The Express. — London, England, 1852-12-16 00:00:00

iLaln intelligence. • EQUITY COURTS.—YMBRDAY. Before the Lad Chancellor, with whoa the Lords Jr tiees sot to bear certain asses. Tan MONaIoVTIIIINteIe AND OLANION.OANaItIit BAN rear CONPANV, st Petah CANN'S hatcoeons.--THe JOINT BTOCL WINDINO-UP ACTI.—LIAIMATT or Pell- Chain/AO AND TILANPIIIIthiILe or Snow This was an appeal, at the sustains of Mr. J. Ebenezer Mei., the raetwor of Jobs Cap, from a Order of the Dieetter et the Rolla. It appealed that by a chow (the glib) in the hued el the Maamouthebire mad Glasmentladdr• Bashing Company it wee provided that every perehrion of Shane, and his elevators and admisietnitop, should, die to all duties, uhimatioas, claim,. sad domande agaiast him as • holder of Itharte, be wood red • proprietor in the com pany from the time of the purchase of the shares. Another clause (the filth) provided, wh any shares were duly transferred to • prop. tor, then, nod mot before, the re spasitelities of the previous owner should cease, and he should be exonerated - from all subsequent claims and all the liabiliti.• attached to the partnership. The 32nd clause provided for the retablishaient of a " Re serve Fund " from a part of the siirplus profits, not exceeding • fourth. sad the remaining profits wets to be divided among the shareholders rateably. By the 54th clause it was expreoly declared that en. ry transfer should carry with it the profits and shone of e .pital and the our plus reserved fund. Mr. C ipe had 105 shares transferred to him, having parehased them ia °realm., November, and Ihreseiber, 1441. Same of the debts of the company sow in cowrie of settlement under the Winding-up Act had been incurred before the transfer of some of the shares to Mr. Cope. It was, however, deci-ed by the Master of the Rolls that Mr. C.. 1 ,11 was liable in respect of the whale of the shares which had been transferred for the debts of the com pany, whether incurred before or after the transfer, and be refused the motion made by the executor to discharge the order of the Muter placing his HIM* on the list of contri butories, and • :all was made accordingly in respect of the sharks hold he Mr. Cope. Hence the appeal. Mr. liounleil Palmer and Mr. W. D. Lewis, fur the ap pliar. t, egged that the ordinary rule of partnership must prevail in this ease as in all others. There was nothing in the words in the 60th chase which implied that the inten tion of lb. parties was that the previous owner of shuns should remain liable foe previous liability, bet it was the intention of the de, d that the proprietors whop names were now os the register were liable to all the d: fits of the eompany whether incurred before tar eller they became such propel tors. Mr. Belied and Mr. Jame, ea the other side, urged that the transferee, having broom, entitled to sll the benefits which neighs sorrae from the holding of the shares was liable fur all debts past and present. The Lord Chancellor gave jedgment, and aaid that this rasa was not tine of ordinary partnership, for the company had keen formed under the Banking Act. That statute did not, however, exclude the usual objections attached to the purchase of shares, or the provisions of the deed of ectCement. The deed on the face of it defined the kebab licVl of veuilon sod purchasers; bat even if it had not, be shou:J have been of opinion that the purchaser of shares would have been subject to all the liabilities and benefit attaching to them at the time they were bought. If it were otbernioc, tile purchaser of one share might have called on the company to Mate all their li.bilities a: the time he bought that share, and with such a power hanging over them no company could go on. A purchaser of shares in an undertaking of this kind went into it for better for worm, and must take his chance, and it would require • very strong case t, induce him to exempt • purcha-tir from the liabilities attached to shares he bad purchased. That being his opinion, even if there had been no clauses is the deed creating sew contracts and liabilities, the purchasers of shares would have been liable for all the debts of the company ; as those liabilities were clearly de fined by the claims of the deed, • person who executed the dead bound himself by all the covenants is it from the be ginning of the partnership. By holding • contrary opinion, • great discooragement would be given to say denting with such shares; and the Lords Justices concurred with him in laying it down as a principle. that shares must be eopidered to be bought and s 'ld with all their becietita and also with all their liabilities. The appeal meet therefore be dismissed with costa. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Yzarrauxtv. arrow se Nisi Pares as Issawas.—Bszoaa Came Jes,ses JERVIS AND • anima trim_ RttT •XII 011;1711.21 ;7T11111:07 , 1130;:13RIONTON, MID StiVTIl COPT RAILWAY CUMPANT.-RAILWAT ACC!. DIN T. . . . . -• This was an action by the executon of the late Mr. Josiah Groves, of Purtsea, to recover damages for the loss sustained by his children in contequence of his death, which was said to have been caused by the sceidest which hap pened upon the defendants' line in November last year. Mr. Sew. Bytes sad Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff., and the AtUirney.Oeseral and Mr. &mill were for the de fendants. . . . . It appeared that the deceased carried on business at Portwa as a clothier and outfitter, and that at the time of the accident he wee about 37 years of age. He bad four children—Priscilla, Augastus, Edward, and Herbert; aged, respectively, 11,8, 6, and 3 years, but their mother had been dead some time and the ileccased was in f .ct, when the meident Oatillra4 eagaged to be married to a Miss Richards. Oa the 23th November 1M1„ ha went from Pintoes to Loadoa by the defendants', liry the objects of his journey beast to transact some MM. mu, to see Mi. Richards, sad to emesalt Dr. Elliottees as to the sate of his health, he having on several comsione mat blood, which made bins feet that be had a disease of the lungs. He raw Dr. Eiliottuo ' and on the following evening be and his foreman, Mr. Lancaster, left London bridge in a second-clue carriage for Porten. All weal oa well until they got near to the bridge upon which the lime crosses the river Arun near Arundel, and at which place there is only a single line of nib. At this part of the line of course considerable caution should be esereSed, sad at the time in question there was a Usual post then, and limo (then another one bad also bees pat up. The driver, however, kept the Delia et its ordinary velocity, and, not seeing or not aid, for the signal, be drove, at the rat* of 30 miles as Mar. Mai • luggage trsia, which was crossing the bridge la der opposite direction. The result, of course, was a feudal collisemsion, collision, ems of the carriages wen shattered to atoms, the braise of the stoker were dashed out, sod the driver attempted to commit suicide by cutting hie thrust Emil janspioy fate Me As. Mr. thous we lying terribleia seat at M etime of the accident, and he sestalmed • omission ; but after being ezamined by Mr. Duke, • medical ono, who wu sent for, he was taken home, about 6 o'clock la the morning, by a pilot engine. He was at sue. cal to bed, but it was found that be amid ant deo% la soasequeace of • blow which be bed re wired os the side • and as his temple there warn such • mom ' ltemise es to ampisoly hide his eye. He remaised propped up id kh bed, sad w hoa the bruise somewhat abated' the debt was se bed that he amid sot reempaise the member family by mum of that sere ; sad after some days a duper rem hiss, sad en the 14th of December be died. The es at the onset admitted that the ao. eldest wee camel by meglieestme, sad the question la the came was the date a Mr. Ono's health at the time. The pialmeldh admitted that he w "Mated with ma irritability of re beereiq sad that he bed bees ill, sat had ea some ortodoes We bleed. Is Jew, 111111, be was s, beard the Primo Mosest, sad from ever ',erase er some ether eases he we eshed with • 'Setae of bleed, sad cautiosed ill for two or three weeks. On the occodoe of • visit to the Ezhibitima he wee else taken ill, sad is October he wee &tided with • eight seirue of apoplexy. Oa the part of plaiatids, Dr. Elliott..., Dr. Billing, Mr. Adams (seeps, at the London Hopiad), Mr. Duke and Kr. Corriostaa were called, and th-y stated shot fees i the oppeaseaso of the body when essanimed after AMIN they teem of *aim at ldr. Orono dial of goollawilds arid iwirmaralow that of the osuasi he the sailiawa. The somiswriaa of the beer shoal that Own was a dot or Km of WWI ups the twain. 