The Express. — London, England, 1855-02-22 00:00:00

- - pram ", wa y corn, and of the outlay upon the line access', km bees spplird rather to te.constth, o•ri 1. •n to eitimary repair, and might then fore per hap, •shout im pippriety, have been charged to wefts!, hot the i*.irtc•ore were reluctant to adopt this C , UTS(P, std iu Eh,. thst the 'spectre of tto nrst loth or three years will c corm , tienally reduced by the smite which have tows d Lt citc.st upon the last hiltless', they have preferred to carry to s Illearlal• Selma the two sums of 9481. 3.. 3d. for permanent way stores, and 10,5361. 16s. for maintenance of works, aiskiog together the sum of 11 1681 19s. 31. to be spread OM as many future hall%)eurs so the propoitonite per (restage of reteipts and supposes may justify. The dispel'• Dle beonce of the penerol revenue Reeount, including the um of 4.1021. 120. 11. brought over from the previous Mat ra? (Ism the sum of 3,0001. written off towsele the cost of tbe Devon and D treat bill), Is 65,3771. 180. 10.1., which will provide for a dividend of 41j per cent per annum, or 21 per cent for the half-year, en your 2.01)0,0001. of conso lidated stock, and levee a surplus of 8,3771.101. Oat adds surplus your directors propose w you to write off the mum of 5,0001. to the credit of the suspense exhaust of the Devon tad Dorset bill. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND). The following the directors' report to be submitted at the hat( yearly meeting on Strurday neat. Total receipts for the bell-year ending Dm. 31,1854, 153,978/. ; ditto, for the half•year end.ng Dec. 31, 1853, 162,0351. ; decrease, 11,0681. The cl. , t :ant &remota show a satisfactory Inagua in the goods add rattle traffic. In passengen there has been a donnas on the half-year ; but when it is taken into 006. sideration that the cearespoading period of last year iacluded the whole of the ezeursion trees" of the Brhibition year, sad that on the year of 1864, compared with 16;3, the de- UMW in the entire receipts amounts to only 2,006:., then is ample proof o , Ito steady Litmus in the legitanate traffic the line in all its brunches. It eppears from the revenue account that there ta au available surplus of 67,0581, oat of which sons the directors recommend that a dividend be paid at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, free of thews tan. There will then remain a balance of 7,0581., 3,0001. of which they crows adding to tbefeserve fund, and earning the remainder (4,0680 to the credit of the neat half year's account. The directors have felt it their duty to make an addition to the company's charges for peg/lagers and goods. The advancea state of the tun nel and terminal works at Curk will enable the line to be opened to Penrose quay early in the ensuing summer. On the oompletion of them important works the large capital expended thereon, hitherto unproductive, will become re munerative. Sines the last half yearly meeting the directors Inee effected an arrangement with the Midland Great Western Railway Company for the parches, of portions of the Grand Canal. To afford time, however, for carrying out this agreement a temporary arrangement has been eatered into, by wheth all grounds for opposition between the two companies have bean re moved. STATISTICAL SOCIETY.-DEFENCE OF LOANS RAISED BY MR. PITT. The following is a farther portion of Mr. New land's papers read before the Statistical Society oa Moods, last: AND SOCIITT IN TB WALT PAST OP 1793. " The war commenced under tinsel embarrassment in the country. " The harvest of 1792 was the third of the dark series of gessoes of deficient preduei which marked the fourteen years from 1789 to 1802 (both inclurive). The harvests of 1789 and 1790 had been defective, but that of 1792 was seriously unfavourable. At the end of September (1792) the price of wheat had risen to 535. 4d. (from 40s. 11d.), end on the 9'h of November following errrtvion was pro- hibited, and importation was allowed at a low duty. " But there was aggravated mercantile discredit we well as scarcity. ' Immediately minding the declaration of war,' says Mr. Tooke (Hist. 1., page 17C), ' there MY • great maid= and derangement of commercial credit, net only in this couatry but in the princi;al trading cities of the continent of Bayou.' Of that discredit the wet was in no sense the origin. It arose out of a treks of masse of a special nature and of; logy outinuanee. The failures begin in November, 1797, When,' says MasPhersou, 'there were no fewer than 106; sad there were very few months in all the yews preceding 1792 +berets the Chasette, that doleful register of commercial miscarriage, had exhibited above the belief that number.' (Aassefe, iv., 254.) The war did not of course teed to relieve embarrasseseate already so chronic. The unmediated number of bankruptcies 'in November,' I again quote MacPherson, as a asstemporary of the period, " wee prodigiously eatuded by the number and amount of thaw which took plies is the spring and summer of this yeas (1793), via. :-105 in March, 1793; 299 in May; 188 in April; 168 in Jane; 108 in July. " Many houses of the moat intensive dealings and most established iredit failed, and their fall involved vast num bers of their earreepoadents sad connections in all parts of the sea try In the general distress and Camay every one leaked ea his seighboar with caution, if not suspicion. It was impassible to raise any money upon the security of nulineey and shares in caul., for the value of such property suned to be annihilated in the gloomy appreltew Must the seeking state of the country, its commerce , _ sal munfeetures ; and those who had any money, not knees. keg where they could place it with tarty, kept it unions *yid and looked it up in their coffers.' There is abundant collateral testimoay that this dismal picture is not overcharged. To the failures of the merchants' and measfsetarers was added the still more disastrous of great ia- failure ef amorima oaagpl iamb! " to Awn MIS) tais ainaabiamioe to that it was seeemary for dm ewverwmeEll EC Welly eztraor inary moa ners@ of relief; Mist a Califie, Of merchants at the Man akin House om ala Ord Olin it was agreed to apply to Mr. Pitt to ukase itadolsor Bills on the seetrit, of goods, oast uaraltaadisit, and other property. Parlia ment was accordingly &Mod to, and as the 29th (April), Exchequer Bills to the exam% of 5,900,000/. ware ordered to be applied as advanese ; and it is exceedingly discredit able to the opposition that they attempted to convert even this obvious and imperative measure of interference into a ground of charge against the minister and into a source of party triumph. Mr. Fox thought it worth while to con tend seriously that the proposal to make temporary ad vances to merchants on ample security, and at a high rats of interest, was even in the midst of such a • ' a viola tion of the constitution, and a suspicious means of placing undue power in the bands of the executive. The measure, however, was perfectly successful, and in point of fast, the moral effect produced by the assurance that assistance could be obtained prevented in most oases, any assistance being applied for. "ran FIBS! LOAN OF THU WAN or 4,500,0001., IN /LARCH, 1741.—in =nosy sap ire izsuis. "We are now in a condition to trace the history of the first loan raised by Mr Pitt on the opening of the war. " The emoted of that loan was 4,500,000/., and it was raised in Three per Cent. Consols, at the rate of 721. mosey for even 1001. stock, or according to the more convenient mode of quoting the terms of each transactne-1381. 16s. stock for every 1001. stoney, and the rate of interest there. fore to the lender wail 41. 