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s. d. to s. d. 34 3 8 310 4 2 44 4 6 34 4 0 42 4 6 SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, 1ti7".......Tt5T PRICES OF SHARE S, --."1,5) ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. trara„,_ From ti e Offi c i a l List, EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING . LONDON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 ZOINT.4ITOCH BAINTILS. th a , Dividend Of CompanY. per Annum. '11411,14t51 Amount of Share. Paid. B rity 111 tool orth American olol,l'ilercial of London Lohlf,l,s4klWestminstr Prokletr,;..l.oint-Stock lita n bittticial of Ireland.. Nat itrl of Ireland • • ,4104 Ljtto, , °,lleial of E ng. 4,1 Ul4O, _ Australia • 61. per cent. 5/. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. a. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 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 23 0 0 50 0 0 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. ax, Iclatee of Company, 4.1114i1ce..r• Ditt o it ••• • • Fo•• )4 Start:en-4 . • r • • 411 CoinTnerelai • IllericloSte•dt Gen. 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Go .pe.B: I 20 0 0 11 °° 10 0 0 0 0 1200 0 0 1100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 ~ -- ,I•Per cent ,Si' Per cent, ~ Per cent. Per c ent: V ......: . 1 . )21 cent. 11.k ke of C o E 44 1 4'er ti al 4, 11 4 . 44 , 1 X 1 ~,ott4,!lit 111,11,C . • 3 r. Per cent. I Stock. kit,. l Zorl . •.•• • • 61 . Pr cent. I tock. 40 tital tt lie.ri 4 : • • • 11 . per sh. 100 0 0 4)414,4 •• • , 51 . Pr cent. I Stock. • • I Per cent. Stock. al. per cent. 50 0 0 //° CIE I) ividend Per -- um. Amount Share. 4 4 , 44 ot ottiptar. k ), i:`,%t t o ` 4 4 4 40 vtit. 4 44 4,.... xvis.wwozszcs, Dividend Amount per of ~.._ntiuni• Share. £ a. . •. . •••• 31 81 . cl 1 00 0 0 •,..•• •• •• 2 ; 10s, ex 41 13 4 • 5 ,•: 10s. 100 0 0 • . si.ss.prcenn: 100 0 0 t 63 12 9 l'-'7•••- 1P 4 ,„ to z , , T PE ttuts. ry & b 3. -d , 14 b g~rnsl o erkh', to k . .• Bc4 '• nVo r brit tit 4cll, 3 ,d . ()% rt h • .. 8 (4, 4 44 4 (1 1 tkimo Ncl ti ne 3 tt l i R e d hlon at Xl 3 h. 1.„,. • • • 14 4 1 / 4 1 1 0,; Nl, 4a, L .•..1 44 1 '8 1 ;i- 1 hf,r,tl,ll ,eta 4 44, 11 3 1& , • 1 11 57' a &S t 1 60 1 11 14 ' 1 ( 001 12i 01 1 00 , 5 /, 11001 141 . 100 i 41 1133! 61 ,100 41, !lpo, 32/ . 11001 4/. '1(1°1 71 ' 1 72 11.108. ' 1 1 00 3 %1. 01 --. 57! 1 2/, 471 78, . 100, 11 . Ns 140 3 41. 0 3: I ° l . 142 4/, ' 42 q - 711 --- a3 - ------ • 'ames of Companies. Monmouthsh Mritgomush Macclesfield. Heath • • • • • Nottingham . Peak Forest. Regent's • • • • Rochdale •••• Shropshire • • Somrset Coal 2 k Fd St Stffrd &Wore 811rew sbury.. Stourbridg e Strtfrd on Av Vera. B e and"? yeßail 5 Li Trnt & Mr: I 520 „,"3'. 4 st i . ir „ iih anus ,„ d 850 . - 4 M r irrni eStr i :S c e i Wilts p c AZ 71.105. 6 1. p. c. 28/. 15/. 201. U. 10s. I/. Bs. e o „ taehell , a nonsonotort. Scotland it is customary, 44 .-:. ,Etth occurs a f amily, to send the neighbour,s, Rath4l, to attend the funeral. A,. guid auld wire" her tts4" by in one of these dispensations, and, wl' ! ,11 full of indignant grief, she watched the funerai l au c h pIR around a neighbour's door. It was finally too tee chr her, and she exclaimed, in a tone of forcer lh ati o %ill iti /1, 4 weel, aweel ! We'll be a corps e o' o . u . Vileto°4 aux houee some daj ! Sena theu wha'll be in °PILL, N7 ll.l'l"''' ' ' ".°'...."'''`'''''''''''''''''.•••••••...,•••••••=....•......s.--Put back Quebec, of Glasgow, fur St. 44 8. New Brunswick. 18tEha u is l .r t: ' , L i . : 71a A t. w 3 r 8 e , ck io o n f . about 250 tons was passed on the i 47, by the Minata, arrived here. ku.281 -Es, Noy. 3.—A stern board of a vessel, marked With. golden letters " Countess of Bic," apparently not long in the water, was picked up here on the 2d inst. AIiERYSTIVITII, Nov. 2.—The Tree Sisters, Davies, from Peate wan to R uncorn, which sank on the bar on the 22d ult. has been discharged, and floated into the harbour. t HOLYHEAD, Nov. I.—The Victoria, Leith, from Limerick alt''the elYde, which was on shore near this place on the 23d has been got Wafter discharging, and has arrived here. o,Astse, ISLE Op ALAN, Nov. 3.—The Broomielaw, Foster, yokesw, put in here on the Ist inst. leaky, with pumps tt, end Pun discharge part or the whole of her cargo. The followipgNOTlCE TO MARINERS. is posted at : dapLloyd's" Lisbon, 30th Oct., 1646. 4 The New Light on Cape St. Vincent was lighted yester t';'it is a rotary light of the first class, showing a brilliant ,z,e, with eclipses every two minutes. 4`4I.A.TING TO THE HURRICANE AT THE HA -11 AN NAR, AND TO THE BRIG BRITANNIA. Patchesfro-Lis were yesterday afternoon received at Lloyd's tie' Admiralty, enclosing extracts from the report of ut. Davies, of the Thames steamer, relating to the da- Zge sustained by th e s h ipping at Havannah, in the hurri ozieirathere of the 11th an d 12th ult., and also to the brig dial of Picton, fallen in with water-logged and aban- _ MARKET NEWS.—( THIS DAY). , CO RN E XCHANGE—FRIDA Y. s he present week's arrivals of English Wheat have been on /sr.,' limited scale, yet the show of samples—most Allof ~_selel.l were left over from Alonday's market —was large. ;41:r,7_ ription.s were a very dull inquiry, at a . turther . dec_T h e ea i t qwueortoaktoirni a y osfo p q p u i i i t e e d ? s per quart . er. With foreign V . V while so little was . doing in it that atailleeisPrtices were almost nominal. In Grain under _lock w n a o s Br uit ...0,0.4kt apflafcaer.eivTihgenntiqu,antity of English Barley rt' le a was very and of excellent quality. e s T h h o a w t of Af.,, 7 dull, and ls per quarter cheaper. Th of th_7" was 'very trifling, yet as the large brewers kept out teitAT•arket the sale was heavy at barely late rates. Oats, ' y east and Flour were obtainable on easier terms. ARRIVALS. English • • Wheat. Harley, Oats Flour. his h • •.• ' 2 ,840 qrs. 3,33 0 cirs . 210 qrs. I 2 370 sks. • and °r eign „---- 1,000 2,860 I . • ..• 3 ' 590 4,230 14,800 I Malt, 1,980 qrs. 7,610 brls for a tha aItITELPIELD (the nu n a koiet7 the ti Year ban of whica of the supply_ of Beasts on sale here breed s off nf of that descri t!red), was consid was 1,052 he d ad Ted a large arrival, abroad. even en Star ' otleilli aancdearance was w_ _e urther decline igtir ofinquiry, and at o stock t ons m o e f t 2ad verypr d B u l b l l s, wanedreother n o e t qu erected. We had on offer 540 al!8, 1,440 Sheep, and 19 Calves, from Holland foreign Ports. Although the numbers of Sheep at, in small , the Mutton trade in a very depressed state, la Calvs°lTie instances, an abate w m as ent in value of 2d per Blbs. ens. elkesatparatively little was doing, at barel3 . , statio n ary c vOws ~e r Pork trade was heavy, at our quotations. ith . the, theirelceeedi t h e , Una a . figiv dull, at from 16/ to 181 each, II C lf r 484 .... pei . Blbs. to sink the offal. kf erlor t s. d, to priZegiqUallty ditto. 210 3 0 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 10 6 4 8 2 1. 8 Second qualltydltto 4 2 4 4 r -P11414 co °lea - 3 2 3 4 Southdown Wethe.. 4 6 0 Pryor, c -- "••• • 3 6 310 Ditto out of the wool — 8 4-4 pntne.oarse Calvsi 3 4 4 2 Large Hogs ••• • 3 r 4 8 lack lin in4 , ll di •• 4 4 4 6 Small Porkers •• • • ' lAterlo_gkives • ..18 0 29 0, Quarter old Pigs —16 4 0 1 0 9 0 0 ' oneep .. . 310 4 ' • 11 Lambs •• •• •• •• '• 0 0 Be asts. SUPPLY AT MARKET. 1,17 3 • I Sheep. I 1 calves. Pixs• I 430 3 .810 2;9 We 1 1 11r ,,33V7GATEI AND LEIATIEZTEUL.I.I.- r ' a very dull trade, and prices were again lowe stdr stone, lby the Carcase. he q, to s. d. L---.. ,111,Tti10:,....... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior • • ---- -- 8 - •••• 2 8 210 ---- middling• • ."---• Pi l ni e l arge .. 3 0 3 2 -- prime •• • • Yeaki.Prl4,e srnall .• 3 2 3 4 Pork, large •. • • •••• '' • ..... 3 4 4 Lamb. N Od to Os Od. 11 As most aoltorras NE OP theist o,oBt parties are now waitingMforathßeiCorfal announce. thi4 intztrlitieet duty (which to-day is calculated at 235,000.4 vrtileaeidaitylost continuesonin in a very stagnant state, and prices Sussex pockets, 755 to B . Bs ; DO Kent ditto, 82s to 945; Mid and East Kent ditto, 3 to 1268, rni milmaine -,-- 14-1 ''-' taro • - sitst , -Ao - 011 ____ 70 7o 1 80 85 X s. d. 40 0 50 0 20 0 25 0 20 0 10 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. S 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 6 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 • 15 0 PRZI Paid. X S. d 100 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 11 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 All paid. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 All paid. 20 0 0 All paid. All paid. All paid. All paid. 2 10 0 I Paid. X 5. d. 50 0 0 Paid. LOO :Pazi Aino t — Wr t of Share. 4 5 . d. :CES. Price, 175 159 220 162% 141.14 s 9*2 13 i z ; 11 1 4 41. 4s. 61. 19s 131. 6s 245. Gd Price, 142% 21 1131 A 100 Price, Dividend, per Annum 1 /. - 5 - s. Price. 