The Express. — London, England, 1855-02-20 00:00:00

.1.1 "111"811."" .• . 8 A fItiTICAL 8011h1EFENCE OF I LOANS RAISED BY MR PITT. —..— The fourth ordinary meeting of the Statiatimil 133elity for the s Won 1834 53 wu held last •eg (Mon day). at the tortes of the society, 12, St. Jarne , 's•iqu .re. Present —Mr. TOOLS, V.P. (in the abate), Lord bloasessle, Sir T. Edward Caleb:eche, Colonel Sykes, Aldermen Salo mon*, Mr. Lord, banister, Mr. Frtsbdeld, M.P., Vesta nanr-Colonel M►cdonald, Dr. Harrington Tuke, Mr. Cltv:i wick, Dr. Hodgkin, Dr. Guy, Dr. Fen, were present. A paper wu read by Mr. Newmareb, one of the !lone lier) mammies of the society : Oa the loans raised by Mr. Pitt during the first French war, 1793-1801; with DOS statements in defence of the methods of funding era- played." rib notici the Mr. NaWKA&CR oomaseued his papeag general impressions entertaised of Mr. Pitt's policy as re gards the loans raised from 1793 to 1801. " Among thou persons who by taste or occupation are led to interest them 'elves on questions relating to the genteel Holum of the country, and especially on questions relating to the !undies system and the natioaal debt, it would be difficult to find many who are not prepared to express very stems censure ot the financial policy et Mr. Pitt, during the first Preach war of 1793-1802, as that policy wu exhibited in the con traction of loans. " The iatemperate accusations of a period of violent con test between political parties, holding scarcely as opinion in common, have, as regards Mr. Pitt's unwires of finance, survived to subsequent generatioss; tad it is not altoge ther to our credit that we should coctinue to repeat the abstract annum of the enemies of Mr. Pitt, and neglect almost wholly to make ourselves familiar with the real na ture of those extreme practical difficulties which were cer tainly considered by the public who supported Mr. Pitt ,as a complete vindication of the financial expedients he found himself compelled to employ. War was declared against England and Holland by the National Convention on the let of February, 1793; and the definitive treaty of peace was signed at Amuses on the 25th ofMarch, no-2. Oaths first ot these dates the landed capital the debt was 244—0 n the second, 667 millions sterliag ; during nine years of wllf, therefore, the funded capita( of the debt was increased by 323 millions. Mr. Pitt ceased to be premier a year before the peace, or on the 17th of March, 1801; but in reality his was the mind which devised the system, in accordance with which these 323 millioas wese added to the debt. Now for this amount of debt inscribed the:actual sum received in money was about 7 20 millions ; or, in general terms, terms, only two-thirds of the capital crated; and hence arises the mann and the sonestion. I pus over all that port of tee controversy which relates to the policy and the management of the war, and therefore over sit 0,000 ques tions which relate to the plan of opposing enemy by subsidies of money to continental allies, and I confine myself to the censures and the accusations which have been, and see, directed against the manner in which this great debt was contracted. " It is said, then, that there were two capital faults, via., ignorance of some of the simplest rules of finance ; and gross extravagance in the manner in which the Loans were brought into the market. " It is laid down as a fundamental rale, obligatory on all tisanes ministers in this n.iuntry—aad as especially binding on Mr. Pitt—that all loans shall be raised at the market rate of interest et the time ; that the amount of capital funded shall in no way exceed the capital actually raised in mousy ; and that consequently it is the duty of the ini- 1 sister practically to disregard any leadilesattons of alit. fealty to the Exchequer, arising fleet Ilis i repellei MIMI terms in a straitened money maxim* _lll 1111111111110 sure to • community 'load, he. burdens and extreme dangers. It is altered that Mr. Pitt systematically violated these canons of finance, and violated them without soy sollesent nectssi.y, and certainly, it is said, without say cogeposallog aivantsge. In point of fact there have been aosl I dare say there are, persons who believe that the whole girth* 103 millions of debt—which represents the differences between the money received and the capital crested—wag s less to the country of the grossest and most gratuitous Mad ; • loss wholly unrelieved by any trace of justification es de duction. " The real gravity of the charge, however, is foliate those quarters when, with great true and ingenuity of reolsoning, It is urged—that It was the duty of Mr. Pitt to have mind the loans of the dist French war in strict accordance Web thealfriaeiple of paying a rate of interest for each km to the market value of money at the time ; sad, adopting such a coulee, to have enabled the country, on the return of peace, to have materially reduced the annual rate of interest, and therefore the annual charge of the debt.' La I farther, that it was not less his plain policy than his distinct duty to have raised a vary .. auch larger portioned the supplies within the year ; and In that manner, ',psi ally during the earlier years of the war, to have ' , dad those onerous loans which have descended to osreeleie unredeemed and perhaps but little susceptible of redeems, ton. In referring to the party which holds these views I would be understood to do so with great respect. It includes names of the greatest eminence; and if I venture to call in question their opinions on the subject now under discussion, I do so on the specific ground that as far as I can judge, those opinions have been formed on abstract grounds, and not after a careful exami nation of the particular facts and circumstances which marked the whole of the period from 1793 to 1801, and placed Mr. Pitt in situations of financial &Mushy, at that time wholly new, and which happily since then have not been repeated. " I am sanguine enough to suppose that such a careful ex amination as I have just mentioned will show Ma very de cisive 1111111001--.llt, that it would have been practically int risible to have raised most of Mr. Pitt's loans in the amounts, and at the times required if the principle of bor rowing at par but been enforced ; 2adly, that even U the money had been raised in five per cent. instead of mainly in three per cent. stock, the difficulties would have been frequently excessive, and in every case the rated la- Brest, and therefore the annual charge very considerably higher ; 3rdly, that when the facts are properly 11Williged there is Co a dequate justification for imputing extra to the minister, as regards the were raised, nor for believing that in the contracts actually entered into, the country did not obtain the full benefit of whatever bona Ale competition could be excited among persons qualified by wealth and character to afford proper security for a punctual fulfilment of their engage ments: (4) That in the anxious and difficult situation of this country during most of the years of the Revolu tionary War it was a consideration so pressing as to be come a necessity of the first order, not to increase, even by the smallest avoidable amount, the pressure of the existing taxes: and (6.) That as a general result it was not possible, with a due regard to the exigencies of the time—especially daring the six years 1793.98, both incite sive—to raise within the year by means of old and new lance a larger re nnnnn than was actually obtained. " We can hardly commence an examination of the finan cial measures of the war without first referring to some of the principal circumstances affecting this country at the time of its outbreak in the second month of 