The Express. — London, England, 1867-01-12 00:00:00

Td RETI:ESSIUX RELIGIOUS ERROR. t Front the WI net eq:l r rhs:(;!e.) Catholic doctrine teaches Us that a civil ruler in no respect transgresses his province ry punishing offences against the catholic religion to Caen 1 a n d during the ages i of faith. when the whole fabric of society rested un a , catholic basis, the church ever eshoried princes to repress , heresy by the secular arm, It is impossible by direct argument to make protestauts understand the reaseueble mein of this principle. hecauso they do not, of course. i ; recognise the terrible evils which ensue from a nation's rejection of catholicism. Our only hope, therefore, in anteing with them is to take our illustration from some religious doctrine, of which they themselves admit the sacredness and the vital importance. This will be our object in the present essay, which Es ntainly, indeed, to be understood as a kind of parable. What we are going to 04 Y ePlfefirs to us, indeed, both true and of sonic impor tance : but our chief reason for saying its its app laity an an illustration of medifeval principles. European society at the present day, with the exception of Turkey. is built on the basis of monogamy. This state ment, indeed, is not true in that strictest and highest sense in which it held before national laws in so many parts of Europe admitted divert*: but it is still substantially correct. Let us consider iu particular one most important circumstance involved in this fact. The whole body of Europeans regard it as a first principle that monogamy is the normal rule of morality, and that poly gamy is a most degrading and disistrous institution. It nu more even occurs to them that this is doubtful, than it occurs to thou that the axioms of geometry are doubtful Now we, who live in the midst of this public opinion, recognise it as a matter of immediate perception, just as we recognise the sun's warmth and light, that this rooted and accepted conviction generates throughout Europe an elevation of thought in regard to women and to family ties, which is more precious than almost any other of our possessions. We should find it most difficult, or rather quite impossible, to explain our meaning on this head to Turk or Mennonite, and we should on that account, only the more i.ity his degraded state of mind in being unable to comprehend it. Yet, in truth, not merely does he fail to comprehend it, he thinks it demonstrably absurd and self.contnulictory. He points to the fearful sins and ilia orders, under this very species of morality, which abound among us in such rank luxuriance ; and he asks how we , can have the assurance to claim • " prevalent elevation of thought" while such sins and disorders remain unchecked. We, in our turn, by no means deny that these sins and disorders constitute a terrible calamity: still we see, by his very objection. that he has not even caught a gliiniete of our true ruesniuz. and that, unless a kind of miracle be worked, he must remain hopelessly a stranger to our highest aspirations and our most sacred associations. Ruch (so far) is our happy condition: Here end there an individual theorist may rain his voico in protest against monogamy ; but even if it reach the popular eer at all, it falls on it dull and unheeded. He is unmolested, because be is innocuous. lint now let us suppose that in some part of Europe —my in England—an opposite opinion begins rapidly to gain ground. A sect is formed, like the Xormonite, whose characteristic tenet is the lawfulness and expedience of polygamy. For sonic time the obscure fanatics are treated with indolent contempt ; but at length the fact is forced on public attention, that this met is actually taking root and spreading. They prac tise polygamy with perfect satisfaction of conscience, and write vigorous controversy in its behalf. David and the patristrehs are quoted in every Inge ; and " the terrible moral corruptions which thrive in monogamical regions, and which are visibly the offspring of monogamical institutions," are set forth with uosparing severity. The heart of England, on the whole, indeed, is still sound ; but who shall say how long this will continue - -' Respectable and conscientious fathers of (entities find that even their own sons are becoming infected; and when rebuked by their parents for profligacy amaze them by answering with a scriptural text and • controversial argument . ° At once a great cry is raised to the govern ment and to the legislature: "Arrest this plague before it has had time to reach our very vitals. The evil with which we are imminently threatened is beyond the power of imagination to realise. Let things only once come to this, that monogamy in an open question among us —that polygamists anti monogamists live peace fully aide by side, in mutual acquaintance and friendahip —that themes.' of our people, instead of accepting mono gamy as au unquestionable first principle, come to regard it as a emitter on which much navy be said on both sides ; let thin once conic to peas, and the whole evil is done. We have lost that sense of family sacredness which was an Englishman's highest boast, and we are brought down to the degraded level of Turks and Mennonites." The government and legislature, being no les, sound at heart on the matter than the great body of the people, promptly listen b the petition, and enact in good earnest stringent measures of repression. The dissemination of polygamical tenets is made penal, and the penal laws are rigorously enforced. Those of the new sect who per sist in holding their (ir) religious assemblies, or in propa gating their vileteneta, are thrown into prison. The memo( Englishmen warmly sympathise with these energetic pro ceedings ; and, indeed, the magistrates are obliged to in terfere actively, lest the mob take the law into their own hands. At the same time resort is had to every means of argument and persuasion which fervent charity can sug gest, in order to inspire true thoughts in these unhappy men, and awaken them tea sense of the appalling calamity with which they are threatening their country. Finally, by the government's timely and most laudable ex ertions, the plague is arrested. There is a great deal, in deed. of temporary excitement and temporary misery— the legacy left to their countrymen by these pestilential heresierobs. Rut before long this also dies out, and Eng land remains iii . posseseion of this dear and cherished prin ciple. Health is restored to the body politic ; and Eng lishmen unite their voice as one man in returning thanks to and for having enabled them, by wholesome and well timed coercion, to expel that malignant disease which threatened to take op • permanent position in the system. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, we say, such wholesome coercion would be effectual. tut let us con. tempters the hundredth case. From whatever cause— whether the remedy has been applied too late, or that the coercion has been insufficient. or, on the other hand, has been injudicious—at all events the miserable fact is lICCOIII - The sect occupies a permanent position is England, and a generation rises of hereditary polygamists. The evil, ale., is done. England ie degraded. Never again (unless a counter revelation were worked) can England be what she was. Even those(the great majority, perhaps) who retain monogamical principles, have come to think that at last it is a matter for " argument." They have loot in great degree their old prac tiod conviction that monogamical doctrines are most cer tainly mid indisputably true ; and they have lost in that very degree their old instinctive appreciation of the foul. nem and odiousness inherent in the practice of polygamy. Under these circumstances, any further attempt to enforce the penal tore simply adds, and adds indeed most griev ously, to the existing evils. They are the constant cause of heart-burning and discontent; they actually enlist public sympathy in behalf of those against whom they are directed : they are fatal to national union mid consolida tion. The undeniable truth of this forces itself more and more on the most zealous monogamists ; and at length, 0011114 ani entnium gaunt, after being long disused they are for ever erased from the statute book. And here two things deserve our attention. Firstly, at the beginning of this wretched era of declension, the penal laws were most right and admirable ; at the end of it they were mistaken and mischievous ; there was one certain intervening period--but who can lay his finger prec'ute ly on that period!