The Express. — London, England, 1853-02-26 00:00:00

sant in to Mr. Wilson's committee. AspenslV. party ran up a bill of 301. also. Neither of them bad been Laid. This closed the case for the petitioners. Mr. Serjeant Wringliana then said that, although be had several man witnewes ou his brief. he would not call them. but mog ask the committee to adjoutn now till to-ur Teo. (this day), as his learned friend, filr. Jitra(S. on whom t h u task would devolve of summing up the evidence in staep.r of thii petition, was engaged at prtsaat in a similar task be fore the Chatham committee. _ . . The committee accordingly adjourned till eleven o'clock t3.IIIOTOW (this day). AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. Yesterday a meeting of proprietors in the above amtnpany was held at the London Tavern; Mr. Munn, one of the den ctors, in the chair. The SEcItETSUT, Mr. Marshall, yroccedad to read th , report, which stated:that the lament aneetir.g had been is compliance with a regui.ition prea.nted at the meeting of the 2lth November last. The Company had new bee steamers silos?, which hut been approved and ac cepted by government fur the performance of the mail cone ttatt, and which, as the shareholders knew, were celled the Au•trali-u. Melbourn- Sydney, Adelaide, an l Victoria, the letter not yet Ceitly4i.ll I report proceed. il to de tail of the voyages of tit., Austraiiian and Melb.iorne, ve.th which the l ntihe are already famliar, and explained the it:Mc:Airs under which tLc service was necessarily per !amid in an infant yryt.usisatiAL On the wi, It. low, et r, the .rk had beta creditably Mane, and the profits enabled the direetars w on, to the propri.tary a dividecd of ( per cent. on the paid.ep capitid. Ato it.thly terrine was in ins. mediate conteni;lation, and apseirMations had been deli %aired in of tar, • new screw reamers of greet power and torrential rate of spend ter its pc rfunaanc.t. Two vacancies resisted in the directim, which it would be thu alu'y o! the pro;e:eton to fill up at the present meeting. The report turthcr contained an account of expenditure, the main par ticuisn of naieb will be teund detail, d in the ch“irman's speech. The report and balance sheet havin.t been read, Marx, the ch..irman of the day, said he lad One or ter a remarks to make, which he trudol would ei.- atiln the proprietors thoroughly to utnieratand the .ta'v of tier affairs, and the nasnr.rr in which they bed b.eu administered. Thai company eansisted of 50,000 shares at 101. each, of which, as they had b. en told at the first gene ral Wetting. 10,000 were truismd for distributi.rat in the culJnies. The remaining 10,10') had been distr.butul in this country to as stabb a body of bt.arebolders as ever had combined in any new undertaking. (11 at, hear.) Of the first call Caere remained due, up to the time of staking the union% 2,3201., and of the first in• talment of the w oad call 0,43.,11., but most of the se alms had been paid is Dint , the amounts hal beta furnished, mad there was no doubt that the remainder would be imiUedistely fortheem log. (dear, hear.) 7,1181. had been received on the 31st of D comber in entitipatoon of the snood instalment of the s. cued call, so that tha proprietors would we that up to th • 31st Dneesher the p.id up cap cal amounted to 191,743: , of which the company had expended, on the con structien or pureiare of five shies, 185,89 ta, rid. The Aus tralian had cost 47,0001.. the Sydney 27,9381 ., the Melbourne 29,500/., the Adelaide .15,2601., and the Victoria, not jet completed, 18,6404 With respect to the Austrilien and Sydney, the pmprietors would see that although the dine tors had been forced into the market by their connect under disadvantageous circumstances, the money which had been paid for their vraseis would be realised were they taken into the market tomorrow. (Hear, hear) or the Melbourne, mon might probably be said hereafter, but this be would say, after all, that the. directors would find that vessel an eligible purchase. The contract price for the Adelaide and Victoria was 31,5001. each, • rate *peel which they had reason to congratulate themselves, as now they could not be contracted for under an ideates ef 10,0001. or 12,0001. on the price of each. (11-ar, hewn) ! The preliminary expenses had been reasonable -3,4271. 14s. 2d., of which sum the solicitor's charges, inelnd kg the heavy ce.t of the contract, amounted to 1,r1.3t ; they had pine for brokerego 1,392/., and for printing eh:. Advertisements had cost 381., sad for laying dune a opt , in of book-keeping they had paid the moderato sum of 50 . ia The proprietors would be: glad to hear that the broker's e amount had been settled. (Hear, hear.) The other items were, office charges, 4,2641., of which sum the directors had received 2,430!., salaries 8381., rent 2501., and stationery and printing '251/. 127/. had been paid fur the ! entertainment given on the trial trip of the Adelaide, and the remaining items were too insignitinnt to require notice. Ile might say generally, that the whole wan considerably within the sum named in the original prospectus of the ni rectors. He could not open his uhservations respecting the trade better than by referring to that portion of their prospectus in which the directors spoke of the slow progress of emigration to our Australian colonies. It would be difficult to overrate the magnitude and import ance of the events which hail occurred noes the inning of that prospectus. (Hear, beer.) The discovery of the gold and the inereasirg hosts of emigrants following that route had caused the coot of all articles of consumption to rise in some eases 200, 300, and even 400 per cent. Commerce had increased in the same proportion, the freights of sailing vessels from London to Sydney rising from 21. 17s. CI to 8 guineas per ton. The benefim the eempany l.ad derived from these changes, especially as re gudill the homeward freight, preponderated over the die advantages, but net so much as under more favourable cir cumstances might have been the case. The expenses had increased beyond all ealmalaion, especially as regarded fuel, the coal freights having risen from 355. to 4 guieeas the ton. As far as regarded the coaling stations of St. Vin cent and the Caps, they were protected against sinister influences by contracts made previously, and which would extend over this, the next, and the following year. Lot in the colony they had to contend with greatly enhanced prices, a state of things which he hoped soon to see changed, as the presence of good coals bad been ascertained in the Newcastle and Hunter River district, and their agent at King George's Sound had sent them home an excellent specimen found at only thirty miles distant (rum the station. Turning to practical results as shown in the voyage of the Australian, the tie t, he be lieved, in which • steamer bad completed the home and outward voyage, be found that notwithstanding the diffi culties inseparable from a first voyage, she had made her outward voyage in 93 days, end her homeward in 112, while the average of sailing scads was 119 and 128, show ing • saving respectively of 24 and 26 days. Ile had no doubt but that with matured arrangements the original promise of the prospectus would be fulfilled. So much had already been saved in tho Australian's second outfit that the saving would form no inconsiderable contribution to the melt dividend. They hid suffered much from the desertion of the crew in Sydney, and hating to pay men 101. a month for the homeward run, and also from ha• ing bad to psy Gt.