1793. " The mune from the King to parliament which, en the 28th of January, 1793, accompanied a copy of the cep respondence between Lord Grenville, the Forelp Seeratuy and M. Chativelia (the parsonage who had cosameasisated with the British government on the part of Frame slum the dethronement of Louis XVI., in the Aura pinkest') described the hostile measures which had bum, seeessery as measures necessary for oppoein_g views of sigmas sent and ambition on the part of France, which week be at all times dangerous to the general interests of !slope, but are peculiarly so when conueeted with the promulga tion of principles which lead to the violation of the most sacred duties, and are utterly subversive of the_ peace and order of all civilised society ; ' and it would be diult per haps to describe in language more free from ambiguity the real origin of the war which was then entered upon by Great Britain. It was a war which could be no longer avoided, if this country was to exert any influence in re straining the power of France within its form , r limits ; and is nay degree :sprees that violent democratic (maids= which led the revolutionary party to enter upon a caner of foreign propagandism, subversive, as the Message said, of tho peace and order of all civilised society. " This country and Holland were the last of the leading Powers of Europe to take up arms against France ; and if it had sot been for the atrocious measures which had marked the conduct of the Jacobin party, during the alas or ten months immediately readies the outbreak of the war, it may be considered certain that there would have been so departure from the scrupulone neutrality which Great Britain had observed eines the Assembly of the States General in May, 1789. " It is too much the habit to forget that the eismuller sad aspect of the revolution beams seriously cheated he the wone after the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly ma the 29th of September, 1791 ; and when, in el the fatal decree which disquallied the members of body from being again sleeted. the wpme pewee peesed into the hands of the absents wad mean ishemeeress who composed the great majority of the semi Amber which arose out of the Revolution, mg whirl, lake the same of the Legislative Assembly, elessiseeed its en the let October, 1791. This representative body eeellheed k existence for a few weeks short of a year (to** 10th Sept., 1793), or sir til the meeting of that third 411111101bIT which, ander use came of the National Conventicle, has left be hind it one of the most terrible instances which has come down to us in an authentic form. " Set if the crisis reached its culminating point under the convention, we must in justice not forget that the seeds of nearly all the subsequent crimes and mischiefs were sown during the eleven months from October, 1791, to September, 1792, during which the Legislative Assembly held in its bands the fate of France and the peace of Europe. *gut is not a historian likely to bear testimony against the popular cause of the Revolution ; but even he wetness that Value de l'Assemblie Constituents pied moles par see defeats qua par les coups des factions. Plaid' entre ratistceratie et la multitude, elle fat attaquiis par Pane et imvahie per relates.' It was under the Lefelsialin Auto lily that the Peuillant ministry was tumid out (March, 1791); and the Girondist mini s try, which Mon iss place, led or conspellei by the riot of the 20th June (170), the mu sure of the Swim Guard of the Ilith /Lege* amid the MU more terrible massacre in the prisms of 111•1•1 September, te commit itself to those ultimate =silent of IL dailiter ties of gepelty, and the entewelimi of ateside pater le the ado e/ Paris "hick is the mem et a very isle tisk Waimea Nearby soft Wilma kb every isgertneet the elate. "The Ant meann e the Noting ceaventies w 9 1111 lk THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20. 1855. unanimous vote (20th September, 1792) for the abolition of royalty, the estatit:shment of a republic, and the declaration )cur that that ar was the Year I. of the French itepublie' 111 and b'. family were already in prison, sad the greet PlAWads of the autumn of 1792 was the debates which precede the arraignmect of the king, and which intervened between the trial and the caseation. That execution took plane ca the 21st of January, 1793, and it was this event w`dich, so far as this country wee coweerand,eaddealy eon voted a preying usutrelity into a sluts cif Mi ld mer. „I say suddenly converted; for thmisabosisat evi dence to prove that so firmly persuaded...le s deem of the resolution of Mr. Pitt to preserve pease • keg as pos sible, that in no branch of trade was there the least appear , anise of doubt or ampules ou the ground of apprehendtd war, till within a few weeks of the actual outbreak; and until it became obvious that with ea inundiary govern • mint, like that which had possessed itself of power in France, it would be impossible to remain on friendly or even neutral terms with that country. Even so late as the 20th December, 1792, five weeks only be • fore the outbreak o f ? the war, the vote takes for the sea and land force* for the year 1793 • was for only 20,000 seamen and 6,000 marines for the navy, r at a coat of 1,300,0001. ' • and for 17,344 mon for the aymy , at suet of 679,1741. When war had been declared, the • addition made (11th of February, 1793) to the navy wu • 20.000 men (1,040,0001), and to the army 9,945 men , (437,8371.); additions which subsequent experienos bitterly taught us were far too small. . There can be no reasonable question but that oar mau -1 lotions on continued peace bad led to such a reduction of establishments that, when hostilities !sal to be commenced . in 1793, we were, in the most emphatic sense, unprepared • to carry them on with vigour; and, if further evidence bad • been required on this point, it has been recently furnished . by the publication of the correspondence and papers of General Sir Harry Calvert, who, as aide-de cam to the • Duke of York in the campaigns of 1793 and 1794 p -6, is • I perfectly c,mpstent witness." (To 6. omeanued.) HANDCOCK v. DELACOUR. TO TILT TIMOR OP TEI DAILY XXVI. 8111,—I hare seen the article in your impression of Tuesday Let upon a late trial in the Irish Court of Chancery, profaning to give " • plain unvarnished tale of the Handeock family." The substance of it, so far as it concerns me, is almost entirely untrue; and when you say the statentsat you give has not been contradicted, you ought to know and to add that es I was not made a party in the cause, I owed not, even if I would, have anticipated each calumnies, or have appeared by counsel to refute them. Neither was I, nor could Ibe any party to the compromise by which the snit is ended. The main allegation, upon which the story you relate upon the authority of the Irish Attorney-General seems to rest, is that is the year 1841, "in consequence of a impicion of tee great intimacy between Lord Cianricarde eel Mrs. Basilisk, a separation took place, and Mr. Ifforeinfeeh esentleltaram." This is wholly andnotorionsly Mts, sai I sousstlsout that any attempt was made to sustain soh a statement by a particle of evidence. In fact, it is per featly well known that Mrs. Handcock left her husband on melount of his conduct with her French maid, who theses leeward lived openly with him until his death. This wig happily concealed from the daughters, and Miss Handsel in her diary attributes the separation to the machinatieml of persons in her father's employment. My affidavit wee not, as you say it was, inaccurate in dates upon this matter. It states that I saw Mr. and Mrs. Handoock in the autumn of 1840, and, " having passed the winter of 11340 in