100 100 100 100 150 CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor was occupied the whole morning with hearing appeals, none of which possessed any fea ture of interest. LORD V. ATIGLITWICR. In this case the appellant obtained leave to amend the petition of appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chan cellor of England within a fortnight. CARMICHAEL V. CARMICHAEL. This:appeal from the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce was partly argued, and ordered to stand over till to morro►v. HAWSES V. HOWELL, This appeal was dismissed, no person appearing for the appellant. HEMMING V. SWINERTON This appeal f rom the Vice-Chan cellor . of England, the question in which related to an award, occupied the Court the remainder of the day, ROLLS' COURT. -(THIS DAY, Price FRASER V. JONES AND OTHERS. This was a bill filed on behalf of the Glamorganshire Banking Company, with the view of establishing a mortgage against the defendants, Messrs. Bailey Jones, John Jones, and John Powell, which had been given to the banking company for a. consideration of a sum of 6501. The question at issue was whether the banking company were trust mortgagees, or whether John Jones had not a prior claim to 2001. of the sum. It appeared that in September, 1842, B. Jones and Mr. Powell applied to the company in question to advance a sum of 6001., in security of which he offered them a mortgage on certain house property, on which Powell represented that he had a mortgage of 1,801)1, and further stated that he had deposited this mortgage with Mr. J. Jones for a sum of 1,0001., which be was indebted to him. The company advanced the sum de manded, requiring, merely as security, seven promisicry notes, which were accepted by Mr. B. Jones, and en dorsed by Mr. Powell. A mortgage was executed, in which the former mortgage was mentioned, as well as its lodgement with Mr. John Jones, as also that another mortgage existed to a gentleman named Parry. It was alleged on the part of the plaintiff that when the advance was made there was no debt of 1,0001. due to Mr. J. Jones, nor any deposit of the mortgage deed. It was also alleged that the object of Powell was to obtain a priority of claim over the bank. 135 483' QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) AGENCY.-KEELEY AND ANOTHER V. WRAY. This case was tried at Nottingham before Mr. Justice Coleridge, when .. verdic aret found for manufacturers the :et plaintiff fo 2101. Gs. The plaintiffs Notting ham, and the defendant is in partnership with a gentle ...vas man named Graham, of Philadelphia. A Mr. Taylor, of Liverpool, who has since become bankrupt, acted as Graham, and ordered the agent of Messrs. Wray and large quantities of goods for them, for which he paid, destination. Theinvoices order to be shipped for their and which were transmitted to him at Liverpool, in were made out in his name, ham, of and not to Messrs. Wray and Gra , forament At the and the firm looked to him, trial a witness of the name of Steadman proved the goods which they supplied to his order. that Mr. Graham visited Nottingham, and ex pressed a wish to be introduced to persons inquired his terms; to was a member. Mr. Steadman who could supply the wants of the firm of which lie which he replied, that his firm wanted no credit; that Taylor was their agent; that he had mon l e d y belonging pay ready to it in his possession, and that heN would money. Graham selected goods which were at once paid for, and further or ders were given by Taylor. The peared, T a yl or h a d neg l e cted to pay, altgh he had h action was f o r the balance of an account which, it ap received mo ne y f or th e p u rpose of paying for all goods u supplied t o th e fi rm th roug h hi m . Mr. Ju s ti ce C O LE R IDGE referred at some length to his notes of the t r i a l. F rom th e ev idence adduced, it ap peared that W ra y s t a t e d, on one occ a s ion, when the plaintiff complained that the accounts of the firm were paid in a ve r y i rregu l ar manner, t h at h e was sorr y for it, and exonerated the firm from blame, as Taylor had had money in his hands some time to discharge them. It further appeared that the invoices were made out thus: Keeley and Co. in account with Wray and Co., and that money had been enclosed to the plaintiffs on such an in voice. He (Mr. Justice Coleridge), in directing the jury, left it to them to say whether the custom of the trade did or did not warrant the plaintiffs in looking to the defendants for the payment of the balance of their account. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the ground that there was scarcely any evidence to go to the jury, and that there was no plonintthaetfiirssstueplwanaes: hweintchmwtehnodmedthuelatcoitntwraacstmwadans authority fo r th e verdict which they returned. The made. sElae between Messrs. Keeley and Taylor, and that Taylor had no authority to pledge the credit of Messrs. Wray and Graham. Lord DENMA.N considered that there was sufficient evidence to go to the jury, and refused the application. HOLE V. 'WRITE AND OTHERS.-DEPOSITING PROPERTY AS SECURITY BEFORE A FIAT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr. MARTIN, Q.C., moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict found for the defendants in this case should not be set aside, and a new trial had, on the ground of the verdict being against evidence and mis direction on the part of the Learned Judge who tried the case. The action was tried at the last Liverpool Assizes before Mr. Justice Cresswell, and was one of trover to recover the value of a quantity of hops. The pleas were not guilty and not possessed — the question at issue being whether the plaintiff was en titled to recover the value of a quantity of hops deposited with him on the 3d of May last year, under the follow ing circumstances :—The plaintiff was formerly a brewer at Manchester, and whilst engaged in that occupation he employed a clerk named Boddington. lie also carried on the business of a maltster in Bucks, which he conti nued to follow after relinquishing his occupation as a brewer in Manchester, being in the habit of sending hops to Manchester for sale, Boddington acting as his agent, and the plaintiff being in the habit of frequently visiting Manchester, in order to receive the produce from Boddington. Boddington carried on business on his own account, and, in the spring of last year, speculated largely in hops. He had pur chased large quantities from the warehousemen with whom they were deposited for sale. At the trial it appeared from the evidence of Bodding ton's brother that, observing him very uneasy for some days before the 2d of May, he asked him the reason. Ile at first declined to reply to the question, but on his brother inquiring if he had been using any of Mr. Hole's money, he, after some hesitation, replied that he had. The brother said it was a serious matter and must be settled immediately in some way or other. He then went to Mr. Harrison, the former partner of Mr. Hole, who had continued to carry on the business, and told him how the matter stood. Mr. Potter, the plaintiff's solicitor,. was consulted, and a meeting took place, at which both r. Potter and _lllr. lioddington's brother , insisted that CARPMEAL V. POWIS. This was a cause in which the plaintiff sought to amend and rectify a settlement which he had executed in favour of the defendant, Letitia Powis. The facts were simply these :—Tee defendant, a lady of property, had agreed to sell the plaintiff two freehold houses of which she was possessed for a sum of 1,8001 The plain. tiff, finding it more convenient to pay an annuity than the purchase money, intimated the same to Miss Powis, who seemed satisfied with the proposal. Her brother, Mr. Thomas Powis, was then authorised to ascertain what would be the amount of annuity granted on the life of a spinster of fifty-eight years, the age of Miss Powis ; and the plaintiff agreed to give one per cent. more than Government would give. The ques tion was answered by a gentleman in the Government office, named Cuthbert, who stated on a slip of paper that the sum would be 1581. 9s. 6d., and the defendant then offered 1761 10s. 6d. This occurred on the 3d of October, 1839, and on the Bth of the same month the deed was executed. The plaintiff, however, having per ceived, some time after, from a statement in the 7 imes, that Government gave lower annuities on female lives than on those of males, and that consequently he had given a larger annuity than he intended to have done, adopting as a mode of calculation the information he had received as to the amount that would be granted by Go vernment. Lord LANGDALE took time to consider his judgment. His Lordship has fixed Saturday as the day in future for short causes, consent causes, and unopposed petitions, and for general petitions the 24th instant. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY). (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) Ills HONOUR, after disposing of the unopposed peti tions and short causes in his paper, proceeded with the further arguments in the part-heard cause petition of ;GRACE V. WEBB. We gave the facts of this petition yesterday, the question in which was whether the petitioner was en titled under the will of the testator in the cause to an annuity of 201. or to one of 401. The Master had re ported in favour of the annuity of 20/. His HONOUR, at the conclusion of the arguments, gave judgment overruling the Master's report, the effect of which would be to give the petitioner an annuity of 401. The Court was occupied the remainder of the morning with cause petitions. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) HEMP V. HURST. His UoNouß ordered this cause to stand over till to morrow. DUNCOMBE, M.P., V. LEVY. This was a case in which the defendant bad taken proceedings against the plaintiff to recover 1,2001., which was due to him by the plaintiff. It was alleged on behalf of the plaintiff that a covenant existed, executed at the time of contracting the debt, to the effect that the defen•- dant should not proceed against him for the recovery of the debt by law. His HONOUR said it appeared to him that in this cause there were two judgments, and the execution was carried down to the last. Considering the questions that had been raised at the bar, he could not now decide in favour of Mr. Levy. It was quite evident that Mr. Levy had ordered Mr. Lewis to proceed with the execu tion against the plaintiff, who alleged that, by that very act he forfeited the debt. The only question he had to decide was whether he should extinguish the debt of 1,2001., or grant indulgence to Mr. Levy. He would for the present suspend his judgment, and confine himself to the opinion he had expressed. LONEGAN V. SCHOLEFIELD, AND LONEGAN V. LONEGAN. This cause came before his Hotour on an original supplemental bill, and the object of the suit was to dis pose of property to the value of 12,0001, conveyed by the testator in a marriage settlement. The object of the present application was to obtain a decree, by consent, to have an inquiry before the Master. His HONOUR, after some deliberation, granted the inquiry. 