3e. 4d. per cent. per annum. The bargain for the loan was concluded between the llth and 17th of March, 1793. "It is important to have before us &statement of the quan tity of funded debt standieg under the different denoneins Lions of *trek on the 6th of January, 1793, or at the time when this loan was contrasted, and snob a statement will be found in the following kora "AMOUNT OP TEE /UNDID DEBT OP GREAT EZITAIN AS IT STOOD ON 6TH BANVAET, 1793. (COMPILED PROM DR. HAMILTON, P. 319.) Funds. Stoat Stock. Three per Cent Camels £107,400,000 Three per Cent. Reduced 41,340,C80 148,940,000 Three per Ont frank flea Reek and 2069,009 Three per Cant. Annuities, 1731 Three per Cent. Annuities, 172 i Bank of England Pour per Cent. Conic Five per Cent. Navy 187.61000 e 32,750,000 1700,000 The total annual charge for annuities of various kinds ezistieg oa 6th January, 1793, was 1,293,0401. ; and of this sum, as fur cask be ascertained, 680,00 W. were ' Long Annuity,' eapirine 6th January, 11560. The remaining 613,0601 were annuities for lives and abort terms, at, say, 20 years' purchase. The 630,0001 Long Annuities per nu n= would represent a eapi'al of 13,6u11,000/. " It is very material to observe upon this statement, that the two great descriptions of stork, the T: - .ree per Cent. Coniols and the Three per Cont. lizdue , d, amounted to Lucre than GO per coot. of the total of the Landed debt; and that the Four and Five per Cents. were of comparatively small amount. " The first love of 4,600,000/. now in question has been very severely criticised, as being, at a single leap, a gross departure from sound principle.. It is said that the loin ought to have been negotiated by open or individual sub scription ; and ought to have been raised in either 4er 6 per cent. stock. Now what are the facts ? " On the 11th of March, 1793, 11r. Pitt laid the Budget before the Jimmie a speech full of detail, and after show ier that the dellei.ncy in the Ways and Means wee 4.6000.0001., ho added, that he proposed to raise that sum by ' .ndividual loans, hut the particular terms of such loans he had not specified, nor even his desire of ea taring into them at all till the accounts were fairly; helve, the hou'e, and every one apprised of the state of the revenue of the country.' He thee read a figured statement, in which he estimated that the money maid be obtai ne d at th e rate of 75 per cent . Mr. Pitt 's speech concluded with an appeal for the support of the boom under the trying circumstance's of the country; andl this gave Mr. Sh er id an an opportun i ty f or saying' that the ' speech contained little novelty in it, .zcept the novelty of istrodueing, nn a day devoted to figures, all the arts of de elamation. The right bon. gentleman had suddenly laid down his resell and slate, MI it were, and grasping his truncheon, had abashed with an harangue, more calculated for the Formal of an army g to storm a French re doubt than a minister of finance diaatraietg anoints in the • TM taty anaakag er bisirmataiss wag as Minn :—ls 1791, 789 et whigh nal egg a many teak; In 1791 , 664, at wtigh or WWI a anuntry Ink; b 171131, 1,636, of widen tarustyula were gauntry Maga. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1855. ...We hour of ealculatioa with the stewards and attorneys •f a burdt DM and p n t e "On the 17th March, 1793, Mr Pitt state' to the hou e the terms of the leas (already given above), and he said oh it he had desired to rcis the money in 4 and 6 per Cents. but had found it impractisahle to do so. Ile admitted that !ha &ctn.! tornts were mere onerous thaw he had expected, but he bad loth no choice, for be bad received tenders fr••m only one set of persons. After a few general objections from Mr Pox, the subject dropped. We fled the same statement in substance in the very useful work by Mr. Greiner,* who says, ' It was originally intended to have raised this loan in 4 or 6 per cent. stock, hut the embarrassed state of commercial credit having caused a scarcity of money. the minister only received Mien from ewe set of subscribers; and as they preferred 3 per omits . it was judged expedient to conclude the bargain In that stock, at the prim of 72, although that pries was be twee. 4 and 6 per cent. under the current price.' And Mr. Greiner odds, 'that Mr Pitt admitted that the terms were much more disadvantageous to the public than might have been expected, but baying dose everything in his power to excite a competition but without effect, the terms were tko hest he could procure.' 'Now if we remember that this loan was requiredabout five weeks after the declaration of war had come suddenly upon the nation, and in the midst of that commercial distress which we have teen, compelled the government to interfere specially in the very neat month (April), we may discern emu reaseas why parsons having the command of capital amid be willing to lend it to the government only on Isms which left them a large =argils for meeting unfa "seeable coatlngencies. But fort Mr, we have the statement of MacPherson, that ' when the war was declared the funds immediately hit the shock, and the Three per Cents. fell almost in deafly from 791 to 70i.. This wee a fall of 9} per cent., and lailcated a degree of instability which no prudent con• truest veld attempt to face, unless fortified by vet. favourable term,. And favourable as the terms were, the scrip of the loan bore no higher a prim on its appearance then li-2 premium; and while that price wee never ex eeeded, so long as the scrip was in the market, the quota tion tell et one time to a small fraction above par. Such a statement of Ike market value of the Feria is of itself strong evidence that even at the rate of 72, the contractors fur the loan were barely reimbursed for the risk attending the operation. 'We may apply, however, another test. It may be as sumed that about the time of the coatract, the market mined the several kinds of stock were as follows, and at thee, price, yielded the rates of annual interest stated, : lan. Muth, 1791. 3 MM t- 4 perCents. l 3 paCents. Annuity. - - - g A l TeutePur. Market Priem... ..... 77 9 19 214 Yielding per cut 1 3 is 4 9 3 4is 2 410 per 111111t1111 Equated Prieto 77 10 111 ... " Here we have a most striking depreciation of market value of the 4 and 6 per Cents. as compared with Consols; a depreciation of (10x89), 13 per cent. as regards the 4 per Cents , and of (128-101) 24 per cent. as regards the 6 per Cents. And it does nut require much financial skill to understand, that if the minister had persisted in raising the loan in 5 per Conte., he would have had to pay for the mom', not 4/. 3s. 4d. per cent., but (as I have estimated for por poises of calculation to be presently re fi ned to), at the very least, 51.25. per cent , or 18.. 4d. per cent. more. " What are we to say, then, to the aocusations of having needlessly resorted to a close clique of contractors, and of having extravegently selected the 3 per Cents. as the stock in which to seek fee tenders ? There is no foundation in fact for these censures; on the contrary, Mr. Pitt did every thing in his power to excite a public competition, and to obtain the money in a high rate stock. He did not succeed, and for the sufficient reason that the difficulties of the money market were too great, and the perils and union. tainties of the time too perplexing to render it possible for the British government, even when actin it through& minister so popular and powerful as Mr. Pitt, to obtain the command of a few millions, except upon terms which did not involve any novelty, and which left a very considerable margin to the subscribers. And we shell find as we proceed that it was substantially the same sufficient reason which year after year left the government no choice but to obtain the neces. sary loans, aot in the form which they would most like, but in that particular meaner which the exigencies of the time rendered most attractive to those who had capital to spare." Lab) inteilmente, COURT OF QUEEWS BENCH.