Russia," I did not see either of them again until after their separation, which took place in the spring of 1841, while I was still abroad. All this is indisputable out of the Irish Court of Chimney. My affidavit, however, was not made to explain or defend my conduct in any respect, but it was made upon the application of one of the litigants, that I should bear testimony to feats within my own knowledge, to contradict statements sworn to by the opposite party as having been "heard and believed." If no other evidence existed to tabus that Mr. Handoock entertained no such suspicion as is *Abated to kiss, his own conduct when I net him in Paris sans blebs% illness affords good proof of it. TIM sam when told that an old acquaintance, of sebsso bespitality he had frequently partaken, and with 'ism ho had enjoyed field sports, was dying without decent @Mention or companions, should visit that person, and should advise him to remove to the best air within remelt, to emmult an eminent physician, to all in the clergyman of the wish, and to see his child—that a man should do this without a bus design, seems beyond the comprehension of the hi* Attorney-General, and not to have occurred to the writer et your article. I, however, do not wonder that when I had acted thus to Mr. Handoock, his daughters, who bad known me from their childhood, should recur to me for aid and advice. And orb I was so called upon, my interference was uniformly not in furtherance of, but in opposition to the views of Mrs. Handcock, who was determined to secure for herself, in any way she could,the fortune of each of her daugh ters after their deaths. Persons who knew her well are aware, that she was highly incensed against me for aiding Miss Random/4 to make a will, whereby she left to her mother, in pursuance of her own and her deceased sister's wishes, 10,0001., instead of her entire property. When the youngest daughter communicated to me her intention to convey her estate to her mother, I prevented her executing any deed to that effect which should not contain the power of revoca tion thereupon inserted, and I delayed the execution of any such deed for some months. Mr. Blakeney, Mrs. Hand cock's late solicitor, was thoroughly aware of this. These seem to be the main points upon which I have been falsely accused and vilified. There are other minor points, quite unfounded, which yen re:ate upon the authority of the Attorney-General ; yet no man ought to be more cautious than ought to be the Irish Attorney-General in uttering and circulating scandals and calumnies " heard and believed," or founded upon inferences wrongly deduced from tote =eatery disposition of property. I have to request you to give the sense publicity to this letter which you gave to your article. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, Loughrea, Feb.lB, 1865. CLANRICARDE. THE CENTRAL ASSOCIATION AND THE WEATRRE. TO THI EDITOR OP THU DAILY NEWS. Srlt,—l beg to state, for the information of the public, who have so generously supplied the Central Asso ciation with funds for the relief of the soldier's wife and child, that the weekly sum distributed during the week ending the 3rd February was 2,1491.6 x. 3d. This relief is carefully distributed, with the gratuitous assistance of 83 local committees, to the wives sad families, motherless children, and dependent relatives of upwards of live thousand soldiers at the meat of war. During the inclemency of the weather the amount cannot I be reduced. Yours, die., H. L. POWYS, Major 60th Royal Riles. Brampton. No. 6, The following preferments have taken - place in the diocese of Peterboro' :—Rev. Charles Porter, to the vicarage of &ands, Northamptonshire; Rev. John Archi bald Legh Campbell, 11. A to the vicarage of Relpstone, Northamptonshire; Rev. R. S. Carew Blather, to the net. petual curacy of Longthorpe,Northamptonahire. Pm AT Bausrot..—On Sunday evening lust a firs broke oat in the Thrissell-street Independent Chapel, Bristol. Divine service had beet celebrated in the morn ing and afternoon as usual on Sabbath days, and it was in tended to hold an evening service at six o'clock, but at about half en hoar before that time flames were discovered issai front the singing gallery. An immediate alarm was Ten, but the firs spread with great rapidity, specdily igniting the organ and singing desks, and presently extend. ing to the benches and wooden partitions of the seat!. Engines were quickly brought up, but in spite cf all exer tions the fire raged until only the walls of the building re mained. The chapel was insured, butnot to the full extent of the lees sustained. Tun DECEMBER AUSTRALIAN MAILB.—By the arrival of ,the Eleanor Dixon at Liverpool from Islay, we learn that her commander, Captain Quay, peassil the "Black Ball " clipper James Baines, Captain M'Donnell, on the 29th Dec., in lat. 3 N., long. 28 W. She was at that time only 19 days out, and, considering the very unfavour able wookher prevalent at the time of her stating, must be eassidorod as making capital way. She was likely to crow the Equator en the neat day (the 20th Dec.). Oa the fastest passage to Australia yet made the veuel crossed tat the 25th dos y tram Liverpool. 11111111111111 AT LIVERPOOL.—Oor Liverpool corre spondent imaribes the destitution caused at that port by the leek eemlimineDes of the easterly winds, keeping back the large Sod of vessels inward-bound, for the arrival of which thousands of willing labourers at the Liverpool Docks are anxiously waiting—together with the intense frost blockimle malls and docks with ice, and throwing out of t thousands of lumpen, porter., stone masons, ere, and other classes of artisans. Haud imme suns have been subscribed by the Brokers' Associa tion for the relief of the naemploysd, and upon the whole the et the season has been borne with pulsars.Yee however, some parties wishing to maks the most of Ileassuisa traversed the streets and solicited charity in aWm appowiiiag that of menace. Many penes closed theft shape, awl la maw instances the Ashes of the bakers wove aismil wind the will of the ovine , - Them, how- , ever, vas amplismal cases, and it would :w very wrong to godsend lie 910•11lators of these outrages with the Indus tsiaas pair. iLatn Intelitaence. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.-Fn. 19. entszier—rws SOLD OT THI ODUTITIL. TIM /JOST UM' T. 1014111ERTON LZIOII, TUX TITDOR O. TUX TIEYWOATITI (-roar, TIM 111.11 T HUM. OM MTN rATTILIIOO. AND TYR LOUT U.N. 11l IDWASID - • 111 OP PRIM OP WAR. This was an appeal from the sentence of the High Court of Admiralty, and raised, for the first time. before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sines the outbreak of the present war, the important question of the condemnation, in costs and damages, of the captors of • foreign 'easel, whoa restitution of the ship and cargo had been assented to. The Ostase, wider Meeklinbarg colours, took on board, at Croutadt, in May. 1864, a cargo of wheat, and sailed from thence on the 28th, bound to Elsinore for orders. On the 110th the vessel was fallen in with off Varga, in the Gulf of Finland, by her Majesty's ship of war Dauntless, the officer of which ship bearded the 0ct..., inspected her papers, and declared them all regular. The captain of the Ostsee proceeded on the voyage, and two days afterwards she was fallen in with by her Majesty's ship of war Alban, Remy Charles Otter, commander, off Dagerort, when she was boarded, and, her papers having been inspected, the ship and cargo were detained a prise for having broken the blockade of Cronstadt, and sent to England for adjudica tion. It appeared from the affidavits in the court below that on the evening of the let of June, 1854, the Cetus was eaptured about 24 English miles