& ton for cods; but notwithstanding all these circumstances the vessel had realised such • profit on her first trip as enabled the directors to pay • dividend of 54 per cent. on the paid-up capital of the company. (Cheers.) After making allowance for every contingency that could enter fairly into the accounts her net profits amounted is 4,4751. (Cheers.) This was allowing the voyage of the, Melbourne to be wholly unproductive, and enable them to pay the dividend on the paid-up capital of the current year. With respect to their future prospects, of course much ISOM petition was to be expected, but he believed that the time when the supply of transit to our Australian coloeies wield equal the amused was yet to be foreseen. (Hear.) Having mentioned some complaints of the colonists with respect to the delivery of the mails, the chairman proceeded to say that they hoped ultimately to make the run out direct, and tandem by New Zealand and Cape Horn. (Hear.) Much difficulty had been occasioned by the delay in the fulfilment of contracts by manufacturers; but with respect to the company's contract with the government, they trusted it would be profitable, and as it was, he had to acknowledge that they had been treated with much kind consideration by the government. (Hear, bear.) On the last voyage of the Australian some complaint' had come from the Passenger. , but he held in his hand an account of • silver tankard, worth 601.,• presented to Capt. Hoseason by the passengers for his attention ; and as to scarcity of pro visions, there were maks going out again which had been on the first voyage, sad would new victual the men. (A laugh.) The circumstances connected with the pus rebase of the Mel bourne had been fully explained at the meeting of the 24th 1(ov., by . Mr. liaises. het they were tells ready for any inquiry into the deenstimem tibia the proprietom might wish to initiate, lee eid out think, seeing that *aims of law wing, that their interests would be saved by proem agitation of the subject. As to the delays which were taking place with regard to the ship contracts, the directors were acting under advise, and would take care to enforce the company's roar:iguhts. (Hear.) The detention of the Adelaide at th bee bees calmed by the alterations necessary in her reader, end the detention at St . Vincent had arisen Wildly Aim went deo& These delays had arisen from eleeomMmssm EMT which the present directors had no con- WA whisk would be remedied in all future voyages. to the administrative engineering depart ment, he inform the proprietors that Mr. Brunel had Mired from the service. (Loud cheers.) He must, how ever, is 'simony that his belief in Mr. llrunel's skill was soilminisbel. sod that that gentleman was absent when the purchase ef the Melbourne was effected. The most hematte' remits hod wises from the appointment of Capt. Membiess se modes superintendent ; and of their secre tary, al to lie presenee, he would say that his con duct la the 'stalest' of the company at Lisboa, d the detention of the Melbourne, was ell (Loud cheers.) One wor d mere es sastlys At the August meeting some thieg wes mid et with another company. Of this he meld ooly my that eentldential communications mere es with the empty alluded to, of which it DM be produst to my mere than that the interests of the wield be stilesied to, and that nothing wee or geoid take place *iffiest their entire eoneurrenee. (Cheers.) Brining strongly seeemenended Messrs. Frith and Le Breton to fill the ewe memeies in the direction, the chairman alluded to the ibromad Mr • committee of inves tigation, which, after the vete et ondidence of Nov. 24, he thought the proprietors would hardly accede to. (Cheers.) If the threshes eoseelted their ewe feelings merely, thiq wade est mem the slightest dataity in the way of such • ' egmmlMes. bet they did set think it for the tin tweet el the eassysiy that their meeting should be made • Mtge for the display ef unsubstantial griev ances. (Cheers.) The gentles's& who demanded the inquiry had only become a shareholder on the 27th of De cember last; and although the proprietors might feel stir prised at his joining a company the affairs of which ro wed a committee of inquiry, their surprise would be a little ii layed when they learned that ho had claimed 1,0001. es the promoter of the company, which claim had not been paid. (Loud laughter.) Their other opponent was • rtse w me in the Melbourne, and he (the chairman) was glad le theeght so well of the company as to invest after all his misfortunes. (Cheers.) If he had not thought well of the company, he must have bought shares from a motive which need not be more particularly indicated. (Hier, bear.) After one or two further observation', the chairman moved that the report be adopted and printed for cireulatioo. The motion Laving been secoaded, Mr. Davis proceeded in justification of an ameadment he hail to prcpuse, to admit , the acts of the direction. Having justified his claim to the 1,0001. as a promoter, he croceeded at souse length to animadvert on the circum stances under which the Melbourne had been purchased u a substitute for a ship which Mr. Scott Russell had cosi tteeted for, but had filled to supply. The directors, he illeged, hail paid 18,000 f. on account of the Melboutne, while, in fact, that vessel was mortgaged to the government, sod wus wI, : beyond the control of the directors. Having complained ot the management, of the captaine, and of the ,gents of the company, timid some signs of impatience on the pin of the meeting, Mr. Davis concluded by moving 'hat the report be adopted as far as regarded the dividend —(a laugh)—but that a committee of inquiry be appointed, to consist of Moan. Bleeket, Fischer, Itenderson, Moore, and himself. Mr. Moons seconded the amendment, contending that the average passages of the sailing vessel, did not exceed 0•.1 days. its a colonist of many years standing he could state that the company was most unpopular in the colony. It ectually stunk in their nostrils. A HENTLEIEAS who announced himself as a passenger by one of the company's vessels, acid he had bougl.t 100 of their shares in Sydney, and had regretted it ever since. lle could confirm the dissatisfaction of the colonists in con sequence of the bad performance of the vessels. He ceuhi esture them that a *ailing vessel, the Roxborough Castle, Was coming home full of passengers oho had taken let in preference to the steamer. list had bought his shares because he knew there were two millions of bullion wait iog fur the company's vessel, but that freight she had not obtained. (fleas.) Her gross freight was:2:o,ooot., but her profit was only 4,0001., iu consequence of mismanagement. !loving given a glowing detail of Isis sufferings as a passen ger, end complatued of the delays in coaling at all the stitiuns, sod of the failure of the patent fuel, the speaker concluded by exhorting the proprietors to better manage ment, with which, he said, their company would be one of the meet prosperous in the world. Mr. HAWES defended the purchase of the Melbourne, a transaction which, he said, would bear the most searching investigation. Mr. Serjeant Attire supported Mr. Davis's amendment in a lengthened speech, but did not touch upon auy new point of interest. Mr. A. Moue defended the directors, and counselled una nimity. And, after some further discussion, Mr. Davit's amend ment was put, gild rejected by a largo majority. A ',allot was demanded, to take place on an early day ; after which the report was adopted and the directors elected, when, shank, having been voted to the chairman, the proceedings terminated. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. The half-yearlr meeting of projprietore was held yes , crday, at .tic 'London Tavern, Mr. WADDINOTOX, in the eb.dr. The report, an abstract of which appeared in the Express, was taken as read. . . The CIIAIUMAN Mid it now bccame his duty to move "that the report of the directors, auditors, and officers now read, together with the statement of accounts Ailed thereto, be received and adopted." It was with conside rable pleasure that he undertook that teak, inasmuch as the board anti himself were able to congratulate the meet ing that the company had emerged trum the difficulties which at ono time surrounded the undertaking. (Cheers.) Mr. I'ATER/10N, deputy-chairman, scanted the motion, which, alto a few comments from shareholders, was carried. lir WHALLIRY, M.P., asked whether it was true that the directors were opposing the Norwich and Spalding line, after formerly giving a &Alto to construct it themselves within two years? The CH/unman said the construction of the line was de layed for a lung time for want of money. The company which was now applying toll parliament wanted running powers over the Easters Counties line; four or five of its directors were directors, and the largest subscriber was the engineer of the Eastern Union Company. Under such circumstances he thought the board would not be fulfilling their duty if they allowed the bill to pan without opposition. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, the deputy. chairman, the board of directors, the auditors, and the officers of the company; after which the meeting separated. Why, 1,2001. wu 1-26th put of their whole revenue. (liar.) Looking at their position, they ought to exercise the utmost economy, and he therefore proposed that the directors should be reduced to 8 from 12, by the proprietors abstaining from filling up the vacancies caused by the four who retired at this meeting; and further, that the snow ante for direction should be reduced from 1,2001. to 6101. per annum. (Applause.) Mr. JAXIS Burl seconded the motion, and after some discussion, in the course of which the directors were alter nately blamed and defended, the resolution, electing the three retiring director., wu put and carried unanimously ; aid after thanks to 111 r. Gott, who retires from the direc tion, and to the chairman, had been voted, the meeting THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. Yesterday the half-yearly ordinary meeting of this company was held at the Paddington Station. Mr. C. It. M. TILLBOT, M.P., was in the chair. Not more than 20 proprietors were present. . Thu Cn . eiuwaN , in moving the adoption and circulation • of the riper:, expressed his regret that the accounts, which accompanied the report, had been delayed until that day, I and expl deed that it was in consequence of the meeting of the Great Western Company, on the making up of the ac counts of which those of the South Wales Company neces sadly depended, having been held only a week before. In ' future he hoped that arrangements would be made to have at least a fortuight intervening between the meetings of the two companies. (Hear, hear ) There were some sterns in the accounts in en unsatisfactory state. for they represented ' unsettled charges, and in several cases it bad only been ' possible to primed upon estimates and not upon actual out lays. There wu an item of 19,0001. for the supply of rolling stock and power provided by the Great Western Company ; and the only explanation he could give of that was, that until Sir V. m. Cubitt's award was made they were obliged to take that estimate as the nearest they could make ; and, unfortunately, Sir Wm. Cubits was so much engaged in his owes affairs that no time could be fixed noon for expecting that the award would be before them. The basis of their assumption was upon the bad bargain which they made to pay 86,000 1 . a year to the Great Western for the use of stock when the railway was only between Chepstow and Swansea. He did not say that this had been a good bar gain fur the Great Western ; but he thought, as far as they themselves were concerned, that it was to be regretted they had not worked the line, at first, by contract. With regard to the general position of the company,it was most satisfactory. He had still to say what he had said when he had first ad dressed the proprietors, that he wu confident the works would be completed within the engineer's estimate. The original estimate was 4,000,0001., and 3,400,0001. had been already spent; so that they would now only require 600,0001. to complete the whole. It was to be remembered that a good deal had been done—after thoughts, and not calculated for in the Ant estimate—and yet he believed that 3,900,000 i. would, after all, land them on the shores of Milford Haven. How the money still wanting was to be raised was the question which was now under the serious consideration of the directors ; and for the present he would only say that he did not anticipate any reason whatever tor stopping the works. He was in undated with plans from various parties for docks and in isonnesion with steamers at Milford Haven, and it was clear matters would go on. The service with the south of Ire land would soon be on a satisfactory footing, and then the American pusenger traffie would come over their rails, for why should it go round and lose time by Liverpool ? ; With regarqto the side of the Haven which should be finally selected, he thought that was an unimportant question to the South Wales Company. Whatever the selection, the I out (300,0001 .) would be about the same ; and there could be but one opinion as to the propriety of the South Wales 0 Company extending their line as proposed, and making it I the highway to America. (Hear, bear.) The report was adopted without discussion. 0 A resolution declaring a dividend for the half-year at the L rate of 2 per cent. par annum was then passed. The four I retiring directors were re-elected. This concluded the businsea of the meeting. EAST LINT RAILWAY. Yesterday the general meeting of this company took place at the Great Northern Railway, King's-cross; Mr. Parke in the chair. The report stated that during the past year the rent has been duly paid to the proprietors, and the line and works maintained in excellent order, by the Great Northern Railway Company. The accounts to the 31st December, 1852, showed that the receipts amounted to 873,1021. ss. Bd., and the expenditore to 872,7951. Bs., leaving a balance in banker's bands of 3061. 17s. Bd. The chairman observed that at the last meeting the directors in vited the shareholders to take into consideration the proposition to incorporate with the Great Northern Railway, that company giving them a guaranteed stock of six per cant. This proposition was now embodied in the report submitted to the shareholders, sad as it would have the elect of reducing the staff and ex panses of the East liemelnshire Railway, he hoped the company would not hesitate to sonatioa it ; the therefore moved that the repsetbe edeglei. Kr. Wall seconded the motion. Mr. GaskEl sieved as earadeteat, that the 'con indention of the question be adjeneesi te the 22nd March, sad that the disease is the atessdete be requested to take the opinion of 'minima maned so le the elms which ought to be adopted. Baas diestreies teak pies% Is the course of which Me. Pease, the solicitor, stated that by the adoption of the proposition they would be plass' in a much better paition than heretofore. He was quits certain that the shareholders were perfectly safe In accepting that re commendation, sad he strongly advised them to concur with the directors, who would take care that their interests were properly attended to. The amendment was then put and negatived, and the original resolution was carried. The retiring directon having been reelected, the business ter- Wasted. LEEDS NORTHERN RAILWAY. The half-yearly general meeting of proprietors in this company was held yesterday at the Stock Exchange Hall, Leda, THOMAS Coreeramm, Esq., the chairman of the board of directors, presiding. The report, which hoe already :appeared in the Express, was taken as read. The Caarumax moved the adoption of the report, and recapitulated its most important features, particularly with reference to flames end traffic. lir. C. O. Mamma seconded the adoption of the report. The report was then adopted, the CHAIRMAN stating, in reply to Mr. Johnson, that the sum received by the dine ton during the last half year was 6001. Mr. JOHNSON thee directed the attention of the proprie tors to what he designated as the miserable state of this company, which be said was at the present moment worm than had ever before been known, unless impobition had been practised upon the shareholder. (Hear.) WY it right, he sated, with their concern in so miserable a plight, to matinee en all of 1,20 W. a year to their directors I Kain intelligence. EQUITY COURTS.