—Fes. 21. lAN •T 11=1 TAMA —IILTOIOI_ LOAD CAILTUILL •aD • BPAZIAL /Ult. make these purtbases by the false and fraudulent represen tations of the defendants as to the value of the said mines. The trial of this care occupied the whole of Tuesday and the greater part of to-day. It ap peered that the plaintiff is a merchant at Liverpool, and, like many othen, he had within the last three years embarked in mining speculations. The two first-named decadents were mining agents and sharebrekers, having an office in bloorgate-street, and the third was resident at Carlisle, but said to have embarked with the other two in the promotion of they, mines. The details of the transac tions were somewhat complicated. This morning the Lord Chief Baron intimated that a verdict mast parlor Jonathan Cur, inasmuch as that the plaintiff had bought all his &hares before he had ever seen that ge•tleman. A verdict in respect of him was therefore entered. As regarded the other defendants, the evidence went to show that they bad been busily engaged in the formation of the companies to work the mines, which were to he conducted on the cost book principle, the mines being under the management of the defendants. The agents for the defendants at Liverpool were Harrison and Co., share-brokers, who were constantly receiving, sometimes three times a day, letters and tele graphic dispatches, detailing the proceedings of the flourish tog condition of the mints. It appeared that the plaintiff had made two visits to Cornwall; that the first was satisfactory to a certain extent upon the representation of the parties he met there, end open his return to Liverpool upon further information he was induced to buy an additional number of 150 shares in the " Great Onslow." Upon a second visit to Cornwall he made inquiries as to the " Bee canoe Mine," when he ascertained from a Captain Vivian that the mine was utterly worthless, and that it would be madness to expend a farthing upon it. Since that time the mine had been ►bandoned. In March, 1862, the plaintiff, in a visit which he paid to Cornwall, saw Bennett, who gave hits • most flattering description of the condition of the " Great Onslow Mine." In the course of the ease several letters were put in, written by the defen dants, in one of which, referring to the shares not increasing in value, appeared this passage " I know it is very difficult to cram common sense into people ; a good dividend is much assist' swallowed, and they shall have &taste of one." A dividend of 2s. a share was accordingly advertised ; and the dividend, it was alleged by the pliintiff, was a false and fraudulent dividend, inasmuch as that it had been de clared, not out of profits, as had been stated, but out of pre:o mens and capital combined. The declaration and payment of this dividend induced the plaintiff to make further pur chases of shares. In another letter appeared • passage to this effect : The dividend we are about to propose will satisfy the people—the', up go the sharer, and no mistake ; and thou (the writer is a quaker) wilt see what thou shalt see." In other letters there was an t solicitation that the parties is London should use every exertion they could to ob•ain an insertion of their reports, not only in the Mining Journal, but in the Daily New., as that would have a great effect upon the public mine, and the shares would go up, Distinct evidence having been given that the dividend of 2s. per share had been made out of capital as well as proceeds, Mr. Phinn said that upon that point he could net resist • verdict being given for the plaintiff. At the same time he was fully prepared to prove that there had been no fraud practised on the pert of his clients. He was unable, how ever, to deny that this dividend was open to the objee tion which bad been takes. He bad, therefore, arranged with his learned friends oa the other side that • verdict should be taken for the plaintiff for the sum claimed, namely, 2,2301. Verdict accordingly. ;ILMANN V TIII 00YEKNUIL AND COMPANY OP TM, BANK OP 111NOLAND.--11,011111111 OP KOMI. This wee an action brought against the Governor and Com pany of the Bonk of England, to recover the suss of 1,0001 and interest, on two book•notes for 6001. each, which had been refused payment by the Bank. The defendants pleaded that before the notes were pre sented for payment they had been stolen from Messrs. Brown and Shipley, of Liverpool, and that the plaintiff bad taken the notes without value and with notice that they had been so stolen. The Attorney-Oeneral and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the pleintiff; Sir F. Kelly and Mr. Bovill represented the de• fendants. The proof of this issue being on the defendants, Sir F. Kelly stated the ease to the jury. He said thathe had the honour to appear u counsel for the Bank of Eng land, who came here today to resist payment of the tee notes of 5001. each, of which the plaintiff was the holder. It was with great reluctance that the Bank appeared to in silt the claim, but they felt called on to do so, and to lay before the jury the case which he wee instructed he shooM do. The ewe affected the commercial interests of Engaind and Franre, and also the interests of justice in both countries. The plaintiff, it would appear, was a bullion merchant le Lombard•street, London, and he claimed the pa mot Olt these notes from the Ba nk of England under the circumstances:—On the 13th of November, 1862, Iffuoseh Brown and Shipley,. of Liverpool, received large mu& tances, amongst wh ich were five notes of the Bosh of ' England for 6001., and other notes, amounting to 6001. I These notes were sent to the Branch Bank of Eng bred at Liverpool, for transmission to London. The notes wore given to a clerk, who was robbed of the notes in die bank. The Messrs. Brown and Co. did all they could to prevent the notes being taken by any barker or money danger. They called in the aid of the police, who caused &otiose of the robbery, with the numbers of the notes, to be plated in English and French, and circulated amougst all the bankers and money-changers in Europe. Nothing, how ever, was heard of the notes until Jane, 1861, when one of the five notes was presented for payment, by a clerk in the employ of the plaintiff, at the Bank of England. The note was stepped, when the clerk said that he thought something was wrong, as they had been ordered to telegraph to Pans if the note was stopped. A reference was made to the plaintiff, who came to the bank. He said he bad received the note from a person named Meeteaux, at Paris. The note wee returned to him, and he was told that papoose would be refused. The question for the jury would be whether in this case the plaintiff was the bud Me holder of this note for value, or whether his brother, Speilmann, who is a money changer in Paris, was. If were aware at the time they took the notes that they new the produce of a felony, then they were not entitled to re cover on the notes. If it was shown that the seen WOMB stolen notes, then the claimant was bound to show the base fides of his conduct, and that he gave value for the notes without notice of the felony. Facts would be laid before the jury, which it was thought would leave no doubt in their minds that the plaintiff and his brother were both aware of the fact of the notes being stolen. It would appear that then stolen notes did not see the light from No vember, 1852, until June, 1854, when the five 6001. notes found their way into the h ands of five money changers in Paris, two of which came into the hands of Meyer Speil mann, a money changer, in the Rue Vivienne, at Para; and he sent them over to hie brother Adam, who presented them at the Bank. On inquiry being made, the most con flicting statements were given as to how they became possessed of them, and by all that could be learnt there was little doubt that these money-changers in Paris held them selves out to be the receivers of stolen notes of this descrip tion, en what terms it was not known. The learned coun sel then detailed the facts, which were afterwards proved in evidence, on which he relied to show the male fides of the plaintiff and his brother when they received the notes. The Attorney - Oenersl said that he was quite satisfied that Brown, Shipley, and Co. were robbed of these notes, and would not put Sir F. Kelly to prove that. It was then admitted that the robbery was on the 13th of November, 1832, in the Branch Bank of England at Liver-- pool, where Brown and Co.'s clerk was going to deposit them. The number of the two notes sued on were 93,076 and 93,609, and they were of the same date. A number of witnesses having been called in support of the delendant's case, The Attn..