from Damon, on the inauside of that place, and in the Gulf of Finland. She had at **time only the Mecklenburg colours and a small qua rutin* flag on board. No resietance whatever was made i at the time by the crew of the Ostsee, she being a brig of 268 tons English register. Her cargo at the time of her capture was about 1,760 quarters of wheat, and it woo proved that her crew consisted of ten persona— three Swedes, one Pelagian, one Russian, one Dane, and four Meeklenburgen ; the muter being a subject of the Doke of Mecklenburg. On the 2nd of August last the Queen's Proctor, having submitted the cue to her Majesty's Advocate, offered to consent to the restitution of the ship en the payment of the captor's expense*, which offer was net acceded to, and the case was brought on for adjudica tion on the 19th of the same month in the Court of Adze( • laity, when the learned judge delivered judgment to the following effect " During the seventeen years that Lord Stowell presided in this court, and administered the Law of Nations with regard to war, I believe that out of the many ships and cargoes brought before him, he condemned the cap ton in costs and damages 1n only about ten or a dozen cues —not one in a thousand ; and LordlStowell also, as I right well remember, laid it down ;that he would not condemn the captors in casts and damages upon evidence given before him, without giving them the opportunity of jus tifying their conduct, and stating, if they thought fit, the grounds on which they made their capture. In my own recollection there are only three cases of restitution with costa and damages. I am well aware that where a leisure has been made without ostensible cattle or =, justice requires that the persons making the seizure make good to the party the lose that may have been eine. sioned by the capture. At the same time lam of opinion that this is the extremity of the Law of Nations, which ought not to be adopted except in cases which imperatively require the court so to do. NV ithcut venturing any opinion as to what may be the duty of the court in cues that may come before it, looking at the confusion that has arisen re specting this blockade, and the difficulty commanders of her Majesty's vowels have in forming their own opinion, and seeing that cement has been given for the res titution of this ship and cargo, I think I should be going too far in condemning the cap tors in costs and damages, and I decline to do so." This was the judgmeat appealed against, the appellant pray ing that the council should report to her Majesty that the portion of the sentence appealed against should be reversed, the principal cause retained, and that the damages and cost* sustained by the owners of the Ostsee, and her cargo, by reason of her capture and detention should be pronounced for, and that Commander Henry Charles Otter, of her Majesty's ship Alban, should be condemned in the damages and all the costs incurred in this and in the court below. The Queen's Proctor, contra, prayed their lordships to re port against the appeal, to affirm the sentence of the court below with caste, and to remit the cause. Dr. Addams and Dr. Twit. represented the appellant. The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Hayford appeared for the respondent. The arguments kad not concluded when the council ad journed. EQUITY COURTS.-FEB. 19. WOW 171 WYla OP Sal LOLL. NACHOS V. VILLOW. Mr. Loyd moved to dissolve an injunction which bad been obtained in this cue to restrain the defendant from pro. ceeding in an action for the recovery of a sum of 2,000/. Plain Wand the son of the defendant are partners in some mlt works at Matson. Defendant had advanced money to Ids son, and bad taken a mortgage from plaintiff for 2,0001. se soonsity for • portion of the sum so advanced ; and plain dr. emu was, that his partner was to find the capital and have three.fourthe of the profits, and that defendant was only to have one-fourth. He also alleged that fiis partner, who is an attorney, told him the deed was only a mere matter of form. It appeared, however, from the evidence adduced by the defendant, that the deed was settled by Mr. Cheshire, plaintiff's attorney, before it was signed. His Honour said it was clear the plaintiff had not stated the whole truth when he obtained his injunction. It must be dissolved, bat he suggested that as the plaintiff prayed a dissolution, a decree should be taken by consent for the dissolution, and that the accounts be taken. This was acceded to, and a decree was made accordingly. WAGON V. ZABTRILN UNION RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. R. Palmer moved, on the part of the plaintiff, who was the owner of certain Six per Cent. Preference Shares, for an injunction to prevent the defendants from applying any money which now is or which may hereafter come into their possession to the payment of any dividend, or in re payment of money illegally borrowed, until full payment shall have been made to him of the arrears of interest gua ranteed to him. The Eastern Union Company was incor porated by an act passed in 1844. In 1847 an act was paned, called the Eastern Union and Hadley Junction Act, which gave the company power to raise by additional shares • sum not exceeding 100,0001. By another act, called the Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier Act, power was given to raise an additional 200,0001. Under these acts the company raised 300,0001., by 15,000 shares of 201. each, at 6 per cent. in perpetuity. By another act, passed in 1850, power was given to the company to raise 536,0001. by debenture shares,which were to have a priority over the 6 per cent. shares. Then, by a subsequent act, the company was empowered to pay off the 6 per cent. shares, at the rate of 1091. per cent., with interest at 4 per cent. from *stuns of the passing of the act. Under this latter act the company raised • sum of money, and on the let March, 1854, plaintiff received from the company the redemption money at the rate of 1091. per cent., with in terest from the date of the passing of the act, and be gave up his certificates of shares, but not the coupons for the in terest, which bad not been paid for several years,aad which now amounted to a considerable sum. The object of this motion was to prevent the company from paying any money for dividends or in discharge of debts or interest in curred to pay off these shares until his arrears of Interest were paid. Mr. Selwyn, who appeared for the company, and had objected to the motion being heard now, on the ground that there had not been time to answer affidavits, here offered to give an undertaking that the company should make no pay. meat on account of principal or dividends until the motion was heard. This was acceded to, and the motion was then adjourned till the Bth of Much. mots VICKAANCILLOI al KINN STVAII IS RZ ZASTRIN COVNTINS JUNCTION AND RAILWAY COMPART.—EXPARTI RIDDELL. Mr. Selwyn appeared in support of a motion that Master Blunt might revise his certificate, whereby he bad included the name of Mr. Riddell in the list of contributories of the above company under the following circumstances. In January, 1851, the question had been argued before Sir, William Horne, and was twice adjourned, and on the tad of February, 1851, it again came on, when Mr. Riddell's name was nettled on the list of contributories, but the Master's clerk had marked the word " adjourned " instead of the word " settled," against his name on the list. Oa the affidavit of Sir W. Horn's chief clerk to the above effect Muter Blunt bad issued his certificate. It was contended in support of the motion that the case had never been dia. iied of by Sir William Horne, and that Master Blunt was bound himself to have heard the case, and to have deter. mined the question. Mr. Maims and Mr. Roxburgh, for the official manager, submitted that the case had been decided by the Master in 1851, and that Mr. Riddell not having taken any steps to have his name removed from the list since 1851, ought not to he allowed at this distance of time to take advantage of a mere mistake of the Master's clerk. The Vice-Chancellor said the Master had miscarried in adopting the settlement of the lief urn the'statement of the chief clerk of Sir William Horne; tt twin therefore be re• (erred back to the Master to revise his certificate, but his Honour declined to allow Mr. Riddell the costa of hie ap• plication. COURT OF QUEEN'S 417T1J101 AT II MTN AT ATILDE NCH.