8 1 ,i 2/. O. 205 he (Boddington) should deposit hops, of the value of 2,0001. and upwards, to indemnify Mr. Hole against loss. Potter stated that he was at first unwilling to accede to the proposition, but that he ultimately consented, and deposited them on the following Monday, when they were taken possession of by Mr. Hole. Immediately after Boddington wrote to a per son at Worcester, from whom ho was in the habit of purchasing hops, and to other creditors, all of whom came to Manchester, where they had several meetings, the result of which was, that a fiat of bank ruptcy was issued on the 25th May, and a messenger of the Court of Bankruptcy forcibly took possession of the at h the op times.lhe b of an d k e r p u o p s t iti s n t g ate t d h , e o h n o o p a s t h h, o d a i t d th n e o t t rial, that contem plate an act of bankruptcy, and that he had ample pro perty, he believed, to pay twenty shillings in the pound ; that the proposition did not originate with him, but with his brother, and negatived anything like fraud in the business. He (plaintiff) sought to recover what he believed himself legally entitled to. Now he (Mr. Martin) con tended that the deposit of the hops was not a fraudulent deposit under the bankrupt laws, and that the defend ants, who were the assignees of the bankrupt, and whose duties did not commence until the 25th of May, had no right to seize for the benefit of the creditors. Neither was there any proof of fraudulent preference; in fact, the defendants, on whom the onus of proof lay, did not attempt to show any. But Mr. Justice Little dale, in giving judgment in the case of Mor gan v. Blunt, 5 Barnewall and Adolphus, p. 289, stated, in order to show fraudulent preference it was necessary to prove that the deposit was voluntary, and in contemplation of bankruptcy. There was no direct evidence of this kind adduced, and he made an objection on this point at the trial, but it appeared by the 90th section of the Bankruptcy Act that assignees were not bound to do so, Mr. Justice ERIE inquired if there was any evidence at the trial to show that Boddington was in a condition to pay 20s. in the pound? Mr. MARTIN said there was no direct evidence on the subject, but it appeared that hops fell shortly after the transaction, and subsequently rose again, but there was nothing to show that he could not do so. He could have raised the money on the hops at the time by selling them, but he wished to keep them until th e pr i ce im proved. This was not like the act of an insolvent. Then he held that the misdirection consisted in the Learned Judge stating that the act was an adverse one, inasmuch as it appeared that the deposit was involuntary. Lord DENMAN said he would consult the Learned Judge who tried the case. PICEFORD LACON.—TAKING PLACES IN A COACH. This case was tried in the Bail Court on Tuesday last, before Mr. Justice Patteson, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff on the first and second counts, with the leave of the Learned Judge to move for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for the plaintiff upon the first count, with 31. 4s. damages, or upon the second count, with 16s. or 17s. damages. The application turned entirely upon the finding of the jury. The plaintiff is proprietor of a coach running between Yarmouth and London, and the defendant applied to have three places reserved for him in the coach —one in side and two out—for which he paid a deposit of a guinea, but had refused to pay three guineas more, the cost of the three places being 41. 4s. The pleas set forth, first, the general issue ; secondly, that the plaintiff did not reserve for the defendant and other persons the seats they required, and that the plaintiff was not ready and willing to convey the defendant and other passengers; there was also a plea of payment. he places were taken on the 16th of June, and the next day the defendant took his seat on the box, his maid-servant at the back, and Mrs. Lacon inside. At Benton, some miles from Yarmouth, several little girls were placed on the coach, and at Yox ford, thirty miles from Yarmouth, the defendant and his wife left the coach, declining to proceed any further. They left the servant behind and _proceeded themselves in a post-chaise to London. It could not be said that the plaintiff did not fulfil his contract; the seats were re served, and the parties were not subjected to any more of the inconveniences than generally attended a journey in a coach. Sanders (the person to whom the goods were sent), and endeavour to get his money for him ; at the same time, he stated that he was not to be considered responsible for the goods, as he had not ordered them. Notwithstanding this statement, the plaintiff still continued to supply the goods down to the following year, and for which they also sent in their account to plaintiff. It also appeared upon the t r i a l, t h at a clerk in the employ of the plaintiff stated, that the goods were booked in the name of Sanders, the party to whom the goods were sent, and that in keeping the books the goods were always entered in the name of the person to whom the goods were sent, and not in the name of the party who had ordered them, and it appeared that there was no evidence whatever to prove the liability of the defendant. BARNET V. SOUTRWELL. In this cause, which was tried before the Lord Chief Baron, in the city of London, and in which a verdict was given for the defendant, Mr. CROWDER, 011 the part of the plaintiff, moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be had, upon the grounds of mis direction. The plaintiff was a printer and stationer, and sought to recover from the defendant, whose, name ap peared as a provisional committeeman on the Direct Louden and Dublin Railway, for supplying stationary and printing to the order of the secretary of the above company. The evidence given to Ex the defendant with the liability was a letter, which was put in, written by a brother of the defendant's to a person of the name of Collins, in answer to a letter written by the latter to him, but which was not produced at the trial, although notice to produce it had been served upon the parties, in which the writer acknowledged the receipt of the letter from Collins, and stated that he had for warded the letter to his brother, and that they would be happy to co-operate with him, or lend him any assist ance in the formation of a company, which lay in their power ; and further stated, " You may use my name and the name of my brother in your prospectus." Upon the receipt of this letter, the name of defendant was accord ingly printed among the list of the provisional commit tee. The Lord Chief Justice held that no proof was given of the defendant's agreement to act upon the com mittee, nor any authority from him to any person to use his name, and a verdict was Accordingly returned for the defendant.—Rule refused. SALISBURY AND LBAMINGTON JUNCTION RAILWAY with wilfully smashing several panes of glass in a trades man's shop window. It appeared a lodger in the complainant's house, meet ing with the defendant in the Kent-road, invited her to accompany him home to supper. He then opened the door with a latch-key, and was proceeding up stairs to his apartment with his new acquaintance, when the landlord, hearing footsteps on the stairs, went out and insisted on the prisoner's expulsion. The prisoner, irritated at being treated with such incivility, on getting into the street. sent a shower of gravel and small stones at the windows, and smashed several panes of glass. The prisouer expressed her sorrow at having broken the windows, and said that she had been out for a holi day, she was tired, and that meeting with the com spulapipnearn,t's wheniod g e she r s w h e a s a s c o c o u m n c p e a r n e i m e d o n i h o i u m s y t o t h r h u a s v t e o s u o t m o e f the house. Mr. SEMLER said she had acted with great folly in availing herself of the invitation of an utter stranger. She must pay for the wilful damage or be committed. WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) This morning, a whole host of juveniles were brought to this office, charged with letting off fireworks in the public thoroughfares. Among the rest was a lad named Frederick Dalton, thirteen years of age, who, it appeared, when cautioned by the police•constable, was urged on to the continuation of the nuisance by his mother ; and one of the squibs which he afterwards let off struck the constable upon the side of his face. He then took him into custody. He was fined ss. James Hillingsworth, a mechanic, was charged by William Butler, an officer employed at the Britannia Saloon, with creating a disturbance and attempting to defraud the proprietors thereof. Butler stated that last evening the prisoner came to the saloon and paid 3J. for his entrance into the pit. Here he became very obnoxious, and at length clam bered over a railing five feet high, and which separated the pit from a more expensive part of the house. The prisoner, who had before been repeatedly cautioned, was now forced from the theatre, and given into custody. The prisoner, who begged hard for forgiveness, was mulct in the penalty of ss. BANKS V. . This