Stone. Have an eye to Strawberry runners for forcing or other purposes. The Elton is invaluable for late work. FLORISTS' FLOWERS.— Carnations and l'icotees : The most forward may now be layered ; they should be put down in light soil, con- sisting principally of leaf- mould. Those shoots, which apparently will not get sufficiently strong, may be taken off, and treated in the same way as Pink pipings. Take every opportunity of fertilising blooms for seed; do not cross a Picotee with a Carnation, and prefer those which have broad, stout, well- formed and smooth petals. The risk is considerable, even under these circumstances ; but the grati- fication arising from the production of one first- rate flower repays all the trouble.— Dahlias-. Remove all misshapen blooms, and place neat stakes round the main stem, to which the lateral shoots may be attached, otherwise they are apt to be twisted off by rough winds.— Pinks : Occasionally examine the pipings which are under hand- glasses ; remove any which have contracted mouldiness, and care- fully extract all weeds from amongst them. The latter blooms have very much improved, though now nearly over, except in the most northern districts; and varieties, which, owing to the extreme hot weather the early part of the blooming season, could hardly be rceognised, have now assumed their distinctive character. Continue to put in pipings as well as cuttings of Pansies, & c., & c. COTTAGERS' GARDENS.— The cottager who can afford ground for the luxuries of Celery and other salads must keep his eye on the kitchen garden portion of the Calendar. Little can be added here at present. Let every spate bit of ground be constantly broken up at this period and tilled with some kinds of Greons or Turnips. If the cottager is short of manure, extra spade husbandry will iu some degree compensate for the want of it. This is the cottager's chief capital, and is generally must efficient. & grtniitural anB otper ffiarftets. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK- LANE, MONDAY, JULY 13. The weather, which is now all that can be desired for bringing the crops to maturity, exercised its usual influence on the minds of the millers. To- day the supply of English wheat was short, which sold slowly at a decline of Is. to 2s. per qr. Foreign lost the firmness that was perceptible on Friday, and but little changed hands at the turn rather in favour of buyers. Flour continues in fair request, at former. prices. A large arrival of foreign oats, several cargoes of which got in this morning and a few Irish. Foreign again 6d. per qr, lower, but fine Irish corn so scarce that needy buyers were com- pelled to pay nearly late rates. In other grain no variation to notice. Fer qr » s. s. Malt Kingston and Ware 61 64 Brown - - - 53 55 Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, Feed - 22 25 Pota. and Poland - 26 28 Scotch - - - 23 28 Devonshire and Welsh 22 23 Londonderry, Newry, and Clonmel ditto - 23 25 Limerick and Sligo - 24 28 Cork and Waterford Black - - 21 23 White- - - - 23 25 Galway - - - 18 I9 Extra - - - 19 2i Beans, Tick - - - 34 37 Harrow and Small - 36 Peas, Essex, Boilers - 42 44 Blue - - - - 44 58 Grey, Maple, & Hog - 34 3g Extra - - - - 37 3g WEDNESDAY, JULY 15. The supplies of English wheat small this morning, and the busi- ness principally in the foreign article, in which the sales were extensive, at prices rather lower than those of the last market day. Oats, though scarce, sold at reduced prices, excepting for samples of a superior kind, and the whole market, which in this mouth was expected to exhibit advancing prices, in correspondence with the exhausted state of the stocks of grain, yields to the universally favourably agricultural reports, and a harvest almost commencing in the middle of the month of July. IMPERIAL AVERAGES. Average Price of Corn, per Imperial Quarter, for the Week ending July 4. Wheat .... 52s lOd I Oats .... 23s 8d I Beans 38s Barley 27s 6d | Rye 33s 3d | Peas 35s Aggregate Average of the Six Ifeeks which regulates Duty. Wheat ' 52s 5d I Oats 23s 6d | Beans 36s Barley .... 27s 6d | Rye . . 32s 9d Duty on Foreign Corn Wheat 5s Od I Oats Is 6d Barley .... 4s Od | Rye • .... 