'Aids was as wassegwod most of ymglq there w also a %Urbanite, of theside of the heat.Yefji t dropsy in the ankles, fee. ; bat the method poision were 11•11aaaill that no., of these Wigs cussed haath. Upon the point of the amount of damps arm waldsweo was gives to show that the bushier of 'ha desousi brought lum is abase SOK ryes dear imams _ _ _ The OW Julia divested the jury t• earasidar the wise of the ditieseere ludiesee ; tad heti Mau he wadi raw ayMom eirjesed It but *a thie eedisert: sal ha at teedwietts es these ewe pelmet. they woebilile et iat what peeetiety demo Ited[ puma teed. TM - Aim, masitterierg the natter out of mart Ar a' short ttimay hued • ventiet kr tho daimon 2,00 W , of AA we it am woad that each of the AV ebildrea of the totaased should mob. as equal short CONSISTORY COURT.—YUTIRDAT. Roma De. Ixsisisever. Caeca v. Caeca.—Attmosr. Dr. Lushington in t►ie rase, ia which be bed previously pronounced for a dimes, 'Monad Crain the rum et 60/. a year me shammy. COURT OF BANICRUPTCY.—YanzaDAT. -.rant ■a. 011111111111111.111 in Pransatiran. Ix as Rum Aas Ilasoaasses. _ _ _ benkeuple wan wareheeeme, senyhq as banana is Wo &mint, Chispeide. This was the iwt7 estor meet ing. The statement of somata hes ben shoed, ps)s. inhed. Tien deb* ar• upwards Mr IMMIX ; IMbWtMe e 20.0001. Mae W been • dividend et k. MAE' dm peread. thMr. Rent, r bah epeesesidni the tea, appeand no owes e et of Imelimpb Lees epenspd Shoobriels• es behalf etesedlens; Mr. Lialgeor supported Keith, sad Mr. L•wsme, append fee Mr. Listless stated thet Me. Keith wl=is slam' Mar nib Wefts ; bet he did sot object to the ass balsam. castled Mr. Rood raid he .Mold certainly pros him spilloglia ado at the lort 000rtiois for UN diatiatlasamee el prir Locums, ^ llr. lAwrsa«, on WWI of ilbsellefilso, *Nested to ea ad r ma ppss i ntg that Yr. L dies bad •et given tur ties t o o f oppoeilloe, the cos: l :i m bed thnt be could not be heard. Mr. Root rid that. think the I = na tliott both beskebrts eulpable, they drew a Wee The 0101 of Lich tboseibent the :Cr. of th s ssasse MI Deft Os bppett boat taikeetly. end Ms Waft Mindy : This bid aortal* sot bees disesAltedire, who sinethe bisbnput, bei elm Os mrp assiebiess ; but Keith Maass also es. All7Q — sse3d be caused eseloss Ilbeebsidoswes sesseelsomil-411Imere oneseimeise=te tbe ensinst of 18 guineas, which hail been given up. la this case there w no opposition by separate erediton, who bad all merged their cases in those of the assignees. Then were four einde of opposition—reckless trading, sad continuing iu business after they were ineolvent (snuck applied to both bankrupts) ; trelfirkiag in aceonzinedatios bill.; excessive expenditure in relation to the profits; and certain irregular dealings with a person named Goode and the brother of the bankrupt Keith. It was asked that protection aboeld be withdrawn from Keith, by rearm of his coming midge the 4th section of the penal clause. A further ground 0f"... !Stain was that be bad engaged largely is share tisanes lieu% but as these wen set within a yearn( the bank but about 16 months, they did not bring Ilea within petal shams The baakropn sad other porde bad been examilied at great length; and those ammilmailens amid be relied on, without going through diem de ages; bat the witnesses were present, and might be war examined. Ile Brat proposed to read the examinadend the witness &pistil!. Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Linklater both objected to ibis course, urging that it was necessary for the court §Olllll the demeanour of the witnesses, end that depositions Ma= behind the back of the bankrupts ought not to bo sod against them. The Commissioner—That I. the strict rule, no doubt. it is insisted on, you must call y..ur wanner*. Thomas fihoohrklge, one of the bankrupts, was examined Ile identified • bill for Looni., which b l ir t Z drawn esa the 21st of Febteary last, on behalf of the firm, upon Keith and Co., which bill had been accepted by Keith for the latter firm. He denied hating sent that bill to the brother of Keith at Glasgow. He admitted having a, en • statement of affairs in June, 1847, which showed the bent to be in a deficiency of 851. Mr. Heed stated that up to June, VMS, the basking* had carried on bunnies in partnership with Wk. L. Weiss. That gentleman then retired, taking out the expregemedge of the capital due to his. Keith and Shoobridge enallhantd the bunions up to July, 1848—the business roadailag ew two parts—silk and cotton shawl printing, and Silk ware hoagies. The letter business was in 1818 transferred to a new firm, Keith and Co., consisting of the bankrupt Keith and his brother.in-law, Goole, who was a publican is the Commercial. Toed until lately. The two businesses were carried on in septet* rooms in the same premises, and eery much by means of the same clerks. This continued tin February last, when Keith and Shoobridge suspended pay. ment—the creditors were convened—a composition was offered and rejected, and on the 9th of March, the bank ruptcy supervened. The first ground of objection—recklees trading, and trading when insolvent, was es idenoed on the fees of the balance-sheet. The unsecured creditors amounted to 26,0001, besides liabilities of 29,01.10/ , and creditors holding securities, which would leave ah ., ut 5,000 f. more uncovered. The wets could hardly be taken as stated on the balance-sheet; because shout 4,0001. had . . been ?cowered by litigation, end farther elms were expected. The prollta had amounted to 43,0001., on which • dividend of 2s. 9d. hail been paid ; and tne further dial deni would nut be more then Oil., or Is. J.l. at the mast. That fact alone was evidence of their hopeless isselveney, and also their reckless trading. But the profit lad leas necount for 31 years showed ulna to the saitient 301,9341.19,. Ild., the gross profit on which was 1,933 L eels. At the commence= nt of their business, on the dissol•den with Mr. L. Wilson, their capital was repeessated at 3,0591.. of which 2,063'. belonged to Keith, and Itat into Bhoobridge. But thel were in reality both at that time nearly insolvent. Keith's interest in the firm was stated at 2.001. ; his other property was 3761. ; but he then owed 2,2 W., leaving a capital of 1701. Bhoularidge's capital in the concern was put down at 1,018!; other property 1201. ; bat he owed 2,8401., making him insolvent to the 'stein of 1,6031. Their private estates had always continued insol vent. On Keith's, with a large amount of liability, there had been no dividend. On Bhoobridge's, with a liability of 4,0001., there was a probability or 2d. in the pound being paid. From the insolvent condition of their private estates, it was evident the firm was in the same way. In Jame, 1847, it appeared the whole of their capital was goo& ad they were in • deficiency of 861. Keith had a dm ittedly his elimination that he was acquainted with the Male the amounts of both firms; that at the stock taking la 1848, the mace= of Keith and Shoobridge was ins .les to the extent of about 3,0001, which increased next year ten 8,0001. No balance was ever struck after June, 1849, di the failure, became, he said, some stock had gone to this printers, wlrch could not be traced. Shoobridge, as a partner, was bound to know these circumstances ; and Is his elimination he had admitted that he was aware of the state of the firm, and of the deficiency in 1848. Keith then suggested the separation of the two businesses, as a lamas of relieving the shawl businew, stating that he could get now one *join Wm, on whom they could draw. It Wee Wig dna Keith and Co. had been • flourishing con ned that their profits were 2,0001. in the first year ; but himself said this was more apparent than real, the gee baring been put down at the coat price without dedseting the discount allowed by Keith and Shoo bridge. Oa this first ground of opposition alone it was contended that a long suspension was called for; they had gone on in a state of inset , ism for years, their