-YESTERDAY. DtroaS Vicm-Ciumcvu.oa trvAay. rIARRISON v. TUE AIATOR AND DUNGEON= OF SOLTHAMPTON. This was a suit instituted by the erecittors of a testatcr of the name of Hartley, against the defendants, the mayor end burgesses of Southampton, in favour of whom the tat tater had made a will, giving the whole of his residuary estate, ronsiatiog of a mixed loud of real and personal pro perty, in trust in eery genteel words, to found a uitheum of natural history, a _library, and en institution fir the promotion of science and elsasical literature in the town al Southampton, to which he recommended that the Louse in which he residcd and the aej helm; kcuse and the gardens attached to Hum should be dedicated. A reliminary inquiry was directed to ascertain who was the heir-at-law and mat of kin of the testator, and this had led to the consideration of the circumstances under which the testator bad married Miss Clara Ann Crowther in 1798, art a suit in tho Ecclesiastical Court, by a sentence in which the marriage was declared void in June, 1602. Upon the proceedings in the Master's office the circumstances of the marriage and of the decree declaring its nullity were gone into at great length. The Master found that he was bound to admit the decree as valid, and that the lad y who claimed to be the legitimate child of the testator, as the daughter of the marriage, and who was born before the decree declaring the marriage null, was illegitimate. The cause now cause on upon exception by the lady, who claimed to be the daughter of the marriage, to the Master's report. Mr. Daniel and Mr. Cole, in support of the exemption, said the question was whether the decree had been ob tained by collusion between Mr. Hartley, the testator, and the young lady he had married ; and if it had, then on the authority of the Duchess of Kingston's case, reported in the 2dth volume of Way State Trials, and in the 2nd volume of Smith's leading cases, and other authorities, the court would disregard the decree. They concluded their argu ments yesterday. The cue was resumed to day—Mr. Malin, Mr. Giffard, and Mr. Shebbear, appeared in support of the Master's report, but without hearing them, The Vice-Chancellor said, that if the evidence of eollu. lion in procuring the decree in the Ecclesiastical Court hal been clear, the decree ought not to be received. The suit on which the decree was made was by the 'alleged wife against her alleged husband, Mr. llartley, on the ground that the marriage was void by reason that the young lady was an infant at the time of the alleged marriage, and that her father bed not consented to tho marriage. 1 ho sentence sought to be impugned was that of a competent tribunal in a Matter properly before it, and everything must ha presumed in favour of the soundness of that sentence until it should bu sufficiently rebutted by evidence. In this cue the evi dence on which collusion was attempted to be shown was a bond which the husband hod given to trustees, by which he secured an annuity of 1001. a year to the lady. This bond referred to proceedings about to be taken in the Ecclesiastical Court, and the evidence of a witness was that at or about the date of the bond it was in contemplation of the parties to take proceedings to avoid the marriage. It did not appear to him that this was an im properact, or arrangement, or contemplation. The parties had a right to have their status declared, and they did no more. Then it was said it was a hard case to bastardise the issue of such a marriage ; that might be true, but then the sentence of the ecclesiastical court had been acquienced in. The lady contracted a second marriage, on the faith of that sentence, and there were children of that marriage, whose legitimacy depended on it. Moreover, the sentence had been allowed to remain unimpeached for fifty years, and on the whole he thcught the Master bad come to a right conclusion, and he must disallow the exception. It is understood that the value of the residuary gift, for the purposes of the institution to be founded at Southamp ton, amounts to nearly 100,000!., but the validity of a large portion at least of the gift will be questioned in the suit. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—YESTEEDAY. snug.. Nvu huts is 1/111J011 —Orman Till LOW/ CHILI 1•11011 AND • SPICILL JUST. STEPHAN, V. KIIIIIIIAN AND SON.—BILL TRANSACTIONS. Sir F. 'l'h r, Mr. Horn, and Mr. C. l'ullock, ap peared for the plaintiff; Mr. Serjt. Slue and Mr. T. Atkin son, were for the defendants. This action was brought to recover 841. 10s., the amount of a bill of Exchange, under the following circumstances : —The plaintiff is a bill broker and the defendants are the well-known pianoforte makers. According to the statement of the plaintiff, Mr. Kirkman, sen., called upon him on the 10th April last, and requested him to discount four bills of exchange; one of these bills was the subject of the present action. The bills, amounting in the whole to 2171. 10s., were discounted and a cheque for 1001. on account, given to Mr. Kirkman. Upon the 14th April Mr. Nash, the clerk of Mears. Kirkman, called upon the plaintiff and received a cheque for the balance (deducting discount) of 1491. ss. 7d. This cheque was presented at Mea.u.Strahan and Co., and duly paid. All the bills were honoured at maturity, except the one then in question, which was the acceptance of a Mr. Boardman. Notice of its dishonour was duly given to the defendants ; shortly after this, one of the defendants, with Ii solicitor, called upon the plaintiff and said there was something wrong about the bill, and that Nash had been getting bills discounted without the' authority of the fires. Previously to this time, Nash had frequently called upon the plaintiff upon the business of Messrs. Kirkman, and hu had transacted matters with him as their confidential clerk. Upon the 12th October, the de fendants and their attorney again called upon the plaintiff, who then produced the bill, and challenged them to deny their handwriting upon it. The elder Kirkman then said, " It is very like; Nash must have traced it at the win dow." The plaintiff's attorney subsequently called at the defendants premises, and, presenting the signature as it appeared endorsed on the bill, without showing the bill itself, inquired whether that was the signature of Kirkman and Son. Mr. Henry Kirkman replied at once that it was, and then inquired from whom MI. Thompson came. He replied that he came on behalf of Mr. Stephens, ' upon which Mr. Kirkman said, " Oh, then, it is 1.4 t our writing." The defendants did not deny the endorsement of the bill, but they contended that they had not drawn or made it. This defence, however, could scarcely avail them, because whether they had actually signed the bill or not, they bad adopted the signgture as their owu, and Mr. Kirkman himself bad actually carried the bill to the plaintiff, and got the money for it. The Chief Baron uid if that were really so, he thought then was an end of the case. Mr. Sark. Slice said that he could show a great portion of his learned friend's statement as to the transaction to be fabulous. So far from the defendant having called on tho plaintiff on the 10th April with the four bills for discount, he could prove that he was not in London at all on that day. The plaintiff was then put into the box, and distinctly swore that Mr. Joseph Kirkman had called upon him on the 10th of April with four bills for discount, of which Boardman's acceptance was one, and that he had given him a cheque for 1001. ea account. In a day or two after Mr. Naal=t it end ti gave him a cheque for the exact WeMeese.dames and commission. A S " Sag e he "IS yesterday the court rose. Thk memo Sir P. ?hedger said, that in consequence et the statsmat of Mr. Serjeant She*, that the defendant, Hr. Joseph Kkkman, was out of town on the 10th of Age% the day on which the plaintiff stated he had &s -ensing Zhe bill in question, with others, he had requested hie Ant to make further search among his papers in re *MN to his transactions with Mr. Kirkman, and he bad Illeeri that on the 27th of March he had given Mr. Kirk. ass a cheque for 1001.. is respect et fear or five bills ANL he had discounted on that day. It would appear, therefore, that he had mistaken the day, and attributed what had occurred on the 27th of March to the 10th of April. He thought this statement to be due to the high respectability of both parties ; and he need only add, that the parties had entered into an arrangement, there being other bills, satisfactory to both. Under these circumstances, he was willing to consent to a verdict for the defendants. Verdict for the defendants accordingly. PREROGATIVE COURT—YESTERDAY. heroes Ma Joan DODSON. This was en application for letters of administration in the goods of Mrs. Ann Blake, late of Wiltshire, who had died on the 26th of October last, a widow and intestate. The persons entitled to her property were Mrs. Brett and Mrs. Blake, her sisters, and several nephews and nieces. In March, 1851, Mrs. Blake had been found a lunatic, and Mrs. Brett end her daughter had been appointed her com mittees. Mrs. Pratt now alleged that a majority of the nephews and nieces had requested her to take out the let ters of administration ; but this was resisted by the other sister, who prayed that the letters might be grouted to her solely, or jointly with Mrs. Evan. Dr. Lusbington granted Mrs. Evatt the letters of admi nistration. FELLOWS, HERETOFORE PERILS AND FELLOWS, V. PEERS. This was a business of proving in solemn form the will of Mr. Francis Perks, late of Stourbridge. The will hail been opposed by the son of the testator, but the objection had been withdrawn. The Court therefore pronounced for the instrument, but made no order u to costa. COURT OF BA Suess lia. N.