—when their evils began to out balance their benefit. And, secondly, it is those who are most commendably zealous in the holy cause, those who most unreservedly claim our admiration and .ywpathy—it 'is those men who will probably be latest in seeing the use lessness of further severity. No one thinks that in war a general shows • cruel and bloodthirsty temperament, because he is slow in believing himself overcome ; and be. cause he continues, therefore, the sacrifice of human life after resistance has become hopeless. Such reluctance to believe that his cause is defeated is always accepted as a proof al the zeal and devotedness with which he has em braced its interests. The prime minister of the day is, perhaps, a zealous but judicious monogamist. We may suppose him to address • deput,tion of polygamists on the bill which he is about to introduce for their relief from civil penalties and disabili ties, in the following terms:—" I do not conceal from you, gentlemen, my own conviction that the existence of your sect in England is a most heavy public calamity and that England has is consequence fallen to a level of degradation, from which (while you remain among us) she can neves re cover. Still I cannot close my eyes to the circumstance that your hereditary existence here is now an accom plished fact, and to that fact I bow. The bill which I shall have the honour of introducing, and to which I ex pect the unanimous assent of both houses, will provide effectually for your full toleration. You will have liberty to assemble without molestation for your peculiar form of worship ; to educate your children in pot gamier] tenets; to found endowments, which the law shall respect, in pro. motion of pulygamical interests. If the State places any of your body in au exceptional position—in army or navy, in workhouse or prison—it will pro vide for them the attendance of their own ministers. The e*.tabli...bed church will, indeed, continue to teach mono gamy nay, further, I tell you frankly that all my own politica: measures will have for their predominant aim the promotion of Englishmen's spiritual interests ; and that among those interests an abhorrence of polygamy holds, in my mind, a somewhat prominent place. I cannot quarrel with you if you, in your turn, pursue a similar course : if you, in your legislation, aim at England'. spiritual good, ..c cording to your apprehension of what that good in volves. Miserably unsatisfactory as such an arrangement must be, it is the best which remains to us under that unhappy condition to which your fathers, gentlemen, have reduced our dear old country. And now that I have made these concessions, you may rely on my fulfilling them to the very letter. When that good old moaogamist George 111. first received the American minister, he said, ' I was the 134 to acknowledge your country's independ ence, and (depend on me) I will be the last to violate it.' So I was the last to concede your toleration, and I will be the last to infringe it. If any monogam ists, in their mistaken zeal, endeavour practically to thwart what the legislature has conceded, I will be the fret to give you speedy and complete redress. And let me end my address with words more peaceful and conciliate= any which I have yet used. I look mos you, gen , if you will allow no frankly M soy THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1867. so, as holding a most di Norma position front s oar fathers. Tney, living under the full light of universal alouopaniy, and 11:. slug recoiled., correspouding education. hit:,,L.ced. is hew and (as I must think) a most pestilential and legr.el. tug error ; their whole attitude was one of rebellion against established truth ; and (though God alone knows the heart) there was the strongest presumption that in each instance the error was caused by personal oh:sedum* ami corm:), Lion of mind, whether in the way of pride or of sensuality. You d'tfer (rout them in all these respects ; you do but hold what you have been always taught ; and you have listened to the teachings of those whom God himself has entrusted with the charge of your education. 3loniover, I fully believe that now you are admitted to political pri vileges, you will eagerly join with us monogamists in oppo- sition to the aill graver and deeper errors which are now la:ginning to menace us. There are portents rising above the liothon which even you regard with antipathy and bor.[ roe. Views are being secretly advocated about the faintly re. lati•ai,which are as far below yours as yours (excuse met are below ours. 'sincerely hope and expect that by our free and full incorporation of you into our political system, we shall obtain vour cordial help in the tremendous struggle which is now before us. As far as you and we are concerned, we shall try to make converts from your body, and you front ours ; but converts in either direction will be visited with no civil penalty or disability. Civil penalties will he reserved for that body of still more extreme and abominable misbeliever, to whom I have adverted ; and I trust you will unite with us in in. Victing on them those penalties when the necessary oeca si•nn arises." The parallel which we have intended all through this imaginary historyia soobvious on the surface, that it would waste time to explain it. We will only observe two thing.:ll) Catholics are absolutely certain that catholicism is true, and that it is immeasurably superior to all counterfeits in its moral and religious tendency ; and they have I to speak within the mark) far stronger grounds for this certainty than any monogamist, who is nut a catholic, can have for a similar conclusion in favour I of monogamy. And (2) we have pointed out that every one amongst us at the present time, will at once see the degradation of character which would ensue in any country which should treat monogamy as an open question, and tolerate polygamy by its side. But with still greater clear nem did inedia,val catholics see the far deeper degradation which would ensue in any country which should treat catholicism as an open question, and tolerate heresy by its side. When we say far deeper degradation, we mean that the medLeval state of society (as regards the particular point now before us, not in other respects) is in a far greater degree superior to our own, than ours is to one in which polygamy should be freely tolerated. To take one instauce only out of a thousand, the language and general tone of protest:Late on celibacy and counsels of perfection, are as corrupting and degrading to a country which has hitherto been exclusively and intolerantly catholic, as the language and tone of Mor monites andTurkswould be to a country which has hitherto been exclusively and intolerantly monogamous. We infer from what has preceded that those principles on " the Mate Repression of Religious Error," which the church authoritatively teaches, are those which reason by itself would indicate as alone sound and true. NOTE. —For instance, the " Quantg Cunt " condemns the Proposition that "that is the t oondition of society in which no duty is recognised, es attached to the cisil rower, of chastising, by ' enacted penalties,' offenders Against the catholic religion, except so far as public peace may require." tabi intelligence. EQUITY COURTS.—JAN. 11. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) w tTERS r. THK KARL or sHWTY.MICRT. The Lord Chancellor also delivered judgment in this appeal from A ice-Chancellor Stuart. A full report of the facts appeared in our columns in December last. The plaintiff was steward and land agent to the defendant from 18.51 to July, 1863, at a fixed salary. In May, 18.57, and is June, 1862, provisional contracts were entered into be tween the General Land Drainage Company and the Earl of Shaftesbury for the execution of certain drainage works on his estate for the sum of 13.000/., and other contracts were, on the same days, entered into between tbedefendant, the plaintiff. and the company, under which Waters by the desire of the defendant became the agent of the company, and agreed to execute the drainage works for specitiedsums to he paid by the company. At the time the plaintiff's employment as steward and land agent ceased, one contract was completed and the other only in part. Waters claimed to be paid a balance of 3,827 f. 12a. on both contracts as to the contractor of the company, being the difference between the sums paid by the company to the drainage account and the sums paid by the defendant to Waters during the progress of the operations. The defendant contended that the plaintiff was merely • nominal con tractor, and acted as his agent at a salary, and war only entitled to charge the actual cost price of the works. The Vice-Chancellor held that the plaintiff was entitled to the I balance of the contract money. The Lord Chancellor, after going carefully through the evidence, was of opinion I that the plaintiff bad wholly failed to establish his right to be treated as • contractor. If Waters were the real con tractor, no reason could be assigned why in addition to his profits as such the defendant should have secured him from all risk; but it was impossible to find even in the evidence of the plaintiff any distinct statement that it was understood by the defendant that Waters was to be paid for his services. That part of the Vice-Chancellor's decree which allowed the plaintiff the profits upon the two contracts must be dismissed with costs. The Attorney-General, Mr. I toupell, Mr. J. Chester, Sir IL I'almer, Q.C., Mr. Bacon, Q.C., and Mr. Snape appeared for the parties. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH.—Tex. 11. Sittings in Banco.—(Before the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Lush.) WOOD V. BOOISET AND OTHERS.-DRAMATIC COPYRIGHT. This was an action tried before the Lord Chief Justice for an alleged piracy of the music of a German opera called The Mirry Wires of Windsor, composed by Otto Nicolai, and published at Berlin in 1849, and of which the plaintiff professed that he was the proprietor. This action was brought under the International Copyright Act, 7 e. 12, which gives a copyright in foreign works including musical compositions, but requires that, by the order in council, there shall be registration according to the sth and 6th Vic., c. 45, of the time and place of first publication, and provides that no author shall be entitled to the benefit of that act unless there is such registration, which in the present action it was alleged had not taken place until, at all events, the publi cation complained of hail occurred. The opera was ori ginally composed and published in Berlin so long ago as 1844, though it had only been comparatively recently known in this country. It was admitted that there had been an assignment of the copyright to the plaintiff ; but the case for the defendants was, that there was no legal copyright and no property in the music whatever, so that any person had a right to go to the original music, and cull from it such pieces as he pleased, as the defendants had done. Though they might have infringed the copyright lathe original opera, via., the score as it was originally composed, it was denied that the defen dants bad pirated the plaintiff's English pianoforte version of the music. The defendants further contended that an English copyright in a foreign musical publication can only be acquired according to the provisions of the act, and that these provisions had not been complied with. Secondly, that, assuming an English copyright to exist, it had not been assigned according to the provisions of the act, so that the plaintiff had not got it vested in him. Thirdly, that even if he had it he could maintain noaction for its in. fringemept until he hail made an entry of his ownproprietor. ship, which it was urged had not been done. With regard to the first point, the objection to the entry was that the title was not correctly entered, and that the original title in October 1651 was not followed. The original title was not only "Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor." Comische opera, composed by Otto Nicolai," but some further words were added, such as "After Shakespeare," &c., and the entr7 in this country of a pianoforte accompaniment as distinct from the whole score of the opera had only the principal words of the title. The name and place of publi cation were entered as Otto Nicolai, Berlin, without saying where the Berlin was ; and so of the name and place of abode of the original proprietors, " E. Bote and J. Beck, Berlin," without mentioning Prussia. There were similar objections to the entry, the assignment of the copyright in August, 1864, the time and place of first publication being entered as "Berlin, 1850," not stating Prussia, nor mentioning the month. It was further said that the time of the entry was more than •,yerir after the original composition, which it appeared had been published abroad, but only performed at the Opera. An objection was also taken to the entry of the name of the assignee at Stet *nets% hall, which was simply entered " George Wood," without any mention of his place of abode, as required by the statute. On the trial the plaintiff was nonsuited, the Lord Chief Justice reserving the points raised for the opinion of this court. And it was arranged that, in the event of the court deciding in favour of the plaintiff, the damages should be assessed by 'some competent musical authority. Subsequently Mr. Serjeant Parry obtained a rule to set aside the nonsuit and enter the verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. J. Brown, Q.C., and Mr. Blanc to-day showed cause against the rule. Mr. Serjeant Parry, Mr. Patchett, and Mr. Pike sup ported the rule. In the course of the arguments great reliance was placed on the part of the defendants on the decision of Vice• Chancellor 'Cindersley in the recent case of " Low v. Routledge," as to the necessity of the assignee registering his phase of abode , and further that by the first count the defendants were harged with having infringed the pianoforte composition of this piece, which certainly was not Otto Nicolai's, he having composed the soore, but Bressler's who aminged it, it being a new composition, requiring skill, knowledge, and musical taste on the part of the arranger of the pianoforte accompaniment. His name, it MO said, ought to have been given on the regis tration and assignment, and not Otto Nicole'. The title of the riece and that registered did not exactly correspond. Several other minor legal and technical points were taken on behalf of the defendants. The International Copyright Act was based on the Home Act, and by the latter no pro prietor could sue unless he had complied with all the re quirements of that act. The arguments hail not concluded when the court rare, and will be again resumed on the first day the state of the motion paper will permit. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. JAN. 11. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) TURNER r. rEtrECT. Dr. Spinks, Q.C., and Mr. Callaghan for the plaintiff ; Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Searle for the defendant. The testator, a retired eating-house keeper, in Clam ber-street, Nottingham, died in March last. He was un married, but be had adopted his niece, Ann Curtis, who had lived with him as his daughter since the time she was a little girl. He had property to the extent of about 3,00 iv., which he bequeathed to her. Probate of the instrument, however, wax resisted by Wm. Perfect, the heir.at-law, on the grounds of undue execution, undue influence, want of capacity, and want of knowledge of the contents of the paper. After bearing the evidence, however, the court decreed probate, and made no order as to coats. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—JAN. 11. (Before Mr. Commissioner Hoiroyd.) IN RE VHDRIC NURSE. The bankrupt was a coachbnilder, of New Bond-street. This was the sitting for examination and discharge, but the statutory accounts have not been filed. The debts are about 7,0001., and the assets, which are considerable, are expected to realise about 5,000/. Mr. Tieherne„ for the assignees, consented to an ad journment for the completion of the accounts, which are in course of preparation by Messrs. Hart Brothers. Mr. It. Griffiths appeared for creditors, and Mr. Reed for the bankrupt. An adjournment for two months was ordered. IN RE ALZIANDIR DALRYMPLE. The bankrupt was a merchant, of Mincing-hum and else where. He had been a member of two firms, and the liabilities, joint and separate. aniounted to about 0,3001, ; property held as security, 2,0001. This was the sitting for order of discharge. Mr. Lindua appeared for the assignees, Mr. Denny for a creditor, and Mr. Brough for the bankrupt. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE WORTHINGTON. The bankrupt was a brassfounder and ironmongery mer chant, of Upper Thames-street and Wandsworth. Against debts of 5,1271., the assets were returned at 2,5971. Mr. R. Griffiths appeared for the assignee, and steed that between 6001. and 700/. had been received. This was confirmed by the assignee in person, who said that the money would have been paid over earlier but for some delay on the part of the auctioneer. There was no objec tion to the bankrupt having his discharge. Order granted. IN RR BEADMAN.—I'RI CANNON-STRUT MURDRR. The bankrupt, a messenger in the Customs, applied for his order of discharge. He had only one debt-2581. — consisting of a judgment for costs, due to Mr. Barth, soli citor, of Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, in respect of the defence of the bankrupt's brother-in-law, Smith, of Eton, the person who was lately charged with the Cannon street murder. There are no meet& Mr. Griffiths, for the assignee, asked that the bankrupt should he ordered to set aside something out of hissalm7. His Honour did not think that the cue was brought within the act, and granted the order. - - - - MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Serjeant Dowling, Deputy-Assistant-judge.) Fro(trick Ventriss, who was convicted yesterday on an indictment charging him with having embezzled the sum of 131. 14s. td., received by him for and on account of Joseph Francis, his master, was brought up for judgment. The prisoner said before his lordship passed sentence upon him he wished to say that when he was sent down to Northampton by Messrs. Quilter and Ball to audit the accounts, he was induced by Poole to make an affidavit that a room was empty that was in reality full of goods, and for this he was indicted for perjury, and sentenced to be kept in penal servitude for four years. He begged the mercy of the court on behalf of his family, one of whom bad lost his leg, and three others were entirelydependent upon him. and especially as for 18 months since he bad been at liberty be had endeavoured to earn an honest living. Mr. Serjeant Dowling said he believed the defence the prisoner had set up was only an aggravation of his offence. When the prisoner was convicted yesterday there was no other justice on the bench to assist him in the judgment he would have to pronounce, but to-day he had that ad vantage, and it was their opinion that the prisoner was a most dangerous person, for he had abundance of intelli gence to enable him to perpetrate such offences, and he had exercised a considerable amount of ingenuity to enable him to evade the consequences. He had already been convicted and sentenced to penal servitude for four years for the crime, as the prisoner had confessed himself, of perjury, and therefore it was for the court to discharge its duty in the interests of the public by passing a severe sentence, which was that the prisoner be kept in penal servitude for ten years. THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The weekly meeting of the members of this board was held yesterday morning; Sir JOHN THWAITES in the chair. We have already reported that at • meeting of the Maryle bone vestry, held on Thursday, several members expressed their indignation at what they alleged had been the con duct of Sir John Thwaites with respect to the negotiations between the Metropolitan Board of Works and Sir Thomas M. Wilson, Bart., about Hampstead-heath, and a resolu tion was passed to the effect that the vestry regretted that the chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works had not carried out the resolution of that board, in seeking an in terview with Sir Thomas Wilson, who was willing to re ceive him, relative to the preservation of Hampstead-heath. sirJ. THWAITLI yesterday said, in reference to the above tamitioned proceedings, that he had been requested to com municate with Sir Thomas Wilson on the subject of his right over Hani!ntead-heath. When the question was discussed he suggested the propriety of adjourning it until the matter beta* the Master of the Rolls had been determined. The board, however, paned the resolution, and on Friday last two or three members of tho board intimated that Sir Thomas Wilson expected a communication from him, and lie replied that he did not feel himself at liberty to open the question until the matter before the court was decided ; but se he warn willing to act courteously towards Sir Tho mas Wilson, he was willing at once to open a negotiation if it were desired. On finding that Sir Thomas Wilson had no town residence, he wrote to him asking him the neat time that be was in London to call on him ' with reference to Hampstead-heath. He had re ceived • letter from Sir Thomas Wilson which con tained the following passage : " Hearing it is the wish of the Metropolitan Board of Works that you should have au interview with me, I remained at Charlton at con siderable inconvenience to myself to receive you. I am willing to du so, but I must decline the privilege you have accorded to we to wait upon you at your office." He (the chairman) wrote • reply to Sir Thomas Wilson, stating that he was not aware that he had been putting him to any in convenience, and that he had been induced to make the request on learning that he had no London residence, and added that he feared his arrangements would prevent his meeting Sir Thomas Wilson before Monday, the litb, or the following Saturday. Mr. Stu; thought ;bat Sir Thomas Wilson had been badly treated, but it was owing to a misunderstanding. The chairman WKS not liable to any imputation. Mr. NICHOLAY said that when the letter was read at the vestry he had expressed his opinion that they should allow the matter to stand over, in order that the chairman might wake KU expluustion. .liter some discussion, in the course of which several members condemned the conduct of the Mary lebone ve.try in framing the resolution, the matter dropped. Mr. DOI' I.TI ."1, M.P. moved, according to notice, "That • deputation be app ointed to confer with her Majesty's Firm, Commissioner of Works as to the preservation of commons and open spaces ; that it is to be an instruction to the deputation to represent the inefficiency of the act of last sesaion to accomplish the object for which it was framed. and to urge upon the First Commissioner the ad visability of introducing such amendments of that measure as may startlement its deficiencies, and practically effect ite objeota." . . _ Mr: t kL2MAN seconded the motion ; hut on the motion of Mr. TURNER, an amendment was carried. referri% the subject to the W. rks Committee, in order that they might determine what amendments to the act were desirable. Tender. were opened for the diversion of Limekiln Dock and Blackwell Sewers, and it was decided that Mr. Web ster's(2o.oolM.) should be accepted. The highest tenderwas that of Mr. Redden, which was 34,9trif., and the lowest, Mr. Ritson'a, 1a,5001. Mr. RWHY. brought forward a motion, pursuant to noting, " That in granting permission to the engineer to be ocustuted in cases of itiniculty by the engineer carrying out certain sewerage works and street improvements at Brussels, the board did not grant permission to the engi neer to become consulting engineer to a public company, or authorise or sanction the publishing of the name of the engineer in the prospectus of the Belgian Public Works Company." la doing so he said that he did not believe Mr. Beralgette knew that his name was to be placed to the prospectus, and he was therefore free from blame. The board, in framing that resolution, for a moment in tended that he should become consulting engineer to a public company, for nothine could be more damaging to the board and to the engineer himself in the eye of the public than allowing his news to appear in the prospectus of a speculative undertaking. Mr. HOWel seconded the motion. Mr. Tanks thought that if the board wished to mono polise the whole of the services of their engineer they must lacrosse his salary. He objected to the resolution. The subject gave rise to considerable discussion, and ultimately an amendment, moved by Mr. Saunders, and seconded by Mr. Savage, deprecated the me of Mr. llazalgette's name in the prospectus of a public company. There appeared 12 for it and 12 against it. The chairman gave his casting vote in favour of the motion, which, being carried,the board adjourned. VICTORIA STATION AND PIMLICO RAILWAY.