The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-22 00:00:00

umllmmommlnell(o=l~.. I° YD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) Ili t tr o :i t , DEC. 22.—Wind, W.N.W., light breeze, with Tri a. 1 41 ,. , DEC. 21.—Wi n d S . W . t o W . S.W. f res h.—Arrd. I' o4 ' &Tell, Sydney, New South Wales; Constantinople, Qthg' China ; Alargaretlia, Bailer, Batavia, leaky; Wm. eti et Alexander, Calcutta ; Rockliffe, Harrison, Mauritius ; h idein e °l2, u ,. o, lgers, Nassau • Brutus, Harvey, ditto ; Ann i ts () ; Honduras; ' Raiali, Cobb, New York; John tai,"6„— L eade, St. John's, New 13-unswick ; Margaret, Emer- W" e ttee• Put back, her Majesty's steamer Sidon. T 4 3 ., ~E k oet., Dec. 21.—W ind W.S.W. to N.N.W.—Arrd. •;', 4 ,roaroons ; Antelope steamer, Rio Janeiro, sailed 2J. lit tia ' l atlia 1 3th, and Pernambuco 19th; Lydia, Jones, An tes; Belo,, Apsey Jamaica ; James Dunlop, Hondu lin,2 Drew N O ' rleans • Scotland, Mills, Savannah ; k' 8 ' Greaves, New ew York; 'William Penn, Coghl . an, St.. ,ditto ; 111%itt, ) . 8 ? New Brunswick • Agenora, Miramichi ; Coeur de Lion, Montreal ; Washing glittc."llkie, Quebec. Off port, Ganges, Calcutta ; Con % thy' Charleston ; Isabel, C. R. C. The Cceur de Lion saw 4st 2s th alt• two ships on shore at Matan, with topsails ,It A ; r tefed and set • and a barque on shore near them. i tte g - ;„ 4 , G4T E, DEC 21.—Wind W.S.W. strong.—Arrd. Pou—ack, DEC. ; Victoria, Val ' paraiso. kletz-P43IIORTIf DEcl ) 2l.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W., fresh 114-- Arrd. ' Genevieve, No. 2, Letarzie, St. Domingo, for ,e, ol :rgh ; Davenport, Scott, Quebec. DEC. 21.—W ind S.W. —Arrd. Bowes of Streatham, , nts St. Jago do Cuba. ‘hA„ ISLE OF WlGHT—Superb, Nisson, Philadelphia, 8 0 ,,twerp. 41 1ai: 4A NIPToN.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Moffat, Prince Edward's 1,14 for Antwerp.ATlßO DC. 20.—Arrd. Jane and Susan, Lowies, .01,;"&e, Newfoundland. ' 4 ll O T HE START, DEC. 17.—Sourabaya, Poots, Batavia, tterdatn• s tI O, I° ,.FTII, DEC. 21.—Wind W.—And. William Brannan, F. Weebtc. It bl ew a h ea vy gale last night, from DEC,J rk° C L 20.—Wind S.W. —Arrd. Augusta, Quebec. k~yel DEC. 19.—Wi n d S.W.—A rr d. Brooksby, nt'Ewen, 7. acharn, ope, Grahm, Pictou. Sld. Oriental, Cal H cutta ; Baltic a Spear, New York. L 4 teti,"'„ DEC. 21.—Th e wreck of a vessel of about 400 tons, L' o l4 M, and abandoned, with raised quarterdeck, a Yellovr streak, and painted ports, was passed 11 th inst., 47 xi h 11 *".1 long 21 W., by the Greenlaw, Johnso esst rj -, owns. The Johns, - Castard, from St. Johns, I.llll3v delf, to Sunderland, arrived in the Downs to•day, &c. t o S °4l ' ALB OT, OT, DEC. 20.—Tbe Tom and Mary, from Jersey No , "a, which was on shore near this 6th inst., came off 9thg,after discharging, and was brought in here, apparently 8 4 —• dam age. Spi I I: TRIAND, DEC. 20.—The Fawn, Middleson, which ' 4 oth su ore here 17th inst., was got off yesterday, and towed 0 14 e harbour. 19.—The Tritonia, Furze, of Prixham, from b7ed • "" Wells, is on shore in Blakeney Harbour, aban 'tho;tear go discharging, and she is expected off next tide, ois tnanl , 4 4 ' 313 14.4 1 , 0 7, • te.. OPtsb am *UGH, DEC. 19.—The schooner . Globe, t hence Lf . g lt " in contact off Whitby last nigid , 11 h l i atter " °r eham, and sunk immediately ; crew saved by iiiZtAttl3oxn, etla . CR, DEC. 19.—The Trent, Melvin, of and for from Lynn, went ashore last night near here, Po"Pected off. 1 41 4 ; ' ,'"ICE, DEc. 19.—The head-board of a vessel, marked 144:1a Piece gilt letters, shaded vermilion, on a black ground, og 44, sT ol..plank, either a head-board or off the stern, tsj '• vv." cut on it, and gilded on a green ground, 41,11 t reciore Inouldings highly ornamented, have been washed 1)11 Whitsand Bay, near the Land's-End ; the W. to be the termination of the word. kkh 'KET NEWs..—(THIS DAY.) HAY MARIOET. 613 N I ) Q to 1111„ I ' M D.—Meadow Hay, 215 s to 3116 s ; Clover ditto, N at b„. ; and Straw, 11 8s to 1/ I2s per load. Trade tioeuZe,Y late rates. 3/ -- t -t ""). —Meadow Hay, 2l 8s to 41 ; Clover 1 0 /40 1t 3 " 4 3 ,, to i 4114 s ; a n d Straw, 11 8s to 11 13s per load. Virt ire e t.. l 3 q, and a sluggish demand. 315 ,74'11.-151eadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 16s; Clover Pplto Si; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 12s per load. st 9 tood, and trade dull. etA/t. COLONIAL. titf,, ‘ ) btit -- ,Z, u e market for British Plantation has been very to Cing to the small quantity on show very little th's fo r at been done, only about 150 hhds having been g ° ll4"jell, however, rather higher prices were paid. ko olpt , atm of British Plantation taken last week for home from the East and West India Docks was 680 ee hhfi a re " 3 73 barrels. The stock in the same places is 11Lk., i , 3 3 tierces 1,633 barrels. IC! e quantity landed last week at the East and lilirapti 4 o b ecks was 53 puns; there were taken for home 1 ,1 8. 1 ,, 5 4 233 puns 66 hhds, and exported 230 puns 25 4t541111 "e stock in the same places is 10,673 puns e rs let (13 . t)f 1, —as 0 bags brought to auction only part found 18 Whit e 6d for mid white Bengal, being again 6d dearer; Vasi nv es take n i n at 21 s to 22 5 . There has been an Tieing de mand privately for this article, and continually ket.L ow t'Llees are obtained for the parcels sold. liW •Y. C . 51s to 51s 6d per cwt on the spot, t:U 638. The • i s Market is quiet and rather fiat. ttb utittton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. V 1 c n , ...._....... (7,I•CRANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) N—tfore Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BRUCE.) kllis e IN RE NORTH. I . -I,4llt,r_th_er IN of this petition was resumed to• 4 la "" arguments on both sides having concluded,.. E e se t."°olt delivered • udgment. This was a petition h 'sr ii i i _d to the Court on behalf of four infant children, 'tat e e ."ving no testamentary guardians and no real t t'ti • It was also prayed, in a petition from t iti o r ef - paternal relatives of the infants, that 414 erence should be madethe Master, but d to hat the infants had !kb: V t. " oPposed, on the g 'IN `l4er livg. Such a ground of objection he bred The reference ) rayed N. , r . heart h s ug geste . d tho b u elo t a ff ecting the right of the kitieght be made h ett !r t o the g uardian ship, wi but it was quite a different ili k leri whether the m o ther should ue appointed . a dif tar,"ie,n. It was also another and a L1,41.t., question as to how the .children should Upon the l)eqoueated with respect to religion. t he I m b° he would make a common orde r . ref( rring it to l!io n i ti aster to determine what guardian or guardians !to t , Wel!: appointed for the children. The next ques ''''s lut e :: to what should be done with the children in Otero " t ta h o : Three of the children had been in the t l . l l l)arti ° e r s i i " e 'r mother, a lady of whose re sp ectability PC -.ad sPoken in the highest terms, and of t s . vh ,... o h s e e t ide: tA .4 to her childr en he had not the least doub I 4 re — r u th au ghter ha b een more under the grandmother's. Sle 6 lady who abducted them) ; but that point 4 4 , : not o f con '4o. affect the subject-matter The alle l e b etween the parties in this case. eih on l °a with regard to religious instruction of the t tlit tt 's was one that must not be disregarded. Itwas to st ti e l '°re the duty of the Court to consider what was _ that 6 education of the children in doctrinal tenets, and th at s h ou ld b e done in the interim to obstruct ii tt - Object. Th e f ather of these children bad been am, ti et ...t up a Prote s t ant, from which religion he had ll h ,sr departed. It appeared, however, that for two or t 143 months previous to his death, he attended a Wif i , a Catholic chapel with Mrs. Elizabeth North, his Iv' It was stated that his notions upon religious up,. ki t h" were latitudinarian, a _ circumstance which Catholic I)l4' e t account for his atten dance at a %% It of worship. He return e d a part of the r itatti r Y where he resided a few weeks previous to his 4 0 4 ,1ancl where there was no opportunity of attending 'lc Cala Catholic chapel, or of seeing a Roman Catho klieelgYman. He then fell ill and retuned th e assist kly (li a Prot estan t rec tor. B ut it did not appear t h at ktei l3r° Posal had been made to him, .or that he had ktt e e sa)' request for a Roman Catholic clergyman to lid . hel p _ h ula in his last moments, and he died without the 1' 1 . 41 , 11e ° of a clergyman of _ either the Roman Catholic av ( kesta n ,er t . t persuasions. It did not appear that he had Nryo bs ee elved any i nstruct i ons f r om a Roman Catho lic ft eca'C h att, n . or did it a pp ea r h that lt h w e a h s ad ee e r v ta e i r n d ly ep s a t r a t te ed d th‘ t m e religion of his yout . person undergoing, ka tc't•• North was a catechumen, t atil et , ye, 4 noviciate in the RomaarnCatholie faith, but Ohs all the circumstances he must say that it did ap• Of hi i ll ; i n ), that he remained a Protes t a ntaunndtildtidhe end t L k i p,res a " fe • Mr. North died intestate, ~.`"tiol i 1 4 °3' wish as to how his children should be ..li tCsal educated. Under these circumtshteances what religious 'lticatmiltY of the Court with respect to !h a :o n ni of the children? They should had care tbat left no INtru - e ",? was not interfered with. The father " died on the subject, and it is presum ed that ti atle t ''a his own religion. He, therefore, fe lt bound, e n d e r all t hee„, circumstances of the case, until further shenld 14 br zle- was Produced, to direct that the ch ildre n Wi th °ll ght e, UP in the doctrines of the Church of Eng land. I tith t r hPeot to Mrs. North, of whom he wished to sp eak .e itNeet:Qoonveeertetst:es.pect, it appeared that she had b ki t :" tO -__ a . t . er the Roman h Catholic faith. He was rights of the mother, 4 , the ri„Z,,,l t c l not only t l'ori of ' b r u. int, father, which regarded the perpetu tket : Is eree te d r; h;q`se a very great t h w as likely that she would .a ilta ren, and ,s_Placed under t: a : that they should i t e l l uene c e ier on the :minds of the it ort), of Mrs.Wiltoneorrg! (until the master's sorth q kis ' , I , Mrs. t 'leth e s Arabella North, their paternal aunts. daily, ki t i to r, however, was to have free access to them th e. „ . _ spend two hours in their company every day , ktillr e sence of one of the above named persons . , t t e l r ie . tie ws et of religion not to be introduced at these in QU Il tiv EEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY . ) i i , t" AND cc ' V. STEWART. THE CANTERBURY AND Aar rt HERNE BAY RAILWAY. ti ffs. ..