The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-20 00:00:00

THE CITY POLICE. Mr. D. W. Harvey transmitted the following report to the Lord Mayor on Saturday : City Police- office, Old Jewry, Jan. 16, 1546. "My Lord,—l have the honour to enclose a statistical re turn for the year ending the 31st of December, 1845, of the working ef the City Police. " It is with great satisfaction that I direct your Lord ship's attention to the comparatively insignificant value of the property stolen during the past year, amounting, as it loss, to the sum of 5,674/. ls. Ild. only, of which 1,7431. vere recovered, leaving an average of something more than 104 a day. The success of our vigilance is the more re narkable, when your Lordship is informed that our in quiries and observations confirm the fact, that upwards of 1,000 persons of loose propensities enter the City daily, for the sole purpose of committing depredations, and who have 5.9 the prey of their skilful criminality some hundreds of thousands of persons, many of whom appear in the City for the first time, careless and unsuspicious, while not a few seem indifferent to the admonitions of experience. And when to this state of things is added that of 1,252 houses and warehouses reported as insecure-5 68 of these houses and warehouses crowded for the most part with valua ble and portable commoditieu, were found to be en tirely untenanted by night—l flatter myself, my Lord, I may claim for the officers and constables of the City police force the merit of doing their duty. It is not unworthy of remark that even their exemplary conduct greatly adds to my responsibility ; for I find the force under my command rather a nursery for other services than a permanent body, upon whose staid experience I might rely. During the past year, of 96 men who have left the force, 53 have so done to as sume superior situations, to which a certificate of service has been their passport. Of the remaining number five have died, nine have left on account of ill-health, and 16 were found un lit for the service after a month's probation. The remaining 13 were dismissed. " May I be allowed to express my personal gratification that you are giving your energetic attention, and I trust eventually with success, to a subject which well deserves it, viz., the unsatisfactory prov i s ion for deserted infan c y , and the aged destitute within the City. I have, upon many oc casions, enlarged upon this interesting and distressing sub ject, and I should be delighted to give my humble services to a cause, whose neglect degrades humanity, inflicts grievous wrong upon the inocent, while it gives counten ance to skilful vagrancy and deriding crime.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your obedient servant, "D. W. HARVEY. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." SUMMARY OF THE CITY POLICE RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1845. Total number of persons taken to the various stations:— Men, 9,763; women, 4,000; children, 209. Total, 13,972. Summonses-1,804, of which there were convicted and fined, 1,336. MISCELLANEOUS. Number of houses and warehouses found insecure (1,252 occupiers living on premises, 80 untenanted, 568 no nightly residence)-1,900. Fires discovered by the police, 158. Children found (226 restored to their friends, and 602 sent to the workhouse)-828. Lives saved by the police, 23. .Robberies (6 burglaries, 785 in dwelling-houses, 854 from the person, and 150 in the streets)--1,2 95 . Value of property stolen, 5,674/. Is. 11d. Recovered, 1,7431. 3s. sd. Found on drunken persons, and restored on their departure from the station, 1,0561. 16s. 2d. THE OMNIBUS SERVICE.—A number of improve mente are about to be introduced into the construction of the Parisian omnibuses, and, in mentioning them, it is urged on the consideration of the Prefect of Police the sad situa tion of the drivers, conductors, and subaltern officers of the omnibus service in general. These remarks are equally ap plicable to the London omnibus service. Would you know the life of an omnibus cad? Every day he must rise at three in the morning, and must not go to bed till the return to the depot of the last omnibus, that is, an hour and a half after midnight. Now what is the salary of such a servant ? lorty•tive sous a day. A driver, for remaining nailed to 50c his seat from seven in the morning till midnight, gets 3f. . A conductor, for getting on and off his toot-board one thou sand times a day, and in the intervals standing erect like a parrot on his perch, exposed to all the jerks of the vehicle, to all the inclemencies of the weather, and to all the ea- F l e es of every goer a nd comer—for all these an unhappy co nductor ' gets but 24f. 50c. (11) per week. If it be de manded what is the possible duration of the service of such servants, go to the office of any omnibus company whatever, and not four Of these servants will be found the date of whose service begins at the foundation of these carriages ; that is, in 1828. The omnibus service is murderous. On Saturday, at one o'clock, the family of Mr. Andrews', of' Grosvenor-place, Camberwell, was greatly alarmed by hearing the report of a pistol which proceeded from the room of a MT. Barrell (an inmate and cousin of the family). It was immediately discovered that the unhappy gentleman, iJho was lying on his bed, had shot himself through the left breast. Surgical aid was promptly obtained, but all assistance was unavailing. In half an hour life was extinct. It is said that losses arising from railway specula tions caused a temporary delirium. 1 ICE WEST-KENT MILITIA.—The regiment con sists of 1 colonel, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 2 majors, 2 captains, 12 lieutenants, 8 ensigns, 1 adjutant, 1 quartermaster, 1 pay master, 1 surgeon, I assistant-surgeon. The staff consists of 1 sergeant-major, 13 sergeants, and 896 privates. The standard is 5 feet 4i inches. All persons are liable to be drawn who are between the ages of 18 and 45, excepting ap prentices, seamen, &c. The militia was called out for '2B days in 1825, and also in 1831. The West-Kent militia have been twice in Ireland, and it is supposed that if troops are re quired in Ireland, the East Kent militia will go this time.— ,Dover Telegraph. DEATH FROM DRUNKENNESS.--OD Saturday, Mr. Walaey, M.P., held an inquest at the Cross Keys, -Endell street, Long-acre, on the body of Josiah Higham, aged sixty three, formerly a pawnbroker. The wretched man lived at No. 28, Short's-gardens, and had a monthly allowance from his brother, a tradesman living en the Surrey side of the water. The moment he received his allowance he spent it in rum, of which to the value of 105. or 12s. he would drink in one day. He had been an excessively hard drinker for the last twenty years. His wife had left him in consequence of his intemperate habits. On Saturday, the 10th inst., he received a present of money, and straightway began to chssi • pate it in the usual way; in fact, he was drunk from that day until Thursday night, when he became collapsed; was placed in bed, attended to by Dr. Bennett, the parish sur geon, but he never rallied, and died about noon on Wednes day, from, the medical attendant said, the effect.' of intoxi cating liquors. A dispute arose between the Coroner and one of the jury, who said this was not a case in which an inquest need have been held; but the Coroner told the juror it was not his business to make such remarks. The jury were about to return a verdict of " Death from natural causes," when the Coroner said that such a verdict would not be dissimilar to one he saw the other day in a Sussex paper, viz. that a child had died from drinking too much of its motlier's milk. The jury re-considered, and returned the f Mowing verdict ;—" That he died Irons drinking excessively of alcoholic liquors." THE RAILWAY KING AT NORTHAMPTON.— OH Saturday , last we were honoured with a visit by Mr. Hudson, slfr. W. E. Peel, Mr. Villiers, and several other directors of different railways, :who met the commmissioners of the Nen N'ayigation, of whom were present Earl Spencer, the Marquis of s orthampton, E. Bouverie, Esq., and many other gentle men of the county.—Northampton Herald. INJURY BY THE KICK OF A HORSE.—On Sunday morning, betavOen eleven and twelvo o'clock, a serious acci dent occurred to Mr. Richard Ackett, of Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, who, having occasion to give his groom some directions, had gone to the stable for that purpose, when a horse kicked out violently with both hind legs. Mr. Ackett received the full force of the kick upon his chest and ribs, and he was dashed against the opposite wall. He was im mediately conveyed to his residence, and surgical assistance obtained, four of his , ribs being broken on the right side. A GANG OF MURDERERS AND ROBBERS.—Com mitted to Nenagh gaol, by Mr. John G. Jones, RM., Philip Maher, for the murder of Thomas Shanahan, process-server, near Borrisoleigh, on the 21st Of October, 1844 ; also for the robbery of Quinlan and Cormack, Lear Annameadle ; Mi chael eares, of Fantane, and Philip Maher, for the attack on j jogai], near Bawn, when John Hogan was severely injured from a gam-shot wound ; Edmund Ryan, John Conway, Th o mas Dwyer, and John Kennedy, of Bawn, the latter a respectable farmer's son, and the person who brought the party to Hogan'a house. This gang was connected with several other persons who were engaged to go in all direc tions in the North Riding of Tipperary committing outrage and murder. Since their arrest several bad characters have absconded, There is most satisfactory evidence agaiest the persons arrested, and the breaking up of such a gang is looked on as one of the most important events that could have occurred to this county. One of the gang has turned approver, and it is thought that the perpetrators of all the outrages in this riding will be shortly brought to justice.— .Nesagh Guardian. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.—SouTit- A serrost, Jam. 18.—The Peninsular Company's steam-packet the Ween, Captain Russell, arrived here yesterday morning, and landed th e G ibraltar and other mails , which were for-- warded to London by the nine o'clock a.m.train. The Queen left Gibraltar o n the 6th inst. ; Cadiz, Bth; Lisbon, 9th ; Oporto and Vigo, I Ith ; and Corunna, 13th. She has twelve passengers, and a very full fruit cargo. The same Company's steamer Royal Tar, Captain Evans, left at 3 P.M. yesterday, without mails for Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, &c. ' • also. forty passengers, and a cargo of bale g oods. The Royal West India Mail packet the Medway, Captain Andrews, left the river yesterday with the West India mails, thirty-eight pas sengers, and a cargo of stores, for the Company's ships at the different islands. The Dee is expected from the West Indies en Tuesday. The Great Liverpool will leave for Alexandria, 'with the East India and China mails, on Tuesday. THE LATE SIR HERBERT COMPTON.