— ' The general meeting of the shareholders was held yester day at the offices ;of the company, No. 7, Westminster chambers, Victoria-street ; Mr. W. Lee, chairman of the company, was in the chair. The following report was sub mitted :—" The revenue account for the six months eliding December 31 admits of the payment of the same dividend as that of last half-year, namely, 3/ per cent., or at the ' rate of 71 per cent. per annum. The very large outlay recently incurred by the Brighton, Great Western, and London, Chatham, and Dover Companies in making the new approaches to the Victoria station, both north and south of the Thames, and in widening the bridge, and the approaching connexion of the Victoria station with a sta tion of the Metropolitan District Railway, are calculated to place the maximum aggregate rental of 33,123 f. (which commences on and from the let April next), in the highest class of freehold ground rents. In view of the present low rate of money the directors are taking steps to place the remainder of the perpetual 1A per cent. debenture stock, as intimated in the last report ; and they have confidence that a security of so high a character will be readily taken up. The directors congratulate the pro prietors that, during the period of unexampled commercial distress and of especial distrust in all descriptions of rail way property, the position of their undertaking and the price of its stock have remained unchanged." The report was (on the motion of the Chairman, second. d by Mr. Xlpr) unanimously adopted. A dividend at the rate of 7. per cent. per annum was then declared. The retiring directors having been re-elected, Mr. Edward Brooks was elected auditor in the room of Mr. G. F. Holroyd, who retires. _ . . ADMIRALTY, JAN. 11.—APPOINTMENTS.—Lien tenants—F. Ds V. Sanders, to the Nettle H. T. Clanchy, to the Octavio, additional, for disposal ; J. M. Morris, to the Formidable. THE POLICE COURT& MANSION•HOUSE. Joshua Cohen, the son of a rag merchant in Petticoat lane, and John Clegg, who was described as a rag mer chant, carrying on business in Half Moon-street, Bishops gate, both of whom had been apprehended by Foulger and Smith, the City detectives, were brought before Alder man Lusk, M.P., for further examination, charged, the former with receiving feloniously three bales of wool, value 1001., the property of Messrs. Gooch and Couaens, wool warehousemen, carrying on business in Heiden square ; and the latter with receiving eight bales of wool, value 3001, the property of the same prosecutors. Mr. H. F. Valiance, of Tokenhouse-yard, conducted the prosecution; Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Buchanan, appeared for Cohen ; and Mr. Cooper, instructed by Mr. Wontner, appeared for Clegg. _ Mr. Poland was also pre sent to watch the case on behalf of Mr. Stocker, the owner of a portion of the warehouse in Half Moon-street, where a large quantity of the wool that was alleged to have bees stolen was discovered by the officers, and whose name had been mentioned in the course of the proceedings. The case appeared to create considerable interest among persons connected with the wool trade on account of the extensive nature of the robbery, and the mysterious manner it which it was committed. It was proved at the previous examination that upon the prosecutors taking stock in November and December last they discovered that a very large quantity of wool, principally of the finer qua lities, had been abstracted, and no information whatever could be obtained as to what had become of it ; and a re ward of 2001. was offered for information upon the subject with the discovery of the persons concerned in the affair. Shortly afterwards the prisoner Cohen was taken into custody, and it was proved, as against him, that he had upon three several occasions hired a horse and van which was taken to the warehouse of the prosecutors, and each time a bale of wool was lowered into it from the loop hole by some person inside, and upon one of these occasions some one from above wee beard to call out, "This is all you can have at present. I cannot get any more now." This wool, so obtained, was then driven to the premises of a notorious receiver of stolen goods in Heat's-street, Whitechapel, and the pri soner Cohen there deposited it, and gave the carrier some thing to drink, and some money, and told him not to say anything about the matter. With regard to the other prisoner, Clegg, it appeared that in consequence of infor mation received by the officers they went to a ware house in Half Moon-street, Biahopsgste, which consisted of four large floors, two of which were occupied by a per son named Butler, and the others by Mr. Stocker, rag merchant, by whom the prisoner was employed asforeman, and upon searching the place they found eight bales of wool, value 3001., concealed under gunny bags in different parts of the premises, the whole of which there was reason to believe had formed a portion of the wool that was stolen from the prosecutors. When the prisoner was first asked by the officers whether there was any wool upon the premises, it appeared that he stated most positively that there was not; but after the discovery was made, he said that the wool had been placed in his hands by Mr. Stocker as security for the payment of the slim of 100/. which he bad lent to him. It was proved, however, that the prisoner was present and received the wool when it was first brought to the ware house, and that be immediately removed it from the wrap pen that then contained it, and placed it in other begs that were about the premises, and that be himself placed the bags of wool in the places where they were discovered by the officers. . . . 'The additional evidence adduced yesterday against the prisoner Clegg was to the effect that he had no authority whatever from Messrs. Butler, who occupied the lower floors of the warehouse, where the wool was found, to place it upon their premises, and they had no knowledge whatever that he had done so. It was also proved that Clegg had opened the trap-door in Mr. Stocker's warehouse and hal passed the wool through it tothewarehouse below. Alderman Luck at the close of the case discharged the prisoner Cohen, but decided upon remanding the other prisoner. Mr. Poland said he thought it right to state on behalf of Mr. Stocker that the police had searched a paper mill belonging to him in the country, but had nut discovered anything, and they had requested him to attend, and he now appeared on his behalf, and Mr. Stocker was present and ready to answer any questions that might be put to him. Mr. Cooper asked th►t the prisoner Clegg might be admitted to bail, but Alderman Luak refused to accept bail. POET DATED CHEQrrs.— Yesterdays question was decided at the Marylebone County Court, in an action " Emanuel v. Roberta, Lubbock, and C 0.," the bankers of Lombard-street, as to the law un post dated cheques. Mr. Day, the barriater, appeared for the bankers, and Mr. Joel Emanuel, the plaintiff, a solicitor, conducted his own CRAW. On the kith November cheque in favour of Mr. Jacobs was drawn by the plaintiff for 1,000/., dated the 14th November, and payment re fused, as it was post dated. The same cheque was pre sented the next day and still refused. The party was requested to get a fresh cheque. The bankers requested Mr. Emanuel to close his account, and he brought his action alleging damage to .500/., but had reduced the same to 51.1/., to try it in a county court. He submitted that a cheque payable to order was legaL Mr. Day called a gentleman named Derbyshire, who proved that the custom in the City was not to pay post/dated cheques. The deputy-judge (Mr Jcasel ) held that the custom was good, and supported the law. He gave a verdict for the bankers, and notice of appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench was given by Mr. Emanuel. - - MU RDEltont OUTRAGI IN IRELAND.