—Fas. 19. •IRMA LORD CA KM - - - AIM A AZICIAL SWAT. NICHOLSON AND A 14022111 O. 000 CH• - BANKRUPTCY. Mr. Bramwell and Mr C. Pollock appeared for the plaintiffs . ; and Sir Frederick Thesiger, Dlr. H. Hill, and Mr. Milward represented the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, as assignees of a bankrupt named Lodge, to recovev from the defendant, the official assignee of the Stotk Exchange, certain monies which, as alleged by the plaintiffs, were paid, by way of a fraudulent preference, to the exclusion of other creditors. It appeared from the evidence that Lodge, who was for merly a member of the Stock Exchange, found himself, on the 10th of January, 1853, Al such a position as to be un able to meet his liabilities within " the house ;" and he accordingly, on the morning of the 11th, wrote to the I iteeretery, informing him of that fact: whereupon it was notified, by proclamation, to all tho members of the Stock Exchange, upon which Mr. Goooh, the defendant, acting se official usignee of that establishment, proceeded to Lodge's office, and obtained a list of all moseys due to' hint by mermen of the hum, which altogether amounted to between 9,001. and 10,0001. This rum the defendant had rewind, and wording to the rules of the Stook sx. change distributed, with the ezeeption of a small sum mound's to about 138&, amongst the members in the !, house, to whom Lodge was indebted for " differences" due on the Baronet, to the exclusion of his other creditors. This wasalleged by the plaintiffs to be a " fraudulent pre foresee," and farther that the transaction. were illegal, being of a gambling character. The evidence adduced on the part of the defendant proved that he had only acted in conformity with the established rules of the Stock Ex change ; that he had no notice of the act of bankruptcy on the part of Lodge ; and that the sums arising from the "differences" were not of a gambling nature. Ultimately the ease was turned into a special cue for the opinion of the court, one point alone being left for the con sideration of the jury. Lord Campbell, in addressing the jury said, that this ease could not at present be determined, but there was one point for their decision which, although it would not decide the ease, would be an ingredient for the consideration of the court before which the case would come. The question was whether it was the intention of Lodge and thou with whom he dealt, that the °entracte were to be for the sale and purchase of stock, or that those contracts were merely to he settled by the payment of differences when the account day arrived. If it had been the intention of the parties at the time the contracts were entered into, that they were to be paid for, the transactions were legitimate, but if on the contrary it had been well understood betweea the parties when they entered into the contracts that the differences alone were to be paid, it was nothing more nor less than a wager on the rise or fall of the market. These bargains might have been bargains for time, if so they were per fectly legitimate, but that was a matter for the consideration of the j ury. Thejury having retired, returned into court and gave the following verdict: °We find that the majority of the transactions brought' before as were entered into by Lodge, and were of a specu lative character with en intention of merely settling diffe rences, but we cannot say that both parties at the time the contracts were entered into understood that they were only to pay and receive the differences." - - SECOND COURT. ROM AT laft TIICSOLT ADNAII V. DODD/LTG AND Mr. Skinner appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Haw kins for the defendants. Thu action wu brought against the defendants, who are auctioneers and estate agents, in the City, by the plaintiff, who had employed them to put in a distress for rent on one of his tenant's goods, for not having taken in such distress the goods of a lodger which were on the premises. The defence waetkat in several former distresses which the defendants had put in on the same premises, by the order of the plaintiff, they had been directed by him not to touch the goods of the lodgers in the house, as reason for put ' ting in the distresses was merely to get rid of the tenant, ' and not to injure as lodgers. They had in this instance been told to put in the distress " as usual," and accordingly the had not seised the goods of the lodgers. The jury band a verdict for the defendants. COURT OF COMMON PLRAB.-FEB. 19. MITINCIII AT MIA PANS, IR LONDOII.-1111012 CHM/ 7VVIIIIII MI MI AND ♦ SPICIAL JCIT. BRODIE V. ROWARD.-REPAIRE TO A BRIP. This was an action to recover 1,1161. 17.. 7d. for repairs done to a vessel called the Stratheden, between the 29th August and the 30th September, 1852. Mr. Scrjeant Shea and Mr. Lush appeared for the plain tiff; and Mr. Salaam Byles and Mr. Cleasby were for the defendant. _ The plaintiff was • shipwright, and the defendant was formerly joint owner with Mr. Lewis of the Stratheden, the defendant having one-eighth, and Mr. Lewis the other seven-eighths, of the vessel. In June, 1852, she arrived in the Thames, having been for two years on a voyage, and it was thought necessary that she should undergo cons'. derablo repairs, in order that she might retain her class of red diphthong at Lloyd's. These repairs w ere undertaken at the instance of Mr. Lewis, and when they were drawing towards completion, on the 20th September, the defendant, under a proceeding of the Admiralty Court, arrested the ship, the effect of which was that she was not allowed to go abroad until surety had been given to the defendant for his abase in the vessel. After this she went to Port Philip, and was subsequently lost at the entrance to the port of Manilla. The plaintiff's cue was that the defendant, as one of the owners of the Stratheden, was liable is pay for her repair ; but the defendant's case was that be had not pledged his credit, nor authorised it to be pledged. Beyond this, that he had sent his clerk on the 10th September to warn the plaintiff that the repairs had been undertaken without his knowledge sr sanction, and that he repudiated any liability to pay for them. The Plaintiff denied that he had received such • notice on the 10th September. The jury expressed their opinion that the notice had been given ; and, after some discussion, his lordship directed a verdict for the defendant ; but gave the plaintiff leave to move to enter a verdict for the amount claimed. rs•ORAOH V. THR LONDON AND NORTH TIZATIRN RAIL- WAY COMPANT.