--This die tingt.ished man, whose death took place a few days since, was no ordinary character, and raised himself by his own exertions N to the important o ffi ces which he successively fill ed, Herbst hhonour to himself and advantage to the country. Sir Compton embraced the military profession very early in life, and served with his regiment for some time in India; but, returning to India, he entered on the study of the law, which he sedulously pursued. Having completed his legal studies, he revisited India, an d e jo ined the bar at Fort St. m G eo rge, where he soon distinguished. His zeal, ability, and untiring assiduity obtained for him the lucrative Government appointment of Advocate-G eneral distinguished post 3ladras and Calcutta; and subsequ ently t post of Chief Judge of Bombay. career he received public testimonials for various c r l i al ada sery of i h ces is from both Europeans and natives, the last testimonial being a ya l ua ble service of plate, presented by the native inhabitant s of Bombay, with their grateful acknowledgments of his worth an.: the high estimation in which his services were held. ft b .' Qs l a t e ly been asserted in the Canterbury press, that it is t,;-e!'nte n tion of the Belgian Government to remove the mail pack °t service from Dover to Ramsgate. We are power to state that this report is On. happy to h ave it frt our dolor', and that the Belgian Government tirely witout foun • have three new fast stein:lea nearly_ com po pleted, wh ich will convey the Belgian Mails *OM Ostend to ver, on ter mination of the contract with the South-Eastern Company.— _Dover Telegraph. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE RAILWAY TIIRMINUS ATears SOUTHAMPTON ON FRIDAY LAST. —A youth, about 15 y of age, named James Bull, employed as an engine- cleaner, while cleaning the wheels of a tender upon a side rail, was unfortunately killed by the want of caution in four men who 'were pushing a waggon of coke on a cross rail, not giving the 113 signal of "look out." Before the poor boy coul d g et out of t h e way, the buffer of the waggon caught him upon the head and there'll_ smashed it to p i eces . The body was itime iiiately taken to itadiwys Rai l • way Hotel. and a coroner's in quad summoned,whia t met on Satu rday , when, after a very' sea rching investigation, a verdict of " Accidental Death" was retuned, and the four men calledita tolherroom, when they Wer e strouksly censured by Georg e c o their want ot.looking am due caution in not pEsq.' coroner,coroner, for The terminus at aheadSouthton i h n as been open before moving the waggon. of the n o w several years:, yet by the careful carrying not company's regular their officer s and servants, s i ng l e accident has .occurred prior to the unf or t unate one a of Friday last, a l t s, au gh engines are moving about th e prem i ses upwards of fifty times 3 day. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Porrsmount, JAN. 18.—Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander-in-Chief at this port, gave another entertain ment at the Admiralty-house on Friday evening, which, being the last of the series, was upon a scale of princely hos • pitality and splendour never before equalled in this establish ment. The Flag-Captain (Sir Richard Grant) and nearly all the naval, military, and civil officers at the port were present, together with the nobility - and gentry of the county, with their families. These magnificent entertainments, given at the Admiral's expense, have been conducted upon a scale of liberal and impartial hospitality highly to the honour of the gallant chief. All have been invited, from the Admiral- Superintendent and General commanding the garrison forces, down to the naval cadet and military ensign ; from the bishop to the curate, the legal and medical body; in short, none have been passed over who were eligible as guests of the Commander-in-Chief of the first naval arsenal in the world. The Rodney, 92, Captain Collier, C. 8., is to have her mid ship-magazine moved further forward, her bow and sternpost altered, and other " improvements" made below, too nume rous to detail—similar to those in the Queen. The fatal accident on board this ship arose out of the mu tinous conduct of a party of marines left in charge of the ship after the:crew had been transferred to the Victorieuse hulk, pending the repairs. A sergeant's guard (a ser geant, corporal, and eighteen privates) was left on board to keep watch during the night, but it appears, instead of performing faithfully that important duty, they broke open one of the store-lockers, and regaled themselves with wine and spirits until they became intoxicated. About ten o'clock on Thursday night the policeman on duty challenged the ship, or party left in charge, accord ing to the rules of the dockyard, when a corporal (one of the party left in charge of the ship) appeared at the port at which the brow or gangboard was placed to answer the challenge, and he missed his footing, fell into the dock, and struck one of the shores as he fell, fracturing his skull and ribs in a dreadful manner. The party were immediately " relieved " on board the Rodney, and placed under arrest, where they remain pending a court of inquiry. We have since been informed that the " relief " also got drunk. No commissioned officer was left on board the ship, or such dis graceful conduct could not have happened. The Scourge steam bomb vessel, Commander Caffin, is having the old mortar beds of the /Etna fitted to her, and another wooden bed made at Woolwich. She will leave the basin on Tuesday or Wednesday. The 23d instant is the day named for her going to sea ; prior to which, however, we are informed the sea Lords of the Admiralty will take a short trip to the back of the Isle of Wight, in her, to witness the firing from the mortar and long 56, and the respective effects upon the vessel. We are also told by those most likely to know, that the complement (145, officers and men) given to this vessel will be very inadequate to her requirements. She is to be fitted with an electro-galvanic apparatus for transmitting communications from her paddle boxes, or bridge connecting them, into the engine-room, whereby in any kind of weather, day or night, the proper directions may be given to the engineers for their guidance, instead of the mode at present adopted of shouting down below "Goon," "Ease her," " Back her," " Stop her," &c. The ap paratus being portable, may be m*'ed to any part of the vessel, and is therefore not confined to the use of the officer on the bridge or paddle-boxes ; the steersman may have it, or the " look- out" forward. A trial of the efficacy of this admi rable invention was made on Friday, in the lecture-room of the New College in the dockyard by the inventor (Mr. W. J. Hay, chymical referee of the establishment), in the presence of Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Bart. ; Captain Sir R. Grant ; Captain Chads, of the Excellent ; Mr. J. Fincham, master shipwright ; Commander Caffin, of the Scourge ; Com mander Otter, of the Sparrow ; Mr. Watts, assistant-mas ter-shipwright, and other distinguished and scientific officers, when the application was found to succeed most admirably. The extreme simplicity of the invention astonished every one present, and no one more so than the Gallant Port-Ad miral, who expressed his gratification in warm terms to the scientific officer, the originator of the application. The ex pense of fitting the apparatus is a mere trifle (about 31.) and only one passage is required for the wire. Yesterday another distinguished party of scientific officers visited the lecture room, and witnessed the interesting experiment, which was pronounced by all to be eminently successful, and far superior to every other mode of communication with the engine-room now in use on board steam-vessels. The Grampus, 50, Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon from Woolwich. She saluted the Port Admiral with 17 guns just inside the Nab, which was acknowledged by the St. Vincent. This splendid fri gate came up in beautiful style. She hove in sight under topsails, courses, top-gallant sails and royals, jib. flying jib, and spanker ; wind very light from E.S.E., tacked when to the westward of the Spit Buoy (the wind having shifted to the opposite quarter, west-north-west), and stood over to wards Sea View, again tacked, in top-gallant sails, up courses, and ran down to her anchorage, just ahead of the Superb, under her three topsails and jib. She shortened sail in a very smart style, and appeared to be worked in a very easy and seamanlike manner, which is saying much, considering she is shorthanded, is a heavy frigate, and com paratively new in all her equipments. When she has completed her complement, she will receive advance here, and sail for the Pacific station to join the squadron under Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour on the coast of California, touching at Buenos Ayres. Commander Watkins takes passage in her to join the Modeste, 18, one of the Pacific squadron, to the com mand of which vessel he has just been appointed, vice Baillie, promoted to the rank of captain. The Fairy . Royal yacht tender, Master Commander Roberts, went out again yesterday on a short excursion. The Athol troop-ship, Master Commander Pearn, put in at Madeira on the 25th of December, smallpox having broken out on board. The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Radcliffe, arrived at Rio on the 17th of November. The Rhadamanthus steam-sloop, Master Commander Laen, is about to leave Cork for Corfu, to bring home about 300 invalids. The Vanguard, 80, Captain Willes, flag of Rear-Admiral Pigot, the Crocodile, 26, Captain Maxwell, and the Dee steam-vessel, Master-Commander Driver, were in the Cove of Cork on the 14th inst. THE SUN, LONDON, TITESDAV MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1846. PROMOTIONS. Lieutenants—F. A. Ellis (1836), A. Grant (1836), the Hon. M. Ti, rr (1837), T. G. Drake (1841), C. E. Howley (1843), W. Crooke (1823), A. Miles (1827), C. A. Wood (1841), and A. P. Ryder (1841), to the rank of commander. Mates—C. Douglas (1838). C. Baskerville (1838), W. 11. Conolly (1838), C. Atkins (1840), A. Luckraft (1841), E. G. Hore (1842), G. I. Lock (1842), W. T. F. Jackson (1842), V. G. Hickley (1842), F. Maynell (1842), C. B. Hore (1843), the Hon. F. A. C. Foley (1843), and G. C. Campbell (1843), to the rank of lieutenant. Assistant-surgeon—T. Somerville (1837) to the rank of surgeon. APPOINTMENTS. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Jan. 19. The Lord Chancellor did not sit in his court at Westmin ster to-day till near half-past twelve. IDI THE MATTER OF HITCHING, A LUNATIC. This case came before his Lordship upon the petition of the Commercial Bank of England, praying that it might be re ferred to the Master to inquire whether or not it would be for the benefit of the estate of the lunatic that a call of 11. 105. on each of the shares held by the lunatic in the Com mercial Bank of England, established in the north some years back, should be paid or not. It appeared that the lunatic had 905 shares in the undertaking, upon each of which 51. had been originally paid. The company, in 1840, had fallen into difficulties, and shortly afterwards it was determined to wind up the whole of its affairs. The gentleman who had been appointed for that purpose had found it necessary, in order to satisfy the liability of the Bank, to make a further call of 11. 