—Ballymena has been made the scene of a fearful attempt at murder. Brigailie-house, the residence of Mrs. Treacy, situated on the road to Broughshane, was fired into on the night of the sth inst., about eleven o'clock. Mr. Neilson Linder wood, banister-at-law, who had arrived by the five o'clock train from Strabane, rid Londonderry, was sitting et sup per in the dining-room with Mira Treaty and Miss Treacy, when a shi.t was fired into the room, which burst in the shutter; and immediately on the light being seen five other shots were discharged into the room. The window was shivered, and the curtains, shutter, and wall bear the impress of the shots ; but happily no life was lost. As soon as it was safe, a message was sent to the comity inspector (Mr. Williams), and the constabulary, under Mr. Sub-Inspector Dobbyn, were sent out, and it was found, from footmarks in the snow, that ten or more per sons had composed the party. They had gone round the house from window to window, listening, it would appear, in order to secure their intended victims; and It was discovered that they bad remained round the house (the servants heard them) after their attempt, in order, in all probability, to find how they had succeeded, or consulting how best to complete their task, and what further to do. An information containing almost the foregoing has been made before Mr. Montgomery, R.M., and constabulary were left to protect the house. A report has been mule to the Lord-Lieutenant, through the Right Hon, Mr. Morris, Attorney-General, M.P.—Northern Whig. THE PRICE OF MEAT IN SYDNEY.—The Yellow ing lint of prices is taken from a butcher's advertisement, which oppears in the Sydney Herchl of Nov. 23 :—lliad quarter mutton, 2id. per lb. ; fore quarter mutton, lid. ; by whole or half sheep, 2d. ; mutton chops, 3d.; rump steaks, 2A.d.,; boiling beef, Id. ; corn beef, Id. ; ribs of roasting 'beef, lid. • sirloin of roasting beef, ; spice beef, ; round beef, cooked, 4d. ; German sausage, 441 black pudding, 31. ; beef sausage, lid.; pork sausage, fa; legs of pork, bid. ; loins of pork, 7d. ; veal, sd. ; suet, Gd. ; white pudding, Gil. per lb, ; and os tongues, Is. 3d. each ; beefsteaks, lid. per lb. CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE Mumma DAY. FRIDAY, JAN. 11. Admissions en payment. 2,496 ; ditto, by mama tickets, 1,513. Total vigils% 3,999. Die BARRY'S DRLICIOI7II RIVALENTA ARABIC:IA FWD ewes dyspepsia. Indigestion, cou. as th ma, consumption, debility. constipation, di/4Tbm, palp itation, Derm as, bi li ous, lbw, and stoma omplaints. Cunt No. 011,41 e—•• Roma July • 1806.—The health of the Holy Father Is excellent. noon, abandonim all other remedies, In has condoled= entirely to De Bury's Food, and hie Holbert canoe praise tab excellen toed too hlghly."—Geteettede Midi. De Hurr sad Co., No. TT, t Regenteireek Landon. W. la tint y at It led.; Ilk, b. ft Ma. Ha NW. ala—ladhorliumaa. PROM LAST NIGHTS GAZETTE. [NAMES OF SOLICITORS AND FURTH= PARTICULARS TO BS OBTAINED AT THE orincs OF THE CHIRP REGIBTRAII, 00012 OP BANKILITITOT. luentanALL-orrarzz.] BANKRUPTS. . . . 06)EGE BIDDLE. James-;retC — oitOrd.street, g reen g rocer, to surrender Jan. 23, at 11. JAM= %MUM Eye Suffolk, pork butcher, Jan. 23, at 11. PHILLIP HTIRS,IIIgh-st., Aldgate, dealer to beads, Jan. 23, .112. WILLIAM ASHWORTH, Livingstone-terrace, Wandsworth, baker, . Jan. S. at it JOHN CHIPPERFIELD, FeUx.ter., Islington, dalryman,Jan.23,atl2. MOW /UMW.. City-road, commercial clerk, Jan n. at 12. Jelin PRATT CLIPENT72., Dronimond-street, SC Pancras, baker, . , . Jan. IS, at 1. smarm. KniTow, Old Kent-rd., coach builder, Jan. n. at 1. 010101 111111.111 MT, Botith.parade, Chelsea, wine merchant, Jan. _... P 9, at 11. , . . PIANCIa JOHN LTNCE, Seymourut., St. Pancras, Jan. V at t 010101 Tllollaa Iln.i.tios, Lhne-grove, Shepherd' übusW, clerk In the Court of Prolate, Jan. V., at 12. JAN= EVANS, William-at., Poplar, shlpwriOt, Jan. ft. at 12. RICBMID IVIBIUM, South Island-place, pham-road, stone- mason. Jan 22. it 1. JosIPH 80111 Won, Loughborough-mad, Brixton, and Great Raven-street, Bloonisbury, patent wire gauze blind manu facturer, Jan. V., at 1. FlUlnzalca WILLIAM SAIIDUSOM, Hardwick-place, Commercial road, master mariner, Jan. itt, at I. WILLIAM JOHN PARIZR, Percival-street, Clerkenwell, house keeper. Jan. et, at 1. (mows tx.t.mwt Victor-road, Upper Teddington , clerk In holy .. . - orders, Jan. ti, at 2. • GIORGI SHARPE, •rd., cabioet manHl., Jan. 22, at 2 JANIS HARBLETOII, John-street, klorrelydown, steam pilot, Jan. 22, at 2. . Men A It I. TILEDINNIM, Bt.ltichaelludley, Cornhill, dock dealer, . , Jan 22. at 2 . MATTHEW Cot:CRYAN, High Wycombe, Bucks, chair maker, Jan. 22, at 2. GltuatoE Princeaganlcns, Knightsbridge, butler, Jan. 22. at 2. ItjiiiititionNHALXlLTOg, Oreenatreet, Bethnal green, grocer, Jan. 30. at 2 MICHAEL BvicsEL and sonNWOOTTnN, Houndadita, Binning- ham warehousemen, Feb. 4, at 11 Llmis ALLwor.K, Peabody.bundlngs, Shoreditch, prorlidon dealer. Feb. 4, at 11. A • • ••• • A • JOHN Viit r iiiiTiiiicoo-street, Notting-MU, general dealer, JIM .2S, at I. CHARLES CRAMMER, Ledbury-rd.,Baynrater,grocer,Jan.3o.stlE. FREDERICK JASPER FIELD, 1.7. tha' Itenktreet and Cleve landktreet, lllttropaquare. erer•bllnd maker. Jan.3o, at It IIZERT 'INJURY GRAY. Prospect-place, l.'amlaidge-beatb. mm- Inlmlol. agent Jan. :10 at I . . JOHN Angrii D iris, GreatOulldfordatreet, Surrey, dealer In paper hanging.. Jan. 30, at 1. . WILLIAM gran, Craw eysiquare, Little Britain. warehouse man, Jan. 30, at I. . . Citproad, and Ueorge•yard, White chapel, turner, Jan. 30, at 1. CH AHLILi BECEZIT, Jun., De Beauvoir-square, compositor, Jan. So, at 2 EDWARD ANTHONY IYAulttot., King William street, general merchant. Jan, 30, at Y. . Hamrnentaith,cowkeeper,Feb.4,Mll. JOHN AspiNALL, sera., Birmingham, painter, Jan. 24, at It JOHN SMITH, Dudley. draper, Jan. 24, at 12. JAMMS Willenhall, licensed victualler, Jan. 29, at IL WILLIAM YLETCHIRHADVIZLD, Leicestermilliner, Jan. 21/, at 11. THOMAS mama, Leicester, box manufacturer, Jan. 29. at 11. JOBRPO Derr and DAVID DVIT2, Abergavenny, market gar dener., Jan. 25, at 11. . Oloncestersh., miller, Jan. 25, at 11. JONA JOWILS, Aberhey, Monmouthab., miller, Jan. *5, at 11. WILLIAM Masai, Melksham, Wilts, cattle dealer, Jan. 25, at 11. OEM= MASTZIis, Low Harrogate, Yorkshire, hairdresser, Jan. 24 at 11. . . . JEWISH VirWON, Reside, Yorkshire, merchant's clerk,Jan.43,atl2. WILLIAM ROBERTS, Bescombe. Cheshire, grocer, Jan. 25, at 11. JANES lemegtaimisos, Edge.hill, Lancashire, licensed victualler, Jan. 25, at 11. . itiriiiaiiirieou, Liverpool, late merchant, Feh. 18, at 11. 841111:1, BARTLIT , men., Llandrillo-yn.llhoa Denbighahlre, fanner. Jan. at 11 __ _ _ Giurrrnt Jonas, Twdwetion, Carnarronsh , draper,Jan. !tat 12. THOMAS MILOS', Juan GANSIDII, and "111111:8 "MIXING, Oldham, cettmn spinners, Jan. 21, at I/ JOHN !Amin ftwtrT, Blackburn, wine merchant. Jan. 1.4, at 11 MINIM MADELIT and THONG" MADILL'', Barruw.in.leurness, Lancashire, 'ohm Jan. 24 ! at It . , . Poo;o ' N, Oldham, cotton spinner, Jan. 21, at It ANTHONY CARS, Newcsatk.upon-Tyne, timber merchant, Jan. 25, at 111. JoHN WILLIAM ROYSTON, Hisimpweermouth, woollen draper, Jan. 25, at 115. TffollAN WOnnXilf, Birmingham, late milliner, Jan. 25, at 10. luomAs Bowrog Birmingham, painter, Jan. 25, at 10. Ds lio.eo HUOHNik_HITHO , scene pincer, al. ,at 10. JANES WILLIAI4O, tllonceaterah... hay dealer. Jut tt,at JOHN ELLIoTT bt,wer'a clerk, Jan t 1 at 1a LUIGI HARM, AM.. Bristol, Interpreter . of Itrafin. Jan. 25, at it SalletlWrze,West Haddon,Northamptonsh.,grocer,Jao.tilatll. Baser Oaabefiert,Oldswinford,Womutersh.,miner,Jan.2l,at 10. Geotog DRATCO7T. Seagrove. Lelasstersh., farmer, Jan. 25, at 10. JOHN If feenaLL, Huddersfield. waste dealer, Jan. 24. at 10. THOIIAA STANCLIFFS, Iltiddersfleld, cab proprietor, Jan 21, at 10. A ivretrt RrDNAN, Manchester, tea dealer, Jan. 29, at 94. TH' HAYCOCK, Manchester, Umber dealer, Jan. 29, at 91. Join 1110019 s, Swindon, Derbysh., horse breaker, Jan. 24, at It HENRY SAYERS, Burton-on-Trent, brewer's clerk, Jan. 24, at 12. AI/A3l SMIOALL, West Cornforth, Durham, tailor, Jan. IS. at 11. RALPH SNAITII WINSPEAR, Monkwearmouth, Durham, joiner, _Jan. 29, at 12. _ . _ _ HEIRT liPtireD Asilrecon, Everton, near Liverpool, late ear proprietor, Jan. 23 at 3. W•LTER Calti.ass„ Liverpool, book.keeper, Jan. IX at 3. JOHN SettuuD, Brocitori, 6,:rae tlealer,yeb..s, at D. ir. Wastantow, Sato p, gamekeeper, Jan. 23, at 10. Wtwax Joann, Runcorn, , grocer, Jan. 15, at 11. TllnflAa tl. egg. R?neorn. botcher, Jan . 