-YESTER DAY. Possums. IN 11 FOWL This was the certificate meeting in the ease of Daniel Merewether Ford, the extensive railway carrier, of Blossoms Inn, Lawrence-lane, Cheepside. The accounts showed an amount of 5,4661. due to unsecured creditors, and 8,2281. to those holding security. The assets consisted of—rood debts, 7281. ; doubtful ditto, 2,2761. ; property, 2,7261. The property held by creditor, was put down at 2,6701. The accounts commenced with a capital or surplus (on Ist of January, 1860) of 3,0581. ; the profits during 2, years had been 61,6391. Against these items appeared—trade ex penses, 60,7531. ; interest and discount, 8691. ; law expenses, 3631. t personal and house expenses, 3501.; lasses, 11,2031. Afire Mr. Lawrance had recalled to the recollection of the court the principal features of the cue, and the bankrupt had been examined at some length, Ilia Honour said he did not feel himself in a position at that moment to pronounce a final judgment in the case ; but as it was always desirable to exonerate a bankrupt from the imputation of fraud at once, be had no hivitation in say itig that he did not believe that, in the transaction with Wim berley, the bankrupt had any fraudulent or dishonest mo tive. lie thought the transaction was irregular; the bank rupt ought nut to hare engage! in such a transaction without the knowledge of the company, through their pro perly accredited agent for ouch purposes. There would be so suspension of the certificate, as the whole conduct of the bankrupt, since the bankruptcy, h.di been meritorious, and his books and accounts had been well kept. Mr. Graham (the official assignee)—The book-keepiug is beautiful. The Commissioner—On those grounds there would be no suspension. The abirdute terms of the condition to be annexed to the certificate wou:d be further considered. The principle dm court lail down, and which was generally acquits ed in, was, that where a party came to the court on his own petition, 'Urg ing, ms the statute required, that he had St. in tha pound to distribute amongst his creditors, he must be held to that allegation, of course making just exceptions. Ifs men should state that part of Li, assets were u stock of drapery worth 5,0001., and his premises should be afterwards burnt down and the property destroyed, no one would think of invalidating his certificate becatee he had nut paid dr. in the pound. Here, if the difficulty of realising sonic portion of the property and other t:ireninstancea had occasiimad a loss, the bankrupt was entit:ed to consideration in that re spect. The court would therefore impose the condition that he thanld maka good his aLegation el having Ss. in the pound, deducting so muck cs his a sets had fallen &hen by reason of matters not within his control. Devote Ma. Co mmy:l4u ErAws. IN Al TALUS BONLAL.-A 000 D ESTATE. The bankrupt was a merchant of Mogadorc, Monmco. Messrs. Ashuest and Son (Old Jewry) typeared far the bankrupt, Taleb Dada!, and stated to the curt that his estate has paid to his creditors 2Js. in the pound. It was his intention to supenodo the bankruptcy, and he had now to apply to the court to give the necessary sanction to that course being adopted. Ilts Honour gave the required sanction. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-VESTE/IDAT. 8111.011 TN/ CHILI COMM IN THE MATTI& OP EDWAIW Amos TIII ZLDIR. This insolvent, an old man, painter in the Animal, Wool wich, applied under the Protection Act. Mr. Nichols opposed for Mr. Lynn, a licensed Tic. tualter, and three other creditors. Mr. Ernest Heed sup ported. The insolvent owed 601. to a number of creditors. His own salary from the Arsenal, where he had been employee 20 years, was 3%. a week, and he now had only himself to support. llis suns had lbs. 61 a week, and he assisted them. Mr. Lynn had priteeeikd °gains: him in the County Court, and he came to this court for protection. He did not sue how he could make a proposal to pay bis cre ditors. Mr. Niche!' insisted that it was a ease fora proposal, and if the court gavo protecti , n it weuld encourage other per sons in the Woolwich Arsenal to come, instead of paying their debts. It was well known that labourers supported their Wallies on much less than the insolvent received. At the present time the Wiltshire labourers, who bad received only is. a week, had struck for 9s. Mr. Reed strenuously resisted the application, and said it would bs a very harsh proceedirg to require a proposal. The Chief Commissioner appointed a day fur the final order (19th March), and should expect the insolvent to make a propo•xl. Protection was given in the interval. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT-HERTFORD, FEB. 25. The business of this circuit c, mmencea on Wednesday, when the commi , sion for the county of Herts was opened by Mr. Justice Coleridge, and ishi lordship afterwards tried two or three cases of felony. Both courts this morning were opened ftw the despa•ch of business. The cause list is •ery light, there being only causes entered for trial, the whole of them being common jury CANS. The cases on the crown ride are of a serious character. OVA 81141-4M7010 Ma. BA2OI ALDSISON. CLAILKI v. ARBER.-.TIIII WESI ELEcTiox. This was en action to recover a sum of 251. for services rendered by the plaintiff during the Westminster election last year. The plaintiff it appeared had been extensively engaged in electioneering matters, and it seemed that upon the mica. sion of the general election last year some negotiations took place between him and Mr. Artier, who was the hoe. secre tary to Llri Maidstone's committee, upon the subject of the plaintiff reeisting his lordship in the election by preparing canvassing bootee. The plaintiff having before beeni en , gaged in a similar manner at preceding elections, had lists of the electors in his possession, and also was aware of the manner in which they bad generally voted, and other information of a similar character, and he demanded a snot of fifty guineas tic the books. This amount was de murred to ; but the defendant, it appeared, eventually con sented to give 251. down, with some ulterior understanding, the precise nature of which appeared to be the sole question now in di,pute. A sum of 164 had been already headed to the plaintiff and 104. was paid into court. The plaintiff and a person named Thompson were exa mined as witnesses, and according to their evidence the un derstanding that was come to was that 2.51. was to be paid noder all circumstances, and that, in the event of Lord Maidstone consenting to stand, the other Ns. was to be paid. On the port of the defendant he and Lis son were exa mined, and they stated positive'y that no such arrangement us the one maintained was come to, but that the under standing was that half the amount ould be paid under all circumstances ; and, if Lord Maidstone had been success ful, then the other half would have been paid. In answer to questions put to the defendant, he said that he had been actively engaged in election matters connected with the city of Westminster for a great many years, and that the rule always had been to pay everybody concerned in canvassing, or acting in any other manner in connection with the election, double pay if their candidate was suc cessful ; and he said that at the time he made the arrange ments with the plaintiff he had a letter from Lord Maid stone, in which he announced positively his intention to stand for the city, and therefore It was not likely ho should have