10s. ; and upon the committee of the lunatic re fusing to comply with the demand, on behalf of the lunatic, and asserting that he was not liable, the present petition was presented. Mr. Bacon appeared for the petition, and Mr. Parker for the committee of the present estate of the lunatic. The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired whether the committee of the lunatic had any personal interest in opposing the petition? Mr. J. PARKER said that he certainly was not, but he aas interested in the prayer of the petition being granted. cet, notwithstanding that, he considered it to be his duty, s the protector of the lunatic estate, to oppose it. The emmittee was himself a shareholder in the bank, and by acceding to the prayer of the petition, the Court would lessen his responsibility. The LORD CHANCELLOR did not see why he was to take the subject out of the control of the committee of the lu natic. If the committee found that the estate of the lunatic was likely to be endangered, he could apply to the Court. The petition was then ordered to be dismissed with costs. ROLLS' COURT, Jan. 19. His Lordship sat at ten o'clock, and proceeded with the hearing of the remaining petitions. COMA V. lIAMMER. This was the petition of Thomas Walden Hanmer, Rector of the parish of Sympson, in the county of Bucks, praying that an inquiry might be instituted to ascertain if the re ceiver appointed under the Court to collect the rents and tithes of the defendant had discharged his duty. It appeared that the receiver had been appointed on the 6th of February, 1830, with directions to apply any balance accruing to keeping in repair the house property of the petitioner, which it was alleged he had neglected to do. Up to the 25th of March, 1835, there was a balance of 3391. 7s. 4d. which came into the hands of the receiver, and that balance ultimately attained to 1,3291., which in 1836 was expended by the re ceiver. The petitioner objected that the outlay was un called for, and the matter came again before the vise-• Cha ncellor, who directed that a survey should be made to ascer tain if the repairs were commensurate with the ex penditure, when it was found that there had been an excess of nearly 6001., the sum required being reported to be 7641. The receiver filed an affidavit, and the accounts were subsequently admitted by the Master. The petitioner also alleged that there were arrears of 1,7401., which might have been collected, but which the receiver denied, asserting that these arrears, being derived from tithes, could not be recovered in the same way as other debts, and with the same facility. Lord LANGDALE said he was of opinion that this petition was not entitled to a special order, in consequence of the vague and general statements which were put forward by the petitioner. There had been a receiver for a great number of years, and had he neglected for ten years to produce his accounts, be would for that act alone be inclined to remove him. But it was not so, for those accounts complained of were brought in very rapidly. Though the remainder had not, he would not accede to the prayer of the petition. There had been a large balance in hand ten years ago, and the receiver had to pay certain stipends and other charges out of the income. The existence of that balance was known to all the parties, that was the time to have come forward and make distinct allegations, instead of which these statements are not made till tut years afterwards, and from that circumstance he would not make an order. With respect to the various arrears, these were properly stated in the ac counts of the receiver, who went before the Master. Then again, with respect to the repairs, these might not have been called for, or not have been judiciously incurred, but under all the circumstances he would make ao order, but dismiss the petition with costs, excepting one from the same—the party who on the side of the incumbrancer had come forward to support the petition. Captain—W, Broughton, to the Curacoa, vice Sir Thomas Pasley, sent home with dispatches. Commanders—W. H. Hall, to the Electra; T. B. Brown, to the Snake. Lieutenants—E. Burstall, to the Porcupine; J. R. R. Field, to the Penelope ; W. A. Hood, to the President ; A. Wilmshurat and T. D. Sullivan, to the Excellent; W. H. Conolly (additional), to the President; C. Atkins (addi tional), to the Hibernia; A. Luckraft (additional), to the Collingwood; E. G. Hore (additional), to the Vindictive; W. T. F. Jackson (additional), to the Hibernia; V. G, Hick ley (additional), to the Vindictive; G. C. Campbell (addi tional), to the President; H. G. Morris, to be Flag to Ad miral Sir Charles Ogle ; A. Fletcher, to the Resistance; A. E. 13, Carter, to the Snake; and A. D. Gordon, to the Electra. Masters—P. Chown, to the Snake; W. E. Hyne, to the Electra. Surgeon—T. Somerville, to the Cleopatra. Paymasters and Pursers—W. F. Maturin (acting), to the Snake ; C. S. Giles (acting), to the Electra ; S. H. L. Giles, (acting), to the Scout. Midshipmen—T. D. Williams, IL W. Corneck, and A. L, M. Montezuma (additional), to the Carysfort. Naval Cadets—R. Kennett, to the Rodney; the Hon. A. Drummond, the Hon. A. Hay, C. D. Moultrie, G. D. David son, and A. C. F. Heneage, to the Carysfort; R. Wynniett, to the Rodney, Clerks—J. Woodruff, to the Bittern ;T. Ley, to the Scout. COAST GUARD. Removals—Lieutenant E. J. Ironies, from Rickhurst Pag. ham station, vice Slaughter, resigned. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Luc 19.—Wind this day at noon S., light breeze. with much rain. RAMSGATE, JAN. 18.—S1d. Arline, Delpierre, Valparaiso. DEAL, JAN. 17.—Wind, S.S.W. to S.W.—Arrd from the river, Ida, Silk, Batavia ; Hashering, Ross, Calcutta ; Bel. mont, Grant, Savannah. 18. Caledonia, Liddell, .Sydnev, New South Wales; Sarah Charlotte, Dennett, Algoa Bay. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 18.—Wind S.—Sid. 17th, her Majesty's ship Resistance, Monte Video; 18th, Bittern, Africa; Isa bella, Watson, Adelaide. BRISTOL, JAN. 16. —Sid. Haidee, Canning, Newfoundland. 17, George Nicholls, Demerara. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 17 AND 18.—Wind S.S.E., light.--Arrd. 18, James Tynes, Trinidad; Clifford, Jamaica; Liverpool, Eldridge, New York. Sid. 17. Gwalior, Edward, Bombay; Union, Nuseurier, Rio Grande ; Thomas Worthington, Ross Trinidad ; Favourite, Rizer, Barbadoes ; Montreal, Prince, New Orleans; Tyrone. Spear, ditto; St. Cloud, Hatch, ditto; Scotland. Snow, ditto; Clementina, Symons, Azores. The Joseph, Yeowar., for Trieste, has put hack with stern post started, having struck upon Arklow Bank. ST. MAWES, JAN. 15.—A large lower mast and topmast, with rigging attached, supposed from a vessel of about 500 tons, has been towed into t. Gonave to-day. FALmoun", JAN. 18,—The Ine, Symonds, of St. Ives, from Newport to Malaga, was iU contact on the night of the 15th inst.,off Scilly, with the French brig9cean, from Newportto Rochelle, and sunk ; crew saved. • PLYMOUTH, JAN. 18.—The Guineaman, Stanfield, from Cape Coast Castle, put back to-day, totally dismasted, in a heavy gale, at S.W. on the night of the llth inst., 150 miles S.W. of the Lizard. _ _ VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jan. 19. (Before the VICE-Cll./LNCELLOR of ENGLAND.) THE MAYOR OF LOUTH V. THE WARDENS OF LOUTH FREE SCHOOL. The arguments in this cause were commenced this morn ing, but as the leading counsel for the plaintiff had not con cluded his address when our Evening Edition went to press, and as the case appears likely to occupy several days, we refrain from going into the subject further at present: (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) DAWSON v. PAVER. This case was brought on originally by a motion for injunc tion to restrain the defendant from the use of certain drains, which bad flooded the lands of the plaintiff. The cause was sent for trial before a jury, when a verdict was found for tha plain. iff, who upon that moved before his Honour, in Novem ber last, for an injunction to restrain, in the terms of the ver dict, and the defendants made a cross-motion for a new trial. His Homoint thought it proper to make an order for a new trial, and directed that the plaintiff's motion should stand over, with leave to amend the notice for an intended injunc tion, and to bring it on at the next seal. - PARSONS, V. SPOONER. This cause was heard on demurrer to the original suit, which was instituted to establish a lien on the deposits of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Railway Com pany. Mr. Parsons, plaintiff in the suit, was the projector of the line, and had the preliminary prospectus registered in terms of the Act about the 19th of August, last year. On the 27th of that month a meeting was convened of gentle men to consider the project, when a provisional committee was formed, and, at the suggestion of the chairman of the meeting, Mr. Olivera, an agreement was drawn up and signed by the chairman, the officers of the pro posed line, indemnifying the provisional committee, and pledging themselves to pay all costs and expenses preliminary or to be incurred up to the payment of the deposits, to which fund they were to look fur repayment. Mr. Parsons hal a further stipulation that he would be constituted sole solicitor to the Company. Now however that the line is about to be disposed of to another Company, whereby that stipulation will be made void, Mr. Parsons, on the ground of the contract made by the pro visional committee on the 27th August, claims a lien on the deposits of the Company. The defendants demurred, on the ground:that whatever was entered into by that provisional committee could not bind the shareho:ders, for at that time the Company had not been properly registered in terms of the Act 7 and 8 Viet., and that all those who ought to have been made defendants were not present in Court. Arguments were concluded to-day, but his Honour deferred judgment. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 19. (Sittings in Banco at Westminster-hall.) TILE QUEEN V THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF MANCHESTER. In this case it appeared from the statement of Counsel, that Mr. Mill claimed compensation for having been deprived of his office as clerk of petty sessions for the division of Man chester, a situation which he held for thirty years, during which time he discharged all the duties of a clerk to the magistrates of the petty sessions far the division of Manchester, but of which he had been deprived by the operation of a recent Act of Parliament. The Learned Counsel who ap peared on behalf of Mr. Mills, contended that his client had substantial claim for compensation, upon many grounds, which he repeated, but that the fact alone of his having filled the office and discharged the duties of clerk of petty sessions for 30 years, was prima facia evidence that his claim was well founded. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the application. The point involved three questions, whkh he would submit to the Court. The first was, was Mr. Mill the officer he de scribed himself within the division of the county in question? the second, was he at all the offices he described himself? and the third, if he really were such as officer, had he been dee prived of certain fees and emoluments? He would deal with the second question first, because in whatever way the Court should dispose of that question, depended the disposi tion of the other two. The Learned Gentleman then contended at great length that the applicant was not the [clerk of the petty sessions, for the division of Manchester, but the clerk of individual magists trates who sat there. He supported his argumell by stating that other magistrates who sat by rotation fr other petty sessions in the different divisions of the county, used to appoint their own clerks; that those clerks were therefore not clerks of petty sessions as recognised by the Act of Parliament, but the private clerks of those magis trates, and therefore could not claim compensation in the event of their services being discontinued, no matter what length of time they may hold their situations. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who appeared to support the application, stated that, the magistrates of the Manchester division had made an arrangement by which they were each to sit in rotation with the stipendiary magistrates every Thursday. Mr, Justice WIGHTMAN asked if there had been any evi• dence that the magistrates of the Manchester division did not sit in rotation The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said there was not. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL contended that there was no evidence that they did. He then proceeded to contend for the point with which he bad set out, namely, that the appli cant was only the clerk of the magistrates ii their capacity as private individuals. (The case was not concluded when our report left.) COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 19. ASHLEY AND AitOTHER v. r RAW AND OTHER-LIABILITY Cnostsn, JAN. 17.—A boat, with a crew of five men, landed at Mundesley, this evening, of the smack Silesia, of Barking, parted from her three nights since in a fog; will proceed to Yarmouth. BERWICK, JAN. 16.—The Circassian, White, from London, is discharging at the quay, with damage. JA.N. 15.—Sid. Southtack, Dick, Savannah ; Thomas Duple'', Moppet, Demerara ; Simeon Hardy, Rey nolds, Barbadoes.' WATERFORD' JAN. 16.-811 Ellen, Forun, Trinidad , Coax, JAIL 16.—Arrd. Xarifa, Flearge, Possession Island. BELFAST, JAN. 16,—S1d. Am.e, Meares, Savannah. LEITH, JAN. 17.—And. Vibelia, Mellon, Mauritius. FALMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Part of a lower mast and topmast of a vessel about 700 to 800 tons, and not long in the water, was towed on shore at Portscathe on the 15th inst. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 17.—The Jongi Catherine, Pimeke, from Genoa to Amsterdam, which put in here leaky, has been surveyed, and willdischarge her cargo. OF LISURANFE OFFICES-WRECK OF THE MARS. This was a special case for the judgment of the Court. The action was brought on a policy of insurance effected by the plaintiffs with the Maritime Assurance Company on the ship Mars, of London, for 1,0004 and the defendants were sued for that amount as the trustees of the insurance office. The defendants bad set up three separate grounds of defence : first, non-assumpsit ; second, that the vessel was not wrecked in the manner alleged; and thirdly, that after the effecting of the policy, and during the continuance of the voyage, she lied, by and with the consent of the plaintiffs, deviated from the course of her voyage as laid down in the policy of insurance. On the sth of March, 1839, the vessel sailed from Liverpool with goods for China ancl Manilla, a policy of insurance having been previously effected upon her with the defendants, in which was a clause that the Mars was to proceed from Liverpool to places or ports in China and Manilla, and with liberty to stay at all ports both on this and the other side of tlu3 Cape of Good Hope, for all necessary purposes, both in going to and coming from China. During her voyage from Manilla to China she was wrecked, and the plaintiff subse quently brought the present action to recover the insurance. Mr. Mannar now appeared to argue the case for t he plain tiffs, but the Court intimating that the pleadings were defee. , tive, it was arranged that the case should be adjourned for a fortnight in orde,r that they might be amended. historical portraits in pa F r r t il DisASTROUS FIRE : nQcednethoaftthofe thefin finest Marquisolle collections s i e n o! court, has just been to have originated in his :31tnr-LlYse". It would appear out in his hotel, Rue de a to the bed-roam and the librar y.uy, and to have communicated estroyed by a fire, which broke ter suffered consi me tine eittograplxletters The latter consi derably. So part oi the pictures were destrned were saved, but a great portrait of Michael Angelo,' 4 1teitcl A i r i nongst them was a Erasmus, painted by Holbien ; several i i himself; one of Philip de Champaignsai Luis XIV. on hOn4rdu;' three fine' deemeolen ; and portaits of Molibre, Racin e, by yin.. painted in their own time. There were aim et h and . Boileau, ether pictures of value :—A. ircsuag girl, by Greuse; a Holy it 9t. amity, by Nip nard; Two Interiors, iii bourbon; several pictures by Brau wer 2 ifse. Fortunately aisotst 2,09 pi c tures were saved. - SUPPOSE D SUICIDE FROMNVESTWIISTIR-BEIDGZ. —On Saturday morning . , es a man named Dibid was passing along the steam-boat pier at Westminster. bridge the second hiaisca? ver ed the body of a man lyrng in thp mud near arch of the bridge. Having obtained assistance, the body was got ashore, and taken to the vaults o ti f St. John' oo aCh b urch, , Waterlo•-road. Upon making an inspecon a ody Mr. Anderson, the Coroner's 'officer, found tbat tiio theiri a' the unfortunate individual had been previoualy ut, occasby leaving little doubt that he had, on som e former made an attempt upon his life. Nothing whatever W was found upon his person to lead to his identity , =leas it ill are 1 scarf he had round his throat. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 19. weGIATRATION ATPEALS. -- 4AW4 N S P. P4PiX4I3. Mr. Cuosirrox appeared support of an appeal frorn South Lancashire, against the decision of tint barrister that reiriFed the list of voters for that division of the county.. who had struck out certain votes, on the groiiud tdiat they were sought to be obtained by a francinie#t spacidOck u e ,couvoyance of property. The Learned uentieinan contended that such was not the case. The property on which the Totea Were ionght tq be ghtained had been conveyed bona tide to the parties, an 4. no fr 0.14 whatever was attempted or intended. Were the interpreta tion of glp Reform Act sought to be made by the revising barrister to lioid gogd, which was to make fraudulent all con veyances made for obtaining ;votes ? g most material narrow ing of the franchise would take plaCe, and the intention of the Le&slature be defeated. Moreover, it would be carrying out a priuciple that ? under !similar circumstances as thoie under which this property was conveyed, had never been ruled in the courts of law, or maintained by the highest legal authorities. The Learned Gentleman here referred to s number of CAM and decision which bore out the view of the question he had advanced. The twenty- ; The reply was, that when the defendant was first en sixth section of the Reform A c t p r ovided that the person ' gaged he receivt. d a weekly salary, but that afterwards, seeking to be on the register for the county must be in the : in order to encourage zsal and activity, the complain receipt of the rents and profits of the freehold for at laast six a n ts increased hi. 4 remuneration according to the quan months prior to being placed o n the re g i ster. This was taken , tity sold by him. to ba evidence that the party enjoyed the property in his . The LORD MAYOR said that such arrangements put an own person, and was entitled to the benefit of the provisions , of this Act. This had bee n the case in the pr es e nt instance. ! end ,to, the idea of prosecuting under the latter Act Mr. ARNOLD appeared f or the res p ondent. He said this ! aliu"c" to. Mr. Pelham admitted that it was a fatal ob j ection, was a case of the highes t im p ortance, as at the p resent mo ment a great exertion wa s bein g made to p lace hundreds of but thou g ht that, as the pure article was given to the de votes on the various registers throughout the country for feudant, and an adulteration, which had the effect of de political purposes. The decision of this would affect not stroying that article, had taken pl•sce, the case might only a considerable number of votes in South Lancashire, but come under the Act for punishing wilful and malicious in many other ports of the country. This was the first d amege. The adulteration was as complete as could time on which the question at issue had been raised } l ive been effected on any other property , an d the con sequence was the serious injury to a very excellent legality this Court, and it was done now in order to settle the legality or illegality o f such votes. He maintained that the , e. s tatute never contemplated t hat an y su c h conveyances as the trade. .. Good present should be held as legal or entitled to be the feunda - The LORD MAYOR (having consulted with Mr tion of votes. The Act ex p ressl y said, that c o nv eying pro• man) said . he regretted much that he could not Interfere p er ty for political purposes and the multiplying of v o t e s was to punish so very palpable an act of delinquency.. No bad, and that all votes derived therefrom must ba held as doubt whatever existed its to the gro-s adulteration of null and void. In the present case the father had conveyed the milk. That the defendant had adulterated it for his certain portions of property to his sons clearly with the in- own profit, and that the adulteration was calculated to tention of making them voters; thus acting from political prejudice the trade, was likewise obvious, but, unfortu motives, and with the evident intention of multiplying votes. nate w ly, i t th the hima i.udefendant,r he who had, withthe arrangement In such a case, not only b y the statute but b y common law, made had cea ceased dt to receive iay as a property conveyed with the object of multiplying votes was . fraudulent and bad. The Learned Gentleman here quoted a weekly servant, become :5 sort of partner, and thus variety of decisions in common law, as well as interpretations escaved the punishieent he so well merited. The of the statute law by hig h le g al aut horities , in supp ort of the defendant who del not utter a word was then , badness of all conveyance made for the purpose of creating discharged, but not without receiving a sharp reproof votes. • . from the Lord Mayer. Mr. Ceomprore replied briefly to the arguments of the An eprl cation was made to the Lord Mayor for his Learned Gentleman, who had endeavoured to lead their valuable assistance on behalf' of the widow and family. of Lordships away from the real question by talking about a gentleman who had held fir muny years the important public bodies seeking to create large numbers of votes. The public office of Chi.: Clerk ut Queen-square Felice present case had no connexion with any such bodies , if suc h court, hut whose death , after a few hours' Miles-, had existed; it was simply that o f some young men who wante d to get votes, and w ho, not having left his widow and eight childr ( n , the elde st of whom the means themselves, were as s isted in that very laudable was • under fount en years of age, in a state of poverty. endeavour by their father. But the real point was The LORD MAYOR replied, that he was well acquaireed about the conveyance. Now, in the present case, with the deceased gentleman, who was certainly a most the property passed bona fide into th e y oung men's bands; estimable public servant, and it would give him the there was no reservation on behalt of the father: the convey- highest gratification to receive contributions for the ance was unequivocal and complete. Now the statute, in widow and her large family. His Lordship suggested speaking of fiaudulent votes, had only reference to convey- also that the friends of the family should endeavour to ances in which there was 110 bona fide intention of passing the obtain admission for some of the children into one OT property; but where conditions and reservations existed, by other of the valuable institutions with which the me which the holder was deprived of the full benefit of the pro tropelis abounded, and thought it net improbable, that, perty. Th ese we re what were called parchment votes, with created by a nominal conveyance for the pur-, . the aid of the public press, such an object might be pose of multiplying votes, and were clearly illegal. But accomplished. this could not apply to the present case, for though there was The following communication relative to Mr. Ady, no denial that the object was to obtain votes, the property in who never fails to snarl at Sir Peter Laurie, to whose which that advantage was sought to be obtained, fully and activity and perseverance he was indebted for his prose unreservedly passed into the hands of the appellants; so that cution and conviction at the Central Criminal Court, fraud was not intended, or committed. It was a monstrous caused some amusement : doctrine to affirm that because a man purchased, or had con veyed to him unreservedly, a freehold, in order to be a voter, that therefore the act should be decried fraudulent, and he should be disfranchised. In conclusion, he maintained that in common law the proceed ings of the appellants was innocent and laudable, and that the statute law in reference to fraudulent conveyances did not apply to them. He submitted therefore that the deci sion of the revising barrister should be reversed. Their Lordships reserved the decision. BAIL COURT, Jan. 19. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice WatiAats.) TUCKER V. O'BRIEN This was an action on a bill of exchange for the sum of 251., which the plaintiff' had received as from the defendant, and the amount of which had never been paid. No person appeared for the defence. A witness was placed in the box, who declared that he knew the defendant, and was acquainted with his hand writing. He saw him sign the bill on which the action was brought. That person (pointing to an elderly man in the body of the Court) is not the defendant. A verdict for the amount claimed was about to be returned when the person. indicated by the witness rose and said, I am sorry to be obliged to defend this action, but I must do so from the course they have pursued with me. A writ was served upon my clerk at my office, and it was left with him in spite of his assertion that the acceptor of the bill did not reside there. I took no notice of it until I was served with a notice of declaration, and in consequence of that notice I went te the office at the Court of Queen's Bench, and ob tained an official copy and an affidavit of service, which asserted that I had been served in person , thus being a perjury. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said that the proceedings could have no effect, as they had proved that he was not the person upon whom the writs were intended to be served. Applicant—Yes, but they have served all these papers at my residence. Mr. Justiee WILLIAMS—They have now said that you are not the defendant. Applicant—l have waited on theist at their office, and told ais that I was not the plaintiff. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—You certainly were not the plain tiff.--(Laughter.) Applicant—l beg pardon, I mean the defendant; I told them that I was not the person, and that they should serve no more papers on me, or that I would make public the per jury iu the affidavit of service.—(Laughter.) Mr. Justice Wfwams—The moment these proceedings affect you, you shall make a defence, and I hope it will be a good one. You are not the defendant they refer to. Applicant—How is that, when they continue to serve papers on me? Mr. Justice WiLuAms—Well, until they do affect you, I would advise you to treat them with the utmost contempt. — (Laughter.) To the jury —Gentlemen, this action is against another person, who is seen to accept the bill. The witness is asked if this applicant is the person referred to, and he says that he is not. Applicant—They have served my clerk with a writ, and have solemnly sworn that I am the person mentioned in that writ. A verdict for the plaintiff was returned—Damages, 251. The applicant then left the Court, consoled in his retreat by several apparently sincere assurances from some legal gentlemen that he would be taken in execution, instead of the real defendant, if he did not speedily employ legal as sistance. LONDON SESSIONS. F. I). LE VIS v. RATIIBONE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. _ SlR,—The report of the above trial in your journal of the 12th inst. containing errors '.hick are calculated materially to mislead the public mind, we beg the favour of the following corrections: —The name of the plaintiff is "Francis David Lewis —not "J. D." The amount of the account against the Company was stated to be 4061. Os. 6d., out of which, in reply to an irrelevant question from the defendant's counsel as to " the sum be was out of pocket," Mr. Lewis stated about " three hundred and fifty pounds,"—not 2501. as re p or t e d, making an obvious difference of an additional 1001. in his liability to the papers. We have hitherto allowed these mis-statements to pass unnoticed, but on finding the last mentioned error has operated to our prejudice, we are compelled to seek for this counter-statement equal publicity. We are, Sir, your obedient servants, LEWIS and LOWE. GUILDFORD PETTY SESSIONS. COLLISION ON THE SOU , TII7WESTERN RAILWAY. •' Penrose, near thlston. " My Lord Mayor,—Mr. My having sent me one of his usual circulars. I was induced, by the circumstance that my father had large sums in different stocks in the Bank of England, to remit him a post-office order for 11. The accompanying letter is the only information I re ceived. It is true that I am a subscriber to a railway with which my property is much connected, and I am also on the provisional committee ; but I do not want to be informed by Mr. Ady of the provisions of the Ist and 2d Vie. c. 106, with which I am already well acquainted ; and I, therefore, as I have told him, consider him as having obtained my sovereign by false pretences. " For the sake of thlse who suffer from his impositions, I take the lilderty of sending this letter to your Lord ship. I have the honour to be, my Lord Mayor, your most obedient servant, " J. ROGERS." In the letter was enclosed a lithographed copy of " An Act to make good certain contracts which have been or may be entered into by certain banking and other copartnerships," and on the back of the Act were the following pieces of information:— " Page 114, Railway list of subscribers, published, 1845, by order of Parliament. " John Rogers, Clerk, Penrose, 4,5001" "Mr. Rogers—By these two Acts of Parliament, and the memorial to the Secretary of State, you may per ceive the practice of the manager of your company, of admitting clergymen into partnership, is not only unlawful but highly dangerous, leading to the miserable situation of the Union Bank of London, where 700 gen tleme•n are in daily risk of being declared outlaws and rebels. Save himself who can. " I advise you to sell out immediately, and to be quit of such unlawful concerns.—Respectfully. " JOSEPH ADY, " A housekeeper 40 years, and known to the Right Hon. Sir Peter Laurie, Deputy Lord Mayor; and by all the worthy Aldermen of London, and every banker in the kingdom." On Saturday, James Orei, late a guard on the South- Western Railway, appeared before the Earl of Lovelace, Chairman, and a full bench of magistrates, at Guildford, to answer to an information preferred against him by Mr. J. B. Dalby, the superintendent of police on the South-Western Railway, charging him with misconduct while in the Com pany's employment. The information was laid under the 10th clause in Lord Seymour's Act, which imposes a penalty not exceeding 10/., or two months' imprisonment, on any person convicted of wilfully or negligently doing, or neglecting to do, any act by which the life or limb of any person travelling by rail way may be in danger, and the evidence adduced established that on the night of Wednesday, the 24th ult., the defendant., who , was in charge of one of the up luggage trains, ar rived at the Woking station at ten o'clock at night, when he was informed that the down mail train was over due; he, however, in his anxiety to get to town, ordered the pointsman to shift the points, PO as to enable him to shunt two waggons which he had brought from Southampton, and place them in the proper sidelings. While in the act of shunting the waggons, the mail train appeared in sight, and though the usual signal was hoisted, the distance was too short to prevent a collision, and the engine struck one of the waggons and shattered it to pieces. The defendant having been called on for his defence, de clared he had not intended to do the slightest injury,. and that there was abundant time to get the waggons out of the the way without accident, if the engineer had used sufficient exertion on his part. lie also said that he had run con siderable risk himself, in his endeavour to prevent a collision, and had been knocked down by the accident. From the questions of the Noble Chairman and the ma gistrates on the bench, it appeared that it was the duty of the defendant to have taken the opinion of Mr. Miller, the agent of the company residing at the station, before he gave orders to the pointsman ; and that, in fact, Mr. Miller was the proper officer to give any orders on the subject. The BExcikin consideration of the defendant's unimpeach able character for seven years while in the Company's em ployment, mitigated the penalty to 31., which the defendant paid, and was discharged. EXTENSIVE FORGE itIES IN HULL The serious case of forgery which lately transpired in Hull has undergone a rigid investigation, which has termi nated in the committal for trial of two brothers, Benjamin and Edwin Adamson, the former landlord of the Durham Ox, in that town, and the latter a junior clerk in the service of Messrs. Brownlow, Pearson, and Co., steam-packet pro prietors; and also of Hugh Doran, another junior clerk in the same employ. Edward Adamson is charged with forg ing the body of twenty cheques, upon Messrs Pease and Liddell's bank, from the 11th of May, 1844, to December 19th, 1845, for sums ranging from 301. to 3001., and of the united value of 2,3791. 15s ,—and of course average upwards of 1101. each. The whole of the cheques have been cashed, and charged to Messrs. Brownlow, Pearson. and Co., who are sufferers to that amount. Benjamin Adamson is charged with forging the indorsements upon the first forged cheque (for 301.) and two others. Doran is charged with forging the indorsement upon s cheque dated Nov. 12, 1845, for 125/. The police are in search of Thomas Adamson, landlord of the Marfleet New Inn, brother of the above, suspected of being largely concerned in these transactions, and who took flight on the apprehension of his younger brother The pri soner Edwin Adamson acknowledges his guilt, and implicates his brother Thomas and Doran as his only accomplices. Benjamin Adamson has been admitted to bail in 800/. ; the bail proposed for Doran (viz., his father, who is a publican in Blackfriargate, and another publican in the same street) have been rejected. The magistrates positively refuse bail for Edwin. The proceedings before the magistrates disclose to what a fearful extent allotments of shares in projected railways have been made to junior clerks, and make it certain that they have had transactions in the purchase of scrip also to an exorbitant amount for their station. The youth Doran appears to have set his father up in the public house busi ness, and appears to have been dealing very extensively in scrip, although his salary was only 12s. a-week.