— addressed thejury for the pleintit He said that no doubt this defence, though the defense of the Messrs. Brown, and not of the Bank of England, wee an honest one ; but the reel question was not between the Bank of England and the plaintiff, but simply between him and Brown and Shipley. It was admitted that the not*. were stolen from that respectable firm, but there was no proof whatever either that Meyer Speilinann or Adam Speilmann had ever received any notice of that robbery. It was clear that some person connected with that robbery had none to Paris and pawed off the various notes, one each to live money changers in Paris, at a time when be thought the money changers bad forgotten all about it. The learned counsel then commented at length on the case set up by the defendant, and said that he should call witnesses before them who would most clearly show the complete bona fides of the whole transaction from the beginning down to the present moment. The plaintiff, his clerk, and an agent of polio* at Paris, were then examined in support of the cue. Lord Campbell, in summing up, said that he was truly glad that the determination of this case was to be submitted to such a tribunal as a special jury of the City of London. It was a pure question of fact, which was peculiarly for gentlemen of their experience of the world and knowledge of business to decide on. lie (Lord Campbell) did not think it would tend to assist them to read over all the 'vicuna which had been given in this protracted trial. Ha would therefore first give them his direction in law. and then com ment on the leading features of the ease Now it was ad mitted that these notes were stolen, and that being so, these who claimed upon them must show their title. Generally, if a party sued on a security of this kind it was enough to show that he was a bolder, but here there had been a stealing of the security, and the party claiming on it mast show that be gave value for it, and that bona fide—that was, fairly and banally. The question, therefore,which he should leave to them was, first, whether Meyer Speilniann became the holder of these notes bona fide and for value. With re gard to the notices said to be served on Adam Speilmann and Meyer Speilmann, ft had been contended for the de fendruou that if that was proved it was conclusive in favour of the defendants. That wee not so, but no doubt it would be strong evidence to show male fides. His lordship then commented on the evidence at some length, and eventually left these questions to the jury : First, chi Meyer Speilmann become the bona fide holder of the notes for a valuable consideration on the 26th of June ? Secondly, did Adam Speilmann receive them bona fide as a remittance from Meyer Speilmann ? And, third (at the request of the defendants' counsel), whether the notices were left at the places of business of of Meyer and Adam Speilmann ? The jury retired to consider their verdict, and, after being absent a considerable time, came into court and said that they could not agree ow the specific Tuitions whielt his lordship had proposed to them, and wished to know whether they could not give a gener al verdict? Lord Campbell stated that he wished a separate answer to be given to the questions. The jury then found the third question in the afilnasti His Lordship haying handed the two first questions paper to the jury, they retired. The Court did not rise till after ten o'clock. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-FEB. 21. MEWS AT NM 11111111. 111 LONDON.-1117012 CUM 1171111113 nano VENTILATION OF THE COURT. Upon several ocoasions lately his lordship has emplaned that the ventilation of this court was conduoted in a very imperfect manner, and particularly that there were an. pleasant smells in the place. At 1, ngth Mr. Banning, the City architect, was summoned before his lordship, and directed to do something to stop the anis' anoe, and he accordingly had some alterations made to improve the ven tilation, but at the sitting of the court this storming it was found that the ventilating apparatus somehow, or ether would not work, and that consequently no wars air was coming into the court. It was not long, of course, before complaints were made of the cold, and the court-keeper was sent tor, but he was unable to do anything to afford relief. Mr. derjeant Byles said he had siresdy been oat to oteM plsin, for it was so cold that the bar were really in si &A prons position. A juryman wetted thet Fin feet were like ice. His lordship said he bad complaiced to the City architect, and had reveived a letter from him to say that the ventila tion had now liven made abeolutely perfect; but it appeared that the stove; hod been made so perfect that they could not be lighted. He must really arljourn the court, for the temperaturcwas so Live that it was positively dangerous. He was obliged to sit with his bands in bin po-ket to keep his fingers warm. Toe neglect was scandalous, but he would undertake to my that if the aldermen were dining anywhere they would take care to have the place warm enough. The cour-tkeeper, on being sent for a second time, thought that if the gas were lighted, it would proriucs some warmth; and he accordingly lighted the gas, which was kept burning during the rfArutinder of the day. DS WOLF/• ♦ND ANOTHER V. ERART.—TROTER. This was an action of troy. r to recover a quantity of cheese worthabout 1,0001. The cAse occutied the whole of the day, and was nut cuocludtd when thu court rose. COURT OF EXCHEQUER-Fn. 21. :1110 , 011 TER LORD OHIO V. PENNI= AND OT ACTIONS. f 0 TRANS- Mr. Serjeant Kinglake, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Kerslake appeared for the plaintiff; the Attorney-General, Mr. Phinn, and Mr. Kingdon represented the defendants, Abet:dos Bennett and Henry Cur ; and Sir F. Thesiger, with Mr. Lush, appeared for Jonathan Carr. This was an action to recover the sum of 2,2301, that being the swathe plaintiff had paid for a number of shares in the undermentioned copper mines in Cornwall, named "the Great Onslow Consols Mine" and "the Bosun* Mine," the plaintiff alleging tnat he had been Wooed to (To be continued.) • ...MUM/ of all the Public loans. by J. J. °relies ; with an Appendix, by E. W. Wads. —Tbinl Edition , 1812." Mr. Oreille, was cashier of the Mora Exchange AIBUTSROC ; and. as he died In 1803, he was e eceteloporary of the earlier lament the war. THE FROST. The long continuance of severe weather threatens M essasion great inconvenience to the commerce of the inateepolis. The Thames is now rendered entirely unnavi gable from Richmond to below London-brisge ; and lithe frost continues another twenty-four hours, the supply of lish for the metropolitan market, which for a week put has Men mat up by railway from Gravesend, will no loner be able to reach the latter place. At sight o'clock last night, a slight fall at mow teak Oise; mei as this is generally coneidered to prodisets Waist wither, it is to be hoped a chastising mar. TM