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N. 411.0 itlttiligence. JUDICIAL commtrrF.E OF TILE PRIVY COUNUIL—YrgrianAT. Passmer —gut C., Pia J. [taxa', Mt Parsons. TIM Jaws or TN. .U.2IIIIALTT 4.l lr. API> 61l LIMAILD NT.J.. POLLOCK •MD OTNINS V. BLit/STMT.—I:SC*IT. . JUDOMIXT. The arpheats in this ease wee. roamed this morning. Mr. B or and Mr Forsyth appeared for the appellants; Mr. Temple and Mr. I:reenter represented the respondents. This was an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Ap twi ls fur Lower Catiaia. Tim judgment now ap ed against was deb.:red in an appeal to the ourt of Appeal by the respondent spina a jade,- mot obtained by the appellants in the Cruet of Queer's Bench in Montreal. condemning the respondent to psy a sum of 1,004., the amount of a promissory note mad. by Edward Hackett, with interest. The original judgment of the Court of Queen's Ibrieh was reversed by Mho Court of Appeals, and it ie !wawa the last mentioned jodgment of reversal that the present appeal was invituted. The action was broagLt by time appellants 'gains' the re vondent as payee and endorser of the promissory note. The graunds upon which the respondent resisted the de mand of the sops Caws were, that the &reenacts had the note by • nosnecs title, and that the respondent was the payee ea I euderser, and only as security, !which feet was known to the appellants, and that the note had been paid in the coarse of she at. slings between the appellants and the firm of Hack, tt Anil C•rs, and that upon a statement of see innt hetweeu Edosrd Harkett and Co. and the appel lasts a bahmee appeared in favour of the former. Thin graunde of dinner were disclosed in a number of pleas filed by the repo,. .. tat. The first of these plea rots forth that Edward Ilackettjand William Dickin son carried on trade at 31ontreal, as forwarders, under the firm of Edward Haekett aid Cu ; that Juhn Pollock, Arthur Peilock, Allan Gilmour, and Allen Gilmour, the youneer, the appellants, carried on trade with William Ritchie and Co., at Montreal, as general merchants. The last mentioned liras was dissolved from that time forward ; until the time of !lie tiling of the plea the appellants car ried on trade a' newsreel under the firm of Gilmour and Co. ; that the said Edward Hackett and Co. and the said Viibiaut Ritchie and Cu. entered into an arrangement by which it was mere. d that Riled' anal Co. were to advance money and weals to !ticket' and Co , and that in consi deration of the ideal ere made to them were to forward produce, A.:. for Ritchie and Co. at rates 25 percent. below the current rates ; that by the consent of all parties, Gilmour and Co. took the place of William Ritchie and Co. Oa toe dinolution of the latter firm with re spect to all tho dealings and agreements be tween the said William Ritchie and Co., of which firm the said Gilmour and Co. were the successors, and the and Edward Hackett and Co., that the paid William Ritchie and Co., agreed to make en additional advance to Edward Hackett and Co., by discounting their paper to the amount of 2,6001. currency if indorsed to the satisfaction of William Ritchie Anil Co. ; that Edward Hackett and Co. thereupon imam ed the respondent to indorse a bolo for 1,0001, that la,li g to • notwanwhich this action was brought, and one Adam a erne, carrying on trade there under the game of Adam F. rrie and Co., to indorse • note for 1,6001., B -edbury and Ferrie beingmerely accommodation endorsers; that the reupon William Ritchie and Co. obtained the two notes from Hackett and Co., and that it was corruptly and against the law, agreed between Hackett and Co., and Ritchie and Co., that Ritchie and Co. should lend to Hackett and Co., 2,3751.. and that Ritchie and Co., should forbear, ani give day of payment thereof to Hackett and Co., until the two promissory notes should reach maturity, and that Hackett and Co. for the lean of the said 2,3751. currency, and for giving day of payment thereof for the time aforesaid should give and pay to Ritchie and Co., when the two notes should reach maturity, the sum of 1251. currency, which Ritchie and Co. styled their commission, but which was in truth so much usurious interest on the said sum to be advanced. And also that the said firm of Edward Hackett and Co. should pay interest on the sum of 2,3751. from the time it should be required, and be so lent and advanced until the time of payment of the said 2,3751., with interest as aforesaid, to Ritchie and Co. And that for securing the payment of the said 2,3751., with interest as aforesaid, to Ritchie and Co., Hackett and Co. should de liver to Ritchie and Cu. the said two promissory notes. The usury complained of by the respondent was varied in statement in the neat five folio', but was substantially what was set forth in the first plea. to the defence of usury the appellants filed g eneral . an swers, and to the pleas alleging that the prom issory note was discharged, they answered speciall, averring that in depently of the two notes there was a large balance due to them by E. Hackett arid Co.; with this answer the :appel lants filed • general account of the dealings between them and Hackett ~red Co. The respondent, in reply to the spe cial answer of the appellants, contended that a number of large sums of money, for whirl, the appellants had taken credit in the account filed by them should be struck from the account, ow the ground that those sums had been ad vanced under usurious iqreements, and in consideration of an usurious allowance of 5 per cent over and above legal interest, and the respondent further al leged, that if these sums were so struck oat, there would be • balance in favour of Hackett and Co. At the hearing it was contended that the account furnished by the appel lants did, upon the face of it, make out the usury alleged, as they have in that account credited Hackett and Co. with the two promissory notes, and have debited Hackett and Co. with various advances at different periods, some in cash and some is bills, on their own promissory notes, and have also debited Hackett and Co. with what they call • commission on those advances, amounting to 6 per cent. over and above the legal interest of 6 per cent. It was contended on the part of the appellant, that the % special pleas were CI bad in •t of law. The plan of compensation failed from not sappletad by the evi dence, and the pleas of usury she ' because they also were not supported by the evidemse ; soseadly, laseanew what the svideuce did prove wus,dra duo was no wwristes contrast at all, the mualesiew being a bees Ye legal OM saledea, sail set whey. It was eseleaded ea basil of the seepsedest that the dis count fasuri • part of a current mossert between the sp ans, to awl Hackett anal Co., as hewarders for the appal and Mutates of money amt pods made_ by the were made on the =pall sewillits that the beam du. by Hackett awl Ca. should be Ism at sham he. 10 to 20 par mt below the seenbilebed *area 4 ths trade, id that s sea of 6 per end., under Ile ems di sleek of *maiden, was chervil ups er deleseed he. the SWUM of the immaksory as* OW Sad AIM the Ned Mena of d par am, Minh dime es de demase e(4 per Newt woo set seppead by the eneepe of *de be elaM trameelins i eadreme it en* amp or dednellen bad, la feet, ban amok me* drip wee nee war - Osby law. • lamp parties elamen imp which pastas lad Mee meld b ad boa mile by them mkt modem essainea t end debt * he elm* km the spoilt of the cdt . eate ft the used* bedew Om and Hackett ed ad able amid came a beide in tamer of Hackett lnd sash *as Misled le eniamidt the debt seesht te be sesewited. de the mellows gave credit be Redid Id Ce. be saws le &MIL lb. Bd. tam tbe Me beam de% *et sea to base We sp- ON is diedriza sa l thea=e= Ilk Jams j and said that the aistsdel peedss te be eataitlered la Ibis am was whether, M. cireashsismes, this a ally m Mart win meansenb of east dist vu glees were bad bat elk OW the amaipmeas we. set Si desk for wary. The judgment of the Nest beim met filmier, be reversed. _ COURT OF COMMON PLRAB.—YzerrEaDAT. ammo AT Not NITS n. WITUIASILI.—BILFOIII Cato Aims I)\TU AIM ♦ sPICIAL 11711 T. Baowx v. Satre.