4s Od Per qr. Wheat, Essex, Kent, & Suffolk Red 50 to 54 White - 55 62 Lincolnshire & York- shire Red 49 52 White 54 58 Scotch - 46 48 White - 49 54 Irish - - - - 44 47 White 46 50 Barley, Essex and Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk Malting - 28 30 Distilling 26 28 Chevalier 30 32 Grinding - 23 24 Irish, Distilling - 24 26 Grinding - 22 23 Rye, Distilling 36 38 Grinding - 34 36 Malt, Norfolk & Sufl'olk 57 61 Brown - 51 53 Peas Beans Peas 34s 5d 5d SEED MARKET, JULY 13. The demand for Linseed— both English aud foreign— is tolerably steady, at late rates. Several good parcels of Odessa have been sold for arrival, at 43? to 43s 6d per quarter. The supply of new rapeseed is increasing; but, as yet, very little business has been transacted in that article. Carraway met a slow sale, and rather cheaper. The best qualities of English- Linseed cakes in good request; but other kinds, as well as rape cakes very dull, at the following prices:— Red clover, English, ( per cwt,) 44s to 57s ; White clover, 44s to 58s ; Linseed for sowing, 54s to 56s; ditto for crushing, 40s to 46s; Caraway, ( English) 44s to 48s ; Foreign ditto, 44s to 46s ; Coriander, lis to 14=; Rape seed English ( per last) £ 24 to £ 26; ditto new, £ 22 to £ 25; Foreign ditto, £ 25; Rapecake, English ( per ton), £ 5 15s to £ 6 5s ; ditto Foreign, £ 5 5s to £ 0 Os ; Linseed cake, English ( per 1,000) £ 10 10s to £ 11 lis WOOL MARKETS. LONDON, JULY 18.— The imports of foreign wool into London during the past week, amounted to 4280 bales from various ports. The public sales are still proceeding, but somewhat heavily, and in some instances at reduced pi ices. Little doing by private contract. Little variation can be noticed in any of the provincial markets either in demand or prices. At Bicester wool fair on Thursday last, about 15,1) 00 fleeces were entered for sale, and a large quantity was sold, at prices ranging from 24s to 32s 6d per ton. LEICESTER WOOL FAIR.— The quantity of wool pitched this year was much larger than any preceding year, there being 110 less than 8,000 tods, the quality of which was exceedingly good. There were a great many buyers from Yorkshire and Leicestershire, In the early part of'the day the business was very slack ; however, from three o'clock till eight in the evening, the sales became brisk, and at the latter hour, no less than between 6,000 and 7,000 tods were disposed of, at prices varying from 25s to 34s per tod, according to quality. The average price may be taken somewhere about 27s 6d. At the fair in 1841, there were 7,300 fleeces pitched; iu 1812, 16,150; in 1843, 23,4^ 8; in 1844, 19,376; iu 1845, 25,490, and at the present fair there had been 8,000 tods. At Shrewsbury fair there was a larger quantity of wool exhibited than for some years past. Prices varied from lid to 12Jd; some few prime lots were sold for 13d. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, JULY 13, During the past week, the imports of live stock from abroad have consisted of 260 oxen and cows, 700 sheep, 50 lambs, and 22 calves, from Holland, together with 17 oxen, from Hambro. To- day, there were 011 offer 250 foreign beasts, and 500 ditto of sheep, some of which— especially 9 of the Hamburgh beasts, were of very prime quality. Still, however, the demand was in a very sluggish state, at about last week's quotations. Fresh up from our own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts to- day, were seasonably extensive, and in very prime condition. Although the attendance of buyers was somewhat numerous, the beef trade was in a very depressed state, and the prices obtained on Monday last were with difficulty supported— the highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4s lOd per 81bs, and at which a clearance was not effected. The numbers of sheep were again very extensive ; while, very few of them were beneath the middle quality. Prime old Downs, sold steadily, at full prices; and other breeds supported previous quo- tations. Notwithstanding the supply of lambs was large, the lamb trade ruled steady, at last week's currencies. Calves— tbe number of which was good— moved off steadily at late rates. In pigs, next to nothing was doing. PRICES L'ER STONE OF 8LBS. TO SINK THE OFFAL. Inferior Beasts Second quality ditto Prime large Oxen .... Prime Scots, & c Inferior Sheep Second quality ditto Coarse- woolled ditto Prime Southdown.. 3 2 3 8 3 2 3 6 3 10 4 2 d 2 6 3 0 3 6 3 10 3 6 3 8 4 0 4 4 Prime Southdown in s d s d wool 0 0 0 0 Lamb 5 0 6 0 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Prime small ditto .... 4 2 4 6 Suckling Calves, eachl8 0 ^ 9 0 Large Hogs 3 8 4 6 Small Porkers 4 8 4 10 Qr. old store pigs, each 16s a 19s SUPPLY AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts, 3,110 j Sheep and Lambs, 33,780 j Calves, 235 | Pigs 150 WORCESTER, JULY 17. Our market was moderately supplied with wheat on Saturday; but, although the trade ruled dull, lower prices were not submitted to. Foreign sold steadily at the prices of the previous market. A fair trade done iu barley, without change in value. Oats met a dull sale, but no reduction took place. More beans on offer, and their value unchanged. d Wheat, white New ditto Wheat, red Foreign Barley, grinding Ditto new Malting Malt Old Oats, English .. New ditto s d s d s d s 6 10 7 2 Old Oats, Irish 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 New Oats, Irish 0 0 0 6 0 6 8 Beans, old, English . . 