Thames has cat, in the memory of the "oldest inhabitant," been se Onimpletely blocked up since the memorable winter of 1814, wed there can be no doubt that if the channel of the dyer mole now, as then, impeded by the narrow &rebel of Old Leaden-bridge, the whole surface would have been frozen over some time sines. Above Battersea-bridge, at amain periods of the tide, it is even now pomible to cross the river upon the ice by aid of a pole, and some adven turous wighie are owning a goodly sum by acting as guides to the curious in attempting the same feat. The litotes on either side the river present a very curious end picturesque app from the accumulation of large ataros of frozen snow and ice, in many plasm from 10 to 12 feet high, and having the appearance, troughs fantastical forms they assume, of small icebergs. At oldie periods of the tide below Westminster-bridge the winkle/4MB of the river is covered with ice, and has all the* of a frozen lake Great du:ego has been meta bp ye craft at the wharves on both sides of the rinse Bea sow tinned collision with the floating ice ; and should the weather change at ono, it mast be many days before any attempt at navigation eat be made, even by the coal barges. The price of this mineral is rising rapidly, notwithstanding the largely-increasing quantity brought into London by railway. The Woolwich steamboats have now stopped running one week, and the above-bridge boats more than a fortnight, to the extreme inconvenience of the residents at Chelsea and the riverside suburbs. The pier and whaefege dues—the great source of pany, is thus entirely stopped. The parks were yesterday very much crowded, and the devotees of skating base not had so favourable an opportu nity of enjoying their favourite amassment for many years as during the present season. The distress that at present exists at the East end of London (arising from the severe frost and the detention of the shipping by the easterly winds) has been equalled. In Whitechapel t St. George's Stepney, and Poplar, the po sition of affairs is frightful in the extreme. The work houses are besieged all day by determined and violent ap plicants. Those applying at the Stepney workhouse are principal) y coal-whippers porters, and dock labourers, re siding in Itateliff. Shadwell, Mile-end, and Wapping. About 5,000 persons have been relieved at Stepney alone during the last threes days, the greater portion of whom were Irish. On Saturday the pressure was so great that the workhouse gates were burst in, and had it not been for the good ma insolent of the po lice—a body of near 30 being in daily attendance to keep order—life might have been ascrillosd. TM following interesting report on the weather of the mak ending Saturday last, is from the Registrar-General's fetus :—" At the Royal Obarrvatory, Ovenwiek, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 518 in. The reading of the barometer increased to 29.85 by 9 h. a.m. en Friday, and after decreasing, rose to nearly the same value by the end of the week. The mean temperature was 26.4 deg., which is 13.3 deg. below the average of the mime week in 34 years. The mean daily temperature was 12.7 deg. below the average on Sunday, and on the following days the extent of depression was as follows :-9.4 deg. on Monday, 13.2 deg. on Tuesday, 14.2 deg. on Wednesday, 12.3 deg. on Thursday, 14 4 dog. on Friday, and 17.2 deg. on Saturday. The highest temperature in the week occurred on Sunday, and war 36.5 deg.; the lowest on Wednesday, and was 13 8 deg. The hideeet on Wednesday was 34 deg. Early on the morning of Sunday, the 11th, the temperature we. s low as 7 deg. in the neighb iurhond of Greenwich. Th , mean dew-point temperature was 21.8 deg. ; sod the dif ference betnecn this nod mete, sir temperature w 3.6 d. g. The mean temjerature of illy water of the Thames was 34 deg. for the first five days; afterwards the instruments could not be raised on account of thick ice. The wind blew from the north, except on Friday." DUBLIN, FIB. 21.—The cold still continues intense, and after a partial thaw yesterday afternoon, the frost appears as severs as ever this morning. A man WAS tonna frozen to death on the road side, Myna four maks from Belfast, on Sunday even.ng. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. - A special court ut this cownistion was held on 2 uraday, at th• offiee, Greek-street, Seho, Mr. Jebb, chairman, pre ' riding, tar the audit of the accounts for U.e year ending tte 31.4 December, 18-54, and fur general basin. a.. The secre tary preseuted ' is Buanrial report, by which it appeared that the balance in the hands of the treasurer on the 16:h February was 47.8491.0 c. 101., a-ding to which the amount of cheques dra .1. nut not yet presented, 1.4531. 7s. 6d., gave an available balance of 46,3951, 13e. ed. The amruot of decnoit account, 80,0001., increased that blionce to 126,3961 13a 41. Mr Andoe, the governmett auditor, in reply to Mr. Paseo', said he had gone carefully through the aceurants, *umpired them with the vouchers, and found them sunset Re acknowledged the facilities for procuring information that ►ad been sffurded him in every depart ment, and expressed his approval of the accurate and satis factory manner in which the various accounts had bees I kept. The besirass-paper for t►e day prevented, beyond this. mott.rs of mere routine, having disposed of wlsols the court adjourned. THE POLICE CO U 1 7'S. BOW-STREET. Margaret Lyont, a young women, was charged with being found drunk and incapable, in Drury lane, with a dead child in her arms. From the statement of police-cnnstable 110 F, it appeared that be was called to the Barley How public-house by some persons who had seen the woman drinking in front of the bar, with a dead infant at her breast. iio found the woman at the doer of the public-house, but she was too drunk to give any explanation as to the death of her child, although some of the bystanders informed him that it died while she was inside. He took both the mother and child to King's College Hospital, and having left the infant in the charge of the house4urgeon, returned with the woman to the police-station. This was about one o'clocx in the morning of Wednesday last, and when the prisoner was sufficiently recovered she was taken before the magistrate and remanded for a week, pending the result of a coroner's inquest. Mr. Conway Evans, house-physician of King's College Hospital, stated that ;hen the child was first ebown to him it was still warm, and therefore could not have been dead very long. He examined the body, but the only morbid appearance about it was • email patch of inflammation on the lower part of the left lung. This, of itself, was not au& dent to account for the death of the infant, which wae, in all other respects, apparently in good health. It could not have been starved, because there was milk in its stomach recently given by the mother; but it was possible that the exposure of • child so young (six weeks only) to the pre sent temperature, combined with the inflammation, might have caused death. There were no marks of violence whatever. Mr. Jardine inquired what was the result of the inquest held upon the body of the child / Constable F 6, stated that the jury found an open verdict, not being able to disc)ver the cause of death, and the core- ner, Mr. Bedford, desired him to inform the magistrate that there were no marks of violence about it. _ The prisoner, who is sus abandoned prostitute, having been often convicted of drunkenoess by the Bow•street magistrates, could throw no light upon the subject. Mr. Jardine said he felt great reluctance to discharge a wom►n brought before him upon such a chugs as the pre lust, because the fact of her being found out of doon, I drunk, at such an hour, during this inclement season, with ► young infant perishing at her breast, implied en amount of culpability deserving greater punishment than the week's imprisonment she had already unnergone. The, facts, however, fortunately for her, were not strong enough to justify him in committing her for trial, while the or , oumstance of the child's being wrapped up, and fed recently, negatived the imputation of wilful neglect. He felt bound to give her the ben, fit of the doubt which the evidence left in his mind, and she must therefore be discharged. CLB&HEN WELL. Mr. James Claring6old, baker, of 16, Hamilton-row, Clerkenwell, wee charged by George Hodgson, an officer tf the stamp duties office, for giving a receipt for monies with. out affixing the legal stamp to the same. The defendant had given a receipt for 31.4,. 