-sLAwnsz. The plaintiff in this cue is • coach builder at lialuwertb, In Suffolk, and the defendant is • solicitor in Southampton huddler. The action was brought to recover dummies for certain slanderous words spoken of the plaintiff by the de hudeat, who pleaded that be was not /why. Mr. Montague Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Serjeut Wilkins, Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., sad Mr. Willes, for Use defendant. The plaintire case wee, that in the year 1850 be wee in the employ of Mears. Pritchard, who were coachmakers, at the west end of the townjand about that time this firm was in want of name money. The plaintiff wee acquainted with the defendant, who was in the habit of discounting bills and advancing money, and applied to him for the ad vance to Messrs. Pritchard of 1,0001., upon the se curity of two life policies. The defendant said he woe short of money at the time, but he imputed soon to receive 7,0001. As, however, Messrs. Pritchard were in want of money immediately, the defendant au that they should accept a bill for 2001., and he would get it dis counted at his bankers. He said it would appear &usage to his bankers if he drew the bill himself, end he suggested that the plaintiff should draw it; and at the same time stated that the plaintiff should incur no liability apes it. The plaintiff, upon this understanding, drew the bill, and he afterwards drew two others, for 3001. and 6001. respec tively, upon the same understanding that be was not to be liable. The plaintiff a aboard anything more of the bills, and never received notice that they had been dis honoured, and he stated that he supposed that they had been paid. In January, 1852, en incident occurred, which, according to the statement of the plaintiff's anasel, was the foundation of the defendant's ill will Wade the plaintiff. The defendant had bad some dealle. with an sale-tree shaker, named Grace, tad was .1111b1MIS of making_ sena arrangements abut • debt, bat the plaintiff bought Groat stock and good-will he 1 eel Ova prenatal the Admires bin set. pied 171. ,., the emegesent whisk he *abed. Ihselly after the dada l ullarod timecards ass ware the Seas las hands& Its. lisfsats _mooch painter, de in Met aled at the fendant's Writ relleffy i Vt a lt% as dellathat told lin that the plaintiff hod wawa Orem% Wieser asil dist if the plaintiff iW net aim Is Yu end mho NA hem as should be iatiafseteey le midi age lila a Imaiiimpt e _ sad would min him. The dellindonl visaed to sun DM of Pritchard's, upon whisk the pieletiff wa limbic, bet did not distinctly describe the mar Land Issmssisil Mr. Stringer, as a friend of the plahaff to go advise him to make terms. Mr. Straw did go to the plaintiff, who said he owed the defendant naltieg. Mr. Striager, how_ ever, made inquiries, and assertalned that Pritchard's bills, with the plaintiffs eats spat them, were in adeleas. Mr. Stringer was a ereiber of the *lndira at ibb time fir 1001., money bat, auf he et ease Nos le pew ler mat el this ors. sol go destined to ammo a ease which he la Ibis ea his highs for the paintiA a a wise Ns. Wow said, Mr. 'flambee, the a enam o r to the ailimant , eidegailist debt wen IMS tho sad bead nabs he as implies- Ula.ll ilia las Sollb Wanasseseme sw ceived. Shortly afterwards Mr. Riddiford, who had had dialing* with the plaintiff. an d had assisted him with money, rolled at the defendant's office, and the matter shout suing the plaintiff on Pritchard's bills was mentioned. Mr. Ridititord said he thought that defendant had birthr not do so, for he would not get his money, and the deka dela said if he did not he would put the plaintiff through the Gazette. Mr. Rogers, a coach-builder, also called at the defendant's office, and the defendant told him If he had any respect for the plaintiff, to advise him to fettle the matter, or he would take proceedings against him. He sai 1 it was for 9001., in a matter between Pritchard, the plaintiff. and himself. Mr. Rogers had dealt with the plaintiff for some years, and we- a creditor for 1911. for money lent. Mr. Rowers communicated to the plaintiff what he had heard, and the plaintiff's solicitor on the 6th of April, again wrote to the defendant, hat *gain received on answer. Mr. Rogers had n pressed the plaintiff before, but he now instructed the de ' (rodent to write to the plaintiff, and say that unless 601. was paid off his account by return of poet, he should sue for the whole amount. In accordance with these instruc tion., the defendant wrote to the plaintiff on the 19th of May, and on the 21st he issued a writ, but the writ, instead of being for 1911., was by some means issued for 3411. The plaintiff being thus pressed was unable to pay Mr. Rogers' claim in money, but he gave him faur carriages to settle the matter, and received 901. on the transaction. The de fendant did actually sue the plaintiff for 9001. upon the two bills, and the action was tried at Lewes, when the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff upon the issue whether he had dispensed with notice of dishonour of the bill, and this finding was an answer to the action. In cross-examination the plaintiff stated that he had been bankrupt in 1847, and had on that occasion Bled as many as three balance-sheets, but this he said was the fault of his accountants. His certificate, however, was suspended for three months, and there had been no dividend at present, but he had since the bankruptcy paid 60W. out of his own pocket to his creditors. He had been insolvent twice. Once in 1844, and then ha was " fool enough" to renew his debts, and so soon afterwards became insolvent again. The fact of the bankruptcy was indeed urged as part of the plaintiff's ease. It was said that he was jut regaining his position in the world again, when the slanderous words were spoken, and under these circumstances they were likely to have • very serious effect. The plaintiff's counsel, in fact, charged the defendant with a malicious intention to ruin the plaintiff; and he asserted that what be had done, by eausiug the plaintiff to be pressed for money, and by injuring his credit, had gone far towards effecting this result. Mr. Serjeant Wilkins addressed the jury fur the de fendant, and complained of the sympathy which had been excited in this case ; and be contended that the facts did not warrant such a result, and went through the evidence to show that the plaintiff, after all, had not sustained any gnat injury. . _ The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, found a ver dict for the plaintiff—damages, 16W. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-YESTERDAY. SrWONG AT Ma TANI AT WINNITUITISR—BWOW BARON •AD Warms JOWLS. BROWN CLACL.-LIIIIIL. . . . O. 'Leto Canis The plaintiff is this ease was an architect and surveyor, and the defendant was a number of the same profession. The action wee brought to recover compensation in damages for an alleged libel on the plaintiff's character by the de fendant. Mr. Serjeant Shea and Mr. Willis appeared for the plain tiff; and Mr. Chambers and Mr. Edwards for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff was carrying on business in Ecelestoa-place, Pimlico, as an architect and surveyor, hav ing a cq uired a knowledge of his profession from Mr. Cubitt, the well-known engineer. Re had also obtained a patent for the manufacture of colours in September, 18.50, which be alleged to be of considerable value. The defendant, who was a young man, and had been for some years engaged in the Ordnance survey of Ireland, entered into an arrange. ment with the plaintiff to become a partner, in September, 1851, for which he paid him 5001.; and he also paid 1,0001. se his share of the stack and plant. Some time afterwar.is he became dissatisfied, and wished to dissolve the partnership, but the plaintiff refused to return him 1,2501. He then wrote to Mr. Braithwaite and other persons in the profession, abusing the plaintiff, under the impression that he was in embarrassed circumstances!, and ogling him a dishonest man, a robber, a swindler, a liar, &e. These being the substantial facts in the case, Mr. Chambers addressed the jury on the part of the defendant, and the jury, after a few minute• consideration, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages SOL PINE V. GIBBS.