action was tried before GOOD the Lord Chief Baron, and a verdict was returned for the defendant. The plaintiff, it appeared, was an advertising agent, and the defendant a gentleman residing in the Isle of Wight, whose name appeared among the list of the provisional committee of the Salisbury and Leamington Junction Railway. It appeared from the evidence given at the trial, that the company was registered en the sth of September, 1845, and it was not till the month of October following that the name of the defendant appeared as one of the provisional committee, and that up to that period all the expenses had been paid by Mr. Wheal, the solicitor, who got up the company, who had also during that period employed the plaintiff. It fur ther appeared that a person of the name of Downes was employed by the solicitor to collect names to form a provisional committee. The name ;of Downes also ap peared on the list, but an indemnity was, however, given to him by the solicitor. He applied to the defendant for authority to insert his name in the list of the provisional committee, which was granted. He had, however, never attended any meetings of the committee, nor taken any part in the management of the affairs of the company. Mr. GODSON now moved for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection, and contended that the Lord Chief Baron, in leaving the case with the jury, ought not to have left them to decide upon the legal point as to whether a party, who had authorised his name to be used as a provisional committeeman, was or was not liable. The LORD CHIEF BARON said that he had a very strong opinion upon the case, andas perfectlyconsi ered rig th h a t t a t n h d e p ve ro rd p i e c r t ._ a ß s u g l i e ve re n fu b s y ed. the jury w SALES OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.) At the sale of railway shares, today, at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s, prices were pretty steady, and a fair business was done. The following are a few of the principal sales : Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ......... £0 6 0 East Indian ... Shropshire Union and Canal London and York (scrip) 2 2 0 Namur and Leige 3 12 0 Cornwall and Devon Central London and Manchester (Remington's) 0 9 6 Leicester and Bedford North British, Halves ti........... 16 15 0 Caledonian, Halves. York and Carlisle .... Manchester and Southampton, 1847 1 2 6 Taw Vale Extension and Dock .. 0 18 6 Boston, Stamford, andßirminghara (scrip) 0 19 6 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorset 3 5 0 Direct Bombay and Madrrs 0 15 6 Leicester and Bedford Great Luxembourg REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) A general meeting of the proprietors in this company was held to day at the offices of the company, City -road Basin, to consider the advisability of forming a railway on the banks of the canal, from Paddington to Limehouse. J. E. D. BETHUNE, Esq., was called to the chair, who read the report to the meeting, the substance of which was that the proposed line, which is to run on the northern side of the canal, would be 8 miles 7 furlongs and 3 chains, with a further branch of 1 mile and 6 furlongs, the whole estimated cost for the main line being 640,0001., and that for the branch to Limehouse 45,0001., making the total cost of the line 685,0001. After reading the report, The CHAIRMAN stated that in consequence of the Par liamentary Commissioners for central termini having re ported unfavourably to the formation of a central ter minus, it struck the deputy-chairman and himself that in that report there was an intimation to the Regent's Canal Company to secure to them selves the right of carrying all the goods from the outskirts of the metropolis to the Thames. They had accordingly consulted Mr. Radford, their own engineer, and the result was, the employment of Mr. Bendel' as the engineer for constructing a line of rail way along the banks of their canal. A meeting was called on the 20th of September, invitations to which had been sent to the shareholders, at which the repre sentatives of 4,000 shares were present, and a report recommending the immediate appli ca ti on t o Parliament for powers to make the railway was submitted to them. Yesterday he bad had an interview with the head of the Commissioners of the Woods and Forest, not for the sake of inducing his Lordship to become a party to their plan, but to express a desire that his Lordship should not commit himself to any other party. To this Lord Morpeth very readily acceded ; and he hoped that the Government would support his project, by which all the advantages, without any of the disadvantages, of a central terminus would be effected. lie concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. G TEEN seconded the resolution. Mr. ROBINSON inquired on what principle the pro perty of the railway was to be apportioned? as he con ceived that many of the present proprietors of the canal would be unwilling to take shares in the railway. The CHAIRMAN replied, that it was proposed, in the first place, to mortgage the whole pro!,erty of the canal for 500,000/, and to raise the remainder by Vie issue of new shares, which were, in the first place, to be allotted to the whole of the shareholders, and in the event of any being declined, to allot the shares of the decliners to those parties who had already taken the new shares;; then, in the further event of any shares remaining on hand, they were to be thrown into the general share market. But he should remark that the act of this meeting would be a corporate act. To further inquiries of Mr. RourNsorr, as to the power of compelling unwilling shareholders, The CHAIRMAN replied that there was already a power under the Act of the Company to raise 277,0001. further capital, and, in fact, to make a railway already, for the Act gave them authority to pass over their route by any other means than a canal; to erect steam-engines, to form inclined planes, or to constitute any other facilities that the Company might deem advisable. He should observe that arrangements had been made to prevent the preliminary expenses from coming to more than 255. a share. HIS DAY.) COMMON ( P si L tti E ng AS 7 s in Banco.) BARKER U. STEAD. Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict in this case should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered, or a new trial granted, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence, or that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant the verdict. The action was brought by Mr. Barker, the advertising agent, against Mr. Stead, a provisional director :of the Eastern and Northern Counties Junction Railway Com pany. The case was:tried at the last Maidstone Assizes, and a verdict given for the plaintiff for 500 L The sum sought to be recovered was 9101. 92. The sum was reduced to 5001., on the ground, that admitting the lia bility of the defendant, there was no evidence that any of the debt had been contracted before the 2d of October. It was also alleged that too many advertisements had been inserted. The railway in question was projected by a Mr. Morris, who appointed a Mr. Wright as secre tary. Wright wrote to Mr. James Stead, Bradford, to be come a provisional committeeman. That letter was proved to have been posted. The Manager of the York shire Bulking Company deposed that there were two James Steads in Bradford. A letter, assenting to Wright's application, was produced, though it was not shown that the defendant was the James Stead in question. In the defence it was averred that the provisional com mittee did not meet till the 27th of October, 1845; and on that day the managing committee was appointed. Early in November the scheme was abandoned. Mr. Stead had never attended any of the meetings held in the meantime. On the slight and inconclusive evidence, therefore, of the letter sent to Mr. Stead, and his answer, with the statement of Mr. Duckett, the manager of the banking company, was the verdict returned. Rule granted. ?ARRATT V. BLUNT AND CORNFOOT—THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN, AND NORTHERN JAMAICA RAILWAY. Mr. HUMPHREY moved for a rule to set aside the ver diet in this c ase , an d nonsuit the plaintiff; or for a new trial. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was in the case at the trial, and had some recollection of an infant—fre quently no pleasant companion in a long journey—being a passenger by the coach.--(Laughter.) Mr. WerrsoN said a young child could not have taken up much room, and considered that no breach of contract could be charged on that ground. Lord DENMAN inquired how many persons altogether were in the coach ? Mr. WATSON said fifteen, thirteen being the number they were licensed to carry ; but then the majority were young children, who did not occupy anything like the room of adults. The lady inside had her full 16 inches of room, in accordance with the Act of Parliament. Lord DEN➢fAN said—Then in point of fact, according to the view of the Learned Counsel, the license was to be measured by the extent of the bodies of the pas seng,ers.—*(Laughter.) If the plaintiff was licensed to carry thirteen, and carried forty instead, the defendant and his friends were not bound to go by his coach. Mr. WATSON also held that the defendant was bound to pay for the journey to Yoxford, and for the journey of tho servant to London. Lord DENMAN said it was possible that by taking the defendant to Yoxford ho was placed in a worse position with respect to getting to London than if he had not left Yarmouth. The application was acceded to with respect to the first count. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco. before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) EXPARTE HENRY EDWARDS. Mr. PETERSDORF moved for leave to exhibit articles of peace on the part of Henry Edwards against Joseph Crawford. The parties were rival omnibus drivers, the exhibitant being driver of one of the twopenny omni buses. Mr. Justice PATTESON thought the fears of the exhi bitant were not sufficiently grounded, and refused the application. This was another action brought by Mr. Parratt, an advertising agent, against two of the provisional direc tors of the Southern, .liaqern, and Northern Jamaica Railway Company, for advertisements inserted in the papers b etween the 9th and 25th of September, 1845. The v er di ct was for the plaintiff, damages 6001 It was tri e d at the last sittings after term in Middlesex, before Mr. Justice Coltman. He submitted that there was no evidence against Blunt to justify the verdict, and very slight evidence indeed against Corn foot. The defendants attended but one meeting, on the Ist of December —the first meeting ever held and about the sam e ti me they intimated in writing to the secretary that they retired from the concern. Rule to show cause granted. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, in Middlesex, before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) APPS V. REID AND OTIIERS. The Court was occupied all the morning with this case, which is an action brought by Mr. Apps, a gentle man residing i n Bl ac kfriars-road, against Reid and Co., brewers, to recover damages for an accident occasioned to the plaintiff, arising from one of their drays coming in contact with hi s g i g, and overturning it, while passing down Liquorp on d street. The defence was that the accident arose from the carelessness o f th e p l aintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 31. 108* PanitATT V. DENNASIT.-- RAILWAY ADVERTISEMENT ACCOUNT. This was an a c ti on to recover the expense of insert ing advertisements in several London and provincial newspapers. The plaintiff was an advertising agent, and the defend an t a provisional director of a railway com pany. Th e case was tried at the last Warwick assizes, before Mr. J ust i ce Patteson, and a verdict given for the plaintiff f or 1 ,1001. The claim made was 1,6001. Mr. WHITEHURST now m ove d f or a rule to enter a non suit, on the ground that there was no material evi dence adduced at Warwick. The defendant on the trial pleaded non-assumpsit, and paid. The venue was removed to Warwick on the plaintiff's allegation that there e x i ste d material evidence there. This point the defend ant d en i ed. Among other papers, an adver tisement appear e d i n a Warwick paper, and this was the material evidence returned. He submitted this was not material evidence. —Bale refused. READ V. DENDERSON.—T HE WOOD PAVEMENT. • Mr. Sergeant BYLES moved for a new trial on the grounds of misdirection and that the verdict was against evidence. The action, which was for an alleged in fringement of a patent for constructing wood-blocks for paving, was tried at the last Surrey assizes, before Mr. Baron Parke, and a verdict was given for th e d e f en d ant. The CO URT re f used the rule. THE QUEEN V. DURANT. Mr. WARREN applied for a writ of certiorari to bring up an indictment for an assault from the Clerken well Session to this Court. The circumstances out, of which the indictment arose were of a very peculiar nature, and would give rise to various questions in law, and would raise the question as to the right of the de ponent to enter the offices to inspect the books of a cer tain company until the sum of 7,500/. was paid. The bill of indictment charged the offence to have been com. mated on the 10th of July, 1846, but the prosecutor had taken no steps in the matter until the present time. Mr. Justice PATTESON granted a rule nisi, in case the offence was a felony, and a rule absolute, in case it should , be only a misdemeanour. THE QUEEN V. THE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS FOR THE In reply to other inquiries, the CHAIRMAN stated that preliminary operations had been already commenced, and had been in progress since July. It was intended to retain the present waterway complete in all its parts, all the wharfs, all the basins, and other property, with the slight exception of a little alteration needed by the line. The railway and canal were to be conducted by the same directory, and were indeed, to all intents and purposes, an identical pro perty, and in the event of the proprietors being unable to raise the 685,000/, the Act of Parliament would become a dead letter, but that he did not apprehend. He further observed, that the whole of the preliminary expenses would, after this meeting, be Fayable out of the corporate funds. CITY OF WESTMINSTER. Mr CROWDER, Q.C., applied for a rule to show cause why a writ of certiorari should not issue to remove a cer tain presentment, made in the Court of the Commis sioners of Sewers for the City o f W estm i nster, into the jurisdiction of this Court. It appeared, that at a Court held by the Commis sioners of Sewers, in Westminster, an order was made upon Wm. Kennaird Jenkins, to construct certain sewers upon his own property. As Mr. Jenkins did not fulfil their directions, the Court imposed a fine of 3,0001. on him. Mr. Jenkins applied to have the cause removed into this Court, as he co :tended that the Court of Com missioners of Sewers had no right to interfere with his private property. The case was one of the utmost im portance, and would furnish a precedent for many other cases. The report was then adopted, with only two dissen tients. Resolutions founded on it were passed, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. Mr. Justice PATTESON—I suppose the case must be "ully argued.—Take a rule nisi. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. (Tins DAY.) EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) SAMUEL V. ROBINSON. _ . A special general meeting of the shareh o ld ers i n t hi s undertaking! was h e ld this afternoon, at the offices of the company, in West Strand, for the purpose of considering the propriety of leasing the line to the Great Western Company. Mr. Louis Vigurs, the deputy-chairman of the com pany, presided. The report stated that it was proposed to lease the line for five years, at 5 per cent. on the paid-up capital, and for five years more, at .; per cent. and half the surplus profits, with the option of amalgamating with the Great Western Company after that period. The heads of the agreement having been read, Mr. ROACH took exception to several of the clauses, and complained of their not being so simply worded as t• be intelligible. In the first place, he thought the ad vantages of the arrangement preponderated in favour of the Great Western Company, who, for every 200 shares, would be entitled t o 100 votes, hile the shareholders of the South Wales would only have 38 for the same number. It would have been more satisfactory to the shareholders generally had the Great Western Com pany liberally proposed to lease the line at 7 or 8 per cent. rather than offer them a complicated and wordy agreement, which required the mind of a lawyer to com prehend.—(Hear, hear.) He decidedly objected to the basis upon which the amalgamation was to take place at the expiration of ten years, because their line would only have been in working existence that period, while the Great Western would have been in operation some 18 or 20 years.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said he could remove the latter ob jection, by simply stating that the directors, after the agreement had been confirmed, would submit a resolu tion to the meeting, authorising them to negotiate for expunging the clause respecting the amalgamation, and ,amending the assignment, by making it a lease in per petuity. Mr. SMITH had no doubt but that the line would pay ten per cent., for, independently of the local trade, there would be traffic enough coming from the south of Ireland to make up 6of the 9 per cent. He thought, therefore, that the Great Western Company ought to have dealt more liberally with them.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. T. WILKINSON thought it would be more for their interests to accept a lower rate of interest, with an early participation in the division of prospective profits.—(Hear, hear.) As the arrangement stood now it would probably be eight years, calculating the works to occupy three, before they would participate in the surplus profits, and in the meanwhile they would have to be cofltent with a common rate of interest.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said they had duly considered all these matters, and, in the present state of the money market, and the prospect of railway profits being shortly redueed, they were of opinion that the arrangement they had come to was the best for the interest of the shareholders. They had had to deal with two classes, the speculative and those who embarked their money in railways for the purpose of permanent investment. The amendment he had mentioned, of a lease in perpetuity, would insure their shares being taken up by the latter class. A resolution, confirming and approving of the agree ment, was then put from the chair, and carried una nimously. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a second resolution, empowering the directors to take the necessary steps to amend the clause relating to the amalgamation, or suL stituting one making the lease a lease in perpetuity in its stead. London,rreturned f or o et f u 1. 