15 , 11.. - - Parka Rebate, S;lrtherich. Cheshire: satchnaker. Jan 30. at 2. WILIJAM BATLIT, Maltose Cheshire. late tanner, Feb. 1. at 10. WILLIAM Cliemati,Pendletatry.Laneash.,coal mlner,Jan.:M,atnt. JAII 111OLLII.Alt, Huta/miry, Cumberland, beerhtatee keeper, Jan. Ft, at H. . . J 0 111.01510" 0 ‘. Lonaton, Stafford/1h stonemason. Jan. ill, at 11. WILLIAM WILLAN. Barrow-sn Fumes.. late grocer, JAM 21. at 10. CH A ICES 4MTHeL, C Iverstun. LantaalL.Rlasa dealer,Jan 21,at 10 . JUNE FRANKLIN. Ilehnden. orthasuptonsh- baker, Jan Flat 10. JAR's HALL, Spring gardens, near West Auckland, Durham, gatekeeper, lan. 30, at 11. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. ARTHrIt PIRKS (separate estate'. Burtualspou.Trent, brewer 2nd dividend of S any Thursday. at Ylaucar's, Binning. _ _ THOMAS WARP Sod Jowl, DAVT4OII SAVAI3I, Birminichain, Cow meldon intents-Ist dividend of se. ed., any Thursday, at Kin _ nenee, itlannthion. _ _ Yns►.lti PHILIP HILL, Kintistaidge, Devonshire. itordwainer— final dividend of sid., any day after Jan. 17, at Square's, Itingsbridge. DIVIDF.NDS. Jan. 25. C. A. lifiddletoitriteiSnle;,Kent. coachboilder-Feb. It. c. Dawes, Wootton Warren, Warwicksbire. victualler-Jan. 24. H. Rounick. tteetharabill. near Manchester. butcher-Jan. 5. T. Fisher. Thornton-le-Clay. Yorkshire. innkeeper-Jan. Alford, Sherrington, Wiltabire. carrier-Jan. 22. J. White South empton, beer seller-Feb. 4 J. Knight. Aylesbury, ooachbullder- Feb. 4. W. Sulat.43, Aylesbury. butcher-Jan n. J. shihber field. Hastings. corn dealer-Feb. 7. D. It. Darklson and C. W. Cordon. Mincinglane and Cotudn-lune. City, colonial brokers, and Went Mullane, Eases. distillers-. Feb. 14, H. Dutton and K. Dutton. Kidderminster. builders-Feb 4. I. Dewhirst. Hali fax. commission agent-Feb. 14. A. Oardlner, Jun., Chepstow, timber merchant. TARTNEMIIIIII DISSOLVED, T. raw' and T. R. M Piers. Darlington, Durham. spirit met , chants-T. mid J. M. Plews, Bedsle, Yorkshire, .rewen- H. J. Finter. and B. Mote, Selby, Yorkshire, mustard manufacturers-J. Hamilton and T. Hamilton, Wallasey, Chrehire, ortecrs If. B. Whitworth and J. Stenson, St. James's. end. near Northampton. iron manuhu.turers-J Barert.ll. C. J. W. itarwell, and W. Barwell, Birmingham. metal merchants, so far as regards J. Barwell-J. Francis and R. W. Libby, Ihtfordotreet Imendperr-.J. K Jones, A. Shepherd, and T.lliiirsiin. h o ng: ra tnn, atathinishire. earthenware manufacturer, so far as regards T. Holonti-Martha Wheaver, J. EreKahan, and Sarah Er les. hall, Stafford. milliners, so far as rffrds Martha Whcaver-11. Brendle and R. Leighton, Lowestoft. Suffolk, tailres-J. Moores, T. Moores, W. Wilshire. and S. Micirea. Denton, Lancashire. hat manufacturera, so far as uttranls W. Wilshaw--11. J. Hamer and H. Hamer, Finch-lane. Combat, talloy-F. A. I'. hips and R. Wilts, Dartford ; and Throgniortoorgreet. and Warnford-court, City, gunpowder manufacturers- T. Taylor and W. Mills. Man chester, coach platers-J. Ibberson, J. Farley. and .1 Baxter, Netherton, Yorkshire. stone merchant*, so far as regards!. Baxter-C. King and D Scott. Halifax, wnril turn:hares-W. Con. way and E. Whir& Liverpool. basket makers-. Fox, and J. Eawthrop. Halifax, woollen manufacturers-J. Balfour and L. Italfore, Broad-alter' mews, City S. kl'Kee and A. Stargardter, Hackney road. hoot manufacturers-T. Stiller and A. Miller, Lymlngtio. Harnfishire, helm klap rs-11. Whittsitik and G Ittildeaden Cast Stalth, near Ketghley, boat owners-A. Caton, J. Walker, and H. Swan, Blackpool, Lancashire, Joiners-7h Buchman and S. Simmuna, Wilderness.row, Clerkenwell, watch manufacturer-F_ Henty and G. Ifenty. Arundel, Worthing , Horsham, Meyning. and Llttlehampton, Sussex, Isankers-J. 11. chandler and W. Johnson, Birmlnehiun. share - woken S Glover :hid It. Clover, Dean-street. Soho; Drury lane ; p a rk er .. Dockhcail ; and Spa-road, Bermondsey, founders-A. Hoffmann and J. F. Hurter, Bradford. merchants-J. P. Palmer, W. 11. Jones. R. S. Jones, and J ri. Macknfaht, Liverpool, shipowners, so far as regards J. P. Paltner-Fnitices Harper and F. Sutton. Norwich, thendsts-C. Barium'. R. Randall, and C. Barnard and Mary Ayscough Randall executres of W Randall, de. ceased , ityriover.square, St. flyway's. Swalwell and F. D. Fowl, r. seartainiugh, schoolmasters-J. Newman and C. T. Sparks, Watling-street. City, stationers-A. Carter and E. W. Weld% Oil Ilerenal-green.resd, mahogany merchants-J. F. R. Fort and E. A. F Debra', Manchester, merchants - H %mitred and G. B. Mitt:bison, Great Tower-street, City-J. M. Wilkinson and C. Glover. Jun.. Nottinghani, brats finishers J. Cu bo it , J. Lister and J. Knowles, Sheffield, razor manufacturers, a, far as regaxds J. Gillott -E Muff, H. Mull, J Crosland, and W. C. Crosland. beds, oil manufacturers -J. T. Morgan anti R. Carter, New Bridge street. Isle kfriars. aecountants-Catherine Mawer, IF. Ingle, and C. Stager, Leeds, Yorkshire, .t. 0111: CalrlferS— lL Milligan and T Hunter. Itrailtonl, stuff merchants -F. Por ter. F. St:Musser. and 11. Porter. Mincing-lane, colonial brokers -R. Fraser and 11. L. Peters. Manchester, commission agents- S. Sellln and It Pullen, Bristol. wholerale clothier-J. Whit well and .1. Arthy, Peterborough. chemists-C. J. Palmer and W. teynolds. Great Yarrnonth. attomeys-P. Simpoin, D. C. Simpson, and C. t 7 Sitnreon, Glasgow. Liverpool. Bahia, and Pernambuco, merchants. Barren SEQUESTRATIONS. ••• WILLIAM WISHAIIT. liLLYCow, boot manufacturer, Jan. IS, at the Faculty Hall, Glasgow. Perin SPCSIJ.Pis, Cove, Duinhartonshlre, grocer, Jan. 15, at the Elephant Hotel, Intioharton, JAMES 110011, Dundee, tuervbant, Jan. 19, at the British Hotel, Dundee. JOHN NILLIAIN. Inverness, baker, Jan. IS, at the Procurators'- Chambers, Inverness CHAI:I.F.6 11•Coroach, Forfar, china merchant, Jan. 21, at the County and Commercial Hotel, Forfar. VALUE OF CITY PROPERTY IN 1566 AND IN 1866. "In the year 1566 Sir Thomas Gresham proposed to the corporation of London to erect, at his own expense, • commodious building for merchants to meet and transact their busines., provided the corporation would provide • convenient and suitable spot for the same. The City, readily acquiescing in this proposal, purchased Lei houses which formedtwo courts leading fromeornhill intoThread need le-street , calkd New Saint Christopher-alley and Swan alley, for 3,532/., and sold the old materials of these houses for 4781."—(Harrison's History of London). The ground occupied by the present building in about 40,000 feet super, the above pr ice would therefore be about le. lid. per foot. The prurient value of the site, at • low esti mate, is at least 20i. per foot, or 800,0001., being an imams of 2,6601. par year= an aeigiaal outlay of 3,000 t. MARKETS. COlTON.—LirzarooL, Jas. 11.—The " B . oker'e cit. elder " says the cotton market was quiet on ?inlay mid Saturday, with a slight reduction in prices but with more doing on Monday. Thursday's rates were nearly recovered, The business since has been to a fair extent but with quieter tone, the week closing with some decline from former quotations. In Sea Island the business has bee t fair, and at about previous rates for the current qualities. In American quotations are reduced Id. to ga. for ordinary and middling, though the business has been considerable. Brasil is only in moderate demand, and prices have giv e' way fully 44, per lb. For Egyptian the recent large port has caused considerable irregularity during the last few days, and prices are Id. to id. per lb. lower generally. Smyrna has declined id. to Id. per lb. In East India Surat has been more liberally offered, especially in th e better qualities, and with less doing prices have declined 4d. per lb. Bengal is rather pressing for sale, at a relic. tion of fully 4d. per lb. in the lower descriptions, th e better kinds remaining tolerably firm. The sales of the week amount to 40,920 bales, including 4,910 oe speculation and 7,570 declared for export, leavia l 28,440 bales to the trade. The sales to-day are estimates] a t 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 are for export and specula. tion. The transactions to arrive have been numerous, th e latest business being ehieffy American basis of middling New Orleans at sea, 150. ; Savannah ship named 14.'