—ALLEOED NEGLIGENCE. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the negligence of the defendant. It appeared that. on the 15th July last, the plaintiff, who is a monthly nurse, of advanced age, residing in Bath, was crossing from the eastern to the western side of the Edgware-road, when she was knocked down by a horse:which was drawing a phaeton, in which were the defendant's wife and children. The animal, which was described as on. of spirit, was being driven by a boy, whose attention was at the time attracted by a balloon rising over Hyde-park. The result of the accident was that the front wheel of the phaeton passed over the plaintiff's leg end injured her to such en extent that she had to be removed to the infirmary, where she rained some weeks. The lady who was is the phaeton blamed the boy for his negligence, and having en gaged a cab for the plaintiff, gave her half-a-crown, and dmeted that she should be taken home. The hone and phaeton were the property of the defendant, who is a livery stable keeper in Keppel-mews, Hymen-square. A number of witnesses were called to support the plain tiff's case, and also to speak to the facts as represented by , the defendant. The evidesee was, as is usual in all " run ning down " eases, of the most cinflicting description. Ultimately, however, the jury toned their verdict for the plaintiff—damages 101. Mr. Petertiderff appeared tee the plaintiff, and Mr. Ser joist Wilkins and Hr. Cole for the defendant. SHERIFFS' COURT.—Yr.snaDAy. Dame Ka Uppmaiousr Boacsa%. MOMS O. Loan MOSTTS. Tide woo • wit W assess damages in an action which the *MIR' Woo* against the defendant for breach of wwwws 4 , ri h reference to the transfer of certain =e• imilmerge property in Wales, of the value of The plokihf eJaimed the expense", incurred and the the to n Moose of eat wry which lay at his banker's pending owliew The jury Mai he the plaintiff--dantages, 4601. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-MTERDAT. Imes Ms. Corinisioxsa Pzuuse. IN INS *MTN& Or JOHN lIIMILT NAINIT. The cutunsetanoss of this case were peculiar, and it cams before the court as an application to mains the re port of Edward Ingpen, Esq., the registrar, on a proof of debts. There had been • good deal of litigation in law and equity, and it was stated that there would be • large Mir plea after paying all the creditors. Mr. Cooke moved, on the part of the assignees, to con firm the report, and Mr. Bagshawe (of the Chancery her) sad Mr. Dowse represented Mr. Hamby. Mr. Macrae ap peared he a Mr. Herschell. la HMO the insolvent was committed to prison, and some shsrwards • vesting order was obtained on • creditor's In 1846 he woe discharged under the act, as stases having been previously appointed. Amour the = ha was entitled to were the tithes of the LialSeld, in Sumer, of which he was the lay in prepsiseer. The Rev. Mr. Sewell had been the curate at 301. a year, sad shamed 1271., and the insolvent denied the claim on the read that the service had been voluntarily performed. There were other exceptions to the report, in cluding • claim by the areigases for costs in Chancery suits, and on which they had obtained a judgment, and had charged him I. execution. The claim of the Rev. Mr. Sewell was dimmed. Mr. Commissioner Phillips thought that 301. • year was • very mall sum. The labourer was worthy of lb hire. He wish d to know how it arose, as it could hardly be re- Yr. Cooke said the insolvent was the lay kapropriator. It was one of Won aboaskratioas that prevailed in the church. ii;.Begehairo resisted the deism, ria the ground stated, that he had set bees anointed by the lay inspropriator. Mr. Sewell was • geetisman of geed hetes; and had volgatarily }esteemed the duty. The law is ihe ease meld met mop' the ley impropriety, ft mrylbs ist =res, Welsh it mem* BBL a year, as Wheat Mr. Ommissimer Phillips remelted that it wee • very small atirmil. Is was one aflame that thought the work laibeiwbseeem wryness\ moimpaid. seesened la the remark. He himself wee a labs of property where a clergyman voluntarily did duty, and theugh the farmers subscribed, he had no claim on the lay impropriator, who in the case to which he re lated wee • Amigo nobleman. Kr. Cooke declared that the opposition to the claim of the Nev. lb. Sewel s l o by s the iensivent, in whose case it was Umbel there wee • earplug, was • most ungracious am ?boy knew se them lay impropriations, and el the robberies mesetitted on the church. Be fore the /1161111111111111 metals tithes were taken for service, perleemed, end atierwagas they were gives to " lay impro prieties." se they Win oiled, who were noblemen or gen tling* ANA the and, led still they were to see that the anise mse meteemod. 'Dm affidavit of Mr. Sewell, who described himself of Osebeihme Ifierrage, sear Garman& Lancaster, was TOW, 111•1111aR did mot say that he was appointed vol by N gad ke (Nsfaby) alleged that the services were perhrmd. Mr. Oemminioner Philips was of opinion that Mr. Sewell nest resell,attend before the registrar end make his deb& It wssld then be seen whether he had voluntarily performed the duty, or whether the claim was to be ad mitted. Kr. been, the officer of the court who had had the matter behrelhim for some time, bad not admitted the claim, but had very properly referred the matter to him. Mr. Macrae sought to be admitted on the part of Mr. Herschel as • creditor under the schedule. Mr. Bagshawe objected, as there was an injunction in Chancery. Mr. Commissioner Phillips held that the injunction must be dissolved before the claim could be discussed. After some farther discussion on • claim by the as ees • Honour confirmed the report in certain matters, and it stood over on other points, including the claim of the Rev. Mr. Sewall. WIIIIIIIN RAILWAY OF F/LANCE.—Acooant of melon daring the week ending Jan. 30, 1853 : Passengers, 9,5631. ; Goods, OM ; Total, 3,4411. ; corresponding week last yaw, 2,9001. Wks ors, 09. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT.-YEBTER DAT. llama' Va. Jcnica Caasowszt vas Ms. Omits MAnsw. Richard 0' Remarry Kelly, 23, pleaded guilty intttiXrpe of ut.eriog a forged bill of exchange. Saute:ma was doi tined. Milky Wilson, a respectable looking tun , surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment which charged him with having malicisus'y and feloniously, upon the high seas, done a certain thing tending to the destruction of a vessel called the Hue: Lass, she being in distress at the time, with intent to injure the owner, Hebert Turpin. In other counts, the intent of the prisoner was laid to be to defraud certain parties who had under-written the vessel. Mr. Clarkson said he appeared with his learned friend to conduct this prosecution, on behalf of a society, established in the county of Essex, alled the Colchester and Malden Mutual Marine Insurance Association, and he opened the case as being one of an extraordinary character, from th e eireumstanees under which the o ff ence was alleged to have been committed. He went on to say that the owners of the vesul did not take any part in the prose cution, and he also said he should not be in a condition to prove that the vessel in question was insured for more than her value, or that any profit was derived from the insurance, but he apprehended, notwithstanding these facts, that if he made out to the satisfaction of the jury that the prisoner had wilfully and maliciously destroyed the venal, he would be amenable to the charge contained in the present indictment. He then called the following wit nesses : _ _ _ William Cudmore deposed that he was apprenticed on beard the Essex Lau, and sailed in her from Col chester, about two years ago. The vessel went to Am sterdam, from thence to Hamburg, and afterwards to Zante, where she took in a cargo of currants. The c rew consisted of seven persons, and the prisoner was the cap tain. They had sailed from Lute five or six days, and were on their return home, in the Mediterranean, about fourteen miles from the town of Faro, when the vessel was lost. Me was at the helm one morning about half-past eight o'clock, when he saw the prisoner take an