„I"ider, Q C. , ,Th i :" 2 kr. Keane for the defendant. and Mr. Ball were for the plain 4ewt`s was an action brought by the plaintiffs, Messr t s. I t/t. W il ,, si ld Co the 11-known advertisement agen t s uohn .-rwiek-s"u we against the defendant, Mr. F th e r, s tewart, rl one are ' o a f the provisional committee m eer of i s and Herne Bay Railway, and a me l3s 4 4. f a a opulent firm in the City, to recover 23 . 41. ri: et; °r advertisements which they had inserted in v_a_ eh ha r tiewB PaPers by the orders of the company, hi egen;egistered on the 16th October. The offices w of t th r e ( I V at 'Y were at No. 158, Strand, where the secret a ry e acid it°l. j. r,, V6l ! ° °), who, with Mr. Daniel Keane, t he_ .t'et t „ --, the company, were its registered engineer but carried on the business of an °ll th e —Q " agent. The defendant joined the company e. . lsth of November, and stated on that day, ac es`,'lli b InP f n c_ % ,:"`" the testimony of the secretary, that he had Pro a ir. Bayn authority to placills name on sev f e h ra ts l I late, 4°41 c ommittees, and justified-the placing o Ac t bs ` 4l , that ommittee. The " panic" cut o ff the pro- The accounts 24 bloom. The accounts were audited, and the as t i o ". l which the action was brought was audited the a ., t-0 the plaintiffs. It was arrange d t h at eac h o f petaosisional committee sho u ld contr ib ute 721. for the as/ fp of def ra yi ng the debts incurred by the concern, tap . '' w hich w as to b e paid in the first instance ; but it ' 'red•t4. defendant al9ne had contributed his quota: : • THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1846. The orders for the advertisements were given by the plaintiffs in the ordinary manner, through the secretary who had received orders to that effect from the com mittee. The defendant attended the various meetings of the committee, and took an active part in the ma nagement of its affairs. The secretary, it appeared, waited upon the plaintiffs, and handed them a prospectus of the company, and asked them to open an account with them, to which, after examining the names, they assented. The defendant's name, amongst many others, was in the prospectus, and it was proved, that he signed the usual form of consent, and conseqently allowed his name to be registered. Mr. Alexander, a clerk in the plaintiff's office, proved the receipt of the orders, and the insertion of the adver tisments in the various newspapers. Mr. KEANE objected to this proof as insufficient, and held that the papers filed at the Stamp-office were the only admissible evidence, and quoted the 6th and 7th William IV. in support of his objection. Mr. CROWDER said the whole of the papers in which the advertisements appeared were in Court, and offered to put them in evidence. He would not undertake to produce the certified copies filed at the Stamp office, as those he proposed ti produce were manifestly sufficient. Mr. KEANE asked Lord Denman to take a note of his objection. Lord DENMAN acceded, and intimated that he consi dered the plaintiffs had proved enough. Mr. KEANE, in addressing the jury, contended that those who allowed their names to be put on provisional committees did not pledge themselves to pay all the expenses which the officers of the company might think proper to incur in endeavouring to obtain an Act of Incorporation. It could not be' supposed that a ra tional man would delegate this authority to others. He should show that Mr. Bayn had placed the defendant's name on the committee without his consent. They would have to decide whether the putting down of his name by the defendant made him liable for the claim, and whether the act of becoming a member of the com mittee made him liable for all the antecedent debts of the company and those which might afterwards be incurred. They must look at the intention of a man in taking such an office. No one who took such an office in the autumn of last year ever intended to be respon sible for the whole debts of the company with which he became connected. This he held was the proper meaning of the Registration Act. Mr. Bayn was called, and stated that he was a friend of the defendant's, and that he gave his name without his consent to Mr. Keane as a provisional committee man for the railway. This was on the 16th of October. He did not write to the defendant for some time after. He had placed his name, and the names of others, on committees without their consent. Some had repudiated his acts. Mr. CROWDER replied, and held that the defence set up was perfeetly inconsistent with the facts elicited, as the defendant voluntarily became a member of the com mittee, as he had acted in that capacity, and as he had confirmed the correctness of the plaintiff's bill in direct ing the secretary to annoy it, after it was audited, to a letter which was sent by his direction to the other mem bers of the committee respecting tee debts of the company. His consent was conclusive. Not withstanding the statements of Mr. Bayn, he ihought he was justified in saying that he had authority to add his name to the committee—at any rate the defendant took upon himself the office. Great stress was laid upon the fact that the defendant did not join the company until Nov. 15, and that he could not be held responsible for debts incurred before that period. But be made no objection to the amount of the claim. The advertisements after that period were simply renewals of those which had been given, and were necessary for the proper carrying on of the company. Lord DENMAN left it to the jury to say whether the advertisements were necessary for the purpose of esta blishing the company, and whether the defendant had made himself liable, by the part which he bad taken in the management of its affairs. There could be no doubt that he was a provisional committe-man. If they thought he was liable, but not before the 15th of November, the amount could be arranged amongst the parties. The jury retired, and after an absence of two hours and a half, returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff for 2341. FEARON V. THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM , NAVIGATION CODIPANY. The jury were called in this case, which was expected to htve been a protracted one, but Mr. COCKBURN, who appeared for the plaintiff, inti• mated that the record had been withdrawn. order. Ho was opposed by Mr. Buchannan, and sup ported by Mr. Duncan. Mr. BUCHANNAN argued on the objections taken at the last examination, namely, that the insolvent had not properly described bimselt in the schedule, as he had contracted debts under the name of John Badman Walker. On the last hearing it was shown that the insol vent had carried on business in Scotland as a licensed victualler, and had taken out licenses in that name, therefore that he was bound to insert it in his schedule. Mr. Duncan, on the contrary, urged that the Insolvent Act did not apply to Scotland, and that the creditors had no right of opposition. Mr. BUCIJANNAN now contended, that under the Act of Parliament, and under the orders of the Com missioner, which were tantamount to an Act, that ever) name under which he had traded or contracted debts was to be inserted, and it had been so held by the Com. missiouers of the Insolvent Court. The Learned COMMISSIONER, after some further ar gument, said he would not trouble Mr. Duncan to reply, as he was of opinion that the insolvent had complied with the Act, by describing his name, address, and quality, for the last twelve months, he was within the jurisdiction. Scotland not being within, there was no reason to do it. Besides, no one had been deceived, as it was publicly known that " Johnny Walker" was not his real name. Mr. BUCHANNAN—Then if a man is christened A B, and goes all his life as C D, till he gets in debt, then he may go by his real name. The COMMISSIONER—I cannot help that. If there be any wrong or hardship it is in the Act itself. The final order was granted. Mr. DUNCAN said, that although all the objections, whic:i were merely technical, had failed, and he was now free from his creditors, ho was willing to pay ss. in the pound, and he would use his earnest endeavours to make it up 20s. as soon as possible. The court was crowded by friends of the insolvent. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The December second adjourned sessions commenced this morning before the Assistant-Judge and a full bench of magistrates, at the Court-house, Clerkenwell green. The calendar contained the names of 68 prisoners, all of whom were charged with felony, with the exception of three. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in charging the grand jury, said he wished to make a few remarks in reference to the fact of its having been determined on the last county day to appoint a committee to consider several presentments made by grand juries of the county of Middlesex, which stated that these institutions, in the opinions of their members, were of compa rative inutility, considering the nature of the cases brought before this court. Under the existing state of things, when grand juries were first established, they were a most important in stitution, both as serving to counteract any tendency to despotism by the coroner, or to lessen the evils of popu lar excitement, and at the present moment the same re mark was applicable only as the appropriate sphere of their utility seemed to be in the higher criminal courts. Charges before being sent to this court were investigated by the police magistrates, who had the fullest opportu nities for judging whether there existed a prima facie case or not ; while the opportunities of the grand jury at this court, considering the nature of the cases to be tried, are much inferior, and, he might say, that one of the least evils of the system was the inutility in a great measure of bringing 24 times every year, sometimes as many as 72, but never less than 36, gentlemen from different parts of the country. Every person was familiar with the various means adopted to pervert justice by making statements when before the grand jury quite at variance with those made originally, and within the last three months he saw a document stipulating the payment of three sovereigns for giving such false evidence. He need not allude to the facilities afforded to that infamous class who live by indicting brothels, for the purpose of getting " bush money," but he would state that a gentleman, an officer of high rank in the army, and of the highest family con nexions, was indicted by one of those individuals for the purpose of extorting money from him through his fears, merely because he resided three weeks with a female. The Learned Assistant- Judge concluded by calling the attention of the gentlemen of the grand jury to the im perative necessity for taking some decided steps with respect to the reformation of juvenile offenders, 500 of whom, between the ages of seven and twelve years, had been committed to pi ison within the last twelve months. Robert Draper, a boy only eleven years of age, was indicted for stealing a quantity of old iron ; and the jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE put several questions to the prisoner, from which it appeared that his father and mother were dead, and he had no person connected with him alive now, except his step-father, and that he (the prisoner) could neither read nor write. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE said, this was a case the disposal of which, under the existing law, must cause deep pain to every person of ordinary feeling. It was quite evident that the only person responsible for the care of the prisoner had turned him into the street, to relieve himseif from the onus of his support, and thus cast it upon the nation, and it was with much regret that he too often saw depraved parents shirking their duties in a similar way. He much feared that so long as the present discipline prevailed in Parkhurst hut little good could be expected to accrue to the children sent there, for it was essential to reformation that the sweets of good conduct should be impressed on their minds. The only course, however, which was open to him was to deal with the case as the law stood, and sen tence the prisoner to six months' imprisonment. Several other indictments against very young pri soners were also tried during the course of the day. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.) John Neal and Sophia, his wife, were charged with having in their possession several glasses and spoons, supposed to be stolen ; a quantity of pewter in a molten state was also found upon them, the produce of pub licans' pots. . A policeman seeing the prisoners in the Borough that morning, and suspecting from their appearance that they had stolen property in their possession, he stopped them, when he found on the male prisoner the lid of an old saucepan, full of molten pewter, such as is use(' in the manufacture of publicans' pots, and which is also used in making counterfeit money. On the female he found two cut ale glasses, a gin glass, and a half-pint plain ale glass, the names on which had been ground out. He then took them into custody. The prisoners gave a most unsatisfactory account of their possession of the above articles, but in the course of the inquiry it turned out that the male prisoner was a hardworking, industrious man, but his wife was given to habits of intoxication, and it was strongly suspected she had stolen the articles from different public-houses. The prisoners were then ordered to be remanded for further inquiries. _ _ Two boys named Sullivan and Smith were charged with breaking open a porter store underneath the Green wich rt ai 1 w ay, and stealing several bottles. The prisoners were seen in a marine store-dealer's shop in Bermondsey-street offering half a dozen bottles for sale. A policeman took them into custody, and it was subsequently discovered that the bottles had been taken from a porter-store in the above locality, the door of which had been forced open, and a considerable number of bottles stolen. Evidence was given that the prisoners were seen in the act of breaking open the store, and being suspected of committing other robberies they were remanded. CITY ELECTIONS—(THIS DAY.) LANGBOURNE WARD.—(SECOND DAY.) The polling commenced this morning in the Ward Schools, Lime-street, and closed at half-past twelve, when the numbers were declared as follows Dixon Unwin 35 Gibson 24 ! Shaw Howard Snelling Frodsham Miller CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT. The poll closed at one o'clock, the numbers being— Jones .•.. Dixon ..................... 83 Johnson 68 Gilbert 76 Read .60 ....... 47 B LINGSGATE. SEaiddrleidr ............................... The poll-book , sw er e St.o opened this H m i o i r i, n i a n t g a in qu t a h r e te r r Fel lowship-porters' s fol lowship-porters Hall,a ows :..._ one • t h e numbers were 28 1 Old Curling .................. 31 *Barnes 26 Bower ................. 9 *Gorton Knill ................... . 16 12 Williams ............... Robes is .................. 23321 :pGiipbebrs Phillips the Con- Those markceßditphrusL*EaGrAe new TE WcanadiHdalles.. The poll d eman d e d yesterday by Mr. Wilson, at the servative candid a t e , w as proceeded with today, school-rooms, Philip-Lane, Addle-street. three, and app eare d t o exc it e considerable inte rest i The polling co mmenc ed at one, and terminate three, ward. At the closing of the poll for the day, Mr. Alderman CHALLIS announced the numbers to be— Smith 37 39 Brass .................... Brown 37 40 Cash ......... ................ Hoole 39 Lart Bennoch 3 The polling will commence 3 Dewar 96 And Wilson, the Con terminate finally at four o ' c l oc k . The second C day'so li D WARD. commenced at one o'clock this afternoon, and closed at two, wh en th e nu mbers declared were, for pollingw Ai Ec R t o o u Is. servativemo to-morrow r ow c aa tn candidate... o a , t and e i .. will 2o Nluddell 2B Jolliffe Croucher Lott withi a t greatthe llra spiritr d - oilnlip nget ß e r I - s t H r eoe commencedPt 29 8 Joyce , S and A this TE morning continuedWAßD. S c r h r o h o e l s p , until the close (three o'clock) when the numbers were declared as follows : Stevens Peacock *Owden 134 Jones Hall Filcher Carr Bennett lO9 The rolling will commenc, wards, and finally close the Johnson Ashby Patten Tozer *Tagg Sharland *Gilpin Thomas 9O :e to-morrow in the contested same day. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From tile Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, JOINT-STOCH BANKS. Name of Company. Dividend per Annum. Amount Share. tustralasla .......... Brash N orth American ::ommercial of London .......... 6/. per cent. 51. per cent. 5/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 Londn and Westininsti London Joint-Stock ... Nietropolitan Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New... National of Ireland .. sat. l'rovncial of Eng. Ditto, Union of Australia.... Union of L0nd0n..... INSIT: Name of Company. Albion .............. Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Marine... Atlas . •• • • • British Commercial .. Gen. Life county .............. Crown • • ••• •• •• • • • E ng. & Scot. Law • European Life ...... Freemasons'. • • Guardian • • ........ imperial Fire imperial Life . . • • Indemnity Marine.... Law Life.. • • • • • • • • .. Legal and General Life i..midon Fire ........ ~ondon Ship ........ Marine • • • Fed. Invlid & Gen. Life National Lean Fund.. National Life.... Valladium Life eticenix •... Protector Life.... ... Provident Life Rock Life............ Royal Exchange Sun Fire.• Ditto Life ..... Universal Life .. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. .NCE C, Dividend per Annum. 3/. 10s. 6 per cent. 61. per csnt, 13s. 6d. pr sh. 7s. per share 51. per cent. 10s. Os. 51. per cent. 5% per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. and bonus 12s. --- 1/. sh.& bs. 11. ss. 10s. 10s. 5/. per cent. /. per ct. M. per cent. 8/. per cent. 51. per cent. p. ct. & bs, 5/. per cent. 1/. ss. 4s. 5/. per cent. 61. 10s. 1/. 6s. 10 3 4 i. pr cnt 1 741 PAN: Amount of Share. Name of Company. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 100 0 DOCKS. Dividend I Amount per of I Paid. Annum. I Share. Price Price 18% 5% 15% .7..% 51ixd I 6 4814 8% 231. 6s 205 241. 6d Price. 1 X B. d. £ e. d. Commercial ... - 80 East and West India 6l. pr cent. 1 Stock. - - East Country • . 1/, per sh. 1100 0 0 21 - I 3ndon .. S.l. Katharine •••• • • • • 5 per cent. 1 Stock. - 99' Southampton ••..• • • • ' 4/. per cent. 50 0 0, 50 0 0 - -- WATER-WORD S . , Dividend A'inount , • Name of Company , per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- ---- -- X 8. d. East London.. •••• • • • • 81. 100 0 0 ' - 205 Grand Junction .... -3/. 10s. 41 13 4 90 - Kent.... •.-••• • • • • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 - - Vauxhall •••.•• . • • . • • Si. per cent. 100 0 0 - - West Middlese . . • 51. ss.pr cut. 63 12 9 _ 130 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ 8. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 176 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 159 British Linen Company Si. per cent. - 100 0 0 220 Commercial Bank - 100 0 0 167 National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 141.10 s Union Bank of Scotland 74/. pr cent. - 50 0 0 91 Western Bank...-. • • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 85% North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7% Clydesdale Bank ••• • • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 13/. 8s Eastern Bank.. ... •• • 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 11 1 Caledonian Bank ...