deficiency growing every year; they had traded to the extant of a quarter of a assaion • tiff now owed 40,0001., and had paid a dividend of ' !hi seesad charge was that of trafficking in ansemmentlan Ws. Keith admitted drawing a good many aceommadm ties bills in the last two Jeer, principally at Beane mil Ce Hellier and Sou, and Ifolyland. When ' part of the Wiese was transferral to Keith and Co., Keith and drew ore that ins tsr 7,0001., Keith accepting. lima in & were distioestafii but tested the the film Ms eery little relieved. Keith and me. Vaned to boy silks, though 69 7 Proteeted ts bats I era sr that part of the business. Phew were transferred to Keith and Co. without any profit. The latter firm gave bills fee W eallaket, which were melted by Keith and Sbeoheidge ha the market. At the haeknigkey. gager le the menet of &M ' t drawn by the heakespie, atteepeed by I nns and Co., was cement, and had been petted against the es. tate. Of this Keith stated that 1,8301. was a debt to Beans and Co., and 3,7111. a liability—ln 'Owe weeds. an mecum. mmiatiou tremaction—the former beitwas espommettation to the bankrupts by Evans and Os. no, bad seas hills with • Mr. Huntington to the asemint of 1,4221., all for the amenumodatims of the bankrupts. All thee had bees C.waist the emits. T. tiller ka there was a hZ I 4 a 4,4331. • bat Ole W set sum !beady agaiest the estate. The Lassen eampleined. wed hod a right to eempiain of the damp dose to the monlity of the trade Whig Weit weimputtidemeemelatien pima, bat for which swot hem stepped seam Had they not agge=sd ki rthas Wisteria( up thdr easeens, the alumnus swift maid set have bees se braestable. the third Ord al; i zediss was the were,. ilopodinare. With • yea of 1,2001., their Mode memo hag been no les am 1741114—searl tea time the seem peels. . Thu Ms by bed dam le edditfea , wee UM. i se that is seality theme were se set maim This ago Ned the result of way emMat worse, bet he& bees piss es year sear year. Amin the 61 yeses RAI bed assent 6, 1 871. est et the Mamess el Keith sad IlbsehaL his misses espeeditnre wee 48761., et which oblige was smemehod. This lessen expenditure elf ahead a Tear. ilbsolisidge had Imes est 2,021. is the same meat ; hr worsen bad bass mere issierom U2$L, bestir 'stoma es berm Seth the Made esti rats expendltsie awe es. waive, end hr what their steam *Mad. The last mowed of seem set et a tressestim a ',bream lam, es the seeptaisi payees; when a ili t i =id their Mesh wee d ayed es the wareheme a Mr. Kalibb portage is the Ins et KAM sad Ch—as eseraky la as easeptesee of 1,40111., widish les s a m egis Ileum. Willis and Co., on behalf of Keith sad There bad beta two previous deposits of gesii.-la and in Yebruary—for Wailer acceptation by Seale aad sone of them had be redeemed. It appease the bleb repts bad gone to Mesas. Willis, their beakers, eadif/4 'deems of 3,0001. on the representation that they Kid goods aiming from their printer's., while in feebly t he pole bed Mee deposited with Goode. Willa sad Cs. had mesteells set them smale, by arrangement with the mei& meet bet lira her t• - beth parties was great. Omin, who wee abeam a peeper, bad bad gook's his peneseska to dia amount ef 3.000.1. ; fortunately the whole of ads had bees obtained, and sow awaited distributing' L e t i :ei Mamie. Willis and the maims& Sat for the arriopmeut this eidesees had been obliged to sake into, this wield have been as offer.ce, ea the part ef the beaknipte, soder the penal clauses of the est As it we, it wee sufficient of it. self tow theaasmessiea of the certificate. A further objection applied to *sly; it was, that he had made a fraudulent pretreat te hie brother, Mr. Alexander Keith, of Glasgow, by beadles over to him two bills of exchange for 1,0001., draws by Keith end Shoobridge on Keith and Co., and awspeed bp 'Leith for the latter firm. Keith admitted that these Mt ober bills we:. drawn by 13beetwidg , by hie Creches, be ma wishing the drawer sad the acceptor is be the same poem i he also admitted having sent the bile to lb laths This es mementat was as their premien as behalf of dr MOM 14. Alexanaer I id*, braes est et lie jeriedisties. mold eet be brought bailee Ski mart, wed Mee& promeediess bed bees taken MlZlhim he Seelesd, the bills bed set bees measured. meesd IS was essissiell that Keith bed dimatitled hismeltie Females seder Slit fourth hood of the penal clause, which was iiireatod against (rawhides. preferences within two snoods if haskrupay, and in eestemplation of that sent. A Sather obeeeuan to Keith's wildcats was a leer which he hail incurred by share transactions of 1,1424 These, if not time bargains, were rpeeeilative in vestment% la Media mod *bares, priaeipally French shares. With tempest te Ilbsebridge. the assignees did not believe Bad the isiteedememe a wee wilful ; it was merely a pare width he bed t to his sieter•in.law ; end there did set swear te Mk bola say intention to secrete the . The n et so 'Sedative (d u t y against the bet bed theesht It their duty to bring die Male beim sear% leaving the period of Bus y/mien ask* to the ass& Mr. Lemmas mid the ere Ivied Shoobridge had bees vary lady rd malidly steal es behalf of the assignees. Re meld set drew that the imillt e si been exceedingly =1:71.1.1.a" "'it" , Ttldarg: p a r un ril,7: too SONS ibe bertha ^ sad thee they ought soccer to bass ems he the meet. It was tree that one partner was neenalldle to, the tea of the other; bat where there was a dielaselles is the eases, the mart always acted on it—it bad dam me meetly, _be the MN of Saber sad Baker, the otoeltlealtem lime Id& wee the alder man ; he was mated me et the meet istellyeet, metes mil Industrious tradessees Is Imafise. The alive bed areeted ais F sat perm, as Mims list pried me a sheds el had rested at the hear. &Ike Mr. Wilms lea the lea W bees a masseese ese. The beebe, though hest by Ishii se Ate dub, wale apes to /ambit* I _stml the books had bees kept with remarkable resides eal regslarity, indicating as esesesi denim he elm en their Nosiness es merest pelsolyka TM_ 116 M r. B•• lag me at eseasiallas _the Mahe D'en omi seepleies was envie d. His departesest was the buying and selling; he heft the ether to Mr. Keith; arid he now coat so 'agitation na his partner. Though he ought to hare known, he certainly did art know the precise position of the firm at any time. It was tree be was ice advent at the colenteneement of his balance-shset ; he un doubtedly was in • deficiency of 1,71101., but it was in respect of debts, many of • hick still raisted. Mr. Berandand lent Shoobridge We money to go into business, and he was still a creditor for ha amount. • very large putties of the parasol expenditure bed boen absorbed in the paymeat of lateral on Mr. Swaialaad's loon. This relieved him from the charge of having wasted his estate in estragagant hasty. lie had coutracted no large private debts during his trading,—the principal o e was toile. Bwalsland. It wes clear the precise position of the firm was never brought to either of the partner's minds till Just before the ship. page. Shoebridge's drawings had not been disproportionate to the dams upon him as a member of a large mercantile Gm. He had contribeted very largely to his father's sup port, having beach s a large family of Woolen, and deducting the amount of interest, his personal expeaditure had really been inconceivably small. The suggested removal of pro perty had been neat sitisfactorily explained ; most likely Mr. 81toobridge had forgotten it; however, the amount bed been psi, into court. Looking at the entail amount of the profits, it was astonishing how the fine had been kept up co long; probahly it hal derived some &moistener from Keith and Co. When Mr. Wilsoa retired from the firm In 1841, 5,000!. was carried to his accuunt—a proof that the firm was then prosperous. In 1847 they were in a deficiency of BSI. ; but that was a most disastrous year for the com mercial world, especially to thou dealing infancy ar ti c l e s a nd attic es of lottery, es the bankrupts did. Was it said that they ought then to have stopped,—to have broken up their hag* concern, employing hundreds of weavers, fora mere deficiency of 80t. 11 It was not only their duty to them selves, but to their creditors, not to stop at that moment. They had been pfOoptIVIIN in .years before, sad might