7id., and had neglected to affix a stamp. blr. Tyrwhitt inflicted a line of 101., but with the consent of the legal gentleman representing the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, reduced the penalty to 61., stating that he would not do so on a second conviction. _ _ _ It was stated by the gentlemen referred to that the soli- eitor to the board has instituted nearly 400 prosecutions every year since the passing of the new act, but they have not come before the notice of the public, because the parties have either paid the full payment, or have appealed under special circumstances and paid the ball of the penalty. SOUTHWARK. Henry Berec ford, 19 years of age, wes charged with coin. milting a violent assault on his mother, and stabbing his brother-in-law. The prisoner, who is of a very violent and morose disporif• tion, lived with his mother while out of empioyment. She treated him with kindnes, but on Wednesday the prisoner struck her and behaved so violently, that she had to send for pririoner's brother-in-law, Mr. Smith, licensed victualler, Regent-street, to protect her. On Mr. Smith's arrival be reproved the prisoner for his conduct, when the latter seized a fork, and made a stab at his face. Mr. Smith put up his hand to ward off the blow, and received a stab in the palm of his hand. Prisoner then snatched up a knife, but it was wrested from him, and he was given into custody. Remanded. Mr. A'Beckett has received the following sums for the poor-box of the court, with the request of an acknowledg ment by our reporter:—" H. M." (Port Phillip), cheque on Contra and Co. for 201 ; " B. S ," cheque on bepte nod Co., 21. 25.; "C. 0," the first half of a 10/. note, We. 82,034; "J. D. C.," Bark of England note tor ; and " Prst•othce order for 11. EXTRAORDINARY GAME PROSECUTION. BERKELEY, WEDNESDAY. A cue, which excited quite a sensation in this dis trict of Gloucestershire, was beard at the Petty Sessions here, ye , terday afternoon, before the Rev. J. Seton Karr and Major Weight. Mr. James Cox, a respectable farmer, was charged, on the information of John Powell, head gamekeeper to Earl Fitzhardinge, under the act 9 Geo. IV., with night poaching on the 4 h December. The defendant occupied a farm at Berkeley ; one of his fields, named the Scotchill, adjoining a piece of land occupied by a man named Penton, called Great Gaston. Mr. Parsten lets his game to Earl Fitzhardinge. On the evening of the 4th December a Mise Savage, who lives near, sent to tell the defendant that a pheasant was .at roost in a tree in the hedge between these two pieces of land, and Mr. Co: (who takes out a game certificate) accordingly went to the spot, and standing on his own land shot the bird, which fell on the Gaston piece, whence it was handed to him by a man named Nash, who had been sent to tell him of the bird's reheat. This Nuh was the principal witness, and he admi'ted that since the affiir be had been taken into Earl Fitshardinge's service at 14s. per week wages, he only earning 10s. per week before. lie and a gamekeeper of the earl's swore that the branch on which the bird sat hung over Parston's laud. Mr. Penton was examined, and de posed to the letting of the game to Earl Fitzhardinge, but said the defendant asked his permission (in case he shot a bird on his own land, and it fell on Pardon's) to go cn his (Penton's) land to pick it up, which he had granted. It was contended by defendant that the act was only intended to extend to night poachers, and not to certified persons; I bat the magistrates convicted, and sentenced the defendant to a month's imprisonment, and to find sureties at the expi- 1 ration of the term. • MARKETS. COTTON.—LIVERPOOL, FEB. 21.—The market conti nues heavy, and business ti-day was quiet, without change in prices. From 600 to 600 bales sold—the greater part Americans—of which exporters Purchased 500. 210 Peream and Marenham, sold at 60. to 71d. ; 150 Bahia, sld. to 611. ; 300 Suet, at 311. to 31d.; and 3. Sea Islands, prices not stated. CORN.—Boavore, Fee. 21.—With a moderate supply of wheat afering, our market has been dull at Is. under last week's rates. Nothing doing in beans and peas. Barley about the same. Wheat, red, 660. to 685.; white, to 735. Barley, 283. to 31s. • &rooms-on-Tins, FEB. 21.—We had a fair supply of grain to this day's market from the growers. Wheat met a good demand at the extreme piica of last Wednesday. Oats dull sale. Beans the tarn cheaper. In other articles no alfrrsti , ins. Imports during the past week :—Oats, coast wise, 642 qn. DUBLIN, FEB. 20.—The continued severity of the wea they still checks supplies, Rod in , trferes with the business of our Corn Exchange. The market io-day was not quite so dull as during the past eu ek. No alteration in the curren cies of last Friday for soy articl, CAT LB.—Rosman, FIB 21.—We twist our market to-day a moderate supply of beef, and but very &bort of muron, which s old at last lasi k's price.. Be, f, 3.. ad. To 4-.lod. Mut , an, 31. 8.1. to 4a 10d. Veal, 43 to 3s. Pork, 31 61. to 43 POTATOES.—The following wire the pricer of potatoes . sti Hay et the Mr het eitatilicid of ti.e 1 init's cross liadway Terriinu , : - Scotch red. , . 100.. to 110 s. per ton; Scotch regents, 100 e. to 1160. or ton ; York regents, 110 s. to 125:. per ton ; Lincolnshire regents, lt'Os to 110 s. per ton. ; Be ifordshire regen'e, 110 s. to 130 r, per ton. Trade very inactive. Tot.l weight revived this week, 1,127 tons. COALS.—Lownow, FEB. 21.—Bate's Weal Hartley, 19.. Huddle's West Hartley, 19s. 6d.; Carr's Hartley. 20.., Davison's West Hartley, 19.. 64.; Howard's West Hartley Ntth. non, 19r 6d.; Dareridde's Wag Hartley, 19. 9d.; North P. rey Hartley, 190 ; Portland Wert Ef,artley, 191. ; Redbensh Main, 18s. ; Tantield 11i v'e, 19s ; Tanfleld Moor Bo•es, 19..; WAker Pritnrose, 18•. 6J.; West Hartley Grey., 19. ; Eden Main, 235. 5d.; Walls End Haswell, 265. ; Walls Rod Hetton, ; Wall• End Keoier Grange, 24e. ; Walls End Penaber. 231. ; Walls End Plummer, 24a.; Walls End S ewart's, 255. ; Wslis Eno E trt Tritndon, 215.; Walls End Barth poo:, 265. ; Walls End Heugh Hall, ; Wails End Hun viek, 20a.; Wvlls E .t , Smth Kelloe, 234.; Walls End 'Uses, 26a.; Cowpen, 205.; Derwentweter Hartley, Ale. Tne Solicitor to the society said other courts had held to the contrary. Rio Honour said that he did not entertain a doubt on the matter. The plaintiff then went on to say that the amount claimed was trifling, but be took the proceedings on principle, for he was not satisfied with his investment. He had given un ties three mouths ago, and had not been able to obtain Isis money. The Secretary of the society was called to prove that ac- , cording to the rules ne subscriber could demand a return of subscriptions unless there were funds in hand, and if not, GREAT NORTHERAI Hams. mt.—Return of traffic they Were to be paid in rotation as the funds came in. for wee's ending Feb. 11, l'hs l'esseugera, parcels, car ' Io answer to questions by his honour, the witness said tines, horses, dogs, and mails, 6,203.. 8s ed. ; merchandise that about 6,0001. had been paid into the society since its , and minerals, 10,0261. 