auger from his chest and bore some holes in the ship's side below the water mark, and through the akin and lining of the vessel. He did not say anything at the time, but when the watch cum on deck at twelve o'clock, he told them what he had seen. Nothing was done until four o'clock, when the well was sounded, and there was found to be 5 feet of water in it, and all hands were set to the pumps, and they kept pumping till twelve o'clock at night, when the prisoner said that the water gained upon them, and it was no use pumping any longer. At daylight the boats were got out, and one of them named a diugey was brought alongside, and be and the prisoner got into it. The prisoner had an adze in his hand, which he had brought from his cabin, and with this in strument he chopped out the starboard port, and then went to the larboard side and knocked that one out also. The port-holes were not more than ten inches above the level of the water at this time, and when the vessel sunk down to them, the water poured in like a sluice. At the time this occurred, there was a schooner about 14 miles off them, and the land was about the same distance, and the vessel might have been towed ashore. The men all got away from the vessel in the boats, and proceeded to Faro, and he afterwards came to England, and met the prisoner in Sunderland about ten mouths ago. Upon this occasion the prisoner asked him to drink with him, and he also told him not to say anything about his having cut the ports out of the Ewe: Lau, or else he should get trans ported for life. The witness was subjected to a very severe cross-exami nation by Mr. Ballantine, and the manner in which he answered the questions put to him was very evasive and unantisfactotT. lie said that he saw the prisoner do what he described through the skylight hatchway of the cabin, which was behind him, but he said he happened to turn his head quite by accident at the moment he was boring the holes. The vessel was peppered, but the augur went through the metal as well as the wood. Ile said he was perfectly well aware that the consequence of what the captain was doing was that he and all the rest of the crew might be " drownded," but yet he said nothing about the matter to the men who relieved him at the helm at ten o'clock, nor to any one until twelve, and he said ho mould give no reason why he did not do so. At the time the holes were bored the nephew of the owner and two of the crew ware on deck and standing close by, but he did not say a word to them of what was going on. He could give no reason why he did not tell them. Nobody but he and the captain were in the diogey when he cut cut the port holes, and he held on by a rope and ,kept the boat steady while the captain chopped them out with the adee, and he said that in point of fact he assisted him in what he was about, but he could not help it, as he was bound to obey his orders. He re membered while the vessel was at Hamburg that something was said about a gun being stolen from the cabin, and that upon his saying the prisoner had taken it himself, he knocked him down, and he might upon that occasion have threatened to be god, but he said that if he did he could not recollect it, it was so long ago. Two or three others of the crew were called to confirm the evidence of this witness, but they contradicted each other in many material particulars, and two of them swore positively that the captain was never in the dingey at all, but that he cut out the ports while standing on the deck, and another said that Cudmore was not, in point of fact, at the helm at all at the time he stated. Mr. Clarkson was about to close the case with this evi denceZbut Mr. Baron Martin said he was of opinion that there should be some evidence of an intention to defraud the insurance company, as the cue as it at present stood on the part of the prosecution clearly did not, in his opinion, support the first set of counts in the indictment charging the offeace of destroying a vessel in distress. A witness was then called who proved that the Essex Lass had been inured foe 6371., and that 4701. of that amount had been paid. It was admitted that the vessel and cargo were insured in two other offices altogether to the amount of 9001., which was less than their value, and that those offices took no part in the present pressen tiros. Mr. Ballantine, in addressing the jury for the prisoner, said that the prosecution against him was a most scandalous one, and it ought never to have instituted. The evidence by which it was sought to be supported was absurd and im probable, and he could not help expressing his surprise that the association who appeared as prosecutors should have placed • man who had all his life borne an honourable and respectable character, at the felons' bar upon such evidence as they had heard that day. He would uk them what earthly motive or object the prisoner could have bad for the commission of each • dia bolical act. He had no interest either in the vessel or the :cargo, and the only results that could have happened to him were the loss of his character, the loss of his position, the loss of his clothes, and everything that belonged to him, with possibly his life. The thing was absurd, and he repeated that he was asto nished that such a charge should have been preferred upon such evidence as they had heard that day. He then urged that the statements made by the different witnesses were clearly fabricated and false, and he said in conclusion, that if any wilful mischief had really been done to the vessel, the probability was that Ctidmore and the others were the guilty parties, but that at all events it was abundantly made out that the prisoner was entirely innocent. Mr. Robert Turpin, the owner of the Essex Lass, was then examined, and he gave the prisoner an excellent cha racter, and said that he had employed him since the trans action. The learned Judge summed up, and the jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner was ordered to be immediately discharged. NEW COURT.-YESTEZDAT. Dams TIM lizooluus. Hon Godtchall Johnson aged 42, described in the calen dar as a labourer, was placid in the dock to plead to an in dictment for stealing certain valuable securities for the pay ment and value of 8001., the property of Sarah Stewart. Mr. Beneath's, on the part of the prisoner, applied to have the case postponed until nest session, on the ground that he had only been quite recently instructed, and that In his opinion more than was upon the depositions was neces sary to be obtained for the purposes of the prosecution. They had been placed in • position of difilculty to obtain the necessary facts from the proeecutriz being left quite penniless through the prisoner's artifices. The prosecutrix, who seemed much elided in her mind, got up and said that she would have mosey by to-morrow to pay the expenses. kir. Parry said that Captain Johnson wished the ease to be tried now as he bad now been one month in prison. The Reccoder having conferred with Mr. Parry and Mr. Ballantine, asked when the prisoner was committed ? Mr. Jonas, clerk to the gaol, said on Monday last. The Recorder said the committal being so recent, he should in a ease of ace importance take upon himself, irrespective of the wishes of all parties, upon public grounds, to remand the MINI until next session, elbowing the prisoner to put in ben. Waal( in 5001. and two sureties in NM each, with 48 hours' melee of bail. Williams DtJby, 25, seemsa, was indicted for perty el stealing t Th wo feats sail a span, at 11.65., the pro eme Ttraititer It appeared tha the porsecatee is • lieutenant in the Artillery, and limb barracks at gielielit ; and prisoner, who is a dieshereed marine, had been heated with the gratest kindness by the praessenth @levant, Jonathan Blake, a petty Mime of the Artalevy_ wise aapessismating prisoner's distressed condition. Ye lama idea has - the kitchen, and given him kid end iodise vela • pea lane occasions. It was after one of his vW lad iL astkies, which were of Malta's manufacture, IMO WIWI. Pri soner was not satiated, but a few days afitnewerds offering the articles for sale at the shop of Mr. gateway, a jew eller, at Woolwich, that gentleman very