made the arrangement suggested by the plaintiff. The learned judge having summed up, the jury, without any hesitation, returned a verdict, by which they declared the plaintiff only entitled to the sum of 101., which had been paid into court. Mr. Thorn asked his lordship to certify, to enable the plaintiff to obtain his costs; but Mr. Baron Alderson said he should not interfere. The jury had returned a very proper verdict. The plaintiff could have obtained his 101. without coming there, and he should not certify. THE POLICE COURTS. BOW-STREET. Mary Ilopkins, • woMaus;Ciliad obtained her liveli hood by selling playbills outside the Lyceum Theatre, was charged before Mr. Jardine with wilfully continuing her vocation contrary to the orders of Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Bennett, the box bock-keeper of the establishment, deposed that the only authorised bills of the house were sold within the doors of the theatre ; and it wu further stated by a constable that the prisoner was the mut " ob streperous " of those who had rebelled against the new system. The prisoner said that the bills were sold outside the gallery door by a man appointed by the manager, and she cowidered she had as much right to vend the bills as he had. _ _ _ _ _ . - . ... —.... Mr.. Jardine fined her 2s. 6s. for the offence, or five days' inprisonment. WORSHIP-STREET. _ _ George Hetherington appeared in discharge of his recog nisance far further examination on the charge of having obtained various sums of money by falsely representing himself as a solicitor. . . . . ..... On the ea-e being called on it was intimated by the pro- secutor's solicit)? that, as he was not fully instructed, he must request a short adjournment, to which the magistrate assented, and consented to the liberation of the prisoner upon his own recognisance to appear again in the course of an hour. _ _ . At the expiration of that time a number of witnesses were in attendance, but the accused was not twthcoming, and Sergeant Foy stated that the prisoner had absconded. Mr. 11 uumill said that he did not consider the evidence to be sufficiently strung at the first examination to justify the detention of the defendant, who was accordingly Vie rated on his recognisance ; but he should nsw order a war rant to be at once issued against him, which wouhl be placed iu the hands of Sergeant boy, who mast exert him self to the utmost to effect his apprehension. STRIKE OF SEAMEN AT ...... . Southampton correspondent says one of the grievances of the sesmen employed by the Penuteu!ar and Oriental Com- puny is their having deductions from their pay for life assurance. The company very praiseworthily compel per sons employed in their service to insure their lives, the com pany sabscribing something towards this assurance. It is natural that the Peninsular Company should dictate is what office this assurance should be made. But many of the seamen belong to benefit societies, such as Odd Fellows, Foresters, &c., and they object to have deductions made from their wages for any other investment. Such is one of the sources of the unhappy dispute now raging between the Oriental Company sod their seamen. It is due to the latter to say that they display much intelligence and pru dence in their proceedings. The Peninsular and Oriental Company have made the Southampton police • handsome present for the admirable manner in which they preserved order in the docks last wok during the violence of the dis pute consequent on meaning the Bengal steamer. - A-. [AdVerILsOnIent.3—H.OLLOWAY 7 vINTMENT AND Pius, A MOAT FICALLTAT RINADY roe AIMAIIIIN sal, OLD VAr. —Th.enis Edward., a labourer in Portsmouth Dockyard, tecelod a severe hurt is hie thigh about four years back, by a piece o timber falling on him. An Awes famed in oonsequunce of the injury, wldeli defied the met eminent 'tautness to heal, and he was mane fluently prosounoedinturah:e, end put on the .aperuinuated list with pnrunon. Debts now at liberty to try other renns:lee, he coin menc. d toing Dulluway's Ointment end Pills, which have so Oleo twiny cured him that he enjoys good health, end is as well able to work se any anan.—*Ad by all vendee mediebees; end at Professor Holloway's Establieluneut, 214 ',triad, Looks. MARKETS. SUGAR.—The arcmge price of Sager, the produce of the British pnmessions in America, computed from the re turns made in the week eodiog the 22nd Feb., 1853, is 264. 2d. Sugar the produce of the Mauritius, 261. 31d. Sugar, the produce of the East ludics, 2Ss. Cid. The average price of the three foregoing descriptions of Sugar, jointly, is 265. 1114. ButteroL, Fan. 25. Suo•a.—The market is still so badly suppli_d with West India. that the transactions continue of a most retail charac ter ; indeed they are scarcely sufficient to fix quotations. Mauritius sugars have been in excellent request, and a tar{e business has again been done, built on the spot and for ,titival, the trans.ctions ►ince tar last reaching 20,000 mate, at a further advance of fully tid. per cwt. lu foreign the sales reported amount to about 1,800 boxes brown and yellow Havana*, par ly damaged, and which realised steady rates. In refiners' produce we are able to report sonic improvement in the demand, but not by any means equal to that existmg Ur the raw material; and although prices have been well supported, still the manufacturers find it impossiLle to obtain any advance. For rum there is scarcely any inquiry, and pries' are quite nominal.. COTTON.—LtvattmsoL, Fin. 25,—The large receipts of cmtan at the ports of Americ► being 493,000 bales in excess over the corresponding period of last year, continues to exercise a controlling influence on our market; nor can this be regarded as other than a fair and legitiniato result of existing eii cumstauces, and from such a favourable pro mise of large abundance. It is true that the present price of cotton is at a very luw figure as coma :red with the value of every other raw material used fur textile fabrication. Nor can there be any doubt, as it appears to us, that the consumption will be enormously great throughout the year, as well as continue to be, as it now is, en the increase. Under such aview, we come to the inevitable conclusion that a good deal more cot:on will he required than last year; end further, that it the caress of supply cheek us on the sine band, a ground of confidence may be found on the other, that will irrlace considerable investment of money at any great decline or extreme depression. We have, therefore, still to keep our miuds fixed upon the extent of the crop in ♦merica, upon which the future course of the market depends. The decline in all the common qualities of American is jd. per lb., other kinds barely so much, although every description has a downward tendency. The committee of brokers place " fair" Upland. 6 , 1., Mobile, 64d., and Orleans, 4.1. 3,470 American, 910 Surat, 4001 Leyptian. and 100 Bahia reported to have been taken on sin eu , stion ; and 1,400 of American, 419 Surat, 1,050 llahis, and 100 Putnam, for export. Sales for the week 31,130 bales WOOL.-13xtnrorw, Feb. 24.—The sales now progress ing in London maintain the firmness with which they evened, ar.d this being spread through the country gives a tone of firmness. The dealers hold for prices which cannot be given to conic to this market. The business doing here is very languid; the spinners bare shown moro disposition to look, but the prices sought deter them from buying. In nulls and broken there is but lade change.— The husinesa doing continues limited, as regards hank Y‘lll9. The demand for spools is not so active as at the turn of the year, and the posiqou of the spinner decidedly worse to enter into engagements, at anything like the price at which old contracts were made. The serious change can not at once be met, and some of the Lane whim houses are placing their looms on cotton, till either mised goods command a better price, or Yarns can be sup plied at a lower price, when they will resume its active nse. There is a better feeling prevailing, and snore enquiry for goods, both for the Leipsic and other German fairs, which open at Easter, and also for goods suit-.ble for our spring trade here ; yet there is a great dearth of novelty, and what is a fleeing is very similar to the last Reason. The demand for plain goods is also better, but the prices are most ruinous compared with the coot to make them. • Lee's, FEE. 25.