• • 7%1. pr cent. - 2 10 0 41.1 1 s Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7/. Is City of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent. - 10 0 0 131. 7s Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 258. 9d Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Scetind • • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9% North British Incur 541. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27% Caledonian Fire Insur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 224 Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 4 Edin. & Glasg. Railway 1/.108. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74% Ditto, 4 Shares 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 18 4 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 18% Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 69 4 Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 16% Glsgw &Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39% Dundee & A:troth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard LiteAssurnce.lsl. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 1 9 CANALS. Names of 2 , ' D ivid end Names ••• per Price. co c 1 Annum. Dividend Companies. A per 4 Annum. L Price. Companies, .12; £1 I £ Ashtn & Oldh 97 51.55. p c - Monmouthsh 100 81. - Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. .- Dintgomry - sh 100 51. - Barnsley •- • • 160 121 . - 31acelestleld . 1001 - •- llasingstoke.. l loo - - Neath ... •. • 100 171. - Brknk&Abrg 150 Si. - Nottingham. 150 121. - Cromford ..• .1100 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 75 Dudley 1100 4/. - Regent's .. • • 33 11. ss. 20% Derby •.. lOO 6/. - Rochdale .... 85 4/. - Ellsmre&Chs'l33 4/. 55 Shropshire . • 125 81. - E:ewash ....100 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. lOs. 1 - Forth & Clyde 100, 41. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. - GrandJunctn 100, 71. 83 Sttlrd &Wore 140 281. - urand Union 1001 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Glarnorgnsh . 172 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 315 i-listr&Brklyi .001 - - strtrrdon Av 79 it. lOs. - , - ;rantham • • ;1501 121. - Severn and} 26 IL Bs. - Huddersfield. 57; - - Wye Rail. Kennt &An 39 Ts. 6d. 5 Trnt& MI 50 301. - Lancaster ) 471 I/. 10s. - I soy, 4 511. Leeds&Livrp 100 1 341. 522% Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester .. . • 140, 101. 105 W orcstr &7 78 21. 43 l,eicstr & N th' 8J 41. 52 firming.) Loughborogh i 142, 701. - Wilts & Brks 67 H. - COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--(THIS DAY). Amsterdam .. • • ..C.r. 12 4 Gibraltar... •••••• • '' '• - Ditto, at sight .... • . 12 1 Le g h orn •• • • Rotterdam .... • • 2U. 12 4% Genoa .. • • Antwerp • ... .. llamburgh .... • • MIL •••• • 13 104 V en i ce... . • - , &trona. - Naples •••• • • • .. 404 Paris, 3 days' sight. ...• 25 .55 Palermo, perm ••••• • • 120 34 Ditto, 3 months.... • • 25 85 Liabon- -•••••• • • • • ' • 53" Marseilles ••••••• • • • • • 25 90 0p0rt0.... Bourdeaux.... .. .• • • • 25 90 Rio Janeiro ..........26 Frankfort on Maine.... 121 Bahia ....... ..... •• • • - Petersburgh, 3 Us.. .. - Vienna, effec.f10...... 10-5 ...... • . • • • • PhiladelphiaNew York, Berlin .... Buenos Ayres • • • .• • • - Trieste, ditto.... ••• • • • 10 5 TracKs or BULLION, PER 02. Madrid • • ............ 35% Cadiz •••••:• • • • ' • • • 36 . 1 A Portugal Gold Coin ••0 0 0 Bilbao.. ...... ......._ 0 4 10% New Dollars 2ldays...sn -.... Barcelona - .......... - Spanis hroreigi D Go o l u d bi i o n o b n a s rs X O 3 1 0 7 9 0 Seville... ....... ...... - Q,....-_ ... -- -- n h nu PRIM OF BULLION, PER 02. Foreign Gold in bars X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 New Dollars Spanish Doubloons Silver in bars ...... • • 0 5 OIA SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.) The sale of Railway Shares, to-day, at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s, went off very well ; a good business was done, and previous prices were obtained. The fol lowing are a few of the principal sales : East Indian ... Great Luxembourg London and York (scrip) ... 2 6 0 Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia 0 4 0 Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, Old 0 9 6 Madrid and Valencia 1 0 0 Shrewsbury and Hereford Eastern Counties, York Extension 3 10 0 Paris and Lyons 5 5 0 Shropshire Union and Canal Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 10 6 Great Indian Peninsular ... Louvain ala Sambre 1 17 6 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 5 6 Northern Counties Union 1 3 0 Ceylon WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY. (THIS te o f r t n h w e el eO3 ap DAY.) The first ordinary general meeting of the proprietors of the he offices West Cornwall Railway in Be wayw u r h ad el.etrdtehei st.hud afternoon, iiing at s Mr. Louis Vi gurs , c h a i rman of the board of directors, in the chair. The meeting was ma d e spec i al for the purpose of authorising the di rectors to apply to Parliament for powers to make a b ranc h t o S t . I ves. The CHAIRMAN stated that ori g i na lly it was i n t en d e d only to extend the Hayle Rail wa y a t e i t h er en d, b ut Parliament refused to gr a nt powers for th a t purpose , an d the present company was organised by th e part i es w h o promoted that scheme. The line Parliam ent h a d grante d to them was opposed by the Centr a l D evon an d Cornwall Railway Company, which would h ave com peted with them to a certain extent. Th at sc h eme failed to pass the Standing Orders Com m i ttee, but still the promoters opposed them through e very stage. The opposition proved nugatory, and the p ro j ect had been handed over to the South-Western Comp any, who pro posed to revive it again next session, a b andoning that a part which would have competed with them, and they therefore did not intend to oppose it. Sufficient time had not yet elapsed to admit of the accounts being made up, but at the next half-yearly meeting a full statement of re ceipts and disbursements would be laid before the share holders. He did not anticipate that such statement would show any extensive balance of the deposits in hand, bat it was gratifying to know that they had ob tained a line for all their trouble and expense which yielded them a return of 10 per cent. upon the outlay. The first contract would be ready to be let in about a month, when a call would be made. The report recommended the formation of the branch to St. Ives, and the improvement of the port of Hayle, and stated that interest at the rate of 4/. per cent. would be be paid in calls, and 51. upon calls paid i n antici pation. The CHAIRMAN stated that the total amount of de posits was 32,700/., of which 28,0001 . had a l rea dy b een paid awa y. Their liabilities would swa ll ow up the alance. Four thousand shares had been allotted to the Hayle Railway Company, upon which nothing had been paid, and there remained 5,000 shares still to be allotted. was d ne at through. a year ; Th c No offi c i a l overtures had yet been made either f or l eas i ng or purchasing the lin e b y an y com p an y. The report was the ad o p ted, an d the routine of busi• business d sot i f to ot r hr s dei a dn t iarre 2 ye l t / o .r;sawnd fixed secretary' s s alary r wt n h e e a m a s s s t u o n o f e r r o t fixed a haat fit remuneration per annum. The special resolutions referred to in the report were then put from the chair and carried unanimously. Powers were taken to oppose the South-Western Company should there be any necessity for it. In answer to a question, The CHAIRMAN stated that the 4,000 shares were handed over to the Hayle Railway as a consideration for the sale of their line. The line was delivered up to company on the 13th of November last, and the Hayle i proprietary would be entitled to intesest from that date. IThanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. BOSTON, STAMFORD, AND BIR MINGHAM (STAMFORD TO WISI3EACH) RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The first general meeting of the proprietors of this company, under their Act of incorporation, was held to day at their offices, 18, Abingdon -street. Thomas Ma caulay, Esq., in the chair. The usual formalities having been gone through, the Secretary (Mr. Seward) read the report. It stated that the scheme originally proposed was 90 miles in length, extending from Leicester to Wisbeach, with a capital of one million in 50,000 shares. The scheme had no sooner made its appearance than three existing companies en tered the arena, to occupy the district with railway com munication—namely, the London and Birmingham, the Midland Counties, and the Syston and Peterborough. This state of things, holding out ruinous and expen sive contest, combined with the state of the money market last year, determined the directors to give up the opposed portion, and restrict their operations to that which was unopposed. The directors only sought the present line from Stem ford to Wisbeach, 22 miles in length, which they had obtained. This reduced the capital to 225,0001., or 12,600 shares of 201. each. It was proposed to condense three cf the old shares into one of the new, which would make 31. 63. paid on each. The next call proposed would be 11. 145., which would make 51. in all, paid up on each of the new shares. The directors had great pleasure in stating that an offer had been made by the Great Northern Company (late London and York) to unite with the present one. The terms proposed were—the present company to make the line (which the directors stated could easily be done at 225,0004 the Great Northern guaranteeing on that amount of capital six per cent., commencing in July, 1848, whether the line was completed by that time or not. From the time that the agreement was ratified up till that time, the shareholders of the present company were to receive five per cent. on their paid up calls. It was further observed, that the Great Northern might at any time purchase the Stamford and Wisbech line at 50 per cent. premium on the capital of 225,000/., and the shareholders of the latter scheme would have the op. Lion, after the opening of the Great Northern line, to exchange their shares at par for shares in the larger company. The expenses arising from the enormous prices of last year had been very heavy, but this had arisen in a great measuae from going to Parliament for the large scheme, the preliminary expenses for that being very great. The whole expenditure was 34,0681. Bs. Id., leaving a balance in hand of 6,414 ss. 3d. Notices to Parliament had been given for three extension branches. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting at some length, congratulating the shareholders on their im proved position. When they met last May, pursuant to the sessional order, the shares were at a discount, but now they were, he was glad to say, at a premium. The most important feature in the report was the proposal of the Great Northern Company, which the directors ad vised the adoption of, as presenting most favourable terms. They would not, however, be called on to de cide the question at once, as another meeting would have to be called in the latter end of January, or the beginning of February, at which the terms would be formally submitted. He proposed that the report be received, adopted, printed, and circulated among the proprietors. In answer to several questions, The CHAIRMAN said that the capital would more than make the line, though, should it not be sufficient, the Great Northern would have to complete it ; that the 6 per cent. would be guaranteed on the 225,0001., what ever the line might cost ; that the expenses, though apparently large in relation to the length of the line, were as small as any other scheme of last year. It was not expected the calls would come very heavy. The motion was unanimously agreed to. On the motion of Mr. BADGER, seconded by Mr. WATKINS, a resolution was next carried in approval of the terms offered by the Great Northern Company. Resolutions were likewise unanimously carried, ap pointing twelve directors, eight being members of the Great Northern Board, and four belonging to that of the present company, with 1,0001. for their expenses during the current year ; also, appointing Mr. Pearson managing director, and Mr. Seward, secretary, at 1501. per annum. The meeting, having passed with acclamation a vote of thanks to the chairman and board of directors, then broke up. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) • LANERT V. HEATH. In this cause (in which a new trial has been obtained) the Attorney-General, Mr. James, and Mr. Baddeley, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Martin and Mr. Willis for the defendant. This action was brought to recover of the defendant, a stock-jobber, carrying on business in the city of Lou ,;eon the sum of 4321., being the amount of a sum of money paid to the defendant by the plaintiff, in respect of certain scrip shares in the projected Kentish Coast Railway. The case, which was in part heard yesterday, was resumed this morning. It appeared that the plaintiff had ordered the de fendant to purchase for him 280 shares in the Kentish Coast Railway, which were accordingly delivered, the price of which amounted to the sum now sought to be recovered. The Board of Trade had made a report against the construction of this particular line of rail way, the consequence of which was, that out of the whole 18.000 shares, of which the company consisted, and all of which were allotted, only 600 were paid upon by the allottees. In consequence the directors of the company notified to the public that it was their intention not to issue any more scrip, and that the company were prepared to return the sum of one guinea upon each of the shares already paid upon. Notwithstanding this public notice, and the resolution of the di rectors, the engraved plate from which the scrip wa s struck o ff was obtained by some perimn connected with the company. The lines left blank for the names of the directors were erased, and the scrip was sent out signed only by the secretary. A large quantity was brought into the market, numbers of them were actually sent out upon sale or return, and large sums of money were re ceived from the sale of them. This circumstance having come to the knowledge of the directors, meet ings were called, and Mr. Curling, the solicitor to the company, was summoned to attend and give an explanation of the circumstances, and to produce his books ; he accordingly attended, but with the latter re quest he refused to comply. These circumstances having come to the knowledge of the plaintiff, the present action was the result. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having addressed the jury for the plaintiff, called Mr. Thomas, one of the directors of the company, who stated that he was entirely ignorant of the issue of such quantities o f railwa y scri p as must have been issued. The minutes of the meetings were written upon separate sheets of paper, and kept in the possession of Mr. Curling. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL (to Mr. Curling who was present in Court) —You are subpoenaed to produce those minutes. Do you produce them? Mr. Curling—l have none. The ATTORNEY• GENERAL —Do you produce the scrip or share-book ? Mr. Curling—l have none. The ATTORNEY •GENERAL —Do you produce the Par liamentary deed or contract ? Mr. Curling—There was none. scribers' T he A TTO R N agreementE Y ENERALMr. Curlg— you p onion the sub- The tion of it. p hope,Lord, that ycu (Addressing the Court). —I my G —DO in will allow me to make a statement. LoRD CHIEF BARON— I think you bad better not attempt a statement. jur M y much aspersed, and character has been very fore!. Curling —I wish to offer a few remarks to the a jury of ray countrymen. I think I ought to be allowed to clear my character be fore me LORD CHIEF BARON—Since ou have provoked o a u n r d e o tbh n eef d or u er c e t s au t . o cihu e ri ; 7 : re s s an opinion, I hope you will have the opportunity of clearing your character then 3 r 3 you : ot matters r y s o a u s r m ay country,be b rando brought h to t sn s againstwer Mr. Fellows and Mr. Daniels, directors of the com pany, corroborated the evidence of Mr. Thomas. A person named some hundreds of Johnstont stated that he had pur chasedper share, and sold them again to of allotment at 3s. o was the authorised purchaser o to f a those ef M e n r d . articles ant ,°s contendedn onwahc count of Mr. Curling. Mr. MARTIN, on the part of the defendant, that no liability attached to him ; was If a whereas c ob • ' jobber," present and he ur cha sin distinguished shares scrip t e o ' n ‘ broker," sk owner, '' account,btht e m f p the broker purchased on commission. action were to succeed, it would make the dealer in those documents, responsible for acts or of e very company, and over which he had not the slightest control. The scrip, now complained of, was current in the market as Kentish Coast Railway as such and such were purchased and sol d b y the p lain tiff ; and if it s was fraudulent scrip, the directors were clearly liable, and not the defendant. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up, said that there were two questions for the jury to consider. The first was one of great importance to those parties con nected with the company—it was, what was the true character of this scrip or share that was purchased and sold by the defendant to the plaintiff ? The second ques tion was one of larger and more general importance, which was—what, in such cases as the present, was the undertaking into which the merchant or jobber entered when he sold a commodity like the present ? Upon this latter point the question of fact which they would have to decide, was whether, with refernce to what had occurred in the issuing the shares, those shares occupied teach a position in the market as if every person so purchasing them would be in a condi tion to know what he was really purchasing. Upon the first of the two questions it was his opinion, in point of law, that if they found that these shares were really the shares of the company, and that the directors authorised the issue of them, and so conducted themselves as to leave the matter entirely in the hands of Mr. Curling and the secretary (who seemed to manage the affairs en tirely for themselves), then in that case the plaintiff had what he bargained for, and their verdict must be for the defendant. If, on the other hand, they found that the shares were either fictitious or fraudulent in any sense, then, in such case, it was his opinion that the plaintiff was entitled to recover back the money he had paid, on the presumption that he was to receive, in return, genuine shares in the Kentish Coast Railway, and it would be their duty to find a verdict for the plaintiff. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver dict for the plaintiff—Damages, 4321. 10s. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD). IN RE JOHN BADMAN (JOHNNY WALKER). This ihsolTeut cam up this day to apply for his fi nal MARKET INTELLIGENCE, (From the London New Price Current of December 22.) &MAR. —To-day there was not much desire evinced to operate in West India for grocery or refining purposes, and the quantity sold privately amounted to only 138 hhds and trcs. Merchants, however, were for the most part firm, and they obtained prices on a par with those of Friday, A pub lic sale of 151 hhds and 1 tre of Barbadoes sold at full rates. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was in excellent request by the home trade, and prices further advanced—Standard lumps selling at 64s 6d to 655, and brown 63s to 64s per cwt. For Bonded Crushed Sugar the market is firm at 33s ta 33s 6d per cwt. This afternoon the market was much better sup plied with Mauritius Sugar, the quantity offered at public sale amounting to 6,412 bags and 26 brls ; the whole sold. MAURITIUS.—HoIders have confidence, and refrained again from ollvring any at public sale. By private contract the demand increased for all descriptions for refining and grocery. A good business has been transacted, and at prices showing an advance on those of the last auction of 6d. to Is. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon two parcels of Bengal Sugar were offered at public sale, amounting to 1,958 bags, a part only of which were sold. MOLASSES. --The demand has been brisker for West India, but any improvement in price has been prevented from taking place by the market having been well supplied with all descriptions. The private purchases amounted to 400 puns. In common honey large purchases have been made, and rather higher rates paid. FRUIT.—The near approach to Christmas and the grocers having supplied themselves pretty freely of every descrip tion, will cause a heaviness until after the holidays; prices of all sorts are supported. FOREIGN.—The home trade have shown a desire to operate in all descriptions of Foreign Sugar, and merchants retrain ing from largely supplying the market, a farther rise in price of 6d per cwt took place. There has been a good business transacted privately, and the parcels offered at auction all found buyers. COFFEE —This afternoon there was no public sale of any sort. Privately Native Ceylon was in much better request, and brought better prices, 47s to 47s 6d par cwt being paid for good ordinary pale. In Plantation several purchases were made, and at stiffer rates. COCOA.—There has been little desire evinced to operate in the lower qualities of West India, although there are sellers rather under previous rates ; but good and fine red sorts are wanted, and command very full prices. SPIRITS.—For Leeward Island Rum, holders submitting to rather lower rates, tempted buyers to operate with more free dom, and a good business has been transacted. East India met with little attention, and there are sellers upon rather lower terms. Strong Demerara is held with firmness, and purchases to a fair extent have been made. The home and export orders are small for all descriptions of Jamaica, and holders are more inclined to sell, the supply being good. Although the deliveries of Brandy continue upon a large scale—still no increase occurred in the home or export de mand, only small parcels having been sold. Geneva has met with more attention for exportation, but having a good supply, common is obtainable at 2s Gd to 2s 7d per gallon, fine in small parcels fetched 3s to 3s 2d. British Corn Spirits have been in excellent request. Sricxs.—Nutmegs have been in excellent request, and previous improved rates are fully sustained, although the market has been well supplied. Mace is much in request, and brings stiff rates. Cloves have been sparingly dealt in, although there are sellers at previous low rates. For Black Pepper the demand privately has been good, but prices do not improve. White Pepper of fine and good quality is wanted, and would bring fair market rates, but in ferior is dull of sale. Pimento met with attention, and buyers are compelled to pay stiff rates. All sorts of Ginger are wanted, and buyers have been compelled to pay stiffer rates. Cassia Lignea met with little attention, and holders are more inclined to sell. Cinnamon generally is not to be had on lower terms. Cassia Buds are still held with firmness. TEA.—None has again been again submitted to public sale, but by private contract there is a fair quantity on offer of all descriptions. Duty has been paid on 443,5901b5. at this port during the past week. The has been no improvement in the demand. RicE.—To-day Bengal Rice was less in request privately, and 1,363 bags at auction sold at a fall on the rates of Friday of 6d per cwt. _ _ _ __ _ SALTPETRE.-To-day Rough Saltpetre met with attention privately, and 480 bags of Calcutta at auction were sold at 6d per cwt advance on last week's rates, and went at 28s to 28s 6d for fine strong grey good colour and cbrystal, 4 per cent. refraction. Om.s.—Prices have not improved for Linseed Oil, but a fair business has been transacted on the spot. For forward delivery there are sellers at 265, but few buyers to be met with. For Rape Seed Oil a brisk demand sprung up, and prices have risen. Olive Oil met with ready purchasers, and an advance in prices took place. Cocoa Nut met with a good demand, at an advance. Palm has been largely dealt in. Cod met with ready purchasers. Seal has been in excellent request, and buyers are compelled to pay higher rates. Sperm cannot be quoted dearer, but the demand is good. Lard Oil met with a fair sale TALLOW.—Extensive purchases have bean made in Rus sian on the spot, and further advanced rates are paid. For delivery in spring months several contracts have been en tered into at 52s to 52s 3d per cwt. Home-made has been largely dealt in, and prices have advanced to 51s and 525. nuE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) BY THE QUEEN.--A PROCLAMATION. Victoria R.—Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Tuesday, the 12th day of January next, we, with the ad vice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said 12th day of January next, to Tuesday, Jan. 19, next; and we have given order to our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to prepare a com mission for proroguing the same accordingly : and we d o hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare our Royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Tuesday, the nineteenth day of Jay next, assemble and be hoiden for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burguesses, and the Commis sioners for Shires and Burghs of the Honse of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their a tt en d ance ac cording, at Westminster, on the said Tuesday the nine teenth day of January next. Given at our Court at Windsor, this nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and in the tenth year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. DOWNING-STREET. DEC. 21. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major General Charles William Pasley, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the bath, to be a Knight Commandant of the said Order. WHITEHALL, DEC. 21. The following article is substituted for that which ap peared in last Friday's Gazette, so far as relates to the crea tion of Frederick Currie, Esq. as a Baronet of the United Kingdom. WHITEHALL, DEC. 17. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting tho dignity of a Ba ronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Frederick Currie, Esq., one of the Secretaries to the Go vernment of India, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. WHITEHALL 2l. The Queen has been pleased to p r eyent the Reverend John Poole, 8.A., to the rectory of Llandvsilio, in the county of Montgomery and di ocese o f Saint Asaph, - void by the death of Dr. William Care7,late Bishop of that see. FORPIGN-OFFICE, DEc. 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Sander. son Craig, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul in the island o, Sardinia, to reside at Cagliari. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Frederick W. Calvert, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at the Darda- nelles. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 19. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint Vice Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.8., to be her Ma jesty's First and Principal Naval Aide-de•Camp. vice Admi ral the Right Honourable Lord Amelius Beauclerk, G.C.8., G.C.H., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 22. Mt Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Thompson to be Captain, by purchase ' vice Lowndes, who retir e s ; Cornet William Davis to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomp son ; Daniel Hugh Clutterbuck, Gent., to be Curnet, by pur chase, vice Davis, Dec. 22. 14th Light lingooes—Ambrose Lloyd, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bradbury, appointed to the Ist Dragoon Guards ; Dec. 22. 4th Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Norris M'Kelvey, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Byrne, who retires ; George Frederick Foot Whitl oc k, G en t., t o b e Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Kelvey ' • Dec. 11. Gentleman Cadet George Morgan, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Thorpe, deceas e d, D ec . 22. sth Foot—To be Captain, without purchase—Lieutehant Louis H. Hamilton, Dec. 22. To be First Lieutenants, without purchase—Second Lieu tenant Archibald Edward Cochrane Forster, Dec. 22; Second Lieutenant Garthshore Stirling Home, Dec. 23; Second Lieu tenant Arthur England Johnson, from the 60th Foot, vice Hamilton, Dec. 24. Ta be Second Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign Joseph Williamson Tate Dickson, from the 27th Foot, Dec. 21; Gentleman Cadet Albert Ernest Ross, from the Royal Military College, Dec. 22 • Gentleman Cadet John Flood, from the Royal Military College, vice Forster, Dec. 23; Gen tleman Cadet William Henry Petty Meara, from the Royal Military College, vice Home, Dec. 25. 26th Foot, Ensiga Richard Wollaston Clerke to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Rudyerd, who retires; Henry Villiers Stuart, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clerks, Dec. 22. 30th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Edward Anthony Angelo, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Menry James Mitchell Gregory, who exchanges, re ceived the difference; Lieutenant Henry Shum to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Angelo, who retires, Dec. 22. Bad Foot—Lieutenant Charles Pyn der Beauchamp Walker, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Knight Erskine, who retires; Ensign Thomas Wickham, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Walker; John Hanbury Twigg, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wickham, Dec. 22. 36th Foot—Lieutenant John Armstead Braddell, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Dickens, appointed to the 26th Foot; Ensign Harry Reginald Sains bury Trelawney to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brad dell, who retires; Richard Harbord, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Trelawney, Dec. 22. 44th Foot—Lieutenant John Stanley Howard to be Adju tant, vice Phillipps, promoted, Dec. 22. 