.1.; Mobile guaranteed middling ship named, 14jd. ; B e a India, fair merchants, December sidling Dhollerah,lll 2 l. ; Oorarawatte, llid. ; Dhollterah and Broach °mind, : and Seinde November sailing ata i ti lb. Th e following are official quotations : Orleans, 150. ; fair, 17d. ; middling Mobile, 15d.; fair, Rd.; raid. dling uplands, 14jd. ; fair, 164 d. ; fair open ginned Egyptian, 161 d. ; fair Dhollerah, 124 d. ; fair Bengal, 84d, COTTON GOODS.—NAmotsorsz e JA.v.ll. —The market for shipping yarns has again been quiet, and to make sal t , rather lower prices would have to be taken. There hu e been offers for very large quantities, but at prices too lov to be accepted by spinners, who, though easier to ci a l with, are not yet in • position to be beaten down our much. The prices of Tuesday implied, in many caw lowa of IL to per lb. on yarns, and both spinners era manufacturers find that to sell they must submit tontines losses. In yarns there is a strong disposition to busin.o at a price. For home trade yarns the market is very quiet Business is to some extent kept in check by mann/sr. turers not knowing what course the workpeople will take in reference to the proposed reductions of wmeg. The little baldness done has generally had to be effecta at prices slightly in favour of buyers. In cloths there is rt. ceedingly little doing, and there is almost a suspensioe of business. Buyers keep aloof from the market, and appear unwilling to snake offers at rates which would be likely to be accepted. A feeling of uncertainty as to the extent of re• commercial disasters in China following upon the allure of Dent and Co. ban a bad effect upon business. SUGAR.—Bnurrot, JAN. 11.—The market has Met active during the put week, and large sales have been made at fully 6d. to Is. per cwt. advance. CORN.—CRaDearosp,Jax.ll.—Wehad a small supply of wheat, and much affected by the change of weather Farmers asked high prices, and in the few sales made the prices of last week were fully supported. Red, 645. to 675. ; white, 675. to 71s. Barley rather easier for wound ary lots, best runs fully as dear. Beans few offering, and la. dearer. Wheat, 635. Bd.; barley, Vis. &I.; oats, 255. Bd. IaNcoLN, JAN. 11.—We have had a small supply of wheat, and last week's prices were fully supported, Barley olio in limited supply, and malting descriptions li. higher. Wheat, red, to 62a. ; white, Ws. to 7111. Barley, 34a. to 545. Oats, 265. to Ms. lartarooL, JAN. 11.—Market again well attended. Wheat and flour met with a oonsumptive demand, at the full rates of last week. Indian corn slightly dearer. Beans steady. Oats and oatmeal without material alter• tion. WAIMPIZLD, JAN. IL—Wheat firm, at last Fridaji prices, with a steady consumptive demand. Fine Nulty fully as dear. Average,Jan. 7—Wheat, h9lqn., at 569. 51.1.; barley, 120, at 48a. flod. ; oats, 148, at 2ls. 2d, COALS.—Lowtion, JAN. 11.—Lainbert's West H a m 16s. 9d. ; Eden Main, 21s. ; Walls End Haswell, Th. 4,1; Walls End Hatton Lyons, 20s. 9d. ; Walls End Tama. 20s. 9d.; Walls End Carodoo, 225. 6d. ; Walls End Heno Hall, '22.. ; Walls End South Hartlepool, 22 . ; Walla Ind Tess, 235. 3d.--Ship at market, 25; sold, 24. TRAFFIC RETURNS. ILULWATS. Mee Pas- Men Tottl, Tait clew X66chandlae. 15r. A i 8. le Week ending Der. W. 6 C A Smyrna and Cassaba 6l 444 651 1.04.1 Week ceding Dec. N. Loadou,TUbtuy,etiketbalad 1,004 IES 1,N2 1.14 THE FIRE AND LOSS or Lire AT GRIENHITHX.- The inquest ?evading the deaths of a family name Fleury, consisting of a widow and her two children, aids servant girl aged 15, who were all burnt to death at Greer hithe on Christmas-night, was concluded yesterday. Tle circumstances were of the most distressing character. Th• only person who escaped WAS the sister of Mrs. Fleury, who states that all was apparently sale when they went to bed, and that they were aroused between two and then by a dense smoke filling the bedrooms. One of the in mates, Mrs. Kempton, jumped from • window, an: although much injured escaped with her life; hut fin rest were suffocated before they could follow her example. The jury found a verdict of "Accidental Death." THE COST or LONDON MOD. - if we say that three millions sterling are spent every year in shoeing the London population, we shall probably be far within the mark. If we estimate that to plunge daily throigh muddy streets, especially for those pedestrians who have not • sufficient number of pairs of walking shoes to alien the wet ones to be slowly and thoroughly dried, will shorten the duration of two-thirds of these articles by per cent., we shall no doubt, have the assent of unfortc [ nate experience. That would give us • waste in shoe leather alone of half a million sterling a year, in conse quence of muddy streets. The tailors of London amount to only two-thirds of the number of the shoemakers. The outlay incurred in clothing men's legs in trousers will be only a fourth or a fifth of our tailors' But then comes the question of skirt.. A hundred and twenty thousand women enter the City &Ulf, of whom ninety thousand walk. That is for the CO alone. Over the whole metropolis we cannot reckon that less than three-fourths of • million of skirts dilly per form, inefficiently, it is true, but still at a ruinous et. pease, the duties of the scavenger. With the exception of she contparatively few ladies who drive in their own cu. riages—and even they can hardly be at all times altorther exempt—the whole female population of London is sub jected to a tax, of which we will not venture to estim.ite the amount, by the neglect of the streets. Who world contract to make good the unnecessary destruction of garments of all kinds by the mud of London for a minim sterling per annum? If we add the cost of additiond washing, of the hire of vehbles, of the wear and tear ot vehicles and of horses, and of medical services rendered necessary in consequence of colds and worst disorders caught from wet feet, we shall find that • very Lang annual sum, not easily calculitad, but amounting, at 11'1 events, to seven places of figures, is annually wasted 1 4 . the residents of London in consequence of the neglect- state of the streets.—Builrirr. [Advertisement.] -- Th dark and ilmiry days of winter depress the mind and the body : to the firmer condition yields tie l• • relief : for the latter state Holloway's Pills are safe a nd yen, remedies. They cleanse the blosi trims every taint, the I- • from every noxious matter, and evil uteh a general upon the system, that indigreti , in.lpillousa..s, heatlat ht. die, of sight, lora of appetite. debility, and ticryousness, ,m a p/- under their influence. These Pills may be relied upon b) sexes under all climates and circumstances. As a faintly tine they are invaluable, because they may be fearlesal) r nistered the moment pain or indimsaiti ~,, is perceived, and avert a long illness and Its many annoyances. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHF• BIRTHS. MUIR —January 9, at Raglan-terrace, Illglibury.perk, the of H. Muir, Emu, of a lon PATERS N.—January 9. at tairalneToul, Holloway, the •,! of W. J. raterum, of POW KR.- -.liumary 9, at Brumley ranionage, Guildfonl. the of the Rev. H. P. Power. of a daughter . SR NG.—Jannary 10, at Easton square, the wife J Mou , of a ion. ATKONO.—January 9, at Thorpe flail , Peterborough, •i'' of C I. Stang. ray ,of a ilailehter . WALKON I) —January 10, at Lancuater-gate, the wife T. Hi road, Esq., of a daughter. DIARRIAGES. BCTLISR—DEVEREUX.—January 10. at !tole Trinity Choir' . Brompton, ley the Ker. .1. Goalan. J. B Butler.. C•aeww'" of her Majesty's ship Eild)min, to Sybil Catherine ryas. daughter of the late and sister of the pre,...i,t Iferefont. _ Nrrri.EroLn—W IRREN. —January lA. at Unity l/ , 0, Islington, by the Rev. J Martineau. Frederick. younr ,4 of the late J. M. Nettlefold. of Highgate. to dory Cattle rine, elder daughter of Thomas Pickard Warren. of 111;It'o , house. O'CONNOR—NUKENNA.--January 9. at the Church of ‘ 1 "" of the Angels, Itu)i.water. by the Rev. T. Dillon. ‘t Charles, son of Dr. Dennis C tEconoor, of 4 'ork. t.. kt.'" !Amin, daughter of J. N. Wilenna, Eng , M.P., of 1.111C,It:• gate, Hyde.park. DEATHS. FEILDEN. —January S. at Southfield House. ittreathan. ‘l 4 l lianghton, widow td the Lite air W Vethien. Kart ag,..i K ILLBY. —January 9, at Itartholoniew.roud North. I..utei town. Elizabeth, relict of the late J. K illhy, ut Abigute, t aged AS. KINO. - January 9, at Brighton, W. 11 King. Major, U." 4 ' 7 1107.LEY.—January 9, at The Friary. Geri)), Jaue, "rub. .1 ti late H. 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