-RLILWAY ACCIMINT. The plaintiff in this case, a young man 25 years of age, was formerly a commercial traveller to Messrs. Fester, Porter, and Co., and he brought his action to recover damages for injuries sustained by him, in a collision which happened on the North Western Railway on the 27th Feb ruary, 1854. The company paid into court 5001., and the lquestion now for determination was, whether that sum was sufficient or not. Mr. Montague Chambers, Q C., Mr. Serjeant Bytes, and Mr. Lush appeared fir the plaintiff; and Mr. Serjeant Wilkins and Mr. Power were for the defendants. On the 27th February the plaintiff was a second-clam passenger from Birmingham to Manchester, and on the way his train ran into a luggage train, and he received a violent blew, which for some time rendered him insensible. Having recovered his settees, he was taken to Manchester, and wu there attended by Dr. Harrison on the part of the company. In about a week's time he was allowed to go to Birmingham, where he resided, and he was there attended by Dr. Elkington from that time until about the•end of April. He then went to Shrewsbury, and got a little better. He, however, relapsed again, and a consultation was held between Dr. Elkington, Dr. Harrison, and Dr. Evans, and he was desired to abstain from business for three months, and go to the seaside. He did abstain from business, and he went to the north of Ireland; but he still continued in a very bad state, and he was even now under medical care. Previous to the accident, the plaintiff had been in excellent health, but it was presumed that he had received a con cussion upon the breast bone, which had injured the hinge, and probably the heart. His income as commercial traveller was about 3201., but be had been unable to retain his situa tion, and had been put to the expense for doctors, nurses, and travelling, of 2061. In the course of the case, Mr Serjeant Wilkins offered to leave it to Mr. Foster and Dr. Elkingten to say what was the fair amount of damages for the plaintiff to receive, and this offer having been accepted, those gentlemen retired from court to consider the matter. In a few minutes the returned, and expressed their opinion that the plaintiff ought to receive 1,0001., clear of medical and lsw expenses. A verdict was accordingly entered for the plaintiff for 7061. beyond the amount paid into court. THE NATIONAL GUARDIAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY V. TEE ERA ASSURANCE SOCIZTY.-ACTION ON A POLICY. The plaintiffs, in August, 1851, granted a policy upon the life of Michael M'Donald for 1 , 6 001 , and in August, 1852, they effected a policy upon the life of the manse gentleman in the defendant's office for 6001. A premium upon this last mentioned policy became due on the 25th of February, 1854, and on the 23rd February the secretary of the Era office applied for the money. He was told that it was not known whether the original assurance bad dropped or not, and it was arranged that the matter should stand over. On the 22nd March the secretary of the Era wrote to the secretary to the National Guardian, that he had passed the amount to the plaintiffs' credit, and he asked for a cheque at their earliest convenience. On the 23rd Much the secretary to the National Guardian sent a cheque for 281. 15e., the pre mium, and in his note he informed the defendants that Mr. M'Donald had died about a fortnight previously. Under the circumstances the defendants declined to receive the premium, and the question now wu whether, under the circumstances, the premium had been paid so as to entitle the plaintiffs to recover. Mr. Edwin James and Mr. H. Lloyd appeared for the plaintiffs; and Mr. Serjeant Spa and Mr. Power for the defendants. The Chief Justice was of opinion that in law there had been no proper payment of the premium, and he directed a nonsait. WHITS O. SCOTT (P. 0 )-ACTION AOAINST A DANE POR DISHONOURING A CHEQUR. The plaintiff in this cue was an auctioneer in Bishop gate-street, and the defendant represented the Union Bank of London. The action was to recover damages in cones ' quenco of the bank hieing dishonoured the plaintiff's cheques at a time when they had sufficient funds to meet It. The defendants paid 101. into court, and the question was, whether this sum was sufficient. Mr. Scrjeeot Byles and Mr. Aspland appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Edwin James, Q C., for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff had been applied to by Mr. Newton, of Stratford, to sell by auction some machinery for boring wells, and which property it was expected would realise about 1001. Mr. Newton, at this time, wanted some money, and the plaintiff gave him a cheque for 401., on the Union Bank, be having at the time a balance there of 1271. odd. The cheque, however, was not paid, upon the ground that there wan not sufficient money to meet it, and this mistake arose either from an error of 1001. in adding up the account, or from the plaintiff's account having been mis taken for that of another Mr. White. one of them being named Edward, and the other Edwin. The plaintiff claimed se special damages, that in consequence of the cheque haling been dishonoured, Mr. Newton declined to let him go on with the sale of the property; but the evidence only amounted to this, that after the cheque had been dis houred, Mr: Newton bad altered Lie mind, and had sold by private contract, en 1 that it was likely, but not certain, that if be had received the 401. he would have let the plain tiff go on with the ails. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 40/. beyond the amount paid into court. I COURT OF lIITIVIN AT 11111 PAM AT 19. XS TU WAD CRISP RAJ= LSD • !TWILL MT. WILCOX V. BILL AND ANOTIIER.-ALLIORD FORGERY. lrtr. Dorfll sad Mr. lindry conducted the ease fn the plaintiff ; and Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Willes were counsel for the &readapts. This was an action upon a hill of exchange for 1971. 12s. Gd. drawn by one James Byrne, alleged to have been accepted by the defendants, and endorsed by Byrne to the plaintiffs. The defendants pleaded that the acceptance of "Bell end Corbett" upon this bill was a forgery corn mined by Byrne. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff that he bad had various dealings with Byrne is bill discounting, as well as with Bell in hie businees as an architect. With regard to the amptance of " Bell and Corbett" upon this bill, his belief was that it was the handwriting of Bell. A number of genuine orders written by Bell in the name of the firm having u bean called for, were here put in and exhibited to the jury, to enable them to form their own opinion as to the handwriting upon them and upon the bill in question. Oa behalf of the defendants both were examined, as well as their chief clerk, and a clerk in the Provident Clerks' . . Association, and (roils their statements the following facts were elicited :—Byrne is the father-in-law ef Corbett, as well as an old friend of Bell's, and being well acquainted with the nature of their business, he had occasionally assisted them in raising fends, and at times had himself received advances from them. He had also forged their acceptance toone bill, at least, if not to more, and a short time before that bill became due, he had called upon the defendants' clerk with some money, requesting he would pay that into the bankers of the defendants to meet a hill, the acceptance of which he bad forged, which bill was a copy of a genuine bill, adding that the bill was in the hands of the Bank of England, and that he would have paid it if the Bonk would ' have given it up. In consequence ef this statement the clerk refused to accept the money. The bill, on arriving at maturity, was presented at the defendant's hankers and duly paid, the forgery being so perfect, that it deceived the bankers' clerk. This forged bill having been paid, Byrne took up the genuine bill and enclosed it to the defendants. Bell they remonstrated with Byrne upon this conduct, and en quired whether there was "any more of that wretch's paper out," Byrne said he deeply deplored the transaction, and assured Bell most confidently that there was nothing more of the sort in existence. A short time after this the plaintiff called upon the defendants in reference to Byrne's affairs, when it came out that he had discounted an ac ceptance of theirs for 1971. 