reasonably expect to be so again. la 1848, it was suggested, whether judimousl or not, that the two businesses should be divided. Mr. Shoobridge felt the concern was too large for their limited mains, end he had sought to avert con sequences which hail since ensued, hoping that the firms would be a mutual assistance to each other, not by draw ing accommodation hills on each other; for it we. not even suggested that they had done that. Mr. Linklater—They only drew elm each ether for value. Mr. Lawrence Raid it appeared the delleineies had in creased to 6,0001. is 1849, and it was to be regretted they had not then stopped; bug tgey . bad been inducted to hope against hope, pro'sahly the Miticspation of the Great Ezhi bitios bad something to do with it. The bankrupts nets pied eo unimportant position is the inhibition, being very nearly, if not quite, at the head of the trade. By this means they hoped to increase their business so as I. surmount their difficulties- Though they had acted unwisely, there was nothing like dishonesty in the course they had pursued. In the sdealled accommodation bill transactions the bank rupts had ia most eases received value fur the bills, and of thine acceptances given in their favour the assignees had had the benefit. Though the scomunoclatioas were large, they were oat inordinately so in properties to the dealings ' of the firm. The trade expenditure had no doubt been large; but it showed the amont of their dealing', and the difficulty of knowing their real position. The transactions with Goode could ant be charged against Mr. Bbuubridge. If they were relied cm as • use of fraud, the evidence ought to have been nisch non speetac, so that the bankrupts might have been placed in the box to meet it. It wu true goods had been deposited with Mr. Goode; but the assigned had made an arrangement with Messrs. Willis as to those goo d , and therefore no charge could be urged against the bankrupts on that account. fihoo bridge admitted having drawn the bill that was sent by Keith to hie brother, but fin knew nothing of its destination, and concluded that it was • bill la the ordinary coarse of badness; and there was substantially no charge against Bhoobridge but that of reek lees trading—which, in justice to the commercial world, could sot be defended. But there were many mitigating circumstances. The commercial pressure, which bad been spread over three years, had seriously . affected this firm. They (*rudely ought to have stopped in 1849 ; but people would struggle on, despite any sentence of that court, in the hope of working round. No doubt 8,0001. was a lane de- Aegean in itself, bat it nu small compared with 80,00111. Had Keith and Bhoobridge called together their creditors then, owing 60,0001., and having 44,0001. to pay it, the probability was they would have recommended them to go on. Messrs. Hargreaves who were then large creditors, and were so still, offered to take bills extandieg em five years to enable the bankrupts to go on. It was not pretended that there had been any misrepresentation to the coeditors, or any application of die property iu payment of favoured malting. airdis the bank ruptcy they had been entirely at the call of the assignees ; Mr. Shoolwidge's knowledge of the internal affairs of the ' 00040,5 was very limited; and be hoped for a esetificate 'Per a reasonable napeasion. None of the graver charges against Keith, which would no doubt be ably and elo quently answered, applied to Shoonridge. He had been a hardworking man all his life, and hoped for • certificate , of the second class. life Honour said he could sot tortnewe judgmentfinally till he had beard the ease of both putaers, but it might be satisfactory to intimate that be coneurred with Mr. Law races in thiukiog that there was aotbiag like freed ia Shoobridge's ease, and that his proteetiew would act be re fused. Mr. Linklater, referring to the lateens of the hoer and the absence of his client Keith, tugging& that it night be better to adjourn the cane to another day. His Honour °Queened, and named Haturdsy for the ad journed sitting. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-VIWYEZDAY. Banes =a GYm Onaireomo. IN THR MATTER or Rtcßaio WARD PILRAIL This insolvent, rag of the original " Ethiopians, at St. James's Theatre, applied asides the Protectioa Act, sad described himself as a eantedian. lie. Peel, printer, of the Mew-cut, opposed; and Mr. Dowse supported. The oppoWng creditor chimed 321. 101. for printing for the insolvent when he had in his troupe, be said, Juba the black, who astonished all England. (Laughter.) its was an Ethiopian, born in America. (Load laughter.) It appeared that the insolvent had immortal a g oad many residences in his description, but had omitted mu or more. The Chief Commissioner rid he meet mond his de seription. Peel said the insolvent was a cooper by trade. The ass was adjourned to amend the description. Ito Xi Boater FLlllK.—YrrrtioN D 14111111111% 'ibis insolvent, who was • trader applying ander the Pr”teetion Act, was opposed by Mr. Bargood and supported by Mr. Dowse. The question was whether the debts were above 3001. The insolvent had promised his mother-in-law an annuity of 601. for • business, which ho had not paid ; and ha said she had forgiven the debt. The Court held that, as thews was no legal extinguish ment of the debt, it still existed, which made the debts tut r 3001. The petition woe dismissed. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. YORIL—TuzsDAT, Dac. 14. Burma Ka. Jammu %Ingmar. EITZWAITIII BOZOLMIT AT 811.111 T. John Sassie;;Ts,ii, Johsiila;iliii;lii,To,aad Philip Mallows, 15, were charged with a burglary at Selby on the 22nd of July last. Mr. Boothby permeated; the primers had no ammeL The proseeatoes, Mr. Marmatake Batteriek sad Beheard Shaw, are drapers at Selby, cad at an early hour is the morning of the day smatiesed their shop was barglarionsly entered and robbed of a large quantity of goods, the most prominent articles being 270 yards of dik, 146 silk seeker chiefs and handkerchiefs, 24 silk ties, and a number of shawls. The case principally depended arm an admission made by Muldown when examined before the magistrates at Selby. His statement we. to the effect that on the morning of the fled of Judy last, San. &ern and Maodonald, in his proem" broke open the shop of the promestass, sad stole the property already mimed. He ammallanted Sanderson and Msedonold m a Reid about a mile foam Bel 4 y, when he witnessed the pro- perty secreted, sun subsequently pointed out the spot to the police, who took poseassios of the stolen property. The lad Muldowa was conimed la kis statement by evidence showing that, as the maraing of the burglary the three prisoners were met ea the rend going towar , the 11,1 d, having bundles with them. sad Mont midnight, just previous to the burglary, they were in company together at a pubic-house. The Jup found all the prisoners Gwiky. His Lordship sentenced Sanderson and Macdonald to be treargettsi far 10 ran each. The lad /letdown was m emoranda to messy by the prosecutors, and his lordship signified that be should madder the meant of punishment be should inflict. limas Ma. lonics Timms. • . 0 Weal, 31. JaM Bow 90, Jolia Hutson, 31, Robert ,18 W ul Iterrhsr, 19, Henry Clayton, 20, ad abide illeaspoess,2l, were tarlimed for haying, on the SIM et July bra, M Low b, violently moulted Michael Coltman, sad robbed him of a hat, a silk handkerchief, a shirt front, a listen collar, two beams tobacco-bozo, two halt crowns, three shillings, and sixpence. There wu also a count in the indictment charging the several prisoners as receivers. Thu was a garotte robbery of peculiar atrocity. The jury found two of the prisoners (Wood and Bone) Guilty, and acquitted the others. Sentence deferred; there being a second indictment !against all the men (or mother garotte robbery on th• same sight. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1852. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT.—YRIITINDAY. Bayou Ma. Juana, Wabortur. Wastare threiry 7i, a respectable looking ass, de mi bed u a * J o t was Who'd for forging a doom W for ~ with Weed M fraud. Mr. Haddlesteee Irvin opened the ors, mad detailed the CiftIISISIMIIINI, whisk wen of rather , as easeoseillaary character, the Oteleateg whines was maimed Mrs. Cadmium Will depend that in sailled et No. le, oesege-eleeet. ber beam% ales was as Mira: se made dial awe at Obelelnee. Me. The poissein was as VW/ Mali Wu with then, ead shortly that bee barhaare death he milled ble b and essatmenatal bee eileatiak adodd be de all hi Ids pewee to alkalis lbe aims ran aril& the wee Mann by dee era et bar hashes/ Mt bribed WI as Merest Is a payee eseeeirea. ellaseel Oltegete, ea. se the deesblar et a asedret et that sky, yri te as lethally of 20f. per annum from a fend known as the Merehaata' Feed, in Glasgow; and upon the prisoner waking ea offer to go to Glasgow to arrange these matters for her, she gave him en authority to do so, and also to negotiate the sale of some interest .be herself had in a small property in the same city. Witness at first objected to dispose of this property, ..n account of her brother being entitled to a share of it, and as she had not heard of him for ten years, she was not aware whether he was alive or not ; but epos the prisoner telling her that he had met a person in the Strand who in formed him that be was present when her brother died in New York, she consented to dispose of the property. She was subsequently informed that she was admitted to the annuity, but the money we. received by the prisoner, who however accounted to her regularly for the payment, hot merely gave her small seers, and from the Bed of January to the 6th of October, in the present year, ail she received was 141. 6s. 10d. The prisoner told her that the better course fur her to adopt was to numbest' an annuity with the money she received for her interest in the property, and he said that he would purchase the annuity for her, and arrange all the legal matters connected with it. In the month of July, 18/51, she went by appointment to the prisoner's chambers in the Temple, to complete the sale of the property in question, and after she had excreted the deeds, a sum of 2141. wets handed over to her I. the presence of the prisoner, and she was about to put the mosey into her pocket, when the prisoner told her not to take the money home with her, as she might be robbed of It, or the house might take fire, and that r. would be much safer to place it is a hank. Witness consented to this being done, and accom panied the prisoner to the Commercial Beak in Henrietta street, Covent-garden, to lodge the money. She retained 4 sovereigns fur her immediate purposes, and the temainiag 2101. was left in the bank to the joint acuount of the pri. ironer and herself, and the prisoner explained to her that the money could not be withdrawn without both their sig natures. They went away from the hank together, and when they arrived at Temple Bar, the prisoner asked her to lend ham a sovereign, and she gave him one of the four she had retained. She never gave the prisoner authority, after this to withdraw any portion of the money at the bank, and the cheque of 661., which was the subject of the in dictment, and all the others that were produced were for geries. The signature was a very good imitation of her hand writing, but it was a forgery, and she gave the prisoner any authority to sign her came to a cheque, and she had received no portion of the money. The prisoner continued to give her small sums of money until the month of July of the present year, when, in consequence of her being premed for rent by her landlor d, inquiries were made, which ended in the discovery that the whole of the money bad been withdrawn horn the bank; aed after this the prisoner came no more to the chambers he had formerly occupied in the Temple, and she beard nothing of him until October, when he was taken into custody upon the present charge. Cross-examined—She bad been acquainted with the pri soner fur about two years before her husband's death, and he WAS on very intimate terms with them both, and was the only person who followed her husband to the grave. While her husband was alive they were supported by his literary mea -1 pations as an ocessloaal writer for the magazines and news papers. The husband had given up hie own profession and they were in bad circumstances, and the prisoner used to give them some pecuniary assistance, but of a very trifling character, ezceediog half a crown, and sometimes so small a sum as fourpenee. They had no claim whatever upon the prisoner, but her husband had attended profes sionally upon his'father's family, and this was how they became acquainted. The prisoner paid her various sum. of money after her husband's death, but upon any occa sion mon than one pound. file did not pay the expenses of her Ithaband's funeral, but she believed that he ob tained the money for it from some of the friends of her family. The prisoner received the annuity from the Merchants Fund at Glasgow on her accouat ; butehegave hint no authority to sign her name to any paper in con nexion with the annuity. A book was here shown to the witness, containing a number of items of supposed pay ments by the prisoner; but the declared that the greater portion of them were fictitious, and that during the present year she had received no more than the sum she had mea timed, and said also that she had never seen the book in question until the present time. She went on to state that during the whole of the latter pert of the year 18.51 the prisoner told her that be was making arrangements to et an annuity for her, and that be paid her Its. a week during that period; but she denied positively that she ever told theprisoner he was to keep the 2101. and pay her an 'needy of twelve shillings a week for it. She also denied having told the prisoner's housekeeper that she bad given him the money, and that be was to pay her an annuity for it. She said that Charlotte Arnold, the pri soner's servant, had frequently brought her small sums of money, but she declared that she never told her that these sums were paid on account of the annuity. She never, on any occasion, gave the prisoner authority to write her name, and was quite sure that she saw any of the cheques that bad been produced before they were sent to the bankers, and that with regard to one of them for 61., which was particularly pointed out to her, that she did not, in the presence of Charlotte Arnold and the prisoner's housekeeper, pass a dry pen over her name after it had been written by the prisoner. She also denied having said to the prisoner's servant that she and her free hand mast both have been starved if it had not been for the tandems of the prisoner. Ite-sx indeed—The prisoner himself Mid her that he had received 841. 10s. from the insurance sempa s _y, and in June, 1851, he told her also that be one q_uarter's annuity, from the Glearow Masdraid last The pri• miner left his chambers, awl the Wild Mk find him after the discovery that the money had bees drawn out of the bank. The prisoner's servant brought her 10s. is October, shortly before the prisoner was taken into custody. The whole of the money paid to her daring the two years would not exceed 601. - - Mr. Edward Little, the manager of the Commercial Banking Company of London, proved that the prisoner and Mrs. Wand came to their estailishment,in Henrietta-street, Covet-garden, on the 26th July, 1861, and they paid in the sum of 2181., as •joint account, sad went away toge ther. In about two hours the prisoner came to the bank alone, and obtained the cash for • cheque of 261., drawn in the joint names of himself and the prosecutrix. Other cheques came in very soon afterwards for different amounts, and in the beginning of the mouth of September the whole of the balance that remained was drawn out by a cheque for 6f. While the prisoner was in custody at the House of Detention, the *Bowies letter was received at the bank from him:, . . . . -. " Gentlemen, —My mind is in the greatest anxiety, as you may well imagine, with respect to the position in which lam plated. Helyiurr, as I do, on your desire not to pro memo me, I trust to being able, between this end the day of trial, to make some arrangement with Mrs. Wood for the reimbursement of the 2101. To the last moments of my existents will I feel the effects of what has occurred. With all my accesses comparatively correct, every item of them provable, I have not, from Dec., 1861, to the present mo meat, defrauded Mn. Wood of a farthing, and all that I have now in hand is 51. 