linearly called in the police to make the prisoner gia an assunt of them. The Recorder said that Mr. Westaway's conduct reflected the greatest credit upon him. The prisoner, in his defence, imputed to Blake certain infamous and nameless offences, and with the most un blushing effrontery said that the things had been given to buy his silence. Blake said there wss not one word of truth in it. The jury found him Guilty. Lieutenant Fitzgerald said that Blake bore a good caw racier in the regiment. The Recorder asked Blake if prisoner had ever held out any threats of this May nature to him foe purpose of ex ternem ? — ifielu;ssid, never. This wee the first he Dowd of the etweerlien. • bag list of prisoner's 'military offeseee, ending in his dishier, proved him to be a most depraved character. The Sieseder said that Blake's 'hamster was not the West Isemsed by the sensation of the prisoner, who was wflea asst ialissesotassa, sad hod be Salad that THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1P53. any meats had been held out be should have had him in dicted for that offence, and .ent ham out of the country far life. Being now convicted of • simple larceny, be could nut punish him as he deveraed, but should go to the full extent the law allowed, which was two yeah' imprison ment and bard labour. THE POLICE COUBTSt MANSION-HOUSE. In consequence of a representation made to the Lord Mayor, by the Secretary to the Hudson's Bay Company, that a native of the Sandwich Isle►, who had been engaged, together with fourteen others, inhabitants of Honolulu, to navigate the ship called the Pekin home to England, had been killed on the passage, an inquiry was actively insti tuted. __ Mr. Maynard, of the firm of Crowder and Maynard, ap peared to take part in the investigation, and Mr. Mullane, of the firm of Bush and Mullein, attended for Thomas Golden Valle, mate of the vessel, the person charged upon suspi cion of having caused the death of the deceased by violence. With the assistance of the Rev. Mr. Ellie, who had been, during a considerable period, a missionary to those islands, the statements made by the natives who witnessed the trans actions on board, were laid before the Lord Mayor,who was during the day occupied exclusively in examining the wit &Mee. B y ihe consent of the solicitors on both sides, Mr. Good man, the chief clerk, read the depositions token as the foun dation of an applicai ion fora warrant against the mate in order that they might be used as evidence to sanction the remand of the accused. The following is its substance of the testimony, which was given without the slightest hesi tation by the black crew : Each of the islanders, upon being questioned by the Lord Mayor as to his knowledge of the nature of an o.th, said—A man who tells a lie will have nothing but pain hereafter (pointing to the fire). The spirit of a good man will leave nis body and go to heaven. The truth's always told when the heart is warm (purely directed). Guei Jehovah in heaven. The body dies, goes to Oust. The soul lives after death. It never dies. The oath I take is like a prayer calling upon God to look and see that what I say is true. Tons, a native of the Sandwich Island Oahu, said—l was on board the Pekin as a sailor. There were fifteen of us natives on board. I knew the man named Doyle. He was one of our number, and I recollect his dying on board. I saw the mate (Mr. Vaile) bit him on the back of the neck. The blow was struck about eleven o'clock in the day. Doyle did not die at that time. He died at four grogs (four o'clock) it. the night after. Doyle was down on the deck, but was going up into the rigging. I was up in the riggiug at the time. The mate struck him four times, and Doyle fell down. He lay down on the deck, and I did not hear bins speak after that. I never heard him ask for some water after that. He died at 4 o'clock down below. Some of the natives beat Doyle. The mate beat him with big wood (a large piece of firewood) about the size of my arm. I was in the middle rigging, and Doyle was behind me. He was a little way up, and the mate was on the deck, and went up after him, and struck him, and Doyle fell down on the deck, and then the mate struck him again, and Doyle never spoke afterwards. Joe, a native of Oahu, said—l knew Doyle. I think his name was Macaulie. I recollect his dying in the ship. I had not seen anybody do anything to him before he died, except the mate, who beat him. I was in the maintop sa il. I was down on deck. The mate beat biro with a stick, or wood, or rope, or something or other, across the back of the neck. He beat him once, then Doyle fell, and was going to get up but could not rise. He fell down, and was like sleep, and he lay down. That's all. I did not hear him speak. No one else beat him. He was taken forward. He had nothing to eat after that. I spoke to him, but he could not speak. I helped to carry him down, and he did so. (Here the witness turned up his eyes, end drew his breath, in imitation of a person in the last agonies.) The mate was Mr. "Wale." Doyle was not sick before. He was black on the neck and eye, one eye, when I sewed him up. He was also black on the side. The mate struck him two or three times after the first time, and he could not get up again, and I think he died from that. I was in the main top. Doyle was ordered to go up, but he had a largo foot and could not, and that was the cause of the mate's striking him. The mate struck him on the ribs as well as the neck, and struck him on the eye too, and made that bad. I told the captain in the morning the man was dead, and the captain told me to sew the dead man up. We all went to tell the captain. The following are the statements made by the captain and second mate of the vessel. Captain George Whitby said I was master of the ship Pekin, which belongs to Messrs. Smith, of London and Neweastle-upon-Tyne, on a voyage 'from Columbia River, Oregon territory to Honolulu, in the Scndwich Isles, a n d from thence to England. We left Columbia River on the 26th of July, 1852, and arrived at Honolulu at the end of August. I had at that time only three able seamen in ad ditiou to myself, two officers, and three apprentices to navigate the ship. As I could not find any Europeans there whom I could engage to assist in navigating the ves sel I engaged at Honolulu 15 natives to help me in so doing. We left Honolulu on the 2nd of September, and on the 25th or 26th of December one of the me n whom we nick-awned Doyle, died suddenly on board. About eight o'clock in the morning the chief mate, Thomas Golden Vaile, came to the door of the cuddy and said that Doyle was dead, and that the cook had told them so. The weather at that time was so boisterous that I had not an opportunity of examining the body until about two o'clock in the afternoon, but I then found no appear ance indicating that any violence had been committed, nor was I aware, nor am I now aware, of any violence having been committed upon hint. On the day before the death all hands were ordered aloft to reef the maintopsail, and the deceased was the last to go up. He had gone halt-way up the rigging, but would not go up higher. I believe he was thee in proper health. The chief mate seeing that he would not go up, went up to him and told him to go up, and he refused. The mate then took a rope and tied it round his body once, and tied him to the rigging for about one minute. I ordered the mate to let the man come down, as it was no use to punish him. No personal violence was used by the mate beyond the tying the man round the body. I saw Doyle afterwards during the day. He made no complaint, but be asked for a little water, which was not given him. He did not appear ill. There had been a deal of quarrelling between the deceased and the other natives during the voyage. The other natives had refused to allow him to go into the fore castle off Cape Horn. I saw no difference in the state of Doyle's health after he came down from the rigging. When he came down he laid upon the deck, and the mate ordered him to be carried below, but the other natives ' carried him under the forecastle, and did not take him below. I afterwards ordered him to be taken down below, and he