12s. 6d., and a second for 1561. Both of these bile the defendants declared were forgeries. The plaintiff remarked, that as to the latter bill he had pro cured some collateral securities, which he hoped would turn out all right ; and if so, he should then only lose 1001. by Byrne; but he suggested that, for "family reasons," the defendants should go halves in the loss, and so avoid all chance of exposure. This proposition the defendants at once rejected, the more so as from the course that matters were taking, they were apprehensive that a mass of such bills might be poured in upon them, and pre fared to submit to the then loss, which they had sustained by Byrne's irregularities. Bell then gave notice to the bankers not to pay the bill for 1971. 12s. 6d., nor any similar acceptances, and therefore when the bill arrived at maturity and was presented by the plaintiff, its payment was refused. The presentation of this bill by the plaintiff gave great annoyance to Bell, who, in a correspondence which had subsequently passed, alluded to the plaintiff as having "uttered the bill knowingly." Byrne upon this absconded, and upon his drawer being searched at the Pro vident Clerks' Association office, a paper was foutd upon which the signature of " Bell and Corbett " had been fre• quently written. The plaintiff eventually brought the pre sent action upon the bill, and a second action for slander against Bell in his individual capacity. The Lord Chief Baron, in summing up, said that there were two questions for their deeisioas—First, was this ac ceptance in the handwriting of Bell, and it not, had Byrne been authorised to accept in their name. The jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdict for the defendants. THE POLICE COURTS. LAMOETH. Mr. Joseph Cleary, a middle-aged man of respectable appearance, described as a builder, melding at West Ham, Essex, was charged with discharging two pistols, loaded with ball at the person of Mr. Samuel Henry Leah, an auctioneer, residing at No. 68, Beresford street, with intent to shoot him. The examination occupied some considerable time, but the facts may be briefly given. Complainant had been re quested by defendant to sell some houses for him in October last. The property was accordingly put up to auction, but as sufficient was not bid to cover the sum for which it was mortgaged, the mortgagee foreclosed. The prisoner, how ever, had leave to sell, and the property was again advertised for sale. tt is time by private contract. An offer was made fir 1,5501., but thi prisoner declined to sell for that sum Soon afterwards he disappeared. The prosecutor having sought for him in vain, became satisfied that he had run away, and having communicated to the solicitors of the mortgagee the offer which had been made of 1,650/., sold the property at that sum by their directions and as their agent. Prisoner, whe appeared to have got an idea that the property was sold far below its value, yesterday presented himself at the prosecutor's office, and, after some words with him, suddenly drew a pistol and discharged it at the prosecutor aerosa the table. The prosecutor ran out into the street, followed by the prisoner, who liseharged a second pistol, after which he was seised, and given into custody. A flattened bullet and Pistol wad ding were found in prosecutor's office on the floor, and a powder flask containing powder, a small box of pistol bul let., and a wooden ramrod were found upon tho prisoner after his arrest. The above facts having been deposed to by al wit news, Mr. Elliott, after repeating the usual caution, asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything in reply to the Charge, and his answer was, " Nothing at present." The depositions were read over, and the prisoner was fully committed on the capital offence of shooting with intent to murder._ _ . . Tun Pooa Box.—Mr. Elliott requested the acknow ledgement of a sovereign from T. C. ; a cheque for 51. from T. T. ; a post-office order for 11. from H. ; and 2/. from A. S., for the poor box. BOW-STREET. . • .. Sarah Frame, a married woman, was charged with stealing the parish door-mat, under the following circum stances: The prisoner applied for relief at the office of the Strand Union, but having admitted that ebe had only just left the Chelsea workhouse the same morning, her application was refused. Shortly after her departure, the large door-mat was found missing from the door, and while the particulars of the robbery were being communicated to the inspector at the police-station, in Bow-street, a constable of the F di vision brought in the prisoner on suspicion of felony, having just previously found her offering the mat for sale in Seven Dials. The woman, in her defence, stated that she was actually starving. She had a husband living, who was a journeyman painter, but they had separated. He promised to allow her a weekly maintenance, and [she left the workhouse to see him upon the subject ; but he took her to a coffee shop or some such place, and, having left her, on the pretext that he was going to make a call and would return in a minute, left her altogether. Being unable to find him again, she returned to Chelsea and was refused re-admission ; then she went to her husband's place of business, but he was not to be heard of. Finding herself starved and exhausted in the district of the Strand Union, she applied there for relief, and, being refused, took the mat to raise the means of pur chasing some food and shelter. Mr. Hall said, if the woman's story was true—and really there was no knowing what to believe or disbelieve now-a days—the relieving-officer of Chelsea ought to have taken her in and inquired after the husband. It was clear that she had no claim on the Strand Union, having just left the other. . ....... The prisoner was committed for trial. THAMES. Mr. Yardley stated that the notice which had appeared in the newspapers of the appalling distress which existed in the district, had caused the following donations to be for. warded, aid that an acknowledgment in the Daily News was requested : Mr. Pickwick, 21. 25.; E. E., 51. ; H., 11. ; A. H. C. 8., 101. ; C. H. M., 10s. ; and 0. W., 61. 6s. Mr. Yardley gave to about 100 poor persons each an order for a four-pounds loaf, and to many others sums varying Ifrom 21. 6d. to 101. each. TUE LATE FIRE AND Loss of LIFE IN HOLLAND 8111.111T.—Yesterday evening Mr. William Carter, the coro. ner for Elva Surrey, opened an Inquest at the Eight Bells Tavern, Cross•street, Blackfrian-road, on the body of Mr. Themes Parker Jackson, aged 24, the Inspector of Risks to the Bun Fire Inauranec-office, who lost his life at the great conflagration which occurred on Fridanight last in Bra land•street, near Blackfriars-bridge. Deceased was son-in law to Mr. Braidwood, and though not attached to the fire brigade, had been in the habit of attending fires as an amateur, and was so engaged en the occasion of his death. After the examination of the police-constable who dis covered the fire and of the private watchman of Messrs. Rennie, Frederick Perrier, subxngineer of the London Fire Brigade, denceei to the fall;ng of a stack of timber on deceased, while the latter was directing a branch pipe upon the flames. The inquiry was then adjourned until Friday next. EXPLOSION AT TUE EQUITABLE COMPANY'S GAS Woaxs.