—Sales this week hare been to a mode rate extent, and prices are very firm. On some of the scarcer kinds of combing wools rather higher prices have been obtained. CORN.—CitzmisPou.w, Feb. 25.—The supply was again moderate of Wheat, e-pecially red, and wh ire the condition was good last week's prices were obtained, but much of the out of condition samples were offered at lower rates without leaAing to busineu ; n.l, 445. to 465. ; white, 469. to 525. ; extra, 569. Barley, tine malting, quite as well sold, 345. to 38x. Beans realised rather more money. Other corn with out alteration. LINCOLN, Feb. 25.—We had a good show of Wheat at our market to-day, with a limited demand, at Is. lass money. Very little doing in other articles, and the trade slow. Wheat, red, 445. to 484. ; white, 50e. to 535. Idar ley, grinding, 255. to 285.; malting, 345. - - - - Livs:upuiit, Fen. 2.i.—Thu imports of grain and flour since Tuesday are moderately fair. Prices have ruled much the same as on that day, with general firmness on the part of holders. To-day the Corn Exchange had about the usual attendance o f buyers, including a few millers from the interior. The transactions in wheat and flour were toe moderate extent, holders meeting the demand, and the leaning of price wa% couoidereil to bo in favour of the pur chasers, without a decided reduction. No change was ob• servable in the value of any other article of the grain trade. WAKEFIELD, Feb. 21—The navigation for several days has been stopped by the frost, consequently . our arrivals of grain are small this week, the general inactivity of the Wheat trade camel tke quantity offering from granory to be equal to the wants of the buyers ; we quote prices without alteration. Barley has not varied in value. Oats, Shelling, and other articles as before. COALS.—LONDON, Fan. 26.—Shios at market, 89 ; sold, :W.—Chester Main. 181. 31.; Holywell, 18s. 6d.; Howard's West Hartley Netherton, 195.; Longridge's West Hartley, 19c. 9d.; Felton Main, 175.; Tyne Main, 165.; Walls End Harvey Wylam, 165.; Walls End liebburn, 18..9d.; Walla End Whamelitie, I9s. ; Eden Main, 205.; Walls End Bell, 203.; Walls End Belmont, 205.; Walls End Braddyll, 20s. ; Walls End lietton, Ms.; Walls End Stewart's, 21s. ; Walls End Whitwell, 18s. r Walls End Cusw.p, 20s. ; Walls End Hartlepool, 20s. ; Walls End Hough Hail, 2014 Walls End Keller., 20a.; Walls End Smith kellne, 205.; Walls End Whitworth, 17s. ; Walls End Adelaide Tece, 20a, ; Walls Fail Pease' West, 17$. ; Walls End Woodhouse Close, 18a. 3d. ; Cowpco, 20a. ; I Derwentwatcr Hartley, 19r. 1853. -2 815 189 94 6 lilt 2851 188 - 319 i 25 101 90 28S 131 Aberdeen Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birkenhead, Lane., & Cheshire Blackburn Brixtol and Exeter Caledonian Cheater and Holyhead Cork, Blackrock, and riumage i cor]. and Bandon _ . Dublin and 13e1t.4 J unction Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and Kingstown Dundee and Arbroath Dundee,Perth,AberdeenJ ann Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian East Lancashire Eastern Counties and Norfolk Eastern Union Edinburgh and Glasgow I Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee I Exeter and Crediton Furness Glaspow and South Western Great Northern& E. Lincolush I Great Southern & Western(lr)l Great Western Irish South Eastern Kendal and Windermere Lancaster and Carlisle Lancashire and Yorkshire Leeds Northern Liverpool,Crosby, & Southport London and North Western London and Blackwall I London, Brighton, and S. Coast London and South Western Londonderry and Enniskillen 311 n., Buxton, & Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheff., & Lincoln. Manchcsterand South Junction Maryport and Carlisle Midland Midland (heat Western (Ire ) Monklands Newcastle and Carlisle North British North Western Oat., Wore.,& Wolverhampton .... scotiish Central Scotti.h Midland Shrewsbury and Birmingham , •-hrewsbury and Chester ;Shropshire Union South Devon (South Eastern South Wales SouthYork.,Doncaster& Goole Stockton and Ilartlepool Taff Vale Ulster Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall \Vhitehavcn Junction York, Newcastle, and Berwick i York and North Midland RAILWAY TRAFFIC DURING THE PAST WEEK. Aides uperoxL Nais at Railway. itil Ssi 1891 Sit 241, 188 277 (Prom Her apath's Rahway Journal.] 1862. 1 1&53. 1,3791 1,575 5601 6,52 310 169 1,1741 1,680 6701 790 3,602: 3,742 7,838: 8,462 2,488 3,164 leal 126 1061 169 6771 780 am' 869 637; 638 4201 434 . 639 650 156 159 661 671 4,127 4,234 13,271 13,692 .1 1.870. 2,231 3,067 3,537 2,027 u 2,047 78 78 276 213 3,820 h 4,10.5 11,405,13,291 4,154 , 4,225 14,440;15,471 158° 166 14? 136 4,055 4,640 15,660 16,551 ' 941 1,260 213 242 39,191°41,194 824' 813 7,4301 6,955 8,9331 8,994 179; 405 1061 116 6,337; 5,959 471 639 483 654 20,607 21,678 1,990 1,897 MI 777 1,9081 2,340 1 3,2011 2,990 627; 717 1,894 FOREION. 364 279 4571 183! 21i 83 Dutch Rhenish Lyons and Mediterranean ‘faria Antonin Monterean and Troyes Natanr and Liege Northern of France Orleans and Central* Perla and Lyons Faris and Rouen Pins and Strashurgh Rouen and Havre iambre and Mt use Western of France 194 49 211 68 443: 677 240 13,6i)61 162 - 1 264 12,641 :6,467 899 3,842 173 862 1,817 1.084 17:6161 18,034 10,913 .6,2531 7,616 1 2,6271 238! 23,368 20,625 12,576 6,473 1 14,788 1 2,6 ° 1 308 3,010` 3,16 • The Map% laclade the tune on the Crlai sad Costal. Or lisusad Bordeaux. sad Duro sad Naafis. Bow Noes the LONDON GAZETTE—Friday, Feb. 25. D P 1 " GEORCIII DANDY, Wigingre-grett, Cavendish-square, yew. eller. to surrender March II at 2, and April 12 at 12, at pasiaghlll-sticet. Sob., Jay and Pilgrim, Bucklers bury, Cheapside ; off. assig , Elwards, Su:o,mA court. EDMILED BENJAMIN MAY, Leicester-square, lineadraper, March 4at 12, and April 8 at 1, at Basinahall street. Sol., Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; of. auig Whitmore, Basinghall meet. • WILLIAM HENRY CHIDWICK, Dover, Kent, tobacemist, March 8 at 12, and April 5 at 121, at Basiaghalhstreet. S Messrs. Linklater, Sise-lane ; off. aisig., B e n, Coleman-street-buililings. THOMAS Housno, Langhsw. near Godalming, Surrey, manufacturer, March 8 and April 5, at 11, at I.l3sin.thall street. Sols , Lawrance and Co., Oh) Jewry-chauibers; off. nasig., Bell, Coleman-street-bwildoigs. LOUISA Cowell:. and MATILDA Coutric, Hatten-cvdca, bookbinders, March gat 1l and April SIA 12, at lia , ir.g. hall-street. Sol., Chippendale, Nicholas-lam ; eff. swig., Bell, Colemarestree-liMlilings. WILLIAM Wnurn, Chathem, maltster, March 7 at 2, and Apr:l 6at 21, at Basimehall-creet. Solo, Nichols and Clark, Cook's-court, Carey-street; OIL ASiig., Graham, GKUROt TAT Lox BROWN, GlouccAter-terrace, Whittchapel mut, draper, March 7at 1, and April t at 2 at 11.taing hall-street. &As., Lawrence and Co , Old jewry-chana bera ; off. &nig., Stausfeld, Haqinehall-street. SAMUEL JONW. ICidsgrove, Wokt.inton, Stafrur.hliir• . . jainer, March 12 and - April 2, nt 10, at Birmiuµbam Court. Sala., Cooper, Turvitall, and Hodgson, &mains. ham; off. twig., Christie, Birmingham. WILLIAM MAY, Exeter, linendraTar, March 4 and 30, at 11, at Exeter Court. :talc, Holmes and Impes. Bed ford-row, and Brutton, Exeter; off. asrig., Exeter. JAMES WHEELER, Scarborough, Yorkshire, wine and spirit merchant, March 11 and April Ir, at 11, at Leeds Court. Solo., Danner and Woodall, Scarborough, acd Boud and Barwick, Leeds ; off. assig., Young, Leeds. WILLIAM J A MES , Lincoln, chemist and druggist , March 23 uud April 13, g at 12, at Lecd; Court held at Kineston upon-Hua. Sol., Tweed, Lincoln ; assig., Carrick, Hull. Tit OVAS HODOSOX, Kingston-upon-Hull, shipowner, March 23 and April 13, at 12, at Leeds Court had at Kingston upon-Hull. Sol., Ayre, jun., Hall ; utf. Carrick, Hull. Ttrowas Yovxo, Sunderland, shipowner, M Irch 9 at 11, and April 7at 1, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne Court. Sol.. Hartley, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury, and Signal, Durham; oil. anti; , Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. AT PUILTVOAL-STREET. A. Perfect, Upper Grosvenor-place, Dorsct-square, Re pent's-park, surgeon dentist—A. Lockhart, Walth.am, Disci, grocer—J. Buscall, Edward-street, Blackfrinn road, and Droa , lwall, Lambeth, upholsterer—H. Olive, Illizzard•place, Fulham-road, Chelsea, cher semonger—O. Potter, Cook's-ti trace, St. Pancraaroad, plasterer—C. Coatinaau, Park-place, litioningi on, con keeper—S. Thomas, Dalston, Middlesex, commission agent—T. Spain, sec. Brunawiek-street, Siamford-street, itlaeldriars, drake in Lorna—W. Fey, sen., Snnninghill Well., Berkshire, nut. eery man—T. M. Lansdale, Duke-street, Lincoln's ion. fiells, cabriolet proprietor—W. It. Walsh, Worship-street, Finsbury, attorney-at-law —G. 