9s. Bd. before ln t h t i h s e c cause, which Chief fh Baron, n t , r tried dv verdict i t e h t e w c a i t s y r GE RAL DOW moved for a new trial, grounds:—lt appeared that the action • on the following Lyon Samuel against the defend brought by a Mr.. ! the T p h l o ai A n T ti T ff o f ß o N r u t y h - e sum of 81 was be due from the defendant on the sal• money, alleged to ordered to sell by the plain tiff he was of some plate which . ant, who was an auctioneer, to recover a certain sum of • plate in question, which co which plaintiff had .Regent-street, a silversmith in as well as other pro perty, of the sale, tiff for him. It appeared n t s h is a t t ed d p u a r r in tl g y tohfetshaelestooef stock of bought for the pure for some of the plate, name P of Makellar was bidding him, for the and the plaintiff was also bidding rioeof againstthe goods. It turned of running up the p erty, also belonging to the plaintiff, a person of the purpose that consequently the for the goods was a madman,b goods wer e not taken y him, and the goods were, by out, however, that the gentleman who had been bidding order of the pl a intiff, put up sale. Th e act i on was , therefore, f the difference for from the d e f en d ant , t h e amoun t o second time of sale. realised a considerably less sumagain for sale, when they th h a r n on u g p h o t n to th r e eeo fi v r e s r t which th e p l ate was so l d upon the customary for a uc ti oneers i n suc h case was one, who _ It was conten d e d on the part of the pl s ai t n o tiff m t a h k a e t i n t p w th a e defici ency , and among the witnesses calleds sold said that if an auct i oneer were to sell annoestttaotehfeorthe sum of 100,0 00 1 ., and the purchase was for the com pleted, an d if the estate were again to be t s o um be made °fso, up by the ooo /.,thelos a s ne u t p i o o n n e t e h r e h s i e m co self. ud sale would have could not b e bi n di ng upon any parties, whatever might be the usages of the trade.—Rule granted. RICHARDSON V DOYLE. In this cause, which was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at this court, a verdict was returned for the plain tiff, with the sum of 47/. ss. 2d. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now moved for a rule to spew cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had on the following grounds:—lt appeared that the plaintiff was a stationer, residing on Ludgate hill. The defendant was a member of the bar, and was also connected with the Morning Chronicle newspaper ; and this action was brought to recover a sum of money alleged to be due to th e plaintiff from defendant leaded " the def en d ant for goods sold an d delivered. The given in the n on - assumpsit." Th e evidence case was that a gentleman in India, the proprietor of the Agra diuhbar, an Indian newspaper, had requested to have certain periodicals sent out from time to time to him in India. Defendant called upon Richardson the plaintiff, and having showed him the bottom of a letter which he had received from India, containing a list of periodicals which he required, and, at the same time, asked him if he (Richardson) knew the paper. The articles named in the letter were subse ysobiflolrworaridnevdoicteo India quently sent out to India ; they were not sent to ILI any d a ia ny un ti t m il e so se m n e t to . him m had elapsed, when plaintiff sent in an account to time defendant for the goods so delivered. Defendant said he defendant, nor n th o e r was sorry thcat be had not been pad, he would write to , PALACE COUt(rrHIS DAY). (Before B. B RENT, Esq.) WRIGHT v. PR ATT. M. KEYSER stated the case. This was an action to recover the sum of 5/., the balanc e of a bill of exchange accepted by the defendant. Unfortunately the bill was not in Court, but it had been set forth in the declaration, and the defendant, by not pleading, had admitted his liability. The Learned JUDGE said, perhaps that rule had been laid down, but it would be much more satisfactory to the jury for the bill to be produced, and it had better be sent for. Mr. KEYSER said he was afraid it had been mislaid, and it was only incurring extra expense to make an affidavit. The attorney said no doubt the bill would be found before execution issued. It was a bill payable by instal ments, and there was only one instalment due. The Learned JUDGE said that he would let the case go to the jury, but the bill must be produced before taxing costs. The attorney said they might never find it, but an affidavit should be made. The Learned JUDGE then addressed the jury, an d sa i d that in all cases be wished the bill produced for the satisfaction of the jury, though as the defendant had not pleaded, there was no immediate necessity fur the pro duction. The jury gave a verdict fur the amount claimed. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.) Themes Riley, a well dressed young man, was brought before Mr. Seeker, charged 1. ith assaulti ng police-con stable Lewis while in the execution of his duty. The policeman stated that last evening he was on duty at the entrance at the Surrey Theatre, when he perceived the defendant a nno y in g parties who w ere en tering the house. He req uested hi m to desist. Fi n di ng that he still carried on his s y s tem of annoyan ce , h e took him by the arm for t he purpose of removin g hi m , when he suddenly turned round and struck him i n th e s fa tit ce Con li -h e ou t s h e. then, The prisoner, in defence, said that he was intoxicated at the time. with some difficulty, took hi m to the Mr. SEcxEn said the plea of intoxication was no ex tenuation, and that he must pay a fine of 10s. He was then committed in default of paying the penalty. Margara Cunningham, a young female, Was charged , THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, .NOVEMBER 6, 1846. A PROPRIETOR wished the arrangement to be amended in another respect, namely, that the surplus profits should be divided immediately on the opening of the line, The CHAIRMAN said the Great Western Company had been asked to make that alteration, but they declined doing so. In answer to another question, The CHAIRMAN said the subject of allowing interest on calls was now under consideration of the directors. The works would be all completed within the estimate, and portions of the line opened in about two years. The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. Thanks were afterwards voted to the Chairman and f Cie meeting t?rminated. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the Great Western Railway Company was held, at one o'clock this day, at the Paddington station, for the purpose of considering the propriety of taking a lease of the south Wales line, and of afterwards amalgamating the two companies if it should be deemed expedient. Mr. C. RUSSELL the chairman of the Company, took the chair. He said that the present meeting was called to affirm the arrangement that had been proposed to be made between the Great Western Railway and the South Wales Railway Company. When the report of the meeting at Bristol, in August last, was laid before the prop „ rietors 'he took the opportunity of s t at i ng the prin ciples which the directors had determined to take for their guidance with regard to the proposed arrangement. He stated, first, that the construction of the South Wales Railway, and the charge and responsibility of it should rest upon its promoters ; secondly, that the line should be placed in the hands of the South Wales Com pany till after a certain period had elapsed ; thirdly, that in order to facilitate the completion of the line a certain and fixed value should be given to the shares of the company; and lastly, that these conditions should be so arranged as not to impose a large and unreasonable responsibility on the Great Western Railway Company. A long and complicated discussion had taken place on these propositions, but during the three months which they had continued the principles which he had now enunciated had been invariably kept in view, and they would find that they had been carried out in the heads of agreement entered into. The charge of completing the line was to be left in the hands of the South Wales Company, and the South-Western Company were to have no concern with it till the main branches were comtaleted from one end to the other. The benefits to result were to be secured to the company till the amalgamation with the Great Western Company took place. The Chairman then stated the conditions on which the line was to be leased, which will be found in our report of the proceedings of the South Wales Company, in another part of this evening's paper. These terms the directors hoped were sufficient to enable the South Wales Com pany to raise all the money they should require, The Great Western Company did not purpose the arrangement as one from which any large profits were to accrue. Their object was to secure the completion of the line, and the profits they looked to were from their own line, in connexion with the South Wales Company. It was always the policy of the Great Western Company to afford all the assistance in their power to the tribu tary schemes in connexion with their own, but never to drive hard bargains, and the Bristol and Exeter line and the Cheltenham Railway would bear out the accuracy of this staternent,fand it was on a similar footing the pre sent agreement was sought to be carried out. It was with that view the directors submitted the report which the secretary would now read to them. The SECRETARY then read the report, which set forth the conditions of the proposed arrangement between the two Companies. The report, on the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. HEYWOOD, was unanimously adopted. The SECRETARY having read the heads of the agree mant, The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution empowering the directors of the Company to carry them into effect. A PROPRIETOR seconded the resolution, and would take the opportunity of asking who were to fix the fares of the South Wales Company ? When the lease was made, the power of fixing the fares would follow as a matter of course ; bat till that period he wished to know who were to fix them? The CHAIRMAN took it for granted that the South Wales Company would do so. The line was to continue in their hands till then, and of course they would regu late the fares for their own benefit. The Great Western Company were only to work the line till the lease com menced. After some discussion, The CHAIRMAN said that the heads of agreement would be submitted to competent legal advice, and everything doubtful, or likely to give rise to dispute, obviated. The resolution was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then said that since the agreement had been entered into' some of the Directors of the South Wales Company had expressed an opinion that it would be desirable, instead of amalgamating at the time specified, to propose the Great Western Company should continue to guarantee 5 per cent. with half of the surplus profits in perpetuity. The directors of the Great Western Company wished, therefore, to have a power to treat with the South \Vales directors, should that modification be insisted upon. After some discussion a resolution to that effect was unanimously carried. A Tote of thanks having been given to the Chairman ,he meeting separated. IE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, Nov. 