56th Foot—Assistant Surgeon George Alexander Cowper, M.D., from 66th Foot, to be Surgeon; James Henry May, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, D ec . 22. 60th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles William Earle, from Royal Military College, to he Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Johnson, promoted in sth Foot, Dec. 24. 68th Foot—Lieut. Salwey Browne to be Captain, by pur • chase, vice Johnston, who retires; Ensign the Hon. Daniel Greville Finch to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Browne; William Francis Willoughby Garforth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Finch, Dec. 22. 71st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Henry Cooper Reade, from half-pay of 79th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Grant, promoted in the Royal Newfoundland Companies, Dec. 22. 76th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Crawford Poole, from 57th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice George Augustus Bayly, who retires upon half-pay of the 57th Foot, Dec. 22. 81st Foot—Lieut. George W. Raikes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Neynoe, who retires ; Ensign Charles Ellison Goodwin to be Lieutenant, vice Raikes; William Fergusson Currie, Gent., to be E n si gn , by purcase, vice Goodwin, Dec. 22. 'Royal Newfoundland Companies—Assist.-Surgeon Cath rine Campbell Hamilton Grant, from 71st Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Pink, appointed to the Provisional Battalion, Dec. 22. Provisional Battalion—Surgeon John Freeborn Pink, from the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Surgeon, vice Samuel Ayrault Piper, M.D., who retires upon half-pay. Dec. 22. BREVET.—Lieut.-Colonel Edward Anthony Angelo, of the 30th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, Nov. 9. MEDIORANDUM.—The commissions of the under-mentioned Officers to be ante-dated to the dates placed against their names, and, as they were serving in India at the period, they are to receive back-pay, viz. :—Cor net George E. F. Kauntze, 3d Light Dragoons ; Ensign John Whiteside, 9th Foot ; Ensign George Mitchell, 29th Foot; Ensign William Jones, 31stloot, to Dec. 19; En sign Richard Heaton, 50th Foot, Dec. to 20 ; Ensign William Rudman, 62d Foot; Ensign Matthew Kirkland, 80th Foot., to Dec. 22. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 23. Royal Regiment of Artillery. Gentleman Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—John Edward Mitchell, George Cecil Henry, Thos. Picton Warlow, Philip Bedinfield, Spencer Philip John Childers, William Har per Mytton, Hon. Juhn James Bury, Richard Paget Camp bell Jones, Henry Jermyn M o nt gomery C amp b e ll, R eg i nald Onslow Farmer, Charles Maitland Govan, Ch ar l es Henry Ingilby, Robert Poole Gabbett, Dec. 17. Corps of Royal Engineers—Gentlemen Cadets to be Se cond Lieutenants—James Liddell, vice Du Cam, promoted Charles William Barry, vice Kerr, promoted; Charles Her bert Sedley, vice Muggridge, promoted; William Frances Lambert, vice Koe, promoted; Richard Warren, vice Jer vois, promoted ; 14ugh Williams, vice Tyler, promoted; Alexander Mackenzie, vice lie Butts, promoted, Del. 17 1346. WHITEHALL, Nov. 14. • The Lord Chancellor has appointed Jeston Hornfray, of Hales Owen. in the county of Worcester, Gent., to he a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WAITELIALL, DEc. 16. _ The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Frederick Lucas, of Newport Pagnell, b the county of Buckingham, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. , William Bull Harvey, draper, Herbert-street, New North road. Edwin Augustus William Taylor, bookseller, Bradford, YorkFli:e. BANKRUPTS. Neville Daniell, dentist, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, to surrender Jan. 8, at half past twelve, and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Rushbury, Mitre -court, Ely-place, Holborn. William Dawson, Staverton-row, Walwarth, Surrey, linen draper, Jan. 9 and Feb. 5, at half-past eleven at the Court of Bankruptc. Cannon, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside. Charles Turner, grocer, Lowestoff, Suffolk, Jan. 12, at half-past two, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jury; Amory, Sewell, and Moores, Throgmorton-street. John Mousl4, builder, North Brixton, Jan. 4, at twelve, and Feb. 1, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Morris and Co., Moorgate-street-chambers. Edward Seppings, victualler, Cromer, Norfolk, Jan. 5, at one, and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Wilkin, Furnival's• inn, Holborn. William Trice, grocer, Stepney, Jan. 4, at one, and Feb. 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Silvester, Great Dover-street, Newington. _ _ James Dale, jun., town carman, Sumner-street, Southwark, Dec. 30, at twelve, and Jan. 4, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Coote, Bucklersbury. _ John Gilliam, jeweller, Frith street, Soho-square, Jan. 2 and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green' official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Pain and Hatherly' Basin ghall- street. Charles Carpenter, baker, Basingstoke, Southampton, Jan 2 and 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assigeee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street ; Johnson and Co., Temple. George Wood, musical instrument maker, New Compton street, Soho, Dec. 31, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 4, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Bastnghall-street ; Chappell, Quality-court. Thomas Davis, commission agent, Halifax, Jan. 12 and Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Wavell, Halifax; Courtenay, Leeds._ _ , William Robert Vaugha n, builder, Bristol, Jan. 5, at twelve, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Surr and Gribble, Lombard street, London ; Cole, Bristol. Sidney Henry Smith, innkeeper, Potterne, Wiltshire, Jan. 7, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Wall, Devizes; Peters and Abbot, Bristol. Joseph Hudson, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, Jan. 1 and 29, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bit tleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Bowley, Nottingham. William Tantum, tobacco; dealer, Nottingham, Jan. 1 and 29, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittle ston, official assignee, Nottingham; Bowley, Nottingham. Peter Mitchell, - victualler, Liverpool, Jan. 5 and 26, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official as signee, Liverpool ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-street, London ; Green, Liverpool. William Rhodes, woollen-cloth manufacturer, Song-mills, Yorkshire, Jan. 6, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Spinks, Great James-street, London; Redf ern , Oldh am • Cartss,• Leeds. A STRANGE CASE OF MURDER.—In the Philadel phia Oyer and Terminer, Bridget Hannen was placed at the bar, charged with the murder of her infant daughter. She is a married woman, living separately f rom h er hus band, and had two chil dren, a boy of three years of age, and an infant o f n i ne months old. She lived in Shana qunk and was seen to leave the house with the infant in her arms. She passed down a lane, crossed several fields and continued until she got into a wood, in which was a secluded dell. No houses were near the spot. Five hills rear their heads around the dell, forming a beautiful am. phitheatre. A small stream of spring water ran through it, which emptied itself into the Schuylkill. There was a 'cascade of several feet, which fell into a pool, over which a tree dropped its leaves. It was in this pool that the prisoner held the infant until it was quite drowned. She covered the body with a stone, returned to her home, where she found a shovel ; with her little boy she went back to the place, and dug a hole, into which she placed the child, and arranged the earth and leaves over the little body in such a manner as to elude detection. She was seen with the shovel passing one of the houses, and told the woman of the house that she carried the child to the Almshouse, where it was adopted. Suspicion that she had murdered it was excited, and she was arrested ; she confessed tho fact, and took three respectable citi zens to the spot where the child was buried, and its body was recovered. When it was examined she wanted to carry it away in her apron. Although apparently insane, she was found guilty.---New York Sun. THE CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN.—The Conde de Montemolin left town at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and proceeded to Highclere, on a visit to the Earl of Carnarvon. The Conde is accompanied by his Excel lency the Marquis de Villafranca and General Don Jan Montenegro, and, is expected to return tomorrow. ____,....._-..... CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES AND RESULTS. Subjoined are the principal sentences as finally fixed, after the termination of the session : Sentence of death recorded against—James Denny, aged 43, for setting fire to a house, persons residing therein. TRANSPORTATION BEYOND THE SEAS For fifteen years.—Edward Billington, aged 60 (the captain of the " Magsmen"). Fourteen years.- - C. Potter, J. Scully, and J. Young. Ten years.—J. C. Young, and J. Brown. Seven years.—Mary Evans, Elizabeth Russell, W. Henderson, Henry Meynard, G. H. Jones, G. Walker, Thomas Burgess, W. Jones, Henry Eteen. J. William son, Henry Jones, W. Heath, G. King, and H. Noise. Paid. X c d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 Paid. £ s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 All paid. 3 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 6 15 0 IMPRISONMENT AND HARD LABOUR. The undernarued were ordered to be confined in the houses of correction for the counties in which their of fences w ere committed, and there kept to hard labour for— Two years.—J. Smith. Eighteen months.—Josef Toney, J. Whaite, Hugh Roberts, Richard Marshall. Fifteen months.—J. Brown. F.,r one) ear.—J. Philhps, alias Austin, J. Orchard, R. S Smith, Louisa Turner, J. Catchpole, J. Slater, W. Alf4:rd, James Anderson, H. Ford, F. Webb, Sarah For nine months.