was accordingly carried down. I did not see him again till he was dead. It was so much the custom of the natives to lie about the deck that I did not consider his doing so anything unusual. Francis Searstield Comyn, second mate on board the Pekin, said—l remember the death of the native named Doyle. I was not aware of his having been ill or sick, nor did I hear him complain of sickness. I did not see the mate strike Doyle the day before the maa died. I saw him going to strike him with is piece of old lead line, but I told him not to do so, and he did not. After Doyle was dead ' his face and lips were swollen. Doyle was standing on deck when the mate was going to strike him. I saw Doyle lie down. I did not see the mate or any other person us* violence to the deceased. I believe the death of Doyle to have been natural. I saw him in the rigging the defore. I did not see him tied there. He might hav en there perhaps half an hour. I had seen him at work well enough four hours before that time. I was not aware that he was ill till after he was deed. I think it was between 11 and 12 o'cloek when I saw the mate going to strike him; but I know that the mate did not strike him. I heard of any complaint being made about the deceased having been subject to any ill treatment Mr. Mullein said that his client had left Neweastlonpon- Type for the purpose of coming to London to face the in quiry the moment he heard of the accusation, and was ready to give bail to any amount to appear and answer the charge in its future stages. The Lerd Mayor said he would accept bail; and un exceptionable securities having been offered and taken, the MSS was adjourned for further examination. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Richard Pomeroy, a journeyman carpenter, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with defacing the premises of the Duke of Devonshire, by sticking pieces of paper thereon. Police-constable 126 C stated that about five o'clock yes terday afternoon he was on duty in Piccadilly, when his attention was called to the prisoner, who was surrounded by a crowd of people in front of Devonshire-honas. Wit ness, on Foing to see what was the matter, found the defen dant busily employed in posting on the gate 'gives of paper, on which was written the following Richard, Prince of Wales, Duke of Devonshire, Cornwall, and Bruns wick. Barn August, 1820." Witness pulled down the papers, and as the prisoner refused to go away, he took him to the station. _ _ _ The defendant, in answer to the charge, said he had been informed that he had a claim to the property and title of the Duke of Devonshire, and with a view of enforcing his claim he affixed the papers produced to the gates, and in as doing he considered that he bad done no harm, as the peomiees were undoubtedly his own. Ur. Bingham inquired if defendant was perfectly right ilia mind ? Aa elderly woman, believed tab, the defendant's mother, here stepped forward, and said he was decidedly right in his mind, and she fi rmly believed him to be entitled to the titles of Prince of Wales and dukedom of Devonshire. Mr. Bingham thought the woman to be al foolish es the defendant. The latter had better go to work and claim Buckingham Palace, and not stick at the Duke of Devon shire's. If he had any claim, ho had better go to the Court of Chancery at once ; and should he be lucky enough to be ordered into possession of the magnificent property of the Duke of Devonshire, that would be quite time enough for him to do as he liked with his own. He should now order him to find two sureties In 204 each to be of good beha viour for the nut three menthe. ' -- CTeorge Richard Dennison was charged with hiving uttered a forged cheque for 601. with intent to defraud Messrs. Boyle and Co., carpet manufacturers, Great Marl ' borough-street. reliocconstable Hardwick said from information he re ceived he went to No 26, Welbeek-street, and took the prisoner in cuatody for uttering a forged cheque. The pri soner attempted to make his escape but witneu prevented him. The prisoner said, " For God's sake, take me in a cab to the parties in Great Marlborough-street, and it shall be made all right." Witness charged the prisoner with having uttered the cheque with latent to defraud Mom Boyle, of Great Marlborough- . The prison(' had obtained Roods of Wasp,. 13u)le t the amount of 26:. and bad paid this cheque to them. The cheque ass drawn on an Irish bank. It was sett to Ireland, and returned with the infor mation that it was a forgery. The prisoner was remanded till next Wednesday. WlitsTAll fElt. I _ William Potter, a cab-driver, was charged with the fol lowing disgraceful conduct : • Benjamin Williams, servant in the establishment of Mr. R. Martin, 21, Eaton-square, stated that defendant drove home a lady to his master's house, at a little before one, on the morning of the 28th ult. She gave him a shilling for his fare, and came into the hall when witness was about to close the door, but defendant prevented him, and thrust ing the door open, followed the lady. He then exclaimed, " Two shillings I must have, and two shillings I will have before I leave the house." Witness told him he had better go out quietly, and if he had any legal demand ho could get redress by summons; but he replied a summons was no good in him—money be wanted, and money he would have, and he would not go out of the house without. He then held his fist in witness's face, and declared that if he dared to lay a finger on him to put him out, he would v. ry soon show him which was the best man. He repeated this several times in a very loud tone, and upon hie again thrusting his flit in witness's face, the latter, notwithstanding his threats, 'mixed him by the collar and forced hint outside the door, but was unable to close it in consequence of defendant's clinging to the frame. By this time the noise defendant hail made brought Mr. Martin to the spot, and together they succeeded in pushing the cab man out, and took his number. Defendant was not sober, and threw the shilling which had been given him down in the hall, where lie lett it. Mr. Robert Martin said he went to bed between eleven and twelve on the night in question, and in about an hour C/60 was awoke, although up two pan of stein, by so great a noise that he hastened down, much alarmed, thinking that there must be a fire, or something else particular the matter. The lady then told hint, in defendant's pre sence, that he hid brought her from Bond-street, three doors from Piccadilly (which was only a shilling fare); that she had paid him, but that he had thrown the money dowc in the hall and insisted upon having double the amount. He (Mr. Martin) ordered him to leave the house, but he refused, so he put him out. Defendant appeared to have been drinking. The accused, who cross-examined the witnesses in a bullying tone, said it was very hard if a gentlemau came to him at a stand and agreed to give him eighteenpence, and he went and took a lady safe, he wasn't to have it. Mr. liroderip observed that the case had been clearly' proved, and was about as bad a one as could possibly be conceived. It wss necessary that an example should be made. He committed the defendant (or one month to hard labour in the House of Correction. COTTONLITERPOOL, FEB. 3.—The market closed steadily, but with some disposition to sell, and compared with the rates of Friday prices of American and Surat are and Maceio I per lb. dearer, and all other kinds un changed. The sales are estimated at 6,000 bales, and com prise about 4,000 American (1,000 on speculation), 2501 Fermin sod Maranham, ci to GI ; 20 Bahia, 61; 700 Egyptian, 61 to 7; ; 900 Surat, n ft. 101,u4cmzeasa, Fan. 3.