7s. Od., besides the 2101. The land lord said I owed him 10!.. but I am security by note of hand for him for more, awl I cannot owe him anything till lam relieved from such security. As I told you before, these cases of alleged trawls about the cheques, arose from the simple fact of my expecting to be married the day be fore the very first of them was made payable, and I did not know that it would be called a new account. —Your irate. lid servant, W. H ." One or two other witnesses were examined, and this closed the cam for the prosecution. Mr. Parry addressed the jury for the defence, with his usual ability, and after observing upon the painful position in which he was placed, in having to defend a gentleman of the station of the prisoner swots so very serious a chewy., and which, io the event of a conviction, mast for ever ruin his prospects, and prove his utter destruction, he said he should pmduce evidence to show that the prisoner in whit he had done had acted with the entire authority of the prosecutrix. Charlotte Arnold deposed that site and her aunt were in the service of the prisoner. She remembered in March, 1881, being present when the prosecutris told the prisoner that he was to sign all her papers for her, and she at the mote time amid that trouble had made her so nervous that she could not write her name. She also heard the prose eutrix say that she had given Mr. Harvey the 2101., and that he was to allow her an annuity of 12s. a week for it for the rest of her life, and she said at the same time that she wished it was thousands instead of hundreds, as both she and her husband must have been starved but for his kindness. She likewise said that in September, 1851, she remembered Mrs. Wood coming to the pri soner's chambers in the Temple, and she saw him take a cheque-book from his desk, and he said it was the lust 6/. that remained of the 2101., and he should draw it out, and the proseentri: in reply said, " Very well." The pri soner asked her if she would write her name herself, and she replied, " No, write it yourself, as you always have done ;" and after the prisoner had done so he wiped the pen, and put it, dry, into the pros/Nutria's hand, and asked her to draw it over her name, and is did so. The prisoner on this occasion told her sad We anal to take notice of what took plate. The witness then Mend that she was in the habit of frequently taking numey to the prosecutrix, and sometimes she said to her that it was on account of her annuity, and she said that she was very much obliged. She said she also remembered, in 1861, taking the book that had been produced to the prosecutrix, and she told her that it was a statement of the money that she had received from the prisoner, and he wished her to look over it and see that it was correct, and on the follow ing morning the prosecutris returned it to her, and said that she had counted over the money and it was all right. The witness also said she was present when the prisoner borrowed the sovereign from the prosemitris, and she stated that after he bad done so, he told proseeutris he should go back to the bank and draw out 261., and the prosecut ri s reply, said la " Very well." He li kewise stated that on the some afteratean she look the sovereign the prisoner had borrowed MAID thepgftecatrix. Creatermenined—Did not know where the prisoner went to live after he left his chambers in July, 1852. Witness used to go to the chambers for his letters, and she gave them to him in the street at different places where appoint ments were made. The prisoner generally same to the lodgings occupied by her and her aunt, but he did not live there. They had been obliged to paws nearly all the clothes they possessed, but it was not done to supply money to the prisoner, but all the duplicates were given to him. She refused to JOH Mrs. Wood any informatioa where the prisoner mold be foond. Rheas Heffernies, aunt to the last witness, gave andante of a similar character to that which eke had deported to re , biting to the prosecutris Aeriegg admitted that she had given the prisoner the 21W. in consideratfaa of his paying her en annuity of 12s. a week. Cresi-ensalited—Did net knew when the prisoner lived between July sad the period when be wee taken late one tidy. He eine to her wive almost nay day, dad her niece used to go and fetch his letters. Mrs. Wood wanted to know his address, hut she: did not giro him any infor mation, and she alto refused to tell her where his mother lived. She was sic years in the prisoner's service, but never had any regular wages from him. It wu understood that the money was to remain in his hands, and she would have let him have thousands it she had had them, as she had so mach confidence in him. She had lent him money, but not within the last twelvemonth. She had never accused the pri soner of having ruined her by his drunkenness and extra vagance, but she might have arid something of the sort to the policeman when she was in a passion, as she was a woman of " very warm temperament." (A laugh.) It IMO possible she might also have charged the prisoner with breaking her bonnet and knocking her down. What occurred, however, was her own fault, as she ob structed the prisoner when be wished to leave the room, and he merely pushed her. She might also have told the policeman that the quarrel arise open lice refusal to sign some paper at the prisoner's request. The prisoner had scribbled something down, and wanted her to sign it, and she refused, but it was "all shout nothing." Several witnesses were examined to prisoner's character. The prosecutriz was recalled, and she declared in the must earnest and positive manner that there was no foundation fur the statement of the two witnesses who had been exa mined for the defence, and that no such transactions as those referred to by them ever occurred between her and the prisoner. Mr. Justice Wightman then summed up, and the jar; almost immediately returned • verdict of bushy. The learned judge, is miming sentence, said that the pris;uer had been convicted of • forgery of • very se rious character. It waa an offence which, under say cireninst.nces, was a most grave one, but in the present ease it was peculiarly aggravated. He had in the moat cruel and heartless manner deprived the poor widow of all she possessed is the world ; and he could not help consi• dering that it wee an additional aggravation of his crime that he had brought forward the two women who had been examined an witneves, but upon whew evidence it was quite clear not the least reliance could be placed. He then rentenced the prisoner to be transported for 16 years. Ting POLICE COURTS. GUILDHALL. W. Wainwright, a tobacconist, 25 years resident at 08, Fore street, was brought up on remand charged with having feloniously received a large quantity of cigars to the value of about 801., knowing them to have been stolen. Alderman Kelly deeming that nothiag beyond a ease of suspicion had been made out, and that only upon unaup ported testimony of a doubtful character, coming, ma it did, irons the thief, discharged the prisoner, who was immc• diately liberated. _ THAMES. Jan While, a powerful young man, was charged wit► committing a garotte robbery on IR. Kipling, an iunneepir oat of business. Prosecutor, who was in great pain from the assault, de. posed that be was assailed by three men, on Monday night, in Sutton•street, Commercial-road ; that one of them placed his arm out witness's throat, and dragged his bead back, at the same time comprtiving his neck in such a man• nor that he was almoat strangled, and utterly unable tii speak. His aseallant held his head, while his companions rifled his pocket. Ile struggled, and kicked out at the thieves as hard as he was able, on which the prisoner struck him • violent blow on the abdomen. lie became quite exhausted, and fell on his knee, gasping fur breath, when fortunately • pcliceman came up, and the villains Bed. Directly he recovered his senses, he put his head in his pocket and missed his money. It was safe when he parted from his wife, half an hour benne. His throat was injured, and he bid been spitting blood at intervals all night. The prisoner was one of the men.—Remanded. MARKETS. COTTON.—LIVERPOOL, Dec. I.s.