—Yorkshire Gazette. POLICE INTELLIGEN CE. MANSION-HOUSE. METROPOLIS MILK —A man, named John Taylor, was brought before the Lord Mayor yesterday, upon the charge of having adulterated the milk in which his employers dealt. Mr. Pelham, who appeared for the complainants, Messrs. Socket and Roberts, extensive dairymen and dealers in milk, s t a t e d th a t the subject was one in which the whole com mun ity was interested. The complain ants employed a round with milk rece i ve d from Ilford and parts of Cum great number of men, wh om the y sent berland to a vast number of customersabout town. They found that some of the servants were in the habit of adulterating the milk, which was deposited for the more complete security against fraud, or plunder by servants, in the sealed cans. Anxious that their character as dairymen shonld not suffer, and having heard serious complaints of the quality of the articles in which they dealt, they set persons to watch the movements of the servants of the concern, and the defendant was observed to go to a house in Swan-lane, Tower-hill, and to return with a large additional quantity of what was called milk, but which deserved the name of chalk and water, or some more mischievous or disgusting c ompound. When the defendant found th a t h e was d e t e cted, he capsized the cans into the streets, but a small quantity, of the contents was saved in the bottom, and the Lord Mayor would see that any other designation would be more applicable to the commodity, and that it was no longer matter of sur prise that the trade was falling off. It was found, also, that the defendant had received 18s. Bd. from a Mrs. r34 ' 44r for P 4il k, for which the complainants had no Judgini from ac count whatever. vilAt 104 been already ascertained, it was evident the complainaniA were riGticris to a serious extent, for of forty quarts per diem, the quantity disposed of upon the average b y the defendant, he must have made at any rate eighty, thus doubling the 44t reducing the respectable customers, and de grading t 6 character of this employers. The complain ants were indiff erent as to t h e ' co urse of pt4ceedint; his Lordship might suggest in this case , whether it would be prude n t to c h arge the de f en d a nt under the Malicious Damage Act, or the 4th of Geo. IV. , f or enlar g in g the powers of justices of the peace on hearin g com p laints . , between masters and servants. The LORD MAYOR asked the complainants whether the defendant had a weekly salary? THE COUNTY MAGISTRACY. • Among the provincial complaints of magistrates, by their not duly attending to their duties, inconveniencing the public, Nottinghamshire is not in the arrear of some other counties. The following, from a Nottingham paper of last week, shows a " second edition" of neglect in that county. Country justices are fast paving the way for stipendiary magistrates in the provinces. The Nottingham papers says : —" From a communication which has reached us this week, we learn that from the latter part of last July, till the be ginning of September, the inhabitants of the Retford district were much annoyed and inconvenienced by the irregular at tendance of magistrates. Week after week passed, and little or no business was got through, owing to the absence of these gentlemen from the sphere whose duties they had undertaken to fulfil, We are also informed that in conse quence of a few of the parishes which formerly belonged to the Retford district, being now included in the recently formed 'Worksop division, the meetings at the former named place are to take place only once a fortnight, instead of weekly as before. " Now, although we have no wish to meddle with matters which do not concern us, we do feel bound as journalists, labouring in the cause of the people, just to remind our worthy friends who adminster justice, that there are such things as public duty and public convenience, and that until such things are transported as outlaws, they should stand foremost in the minds of all public functionaries. We know that these things are very irksome occasionally, but then we also know how easy it is to dispense with the cares of office, if they are but willing to renounce its honours. The old say ing that' Every sweet has its bitter,' is most true. and we do think that those who accept the one should brave the other. We do hope that these remarks will be received as good humouredly as they are written ; and would say in con clusion, good sirs, pray have mercy on the long vexed pa tience of the poor neglected public." MARYLEBONE VESTRY.—On Saturday, at the meeting of the Maryl?bone Vestry, the Rev. Dr. Spry, the rector, in the chair, Mr. Michie begged to ask Mr. P. Laurie whether it was true that the office of clerk of the peace for the county of ; Middlesex was not a sine cure place and also whether it was or was not the int en ti on o f the magis trates to increase the salary of that sinecure officer, in the shape of fees payable out of the county- ra t e . Mr. Laurie said there was such a thing as that alluded to by Mr. Michie going on. The office of clerk of the peace for Middlesex was at the present time occupied by a party who never did any duty himself, but who availed himself of the privilege granted by the Act of Parliament to appoint a deputy. He thought they had no right to interfere with a man who re ceived a moderate salary, and who chose to pay another for doing his duty, providing these duties were performed pro perly ; but when he found steps being taken for making a schedule of fees to such a person, affording a remuneration out of the pockets of the rate-payers, to the amount of 5,0001. per annum, he thought it was proper that some check should be put upon such reckless expenditure. mw ß y aa sg t i st h to e r a r p t ee r c o e p o ii vl s ee e d wl sa. s s3 c td h o. e duh foral of fees, v e eevlesr.yforp the ert.ne clerk treydsum mar o y f t circular conviction n ie pe ace was ic to t? a m c n that took place at any police court, and one guinea a for every time his deputy was called out of his office to speak to a com mittee. He (Mr. Laurie) was one of the Committee on the Schedule of Fees, but he had not attended until lately, and when he did he was utterly surprised at what ha.' taken place, and had, with the aid of some other members, suc ceeded in reducing some of the items. The most monstrous thing in the whole affair was, that these fees, exorbitant as they were, were, to the extent of three- fifths of the entire amount, to go to thej clerk of the peace,' who neve; on any occasion, even put his foot within the walls of the Session House. He (Mr. Laurie) hoped that the vestry would urge upon the magistrates of the county who were members of the job. Mr. to use every endeavour to defeat so nefarious a ob. Mr. Michie said he would at once adopt the suggestion of a ae b hdn l d e al‘ i I i l r re .. oTmrmi t Laurie, ktotne,e aand;o c hurchwardencg oinvseideconsider noticethe e o o ff propriety ,rri motion nityod f f o is r t rict, Saturdayappropriatingappi nest.applied tfho the surplus pew rents of the church to the erection of a rectory house, which, after some discussion, was agreed to. The vestry then separated. MILITIA BALLOT.—On Thursday evening a large meeting was held at Mr. J. J. Homer's, Dolphin Tavern, Hackney, to form a Militia Substitute Society. Mr. C. lh o o f ovnaoluru obfi providing, eacctq, Green presided, and uft a a ; le r addressed assistance, tyita.3hanwmceseca was le, ai tta. e lyt e gitt t klawo i el o slaei g yessrrtv o tfi n !oochorebfem t . e h pe e due4Hiials;cete w necessity as a ü b biy u ri t nm li g is love for her Majes t y . would not tempt him to leave home tfoureoprniiirlrittiaorlyis ogcltohrioeps.rosi:todfeealtt r::: pleasure in enrolling himself a member of the society, under the auspices of Mr. Homer, whose character guaranteed his i s contemplated eyes to the Ce laudable :rPneeCslla i e hl ff 6t o PY r u. t d s o t I f fal. t t. h e Peace Society, would be successful in averting the horrors of threatened war. No reflective oli itnicwiahni,chhoc:asve;etrh,ectG?uollrd,ernshmute.nht a. friendly ndiol.e r r 4 el , relation with nlmtehrei their of the militia , troops. To retain husbands, brothers, sons, was sure that its rules were founded * . on a basis that would ensure general approbation. The rules were then read from the chair, and agreed to; and after the appointment of a treasurer (Mr. Hunter), and secretary, a large number of in h4tatant,.comprising many licensed victuallers of Hackney and its vicinity, were enrolled. A vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting separated, the fact formationt h en au a ' n v r t b P d i our IRELAND. THE LAW APPOINTMENTS, DUBLIN, JAN. 16.—Mr. Richard Wilson Greene has re ceived the appointment of Attorney-General in succession to Mr. Smith, the new Master of the Rolls. This announce ment is made upon " authority," and thus far it has been all fair sailing before the wind; no party disputing the claims of the gentlemen who have been selected for prcmotion by her '..ajesty's Government. Mr. Smith, the ex-Attorney-General, left town suddenly last night for London, and his abrupt departure gave rise to a variety of rumours ; amonga others, that the Right Hon. Gentleman has been request e d by th e Premier to assume for the present his old office, and thus relieve the Minister from his fresh "difficulty," viz., the absence of a law officer to conduct the Irish business in the House of Commons. The Evening Mail, however, thus disposes of this rumour " The Right Hon. Gentleman's visit to London is solely with a view to arrange matters connected with several Bills to be submitted to Parliament at an early day; and the mo ment these matters are settled he will return to this country and take his seat as Master of the Rolls. The patent for holding that office is an English patent, and passes under the Great Seal of England. Previously toMr. Smith's departure, he returned the briefs he held in the Courts here, as well as one in an appeal case in the House of Lords, which stands for early argument, and in which he was one of the leading counsel." MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. The Evening Mail has it, that up to this period the usual Ministerial summons has not been issued to the supporters of Ministers in the House of Commons. The leader of the House of Lords, however, has shown more activity, as witness the following " circular," addressed to Members of the House of Peers by his Grace the Commander-in-Chief:— " Strathtieldsaye, Dec. 31. " My Lord,—As it appears that Parliament is to assemble for the dispatch of business on Thursday, the 22d of January, I venture to suggest to you the expediency of your Lord ship's attendance. "It cannot be doubted that business of importance, as well as the state of the country, have rendered necessary the assembling of Parliament at so early a period, and that it is desirable that the House of Lords should be fully attended. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most faithful humble servant, " WELLINGTON." MARKET NE WS.