—There is still a good deal of business thing, and prices are without alteration. The scarcity of some of the leading productions of cotton menu-i facture, with stocks light, or wholly exhausted in first and even second hands, not only keeps prices up to the mark attained on Tuesday, but leaves them with a still hardening tendency. In water twist the demand continues fair for China and for the ports of the Mediterranean, and home manufacturers are giving out orders more freely for warps as well as cops. There is great scarcity in 40's to 60's mule yarn. Fine yarn and medio-twist are reported steady, with a good demand. The steady business doing in printing cloths, which have continued in demand almost without check when other 000ds were almost neglected, keeps prices very firm. These goods have been very little af fected in price, even when cotton has been yielding cm- Isiderably, and the present increase of demand meets manu facturers at a time when they have few or no stocks on hand, enabling them to demand very full rates. They may be taken as amongst the most remunerative class of goods that are sought for in the market. Grey madapollams of all makes are in good demand, and the finer makes a good deal sought for. Shirtings of India quality continue in very good demand at full prices, and 36 to 40 inch shirt lugs go off well. CORN.—Butwiwowaw, FIB. 3.—At Gloucester and Worcester markets, on the 29th ult., the wheat trade ruled dull, and most qualities were Is. per qr. lower. Barley firm—its scarcity maintained its value. Oats declined 6d. per qr. Beam and peas naminally unaltered. During the present week the corn trado has been very near at a stand still, more particularly as regards wheat, but fine qualities are held with much firmness. Some small ' , steels of oats base changed bands at a decline of Gd. per qr. A few old Bnglith beans, also white peas, have realised former prices. At this day's market we had a short supply from the farmers and the carreacy of this day se'anight was main. tamed lor , all descriptions. Barley dull, and rather lower. Oats sold slowly at the above reduction. Beans and peas taken in limited quantities at former prices. Ilintsvot., Fan. 3.-Our market has been well supplied with English wheat today, but it has been chiefly with last h grain, and the samples have been for the most part inferior in quality or out of condition. The demand is not active, and prices have given way to the extent of Is., Is. 6d. and stone cases 25., per quarter. Foreign has participated in the decline upon English, and was cheaper to buy la about the same proportion. The inquiry for flour has been but moderate, and sales have only been effected at a reduction of from Is. to le. 6d. per sack for English, and Is. per barrel for United States, &c. There was not so much doing in English malting barley, and prices were Is. to Is. per quarter below those of this day se'nnight. Grinding parcels were also in less request, and gave way to the extent of from 61. to Is. per quarter. The stocks of oats continue small, but there was a slow inquiry, and prices were 6d. per quarter in favour of the purchaser. In Beans there was a fair consumptive demand, and values were firm The prices were as follows:-English new wheat, 445. to 48s. per imperial quarter ; ditto, oli wheat, 50s. to 56e. per ditto; foreign, white, 62a. to 564. per 4801bs. ; foreign, red, extra fine qualities, 48e. to 505.; per ditto ; ditto, flue qualities, 465. to 48s. per ditto ; ditto, ordinary qualities, 445. to 465. per ditto; foreign, hard, 445. to 475. per ditto. English seconds flour, 3&. to 375. 6d. per sack; United States, &0., sweet, 275. to 295. per barrel. English malting barley, 355...t0 375. per imperial quarter; English and foreign grinding ditto, 271. to 28a. per 400Ibs. Devon and 'Welsh feed oats, 18s. to 19s. per imperial quarter; Irish white, ditto, 20s. to 21s. per 3201 be. • Irish black ditto, 18s. 6d. to 191. per im perial qua rter. English beans, 38s. to 421. per ditto ; foreign ditto, 3.55. to 38s. per 480Ibs. The arrivals on shipboard for the week have been : - Wheat, 15,600 quarters ; barley, 9,400 quarters, 836 barrels ; oats, 2,154 barreli; beans, 2,600 quarters ; flour, 600 sacks. The official return of the corn inspector gives the following averages :-Wheat, 48s. 2d. ; oats, 18s. 7d. ; barley, 345. Bd. ; beans, 375. sd. Nawaunr, Feb. 3.-We have a rather liberal supply of Wheat for this day's market, for which there was a dull trade at fully 2a. per qr. lees money. The supply of Barley was pretty good and sold slowly at a decline of from ls. to 2s. par qr. Oats, Beaas, and Bye, are without change. lanainon, Feb. B.—The sale of Wheat is dull, and last week's prices are hardly maintained, though the supply is very short. Barley and lamina are in demand, and the tura dearer. Oats and Peas without alteration in value. WATERFORD, Feb. 2.—Since Saturday we have bad a slight increase in our supplies of foreign grain ; but from farmers the deliveries have been very trifling. Our market continues devoid of animation, and sales are only practice• ble by submitting to lower prices than those current at the close of last week. Otesoow, Feb. 2.—We have again to report liberal sup plies from abroad, the Wheat being chiefly from the Baltic and Denmark, via Grangemouth—the Flour from New York, and the Barley and Beans from the Mediterranean, out Clyde. So far little has been done in the disposal of the recent large arrivals of Wheat, buyers holding off for a greater concession than idlers were willing to make, and few transactions were reported in other articles. At this day's market Wheat was generally offered 6d. to ls. per boll below previous reduced rates, which failed to pro mote any extent of business; but a few sales of secondary sorts were effected at the decline. Flour ls. per sack and barrel cheaper. Oats and Oatmeal met a very slow sale, the former at a reduction of fully 6d. per boll, and the latter ls. to ls. 6d. per load on late nominal rates. There was little change in the value of Barley or Beans. DAILY WEATHER TABL.E. FRIDAY. F181117.111T 4, 1868. The state of the Weather at each of the followiag place; at Niue o'clock yesterday morniag. The stations an arranged is order of latitude. Hairnet:4—S. ; Gentle Breeze ; Overcast. SOUTIWIPTON—N. ; Gentle Breeze; Foggy, FemassroNs—S.R. ; Light Breeze ; Overcast. 0311NWICH-B.E. ; Gentle Breese ; Overcast. Braoon—S.W.; Gentle Breeze; Overcast. flwiNaorr—S.E.; Gentle Breese ; Cloudy. CAMBRIDGZ—S.; Gentle Breeze; Cloudy. YARMOUTH—B. ; Gentle Breeze ; Rain. 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M • 2nO , t t It's ar to.wth CUM, of o , od Hoye '4 nil & 14th ef Feb. Cape de Verde. N nth of th e month' Constantinople •...- NlttentbS7thof rose 4atral Amato lilledelltt..fia• nth Masan Felts ...N Nes, tied.,&Frid.l 'Milli Miteda.rti.of moult. Frazee M fa '; Twlte dailf 0rea5e•....... ........... N'7thl7tlt27tbef mon Hamburg N.Tunelev & Frttisy Ilolland M Medan. lc NEUT. UJIICIUrIII 'i 17th et the menu% intent ... LI& 71Twlee laily .. ...... hi !`'. a (.liv4ont b =M. ) IN 4tlt&2etk a month India (via Marseilles) N I ethail,lthor month ladle (via Cape of Good Hors) N' 14th of the month Ilauritiae N 11th of the month Muditerrneaa(via P.,otk am , ron) into( ,- la! , .:arseillee) N tune:lib nt itunth Mexico itl:Snd ft the month Madeira M 1 ftk&734 a tke me. ilsila• ~ ;:tk,i7th,lkts' ,21t11 " Ikli:thofthemonth qapiee• I Nikklat..llltholamet Peal Stsme• N sllllSth3sthafr...m Pantnrila . 6 i 711,17thertauf mon I rent M tedlt:7thaf month 1 Tumour ......Ni 3thl iM . I. - ott...f me, Woe: Indies M'ndielltlirf.-..tatlit 1 Van Diemen's Land (err Australia) • The mails to thm• countries thus marked t•) an conveyed by French packet to Marseilles. riouthamptos.' Feb. 24 U•eQ Plymouth Jan. 30 Feb. 12 3 , Pr Feb. 13 :Meer ' .Deily 4outheo.;.to Feb. 16 I .ett, • 're Feb. 16 douthemptun Feb. 26 'imethemptot Feb. 26 I,te‘er etottbann t+ • Feb. 1 i4sulhautptoe Fu Th. 114. lonthetuv.. ',Feb. 16 Dome 'Twice de. 1./oece 1054 r, Tuett.,Bs te Loodes Fuel. Tha vaitlutzt,..-tor 1 1kb. 16 i 3.2l)haad....„lTwieet 64. -tot..te %wrests. Feb. 24 Dever 16 Southampton. l reb. 26 tioathamptem. , Feb. 24 24 Wear 'Feb. 19 lob themptob Feb. 1 I, 32thumptoe kb. 12 'Delta Feb. 10 - Feb. 12 ;Yet% 12 ISos B's.°c"'Uu th thbt:uunr e !' tee:ribbb..:lllll CASUALTIES. Asia (e.), from LiverpodWK;iri4k, got on shore on Commissioner's Point yesterday, after leaving the pier, and was detained some time.-11alifax, Jan. 17. Lyra, lff'Donald, of and from Glasgow for San Francisco, was fallen in with off Cape Horn, in lat. about 65 S., in a sinking state, and the crew and passengers taken off by the Josephine, Hat rison, which saw the Lyra sink next morning ; the Josephine has put in here.