'l'. Stes.'man, square, Hackney-road attorne) -at-la w—J . Frankenstein, 113illaton-place, New Kent-ruad, and Abel:yr( a -lane, City, shipping agent-11. Harrison, Hackney-- read, clerk to the Distern Counties ltailwity Company, BricL-laue, Spitalticlds Station—W. T. E. Mills r, Plum stead, Kent, clerk in ller Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwich. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. CLEAULT4 O'NEILL, Birmingham, metal dealei-1 , 4, div. of 4s. Id., any Thursday, at Chri..tie's, Birmingham. JAMES DUCGAe, Maryport, Cumberland, drapei —3rd die. of 4d. (in addition to 4s. ld. praviously declare ,i), 2G, and any subsequent Saturday, at Baker's, Nl:Meanie ' upon-Tyne. JouN HAIL, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, corn factor-I't of Is. 6d., Feb. 26, and any aubsequent SAture, .y, at Baker's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS.—March 22. E. Brewster and E. West, Hand-court, Dowga'e, City, printers—March 19. J. Old him, Wood-street, City, silk warehouseman—March 18. T. Crossley, Noble-street, City, silk warehouseinan—Mvreh 18. J. Sewell, Chatteris, Isle of Ely, Cambridsp shire, money scrivener—March 19. IL Jackson, Mincing-lane, City, mer chant--March 18. C. Bunyard, Mark-lane, City. seedsman —March 18. J. S. Daintry and J. Ityle, Blanchester, bankers—March 18. J. Ihrelfall, Liverpool, banker. CEUTIFICA.TES to be granted, unless CUM' be shown to the contrary, on the day of meeting. March 19. C. 011ivier, New Bond-street, music-seller— March 21. P. Cowan, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, City, brass founder—April 6. J. B. Nicklin, Wolverhampton, Staf fordshire, ironmonger. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ _ Elizabeth Ruffle and J. Haynes, Poland-street, Oxford street—E. Milner and J. Milner, Sheffield, cutlery mans facturery—L. Ryan% and S. Hyam, Oxford-street—ll. Hey cock and It. Hamilton, Manchester and Bombay—lL Pear son and C. Pearson, Castleton and Brough, Derbyshire, cotton spinners—R. Frankland and W. Frankland, jun., Whalley, Lancashire, tailors—T. Barningbans and J. Gre gory, Manchester. sack manufacturers—T. Hurst. N. Side ' botkans, and H. Hurst, Quickedge, S iddleworth, Yorkshire, engineerz—W. Thompson and J. Marsh, Newark-upon- Trent, Nottinghamshire surgeons—T. Powell, J. Bridge water, and F. Crow,Wo4street, City, wholesale hosiers, so far as regards F. Crow—T. Sowter, jun., and W. Thomson, Baker-street, Clurkenwell, pianoforte makers—J. E. Ma thew and J Chambers, Do Beauvoir Town and Trafalgar place East, Hackney road, surgeons—T. Hartopp and C. Noon, Leicester, hosiers—A. Top and J. T. Stroud, Bir mingham, and Leicester-square, Lon len, gas contractors — S. Cash and J. Cash, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, cotton doublers—James Davison and John Davison, Went Hartle pool, Durham, millers—F. Howson, sea., and F. Iliorron, jun., Wimpole•streef, St. Miryleboue, cooks—J. D. Harris, R. Harris, jun. and W. Eigmcl, Leicester, merchants—C. Woolley and W . . S. Conquest, Mark-lane, London, wino merchants—J. Guest and W. Guest, Birmim:hatu, j , ..wel:ers —H. Newbon and C. P.l.ltton, Gravesend, Rua, attornies— C. P. Chapple, T. Lang, and J. Lang. Ilminste soluercet shire, wine merchants—L. Park and C. l'ark, (Lwow acal Belf.ist, sewed muslin manufacturers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Gamma KNOWLES, Aberdeen, cattle dealer, March 3 and 23, at Douglas's North of Scotland Hotel, Ale rdeen. WlLLtast kcastisr, Sheriff Brae, Leith, builder, March 3 and 24, at Dowell's and Lyot.'s Rooms, Edinburgh. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARKI.VED, .. -.- a . • Amentrer—at Falmouth, February 21, from 11. Arm ATALA— at Liverpool, February 25, from New 01*.eara BRAZILIAN Paccar —at Gravesend., February 25, horn Colic lin.euraa—at Gravesend, February 21, from 81.4,1 Coserrronow—at Liverpocl, February 24, from New York Carats—at Bristol, February 24, from Charente Cauroosia—at Falmouth, February 24, from Odra Euttr —at Gmvesend, Feb. 25, from Amsterdam FRILNDIRIP —at Deal, February 24, from goals 110kAil0 —at New February 23, from St. now 'lmmo—at Deal, Fe 11, from Calcutta Iwo:soar. —at Gravesend, February 24, from Kill Jeers PO/TER—at Liverpool, February 23, from CILVICRICRI 3110011 INA—rot Liverpool, Feb. ':.5, from Amsterdam liattos—at Gravesend, February 24, from Petersburg liosnaa Wrtnamt IL—at Gravesend, leb. 21, from Amsterdam I tam—at Liverpool, February 25, Pram . Jamaica Naar Ilannaa—off Liverpool, February 25, from Calcutta MLIICIA—at Deal, Feb. 24, from Calcutta MARTIN—at Gravesend, Fedunry 25, from , antuuder Ormaareraa—at Liverpool, February 25, from New lIIICAILS Oswaao—at Liverpool, February 23, from New Orleans Reverts r Aorta—at Liverpool, (February 25, from lin alas gr. Josawers—at I..ivoul, February 25, from Daunts &wink—at Liverpo February 23, from New Orleans STDIIST—at Gravesend, February 25, from LUleutta Sarrositsn—at Plymouth, February 24, from .......... ....." ..... 1 - I, bon SORTNANITON —et Deal, February 24, from . New Yore VICTORIA—at Falmouth, February 24, from Sald,aat bay Wit. Aram—at Gravesend, February 25, from Liverpool WK. firswamr—at Deal, Feb. 24, from Shangbas SAILED. Ilssoat—tram Liverpool, February 25, t0......,—.....New Orleans Coaamm—from Liverpool, February 25, to BOW ]] Csaveue—from Orameend, February 24, t 0.....— ..... Valpraiso Carats—from Dartmouth, February. I, to. HlOrrl4l—ham Newport, February 23, to et. Tbooaa liewav CLAY—from Liverpool, February 25, t0.........New Volk Jars—fromPortsmoutb, February 24, to Sun2erlaad lamsays—froes Dartmouth, February 25, to by Cal MANIATIMN—from Liverpool, Feb. 25, to tile Tech PM:LINA—from Dartmouth, :February 24, to ......... .....2tarschles Saliva—from Dartmouth, February 24, to load= Taos. Dlticurn.r.—trote Gravesend, February 25, tl cape Weveau—from Gravesend, February 25, to liebul DAILY WEATHER TABLE. THIS DAY, NOM Conroe of Wi♦d, Idirearth se Wind. St. is rot the Worthen S.W. Strong Bream. Orenes'.. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. ENCELAACIL—Feb. 23, at Lanalowne.eirens, Sotr h Kentuolt: l 4 Mrs. C. W. Enaelbseh, or a son, IIADDISON.—Feb. 23, at Cambriclr, the wife of the Ree. C. &eon, of a son. SPENCEIt.—Feb. 21, at W • SOL Lady Louisa Spesca, of MARRIAGES. CIUSPE —ARESTRONG.—Ftb. 23, at Trinity Church, Clondestey square, blington, Mr. C. Crispe, of Chedpside, Leicester, to Ow. late Fawckner, youngest daughter of the late Opt. Armstrong, of Plymouth. 114211LTON—IIIINTEIL—Feb. 22, at Et. George's . , by the Hon. ad Rey. H. H. Villiers, Rector, 1)r. W. J. Hamilton, It N., orUy of A. Hamilton, Esq., of Currstroe, Donegal. v. Caroline .‘one, second daughter of J. Hunter, Ere., Hart-street, li.coa,uurys square. O'FARRELL—PARMINTREL —Yob. 21, at Gillingham Cu:'.ltt Kent, by the Res. A. Fielding, M.A., Chartism ROYAL Der 3 Yodt Ce.atham, H.H. O'Farrell, Esq., to Elisabeth Laws, on l y daughter of J. Parminter, Esq., late Secretary of 11.M.'e ll„ckyati, abet-rase. DEATHS. CITASEMORE.—Yeb. 22, at Waddon, Croydon, GOT le. ehled 52. eielog lon of G. Chaannore, Pao., aged 24. DESBOROUOII.—Feb. 22, Luther, the Mfaat eon of floury Deitch rough, Fag., of Beckenham. UHT.— Feb. 22. at Stratford-green, J. Larf, Ea of Wood , tfid , London, aged 67. SOLLY.—Feb. 22, at Stanstead Bury, Berta, I. &VT, L*4.. 30134 " WYMAN.—Ikb. 22, at Lambeth, Ilra. A. Wyman, aged 6. Printed and ptittlitstied by WlLimn KING Usu . % at Yo. S, leebald• street, in the city of London, Printer st the odke, m Lo tar ,4: street, ht the rosins% of Whitotrials, Ssreltosr, FOINCLIT I t i 77 1,563, 534' L 291 1,513 10,022 1 1,262 1,166 1,228 2,0&5 907 1,4701