—The sales of cotton to-day are estimated at 6,000 boles, and consist of 1,600 tak.n by speculators, 1,000 American, and 500 Surats. The sales comprise 160 Pernam and Maranbans, at qd. to 7d.; 40 Bahia, at 61d. ; 300 Egyptian, at Md. to Ild. ; and 1,000 Surat, at aid. to 4fd. the market closes very firmly. Prices of American, 51d. u 514., and nearly id. dearer. No other change. CORN.—Borrote, Dec. 15 —We have had a moderate supply of Wheat at market to-day, the greater part of which was in had isondition ; there was, however, a fair demand at the full rates of the day week. No change to note in the value of other descriptions of cern. Wh. at, red, 47.. to 495. ; white, 50s. to 62a. Basal, 30e. to 40s. Svocavose•ox-Tau, Dee. 15. —The arrival of Wheat from the coast during the put week is pretty g ed. To this day's market we had an exceedingly large supply of Wheat. Sellers demanded extravagant prices, which checked the sale. The whole, however, was ultimately cleared of, at an advance of 2a. per qr. on last week's currency. O a t s an d Beans met II free sale, at full prices. Flour 2s. per sack hiahcr. Imports during the week:—Wheat, coastwise, 1,200 qrs. ; Peas, 220. CATTLB.—Cnovtron, Dee. 18.—We had a fall market of fat stock of all kinds, each sort selling at an advance on last week's rate., and all sold at an early hour. Porkers also made 41. to 4s. 4d. per stone easily; stores from Is to 2e. per head dearer than last week ; roasting pigs, 6s. to 10s. each. Small Calves, 18s. to 22e. each. LENDS, DEC. 15. —At this day's lair there were 900 head of cattle, and 4,600 sheep. The cattle for sal* were generally of prime quality, as is usual at the Christmas fair. Bayer. were numerous, and trade was brisk. Primeet cattle sold at Bs. per stone of 169.5., and other qualities, Bs. Bd. to 7s. 4d. Shoop sold at 61d. to 60.1 per Lb. - REIGATE (SONTLETORZAT CATTLE lIIAREET, Dec. 14. —Notwithstanding t he deep interest manifested by all classes interested in the exhibition of live stook at the great Cattle show in Baker-street, which is admitted in point of breed and quality never to have been excelled still we cau -1 not allow the great market at Reigate to pus unnoticed, for both the Bullocks and Sheep brought forward at this mar ket were animals of the first class, and attracted the attend ance of numerous extensive butchers and grazien. High prices were demanded sad obtained for the best ox beef, which made in most instances full 4e. per stone. The Sheep trade was also brisk at 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. for best down we theta • fat ewes 3s. 6d to 3• 104. Choioe fat Culres made 49. to 4.. 4d. per stone. Porkers, Ss. 4d. to 3s. ltd. ; store pigs in good demand at advanced priors. Small Calves, 16 , . to 21s each. ROMFOZD, Dee. 15.—We had at our market some wry fine stock. Beef was quite as dear u last week, and Mutton 24. per stone dearer. Veal and Pork ne alteration. Beef, 3e. to Is. Mutton, 34. 4d. to 4s. 6d. Veal, 3s. 6d. to 4a. Pork, 3s. 4d. to 4s. COALS.-Loin:low, Dec. lb.-Ships at market, 66, soln, 44.-Carr's Hartley, 16s. 6& ; Hasting's Hartley, 16s. 6d. ; Holywell, 16 ; Howard's West Hartley Nether• ton, 150. Od.; Longridge's West Hartley, 16e. 9d; Stewart's Hartley, 14s. 6d. ; Tanleld Moor, IN.; Tan geld Moor Bates, 14a. 9d. ; Townley, 14s. 6d. ; Wylam, 16e. 6d. ; Walls End Go s f or th, 16 e . 3d. ; Walls End Hatton, 16s. 3d.; Walls End Lawson. 14e. 62.; Eden Main, ; Walls End Hetton, 16a. 9d.; Wal.s End linevl's Hatton, 16s. 6d. ; Walls End /Navarre, 16.. 9d. ; Walls End Caasop, 16s. 3d. ; Walls End Reuel Hall, 166. 61 ; Walls End Tees, 16s. 9d.; Walls End Wood house Close, 14e. 6d. DAILY WEATHER TABLE THURSDAY. Die aaaaa 16, 1852. The state of the Weather at each of the following places at Nice o'clock yesterday morning. The stations me arranged in order of latitude. Rawrixos-B.W._j_ Strong Breese; Scud. SOUTHAMPTON—W. ; Strong Breese; Rain. Fotiteirroxi-8.W.; Strong Breese ; Overcast. TUNBILIDOII-B.W. • Gentle Breese ; Send—Rain. Raeuroirronn—N B. ; Gentle Breeze; Overcast. GazeriwicH—S. ; Strong Breese; Rain. Senotio -S.W. . • Gentle B Rain. SWINDON-8. ; Btrongßreese; Partially Cloudy. Litiottrou-B.W. ; Strong Breese ; Overcast. COLCHRSTRR-B.W. ; Stronglireese; Fine. YARMOUTH—S.W. ; Strong Breeze; Heavy main. The returns from the following places did not reach this office in time for publication yesterday; they therefore indicate the Mate of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock. Ltrautcx-8.W.; Gentle Breeze; Foggy. Mucf.txuat-8. ; Calm ; Bain. SoUTHAMPTON.-8.W.; Strong Breese ; Partially Cloudy. FOLISESTONI—S.W. ; Light Breese; Overcast. TUNRISIDOR-8.E.; Gentle Breeze ; Partially Cloudy. Rae inorroun—N.W. ; Oi•ntlei Breese; Partially Cloudy. GRIRNWICM-8. ; Oent!e Breese ; Partially Cloudy. Struooti-B.W. ' • Gentle Breese; Cloudy. ' Sam/mon-8. • Strong Breen ; Cloudy. LRIOHTON-3.W. ; Gentle Breese; Overcast CoLengeent-8. ; Gentle Biwa ; Partially Cloudy. Campanian—B.,. Gentle Breese ; Cloudless. YARMOUTH-B.W. • Calm ; Partially Cloudy. LANC zzzzz —B. ; &title Breen ; Partially Cloudy. WHITBY-B.W. . • Gentle Breese ' • Overcast. DARLINGTON—S. by E. ; Gentle Breese ; Overcast and Foggy S tfa . e-8. ; Calm; Overcast. THIS DAY, Nome. Claw et Mad. Strewth et WtM. elms or to %yew«. s. Gentle &MO. ClOndy. LORD CARLISLE ON THE POETRY OF GRAY.—The Earl of Carlisle has laid the mechanics' institute' of York shire under additional obligations, by delivering at Sheffield, on Tuesday evening, a lecture on the writings of the poet Grey. The meeting was in the lecture hall of the me chanics' institute, and in addition to the members of the inatitutien there were present a great many of the principal inhabitants of Sheffield and the neighbourhood. In no part of Yorkshire, probably, is the noble earl more popular than at Sheffield, and the enthtmiutie tribute of edmiration and esteem which hu been paid to him by this large se nion of his old West Riding constituency, must have been a gra tifying N . -minder of 'Male imposing ovation, which the in. habitants of the West Riding were wont to pay to him in bygone times as their representative in the Rouse of Calmness. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 15.—APPOINTURNT8.—Master T. D. Browne, to Crowe Sirr Snpertntendent J. Stewart, to SiieSo, omelet ship; %ripen 11. Macfarlane, to Valorous • staststaot B amoa W. Bay, sod }Lastor's Aosittaat 0. U. Dooming, to Taiorost.. SHIPPING; INTALLIfiENCB, SEABORNE MAILS. Ile awake that the malls eye sent bleu the General 1 1111 , nicht—wed 11 by the morning —4•ene.eb.l c''.llllll .m 7111140 nude .4k COUNTIIIE4.I. le tianarrl hat Olga oiel-.6 Dm it... I etatill ~.11 Dee. IS . Dec. ts • 1110th desalt month 125th of the meth Pori amatica(o7 21 A se:wanly United OW, PAIPP) Ameras.(lll agate.* a 11qlla(wia Southaat Della (via Marselliis) •11.t:o(vta Caw of GOAI Hops) W A 'non art test) _X iiezandria• Ii &WNW burns Arno NH fonds • C .ps •,t ((ond Mcps 11 Cape de Vents P Coawal...nopit • P ;JatrA Ananias 3l Ceatourl 1.14. ...... j u._ 12tarpopt._. tn n. sattharpon lbw. a Southampton Om pit Hower ..... 4,m.y . ,Plyounta u flymout. ;lamer ..... . -oulltatopt m II • southam. h Ike. 16 bee_ 14 Plymeouth „ , bat. ft PI, mouth ID u u Uec.7l Ike. ,smatoamotaa.lrh lank !tmthmautoo. Dm. 16 Mott ..... Intact% 'tomtits trat.t!ampa lto. 16 Irani .lotat ßoot heatutos ;OIL 61 op. !DOME annul , 131,11 of December . , ,tlrd of tin owethl Ilehltheth of mos. i ft of the erwthl gth of the re..ithl ted&l7tlofoeh b 111th of the mouth . 14th of the month' 7t14171.1347th..f M. 401 ftdal7Ulo(l3l nth; Mole, ;lodlfl7thof !Twice delly 7thl7th37ihof raw. ITuenelay & I Wedneh # tletur.l !ITtb of the wrath ITerSee dotty ~ Itgh of the frnmtln ethill4tl2 of month, caul: _II 'raft* — at a II 11. mbi X ri:iand ............. X doniorm . X irelan• hi k X bedia(vialowhanantlli j ladle (via Kamilla 111 tattle !via Cape of c IicTIO M! Naumann X Ifintiteerassaaivia South ) X Km Df .kina -Tor .• =met. konnillso I, : liana* tiaplar• Perumide l '`l Para ill reeemey• N . Wed ladiot 1111 Vale Menus'. Land (me &Minna, • no. rat it. for Australia elm LleiCape of Uood Mope are mace ay co the 2ml of evrry elteneale nonntli. Thom made up on the n* awl Mb of each month via Ikathanipuse aad Marseille. are seat by saline vowels et liniment ham roipo.re, but neat year they lain be seat in ot•lunon.. • Mule ore 'dm nano up on the 2nA of every alternate month ter the (Lilo or Goad limps. • The mail, to tame fountain thus roartni (.) are convey,: by French t-acket to Marseilles. I PSymattk riyarmak ::: j un. 44444hasipict !Dec 24 Do.or .44.44444:• 6444.4 l esUbalaPtot•hia. to Dm, ....