6 0 fi 6 4 7 0 Ditto, Foreign 5 0 5 3 6 3 9 Ditto new, English . Peas, Feed . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 8 0 8 6 0 fi 3 9 4 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 Rye, new . 0 0 0 INSPECTOR'S WEEKLY RETURN OF CORN SOLD. Total quan. Av. per qr. I Total quan. Av. per qr. "" " Rye . . . Oqr. 0bu.£ 0 0 0 Beans , . 18 6 2 3 8 Peas .. 00 0 Wheat 550qr 6 6u. Barley 0 0 Oats. . 0 0 £ 2 12 2J 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EVESHAM, JULY 11.— The supply and demand for wheat was good, at a decrease iu price, 19s. to 20s, being asked. Very little business doing in other sorts of grain. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 15.— During the present week there has been little doing in wheat, owing to the combined influence of fine weather and the dulness in London and Liverpool, but holders of English were not disposed to take much less money. No change in the value of other descriptions of grain,— Averages: Wheat, 2,170 qrs. 5 bush., 54s. 6jd.; Beans, 37 qrs,, 41s. ll § d. GLOUCESTER, JULY 11.— The supply of English wheat was very limited, but, owing to so much foreign pressing on the market, last week's rates were scarcely obtainable, and we quote the value about Is. per qr. ; while foreign samples were Is. to 2s. lower than last week. Millers are still unwilling to get largely into stock. Barley and beans nominally unaltered in price, and oats inclining down- wards, with a very limited sale.— Averages: Wheat, 468 qrs., 52s 5d: oats, 138 qrs., 24s 6d ; beans, 40 qrs., 39s. 3d. HEREFORD, JULY 11.— Wheat, 6s 6d to 7s Od; barley, 3s 6d to 4s ; beans 4s 9d to 5s 3d; peas, 4s ; oats, 3s 3d to 4s. LIVERPOOL, JULY 14.— The improved state of the weather, together with the depression noted in Mark Lane on Monday, influenced the market this morning ; and although there was a full attendance of buyers, but few sales transpired iu wheat, at a decline of2d. to 3d. per 701bs. since Tuesday last. A large business was passing in barrel flour, and prices were well supported ; English and Irish commanded but little attention, and former rates were barely sustained. Oats and oatmeal were likewise in slow request, at a decline of £ d. per 451bs. on the former; the latter without change. Beans, barley, and other articles, remain as last quoted. SHREWSBURY, JULY 11.— Wheat, per 751bs., 7s Od to 8s 8d; barley, per 38 quarts, 4s to 4s 6d; Oats, per bag, 11 score 10 lbs., 16s to 20s; beans, per bag, 12 score, 21s to 22s; peas, 11 score lOlbs., 15s to 16s ( sacks included) ; Malt, per imp. bushel, 7s 6d to 8s 6d. fiiwoltoent an& Bankrupt liegtoter. FRIDAY, JULY 10. BANKRUPTS. Alfred Barley March, Cambridgeshire, draper. Philip Flood'Page and Philip Norris Page, King's- road, Gray's- inn, builders. Edward Brailsfard, late of Brighton, music seller. William Osborn, jun., St. James's- street, Piccadil^-, silversmith John Stiles, Well's- street, Oxford- street, soda- water maker. Henry Savage, Dorset- place, Dorset- square, apothecary, James Ballard, Hastings, innkeeper. Robert Harding Evans and Charles Evans, New Bond- street, auctioneers. Edwin Cox Nichols, Bristol, broker. Frederick Butler, Stafford, ironmonger, Spence Purser, Cheltenham, draper. John Mozley Start, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, bookseller. William Watts, Doncaster, millwright, Benjamin Scott, Bath, seedsman. David James, Caidigan, licensed victualler. Thomas Hutchinson, Sunderland, and Wingate, Durham, tea dealer. William Robinson, Spring Meadow, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, dyer. T U E S D A Y, JUL Y 14. BANKRUPTS. George Swaine Whitechurch, Fleet- street, hosier. Frederick Belloni, Shaftesbury, clockmaker. William Bundey, Stamford- cottages, Fulham- road, builder. Adam Gilfiilan, Pomeroy- street. Old Kent- road, draper. Robert Spooner, Buckingham- street, Strand, licensed victualler. Frederick Clement Gray, Forest- row, Dalston, boarding- house- keeper. Thomas Wallace, College- street, Chelsea, builder. William Henry Osborn, jun,, St. James'- street, Piccadilly, silver- smith. Gerard Pelden and Antonio Hipolito Lafargue, Gould- square, Crutched- friars, shipowners. William Henry and John Robert Pease and William HenryThomp- son, Ingram- eourt, Fenchurch- street, and Lime- street, wine merchants. William Groves, Huntingdon, grocer, Donald Maclean, Upper Brook- street, Grosvenor- square, Witton Castle, Durham, and elsewhere, brickmaker. Joshua and Joshua Garsed, Leeds, flax manufacturers. Thomas Read, Manchester, cigar dealer. James Smith Walters, Bakewell, Derbyshire, surgeon. Edwin Cox Nicholls, Bristol, broker. 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