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Granville George Earl Granville, the Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan, tint, and Captain Henry Rowland Brandreth, Royal Engineers, to be three of the Commissioners of Railways. WHITEHALL,—Noy. 4. Notice is hereby given, that the Right Honourable Edward Strutt, the Eight Honourable George Earl Granville, the Right Honourable Sir Edward Ryan, Knight and Captain Henry Rowland Brandreth, R.E. appointed by her Majesty Commissioners of Railways, under the provisions of the Act 9th and 10:h Victoria, cap. 105, will b eg i n to act i n execution of the said Act, on Monday, the 9th of November, 1846; also, that the office of the said Commissioners is at No. 29, Great George-street, Westminster. DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Simms, Esq., to be Assistant-Judge of the Supreme Court of Judica ture in the island of Newfoundland ; and Edward Mortimer Archibald, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney- General for that island. Her Majesty bas also been pleased to appoint Charles Douglas Stewart, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General fur the island of St. Vincent. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Richard Hayward, Esq . , to be Colonial Surveyor ana Engineer for Sierra Leone. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 6. 7th Dragoon Guards—Nugent Chichester Nagle, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Johnston, who retires, Nov. 6. 2d iiragoons —Brevet Colonel Henry Salwey, from half pay Unattached, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice John Frederick Sales Clarke, who exchanges Major St. Vincent W. Ricketts to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Salwey, who retires ; Captain Henry Darby Griffith to be Major, by purchase, vice Ricketts ; Lieutenant Henry Thomas Coward Smyth Pigott to be Captain, by purchase, vice Griffith ; Cornet William Wallace Hozier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pigott ; Ensign William Cunninghame Bontine, from 15th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hozier, Nov. 6. 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet William INPMahon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hodson, who retires ; Herbert Edward, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice M'Mahou, Nov. 6. 15th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Charles William Clayton East to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hatchett, who re tires; Samuel James Blencowe, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice East, Nov. 6. 37th Foot—Asssistant-Surgeon James William Fleming, from the 70th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Nov. 6. 44th Foot—Ensign George Lethbridge Ottley, to be Lieu tenant by purchase, vice Noake, who retires ; William Fletcher, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ottley ; Li eu t enan t John Allen Lloyd Philipps to be Adjutant, vice Noakes, who resigns, Nov. 6. 46th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander John Macpherson, from half-pay 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Yonge, promoted ; Ensign John Edward Lyons to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macpherson, who retires; Charles Somerville WAlester, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lyons, Nov. 6. 66th Foot—Brevet Colonel Fielding Browne, from half pay Rifle Brigade, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel William Longworth Dames, who exchanges; Cap tain Sir William Gordon, Bart., to be Major, by purchase, vice Browne, who retires ; Lieutenant James Hunter Blair Birch to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sir W. Gordon ; Ensign Robert Conner, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Birch, Nov. 6. 70th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John William Johnston, M.D., from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Fleming, appointed to the 37th Foot, Nov. 6. iBBth Foot—Lieutenant Edward John Vesey Brown to be Captain, by purchase, vice Townshend, who retires; Ensign Charles O'Donel to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brown ; John Salmon Bayley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Donel, Nov. 6. 97th FootL-Lieutenant William Murray to be Captain, by purchase, vice Kinderley, who retires; Ensign Henry George Woods to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murray; William Frederick Norman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Woods, Nov. 6. Ist West India Regiment—William Sedgwick Saunders, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Johnston, appointed to the 70th Foot, Nov. 6. 2d West India Regiment—Edward John Stephens Knap man, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Strachan, whose appointment has been cancelled, Nov. 6. BREVET. —Captain William Holland Leckv Daniel Cuddy, of the 55th Foot, to be Major in the Army, gov. 6. UNArrAcHED.—Brevet Major George Thomas Parke, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Major, Nov. 6. _ . I w i t h ou t purchase, MEMORANDU3I.—The date of the commission of Lieutenant Bolton, as Adjutant and Lieutenant in the 31st Foot, is 22d December, 1845, not 19th December, 1845, as erroneously stated. Commission by her Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy for the City of London. Regiment of Royal London Malitia—Claudius Stephen Paul Hunter, to be Captain, vice Captain Henry Butterworth, resigned, Nov. 5. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 4, 1846. With reference to the announcement which appeared in the Loudon Gazette of the 3d instant, the name of Captain Fre derick Jennings Thomas has been added to the list of Cap tains of the Royal Navy who have accepted the rank of Re tired Rear-Admiral of her Majesty's Fleet. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 5. _ With reference to the dispatches from Rear-Admiral In glefield, C. 8., dated the 9th and 17th of June, 1846, which appeared in the Gazettes of the Bth and 22d of September last, the Board have directed that Commander Francis William Austen shall be promoted to the rank of Captain, when he shall have served the required period at sea to qua lify him for that rank. The Board have also directed that David Kamm, gunner, shall be advanced to the :.second Class of Warrant °dicers. WHITEHALL Nov. 3. The Lor4 Chancellor hay appo , inted Edward Lane Swat- James Stout, shoemaker, Liverpool, Nov. 19, and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry, London; Evans and CoCo. Liverpool. ~ Brown and Thomas Brown, brick makers, Newport, Nov. 18 and Dec. 9, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Hull; Shaw rnd Co., Ely-place, London ; Thorney, Hull. Joseph Pidwell, ironmonger, Market Strand, Falmouth, Nov. 19, at one, Dec. 8, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter; Keddell and Co., Lime-street, London. George Flint, paper manufacturer, Tamworth, Nov. 18 and Dec. 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Partridge and Taylor, Birmingham. PRICE R. The average price of Brown OP or Musco SUGA vado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending November 3, 1846, is 335. Id. per cwt. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of November 6.) SUGAR.—To-day there was no increase in the demand for raw or refined Sugar for home consumption, notwithstanding the hurricance in the Havannah ; but holders were not in clined to press sales. West India Murcavado was purchased with caution by refiners and grocers, the private sales amounting to only 160 hhds and tres ; but holders succeeded in obtaining prices on a par with those of Friday last. REFLNED.—To-day Refined goods met with little attention from the home trade, and there were sellers of brown lumps at 63s 6d to 65s 6d, and standard lumps 65s 6d to 60s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar has been in good demand at 32s 3d to 32s 6d per cwt. for first sort. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was not pur chased with increased freedom, still 4,354 bags at auction were nearly all sold at the former value, but not above. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon 5,703 bags at auction were all taken in and withdrawn 3s above the value, bnyers not being inclined to pay any advance. MOLASSES.