—Talcahuano, Nov. 30. Queen of Britain, started to go over the bar, Dec. 24, but struck on the mud and lost her rudder ; two ineffectual attempta were made to tow her off, but as the springs are now making, it is hoped she will be brought safely back into the river, and after getting a new rudder proceed.— Berbiee, Jan. 8. Symmetry, of Dunkirk, arrived here to-day, when off the N.W. light-ship, at 10 o'clock lost night, was in contact with the Prussian schooner Rapid, of and from l'illau, with a cargo of grain fur this port, which sank in about half an hour after the collision ; mew saved, and landed in this port.—Liverpool, Feb. 3. Secret, Hateisinson, of and from Sunderland for Hongkong, struck on the rocks north of Scarborough, on Jan. 31, but was assisted off, after remaining six hours, and put back to the Tyne to-day with damage, and making two inches water per hour.—Shields, Fab. 2. ARR I VIID. Aranwra-at Graveeend, February 3, from Roues Armarous-at Liverpool, February 3, from Nor Orleans AIIIIIITRITR-at Liverpool, February 3, from Constantinople AVTOMATIA-at Falmouth, February I, from Odessa Daus Kars-at Falmouth, February 1, from Pernambuco BRITISH QUICK-at Gravesend, February 3, from St. Michael's Cirr or Mr:saner' -at Gravesend, February 3, from... Dunkirk CARLTON-at Oraveaead. February 3, from Caaerna-at Gravesend, February 3, from r way Ilenmark Cframorra ANN-at Bristol, February 2, from St. Michael's Cormuniss-at Liverpool, February 3, from Mobile Coanama-at Liverpool, February 3, from ........... ..... Savannah Crry or Wincenna-at Liverpool, February 3, from Nantes DENMARK-at Liverpool, February 3, from Nykrobiag Darwin; Moms-at Bristol, February 2, from Korner DRLICIA -at Gravesend, February A, from St. Michael's DIAMOND-at Gravesend, February 3, from L. Video EINTRACHT -at Gravesend, February 3, from Dartaie Emus-at Graveresd, February 3, from Hanover Itineent -at Gravesend, February 3, from Brussels Eiaan-at Falmouth, February I, from ......... ....... Trinidad GSM-at Gravesend, February 3, from Oporto Gnome-et Gravesend, February 3 from St. Michael's Grimm Qv: an--at Gravesend, reb. 3. from St. Michael's Ilatuasuern-at Gravesend, February 2, from Hall , fours-at Liverpcsd, February 3, from J. Mama at Gravesend, February 2, fr0m........ Dentate K OMNIT-AI Falmouth, February I, trots Buenos Ayres Kazarian- at Liverpool, February 3, from c.vannsh! La BRIMS-at Liverpool, February 3, from Dunkirk Lyou-at Gravesend, February 3, from Darnels Maara-at Gravesend, February 9, from Sweden' Mootran--at:Gravened, February 3, from New York MARIA lionss-at Gravesend, Feb. 3, Man Cadiz Mcsaur-utQuesestown, February 1, from Pernambuco i MAWS DOLOCKVA -oft Lawl, Feb. .3 Nn.s-at Queenstown, Fe bru ary 1, from Mauritisel NAITILEI-off Liverpool, Feb. 3 New Worum-at Liverpool, February 3, from ....... New York i Goaror-olf Liverpool, Februarys s Garanna-at Falmouth, February 1, from. Jaffa paste-at Liverpool, February 3, from Shugrue; PCSRIA-Ilt Liverpool, February 3, from Alexandria, ' PRINCES-at Gravesend, February 3, from Bahia' Bomar SMAIL-atOraveread, Feb. 3, from. Amsterdam Brame ..... w-at Queenstown, February I, from sa Mournfu l Sevrnaan-at Liverpool, Feb. 3, from New Orleans tinearmar -at Liverpool, February 3, from Dunkirk annum-at Liverpool, February 3, from Hamburg; Sr. Joan Gamer -at Gravesend, February 3, from Dentin I Ten-at Grinned, February 8, from Calais . Trarazons-at Gravesend, Feb. 3, from Lisbon • Mons-at Gravesend, February 2, from Dements Census-at Liverpool, February 8, from New York VANGUARD-Off Liverpool, February 3 Viacorier-at Liverpool, Feb:wry 8, from ghllEallSS WK. &moron-at Gravesend, February 3, from Boulogne WILLIAM Wthuserr-at Queenstown, Feb. 1, from Moulmein Wiramoa-at Queenstown, February I, from C. of Africa Wean-off Liverpool, February 3, from New Orkin eslLr n. • ALFZA—from Pill, February 3, to New York Amos Tanen—from Gramomid, February 3, to St. Michael's i Bums—from Gravesend, February 3, to Odom Bathe—from Flymoutb, February 2, to Melbourne Cnamorrs—tran Gravesend, II February 3, to Ban Francis:* Conworoas—from Gravesend, February 3, to Jamaica Emesamma—from Cowes, Feb. 2, to Singaptee : Frumass—from Cowes, February 2, to Coestantnat I Lonsum—from Gravesend, Feb. 3, to NAlAD—from Gravesend. Feb. 3, to St. Michael's, 11 0••111T—from Gravesend, Feb. 9, to Dominica', Panto' Aran` -11.01:11 Portsmouth, February 2, to New York; I. • es—from Plymouth, February 2, to H. T ow s flouroz—from NW, Fobrasty 1, to ...........11. Tows ViSTA —trona Deal February 1 to Oesoe Via DWI Pazz—from Portamoutli, February 1, to Batavia VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. lamas, of Warren, from Bristol, Jan. 23, Ist. 48.10 NJ, Amalie. 3 W. Civility (schooner), out 34 days, off Cape Bt. Vincent, Jan. 12; had %ri E. med very bad weather, having lost mainmast, and part of Druid 0 , Coultas, from Moulmein for London, Dec. 3, lat. 35.10 8., 10 1ea. 21.3 Gipsy, from Bio Jaaeiro for London, Feb. 1, off the Lizard. liempsyks (ship), from Madras tor LoLdon, Dec. 20, iat.15.18 8., km. 6.30 W. John and Elsa, for the sandwich ea% Nov. U kt It 8. lon. 63 W. Lavinia (Wig), from the Cape of Good Hope far London, out 90 dam Deo. 19 lat. 15.33 8., lon. 4.52 W. Nary Bibby, of Maryport, Jan. 30, 20 miles below 'Fustian Mosim, from Pernambuco to Cork, Jan. 11, lat. 25 N., lon. 35 W. Nina (brig), from the Nineties fo r London, Dee. 24, lat. 9.0 S., lon. 13.42 W. Orion, of London, from Alexandria, Jan. 18, off Cape St. Vincent. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. _ _ BIRTHS. ARCHES—Jan. SI, at Montagu-street, W. Angler, Esq., of a daughter. PIIILLIPS.—Feb. 1, at Oloosster-road, Regent's-park, the wife of H. Phillips, Esq., of twin daughters. RING.—.Tan. 31, the wife of C. Ring, Esq., of Doetors'-eomnionss and Upper Tooting, of a daughter. WOLLASTON.—Peb. 1, at Perry-mount, Sydetham, the wife of C. J. Wollaston, Fag , of a son. the wife et MARRIAGES. CAPER—GALE.—Feb. 1, at St. Peter's,..Marstificld, Oloneastesbirn, by the Rev. S. C. Browne, R. U. Capes, eldest son of R. Gapes. Esq., of Peckham and Doetors".commons, London, to Ann, 'ldea daughter of Mr. B. L. Gale, of Marshfield. KAY—LAMB.—Feb. 1, at the pariah church, West Drayton, Middle. sea, by the Rev. E. Allen, Rector of Hartley, Kent, the Iter..l. L. Kay, M.A., third eon of the late W. Kay, Esq., of Grove House, near Liverpool, to Anne, eldest daughter of H. Lamb, , of SA. liateuy.equare, London. LAWFORD—POPE.—Feb. 1, at St. Dsonard's Church, Exeter, by the Rev. 0. W. B. Wills, Hector, L. B. Lawford, Earl , of Lincoln's. in',, to Susan Parr Bard, third daughter of the late W. P. Pope. PA., of Exeter. NICIioLSON—LINDLET.—Feb. I, at Mansfield Nottingham, Nottingham, by the Bev. J. Cowen.). NietoLos, Eaq., Lieut. 11.111 77th Regt. of Foot, second sou of the late J. Niebol.on, req., of Brigg, Lincoln. to Hannah Catherine, daughter of C. Lindley, req., of West. I We ie' l r dllotule, Mansfield. WAITS—MACKBELL. —Feb. 3, at the Old Church, Brighton, Tlio. mae Waite, Req., of Waterloo-plate, Pall-mall, to Maria, Feoond Han daugts. hter of the late George Maekrell, n dohcitor, of Romee DEATHS. CIITIIBERT.—Jan. 31, W. 45utiiert - , -- is — q., of Beetifront, Northam. !Inland, aged 74. DEW.—Feb. 1. et Roehampton, Surrey, T. Dow, Esq., of Whitney. mast, Herefordshire, aged ht. KINGDON.—Jan. SI, at Pyworthy, Derooehire, the Bev. T. H. Ming. don, 8.0., Rector of Pyworthy, and formerly Fellow of Exeter Collage, Oxford, aged 78. lIETCALP.—Jas. fl, at Brighton, B. Metcalf, Rig., of Camberwell. grove, aged SO. BIDDELL— .Feb.l, at Glooseter-terrace, Hyde-park, Capt. M. Rid. dell, 13th Bait. Madre' Infantry, only son of the late Major-Gen. IL. Riddell, of the Madras Cavalry, aged 91. BIIIITEL—Feb. 1, at Claremont-row, Barnabury-road, lalington, dno , only child of the Bev. I. South, of the Churelt Munionary Soot% nod 1 -.Jan.VARDT. 111, at dmpthlll-ginare, Edith Marton, youniut daughter of the Rey. C. F. nerdy, A.M., aged 3. WEEE.—Peb.I, et lAmbridge-plsee, Bath, F. M. Were. Erg. Printed and published by Wn.aaan Km. 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