6+. 3d. , cattle, 4151. Is. 0.1. formation, but it bad been expended. He could not say 19,4111. Is. ld how much bad been received since plaintiff gave notice, as Total, 16,6491. lbs. 9d. Corresponding week, 1854, be had not got the books. Fifty claims had been sent ' in , NORTH WESTERN RAlLWAY. — Traffic for week during at: months, and there were nine now before the ending Feb. 18, DM Pasecutters, parcels, carriages. plaintiff. horses, and mai15,19,6031. 10.. 7 merchandise, 22,088/. The plaintiff said that when be first applied he was told Ss. 2d. • cattle, 9151. 4.. Id. Total, 42,6121. 2s. 10d. that there were only eight before him. Corre sponding weep. 1864, 48,6041. 12.. 10d. CONSISTORY COURT.—fts. 21. lIIIIRMAN o. 1111111111 AN.—DIVORCE. In this cue Mrs. Sherman sued for divorce from her hus band, in the ground of adultery. There was no defence. Dr. Lushington, therefore, pronounced for the separation, and awarded Mrs. Sherman the sum of 801. per annum as alimony. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-FED. 21. IN 11 KILLT.—FICTITIOUS ACCOUNTS. The bankrupt, a pianoforte maker, at Keasington, came up for his last examination. It appeared from the report of the official usienee, Mr. Pennell, that the bankrupt had petitioned the clan under the arrangement clauses, but his proposal not being satis factory, he was made bankrupt. He now owed to unsecured creditors 3,0671.; the assets tad realised about 4001. He bad stated that his stock-book contained a full and true account of his stock, &c., but on examining it 1 im portant errors had been detected, which would reader • further adjournment necessary. Mr. Kennett, for the assignees, asked for an adjourn ment, and called the attention of the court to some rather jugular circumstances connected with the cue. The trade assignee, Mr. Wright , had made a close examination of the stock.bok, and found that several of the items were erroneous. Suspicions were excited, and it was discovered : that all the entries had been made at one and the same time ; that the book had in fact been made up by the accountaatl subsequent to the failure. This was afterwards admitted by l the bankrupt. The trade assignee also suspected that several pianos had not been accounted for, and that the capital which the bankrupt professed to have in 1862 was fictitious. _ _ . Mr. Chidley, for the bankrupt, said he could not resist an adjournment. Hie Honour said there must be an adjournment sine die. This course had been rendered indispensable by the bank rupt's own conduct. He would be at liberty to tame up again, when prepared with proper accounts, and would have protection in the mean time. Mr. Pennell suggested that the assignees should furnish the bankrupt requisitions as to the information they wanted. His Honour said this was the proper course. The bank rupt ought to tenet to himself in preparing his accounts, and not, to accountants who manufactured the figures. Those manufacturers of figures always broke down in such cases u this. IN AZ WAISSZLL. The bankrupt was a warehouseman and commission ogent, of Noble-street. This was the certificate meeting. He owed 9001. on his own account, beside a liability of 7,900/. in respect of a former partnership. The assets were inconsiderable. Mr. Lawrence opposed, for the usignees, on the ground that the bankrupt had continued his trading when he must have known he was insolvent. Mr. A. Turner, for the bankrupt, submitted that the trading had been legitimate. But for a bad debt with his brother, he would have avoided bankruptcy. His Honour being informed that the bankrupt had done all in his power to assist the aosidnees, said he would only order a suspension of the certificate for six months from the date of the petition, with protection; the certificate to be of the third eta . IN WI W. C. MERIN. The bankrupt was a merchant, of Moorgate•atreet. This was the meeting for proof of debts and choice of assignees. The amount of liabilities is large,—it is thought about 70,0001.; the masts will depend greatly on the result of consignments. Mr. Pennell is the official assignee. INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.-Fu. 21. 1120112 NY CCM111611102.111 31111111PNT. IN 33 EDMOND JOHN NIZMANIf. This insolvent, a landscape painter, applied for his final order; Mr. Reed appeared for ',vend creditors, and Mr. Bargood supported the application. On the former hearing it appeared that the insolvent, when in debt, took a house at Hampstead, having pre viously resided in Newman-street, and had contracted debts with the opposing creditors, tradesmen at Hampstead. His property had been sold for his creditors, and there was upwards of 2001. in court. It was suggested by the learned commissioner that something should be done for the op ',ming creditors before the day of the final order. Nothing, however, had been done, and they again appeared. Mr. Commisrioner Murphy ailed the al creditors before him, and asked them what good it could do them if he refused the final order ? _ Mr. Elargood said, if protection was refused, it would do an injury to the opposing creditors, as it would let a now ber of bill discounter upon the insolvent, and he would ,e prevented from paying them ready money, as he was doing at the present time. After some discussion it was arranged that the care should be adjourned for three months, and by that time the insol vent, who said be bad "thirteen persons to support," would perhaps be in a situation to do something for the opposing creditors. The ea•e was adjourned to the 23rd May, and protrcti, n renewed. CITY SHERIFF'S COURT.-FEB. 21. 117013 AVII.ILLL armor, Ellll.. Q.C. MUMMERY O. TEP ROME COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETIES. This wu en action by the plaintiff, a subscriber to the Home Counties and Metropolitan Freehold Land Society, to recover the amount of paid•up subscriptions. An objection was taken that the court had no jurisdiction, as by the rules of the society all disputes were to be settled by arbitration. The plaintiff said this was not a dispute, nor could there be any ; he had given the requisite notice of withdrawal under the rules of the society. His Honour acid the rules could not set aside the juris diction r f the court. . . . His Honour said that it should here been shown how the fund, received since the notice, had been expended. Wetness—lt wee expended in the usual way. His Honour—That is not a satisfactory answer to the de mand. You must pay in save■ days. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCB. LITZUPOOL SHIPS AT FOREIGN PORTII.-Blin, alut White !Unapt., at Feyal M. at. En, and Touras (a a.), Smyrna; at Oocidentarn, and Alexander, at Trieste; Lam e ), at Charente ; and Loire (r. 1.), at Conetantiaoplo (and lett fur 84AL:re). AItItIVED. Burma Quritic—at Yarmouth, N., February 19, from . Legbons COMITAIITINZ—at Plymouth, February 20, bow .. Lema n Eurvan—at Greenock, February 18, from EICYBATA—at Hull, February 20, from .... ... KART Nn.=-at Bristol, February 20, from .............. ~. Dents Occur Qoami—at Lynn, February 20, from Warmllls frotro—at Gravesend, February 21, from Antwerp WAkaloa—ac Greenock, February 19, from Newfoundland BAILED. Itriottuea -from audit February 20, to Croatian:4la Abouars-from Sunderland, February 19, to c omtut i avie Stint -from Queenstows, February 19, t o Savaimalt Bunn' -from Liverpool, Feb. 21, to /Walden COLLINA-from Cardiff, Sl February 20, to Halta CAMBA-from Sunderland, February 19, to et Thomas Eutairru-Groan Darunouth, Yibrtuu7 20, to ........ ?rhe a Griot -from Liverpool, February 21, tolimb o * leourrat-from Shield', February 20, to Conatantlaople June LI:11 -from Liverpool, February 21, to New Orleans Jozo-trom Liverpool, le..r.diry 21, to . ..... . ............. Salonika Loau ELGIN-from Liverpool, February 21, to ................ Africa MATAOKA- from liverpool, February 21, to 8 2 4 F. , t7 Msurraoot - fro ra Cardiff, February 20, t 0..... MALTA-from Shields, February 20, to. Constaatmoola NO1;14101-from Liverpool, February 21, to Nialet °cum Quaart-from beoderland, February 19, to__ .Car Parratrion (e.)-from Queenstown, February 19, traSydney,Tl.ll7lll, PANDIA- from Hull, February 'O, to tbastantinopla Peace-from Swsuea, Feb. LO, to Halm ROO,LDID -from Swansea, February lq, to Milli MOIMIT ktats-from Cardit February 20, to Cotataabnotte MINOMIDI Jsoos-from Cardiff, February 214 to Constaatomph Rosen-from Shields, February 20, to . Cocatainuopla iturat-from G:avesrod, February 21, to. Ostend Snout-from Cardiff; February 20, to ~, bond SARAH AND ELIZABATII-!TOM Milli, February 20, to...ureentaad Susan ANN-from Plymouth, February 20, to Sae Kmo-from liouinauiptoo, February 20, to Cleeleog TAUVII (a.) -tram routaauoton, February 20, io.....Alezandrt a Veacory - from Shields, February 20, to 00101 WATILIL MIME-from tinnierlawl, February 19, to.. .... !&11011161 WALDIM4I-from Livtrpool, February 21, to ... Thomas Viarrumuurtn-firm Liverpool, Feb. 21, to Ykiladelplns VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Cueing (s. e), Feb.ls, off Gibraltar. Ceres (schooner), front Loudon for the Cape of Good Hope, Jan. 1, lat. 7.25 N., lon. 23.42 W. Severn (steam transport), Fab. 15, entering Gibraltar, THE PENINSULAR MAILS.—The Peninsular Com. oarty's steamer Iberia, Captain Christian, Admiralty agent Lieut. Tickell, ft N., arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon, with the Peninsular mails. She left Gibraltar, Feb. 9 ; Cadiz, 10th; Lisbon, 12th ; Vigo, 15th. Amongst her cargo were 41 b xes of specie. H.M.S. Heels, on shore at Gibraltar, was still holding together. An English barque was in Cascots Bay with rudder gone, a Portuguese man of-war steamer was trying to take her in tow. At Vigo the schooner Flora, from Glasgow, laden with iron, wu dismasted. The barque Edith Roberts, bound to Rio with coals, foundered at sea: the crew were saved by the Swedish brig Diadem, and landed at Gibraltar. The Iberia exchanged signals with a steamer supposed to be the Indus, on the 10th inst. Oa the 13th she pissed two steamers at a distonce. and exchanged numbers with screw steamer Calpe. On the 15th, at Vigo, she passed a Spanish screw towing a brig steering S.W. At Gibraltar there were H.M.S. St. George, wind-bound, in quarantine with small-pox on board; and H.M.S. Britannia. The follow ing steam transports, via., Candidate, Peninsula, Pioneer, Whitty Perk, and Snowdown, had touched at Gibraltar, bound for tke Ciimea. H.M.S. Meander was at Lisboa. The Iberia experienced very boisterous weather along the Peninsular coast, accompanied by much rain and wind from west and south, and atter entering the Bay of Biscay she experienced heavy easterly gales. THE PENINSULAR COMPANY'S STEAMER EITEINI, Capt. Weeks. Admiralty agent Lieut. Poole. R.N., wired at Southampton yeat. edgy morning with the heavy portion ..f the India mail. She left Alexandria on Feb. 5 ; Malta, 9; Gibraltar, 15. At Gibraltar were her Majesty's ship Career, with troops from C•wk, and bar Majesty's steam sloop Garin, trying to get o 6 the Hide. In Malta harbour were the transports Edenell, Mary Ann, and Canadian with troops. The Euzine, on the 15th, exchanged numbers with the steins transports Severn end Cruses, steering to the east, also transport 178 ; she also spoke the brigs D.slandes and Ottoman. The Euzine experienced at Gibraltar strong gales, with heavy rain, thunder, and lightning ; and in crossing the Bay of Btecsy, strong gales, rain, and heavy sea. The General Screw Company's Steamer Calcutta, chartered by the government, and hued up for the convey- ance of troops. is now ready for sea. A quantity of stores for the army arid navy, in the East has been put oa board other at Southampton. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. (PLOY THE TILE OPPICR OP THE ELECTRIC TELEORAPI COMPANY.) WEDNESDAY, FIE. 21. Stations. Course of Wind. State of Weattan Greenwich. N.E. Lothbury Nottingham N. Lew: Beer Derby n N.N.E. ... Snow. Exeter Aberdeen Dundee ....... N.N.S. Perth N. Edinburgh S.W. Glasgow l3 S.E. Cloudy. Berwick ' Gr.anock r underlaid Darlington Whitby.. Scarborough ......... Hull ...... ................. N.E. York Ipswich .............» ... N.E. ' Frost—Snow. Leamington ~..... S.W. Manchester M sb ur i lt, ........ N. Stokmon.Trent N.E. Mishear& S E. Fro-t. Lanamter .......... , N. ... ... Hard front. Carlisle Leeds Batas Great Orlmsbi E. anew. Gainthrsoun ....... N.E. Brletol Cardiff ..... N.E. Swansea Ilaverkedwast.....—.. N.E. GloossMer Brighton Harwich Holyhead Dublin Liverpool Newcastle Southampton Portsmouth Poole Winchaeld [Advertisement.]-11OLLOWAT'8 PILLS AN AST°. SISHINO itnlialf ?OR GIDDIIIIME 11.1 was Hun.—Mr. Newton, drug. gist, Hull, states in a letter to l'roftmeor Holloway that Mr. John Ware, residing is &abbe-buildings, West.street, Hull, had been afflicted with trid4inves in the heal ad and on for the teat twenty , years, and ou4h he tried many things during that long period, yet ' be found little or no relief from theta ; at last be was induced to try Holloway's Nu trots hearing so many encomiums passed on their virtues, and, wonderful as it may appear, he ts i•erfectly cured, and now enjoys better health than ever he did before, thanks to Rollo. way's Pilia—cold be all vendors of medicine; and at Profes-or way's establishment, 244, Strand, London; and re, Maiden-lane, New York. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIR 118. BLAKEL—Yeb. 17, the wife of maker, Esq., of Portalade, Sta pes, of a dAughter. DAVIS.—Yeb li„ at T6nbrldre.plece, New.road, the wife of IN. Da ie, aq , M.D. of a dauchter. MANNING--feh 1., at Cherry Orc' atd, itelr Ahergavenny, the wife or w. tr, Mont:tow, Erg , gon OAIiLEY.—Feb ;, ut Little &ma) pe.rtrcet, Mayfair, Mrs. J. J. Oak er, of a a .r. PISILLIM—Feb 20 Mrs R. rhElips, of Wiaoheeter.pl3ce, most Knott. of o datuthter. . . POV b IS, nt Savtout'et Grammer.sehnol, Southwark, the wife of the Her. A. P.m' st .oh. b 1), at Vaeawit K•neington New Town, the wife of J. Stephen,. Eeq., ot a daughter. THACKER. - Fib. IS, at lale.ttoe-pi.oe, Cambridge-heath, hlra. I W. 11. floater, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BRTANS—LYON.—Feb. 7 7, at Anapttall, by the Rev. F. Luard, the Rea. R. Bryan. younpat eon of J. Nt ang. Fsq.. of Beindd. Win dermere. to htean.r Elizabeth, third daughter o t the late Lieut.. Gen. gir . J. Leon. Cr.% GUISE—VERNER —Feb. 29, at St. Grow's, Hanover-square, by t:.e Rev. M. O'Sullivan, Or:plain to the Outset Itacchester, Capt. H. Guise, son of Oen. Sir J. Guise, Kart., of Redeember Gloucestershire, to Fred(ticit, gaughttr .11 Sir W. Van( r. hat N. P. IitHRISON—BeLLOCK.—Feb ft. at St. Nicholas, Branton, F. Ilartison, Esq., of Venation-61111,1in" London, to Mb Mary Bal. hs.a, .steto Wind!e-hatu, turn•). LA VoNE—LEkti.—beh. 10. of the Catheciral, Manchester, by the Rev. J. P. Pitcairn. I:ector of Lontt<laht, lien. y, youngest sell a P. Laftee, Esq., of West Dorby, Live:moll. to Louisa Anne, eldest daughter of toe Lao J. M. lies,'Esq., of MancLestar. DEATHS. CRUSE.—Feb. 20, at Warrick-hose, Peckham-rye, Was Ann Bro ese, In bur 84111 'car. CLARK E.—Feb. 19 It. (7:mho, Esq., of Weybretd, Bath. DOLTON.—Feb. 19, at S)(l..ey.atreet, Brom ',too, M. S. Bolton, Esq. HISCON.—Feb 19, at l'a• bydenhani, D. Cahoon, Eeq., of the Stock Exchange, eve, 70. LUSIIINGTON.—Feb. it., Marl 2, elle4 dalghter of Sir H. Lush. ingten, BAYER.—Feb. 17,1 n the Chontry, Norwich, Elisabeth, relict of the late R. Sayer. Seq., aged 82. WATTS.— Feb. 17, J. V. atta, EN., of Warrington, egad 67. Printel owl puhniboi by W tutor Kiva Hem, d No. 8. 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