—.. !Dee. ‘4,444 44..23 6 *.t 2 araleaLADec. SS ,i , othempt. la , P Dec. le CASUALTIMS. o:lana, from London to Sheolb•e, was totally wrecked on the coast of Formosa, Oct. 8 ; crew saved, sod lauded at Amoy. Independence, from Singapore to Amoy, was totally wrecked off Chinchew, Oct. 14. Kingstown, Roberts, from Quebcc to Conway, drove on the be4cli at the latter place on the 11th, but has sustained very little damage : she is expected off neat springs.- 13eanmaris, Dec. 13. runstbne, 6tote, from Marseilles to London, has run on shore on the Playa de Cunta, on the coast of thew Wand; assistance has been sent to her.—lviai, Dee. 4. Se► Queen, from Melbourne, is reported to be on shore au the North Bank:of theYangteekiang ; assistance ha,. been sent to he-, and she will probably be got off.—shangh ae . Oct. 23. Titania, Coalthent, from Macao to Sydney, N.S.W., wp lost on the Rob Roy Shoal, Sept. 20; crew saved.— Antwerp, Dee. 14. •RRI VHD. Amin MAID-at Bristol, Dm:arbor I 4 dm -at Vermouth. December 13, from Treenuit AteCnalinAMS -at Velmmarb, December IS, (rum Alesio.ll4 ACADIA -at Liewpool,ll December IS, from lLehPeeto SWAMIS B,CIC Oarsore-at Bristol, December 14, from Beureita Ituausonne -GB Pill, December 14, tram (aorta Bowes alaos--at Liverpool, December IS, from Blot Cananta-at Liverpool, becetaber IS, from , Palermo renown K. 'Alma-at °raceme, Detector IS, from .at sans Dom-at Liverpool, Dammter IS, fres . — Itarewoue-st Orevereed. December IS, from.--.....ii swerdara -at Liverpool. December 13, from ......... New OCearre Lacal.Atua at uirerpool. Mum 1.,,,, IS, from Elio Hada HaLawa -at Bristol, Dee. 11, from Le Grade HiaitaDat --at Gravesend, December 13, from ....... ~.... Bernet 114111.6, -at Liverpool, Decernier 13. Bora.. ........ SID Ord Broome -c4l Liverpool, Desember IS . Ifori.a -at Liverpool. laseember 43, from Pep Ins or Coml.-off PM, Deceraba. 11, from Piece lose ems -at Bristol, December If, (ran lone Amu 11a itoalter -at Liverpool, Demeter 16. teem liuluivlA•fa Jacirra--at Oravemed, Dec. 13, from lrma Jras-at Liverpool, December IS, from Patagonia Kumasi-at Liverpool, December IS, from New 06,08 Kee. Armen-et Liverpool. Dee. 13, from Newfoundland LOTALIOT-at us Laxinuana - att OW, December 14, from Black Uverpool, December 16, from 'f Orkus lone Eisen-at LteerpCol, Deo. 13, from New Ode* licarm-01l LiesepooL Dee. IS Moan Am-off Liverpool, December IS Baal Ana DAL:A-at Dad Deomnber If, from Westward Bawd-at Falmouth. eke. 14, from Naha M at.laA -at 117111011th, December !1, from Fanieini Nom -at Deal, Detember 14, from Omni Narrilta--at OraDelled, Pecember 14, from ........ ...... __ Genie Oman tleame -at Deal, December If. from . New Tea QUIVJUI -at Gravesend, December 14, from qt. Lauer, Lareeeva-at Pireamt. December If, tries Falilla Sagematv-st Llwarrt, Um IS, from New Drage Bat Atmaarma-mt Ideleiterwal, December IS, teem P. N. DM daIIIMACM -at Liverpool, December IS, from Demerara Socerrane.oe -at 1J 4 December IS, from. Moly Sava Naiii, -at Ora December IS, from Selga Tom FORM-at Palmoutla, Dec. 13, from tlche tnemneen, W -at Liverpool. Demister 14 from NI Torn BAILED. Broweam-from Falmouth, December It, to Cadiz Curiew-form Ftlatouth, December 13 to Cale L. Vt.TUM C51..1114-11001 tl etwastown, December IS, b. ... theIIT&VID• ALIDA-hem veietoutk December IS, to N. TkOMIll Dowses -from Hartlepool, Dee. t 3, to Astra Darer Rev r ea-from Falmouth. December IS, to .. Labs Jtua-fmca Falmouth, Ikeember IS, to. IL Jcwire MAYTIM LUTIIVII -from Cowes, December It to ..... .. !halm Nous-from Haetlepool, December 13, to Oviauebe name-tram Liverpool, Der. 41.0 er IS,. to Nee Tat Plane... Cu aiturrra -hem Falmouth, tlreumber IS, to C,,:dorau Pates Oilcan- treat Falmouth, December le, to Ledo I ttaeutoura ea -from Liverpool, December IS, to Cb r:ecoa Tar-fret arareeseti, December IS, to Newport VENUS SPOKRN WITH. AIMS, of London, for Jamaica. Drc. 7, lat. 47 N., foe. 1* w. Alexander Corbrase, from Alexandria for Falmouth. Der. 10,:a. 48.30, lon. 8.30 W. Arthur (Oral, from I.4.ermal fix Callao. Aug. 18, latSl 8.,1m. at W. Cornelia 11 , ,utruan e Raman, from tondos ka Bydary, Nov. 4, W. 3 N.,10. 24.6 W. Coador, from Urtipool to Welblume, Nov. 12, lat. 11 ft., tat 30 W. Dtvid Malcolm, loom Aanmaran ter Colombo, Oct. 21, 1.1.21 a. ion. 20 W. Emma Raab - n, ham Umisal Bs Panama, lat. 8., lon. 3' Mauna, from Lr.aaBal Mr %alarmism. Dat. k lat. 56 0., los W. Henry Winch. fromliaden to Austral:a, Ostia, lat. 4 S., 1.4.24 a 'Jane Pir., from Irobion for Calcutta, Nee. 7, 1.1. .1.29 .or. 2/.14 W. Kenmore, from TIMM 24r luny (N.S.W.), July •8, off noon`, 1 4"0: . _ _ WWI( wthipl. witl 6u iAverpool, Nov. 24, Lt. 22.!t. 9. kn. 73.11 [AdVSTI4ICIMINda--HOLLOWAT'S PILLS TILE veraecwalerreo llMidwout via. Chas or Rim app Ihroanute StoeraCn..—Y.atreet d s letter front Mr. D. E. Ernes, r•emrr;W traveller, Charter, dialed .pt. 7, 1422 : —To Profaner llolvely— Mr,— fee a ww.siderable pfnl vI I 'Wired dreadful!) front btkoedv realm sod ilivirdeeed stomach; in the 'tope. of iibaunzir Wit:, I took s great variety of mrdleme, but all proved of no araiL I eras however reeotuenesded b Yr. Hugbee, of liarleeb, to try yaw piab and It ie with ;demure that I have to inform you that WI row m otored ay epprtite. and I wow eohiy the very beat of hea2t.. D. D. Evana.—Suld by all druggriata, and at Profewor Eatablisbwatt, 244, Straw{ London. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. ALEX INDER.-Dee. IS, at Warwick-Naar., the wife et T. B.C. Alesundi r, E.q., of a sow. REBHAN!. - thic. 12, et Byddall..,lla, To:Lngt,e.perk, llcnmq rood, the wife of J. IL Besbam, of a roe. BOND. -Dec. IS, et Pleat= Rectory, Suffolk, the wife of the Rec. L Hood, or a daughter. PRY. -Dee. 13, at Tredegar.equare, Bow, Mrs. J. h. Fry, of a daughter. PALMER.- Dec. 11, the wife of Mr. W. Palmer, Ese.:ane, Es. •.er, or a erre sod heir. PINCH !WOE:. - IS, at Brumewick-rillart. New.road, llaramcr midi, Mrs. t.. Plardtbeck, of a daughter. SCANIAN.-Dee. It, at Upler Parrinour-elreet Wept, Hyde part. the wife of E. ilesalow, M.D., of a eon. WILIIoN.-Dee. IS, at t►e Vkerage, Dorking, Norwich, tar er.e of the Rev. J. Wilma, of a daughter. MARRIALiX3. COOPER —W Alll4.—Den. 1y at the mother church of St, llnGs. bone, Mr. Chatisa Cooper, Great h.tmell,trett, Coven:Armless to Unruh, sewed ol Mr. Ilavtd Watts, of 01.m:crest, Edgware-road. Wahl NGTOM— FORBMS—Dae. Kat Pear Tree Chunk, nearfoalu mnlnwA hr the RN. Georg* !Mulhouse. M.A., George WWI Ge.f tni r N e I I retry I , ..r l" rit:gtoo, °( hebte t !tri Itt e :t i n .2 : u tte. d you.itert daughter al Jolla Moron Forbes, LI., of Merry OA Hants. PORTS —DICKINSON.—Dos. 14, at At. Markt% Woleerhamlrao. b the Rev. A. 0. Gould, W. L. Potin, of hutderminster, to k.atiaas eldest daughter of Mr. W. Dickinson, of %Volcerhatuuton. 1101-- -llTH—wrsK.—Dee. 14, at the Parnh Church ut 141u.sual. had, at Wordekiy. Matordalnre, by the hew. J. U. salty, awileil by the Ike. K S. Franey', Ilenry 9utith, hin., of liana U. near Dudley, to Mainline, only ustighler of Joecph Webb, Wordshiy. rtast) —BRAFTON.—Den. 12, at Edgbaaton Church, Nbambeurn by the Kee. 114 MOW. V. %%car, Mr. T. N oral, to Ittaem. daughter of a1r..1. Branton, N Birmingham. DIL&THS. JACOII R.—lke. It, at Upper (Liam, J. D. 'aroma, EN., t , • MArIX)NAI D. —late. 11. at Rotarsty, J. lt redoes d, IW. Lieut. to 1•t Bart. lATTIIIKWS2Tkr . It, at Brttitor, .llhert yeanf •'e of J. laidtbeera, Crayford, ken!, aged 11. MON.—Dec.l2, et Oaveadiali.road, at. John's-wood, t :te 'Afro( J. &Woe/ Esq., aged 4/ 1900NT1.-11.m. 12, at Veradller, Count O. Vixen aged SI. mint —lke. 12, Mary line, third (laughter or T. tctt, 1 "" Ka.t Hull, ..turatua, mar Sittiegh urn.., Kent, agett Printed and redhead by Wrizien KIM HAUL% of No. R, Lototot Amt, is th• at, of Les Main, at tee Ogee, to lia bl "" stria, a tai mein* of Tarasoay. Cazinso 11)' 14th of the etottal ! lab of the iteth et the south '.,hid et lauete! f the mot.th Fee :..o. tat thot the weal, Sth I sll‘23thuf ith I Stlt3sthof fl fl 11blIth27teef ewe, titled/thug month, I ithleth :Ste.nree, ihriltlithefe.neth :... A