—Ann Sneed, Ann Richards, J. Finlayson. C. Barrel], J. Shepherd, D. Parsons, J. Walker. For eight months.—Mary Ann Brooks, G.W. Andrews. For six months.—Margaret Donohue, Jamie Curtada, alias James Carter, -G. Williamson, F. K. Beauchamp, W. O'Brian,'" N. Burton, J. J ac k son , J . Benjamin, D. Carlton, H. Wrgan, Thomas Sneed, N. B.tker, W. Gray, J. Judd, J. Brovvn, G. Smith. For four months.—Ellen Morgan, J. H. Morgan, J. Robertson, G. Cooper, William Harris, James Wall. For three months—Matilda Hester, J. Fitzpatrick; George Thompson, T. Peacock, Mary Hennesy, J. Harris, Ellen Sweeney, Jane Smith, John Smith, Thomas Gore, J. East, D. Carley, W. Bevis, T. Jones, E. Wilmot, J. Upton, H. Hoar, G. Ray. For two months.—Evelina Cheetham, Ellen Farley, Elizabeth Williams, H. Carrol, J. Murphy, J. Miller, T. Healey, J. Smith, W. Evans, H. Rowland, W. Payne, J. M'Cann, R. Nash , R. Lear, 'l'. Roots. The court adjourned to the 4th day of January next. The grand jury ignored the bills preferred against the undernamed persons, who were brought into court and discharged by proclamation, viz. :—E. Baker, 11. Jones, D. Bailey, Caroline Forest. Acquittals.—The petit jury declared the undernamed not guilty, and they were discharged forthwith, viz.:— Sarah Freeman, Catherine Brian, Catharine Hoare, Susan Bull, Susan Watts, Susan Austen, Ann Brown, Mary Webb, Ellen Sweeney, T. Lally, W. Brand, C. Cotton, R Stokes, W. Frost, J. Frost, W. Gibbs, C. Prutt, T. Dove, T. Johnson, M. Hodgskiss R. Stevens, D. Buckley, M. Dunovan, T. S cu ll e y, J. Leverett, J. Pearce, J. Briscoe, Luke Keefe, E. Williams, A. De Preece, Ellen Flaherty, G. Brown, J. Smith, C. Cotton (18), W. Burgin, jun. MINOR SENTENCES AND ADJUDICATIONS IN NEWGATE (WITHOUT LABoua).—lmprisoned for six weeks, 1 ; for ono month, 11 ; for three weeks, 1 ; under fourteen days, 10 ; confessed by pleading guilty, 21 ; called on recognisance, 4 ; convicted and judgments respited, 3 ; remanded to next session, 3 ; traversed to ditto, 3 ; discharged by the court, 1 ; fined, 1 ; surrendered in court, 9. The court adjudicated upon 162 prisoners during this session, who were committed from the following districts: —London, 37, Middlesex 84, Surrey 38, Kent 1, Essex 2 ; total 162. The following statemens show their comparative ages: —Between 10 years and 20, 62 ; between 20 and 30, 79; between 30 and 40, 19 ; between 40 and 50, 2 : total, 162. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT THE SURREY THEATRE.-FRIGHTFUL. AC CIDENT. The following extraordinary scene occurred during last night and this morning at the Surrey Theatre, Blackfriars-road. It appears that last night was an nounced to be a " grand supplemental night," being the only day before the Christmas holidays, for the benefit of one of the principal performers, and as an extra attraction, numerous additions to the company, from most of the principal theatres of London, were to be made for that occasion only. The house at the usual hour being filled, some very considerable delay occurred before the rising of the curtain ; and at length the stage manager came forward to apologise for the absence of the principal performer of the first piece, a Mr. Hudson Kirby, who had promised to attend at the requisite hour. Upon the question being put as to whether the audience would wait, or have a substitution for the character (Damon, in the tragedy of Damon and Pythias), a gene ral answer was given in favour of the former course, which was adopted ; and after the lapse of some time, the required personage made his appearance, apologised, and went through his part. The s econ d an d third pieces were also concluded without any interruption, after which a delay of nearly an hour occurred. At about half-past twelve o'clock this morning the stage manager again made his appearance (amid numerous cries of " More apologies "—" What next," &c.) and spoke as follows :—" Ladies and gentlemen---What am I to do. It is now long past the hour of twelve, and up to this moment I have not been able to learn the cause ' of the absence of Mr. John Douglas, who was to sustain the principal character in the play of the Sai:or's Home. I have this instant received a c(.lnrounication, an nouncing that an accident of a very frightful nature ~as the cause of Mr. Douglas's (of the Marylebone iEeatre) non-appearance.. The certificate of the surgeon by whom he was attended informs me that be was this morning superintending the production of the forth coming pantomime when he tell a distance of upv. ards 'if forty feet, and thereby sustained some most frightful it.juries. What am Ito do at this late hour ? There is no hunhag in my stateincr.t. 11, re is the certificate, and you will see the account of the accident in the newspapers. I should greatly prefer the discontinuance of the performance, but if you wish it, a gentleman con nected with the establishment will undertake the part for Mr. Douglas.—(Cries of "Yes, yes," "Go on," &c.) These disappointments of the audience were not all they were doomed to sustain, for a minute had scarcely elapsed before the manager again addressed them in the following terms :—" Ladies and gentlemen—l have yet further to ask your indulgence. Mr. Cowle, who was to have enacted the second principal character of the piece is also absent ; but, with your permission, a gentleman who has never appeared on any stage whatever, previous to this even ing, will sustain that part, and endeavour to entertain you to the utmost of his power. Again repeating my most heartfelt thanks for your kind indulgence, will you ac cept our best endeavours, or shall we discontinue for to day, for it is now morning." A general cry in favour of tht it proceeding with the announced play having been made, it was commenced, and was concluded a little be fore two o'clock this morning. The endeavours of the debutant, and others sustaining the tragic parts, during the time, affording to the audience good food for mer riment. LINCOLN DIRECT RAILWAY.—(Tats DAY.)—A general meeting of the shareholders of this company was advertised to be held to-day, at one o'clock precisely, at the London Tavern. A strong muster of reporters were . present at the time appointed for the meeting, but after waiting for a considerable time not a person entered the room, and on our inquiry it was ascertained that not a shareholder or director had entered the premises. COMPARATIVE VALUE of TEA.—At a time like the present, when meetings are being held in rapid succes sion in the chief seats of manufacturing industry, and the general public are actively astir, to procure an amendment, if not an entire remission, of the duties on tea, it is curious to contrast the present price of that much contemned article Bohea, now declared to be a drug in the market at even 2d. or 4d. per pound, with that it bore exactly 138 years since, when it appears to have been the chief, if not sole quality, then in extensive consumption, to the exclusion ofgunpowder, hyson, and flowery pekoe, in name, if not in reality. In the " Post man and Historical Account," &c., of March 19, 1709, published " for ye author by David Leach, in Elliott's court, in ye Little Old Bailey," is an advertisement of one Richard Fary, druggist, at the Bell, in Grace church-street, offering good coffee at Gs. Bd. per lb., .and sound Bohee at 16s. 4d. per lb., " except the Bohee tea by the ship Loyal Bliss, now on her passa ge , which none is equal to," and is declared to" exceed most that is sold at 205." This is succeeded by a second an nouncement from some renowned dealer " at the Star, in Bedford-court, near the Covent-garden," offering the finest Bohees in the kingdom at 145., 16s. Bd., " Bohee for milk" at 165., and the " finest Bohee" at 20., and which prices, too, must have been somewhat heavier when the comparative value of money and articles at that time and now is taken into consideration. In the last person's advertisement also " Brazil snuff, that needs no commendation," is offered at what is evidently considered the low price of Ms. per pound, or 4s. per ounce, the " best Portugal" at 10s. Bd., and Barcelona, Hogomusty, and sundry other, with almost antediluvian appellations at proportionate moderate charges ; but then, wondrous and alarming• us this may sound to modern inveterate snuff-taksrs, some crumbs of comfort are afforded to the careful housewife by the benevolent offer of William TazWell, living " at the further end of Jerusalem-alley, in the Gracechurch-street," to supply the best English barrel soap, " superior to crown, and the cheapest ever made for cleaning linen, shaloons, serges, and worsteds," in 321 b. half-firkins for 6s. or 2d. per lb., not much more than a third of the price the ap parently same description of useful article now fetches. The extensive difference in the consumption of each and. all the articles, however, must be likewise taken into consideration. Before quitting Paris the Bey of Tunis presented M. Guizot with a pair of Turkish slippers, enriched with diamonds, for himself, and some splendid bracelets for his daughters. Report says, but this is probably an exaggeration, that these presents are worth 400,000 fr. M. tieuie, the Chef du Cabinet of the Foreign-office, received the order of Nichan, set in diamonds, and esti mated at 25,000 fr. The Bey also called on Count Mol6, and presented him with a rich decoration, the Count having been Minister of Foreign Affairs when the com mercial convention between France and Tunis was con cluded. Lieut.-Colonel Walsin Esterhazy, Director of Arab Affairs in Algeria, has received from the Bey the order of Nichan, in token of the satisfaction that he has derived from the Colonel's work on the domination of the Turks in Algeria. From the " Book Calendar" of the races of 1846, published on Monday last, we collect that out of 1,311 thorough-bred mares used for breeding in 1845, 485 produced colts, 461 produced fillies, 35 cast their foals, and 330 were barren. These numbers are confined to the returns received, hut though comprehensive is, no doubt, considerably below the mark. The index shows that nearly 1,400 horses ran during the season.