—Yesterday morning, between 9 and 10 o'clock, an explosion, attended with fatal results, occurred at the works of the Equitable Gas Company, situate at Tbames•bank. It appears that owing to the coldness of the main pipe., con sequent on the frost, the gas had boc.une deteriorated in quality, and to remedy thi., communicating pipes have been set up between the hollers of the engines and the " primary main:L" By this means the temperature of the pipes is in creased. To keep the steam, howeect from entering the' mains, during the time they are filled with gas, tacks are fitted in the centre of the communicating pipes. It would appear that one of these socks was in an imperfect condi tion, and allowed the gas to pass from the main into a boiler which was b , irg cleaned out. Ths consequence was a tremendous ex. , losidn of the boiler, caused by the introduc tion of a light by a man named Parsons, will was inside cleaning it out. The holler was shattered to pieces, the windows of the engine-room blown out, end the brick roof ing of the boiler *mitered in all directions. Parsons was Wed on the spot, his body being frightfully mutilated. Pthrte4 sad pubilthed bf WIWLY Ki'w Ileum, of No. 8. Lombard Street, to the City of Looks, Vrioter. at th e Mph in Lombsrd sLroet, la the !Redact of Wlthefriare.—TOethei, ribliVkitY 26. la& MARKETS. LONDON WEEKLY ()GC Imwt ted.. Ito 4a,Vi. hala a !V anr.:l u• I Fear.. di-iadras 1 Tundra I Own; W. I a Mocha t Ceylon I COCOA, b. P I irovelpi I Ron, W. India ... c HETCRVS.—Pip. IT. ellvered. l Pr ' Stock. ?,3' , 0 117 4 00 . 1,5, 9 2,600 500 600 0 -• 300 240 2,40 -. 400 16,100 i amp 438,C00 48,000 117,00) 183.,8,44 824,080 170.309 GOO 450 10,050 13,100 4,801 i 83 . 300 2,9(8) 10 1,400 1 30, hoo 12,5e0 7:040 COTTON.—LivaaaooL, Fan. I9.—The market slued heavily, without change. The sales were 6,000 W ee _ 600 by ezportera—compriaieg 100 Peream and harm:ham at 64 to 7d ;70 Bahia, at 64d. to 64d.; 300 E,rypti aa , 614. to 7d.; 700 Surat, at 344. to 311., an d 6 0 Sea /44di at 12d. to 201. per lb. CORN.—Wavlraronn, Fan. 17.—The continued see City of the weather has kept our market scantily supplied with all descnptions of home grdwn grain throughout the week. From abroad we have not had any arrival', and coastwise only one cargo cf wheat, and one of Indian torn. Our market has not undergone any change of consequence since the day se'nnight ; a moderate amount of business has been transacted in most articles, at about List week's quotations. Wheat: The best runs of farmers' samples sold readily at full prices, but secondary descriptions were with difficulty disposed of at rather lower rates. Faw n, in which the transactions were very limited, realised the currency of Saturday last. Barley met with little atten tion, and we note no alteration in its value. Oats hare bees in improved request, and buyers have had to pay an ad. trance of 3d. per barrel. We have experienced a fair de mand for Indira corn, at urices which were not easily ob tained at the close of last week. Flour the tare lower. Imports this week : Wheat, 753 qrs. ; Indian cora, 938; flour, 49 sacks. Exports tnis week Oats, 9,807 barrels; flour, 1,40 sacks. COALS.—LoBBox, FEB. 19.—Walla End Hatton, 225. 6d.; Walls End Wharneliffe, 245. ; Ed en H a l o, 245. : Walla End Hetton, 251. ; Walls End Hetton Lyons, 245.; Walls End Penshtr, 23.. 3d. ; Walls End Plummer, 2,41.; Walls End &swan's, 251. ; Walla End Camp, 246. ed.; Walls End Hartlepool, 2.51. ; Walls End Hartlepool Helton, 24e, 6sl. ; Walls End Tees, 2.51. ; Walls End Whitworth, 235.; Wells End South Durham, 235. SHIPPING INTBLLIGENCB. _ _ LIVERPOOL SHIPS AT FOREIGN PORTe.—Ann Chesbyre, at Valparaiso; Delta (e.s.), at Havre; Delta, at Callao; Philip Dean, at Comm. SAILED FOR LIVERPOOL.—WaIter Duncan, from Sato rains, Jan 15; Globe, from Valparaiso, Dec. 23. ARRIVED. COLI:MBIAN..-at Shields, February 17, from Lisboa Crease's—at Liverpool, February 19, from New Orleans DANGL Willetil—at Liverpool, February 19, from Botta ELKANOR Lbson—at Live, February 19, from ...... .... I sl 7 FANNY GANN—at Liverpoo February 12 from .bt. Michael s tiserow—at Liverpool, Febr uary 19, 'from Omeod Ihr,airrrs—at Liverpool, February 19, from Rotterdam o:cram—at Liverpool, February 19, from `few York Oewcoo—at Liverpool, February 19, from.. PROVIDCFCC—at Shields, February 17, fr o m Cad:Aims Palmas (a.a.)—at Liverpool, February 19 from A!tlANdril PIAMIAN— at Liverpool, February 19, from Maeda SEA Brao—at Liverpool, February 19, from Sarnia Vacrou—at Liverpool, February 19, from Ostend [SAILED. Amnon—from LlTerpool, February 19, to New York Atovent atm Vicroe—from Liverpool, February 18, to Africa Annie Moaarea—from Gard.rt, February 16, to Cadiz ANN Imarx,Le.—free Shieklo, February 17, to Coagulate* Asian Saxon—from Sb'clue, February 17, to Boma& ADA—from Shield', February 17 to Genoa Acmes—from shield', February 17, to Guanine ALMA—frcm Sunderland, February 17, to .. Conatantinople Alf( . Rceeirr"—hum Sunderland, February 17, to BaLiklara .. . .. .. . _ .__ ./. Smut-from Shields, February 17, to Genoa Ctrameace-from Cowes, February 18, to opt Cumnerm-from Shields, February 17, to Hannah CAIRO-from Shields, February 17, to Cam Comma-from Shields, F bruary 17, to Marseille' CJIMICIAT CITY-frOM SWIMMIL, February 19. to Ada" Corernarrior -from Southampton, February 17, to Sydney,N S.W. Deveaeux-from Cardiff, February 16, to Coll.:online* Dues or CORNWALL-from Portsmouth, February 18, to Liverpool DURNAM-from Shields, February 17, t 0... Eroneen -from Hartlepool, Feornary 17, to Conetantisopla Sceptre-from Shields, February 17, to S.D.-from Shields, February 17, to Constantinople &MAMA SARAH-MUM Shields, February 17, to Carthame' EDINA-from Shields, February 17, to . . earthmen& ELLIE/GILL-60M Shields, February 17, to Carthagena E. Apnerr-tram Shields, February 17. to Constanenople Eausuxoe-from Shields, February 17, to Comtuninople E. C. 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Oran Java-from Pill, February 18, to Malta !OAK Blown-from Cardiff, February 16, to IMICtIOAA /ANL Stumm -from Shields, February 17, to Nap:se hoes Fazumw-from Sbields, February 17, to Algiers Jon, Panes-from Liverpool, February 19, to Amom Lercasame-from Liverpool, February 19, to Constantinople Lehr SARAH BATLRY-from Shields, Feb. 17, to Coratantinople Manur.De-from Cardiff, February 16, to Mails Ileum= -from Shields, February 17, to CoLF:antinople Marino-from Shields, February 17, to C. r : tag ena MARY-from Shields, February 17 to . Marseilles Meurer-from Shields, February 17, to CJestuninople Elootram - from Liverpool li Feb. 19, to Charleston u New Yo racier-from verpool, February 19, to Savannah Noe= rote-from Shields, February 17, to Oonstantusople OVARY-from Shields, February 17, to Cadiz PANDOBA-from Portsmouth, February 18, to Malden Fineness-from Shields, February 17, to Container* Hamer or AVA-from Sunderland, February 17, to Remarno-from Plymouth, February 17, to Zl4 Siouan Rentoure-from Shields, Feb. 17, to. Qaebeo RAJAH-from Liverpool, February 19, to Calcutta Brum or OMAN-from Liverpool, February 19, to... New Orleans Seurre-from Cardiff, February 16, to Constantinople Serum- from Shields, February 17, to earthmen" SATILLITE-from Shields, February 17, to Malta SALLY-from Sunderland, February 17, to Calcutta Ste Cone Cinemax-from Sunderland, February 17, to Calends Tweap-from Shields, February 17, to Wu Towns-from Shields, February 17, to Barcelona Tuts (s.)-from Southampton, Feb. 17, to West Indies Memo- from Liverpool, February 19. to Leghorn W. Ass-from Cardiff. February 16, to Constantinople W. Rain - from Shields, February 17, to Sewfoundlaed WATSON-from Shields, February 17, to Conetectinopla VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Docheas, from Bombay. Dec. 17„ lat. 23 & lon. 3 E. Glamour, from Calcutta for London, De% 13, lat. 27 8., loa. 7 E. Royal Alice, from Bingabore fur London, lat. 7 8., lon. 103 E. 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