-(Y ES TERDAY'). CORN-EXCHANGE During last week th arrivals of Wheat, of home produce, for our market, were on a very moderate sale, and of an nit" usually inferior quality. Of English Barley and Malt the receipts were tolerably good; but those of Oats, Beans, Pea% and Flour, were small. From Scotland very little grain of any description came to hand, while the only arrival from Ireland was five quarters of M a lt. The fresh suPPIY 13f Foreign Wheat and Oats was seasonably extensive, but th at , of all other articles was limited. O n ly a limited supply °,; Wheat came to hand, coastwise, and by land carriage I°,! samples, hence the stands were scantily supplied wit' samples of that grain in very bad condition. ill uncertainty which still exists respecting the nature .0_ the forthcoming change in the corn-laws caused to dealers to purchase with extreme caution. We have, there fore, to report a dull inquiry for English Wheat, and, whe re sales were effected, the holders were compelled to submi t to a further decline in the quotatio ns o f from is to, in some instances, 2s per quarter, and at whi c h a c l e arance was effected. The show of free Foreign Wheat was small, never' theless the inquiry for it was extre me ly d u ll, yet we _1 1 ` „ notice no decided alteration in val ue , th e i m p or ters not being disposed to accept of lower figures under existing nir cu—,., t , stances. Bonded Grain of all kinds commanded little 5 tention ; so little, indeed. that the rates were almost mani lla .; The supplies brought forward w ere b enea th average ° rl— quantity of English Barley on show was rather 01 than equal to the wants of the buyers. Selected qualP of malting may be consid ere d qu it e as d ear b u t gTin ute b ; and distilling sorts were a trifle eas i er . At the d ose of the market a large portion of the latter was left over. There I a a a fair supply of Malt on o ff er . Although the Malt trade was far from active, ab ou t an average business was doing, ai about previous currencies. Notwithstanding the extrem el y short supply of O a t s , h o ld ers o f th a t art i c l e were u nable ..t obtain higher . prices— the Oat trade ruling inactive, at Ont . stationary prices. The dealers generally are now short of stet The supply of Beans was by no means large, yet the ssi o i was heavy, and the rates had a downward tendency. d , Peas the quantity on offer was but moderate. All kin sold heavily, at barely, but at nothing quotable bPneath, Monday's prices. The Flour trade was very dull, °t e a was with difficulty that the millers obt a i ne d late rates, e' . for the best town made qualities. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE t Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevaller• • • • • • "u s " D 651 Red, New.... 503 to 64s Oats—Yorkshire and , 2 9 Ditto,White, Old.. 858 67s Lincolnsh., Feed. 2" 328 Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe •• • • 808 coin, Red..... 52$ 65s Youghar and Cork, Ditto, White •.• • • . 55a 68s Black . .• • • 23 ' 198 Irish, Red.... .. • . 51s 543 Cork, White .•• • • 901 Ditto, White .. 538 575 Scotch, Feed. •• • • 26 ' 418 Rye—Old • • 368 38s Beans—Tick. 3.' 491 New. •••• ••• • • • ,385 40s Pigeons ...• 43 ' 411 Barley—Grinding... 248 27s Pease—Grey ......• •• 3 7! 441 Malting . ........ 3is 35$ •• • • 4 18 631 Chevalier .... 37s 388 White 40 ", 66/ Malt—Suffolk and Nor- B o il ers ....... • • b!: re fblk ••• . • •• •• 58s 62s Flour—Town-made •• Dr 491 Brown •. .•• • • . 575 60s Suffolk • • 48 , s 48e Kingston and Ware 63s 65s Stockt a & N or f o lk 4 6 " FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat—Dantzie.. •• • • 57s to 63s Beans .. ..... ...... • • Or - Harnburgh Berle, ••.. . . Oats -- New....... •• .. 251 27s Baltic ... P eed .. •. • . 22s 23s SMITIEPIZLD. Ler i. During the past week, the imports of live stock lote don have been on a very extensive scale—viz., 250,910, Cows, and 300 Sheep from Rotterdam ; 104 C o ws an d 04 and 150 Sheep from Harlingen; and 49 Cows, 29 00 14 0 370 Sheep from Schiedam, in, ;generally speaking, el c ce d 13 condition; indeed, many of the cow s h ave c ome to r'7o first-rate order. We had on sale 360 foreign mttee and 420 ditto Sheep, which att rac t e d more th an ' , $t tion from the butchers, w h o purchased the whole on one' . prices varying from 161 lO s to 23/ lOs per head, _f °r t ot o beasts, and 34s to 44s for the s h ee p. W e are i n form s" f the foreign beasts contin ue t o carr y a l arge quantitl°oo ternal fat. At Hull, 40 Beasts, 54 Sh ee p, an d 37 1-40 i be ee received from Holland, nearly the whole of which IV 401% forwarded into the manufacturing dist r i c t s . The 400 season for Beasts having now commenced , upwards o va, Scots and Homehreds were received thence this 01 1.01 r: which, together with the arrivals from a ll o th er parts e` ero lane, were of very superior quality, better, in fact, thsil_bole have observed on any previous market day during tbe:ho of the present year. From the northern districts, during horns ; from the western and midland counties, 400 H . ,,,e"'„f yr Devons, Runts, &c ; from other parts of England, 9 ° l end rious .kinds; from Scotland, 80 Scots; and froln 80 Beasts came fresh to hand: the resrialn"'"f r ole the bullock supply being principally derive o o, abroad, and the neighbourhood of the' nn se' The supply of Beasts to-day being comparatively 0 12 701 the attendance of buyers large, - the Beef trade ruled s ti oh at, in some few inatanoes, a trifling advance in the quottbie) the primest Scots readily producing 45 4d per 81b, I ._tlice a good clearance was e ff ected by the salesmen. With Sn' o r t too were scantily supplied for the time of year, while the i q d, oe t trade was firm at fully, but at nothing quotable bee n 1 § ber_ ° , last quotations. There were in the market about iv - ter: Leicesters, and nearly 100 Lambs from various cl u ru le The number of Calvea waa small, while the Veal trade I , it steady at late rates. Some small Piga moved off f extreme figures; otherwise the Pork trade was lnac t ` c Per Sibs, to sink the offal. 8, d. s. d. 5 . ci ; Inferior Beasts f 8 210 Second quality ditto 4`.4 ': Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 i Coarse-woolledditto 4; b Prime large Oxen 3 8 4 0 Southdown Wethers 6 " Prime Scots .. Large coarse Calves 4 4 5. 0 Large Bogs . •3 4 e 6 0 crime small ditto .. 5 2 5 4 Small Porkers .... 4 ; 20 $ Suckling Calves —lB 30 0 Quarter old Pigs • • 16_ ; 0 inferior Sheep .. ti 4 0 Lambs •• • " SUPPLY AT MARKET. 1 , 10 Beasts. I Sheep. I "Yee. I 215 2,721 21,990 .511 PrZWVATII AND LIIIADZIMAIA. o tbe i From Scotland, the north of England, and various r ots quarters, the arrivals of slaughtered meat up t o these m yea during the past, week hate been somewha ton the le'„ and of fair average q ua lity. Th e supp l ies kill e d in t`i;,eo tropolis have been, seasonably good, if we except t °tole' Sheep ; while the general demand has ruled heavy, at o ce' cline in the quotati ons o f 2d per S i bs, and at wh i c h clear o ts have not been effect e d. S everal carcases of foreign me and Sheep have again been disposed of. At per stone, by the Carcass, ~, 0. s. d. to s. d. 5. d. •••• a • 4 Beef, inferior...... 6 2 a Mutton, inferior •• s ,0 middling .... 210 3 0 middling . • ' 4 4 6 prime large 3 2 3 4 prime •• • • i d . 6 4 4 prime small •• 3 4 3 6 Pork, large— ••• • •• g ' Veal.• • •••••• • • • • 4 4 5 4 small .... •• • • Lamb. es Od to Os ed. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. IV. Beasts Sheep Cafes 3,50 Scotland .••••• • • • • . • 40 400 45 0 Yorkshire ....... .... .... • . 50 500 9 00 Lincolnshire •. ••••• • • • • 60 160 90 Norfolk Suffolk .......... ..• •......... 50 90 90 Cambridgeshire .••• • • • . 45 100 1 50 Essex • 30 90 34 9 50 Surrey . 40 200 60 00 Devonshire ... ...... 0 0 Wiltshire 90 100 $0 3 00 Other parts • •.•. • • . . 120 200 100 2 3 0 Total ...............595 1,900 270 j '/1 0 Previous week's arrival.. .. .. 483 1,420 200 640 Difference since onr last .... 112 430 70 BOROUGH AND SPITAX.PIELDO• ¢ . 0 During the past week th e arr i va l s of Potato' s water side have b een cons id era bl y on t h e i ncr ease, ot iti," by steam-boats and the v a ri ous ra il ways i mmen se q°¢ have come to hand in good condition. The supPli e ," 4o ,frj considerably more than equa l t o t h e wan t s o f th e defol' it or demand is excessi ve ly d u ll, at a d ec li ne i n t h e q uota i, " 'seJs o lOs per ton, with every prospect of lower rates. Y 4 , 31. 60:1 75s to 110 s; Do. R egen t' s , 80 s to 115 s; Scotch Reas , „„. P 90s per ton. Jersey Blues are selling at 75s to S French Whites, 75s per ton. .0 , BOROUGH HOP IVIARRET. AeoPT„, Not the slightest alter a ti on can b e noticed in the for, or prices of, any kind of Hops. On the whole tb quiry may be considered steady. W. This market remains TALLO steady, and r the price for Y. ‘-'• 43s 3d. Town Tallow is steady, at 43s net cash. j WOOL. The past week's importations of W oo l h av e consitlrt,e;36o 210 bales from Calcutta, 500 bales fro m S wa n Ri f : s bales from Valfamiso 12 bales from Ostend, and 3 8 sfr, from Smyrna. Toe demand for most kinds of Englis" h ,iitie' is steady, at full price?. In foreign an d co l on ial ‘l O however, very little business is doing. On Wednesday Lord Polwarth took the d e' before the Lord Justice-General, as Lo r d-Li eu tenant " 0 , kirkahire, in room of the late Lord Mont ague.—Scotos torel MILITARY IN TELLIGENCE. Though pre in h ill e f k ° ]' nevertheless we can state, on good authority, that t" ... , - ;V; lowing moves will take placb early in the spring „..!,,,,e ; Hussars, for foreig n serv i ce ; the 4th Royal Irish if - Or Guards. from Edi n b urg h to York ; the 11th Husss l , 4 l Newbridge to Edinburgh ; the 3d Prince of Wales' /. iief„, Guards, from Ballincollig to Manchester • the 131 ,. ftt Dragoons to Ballincollig ; the 10th Light P D Dragoon r „ Cahir to Dublin. Of course nothing is certain " the - ,1 orders are i ssue d f rom the lore Guards ; never theles'otSS moves can, to a very great degree, and next t o the rs order itself be relied on . R eport says the 6th Carib i n 9e a to have lances ixstead of carbines, which will be a gr e c l tb proyement. Th e 6 t h Inniskillen Dragoons embark 4, 0 01 spring for Ireland, e ith er for Cahir or Dundalk. We give preference to the latter.—From a Corespondent , otly; THE LATE M URDER AT N EWI NGYON.--1ne,.0, scriptions set afloat for the relief of Mrs. Fitzgerald ,'tad io murder of wh ose h us b an d S amue l Q uennell was executor Horsetsonger-lane gaol on M on d a y, J an. 5 , now allocrir about 130/. ; ind e p en d en tl y o f w hi c h a num b er of s u . e bit u o tions have been promis e d, but not y e t rece i ve d, whir supposed will, w h en p a id i n , i ncrease t h e amount to app of 2001. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. The authoritiesare bestirring themselves. The 67th Regi molt, forming part of Dublin garrison, received a sudden order this afternoon to hold themselves in instant readiness to march for Mohill and the disturbed parts of Leitrim, where the military force is at present wholly inadequate for the heavy duties imposed upon it by the lawless movements of the peasantry. The first division commences its march to-morrow morning. _ Two Government proclamations were issued this evening, one offering a reward of 601. for the discovery of the parties who attacked the house of John Connors, of Dunmoylan, in the county of Limerick, on the 6th instant, firing at and wounding Connors, and severely beating his son ; the second refers to the recent attack on the police by a ban ci of 12 men, who tired at and WOUI ded two re'icwconstablt s-100/. award ; the third also offers 100/. for the apprehension of an armed party of 11 men for an attack on the houses of George and Richard Scott, of Toureen, in the county of Limerick, and robbery of fire-arms. REVIEW OF THE WOOL TRADE. (From Messrs. Jacomb's Annual Circular.) In the first ten months of 1845, more wool was sold at good prices than in any previous similar period. The trade was sound ; most of the manufacturers well employed to order with light stocks of all kinds; consequently the sales opened in February at a very considerable advance on the prices of the previous autumn and winter. which state of things continued down to the end of October; since which time a gloom, heavier than usual at this season, has hung over the trade, occasioned by the temporary scarcity of money, political and other causes. There are, however, signs of improvement; and as money is becoming more plentiful, we confidently hope that early in the year we shall see a re turn of healthy and good business. Manufacturers continue tolerably well employed. The state of trade at Bradford, however, still continues unsatisfactory. The stock of colonial wool in importers' hands is so light (say 8,000 bales), and so small an accession can take place before the ariiral of the new clip in April and May next that we cannot think any serious reaction in prices can occur at the approaching sales, which will most probably be in February. The import of colonial wool is now in weight decidedly in advance of that from Germany, and will continue to increase. The wools from New Holland, Van Dieman's Land, and the Cape, have arrived, in 1845, in better condition, and of more healthy growth than in former years. Their consumption is gradually spreading throughout the west of England, and in Scotland ; and they will doubtless, ere long, be used there to as great a comparative extent as they have been in York shire for many years. To continue them in the estimation of the manufacturers, however, will require the constant care and attention of the growers, as they will assuredly have to meet a strong competition from the Russian wools for cloth ing, and from the United States for combing purposes. The increase of Cape wool this year is full 55 per cent. over last year; the quality continues to improve, but much still re mains to be done in the proper assortment of the fleeces before packing. Even by an unpractised eye, a selection of the coarse from the fine is easily_ made, The latter remark applies also to those from the United States. The trade in German wool has been rather unsatisfactory throughout the year. In most cases the high prices paid at th fairs have not been realised here. The stock, compared to: the demand, is considerable, more particularly of wools from 2s. 6d. upwards. Lower qualities have been much dearer in comparison ; and it must be borne in mind that the scarcity of low-priced German wools (from the increasing consumption of their own manufactures) has been a principal cause of firmness to the prices of colonial wool. Russian merino has been imported to a considerable extent, and would have been to a much larger but for the demand direct from France, Belgium, and the United States. At present little is doing, but prices are steady. Of Spanish, the import has been a mere bagatelle, having rapidly declined from the position it once held of first on the list, being superseded for most purposes by colonial. East Inv is continues in fair de mand at good prices, with small stocks.—Alpaca is in little request, and to effect sales at present, low rates must be sub mitted to. Of low wools generally there are considerable stocks, with little business doing. The English wool market is steady, and prices firm. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.—The annual ball, appointed to take place on Wednesday next, for the benefit of this Institution, will, it is confidently anticipated, be numerously and brilliantly attended. The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, together with the Sheriffs and their ladies, have had invitations transmitted to them. His Lordship has honoured the Governor and Committee with an answer, regretting that a prior engagement will prevent his attendance and that of the Lady Mayoress. The arrange ments being made by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, the pro prietors of the London Tavern, for the comfort of the com pany, are of the most complete description, and cannot fail to afford the patrons of the Institution a fitting opportunity for the enjoyment of an evening of pleasurable recreation in aid of the cause of philanthropy,—Advertiser. _ EXAMINATION OF ARTICLED CLERKS.--This exa mination will take place on Thursday, the 22d inst., and the Master of the Rolls has appointed Wednesday, the 28th inst., to swear in and admit the candidates on the roll of solicitors. By new arrangements the examiners' certificates will be de livered on the 24th, consequently there will be several days to obtain the judges' fiats, and perfect the common law ad missions. TUE GLASS DUTIES.—The Customs authorities, having had under consideration their minute of July last, directing that flint cut-glass, flint coloured glass, and fancy ornamental glass, liable to the higher rate of duty, should be passed by the officers of the revenue upon importation into this country, on a partial examination of the packages only, and being of opinion, with reference to the reduced rate of duty on the article olglass generally, that all glass manufac tures may be so passed upon a partial examination only, under the following circumstances, viz. :—That the warrant or entry be endorsed with the full particulars of the goods; that the whole of the packages, except when entered by bill of sight or sight entry, be weighed gross or net, as the officers or the merchant may see fit; that in all cases one or more packages to be selected by the officers, with reference to the number entered, of each description, be unpacked and fully examined, and if found to correspond with the endorsement on the warrant, that the goods be passed without any further examination or detention. Accordingly orders have been issued for the officers to proceed in future in the matter as stated. THE FUNERAL OF MR. ISAAC COHEN.—The funeral of this gentleman was attended by a great number of his former friends. It is stated that he has left, by his will, 15,000/. to the various charities in the metropolis; 3,000/. to the:Jewish school, and 3,000/. to the Synagogue to which he immediately belonged. THE ORDER OF THE GARTER —Since Sir Robert Peel came into office no less than eight garters have been placed in his gift, which have been conferred on the Duke of Buckingham, the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis of Solis , bury, Earl Talbot, the Earl of Powis, Earl de Grey, the Mar quis of Abercorn, and the Marquis of Hertford. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN O X FORD-STREET.—On Sun day morning an extensive fire broke out in the shop of Mr. Wilson, straw-bonnet manufacturer, Oxford-street, near Marylebone-lane. Information was soon forwarded to the several brigade stations, and only a few minutes elapsed before four engines, with a strong body of the London esta blishment, were present. The engines were ably worked, and there was no want of water, but before the firemen bad ob tained their object the entire stock of the shop was destroyed. Mr. Wilson is insured. A BURGLAR DISGUISED AS A BEGGAR.—The Go vernment Police Gazette of Saturday, contains the account of an individual who, having been found by the police beg ging in the streets of Lincoln, was taken into custody, and upon searching him in the usual way, there were found concealed about his person a valuable silver watch, two guard-chains, a brace of pistols, loaded, a large spike gimlet, a tin box, containing Lucifer matches, candles, &C., and pawnbrokers' tickets, relating to property which there is little doubt is the produce of burglaries or highway r tap, beries, committed in various parts of the country. He i s m described as being about five feet reven inches hi g h, f a i r cc plexion, and small sandy whiskers. On his being conveyed . before a magistrate, he was committed fo r one month as a vagrant. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —DEFECTIVE SIGHT AND HEARING Rzurvxn. Instruments and Spectacles sent into the country by post, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, Newly-In vented Spectacles, Powe r f u l T e l escopes, Opera Glasses , Micro scopes, &c.—Patronized by his Majesty the King of Hanov e her Grace the Dowage r D uc h ess of Bedford, their Graces the Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Dublin, the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyle, Marlborough, and Manchester Bishops of E xe t er , Li ncoln, Cork, Elphin and Kildare. ' Messrs. S. and B. Solomon., Oculists and Opticians, have invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new construc tion. Immediately they are placed before imper fect vision either by day or candlelight, that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, and every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also the most Powerful Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments for relief of extreme deafness. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, ner in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes be cautious, and observe—Only to he had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 25, South Cftitle, street, [ADVERTISEMENT.] —CURE FOR DROPSY BY HOL LOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMINT.—Captain James Eyre, of the Company's service, residing at Boulogne, had been tapped thrice within seven months, twelve quarts of water were taken from him each time; n otwithstanding which operations he was about falling a victim to this terrible co mplaint , when he com menced the rubbing in of Holloway's invaluable Ointment, a d as effectually as sa lt is forced into me4t_b es i4 s N. 1,14 ti took large doses of his wonderful Pills; which in nine weeks effected so extraordinary a cure, as to enable him since to walk twenty-five miles in one day. Any unnatural swellings of the body are effectually cured by these celebrated medicines. Sold by all Medicine-venders; likewise at Professor Holloway's Es tablishment, 244, Strand, Loadou. MARRIED. I ,ll ' On the 13th inst., at St. 'Mary's, Woodford, the Ref . : Alfi Grant, of Oxenhope, Haworth, Yorkshire, to Sarah ' eldest daughter of C. R. Turner, Esq., Woodford, Eoe'oef' On the 14th inst., at Stanton All Saints, Suffolk, t,Fl A f o ra: Woodward Clarke Bidwell, 8.A., Vi car o f P o tton, Pr off, shire, to Blanche, daught e r o f th e R ev . G eorge Bidwe"; On the 15th inst., at Ki ng t on , Herefordshire, tu'atali Joshua Greaves, 8.A., Curate of St. George's, Birtniob to Mary Jane, youngest daughter of E. Walker, BIRTHS. IS" On the 14th inst., at Fortes-green, Findley, Mr§ Ewart, of a daughter. 5°t1 .1 . On the 15th inst., at Peckham, Mrs. J. M. A r naud, o. f . jor On the 16th inst., in St. Helen's-place, th e lady of sic Davis, Esq., of a daughter. Itis C/‘' On the 16th inst., in Green-street., Mrs. Robert intosh, of a son. DIED. , On the 16th inst., at his residence, Ry e - c o m mon. 1- ,ll' after a few days' ill ness , Th omas C ox Savory, of ,-,0 e , London. On the 27th of November last, at Toronto, George D ec fifth and youngest son of the late Rev. T. Napletoo- sot On the 9th inst., at Nantes, in France, James Wilk"" surgeon, Royal Navy, aged 87. On the 9th inst., Mary Ann, the wife of Sir t r- Morison, M.D., Cavendish-square. E o6l ' On the 10th inst., at Mllfqpi, near Salisbury, R. LO- & -- e, 4 4 On the 40th tist., at Rotterdam, Willi am C o llings, lyes . On the 16th inst., in Rupert-street, St. James's. , minster, Mr. Gregory, age d 60. o f tn e., On the 16th inst., Mr. William Frederick Po r Spencer-street, Northampto n - square , Clerkenwell . sue -tt, On the 16th inst., Susannah, the wife of Jededia' Esq., of Belper, Derby. 0 4 On the 16th inst., at Bath, Ann, widow of FletQhe 11 Esq., of Pulteney-street. On the 17t11- John,atveet, Bedford-ro w . Richardson, sq., aged 7.////// YOO G ' London : Printed and. Published by MURDO - 11% No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offic" Co Strand, in the Predict of the Savoy, in 0145 Middlesex, Tuesday, January 20, 1546.