—This afternoon West India Molasses met with little attention, and 56 puns St. Lucia at auction were taken in at 22s 6d, which is lower. I'm - IL—Yesterday was offered at public sale 52 butts 5 crtls 7 brls Cephalonia Currants damaged, all sold from 53s to 555. The arrivals of Currants and Valentias have been large this week. Cephalonia 555, Patras 56s to 575, and Va lentias at 465, are taken rather freely, one cargo having been sold entire at 455. The demand for fruit generally has been rather considerable this week; but further large ar rivals are daily expected. RicE.—To-day at public sale 190 barrels o f Ri o T ap i oca were only in part sold at 4 1 4 d to 4 1 / 2 d for fine white. FOQEIGN.—There has been only a limited business trans acted by private treaty in Foreign Sugar of any description for exportation, and none has been offered at public sale, but holders are firm and insist upon even stiffer rates, although the stock is heavy. COFFEE. —To-day there was little passing privately in Foreign Coffee, and 215 brls of Rio at aucticn was mostly taken in rather above the value. COCOA. —West India has met with little attention pri vately, although there are sellers rather under previous rates ; at auction 60 bags Grenada were sold at 38s per cwt for middling red. The stock is still heavy, and nearly double of what it was at this time last year, and the delive ries keep on a small scale only SPIRITS.—There has been a considerable increase in fhe demand for all descriptions of Jamaica Rum this week, and an advance in the value of 2d per gallon has taken place ; the business transacted has been extensive. Leeward Island has been largely dealt in, and prices have risen 3d per gallon. Demerara is wanted, and stiffer rates are offered, but business has been checked by the small sup ply at market. Calcutta has been in good request, and prices have risen to 2s 3d to 2s 5d for Calcutta preof. Brandy has been in excellent request, holders evince firmness; the stock is diminishing and the deliveries are yet ou the increase. Geneva has been in good demand, and prices are firm. For British made Spirits the demand is unusually extensive. English Corn at Ils 3d, Scotch and Irish Ils 2d to Ils 3d per gallon. Immco.---Although the home: trade opetate with caution in Bengal, and export orders being unimportant, yet mer chants manifest firmness, and insist upon fully last sale's rates ; indeed some will not sell, excepting at a small advance. Madras, however, has met with attention, and several parcels have been sold, chiefly by the Canada market, at a rise OR the rates of the last quarterly Fides of 2d to 3d. SALTrrrru.—To-day flough met with little attention, and 1,115 bags of Calcutta at public sale were taken in at 25s to 25s 6d for 10i per cent, refraction of mid damp grey quality, which is the full worth. Oils.—This afternoon at public sale 328 casks of Palm Oil were sold at 34s to 40s, and 78 casks Cocoa Nut Oil at 35s 6d to 42s per cwt. TALLow.—This afternoon at public sale 171 kegs 539 bags of Hudson's Bay Tallow sold at 498 to 49s 9d; 341 casks Pctersburgh Soap Tallow 46s 6d to 47s 3d; /6 casks second sort Yellow Candle 4Ss to 48s 6d per cwt. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 3lst day of October, 1846. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ........ 28,309,895 X. Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities . • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,793,084 Silver builioa .. • • 2,516,811 X 28,359,895 ...,....... man, of Lynn, i n th e county of Norfolk, Gent., to .. be a Mas ter Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Edward Axrord, milliner, St. John's -wood-terrace, Nov. 13, at twelve, and Dec. 19, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Baylis and Drewe, Basinghall-street. John Morris, Crown-street, Finsbury, and Old-street, St. Luke's, leather-seller;Nov. IS and Dec, 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; and Law rence and Plewf, Old Jewry-chambers, Old Jewry. William Henry Smith, linendraper, Edgware-road, Nov. 12 at half-past eleven, and Dec. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Dick son and Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. Robert Weir, bookseller, Harley-street, Cavendish -square, Nov. 19 and Dec. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Wimburn and Co., Chancery-lane. William Louis Collins, brewer, Wood-street, Westmin ster, Nov. 26, at half-past one, and Dec. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, F rederick's-place, Old Jewry; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry - -chambers, Old Jewr y . Jonathan G eorge Moon, merchant, London, Nov. 14, at hall-pastone, and December 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry; Simp son and Cobb, Moorgate-street. James Rule, veterinary surgeon, Saffron Walden, Essex, Nov. 20, at two, and Dec. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old blaster John and King, Dec. Ts Freeland, o:rlpqt amanatdk, Saffron hera: it ‘ ip ‘ : ' c ans l ig .t d s o inaa,snsd assignee, Essex. rnoad , Jewry; Bromley and Aldridge, South -square, Gray's-inn; B el a eN t ; k en ru , p a t n e d y. Nov. 16, at eleven, e e a , at the old J Court e.svr3 o ,. f twelve, E dia a rd n d E ro ad e e e s, l7 7 taito neleeevr,enll,learttothne, cSouurrretyo,f NBoasur.krlu7p, Jewry chambers; Overton and Co., Old Jewry. tc3 a,t . Bell, official assignee, Colema n - street-buildin gs ; Messrs. Harrison, Hart -street, Bloomsbury, Mary Norgate, schoolmistress, Tavistock-villas, Tavistock square, St. Panzras, Nov. 17 and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. John Leasor, retailer of ale and porter, Birkenhead, Nov. 17, and Dec. 18, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Livorpool; Frampton, Gray's Inn, London; Hillier, Birkenhead. X 28,309, 894 I.E. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the bth day of November. 1846. BANKING DEPAILTIKEN T. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest .. .... Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings -banks, and DI- Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Anntlity).: 12,808,119 Other securities .• • • 12,175,968 Notes • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6,934,120 Gold and silver coin.. 498,184 vidend accounts).. 4,622,177 Diller deposits .... • • 8,761,736 Seven day and other bills •••••• •••• 1,016,015 X 32,416,391 £32,416,391 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. , 1846. Dated the sth day of November, COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam .... C.F. 12 G Ditto, at sight ..... . 12 3 Rotterdam .... 2U. 12 6% Antwerp 26 5 Ilamburgh ......M.B. 13 13 Paris, 3 days' sight .. 25 85 Ditto, 3 months ... . . . 26 10 Marseilles •. • • • . 26 5 26 5 Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Petersbargh, 3 U 5...... LN GE.-(THIS DAY) Gibraltar..... ..... .... Leghorn Genoa ............ •• .. 26 10 Milan ....... ..... Venice ........... .. Naples Paienno, per oz . • 319% Lisbon.. .. • . . ...... . Oporto .. .. .. .. .. ••.. • Rio Janeiro • ... .. .. • • 24X Bahia Buenos Ayres Berlin •• •• Vienna, effec.flo• ••• •• 10 9 Trieste, ditto.... •••. •. 10 9 Madrid •• .. ••.. • • •... 35% Cadiz .. ••• : .... •• 36 Bilbao.. • ............. Barcelona .......... ,„ New York, 21 days' eight Philadelphia .. .. .... .. PRICES OF BULLION, FIE OT. Foreign Gold in bars.. L 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ••. 0 4 10% Spanish Doubloons .. 3 17 Silver in bars .... •• • . 0 0 • fieville... ... .... COURT OF EXCISE, Nov. 5. Before H. F. STEVENSON, Esq., J. C. HERRIES, Esq., and CHARLES Ross, Esq.) John King, a licensed soap manufacturer, of Kings land-road, was charged, on an information containing four counts, with h av i ng i n hi s possess i on a false and deceptive fastening to the copper used in the manufac ture of soap; that he did use such deceptive fastening ; that he gained access to the capper after being fastene d fraud upon her Maj esty's and knowingly commit a down by the officers of Excise; and that he did re venue wilfully thereby. The charges upon the whole of the hun dred pounds. crowded to excess long before the hour The Court was counts involved penalties to the a mount of twelve of commencing business. In order properly to understand the nature of the case, it will be necessary to state that in soap manufac tories, when any suspension of business takes pl ace f or oraniY longer period, the survey i ng officer the copper, lock s it d own, and places a iapr thh o tice within the lock, whi c h cannot again be o ct p hles n en e sei d g w net, without cover o the paper being punctured for the ad mission of a key, thereby showing the officer whether the lock has been opened in his absence. The charge in the present case was, that the bar which passes over the top of the copper, through which bolts were passed, uniting it to the wood by screws or nuts underneath, had r evidence in su p port been tampered with, and th a t, a l t h oug h apparently locked down, yet, by lifti ng th e lid front behind, there noffi e f e a r s s te fastening having givenatev e. "s The i n rExcisereality officers t of the charge, Mr. STASH addressed the Court on behalf of the defendant. After which, the Court retirtd to consider their judg ment. After an absence of about an hour they returned into Court, when The C . lIAIP.MAN, addre ss i ng t h e d efendant, said—We have given a most patient and attentive consideration to your case, and also to the able address of your counsel, and we can come to no other decision than guilty gene rally on the whole of the counts of the information. I shall say no more at present, but if you think fit you may petition the Board upon the subject. 1,2 T 0 h 0 e 4 result of this decision gives the whole penalty of